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Photo gallery: Winter in Transylvania

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  Photographer Emanuel Luca took a series of photos and videos with landscapes from Maramureș, from the fog before the first snow, at the beginning of December, to the traditional snow of the holidays. Full gallery and video in Cultura magazine . "Winter in Prihodiște" photo gallery Prihodiște is part of village Copalnic-Mănăștur, north of the main Transylvanian area, in region of Maramureș. The area is famous for the best conservation of traditional architecture, clothing and holidays. Great opportunities for rural tourism, nature trips and vacations.

Verandah (pics and ideas)

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Architectural solutions for vacation houses, loggias, and nature corner integrated in your house. Exotic, traditional and stylish verandah. Photo Gallery.

Download Ben 10 Games

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Ben 10 Games: For online play and for download Critical Impact BEN 10 Allien Force Ben 10 Krakken Attack Top Fight Games Top 10 Ben 10 Ben 10 Blockade Ben 10 Rescue

The Earliest Modern Human Secret - The Romanian Clue

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photo - wikipedia - see infra for credits "Field research" projects often require scientists to endure discomfort and danger to get where they need to be, but not many can trump this summer's expedition to what may be the world's most inaccessible human fossil site, a cave in the foothills of Romania's Carpathian Mountains. For the seven-member team, the hazards of reaching the site, accessible only by diving through frigid underwater passages, were worth it. Their finds may help answer some of the most hotly debated questions about early humans: Did they make love or war with Neanderthals? Were Neanderthals intellectually inferior to our human ancestors? Trinkaus made a CT scan of the face to measure the unerupted teeth. "To find wisdom teeth that big," he said, "you have to go back 500,000 years." The team considered whether early humans might have interbred with other hominids with Neanderthal-like features, but "in this time period,...

Olympic Games: Tug-of-war

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Tug-of-war was on the Olympic programme in 1900, 1904, 1906 (Intercalated Games), 1908, 1912 and 1920. Tug-of-war was always contested as a part of the track and field athletics programme, although it is now considered a separate sport. The Olympic champions were as follows: 1900: a combined Swedish/Danish team; 1904: an American club team representing the Milwaukee Athletic Club; 1906: Germany/Switzerland; 1908: a British team from the City of London Police Club; 1912: Sweden; and 1920: Great Britain.

Practical advice: How to cook meat and fish in your own gas oven

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Meat must weigh at least one Kg. to stop it becoming too dry. When cooking white meat, fowl and fish use low temperatures. (150°C-175°C). When red meat must be superficially well-cooked but succulent inside, it is advisable to start with a high temperature (200-220°C) for a short time, and then to reduce it at a later point. Generally speaking, the more meat there is, the lower the temperature and the longer the cooking time should be. Place the meat in the centre of the grid and put a spill-tray underneath to catch grease drips. Insert the grid so that it is in the middle of the oven. If more heat from below is required, use the 1° bottom shelf. For tastier roasts, wrap the meat with bacon rashers or dot the meat with lard and place it in the upper part of the oven. When some types of food are cooked in the ventilated oven (duck, rabbit, large fowl) they become too dry; in these cases, better results are obtained using the combined oven.

Olympic Games: Golf

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Golf has been on the Olympic programme twice, in 1900 and 1904. There were two golf events in 1900 - one for gentlemen and one for ladies. Golf is one of the world's most popular sports, being played in well over 100 nations world-wide. Golf also has a long history, as it origins can be traced back several centuries, and it has had organised international competitions since the mid-19th century. In the last decade golf has made entreaties to be returned to the Olympic programme.