These stand out easily when we interact with another person. Character, on the other hand, often takes conscious effort to notice because people don’t necessarily reveal their characters all of the time. The character of a person emerges under specific circumstances, whereas your personality comes through constantly in the form of your mental and behavioral patterns. To be honest, it’s normal to have difficulty judging character vs. personality. We even have a tendency to attribute good character to pleasant personalities, but this is not a reliable way to judge this quality....

Cocoon Fireplace by Federico Otero – Gallery

Magda Biernat Gallery

To celebrate the value of the umbrella in modern life, here is TheCoolist’s list of 20 amazing, creative and futuristic umbrellas that have taken this classic invention into wild new frontiers. The Pileus Internet Umbrella Projects the Web Ever noticed that the common texture of your typical umbrella canopy is not unlike a projector screen? Designers Takashi Matsumoto and Sho Hashimoto once noticed the same similarity– and upon that realization they created the Pileus Internet Umbrella....

Wrinkles, rumples, and general dishevelment are a non-starter in the business world, and one of the few truly unforgivable sins when it comes to exercising power and exuding authority. Though it’s understood that not everyone can afford the best spun silk suit that Italy has to offer, everyone should be able to travel with quality attire and not turn your trousers into elephant skin or crease your jacket down the center....

With women taking on the careers, responsibilities, and roles once held exclusively by men, romantic partnerships have evolved as well. Women are no longer expected to hold traditional roles in their households and relationships. In fact, many have taken a more dominant role in their partnerships with men. Maybe you have found yourself in a female-led relationship (FLR) or are looking to be in a relationship that fits with your dominant personality....

It almost doesn’t sound possible. For the price of a mid-range speedboat or a budget-level yacht, an adventurous spirit can purchase a personal sea plane with the maneuverability and fun-factor of a jet ski. FlyNano offers three different models, two base options with either an electric motor or combustion engine and a tweaked performance model with a greater range, speed and ceiling. The electric version carries the lowest cost and the lowest performance numbers, but barely less than the performance version....

What are healthy habits? By definition – Healthy habits are nothing but a routine of well cultivated good habits or activities that improve the productivity of one’s physical, mental, emotional, and psychological health. For example eating healthy foods, regular physical exercises, developing mindful meditation, and creating healthy relationships in life. How to be healthy? Adopt a healthy lifestyle and stick to it no matter how busy you are. Eventually you will begin to experience the changes within you and feel good about yourself....

But doubts are creeping in, and you’re probably wondering, “Is it too soon to move in together?” You don’t want to rush into this level of commitment if the timing isn’t right or you haven’t done your due diligence. So when is a good time to move in together? To help you make the best decision, we’re breaking down the ins and outs of cohabitation. How long should you wait?...

It should go without saying, but the ball is in your court to ask her out if you want to date a girl. If you can’t bring yourself to make the first move, stop wasting time reading this material right now and go get a library card. Of course, there are always exceptions to every rule. Of course, in some cases, a girl might ask a guy out on an initial date....

If you’ve ever hung around a toddler or a teenager for any length of time, you know what immaturity looks like. If the toddler doesn’t get her way, she might scream, stomp, and fall on the floor in a fit of rage and frustration. Toddlers have few filters preventing them from expressing their inner worlds in a dramatic fashion. Teenagers have more filters but still don’t have a fully-formed prefrontal cortex, the brain’s rational thinking arena....

You have a better idea of what’s going on in your own head than in someone else’s, so you’re more likely to excuse or even justify your own jealous feelings. But how well do you really understand your own emotional reactions? Read on to learn how to not be jealous anymore — or how not to react according to the false beliefs behind your habitual thought patterns. Because in order to address jealousy in relationships, you need to know what you’re dealing with....

As time goes by, this intensity tends to fade. But if you feel like something more than a dimming spark is troubling your relationship, you don’t have to write it off as a lost cause. You and your partner may have a genuine chance to salvage a relationship if you’re willing to address the crisis directly and be honest with each other. Damage to the relationship does not have to be permanent....

Having a suit you don’t know how to wear properly is almost as bad as having no suit at all. Imagine if someone arrived on a construction site and they had tools but had no idea what any of them did. That person would quickly get shuffled to the bottom rung on the ladder if they were kept on the ladder at all. If you want to dress the part, then you need to understand the part you’re playing....

Most of us have hit rock bottom somewhere along the way. When that happens everything about your world feels wrong, and you don’t know what to do to change course. In fact, feeling this way can lead to depression which makes you feel even worse. But experiencing that moment when you think, “I hate my life,” can be the turning point motivating you to make dramatic changes and propelling you toward success....

Dubbed the “See Ghana, Eat Ghana, Wear Ghana, and Feel Ghana” campaign, the GTA event featured Ghana, Gambia, Nigeria, and Senegal. These countries were well represented by their people and supporters who cheered hopefully, in anticipation of a win. Still wondering how the Gambia won the Jollof Rice competition? Proceed to find out. The Gambia prepared the jollof rice without tomatoes but with mustard, fish and other ingredients, making their Jollof yellowish-white as compared to Ghana, which used tilapia, tomatoes, and other ingredients to make their Jollof attractive and tasty, giving it a reddish color....

What Makes a City “Fun” This is a pretty simple formula: Lots to do, lots of variety, a good geographic position that allows mobile fun to pass through town, low costs for many experiences, and the unknown quantity of a city’s energy. It also helps if the residents and locals are also up and down for nearly anything, as a city without the people is basically Chernobyl, which is only 5/19 on the fun scale; 19 being the most fun number....

When you begin a new romantic relationship, it is easy to show your partner how you feel about him or her. It’s natural and exciting to go out of your way to show how much you care. But after the dating phase ends, and you have a few years of marriage under your belts, couples can get into a routine in which one (or even both) partners feel like they are being taken for granted....

Massive Attack has officially released a music video for their latest single, “Splitting the Atom”. The “Splitting the Atom” music video, directed by Edouard Salier, is a stark, prismatic 3D landscape standing still for a snapshot in time. The camera flies through a still city caught amidst a fiery battle, an apocalyptic vision of the future with a strange host at its center. While the video itself may be a bit disheartening, it is worth watching twice– it features a visually arresting, TRON-like environment that must be seen to be believed…...

Maximilian Busser has officially unveiled his latest masterwork, the stunning MB&F HM4 Thunderbolt Watch. Whenever MB&F reveals a new timepiece, we hold the right to expense any and all hyperbole, as these intricate time machines appear to be works of magic. The MB&F HM4 Thunderbolt Watch is Busser’s latest since the HM3 Frog watch, and a return to a more serious approach to timekeeping design. The group first revealed the engine of the HM4 at Basel World 2010 in March, suggesting a few hints about the final design that has been unveiled today....