Putting accents to words in Spanish is very simple. It all depends on where the stress and what is the last letter in the word. According to stress, Spanish words are classified into three categories: agudas, llanas y esdrujulas. "Agudas" words wear... (read more)

Of the myriad of web pages and information about conserving energy home that circulates on the web, it is possible to see three main strategies that seem to be the easiest and most commonly accepted: 1/ turn off all electronic devices whilstnot in use.... (read more)

It is estimated that the average temperature on Earth is 16 degrees celsius. This average temperature is determined by a delicate balance produced between the solar energy received by the Earth and the this same energy being reflected back into space.... (read more)

Industrial action refers to the collective actions of wokers to reduce productivity in a workplace as a means of exerting pressure on the owners of a factory or even the government. Usually, the reason for industrial action is an unresolved labour dispute... (read more)

Amid rumours of strike inflamed by the governments' confusing advice to motorists "should fill up their vehicles and keep a jerry can of petrol in their garage". Lorry driers are threatening to strike mainly because of health and safety concerns and... (read more)

It is difficult to establish a single date for women's first act of suffrage as the movement for women's right to vote is a long and hard battle. It is known that women's first rights to vote were obtained in the united States in the 1860's. It was in... (read more)

This definition of woman as "wombman" is widespread but it is more an unfounded rumour than a fact. The definition of woman provided by the Online Etymology Dictionary... (read more)

It is estimated that 60% of Cubans are catholic despite the fact that Fidel Castro's arrival to power in 1959 meant that 3/4 of priests left the island as Cuba was declared atheist. However, religious practices in cuba are a blend of the African traditions... (read more)

According to Amnesty International, 676 people were executed in 20 countries (except China of which there is no official data) in 2011 and 18750 were sentenced. Although there have been improvements in some countries like China and the United States... (read more)

According to the National Shooting Sports Federation, there has been an 13.5 increase in gun sales with a figure of 815,858 guns sold in 2011.... (read more)

The island of Guam is located southwest of the Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Particularly, the island can be found off the coast of the... (read more)

It is believed that the earth's deepest point under water is to be found off the coast of the island... (read more)

The US Bureau of Justice estimates that in 2008 there were 846,000 black men in prison, 40% percent of the total population of inmates. It is also said that this number might be higher than the total number of slaves in 1850. It is worth noting that... (read more)

Trayvon Martin was a 17 year old Florida teenager who was shot on the chest by a neighbourhood watch captain George Zimmerman. On a night in February,... (read more)

The Italian writer Antonio Tabucchi was born in Pisa, Italy, in 1943 and died in Lisboa today. Apart from being a writer, he was also an essayist... (read more)

Curiously, the countries where Catalan language is official are Spain and Andorra. Particularly, in Spain Catalan is spoken in Catalonia, Valencia and in the Balearic Islands. In Andorra, a small country in the heart of the Pyrenees, Catalan is the only... (read more)

Widespread consensus attributes Damascus the priviledge of being the oldest inhabited city in the world. Different sources claim to have been inhabited... (read more)

At present, the definition of Indigeneity has evolved to encompass broader aspects of Indigenous socio-cultural situations in the present world. Initially, the term Indigenous applies to the descendants of groups which occupied an ancestral territory... (read more)

The International Monetary Fund is a financial institution born out after the 2nd World War with the Bretton-Woods Treaty. The devastation created by the 2nd WW brought 730 delegates from 44 countries to a meeting in New Hampshire (United States) to settle... (read more)

It is estimated that there are currently 5,000 different Indigenous peoples in the world with a population between 250 and 300 million people. There are Indigenous populations in all continents, even in Europe, where the Finnish Sami have led a semi-nomadic... (read more)