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Connected to the mainland by a half a mile—long bridge that opened back in 2014. and this year, the island celebrates a very special anniversary. it is the 1,000 anniversary of the construction of the church. how on earth did they construct something like this 1,000 years ago? mm—hm. yeah. this is the best of medieval engineering. and it started off as a sanctuary dedicated to saint michel — saint michael — in the year 708. then it took off. you know, the pilgrims started to come. they h...

This is mont saint—michel, one of frances most visited sites. its an island off the coast of brittany in normandy, connected to the mainland by a half a mile—long bridge that opened back in 2014. and this year, the island celebrates a very special anniversary. it is the 1,000 anniversary of the construction of the church. how on earth did they construct something like this 1,000 years ago? mm—hm. yeah. this is the best of mediaeval engineering. and it started off as a sanctuary dedicated t...

Saint michael — in the year 708. then it took off. you know, the pilgrims started to come. they had to come across the bay, so walk through the sands, and then it developed in the 11th century with the construction of the church. the abbey sits at the top of the cliff, surrounded by the village below. even nowadays, there are quicksands out there. there are a lot of strong currents. so it must have been a really important site for people to want to make that kind ofjourney to see this place. y...

And it started off as a sanctuary dedicated to saint—michel, st michael, in the year 708. then it took off. you know, the pilgrims started to come. they had to come across the bay, so walk through the sands. and then it developed in the 11th century with the construction of the church. the abbey sits at the top of the cliff, surrounded by the village below. even nowadays, there are quicksands out there. there are a lot of strong currents. so, it must have been a really important site for peopl...

You need an amen. aaron, you interviewed our usa better diluted nations thomas linda thomas-greenfield. i wonder, what was her sands of battles of hope and dread. because we have whats happening iran, which is a scandal upon the world. we have whats happening in afghanistan, were girls have been ripped backer of school and out of public life. and then you come to united states, which, at this point, ranks, where do we rank? 21st, 21st on the rankings of justice and security for women. thats how ...

Joked out communism in korea a crawled through the jungles in vietnam and battled in the hot sands in the middle east. greatness was everywhere in america because greatness was rewarded. if you wanted to go to harvard or yale, you had to be at the top of your class. they demanded greatness from their students. if you wanted to walk the runway at fashion shows and have your face plastered on magazines and billboards you had to be in at this point top shave. not enough to make somebody stop in the...

Shooting in my area which was the oxford high school shooting requiring parents of children to safely store their weapons. universal background checks, red flag laws so if someone is mentally ill with the judges consent, we can remove a weapon from a home. i think we will see some action on the state level which will help say to our young people that you didnt have your friends die in vain which i think is really important at the national level. is much more political. to be honest, i feel like ...

The company is working with the nonprofit group to build a talent pipeline for future jobs and assist businesses that might supply goods and services to the proposed Uniondale complex.

Las Vegas Sands and Nassau Community College have agreed to make the college the primary employee training center for the proposed casino/resort at the Nassau Coliseum property.

. finally tonight, archeolosngypt made a groundbreaking discovery this week under ancient sands. emerging from deep joined ground and far in the past, a s sarcophagus sees light for the first time in more than 4,000 years. >> i put my head inside to see what could be inside the sar cosav could have i guess. a man with layers of gold. >> a man, his jewelry still visible, who the hieroglyphics say was named -- the oldest non-royal mummified person ever discovered in egypt. his resting place in s...