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In the late 1800s, the Eixample district of Barcelona went through a huge design overhaul. With visionary designer Ildefons Cerdà at the helm, the area was divided up into hundreds of octagonal blocks forming a grid design which allows for easy transport along the wide, bright streets. The design was inspired by various schools of architecture, one of which was the Modernista architects, and allows inhabitants to benefit from extensive sunlight, improved ventilation and wide variety of green, public spaces.
HUH. - The Design of Eixample, Barcelona
The woman had some rare genetic changes The entire DNA sequence of a woman who lived to 115 has been pieced together by scientists. The woman, who was the oldest in the world at the time of her death, had the mind of someone decades younger and no signs of dementia, say Dutch experts.
BBC News - DNA sequenced of woman who lived to 115
Harvard Medical School’s Professor Clifford Woolf has proposed a radical way to combat drug abuse. He suggests using capsaicin to deter the abuse of certain extended-release drugs such as OxyContin and Ritalin. These morphine-based drugs, when taken as prescribed, release their opioids over time. But when crushed and snorted, swallowed or injected intravenously, they produce an intense high that is addictive.
Capsaicin as a Possible Drug Abuse Deterrent
New scientific experiments can be inspired by a simple question, and in the case of John Mercer, that question was, “So, John, do toning shoes work?” Dr. Mercer, a professor of biomechanics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, was talking with a friend who runs an athletic shoe store. The friend told him that customers were coming in and requesting toning shoes, which are soft sneakers, often with a rocker-shaped sole, that promise to exercise and tighten muscles in the calves, thighs and buttocks. (“Your boobs will be jealous,” a refined advertising campaign for one of the shoes declared.)
Phys Ed: The Science of Toning Shoes - NYTimes.com
James Galway - Wind Of Change CD Album
Recorded at Whitfield Street Studios, London, England from January 22 to February 2, 1994. Personnel: James Galway (flute); Joe Taylor , Mitch Dalton, Ray Russell (guitar); Andrew Shulman, Peter Willison (cello); Jeanne Galway (flute); George Galway (saxophone); Mark Nightingale (trombone); Kevin Thompson , Dominic Barlow, Dave Arch (keyboards); Ralph Salmins (drums). Personnel: James Galway (flute), Ray Russell, Mitch Dalton, Joe Taylor (guitar), Andrew Shulman (cello), Jeanne Galway (flute), George Galway (saxophone), Mark Nightingale (trombone), Dave Arch, Kelvin Thompson, Dominic Barlow (keyboards), Andy Pask (bass), Ralph Salmins (drums), Peter Willison And His Sinfonia Strings.
Existence is Futile
Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir I just finished this book, and by far one of my favorite autobiography books that I have ever read. A lot of metal heads know the famous fights and aggression between Megadeth and Metallica.
Cotton paper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cotton paper is made from cotton linters or cotton from used cloths (rags) as the primary material source, hence the name rag paper . Cotton paper is superior in both strength and durability to wood pulp-based paper , which may contain high concentrations of acids . [ edit ] PropertiesPolymer - Bank of Canada
The new $100 and $50 polymer notes are easy to check and hard to counterfeit. They have the same innovative security features that can be seen in transparent areas on both sides of the notes. This feature allows you to verify a bank note using many commonly available single-point light sources, such as pot lights and household (incandescent) light bulbs. No light source should be pointed directly at the eye at close range, and dangerous sources of light, such as the sun, laser lights and many LEDs, should never be used to view the feature.
Denial of pregnancy (also called pregnancy denial ) is a rare form of denial exhibited by women to either the fact or the implications of their own pregnancy . One study found that women who denied their pregnancy represented only 0.26% of all deliveries. [ 1 ] [ edit ] Signs and symptoms Denial of pregnancy can be divided into three distinct types [ 2 ] which are distinguished primarily by the severity of the denial experienced by the woman: [ edit ] Affective Denial This type of denial is characterized by a lack of the typical maternal bonding that is felt by most women during pregnancy.
Denial of pregnancy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cool Infographics - Blog - Blood Simple: Designing Infographic Health Reports
Blood Simple , by Steven Leckart, is a great article in the recent issue (Dec 2010) of WIRED magazine , and is also available to read online . Three visual designers were challenged to design a better lab report to help make health information more approachable and understandable by patients. …lab reports don’t have to be unintelligible. With some thought and design-minded thinking, tests can be as informative to patients as they are to physicians. With a little context and color, we can make sense of the numbers. And with a bit more understanding, patients can become participants in their own health.When the idea for the first Bregenz Festival was tossed around almost seventy years ago, the Austrian city didn’t have the funds to build an opera house, so they constructed a makeshift stage against the city’s most beautiful natural setting — Lake Constance. The idea seemed wildly eccentric at the time, but the ingenuity paid off, and European audiences flocked to the floating stage each summer for the annual performances. This year the opera festival returns on July 20th with what promises to be a spectacular production of André Cheniér by Italian composer Umberto Giordano. With just over three months left before opening night, preparations are well underway to construct yet another elaborate set on Lake Constance, including a 50-foot head that was attached to a floating body by a crane. Click through for a better look at the work-in-progress and to take a photo tour of past festival stages of note.
Photo Gallery: The Opera World’s Craziest Stages
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