Italy
.... many artist of the Renaissance, a period of great achievements in the arts. Venice, with its intricate canal system, attracts tourists from all over the world.
Italians take great pride in the quality of their cooking. They traditionally eat their meals at midday. Large meals usually consist of a pasta course, followed by a main course of meat or fish. Sometimes a course of antipasto (appetizers) is served before the pasta. Antipasto usually consists of a variety of cold meat and vegetables, such as prosciutto (a type of spiced ham), salami, olives, and artichoke hearts. Of course no one in Italy will admit not eating pizza at l .....
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Kruger National Park
.... are common. Black and white rhinoceroses were reintroduced successfully after having been wiped out by hunting early in the 20th century. A fence around the perimeter of the park reduces poaching (illegal hunting) of wildlife. It also protects domestic animals outside the park from the spread of wildlife diseases by restricting animal movement. A certain number of elephants, buffalo, and hippopotamuses are killed each year, in order to stabilize animal populations, prevent overgrazing, and generate funds for park maintenance. Growing population and agricultural development west of the park have increased pollution in most of the .....
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Ireland, History And Nature
.... as you did just a few minutes ago. And as you are staring at this beauty you notice two deer coming from the edge of the forest towards the deer already standing beside the brook. While the two new deer approach the first, you notice they are smaller than the first, and you understand that they are the children of the first deer. You do not wish to interrupt the family while they are drinking, so you continue to walk until you are at the end of the lake.
Then you see a few small bunnies happily hunting each other underneath some rocks a few metres to the left. They are happily playing on the green, wet grass, but while you're .....
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Saint Joseph Cathedral
.... design still stands today after a recent 3 year 17 million dollar restoration.
Theodore Lenzen was born in Prussia in 1883. He came to the United States with his family when he was 21 years old. Before he designed St. Joseph’s he was known for a few other local buildings: City Hall; Auzerais House; Vendome Hotel. Bryan Clinch was of Irish decent he was the author of a book called California and Its Missions. Clinch was given much recognition of an earlier project of his. He reconstructed the Santa Clara Mission after the severe earthquake of 1868.
The design of St. Joseph Cathedral that stands today, “Was based .....
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Mysteries Of The Sphinx
.... is believed that the Sphinx was painted and quite colorful (Guardian 2). Because of the changing desert terrain, the body of the Sphinx has been buried and cleared several times throughout history. In between the paws of the Sphinx is a stela, now called the "Dream Stela", which is inscribed with a story. The story tells of the time that Thutmosis IV fell asleep under the Sphinx which was covered to the neck in sand. "Thutmosis had a dream that the Sphinx spoke to him and promised that if he would free the Sphinx from the sand, Thutmosis would be destined to become king of Egypt" (Guardian 4).
The Sphinx has been the topi .....
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Fordham University
.... city. Then I came across Fordham University. After extensively researching the school to determine if it would fit my needs, I began to be convinced that the school would be perfect for me. With small classes, individual attention, and being just minutes from Manhattan, it seemed to have everything I was looking for plus that small-school flair.
This past October my parents and I had the opportunity to visit Fordham. While I was leaning towards applying to Fordham anyway, the visit would be the crucial determinant of which school would be my first choice. After touring the campus and talking with admission counselors, I becam .....
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Thailand: My Perspective
.... folk (which they often are), they are also very strong-minded and have struggled for centuries to preserve their spirit of independence.
Thailand’s two coastlines and countless islands attract schools of water babies. Diving and snorkeling are—particularly popular in Phuket. The islands of Chumphon Province, just north of Surat Thani are less developed and the reefs here are practically undisturbed. Touring the islands and coastal limestone formations around Phuket and Ao Phang-Nga by inflatable canoe are always an ever-increasingly popular activity. The typical sea-canoe tour seeks out half-submerged caves, timing excu .....
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Indonesia
.... after crushing an abortive communist coup in 1965 and has tolerated little dissent since then. Indonesia currently is suffering its worst economic crisis in decades.
In the past few weeks we have been hearing in the media the East Timor is going through extreme turmoil. The reason for that East Timor is such turmoil is that in the last elections the Indonesia military denounced the independence of East Timor from Indonesia. This caused militant bands going through East Timor killing anyone the can. This caused a mad influx of refuges to leave East Timor. Most of the refuges are fleeing to neighboring islands like Malaysi .....
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Evaluation Of Baja Seasons Resort
.... in Baja California. The beautiful drive along the coast of Mexico just makes the drive go even faster. The Baja Seasons Resort is between two of Baja's major cities, Ensinada and Rosarito. Both cities are about a half-hour away from the resort.
Families are urged to visit this vacation spot in Mexico because of what it has to offer as far as recreation. If the parents are looking for rest and relaxation, and don't want to worry about the kids, then this is the place to go. On the other hand, if they want a place where they can enjoy the fun with the kids, be near the beach, and experience what another country has to offer t .....
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Boom Towns Of The Amazon
.... Roraima, Acre and Rondonia. This section of Brazil has had the highest rate of urbanization than the rest of the country in recent years. This article examines the nature, causes and durability of frontier urbanization in the Brazilian Amazon. The rate of urbanization has been low in Amozonia. There is a mercantile dependence on extractive boom and bust cycles, which has created a scattered population of river settlements. Two cities, Belem and Manuas, which are the historical commercial centers that are located on the main watercourses, dominate this region. Instead of the classical model of a regular hierarchy of s .....
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Massachusetts
.... a peace treaty with the Indians and prospered happily until they merged with the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691. Massachusetts was also jump-started when the Puritans came in the 1630’s seeking religious freedom. The Puritans came to Massachusetts seeking to purify their lives. Life for the Puritans was very hard. In the 1650’s, the Quakers tried to preach against the Quakers.
However, as time went on and they started gaining wealth, their life wasn’t that hard anymore. Thus, the Puritans’ hard life diminished. Meanwhile, Massachusetts flourished and more people came. Eventually, Massachusetts became a state in 1780.
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France
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World War I broke out August 1914, setting France, Russia, Britain, Belgiumand Serbia at war with Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Everyone assumed the war would be over in a few months. Instead, the war lasted for four years. Germany finally agreed to sign an armistice on November 11, 1948. (A kind of peace agreement). The death toll had been the largest of any previous wars. France had lost over 1.4 million men and in all of Europe over 8.5 million were killed. People said it was the war to end all wars.
Only twenty years later France was plunged into another war with Germany. On June 22, 1940 France was .....
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