Until a few years ago, nobody knew what the dome was used for. Some thought it was used for night navigation training by projecting stars on the dome. Others thought it was used as a torpedo-attack trainer. Some even suggested that it was built by Bernard Matthews poultry farm to rear turkeys. It was one of 43 Dome Trainers built around the country. The Langham Dome Trainer stands 25 feet tall and 40 feet wide....
Few people understood why a statue celebrating African freedom and renaissance had to be build by foreign nationals. Others pointed out that the facial features of the statues didnt bear resemblance to African people. Some even rumored that its male face was crafted to resemble Mr. Wade.
Be sure to keep an eye on the Office Week tag page throughout the week. The larger menu that runs across the top of the document Microsoft refers to as the ribbon. How to Apply and Edit Styles A style in Word is a preset formatting for your document. Its as easy as that. Making your own specific styles is pretty easy too. Heres how to do it: From the Home tab, press Styles Pane....
Its already aconcern for travelers, and theWorld Health Organizationconsiders the epidemic aglobal emergency. Dont freak out, but do stock up on bug spray. What is Zika and Why Are People Worried About It? Zika might cause brain damage in newborns if their mothers contract the virus while pregnant. The good news is that Zika and its complications are rare. Pregnant or not, you may suffer annoying but not life-threatening symptoms if you catch the virus....
Inside the beasts belly are two huge floors for modern art exhibitions. The buildings roof is made from thousands of acrylic glass panels that generates energy with built-in photovoltaic panels.
Bisti is derived from the Navajo word Bistahi which means “among the adobe formations.” De-Na-Zin takes its name from another Navajo word for “cranes.” When the water disappeared totally, it left behind layers of jumbled sandstone, mudstone, shale and coal. Much of the coal burned away in ancient fires that lasted centuries. Erosion then shaped the characteristic features of the modern landscape of the Bisti Wilderness. The Ojo Alamo Formation spans the Mesozoic/Cenozoic boundary, and mostly contain dinosaur fossils....
Lets pretend for a moment that you are a giraffe. You live on the grasslands of the African savannah. You have a neck that is 7 feet long (2.1 meters). This post originally appeared onJames Clears blog. But its not just your neck and their cameras that separates you from the humans. When you are hungry, you walk over and munch on a tree. When a storm rolls across the plains, you take shelter under the brush....
The Icelandic Phallological Museum in Reykjavik is the worlds only museum devoted to the male genitalia. It started as a joke. Eventually it gave him an idea that it might be interesting to collect specimens from more mammalian species. Once a polar bear came drifting on an ice floe. The fishermen shot the bear and gifted him the penis of the animal. After that she said to her father, I will never collect for you again....
Eventually, Bodie gained a reputation for violence and lawlessness. Murders, shootouts, barroom brawls, and stagecoach holdups were regular occurrences. Its brothels, gambling halls, and opium dens were popular among the townsfolk. Bodies golden years didnt last long. At the same time new boomtowns in Montana, Arizona and Utah lured the workers away from Bodie. By 1910, less than 1,000 people lived here. Today, Bodie is one of the most authentic and best preserved town in the West....
For centuries,Zenmasters have used stories andkoans, orparadoxical riddles, to help students realize their true nature. Here are seven of our favorite Zen stories. Only you might meditate upon them to realize the insights within them. If they are defined, they are not Zen. It will be impossible after all. Without further ado, come see for yourself. Thirty Years A variation of this story is also known asThe Taste of Banzos Sword....
One of the most striking feature of these petroglyphs is the way they evolved with the change in climate. Petroglyph depicting a possibly sleeping antelope, located at Tassili nAjjer in southern Algeria. These figures ranged from a few centimeters to several meters tall. The majority of Round Head paintings portray people with round featureless heads and formless bodies. About 7,000 years ago, domesticated animals began to appear in the art....
They are easy to spot. They usually have glamorous iron-work railing outside, with stairs leading to the underground. These are the toilets, Agnese Sanvito is interested in. An old Ladies toilets on Rosebery Avenue in Clerkenwell. At the moment, I have just photographed those in the area that are near to me. Its a work-in-progress, I dont know where its going. Now my friends call sometimes and say, Ive found another one....
Ive always been geared towards getting up before lunchtime, but I wanted to be arealmorning person. Aget up before the sunperson. Aget 3 hours of work done before lunch everydayperson. This post originally appeared onBelle Beth Coopers blog. For a few months I wasgetting up at 6am every day. But something changed in late 2015 when I moved in with my partner and co-founder,Josh. Josh is naturally a late riser and works after Ive gone to bed many nights....
