What started as a nor’easter in March 1993 ended as a disaster dubbed the “Storm of the Century.” In its wake were record snowfalls, coastal flooding, record-low temperatures, tornadoes, 318 lost lives and a hard look at the communication failures that took place in the days leading up to the storm. Samenow, Jason. “Ash Wednesday storm of 1962: 50-year Anniversary.” March 6, 2012. (Nov. 28, 2012) Capital Weather Gang. The Ash Wednesday storm caused a lot of damages to homes, like this one on Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. In 1962, however, the Ash Wednesday storm stayed well beyond its welcome. Wash hands well with soap and water. Wash and dry sweatshirt and sweatpants; do not use fabric softener. Let the glue dry. Like dried beans, dry bread, and sometimes dried fruits, preserved meat was a staple of sea life. You may want to skip the salted, dried meat for your Columbus Day celebration and cut straight to the tacos.

What Christopher Columbus and his crew probably did not eat, or at least didn’t eat much of, was fresh meat. Brendan, along with a crew of fellow monks, sailed looking for Paradise, the Land of Promise of the Saints. While Columbus may have been the first European to reach Central America, it is Giovanni Caboto who is the first to have arrived in North America, landing in Labrador, off the east coast of Canada, in 1497. So now we know, ­then: It was Caboto who was the first European to land in North America, right? Columbus would have tasted, for the first time, the spicy flavors of chili pepper and cayenne, along with allspice.

He made good use of that time, however, by dictating the story of his journey to and from China to a fellow inmate by the name of Rustichello, a known writer. Fans organized a letter-writing campaign in 1976 that convinced NASA to name its first space shuttle orbiter after the federation flagship from the TV series: Enterprise.

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27 straight years, largely descended from Eurasian breeds and was brought to the Americas between the 15th and 20th centuries. These petroglyphs in West Viriginia were thought to be carved in Ogam, an Irish script used from the 6th to 8th centuries. Enter Marco Polo, one of the greatest voyagers of all time (think Indiana Jones without the stuntmen), whose writings have influenced other travelers for centuries. Soccer will share a portion of its commercial revenues – think broadcast rights, corporate sponsorships and ticket sales – with the players. ROME (AP) – Female soccer players in Italy will finally be able to turn professional next season after years of amateur-only status that limited their salaries. The Gunners need to take this into the transfer window now and ensure they have a squad next season that can finish in the top four, as well as going all the way in the Europa League.

And do any of them make it to finish line? If she sinks it, Player No. 1 gets a point and the next player takes the ball out from the three-point line. This Robin Hood-style heroine takes historical items before the villainous V.I.L.E operatives get a chance to steal them. In others, it’s incredibly easy to get and then squandered.

Combine salt and vinegar into a thin paste and then spread the paste onto the stained area of the fabric. Columbus would have eaten plenty of lentil stew, boiled beans and chickpeas seasoned with what the ship had handy — basically, salt.

Columbus would have commonly eaten things like salted (cured) beef, cod and sardines. Columbus and his men, on entering the New World, also entered a whole new world of food. When you’re in the trenches, you never know what might attack you — and it could be the very food you eat. Only in Europe did cooks add sugar and milk to produce the creamy, sweet confection we know today. This deadly snowstorm, known as the Northeast United States Blizzard of 1978, was ushered in by a feisty nor’easter on Feb. 5, 1978. It lasted two days and caused more than $529 million in damage, a sum that would equal more than $1.85 billion today. The multiple probes caused a lot of difficulties for an administration that had used “support the troops” as its political mantra, Kriner and Schwartz wrote. While his right leg would go on to heal after multiple surgeries, Barbaro later developed laminitis, a painful hoof condition, in both his front legs.

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One thing we know beyond a doubt is that Columbus found food — new and amazing food in bright colors and bold flavors. Christopher Columbus gets the lion’s share of the credit for discovering America in 1492, but the evidence weighs heavily against him being the first on­e to find the New World. Much of what we learned about Christopher Columbus as kids is questionable. Columbus himself set sail with 20 mastiffs and greyhounds on his 1493 return trip to the Caribbean; unfortunately, those animals were used to horrific effect as attack dogs. Besides, some believe the Chinese beat Columbus by 80 years.

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It may seem like a given that when Americans call for an ambulance, a trained paramedic will be on board the truck to begin administering emergency care. A third saga relates that the Norse encountered a tribe of indigenous Americans who spoke a language that sounded like Irish, with which the Norse were familiar. Another saga tells of meeting Native Americans who were already familiar with white men. Sounds familiar doesn’t it? You’re probably more familiar with the next staple on our list. 9 p.m. began to amass into an army as a blustery nor’easter colliding with warmer winds in the Gulf of Mexico brought more and more snow. Imagine Maryland’s Ocean City under 4 feet (1.22 meters) of floodwater swept into massive waves by 70 mile (112.6 kilometer) per hour winds. It trapped passengers in New York City railcars for days, snapped elevated telephone and telegraph lines, and caused the deaths of 200 people.

It killed 13 people and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage, in states ranging from Massachusetts to Florida. By the time Hurricane Sandy exited the eastern coast of the United States in the early days of November 2012, it had killed 125 people in the U.S., shut down the nation’s financial markets for the first time in more than a century, caused the majority of New York City to lose electricity, brought subways and commuter trains to a halt and, famously, stranded an iconic roller coaster in the sea, a stone’s throw from its once-permanent location on a pier in Seaside Heights, N.J. Marco didn’t put pen to paper about his travels until he wound up in prison for his role in a battle against the city of Genoa. Step 5: Put the 6 small bottles into the holes of the large bottle. Even for those researchers who put stock into the Navigatio’s underlying historical accuracy, many of the directions don’t point to North America as the destination where Brendan ultimately landed.