Sierra Leone, which means “Lion Mountains”, is a very diverse country located on the west coast of Africa. Sierra Leone is impressively known for the country’s wealth in diamonds, also known as “blood diamonds” because of the blood that is shed to get these diamonds. The country is home to approximately 6.3 million people. Although English is the country’s official language, the languages of Temne, Mende, and Krio are also spoken. Sierra Leone’s inhabitant history, first contact with the…
It was the skill of the Portuguese navigators that opened up many sea-routes enabling trade, commerce to flourish between East and West. This resulted in the creation of colonial empires by some of the European powers, in the occupation and often exploitation of others people’s land and resources…
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer who proposed reaching Asia by means of a westward route across the Atlantic Ocean, and instead discovered and explored the Caribbean, as well as parts of Central and South America. Initially sponsored by King Ferdinand (1452-1516) and Queen Isabella (1451-1504) of Spain in 1492, Columbus is popularly believed to have been the first European to land and therefore discover the "New World" of the Americas. He is also credited with opening…
keep records on other organizations. While we have not heard anything bad about them, we always recommend doing your research and visiting organizations that interest you. I also recommended she try checking them out on websites such as Charity Navigator to help her make a more informed choice when choosing reputable organizations. • Camille reached out to us with concerns about gas chamber used in Utah shelters and wanted to know why we are not fighting this cruel practice. I formulated a…
Alien is an original, extraordinary visual film that has the ability to terrorized moviegoing audiences by rather what they don’t see, combining the dread and fear of the unknown, and the idea that something is lurking just around the corner, waiting in the darkness made of pure evil. The film’s own tagline reads, “In space no one can hear you scream.” Is hauntingly fitting as the doomed space travelers are trapped aboard their own spaceship in uncharted space with a hostile alien stalking them.…
The Columbian Exchange was a time period in which trading and exchanges were completed between the Old and New Worlds. The man in which it was centered around is Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer and navigator, who is credited with discovering the New World. Although he was looking for a quicker trade route to Asia, Columbus stumbled upon North America and changed the way people lived all around the globe. Exploration was a crucial piece of European life, so its not surprising that the…
Jesus to save me from my sins. We pulled over and prayed right there and I received Jesus into my heart. During my early education years, I attended Sunday Services and School, Children’s Choir, and Wednesday night events regularly as well as many Navigators urban ministry children’s programs due to…
Who knew, that our stars string together to form the most unique, odd, and compelling shapes and figures. You, probably have heard of the Big dipper, Little Dipper, Ursa Minor, Ursa Major, and Orion. These are the most well known and popular constellations and asterisms. An asterism is a group of stars that is not a constellation, but is well known by many astronomers. The history of how constellations came to be is amazing. Things including people, the discovery, why they were used, and how…
Introduction: The housing reform movement began in New York City in the beginning of the 1800s. It was a necessary action as a result of the incidents emerging from the overcrowdings that had emerge because of the large mass of migration into America, by foreign groups. The population of immigrants in the city was growing so much that in order to provide a place to live people were being crowded up together in unsanitary and constricted spaces (Robert, p. 8). Therefore, in order to address this…
As Regent Seven Seas Cruises prepared to mark its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2017, the company yet again helped to raise the standards by which luxury is defied. The new 55,254 gross ton ms Seven Seas Explorer, entered service in July 2016, with amenities ranging from larger private balconies to a 4,400 sq. foot Regent Suite with two bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, a private solarium and even an in-suite spa with sauna and Jacuzzi. Accommodating just 750 passengers, the ship has the look…