February 21, 2016
Mohenjo
Human Interest
Africa, amazon, art, Asia, Bastille, Bastille France, business, Business News, Champ du Mars, crafts, France, French achievements, Hotels, human-rights, industry, machines, medicine, mental-health, new inventions, research, Science, Science News, Seine, South America, technology, Technology News, The Eiffel Tower, The Eiffel Tower viewed from the Champ du Mars, travel, vacation
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To mark the 100-year anniversary of the storming of the Bastille, France held a spectacular World’s Fair, called the Exposition Universelle, in 1889.
As a welcome for visitors, a colossal entrance arch was constructed near the banks of the Seine: the Eiffel Tower.
Dozens of ornate pavilions and exhibition halls were erected across 240 acres, containing displays of art, crafts, industry, machines and new inventions.
In addition to showing off French achievements, the exposition also displayed exhibits from around the world, including South America, Africa and Asia.
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The Eiffel Tower viewed from the Champ du Mars.
Image: Aalto University
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http://mashable.com/2016/02/20/paris-exposition-1889/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link#uka3BB5.ukqj
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July 21, 2015
Mohenjo
Breaking News
amazon, AP, Australia, Austria, business, Business News, First Half Of 2015, First Half Of 2015 Was Hottest Ever Recorded, Hotels, Hottest Ever Recorded, huffingtonpost, human-rights, medicine, mental-health, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, parts of Asia, research, Science, Science News, South America, Spain, technology, Technology News, travel, vacation, Washington
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Earth dialed the heat up in June, smashing warm temperature records for both the month and the first half of the year.
Off-the-charts heat is “getting to be a monthly thing,” said Jessica Blunden, a climate scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. June was the fourth month of 2015 that set a record, she said.
“There is almost no way that 2015 isn’t going to be the warmest on record,” she added.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/first-half-of-2015-was-hottest-january-june-ever-recorded_55ad7b8ce4b0caf721b3a968
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July 8, 2015
Mohenjo
Breaking News
amazon, business, Business News, Ethiopia, Hejaz, Hotels, human-rights, Jordan, Madain Salih, medicine, mental-health, migration out of Africa, Nabataean era, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, Paul Salopek, Petra, research, Saudi Arabia, Science, Science News, South America, technology, Technology News, Tierra del Fuego archipelago, Tombs, travel, vacation
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Paul Salopek is two years into a 21,000-mile walk that will take him from Ethiopia to South America’s Tierra del Fuego archipelago, retracing the path of human migration out of Africa. Even the most intrepid travellers would classify his walk as an extraordinary achievement – but Salopek believes that humans are hardwired to walk long distances. After all, our ancient ancestors were hunter-gatherers who walked some 2,500 miles per year.
Inspired by this belief that humans are not meant to be sedentary, the nomadic 52-year-old National Geographic Fellow and veteran foreign correspondent decided that rather than fly, he would travel on foot from one story to the next, writing many of them for his Out of Eden Project Dispatches. And he maintains that his walk isn’t a radical departure; it’s an extension of his peripatetic life. He’s been on the move since he was six, when his father quit his US government job and moved the family to a small town in Central Mexico.
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Tombs used for the wealthy during the Nabataean era. The kingdom stretched south from its capital of Petra, in Jordan, to Madain Salih, in the region of present-day Saudi Arabia. Photo © John Stanmeyer/National Geographic
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http://www.bbc.com/travel/bespoke/story/20150326-travel-pioneers/paul-salopek/index.html
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