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...Upscale home-furnishing stores are now rolling out his bathroom fixtures, which he designed to eliminate drips, washers and howls of discomfort from the modern home's most intimate space. Nouvel says his faucet design was inspired by a water-worn stone, but it looks more like a Zen master's TV remote control fixed to the lip of a basin. It has one button to turn on or increase the water's flow, one to turn it off or down, and one each to make it hotter or colder. Behind the minimalist exterior is a programmable sensor that allows...
...ride again came when she confessed her love for horses—and not classical mechanics—to her undergraduate adviser, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics Howard Georgi ’67.“That was definitely a surprise,” says Georgi, who is also the master of Leverett House. “Nobody grows up wanting to be a blacksmith, except sons and daughters of blacksmiths.”Georgi’s wife, Ann, and his son are both passionate equestrians. Before Cloos knew it, she was introduced to Max, one of the Georgi family?...
...achievements in math to determine which teaching methods are effective and how to implement them. The more time that students spend practicing basic math skills, the better their proficiency. In the U.S., the standard of math lags behind because in-class time is not sufficient for some students to master a certain topic, and the students do not spend enough time outside of the classroom working on that topic. The government should work with parents and guardians to ensure that students practice a lot of math after school or at home because in-class time is just not sufficient...
...much bulk when you're on safari. Shooting wise, I would not be able to tell the difference between it and the D50. The only downside is, once the D40 has revealed to you the secrets of photography and made you a master shutterbug, you might wish you had that little second LCD screen for quick aperture and shutter-speed adjustments...
...strength as a journalist. He was the furthest thing from a cynic; he was an utter enthusiast, perpetually amazed and gratified that he'd been allowed to spend his life savoring the feast of public life. "By his standards," Calvin Trillin said, ?nobody worked hard enough." Todd Purdum, the master of ceremonies, noted that Apple had 73 front-page stories - in just his first year at the New York Times...