Tsunami

Tsunami is a series of waves of extremely long wave length and long period generated in a body of water by an impulsive disturbance that displaces the water. Tsunamis are primarily associated with earthquakes in oceanic and coastal regions. Landslides, volcanic eruptions, nuclear explosions, and even impacts of objects from outer space (such as meteorites, asteroids, and comets) can also gener ...

Date added: 02 April '06

A Short History of Soft Drinks

A soft drink is a beverage, often carbonated, that does not contain alcohol. Carbonated soft drinks are more commonly known as soda, pop, tonic, or soda pop in parts of the United States and Canada, or fizzy drinks in the U.K.; sometimes called minerals in Ireland. The name "soft drink" specifies a lack of alcohol by way of contrast to the term "hard drink". The term "drink", while nominally n ...

Date added: 27 February '08

The National Parks in the USA

by Herminne Tonita - For hundreds of years land, water, trees and wild life were so plentiful in America that people thought they would never run out. It became a habit with Americans to use natural resources carelessly and wastefully. As settlers spread across America, all of them- farmers, miners, ranchers- robbed the land and destroyed its resources. Trees were felled in millions. Rivers ...

Date added: 30 May '07

You Can Lead A Horse To Water, But You Can't Make It Drink

by Cristina Nuta - This idiom refers to the fact that one can show the people around him the way to do things, he can offer good advice but he cannot force them to act or to make them take it. It is the best way to suggest the fact that everybody has his own personality and the possibility to choose what he considers to be the best choice in his life no matter the circumstances. Very freque ...

Date added: 11 February '07

Quote : You Can Lead a Horse to Water but You Can't Make Him Drink

by Herminne Tonita - Whenever you see a friend in need your first impulse is to help him, to give him some pieces of advice you consider would be of great help to him. But there are moments when all that is useless because he doesn't even pay attention to you or he thinks you are wrong and he is right. You can't make him do what you think it is best. If you are patient enough and you stick next ...

Date added: 28 February '07

Problems along the River Quangga

by Cristina Nuta - Water is very important to our continent and humans use a great quantity of water, even if only 3% of the world's water is fresh water. And if we pollute water which feeds our towns, then we are going to have huge problems. A few years ago there was a complicated situation as four countries used water from a single river, the Quagga, each one using its water in its own benefi ...

Date added: 16 April '07

The Miracle of Life Water

by Herminne Tonita - Should we all be aware of the importance and the vital function which water has in our lives we would be more concerned about the environment and about how not to waste this precious element of nature which is more and more on the edge of disappearance. Our body is made of 70% of water, so we can’t live without it. Nobody can survive without water. Thus we should take ca ...

Date added: 23 August '07