In the heart of the Karakum desert of Turkmenistan the Darvaza Gas Crater or The Burning Gates give off a glow that can be seen from miles away during the dark night. The large crater is a result of a Soviet gas exploration accident that occurred in 1971. It was created when a Soviet drilling rig was drilling for natural gas fell into an underground cavern resulting in a crater which today measures roughly 60 meters in diameter and 20 meters deep.
Dr. Kareshi and his staff who have been running this hospital for a number of years take care of mental health patients and heroin addicts with few resources. The clinic has 20 beds for heroin addicts, 20 beds for female mental health patients and 20 beds for male mental health patients.
The old royal palace in western Kabul, which was built by Amanullah in the 1920's, is now a crumbling building destroyed by the bombings in the 1990's.
Jack Cakebread, owner of the Cakebread Cellars Winery in the Napa Valley, hosts MBA students from many of the top business schools for a one week a crash course in the industry at his winery in California.
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