Category: Here & There

Bully for Playstation 2

Last weekend I bought “Bully“, a game for Playstation 2 that I had seen advertised a number of times and which I thought looked cool; I’ve been playing it ever since.
The game is by Rockstar Games (Take 2), the people behind the famous Grand Theft Auto games.

Bully opens with 15-year-old troublemaker Jimmy Hopkins, getting dumped off at Bullworth Academy, a boarding school full of trouble-makers, by his newly remarried mother and her rich husband.
It’s up to him (you, the player) to stand up to the bullies of the school, go to class, do different missions and along the way rise to the top of the school’s social scene.

The animation and gameplay are really good and quite similar to GTA, it’s the setting and storyline though that make this game special and truly fun to play.

Overall, this is a really fun game that I recommend for gamers who are into role-playing games like this.

My score for this game would be: 8/10.

The Top 10 Nutrition Myths

10. Eating carbohydrates makes you fat.
9. Drink eight, 8-oz. glasses of water per day.
8. Brown grain products are whole grain products.
7. Eating eggs will raise your cholesterol.
6. All alcohol is bad for you.
5. Vitamin supplements are necessary for everyone.
4. Consuming extra protein is necessary to build muscle mass.
3. Eating fiber causes problems if you have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
2. Eating immediately after a workout will improve recovery.
1. Type 2 diabetes can be prevented by eating foods low on the glycemic index.

For more details, read the article: Dispelling The Top 10 Nutrition Myths.

[Via: LifeHack]

Universal Red Blood Cells

An international team of academic and industry scientists has come up with a feasible way of making universal red blood cells that are stripped of their blood type. The hope is that it can be developed into a viable way of relieving blood bank shortages.

Compatibility of blood group is a bit complicated and depends on who is giving and who is receiving. If a person receives blood of a type that is not compatible with their own, there is a risk their immune system will attack it, destroying the red blood cells, producing kidney failure, and the person could die.

People with blood type “O” are considered universal donors, able to give blood to people from all other blood types, but it’s only normal that blood banks and hospitals sometimes run short of this type of blood, plus it’s not always easy to find blood of the needed type, so it’s great that this new discovery has come along to avoid this problem and help save more people’s lives.

The team’s next step is to start clinical trials to test the method’s treatment safety and efficiency. I hope all goes well and that this method is spread all over the world to save life.

[Source: Medical News Today]

World’s Fattest Countries

Tunisia ranks #86 in the index of the World’s Fattest Countries, which I guess means we’re pretty fit compared to people in a lot of other countries.

The top 10 of the world’s fattest countries goes as follows:

1. Nauru
2. Micronesia
3. Cook Islands
4. Tonga
5. Niue
6. Samoa
7. Palau
8. Kuwait
9. United States
10. Kiribati

You can go on and check the full list of the world’s fattest countries.

[Via: 2:48AM]

The Hole In Man

… A Man sat alone, drenched deep in sadness.
And all the animals drew near to him and said: “We do not like to see you so sad… Ask us for whatever you wish and you shall have it.”
The Man said:”I want to have good sight.”
The vulture replied:”You shall have mine.”
The Man said:”I want to be strong.”
The jaguar said:”You shall be strong like me.”
Then the Man said:”I long to know the secrets of the earth.”
The serpent replied:”I will show them to you.”
And so it went with all the animals.
And when the Man had all the gifts that they could give… he left.
Then the owl said to the other animals: “Now the Man knows much and is able to do many things… Suddenly I am afraid.”
The deer said: “The Man has all that he needs. Now his sadness will stop.”
But the owl replied:”NO… I saw a hole in the Man… Deep like a hunger he will never fill… It is what makes him sad and what makes him want… He will go on taking and taking… Until one day the world will say: “I am no more and I have nothing left to give.”

That day isn’t too far away now…

[Quote taken from Mel Gibson’s movie Apocalypto]

Re-Evaluating Your Goals

Ten questions to ask yourself when you need to re-evaluate your goals and take a big decision on whether you should go on, simply change strategy or totally modify your goals:

1) What barriers and roadblocks are in the way of achieving your goal?

2) What 3 actions have you taken in the last week to move your goal forward?

3) Do you sense that your original goal might be flawed?

4) Do you struggle with the execution of your goal?

5) What resources have you tapped to meet your current challenge?

6) Does your original goal still put