Awesome prototype planes that never made it
9/27/2018, 2:28:45 AMMany aircraft projects promise to change the way we travel but not all leave the ground. Here are five awesome prototype planes from 1949 to now ✔ It was powered -- or more accurately, underpowered -- by eight huge piston engines that were embedded in the wings, driving eight propellers ✔ With most long-distance trips under 30 minutes, the BFR will be capable of taking people from any city to any other city on Earth in under one hour, promises SpaceX
The Seoul cafe that looks like a cartoon
9/27/2018, 12:54:45 AMYND239-20 is a quirky cafe that's delighting visitors to Seoul, South Korea, thanks to its super cute decor that feels like you're entering the black-and-white world of a cartoon. ✔ It's a cleverly conceived real-world optical illusion that's made the cafe a must-visit for decor-loving Instagrammers ✔ Lee says the success of the cafe has prompted the owners to consider starting a franchise and taking the concept beyond Korea is on, um, the drawing board
16 Crazy Stairs That Can Make Anyone Get Jittery
9/27/2018, 5:39:44 AMThese stairs are located in different corners of the world. Some are made of stone or wood, some have railings, some don’t, but there is one thing that unites them — the height and the danger these stairs are hiding will take anyone’s breath away. ✔ In 2000, after the tragic death of several tourists, it was closed ✔ But even after that, thrill seekers, as well as, climbers from all over the world used to visit this place anyway ✔ Please tell us about it in the comments! Preview photo credit depositphotos.com
Hotel Lobby
9/27/2018, 5:13:56 AMundefined ✔ The annual prize has been awarded since the travel magazine began in 1976 to celebrate the world's best hotels and airlines based on subscribers' assessments and expert reviews ✔ Every room is equipped with top-tier mattresses and bedding along with eco-friendly amenities ✔ For the program, Kensington runs an activity squad, called Kenny, a combination of Kensington and Genie
Views From Tokyo: What is it that makes someone — like Naomi Osaka — Japanese or not?
9/27/2018, 6:07:01 AMIn the wake of Naomi Osaka's historic triumph in the U.S. Open, The Japan Times asked people what they think makes a person Japanese. Is it parentage, lang ✔ In the wake of Naomi Osaka’s historic triumph in the U.S. Open, The Japan Times asked people what they think makes a person Japanese ✔ I also have many friends who are referred to as half, mixed or double ✔ They respect Japanese culture even though they can’t speak Japanese ✔ Interested in gathering views in your neighborhood
Lucy Verasamy Twitter: ITV weather star queries Eamonn Holmes’ ‘myth’ tweet
9/27/2018, 6:30:48 AMLUCY VERASAMY, who presents the weather forecast on ITV shows such as Good Morning Britain, took to her Twitter to query a tweet from Eamonn Holmes. ✔ In view of his 976,000 followers, he wrote: Astounded by the amount of vans, lorries, cars and people on the go at 7.30 am on a Saturday morning ✔ Many of Eamonn’s followers flocked to his page to comment, with some recognising Lucy’s response ✔ No Sunday trading! Another quizzed where Eamonn, 58, was heading to
'Black Oriental'- the forgotten half-Korean, half-black model
9/27/2018, 6:45:40 AMundefined ✔ In New York, her modeling career had gone smoothly ✔ Thanks to my mother's sewing abilities and her landing a job at a Jewish tailor shop that had heard about a Korean girl who could sew, we were able to keep our heads above water as we anxiously awaited family orders to join my father abroad
ANDREW PIERCE on Labour’s Holocaust ruse
9/27/2018, 2:07:39 AMAndrew Pierce considers the decision to invite Lord Alfred Dubs (pictured), whose father was Jewish, to deliver a speech at the Labour Party annual conference. ✔ Utterly cynical, yes, but party spin doctors clearly thought it a clever ruse to defumigate the stench of anti-Semitism by inviting a Jewish victim of the Nazis to address conference ✔ The controversial Israeli-American author has encouraged people to question whether the Holocaust happened and has said Jews have a reputation ‘for being sleazy thieves’
The surprising origins of London's most curious place names
9/27/2018, 6:24:09 AMDid you know the name Piccadilly was an insult or that Aldgate was long associated with ale drinkers? Caroline Taggart unearths the meanings behind London's unusual place names ✔ When you start thinking about London place names, you realise that they pose endless questions ✔ London place names are more fun than most, because they cover a period of over 2,000 years and tell us all sorts of things about how our capital developed ✔ We know that the Romans called it Londinium and that it was a busy trading centre in their time ✔ But Londinium is a Latin version of an older Celtic..
10 of the best autumn food festivals in Europe and the UK
9/27/2018, 6:41:49 AMWith the season of mellow fruitfulness in full swing, we pick culinary events that will appeal to all palates, from white truffles in Croatia to bright golden saffron in Spain ✔ Stay: All Suites Bordeaux-Marne (studio for two from £68 room-only) Csabai Sausage Festival, Békéscsaba, Hungary Photograph: Alamy 19-22 October 2018 Hungary produces sausages so good that an entire country tour could be arranged round them, but serious sausage fans ought to look out for csabai sausages, made in the south-eastern city of Békéscsaba
Tourists, online fans go loopy for ‘Snoopy’-like waterfall
9/27/2018, 4:49:46 AMTAKKO, Aomori Prefecture--His face adorns all kinds of merchandise from books to T-shirts, and now i ✔ Visitors are amazed to see Snoopy’s likeness in the 30-meter-high by 20-meter-wide rock face, which is also believed to be a power spot where people can soak up its mystical properties for personal benefit ✔ Visitors can access the spot by an approximate 20-minute drive from the town center, followed by a 5-minute walk along a trail through a forest of Japanese beech
Pound to euro exchange rate: Sterling climbs even higher - and could surge even more
9/27/2018, 7:20:42 AMTHE POUND continues to improve against the euro today and could surge even higher today, experts have said, if it’s revealed that interest rates won’t rise until the end of 2019. ✔ The pound has soared even higher today, further outstripping the lows of previous weeks ✔ Pound to euro exchange rate: Sterling soars even higher - and could surge even more (Image: Getty Images) Pound traders were rattled on Tuesday when Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer spoke at a Labour conference in Liverpool
Pesaro: the little-known Italian seaside town that offers beach life and high culture
9/27/2018, 7:33:04 AMTake one Italian seaside town with a deep vein of culture, add the sunny geniality of Rossini’s music and some great food, and you’re looking at a pretty convincing recipe for la dolce vita. ✔ Take one Italian seaside town with a deep vein of culture, add the sunny geniality of Rossini’s music and some great food, and you’re looking at a pretty convincing recipe for la dolce vita ✔ Meanwhile, a well-turned-out crowd of older folk are streaming out of a 19th-century theatre, heading for open-air bars in which to sip Aperol spritzes in the cool summer night
Slick Woods flaunts toned post-baby body two weeks after giving birth
9/27/2018, 7:00:47 AMModel Slick Woods is flaunting her post-baby body, two weeks after giving birth to her first child. And amazingly she already looks like she's ready to hit the catwalk. ✔ She showed off her obvious baby bump in racy lingerie while walking the runway for Rihanna's Savage X Fenty fashion show minutes before going into labor ✔ And amazingly she already looks like she's ready to hit the catwalk and rock her long and lean 5ft 10in self ✔ Then, as soon as she came off the stage, she was rushed to the hospital
Who'll find love on our blind date?
9/27/2018, 2:15:54 AMSusan Elwood, 65, reported back on her lunch with Mark, 60, at The Garden Room Restaurant in The George of Stamford hotel. Dating doctor Alana Kirk shared advice for overcoming a bad date. ✔ This time, Susan Elwood, 65, went to lunch at The Garden Room Restaurant in The George of Stamford hotel, in Lincolnshire, with Mark, a 60-year-old divorcé ✔ I didn’t have the soup, but the seabass was delicious, and I want to thank the staff for being so kind and caring towards me
Doctor Who: The Woman Who Fell To Earth, first-look review: too dark and dour, but Jodie Whittaker is a delight
9/27/2018, 4:40:14 AMWhen Jodie Whittaker was announced as the 13th Doctor and the first female occupant of the Tardis, many fans raised their ire on social media, saying that the series was now ruined, that the Doctor should be a Time Lord, not a Time Lady. ✔ Doctor Who’s ratings had dipped significantly in recent years, and some critics attributed that to the fiendishly clever (perhaps clever-clever) scripts that were offered up under the show’s previous head, Steven Moffat ✔ Doctor Who starts on BBC One on Sunday October 7 at 6.45pm
Fortnite Season 6: Biggest leaks, skins reveal and Battle Pass news
9/27/2018, 5:29:05 AMFORTNITE SEASON 6 begins later today, with some major leaks having already confirmed what new skins and Battle Pass items are being added to the game ✔ And with the bundle being sold from early October, which is after the new Battle Pass launch, it looks like the Double-Helix is a new Fortnite season 6 skin ✔ As mentioned above, fans will have to wait until Season 6 before these changes are implemented
'How will West react to PROOF Putin lied over the Russian agents?'
9/27/2018, 1:16:19 AMThis sensational revelation – the seniority of the would-be assassin and the official state support for the mission – shows that the Skripal hit must have been ordered at the very highest levels of the Russian state. ✔ By trawling through the records of GRU academy graduation classes, Bellingcat matched the photos of ‘Boshirov’ to the real-life Anatoliy Vladimirovich Chepiga ✔ What is clear is that the Kremlin and its henchmen have been revealed for what they are – not just a bunch murderous liars, but terrible at both
Russell Tovey interview: 'So what if Jack Whitehall is playing a gay man? Just let him act'
9/27/2018, 6:10:17 AMRussell Tovey is sitting opposite me in an east London coffee shop, stroking his French bulldog Rocky, which is lying supine. ✔ Russell Tovey is sitting opposite me in an east London coffee shop, stroking his French bulldog Rocky, which is lying supine ✔ More problematic is the issue of sexuality-blind casting, I suggest, which has recently caused much opprobrium when the straight actor and comic Jack Whitehall was cast in Disney’s first major gay role in Jungle Cruise
Despite his 'con job' bravado, Trump gave himself wiggle room to cut Kavanaugh loose
9/27/2018, 12:54:34 AMNew allegations bring a call for the president to yank his Supreme Court choice. ✔ By mid-day, though, the story had changed, with Rosenstein scheduled to meet with President Trump on Thursday to discuss his fate ✔ I ask that she bring those filings forward so that we can learn date, time, and place! Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 21, 2018 Read More
Can wedge-tailed eagles survive the slaughter?
9/27/2018, 6:16:46 AMIt’s thought to be one of the largest illegal culls of wedge-tailed eagles authorities have ever seen. But is it a one-off or a widespread practice? ✔ They are not just knocking out the eagles in one locality, they are sucking them out of a much broader landscape ✔ Reports of any suspected illegal activity regarding wedge-tailed eagles can be made to the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning contact centre on 136 186 or to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000
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