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1. Google Cop
Dutch police have arrested twin brothers on suspicion of robbery. Their victim spotted a picture of them
following him on Googles Street View map application. According to the police, the case was the first time
Street View images had been used in a Dutch criminal investigation. It was certainly a unique situation for
all.
A 14-year-old boy told police last September he had been robbed of 165 and his cell phone after two
men dragged him o his bicycle in Groningen, 180 kilometres from Amsterdam. When he first reported
the case, the boy could not give a proper description of the robbers, so there were no leads the police
could follow.
The victim called again in March immediately after seeing an image of himself and the two men he
believed were his attackers on Street View. Google needs to know why you want them to provide you
with information. In this case, the photo could provide an important contribution to solving a crime. The
company agreed, and a robbery squad detective immediately recognized one of the twins. Prosecutors
will now decide whether to charge the suspects, whose identities were not released. According to some
newspaper sources, the twins have been charged with similar crimes recently, which included mugging,
burglary and pick-pocketing. As a police source has confirmed, the brothers were released from prison
last month. If they are charged and convicted, they are likely to face a rather long sentence. A spokesman
for Google in the Netherlands has not immediately commented on the case yet.
2. Luna Park
Melbournes Luna Park is a historic amusement park located on the shore of Port Phillip Bay in St Kilda,
Australia. It opened on 13 December, 1912, and has been operating almost continuously ever since.
This was the first of the four Luna Parks that were built in Australia, but now only the Melbourne and
the Sydney Luna Park, are still operating. The St Kilda Park was developed by American showman, J.
D. Williams, together with the three Phillips brothers, who had all experience in the amusement and
cinema industry in the US. Williams returned to the US in 1913 to help found First National Films, which
then became Warner Brothers. The Phillips brothers stayed on and ran the park until their deaths in
the 1950s. In the years after WWI the park was a great success, but it closed for the war and did not
re-open until 1923 when they added new and improved attractions, such as the Big Dipper roller
coaster, a Water Chute, a Noahs Ark, and a beautiful 4-row carousel. Between the wars, a number of
new attractions were made, including Dodgem cars in 1926 to 1927 and in 1934 a Ghost Train. In the
1950s the park was refurbished, including the addition of The Rotor in 1951. The park remained popular
throughout the 1950s, 1960s and into the late 1970s, when finally some of the earlier attractions began
to be replaced by modern mechanical rides. A fire in 1981 destroyed the Giggle Palace, and in the same
year the River Caves were declared unsafe, and demolished. In 1989 the Big Dipper was pulled down
because of a new large roller coaster, which was never built. The main historic features of the park to
remain include the iconic Mr Moon face entry and the flanking towers, the Scenic Railway which is the
oldest continuously-operating roller coaster in the world, and the carousel. Other historic attractions
include the Ghost Train, and the fairy-tale castle-style Dodgems Building constructed in 1927. The park
also includes many modern attractions such as the Metropolis roller-coaster, the Spider, a Ferris wheel,
and other mechanical thrill-rides. The park remains popular with children and their parents who have
fond memories of the park from their youth.
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1. The Matterhorn
The Matterhorn is more than a wonder of creation. Through its shape, attractiveness and unique
solitary position, it is considered the greatest mountain. But theres even more: there is no better-
known mountain in the world whose natural shape comes as close to a pyramid as the Matterhorn. The
pyramid shape symbolises the link between nature and culture, landscape and history. As a result of
enormous forces, Africa moved closer to Europe 100 million years ago, and the ocean between the two
continents began to become smaller. 50 million years later, large groups of rocks began to deform and
fold, and the Matterhorn was born from the rock masses forcing their way upwards. It is a landmark and
symbol of Switzerland, and the most beautiful and most photographed mountain in the world.
The Matterhorn was climbed for the first time on the 14th July 1865. Four of the seven men led by the
Englishman Edward Whymper lost their lives as a result. Everyone was talking about the tragedy on
the Matterhorn. The rope that connected Whymper and father and son Taugwalder to the rest of the
unfortunate rope group, and which broke during the descent, is displayed in the Matterhorn Museum
alongside other relics of the first ascent.
The German name Matterhorn first appears in the year 1682. The name is probably derived from
the Matte, meaning meadow, referring to the grassy extended valley which has now been almost
completely covered by the village of Zermatt. The mountain is also known by the locals as das Horn
which means the peak in English.
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1. Penguins
A: Is it true that penguins can be hot?
B: In contrast with general thinking, penguins often get too hot. Especially penguins from the warm,
more northern regions. Overheating can be dangerous so there must be a way to lose that extra
heat.
A: How is that possible?
B: The air between the feathers and the skin insulate so much that a penguin could easily overheat in
the sun. When they move fast through the colony and the sunburns on their black feathers, the heat
cant be lost fast enough. You can see them spreading their wings to increase the body surface. Some
species even pump blood through their wings, and then you can notice a pink surface on the inside.
This is almost the only part of the body, which isnt covered with feathers, therefore the only way to
lose heat surplus.
A: What about penguins living in warmer climates?
B: The four species, which live in warm climate regions all have extra bare, which means they have no
feathers or hair on the inside. In addition to that they also have pink parts around their bill, to lose
heat.
A: Do penguins sleep?
B: A penguin also needs rest and has to sleep. On land you can see them standing with their head under
a wing, or lying down on the ground. They often sleep but only for short naps, because they always
have to be on the alert against predators. And while several penguin species spend a lot of days
or weeks on the open sea, they have to sleep there too, but it is still unknown how they do that. It
is thought that penguins float on the surface with their head on or between their flippers. While
sleeping, their metabolism slows down to save energy. This is very important for survival during the
days where they breed and have to fast!
2. Fuerteventura
Fuerteventura is the oldest island in the Canary Islands, dating back 20 million years to a volcanic
eruption from the Canary hotspot. The majority of the island was created about 5 million years ago.
Since then it has been eroded by wind and weather. On the seabed o the west coast of the island rests
a block of rock which is 22 km long and 11 km wide. It appears to have slid o the island largely intact
at some point in prehistory. The last volcanic activity in Fuerteventura was between 4,000 and 5,000
years ago. The highest point in Fuerteventura is Mount Janda, with 807metres in the southwest part of
the island. The island is divided in two parts, the northern part which is Maxorata and the southwestern
part called the Janda peninsula. The island is the least settled in the Canary Islands. The climate on
Fuerteventura is pleasant throughout the year. The island is also often referred to as the island of eternal
spring. The sea adjusts the temperature making the hot Sahara winds blow away from the island. The
islands name in English translates as strong fortune or strong wind, the Spanish word for wind being
viento. During the winter months, temperatures average a high of 22 C and a low of around 15 C. In
summer a mean high of 35 C and a low of 20 C can be expected. Rain is about 147 mm per year, most
of which falls in autumn and winter. October is a month with the highest rainfall. A sandstorm known
as the Calima - similar to the Sirocco wind that blows North from the Sahara into Europe - blows to
the southwest from the Sahara desert and can cause high temperatures, low visibility and drying air.
Temperatures during this phenomenon rise temporarily by approximately 10 degrees Celsius. The wind
brings in fine white sand, visibility can drop to between 100 metres to 200 metres or even lower and
can even bring African locusts to the island.
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1. Eating in China
A: What traditions are found in Chinese eating?
B: Eating is a dominant aspect of Chinese culture. For instance, the Manchu Han Imperial Feast - a feast
that consists of at least 108 unique dishes from the Manchu and Han cultures - has been a feature of
Chinese cuisine for a long time.
A: Do people eat out a lot?
B: In China, eating out is one of the most accepted ways to invite guests. Similar to Westerners, who like
to drink in a bar with friends, eating together in China is a way to socialize and deepen friendship.
A: What about table manners?
B: There are many traditions that govern table manners in China, such as the correct treatment of
guests and how to use chopsticks correctly. Although each Chinese household has its own set of table
manners and rules, the basic traditions to welcome guests are the same.
A: Are there any rules in China about inviting guests?
B: There are common rules for inviting guests. When the guest of honour enters the room, the hosts
stand until the guest of honour is seated. The host then orders the dishes to be brought, and the
guest should be silent. When the dishes arrive, the meal begins with a toast from a host, and the
guests then make a toast in turn in the honour of the host. The guest of honour should be the first
one to start the meal. The best food in a dish should be left for the guest of honour. When the hostess
says her food is not good enough, the guest must be polite and tell her it is the best food he has ever
tasted. Guests should never split the bill with the host. A guest who splits the bill is very rude and
embarrassing to the host. However, it is expected that the guest will oer to pay for the meal many
times, but ultimately allow the host to pay.
A: Do young Chinese people observe the same traditions?
B: Well, yes and no. It is mainly people in the cities that are not so strict about these traditions. With the
appearance of western fast-food restaurants, a lot of youngsters have gradually forgotten about table
manners.
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1. Father Hunting
A 15-year-old girl used a hunting bow to shoot her father with an arrow after he grounded her and took
her cell phone, then hid in the woods until she was arrested.
The man, who told officers about the Wednesday evening attack, was airlifted from the rural, forested
Tahuya area to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and was listed Thursday as in a serious condition.
According to the hospital he was shot once in the torso.
The man told the sheri s dispatcher that his daughter prevented him from calling for help after she
shot him in their house. After she fled into the woods behind the home with the bow and arrows, he
climbed out of a window, got in his truck and drove to the closest neighbour, about a third of a mile
away.
A Special Weapons and Tactics team surrounded the girl in the woods and arrested her for attempted
murder. The girl was not injured but was taken to hospital because she was depressed.
The man has sole custody of the girl and is apparently her only relative in the area, where they have
lived for at least eight years. Her mother lives out of state and has no contact with the girl.
Authorities had not yet been able to interview the girl or get more information from the father on
Thursday. It seems that the father was trying to discipline her. He took the cell phone away, grounded
her and she shot him.
The police were not aware of any previous charges against the girl or whether she had been involved in
any trouble at school. The principal of the school has refused to give an interview.
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2. Antarctic
The Nimrod Expedition was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton.
Its main target, among a range of geographical and scientific objectives, was to be first to the South
Pole. This was not achieved, but the expeditions southern march reached a farthest south latitude
just 97.5 nautical miles from the pole. This was the longest southern polar journey to that date and a
record on either Pole. A separate group led by Welsh Australian geology professor David Edgeworth,
reached the estimated location of the South Magnetic Pole, and the expedition also achieved the first
climb of Mount Erebus, Antarcticas second highest volcano. The expedition lacked governmental or
institutional support, and relied on private loans and individual help. There were financial problems
and its preparations were hurried. Its ship, Nimrod, was less than half the size of Robert Falcon Scotts
190104 expedition ship Discovery, and Shackletons crew lacked relevant experience. Controversy
arose from Shackletons decision to base the expedition in McMurdo Sound, close to Scotts old
headquarters. Although the expeditions profile was initially much lower than that of Scotts six years
earlier, its achievements attracted nationwide interest and made a public hero out of Shackleton. The
scientific team carried out extensive geological, zoological and meteorological work. On his return,
Shackleton received many public honours, including a knighthood from King Edward VII. He made little
financial gain from the expedition and eventually depended on a government grant to cover its costs.
Within three years his southernmost record was broken, as first Amundsen and then Scott reached the
South Pole. In his own moment of triumph, Amundsen observed: Sir Ernest Shackletons name will
always be written in the annals of Antarctic exploration in letters of fire.
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1. Disabled Discrimination
According to a Swiss report, about 15 per cent of the worlds population -- 1 billion people -- is disabled
and subject to discrimination.
Despite the disability rights movement, disabled people still experience significant difficulties
concerning healthcare and employment. The report found disabled people in developing countries are
three times more likely to be denied healthcare than other people.
The disabilities include impairment, blindness, limb loss, chronic pain and mental retardation. Children
with disabilities are less likely to start or stay in school than other children. Employment rates among
the disabled were at 44 per cent, compared with 75 per cent employment rates for non-disabled people
in the 34 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries.
People with disabilities face barriers such as discrimination, lack of adequate healthcare and
rehabilitation services, and inaccessible transport, buildings and information. The report also found
that there is no country that has got it right.
Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO director general, said disability is part of life. Almost every one of us will be
permanently or temporarily disabled at some point in life, Chan said. We must do more to break the
barriers which segregate people with disabilities, in many cases forcing them to the margins of society.
According to the UN, one of the main factors that contribute to discrimination is the lack of education in
schools. Students are not taught how to deal with disabled people. Most children have no idea how to
approach a blind person in the street or on a bus. Schools should be the places where we can open the
eyes of youngsters to the dangers of discrimination.
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1. McFathers
A U.S. study indicates fathers are more likely to influence what and where a child eats than mothers. It
is said that lenient fathers allow children more trips to fast-food restaurants, which has been linked to
obesity in children.
Dads who think that dinner time is a special family time certainly do not see a fast-food restaurant as
an appropriate place for that special family time, so this means that his kids are spending less time in
those places. Dads who have no trouble eating food in a fast-food restaurant are going to be more likely
to have kids who do so.
The researchers had children write down in a diary what they ate and whether it was at home or outside
the home. The study found it was fathers time spent at fast-food restaurants not mothers time spent
there that was associated with kids time spent in a fast-food place.
The only instances of mothers being lax on the use of fast-food are those who are negligent and those
who are highly committed to their work.
Traditionally it was believed that mothers should be blamed for everything that goes wrong with
children, especially when it comes to food, but the new study has found that fathers have a substantial
influence over what children are eating.
However, one thing forgotten in these researches is the fact that fathers cannot cook. If the wife works
overtime, the only place to take the child is a fast-food restaurant. It is true that it doesnt happen every
day, only about once or twice a week, but it is still better than if the father cooked something that would
probably be inedible.
2. Rain Price
No matter how cool a teenagers mom and dad might be, few teens get through high school without
feeling their parents embarrassed them. And one teen has his dad to thank for embarrassing him the
entire school year. When the high schools bus routes changed this year, 16-year-old Rain Price soon
found out hed be going right past his house every single morning. Much to his pain, he also found out
his dad would be standing outside, waving. When he did it the first day, the boy was in shock. It was his
first day of his sophomore year. The embarrassment was a thrill for his father. The second day of school,
there he was again, only this time Dale Price was wearing a San Diego Chargers helmet and jersey. Day
three, it was an Anakin Skywalker helmet, and the next day, swim trunks and a snorkel mask. Other
kids started to take note. Most of them like it, and they would roll down the windows and wave. The
father admits it took a lot of eort to keep it up, but said it was a way of letting him know that they really
cared about him, but do something a little dierent. He described it as a fathers way of saying I love
you. It ended up being a daily tradition for him, with a new costume each and every day. No recycling
costumes, that was the rule for the father. Interesting, or embarrassing, according to Rain. He doesnt
plan on thanking his dad at all. The elder Price could be seen rain or shine on the front porch of
their home nearly every day of the school year, wearing feathers, wigs, flip flops, suits, boots and even
fur. He wore well-known costumes such as that of Batgirl, the scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz, Elvis, the
Little Mermaid, Princess Leia, Santa Claus and more. And never did his dad use the same character more
than once. Several props aided interpretation as well. Like the day he hauled a porcelain toilet onto the
porch. One of the days he was sick, so a cardboard cut-out of a Lord of the Rings character stood outside
in his place. I hope this lives with him for the rest of his life, Price said. He can use it against his kids
and tell them, If you think you are embarrassed by me, you should have seen your grandfather.
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1. Facebook Party
Facebook is one powerful tool, and a 16-year-old German girl found that out the hard way, after she
forgot to set her Facebook birthday party invitation as private and had her celebration crashed by 1,500
strangers.
The girl, known only as Thessa, had originally planned to invite only a few friends over at her house in
Hamburg-Bramfeld, but mistakenly published the invitation on Facebook so that everyone could see
it. Before long, the invitation went viral and around 15,000 people confirmed they would come to the
party, even though they didnt even know the girl. When Thessas parents found out, they made her
cancel the invitation, called the police and hired a private security firm to guard their house on the big
day.
Even though public announcements that the party had been cancelled were made in Hamburg, some
1,500 people showed up in front of Thessas house ready to party. Some of them had banners asking
Where is Thessa? Others brought presents, home-made cake, and plenty of alcohol, but they were
all ready for a good time, and the 100 policemen present on the scene werent going to stop them.
They started singing Thessa, celebrating a birthday is not a crime, in relation with the massive police
presence, and although eleven people were arrested, a police officer was injured and dozens of girls
wearing flip-flops cut their feet on broken glass, Thessas party was a big hit.
Unfortunately, the birthday girl didnt get to enjoy her own birthday party, as German newspapers
report she was out celebrating with her grandparents, at an undisclosed location.
2. Flights
Nearly a quarter of domestic airline flights arrived late to the gate in April as severe thunderstorms
shut down major airports. The 16 airlines required to report operational results to the Transportation
Department recorded an overall on-time arrival rate of 75.5% in April. Thats down from 85.5% a year
ago and from Marchs 79.2%. A flight is considered on time if it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule.
Storms ripped through the nation in April and forced airlines to hold or cancel flights in key hubs such
as Atlanta, Orlando and Chicago. Other factors that contribute to delays late-arriving aircraft, aviation
system delays and maintenance problems also worsened in April. Flight cancellations rose in April
from a year before, with 2% of scheduled flights called o. In April 2010, only 0.7% were cancelled.
Weather favoured airlines with operations concentrated in western and northern regions. Hawaiian
Airlines, which flies mostly among the islands, delivered more than 94% of flights on time and claimed
its usual top spot in on-time performance. Seattle-based Alaska Airlines followed with 89.5%. Despite
severe weather, only four planes were stuck on the runway for more than three hours in April. There
were Delta flights in Atlanta on April 27, when wind and thunderstorms forced numerous cancellations
at the worlds busiest airport. In April last year, the Transportation Department enforced a rule that
imposes fines up to $27,500 per passenger for flights that sit on the runway for more than three hours
without allowing passengers to disembark. Since then, only 20 such delays of more than three hours
have been reported. On the one-year anniversary of the rule, its clear that it has been accomplished that
there are fewer planes that leave travellers stranded without access to food, water or working lavatories
for hours on end. This is a giant step forward for the rights of air travellers. In opposing the rule, airlines
warned it would trigger more cancellations, saying carriers would rather cancel a flight than face big
fines, especially during bad weather and busy holidays.
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1. Iron-Man
Wang Kang, a 25-year-old office worker from Shanghai, China, surprised his colleagues a few days ago,
when he came to work wearing a homemade Iron Man suit.
It happened on June 3rd, 2011. Kang walked into his office building wearing a metallic-looking costume
and was immediately stopped by security. After explaining to them that he was actually an employee,
they allowed him to go through to the office area where all his work mates stopped what they were
doing and stared at the real-life Iron Man who just walked in. Everyone was speechless at first, but
proceeded to congratulate Wang Kang for his incredible achievement, and started taking pictures. One
of these ended up on Chinas Twitter-like platform, Weibo, and the young self-taught costume maker
became an Internet sensation.
Wang Kang got the idea of making his own Iron Man costume after seeing the 2008 blockbuster starring
Robert Downey Junior, but actually started working on it on February 26, 2011, right in the living room
of his rented apartment. The costume is mainly made of high density foam, wires and tubes, for which
he only paid around $460. The whole thing took him three months to finish, but the reactions on his
colleagues faces were totally worth the time and eort. After the office test, Kang took to the streets
where he left everyone stunned as well.
The realistic-looking Iron Man suit created by Wang Kang is around 1.85 meters tall, weighs 50
kilograms and is relatively easy to put on. Its creator says it takes him about 10 minutes to slip into the
body armour.
14.
1. LEGO Building
A: Inspired by fantasy buildings featured in sagas like Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings, LEGO fan
Gerry Burrows has built an astonishing giant structure called the Garrison of Moriah. Where did you
get the idea?
B: Ever since I was just a kid, I dreamed of building something big using LEGO bricks, but it was only
after finishing college that I realized I finally had the freedom to do it. I began thinking about how. I
finally had the space and the financial freedom to fulfil my childhood dream without my little sister
destroying my Lego creations.
A: So what happened next?
B: I called my estate agent and told him I needed a LEGO room. As soon as I bought my first house, I
unpacked a box of my old LEGO bricks.
A: How did you manage to create the Garrison of Moriah with so little planning?
B: I made no initial plans, on paper or computer, but simply started assembling the bricks, focusing
on individual structures. As I kept building, I got inspiration on what direction to take to make my
masterpiece look as cool as possible. Amazingly enough I suered no disasters during the entire
building process.
A: The Garrison of Moriah is currently 8.5-meters-long, covering a third of Burrows basement, stands
between 2 and 3.5 meters tall and has a depth of between 60 and 150 centimetres.
B: I believe that I have used between 200,000 and 250,000 LEGO bricks so far, because its currently a
work in progress.
2. Working Mothers
Just six months after the birth of my first daughter, I faced the most difficult decision any mother has
to make. The live-in nanny I had engaged so I could return to work, left for a higher-paying job, and my
husband said he wasnt able to adjust his schedule to allow the employment of a part-time babysitter. I
was given the choice of finding another full-time nanny or quitting my job as a writer and producer at
a radio station. All of a sudden I was facing the kind of life-changing decision that Robert Frost wrote
about in The Road Not Taken. And like the character in Frosts poem, I ended up choosing the road
less travelled for a woman in the 1970s. In the dawn of the womens liberation movement, women who
stayed at home to raise children were viewed as intellectually and socially inferior. Career women would
invariably ask their stay-at-home sisters, usually in a condescending tone, What do you do all day?
Even men saw working women as superior. When I told my boss at the radio station that I was quitting to
stay at home with a baby, he didnt believe I was serious. He thought it was a ploy to get better hours and
oered to change my schedule to any shift I wanted. It took awhile to convince him that I wasnt seeking
a better assignment. Overnight, I became a non-person because my identity was completely tied to my
job. Since I was no longer a working journalist, I had become a nobody in the truest sense of the word.
That fact was driven home to me while attending a bureau meeting in Washington for the news magazine
for which my husband wrote. I was talking with the Los Angeles bureau chief at a cocktail party, when
she suddenly asked me for what publication I worked. I meekly told her I was home raising a child and
with that she turned and walked away, leaving me so stunned, my mouth dropped open. I came away
from that incident realizing I had to develop an entirely new persona, that of a helicopter mom! I was
going to tackle the job of motherhood the same way I would tackle any journalism assignment. I read
everything I could about child rearing and saw to it that my daughter and her younger sister had every
non-monetary advantage. Even though being a stay-at-home mother placed me in the minority for my
generation, I discovered other women on the same path. There were lawyers, Harvard MBAs and even a
doctor or two who ditched their careers to care for their children. As Robert Frost so brilliantly wrote:
I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the dierence.
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1. Natural Healers
India is known for the wide variety of folk remedies for various illnesses, and one of the most popular
right now is the raw-fish-swallowing therapy practiced by the Goud family in Hyderabad.
Asthma is one of the most serious respiratory conditions a person can have, and since conventional
medicine doesnt oer a permanent cure, many are willing to try any kind of treatment, no matter how
bizarre. One of these is the fish-swallowing cure oered by the Goud family for the last 166 years. Every
year, during the month of June, hundreds of thousands of people flock to Hyderabad to try this unusual
remedy. Around 500 volunteers administer the miracle cure: live 2-inch to 3-inch long murrel fish which
have been fed a drop of the secret herbal formula which the Gouds claim cures asthma within three
years.
Ingredients for the medicine are collected two to three months before the big day, mixed the day before
using water from the Gouds family well, and administered to asthma suerers free of charge. The
patient is advised not to eat or drink anything for four hours before swallowing the raw fish and two
hours after. Also, he must be aware that he must come back for the cure in the next three years, if he
wants to get rid of the asthma forever.
The ingredients of the medicinal formula are a closely guarded secret so its practically impossible to
know what eects it has on certain people, or if it actually works in any way. If you ask some of the
people who have tried this raw-fish treatment, many of them will say it gives them great relief, but there
have been cases when the patient suered severe asthma attacks, and physicians warn that the fish
itself could cause an allergic reaction.
2. Rhodes
It was the best vacation ever. I didnt have high expectations at first. All I knew was that I was going
to spend a week in Rhodes, Greece. To tell the truth, I made no preparations. I did not even bother
to look up what was on the island, what sights were worth visiting. After the plane landed, we were
welcomed by a young man who drove us to the hotel, which was about one hour from the airport. When
we arrived, it turned out that the man was actually the owner of the place. He runs the hotel together
with his wife. The name of the hotel was Ampelia Beach Hotel. It was located in Gennadi, which is on the
south-eastern coast of the island. It is a small village with not much to do, but in the nearby places, there
were lots of facilities. On our first day we went to the southern tip of Rhodes, where the Mediterranean
and the Aegean Sea meet. It is a gorgeous spot. It is the perfect place for windsurfers and kite surfers as
well. For an hour I was just staring at the surfers who were riding the waves. After we went back to the
hotel, we spent most of the afternoon by the pool sipping cocktails and swimming. On the second day
we went kayaking in the sea. It wasnt as easy as doing the same thing on a river. Much more strength
was needed, and we got tired after about two hours. After lunch we just felt that we wanted to rest for
the whole afternoon. On the next day we travelled to the other side of the island, to some ruins, from
which the view was spectacular. Our guide also took us to see an Orthodox church, which I personally
disliked, for the decoration was too much. Then came one of the best parts of the holiday. We went to
a gorge where we tried some rock-climbing. It was dangerous but cool. The other cool thing about our
stay was when we went swimming in and out of caves. We jumped o some clis as well. My son loved
looking down into the sea searching for fish. On one of the last days, Andrew, the man who runs the
hotel, took us to a local market, where he showed us how to bargain for the best prices. We bought a lot
of local produce and later on we had the chance to visit an ancient Olympic stadium. My fiance would
have run a lap if she had not been wearing a skirt. Well, I didnt feel like running in that heat. Overall, our
holiday was very good. I can highly recommend the island to everybody. Also the hotel and its sta were
very kind, and their hospitality made our stay even more pleasant.