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WASHINGTON ( AFP ) - – The end of the world as we know it cannot be avoided, but it can be predicted, according to a group of astrophysicists who see a 50 percent chance of the final countdown ending in 3.7 billion years. "Time is unlikely to end in our lifetime, but there is a 50 percent chance that time will end within the next 3.7 billion years," according to the team of US and Japanese scientists, who are challenging a long-standing theory of the universe. While scientists have long concluded that the universe is expanding, and will do so for an infinite period of time, the researchers say the very rules of physics suggest that "an eternally inflating universe" is far from given. "The point of this paper is to show that certain methods and assumptions that have been widely used by physicists for years -- most prominently, the use of a time cutoff in order to compute probabilities in an eternally inflating universe -- lead to the conclusion that time will en...

Barcellona. Lelaki Spanyol yang menjalani transplantasi wajah penuh pertama didunia, muncul diTV hari Senin kemarin untuk yang pertama kali setelah operasi yang dilakukan bulan Maret lalu. "Kawan, saya ingin berterima kasih kepada koordinasi rumah sakit, tim pengobatan,keluarga para donor dan keluarga saya yang telah mendukung" kata pria berusia 31 tahun ini, yang dikenal bernama Oscar. Oscar berbicara setelah keluar dari rumah sakit, agak sulit berbicara dan tidak dapat menutup mulutnya dengan wajah yang masih lebam. Oscar dikabarkan menderita cacat akibat kecelakaan tembakan 5 tahun lalu. Dia mengenakan scarf biru untuk menutupi bekas luka operasi dilehernya, rambutnya disisir ke depan untuk menutupi bekas luka operasi dikeningnya yang menurut dokter akan sembuh total dikemudian hari. Tim dokter yang terdiri dari 30 dokter ahli melakukan operas pada 20 Maret 2010 dirumah sakit Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron, atas diri Oscar yang sebelumnya mengalami kesulitan menelan, be...

The lasting fat-busting weapon may be found right in your kitchen. According to the health website WebMD, Japanese researchers said that ordinary household vinegars appear to turn on genes that help the body break down fats. This helps prevent fat buildup in the body, thwarting weight gain. Vinegar has been used in folk remedies since ancient times. In recent years, research has suggested that acetic acid, the organic chemical in vinegar which gives it its sour taste, can help control blood pressure and sugar. The Japanese researchers, led by Dr Tomoo Kondo from the Central Research Institute of the Mizkan Group Corporation, found that vinegar could influence genes link to fatty acid oxidation and heat-generating (energy-burning) proteins. They feed mice a high-fat diet. One group of mice was given vinegar through a stomach tube. Another group was given a lower dose – vinegar diluted with water – and a third group was not given vinegar. The experiment showed that all the vinegar-fed m...

Don’t compare Justin Timberlake to Michael Jackson, especially at this time when Jackson has just left us. Timberlake is nowhere near Jackson. When you say King of Pop, it’s not about who is dominating the pop music world right now. It’s about who made the pop music scene what it is today. Before Jackson, there was no one person good at both singing and dancing. He came and artistes who came after him realized they have to do both to be a pop idol. Billy Jean was the first music video from a black artist to get played on MTV. Jackson broke the color barrier in the music industry before Obama did in the politics. Give him credit for that! He was also the first artiste to incorporate complex story lines and dance techniques into a music video, transforming it from a promotional tool into an art form. Before him, a music video was a just a video showing the singer singing to the camera. Don’t forget his trademarks – the moonwalk, toe-stand, 45-degree lean, the spins, the crotch grabbing, ...

It’s been about three months since Influenza A ( H1N1 ) start hogging headlines around the world. It has been 2 months since the first H1N1 patient arrive in Singapore. Since than, Singaporean has been living with daily updates of how many people were confirm infected with the virus, how many were being quarantine and dead victim. Slowly but surely, with all the publicity, people behaviors have also started to change. From what can be observed on the street level, kiasu -ism has kicked in big-time. Worries and etiquette There is one story about a teacher who called up the parents of a pupil to take her home, because she sneezed once. Then there is the hawker at the popular food center who said to the maid ordering food: “Oi, you don’t cough here lah, I scared to get H1N1 you know.” She had cough many times without covering her mouth. Recently I observed two women on the MRT who whipped out wet wipes to wipe down the strap before holding onto it. Yet another woman held up her bo...

The Grand Canyon, the Matterhorn and the Great Barrier Reef are competing with 25 other spectacular natural landmarks in the final phase of the global poll to chose the “New 7 Wonders of Nature”. The New 7 Wonders organization, lead by Swiss adventurer Bernard Weber, released its list of finalist on last Tuesday. Among them are the Amazon rain forest, the Dead Sea and Ecuador’s Galapagos islands . People can vote by internet or phone. The winner will be announced in 2011 and share in the glory already enjoyed by the seven-man made wonders chosen two years ago. Over one billion people are expected to vote. Mr. Weber said he was happy the nominees included places that lie in more than one country. Such as the Dead Sea or the Amazon rain forest, which make people work together across borders. Africa, where most people vote by mobile phones, has had the biggest increase in votes over the last few weeks. Niagara Falls will not be among the wonders because United States tourism officials hav...

Many experts on handling stress advocate turning to traditional practice such as yoga or taiji, or leaning breathing techniques to restore calm. All these are excellent ways to de-stress. Choose one that suits you. However in the work place, there are some practical steps you can take to handle stress: Priorities your work and do what is urgent and important first. Look at what can be delegated and remember always to delegate according to people's strengths, so that you are confident they can get the assigned task done. Manage your time There are many training programs on time management that you can sign up for to help you handle your time more effectively. Or, partner with a colleague who is good at time management and is willing to mentor you. Being able to say "no" This is difficult but sometimes you have to reject task diplomatically by making others aware that if something else has to be done, something else will fall off the cliff. Clarify intent. If someone seems ...

Why do you smoke? It is so familiar question for you if you are a smoker. You are definitely depend on a cigarette anytime, anywhere and for whatever reason, in happiness and sadness, when you need an idea to write, when you bored, as a best dessert after meal, to waste your time while you wait for something or someone, and some people even prefer to be in hunger rather than no smoke. What a fascinating of cigarette, it is became your best soul mate even closer than your heart-the most important thing in your body to support your life. Maybe you haven’t realize it yet, because you haven’t feel the effect yet to your self-people surround you and your love one especially, or most probably you think that ‘people could die anytime-anywhere, it’s just a matter of God’s willing’ and so on. You can have lots of reasons to say just to legitimate your ‘addicted’ on cigarette, correct me if I am wrong. Sure, you might don’t care about your self, but do you mind to spare your thought to your lov...

Saba fish is one of famous food among Japanese. Saba fish is Pacific mackerel means ma-saba (Scomber japonicus). With a blue-green back and dark marking, 50 cm length or so and weight up to 1.8 kg, its fat increases from 4% to 15% in the autumn. Being such an oily fish it is good to be grilled, cooked with miso or sunomono , but cooking methods using oil should be avoided to prevent fish oil away from the fish.

USING ONLY ONE WORD! It’s not as easy as you might think! Copy and change the answers to suit you and pass it on. It’s really hard to use only one-word answers. Be sure to tag the person who sent it to you! Where is your cell phone? Bag Your hair? Spiky Your mother? Active Your father? Busy Your favorite food? Vegie Your dream last night? None Your favorite drink? Juices Your dream/goal? Heaven What room you are in? Living Your hobby? Jogging Your fear? Cockroach Where do you want to be in 6 years? Holyland Where were you last night? Mall Something that you aren’t? Sobber Muffins? Sometimes Wish list item? Few Where you grew up? Jakarta Last thing you did? Blogging What are you wearing? Shirt Your TV? Any Your pets? Fishes Friends? Lots Your life? Happy Your mood? Good Missing someone? Sister Car? Haven't Something you’re not wearing? Gown Your favorite store? Esprit Your favorite color? Pastels When is the last time you laughed? Now Last time you cried? Forgotten Who will resend t...

Cholesterol nowadays become a celebrity... of sickness. It shoot not only to elderly but also youngster to whom love eating processed and junk food. Should we worry about that? Yes, we are. Cholesterol is a substance our liver can produce. It's needed to build vitamin D, cell walls, hormones and help us to digest fat. Cholesterol is a type of lipid, together with protein (become lipoprotein) cholesterol is traveling to every parts of our body through bloodstream. There is 2 type of cholesterol : High-Density Lipoprotein ( HDL ), well known as good cholesterol Low-Density Lipoprotein ( LDL ), known as bad cholesterol. When LDL is high it will hardening arteries and decrease blood flow, which put the risk of having heart attack or having stroke. What cause high in LDL? Diet in high saturated fat and trans fat . Overweight Heredity Less of physically activity Age How to control LDL? Replace your saturated and trans fat foods to fruits , raw veggies, beans, whole grain and fis...

Was so happy to know my blogger friend Fida Abbot want to share her award to me, thanks a lot for this cute award. Rules for the award: Put the award in a post when you receive it. Name and link to the blogger who gave you the award in the post. Write the reason why you love to blog. Pass the award on to other bloggers that you know. Name and link to your recipients in the post. Let your recipients know that the award was passed on to them. The reason why I love to blog: Is because I can have new friends through blogging, I can learn and share altogether good things I know with my blogger friend- could be as a reminder or just knowledge. That's it for now. Than I’d like to pass to my blogger friends... Dorothy L Raj Karumbu Katie_bug Shiro Gazafi Saif Gab’s mom Tripzibit Flying Low Piter

Fat is an essential nutrient to our body. It absorbs and store vitamins A, D, E, K and carotene. Fat is also provides energies to our activity, biggest calories than carbo and protein. But you need to keep balance between calories consumed with physical activity you do. If you consume more calories than you use through physically activity, you will gain weight. Toddlers and kids need fat in certain amount for brain and nerve system development, they can get it through whole fat milk. Both animal and plant food is producing different types of fat, they are: Saturated Fat Found in animal product such in meat, the skin, poultry and high-fat dairy product like butter, full cream milk, cheese, coconut milk, vegetables oils, and used cooking oil. A diet high saturated fat may increase the risk of heart attack and raise your blood cholesterol level. Unsaturated Fat , is divided by: Monounsaturated Fat Is the healthiest fat, these are found in plant foods such grape seeds, cashew, almond, avo...

Fruit and vegetables are loaded with vitamins A, B, C and E, and mineral such as manganese, calcium, potassium and iron. Fruits and vegetables are also contain phytochemicals (beneficial plant substance) that help to strengthen body's immune system. Vegetables is also lowering the risk of heart disease, cancer (by 30%) and stroke. Fruits and vegetables with their fibre can lower blood cholesterol and promotes healthy bowel functions. Variety of vegetables serve us variety of nutrients as well. Dark green vegetables are rich in calcium, folate and iron. And brightly colourful vegetables have more nutrients, neutralizing free radicals and help to fight cancer. What is Phytochemicals? Phytochemical is plant chemical, produced naturally by vegetables to protect against bacterias, viruses and fungus. Studies shown that phytochemical can prevent our body from cancer, stroke and heart disease. Phytochemical can be found in: Carotenoids, found in carrot, crude palm oil and apricot. Flavo...

New MRT facilities can be enjoyed by its passengers in Singapore, now in every door equipped with route display panel as a train direction, the red blinking light shows which station we are now (so, no more self question ... 'where are we now? What station is this?) and yellow light shows the train route. This changing is really helpful because the train direction is a bit confusing me sometimes, especially when you are in Dhoby Ghaut (read in Indonesia : ' Dobi Got ') or City Hall station with lots of train tunnel. And it is refreshing my eyes with it's fancy look, even though it is a bit costly i guess ... of course, with that much train operation everyday in this island wide, in each door installed this route panel display, just imagine how much money government spent for this fresh look in this monetary crisis. That is what common point of view, but if we take a look from other angle that we-our self also need to pamper our self with any (costless if possible) thing...

Dongchimi is known as winter kimchi . It is consist of Daikon (white radishes) as main ingredient, carrot and pear as optional. The way it's made almost as same as Yeolmu kimchi , we just need to coated radishes in salt and sugar mixture for one day in the room temperature , it will leave salty and sweet taste to the radishes. Repeat soaking with new water, sugar and salt together with other ingredients and sauce, fermented for about 1-2 days until vinegary flavour has risen. Store in the refrigerator with self life about 1 week. It is nice to be served cool. Picture is courtesy of park.org/Cdrom/Pavilions/

Yeolmu or young summer radishes is popular vegetables made into kimchi in the summer. The main ingredient of this kimchi is yeolmu. Yeolmu kimchi to be ferment in the paste liquid that can be made by salt, fish sauce, sugar, water and flour as water thickener, brinned fish can be added to replace fish sauce. After the paste is cool add yeolmu together with garlic, ginger, onion, green and red bell pepper. Keep in the refrigerator after couple of days fermentation in the room temperature. Served cool. picture is courtessy of htorderinko.webbridge.co.kr

Bok Choi ingredient is bok choi, jalapeno pepper, red bell pepper (known as paprika), scallion and toasted sesame seeds, with additional fish sauce, ground apple; onion and pear into the sauce. Bok choi kimchi is nice to be enjoyed fresh without fermentation, and can be kept refrigerated up to 2 days.

Oi Kimchi is known as Cucumber Kimchi . With cucumbers as the main ingredient and additional chopped carrot and Korean Radish in the sauce , Oi Kimchi can be eaten right away after 1 hour fermentation or 24 hours for best fermentation result. Oi kimchi don't need closed jar for fermentation, just put in a bowl and leave it open at room temperature. Keep it in the refrigerator after fermentation and it will last for 1 week. Picture is courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/photos/maangchi