Weight-loss before-and-after, transformation photos taken only an hour apart Over at the Huffington Post, personal trainer Andrew Dixon has a post warning that many trendy, quick-fix diets and exercise programs are just tricky marketing gimmicks. To prove his point, he showed how he could take the kind of picture that would be considered a “before” picture and then, after a few strategic changes, take another photo that would easily pass as an “after” picture… He writes regarding the pictures above… I was around 185 pounds and about 16 percent body fat…. I asked my girlfriend to take a before shot. I then shaved my head, face and chest…. More recently, he repeated the experiment, this time seeing if he could give the impression of slow improvements over time. So… Lessons learned: 1. 2. Diogenes - Wikipedia ancient Greek Cynic philosopher from Sinope Diogenes was a controversial figure. His father minted coins for a living, and Diogenes was banished from Sinope when he took to debasement of currency.[1] After being exiled, he moved to Athens and criticized many cultural conventions of the city. He modelled himself on the example of Heracles, and believed that virtue was better revealed in action than in theory. He used his simple lifestyle and behaviour to criticize the social values and institutions of what he saw as a corrupt, confused society. He had a reputation for sleeping and eating wherever he chose in a highly non-traditional fashion, and took to toughening himself against nature. Diogenes made a virtue of poverty. Diogenes was captured by pirates and sold into slavery, eventually settling in Corinth. Life[edit] In Athens[edit] Diogenes arrived in Athens with a slave named Manes who escaped from him shortly thereafter. In Corinth[edit] Diogenes and Alexander[edit] Death[edit] Art[edit]
Best Vines Of All Times (Best Compilation) Le nuage de Tchernobyl et la Corse : révélations d'un endocrinologue 27 ans après .... Nous nous intéressons ce matin au témoignage d'un endocrinologue corse qui aura gardé le silence pendant plus de 27 ans. Il s'appelle Jean-Charles Vellutini. Hier, à l'Assemblée Nationale, lors d'une conférence de presse organisée par le député socialiste Paul Giaccobi, par ailleurs président de la collectivité territoriale Corse, ce médecin a expliqué pourquoi il n'a plus rien dit depuis juin 1986 sur ses miliers de patients et patientes atteints de pathologies de la thyroïde après le passage du nuage de Tchernobyl. Un reportage signé Emmanuel Leclère. Première page de la proposition de loi 2011 tendant à la reconnaissance et à l'indemnisation des victimes d'un accident nucléaire Emmanuel Leclère © Radio France Le président de l'Assemblée territoriale de Corse, Paul Giacobbi, a annoncé hier qu'il allait déposer à nouveau une proposition de loi tendant à la reconnaissance et à l'indemnisation des victimes d'un accident nucléaire.