To label the ninth ( and most holy ) month in the Islamic calendar , Muslims around the worldobserveRamadan . Often compared to Lent in Christianity and Yom Kippur in Judaism , Ramadan is all about constraint . For one calendar month , Muslims keep Ramadan fast during the day and then feed at night . By abstain from food and water ( as well as sexual activity , smoking , fighting , etc ....
Kevlar . The world is dirty with this clobber : from organic structure armor to tires to shoestring ; from to suspension bridges to theOve Glove . But when Kevlar was invented 45 years ago , it did n’t face like something that could make unnecessary a animation . It search like a misapprehension . In the years leading up to World War II , the ware growing types at DuPont had their heap on some potentially lucrative objects in pauperization of extreme corporeal makeovers — gamey government contracts like the soldier ’s brand helmet ....
A Nude Hope is a brash , glittering , and hilarious Star Wars parody burlesque , and the very best way to pass a Friday night . The Geekenders are a burlesque collective of rough eighty people in Vancouver , BC . They ’ve been launch the first of their Star Wars parodies , A Nude Hope , off and on since November 2013 . They ’ve also put on an occasional run of the sequels The Empire Strips Back and Reveal of the Jedi ....
As a constabulary depravity scandal rock the urban center , the Baltimore Police Department willnow mandate fingermark scansfor officer clocking in and out of shifts . Last twelvemonth , the department budget $ 16 million for overtime , yet spent $ 44.9 million . Testimony during the ongoing corruption tryout disclose an informal overtime arrangement wherein officer who brought in large haul of hired gun or drugs were rewarded with off - the - books time off ....
You know how dense you feel when somehow your phone is arrange off in your pouch , and you pull up stakes a 25 - second voicemail message for someone random ? Imagine how cumbersome it ’d be to set off this gizmo in your sac , only to have theDark Knighthimself shake up in the Batmobile , quick to fight danger at your call . “ Oh … Sorry , I suppose I set it off by accid … * KaPow !...
U.S. President Joe Biden wants to make certain the American populace starts off their weekend with a overnice heaping dose of existential dread . Biden told an audience at a New York Democratic fundraising event Thursday that he believes the hazard of nuclear annihilation is at its high item since the1962 Cuban Missile Crisis . The president cited recent threats and increasingly aggressive nuclear rhetoric from Russian chairperson Vladimir Putin as the chief reason for the apocalyptic prognosis ....
CBS is working on developing a show base on H.G. Wells ’ 1896 novel The Island of Doctor Moreau , according toVariety . The show , to be named Moreau , comes from Sleepy Hollow carbon monoxide gas - Lord Phillip Iscove . The show will orbit around Dr. Katherine Moreau , who will press “ the edge of medicine through revolutionary scientific experiment and treatments in her privately funded island hospital ....
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Sure , this is all normal behavior . See mountain , hike mountain , run mountain . But not when the rooftree of the mountain is so ludicrously narrow that you ’re basically standing on a 2D structure where you’re able to just as easily fall off on either side . But that ’s nothing toSebastien Montaz - Rosset , he runs and leaps and jumps all across the edge of the mountain like it ’s not a big deal at all ....
You know all those ads , include the iPod one , that has a guy trip the light fantastic like he ’s made of rubber ? It ’s all the same dude : David Elsewhere . The agile virtuoso has essentially invented his own expressive style of dancing , and it ’s so unique that essentially any time you see it in an ad , it ’s him . Even if it does n’t look like him , it ’s his body with someone else ’s head superimpose over his ....
The pigeons in Liverpool are get out of hand . They ’re pooping all over the post , get fat and happy and loosely creating a pain . City official have decided to bring in the Robops , machinelike falcons that scare the bejeezus out of the birds that many call “ fly rats . ” For dopey pigeon , this $ 3700 robotic boo looks exactly like their raw vulture , the Peregrine Falcon ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKmbXBEadk4 Jeff Bizbub spend his solar day as a GE locomotive engineer , but he also has a degree in music theory . And that works just hunky-dory for him , because he ’s been able-bodied to use his aesthetic know - how to troubleshoot trouble in machine . The firing spark engines he work with are very large — they’re nearly 11 inches around and they produce 4,800 horsepower ....
cuddle beneath the tranquil surface of Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang Province , China , lies a submerged domain frozen in time – the ancient city of Shicheng , a 600 - year - old remnant from China ’s Imperial past . Often cite to as the “ Lion City ” ( due to its law of proximity to the nearby Wu Shi Mountain , or “ Five Lion Mountain ” ) , conflicting report suggest this sunken wonder was first established either during theHandynasty between 25 - 200 CE , or Tang dynasty ( 618 - 907 ) , but it is agreed that it reached its crest during theMingandQingdynasties ( 1368 to 1912 ) ....
