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Palacio Simon I. Patiño.
Abierto de Lunes a Viernes.
Costo : El ingreso cuesta 5Bs para nacionales y 10 Bs para extranjeros.
Impresionante palacio del que llego a ser uno de los hombres mas ricos de su epoca, conocido en el exterior como el Rey del Estaño, en nuestra ciudad construyo dos de sus recidencias, una que se encuentra en la ciudad conocida como el Palacio Portales y otra en Vinto, ambas abiertas al publico.
Simón I. Patiño (*1 de junio de 1862 Santivañez, Departamento de Cochabamba – Bolivia, †20 de abril 1947, Buenos Aires, Argentina) fue un magnate de la minería del estaño.
Se casó con Albina Rodríguez en 1889 y tuvieron dos hijas y un hijo, Antenor Patiño.
Su fortuna comenzó con el descubrimiento de una veta sumamente rica el año 1900, en la mina La Salvadora, en el cerro Llallagua (Departamento de Potosí). En los siguientes años fue adquiriendo otras minas y su fortuna creció vertiginosamente. Alrededor de 1910 había formado un complejo minero poderoso con las minas de Llallagua, Catavi, Siglo XX, Uncía y Huanuni, entre otras. Además, para transportar minerales desde sus minas construyó el Ferrocarril Machacamarca Uncía en 1911.
Palacio Portales
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I feel like stealing a line from Jeff Foxworthy and writing a page about "You might be a diabetic if…"
"If you have steak & potatoes for dinner, and your potato is the size of a walnut….you might be a diabetic!"
"If you call Radio Shack and ask them if they carry a cell phone that tests your blood glucose…you might be a diabetic!"
"If the boss asks to borrow your pen and you hand him your SoloStar by mistake…you might be a diabetic."
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PLEASE, start a separate thread for these!
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Come on, Linda – you can do it . . .
"If your friend asks you about your stash, and you think of Novolog . . . you might be a diabetic!"
"If your First Aid kit is full of Skittles and SweetTarts . . . you might be a diabetic!"
It’s easy!
So here’s another little DIY project. This one involves making your own little laser light show. Now obviously it’s not going to make shapes in time with Dark Side of the Moon, but it still looks really cool. I might even have to do this one myself, if I knew how to solder. It’s definitely worth your time to take a look at this thing if you have any interest at all in DIY projects involving lasers and sharks.
It’s a relatively simple mod. Chop the end off of a laser pointer with a dremel, put together a controller and a 1 RPM motor, and glue a quarter to the shaft of the motor. Shine the laser on the quarter and you have your own portable light show. Pretty impressive stuff. For complete instructions visit the guy’s website.
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Well, unfortunatelly I didnt take more photos to post on the forums. The objective of me going to Porto Alegre was to take façade pictures to model Porto Alegre buildings in GoogleEarth (to anyone who hasnt seen the thread: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=170479 )
Even so, I was able to take a FEW pictures to post on the forums… 74 to be more exact 🙂
The weather was aweomse… not a cloud to be seen on the skies and 11ºC at noon (51F).
1 – taxi drivers on the beginning of Borges de Medeiros Avenue
2 – União Seguros building
3 – alley behind União Seguros building… at background you can see Santa Cruz building, tallest in Porto Alegre at 33 storeys 🙁
4 – same alley, showing how narrow are many streets in Porto Alegre downtown.
5 – City Hotel, at building on the side of União Seguros… 4 stars… I didnt expected to find such a nice hotel at Porto Alegre downtown. (99% of the buildings in Porto Alegre downtown were built before the 80s, most in the 50s and 60s… and all new buildings and companies are located outside downtown… sometimes, very far away)
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53 – Oh yeah… these photos were not taken from a terrace or balcony. When we arrived at the library at the top of the building, we went to the balcony, and JUMPED over it to a ledge that goes around the building. Well, lucky that my friend knew the guy in the library.
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71 – where mankind landed, 40 years ago
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Pre-fabricated buildings have come a long way. Far from shoddy double-wides delivered by flat-bed trucks, they have become the hallmark of the green building movement, tricked out with natural lighting, ventilation and organic materials. One company, Project Frog, is wagering that — in addition to being eco-friendly — these buildings can actually improve student performance in schools. And it just raised more money to prove its point.
According to a filing with the SEC, the San Francisco-based construction company has brought in $5.2 million of an expected $5.5 million round of debt financing and convertible promissory notes. This is the second time it has raised money in its three year history, having brought in $8 million from RockPort Capital Partners in November 2008. Project Frog did not respond to calls about the source of its newest funding or how it will be used.
As one of the most exciting companies in the green building industry (it was named best cleantech company at the 2009 Crunchies awards), Project Frog advances an interesting and promising theory — that environmentally-conscious building practices, usually associated with sacrifices in comfort, can actually enhance quality of life and productivity.
On its web site, the company lists characteristics its buildings share, including improved air quality and abundant daylight, more recycled materials, a 50 to 75 percent reduction in energy use, low waste production, short construction timelines (six months, typically), 50 to 75 percent lower operation costs and 25 to 40 percent lower purchase costs. All of its buildings are guaranteed to meet the highest of efficiency and green certification standards.
In combination, these features have been shown to buoy test scores, improve cognitive processing and collaborative skills in young children, stave off fatigue, and reduce illness among students and faculty, the company says.
This sounds all well and good, but two things make Project Frog’s offerings truly special: First, its price points. Usually introducing advanced technology, particularly green features, into projects makes them more expensive. The opposite is true of the company’s buildings, which are not only cheaper to make (pre-made components are snapped together), but can be built to fit specific budgets — a very important criterion for cash-strapped school districts.
Second, its buildings are highly customizable. The team at Project Frog is eager to work hand-in-hand with its clients to make sure finished products accommodate all of its clients’ needs. How many students will be in a room? How do teachers like the configure the desks? These concerns are addressed in the architecture.
Project Frog has three major projects in different stages right now. In Bayside, Calif., it’s replacing the portable trailers on the Jacoby Creek Charter School’s 6-acre campus to provide space for more students. The school district received a grant from the state of California to pay for the construction. In Hartford Connecticut, Project Frog will be building three connected, energy-neutral science classrooms for the Watkinson School.
And lastly, the company’s crowning accomplishment is the new Crissy Field Center located on the waterfront in San Francisco. The building — made out of salvaged redwood, recycled paper and bamboo fiber — will showcase sustainable building practices and serve as home for environmental education programs for young people. Project Frog says it is one of the most energy efficient buildings in the country, complete with classrooms, a science lab and an art room in addition to a visitor information area. It will be hosting an open house on Feb. 6.
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We’ve written about how companies are using technology to upgrade the old-fashioned bicycle — now you can see what it’s like to actually ride one of those bikes.
Sanyo’s Eneloop (short for energy loop) includes a battery-powered motor. Riders still pedal like they would on an normal bicycle, but they get a boost from the engine, adding to the ease and speed. I interviewed Sanyo’s Aaron Fowles at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show about the bike, and you can see the interview in the video below. Fowles takes the bike for a spin about 3:30 into the footage.
After shooting the video, I rode the Eneloop myself, and it really did feel like a smoother, easier riding experience. The bike is available at retailers now, and costs $2,299.
Sanyo Hybrid Bike from Dean Takahashi on Vimeo.
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It’s a well documented fact that the Robot Apocalypse is only a matter of weeks, moments or scores away, but today we’re facing the grim reality that it may already be underway in certain sections of Germany. Thanks to a tie-up between whiz kids at the Technical University of Dortmund and University of Manitoba, the so-called Bioloid you see above can actually scale walls on its own. As in, autonomously. The robot doesn’t rely on a predefined motion sequence; instead, it looks up and figures out the most efficient way to get from the bottom to the top based on the X / Y positions of the grips. Future versions of the critter will utilize a full-on vision system, but hopefully we’ll have outposts established on Mars by then in order to maintain some semblance of freedom. Peep the horror show after the break (if you must).
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Desde que estreou em competições em 2004 o Race Touareg introduziu conceitos e tecnologias que, ao lado de um programa constante de desenvolvimento, garante os resultados de hoje. Foram 112 vitórias em um total de 214 especiais disputadas na África, na Argentina, no Brasil, no Chile, no Kazaquistão, enfim, por todos os lugares onde foram disputadas provas de Cross Country. Se contarmos apenas o Dakar são 35 vitórias em especiais.
Race Touareg: 4 rodas e tração 4×4
O deserto mais seco do mundo, duas travessias dos Andes, 10km de retas sem tirar o pé do fundo do acelerador, areia tipo talco (a tal da fesh-fesh) e dunas imensas. Para enfrentar todos esses desafios os engenheiros da Volkswagen trabalham sem cessar no desenvolvimento do Protótipo Race Touareg 2, com seus 300HP de potência, vindos de um motor diesel TDI. Um carro que respeita um dos princípios do Dakar: “Espere o inesperado” . Um carro que sabe que o Dakar, segundo as palavras do Diretor da Vokswagen, Kris Nissen é “Uma implacável maratona de cross country onde a confiabilidade é de fundamental importância, já que equivale à distância de uma temporada inteira de Formula 1. E mais, enfrentando cargas mecânicas extremas, terrenos dos mais variados, temperaturas dramáticas e variações de altitude que exigem um sofisticado desempenho da parte eletrônica do motor”
Dakar: uma passarela sob medida para um convidado especial
O Dakar é uma passarela privilegiada para um fabricante mundial como a Volkswagen demonstrar a sua capacidade técnica na mais dura modalidade dos esportes a motor. Comparada com outras categorias, o Dakar oferece uma ampla palataforma seguida por bilhões de pessoas em todo o mundo. A TV, por exemplo, mostra o Dakar para mais de 190 países. Por todos estes aspectos é que o desenvolvimento do Race Touareg 2 se concentrou em detalhes que assegurassem a durabilidade dos componentes do câmbio, na refrigeração dos freios, na estabilização da voltagem da rede interna do carro e na manutenção do intercooler.
Ficha Técnica do Race Touareg 2
Motor
– Arquitetura Motor Diesel TDI de 5 cilindros em linha, turbo de dois estágios com intercooler, montado longitudinalmente atrás do eixo dianteiro.
– Cilindrada: 2,500 cc
– Potência aproximada: 220 kW (300 hp)
– Torque acima de 600 Nm
– Restritor de Ar: 38 mm (Regulamento FIA/ASO)
– Eletrônica do Motor Bosch
Tração
– Câmbio Sequencial de 5 velocidades montado longitudinalmente
– Transmissão Tração integral (4×4) permanente com três diferenciais mecânicos com travamento viscoso selecionável.
– Embreagem de Cerâmica com platô triplo e atuação hidráulica
Chassis
– Eixo Dianteiro e Traseiro Duplo triângulo com dois conjuntos mola/amortecedor por roda.
– Amplitide da Suspensão 250 mm, segundo o regulamento
– Direção Pinhão e cremalheira assistida eletricamente power-assisted
– Freios a disco ventilado nas 4 rodas (320mm)
– Pinças de Alumínio com seis pistões de acionamento na dianteira e quatro na traseira
– Rodas size: 7 x 16 inches
– Pneus BFGoodrich “All Terrain” 235-85/16
Chassis/carroceria
Carroceria de fibra de vidro(30kg) – Tubular em aço com carroceria de fibra de carbono. Duas portas
Dimensões e Pesos
– Comprimento/largura/altura 4,171/1,996/1,762 mm
– Bitola 1,750 mm dianteira/traseira
– Distância entre-eixos 2,820 mm
– Peso Mínimo 1,787.5 kg
Performance
– Aceleração 0-100 km/h em 6.1 segundos (no asfalto)
– Velocidade Máxima Aproximadamemte 200 km/h
Curiosidades
– 5000 peças – fora o motor – compõe o Race Touareg 2
– São 132 sensores que fornecem aos engenheiros todas as informações sobre temperaturas, pressões velocidades e movimentos mecânicos
– O ar condicionado é capaz de abaixar a temperatura interna em até 10 graus centígrados. Deixando a cabine em confortáveis 30º
– A tecnologia do motor TDI começou a ser desenvolvida em 1978 e já venceu o Dakar, as 24 Horas de Le Mans e o Campeonato de Turismo da FIA
Palavra de Piloto
“Os motores TDI são fantásticos. Não são apenas positivos para o meio-ambiente por causa do seu consumo, mas também podem ser dirigidos muito mais suavemente que motores a gasolina. Suas características de torque e entrega de potência são ideais para provas de cross country’, Maurício Neves, brasileiro e piloto de fábrica de um dos Race Touareg 2.
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Quinoa is a remarkable grain – rich in magnesium, phosphorus and manganese as well as the amino acid lysine which offers antiviral properties. Quinoa is not truly a cereal grain in the same manner as wheat or rye; rather, it’s a pseudocereal and, as such, is gluten-free and well-tolerated by those who choose to consume it. This quinoa salad combines pine nuts, feta cheese, parsley and radicchio and is best served with a very light olive oil vinaigrette.
This quinoa salad is fresh, and savory but also dense in nutrients. Pine nuts offer an excellent source of vitamin E, vitamin K, thiamin and niacin as well as magnesium, phosphorus and mangnese. Radicchio, a member of the chicory family, is a remarkably good source of inulin – a prebiotic that helps to nourish and feed the beneficial bacteria in your digestive tract (learn more about prebiotics and probiotics).
Feta cheese, like that included in this recipe, is traditionally prepared from ewe’s milk; however, most feta cheese currently available in super markets is not made from ewe’s milk, but prepared from cow’s milk instead. If you’re fortunate to have access to a good cheese shop, do your best to purchase a traditional ewe’s milk feta though goat milk or cow milk feta will do. Ewe’s milk and goat’s milk are richer in tryptophan, an amino acid known for its calming properties, than cow’s milk.
Grains, nuts and seeds, contain antinutrients which inhibit the activity of digestive enzymes and which can bind minerals preventing their full absorption. To maximize the nutritive value of the quinoa, with all its vital minerals, take care to soak the quinoa in a warm and slightly acidic solution prior to cooking. You may also sprout the quinoa, which offers a nice alternative and also increases the vitamins present in the grain (learn more about sprouted grain). Quinoa also contains saponins which lend a very unpleasantly bitter, soapy flavor to the dish if the quinoa is not properly prepared. To mitigate the negative impact of saponins on the flavor of the final dish, thoroughly rinse the quinoa in fresh water prior to soaking it. When cooked through, quinoa is pleasantly sticky and the cooked germ will curl around each grain making for a delightful appearance. I prepare my quinoa by first rinsing, then soaking for a few hours and boiling in broth until cooked through.
A nutrient-dense, filling winter salad, quinoa combines with faintly bitter radicchio, chicken and salty feta cheese. This week Nourished Kitchen is being featured as FoodBuzz’s Family Bites Featured Blog, and I’ll be showcasing several new recipes all week long. I hope you enjoy them.
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Pretty cool idea: This Mandometer plate has a scale underneath which measures how fast weight (food) is disappearing, and compares it to a pre-set rate of consumption. If you eat too fast, it’ll actually speak up to admonish you.
As embarrassing as it’d be to actually own this thing, its heart is in the right place: If you slow down your chomping, your body will register as “full” and you’ll eat less. I’m not going to buy one—I don’t need some uppity plate telling me that no human being should eat an entire San Francisco burrito in seven minutes—but I appreciate the effort. [My Digital Life via Boing Boing]
Give your favorite gardener the gift of light and love this Valentine’s Day with this lovely glowing Swirling Heart from Allsop Home & Garden. This elegant and sweet piece of garden art is solar powered and is constructed of a stainless steel garden stake, solar collector, Amber LED and detachable hand-blown glass heart swirled in red.
Your Valentine can plant the heart in direct sunlight anywhere in the garden and each night the heart will light right up.
While the Swirling Heart really does express the season well, not everyone is into heart gear. If your Valentine is less traditional or more into modern garden art, Allsop’s carries other pieces as well that are just as pretty and would make great Valentine’s Day gifts. See the gallery below for ideas.
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06. Esta foto mostra o Trevo do Roque (em obras devido à construção dos viadutos), que é o encontro das rodovias BR-319 (Jorge Teixeira) com BR-364.
07. Em destaque, o campus da Universidade Ulbra em Porto Velho.
08. Vista externa do futuro Residencial Leonardo Da Vincci.
09. Extra: foto da igreja de Nossa Sr.ª das Graças e sede da Rede Vida em Rondônia.
Sorry Cramer, with several hours to go until the official market open, S&P futures are pointing down, not up, despite the election of Scott Brown.
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Hearst Magazines, which is the division of the Hearst Corporation behind Popular Mechanics, has teamed up with Old Navy to print t-shirts with old Popular Mechanics illustrations aimed at kids. The classic artwork is supposed to revive interest in the new editions of Popular Mechanics as well as generate some enthusiasm for mechanical gadgets related to transportation (think 1950s rocket cars and electric motorcycle concepts). Along with the shirts, the magazine is also sponsoring a ‘Kids Can Do Great Things Design Contest’ for children (up to 12) to submit their own artwork. The winner of the contest will get a $500 shopping spree at Old Navy and have the design printed in the magazine — and if it looks good on a shirt, they’ll sell shirts, too.
Not too long ago, we mentioned Rolling Stone magazine trying out a similar merchandise program (though with a few more legal complications), so this isn’t exactly a novel concept (and we never said it was). But it’s interesting that more publications are experimenting with efforts to connect with fans — and especially younger fans to keep the fan pipeline filled. And one of the key components for this Popular Mechanics example is that it fits with the magazine’s audience and also highlights a common theme from the magazine. This is the beginning of creating a brand for the magazine that features why readers should be interested in paying attention to it. Namely, if you’re looking for articles and concept artwork related to futuristic transportation solutions, Popular Mechanics is where to go.
If this t-shirt trend continues, though, we’ll have to be on the lookout for newspapers printing t-shirts, too. I’m pretty sure there would be a market for WSJ-style hedcut artwork on t-shirts — and some copyright issues for it as well.
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A triple play of flowers, jewelry , & sweets is a common Valentine’s Day gift. If you’re going this route you should make sure you choose eco-friendly choices. Here are some eco-friendly triple play ideas that are perfect for Valentine’s Day and will make your girl swoon.
VeriFlora Certified Sweetheart Bouquet + Florentine Heart Necklace ; lovely pieces made using antique silverware with handles that resemble hearts + Limited Edition Valentine Truffle Birdie Box; amazing truffles packaged in a sweet heart shaped box that’s handmade by a women’s cooperative using tree free fibers.
Certified Organic Mixed Anemone + Hovey Lee Eco Dragonfly IV Ring; sourced from gemstone suppliers that adhere to Fair Trade sourcing standards plus this company uses components extracted from vintage jewelries and metals from renewed sources + Lavender Box-Limited Edition; handmade box filled with creamy dark organic chocolate lavender truffles.
VeriFlora Certified Pink Calla Lilies + Hope Tree; this piece like all pieces from FaniSong Jewelry is a winner made with real nature photography and recycled glass + Pacari Organic Dark Chocolate Covered Guava; dried guava covered in 60 % cacao dark organic chocolate. Company practices fair trade as well.
FlorVerde Certified Petite Roses & Lilies + Hovey Lee Eco Kaibab Ring; see gift set 2 above more eco-info on Hovey Lee+ Handmade Heart Shape Gift Box of 20 Organic Vegan Truffles – handmade box made with tree free fibers such as mango, mulberry and banana and better yet the box is filled with 20 vegan dark organic chocolate creamy truffles. Flavors include: Raspberry, Almond, Hazelnut, Cherry and Orange.
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Another landmark in the unrelenting evolution of the digital camera was reached this week when Samsung announced two 12.2 mega-pixel point-and-shoot digital cameras with 15x optical zooms. The top of the line camera, to be known as the WB650 in Europe and the HZ35W in the U.S., sports a 3.0” AMOLED display, Dual Image Stabilisation (both optical and digital image stabilizers), a GPS (for geo-tagging) and 720p video at 30fps. It’s a stunning achievement to fit all this into a compact camera body just 30mm thick and with the PMA Show approaching, one wonders if this camera will still be winning the “mine’s bigger than yours” contest a month from now. Expect it in the showroom in March…
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