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"I love your feet because they have wandered over the earth and through the wind and water until they..."

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:24:08 +0200

“I love your feet
because they have
wandered over
the earth and through
the wind and water
until they brought
you to me.”

- Pablo Neruda

Really, truly pissed. Miss Boss Lady, who informed me that I would be placed and working by 4/20,...

Fri, 03 May 2013 18:55:04 +0200

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.

abluegirl: Living Wall These vegetated surfaces don’t just...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 05:34:17 +0200

abluegirl:

Living Wall

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..."

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 05:15:09 +0200

“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.”

- LDV

teamfytbl: Ninety7 | Source | More

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:48:07 +0100

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Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:05:46 +0100

officially in the longest relationship to date! a whopping three whole months! ! ! !!!

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 04:53:17 +0100

officially in the longest relationship to date! a whopping three whole months!

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Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:34:53 +0100

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Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:56:02 +0100

Please please watch this. only like 30 seconds. i dont know why...

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:25:56 +0100

Please please watch this. only like 30 seconds. i dont know why i think it is so funny Harmlem Shake (Peanuts Edition)

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Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:23:36 +0100

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Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:55:12 +0100

Writer's Block on Life. Continued...

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 05:16:26 +0100

Things I should be happy about:

- I have a boy that I am in a real relationship with… finally.

- I have a family that claims to be proud of my vast achievements

- I got a great education that should give me a grand old career

- I have great friends all over the world

- I have been able to see much of the world

Potential reasons why I am less than content:

- He’s in Switzerland.

- My dad and I are still in a fight and I haven’t spoken to him in over a month.

- I am a substitute teacher with no direction and no foreseeable real career.

- Where are my friends? Elsewhere…

- The majority of my time is spent on my bed looking up places I would like to visit or at my old high school where I vowed never to return.

What is this madness?

Lugtowns, mayhaps??

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:37:54 +0100

Lugtowns, mayhaps??

This video is nuts.

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:30:48 +0100

This video is nuts.

Motivation for future marriage: I can invite a zillion girls to my bachelorette party. Hence, a...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 03:24:24 +0100

Motivation for future marriage: I can invite a zillion girls to my bachelorette party. Hence, a zillion possible free lingerie items.

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