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The Lake at the End of the World

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The Lake at the End of the World

Have you ever thought to see the day ahead of present day or ever thought to live one or two days behind the rest of the world. To see world ahead of time we need to be in America or China or Russia or Japan to experience the advance in technology and a day ahead of present. But if you want to experience the wonderful past, a day or two behind the rest of the world you should visit Slovenia.

Planina Zajamniki Alpine Meadow

Barely one hour from Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana, is Lake Bohinj, a wonderful lake on earth for time to be still. A day or two is manageable how about a long lag, it would be worse. For centuries, the villages around the Lake were cut off from the rest of the country by poor roads and vertiginous terrain and these are clustered in the shadow of the Julian Alps. In order to travel to Ukanc, a hamlet on the far side of the lake Bohinj, whose name translates to “end of the world” and this could possibly take weeks.

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In 1906 during the early days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire tunnels were made through the mountain side and railway lines were added connecting the northern mining town of Jesenice. While the Bohinj region became slightly less remote as it spent decades as a part of communist Yugoslavia becoming isolated from the rest of Europe politically. Despite of Slovenia’s independence in 1991 and entry into the Eurozone in 2007, a deep connection to the past and a slower-paced life remains the same.

AJ3XN4 The church at Bitjne near lake Bohinj stands out in stark beauty against the surrounding mountains. Image shot 2006. Exact date unknown.

Scattered villages, wooden houses and open haylofts of Bohinj’s sparse and it clearly shows that the Austro Hungarian Empire has never fallen. Shepherds and cowherds still head to the top of Mount Vogel to graze their livestock. “A mystery” church at the edge of the lake by the milk colored Church of St. John the Baptist. No evidence of how old the church was but some say it was built in 15th century.

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Across the bank from the church stands the slender, a dark bronze statue of Zlatorog, or The Golden Horn, the magical stag believed to guard the ridges present around the lake. In the afternoon light, it almost looks real.

EYX3W4 Lake Bohinj (Bohinjsko jezero), Triglav National Park, Upper Carniola, Slovenia. Statue of Zlatorog on the shore of the lake.

It was the sort of place, where one can forget any other such places exist on earth. Agatha Christie used to come to this place. But she never set any of her works here. She said it was too beautiful for a place to set any murders.

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How We Design Our Days Shapes Up Our Life!

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Madhurima Chowdhury
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How We Design Our Days Shapes Up Our Life !

To look broadly our days are actually mini versions of our entire life. As we pass each day spending hours we actually become the creator of an entire year. Our life gets shaped by us just depending on how we design our daily lives. Powerful thought!

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What we do on this very day is actually helping us make a lifetime. The words we speak to others, the thoughts we make inside us, the food, the things we use, the service we give and the love and warmth we spend on a daily basis helps shaping up our own destiny. Hence, there is really nothing called a bad day. Every day we spend is equally important and equally contributing to make our future.

Our social norms, financial achievements and power games have created discrimination in the society. We have bifurcated our own selves into different classes of people depending on the work we do and depending on the financial status we portray. We forget the fact there is no such thing called rich or poor. Just the same way there is no such thing like a good day or a bad day.

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We all are born to be great in our own lives. Each one of us is equally powerful to choose something for us. To make a choice this very day can lead to a giant outcome in the future. However, since the world around us stops from this kind of a thought process it is important we nurture and raise such thoughts inside us. It is like working out on a daily basis to maintain fitness and shape. It does not happen in one day. Every day working out for 30 minutes and a good healthy diet can lead to a good physique within few months. Same is the scenario when we design our days.

Add a little color and a little brushstroke to each of your day. It soon fills up with vibrance and gives us an amazingly beautiful painting in the end. We fail in our lives because we feel rather the world makes us feel that we are no longer in control of our lives. It is not so.

We see great people, achievers and success all around us and think why we are not they. The fact is every one of us is gifted to reach the heights of success. The only difference between a really successful person and one who is not is that the former takes initiatives to take steps each day to shape up the future. The formula is really simple. Turn day’s efficiently into weeks, weeks to months, months to years and years to an entire lifetime.

Make-up tips for teenage girls

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Keerthana Ramachandran
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Teenage years are the most stressful years of anyone’s life. Hormonal changes and other difficulties add to our never ending problems with our mind and body growth. It is also the time when boys and girls start noticing and getting conscious around each other. Teenage girls always develop their first crush in that age and they try everything they can to get noticed. It is usually that time that girls start applying make-up regularly. The trouble is at that age due to inexperience and some media influences girls tend to go overboard with their make-up. Teenage girls do not recognize what suits them and what does not at that early age. They need to have suitable guidance to make the right fashion and make up choices The trouble is applying too much make up makes you look a little clownish. The art of applying make-up is to enhance your good features and hide your trouble areas. Teenage girls always have to focus on certain points while applying make-up. Here are few tips to help improve your looks for the better.

  • Eyes all the way

A girl’s most important feature is her eyes. It is the eye that gets noticed first in someone’s face so pay all attention to it. The important thing is to highlight your eyes apply a dark color liner and always wear mascara. It is not really important to apply eye shadow everyday for every event. Unless it is a special event it is better to avoid eye shadow. Also never apply a bright lipstick with a very heavy eye make-up it tends to give a very unattractive appearance altogether.

  • The Acne problem

Acne is a usual difficulty that most teenage girls face. Almost all of these girls try to conceal it with a regular make-up using a foundation which is not always right. A foundation usually dims the natural glow of a person. A teenage girl has a very effective natural glow which needs to show through naturally. Concealer is always the best choice for these girls. Thee right concealer paired with moisturizer works wonders to hide the acne. Applying the Concealer right is quite a trick. Never rub it all over the skin with your hands take a little in one finger and apply it gently over the skin. Never circle the skin with concealer. Also if you suffer from a very serious case of acne problem you might have some skin allergy or issue you are not aware of consult a proper dermatologist to get it checked out properly.

  • Hair color and styling

There is nothing that is better than natural hair. You may feel coloring your hair will make you more attractive or trying or different new styles are better. Yet nothing can beat your natural hair if you maintain your hair well it will automatically start to look good. Buy the right Shampoo and always use a proper conditioner to go with it. It is always better to get your hair oiled up an hour before a wash. Also wash your hair at least 2 times a week. Use shampoos that suit your hair rather than go by suggestion. It is very important to know that all the Make at home style dyes are never a good choice. If you do decide to dye your hair consult a proper stylist and do it under supervision and not spoil your hair.

  • Don’t waste on cheap beauty products

It is always tough to get quality beauty products in teenage years as you will usually live in parent’s pocket money, but do not buy cheap and inexpensive products just to get them. It is better not to apply any make up than to apply make-up that might spoil your skin. If you do want to buy something take an advice of someone who has had experience.

The importance of reading habits to kids

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Keerthana Ramachandran
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Remember those days when kids where young they used to sit near their grandmother and listen to old tales. Sometimes some grannies or mothers used to read from thick books to the children to make them sleep or eat. Now people usually plunk their kids in front of the television or the computer to feed them. In the earlier days early mornings for most fathers and mothers used to begin with their newspapers, late night’s ended with books before bed.  With the advent of technology and the media people nowadays have lost their passion for reading.  All books have been replaced by tabs and all newspapers have been replaced by computers. The anticipation and the excitement of reading a new book is all but gone for many people. Reading is such an important hobby that the slow death of it is very saddening. Of course there are still a few faithful readers left but even those who read just pick up easy breezy reads that really do not require any mental capabilities to be applied on which just makes it a mindless read.  Kids hardly spend any time reading any books other than their school syllabus these days. There are so many other distractions that reading a book never comes as the first priority for elders let alone kids. Also watching Television and playing games require much less mental activity and seems to be far more stimulating than reading a book.  However if a kid discovers the pleasures of reading at a early age it can alter his entire life for the better.reading

Books stimulate and excite the mind. It opens the eyes to the world around us in a more fascinating way. Books can become a man’s best friend if you really read a good book well. There are plenty of good books out there but not enough readers. Though technology is sort of affecting the reading habits adversely the advent of kindle and other advancements have helped to bring in new readers to the community.  A good book is like a gift that keeps of giving. A book can lift someone’s sprit up and give him hope and promise in life. There is an immense need for parents to develop reading habits for their kids at a very early age. Here are a few tips on how to develop good reading habits to kids at early age.

  1. Read stories and short passages to him whenever there is time. Like when feeding and before going to sleep.
  2. Create a reading space for him to read when he is old enough. Tell him to read at least half an hour in that area daily reading something. The kid himself would develop a passion for reading then.
  3. Do not encourage him to read school books alone. Introduce him to the world of other books.
  4. Lead by example. The kid always learns from their parents so it is extremely important that you read in front of him.
  5. D0 not let the kid too much time before the television or playing video games. Have a fixed limit for these activities and stick to the limits.

Clear difference between successful and failure people

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priti sukla
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Clear difference between successful and failure people

Clear difference between successful and failure people

Successful people to accept change.

The unsuccessful people are afraid. “Embrace Change is one of the hardest things a person can do. With the rapidly changing world and acceleration technology at a rapid pace, it is imperative that we embrace these changes and adapt, rather than fear, and then deny or hide them, he said. Successful people are able to.

Successful people talk about ideas.

People say, unfortunate. Instead of gossiping about people – gets now here- successful people discussing ideas. “The exchange of ideas with others to make them better”.

Successful people take responsibility for their failures.

Unsuccessful people blame others. Really successful executives and business experience ups and downs in his life and career. But always they take responsibility for their failures. Blaming others does not solve anything. “It’s just demeaning to others and nothing good comes of it.”

Successful people give all the credit to another of his victories.

Unsuccessful people accept all credits from others. That people have their moments to shine motivates them to work harder and therefore makes you look better as a leader or teammate.

Successful people want others to succeed.

People who succumb secretly hoping that others fail. “When you have a successful company with a group of people, you all right” . The most successful people why they do not wish to disappear; they want their colleagues to succeed and grow.

Successful people constantly learn.

Unusual people fly by the seat of his pants. The only way to grow as a person, a professional and a leader never stops learning. “It may be a step above its competitors and become more flexible, because you know more.”If you fly in the pants safety could extend to the possibility of preventing him from learning (and growing!).”

Other key differences: Successful people radiate joy, to share data and information, and read every day, while people exude anger unsuccessfully to save the data and information, and watch TV all day.

A most Historical cities till now

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priti sukla
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A most Historical cities till now

A most Historical cities till now

  1. Varanasi (theme The Living City)

The land of Varanasi (Kashi) has been the place of pilgrimage for Hindus for ages final. Often it referred to as Benares, Varanasi is the oldest living city in the world. These few lines by Mark Twain say it all: “Benaras older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend and looks twice as old as all of them together.” Hindus believe that someone who is decorated to die on the land of Varanasi would attain salvation and freedom from the cycle of birth and rebirth. Abode of Lord Shiva and Parvati, the origins of Varanasi are yet unknown. Ganges in Varanasi is believed to have the power to wash away the sins of mortals.

Ganges is said to have its origins in the tresses of Shiva and in Varanasi, it expands on this majestic river we know. The city is a center of learning and civilization for over 4000 years. With Sarnath, where Buddha preached his first sermon after enlightenment, just 10 km away, Varanasi has been a symbol of Hindu renaissance. Knowledge, philosophy, culture, devotion to the gods, the Arts and Crafts of India flourished here for centuries. It is also a place of pilgrimage for Jains, Varanasi is considered the cradle Parsvanath, twenty-third Tirthankara.

  1. Istanbul (660 BC)

As we discussed the Eastern Roman Empire continued to exist until 1453 its capital in Constantinople – now called Istanbul. Constantinople fell to the Turks, who established the Ottoman Empire in place, which has not survived until 1923 when the Sultanate was abolished and the Republic of Turkey was created. Arteifacts both Roman and Ottoman empires are today in Istanbul is probably the most important of which was the Hagia Sophia – the original church, but converted into a mosque by the Turks and then the Islamic museum in the country.

  1. Rome (753 BC)

Rome began as a collection of small villages that eventually became the city-state, governed by one of the most powerful empire known to man. The Roman Empire (which came from the Roman Republic) was relatively short – a solid foundation in its 27 BC its first emperor Augustus in his last, Romulus Augustus, was deposed in 476 AD (if the Eastern Roman Empire survived even 977 years).

  1. Damascus (1700 BC)

Damascus is the capital of Syria, and home to over 2.6 million people. Recent civil unrest, unfortunately, caused a lot of damage to one of the largest and oldest cities in history. He was named cultural heritage of the top 12 most at risk of destruction or irreparable damage. Only time will tell whether this ancient city to survive, or be assigned to history like other ancient lost city in the world.

  1. Athens (1400 BC)

Athens the capital of Greece, and is the largest city. Its history is fascinating 3400 years and much of the culture and customs of the ancient Athenians found a place in many other cultures, because of its dominant position in the region in a huge city-state. Many archaeological sites make it an ideal place to visit for those who have a passion for European history and culture city.

  1. Lisbon (1200 BC)

Lisbon is the largest city and the capital of Portugal. It is the oldest city in Western Europe – at the start of London, Rome and others. There were religious and funerary monuments, including Neolithic and archaeological evidence also suggests it was once an important trading post of the Phoenicians. In 1755, it was the devastating earthquake that almost completely destroyed because of fires and tsunamis – is one of the deadliest earthquakes in history.

  1. Puebla (500 BC)

Puebla is located in the Mexican state of Puebla, which began in the pre-Columbian city. His most famous site is the Great Pyramid of Cholula, which now seems a hill with a church on top; In fact, the base of the pyramid mound. The temple is the New World’s largest pyramid.

  1. Xian (1100 BC)

One of the four great ancient capitals of China, Xi’an is now the capital of Shaanxi Province. The city is full of ancient ruins, monuments, and still contains the old wall built in the Ming Dynasty – photos here. He also holds the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, who is best known for the Terracotta Army.

  1. Jerusalem (2000 BC)

Jerusalem is one of the oldest cities in the world and is considered a holy city for Christianity, Islam and Judaism. It is the capital of Israel (but not all countries recognize this fact). In ancient times it was the famous city of David in the Bible and later, the place where Jesus began his last week of life.

  1. Plovdiv (Pre 400 BC)

Plovdiv is Bulgaria in modern times. When founded, it was called Eumolpias and was a Thracian village. It was conquered by the Macedonians, and eventually became part of what is now known as Bulgaria. It is second in size and importance to the capital of Sofia, which is about 150 km.

Ideas to de-stress everyday

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kellybrown
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In this modern life stress is probably the most difficult problem affecting most of us nowadays. Be it work pressure, financial commitments or relationship troubles everything affects us deeply and stresses us out. If we do not handle stress effectively at early stages we are at risk of facing much more difficult and challenging problems in the future both mentally and physically. Stress affects not only us but also the people surrounding us, our workplace our family and friends. It is extremely important to deal with stress properly or it can turn into something serious like depression, blood pressure or other health complications. Stress can spoil your day your week or even your year sometimes. There are number of de-stress ways like taking a vacation or a break but these are little things that you can do every day to keep yourself stress free.

It is always better to start the day with a little bit of meditation. Meditation is a great way to relax your nerves and helps you stay alert and more focused the entire day.Always try to do at least 15 to 20 minute exercises in the morning.

Be it jogging, swimming or sweating it out in the gym exercises is not only good for your physical health but also good for your mental health.

Do not react immediately on stressful situations. It can make the situation worse. Take a small walk and breathe out calmly whenever you find yourself getting overwhelmed by any situation. No matter how tough it is a small walk will walk will help you clear your mind and take better decisions.

Try listening to your favorite music or watching some funny videos if you feel angry or agitated. It can help you relieve your stress. You can even try watching your favorite show or movie to get your spirits up.

By the end of the stressful day we always just want to go to sleep, but it is never a good idea to sleep with a bad mood as you tend to wake up with one. Take a long relaxing bath or try doing something that soothes you. Nothing like a long hot shower or a nice warm bath.

If you have interesting hobbies indulge yourself in it like reading a good book or playing a game or even some cooking if it pleases you. You can even invite some of your friends over for dinner or go out dancing as it can pep you up.

It is always difficult to have a positive outlook on anything. Especially when things are going bad. But it is extremely important that you have a good positive outlook in life to stay stress free.

What the Fish !!!

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Srinivas Konda
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What the Fish !!!

Do you like sea food? Do you like fish? Have you ever seen a shark or a Blue whale, they are quite scary right. Let’s look some ferocious fishes which are rarely seen in present world.

Hagfish

Hag fish is the oldest fish, it’s even older than dinosaurs. It’s more than 300 million years old. These are also called slime eels, familia eels .It’s a fact that these are not even called Fish. It’s altogether a different kind of fish, these don’t have a backbone and these have two brains. These feed on large fish such as shark and whales and fall into seabed.

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Lancet Fish

Lancet fish is also called as Knife Fish. By appearance it has a sharp body on its back. It sometimes reminds of one kind of dinosaur. Even the scientific name of lancet fish sounded dinosaurian, Alepisaurus ferox. These grow about two meters and found in all oceans except in Polar Regions. These are very greedy and eat small fish and squid and even sometimes eat fish of its own kind.

 

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Arowana

This fish also belongs to the dinosaur period. Osteoglossids is an ancient group, they provide evidence of this fish existence in the Jurassic period. These are mostly found in Amazon and some parts of Africa, Australia and Asia. These kinds of fishes not only feed on fellow fishes but makes birds and bats as their preys. As it looks like a dragon, in china Arowana fish is called “Dragon Fish”. They believe is as a bearer of luck and Good Fortune.

 

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Frilled Shark

As the name suggests it’s one kind of shark. It’s a deep sea predator and one of the most primitive shark alive today. These can grow to two meters and females are longer than males. As these live in deep sea they usually feed on squids. No human has seen this fish alive, most of the times these live in deep sea, only when they die or dying specimens are seen.

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Saw Fish

These kind of fish has a saw shaped mouth. These animals are the victims of the Cretaceous period, and can be found either at sea or in rivers and creeks, and has been found up to 100 km inland. These use their saw shaped mouth against their enemies. They use their saw as weapons and sensory organs, covered on the electro-sensitive pores that allow to feel the prey despite a very difficult sight.

 

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Top 12 Ladies Boxers

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priti sukla
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Top 12 Ladies Boxers
  1. Alexa Grasso

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Currently signed with Invicta FC, this 22-year-old Mexican martial artist amassed an undefeated record of 5 wins and 0 losses during the first eighteen months of her career. She made her professional debut in 2012. She is hailed as a very powerful fighter from the very beginning and recently won over Ashley Cummings after a year’s gap.

  1. Joanne Calderwood

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This Scottish, Muay Thai, champion and mixed martial artist competes in the women’s strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and ranks 7th according to the official UFC strawweight rankings as of April 13, 2015.  Her training suffered in the initial years until she settled on becoming a professional fighter and made her debut in 2000.

  1. Rose Namajunas

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This American artist ranks 4 in the UFC strawweight championship. She started her training in taekwondo at the age of 5 and by 16, she was well learned in karate and jiu-jitsu as well. She debuted as an amateur martial artist in MMA in the year 2010. Currently competing in the women’s strawweight division of UFC she also holds the second position in The Ultimate Fighter: A champion will be crowned.

  1. Valarie Letourneau

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Ranking 9th in the strawweight overall division of the UFC Valarie Letourneau is a Canadian mix martial artist who debuted in MMA in 2007. Letourneau has got 8 wins under her belt by far and is expected to face the current number 1 mixed martial artist Joanna Jędrzejczyk in November 2015.

  1. Carla Esparza

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A professional in martial arts, Esparza is the first UFC women strawweight champion, who according to MMARISING ranks 9th in the pound-for-pound female MMA fighter in the world and second according to the Unified Women’s MMA rankings. Noticing the talent behind her back-to-back wins in local and high school wrestling competitions she was awarded a scholarship and an opportunity to train under Olympian Lee Allen.

  1. Livia Renata Souza

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This Brazilian mixed martial artist is the current Invicta FC strawweight champion who won this title in the very first attempt. Holding the 6th position in the ‘fightmatrix’ website, Souza has practically won every fight in her professional career.

  1. De Anna Bennett

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Currently signed with Invicta FC and competing in its strawweight division, this American artist made her professional debut in 2012 after an amateur stint at MMA in 2011. After two years of competing for promotion and winning all bouts, she debuted for Invicta FC in 2014 and since then has been quite successful at it.

  1. Jessica Aguilar

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Currently ranked as the third best martial artist in the world, this American artist made her professional debut in 2006. She is signed with UFC even though she lost against Claudia Gadhela in her debut for UFC. She had previously competed for Bellator Fighting Championships and used to be the reigning WSOF women’s strawweight championship.

  1. Claudia Gadelha

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Having won the first women’s strawweight fight in the UFC history, this Brazilian artist is the youngest BJJ black belt in the Nova União’s history. After watching a female fighter in MMA she decided to give martial arts a try and never looked back. She made her first debut in 2008 and is three times the BJJ world champion and also four times the BJJ Rio International Open championship.

  1. Miesha Tate

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With American Roots, Miesha Theresa Tate began wrestling during high school, winning state level competitions. She made her professional MMA debut in 2007 and won her first big title in bantamweight championship of the Freestyle Cage Fighting Promotion by 2009 along with the silver in the FILA grappling championships.

  1. Joanna Jędrzejczyk

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This polished marital artist currently holds the first position in mixed martial arts. A fitness freak, Jędrzejczyk eventually started entering competitions, later receiving training by kick boxers, Ernesto Hoost and Paul Slowinski in Muay Thai.  Signed with the UFC, she won the world championship 6 times, the European championship 4 times and  holds a record of 27 wins and 2 losses in professional kickboxing and a record of 37 wins against 3 losses in amateur kickboxing.

  1. Ronda Rousey

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Holding the first position as the most dominant athletes’ list, Ronda Rousey became the first American to have won an Olympic medal in Judo in 2008. Having won all twelve professional fights, she remains an undefeated mixed martial artist and is also the first and reigning UFC women’s bantamweight champion and also the Strikeforce women’s bantamweight champion.

Unknown Hitler Highlights

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Srinivas Konda
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Unknown Hitler Highlights

Hitler is one of the world’s known dictator. He was the one who led the German army to World War II, though he didn’t win over the war but has made world to keep an eye on him. Let’s look a deep into Hitler’s personal life.

Hitler’s original name was Schicklgruber. He changed it to Hitler in 1877.Hitler created his own version of Nobel Prize in 1937.He named it German National Prize for Art and Science. It was awarded to Ferdinand Porsche, who was the creator of Volkswagen Beetle car.

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This incident happened during World War II, Germany occupied Paris. Hitler decided to visit the Eiffel tower. French authorities decided to cut the elevator cables on the Eiffel Tower, so Hitler couldn’t get a chance to go to the top of the Eiffel tower. Even if he wanted to do he has to climb over 1700 stairs. Hitler then decided to just take a photo in front of the Eiffel Tower without actually climbing it.

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Its known fact that Hitler hated the Jewish the most. He used to send armies to search for Jews all over the country to kill them. Fact is that he used to kill Jewish people and collect all their numerous valuable artifacts. He has a dream to build a museum of an Extinct Race.

Eduard Bloch was the only Jew that Hitler didn’t hate. While Hitler was young this doctor helped him and his family for all his medical expenses. He was addressed as the “Nobel Jew”.

Dr. Eduard Bloch in Arztpraxis

World famous Hitler’s mustache is known as Tooth Brush style .During WWI he used to have the handlebar type later trimmed it. He said that the new toothbrush style made it easier for him to wear a gas-mask during war times. It’s even said that Hitler chose this new style because it made his nose look smaller.

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As it’s already known that Hitler committed suicide with his family when US troops occupied his office. Hitler’s body was then buried four times and his remains were cremated and ashes were thrown into the wind.

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