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Ashmolean Museum

This hand-painted maiolica jar comes from 14th century Italy. Any guesses as to what it might have been used for?

See it on display in our European Ceramics Gallery (40).

It's raining goats near Berkeley Lab! 

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伯克利实验室

Goats gone wild!

We utilize goats at the lab in order to keep our grasses short and reduce fire hazards. In this video the goats are being herded (wait for dog at end) to the tree laden hill just below our Blackberry Gate.

(Video: David Stein)

British Museum

Pair of maiolica vases that once belonged to Horace Walpole. The vases illustrate the story of Hercules and his wife Deianira (left) and river gods among a lush landscape (right). Made in Urbino, Italy, 1561–1571. The brass-gilt mounts were added later, in Paris. WB.61a and 61b.

對曾經屬於賀瑞斯 · 沃波爾的陶器花瓶。花瓶說明海格力斯和他的妻子黛安妮拉 (左) 和河神之間一個鬱鬱蔥蔥的風景 (右) 的故事。義大利製造的烏爾比諾，1561年-1571 年。黃銅鍍金坐騎(錯)後來又增加了，在巴黎。WB.61a 和 61b。

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Rio De Janeiro Journal
Food-Safety Microscope on High-End Kitchens
The Art of Style, and the Style of Art
By ROBERTA SMITH
Two outstanding examples of high-fashion exhibitions, mounted collaboratively, can be seen at the Metropolitan Museum and the Brooklyn Museum.


A worker picks beans on a coffee plantation in the Bolaven Plateau, a region known for producing a thick and delicious brew. Traditionally, coffee in Laos is filtered through a sock-like bag and served with condensed milk.

British Museum

Nautilus shell cup on a silver-gilt claw foot and mounts. Made in Nuremberg, Germany, late 16th century. WB.114

鸚鵡螺殼杯上銀鎏金爪腳和......。在德國的紐倫堡，16 世紀後期。WB.114

Mr. Obama’s plan, if enacted, would be in part a government-directed industrial policy, with lawmakers and administration officials picking winners and losers among private projects and raining large amounts of taxpayer money on them.

maiolica
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiolica



RAIN
n.

1. 1. Water condensed from atmospheric vapor and falling in drops.
   2. A fall of such water; a rainstorm.
   3. The descent of such water.
   4. Rainy weather.
   5. rains A rainy season.
2. A heavy or abundant fall: a rain of fluffy cottonwood seeds; a rain of insults.

v., rained, rain·ing, rains. v.intr.

1. To fall in drops of water from the clouds.
2. To fall like rain: Praise rained down on the composer.
3. To release rain.

v.tr.

1. To send or pour down.
2. To give abundantly; shower: rain gifts; rain curses upon their heads.

condense
verb [T]
1 to reduce something, such as a speech or piece of writing, in length:
I condensed ten pages of comments into/to two.

2 to make a liquid thicker by removing some of the water

condensed 
adjective
condensed soup

condensed milk noun [U]
a thick and very sweet milk from which water has been removed


mount
v., mount·ed, mount·ing, mounts. v.tr.

1. To climb or ascend: mount stairs.
2. To place oneself upon; get up on: mount a horse; mount a platform.
3. To climb onto (a female) for copulation. Used of male animals.
4. 1. To furnish with a horse for riding.
   2. To set on a horse: mount the saddle.
5. To set in a raised position: mount a bed on blocks.
6. 1. To fix securely to a support: mount an engine in a car.
   2. To place or fix on or in the appropriate support or setting for display or study: mount stamps in an album; mount cells on a slide.
7. To provide with scenery, costumes, and other equipment necessary for production: mount a play.
8. To organize and equip: mount an army.
9. To prepare and set in motion: mount an attack.
10. 1. To set in position for use: mount guns.
    2. To carry as equipment: The warship mounted ten guns.
11. To post (a guard).

v.intr.

1. To go upward; rise.
2. To get up on something, as a horse or bicycle.
3. To increase in amount, extent, or intensity: Costs are mounting up. Fear quickly mounted. See synonyms at rise.

n.

1. The act or manner of mounting.
2. A means of conveyance, such as a horse, on which to ride.
3. An opportunity to ride a horse in a race.
4. An object to which another is affixed or on which another is placed for accessibility, display, or use, especially:
1. A glass slide for use with a microscope.
2. A hinge used to fasten stamps in an album.
3. A setting for a jewel.
4. An undercarriage or stand on which a device rests while in service.

1. 1 上がる［上げる］こと；（馬などに）乗ること；（競馬で）乗馬（の機会）.
2. 2 （馬・自転車などの）乗り物.
3. 3 （写真などの）台紙；（宝石などの）台；（顕微鏡の）スライド；《印刷》（版）台.
4. 4 （木製家具・刀剣のさやなどの）飾り金具.

[Middle English mounten, from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from Latin mōns, mont-, mountain.]

mountable mount'a·ble adj.
mounter mount'er n.under the microscope 在顯微鏡下, 仔細查看

microscope[mi・cro・scope]

• 発音記号[máikrəskòup]

[名]顕微鏡

a binocular microscope
双眼顕微鏡

an electron microscope
電子顕微鏡

observe through a microscope
顕微鏡をのぞく

The plan was put under the microscope.
計画はきわめて微細な点まで検討された.