Ditch antibacterial soap to prevent illness

 Reaching for the soap bottle labeled "antibacterial" won't necessarily reduce of getting sick or passing illness to others—in fact, there is no evidence that antibacterial soaps are more effective than regular ones. What's more, long-term exposure to some ingredients in these products, such as triclosan, may pose health risks like bacterial resistance or hormonal effects, according to a 2013 FDA statement. More research on the effects of triclosan is needed, and in the meantime, the FDA is working toward requiring manufacturers to prove their products are safe for long-term use—and the state of Minnesota triclosan-containing products altogether, which goes into full effect in 2017.

To improve your relationship, spend less time together

Jumping from one social event to another without any time to come up for air could sacrifice the quality of your relationships. Spending time alone allows you to process your thoughts rather than act impulsively and, as a result, you get to know yourself better, says Elizabeth Lombardo, PhD, author of Better Than Perfect: 7 Strategies to Crush Your Inner Critic and Create a Life You Love. "Alone time enables you to be more in touch with yourself and can better give and receive," Lombardo says. "In addition, it reduces stress and anxiety, which could also contribute to relationship strains." Meditate, go for a walk, sit in a café and people watch, or even clean out your closet, she suggests.

source:health

Listen to music played by waves with Zadar’s Sea Organ

In a mesmerizing collaboration between humanity and the natural elements, this 70-meter-long “Sea Organ” in Zadar, Croatia creates very soothing music played by the Adriatic Sea.

The place is very popular for tourists and locals, but it was not always like that. The city was completely devastated after the war and the creation of the organ was one of the ways found to rebuild the waterfront and bring new life to the site.

You can hear the music on soundcloud

source:interestingengineering

Handwrite notes to boost your brainpower

Typing notes enables you to jot down more material, but you're more likely to remember those notes if you handwrite them, according to research from Indiana University. "To learn something means you have processed it," says Dr. Towfigh. "And when you take handwritten notes you 'process' or learn more information. You begin the learning process as you listen to the lecture." Plus, since you look at the page on which you are writing, you naturally review the material and reinforce the information you've already processed, Dr. Towfigh says.

source:health

Quote of the day: Every accomplishment starts with a decision to try.

Love corner One (photo)

Exercise when you're tired

After a long, exhausting workday, exercising sounds like the last thing you'd want to do, but getting your sweat on will actually energize you. Fatigue along with mood and depression improved after a single 30-minute moderate intensity exercise session, according to a study published in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. "Everything we do uses oxygen, so when you exercise it helps you work more efficiently and you don't tire as easily," says Nutting. "You also function better mentally."

  

source:health

The original ICEHOTEL

"Imagine a hotel built from thousands of tons of snow and ice, and re-built every winter" - that is ICEHOTEL in the little village of Jukkasjârvi in northern Lapland, Sweden.

History 

This is the original ICEHOTEL, first created in the early 1990's. It has become the global ambassador for this genre and now licenses ICEBARs around the world too. With 65 rooms and suites, the property is a huge undertaking to be rebuilt every year, and their expertise inspired other similar properties in North America (Hotel du Glace Quebec) and elsewhere.

for more info please see:unusualhotelsoftheworld

Human Empathy For Robot Pain?

A research group, headed by Yutaka Suzuki of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology, published a very interesting report last week in the journal, Scientific Reports – The study focused on how humans reacted to images of violence done to a robot, compared to their reactions over the same violence done to a human. The results might just surprise you.

Please read more on:interestingengineering

Quote of the day: Barack Obama

"Change will not come if we wait for 

some other person or some other time.

We are the ones

We've been waiting for.

We are the change that we seek."

                                                     BARACK OBAMA

Drink a hot beverage to cool off

Which will cool you off faster on a steamy summer morning: iced coffee or hot? Two recent studies say the latter—and so do other cultures where drinking hot tea in hot weather is the norm, like in India. When you sip a hot beverage, your body senses the change in temperature and increases your sweat production. Then, as the sweat evaporates from your skin, you cool off naturally.

 

source:helath

Pink Fairy Armadillo - Strange Animals You Probably Didn’t Know Exist

The pink fairy armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus) or pichiciego is the smallest species of armadillo (mammals of the family Dasipodidae, recognized by a bony armor shell), first described by R. Harlan in 1825. This desert-adapted animal is endemic to central Argentina and can be found inhabiting sandy plains, dunes, and scrubby grasslands.

Pink fairy armadillos have small eyes, silky yellowish white fur, and a flexible dorsal shell that is solely attached to its body by a thin dorsal membrane. In addition, its spatula-shaped tail protrudes from a vertical plate at the blunt rear of its shell. This creature exhibits nocturnal and solitary habits and has a diet that is mainly composed of insects, worms, snails, and various plant parts.

  

source:wikipedia

Interesting place to visit - V8 Hotel in Stuttgart

Car themed hotel with Mercedes, Morris Minor and VW bedrooms

Part of the Motor world classic car restoration complex on the old Zeppelin airfield near Böblingen, 10 of the 34 rooms have had extreme makeovers to allow you to sleep in a Mercedes, Morris Minor, Cadillac or Volkswagen.

Partnered by the Porsche Museum and Mercedes Benz, car enthusiasts, collectors and restoration specialists gather together to enjoy heritage motor vehicles on display in the Legend Hall of the main event building. Collectors of classic cars may even park their car in glass viewing boxes, so that others can see the repair and servicing taking place.

The top suite occupies the once control tower of the airfield and the V8 hotel itself occupies the original Bauhaus-style (1928) airport hotel building, now completely restored and updated as a listed building in its own right.

Petrol Head Heaven - with Dreams to match!

source:unusualhotelsoftheworld

Quote of the day

When life puts you in tough situations, don't say 

"WHY ME?"

                 Just say,

                                          "TRY ME!"

Ditch diet soda to lose weight

You should ditch all soda, including diet. Research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health revealed that overweight and obese adults who drank diet beverages ate more calories from food than those who drank regular soda. Additionally, a University of Texas study found that diet soda drinkers had a 70% greater increase in waist circumference than non-drinkers over the course of about 10 years.

"In addition, many people think 'low-fat,' 'low-sugar,' or 'light' means fewer calories, but that's not always true," says Goodson. "Typically when manufacturers cut something out and the end result tastes just as good, they've added something like additional sugar." 

source:health