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The Vikings also spent $4.5 million to upgrade the facilities to NFL standards, mainly to include heating coils under the turf. [119] The Vikings used the north sideline (opposite the press box) in 2014–15. In early 2016, the Vikings became the first team in NFL history to qualify for and host the playoffs while based in a temporary stadium.
Cornrows (sometimes called canerows) are a style of traditionally three-strand braids, originating in Africa, [1][2][3] in which the hair is braided very close to the scalp, using an underhand, upward motion to make a continuous, raised row. Cornrows are often done in simple, straight lines, as the term implies, but they can also be styled in ...
The Norse exploration of North America began in the late 10th century, when Norsemen explored areas of the North Atlantic colonizing Greenland and creating a short term settlement near the northern tip of Newfoundland. This is known now as L'Anse aux Meadows where the remains of buildings were found in 1960 dating to approximately 1,000 years ...
Boating houses, known in Scandinavian culture as "Nausts", are the buildings used to hold Viking Ships during the winter and any time they could not sail. They were usually built a few meters back from the waterline making it easy to move to ships to and from the water. Ruts were dug into the ground to accommodate the keel of the boat to make ...
The 4th & Vine Tower (formerly known as the Union Central Tower[6] and Central Trust Bank Building) is a 151 m (495 ft) skyscraper in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. It stands 31 stories tall, overlooking the Ohio River waterfront. It is easily one of the most recognizable buildings in the city's skyline, owing to the elaborate Hellenic architecture ...
The LeVeque Tower is a 47-story skyscraper in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. At 555 feet 5 inches (169.29 m) it was the tallest building in the city from its completion in 1927 to 1974, and remains the second-tallest today. Designed by C. Howard Crane, the 353,768-square-foot (32,866.1 m 2) Art Deco skyscraper was opened as the American Insurance ...
In March 1812, Ohio University’s building committee asked General Rufus Putnam to draft a plan for a college edifice near the center of campus. Architect Benjamin Corp of Marietta was hired to assist Putnam in the building design and supervised the construction of the new Federal style building. [4] [5] [6]
Viking expansion was the historical movement which led Norse explorers, traders and warriors, the latter known in modern scholarship as Vikings, to sail most of the North Atlantic, reaching south as far as North Africa and east as far as Russia, and through the Mediterranean as far as Constantinople and the Middle East, acting as looters, traders, colonists and mercenaries.