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World Turtle Day – May 23rd

World Turtle Day is an annual event that has been taking place since 2000. It was founded by American Tortoise Rescue (founded in 1990), a non-profit organisation that rescues and rehabilitates all species of tortoise and turtle. It also does a lot of work on protecting the environments in which these animals live. The purpose…

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Unusual Transport

Getting from a to b is a simple type of equation. But what if getting from a to b is hindered by ‘x’ (type of terrain, geographic location, costs, etc)? Maybe ‘y’ has to be inserted into the equation to solve the problem. So, ‘y’ can be a solution based on cost, being resourceful, creative,…

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Coronation Day

The coronation ceremony in the United Kingdom of Charles III and his wife Camilla as King and Queen takes place Saturday, May 6 at Westminster Abbey in London. Coronations at Westminster are rare spectacles – there have only been 39 in the past one thousand years!  Please enjoy the attached gallery of some of those coronations.…

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Stari Most and the Old City of Mostar

In July 2005 the Old Bridge and Old City section of the historic town of Mostar were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.  Mostar, a city of more than 110,000 people located in southern Bosnia and Herzogovina, was first developed during the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town.  The town is named after its…

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Great buildings lost to demolition, development and disaster

Progress in our society, culture, economy, technology and specifically in this case, our built environment – architecture, is an unstoppable force in modern civilisation. However, that does not stop us bemoaning or even being sentimental for buildings that no longer exist through decisions to demolish them to make way for new developments. Especially so in…

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