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Some people dont register simply becausethey dont want to vote. Are you actually ineligible to vote? Is it true that you’ve got the option to protect yourself by not registering? Lets examine some common beliefs about the registration process and find out. But I registered to vote here just as soon as I had an address. But for registration, simply your SSN is good enough. Bottom line:You do not need a current state-issued ID to register to vote....

Showa-shinzan is Japans youngest mountain. It appeared on 28 December 1943 out of a wheat field accompanied by strong tremors and hot lava. Showa-shinzan erupted when Japan was fighting the Allies in the Second World War. The authorities tried to hush it up and requested the locals to keep the mountain a secret. But Masao Mimatsu, a postmaster living nearby began observing and recording the volcano’s progress. Because of Japans war effort, basic scientific materials were unavailable and Mimatsu had to improvise....

Kids are naturally curiousthis is a wonderful thing. But they also havent mastered social cues. This can make parents uncomfortable. Daniel T. Willingham is the father of 15-year-old Esprit, who has a rare chromosomal disorder called trisomy-18. She cannot walk or speak. Cognitively, shes comparable to a 9-month-old. They might have a go at distract their child, or move them away. Perhaps theyll admonish out of earshot, Its not nice to stare....

Since then Scribd has kept growing. (And yes, its still useful even thoughlibrary ebooks exist). I was at Harvard, and I had no idea what I wanted to do. But when it came to choosing a career path after college, starting my own company was the dream. My cofounder and I worked on about 10 different startup ideas before landing on Scribd. I loved the larger mission Scribd encompassed: to change the way people share the written word....

They eat, live and sleep on elaborate treetop houses perched 80 feet off the forest floor. They are squatters, but they are not homeless. Before the mine opened, the 12,000-year-old Hambach Forest was spread over more than 13,000 acres. Today, only 10 percent of the forests original footprint remains. A treetop house in Hambach Forest. The houses were built several feet above the ground to make eviction harder for authorities....

The tiny mountain village of Corippo, perched on the Swiss Alps, is much more than a village. With only twelve residents, Corippo is the smallest municipality in Switzerland. And its population is progressively shrinkingjust two years ago it had fourteen. Only the very old and the very weak remained behind. Out of the twelve residents, only the mayor is employed; the rest are pensioners. Soon, the residents fear, Corippo will have no one left....

The historical city center with its beautiful timber-framed buildings was destroyed by RAF bombing during the Second World War. After eight years of construction, DomRomer Quarter was officially opened to the public last week. A number of decorative elements that survived the air raids of 1944 were also returned to their former locations. The rest twenty buildings were built as modernist impressions of the old designs. Around 200 people are expected to make this their new home....

Id step through the classroom door, stretch my arms open and say, Hi, lady! and then wait for her to run and embrace me like she often did when she was in preschool. Instead, shed glance up, slump over and drag her feet over to her backpack. On the drive home, things would only go downhill. So … Id say, smiling at her in the rearview mirror. How was your day?...

A small unit of SS officers posing as Polish partisans got out of the car. Honiok was dressed in a stolen Polish army uniform. Honiok didnt resist for he was drugged and barely knew what was happening. The Gliwice Radio Tower is locally known as the Silesian Eiffel Tower. But when none was coming forth, Hitler decided to invent one, and Operation Himmler was born. The bodies were procured from concentration camps that the Nazis ran....

Dylan Thuras is the co-founder and creative director ofAtlas Obscura, a guide to the worlds hidden wonders. A dad of two, he talks to us about how he parents. Shes a freelance animator. We have a 3 and-a-half year-old son Phineas who we call Finn and a 17-month-old daughter named Jean. Life is long and the time when your kids are young is short. Tell us a little bit about your family and your career....

Which Android app is worth a spot on your new smartphone or tablet? Allow us to help you out with our freshly updated Lifehacker Pack for Android. TheLifehacker Packis an annual snapshot of our favorite, essential applications for each of our favorite platforms. Similarly, some notes apps are complex; some are pretty lists. Google Keep(free) may or may not come pre-installed on your Android equipment. Take a voice note. Schedule reminds so you dont forget about all the different notes youre taking....

Its October, and you know what that meansits time to stuff that Netflix queue full of zombies, creepy dolls, ghosts, slashers, and psychological torment. True to the spirit of the season, Netflix, Hulu, HBO Go, and Amazon Prime Video are adding spooky new titles seemingly every day, with each platform featuring a different sub-genre. If youre overwhelmed by the selection, heres a rundown of the best offerings to help you narrow down the options....

Bachle in the city of Freiburg. They also functioned as rainwater gutter carrying all the dirt from the streets. In a letter to the Dutch politician, Gaspar Schetz, Erasmus wrote: Here there is great uncleanliness. Through all the streets running an artificially-run brook. With this water the sheets are washed, cleaned the wine glasses, even the cooking pots. Water streams flowing through cities were more common in the early days....