What is global warming?

While some would call global warming a theory, others would call it a proven set of facts. Opinions differ vehemently. Let us consider global warming to be both a premise that the environment of the world as we know it is slowly, but very surely increasing in overall air and water temperature, and a promise that if whatever is causing this trend is not interrupted or challenged life on earth will dynamically be affected.

The prevailing counter opinion is that all that is presently perceived to be global warming is simply the result of a normal climactic swing in the direction of increased temperature. Many proponents of this global warming ideology have definitive social and financial interests in these claims.

Global warming and climate change are aspects of our environment that cannot be easily or quickly discounted. Many factions still strongly feel that the changes our Earth is seeing are the result of a natural climatic adjustment. Regardless of one’s perspective the effects of global warming are a quantifiable set of environmental results that are in addition to any normal changes in climate. That is why the effects of global warming have catastrophic potential. Global warming may well be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. It could turn out to be the difference between a category three hurricane and a category four. Global warming as caused by greenhouse gas emissions can lead us to a definite imbalance of nature.

The premise of global warming as an issue of debate is that industrial growth coupled with non-structured methods we as humans use to sustain ourselves has created a situation where our planet is getting progressively hotter. We have seemingly negatively effected our environment by a cycle of harmful processes that now seem to be feeding upon themselves to exponentially increase the damage to our ecosystem.

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Public mistrust leads to overblown radiation fears

Public mistrust leads to overblown radiation fears

Many people continue to have concerns about dangerous radiation reaching California shores. The issue is one of mistrust. Not everyone believes what they hear from the government and experts.

Sales of radiation monitors have spiked on eBay, potassium iodide pills keep disappearing from store shelves, and while the public continues to hear that any fallout would be "diluted," there are skeptics who wonder if, instead, they're being "deluded."

"There's this old cliché about dilution is the solution to pollution," says nuclear industry analyst Paul Carroll. "The advantage we have from afar is both distance and time."

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At the Ploughshares Fund in San Francisco Thursday morning, Connolly and the staff of the independent foundation that watches the nuclear industry pondered the misconceptions of this developing story. What we have here, they say, has become a classic failure to communicate on both sides of the Pacific.

"This is a complete failure of the U.S. administration to explain what is going on to people. We have not had straight talk from the Japanese industry on this or the Japanese government," says Joe Cirincione of the Ploughshares Fund. "You would expect more from the U.S. government."

Government sources have said, repeatedly, that these shores do not face a significant radioactive health threat. Academics have echoed that, although they do say Japan and parts of Asia are at risk.

"Well, tens of kilometers, hundreds of kilometers, something like that, depending on the wind out in the ocean," says UC Berkeley health researcher Kirk Smith, Ph.D. "Maybe if the wind reverses it might make it to Korea."

But radioactivity has a stigma. When you can't see, touch, or feel a threat, it becomes more ominous, especially when you can measure traces of it. But that's all we have coming our way, they say. Traces.

"The kinds of radiation we're likely to be exposed to on the West Coast are trivial," says Cirincione. "Much less than you would get during an x-ray, a high level airline flight. Nothing of serious health concern."

To a degree, the fear we're seeing provides a measure for how far we've come. Remember, from the end of World War II through the mid-1960s, dozens of nuclear bombs were tested in the Pacific. Much more potent radiation reached our shores from those tests than we will ever see from Japan.
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Too little sleep increases obesity risk

Enough sleep seems to determine if the child will become overweight

Researchers in the United States say children aged four and under who get less than ten hours sleep are nearly twice as likely to be obese five years later.
The scientists looked at a group of almost two thousand children in surveys over five years.
They say their study suggests there's a critical time for children, when getting the right amount of sleep seems to determine whether the child will become overweight as it grows.
One theory is that children who don't get enough sleep are then too tired to take enough exercise, and being up for longer they have more opportunity to eat.

Kurang tidur tingkatkan risiko obesitas

Ilmuwan di Amerika Serikat menyatakan bahwa anak-anak berusia empat tahun ke bawah yang tidur kurang dari sepuluh jam memiliki kemungkinan dua kali lebih besar mengalami obesitas pada 5 tahun ke depan.
Para ilmuwan meneliti sekelompok anak-anak berjumlah hampir 2.000 anak dalam survei selama lebih lima tahun.
Mereka mengatakan penelitian itu menemukan bahwa terdapat waktu kritis bagi anak-anak, lama waktu tidur yang cukup akan menentukan apakah anak tersebut akan mengalami kelebihan berat badan pada masa pertumbuhan.
Salah satu teori adalah bahwa anak-anak yang tidak mendapatkan waktu tidur yang cukup akan mengalami kelelahan untuk berolahraga dan jika mereka tidak segera tidur maka akan ada kesempatan yang lebih banyak bagi mereka untuk makan.

Outraged response to Koran threat

Mari belajar Bahasa Inggris dalam dua bahasa dengan menyimak berita dari BBC.

Topik pertama adalah tentang reaksi beberapa negara muslim atas rencana pembakaran Quran di AS dan yang kedua adalah penelitian tentang obesitas yang disebabkan kurang tidur.

Outraged response to Koran threat

Muslim countries in Asia have called on President Obama to take action

Muslim countries in Asia have called on President Obama to take action to stop the pastor of a tiny church in Florida carrying out a threat to burn copies of the Koran on September the eleventh.
Indonesia says the burning would damage relations between Islam and the West.
Malaysia called it a heinous crime.
India said it would be an outrage.
The American authorities have also condemned the plan, calling it disgraceful and idiotic -- but their ability to intervene is limited by the US constitution.
The pastor behind the threat, Terry Jones, leads a congregation of just a few dozen followers.
He says the burning will be a way to stand up to terrorism.

Reaksi keras atas ancaman terhadap Quran

Negara-negara muslim di Asia menyerukan kepada Presiden Obama mengambil tindakan untuk menghentikan seorang pastur dari sebuah gereja kecil di Florida yang mengancam akan membakar Quran pada 11 September.
Indonesia mengatakan bahwa pembakaran akan merusak hubungan antara Islam dan Barat.
Malaysia menyebutnya sebagai kejahatan yang kejam.
India mengatakan hal itu akan menjadi sebuah penghinaan.
Pihak berwenang Amerika juga mengutuk rencana tersebut dan menyebutnya sebagai tindakan yang memalukan dan tolol -- namun kemampuan mereka untuk campur tangan dibatasi oleh undang-undang AS.
Pastur yang berada di balik ancaman itu, Terry Jones, memimpin sebuah jemaah yang hanya terdiri dari beberapa lusin pengikut.
Ia mengatakan pembakaran itu akan menjadi jalan untuk melawan terorisme.

Source : http://www.bbc.co.uk/indonesia/bahasa_inggris/2010/09/100909_dwi_koran_obesity.shtml

Creative Fruit Smoothies for an Easy Breakfast

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Strawberry-Yogurt Smoothies

When summer arrives and strawberries are in season, the perfect way to enjoy them is in a healthy fruit smoothie. Whirl up the berries with yogurt for a creamy, refreshing snack or quick breakfast. Orange juice adds a sweet tang.

Jus Strawberry

Jus telah menjadi cara yang bagus untuk mensupply buah-buahan ekstra ke dalam makanan kita. Jus yang satu ini menggunakan alpukat, yang, selain bermanfaat dengan dan bergizi tinggi, juga memberikan sensasi yang kaya dengan nuansa lembut di mulut.

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Libyan rebels face military surge on key outpost

AP – A rebel fighter stands on top of a previously-destroyed pro-Gadhafi forces tank, at sunset on the outskirts …

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AJDABIYA, Libya – Government soldiers and rebel gunmen battled in the streets of a key front-line city Saturday after the Libyan military used shelling and guerrilla-style tactics to open its most serious push into opposition territory since international airstrikes began. NATO airstrikes, meanwhile, hammered at Gadhafi's ammunition stockpiles and armored forces, destroying 17 tanks.

At least eight people were killed in the fighting over Ajdabiya, a hospital official said.

Recapturing the city would give the Libyan military a staging ground to attack the rebels' main stronghold, Benghazi, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) farther east along the coastal highway. Moammar Gadhafi's forces were approaching Benghazi when they were driven back by the international air campaign launched last month to protect civilians and ground Gadhafi's aircraft.

For the rebels, losing the city would effectively bottle them into a coastal strip of eastern Libya and allow government forces to more tightly squeeze the few opposition pockets in the rest of the country, including the besieged western port of Misrata, where heavy clashes continued Saturday for a second day.

NATO airstrikes hit armored vehicles firing on civilians near both Misrata and Ajdabiya, said Canadian Lt. Gen. Charles Bouchard, who commands the Libya operation.

Speaking in Naples, Italy, where the alliance's operational center is located, Bouchard said Saturday that NATO jets also had struck ammunition stockpiles east of Tripoli that were being used to resupply forces involved in the shelling of Misrata and other population centers.

A NATO official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of regulations said warplanes had destroyed 17 tanks and damaged nine more. The official also said NATO jets enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya intercepted a rebel Mig-23 fighter that had taken off from Benghazi and forced it back to the airport. No shots were fired, the official said.

Libya's civilians protest over the NATO attack

International envoys opened fresh initiatives for a peace deal. The African Union said it planned to send a team to Libya on Sunday to begin meetings with the government and rebel leaders.

In the capital Tripoli, meanwhile, Gadhafi made his first public appearance in weeks with a visit to a school. Children jumped on desks and gave fist-pumping chants: "The people want Moammar the leader!"