Je prvá v Európe, ktorá bola elektricky osvetlená. Stalo sa tak v roku 1887. Rozprestiera sa v podzemí Slovenského raja a je skutočným krasovým unikátom. Do jej podzemných priestorov vnikol prvý raz banský inžinier Eugen Ruffini so spoločníkmi Langom, Megom a Fehérom už 15.7. 1870. Odvtedy bola predmetom nevšedného záujmu a klimatických pozorovaní. Zásluhou mesta Dobšiná bola jaskyňa rok po svojom objavení, t. j. už v roku 1871 sprístupnená verejnosti. V roku 1878 na prístupovej ceste k jaskyni vznikol kultivovan
The rainforests are 3,4 million square miles of tropical forest that encircle the equator. Before 1900, rainforests covered 14% of the world’s surface. Today they cover 2%. The reason is simple. They have been cut down to provide: land, paper, wood, medicines, minerals, fuel,… But it’s not only trees disappearing. Although rainforests cover less than 2% of Earth’s surface, they are home to more than half of all its living things. Land half the size of San Francisco contains 545 kinds of b
Buckingham palace is the official residence of Her majesty Queen Elizabeth II. This residence serves as a home and also as an office. It was the residence of the English monarchs since the Queen Victoria´s reign. In the Palace are nineteen State rooms, which are opened for just eight weeks a year. The Queen and the Royal family receive there the guests. In this place take place ceremonials and official occasions. The Ballroom is the largest room in this palace. It was opened for the public for the first time in 2000. It is a place, where offic
Chapter1: Huck begins his narration, explaining that this story takes up where the previous one, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, left off: he owns six thousand dollars from the money he found in the cave, and this money he has given to Judge Thatcher, who is keeping the money and paying him interest. He lives with the Widow Douglas (who is trying to civilize him) because Tom won’t let him join his “gang” otherwise.
Restlessly lying in bed one night, he hears Tom Sawyer calling to him through the window, and the two escape toge
Stoker, Bram, full name Abraham Stoker (1847-1912), British writer, born in Dublin, Ireland, and educated at the University of Dublin. After ten years as a civil servant and a literary and dramatic critic, he left Ireland in 1876 to become secretary and business manager for English actor Sir Henry Irving, joining him in the management of the Lyceum Theatre, London. He remained associated with Irving until the actor's death in 1905. Stoker wrote many books, including Personal Reminiscences of Henry Irving (1906). His classic novel of horror
Every day millions of people travel from one place to another. They travel for fun or from necessity – to work, to school or on business. People and goods can be transported by land, by water or by air. Land offers the greatest variety of means of transport. There are motor road vehicles on the one hand and rail on the another. As personal vehicles, cars, motorcycles and bicycles are the most popular. We can also travel by coaches, buses and trolley buses. Of rail vehicles, we could mention trains, trams and the underground. Many peopl
Abraham Lincoln was born on 12th February 1809 near Hodgenville in Kentucky as a son of two pioneer farmers. His exact birthplace was one small, poor, wooden hut. As you can suppose, Lincoln outlived his childhood in absolutely poverty, what later strongly exerted influence upon his political conviction. He grew up into tall and thin youth and although he had little formal education, he showed great intellectual promise. In 1831, when he was 22, he moved to New Salem in state Illinois. Here he was studying law besides working in a shop.
Jerome David Salinger, American novelist, was born in 1919 in New York. He has grown up in trader’s family. He has studied at universities in New York and Columbia, where he has taken a course in short story writing. He has published short stories in various magazines including the Saturday Evening Post. During World War II. he has served in the U. S. infantry on the western group of armies in Europe. After the war he has started writing literature, mainly psychological novels and tales, in which he dedicates his attention to children’s and
Marat Safin was born in Moscow on 27th January 1980 and you woudln´t have needed a crystal ball to predict that this guy was to be a tennis star. Marat was introduced to game at a very early age. His mother Rausa, was a former top ten Russian who used to take baby with her when she pradised at the local Spartak club, managed by his father Mikhail. This is where Marat also learnt to play.
He had picked up his rocket almost as soon as he could walk and at five was hitting balls alongside a foddling Anna Kurnikovova, another
When you think about music, beauty, intelligence, and creativity, who comes to your mind? Well, most of Alicia Keys fans will say she is all of the above. She has captivated audiences from black to white, young and old, old school to new school, and she's just getting started. Born and raised in New York, Alicia was destined to make it big. At the tender age of 7, Alicia was introduced to the piano. She studied classical music from Beethoven, Mozart, and Chopin (which was her favorite) and delved into such jazz greats as Marian McPa
Mitosis is nuclear division plus cytokinesis, and produces two identical daughter cells during prophase, prometaphase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. Interphase is often included in discussions of mitosis, but interphase is technically not part of mitosis, but rather encompasses stages G1, S, and G2 of the cell cycle. Interphase & mitosis
Interphase
The cell is engaged in metabolic activity and performing its prepare for mitosis (the next four phases that le
Legal system consists of logically set-up legal rules. It is divided into two main groups, specifically the international law and the internal law. The international law is generated by treaties, which are created among individual states. The internal law is further divided into public law and personal law. In public law interrelations among subjects of law are based upon superiority and inferiority. In personal law, relations are based upon bilateral equation. This dual structure, so the classification of law into public a
It is hard to say where the life is easier. Everything has its advantages and disadvantages. On the plus side, in the town there is lot of shops, cinemas, galleries, restaurants, museums, parks.. There is always something to do. Life is never boring here. There is better supplies in shops. Is easy to find a job here, there are better chances of good education. You can wake up latter because you don´t have to travel to work or school. There is more personal and intimate atmosphere. On the contrary, there is lot of pollution from cars and factor
Chapter 1: Salinger’s first chapter introduces the main character and narrator— Holden. The first and second-person narration engages both the psychologist to whom he is speaking as well as the reader. The reader is first struck by the lack of organization which Holden employs to convey his message. The stream-of-consciousness narration seems to have no recognizable pattern; there are many digressions to other subjects making it apparent that Holden himself doesn’t know exactly what he’ll say next.
DOWN UNDER-that is the nickname of this exotic country. It is so called, because it lies in the southern hemisphere. It is as large as the USA without Alaska. Most Australians live in the fertile plains near the coast. Most of the country is very dry, where is only one river, the Murray. White people have built o lot of dams, which are good for farming. Not all the continent is so extremely dry. The north lies in the tropical zone, the Australian Alps are covered with snow for about half of the year and the southeast has a pleasant type of clim
Robinson Crusoe was a man that always wanted to be on the sea. But his father told him that he should stay home and work like his father. But his dream has become a reality when he left his home and he went on the sea with his friends. Near Africa’s coast pirats caught him and send him to jail. Then one man took him away from jail and Robinson had to go fishing and hunt with him. Then he ran away with one boy in a little boat. One day a ship from Spain saved them and they went to Brazil. Then he had a tobacco plantation there. But he wanted t
Bridget Jones Diary is the first film by the director Sharon Maguire who found just a perfect fine line between comedy and touching romance. Based on the novel by Helen Fielding, the screenplay (written by Four Weddings and a Funeral scribe Richard Curtis) successfully adapts the book into an easily-manageable 90 minute chunk while retaining much of the humour and remaining faithful to the tone.
As in the book, Bridget(Renee Zellweger)arrives at her parents home for her thirty second birthday determined to take control of h
Bradley left Saskia because he had met another woman. He had wanted to make Saskia happy, but Bradley was the sort of man who is never happy with what he has got. Bradley had met Alessandra as she was leaving a London train station. She had just arrived from Italy, and was lost. Bradley asked her what was the time. Began to see more of each other he asked to dinner. They had a lot of in common hobby. They liked eating American food and watching TV. After Bradley had got his divorce from Saskia he went to live with Alessandra. Alessandra
The Miser and the stone. Once lived a rich man who was always afraid of being robbed. Therefore, one day he sold all his property and with money he got for it he bought a lump of gold. He the secretly buried the lump of gold.Every night he dug it up in ordert to feel its weight.One day the Tramp saw him and stole his gold, the miser wailed,when he discovered the gold had disappeared.“dont despair!“ a stone lying nearby spoke up. „ You haven’t lost anything“. If you put me into hole. You will have the same use.
Christmas are a holy fest in winter. They are starting on 24th December and end on 26th December. Christmas time is a time for being with our family or friends. Christmas makes almost everybody happy, but homeless people maybe aren't. Christmas are holy fest, because Jesus Christ birthed on 24th December. People put their Christmas trees into their living rooms. At night -after Christmas Eve- goes(Santa Claus or Jesus) into our homes and gives us some presents. But only if we were good all the year.