Amazon.com: Books: Right Hand, Left Hand: The Origins of Asymmetry in Brains, Bodies, Atoms, and Cultures (#)

„You will encounter Immanuel Kant ruminating over absolute versus relational space, Dr. Thomas Watson describing situs inversus, Louis Pasteur discovering dextro- and levo-enantiomers, Paul Broca examining an aphasic patient who could say only the word "tan," Ernst Mach declaring that a symmetric brain cannot distinguish asymmetric stimuli or make asymmetric responses, and Wolfgang Pauli pondering whether "the Lord is a weak-left-hander." You will gaze on Paolo Uccello's 15th-century fresco of a clock that goes counterclockwise, Johann Tischbein's portrait of Goethe showing the Great Man with two left feet, and Federico Fellini's witty doodles after a stroke that resulted in hemispatial neglect. Gustave Coriolis will explain to you why tornadoes in the northern hemisphere spin counterclockwise whereas tornadoes in the southern hemisphere spin clockwise, and Richard Feynman will explain to you why mirrors do not reverse right and left but rather front and back. You will also be introduced to Professor McManus's own genetic model of right- and left-handedness and to his belief that the persistence of a gene allowing a small minority of the population to be left-handed might be adaptive for the population as a whole.“

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New & Noteworthy in Nutrition: Current Issue (#)

„Nutritional supplementation in childhood has positive effects on those supplemented as well as their future children, according to Aryeh Stein and coworkers from Emory University who estimated the intergenerational effect on offspring length of improved nutrition in the mother's childhood. They examined 263 children born in 1996–1999 to 231 women who had received nutritional supplementation - i.e., atole (high-protein, moderate-energy drink) or fresco (non-protein, low-energy drink) - prenatally and up to age 7 years as part of a community trial in Guatemala between 1969 and 1977. Children born to women who received the enhanced supplement were taller than were children whose mothers received the low-energy supplement – an increment that was independent of the children's birth weight or socioeconomic status but was substantially attenuated and no longer significant after adjustment for maternal height. The effect of maternal nutritional supplementation was more pronounced in boys than in girls and, interestingly, in children born to women who received supplements at ages 3–7 years than in children born to women who received supplements at ages 0-3 years.“

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Amazon.com: Books: Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling (#)

„Mr. King manages to incorporate an amazing amount of material into such a relatively small book: We learn about the complexities of fresco painting, especially on a concave surface; what materials the pigments were made of and the processes involved in making them; Michelangelo's lack of interest in adding realistic landscapes to the backgrounds of his compositions (he considered landscape painting to be an inferior form of art); his sense of humor- in one of the tableaus he has a character "making the fig" at another character (an Italian equivalent of giving someone the finger). The author also shows us the difficult relationships Michelangelo had with his father and brothers (they were always hitting him up for money or trying to get him to use his influence to get them jobs, etc.). And, as a change-of-pace, punctuating the entire book we have Pope Julius II going out on various military campaigns to punish wayward Italian city-states (and dragging along his reluctant cardinals)!“

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JAMA -- Outbreak of Listeriosis Associated With Homemade Mexican-Style Cheese--North Carolina, October 2000-January 2001, August 8, 2001, 286 (6): 664 (#)

„Because of the health risks associated with the consumption of raw milk and raw milk products, FDA requires pasteurization of all dairy products sold across state lines except cheese made from raw milk that has to be aged a minimum of 60 days.1,2 Despite North Carolina laws prohibiting the sale and consumption of raw milk and raw milk products, such practices persist in some communities as a result of consumers' taste preferences and for cultural reasons. The popularity of queso fresco, a Mexican-style fresh soft cheese made from unpasteurized milk, has resulted in several outbreaks in Hispanic communities since the 1980s. In 1985, an outbreak of septic abortions attributed to L. monocytogenes occurred among Hispanics in Los Angeles and Orange counties, California.3 In 1997, three outbreaks of multidrug resistant Salmonella serotype Typhimurium DT104 complex strains occurred in Hispanic communities in northern California and Washington.4,5“

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Amazon.com: Books: The Fresco (#)

„The FrescoThe bizarre events that have been occurring across the United States--unexplained "oddities" tracked by Air Defense, mysterious disappearances, shocking deaths--seem to have no bearing on Benita Alvarez-Shipton's life. That is, until the soft-spoken thirty-six-year-old bookstore manager is approached by a pair of aliens asking her to transmit their message of peace to the powers that be in Washington. Suddenly an ordinary woman with a poor self-image and low self-esteem has been thrust into the limelight, as she leaves behind an Albuquerque home on the brink of foreclosure and a drunken bully of an abusive husband to undertake a mission of utmost importance to her planet and its peoples.Her obligation does not end once the message is delivered, however, for the Pistach have offered their human hosts a spectacular opportunity for knowledge and enrichment.“

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New & Noteworthy in Nutrition (#)

„Children who consumed high levels of atole, a nutritious food supplement rich in protein and energy, performed much better than those who had low consumption of atole. Low consumption of atole, meanwhile, was better than high consumption of fresco, a lower caloric drink without protein or other nutrients, and of course better than low consumption of fresco. This linear ordering held up across all tests. The investigators looked at all the hypotheses that might explain the differing impact on the tests and could find no explanation other than nutrition.“

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Michelangelo | Renaissance Artist (#)

„From 1508 until 1512 Michelangelo worked on his most famous project, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. He had always considered himself a sculptor and resisted painting the Sistine with characteristic vehemence: "I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint." Only the power of the Pope Julius II forced him into the reluctant achievement of the world's greatest single fresco. He covered the ceiling with paintings done on wet plaster, showing nine scenes from the Old Testament. Michelangelo later painted "The Last Judgment" on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel.“

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Café de Colombia - Temperatura (#)

„Si se extrae menos, el sabor será débil y chato, mientras que si se extrae demasiado, el café será amargo. Cómo mantener al café fresco y caliente: El calor hace que el café continúe siendo extraído, provocando sabores quemados, amargos y desagradables. Por eso, el café no debe ser calentado por más de 25 minutos, idealmente a temperaturas entre 80º y 90º celsius. Para mantener al café fresco caliente y bebible, lo mejor es verterlo en un termo.“

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BBC NEWS (#)

„He saw the television coverage and decided to depict Bin Laden as Satan for the fresco in the Defence Ministry's Orthodox chapel in the western city of Timisoara. "I was working on the images for 'Descent into Hell', when I saw the terrorist attacks on the America, and people were saying it was the apocalypse and Hell on earth," the newspaper Evenimentul Zilei quoted him as saying. In the painting, Osama Bin Laden carries the Devil's fork and is riding an airplane through the flames of Hell towards the World Trade Center - the main target of the 11 September hijackers.“

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TAC Chair Prsentation MTM98 : TAC remarks at MTM98 on Global Climate Change (#)

„The presentations of Watson and Fresco graphically depicted theapparent importance for all of human kind of the accumulatinggreenhouse gases and reminded us of agriculture’s role inthose accumulations. In particular we see that, overall, agricultureaccounts for some 20% of the annual accumulation, largely throughemissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Theynoted the additional changes in greenhouse gases brought on bydisturbing current vegetation and pointed out that most of theCO2 is attributed to deforestation and associated land use practices.“

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10/27/99 10:48 AM (#)

„International Undertaking on Plant Genetic ResourcesLouise Fresco reported on progress in the current negotiations for the revision of the International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources within the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the implications for the CGIAR. Two issues are of direct interest to the Centers: the International Network of Ex Situ Collections under the Auspices of FAO and the Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.“

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JAMA -- Lessons From Investigations of Foodborne Disease Outbreaks, May 19, 1999, Keene 281 (19): 1845 (#)

„In this issue of THE JOURNAL, Cody and colleagues1 describe investigations of 2 overlapping outbreaks of salmonellosis that affected residents of northern California; Villar and colleagues2 describe a similar epidemic in Washington State. All 3 outbreaks were traced to the consumption of Mexican-style soft cheese (queso fresco) made from unpasteurized (raw) milk. These 2 articles provide vivid examples of the importance of outbreak investigation, as well as the challenges to reducing the incidence of foodborne illness.“

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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Mouse fresco 'challenges Mickey' (#)

„Historians say the creature may in fact be a weasel, which in medieval times was believed to give birth through its ears. Shopkeepers in the small, conservative town are reported to be preparing for boom times, in the hope Mickey devotees flock to see the fresco. Art historians are claiming the discovery could mean the end of Disney's copyright on the character. Disney's Mickey Mouse character was invented in 1928, his first cartoon being Steamboat Willie.“

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Café de Colombia - Cafeteras (#)

„Como los filtros de papel absorben parte del sabor del café, los filtros metálicos reusables son más adecuados. Este método es ideal para cuando, aún medio dormido, todo lo que desea, es servirse una taza de café fresco. Enciéndalo y...Voila! Use la cafetera como reloj despertador, y despiértese a la mañana con el maravilloso aroma del café recién hecho.“

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BBC - Kent - Faith - Picture gallery - Rochester Fresco (#)

„One of the three-part fresco being painted by Russian Icon-artist, Sergei Fyodorov, directly on to wet plaster on the eastern end of“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„MP's are calling on the Government to cut the number of pubs in central areas, bringing in al fresco venues like coffee shops and attracting more people to stay later.“

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BBC NEWS | Europe | Pigeons find hidden Spain fresco (#)

„The fresco, which depicts four angels against a starry blue background, was painted by two Italians, Francesco Pagano and Paolo de San Leocadio, in the late 1400s.“

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Javacafe.Com - Visit a museum online (#)

„Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library, NY - virtual tour of the museum, and telnet access to the FRESCO, the library catalog for art research.“

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CoffeeGeek - Espresso: Espresso Blends, Daterra SOS (#)

„I got 8oz of it from caffe fresco (doubleff.com) , as he had some, I've been meaning to try it, and i was ordering some of his Ambrosia blend already“

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JAMA -- The School of Athens, March 17, 1999, Southgate 281 (11): 969 (#)

„Italian. Fresco. 770 cm. Courtesy of the Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Italy (http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/0-Musei.html).“

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BBC NEWS | UK | England | West Midlands | 'Women in hell' fresco restored (#)

„A medieval fresco depicting "ale women" being dragged into hell is on display for the first time in over 150 years.“

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Amazon.com: (#)

„Al Fresco at Alabama: The Owl Bay Guide to Crimson Tide Tailgating “

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