From left: Fianna Fail Director of Elections Timmy Dooley, Micheal Martin, Senator Averil Power and Michael McGrath at the party’s official launch of their campaign in favour of the Fiscal Treaty within the last hour.
(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)
Enda Kenny at Citywest Business Campus, Dublin, within the last hour.
(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)
How unsettling?
I basically killed my father. or at least intentionally allowed him to die.
He was an abusive father all my life, and when I was 19, he had a heart attack. I calmly took the phone away from him before he could dial 911, put the recliner he was sitting in up so he would be laying back and his weight would make it harder to breathe, took one last look right at him, then left the room.
About an hour or so later I found him sitting there staring forward with foam in his mouth, not breathing.
I should clarify that I had been working at a hospital for at least 4 years at that point (volunteer work) and I was first aid certified. I knew exactly what was happening, and what I was doing.
Right.
A concept Jaguar XKX electric roadster designed by Skyrill Studio and Marin Myftiu and inspired by the Jaguar E-type (1961-1975).
The body of the XKX is covered by a layer housing microscopic ripples of piezoelectric cells, which, stimulated by the pressure of the air flowing over them (the actual air friction experienced by the car) produce electricity that is fed back to the vehicle’s battery, increasing both efficiency and performance.
It also has ‘disappearing’ side mirrors.
Disappearing side mirrors.
Wicked Lasers, with the help of celebrity marine biologist Luke Tipple, attached a 50mw green laser to the dorsal fin of a Lemon Shark last month in the Bahamas.
Tipple rationalised the awesome but shameless promotional to Wired thus:
“This was definitely a world first,” Tipple told Wired. “Initially, I told them no. I thought it was a frivolous stunt. But then I considered that it would give us an opportunity to test our clips and attachments, and whatever is attached to that clip, I really don’t care. It was a low-powered laser that couldn’t be dangerous to anyone, and there’s actually useful application of having a laser attached to the animal.”
Tipple said the experiment was instructive in a number of ways. For starters, he was able to further test his clamping apparatus, which is typically used for traditional data-aquisition equipment.
He also wanted to verify anecdotal evidence that sharks avoid laser energy of specific spectrums and wavelengths. Curiously, at least with the Wicked Lasers model, he found the opposite to be true: “Although further testing is necessary, time and time again, sharks were actually attracted to the laser beam,” he said.Finally, he said the experiment was helpful in measuring a shark’s velocity and trajectory in real time. “We were able to see how their body positioning relates to a target,” he said. “You can get a very clear description, via the laser, of what the shark’s body is doing.”
Hmm.
Still. Laser shark.
New York artist Michael Mapes creates these sculptural specimen boxes filled with compartmentalised photograph fragments set out in vials, plastic bags and gel caps, positioned behind magnifiers or held in place with insect pins.
More of his work here
Anyone?
Thanks Paul Edmunds
SnD writes:
Dublin is one of TripAdvisors top 25 best destinations in the world, WOOOP! We are number 25 though :/
