preserving the construction traditions to build an extremely 5.___(impress) roof. Seen from above, the shape of this building is like a figure“8”or the infinity sign“∞”. The Treewow
Canadian rapper Jon James, who performed risky stunts in his music videos–essentially integrating the social media risk-taker subculture into his performances–fell to his deathin October during a video shoot on an airplane wing. While social media stars sometimes die in the act, it’s possibl...
I have been watching the tug of war between those who want the past , and those that want a major change in the future , and how this division seems to have increased in the past years, and think this is an excellent time to view the tug of war. There seem to be a number of ap...
The Perigord in the South had some, Paris had some, obviously the Alps had some but since we’ve been here at the Chateau, apart from the odd flurry of pretend snow which comes in the form of Slush Puppie that falls in an icy plop and isn’t nearly as romantic, we haven’t had a...
A few weeks ago I received a call from an intelligent, depressed and suicidal professor from a prestigious Eastern university who, after two attempts to find a therapist able to sit quietly and listen to her, found my free e-book (Suicide: the Forever Decision) on the web, and rang me ...
He was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1963 and assigned to Gemini 9, but died in an airplane crash during training for his first spaceflight. He is memorialized on the Space Mirror Memorial, The Astronaut Monument, and the Fallen Astronaut memorial plaque, placed on the Moon during the ...
The man was in danger of falling into traffic below when officers reached through the fence and grabbed him. Dr. John Hick, who worked with first responders, heard the emergency radio chatter while driving and rushed to the scene with an idea. Hick gave the man ...
Henry Hill was a notorious mobster who was involved in one of the greatest mafia takedowns in history when he became an FBI informant, The film was based on the book Wiseguy , by Nicholas Pileggi, and is arguably one of the best gangster movies of...
was unafraid to poke fun of his persona, which he did to hilarious effect as the captain of a doomed passenger jet in "Airplane" (1980) and "Airplane II: The Sequel" (1982). Though not known for any award-worthy performances, Graves became engrained in pop culture - both as an under...
Getting live plants to the mainland is an intimidating thought, given that you can’t even bring an orange for lunch onto an airplane headed to North America. But the regulations are there to prevent specific pests from getting across, and due to the millions of pounds of commercial food cro...