Really, truly pissed. Miss Boss Lady, who informed me that I would be placed and working by 4/20, obviously did not follow through. The following Friday, I called only to find out that the approval forms were being finalize for me to work in Austin. Though I had specifically requested Houston to be with BF and friends, I was relieved to discover that she had not forgotten me altogether. After patiently waiting another two weeks, I emailed inquiring about updates. No return email— no surprise. Friday afternoon rolls in. I call. She answers. “I am not in the office. Call Monday.” She hangs up before I have said a word.
Lost In Italy
After my second year studying at an American university in an Italian-speaking canton in Switzerland, I decided it was about time to actually learn Italian. Obvious solution: go work on a farm in Italy. Duh! That's the first thing that should pop into any normal persons mind, right? Of course, I also chose a family that speaks literally NO english in an effort to truly immerse myself in the Italian lifestyle. I have three days to cram all of the Italian I should already know into my incompetent little mind and then it is off to Siena for this kid... Issues.
These vegetated surfaces don’t just look pretty. They have other benefits as well, including cooling city blocks, reducing loud noises, and improving a building’s energy efficiency.What’s more, a recent modeling study shows that green walls can potentially reduce large amounts of air pollution in what’s called a “street canyon,” or the corridor between tall buildings.
For the study, Thomas Pugh, a biogeochemist at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, and his colleagues created a computer model of a green wall with generic vegetation in a Western European city. Then they recorded chemical reactions based on a variety of factors, such as wind speed and building placement.
The simulation revealed a clear pattern: A green wall in a street canyon trapped or absorbed large amounts of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter—both pollutants harmful to people, said Pugh. Compared with reducing emissions from cars, little attention has been focused on how to trap or take up more of the pollutants, added Pugh, whose study was published last year in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.
That’s why the green-wall study is “putting forward an alternative solution that might allow [governments] to improve air quality in these problem hot spots,” he said.Compared with reducing emissions from cars, little attention has been focused on how to trap or take up more of the pollutants, added Pugh, whose study was published last year in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.
That’s why the green-wall study is “putting forward an alternative solution that might allow [governments] to improve air quality in these problem hot spots,” he said.
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When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.
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officially in the longest relationship to date! a whopping three whole months!
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Please please watch this. only like 30 seconds. i dont know why i think it is so funny Harmlem Shake (Peanuts Edition)
