U.S.A. National Parks

The variety of scenarios ensures there is a park that will make a perfect destination for you, either you enjoy learning about history or nature.
All you have to do is take the map and chose the destination that best suits your necessities.
You might even be willing to volunteer. Or are you looking for a job opportunity?

The parks include place like Alcatraz Island, Golden Gate, Death Valley, Joshua Tree, Constitution Gardens, Grand Canyon...

Just a suggestion: visit a park that goes across ten states and follow the steps of the emigrants who travelled to the gold fields and farmlands in California during the 1840s and 1850s. Visit The California National Historic Trail.

Pasta with cauliflower

Here you have an easy to cook, tasty recipe.
I hope you will enjoy it:

Genetically modified cows produce 'human' milk

The scientists have successfully introduced human genes into 300 dairy cows to produce milk with the same properties as human breast milk.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

Human milk contains high quantities of key nutrients that can help to boost the immune system of babies and reduce the risk of infections.
Read the complete story from The Telegraph

10m alive in Britain today will live to be more than 100 years old

"... Ministers say people should prepare to spend more than a third of their lives in retirement due to the "staggering" rise in life expectancy.

In the first official projection of its kind, the Department for Work and Pensions today forecasts that almost a fifth of Britons will celebrate their 100th birthday.

Of the 17 per cent of the population who will become centenarians, about three million are under the age of 16, and 5.5 million are aged between 16 and 50.
..."

Read the complete article from The Telegraph

Bizarre ER

It is sometimes difficult to find videos about some topics.
Here we have a collection of bizarre ER patients and data.

"Don't wee over your Wii"


"Ear damage"


"Trouser snake bite"


"Trouser snake bite"

Wisconsin Medical Society

Kim Peek, the savant, passed away in December 2009.
Read the information the Wisconsin Medical Society has about Kim Peek and the Savant syndrome.
On this webpage you will also find information about Daniel Tammet, Stephen Wiltshire and other savants.

Go to the web

Best kept travel secrets

During the summer of 2009 Tyler West and Bryan Rogala drove 10,000 miles. They will always remember that trip, not because of classic tourist meccas, but because of those places that most people never experience. Here are their top three "Best Kept Travel Secrets".

Paris - Lonely Planet Travel Video

While the Parisian cliches of romance and bike baskets full of baguettes are proven true, the unexpected manages to rear its head. Who wouldn't love a city that closes its streets so everyone can rollerblade?

Marco Polo - The China Mystery Revealed (Trailer)

Award winning National Geographic photographer, Michael Yamashita, explores the question of whether Marco Polo actually made it to China.

The Hungry Cyclist: Lunch Cycling in Laos

"My name is Tom Kevill-Davies, I love riding my bicycle and I love to eat. It really is that simple. As a journalist, author and photographer I enjoy writing about and photography almost as much as eating and cycling, which basically means, I bicycle to wherever I can find good, well prepared, locally produced, fresh and traditional food before eating it and writing about it."
He's gone to Laos. Guess where he had lunch, and what he had...

The Hungry Cyclist: Phnom Penh Water Festival

"My name is Tom Kevill-Davies, I love riding my bicycle and I love to eat. It really is that simple. As a journalist, author and photographer I enjoy writing about and photography almost as much as eating and cycling, which basically means, I bicycle to wherever I can find good, well prepared, locally produced, fresh and traditional food before eating it and writing about it."
This is him, and this time he's gone to Phnom Penh, in Cambodia. Here is his video of the Water Festival.

Mankind Is No Island

TROPFEST is the world's largest short film festival. This is 2008 winner in New York, by Jason van Genderen.



Visit TROPFEST home page

Thank you Carlos, for contributing.

Russian cover of Let It Be becomes web hit

The Beatles: Rock Band has finally been released – but it is unlikely that any of our singalong efforts will ever match this Russian cover version of Let It Be.



Read the complete article from Telegraph.co.uk

How to Stop Being Jealous Of Your Sibling

Whether you’re the family suck-up or the family screw-up, there are bound to be complications with your sibs.
Here you have some advice on how to improve these relationships.

Farm to Table Cafe

Enjoy classy cuisine made from farm fresh Texas foods in San Antonio.
Brian & Elise Montgomery, Texas Farm to Table



Want to learn more about the topic? Then read this article from msnbc

Woman survived accident 'due to washboard stomach'

A woman survived a paragliding accident because her "washboard" stomach muscles protected her other organs.
Experts said her life was saved by her high level of fitness, which meant her stomach muscles acted as a "girdle" to protect her other vital organs.


Read the whole story from Telegraph.co.uk

A mobile phone review

How good is your vocabulary to describe a mobile?
Here you have the description Mobile Syrup makes of a very basic mobile.

Wireless Electricity, Not So Far Off

Are power cords your enemy?
Then, this might be the solution to your problem.



Read the complete article from The New York Times.

Kitchen 4B: Pizza at Home

Jill Santopietro, chef and recipe tester for The New York Times, shows how easy it is to make pizza at home in her little New York City kitchen.

Free Rice

FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Program. Their partner is the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.

FreeRice has two goals:
1. Provide education to everyone for free.
2. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.


How does it work?
* Click on the right answer.
* If you get it right, you get a harder question. If you get it wrong, you get an easier question.
* For each answer you get right, 10 grains of rice are donated to the United Nations World Food Program.

Not convinced yet? Need more? Watch the video to see the rice arriving in a refugee camp.
Just do it: help to fight hunger!