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...heavy and expensive - not to mention so strong that it could pull on a paper clip with nearly 100 pounds of force. You're blasted with strong radio waves. The protons in your body absorb some radio waves, then they let some back out - like a crystal wine glass ringing after a great soprano sings at it. The machine "listens" to the radio waves that come back out with a bunch of little antennas and then, by comparing the output of the antennas and doing a few hundred million simple calculations, it determines, roughly, how much water...
...east side map the dark, grimy, industrial face; cross to the west side for the regal and religious. TALKS Head to Southwark Cathedral for the "sermon" by Renzo Piano, co-architect of Paris' Pompidou Center, on the grand design for his London Bridge Tower. Dubbed the "Shard of Glass," it should stand as Europe's tallest building when completed in 2010. Then drop in at the Barbican to hear Rem Koolhaas, a fierce critic of skyscrapers, at the Big Debate on London's soaring skyline. PASSEGGIATA Armed with a bit more knowledge, it'll be time to hit the streets...
...VIENNA: With slender, frosted-glass partitions, lots of whitewash, and modish furnishings in cheery blues and reds, Austrian Airlines has created an appropriately airy ambience at its Business Lounge Plaza in Vienna. The second-story space overlooks the tarmac and features a particularly well-equipped business center, Zen-inspired dried floral arrangements and walls decorated with playfully large depictions of spring flowers and clouds...
...Motivated, but perhaps also haunted. The looking-glass quality of images of the wounded and dying, after all, makes for a difficult paradox. Military public affairs officers must make a tradeoff when granting media embedded access within medical units. While it is an opportunity to see the successes of military medicine -- one highly touted fact is that 90 percent of the wounded in Iraq survive -- it is also the chance to witness the emotional and physical suffering of the those injured, fatally...
...VIENNA: With slender, frosted-glass partitions, lots of whitewash, and modish furnishings in cheery blues and reds, Austrian Airlines has created an appropriately airy ambience at its Business Lounge Plaza in Vienna. The second-story space overlooks the tarmac and features a particularly well-equipped business center, Zen-inspired dried floral arrangements and walls decorated with playfully large depictions of spring flowers and clouds. HONG KONG: It's been open for seven years, but The Wing - Cathay Pacific's stylishly minimalist lounge at Hong Kong International Airport - has lost none of its flair and continues to appear at, or near...