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POPSButhan misst Gueck Wert bei ... Was etwas Wert ist, ist als konstruiert zu betrachten - wie klug diejenigen die dem Glück einen gemäßen Stellenwert einräumen. (via @Lachtreiner)
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POPSFêtez Noël en Inde à Windamere Hôtel Darjeeling, 2009 | Darjeeling Hôtels | Hôtel Heritage & Colonia
Le Windamere Hôtel fut construit au 19ème siècle. Décrit par un célèbre écrivain voyageur comme "l'un des Trois Joyaux de l'Empire britannique aux Indes", l'établissement était tout d'abord destiné à accueillir les planteurs de thé célibataires anglais ou écossais. Converti en hôtel juste avant la seconde guerre Mondiale, il est bien connu des voyageurs sophistiqués du monde entier. Le Windamere Hôtel, réputé pour son ambiance unique et son charme a été le sujet de plusieurs reportages dans les médias internationaux. Durant la première Cérémonie des Prix Nationaux récompensant les hôtels exceptionnels de l'Inde, le Premier ministre a honoré le Windamere Hôtel d'une distinction très convoitée pour son excellence en tant qu'Hôtel Patrimoine de l'Inde. Considéré comme la "Maison Patrimoine d'origine de l'Himalaya", le Windamere Hôtel, situé sur le lieu-dit de la colline de l'Observatoire, point de repère à Darjeeling a également comme réputation de favoriser l'activité des énergies
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POPSGecko Remains - One Hundred Million Years Old I like the comment right at the end: "The fossil tree resin preserved the gecko's sticky toe hairs, called lamellae, which are also found on modern-day geckos. Such hairs enable the small reptiles to hang on to vertical surfaces or walk upside down--and have even inspired an artificial "gecko tape" that could someday give its users Spider Man-like clinging powers. "
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POPSTrekking Vacations & Trekking Vacation Packages Guides Garbsnuvo is a place providing different tips and ideas on trekking tours. It provides different informations on latest updates on trekking vacations which will help in proper planning of a trip. It include trekking tour guides within a limited budget.
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POPSTrekking Tours Provides trekking tour guides. Also helps in spending holidays with trekking ideas.
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POPSYak Cheese Is a Miracle The yak is a long-haired type of cattle, bred from Himalaya (Nepal) to Tibet, Mongolia and surrounding regions. This is an animal perfectly adapted to high altitudes and cold. The yak is an excellent labor and burden animal. That's why, in lower altitudes, people prefer a hybrid yak-cattle called zopkio, more docile and better standing with those conditions. Yak meat is slightly tough. In Chinese traditional medicine, sliced and pickled ox or yak penis, which has bland and rubbery texture, is considered a general energizer. In Tibetan monasteries, lamps on the shrines function on yak fat. The spun yak wool is extremely warm. The braided wool is used for getting solid ropes. In Tibet and high Himalaya, the local common clothing, called chuba, is made by men who braid it from yak wool. The yak wool is also used for making mantles and blankets.
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POPSNepal Donors Pass the Buck After successfully waging people's movement and eschewing the cold-war era advice of outside countries like the US, Nepal has attempted what few other nations have - to come to terms with Communists. In this time where there is the potential for tolerance and progress, many of the countries who were too eager to offer aid to Nepal when the government openly suppressed democracy are now weaseling out. It is sadly typical in this era that compromise and reconciliation are frowned on and that absolutist campaigns that create conflict and social divide are favored all in the name of 'peace.' I will not glorify the Maoists and the violence they used but the response of the international community to this delicate time is appalling. This also raises the question of the ethics of international aid. Nepal has long relied on it, and now when it is needed most it dries up. Is the international community responsible?
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POPSSacred river endangered by global warming:GANGES RIVER Quoted;"While India is one of the world's top producers of greenhouse gas emissions -- along with the United States, China, Russia and Japan -- it argues that the United States and other developed countries should reduce their own emissions before expecting developing nations to follow suit. Environmentalists say that kind of thinking is shortsighted and that India desperately needs strong laws in place at a time when the country is growing so quickly."
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POPSDigital Himalaya Project The Digital Himalaya Project is digitising archival collections of ethnographic information from the Himalayan region. Five major anthropological collections were selected for digitisation in the first phase of the projec
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POPSThe Impending Himalayan Outburst
For more than a decade, the fear that the Himalayan glaciers may be melting have attracted the attention of geologists and policymakers. During this time, conferences and papers have been written about the topic and media coverage has also increased on this issue. And finally, here comes the most comprehensive study on the topic-- Impact of Climate Change on Himalayan Glaciers and Glacial Lakes: Case Studies on GLOF and Associated Hazards in Nepal and Bhutan. This 119-page scientific study focuses on the impact of warming temperatures on glaciers and glacial lakes in the Himalayan region. It warns of impending glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) – when rising waters from glacial melt breach dams in glacial lakes – and calls for early warning and mitigation measures to avert disaster. The document, released on June 5 in Kathmandu and Bangkok on the World Environment Day, is jointly produced by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) with the United N
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