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Inside Mike D's Brooklyn Townhouse

Inside Mike D's Brooklyn Townhouse
Mike Diamond - the founding member of the Beastie Boys - recently let The New York Times have a snoop around his spacious 3,200-square-foot Brooklyn townhouse, which he shares with his wife Tamra Davis and their two sons. The couple have now been living in the house for a year and a half, following from an extensive $500,000 six month long renovation process. Prior to moving, the family lived in a TriBeCa loft, but speaking to the NYT the couple say the change was worth it. Their older son can now walk home from school by himself, something which Mike D was never able to do growing up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. "It was traumatic," he said. "A very different city." www.nytimes.com

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Grivița a sărbătorit 20 de ani de la ultimul titlu! **Acum este în liga a 3-a** În weekend-ul care tocmai a trecut, Grivița Roșie a sărbătorit 20 de ani de la obținerea ultimului titlu din istoria clubului. Foștii jucători ai clubului s-au reunit pe terenul din Parcul Copilului și au reintrat în iarbă pentru a disputa un meci de old-boys în amintirea campionatului câștigat în 1993. A fost atunci al 13-lea titlu al clubului care în 1964 își trecea în palmares și Cupa Campionilor Europeni. De-a lungul timpului, Grivița a produs multe talente în rugby-ul românesc și a dat echipei naționale o serie impresionantă de jucători de valoare. Din păcate, în acest moment situația echipei din Parcul Copilului este una mai mult decât delicată, formația activând în prezent în cel de-al treilea eșalon. Printre cei care au participat la sărbătoarea clubului s-au numărat foștii internaționali Tiberiu Brînză și Gabriel Vlad, medaliați cu aur în ediția de campionat 1992-1993.

Earthscrapers: Is Going Down Instead Of Up A Greener Way To Build? Evolo/via Every year, TreeHugger and all the architectural websites troll through the Evolo competition entries, looking for the most imaginative work from young architects with time on their hands. Sometimes you just have to shake your head and wonder at the creativity and drawing skills. In 2010, I did not pay a lot of attention to Bunker Arquitectura's proposal for Earthscraper, an upside down pyramid in downtown Mexico City. Bunker Arquitectura/via It was not a new idea, and it was not the best iteration of it that I had seen. Earthscraper has become the architectural equivalent of a shot heard ’round the world. She spoke with Jeremy Faludi, who had some issues with the concept: I think it would work much better in a dry area in a northern, colder climate, where solid ground keeps you warm, and the glass top acts as a greenhouse. Evolo/via I discounted it at the time for some of the same reasons; while I admired the density, I didn't think it resolved the environmental issues. evolo/via

Hockney-Falco thesis A diagram of the camera obscura from 1772. According to the Hockney–Falco thesis, such devices were central to much of the great art from the Renaissance period to the dawn of modern art. The hypothesis that technology was used in the production of Renaissance Art was not much in dispute in early studies and literature.[2] The 1929 Encyclopedia Britannica[2] contained an extensive article on the Camera obscura and cited Leon Battista Alberti as the first documented user of the device as early as 1437.[2] The discussion started by the Hockney-Falco thesis ignored the abundant evidence for widespread use of various technical devices, at least in the Renaissance, and, e.g., Early Netherlandish painting.[3] Setup of the 2001 publication[edit] Part of Hockney's work involved collaboration with Charles Falco, a condensed matter physicist and an expert in optics. Hockney's book prompted intense and sustained debate among artists, art historians, and a wide variety of other scholars. Sara J.

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