Why did Christopher Columbus, who never set foot on North America, get a national holiday in his name This is in sharp contrast to Juan Ponce de Leon (who arrived in Florida in 1513), Alonso Alvarez de Pineda (whose ships arrived in what’s now known as Corpus Christi Bay in Texas in...
two significant parameters between north or south of that polar jet stream are: The difference in height up to the Tropopause (the start of the Stratosphere) is typically 4 kilometers; and the typical "air-mass" between A & B
The Illinois Flag Display Act gives the Governor the power to order flags around the state to be lowered to half-staff whenever an Illinois member of the armed force, police force, fire service, or other person covered by the act is killed in the line of duty. Johnny VincentLast Thursday ...
there are more than one way to fix a problem. The first and safest option is to avoid the situations that cause it in the first place. The second is to revert what’s already been done. When you apply this thinking to carbon emissions, it means...
Doolin was in San Antonio Texas and bought a locally made bag of corn chips. The maker wanted to sell the business, so Doolin bought the recipe and Fritos was born. To see more about the Frito-Lay company, go to the link here. Helavagood started as a cheese company in Sodus NY ...
I don’t even know the man. I also know nothing about man’s biblical fall, for I have never read the bible. I read a couple pages from it in a hotel in Texas one time, and it is a dull juvenile read. Like most religious books, the imagination is scarce, childish and too conven...
Sometimes I’d get a photo of a dead bird perfectly preserved in salt on the shores of a dried-up sea, or a Texas thunderstorm, or dizzy jungles. She was the funniest person I’ve ever known, equal parts unfiltered obliviousness and sheer acid brilliance. Being in her presence was ...
作者: US EPA, OAR, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards 摘要: Ozone Good Up High Bad Nearby is a brochure explaining why ozone is good for the environment when present in the upper atmosphere (the stratosphere) and why ozone is bad when present in the lower atmosphere where we ...
How can any man help how he is born?'” “He must have repeated this to Hitler, because about noon the next day he came round with a rather serious air and said the appointment he had made with me to meet Hitler could not take place.” ...
I’m a 6-foot-2-inch nerd from Texas. But even though I’m not built like those powerlifters, I can add strength training into my exercise routine in a way that supports my health. Likewise, if you land on the more sensitive and emotional side of the personality spectrum, you can ...