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We now have four-month-old diabetes-free mice that were diabetic before," he added.
Dr. Ehud Ur, a professor of medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and chairman of the scientific and clinical committee for the Canadian Diabetes Association, cautioned that the study is in its early stages.
As with some other experts, he is sceptical about whether or not type 1 diabetes can be cured, noting that these findings do not mean much for people who already have type 1 diabetes.
On Monday, Sara Danius, Permanent Secretary of the Nobel Prize for Literature Committee at the Swedish Academy, announced publicly on Swedish Radio that the committee had given up trying to contact Bob Dylan, after failing to do so when awarding him the prize in 2016.
Danius said, "We're not going to do anything now. I've called and emailed his closest collaborator and got very friendly answers. For now, that's enough."
Earlier, Ring CEO Jamie Siminoff noted that the company started because his store's doorbell couldn't be heard from the garage.
He said he built a Wi-Fi hotspot.
Since appearing on Shark Tank in 2013, Siminoff said sales have "gone through the roof," though the judges on the show passed on investing in his startup.
Siminoff appeared on QVC in late 2017.
Ring also sued ADT, a competing security company, for patent infringement.
Although one experimental vaccine appears to be effective against Ebola, there is currently no proven treatment for people who are already infected.
One of the promising countermeasures, ZMapp, initially showed some promise but official studies later showed it did not work as well as hoped in preventing deaths.
In the PALM trial, ZMapp was used as a control, meaning it was compared to three other treatments.
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) supports the letter from the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and reaffirms its commitment to providing a safe environment for all athletes.
We agree with the U.S. Olympic Committee's statement that our athletes, our teams and our sports are better served by continuing to work within the framework of the organization.
The U.S. Gymnastics Federation says it supports an independent investigation into how Larry Nassar was able to abuse so many for so long and welcomes any changes that are needed.
USA Gymnastics and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee have the same goal - to make the sport of gymnastics and all sports as safe as possible so athletes can pursue their dreams in a positive, healthy and inspiring environment.
Brzezinski worked as an advisor to President John F. Kennedy in the 1960s and then to President Lyndon B. Johnson.
He was a foreign policy adviser to Carter in the 1976 election and then national security adviser under Kissinger from 1977 to 1981.
He assisted Carter as National Security Adviser in negotiations such as the Camp David Accords of 1978, the normalization of relations between the United States and China in the late 1970s, the Iranian Revolution and hostage crisis of 1979, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.
The film, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, received nominations in all the major categories.
Gosling and Stone were nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress.
Other nominees included Best Picture, Best Director, Cinematography, Costume Design, Editing, Music, Production Design, Original Screenplay, and Sound Mixing.
Two of the film's songs, "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" and "City of Stars," were nominated for Best Original Song, while Lionsgate received the most nominations of any studio with 26.
Early Sunday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced via a statement from his press secretary that U.S. troops are withdrawing from Syria.
The statement came after Trump had first spoken by phone with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkey has also been patrolling IS fighters detained by European countries who have refused to repatriate them.
This confirms a widely accepted theory that at least some dinosaurs had feathers but also revealed new details about the colour and 3D structure of the feathers.
According to the researchers, the animal's plumage was reddish-brown on top and paler or carotenoid-coloured below.
It also helps to understand the evolution of bird beaks.
Because the feathers of dinosaurs were not as well developed as those of modern birds, but did have other features of modern feathers, such as barbs and rachis, scientists concluded that the quill is probably a later evolutionary development.
The structure of the feathers suggests that they were not used for flying, but for temperature regulation and display, although it was a young dinosaur's tail, the researchers suggested that the specimen was from an adult's feathered plumage rather than a juvenile's downy plumage.
Although it was a young dinosaur's tail, the researchers suggested that the specimen was from an adult's feathered plumage rather than a juvenile's downy plumage.
A car bomb exploded in front of a police station in Gaziantep, Turkey, yesterday morning, killing two police officers and injuring more than twenty people.
Eleven of the injured were police officers, the provincial governor's office said.
Police said they suspected a Daesh (IS) fighter was behind the attack.
They discovered that the Sun follows the same basic principles as all the other stars: the activity of all the Sun's systems is driven by luminosity and rotation/orbit.
Luminosity and rotational velocity are used together to determine a star's Rossby number, which is related to the plasma flow.
The fewer Rossby waves there are, the less the star pulsates.
Iwasaki had many struggles during his journey.
Pirates robbed him, a rabid dog attacked him in Tibet, he nearly got married in Nepal, and he was arrested in India.
The 802.11n standard operates on both 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz frequencies.
Thus, it is backward compatible with 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g if the base station has two radios.
802.11n is much faster than its predecessors; in theory, it is capable of 600 megabits per second.
Duvall, who is married with two adult children, made no immediate comment to The Associated Press.
Asked for comment, Miller said, "Mike will have a lot to say at the hearing... I was actually preparing to testify so I didn't really listen to what he said."
We aim to cut carbon dioxide emissions per BKT unit by a significant amount by 2020 compared with 2005, Hu said.
He did not give an exact figure but said the cuts would be based on China's total production.
He urged developing countries to "avoid the old habit of polluting first and cleaning up later."
He added that "they shouldn't be burdened with obligations that are beyond their level of development, their capacity and their ability to shoulder such responsibilities."
The Baker-Hamilton Commission's report was released today at noon Greenwich Mean Time.
The report warned that "no one can be in any doubt that continued violence along the sectarian divide is only entrenching the deepening crisis."
The report begins by calling for an open dialogue and consensus on U.S. policy in the Middle East.
The report is highly critical of nearly all aspects of current U.S. policy on Iraq and calls for an immediate change of course.
One of its 78 recommendations was that a new diplomatic initiative should be launched before the end of the year to protect Iraq's borders from hostilities and to re-establish diplomatic relations with neighboring countries.
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, wife of the Argentine president and a senator, announced late yesterday that she would run for the presidency at a rally in La Plata, 50 km (31 miles) south of Buenos Aires.
Kirchner announced her plans to run for the presidency at a rally in Teatro Argentino, the same place she launched her 2005 campaign for one of the two vice presidencies in the Senate.
The debate over how to spend the post-Katrina flood of aid has revived an old argument among conservative fiscal watchdogs about whether to call the money "Bush's New Orleans deal."
Again, liberal criticism of reconstruction efforts has been focused on the awarding of reconstruction contracts to U.S. nongovernmental organizations.
More than four million people travelled to Rome to participate in the funeral.
The number of attendees was so high that not everyone could fit into the funeral at St. Peter's Cathedral.
Several large screens were set up around Rome so that people could watch the funeral.
Similar arrangements were made in many other Italian cities and elsewhere in the world, especially in Poland.
The FBI has been criticized in the past for focusing its resources on easily solved crimes, such as stolen cars, to boost its record of successes.
Congress began funding the initiative against obscenity in fiscal year 2005, and mandated that the FBI assign 10 agents to investigate adult pornography.
Robin Uthappa scored the most runs in the innings, 70 off 41 balls with 4 fours and 6 twos.
Middle-order batsmen Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid performed well to take India to 100 for 2.
But India managed only 36 runs in the last 10 overs, losing seven wickets in the process.
U.S. President George W. Bush arrived in Singapore on November 16 for a weeklong swing through Asia.
Wong Kan Seng, Singapore's deputy prime minister, received Bush, and Bush also met with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to discuss trade and terrorism.
After a week of negative headlines following the midterm elections, Bush used his speech to tout the growth of Asian trade.
After a 25-minute meeting with NDP Leader Jack Layton on Tuesday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper agreed to send the government's "Clean Air" legislation to the all-party environment committee for review before it is debated in the House of Commons for a second time.
Mr Layton was meeting the Prime Minister to ask for changes to the Conservatives' proposed environmental legislation, describing it as a "complete re-write" of the Green Party's policy.
Since then, the federal government's decision to match Tasmania's funding commitment to the Mersey Community Hospital in Devonport has been criticised by the state government and some federal parliamentarians as a "stunt" ahead of the crucial federal election on November 2.
However, Prime Minister John Howard said the only purpose of the move was to prevent the Tasmanian government from downgrading the hospital's classification, which would have cost an extra A$45 million.
The latest information indicates a tsunami has been generated and is approaching the coast, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Palikir, Micronesia. A tsunami warning has been issued for Pago Pago, American Samoa and Niue.
Tonga did not immediately say whether there were any major injuries or whether the power cuts disrupted communications with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Palu, Indonesia.
Four Hawaii schools on or near the shoreline were closed for the rest of Wednesday, even though no warnings were in effect.
U.S. President George W. Bush welcomed the news
Bush spokesman Gordon Johndroe called the North's pledge "a significant step toward achieving the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free Korean peninsula."
Subtropical Storm Jerry, tenth named storm of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, has formed today in the Atlantic Ocean.
The National Hurricane Center notes in its latest advisory that Jerry poses "no immediate threat to land areas."
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimated that up to six inches of rain could cause the already damaged levees to break.
The Ninth Ward, which flooded up to 20 feet deep during Hurricane Katrina, is currently being inundated by water up to waist deep, having overflowed the levee.
Water flows over a 100-foot-wide section of the dam.
Adam Cuerden, a bureaucrat at Commons, expressed dismay at the deletions when speaking to Wikinews last month.
He [Wales] was lying to us from the start, first by acting as if the allegations were legal, then by pretending to listen to us until he erased the art.
The community's frustration led to the current push to create sexual content policies for the site with millions of open license files.
The work was initially theoretical, but the program was written to simulate observations made by the Sagittarius galaxy.
The team hoped to see the effects of the tides on the dark matter between the galaxy and the Milky Way.
Just as the gravity of the Moon causes the tides on Earth, the gravity of the Sun causes tides on the Jovian moons.
Scientists were able to conclude that dark matter behaves much like ordinary matter.
According to this theory, most of the dark matter surrounding the galaxy is in the form of a spherical halo of small particles.
The factory is seen emitting white smoke on television news reports.
Local authorities have advised residents near the plant to stay indoors, turn off air conditioners and avoid drinking tap water.
Japan's nuclear watchdog says it has detected radioactive cesium and iodine at the plant.
Officials speculate that this means that the plant's uranium fuel storage tanks may have ruptured and started leaking.
Dr. Tony Moll found extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province.
He said in the interview that the new variant is "concerning" because of its high transmissibility.
Some of the patients may have been infected in the hospital, Moll believes, and at least two of them were members of the hospital's medical staff.
A person infected with the disease can infect 10-15 close contacts in a year.
However, the percentage of XDR-TB cases among all TB cases remains low - 6,000 out of an estimated 330,000 TB cases in South Africa each year.
Both satellites were more than 491 miles above Earth, traveling at about 17,500 miles per hour.
The explosion caused by the crash was reportedly huge.
They are still trying to determine the exact size of the asteroid and its effects on Earth.
The U.S. Defense Department's Strategic Command is tracking the satellite fragments.
The results of the motion analysis will be published on a public website.
A doctor who worked at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania has been charged with murder in the death of his mother, who was found dead in the trunk of her car on Wednesday, according to Ohio authorities.
The body of 29-year-old Dr. Malar Balasubramanian was found by a roadside in Blue Ash, a suburb of Cincinnati about 15 miles north of the hospital, dressed only in a T-shirt and underwear and covered in bruises.
He directed authorities to a black Oldsmobile Intrigue about 500 feet away.
They found the body of 53-year-old Saroja Balasubramanian, covered in blood, there.
Police said the body had been in the apartment for about a day.
The first cases of the current season were reported at the end of July.
The disease is transmitted by fleas, which then pass it on to humans through bites.
The outbreak has prompted authorities in India to take steps such as deploying pig hunters to affected areas, distributing tens of thousands of bed nets and spraying pesticides.
The government has also pledged millions of doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to help health officials prepare for next year.
Plans to deliver vaccines to the hardest-to-reach areas were delayed this year due to funding shortfalls and other diseases jumping to the top of the priority list.
In 1956, Slaney moved to Sweden, where he began working for the post office three years later as a customs officer.
He sent more than 1,000 stamps to Sweden and 28 other countries.
His work is so highly regarded that philatelists consider him to be one of the few "celebrities" of stamp design, and some collectors specialise in obtaining his work.
His 10,000th stamp was a 2000 David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl painting of the Swedish kings' glorious deeds, which is listed in the Guinness Book of Records.
He has also engraved the dies for many countries' coins, most recently the portrait of the Prime Minister on Canada's new 5 and 100 dollar coins.
Gibson was taken to a hospital, where he later died.
The 64-year-old lorry driver was not hurt in the accident.
The vehicle was recovered from the scene at about 12:00 BST on the same day.
A witness who works at a service station near the crash site said, "There were children waiting to cross the road and all of them were screaming and crying."
Everyone ran away from the scene of the accident.
Other issues on Balin's agenda include saving the world's remaining forests and using technology to help developing countries farm more sustainably.
The U.N. also hopes to use the fund to help developing countries cope with the effects of global warming.
The money could be used to build flood-resistant housing, better water storage and irrigation, and to diversify crops.
Fluke wrote that some had tried to stop women from talking about women's health but failed.
She came to that conclusion after receiving an overwhelming number of positive comments and encouragement from women and men who told her that perhaps contraception should be considered a necessity in health care.
Following the fight, approximately 40 of the remaining inmates refused to return to their cells and remained on the recreation yard.
Negotiators are trying to work out a deal, but it's not clear what the inmates are demanding.
Prisoners in the courtyard started a fire between 10 and 11 p.m. Kallio time.
Soon after, officials in riot gear moved in to disperse the prisoners, firing pepper balls into the yard.
Firefighters eventually put out the blaze at 11:35 p.m.
The seasonal floods that carried sediment down the river ended when the dam was built in 1963.
This sediment was crucial to the formation of reefs and beaches that were the habitat for many animals.
As a result, two fish species have become extinct and another two are endangered, including the Gila cypha, a member of the carp family.
Although the water level is only a few feet higher as a result of the flood, officials are hoping that will be enough to return some of the eroded sediment that has been swept downstream.
No tsunami warning has been issued and according to Jakarta's geophysics agency, there is no likelihood of a tsunami since the quake's magnitude was below 6.5.
Although there was no tsunami threat, residents began to panic and flee their homes and workplaces.
Although Winfrey teared up while saying goodbye, she made sure to reassure viewers that she's not going anywhere.
These are not goodbyes, it's just the end of one chapter and the beginning of another.
According to the final results of the presidential and parliamentary elections in Namibia, the current president Hifikepunye Pohamba has been re-elected with an overwhelming majority.
The ruling party Swapo (South West Africa People's Organisation) also won a majority in the parliamentary election.
The coalition and Afghan forces have moved in to secure the area and the coalition has sent in more aircraft to help.
The crash happened in rugged, mountainous terrain and is believed to have been caused by enemy fire.
Bad weather and rugged terrain have hampered efforts to find the crash site.
Mangola, Doctors Without Borders, and the World Health Organization say it is the worst recorded epidemic in the country.
Richard Veerman, a representative for Doctors Without Borders, said, "Angola is on the verge of the worst epidemic in its history, and the situation in Angola remains extremely dire."
Kick-off was at 10am in glorious autumnal sunshine, and it proved to be the perfect day for seven-a-side rugby.
South Africa, the top-ranked team in the tournament, got off to a hot start, cruising to a 26-0 win over fifth-ranked Zambia.
Zambia looked out of their depths at times against a South African side improving as the tournament progressed.
A superbly-marshalled defence, excellent ball retention and some fine team play carried them into the quarter-finals, where they were undoubted favourites.
Representatives for the city of Amsterdam and the Anne Frank House said the tree is suffering from a fungal disease that poses a risk to public safety, as it is in imminent danger of toppling over.
The tree was scheduled to be cut down on Tuesday, but was saved at the last minute by a court order.
All of the "Seven Sisters" are at least 100–250 metres (328–820 feet) in diameter.
Based on infrared images, daily temperature swings suggest they are probably caves.
They are cooler than the surrounding air during the day and warmer at night.
Their thermal behavior isn't as uniform as in the large caves of the Earth, but that's consistent with the fact that they're holes in the ground," said Glen Cushing, a member of the U.S. Geological Survey's astrogeology team and a professor at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Traditionally, French elections have not been high-tech affairs: Voters go into a booth to cast their ballot, marking their choice on a paper ballot that has been pre-printed with the names of the candidates.
After officials verify a voter's identity, a voter fills out a ballot and drops it in a ballot box.
French election legislation has set a fairly strict timetable for the run-up to the vote.
In 1988, transparent ballot boxes were introduced so that voters and observers can verify that no ballots are in the box when the polls open, and that no ballots are added to the box except those that are officially counted and authorized.
Candidates can send representatives to observe any part of the process, and volunteers will hand-count the ballots under close supervision and with established procedures.
The Asus Eee PC became a hot topic in Taipei's IT month in 2007. The computer was released earlier to save costs and for practical reasons.
However, the Chinese market for portable computers may change significantly after the People's Republic of China awarded the 2007 Taiwan Excellence Award to Asus.
The station's website describes the show as "an old-fashioned radio play, but with a new and nerdy twist."
In the beginning, the show was only broadcast on Toginet Radio, a long-running net radio station that specializes in talk shows.
TogiNet established AstroNet Radio as a daughter channel in the end of 2015.
Originally, the show used local amateur actors from East Texas.
The looting continued into the night, according to the reports, because there were no police to be seen on the streets of Bishkek.
One witness described the situation in Bishkek as "anarchic," with crowds roaming the streets and looting stores.
Many Bishkek residents accused the southern protesters of trespassing.
South Africa has beaten New Zealand's "All Blacks" in a three-nation rugby union match at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa.
The final result was a one-point win, 21-20, and a 15th consecutive match victory for the All Blacks.
For the Springboks, it meant ending a five-match losing streak.
It was the last match for the All Blacks, who had won the cup two weeks earlier.
The series concludes next week in Johannesburg's Ellis Park, where the Springboks take on Australia.
A moderate earthquake shook western Montana at 10:08 p.m. Monday.
The U.S. Geological Survey has not received any reports of damage from the National Earthquake Information Center.
The epicenter of the quake was about 20 miles (15 miles) northeast of Dillon and about 65 miles (40 miles) southwest of Butte.
Bird flu, a lethal mutation of the H5N1 strain, has been confirmed in a dead swan found on Monday near Lyon, in the east of France.
France is the seventh European Union country to report a case of the virus, following Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Greece and Italy.
The suspected cases of H5N1 avian influenza in Croatia and Denmark have not yet been confirmed.
Chambers had accused God of "widespread death and destruction and the terrorizing of millions and millions of people."
Chambers, a self-described agnostic, alleges that the suit is frivolous and that anyone can sue anyone for anything in the U.S.
The story of the French opera by Camille Saint-Saëns is about an artist "whose life is consumed by the passions of drugs and Japan."
As a result, performers smoke cannabis cigarettes on stage, and the theatre encourages the audience to join in.
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich came in fourth, Texas Governor Rick Perry came in fifth, and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann came in sixth.
After the results were in, Gingrich lavished praise on Santorum while reserving harsh words for Romney, whose negative ads targeting Gingrich had played in Iowa.
Perry said he would "take a hard look at the results of tonight's Republican Primary runoff election in Texas and then consider how to best move forward" but later said he would enter the South Carolina Republican Party presidential primary on January 21.
Bachmann, the winner of the Ames straw poll in August, ended her campaign.
The photographer was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where he later died.
He was in his twenties, she said. "I was not on scene or involved in any way in this tragedy, but my thoughts and prayers are with the family of the victim," Bieber said in a statement.
The entertainment news website TMZ reported that the photographer stopped his car on the other side of Sepulveda Boulevard and tried to take pictures of the police activity before crossing the street and continuing on his way, at which point a California Highway Patrol officer twice asked him to return to his car.
The driver of the car that hit the photographer is unlikely to be charged with a crime, police said.
With only 18 medals being awarded per day, many countries were left empty-handed.
Examples include the Netherlands, where Anna Jochemsen came ninth in the women’s pole vault event yesterday, and Finland, where Katja Saarinen came tenth in the same event.
Australia's Mitchell Gourley was 11th in the men's super-giant slalom, while Czech Republic's Oldrich Jelinek was 16th in the super-giant slalom for men.
Mexico's Arly Velasquez was 15th in the men's super-giant slalom, while New Zealand's Adam Hall was ninth in the super-giant slalom.
Maciej Krezel and guide Anna Ogarzynska of Poland were 13th in the men's visually impaired super-G, and Jong Seok Park of South Korea was 24th in the men's standing super-G.
UN peacekeepers have been accused of spreading cholera in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake.
The U.N. camp's waste had not been properly disinfected, allowing bacteria to contaminate the Artibonite River, a tributary of the country's largest river, the Mirebalais, according to the suit.
Haiti had not seen a major outbreak of the disease since the 1800s before the peacekeepers arrived.
The Haitian Institute for Justice and Democracy has cited independent studies showing that the UN's Nepalese peacekeeping contingent inadvertently introduced cholera into Haiti.
UN epidemiologist Danielle Lantagne attributed the epidemic to the peacekeepers.
Hamilton confirmed that the patient's condition is stable.
The patient had previously been in Nigeria, where there have been a few cases of Ebola.
The hospital has been following infectious disease protocols by isolating the patient to prevent the spread of any potential infection.
Before The Simpsons, Simon had worked on a number of different shows in a variety of roles.
In the 1980s he had roles in shows such as Taxi, Hill Street Blues and The Tracey Ullman Show.
He helped create The Simpsons with Matt Groening in 1989 and was responsible for hiring the show's first writers.
Although he left in 1993, he continued to be the show's executive producer and earned tens of millions of dollars per year in royalties.
Earlier, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported the plane had been hijacked.
Then, according to later reports, the plane was diverted to Afghanistan and landed in Kandahar.
According to preliminary information, the plane was heading back to Afghanistan after it was denied permission to make an emergency landing in Ürümqi.
Aircraft accidents are common in Iran, which has an old and ill-maintained fleet of both civilian and military aircraft.
New planes have not been able to be bought because of international sanctions.
Earlier this week, three people died and three others were injured in a police helicopter crash.
Last month, Iran suffered its worst air disaster in years when a plane crashed shortly after taking off from the capital, Tehran, killing all 168 on board.
Also in June, another airliner crashed while landing at Mashhad, killing 17.
Aerosmith has cancelled the rest of their tour dates.
The rock group was scheduled to tour the U.S. and Canada through September 16.
The band canceled the rest of their tour after lead singer Steven Tyler suffered a shoulder injury after falling off the stage during a performance on August 5.
Murray lost the first set when he was broken while serving for the set at 5-4 after both players had held their service games.
Del Potro got an early break in the second game of the match, but he also lost his serve at 6-6 in the tie-break.
Del Potro was treated for a wrist injury during the match, but was able to continue.
The show started at 8:30 p.m. local time (1:30 p.m. ET).
Prominent singers from across the country presented devotional songs, bhajans, to Shri Shyam.
Sanju Sharma started the evening, and he was followed by Jai Shankar Choudhary, who also performed a bhajan of chhappan bhog. He was accompanied by singer Raju Khandelwal.
After that, Lakkha Singh took over as the bhajan singer.
Baba Shyam was offered 108 plates of chhappan bhog (56 different food items offered to the deities in Hinduism, such as sweets, fruits, nuts, prasad).
Lakkha Singh also presented a bhajan on chhappan bhog. He was accompanied by singer Raju Khandelwal.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata unveiled the new controller for the company's upcoming Nintendo Revolution console at the Tokyo Game Show on Thursday.
The controller, which resembles a television remote, uses two sensors to determine the position of the user in three-dimensional space.
This allows the video game actions and movements to be performed by moving the device in the air.
Giancarlo Fisichella lost control of his car and was out early on.
His teammate Fernando Alonso was in the lead for most of the race, but Alonso's race ended early when he went into the pits and came out with a wheel not properly fitted.
Michael Schumacher's race was soon over, however, as he retired early with a damaged suspension following a number of wheel-to-wheel battles.
He's very handsome and he sings quite well, she said, according to a transcript of the press conference.
Every time we rehearsed it, I got chills up my spine.
The capsule's onboard camera showed about three minutes after launch, when the fuel tanks jettisoned to leave the capsule unencumbered.
However, they are not thought to have caused any damage to the yacht.
NASA's space station program manager, N. Wayne Hale Jr., said the leak "happened after the time we were concerned about."
Five minutes into the fireworks, the wind started to pick up, within the next minute it was 70km/h winds - then the rain started, but it was so heavy and so intense it was like needles hitting your skin and then the hail started, people were running and screaming and diving for cover.
I lost my sister and her friend, and I saw two disabled people in wheelchairs, but people jumped over them and pushed them away," Armand Versace said.
NHK also reported that the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata prefecture is operating normally.
Hokkaido Electric Power Co. said there were no problems at its facilities and that the first and second reactors at its Shika nuclear power plant had been shut down.
Nearly 9,400 homes in the area are without power and another 100 without water, according to reports.
You've been damaged, rail services have been suspended in the disaster area and Noto airport in Ishikawa prefecture remains closed.
One of the bombs exploded outside the governor's office.
Another three bombs exploded near government buildings in the next two hours.
Some reports say the official death toll stands at eight, with another 30 people injured. Official figures have yet to be released.
Urine samples from pets that ate the tainted pet food and those that died after eating it showed elevated levels of cyanuric acid and melamine.
The compounds can react to form crystals that can block the function of kidneys, say the university researchers.
Scientists found that when they added melamine and cyanuric acid to cat urine, it formed crystals.
When infrared spectroscopy was used to compare the composition of the crystals, they were found to be identical to the urine of hamsters fed with contaminated food.
I don't know if that's familiar to you, but the vast majority of Central American goods came into the country without being inspected.
Still, 80 percent of our products were taxed in Central American countries where we operate.
I didn’t think it was funny. It wasn’t funny at all.
I'm only going to say this once, treat us how you want to be treated.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a law banning the sale or rental of violent video games to minors.
The proposed legislation would require violent video games sold in California to be labeled with a K-18 rating and would make it a misdemeanor offense to sell such games to minors, punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 per violation.
Earlier today, Attorney General Kier Starmer announced the charges against Huehn and Pryce.
Huhne has resigned, and his place in the cabinet will be filled by MP Ed Davey, with Norman Lamb tipped to replace him as business secretary.
Huhn and Pryce are due to appear before Westminster Magistrates' Court on February 16.
The victims were identified as Nicholas Alden, 25, and Zachary Cuddeback, 21, who authorities said was the driver.
Edgar Vega sustained injuries to his hand and face, and Kristoffer Schneider required facial reconstructive surgery.
Schneider's skull and face were rebuilt using titanium after he was shot in the head with a .45-caliber handgun, leaving him deaf in one ear and with continuing pain.
Schneider testified via video link from a U.S. Air Force base in the United States.
In addition to Wednesday's race, Carpanedo also participated in two other individual World Championship races.
He had a bogey on his first hole, one of three bogeys on the front nine as 36 players made the cut at 116.
In her second event, the heptathlon, she finished tenth in the women’s heptathlon with a total of 4413 points, which was 211.60 points behind the winner, Claudia Loesch of Austria, and 109.02 points behind Gyöngyi Dan of Hungary, who finished ninth.
Four skiers in the women's sitting group did not finish their runs, and 45 skiers out of 117 in the giant slalom did not finish the race.
Police in Madhya Pradesh recovered a stolen bag and a mobile phone.
Deputy Commissioner of Police D.K. Arya said, "We have arrested five people for raping a Swiss woman and recovered her mobile phone and laptop."
The accused have been identified as Baba Kanjar, Bhutha Kanjar, Rampro Kanjar, Gaza Kanjar and Vishnu Kanjar.
Police Superintendent Chandra Shekhar Solanki said the accused had appeared in court wearing masks.
Although three people were in the house at the time of the crash, no injuries were reported.
However, the driver suffered serious head injuries.
The road was temporarily closed while emergency services freed the man from the wreckage of his red Audi TT.
He was initially taken to the James Paget Hospital in Great Yarmouth.
He was then taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.
Adekoya has since been charged with his son's murder and remanded in custody at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
He has been arrested and awaits trial, but eyewitness testimony could be tainted, as his image has been widely disseminated.
The practice is widespread elsewhere in the UK, but the Scottish system of justice is different and courts have found that the publication of images can be prejudicial to a fair trial.
Prof Pamela Ferguson, of Dundee University, said: "Journalists do indeed appear to be balancing on a knife edge of risk when releasing photos of suspects."
A Crown Office spokesperson for the Scottish Procurator Fiscal Service, which deals with criminal cases, said: "A report has been sent to the Procurator Fiscal and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage."
According to the leak, the document refers to a border dispute in which the Palestinians want the borders to be as they were before the 1967 Six-Day War.
Other issues said to have been discussed included the status of Jerusalem, which the Palestinians want as the capital of their future state, and the Jordan Valley.
Israel is demanding a continued military presence in the valley for ten years, while the Palestinian Authority is willing to accept such a presence for only five years.
Rangers were to keep a close eye on shooters taking part in the supplementary cull, which was being monitored and assessed for its effectiveness.
The volunteers were recruited by the National Parks and Wildlife Service and the NSW branch of the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia as part of a joint project.
Mick O'Flynn, deputy director of the National Parks and Wildlife Service's (NPWS) parks operations and heritage division, said the four hunters selected for the initial shoot had received comprehensive safety and training briefings.
Martelly recognized the nine members at a CEP meeting yesterday.
It is Martel's fifth interim election council in four years.
The president's appointed commission recommended last month that the previous interim electoral council be dismissed as part of an action plan to lead the country to new elections.
The council was Martelly's response to the widespread anti-government protests that began in October.
The sometimes violent protests were sparked in part by frustration over delayed elections that were originally scheduled for 2011.
There have been approximately 60 reports of overheating iPods, resulting in six fires and minor burns to four people.
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) said it was aware of the 27 incidents.
Last week, the ministry announced that Apple had reported another 34 cases of overheating, which the company calls "non-critical."
The ministry responded by calling Apple's delay in providing the report "very regrettable."
The quake hit at 7:19 a.m. local time (7:19 p.m. ET Thursday)
The Northern Mariana Islands Disaster Management Office said there were no reports of injuries.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center also reported no tsunami threat.
A former Philippine policeman has abducted a group of Hong Kong tourists from a bus in Manila, the Philippines' capital, and held them hostage.
Rolando Mendoza fired at tourists with an M16 rifle.
Several hostages have been freed, and at least six have been confirmed dead.
Six hostages, including children and the elderly, were released earlier in the day.
Later, photographers captured the scene of an elderly woman being evacuated as she used the restroom. Mendoza died in the crossfire.
Liggins followed in his father's footsteps and pursued a career in medicine.
He trained as a midwife and began working at the National Women's Hospital in Auckland in 1959.
While working at a hospital, Liggins began studying premature births.
His research showed that giving the hormone to women made their babies' lungs develop more quickly.
Official investigators found two black boxes, or flight recorders, on Wednesday, Xinhua reported.
Other wrestlers also paid tribute to Luna.
Tommy Dreamer said, "Luna was the first Queen of Extreme. My first manager. Luna passed away two months ago. A very unique case, just like her. A strong woman."
Dustin "Goldust" Runnels commented: "Luna was as crazy as I am... maybe more so... I loved her and will miss her... I hope she's in a better place."
A survey of 1,400 voters ahead of the 2010 federal election found opposition to Australia becoming a republic had risen 8 per cent since 2008.
During the 2010 federal election campaign, Prime Minister Julia Gillard stated that she believed Australia should become a republic when the reign of Queen Elizabeth II ended.
Thirty-four per cent of respondents agreed with her, wanting Elizabeth II to remain Australia's last monarch.
At the extremes, 29 per cent thought Australia should become a republic as soon as possible while 31 per cent thought Australia should never become a republic.
The Olympic champion was due to compete in the 100m and 200m freestyle at the Commonwealth Games, as well as three relay events, but has been struggling with a knee injury.
He couldn't take the painkillers he needed because they are banned in the sport.
Curtis Cooper, a professor of mathematics and computer science at Central Missouri State University, found the largest known prime number on January 25.
Several people confirmed the find using different devices and software by the beginning of February, and it was reported on Thursday.
Comets may have brought water as well as organic material to Earth that could have given rise to life.
Scientists hope to understand how planets form, in particular how the Earth formed, as comets have been hitting the Earth for a long time.
Cuomo, 53, took office as governor earlier this year and signed a bill into law last month that made New York the 16th state to legalize gay marriage.
He called the allegations "complete nonsense and an absolute lie."
He is expected to run for president in 2016.
The U.S. Air Traffic Organization says NextGen is a system that will allow planes to fly shorter routes, save millions of gallons of fuel each year and reduce carbon emissions.
It uses satellite-based technology rather than the older ground-based radar, allowing air traffic controllers to see and track planes more clearly and give pilots more accurate information.
No extra trains will be put on and there will be no parking or drop-off facilities at Wembley.
Concerns about traffic have raised the possibility that the game might have to be played behind closed doors without any fans.
A new species of bird has been discovered on the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, according to a study published in the journal Science on Thursday.
The researchers, from Princeton University and Uppsala University, said the new species had developed over two generations, rather than the much longer timescale expected, because of interbreeding between a native Darwin's finch, Geospiza forbesi, and an invading parasitic finch, Geospiza conirostris.
Gold can be worked into all kinds of shapes. It can also be hammered into tiny objects.
It can be drawn into a thin wire, which can be wound around and twisted. It can be hammered or rolled into a sheet.
It can be very thin, and it can be attached to another metal. It can be made so thin that it was once used for hand-painted books called "illuminated manuscripts".
This is known as the pH of the chemical. You can make a pH indicator yourself by using red cabbage juice.
The colour of milk varies depending on how acidic or alkaline (i.e. how basic) the substance is.
The number of hydrogen ions (pH) in a substance is the pH.
Hydrogen ions are protons that have been stripped of their electrons (as hydrogen atoms are composed of one proton and one electron).
Mix both dry ingredients together in a bowl and then form into a ball using clean and moist hands.
The hand's moisture reacts to the outer layer, which feels strange and forms a kind of skin.
Nearly every house in the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro had a sophisticated flush toilet connected to a complex sewage system.
Remnants of irrigation systems have been found in Minoan cities on Crete and on Santorini.
Ancient Egypt, Persia, and China also had toilets. In Roman civilization, toilets were sometimes part of public baths where men and women would bathe together.
When you call someone thousands of miles away, you use a satellite.
A satellite in space receives the call and then relays it back to almost exactly where it came from.
A satellite is sent into space on a rocket. Scientists use telescopes in space because the atmosphere of the Earth bends some of the light and makes it hard to see.
To put a satellite or telescope into orbit, a giant rocket over 100 feet long is needed.
The bicycle has changed the world in an incredible way. Much easier and faster movement has been the greatest thing the bicycle has given us.
It has given us the train, the car, and many other things.
Smaller cats include the medium-sized carnivores that eat medium-sized prey, such as deer, antelopes, and pigs.
Then there are many small carnivores (including pet cats) that eat a lot of small prey, such as insects, rodents, lizards, and birds, whose numbers are much higher.
The secret to their success is something called an "ecological niche," which refers to the way each animal has its own unique role in the environment.
Lions are social animals and live in groups called prides.
A group consists of one to three adult males, and sometimes up to thirty females and young.
Females are usually closely related to each other, forming a large family group of sisters and cousins.
A pride of lions behaves in much the same way as a pack of wolves or dogs, and are just as dangerous to any prey they choose to hunt.
The tiger is a versatile athlete, able to climb (though not very well), swim, jump, and run up to five miles at speeds comparable to those of a healthy human.
Tigers belong to the same genus as lions, leopards and jaguars: Panthera. Only the four big cats can roar.
The roar of a tiger does not sound anything like a lion's full-throated roar, but is more of a screaming, screeching sound.
Ocelots eat a variety of small animals, including monkeys, snakes, rodents, and birds. Almost all of the prey eaten by ocelots is much smaller than the ocelot itself.
Scientists believe that spotted hyenas use their sense of smell to track and find food, or prey, by following the scent left in the ground where they have walked.
Ocelots are very good at seeing in the dark because of their night vision, and they are very quiet when they move around. They hunt by sneaking up on their prey and then pouncing on it.
When a small group of organisms (a small population) becomes isolated from the main population that they belong to (for example if they move to a mountain range or an island and it is difficult for them to move back), the environment they are in is often different from what it was before.
New environments have different resources and different competitors, so to be a strong competitor in a new population, organisms need to have different adaptations or traits than they did before.
The original population hasn't changed, it still needs those adaptations.
Over time, as the new population becomes established, it becomes increasingly similar to the original population.
Eventually, after thousands or even millions of years, the two populations become so different that they are no longer considered to be the same species.
We call this process speciation, which simply means the formation of a new species. Speciation is a necessary consequence of evolution and a very important part of it.
Plants produce oxygen, which people breathe in, and use carbon dioxide, which people breathe out.
Plants make their own food using the sun's energy in a process called photosynthesis, and also give off oxygen.
We grow plants in our garden and we make clothes out of plants. Most of the food we eat comes from plants. Without plants, animals wouldn't survive.
Mosasaurus would have been a top predator in its time, so it would have been afraid of nothing but other mosasaurs.
It had more than 70 razor-sharp teeth in its long jaws, plus an extra row of teeth in its palate so that nothing it caught could escape.
We're not sure, but it may have had a forked tongue. Its diet consisted of turtles, large fish and other mosasaurs, and it may even have been a cannibal.
It also would have been able to take on anything in the water, even a Tyrannosaurus rex-sized dinosaur.
Much of their food would be familiar to us, but the Romans also had some bizarre or exotic delicacies, such as wild boar, flamingo, artichokes and peppered squirrel.
The second difference was that the poor and women ate while sitting on the ground on stools, while the rich preferred to organize banquets where they reclined on couches while they ate.
Food from the Americas or Asia was unknown in ancient Rome.
For example, they didn't have corn, tomatoes, potatoes, or chocolate, and even the ancient Romans never tasted spinach.
The Babylonians built a temple for each god, called a ziggurat, which was thought of as the god's home.
People brought offerings to the gods, and priests tried to please the gods by performing rituals and festivals.
Each temple had an open courtyard and then an inner sanctuary, which was the most sacred part of the temple, where only the priests could enter.
Sometimes the temples were topped with pyramid-shaped towers called ziggurats.
The top of the tower was the god's special sanctuary.
In the hot, dry climate of the Middle East, houses were not as important.
Most of a Jewish family's life was spent outdoors.
Women cooked outside, and markets were just open stalls along the street. Stone was the main building material.
There were no forests in Canaan, so wood was extremely expensive.
Greenland was sparsely populated. According to Norse sagas, Erik the Red was exiled from Iceland for murder and, while on his way west to find new lands, he discovered Greenland and named it Greenland.
However, despite his discovery, the Inuit had been living there long before.
Although all the countries were "Scandinavian", there were many differences between the people, kings, customs and history of Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Iceland.
If you've seen the movie National Treasure, you might think the map on the back of the Declaration of Independence was a treasure map.
However, that is not true. Although something is written on the back of the document, it is not a treasure map.
The reverse side of the Declaration of Independence has the words "Original Declaration of Independence, dated July 4, 1776" at the bottom of the document.
No one knows for sure who wrote them, but it is known that the large parchment scrolls (29 3/4 by 24 1/2 inches) were rolled up early on for preservation.
Therefore, it is likely that the marking was only added as a nameplate.
The D-Day landings and subsequent battles had liberated northern France, but southern France was still occupied.
It was under Vichy France, the French who had signed an armistice with the Germans in 1940 and were not resisting the invaders.
The Allies invaded southern France on 15 August 1944 in the operation code-named Dragoon.
American and Free French forces liberated southern France in just two weeks and turned to face Germany.
A civilization is a culture shared by a large group of people, a society.
The word civilization comes from the Latin word civilis, which means "of a citizen," from civis, meaning "citizen" or "commoner," and civitas, meaning "city-state" or "state."
Cities are the forerunners of nations. Civilized culture refers to the transmission of knowledge from one generation to the next, a long-term cultural legacy, and widespread dissemination.
Smaller cultures often disappear without leaving any historical records so they are rarely considered to be true civilizations.
During the American Revolutionary War, thirteen states formed a weak central government - the only part of which was Congress - based on the Articles of Confederation.
Congress had no power to levy taxes, and as there was no national government or judiciary, Congress had to resort to the assistance of state officials, who were often reluctant to cooperate.
It also did not have the power to change taxation and interstate tariffs.
Article changes required the unanimous consent of all the states, and the states were so distrustful of the central government that often their representatives were not present.
The Italian national football team is, along with Germany, the second most successful in the world, having won the FIFA World Cup in 2006.
The most popular sports are football, basketball, volleyball, swimming, fencing, cycling, ice hockey, roller hockey and Formula 1 motor racing.
Winter sports are by far the most popular in the north, and Italians even compete in international competitions and the Olympics in some of them.
Japan has nearly 7,000 islands (Honshu being the largest), making it the 7th largest island country in the world!
Because Japan is an archipelago, it is often referred to as an "archipelago" in a geographical sense
Taiwan was first mentioned in the 1400s, when European explorers called it Ilha Formosa, which means Beautiful Island.
In 1624, the Dutch East India Company established a trading post at Fort Zeelandia in present-day Anping, Tainan. This marked the beginning of a change in the aboriginal Taiwanese from a hunter-gatherer society to an agrarian one, as the Dutch employed Chinese to work on their rice and sugar plantations.
In 1683, the armies of the Qing dynasty (1644–1912) took control of the western and northern coastal areas of Taiwan, and in 1885, Taiwan became a province of the Qing dynasty.
After losing the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895, the Qing government signed the Shimonoseki Treaty, ceding Taiwan to Japan, which governed the island until 1945.
Machu Picchu is composed of three main buildings: the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun and the Room of the Three Windows.
Most of the buildings on the perimeter of the complex have been restored to give visitors a better idea of their original appearance.
By 1976, 30 percent of Machu Picchu had been restored, and restoration continues to this day.
For example, the most common still image format in the world is 35 mm, which was the dominant film format at the end of the analogue film era.
It's still made, but more and more digital camera image sensors are adopting this aspect ratio.
Somewhat confusingly, a 35 mm lens is actually 36 mm wide and 24 mm tall.
Therefore, the aspect ratio of this size (when divided by twelve, to get the simplest fractional aspect ratio) is 3:2.
Many common formats (e.g. APS-format family) either match or are very close to this aspect ratio.
Often misused and much maligned, the thirds rule is a simple guideline to create motion in a picture while still maintaining some semblance of order.
According to this, the most effective place for the focal point is where the lines bisecting the image horizontally and vertically meet (see example).
During this era of European history, the Catholic Church, which had become rich and powerful, began to be scrutinized.
Christianity had united European nations for over a thousand years, despite language and cultural differences.
Its pervasive power touched everyone, from kings to peasants.
One of the main tenets of Christianity is that wealth should be used to relieve the suffering and poverty of others, and the church's wealth is meant to be used for that purpose.
The central authority of the church had been in Rome for over a thousand years, and such a concentration of power and wealth made many question the validity of the doctrine.
Soon after the outbreak of hostilities, Britain began a naval blockade of Germany.
The strategy proved effective in disrupting the vital lifelines of troops and civilians, even though the siege generally violated accepted international law that had been codified by many international agreements over the previous two centuries.
Britain laid a minefield across international waters to prevent ships from entering the whole of the seas and posing a threat to even neutral ships.
Because of the limited reaction, Germany waited for a similar reaction to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
In the 1920s, most people and governments were pacifist and isolationist.
The nations were determined to avoid a repeat of the horrors and atrocities of World War I.
In 1884, Tesla moved to the United States to accept a job at the Edison Company in New York.
He arrived in the U.S. with four cents, a volume of poetry and a letter of recommendation from Charles Batchelor (his former boss) to Thomas Edison.
In ancient China, there was a unique way of depicting different eras: each phase or dynasty of Chinese history was represented by its own dynastic name.
In addition, each dynasty was separated by a period of division of the country, the most famous of which was the Three Kingdoms period of 60 years between the Han and Jin dynasties.
During this time, many noblemen fought fiercely in order to gain power.
The Three Kingdoms era was one of the bloodiest periods of Chinese history, with thousands dying in battles to determine who would sit on the imperial throne at Xi'an's magnificent palace.
There were many social and political consequences, such as the introduction of the metric system, the move from monarchy to republicanism, the concept of a nation state, and the belief that the land belonged to the people rather than to one ruler.
After the revolution, positions were opened to all male applicants, so the most ambitious and successful could succeed.
The same was true for the army, where ranks were now based on ability rather than class.
The French Revolution inspired other oppressed peoples to start their own revolutions.
Muhammad was deeply interested in the affairs of everyday life. He often went off by himself to think in a cave called Hira, which was on the mountain of Nur.
The cave itself, left undisturbed for thousands of years, gives a vivid impression of Muhammad's spiritual state.
The cave is located on one of the mountains that rise up from the Mekong, and is completely isolated from the rest of the world.
In fact, it's very hard to find, even though you know it's there. Once inside the cave there is total isolation.
You see only a clear, beautiful sky overhead and many surrounding mountains. Inside the cave, you see or hear very little of the outside world.
The Giza Plateau or Giza Necropolis is the site of the Great Pyramid of Giza and several other ancient Egyptian tombs and monuments, located about 20 km (12 mi) southwest of Cairo.
The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of many large pyramids built by the ancient Egyptians as tombs for their dead pharaohs.
The Giza Plateau, or Giza Necropolis, is the site of the Great Pyramid of Giza and several other pyramids, as well as many tombs and temples, in Giza, Egypt.
The Great Pyramid was built as a burial chamber for the pharaoh Khufu, and many of the smaller pyramids, tombs, and temples were built as burial chambers for Khufu's wives and other relatives.
The upward bow looks like a V, and the downward bow looks like a slanted rectangle with the bottom missing.
A rising bow means you need to start from the end and pull the bow back. A falling bow means you need to start from the frog (where you hold the bow in your hand) and push the bow down.
A rising bow produces a softer sound, a falling bow produces a louder and harsher sound.
You can freely add your own markings with a pencil, but keep in mind that the printed fingerings are there for musical reasons and should usually be followed.
A mob of working-class women forced King Louis XVI, Queen Marie Antoinette, their two young children (11-year-old Marie-Thérèse and 4-year-old Louis-Charles), and King Louis's sister Elizabeth to return to Paris from Versailles on October 6, 1789.
They came back to Paris in carriages, with the crowd surrounding them, shouting insults at the king and queen.
A crowd forced the king and queen to open the windows of their carriage completely.
At some point, someone in the crowd waved a severed head of a gendarme from Versailles in front of the dumbfounded queen.
The Filipinos themselves were made to pay for the cost of the American imperial conquest of the Philippines.
They were forced to pay taxes to the U.S. government, which covered much of the cost of the war, and to take care of the interest payments on bonds sold by Wall Street banks in the name of the Philippine government.
Of course, US imperialism's fundamental plunder of the Filipinos was the long-term exploitation of the Filipinos.
To understand the Knights Templar, one has to understand the background against which they emerged.
The period is often referred to as the "High Middle Ages", from 1000 to 1300.
The Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and followed by the Late Middle Ages, which are generally considered to have ended around 1500.
Technological determinism is the belief that the development of technology essentially determines the course of history, that the power of a society's technology essentially determines the society's place in history.
Most interpretations of technological determinism have two common premises: first, that technology itself develops along a path that is largely independent of cultural and political influences, and second, that technology has more of an effect on society than society has on technology.
For example, the invention of the car would inevitably lead to the development of roads.
On the other hand, a nationwide road network is not economically feasible for just a few cars, so new production methods are being developed to lower the cost of owning a car.
The increased weight of cars has resulted in more traffic accidents, which in turn has led to the invention of new medical techniques to repair damaged bodies.
Cultural determinism was a significant factor in Romanticism and derived from writers such as Goethe, Fichte, and Schlegel.
In the context of Romanticism, geography was seen as a force that shaped the character of a person. Over time, this geography developed into a distinct way of life and culture. Since these were in harmony with society, they worked better than artificially imposed laws.
Constantinople was the fashion capital of Europe during the Middle Ages in a similar way that Paris is the fashion capital of the world today.
Its reputation as a center of luxury began about 400 BCE and lasted until about 1100.
Its decline in the 12th century was largely due to the Crusaders returning home with silk and spices, which were now more highly valued than the Byzantine market's offerings.
It was just then that the title of fashion capital shifted from Constantinople to Paris.
The Gothic style was at its peak during the 10th and 11th centuries and between the 13th and 14th centuries.
Initially, clothing was heavily influenced by the Byzantine culture of the east.
However, due to the slow communication channels, the styles of Western Europe were about 25 to 30 years behind.
As the Middle Ages drew to a close, Western Europe began to develop a style of its own. One of the key developments in this period was the use of buttons to fasten clothes, rather than belts.
Subsistence farming is farming of just enough food to sustain the farmer and his or her family.
A homestead farm is a simple, often self-sufficient system based on permaculture principles, using native seeds in an intercropping system or other relatively simple techniques to maximise harvests.
Historically, most farmers practiced subsistence farming, and this is still true in many developing countries.
Subcultures bring together like-minded people who feel like they don't fit in with society's norms and so create their own identity.
Subcultures can be distinguished by age, race, social class, location, or sexual orientation.
The characteristics that define a subculture and set it apart from the mainstream can be linguistic, aesthetic, religious, political, sexual, geographic, or a combination of many factors.
Members of a subculture often identify themselves with a distinctive style of clothing, behavior, and slang.
One of the most common ways to demonstrate the importance of socialization is to use examples of children who were deprived of socialization as a result of neglect, bad luck, or deliberate abuse.
These children are referred to as "feral" children. Some of these children have been abandoned by their parents (often their own) and left to fend for themselves. In some cases, abandonment is the result of a parent's inability to cope with a child's serious intellectual or physical disability.
Wild children may have experienced serious abuse or trauma before being abandoned or running away.
Others are said to have been bred in captivity, while some are said to have lived in the wild.
If a wild animal has been completely domesticated by humans, it will behave (within the constraints of its physical being) much like a pet, for example showing similar fear or disdain for humans.
The purpose of project-based learning is to make learning easier and more engaging. Proper scaffolding takes it one step further.
Teaching Sticks are not a learning method but a support tool to help individuals in a new learning experience, such as using a new computer program or starting a new project.
Tikapuus can be both virtual and real. In other words, the teacher is a tikapuu, but so is the little paperclip in Microsoft Office.
Virtual tutors have been built into the software and are designed to ask questions, give advice and explain procedures that might be too daunting for a learner to tackle on their own.
Children are placed in foster care for many reasons ranging from neglect to abuse and even kidnapping.
No child should ever be raised in an environment that is neglectful, abusive, or exploitative, but some do.
We have a foster care system in place as a safety net for these children.
Our foster care system is designed to provide a safe home, loving caregivers, consistent schooling, and reliable health care.
Children's placements are designed to meet all of their basic needs that were lacking in their previous homes.
The Internet combines both mass media and interpersonal communication.
The peculiarities of the Internet mean that there are extra considerations in the case of usability theory.
For example, "learning" and "socialization" are cited as important influences on Internet use (James et al., 1995).
Eighmey and McCord (1998) also identified "personal participation" and "continued relationships" as new ways to view the effects of websites on audiences.
The use of video recordings has led to important discoveries in the interpretation of micro-expressions, or very brief facial movements.
Specifically, it has been alleged that the ability to read micro-expressions allows one to detect if a person is lying.
In his article The President's Speech, Oliver Sacks described how people who are unable to understand speech due to a brain injury are able to accurately judge the inaccuracy of speech.
He even suggests that some animals, such as domestic dogs, might have a capacity for something like self-awareness.
Research in the twentieth century has demonstrated that there are two repositories of genetic variation: standing and fluctuating.
A mutation introduces new genetic variation, selection removes it from the population.
Mutation and recombination are constantly shuffling alleles between these two reservoirs.
A chimpanzee, which has a digestive system similar to that of a human, would be unable to obtain enough amino acids from the plants available on the savannah.
Moreover, if left untreated they can have serious consequences: slow growth, malnutrition and eventually death.
The easiest available plant-based proteins would have been those from legumes and nuts, but our primate ancestors would have had difficulty digesting them without cooking.
Instead, animal-based foods (bees, termites, eggs) are easily digestible, and also provide a good amount of essential amino acids.
Therefore, we should not be surprised if our ancestors solved their "protein problem" in a similar way to how chimpanzees do today.
A sleep paralysis episode involves waking up while still asleep into a normal dream, and then falling back asleep again (within 10 to 60 minutes).
This can easily be done by using a relatively quiet alarm to wake yourself up but not fully.
If you wake up in the middle of the night to a fire alarm going off, you can place it on the other side of your room so that you have to get out of bed to turn it off.
Other alternatives based on circadian rhythms include drinking a lot of fluids (especially water or tea, a diuretic) before going to bed so that you have to wake up to urinate.
The amount of inner peace a person has is inversely proportional to the amount of tension in their body and mind.
The less tense you are, the more energy you have. Everyone can find complete peace and contentment.
Everyone can achieve enlightenment. The only obstacle is our own tension and negativity.
Tibetan Buddhism is based on the teachings of Buddha, but it added the concept of Mahayana or the "Greater Vehicle" and many yogic techniques from India.
In essence, Tibetan Buddhism is quite simple. It includes Kalachakra teachings, meditation, and the path of compassionate love.
In kundalini yoga, kundalini energy (energy of awakening) is awakened through yoga poses, breathing exercises, mantras, and visualization.
The focus of Tibetan meditation is deity yoga. Visualizing deities clears the channels, activates the chakras, and develops awareness of enlightenment.
Germany was a common enemy in World War II, so the Soviet Union and the United States worked together. After the war, differences in the systems, procedures, and cultures led to a rift between the countries.
Two years after the end of the war, former allies became enemies, leading to the Cold War.
That lasted for the next 40 years, and there were proxy wars in Africa and Asia and Afghanistan and Cuba and a lot of other places.
By 17 September 1939, the Polish defense had already been broken, and the only hope was to withdraw and regroup at the Romanian bridgehead.
These plans, however, became obsolete overnight when more than 800,000 Soviet Red Army troops poured across the frontier into Poland, in violation of the Riga Peace, the Soviet-Polish Non-Aggression Pact, and a host of other bilateral and multilateral agreements.
Ships are by far the most efficient way to move large amounts of people and goods across the oceans.
Traditionally, the Navy's mission has been to ensure that the country can move troops and supplies anywhere in the world, while disrupting the enemy's ability to move troops and supplies.
One of the most recent examples was the North Atlantic campaign of World War II, when the United States tried to get supplies and people across the Atlantic to help Britain.
Meanwhile, the German Navy was mostly trying to stop this traffic with submarines.
If the Allies had failed, Germany would probably have invaded and conquered Britain just as they did most of the rest of Europe.
Domestication of goats is believed to have taken place about 10,000 years ago in the Zagros Mountains of Iran.
Ancient cultures and civilizations began to keep them to easily obtain milk, wool, meat, and hides.
A flock of sheep were traditionally kept as a group, grazing on a hillside or other open land, often under the care of a shepherd, who would often be a child or young person. These methods of herding are still used today.
Carriages were built in England as early as the 16th century.
Although wagons were made entirely of parallel planks, their superiority over the carts of the day lay in their capacity to carry more and heavier loads at a faster rate of speed.
Sleepers were invented quite early on to keep the rails in place. However, it was eventually realized that rails would be more efficient if they were laid on a steel plate.
The practice became widespread, but the iron wheels consumed more of the carriages' wooden wheels.
Eventually, wooden wheels were replaced by iron ones. In 1767, the first iron rails were introduced.
The first known mode of transportation was walking upright, about 2 million years ago, when Homo erectus (or upright man) developed.
The australopithecines preceding it did not walk upright as consistently.
Bipedalism has been found in the fossil record of Australopithecines 4.2-3.9 million years ago, though Sahelanthropus may have walked upright as early as 7 million years ago.
We can make our lives more eco-friendly, join the environmental movement, and even become activists in order to lessen the impending doom.
This is often akin to treating the symptoms of a disease rather than the disease itself, but if we don't want to settle for just a temporary fix, we need to get to the root of the problem and fix it.
It's obvious that the world has changed a great deal as a result of the scientific and technological progress made by mankind, and the problems have grown as a result of overpopulation and the wastefulness of mankind's way of life.
After Congress had voted to accept it on July 4, a printed copy was sent to John Dunlap, a printer who was a few blocks away.
Between 150 and 200 copies were printed overnight, known today as the Dunlap Broadside.
On July 8, 1776, John Nixon read the Declaration of Independence publicly for the first time, on the steps of Independence Hall.
One was sent to George Washington on July 6 and read to his troops at New York on July 9; one arrived in London on August 10.
The 25 remaining known copies of the Dunlap Broadside are the oldest surviving copies of the document. The original handwritten copy is not known to have survived.
Many modern paleontologists believe that one group of dinosaurs has survived and is still living today: the birds.
Many people don't think of them as dinosaurs because they have feathers and can fly.
But birds have a lot of stuff going on that still looks pretty alien.
They have feet with flippers and claws, lay eggs, and walk on two legs just like a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
In practice, all modern computers are based on the manipulation of binary information.
A binary number can only have the values 0 or 1, so these numbers are called binary numbers - or in the jargon of computer engineers, "bits".
Internal poisoning may not be immediately apparent. Vomiting and diarrhea are so common as symptoms that a diagnosis cannot be made immediately.
The tell-tale sign of a suspected internal poisoning is an open medicine bottle or container of household chemicals.
Please refer to the first aid instructions on the label for this product.
Entomologists actually use the word "beetle" to refer to this group of insects.
The term derives from the fact that in ancient times fleas were very common. Fleas are insects that are highly adapted to be parasites of humans.
Both petrels and shearwaters are colonial nesters, adapting to life in the colony or rookery of a host species.
There are an estimated 400,000 people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the U.S., making it one of the most common neurological diseases among young and middle-aged adults.
MS affects the central nervous system, which includes the brain, optic nerves and spinal cord.
The study found that women were twice as likely to be diagnosed with MS compared to men.
A couple may decide that having a child is not in their or their child's best interests.
These couples can, if they choose, draw up an adoption plan for their child.
In an adoption, biological parents give up their rights to be a parent, so that another couple can be the child's parents.
Science's ultimate goal is to understand how the world works by using a systematic method of investigation.
However, this is not just a matter of doing experiments, and an experiment is a test that is used to disprove one or more hypotheses. Questioning and observation also guide scientific inquiry.
Natural philosophers and scientists focused on classical texts and especially the Latin Bible.
Aristotle's views in all fields of science, including psychology, were accepted.
As the Greek language became less common in the west, it became disconnected from its philosophical and scientific traditions.
Many rhythms of body structure and function depend critically on the existence of endogenous rhythms and their entrainment by biological clocks.
Seasonal rhythms, not just reactions to external seasonal stimuli, have been observed in many living things, including bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals.
Biological clocks are self-sustaining circadian oscillators that continue to function in the absence of external stimuli.
Hershey and Chase's work was one of the key pieces of evidence that DNA is the genetic material.
Hershey and Chase used viruses - called phages - to inject their own DNA into bacteria.
They did two experiments, either marking the DNA in the cell with radioactive phosphorus or the cell's protein with radioactive uranium.
Mutations can have a number of different effects depending on the type of mutation, where in the genome they occur, and whether they affect somatic cells or germ cells.
Only mutations in the germ cells can be passed on to children, and mutations elsewhere in the body can cause cell death or cancer.
Wildlife tourism is the practice of traveling to remote locations to observe, photograph, or hunt wildlife.
Examples of activities include hunting, fishing, photography, bird-watching, park visits, and gaining knowledge of the ecosystem.
One example is a visit to the orangutans in Borneo, learning about them and taking photos of them.
Every morning, residents of small-town America pile into their cars to drive to work, passing each other on the way to jobs that are no longer there.
In this dynamic plant-based traffic system, everything is somehow connected to the private car-based traffic system and at the same time supports it.
Science now suggests that the massive carbon economy has pushed the biosphere out of a stable state that has supported human evolution for the past 2 million years.
Everyone participates in society and uses traffic systems. Nearly everyone chooses a traffic system.
In developed countries, you seldom hear complaints about the quality of drinking water or broken faucets.
Why are traffic systems so rubbish, why do they fail so often, are traffic designers just incompetent, or is there something fundamentally wrong?
Traffic flow is the study of the movement of individual vehicles and pedestrians and how they interact with each other.
Unfortunately, it is difficult to study traffic flow, because the behavior of drivers cannot be predicted with 100% certainty.
Fortunately, traffic flow is reasonably self-similar, so there is usually some degree of predictability to traffic patterns, and they can be mathematically modeled in a crude way.
To better describe the traffic flow, a relationship between the following three main properties has been created: (1) current, (2) density, and (3) velocity.
Understanding these relationships helps in the planning, design, and maintenance of roadways.
Insects were among the first animals to evolve flight, allowing them to escape predators more easily and to find food and mates more efficiently.
Most insects have the advantage of being able to fold their wings over their bodies.
Thus, they have a wider selection of small places to hide from pedos.
Flying squid and day squid are currently the only cephalopods that are able to fold their wings back.
Thousands of years ago, a man named Aristarchus said that the universe revolved around the sun.
Some people thought he was right, but many believed the opposite, that the whole solar system, including the Sun (and even the other stars) orbited the Earth.
This makes sense, because the Earth doesn't feel like it's moving, right?
The Amazon is the second-longest and second-largest river in the world, with more than eight times the volume of the second-largest river.
The Amazon is also the world's widest river, up to 6 miles (9.7 km) wide.
The full 20 percent of the water that flows into our planet's oceans comes from the Amazon.
The true length of the Amazon River is 6,387 km (3,980 miles). It collects water from thousands of smaller rivers.
Although stone-building continued well into the Old Kingdom, the size or sophistication of Giza's pyramids was never exceeded.
The ancient Egyptians of the New Kingdom venerated the tombs of their predecessors, which were already well over a thousand years old by then.
The Vatican has a population of around 800, making it the smallest independent state in the world and also the smallest state in the world by population.
The Vatican City has Italian as its official and working language.
While most of the country speaks Italian as their everyday language, many religious ceremonies are conducted in Latin.
All Vatican citizens are Roman Catholics.
Humans have known the common chemical elements such as gold, silver, and copper since ancient times because they occur naturally and are relatively easy to extract using primitive methods.
The philosopher Aristotle theorized that everything was made of one or more of four elements: earth, water, air, and fire.
It more resembled the four states of matter - solid, liquid, gas, plasma - but he also theorized that they would change into each other to form what we see.
Alloys are basically a mixture of two or more metals. Don't forget that there are many elements in the periodic table.
Elements such as calcium and potassium are counted as metals. There are also metals such as gold and silver.
There are also alloys which contain small amounts of non-metals such as carbon.
Everything in the universe is made of stuff called "matter". Matter is made of tiny particles called "atoms".
Atoms are so small that there are trillions of them in a single drop of water.
So the lead pencil was a good friend to many when it came to the market.
Unfortunately, as new writing methods have developed, the value and use of the lead pencil has diminished.
Nowadays messages are written on a computer screen, and a typewriter is never needed.
Only time will tell what happens to the keyboard when something newer comes along.
A fission bomb works on the principle of requiring energy to form the nucleus of many protons and neutrons.
It's a little bit like pushing a heavy cart uphill. Splitting the atom again releases some of that energy.
Some atoms have an unstable nucleus, so they are capable of emitting a tiny particle of light called a "photon".
The moon's surface is made up of rock and dust. The outer layer of the moon is called its regolith.
The moon's crust is about 70 km thick at the visible side of the moon and about 100 km thick on the far side of the moon.
It is thinner under the sea and thicker on land.
Darker patches may be more visible because the crust is thinner. It was easier for the lava to reach the surface.
Content theories are primarily concerned with what is behind people's behavior or what draws people to certain things.
These theories suggest that people have certain needs and/or desires that they internalize as they become adults.
These theories look at why some people want what they want and what things in their environment make them do or not do certain things.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs and Herzberg's two-factor theory are popular content theories.
When leaders begin to lead their peers, in general there are two different behaviors that can result. At one end of the continuum is the desire to "be one of the guys" (or girls).
This type of leader has difficulty making unpopular decisions, maintaining discipline, assessing performance, allocating blame and holding people accountable.
At the other end of the spectrum, a person can become an anonymous individual who feels they have to change everything the group has done and make it their own.
The manager is ultimately accountable for the team's successes and failures.
This behavior often leads to disagreements between leaders and the rest of the group.
Virtual teams are expected to deliver the same level of quality as traditional teams, but with finer differences.
Virtual team members act as the point of contact for the immediate physical team.
They often have more decision-making power than regular team members, since their team may meet at different times of the day, and their local management may not always understand this.
The presence of a "real" "invisible team" (Larson and LaFasto, 1989, p. 109) is also one of the unique aspects of a virtual team.
The Invisible Team is a leadership team to which all members report. The Invisible Team sets the requirements for each member.
Why would an organization want to go through the lengthy process of establishing a learning organization when one of the aims of introducing a systematic approach to learning is innovation?
When all available resources are used effectively by all the working parts of the organization, creativity and ingenuity can flourish.
The result of this process, in which the organization works together to overcome a challenge, can be a new innovative process that better serves the customer.
Before an organization can be innovative, leaders must create a culture of innovation, share information and organizational learning.
Angel (2006) describes a continuum-based approach to help organisations achieve higher levels of performance.
Neurobiology provides physical evidence for theoretical approaches to the study of consciousness, thus narrowing the scope of the field and making it more precise.
The correlation between brain pathology and behavior supports this theory.
It has long been known that various brain injuries, traumas, lesions, and tumors affect behavior and produce changes in some psychological functions.
The advent of new technologies has made it possible to see and study brain structures and processes that have never been seen before.
This is how we get a lot of information and material to make simulations that help us understand our processes.
Although AI is often associated with science fiction, it is a very important field of computer science that studies the behaviour, learning and intelligent adaptation of machines.
Artificial intelligence research seeks to provide computers with the ability to reason and solve problems in a "smart" way.
Examples include surveillance, planning and scheduling, ability to respond to customer diagnoses and questions, handwriting, voice, and facial recognition.
These have become separate disciplines in their own right, focused on providing solutions to real-world problems.
Today, AI is often used in economics, medicine, technology, and military applications, just as it is embedded in many home computers and video games.
Field trips are an important part of the curriculum. Often, the teacher wants to take the class to places that cannot be reached by bus.
Technology offers a solution, in the form of virtual field trips. Students can "visit" museums, swim with sharks in an aquarium, or admire beautiful art while sitting at their desks.
Virtual breakout rooms are a great way to remember it and share experiences with future classes.
For example, each year students at Bennet Middle School in North Carolina create a website about their journey to the state capitol, but the old versions of the site are kept online as a sort of scrapbook.
Blogs can also help improve students' writing skills. In the early stages of blogging, grammar and spelling are often careless, but the presence of an audience generally improves this.
Because students are often the harshest critics, bloggers often find themselves improving their writing and avoiding criticism.
In addition, blogging "forces students to think carefully about the world around them" and the need to "feed the reader's interest" encourages students to be succinct and compelling (Toto, 2004).
Blogging is a tool that motivates collaboration and encourages students to extend their learning beyond the traditional school day.
Proper use of blogs "can give students the opportunity to be more analytical and critical, by actively responding to materials on the Internet, students can define their position against the background of other people's writings, as well as express their own opinion on a given question" (Oravec 2002).
Ottawa is the captivating bilingual capital of Canada and home to many art galleries and museums displaying the history and culture of Canada.
Further south are the Falls of Niagara, and in the north there is for example Muskoka, an unspoiled natural beauty.
These and many other factors make Ontario appear to outsiders as a microcosm of Canada.
Much of the north is sparsely populated, and some areas are virtually uninhabited wilderness.
The next population comparison may surprise many: There are more African-Americans in the U.S. than there are Canadians.
The East African islands lie off the eastern coast of Africa, in the Indian Ocean.
Madagascar is by far the largest, and in terms of its flora and fauna, it is a world in itself.
Most of the smaller islands are independent nations or part of France, and are known as luxurious beach destinations.
The Arabs also brought Islam with them, and it gained a lot of wind in the Comoros and Mayotte.
Europe's influence and colonialism began in the 15th century, when Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama found a sea route from Europe to India.
The area is bounded in the north by the Sahel, in the south and west by the Atlantic Ocean.
Women - Regardless of marital status, women are advised to say they are married.
Also using a ring can help (as long as it doesn't look too expensive.
Women need to understand that cultural differences can cause offense that is perceived as harassment. It is not uncommon for someone to follow you around, grab your hand, etc.
When defending yourself against men, don't be afraid to show your claws (cultural differences do not justify closeness!).
The modern city of Casablanca was founded in the 10th century BCE by Berber fishermen, and was called Anfa by the Phoenicians, the Romans, and the Moroccans.
The Portuguese destroyed it and rebuilt it as Casa Branca, only to abandon it after the 1755 earthquake.
The Moroccan Sultan rebuilt the city, naming it Dar-ul-Badya, and the Spanish merchants who set up shop there called it Casablanca.
Casablanca is one of Morocco's least interesting shopping destinations.
Old medinas are fun to explore for their traditional Moroccan wares such as tagines, leather goods, water pipes and a wide range of rugs, but all this is aimed at tourists.
Goma is a tourist city on the border with Rwanda, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In 2002, lava from Nyiragongo destroyed Goma and buried much of the city center, including the market.
While Goma is generally safe, all trips outside the city require prior research on the current situation of ongoing fighting in North Kivu province.
The city also serves as a base for climbing Nyiragongo, an active volcano, and is home to some of the cheapest gorilla trekking in Africa.
Motorcycle taxis (boda-bodas) can be used to get around Goma. Normal (local) taxis cost around 500 Congolese francs for short rides.
Given its remote location, "Timbuktu" has become a byword for exotic, far-off places.
Timbuktu is now a poor town, though its reputation makes it a tourist attraction, and it has an airport.
It was added to the List of World Heritage in Danger in 1990 due to the threat posed by desertification.
It was one of the key stops on Henry Louis Gates's PBS series Wonders of the African World.
The city is a stark contrast to the rest of the country, with more of a Middle Eastern than African feel.
The Kruger National Park (KNP) is located in northeastern South Africa, bordering on Mozambique in the east, Zimbabwe in the north and Crocodile River in the south.
The park has an area of 19,500 square kilometres (7,500 sq mi) and is divided into fourteen zones, each with different fauna and flora.
It is one of South Africa's most popular attractions and a flagship property of the South African National Parks (SANParks).
A daily conservation and entrance fee is charged for the park, similar to the way it is done in all South African national parks.
A Wild Card (wildcard) may also be worthwhile to buy, which covers either all South African parks or all South African national parks.
The island of Hong Kong gives the region its name, and is a popular tourist destination in its own right.
The skyline of Hong Kong has been likened to a jagged skyscraper jungle best viewed from Victoria Harbour.
The best of Hong Kong is out of the island, across the harbour in Kowloon.
Most of the urban area of Hong Kong Island is built on reclaimed land on the north shore.
This is where the British colonial rulers made their home, and if you want to get a sense of the area's colonial heritage, this is a good place to start.
The Sundarbans is the world's largest mangrove forest, covering an area of 8,000 km2 (3,100 sq mi) along the coast of Bangladesh and India.
Sundarbans is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Indian part is a National Park called Sundarbans National Park.
However, the forests are not just mangroves, but also some of the last vestiges of the vast forests that once covered the Ganges basin.
The Sundarbans covers an area of 3,850 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi), of which one third is waterlogged.
Since 1966, the Sundarbans have been a protected area for wildlife. It is estimated that there are about 400 Royal Bengal tigers and around 30,000 spotted deer in the Sundarbans today.
Public buses depart from the Dzongkhag bus station (across the river) throughout the day, though most depart early in the morning between 6:30 and 7:30.
Since the local buses are often full, it is advised to buy tickets a few days in advance.
Most areas of the county are served by small Japanese Coaster buses, which are comfortable and reasonably spacious.
Taxis are a quick and convenient way to get around, especially to places nearby such as Paro (150 rupees) and Punakha (200 rupees).
The Oyapock Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the Oyapock River and connects the Brazilian towns of Oiapoque and Saint-Georges de l'Oyapock in French Guiana.
Its two towers rise 83 metres, it is 378 metres long and has two three-and-a-half metre-wide carriages.
The bridge has a main span of 150 metres. Construction of the bridge was completed in August 2011, but it was not opened to traffic until March 2017.
According to the schedule, the bridge should be fully operational by September 2017, just in time for the opening of the Brazilian border posts.
The Guarani were the main indigenous group in what is now eastern Paraguay, living partly as hunter-gatherers and partly as farmers.
Other indigenous groups in the Chaco were the Guaycurú and the Payaguá, who lived by hunting, gathering, and fishing.
Paraguay, once called the "Republic of the Giants", was formed in the 16th century out of the encounter between Spanish conquerors and the native Guaraní people.
The Spanish began a three-hundred year period of colonial rule.
Paraguay has managed to preserve much of its original character and identity since its foundation in 1537.
Argentina has a reputation for having some of the best polo players and teams in the world.
The biggest tournament of the year takes place in December at the Las Cañitas polo field.
Smaller tournaments and matches can also be seen at other times of the year.
The Argentine Swimming Federation provides news about the tournaments and tickets for the polo matches.
The official currency of the Falkland Islands is the Falkland pound (FKP), which is fixed at parity with the pound sterling (GBP).
Money can only be exchanged in Stanley, in the only bank on the islands, which is located opposite FIC West.
Pound sterling is widely accepted throughout the islands, and in Stanley many shops and restaurants will also accept credit cards and US dollars.
Credit cards are unlikely to be accepted in out-of-the-way places, though major UK and US cards may be accepted by some larger establishments. It is best to check in advance.
Exchanging Falkland pound outside the Falklands is nearly impossible, so you should exchange your money before leaving the Falklands.
Because Montevideo is in the Southern Hemisphere, it has summer when the Northern Hemisphere has winter, and vice versa.
Montevideo has a subtropical climate in summer, with temperatures often reaching over 30 °C (86 °F) in the months of June through August.
Winter can be deceptively cold: although temperatures seldom go below freezing, the combination of wind and moisture can make it feel much colder.
There are no distinct wet or dry seasons: rainfall is more or less equally distributed throughout the year.
While many of the park's animals are accustomed to human visitors, wild animals are still wild and should not be fed or harassed.
Park officials advise staying at least 100 yards (91 m) away from bears and wolves, and 25 yards (23 m) away from all other wildlife.
Bison, moose, bears and just about every other large animal can be aggressive even though they may appear docile.
Each year dozens of visitors are injured in encounters with these animals, which are large, wild, and potentially dangerous; give them their space.
Also bear in mind that the smell of food will attract bears and other wild animals, so be careful not to bring or prepare food with strong odors, and keep your camp clean.
Apia is the capital of Samoa. It is located on the island of Upolu and has a population of about 40,000.
Founded in the 1850s, Apia has been the capital of Samoa since 1959.
A regrettable naval incident in 1889 saw seven ships - a German, an American, and a British one - refuse to leave the harbour.
All but one of the ships were sunk, and nearly 200 Americans and Germans were killed.
An independent rally organised by the Mau movement during the self-determination struggle has led to the death of High Commissioner Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III.
There are many beaches because Auckland is between two harbours. The most popular ones are in three different areas.
The beaches of North Shore (part of the North Harbour suburb) are along the Tasman Sea, from Long Bay in the north to Devonport in the south.
Almost all of them are sandy beaches with safe swimming, and pohutukawa trees give partial shade on most of them.
Tamaki Drive beaches are located in the affluent suburbs of Mission Bay and St Heliers in central Auckland.
They are sometimes crowded with families, and the shoreline is lined with shops. Swimming is safe.
The most important local beer is "Number One". It is not a multi-dimensional beer, but pleasant and refreshing. Another local beer is called "Manta".
There are plenty of worthwhile French wines to choose from, but New Zealand and Australian wines may hold up better in transit.
Tap water is completely safe to drink, but if you prefer, you can easily find bottled water.
The idea of a flat white is foreign to Australians. A small black coffee is known as an espresso, and cappuccinos are served with a large amount of milk rather than milk foam. Tea is served without milk.
The chocolate complies with Belgian standards. The fruit chocolates are expensive but excellent.
Many trips are organised on the reef year-round, and it is rare for injuries to occur as a result of any of these.
So take heed of official advice, obey all signs and pay close attention to security warnings.
From October to April they can be found in the vicinity of beaches and estuaries north of 1770. They are occasionally encountered at other times.
Sharks do pose a risk, but they rarely attack humans. Most sharks are afraid of humans and will likely swim away if they see one approaching.
Straw-headed scrubfowl do not actually live in the sea, but their primary habitat is the floodplains of the Burdekin River north of Rockhampton.
The traveller gets peace of mind when booking in advance knowing that they have a place to sleep when they reach their destination.
Travel agents often have offers for certain hotels, but through a travel agent you may be able to book other types of accommodation such as camp grounds.
Most agencies offer packages that include breakfast, transportation to and from the airport, and even combined flight and hotel packages.
They can also keep your reservation on hold for you if you need time to consider the offer or to obtain other documents (e.g. a visa).
However, all changes and requests should be made through the travel agent, not directly to the hotel.
At some festivals, the majority of attendees choose to camp on site, and many attendees consider this to be an essential part of the festival experience.
If you want to be close to the action, you'll need to arrive early to get a spot close to the music.
Bear in mind that even after the headliners on the main stages have finished there may be late-night music continuing in some of the smaller venues.
Some festivals have separate camping areas for families with children.
If you cross the northern part of the Baltic Sea during the winter, check the location of your cabin, as the sound of the ice breaking under the ship can be quite disturbing.
Time spent in St. Petersburg is part of a cruise to St. Petersburg. Cruise passengers are exempt from visa requirements (see below).
Typically, casinos try to maximize the amount of time and money their patrons spend, so windows and clocks are usually absent, and finding the exits can be difficult.
They often have special food, drink, and entertainment options to keep patrons happy - and coming back to the casino.
Some establishments serve alcoholic beverages, but intoxication will impair judgment, and all good gamblers know the importance of staying on one's feet.
All those who plan to travel by car in high latitudes or mountainous terrain should consider the possibility of snow, ice or extremely cold temperatures.
There is little grip on ice and snow roads, and you can’t drive the same way as you would on asphalt.
During a blizzard, so much snow can fall in a short time that cars get stuck.
Snow or blowing snow, and moisture or ice on car windows can also reduce visibility.
On the other hand, many countries have cold and snowy conditions as a normal part of the year, and traffic generally operates year-round without interruption.
Safaris are perhaps Africa's biggest draw and the reason many visitors come in the first place.
The word safari originates from the Swahili for "journey", originally from the Arabic for "journey", and in modern usage refers to a journey through Africa, particularly a journey to see African wildlife, including the "Big Five" (lion, leopard, buffalo, rhinoceros and elephant).
Some animals, such as bears and elephants, often come close to cars, and a normal zoom lens will suffice to get good shots of them.
Lions, leopards and cheetahs are sometimes shy, and you will see them better with binoculars.
A trek or hike is an extended walk, usually a multi-day journey.
The Paralympics will be held from 24 August to 5 September 2021. Some of the events will be held in other locations around Japan.
Tokyo will become the only Asian city to have hosted both the summer and winter Olympics, having been the host city of the 1964 Summer Olympics.
If you booked a flight or hotel for 2020 before the postponement was announced, your situation may be complicated.
Cancellation policies vary, but as of the end of March, most COVID-19 cancellation policies were through July 2020, the original date of the Olympics.
Tickets for most of the events are expected to cost between 2,500 and 130,000 yen when they normally cost around 7,000 yen.
Wet clothes can be dried by wringing them out. Many hotels provide wringing racks and boards, though they may not be in the room.
If you don't have a waxing kit or if you don't particularly care for shaved legs, you can try using a hair dryer, if you have one.
Beware that the fabric doesn't get too hot (it can shrink or even melt in extreme cases).
There are various ways to purify water, some more effective against certain contaminants.
In some areas, boiling the water for just one minute is enough, while in others several minutes are required.
The efficiency of filters varies, and if in doubt, consider buying bottled water from a reputable company.
Tourists can find themselves face-to-face with creatures they are unfamiliar with back home.
Pests can contaminate food, cause discomfort or, at worst, allergic reactions, spread dirt and contaminate diseases.
True infectious diseases or dangerous animals capable of harming or killing humans are seldom considered to be pests.
Duty-free shopping refers to the purchase of goods in certain places where they are exempt from customs and excise duties.
Heavy duty shoppers heading into tax-free countries can save a significant amount of money, especially on alcohol and cigarettes.
The stretch between Point Marion and Fairmont has the most challenging road conditions of the Buffalo-Pittsburgh Motorcycle Trail, as it frequently travels through remote forest areas.
If you're not used to driving on country roads, beware: there are lots of steep climbs and descents, narrow roads and sharp bends.
The prescribed speed limits are much lower than on earlier and later sections - generally 35-40 miles per hour (56-64 km/h) - and are strictly enforced.
Strangely, cellular coverage is much better here than in many other places along the trail, including the Pennsylvania Wilds.
German pastries are quite good, and in Bavaria there are many and varied, reminiscent of the pastries of Austria, the country's southern neighbour.
Pies are ubiquitous. Apple pies are made year-round, and in summer, cherries and peaches are popular fillings.
Many German pastries also contain almonds, hazelnuts and other nuts. Popular cakes often taste especially good with a strong cup of coffee.
If you're looking for a small but filling pastry, try a Berliner, Pfannkuchen or Krapfen, depending on where you are.
Curry is a dish whose base is a combination of spices and herbs, either with or without meat or vegetables.
Curry can be either "dry" or "wet" depending on the amount of water.
Inland areas of northern India and Pakistan often use yoghurt as a base for curries, whereas in southern India and some coastal areas coconut milk is more common.
With more than 17,000 islands, Indonesian cuisine is diverse, ranging from regional specialties to dishes common throughout the country.
However, if the term is used without qualification, it usually refers to food from the central and eastern parts of Java, the main island of Indonesia.
Indonesian cuisine is now widely available throughout the archipelago, and includes a wide range of simply-seasoned dishes. Spices commonly used in Indonesian cooking include peanuts, chili, sugar (especially coconut sugar), and various herbs and spices.
The stirrups are the rider's foot rests, which hang down on either side of the saddle.
They give more stability to the rider, but they can have safety concerns as the rider's feet can get caught in them.
If a rider falls off a horse but their leg gets caught in the stirrup, the horse could drag them. Various precautions can be taken to mitigate this risk.
Firstly, most riders use leather riding boots, which have a smooth and fairly thin sole.
Some saddles, especially English saddles, have a safety stirrup that prevents the rider from being dragged by the stirrup if they were to fall backward.
Cochamón Valley - Chile's number one rock climbing area, known as the "Yosemite of South America". The valley contains a variety of large granite walls and cliffs.
There are breathtaking views from the tops of these mountains, which are constantly being explored by climbers from all over the world.
Skiing and snowboarding are popular winter sports which involve going down snowy hills on skis or a snowboard.
Skiing is an important recreational activity, and many a part-time "weekend warrior" plans an entire vacation around it.
Skiing is an ancient idea - cave paintings of skiers date from 5000 BCE!
Alpine skiing as a sport can be traced back to at least the 17th century, and in 1861 Norwegians opened the first ski resort in Australia.
Cross-country skiing holiday: this activity is also known as ski touring, ski trekking or ski hiking.
It is similar to alpine hiking or mountaineering, but generally does not include rope climbing, which is done in steep terrain, and requires more specialized boots and clothing.
Think of ski trails as similar to hiking trails.
In good conditions, you can go faster on skis than you can on foot, but you seldom reach the same speed as when skiing on steep, untracked slopes and without a heavy rucksack.
Europe is a relatively small continent, but it has many independent countries. In normal circumstances, traveling through multiple countries would involve filling out multiple visa applications and passing through multiple passport controls.
However, the Schengen area operates as a single country in this regard.
As long as you remain in this area, you can usually cross the border without having to go through passport control again.
When you have a Schengen visa, you also do not need to apply for a separate visa for each Schengen country you wish to visit, thus saving time, money and bureaucracy.
There is no universally accepted definition of what constitutes "vintage" so the definition may vary from one customs authority to another. Some customs authorities consider items to be vintage if they are over 100 years old.
The definition varies from region to region. For example, in North America, an "antique" is an older item than in Europe.
Handmade items can be considered vintage even if they are newer than a similar mass-produced item.
Herding is an important livelihood for the Sami people, and the associated culture is also important for many other professionals.
Even traditionally, however, not all Sami have been involved in reindeer husbandry, but have lived from fishing, hunting, and similar occupations, and kept reindeer primarily as draught animals.
Today, many Sami people work in modern professions. Tourism is an important source of income in Lapland.
Although the word gypsy is widely used, even by non-Romani people, it is often considered offensive as it is associated with negative stereotypes and misconceptions about the Romani people.
If the country you are visiting is on a travel advisory, it may affect your travel insurance and cancellation insurance.
Maybe you should also ask for advice from other countries, in addition to your own, even though their advice is for their own citizens.
One example is that Americans may find themselves in a different situation in the Middle East than Europeans or Arabs.
These are just brief summaries of a country's political situation.
The views presented are often superficial, stereotyped, and over-simplified compared to the more detailed information available elsewhere.
A dangerous weather situation is a generic term for all dangerous weather phenomena that can cause damage, serious disruption of public life or loss of life.
Hazardous weather can occur anywhere in the world, and has many different types that are influenced by geography, topography, and atmospheric conditions.
Wind, heavy rain, flash flooding and landslides are the dangerous weather phenomena and consequences, also including thunderstorms, tornadoes, waterspouts and cyclones.
Blizzards, snowstorms, and sandstorms are area-specific and seasonal phenomena.
Travellers are strongly advised to be aware of the threat posed by the dangerous weather, which could affect travel plans.
All those wishing to work in a conflict-affected country should receive professional training.
A Google search for "Hate Crime Course" would most likely bring up a local business.
These courses generally go into much more detail on all of these topics and often combine theory with practical experience.
The course usually lasts between 2 and 5 days, and includes role-playing, a lot of first aid, and sometimes weapons training.
While there are plenty of books and articles on survival in the wilderness, there is little written on the subject of war zones.
Transgender travellers heading for gender reassignment surgery overseas are being advised to make sure they have a "return to life" plan in place.
The willingness of officials to issue passports without a sex designation (X) or to amend documents to reflect a desired name or gender varies.
The willingness of foreign governments to respect these documents varies widely.
Security checks have also become more invasive since September 11, 2001.
Transgender people who have not had reassignment surgery should not assume that they will pass inspection at security checkpoints while maintaining their privacy and dignity.
Return currents are the flow of water returning to the shore after waves break onshore. Often found in rip currents or similar locations.
Because of the topography of the bottom of the lake, the return flow is concentrated into a few deep parts, and there can be a fast current into deep water.
Most of the deaths are due to exhaustion from trying to swim against the current, which can be lethal.
As soon as you're out of the current, swimming back isn't any more difficult than usual.
Try to get to where you won't get swept away again or, depending on your skills and whether or not you've been noticed, wait for rescuers.
The return shock hits earlier than the cultural shock (the familiarisation phase is shorter), lasts longer, and can be more severe.
It can be especially difficult for travellers to adjust back to their home culture after being immersed in a new one.
When you return home after living in a foreign country, you've adapted to a new culture and lost some habits from your home culture.
When you first go out into the world, people are likely to be tolerant and understanding, knowing that travelers need to get accustomed to a new country.
People may not realize that patience and understanding are also important for the returning travelers.
The sound and light show on the Pyramids is one of the most interesting things to do with kids in the area.
Pyramids can be seen in the dark, and before the show begins they can be seen in complete silence.
Generally, one always hears the voices of travelers and merchants. The story of light and sound is just like a fairy tale.
The Sphinx is a long story's backdrop and narrator.
The scenes are projected against pyramids, and different pyramids are illuminated.
Many countries have claimed on the Southern Shetland Islands, which were discovered in 1819, and they currently have the most bases there with 16 in 2020.
The archipelago is located 120 km north of the peninsula. The largest island is King George Island, where Villa Las Estrellas is located.
Others include Livingston Island and Deception Island, where an active volcano's crater still fills with water, creating a magnificent natural harbor.
Ellsworth Land is the area south of the Antarctic Peninsula, bounded by the Bellingshausen Sea.
The peninsula is then capped by the Ellesmere Mountains, a 360 km (225 mi) long, discontinuous range which is separated from the rest of the peninsula by the Larsen Ice Shelf.
The Sentinel Range is home to the southern hemisphere's highest mountains, the Vinson Massif, with the highest point being Mount Vinson at 4,892 m (16,046 ft).
In remote areas where cell phones do not work, a satellite phone can be the only option.
A satellite phone is seldom a substitute for a cell phone because you have to be outdoors and have unobstructed view of the sky to make a call.
The service is often used on ships at sea, including cruise ships, as well as by expeditions requiring data and voice connectivity.
Your local phone service provider should be able to provide you with more information about this service.
Traveling and learning continues to be a popular option for those looking to take a gap year.
It is particularly popular with school leavers as they can take a gap year before going to university without affecting their funding.
In many cases, studying abroad for a year out of high school can even improve your chances of being accepted into a post-secondary institution in your home country.
Typically, a fee is charged for participation in such courses.
Finland is a great boating destination. There are thousands of lakes in the country, and thousands of islands in both the lake districts and the coastal archipelagos.
In the archipelago and lakes, you won’t necessarily need a large motorboat.
Although the coastal islands and the major lakes are big enough for any boat, smaller boats or even kayaks can provide a different experience.
Boating is a popular leisure-time activity in Finland, with one boat for every seventh or eighth person.
It's the same as in Norway, Sweden and New Zealand, but otherwise very rare (e.g. in the Netherlands it's one in forty).
Most real Baltic cruises include a longer stay in St. Petersburg.
This means that you can spend several days exploring the historical town and still return to the ship for the night.
You do not need separate visas if you transit through these countries on a cruise ship (situation in 2009).
A few cruises do include a visit to Berlin, Germany. As the map above shows, Berlin is far from the sea so a visit to the city is not included in the cost of the cruise.
Flying can be a daunting experience for anyone, more so if you've never flown before or have had a traumatic experience.
It's not something to be ashamed of: it's no different from many other people's fears and hatreds of other things.
For some, a rudimentary understanding of how a plane works and what happens during a flight may help overcome a fear stemming from a lack of knowledge or feeling "out of one's depth."
Carriers are rewarded handsomely for fast transit times, which is often crucial for time-sensitive business documents, retail goods or spare parts for emergency repairs.
Larger airlines have their own planes on some routes, but smaller airlines had a problem on some routes.
If they were shipping by air, some of those routes were so backed up that it could take days for a parcel to make it from one end of the country to the other.
The only way to get the luggage through faster was to send it as a registered baggage. Airline regulations do not allow baggage to be sent without a passenger, so this is where you come in.
The obvious way to fly in First or Business Class is to pay the big bucks for the privilege (or let your company do it for you).
But it won't come cheap: According to a rough rule of thumb, you can expect to pay up to four times as much for business class as for tourist class, and up to eleven times as much for first class!
In most cases, there is no point in even looking for discounts to business class or first class seats on a direct flight from A to B.
Airlines know that there is a core group of frequent flyers who are willing to pay a premium to get somewhere quickly and comfortably, and so they charge accordingly.
The capital of Moldova is Chişinău. The local language is Romanian, but Russian is also widely spoken.
Moldova is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, and multi-confessional democratic republic.
The conflict has led to Transnistria, a separatist region in eastern Moldova, declaring independence in 1994. It has its own government and currency but is not recognized by any UN member state.
Economic links are once again deepening between the two parts of Moldova, even though political talks have stalled.
Moldova's main religion is Orthodox Christianity.
İzmir is Turkey's third-largest city with a population of around 3.7 million, after Istanbul and Ankara, and a major port.
The ancient city of Smyrna is now a modern, developed, and busy commercial center encircled by mountains and facing a huge bay.
Broad boulevards, glass-fronted buildings and modern shopping malls are interspersed with traditional Ottoman-style buildings, 17th-century squares, old mosques and churches, though the city's atmosphere is more reminiscent of Mediterranean Europe than traditional Turkey.
Haldarsvik has an unusual octagonal church, and from the village there is a view of the nearby island of Eysturoy.
There are some interesting pigeon sculptures on the church grounds, perched on top of some tombstones.
Take half an hour to wander around the charming village.
North of here and easily accessible is the romantic and picturesque town of Sintra, immortalized by Lord Byron in his eulogy "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage".
Scotturbino bus line 403 runs regularly to Sintra and stops at Cabo da Roca.
Also worth visiting to the north is the Great Mosque of Fatimah, one of the most famous mosques in the world due to the apparition of the Virgin Mary.
Remember, you are essentially walking through a graveyard and visiting a site that is of immeasurable importance to a large portion of the world's population.
Still many men and women, Jews and non-Jews, who survived there, and many others whose relatives were murdered there or forced to dig their own graves there.
Remember to treat the place with all the respect, seriousness and reverence it deserves. Don't joke about the Holocaust or the Nazis.
Don't mark or scratch graffiti into the structure.
Catalan and Spanish are the official languages of Catalonia, and Catalan is spoken by approximately half of the population, understood by the majority and spoken by virtually all.
Most signs, however, are in Catalan, as it is the first official language of Catalonia.
Nevertheless, Spanish is still commonly used in public transportation and other services.
While the normal announcements on the metro are only in Catalan, the automatic system gives information in many different languages, including Spanish, English, French, Arabic and Japanese.
Parisians have a reputation for being selfish, rude, and arrogant.
While it is often just a stereotype, the best way to fit in with Parisians is to be as elegant as possible and behave as if you are "bien élevé" (well-bred). This will make your life much easier.
Parisians' gruff exterior quickly melts away if you just show a little politeness.
The Plitvice National Park has a lot of forest, mainly beeches, oaks and pines, and its flora is a mixture of Alpine and Mediterranean species.
There is an incredible diversity of plant communities due to the many microclimates, varied soils, and range in elevation.
The area is also home to an extraordinary number of different animal and bird species.
As well as the more common species, there are some rarer ones including bears, wolves, owls, eagles, wild cats and martens.
Women who visit the monasteries have to wear long skirts that cover their legs, and also their shoulders have to be covered.
But if you bring your own hat, especially a brightly colored one, you may get a smile from the monk or nun on duty at the entrance.
Also, men need to be wearing trousers that go below the knee.
These can also be borrowed from the wardrobe, but they are not washed after every use, so you may not feel comfortable in them. One size fits all!
Mallorquin cuisine, like other Mediterranean cuisines, is based on bread, vegetables, pork (especially pork) and olive oil.
A simple, popular summer dish is pa amb oli: bread, olive oil, tomatoes and anything else available, such as cheese or tuna.
All nouns, and also the pronoun "Sie" (i.e. "you") always begin with a capital letter, even in the middle of a sentence.
This is an important way of distinguishing some nouns from other nouns.
It can also make reading easier, though it does complicate writing, as one has to figure out whether verbs or adjectives are used in the nominal form.
Italian pronunciation is relatively easy because most words are pronounced exactly as they are spelled.
The letters C and G are worth paying the most attention to, because their pronunciation depends on the following vowel.
Also remember to pronounce r and rr differently. Caro means dear, carro means cart.
Persian grammar is fairly easy and regular.
Therefore, reading this grammar book will help you learn many things about Persian grammar and improve your understanding of sentences.
Even without saying a word, it is obvious that if you can speak a Romance language, then learning Portuguese will be easier.
However, those with a little knowledge of Spanish may be tempted to think that Portuguese is so similar as to not warrant separate study.
In modern times, most of the old observatories are not used for their original purpose, but have been converted into museums or learning environments.
As light pollution was not an issue back then, they were usually found in towns or campuses, and were easier to get to than modern buildings.
Most modern telescopes are huge constructions, and are situated in remote locations where the atmospheric conditions are as favourable as possible.
Cherry blossom viewing, or hanami, has been a part of Japanese culture since the 8th century.
The idea originated in China, where the most popular flower was the chrysanthemum.
The Japanese emperor established the first cherry blossom festivals only for himself and other members of the imperial court, a select group of aristocrats.
Plants look best in their natural environment, so resist the temptation to "just have one" as an example.
If you use an official and maintained garden, you can fly "samples" out of there without any hassle.
In general, Singapore is a very safe place to live in, and it is very easy to find your way around once you arrive. You can buy almost anything once you arrive.
However, if you're only a few degrees north of the equator, you'll have to deal with both heat (always) and intense sunshine (when the sky is clear, which is most of the time).
Also, a few buses go north to Hebron, the traditional burial place of the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as well as their wives.
Make sure the bus you plan to board goes to Hebron and not just the nearby Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba.
Inland waterways can be a good theme around which to build a holiday.
For example, a visit to the castles of the Loire Valley, a cruise on the Rhine or a trip to the picturesque towns along the Danube.
They also determine the popularity of hiking and biking trails.
Christmas is one of the most important festivals of Christianity and is celebrated as the birthday of Jesus.
Many non-Christians and non-believers in Christian countries have adopted many of these traditions.
Traditionally, Easter was celebrated outdoors at sunrise.
There are, of course, Christian theological explanations for this tradition, but it could just as easily be a pre-Christian spring and fertility ritual.
Traditional churches often hold a Maundy Thursday service on the Thursday evening of Holy Week, to commemorate the Last Supper.
All of the animals that originally came to the island came by swimming, flying, or floating.
Because the mainland was so far away, continental animals were unable to migrate so the giant tortoise became the main herbivore on the Galapagos.
Humans have introduced many mammals to the Galapagos, including cows, horses, goats, pigs, rats, and dogs.
If you visit the Arctic or Antarctic in winter, you will experience a polar night, when the sun never rises above the horizon.
This provides a good opportunity to see the aurora, as the sky is almost completely dark.
Because the areas are so sparsely populated, light pollution is not a problem, so you can enjoy the stars.
Japanese work culture is more hierarchical and formal than what Westerners may be accustomed to.
Clothes are normal office wear, and colleagues call each other by their surname or title.
Having fun at work is absolutely crucial. Instead of personal achievements, group work is emphasized.
Employees often have to get approval from a manager for all decisions they make, and are expected to follow a manager's instructions without question.