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By Natalia Jimenez, msnbc.com Helicopter pilot Mike Schaeffer was wrapping up a tour when he spotted this incredible weather phenomenon along the coast of Panama City Beach, Fl. on Sunday. As soon as he landed, he alerted Panhandle Helicopter owner JR Hott of the "cloud form waves," and together they went up for a better view.
PhotoBlog - Spectacular 'cloud tsunami' rolls over Florida high-rise condos
The Cabin This treeroom’s location was based on the idea of creating a platform high up on a sharp hillside overlooking the Lule River valley. You can reach the hut from here via a horizontal bridge among the trees. At the front of the bridge is a large wooden deck.
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My name is Noah Scalin and I made a Skull-A-Day for a year. I started by making an orange paper skull on June 4th, 2007 and posting it online saying, "I'm making a skull a day for a year". I made my 365th skull on June 2nd, 2008 (and even posted a bonus skull the day after since it was a leap year!). June 3rd, 2008 marked the start of year two of the project (called Skull-A-Day 2.0) and featured daily submissions from readers. In October 2008 a book based on the Skull-A-Day, featuring 150 images from the first half of the project, was published by Lark Books. It's called SKULLS and you can buy it from your local independent bookstore or online via Amazon.com or Barnes & Nobel or Powell's Books .
Even stacked together in a jar, all those pennies you have are fairly worthless. However, they may soon become collectors' items. Canada, our neighbor to the North, has just eliminated the penny in their latest federal budget, following the example of nations like Australia and New Zealand. The Canadian national mint will stop producing the one-cent coin over the next six months, and businesses have been asked to return pennies to be melted down.
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Home Page - Television Tropes & Idioms
What is this about? This wiki is a catalog of the tricks of the trade for writing fiction. Tropes are devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations. On the whole, tropes are not clichés . The word clichéd means "stereotyped and trite." In other words, dull and uninteresting.
Uses: The Anchor Hitch, or Bend, ( ABOK # 1841, p 309) is also known as the Fisherman's Hitch, or Bend. It is an excellent knot to use for attaching an anchor line to an anchor. Logically, as a knot to attach rope to an object, it should always be called a hitch. However, the name Bend derives from a time when it covered "tied to" and was not restricted to joining two ropes. Comparison: It is very similar to the Round Turn and Two Half Hitches , so similar that it is doubtful if there is much benefit in using one knot over the other.
Anchor Hitch | How to tie the Anchor Hitch (Fisherman's Hitch) | Boating Knots
“They live” by Timm Kong Schneider | koikoikoi
Timm Kong Schneider is a freelance designer from Germany. This project, called “They live” is just as simple as amazing. Using only some white balls with a black dot as eyes and placing them on garbage containers and other urban furnitures, Timm created this series of funny characters around the city.
Google Doodles you'll never see - The Christian Science Monitor - CSMonitor.com
Google, whose motto is 'Don't be evil,' has paid tribute to many events and ideas over the years with alterations to their iconic logo. Here are several that we probably will never see, including this one: Google celebrates evil.
How to Ditch Big Brother and Disappear Forever
So you've decided you want to drop off the map and leave Big Brother behind. It's harder than ever in our always-connected world, but if you're ready to plan your big vanishing act, here are a few tips to get you started. If this looks familiar, you're not crazy. Our guide to dropping off the map is a perennial Evil Week favorite. Who hasn't thought about how nice it would be to start fresh somewhere new, preferably with nicer weather and cheaper drinks?
Theodore Roosevelt was once shot at during a campaign rally in Wisconsin. The bullet penetrated his glasses case and a manuscript, just missing his right lung.
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Thing in a Jar
The coolest thing about the Thing is that everyone responds to seeing it by asking questions. Where did I find it? Is it an internal organ?Born 4 January 1838, General Tom Thumb's growth slowed at the age of 6 months, at 5 years he was signed to the circus by P.T. Barnum, and at adulthood reached a height of only 1 metre. Before it was stopped by the British, it was the not uncommon for women in some areas of India to choose to be burnt alive on their husband's funeral pyre. The Anglo-Saxons believed Friday to be such an unlucky day that they ritually slaughtered any child unfortunate enough to be born on that day.
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It looks like something from the movie "Avatar": ocean waters that light up like neon glow sticks when they splash. Beaches across southern California have recently been alight with eerie, glowing waves. What could be causing such an otherworldly phenomenon? A recent report by Discovery News has provided an answer.
What is causing the waves in California to glow? | MNN - Mother Nature Network
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