Art on a car!

Many times we see on the street people driving very dirty cars, although this applies more to vans and lorries. A certain artist though it appropreate to "paint" on a car by using its dust and dirt in order to copy masterpieces or merely draw certain popular figures. Enjoy his work!

Bus stops

Bus stops around the world are a bit boring, since there is nothing to do until the bus arrives. In some cases, though, this is not true. Many advertisement companies have thought it through and have found various solutions to this small problem, by using the space to their advantage. Some examples are shown here.

Royal Wedding

A Royal Wedding is always a great event in British life, one of the milestones in the life of many British people but also many who live across the globe and support the monarchy. Inevitably this is all the more thue when the wedding involves a future monarch.

Prince William and Kate, or as Buckingham Palace wishes to call her now Catherine, Middleton met at the University of St. Andrews in 2001. 10 years after they are getting married today at Westminster Abbey.

  

A royal frenzy has also hit the UK since souvenirs are found everywhere and the Union Jack flies in every corner of the British capital. This will be a celebration for all the country.

However a funny story exists in every occasion. In this instance a shipment which came from China had on the mugs a picture of Catherine and Prince Harry, instead of William. Funnily enough these mugs reach Britain and had to be sent back in order for the right Prince to be put on the souvenir mug.

Celebrities portraits without make-up ( part 1 of 2 )

Martin Schoeller. On his photographs celebs appear to us entirely without makeup (but, some still manage to make up).

Mount Athos on CBS

60 Minutes on CBS has just broadcasted a very appealing story on Mount Athos. It is interesting to see this video, since it is a very good advertisement both for Agion Oros and Orthodoxy.

As they explain, it's called Mount Athos and prayers have been offered there every day, with no interruption for more than a thousand years. It was set aside by ancient emperors to be the spiritual capital of Orthodox Christianity and has probably changed less over the centuries than any other inhabited place on the planet. The monks come to Mount Athos from all over the planet and have no contact with the rest of the world.

Maybe it is a good idea to allow more reporters, channels, newspapers into Mount Athos in order to spread awareness, not only to Christians but to everyone in the world.  

Smallest Books in the World

Jozsef Tari is a Hungarian collector of miniature books. He began this 'different' collection 35 years ago and has currently more than 4.500 books. The size of the books within his collection is not greater than 7.5 cm .

 His smallest book is 2.9X3.2 cm, whilst many of them are more than 100 years old. He also collects miniature newspapers, the smallest being 1.9X2.6 cm. 

I am guessing that he has a very good eyesight in order to read these very small books.!

Popeye was right!!!

Popeye and mothers urge us to eat our greens such as spinach in order to grow strong. Health experts have long echoed this sentiment as studies show the benefits of eating fruit and vegetables, especially the green ones. 

A new study published in the February issue of Cell Metabolism has emphasised that eating vegetables can make muscles more efficient. The researchers gave volunteers small doses of inorganic nitrate for 3 days and found that they consumed less oxygen when riding an exercise bike. Green vegetables such as spinach contain these nitrates   which consequently means that this could provide some explanation for these health benefits. 

However these nitrates have short term benefits, so more work is necessary in order to find and understand the longer term effect.  This study shows merely how a belief and a habit introduced to us by our mothers and the cartoon figure Popeye  has been now verified scientifically.

Wolf Child from Thailand

This is Supatra from Thailand who suffers from Ambras Syndrome. She has thick hair growing all over her face, ears, arms, legs and back. Nothing could stop her hair growth including the laser treatment.

Easter Firework Battle

Since it is Easter I thought of a weird tradition that people in the island of Chios in the Aegean have. The firework battle between two communities, the community of St. Mark and the community of Virgin Mary Etithiani has been attracting visitors for 200 years. This began due to some hostilities that existed between the two neighbourhoods but has become a spectacular show for locals and visitors.  

This battle commences after the priests have chanted the Christos Anesti (Christ is Risen). After this occasion normally everyone wishes each other with the Pascal greeting and then go to eat. But Chios has retained this magnificent and somewhat dangerous tradition!

OMG Muscle women ( part 2 of 2 )