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The Presurfer | Streets om Monaco

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billion dollar yacht

This could possibly be the world’s first billion dollar yacht. A UK yacht designer, Yacht Island Design, has drawn plans for a four-level, 500-ft. city on the sea called ‘Streets of Monaco, which is being modeled after the European enclave, a space for millionaires and billionaires alike.

On the top deck, there will be scaled-down versions of uber famous Monaco landmarks like the Hotel de Paris, Monte Carlo Casino, Café de Paris, Loews Hotel, and La Rascasse. The real pinchers are a fully-functional go-kart circuit track based on the Monoco Grand Prix race track, complete with a tunnel complex, and the submarine and helipad.

And not to mention, the standard multiple swimming pools, swim-in Jacuzzi bar, multi-use sports court for tennis and basketball, dance hall, spa and hair salon, and accommodations for 16 guests and 70 staff members. The main apartment for the yacht owner is spread over three floors and covers 4,800 sq. ft

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The Presurfer | Green spaceblob

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Green space blob

The Hubble Space Telescope has zoomed in on one of the most fascinating, yet mysterious, cosmic objects to be found in recent years. The green gaseous structure is known as Hanny’s Voorwerp (Hanny’s Object in Dutch) and its existence had astronomers confused for some time.

Discovered in 2007 by Hanny van Arkel, a Dutch schoolteacher participating in the Galaxy Zoo project, the object defied explanation. Now, Hubble has managed to capture a detailed view of the intergalactic oddity, revealing that it’s not just a dead cloud of gas being lit up by the dying embers of an ancient quasar, it’s showing signs of star birth.

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The Presurfer | Mona Lisa’s landschap

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mona lisa's brugScholars have long debated whether Leonardo’s landscapes are imaginary or real. A hidden clue in da Vinci’s Mona Lisa identifies the exact location of the landscape which provides the background to the world’s best known painting.

It is now believed that a three-arched bridge which appears over the left shoulder of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo, is a reference to Bobbio, a village which lies in rugged hill country south of Piacenza, in northern Italy.

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The Presurfer | A day at the office

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In the late 1960s Lawrence Luckham worked for Bell Labs managing a data center and developing an ultra high speed information retrieval system. It was the days of beehive hair on the women and big mainframe computers. One day he took a camera to work and shot some pictures.

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The Presurfer | Birthplace

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It has long been believed that modern humans emerged from the continent of Africa 200,000 years ago. Now Tel Aviv University archaeologists have uncovered evidence that Homo sapiens roamed the land now called Israel as early as 400,000 years ago – the earliest evidence for the existence of modern humans anywhere in the world.

The findings were discovered in the Qesem Cave, a pre-historic site located near Rosh Ha’ayin that was first excavated in 2000. Scientists performed a morphological analysis on eight human teeth found in the Qesem Cave. According to researchers, the discoveries made in the Qesem Cave may overturn the theory that modern humans originated on the continent of Africa.

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The Presurfer | City in ruins

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ruine in gary indianaGary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The city was founded in 1906 by the United States Steel Corporation as the home for its new plant. The city was named after the lawyer and founding chairman of U.S. Steel, Elbert H. Gary.

Gary’s fortunes have risen and fallen with those of the steel industry. In the 1960s, like many other American urban centers, Gary entered a spiral of decline. Gary’s decline was brought on by the growing overseas competitiveness in the steel industry, which had caused U.S. Steel to lay off many workers from the Gary area.

Gary Indiana – A City’s Ruins is a photographic study of Gary’s historic architecture by photographer David Tribby.

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