31 Places Everyone Should Visit Before They Die
Posted on July 9, 2014 Do you want to travel and see the world? If not, these pictures sure will inspire you to. 1. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
45 Life Tips Every Man Needs To Know
Of course you don’t need to be told how to be a man. But just in case, here’s a list of the most manly words of wisdom you will ever need: #1.
21 Tips to Help You Pack for a Trip
We have compiled a great deal of packing tips after years of travelling and together with some members suggestions, we thought we should share them with other travellers setting out. 1. Security and Keeping Details Safe Scan your passport, passport photos and paper tickets (if not the e type) in. Store this (in an email for e.g.) in your web based email account.
This Dad Creates Impressive, Heartwarming Toast Sculptures for His Daughters' Breakfast
Some sculptors make art out of bronze, some make art out of marble, and some make art out of a couple slices of toast bread. Adam Perry, the artist behind Instagram sensation 2slicesoftoast, creates a different toast sculpture for his daughters every day. Because of Perry's younger daughter's severe food allergies, toast with sunflower oil spread is one of very few breakfast option.
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Business Insider It's easy to focus on everything that's going wrong in the world. If the media coverage of ISIS and Ebola has shown us anything, it's that we're easily seduced by fear-mongering. But Dr. Max Roser wants to remind us the world is getting better.
The 24 Amazing Pools You Need To Jump In Once In Your Life
When is time for travel, we need to think what we will do on that trip and that can be our guide to travel destinations. This is an amazing idea for your travel plans. All of those magnificent pools are something that you need to feel and to see while you are on this planet. Like you can see on photos, all of them have something beautiful that you want to feel on you skin. So, think about this idea and enjoy in these amazing pools.
L'an 2000 imaginé en 1899
In this section of the site we bring you curated collections of images, books, audio and film, shining a light on curiosities and wonders from a wide range of online archives. With a leaning toward the surprising, the strange, and the beautiful, we hope to provide an ever-growing cabinet of curiosities for the digital age, a kind of hyperlinked Wunderkammer – an archive of materials which truly celebrates the breadth and variety of our shared cultural commons and the minds that have made it. Some of our most popular posts include visions of the future from late 19th century France, a dictionary of Victorian slang and a film showing the very talented “hand-farting” farmer of Michigan. With each post including links back to the original source we encourage you to explore these wonderful online sources for yourself. Check out our Sources page to see where we find the content.
On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs
On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs When you”re trying to connect with your god, it helps to find some peace and quiet, if you can. But that was, indeed, no such problem for the architects of these impossibly built monasteries. Constructed at dizzying heights on the sides of mountains, they ensured only the most devoted – and vertigo-free – followers would join them for prayer. Gripping: This gravity-defying hanging monastery clings to the side of Mt Huashan in China and is only accessible via steep and dangerous paths
Googly Eyes Foundation
Ah yes, eyebombing, the street art equivalent of drawing a funny mustache on Mona Lisa. So ubiquitous it’s impossible to credit anyone for inventing it… and yet for some reason it never quite stops being hilarious? Or maybe it’s just me. Probably just me. Vanyu Krastev of Eyebombing Bulgaria helps keep it alive.
Text of Reyhaneh Jabbari's will in a voice message to her mother
Details Saturday, 25 October 2014 06:33 NCRI - Reyhaneh Jabbari, the Iranian woman who was hanged today (October 2,2014) by the Iranian regime’s henchman after 7 years imprisonment had released her will in a Voice recording of Reyhaneh Jabbari heartbreaking message to her mother. In a heart-rending message to her family in April, first addressing her mother Sholeh, 26-year-old Reyhaneh Jabbari tells of how she trusted the law, but has faced death for the crime of defending herself against an agent from the Iranian regime’s intelligence who tried to abuse her. The English translation of Reyhaneh Jabbari's will provided by National Council of Resistance of Iran - NCRI.
Listen to this organ in Croatia that uses the sea to make hauntingly beautiful music.
In 2005, a Croatian architect designed a 230-foot-long organ that turns the rhythm of the waves into actual music. Nope, not nonsensical bellows or chaotic tones. Real, actual, music.
Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS
Lancet Inf Dis Article: Here. Mobile Version: Here. Data sources: Full list. Downloadable database: GitHub, Feature Layer. Lead by JHU CSSE. Technical Support: Esri Living Atlas team and JHU APL.
