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theremina: Living Wall These vegetated surfaces don’t just look...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:28:06 +0200

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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womenreading: (via Movie.Never made by ~alexandrajitariuc on...

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 11:05:55 +0200

womenreading:

(via Movie.Never made by ~alexandrajitariuc on deviantART)

laughingsquid: Fahrenheit 451 Book Cover With a Match and...

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 11:01:15 +0200

laughingsquid:

Fahrenheit 451 Book Cover With a Match and Striking Paper

kadrey: The 30 Best Places To Be If You...

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:51:02 +0200

kadrey:

The 30 Best Places To Be If You Love Books

http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/the-best-places-to-be-if-you-love-books

geekmehard: plotdesigner: avelera: dimbosama: avelera: hoflo...

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:10:42 +0200

geekmehard:

plotdesigner:

avelera:

dimbosama:

avelera:

hoflords:

nerdyfacts:

(Source.)

We have to understand that no matter what we do with our lives we will never be as awesome as Christopher Lee is.

I will never get over how he corrected Peter Jackson on the proper sound a man makes when he’s been stabbed in the back because he actually worked in the British clandestine services.

Or how he volunteered to fight in one of the most brutal fronts of WWII (the Finnish-Russian Winter War).

Or how he was fucking NAZI HUNTER.

Basically, Christopher Lee is the real Most Interesting Man in the world and I honestly don’t know why we tell Chuck Norris jokes when this badass is walking around.

And then I see him rambling on about how Saruman and Gandalf are actually Istari, which are one of the Maia in the LotR commentaries and I realize he literally cannot become more awesome.

Oh can’t he?

#Christopher Lee wrote a Metal Opera about Charlemagne #all opinions are irrelevant

I just read up on that and now I regret I didn’t include it! The man is 90 years old and he’s releasing a metal album next year. ACTUAL MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD CHRISTOPHER LEE.

[swoons]

Christopher Lee is fucking metal!

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explore-blog: More Than Human – Tim Flach’s extraordinary...

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:31:04 +0200

explore-blog:

More Than Human – Tim Flach’s extraordinary portraits of animals.

bookoisseur: That time Facebook got into the WWII history game...

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 22:18:30 +0200

bookoisseur:

That time Facebook got into the WWII history game and it was awesome.

thefunniestpost: Hysterical Blog!

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 22:03:59 +0200

thefunniestpost:

Hysterical Blog!

bookoisseur: “What have I done? Sweet Jesus, what have I done?...

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:54:51 +0200

bookoisseur:

“What have I done? Sweet Jesus, what have I done? Become a thief in the night? Become a man on the run?”

I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW I DID NOT EVEN HAVE TO GOOGLE THOSE LYRICS. #namethatmusical

bookoisseur: ianbrooks: Alterna-Disney Movie Posters by Rowan...

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:00:58 +0300

bookoisseur:

ianbrooks:

Alterna-Disney Movie Posters by Rowan Stocks-Moore

Rowan is a technical wizard when it comes to redesigning classic covers to books and films, cutting deep to the core of the film in one simplified image.

Artist: tumblr / twitter (via: tqsmagazine / io9)

Beautiful Disney posters. I want some for my walls.

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kingarthurisnotfat: yoyonaki: exo-skeletal: newdart: psychede...

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:50:46 +0300

kingarthurisnotfat:

yoyonaki:

exo-skeletal:

newdart:

psychedelictits:

do it yourself chalkboard mug.

SO DOING THIS

amazing.

must do this.

This is good for last minute Christmas present

kay, lets do this!

bookoisseur: A Japanese Commercial produced by Studio Ghibli...

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 20:13:59 +0300

bookoisseur:

A Japanese Commercial produced by Studio Ghibli in 2010 to mark the 110th anniversary of Nisshin Seifun Group.

I want one.

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