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By Francesca Lungarotti If the impressionist master of the variations of light in the open air, Claude Monet, had visited the Plateau of Castelluccio di Norcia in Umbria, Italy he would not have hesitated to paint them. The striking natural beauty of this place features a mix of time, patience and unpredictability in the natural spectacle […]
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World War One, also known as “The Great War” and “The War to End All Wars”, unofficially ended on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, when an armistice agreement earlier in the day between Germany and the Allied powers ended hostilities between the warring nations. The official treaty ending […]
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Tuesday, November 5, 2024, is Election Day in the United States. While so much attention is focused on the presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump, there’s a lot more at stake on November 5 for all voters in every state. In addition to the race for president, 34% of all […]
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By Francesca Lungarotti Coffee is a universal language expressed and adapted to each culture. Each nation and community embrace it and makes it their own. Coffee is a product that embodies work, struggle, love, diversity, passion and tradition. Whether it is called buna, caffe, kahawa, kahve, or kave, coffee might be the most understood word all […]
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Located nearly 600 kilometers from the Bolivian capital of La Paz, the Andean city of Potosi and its surrounding areas are home to striking scenery and the remains of what was once the world largest industrial complex. The city of Potosi, at 4,090 meters above sea level, is one of the highest cities in the world. The […]
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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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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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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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“Don’t bother with churches, government buildings or city squares, if you want to know about a culture, spend a night in its bars” – Ernest Hemingway In some ways he was right but perhaps not about city squares. A city square, especially the main one of a capital or major city really does seem to […]
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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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