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Montreal bike festival heralds release from grip of COVID

May 15, 2023496 Views

If the 21-story Leonard Cohen mural that commands Montreal’s skyline could talk, it might tell you what this city’s crackling cultural life was like when the pandemic hit and everyone hunkered down. To borrow from his lyrics, it was a cold and a broken hallelujah. The party’s back on. The first weekend in June, Montrealers will line sidewalks and porches, toot horns and shout “bonne journee” or just plain “go!” as swarms of cyclists wend their way through the iconic urban spaces of this bicycle-mad city. FILE PHOTO: Cyclists in the Go Bike Montreal Festival capture the exuberance of the Tour de l’ile, Sunday, June 5, 2022. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP) The Go Bike Montreal Festival is traditionally and once more the kickoff to a spring and summer season of music, o...

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These are America’s 11 most endangered historic places for the year

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May 14, 20231014 Views

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has unveiled its 2023 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, an annual ranking that spotlights significant sites of American history that are at risk of destruction or irreparable damage. "This year's list of the nation's most endangered historic places is a portfolio of sites that are nearly as diverse as the American experience itself," said Jay Clemens, interim president and CEO of the National Trust. "The places on this list come in all forms, from individual residences to entire neighborhoods, and are located across the country from small communities to urban streetcorners and rural landscapes. The diversity of sites on the 2023 list—and the stories behind them—reflect the complexities and challenges that have always been...

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Atlantic City casino can’t live without a beach, so it’s rebuilding one

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May 13, 2023806 Views

What’s an ocean without a beach? One Atlantic City casino that takes its name from the sea doesn’t want to find out, and so it’s spending up to $700,000 of its own money to rebuild a badly eroded beach in front of it. The Ocean Casino Resort began the work Wednesday, and plans to have a new 110-foot-wide beach open for Memorial Day weekend. Chronic erosion near the casino has reduced the beach to just 5 to 8 feet (1.5 to 2.4 meters) wide in places. An earthmover drives along a narrow path on what is left of a badly eroded beach in front of the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City N.J. on May 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) Bill Callahan, the casino’s general manager, said Ocean can’t wait for the next government-funded beach replenishment project, which could take another yea...

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Listening to the Largest Tree on Earth

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May 10, 20231061 Views

Hydrophones record the sounds of the massive Pando aspen grove, from its leaves to its roots Spread across 106 acres in southcentral Utah, the Pando aspen grove resembles a forest but is actually a single organism with more than 47,000 genetically identical aspen stems connected at the root. Pando is the world’s largest tree by weight and land mass. Research suggests Pando has been regenerating for 9,000 years, making it one of the oldest organisms on Earth. As part of the 184th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Jeff Rice and Lance Oditt have described their work to reveal a unique acoustic portrait of this botanical wonder in their presentation, “Beneath the tree: The sounds of a trembling giant.” Aerial view of Pando's Land Mass | Credit: Lance Oditt, friendsofpando...

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Fire and floods across western Canada force evacuations

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May 6, 20231040 Views

A week of record hot weather in western Canada has forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes, as wildfires rage in parts of Alberta and rapid snow melt triggers flooding across interior British Columbia. By Friday, more than 13,000 people were under evacuation orders in Alberta, as 78 fires burned. Among the worst-hit areas was the territory of the Little Red River Cree Nation, which comprises three communities in the north of the province, where the 1,458-hectare (3609-acre) Fox Lake fire consumed 20 homes and the police station. The entire 7,000-strong population of Drayton Valley, 140 km (87 miles) west of the provincial capital Edmonton, was also ordered to evacuate late on Thursday night. A smoke column rises from wildfire EWF031 near Lodgepole, Alberta, Canada May ...

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River rafters say big California snowmelt means epic season

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May 6, 2023714 Views

Triple Threat. Deadman’s Drop. Satan’s Cesspool. After years of drought, the rapids along California’s American River are truly living up to their names. As a historic snowpack starts to melt, the spring runoff is fueling conditions for some of the best whitewater in years on the American River and its forks, which course through the Sierra Nevada northeast of Sacramento. “This is an epic whitewater rafting season,” said Deric Rothe, who owns Sierra Whitewater Inc. and has been rafting for decades. “The conditions are awesome. If you compare the rafting to a rollercoaster, it’s bigger, faster, more fun and more exciting. So, we’re loving it.” Rowers get splashed during a whitewater rafting trip down the South Fork of the American River near Placerville, Calif., on April 28, 2023....

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Yosemite flood risk, closures block some springtime visitors

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April 30, 2023922 Views

After winter storms dumped massive amounts of snow on California’s mountains, visitors to the state’s famed Yosemite National Park can catch a glimpse of rushing streams, scenic waterfalls and hillsides covered in white. But some views will be off limits starting late Friday as the park temporarily closes much of the famed Yosemite Valley due to a forecast of flooding amid rising spring temperatures. Warming weather is quickly melting huge amounts of snow that accumulated in mountains from a series of epic winter storms. Across California’s fertile San Joaquin Valley, temperatures are expected to climb into the mid-90s (35 degrees Celsius) through Saturday, and a flood warning was in effect for rivers, creeks, streams and low-lying areas in Fresno, Kings and Tulare counties, accordi...

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US travel & tourism sector set to reach record-breaking high this year

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April 29, 2023947 Views

# Set to contribute more than $2.2TN to the economy this year # Travel & Tourism contributes one in every 10 jobs # International visitor spend up more than 150% from last year The World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 2023 Economic Impact Research (EIR) has revealed that the U.S. Travel & Tourism sector is forecast to exceed the 2019 peak this year. The sector is set to contribute $2.24TN to the U.S. economy this year, surpassing the 2019 pre-pandemic high of $2.17TN. WTTC is also forecasting that the sector will create more than 1.2MN jobs this year, recovering almost all of the jobs lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic to reach 17.4MN. FILE PHOTO: People spend time on the black sand beach at Waianapanapa State Park in Hana, Hawaii, on Sept. 24, 2014. (AP...

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The quilt stories : stitched for ever

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April 27, 2023899 Views

From simple geometric shapes to the intricately wrought details of daily life, the quilt designs in a show now running at the American Folk Art Museum show how powerfully this art form has told stories for centuries and been a vehicle for creativity. “What That Quilt Knows About Me” comprises 35 quilts and related works in an intimate gallery space. Some tell stories about the maker’s life or process. Others explore quilting technique, using different materials. One quilt estimated to be from the early 1800s bursts with details, including tropical flowers and pugs with fancy collars. Curators don’t know who the artist was, but the appliqued imagery reflects popular pastimes of women in the 19th century. This image provided by the American Folk Art Museum shows the Original Des...

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Tiffany, now owned by LVMH, reopens on a Fifth Avenue in flux

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April 26, 2023988 Views

The splashy reopening of Tiffany & Co’s flagship store on the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 57th Street is a renovation representing the billions of capital investment in one of New York City’s most iconic shopping districts. Real estate experts say the flow of cash is part of a bid to re-imagine an area of Midtown that extends from 49th Street to the Plaza Hotel and includes Fifth and Madison Avenues. The district has long been anchored by luxury stores including Tiffany, Saks Fifth Avenue and Bergdorf Goodman. With the return of tourism to New York after pandemic-related declines, luxury retailers are again betting on refreshed flagships to drive consumer interest and traffic. Interior view of the new Tiffany & Co. store, the Landmark, located in New York, U.S., in th...