Day: December 3, 2018

The photographer has shown the beauty of “Ghost” homes of the North (photos) Marie Britt finds an abandoned house in the Norwegian Arctic and tells their stories. Upstairs The Norwegian photographer Marie Britt went to the Arctic circle in search of abandoned houses. View this post in Instagram Publication of Bye Britt Marie (@bybrittm) Dec 7 2017 8:33 PST During the download an error has occurred. A series of photos that appeared in the end of this journey, became a document of a bygone era. Unique wooden architecture of the North on the background of sea and mountain landscape captivates with its beauty. But the main thing is the stories of the people who once lived in Ghost houses. Marie asks the neighbors and relatives of the former owners and finds out why the owners never returned to that or another dwelling. Someone moved to the city in search of

Who feasted in the besieged Leningrad, while thousands of people were starving “He brought fresh vegetables, live sheep and poultry.” Upstairs “Ribbon.ru” continues a series of articles on the feasts of the rulers during the grueling wars and other serious crises. Last time we talked about how feasted daughter of Peter the great, Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, when Russian fought in the Seven years war and first came to Berlin. At this time we will focus on the famine was raging in the besieged Leningrad. The authorities managed in abundance to absorb not only the usual products but also to indulge yourself with delicacies. Look American “Imagine that you live in a city where there is no heat, and the window meanwhile minus 20. Warm up a little only if you start breaking your furniture, tear your book or be able to find pieces left over from the next door, which

The artist turns light bulbs into Christmas tree decorations (photos) It is a work of art. Upstairs Canadian Illustrator and designer David Irwin collects old light bulbs and turns them into a Christmas tree decoration in retro style. View this post in Instagram Publication from David Irvine (@thegnarledbranch) 22 Nov 2018 6:31 PST During the download an error has occurred. Irwin uses acrylic paint, paper and colored ribbons. Through his works, the artist shares in social networks. Irwin lives in the canadian city of Brampton just outside of Toronto. Art and decor he did in 2004, when he noticed a beautiful wooden table, discarded by the neighbors, and tried to reconstruct it. The result was so impressive that the loonie continued to improve in this skill and soon opened his own business on the reconstruction of furniture. For their achievements in 2011 he was recognized by the city authorities artist

Called the strongest in the world passport Passport of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is recognized as the most powerful passport in the world according to Passport Index. UAE nationals can travel without a visa in 167 countries. Upstairs “The world opens its doors to the people of the UAE,” said Twitter Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE, ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum. Second place went to Singapore. The citizens of this country can enter 166 countries without a visa. Russia was on the 38 place in the list of the 199 countries. The rankings are based on the number of countries that the passport holder can visit without a visa and in which he may travel, obtain a visa on arrival. The UAE foreign Ministry earlier launched an initiative Passport Force, which assumed that the passport of the country will enter the top five by

Rowling has switched to Russian in a dispute with a supporter of Brexit British writer J. K. Rowling on Twitter entered the fray with the main sponsor of the campaign in support of a Brexit Arrone banks. Upstairs In the course of a dispute with Rowling suddenly said to his opponent in the Russian language. “This modest man as much as no — money invested not in the literary offices and expensive Lunches,” wrote Rowling. .@Arron_banks yeah, but this modest man as much as no — money invested not in the literary offices and expensive Lunches with suspiciously rich Russians. pic.twitter.com/XDkVYv8Q9v — J. K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) November 30, 2018. So she responded to the statement Bankama, who accused the writer of the arrogance of the phrase “writer’s office”.