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Cambridge Ontario is a city located on the Grand and Speed rivers in Southern Ontario. It is made up of three towns; Galt, Preston and Hespler. As of 2006 Cambridge had a population of just over 120 000.

It is one of the few cities outside of The Greater Toronto Area that has the 401 highway running right through it, as opposed to along its edges. Although that is an interesting fact, there are far better reasons to visit Cambridge than the 401 highway. Here are 3 reasons to visit scenic Cambridge:

1. Wings of Paradise: No this is not the name of a bad 80′s hair metal band. It is one of Cambridge’s most popular attractions. Opened in 2001, Wings of Paradise is one of the largest butterfly conservatories in Ontario. On the 117 acre site is a 10 000 sq. foot indoor tropical garden. This garden is home to thousands of butterflies as well as 75 different varieties of tropical plants, waterfalls, streams, tropical finches and chinese painted quail.

Wings of Paradise gives back to the community with it’s Wings of Paradise Fund. This fund is used to establish butterfly gardens in places like seniors’ homes or day care centres. They also provide transportation and free visitations for seniors and residents of chronic care facilities.

2. The Mill Race: The Mill Race is an European style folk music festival. The European styling means that the day’s events are held on numerous stages within the town’s core. The Festival has been successfully running for over 16 years.

Traditional styles of folk dance and music are on display during this 3 day event. Special emphasis is placed on the various cultures that are present in Cambridge. The festival is full of great food and performances. There are also handy workshops that can teach you the basics of unique instruments like harps and bagpipes! World renowned folk artists can be found performing each year in Cambridge.

3. The Cambridge Farmers’ Market: Farmer’s markets are all the rage these days. Even small towns are beginning to set up fresh markets. With people being interested in eating organic and locally, farmer’s markets will continue to grow. Cambridge’s has already had time enough to grow and mature.

This Farmers’ market has been in operation since 1830! That officially makes it Canada’s third oldest farmers’ market. Best Health magazine recently labeled it one of the ten best farmers markets in the country. It is no wonder – the Cambridge market puts out an impressive spread of organic fruits and vegetables, baked goods, meats, cheeses and arts and crafts. Eating locally is becoming a trend – and the Cambridge market is once again ahead of the pack. All the vendors in the market come from within a 100 km. radius.

Cambridge has a rich history and is a beautiful place to visit. It is interesting to see how three, once separate, towns have grown into one spectacular city. Check out Cambridge today, because a one page article certainly can’t do it justice!

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Anglesey AbbeyAnglesey Abbey is a Jacobean-style country house set in a formal and informal gardens with a working watermill. The abbey is a vision of the golden age of country house living. It was created by Lord Fairhaven and his brother from 1926 to 1966 and has around 98 acres of landscaped and wildlife gardens, plus a working 18th century watermill. The abbey is home to amazing furniture, books, works of art and a collection of French and English clocks. The outside of the abbey is decorated in 12th century gargoyles and over 100 pieces of classical sculpture in the formal gardens.

Fitzwilliam MuseumThe most famous museum in Cambridge is the Fitzwilliam Museum in Trumpington Street, the museum is housed in a neo-classical building that was designed by architect, George Basevi. The main collection that the museum boasted was left by the seventh Viscount Fitzwilliam after he died in 1816. The museum is host to a amazing collection of English pottery and china, Greek, Roman and Egyptian antiquities, and illuminated manuscripts.The fine gallery has works by Hogarth, Gainsborough and Turner as well as the Impressionists and Dutch Masters of the Baroque including Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Rubens and Frans Hals.

Mullard Radio Astronomy ObservatoryThe Mullard radio astronomy observatory is one of the largest observatories of its kind in the world. It uses an array of telescopes that are linked as a interferometer to produce a radio telescope that has a diameter of several kilometres. The closest observatory that is similar to the specification is in the Netherlands.

Newmarket RacecourseThe Newmarket race course is the mecca of English house racing and is 10 miles northeast of Cambridge. It is the largest cluster of training yards in the country and many key horse racing organisations. Racing in Newmarket dates back to 1174, there are more than 2,500 horses with most stables located in the centre of the town. The Newmarket racecourse consists of two courses, the Rowley Mile course and the July Course. Both courses are galloping tracks and are used for flat racing. The Rowley Mile is used for racing in the Spring and Autumn, while the July Course is used in Summer.

These attractions are ideal for people visiting the area of Cambridge or who are looking to rent property in Cambridge.

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The history of online car games is inter weaved with the history of the computer, video games, the World Wide Web and all the associated technologies that make online gaming possible.The First Computer Game

A.S. Douglas, a PhD student at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, created the first graphic computer game in 1952. Douglas programmed a version of naughts and crosses on an EDSAC computer. The EDSAC in Cambridge was the 2nd computer in the world, the first being located in the University of Manchester.

“Tennis for Two” was created in 1958 by William Higinbotham on an oscilloscope in Brookhaven National Laboratory. “SpaceWar!” was the first game programmed for computer use by Steve Russell in MIT using a PDP-1 mainframe computer.

Computer and video game technology progressed throughout the 60′s with new inventions such as the mouse and windows. Progress culminated in 1968 with a the first public demonstration of a networked computer system in the Augmentation Research Center. The demonstration was the first public appearance of the mouse, windows, hypermedia with linking and addressing, and video conferencing.

1974 saw the first racing game by Atari named Gran Track 10. It had low-resolution graphics and it was a race against the clock rather than racing against other cars.The First Car Game

It wasn’t until 1982 when Namco released the first true car game that things really took off. Pole Position was the first game that allowed players to have cars to race against and was based on a real racing circuit.

1983 saw the birth of the Internet evolving from ARPANET that had started deployment in 1969. The Internet allowed for network games that could be run on peer-to-peer or client-server architectures.The First Online Car Games

The Internet continued to develop and web browsers became more and more sophisticated. People started creating games that used web browsers as a client. HTML, JavaScript, ASP, PHP, MySQL and FLASH technologies have now progressed to such a point that many of the games developed in the 80′s and 90′s are now available to play for free online.

So the next time you have a few minutes to kill why not Google “car games” and enjoy the race.

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American visitors staying at one of the many Cambridge Hotels may be confused by the local vernacular, and if no one corrected them, might think that punting around town to see the backs of local colleges might mean kicking an American Football through the back gates of the college garden. In fact, Punting is the term used for using traveling by small flat-bottomed boat (similar to the Italian gondola) that has been the traditional mode of transport for hundreds of years in the small English town. Hotels in Cambridge are used to explaining the term to Americans, and probably wont be entertained by football jokes.

Once the visitors are past the unusual terminology, they will most certainly enjoy one of the local guided tours that take them through the still waters of the river that winds through the town. Self-guided punting tours are also available, so you can meander the backwaters at your own pace, but you wont get any of the colorful back-stories that the local tour guides will weave for you about the history of the place. The old historic college town has little in common with the American College Town, and far more history attached, but youll be so busy taking in the idyllic scenes that youll hardly notice.

Locals suggest taking a guided tour first, and then returning to rent a punt for yourself so that youll have a better understanding of the areas of interest along your route. Hotels in Cambridge can help you find a reputable rental shop so you wont get gouged on the price. Cambridge hotels are also very knowledgeable about the history of the area and they can help organize your sightseeing trip.

Simon Schaffer, sitting in room once part of Radio Astronomy in the Old Cavendish Laboratory, describes how ‘pulsars’ were first recognized in this room and other developments in astronomy
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The traditional Oxford and Cambridge boat race 2011 – held in London, along the river Thames each year… The best!
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The Oxford Cambridge Boat Race is one of the most iconic among said local traditions, although today it has far transcended local interest into the sphere of international sporting event, being followed by millions all around the world. Yet, this long-standing event stemmed from a single, humble challenge made in 12 March 1829 between Cambridge student Charles Merivale and Oxfordian Charles Wordsworth (who was indeed a nephew of the great poet).

The first of what was to be many annual races began at Oxfordshire’s Henley-on-Thames, which was reportedly watched by a crowd of no less than twenty thousand. This number has since snowballed to a quarter of a million during the present day, who gather along the banks of the river. The event was such a success that it spurred the creation of the Henley Royal Regatta by the townsfolk.

Although the earlier boat races took place at Westminster, overcrowding soon pushed the venue into the locale of Putney, which was then a mere county village. The Boat Race did not become an annual event till 1856, after which point it became a highly-anticipated annual tradition, broken only by the World Wars.

Today, a 250,000 strong crowd of onlookers line the shores of Thames from Putney to Mortlake while the BBC provides coverage of the event to an estimated local audience of over six million. The estimated global fans number a staggering 400 million, in over 180 countries all over the world. It may be said that with this kind of international fervour, there is no little onus on either university team to win. As is tradition, the loser of the race is expected challenge the winner to a rematch the next year, thus securing the continuation of the Boat Race. Cambridge has so far won the majority of the races since their inception, but Oxford swept to victory at the 157th Boat Race held in 2011.

For visitors, there are several vantage spots all along either side of the course. The best of these are the Putney Bridge, Embankment and the Bishop’s Park located at the start of the race, Hammersmith and Barnes which are found mid-course, and the Chaswick Bridge and Duke’s Meadows at the finish. Big Screen televisions are also mounted at Bishop’s Park, Hammersmith and Fulham and Furnivall Gardens helping diffuse the crowds and offer the spectators the convenience of watching the whole race up close and in comfort.

Those on the lookout for a well-reputed London family hotel in which to find accommodation during events such as the Boat Race, The Langham London comes highly recommended. The charming Victorian heritage establishment is one of the leading luxury London hotels, located in the elite locale of Regent Street.

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