The Tudor in-house movements in particular have some technical improvements over ETA (free sprung balance, longer power reserve), but they're also thicker, uglier, and so far have proven to be far less reliable. The lack of any real benefit to in-house in the lower end of the luxury ...
The film opens expressionistically somewhere in “Central Europe” on a rain-drenched night with Barrymore and his dim-witted sidekick (the deadpan Charles Butterworth) rehearsing a traveling puppet show when a barefoot youth (Frankie Darro), fleeing a beating from his insanely sadistic father (Bor...
There was a large central restaurant/bar area partly up on the cliff face with steps up to ‘gardenview’ bures on the cliff up above (nothing here was without a sea view) and then two rows of 6 bures down at the sea front half facing the sea, half facing the well-kept gardens. M...
“Most of my life, I would have doubted myself and backed down. Having public standing as a writer of history helped me stand my ground, but few women get that boost, and billions of women must be out there on this seven-billion-person planet being told that they are not reliable ...
Some people call it New York's "underground art museum". It includes more than 250 works of art. They are meant to brighten everyone's ride around the city. There is a huge painting of the night sky on the ceiling of Grand Central Terminal. New Yorkers have been ...
Doing anything or going anywhere for a relaxed afternoon of visiting, shopping, exploring, looking, listening, or eating and drinking seems to involve walking for 1.5 to 2 miles, judging by Nancy’s Fitbit and its reliable data recording. This is our average walking distance when we are ...
Millions of New Yorkers and visitors ride the city's subway and other trains each day. The public transportation system offers more than just a trip, however. It also has one of the most extensive public art collection in the world, with much of it under city streets. Some people call ...
No matter how much ordnance you pack, you will still have to contend with the precision jumps, blind tunnels and unstoppable freight trains that pepper the various circuits, though. Perhaps Formula One could learn a thing or two? Advertisement - Page continues below World Rally – Arcade (1993...
I wasn’t sure what to make of that at first, but having read books about plant sentience, it didn’t seem far fetched to me that the fig would be a reliable source of information. While Ada learns a little bit more about her parents from Meryem, the fig shares the story of Cyprus...
No reasonable person would believe there won’t be challenges, but there is no fundamental impossibility of 100% renewables for most places, with a grid as reliable as the current one, only economics and policy issues. “the utility can not directly control the output of thousands of ...