LivingDesign by Asif R Naqvi | A creative and inspiration resource dedicated to design and life, and everything in between Why Most Published Research Findings Are False Herman Miller Unveils the SAYL Task Chair | Apartment Therapy Unplggd Previous image Next image Several months back at the annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Unplggd and the team from Herman Miller discussed the recent proliferation of affordable task seating from the realm of higher end furniture manufacturers; designs like the Herman Miller Setu have been redefining features and expectations at price points previously unheard of. Soon after, we were given some hints about something special in the works that would further redefine the market of affordable task seating: "…a fully featured task chair with range of features/adjustments and intended as an all-day work seat (unlike Setu) but at a remarkably accessible price (essentially half of a typical Aeron at retail), and with a very cool new aesthetic, new materials, etc." Upon first glance from a side view, the Herman Miller SAYL immediately evokes the impression of a suspension bridge.
Pilot tells TSA: 'No Naked Photos' close dialog Wood Sprout LED Mushroom Lights Yes, your eyes are playing tricks on you. What looks like a mythical treasure one would stumble upon in a storybook tale, is in fact a beautiful eco-friendly combination of reclaimed wood and LED lights. Great Mushrooming is taking inspiration from the world’s best designer, Mother Nature, to create these luminous mushrooms whose only magic lies in their ability to charm. Exhibited at the Design Festa 2010, the Great Mushrooming’s work could easily be classified as fine art. + Great Mushrooming Via Tokyobling
Student, 20, named Mexico police chief Student, 20, chosen as police chief "The only person to accept the position" Mexico drug wars have killed 28,000 since 2006 Twenty-year-old criminology student, Marisol Valles, has become director of municipal public security in Guadalupe / AFP Source: AFP A 20-YEAR-OLD female criminology student has been named police chief of a northern Mexican border town plagued by drug violence because no one else wanted the job. Marisol Valles became director of municipal public security of Guadalupe "since she was the only person to accept the position", the mayor's office of the town of some 10,000 people near the US border told local media yesterday. Ms Valles is studying criminology in Mexico's most violent city of Ciudad Juarez, some 60km west of Guadalupe. Raging turf battles between rival drug gangs have left some 6500 people dead in Ciudad Juarez alone in the past three years. The Guadalupe mayor's office has only one police patrol car and receives security assistance from the army.
Recensioni sedie ergonomiche e poltrone da ufficio Stokke Varier e HAG Anche se le sedie ergonomiche sono scandalosamente costose, negli ultimi 5 anni sono riuscito a provarle tutte per scrivere la recensione che trovate in questa pagina, il cui obiettivo è esaminare tutte le sedie ortopediche che attenuano il mal di schiena e le contratture del lavoro sedentario e al computer: sedie da ufficio scomode ma economiche, ergonomiche Varier (ex Stokke) e purtroppo costose o sedie anatomiche e trasformabili? L’unico modo per capire se le sedie ergonomiche sono davvero comode era provarle tutte e così è iniziata quest’avventura. Come si sceglie una sedia ergonomica da ufficio? Se si cerca una normale sedia da studio (senza poggia ginocchia): questo tipo di sedie da ufficio comuni non ha particolari design: prendete pure la più economica che trovate. Alcuni particolari da considerare sono: In tutte le seggiole, anche se non ergonomiche, la possibilità di inclinare in basso la parte anteriore del supporto per il sedere è una regolazione importante.
Is Free Thinking A Mental Illness? Is nonconformity and freethinking a mental illness? According to the newest edition of the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), it certainly is. The manual identifies a new mental illness called “oppositional defiant disorder” or ODD. The DSM-IV is the manual used by psychiatrists to diagnose mental illnesses and, with each new edition, there are scores of new mental illnesses. New mental illnesses identified by the DSM-IV include arrogance, narcissism, above-average creativity, cynicism, and antisocial behavior. And there are treatments available. All of this is a symptom of our over-diagnosing and overmedicating culture. According to the DSM-IV, the diagnosis guidelines for identifying oppositional defiant disorder are for children, but adults can just as easily suffer from the disease. The Soviet Union used new “mental illnesses” for political repression. If you liked this article you may be interested in this product from our sponsor.
Come scegliere la poltrona ergonomica corretta Ogni poltrona ergonomica per ufficio o sedia da studio ha diversi modelli e dimensioni. Le sedie Stokke Varier ad esempio hanno almeno dieci modelli ergonomici, con alcune edizioni ed aggiornamenti. Il migliore consiglio che posso dare è provarle per qualche tempo, fatevele prestare da qualche amico o conoscente! Per l’uso intensivo di una sedia è consigliabile che la posizione di seduta sia ergonomicamente corretta, dinamica e non troppo comoda. Tenete presente i dettagli tecnici per ogni modalità di seduta: seduta inclinabile – le gambe devono poter essere inclinate verso il basso per garantire la distensione naturale della parte bassa della schiena e l’apertura del bacino. poggia ginocchia – se avete una altezza non standard (meno di 1.40 e più di 1.85) verificate che i poggia ginocchia siano regolabili in altezza e inclinazione (opzioni non disponibili nei modelli economici di sedie posturali) braccioli (poggia gomiti) – da evitare! supporto a dondolo o regolazione in altezza? prezzo
Machines of War: Blackwater, Monsanto, and Bill Gates Silvia RibeiroLa Jornada A report by Jeremy Scahill in The Nation (Blackwater's Black Ops, 9/15/2010) revealed that the largest mercenary army in the world, Blackwater (now called Xe Services) clandestine intelligence services was sold to the multinational Monsanto. Blackwater was renamed in 2009 after becoming famous in the world with numerous reports of abuses in Iraq, including massacres of civilians. It remains the largest private contractor of the U.S. Many military and former CIA officers work for Blackwater or related companies created to divert attention from their bad reputation and make more profit selling their nefarious services-ranging from information and intelligence to infiltration, political lobbying and paramilitary training - for other governments, banks and multinational corporations. "totally separate entity from Blackwater." * The author is a researcher at ETC Group Translated from the Spanish version by: Lisa Karpova Pravda.Ru
Generation by Knoll Unplggd Test Lab Previous image Next image Product: Generation by Knoll Price: $897 (w/polished base, high performance arms options)Rating: Strong Recommend* It's not often you commend something for being "hardly there", but that's exactly what we noticed a few hours in while working from the Generation by Knoll, a chair designed with an innovate flex-back suspension system whose physical features reflects Knoll's goal of creating a seating option equally flexible for a variety of situational use in a work environment (or in our case, the home office). Aesthetically, the chair's initial impression was an immediate positive one. Initially our review unit would crack sharply from the wheel/base section when shifting, but the sound disappeared after a few days of use and has since been very silent and might have been due to the hard wheel option our chair came with (a hardwood soft wheel option is available). Our well worn Leap chair looks downright dowdy next to the Generation.
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