A quarantine is used to separate and restrict the movement of persons; it is a ‘state of enforced isolation’. This is often used in connection to disease and illness, such as those who may possibly have been exposed to a ...

The Kurds (Kurdish) are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a contiguous area spanning adjacent parts of southeastern Turkey, western Iran, northern Iraq and northern Syria. The Kurds have ethnically diverse origins. They are culturally and linguistically ...

Myanmar (formerly Burma), is a Southeast Asian nation of more than 100 ethnic groups, bordering India, Bangladesh, China, Laos and Thailand. Yangon (formerly Rangoon), the country’s largest city, is home to bustling markets, numerous parks and lakes, and the towering, ...

Aung San Suu Kyi, AC (born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese opposition politician and chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Myanmar. In the 1990 general election, the NLD won 59% of the national votes and 81% ...

Omega SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Britain’s Royal Flying Corps chose Omega watches in 1917 as its official timekeepers for its combat units, as did the American army in 1918.

Procter & Gamble Co., also known as P&G, is an American multinational consumer goods company headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, founded by William Procter and James Gamble, both from the United Kingdom. Its products include cleaning agents, and ...

Japan is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean with high-rise-filled cities, imperial palaces, mountainous national parks and thousands of shrines and temples. Tokyo, the crowded capital, is known for its neon skyscrapers and pop culture. In contrast, Kyoto offers ...

Smoking is the inhalation of the smoke of burning tobacco wrapped in cigarettes, pipes, and cigars. Casual smoking is the act of smoking only infrequently, usually in a social situation or to relieve stress. A smoking habit is a physical ...

Kandahar or Qandahar is the second-largest city in Afghanistan, with a population of about 491,500 as of 2012.Kandahar is one of the most culturally significant cities of the Pashtuns and has been their traditional seat of power for more than ...

Pearl Harbor is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a United States Navy deep-water naval base. It is also the headquarters of the United States Pacific ...

Le Bourget is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.6 km from the center of Paris. The commune features Le Bourget Airport, which in turn hosts the Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace (France’s ...

Bernard Charles “Bernie” Ecclestone (born 28 October 1930) is a British business magnate. He is the chief executive of the Formula One Group, which manages Formula One and controls the commercial rights to the sport, and part-owns Delta Topco, the ...

Brussels is Belgium’s capital and home to the headquarters of the European Union. The ornate Grand-Place at the heart of the city has shops and cafes inside 17th-century guildhouses, and the intricate Gothic Hôtel de Ville (town hall) with its ...

Procurement is the act of acquiring, buying goods, services or works from an external source. It is favourable that the goods, services or works are appropriate and that they are procured at the best possible cost to meet the needs ...

Aaron Abraham Shikler was an American artist noted for portraits of American statesmen and celebrities like Jane Engelhard and Sister Parish. Shikler was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 18, 1922. He studied at the Tyler School of Art ...

Portraiture is a Photoshop, Lightroom and Aperture plugin that eliminates the tiresome manual labor of selective masking and pixel-by-pixel treatments to help you achieve excellence in portrait retouching.

Liu Yiqian is a Chinese businessman who built his personal fortune by investing in stock trading, real estate and pharmaceuticals. He is chairman of Sunline Group, a Shanghai-based investment company. As of 2010, the value of his real estate properties ...

Amedeo Clemente Modigliani was an Italian painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits in a modern style characterized by elongation of faces and figures, that were not received well during his lifetime, but later ...

Fiery Cross Reef, also known as “Northwest Investigator Reef”, Yongshu Island or Yongshu Reef by the Chinese was a group of three reefs on the western edge of Dangerous Ground in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea. The ...

Pfizer is an American multinational pharmaceutical corporation headquartered in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. Pfizer is the world’s premier biopharmaceutical company engaging in the business of discovering innovative solutions to some of the most complicated ...

Iowa, a Midwestern state, sits between the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. It’s known for its landscape of rolling plains and cornfields. In the capital, Des Moines, are landmarks from the gold-domed 19th-century capitol to the modern Des Moines Art Center, ...

Paraplegia is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from Greek “half-striking”. It is usually caused by spinal cord injury or a congenital condition such as spina bifida that affects the neural elements ...

Harry Winston, Inc. is an American luxury jeweler and producer of Swiss timepieces. Since 1932, Harry Winston transforms diamonds into art and revolutionize modern jewelry and timepiece design, based on its founder’s incredible legacy.Harry Winston is a wholly owned subsidiary ...

Panthera Corporation, or Panthera is a charitable organization devoted to preserving big cats and their ecosystems around the globe. Founded in 2006, Panthera focuses its efforts on conservation of the world’s largest, most endagered cats tigers, lions, jaguars and snow ...

The Comoé National Park is a Biosphere Reserve and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Zanzan District. It is the largest protected area in West Africa, with an area of 11,500 km2, and ranges from the humid Guinea savanna to ...

On the Mediterranean Sea, Tunisia is a North African country whose cultures are very antique. in the capital Tunisthe grand bardo museum presents archeological exhibits from Roman mosaics to Islamic arts.Tunisia is the only democracy in the Arab world. It ...