I can feel it coming like the light rain before the storm. The temperature is dropping and the kids are back in school. Tourist season is over, no more vacations, and everyone is back at home focused on work. That is until Saturday and Sunday when the raging obsession that is football begins. These are …
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The 9 members of China’s communist party who rule the country
US media write little about the men who run #China. Here’s a great piece in Foreign Policy on the next cohort. foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/… — Andrew McLaughlin (@McAndrew) August 13, 2012 It is a great piece that shares little known facts about the Rising Tiger, like all the elites dye their hair black (usually with “jet-black …
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Brown widow spiders aggressively populating Southern California – pushing aside black widows
A poisonous spider is aggressively colonizing Southern California. Panic. Now, take a deep breath: The spread of brown widows could actually be good thing. Newly released research suggests nonnative brown widows are pushing out more dangerous (and native) western black widows. Most of the time, brown widows have a bite similar to that of common …
Scientists figure out why sun overexposure makes our skin sore (a sunburn!)
A group of scientists have figured out (at least in part) why overexposure to UV light makes our skin get sore, red and swollen. It goes like this: You sit out in the sun too long. (As if you haven’t been told.) Inside your skin cells, that little RNA molecule is damaged by UV-B — …
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Modern Royals – Rainbow Queen in the British Vogue
Note that it says the Queen prefers: 29% – blue 13% – floral 11% – cream or green 10% – pink or purple 4% – red, orange, or yellow 2% – black 1% – checkered or beige And, some close-ups.
The new W hotel in Paris – brings in the invisible crime-scene art of Zevs
If you’re a fan of W hotels then the new W Paris Opéra is going to delight you. Among the many artists brought in to remodel the 1870s Haussmann era building was French artist Zevs, known for his style of “exploring not what is seen, but what is left to the imagination.” For the Suite 112 installation, Zevs worked …
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Reveling in Ranunculus
Ranunculus, with their layered, crepe-like petals that explode in blooms of red, yellow, orange, white and pink, are cheery in the Fall and equally festive in the Spring. The bright beauties spread their rainbow happiness in small pots on tables, as part of larger plant containers and along the front of home borders. They are …
An experiment in Monumenta – art at the Grand Palais in Paris, France
Here is an amazing piece of art from the website designboom. Each year the French Ministry of Culture and Communication invites a leading artist to create a work that responds to the exceptional architectural space of the Grand Palais in Paris. The sheer monumental scale of the building provided the inspiration for a big idea: monumenta. …
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Is Mars really red?
It’s really the butterscotch or the rust planet…another cool video from the JPL.
Beautiful Pictures of Virginia Vineyards
A set of beautiful pictures of Virginia vineyards from Silverthorn Films (copyrighted).