Waterfall View In Ella, Sri Lanka

You will have the fantastic direct waterfall view from the balcony.

Enjoy your stay at Ella. 
 

A Nature Swimming Pool

The Nature Swmming Pool @ Unawattuna

The beach is just One KM distance from Unawatuna city and this is a nature gift to our country.

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NASA Pumpkin Carving Contest- 2013

I've paid hundreds for technology that works less well than those pumpkins.

Boy, they must have some smart people over there at that NASA place. This video is from the annual pumpkin-carving contest at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and all we can say is thank goodness the shutdown ended because this is probably the most essential thing we've ever seen government employees do. The video itself was posted by former NASA employee and current YouTube video person Mark Rober. He also kept the video to 62 seconds. I told you NASA people were smart.


(by Johnny McNulty)

Nature Of Sri Lanka

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day........

Saint Valentine's Day, commonly known as Valentine's Day,or the Feast of Saint Valentine,is observed on February 14 each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it remains a working day in most of them.

St. Valentine's Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. The most popular martyrology associated with Saint Valentine was that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire; during his imprisonment, he is said to have healed the daughter of his jailer Asterius. Legend states that before his execution he wrote "from your Valentine" as a farewell to her. Today, Saint Valentine's Day is an official feast day in the Anglican Communion, as well as in the Lutheran Church. The Eastern Orthodox Church also celebrates Saint Valentine's Day, albeit on July 6th and July 30th, the former date in honor of the Roman presbyter Saint Valentine, and the latter date in honor of Hieromartyr Valentine, the Bishop of Interamna (modern Terni).

The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. By the 15th century, it had evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). Valentine's Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.

The Importance of Breakfast: Starting Off With Better Nutrition

Eating breakfast gives you a mental advantage. When you start off your day, your bo

dy needs fuel. “Glycogen stores start to deplete. If you haven’t had any food, by lunch you’ll start to feel fatigued,” says Kraus, adding that cognitive studies, particularly on children, tell us what happens if you don’t eat — you lose focus and concentration as well as the ability to think and problem-solve.

“Without eating breakfast, you’re more vulnerable to cravings and less likely to make healthy choices in the morning and throughout the day,” says Kraus. That’s a disaster — whether you’re on a diet or just eating for good health.

One study that tracked nearly 10,000 young people from adolescence into their twenties found that not only did skipping breakfast lead to being overweight, but people who missed out on their morning meal also increased their eating at fast food restaurants, and both unhealthy behaviors caused them to gain weight.