ASSEMBLY LINEPrimitive assembly line production was first used in 1901 by Ransome Eli Olds (1864-1950), an early car-maker (he manufactured the Oldsmobile, the first commercially successful American car). This type of production greatly reduced the amount of time taken to put each car together (93 minutes for a Model T) from its parts, reducing production costs
Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
One of the two 19th-century Orthodox churches has also disappeared, and the early 20th-century synagogue, after undergoing severe damage in the Second World War, has been converted for use as a theatre. A number of surviving late Ottoman houses demonstrate the component features of this form of domestic architecture - hall, upper storey for residential use, paved courtyard, and verandah on one or two storeys
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - IMDb
When Gandalf discovers the Ring is in fact the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron, Frodo must make an epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it! However he does not go alone. I'm particularly gratified by the casting of Viggo Mortenson as Aragorn which was a last minute stroke of luck when the actor first chosen for the part backed out due to differences with the director
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) - IMDb
When all four Pevensie children end up through the wardrobe, they discover that it was meant to be, as two daughters of Eve and two sons of Adam must join with the mighty lion, Aslan (Neeson) to defeat the evil White Witch
UNESCO World Heritage Centre - New Inscribed Properties (2015)
Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement Denmark Criteria: (iii)(iv) Founded in 1773 in South Jutland, the site is an example of a planned settlement of the Moravian Church, a Lutheran free congregation centred in Herrnhut, Saxony. Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape Mongolia Criteria: (iv)(vi) The site is situated in the north-east of the country in the central part of the Khentii mountain chain where the vast Central Asian steppe meets the coniferous forests of the Siberian taiga
THE ANOMALIST: World News on UFOs, Bigfoot, the Paranormal, and Other Mysteries at the Edge of Science
An Englishman named Steve Feltham gave up his girlfriend, house, and job in southwest England 34 years ago and settled down on the south shore of Loch Ness to spend his life looking for Nessie. It's a fun thought experiment, but Eric Wargo goes one step further outlining the science behind these maverick theories with his Dirty Thoughts On Systems, Syntropy, And Psi
The new seven wonders: Defining the top technological marvels of the contemporary age.
From Alexandria, Egypt, it hits Mediterranean ports of call before wheeling around Iberia and France, finally ending in the chilly waters of the North Sea near Norden, Germany. And it struck me that no system offers the ability to deliver its chosen product or service from any point on Earth to any point on Earth as incredibly as satellites do
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