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+Now we have mice that are four months old that used to have diabetes but now don't, he added.
+Dr. Ehud Ur, a professor of medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and chair of the Clinical and Scientific Division of the Canadian Diabetes Association, cautioned that the study is in its early stages.
+He is skeptical, like some other experts, about whether diabetes can be cured, noting that these findings have no bearing on people who already have type 1 diabetes.
+On Monday, the permanent secretary of the Nobel Committee for Literature at the Swedish Academy, Sara Danius, announced publicly on Sveriges Radio in Sweden that the committee had given up trying to reach Bob Dylan because it could not contact him directly to award him the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016.
+Daniels said, "For now, we're not doing anything. I called, emailed his closest collaborator, got a lot of friendly responses. For now, that's enough."
+Earlier, Jamie Siminoff, Ring's CEO, said the company started when the doorbell in his garage didn't work.
+He said he had created a WiFi doorbell.
+Siminoff said sales have increased since he appeared on Shark Tank in 2013, where the show's judges declined to invest in the startup.
+Siminoff appeared on the QVC shopping channel at the end of 2017.
+Ring also reached a settlement with competitor security firm ADT Corporation.
+No drugs have been shown to be effective in treating an existing infection, although an experimental vaccine appears to be able to reduce mortality from Ebola.
+A cocktail of antibodies, ZMapp, was initially very promising in this area, but official studies have shown that it contributes less than is needed to prevent deaths.
+ZMapp serves as the control in the PALM study, meaning that researchers use it as a baseline and compare the other three treatments to it.
+The U.S. Gymnastics Association supports the letter from the U.S. Olympic Committee and recognizes the need for the Olympic family to provide a safe environment for all of our athletes.
+We agree with the USOC's statement that the interests of our athletes and clubs, and their sport, can be better served through a significant change in our organization, rather than decertification.
+The U.S. Gymnastics Federation supports an independent investigation that could shed light on how such a large-scale abuse, as described so bravely by Larry Nassar's victims, could have gone undetected for so long and accepts all necessary and appropriate changes.
+USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee have the same goal - to make gymnastics, and other sports, as safe as possible for athletes to follow their dreams in a safe, positive and enriching environment.
+In the 1960s, Brzezinski worked as an advisor to John F. Kennedy, and later in the administration of Lyndon B. Johnson.
+He advised Carter on foreign policy during the 1976 election, then served as National Security Advisor (NSA) from 1977 to 1981, succeeding Henry Kissinger.
+As Carter's national security advisor, he helped Carter deal diplomatically with world affairs, such as the Camp David Accords in 1978; normalizing U.S.-Chinese relations in the late 1970s; and the Iranian Revolution, which led to the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979 and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.
+The film, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, received nominations in all the major categories.
+Best Actor and Best Actress nominations went to Gosling and Stone.
+Other nominations include Best Picture, Director, Film Editing, Original Score, Sound Mixing, Production Design, Cinematography, Sound Editing, Costume Design and Original Screenplay.
+Two songs from the film, "Audition" (The Fools Who Dream) and "City of Stars," were nominated for Best Original Song. Studio Lionsgate received 26 nominations, more than any other studio.
+In a statement released through his press secretary late Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that U.S. troops would leave Syria.
+The announcement came after Trump spoke by phone with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
+Turkey will also take charge of the captured ISIS fighters who have refused to repatriate, the European countries said in a statement.
+This not only confirms that at least some dinosaurs had feathers, a theory that is now widely accepted, but also gives details that fossils in general do not provide, such as color and three-dimensional placement.
+According to the researchers, the feathers on top of this animal were khaki-brown with a pale or carotenoid-coloured underside.
+The discovery also provides a window into the evolution of bird feathers.
+Since dinosaur feathers do not have a well-developed rachis, but do have other feather characteristics, such as branching and hooks, researchers conclude that the rachis is a later evolutionary development than the other characteristics.
+The structure of the feathers suggests that they were not used in flight, but rather for temperature regulation or display. According to the researchers, although this is the tail of a juvenile dinosaur, the sample shows the plumage of an adult, not downy feathers.
+Researchers believe this is the tail of a juvenile dinosaur, but the sample shows the feathers of an adult, not the down of a young individual.
+Yesterday morning a car bomb exploded at a police station in Gaziantep, Turkey, killing two police officers and injuring more than twenty others.
+Nineteen of the injured were police officers, the governor's office said.
+Police say a suspected Daesh (ISIS) extremist is suspected of carrying out the attack.
+They found that the Sun's activity is governed by the same basic principles as other stars in the system: that the activity of all the stars in the system is determined by their brightness, rotation, and nothing else.
+The light and rotation used together determine the Rosby number associated with the plasma flow.
+As the Rossby number decreases, the star becomes less active in magnetic rotation.
+During his travels, Iwaski had many misadventures.
+He has been robbed by pirates, attacked by a wild dog in Tibet, escaped a marriage in Nepal and arrested in India.
+The 802.11n standard works on both 2.4 Ghz and 5.0 Ghz frequencies.
+This will allow it to be backward compatible with 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g, provided the base station has dual radios.
+The speeds of 802.11n are significantly higher than those of its predecessors, which have a maximum theoretical throughput of 600 Mbit/s.
+Miller, who is linked to the story, is not impressed with Duval, who is married with two young children.
+Asked for comment, Miller said, "Mike talked a lot at the hearing...I was prepared, so I didn't really hear what he was saying."
+Hu said they would try to cut carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by a significant margin by 2020 from the 2005 level.
+He did not give a figure for the cuts, saying they would be made on the basis of China's economic results.
+Hu advised developing countries "first to avoid the old way of polluting, and then to clean up."
+But he added that "we shouldn't be asking them to take on responsibilities beyond their stage of development, maturity and capabilities."
+The Iraq Study Group presented its report at 12:00 GMT today.
+He warned: "No one can give any guarantee at this stage that any action in Iraq will stop the sectarian war, rising violence or chaos."
+The report opens with a call for open debate and consensus in the United States on Middle East policy.
+The report is highly critical in almost every respect of the current government's Iraq policy and calls for an immediate change of direction.
+The first of the 78 recommendations is that by the end of this year, a new diplomatic initiative should be launched to secure Iraq's borders against hostile interference and to restore diplomatic relations with its neighbors.
+Argentina's current senator and first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announced her candidacy last night in La Plata, a city 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Buenos Aires.
+Ms. Kirchner announced her intention to run for president at the same theater where, as a member of the Buenos Aires provincial delegation, she began her Senate campaign in 2005.
+The dispute was sparked by disagreements over the cost of support and reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina, which some fiscal conservatives humorously dubbed "Bush's New Orleans Deal."
+Liberal criticism of reconstruction efforts has focused on the awarding of reconstruction contracts to alleged Washington insiders.
+More than four million people went to Rome to attend the funeral.
+Due to the large number of attendees, it was not possible for everyone to attend the funeral at St. Peter's Square.
+Several large television screens were set up around Rome to allow people to watch the ceremony.
+In many other cities in Italy, as well as the rest of the world, and especially in Poland, similar installations were made that were seen by a large number of people.
+Historians have criticized past FBI policies of focusing resources on cases that are easy to solve, such as stolen cars, in order to increase the agency's clearance rate.
+Congress began funding the obscenity initiative in fiscal year 2005 and specified that the FBI should hire 10 agents for adult pornography.
+Robin Uthappa top-scored with 70 runs off 41 balls, smashing 11 fours and 2 sixes.
+The middle-order batters Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid put on a 100-run partnership.
+But after losing the captaincy wicket, India made only 36 runs to finish the innings, losing seven wickets.
+U.S. President George W. Bush arrived in Singapore on November 16 in the morning to begin a week-long tour of Asia.
+Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng welcomed him, while he met Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to discuss trade and terrorism issues.
+After a week of midterm election losses, Bush told the crowd about expanding trade in Asia.
+After a 25-minute meeting with NDP leader Jack Layton in the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper agreed to send the government's "Clean Air Act" to all party committees for review before a second reading.
+During a meeting with the Prime Minister, Lord Layton had asked for changes to the Conservative's environment bill with a call for a "wholesale and full rewrite" of the Conservative's environment bill.
+When the federal government stepped in to fund the Mersey Hospital in Devonport, Tasmania, the state government and some federal MPs criticised the move as a prelude to the federal election, which is expected to be held in November.
+But Prime Minister John Howard said the action was only to protect hospitals from Tasmanian Government rating cuts, giving an extra $45 million Australian dollars.
+According to the latest tsunami bulletin, a tsunami has been generated. Definitely there is tsunami activity near Pago Pago and Niue.
+No major damage or injuries have been reported in Tonga, but power was temporarily out, which is believed to have prevented Tongan authorities from receiving the tsunami warning issued by PTWC.
+Although the warnings were lifted, 14 schools in Hawaii, located on or near the coastline, were closed for the entirety of Wednesday.
+George W. Bush, President of the United States, welcomed the news.
+An important step toward the goal of achieving a confirmed denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," White House spokesman Gordon Johndrow said of North Korea's pledge.
+The tenth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, Subtropical Storm Jerry, is forming in the Atlantic Ocean today.
+The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Hurricane Jerry was not a threat to land.
+According to calculations by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 6 inches of rain could breach the levees that had already been damaged.
+In the ninth ward, which was inundated by the 6-foot flood caused by Hurricane Katrina, there is now water up to the waist after the levee breached nearby.
+Water spills over the dam from a width of 100 feet.
+Commons administrator Adam Querden expressed his dismay at the deletions when speaking to Wikinews last month.
+He's been lying to us from the start. First, by pretending there were legal reasons. Second, by pretending he was listening to us while his artworks were being removed.
+The current efforts to craft a policy on sexual content for the site, which hosts millions of open media, were in response to community outrage.
+The work was largely theoretical, but the program was written to simulate the observations made on the Sagittarius galaxy.
+The sought-after effect would be caused by tidal forces between the dark matter of the galaxy and that of the Milky Way.
+Just as the Moon pulls Earth, causing tides, the Milky Way pulls the galaxy of Sagittarius.
+The researchers concluded that dark matter interacts with other dark matter in the same way that normal matter interacts with other normal matter.
+This theory claims that most of the dark matter surrounding a galaxy is located around the galaxy in the form of a halo and consists of many small particles.
+Television reports showed white smoke coming from the factory.
+Local authorities are warning residents near the plant to stay indoors, turn off air conditioners and not drink tap water.
+The Japanese nuclear agency said radioactive cesium and iodine had been identified at the plant.
+Authorities believe this is a sign that the uranium fuel storage containers at the site may have ruptured and are leaking.
+In South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province, Dr Tony Mole discovered extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB).
+He said in an interview that the new variant was "very concerning and worrying because of the high number of deaths."
+Some patients may have picked up the virus in the hospital, Dr. Mol said, and at least two were health care workers.
+Within one year, an infected person can infect 10 to 15 close contacts.
+However, the proportion of XDR-TB in the entire group of people with tuberculosis still appears low; 6,000 of a total of 330,000 people infected at any point in South Africa.
+The satellites, both of which weighed more than 1,000 pounds and were traveling at about 17,500 mph, collided about 491 miles above Earth.
+According to scientists, the explosion caused by the collision was enormous.
+They are still trying to determine how big the impact was and how it will affect Earth.
+The debris is being tracked by the U.S. Strategic Command of the Department of Defense.
+The results of the graphical analysis will be published on a public website.
+Authorities in Ohio said a doctor working at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, will be charged with premeditated murder after her mother was found dead in the trunk of her car on Wednesday.
+Dr. Malar Balasubramanian, 29, was found in Blue Ash, Ohio, a suburb about 15 miles north of Cincinnati, lying on the side of the road wearing a T-shirt and underwear in what appeared to be a state of extreme drug influence.
+She pointed the officers to her black Oldsmobile Intrigue, which was about 150 feet away.
+The body of Saroya Balasubramanian, 53, was found covered in blood-stained blankets.
+Police said the body had been there for a day.
+This season, the first cases of the disease were reported at the end of July.
+The disease is transmitted from pigs and then migrates to humans via mosquitoes.
+The outbreak prompted the Indian government to take such measures as deploying swine hunters in affected areas, providing thousands of mosquito nets and spraying pesticides.
+The government has also pledged several million doses of encephalitis vaccine, which will help health authorities prepare for next year.
+Due to lack of funding and low prioritization compared to other diseases, the plans for vaccines to be delivered to the historically most affected areas this year have been delayed.
+In 1956, Slaney moved to Sweden, where three years later he began working for the Swedish postal service and became their chief engraver.
+He created over 1000 marks for Sweden and 28 other countries.
+His work is of such high quality and precision that he is one of the few "well-known names" among philatelists. Some of them specialize in collecting only his works.
+In 2000, his 1,000th stamp, the magnificent "Great Swedish Kings" by David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl, was included in the Guinness Book of World Records.
+He has also engraved banknotes for many countries, and some of his most recent work includes portraits of Canada's Prime Minister on the front of the country's new $5 and $100 banknotes.
+Gibson was taken to the hospital after the incident, but died shortly after.
+The 64-year-old truck driver was not injured in the crash.
+The vehicle was recovered from the scene around 12:00 GMT on the same day.
+There were children waiting to cross the road and all of them were screaming and crying," said a man who works in a garage near the crash site.
+All have fled the scene.
+Other topics on the agenda for the summit in Bali include saving what remains of the world's forests and sharing technology to help developing countries grow more sustainably.
+The UN also hopes to finalize a fund to help countries affected by global warming cope with the effects of it.
+The money can be used to protect homes from flooding, improve water management and diversify crops.
+Fluke wrote that some efforts to silence women from talking about women's health have been unsuccessful.
+She came to this conclusion due to the numerous positive comments and encouragement she received from both men and women, urging contraceptive medication to be considered a medical necessity.
+After the injured were taken to the hospital and fighting stopped, about 40 of the remaining inmates remained in the yard and refused to return to their cells.
+Negotiators tried to make sense of the situation, but the inmates had no clear demands.
+A fire was lit by inmates in the courtyard between 22:00 and 23:00 MDT.
+Police wearing riot gear soon entered the courtyard and sprayed pepper spray at the inmates.
+Firefighters extinguished the blaze by 23:35.
+After the dam was built in 1963, the seasonal floods that brought sediment downstream were stopped.
+This sediment is needed to create sand dunes and beaches that serve as habitat for wildlife.
+As a result, two species of fish have gone extinct, and two others are threatened, including the spiny seahorse.
+Authorities hope that even though the water level will rise only a few meters after the flood, that will be enough to rebuild the eroded sand deposits downstream.
+The Geophysical Agency of Jakarta has not and will not issue a tsunami warning as the earthquake did not meet the threshold of magnitude 6.5.
+Despite the lack of a tsunami threat, residents began to panic and began to evacuate businesses and homes.
+Although Winfrey cried during her farewell speech, she made it clear to her fans that she would be back.
+This is not a goodbye. It's the closing of one chapter and the opening of another."
+The final results of the presidential and parliamentary elections in Namibia show that the current president, Hage Geingob, has been re-elected by a large margin.
+The ruling South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) party retained its majority in parliamentary elections.
+Afghan and coalition forces moved into the area to secure it, and coalition aircraft were called in to help.
+The crash occurred on high mountain terrain and is believed to have been caused by enemy fire.
+Efforts to locate the crash site were hampered by bad weather and rough terrain.
+Medical charity Mangola, the World Health Organization and Medecins Sans Frontieres said it was the worst outbreak ever recorded in the country.
+Richard Virman, a spokesman for Medecins Sans Frontieres, said: "Angola is heading for its worst outbreak yet and the situation remains very bad."
+Matches kicked off at 10:00 a.m. with perfect weather and aside from a brief shower in the middle of the morning, it was a perfect day for rugby sevens.
+Tournament favorites South Africa got off to a good start with a comfortable 26-00 win over fifth-ranked Zambia.
+South Africa looked sluggish in their game against their southern sisters, but they have been improving as the tournament has progressed.
+Their disciplined defence, good ball retention and teamwork made them stand out from the rest and there was no doubt that this was the team that should win.
+Authorities in Amsterdam and the Anne Frank House say the tree is infected with fungus and poses a threat to public health because, they say, there was an imminent danger that it would fall.
+It was scheduled for castration on Tuesday, but was saved by an emergency court order.
+All the entrances to the cave, known as the Seven Sisters, are at least 100 to 250 meters (328 to 820 feet) in diameter.
+The infrared images show the temperature fluctuations between night and day indicate the likelihood that they are caves.
+They are cooler than the adjacent surface during the day and warmer at night.
+Their thermal state is not as stable as Earth's large caves, which often maintain a relatively constant temperature, but is compatible with the fact that they are deep holes in the ground," said Glenn Cushing of the USGS Astrogeology Science Center and Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.
+Traditionally in France, voting is low-tech: voters go into a booth, select a candidate on a pre-printed piece of paper, and place it in a ballot box.
+Once the official confirms the voter's identity, the voter places the ballot in the ballot box and signs the voter registration list.
+The French electoral law is quite strict in its procedures.
+Since 1988, ballot boxes must be transparent so that voters and observers can see that at the start of voting there are no envelopes inside and that no other envelopes are put in except those of duly counted and eligible voters.
+Candidates can send observers to see any part of the process. On election night, volunteers count the votes under strict supervision, following specific procedures.
+The ASUS Eee PC, which was released worldwide earlier this year to save on costs and functionality, became a hot topic in Taipei's Information Technology Month in 2007.
+After ASUS won the 2007 Taiwan Sustainability Award from the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China, the laptop consumer market will be radically diverse and changed.
+The station's website describes the show as "an old-fashioned radio theater with a new and scandalous maniac story!"
+The show was originally presented solely on the long-running internet radio site TogiNet Radio, which focuses on discussion radio.
+At the end of 2015, TogiNet created AstroNet Radio as a support station.
+The show initially featured amateur voice actors from East Texas.
+It is believed that widespread looting continued into the night, as police were not present on the streets of Bishkek.
+One observer described Bishkek as sinking into anarchy, with gangs roaming the streets and looting consumer goods stores.
+Some residents of Bishkek blamed the protesters from the south for the lawlessness.
+At the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa, her team beat All Blacks (New Zealand) in a Rugby Union "Tri Nations" match.
+The final result was a one-point win, 21-20, which ended a 15-game winning streak for the All Blacks.
+The Springboks ended a five-game losing streak.
+It was the last game for the All Blacks, who had already won the cup for two weeks.
+The final match in the series will be played at Ellis Park in Johannesburg next week when South Africa's rugby team, the Springboks, play Australia.
+On Monday, at 10:08 p.m., a moderate earthquake rattled Western Montana.
+The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and their National Earthquake Information Center have not received immediate reports of damage.
+The epicenter of the quake was about 20 km (15 miles) north-northeast of Dillon and about 65 km (40 miles) south of Butte.
+It has been confirmed that the H5N1 strain of bird flu that is deadly to humans has infected a dead wild duck found on Monday in a marshy area near Lyon in eastern France.
+After Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Greece and Italy, France is the sixth country in the European Union to suffer from this virus.
+H5N1 remains unconfirmed in Croatia and Denmark.
+Chambers sued God for "mass death, destruction and terrorizing millions of people on Earth."
+Chambers, an agnostic, said his trial was "frivolous" and "anyone can sue anyone."
+The French opera by Camille Saint-Saëns tells the story of an artist whose life is dictated by his love of drugs and Japan.
+As a result, performers smoke joints of cannabis on stage and the theater itself encourages the audience to participate.
+Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Texas Governor Rick Perry, and Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann finished 4th, 5th, and 6th respectively.
+After the results came in, Gingrich praised Santorum, but had harsh words for Romney, whose name was used to run negative ads against Gingrich in Iowa.
+Perry said he would "go back to Texas to assess the results of the commission tonight and see if there's a path forward for me in this race," but later said he would stay in the race and compete in the South Carolina primary on Jan. 21.
+Bachmann, who won the Ames Straw Poll in August, decided to end her campaign.
+The photographer was transported to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where he later died.
+He was said to be around 20 years old. In a statement, Bieber said, "While I was not present nor directly involved in this tragedy, my thoughts and prayers are with the family of the victim."
+The entertainment news website TMZ understands that the photographer stopped his car on the other side of Sepulveda Boulevard and tried to take pictures of the police station before crossing the street and continuing on, which prompted a California Highway Patrol officer to stop him and tell him to cross twice.
+Police said it was unlikely the driver of the car that hit the photographer would be held responsible.
+With just 18 medals a day, several countries failed to make the podium.
+They include the Netherlands, with Anouk Vetter finishing ninth in the seated women's Super-G yesterday, and Finland with Katja Saari, who finished 10th in the same race.
+Australian Mitchell Gurley finished 11th in the standing men's giant slalom. Czech skier Ondrej Jelinek finished 16th in the standing men's giant slalom.
+Arley Velasquez of Mexico finished 15th in the Men's Super-G Sitting category. Adam Hall of New Zealand finished ninth in the Men's Super-G Standing category.
+Poland's visually impaired skier Maciej Krezel and his guide Anna Ogarzinska finished 13th in the men's Super-G. South Korea's Jong Sork Park finished 24th in the men's Super-G.
+The U.N. peacekeeping force, which arrived in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, is blamed for the outbreak that began near the army camp.
+According to the court case, the UN camp's waste was not properly cleaned up, allowing bacteria to enter the Artibonite River, one of the largest rivers in Haiti.
+Since the 19th century, Haiti has not experienced disease-related problems before the arrival of the troops.
+The UN peacekeeping mission in Nepal unknowingly carried the disease to Haiti, according to the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, which cited independent investigations.
+Daniel Lantagne, a U.N. expert on the disease, said peacekeepers were probably to blame for the epidemic.
+Hamilton confirmed that Howard University Hospital had accepted the patient in stable condition.
+The patient was in Nigeria, where there have been several cases of Ebola virus.
+The hospital followed infection control protocols, including isolating the patient from others to prevent the spread of infection to others.
+Before The Simpsons, Simon had worked on several shows in various capacities.
+In the 1980s, he worked on shows like Taxi, Cheers, and The Tracey Ullman Show.
+In 1989, he created The Simpsons with Brooks and Groening and was responsible for hiring the show's first writing staff.
+Although he left the show in 1993, he retained the title of executive producer, earning tens of millions of dollars each season in licensing fees.
+China's state-run Xinhua news agency earlier reported the hijacking of the plane.
+In later reports, the plane was said to have received a bomb threat and was diverted back to Afghanistan, landing in the city of Kandahar.
+Early reports said the plane had been diverted back to Afghanistan after being denied an emergency landing in Urumqi.
+In Iran, which has an aging fleet that is poorly maintained for both civilian and military operations, air incidents are common.
+International sanctions mean they can't buy new planes.
+Three people died and three others were injured in a police helicopter crash earlier this week.
+Iran had its worst air disaster in years last month when a plane flying to Armenia crashed and killed all 168 people on board.
+That same month, I saw another large passenger jet take off from Mashhad and crash into a wall, killing seventeen people.
+Aerosmith have cancelled the remainder of their tour.
+The rock band was scheduled to tour the U.S. and Canada until Sept. 16.
+Steven Tyler, the band's lead singer, was injured after falling off the stage during a performance on August 5, and the tour was cancelled.
+Murray lost the first set after both players held serve.
+Del Potro had the early break in the second set, but it also needed a tie-break after reaching 6-6.
+At that point, Potro received treatment on his shoulder, but was able to return to the match.
+The program began at 20:30 local time (15:00 UTC).
+Singers from all over the country sang bhajans, which are devotional songs sung in the feet of Shri Shiam.
+The evening began with singer Sanju Sharma, followed by Jay Shankar Choudhary, who presented a chhapan bhog bhajan, accompanied by singer Radhu Khandelwal.
+Then Lakha Singh took the lead in singing bhajans.
+Baba Shyam was served 108 dishes of Chhapan Bhog (in Hinduism, 56 different edible items, such as sweets, fruits, nuts, dishes, etc., offered to the deity).
+Lakha Singh also presented Chapan Bhog Bhajan, accompanied by singer Raju Kandelwal.
+On Thursday at the Tokyo Game Show, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revealed the design of the controller for the company's new console, the Nintendo Revolution.
+Similar to a TV remote control, the controller uses two sensors placed near the user's television to transmit a triangular shape of its position in three-dimensional space.
+This will give players control over their actions and movements in video games, moving the device in the air.
+Giancarlo Fisichella was out of the race very early on after losing control of his car.
+Fernando Alonso was leading for most of the race, but that ended immediately after the pit stop, probably due to a punctured front-right tyre.
+Michael Schumacher retired soon after Alonso for damage to the suspension in the many battles during the race.
+He said, "She's very sweet and sings very well," in notes from the press conference.
+I was moved to tears every time we rehearsed.
+Within about three minutes of launch, the onboard camera revealed a large number of pieces of insulation foam that had separated from the fuel tank.
+However, it is believed that they did not damage the shuttle.
+NASA's space shuttle boss, N. Wayne Hale Jr., said the foam came down "after the time frame in question."
+Five minutes in, you can see the wind picking up, a minute later it's 70 mph... then it starts raining, but it's so strong and the drops are so big they sting your skin like needles, then it hails, people panic and start trampling each other.
+Armand Versace said: "I lost my sister and her friend and there were two wheelchair-bound people on the way and people were just stepping over them and pushing them."
+The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture is operating normally, NHK reported.
+Hokuriku Electric Power Co. did not report any damage from the quake or that reactors 1 and 2 at the Shika nuclear plant had been shut down.
+Around 9,400 homes in the area are without water and around 100 are without power.
+Some roads are damaged, rail services are disrupted in affected areas, and Ishikawa Prefecture's Noto Airport remains closed.
+One bomb exploded outside the governor's office.
+Within two hours, three more bombs exploded near government buildings.
+Some reports have confirmed eight dead and official reports have confirmed up to 30 injured, but the final numbers are not yet known.
+Cyanuric acid and melamine have been detected in urine samples from pets that died after consuming contaminated pet food.
+Researchers at the university confirmed that the two compounds react with each other to form crystals that can block kidney function.
+Researchers observed crystals formed in cat urine by adding melamine and cyanuric acid.
+The composition of these crystals matches that of the urine of affected pets when compared to infrared spectroscopy (FTIR).
+I don't know if you realize this, but most of the goods from Central America come into this country duty-free.
+However, 80% of our goods were tariffed in Central American countries.
+That didn't seem logical to me; it certainly wasn't fair.
+All I tell people is to treat us the way we treat them.
+California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a law banning the sale or rental of violent video games to minors.
+The bill would require video games sold in California that contain violence to be labeled with a "18" rating, and selling them to minors would be punishable by a fine of $1,000 per violation.
+Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, made a statement this morning announcing the criminal prosecution of both Hoon and Price.
+Hoon has resigned and will be replaced by Tory MP Ed Davey in the Cabinet. Norman Lamb's place as Trade Secretary, which Davey is vacating, is expected to be taken by another Tory MP.
+Hewitt and Price are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on February 16.
+The victims were Nicholas Alden, 25, and Zachary Kudeba, 21. Kudeba was driving.
+Edgar Vegila sustained injuries to his hands and jaw, while Christopher Schneider required facial reconstructive surgery.
+Uka's weapon did not fire as it was aimed at the head of a fifth person. Schneider has constant pain, blindness in one eye, missing part of his skull, and a reconstructed face made of titanium.
+Schneider testified via video link from a U.S. Air Force base in his home country.
+Carpanedo competed in two individual events at the championships with the exception of Wednesday's event.
+Her first was a slalom in which she finished 36th out of 116 skiers. 36 of 116 skiers had the same result in that run.
+In the other race, the giant slalom, she finished 10th in the women's sitting group with a combined time of 4:41.30, 2:11.60 seconds behind Austrian Claudia Loesch, who finished first, and 1:09.02 seconds behind Hungarian Gongyi Dani, who finished ninth.
+Four women from the seated ski group did not finish their runs, and 45 of the 117 skiers in the giant slalom did not qualify for the event.
+Police in Madhya Pradesh have recovered the stolen laptop and mobile phone.
+Deputy Commissioner D. K. Aria said they had arrested the five people who raped the Swiss woman and returned her mobile phone and laptop.
+Baba Kanjar, Buta Kanjar, Rampro Kanjar, Gaza Kanjar and Vishnu Kanjar are the names of the accused.
+Chandra Shekhar Solanki, the police chief, said the accused had appeared in court with their faces covered.
+Although there were three people in the house when the car hit it, no one was injured.
+But the driver sustained serious head injuries.
+The road was temporarily closed to allow emergency services to remove the driver from the red Audi TT.
+He was first admitted to James Paget Hospital in Great Yarmouth.
+He was then transferred to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.
+Adekoya has since been in Edinburgh Sheriff Court charged with the murder of her son.
+She is in custody awaiting indictment and trial, but her testimony could be tainted because her image has been widely disseminated.
+This is a common practice elsewhere in the UK, but the Scottish justice system works differently and courts view the publication of photos as potentially prejudicial.
+Professor Pamela Fergusson of the University of Dundee said "it seems journalists are treading a dangerous line if they publish pictures of suspects."
+The Crown Prosecution Service, which oversees criminal prosecutions, told reporters there would be no further comment on the charging decision.
+According to the leaked information, the document will deal with the border dispute that Palestine wants based on the borders prior to the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
+Other reflected themes are believed to be about the future state of Jerusalem, sacred to both sides, and the issue of the Jordan Valley.
+After the treaty was signed, Israel required a permanent military presence in the valley for ten years, while Pennsylvania agreed only to a five-year presence.
+Shooters in the supplementary pest control test were to be monitored closely by rangers as the test was being observed and its effectiveness assessed.
+The Australian Sporting Shooters Association's Hunting Program employed qualified volunteers in partnership with NPWS and the Australian Sporting Shooters (NSW) Inc.
+Mick O'Flynn, who holds the post of Conservation and Heritage Director at the National Parks and Wildlife Service NPWS, said the four shooters selected for the first shoot were given detailed safety and training instructions.
+Martelly took his oath of office before a nine-member provisional electoral council yesterday.
+This is Martelly's fifth temporary electoral council in four years.
+Last month, a presidential commission recommended the resignation of the previous electoral commission (CEP) as part of a package of measures to take the country to new elections.
+Martelly's response to the widespread protests against his regime, which began in October, was a commission.
+Violent protests have sometimes been sparked by the failure to hold elections, some of which have been delayed since 2011.
+Approximately 60 iPod devices have been reported as malfunctioning. Reports of overheating have caused six fires and minor burns to four people.
+Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) said it was aware of 27 incidents involving the devices.
+Last week, METI said Apple had informed it of 34 additional overheating incidents that the company called "minor."
+The ministry responded, calling Apple's delay of the report "deeply regrettable."
+Mariana was shaken by an earthquake at 07:19 local time (09:19 GMT on Friday).
+The U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Office of Homeland Security and Civil Defense said there were no reported damages in the territory.
+The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center also said there was no tsunami threat.
+A former Philippine police officer held tourists hostage in Hong Kong by hijacking their bus in Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
+Rolando Mendoza shot at the tourists with his M16 rifle.
+Several hostages have been rescued and there are at least six confirmed deaths.
+Six hostages, including children and adults, as well as Filipino photographers, were released earlier.
+Photographers later took the place of an elderly woman who needed to use the restroom. Mendoza was shot.
+Lygins followed in his father's footsteps and became a doctor.
+She trained as a midwife and began working at the National Women's Hospital in Auckland in 1959.
+While working at the hospital, Liggins began investigating premature birth in her free time.
+His studies show that if the hormone is applied, it will speed up fetal lung development in the baby.
+Government investigators found two flight data recorders, or "black boxes," on Wednesday, the Xinhua news agency reported.
+Tributes were paid to Luna by fellow wrestlers.
+Tommy Dreamer said, "Luna was the first Queen of Extremism. My first manager. Luna passed away on the night of the two moons. She was a very unique woman."
+Luna is strange like me...maybe even more...I love her and I'll miss her...hopefully she's in a better place," said Dustin "Goldust" Rhodes.
+Of the 1400 people surveyed before the federal election in 2010, those opposed to the idea of Australia becoming a republic have increased by 8 per cent since 2008.
+Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard said during the 2010 federal election campaign that she believed Australia should become a republic by the end of Queen Elizabeth II's reign.
+This view is held by 34 per cent of those surveyed who want Queen Elizabeth II to be the last monarch of Australia.
+In the end, 29 per cent of those surveyed believe Australia should become a republic as soon as possible, while 31 per cent believe Australia should never become a republic.
+The Olympic gold medallist was due to swim the 100m and 200m freestyle and compete in three relay events at the Commonwealth Games, but his complaints have cast doubt on his physical condition.
+He couldn't take the medication he needed to deal with the pain because it was banned at the Games.
+Curtis Cooper, a mathematician and computer science professor at the University of Central Missouri, discovered the largest known prime number on Jan. 25.
+Several people confirmed the discovery using different software and hardware before the start of February and it was announced on Tuesday.
+Comets may have brought water to Earth, along with organic matter that could form proteins and sustain life.
+Scientists hope to understand how planets formed, especially how Earth formed, after comets collided with the Earth many years ago.
+Cuomo, 53, took office as governor earlier this year and last month signed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage.
+He called the rumors "political gossip and nonsense."
+He is rumored to be running for president in 2016.
+The FAA says NextGen is a system that will allow aircraft to fly shorter distances, save millions of gallons of fuel each year, and reduce carbon emissions.
+It uses satellite-based technology, rather than the older ground-based radar technology, to allow air traffic controllers to provide pilots with more accurate information and determine the exact location of airborne vehicles.
+There will be no additional transport and the trains will not stop at Wembley, and there is no parking or parking with the option to leave your vehicle.
+The fear of a lack of transport raised the possibility that the game would have to be played behind closed doors without the club's supporters.
+A new bird species has emerged on the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.
+Researchers from Princeton University in the U.S. and Uppsala University in Sweden say the new species evolved in just two generations, despite it being thought to take much longer, due to breeding between the endemic Darwin's finch, the medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis) and the non-native cactus finch, Geospiza conirostris.
+Gold can be rolled into any shape. It can be rolled into small shapes.
+It can be drawn as a thin wire that can be woven and twisted, then forged or rolled into sheets.
+It can be made very thin and adhered to another metal. So thin that it has sometimes been used to decorate hand-painted illustrations in books known as "illuminated manuscripts."
+This is the pH of a chemical. You can make an indicator by using red cabbage juice.
+Depending on whether the chemical is acidic or basic (alkaline), the green juice changes color.
+The number of hydrogen (H in pH) ions in the test chemical indicates the pH level.
+Hydrogen ions are protons from which the electrons have been removed (because hydrogen atoms consist of one proton and one electron).
+Mix the two powders together and then form into a ball with clean wet hands.
+The moisture on your hands will react with the outer layers, and you'll feel it a little strange and it will form a kind of sheath.
+The cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro had toilets with running water in almost every house, connected by a complex sewage system.
+In the Minoan cities of Crete and Santorini in Greece, remains of sewage systems were found in homes.
+There were toilets in ancient Egypt, Persia, and China. In the Roman civilization, toilets were sometimes part of public baths, where men and women mixed together.
+You use a satellite when you call someone who is thousands of miles away.
+The satellite in space receives the call and almost instantaneously relays it back.
+The satellite was sent into space by a rocket. Scientists use telescopes in space because the Earth's atmosphere distorts some of the light and our view.
+To put a satellite or telescope in space, you need a giant rocket over 100 feet tall.
+The bicycle has changed the world in an amazing way. The biggest thing we have thanks to the bicycle is a much easier and faster transportation.
+He gave us the train, the car, and many other forms of transportation.
+Under them are medium-sized cats that feed on medium-sized prey, ranging from rabbits to antelopes and deer.
+Finally, there are many small cats (including free-ranging domestic cats) that feed on much more abundant small prey such as insects, rodents, lizards, and birds.
+The secret to their success is the niche concept, specialized work that each cat does that keeps it from competing with other cats.
+Lions are the most social cats, living in large groups called prides.
+A harem consists of one to three adult males with blood ties, plus up to thirty females and young.
+Women are usually closely knit, a large family of sisters and daughters.
+Prides act much like wolf packs or dog packs, animals surprisingly similar to lions (but not other big cats) in their behavior, and just as deadly to their prey.
+The tiger, a well-rounded athlete, can climb (though not well), swim, make huge leaps, and pull with the strength of five strong men.
+In the same genus (Panthera) as lions, leopards, and jaguars, the tiger is also found. These four cats are the only ones that roar.
+The tiger's roar does not sound like a lion's roar, but more like a series of growling, roaring words.
+Ocelots like to eat small animals. If they can, they catch monkeys, snakes, rodents, and birds. Almost all of the animals that an ocelot hunts are much smaller than it is.
+Scientists believe that ocelots follow and find animals to eat (prey) by smelling where they have been on the ground.
+With their night vision, they see very well in the dark and move silently. Ocelots hunt their prey by blending in with their surroundings and pouncing on their prey.
+When a small group of living things (a small population) is separated from the main population from which it came (for example, if it passes through a mountain range or river, or if it moves to a new island, so that returning is difficult), it often finds itself in a different environment than before.
+This new environment has different resources and competitors, so the new population will need different functions or adaptations to be a strong competitor.
+The indigenous population hasn't changed at all, it still needs the same adaptation as before.
+Over time, as the new population begins to adapt to its new environment, it begins to look less and less like the rest of the population.
+Eventually, after thousands or even millions of years, the two populations will differ so much that they can no longer be called the same species.
+This process is called speciation, which means the formation of new species. Speciation is an inevitable consequence and an important part of evolution.
+Plants produce oxygen that people breathe and take in carbon dioxide that people exhale (i.e., breathe out).
+Plants produce their food through photosynthesis. They also provide shade.
+We build our houses from plants, and we make clothes from them. Most edible foods are plants. Without plants, animals would not be able to survive.
+The mosasaur was the top predator of its time, so it didn't fear anything except other mosasaurs.
+His long jaws were lined with more than 70 razor-sharp teeth, as well as an additional set in his upper jaw, meaning there was no escape for anything that crossed his path.
+We don't know for sure, but he may have had a forked tongue. His diet included turtles, large fish, other mosasaurs, and he may have even been cannibalistic.
+It attacked anything that entered the water; not even a giant dinosaur like T. Rex could measure up to it.
+Though much of their food is familiar to us, the Romans also had some strange or unusual delicacies, including wild boar, pheasants, snails, and a type of rodent called a dormouse
+Another difference was that while the poor people and the woman ate sitting on chairs, the rich men liked to have banquets together, lying on their sides as they ate.
+It is not possible for ancient Roman dishes to have included foods that came to Europe from America or Asia in later centuries.
+For example, they did not have corn, potatoes, tomatoes, or chocolate, and no ancient Roman ever tasted turkey.
+The Babylonians built a temple for each of their gods, which was considered to be the home of the god.
+People made sacrifices to the gods, and priests tried to meet their needs through ceremonies and festivals.
+Each temple had an open courtyard and an inner sanctuary, into which only priests were allowed to enter.
+Sometimes special pyramidal towers, called ziggurats, were built to be part of temples.
+The top of the tower was a special shrine to the god.
+In the warm climate of the Middle East, a house was not so important.
+Most of a Jewish family's life takes place outdoors.
+Women cooked in the yard; stores consisted of shelves facing the street. Houses were built of stone.
+There were no extensive forests in the land of Canaan, so wood was very expensive.
+Greenland was sparsely populated. In Scandinavian sagas, Erik the Red was expelled from Iceland for murder, and traveling west, he discovered Greenland and gave it its name.
+However, at that time, Inuit peoples were already living there.
+Although each country was "Scandinavian," there were many differences between the peoples, kings, customs, and history of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland.
+You might think the treasure map was written on the back of the Declaration of Independence if you've seen the movie National Treasure.
+This, however, is not true. It is not a treasure map, although something is written on the back of the document.
+The words "Original Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776" are written on the back of the Declaration of Independence. The text appears at the bottom of the document with the head down.
+Though no one knows for sure who wrote it, it is known that the Great Pergament (29¾ inches by 24½ inches) was rolled up at the beginning, to be preserved.
+It is most likely that the notation was added only as a tag.
+With landings on D-Day and subsequent battles, northern France was liberated, but the south was still not free.
+It was run by the French of Vichy, who were Frenchmen who had made peace with the Germans in 1940 and worked with the invaders rather than fighting them.
+Allies landed in southern France on August 15, 1940, and the invasion was called Operation Dragoon.
+Within two weeks, American and French forces liberate Southern France and move into Germany.
+Civilization is a culture shared by a significant and large group of people working and living together, a society.
+The word "civilization" comes from the Latin "civilis," which means "civil," related to the Latin "civis" or "citizen" and "civitas," which means "city" or "city-state," and that somehow defines the size of the society.
+City-states were the predecessors of nations. Culture in the context of civilization implies the transmission of knowledge across generations, a lasting cultural imprint, and natural spread.
+Small cultures often disappear without leaving the corresponding historical evidence of their existence, and therefore cannot be recognized as true civilizations.
+During the Revolutionary War, the thirteen states for the first time formed a weak central government, as per the Articles of Confederation, the Congress was its sole component.
+Congress had no authority to impose taxes, and since it had no national judicial or executive power, it relied on state officials who often refused to cooperate to enforce its laws.
+It also has no power to reject tax laws or international tariffs.
+The clauses required unanimous consent of all the states to be amended, and the states treated the central government so unseriously that their representatives often absented themselves.
+Together with the German national football team, the Italian national football team is the second most successful team in the world. They won the FIFA World Cup in 2006.
+Popular sports include football, volleyball, basketball, cycling, water polo, fencing, rugby, ice hockey, roller hockey and Formula 1 racing.
+Winter sports are the most popular in the northern regions, with Italians competing in both international competitions and the Olympics.
+Japan has almost 7000 islands (the largest being Honshu), making it the seventh largest island in the world!
+Because of the cluster/group of islands that Japan has as a geographical concept, it is often referred to as an "archipelago"
+Taiwan dates back to the 15th century, when European sailors passing by named the island "Ilha Formosa" or "beautiful island."
+In 1624, the Dutch East India Company established a base in southwestern Taiwan, introducing changes to local grain production and hiring Chinese laborers to work in its sugar and rice plantations.
+In 1683, the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) took control of northern and western coastal areas of Taiwan and in 1885 declared Taiwan a province of the Qing Empire.
+In 1895, after losing the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895), the Qing government signed the Shimonoseki Treaty, ceding sovereignty over Taiwan to Japan, which governed the island until 1945.
+The main structures of Machu Picchu include the Temple of the Sun, Intihuatana, and the Room of the Three Windows.
+Most of the buildings along the perimeter of the complex have been restored to give visitors a better idea of how they came to be.
+By 1976, 30 percent of Machu Picchu had been restored and restoration work continues today.
+The most common format for still photography in the world, for example, is 35mm. This was the dominant film format at the end of the era of film photography.
+It is still produced today, but more importantly, its image format has been inherited by the image sensors of digital cameras.
+The 35mm format is, confusingly, 36mm wide and 24mm high.
+The aspect ratio of this format (divide by twelve to get the lowest common denominator of whole numbers) is 3:2.
+Ratios or very close to this ratio are very common formats (e.g. a group of APS formats).
+The much-abused and often ridiculed thirds rule is simply a rule of dynamics, while at the same time maintaining order in the image.
+It states that the best place for the main subject is at the intersection of the lines dividing the image into thirds vertically and horizontally (see example).
+During this period of European history, the Catholic Church, which had become wealthy and powerful, came under criticism.
+Christianity has united European countries for more than a thousand years, despite linguistic differences and different customs.
+His all-encompassing power affected everyone - from the king to the common man.
+A basic Christian principle is that wealth should be used to reduce suffering and poverty, and church funds exist for that reason.
+The centralized power of the church has continued in Rome for over a thousand years, and this concentration of power and money has made many wonder if this principle has been followed.
+Britain began a naval blockade of Germany soon after the outbreak of hostilities.
+Although this blockade violated international law codified in several international agreements over the past two centuries, the strategy proved effective, disrupting vital military and civilian supplies.
+Britain is mining international waters to prevent ships from entering certain areas of the ocean, putting neutral ships at risk.
+As the response to this tactic is limited, Germany expects a similar response to its unlimited submarine warfare.
+In the 1920s, most citizens and nations were pacifists and isolationists.
+Peoples wanted to avoid a military situation again in the future after seeing the horrors and atrocities of war during the First World War.
+In 1884, Tesla moved to the United States to take a job at Edison's company in New York City.
+Arrived in the U.S. with four cents in his pocket, a book of poetry and a letter of recommendation from Charles Batchelder (his former employer).
+In ancient China, there was a unique way of showing different periods of time; for each stage of history or for each ruling family, there was a separate dynasty.
+Between each dynasty, there was also a period of divided provinces. The most famous of these periods is the Three Kingdoms Era, which lasted 60 years between the Han Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty.
+During these periods, there was fierce warfare between many noblemen vying for the throne.
+The Three Kingdoms period was one of the bloodiest eras in ancient Chinese history. Thousands of people died as they struggled to sit on the highest seat in the grand Xian Palace.
+There are many social and political influences, such as the use of the metric system, the shift from absolutism to republicanism, nationalism, and the belief that the state is for the people, not just one ruler.
+Also after the Revolution, admissions were open to all male candidates, which allowed the most ambitious and successful to succeed.
+This also applies to the military, as instead of the unit being based on class, it is now based on caliber.
+The French Revolution was also an inspiration for many other oppressed workers in other countries to start their own revolutions.
+Mohammed was very interested in things beyond this worldly life. To contemplate, he often went to a cave that became known as "Hira" on Mount Nur (light).
+The cave itself, which has survived the ages, gives a very vivid picture of Mohammed's spiritual inclinations.
+Situated atop one of the mountains north of Mecca, this cave is completely isolated from the rest of the world.
+Actually, it's not easy to find, even if you know it exists. Once inside the cave, isolation is complete.
+Nothing else can be seen except for the clear, beautiful sky above us and the many surrounding mountains. Inside the cave, very little of this world can be seen.
+The Great Pyramid at Giza is the only of the Seven Wonders still standing today.
+Raised by the Egyptians in the third century B.C., the Great Pyramid is one of many large pyramidal structures built to honor the deceased pharaoh.
+In the Egyptian Valley of the Dead, on the Giza Plateau, or "Giza Necropolis", there are several pyramids (of which the Great Pyramid is the largest), several small tombs, several temples, and the Great Sphinx.
+The Great Pyramid is in honor of Pharaoh Khufu, and many of the smaller pyramids, tombs, and temples are in honor of the women and members of his family.
+The "arrow up" sign looks like a V, and the "arrow down" sign looks like a telegraph or a square with no bottom.
+Up means you start at the top and pull the bow back, down means you start at the frog (where your hand holds the bow) and pull it back.
+A bow aimed upwards usually produces a quieter sound, while a bow aimed downwards is louder and more confident.
+Feel free to add your own ornaments, but remember that the bowed slurs are there for musical reasons, so they should be respected.
+On October 6, 1789, King Louis XVI, Queen Marie Antoinette, their two small children (11-year-old Marie Therese and 4-year-old Louis Charles), and the King's sister, Madame Elisabeth, were forced to return to Paris from Versailles by a mob of women on the market.
+They returned to Paris in a carriage, surrounded by a crowd of people shouting and threatening the king and queen.
+The crowd forced the king and queen to open the windows of their carriage wide.
+At one point, a member of the crowd brandished the severed head of a royal guard killed at Versailles in front of the horrified queen.
+The Filipinos paid the military costs of American imperialism for the conquest of the Philippines.
+The U.S. colonial regime forced them to pay taxes to cover a large part of the costs and interest on bonds issued in their name by the Philippine government through Wall Street banks.
+Of course, the super-profits garnered from the prolonged exploitation of the Filipino people represent the main gains of American imperialism.
+To understand the meaning of Templarism, one must understand the context that led to the creation of the order.
+The period in which the events took place is usually referred to as the Late Middle Ages - the period of European history from the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries (1000–1300 CE).
+The High Middle Ages is preceded by the early and followed by the late, which conventionally ends around 1500.
+Technological determinism is a term that encompasses a wide range of ideas in practice - from the technological push or technological imperative to the strict sense that human destiny is guided by the logic of scientific laws and their manifestation in technology.
+Two general ideas are shared by most interpretations of technological determinism: that the development of technology goes far beyond cultural or political influence or that technology itself influences intrinsic, not socially constructed societies.
+For example, a person could say that motorized transport necessarily leads to the development of roads.
+However, a national road network will not be economically viable for just a handful of cars, so new production methods are being developed to reduce the cost of owning a car.
+Mass car ownership also led to a higher frequency of road accidents, which necessitated the development of new healthcare techniques to repair injured bodies.
+Romanticism contains a large element of cultural determinism, beginning with writers such as Goethe, Fichte, and Schlegel.
+In the context of Romanticism, geography shapes individuals, and over time, associated with that geography, customs and culture emerge, and they, being in harmony with the place of society, are better than arbitrarily imposed laws.
+As Paris is known as the fashion capital of the modern world, Constantinople was considered the fashion capital of feudal Europe.
+Its fame as a center of luxury dates from about 400 B.C.E. and lasted until about 1100 B.C.E.
+Its decline in the twelfth century was mainly due to the fact that the Crusaders returned with gifts such as spices and silk, which were more valuable than those offered by the Byzantine markets.
+At this time, the title of "Fashion Capital" was transferred from Constantinople to Paris.
+The Gothic style reached its peak between the 10th and 11th centuries and the 14th century.
+In the beginning, clothing was heavily influenced by Eastern Byzantine culture.
+However, due to the slow communication, western styles can be 25 to 30 years behind.
+By the end of the Middle Ages, Western Europe had begun to develop its own style. As a result of the Crusades, people began to use buttons to fasten their clothing, which is one of the biggest developments of that time.
+Subsistence farming is farming that is done to produce enough food solely for the needs of the farmer and his or her family.
+Market gardening is a simple, often organic system that often uses heirloom seeds from the same ecological region, combined with crop rotation and other relatively simple techniques to maximize yield.
+Historically, most farmers have been subsistence farmers and this still applies to many developing countries.
+Subcultures bring together like-minded people who feel marginalized by mainstream standards. They allow them to develop a sense of identity.
+Subcultures can differ by age, ethnicity, class, location, and/or gender of members.
+The signs that define a subculture as distinct can be linguistic, aesthetic, religious, political, sexual, geographic, or a combination of factors.
+Members of a subculture often signal their membership through characteristic and symbolic use of style, which includes fashion, mannerisms, and slang.
+One of the most commonly used means of illustrating the importance of socialization is the example of several unfortunate cases of children who, due to neglect, bad treatment, or deliberate abuse, were not socialized by adults during the period of child development.
+These children are called "wild" or feral. Some feral children have been held captive by humans (usually their own parents); sometimes abandonment of such children was due to rejection of a severe intellectual or physical disability in the child by the parents.
+Wild children may have been severely abused or traumatized before being abandoned or running away.
+Others are believed to have been raised by animals; for some, it is said they lived alone in the wild.
+When fully raised by animals, the wild child exhibits behavior (within physical limitations) almost entirely resembling that of the specific animal caregiver, as well as the animal's fear or indifference to humans.
+While project-based learning should make learning easier and more interesting, scaffolding goes one step further.
+Scaffolding is not a method of instruction, but rather a support that provides assistance to persons undergoing new instruction, such as a new computer program or a new project.
+Skeletons can be virtual and real, that is, the teacher is a kind of skeleton, and the little man with the clips in Microsoft Office.
+The software has built-in virtual skeletons that are designed to ask questions, remind and explain procedures that may have been too difficult for the student to handle on their own.
+Children are placed in foster homes for many and varied reasons, ranging from neglect to abuse and even extortion.
+No child should grow up in an environment that is not nurturing, caring and educational, but that is what is happening.
+We believe the foster care system is a safe haven for these children.
+It is assumed that our foster care system should provide safe homes, loving people to care for them, stable education, and reliable health care.
+Foster care is supposed to provide everything that was lacking in the home from which they were removed.
+The Internet combines elements of both mass and individual communication.
+The special features of the Internet lead to additional dimensions regarding the use of the satisfaction approach.
+For example, "learning" and "socializing" have been identified as important motivations for Internet use (James et al., 1995).
+"Personal participation" and "sustained relationships" were also identified as new aspects of motivation by Imae and McCorquodale (1998) when they studied audience reactions to web sites.
+The use of video has led to important discoveries in the interpretation of micro-expressions, facial movements that last only a few milliseconds.
+More specifically, it is claimed that a person can determine whether someone is lying by correctly interpreting micro-expressions.
+In his work "The President's Speech," Oliver Sacks points out that people who cannot understand speech due to brain damage are still able to perceive genuine emotion.
+He even suggests that similar abilities to interpret human behavior could be shared by animals, such as domestic dogs.
+Studies in the 20th century showed that there are two groups of genetic variants: hidden and expressed.
+Mutation adds a new genetic variant, while selection removes it from the group of expressed variants.
+Segregation and recombination shuffle variations forward and back between the two pools with each generation.
+It is difficult for a primate with a digestive system like that of humans to meet its need for amino acids from the available plant resources in the savanna.
+Moreover, the consequences of failure are serious: stunting, malnutrition, and ultimately death.
+The most readily available plant resources would be the proteins in the leaves and seeds of legumes, but they are difficult for us to digest unless they are cooked.
+In contrast, animal foods (termites, ants, eggs) are not only easily digestible, but also provide a large amount of protein that contains all the essential amino acids.
+Given all this, we should not be surprised if our own ancestors solved their "protein problem" in the same way that chimpanzees in the savanna do today.
+Sleep inertia is the process of waking up intentionally during your normal sleep time and going back to sleep a little later (10-60 minutes).
+This can be done easily with a relatively quiet alarm clock that will wake you up without fully waking you.
+If you find that you're turning off the alarm clock in your sleep, you can put it on the other side of the room so that you'll have to get out of bed to turn it off.
+Other bio-rhythm-based options include drinking a lot of fluids (especially water or tea, known as a diuretic) before bedtime, which forces a person to get up to go to the bathroom.
+The amount of inner peace a person possesses is inversely proportional to the amount of tension in their body and mind.
+The less tension, the more positive energy. Everyone has the potential to discover absolute calm and satisfaction.
+Everyone can achieve enlightenment. Our own tension and negativity are the only things that stand in the way of achieving this goal.
+Tibetan Buddhism is based on the teachings of the Buddha, but has been extended by many techniques from Indian yoga and the Mahayana path of love.
+Tibetan Buddhism is based on a very simple principle. It consists of Kundalini yoga, meditation and the path of all-encompassing love.
+Kundalini yoga awakens the energy of kundalini (awakening energy) through yoga poses, breathing exercises, visualizations and mantras.
+The center of Tibetan meditation is the deity Yoga. Through visualization of various deities, the energy channels are purified, the chakras are activated, and enlightenment of the mind is achieved.
+Germany was a common enemy during World War II, which led to cooperation between the Soviet Union and the United States. With the end of the war, differences between the system, process, and culture led to the conflict between these countries.
+Two years after the end of the war, former allies were now enemies and the Cold War began.
+It continued for the next 40 years and was a real battle through mercenary armies, on battlefields from Africa to Asia, in Cuba, Afghanistan and many other places.
+By September 17, 1939, the Polish defense was shattered and the only hope was to retreat along the Romanian flank and reorganize.
+These plans, however, became invalidated almost overnight when over 800,000 Red Army troops of the Soviet Union invaded and created the Belarusian and Ukrainian fronts, after taking the eastern regions of Poland, violating the Riga Peace Treaty, the Soviet-Polish Non-Aggression Pact, and other international treaties, bilateral and multilateral.
+Using ships to transport goods is the most efficient way to move a huge number of people and goods across the oceans.
+The traditional role of a naval fleet is to provide your country with the ability to move your people and goods, while at the same time interfering with your enemy's ability to move their people and goods.
+One of the most notable examples of this was the North Atlantic Campaign during World War II. The Americans were trying to get people and supplies across the Atlantic to help Britain.
+At the same time, the German navy is trying to stop this traffic, mainly with the help of submarines.
+If the Allies had failed, Germany probably would have invaded Britain as it had the rest of Europe.
+Sheep were probably domesticated for the first time around 10,000 years ago in the Zagros Mountains of Iran.
+Ancient cultures and tribes began to keep them for easy access to milk, wool, meat, and hides.
+Domestic goats were usually kept in flocks that grazed on hills or other pastures, often accompanied by goatherds, who were usually children or adolescents, similar to the more well-known shepherd. These methods of pastoralism are still used.
+Railways were built in England in the 16th century.
+Although the wooden railways were simply made up of parallel wooden planks, they allowed horses to achieve greater speed and pull heavier loads than the more uneven roads of the time.
+Turnouts were introduced relatively early to keep the rails in place. However, it became apparent that the rails would be more effective with a piece of iron on top.
+This became a common practice, but the iron wheels wore down the wooden wheels of the wagons.
+Over time, wooden wheels were replaced with iron. In 1767, the first all-iron rails were introduced.
+The first known means of locomotion was walking, as humans began walking upright about two million years ago with the appearance of Homo erectus (or the upright man).
+Their ancestors, the Australopithecines, usually did not walk upright.
+Bipedal specializations have been found in fossils of Australopithecus dating back 4.2–3.9 million years ago, though Sahelanthropus may have walked on two legs seven million years ago.
+We can start to live more sustainably, join an environmental movement and even become activists to reduce the negative impacts in the future.
+In many cases, this is similar to symptomatic treatment. However, if we don't want a temporary solution, then we need to find the root of the problem and get rid of it.
+It is obvious that the world has changed significantly due to the scientific and technological progress of humanity and the problems have become bigger due to overpopulation and the extravagant lifestyle of people.
+After being passed by Congress on July 4 and signed by President of Congress John Hancock and Secretary Charles Thomson, a handwritten copy was sent to the John Dunlap Printing Office, which was located a few blocks away.
+Between 150 and 200 copies were made overnight, now known as "Dunlap broadsides.""
+The document was read publicly for the first time by John Nixey in the courtyard of Independence Hall on July 8.
+One was sent to George Washington on July 6, which he read to his troops on July 9 in New York. A copy arrived in London on August 10.
+The 25 single-sided copies of Dunlap on large sheets that are known to still exist are the oldest known surviving copies of the document. The original manuscript did not survive.
+Today, many paleontologists believe that a group of dinosaurs have survived and live today. We call them birds.
+Because they have feathers and can fly, many people don't think of them as dinosaurs.
+But for the birds that still look like dinosaurs, there are many things.
+They have claws and spikes on their feet, walk on their hind legs like a T-Rex and lay eggs.
+Almost all of the computers that are used today operate on the basis of manipulating information that is coded in the form of binary numbers.
+A binary number can only have one of two values, i.e. 0 or 1, which are called binary digits - or bits, in computer jargon.
+Internal poisoning does not always manifest itself immediately. Symptoms such as vomiting are very common, making it difficult to diagnose immediately.
+The presence of an open container of medication or toxic household chemicals may be the best indication of internal poisoning.
+Check the label for specific first aid instructions for this poison.
+The term butterfly is used formally by entomologists for this group of insects.
+This term derives from the ancient association with bedbugs, which are insects highly adapted to parasitizing humans.
+Both flying squirrels and common squirrels are colorless, living in the nest or home of the host.
+There are an estimated 400,000 cases of multiple sclerosis (MS) in the United States, making it the leading neurological disease among young adults and middle-aged people.
+MS is a disease that affects the central nervous system, which includes the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerve.
+Studies show that women are twice as likely to have MS as men.
+A couple may decide that having a baby is not in their interest or in the interest of their child.
+These couples can choose to make an adoption plan for their baby.
+When a child is adopted, the parental rights of the biological parents are terminated, and then the other couple can become the child's parents.
+The main goal of science is to discover how the world works through the scientific method. In fact, this method guides most scientific research.
+It is not just experimentation, although some of the possible hypotheses are eliminated by experiments, questions are asked, and guides are used to accompany scientific research.
+Naturalists and philosophers work more with classical texts, especially the Latin Bible.
+Aristotle's views on all matters of science, including psychology, were accepted.
+With the decline of Greek knowledge, the West was cut off from its Greek scientific and philosophical roots.
+In physiology and behavior, many of the observed rhythms often depend on the presence of endogenous cycles and their production by biological clocks.
+Periodic rhythms that are more than reactions to external periodic signals have been documented for most living things, including bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals.
+Biological clocks are self-sustaining oscillators that will continue to perform the free-running cycle even in the absence of external stimuli.
+One of the leading hypotheses that DNA is genetic material was Hershey and Chase's experiment.
+Hershey and Chase used phages or viruses to insert their DNA into a bacterium.
+They conducted two experiments, marking either the DNA of the phage with radioactive phosphorus or its protein with radioactive sulfur.
+Depending on the type of mutation, the significance of the affected piece of genetic material, and whether the affected cells are stem cells, mutations can have a variety of effects.
+Only mutations in embryonic lineage cells can be passed on to children, and mutations elsewhere can cause cell death or cancer.
+Nature tourism is attractive to people with an interest in visiting natural areas to enjoy the scenery, including wild flora and fauna.
+Activities that can be done here include hunting, fishing, photography, bird watching and visiting parks, as well as learning about the ecosystem.
+Visiting, photographing, and studying orangutans in Borneo are examples of this.
+Every morning, to get to work, people travel from small provincial towns in cars and pass other people whose work destination is the place they have just left.
+In this dynamic transportation system, everyone is in some way connected to and supporting a transportation system through private automobiles.
+That this massive carbon economy has pushed the biosphere out of one of its stable states, which has sustained human evolution for the past two million years, is now evident from science.
+Everyone is part of a society and uses transportation systems. Almost everyone complains about transportation systems.
+In developed countries, there are rarely so many complaints about water quality or crumbling bridges.
+Why do transport systems generate so many complaints, why do they break down every day? Are the transport engineers incompetent? Or is there something more important going on?
+Traffic flow is the study of the movement of individual drivers and vehicles between two points and the interactions between them.
+Unfortunately, the behavior of drivers cannot be predicted with 100% certainty, so studying traffic flow is difficult.
+Fortunately, drivers tend to behave within a relatively consistent range; so traffic flows have some logical order and can be approximated mathematically.
+For better illustration of the flow field, the links between the three main characteristics: (1) flow, (2) density, and (3) velocity are defined.
+These links help in planning, designing and finally operating the road infrastructure.
+Insects were the first animals to take to the air. Their ability to fly helped them escape predators more easily and find food and mates more effectively.
+Most insects have the advantage of folding their wings back over their bodies.
+This gives them a wider range of small places to hide from predators.
+Dragonflies and damselflies are the only insects today that cannot fold their wings.
+Thousands of years ago, a man named Aristarchus said that the Solar System was moving around the Sun.
+Some people think he's right, but many disagree - that the Solar System revolves around the Earth, including the Sun (and the other stars).
+That makes sense, because you don't feel the Earth moving, right?
+The Amazon River is the world's largest and second longest river. It carries more than eight times as much water as the world's second largest river.
+Amazon is also the widest river in the world, in places up to 6 miles wide.
+Amazon gives the planet 20 percent of the water that flows out of its rivers into the oceans.
+The Amazon River is 6,387 km (3,980 miles) long. Thousands of smaller rivers flow into it.
+Although stone pyramid building continued until the end of the Old Kingdom, the pyramids of Giza remain unsurpassed in size and technical construction.
+The ancient Egyptians of the New Kingdom were amazed by the monuments of their predecessors, which were more than a thousand years old at the time.
+The population of Vatican City is around 800 people. It is the country with the smallest population and the smallest independent country in the world.
+The Vatican uses Italian in its legislation and for official communication.
+While Latin is often used in religious ceremonies, Italian is the everyday language used by most of those who work in the state.
+All Vatican citizens are Catholic.
+People have known basic chemical elements, such as gold, silver, and copper, since antiquity because all of them can be found in nature in natural form and are relatively easy to mine with primitive tools.
+Philosopher Aristotle theorized that everything is composed of one or more of the four elements - earth, water, air, and fire.
+It was more like the four states of matter (in the same order): solid, liquid, gas and plasma, though he also theorized that they changed into new substances to form what we see.
+Alloys are a mixture of two or more metals. Don't forget that there are many elements in the periodic table.
+Metals include elements such as calcium and potassium. Of course, there are also metals such as silver and gold.
+There also exist alloys that contain small amounts of non-metallic elements, such as carbon.
+The universe is made up of matter, and matter is made up of small particles called atoms.
+Atoms are so incredibly small that trillions of them can fit into the period at the end of this sentence.
+So, when he arrived, the pencil was a good friend to many people.
+Unfortunately, as new writing methods emerged, the pencil was relegated to a lower status and use.
+In today's world, people write messages on computer screens and don't have to touch pencil sharpeners.
+One can only wonder what will happen to the keyboard when something new comes along.
+A nuclear-plutonium bomb works on the principle that energy is needed to assemble a nucleus with many protons and neutrons.
+It's like pushing a heavy cart up a hill. Then the splitting of the nucleus releases some of that energy.
+Some atoms have unstable nuclei, making them prone to decay with a small push or no push at all.
+The lunar surface is made up of rocks and dust. The outer layer of the moon is called the crust.
+The crust is about 70 km thick on the near side and 100 km thick on the far side.
+It is thinner under the oceans and thicker under the mountains.
+There may be more oceans on the near side because the crust is thinner there. It was easier for the lava to rise to the surface.
+Happiness theories are focused on discovering what makes people respond or what attracts them.
+These theories assume that people have certain needs and/or desires that are internalized as they reach adulthood.
+These theories look at what makes certain people want the things they do and what things in their environment will make them do or not do certain things.
+Maslow's "Hierarchy of Needs" and Herzberg's "Two-Factor Theory of Motivation" are two popular content theories.
+Generally speaking, when managers start managing their former peers, there are two behaviors that can emerge. On the one hand, there are those who try to remain "I'm one of the guys" (or girls).
+These types of managers have difficulty implementing disciplinary measures, making unpopular decisions, evaluating performance, delegating responsibility, and holding people accountable.
+At the other end of the spectrum, a person becomes an unrecognizable individual who feels they need to change everything the team has done and make it their own.
+Ultimately, the leader is responsible for the team's successes and failures.
+This behavior often leads to a rift between the leader and the rest of the team.
+Virtual teams follow the same standards for recognition as normal teams, but there are some subtle differences.
+Members of the virtual team often function as a point of contact for their immediate physical group.
+They often have more autonomy than regular team members, as their teams can meet in different time zones, which their local leadership may not be aware of.
+The presence of a true "invisible team" (Larson and Lafasto, 1989, p. 109) is also a unique component of the virtual team.
+The Invisible Team is the leadership team to which each member reports. This team sets the standards for each member.
+Why would an organization want to go through the time-consuming process of creating a learning organization? Innovation is one of the goals of applying organizational learning concepts.
+When all available resources in a functional area of an organization are used effectively, creativity and innovation can flourish.
+As a result of this process, the organization's ability to overcome obstacles can lead to a new innovative process in service to the client's needs.
+Before an organization becomes innovative, its leaders must create a culture of innovation, as well as organizational training and shared knowledge.
+Angel (2006) explains the continuum approach as a method used to help organizations achieve higher results.
+Physical evidence for the theoretical approach to the study of knowledge is provided by neurobiological data. This narrows the field of study and makes it much more precise.
+The link between pathology and brain behavior supports the research of scientists.
+It has long been known that different types of brain injury, trauma, lesions, and tumors affect behavior and alter some mental functions.
+The development of new technologies allows us to see and investigate brain structures and processes not seen before.
+This gives us a lot of information and materials to build simulation models that help us understand the processes in our mind.
+Artificial intelligence has played a large role in science fiction, but it also forms an important branch of computer science that deals with training, behavior, and intelligent adaptation of a machine.
+Artificial intelligence research includes the creation of machines that can automatically perform tasks that require intelligent behavior.
+Some of the examples that can be listed are control, planning and scheduling, the ability to respond to diagnoses and client questions, as well as handwriting, voice and facial recognition.
+Similar problems have become separate disciplines that focus on finding solutions to real-world problems.
+The artificial intelligence system that is built into several home computer and software applications for video games is now often used in the fields of economics, medicine, engineering, and military defense.
+Field trips are a big part of the school curriculum. Teachers often want to take their students to places that can't be reached by bus.
+The technology offers a solution through virtual tours. Students can view museum exhibits, visit an aquarium or marvel at the beauty of art while sitting in their classroom.
+Sharing an excursion is also a great way to reflect on a trip and share experience with future classes.
+For example, each year students at Bennett High School in North Carolina create an Internet site about their trip to the state capital, each year the site is redesigned, but the old versions are kept online to serve as a scrapbook.
+Blogs can help students improve their writing. While students often begin their blogging experience with poor grammar and spelling, the presence of an audience often changes that fact.
+As students are often the most critical audience, the blogger has begun to strive to improve his writing in order to avoid criticism.
+Blogging also forces students to be more aware of the world around them. The need to keep an audience interested inspires students to be interesting and smart (Toto, 2004).
+Blogging is a tool that inspires collaboration and encourages students to extend their learning beyond the regular school day.
+Blogs can be used to give students the opportunity to become more analytical and critical; by actively reacting to internet material in the context of other people's writing, students can define their own positions and also define their own views on specific issues (Oravec, 2002).
+Ottawa is a charming and bilingual capital of Canada with a number of art galleries and museums where you can see the past and present of Canada.
+To the south is Niagara Falls, and to the north are the pristine natural beauty of Muskoka and the surrounding countryside.
+All of these things reinforce Ontario's image as a quintessentially Canadian province in the eyes of foreigners.
+The northern regions are very sparsely populated, and some of them are almost uninhabited deserts.
+One statistic that surprised many: the number of African-Americans in the U.S. is greater than the number of Canadian citizens.
+East African islands are in the Indian Ocean near the east coast of Africa.
+Madagascar is the largest and itself is a separate continent in terms of wildlife.
+Most of the small islands are independent nations or associated with France and are known as luxury beach resorts.
+The Arabs also brought Islam to the lands and it had a great influence in the Comoros and Mayotte.
+European influence and colonialism began in the 15th century when Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama discovered the "Cape of Good Hope" sea route from Europe to India.
+To the north, the region borders the Sahel, and to the west and south with the Atlantic Ocean.
+Women: it is recommended that every travelling woman declare that she is married, regardless of her actual marital status.
+It's nice to wear a ring (but not one that looks too expensive.
+Women need to realize that cultural differences can lead to situations that they perceive as harassment, such as being followed, grabbed by the arm, etc.
+Be firm when you say no to men, and don't be afraid to stand up for yourself (cultural differences or not, that doesn't mean it's right!).
+The modern city of Casablanca was founded in the 10th century BC by Berber fishermen and has been used by Phoenicians, Romans and Marinids as a strategic port called Anfa.
+The Portuguese demolish and rebuild it under the name "Casa Branca", but abandon it after an earthquake in 1755.
+The Moroccan Sultan restores the city as Dar el-Bayda, and the name Casablanca is given to it by Spanish traders who set up trading bases there.
+Throughout Morocco, Casablanca is one of the least interesting places to shop.
+It's easy to find places around the old Medina where traditional Moroccan goods are sold, such as tagines, ceramics, leather goods, hookahs and a whole range of bric-a-brac, but it's all for tourists.
+Goma is a tourist city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the far east near Rwanda.
+In 2002, Goma was destroyed by lava from the Nyiragongo volcano, which covered most of the city's streets and especially the centre.
+While Goma is relatively safe, all visits outside of Goma should be investigated to understand the state of the fighting that continues in North Kivu province.
+The city is also the base for climbing Mount Nyiragongo, as well as some of the cheapest ways to track mountain gorillas in Africa.
+You can use a "boda-boda" (motorcycle-taxi) to get around Goma. The normal (local) price is ~500 Congolese francs for a short ride.
+Timbuktu, in combination with its relative inaccessibility, has come to be used as a metaphor for exotic, distant lands.
+Today Timbuktu is a poor city, despite being turned into a tourist attraction due to its reputation and having an airport.
+It was added to the World Heritage List in 1990 due to the threat of desert sands.
+It was one of the stops on Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s PBS show "African American Lives 2."
+The city differs from the rest of the country in that it has more of an Arabic look than an African one.
+The Kruger National Park (KNP) is located in northeastern South Africa and stretches along the border with Mozambique to the east, Zimbabwe to the north, and the Crocodile River to the south.
+The park covers an area of 19,500 square kilometres, divided into 14 distinct ecozones, each with its own unique wildlife.
+It is one of the main attractions of South Africa and is considered the flagship of the South African National Parks (SANParks).
+Most South African national parks require a daily entrance and conservation fee.
+It may also be beneficial to buy a Wild Card, which provides access or to selected parks in South Africa, or to all South African national parks.
+Hong Kong Island gives its name to the territory of Hong Kong and is a place that many tourists think is worth visiting.
+The series of buildings that form the silhouette of Hong Kong resemble a glittering column diagram that stands out against the waters of Victoria Harbour.
+For the best view of Hong Kong, leave the island and head across the harbor to Kowloon.
+Most of the developed part of Hong Kong Island is densely packed along the north coast on reclaimed land.
+This is the place that the British colonisers appropriated and if you're looking for evidence of the colonial past of this territory, it's a good place to start.
+Sundarbans is the world's largest mangrove forest, stretching 80 kilometers (50 miles) along the coast of Bangladesh and India.
+Sundarbans has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. This part of the forest that lies on Indian territory is called the Sunderbans National Park.
+But the forests are not just mangrove swamps - they include some of the last remnants of the great forests that once covered the Gangetic Plains.
+Sundarbans covers an area of 3,850 km², of which almost a third is covered by water and marshes.
+Since 1966, Sundarbans has been a wildlife sanctuary, and it is believed that there are now around 400 Royal Bengal tigers and 30,000 spotted deer in the area.
+Buses depart throughout the day from the inter-provincial bus station (behind the river), although most of them, especially those going east and to Jaka/Bumang, depart between 06:30 and 07:30.
+It is recommended to buy a ticket a few days in advance, as intercity buses are often full.
+Most neighborhoods are served by small Japanese buses called Coasters, which are comfortable and reliable.
+Shared taxis are a fast and convenient way to travel short distances, such as to Paro (Nu 150) and Punakha (Nu 200).
+The Oyapock Bridge is a cable bridge. It spans the Oyapock River to connect the cities of Oyapock in Brazil and Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock in French Guiana.
+The two masts rise to 83 metres, the length is 378 metres, with 2 sails measuring 3.50 metres in width.
+The vertical clearance under the bridge is 15 metres. Construction was completed in August 2011 but did not open until March 2017.
+The bridge is scheduled to open in September 2017, when Brazilian customs and immigration facilities are expected to be completed.
+The Guaraní were the most significant indigenous people in the area, living as semi-nomadic hunters and practicing agriculture for subsistence.
+The Chaco region is home to other indigenous groups, such as the Guaycuru and Payagua, who have survived through hunting, gathering, and fishing.
+Paraguay, formerly known as the "Giant Province of India," was born in the 16th century as a result of the encounter between Spanish conquerors and local groups.
+The Spanish began a colonization period that lasted three centuries.
+Paraguay has managed to retain much of its unique character and identity since the founding of Asunción in 1537.
+Argentina is known for having one of the best teams and individual players in the world in polo.
+The biggest annual tournament is held in December at the Las Canitas polo field.
+Smaller tournaments and matches can be watched here at other times of the year.
+Check out the Asociacion Argentina de Polo for news about tournaments and where to buy tickets for polo matches.
+The official currency of the Falkland Islands is the Falkland Pound (FKP), equal to one British Pound (GBP).
+Money can only be exchanged at a bank in Stanley against the FIC West store, which is the only one on the islands.
+British pounds are usually accepted everywhere on the islands, and American dollars are also often accepted on the "Stanley" credit cards.
+Credit cards are unlikely to be accepted on the outer islands, but British and US currency can be used; speak to your hosts in advance to find out which method of payment is acceptable.
+It is almost impossible to exchange currency on the Falkland Islands outside of the islands, so exchange money before leaving the islands.
+Since Montevideo is south of the equator, there is summer when it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.
+Montevideo is in the sub-tropical zone; summer temperatures above 30 °C are normal.
+Winter can be deceptively cold: temperatures rarely fall below freezing, but the combination of wind and humidity can make it feel colder than the thermometer shows.
+There are no "rainy" and "dry" seasons: throughout the year, the amount of rainfall remains approximately the same.
+While many of the animals in the park are used to seeing people, wild animals are still wild and should not be fed or disturbed.
+According to park officials, stay at least 100 yards/meters away from bears and wolves, and 25 yards/meters away from all other wildlife!
+No matter how docile they appear, bison, elk, deer, bears, and almost all large animals can attack.
+Every year, dozens of visitors are injured because they didn't keep their distance. These animals are large, wild, and potentially dangerous, so don't enter their personal space.
+In addition, be aware that smells attract bears and other wildlife, so avoid wearing or cooking aromatic food and keep your camp clean.
+Apia is the capital of Samoa. The city is located on the island of Upolu and has a population of nearly 40,000 people.
+Apia, which has been the official capital of Samoa since 1959, was founded in the 1850s.
+In 1889, a scandal erupted at the port when seven ships from Germany, the United States and Britain refused to leave.
+All ships were sunk except one British cruiser. Almost 200 Americans and Germans died.
+During the Mau Movement's fight for independence, a peaceful gathering in the city ends with the assassination of Supreme Chief Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III.
+As Oakland crosses two harbors, there are many beaches. The most popular are in three areas.
+North Shore beaches (North Harbour area) are located on the Pacific Ocean and stretch from Long Beach to Devonport on the south.
+Almost all are protected sandy beaches for swimming and most have shade under the trees.
+Tamaki Drive beaches are at the end of Mission Bay and St Heliers, two of Auckland's most expensive suburbs.
+These are sometimes crowded family beaches with a good selection of beachside shops. Swimming is safe.
+The main local beer is "Number One". It is not a heavy beer, but is pleasant and refreshing. "Manta" is the name of the other local beer.
+There are a lot of French wines to taste, but New Zealand and Australian may go down better.
+Local tap water is completely safe to drink, but bottled water is easily available if you're worried.
+The idea of "flat white" coffee is foreign to Australians. Short black is "espresso", cappuccino is topped with cream (not foam), and tea is served without milk.
+Hot chocolate meets the Belgian standard. Fruit juices are expensive, but delicious.
+Many of the trips to the reef are year-round, and reef accidents caused by any of these reasons are rare.
+Still, pay attention to authorities' advice, follow all signs, and pay special attention to safety warnings.
+Cubozoan jellyfish are found near beaches and river mouths from October to April north of town 1770. They can also be found outside of this period.
+There are sharks, but they rarely attack people. Most sharks are afraid of people and swim away.
+Saltwater crocodiles do not live actively in the ocean, their main habitat is along the river mouths north of Rockhampton.
+Booking in advance gives the traveller the peace of mind that they will have somewhere to sleep when they arrive at their destination.
+Tour operators often have deals with certain hotels, but you can also find other ways of accommodation, such as camping, through a tour operator.
+Travel agencies often offer packages that include breakfast, transport from/to the airport or even combined air and hotel packages.
+They can also hold your reservation if you need time to consider the offer or get other documents for your destination (e.g. a visa).
+However, any changes or requests should be directed to the travel agent, not directly to the hotel.
+At some music festivals, a huge majority of attendees decide to camp on the festival grounds, and most attendees consider it an essential part of the experience.
+If you want to be close to the event, you'll need to get there early to get a camping spot near the music.
+Remember that even though the main stage music may have ended, there may be festival stages where the music will continue to play late into the night.
+Some festivals offer special camping areas for families with young children.
+If you cross the North Sea in winter, check the location of the lighthouse, as it is quite noisy to cross the ice for the most affected.
+Cruises to St. Petersburg include time in the city. Cruise passengers are exempt from the visa requirement (see conditions).
+Casinos usually put a lot of effort into guests spending as much time and money as possible. There are usually no windows or clocks, and exits can be difficult to find.
+To keep guests in a good mood and keep them in the room, they usually offer special food, drinks, and entertainment.
+Some places offer free alcoholic drinks. However, drunkenness affects judgment, and all good gamblers know how important it is to stay sober.
+Anyone driving at high altitudes or through mountain passes should be aware of the possibility of snow, ice or sub-zero temperatures.
+On icy and snowy roads, friction is low and you can't drive as well as on a clean asphalt road.
+During a blizzard, enough snow can fall in a short amount of time that you can get stuck.
+Visibility can also be limited by snowfall or fog, as well as from condensation or ice on the windows of the vehicle.
+On the other hand, freezing and snowfall are normal conditions in many countries, and traffic moves almost continuously throughout the year.
+Safaris are probably the most popular tourist attraction in Africa and are the ultimate goal for many visitors.
+The term "safari" in its popular usage refers to a journey by land to view the stunning African wildlife, specifically the savannah.
+Some animals, such as elephants and giraffes, tend to come closer to the cars and there is a good view with standard equipment.
+Lions, leopards and cheetahs are sometimes shy and can be seen better with binoculars.
+A walking safari (also known as a "desert walk", "tourist safari" or "walking safari") is a walk of several hours or several days.
+The Paralympic Games will be held between August 24 and September 5, 2021. Some of the events will be held at other locations in Japan.
+Tokyo will be the only Asian city to have hosted two summer Olympic Games, after hosting the games in 1964.
+If you had booked flights and accommodation for 2020 before the season was postponed, you may find yourself in a difficult situation.
+Annulment policies vary, but by the end of March, most coronavirus-based cancellation policies were not extended past July 2020, when the Olympics are scheduled to take place.
+Most tickets are expected to cost between 2,500 and 130,000 yen, with regular tickets costing around 7,000 yen.
+Ironing wet clothes can help them dry. Many hotels provide an iron and ironing board, even if there isn't one in the room.
+If you don't have an iron or don't want to wear ironed socks, you can try using a hair dryer if you have one.
+Do not allow the fabric to become too hot (which can cause shrinkage or even burning).
+Water can be purified in different ways, some more effective against specific threats.
+In some areas, a minute of boiling water is enough, while in others it takes several minutes.
+Filters have different efficiencies and if you are concerned, you should consider buying bottled water from a reputable company.
+Travellers may encounter animals they are not familiar with from their home countries.
+Pests can spoil food, cause irritation or, in the worst case, cause allergic reactions, spread poison or transmit infections.
+Infectious diseases or dangerous animals in and of themselves, which can injure or kill people with force, are not considered pests.
+Duty-free shopping is a chance to buy goods without taxes and duties at certain places.
+Travelers going to countries with heavy taxation can sometimes save a significant amount of money, especially on products like alcohol and tobacco.
+The distance between Point Marion and Fernmont represents the most difficult driving conditions on the Buffalo-Pittsburgh Expressway, often passing through isolated areas.
+If you're not used to driving on provincial roads, beware: there are steep slopes, narrow lanes and sharp curves.
+The posted speed limits are noticeably lower than in previous or subsequent sections, where they are usually 35-40 mph (56-64 km/h) and strict adherence to them is more important than elsewhere.
+However, mobile phone service is much stronger here than along many other sections of the route, such as the Pennsylvania Wilds.
+German sweets are very good, and Bavarian ones are quite elaborate and varied, similar to those made in their southern neighbor Austria.
+Fruit pies are common, with apples being used all year round, and cherries and plums being used in the summer.
+Many German baked goods include nuts such as almonds, walnuts and other tree nuts. Popular cakes often go well with a strong cup of coffee.
+If you want some small, but rich, sweet treats, try these, which, depending on the region, are called Berliner, Pfannkuchen, or Krapfen.
+A curry is a dish of meat or vegetables with herbs and spices.
+Depending on the amount of liquid, the kettle can be "dry" or "wet".
+In the interior of northern India and Pakistan, curd is often made with yogurt; in southern India and some other coastal regions of the subcontinent, it is often made with coconut milk.
+With 17,000 islands to choose from, Indonesian cuisine is an umbrella term that encompasses a wide variety of regional cuisines that can be found throughout the country.
+But if used without further qualification, the term usually refers to dishes originating in the central and eastern parts of the main island of Java.
+Today, Javanese cuisine is widespread throughout the archipelago and includes a variety of simply spiced dishes, with predominant aromas being chili peppers, peanuts, sugar (especially Javanese coconut sugar), and a variety of aromatic spices.
+Stirrups are leather straps that hang from either side of the saddle to support the rider's legs.
+They provide more stability for the rider, but there may be safety concerns due to the possibility of the rider's feet getting stuck in them.
+If a rider is thrown from a horse and their leg is caught in the stirrup, they will be dragged if the horse runs away. A number of safety measures can be taken to reduce this risk to a minimum.
+Firstly, most riders wear riding boots with a low heel and a narrow sole.
+Some saddles, especially English saddles, have protective grilles that allow the skin of the girth to fall off the saddle if it is pulled back by a falling rider.
+The Coyhaique Valley - the best rock climbing destination in Chile, known as the South American Yosemite, with an abundance of large granite walls and canyons.
+The walls include jaw-dropping views from the summits. Alpinists from all corners of the globe are constantly developing new routes among the endless potential of the walls.
+Snow sports, which include skiing and snowboarding, are popular sports that involve descending a snowy slope with skis or a snowboard attached to your feet.
+Skiing is a major tourist activity with many enthusiasts, more commonly known as "ski bums," who plan entire vacations around skiing at a particular place.
+The idea of skiing is very old - cave paintings depicting skiers date back to 5000 BC!
+Skiing dates back as a sport at least to the 17th century, and in 1861 Norwegians founded the first ski club in Australia.
+Ski touring: This activity is also known as backcountry skiing, ski touring or ski trekking.
+They resemble each other, but generally do not include alpine-style ski tours or mountaineering, which are done on steeper terrain and require much stiffer skis and boots.
+Think of the ski route as similar to a hiking route.
+In good conditions, you will be able to cover slightly longer distances than if you were walking - but very rarely will you reach the speed of ski touring without a heavy pack on a maintained track.
+Europe is a continent that is relatively small but with many independent countries. Under normal circumstances travelling through several countries would mean multiple visa and passport checks.
+However, the Schengen Area functions somewhat like a single country in this regard.
+While you are in this zone, generally you can cross borders without having to go through passport control points again.
+Similarly, if you hold a Schengen visa, you do not need to apply for separate visas for each of the Schengen member states, saving you time, money and paperwork.
+There is no universal definition of what constitutes an antique. Some tax authorities define antiques as items over 100 years old.
+The definition varies geographically, with the age of consent being lower in places like North America than in Europe.
+Crafts can be considered antiques, even though they are not as old as mass-produced antiques.
+Northern reindeer herding is an important livelihood for the Saami people, and the culture around this livelihood is important to many others as well.
+Traditionally, however, not all Sámi have participated in large-scale reindeer herding, but have relied on fishing, hunting, and the like, with reindeer serving as beasts of burden.
+Today many Saami work in modern professions. Tourism is a profitable industry in Sampi, one of the areas where Saami live.
+Although widely used, especially among non-Romanians, the word "gypsy" is often considered offensive due to its association with negative stereotypes and inaccurate representations of the Romanian people.
+If the country you are visiting is listed in the traveler's health insurance or travel cancellation insurance bulletin, this may affect your travel health insurance or travel cancellation insurance.
+You may want to consult other governments, but their advice is for their citizens.
+American citizens in the Middle East, for example, could find themselves in different situations than Europeans or Arabs.
+Briefings are nothing more than a summary of the political situation in a country.
+The opinions presented are often superficial, general, and oversimplified in comparison to the more detailed information that is available elsewhere.
+Bad weather is the main term for any dangerous meteorological event that could cause damage, serious social problems or loss of life.
+Anywhere in the world can have severe weather, and its manifestations can be very different and depend on geography, topography, and atmospheric conditions.
+Strong winds, hail, excessive rainfall and forest fires are all forms and effects of severe weather, as are thunderstorms, tornadoes, floods and cyclones.
+Regional and seasonal severe weather conditions include blizzards, snowstorms, ice storms, and sandstorms.
+Travellers should be aware of any risk of severe weather affecting their area, as this could affect any travel plans.
+Anyone planning to visit a country that could be considered a war zone should receive professional training.
+A local company's address is likely to be provided when searching the internet for "hostile environment course".
+The course usually covers all of these topics, but much more in-depth and usually in conjunction with practice.
+The course is usually two to five days long and includes role-playing, many first-aid activities, and sometimes firearms training.
+Books and magazines dealing with survival in the wild are common, but there are few publications dealing with war zones.
+Passengers planning to undergo a sex change abroad should ensure they have valid return documents.
+The willingness of governments to issue passports to persons with an indeterminate sex (X) or to update documents to reflect a desired name and sex is different.
+The willingness of foreign governments to abide by these documents is also a variable.
+Searches at checkpoints have also become much more thorough since September 11, 2001.
+Transgender individuals who are undergoing surgery should not be expected to pass through scanners with their dignity and privacy intact.
+Dead currents are the returning flow of waves that break on the shore, often on a reef or something similar.
+The return flow, due to the subsurface topography, is concentrated in a few deeper areas, and there can be a fast return flow to deep water.
+Most deaths are attributed to exhaustion from trying to swim against the current, which is probably impossible.
+As soon as you're out of the current, swimming back isn't any more difficult than usual.
+Try to aim somewhere where you won't be caught again or you may want to wait for rescue depending on your skills and whether you've been spotted.
+The re-entry shock occurs more quickly than the cultural shock (has a shorter honeymoon phase), lasts longer, and can be more intense.
+For travelers who have found it relatively easy to adapt to a new culture, it can be particularly difficult to adapt back to their own culture.
+When you return home after living abroad, where you have adapted to a new culture, you have lost some of the habits of your home culture.
+At first, when you went abroad, people were probably patient and understanding, knowing that people arriving in a new country need to adapt.
+People may not realize that returning home travelers also need patience and understanding.
+The sound and light show at the pyramid is one of the most interesting things for children in the area.
+You can see the pyramids in the dark and you can see them in silence before the show starts.
+You usually hear the sounds of tourists and vendors. The story of light and sound is like a book of fairy tales.
+The Sphinx serves as a backdrop and narrator for a long story.
+The scenes are projected onto the pyramids and the different pyramids are illuminated.
+Several nations claim the South Shetland Islands, discovered in 1819, and they have the most bases, with sixteen active in 2020.
+The archipelago is located 120 km north of the peninsula. King George Island with the settlement of Villa Las Estrellas is the largest island.
+Others include Livingston Island and Deception Island, which has a spectacular natural harbor due to a flooded caldera of an active volcano.
+Elsworth's Land is the region south of the peninsula, bordering the Bellingshausen Sea.
+Here, the mountains of the peninsula flow into the plateau, then rise again to form the 360-kilometer (224-mile) range of the Elsworth Mountains, cut by the Minnesota Glacier.
+In the north or Sentinel Range, the highest mountain in Antarctica is Vinson Massif, with Vinson Peak at 4892 m.
+In remote areas where there is no cell phone coverage, your only option may be a satellite phone.
+Satellite phones in general do not replace mobile phones, as you need to be outdoors and have a clear view of the satellite to be able to make a phone call.
+The service is often used by shipping, including cruise ships, and expeditions that need remote data and voice communications.
+More information on how to connect to this service can be obtained from your local telephone service provider.
+An increasingly popular option for those who want to skip a year is to travel and learn.
+It is particularly popular among school leavers, giving them a year off before university without compromising their education.
+In many cases registering for a course abroad in the missed year would improve your chances of getting a degree in your home country.
+There is usually a "tuition" fee to enroll in these educational programs.
+Finland is a great destination for boating. "The Land of a Thousand Lakes" has thousands of islands in its lakes and coastal archipelagos.
+In archipelagos and lakes, you don't need a yacht.
+Although the coastal archipelagos and the largest lakes are large enough for yachts, the smaller boats and kayaks offer a different experience.
+Boating is a national pastime in Finland, where there is a boat for every seven or eight people.
+The number is the same in Norway, Sweden, and New Zealand, but otherwise it is quite unique (for example, in the Netherlands, the number is from 1 to 40).
+Most reputable Baltic cruises include an extended stay in St. Petersburg, Russia.
+This means you will be able to visit the historic city for two days, returning to the ship overnight.
+If you disembark using the ship's excursions, you will not need a separate visa (since 2009).
+Berlin, Germany is featured in some cruise brochures. As you can see from the map above, Berlin is not near the sea and the cruise price does not include a visit to the city.
+Flying can be a scary experience for people of all ages and backgrounds, especially if they have experienced a traumatic event or have never flown before.
+It's not something to be ashamed of: it's no different from personal fears and hatred of other things that a huge number of people have.
+For some people, understanding how aircraft work and what happens during a flight can help to overcome a fear that is based on the unknown or lack of control.
+Courier companies are well paid to deliver quickly. Often time is very important for business documents, goods or spare parts for an emergency repair.
+For some routes, the larger companies have their own planes, but for other routes and for smaller companies that has been a problem.
+If they've shipped things by air, some routes can take days to clear customs and unload.
+The only way to go faster was to send it as checked luggage. Airline rules don't allow you to send luggage without a passenger, which is your case.
+The obvious way to fly first or business class is to have a thick wad of cash to pay for the privilege (or better yet, get your company to do it for you).
+However, this is not cheap: you can expect to pay up to four times more than the normal economy fare for business and up to eleven times more for first class!
+Generally speaking, there's no point even looking for business or first class deals on direct flights from A to B.
+Airlines know that there is a core group of passengers who are willing to pay a premium for the privilege of going somewhere fast and comfortably, and are willing to be taxed for that.
+Chişinău is the capital of Moldova. The local language is Romanian, but Russian is widely spoken.
+Moldova is a multi-ethnic republic that suffers from ethnic conflict.
+In 1994, this conflict led to the secession of the self-proclaimed Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, which, although with its own government and currency, is not recognized by any UN member state.
+Despite the failure of political negotiations, economic ties between these two parts of Moldova were restored.
+The main religion in Moldova is Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
+With a population of around 3.7 million, Izmir is the third largest city in Turkey, the second largest port after Istanbul and a very good transport hub.
+Smyrna, once a thriving ancient city, is now a modern, vibrant commercial center, surrounded by mountains and overlooking a vast bay.
+Wide boulevards, glass-fronted buildings and modern shopping malls alternate with traditional red-tiled roofs, a 18th-century market, old mosques and churches, although the atmosphere of the city is more Mediterranean than traditional Turkey.
+The village of Haldarsvik has a panoramic view of the nearby island of Eysturoy and has an unusual octagonal church.
+Over some graves in the churchyard are interesting marble sculptures of doves.
+It's worth spending half an hour wandering around the charming village.
+A short distance north is the romantic and charming city of Sintra, famous to foreigners after Lord Byron's glowing account of its grandeur.
+The Scotturb 403 bus runs regularly to Sintra, stopping at Cabo da Roca.
+On the north visit also the beautiful Fatima Shrine of Our Lady (altar), the site of the world-famous Fatima Apparitions.
+Please remember that you are visiting a mass grave site, as well as a place of immense significance to a large portion of the world's population.
+There are still many living men and women who have survived here, and many others who have had loved ones killed or died working there, Jews as well as others.
+Please treat the place with the dignity, seriousness and respect it deserves. Don't joke about the Holocaust and Nazis.
+Do not deface the object with marking or graffiti on buildings.
+The official languages of Barcelona are Catalan and Spanish. Around half prefer to speak Catalan, most understand it, and everyone speaks Spanish.
+However, most signs are only in Catalan because it is the first official language.
+At the same time, Spanish is widely used in public transport and other facilities.
+In the metro, regular announcements are made only in Catalan, but the automated system announces unplanned disruptions in a wide range of languages, including Spanish, English, French, Arabic and Japanese.
+Parisians have a reputation for being egotistical, rude and arrogant people.
+Although this is often just a stereotype, the best way to navigate Paris is still to be polite and behave in a "bien élevé" (well-mannered) manner. This will go a long way.
+Parisians can be brusque, but a little courtesy goes a long way.
+The Plitvice Lakes National Park has dense forests of beech, spruce and fir with mixed alpine and Mediterranean vegetation.
+Due to the diversity of microclimate, different soils and different altitudes, there is an enormous diversity of plant communities.
+The area is also home to an incredible variety of wildlife and birds.
+It is home to rare fauna, such as the European brown bear, wolf, eagle, lynx, wolf, wild cat and capercaillie, as well as many other common species
+During their visit to the monasteries, women are required to wear skirts that cover their knees, and their shoulders must also be covered.
+Most monasteries provide bedding for women who come unprepared, but if you bring your own, especially in bright colors, you'll get a smile from the monk or nun at the door.
+By the same logic, men should wear pants that cover their knees.
+The clothing can be borrowed at the entrance, but it is not washed after every user, so you may not feel comfortable wearing them. One size fits all men!
+As in similar areas in the Mediterranean, Majorcan cuisine is based on bread, vegetables and meat (especially pork), and uses olive oil everywhere.
+A simple popular dinner, especially in the summer, is "pa amb oli": bread with olive oil, tomatoes, and anything available like cheese, tuna, etc.
+All nouns and the word "Sie" - "You" are always capitalized, even in the middle of a sentence.
+This is an important rule for distinguishing some verbs from objects.
+It is believed to facilitate reading, although writing is somewhat complicated by the need to determine whether the verb or adjective is used in a substantivized form.
+Italian pronunciation is relatively easy, as most words are pronounced exactly as they are spelled.
+The main letters to watch out for are "c" and "g" as their pronunciation varies depending on the following vowel.
+Also make sure you pronounce R and RR differently: caro means expensive, while carro means carriage.
+Persian is easy and has a relatively regular grammar.
+This grammar guide will help you learn a lot about Persian grammar and understand the phrases better.
+Of course, if you know any Romance language, it will be easier for you to learn Portuguese.
+People who know a little Spanish, however, may rush to the conclusion that Portuguese is close enough to not need to be studied separately.
+These observatories before today's modern ones are usually old and are now used as museums or educational sites.
+Since light pollution was not as much of a problem then as it is now, they are usually found in cities or on campuses, and are more accessible than those built today.
+Most modern telescopes for research are huge installations in remote areas with good atmospheric conditions.
+Hanami, the viewing of cherry blossoms, has been a part of Japanese culture since the 8th century.
+The term comes from China, where the peach blossom is the preferred flower.
+In Japan, the first cherry blossom festivals were organized by the Emperor only for him and other members of the Imperial court.
+Plants look best when they are in their natural environment, so resist the temptation to pluck even just one.
+During a visit to a well-kept garden, you will be thrown out without being spoken to.
+Singapore as a whole is an extremely safe place. It is very easy to get around and you can buy almost anything once you arrive.
+But if you find yourself in the "deep tropics," just a few degrees north of the equator, you'll have to contend with both the heat (constant) and the sun (less often, when the sky is clear).
+There are also a few buses northbound to Hebron, where the biblical patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and their wives are traditionally buried.
+Make sure the bus you're thinking of taking actually goes to Hebron, not just the nearby Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba.
+Inland waterways can be a good basis for a holiday theme.
+For example, visiting castles in the Loire or Rhine valleys, or a river cruise to interesting cities along the Danube, or a canal boat trip on the Erie Canal.
+They also set routes for popular walking and cycling trails.
+Christmas is one of the most important Christian holidays and is celebrated as the birthday of Jesus.
+Many of the traditions associated with the holiday have also been adopted by non-Christian countries and non-Christians around the world.
+There is a tradition of spending the Easter Vigil outdoors to see the sunrise.
+Of course, there are Christian theological explanations for this tradition, but it could also be a pre-Christian spring fertility rite.
+Traditional churches often hold an Easter Vigil on the Saturday night of the Easter weekend, with the congregation often beginning raucous celebrations at midnight to mark the resurrection of Christ.
+All the animals that arrived on the islands first came here by swimming, flying or floating.
+Because of the long distance from the continent, mammals were unable to make the journey, making the giant tortoise the first herbivore on the Galapagos.
+Many mammals, including goats, cows, horses, rats, cats, and dogs, were brought to the Galapagos after the arrival of humans.
+If you visit the Arctic or Antarctic in winter, you will experience polar night, which means that the sun does not rise above the horizon.
+This provides a good opportunity to see the Northern Lights, as the sky will be dark for almost 24 hours.
+Since the zones are sparsely populated and, therefore, light pollution is often not a problem, you will also be able to enjoy the stars.
+Japanese work culture is more hierarchical and formal than what Westerners may be used to.
+Suits are standard business attire, and colleagues refer to each other by family name or title.
+Workplace harmony is extremely important, with an emphasis on group effort rather than individual achievement.
+Workers often have to get approval from their superiors for every decision they make and are expected to follow instructions without question.