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On Monday, researchers from Stanford University's School of Medicine published the invention of a new diagnostic tool that can sort cells by type: a very small printable chip, which can be manufactured with ordinary inkjet printers, possibly for about one US cent piece.
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Leading researchers say this could lead to early detection of cancer, tuberculosis, HIV and malaria for patients in low-income countries, where survival rates for diseases, such as breast cancer, may be half of those from richer countries.
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JAS 39C Gripen crashed onto a runway around 9pm. 9.30 local time (02.30 UTC) and exploded, leading to the temporary closure of the airport for commercial flights.
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The pilot was identified as squadron leader Dilokrit Pattavee.
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Local media reports that a fire truck from the airport overturned while it was under emergency.
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The 28-year-old Vidal has joined Barca three seasons since from Sevilla.
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Vidal has, since moving to the Catalan capital, played 49 games for the club.
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The protest started around 9pm. 11:00 local time (UTC+1) at Whitehall, opposite the police guarded entrance to Downing Street, the prime minister's official home.
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A little over at. 11:00 protesters blocked the northbound traffic in Whitehall.
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At 11:20 a.m., police asked the protesters to move back to the pavement and commandeer that they should align their right to demonstrate with the accumulation of traffic.
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Around 11:29 the demonstration moved up Whitehall, past Trafalgar Square, along the Beach, past Aldwych and up Kingsway in the direction of Holborn, where the Conservative Party held their spring forum at the hotel Grand Connaught Rooms.
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Nadal's man-to-man record against the Canadian is 7–2.
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He recently lost to Raonic at the Brisbane Open.
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Nadal scored 88% of the total points in the match and won 76% of his first servers.
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After the game, the Lion King stated: "I'm just happy to be back in the final rounds of the most important events. I'm here to win."
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The "Panama Papers" is an umbrella term for approximately ten million documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, which was leaked to the press in spring 2016.
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The documents showed that 14 banks helped wealthy customers hide fortunes of billions of U.S. dollars to avoid taxes and other regulations.
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The British newspaper The Guardian believed that Deutsche Bank controlled approximately one-third of the 1200 shell companies used to achieve this.
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There were protests all over the world, numerous prosecutions, and the leaders of Iceland and Pakistan's governments both resigned.
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Born in Hong Kong, Ma studied at New York University and Harvard Law School, once had an American "green card" for resident individuals.
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Hsieh hinted during the election that Ma would flee the country in a time of crisis.
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Hsieh also argued that the photogenic Ma was more style than substance.
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Despite these accusations, Ma won with ease by speaking for closer ties with the Chinese mainland.
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Today's player is Alex Ovechkin from Washington Capitals.
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He made 2 goals and 2 goaltendous passes in Washington's 5-3 win over the Atlanta Thrashers.
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Tonight's first assist for Ovechkins was on the match winning goal of debutant Nicklas Backstrom;
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his second goal this evening was his 60th this season, and he became the first player to have scored 60 or more goals in a season since 1995-96, when Jaromir Jagr and Mario Lemieux both reached that milestone.
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The batt was with an estimated fortune of $2.3 billion number 190 in the ranking of the 400 richest Americans in 2008.
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He graduated from the College of Arts & Sciences of the University of Virginia in 1950 and was a significant contributor to the institution.
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Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison has been set on fire during a revolt.
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The prison was notorious when catcher abuse was discovered after U.S. forces took over the leadership.
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Piquet Jr. had an accident at the Grand Prix in Singapore just after an early pit stop to Fernando Alonso, which got the security car out.
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When the cars in front of Alonso stopped to refuel with the result of the safety car, he moved up the row and took the victory.
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Piquet Jr. was sacked after the 2009 Grand Prix in Hungary.
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Exactly at 8:46 a silence fell over the city which marked the exact moment when the first plane hit its target.
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Two rays of light have been installed so that they point up towards the sky during the night.
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The building of five new skyscrapers is underway on site with a transport centre and a memorial park in the middle.
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The PBS show has won more than two dozen Emmy awards, and it has run for longer than all other programs except for Sesame Street and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
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Each episode of the show focused on a theme in a particular book, and this theme was then explored through several stories.
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Each show also gave recommendations for books that children should look for when going to the library.
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John Grant of WNed Buffalo (Reading Rainbow’s home channel) said “Reading Rainbow taught children why they should read... the love of reading – [the show] encouraged to take a book forward and to read.”
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Some believe, including John Grant, that both the funding knot and the shift in the philosophy of teaching TV had an impact on the finishing of the series.
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The forecasters say the storm, which is about 645 miles (1040 km) west of the Cape Verde Islands, is likely to disappear before it threatens any land.
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Peace currently has winds at 165 km/h and is moving to the northwest.
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Peace is the heftiest tropical cyclone ever recorded so southerly and eastwardly in the Atlantic since satellite images began, and only the third large hurricane recorded east of 35°V.
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On September 24, 1759, Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease agreement by St James' Gate brewery in Dublin, Ireland.
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250 years later, Guinness has grown into a global company, which translates into 10 billion Euros (14.7 billion US$) each year.
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Jonny Reid, co-driver of the New Zealand A1GP team, made history today by driving fastest over the 48-year-old Auckland Harbour Bridge, New Zealand, perfectly legally.
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Mr Reid managed to drive New Zealand's A1GP car, Black Beauty, over the bridge seven times at a speed of over 160km/h.
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The New Zealand police had a hard time using their speed control to see how fast Mr. Reid really drove, because of how low Black Beauty is. The only time the police managed to catch Mr. Reid, was when he slowed down to 160km/h.
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Over the past 3 months, over 80 arrested have been released from Central Booking without being officially charged.
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In April this year, a temporary police restraining order was issued by Judge Glynn against the facility, to enforce the release of those detained for more than 24 hours after they were arrested and who were not questioned by a commissioner.
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The Commissioner shall determine the bail if granted and formalise the charges lodged by the arresting officer. The charges are then entered into the state's computer system, where the case is followed.
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The hearing also marks the date of the suspect's right to a quick trial.
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Peter Costello, an Australian treasurer and the person most likely to succeed Prime Minister John Howard as party leader in the Liberal Party, has given his support to the nuclear power industry in Australia.
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Mr Costello said that when nuclear power production becomes economically viable, Australia should continue to use it.
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"If it becomes commercial, we have to have it. That is, there is no principled objection to nuclear energy," Mr Costello said.
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According to Ansa, "the police were worried about a few attacks from the top level that they feared could trigger a regular war of succession.
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Police stated that Lo Piccolo stood strongest when he in Palermo had been Provenzano's right-hand man, and his greater experience ensured him respect from the older generation of leaders as they followed Provenzano's policy of keeping as low a profile as possible and strengthening their network at the same time.
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These leaders had been captured by Provenzano when he ended the Riina-run war against the state that killed the revenge of the vengeful mafia members Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in 1992."
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs presented the device as he stepped forward on stage and took his iPhone out of his trouser pocket.
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During his two-hour speech, he said that "Today Apple is reinventing the phone, today we're writing history."
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Brazil is the largest Roman Catholic country in the world, and the Roman Catholic Church has consistently opposed the legalization of gay marriage in the country.
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The Brazilian National Congress has been debating legalization for 10 years, and such civic marriages are currently only legal in Rio Grande do Sul.
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The original bill was written by Marta Suplity, the former mayor of São Paulo. The proposed law change is now in the hands of Roberto Jefferson after it has been amended.
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The protesters hope to collect 1.2 million signatures, which they will convey to the National Congress in November.
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When it became clear that many families were seeking legal help to combat the evictions, a meeting was held on March 20 at the East Bay Community Law Center for the victims of the housing news.
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When the tenants began talking about what had happened, most of the families involved suddenly understood that Carolyn Wilson of Oakland's housing office had stolen their deposit and left the city.
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Tenants in Lockwood Gardens believe at least 40 other families could be put on the streets after they found that the OHA police force is also investigating other public housing properties in Oakland, which may be part of the housing fraud.
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The band apologised to their fans and cancelled the show at the Mauis War Memorial Stadium, which was scheduled to be attended by 9,000 people,
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HK Management Inc., which is the band's management company, did not provide any immediate justification when they canceled on September 20, but justified it on logistical reasons the following day.
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The famous Greek lawyers Sakis Kechagiogou and George Nikolakopoulos have been jailed in the Corydallus prison in Athens when found guilty of exploiting their office and corruption.
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As a result, a major scandal has emerged in the Greek legal system following the detection of unlawful acts by judges, lawyers, lawyers and lawyers in recent years.
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A few weeks ago, after the information was released by journalist Makis Triantafylopoulos in his popular TV show "Zoungla" on Alpha TV, MP and attorney Petros Mantouvalos had to abdicate as members of his office had been involved in illegal bribery and corruption.
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Moreover, top referee Evangelos Kalousis has been jailed, after being found guilty of corruption and disrespectful conduct.
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Roberts flatly refused to say anything about when he thinks life begins, which is an important issue when considering the ethics of abortion. He said it would be unethical to comment on the details of similar cases.
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He reiterated, however, his previous statement that Roe v. Wade was "the country's established law" and stressed the importance of the Supreme Court making consistent decisions.
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He also confirmed that he believed in the implied right to privacy that the Roe decision rested on.
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Maroochydore ended up at the top of the rankings six points ahead of Noosa in second place.
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The two sides met in the big semi-final, where Noosa came out as winners with 11 points.
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Then Maroochydore won over Caboolture in the preliminary final.
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Hesperonychus elizabetae is a species of the Dromaeauuridae family and is in the same genus as Velociraptor.
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This full-fingered, warm-blooded bird of prey is thought to have walked upright on two legs with claws like the Velociraptor.
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Its second claw was larger, giving it the name Hesperonychus, which means "Western claw."
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In addition to the all-dominant ice, extreme weather conditions have hampered rescue efforts.
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Pittman suggested that conditions would not get any better until sometime next week.
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According to Pittman, the amount as well as the thickness of the pack ice is worse for seal hunters than it has been for the past 15 years.
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While commemorations for Jeff Weise and three of the nine victims were held today, news spread that yet another pupil had been arrested in connection with the school shooting. March 21, say in Red Lake's community.
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Authorities did not say much officially beyond confirming the arrest today.
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A source of knowledge of the investigation, however, told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that it was Louis Jourdain, Floyd Jurdain's 16-year-old son, who is the chairman of the Red Lake Tribal.
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It is currently not known what charges he is being charged with or what led the authorities to the boy, but the procedure for minors has been initiated at the federal court.
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Lodin further said officials decided to cancel the re-election to save Afghans for spending and security risks in the event of another election.
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Diplomats said they had found enough ambiguity in the Afghan constitution to declare the re-election unnecessary.
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This contradicts the previous reports, which said that it would have been against the Constitution to cancel the re-election.
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The plane was heading towards Irkutsk, and was served by internal troops.
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A query has been set up and an investigation will be launched.
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The Il-76 has been an important component within both the Russian and Soviet military since the 1970s and had already discovered a serious accident in Russia last month.
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On October 7, an engine detached during departure without injury. Russia detained for a short while Il-76 models after this accident.
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800 miles of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System was shut down after the spill from thousands of barrels of crude oil south of Fairbanks, Alaska.
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A power failure associated with a routine test of the fire command system meant that overpressure valves opened and crude oil flowed over close to the Fort Greely pumping station 9.
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The opening of the valves led to a pressure release for the system, and oil flowed out onto a surface and on to a tank that can hold 55,000 barrels (2.3 million gallons).
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On Wednesday afternoon, the tank valves were still leaking likely due to the heat expansion inside the tank.
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Another secondary barrier area under the tanks, which can hold 104,500 barrels, was not yet fully filled up.
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The comments shown on live TV were the first time that senior Iranian sources admitted that sanctions have an impact.
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They include financial restrictions and a ban from the EU on the export of crude oil, from which the Iranian economy gets 80% of its foreign revenues.
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In its latest monthly report, OPEC said that exports of crude oil had dropped to 2.8 million barrels per day, which is the lowest level in two decades.
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The country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has described the dependence on oil as "a trap" dated back from before Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, and from which the country was to free itself.
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When the capsule comes to Earth and enters the atmosphere, about 9pm. 05:00 (Eastern time), it is expected to do something of a light show for people living in Northern California, Oregon, Nevada and Utah.
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The capsule is going to look like a star that's going across the sky.
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The capsule moves at about 12.8 km per second, or 8 miles per second, which is fast enough to get from San Francisco to Los Angeles in just one minute.
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Stardust will set a new historical record by being the fastest spacecraft to return to Earth, thereby breaking the previous record set in 1969 when the Apollo X command module returned.
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"It will move across the west coast of Northern California and will illuminate the sky from California through central Oregon and further through Nevada and Idaho as well as into Utah."
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Mr. Rudd's decision to sign the Kyoto Protocol is isolating the United States, which will now be the only in-country that does not ratify the agreement.
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Australia's former conservative government refused to ratify Kyoto and said it would damage the economy which largely relies on coal exports, while countries such as India and China were not bound by emissions targets.
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It's the biggest acquisition in eBay's history.
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The company hopes to diversify its profit sources and gain popularity in areas where Skype has a strong position such as China, Eastern Europe and Brazil.
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Scientists have suspected Enceladus of being geologically active and a possible source of Saturn's icy E-ring.
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Enceladus is the solar system’s most reflective object: it reflects about 90 percent of the sunlight that strikes it.
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The game publishers at Konami stated in a Japanese newspaper today that they will not release the game "Six Days in Fallujah".
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The game is based on the Second Battle at Fallujah, a gruesome battle between the U.S. and Iraqi forces.
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In addition, ACMA also discovered that despite the video being streamed on the Internet, "Big Brother" did not violate the legislation on online content censorship as the video had not been stored on the "Big Brother" website.
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The Broadcasting Services Act provides for the regulation of Internet content. However, this must be physically on a server to be considered internet content.
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The U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, has issued a warning that "extremists from Somalia" are planning to make suicide bomb attacks in Kenya and Ethiopia.
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The United States says they have received information from an unenlightened source that specifically mentions the use of suicide bombers to blow up "prominent landmark" in Ethiopia and Kenya.
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Long before The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, namely when they were students at the University of Washington in 1988, Heck and Johnson envisioned a program that would parodie the news and news reporting.
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Since its inception, The Onion has become a true empire for news parodies and offers both a printed version, a website that counted 5,000,000 unique visitors in the month of October, personalised advertisements, a 24-hour news network, podcasts as well as a recently released world atlas named Our Dumb World.
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Al Gore and General Tommy Franks unchanging their favorite headlines (Gores was when The Onion reported that he and Tipper had the best sex of their lives after his defeat at the polling school in 2000).
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Many of their writers have moved on and have had a big impact on Jon Stewart's and Stephen Colbert's news parody programs.
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The artistic event is also part of a campaign launched by Bucharest City Hall in an effort to restore the image of the Romanian capital as a creative and colourful metropolis.
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The city will be the first in Southeast Europe to host CowParade, the world's largest public art event. The event will take place between June and August this year.
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The resignation today also expanded the government's commitment from March this year to fund extra wagons.
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Another 300 brings the total number up to 1,300 wagons, which must be acquired to alleviate space shortages.
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Christopher Garcia, spokesperson for Los Angeles police, said the suspected male gunman is being investigated for intrusions instead of vandalism.
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The sign was not physically damaged. The change had been made using black tarpaulins, which were decorated with peace signs and a heart, and which changed an "O" to a small "e."
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Redwater is caused by an unusually high concentration of the Karenia brevis, which is a naturally occurring single-cell marine organism.
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Natural factors can be crossed and create ideal conditions, so that the occurrence of this algae can increase drastically in number.
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The algae produce a neurotoxin, which can cripple the nerves in both humans and fish.
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Fish often die as a result of a large concentration of poison in the waters.
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Humans can be affected by inhaling the contaminated water that is passed through the air with wind and waves.
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At its highest point, the tropical cyclone Gout, named after a bag of palm leaves in the Maldives' language, reached a wind force of 240 kilometers per hour (149 miles per hour).
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Earlier today, the wind blew about 83km/h and it was supposed to get weaker.
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On Wednesday, the United States National Basketball Association (NBA) paused its professional basketball season due to concerns related to COVID-19.
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The NBA's decision came after a player for Utah Jazz tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.
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Based on this fossil, this means that the split happened much earlier than had expected from the molecular evidence.
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"This means that everything has to be put back," said researcher at the Rift Valley Research Service in Ethiopia and co-author of the study Berhane Asfaw.
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Until now, AOL has been able to move and develop the IM market at its own pace, due to the spread of the program in the United States.
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With this arrangement in place, this freedom could end.
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The total number of users of services from Yahoo! and Microsoft will compete for the number of AOL's customers.
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The Northern Rock bank had been nationalised in 2008 following the revelation that the company had received emergency aid from the UK government.
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Northern Rock demanded support because of its exposure during the 2007 subprime crisis.
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Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group received a bid for the bank rejected ahead of the bank's nationalisation.
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In connection with the nationalization in 2010, the current central bank Nothern Rock plc was separated from the 'bad bank' Northern Rock (Asset Management).
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Virgin has only bought the "good bank" in Northern Rocks, and not the asset management company.
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This is thought to be the fifth time in history that people have observed what has been shown to be chemically proven material from Mars that falls on Earth.
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Out of the approximately 24,000 known meteorites that have fallen to Earth, only about 34 of them have been confirmed as originally from Mars.
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The fifth of these stones are attributed to the meteor shower last July.
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Some of the stones, which are very rare on Earth, are sold from 11,000 US$ to $22,500 US$ per ounce, which is about ten times more than the price of gold.
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After the race, Keselowski is still in first place in the Drivers' Championship with 2,250 points.
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With seven points behind, Johnson ranks second with 2,243.
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Hamlin is in third place and is twenty points behind, but five ahead of Bowyer. Kahne and Truex, Jr. are fifth and sixth place respectively with 2,220 and 2,207 points.
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Stewart Gordon, Kenseth and Harvick complete the top-ten rankings in the Drivers' Championship with four races back in season.
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The U.S. Navy also said they were investigating the incident.
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They also said in a statement that "The crew is currently working to find the best and most secure way to get the ship out."
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The ship, an Avenger minewind service, was on its way to Puerto Princesa in Palawan.
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It is awarded the seventh fleet of the United States and is based in Sasebo, Nagasaki in Japan.
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On November 26, 2008, the attackers arrived in Mumbai by boat. They wore grenades and automatic weapons and hit multiple targets, including the crowded railway station Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus and the famous Taj Mahal Hotel.
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David Headley's search and information gathering had helped enable the 10 gunmen from the Pakistani militant group Laskhar-e-Taiba to carry out their mission.
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The attack put a lot of pressure on the relationship between India and Pakistan.
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Accompanied by these officials, he assured Texas residents that measures were taken to protect the safety of citizens.
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Perry said quite accurately, "Not many places in the world, are better equipped to cope with the challenge that is posed in this case."
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The governor also stated: "Today we have learned that a number of school-age children have been in contact with the patient."
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He continued by saying: "This case is serious. You can rest assured that our system is working as it should.”
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If confirmed completes, the found Allen's eight-year-long search for Musashi has been completed.
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After mapping the seabed, the wreck was found by using an ROV.
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Allen, who is one of the world's richest people, has reportedly invested a large part of his fortune in ocean exploration and began his search for Musashi because of his lifelong interest in the war.
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During her time in Atlanta she was praised by reviewers and became known for innovative urban education.
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In 2009, she was awarded the title of National Superintendent of the Year.
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By the time the prize was awarded, the schools in Atlanta had experienced a major improvement in the test results.
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Shortly afterwards, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution released a report which pointed out problems with test results.
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The report showed that the test grades increased at an incredible rate and that the school discovered the problems internally but did not respond to what they found.
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Proof indicated that test papers had been manipulated. Hall, along with 34 other educational officials, was indicted in 2013.
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The Irish Government stresses the urgency of parliamentary legislation to rectify the situation.
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"It is now important both from a public health and a criminal-related perspective that the legislation is adopted as soon as possible," one of the government's spokespersons said.
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The Minister of Health expressed concern both for the health of the individual persons who exploit that the substances in question are temporarily legal, as well as for the drug-related judgments that have been given since the now unconstitutional changes came into force.
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Jarque trained before the season in Coverciano, Italy earlier in the day. He lived at the team hotel ahead of a match scheduled for Sunday, against Bolonia.
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He stayed at the team's hotel before a match against Bolonia, which was due to take place on Sunday.
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The bus was on its way to Six Flags in St. Louis, Missouri, for the band to play for a completely sold-out audience.
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According to witnesses, the bus on Saturday at 1:15 was over for the green light as the car made a turn in front of it.
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On the evening of August 9, Morakot's center was roughly seventy kilometers from the Chinese province of Fujian.
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It is estimated that the typhoon is moving towards China with eleven km/h.
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Passengers were handed water as they waited for over 32 degrees Celsius.
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Fire captain Scott Kouns said: "It was a very hot day in Santa Clara with temperatures right up in the 90s.
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Getting stuck in a rollercoaster just for a moment is, to say the least, uncomfortable, and it took at least an hour to help the first person down from the ride."
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Schumacher, who retired in 2006 after winning Formula One seven-time, was supposed to replace the injured Felipe Massa.
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After a crash during the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix, the Brazilian suffered a serious head injury
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Massa will have to sit over at least for the rest of the 2009 season.
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Arias tested positive for a mild case of the virus, said, President-in-Merodon Arias.
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The state of the president is stable, but he will be in home isolation for several days.
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Besides having a fever and sore throat, I feel fresh and ready to do my work from home.
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"I expect to return to all my duties on Monday," Arias declared.
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Felicia, who was previously a Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, won a tropical depression before it disappeared on Tuesday.
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The remains of the hurricane created rain showers over most of the islands, but no damage or flooding has yet been reported.
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The precipitation, reaching 6,34 inches on a meter at Oahu, was described as "beneficial."
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Some of the precipitation was accompanied by thunderstorms and frequent lightning strikes.
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The Twin Otter plane had tried to land in Kokoda yesterday, as the Airlines PNG Fly CG4684, but had interrupted once already.
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Approximately ten minutes before the scheduled landing from its second approach, it disappeared.
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The crash site was located today and is so inaccessible that two policemen were thrown down into the jungle, to be able to hike to the scene and look for survivors.
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The search had been hampered by the same bad weather that had caused the aborted landing.
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According to reports, an apartment on Macbeth Street has exploded due to gas leakage.
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A representative from the gas company showed up at the scene after a neighbour called for a gas leak.
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When the official arrived, the apartment exploded.
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No major damages have been reported, but at least five of the people present when the explosion happened were treated for shock symptoms.
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There was no one inside the apartment.
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At the time, nearly 100 residents were evacuated from the area.
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It is planned that both golf and rugby return to the Olympic Games.
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The International Olympic Committee voted to include the sports at its board meeting in Berlin today. Rugby or more specifically the rugby union as well as golf were chosen over five other sports that require further consideration before attending the Olympics.
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Squash, karate and roller sports tried to get on the Olympic program just as baseball and softball did, but were removed from the 2005 Olympic Games.
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The vote is still to be confirmed by the IOC at the Copenhagen meeting in October.
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Not everyone supported the inclusion of women's classes.
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The 2004 2004 Amir Khan Olympic winner, said: "Inside, I don't think women should fight. That's my opinion."
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Despite his comments, he said he will support the British contestants at the 2012 Olympics, which will be held in London.
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The trial took place at Birmingham Crown Court and concluded on August 3.
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The host, who was arrested at the scene, denied the attack, claiming he was using the rod to protect himself from bottles, which up to 30 people threw at him.
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Blake was also convicted of trying to obstruct the course of the court.
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The judge told Blake that it was "almost inevitable" that he would go to jail.
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Dark energy is an invisible force that constantly works in the universe.
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It is known only because of its effects on the expansion of the universe.
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Scientists have discovered landforms across the lunar surface, called lobate gorges, which are apparently the results of the moon shrinking very slowly.
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These slopes were found all over the moon and appear to be weathered minimally, indicating that the geological events that created them took place recently.
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This theory contradicts a claim that there is no geological activity on the moon at all.
|
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The man allegedly drove a three-wheeled vehicle fitted with explosives, into a crowd.
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The man suspected of detonating the bomb was detained after he sustained injuries in connection with the explosion.
|
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The authorities still don't know his name, even though they know he's a member of the Uighur ethnic group.
|
||
Nadia, born by caesarean section on September 17, 2007 at a maternity clinic in Alejsk, Russia, weighed as much as 7.7 kilos at birth.
|
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"We were all simply in shock," the mother said.
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When asked what her father said, she replied "Not a word - he just stood there and blinked."
|
||
It will act like water. It's transparent, just like water is.
|
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So if you were standing by the coast, you could look down to what's of pebbles or sniff on the bottom.
|
||
As far as we know, there is only one planet that shows more vitality than Titan, and it is called Earth, “added Stofan.
|
||
The problem began on January 1 when dozens of local residents complained to Obanazawa Posthus that they had not received their traditional and regular New Year's cards.
|
||
Yesterday, the postal service released their apology to the citizens and the media after it was discovered that the boy had hidden more than 600 post documents, including 429 New Year's postcards, which were not delivered to the intended recipients.
|
||
The unmanned moon probe, Chandrayan-1, shot out his Moon Impact Probe (MIP), which flew along the lunar surface at 1.5 kilometers per second (3000 miles per hour), and managed to crash in the vicinity of the Moon's south pole.
|
||
In addition to having three important scientific instruments with it, the moon probe had also the image of the Indian flag painted on all sides.
|
||
"Thank you to those who supported a criminal like me," Siriporn reportedly said at a news conference.
|
||
Some may not agree, but I don't care.
|
||
I'm glad there are people who are willing to support me.
|
||
Since Pakistan became independent of British rule in 1947, the Pakistani president has appointed "political agents" who rule FATA and who have almost complete control over the territories.
|
||
These agents are responsible for providing government and judicial services under Article 247 of the Pakistani Constitution.
|
||
A hostel collapsed in Mecca, the holy city of Islam, around 9pm. 10 this morning local time.
|
||
A number of pilgrims who came to visit the holy city on the evening of the Hajj pilgrimage lived in the building.
|
||
The majority of the hostel's guests were nationals of the United Arab Emirates.
|
||
The death toll is at least 15, a number that is expected to rise.
|
||
The well-known "cosmonaut No. 11", Leonov, was part of the original cosmonaut team in the Soviet Union.
|
||
On March 18, 1965, he carried out the first manned extra-vehicular activity (EVA), or "spacewalk," and stayed alone outside the spacecraft for just over twelve minutes.
|
||
For his work, he received the order "The Hero of the Soviet Union", which is the largest accolade of the Soviet Union.
|
||
Ten years later, he led the Soviet part of the Apollo–Soyuz mission as a symbol that the space race was over.
|
||
She stated: "There is no information indicating that an attack is imminent.
|
||
However, the sinking of the threat level to serious does not mean that the overall threat has disappeared."
|
||
While authorities are unsure of the threat's credibility, the Maryland Transportation Authority closed the case at the request of the FBI.
|
||
Garbage trucks were used to block tunnel entrances, and 80 police officers were ready to help reroute motorists.
|
||
There were no delays due to heavy traffic on the ring road, which was the city's alternative route.
|
||
Nigeria previously announced that they were planning to join AfCFTA in the week before the summit.
|
||
The African Union Commissioner for Trade and Industry, Albert Muchanga, announced that Benin would participate.
|
||
The Commissioner said: 'We have yet to agree on rules of origin and customs agreements, but the framework we have is enough to start trading on 1 July 2020'.
|
||
The station maintained its height until the end of the spacewalk, though a gyroscope was lost earlier in the space station's mission.
|
||
Chiao and Sharipov reported that they were at a safe distance to the control rocks that controlled the height.
|
||
Russian ground control activated the jet propellers, and the station regained its normal height.
|
||
The case was prosecuted in Virginia as it is home to the leading Internet service provider AOL, the company that penetrated the charges.
|
||
This is the first time a sentence has been given using the legislation passed in 2003 to curb mass emails, also called spam, from unsolicited distribution to users' mailboxes.
|
||
The 21-year-old Jesus joined Manchester City last year in January 2017 from Brazilian club Palmeiras at a reported price of £27 million.
|
||
Since then, the Brazilian has played 53 games for the club, in all leagues, and has scored 24 goals.
|
||
Dr. Lee also expressed his concern about reports that children in Turkey have now been infected with A(H5N1) the bird flu virus without getting sick.
|
||
Some studies indicate that the disease must be less fatal before it can cause a global epidemic, he noted.
|
||
There is a concern that patients can continue to infect more people by performing their daily routines if the flu symptoms remain mild.
|
||
Leslie Aun, a spokesman for the Komen Foundation, told that the organization adopted a new rule that does not allow grants or funds to be allocated to organizations that are under legal investigation.
|
||
The coming attitude disqualified the organization Planned Parenthood, when an investigation into how the organization uses and reports the financial support was during the preparation of a member of the House of Representatives Cliff Stearns.
|
||
Through his role as chairman of Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, which is under the leadership of House Energy and Commerce Committe, Stearns investigates whether taxes are used to fund abortions through Planned Parenthood,
|
||
Mitt Romney, Massachusetts' former governor, on Tuesday won the Republican Party's Florida primary with over 46 percent of the vote.
|
||
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich, came second with 32 percent.
|
||
As the winner takes the whole state, Florida gave all its fifty delegates to Romney and made him the Republican Party's leading nominee.
|
||
Organisers of the protest told that approximately 100,000 people showed up in German cities such as Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg and Hanover.
|
||
In Berlin, police estimated 6,500 protesters.
|
||
Demonstrations also took place in Paris, Sofia in Bulgaria, Vilnius in Lithuania, Valetta in Malta, Tallinn in Estonia as well as Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland.
|
||
In London, approximately 200 people protested outside of some major copyright holders' office buildings.
|
||
Last month, there were major protests in Poland when the country signed the ACTA, which has led the Polish government to have decided not to approve the deal, for now.
|
||
Both Latvia and Slovakia have postponed the process of joining ACTA.
|
||
The Animal Liberation and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) are again calling for it to be mandatory to install surveillance cameras in all Australian slaughterhouses.
|
||
New South Wales' RSPCA chief inspector David O'Shannessy told ABC that monitoring and inspection of slaughterhouses should be commonly found in Australia.
|
||
“Surveillance will certainly send a strong signal to the people who work with animals that their welfare is of the highest priority.”
|
||
The international earthquake card from the United States Geological Survey showed there were no earthquakes in Iceland the week before.
|
||
No earthquake activity has been reported in the Hekla area within the last 48 hours, the Icelandic Meteorological Institute has been reported.
|
||
The huge earthquakes on 10 March on the northeast side of the volcano's caldera caused major phase changes.
|
||
Dark clouds that had nothing to do with volcanic activity were reported at the foot of the mountain.
|
||
The clouds showed the potential for confusion about whether an outbreak had actually taken place.
|
||
Luno had 120–160 cubic meters of fuel on board as it broke and high winds and waves pushed it into the breakwaters.
|
||
Helicopters rescued the twelve crew members, and the only damage was a broken nose.
|
||
The 100-meter-long ship was on its way to pick up its usual cargo of manure, and in the beginning investigators feared the vessel would lose a cargo.
|
||
The proposed amendment was adopted in both houses as early as 2011.
|
||
A change had been made in this parliamentary meeting when the second sentence was first deleted by the House of Representatives and then was approved in a similar edition of the Senate on Monday.
|
||
If the second sentence in which it is proposed to prohibit registered partnerships for persons of the same sex fails, it may open the door to registered partnerships in the future.
|
||
After the process, the HJR-3 is again being reviewed by the next elected legislature in either 2015 or 2016 to remain in the process.
|
||
Vautile's exploits in addition to being a film director include a hunger strike in 1973 against what he considered political censorship.
|
||
French law was changed. His activism started when he was 15 years old and joined the French Resistance during World War II.
|
||
He wrote a documentary about himself in 1998.
|
||
In the 1960s, he returned to the newly independent Algeria to teach film instruction.
|
||
Japanese judo fighter Hitoshi Saito, the winner of two Olympic gold medals, has died at the age of 54.
|
||
The cause of death was announced as being intrahepatic biliary cancer.
|
||
He died in Osaka on Tuesday.
|
||
Besides being former Olympic champion and world champion, at the time of his death, Saito was also chairman of the All Japan Judo Federation's training committee.
|
||
At least 100 people attended the party to celebrate the first anniversary of a married couple whose wedding was held last year.
|
||
A formal anniversary event has been scheduled on a later date, officials told.
|
||
The couple married in Texas a year ago and came to Buffalo to celebrate the wedding with friends and families.
|
||
The 30-year-old husband, who was born in Buffalo, was among the four people killed in the shooting, but his wife was not hurt.
|
||
Karno is a well-known but controversial English teacher who taught during Modern Education and King's Glory and claimed to have 9,000 students when his career was greatest.
|
||
He used words in his notes, which some parents considered gross, and he allegedly used profanity per hour.
|
||
Modern Education accused him of having printed large commercials on buses without permission and lying by saying he was the top English tutor.
|
||
He has before been accused of copyright infringement, but no charges were brought against him.
|
||
A former student told that he 'used slang in class, gave dating tips in notes and was like a friend to students.'
|
||
Over the past three decades, China has developed a market economy, though the country is officially still a communist state.
|
||
The first economic reforms were made under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping.
|
||
Since then, from an economic perspective, China's size has grown 90 times.
|
||
For the first time last year, China exported more cars than Germany, and they also surpassed the United States as the largest market in this industry.
|
||
China's GDP could be larger than the US's within two decades.
|
||
The tropical storm Danielle, the fourth named storm in the Atlantic hurricane season in 2010, is formed in the eastern Atlantic.
|
||
The storm, which is about 3,000 miles from Miami, Florida, has a maximum sustained wind of 40 miles per hour (64 km/h).
|
||
Scientists at the National Hurricane Center predict that Danielle will increase in strength and turn into a hurricane by Wednesday.
|
||
As the storm is far from land, it is still difficult to assess its potential damage in the US and Caribbean.
|
||
Bobek was born in the Croatian capital Zagreb, and gained his fame while playing for Partizan Belgrade.
|
||
He joined the club in 1945 and remained until 1958.
|
||
During his time on the team, he scored 403 goals in 468 games.
|
||
No one has ever been with or scored as many goals for the club than Bobek.
|
||
In 1995, by vote, he was elected as the best player in the history of Partizan.
|
||
The celebrations started with an excellent show from the world-renowned group, Cirque du Soleil.
|
||
They were succeeded by the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, a janitshar band, and singers Fatih Erkoç and Müslüm Gürses.
|
||
Then swirling dervish dancers went on stage.
|
||
The Turkish diva, Sezen Aksu, performed with the Italian tenor Alessandro Safina as well as the Greek singer, Haris Alexiou.
|
||
Eventually, the show "Troy" was performed by the Turkish dance group, "Fire of Anatolia."
|
||
13-year-old motorcycle racer, Peter Lenz, has died in an accident at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
|
||
During his warm-up round, Lenz fell down his motorcycle, and was then hit by another racing driver Xavier Zayat.
|
||
He was immediately attended by the medical staff on the track and transported to a local hospital where he later died.
|
||
Zayat didn't get anything in connection with the accident.
|
||
In relation to the global economic situation, Zapatero then stated that "the financial system is part of the economy, an essential part.
|
||
We have a year-long financial crisis which has had its hardest period in the last two months, and I think the financial markets are now starting to get back to a normal level."
|
||
Last week, Naked News announced they would significantly increase their international language mandate for news reporting with three new broadcasts.
|
||
The global organization, which is already reporting in English and Japanese, launches Spanish, Italian and Korean programs for television, internet and mobile devices.
|
||
“Fortunately, nothing happened to me, but it was a macabre sight when people tried to smash windows to get out.
|
||
People banged on the windows with chairs, but the windows couldn't be smashed.
|
||
"One of the windows was finally smashed and they started to slip out through the windows," survivor Franciszek Kowal said.
|
||
Stars emit light and heat due to the energy produced when hydrogen atoms are merged (or fuse) together to shape heavier elements.
|
||
Scientists are working to produce a reactor that can produce energy in the same way.
|
||
However, this is a very difficult problem to solve, and it will be many years before we see usable fusion reactors being built.
|
||
The steel needle floats on top of the water due to surface tension.
|
||
Surface tension takes place because the water molecules on the surface of the water are strongly attracted to each other, more than they are to the air molecules above them.
|
||
The water molecules collect and form an invisible membrane on the surface of the water, which allows objects such as needles to float.
|
||
The blade on a modern skate is double-edged with a hollow concave between them. The two edges give a better grip on the ice, even when they pour.
|
||
Since the bottom of the blade is slightly curved, it curves that is in contact with the ice also curve when the blade tilts to one side or the other.
|
||
This makes the skater turn. If the skates tilt to the right, the skater turns right, and if the skates tilt to the left, the skater turns left.
|
||
To return to their previous energy levels, they need to burn the extra energy they got from the light.
|
||
It does this by emitting a small light particle, which is called a "photon".
|
||
Scientists call this process "stimulated emission of radiation" because the atoms are stimulated by the bright light, causing the broadcast of a light photon, and light is a kind of radiation.
|
||
The next picture shows the atoms emitting photons. In reality, of course, photons are much smaller than those seen in the picture.
|
||
Photons are even smaller than what atoms consist of!
|
||
After hundreds of hours of operation, the bulb's filament gradually burns out, and the bulb no longer works.
|
||
After that, the bulb needs to be replaced. It is important to be careful when replacing the bulb.
|
||
First, the light switch must be switched off or the plug must be removed.
|
||
This is because electricity that flows into the switch where the metallic part of the bulb sits can give you a severe electric shock if you touch the inside of the switch or metal on the bottom of the bulb while still sitting partially in the plinth.
|
||
The largest organ in the body's circulatory system is the heart, which pumps blood around.
|
||
Blood is led away from the heart in veins called arteries and come back to the heart for veins called veins. The smallest veins are called capillaries.
|
||
A Triceratops' teeth would have been able to crush not only leaves but also very hard branches and roots.
|
||
Some researchers believe that Triceratops ate cone palms, a plant type that was common in the Cretaceous period.
|
||
These plants resemble a small palm tree with a crown of sharp leaves with spikes.
|
||
A Triceratops may have used its strong beak to remove the leaves before eating the strain.
|
||
Other scientists claim that these plants are very toxic, so it is unlikely that some dinosaurs ate them, although both the sloth and other animals such as the parrot (a descendant of dinosaurs) are able to eat poisonous leaves and/or fruits.
|
||
How would Io's gravity affect me? If you were standing on the surface of Io, you'd weigh less than you do on the ground.
|
||
A person weighing 200 pounds (90 kilograms) on the ground would weigh about 36 pounds (16 kg) on Io. So, of course, gravity draws less in one.
|
||
The sun doesn't have a crust that you can stand on, just like the Earth has. The entire Sun is made up of gases, fire and plasma.
|
||
The gas becomes thinner the further away you get from the center of the sun.
|
||
The outer part that we can see when we look at the Sun is called the photosphere, which means "bright."
|
||
About three thousand years later, in 1610, the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei used a telescope to observe that Venus has phases, just as the moon has.
|
||
Phases happen because it's only one side of Venus (or the Moon) that faces the sun gets light. Venus' phases supported Copernicus' theory that the planets orbit around the sun.
|
||
Subsequently, a few years later in 1639, an English astronomer, named Jeremiah Horrocks, observed a Venus Passage.
|
||
England had lived through a long period of peace on top of the recapture of the Danelagen.
|
||
In 991, however, Ethelred faced a Viking fleet larger than any before since Guthrum's fleet from a century earlier.
|
||
This fleet was led by Olaf Trygvasson, a Norwegian with ambitions to recapture his country from Danish rule.
|
||
After initial military setbacks, Ethelred was able to agree on the terms of Olaf, who returned to Norway to try to win his kingdom with partial success.
|
||
Hangeul is the only consciously created alphabet used widely in everyday life. The alphabet was invented in 1444 during the reign of King Sejong (1418-1450).
|
||
King Sejong was the fourth king of the Joseon dynasty and is one of the most respected.
|
||
Originally he named the Hangul alphabet Hunmin Jeongeum, which means "the right sounds for the instruction of the people."
|
||
There are many theories about how Sanskrit came into being. One of them is about an Aryan migration from the West to India, where they took their language with them.
|
||
Sanskrit is an ancient language and can be compared to the Latin language spoken in Europe.
|
||
The earliest known book in the world was written in Sanskrit. After the collection of the upanishes, Sanskrit simply faded as a result of hierarchy.
|
||
Sanskrit is a very complex and rich language, which has formed the basis of many modern, Indian languages, just as Latin forms the basis of European languages such as French and Spanish.
|
||
When the battle for France was over, Germany began preparing to invade Britain.
|
||
Germany gave the attack code name "Operation Sea Lion." Most of the British army's heavy weapons and supplies had been lost as they evacuated from Dunkirk, so the army was quite weak.
|
||
But the Royal Navy was still much stronger than the German Navy (“Kriegsmarine”) and could have destroyed any invading fleet that was broadcast over the English Channel.
|
||
However, very few of the Royal Navy's ships were based close to the likely invasion routes, as the admirals feared that they would be sunk by German airstrikes.
|
||
Let's start with an explanation about Italy's plans. Italy was mainly the "little brother" of Germany and Japan.
|
||
It had a weaker army and a weaker fleet, even though they had just built four new ships just before the war started.
|
||
Italy's main target was African countries. To conquer these countries, they had to use a firing ramp for the troops so that they could sail across the Mediterranean and invade Africa.
|
||
For that, they had to get rid of British bases and ships in Egypt. Apart from this, Italy's warships were not supposed to do anything else.
|
||
Now on to Japan. Japan was an island kingdom just like Britain.
|
||
Uboats are ships designed to travel under water and remain there for a long-term period of time.
|
||
Submarines were used in both the first and second world wars. Back then, they were very slow and had a very limited shooting range.
|
||
At the start of the war, they traveled primarily on top of the water, but as the radar began to develop and became more precise, the submarines were forced to go underwater to avoid being seen.
|
||
German submarines were called U-boats. The Germans were very adept at managing and operating their submarines.
|
||
Because of their success with submarines, since the war, the Germans have not trusted enough to let them have many of them.
|
||
Yes! King Tutankhamun, sometimes referred to as "King Tut" or "Boy King," is one of the most well-known ancient Egyptian kings in modern times.
|
||
Interestingly, he was not considered to be particularly important in ancient times, and on most old royal lists he was not registered at all.
|
||
But the discovery of his tomb in 1922 made him famous. Although many of the graves of the past were robbed, his tomb was hardly touched.
|
||
Thousands of objects made from precious metals and rare stones were buried with Tutankhamon and are still extremely well preserved.
|
||
With the invention of the squirrel wheel, the Assyrian chariots became lighter, faster and also better suited to catch up with both soldiers and other chariots.
|
||
The arrows from their deadly crossbows could penetrate the armor of enemies. Around the year 1,000 BC, the Assyrians introduced the first cavalry.
|
||
A cavalry is an army fighting on horseback. The saddle wasn't invented yet, so the Assyrian army fought on their horses' bare backs.
|
||
We know many Greek politicians, scientists and artists. Homer, the legendary blind poet, perhaps the most well-known person from this culture, composed two masterpieces in Greek literature: the poems Iliad and Odysseen.
|
||
Sophocles and Aristophanes are still popular playwrights, and their acting is considered to be among the world literature's greatest works.
|
||
Another famous Greek is the mathematician Pythagoras, who is best known for his famous phrase about the relationship between the sides of a right-angled triangle.
|
||
There are different estimates of how many people are speaking Hindi. It is believed to be between the second and fourth most commonly spoken languages in the world.
|
||
The number of people who speak their native language varies depending on whether you count very closely related dialects or not.
|
||
Based on calculations, it is estimated that there are between 340 million to 500 million speakers and as many as 800 million people who can understand the language.
|
||
Hindi and Urdu are similar in their vocabulary but are different in writing; in daily conversation, speakers of both languages can usually well understand each other.
|
||
Around the 15. The century was largely culturally influenced by Germany.
|
||
Some German monks would bring God closer to the local people, so they invented the Estonian literal language.
|
||
It was based on the German alphabet and a single letter "Õ/õ" was added.
|
||
Over time, many words borrowed from German merged together. This was the beginning of the Enlightenment.
|
||
Traditionally, the heir to the throne would go straight into the military after completing the school.
|
||
Charles, however, attended university at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied anthropology and archaeology and later history and gained a 2:2 (a lower second-grader).
|
||
Charles was the first member of the British royal family to get an education.
|
||
The European part of Turkey (eastern Thrace or Rumelia on the Balkan peninsula) accounts for 3% of the country.
|
||
Turkey's area is more than 1600 kilometers (1000 miles) long and 800 km (500 miles) wide, and the country has a rectangular shape.
|
||
Turkey's land area, including lakes, is 783,562 square kilometers (300,948 square miles), of which 755,688 square kilometers (291,773 square miles) are located in Southwest Asia and 23,764 square kilometers (9,174 square miles) are located in Europe.
|
||
Turkey's land area makes it the world's 37th largest country, and it is about the same size as the French main country and Britain combined.
|
||
Turkey is surrounded by seas on three sides: the Aegean Sea to the west, the Black Sea to the north and the Mediterranean Sea to the south.
|
||
Luxembourg has a long history, but its independence dates back to 1839.
|
||
Parts of present-day Belgium were formerly under Luxembourg, but became Belgian after the Belgian Revolution in the 1830s.
|
||
Luxembourg has always tried to remain a neutral country, but it was occupied by Germany in both World War I and World War II.
|
||
Luxembourg became one of the founding members of the organization known today as the European Union, in 1957.
|
||
Drukgyal Dzong is a destroyed fortress and a Buddhist monastery in the upper part of the Paro district (in the village of Phodey).
|
||
It is said that in 1649 Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel created the fortress to celebrate his victory over the Tibetan-Mongolian forces.
|
||
A fire in 1951 left only some of the Drukgyal Dzong relics such as the image of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal.
|
||
After the fire, the fortress was preserved and protected and now stands as one of Bhutan's most noticeable attractions.
|
||
During the 18. The century Cambodia felt squeezed between the two powerful neighbors, Thailand and Vietnam.
|
||
The Thais invaded Cambodia several times in the 18th century. century and in 1772 they destroyed Phnom Phen.
|
||
The Vietnamese also invaded Cambodia at the end of the 18th. century.
|
||
Eighteen percent of Venezuelans are unemployed, and most of them with work, work in the informal economy.
|
||
Two-thirds of the Venezuelans in work work in the service sector, almost a quarter of a worker in the industrial sector, and one-fifth work in agriculture.
|
||
An important industry for Venezuelans is the oil industry, where the country is a net exporter, even if only one percent of the population works in the oil industry.
|
||
In the time after Singapore had become independent, the Botanical Garden's expertise helped transform the island into a tropical garden town.
|
||
In 1981, the orchid hybrid Vanda Miss Joaquim was chosen as the country's national flower.
|
||
Every year around October, nearly 1.5 million plant-eating species Mara fly the river travelling from the northern mountains towards the southern plains and the rain.
|
||
And then back north through the West - again across the Mara River after the rainy season around April.
|
||
The Serengeti region includes the Serengeti National Park, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the Maswa Game Reserve in Tanzania, as well as the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
|
||
Learning to create interactive media requires conventional and traditional skills, as well as tools learned in interactive courses (storyboards, audio and video editing, storytelling, etc.)
|
||
Interactive design requires you to reassess your assumptions about media production and learn to think about nonlinear ways.
|
||
Interactive design requires that the components of a project can be connected to each other, but at the same time make sense as separate devices.
|
||
The disadvantage of zoom lenses is that the focal complexity and number of lens elements required to achieve a range of focal lengths are much greater than for main lenses.
|
||
This becomes less problematic as lens manufacturers get higher standards in the production of lenses.
|
||
This has allowed zoom lenses to produce images of a quality comparable to that obtained by lenses that have a fixed focal length.
|
||
Another drawback of zoom lenses is that the maximum glare (speed) of the lens is usually lower.
|
||
This makes cheap zoom lenses difficult to use in weak light conditions without a flash.
|
||
One of the most common problems when trying to convert a movie to DVD format is overscan.
|
||
The majority of televisions are made in a way that works for most people.
|
||
For that reason, everything you saw on TV was the clip at the edges - the top, the bottom and the sides.
|
||
This is made to ensure that the image covers the entire screen. It's called overscan.
|
||
If you make a DVD, its edges will unfortunately also most likely be cut off, and if the video had subtitles too close to the bottom, they would not be able to be seen completely.
|
||
The traditional castle from the Middle Ages has long inspired imagination, conjuring images of knight tournaments, banquets and Arthur chivalry.
|
||
Even when standing in the middle of a thousand-year-old ruins, it's easy to think about the sounds and smells of battles that took place a long time ago, almost hearing the sounds of hooves on the cobblestones and smelling the fear coming up from the dungeons.
|
||
But is our imagination based on reality? Why were castles built to start with? How were they designed and built?
|
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Kirby Muxloe Castle is typical of the time period as it is more similar to a fortified house than it is a real castle.
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Its large glass windows and thin walls would not have been able to withstand a targeted attack for a long time.
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In the 1480s, when the construction was begun by Lord Hastings, the country was relatively peaceful, and there was only a need to defend against small stray robber gangs.
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The European nations tried to maintain national sovereignty for all European states by means of a system of power.
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The concept was that all European nations should try to prevent a single nation from becoming strong, and thus national governments often changed their alliances to maintain balance.
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The war of the Spanish Success of Inheritance was the first war, the central point of which was the balance of power.
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This marked an important change, as European powers would no longer have the pretext that it was religious wars. Therefore, the Thirty Years' War was the last war, which was described as a religious war.
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Artemis' temple in Ephesus was destroyed on 21 July 356 BC in a fire affixed by Herostratus.
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According to history, his motivation was fame at all costs. The Ephesians announced furiously that the name of Herostratus should never be registered.
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The Greek historian Strabo later wrote down the name, which is why we know it today. The temple was destroyed the same night Alexander the Great was born.
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As king, Alexander offered him to pay for the temple's reconstruction, but his offer was refused. Later, after Alexander's death, the temple was rebuilt in 323 BC.
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Make sure your hand is as relaxed as possible while still hitting all the notes correctly - also try to avoid making too many extra movements with your fingers.
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In this way, you exhaust yourself as little as possible. Remember that there is no need to hit the keys hard to get more sound like on the piano.
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To get extra volume on accordion, you use the berged bellows with higher pressure or speed.
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Mystique is the pursuit of communion with, identity with or awareness of an ultimate reality, divinity, spiritual truth, or God.
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The believer seeks a direct experience, intuition, or insight into divine reality/godhead or the gods.
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Followers strive for certain ways of living and practices aimed at nurturing those experiences.
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Mystery can be distinguished from other forms of religious faith and worship by the emphasis on the direct personal experience of a unique state of consciousness especially those with a peaceful, insightful, happy or even ecstatic character.
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Sikhism is a religion that originates from the Indian subcontinent. It originated in the Punjab region in the 15. century as a result of a sectarian split in the Hindu tradition.
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Sikhs see their faith as a religion that is different from Hinduism, though they recognize its Hindu roots and traditions.
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Sikher calls their religion Gurmat, which on punjabi means "the path of the guru." The Guru is a fundamental element of all Indian religions, but in Sikhism has been assigned a meaning that forms the foundation stone of the Sikh faith.
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The religion was founded in the 15. century of Guru Nanak (1469–1539). He was followed by nine more gurus in a row.
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In June 1956, however, Krushchev's pledges were put to the test when riots in Poland, where workers' protests over shortages of food and cuts in wages, turned into a general protest against communism.
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Although Khrushchev ultimately sent tanks in to restore order, he met certain economic demands and agreed to appoint the popular Wladyslaw Gomulka as the new prime minister.
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The northwestern Indian subcontinent, where Indus culture was a widespread civilization in the Bronze Age. included most of today's Pakistan as well as regions in northwest India and northeast Afghanistan,
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Civilization flourished in the basins of the Indus River, and it is from here that it has got its name.
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While some scholars suggest that civilization, as it also existed in the areas of the now-dryed Sarasvati river, should be called the Indus-Sarasvati civilization, others call it the Harappa civilization after Harappa, the first of its excavation sites that were excavated in the 1920s.
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The militaristic tendencies of the Roman Empire promoted the development of medical advances.
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Emperor Augustus began recruiting doctors, and even made the first Roman medical corps to be used in the aftermath of the battles.
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Surgeons knew of various forms of anesthesia such as morphine from poppy seed extract and skopolamine from bulmeurt.
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They became adept at amputating to rescue patients from gangrene and to use varicose veins and artery clamps to reduce blood flow.
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For centuries, the Roman Empire led to great advances in medicine and formed much of the knowledge we know today.
|
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Pureland-origami is origami with the limitations that only one fold may be made at a time, that more complex folds such as reverse folds are not allowed, and that all folds must have simple locations.
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It was developed by John Smith in the 1970s to help inexperienced leaflets or those with limited motor skills.
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Children develop awareness of race and racial stereotypes when they are quite adolescents, and these race stereotypes affect their behavior.
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For example, children identified with a racial minority that is stereotypically perceived as performing poorly at school will perform poorly at school when they learn about the stereotype associated with their breed.
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MySpace is the third most popular website in the United States and currently has 54 million profiles.
|
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These websites have received a lot of attention, especially in the field of education.
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There are positive aspects to these sites that include easily setting up a class page that can include blogs, videos, images, and other features.
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You can create easy access to this page by simply providing one Internet address that is easy to remember and easy to type in for students who may find it difficult to use the keyboard or to spell.
|
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It can be customized so that it is easy to read, and as little or much color can be used as much as you want.
|
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Attention Deficit Disorder "is a neurological syndrome whose classic triad of defining symptoms includes impulsivity, distractability, and hyperactivity or excess energy".
|
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It is not about learning difficulties, but about learning disorders and "ffects from 3 to 5 percent of all children and perhaps up to 2 million children in the United States".
|
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Children with ADD have a hard time focusing on things like schoolwork, but they may well concentrate on things they like such as playing games, watching their favorite comics or writing sentences without punctuation.
|
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These children tend to run into a lot of problems as they "engage in risky behavior, get into fights, and challenge authorities" to stimulate their brain as their brain is not stimulated in the normal way.
|
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ADD affects relationships with other peers, as the other children cannot understand why they behave the way they do, or why they spell as they do or that their maturity is on a different level.
|
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As the opportunity to gain knowledge and learning changed as described above, people’s learning speeds changed.
|
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The approach to obtaining information was different. There was no longer pressure on in terms of individual memories, but the ability to remember texts came into focus more.
|
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In short, the Renaissance represented a significant change in the approach to learning and the dissemination of knowledge.
|
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Unlike other primates, hominids no longer use their hands in motion to carry weight or to swing through the trees.
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The chimpanzee's hands and feet are the same size and length, reflecting that the hand is used to carry weight when it goes knot.
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The human hand is shorter than the foot and has more even phalongs.
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Two to three-million-year-old fossils of hands show this shift in hand development from movement to manipulation.
|
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Some people think that it can be very exhausting when they experience many artificially evoked lucid dreams.
|
||
The primary reason for this phenomenon is that the result of the clear dreams prolongs the period between REM phases.
|
||
With fewer REMs per night, this condition in which you actually sleep and your body recovers rarely enough to become a problem.
|
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It's as exhausting as if you woke up every twenty or thirty minute and watching television.
|
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The effect depends on how often your brain tries to dream lucid dreams at night.
|
||
Italians had problems in North Africa almost from the start. Within a week after Italy had declared war on. On 10 June 1940, Britain's 11th housekeeper had taken over Fort Capuzzo in Libya.
|
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In an ambush east of Bardia, the British took General Lastucci prisoner. He was the Italian tenth army's engineering general.
|
||
On June 28, Marshal Italia Balbo, Governor-General of Libya and apparently Mussolini's successor, was killed by own shelling during landing in Tobruk.
|
||
Fencing as modern sports is practiced at many levels by students at universities for professional and Olympic tournaments.
|
||
The sport is primarily played in duel format, where one fencing duels with another.
|
||
Golf is a game in which players use clubs to hit balls in holes.
|
||
Eighteen holes are played during a regular round, where players usually begin on the first hole on the field and end on the eighteen.
|
||
The player who uses the fewest strokes or swings with the club to complete the course wins.
|
||
The game is played on grass, and the grass around the hole gets mowed a bit shorter and is called "the green."
|
||
The most common type of tourism is probably the one most people associate with travel: Leisure tourism.
|
||
That's when people go somewhere that's very different from their ordinary everyday life to relax and have fun.
|
||
Beaches, amusement parks and campgrounds are often the most visited places of holiday tourists.
|
||
If the purpose of one's visit to a particular place is to learn about its history or culture, it is called cultural tourism.
|
||
Tourists can visit different landmarks in a particular country, or they can choose to focus on just one area.
|
||
After seeing this activity, the colonists also called for reinforcements.
|
||
The troops that strengthened the front positions consisted of the two 200-strong 1st and 3rd men. New Hampshire regiments led by coloners John Stark and James Reed (who were subsequently appointed generals).
|
||
Stark's men positioned themselves along the fence at the northern end of the colonists' position.
|
||
As shallows opened a hole along the Mystic River along the northeast of the peninsula, they quickly extended the fence with a short stone wall to the north that ended at the water's edge on a small beach.
|
||
Gridley or Stark put a stake about 100 feet (30 m) in front of the fence and gave orders that no one had to shoot before the soldiers passed it.
|
||
The U.S. plan relied on coordinating attacks from three different directions being fired.
|
||
General John Cadwalder launched a diversion attack on the British garrison in Bordentown to block any reinforcement.
|
||
General James Ewing would take 700 men across the river at Trenton Ferry, take over the bridge over Assunpink Creek and prevent enemy troops from fleeing.
|
||
The primary attack force of 2,400 men had to cross the river nine miles north of Trenton and then split into two groups, one under Greene and one under Sullivan, to start an attack at dawn.
|
||
With the change of the race from a quarter to half a mile, the speed of the runner becomes much less important, while endurance becomes an absolute necessity.
|
||
Naturally, a first-class half-miler, a person who can beat two minutes, must base his run at speed, but endurance is also an important factor.
|
||
Some cross-country skiing during the winter combined with gymnastics work for the upper part of the body is the best preparation for the running season.
|
||
Good nutrition habits alone cannot create performance in elite class, but they can significantly affect the overall well-being of young athletes.
|
||
Maintaining a healthy energy balance, drinking plenty and understanding the meaning of taking supplements can improve athletes' performance and give them a better enjoyment when they are doing sports.
|
||
Medium-distance running is a relatively cheap sport; however, there are many misconceptions with respect to the few parts required as equipment to participate.
|
||
You can buy products as needed, but most will have little or no significant effect on your performance.
|
||
Athletes may feel that they prefer a product, even if it has no real benefits.
|
||
The atom can be considered as one of the fundamental building blocks of all matter.
|
||
The unit is very complex unit and consists of a central nucleus around which orbits electrons, on about the same as the planets orbiting the sun, cf. a simplified Bohr model – see Figure 1.1.
|
||
The nucleus consists of two particles - neutrons and protons.
|
||
Protons have positive electrical charge, while neutrons have no charge. Electrons have negative electrical charge.
|
||
To check the victim, you must first examine the area to ensure your own safety.
|
||
You should notice the position of the victim as you get closer to him or her, and look for automatic warning signs.
|
||
If you get hurt while trying to help, you might only make the situation worse.
|
||
The study found that depression, fear and disaster ring mediated the relationship between pain and disability in people with lower back pain.
|
||
Only effects of disaster thoughts, not depression or fear, were conditioned by weekly, structured meetings with a medical assistant.
|
||
Those who participated in regular activity required more support in terms of negative perception of pain, showing the differences in chronic pain and the feeling of discomfort from normal physical movement.
|
||
Vision, or the ability to see, depends on sensory organs to the visual system or eyes.
|
||
There are many different structures of eyes that have different complexity depending on the requirements of the organism.
|
||
The different structures have different capacities, are sensitive to different wavelengths and have different degrees of sharpness, they also require different treatments for inputs and different numbers to make sense, and it all works optimally.
|
||
A population is a collection of organisms of a particular species within a particular geographical area.
|
||
When a country's population has common phenotypic features, they are called monomorphic.
|
||
When the individuals show several variants of a particular trair, they are polymorphic.
|
||
Also colonies of hiking ants march and build nests in different phases.
|
||
In the nomad phase, army ants march at night and stop to camp during the day.
|
||
The colony begins a nomadic phase when there is no food in the area. In this phase, the colony makes temporary nests that get changed every day.
|
||
Each of these nomadic rampages or marches lasts for about 17 days.
|
||
What is a cell? The word cell derives from the Latin word "cella," meaning "small space," and it was used for the first time by a microscopier that observed the structure of the cork.
|
||
The cell is the basic unit of all living things, and all organisms are made up of one or more cells.
|
||
Cells are actually so basic and critical for studying life that they are often referred to as "the building blocks of life."
|
||
The nervous system maintains homeostasis by sending nerve impulses throughout the body, to keep blood flow going, as well as to keep it undisturbed.
|
||
These nerve impulses can be sent quickly around the whole body, helping to keep the body safe from any potential threat.
|
||
Compared to other violent storms, tornadoes only hit a small area, but they can destroy everything in their path.
|
||
Tornadoes rip out trees with their roots, tearing boards of buildings and throwing cars up in the air. The most violent two percent of tornadoes last more than three hours.
|
||
These monster storms have winds up to 480 km/h (133 m/s; 300 miles per hour).
|
||
Man has been manufacturing and using lenses for magnification for thousands of years.
|
||
The first real telescopes, however, were manufactured in Europe at the end of the 16th. century.
|
||
These telescopes used a combination of two lenses to make distant objects both appear larger and closer.
|
||
Greed and selfishness will always exist, and that is part of the way cooperation works, that once the majority has taken over, it will always be possible to win more in the short term by acting selfishly.
|
||
Hopefully, most people will realize that their best opportunity in the long term is to collaborate with others.
|
||
Many dream of the day when humans can travel to another star and explore other worlds. Some wonder what's out there, and some believe that aliens or other lives might live on another planet.
|
||
But if this ever happens, it probably won't happen soon in a very long time. The stars are so scattered that there are several billion kilometers between stars that are "neighbors."
|
||
Will your great-grandchildren one day stand in an alien world and think of their ancient ancestors?
|
||
Animals are made of many cells. They eat things and digest them in their bodies. Most animals can move.
|
||
Only animals have brains (although not all animals have one; for example, jellies have no brain).
|
||
There are animals all over the world. They dig into the ground, swim in the seas and fly in the sky.
|
||
Cells are the smallest structural and functional units for a living (thing) organism.
|
||
Cells come from the Latin word cella, meaning small space.
|
||
If you consider living things under a microscope, you'll see that they're formed by small squares or spheres.
|
||
English biologist Robert Hooke saw small squares in cork with a microscope.
|
||
They had a shape that looked like space. He was the first to be able to observe dead cells.
|
||
Elements and chemical compounds can go from one state to another without changing.
|
||
Nitrogen in gas form still has the same properties as liquid nitrogen. The liquid form has higher density, but the molecules are still the same.
|
||
Water is another example. Water is composed of two hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom.
|
||
It has the same molecular structure, whether it's gas, liquid or solid.
|
||
Although its physical condition may change, its chemical condition remains the same.
|
||
Time is something that is everywhere and it affects everything we do, but it is hard to understand.
|
||
Time has been studied by religious, philosophical and scientific scholars for thousands of years.
|
||
We experience time as a series of events that go from the future through the present to the past.
|
||
Time is also the way we compare the duration (length) of events.
|
||
You can mark the passage of time yourself by observing the repetition of a cyclical event. A cyclical event is something that happens regularly over and over again.
|
||
Computers today are used to manipulate images and videos.
|
||
Advanced animations can be created on computers, and those kinds of animations are becoming more and more prevalent in TV and movies.
|
||
Music is often recorded using sophisticated computers that can process and mix the sound.
|
||
For much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it was believed that the first inhabitants of New Zealand were the Maori people who were chasing giant birds called moas.
|
||
The theory then established the idea that the Maori people immigrated from Polynesia into a large fleet and took New Zealand from the Moriorians, and established an agricultural community.
|
||
New evidence suggests, however, that the moriories were a group of mainland maize that migrated from New Zealand to the Chatham Islands and developed their own distinctive, peaceful culture.
|
||
There was also another strain on the Chatham Islands, these were Maoris who had migrated from New Zealand.
|
||
They called themselves the moriories.There were a few clashes and in the end the moriories were wiped out
|
||
People who had been involved for several seasons helped us appreciate our strengths and passions while assessing our problems and mistakes sincerely.
|
||
While we listened to individuals who shared their individual, family and organizational stories, we gained a valuable insight into the past as well as some of the personalities that affected the organization’s culture in a positive or negative way.
|
||
While understanding one’s history does not presuppose that one understands culture, at least it helps people get a sense of where they fall under the history of the organization.
|
||
When individuals assess the successes and discover mistakes, they as well as all the participating individuals gain a better understanding of the organization’s values, missions and drivers.
|
||
In this case, it helped people be open to new changes and a new direction for the local church to recall earlier cases of entrepreneurship and the successes it brought about.
|
||
Such success stories diminished the fear of change and created positive inclinations toward change in the future.
|
||
Converging thought patterns are problem-solving techniques that bring together different ideas or areas to find a solution.
|
||
The focus of this mindset is speed, logic and accuracy, as well as the identification of facts, the reuse of existing techniques, and the collection of information.
|
||
The most important factor in this mindset is: there is only one right answer. You only think about two answers, namely the right thing or the wrong thing.
|
||
The way of thinking is associated with specific scientific procedures or standard procedures.
|
||
People who think this way apply logical thinking, and they are able to remember patterns, solve problems and work with scientific tests.
|
||
Man is by far the most talented species in reading the thoughts of others.
|
||
This means that we are able to correctly predict what other people perceive, plan, believe, know or want.
|
||
Among these skills, the ability to understand the intentions of others is essential. It enables us to clarify any indistinctnesses in physical actions.
|
||
For example, if you saw someone smashing a car window, you would probably assume that they were stealing a stranger's car.
|
||
It would be necessary to judge him differently if he had lost his car keys and it was his own car that he tried to break into.
|
||
The MRI is based on a physical phenomenon called nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), which was discovered in the 1930s by Felix Bloch (employed at Stanford University) and Edward Purcell (from Harvard University).
|
||
In this resonance, the magnetic field and radio waves cause the atoms to emit small radio signals.
|
||
In 1970, Raymond Damadian, a doctor and researcher, discovered the basis for using imaging with magnetic resonance as a tool for medical diagnoses.
|
||
Four years later, the patent was approved, which was the world's first approved patent within the MRI.
|
||
In 1977, Dr. completed Damadian construction of the first "whole-body" MRI scanner, which he called the "Uncandied."
|
||
Asynchronous communication allows time to reflect and respond to others.
|
||
It allows students to work at their own pace and manage how quickly they receive indicative information.
|
||
There are also fewer time constraints and good opportunities for flexible working hours. (Bremer, 1998)
|
||
The use of the Internet and the World Wide Web gives students access to information at any time.
|
||
Students can also submit questions to instructors at any time of the day and expect proportionately quick answers, rather than waiting for the next physical meeting.
|
||
The postmodern approach to learning gives freedom from absolutes. There is not one very good way to learn.
|
||
In fact, there is not a single good thing to learn. Learning takes place in the meeting between the learner and the knowledge presented.
|
||
Our current experience with all the do-it-yourself and informative, learning-based television programs illustrates this point.
|
||
So many of us are where we watch a TV show that informs us of a process or experience that we will never participate in, nor are we going to use the information we get.
|
||
We will never renovate a car, build a fountain in our backyard, travel to Peru to investigate ancient ruins or remodel our neighbor's house.
|
||
Thanks to underwater fiber optic cable connections to Europe as well as satellite broadband, Greenland is well connected and 93% of the population has internet access.
|
||
Your hotel or hosts (if you stay in a guesthouse or private home) will likely have wi-fi or a computer with internet connection, and all cities have an internet cafe or a place with public wi-fi.
|
||
As mentioned above, the word "Eskimo", though it is still considered acceptable in the United States, is considered to be derogatory for many Arctic people outside the United States - especially in Canada.
|
||
While you may hear that word being used by Greenlandic natives, it should not be used by foreigners.
|
||
The native inhabitants of Greenland call themselves Inuit in Canada, and in Greenland they call themselves Kalaalalq (majority: Kalaallit), which means "Greenlander".
|
||
In general, crime and hatred against foreigners are almost unknown in Greenland. Even in the cities, there are no "dangerous areas."
|
||
Cold weather is perhaps the only real danger the unprepared will face.
|
||
If you visit Greenland during the cold months (and take into account that it will get colder and colder the longer north you take), it is essential to bring clothes that are warm enough.
|
||
The very long days in the summer can lead to problems getting enough sleep and accompanying health problems.
|
||
In the summer, you should also keep an eye on the Nordic mosquitoes. They give you no illnesses, but they can be annoying.
|
||
San Francisco's economy is associated with being a world-class tourist attraction while its economy is diversified.
|
||
The main employment sectors are professional services, the public sector, finance, trade and tourism.
|
||
The fact that it is often portrayed in music, film, literature and popular culture has helped to make the city and its landmark known all over the world.
|
||
San Francisco has developed a major tourist infrastructure with numerous hotels, restaurants and the best conference facilities.
|
||
San Francisco is also one of the best places in the country for other Asian food: Korean, Thai, Indian and Japanese.
|
||
A trip to Walt Disney World is like a great pilgrimage for many American families.
|
||
The "typical" visit consists of flying to Orlando International Airport, driving a bus to a Disney hotel on site, a week's stay without leaving Disney's property and a return flight.
|
||
There are an infinite number of possible variations, but this is still what most people think when they talk about "to go to Disney World."
|
||
Many tickets sold online on auction sites such as eBay or Craigslist are partially used multi-day Park Hopper tickets.
|
||
Although it is a very common activity, it is not allowed by Disney: the tickets are not transferable.
|
||
To camp in the Grand Canyon itself, a wilderness permit is required.
|
||
Permits are limited to protecting the gap and are available from the first day of the month, four months before the start month.
|
||
Therefore, a backcountry permit for any start date in May will be available on January 1.
|
||
Seats for the most popular areas such as Bright Angel Campground near Phantom Ranch are generally filled up via the queries received on the first date they are open to reservations.
|
||
There is a limited number of permits reserved for drop-in requests, which are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
|
||
Getting to southern Africa by car is a great way to see the beauty of the whole region as well as to find places outside the normal tourist routes.
|
||
This can be done in a normal car with careful planning, but a four-wheeler is highly recommended, and in many places are only available with a four-wheeler with a high wheel base.
|
||
Remember, when you plan that even though South Africa is stable, not all neighboring countries are.
|
||
Visa requirements and costs vary from nation to nation and change depending on the country you are from.
|
||
Each country also has unique laws that require different objects for emergencies that must be found in the car.
|
||
Victoria Falls is a city in the western part of Zimbabwe on the other side of the border from Livingstone, Zambia and close to Botswana.
|
||
The city is right next to the waterfalls and they are the main attraction, but this popular tourist destination gives both adventure seekers and tourists plenty of opportunities for a longer stay.
|
||
In the rainy season (November to March), water volume will be larger and the waterfalls will be more dramatic.
|
||
You'll definitely get wet if you cross the bridge, or walk along the paths winding around the waterfalls.
|
||
On the other hand, it is precisely because the amount of water is so large that your view of the actual waterfalls becomes blurred—of all the water!
|
||
The tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62). The KV62 is possibly the most famous of all the tombs in the valley, as it was the site of Howard Carter's discovery in 1922 of the near-perfect maintenance of the young king's royal burial.
|
||
Compared to the grave sites of most other rulers, Tutankhamun's tomb is barely worth visiting, as it is significantly smaller and with only a few decorations.
|
||
If you are interested in seeing the injuries that were applied to the mummy while trying to remove it from the coffin, you will be disappointed, as only its head and shoulders are visible.
|
||
The amazing riches of the tomb are no longer found in it, but have been moved to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
|
||
It would be best if visitors with limited time spent their time elsewhere.
|
||
Phnom Krom, 12 km southwest of Siem Reap. This temple was built on a hilltop at the end of the 9. century during the reign of King Yasovarman.
|
||
The gloomy atmosphere of the temple and the view of Lake Tonle Sap make it worth completing the climb to the hill.
|
||
A visit to the area can easily be combined with a boat trip to the lake.
|
||
The Angkor Pass is needed to access the temple, so remember to take your passport with you when you travel to Tonle Sap.
|
||
Jerusalem is the capital and the largest city in Israel, though most other countries and the United Nations do not recognize it as the capital of Israel.
|
||
The ancient city of the Highland in the Judean highlands has a fascinating history that dates back thousands of years in time.
|
||
The city is sacred to the three monotheistic religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam and acts as a spiritual, religious and cultural center.
|
||
Due to the city's religious significance and in particular the several attractions in the Old City area, Jerusalem is one of the essential tourist destinations in Israel.
|
||
Jerusalem has many historical, archaeological and cultural sites, as well as lively and prop-filled shopping malls, cafes and restaurants.
|
||
Ecuador requires Cuban citizens to receive an invitation letter before entering Ecuador via international airports or border crossings.
|
||
This letter must be legalised by the Ecuadoreian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and comply with certain requirements.
|
||
These requirements aim to ensure organised flow of immigration between the two countries.
|
||
Cuban nationals who have an American green card should go to an Ecuadorian consulate to provide an exemption from the requirement.
|
||
Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months after the date of your trip. You must have a return ticket or a ticket for a further journey to prove the length of your stay.
|
||
Trips are cheaper for larger groups, so if you're alone or with only one friend, you can try to meet with other people and create a group of four to six people so you can get a better price per person.
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However, this should not be something you care about, as tourists are often moved around to fill the cars.
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It actually seems to be more of a way of tricking people into thinking they should pay more.
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This steep mountain rises high above the northern end of Machu Picchu, and is often the backdrop for many images of the ruins.
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It looks a bit frightening from below and it's a steep and difficult ascent, but most people in reasonable shape should be able to cope with it in about 45 minutes.
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Stone steps are laid along most of the path, and in the more steep sections steel cables form a supportive railing.
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That said, you should expect to be out of breath and you should be careful on the steeper parts of the route, especially in wet weather as it can quickly become dangerous.
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There is a small cave close to the top, which you have to go through, it is quite low and narrow and difficult to get through
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It's best to see the Galapagos Islands' places and wildlife by boat, just as Charles Darwin did in 1835.
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Over 60 cruise ships sail through the Galapagos waters - with sizes from 8 to 100 passengers.
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Most reserve their seats well in advance (since the boats are usually filled up well in the high season).
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Make sure that the agent you book through is a specialist in the Galapagos and has good knowledge of many different types of ships.
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This will ensure that your particular interests and/or limitations are matched with the ship that best suits them.
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Before the Spaniards arrived in the 16. century, was northern Chile under the rule of the Incas, while the original Araucans (Mapuche) lived in central and southern Chile.
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The Mapuche people were also one of the last independent American indigenous groups, which were not fully integrated into the Spanish-speaking rule until after Chile became independent.
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Although Chile declared independence in 1810 (in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars that left Spain without a functioning central government in a few years), they first achieved the decisive victory over the Spanish in 1818.
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The Dominican Republic (Spanish: República Dominicana) is a country in the Caribbean located on the eastern half of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with Haiti.
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In addition to white sandy beaches and mountain landscapes, the country is home to the oldest European city in America, which is now part of Santo Domingo.
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The island was first inhabited by the Taínos and Caribes people. The Caribs were an Arawakan-speaking people who had arrived around 10,000 BC.
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Within a few years of the arrival of the European explorers, the population of Tainos had been significantly reduced by the Spanish conquerors
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Based on Fray Bartolomé de las Casas (Tratado de las Indias), the Spanish conquerors killed about 100,000 taínos between 1492 and 1498.
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Jardín de la Unión. This area was built as an atrium for a 17. The monastery of the century, where the Templo de San Diego is the only surviving building.
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It now acts as the central square, and there is always a lot, day and night.
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There are several restaurants that surround the garden, and in the afternoon and evening, free concerts are often given from the central garden pavilion.
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Callejon del Beso (The Spawn Of the Kiss). Two balconies, exclusively separated by 69 cm., are home to a historical love legend.
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Some kids will tell you the story of a few pennies.
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Bowen Island is a popular destination for day trips or weekend excursions, and offers kayaking, hiking, shops, restaurants and more.
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This authentic community is located in Howe Sound just outside Vancouver, and offers easy access via planned water taxis that depart from Granville Island in downtown Vancouver.
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For those who like outdoor activities, a trip up the Sea to Sky corridor is essential.
|
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Whistler (1.5 hours drive from Vancouver) is expensive but known because of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
|
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In winter you can try some of the best skiing in North America, and in summer you can try some authentic mountain biking.
|
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Permits must be reserved in advance. You need a permit to stay overnight in Sirena.
|
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Sirena is the only ranger station which offers accommodation in dormitories as well as hot meals in addition to camping. La Leona, San Pedrillo and Los Patos only offer camping and no food.
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It is possible to buy park permits at the range station in Puerto Jiménez, but they do not receive credit cards.
|
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The park service (MINAE) does not issue park permits more than one month before the expected arrival.
|
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CafeNet El Sol offers a booking service of $30 or $10 for a one-day pass; more details can be viewed on their Corcovado page.
|
||
The Cook Islands are an island state in free connection to New Zealand, the islands are located in Polynesia, in the middle of the South Pacific.
|
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It is an archipelago with 15 islands spread over 2.2 million km2 of sea.
|
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Since they are in the same time zone as Hawaii, the islands are sometimes thought of as "Hawaii below."
|
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Although they are smaller, they remind some older visitors of Hawaii before it became a state, without all the major tourist hotels and other development.
|
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The Cook Islands do not have any cities, but are composed of 15 different islands. The main islands are Rarotonga and Aitutaki.
|
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In today's developed countries, offering luxury beds and breakfast has been elevated to a kind of art form.
|
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At the top end, Bed & Breakfasts naturally compete mainly in two areas: sleeping conditions and breakfast.
|
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Therefore, in the finest such establishments, one can often find the most luxurious bedding, perhaps a handmade quilted blanket or an antique bed.
|
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Breakfast can include seasonal delights from the region or the host's special course.
|
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The place can be an old, historic building with antique furniture, a well-kept plot and a swimming pool.
|
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Getting into your own car and going on a long drive is in itself an appealing idea because it’s so simple.
|
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Unlike larger vehicles, you probably already know how to drive your car and you know its limitations.
|
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Setting up a tent on private properties or in a city of any size can easily attract unwanted attention.
|
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In short, the use of your car is a good way to take a road trip, but rarely in itself a form of "camping".
|
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Car camping is possible if you have a large minivan, SUV, sedan or station wagon with seats that can be laid down.
|
||
Some hotels have a legacy from the golden age of the steam railways and ocean ships: before World War II, in the 19th or early 20th century.
|
||
These hotels were where the rich and famous from that time lived, and often had fine eateries and nightlife.
|
||
The old-fashioned brackets, the lack of the latest facilities and a certain graceful ageing are also part of theirGREE.
|
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Although they are usually privately owned, they sometimes accommodate visiting state leaders and other senior officials.
|
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A traveler with lots of money might consider flying the world and splitting the trip with stays at many of these hotels.
|
||
A network for hospitality exchange is an organization that connects travelers and local residents of the cities they are going to visit.
|
||
Enrolling in such a network usually just requires filling out an online form; even if some networks offer or require further confirmation.
|
||
A list of available hosts will then be delivered, either in print and/or online, sometimes with references and reviews from other travellers.
|
||
Couchsurfing was founded in January 2004, after computer programmer Casey Fenton found a cheap flight to Iceland but was missing a place to stay.
|
||
He sent emails to the students at the local university and received an overwhelming number of offers of a free place to stay.
|
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Hostels are aimed primarily at young people - a typical guest is in the twenties - but often you can also find older travelers there.
|
||
Families with children are a rare sight, but some hostels allow them in private rooms.
|
||
The city of Beijing in China will be the host city of the Winter Olympics in 2022, which will make the city the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics.
|
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Beijing will host the opening and closing ceremonies as well as the indoor events on ice.
|
||
Other ski events will take place at the Taizichong ski area in Zhangjiakou, about 220 km (140 miles) from Beijing.
|
||
Most of the temples have a festival once in the year, which takes place from the end of November to mid-May. The festival varies according to the temple's annual calendar.
|
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The temple festivals are most often celebrated when the temple has its anniversary, when the presiding god has a birthday or in the case of other major events associated with the temple.
|
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It is very interesting to see Kerala's temple festivals with their regular parades with decorated elephants, temple orchestras and other festivities.
|
||
A World Exhibition (often called World Exposition or Expo) is a major international festival of arts and science.
|
||
The participating countries present both artistic and educational exhibitions in their national pavilions to show the country's views on the world problems or to showcase the country's culture and history.
|
||
International exhibitions on horgos are specialized events that showcase flower setups, botanical gardens and everything else that has to do with plants.
|
||
Although in theory they can take place annually (as long as they are in different countries), they do not do so in practice.
|
||
These events usually last somewhere between three and six months and are held in places that are at least 50 hectares large.
|
||
Over the years, many different film formats have been used. The standard 35 mm film (36 x 24 mm negative) is clearly the most common.
|
||
It can usually be refilled reasonably easily if you run out and provides solution that is roughly comparable to a current DSLR.
|
||
Some medium-format film cameras use a format of 6 x 6 cm, more precisely a 56 x 56 mm negative format.
|
||
This provides a solution that is almost four times greater than a 35 mm negative (3136 mm2 against 864).
|
||
Animal life is among the most challenging motives for a photographer and requires a combination of a good deal of luck, patience, experience and good equipment.
|
||
Nature photography is often taken for granted, but just as photography in general, a picture is worth a thousand words.
|
||
Natural photographs often require a long telephoto lens, but other lenses are needed for things such as a flock of birds, or tiny creatures.
|
||
Many exotic animals are hard to find, and parks sometimes have rules on whether to take pictures for commercial use.
|
||
Wild animals can be either shy or aggressive. The environment can be cold, hot or hostile in a different way.
|
||
The world has over 5,000 different languages, under which more than twenty of these have 50 million or more speakers.
|
||
Written words are often also easier to understand than the pronounced words. This is especially true for addresses that are often difficult to pronounce in an understandable way.
|
||
The people of many countries speak fluent English, and in even more countries one can expect some knowledge - especially among younger people.
|
||
Imagine people from Manchester, Boston, Jamaica and Sydney sitting around a table and having dinner together at a Toronto restaurant.
|
||
They entertain each other with stories from their hometowns told with their local accents and special jargon.
|
||
The cheapest way to get food is usually to buy food at the supermarket. Without the possibility of cooking food, however, the choice is limited to ready meals.
|
||
Supermarkets are increasingly getting a more diverse range of ready-made food. Some even offer a microwave or similar, where the food can be heated.
|
||
In some countries or shop types, at least one restaurant is on site, which is often quite informal and has affordable prices.
|
||
Make copies of your policy and your insurance company's contact details, and make sure you have them with you.
|
||
They must show the insurance company's email address and international telephone numbers for advice/authorizations and to report cases.
|
||
Be sure to have an additional copy in your luggage and online (sent as attachment in an email to yourself or stored in the "cloud").
|
||
If you are traveling with a laptop or tablet, you can store a copy in memory or on the disk (available without internet).
|
||
Also provide copies of the policy/contact details to fellow travellers as well as family or friends at home who are willing to help.
|
||
Moose (also known as electric animals) are not as such aggressive, but they defend themselves if they experience a threat.
|
||
When people don't see moose as potentially dangerous, they could risk getting too close and putting themselves at risk.
|
||
Drink alcoholic drinks with way. Alcohol affects everyone in different ways and it is important to know its limit.
|
||
Possible long-term health consequences from excessive drinking can include liver damage and even blindness or death. The risk increases if you consume illegally produced alcohol.
|
||
Illegal spirits can contain various dangerous impurities, including methanol which can cause blindness or death even in small amounts.
|
||
Glasses can be cheaper abroad, especially in low-income countries where wages are lower.
|
||
Consider getting an examination of the eyes in your own home, especially if the insurance covers it, and bring the prescription so that it can be archived elsewhere.
|
||
The exclusive frames from reputable brands found in such areas may have two problems; some may be cheap copies, and the genuine, imported goods may be more expensive than at home.
|
||
Coffee is one of the world's most traded goods, and you can probably find many types in your homeland.
|
||
Nevertheless, there are many distinctive ways to drink coffee around the world that are worth experiencing.
|
||
Canyoning (or: canyoning) is that you walk at the bottom of a gorge that is either dry or full of water.
|
||
Canyoning combines elements of swimming, climbing and jumping - but it requires relatively little training or physical form to get started (compared to, for example, mountaineering, diving or downhill skiing).
|
||
Hiking is an outdoor activity that consists of walking in natural surroundings, often on hiking trails.
|
||
Day hikes involve distances from under a mile up to longer routes, which can be done in a single day.
|
||
For a day hike on an easy route, there is no need for the great preparations, and anyone who is in fairly good shape can enjoy the trip.
|
||
Families with young children may need more preparations, but a day outdoors is a good experience even with babies and kindergarteners.
|
||
Internationally, there are almost 200 organizations for trip races. Most of them are independent.
|
||
The sequel of Global Running Tours, Go Running Tours, networks with up to several sightrunning providers spread out across four continents.
|
||
With roots in "Barcelonas Running Tours Barcelona" and Copenhagen's "Running Copenhagen" ended "Running Tours Prague", based in Prague, and others quickly become to them.
|
||
There are many things you need to consider before and when you travel somewhere.
|
||
When you travel, expect things not to be as they are "at home." Manners, laws and regulations, food, traffic, settlements, standards, languages and so on will to some extent be different from where you live.
|
||
This is something that you should always keep in mind to avoid disappointments or perhaps even negativity about the locals' ways of doing things.
|
||
Travel agencies have been around since 19. century. A travel agent is usually a great way to find a journey that extends beyond a traveler's past experience with nature, culture, language or low-income countries.
|
||
Although most agencies are willing to take on most regular reservations, many agents specialize in certain types of travel, price ranges, or destinations.
|
||
It may be better to use an agent who regularly book similar trips to you.
|
||
Look at the tours the agency offers either on their website or in their shop window.
|
||
If you want to see the world cheaply either out of necessity, as a way of life or as a challenge, there are different ways to do it.
|
||
Overall, they fall into two categories: work while you're travelling or try to limit your expenses. This article is about the latter.
|
||
Those willing to sacrifice comfort, time and predictability to push spending down to almost zero can see under minimum budget travel.
|
||
The information is based on the fact that the travelers do not steal, commit burglary, participate in the illegal market, beg or otherwise exploit other people for their own benefit.
|
||
An immigration check is usually the first stop when you leave an aircraft, a ship or other means of transport.
|
||
In some trains crossing national borders, inspections are being carried out on the train and you should have a valid ID with you when you board one of these trains.
|
||
On night trains with overnight stays, the conductor can collect passports so you don't have to be interrupted in your sleep.
|
||
Registration is an additional requirement in connection with the visa application. In some countries, you must register your whereabouts, as well as the address you stay at, with the local authorities.
|
||
This may require you to fill out a form with the local police or visit the immigration offices.
|
||
In many countries with such a law, local hotels handle the registration (make sure to ask).
|
||
In other cases, only those staying outside tourist accommodation must be registered. However, this law makes much more opaque, so find out in advance.
|
||
Architecture is about the design and construction of buildings. The architecture of a building is often a sight in itself.
|
||
Many buildings are beautiful to look at, and the view from a tall building or from a well located window can be a lice for the soul.
|
||
Architecture has a lot in common with other areas such as urban planning, civil engineering, decoration and landscape design.
|
||
Because many of the pueblos are so remote, you won't find any significant nightlife unless you travel to Albuquerque or Santa Fe.
|
||
However, drinks are served in almost all the casinos listed above, and several of them pick up well-known entertainers (primarily the big ones around Albuquerque and Santa Fe).
|
||
Beware: here the city's small bars are not always good places to hang out for visitors from other states.
|
||
First, northern New Mexico has major problems with drunk driving, and the concentration of drunk drivers is high close to bars in small towns.
|
||
Unwanted murals or drawings are known as graffiti.
|
||
Although it is far from a modern phenomenon, most people safely associate it with young vandalizing public as well as private property with spray paint.
|
||
Nowadays, however, there are well-known graffiti artists, graffiti events and "legal" walls. Graffiti paintings in this context often resemble works of art rather than illegible tags.
|
||
Being able to throw with Boomerang is a popular ability that many tourists would like to learn.
|
||
If you want to learn how to throw with a boomerang, which comes back to you, make sure you have a boomerang that is suitable for the purpose.
|
||
Most of the boomerangs you can get in Australia are actually non-recurring. It's best for beginners not to try throwing in windy weather.
|
||
Hangi meals are prepared in a warm hole in the ground.
|
||
The hole is either heated with hot stones from a fire, and in some places geothermal heat will make soil areas naturally heat.
|
||
The hangien is often used to cook a traditional fried dinner.
|
||
Several places in Rotorua offer geothermal hangi, while other hangi can be tasted in Christchurch, Wellington and elsewhere.
|
||
MetroRail has two classes on commuter trains in and around Cape Town: MetroPlus (also called First Class) and Metro (called Third Class).
|
||
MetroPlus is more comfortable and less crowded, but slightly more expensive - though still cheaper than the normal metro tickets in Europe.
|
||
All trains have both MetroPlus and Metro wagons; MetroPlus wagons are always in the rear of the train closest to Cape Town.
|
||
Carry other people's luggage - Never let your bags get out of sight, especially when crossing international borders.
|
||
You can experience yourself being used as a drug carrier without your knowledge, which will cause a lot of trouble for you.
|
||
This includes queuing up as drug dogs can be used at any time without warning.
|
||
Some countries have very severe penalties, even for first-time crimes, such as prison sentences over 10 years or the death penalty.
|
||
Survived bags are a target for thieves, and can also attract the attention of authorities on guard for bomb threats.
|
||
At home, this constant exposure to local bacteria means that you are likely to already be immune to them.
|
||
But in other parts of the world where the bacteriological fauna is new to you, you are far more likely to run into trouble.
|
||
In warmer climates, bacteria also grow faster and survive longer outside the body.
|
||
From there comes the plagues Delhi stomach, the curse of Pharaoh, Montezuma's revenge and their many friends.
|
||
As with breathing problems in colder climates, it is quite common to have intestinal problems in hot climates. In most cases, they are extremely annoying but not really dangerous.
|
||
If you're travelling to a developing country for the first time - or to a new part of the world - don't underestimate the potential culture shock.
|
||
Many stable and experienced travelers have been overwhelmed by the new in the development of world travel, where many small cultural adjustments can quickly become overwhelming.
|
||
Especially in your first days, you should consider not to hesitate to spend money on hotels, westerly food and quality to help you settle in.
|
||
Do not sleep on a mattress or pillow on the ground, in areas where you do not know about the local wildlife.
|
||
If you want to camp, you should bring a camp bed or hammock to hold snakes, scorpions and so on away.
|
||
Fill your home with a tasty coffee in the morning and relaxing chamomile tea in the evening.
|
||
When you're at a staycation, you have time to pamper yourself and spend a few extra minutes brewing something special.
|
||
If you're feeling more adventurous, you can seize the opportunity to make some smoothies:
|
||
Maybe you'll find a simple drink that you can make for your breakfast when you return to your daily routine.
|
||
If you live in a city with a varied drinking culture, you can go to bars or pubs in neighborhoods you don't usually visit.
|
||
For those who do not know medical jargon, the words have contagious and infectious different meanings.
|
||
An infectious disease is caused by a pathogen, such as a virus, bacterium, fungus or other parasites.
|
||
An infectious disease is a disease that is easily transmitted to other people who are near an infected person.
|
||
Many states require visitors who are entering the country or residents who are on their way out of the country to be vaccinated against a number of diseases.
|
||
These requirements can often depend on which countries a traveler has visited or plans to visit.
|
||
One of the strengths of Charlotte, North Carolina is that the city has plenty of high-quality offers for families.
|
||
Residents from other areas often mention good conditions for, among other things, families with children as a primary reason for moving there, and visitors find that the city is easy to enjoy with children.
|
||
In the last 20 years, the number of child-friendly opportunities in Charlotte's upland has grown exponentially.
|
||
Taxis are generally not used by families in Charlotte, although they can be quite practical in certain situations.
|
||
There is a surcharge for having more than 2 passengers, so this option can become more expensive than is needed.
|
||
Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth and surrounds the South Pole.
|
||
Tourist visits are expensive, require good physical fitness, can only take place during the summer months of nov-feb, and are largely limited to the peninsula, islands and the Ross Sea.
|
||
A few thousand employees live here in the summer in about 50 bases mainly in these areas; a small number stay winter over.
|
||
The inner Antarctica is a desolate plateau, which is covered by 2-3 km of ice.
|
||
At times, special air travels go inland to climb mountains or to reach the south pole, which has a large base.
|
||
The South Pole route is a 1,600-kilometer-long path from McMurdo station by Rosshavet to Poland.
|
||
It is compressed snow with crevices that are filled and marked with flags. The only thing that can move on it is specialized tractors that pull sleds with fuel and supplies.
|
||
These are not very easy, so the path has to swing around the transant Arctic mountains to lead up on the plateau.
|
||
The most common cause of accidents in winter is slippery roads, road surface (conpelled) and especially stair steps.
|
||
You will need at least footwear with suitable soles. Summer shoes are often very smooth on ice and snow, and some winter boots are even inadequate.
|
||
The pattern should be deep enough - 5 mm (1/5 inches) or more - and the material should remain soft in cold temperatures.
|
||
Some boots have bumps, and there are extra studs for smooth conditions that can be put on most shoes and boots on either the heels or both the heels and sole.
|
||
The heels should be low and wide. Sand, gravel or salt (calcium chloride) often spread on roads or paths so that you can stand firm better.
|
||
Avalanches are not abnormal; there is a limit to how much snow steep slopes can hold, so the excess amounts of snow will fall like avalanches.
|
||
The problem is that snow is sticky, so something is needed to make it fall; and when a little snow falls, it can be what makes the rest fall.
|
||
Sometimes it is the sun's warming of the snow, which makes the impact, other times it is more snow or other natural events, and often it is a human being.
|
||
A tornado is a rotating column of air with very low pressure which sucks the surrounding air inwards and upwards.
|
||
They generate strong winds (often 100-200 mil/hour) and can lift heavy objects into the air and carry them around as the tornado moves.
|
||
They start as funnels that come down from storm clouds, and become "tornadoes" when they touch the ground.
|
||
Personal VPN Providers (virtual private network) are an excellent way to bypass both political censorship and commercial IP geofiltration.
|
||
They are better than webproxies for several reasons: They redirect all Internet traffic, not just http.
|
||
They usually offer higher bandwidth and better service quality. They are encrypted and are therefore also harder to spy against.
|
||
Media companies also regularly lie about what the purpose of this is, and claim that it is to "prevent piracy."
|
||
In fact, region codes have absolutely no effect on illegal copying: a bit-by-bite copy of a disc will play just fine on any device where the original can be played.
|
||
The real purpose is to give these companies more as well as better control over their markets; it's about making money.
|
||
Because calls are being routed over the Internet, you don't need to use a phone company where you live or where you travel.
|
||
There is also no requirement for you to catch up with a local number from the local community where you live; you can procure a satellite internet connection in Chicken, Alaska, and choose a number that claims you live in sunny Arizona.
|
||
For the most part, you need to buy a global number separately, which allows PSTN phones to call you. The place of origin of the number is important for people who call you.
|
||
Real-time text translation apps - applications that can automatically translate entire text parts from one language to another.
|
||
Some of the programs in this category can even translate texts in foreign languages on signs or other objects in the real world when the user points his smartphone towards these objects.
|
||
The translation machines have gotten much better, and now often provide more or less correct translations (and more rarely volapyk), but some care is needed, as they may still have understood it completely wrong.
|
||
One of the most prominent apps in this category is Google Translate, which allows for offline translations when the preferred language data is downloaded.
|
||
GPS navigation apps on your smartphone can be the easiest and most convenient way to find your way around when you’re not in your home country.
|
||
It can save money compared to buying new maps for a GPS, a separate GPS device or renting one from a car rental company.
|
||
If you do not have data connection on your phone or when it is out of reach, its functionality may be limited or unavailable.
|
||
Any kiosk is filled with a confusing selection of prepaid prepaid cards, which can be used in payphones or regular phones.
|
||
Although most cards are great for calls everywhere, some specialize in giving good call rates to certain country groups.
|
||
Access to these services is often via a duty-free phone number, which can be called from most phones at no cost.
|
||
General photography rules also apply to video recording, possibly even more.
|
||
If it is not allowed to simply take a picture of something, you should not consider filming it at all.
|
||
If you are using a drone, you should check in advance what it is allowed to film and what requires additional permission.
|
||
Flying a drone close to an airport or over a crowd is almost always a bad idea, even if it's not illegal in your area.
|
||
Nowadays, you rarely book airline tickets directly from the airline without first searching and comparing prices.
|
||
Sometimes the same flight can have very different prices with different providers, and it pays to compare results, as well as to research the airline's own website before ordering.
|
||
Although you may not need a visa for short visits as a tourist in certain countries, or for business visits, it often requires a longer stay to go there as a foreign student, than to go there as a relaxed tourist.
|
||
In general, you must have a visa in advance if you are going to stay in a foreign country for a longer period of time.
|
||
Study visas generally have different requirements and application procedures, in relation to normal tourist or business visas.
|
||
In most countries, you will need an admission letter from the institution that you wish to study at, as well as proof of funds to support yourself for at least the first year.
|
||
Contact the institution as well as the immigration agency in the country you wish to study in for detailed information about the requirements.
|
||
Unless you're a diplomat, work abroad usually means you have to pay income tax in the country you're based in.
|
||
Income tax is structured differently in different countries, and the tax rates and classes vary greatly from country to country.
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In some federal countries, such as the United States and Canada, income tax is levied at both federally and local levels, so rates and tariffs can vary from one region to another.
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Although immigration control usually does not take place, or is simply a formality when you arrive at your home country, it can still be difficult to get through customs control.
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Make sure you know what you are allowed to do and what you are not allowed to bring and declare everything that is above the legal limits.
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The easiest way to get started with professional travel writing is to hone your skills on an established travel blog website.
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Once you have become familiar with formatting and editing the web, you can create your own website over time.
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Volunteering while traveling is a great way to make a difference, but it's not just about giving.
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Living and volunteering in a foreign country is a great way to get to know another culture, meet new people, learn something about themselves, get a feel for perspective and even gain new skills.
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It can also be a good way to stretch a budget, so you get the opportunity for a longer stay in a given place, as you for many volunteer jobs get board and lodging and for some also a small salary.
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The Vikings used the Russian waterways to get to the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Parts of these routes can still be used. Check if there is a need for special permits that can be difficult to obtain.
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The connection between the White Sea and the Baltic Canal connects the Arctic Ocean with the Baltic Sea via Lake Onega, Lake Ladoga and St. Petersburg, mostly via rivers and lakes.
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Lake Onega is also connected to the Volga, so you can still get through Russia from the Caspian Sea.
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You can rest assured that once you are in the marina everything will be pretty obvious. You will meet other boat-baffers who will share their knowledge with you.
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Basically, you need to put up posts in which you offer your help, walk around the harbor, go up to people who clean their yachts, try to get in touch with sailors in the bar, etc.
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Try to talk to as many people as possible. After some time, everyone will know you and give you tips on which boat is looking for someone.
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You should choose your Frequent Flyer airline in an ominous alliance.
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Although you may think it makes the most sense to join the airline you use the most, you should be aware that member benefits and points systems often vary and may be more advantageous at another airline in the same alliance.
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Airlines such as Emirates, Etihad Airways, Qatar Airways & Turkish Airlines have greatly expanded their services to Africa and they offer connections to many major African cities at more competitive prices than other European airlines.
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As of 2014, Turkish Airlines flies to 39 destinations in 30 African countries.
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If you have more time available, you can see how your total fare to Africa is in relation to a ticket to round-the-world trip.
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Don't forget to add the extra costs of additional visas, departure charges, land transport, etc. for all the areas outside Africa.
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If you only want to fly around the world in the southern hemisphere, the range of aircraft is limited due to only a few transocean routes.
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No association of airlines covers all three ocean crossings in the southern hemisphere (and SkyTeam does not cover any of them).
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But the Star Alliance covers everything except the eastern part of the South Pacific from Santiago de Chile to Tahiti, which is a route operated by LATAM Oneworld.
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This flight is not the only option if you want to skip the South Pacific and South America's west coast. (see below)
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In 1994, the ethnic Armenian region of Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan declared war on Azerbaijan.
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With Armenian support, a new republic was founded. Yet there is no established nation - not even Armenia - that officially recognizes it.
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Diplomatic disagreements around the region continue to worsen relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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The canal district (in Flemish: "Grachtengordel") is the well-known district from the 17. century, which is located around Binnenstad in Amsterdam.
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The entire district is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its unique cultural and historical value, and its property values are among the highest in the entire country.
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Cinque Terre, which means five countries, consists of the five small coastal villages of Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterosso, located in the Italian region of Liguria.
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They are on UNESCO's World Heritage List.
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Over the centuries, people have carefully built terraces on the rugged, steep landscape right up to the cliffs overlooking the sea.
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Part of the charm is the lack of visible development. Paths, trains and boats connect the villages, and cars cannot get to the cities from outside.
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The way French is spoken in Belgium and Switzerland is a bit different than in France, but they are similar enough to be mutually understandable.
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Especially the numbering system in French-speaking Belgium and Switzerland has some small peculiarities, which are different from the French spoken in France, and the pronunciation of some words is a bit different.
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Nevertheless, all French-speaking Belgians and Swiss would have learned standard French at school so they could understand you even if you used the regular French numeral system.
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In much of the world is waving a friendly gesture that means "hello."
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But in Malaysia, at least among the Malaysian population in rural areas, it means "come here," just as the index finger bent towards the body, which is a gesture used in certain Western countries, and the gesture should only be used for that purpose.
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Similarly, a British tourist in Spain may misunderstand a farewell trick with the palm of his hand aimed at the person who beckons (instead of the person being waved) as a sign that they should come back.
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Auxiliary languages are artificial or constructed languages that are created for the purpose of facilitating communication between people who would otherwise have difficulty communicating.
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They are different from lingua francas, which are natural or organic languages that, for one reason or another, become dominant as a means of communication between people who speak other languages.
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In the hottest time of day, travelers can experience fatamorgana, forming an illusion of water (or other things).
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These can be dangerous if the traveler pursues the illusion and waste precious energy and his remaining water.
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Even the hottest deserts can get extremely cold at night. There is a real risk of hypothermia without warm clothing.
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Especially in the summer, take care of mosquitoes if you decide to wander through the rainforest.
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Even if you drive through the subtropical rainforest, it’s enough that your doors are open for a few seconds while you get in the car so that mosquitoes can get into the car with you.
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Bird flu, more formally known as avian influenza, can infect both birds and mammals.
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Fewer than a thousand cases have been reported ever in humans, but some of them have been fatal.
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Most have affected people who work with poultry, but there is also some risk for birdwatchers.
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The steep fjords and valleys that suddenly give way too high and, more or less, even plateaus are typical in Norway.
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These plateaus are often referred to as "step," meaning a wide, open, tree-free place, a limitless extent.
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In Rogaland and Agder, they are usually called "hei," meaning a treeless heathland that is often covered with heather.
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The glaciers are not stable, but float down the mountain. This causes cracks and crevices, which may well be hidden by snow bridges.
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The walls and roofs of the ice cave can collapse, and cracks can close.
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At glacier edges, large blocks tear loose, fall down and jump or roll further away from the edge.
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The tourist season for the mountain towns is generally greatest during the Indian summer.
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However, they have a different kind of beauty and charm in winter, where many mountain towns get lots of snow and offer activities such as skiing and snowboarding.
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Few airlines still offer next-care prices, which provide small discounts on last-minute trips in connection with deaths.
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Airlines offering these include Air Canada, Delta Air Lines, Lufthansa for flights from the United States or Canada, as well as WestJet.
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In any case, you need to book by phone directly with the airline.
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