Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor

   Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a famous monument and tourist attraction in Taipei, Taiwan.There are various names for the island of Taiwan in use today, derived from explorers or rulers by each particular period. The former name Formosa dates from 1544, when Portuguese sailors sighted  the main island of Taiwan and named it Ilha Formosa, which means "Beautiful Island".In the early 17th century, the Dutch East India Company established a commercial post at Fort Zeelandia  on a coastal islet called "Tayouan" in the local Siraya language; the name was later extended to the whole island as "Taiwan".

   The official name of the state is the "Republic of China"; it has also been known under various names throughout its existence. Shortly after the ROC's establishment in 1912, while it was still located on the Asian mainland, the government used the abbreviation "China" to refer to itself. During the 1950s and 1960s, it was common to refer to it as "Nationalist China" (or "Free China") to differentiate it from "Communist China" (or "Red China"). It was present at the UN under the name "China" until 1971, when it lost its seat to the People's Republic of China. Since then, the name "China" has been commonly used internationally to refer only to the People's Republic of China.

    Over subsequent decades, the Republic of China has become commonly known as "Taiwan", after the island that composes most of its territory. The Republic of China participates in most international forums and organizations under the name "Chinese Taipei" due to diplomatic pressure from the PRC. For instance, it is the name under which it has competed at the Olympic Games since 1984, and its name as an observer at the World Health Organization.

               STEAM LOCOMOTIVES MUSEUM - Resita town [Romania]

   The name of Reșița might come from the Latin recitia, meaning "cold spring", as the historian Nicolae Iorga once suggested, presuming that the Romans gave this name to Resita, from a water spring on the Doman valley.

   Steam Locomotives Museum Collection brings tourists and draws them through the beauty and uniqueness of the 16 steam locomotives manufactured in Resita.

   The collection has also the first locomotive made in 1872 and one of the two forest locomotives made in 1925 at the former UDR (Uzinele de fier si Domeniile Resita).

The bees have come to work again, today March 1, 2014 ... in Resita town from Romania

   Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known for their role in pollination and for producing honey and beeswax.
   Bees are adapted for feeding on nectar and pollen, the former primarily as an energy source and the latter primarily for protein and other nutrients. Most pollen is used as food for larvae.
   Bees have a long proboscis (a complex "tongue") that enables them to obtain the nectar from flowers. They have antennae almost universally made up of 13 segments in males and 12 in females, as is typical for the superfamily. Bees all have two pairs of wings, the hind pair being the smaller of the two; in a very few species, one sex or caste has relatively short wings that make flight difficult or impossible, but none are wingless.

   The best-known bee species is the European honey bee, which, as its name suggests, produces honey, as do a few other types of bee. Human management of this species is known as beekeeping or apiculture.