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1001 Manfaat Air Kelapa

2012-04-29T23:10:00.000+08:00

1001 Manfaat Air Kelapa

Minum air kelapa (Foto: Google)

AIR kelapa memang mempunyai banyak khasiat. Tidak hanya sebagai obat alami untuk rehidrasi tubuh, tetapi juga membantu manusia miliki kulit bersinar dan sehat.

Air kelapa adalah saripati buah kelapa muda yang merupakan minuman bergizi dan menyegarkan dikonsumsi di seluruh dunia. Apa saja manfaat kesehatan dari air kelapa? Berikut ulasannya, seperti dilansir Boldsky, Rabu (25/1/2012).

1. Air kelapa banyak dikonsumsi sebagai minuman elektrolit mengandung natrium, kalium, kalsium, dan magnesium.

2. Air kelapa bergizi dan sehat bagi tubuh karena rendah lemak dan kalori, sehingga mencegah Anda dari kelebihan berat badan.

3. Segelas air kelapa dalam proses pencernaan memberikan bantuan dari peradangan dan keasaman. Hal ini dikarenakan air kelapa memiliki asam laurat yang menyembuhkan gangguan pencernaan saluran.

4. Air kelapa tidak hanya menyegarkan, tapi juga memberikan efek pendinginan untuk tubuh Anda dan saluran pencernaan. Sistem kerja pada lambung dapat menyebabkan peradangan dan ini dapat disembuhkan dengan air kelapa. Ini juga mengontrol suhu tubuh.

5. Air kelapa juga dikenal sebagai minuman isotonik karena merehidrasi tubuh. Jadi, teguklah dua hingga tiga gelas air kelapa saat tubuh Anda dehidrasi.

6. Salah satu manfaat kesehatan terbaik dari air kelapa itu rendah gula yang membuatnya menjadi minuman bergizi bagi pasien jantung dan diabetes. Hal ini juga membantu dalam penurunan berat badan. Banyak pelaku diet lebih suka minum lima-enam gelas air kelapa untuk menurunkan berat badan.

7. Ini adalah minuman energi dengan enzim bioaktif yang meningkatkan metabolisme Anda dan meredakan rasa lelah. Manfaat air kelapa pada sistem pencernaan seperti membersihkan racun dari tubuh.

8. Air kelapa adalah obat alami untuk menyembuhkan infeksi urin. Hal ini tentu berlaku pada kesehatan ginjal dan batu uretra.

9. Air kelapa juga menanggulangi masalah kerontokan pada rambut karena air kelapa meningkatkan sirkulasi darah dalam tubuh.

10. Air kelapa pun dapat membersihkan kulit yang berjerawat dan membantu mendapatkan kulit mulus.

Manfaat Air Putih

2012-04-29T23:06:00.001+08:00

1. Memperlancar sistem pencernaan

Mengkonsumsi air dalam jumlah cukup setiap hari akan memperlancar sistem pencernaan sehingga kita akan terhindari dari masalah-masalah pencernaan seperti maag ataupun sembelit. Pembakaran kalori juga akan berjalan efisien.

2. Air putih membantu memperlambat tumbuhnya zat-zat penyebab kanker, plus mencegah penyakit batu ginjal dan hati. Minum air putih akan membuat tubuh lebih berenergi.

3. Perawatan kecantikan

Bila kita kurang minum air putih, tubuh akan menyerap kandungan air dalam kulit sehingga kulit menjadi kering dan berkerut. Selain itu, air putih dapat melindungi kulit dari luar, sekaligus melembabkan dan menyehatkan kulit.

Untuk menjaga kecantikan pun, kebersihan tubuh hares benar-benar diperhatikan, ditambah lagi minum air putih 8 - 10 gelas sehari.

4. Untuk kesuburan

Meningkatkan produksi hormon testosteron pada pria serta hormon estrogen pada wanita.

Menurut hasil penelitian dari sebuah lembaga riset trombosis di London, Inggris, jika seseorang selalu mandi dengan air dingin maka peredaran darahnya lancar dan tubuh terasa lebih segar dan bugar. Mandi dengan air dingin akan meningkatkan produksi sel darah putih dalam tubuh serta meningkatkan kemampuan seseorang terhadap serangan virus. Bahkan, mandi dengan air dingin di waktu pagi dapat meningkatkan produksi hormon testosteron pada pria serta hormon estrogen pada wanita. Dengan begitu kesuburan serta kegairahan seksual pun akan meningkat. Selain itu jaringan kulit membaik, kuku lebih sehat dan kuat, tak mudah retak. Nah, buat yang malas mandi pagi atau bahkan malas mandi (astagfirulloh!) harus mulai dirubah tuh kebiasaannya�

5. Menyehatkan jantung

Air juga diyakini dapat ikut menyembuhkan penyakit jantung, rematik, kerusakan kulit, penyakit saluran papas, usus, dap penyakit kewanitaan, dll.

Bahkan saat ini cukup banyak pengobatan altenatif yang memanfaatkan kemanjuran air putih.

6. Sebagai obat stroke

Air panas tak hanya digunakan untuk mengobati berbagai penyakit kulit, tapi juga efektif untuk mengobati lumpuh, seperti karena stroke. Sebab, air tersebut dapat membantu memperkuat kembali otot-otot dan ligamen serta memperlancar sistem peredaran darah dan sistem pernapasan. Efek panas menyebabkan pelebaran pembuluh darah, meningkatkan sirkulasi darah dan oksigenisasi jaringan, sehingga mencegah kekakuan otot, menghilangkan rasa nyeri serta menenangkan pikiran.

Kandungan ion-ion terutama khlor, magnesium, Hidrogen karbonat dan sulfat dalam air panas, membantu pelebaran pembuluh darah sehingga meningkatkan sirkulasi darah. Selain itu pH airnya mampu mensterilkan kulit.

7. Efek relaksasi

Cobalah berdiri di bawah shower dan rasakan efeknya di tubuh. Pancuran air yang jatuh ke tubuh terasa seperti pijatan dan mampu menghilangkan rasa capek karena terasa seperti dipijat. Sejumlah pakar pengobatan Alternatif mengatakan, bahwa bersentuhan dengan air mancur, berjalan-jalan di sekitar air terjun, atau sungai dan taman dengan banyak pancuran, akan memperoleh khasiat ion-ion negatif. Ion-ion negatif yang timbul karena butiran-butiran air yang berbenturan itu bisa meredakan rasa sakit, menetralkan racun, memerangi penyakit, serta membantu menyerap dan memanfaatkan oksigen. Ion negatif dalam aliran darah akan mempercepat pengiriman oksigen ke dalam sel dan jaringan.

Bukan itu saja jika mengalami ketegangan otot dapat dilegakan dengan mandi air hangat bersuhu sekitar 37 derajat C. Selagi kaki terasa pegal kita sering dianjurkan untuk merendam kaki dengan air hangat dicampur sedikit garam.

8. Menguruskan badan

Air putih juga bersifat menghilangkan kotoran-kotoran dalam tubuh yang akan lebih cepat keluar lewat urine. Bagi yang ingin menguruskan badan pun, minum air hangat sebelum makan (sehingga merasa agak kenyang) merupakan satu cara untuk mengurangi jumlah makanan yang masuk. Apalagi air tidak mengandung kalori, gula, ataupun lemak. Namun yang terbaik adalah minum air putih pada suhu sedang, tidak terlalu panas, dan tidak terlalu dingin. Mau kurus?, minum air putih saja.

9. Tubuh lebih bugar

Khasiat air tak hanya untuk membersihkan tubuh saja tapi juga sebagai zat yang sangat diperlukan tubuh. Kita mungkin lebih dapat bertahan kekurangan makan beberapa hari ketimbang kurang air. Sebab, air merupakan bagian terbesar dalam komposisi tubuh manusia.

Jumlah air yang menurun dalam tubuh, fungsi organ-organ tubuh juga akan menurun dan lebih mudah terganggu oleh bakteri, virus, dll. Namun, tubuh manusia mempunyai mekanisme dalam mempertahankan keseimbangan asupan air yang masuk dan yang dikeluarkan. Rasa haus pada setiap orang merupakan mekanisme normal dalam mempertahankan asupan air dalam tubuh. Air yang dibutuhkan tubuh kira-kira 2-2,5 l (8 - 10 gelas) per hari. Jumlah kebutuhan air ini sudah termasuk asupan air dari makanan (seperti dari kuah sup, soto, dll), minuman seperti susu, teh, kopi, sirup dll. Selain itu, asupan air juga diperoleh dari hasil metabolisme makanan yang dikonsumsi dan metabolisme jaringan di dalam tubuh.

Nah, air juga dikeluarkan tubuh melalui air seni dan keringat. Jumlah air yang dikeluarkan tubuh melalui air seni sekitar 1 liter per hari. Kalau jumlah tinja yang dikeluarkan pada orang sehat sekitar 50 - 400 g/hari, kandungan aimya sekitar 60 - 90 % bobot tinja atau sekitar 50 - 60 ml air sehari.

Sedangkan, air yang terbuang melalui keringat dan saluran napas dalam sehari maksimum 1 liter, tergantung suhu udara sekitar. Belum lagi faktor pengeluaran air melalui pernapasan. Seseorang yang mengalami demam, kandungan air dalam napasnya akan meningkat. Sebaliknya, jumlah air yang dihirup melalui napas berkurang akibat rendahnya kelembapan udara sekitamya.

Tubuh akan menurun kondisinya bila kadar air menurun dan kita tidak segera memenuhi kebutuhan air tubuh tersebut. Kardiolog dari AS, Dr James M. Rippe memberi saran untuk minum air paling sedikit seliter lebih banyak dari apa yang dibutuhkan rasa haus kita. Pasalnya, kehilangan 4% cairan saja akan mengakibatkan penurunan kinerja kita
sebanyak 22 %! Bisa dimengerti bila kehilangan 7%, kita akan mulai merasa lemah dan lesu.

Asal tahu saja, aktivitas makin banyak maka makin banyak pula air yang terkuras dari tubuh. Untuk itu, pakar kesehatan mengingatkan agar jangan hanya minum bila terasa haus Kebiasaan banyak minum, apakah sedang haus atau tidak, merupakan kebiasaan sehat!

Jika kuliah / bekerja di ruang ber-AC, dianjurkan untuk minum lebih banyak karena udara yang dingin dan tubuh cepat mengalami dehidrasi. Banyak minum juga akan membantu kulit tidak cepat kering. Di ruang yang suhunya tidak tetap pun dianjurkan untuk membiasakan minum meski tidak terasa haus untuk menyeimbangkan suhu.

Arti dari 6 Warna Bunga Mawar

2012-04-29T21:57:00.001+08:00

Bunga mawar dengan nama ilmiah Rosaceae merupakan tanaman dari Ordo Rosanales sangatlah pantas menyandang julukan si ”Ratu Bunga” karena hampir semua orang menyukai dan mengenal mawar. Warna-warni bunga mawar selalu membuat orang yang memandangnya terpesona. Itu sebabnya, bunga ini selalu diidentikkan sebagai tanda kasih buat seseorang.

Setiap warna mawar memiliki arti tersendiri, kalian tahu apa arti dari setiap warna mawar yang berbeda? kalau belum kalian wajib tahu, supaya jika ada seorang pria yang memberikan bunga mawar kepada anda, anda bisa tahu maksud pria tersebut :p kkkk. Srperti yang dikutip dari laman Shine, inilah arti dari setiap warna pada mawar.

Mawar Merah: cinta dan romantisme

Mawar Merah

Makna universal warna mawar merah ialah cinta sejati dan romantisme. Bila Anda masih lajang dan ada seorang pria memberi Anda mawar merah, besar kemungkinan dia sedang jatuh hati pada anda :)

Mawar Putih: kemurnian, polos, simpati, dan spiritualitas

Mawar Putih

Awal tradisi mawar putih digunakan sebagai simbol untuk cinta sejati, sebuah asosiasi yang kemudian akan menjadi ciri khas mawar merah. Juga dikenal sebagai pengantin mawar. Mawar putih adalah bunga pernikahan tradisional. Dalam hal ini, putih mewakili persatuan, kebajikan, dan kemurnian dari sebuah cinta baru. Mawar putih juga dikaitkan dengan kehormatan.

Mawar Pink : cinta, syukur, dan apresiasi

Mawar Pink

Merah muda atau pink disertai dengan konotasi kasih sayang dan keanggunan, serta rasa manis dan roman puitis. Mawar dark pink adalah simbol dari rasa syukur dan penghargaan serta merupakan cara tradisional untuk mengucapkan terima kasih. Sementara mawar light pink berhubungan dengan kelembutan dan kekaguman serta dapat digunakan sebagai ungkapan simpati.

Mawar Kuning: persahabatan, kegembiraan, dan harapan baik

Mawar Kuning

Sepanjang sejarah, kuning telah berhubungan erat dengan matahari. Mawar kuning sangat cocok diberikan pada seseorang yang sedang sakit atau untuk menghibur seseorang. Mawar Kuning mengirim pesan penghargaan dan cinta platonis. Warna tersebut merupakan perasaan sukacita dan kegembiraan.

Mawar Oranye: hasrat dan antusiasme

Mawar Orange

Secara harfiah warna oranye merupakan perpaduan warna kuning dan merah. Mawar oranye dipandang sebagai jembatan antara persahabatan dilambangkan dengan mawar kuning dan cinta diwakili oleh mawar merah. Kombinasi ini dapat menjadi ekspresi dari daya tarik atau hadiah untuk mengatakan, "Saya bangga padamu."

Mawar Ungu : pesona, mulia, cinta pada pandangan pertama

Mawar Ungu

Warna ungu memiliki hubungan tradisional dengan royalti. Dalam hal ini, nuansa mawar lavender menunjukkan suasana keagungan dan kemegahan.

10 Worst and Best Foods At least one will surprise you…

2012-04-11T10:39:00.003+08:00

1. Artery Crust

Judging by the label, Marie Callender’s (16.5 oz) Chicken Pot Pie has "only" 520 calories, 11 grams of saturated fat, and 800 mg of sodium. But look again. Those numbers are for only half a pie. Eat the entire pie, as most people probably do, and you’re talking 1,040 calories, 22 grams of saturated fat (more than a day’s worth), and 1,600 mg of sodium (an entire day’s worth).

2. Triple Bypass

Can’t decide what to pick from a restaurant menu? No worries. Now you can order not just one entrée, but two… or three... all at once. Olive Garden’s Tour of Italy – Homemade Lasagna, Lightly Breaded Chicken Parmigiana, and Creamy Fettuccine Alfredo – comes with 1,450 calories, 33 grams of saturated fat, and 3,830 milligrams of sodium. Add a breadstick (150 calories and 400 mg of sodium) and a plate of Garden-Fresh Salad with dressing (350 calories and 1,930 mg of sodium) and you’ll consume almost 2,000 calories (an entire day’s worth) and 6,160 mg

3. Salt's On!

On average, a cup of Campbell’s Condensed soup has 760 mg of sodium. That’s half a day’s worth … assuming you eat only one of the 2½ servings that the label says the can makes. Campbell’s Healthy Request and Select Harvest, Progresso Reduced Sodium, and Healthy Choice slash the sodium to the 400s. Look for lower sodium lines in the 100s to 300s by Amy’s, Imagine Foods, Pacific Natural Foods, and Tabatchnick.

4. Tortilla Terror

Interested in a Chipotle Chicken Burrito (tortilla, rice, pinto beans, cheese, chicken, sour cream, and salsa)? Think of its 970 calories, and 18 grams of saturated fat as three 6-inch Subway BLT Classic Subs! Skipping the cheese or sour cream cuts the saturated fat to 6 grams, but you still end up with 750 calories and more than a day’s worth of sodium. Yikes!

5. Factory Reject

People don’t expect light desserts at The Cheesecake Factory. But the Chocolate Tower Truffle Cake kicks things up a notch. If it weren’t served on its side, this one would stand over six inches tall. And upright or not, the slab of cake still weighs in at three-quarters of a pound. What do you get for all that heft? Just 1,760 calories and 2½ days’ worth of saturated fat (50 grams), mostly from chocolate, sugar, cream, white flour, and butter.

6. Burial Grands

No one thinks of cinnamon rolls as health food. But each Pillsbury Grands! Cinnabon Cinnamon Roll with Icing has 310 calories and 2 grams of saturated fat plus 2½ grams of trans fat (more than a day’s worth) and 5 teaspoons of sugar. Companies are dumping their partially hydrogenated oils left and right, yet Pillsbury still makes most of its rolls and biscuits with the stuff.

7. Transgression

“Excellent source of ALA Omega 3,” declares the Land O’Lakes Margarine box. Who knew that Land O’Lakes stick margarine was so heart healthy? It isn’t. Each tablespoon of the spread has 2½ grams of trans fat (more than an entire day’s limit) and 2 grams of saturated fat. And beware of other trans-filled sticks by Blue Bonnet, Parkay, Country Crock, and Fleischmann’s. At least those brands don’t imply that a bit of ALA outweighs the harm caused by the margarine’s trans and saturated fat. Shopping tip: Look for tub margarines – most have little or no trans fat.

8. Starbucks on Steroids

The Starbucks Venti (20 oz) White Chocolate Mocha with 2% milk and whipped cream is more than a mere cup of coffee. It’s worse than a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder with Cheese. Few people have room in their diets for the 580 calories and 15 grams of saturated fat that this hefty beverage supplies. But you can lose 130 calories and almost two-thirds of the bad fat if you order it with nonfat milk and no whipped cream.

9. Extreme Ice Cream

An average halfcup serving of Häagen-Dazs ice cream squeezes half-a-day’s saturated fat and a third-of-a-day’s cholesterol into your artery walls and makes a nearly 300-calorie down-payment on your next set of fat cells – if you can stop at a petite half-cup!

10. Stone Cold

Cold Stone Creamery’s Oh Fudge! shake (chocolate ice cream, milk, and fudge syrup) starts at 1,250 calories for the “Like It” (16 oz) size. That’s more than a large (32 oz) McDonald’s McCafe Chocolate Triple Thick Shake. The “Love It” (20 oz) has 1,660 calories and the “Gotta Have It” (24 oz) reaches 1,920 calories (just about an entire day's worth) and 69 grams of saturated fat (3½ days’ worth). That's the saturated fat content of two 16 oz T-bone steaks plus a buttered baked potato, all blended into a handy 24 oz cup.

1. Sweet Potatoes

A nutritional All-Star — one of the best vegetables you can eat. They're loaded with carotenoids, vitamin C, potassium, and fiber. Bake and then mix in some unsweetened applesauce or crushed pineapple for extra moisture and sweetness.

2. Mangoes

Just one cup of mango supplies 100% of a day’s vitamin C, one-third of a day’s vitamin A, a decent dose of blood-pressure-lowering potassium, and 3 grams of fiber. Bonus: mango is one of the fruits least likely to have pesticide residues.

3. Unsweetened Greek Yogurt

Non-fat, plain Greek yogurt has a pleasant tartness that’s a perfect foil for the natural sweetness of berries, bananas, or your favorite breakfast cereal. It’s strained, so even the fat-free versions are thick and creamy. And the lost liquid means that the yogurt that’s left has twice the protein of ordinary yogurt – about 17 grams in 6 ounces of plain Greek yogurt.

4. Broccoli

It has lots of vitamin C, carotenoids, vitamin K and folic acid. Steam it just enough so that it's still firm and add a sprinkle of red pepper flakes and a spritz of lemon juice.

5. Wild Salmon

The omega-3 fats in fatty fish like salmon can help reduce the risk of sudden-death heart attacks. And wild-caught salmon has less PCB contaminants than farmed salmon.

6. Crispbreads

Whole-grain rye crackers, like Wasa, Kavli, and Ryvita — usually called crispbreads — are loaded with fiber and often fat-free. Drizzle with a little honey and sprinkle with cinnamon to satisfy your sweet tooth.

7. Garbanzo Beans

All beans are good beans. They’re rich in protein, fiber, iron, magnesium, potassium, and zinc. But garbanzos stand out because they’re so versatile. Just drain, rinse, and toss a handful on your green salad; throw them into vegetable stews, curries, and soups; mix them with brown rice, whole wheat couscous, bulgur, or other whole grains.

8. Watermelon

Watermelon is a heavyweight in the nutrient department. A standard serving (about 2 cups) has one-third of a day’s vitamins A and C, a nice shot of potassium, and a healthy dose of lycopene for only 80 fat-free, salt-free calories. And when they’re in season, watermelons are often locally grown, which means they may have a smaller carbon footprint than some other fruits.

9. Butternut Squash

Steam a sliced squash or buy peeled, diced butternut squash at the supermarket that’s ready to go into the oven, a stir-fry, or a soup. It’s an easy way to get lots of vitamins A and C and fiber.

10. Leafy Greens

Don’t miss out on powerhouse greens like kale, collards, spinach, turnip greens, mustard greens, and Swiss chard. These stand-out leafy greens are jam-packed with vitamins A, C, and K, folate, potassium, magnesium, calcium, iron, lutein, and fiber. Serve with a splash of lemon juice or red wine vinegar.

about women

2012-04-10T16:05:00.001+08:00

We previously pointed out how some crude, absurd gender stereotypes are in fact proven true by science. But, in the interest of not letting 60s sitcoms have the last word on the differences between men and women, we should point out how many things "everyone knows" about women just plain aren't true, according to science. Like...

#6.

Women Aren't As Aggressive

Remember that nursery rhyme about what little girls and little boys are made of? Boys are made of errant amphibians, mollusks and puppy parts while girls are made of sugar and spice and all that's nice. It'd be an adorable if it didn't also sum up gender expectations for the rest of your life.

Snails and dog tails make you more aggressive.

When we grow up, women are more likely to be penalized for displaying too much aggression, while men are rewarded for the exact same behavior.

Sometimes with millions of dollars.

When actually ...
Women might be the more aggressive of the genders.
Researchers found that when you deindividuate a person--or place the person in a situation where he or she doesn't have an individual identity--aggressive attitudes are amplified. This makes sense. It's probably why Marines are required to wear the same uniform, and hipsters are such pussies. Well, they tested this in the lab by having men and women play an interactive video game that required killing other players by dropping bombs on them.
They found that under normal circumstances, men dropped far more bombs than women. But in the deindividuated groups, women out-attacked the men every time, with an average of about five more bombs dropped per session.

Might as well face it, you're addicted to MASS MURDER.

Putting people, particularly women, in a situation where they are anonymous and don't have to conform to societal expectations is very powerful psychologically. And by very powerful, we mean it turns them into an unfeeling murder machines.

#5.

Women Aren't as Horny as Men

When it comes to the topic of sex drive, everyone knows the stereotypes: Men are shameless swine who will nail anything with a pulse, and women are only interested in lovemaking that satisfies them on an emotional level.
Think back on your adolescence, and it seems self-evident, doesn't it? Boys are so sex-driven that they literally have to hide their protruding penises (penii?) with baggy jeans and Trapper Keepers. Girls rarely have that problem. And as adults, we all know that it's mostly men, not women, populating the porn-viewing public. The Kinsey Institute even says so. Obviously, men are much more interested in sex. Case closed.
When actually ...
Women are probably just as horny as men--they just don't want you to know it.

The "fan and demure smile" look is just a more elegant "hard-on poking through the jeans."

A recent study asked a large group of test subjects about their sexual behavior but put some clever controls in place. One group of respondents gave their answers while connected to a polygraph machine, and a second group was put in a with a researcher and told that their answers would be monitored. A control group was told their answers would remain completely anonymous.
It turns out that when women were faced with the chance of someone seeing their answers (the group with the researcher in the room) they all suddenly became contestants in a Miss Chastity pageant, reporting only half the number of sexual partners that the group connected to the lie detector claimed. But the women connected to the polygraph actually reported more sexual partners than the men in the same control group.

"Well, there's the weekly foursome, the monthly "Lezz-In" and the occasional anonymous stall sex."

Experts interpreted this as women feeling "pressure to adhere to sex role expectations that indicate (they) should be more relationship-oriented and should avoid being seen as promiscuous." Just like with the bombing experiment, take away what society expects of us, and our true colors show.

Most of those colors are shades of pink.

On a related note...

#4.

Only Men Like Porn

The pimps who make up the advertising world have known for decades that the best way to catch a man's eye (and money) is with copious amounts of T&A. Men will line up to buy a large-caliber gunshot to the face as long as there's a scantily clad woman in a submissive pose somewhere telling them how awesome it's going to be.

But what about women? It's been widely believed that the fairer sex isn't affected by erotic imagery to the same degree that men are. And not just in advertising, but in movies, magazines or any other forms in which it might appear. Which is why you don't see half-naked beefcake flanking bottles of hair conditioner.
When actually ...
According to this study, women's brains react just as quickly to erotic images as men's do--and in fact the reaction may even be stronger.
They even use different "circuits" to process them as opposed to the pathways that are reserved for everyday images. Using EEG electrodes to monitor brain activity, researchers showed a group of female subjects pictures that ranged from pleasant to disturbing. Everything was cool until they got to photos that showed couples engaged in sensual poses.
Erotic images elicited neurons to fire at 160 milliseconds, which was 20 percent faster than even the quickest reactions to the non-erotic pictures--even if those pictures depicted immediate danger, like a snarling animal.

Above: less interesting than a penis.

If you've heard that stuff about how erotica turns women on only if there's some kind of deep backstory or emotional connection to what's going on, keep this in mind: 160 milliseconds means the women's brains were lighting up in response to the naked people well before they even consciously registered what they were seeing. Way before the thinking part of their brains could warm up, they already had an immediate, knee-jerk animal response that screamed, "LOOK! A BONER!"

#3.

Only Women Suffer from Media-Perpetuated Body Issues

Women have been complaining forever about the impossibility of living up to the female body image that is presented in media. There are like eight billion periodicals marketed to women, and every one of them has some thin teenager with perfect teeth, huge boobs and no blemishes staring out from the cover--not just Martha Stewart Living. It's no wonder the grocery store checkout line is known as the "boner chute."

This colloquialism was submitted by Gertrude Weinbauer, Food Lion #1557.

Complaints and checkout erections aside, it's not our fault the media is presenting this airbrushed picture of what women should look like, or that real-world women are buying into it. If you ladies don't have the sense to know that it's all a sham, then maybe you deserve your crippling body image diseases.
When actually ...
Men are starting to feel the exact same pressures to look perfect. A recent study commissioned by Harvard found that a full 25 percent of people with eating disorders like bulimia and anorexia are men.

Look at that asshole, just brushing his teeth all the live-long day. How can a real man compete with that?

The effect that these media portrayals have is real and the body image problem has jumped the gender barrier, so stick that in your overly tanned, sharply chiseled faces, men. Surveys show that a growing percentage of dudes believe that the only attractive male physique is an extremely muscular one, and they are going to great lengths to attain it.
Typically, that means consuming large amounts of protein, obsessing about their weight and working out so much it interferes with other parts of their lives. It doesn't even matter that in the media, the dudes who have chiseled bodies tend to be douchebags.

They were right! We were just jealous this whole time!

#2.

Women Aren't as Good at Math

This stereotype isn't as in-your-face as the others on the list, but it's there. If you look around at the people who hold most of the science, technology and engineering jobs in the world today, you'll quickly be tempted to ask, "Hey, where are all the chicks?" Anyone who's ever spent time around a college math lab, a corporate IT department or an engineering firm will notice a preponderance of dudes with skinny arms, ironic T-shirts and Tron collectibles.
And very few women.
This shortage of women in science and technology fields has given birth to the idea that maybe women just aren't as talented or as interested in those areas as men. Or more specifically, that they aren't as good at math, which is kind of the underpinning of the whole shebang. If you're not good at math, you're going to make a crappy scientist, right? And if women aren't well represented in the sciences, doesn't it follow that they're just not as skilled at mathematics?
When actually ...
Janet Hyde from the University of Wisconsin-Madison compiled math test scores and SAT results from more than seven million students, and found absolutely no difference in scores between males and females. So if girls have a mathematical aptitude equal to that of their testicled counterparts at the end of high school, why aren't they moving forward into scientific careers in greater numbers?

Why the hell not?

Well, the answer is nobody really knows. But right now, most researchers are leaning toward causes with social and environmental origins. One recent study found that teachers in grade school can impart their own anxieties about math to their female students, engendering a belief that boys will always be better at math than girls.

Another potential environmental explanation is social identity threat. This is a phenomenon in which knowledge of a stereotype actually makes you fail--thereby validating the stereotype. It's like a Catch-22, but with breasts. In either case, the next time you're trying to impress some girl with your knowledge of isotopes and quadratic equations, just remember that there's an even chance that she's actually better at that shit than you are. Calculate that, Poindexter.

#1.

Most Victims of Domestic Violence Are Women

Making jokes about domestic violence is about as awesome as making jokes about genocide. So we'll skip the hilarity and go straight to the stereotype about spouse abuse: If you're talking about one person beating up another in the home, you're probably talking about the man beating up the woman. That's why everyone believes that bullshit statistic about spousal abuse skyrocketing on Super Bowl Sunday. Men are bigger, women are weaker. Men are more aggressive, more violent, more prone to jealousy, and women are their usual victims.
When actually ...
Women are more likely to abuse, stalk and attack their partners than men are.
And there are literally hundreds of scientific studies with sample sizes in the thousands to back up this assertion. In the world of gender research, domestic violence is a subject that has been studied over and over again. The evidence is clear: When couples resort to physical violence, more often than not it's the woman who attacks the man first.

Hey Internet, what's the name for this fetish?

Consider this write-up from a study by Straus and Ramirez: "When only one partner was violent it was twice as likely to be the female than the male. Moreover, in terms of severe aggression females were twice as likely to be violent than men." Holy shit, ladies. Time to chill the fuck out.
If you're wondering why you've never heard these stats before, there's the obvious fact that men are bigger and therefore more likely to hurt women, and deserve to get raped in prison. But it's probably also because men are less likely to report physical attacks to the authorities than women are. And for some reason, men are really really less likely to report having a foot broken off in their ass by a 110-pound woman.

"It was a Hitler. No, three Hitlers."

It's the same old story: The stereotype persists because we're ashamed that we don't conform to it. Whew, that's depressing. How about before we end the article and we all go crazy in the comments, we join together and look at this adorable little kitty who broke his little leg:

Awwww...

Thinking about Capitalism

2012-04-10T15:52:00.002+08:00

As the economic system under which you live, capitalism shapes the marketplaces that determine where you live and work, how much you are paid, what you can buy, what you can accumulate toward your retirement, and every other aspect of a society based on monetary exchanges for goods and services.
In an era of increasing globalization, capitalism has dramatically strengthened its important role in—and its influence on—the world economy. It is the system under which a majority of the world's population lives, and it continues to strengthen the links of interdependence between the world's economies.
But capitalism's impact is about much more than money and markets. Indeed, capitalism is every bit as much a social force as an economic one. As such, its impact on noneconomic life has drawn the attention of thinkers outside of economics, as well as those inside the discipline, including some of its greatest minds.
In Thinking about Capitalism, award-winning intellectual historian and Professor Jerry Z. Muller of The Catholic University of America takes you deep inside the perspectives on this most important and pervasive force. Over 36 engaging lectures, you gain fresh insights that will strengthen your understanding of capitalism's rich history, its fascinating proponents and opponents, and its startling impact on our world.
An Exploration Beyond Economics
Drawing on his exceptional ability to frame each thinker's concerns within its historical context, Professor Muller takes you beyond economic analysis to look at how some of the greatest intellects have thought about capitalism and its moral, political, and cultural ramifications.
Covering capitalism from its 17th-century beginnings to today's era of globalization, Professor Muller explores these thinkers' insights on some wide-ranging questions:

What effect does capitalism have on personal development? Or on our identities as individuals, as members of a group, or even as citizens of a nation?
What about the seemingly unending variety of consumer goods made possible by capitalism? Have they made our culture better—or worse?
Do the facts support our tendency to think about capitalism as the economic system practiced in "free" countries? Or can capitalism exist in a wide variety of political systems?

As capitalism continues to expand across geographical borders, provocative questions emerge about its overall impact. What are the short- and long-term implications of globalization? How and when should we construct economic policies to strengthen or limit its growth? Can capitalism ever undermine itself?
By placing capitalism in its full societal context, Thinking about Capitalism enhances your ability to consider, discuss, and answer these and other critical questions—whatever your point of view.
Get Insights from Three Centuries of Thinkers
For almost three centuries, some of the most interesting thinkers in history have grappled with capitalism. They have explored its key features, cultural prerequisites, and human implications with excitement, caution, or even fear.
Their writings have defended capitalism, argued against it, disagreed over how to characterize it, and questioned whether the human costs incurred in its practice can be outweighed by the obvious material benefits it brings.
These are some of the great minds you encounter in these lectures:

Adam Smith: Although famous for The Wealth of Nations, this giant of the Enlightenment was in fact a moral philosopher and political economist whose ideas about capitalism, capitalists, and government exploded past any boundaries of "economics."
Joseph Schumpeter: One of capitalism's most wide-ranging thinkers, Schumpeter published four books, at least three of which are considered seminal.
Ferdinand Tönnies and Georg Simmel: Tönnies argued that modern history was moving away from tightly knit communities at emotional cost to the individual, while Simmel explored how capitalism offered new possibilities for individuality and community.
Friedrich von Hayek: After a flirtation with reformist Socialism, Hayek embraced classical Liberalism, producing influential critiques of collectivism and the welfare state, sharing a Nobel Prize in economics, and winning broad acknowledgment for his work on the coordinating function of the marketplace.

These names only scratch the surface of the grand intellects Professor Muller discusses, who include Voltaire, Rousseau, Burke, Hamilton, De Tocqueville, Hegel, Marx, Arnold, Weber, Lenin, Schmitt, Marcuse, Gellner, Buchanan, and Olson.
Their insights can prove invaluable in every area of your life. They can surface in the decisions you make about family, work, and consumption; and they can give you a more thoughtful perspective on the ideas and behaviors of commentators, corporations, and governments.

JEFSTARCOM: The Mongols (1206 to 1405)

2012-04-04T20:50:00.001+08:00

JEFSTARCOM: The Mongols (1206 to 1405): The Mongols (1206 to 1405) The Mongols were nomads from the steppes of Central Asia. They were fierce warriors who fought each other over ...

Kata Kata Indah Buat Sahabat dan Cinta

2012-04-04T20:31:00.003+08:00

Kata Kata Indah - akhir akhir ini memang blog Media Online ini jarang update :) mengenai informasi terkini yang lagi ramai di perbincangkan itupun karena ada beberapa faktor, karena memang juga ada bahasan tertentu untuk sobat yang pada lagi kasmaran seperti Puisi Cinta ataupun Puisi Persahabatan ataupun Kata Kata Mutiara Cinta yang memang di peruntukkan buat sobat yang lagi di rundung asmara :D, baiklah sobat simak kutipan-kutipan di bawah ini mengenai Kata Kata Indah

Kata Kata Indah

aku ingin malam ini tak tergantikan
aku ingin malam ini selamanya dlm pelukan..
aku ingin malam ini menyaksikan...
kehadiran mu bukan lah bayang dan angan.

...aku ingin esok pagi mengizinkan...satu malam berterusan
hingga aku dapat merasakan kehangatan sebenar..**i luv u **

Sayang aku bahagia menemanimu, akupun bergetar rasa ketika melihat sapamu, dirimu disampingku adalah hawa dingin yang sejuk dihatiku. Tak akan aku macam macam karena semua macam rasa sudah ada pada jantung hatimu. Harapanku ketika cincin emas ini melekat di jari manismu, itulah saat saat yang benar aku tunggu.

Dimana setiap jam 3 pagi aku bangunkan kamu yang berada disampingku sampai kulitku menua kelak. Cinta dan sayangku sampai kakek kakek dan nenek nenek.

Cinta kita sambut seperti datangnya pelangi tepat saat cercahan hujan diterangi sang mentari. Sampai suatu saat matahari tenggelam dan gelap aku akan tetap merasakan curahan indah kasih sayingmu.

Cinta tidak memihak ketika engkau sedang menang. Cinta akan selalu patuh dengan bisikan mata hatimu. Disaat kau terjatuh doa akan merangkulmu, disaat gelap datang lilin terangnya terangi harimu.

cinta tak pernah salah karena dia bukan pilihan. Tapi cinta akan menyasatkan disaat keikhlasan tidak mendampinginya.

cinta akan senang tumbuh dihatimu selalu semakin berbunga jika kau siram dia di pusaran hati. Disaat yang tepat dan ketika mentari sedikit beranjak untuk pergi itu bukan kataku tapi kata indah cinta.

Kumpulan Kata-Kata Cinta Romantis

2012-04-04T20:25:00.004+08:00

Kata Cinta Romantis, berat banget mikirin kontes SEO yang terjadi akhir-akhir ini daripada mikirin yang berat-berat lebih baik kumpulin aja Kata-Kata Cinta Romantis, pasti bagi para pecinta wanita sangat suka tentunya dengan Kata-Kata Cinta Romantis ato cewek yang diberi ungkapan Kata-Kata Cinta Romantis pasti kelepek. dan juga baca sms cinta, sms lucu, kata bijak serta kata mutiara cinta

so bagi anda-anda yang suka dan cinta pada pasangan anda ada baiknya anda menyimka Kata-Kata Cinta Romantis yang saya kumpulkan di bawah ini dari berbagai sumber.

Kata Cinta Romantis

” TIADA HIDUP TANPA KEGAGALAN ,KEKALAHAN , DAN KEJATUHAN…………

AIR SUNGAI MENUJU LAUT MELEWATI JALAN YANG BERLIKU……

BERDIRILAH TEGAK KEMBALI………………………..

JANGAN MEMANDANG KE BELAKANG , MASA LALU TELAH BERLALU………………..

HIDUP BERJALAN TERUS……………………….

“CAHAYA MENTARI BILA DIFOKUSKAN AKAN MEMBAKAR KERTAS ” ~Alexander Graham Bell

suatu saat setelah kita dapat menaklukkan angin, ombak, air pasang dan gravitasi,kita akan memanfaatkan energi cinta. Kemudian untuk yang kedua kalinya dalam sejarah dunia, umat manusia akan menemukan api

~ Telhard de Chardin ~

Pusatkan perhatian pada Gambaran Menyeluruh. Hargai diri sendiri dan asahlah prisnip etnik anda secara terus – menerus. Jadikan visi hidup anda sebagai rambu di depan anda. Jadilah orang yang penuh kasih dan pengertian terhadap diri sendiri dan orang lain. Jadilah orang yang semakin bersyukur dan murah hati. Tertawalah dan biarkan dunia tertawa bersamamu. Terus lepaskanlah sisi anak kecil dalam diri anda. Tumbuhkan kekuatan diri melalui Kekuatan Ritual. Ciptakan ketentraman di dalam maupun diluar diri anda.

Melalui tindakan – tindakan ini, anda akan mengembangkan, memiliki, menyadari dan membagikan Kekuatan Cinta

mr.president

Sukses tidak diukur dari posisi yang dicapai seseorang dalam hidup, tapi dari kesulitan-kesulitan yang berhasil diatasi ketika berusaha meraih sukses

~ BOOKER T WASHINGTON ~

Ada 2 cara untuk menyebarkan cahaya :

- Jadilah lilin yang menyebarkan cahaya

- Jadilah cermin yang memantulkan sinarnya

~ EDITH WHARTON ~

Cintailah orang yang kau cintai sekedarnya saja….

siapa tahu pada suatu hari kelak

ia akan berbalik menjadi orang yang kau benci….

dan bencilah orang yang kau benci sekedarnya saja….

siapa tahu pada suatu hari kelak

ia akan menjadi orang yang kau cintai

“HANYA DI DALAM KEGELAPAN MALAM……TERLIHAT BINTANG-BINTANG TERANG GEMERLAP YANG INDAH “

” Oh indahnya mentari pagi ……..mengusir kegelapan malam pekat yang panjang…….

Setiap hari selalu bersyukur atas hari yang baru , semangat yang baru , tekad yang baru………..

Indahnya hari ini ………setiap hari adalah keberuntungan “

” JADILAH DIRI SENDIRI SETIAP WAKTU ” ~Cathie Balck (Presiden Hearst Magaines)

” KETIKA ANDA JATUH …………

KETIKA ANDA GAGAL………….

KETIKA ANDA TIDAK MEMILIKI APA-APA………..

SESEORANG YANG BERSAMA ANDA………ADALAH TEMAN SEJATI ANDA

KETIKA ANDA BERHASIL………..

KETIKA ANDA KAYA………………….

KETIKA ANDA DAPAT MEMILIH DAN DUNIA SEAKAN MILIK ANDA………………….

SESEORANG YANG BERSAMA ANDA……….BUKANLAH TEMAN SEJATI ANDA ,

IA MENGINGINKAN SESUATU DARI ANDA. “

“PANDANGLAH SEGALA SESUATU DARI BERBAGAI SUDUT……..JADILAH BIJAKSANA “.

“MUSUH TERBESAR MANUSIA ADALAH DIRINYA SENDIRI “

Semoga kamu memiliki kebahagiaan yg cukup untuk membuatkan diri kamu menarik, percubaan yg cukup utk membuatkan kamu kuat, kesedihan yg cukup utk memastikan kamu adalah seorang insan dan harapan yg cukup utk membuatkan kamu bahagia... .

Kebahagiaan seseorang manusia tidak semestinya dalam memiliki segala yg terbaik. Mereka hanya membuat yg terbaik dalam hampir apa saja yg datang didalam hidup mereka. Kebahagiaan terletak kepada mereka yg menangis, mereka yg terluka, mereka yang telah mencari dan mereka yg telah mencuba, hanya mereka yg boleh menghargai kepentingan manusia yg telah menyentuh hidup mereka.

Cinta bermula dgn senyuman, mekar dgn ciuman dan berakhir dgn tangisan... ..

Kata Cinta Romantis

Masa depan yg cerah sentiasa berteraskan kehidupan yg lalu yg telah dilupakan, kamu tidak boleh meneruskan kehidupan dengan sempurna sehingga kamu melupakan kegagalan dan kekecewaan masa silam

" Cinta takkan datang kalau tidak dicari"

Jangan simpan kata-kata cinta pada orang yang tersayang sehingga dia meninggal dunia lantaran akhirnya kamu terpaksa catatkan kata-kata cinta itu pada pusaranya. Sebaliknya ucapkan kata-kata cinta yang tersimpan dibenakmu itu sekarang selagi ada hayatnya.

Perkara yang paling kejam dalam hidup adalah kamu membuatkan seseorang menyintai dirimu sepenuh hati dan sanggup menyerahkan segala-galanya demi sebuah cinta yang suci, sedangkan kamu hanya sekadar menuturkan kata-kata cinta di bibir sahaja... meskipun lidahnya melontarkan kata-kata kemaafan, namun hatinya tidak akan memaafkan kamu sampai bila-bila lantaran hatinya yang penuh dengan kelukaan yang amat memedihkan...

Cintailah seseorang itu atas dasar siapa dia sekarang dan bukan siapa dia sebelumnya. Kisah silam tidak perlu diungkit lagi, kiranya kamu benar-benar mencintainya setulus hati.

Kadangkala kamu tidak menghargai orang yang mencintai kamu sepenuh hati, sehingga kamu kehilangannya. Pada saat itu, tiada guna penyesalan karena perginya tanpa berkata lagi.

Hal yang menyedihkan dalam hidup adalah ketika kamu bertemu seseorang yang sangat berarti bagimu, hanya untuk menemukan bahwa pada akhirnya menjadi tidak berarti dan kamu harus membiarkannya pergi.

Hawa diciptakan dari rusuk Adam, bukan dari kepala untuk dijunjung, bukan dari kaki untuk dijadikan alas, melainkan dari sisinya untuk dijadikan teman hidup, dekat dihati untuk dicintai...

Kata Kata Motivasi Mario Teguh

2012-04-04T20:16:00.005+08:00

Kata Kata Motivasi - sobat yang kurang bergairah dalam kehidupannya karena motivasi yang sangat kurang dan juga karen dorongan hasrat yang kurang jreengg hehehe, perlu juga nih membaca tulisan Kata Kata Motivasi Mario Teguh, sobat sering gak nih liat bapak Mario Teguh nongol di Televisi lebih tepatnya di Metro TV dia memberikan petuah-petuah buat kita para generasi muda untuk terus keep spirit untuk maju kedepan :), dan juga tentunya petuah-petuah itulah yang memerbikan Motivasi Untuk terus maju(seru banget petuahnya) beda dong dengan Kata Kata Cinta Maupun Kata Kata Indah walaupun Bukan Kata Cinta Romantis tetapi memang kita butuhkan :D simak baik-baik nih kutipan di bawah ini agar sobat hidup dengan spirit dan semangat

Kata Kata Motivasi

Jika anda sedang benar, jangan terlalu berani dan
bila anda sedang takut, jangan terlalu takut.
Karena keseimbangan sikap adalah penentu
ketepatan perjalanan kesuksesan anda

Tugas kita bukanlah untuk berhasil. Tugas kita
adalah untuk mencoba, karena didalam mencoba
itulah kita menemukan dan belajar membangun
kesempatan untuk berhasil
Anda hanya dekat dengan mereka yang anda
sukai. Dan seringkali anda menghindari orang
yang tidak tidak anda sukai, padahal dari dialah
Anda akan mengenal sudut pandang yang baru

Orang-orang yang berhenti belajar akan menjadi
pemilik masa lalu. Orang-orang yang masih terus
belajar, akan menjadi pemilik masa depan
Tinggalkanlah kesenangan yang menghalangi
pencapaian kecemerlangan hidup yang di
idamkan. Dan berhati-hatilah, karena beberapa
kesenangan adalah cara gembira menuju
kegagalan

Jangan menolak perubahan hanya karena anda
takut kehilangan yang telah dimiliki, karena
dengannya anda merendahkan nilai yang bisa
anda capai melalui perubahan itu
Anda tidak akan berhasil menjadi pribadi baru bila
anda berkeras untuk mempertahankan cara-cara
lama anda. Anda akan disebut baru, hanya bila
cara-cara anda baru

Ketepatan sikap adalah dasar semua ketepatan.
Tidak ada penghalang keberhasilan bila sikap
anda tepat, dan tidak ada yang bisa menolong
bila sikap anda salah
Orang lanjut usia yang berorientasi pada
kesempatan adalah orang muda yang tidak
pernah menua ; tetapi pemuda yang berorientasi
pada keamanan, telah menua sejak muda

Hanya orang takut yang bisa berani, karena
keberanian adalah melakukan sesuatu yang
ditakutinya. Maka, bila merasa takut, anda akan
punya kesempatan untuk bersikap berani
Kekuatan terbesar yang mampu mengalahkan
stress adalah kemampuan memilih pikiran yang
tepat. Anda akan menjadi lebih damai bila yang
anda pikirkan adalah jalan keluar masalah.

Jangan pernah merobohkan pagar tanpa mengetahui
mengapa didirikan. Jangan pernah mengabaikan
tuntunan kebaikan tanpa mengetahui keburukan
yang kemudian anda dapat
Seseorang yang menolak memperbarui cara-cara
kerjanya yang tidak lagi menghasilkan, berlaku
seperti orang yang terus memeras jerami untuk
mendapatkan santan

Bila anda belum menemkan pekerjaan yang sesuai
dengan bakat anda, bakatilah apapun pekerjaan
anda sekarang. Anda akan tampil secemerlang
yang berbakat
Kita lebih menghormati orang miskin yang berani
daripada orang kaya yang penakut. Karena
sebetulnya telah jelas perbedaan kualitas masa
depan yang akan mereka capai

Jika kita hanya mengerjakan yang sudah kita
ketahui, kapankah kita akan mendapat
pengetahuan yang baru ? Melakukan yang belum
kita ketahui adalah pintu menuju pengetahuan
Jangan hanya menghindari yang tidak mungkin.
Dengan mencoba sesuatu yang tidak
mungkin,anda akan bisa mencapai yang terbaik
dari yang mungkin anda capai.

Salah satu pengkerdilan terkejam dalam hidup
adalah membiarkan pikiran yang cemerlang
menjadi budak bagi tubuh yang malas, yang
mendahulukan istirahat sebelum lelah.
Bila anda mencari uang, anda akan dipaksa
mengupayakan pelayanan yang terbaik.
Tetapi jika anda mengutamakan pelayanan yang
baik, maka andalah yang akan dicari uang

Waktu ,mengubah semua hal, kecuali kita. Kita
mungkin menua dengan berjalanannya waktu,
tetapi belum tentu membijak. Kita-lah yang harus
mengubah diri kita sendiri
Semua waktu adalah waktu yang tepat untuk
melakukan sesuatu yang baik. Jangan menjadi
orang tua yang masih melakukan sesuatu yang
seharusnya dilakukan saat muda.

Tidak ada harga atas waktu, tapi waktu sangat
berharga. Memilik waktu tidak menjadikan kita
kaya, tetapi menggunakannya dengan baik
adalah sumber dari semua kekayaan
Orang-orang yang minta gaji lebih biasanya tidak dapat lebih, tapi yang melakukan lebih dan berkualitas akan mendapat lebih. Jangan takar tenaga yang Anda keluarkan berdasarkan gaji yang Anda dapatkan tetapi berdasarkan hasil yang dapat Anda kontribusikan bagi kelangsungan dan keuntungan perusahaan Anda.

Siapa bilang untuk menjadi kaya dan sejahtera harus punya modal yang banyak? Kalau saja Anda cermat melihat peluang yang ada, ada banyak celah yang bisa menjadi jalan untuk meraih kesejahteraan yang diinginkan. Yang dibutuhkan cuma kemauan untuk menjadi sukses”

Cara Cepat Menurunkan Berat Badan

2012-04-04T20:11:00.003+08:00

~ pasti anda telah melakukan berbagai Cara Menurunkan Berat Badan bukan..?? pastilah sulit bagi anda melakukan berbagai cara dan tidak ada hasilnya saya akan share Tips Cara Menurunkan Berat Badan yaitu:

1. Hindari pemikiran semua atau tidak sama sekali. Berpuasa bukanlah cara terbaik untuk Menurunkan Berat Badan. Makanlah secukupnya dan atur asupan kalori secara bijaksana
2. Potonglah buah-buahan yang Anda suka dalam potongan kecil untuk menggantikan snack yang tidak sehat.
3. Hindari memakan cemilan dari toples, anda akan tidak sadar berapa banyak yang telah masuk ke dalam mulut Anda. Taruhlah didalam piring atau cukup ambil segenggam.
4.. Jika Anda termasuk orang yang menyukai roti, pilihlah yang wholegrain.
5. Hindari makanan yang mengandung lemak lebih dari 10 persen. Baca label informasi nutrisi di dalam kardus makanan.

Tips Menurunkan Berat Badan

6. Catatlah makanan yang telah Anda santap selama 2 minggu. Percayalah Anda akan terkejut!
7. Mentega memiliki kandungan lemak jenuh. Hindari atau ganti dengan yang rendah lemak.
8. Bawalah botol air minum kemanapun Anda pergi. Dengan begitu Anda tidak akan terdehidrasi dan juga lebih sedikit kemungkinan untuk memilih minuman yang bersoda ataupun terlalu banyak gula.
9. Cobalah detoxification, untuk mengeluarkan racun dalam tubuh Anda
10. Snack baik bagi Anda untuk mencegah makan siang atau malam yang berlebihan.
11. Carilah teman atau partner untuk berdiet bersama. Cara ini akan membuat Anda berdua bisa saling memotivasi.
12. Carilah tahu kebiasaan Anda yang merusak program diet. Jika Anda suka mengemil roti menuju gym, gantilah rute Anda!
13. Minumlah banyak air mineral
14. Sayuran rendah di kalori akan tetapi jangan dimasak terlalu lama karena kandungan gizi dapat berubah.
15. Jika Anda terbiasa makan besar pada akhir pekan, usahakan snack yang rendah lemak dan kalori
16. Selalu pilihlah porsi terkecil dari menu restoran yang ada
17. Belilah sebuah juicer dan mulailah buat kreasi jus Anda sendiri. Jangan lupa untuk mencoba jus sayuran. Kaya vitamin dan lebih sedikit fruktosa.
18. Jangan berpikir bahwa salad selalu aman dikonsumsi. Mereka biasanya juga dikombinasikan dengan mayonnaise dan keju.
19. Sikatlah gigi Anda jika keinginan ngemil muncul. Rasa makanan menjadi buruk setelah Anda menyikat gigi.
20. Ingin menyantap coklat? Pilihlah low fat coklat!
21. Porsi makan bertambah selagi PMS? Lawan dengan mengkonsumsi kacang Almond. Mereka memberi banyak protein dan juga mengurangi keinginan ngemil makanan manis.
22. Pilihlah makanan yang direbus, berkuah, di tim, atau dibakar sebelum Anda memilih yang digoreng.
23. Pilihlah seledri sebagai teman diet yang setia mulai sekarang.
24. Perhatikan bagaimana wanita langsing memesan makanan. Cari tahu dan jadikan rahasia mereka, rahasia Anda.

Menurunkan Berat Badan

25. Gunakanlah sumpit untuk memperlambat makan Anda.
26. Hindari mengemil disaat Anda bosan, gantikanlah dengan hal-hal yang ingin Anda lakukan tapi tidak sempat!
27. Jangan berpikir bahwa Anda akan mulai berdiet setelah melalui masa stress. Percayalah masa ini akan selalu ada! Sebaliknya persiapkan diri Anda untuk menghadapi masa-masa ini dan tetap fokus kepada diet Anda.
28. Jam 3 adalah waktu snack favorit. Pilihan terbaik untuk meningkatkan energi meliputi pisang, kacang, dan low fat yoghurt.
29. Cobalah untuk lebih memilih kualitas daripada kuantitas.
30. Tambahkan cabai atau rempah-rempah pedas untuk meningkatkan metabolisme tubuh Anda.
31. Tambahkan es kedalam minuman Anda. Karena tubuh Anda membutuhkan energi untuk menyesuaikan minuman tersebut dengan suhu tubuh. Yang pada akhirnya akan membakar lemak Anda!
32. Siapkan semua makanan Anda sendiri daripada makanan siap saji. Akan lebih mudah bagi Anda untuk mengontrol asupan gula dan kalori yang dipakai.
33. Untuk mengalahkan rasa lapar ketika memasak, mulailah dengan menyantap sepiring besar salad!
34. Ketika membaca artikel tentang diet yang cocok dengan Anda. Gunting dan tempelkanlah dikulkas Anda!
35. Dapatkan tidur yang cukup! Kelelahan berkepanjangan akan menyebabkan Anda meraih makanan yang tinggi kalori.
36. Susu kedelai merupakan alternatif yang lebih baik untuk mengkonsumsi susu rendah lemak!
37. Kurangi garam Anda!
38. Taruhlah foto di kulkas untuk memotivasi Anda!
39. Go Green! Pilihlah sayuran hijau ataupun teh hijau yang akan memberi kontribusi pada kesehatan Anda!
40. Pilihlah yang diet jika Anda terpaksa minum soda.
41. Untuk pembakaran lemak secara maksimal maka Anda diharuskan untuk mengkonsumi kacang-kacangan!
42. Sangat mudah untuk membuat temu janji di restoran ataupun kafe, Akan tetapi pilihlah tempat yang tidak akan membuat Anda harus makan! Seperti olahraga ataupun kerajinan tangan!
43. Pilihlah tangga daripada lift ataupun eskalator.
44. Hitung budget Anda untuk makanan ataupun snack. Anda bisa mengalokasikan dana tersebut untuk keperluan lain.
45. Pisang adalah makanan terbaik sebelum Anda memulai berolahraga. Pisang dipenuhi dengan potassium yang akan membantu dengan otot dan kadar air dalam tubuh Anda.
46. Jangan lakukan hal lain ketika Anda sedang makan. Jika Anda makan sambil membaca ataupun sambil menonton, Anda akan segera mengasosiasikan kedua kegiatan ini. Anda akan segera makan begitu TV dinyalakan.
47. Pastikan Anda mendapatkan cukup matahari. Vitamin D akan membantu Anda mendapatkan lebih banyak kalsium yang akan lebih mempercepat proses metabolisme.
48. Cobalah Herbal Tea secara bergiliran dan pilihlah favorit Anda. Percayalah ini investasi terbaik untuk kesehatan Anda.
49. Gigitlah makanan Anda secara perlahan-lahan!
50. Minumlah segelas air dengan perasan jeruk lemon untuk membantu meningkatkan metabolisme Anda!

memang sulit sih Menurunkan Berat Badan tapi kalo kita semangat pasti kita bisa seperti Cara menangani Stress dan juga Cara Buat Pizza memang butuh waktu dan kesabaran dan pastinya hasil akan memuaskan :)

Serba - Serbi

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Cara Menangani Stress dengan santai

~ tentu bagi kita yang terbeban oleh kehidupan sehari-hari pasti ingin tahu Cara menangani Stress akibat pekerjaan yang terlalu berat alangkah baiknya untuk menghibur diri dengan Membaca Cerpen Lucu dan juga tips yang akan saya share kali ini yakni tips bagaimana Cara Menangani Stress agar tidak menjadi jadi hehehe :), sebelumnya kita mengenal istilah stress keknya hampir setiap hari ada aja yang curhat akan stress beban yang dia bawa ato apalah masalah ceweknya dan masalah pekerjaannya yang membuat yang denger pun ikutan stress :P kalo dah bawa masalah kek gini cocoknya ke psikiater heheh kan tuh suka denger orang stress curhat hahahah ya dari pada bayar mahal-mahal ke psikiater lebih baik baca nih tips2 yang saya bagikan ini aja biar gak keluar ongkos terlalu mahal apalagi urusan edit foto online yang gak usah susah2 ke warnet tuk cari tempat ngeditnya hehhe udah ah cuap-cuap berlebih ntar malah ga' fokus ke tulisannya heheh ini dia tips untuk anda2 yang lagi stress di dunia maupun di pekerjaannya:

Stress

9 tips mengatasi stress di tempat kerja :

1. Rencanakan dengan baik aktivitas anda : apa, mengapa, bagaimana, kapan dan siapa yang bertanggung jawab terhadap tugas-tugas. Penting sekali untuk membuat perencanaan bukan hanya jangka panjang tapi juga jangka pendek (rencana bulanan, rencana harian).

2. Pastinya anda di masa lalu pernah mengalami masalah-masalah di tempat kerja. Coba ingat-ingat kembali adakah cara-cara yang dapat anda gunakan untuk mengatasi masalah yang anda hadapi saat ini.

3. Ikutlah membangun iklim kerja yang menyenangkan, yaitu dengan bersikap terbuka dan berkomunikasi dengan sesama rekan kerja.

4. Pastikan anda mengerti terhadap tugas dan tanggung jawab anda, serta jangan ragu untuk bertanya.

5. Lakukan beberapa kali break untuk beberapa menit selama anda bekerja. Santai dan JANGAN MELAKUKAN APAPUN. Ambil nafas dalam-dalam.

6. Miliki sikap toleransi kepada sesama rekan kerja. Ingatlah bahwa masing-masing orang adalah pribadi yang unik, sebagai contoh : beberapa orang justru berprestasi lebih baik di bawah tekanan sementara sebagian yang lain membutuhkan waktu lebih banyak untuk menyelesaikan pekerjaannya.

7. Delegasikan sebagian tanggung jawab anda kepada anak buah anda.

8. Pertahankan semangat tim anda, misalnya dengan melakukan perayaan-perayaan kecil, berolahraga atau berekreasi bersama.

9. Sediakan lingkungan kerja yang baik. Minimalkan gangguan-gangguan seperti suara, ventilasi, cahaya dan suhu.

Stress

dan untuk kehidupan sehari-hari

8 tips mengatasi stress dalam kehidupan :

1. Lakukan pemijitan tubuh (body massage), karena pemijitan baik sekali untuk relaksasi dan penormalan tekanan darah. Setelah pemijitan, anda akan mengalami perbaikan kualitas tidur yang tentu saja akan memulihkan lebih baik keletihan anda.

2. Berolahraga teratur merupakan hal yang sangat penting dalam memerangi stress. Berolahraga akan memobilisasi otot-otot kita, mempercepat aliran darah dan membuka paru-paru untuk mangambil lebih banyak oksigen. Dampaknya anda akan memperoleh tidur yang lebih nyenyak dan kesehatan yang lebih baik.

3. Lakukan hobi anda, seperti memancing, mendaki gunung atau apapun yang anda senangi. Anda bisa juga melakukan petualangan yang belum pernah anda alami sebelumnya seperti berarung jeram misalkan.
Melakukan kegiatan-kegiatan seperti ini dapat menghilangkan pikiran yang menyebabkan stress.

4. Banyak asumsi yang mengatakan bahwa bir, anggur atau whiskey dapat menghilangkan stress. Pada kenyataannya, air putih lah yang dapat menghilangkan stress. Penelitian menunjukkan bahwa minum segelas atau 2 gelas anggur memang dapat menyebabkan kita relax saat itu, tetapi setelah efek alkoholnya hilang, stress kemungkinan besar akan membangunkan anda di tengah malam.
Dengan banyak minum air putih akan membantu memulihkan tubuh kita dari kekurangan cairan, karena kekurangan cairan dapat menimbulkan keletihan.

5. Lakukan meditasi. Para ahli kesehatan mengatakan bahwa alat yang sangat ampuh dalam mengatasi stress adalah meditasi. Meditasi sangat membantu membersihkan pikiran kita dan meningkatkan konsentrasi. Telah terbukti bahwa meditasi selama 15 menit sama dengan kita beristirahat selama 1 jam. Meskipun anda hanya melakukan meditasi selama 2 menit, tetap akan cukup membantu.
Meditasi akan sangat membantu anda melupakan hal-hal yang dapat menyebabkan stress.

6. Ketika seseorang mengalami stress, suatu reaksi yang alamiah jika orang tersebut kemudian melampiaskannya dengan mengkonsumsi banyak makanan. Perlu anda ketahui bahwa mengkonsumsi makanan yang mengandung karbohidrat tinggi dapat meningkatkan kadar insulin di dalam tubuh, dimana insulin ini dapat membuat tubuh menjadi cepat lelah dan mood anda menjadi jelek.

7. Seks adalah penyembuhan yang sangat baik untuk menghilangkan stress. Banyak dokter mengatakan bahwa seks adalah cara yang luar biasa dalam meredam kemarahan dan stress.

8. Jika tubuh kita sedang lelah, tidak mudah bagi kita dalam mengendalikan stress. Tidak cukup tidur akan mempengaruhi keseluruhan hari kita, dan biasanya kita mengalami hari yang buruk karena kurang tidur menyebabkan kita tidak dapat berkonsentrasi dan melihat suatu permasalahan lebih buruk dari yang seharusnya. Tidur yang baik bagi orang dewasa adalah 7 jam sehari.

silahkan di coba Cara Menangani Stress semoga bisa membantu hari-hari anda agar terbebas dari beban dan free seakan gak ada beban hehehe

Minyak Wangi(Parfum) Yang Tepat Untuk Gaya Sobat

Minyak Wangi(Parfum) - dalam hidup bersosialisasi dengan orang lain tentunya kita memerlukan bau(wangi) yang mencerminkan kepribadian kita :), banyak yang kurang mengerti(bagi laki-laki) tapi beda untuk perempuan yang mengalami masa kematangan(peremajaan lebih dini) tentu mereka lebih memperhatikan penampilannya.

parfum - minyak wangi

sering banget saat kita sekolah menemui banyak cowok-cowok kemproh(jarang memperhatikan penampilan) :), dan juga salah dalam memilih parfum(minyak wangi) kenapa saya katakan demikian, karena mereka memilih parfum berdasarkan yang disukai bukan berdasarkan karakter. hal ini penting untuk menentukan jadi diri masing-masing orang, kata orang pintar sih be your self(xixiixi).
parfum sudah ada dari jaman dulu(ribuan tahun lalu) menurut wikipedia sejarahnya sebagai berikut,

kata "parfum" berasal dari bahasa Latin per fume "melalui asap". Salah satu kegunaan parfum tertua berupa bentuk pembakaran dupa dan herbal aromatik yang digunakan dalam pelayanan keagamaan, seringkali untuk aromatic gums, kemenyan dan mur, dikumpulkan dari pohon. Mesir adalah yang pertama memasukkan parfum ke budaya mereka diikuti oleh Cina kuno, Hindu, Israel, Carthaginians, Arab, Yunani, dan Romawi. Penggunaan awal dari botol parfum adalah di Mesir sekitar 1000 SM. Mesir menemukan gelas dan botol parfum adalah salah satu penggunaan umum pertama untuk kaca.

dan kita tahu semakin mahal harga sebuah parfum pasti tingkat kosentrat senyawa aromatiknya makin kental dan otomatis itu mempengaruhi lama minyak wangi tersebut bekerja.
dan menurut pembagian secara umum minyak wangi di bagi menjadi beberapa jenis seperti

Floral
Minyak wangi dengan aroma floral, merupakan minyak wangi yang populer dan banyak disukai. Untuk menghasilkan aroma yang feminim, biasanya minyak diekstrak dari bunga, seprti jasmine, rose, gardenia atau blossom. Wangi floral yang lembut dapat menciptakan suasana yang romantis. Sangat cocok digunakan untuk acara istimewa, seperti undangan makan malam.

Green & Citrus
Wewangian ini sangat cocok untuk wanita aktif dan dinamis. Karena sangat jauh dari kesan seksi.Beberapa diantaranya yaitu Channel no 19, Dolce Gabbana light blue, dan Gucci Envy. Cocok digunakan pada saat ke kantor atau siang hari.

Oriental
Aroma khasnya sangat eksotik karena banyak mengandung rempah seperti vanilla, dan cinnamon. Contohnya seperti Dior addict, Thiery mugler, Ralph Lauren Wild, Calvin Klein Obsession. Cocok digunakan untuk acara romantis di malam hari.

Chypre
Elegant dan klasik, aromanya pun tidak teralu manis. Dibuat dari dasar floral, minyak wangi grassy dengan bas note yang dalam. Aroma harumnya cukup tahan lama dibandingkan yang lain. Contoh merek terkenal dari jenis ini adalah Christalle by Chanel(vivanews)

4 Makanan Yang Kurang Baik Bagi Pencernaan Kita

- mungkin ada diantara beberapa temen-temen yang bertanya-tanya mengapa sih media online akhir-akhir ini hanya memposting masalah kesehatan.? kok gak berita seperti biasanya, karena ada banyak alasan khusus agar kami selaku admin untuk memperkenalkan masalah pentingnya kesehatan bagi tubuh kita.

Makanan Yang Kurang Baik Bagi Pencernaan

karena kesehatan tidak dapat di perjualbelikan dan tentu saja kesehatan hanya bisa kita jaga :), balik lagi ke topik pembahasan mengenai makanan apa saja sih yang kurang baik bagi pencernaan kita, sepertinya hal ini penting mengingat kebutuhan kita sehari-hari yakni makan :D, kalau kita tidak makan ya tentu saja kita akan mati dan masuk liang lahat :).

1. Makanan tinggi lemak dan gorengan

Baik makanan yang tinggi lemak atau digoreng bisa memicu respon negatif pada perut, misalnya saja panas perut (heartburn) atau asam refluks. Makanan tinggi lemak juga bisa menyebabkan warna tinja menjadi pucat atau disebut steatorrhea, yakni berlebihnya lemak di feses. Orang yang menderita irritable bowel syndrome juga disarankan untuk menghindari makanan tinggi lemak, termasuk krim dan mentega.

2. Makanan pedas

Orang yang sudah menderita panas perut atau irritable bowel syndrome sebaiknya mengurangi makanan yang terlalu pedas.

3. Produk susu

Produk susu memang sumber kalsium yang mudah dicerna tubuh, tetapi untuk mereka yang menderita intoleransi laktosa bisa menjadi sakit setelah menikmati produk susu. Gejalanya antara lain perut kembung, sering buang air besar, kejang perut, dan diare.

4. Alkohol

Alkohol mungkin membuat tubuh rileks, tapi sayangnya esofagus juga ikutan rileks. Akibatnya adalah heartburn atau perut panas. Hearburn terjadi ketika asam lambung bergolak naik ke esofagus atau kerongkongan.(source : Kompas.com)

tapi mungkin diantara semua kriteria diatas sobat media online tentu sangat-sangat suka coz makanan tersebut enak dan cepat saji :), contoh makanan gorengan seperti hongkong tahu isi dll(enak banget nih makanan) kalau gak isa di hentikan ya, kiranya kita kurangin intensitas kita makan-makanan tersebut(agar gak stress). makin majunya teknologi maka makin maju pula perkembangan penyakit layaknya kanker serviks serta beberapa penyakit berbahaya lainnya.
serta kiranya sobat membaca menurunkan berat badan dan jg cara menghilangkan jerawat.

7 Hal Sepele Penyebab Penyakit Kronis

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- Kehidupan kita tidak pernah luput dari masalah dan selalu saja kita terlibat suatu masalah, entah masalah keuangan ataupun masalah kesehatan, dan memang kalau masalah kesehatan sangatlah susah karena kesehatan gak bisa di beli cuman bisa di jaga(baca kanker serviks) dan gara-gara masalah sepele yang biasa terjadi kepada kita bisa berimbas parah terhadap tubuh kita, seperti dibawah ini ciri-cirinya.

Penyebab Penyakit Kronis

Gangguan Tidur Amy Korn-Reavis, pakar terapi pernapasan dan gangguan tidur, memeringatkan kita agar tak abai dengan gangguan tidur. Wanita yang lama berkecimpung dengan persoalan ini melihat sangat jarang ada pasien yang datang ke dokter menceritakan memiliki masalah tidur.

"Padahal jika mereka memiliki masalah tidur, mendengkur, dan tingkat kelelahan tinggi, mereka harus berkonsultasi dengan dokter, untuk melihat kemungkinan terkait gangguan jantung, diabetes, atau tekanan darah tinggi," ujarnya.

• Keputihan "Saya tidak menunda berkonsultasi dengan tim medis ketika vagina saya mulai mengeluarkan cairan yang mulanya saya pikir hanya infeksi bakteri biasa," kata Alyssa Phillips, asisten dokter dan pasien transplantasi tulang sumsum.

"Ternyata, itu adalah jenis kanker serviks agresif yang benar-benar langka, disebut Large Cell Cervical Neuroendocrine Cancer," kata wanita yang berhasil sembuh meskipun sel kankernya sudah berada di stadium IV.

• SembelitHampir semua orang pasti mengalaminya. Pada kondisi terbaik, normalnya orang buang air besar satu sampai tiga kali sehari. Sulit buang air besar hingga beberapa hari bisa jadi itu gejala penyumbatan atau tumor di usus besar. "Segera periksakan ke dokter jika kerap mengalaminya," kata Dr Kathy Gruver, penulis The Alternative Medicine Cabinet'.

• Sakit Kepala Kondisi ini juga sangat jamak dirasakan hampir semua orang. Namun, tak menutup kemungkinan terkait masalah kesehatan serius. "Jika sakit kepala disertai leher kaku, demam, muntah, dan berlangsung dalam waktu yang sangat lama, itu harus segera diperiksakan ke dokter," kata Dr Gruver.

Gejala lain yang harus segera mendapat perhatian serius adalah jika sakit kepala parah datang tiba-tiba, disertai perubahan suara menjadi cadel, masalah penglihatan, kesulitan gerak lengan dan kaki, kehilangan keseimbangan, kebingungan, kehilangan memori, dan sakit kepala yang terus bertambah berat selama 24 jam.

• Sakit gigi dan nyeri wajahDr Gruver memiliki sejumlah pasien yang mengalami kondisi ini dan hampir semua salah diagnosis. "Mereka pergi ke dokter gigi dan mengetahui ternyata mengalami gangguan saraf wajah," katanya. "Jika tidak ditangani dengan cepat, bisa mengarah pada neuropati menyakitkan dan permanen, bahkan bisa menyebabkan kebutaan."

• Diare Terkesan biasa memang. Namun, jangan anggap remeh jika diare berlangsung hingga beberapa hari. Selain terancam bahaya kekuarangan cairan tubuh, kondisi ini juga bisa mengindikasikan masalah serius, seperti parasit, kanker, dan masalah pankreas atau empedu kandung. "Segera konsultasi ke dokter, karena jika ini terjadi konsumsi obat anti-diare bukanlah solusi," kata Dr Gruver.

• Refluks Asam lambung Satu dari empat orang di Amerika Serikat menderita refluks asam, peningkatan asam lambung. Meski jamak, bukan berarti Anda bisa mengabaikan penyakit ini. "Asam lambung bisa mengakibatkan rasa mulas, erosi gigi, dan gejala seperti asma ketika isi perut tersedot ke paru-paru, bahkan kanker kerongkongan," kata Dr Carson Liu, ahli bedah bersertifikat.(source : vivanews)

makanya kita perlu memperhatikan pola hidup kita, dan perlu memperhatikan hal sepele yang ada di kehidupan kita, coz penyakit kronis awalnya juga dari penyakit ringan yang terkadang tidak perlu banyak menyita perhatian kita.

Manfaat Lidah Buaya untuk wajah, rambut, tubuh dan kesehatan Kita

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bahas tentang obat-obatan herbal memang sangatlah asyik karena yang kita bahas ya sekitar tempat tinggal kita sendiri sih, ya gak usah jauh-jauh yaitu Manfaat Lidah Buaya yang baik untuk wajah, rambut dan tentu kesehatan kita karena memang organik bukan..?? dan bahas cara organik bisa juga tuh Cara Menghilangkan Jerawat dan juga Cara Menurunkan Berat Badan dengan alami dan bagaimana Manfaat Lidah Buaya Untuk Kulit kita yaitu.

Lidah Buaya

1.Mengatasi radang kulit

Radang kulit sering kali muncul, misalnya akibat sinar X kala operasi, terpapar sinar matahari terlalu lama ataupun luka akibat trauma. Banyak ahli yang mengandalkan cairan (gel) yang diambil dari daging daun lidah buaya untuk mengatasi keluhan/gangguan ini.

2. Merawat kulit

Lidah buaya juga melembapkan kulit. Khasiat ini sudah dikenal sejak zaman Cleopatra. Tak heran kalau hampir 70% produk kosmetik saat itu intisarinya adalah gel lidah buaya. Zat lignin yang dikandungnya diyakini dapat menembus sekaligus meresap ke dalam kulit serta menahan hilangnya cairan dari permukaan kulit. Dengan demikian kulit jadi tidak cepat kering sementara kelembapannya tetap terjaga.

dan Manfaat Lidah Buaya yang lainnya yaitu

Mengobati luka usus

Ini terjadi karena makanan yang masuk tidak terkontrol atau terlalu sering mengonsumsi makanan "keras" yang kelewat merangsang asam lambung. Konsumsi lidah buaya diyakini dapat menyembuhkan luka usus karena mengandung zat saponin yang mampu membersihkan usus sekaligus bersifat antiseptik. Senyawa antrakuinonnya berfungsi sebagai antibiotik, dan zat-zat lainnya berfungsi menjalankan peran epitelisasi atau merangsang pertumbuhan jaringan kulit dari sel-sel baru.

Menyembuhkan penyakit langganan

Siapa sangka kalau lidah buaya ternyata dapat mengatasi berbagai penyakit langganan pada anak-anak maupun dewasa, antara lain demam, nyeri lambung/mag, sembelit, wasir, bisul, batuk, radang tenggorokan, sariawan, ruam, gigitan serangga, bahkan menghilangkan jerawat dan mengikis noda hitam di wajah.

Membantu metabolisme tubuh dan regenerasi sel

Kandungan enzim cellulose, amylose, protein dan biogenik simulator merupakan zat aktif dapat membantu metabolisme dan merangsang pertumbuhan dan regenerasi sel-sel kulit.

Penyubur rambut

Cara Meramu: 2 pelepah lidah buaya dicuci lalu kupas. Isinya digosokkan pada kulit kepala yang telah dikeramas pada sore hari. Bungkus dengan kain. Keesokan harinya rambut dibilas. Lakukan setiap hari selama 3 bulan.

Penurun kadar gula darah

Cara Meramu: 1 pelepah lidah buaya ukuran besar (kira-kira seukuran telapak tangan) dibersihkan dengan mengupas kulit dan durinya. Rendam sekitar 30 menit dalam air garam. Remas sebentar lalu bilas di bawah air yang mengalir (air kran). Rebus dengan 3 gelas air hingga mendidih. Dinginkan. Minum sebanyak 1/2 gelas, 2 sampai 3 kali sehari.

Lidah Buaya

serta Kandungan yang ada Di Lidah Buaya pun bejibun banyaknya Lidah Buaya terbukti menyimpan zat-zat penting seperti vitamin A, B1, B2, B3, B21, C, E, kolin, inositol, dan asam folat. Kandungan mineralnya adalah kalsium, magnesium, potasium, sodium, besi, zinc, dan kromium. Kandungan enzim-enzimnya, antara lain amylase, catalase, cellulose, carboxypeptidase, carboxyhelolase, dan brandykinase yang semuanya amat penting bagi metabolisme tubuh. Lidah buaya pun ternyata memiliki kandungan beragam asam amino, yakni arginine, asparagin, asparatic acid, analine, serine, valine, glutamat, threonine, glycine, lycine, yrozine, proline, histidine, leucine, dan isoliucine. ya itu hasil pencarian Media Online dari berbagai sumber semoga para pembaca tahu akan Manfaat Lidah Buaya yang ternyata baik untuk kita baik untuk kesehatan kita :)

Solar System Formation

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Yes, the planets and most other large bodies of the solar system do orbit the Sun in about the same plane. This plane that contains the orbits of most of the planets, moons, and asteroids is called the ecliptic plane. When viewed from overhead, the planets also rotate about the Sun in the same counter-clockwise direction. Most moons also rotate around their parent planets in this same direction. The reason for these behaviors relates to how the solar system was formed some 4.6 billion years ago. Bear in mind that the explanation we are about to discuss is only a theory that appears to explain the structure of the solar system as scientists currently understand it. As astronomers learn more about our own solar system as well as the planets orbiting other stars in the galaxy, it is very possible that this theory may change and evolve.

Planets of the solar system (not to scale) The leading hypothesis to explain how the solar system formed is called the condensation theory, which is based on a related explanation called the nebular theory. A nebula is a large cloud of gas and dust that exists in the depths of interstellar space. These clouds typically form during the death of a giant star when it goes supernova. This mighty explosion sends most of the star's mass outward into space as a massive wave of debris. The nebular cloud from which our solar system formed may have accumulated from one or more stars that went supernova billions of years ago. Astronomers have used the Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories to discover similar nebular clouds where new stars and possibly planets appear to be in the process of being created.

Stars forming in small protrusions from the Eagle Nebula Astronomers estimate that the nebular cloud from which our solar system formed contained about two to three times the mass of the Sun and was about 100 astronomical units (AU) across. An astronomical unit is defined as the average distance between the Sun and Earth, or about 93 million miles (150 million km). This massive loosely-bound cloud of dust, ice particles, and gases (primarily hydrogen and helium) had some small rate of rotation due to the method in which it was formed. Over time, this nebular cloud began to collapse inward. The collapse may have itself been triggered by a supernova that sent shockwaves through the cloud causing it to compress. As the cloud compressed on itself, the gravitational attraction of the matter within increased and pulled the material in even further. The nebula continued to contract under the influence of gravity causing it to spin faster. The more the cloud contracted, the faster it rotated due to the conservation of angular momentum. The rate of contraction was greatest near the center of the cloud where a dense central core began to form. As the rate of rotation of the nebula continued to increase, centrifugal effects caused the spinning cloud to flatten into a disk with a bulge at its center.

Contracting nebular cloud increasing its rate of rotation The middle of this spinning disk further condensed to eventually form the Sun at the center of the solar system. The material spinning around this new star also condensed into several large chunks of material called planetoids. As these planetoids collided, they coallesced into larger bodies to form the planets that exist today. Because the Sun and planets all formed from the same nebular cloud, they all rotate in the same direction that was induced on the disk of material as it coallesced. Not only do the planets all rotate counter-clockwise around the Sun, but the Sun and nearly all the planets rotate counter-clockwise about their axes. The solar equator and the plane containing the orbits of the planets are also nearly identical, further supporting the formation theory described above.

Spinning cloud flattening into a disk and condensing into a star and planets Only a few exceptions to this explanation can be found in the solar system. The planet Venus actually rotates clockwise around its axis in what is called a retrograde motion. Uranus is also in an unusual orientation since the world is tilted on its side with its north and south poles in about the same plane as the planet's orbit around the Sun. Tiny Pluto is also tilted on its side and is the only planet with an orbit considerably outside of the ecliptic plane. While the reasons for these eccentricities are unknown, it is believed that large collisions with other large bodies during the formation of the solar system may account for the unusual characteristics of these planets.

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Our Solar System

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Our solar neighborhood is an exciting place. The Solar System is full of planets, moons, asteroids, comets, minor planets, and many other exciting objects. Learn about Io, the explosive moon that orbits the planet Jupiter, or explore the gigantic canyons and deserts on Mars.

What Is The Solar System?

The Solar System is made up of all the planets that orbit our Sun. In addition to planets, the Solar System also consists of moons, comets, asteroids, minor planets, and dust and gas.

Everything in the Solar System orbits or revolves around the Sun. The Sun contains around 98% of all the material in the Solar System. The larger an object is, the more gravity it has. Because the Sun is so large, its powerful gravity attracts all the other objects in the Solar System towards it. At the same time, these objects, which are moving very rapidly, try to fly away from the Sun, outward into the emptiness of outer space. The result of the planets trying to fly away, at the same time that the Sun is trying to pull them inward is that they become trapped half-way in between. Balanced between flying towards the Sun, and escaping into space, they spend eternity orbiting around their parent star.

How Did The Solar System form?

This is an important question, and one that is difficult for scientists to understand. After all, the creation of our Solar System took place billions of years before there were any people around to witness it. Our own evolution is tied closely to the evolution of the Solar System. Thus, without understanding from where the Solar System came from, it is difficult to comprehend how mankind came to be.

Scientists believe that the Solar System evolved from a giant cloud of dust and gas. They believe that this dust and gas began to collapse under the weight of its own gravity. As it did so, the matter contained within this could begin moving in a giant circle, much like the water in a drain moves around the center of the drain in a circle.

At the center of this spinning cloud, a small star began to form. This star grew larger and larger as it collected more and more of the dust and gas that collapsed into it.

Further away from the center of this mass where the star was forming, there were smaller clumps of dust and gas that were also collapsing. The star in the center eventually ignited forming our Sun, while the smaller clumps became the planets, minor planets, moons, comets, and asteroids.

A Great Storm

Once ignited, the Sun's powerful solar winds began to blow. These winds, which are made up of atomic particles being blown outward from the Sun, slowly pushed the remaining gas and dust out of the Solar System.

With no more gas or dust, the planets, minor planets, moons, comets, and asteroids stopped growing. You may have noticed that the four inner planets are much smaller than the four outer planets. Why is that?

Because the inner planets are much closer to the Sun, they are located where the solar winds are stronger. As a result, the dust and gas from the inner Solar System was blown away much more quickly than it was from the outer Solar System. This gave the planets of the inner Solar System less time to grow.

Another important difference is that the outer planets are largely made of gas and water, while the inner planets are made up almost entirely of rock and dust. This is also a result of the solar winds. As the outer planets grew larger, their gravity had time to accumulate massive amounts of gas, water, as well as dust.

The Solar System Has Over 100 Worlds

It is true that there are only eight planets. However, the Solar System is made up of over 100 worlds that are every bit as fascinating. Some of these minor planets, and moons are actually larger than the planet Mercury!

Others, such as Io, have active volcanoes. Europa has a liquid water ocean, while Titan has lakes, rivers, and oceans of liquid Methane. You can read more about these amazing worlds by clicking here.

The Asteroid Belt, The Kuiper Belt, And The Oort Cloud

You have probably heard about the Asteroid Belt. This band of asteroids sits between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars. It is made up of thousands of objects too small to be considered planets. Some of them no larger than a grain of dust, while others, like Eros can be more than 100 miles across. A few, like Ida, even have their own moons.

Further out, beyond the orbit of the minor planet Pluto, sits another belt known as the Kuiper Belt. Like the Asteroid Belt, the Kuiper Belt is also made up of thousands, possibly even millions of objects too small to be considered planets. A few of these objects, like Pluto, are large enough that their gravity has pulled them into a sphere shape.

These objects are made out of mostly frozen gas with small amounts of dust. They are often called dirty snowballs. However, you probably know them by their other name... comets.

Every once in a while one of these comets will be thrown off of its orbit in the Kuiper Belt and hurled towards the inner Solar System where it slowly melts in a fantastic show of tail and light.

Beyond the Kuiper Belt sits a vast area known as the Oort Cloud. Here within this jumbled disorganized cloud live millions of additional comets. These comets do not orbit the Sun in a ring or belt. Instead, each one buzzes around in a completely random direction, and at extremely high velocities.

Beyond The Oort Cloud

The Sun's solar winds continue pushing outward until they finally begin to mix into the interstellar medium, becoming lost with the winds from other stars. This creates a sort of bubble called the Heliosphere. Scientists define the boundaries of the Solar System as being the border of the Heliosphere, or at the place where the solar winds from the Sun mix with the winds from other stars.

The Heliosphere extends out from the Sun to a distance of about 15 billion miles, which is more than 160 times further from the Sun than is the Earth.

Solar System Facts
Each page is full of fun and exciting facts about our Solar System. Take your time, and enjoy exploring our solar family.

Did you know that moons are also called satellites?

The Sun's Name Means:
The Romans called the sun Sol, which in English means sun. In ancient Greece, the sun was called Helios.

Our Sun is not unique in the universe. It is a common middle-sized yellow star which scientists have named Sol, after the ancient Roman name. This is why our system of planets is called the Solar System. There are trillions of other stars in the universe just like it. Many of these stars have their own systems of planets, moons, asteroids, and comets.

The Sun was born in a vast cloud of gas and dust around 5 billion years ago. Indeed, these vast nebulae are the birth places of all stars. Over a period of many millions of years, this gas and dust began to fall into a common center under the force of its own gravity.

At the center, an ever growing body of mass was forming. As the matter fell inward, it generated a tremendous amount of heat and pressure. As it grew, the baby Sun became hotter and hotter. Eventually, when it reached a temperature of around 1 million degrees, its core ignited, causing it to begin nuclear fusion.

When this happened, the Sun began producing its own light, heat, and energy.

What is Thermonuclear Fusion?

Thermonuclear fusion is the process in which a star produce its light, heat, and energy. This happens at the core of the star. The core is superheated to millions of degrees. This heat travels towards the surface and radiates out into the universe. Through this thermonuclear process, stars "burn" a fuel known as hydrogen. The result is that they create another type of fuel known as helium. However, stars do not burn in the same way that a fire does, because stars are not on fire.

Convection

Heat rises, while cooler gas falls. Have you ever noticed that your basement is always much cooler than upstairs. The same laws of physics apply within stars. Because heat rises while cooler gases fall, the gas within a star is constantly rising and falling. This creates massive streams of circular motion within the star. This is called convection.

As the gases near the core of the Sun are heated, they begin to rise towards the surface. As they do so, they cool somewhat. Eventually they become cool enough that they begin to sink back down towards the core. It can take an atom millions of years to complete one complete cycle around a convection stream. As a result of this process, the temperature on the surface of the Sun is around 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit, which is much cooler than its superheated core.

Sun Spots

We don't often think of the Sun as having cooler areas on its surface. The Sun is far too hot for an astronaut to ever visit, but there are areas which are slightly cooler than others. These areas are known as sun spots. Sun spots are still very hot. However, because they are slightly cooler than the rest of the surface of the Sun, they appear slightly darker in color. The gravitational forces in Sun spots are also stronger than the other hotter areas. Of course, you cannot look directly at the Sun to see these spots because you would damage your eyes. Astronomers have to use special telescopes with filters and other instruments to be able to see the cooler spots on the surface of the Sun.

Sun spots come and go on a regular basis. At times, there are very few, if any sun spots. At other times there are far more. They generally increase in intensity and then decrease over a period of 11 years. This 11 year cycle is known as the Saros Cycle. To learn more, click here.

Solar Flares

During periods of high solar activity, the Sun commonly releases massive amounts of gas and plasma into its atmosphere. These ejections are known as solar flares. Some solar flares can be truly massive, and contain impressive power. On occasion, these more powerful flares can even cause satellites orbiting the Earth to malfunction. They can also interact with Earth's magnetic field to create impressive and beautiful light shows known as the Northern and Southern lights. In the northern hemisphere, these lights are commonly known as the Aurora Borealis.

Solar Winds

As the Sun burns hydrogen at its core, it releases vast amounts of atomic particles, or pieces of atoms, into outer space. These atomic particles along with the Sun's radiation create a sort of wind, known as the solar wind.

This wind blows particles outward in all directions from the Sun. Even as you read this, there are atomic particles which are traveling from the Sun towards you. Often, particles pass right through your body without you ever realizing it.

Eventually this wind reaches out beyond the Solar System and begins to mix with the winds from other stars. The bubble around the Sun where the solar winds are still strong enough to blow outward is known as the heliosphere (note the Greek name Helios). The area of space where the winds are too weak to continue pushing outward and instead begin to mix with the winds of other stars is known as the interstellar medium.

The Sun's Family

The Sun is by far the largest object in the Solar System. 98% of all matter within the Solar System is found within the Sun. This means that all the planets, moons, asteroids, minor planets, comets, gas, and dust would all combine to make up only 2% of all the matter in the Solar System. The Sun is so large that the Earth could easily fit inside the Sun a million times.
Because the Sun is so large compared to everything else, it is easily able to hold on to the rest of the matter, causing everything else to orbit around it.

Light from the Sun can reach the Earth in only 8 minutes! This is called the speed of light. The Sun is nearly 93 million miles (approx 145 million km) from Earth.

What are asteroids?
An asteroid is a large rock in outer space. Some, like Ceres, can be very large, while others are as small as a grain of sand. Due to their smaller size, asteroids do not have enough gravity to pull themselves into the shape of a ball. Astronomers group asteroids into different categories based on the way they reflect sunlight.

The asteroid belt is divided into an inner belt and an outer belt. The inner belt, which is made up of asteroids that are within 250 million miles (402 million km) of the Sun, contains asteroids that are made of metals.

The outer belt, which includes asteroids 250 million miles (402 million km) beyond the Sun, consists of rocky asteroids. These asteroids appear darker than the asteroids of the inner belt, and are rich in carbon.

Where did the Asteroid Belt come from?

Asteroids are left over materials from the formation of the Solar System. These materials were never incorporated into a planet because of their proximity to Jupiter's strong gravity.

omets
Among the most brilliant and most rare objects in the night sky. These soaring beacons with their beautiful tails come from the outer realms of the Solar System

Wishing on a meteorite!

      Written for the KidsKnowIt Network by:
   Gemma Lavender, MPhys, FRAS

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You have probably heard of a shooting or falling star, but have you ever seen one? If you have ever spent any amount of time looking up at the night sky, then you probably have - a flash of light streaking high above through the darkness for just a moment, disappearing just as quickly as it appeared - sometimes so quick that you cannot be sure if you have really seen something or imagined it. You might think that your eyes are playing tricks on you, but shooting stars are definitely real! Your parents may have told you to quickly make a wish on a shooting star before it vanishes - what will your next wish be when you get to see one?

Here’s another question for you, a little bit harder this time: do you know what a shooting star is? Their names are a little misleading and this causes some people to think that these fast moving trails of light really are stars that have fallen out of the sky. However, this is not true. Our Sun is a star, our closest star, and the other stars are many many miles away (it would take more than your lifetime to travel to them!) and since they are much bigger than a shooting star, they are certainly not responsible, so we can count them out. If you are still not sure of the answer, then you might be surprised to learn that shooting stars are just tiny bits of dust entering the Earth’s atmosphere from space. Tiny particles, like grains of sand or pebbles on a beach, like to crash into the atmosphere at amazingly fast speeds - some faster than a car travelling at his highest speed along the motorway! But don’t worry - they are not big enough to harm you! If you pick up a stone from the beach, however, you will find that a fast moving pebble does not quite look the same as a shooting star, no matter how hard you throw it. This is because the light that you see is the heat of the air around them as they fly into the atmosphere and burn up.

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Sometimes something a little bigger than a pebble will shoot through the atmosphere and we seem them as fireballs - if you are lucky enough to see one of these then you might see flames shooting from it! But don’t worry, fireballs are not dangerous - like shooting stars, they are high above us.

The point in the sky where a meteor shower originates is called the radiant point. It is much like the center of a bicycle wheel with the meteors radiating outward from the center. During a meteor shower, the radiant point will move across the sky as the Earth continues to rotate. Keep reading below to see all the different meteor showers that occur during the year, and learn how the showers got their names.

Occasionally, however, the piece of rock can be big enough so that it does not all burn up while entering the atmosphere and it will hit the ground. We call these meteorites (while they are flying through the atmosphere as shooting stars we call them meteors, and while they are in space we call them meteoroids - it is important to remember the difference!). A whopping 38,000 meteorites have been found on Earth so far, from all over the world, but most are found in the hot desert or in freezing cold Antarctica. You may have heard stories of someone you know that has found a meteorite or maybe you have even found one yourself! If you have never had the chance to touch or see a meteorite, then you might not know that these space rocks are quite different to the ones that you are likely to find in your backyard, but not in the way that you might think.

Image courtesy of Lunar and Planetary Institute
This map shows some of the locations in Antartica where many meteorites have been found.

There are three main types of meteorites: stony, iron and stony-iron. A lot of them have been smashed off from very large chunks of rock, called asteroids, in collisions before eventually finding their way to our planet. Iron meteorites, for example, are bits of metal iron cores of large asteroids that were once hot enough to have melted, causing all of their iron to sink to the centre. Stony meteorites look most like the stones that you find on Earth and come from the outer layer of asteroids, whereas stony-iron meteorites are a mixture of the two.

Image courtesy of NASA Johnson Space Center
This meteorite came from the moon.

Comets and asteroids are leftover debris from the when the planets were being built in the Solar System. Just like asteroids, comets make falling stars, but rather than seeing one of them every so often (that are easy to miss!), there is a shower of them - astronomers call these meteor showers and they are made when the Earth moves through the tail of a comet that has been left behind after one of these icy and dusty bodies have swooped past us. You can usually see at least a few meteors during a shower, but on a particularly good show, you can sometimes see hundreds of shooting stars per hour - you can be sure not to miss one then! The best meteor showers are the Quadrantids that are at their best on the 3rd January every year, the Lyrids that are at their best on 22nd April, the famous Perseids on 12th August, the Orionids on 22nd October, the Leonids on 17th November and the Geminids on 14th December. The Geminids, it is thought, are actually dust from an asteroid called Phaethon rather than a comet - and it has been shown that Phaethon was originally part of the second biggest asteroid Pallas, but was smashed off in a mighty collision with another asteroid billions of years ago. Meteor showers are named after the constellation that they appear to be falling from. For example, the Geminids will be shooting away from the constellation, Gemini (The Twins), whereas the Perseids are from Perseus (The Hero). Why don’t you grab a map of the constellations and, with your friends, see if you can find them in the night sky before the meteor showers start?

So, ready to go meteor spotting? Check out the box, How to watch a meteor shower, to find out how!

Image: NASA

How to watch a meteor shower

Watching a meteor shower can be one of the most enjoyable things about observing the night sky, waiting with tense excitement to see the next shooting star. The best meteor shower is the Perseids - not just because it has the most meteors (although it does have as many as 100 per hour) - but because you can sit out in the garden during the warm summer night to watch them, rather than having to wrap up in your scarf, bobble hat and wooly mittens during the middle of winter, as you would have to for watching the Geminids in December!

Image: NASA

For the best meteor viewing, it is best to find a dark corner of your garden or from wherever you are observing them. Give time for your eyes to get used to the darkness, and use a red light flashlight rather than a normal flashlight, so that you do not ruin your night vision when looking at maps of the night sky. If you do not have a red light flashlight, then you can just cellotape some red see-through paper over a normal flashlight - it works just as well! To avoid going back inside, bring a water bottle and some snacks out into the garden with you. Make sure that you wrap up warm - even in August for the Perseids, it can still get chilly late at night. Remember that a hat is essential, as your body loses much of its heat through your head.

Now, you have probably found that when looking at the stars that straining your neck to look up all the time can quickly become uncomfortable. For meteor watching, a deck chair is ideal - you are angled comfortably so you do not have to strain your neck.

Image: NASA

Simply watching for meteors and counting up how many you see in your head is fun, but if you want to be a proper scientist then you need to record your results, as you would during a real science experiment. With a clipboard, pen and paper, write down the time that you see each meteor, in which direction the meteor comes from, its colour (if you can see any colour!), and how bright it was compared to other stars in the constellations that surround it. Remember that a star map will be able to help you with how bright certain stars are in a constellation.

The meteorites you see during a meteor shower might appear to be very close, but did you know that those tiny particles of burning space debris are actually about 30 to 40 miles (48 to 64km) above Earth's surface? Pretty amazing that you are able to see such a tiny piece of space dust from so far away!

So you’ve spent some time out in the garden, watching and recording meteors. What do you do with your results then? Some scientists can use your results, such as those at astronomical associations, and they will look for trends in the meteor shower - for example, were they more or less active than in previous years? If so, why? If you are unsure of who to contact, you should ask your teacher or parents to help you. Who knew that by watching a meteor shower and reporting what you see could allow you to contribute to real life science! How exciting is that?!

Near the Grand Canyon in Arizona is Meteor Crater (above). It was formed about 50,000 years ago when a meteor about 30 meters wide and weighing 100,000 tons struck the Arizona desert at an estimated speed of 20 kilometers per second (12 miles per second).

What are comets?
A comet is a small world which scientists sometimes call a planetesimal. They are made out of dust and ice, kind of like a dirty snow ball.

Where do they come from?
Comets come from two places: The Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud.

Many people think that a comet's tail is always following behind it, but actually the coma, or tail, can either be behind the comet or in front of it. Which way the tail is pointing depends on where the Sun is. That's right, the Sun's heat and radiation produce a wind called the Solar Wind, as a comet gets close to the Sun it begins to melt. The gas and dust that melt off are blown away from the Sun by the solar winds. So if a comet is traveling towards the Sun then the tail will follow behind, but if the comet is traveling away from the Sun the tail will be in front of the comet.

Imagine a place far, far away at the very edge of the Solar System. A place where millions of comets can be seen swishing around in every direction. These icy comets are orbiting the Sun in two different places, both of which are very distant. One place is called the Oort cloud, and the other is called the Kuiper Belt.

Why do Comets leave their home in the Oort Cloud or Kuiper Belt?
A comet will spend billions of years in the Kuiper Belt or Oort Cloud. Sometimes two comets will come very close to each other, or even crash into one another. When this happens the comets change directions. Sometimes their new path will bring them into the Inner Solar System.

This is when a comet begins to shine. Up until now the comet has been among millions of others exactly the same, but as they approach the warmer Inner Solar System they begin to melt leaving behind magnificent tails.

Unfortunately, comets don't live very long once they enter the warmer part of the Solar System. Just like a snowman melts in the summer, comets melt in the Inner Solar System. Although it is the most glorious part of their lives, traveling through the Inner Solar System eventually kills them. After several thousand years they melt down to a little bit of ice and dust, not nearly enough to leave a tail. Some even melt away completely.

To learn about Halley's comet, click here.

Would it be safe to fly through the tail of a comet?
Unlike a recent blockbuster movie showing a space ship flying past giant rocks the size of houses, a comet's tail is actually quite safe. The only thing that would hit your ship would be microscopic pieces of dust.

Enjoy these pictures of real comets.

How many asteroids are there?

26 very large asteroids have been discovered, which is probably most of the big ones. But there are still millions of smaller ones that we have yet to see because they are too tiny, only a mile or so across.

If we stuck all the asteroids together, how big would the new planet be?
If all the materials of all the asteroids were squashed up into one planet it would be smaller than our moon.

While most asteroids can be found in the Asteroid Belt, others are in strange orbits straying far from home. It is currently believed that at least 5000 asteroids cross the Earth's orbit, some coming very close. Don't worry though, asteroids and comets only hit the Earth every 100 million years or so.

Quaoar
Quaoar is the largest known non-planet object in the Solar System. It is one tenth the size of the Earth, and is larger than all other asteroids put together.	No picture currently available

Ceres
For many years Ceres was thought to be the biggest asteroid in the Solar System. It is about 600 miles wide and contains about 25% of the mass of all the asteroids combined. However, in the summer of 2001 scientists discovered an even bigger asteroid orbiting the Sun near Pluto.	No picture currently available

2001 KX76 The New Asteroid King
On August 23, 2001, astronomers announced the discovery of a new asteroid. The new asteroid is even bigger than Ceres, which for over two hundred years had been thought to be the largest asteroid in the Solar System. It was discovered looking at old photographs taken of the sky.

Ida and Dactyl

Ida is a neat little asteroid about 36 miles wide. It is unique because it has its own little moon called Dactyl.

Ida

Dactyl

Earth – Overview

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Physical Characteristics
Earth, our home, is the third planet from the sun. It is the only planet known to have an atmosphere containing free oxygen, oceans of liquid water on its surface, and, of course, life.
Earth is the fifth largest of the planets in the solar system — smaller than the four gas giants, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, but larger than the three other rocky planets, Mercury, Mars and Venus. It has a diameter of roughly 8,000 miles (13,000 kilometers), and is round because gravity pulls matter into a ball, although it is not perfectly round, instead being more of an "oblate spheroid" whose spin causes it to be squashed at its poles and swollen at the equator.
Roughly 71 percent of Earth's surface is covered by water, most of it in the oceans. About a fifth of its atmosphere is made up of oxygen, produced by plants.

Earth's climate has enabled life to evolve on our planet. Life, in turn, has had effects on the climate.
CREDIT: Reto Stöckli, Nazmi El Saleous, and Marit Jentoft-Nilsen, NASA GSFC

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Earth's climate has enabled life to evolve on our planet. Life, in turn, has had effects on the climate.
CREDIT: Reto Stöckli, Nazmi El Saleous, and Marit Jentoft-Nilsen, NASA GSFC

Orbital Characteristics
The Earth spins on an imaginary line called an axis that runs from the north pole to the south pole, while also orbiting the sun. It takes Earth 24 hours to complete a rotation on its axis, and roughly 365 days to complete an orbit around the sun.
The Earth's axis of rotation is tilted in relation to the ecliptic plane, an imaginary surface through Earth's orbit around the sun. This means the northern and southern hemispheres will sometimes point toward or away from the sun depending on the time of year, varying the amount of light they receive and causing the seasons.
Earth's orbit is not a perfect circle, but is rather an oval-shaped ellipse, like that of the orbits of all the other planets. Earth is a bit closer to the sun in early January and farther away in July, although this variation has a much smaller effect than the heating and cooling caused by the tilt of Earth's axis. Earth happens to lie within the so-called "Goldilocks zone" around its star, where temperatures are just right to maintain liquid water on its surface.
History
Earth probably formed at roughly the same time as the sun and other planets some 4.6 billion years ago, when the solar system coalesced from a giant, rotating cloud of gas and dust known as the solar nebula. As the nebula collapsed because of its gravity, it spun faster and flattened into a disk. Most of the material was pulled toward the center to form the sun. Other particles within the disk collided and stuck together to form ever-larger bodies, including the Earth. The solar wind from the sun was so powerful that it swept away most of the lighter elements, such as hydrogen and helium, from the innermost worlds, rendering Earth and its siblings into small, rocky planets.
Scientists think Earth started off as a waterless mass of rock. Radioactive materials in the rock and increasing pressure deep within the Earth generated enough heat to melt Earth's interior, causing some chemicals to rise to the surface and form water, while others became the gases of the atmosphere. Recent evidence suggests that Earth's crust and oceans may have formed within about 200 million years after the planet had taken shape.
The history of Earth is divided into four eons — starting with the earliest, these are the Hadean, Archean, Proterozoic, and Phanerozoic. The first three eons, which together lasted nearly 4 billion years, are together known as the Precambrian. Evidence for life has bee found in the Archaean about 3.8 billion years ago, but life did not become abundant until the Phanerozoic.
The Phanerozoic is divided into three eras — starting with the earliest, these are the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic. The Paleozoic Era saw the development of many kinds of animals and plants in the seas and on land, the Mesozoic Era was the age of dinosaurs, and the Cenozoic Era we are in currently is the age of mammals.
Most of the fossils seen in Paleozoic rocks are invertebrate animals lacking backbones, such as corals, mollusks and trilobites. Fish are first found about 450 million years ago, while amphibians appear roughly 380 million years ago. By 300 million years ago, large forests and swamps covered the land, and the earliest fossils of reptiles appear during this period as well.
The Mesozoic saw the ascendence of dinosaurs, although mammals also appear in the fossil record about 200 million years ago. During this time, flowering plants became the dominant plant group and continue to be so today.
The Cenozoic began about 65 million years ago with the end of the age of dinosaurs, which many scientists think was caused by a cosmic impact. Mammals survived to become the dominant land animals of today.
Composition & Structure

Atmosphere

The atmosphere is roughly 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen, with trace amounts of water, argon, carbon dioxide and other gases. Nowhere else in the solar system can one find an atmosphere loaded with free oxygen, which ultimately proved vital to one of the other unique features of Earth — us.
Air surrounds Earth and becomes thinner farther from the surface. Roughly 100 miles (160 kilometers) above Earth, the air is so thin that satellites can zip through with little resistance. Still, traces of atmosphere can be found as high as 370 miles (600 kilometers) above the surface.
The lowest layer of the atmosphere is known as the troposphere, which is constantly in motion, causing the weather. Sunlight heats the Earth's surface, causing warm air to rise. This air ultimately expands and cools as air pressure decreases, and because this cool air is denser than its surroundings, it then sinks, only to get warmed by the Earth once again.
Above the troposphere, some 30 miles (48 kilometers) above the Earth's surface, is the stratosphere. The still air of the stratosphere contains the ozone layer, which was created when ultraviolet light caused trios of oxygen atoms to bind together into ozone molecules. Ozone prevents most of the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation from reaching Earth's surface.
Water vapor, carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun, warming Earth. Without this so-called "greenhouse effect," Earth would probably be too cold for life to exist, although a runaway greenhouse effect led to the hellish conditions now seen on Venus.
Earth-orbiting satellites have shown that the upper atmosphere actually expands during the day and contracts at night due to heating and cooling.

Magnetic field

The Earth's magnetic field is generated by currents flowing in Earth's outer core. The magnetic poles are always on the move, with the magnetic north pole recently accelerating its northward motion to 24 miles (40 km) annually, likely exiting North America and reaching Siberia in a few decades.
Earth's magnetic field is changing in other ways, too — globally, the magnetic field has weakened 10 percent since the 19th century. These changes are mild compared to what Earth's magnetic field has done in the past — sometimes the field completely flips, with the north and the south poles swapping places.
When charged particles from the sun get trapped in Earth's magnetic field, they smash into air molecules above the magnetic poles, causing them to glow, a phenomenon known as the aurorae, the northern and southern lights.

Chemical composition

Oxygen is the most abundant element in rocks in Earth's crust, composing roughly 47 percent of the weight of all rock. The second most abundant element is silicon at 27 percent, followed by aluminum at 8 percent, iron at 5 percent, calcium at 4 percent, and sodium, potassium, and magnesium at about 2 percent each.
The Earth's core consists mostly of iron and nickel and potentially smaller amounts of lighter elements such as sulfur and oxygen. The mantle is made of iron and magnesium-rich silicate rocks. (The combination of silicon and oxygen is known as silica, and minerals that contain silica are known as silicate minerals.)

Internal structure

The Earth's core is about 4,400 miles (7,100 kilometers) wide, slightly larger than half the Earth's diameter and roughly the size of Mars. The outermost 1,400 miles (2,250 kilometers) of the core are liquid, while the inner core — about four-fifths as big as Earth's moon at some 1,600 miles (2,600 kilometers) in diameter — is solid.
Above the core is Earth's mantle, which is about 1,800 miles (2,900 kilometers) thick. The mantle is not completely stiff, but can flow slowly. Earth's crust floats on the mantle much as a wood floats on water, and the slow motion of rock in the mantle shuffles continents around and causes earthquakes, volcanoes, and the formation of mountain ranges.
Above the mantle, Earth has two kinds of crust. The dry land of the continents consists mostly of granite and other light silicate minerals, while the ocean floors are made up mostly of a dark, dense volcanic rock called basalt. Continental crust averages some 25 miles (40 kilometers) thick, although it can be thinner or thicker in some areas. Oceanic crust is usually only about 5 miles (8 kilometers) thick. Water fills in low areas of the basalt crust to form the world's oceans. Earth has more than enough water to completely fill the ocean basins, and the rest of it spreads onto edges of the continents, areas known as the continental shelf.
Earth gets warmer toward its core. At the bottom of the continental crust, temperatures reach about 1,800 degrees F (1,000 degrees C), increasing about 3 degrees F per mile (1 degrees C per kilometer) below the crust. Geologists think the temperature of Earth's outer core is about 6,700 to 7,800 degrees F (3,700 to 4,300 degrees C), and the inner core may reach 12,600 degrees F (7,000 degrees C), hotter than the surface of the sun. Only the enormous pressures found at the super-hot inner core keep it solid.
Orbit & Rotation
Average Distance from the Sun
English: 92,955,820 miles
Metric: 149,597,890 km
Perihelion (closest)
English: 91,400,000 miles
Metric: 147,100,000 km
Aphelion (farthest)
English: 94,500,000 miles
Metric: 152,100,000 km
Average Length of Solar Day
24 hours
Length of Year
365.24 Earth days
Equatorial Inclination to Orbit
23.45 degrees
(Source: NASA.)
Moon
Earth's moon is 2,159 miles (3,474 kilometers) wide, about one-fourth of Earth's diameter. Earth has one moon, while Mercury and Venus have none and all the other planets in our solar system have two or more.
The leading explanation for how the moon formed was that a giant impact knocked off the raw ingredients for the moon off the primitive molten Earth and into orbit. Scientists have suggested the impactor was roughly 10 percent the mass of Earth, about the size of Mars.
Species Overview
Earth is the only planet in the universe known to possess life. There are several million known species of life, ranging from the bottom of the deepest ocean to a few miles into the atmosphere, and scientists think far more remain to be discovered.

10 Easy Ways To Be Green

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1. Reduce Just by turning off the tap while brushing your teeth or shaving, you can save more than 200 gallons of water per month. Here are some other effective ways you can help to conserve resources …

Turn off the lights when leaving a room.
Use both sides of the paper when printing and copying.
Walk or bike instead of driving.
Take short showers.
Drink tap water instead of bottled water.
Remove unnecessary items from your car to reduce weight.
Regularly replace the filter on your HVAC system.
Install faucet aerators.
Use cold water to wash clothes.
Stop junk mail.
Install a programmable thermostat in your home.

(Source: U.S. EPA)
2. Unplug Unused Electronics Did you know that a cell phone charger can still consume electricity even when a phone isn't connected to it? In the average home, 25% of the electricity used to power home electronics is consumed while the products are turned off. To stop these "phantom loads" when devices are not in use, unplug them or connect them to power strips, which can then be turned off. (Source: U.S.DOE)
3. Recycle By recycling materials such as aluminum cans, newspapers, and glass jars, you can save energy and landfill space, conserve natural resources, and also prevent pollution. Recycling one ton of paper saves 17 mature trees, 7,000 gallons of water, three cubic yards of landfill space, two barrels of oil, and 4,100 kilowatt-hours of electricity – enough energy to power the average US home for five months. Visit our recycling directory to find recycling opportunities in your community. (Source: U.S. EPA)
4. Look For The ENERGY STAR Label If a product has the ENERGY STAR seal, it meets certain energy efficiency standards. Home appliances, electronics, windows, and roofing are just a few of the products that can qualify, so check a product’s box or manual, or speak to a salesperson to see if it is ENERGY STAR compliant. In 2006, ENERGY STAR products helped US consumers save an estimated $14 billion on their utility bills. In addition to energy savings, there are rebates and federal tax credits available for some ENERGY STAR products. Visit ENERGYSTAR.gov or our energy section for more information. (Source: ENERGY STAR)
5. Use Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFLs) Almost all of the electricity used by an incandescent bulb is converted to heat and not light; CFLs provide a much more efficient alternative. ENERGY STAR labeled CFLs use up to 75 percent less energy and last up to 10 times longer than incandescent bulbs, saving an average of $30 over the lifetime of each bulb. To maximize their effectiveness, check the packaging to make sure that each CFL is the proper type and wattage for your lamps. (Source: ENERGY STAR)
6. Fix Leaks A faucet that leaks one drip per second can waste more than 3,000 gallons of water each year. A leaky toilet can waste up to 200 gallons of water every day. To determine whether your toilet has a leak, place a drop of food coloring in the tank; if the color appears in the bowl without flushing, you have a leak. To find and fix air leaks, ENERGY STAR offers a free guide. (Source: U.S. EPA)
7. Buy Recycled Look for the words "postconsumer" or "recycled" when shopping. There are over 4,500 recycled-content products available including paper towels, printer paper, note pads, packing boxes, sleeping bags, laundry detergent bottles, glass containers, nails, carpeting, trash cans, and trash bags. The amount of postconsumer content can vary from a small percentage to 100 percent, so look for labels that indicate the highest percentage. (Source: U.S. EPA)
8. Computer Power Management Enable low-power sleep modes and turn off computers and monitors at night. General Electric implemented power management features on 75,000 of its computers, annually saving the company $2.5 million dollars and preventing 20,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions. For step-by-step instructions on how to optimize the settings on your computer, visit ENERGY STAR. Network administrators can also set system wide power management settings by using EZ GPO, a free software tool from ENERGY STAR. (Source: ENERGY STAR)
9. Properly Dispose of Hazardous Waste Electronics, CFLs, certain batteries, and other household hazardous wastes contain toxic materials so they should not be sent to landfills where they can pollute the surrounding land and water. A single computer monitor may contain 4 pounds of lead as well as other toxic heavy metals. Many companies and municipal governments offer free collection programs, and in some cases you can even get paid to recycle old electronics. Visit our collection events page to find disposal options. (Source: U.S. EPA)
10. Fresh, Local, Organic Food travels an average of 1,200 miles before it reaches your plate, so buy locally produced items to save energy and prevent emissions from going into the air. Visit USDA.gov to find a farmers market in your area. Also, choose fresh foods instead of frozen, since frozen foods require 10 times more energy to produce. Finally, organic foods are both good for the environment and good for your health since synthetic hormones, most conventional pesticides, as well as other potentially hazardous practices are not used. (Source: U.S. EPA)

Are you looking to do more? Calculate your carbon footprint and discover other important changes that you can make. To find more information and take additional steps, visit government websites such as epa.gov, energy.gov, fueleconomy.gov, and energystar.gov.

Here are some easy 10 Ways You Can Improve Earth’s Health

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Here are some easy 10 Ways You Can Improve Earth’s Health
1. Change light bulbs
2. Drive differently, or drive a different vehicle
3. Control your temperature
4. Tame the refrigerator monster
5. Twist some knobs
6. Plant smartly
7. Invest in green energy
8. Go organic
9. Buy recycled
10. Be a minimalist
Buy quality products that will last longer. Over time, you’ll obviously buy fewer products that way.
Be creative in what you use for work, play and leisure. You don’t always have to buy new products for activities. Re-use in creative ways.

PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT

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Environmental issues and pollution are in so bad shape and complex that they need every possible means of preservation immediately. The preservation and conservation cannot be won by gentle tones, nor by gentle appeals to the aesthetic instincts of those who have no sense of responsibility, or beauty and enjoyment of Nature. It is necessary to sound a loud alarm, to present the facts in very strong language, backed up by irrefutable statistics and illustrated by images which tell no lies, to establish the law and enforce it to the full extend.
Man can no more be scientifically studied apart from the quality of equipment and materials he uses on the ground which he tills, or the industry he works, the lands over which he travels, the seas which he over explored, the transportation he uses to do trades, than northern bear or desert plant can be understood apart from its natural habitat. Man’s relations to his environment are infinitely more numerous and complex than those of the most highly organized living organisms, being plants or animals.
So PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT

Some Go Green Tips

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use fabric when shopping. if paper or plastic remember to reuse or recycle.
don’t cheat on serving food. don’t use paper cups etc. and instead use glasses etc.
walk, no co2,bikes, no co2, electric cars, no co2, taxis, co2. replace fuel car with electric car, short distance use bikes or walk, limit fossil fuel cars for only long trips.
don’t use fire or microwave for heating food. fire uses co2 and microwaves uses power. no other way but to make your house run on wind mils or solar Panel
keep earth go green...

The water cycle

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How does Water Cycle works?

The water cycle is not strictly a nutrient cycle, but it is essential to life. The major water pool is the oceans – contain 97% of water. The remainder is fresh water in solid, liquid or vapor form. About 75% of fresh water is ice. Less than 1% exists as liquid, fresh water – most of this is groundwater.
Water evaporates from the oceans – leaving behind the salt. Water also evaporates from land – soil and plants (evapotranspiration). This vapor falls as rain / snow onto land. Water on land passes through soil to the water table – the upper surface of water saturated soil (a.k.a. aquifer). Excess water drains to the ocean via rivers
This water cycle is also known as hydrologic cycle or H₂0 cycle.
Keep earth green..... please...

Keep Earth Green Friend..!!!

2012-04-04T10:30:00.000+08:00

Keep Earth Beautiful

Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation + Protection
Bear Springs Blossom Nature Education + Lectures
International charitable NON Profit organization
B+S+B is a volunteer organization

The future of Earth lies in our hands

A strong statement - isn't it?

What is the idea behind it?

Severe changes have happened in many countries on Earth. We learned that air pollution doesn't stop at border lines, that water contamination spreads like a grass fire.
We learned that everywhere on Earth it becomes more difficult to buy healthy food, to breath in unpolluted air, to get good drinking water, to avoid sickness and to grow old!
Protecting Nature is our task, and many members help us with this task! 17 years ago we started with a Nature Preserve in Texas we named Bear Springs Blossom. B+S+B members restore overgrazed properties.
We have learned that overgrazing is a problem in many countries on Earth. We read old books where people described the beautiful functioning Nature around them - and we learned that many area has looked very different before the first humans settled there.
So we founded the charitable International Non-profit-organization
Bear Springs Blossom Nature Conservation so other people can get information easier, more understandable, with more background.
Our mission is to protect Humans!

When we protect and conserve Nature we secure the future of the next generation! Click the links of our over 600+ web-pages: A lot of nature information, sometimes overwhelming. See it as a small environmental encyclopedia

B+S+B members are committed citizens,
help as good as they can!

B+S+B is the source of
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Just in the last 12 months
A strong earthquake killed many in Japan
A strong earthquake killed many in New Zealand
A huge undersea volcano appeared
A strong earthquake rattled California
A volcano broke out in Guatemala
A volcano broke out on Iceland
A strong earthquake hit Turkey
A strong earthquake hit Chile
A strong earthquake destroyed parts of Haiti, a country troubled by man-made deforestation and poverty.

The NEW Normal?

As we have informed you for many years:
Melted ice is being moved towards Earth's equator, changing the pressure patterns to Earth's continental plates.
Nature fights back - we need your support to conserve Earth's Nature.

Talking about melting ice:
Two huge icebergs from Antarctica are floating and melting.
Our studies show, that melting icebergs can change the pattern of Earth's currents resulting in totally different weather patterns on Earth.
Go to our web-page to get more information on Earth's currents
Changing currents would endanger more than one billion humans on Earth plus uncountable animals and plants. Our freedom and security is at stake!

What is our solution?
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we inform YOU
we send you emails
B+S+B sciences based information influences behavior!

WHY is better information important?
Better in-depth knowledge helps to preserve life on Earth
and not destroy Earth and our future!

A good

environmental education

helps to understand the problems Earth is facing,
to deal with coming changes and challenges!

Earth facts:
Speed orbiting the sun: 66,700 mi per hour = 107,320 km/h
Equatorial circumference: 24,901.45 mi = 40,066.43 km
Polar circumference: 24,855.33 mi = 39,992.22 km
Surface area: 197,000,000 square mi = 510,230,000 sq km
Total land area: 57,900,000 sq mi = 150,100,000 sq km

Water:
97% of the Earth's water is salt water
71% of Earth is covered with oceans

Billions are depending on food out of Earth's oceans.
If we continue to pollute Earth's oceans this food source will become scarce!
Citizens of all countries have to work together to keep Earth beautiful!
We believe that better knowledge about Earth makes it easier to save Earth.
Better informed people make better decisions!

Nature education is the key to save Earth!

The main point is to make a significant dent in climate change - to lower the CO2 carbon dioxide level, to bring Earth temperatures back to 'normal'.

We defend Earth's oceans by challenging water pollution and wasteful, destructive fishing.

Work with us to secure YOUR and YOUR children's future!
Show that you care: Reduce your electricity use, use renewable energy!
B+S+B is using Renewable Energy for two decades!
We show you how to use Renewable Energy and we explain WHY!

We work hard to create a toxin free future with safer alternatives to hazardous chemicals and campaign for sustainable agriculture.
There is a strong need to protect biodiversity!

Climate change is among the most pervasive threats to the Earth today.

Informed people can address the root causes of climate change limiting impact and destruction of our planet - Where can we go?

Without action, climate change will cause the extinction of countless species and destroy some of Earth's most precious ecosystems, putting billions of Humans at risk.

Do you know how much water on Earth is drinkable?
Do you know how much oxygen humans need?
Do you know how much CO2 carbon dioxide is stored in Earth's oceans?
Do you know how much oxygen is produced by rain forests?
Do you know why burning fossil fuel changes Earth's climate?

B+S+B provides science based information needed to understand our changing Earth climate!

The more you know the more we can do!
Emissions reductions and increases in the use of energy-efficient technologies are strongly needed.

Recently, scientists from NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center described another way Arctic sea ice is changing:
1) The summer melt season is getting significantly longer.

According to this analysis,
2) the average length of the continuous melt season in the Arctic increased by 6.4 days per decade between 1979 and 2007. The length of the melt season varies significantly from year to year, but the long-term trend is clear.
3) The scientists say this pattern is consistent with a climate process known as the ice-albedo feedback. Dark ocean water absorbs more sunlight than bright, reflective ice.
Even a small change in the start of the melt season exposes the ocean to more incoming sunlight, which warms the water, which melts more ice, and so on.
4) The more solar energy the ocean absorbs during the summer, the longer it takes in the fall for the water to cool down enough to freeze.

Bear Springs Blossom is an international non-profit organization. We all work without a salary.
Every cent of your membership dues works to fight climate change + is used to keep Earth beautiful.
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B+S+B is managed by volunteers, NO salaries, NO expensive flights, NO expensive offices!
B+S+B members give us the power to tackle climate change - to fight polluting on Earth - to further Nature education - to keep Earth beautiful

The more members we have,the more we can accomplish! Every new member will make a difference!

Important to us:
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C) healthy food + enough natural resources!

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Climate change and global warming will effect us all:

More extreme weather - Increased evaporation
More damage to houses and forests + Destabilization of local climates
Sea level rise + Temperature rise + Acidification + Shutdown of thermohaline circulation
Ecological productivity shrinks + Methane release from melting permafrost release from hydrates
Retreat of sea Ice + Glacier retreat + scarce drinking water
Forest fires + Spread of diseases
Insurance gets more expensive + Transport gets more expensive + Flood defense gets more expensive!
Migration of billions of humans + food scarcity + many humans cannot afford to buy food + Water scarcity + Water will be more expensive

Europe at night - light pollution - energy waste

Earth at night - light pollution - energy waste
When we reduce electricity usage we will reduce water usage + less air pollution!

"Responsibility is born when the love, the care for others grows stronger than the love for yourself."
Peter Bonenberger

Warmer Earth surface = stronger storms - Warmer oceans = more water vapor = changing climate = insecure future!

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Sambal Terasi ueeeenaak...

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RESEP SAMBAL TERASI

Resep 1. Sambal Terasi
20 buah cabai merah, buang biji. 1 sdm terasi bakar (goreng). 2 buah jeruk limau (ambil airnya). 1 buah tomat besar. garam. gula pasir.
Cara membuat: campur dan haluskan semua bahan.
Resep 2. Sambal Terasi
5-6 buah cabai merah. 5 bawang merah. 1 potong terasi. garam. sedikit gula. jeruk limau.
Cara membuat: Potong-potong cabai menjadi 2-3 bagian. Kupas bawang merah, biarkan utuh. Goreng bawang merah dan cabai dengan sedikit minyak hingga matang. Goreng terasi. Gerus/haluskan semua bahan. Bubuhi sedikit air jeruk limau. Aduk rata.
Resep 3. Sambal Terasi
Bahan :
2 buah cabe merah
4 buah cabe rawit merah
2 siung bawang putih
2 siung bawang merah
1/2 buah tomat merah
garam secukupnya
1 sdt terasi matang
2 lembar daun jeruk nipis, iris halus
Cara membuat
1. Goreng semua bahan 1/2 matang kecuali daun jeruk dan terasi
2. Haluskan semua bahan, sajikan
Catatan
Sajikan bersama ayam goreng, tempegoreng dan lalapan.
Resep 4. Sambal Terasi
Sumber : Eliza
Bahan:
4 butir cabe merah
5 butir cabe rawit
2 sendok makan terasi
1 sendok teh air asam
1/2 sendok teh garam
Jeruk limau
Cara membuat:
Cabe merah dan cabe rawit diiris-iris, taruh di cobekan bersama terasi dan garam. Diulek sampai halus, tambahkan air asam. Ulek lagi sampai rata. Bubuhi garam dan peras jeruk limau. Hidangkan.
Catatan: takaran cabe merah dan cabe rawit, tergantung selera pedas masing-masing.

Resep Bumbu Nasi Goreng Jawa

2012-04-04T00:10:00.002+08:00

Saya termasuk salah satu penggemar Nasi Goreng Jawa. Biasanya Nasi Goreng Jawa ini saya sajikan sebagai sarapan pagi buat keluarga tercinta.
Resep Bahan Nasi Goreng Jawa :

500 gr nasi
200 gr daging sapi rebus, potong panjang tipis
100 gr udang basah, kupas kulitnya
2 sdm kecap manis
2 sendok makan minyak goreng untuk menumis

Resep Bumbu Nasi Goreng Jawa, haluskan :

4 buah cabai merah, buang biji
1 sdt terasi
6 buah bawang merah
3 siung bawang putih
1 sdt ketumbar
½ sdt gula pasir
1 sdt garam

Pelengkap Nasi Goreng Jawa :

2 butir telur ayam, buat dadar
2 buah mentimun, kupas, potong-potong
Kerupuk udang secukupnya
Bawang goreng secukupnya

Cara Membuat Nasi Goreng Jawa :

Tumis bumbu halus hingga harum. Beri 3 sendok makan air dan kecap manis, aduk rata.
Masukkan daging dan udang, aduk sebentar. Masukkan nasi, aduk terus hingga rata betul di atas api kecil, angkat. Sajikan dengan taburan bawang goreng, telur dadar, irisan mentimun, dan kerupuk udang.
NYAM....NYAMMM... JADI LAPAR...