Io is the inventor of writing in the poem when, transformed into a cow and desperate to communicate her true identity to her father, she scratches the two letters of her name in the sand with her hoof; Inachus, recognizing the name she has written, becomes the text’s first inter-Read More →
Blackletter is the oldest typeface style that still has significant echoes in modern type. It emerged in Europe in the middle ages (around 1150 AD) and stuck around well into the 17th century – especially in Germany. What font goes well with Castellar? Inspired by the classic Roman letters, CastellarRead More →
The founder of what is now considered the standard music staff was Guido d’Arezzo, an Italian Benedictine monk who lived from about 991 until after 1033. How did music begin? Our early ancestors may have created rhythmic music by clapping their hands. This may be linked to the earliest musicalRead More →
Ipsy, named after an intensive pronoun in Latin, ipse, sells small “glam bags” of beauty companies’ products like, say, cheek highlighter in a shade of tiramisù. How much is IPSY company worth? Today, Ipsy has over 1.5 million monthly subscribers and is valued at $800 million (Fast Company). Who isRead More →
He advocated the theory that the ability of speech was seperate from the ability of thought. Girolamo Cardano was the first physician to recognize the ability of the Deaf to reason and the first to challenge Aristotle’s belief that hearing was a requirement for understanding. Who were the key figuresRead More →
The Vision of Toshiyuki Inoko, a Founder of teamLab | teamLab. What is the first digital art museum? It’s almost surprising the Mori Building Digital Art Museum: teamLab Borderless is the first dedicated digital art museum in the world – a 107,000-square-foot venue recently opened in Tokyo and conceived toRead More →
Neutralization is defined as a technique, which allows the person to rationalize or justify a criminal act. There are five techniques of neutralization; denial of responsibility, denial of injury, denial of victim, condemnation of the condemners, and the appeal to higher loyalties. Who listed five techniques of neutralization? Sykes andRead More →
Since they were formed in the Ice Age, the clay cliffs from Flamborough Head down to Spurn Point have been vulnerable to erosion under assault from the ferocious North Sea waves. But climate change has accelerated this natural process thanks to rising sea levels and the increasing frequency of extremeRead More →
Price. Cubic zirconia is very inexpensive, since it’s synthetic and mass-produced. A cut and polished one carat cubic zirconia stone will cost $20 and a similar two carat stone will cost about $30. This is far cheaper than diamonds, which start at $1800 for one carat and increase considerably asRead More →
The term ‘collective bargaining’ was invented by Beatrice Webb, and propagated by the Webbs, to describe the process of agreeing terms and conditions of employment through representatives of employers — possibly their associations, probably managers — and representatives of the employees — probably their unions. What act created the ideaRead More →