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Ecotourism as an »
Ecotourism as an Alternative Ecotourism means a lot more than just sightseeing. It is an experience. For many [...]
Human Rights
War Crimes in Angola »
War Crimes in Angola Angola, a former Portuguese colony on the southwestern coast of Africa, is slowly recovering from decades of civil war that left [Read More]
Reading and Literature
Science Fiction and »Science Fiction and Computing The image of the mechanical brain or “knowledge [...]
Health
Liquid Diets »
Liquid Diets Lliquid diets are the diets that range from clear liquids to complete liquefied foods. Whatever their formulation, the use of liquid diets requires medical supervision. Clear liquid diets include only clear liquids such as carbonated beverages; COFFEE and [Read More]
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Science and Technology
Academic Research Institutions »Academic Research Institutions Artificial intelligence and robotics have been the focus of many [...]
Science Fiction and Computing »Science Fiction and Computing The image of the mechanical brain or “knowledge engine” has a [...]
Charles Darwin »Charles Darwin (1809–82) Charles Darwin is widely regarded as the founder of modern evolutionism. [...]
Education
Types of Comprehension »
Types of Comprehension Questions Before questions: serve to focus the students on the important points of the passage [...]
Monuments and Landmarks
Basilica
Basilica Basilica is a Roman structure with architecture similar to the Greek stoa. The basilica was a large, heavily decorated meeting place or public center, used for various purposes. Basilicas served most often to house the meetings of governmental groups or commissions. In the Western Empire, virtually all major structures were erected to [...]
The Baths of the Roman Empire
The Baths of the Roman Empire The baths of the Roman Empire were one of the most common types of building and came to represent luxury, community, recreation, and, in the provinces, an association with Rome. Any city aspiring to greatness would have possessed baths (or thermae). The baths first appeared in the Italian region of Campania, and [...]
Viking Museums
Viking Museums Attempts to provide roots experiences and a sense of history can also be found in Northern Europe, particularly Scandinavia. According to Halewood and Hannam (2001), they generally fall into one of four types: Conventional museums (e.g., Viking Ships’ Museum at Bygdøy, Norway, where three 19th century ships are housed in an [...]
Mammoth Cave in Kentucky
Mammoth Cave in Kentucky At more than 350 miles (563 km) long, the Mammoth–Flint Ridge cave system in central Kentucky is the longest cave system in the world. Explorers are still discovering new passages. The cave was formed over the past 10 million years by slightly acidic rainwater filtering through the cracks of a limestone ridge, [...]
Barbican Centre
Barbican Centre The Barbican Centre was set up in 1982 to be both a national centre for the Arts and also to cater for the constituency of its immediate locality in the heart of London. It houses the largest of the City’s lending libraries and its main Children’s Library. The Royal Shakespeare Company has a full programme at the Barbican [...]
Carnaby Street
Carnaby Street During the late 1950s and early 1960s, Carnaby Street, located in London’s Soho district, was transformed when a group of ‘youthquake’ fashion designers, including John Stephen, Sally Tuffin and Marlon Foale, were attracted there by the combination of low rents and West End location. Carnaby Street rapidly became both stage [...]
Knightsbridge
Knightsbridge Knightsbridge is the fashionable area in London, between Chelsea and Kensington, where Harrods department store, designer shops and a very few expensive homes are located. Part of its mystique comes from the fact that the wealthy and powerful from all over the world are drawn to shop there; newspapers referred to the [...]
MOMI
MOMI The Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI) is situated within the BFI’s South Bank complex, promoting British film and television culture. Established in 1988, MOMI charts the development of moving images from pre-cinema experiments in photographic projection and optical illusion to today’s industrialized and commercialized film and [...]
The Holy Land Experience
The Holy Land Experience The Holy Land Experience is a theme park in Florida based on religion. This is ‘The Holy Land Experience.’ First conceived in 1991, and opened on February 5, 2001, it is the brainchild of Baptist minister, Marvin Rosenthal. It occupies some five acres, was designed at a cost of US$16 million by ITEC entertainment, [...]
Haw Par Villa
Haw Par Villa Haw Par Villa is a themed attraction based on a religious or moral set of ideas is Haw Par Villa in Singapore. Originally a gift in 1937 from the indigenous entrepreneur, Aw Boon Haw, to his brother, Aw Boon Par, to mark their joint success in the Tiger Balm menthol ointment business, it was intended as a Chinese mythological [...]
