Discover UNESCO World Heritage with Street View

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World Heritage sites added to Google Maps

Google has teamed up with UNESCO to add World Heritage sites to its Street View and Google Earth services.
Images of 19 heritage sites from around the world are to be made available on Google Maps, Google Street View and Google Earth.
The United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) sites are places of cultural and historical heritage and importance, and include the Palace of Versailles in France, the archaelogical areas of Pompei in Italy and Stonehenge in the UK.

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Discover UNESCO World Heritage sites

Take a virtual walk around some of the world's most remarkable natural and cultural landmarks using Google Maps, Google Earth and Street View.

UNESCO World Heritage list

Find out more about the 890 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage inscribed on the World Heritage list.

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Fancy a little tour of your own? Why not start with a walk alongside the Seine. From the Louvre to the Eiffel Tower, from the Place de la Concorde to the Grand and Petit Palais, the evolution of Paris and its history can be seen from its banks. The Cathedral of Notre-Dame and the Sainte Chapelle are architectural masterpieces while Haussmann's wide squares and boulevards influenced late 19th- and 20th-century town planning the world over.with a virtual walk.

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If you fancy going a little further back in time you could swoop over to Italy to explore the ruins of the Roman towns of Pompei, engulfed by Vesuvius eruption in AD 79. These have been progressively excavated and made accessible to the public since the mid-18th century and are now available for all with a simple click of a mouse.

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World Heritage List

The World Heritage List includes 890 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value.

These include 689 cultural , 176 natural and 25 mixed properties in 148 States Parties. As of April 2009, 186 States Parties have ratified the World Heritage Convention.

Sources:

1. World Heritage Sites to be added to Google Maps | Latest technology and web news | Web User
2. Google – UNESCO
3. Google LatLong: UNESCO World Heritage sites in Street View
4. World Heritage Centre - World Heritage List
5. YouTube - Discover UNESCO World Heritage with Street View

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China's Dujiangyan Irrigation System

clipped from www.thesalmons.org Dujiangyan Irrigation System The Dujiangyan irrigation system on the Min river is one of the oldest irrigation systems still in operation. The project began in 256 BC when Li Bing and his son, Er Lang, diverted the river into a man-made channel and constructed a system to control flooding and remove silt. It was put on the World Heritage List in 2000. clipped from www.thesalmons.org UNESCO World Heritage List CHINA (PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF) 2000 Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System clipped from www.thesalmons.org Dujiangyan has three major parts: The Fishmouth Pier (yuzui) Feishayan Weir (feishayan) Mouth of the Precious Jar (baoping kou) The river is split into two parts as it enters the Fishmouth pier, a long and narrow dike built in the shape of a fish mouth in order to receive the least water resistance. clipped from en.wikipedia.org clipped from www.thesalmons.org Workers using only hand tools cut a trunk canal, called the Mouth of the Precious Jar through a towering mountain in order to feed an extensive system of canals on the plains. clipped from www.thesalmons.org

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The Anlan bridge crosses the river near the upstream end of Fishmouth
Pier. It is suspended by woven bamboo cables (now reinforced with
steel). It was formerly called the Fuqi Bridge (Husband and Wife
Bridge) because it was built by a devoted couple and it is held
together by locks that symbolize the pair's never-ending devotion.

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There is a large park area around Dujiangyan with various temples and
pavilions sprinkled through the forest and gardens. Erwang Temple (two
kings temple) was built as a tribute to Li Bing and his son.
The oldest tree in China dating back to the Yin Shang dynasty (1700-1100 BC)
is also in the park.

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A bird's-eye-view of the whole system can be found by climbing up the
five-story high Qin Yen Lou. Mao, Deng, and Jiang Zemin have all taken
in the view from its upper platform.

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Système d'irrigation de Dujiangyan

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World Heritage in China世界遗产在中国:Dujiangyan都江堰与青城山1/3

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About: Japan's Mount Fuji

clipped from www.thethinkingblog.com 9 Smashing Trivia Bits on Japan's Mount Fuji 8) Mount Fuji is a Sacred Mountain and is the Symbol of Japan Mount Fuji 5000 Yen bank note. 7) Mount Fuji is NOT one of the Tallest Mountains in the World Look closer and 'Fuji-san' is less than sanitary 6) Mount Fuji isn't a UNESCO World Heritage Site Trash spoiling Japan's Sacred Mount Fuji. 5) Historically, Mount Fuji has been Off-limits to Women Mount Fuji poster. 4) Mount Fuji is Privately Owned 3) Mount Fuji is an Active Volcano Mount Fuji volcanic activity. 2) What Would Happen if Mount Fuji DID Erupt? Mount Fuji city scape. 1) Mount Fuji in Traditional Art - Tsunami Waves? Mount Fuji Wave Japan Article by Steve Levenstein from Inventor Spot. Steve writes about weird and wonderful Japanese innovations on a regular basis and you can catch up on current & previous examples at his blog. Submit your thoughts - click here

Smarter-Than-Human Intelligence - The Singularity

"The Singularity" is the technological creation of smarter-than-human intelligence

Several technologies are heading in this direction.

• Artificial Intelligence,
• Direct brain-computer interfaces,
• Biological augmentation of the brain,
• Genetic engineering,
• Ultra-high-resolution scans of the brain followed by computer emulation

Sometime in the next few decades, we can expect this breakthrough

An institute with the mission to confront both the opportunity and the risk of this urgent challenge is:

The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence

via: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky

The Big Brother State

The dangers of a surveillance society

The Big Brother State is an educational film about what politicians claim to be protection of our freedom but what we refer to as repressive legislation.

Big Brother State - Watch Big Version - An animated short about public surveillance by David Scharf

via: The Big Brother State - Videolicio.us

Why Good People Sometimes do Evil

10 Social Psychology Studies

The Halo Effect: When Your Own Mind is a Mystery

How and Why We Lie to Ourselves: Cognitive Dissonance

War, Peace and the Role of Power in Sherif's Robbers Cave Experiment

Our Dark Hearts: The Stanford Prison Experiment

Stanley Milgram: Obedience to Authority Or Just Conformity?

Why We All Stink as Intuitive Psychologists: The False Consensus Bias

Why Groups and Prejudices Form So Easily: Social Identity Theory

How to Avoid a Bad Bargain: Don't Threaten

Why We Don't Help Others: Bystander Apathy

Can't Believe My Eyes: Conforming to the Norm

PsyBlog: Why We do Dumb or Irrational Things: 10 Brilliant Social Psychology Studies

Who is Sinterklaas (2)

Sinterklaas

The Feast of Sinterklaas, or St. Nicholas, is an annual event which has been uniquely Dutch and Flemish for centuries. St. Nicholas' Feast Day, December 6th, is observed in most Roman Catholic countries primarily as a feast for small children. But it is only in the Low Countries - especially in the Netherlands - that the eve of his feast day (December 5th) is celebrated nationwide by young and old, christian and non-christian, and without any religious overtones.

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Sinterklaas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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