My favorite video of hers is Beethoven Sonata Op 57 "Appassionata" Mov3. Good stuff. Her videos are what made me interested in classical music.

Here is the article about the woman in detroit.

I have a hard time believing that they are doing this because of the health risks of food being given to the homeless. In my area, I have noticed that there are a lot of homeless who will stand outside gas stations and ask for food not money, I am usually asked by the clerk or manager not to get them anything so they will "go away on their own". These permits are probably denied based on location as much as anything else.

I have heard a lot of good things about Duck Duck Go, the alternative search he suggested, but I have never seem to get the same quality of results. Perhaps it is because Google knows so much about me that it can show more relevant results to my searches.

That would be neat but using that style I think you would have to pick a certain type of art to limit the number of images. It would be a great way of showing how specific techniques evolved though. The main thing I like about this timeline is how much information you are given. It shows the present-day geographic region, thematic essays, material, technique, biography of the artist, and collections of similar works. It also has more than paintings, my favorite so far has been a clock.

There has been some skepticism regarding this study, here is the lead author's response. I hold my own reservations but I am excited to see where they go from here.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/01/18/evolving-b...

This was my thought as well. The second paragraph says that the intermediates oxidize pollutants and can naturally clean the atmosphere, but it was my impression that the oxidation of nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide causes acid rain. I can't find much information on sulfate aerosols other than they have a cooling effect and can lead to cloud formation. I thought the author was suggesting that while sulfur dioxide is a pollutant, sulfate aerosols are not or are at least more favorable in that they could reduce global warming.