IN PRINT: Long Beach's 2012 “Bucket List”
Down in Shoreline Village there's a little, L-shaped pier that gently undulates up and down as the water placidly plashes against the rocks. While its designated purpose is to accommodate small boats, this little-used, west-facing gem hiding in plain sight is the perfect place to sit cross-legged and watch a gorgeous SoCal sunset made all the more brilliant by the light bouncing all over the ocean's ever-shifting surface. Sit there long enough and you may fall into such deep meditation that you begin wondering not whether the world will end, but whether we're even really here at all.
Board the Queen Mary
This one is obvious. No, she's not the world's biggest ship. She's not even the world's biggest ship with "Queen Mary" in her name. But she very well may be the biggest ship on which you'll ever set foot -- or even eyes. And she's almost surely the most historical. Now, money won't matter when the world ends, but it comes in handy right now -- so it doesn't hurt that you can enjoy the Queen Mary without spending a dime. Climb all over its various decks, tempt the ship's ghosts at the midnight hour by skulking through empty hallways and sneaking into grand ballrooms, venture into the ship's bowels and see a humungous propeller, even see a film or play in the Royal Theatre (although this will cost you a little cash). You may take our most famous icon for granted (when's the last time you checked it out?), but bring an out-of-towner down across the water and see what happens.
Jog across the Gerald Desmond Bridge
If you're traveling by car toward San Pedro, the ride over the Gerald Desmond Bridge will be nothing more than an opening act for the scenic downward swoop you get after cresting the Vincent Thomas Bridge. But if you're hoofing it, the GDB affords a nice little thrill, as you find yourself striding across a bouncy metal grating of a sidewalk, which offers a clear view straight down to the water far below.
Constructing A Copper Pyramid - News
There it sits, 18 storeys of corrugated blue metal coming to a point above the CSU Long Beach: the Walter Pyramid, a 5000-seat multipurpose sports venue that is . . . well, it's a pyramid, for crying out loud! How can you skip it?
A newspaper columnist with Jones' experience and reputation doesn't make this kind of thing up out of thin air and I'm betting his source was at near the top of the Oilers' organizational pyramid. Jones has clearly talked to someone in the know and is
All of the nine reverse circulation drill holes drilled at Pyramid in December intersected disseminated to massive sulphide, dominated by pyrrhotite and pyrite, with the majority between 3 metres and 10 metres thick. - 3 metres at 0.59% copper.
THE Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre has installed surveillance cameras at the pyramids at Risdon Cove in a bid to deter thieves from stealing copper roofing. The thefts, which started in 2008, are believed to have been prompted by high copper prices.
As a matter of fact, one of the most beautiful and famous works that is going to shine under the veil is the “Baptistery of Saint Louis,” an Egyptian or Syrian basin from the 14th century, made of gold and silver-plated copper.
Copper Stud Earrings
Copper Stud Earrings
Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) discovered four pendant copper stud earrings pre-Hispanic archaeological site Lagartero in Chiapas, the pieces of more than 600 years old have the shape of the head of a lizard, confirming that the name of this place of Mayan descent at that time should refer to this snake, symbol of the underworld to the researcher cultura. La Sonia Rivero Torres reported that the finding was recorded with an ossuary discovered in the Pyramid 2 of the archaeological site, located In the township the Trinity, whose ancient buildings are under restoration and consolidation work to open to the public in 2012. Noting that the first time they are pieces of this metal in Lagartero, the archaeological project manager explained that this settlement outstanding alligator-head were possibly part of a string. "Recent ray spectroscopy analysis of energy dispersive (EDAX) performed at the National Institute for Nuclear Research, determined that it is an alloy, containing carbon, oxygen, silicon and calcium, and iron and copper stud earrings in greater proportion. "Archaeologist Rivero Torres explained further that due to its association with a multiple burial, located in the 2009 field season, on the west side of the Pyramid 2, small objects of gold, 2. 4 cm x 8 mm-must correspond to the Postclassic Late (1200 and 1400 AD), and although known to have been made with the ancient technique of lost wax mold, it is unknown where they were manufactured. "In 1990, archaeological work began in Lagartero, we currently field 13 seasons and never had found copper stud earrings materials, it appears that the lizard head figures should be sent somewhere else to do with this condition of this animal is a symbol of the underworld in the Maya culture. "The Hispanic only mine that has been excavated, dedicated to the copper smelter, located in El Teul, south of Zacatecas, however, more research is needed on this in the southeast, in the twentieth century explored a mine near Pichucalco, Chiapas and perhaps could be others in the Sierra Madre, but again, lack of education, "said the specialist in the Office of Archaeological Studies (DEA). Because the bones, near which were found pendant copper, were scrambled, it is impossible to know what the individual must have belonged Sartal. The record of 15 skulls, some with bilobed-deformation suggests that a similar number of dead was deposited. "It is thought that these individuals were buried in a sort of grave or ossuary, made after having built the last stage of the Pyramid 2, breaking the wall to place first and then re-bricked. "Only in this pyramid-continued Sonia Rivero, which is the largest (11. 60 m x 28 m high base) and defines the main square in the East, we have found and investigated two ossuaries, and found one that probably excavated in the 2011 field season. " Regarding the ossuary linked to copper stud earrings objects, Sonia Rivero said the poor condition of the bones in general, has only been able to characterize the morphology of three skulls, two of them are female individuals 20 and 30-35 years old, and the other to a male of 60-65 years, according to reports from physical anthropologist Josefina Bautista. INAH archaeologist said today copper earrings, three heavyweight and a full, are restored in the National School of Conservation, Restoration and Museology (ENCRyM) INAH expert by Pilar Tapia. In addition to the suspension of copper stud earrings in the ossuary also found a bell of the same material, a lappet of amber, the remains of textiles and ceramics. The researcher said that as part of the work of consolidation and restoration of pre-Hispanic buildings Lagartero so far have served three structures of the central square, and the season scheduled for this year will continue with the Pyramid 2. Also have been worth the altars of these constructions and a set of closed type ball by two heads (56 m. x 34 m. ). Finally, he said that from the remains of pottery found has been inferred that began to address Lagartero from 300 AD, in the Early Classic, Late Postclassic and up (1200 and 1400 d. C. ). . .