In every great society there is a burial ritual, or a "death culture-. ... Mound City and Newark date to around A.D. 1-50, while Seip dates to A.D. 100-200. ... The oblong mound at the center of the earthwork is 240 feet by 160 feet by 30 feet. ... Covering 4 ½ square miles, most of the site lies underneath golf courses and the city of Newark. ... A large crematory was discovered within the mound, near the northeast entrance0, measuring 6 feet by 8 feet (Mills 1917). ...

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Its base covers 13.6 acres (equal to seven midtown Manhattan city blocks), each side being greater than five acres in area. A highway lane eight feet wide and four inches thick could be built from San Francisco to New York and put inside the Great Pyramid. ... On bright mornings and late afternoons, sunlight reflected by this vast mirrored surface of 5-1/4 acres distinguished the Pyramid as being visible from the moon. ... So the Pyramid is a square circle, and thus pi was designed into it 4,600 years ago. Pi is demonstrated many times throughout the Pyramid. ...

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The paper concludes that there are encouraging aspects of the master plans that appear to be consistent with classic urban design theory. However, there remain some overriding concerns that could well undermine such positive elements. In particular there are some ingrained issues that appear to characterise much of contemporary development for various reasons. ... In modern cities, there is often little difference between important public facilities such as public administration buildings and even railway stations, from private office buildings. ... A focussed examination of how well modern de...

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Many people are surprised and intrigued by the fact that there are thousands of submerged logs in the large Wisconsin bay. ... The majority of the logs, most averaging about 16 feet long, can be found in 30-40 foot of water. ... Superior Water-Logged Lumber began after raising more than $1 million from private investors. ... And as these customers will testify, there is no comparable lumber on the market. ... Many people may wonder why it is such quality wood, and there are several reasons. ...

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The fields are small (about ¼ acre) and there will be a couple of fields that make up a farm. ... When you look at the "developed countries- and see where agriculture is and then look at "developing countries- and how far they are behind in adoption of modern techniques it really brings home the reason that so many people are starving every day. ... The average land holding per farmer is about 1 acre. 95% of all Malawians depend upon some part of their income from agriculture. ... AIDS is estimated to impact about 40% of the farmers in the country today (many of those are also impacte...

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Explosive effects from the 1200-pound bomb caused a crater 180 feet deep, 100 feet long, and 200 feet wide in the underground parking garage. ... According to Fred Holliday, approximately 400,000 square feet of space required complete structural demolition and reconstruction. Half of this area rests in the newly renovated Wedge 1 section of the Pentagon and the other half falls in the un-renovated Wedge 2. The Phoenix Project scope of work includes rebuilding the core and shell of Wedge 1 and the shell of Wedge 2. ... They ride past 200 acres of lawn to park approximately 8,770 cars in 16 par...

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How many people can say that they could do without a car or a phone? ... Some of the technology is so pervasive that we tend to forget it is even there. ... There he was stricken by a very mysterious illness. ... He installed rubber cushions on the feet of his bed to decrease vibrations from people walking nearby, which shook him terribly. ... At the time Edison was working to construct DC power plants in many cities around the country. ...

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