Discovery Australia is one of the oldest landmasses on earth, originally breaking away from the super continent 'Gondwana' and settling in its current position about fifteen million years ago. The continent is also one of the most stable of all landmasses and has been free of mountain-building forces for 100 million years. The earliest European explorers who knew about the mysterious 'Terra Australis', were the Portuguese, namely Luis Vaes de Torres who sailed the narrow strait between the tip of Cape York and New Gui
The American Indians is a name given to pre-European inhabitants of America. There is a great cultural diversity : the culture of Indians of Northern coast of South America, the Eskimos and other civilisations of Mayas (later adopted by the Aztecs) and the Incas of Peru. Toward the end of the 1960s Indians, aswell as other minorities had to fight against discrimination. They wanted to keep their tribal traditions and own homeland but they had to fight with assimilation. Many times the tribes were forced to move to a different part of cou
With her long legs, ample bee-stung lips and striking deep-set blue eyes. Angelina Jolie may have been destined for screen stardom even without the benefit of talent or family name –both of which are considerable-but these atributes didn´t hurt. “Just look at that beautiful face and all the intelligence that it has and all the passion. It´s quite extraordinary,“ says actor Jon Voight, who, admittedly, is not the most unbiased observer, considering that the Oscar-wining actor is Jolie´s father.
Fun Fact: William Taft gave the White House its first set of "wheels." He had the stables converted into a garage for four cars, all ordered in 1909. President Taft was a huge man, weighing more than 300 pounds. A special bathtub was installed for him in the White House, big enough to hold four men. Fast Fact: William Howard Taft: the only man to become President and then chief justice. Biography: Distinguished jurist, effective administrator, but poor politician, William Howard Taft spent four uncomfortable years in the White House.
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The destruction of forests throughout the world is a serious global issue. Recent studies about forests show that temperate forests are even more endangered than tropical forests. Forests are home to the majority of the earth's wildlife.
Forests perform many necessary tasks like regulating the earth's climate, breaking down nutrients and cleaning water sources. They are sources of food, fibre, fuel, medicines, and building materials which support the human economy, and of cultural and spiritu
Actor, born Peter Sidney Lawford, on September 7, 1923 in London, England. Best known as the husband of Patricia Kennedy, the sister of president John F. Kennedy; and as a member of the “Rat Pack,” a group of entertainers that included Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Joey Bishop. Lawford’s father was a knighted World War I veteran who became an actor after he retired. Lawford’s film debut was at age eight in the British film Poor Old Bill (1931) followed by a role in Lord Jeff (1938). Lawford grew to be a hand
Elected king of the Romans in 1346 and king of Bohemia the following year, Charles IV of Luxemburg was crowned emperor at Rome in 1355 and retained the imperial title until his death in 1378. During his reign imperial policy refocused on the Germanic sphere and abandoned the ideal of the Holy Roman Empire as a universal monarchy. Charles IV concentrated his energies chiefly on the economic and intellectual development of Bohemia. He founded the university of Prague in 1348 and encouraged the early humanists ; he is known to have corresponded wi
In this short essay I would like to show how I understand the poems of William Blake. I will write about the poems The Tyger, The Lamb, The Chimney Sweeper and London. I will go from one stanza to another trying to show what Blake wanted to say. The poem The Tyger, as already the title shows, is about an animal called tyger. In the beginning Blake describes the animal’s fur: „Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright, In the forests of the night.“ In the second and third verse he is wondering who could create such a fearful animal. According to
Dressing has its own rich and interesting history. Each period has its own elements and other elementary kinds of style. We have to divide fashion into several parts because everyone has their own style of dressing. Women dress themselves differently than men. Old people dress differently than young people or teenagers. Clothes, which are worn by rich people, change very quickly because they can pay more money than poorer people. Many people sympathise with known slogan which says: “Fine feathers make fine birds.” Everybody wants to look go
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scientists is a professional honorary organization composed of over 6,000 motion picture craftsman and women. The purposes of the academy are to advance the arts and sciences of motion pictures; foster cooperation among creative leaders; recognize outstanding achievements; cooperate on technical research and foster educational activities between the professional community and the public-at-large. The Academy's field of activity does not include economic, labor or political matters. The Academy was org
Lenin, Vladimir Ilich (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary and political theoretician, who was the creator of the Soviet Union and headed its first government.
Lenin, originally named Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, was born in Simbirsk on April 22, 1870, the son of a successful government official. The first breach in Lenin's comfortable childhood came in 1887, when the police arrested and hanged his elder brother for plotting to assassinate Tsar Alexander III. Later that year Lenin enrolled in the Kazan' University (now Kazan�
Admirably equipped to preside at the White House, Lou Henry Hoover brought to it long experience as wife of a man eminent in public affairs at home and abroad. She had shared his interests since they met in a geology lab at Leland Stanford University. She was a freshman, he a senior, and he was fascinated, as he declared later, "by her whimsical mind, her blue eyes and a broad grinnish smile."
Born in Iowa, in 1874, she grew up there for ten years. Then her father, Charles D. Henry, decided that the climate of southern C
Food is one of the chief joys (poteąenie) of life. Eating - and for many, cooking too - is a downright (vyslovene) pleasure (príjemné). There are some people who eat just once a day - they have one continuous meal - others are figure-conscious and try to fast (ukonči»), or at least (obmedzi») cut down on sugar and fat intake. Some young ladies go on slimming (zoątíhµujúce) diet only to impress people by saying "I´m on two oranges today".
Maybe it is in their nature (povaha), but the fact is the people in our c
For two hundred years, the White House has stood as a symbol of the Presidency, the United States government, and the American people. Its history, and the history of the nation’s capital, began when President George Washington signed an Act of Congress in December of 1790 declaring that the federal government would reside in a district "not exceeding ten miles square…on the river Potomac." President Washington, together with city planner Pierre L’Enfant, chose the site for the new residence, which is now 1600 Pennsylvania Avenu
Slovak Republic is in the land, which was from year 1918 part of Czechoslovakia. From 1.1.1993, when Czechoslovakia breaks-up, is Slovakia independent country. HISTORY: 2 hounded year before Christ colonised Celts lowlands of south-west Slovakia. In 1st century before Christ live Dacians there. In 5th and 6th century started Slavonians live in the area, where had to faith with Avaris. They dominated Slavonians people. Mojmir I. dominated of imperial called Velka Morava. West Slovakia belongs there. In the 863 came to Velka Morava two brothers,
Actress. Born Julie Anne Smith, on December 3, 1960, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Her family moved around a great deal to accommodate her father’s career as a military judge, living in South America, Germany, Paris, and Alaska, among other places. Moore (she took her father’s middle name as her surname in order to distinguish herself when she registered at Actor’s Equity) studied acting at Boston University’s School of the Performing Arts, earning her BFA in 1983. She moved to New York City and began acting off-Broadway and on telev
The main characters - Victor Frankenstein and his creation, a monster without name, are the only round characters in this story. It means, that they are described in great detail and their characters are developing as the story goes on. (The others merely represent the types of goodness, benevolence and love.) I will try to describe how the main characters’ natures were developing and what circumstances led to their fall. The 19th century, in which Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly lived, can be c
Mark Twain was born as Samual Langhorne Clemans on November 30, 1835 in Florida. He grew up in Hannibal, Mo on the west bank of the Mississippi. When he turned 13 he became a full time apprentice to a local printer. Later in his life he worked with his brother on "The Hannibal Journal." He became a composer for this paper. Over the course of his lifetime he wrote many classic books. Two of my favorite books would have to be "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." I like these two bo
Clothes and fashion have always been important for people. Is not only way of dressing but also a big business. Fashion designers, models, managers, dress-makers try to make big money with fashion. Today fashion is changing faster than before. New trends, new styles, new materials come in. Big fashion shows are more grequent in the cities like Paris, NY, Milan, Düsseldorf etc. It’s attractive for those who are interested in fashion, in business, who have a lot of money and also those who work in mass media. People have different attitude to