Las Pozas in Mexico

This surreal sculpture garden was created by Edward James, a Scottish poet, trust- funder, and a great fan of the surrealist artist Salvador dail.it is located in the rainforests of xylitol-north of Mexico City. Building it in 1949, he kept adding to this wondrous architecture whit staircases that lead nowhere, turrets that are off- kilter, and atriums with open sides, until he died in 1984. His own home was a mock Gothic castle that he shared with hundreds of birds, forty dogs, and a boa constrictor. His home has also been turned into a budget hotel called la posada el Castillo.

Eye of the Sahara in Mauritania

In the town of outdone is a thirty-mile-wide series of concentric rings, which remind you of crop circles. Unlike their famous counterparts though, we know how these circles came about-the natural erosion of the upwelling of the sedimentary rock has created a rippled pond. It’s not quite easy to travel to Mauritania, as the roads are bad and banditry abound.it is also not easy to see the shape at ground level. The Eye of the Sahara can be seen from space.

Door to Hell in Turkmenistan

Geologists who were drilling in the Karakum Desert in 1971 were surprised to find a cavern that’s300-feet wide, which was filled with natural gas. When they decided that burning the methane was better than letting it seep into the village nearby, they lit it, expecting a fire burning for weeks. But what really surprised them was that forty years later, the fire is still burning brightly. At night, the bright flames seem to be a picture of hell, hence its local name.

Blood Falls in Antarctica South of New Zealand is Victoria Land, where the 35-mile long Taylor Glacier’s white face is marred with what looks like blood stains. Rest assured, however, that this is not actual blood but a result of a community of sulfur-eating bacteria, which stays underneath the glacier in underground lakes. Their iron-oxide excretions are red, and these dye the ice,creating an illusion of a waterfall of blood. What seem to complete the sordid picture are the corpses of lost penguins and seals scattered in the area,which never decompose.

Why do some trees lose their leaves and not others?

Shedding leaves is an adaptation for high winds. In winter the weather is much windier and large, broad-leaved trees present so much surface area that they’re at serious risk of blowing down. At the same time, light levels are much lower, so the tree isn’t missing out on much photosynthesizing anyway. Evergreen trees usually have very narrow leaves to conserve moisture and aren’t at so much risk from high winds.

Why do we have so many teeth? Adult humans have 32 teeth, which isn’t all that many-the Virginia opossum has 50 teeth and some dolphins have more that250.the problem is that our jaws are too small for the teeth we have.A2011 study at the university of Kent has suggested that this may be because we aren’t hunter-gatherers any more. Agriculture and cooking have given us much softer food to eat and our jawbone has evolved smaller teeth or fewer of them, we’ll have to rely on orthodontist to sort out the overcrowding.

Why do computers make your eyes tired? Eye-strain comes from a combination of screen flicker and the effects of frequently shifting your gaze around different parts of the screen. A computer display is usually wider than a book, making it harder work on the eyes. Also, unlike a printed page where dark letters are printed on a light background, the screen itself

5 emits light. The brightness of the display can therefor make your eyes tired too, especially if there is glare or if you are working in a poorly lit room.

Shopping malls

Shopping malls are everywhere. Do you want to meet your friends, go shopping, eat something, see a movie or go bowling? You can do all these things and more in some shopping malls. But are shopping malls a good thing or bad thing? In this week’s magazine, we ask teenagers what they think. ―They are a great place to hang out with friends. On Saturdays, we are usually here all day. We shop, we chat, and we have fun. There are lots of things to do here.

Spicy Foods

Spicy foods could be the ultimate kryptonite for certain types of cancer cells, a study published Tuesday in the journal Breast Cancer: Targets and Therapy found. Researchers found that capsaicin, the molecule that makes foods like chili peppers spicy, caused the cells of a particularly aggressive type of breast cancer to die off in large numbers.

A team at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum in Germany experimented on cultivated tumor cells of triple-negative breast cancer, a type of cancer for which the only available treatment is chemotherapy. Researchers found that specific receptors, called Transient Receptor Potential Channels (TRPV1), occurred often in the cells and were activated by capsaicin.

The capsaicin caused large numbers of the cells to die. The remaining cells were no longer able to move quickly and therefore divided more slowly, slowing the growth

7 of the cancer significantly. The catch is that consuming the molecule through food isn’t enough, it must be incorporated into a medical treatment.

―If we could switch on the TRPV1 receptor with specific drugs, this might constitute a new treatment approach for this type of cancer,‖ one of the lead researchers in the study, Hanns Hatt, said in a press release.

Triple-negative breast cancer is a subtype of breast cancer that lacks three receptors found in other types of breast cancer. Successful treatments for breast cancer mostly target those three receptors, so their absence makes triple negative especially difficult to treat. About 10 to 20 percent of breast cancers are categorized as triple negative. It can be particularly aggressive and is more likely to recur in patients than other types of breast cancer, according to the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation.

How to make Potato

Can you barely fry an egg? Toast bread? Congrats on checking out Chowhound then. While most of you are beyond microwave meals, even experienced cooks need to be reminded of the fundamentals. From the store to the kitchen to the table: We outline the steps that get you from something raw to something cooked using simple ingredients, free of measurements and complicated techniques. A method that you can have in your back pocket and whip out whenever you like. We call it recipe-free cooking. You'll need: 1 large russet potato Olive oil Salt and pepper Microwave-safe dish Fork and knife Tongs or an oven mitt (Optional) sour cream, cheddar cheese, and chives Steps:

Scrub the potato under running water to get rid of any residue. Pat dry with a paper towel. Rub with olive oil to taste—we recommend about using a couple teaspoon. Using a fork, pierce the potato a few times on each side (top, bottom, left, right) to let the steam out during baking. Microwave on high for five minutes. Using tongs or an oven mitt, flip the potato. Microwave on high for another Stab the potato with a fork to check if it's done. You'll know it's done when the fork slides in easily, but the center is still a little firm. Let the potato rest for three minutes. The center will finish cooking and the outside will start to cool. Cut the potato in half and add any additional toppings you desire, such as sour cream, chives, or cheese. Let cool and serve!

How to lose weight

Lose weight, improve your flexibility, and get healthier by adding yoga to your exercise routine. It’s too hard to hit the gym. I don’t have time to get fit. I’m too out of shape to start. I hear these words repeated to me over and over on a daily basis by people who think that years on the bench, some extra weight, or a busy schedule have automatically disqualified them getting healthier and adding exercise to their regular routine. While not everyone is ready — or even wants to — become a triathlete, that doesn’t mean that an increased fitness level or better body are out of their reach.

For anyone who’s found themselves discouraged in the face of a fitness instructor barking orders or a fast-paced class they can’t

quite keep up with, yoga might just be the answer they’ve been looking for. Slow, meditative, and relaxing, yoga is a great way to start a fitness routine or just add some extra training to your schedule. Not only can this energizing workout help you reach those fitness goals, it can also improve your flexibility, boost your concentration, and even reduce your risk of chronic disease. If you’re eager to add more exercise to your regular routine, start with the 42 Low-Impact Exercises That Will Slim You Down and discover the 40 Ways Yoga Makes You Fitter and Healthier!

French fashion

France is a leading country in the fashion design industry, along with Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan and the United States. Fashion is an important part of the country's cultural life and society, and the French are well known for their good taste in fashion. Haute couture and the prêt-à-porter, among other fashion styles, remain part of French traditional life. France has many famous designers

French design became prominent during the 15th century through today. The fashion industry has been an important cultural export of France since the 17th century and the modern haute couture where originated in the 1860s.

Paris acts as the center of the country's fashion industry. Along with New York City, London and Milan, it is considered a leading fashion capital. Paris is home to many premier fashion designers including Chanel, Pierre Cardin, Céline, Chloe, Dior, Givenchy, Jean Paul Gaultier, Hermès, Lanvin, Rochas, Vuitton, and Yves Saint Laurent

Many French cities, including Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Lille, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Nantes and Rennes, host important luxury districts and avenues. In recent centuries, these cities have transformed into developed cities and are heavy producers and costumers of luxury goods. Île-de-France, Manosque, La Gacilly (near Rennes), and Vichy lead the cosmetic industry, basing well-known international beauty houses such as L'Oreal, Lancôme, Guerlain, Clarins, Yves Rocher, L'Occitane, Vichy, etc

The cities of Nice, Cannes, St. Tropez,are among others of the French riviera, are well known as places of luxury, annually hosting many international media celebrities and personalities, potentates, and billionaires.

Paris

Paris is regarded as the world fashion capital, and spread throughout the city are many fashion boutiques. Most of the major French fashion brands, such as Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Dior, and Lacroix, are currently headquartered here. Numerous international fashion labels also operate shops in Paris, such as Valentino, Gucci, Loewe, Escada, Bottega Veneta, and Burberry, as well as an Abercrombie & Fitch flagship store which has become a main consumer attraction. Paris hosts a fashion week twice a year, similar to other international centers such as Milan, London, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles and Rome.

The Avenue des Champs-Élysées is the avenue of luxury and beauty of France and is the location of many headquarters of upscale fashion, jewelry and beauty houses. It is often compared with the 5th Avenue of NYC and the Avenue Montaigne, an adjacent avenue that is also known for its prestigious fashion headquarters since the 1980s. The fashion houses have been traditionally situated since the 17th century in the quarter around the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. Other areas, such as Le Marais, a traditional Jewish quarter, have also included the clothing industry. The city's numerous fashion districts consolidate it as a fashion capital.

New Year's Day

New Year's Day, also called simply New Year's or New Year, is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar. In pre-Christian Rome under the Julian calendar, the day was dedicated to Janus, god of gateways and beginnings, for whom January is also named. As a date in the Gregorian calendar of Christendom, New Year's Day liturgically marked the Feast of the Naming and Circumcision of Jesus, which is still observed as such in the Anglican Church and Lutheran Church. In present day, with most countries now using the Gregorian calendar as their de facto calendar,

New Year's Day is probably the most celebrated public holiday, often observed with fireworks at the stroke of midnight as the new year starts in each time zone. Other global New Years' Day traditions include making New Year's resolutions and calling one's friends and family.

Vitamin D

Vitamin D refers to a group of fat-soluble secosteroids responsible for increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphate, and zinc. In humans, the most important compounds in this group are vitamin D3 (also known as cholecalciferol) and vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol). Cholecalciferol and ergocalciferol can be ingested from the diet and from supplements. Very few foods contain vitamin D; synthesis of vitamin D (specifically cholecalciferol) in the skin is the major natural source of the vitamin. Dermal synthesis of vitamin D from cholesterol is dependent on sun exposure (specifically UVB radiation).

Vitamin D from the diet or dermal synthesis from sunlight is biologically inactive; activation requires enzymatic conversion (hydroxylation) in the liver and kidney. Evidence indicates the synthesis of vitamin D from sun exposure is regulated by a negative feedback loop that prevents toxicity, but because of uncertainty about the cancer risk from sunlight, no recommendations are issued by the Institute of Medicine (US) for the amount of sun exposure required to reach vitamin D requirements. Accordingly, the Dietary Reference Intake for vitamin D assumes no synthesis occurs and all of a person's vitamin D is from food intake. As vitamin D is synthesized in adequate amounts by most mammals exposed to sunlight[citation needed], it is not strictly a vitamin, and may be considered a hormone as its synthesis and activity occur in different locations

17 negative feedback loop that prevents toxicity, but because of uncertainty about the cancer risk from sunlight, no recommendations are issued by the Institute of Medicine (US) for the amount of sun exposure required to reach vitamin D requirements. Accordingly, the Dietary Reference Intake for vitamin D assumes no synthesis occurs and all of a person's vitamin D is from food intake. As vitamin D is synthesized in adequate amounts by most mammals exposed to sunlight[citation needed], it is not strictly a vitamin, and may be considered a hormone as its synthesis and activity occur in different locations

History (U.S. TV channel)

This article is about the American channel. For the Canadian equivalent of this channel, see History (Canada). For the European equivalent of this channel, see History (European TV channel). For the Australian equivalent of this channel, see History (Australian TV channel). For the India equivalent of this channel, see History (India). For other uses, see History (disambiguation).

History (originally The History Channel from 1995 to 2008) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between the Hearst Corporation and the Disney–ABC Television Group division of the Walt Disney Company.

The channel originally broadcast documentary programs and historical fiction series. It has mostly broadcast various reality television series such as Pawn Stars, Ax Men, and other non-history related content. The network is criticized by many scientists, historians, and skeptics for broadcasting pseudo-documentaries, unsubstantiated and sensational investigative programming, such as Ancient Aliens, UFO Hunters, Brad Meltzer's Decoded and the Nostradamus Effect

of February 2015, approximately 96,149,000 American households (82.6% of households with television) receive History. International localized versions of History are available, in various forms, in India, Canada, Europe, Australia, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. The first European version was launched in Scandinavia in 1997 by Viasat which now operates their own channel, Viasat History.

Diet

This article is about the human diet. For restriction of the human diet for weight loss, see Dieting. For a list of human diets, see List of diets. For a discussion of animal diets, see List of feeding behaviours

In nutrition, diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism. The word diet often implies the use of specific intake of nutrition for health or weight- management reasons (with the two often being related). Although humans are omnivores, each culture and each person holds some food preferences or some food taboos. This may be due to personal tastes or ethical reasons. Individual dietary choices may be more or less healthy

Religious and cultural dietary choices

Some cultures and religions have restrictions concerning what foods are acceptable in their diet. For example, only Kosher foods are permitted by Judaism, and Halal foods by Islam. Although Buddhists are generally vegetarians, the practice varies and meat-eating may be permitted depending on the sects. In Hinduism, vegetarianism is the ideal. Jains are strictly vegetarian and consumption of roots is not permitted.

Demographics of Russia

The demographics of Russia is about the demographic features of the population of the Russian Federation including population growth, population density, ethnic composition, education level, health, economic status and other aspects.

The population of Russia is 144,221,341 excluding Crimea, whose annexation is not recognized by the majority of the global community. Including Crimea and Sevastopol, the population stands at 146,544,710 million.

As of 2015, Russian TFR of 1.777 children per woman was the highest in Eastern, Southern and Central Europe. In 2013, Russia experienced the first natural population growth since 1990 at 22,700 people. Taking into account immigration, the population grew by 294,500 people.

According to the 2010 census, ethnic Russian people make up 81% of the total population. This share remained steady over the last few decades. Six other ethnicities have a population exceeding 1 million – Tatars (3.9%), Ukrainians (1.4%), Bashkir (1.1%), Chuvash (1%), Chechens (1%) and Armenians (0.9%). In total, 160 different ethnic groups live within the Russian Federation's borders.

Russia's population density is 8.4 people per square kilometre (22 per square mile), making it one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. The population is most dense in the European part of the country, with milder climate, centering on Moscow and Saint Petersburg. 74% of the population is urban, making Russia a highly urbanized country.

Science and technology in Japan

Science and technology in Japan is mostly focused and prominent in consumer electronics, robotics and the automotive industry.

Electronics

Japan is well known for its electronics industry throughout the world, and Japanese electronic products account for a large share in the world market, compared to a majority of other countries. Japan is one of the leading nations in the fields of scientific research, technology, machinery, and medical research with the world's third largest budget for research and development at $130 billion USD, and over 677,731 researchers. Japan has received the most science Nobel prizes in Asia (see List of Nobel laureates by country)

Japan has large international corporate conglomerates such as Fuji (which developed the nation's first electronic computer, FUJIC1999, in 1956) and Sony. Sony, Panasonic, Canon, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Sharp, NEC, Nintendo, Epson and Toshiba are among the best-known electronics companies in the world. Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Suzuki, and Subaru are also very well known automobile companies in the world.

It's estimated that 16% of the world's gold and 22% of the world's silver is contained in electronic technology in Japan.

Aeronautics

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducts space and planetary research, aviation research, and development of space and satellites. It has developed a series of rockets, the latest and the most powerful of which is H-IIB. H-IIA/B rockets which have the capability of carrying 8-ton payload to the GTO at maximum are now managed by the private-own company Mitsubishi Heavy Industry. It also built the Japanese Experiment Module, which was launched and added to the International Space Station during Space Shuttle assembly flights in 2007 and 2008 and the HTV to transfer payloads to the station in 2009.

Nuclear power

Since 1973, Japan has been looking to become less dependent on imported fuel and start to depend on nuclear energy. In 2008, after the opening of 7 brand new nuclear reactors in Japan (3 on Honshū, and 1 each on Hokkaidō, Kyūshū, Shikoku, and Tanegashima)[citation needed] Japan became the third largest nuclear power user in the world with 55 nuclear reactors. These provide 34.5% of Japan's electricity.

Following an earthquake, tsunami, and the failure of cooling systems at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant on March 11, 2011, a nuclear emergency was declared. 140,000 residents within 20 km of the plant were evacuated. See Radiation effects from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster 900