Category Archives: FYI
Improv Everywhere: Black Tie Beach Party
“Improv Everywhere is a New York City-based prank collective that causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere has executed over 100 missions involving tens of thousands of undercover … Continue reading
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Designing Better Cars for Seniors
Two interesting articles about how car design and safety features are being enhanced to accomodate senior drivers: From The West Australian: “The Japanese reverence for their elders is evident in smart Toyota technology aimed at making senior road-users safer.” Much more in … Continue reading
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Information about Elder Abuse
“The National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse estimates that between four percent and six percent of Americans over 60 are abused.” Click here to read The Crime Report’s article about the Guardianship Project, a program developed by the Vera Institute … Continue reading
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First Commercial Recording Discovered
CNN reports that the first commercial recording may be “a 12-second recording of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” captured on a ring-shaped cylinder phonograph, [that] was produced for Thomas Edison’s failed talking-doll business venture in 1888.” Historians are excited by … Continue reading
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Challenger Scale Model Returns to Little Tokyo
In his busy shop in Hawthorne, Isao Hirai makes exact scale models of all kinds of things, from Wells Fargo stagecoaches to Mars Rovers. But the 77-year-old artist is best known locally for making the one-tenth-scale model of the Challenger space shuttle, which has … Continue reading
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Salvaging Precious Memories
After a disaster like the April tornadoes that devastated so many areas in the American mid-west and south, what do most people want to recover from the wreckage? Family photos. With winds that scattered debris over many miles, you might think it would be … Continue reading
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Elder Abuse Prevention Day
June 15th is Elder Abuse Prevention Day. Click here to get information from the National Center on Elder Abuse. Click here to read an AARP post about Mickey Rooney’s unfortunate situation and his testimony before Congress about elder abuse.
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