Give Your Attacker A Taste of Your Cell Phone

Ha! Ha! Only it is NOT a phone but a taser like stun gun.

Just 1 second of contact should do the trick. A dose of 950,000 volts.

It’s also a powerful 12 led flashlight.

more info and get it here

It Was Absolutely Terrifying

“We heard a very large bang, the oxygen masks came out. But the crew was very calm and everything was fine,” said Phil Rescall, a 40-year-old man from England travelling to Australia for work.

“The shock came when many got off the plane and saw the hole,” he told AFP. “You see the hole and you realise we were very lucky.

“Some people were crying, some people were pretty shaken when they saw the hole.”

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Actual footage on board troubled 747-400 Qantas flight QF30, which took off from Hong Kong and was heading for Melbourne on the morning of 25 July 2008.

Melbourne woman, June Kane, told how parts of the plane’s interior broke apart in the depressurised cabin.

“There was a terrific boom and bits of wood and debris just flew forward into first (class) and the oxygen masks dropped down,” she told ABC Radio. She later saw a gaping hole near the wing, with bits of baggage hanging out. “It was absolutely terrifying, but I have to say everyone was very calm.”
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Can Your Cellphone Save You When Its Battery’s Dead?

A definite yes!

How?

It can start a fire.

Watch and learn and bring along some steel wool next time you wander into places where you’re likely to get lost!

Thing is, will you have the foresight?

Top 5 Sources of Monounsaturated Fat

Top 5 sources of monounsaturated fat:

1. Extra-virgin olive oil 20 grams per ounce

2. Canola oil 16 grams per ounce

3. Pecans 12 grams per ounce

4. Almonds 10 grams per ounce

5. Cashews 8 grams per ounce

Research shows men who eat more monounsaturated fat have higher testosterone levels which is great for gaining muscle.

A monounsaturated fat molecule is liquid at body temperature and allows LDL cholesterol to pass more easily into your liver and out of your body. That is good news for you cos it reduces your heart-disease risk.

Tea Teutonically

German design Tea Stick Infuser. Just fill with loose tea and swirl in hot water. Stainless steel. Slick, simple and smart.

By Floz - $20 from the MoMA Store.

via Cool Hunting

Sleep in Complete Darkness

Be sure to sleep in complete darkness to optimize the release of melatonin.

Melatonin is a hormone which is essential to healthy sleep patterns and it also helps reduce the negative effects of cortisol.

 more here 

Sleep Your Way To Beauty

And health, Of course!

Sleep is one of the first rules of beauty. If we don’t rest our bodies completely at night we wake up exhausted, in a bad mood and not looking quite our best. I envy little babies that get to sleep for hours on end, look how good they look. I’m not saying we should sleep 12 or more hours a day like they do, but enough to keep us healthy.

It is better to sleep 6 hours of deep sleep than 9 hours of tossing and turning.

The recommended hours for a good night sleep in an adult are about 8 hours but each person has their own internal clock that allows them to sleep less or need more. In this day an age I think most of us need more sleep, there is not enough time in the day to get everything done and we are up all hours of the night trying to complete all our tasks.

Here are some suggestion on how to get a better night sleep: Make sure to go to bed at the same time every night, use a comfortable mattress, relax completely and forget about the day that has passed, take a warm bath with your favourite bath oil, and if all else fails drink a glass of warm milk, like mom use to give you or drink some chamomile tea (my salvation).

If we are able to keep a healthy lifestyle during the day, exercise regularly and eat well we will prevent bad nights and we will invite a deep sleep that will take us to our journey of our dreams and allow us to wake up bright and cheery the next morning.

source : loveantiaging

Great Tip For Staying Lean

No drastic change to your eating habits is required – just
make sure you include certain foods on a regular basis!

Like….

Certain Foods Burn Fat
Researchers have found a way you can lose weight without dieting or exercising.
The Adelaide team has isolated different chemicals found in
green tea,  
cocoa,
red grapes and
fish which help burn fat.

Obese people, fed supplements of these polyphenols, lost 2kg over 12 weeks, without otherwise altering diet or lifestyle.

“If you take the green tea polyphenols while you’re eating a high-fat diet they protect you against the development of body fat,” University of South Australia Professor Jon Buckley said.“If you eat them while you’re trying to lose weight they’ll strip weight off.”

These nutrients alter the “machinery” inside muscle tissue to burn more fat and could be a powerful

Professor Buckley, the deputy director of the Nutritional Physiology Research Centre, said overseas trials showed that even in a high-fat diet, incorporating flavonols (in green tea and cocoa) and omega 3 fatty acids reduced body fat.

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Tackling the Flying Earache Problem

The remedy is to repeat what is called the
Valsalva manoeuvres which is simply
pinching the nose and blowing the cheeks out.

Picture : Narrow cabin of a Concorde.

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Nothing will improve the appearance of your skin better

Nothing will improve the appearance of your skin better
than consuming enough water. It’s a pity women spend
so much money on skin products, while neglecting the
cheapest and most effective one – water. Water is the
single most important element for cellular integrity.

Drinking water moisturizes your skin from the inside out.
Water is also essential to maintaining elasticity and
suppleness and helps prevent dryness.

The real fountain of youth
can be found in a glass of water.

Just 1 of 10 reasons for drinking H2O