Norway will cut part of the island where took place the massacre of Utoya

Almost two years after the bombing, the Norway will perpetuate the victims of Anders Breivik through three memorials. The memorials will be designed by Jonas Dahlberg-the winner of a competition called Memorial Sites After 22 July, destined to choose the artist to create the memorials.

The three works will have a cost of about €3,3 million for the Government in Oslo. On July 22, 2011, recalled, 77 people were killed: eight in the explosion of a car bomb with a bomb in the Centre of Oslo and 69 in the massacre on the island of Utoya.

The most interesting of the three memorials commissioned will be of Sørbråten peninsula, called Memory Wound (Wound of memory). For this monument, Dahlberg will cut a piece of land on the peninsula, separating it through a channel of three and a half meters of width of the main portion of Earth. The work will be a "symbolic wound" in the landscape refers to the Verge.

Another of the monuments will understand 100 cubic meters of rock extracted from Sørbråten which will be transferred to the Government quarter in Norwegian capital, where the memorial will mark the spot where the car bomb was detonated.

Additionally, the artist will still build a temporary path between Gubbegata and the Deichmanske library. Subsequently, Dahlberg will utilize the peninsula cutting trees to create a permanent Amphitheater in the Government quarter, called "Time and Movement" (Time and motion ").

The Memorial will be inaugurated on July 22, 2015 at the fourth anniversary of the attacks, and the Amphitheatre will be opened later.

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Celebrities and top designers are using fur

Despite the angry reaction on the part of the defenders of animals, many are still the public figures who continue to wear fur â€" even those who had promised to never use, like Naomi Campbell and Cindy Crawford (pictured), referred to the Guardian. 

Despite an appeal by the designer John Bartlett to stop using animal skins, several clothing brands like Dolce Gabbana &, Alexander McQueen, Prada, Louis Vuitton, Fendi and Tom Ford have all continued to use skins for the latest season sets.

Although companies like H&M, Topshop and Calvin Klein have banned the use of skins, these may be increasingly to be used.

During this month will be held in the Finnish city of Helsinki the largest fur auction ever seen, in which prices are expected to reach record values. Merchants and designers will compete in 11 million mink pelts, 2 million Fox pelts and 1 million skins a variety of wild animals.

Mark Oaten, executive director of the Federation of international trade in Furs, asserts that "the demand for fur is so great that the industry is going through a desperate shortage of products." Second, young Oaten began using skins and the latest technological advancements have supported industry to do much more with them.

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Esther: wonderful nut that prompted the owners to create a haven for pigs

The mini pigs are fashionable. As such, Derek Walter and Steve Jenkins, a Toronto couple decided to adopt one of these animals. However, as many people have been deceived into buying these pets, also this couple was wrong and, rather than adopt a mini pig, hosted a normal domestic pig.

Esther, so they called it. This was rejected by the domestic pig farm where he was born, in the summer of 2012. Derek and Steve knew of the case and decided to embrace the animal, thinking that it was a mini pig. However, with the passage of time, the animal continued to grow, until acquiring the proportions of a normal domestic pig.

When they discovered that the animal was not a mini pig, this couple doesn't get rid of the animal, which already belonged to the family, as well as dogs and cats I've ever had.

With more than a year and a half and 180 pounds, Esther â€" which is already a phenomenon on the internet â€" prompted the owners to change their lifestyle: Derek and Steve have become vegetarians. Now, after they find out how magnificent could be a pig, these two Canadians intend to open a refuge for animals this spring.

"The idea is to build an environment that is accessible and interesting enough to attract visitors", says Steve Jenkins, cited by Dodo. "We want to accommodate mostly pigs but we hope to be able to host all kinds of farm animals. We hope to be able to maintain a barn with all or almost all pigs or some sort of House with clean floor, blankets and hay. Anything that stimulates the intelligence of animals and take people to consider us differently. "

The idea for the creation of the refuge came from the feeling that this could provide more space to Esther to play. However, Derek and Steve indicate that educate visitors is the first motivation of the project. "View Esther playing as our dogs was the key to unleash the project. We quickly realized that the pigs are not stupid animals, as you might think, and we want to introduce visitors to this reality in a smooth way. We don't want to fill visitors with vegetarian or propaganda in favour of animal rights, we want to stimulate these aspects through direct contact with the animals ".

In the long run, these two Canadians expect their refuge becomes a unique venue, that people want to visit not only to see the animals but also to play with and learn from them. "Is a huge task and our goals are very aggressive, we know that. But this has become more of a mission than a dream and we will fulfill this mission, "says Jenkins.

Esther follow Facebook.

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Robots take over the creative work and I write books and music

Robots and computers already have a large number of applications and progressively go replacing the human being in the most varied tasks. Initially they were used to perform heavy or hazardous work, robots are currently used in creative functions â€" an example of this are the IBM computers that were programmed to cook and create new recipes.

Despite these intelligent robots IBM being just a prototype, you better get used to the idea of having meals made by robots or papers written by computers, which means that these intelligent machines will also be able to override the creatives of the most varied professions.

There are computers that develop creative work for quite some time. Already there are novels written by computers that combine the plots of Tolstoy with the writing style of Murakami, as well as for music and news written by computers, referred to Quartz.

But what makes it possible for machines to operate in these areas considered artistic works? The answer is simple: both the music, how the writing can be transformed into science, through the creation of large databases of music, books and news-and now also recipes, which are converted into binary code.

In recent centuries, the human being has done a great job to improve the culinary arts, but in the future this role may belong to the computers and the IBM project is an example of this. When assessing the variety of existing recipes and analyzing the implicit flavors to certain molecules, computers can create various recipes, as numerous as their databases allow.

Such advances in computational art can allow in the future to order a book written depending on customer preferences or a song composed according to the listener's tastes. And maybe in the near future can be surprised with any exotic recipe created by a computer or even a plate with his name, created from its gastronomic tastes.

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Energy-efficient houses will be doing us harm?

A toxic spill caused by poor circulation of air may cause the "sick building syndrome", thinking to be present in new or renovated buildings half English, informs the media of that country.

The most common symptoms are headaches, lethargy, lack of concentration, skin irritation, dry itchy eyes and a runny nose. In rarer cases, mold spores can damage lung tissue and affect breathing

Efficient buildings are an important part in combating the world energy crisis. However, these structures can be a threat to humans because they are likely to retain moist air, in which toxic chemicals can spread.

The new buildings and hermetically sealed can produce moisture and toxic mold dangerous to health. About two-thirds of the most severe crises â€" and potentially fatal â€" of asthma may be triggered by these fungi, which can also cause serious lung infections.

Fungi can also be linked to Parkinson's disease. A recent American study showed that a compound emitted by fungi reduces dopamine levels produced by the brain, something which usually cause symptoms of Parkinson 's, although more research is needed on this matter.

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A 17TH century cottage left to abandonment

The country house of Old Crow in Willersey, Herefordshire, United Kingdom, is grade II listed, namely architectural, is considered a particularly important structure and local interest.

However, this certification does not prevent Old Crow is the abandonment since 2009 and, these days, practically in ruins. The building, dating back to the 17th century, was once a village pub and, in recent decades, it housed several generations of the same family.

However, an investigation by the English press, based on photos of the urban Explorer Dan Circa, discovered a building about to collapse and with articles of historic interest unprotected: photographs, newspapers, clothing, furniture or even watches.

"The cabin was for several years in the possession of the same family, and it seems that every generation has filled the home of several articles. There we can find everything, "explained Dan, who confirmed that the building has seven rooms, one of which is completely burnt.

The first reference to the building dates back to 1841, when it was occupied by James Matthews. It is also known that the building was a pub and a pension, having had several names.

"The House is on its last legs, structurally insecure and may fall at any moment," says Dan Circa. "I wish the House and some objects that are inside could be saved. Have an incredible story and should not continue to fester, "he concludes.

And the reader, know any monument in Portugal, which is left to abandonment? Let your complaint in the comments to this news, on Twitter or Facebook.

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Tetra Pak recycled 43 billion packs in 2013

The multinational company Tetra Pak food security recycled more than 43 billion packs in 2013, another four billion the previous year, totalling 24.5% recycling rate.

In the Iberian market, Tetra Pak packages have reached a recycling rate of almost 50%, having been forwarded for recycling about three million packs.

"Achieving environmental excellence is part of the company's strategy for 2020, because we believe is crucial to the future of the company and its customers. We influenced the environmental performance at all stages of our operations since the election of the raw materials, the development of treatment and packaging systems and support to our customers, "said Claes Du Rietz, Tetra Pak ' s Vice President for the environment, cited by Protects What's good.

In Portugal and Spain were placed on the market in 2013, about 7,520 million FSC certified packaging, which represents 44% of all packaging placed in the two markets. The goal of the company is to achieve the 100% up to 2015.

Meet all the environmental results of the Tetra Pak Protects What's good.

In the long run, Tetra Pak's goal is to develop a totally renewable. In 2013 was given a big step in that direction, with the worldwide release of the aperture system LightCap 30, bio-based and produced with high-density polyethylene (HDPE) derived from sugar cane. In 2013, reached 1.1 billion packaging market with this opening system, almost double the figure recorded in 2012.

On average, 75% of a Tetra Pak packaging consists of cardboard from wood. "While company certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Tetra Pak is committed to stocking up with forests are managed responsibly and other controlled sources, with the objective of using 100% FSC-certified card. This percentage amounted to 38% in 2012 to 41% in 2013. In the last year, were placed on the market 32 billion Tetra Pak's packaging with the symbol of the FSC, which translates into an increase of more than 5 billion packages in the face of 2012, "explains Protects What's good.

Reduce the environmental footprint

Tetra Pak has established as a goal, until 2020, the limitation of climate impact along the value chain 2010 levels, maintaining the growth of their business. To achieve this goal, a number of initiatives were launched, including the development of a system of control and registration in line with the standards of the Business Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions along the value chain (Green House Gas Protocol Corporate Value Chain). The system shows that, between 2010 and 2013, Tetra Pak has reduced emissions from its operations in 2.000 tons CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent), while it recorded a growth of 12% in the total number of packages sold.

Tetra Pak reports publicly the progress of your emission control program through the CDP. In 2013, Tetra Pak has improved their rating from 77 to 91 CDP, considered very high value value vis-à-vis industry average is 49. CDP (formerly known as Carbon Disclosure Project) is an independent, non-profit organization that supports companies in the evaluation, dissemination, management and sharing of environmental information.

In 2013, were also released a series of innovations in the field of equipment and support services to clients in reducing their environmental footprint. For example, was made available the Tetra Alcross RO Lite for small and medium-sized producers of cheese allows you to transform the serum with excess water, considered waste of production, a commercial product.

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