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This Is What Happens When You Place Some Ice At This Point On Your Neck

By
Elizabeth Williams

While ice therapy doesn’t necessarily cure ailments, it does relieve symptoms and make you feel better. So, head to the freezer and get an ice cube for a soothing, self-healing ice therapy.

The combination of acupuncture and ice therapy

According to the acupuncture practice, this point on the neck is called Feng Fu. It’s located at the point between the base of the skull and the top of the spine, and it’s also known as the Warehouse of Change and the Ghost Pillow point.

Feng Fu is believed to be the place through which the ‘evil spirits’ enter the mind and start controlling it. This point is also believed to be of crucial importance to the communication between the mind and the rest of the body.

Disruption in the energy flow in this point usually results in headaches, stiffness and pain in the neck and face region, throat swelling and laryngitis, and other problems that we will mention later.

Adding ice to this point has a physical effect of relieving the tension that may have been caused by swelling, inflammation, or blood accumulation. This, in turn, relieves the energetic tension at this point and allows for a better flow.

Don’t overdo it!

Placing ice on the back of your neck, and especially at that particular point, can be very beneficial if done in moderation. However, spending more than 20 minutes with the ice on your neck is not recommended.

To avoid injuring your skin, it’s best that you wrap the ice in some thin washcloth. And listen to your body – if you can’t endure the cold after the first few minutes, remove the ice and give your neck some rest.

You should be aware that this treatment serves to relieve some symptoms and help you feel more comfortable, it won’t cure you of the problem that causes the pain in the first place. Should the pain endure for a longer period of time, it’s best to consult your physician.

The benefits of placing ice on the Feng Fu point

It’s best done on an empty stomach. You need to lie on your stomach and leave the ice on the point for a maximum of 20 minutes. Do it in the morning and before going to bed with 2-3-day breaks.

Acupuncture practice has shown that this method will help you with:

  • Headaches and migraines
  • Tremors and twitching
  • Numbness and dizziness
  • Chronic neck or shoulder pain
  • Earache
  • Eye pain
  • Tooth pain
  • Lockjaw
  • Nosebleeds
  • Throat swelling
  • Aphasia (trouble speaking, as in laryngitis)
  • Spinal cord problems

It is also believed that this treatment can help with some mental health concerns, such as manic behavior, fear, or suicidal thoughts. However, consulting a licensed psychological therapist is a must.

Energy-wise, allowing for a better energy flow through this point will certainly improve your mood and increase your energy. It is thought that this method is one of the secrets to a healthier and longer life.

Whatever your reason might be (and as long as it’s within the boundaries of safe behavior), this easy and cheap home treatment is something that won’t take much from your time and will yield some very satisfactory results.

Sources:
Power of Positivity
Speaking Tree

Southwest Airlines Flew A Plane With Puppies To Help Them Escape The Hurricane Harvey

By
Elizabeth Williams

When a hurricane, such as Harvey, exposes its wrath on a city, the end results can be devastating – both for people and animals. Shelters can get so overcrowded that many rescue animals and pets are left outside, on God’s mercy.

However, Southwest Airlines came up with a marvelous idea. They decided to perform an operation they named “Operation Pets Alive” in order to save more than 60 animals that were left without a shelter during the storm.

The Helen Woodward Animal Centre located in San Diego is supposed to find them new homes as they have been transferred on a plane from Houston to San Diego.

Flight attendants have also made their flight more enjoyable.

They also fastened their seat belts and made sure that the pets were safe during the whole flight.

And the pilots just could not resist their cuteness and decided to have some fun with them too.

Some of them have already found their home as they have been transferred to foster homes.

Linda Rutherford, a Southwest Airlines Chief Communication Officer, said: “The devastation of Hurricane Harvey has impacted a number of our communities along the Gulf. Our hearts are with our Customers, Employees, family, and friends who have experienced loss and devastation from the storm.“

She also expressed genuine gratitude to the Helen Woodward Animal Centre for their collaboration and help. The project sure gives hope that there are some institutions that do care about our furry, four-legged friends to not be left out in difficult times like this.  

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6 Main Sources of Hair Loss

By
Elizabeth Williams

Article written by Paulo Nogueira

Losing your hair is one of the most dreadful things you can go through as a man or woman; a professional like an account or lawyer or blue collar worker like a plumber or decorator.

Sometimes these causes are reversible however sadly there are also permanent reasons for going through male pattern baldness which can’t be easily restored.

Here are some popular reasons why your hair may be falling off.

Stress

Any sort of physical trauma, an auto collision, or an extreme disease, even the flu can cause brief hair loss. This can trigger a sort of male pattern baldness called telogen effluvium. Hair has a customized life cycle: a development stage, rest stage and shedding stage. “When you have a truly upsetting occasion, it can stun the hair cycle, (pushing) more hair into the shedding stage,” clarifies Marc Glashofer, MD, a Hair Transplant Surgeon in Birmingham for My Hair Transplant Clinics. Male pattern baldness frequently winds up noticeably perceptible three to six months after the injury.

What to do: fortunately hair will begin becoming back as your body recoups.

Pregnancy

Pregnancy is one case of the kind of physical anxiety that can cause male pattern baldness (that and hormones). Pregnancy-related male pattern baldness is seen all the more normally after your infant has been conveyed instead of really amid pregnancy. “Conceiving an offspring is entirely awful,” says Dr. Glashofer.

What to do: If you do encounter male pattern baldness, rest guaranteed that your hair will come back in two or three months. “It’s an ordinary thing and it will work out,” Dr. Glashofer says.

An excess of vitamin A

Exaggerating vitamin A-containing supplements or medicines can trigger male pattern baldness, as indicated by the American Academy of Dermatology. The Daily limit for vitamin A is 5,000 International Units (IU) every day for grown-ups and kids over age 4; supplements can contain 2,500 to 10,000 IU.

What to do: This is a reversible reason for male pattern baldness and once the overabundance vitamin A is stopped, hair ought to develop typically.

Absence of protein

In the event that you don’t get enough protein in your eating routine, your body may apportion protein by closing down hair development, as indicated by the American Academy of Dermatology. This can occur around a few months after a drop in protein admission, they say.

What to do: There are numerous awesome wellsprings of protein, including fish, meat, and eggs. In the event that you don’t eat meat or creature items there are several plant based proteins you can consume.

Male Pattern Baldness

Around two out of three men encounter male pattern baldness by age 60, and more often than not it’s because of male pattern baldness. This kind of male pattern baldness, caused by a combo of genetic and male sex hormones, more often than not takes after a great example in which the hair retreats at the sanctuaries, leaving an M-moulded hairline.

What to do: There are topical creams like Minoxidil (Rogaine) and oral prescriptions, for example, finasteride (Propecia) that can stop balding or even reason some to develop; surgery to transplant or unite hair is likewise an alternative.

Heredity

Female hairloss, called androgenic or androgenetic alopecia, is essentially the female adaptation of male pattern baldness. “On the off chance that you originate from a family where ladies began to have male pattern baldness at a particular age, at that point you may be more inclined to it,” says Dr. Glashofer. Not at all like men, ladies don’t have a tendency to have a retreating hairline, rather their part may broaden and they may have observable diminishing of hair.

What to do: Like men, ladies may profit by Minoxidil (Rogaine) to help develop hair, or if nothing else, keep up the hair you have, Dr. Glashofer says. Rogaine is accessible over-the-counter and is recommended for ladies with this kind of balding.

11 Things People Don’t Realize You’re Doing Because You Are A Highly Intuitive Person

By
Elizabeth Williams

Intuition is very hard to define. It’s something which is inevitably present among people, and which serves to give us subtle guidance in the things we do. And no matter how much you are or aren’t in touch with your intuition, you will notice yourself being led by it in times when you need it most.

However, there’s a number of people who possess high intuitive skills and they let this high intuition lead their lives to achieve flawless results. These individuals trust their gut feeling and they seem to do the right thing at the right moment every time.

If you are one of them, you will agree that these 11 things are what you do differently from those who aren’t in touch with their intuition as much as you are:

  1. You trust your inner voice unconditionally

The inner voice which comes as a hunch or a gut feeling is what highly intuitive people have tuned into and will listen to every time it speaks.

A highly intuitive person will know that this voice will always lead them to a solution to a problem, or will lead them out of trouble at the right moment – and it’s always right!

  1. You tend to spend time alone

No matter how busy their lives may be, the highly intuitive person will always have some alone time in their day. They respect being with themselves and listening to their own silence, as they are aware that this silence speaks a lot more than any sound. In these moments, they connect to their deepest and innermost wisdom.

  1. You are creative

Creativity is the fruit of intuition. A highly intuitive person is also a highly creative one. These people like spending time thinking up of the most creative ideas and activities. And the more they nurture their creativity, the greater their intuition becomes (and vice versa).

  1. You practice mindfulness

Consciously or not, everything you do, you do with a lot of mindfulness involved in it. The highly intuitive person is almost always aware of the whole experience and every part of it.

And of course, if you are able to pay attention to what’s happening inside of you, then it won’t be hard at all to notice anything else around you.

  1. You can’t help observing everything

Not only do highly intuitive people experience everything with all their senses, but they also tend to observe everything around them. Part consciously and out of curiosity, and part unconsciously, the highly intuitive person will eventually notice everything.

  1. You are in touch with your body

A highly intuitive person is able to observe everything which is happening in their body – and hence the gut feeling which many don’t take seriously.

They know when they need a certain kind of food, and they can feel when something is wrong with their health.

  1. You can connect with others on a deeper level

High intuition is closely related to empathy, as the power of observance that the intuitive person possesses can easily be directed to the intuitive ability. This allows them to connect with those around them on a much deeper level and understand them intuitively.

  1. You pay more attention to your dreams

Being able to decipher the signals from your subconscious allows you to remember and analyze your dreams more easily.

The highly intuitive person follows up on their dreams the first thing in the morning and spends some time thinking about them and trying to figure out the message their subconscious has been trying to send.

  1. You dedicate a lot of down time to recharge

The hectic lives we live wear our intuition down, simply because we lose touch with ourselves. The highly intuitive person will automatically do everything necessary to take a break from all that stress and recharge. How do they know when they need their down time? Intuition.

  1. You mindfully let the negative emotions go

Being in touch with such heightened intuition is a gift which allows the bearer to masterfully realize and let go of any negative emotions that would otherwise cloud the intuition. Intuition brings a subtle insight into the events and the emotions that revolve around them. And this insight brings clarity and the ability to let go.

  1. You know things before you find the definition for them

A lot of information that comes to the intuitive person is something which may have already been understood and defined. However, any information is useful only when you really need it.

The highly intuitive person will come to this information with no effort, and the surprise is very satisfying when they learn that they came to it before having read about it.

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The Secret Of Foster Children That No One Talks About – It’s Really That Bad

By
Elizabeth Williams

There is one problem that has been talked about for quite some time now with such urgency, and yet some people still not perceive it as a real problem. You probably have heard about it on the news, or have read about it in newspapers and social media.

The headlines and phrases they use usually go like this: “There is a need for foster parents”; “The country is in a deep crisis”; “Children are brought far away from their home because there is a shortage of foster homes to take them,” and so on.

No matter how urgent and critical the situation seems when you hear something like this, you could not help but wonder: Where are all these kids? Why don’t you see them? You are not wrong for asking yourself these questions – they are valid and necessary.

And what’s interesting is that the answers to these questions are more simple and obvious than you think. All you need to do is take a look at the events happening near you or the news you read and watch on local media.

For instance, those arrests for domestic violence or drug dealing, the violent attacks and murders in families usually include children.

Those children are innocent – that’s why they are rarely mentioned on the news. But the sad reality is that children are victims caught in the middle of the incidents, and oftentimes they lose their parents and have no place to go.

The media only gives information about people directly involved in the events – they show the shooting, the attacks, the arrests…

However, they don’t show children who are left homeless, or without one or two parents.

They don’t show the children’s screaming as they are being involuntarily dragged out of their homes while social workers carry hastily their clothes in garbage bags.

They do not show on TV the loud screaming and crying of the children who are involuntarily taken from the only family they know and love.

You are not aware of it unless you become a foster parent. Only then you will start to realize how serious and common this problem actually is.

You will begin to feel really bad and feel sorry for these children who have nowhere else to go. So, you start asking yourself: Is there something you can do to help them?

If you are one of the kind-hearted people out there, and if you want to help, there are some things that you may be able to do that will be of huge help for these children:

1. Start by sharing this post so that you can raise awareness on this subject;

2. Find out if there is someone near you that is already fostering. Foster parents rarely mention this subject, so you will be surprised to discover that there are many of them, and some even in your neighborhood. Let them know that you will support them and help them with the next child that enters their home;

3. Bring them a meal and paper plates. Do not ask if they need this – they do. Be curious about what they usually eat and when and just bring the food 30 minutes before the meal. If you are not able to bring the food yourself, call a delivery restaurant, order the food, and arrange it to bring the food to the foster parents 30 minutes before their usual time of lunching or dining;

4. Help the foster parents with doing the laundry. Wash the laundry, dry it, and bring it back to them;

5. Do grocery shopping for them;

6. Offer to babysit the other children while the foster parents are taking the new kid to the hospital for all first week’s medical appointments;

7. Make a list of the things that the child needs and provide those things for them;

8. Attend a class at your local DCS to learn more about foster parenting;

9. Get a “respite” license – that is a license for you to be able to take care of a foster kid for a week or less;

10. Don’t forget to ASK! Always keep asking the foster parents what they need and what you can do to support them. Many times there are not many things you can do, but your interest and will to help are encouraging for them. Plus, the more you show interest they will begin to trust you more and will call you if a need arises.

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15 Chilling Facts About The Mystery Of The Philadelphia Experiment

By
Elizabeth Williams

Many theories suggest that the mightiest governments in the world hold secrets that could potentially change the way we see the world. From the idea that they cover up alien encounters to the supposed research in advanced and superior technologies that have the power to change the world, many of these theories have been dismissed as soon as they have emerged.

We won’t get too much into whether such theories are just figments of imagination or something to be taken a bit more seriously. Instead, we will focus more closely on one experiment which has left many baffled and has become the stuff of urban legends.

The USS Eldridge, a Cannon-class destroyer, will remain as perhaps one the most mysterious ships in history that, according to witnesses, disappeared into thin air. As the main object of the Philadelphia Experiment, the ship was intended to be enveloped in a force field that would render it invisible, both to radar and to the naked eye.

According to sayings, this experiment had been seen by hundreds of people taking place in front of their very own eyes on October 28, 1943. But these claims have since been dismissed and the stories were covered up – thus reducing every evidence of the event to mere whispers.

Officially, the US Navy denies that such experiment has ever taken place. A top-secret technology research, or a stuff of science fiction? Let’s look into the facts that surround the mystery of this experiment and decide for yourselves.

  1. THE INVISIBLE SHIP

This fascinating experiment has long been a thing of urban legends and conspiracy theories. The research behind this experiment was done in order to create a technology that would grant “invisibility” to the US Navy ships from mines and torpedoes.

They wanted to achieve this by reducing and bending the magnetic fields around the ships and they did conduct this research at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Relating to this project, the USS Timmerman was equipped with a high-frequency generator that could create discharges which would disrupt the magnetic field.

It is a fact that these experiments took place in the 1940s, and this part of the story is nothing but fact. As for the rest…

  1. MORRIS K. JESSUP

It wasn’t until Morris K. Jessup that the Philadelphia Experiment was considered as a mere story and rumors spread by the people to warn others against the actual might of the government and the numerous secret projects that were carried out by the US Military back then.

However, after publishing his The Case for the UFO book, Jessup started receiving letters which spoke of Einstein, electromagnetic forces, and secret Navy projects. In this series of letters, the mysterious sender also spoke about the Philadelphia Experiment.

Jessup’s death in 1959 was ruled a suicide, and he became a legendary figure in the complex tale of the Philadelphia Experiment ever since.

  1. CARL ALLEN

As the mysterious person behind the Jessup letters, who wrote under the alias Carlos Allende, Carl Allen described in full length his testimony of the Philadelphia Experiment. Allen describes how, while he was serving aboard the SS Andrew Furuseth, the USS Eldridge suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the water before him.

He is considered by many as the originator of the story of the Philadelphia Experiment. However, William Dodge, the captain of the SS Andrew Furuseth, disputed Allen’s claims, adding that not only did he or his crew not notice anything peculiar in Norfolk, but that the ship wasn’t even in Norfolk at the time of the supposed appearance.

Allen’s claims have since been completely discredited by skeptics, and he was called insane, suffering from severe mental issues.

  1. THE FIRST EXPERIMENT

The Philadelphia Experiment wasn’t a single event. While the most famous one is the second, the first experiment happened earlier that year on July 22.

According to those who claimed to have seen it happen, in the first experiment, the USS Eldridge vanished into thin air and reappeared at the same spot only moments later. So, what happened to the ship, and where did it go? That’s where the second part of the experiment comes in.

  1. THE SECOND EXPERIMENT

Of course, there would be no use in making a ship disappear, if you can’t actually do something with it. Well, according to eyewitnesses, the Navy did do something with it.

As part of the second experiment, the USS Eldridge did not only gain its invisibility, but it allegedly appeared out of nowhere in the waters of Norfolk, Virginia on October 28, 1943.

According to witness reports, the ship suddenly materialized in the waters, only to disappear again moments later. It seems that the Navy succeeded in not only successfully making the ship disappear, but also in finding a way to move it 300 miles away while invisible.

  1. EINSTEIN’S UNIFIED FIELD THEORY

This theory is often cited to be standing behind the technology of the Eldridge’s disappearing act. Einstein tried to find a way to combine gravity and electromagnetism into one theory.

Not being content with the idea that gravity and electromagnetism are two completely independent fields of each other, Einstein spent the last years of his life working on the Unified Field Theory.

However, Einstein never succeeded in proving his theory. In fact, he never finished his work on the theory, which he was working on until his death. So, how does it connect to the Philadelphia Experiment?

Although accepted science doesn’t offer a completion to the theory, believers claim that the Navy must have had a scientist who managed to complete Einstein’s work and crack the scientific code behind the theory – resulting in a practical application in the Philadelphia Experiment.

  1. THE BAR FIGHT

Another part of the legend of the Philadelphia Experiment is the almost anecdotal and utterly bizarre bar fight, during which two of the sailors involved in the experiment suddenly vanished into thin air.

Based on witness sayings and originally sourced in Allen’s letters addressed to Jessup, this tale is just one of the many strange events that surround the Philadelphia Experiment Allen described in his letters.

However, except for the letters, there has been no legitimate publication or a second credible witness to this event.

  1. THE SIDE EFFECTS

The bar fight was just one of the odd events that surround the Philadelphia Experiment. A far more serious claim has been that of the serious effects the disappearing ship had on the crew. This was one of the alleged reasons as to why the technology was abandoned.

Namely, it has been said that the event had traumatic effects on the crew members, some of who went insane beyond repair and violently ill. Another claim was that after the ship re-appeared, several sailors were found gruesomely fused with the ship.

  1. AL BIELEK (a.k.a. Ed Cameron)

If you thought the narrative around the experiment was crazy enough, it couldn’t get much wilder than Al Bielek’s alleged account of the event. His story goes that he was diving into the waters around the ship with his brother the day when the experiment took place.

According to his claims, not only did he see the effects of the experiment, but that he and his brother Duncan were allegedly teleported into the future, in the year 2137. After a period of two years in the future, he was then returned back to the year 1983.

He has even written two books that describe his experiences. He was dismissed by skeptics as being a complete fraud, an attention seeker, and plain crazy.

  1. THE OFFICIAL STORY

Besides all the stories and supposed eyewitness accounts, the US Navy categorically denies that the Experiment has ever happened.

The fact that the USS Eldridge was in Philadelphia and Norfolk, Virginia on the same day is accounted for the fact that the Navy had access to a channel which was not used by other ships and which allowed the ship to travel that distance in 6 hours, which is by 30 hours faster than the conventional time needed for merchant ships.

The Navy has stated that they had never made a ship disappear, nor could they make one disappear, and that the story surrounding the Philadelphia Experiment was just a weird combination of theories, legend, and the fact that they were indeed working on technology to make their ships “invisible” to German-made electromagnetic weapons.

However, even if the Navy did have the technology that could make their ships invisible to the naked eye, it would be understandable that they would deny it.

  1. SHIP’S RECORDS

The USS Eldridge naval logs tell a much different story than that of the alleged accounts. According to the logs, the ship was neither in Philadelphia nor in Norfolk at any time in October 1943.

The logs state that the ship was in fact in Bermuda for the first half of the month, after which it sailed for three days toward New York, where it stayed for the remainder of October.

Conspiracy theorists will immediately tell you that any ship log can be easily manipulated and faked by simply writing different information. And the fact that nobody can view a ship that is invisible to prove its actual movement, it doesn’t really need to keep track of its movement.

  1. THE FATE OF THE ELDRIDGE

The fate of the USS Eldridge was relatively short-lived. According to official records, the ship was sent to Greece in 1951, where it was renamed to HS Leon. There, it was engaged in various Cold War missions, after which it was decommissioned and eventually sold off as scrap.

The ship was in service for 50 years since its official launch and although it doesn’t exist any longer, it will always remain shrouded in mystery and conspiracy theories.

  1. THE 1999 REUNION

In 1999, there was a special reunion of the USS Eldridge former crew members, 15 of whom attended. The reunion was filled with jokes and laughs about the stories that surround the Philadelphia Experiment, with the ex-crew members denying to have ever taken part in any secret projects during their time on the Eldridge.

The feelings of the crew members regarding the theories are mixed, with some feeling genuine annoyance and others being genuinely amused by the stories. One sailor even went on fooling people that he had actually disappeared, just until they realized that he was just teasing them.

The fact is that all 15 sailors were puzzled as to why their ship had been a target of such wild theories and stories and some were rather annoyed by the questions they had kept on getting about it.

One sailor said in amusement that he enjoyed the myth that his crew has gone a little crazy.

  1. BEING INVISIBLE

The idea of invisibility has long fascinated humanity. It is present in pop culture, which is littered with heroes like the Invisible Man, the Invisible Woman, Harry Potter and his invisibility cloak, Frodo and the Ring, and the countless illusionists who have managed to trick people into believing that they have vanished into thin air.

However, this idea has also been a thing of focus in the military technology, with the invention of the first stealth jet by Germany in 1944. Rumor has it that the Nazis had been developing other forms of invisibility technology too and that the U.S. was trying to get a hold of it.

Perhaps they did.

  1. WHEN THE GOVERNMENT LIES

The idea that one could make a 9,000 ton, 500 feet long, and a firepower-packed object disappear into thin air seems like a plain figment of imagination that could make a good Sci-Fi movie, a book rich with mysteries, or a funny TV show reference.

However, even if the Government could accomplish such feat, they would be crazy to admit it. But then again, many wild conspiracy theories were proven to be actually very true.

Only as a scratch from the immense surface of these theories can be the fact that they did carry out a syphilis study, in which they denied hundreds from the medicine. The Government also carried out chemical weapons tests on its own citizens, and the CIA did try to train cats to be spies during the Cold War.

So, as much as the Philadelphia Experiment sounds far-fetched, knowing how much the Government has lied and covered up their feats, it wouldn’t be very surprising to learn one day that this too was real.

Source: The Clever

What Happens When Two Exes Confront Each Other About Cheating?

By
Elizabeth Williams

At the end of a relationship, there is always one person who gets broken hearted. However, sometimes this person is better off without their partner, like in the case of this woman.

The Scene recently confronted two exes in a video that quickly went viral. The woman, who was later identified as Kourtney Jorge, confronted her ex-boyfriend, who cheated on her countless times and wanted to know why he hurt her so much.

There was no dramatic fighting or impulsive reactions of any kind by Kourtney’s side, although many would have definitely done something like that. Instead, Kourtney faced her ex and calmly asked him why he cheated on her.

The boyfriend was also identified once the video went viral. Leonard Long III and Kourtney told their whole love story at the beginning of the video – the way they met and how they became so close in their relationship.

They were best friends. But then, she started reading the messages he was getting from other girls. Once, Kourtney found him with another girl and he asked her to leave. She cried the whole night, but nothing changed.

The most heartbreaking part of the video is the part where Kourtney asks Leonard how many times he has cheated on her. He answered: “I wasn’t counting”. Many people would have reacted dramatically to this, but Kourtney just left the scene to take a moment and calmly returned on the chair.

It is clear that Kourtney was really hurt, and still is. While she listened to him with tears in her eyes, Leonard looked mostly unaffected, although he admitted that it was his fault and put the blame to his commitment issues he had back then.

The internet reacted and many Twitter users expressed their feelings about Leonard, showing their support for Kourtney. Some of them decided to dig deeper into the story and to find Kourtney. Now we know that she is in a happy relationship with someone who treats her right, as she herself posted.

After the confrontation of Kourtney and Leonard, The Scene posted other videos of exes facing each other and shared their stories in a series called Heartbroken.

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Zuckerberg’s Motivational Speech To Harvard Graduates: Even Global Changes Start Small

By
Elizabeth Williams

He may be a college dropout, but he is also one of the richest people in the world. Mark Zuckerberg left his Harvard studies in order to launch and work on a social network that has soon become an online empire.

Indeed, younger generations cannot imagine the world without Facebook and the social network is not going away soon. Instead, it even changes marketing, PR and journalism.

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO and Harvard dropout, addressed the Harvard graduates of class ’17 earlier this year. The Commencement address attracted the attention of the media and Marks’ inspiring statements are still quoted by many.

“I’m an unlikely speaker, not just because I dropped out, but because we’re technically in the same generation,” he said to the graduates at the beginning.

During his speech, he shared what he’s learned about the world. But he also shared some memories of the time when he received the email telling him he was accepted into Harvard.

He recalled the first lecture at the university, which he still remembers and the way he arrived with his T-shirt inside out because he was late. The only person who talked to him on that day now runs a great part of Facebook, Zuckerberg revealed.

And that, Class of 2017, is why you should be nice to people, he said.

College is a dear part of his life to him also because he met his wife Priscilla at Harvard, who gave him two children.

When speaking about finding the purpose, he said that just finding your purpose is not enough, but we should rather create a world where everyone has a sense of purpose, which is what creates true happiness. The new generations have the challenge to create a renewed sense of purpose, not only to create new jobs because the old ones are not coming back.

Back in his college days, he couldn’t imagine that he would be one of the people who will connect the whole world, but he wanted someone to do that when he launched the first version of Facebook, which had the aim to connect Harvard community.

He just kept moving forward and didn’t quit and thus he was the change that he was sure someone else will be. His advice to the graduates was to follow his steps and be the change they want to see in the world instead of waiting for someone to do it, because no one will.

Even when he got offers from big companies and everyone was telling him to sell, he was determined to continue to develop his idea because he believed it could change the way people learn about the world.

Zuckerberg also talked about the future of technology, which will inevitably replace tens of millions of jobs. He also motivated graduates to do great new things that will influence the world. It’s important to start, even if you don’t have everything clear in your head yet, he said. And in order to succeed, be prepared to be called crazy and even to fail. Even he failed several times before he created Facebook.

Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla have started the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which is committed to promoting equal opportunities. Wanting to see many more people doing this, Mark motivated Harvard graduates to donate and help others.

Millennials are one of the most charitable generations in history, but Mark was right when he spoke about giving their time, not only money. An hour or two a week is nothing for a student, but it might mean a lot to someone who needs a helping hand.

Zuckerberg also added building community as an important step towards creating a sense of purpose for everyone. Today, it’s most popular to be considered “citizen of the world” rather than citizen of a country or group. However, global community also comes against other forces, such as nationalism and authoritarianism, but Mark believes that change will happen at a local level.

Taking into consideration that he started with a local network which he developed into this global network that connects the world, it’s safe to say we can trust him, don’t you think?

Zuckerberg continues to be an inspiration for youngsters everywhere thanks to his honesty and humbleness, but also his intelligence and ambitions. With his 33 years of age, he is the fifth wealthiest man in the world.

In 2015, he and his wife gave 99% of their Facebook shares to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. He launched Facebook when he was 20.

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11 Scientific Facts That Make Redheads Special

By
Elizabeth Williams

Redheads are so popular nowadays. Not only are we admiring popular female redheads, but we have started to see male redheads as style icons.

Ed Sheeran and Prince Harry are some. Among the female celebrities that have this hair color there are Nicole Kidman, Lindsey Lohan, Emma Stone and I recall that even Rihanna dyed her hair hot red once.

Apparently, ginger is really hot right now, especially compared to the past. And we are happy for that because there are so many cool facts about redheads that make us adore these people even more.

1. Gingers are really rare. How rare? It is believed that only around 2% of the population has natural red hair. Statistics show that there two countries much higher percent of redheads. Can you guess which two? Of course, it’s Scotland and Ireland.

2. Except being super rare, they are special in another way. Namely, it is thought that they have more sexual action, a German researcher claims. He conducted a research on thousands of women and discovered that redheads had more sexual partners than all the rest. I told you they’re hot, didn’t I?

3. Redheads’ skin absorbs more Vitamin D. Being more pale naturally, they are prone to absorbing more of this vitamin from the sun. Vitamin D is good for the bones and for the immune system, but one should be careful not to stay too long exposed to the sun.

4. Many redheads are also left-handed because both of the genes are recessive, i.e. in order to get a trait expressed by a recessive gene, both of the parents must have it.

5. Apart from skin cancer, gingers also have higher risk of getting Parkinson’s disease. Researchers studied more than 130,000 people in a period of 16 years and discovered that redheads have twice the chances to have this disorder than people with natural black hair.

6. Natural red hair is linked to skin cancer. Namely, these people have higher risk of this type of cancer, or twice as much as the others, International Journal of Cancer reports.

7. Believe it or not, one of the awesome reasons why it’s better to be a redhead is the fact that they can withstand more pain than the rest of the population. Scientists discovered that they have a 25% higher threshold to pain and this trait is linked to a gene mutation.

8. When it comes to pain, doctors also have problems with them when they need to use anesthesia. It’s something connected to the same gene mutation that makes them withstand more pain. It’s good to know this before going to labor because you might need more anesthesia than the normal doze.

9. Many redheads are anxious to go to the dentist, which is weird since we just saw that they withstand more pain. However, their resistance to anesthesia maybe has something to do with this. Statistics show that they’re more likely to skip visits to the dentist. 

10. It seems that having red hair makes you special in many ways when it comes to health. Thus, ginger women are more likely to get endometriosis or to be protected from it. Namely, fertile redheads have higher chances to get it, but the chances are lower for infertile redheads. This condition can cause cramping and heavy bleeding.

11. Maybe the most awesome fact about redheads is that they don’t go grey. Instead, they will first go blonde and then white, but never grey because their pigment just fades away.

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Are You Attacked By Dark Energies? Here’s How To Find Out

By
Elizabeth Williams

There is a constant presence of positive and negative energy which surrounds us in everything we do. While we all strive to live as positively and as protected from the negative energies as we can, we can’t always keep our guard up.

And in such cases, we are unaware that we are under attack from the negative energy projected by those around us, or the one we have unconsciously attracted.

And when this negative energy starts running our lives, we usually start feeling miserable and drained.To become aware of this negativity is always the first step of removing it from our lives.

These 10 signs can tell you if you are under attack from these dark energies and we will give you some advice on how to get rid of them:

  1. Constantly feeling drained

An obvious sign of a negative energy attack is the draining effect it has on all of us. And no matter how much sleep you get, no matter how many coffees you drink, you will notice that the feeling of being drained comes from somewhere else.

  1. Losing excitement for the things you usually enjoy

Of course, we all change, but this change is too sudden and quick. You suddenly start losing interest and enthusiasm for the things that make you happy and joyful. And you will know this is not a natural change if you can’t find anything that will make you happy.

  1. Problems with sleeping

The negative energy that attacks you will usually leave you stressed out so much that you will find it hard to fall asleep. The other extreme is an overwhelming sense of tiredness that will force you to sleep more than normally.

  1. Constant feelings of worry

Even when there is nothing in particular that makes you feel worried, this feeling seems to overwhelm your thoughts throughout the day. It’s like a worm that eats you on the inside and you can’t help but feel worried all the time.

  1. You are more susceptible to control from others

You may notice that you have started doing whatever others tell you to do as an automatic response and you have a difficult time saying no. This control from those around you makes you feel even more miserable.

  1. You can’t cope with criticism

Criticism, in all forms, is a means for growth. However, in your vulnerable state, you can’t tell constructive from destructive criticism and both make you feel devastated.

  1. You find it very hard to move out of your comfort zone

The comfort zone is a place where the personality slowly starts to deteriorate. While we all tend to move out of it in order to grow, in this period you will find it very hard to do so. Your constant fear and worry make you want to stay sheltered as much as you can in what you already know.

  1. You start comparing yourself to others more than usual

There are no two same people on this planet, and you know it. However, it seems that your increased focus on the negative side and the fear of being judged makes you compare yourself to others and envy them.

  1. Debilitating stress

Everything around you seems to cause you a lot of stress – it’s like your whole body is electrified with stress and you can’t handle it. The lack of focus on the positive things in your life further enhances this feeling and everything around you loses its charm.

  1. Becoming highly emotional

Your emotions tend to get the best of you this period. Everything around you evokes some deep and disturbing emotions that you can’t cope with. In the end, you find yourself being controlled by them and you can’t do anything to get a hold of yourself. 

What to do to get rid of this dark energetic influence?

There is nothing more powerful than a positive thought that can strengthen and improve your perception. However, in this case, you do need a little help from a positive source of energy.

Get out in nature as much and as often you can and go with someone who is positive and caring. Walking in nature is proven to relieve stress and calm the mind, but on an energetic level, it’s even more powerful.

Start focusing on the beauty of things and accept the negativity that surrounds you, as it is here and it’s a part of everyone’s reality. In this period you need to focus more on positive things and try to recognize and distance yourself from the negative things.

This includes negative people and crowded places. You will benefit a lot from some alone time, where you can start reflecting on your thoughts and emotions.

If you have the will, some meditation will help you strengthen your energetic shield and cleanse you from the negativity which has gathered up inside you. Meditation comes in all forms, from a prayer to allowing yourself to think of positive things. It doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to sit down and close your eyes.

A very simple and empowering form of meditation is the technique of focusing on your breath – and you can do this anywhere. Just start focusing on your breathing and let any thought that comes to your mind to drift away.

When it comes to the people around you, here’s a very good video which can tell you a lot about how to understand them better and remove the negative energy they emit.

 

Source: Awareness Act

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