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...between the fall of the Greeks and their rediscovery during the Renaissance. Many of the examples from this period scarcely look like maps at all. They are too beautiful, for one thing?they teem with castles and knights, thickets of blooming vines, schools of fish, piles of jewels. They blend fact and myth to produce visions of Asia that are both alluring and terrifying. In a stunning Arabesque world map from the 8th century, Beatus of Li?bana, a Benedictine monk who tutored the Spanish royal family, describes India as "famous for gems and elephants," and adds that "there...
...does it take so long to develop a vaccine? All flu shots contain a blend of several virus strains, which take about four months to grow into a single strain inside chicken eggs in the lab. Doses can't be saved from year to year because the same strain rarely shows up in two flu seasons...
...Famous for his innovative blend of French-Mediterranean style with local specialties, two-star chef Claus-Peter Lumpp has established himself as one of the town's culinary institutions. At his elegant, Louis XV-style restaurant in the 120-bedroom Hotel Bareiss Mitteltal, Lumpp offers a "grand tasting menu" that features such delicacies as glazed saddle of fawn, plums drenched in Armagnac (a famous French brandy) and parsley root fondue. tel: (49-7442) 470; www.bareiss.com...
...Anne Rose Kitagawa, the show’s curator, hopes that visitors will come away with a sense of the unique ability of calligraphy to blend text and art. Like handwriting in Western civilizations, calligraphy is a dying art, constantly replaced by typewritten text. The scrolls are testament to the fact that writers can survive centuries through the more personal brushstroke; here, all the details are evident, down to the way a line progresses from dark to light as ink runs off the brush...
Despite its colossal box office success, the original Deep Throat left a wake of disaster for its creators and stars. Inside Deep Throat gives a whirlwind account of the manic blend of glamour, controversy, and despair that arose from just a six-day shoot with some low-grade cameras in southern Florida...