![]() There's great worldbuilding potential to show Atlanteans using a writing system like quipu beads (only bits of shell on seaweed string, perhaps?), or just boring old etched writing on tablets of metal or stone or coral or whale ivory or giant clam shells or whatever. I'm waiting for them to start a fire.Oh yes, some writers put no thought into that sort of stuff. I swear sometimes it's like an episode of Spongebob. How on Earth do the character's voices carry when they're 300ft below?!! ![]() ![]() ![]() The ONE thing that drives me nuts when I read an Aquaman comic is that writers/artists seem to forget that Atlantis is UNDERWATER!!Ĭharacters read things on sheets of PAPER!!Īrthur has blankets on his bed! (Although he may have a dry living space.) ![]()
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![]() ![]() In this article, you will learn how to encrypt your private letters so that only the intended recipient can read them. The article also talks about technological advances in cryptography and code breaking. ![]() We’ll learn about how those codes were broken by spies and other people who wanted access to them. It begins with ancient times, when people used codes to send messages. This article will talk about how cryptography and code breaking have evolved over the years. It was instrumental in determining the outcome of wars and whether someone would live or die. Cryptography has been used in many historical ruses and schemes. When you were a kid, did you ever create your own secret code to exchange messages with your friends? Humans have been fascinated by cryptic communication for thousands of years. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nuclear weapons were being developed, the Cold War was brewing, a counterculture was forming, and McCarthyism was in full force.īazaar rebounded from the uncertainty of the war years with a vengeance. There was also a burgeoning interest in the existentialist writings of Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Albert Camus, and the American Beats like Jack Kerouac and William S. But in the wake of World War II, a lot of the old mythologies about what to desire and how to live were breaking down. And more designers were following in the footsteps of Chanel and Schiaparelli, and branching out into fragrances, boutiques, and licensing deals.īack in the United States, the country was awash in a wave of prosperity. It was a boon for couture, as Paris reclaimed its place as the seat of high fashion the houses of Balenciaga, Balmain, and Fath were all flourishing. Dior makes a skirt 45 yards wide,” Bazaar raved in the October 1947 issue, marveling at Dior’s quasi- libertine use of material, coming as it did on the heels of wartime fabric rationing. It was an era that Dior himself helped jolt into being with the unveiling, in February 1947, of his “New Look.” “Swirling skirts. © THE RICHARD AVEDON FOUNDATIONīy the early 1950s, Harper’s Bazaar was well into what Christian Dior would refer to as “the golden age” of fashion. Dovima with elephants, evening dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, August 1955. ![]() ![]() Uhtred has always been a Dane at heart, and has always believed that given the chance, he would fight for the men who raised him and taught him the Viking ways. The Danish Vikings quickly invade and occupy three of England’s four kingdoms-and all that remains of the once proud country is a small piece of marshland, where Alfred and his family live with a few soldiers and retainers, including Uhtred, the dispossessed English nobleman who was raised by the Danes. ![]() This is the exciting-yet little known-story of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which King Alfred the Great, his son and grandson defeated the Danish Vikings who had invaded and occupied three of England’s four kingdoms.Īt the end of The Last Kingdom, The Danes had been defeated at Cynuit, but the triumph of the English is not fated to last long. ![]() ![]() The second installment of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” ( The Observer, London)-the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America television series. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unfortunate circumstances lead to his setting off at a young age, accompanied by Umbo, a friend from home who's in a similar predicament) to find his sister in a far away town.but things are complicated by political intrigue, betrayal, and most of all by the strange gifts that Rigg and Umbo possess.Īnd it is these gifts that introduce timeslippiness into the story (I'm not saying anything else). A boy, Rigg, grows up alone with his father, who educates him with a passionate intensity in all imaginable disciplines. Usually I sum up the plot of the books I review, but to do so in this case is tricky to do without spoilers, so I'll keep it very minimal. And although it's no Ender's Game, it is a very good read. ![]() It's a story that combines "magic" with science fiction, and introduces a new Really Smart Boy character placed in an untenable situation. In Pathfinder (2010), Card brings his considerable intelligence to bear on a new world (a colony planet of earth). In Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card placed an incredibly intelligent boy in an almost unbearable science-fiction scenario the brilliantly character-driven action and the meticulously crafted tension of the world-building made this a book to remember. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Microneedles made up of micro-sized needles of 300 to 800 micrometers (㎛) long have been investigated as a drug delivery system that delivers active ingredients through microchannels. Silk fibroin protein, which displays excellent mechanical strength, was added to the tip of the microneedle to facilitate and accelerate its penetration to the surface of the myocardial tissue in the animal model. The research team constructed a microneedle, a patch-type injection that is attached to the heart tissue to effectively deliver the biofunctional peptide to the damaged myocardial tissue. Growth factors are proteins involved in cell growth and differentiation, and extracellular matrix refers to the rest of the tissue excluding the cells. ![]() Eun Young Jeon (currently at Columbia University) of the Department of Chemical Engineering at POSTECH has developed new mussel adhesive proteins (MAPs) that incorporate biofunctional peptides derived from growth factors or extracellular matrix in the body. A POSTECH research team has developed a treatment for myocardial infarction using a MAP-based microneedle bandage that are attachable to the heart tissue.Ī research team led by Professor Hyung Joon Cha and Ph.D. Recently, new doors have opened to relieve patients of these burdens. Patients not only have to fight their diseases but also must deal with the pain – the more severe the condition, the more painful the injections. ![]() ![]() Vincent earlier this year.)īyrne describes the origin and development of Talking Heads sound, designed in a calculated manner to set the band apart from previous modes of expression: “The range of pre-existing performative models from which to draw on was overwhelming – and artistically invalid. (Byrne still makes music at a steady rate. ![]() In time, the band started to work with more explicitly funky or pop structures, landing hit singles and popular music videos on MTV before officially breaking up in 1991. The innovative and influential Heads came up playing pin-pointed, guitar-driven rock behind a strangely charismatic frontman. Of 10 chapters, by far the most interesting are those on the subject Byrne knows best of all: Talking Heads and the music he had a hand in making. The chapters are not chronological or sequential.” While Byrne suggests “there’s a flow to it,” there’s a lot of loosely related material here, and the book flows … but slowly. Each chapter, Byrne tells us, “focuses on a distinct aspect of music and its context. ![]() His latest book, How Music Works does not qualify as an autobiography instead, his career as a musician serves as an entry point for a more general discussion about music.īyrne wants to teach and conjecture, discussing music’s connection to human origins, its history, its evolution, its strengths and its weaknesses. David Byrne acquired fame as the lead singer and guitarist of Talking Heads, one of the downtown New York bands that helped sweep punk and new wave to prominence in the late ‘70s. ![]() ![]() ![]() "My story is about a girl who wants to understand her purpose on this earth. Though the series features a paranormal lead, Cynthia Hand has stated that Unearthly is primarily "a human story" centered on personal matters. Throughout the series, Clara deals with the loss of her mother and discovers that she is one of the only seven triplares in the world, which means she is 3/4 angel and has powers that exceed that of angel-bloods who are 1/4 angel. As the story progresses, Clara becomes romantically drawn to both Christian and Tucker, learns of a conflict with fallen angels, and tries to discover her purpose on Earth. ![]() She also befriends a brooding angel-blood named Angela Zerbino, a girl named Wendy Avery, and Wendy's brother Tucker Avery. After dreaming of a young man and a forest fire, Clara eventually meets and watches over Christian Prescott, the boy in her visions. Clara's hybrid status grants her various superhuman abilities, and also gives her an undiscovered purpose to fulfill. Unearthly tells the story of Clara Gardner, a teenager who has learned that she, her brother Jeffrey and her mother are part angel-known as angel-bloods. While seeking answers about her role, Clara encounters friends, enemies, and romantic interests amidst her journey. The story follows a teenager named Clara, who learns that she is part angel and has a purpose to fulfill on Earth. Unearthly is a series of young adult urban fantasy novels by American author Cynthia Hand, beginning with the inaugural entry of the same name. ![]() ![]() “Before he died, he said that what we had seen of his work was just the tip of the iceberg, and we’re really only now finding out what he meant,” said Michael Parillo, the associate director of the Saul Leiter Foundation, which has been hard at work to bring more of Leiter’s color photography into the world. What his reticence meant, practically speaking, was that many thousands of the pictures he took over almost seven decades were never developed, printed, or seen during his lifetime, despite the fame that came thundering to his doorstep with the 2006 publication of Saul Leiter: Early Color. “I wasn’t burdened by importance,” he said a few years before his death in 2013, synopsizing a devotion to unfettered autonomy that has itself come to shape his legacy. Among the great or later-to-be-great New York photographers of the middle of the last century, Saul Leiter bested them all in caring the least about fame or legacy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But against all odds the two young men make their way back to each other, risking scorn from the community that raised them.In her characteristic, beautifully modulated voice, with razor-sharp clarity, Kagiso Lesego Molope tackles an urgent issue in her country of birth. Their relationship is thrown into turmoil by social pressures and conflicting desires, and it starts to look as if they can't be together. A few weeks before he leaves for university, however, he forms a close bond with Sediba, one of his childhood friends, confirming his long-held suspicion that he is gay. ![]() But Kabelo's one wish has always been to get as far away from the township as he possibly can and never come back. Kagiso Lesego Molope Such a Lonely, Lovely Road Kindle Edition by Kagiso Lesego Molope (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 14 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 7.74 Read with Our Free App Paperback 20.10 Other new, used and collectible from 20. They also plan to give him the perfect township wedding. Both his parents and his small community look forward to him coming back after medical school and joining his father's practice. At what cost?All his life Kabelo Mosala has been the perfect child to his doting absent parents, who show him off every chance they get. ![]() |