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Jul-27-05

Quenching the thirst for art

posted by Moonage

The sculpture, a plastic bottle of water full of melted ice from the Antarctic, was intended to be a telling comment on the dangers of global warming

Initially, the artist trying to convince me that a bottle of water was art was going to be my idiot of the day.  However, his attempt became moot when:

Rather than musing on the hazards that will be created if the icecaps melt, the visitor is believed to have drunk the piece

So, I get two for the price of one.

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Jul-24-05

Safest and Riskiest Cities

posted by Moonage

Expanding on the Safest and Riskiest cities by things like terrorism, hurricanes, severe thunderstorms, and earthquakes, ranking the cities based on crime shows a different reality:

Metropolitan Area Sev. Thund Hurricane Quake Terror TOTAL Crime
San Jose, CA 1 1 3 1 6 -16.87
San Diego, CA 1 1 2 2 6 7.46
Austin, TX 3 2 1 1 7 11.14
San Antonio, TX 2 2 1 1 6 24.64
Riverside, CA 1 1 3 1 6 27.66
Raleigh-Durham, NC 2 2 1 1 6 44.98
New York, NY 2 2 1 3 8 51.62
Denver, CO 3 1 1 2 7 51.74
Norfolk, VA 2 3 1 1 7 53.05
San Francisco, CA 1 1 3 3 8 59.92
Pittsburgh, PA 2 1 1 1 5 62.87
Greensboro, NC 2 2 1 1 6 73.23
Fort Worth, TX 3 1 1 1 6 73.29
Orange County, CA 1 1 3 1 6 76.68
Los Angeles, CA 1 1 3 2 7 76.88
Grand Rapids, MI 2 1 1 1 5 77.61
Las Vegas, NV 1 1 2 2 6 78.34
Greenville, SC 2 1 1 1 5 79.00
Seattle, WA 2 1 3 3 9 79.10
Cincinnati, OH 2 1 1 1 5 80.10
Boston, MA 2 2 1 3 8 81.67
Jacksonville, FL 2 3 1 1 7 86.17
Salt Lake City, UT 1 1 3 1 6 87.69
Phoenix, AZ 2 1 1 1 5 89.28
Sacramento, CA 1 1 1 1 4 91.08
Louisville, KY 2 1 1 1 5 91.83
Houston, TX 2 3 1 2 8 94.20
Portland, OR 2 1 1 2 6 99.36
Charlotte, NC 2 2 1 1 6 101.41
Oklahoma City, OK 3 1 1 1 6 102.10
Buffalo, NY 2 1 1 1 5 110.87
Indianapolis, IN 2 1 1 1 5 112.33
Milwaukee, WI 2 1 1 1 5 112.87
Columbus, OH 2 1 1 1 5 114.19
Rochester, NY 2 1 1 1 5 119.88
Fort Lauderdale, FL 2 3 1 1 7 130.31
Hartford, CT 2 2 1 1 6 131.44
Nashville, TN 3 1 1 1 6 159.19
Philadelphia, PA 2 1 1 2 6 163.62
Cleveland, OH 2 1 1 1 5 170.41
Dallas, TX 3 1 1 2 7 175.03
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN 3 1 1 1 6 183.01
Oakland, CA 1 1 3 1 6 195.23
Memphis, TN 2 1 3 1 7 206.64
Orlando, FL 2 3 1 1 7 210.33
Washington, DC 2 1 1 3 7 230.88
Newark, NJ 2 1 1 1 5 230.94
Richmond, VA 2 2 1 1 6 235.00
Kansas City, MO 3 1 1 1 6 236.86
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 2 3 1 2 8 238.68
New Orleans, LA 2 3 1 1 7 249.15