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Arús Public Library, Barcelona.
ENGLISH
One of the first public libraries in Europe since was set up in 1895 as a library to educate working people and is now a research centre specialising in contemporary social movements, with an important collection of books on the workers’ movement, anarchism and freemasonry.
When it opened, the library’s collection consisted of some 24,000 volumes that encompassed all the fields of knowledge of the day, including philosophy, religion, social sciences, law, languages, biology, botany, medicine, art, music, literature, geography and history. This highly prized collection survives almost intact today and bears witness to the age when the library was founded.
The Arús Library currently houses some 80,000 volumes of books and booklets, serial publications, manuscripts and incunabula, cartographic documents, music scores, microforms and electronic resources.
ESPAÑOL
Una de las primeras bibliotecas públicas en Europa pues la Biblioteca Pública Arús, creada en 1895 para que se convirtiera en una biblioteca para la instrucción del pueblo trabajador, es hoy en día un centro de investigación especializado en movimientos sociales contemporáneos, con una bibliografía especial sobre movimiento obrero, anarquismo y masonería.
En sus inicios, la biblioteca tenía un fondo de unos 24.000 volúmenes que comprendían todas las áreas del conocimiento de su tiempo, con materias tan diversas como filosofía, religión, ciencias sociales, derecho, idiomas, biología, botánica, medicina, arte, música, literatura, geografía e historia. Este preciado fondo ha llegado casi intacto hasta nuestros días y es un valioso testimonio de la época en que se fundó la biblioteca.
Actualmente, la Biblioteca Arús dispone de aproximadamente 80.000 volúmenes de libros y folletos, publicaciones en serie, manuscritos e incunables, documentos cartográficos, partituras, microformas y recursos electrónicos.
CATALÀ
Una de les primeres biblioteques públiques d’Europa perquè la Biblioteca Pública Arús, creada l’any 1895 per tal que esdevingués una biblioteca per a la instrucció del poble treballador, és avui dia un centre de recerca especialitzat en moviments socials contemporanis, amb una bibliografia especial sobre moviment obrer, anarquisme i maçoneria.
En els seus inicis, la biblioteca tenia un fons d’uns 24.000 volums que comprenien totes les àrees del coneixement del seu temps, amb matèries tan diverses com filosofia, religió, ciències socials, dret, idiomes, biologia, botànica, medicina, art, música, literatura, geografia i història. Aquest preuat fons ha arribat als nostres dies gairebé intacte i és un valuós testimoni de l’època en què es va fundar la biblioteca.
Actualment, la Biblioteca Arús disposa d’aproximadament 80.000 volums de llibres i opuscles, publicacions en sèrie, manuscrits i incunables, documents cartogràfics, partitures, microformes i recursos electrònics.
Arús Public Library, Barcelona.
ENGLISH
One of the first public libraries in Europe since was set up in 1895 as a library to educate working people and is now a research centre specialising in contemporary social movements, with an important collection of books on the workers’ movement, anarchism and freemasonry.
When it opened, the library’s collection consisted of some 24,000 volumes that encompassed all the fields of knowledge of the day, including philosophy, religion, social sciences, law, languages, biology, botany, medicine, art, music, literature, geography and history. This highly prized collection survives almost intact today and bears witness to the age when the library was founded.
The Arús Library currently houses some 80,000 volumes of books and booklets, serial publications, manuscripts and incunabula, cartographic documents, music scores, microforms and electronic resources.
ESPAÑOL
Una de las primeras bibliotecas públicas en Europa pues la Biblioteca Pública Arús, creada en 1895 para que se convirtiera en una biblioteca para la instrucción del pueblo trabajador, es hoy en día un centro de investigación especializado en movimientos sociales contemporáneos, con una bibliografía especial sobre movimiento obrero, anarquismo y masonería.
En sus inicios, la biblioteca tenía un fondo de unos 24.000 volúmenes que comprendían todas las áreas del conocimiento de su tiempo, con materias tan diversas como filosofía, religión, ciencias sociales, derecho, idiomas, biología, botánica, medicina, arte, música, literatura, geografía e historia. Este preciado fondo ha llegado casi intacto hasta nuestros días y es un valioso testimonio de la época en que se fundó la biblioteca.
Actualmente, la Biblioteca Arús dispone de aproximadamente 80.000 volúmenes de libros y folletos, publicaciones en serie, manuscritos e incunables, documentos cartográficos, partituras, microformas y recursos electrónicos.
CATALÀ
Una de les primeres biblioteques públiques d’Europa perquè la Biblioteca Pública Arús, creada l’any 1895 per tal que esdevingués una biblioteca per a la instrucció del poble treballador, és avui dia un centre de recerca especialitzat en moviments socials contemporanis, amb una bibliografia especial sobre moviment obrer, anarquisme i maçoneria.
En els seus inicis, la biblioteca tenia un fons d’uns 24.000 volums que comprenien totes les àrees del coneixement del seu temps, amb matèries tan diverses com filosofia, religió, ciències socials, dret, idiomes, biologia, botànica, medicina, art, música, literatura, geografia i història. Aquest preuat fons ha arribat als nostres dies gairebé intacte i és un valuós testimoni de l’època en què es va fundar la biblioteca.
Actualment, la Biblioteca Arús disposa d’aproximadament 80.000 volums de llibres i opuscles, publicacions en sèrie, manuscrits i incunables, documents cartogràfics, partitures, microformes i recursos electrònics.
Hraunfossar is a series of waterfalls formed by rivulets streaming over a distance of about 900 meters out of the lava field which flowed from an eruption of one of the volcanoes lying under the glacier Langjökull. The waterfalls pour into the Hvítá river from ledges of less porous rock in the lava. The name hraun comes from the Icelandic word for lava. The Hraunfossar are situated near Húsafell and Reykholt and lava-tube cave Víðgelmir is close by.
Literally a stone's throw upstream from Hraunfossar, there is another waterfall called Barnafoss. Its name, the waterfall of the children, comes from an accident which is said to have taken place here in former times. There was a natural bridge over the waterfall and two children from a nearby farm fell to their deaths crossing the river on the bridge. Afterwards, the grief-struck mother had the bridge destroyed.
Wikipedia knowledge of the day :)
Two exposures, one for the sky and one for the falls.
Hraunfossar is a series of waterfalls formed by rivulets streaming over a distance of about 900 meters out of the lava field which flowed from an eruption of one of the volcanoes lying under the glacier Langjökull. The waterfalls pour into the Hvítá river from ledges of less porous rock in the lava. The name hraun comes from the Icelandic word for lava. The Hraunfossar are situated near Húsafell and Reykholt and lava-tube cave Víðgelmir is close by.
Literally a stone's throw upstream from Hraunfossar, there is another waterfall called Barnafoss. Its name, the waterfall of the children, comes from an accident which is said to have taken place here in former times. There was a natural bridge over the waterfall and two children from a nearby farm fell to their deaths crossing the river on the bridge. Afterwards, the grief-struck mother had the bridge destroyed.
Wikipedia knowledge of the day :)
Two exposures, one for the sky and one for the falls.
Wikipedia knowledge of the day: Felix Salten, the author of Bambi, a life in the woods also happens to be the author of the pornographic classic Josephine Mutzenbacher.
Mar 21 2008
Peek-a-boo!
Medical Knowledge Of The Day #3:
Key Word: Hydrocortisone
Next time you come down with an itchy, red, burning skin rash - get yourself some hydrocortisone. You can buy the 1% formulation at any drug store and it works really well. Just remember to use it 2 times a day and you don't need to drown the rash in it. Just rub it in well. The "ointment" version absorbs better and works faster but it gets all over your clothes, the "cream" version is more gentle and won't be all greasy. If you are really itchy and you can't stand it, you can take some diphenhydramine (Benadryl 25mg or 50mg) too. Just be careful, because you'll fall asleep within 30 minutes! If your symptoms don't resolve in a week, then you can go to your dermatologist and they'll give you something stronger. Here's a great skin rash flowchart with lots of details!
Mar 24 2008
Four More Days
...until my surgery rotation is over!
Medical Knowledge Of The Day #6:
(This is just a very brief overview, please consult a textbook for an accurate description)
Key Word: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Other names: Lupus
What is it (Etiology): A autoimmune disease that affects the entire body.
How does it work (Pathophysiology): Nobody knows what causes it. Your body creates antibodies to itself thus gradually destroying itself. The most common affected body parts are the joints, the skin, the kidneys, the heart, and the blood.
Who gets it: Women aged 14-64 mostly, but can affect anyone.
Symptoms: Anything. The classic thing they teach us in med school to look out for is a redish-purple rash over the nose and cheeks called a "malar rash" or "butterfly rash." To diagnose lupus there are tons of labs we have to check, such as: ANA, Anti-dsDNA, anti-Sm, C3, C4, etc...
Treatment: The main treatment is to get the immune system in check. The rheumatologist uses a combination of immune suppressing drugs (ex. methotrexate) and systemic steroids (ex. prednisone). Along with that, It is also important to address all the symptoms separately, such as giving NSAIDS for joint pain. Every person with lupus has different symptoms, reacts differently to meds, and has a varying severity of disease. It is a disease that is always treated but never cured.
Movie it appeared in: Gross Anatomy 1989 with Matthew Modine
Mar 19 2008
Another day of studying = another snapshot.
Medical Knowledge Of The Day #1:
Key Word: Qtip
Your external ear canal is a well-known wax producer. Earwax is good. Earwax (cerumen) protects you from bacteria, bugs, and from damage to your EAM (external acoustic meatus). For some reason people have this uncontrollable urge to remove the wax with a Qtip. DON'T DO IT! Earwax is only produced by the outer half of your EAM and it slowly moves towards the outside of your ear. It will get rid of itself. By jamming a stick with a fuzzy end on it into your ear you push the wax (filled with dust and bugs and bacteria) further down the canal in the opposite direction it wants to go. And there it stays. If you keep jamming wax down every day, you will soon end up with a cerumen impaction and you won't be able to hear your ENT doc telling you not to use Qtips. Not only that, Qtips can scratch your EAM, leading to an external ear infection, they can damage your ear drum, leading to hearing loss, and they can leave little/big bits of cotton in your ear, leading to inflammation or infection.
I know it feels good. I know. But you must resist the urge.
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cranberry scones with cream cheese and honey.
for FPC
cream cheese cracks when you drizzle on honey! new knowledge of the day!
i think i was just fooling around with the food because i ran out of ideas to do a shoot. and we all know it's hard when you're not inspired. now that i'm in the midst of my holidays, i shall have more time to go get inspired.
should start from prop shopping. =x
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center. Exhibits designed and built by Taylor Studios, Inc.
Washburn, ND
"Knowledge of the Day" exhibit with sliding library ladder AV interactive. Wall of multiple artifact case cubbies.
Your bit of usless knowledge of the day: Contrary to popular belief, Daddy Long Legs aren't technically spiders.
The Deep Cut was the greatest single obstacle to be overcome in constructing the Ohio and Erie Canal. To complete the canal to the south of the reservoir required mustering the best engineering knowledge of the day. To forge an opening through the Licking/Little Walnut divide required cutting through a ridge which, according to most records, was thirty-four feet deep at its maximum near the middle of the ridge. The ridge itself was nearly two miles in width. The Deep Cut is considered by some historians as one of the greatest engineering feats in Ohio's first half-century. The deep cut, which begins at the southwest corner of Buckeye Lake was a hand dug channel. Over five years were needed to complete this vast project. In 1830, the canal was opened from the Licking Summit Reservoir northward to Lake Erie. It was well into1832, however, before southward canal traffic could utilize the waterway, principally because of the length of time required to complete the Deep Cut. "This tremendous ditch"was over three miles long. Blasting through rock was not necessary, nonetheless the amount of earth removed was great indeed. Nearly a million cubic yards of dirt, shale, rock, clay--and whatever else the last glacier deposited in southern Licking and northern Fairfield Counties--were moved by hand mostly by Irish immigrant ditch diggers using shovels, wheelbarrows, wooden scoops behind horses or mules and crudely constructed ox-carts. Historical sources suggest that some of the contractors went bankrupt, malaria forced many of the workers to miss some much needed laboring days. The original contract for the Deep Cut, so it seems, called for completion of this mammoth engineering project in two years. But construction difficulties stretched this to six before the channel was capable of holding water and carrying boats through to the south.
I don't know much about the life cycle of ladybugs but will be reading up. It appears they may have a weird larval stage. My knowledge of the day. This ladybug has recently emerged from its pupa (shell on right). It is now an adult. (Lifecycle: eggs - larva - pupa - adult)
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Seaweed, Th Dec 02 2004
Seaweed tried to stand like a bear and brownie tried the feeling of 'floating on the back'. He couldn't find seaweed to hold so he had to hold cactus carefully.
Knowledge of the day, sea otter does eat seaweed:
Napolean gave this large set of dessert ware to his head of state. It was based on all knowledge of the day and formed an encyclopedia. Each piece represented a skill or trade and was intricately detailed.