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...candy are long over. A price of “one cent” in 1946 is today a dime. Nowadays, it is impossible to find anything that costs a penny, other than one’s thoughts. Even most vending machines and other mechanisms reject this obsolete orange orb. I admit that people do sometimes use pennies. They throw them into fountains; they put them in the “take a penny, leave a penny” dish. But we don’t take the penny seriously as a unit of currency; when someone finds...
...Wallace and spiders together. In 1943, as an infantryman in New Guinea, he was reconnoitring in the jungle when he ran smack into a web and felt "this huge spider" scuttle onto him. A mate brushed it from his hair, but Wallace couldn't get the spider, a golden orb weaver, out of his head. "It was the size of it," he says. "And its silk was so strong...
...company with cable operations around Europe, and Echostar, the second largest satellite-television provider in the U.S. Along with Goldman Sachs, they led a $46.6 million Sling investment in January. Doubtless, competition will come. Sony is marketing a box it calls LocationFree. Other Sling rivals include Emeryville, California-based Orb and Houston-based SnapStream. Set-top boxmakers such as Scientific Atlanta, recently acquired by Cisco, are incorporating place-shifting into their devices. But is there really a mass market of people who need real-time TV broadcasts on the road? The underlying technology is already with us: there are over...
...Protestant warrior who, in 1420, defeated Holy Roman Empire crusaders on Vitkov Hill. A granite equestrian statue of Zizka sits at the top of the hill; at the foot is the pub U vystrelenyho oka (The Shot-Out Eye)?the name, of course, a tribute to Zizka's missing orb. The slightly scruffy venue offers weekly live rock, blues and alternative music and typical Czech pub food?that is, everything is bread crumbed and fried. Try Hermelin, a Czech version of Camembert cheese pickled in oil with garlic and hot peppers. The beer is cheap and plentiful?indeed, nothing costs...
...every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Hill. A granite equestrian statue of Zizka sits at the top of the hill; at the foot is the pub U vystrelenyho oka (The Shot-Out Eye) - the name, of course, a tribute to Zizka's missing orb. The slightly scruffy venue offers weekly live rock, blues and alternative music and typical Czech pub food - that is, everything is bread crumbed and fried. Try Hermelin, a Czech version of Camembert cheese pickled in oil with garlic and hot peppers. The beer is cheap and plentiful - indeed, nothing costs...