In May 2015, Holly Harrison – known as “Cargo” to most of his buddies – was hiking along the Appalachian Trail and taking stock of his situation. “You know, trying to figure out what I was going to do with the rest of my life,” he said. He was 55 years old at the time and had always dreamed big. He wanted to do something no one before had ever done, maybe something no one would ever be able to match. But he felt time was running out. “I just had this thought: I wonder if anybody’s ever hiked the entire Western Hemisphere,” he said, “from the bottom of South America to the top in North America.” He’d discover that one man had, in fact – the British explorer George Meegan did it four decades earlier, taking 6 years 236 days to walk from Patagonia to the Arctic Ocean north of Alaska – but Harrison thought just maybe he could do it faster. Seven months later, he set out on his journey, making it only about … [Read more...] about Man hiked the entire Western Hemisphere to figure out what to do with his life
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Western Hemisphere Leaders Say They Won’t Recognize Venezuelan Elections
By Ryan Dube Ryan Dube The Wall Street Journal BiographyRyan Dube [email protected] April 14, 2018 9:23 p.m. ET 1 COMMENTS LIMA, Peru—A meeting of leaders from across the Americas centered its attention on Venezuela’s authoritarian government, as the U.S. and Latin America’s largest nations said in a session on Saturday they wouldn’t recognize next month’s presidential election, calling it a farce. At the Summit of the Americas, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence called for nations to do more to isolate Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. He traveled to Peru in the place of President Donald Trump. “The United States of America will not stand idly by as Venezuela crumbles,” said Mr. Pence, who met with Venezuelan opposition activists in Peru’s capital city. “Now is the time to do more, much more.” Venezuela’s economic collapse and perceived growing authoritarianism has loomed over the meeting of … [Read more...] about Western Hemisphere Leaders Say They Won’t Recognize Venezuelan Elections
New York City is getting a 1,296-foot-tall skyscraper with the highest observation deck in the Western Hemisphere — see the incredible views
Leanna Garfield, provided by Published 2:32 pm, Wednesday, April 11, 2018 Joe Woolhead Costing an estimated $20 billion, Manhattan's Hudson Yards neighborhood is already the largest real-estate development in American history. And soon, the neighborhood will break another record. 30 Hudson Yards, a skyscraper under construction on the island's far west side, will feature the highest outdoor observation deck in New York City and the Western Hemisphere. A construction crew began installing the 765,000-pound, steel deck on Tuesday. When complete, it will jut out from the tower 1,100 feet in the air. Take a look below. The skyscraper, dubbed 30 Hudson Yards, is located along the Hudson River at the southwest corner of 33rd Street in Manhattan. Visual House Spanning around 28 acres, Hudson Yards broke ground in late 2012, and construction is expected to wrap up in 2024. Measuring 1,296-feet-tall, the steel-and-glass skyscraper will feature offices, a restaurant, … [Read more...] about New York City is getting a 1,296-foot-tall skyscraper with the highest observation deck in the Western Hemisphere — see the incredible views
Hemp, Inc. Provides CBS Behind-The-Scenes Access to the Largest Hemp Processing Mill in the Western Hemisphere
/EIN News/ -- SPRING HOPE, NC, April 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hemp, Inc. (OTC PINK: HEMP), a global leader in the industrial hemp industry with the largest multi-purpose industrial hemp processing facility and mill in the western hemisphere, announced today that the Company was featured in a CBS North Carolina special about the hemp industry and the Company’s products that are created to provide an environmentally-friendly solution to the oil and gas drilling industries. To see Hemp, Inc. on CBS 17, click here. Hemp, Inc. announced on Jan. 4th that the Company was shipping its first purchase orders of loss-circulation material DrillWall™ and Kenaf fiber, making Spill-Be-Gone™ the third natural plant product the Company has begun selling this year. Spill-Be-Gone™ is made from the core particles and powder of the kenaf plant, which is one of the world’s most absorbent natural materials. This product can be used for the … [Read more...] about Hemp, Inc. Provides CBS Behind-The-Scenes Access to the Largest Hemp Processing Mill in the Western Hemisphere
CBS News Logo Mexico braces for strongest hurricane in Western hemisphere
Last Updated Oct 23, 2015 7:22 PM EDT MANZANILLO, Mexico -- Hurricane Patricia headed toward southwestern Mexico Friday as a monster Category 5 storm, the strongest ever in the Western Hemisphere that forecasters said could make a "potentially catastrophic landfall" later in the day.Residents of a stretch of Mexico's Pacific Coast dotted with resorts and fishing villages on Thursday boarded up homes and bought supplies ahead of Patricia's arrival.With maximum sustained winds near 200 mph, Patricia is the strongest storm ever recorded in the eastern Pacific or in the Atlantic, said Dave Roberts, a hurricane specialist at the U.S. National Hurricane Center.Astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted a photo of the hurricane from space:Patricia's power was comparable to that of Typhoon Haiyan, which left more than 7,300 dead or missing in the Philippines two years ago, according to the U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization."This is really, really, really strong," WMO spokeswoman Clare Nullis told a … [Read more...] about CBS News Logo Mexico braces for strongest hurricane in Western hemisphere