While children of identical
twins are legally first cousins, genetically, they are actually half siblings.
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Da Nang is the fourth largest
city in Vietnam after Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) , Hanoi and Haiphong. It is located on the coast of the East Sea at
the mouth of the Han River and was a major US and allied base during the
Vietnam War as the place where arriving combat troops landed. Today memories of the war have faded with the
focus now being on tourism. West of Da
Nang is the Ba Na Hills station and
resort. A cable car opened in 2013
carries tourists to and from the resort and holds the world record for longest
non-stop single track cable car at 5801 metres in length. Unveiled in June this
year, Ba Na Hills now has another eye-catching atraction: the Golden Bridge. The bridge is located 1,400m above sea level
and is held up by a pair of giant hands, which have been finished with a
weathered effect to create an aged and weathered appearance.
The Ba Na cable car
The Golden Bridge
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Artist James O’Neal turned
this . . .
. . . into this . . .
. . . and finally this:
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In 1979 Robert G. Barbour of
Los Angeles applied to the California Department of Motpor Vehicles for
personalised plates. The form had provision
for 3 choices so he applied for “SAILING” and “BOATING”. Not having a 3rd choice that he
wanted, he wrote in the 3rd box “NO PLATE”. That is what he received: NO PLATE.
He soon began receiving
warning letters that fines had not been paid and even summonses to attend
court. It vtrurned out that that law enforcement officers were writing "no
plate" on citations for illegally parked vehicles without licence plates.
When the information was entered into a Department of Motor Vehicles computer and
the fine remained unpaid, the computer would come up with Barbour's name and
address. Over the next 7 nmonths he
received over 2,500 parking notices. He responded
with a form letter advising that they check the vehicle particulars to confirm
that it was not his vehicle at fault, which usually resulted in cancellation of
the notice. His attempts to get the DMV
to change its procedures were unsuccessful, the DMV telling him to change his plates
but by that time he had become attached to them.
Finally, about two years
after the whole situation began, the DMV issued a notice to law-enforcement
agencies requesting they use the word, "none" instead of "no
plate" on citations. According to Barbour:
"As soon as they did that, the tickets slowed down to a real light
trickle. For the last couple of years, I haven't gotten more than five or six
tickets a month." He attributes those to officers and clerks unfamiliar
with current procedure.
Said Gary Taulbee, a systems
coordinator with the San Francisco Municipal Court traffic division: "They
probably got through because it was thought that no one would be crazy enough
to have plates that said NO PLATE. We're just hoping that no one will come up
with plates that say NONE."
There have been similar instances
of licence holders receiving numerous fines and penalty notices when they have
registered their cars and, in one case, a motorcycle. with the registrations:
NOTAG
NO TAG
VOID
UNKNOWN
XXXXXXX
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In response to an enquiry by Byter Leo M:
President Donald Trump
donates his presidential salary, as he promised to do during his campaign. He writes a cheque each quarter in an amount
equivalent to one-fourth of his annual salary to the following federal
agencies: the National Park Service, the Department of Education, the
Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Transportation, and
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
According to Forbes,
President Obama donated $1.1 million (an amount representing 34% of the $3.2
million aggregate salary he received over eight years in office) to charitable
causes during his term in office. He
also donated the entire $1.4 million he received as the winner of the 2009
Nobel Peace Prize
Source:
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You know that little pocket
at the front of your jeans, ever wondered what it’s for?
Back in the 1800s, cowboys
used to wear their watches on chains and kept them in their waistcosts. To keep
them from getting broken, Levis introduced this small pocket where they could
keep their watch.
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The word Avocado comes from a
Nahuatl Indian (Aztec) word “ahuácatl” meaning testicle. It is thought that the
reference is either due to the avocado’s shape or the fact that it was
considered to possess aphrodisiac qualities by the Aztecs. In Spanish,
“ahuácatl” became “aguacate” and eventually “avogato” and then “avocado”.
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Some Avocado Facts:
An Avocado Is A Fruit, And
More Specifically A Berry:
Technically an avocado is not
a vegetable but a fruit, more specifically, a single-seeded berry. A fruit is
“the matured ovary of a flower” and consists of a tough outer layer (the skin
or rind), a middle layer we typically think of as the flesh of the fruit and a
casing around a seed (or seeds).
An Avocado Has More Potassium
Than A Banana:
A single avocado has 975
milligrams of potassium, while a banana, well-known for being loaded with
potassium, delivers just half that, with 487 milligrams per large fruit.
They’ll Ripen More Quickly
With A Banana Or An Apple Around:
Bananas and apples release
ethylene gas, a naturally-occurring plant hormone. If you store your unripe
avocados in a brown bag with an apple or a banana, the gases trapped in the bag
will help the avocado.
Avocados Are One Of A Few
High-Protein Fruits:
One avocado packs four grams
of protein, among the highest amount coming from a fruit.
It’s good-quality protein:
While they don’t contain
every single amino acid required in the body’s protein-building process, they
do have all 18 of the important ones, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Plus, all of that protein is available for the body to use, while some of the
protein you might get from meat sources is not.
You Can Swap Them Into Baked
Goods Recipes For Butter:
The creamy texture and
healthy fats make for a surprisingly-easy baking substitution. In the right
ratios, you can ditch some butter and replace with avocado for healthier
chocolate chip cookies, banana bread and brownies. See recipes at:
You Don’t Have To Eat Them To
Reap Their Benefits:
Nutritional perks aside,
avocados can play a key role in your healthy hair and skin routine. The
antioxidants, amino acids and essential oils inside an avocado can help repair
damaged hair, moisturize dry skin, treat sunburns and maybe even minimize
wrinkles. Click on the following link:
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