Tag Archives: self-improvement
Women’s Handbag Health Concern
I recently came across this video with Dr Oz of Oprah Winfrey TV show fame talking about handbag weights on women’s health. Dr Oz quoted a survey study done by the American Chiropractic Association on the weight ladies carry in their handbags. In the UK a similar research study has been done by department store, Debenhams. See what Dr Oz says about the weight of a woman’s handbag and how she carries it can affect her back in his show “Handbag Hazards”. Also find out what the average weight of a UK woman’s handbag is and how it has changed over the years by 100%. Continue reading Women's Handbag Health Concern
World Health Day 2010
World Health Day 2010 starts today 7 April and runs till 11 April 2010. This years World Health Day theme is “1000 cities, 1000 lives”. The aim of this year health day are:
- 1000 cities: to open up public spaces to health, whether it be activities in parks, town hall meetings, clean-up campaigns, or closing off portions of streets to motorized vehicles.
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Is Google Making Us Stupid
I came across a great read today on the internet about searching on the internet re-shaping our brains creating a new way we read and take in information.I recommend reading Is Google Making Us Stupid by Nicholas Carr. Continue reading Is Google Making Us Stupid
Bat and Ball Riddle
I am busy reading a book called ‘Risk’ by Dan Gardner. In the book ‘Risk’ there is a riddle. The riddle is about the bat and ball. Dan Gardner says that we have two ways of working things out and what we will say. System One and System Two are what we use to solve things. So the bat and ball riddle tests these systems. Here is the Bat and Ball riddle. Can you work it out.
Bat & Ball Riddle
A bat and ball cost $1.10
If the bat costs $1 more than the ball then
What does the ball costs?
The most common and reactive answer is probably what you just said aloud or Continue reading Bat and Ball Riddle