We live in a ‘throwaway culture‘, where many of our things aren’t built to last. Each year, every house in the UK produces about1 tonne of waste– that’s about the same weight as agreat white shark! What’s worse, is that60%of what we throw away, is actuallyrecyclable! That’...
An 18th century invention of a tall, seven drawer piece for the bedroom. Its name comes from the French word semaine; for week. One drawer for each day = 7 drawers. I prefer the vintage ones, but I included a couple of modern ones as well.1st Dibs1st DibsChairish1stDibsPottery Barn1...
Koh Lipe in Thailandand Langkawi in Malaysia are both beautiful island destinations and both are worth having on your itinerary. Taking the ferry Koh Lipe Langkawi only takes an hour and a half and is very easy – during the dry season from around mid-October to mid-June when direct boat ...
It is also possible to get mini-vans and bus taxis between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap.They cost between $120 and $200 and can carry between 6and 24 passengers. If you’ve got more than a couple people this is a good option. The vans and buses are usually new and clean, but ask to...
Attraction is when we are interested in, intrigued by, or feel the urge to gravitate toward something or someone. Attraction is not only about looks, either. It is about availability + confidence. What makes you most attracted to someone on a first date? Vote to see other people's results...
“Walking Scott Street, feeling like a stranger / With an open heart, open container / I've got a stack of mail and a tall can / It's a shower beer, it's a payment plan / There's helicopters over my head / Every night when I go to bed” Bridgers and her writing partner Marsha...
They rejoined the group, where the men were telling stories about caravans past. Rude, a big man with arms as hairy as a bear’s and little in the way of teeth, fully extended his arm above him, holding his hand out flat. “I swear, I saw one tall as a fucking tree, I did.”...
trailer. he liked it there. it was his own space. he was free to contemplate the acceleration of a raindrop as it leaves the clouds above him. he could hear it hit the roof and slide toward the puddles on the street outside. he imagined that the puddles were oceans and that the ...
Southern Africa is an exceptionally diverse region with an ancient geologic and climatic history. Its mountains are located in the Southern Hemisphere mid-latitudes at a tropical–temperate interface, offering a rare opportunity to contextualise and frame our research from an austral perspective to balan...
As discussed inSection 2.2, the smart system estimated the water entering into the cistern during an upcoming storm with weather forecast data and only decrease the water level by that volume. An example of the smart system operation is provided inFigure 4, which shows (a) the normalized ciste...