The Church of Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio, also known as La Martorana, is a church located in Palermo, Sicily. History The church was founded around 1143, and was originally named after George of Ant...
“Where do we come from?”, “what are we?” and “where are we going?” are questions that we should all ask ourselves. When COVID-19 first spread, the world stopped. Then it starte...
It’s the dawn of 2022 and I think we’ve all seen it by now, and if you haven’t, well, you have for sure heard about it from your friends and the internet. Yes, I am in fact talking about the Qu...
It’s the dawn of 2022 and I think we’ve all seen it by now, and if you haven’t, well, you have for sure heard about it from your friends and the internet. Yes, I am in fact talking about the Qu...
What’s in a name? “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” A quote from Romeo and Juliet by Willam Shakespeare (ca. 1600). Pardon me if I take the liberty o...
Caravaggio criticism and popularity For many years, Caravaggio’s popularity with the lower class led seicento classicists to disparage his work, a persisting negative bias evident in the work of schol...
Chemex? Barista? Americano? If these terms are close to your heart and you can’t imagine your life without your daily caffeine fix, then I invite you to Turin. If you have not been paying a lot of att...
We all know that we should maintain a healthy diet filled with plant-based products, stay active throughout the day, shouldn’t smoke, and get 7-9 hours of sleep per night. But there are other small ac...
The problem When linking stains to crime scenes the natural thought is of blood and gore all over the walls. But much of the evidence is latent, or not easily visible to the naked eye. With the modern...
“An Essay Towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe”, written by William Penn, consists of a peace proposal. In the tenth section, the author lists seven benefits that result from it....
Obsessively Searching for Information on the Internet: Cyberchondria The obsessive search for health information on the Internet by individuals is called cyberchondria. This situation results in the d...
It’s this time of the year that ads, retail stores, and decorative street lights start to nudge you into thinking about Christmas. Some Christmas lovers have already planned their gifts and bought the...
Finger prints are the clear images created under controlled conditions, such as when the police take fingerprints at the police station. Fingermarks are the smeary, partial prints that are found at th...
What is the “Language Planning”? The term “language planning” was first introduced in literature by Haugen (1959). He used it to describe the efforts carried out in Norway to a...
The element 108, known as hassium, does not occur in nature and must be created in a particle accelerator. It was invented in 1984 and produced by firing magnesium atoms at curium atoms. Hassium atoms...
In the previous episode, we’ve seen the status planning If you missed it, you can click here: 2. Corpus planning Quoting Wright (2007): “corpus planning is an attempt to change the forms and st...
Previously… National language planning is made up of three elements: status planning, corpus planning, and acquisition planning. The spread of Icelandic The dissemination of the linguistic patte...
Technology is advancing faster than ever before. It took roughly ten thousand years to go from writing to printing press, but only five hundred more to get email. Now it seems we are at the dawn of a ...
3 Italian books that you should read – episode 2 is part of a series. If you want to read the previous articles, you can check them down below: 3 Italian books that you should read – episo...
I could not contain my excitement to explore the city of Rotterdam. Every detail that I read about how the Dutch city was turned into ashes during World War II as in many other European cities like Pa...
Have you ever experienced awareness that you were dreaming, even though you were still asleep and in your dream? Found yourself in a dreamworld that you can control in any way you want? Directed your ...
I’ve always loved to watch French cinema. French cinema always gives a good message in terms of the events it tells, and I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels this way. It is impos...
Today, October 4th, is Taco Day and we want to tell you how to make a good taco. Taco is an important type of traditional food which has its origins in Mexico but is now enjoyed all over the world. Le...