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...community in part because they are loose fitting, offering a weak barrier between infected and uninfected people - hence, the government's better advice to wash hands and cover up sneezes and coughs - and masks must be changed frequently to avoid contamination. Respirator masks, which have a tighter fit, filter 95% of airborne particles to give wearers better protection, so long as they wear them consistently - which most people generally fail...
...Piano's buildings are filled with light - a delicate issue for museums, which have to protect paintings from direct sun but crave the atmosphere that only natural daylight can provide. In the mid-1980s he developed an ingenious louvered roof to filter powdery sunlight into the Menil Collection in Houston. Ever since, every museum that's hired him has been looking for its own version of the Piano roof...
Well, the administration has yet to take those sorts of drastic measures to raise the 74% (pretty impressive) response rate. But, if you happen to have a have a from: Barry Kane, to: trash email filter, you might want to perk up. The Registrar has finally learned the power of incentives...
...Favorite childhood activity: Playing in the rain. Sexiest physical trait: My fingers, but my ankles are a close second. Best part about Harvard: The Eliot dining hall staff. Worst part about Harvard: Discovering that there is someone better than me at everything. Describe yourself in 3 words: No verbal filter. In 15 minutes you are: Practicing my cougar moves on unsuspecting Harvard freshmen. In 15 years you are: Practicing my cougar moves on unsuspecting Harvard freshmen...
...plastic tube is a compartment that contains thousands of chocolate bits—small enough to aerosolize, large enough to linger in your mouth and not in your lungs. To use it, take a light drag—like a kiss, they say. The particles will pass through the filter and a fine cloud will coat the tongue and the roof of the mouth. Allow two to three seconds for the flavor to develop: subtly, but unmistakably, chocolate.By January, Martin, Zhou, and Kamler had decided to stick with the project into the next semester. They were working towards a grand...