Heavy Metal meets the Renaissance

Luc Arbogast, born in 1976 in La Rochelle , is a French musician, singer countertenor strongly inspired by medieval music.  Luc Arbogast plays music inspired by medieval France and especially the peasant tradition of overlapping melancholy and spirituality.  He is a self-taught musician who arranges most of the music himself.  He plays at medieval festivals and in the streets, he has combined with his wife to form the group Domus, they live in Souvigny in Auvergne.



Discography
Albums self-released
2003 : Fjall of Vinur yr
2004 : Domus
2007 : Hortus Dei
2009 : At the Gates of Sananda

Santiago Calatrava

Santiago Calatrava Valls  born 28 July 1951) is a Spanish architect, sculptor and structural engineer whose principal office is in Zürich, Switzerland. Classed now among the elite designers of the world, he has offices in Zürich, Paris, Valencia, and New York City.

Calatrava's early career was largely dedicated to bridges and train stations, whose designs elevated the status of civil engineering projects to new heights. His Montjuic Communications Tower in Barcelona, Spain (1991) in the heart of the 1992 Olympic site, as well as the Allen Lambert Galleria in Toronto, Canada (1992), were important works and turning points in his career, leading to a wide range of commissions. The Quadracci Pavilion (2001) of the Milwaukee Art Museum was his first building in the United States. Calatrava's entry into high-rise design began with an innovative 54-story-high twisting tower called Turning Torso (2005), located in Malmö, Sweden.

Calatrava is currently designing the future train station – World Trade Center Transportation Hub – at the rebuilt World Trade Center in New York City.

Calatrava's style has been heralded as bridging the division between structural engineering and architecture. In the projects, he continues a tradition of Spanish modernist engineering.

-source Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_Calatrava

Complete selected works...........................................................................

Metametrix Testing

I am licensed provider for Metametrix Labs which offers unique and insightful test panels of which the GI Effects Test is the best in the industry as far as I am concerned.  Their testing uses PCR analysis versus traditional microscopy testing in which PCR is highly accurate.

Read more about the testing here        

If you are interested then the process is easy in which I will order the test kits to be sent directly to you, you send the specimens back to Metametrix and enclose a check.  I receive test results in about 2 weeks and forward them to you via email.

They offer several different panels from a full profile to specific pathogenic testing.  I recommend panel #2105 which tests all phases of pathogens (parasite, yeast and bacteria).  Cost for this test is $250.00.

Email me with any questions you have.

Analytes

PREDOMINANT BACTERIA

Obligate anaerobes
Bacteroides sp.
Clostridia sp.
Prevotella sp.
Fusobacteria sp.
Streptomyces sp.
Mycoplasma sp.

Facultative anaerobes
Lactobacillus sp.
Bifidobacter sp.

Obligate aerobes
Escherichia coli

OPPORTUNISTIC BACTERIA

Aerobes
Achromobacter/Alcaligenes sp.
Aeromonas sp.
Bacillus sp.
Citrobacter sp.
Enterobacter sp.
Klebsiella oxytoca
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Morganella morganii
Psuedomonas sp.
Salmonella sp.
Staphylococcus aureus
Vibrio sp.
Yersinia sp.

PATHOGENIC BACTERIA
Helicobacter pylori
Clostridium difficile
Campylobacter sp.
Entero-hemorrhagic Eschericia coli (EHEC)

YEAST/FUNGI
Candida sp.
Geotrichum sp.
Rhodotorula
Saccharomyces sp.
Microsporidia
Taxonomy Unavailable

PARASITOLOGY

Parasitic Protozoans
Blastocystis hominis
Cryptosporidium species
Dientamoeba fragilis
Endomilax nana
Entamoeba sp.
Giardia sp.
Giardia lamblia
Trichomonas hominis

Parasitic Worms
Ascaris lumbricoides
Clonorchis sinensis
Enterobius vermicularis
Necator americanus
Schistosoma mansoni
Strogyloides sp.
Taenia solium
Trichuris species

ADIPOSITY INDEX
Firmicutes
Bacteroidetes

SENSITIVITY TESTING
Botanical Sensitivities
Pharmaceutical Sensitivities

I.M Pei Architect

Ieoh Ming Pei (born April 26, 1917) is known as I.M. Pei is a Chinese American Architect and considered a primary force in modern architecture.    He has won many awards for his architectural work.

Selected works of I.M. Pei

Luce Chapel 

Japanese Modern Style

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

JFK Library

http://trend-dir.net/interior-design/outdoor-ideas/learning-from-the-work-of-architect-im-pei-part-1/

Architecture House of the Year

Pictures and introduction courtesy of http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com

Mountainside home integrated into its powerful natural surroundings


Spa House is set on the mountainside on the urban edge of Hout Bay, overlooking the bay and harbour, and surrounded by weathered sandstone formations. The primary design intention was to integrate the building with the powerful landscape and to derive its poetics from the qualities of its surroundings.

The house is separated from the principal residence by a berm, and is connected to it by footpaths. The brief called for a guest house and entertainment facility. It incorporates swimming pools, guest accommodation, spa facilities and general living and poolside areas.

The house is conceived of as a hovering set of elements, suspended over a large waterscape, which forms an extended terrace on the mountainside.

Water constitutes the primary experience of the building. The floor planes are arranged to provide contrasting experiences of water, and the underwater spa with large viewing windows into the pool has a sense of stillness and mystery.  read more here >> 

RC Bird

The original Sean Kinkade (SK) Park Hawk! Version 1! What an amazing machine. Its hard to believe when you first see it, but it is the easiest thing to fly and has proven to be quite robust. Robert found this gem hanging from the roof of one of our local hobby shops and had to pick it up. I had been eyeing it for quite a while and maybe I should have picked it up. Either way its a joy to witness and to fly. 

Wanna buy one? Go straight to the source! 

http://www.flappingflight.com/

Terje Sorgjerd

Terje Sorgjerd

From his YouTube video - "I spent a week capturing one of the biggest aurora borelais shows in recent years.  shot in and around Kirkenes and Pas National Park bordering Russia, at 70 degrees north and 30 degrees east.  Temperatures around -25 Celsius.  Good Fun.

Visit my Facebook page tesophotography.com for more information.  If you are interested in hiring me orlicensing my clips contact me at terjes@gmail.com

If you wish to see it at a larger size, click on the YouTube icon at the bottom right of the video.