Soal 'Blusukan' SBY, Kalau Bisa Sering-Sering

Presiden SBY secara mendadak dan tanpa protokoler melakukan 'blusukan' (keluar masuk kampung) di sejumlah daerah di Tangerang pada Jumat (4/1) kemarin. Wakil Ketua Umum Gerindra Fadli Zon, menilai aksi SBY ini akan lebih baik jika tidak hanya sekali saja dilakukannya.

"Saya rasa bagus-bagus saja pak SBY lakukan blusukan, kalau bisa sering-sering. Cuma saya ada saran blusukannya benar-benar harus dadakan tidak perlu pakai upacara dan sebagainya," kata Wakil Ketua Umum Gerindra Fadli Zon, usai diskusi di Warung Daun, Jalan Cikini, Jakarta Pusat.

"Saya kira bagus walaupun agak terlambat. Kalau ada yang baik ditiru kenapa enggak? Daripada tidak ditiru. Kan sesuatu yang baik lebih bagus ditiru," lanjutnya tanpa menjelaskan siapa yang ditiru SBY.

Ia menilai meski aksi SBY ini dilakukan pada masa injury time kabinet, tetapi tidak ada istilah terlambat untuk berbuat bagi masyarakat. Tetapi soal apakah SBY meniru gaya Jokowi, Fadli enggan merinci.

"Ya kemana presiden pergi pasti media tahu. Kalau dibilang tiru meniru ya kalian saja yang menilai," ucapnya.

Lebih jauh menurutnya, melihat langsung persoalan masyarakat memang sudah selayaknya dilakukan oleh seorang pemimpin. Hal itu yang kemudian menjadi pertimbangan pemimpin dalam membuat kebijakan-kebijakan.

"Saya rasa blusukan Jokowi untuk langsung melihat persoalan rakyat. Saya kira blusukan itu metode konvensional tapi sayangnya politikus sekarang tidak jarang yang melakukan, barulah pas Jokowi pada ikut-ikutan, pada keliatan lagi," kritiknya.

"Ya manfaatnya adalah dalam mengambil kebijakan, jadi pemimpin beneran tahu apa saja yang dibutuhkan rakyatnya. Saya kira ini bagian untuk pembelajaran politik juga," lanjut Fadli Zon.

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Ancient Bikes Found Embedded in the Tree Board After 58 Years Missing

After missing for half a century, a grandmother's ancient bicycle found. Interestingly, this bike was found in a state of wood embedded in the body of a large tree.

The bike was owned by the son of Helen Puz (99). Helen was recently informed that his son's bicycle had been found in a forest in Vashon Island Washington.

When directly to the location, Helen with her son, Don is surprised. The bike was in a position embedded in the body of a large tree. Surprisingly, there was no sign of deliberate human hand plugging the bike.

Bicycle front wheel was on the outside of the tree trunk, as well as the end of the rear wheels. However the iron that is in the middle of the bike, 'swallowed' the tree in such conditions. Bikes that are five feet

The bike was given by a neighbor Helen in 1954, shortly after she was widowed. The prize was awarded to Don who was then eight years old.

"People are sympathetic and very kind," said Helen about giving that old bike 58 years ago, as reported by the Huffington Post.

However, since the bike is a bike with a steel frame for women, Don refused to wear it. Not some old bike was missing it somewhere.

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Wow! British man Managed to Lose Weight 292 Kg

Illustration London, - Wow! A British man managed to lose weight as much as 292 pounds! Whereas before, he was once dubbed as the world's fattest man weighs 444 pounds!

Postman named Paul Mason weighed 444 pounds before undergoing gastric bypass surgery in 2010 to reduce the size of the stomach.

Similarly, as reported News.com.au. The man now weighs 152 pounds and can not wait to live a normal life.

But Mason said he still needed to undergo subsequent surgery to remove folds of skin sagging. The operation is expected to cost up to U.S. $ 60 thousand.

In an interview with the British tabloid, the Sun, the 51-year-old man admitted he was ashamed of being called as the fattest man in the world.

Now, the British man was still willing to lower the weight back up to between 89 and 95 kilograms.

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Fast Way 3.5 Hours per Week Can Reduce Stroke Risk Women

Stroke can threaten anyone, both men and women that can be triggered by an unhealthy lifestyle. Recent studies show that the risk of stroke in women can be reduced by running fast at least 3.5 hours each week.Physical activity has been associated with a lower risk of stroke caused by the accumulation of plaque in the arteries or rupture of blood vessels in the brain. Health experts suggest that physical activity and regular moderate intensity for good health and can keep you from the threat of stroke.
A recent study conducted in Spain showed that the women who run fast with a total time of 3.5 hours or more a week have a lower risk of stroke than women who are not active or intensity of exercise in a shorter time.
The study was led by Jose Maria Huerta of Murcia Regional Health Authority and involving about 33,000 men and women. Participants were asked to answer questionnaires about their physical activity and stratified by gender, type of exercise and the total time spent exercising each week.
Study participants were examined periodically during the 12-year study period to record any symptoms of stroke appear. The result is that roughly 442 people showed signs of a stroke.
Based on these studies also known that active women walking reduced their risk of stroke by 43 percent compared with women who are not active. But do not look similar risk reduction in the group of men.
"The reason why the benefits of walking for stroke is felt more by women than men do not have a clear explanation. Guy might have had a better physical condition than women, but there is no evidence to support these allegations," said Huerta, as reported by FoxNews.
The results were published in the journal Stroke. WHO also recommends women to light exercise such as brisk walking at least 150 minutes or 2.5 hours each week to prevent stroke.

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Do not Like prejudice, Easy Ailing Later Lho ...

In religion, prejudice is a character that should be shunned. In addition to damaging relationships, prejudice can also make heart was calm. One study even found that prejudice makes people easy sickly.A recent study found that prejudice can make people become more sensitive to physical pain. Prejudice in this study felt he did not mean to be understood by others. Conversely, people who are better able to understand the pain.
In a research report published the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, researchers want to understand what people do not understand feelings of others can trigger pain. The researchers asked participants to carry on a conversation with a stranger.
After the conversation, participants were asked to describe how she felt about talking with the other person and guess impression of herself. Unbeknownst to participants, the stranger who chatted randomly asked to provide feedback varies.
Participants who received positive feedback describes his interlocutor to understand and think about the participants as well as the participants see themselves. On the other participants, the feedback received by the participants think they are talking always think there is something wrong within the participants.
Researchers then measured the participants pain tolerance. The participants were asked to dip one of the most rarely used his hands in a bucket of ice water as long as possible.
As a result, participants who are not well understood and are always blamed by his interlocutor more quickly withdrew his hand. While participants felt understood by his interlocutor could withstand more pain and his hand in ice water longer.
After undergoing a painful test, participants were asked to stand facing the hill. Participants were asked to estimate how steep the hill is. Apparently those who are not understood hills look steeper than it is.
The researchers then hypothesized that the taste is not similar to feeling threatened understand. The result can exaggerate the perception of certain feelings, such as pain. Interactions with strangers who do not understand can resemble threatening interactions with people.
"To arrive at a state of alert requires energy., And because the source of calories affect a person's perception, it was not understood can lead to excessive perception of water ice, hills and distance," said the researchers.
Previous research found that the actual physical pain processed in brain areas that also processes of social rejection. Other studies have also found that people were taking analgesics for 3 weeks finally become more resilient emotionally ill.

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Shame So Reasons Smokers secret habit

Although easy to find smokers in the street, but not a few who keep smoking habit. Various reasons ranging from shame expressed to the family worried about his health fear.Usually teens who often hide his smoking habit of parents, especially the mother for fear of being scolded. But new research shows teens are not the only one.
The survey of 2000 smokers was revealed about 37 percent of the people who hide smoking habit are elderly who are more than 55 years.
Given shame is one of the main reasons a person to keep it secret. Approximately 37 percent of participants claimed to be embarrassed to be a smoker, and 32 percent do not want their loved ones worried about the health of participants.
How to keep the smoking habit can be a variety of things such as saying the number of cigarettes diiisap less than fact, lied when applying for a job and did not include smoking in private health insurance applications.
Further research to get 3 out of 10 smokers had lied to the doctor and about a quarter of the store smoking habit employer or boss where he worked.
Unfortunately not many people realize that the way sneaky smoke 1-2 cigarettes a day can still cause long-term damage to health. Smokers is lying to himself and others about his bad habits, as well as ashamed to admit him as a smoker.
Meanwhile, another study shows women who smoked 1 cigarettes a day have a higher risk of sudden death due to heart attacks and other problems. However, this threat can be reduced if he can stop the habit.
"The study reveals smoking is an important risk factor that can be modified to prevent sudden death from heart disease. Quitting smoking before the heart disease is very important," said Sandhu roopinder of the University of Alberta in Canada, as quoted by the Daily Mail, Friday (4 / 1/2013).

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Often Eat Bread Fuel Can Trigger Cancer?

Burned food is known to be one of the factors triggering the onset of cancer in the body. If so, is often toast consumption can also cause cancer?"Maybe. Nobody can say for sure," said Dr Paul Brent, chief researcher at the Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ), as quoted from abc.net.au, Friday (04/01/2013).
Dr Brent said this is because no one has investigated whether people who often eat baked bread has a higher cancer risk, and there are no laboratory studies using mice.
However the chemical acrylamide resulting from the heating process glucose and certain amino acids found in toast. This chemical is potentially harmful to the body.
"The level of acrylamide in food increases with higher cooking temperatures and long cooking times. Though bread contains less acrylamide than chips and French fries," said Dr. Brent.
Acrylamide is used in many industrial processes and high exposure is known to be toxic to the nervous system of animals and humans. But acrylamide in foods generally do not reach the same level as the industry.
Additionally burnt toast also contain small amounts polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were also found in air pollutants. Some of the types of PAHs is proven carcinogens (cancer causing chemicals).
PAHs are one of the most famous is benzopyrene found in coal tar and cigarette smoke. This substance is produced when organic material does not burn completely. If it gets into the body can trigger chemical changes in cells that cause DNA damage and eventually lead to cancer.
Brent advise should avoid baking bread for too long, and do not be tempted to eat the burnt toast. If it's too long to burn, better get rid of the bread that is too dark or slightly burnt.

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Sleep

Not all people get the full bedtime. But there is also a successful surreptitiously working hours for a short nap or successfully improve the quality of sleep by changing the order of the rooms so that they can sleep soundly.If there is no gain time or sleep quality they want, at least you still can find a number of findings about sleep and the impact on health as well as in fact quoted from huffingtonpost, Friday (01/04/2013) following.
1. Lack of sleep increase the risk of strokeSleep less than six hours semalem associated with an increased risk of stroke in a person, even in people who do not have risk factors such as smoking, lack of physical exercise or high blood pressure. Presumably this was due to the impact of the short hours of sleep to factors such as increased blood pressure or alter certain hormones.
Fortunate was also often referred to as a 'modifiable risk factor'' so that people can control how many hours of sleep they get, so the potential to control the risks of serious health problems that may occur due to bed.
2. Too much sleep hurting heartMost studies tend to focus observations on the lack of sleep but too much sleep can also cause health problems, especially for the heart. According to a study published in March 2012, people who sleep 8 hours or more at night at higher risk of cardiovascular disorders, including stroke, congestive heart failure and heart attacks.
3. Too few hours of sleep push unwise food choicesExperts have long known if lack of sleep can lead to weight gain, but only recently researchers know the reason behind it. In one study, the research team found that one part of the brain that help determine a person's food choices are affected by more or less hours of sleep he had. The problem is lack of sleep makes a person difficult to choose healthy foods.
Another study tried to ascertain this by observing the response of participants to images of healthy food and unhealthy after participants were given only four hours' sleep at night. The result, researchers found a higher activity of the brain giving reward and motivation, participants showed increased susceptibility to choose unhealthy foods and poor decision making skills.
4. Same with stress, lack of sleep also affects the immune systemHigh levels of stress proved burdensome health and recent studies have shown that lack of sleep also produce the same effect. In a detailed study conducted in July 2012 that claimed to find that the number of white blood cells to go up and down when the participants experienced a lack of sleep, as well as their response to stress.
5. Miss hours of sleep to learn more and make bad valueSome students prefer staying up all night to learn in order to do the test well but a study revealed that this will make the student fail the exam or did not obtain a satisfactory value.
This conclusion was obtained after a number of high school students in LA are asked to record how much time they spend sleeping and studying past records whenever they are in trouble in class or getting a poor grade in the course. The researchers also found that the more time that passed a sleeping students to learn the value ascertained in the school will be worse.
"Although additional study hours is deemed necessary, but in fact it requires no small sacrifice," said researcher Andrew J. Fuligni, a professor at UCLA and senior researcher of the Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior, UCLA.
6. Sleepy surgeons who risk making a mistake operationDue to be on duty for long hours at the hospital, I wonder if the doctors or nurses often feel exhausted by it. But for the first time, a study to try to compare it with the level of fatigue risk operation errors.
"The result is fatigue levels were higher than we expected so far, especially on the night shift," said one researcher Dr. Frank McCormick of the Harvard Combined Orthopedic Residency Program and Massachusetts General Hospital.
7. Lack of sleep increase anxietyA study conducted in June 2012 found that too few hours of sleep can increase anxiety levels.
"What this study highlights is the importance of sleep to healthy emotional functioning. In other words, people who are high levels of anxiety may actually be more susceptible than enough sleep," said Andrea Goldstein who conducted the study at the Sleep and Neuroimaging Laboratory , University of California, Berkeley.

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Lahm warns Bayern

Doha - Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm warned his team not to conceited though well ahead of its rivals. Bayern are required to maintain performance in the second half of the season after securing the championship title.

Die Roten currently enjoying peak championship by nine points from his nearest rival, Bayer Leverkusen, and 12 points from the defending champion Borussia Dortmund.

But anyway, the Bundesliga still have half way to the end of the season will undoubtedly be heavier.

"There are still 17 games (left), and many things can happen," said the German international defender was told Bild.

Of 17 games that have been played, Bayern look impressive with only one defeat to swallow, three draws and 13 wins. The defense also looks strong as Bavarians conceded just seven goals.

Lahm believes his team has a great opportunity to end the fasting titles in the last two years when the impressive pace that could continue until the competition ends.

"If we fulfill our potential in the second half of the season, we probably can not be stopped," said Lahm confidence.

Currently Bayern was in Doha, Qatar to undergo training in the winter break. Bayern will be back competing on Saturday (19/01/2013) and against Greuther Fuerth.

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Rasyid Rajasa ternyata 'disembunyikan' di RSPP

Di mana Rasyid Amrullah Rajasa dirawat usai mengalami kecelakaan yang menewaskan dua orang di Tol Jagorawi akhirnya terungkap. Putra bungsu Menko Perekonomian Hatta Rajasa itu berada di Rumah Sakit Pusat Pertamina (RSPP), Jakarta Selatan.

"Saya jelaskan, pada saat ini keluarga dari Bapak Hatta Rajasa, yaitu anak beliau (Rasyid Rajasa) sedang dirawat di RSPP," kata Kepala Administrasi Medis RSPP dr Indra Maulana, di kantornya Jalan Kyai Maja, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan, Rabu (2/1).

"Kondisinya memang stabil, amanat pihak keluarga agar mohon tidak diganggu," imbuh Indra.

Ditanya terkait luka-luka yang dialami Rasyid, Indra menjelaskan, "Lukanya baik, kondisi pasien stabil saat ini," jawabnya.

Sebelumnya, pihak kepolisian dan keluarga termasuk sang bapak, Hatta Rajasa tidak mengungkapkan di mana Rasyid dirawat. Pihak RS Polri membantah merawat Rasyid.

"Saat ini pengemudi sedang dalam perawatan di rumah sakit dan kita tidak bisa sebutkan rumah sakitnya karena pengemudi trauma dan luka-luka," ujar Kabid Humas Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Rikwanto.

Kasat Penegakan Hukum (Gakkum) Ditlantas Polda Metro Jaya AKBP Sudarmanto bahkan berlindung di balik UU KIP.

"Masih dalam proses penyelidikan jadi kami tidak boleh memberikan informasi. Pasal 18 tentang UU Keterbukaan Informasi Publik. Di mana saat dalam penyidikan kami tidak boleh beri informasi gamblang," terang Sudarmanto kemarin.

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Beda perlakuan anak Hatta dan Afriyani saat kecelakaan maut

Polisi lantang bicara ketika terjadi kecelakaan dan memakan korban jiwa. Tanpa menunggu waktu lama, polisi langsung mengumumkan status pengemudi dan menahannya. Tetapi ternyata itu tak berlaku bagi Muhammad Rasyid Amrullah, anak Menko Perekonomian Hatta Rajasa.

Sejumlah keganjilan muncul, mulai dari polisi yang saling lempar ketika ditanya sampai pria-pria misterius yang berjaga di RS Polri Kramatjati. Dan anehnya lagi, Rasyid beserta mobil BMW-nya raib. Kenapa?

Sampai hari ini pun status Rasyid masih belum diketahui. Ketika dicecar, polisi berdalih masih melakukan penyelidikan. Mereka justru mengungkapkan jika putra bungsu Hatta itu trauma dan menjalani perawatan di rumah sakit.

Bandingkan dengan kasus kecelakaan Xenia maut yang menewaskan 9 pejalan kaki dan Livina maut di Jalan Ampera Raya, yang menewaskan dua orang. Lebih parahnya lagi, untuk kasus yang sama seorang perwira polisi bisa memberi pernyataan berbeda.

Saat kasus Xenia maut, beberapa jam kemudian Kasat Penegakan Hukum (Gakkum) Ditlantas Polda Metro Jaya AKBP Sudarmanto mengumumkan status Afriyani Susanti sebagai tersangka. Kala itu Sudarmanto pun detail menyebut pasal-pasal yang menjerat pengemudi berbadan tambun itu.

"Afriyani Susanti kami tetapkan sebagai tersangka dan dikenakan Pasal 283, 287 ayat 5, Pasal 288, Pasal 310 ayat 1, ayat 2, ayat 3, dan ayat 4," kata Sudarmanto kala itu Minggu 22 Januari 2012.

Tetapi tidak untuk kasus anak sang menteri, Sudarmanto bermain aman untuk tidak memberikan informasi. Dia pun berlindung di balik undang-undang agar jurnalis tak terus mencecarnya. Padahal polisi sudah berjanji tak akan mengistimewakan anak Hatta.

"Masih dalam proses penyelidikan jadi kami tidak boleh memberikan informasi. Pasal 18 tentang UU Keterbukaan Informasi Publik. Di mana saat dalam penyidikan kami tidak boleh beri informasi gamblang," terang Sudarmanto kemarin.

Sudarmanto juga merahasiakan di mana mobil BMW yang dikemudikan oleh Rasyid kini berada. "Ada di suatu tempat, kenapa saya tidak bisa beri tahu, ya karena balik lagi ke Pasal 18 itu tadi," katanya.

Bahkan untuk mengungkap siapa sebenarnya Rasyid, harus corong Polri yang angkat bicara, yaitu Irjen Suhardi Alius. Padahal, dalam peristiwa kecelakaan seperti ini, biasanya polisi setingkat wilayah punya otoritas untuk mengumumkan.

Contohnya adalah kecelakaan Livina maut, secara gamblang Kasat Lantas Polres Jakarta Selatan Kompol Hindarso mengumumkan status pengemudi, tepat di hari kejadian, Kamis 27 Desember 2012.

"Sopir sudah pasti tersangka. Tadi sempat digebukin warga," kata Hindarso.

Tentu kita ingin siapa saja yang bersalah baik rakyat biasa, anak pejabat, kedudukannya harus sama di hadapan hukum. Jika memang bersalah ya harus dihukum, nyali polisi tak boleh ciut.

Hatta pun sudah meminta maaf kepada keluarga perihal kejadian ini. Ketua Umum PAN itu menyerahkan sepenuhnya kasus ini pada aparat kepolisian. Dia merasa terpukul atas kejadian yang menimpa anaknya.

"Kami serahkan sepenuhnya proses ini kepada kepolisian, saya mohon doa restu saudara sekalian agar putra kami pulih, agar dia dapat menjalani proses hukum," kata Hatta saat melakukan jumpa pers di kediamannya di Cipete, Jakarta.

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Israel training Cyber Wars for Youth

JERUSALEM, Israel Government on Monday (31/12) night, inaugurating a national program to train young people aged 16 and 18 years for cyber wars in the future in the military and intelligence services. The launch program was not separated from the growing threat from Iran.

"The threat of cyber attacks against Israel came from Iran and other elements," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement at the inauguration ceremony in the city of Ashkelon Beach. "The system is important we came under attack, and this will increase as we enter the digital age. We will enhance our ability to address all of these threats and build digital defense system Iron Dome," he said. Iron Dome missile defense system is used the Israeli Air Force.

Israel National Bureau of Maya (INCB), an institution founded Netanyahu earlier this year, the ability to operate a three-year program, designed to develop expertise in the field of cybernetics and computers among high school students who stand out from the poor. "The program was created with the basic principle that Israel has a high-quality human capital and the notion that the development will meet the needs of security and fostering economic growth and social development," the statement said. He added that the military, security services and the Ministry of Education to support the project.

Cyber ​​security has become a national priority in Israel in recent years, and an important resource grown on protecting military and civilian computer networks that use the country as well as in energy production plant.

In a rare interview published last December in the daily Yediot Aharonot, the Shin Bet (Israeli security services), disclose cyber unit SIGINT had foiled "a number of Iranian attacks against computer networks a strategic country for three years." By "increasing threat of such" cyber warfare program for youth is the latest of a series of ideas aimed at placing and recruiting what the military as "cyber warriors".

In the face of their lack of human resources, recruiters in the military, have been deployed to search for the young hackers among Jewish communities around the world that have the potential to be an expert cyber war. The purpose of these activities is to persuade the young hackers fills a lucrative position in the private sector and move to Israel, according to Yediot Aharonot reported in November.

"It's clear that the demand for soldiers in the field is only a matter of time. This is why we are looking for solutions, not only here but abroad," said a senior officer told the paper

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Public Confidence Slump

Washington DC, FRIDAY - Some U.S. stock index futures fell on Friday (28/12), as the deadline looms on the country's fiscal gap. U.S. consumer confidence index also hit its lowest point in four months.

Stock index futures S & P 500, the benchmark, down in the past five days in a row. The trading Friday, the index fell 8.5 points and were below fair value (fair value). Index futures Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) also dropped 67 points, while Nasdaq 100 index slumped 12.5 points.

The decreasing trend is following the same symptoms that occurred the previous day. On Thursday, the DJIA index tumbled 150 points even before slowly recovered and closed down 18 points from the previous day.

In addition, consumer confidence in the U.S. also fell sharply in December so as to achieve the lowest point since last August. Institute The Conference Board, which measures global consumer confidence index, reported on Thursday, the U.S. consumer confidence index fell to 65.1 this month from 71.5 in November amounted to.

The survey shows that institutions, consumer expectations in U.S. economic conditions in the next six months is at its lowest level since 2011. Lynn Franco, director of the economic indicators of the agency, said it showed the U.S. consumers worried about tax hikes and state budget cuts that would automatically take effect next January 1.

Tax increases and cuts in government spending that would occur if lawmakers in Washington failed to reach an agreement to modify or delay the implementation of these provisions.

Pierre Ellis, an economist at Decision Economics institute, said the drop in consumer confidence this month proves that the American people suddenly lose hope with the possibility of tax increases.

Drop in consumer confidence is already starting to feel since a few weeks ago, when the excitement of Christmas shopping is not as high as usual. MasterCard Advisors Spending Pulse report said the rate of sales growth in the two months leading up to Christmas this year is at its lowest since 2008.

Uncertainty in the U.S. are beginning to impact the market in Europe. Benchmark stock index in the UK, the FTSE 100, fell 22.13 points or 0.4 percent at noon London time. While the FTSEurofirst 300 index fell 3.39 points.

Crude oil prices had also dropped on Thursday, before starting to rise again in Friday trading.

"Obviously all the attention leading to Washington, and any news coming out of Washington will determine the movement of the market today," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital in New York, Friday.

Efforts last

Meanwhile, President Barack Obama made a last attempt to avoid the fiscal gap before the deadline Monday night. Obama invites congressional leaders to meet at the White House on Friday night, looking for a deal.

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner also had contacted 241 members of the U.S. House of Republicans to return to Washington to meet on Sunday evening. Hopefully, they will hold a vote to approve or reject the draft new rules in order to avoid a fiscal abyss.

In a conference call on Thursday, several Republican legislators reportedly starting to agree with the plan to increase taxes for the rich layers of U.S. society

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U.S. Congress finally Prevent 'fiscal gap'

U.S. Congress on Tuesday (1/1) late at night, eventually supported an agreement to prevent "fiscal gap" that includes tax increases and spending cuts in a number of countries.

The U.S. Senate had already approved the deal with 89 versus 8 voice vote on Tuesday morning. However, these results still have to be brought to the U.S. House of Representatives. U.S. House of Representatives, in turn, ultimately to vote on Tuesday late night with 257 votes in favor and the results of 167 votes against.

The deal would allow President Barack Obama to maintain tax cuts for most Americans but the people are super rich country will experience a tax increase.

Obama plans to make a brief statement at the White House a few hours after the House approved the agreement was a relief to investors who had worried that the ongoing stalemate could make global stock markets giddy.

Previous Obama has welcomed the Senate approval is given. "The leaders of both political parties in the Senate to sit together to reach an agreement that was widely supported by both parties to protect 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small businesses from the middle class tax increase," Obama said. "Although both Democrats and Republicans do not get what they want, now is the best deal that could be given to this country., And Parliament must approve it without delay," he added.

Agreement on additional taxes for the wealthy United States, reached after lengthy discussions with Vice President Joe Biden pre Republican members of the Senate. If an agreement is not reached then a fairly high tax increases would fall on all citizens of the U.S. working class.

Compromise reached on Monday night, making Americans who earn under 400 000 dollars per year free of income tax increases.

Democrats initially proposed a free citizen of an income tax increase is U.S. $ 250,000 per year.

In addition to avoiding the middle class from tax increases are big enough, the deal also makes the U.S. budget cuts could delay for at least two months. This condition allows the Congress and the White House to reopen negotiations.

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Turn off your Cigarette or Impotence & Cancer Haunting

It is no secret that the content of these substances in cigarettes can cause a variety of diseases ranging from cancer to impotence. If you do not want this disease to attack you, it could not hurt to stop smoking begin today.

Stop smoking, especially heavy smokers is not easy. Quite often someone needs to do it many times, then finally he managed to free from cigarettes.

Although not impossible, but there are many cases where new cigarette addicts can actually stop this bad habit after suffering from an illness that required him to quit smoking.

Various studies explain in cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals poison (toxic) and 43 compounds cause cancer or carcinogenic. This is why smokers are at higher risk of developing the disease.

Scientific evidence suggests an association between smoking with the risk of various diseases such as impotence, cancer, heart disease, respiratory system diseases, reproductive disorders and pregnancy.

Although this health hazard warnings are included in packs of cigarettes, but in reality it does not make the smoker feel chastened and kapok to smoke again.

"Indonesian people are usually so, quit smoking if you are sick," said Fuad Baradja, activists tackle the problem of smoking.

Fuad tells one a smoker who successfully quit smoking at the age of 90 years. This guy has been smoking since age 20, he quit smoking because it was sickly and grand niece who is a famous doctor explained to her about the dangers of smoking, until he reaches the point of understanding that he should stop smoking.

Besides it takes willpower to quit smoking, a smoker also need motivation and information, so that someone who was probably not familiar with the dangers of smoking became better understood and can stop bad habits before the disease attacked.

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The Reds worth Beware Cycle Win-Lose

Liverpool are still inconsistencies in the Premier League this season. Facing Sunderland, the Reds shall alert if you do not want to win the cycle-defeat continues.

Liverpool are still stuck in the top 10 standings. Brendan Rodgers's team landing 28 points from 20 matches.

In the last five games, winning and losing in turn acquired Liverpool. After the win against West Ham, Liverpool defeat of Aston Villa. Return victory over Fulham defeat again obtained after the subject at Stoke City. Finally, Liverpool again won the victory by conquering Queens Park Rangers (MKMKM).

Performance is inconsistent with it, Liverpool will get a test from Sunderland at Anfield on Thursday (01/03/2013) pm dawn. Luis Suarez et al. should be aware that it's win-loss cycle was continued and ended in defeat.

Here is the data and the facts of the match Liverpool against Sunderland as quoted by Eurosport.

- Liverpool have won just two of the last seven Premier League games against Sunderland, having previously won the last six meetings always.

- Each game of the last four meetings between Liverpool and Sunderland goal average under 2.5 goals.

- Liverpool have won just six of their last 21 Premier League in January.

- Alternately Liverpool victory and defeat in the last five games. If this rate continues, they will lose in this fight.

- Number of shots off target Liverpool released more than other teams this season, 165.

- Steven Gerrard is one of the two midfielder / striker in the Premier League is always full play in this season.

- Gerrard is always scoring in the last two games at Anfield.

- Luis Suarez averaged 12.2 touches per game in the opponent's box this season, no player in the Premier League which average more than 7.3.

- Only Manchester United (5) the win more in the last six games in the Premier League than Liverpool (4).

- Sunderland keeping 15 clean sheets in the Premier League in 2012, only Manchester United are better than them (17).

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Benitez may Perform Rotation Again

London - crowded schedule still to be passed by Chelsea in January. Faced with Queens Park Rangers, Rafael Benitez did not rule out going back rotate players.

After passing through a busy December, Chelsea faced no less dense schedule in January. The first game in this year will be preceded by the host QPR at Stamford Bridge on Thursday (03/01/2013) pm dawn.

The Blues themselves through a busy period at the end of the year well. They wiped out the last three games in 2012, respectively, Aston Villa, Norwich City and Everton.

Benitez admitted that the decision to change the winning team was not easy. But former Liverpool manager was going to do it for around the busy schedules that will be faced.

For the record, three days after the game counter QPR, Chelsea will face Southampton in the FA Cup. Four days later, Swansea City has been waiting in the first leg of the League Cup semifinals.

"We replaced the two players for the game against Everton to include players who are fit," said Benitez on Chelsea's official website.

"When you play a lot of games in a short time, it is important to have players who are fit and energetic, so I tried to set this up in the last few games."

"It was a tough decision as against Norwich on Boxing Day we played well and replace the players who are doing well it is not easy, because everyone had a good game when it wanted to keep playing."

"You try to identifies that we want to keep every player to be ready, and now we will probably do the same thing again and hopefully they will understand and we still keep the level of the team," he said.

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Transsexual Stories of the Most Phenomenal Undergo Genitals Change

Gender identity is an important determinant of biological, psychological and social person. Every person is born with male sex or female.

But there are some people who feel 'stuck' with their own gender, to decide for transgender (transsexual). Here are a few people who have the most phenomenal sex-change story,

1. Jackie Green, the world's youngest transsexual

Jackie Green is the youngest transsexual in the world, because it has done a sex change from male to female at the age of 16 years. The first time Jackie wants a sex-change operation at the age of 6 years. In fact he had 5 times to commit suicide by cutting their own genitals.

But doctors do not allow genital surgery in children so young. Then on the day of the birthday-16 years old, his mother Jackie presented a sex-change operation in Thailand.

2. Ruth Rose, Britain's oldest transsexual

Ruth Rose was born with male sex and named James Rose. At the age of 76, her urinary tract cancer and declared her age would not live much longer. After recovering, he was determined to live what he wanted, namely a woman completely.

He also underwent a number of changes are slowly becoming a woman. And next year, Ruth will turn into the 80th and by then, he will undergo a final operation to become a woman, the replacement of the genitals. He acknowledged psychologically, has transformed himself into a woman, and will be completed with the physical changes.

3. Chen Li and Jiang, husband and wife are compact exchanging sex

Newly married couple in the city of Yongzhou, Hunan Province, China plans to something a bit odd to the average person. The husband wants to be a female sex-change operation, otherwise the wife wants surgery to become a man.

The husband, Chen Li (37 years old) does have a tendency feminine and very attentive to others. Meanwhile, his wife, Jiang Ling-law was tired of the angry and decided I wanted to be a man to be more respected.

4. Ria Cooper, twice the sex-change

Ria Cooper (18 years old) who was born with male sex, made ​​headlines last year when he became the youngest British person who did a sex-change operation at the age of 17 years.

However, less than 1 year to be a woman, she decided to again change into male genitals because it claimed to suffer from a severe mental disorder as a woman.

5. Thomas Beatie

Beatie gained international attention for being one of the men could get pregnant. He was born and lived his life as a woman until the mid-20-year-old. Then he started doing the male hormone therapy but retaining female sex organs.

This condition makes her get pregnant and have a child with her partner using donor sperm. Currently Beatie already has 3 children and started to back male hormone therapy.

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First Aid on Diarrhea

Diarrhea is a disorder in which feces or feces turns into soft or liquid at least 3 times in 24 hours. There are many things that can cause diarrhea, such as food poisoning, eating certain foods, the wrong medication, stress, alcohol, bacterial infections and others.

If the patient can drink, the body fluids are lost can be replaced. But if the patient does not want to drink and frequent vomiting, the body fluid will quickly disappear and there symptoms of dehydration.

According to Stanley M. Zildo as quoted from his book 'First Aid, How to Properly Handling First Aid and Emergency', prolonged diarrhea can be fatal, especially if the baby suffered.

To deal with diarrhea, do first aid as follows:

1. Give plenty of water to replace the fluids and chemicals lost body. Drink fluids every 2 hours by about 2 ounces or 60 mL.

2. If the diarrhea lasts longer, say 1 -2 days and reduced the number and frequency of urination, immediately take the patient to the hospital due to possible dehydration.

3. Avoid solid foods.

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First Aid on Fracture

Fractures commonly referred to as fractures and classified into 2 types, namely closed fractures and open fractures. In a closed fracture, the fracture did not get out through the skin. While in open fractures, some or all of the broken bone visible through the skin. This case can be dangerous because the victim is likely to lose a lot of blood and prone to infection.

Do not move the victim unless there is a medical staff of experienced, especially if the wound is the head, neck or spine. If you have moved, make sure the wound does not shift or move because of the removal process. For example, tie the legs are injured with uninjured leg, then moved.

According to Stanley M. Zildo as quoted from his book 'First Aid, How to Properly Handling First Aid and Emergency', the symptoms of fracture include:

- Victims feel or hear a bone fracture

- The wound was painful, especially when touched or moved

- It's hard to move the injured part

- Movement of the injured body part not normal or usual

- Visible swelling

- There is a sense of uneasy sensation at the tip of the body injured

- There seems to change shape

 The size or length of the bone is different from other body pair

- The injured body looks blue

If meet the above symptoms, emergency treatment to do is:

1. Open the airway, perform artificial breathing if necessary

2. Stop the bleeding in case of open fractures. Scissors clothing of the victim before making aid.

3. If victim is unconscious, thought he had a wound in the head, neck or spine.

4. Do not try to restore the bone that looks out.

5. Do not clean the wound or bone paste something on purpose to help injured though.

6. Cover the wound gently with a sterile cloth or bandage to stop the bleeding.

7. Close the wound as a whole, including bones protruding.

8. Contact paramedics or an ambulance, do not pick up the wounded in the head, neck or spine without the use of a stretcher. Keep your head straight to the body.

9. If medical help is yet to come while the victim had to be taken to the hospital, use the splint above and below the wound before they moved.

10. Do not give food or drink to the victim.

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First Aid on Alcohol Overdose

Ethanol is toxic active ingredients contained in all alcoholic beverages. Ethanol can weaken and suppress the activity of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord), which controls the psychomotor skills such as coordination and reaction gestures.

Another reaction is disturbing activities such as speaking limbs, reduced hearing and eye movements. Alcohol can also reduce the level of awareness and self-control behavior.

Consuming alcohol will lead to a false sense of excitement. Alcohol may act like a stimulant or stimulant body, but in fact alcohol is the cause of depression (depressant).

According to Stanley M. Zildo as quoted from his book 'First Aid, How to Properly Handling First Aid and Emergency', alcohol overdose symptoms such as reduced coordination, slurred speech, abnormal breathing, tend not aware, there is the possibility of red eyes and coma.

If you encounter any of these symptoms, immediately do the following:

1. If the victim was asleep with the pulse and respiration were normal, wake up with a way to shake the body or calling. For such cases, the victim did not require emergency treatment.

2. Place the victim in a safe place so as not to injure themselves while continuing to monitor the situation.

3. If the victim is unconscious or can not be awakened and pernapasnnya looks abnormal or victim in a coma, keep breathing, keep track smoothly.

4. Immediately take the victim to the hospital.

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First Aid on a hemorrhage

There are 2 types of hemorrhage, which is bleeding from veins and bleeding from the arteries. Bleeding in veins rather dark color and flow spontaneously. While bleeding from arteries colors are brighter and the flow emanating from the body of the wounded.

Bleeding in the arteries can lead to a critical condition, because of blood being pumped out at speeds exceeding the average. As a result, the victim will be a lot of blood loss.

According to Stanley M. Zildo as quoted from his book 'First Aid, How to Properly Handling First Aid and Emergency', pressing directly on the injured area is one action that can be done to stop the bleeding, although causing pain in that section.

Way of emphasis can be given as follows:

1. Put a clean cloth or sterile thick like a handkerchief, towel or sheet of fabric pieces directly on the injured area. Then press gently with the palm of your hand. If no fabric, use a hand or finger to press.

2. Continue pressing with constant pressure.

3. Do not remove the fabric used to suppress the wound.

4. If the blood has met the fabric, not removable, but add a new cloth and put on it. Then continue again hold with your hands.

5. If the bleeding stops or is reduced, use bandages to cover cloth tied around the wound.

6. Not too tight bandage straps to avoid arterial blood flow stops.

7. Keep injuries at the position in the heart organ.

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Nutrition is Able to Protect Women from Breast Cancer

One of the diseases most feared by women is breast cancer, because it is a deadly disease and difficult to treat. So as to be aware of developing the disease yourself, fortify your body with the nutrients carotenoid potent against breast cancer.

Scientists say that women who had high levels of different carotenoids in the blood, a risk of 15 to 20 percent lower risk of developing breast cancer than women with lower levels of carotenoids.

Carotenoids are pigments responsible for the bright colors of plants. The main sources of carotenoids include carrots, which are rich in alpha-carotene, sweet potatoes and green vegetables, which are rich in beta-carotene, and lycopene-rich tomatoes.

Green vegetables are also a good source of lutein + zeaxanthin. So a diet high in carotenoid-rich fruits and vegetables can offer many benefits, including the possibility of a reduced risk of breast cancer.

Function as antioxidants and carotenoids are absorbed from the metabolism of free radical overload. If too many free radicals in the blood, this will lead to oxidative stress and prolonged oxidative stress can cause diseases such as cancer.

"So someone needs more supplies of antioxidants in the body to ward off free radical damage," says A. Heather Eliassen, the study's authors and an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

One interesting finding is that there is a correlation between the level of carotenoids in the blood of breast tumor progression by estrogen receptor negative (ER-). Eliassen said that because ER-breast tumors are more aggressive will be more difficult to treat, but carotenoids may help treatment.

Researchers also found that carotenoids also effectively provide protection to women who smoke. Nicotine in cigarettes may increase oxidative stress, but carotenoids are capable of providing protection against him.

But the research also showed that the protective effect of carotenoids is more felt by women with a body mass index (BMI) lower. Being overweight is one of the sources of oxidative stress that is difficult to overcome if you just rely on diet alone carotenoids without weight loss efforts.

Researchers recommend to increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables healthy or diet carotenoids to protect against breast cancer. The results are published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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