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Monowi, a city in the United States that only has one occupant

10/24/2018
Monowi, a city in the United States that only has one occupant

About eight kilometers from the border of South Dakota and Nebraska, United States there is a unique city named Monowi.

Monowi is the only city in the United States with only one person.

He is 84-year-old Elsie Eiler.

Monowi City


In the center of Monowi there is an abandoned church building whose room is now filled with tractor tires.

On the other side there is a rusty iron which used to be a grain transporting machine.

Elise Eiler lives in a whitewashed building that begins to peel off with a yard that has fertile grass.

Previously Elsie lived alone with her husband Rudy, but Rudy died in 2004, so Elsie now lives alone in the town of Monowi. Reported by bbc.co.uk according to the US census agency, Monowi is the only city in the United States that has one resident.

So that citizens, mayors, employees, treasurers, librarians, bar guards are all carried out by one person, Elsie Eiler.

Elsie also had to make an annual plan and collect a tax of 500 dollars a year from her own pocket so that the lights and clean water in the town of Monowi did not stop operating.

Elsie also kept a list of vacant residences, in anticipation if there was someone who wanted to move to one building in the city while increasing the population.

Before he died, Rudy bequeathed a bar to Elsie so Elsie got income from opening the bar business.

There are some people who stop at the bar that Elsie owns, usually they are people passing through Monowi town to go to the next city, or people who meet with their colleagues.

Elsie revealed that she was very happy to be in Monowim City, she had felt used to doing all these things alone for years. In the 1930s, Monowi was a bustling city with the existence of the Elkhorn train station, at that time, Monowi was home to 150 people and the city had shops, restaurants and even prisons.

Elsie grew up on a farm about one kilometer from downtown Monowi. The condition of the farms and plantations in Monowi also collapsed when World War II took place, this resulted in Monowi's population going to the city in search of other jobs.

Gradually, Monowi was only occupied by Elsie, Rudy and her children. In the mid 1970s and 1980s, Elsie's two children went to look for work in another city, so that only Elsie and Rudy inhabited the town of Monowi. In 2004 Rudy died resulting in Elsie being the only resident in Monowi City
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How to make the perfect half-cooked boiled egg

9/25/2018
How to make the perfect half-cooked boiled egg


Perfect half-cooked boiled eggs must have a strong white coating. In addition, the inside must feel warm and not too ripe.

Making a half-cooked boiled egg may feel more difficult than a really cooked boiled egg. Here are tips for cooking perfect half-cooked eggs, quoted from the page of The Kitchn, Wednesday (26/9), maybe you will immediately be able to make boiled eggs half cooked perfectly.

How to make the perfect half-cooked boiled egg


Before starting, you must prepare several ingredients such as one to four large eggs, depending on how many eggs you will boil. Then, prepare cooking utensils such as pots, knives, and bowls.

Time is the key

To get the perfect half-cooked boiled egg, you must always pay attention to the time of manufacture. First, cook the water until it boils. After boiling, reduce the heat and put the eggs that have been prepared into the water.

If you only want to boil one or two eggs, then just five minutes is enough to get a ripe and cooked egg yolk. Or you can boil for up to seven minutes to get the hardened outside of the egg. While to boil three or four eggs, you just add a few extra seconds in boiling time.

In boiling the eggs until half cooked, you are advised to use a timer to get consistent results. When the egg has been boiled for a specified time, immediately put it in a bowl of cold water for one minute so that the egg is not too hot and easy to consume.

Serving half-cooked boiled eggs

For presentation, place the eggs in an egg cup. After that, use the tip of the knife to gently tap the egg on the top of the egg.

Peel the top of the eggshell, and you can immediately eat it. You can use a spoon to scoop the egg yolks, or even dip the bread.

This boiled egg can be stored in the refrigerator for up to four days. Good luck!

Source: republika
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Three Unique Mosques in Vietnam

9/25/2018

Three Unique Mosques in Vietnam


The mosque is now not only used as a center of worship and study. In many countries mosques are now one of the tourist destinations. Vietnam is one country that recognizes many religions. Tourists who come to this country can easily find Buddhists, Christians and Muslims mingling.

Vietnam is a Buddhist majority. Many pagodas and temples are scattered in various places. Likewise with the church as a house of worship for Christians.



There are three mosques that are most frequently visited by tourists, both Muslims who are for worship and other people who really admire the architecture of Islamic houses of worship. The three mosques include Saigon Central Mosque, Cho Lon Mosque and Jamiul Islamaiyah Mosque

Saigon Central Mosque

Saigon Central Mosque is located on street 66 Dong Du Viet, Ho Chi Minh. This mosque is open to the public from 08.00 to 21.00 local time. Maybe, this is one of the oldest and most famous mosques in the city.

Built in 1930 by South Indian Muslims, Saigon Central Mosque has a strong impression on visitors. Seen from the art of architecture, the solemn atmosphere and halal food available outside. Shaded mosque verandas and stone flooring make it convenient for visitors.

Cholon Mosque

Located at 641 Nguyen Trai Street, Ward 11, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, right in the middle of the Cholon-Chinatown area, this mosque was built in 1932, the Cholon Mosque originally served the Muslim community of South India living in the area .

However, it was finally opened to Malaysian and Indonesian Muslims in Vietnam since 1975. The most striking of this mosque is its architecture which resembles Chinese and Vietnamese pagodas.

Jamiul Islamiyah Mosque

This mosque is located at 495B Jalan Tran Hung Dao, Cau Kho Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This mosque is also known as the Nancy Mosque. Jamiul Islamiyah was originally built in 1950.

Then, it was rebuilt between 1980 and 2003. In 2004, the mosque officially welcomed the Cham ethnic minority and other Muslim followers in 2004. The mosque is open to the public every day.

 source: republika
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Small Towns in Greece 'Invaded' by Spiders

9/20/2018
Small Towns in Greece 'Invaded' by Spiders

The warm weather that hit the small town of Aitoliko in the western region of Greece, gave birth to an astonishing burden when the spider stretched its net up to 300 meters long.

Spider webs cover up to 300 meters of plant area on the beach in the small town of Aitoliko, Greece.

The Tetragnatha spider web covers the 300-meter long plant area on the coastline of the city of Aitoliko.

Small Towns in Greece 'Invaded' by Spiders

Experts say the attraction of the spider is a seasonal phenomenon, when they build large nests during the breeding season.

Increasing mosquito populations are also considered to contribute to an increase in the number of spiders in the region.

Maria Chatzaki, professor of molecular biology and genetics in Democritus University of Thrace, Greece, said high temperatures, adequate humidity and abundant food were ideal conditions for spiders to reproduce in large numbers.

In an interview with, Chtzaki said: "Spiders seem to take advantage of this condition by holding a kind of party. They marry, reproduce and give birth to a new generation."

"This spider is not harmful to humans and will not cause damage to plants covered in nets."

"They will party before they die."

 Source: viva
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The North Korean Museum: Cula from Mugabe to Polar Bears

9/17/2018
The North Korean Museum: Cula from Mugabe to Polar Bears

A propaganda museum in North Korea (North Korea) exhibits various items provided by leaders around the world.

The contents of the museum were revealed in a Daily Mirror report last week during an eight-day visit to the communist country.

The International Friendship Exhibition was founded by North Korea's late founder Kim Il Sung in 1978, and is located 160 kilometers east of Pyongyang.

There are 115,000 collections from 188 countries around the world that adorn the six-story museum.

This is the rhinoceros horn given by former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on display at the International Friendship Exhibition museum in North Korea. The museum exhibits 115,000 gift collections from 188 countries.

There was a section showing a rhinoceros horn given by former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in 1985.

Then the golden sword given by the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 1986, as well as Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin's anti-bullet limousine.

There are also crocodile leather luggage by the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro and tea drinking equipment from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In some parts there are three special edition Spalding basketball from former United States basketball star (US) Dennis Rodman to the current North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un.

In addition there is also a Harlem Globetrotters jersey signed by Rodman during a friendly match in Pyongyang in 2013.

There is also a photo of Kim when meeting US President Donald Trump in Singapore last June 12, which resulted in a denuclearization agreement.

While in other parts of the museum there are polar bears and brown bears which are a gift for companies in China and Russia.

The guide, Han Jong Suk, said the museum was made as evidence that North Korean leaders were respected and admired throughout the world.

The woman in her 60s claimed to have worked there for 40 years, and showed the greatness of the Kim Family in the world.

"I am honored to carry out this kind of work. Moreover, the leader of Kim Jong Un is highly respected throughout the world," Han said.

He told a story where former US President Jimmy Carter praised Kim Il Sung when the two met in 1984.

"At that time, Carter told me that Leader Kim Il Sung was far more powerful than George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, to Abraham Lincoln," said Han.

Han further said, it took about six months to explore the entire museum to see all the artifacts.

Source: kompas
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Students in Berlin attend school with goats

9/16/2018

Students in Berlin attend school with goats


The Hagenbeck School in Berlin offers a unique way of learning. In an effort to teach students the importance of species and ecosystems, each subject is associated with biodiversity.

At eight in the morning and a group of teenagers leaned against the gate while observing the antics of Oreo, Agro and Wilma. Somehow, the three goats have attracted the attention of the children completely so that they don't seem to be interested in things that usually take young people's focus, for example smart phones.

The scene plays in front of a school farm, which - besides accommodating goats - is also home to ducks, chickens, pigs and various other animals. The garden, like the adjacent garden, belonged to the Hagenbeck secondary school in the Pankow district in northeast Berlin.

Every day about 400 children pass through prefabricated doors or unspectacular assembly doors as is usually seen in many other schools in the city. But the school gate has special appeal.

"I chose this place because I was very interested in animals and gardening," said Yara, 12 years old. He and his schoolmates, Lina and Elodie were cutting fruit picked from the school's apple tree, to feed the goats.

Students in Berlin attend school with goats

"You have to be careful about feeding them one by one," Elodie explained. "If not, one can not get enough food and they will gore one another."

When asked whether learning in the middle of nature is more fun than sitting in class, he confidently answers.

"Yes, of course."

More than just animals
Not that there are no hours of study at this school. Students at Hagenbeck also study mathematics, German, sports, physics and language, just like students in public schools throughout the city. It's just that here, the theme of biodiversity is found everywhere.

"Staff teaching all subjects sat together and discussed the best ways to integrate biodiversity," said Deputy Principal, Claudia Krötenheerdt, telling DW.

The result is an integrated, inclusive curriculum that can be directly applied, for example in mathematics lessons activities will be found such as measuring the land planted in the garden, while in the technology class we will see students learning to make a framework for growing peanut plants, and in "Animal Husbandry" lessons the rest knows the standard reading method or meridian.

"As far as I know, we are the only school in Germany to do this," Krötenheerdt said.

The project began in 2007, when the German government introduced a national strategy to counteract habitat loss and biodiversity.

Eight years ago, Krötenheert and his colleagues looked for ways in which schools could be involved in overcoming this challenge, they also found ideas on how to make biodiversity as the main theme of the school.

Learn with a shovel and fork
At the school park, which is adjacent to agricultural land, students are given the task of cutting certain parts of the plant. When 12-year-old Kolja asked if they should use their crop scissors in everything that was visible, he actually received a blunt response from Elke Mahrenholz, the person in charge of the garden.

"It's difficult for you to listen," Mahrenholz told Kolja. "Just cut the dried parts of the plant."

Having received a reprimand, Kolja played his crop scissors out of shame, but later revealed that he listened well and explained confidently about the photosynthesis process and other things he had learned at school, for example on the concept of "sustainability, reusing things that were not more needed, or upcycling, recycle old things to make something new. "

Places to grow in school parks, for example, are made from used horse jump boards that have been used in sports classes.

"You can add more horse droppings here," Mahrenholz told students who had cleaned dry plants and were now about to plant new plants.

In winter, when field work is getting smaller in the garden, he teaches students about the land where they grow their crops, about using organic fertilizer to improve soil quality, and about biodiversity in the soil.

Three sisters
Behind the plant steps, some students took care of the section called "three sisters".

"Every year, we plant different seeds, this year we focus on planting three sisters," explained Eric, 13. "That means corn, pumpkin and beans."

"The corn soared so high that it covered its smaller sister and loomed over them," Charlotte added. "The middle brother, the Peanut, grows up on corn plants and gives stability."

Pointing to the pumpkin plant, Tabea explained about the plant called "little sister, who has wide leaves that can maintain soil moisture and prevent weeds from growing." And then, with a shy smile, he picked it.

"If you grow it this way, kids learn about seed mixes, something that contrasts with the monoculture system in conventional agriculture," Mahrenholz explained. "This helps them to understand the fact that our agriculture must move away from the monoculture system and use a mixture of plant seeds."

Students can even taste the fruits of their work when they gather to cook the vegetables they harvest from the school garden.

Also read: A Day with Environmental Program Volunteers in Germany

Creative thinking is needed
Between study hours, students will gather in the school yard to hang out. But it's not an ordinary page. One part is overgrown with high plant reeds so that it gives the impression that students are in another place. Only when the wind blows the plant opens part of the school building and other parts of the school begin to be seen.

For now, this part is still ordinary concrete, but there are plans to change it if later there is a fund collected. However, maintaining the award-winning school is not only about financing. "It takes a lot of initiative," the Deputy Principal explained. "We need a lot of creative thinking." Both parents, teachers and school staff will all continue to make every effort, because they want to make sure the three goats and three brothers remain in the Berlin Hagenbeck school curriculum.

Source: dw.com
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Satan's Letter Written 17th Century Nun Successfully Translated

9/16/2018
Satan's Letter Written 17th Century Nun Successfully Translated

The devil letter written by a nun in Sicily, Italy more than 300 years ago was finally translated. The letter was written by a nun named Sister Maria Croccifissa della Concezione who lived at the monastery in Motnechiaro in Sicily.

Sister Maria claimed she had been controlled by the devil and then ordered to write the letter, as reported by Mirror.co.uk, Monday, September 10 2018.



The letter was written one morning in 1676 using ink. Sister Maria spent all night writing letters in the ancient alphabet.

Sister Maria, who has lived in a monastery since the age of 15, is believed to be crying and collapsing while writing the letters.

According to him, Lucifer planned to make him fight God and convince himself to only serve the devil.

The letters were written using a variety of strange and ancient alphabets so that no one was able to translate the letter.

The mysterious message to the devil's letter was finally known after a number of researchers from the science center Ludum broke the ancient codes in the letter.

Researchers found software in the site that was used to open intelligence codes.

"We heard about the software, which we believe is used to decode intelligence," Director of the Ludum Science Center, Daniele Abate told The Times.

The software tries to solve messages in the form of ancient Greek, Arabic, Runi and Latin alphabets.

The letter was then translated which among other things stated that God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit were inanimate objects.

"God thinks he can free souls, but this system does not work for anyone," ordered the devil's letter.

Allah, the contents of the letter, are even called found by humans.

The letter also makes references to Greek mythology, River Styx, which means separating the realism of life from hell.

Even though he succeeded in translating the devil's letter, Daniele did not believe that Sister Maria had been controlled by the devil. Instead, he suspected the nun was suffering from mental illness or schizophrenia.

The illness suffered by the nun plus her ability to master a number of languages, made her imagine having a dialogue with the devil.

source: tempo.co
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Oldest Man-Made Image Found in South Africa

9/14/2018
Oldest Man-Made Image Found in South Africa

The oldest man-made image was found on a small rock in a cave on the south coast of South Africa. Archaeologists found this 73,000-year-old picture at Blombos Cave overlooking the Indian Ocean. This cave is 300 kilometers from Cape Town, the capital of South Africa.

This ancient image found is in the form of a set of six straight lines crossed by three slightly curved lines. The color of these lines is red from ocher pigments, wall dyes made from soft soil mixed with iron oxide, clay, and sand.

Oldest Man Made Picture

This picture at first glance looks like a fence sign or hashtag. This image is allegedly made by hunter-gatherer communities who live in the Blombos Cave

This discovery is evidence of the development of intelligence from Homo sapiens in the Middle Stone Age, aka Mesolithic.

"A line that is suddenly broken at the edge of the fragment indicates that the image was originally larger and drawn on a larger surface. The image pattern may be more complex and structured as a whole, "said Christopher Henshilwood, an archaeologist from the University of Bergen in Norway and the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa as the leader of this image research told Reuters.



"We would hesitate to call it a work of art. (But) this is clearly an abstract design and almost certainly has meaning for the maker and may have a symbolic meaning that is understood by their group, "explained Henshilwood.

Other artifacts found in the Blombos Cave are drawing equipment in the form of two shells coated with ocher coloring. This artifact is around 100,000 years old. In addition, there are also many other artifacts that have abstract carvings similar to the ones they found on a small rock before.

"All of these findings indicate that early Homo sapiens to the south of the Cape used different techniques to draw the same markings on different media," said Henshilwood.



"This supports the hypothesis that these signs are symbolic and represent an inherent aspect of the cognitive abilities of Homo sapiens in Africa, our ancestors."

Homo sapiens first appeared more than 315,000 years ago in Africa. After that, they migrated until they finally spread throughout the world.

 Source: kumparan.com
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Beloved Applied in an Airplane, Flight Attendants in China got Fired

9/13/2018
Beloved Applied in an Airplane, Flight Attendants in China got Fired

A flight attendant from a China Eastern Airlines airplane, never expected to face good and bad events at the same time. The flight attendant's identity was not published and the story became a record for those who had flight attendant lovers so as not to apply on the plane.

The story of the flight attendant was spread when a video uploaded by Pear Video showed a male passenger who was the flight attendant's lover, kneeling and applying for his girlfriend. The application process took place on Xi An flight route to Yinchuan, China, where the flight attendant was on duty on the flight.



"I really didn't expect my boyfriend to propose to me on this flight. Thanks to all of you who have become witnesses, "said the flight attendant, via a microphone connected to all parts of the aircraft.

Quoted from asiaone.com, on Thursday, September 13, 2018, almost all passengers on the plane felt touched by this romantic moment that happened 1.5 hours after the plane took off. Some passengers were even seen wiping tears or recording this happy moment.

However, the moment of application on this plane did not give a positive impression on the airline China Eastern Airlines. Liaoning TV aired on September 10, 2018, the airline fired the flight attendant when the plane landed. He is considered to have ignored passenger safety.

China Eastern Airlines said in a statement that the application on the plane had caused interference and an irresponsible action that could endanger passengers.

Netizens on social media who follow this story split in two different opinions. Some objected to the dismissal because the flight attendant did not know his lover's plan. But some are supportive because this is done when the flight attendant is on duty on the plane and his work involves public safety.

Source: tempo.co
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