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How Beethoven’s ‘mistake’ became one of our most famous tunes
The last movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony gave us ‘Ode to Joy’, one of the most famous tunes of all time. But the composer initially thought he’d made a grave mistake with it. Source: How Beethoven’s ‘mistake’ became one of … Continue reading
TETRO agency + fernando volken togni develop giant participatory street art in Lyon
To reveal the new face of the city center of Lyon, TETRO agency invited the brazilian artist Fernando Volken Togni to create his vision of the french city and its brand-new pedestrian street with a giant participatory fresco. the event aimed to … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, brazilian style, creatives, Culture, France, infrastructure, Life, Lyon, Street Art, Urban
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What Does Sustainable, Fair Trade Coffee Mean? — Discover
Shannon O’Donnell at A Little Adrift explores what “sustainably produced” really means: “I will spend more to ensure that the root communities behind our goods are treated with respect. Stemming from my physical journey to understand coffee came a new … Continue reading
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Tagged Blogging, Coffee, Economics, Fair-Trade, Inspiration, Life, sustainable, Thailand
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No Age Limit to Achieving Your Dreams – Great Big Story
From Great Big Story: “In this reel, we meet five individuals proving there are no limits when following your dreams. We visit Nottingham’s Football club where we have a cuppa with an 88-year-old tea boy, travel to Nepal to attend … Continue reading
Research shows we’re stronger than we think, especially as we age – ScienceBlog.com
Alberto Salazar won the first marathon he entered. He was twenty-two. In 1980, he won the New York City Marathon and went on to win it again in 1981, finishing with a time of 2:08:13 and setting a new course record. … Continue reading
Sending Brazil’s Lula to prison is nonsense — The Transnational
By Jonathan Power April 10, 2018 President Barack Obama said that the then president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva, was “the most popular president on earth”. Now, while fighting for a new term in office, he has been … Continue reading
Meditation’s lasting power – ScienceBlog.com
Gains in the ability to sustain attention developed through intensive meditation training are maintained up to seven years later, according to a new study published in the Journal of Cognitive Enhancement. The study is based on the Shamatha Project, a major investigation of … Continue reading
The Liverpool Manchester Hydrogen Clusters Project — The Anonymous Widower
The project is described briefly on this page on the Cadent web site. This is the introduction. The use of hydrogen in place of natural gas could offer a route to widespread decarbonisation of gas distribution networks. The Liverpool-Manchester Hydrogen … Continue reading
A Live Plant Grows Through Walls in Ruben Bellinkx’s Site-Specific Installation
Philodendron Xanad is a repeating site-specific installation by Belgium-based artist Ruben Bellinkx that physically imbeds a common houseplant into the walls of galleries and homes. The plant calmly rests on one side of the wall as several of its leaves reach through … Continue reading
A new class of antibiotics to combat drug resistance – ScienceBlog.com
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Nosopharm, a biotechnology company based in Lyon, France, are part of an international team reporting on the discovery of a new class of antibiotics. The antibiotic, first identified by Nosopharm, is … Continue reading
Artist Okuda San Miguel Sets an 82-Foot Sculpture Aflame for the Falles Festival in Valencia
Earlier this month in the city of Valencia, Spain, the annual five-day Falles Festival hosted the construction and burning of some 400 sculptures in neighborhoods across the city amidst fireworks, parades, and enormous bubbling skillets of paella. The festival is … Continue reading
Apple engineer killed in Tesla car operating in driverless mode
Electric car company Tesla has confirmed that a recent fatal crash involving one of its vehicles occurred while the car was in autopilot mode. Source: Apple engineer killed in Tesla car operating in driverless mode
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