May 2010
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Issue of the week ~ Singapore: Know 10 trees
Trees are important components of a natural landscape. They provide landmark recognition, shade, filter dust from the air, prevent soil erosion, and provide shelter for life forms under their foliage. Trees are long-lived, perennial woody plants, some reaching several hundreds years, forming an important component of our living biosphere. In Singapore, trees can be found along highways, in...
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Issue of the week ~ Switzerland: World Circus...
Do you remember your first visit to the circus? Were you so entranced by the acrobats and performing animals that you wondered where the time had gone? A visit to the circus often makes a lasting impression. In a nutshell: it is a spectacle for young and old alike.There is much more to the circus than “just” a big top, a circus ring and sawdust, though. This year Geneva plays host to...
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Spectacular Auction: Siegel auctioning the Steven...
Special mail routes were used to exchange letters in the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) and those across the military lines or frontiers separating the Confederacy from the rest of the world. These routes developed because the C.S.A. was almost completely surrounded militarily by the United States of America (U.S.), and an important Federal war strategy was to cut off all outside...