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Winter is Around the World

acke85 — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:39:27 +0000

This year, winter is not in a hurry to please our eyes snowy landscapes. However, the temperature is gradually lowered, some cities can boast a white robe. From the Far East to the Mississippi River, from Moscow to Stonehenge – this selection photos of Winter is Around the World.

Live Famously with Perez Hilton

admin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:18:43 +0000

Take part in Lean Pockets’ Live Famously Sweepstakes contest and win grand prizes

How about going to a luxuriously lavish trip to Los Angeles with your spouse and spending two nights in a five-star hotel with all accommodation services and amenities? And how does it sound to have a free $1000 shopping spree and buying cozy yet stylish clothes for the family? Do you know that there is a more to win and you can splendid gifts absolutely free just by entering in a contest, which has been started by famous food brand “Lean Pockets” in collaboration with a famous Hollywood celebrity “Perez Hilton”? Now, you can “live famously” with Perez Hilton for a day and enjoy every single second of the day holding amazing gift voucher in your hand and shopping for free.

Are you wondering what sorts of gifts are being given away to the winners? Here is just one list and this includes, a wonderful trip to Los Angeles for two, two tickets for concerts (winners can attend the concerts with Perez Hilton), a $1000 visa card shopping voucher, stay to a five star hotel, and five hours limousine service, and the list goes on and one. Winners will also be rewarded with gift vouchers from Macy’s Gift Code, Bloomingdales, banana republic, Nordstrom, Crate and Barrel, SpaFinder, Jet Blue, Target, eBags, Barnes and Noble, and Magazine.com. The total worth of gifts is around $7500, which means there will be more than three winners in the finals. Maybe you are the one who will have a chance for spending a day with Perez or who will go to Los Angels alone or with close friend. Just enter your details and be a part of the competition to win your prize.

Most Amazing Vertical Gardens

acke85 — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:35:10 +0000

Patrick Blanc was born June 3, 1953 in Paris, France. That he is a botanist, designer and creator of the so-called “vertical” garden. A scientist working at the National Center for Scientific Research in 1982, became known worldwide thanks to its creation – the Amazing Vertical Gardens. Vertical garden is a system fitosten, which is the sum of plants, placed vertically in specially designed structures. Such walls can be found in all cities of the world – they adorn museums, hotels, restaurants, business centers and even private homes. Enjoy the beautiful photos of Most Amazing Vertical Gardens.

Two Days on a Motorcycle in the Chernobyl Zone

acke85 — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:13:13 +0000

The other day I decided to go to the Chernobyl zone. Because I’m used to traveling on a motorcycle, bus tours legal in the least I was not attracted. Other ways to shut down a zone, but, as Socrates would say, “the wise do not need a law that he has a mind.” So far, so getting a wild edge. At last on the track I stopped filling to fill the tank full, because then civilization came to an end. Sullen inhabitants nameless dilapidated gas station rednekov reminded of the “Easy Rider.” By the middle of the day I approached the border zone. After consulting with the card, I turned into the woods. Feeling the dense rows of spines, I walked along the border. Sometimes the gaps encountered by pedestrians, but the bike was nowhere to squeeze. I drove for miles. Finally got a good dig, covered carelessly sound around the wire. Hiding the bike in the bushes, I began to unravel the loop. A distant rumble of my attention. Far away in the dust plume raised the car and moved towards me. Bending down, I ran to the motorcycle. The noise getting louder and louder, closer, and suddenly have quite a number of brakes squeaked, and all was quiet. The blood pounded in his ears. The door slammed. “Going to give up, or enjoy the last seconds of freedom?” – I asked the question. Steps stranger rustled the sand. The door slammed again. Buzzed starter, the engine roared and the sound began to be removed. In the wide gap between the trees, drove the old “Field”. If the guy behind the wheel turned his head, he would have seen me, crouching behind a motorcycle. When the noise died down a car, I gasped. My hour has not come yet. Judging by the map, in this place deep into the Zone had to leave the road. And really – could be seen among the trees mossy track. I fasten to the handlebar tape radiometer and plunged into the thicket. See amazing photos Chernobyl zone.

All in the Style of Hello Kitty

acke85 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:10:54 +0000

Hello Kitty – a well-known character of Japanese pop culture, a little white kitten. She came up with employees of the company Sanrio in 1974. Brand Hello Kitty was incorporated in 1976 and is now used as a brand for many products. We offer a look at the restaurant, amusement park, hotel and even a maternity hospital of the brand. According to information provided by management, the restaurant is so popular that often reserves a place in it for several weeks. There is even a hospital, decorated in the style of Hello Kitty. In the photograph – pose for photographers with a midwife babies in their arms against one of the decorated images of Hello Kitty maternity hospital walls Hau Sheng in Yuanline Province of Changhua, Taiwan … Newlyweds Jamie Ng Ng and Horlick posing with Hello Kitty and her boyfriend Dear Danie during the marriage under the slogan Dream Wedding from Hello Kitty. The event was held in Hong Kong. We somehow think that it was the initiator of the bride. A girl dressed as Hello Kitty at the celebration of 35th anniversary of the brand in the British embassy in Tokyo, June 10, 2009. The girl coat of pink plaid, which was registered as the official tartan brand Hello Kitty.

Secrets of the Iceman

acke85 — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:05:17 +0000

Secrets of the Iceman- Ice mummy of ancient man, discovered in 1991 in the Tyrolean Alps on a glacier an altitude of 3200 meters. Age mummy, defined by the radiocarbon method is about 5300 years. Currently, scientists continue to study the mummies. Dutch artist Adrie and Alfons Kennys used the results of 3-D-scan skeleton Iceman in order to recreate it full size copy. Scientists initially thought that Iceman eyes were blue, a recent study of DNA confirmed that his eyes were brown. After the mummy was taken to the laboratory, researchers have raised the temperature is 64 degrees in order to unfreeze the mummy. Melt water were examined for the presence of bacteria, which contributed to an ancient mummy is so well preserved. After the autopsy lasted nine o’clock, the mummy was returned to the starting temperature of 21 degrees and placed in a glass sarcophagus. Studies conducted in the Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano South Tyrol, Italy. Under assumptions of scholars, Iceman could be a little more than forty years. See amazing photos of Secrets of the Iceman.

How to Build a Skyscraper in New York

acke85 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:32:50 +0000

I have many years haunted this photo here, in the frequent posters and covers. And now all cleared up. Specifically, the question inside me was how these men came to the beam. I’m afraid of heights. It is not that up to frenzy, but my occasional surreal dreams are related to the phenomenon of fear. When viewing photos and reading the text in my palms were sweating naturally fear. So, on How to Build a Skyscraper in New York. Such a miracle as a skyscraper, would not have been possible without the invention of the steel frame. Assembling the steel skeleton of the building – the most dangerous and difficult part of construction. It is the quality and speed of assembly of the frame determines whether the project is implemented on time and within budget. Watch and enjoy the incredible photographs of How to Build a Skyscraper in New York.

Fascinating World of Ice Caves

acke85 — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:24:24 +0000

Few people manage to get into the Fascinating World of Ice Caves. Once the lava or limestone, after a time become the cave ice. In this collection of photographs of ice caves in the world.Our trip we decided to start with the largest ice caves in the world. In German, the name sounds like ice giants of the world.

In the mountain Hohkegel, located about forty kilometers south of Salzburg, Austria, more than 40 kilometers stretching the cave. Annually it is visited by about 200,000 tourists. However, their review is available only the first kilometer of the cave.In winter, cold winds blow inside the cave, freezing snow inside it. In the summer winds blow from the inside, preventing the ingress of warm air in the cave.

This fantastic picture taken in a cave Serendipity belongs to the employee Speleological Society Cave Makkenzi. Inside the cave is located a frozen lake, the depth of which amounts to tens of meters, and age – hundreds of years. Crystal Ice Cave, presence of ice caves in California could be questioned. However, they are there. Other similar caves also contain ice, but only at Crystal Ice Cave, Ice look the most fascinating figures.

This cave in Romania discovered in the 18th century in the heart of the Carpathians, a population of about 3500 years.The depth of the cave is 100 meters, it is located at an altitude of 1200 m above sea level. In a cave inhabited by bats and insects.

Kungur cave is located next to one of the oldest cities in the Urals – Kungurov. In her 20 caves, the most prominent among which are the caves and the Diamond Tower.It is believed that once hid in the cave of an army. Inside the cave is a workshop in which visitors can learn about the village.

Amazing History Ashaninka

acke85 — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:45:27 +0000

The descendants of the indigenous population of South America – Ashaninka – were natives of Brazil and Peru. This nation has gone through slavery, the destruction of land, bloody internal conflict, which began in the late 20th century. Today Ashaninka threatened by a new problem – the ousting them from their native lands. More than 10,000 people will have to leave the territory on the eastern slopes of the South American Andes, to begin construction of a dam on the Rio Eni. Homeland of the largest tribe in South America – Ashaninka – covers the region from the upper reaches of the river Zhurua to the Peruvian Andes. Over the past hundred years the tribe was subjected to an invasion of their lands producers of rubber, loggers, oil companies and the Maoist rebels. The history of their tribe with a history like other tribal peoples around the world. Peruvian jungle, where the foothills of the Andes, pass in the Amazon rainforest, has been inhabited for thousands of years Ashaninka, who were semi-nomadic way of life.

World Bodypainting Festival

acke85 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:23:03 +0000

The world bodypainting festival in Austria is earth’s biggest art show in the bodypaiting theme. Since its inception in 1998, visitors have flocked to the event to admire the wild works of artists from over 40 nations worldwide. Tens of thousands of visitors attended the 2011 event in Pörtschach along Lake Wörthersee near the state capital Klagenfurt. Usually, the artist paints a completely naked human body, though the body is often covered with a very short bikini or a G-string. Among other things, a great bodypainting work is measured by how skillfully the artist hides the private parts of the subject. The 2001 World Bodypainting Festival began on June 27 and finished on July 3. Here’s a look at this year’s competitors.