The main problem with helmets is not with the helmets themselves, it’s with the attitude towards them, the idea that they’re the first and last word in bike safety. If that’s the definition (and that’s pretty much how people view helmets) then there are two big problems with that:
It’s time to “fall back” again this weekend and to set your clocks back one hour when you go to bed tonight. Daylight saving time ends for most of the country, as standard time officially begins at 2 a.m. Sunday morning.
The seven-month period of daylight saving time is mandated by governments, which began implementing the time switch during World Wars I and II to save energy and resources for the war effort. From World War II until recently, daylight saving in the U.S. ran from April until mid-October. In 2007, Congress adjusted daylight saving time to begin three weeks earlier and end one week later — a move they hoped would help save energy.
For some 15 years, Mr. Weston has been providing the New York Police Department with “fillers” — the five decoys who accompany the suspect in police lineups.
Detectives often find fillers on their own, combing homeless shelters and street corners for willing participants. In a pinch, police officers can shed their uniforms and fill in. But in the Bronx, detectives often pay Mr. Weston $10 to find fillers for them.
A short man with a pencil-thin beard, Mr. Weston seems a rather unlikely candidate for having a working relationship with the Police Department, even an informal one. He is frequently profane, talks of beating up anyone who crosses him, and spends quite a bit of his money on coconut-flavored liquor.
I have to read that book!! Maybe tomorrow…
Angelica and Angelina Sabuco, the two-year-old twin girls born connected at the chest and abdomen, successfully underwent a 10-hour separation surgery on Tuesday at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford.
“We are very pleased,” said one of the surgeons, Dr. Gary Hartman, according to the hospital. “It could not have gone better.”
