Before hitting the switch on a project like this, check whether your community has any codes to prevent light pollution, such as ordinances that require that all lights be shielded and emit only downward light, or that limit the amount of time lighting may be used. If you’re a DIYer, plan to have a couple of nights free after the installation to observe the lights and adjust the number, placement and intensity of fixtures (if you’re getting a pro to handle the work, this extra time probably won’t be necessary). Read More...
The Somali pirate who led the 2009 hijacking of the American cargo ship Maersk Alabama was thrown into solitary confinement for allegedly ordering the murder of another hijacked vessel’s captain from jail, according to court papers. Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse was tossed into a “small cell with blackened windows” in Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center on orders from Attorney General Eric Holder on Jan. 15, 2010, defense lawyers wrote. The directive followed an FBI interview with Gilbert Victor, the freed captain of a hijacked yacht named Serenity, who said a Somali pirate told him that Muse “had sent a message from prison ‘instructing the pirate crew to kill the captain of the Win Far 161. Read More...