Alfonse Mucha (1860 - 1939)
Study for Music, 1898; Study for Dance, 1898
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British company Pavegen has developed a new paving tile that captures the energy of footsteps and turns it into electricity.
On a small scale, one day’s worth of foot traffic over a few tiles could power one street light overnight. In another recent field test at a music festival, dancers stomping on a dance floor with Pavegen tiles generated enough energy to recharge their mobile phones.
The company’s first big field test will come this summer at the London Olympics. Pavegen will be installing its system just outside the Westfield Stratford Shopping Center, one of Europe’s biggest and busiest urban shopping malls. The tiles will be placed on one of the main pedestrian thoroughfares leading into nearby London Olympic Park. Depending on the foot traffic, the company hopes its tiles might be able to power the mall’s entire lighting system. More.
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When people fled Fukushima and other parts of Japan a year ago, thousands of pets were left behind. While many pets have since been reunited with their owners, a horrific situation still exists in the no-go 12.5-mile radiation zone around the damaged nuclear plants.
There, homeless dogs and cats are still wandering around the area, according to World Vets founder and CEO Cathy King. She told Discovery News that “a lot of these animals have since been rescued out, but some remain.”
The problem demonstrates how difficult recovery has been after the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck off the northeast coast of Japan on March 11, 2011.
The resulting tsunami and nuclear woes devastated the area. Animal support teams from all over the world descended upon the region and are still trying to improve the situation.More images and information about the rescue efforts here
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John Glenn Prior to the Mercury-Atlas 6 Mission, 1962
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Robert Demachy, Struggle (1904)
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Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) x 2 - Kvaloeya, Troms, Norway | image by Tommy Hågensen
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Updated Seafood Watch Pocket Guides! For January 2012 our changes include new recommendations for California yellowtail and octopus from the Philippines. Good news: Florida pompano, as well as snapper and grouper from Hawaii, have moved from “Avoid” to our “Good Alternatives” list.
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