Experts say that 10% of us at any one time are suffering from persistent tiredness. Persistent tiredness is more common among women than men. General Practitioners say they regularly see patients who come in complaining of severe tiredness. As a consequence of our busy and stressful modern lifestyles, most of us experience tiredness. On most occasions, fatigue can be relieved after a good night's sleep. However, this is not the case for everybody. Some people find that tiredness becomes a
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One of the main reasons why governments decided two years ago to draw up a new global agreement on climate change was a major report published just before that year's UN climate summit in Bali. Its top-line conclusions produced a collective and decisive political move in favour of a global agreement bigger and bolder than anything seen before in the environmental field. This was the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - the disti
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He photographed plants by the thousands – photographs which feature flowers, buds, branched stems, clusters or seed capsules shot directly from the side or from an overhead view. Nothing detracted from the subject. This man produced such pictures for over thirty years. His straightforward, passionate concentration on one theme, which he almost endlessly varied, was very peculiar. In 1928 he published the now legendary photographic book "Art Forms in Nature.” It represented
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"You have a pen in hand but you are showing something of your own character. The very style of one handwriting is an element in the determination of character”. (New York Times, January 23, 1881)
While reading a handwritten letter or a text you usually pay attention to WHAT it written. The idea, the theme, the words. But we never (or very rarely) pay attention to HOW it is written. I'm not speaking about the style, about the vocabulary, no. I mean, we don't notice the importance of on
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Well, I think you will probably ask me why i am still writing about the break dance and nothing more. But there are so many different styles of it that's why i write about it a lot. Well, today i will describe another four styles - Hitting/Ticking; Strutting; Saccin' (Sacramento style); Filmore. So, the first technique is - Hitting or Ticking. These both terms means the fixing. It means a sharp reduction of muscles and as a result - a push, but not very hard.But some people think, that "h
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A man with a white cane stands in the junction. A youngster comes to this man and asks: - May I help you to cross the road, sir? - No, thanks. - But...you are an invalid, aren't you? - No, sir. I'm a human being with a disability, - answers the blind man and leaves. ...
It's a stereotype to call such people "инвалиды" ("handicapped persons"). But most of the people are wrong. Firstly, let me tell a few words about the problem. ... Read more »
Most people probably know Lewis Carroll as the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. He was also a mathematician, who wrote important works in the field, such as A Syllabus of Plane A
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As you know the most burning issue of the day is Swine Flu. In my article I’ll try to answer the most important questions concerning this disease: what is swine flu? What are the symptoms? And of course how not to contract flu? What is Swine Influenza or Swine Flu? Swine Influenza (swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza virus that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza in pigs. Swine flu viruses cause high levels of
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According to http://www.essortment.com/all/calligraphyhist_reyt.htm
“Calligraphy – written beauty of feelings”... Have you ever thought what calligraphy is? Is it just a way to write words neatly and accurately? Or may be, it's a kind of art that not everybody can practise? If you look this word up in a dictionary you will find the following definitions: ... Read more »
