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HEALTH&BEAUTY

The fruits – helping body regeneration during summer

During the summer it is ideal for us to consume fresh fruits and vegetables, together with many natural juices. It is already a fact that the fruits regenerate and give energy to the body, so the most appreciated during the summer are: the melon, the watermelon, the plums, the papaya, the apples, the apricots and [...]

Eye health during winte

The eye health during winter is just as important as that of the hands, cheeks, lips, ears, etc. In winter the eyes need protection from the dazzling sun and cold, because the eye nerve endings are sensitive to temperature changes. The most common eye problem which occurs during the cold winter is the cold conjunctivitis. [...]

PARENTS&KIDS

Fertility decreases with age

Fertility decreases with age – it is scientifically proven for both women and men. Sure, fertility depends on factors such as heredity, lifestyle, physiological disorders, drug treatments, but the age plays its important role as well. Therefore, because today the age when people form a stable couple and a family has extended until around 30 [...]

Family conflicts – inevitable, but harmful…

Family conflicts are difficult to avoid: different people with different needs, wishes and expectations living in a confined space and constantly bumping into each other every day. There is no family that has a harmonious atmosphere always – it is practically impossible! However, it is important for you to know how to control the emotions [...]

TRAVEL&VACATIONS

Funny things you didn’t know about true facts

Certain things may seem so common because we got used to them, so their simple absence wouldn’t even matter (although trust me, it actually does), but the moment you find out something special about them, you slowly become more interested and amused by them. It’s like believing that God exists, that He is up there [...]

The gas plant (Dictamnus albus)

The gas plant (Dictamnus albus) is a perennial and herbaceous herb known for releasing a pleasant lemon scent. It belongs to the Rutaceae family and is native to Asia and Europe. The plant grows in the wild in forests on sunny hills and is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental plant. The gas plant is a [...]

EDUCATION&SCIENCE

The tectonic relief on Earth

Tectonic landforms are known as any kind of landform that is produced mainly by the lifting or lowering of the terrestrial crust, or by ascending magmatic movements. These include mountains, plateaus and riff valleys. Even if erosion shapes the landforms, their origins are found in the tectonic processes that are building the major structures of [...]

The hand shape

Palmistry represents the art of reading the future inside your palm. This tradition comes from Poland and is present today in the entire world, becoming more and more popular. The first proofs of these occupations come from long before our era, testimonials suggesting that palmistry was used in therapeutic purposes. It’s believed that palmistry has [...]

What do you know of eskimo sleighs?

The North Pole is a fairy tale land for those who admire it from distance or for those who reach it from time to time, sunk in the eternal Arctic snows (in Greek, “arktos” means “bear”), with mysterious shadows cast over the endless polar nights, forming unique landscapes. But as wonderful as this world is, [...]

Decorating the Christmas tree – did you know that…

The smell of winter begins to be felt and our thoughts are turning to the most beautiful holiday of the year – Christmas. What can be better in this period than to decorate the Christmas tree with the family and all the loved ones? Glass globes, candles, sweets and coloured lights, all are found in [...]

Codex Alimentarius – the most modern weapon of mass destruction?

Codex Alimentarius is an organization that many seem to have heard about recently. From the official website of this organization (www.codexalimentarius.org, former www.codexalimentarius.net) we can find out its altruistic aim, at first look: “protecting the health of the consumers and ensuring fair trade standards regarding food quality”. The Codex was maintained and regularized by FAO [...]

HOBBIES&RECREATION

DIY – a useful passion

DIY or Do It Yourself is a concept that involves the development of objects or repairing, modifying and improving them by your own forces and means, without requiring the help of experts. The DIY concept has become increasingly popular and has been applied to many areas but is also considered a very interesting hobby and [...]

Medical sweet water fish – Corydoras julii

Corydoras julii is a health fish originating from South America, which lives in freshwaters. It can be purchased by beginner aquarists because it is not a very demanding species and does not require great knowledge about aquariums. Males can reach a length of 5 cm and the female is a little bigger, so it can [...]

PETS

Dog diseases during winter – frostbite and hypothermia

Winter dog diseases are caused by the prolonged exposure of the animals to cold, low temperature and include frostbite and hypothermia. Frostbite occurs when your dog is outdoors during the winter and the temperature is very low. The tissue in certain areas of the body numb, deteriorate due to frost and certain complications arise, which [...]

Diabetes in cats – what you need to know

Diabetes in cats is a very serious disease caused by insufficient insulin, which causes high blood glucose levels (hyperglycemia) and glucose in urine. The disease has main results in the change of cat behavior. At older cats the diabetes is more common. The risk of disease is higher in males and in general at all [...]

WILD ANIMALS

Species of birds – the red knot (Calidris canutus)

The red knot is a migratory species that lives throughout the world, except for Antarctica. In summer, many specimens can be seen in the tundra in Europe, America, Greenland, Alaska, Scotland, Iceland, Siberia, etc.. They migrate in winter on the coast of West Africa, Australia, Asia, Florida, South Argentina and Patagonia. It is often associated [...]

The forest antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus) – the most common species in Africa

The forest antelope lives in mountainous regions and plains with shrubs and bushes near water courses, lakes and forests in Africa and Central Europe. It is considered the most common African species and has a beautiful appearance due to the coat colour, so it is also known as the colourful forest antelope. The number of [...]

RELIGION&SPIRITUALITY

Easter traditions in the Balkans

Geographically placed in south-eastern Europe and with a history of centuries, the Balkans had many points of confluence with the Greeks, Bulgarians, Albanians, Serbs and Romanians; so they share holidays, customs, mentality. Orthodoxy is the religion of the majority in these countries, which explains why the Balkans Easter traditions are similar, but of course, with [...]

RECIPES

Recipe of egg flip cake

The egg – flip cake is a delicious dish that you might want to try. We present in the following lines both the ingredients and how to prepare it step by step. The egg – flip cake ingredients are: • 200 grams of brown sugar; • two eggs; • a pack of vanilla; • 200 [...]

Winter melon (Benincasa hispida) – therapeutic properties

Winter melon (Benincasa hispida) is an annual climbing plant, with a length of almost 6 meters. It originates from Asia, is part of the Cucurbitaceae family and it is known also as petha. Its leaves are large and green, its flowers are yellow and its fruits (the melons) are oval. The pumpkin can reach up [...]

BUSINESS&FINANCE

The bank mortgage

The mortgage is granted by a bank to someone who is requesting to buy, build or renovate a home, or to purchase land. To be eligible to receive such credit you must provide a warranty, which is usually represented by the actual mortgage on the building you want to fix or the land you want [...]

HOME APPLIANCES

Clothes dryers – How to choose the best appliance?

A clothes dryer can be useful in any household, for several reasons: time saving, improved hygiene (do not have to leave your laundry hours or days on wires in common areas, avoid dust accumulation in the atmosphere, avoid smells and microbes, accumulation etc), less effort, eliminating the possibility of stains, avoiding humidity in the house [...]

ENTERTAINMENT

Strategy games – a popular hobby

Unlike other games, like PC games or board games, strategy games are much more interesting and have numerous advantages, even if this is hard to believe. To sustain this affirmation, chess is one of the oldest, best-known and most played strategy games in the world. What is a strategy game? From an etymological point of [...]

The Cave, gaming platform

The Cave might turn out to be next success in terms of indie computer games. This platform adventure game created by Double Fine Productions is distributed by Sega starting with January 22nd 2013, both in the version for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii U consoles, as well as for the operating systems Microsoft Windows, [...]

Radio drama – more than a story

Radio drama, as the name suggests, represent a mise en scene at an acoustic level of some plays; radio drama had from the beginning a large audience and this is not a surprise, considering the characteristics and originality of this type of theater, as it is still appreciated today. Radio theater can run on different [...]

VIDEO GAMES

Orcs must die

Among the action games that were released in 2011, Orcs must die was one of them (the release date: October 5th). The game is a product of an independent company that starts to have more and more success. Robot Entertainment is the developer who dealt with creating the story and the graphics, while Microsoft Studios [...]

Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm – a new challenge

The story of the most popular strategy game continued as Blizzard Entertainment unraveled details about the next Starcraft 2- Heart of the Swarm Expansion. On the web page totally dedicated to the colossal game ther ewere details about the history of the quests and the gameplay of the new expansion. Starcraft 2- Heart of the [...]

MOVIES&TV

Funny things about stars that you wouldn’t even dream of

Stars only show a certain side of their personality when appearing on the stage or play in a movie and no matter how many roles they play, their life and secrets remain hidden, buried deep as they will definitely refuse to make their intimacies public. However, journalists are even more stubborn, especially those hired by [...]

Blue Bloods, the series

The series Blue Bloods is one of the revelations of the American television. Combined with elements like police drama, it attracts its “customers” pretty well, considering that its success led to its renewal for a third season. The show is filmed in New York, has two successful seasons and a total of 39 episodes. The [...]

MUSIC

Black Sabbath – the pioneer band of the heavy-metal genre

Metal, a genre both loved by some people and blamed by others, includes various styles that correspond to the public demands. Most of the times, a band that has an echo in the musical world and which is responsible for the formation of a sub-genre is being given the role of founder for that specific [...]

Evanescence, The band

Evanescence has its origins in the city of Little Rock in Arkansas and started off in 1995. The members were the singer Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody. After a few private albums recorded, the band reached the rock music market in 2002. Right from the start, the band was a huge success and won [...]

AGRICULTURE

Champignon mushroom cultivation

Champignon mushroom cultivation (Agaricus) becomes more and more popular, but it is hardly a new business. These mushrooms have been cultivated since the 17th century, but the recent years brought an increase in demand on the market. Both experiments and research have led to one conclusion, that Agaricus mushrooms are effective and have outstanding culinary [...]

POLITICS

American Civil War – changing the face of the U.S.

The American Civil War, also known as the War of Secession, was the political and military conflict which can be said to have changed the face of the United States, bringing people’s grievances at the surface, but also issues of race, becoming more serious and with adverse consequences for the American society. As slavery still [...]

GAMBLING

About card games

Card games are among the most popular recreational activities that people of all ages practice when they meet with friends, go to picnic or just when they are bored and want to spend their free time in an interesting way. On the other hand, at present, following the old tradition, card games are also part [...]

Easy dessert recipe

The light dessert recipe is very tasty and you can cook it whenever you feel the need of a fresh dish made at home. You can find below the required ingredients and how to prepare the dessert step by step. The ingredients needed for the light dessert ingredients needed are: • 400 grams of granulated [...]

GOT TALENT

Britain’s Got Talent, George Sampson

George Sampson – dancer, singer, famous actor – very well known from the show Britain’s Got Talent One of the people who became famous after participating in the show Britain’s Got Talent is George Sampson, the dancer who won the second season of the show. He decided to participate after finding out, from a teacher [...]

SPORT

Canoe – from its invention until becoming an Olympic sport

Approximately 3000 years ago, the inhabitants of the icy north and the Pacific islands began to build long boats, by hollowing tree trunks and using reed or bone, wrapped in animal skins to make it possible to move on water on longer distances – these were called kayaks (with paddles / double shovel) and canoes [...]

DINOSAURUS

Draculae Bradycneme – a dinosaur discovered in Romania

The Hateg Transylvanian Basin is the place where scientists discovered the fossil remains of a carnivorous dinosaur in 1975, described by paleontologists Walker and Harrison as a new species, naming it Bradycneme draculae. The length of this dinosaur was estimated at 1 m, while the weight reached 5 kg. This dinosaur lived during the Cretaceous, [...]

ART

Richard Wynne – an artist of war

Richard Wynne, aka Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, is considered one of the most important artists of the war. He was born on the 13th of August 1889 and died in October 1946. He has an interesting artistic activity in the UK, being one of the most important painters of that period. Life and career Richard [...]

MOBILE PHONES

About e-gadgets, useful and funny

Useful or simply funny, the e-gadgets are increasingly common on the market and they are also increasingly surprising through their originality and their endless inventiveness. The trend, as it could be noticed at CES (which is an IT fair – Consumer Electronics Show) in December 2011, in Las Vegas, regarding gadgets in general and e-gadgets [...]

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Review

Less than a year after its official launch, Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc showed us all the direction the manufacturer will follow from now, as it still has to release several other smartphones and maybe even come up with innovations. But one thing is certain: this smartphone addresses, first of all, the users who put a [...]

PC ZONE

Top 10 smallest laptops in the world

Who are the manufacturers of the top 10 smallest laptops in the world? There are quite a few manufacturers in the high tech world who create truly amazing things. In the following lines, you’ll get to find out who created the laptops with the smallest dimensions in the world, which also prove to be highly [...]

Oil Rush, the game

The game Oil Rush was released not long ago, a production of the developer Unigine Corp for Ubuntu, Desura and Steam. The game is a real time strategy, tower defence what happens in an apocalyptic world. Unigine’s proprietary technology has been used by the game, the game being available for the Microsoft Windows operating systems, [...]

FOTO VIDEO

Photographing funny events

Photography is a true art that combines creativity and imagination with technique. Many types of photography are real challenges for photographers, be they amateur or professional. But every day we witness various unannounced events, including funny moments. In the following lines, we will present some tips for shooting fun events. Some people, whether they are [...]

Photography and gloomy weather

Snow, rain or fog, these do not represent any obstacle for passionate photographers who consider that these natural phenomena can be used as true style elements. Although photography and gloomy weather don’t seem to go that well together, in this article we will present to you a few photographic tricks during bad weather. While bad [...]

TV&AUDIO

When has the television appeared?

Today we are so familiar with television that probably it would be hard to imagine what its absence would be like. Technological progress was very rapid, so that more than a century has passed since the first attempts to transmit moving images at distance to high-performance television devices. Etymologically, the word “television” borrowed from French, [...]

WEDDINGS

Myths about the wedding dress

Every important event in human life is characterized by special symbols and myths that were born around them and which are quite numerous. And since marriage is one of the most important events in the life of an individual, both from the social and personal point of view, many myths were created around the most [...]

HOME&GARDEN

Drainage systems in gardens

When properly designed and implemented, the drainage systems in gardens cannot even be seen, which does not change the importance that these systems have in the proper development and maintenance of gardens. Read further the article below to learn what the procedure through which you can install such a system for your garden is. Issues [...]

Curcuma mangga (also it known as mango ginger)

Curcuma mangga (also it known as mango ginger) is one of the herbs that are grown extensively in Asian countries. It is closely related to turmeric. It belongs to the ginger family – Zingiberaceae – and has the scientific name of Curcuma amada. In India this plant is very important, as it has religious significance, [...]

MEDICINE

The fruits – helping body regeneration during summer

ROMANIA TRAVEL

The Gavanu Monastery

The Gavanu Monastery is an Orthodox monastery, founded in the Manzalesti village, Buzau County. The road to the settlement is not at all easy – from Bisoca there is a mountain road that can be travelled by car, if it’s not too low, and then there’s another road that can only be covered by foot, [...]

AUTO-MOTO

Citroen DS4 Magic

I met Citroen DS4 for the first time in Germany. This occasion proved to be a good omen for the French carmaker, as it impressed me. The 2.0 HDi engine with 163 hp and a torque of 340 Nm at 2000 rpm has a good manual transmission with 6 sheets. Despite the fact that the [...]

Car tuning – a hobby for car lovers

Cars represent a hobby in itself, meaning that there are many people who invest their material resources in their machines (more or less different) to recondition them and make them functional once again. Car tuning is an interesting hobby for car lovers who want to change not only the appearance, but also the car’s performance. [...]

PARANORMAL

The secrets of palmistry – the life line

Palm reading has both major lines and minor lines, important lines and sidings lines. The life line is perhaps the most controversial of all. This “fingerprint” of the palm is seen differently by palmist and by the ordinary people. While palm readers do not think that its length has anything to do with the length of [...]

Superstitions about body parts

There are, as with other objects and actions, superstitions related to the parts of the body. When you flush, when your eye is blinking too fast there must be a reason behind this fact, isn’t it? Many superstitious traditions have found a solution for each uncontrolled action of our body, ascribing to them a number of [...]

ASTROLOGY

Funny things about zodiacal signs

1. Why don’t the natives of a sign have durable relationships?: Aries: I come first, there is nothing else except the first place, which is mine. The most important position cannot be shared and a relationship means me – me – me. Like it or not, you will have to accept it. Taurus: Oh, but [...]

ASTRONOMY

Former Rangoon with its two suns or the spectacular Yangon

After the sun rises on the sky, announcing the arrival of a new day in the former Rangoon, now Yangon, a city located in Myanmar or Burma and situated on the river with the same name, the daily activities begin once again. The show offered by the city is due to the enormous proportions around [...]

LAW

Restorative justice – a modern model

In the last years, the number of restorative justice programs has increased in many countries, either as an alternative towards the official penal justice system or as an integral part of it. The origins of restorative justice have dated back since the beginning of societies being present within certain indigenous communities – Amerindians, the native [...]