To contrast the speed of electronic mail with that of the U.S. Post Office, Jim Rutt is said to have first used the phrase ‘snail mail’ in 1981, and the term spread from there. Created in the 1980s at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, theZephyr Notification Systemwas used for...
We have been very fortunate to avoid the worst of the storms and floods, but as you may know, there has been dreadful devastation and loss of life in Spain, so the local communities here have been trying to help out with donations. I hope that you are all ok wherever you are, and...
By the time the Killoran’s had finished building their empire, Mrs Killoran was the unofficial Mayor of Tubbercurry, and they, together, successfully ran and owned a pub, restaurant, travel agent, and ice cream machine. That ice cream machine got absolutely hammered by my cousins and I ...
The Victorians were passionate about collecting and organizing all aspects of the natural world, from local seaweed and mosses to exotic birds. This was connected to the development of science as an organized, professional occupation; to the expansion of empire and trade; to Christian morality, in...
Palenque isn’t the largest of the major ruin sites but it has some of the best examples of architecture, sculpture and aqueducts in the Mayan empire. The city thrived from about 200 B.C. to 1200, when it was abandoned and consumed by the jungle. Spanish conquistadors discovered it in ...
This was another major storm that took over the Sioux Empire. There were a lot of power outages, whiteout conditions, and at least $10 million in damages from the storm. April of 2013 Getty Images April of 2013 Two snow storms hit South Dakota in one month. At the time, this was a...
of her—and I’m a little envious—are her first brush with Black Beauty, Alice stepping through the looking glass, Huck and Jim drifting down the Mississippi, the emotional storms of Shakespeare, the spiritual agonies of Tolstoy. For reading isn’t all joy. Like life itself, it’s mixed...
"I can't remember what was on it," he continued. "They were an important band to us, and Appetite is one of a handful of records that's one of those epic things that transcends space and time and the band. It's a worldwide massive record and it's perfect." ...
Constantinople became the greatest city in the civilised world, but over the centuries it had to weather many storms, including a 6th-century plague that killed most of the inhabitants. It was attacked innumerable times, but thanks to its huge 5th-century walls, it remained unconquerable. ...
With the winter salt eating away at the roads, springtime in the Empire State brings potholes. Some roads, of course, are a little more impacted by them than others. But, Jay Street in Utica might just have more than any other. Google...