Alvar Henrik Aalto (1898–1976) was a Finnish architect who was one of the most influential proponents of functional design. Aalto's early work was strictly functional, but in later designs he integrated his buildings with their environment through the use of natural materials and free-flowing volumes and spaces. Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was born in Kuortane, Finland, on Feb. 3, 1898. He graduated from the Polytechnic School in Helsinki in 1921 and three years later married fellow student Aino Marsio (1894–1949), who collaborated in all his designs until her death. Their first office was in Jyväskylä. In 1927 they moved to Turku, and in 1933 they relocated to Helsinki. In 1952 he married Elissa Mäkiniemi, who became a partner in his office, and after 1955 they lived in or near Helsinki. Aalto died in Helsinki on May 11, 1976. Aalto's fame spread beyond Finland with early functional designs such as the block of buildings in Turku that includes the Finnish Theater (1927–1928); a tu...
While the U.S. Congress is expected to decide on military action in Syria, Barack Obama is trying to get the support of his former rival in the 2008 presidential elections , the influential Republican Senator John McCain. When U.S. President Barack Obama is engaged in an intense lobbying campaign to convince Congress to support a limited military action against Syria, an elected Republican influence is at the center of attention . This man is none other than Senator John McCain defeated rival Barack Obama in the presidential election of 2008. He will be received at the White House, Monday, September 2 , indicating that it will play a very important role. Especially since Sunday, against all odds, he said he was not sure to vote in favor of the plan of the Obama administration , the unambitious judging . "Cosmetic Strike " "Apparently, the president wants a kind of cosmetic strikes , throw a few missiles and say this is it, we responded ," he told the Republi...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has advised that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), sold under trade names such as Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, and Celexa, must carry a warning that their use in adolescents may pose a risk by leading to an increase in suicidal thoughts. Although many young people have benefited from the use of SSRIs, there also are indications that these drugs can lead to self-destructive behavior in young adults. It is important to know how and why the FDA reached the decision to add an advisory warning to prescription antidepressant drugs; but first the causes of depression and how SSRIs work to alleviate it must be examined. One could say that it all begins with serotonin, a mood-regulating neurotransmitter. Defined as substances that carry neural impulses across a synapse (a space between two neurons), neurotransmitters are essential to the electrochemical transmission of messages through the nervous system and within the brain. Insufficient amo...