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El Nido Is NatGeo's Best Spring Trips This Summer 2014

2014-03-17T21:58:00.001+08:00

Do not know where to go? El Nido is a great choice!

Hooray!

Summer is here and Philippines is no doubt one of the top tourists destinations around the world because of its beautiful natural tourist spots and its people known to be jolly and hospitable-- they are Filipinos.

According National Geographic's Best Spring Trips 2014, Philippines specifically El Nido located in province of Palawan is the best place for 2014 springtime.

Why?
El Nido doesn't end up to show its potential as a recommended summer gate-away because of its white-powder-sand beaches, stone formation and underground rivers.

For those who love traveling, diving, snorkeling or simply want to get out from stress world, this paradise is a perfect place to feast our wanderlust.

Because El Nido is slowly gaining an international attention, the government is also making way to improve this place such as putting up premium hotels
to accommodate visitors and restaurants to showcase the diverse and abundance resources being provided by the developing island.

By this way, Filipino folks are able to show what they have got such as native menu, rich cultures and unique personalities.

Yes, summer is really coming and do not forget to include in your bucket list to see this gorgeous island in the Philippines.

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Anne Curtis Is Ready To Be The New Dyesebel

2014-03-16T19:20:00.001+08:00

Ready for scorching heat summer? Dyesebel is here.

Dyesebel is a fictional mermaid character in the Philippine culture.

This half woman, half fish is made popular by critically acclaimed illustrator Mars Ravelo that was started in comics then swam successfully in to the bit screen until it had shown as TV series as to what Filipinos love of fantaserye.

Now, as ABC-CBN got the right to televise it again, the company makes a grand TV adaption of this classic comics.

Anne Curtis, who is holding as the most Filipino celebrity followed on twitter statistically, is the new Dyesebel which the story started when a merman named Tino, Albert Martinez, found love with a human named Lucia, Dawn Zulueta until she gave birth to a little girl.

But the curse and the Filipino beliefs of what bad luck a mermaid could bring, they tried to kill the child which gave no choice Lucia but to free Dyesebel into the ocean believing that it is better to be underwater rather than on land.

Unknowingly, the real life and disaster for Dyesebel was waiting in the world of mermaids so she decided to go back to the land.

Composing this ambitious fanteserye with powerhouse cast are some of the brightest name in showbiz such as Gerald Anderson, Sam Milby, Gabby Concepcion, ZsaZsa Padilla and Gina Pareño, Albert, Eula Valdez, AiAi delas Alas and many more.

Surely, this will be a primetime hit when it will air on March 17.

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A New Blood Test That Can Diagnose Possible Development Of Alzheimer's Disease

2014-03-15T14:21:00.003+08:00

A potential game changer in identifying Alzheimer's Disease?

Scientists discovered a potential "game changer" diagnostic test to detect a possible occurrence of Alzheimer's Disease.

Up to date, treating such illness requires expensive procedures and machines like PET scan and spinal taps before identifying the patient has developed such disease.

What Is Alzheimer's Disease?

Alzheimer's Disease is a degenerative disease where in the cognitive function of an older individual is gradually diminish until he forgets everything from basic functions of life such as urinating and socializing.

The researchers from the University of Rochester, Georgetown University and UC Irvine conducted a study of a group of adults aged over 70 years by getting a blood sample until they consolidated 10 common fats or lipids which was very low in those 53 subjects of the study that five years ago had developed Alzheimer's Disease or about to develop it against those 53 healthy patients that didn't manifest any symptoms of cognitive degeneration.

That way, scientists found the 10 bio-markers with 90% accuracy when they tested their theory with the new subjects.

Advantage

This medical breakthrough can provide cheap and reliable diagnostic exam on early detection, perhaps, prevention of developing Alzheimer's Disease.

But, still, it needs larger clinical testing before presenting out to the public.

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Ultimate Throwback: #MeteorGarden Is Back

2014-03-13T20:07:00.001+08:00

10 ago and still in love with this TV series.

10 years ago when ABS-CBN started to show the first asianovela which was the Meteor Garden. It was a big hit that everyone was going crazy and thier routine had shifted especially in the afternoon when the asianovela was being aired.

Meteor Garden was composed of the F4 personalities and Barbie Xiu that they became instant famous and quick superstars among Filipinos.

It was arguably one of the most successful foreign media franchises around the world especially in the Philippines where F4 fever were really felt its scorching effect.

Now, ABS-CBN is about to bring it back again to your screen to feel the 10-year excitement and romance of the story as they release the teaser trailer.

#Meteor Garden

It even trended in twitterverse about fans' longings to the show.

Wow, it has been 10 years and this show is probably part of our life because of its phenomenon.

Indeed, #MeteorGarden is an ultimate throwback and surprise.

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Transformer 4: Age of Extinction

2014-03-11T10:00:00.000+08:00

Are you ready to see these robots again?

Attention Cybertonians! Cool robots are coming again to surprise the people especially the moviegoers where a lot of hot wheels turning into gorgeous alien robots.

The fourth installment of Transformer also having the title of Age of Extinction will no longer be principally played by Shia LaBeouf but rather be Mark Wahlberg.

But that does not mean that the movie will no longer as exciting as it was. In fact, the teaser trailer will tell us that this new film of none other than Michael Bay will introduce more incredible characters such as dinobot which the trailer confirms it that it include the fearsome Grimlock, a Tyrannosaurus Rex known in the cyberton world of its massive strength and fearlessness.

The Trailer

The New Story

Wahlberg plays the role of Cade Yeager who is an inventor that accidentally discovered and activated a presumed dormant giant robot.

Because of this incident, this single dad needs to do extra ordinary things to save her daughter (Nicola Peltz) just to keep his promised to deceased wife.

Sure, this will be a blockbuster hit when it will released on therter on June 27, 2014.

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When Guys Speak Languages With Different Accents

2014-03-10T18:50:00.003+08:00

Sounds crazy to some of their talks? Unless you spot your native tounge

Have you ever wonder how an alien or foreigner percepts the sound when a native person in such a place talk with their dialect?

Below are two talented guys shared to the world how we actually listen to the tone of every region.

The Young Lady

The video of a young woman below has taken the youtube by storm.

It has been viewed by millions of peolple because of her gibberish style in speaking of several lanaguages accorbing to how she hear it when someone of that native language speak.

It might be sound annoying and even offending to someone but this lady stated that she did not intended to discriminate anybody.

Pinoy Guy

Another talented Filipino guy also showcased his talent. He mimic on how to speak with different tones.

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Sarah Geronimo And Bamboo Mañalac Sing "Say Something"

2014-03-10T08:00:00.000+08:00

Truly can't say anyword

Pop star princess Sarah and Bamboo Mañalac once again did a considered world class performance in terms of timing and voice quality when they sung the song "Say Something" originally by A Great Big World.

Sarah and Bamboo have started working when they were both judges in now defunct The Voice of The Philippines.

They conducted several duets in All-Sunday Afternoon Party or ASAP as their fans go wild everytime they hear them singing together.

A kiddie version for The Voice of The Philippines is now cooking and be soon to show it in ABS-CBN.

Lyrics

Say something, I’m giving up on you
I’ll be the one, if you want me to
Anywhere I would’ve followed you
Say something, I’m giving up on you

And I am feeling so small
It was over my head
I know nothing at all

And I will stumble and fall
I’m still learning to love
Just starting to crawl

Say something, I’m giving up on you
I’m sorry that I couldn’t get to you
Anywhere I would’ve followed you
Say something, I’m giving up on you

And I will swallow my pride
You’re the one that I love
And I’m saying goodbye

Say something, I’m giving up on you
And I’m sorry that I couldn’t get to you
And anywhere I would’ve followed you (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Say something, I’m giving up on you

Say something, I’m giving up on you
Say something

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Yeng Constantino Is Engaged

2014-03-09T18:12:00.001+08:00

Yeng Constantion is inspired to compose another great song

The first Pinoy Dream Academy champion is finally ready to tie the knot with her 9-month long boyfriend named Victor Asuncion.

The social media especially Instagram got cheesy when Yeng Constantino posted on her account which being followed by more than 400 instagrammers about a picture wherein an ECG like tracing that describes a heart rhythm that succeeded by the big news.

And then she said yes as the photo provided below as the proof that she really found the right man to her life.

Who Is The Man

Victor Asuncion is non-shobiz guy but a worship director at Victory Christian Fellowship located in Greenhills.

Having that holy character what Yeng Constantino is looking for.

The singer has a faith where moral standard is very high, as proved in her recent interview about her oppositional view in term of premarital sex.

Yeng is very known to express her feelings by composing song that surely hit the heart of everyone like the song Hawak Kamay that made her the winner in the Pinoy Dream Academy.

And since she is very inspired as of to now, would we hear another song that really inspire us or would it be more beautiful song if the will make together?

Who knows if they can even do a perfect a song during their wedding.

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The Many Faces of Let It Go

2014-03-09T10:58:00.000+08:00

Sung by several good singers, here are the covers of Let It Go.

Let It Go is the theme song of the Disney animated film entitled Frozen. It is composed by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez and garnering many awards from different prestigious award-giving-bodies such as the Academy Award. Because of the success of the movie Frozen, the song has also garnered the attention of the people worldwide and created many renditions of this song. Below are ones that surely makes you listen more to other covers made by several good singers.

The Original

Lyrics

The snow glows white on the mountain tonight
Not a footprint to be seen.
A kingdom of isolation,
and it looks like I'm the Queen
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside
Couldn't keep it in;
Heaven knows I've tried

Don't let them in,
don't let them see
Be the good girl you always have to be
Conceal, don't feel,
don't let them know
Well now they know

Let it go, let it go
Can't hold it back anymore

Let it go, let it go
Turn away and slam the door
I don't care
what they're going to say
Let the storm rage on.
The cold never bothered me anyway

It's funny how some distance
Makes everything seem small
And the fears that once controlled me
Can't get to me at all

It's time to see what I can do
To test the limits and break through
No right, no wrong, no rules for me,
I'm free!

Let it go, let it go
I am one with the wind and sky
Let it go, let it go
You'll never see me cry
Here I stand
And here I'll stay
Let the storm rage on

My power flurries through the air into the ground
My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast
I'm never going back, the past is in the past

Let it go, let it go
And I'll rise like the break of dawn
Let it go, let it go
That perfect girl is gone
Here I stand
In the light of day
Let the storm rage on

The cold never bothered me anyway!

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Covers

Ryan Seacrest

Alex Boyé

Jun Shung Ahn

Christina Bianco

The Piano Guys

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Alcohol Drinkers Have Longer Life Than Non-Drinkers

2013-12-12T21:33:00.000+08:00

Another reason to celebrate because drinking alcohol increases social life

Yes!

Another reason to celebrate by drinking alcohol beverages because a new study suggested that those who drink moderately can enjoy life a little longer as compare to their counterparts.

We are grown up being taught that alcohol must be avoided because of what our parents told its bad effect when over consumed (Though they drink also) and it might cause dependency to it.

More studies and even experts said that this our parents' claim bust be true.

Participant in Alcoholics Anonymous might prove it so because of what they are struggling to fight for just to overcome their addiction to alcohol.

But a new study found out that alcohol drinkers have advantage to celebrate more years than those who stay dry.

Cheers! Let's Drink More Alcohol

A study led by Psychologist Charles Holahan of the University of Texas at Austin, looked at individuals aging 55 and 65 for 20 years to study the effects of alcohol to them. Of that 1,824 participants, 41% of the moderate drinkers (who drink one to three per day) and heavy drinkers had 60% mortality rate died compared to 69% of nondrinkers.

Despite the potential danger it imposes to alcohol abuse such as liver cirrhosis and cancers, not to forget the possible dependency to it, accident and poor judgment associated to heavy drinking, the study proved that those who soak with alcohol are less likely to die as compare to those who do not drink.

One good explanation to it is that alcohol can be a good medium in social life that it might act as lubricant for greater and happier social networks which are essential for keeping the mental and health status of an individual.

Nondrinkers are most likely isolate themselves that shows depression.

So whatever this study might lead us, though alcohol shows some benefits to our health, still being responsible drinker keeps us from danger than pouring drink with out control.

Because in the end, what matters most is the social benefits of having friends while having drinks, and of course for those who never want to try alcohol, then find good friends to talk to and you might be sharing lemonade instead, and you simply become the real winner.

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Afraid Of Candy Because Of Tooth Decay? Worry No More

2013-12-06T22:03:00.000+08:00

A candy that contain a strain of Lactobacillus paracasei which known to be effective in reducing cavities in lab rats

Our teeth today might be the result of what habit we usually eat when we were young.

Candies are one of them and our parents always warned out to minimize or avoid eating sweet because it can develop cavities that eventually destroy our teeth.

Yes, that claim is true as which supported by most dentists.

When we eat sweet, the bacteria especially Streptococcus mutans which stay in our mouth converted the sugar ti acid that damage the tooth enamel, provides protection to tooth, then create cavities afterwards.

No wonder our mothers remind us to minimize taking sweets. But a new candy might prove your mother that she is wrong.

Fear No More

Organobalance, a Berline-based biotech firm being led by Christine Lang and her colleagues, has developed a candy that contain a strain of Lactobacillus paracasei which known to be effective in reducing cavities in lab rats because this bacteria will attached to the Streptococcus mutans thus minimizing its number that later preventing the development of tooth cavities.

The Team created two groups having the first group being given by candy with heat-killed bacteria of paracasei while the second group was provided candy with same sweetness but no bacteria or simply placebo.

However, the first group was further subdivided into two having the subgroup A to be given with candy containing one milligram of such strain while the subgroup b where granted with, a higher dose, for about two milligram of it.

At the end of the experiment, after each subject ate about 5 candies over a period of one and a half day, about three fourths of the first group who provided with Lactobacillus paracasei had significant lower levels of mutans streptococci in their saliva as compare to the level prior to the study.

Also, they noted that those subgroup who received a higher dose of such bacteria showed a reduction of mutans streptococci after their first candy.

So once these candies are available in the market, tell your mother not to worry about developing cavities when eating sweet, because even dentists would agree that this new sensational product is good and effective in preventing tooth decay.

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Energy Drinks That Contain Taurine And Caffeine Affect Your Heartbeat

2013-12-04T22:21:00.001+08:00

There are many side effects associate with a high dose of caffeine intake such as rapid heart rate, palpitations and hypertension

We drink coffee to maintain our alertness and in order to work properly.

These energy drinks like redbull contain caffeine that keeps us alive even we are lacking of enough sleep.

Coffee is good for our health, some others claim that.

But too much might be dangerous to our health especially the way how our heart should do its work - it pumps out blood to the system.

Taurine and Caffeine

High dose of intake of taurine and caffeine might be dangerous to the heart especially to those who consume it with heart problem that might lead to potential death due to irregular heart rhythm.

This finding can be proven by the the study conducted at University of Bonn in Germany composing of 18 healthy adults having an average age of 27.5 years.

They found out that after an hour of drinking energy drink which contain 32mg per 100ml of caffeine and 400mg per 100ml of taurine, the left ventricle of the heart, one the four chambers of it that pumps out oxygenated blood throughout the rest of the body, had been contracting so harder as compare to their MRI results at the start of the study.

However, the researchers admitted that there was no definite study on the effect of such changes in the heart rhythm but they suggested that those who are suffering from heart rhythm problems, and even children should avoid drinking energy booster drink due to the fact that in change in in heart contractility might trigger cardiac arrhythmia which is very fatal.

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The Power Of Prayer: Self-Control

2013-12-03T21:31:00.001+08:00

Praying has been linked to reduced levels of infidelity and alcohol consumption.

We lost control to the stresses we experienced from the high demand of modern living. Aside from that, temptations are hard to resist and we easily give in. Some individuals found themselves hard in controlling their feelings and thoughts which lead them to aggressive tantrum, over eating and binge drinking. But scientists found out an effective tool to resist such urges.

The Real Power Of Prayer

If you are religious especially if you are belong to the christian domination, then you know how to pray. It had been taught to you oftenly by your parents when you were young during before sleep. It is a medium of communication to the Supreme Ruler of the universe - God. But aside form that certain perk it may give, praying is a proven way to self control when outburst occurs within ourselves. According to the latest study conducted by German psychologists at Saarland University and the University of Mannheim, they found out that praying is actually helping people to keep their self-control at bay. The study were composed of 79 people came from different faith acquaintance whom 41 were Christian,14 atheist, 10 agnostic and 14 other individuals from other religious affiliation. They let them pray or think anything freely about certain thing as extreme as possible for five minutes. After that, they all watch funny video clips that required them to react normally, suppress their emotions then control their facial response. Lastly, they all took the Stroop test which requires self-control because our instinct to read the word itself and not the color.

The Results

After the three tasks given to them, the researchers found out that those individuals who though freely and tried to hold their feelings during the video clips had shown a degree of difficulty in the Stoop test, while the people who prayed at the beginning of the study shown a high level of self control by doing the Stroop test easily.

The Other Perks Of Praying

Praying has been linked to reduced levels of infidelity and alcohol consumption.
A Brief Period of prayer, especially personal ones, buffered the self-control depletion effect.

Stroop Test: Requires self-control because our instinct to read the word itself and not the color.

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Nature's Wonders Make You Realize The Existence Of God

2013-12-02T21:27:00.000+08:00

Most of the west cultures and atheists, of course, do not believe about the existence of God in heavens above and they thought that we are not His creation but a mere product of Natural Selection of that Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution in spite of its holes to prove its claims. But a new study suggested that seeing amazing natural sites around the world would make you accept the presence of God and even the increasing chance of tolerating supernatural phenomenon.

The Awe Changes The Perception

Psychological scientist Doctor Piercarlo Valdesolo and his team conducted this study by dividing the subjects into two group. The first group was allowed to w
watch awe-inspiring scenes from BCC's Planet Earth documentary while the second group was asked to watch Current Events. The researchers later found out that the first group elicited the feelings of admiration to the natural wonders such as The Great Canyon, Niagara Falls being presented to them. Another finding is that their is a greater increase in term of tolerance to uncertain things as as supernatural events.

However, the researchers pointed out that the results might shed some light on why people try to seek explanation of such events no matter what kind of reasoning it might have. No wonder the subjects in first group were become more tolerant to supernatural actions because of trying to figure out the awesomeness they felt after the exposure.

One Theory why such experiences of awe might relate to believing supernatural is the submissive body posture which make us feel less powerful. The more submissive we are like kneeling and bowing, the more awe we feel then eventually have stronger faith to heavens above.

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Oxytocin Keeps Men Faithful To Their Mates

2013-11-29T18:05:00.000+08:00

Faithfulness is one ingredient for successful relationships between two lovers. Today, one of the causes of divorce or calling-it-quits is having a third party involve to the affair. So scientists wanted to know how human, especially men, maintains monogamy status by studying the effect of exposure to hormone called oxytocin.
Oxytocin is best known for its role in love, helping newborns bond to their mothers and make romantic lovers look more attractive. A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences consisting of 40 young men who had been in at least 6 months relationship and being passionately inlove with their counterparts found out the effects of oxytocin to the brain.

Oxytocin Maintains The Bond Tighter

During the study, the subjects were put into brain scanner in order to know the response of the brain if the subject was exposed to inhaled oxytocin or placebo via nasal spray while images of their partners and complete strangers were shown. They found out that the brains, especially in the region where pleasure and desirable are located, of the group of men being sprayed with oxytocin were lit up when they saw the pictures of women they loved which indicated a stronger attach to them
as compare to the strangers. Another intriguing finding was that some of the brain parts were also activated when photos of their beloved ones were exposed suggesting that their partners are more desirable than those good looking strangers. The researchers concluded that when men received oxytocin, it increases the attractive values of their mates thus reducing the chance of male for seeking others.

Oxytocin Releases Naturally In Our Body

Oxytocin is produced in our system naturally. It is known to be released during kissing, hugging, orgasm and any other form of intimate moments. By this, it all makes sense that long distance relationship does'nt effectively work because the more often the two lovers do intimate moments, the more the oxytocin is released thus strengthening the pleasure and desirable system of the body and maintaining the bond stronger.
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Smartphones And Social Media Are Rather Effective Birth Control?

2013-11-27T19:50:00.000+08:00

Third World Countries like Philippines are having its own population control problem. The government tries to control the booming number because of the increasing number of people living below poverty line, and decreasing the scarce resources to feed its people. Responsible Parenthood Bill (RH Bill) had been a long topics being debated in congress until it passed as law when President Aquino intervened and influenced the lawmakers to pass it as soon as possible. Then, it went through a tough journey before becoming a law. Until the Supreme Court stop it for awhile. Considering the culture of the Filipino, this bill which includes the use of contraceptives such as condom and pills are against the moral principle of many christian Filipinos thus making this law non-active and still a futile dream to see its execution. But developed countries like the Great Britain has the opposite problem -- their fertility rate is very low which making its workforce mostly composed of aging citizens. And according to findings, this problem has been aggravating because of the modern technologies like smartphone and social media

It Dulls The Libido

A large-scale and a-decade poll of more than 15,000 Britons found that people aged 16-44 were having sex less than five times a month. The factors affecting such are the fewer people living together, more persons preferred to be single, depression and of course the economic recession because being unemployed links to low self-esteem. But one bizarre thing the study found out is the increasing number of taking gadgets to their bedroom during night time. They try to check emails, twitter and socialize online and playing online game that makes them too busy for sex. Another convenient that the smartphones might give is the easy accessible to obtain and watch porn in an instant thus replacing the real deal of having physical sex with the person you almost ignore to exist breathing next to you. If this is a problem for the developed countries then this is probablly an effective solution to developing countries struggling to minimize its population.

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How To Become Smart? Go To A Museum: Study

2013-11-26T21:29:00.002+08:00

During our school days, we had been to different museums where we can see various pieces of arts, relics and other unknown things to us. The question is, did you appreciate them? Perhaps yes. And maybe we did not really know what are the benefits of going to such places. Our teachers told us that it helped us to identify and appreciate more about history, to interpret what art actually means especially an abstract one. We found it boring sometimes because of the old artifacts being showcased that didn't make any sense in present life. However, a study conducted that being just their will make you smarter especially if you know how to value art.

Art Equals Smart

Members of the newly opened museum in November 2011 named Crystal Bridges which was founded by Alice Walton, the daughter of Walmart creator, had conducted a study about the effects of paying visit to museum. So they selected students by lottery then grouped into two. The first group identified as a treatment group, who were visited the museum during the opening day, while the other is the control one, who were not allowed to go to any museum just yet. After going to the museum, the treated group was asked to write down an essay about their response in an art that they are not familiar with.
They also conducted survey assessing their knowledge and tolerance about art, historical awareness and sustaining interest in visiting such places again. After that, they based their findings using the critical-thinking-skills assessment program developed by Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and they found out that the treatment group demonstrated stronger critical thinking skills, displayed higher levels of social tolerance, exhibited greater historical empathy and developed a taste for art museums and cultural institutions.

So it pays to see art museum and try to erase the mentality that museums are boring places.

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Squinching: It Makes You Photogenic Thus Taking Selfie To The Next Level

2013-11-25T20:03:00.001+08:00

Selfie has been tagged as Oxford Dictionary's word of the year because of the influence of social media mainly by Instagram. Generation of today loves taking photo by themselves with the help of smartphone's camera then eventually upload it to facefook, instagram and other forms of social media. Friends who are regularly do it are sometimes annoying because of repetitive images you see in your news feed making it spammy. Another reason perhaps is the not so-good shot or less photogenic image. Admit it, when one our friends or shall we say your crush has been posted photo, we feel tolerant and love to see it many times even though the picture is not in perfect angle but as long as he is photogenic. How about those who are not? Don't Worry!

Be Photogenic

Eyes reflect our emotions and have a great effect in facial expression, so Peter Hurley, a professional portrait photographer, focus to this on how to capture a photo of someone to look photogenic in an instant -- squinching. When you squinch, you're lifting and tightening your lower eyelid and allowing your upper eyelid to come down slightly. By this way, your eyes are giving an oozing effect of confidence and self-assurance as contrast to wide-eyed staring to a camera which portrays fear and uncertainty. See the images below to see the difference after squinching.

So, try practicing this in front of a mirror until you become expert to this. And by that time, you are confident enough to show to your social media world about your good looking pictures and doesn't feel any shy in doing selfie.

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Tears From Various Emotions Are Literally Different

2013-11-21T22:00:00.000+08:00

You know you are human when you know how to cry. We have emotions because this is our nature. We shed tears when we are happy, sad, and even while cutting onions. We cry when we are emotional like seeing long lost relatives, breakups with dear friend and losing of loved ones. Yes, tears come from common location in our eyes -- tear ducts.

Tear And Its Types

Psychic tears are caused by extreme emotions such as happiness and sadness. Another is the so-called Basal tears that maintains the moisture of the cornea serving as a lubricant and protectant of the eyes. Lastly, the Reflex tears that flows in the eyes when being aroused by onions or tear gas.

Their Differences

Tears in whatever form of extreme situation are seemed to be physically similar, but when looking each of them in molecular level, they are entirely different. Rose-Lynn Fisher, a photographer, wanted to know if there any variance of cry that stimulated with different feelings. When she dried the tears with different emotions and put it under microscope, she found a different figures of reflection from her microscope. Below are the different images of various feelings:

Tears of change

Tears of laughing

Tears while cutting onions

Tears of grief

Basal tears

Tears of timeless reunion

Tears of ending and beginning

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Intestinal Microorganism Might Feed Your Brain To Be Smarter

2013-11-21T16:18:00.000+08:00

Microorganisms are dirty and we tend to be health conscious thus we become obsessively clean just to prevent diseases from acquiring certain infections from them. But microbes especially bacteria that are located in the digestive organs, oftenly called probiotics, are responsible in digesting the foods we take in and even provide strong immune system against ailments. One good source of them is the yogurt. Yogurt sometimes comes with friendly bacteria then normally dwell to stomach once consumed. But some health expert believe that there are significant correlation between the types of microbes living inside the tummy and the development of one's brain.

They Are Literally Not Gross

Bacteria are not all bad. Perhaps they are playing an important role to balance the cycle of life such as decomposing organic materials in order for life to survive and continue. According to the health experts, sometimes they are speculating that these tiny organisms inside the belly might affect the development and behavior of a growing brain depending upon of the types of bacteria living in it. The subject mice proved this claim because their study revealed that aggressive mice had been fed up with rich in probiotics that are normally find in the calmed mice and showed same traits with the nice lab rat. Another group of mice which are calm in nature had been buff up with same gut microbes contents of an anxious mouse and eventually turn to a nice rat. The researchers also found that the vagus nerve, which is a nerve that connect digestive tract and brain, also played an important role in developing the brain. They tried to cut it in the mouse then later on found out that the brain did not react to any changes in the gut. Thus they concluded that the vagus nerve serve as a communicator to the brain and affecting its progression. So while still young. try to feed yourself with good bacteria like eating yogurt.

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Using Snooze Button Makes You A Sleep Loser

2013-11-19T22:00:00.000+08:00

We wake up every early morning with the help of the ingenuity machine named alarmed clock. Thank to it because we wake up to the desired time in order to prepare for the whole day appointment. However, we pray to God and whisper to our self swearing to snap for just a little bit more and will wake up later on. Then, the snooze button is born just to fulfill our wish. But do we really be thankful that this incorporated button to alarm clock is created to prolong our sleep just for few minutes more?

You Become A Loser

Granted that we are able to sleep for few minutes after the alarm clock rings. It feels so good, right? Yes because during the onset of sleep, our body produces serotonin which produces satisfying feeling, no wonder why we hit the snooze and sink our self to sleep again. But here is the catch: your body will confused itself later on in the long run to produce what type of neurotransmitters that match with the time either time to wake or time to hit the bed. If serotonin produces good feeling during sleep, dopamine is being released during time of before getting awake because this acts as sleep suppressant.

The Logic

So if your body produces serotonin and dopamine because of irregular sleep-awake-pattern, your body become a cocktail of neurotransmitter that gives you the feeling of exhaustion and disorientation. During our sleep, we go to two important phases of sleep which are deep sleep and Rapid Eye Movement (REM). Deep sleep occurs during the early night when our brain is processing the activities we experience the whole day while REM provides plain rest. This pattern is disturbed if we keep on hitting the button to sleep again then wake up afterward thus makes less receptive to memorial function during the day especially if we wake up during the REM phase.

The Cheat

Snooze might rather be compared to nap because according to study, a 20-minute of sleep gives a some sort of refreshment feeling, so we can trick our mind by snoozing the alarm to a less than 20 minutes in order to minimize the bad effect because nap that is done during the day is effective and not during actual sleep like in night.

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Light On During The Whole Night Might Disturb The Quality Of Sleep

2013-11-19T17:59:00.001+08:00

Light symbolizes hope or something bright is coming along the way. But sometimes, light might affect the our wellness especially the quality of sleep when we allow to sleep with the light on all night long.

The Study

According to the study conducted in South Korea, researchers found out that those who sleep with inches closer with a switched on fluorescent lamp had many intermittent wake up cycle during their sleep and developed a shallow sleep during the coarse of the study then feeling some exhaustion when they woke up. They believed that lights affect the brain oscillations that are connected with sleep depth. On the other hands, those who were subjected to sleep with lights off through out the night, they reported a good sleep and feeling of good energy at early morning. So they cocncluded that in order to have a good quality of sleep, try to minimize the source of light that might disturb your mind. Use blinders low luminiscene light. Have you wonder that most of the bar, you can find a very bright light that even make you blind if you stare it for seoconds? This study gives you the related principle to it. The bar manager wants you to enjoy your night with friends at the party by simply putting you alive in the middle of the night with the help of these blinding white lights. No wonder why you dance and drink all night with all your nearly empty energy. But sometimes, you just simply drop yourself in the crowd because of being overdrunk. Well, that the exemption to the rule, because being sleep and drunk are two different things.

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Candy Crush Saga: It's Sweet. It's Addictive. Its Science

2013-11-17T09:00:00.000+08:00

If you see someone holding a smartphone, you might also find them playing Candy Crush Saga - a tetris-like game that is visually and sweetly stimulating because it contains candy -- a lot of candies. Yes, if you own smartphone, you can't deny that you also have this app and of course have played it in a certain level. So let's find out why this simple game is a worldwide hit and very irresistible.

Patience Is A Virtue

Candy Crush Saga teaches us to wait because of the limited lives it offers in every level. If no life left, you must need to wait another 30 minutes to play the game again. This feature of it really provides a balance break for the gamers because some of the players that fallen in the addictive nature of a game, they lost mental focus and forget to take the bathroom or getting hungry. But the gamemakers of this hit game are always thinking of your wellness, holding you for 30 minutes recess is enough to have a break. But if waiting is not your nature, then you can obtain lives by simply purchasing them with your money.

It Kills Boredom

You get nothing to do or you want to simply pretend to be busy when there is someone around and annoying you? This game is a perfect alibi to escape the two problems mentioned. Though it doesn't make you pretend to be busy but actually making you preoccupied thus avoiding the annoyance surrounds you plus a stress reliever.

Throwback

We experienced being a kid and we love candies and other sweet stuff. This is why this game is addictive in a way that it makes us feel to be young again but being strategically wise or mature because it needs logical analysis to crush and step up to the next level.

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Teenagers Who Sleep Late At Night Will Wake Up With Lower Grades Later On

2013-11-16T17:45:00.000+08:00

Youngsters of today are fond of staying up late because of many disturbances surround them. The social media which come in handy nowadays keep them awake even some of the things are unnecessary to spend time with. The peer influences and the enticing spirits in the advertizing industry put them alive and turning them to zombies. They hangout with friends in the bars until they passed out. Others are enjoying playing video games until reaching certain goals only to find out that the sun is already rising.

But even important things that are trying to get done at the very late night might still put your study in danger as long as the time is concerned.

Beware

According to study conducted by the University of California, teens who usually busy doing something, either be important matter such as studying or just chatting with friends via social media like facebook and instagram, had received difficulties later in their life especially in college. Those who are giving their best to study and get high grades are highly commendable but the researchers found out that after their high school days were they excel better, their grades in college had significantly dropped. As compare to those adolescence who sleep not later than 11:30 pm, they received high scores and also has stability in controlling their emotions.

Be More Cautious

Teens who sleep very late at night during the school days then oversleep during weekend just to compensate the lost hours of sleep during the weekdays had worse results in their grades. Why? Because the circadian rhythm or the internal clocks became unstable and difficult to adjust from the different activities during weekdays and weekends.

The bottom line here is to avoid staying up late even for the reason of studying nor talking with friends because later on in life, you will reap what you so and that is becoming emotionally unstable and low grades.

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Wearing Makeup While In The Gym Just To Look Good? You're Doing It Wrong

2013-11-15T18:39:00.001+08:00

Ladies and even some of the guys can not live without makeup or anything they apply onto their face just to look attractive especially when socializing. There is no wrong to do that anyway. We want to appear presentable and we spend much money and time in protecting our skin because that it is what others first do see when criticizing, and hide our age as we deceive others that we are still young. To stay healthy and sexy we even make plan which includes working up in the gym. But being perfectly attractable consumes much time so we are lazy enough to remove makeup before hitting the gym.

Makeups Clog Your Pores

When we are active our metabolism gets faster and our body burns fat thus, we get sweat -- that is actually what we love and we lost weight -- through our open pores. But when there is a foreign body on our face, for example makeup, it clogs the pores that causes breakout such as pimple and acne. The skin starts to choke itself and create unnecessary marks. One more thing, perspiration acts as mop washing the dirt in our skin so it is irrelevant to use makeup.

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