inland surfing lake

Are you into surfing? Britain's first artificial, inland surfing lake is due to open in Snowdonia, in North Wales the next summer. Revolutionary engineering is bringing the power of the ocean to the mountains of North Wales. The giant wave lagoon, three times the size of a football pitch, will be the first of its kind in the world. You need to presses a button and 1.2m (4ft) waves rise up, peel and break in exactly the same spot. One is formed every minute. The revolutionary technology makes that sport easier to practise.

In the natural world waves are created by the action of wind moving over the water and are affected by, among other things, tides and the geography of the ocean floor. It is a complicated mix.

The official site of  inland surfing lake  is set to open around Easter 2015, then all you need to do is booking an hour and instead of waiting for the wind, you will be able to enjoy surfing with pressing the bottom.

The inventors maintain that it could transform the sport of surfing and also giving it the potential to be considered as an Olympic event. But don’t you think that it will take the pleasure back from surfing in the bosom of nature? That only time can tell.

Historical footage remastered

    During the weekend a friend of mine invite me to the cinema. Some historical film was mentioned. I take him up on his offer, but i wasn't sure if that film will be worth seeing. 'Battle of Warsaw 1920 ', film which i watched few years ago was still in my memory. That was the worst movie i've ever watched, even if it was directed by Jerzy Hoffman ( one of the most famous polish director).  Nevertheless i had fancied going out at the weekend. And that was the only reason i I found myself in cinema hall. The first impression was really good, i read on the screen that the movie had been created in cooperation with The Warsaw Rising Museum. Then I realized that it's a feature film showing authentic events of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.

It's no point in revealing the plot of movie, because I think it’s better to see it for yourself. I'm certain you won't be disappointed.

As I found out later It's the world's first feature film assembled completely of documentary materials.  Many specialists worked on the production. It is interesting that besides hard work with a treatment of destroyed film tapes, there were employed specialists who read with the movements of the lips. They worked on the silent material from chronicles and were responsible for dialogues of insurgents.

BBC news about the film:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsFD_2zm27g

             Being fit is nowaydays really trendy.  Its nothing wrong with eating healthy, practicing sport etc.  Even if  some people become healthy freaks.  They publish picture of their meal, outfit for running, or themselves at the gym.  We can not deny that for some it is important to show off in front of friends.  

Despite that I think that this new trend has many positive aspects.  People want to be more attractive and what is more to feel good with their body.  Today I want to shed some light on a question about healthy diet. For me the most important thing is to be aware of what you eat. human body needs a balanced, healthy eating plan to keep functioning properly. Eating a variety of foods can reduce the risk of getting conditions including heart disease, stroke, some cancers, diabetes and osteoporosis.

Below I want move to interesting facts about the nutrients in foods.

Do you know that…

Fruit and vegetables are one of our main sources of vitamins and minerals, which the body needs to perform a variety of functions well. For instance, vitamin A helps to strengthen our immune system, B vitamins help us process energy from food, vitamin D helps us maintain healthy teeth and bones, and vitamin C helps to keep cells and tissues healthy. The steamed carrots and broccoli will maintain a higher proportion of vitamins than boiled or fried vegetables. Fruit and vegetables (eaten with the skin on) also contain high amounts of fibre which help to maintain a healthy gut and digestive system.

Meat fish, eggs and pulses provide us with significant amounts of protein which is essentially a building block of the body. Everything from our hair, muscles, nerves, skin and nails needs protein to build and repair itself.

Fluids are also vital to help our bodies perform their functions effectively, and the best fluid of all is water. It's necessary to help our blood carry nutrients and waste around the body and to help the chemical reactions that occur in our cells.

Common Sayings

      One of thing you should certainly learn in order to enrich your language are idioms. However, we should pay attention to use them correctly.

      Above is a picture where it is literally raining cats and dogs. The word "literal" has a very clear meaning: "actual or without exaggeration." Yet, it is far too often used to add emphasis to a situation and exaggerate a certain thing that could not possibly be factual: I literally froze to death (Then how is it you are alive and able to express this nonsense?), My phone is literally blowing up. (Your phone is not a ticking time bomb, or is it? )  The correct word in these and others cases in which you don't really mean literally but figuratively.

   

If you're "taken for granite" that would mean you're mistaken for one of rocks. You should be careful with misspelling. For example: to take something for granted is to assume that you are entitled to it, without question or to simply fail to appreciate its value. Whereas to take something for "granite" can only mean to assume that the person or thing is actually a piece of igneous rock.

I strongly recommend the website where you can find interesting examples for proper use of idioms and not only:  http://grammarist.com/

Trade Secrets We Wish We Knew

Apart from the various advertising gimmicks used by large corporations like special ingredients to make a hamburger looking delicious in advertisements, or yellow colour  in commercials to stimulate your appetite. 

Every company takes part in a rat race to get the highest amount of consumers. They promises a better product - a better burger, a better search engine, a better hotel room. For the companies below, the secret to a superior product is worth millions, or even billions.

Now let's take a look at some trade secrets, that are worth a lot of money to the people that own them.

First of all coca cola's secret recipe: it's common knowledge that the world's most famous secret recipe once contained cocaine; what's less known is that Coke still uses a coca leaf extract made by the Stepan Company, the only company in the U.S. that is allowed to process cocaine. Coca Cola also admits to using African kola nuts, lime extract and vanilla, and various reports suggest other exotic ingredients, including lemon extract, orange extract, nutmeg and neroli. The true recipe remains a mystery. Unfortunately, the decision to avoid a patent didn't protect Coke from two of its own employees who tried to sell the formula to Pepsi. Luckily, they were turned in by Coke's competitor.

Secondly, the trade secrets we know little about, but are worth billions. It is a Google's proprietary search algorithm, which helped it achieve dominance over the Internet.

And the last one- popular chain restaurant, KFC (aka Kentucky Fried Chicken). Sanders created a recipe for a tasty chicken coating about 70 years ago that contained 11 herbs and spices. That same recipe is still used today.  His original, handwritten copy is hidden in a safe in Kentucky, and only a few select employees, bound by a confidentiality contract, know what the recipe is.

beer belly

We know beer is pretty calorific, as are the snacks we crave to accompany it.
But why does it specifically affect men’s guts? Greg Foot explains all.

When you drink beer, your liver has to go into overdrive to detoxify the alcohol. Now add a few packets of crisps to the equation, maybe some peanuts and those calories are there to stay. Beer itself is pretty calorific stuff, to the tune of around 150 calories a unit so why beer makes you fat, well that starts to seem obvious.

Now why does it give you a beer belly specifically? Well the answer is down to two things apparently - gender and age. After about the age of 35 most men's metabolisms start to slow down. While men tend to put weight on their... bellies, women's fat stores commonly go on their backside and hips.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRx5MhNqWvc

contact lens and diabetes

Google has announced it's testing a smart contact lens that
can help measure glucose levels in tears.

The contacts contain a tiny wireless chip and a sensor.
The company is hoping the technology could lead to a new way
of helping people with diabetes manage their disease.

If this invention can help people who suffer from diabetes, why not?
More about that topic:
http://news.yahoo.com/google-contact-lens-could-option-diabetics-062656935.html