Word: compaction
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...Compact and friendly are Christchurch's operative words. Studios and galleries flourish in the Cultural Precinct, www.culturalprecinct.co.nz, a small but artistically rich quarter featuring the Arts Centre, the Christchurch Art Gallery, the Centre of Contemporary Art and other must-see cultural outlets. Chic boutiques are concentrated in the rejuvenated alleyways of the Poplar Lane and High Street heritage districts. In the area south of Lichfield Street (or simply SOL), lively venues like the Base dance club, www.thebase.co.nz, and Fat Eddie's jazz bar, www.fateddies.co.nz, rock their respective houses. Pub server Debbie Cartwright says "all ages hang together comfortably." Bryan Pearson...
...Rent When You Can Own? If you're skeeved out by the idea of renting used snorkeling equipment, check out Body Glove's Enfold mask and snorkel set ($30). Made of flexible silicon, the mask folds in half, and the snorkel winds around it, making the gear light, compact and eminently packable...
...Africa and had come back to a fairly dormant job market in the U.K. She said, " Ben, have a look. I think you've probably got what it takes to at least get through to the next round." We wrote a little script and headed out with a tiny compact camera and shot some footage of me jumping into a pond in the freezing cold. And I just tried to summarize what I'd done over the past few years and why I thought my application was suitable to get me through...
...relativity calculations give evidence for the existence of the black holes—if visual evidence is found within astronomical observations, the black holes would “test the predictions of general relativity,” O’Leary said. The cluster is expected to be highly compact and the “black hole will give the stars higher speeds.” O’Leary has started the search for these compact clusters using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Database—a program that maps the Northern Hemisphere’s sky. The objects...
...author.Throughout these poems Wright is acutely aware of the passage of time, and this is what drives his repeated examination of the nature surrounding him. The cyclical nature of his writing reflects the changing seasons that form a backdrop spanning the collection. In 68 of these compact studies, one would think that the poet would find answers in the nature he returns to so frequently. But it becomes apparent after a time that he seems to find his answers, more than in these meditations, in the act of writing.Over the course of the collection, Wright gradually introduces the metaphorical relationship...