The world's most breathtaking clifftop hotels
Angama Mara, Kenya
Perched 1, 000 feet above the Maasai Mara, Angama Mara is on the edge of the Great Rift Valley. The site served as a location for the 1985 film "Out of Africa." Guests can expect top-quality game viewing, including Africa's Big Five, every month of the year, both on game drives and on walking safaris. Amenities include a photography studio, fitness center, an art gallery, a 40-foot-long swimming pool and a studio.
Angama Mara: Suswa Mara Triangle, Kenya; +254 730 630630
Monastero Santa Rosa Hotel & Spa, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Formerly a monastery dating back to the 17th century, the family-run Monastero Santa Rosa clings to the side of a cliff overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea and Gulf of Salerno. With 20 rooms, it has an infinity pool, five tiers of landscaped gardens and a Michelin-starred restaurant. The spa is the best on the Amalfi Coast and features treatments using local herbs and plants.
Monastero Santa Rosa Hote1& Spa: Via Roma, 2, 84010 Conca dei Marini SA, Italy; +39 089 832 1199
Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort, AI Jabal Al Akhdar, Nizwa, Oman
Towering 6, 000 feet above sea level on the curving rim of a canyon, Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar overlooks Oman's mountainous landscape. It's an area that Prince Charles and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, visited in 1986. The resort has 115 rooms, a cliff-edge infinity pool, six restaurants and lounges and a spa. Guests can hike through valleys, mountain bike or visit ancient mountainside villages and nearby historic sites.
Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort: No 110, Al Jabal Al Akhdar, Nizwa 621, Oman; +968 25 218000
Born on April 2, 1805, in Odense, Denmark, Hans Christian Andersen was an emotional, yet imaginative, child. His father, a poor shoemaker, died in 1816. With a mother who was very superstitious (迷信的) and unable to read or write, the boy received little education as a child.
Andersen traveled to Copenhagen. There, he hoped to become an actor or singer. He was lucky enough to spend some time with the Royal Theater, but when his voice changed, he had to leave. Luckily, one of the directors helped him by arranging his education.
Andersen gained admission to the University of Copenhagen in 1828, and his literary career began soon afterwards. He hoped to achieve success with poems and plays, but underestimated the kind of stories which have made him famous. Though not particularly fond of children, he had a gift for entertaining them. This led a friend to suggest he write down the stories he invented.
Many of Andersen's tales are based on folklore, and many are products of his own imagination. All of them are told in a humorous and informal style that children loved from the start. Few serious critics, however, took notice of them when they first appeared.
Before his death in 1875, Andersen regularly traveled around Europe, and was enthusiastically welcomed everywhere he went. Because he had always wanted to be famous, he worked hard to gain a reputation in European literary circles. Being a rather vain man, he complained in "The Fairy Tale of My Life", one of three autobiographies he wrote, that people were not interested in his "serious" writing.
Nowadays, of course, Hans Christian Andersen is a household name. Whether he would have liked it or not, millions of children and adults will always be grateful for the magic his stories have brought to their lives.
When my two boys have free time, they want to go to the mall. No, they aren't shop-a-holics (购物狂). They want to go to gaze at sneakers.
These aren't the sneakers you find in Foot Locker. They are limited editions-usually Nikes - that range in price from $250-$900 or more. There's the Chunky Dunkys, a collaboration between Nike and ice cream maker Ben and Jerry's. And the Space Jam Jordans. And dozens of other pairs of shoes, all of which they know by name and all of which are very, very expensive.
That made me wonder: How did this sneaker culture develop? After all, when I was a kid, I wanted Jordan brand shoes too. But they cost $100 and I would wear them until they fell apart. Now, my boys long for shoes that cost ten times that and if they got them, they would never even think of scuffing them up by wearing them.
It all started during the Industrial Revolution, when the very wealthy began to find they had leisure time on their hands, Elizabeth Semmelhack, who runs the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, told me.
"These 'nouveau riche (暴发户)' industrialists wanted to show that they had arrived. And so, the ancient game of tennis was revived. " explained Semmelhack, "But the problem with lawn tennis - one, the lawns of lawn tennis are extremely expensive, so they didn't want people to run around in leather shoes. And two, when you play on lawn, you can get your feet wet. So rubber soled shoes, the sneaker, was invented as something that the wealthy could wear as they pursued these wealthy pleasures. "Besides, rubber was, at the time, quite expensive, so having shoes with rubber soles was seen as a status symbol.
But for most of us, sneakers were something you wore--not something you collected. With the development of internet, older versions of shoes could be purchased and collected. And sneaker companies, Nike especially, leaned into the trend.
Pests destroy up to 40% of the world's crops each year, causing $220 billion in economic losses, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Trapview is using the power of AI to help deal with the problem.
The Slovenian company has developed a device that traps and identifies pests, and acts as an advance warning system by predicting how they will spread.
"We've built the biggest database of pictures of insects in the world, which allows us to really use modern AI-based computing vision in the most proper way. " says Matej Štefančič, CEO of Trapview and parent company EFOS.
As climate change causes species to spread, and disturbs the migration patterns of highly destructive pests, such as desert locusts (蝗虫), Štefančič hopes to help farmers save their crops with quicker, smarter interventions.
Trapview's devices use chemicals to attract pests, which are photographed by a camera inside. AI cross-references the images against Trapview's database, and is able to identify over 60 species, such as the cotton bollworm (棉铃虫), which can damage lettuce and tomatoes. Once identified, the system incorporates location and weather data, maps out the likely impact of the insect and sends the findings to farmers via an app.
Trapview's app is also able to calculate where and when best to use pesticides (杀虫剂). Štefančič says that Trapview can significantly reduce the use of chemical sprays and the need for farmers to visit their fields. By reducing the emissions generated by farmers driving to their fields, and those associated with the production and transportation of pesticides, the technology can also help the climate, he claims.
Trapview says it has sold over 7, 500 devices in more than 50 countries since it launched in 2012. It has focused on Italy, France, Spain, the United States and Brazil, targeting crops as varied as grapes, tomatoes, olives, tree fruits and cotton.
Holidays and stress seem to go hand in hand. To cope, many people often steal hours from their sleep to pack in all the cooking, shopping, parties and family time. . Try these sleep expert tips to prevent from ruining slumber during the holidays.
Be careful with excess food
. However, Eating smaller portions and taking breaks to check in with your body on how full you are can help. This seems cruel especially when a delicious meal is right in front of you, but this tip can help reduce your feelings of sleepiness. Besides, try replacing the sugary and fatty foods on your holiday plate with more unprocessed, fiber-rich foods.
Many people look forward to that holiday nap, and often point to the turkey as the cause. In fact, you'd have to eat about 8 pounds for turkey to have an effect. Instead, it's the rich, processed foods, such as candied sweet potatoes or pecan pie, that are making you feel tired.
Watch for depression
If you suffer from anxiety, depression or seasonal affective disorder （a condition that causes sadness when there's less daylight）, watching your sleep is key. Depression and sleep are linked. Calming strategies can include a relaxing transition before going to sleep in which you could take a bath, meditate or listen to soothing music.
A. Be strategic with naps
B. Watch your alcohol intake
C. Another effective strategy is regular exercise
D. If you do decide to have a nap, be sure not to do it too soon after eating
E. Eating large, heavy meals causes the body to work harder to digest the foods
F. Poor sleep can damage our mood, and depression can lead to unhealthy sleep
G. But even a night or two of short sleep can have short term effects on your health and mood
Mary and Alice are two good friends. They both1an ordinary life, having ordinary houses and ordinary jobs. There is really nothing 2 about their lives. And 3 they are both satisfied, Mary is happier than Alice. Whenever Alice comes to 4Mary, Mary is always happy. It looks like nothing can 5her. And1 whenever there is a party, she is always the focus of it, wearing a big 6on her face and 7 others' attention.
Alice can8stop thinking about this-how can Mary 9to do that when they both have similar life experiences? They go to the 10grocery store and cinema, and 11 the same movies. How is it that Mary can be so happy and carefree when faced with so much12about work, thinking about what her boss wants and 13 when she will be promoted? There seems no way one can be so happy and pressure-free. After all, there are always many things to 14But whenever Alice asks Mary about the secret of happiness, Mary always says, "I just take life as it comes."
What is the15 between these two friends? How is it that Mary can have a16attitude to life most of the time? Maybe the problem with Alice is that she thinks too much and17to do everything at once. However, in the daily life, Mary takes everything one step18. That is to say, she reminds herself to do only one thing each time. She is where she is, and stays in the 19moment.
So when you live in the moment and20 life to the fullest, you will be happy every day.
Nowadays, many people are trying to learn a new language. Some of them consider it as a hobby, while others have to learn a language because it (require) by their jobs or study. As a foreigner, is really interested in Chinese culture, I like learning Chinese.
It is thought that a person needs to know at least 3, 000 Chinese characters (汉字) (understand) most Chinese newspapers. The problem for most foreigners is that knowing 3, 000 characters (sound) like an impossible task, for many of the Chinese characters look the same.
That's some people give up halfway. But I manage to learn how to write each character by (watch) videos online. Whenever I saw a character I didn't know in the street or on a menu, I would just write it down on my phone and then look it up. (slow), I've learned the characters that are common in daily life.
As for speaking, I practice talking about different (topic) in Chinese every day, effectively talking to (l) or communicating with my Chinese friends.
Learning a language is never easy, but I believe I can just use every tool on hand and take my learning step step.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（ ），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
In my memory, my grandfather was kind and not good at expressing himself. I never knew that he really thought. He never judged book by its cover and treated people around him equal. When I was in primary school, I sent with him a letter, telling him how much I loved him. He never mentioned that he had received the letter and I never asked. When he passed away, I cleaned out my things. I found the letter hiding in his bedroom. On the back of the letter, he writes: "I'm so glad you love me, my grandson. I love you, either." At that moment,
I was so moved that I burst into tear.
