that without emergency surgery, her son would die. He lost his right eye, a portion of his temporal lobe and his right temporal bone. Eli needed to learn how to walk again and had to relearn hand-eye coordination. He now has a fake eye and a big, horseshoe shaped scar on his head....
"The Old Man and the Sea" "Treasure Island" "Wuthering Heights" “Call me Ishmael” is the first line of the 1851 classic, “Moby-Dick” by Herman Melville. Learn More: Quiz: Guess the Book From Its Opening Line 4. True or false: Female moose are called cows. True. Female moose ar...
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are among the few potters in the United States who continue to produce the old-fashioned German gray stoneware with cobalt blue decorations and salt glaze. Their beer steins, jardinieres, pedestals, water coolers and toby jugs are made after the old German forms, and com...
They’re the most versatile in terms of function, but they also scream “fanny pack.” So much so, your dad may ask you why you busted out his old fanny pack and are now wearing it incorrectly. (Obviously, he just doesn’t understand fashion.)...
Many of the stones used in Khufu's pyramid are from a horseshoe-shaped quarry located just south of the pyramid, said Mark Lehner, an Egyptologist who leads AERA, and engineer David Goodman. They published their finds back in 1985 in the journal Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen In...
Bring the racetrack to derby day events by adding party decorations that will make guests feel like they’re actually at Churchill Downs. Welcome guests with a hanging banner or horseshoe-shaped garland. Add a flash of color by placing a faux grass table runner on the snack table. Create a...
If you’re very lucky even today at Coerte Farm, you might stumble across an old horseshoe, embedded along the Genesee Riverbank at the farm’s far reaches. In the old days, horses were used to unload barges from the river, having come from Lake Ontario or beyond. In the 19th...
Aninflatable PFDconsists of a horseshoe-shaped collar that hangs around the wearer’s neck kind of like a scarf. The collar is made of a durable material that encloses a deflated flotation bladder and an inflation mechanism. There are adjustable nylon straps attached to the collar, which comfor...
there.) Old fashioned candy always goes over well, too – especially when it’s bubble gum cigarettes that blow “smoke.” Corporate swag that you have piling up in your junk drawer can provide lots of small gifts as well. Little ones are surprisingly impressed with seemingly banal knick...