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The Sock Barn in Nashville, Indiana

December 2, 2020

Nestled in the hills of Brown County, Indiana, just off of State Road 46, sits a peculiar green barn, covered in dirty socks. It’s a well known stop for hikers on the Tecumseh Trail. A few years ago, the young couple who own the property put a stop sign on the side of their barn—not an uncommon practice in small towns—but with small black stickers on it that read, “Take a Rock, Leave a Sock.” Beneath the sign sits a...

Trinity Apse in Edinburgh, Scotland

December 2, 2020

The Trinity Apse was founded in 1462 by the Queen Mary of Gueldres, after the death of her husband King James II. An apse is the portion of a church, usually with an arched or domed roof and containing an altar. This gothic chapel was originally located in what was then known as Waverly Valley, the area between Calton Hill and the Old Town. However, with the advent of the locomotive in the 1800s, the collegiate church was smack...

Borromini's Perspective Gallery of Palazzo Spada in...

December 2, 2020

Palazzo Spada is a magnificent, yet lesser-known, palace located in the Regola district of Rome in the city’s historic center. It features an extraordinary art collection (Galleria Spada) which showcases works by the likes of Guido Reni, Titian, Guercino, Rubens, Caravaggio, and Artemisia Gentileschi to name a few. The collection was assembled by the two brothers, Cardinal Bernardino and Virginio of the Spada family during the 17th-century. As visitors enter the building, they are greeted by the extraordinary Mannerist...

Found: Cases of ‘Trench Fever’ in Ancient...

December 2, 2020

In October 2018, Davide Tanasi was off the coast of Italy, pulling teeth. His dental patients were 34 Sicilians who had been dead for the better part of 2,000 years. These Roman Christians were buried in the catacombs of St. Lucia in Syracuse, an underground city of some 8,000 dead stretched across an area about the size of the White House. Concealed among their no-longer-so-pearly whites was Bartonella quintana, a bacteria that causes a disease called trench fever, and...

Bandundu Water Jazz Band in Tervuren, Belgium

December 2, 2020

Brussels is notable for its whimsical public art displays, including the world-famous Manneken Pis. Lesser known is the “Bandundu Water Jazz Band” in the Flemish Brabant city of Tervuren. The installation is located about eight miles from Brussels. Created by Belgian artist Tom Frantzen, this sculptural fountain was installed in a roundabout and depicts various African water animals playing jazz. The band consists of crocodiles, frogs, a hippopotamus, pelican, lizard, and a turtle. The fountain is located opposite the...

Hilton Prepares to Double Portugal Portfolio

December 2, 2020

LISBON and MACLEAN, Va. – Hilton (NYSE: HLT) today announced plans to double its portfolio in Portugal with agreements to open three new hotels, representing a combined investment of around EUR 60 million. The additions of Hilton Porto Gaia, Legacy Hotel Cascais, Curio Collection by Hilton and DoubleTree by Hilton Lagoa Azores mark a significant The post Hilton Prepares to Double Portugal Portfolio appeared first on Revfine.com.

Why Archaeologists Are Brewing Ancient Beers

December 1, 2020

This work first appeared on SAPIENS under a CC BY-ND 4.0 license. Read the original here. One morning in May 2019, a crowd of journalists gathered around the Biratenu bar in Jerusalem, snapping photos as a bartender poured golden, frothy beer into plastic cups. The story of the beer was both new and very old: The yeast that fermented it came from a 3,000-year-old jug found at a nearby archaeological site. “It’s actually a pretty good beer,” says Aren...

Happy 100th Birthday to the Theremin, Instrument...

December 1, 2020

Unlike other future virtuosos, Grégoire Blanc didn’t take up his instrument after hearing a symphony, eyeing a glossy magazine, or catching The Beatles on Ed Sullivan. Blanc’s path to musical prowess went through science class. It was there that a teenage Blanc, now 24, learned about a curious contraption called the theremin. Consisting of two antennae, arranged perpendicular to each other, the theremin makes music out of inaudible sound waves traveling between the two poles, with the player touching...

Marriott International Named One of the Top...

December 1, 2020

BETHESDA, 1 December 2020 – Marriott International has been named one of the 2020+ Top 10 Companies for Executive Women by Working Mother Media, for the 17th year. The list celebrates companies that champion women’s advancement, with a focus on succession planning, profit-and-loss roles, gender pay parity, and programs that support work-life integration. Marriott International’s The post Marriott International Named One of the Top 10 Companies for Executive Women appeared first on Revfine.com.

Berkeley Weather Beacon in Boston, Massachusetts

December 1, 2020

The Berkeley Building, affectionately known as the “Old John Hancock Building,” is a 495-foot tall, 26-story office building located in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Completed in 1947, the building was the second tallest in the city until the completion of the Prudential Tower in 1964. However, it remains an iconic Boston landmark. A drawing of the building even appeared for many years as part of the John Hancock Insurance Company logo. Bostonians may best know the...

Ralph Foster Museum in Point Lookout, Missouri

December 1, 2020

The Ralph Foster Museum on the campus of the College of the Ozarks, grew from its humble beginnings in the 1920s to become one of the Midwest’s foremost institutions of historical preservation. The primary focus of the Ralph Foster Museum today is to collect, preserve, interpret, and exhibit items relating to the Ozarks region. For many years, Foster had been collecting Native American artifacts. His interest in the College of the Ozarks prompted him to turn this collection over...

Tracking Turkey’s Wild Horses

December 1, 2020

Not so long ago, villagers across Turkey practiced an ancient tradition of horsemanship that stretches back centuries, to the days of the Mongol Empire. Work horses spent three seasons on the farm, pulling plows in the spring and carts laden with hay, corn, and other produce through summer and fall, before villagers turned them loose for the winter. The horses spent the cold months on their own, scavenging for food on the plains and foothills and relying on their...

Castell Dinas Bran in Denbighshire, Wales

December 1, 2020

The debate regarding the actual name of this castle began during the 17th-century. Castell Dinas Bran is sometimes wrongly translated as “The City of Crows” because the word dinas in modern Welsh means “city,” while in Middle Welsh it means a defended enclosure. Brân meanwhile is Welsh for “crow,” suggesting that the castle’s name was “the crow’s fortress.” It has also been suggested that Brân could be the name of an individual. According to legends, Brân was a Cornish prince and the son of the Duke of...

The Geographical Center of the European Union...

December 1, 2020

Visitors to the town of Gadheim will find a very unique geographical marker known as the center of the European Union. Unlike many central points located across various geographical regions, the honor of being the center of the EU is not very long-lived, as it shifts every time a country is added or leaves. In fact, the geographical center of the EU has moved six times since 1987. The point in Gadheim came into existence after the events centered...

Practical Tips to Increase Hotel Sales When...

December 1, 2020

In a low-demand context, hotels need to focus on maximizing their conversion rate. A proactive sales strategy augmented by Artificial Intelligence (AI) proves instrumental to navigate these difficult times. Practical Ideas to Increase Direct Conversion Rates In these low-demand times, every reservation counts. Just making hotel direct booking easy from a technical perspective is not The post Practical Tips to Increase Hotel Sales When Demand is Low appeared first on Revfine.com.

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