Add Your Life 4 years by Managing stress

Exercise can help a lot: Just 15 minutes of brisk walking increases your body’s production of feel-good chemicals, like endorphins. Other stress-busting tips:

Start your day with 15 minutes of belly breathing. This will help relax your mind and muscles and help you power through stress that crops up during the rest of your day, says Woodson Merrell, MD, chair of the department of Integrative Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center. “The morning is actually when our bodies feel the most stressed, because it’s when we’re transitioning from inactivity to activity and producing the highest levels of cortisol,” he notes. Here’s what to do: Sit tall at the edge of your bed or in a chair. Breathe in for a count of four, pause a moment, then breathe out for a count of six. Think of a peaceful image, like sitting by the sea, or repeat a simple word like calm.

Meet a friend face-to-face. “Being involved with friends or in a community is as powerful as exercise in terms of preventing heart disease and dementia,” says Henry Lodge, MD, coauthor of Younger Next Year for Women. Pencil in some friend time at least three times a week, or every day if possible.

Chew gum. A British study of more than 2,000 workers found that people who regularly chewed gum had significantly less work-related and overall stress and depression than those who didn’t get this oral fix. Chewing gum may stimulate the vagus nerve, which helps your body relax and increases levels of serotonin, a brain chemical that makes us feel calmer and happier.

Pohon Evolusi Mollusca Berhasil Dibuat

Casey Dunn, pakar evolusi dari Brown University, AS, berhasil mengembangkan pohon evolusi mollusca atau hewan bertubuh lunak. Pohon evolusi adalah suatu bagan yang menunjukkan relasi antara satu spesies dengan spesies lainnya secara evolusioner.

Pohon evolusi mollusca yang berhasil dikembangkan itu menjadi gambaran kekerabatan mollusca pertama yang paling lengkap dan dipublikasikan di Jurnal Nature. Untuk mengembangkan pohon evolusi itu, Cunn mengambil sampel beragam jenis mollusca. Selanjutnya, tim menganalisa susunan gen pada tiap spesies dan membandingkannya satu sama lain.

Hasil studi ini telah menempatkan golongan mollusca laut dalam yang disebut Monoplacophora. Jenis ini sebelumnya diduga punah hingga ditemukan pada tahun 1952 di pantai Meksiko. Studi jenis Monoplacophora dilakukan dengan spesimen yang ditangkap selama ekspedisi tahun 2007 oleh tim yang dipimpin oleh Nerida Wilson, juga tergabung dalam penelitian ini.

Setelah ekstraksi DNA, tim mendapatkan hasil bahwa Monoplacophora memiliki kekerabatan dengan grup mollusca yang disebut Cephalopoda, meliputi gurita dan cumi-cumi. "Cephalopoda sangat berbeda dengan mollusca lain, sangat sulit dimengerti bagaimana mereka bisa memiliki kekerabatan. Mereka berbeda dengan yang lainnya," ungkap Dunn.

Cephalopoda secara umum adalah jenis mollusca yang memiliki kaki di kepala danhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif tidak memiliki cangkang. Beberapa cephalopoda memiliki kantung tinta dan tentakel.

"Sekarang kita mengetahui bahwa ada dua grup paling berbeda dalam mollusca ternyata bersaudara," ungkap Dunn seperti dikutip situs ScienceDaily, Rabu (26/10/2011).

Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, ilmuwan juga mengungkapkan bahwa spesies yang tergabung dalam grup Cephalopoda atau Monoplacophora mungkin adalah nenek moyang mollusca, meski belum diketahui jenisnya.

Penelitian ini merupakan hasil kolaborasi dari banyak pihak. Selain Brown University, pihak lain yang terlibat adalah Harvard University dan Australia Museum. [Jasa pembuatan website]

International Year of Forest Dirayakan di Kiluan

BANDAR LAMPUNG, KOMPAS.com - Memperingati perayaan Tahun Kehutanan Internasional (Internasional Year of Forest) 2011, Yayasan Ekowisata Cikal Lampung mengadakan kemah gembira (fun camp) di kawasan ekowisata Teluk Kiluan, Kabupaten Tanggamus, Provinsi Lampung, pada 29-30 Oktober ini.

Menurut Ketua Yayasan Ekowisata CIkal Lampung Rico Stefanus, Jumat (28/10/2011), kegiatan kemah ini akan diikuti sejumlah siswa SMP, OSIS dan Pramuka se-Lampung.

Acara yang bertujuan meramaikan perayaan Tahun Kehutanan Internasional 2011 yang dideklarasikan PBB ini akan dihadiri pula aktivis focal point dari United Nation Forum on Forest (UNFF).

Acara ini rencananya akan diwarnai pula dengan kegiatan penanaman bibit bakau di pesisir Teluk Kiluan dan penanaman pohon di Hutan Register 25 Gunung Tanggang, Tanggamus.

Anak-anak muda dan usia sekolah sengaja dijadikan sasaran peserta dari kegiatan ini dengan maksud menanamkan kesadaran soal kelestarian lingkungan hidup sejak dini. Kawasan wisata Teluk Kiluan selama ini dikenal dengan keindahan pantainya yang masih alami. Atraksi lumba-lumba liar menjadi salah satu daya tarik utamanya. (Jasa Web Design)

Badak Jawa Betina Tinggal Empat Ekor

KOMPAS.com — Dari 35-45 badak jawa yang diperkirakan masih hidup di Indonesia, jenis kelamin betina diperkirakan hanya tinggal empat hingga lima ekor. Hal ini diungkapkan Sekretaris Jenderal International Union for Conservation Nature (Sekjen IUCN) Simon an Stuart seusai diterima Wakil Presiden Boediono di kantornya di Jakarta, Rabu (26/10/2011).

"Tadi Wakil Presiden menerima Sekjen IUCN. Mereka mengungkapkan keinginan untuk membantu pelestarian badak jawa yang kini tinggal 35-45 ekor, dan persoalannya betinanya tinggal 4-5 ekor," kata Juru Bicara Wakil Presiden Yopie Hidayat kepada wartawan di Kompleks Istana Wapres, Jakarta, Rabu.

Yopie mengatakan, menurut IUCN, saat ini badak jawa yang merupakan jenis badak bercula satu hanya ada di Indonesia. Badak jawa yang sebelumnya juga ada di Vietnam telah punah setelah diburu.

IUCN, menurut Yopie, sangat prihatin dengan hal itu dan ingin membantu pelestarian badak jawa. Terlebih lagi, spesies badak ini hanya melahirkan satu badak, dengan masa kehamilan 16 bulan.

"Dengan hanya empat betina, ancaman kepunahan ini juga semakin nyata," kata Yopie. Selain itu, badak sumatera juga kini rawan kepunahan. Jumlah badak sumatera yang merupakan jenis badak bercula dua diperkirakan hanya tinggal 200 ekor.

Untuk itu, IUCN, dalam perbincangan tersebut, menawarkan bantuan sebesar 1,9 juta dollar AS per tahun untuk pelestarian badak, terutama badak jawa. Selain itu, IUCN juga mengusulkan kepada Pemerintah Indonesia untuk menggalang perhatian dunia terhadap masalah badak.

IUCN juga mengharapkan Indonesia berinisiatif untuk melakukan program pelestarian badak dengan menggandeng negara-negara yang kini masih memiliki habitat hewan berkulit tebal tersebut, seperti Malaysia, Nepal, dan India. Badak kini terancam punah akibat adanya perburuan manusia, terutama karena culanya yang digunakan untuk obat-obatan tradisional China. Cula badak dihargai mahal. Selain itu, habitatnya juga semakin menyempit.

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Online Music War: Samsung Vs Apple

Samsung has launched an attack on Apple's iTunes ecosystem with a new music streaming service offering unlimited access from $9.99 a month, but the music industry says it may not be enough to head off falling revenues.

While digital sales are growing - from $79m to $105m between 2009-10, according to ARIA - they are not growing fast enough to make up for declining physical sales, which dropped from $377m to $279m in the same period.

Samsung Music Hub and the recently launched Sony Music Unlimited are attempts to mimic the highly successful iTunes platform, which has helped spur on sales of all of Apple's devices. Samsung hopes that providing an easy, integrated way of obtaining content for its devices will benefit it in a similar way.

But John Watson, the prominent band manager for Silverchair, Missy Higgins, Cold Chisel and Pete Murray, amongst others, said it was "too early" to know whether there was a "genuine business model" for artists in any online subscription services.

What Are The Most Common Complaints About the iPhone 4S?

After getting solid reviews hopeful iPhoners have flocked in record numbers to purchase the latest iGadget, but not even Apple's offerings are perfect. The phone has those same iPhone 4S outsides and even better insides, but less than a week after the first phones made it into consumer hands the kinks are starting to come out. Let's take a look at some of the early iPhone 4S issues and how to fix (most) of them.

Subpar Screen Quality

A fresh new phone shouldn't have a jaundiced screen. But proud new iPhone owners have taken to the Apple forums to complain about less-than-bright screens. "Got a new iPhone 4S this morning, and when I put it next to my old iPhone 4 I discovered the screen was much 'nicer' on the old iPhone," writes Snowglider on the forum. "When I say nicer, its kind of got a really yellow tint to the screen on the 4S, whites are where you notice it the most for example the email looks far nicer on the iPhone 4 screen. All other colours look quite washed out," he continues.

Siri Doesn't Always Work

Siri is the most entertaining feature, but it sometimes has trouble connecting. "Siri is not working at all on my Sprint 32GB Black iPhone 4S," writes Gregory 813 on the Apple Support Communities forum. "Keeps saying 'Sorry Something's gone wrong. Can you try that again?' or 'Uh oh, there's a problem. Can you try again?'" Siri has a popularity issue, speculates another forum writer. "I am going to bet that the servers that handle the dictation and Siri backend are overloaded and they are racing to implement failover servers for all of the unexpected traffic," suggests J. Morris. In any case, it looks like the fix is a classic: The old turn-it-off-and-then-on trick. Turning Siri off, resetting network settings, and turning her back on seems to work, discovered Business Insider's Ellis Hamburger.
Related: People Waiting in Line for an iPhone Are Weirder Than Ever

Sprint Is Slow

The company offers unlimited data, but who cares if it barely works. Gizmodo ran some tests and Sprint posted the slowest average data speed. Angry Sprint user beeay called it "too slow to be useful" on Sprint's discussion boards. There doesn't seem to be an easy fix for this one: Get a new wireless carrier?

Steve Jobs - His fortune

As the CEO of the world's most valuable brand, Jobs pulled in a comically low annual salary of just $1. While the gesture isn't unheard of in the corporate world — Google's Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Eric Schmidt all pocketed the same 100 penny salary annually — Jobs has kept his salary at $1 since 1997, the year he became Apple's lead executive. Of his salary, Jobs joked in 2007: "I get 50 cents a year for showing up, and the other 50 cents is based on my performance."

In early 2011, Jobs owned 5.5 million shares of Apple. After his death, Apple shares were valued at $377.64 — a roughly 43-fold growth in valuation over the last 10 years that shows no signs of slowing down.

He may only have taken in a single dollar per year, but Jobs leaves behind a vast fortune. The largest chunk of that wealth is the roughly $7 billion from the sale of Pixar to Disney in 2006. In 2011, with an estimated net worth of $8.3 billion, he was the 110th richest person in the world, according to Forbes. If Jobs hadn't sold his shares upon leaving Apple in 1985 (before returning to the company in 1996), he would be the world's fifth richest individual.

While there's no word yet on plans for his estate, Jobs leaves behind three children from his marriage to Laurene Jobs (Reed, Erin, and Eve), as well as his first daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs.

Android Phone Hacking Scare Alert

A flaw on a number of HTC smartphones available in Australia means a hacker can find out where you are, who you have called and sent text messages to and disable your phone remotely, security experts say.

To be exploited the flaw requires a rogue app to be granted access to the internet, which most apps require. Once granted access the app can then gain access to data that has been shown to be exposed.

Fairfax Media reported in May on a 400 per cent increase in malware since the middle of last year on Google Android, the mobile operating system installed on the HTC smartphones affected. Google regularly sweeps clean its Marketplace of malicious apps but doesn't always find the bad ones.

An Australian security expert has labelled the reported security flaw in HTC Android smartphones as "far more serious" than Apple's iPhone location tracking scandal and Facebook's tracking of users across the web.

Data exposed includes not only the phone's last known network and GPS locations and a limited previous history of locations (as was seen in the Apple iPhone location tracking scandal) but SMS and phone number data too, as well as a phone's list of user accounts, including email addresses and sync status for each.

Kindle Versus iPad

Kindle has become one hot brand in Amazon! Amazon has unveiled a touchscreen tablet com-puter in an attempt to pull the rug from beneath Apple and its iPad. The Kindle Fire, which has many similar functions, will be sold in the U.S. for $199 (£128), less than half the price of the cheapest iPad available.

The low cost stunned technology industry watchers, who suggested that Apple and other tablet manufacturers would have to cut their prices. Users will be able to access more than 18million movies, television programmes, songs, apps, games, books and magazines via the Amazon website.

The device has a seven-inch screen, compared with the iPad 2’s 9.7-inch display. And unlike the iPad, it will not have a camera or be able to make video calls.

Unveiling the tablet in New York, Amazon’s chief executive, Jeff Bezos, said: ‘Kindle Fire brings together all of the things we’ve been working on at Amazon for over 15 years into a single, fully-integrated service for customers.

‘These are premium products at non-premium prices. We are going to sell millions of these.’

The Kindle Fire will be available in the U.S. from November 15.

Although no date has been set for it to go on sale here, Britain will be getting the latest version of the basic Kindle, which is thinner and lighter than existing eReaders. It will cost £89 – but even this is a mark-up of almost 80 per cent compared to the U.S. There, the new version will cost $79 – about £50.

A company spokesman defended the pricing, saying that the new basic Kindle was the ‘most affordable’ ever. She added: ‘Operating costs differ by country, but as with all products on Amazon, we work hard to offer customers the lowest possible prices.’

But Professor Ajay Bhalla, a technology expert from Cass Business School in London, said: ‘Amazon has not got the pricing right. Consumers are smart and there is plenty of choice in this market.’ He doubted the Kindle Fire would pose a meaningful challenge to the iPad because of the absence of a camera.

The 4 Best Sweeteners to Have in Your Kitchen

Make sure you know the difference between the good guys and bad guys of the sweetener world. Here is a list of the good guys of sweeteners:

Good Guy #1: Stevia

"We need to be off of sugar, but we need good alternatives, and stevia is the safest sweetener there is, period," says Gates, who coauthored The Stevia Cookbook: Cooking with Nature's Calorie-Free Sweetener (Avery Trade, 2004). All types of stevia are extracted from the leaves of the stevia plant, but some forms taste better than others, says Gates. People tend to overuse powders, in which the sweetness is really concentrated, so if you've tried powders in the past and didn't like them, try liquid forms, explains Gates, who helped develop a liquid stevia sweetener product. Stevia contains zero calories, but its one downfall is that it doesn't work well for baking. Expect to see more stevia on store shelves, as Coke and Pepsi got the green light to use Truvia (a sweetener made in part from stevia) starting later this year.

Good Guy #2: Sugar alcohols

Popular sugar alcohol sweeteners include xylitol, sorbitol, and erythritol, natural sweeteners made through a fermentation process of corn or sugar cane. They contain fewer calories than sweeteners like pure sugar and honey, but more than stevia. They also leave a cooling sensation in the mouth, and have been found to prevent cavities, explains Dr. Gerbstadt. Just don't overdo it—too much can cause GI distress.

Good Guy #3: Organic, raw local honey

While honey does boast higher fructose levels, it also contains a bounty of cancer-defending antioxidants, and local honey has been said to help alleviate allergy symptoms. Don't limit raw honey's use to your tea, either. Use it to speed healing on burns, and as a natural antiseptic on cuts and scrapes. Honey also has a low glycemic index, so adding it to your tea or yogurt won't lead to energy-busting blood sugar drops later in the day.

Good Guy #4: Blackstrap molasses

Although heavy on the calorie content, blackstrap is rich in iron, potassium, and calcium, making it a healthier choice than nutritionally defunct artificial sweeteners or even regular refined sugar, despite the fact that blackstrap and refined sugar both come from sugar cane. (Dr. Gerbstadt says calorie-containing sweeteners are not recommended for people with diabetes.) We like the organic, Fair Trade Certified version of blackstrap molasses from Wholesome Sweeteners.

Around The World in 60 Seconds

It took Phileas Fogg 80 days to circumnavigate the world but, thanks to the wonders of technology, it is now possible to do it in just a minute. This whirlwind video tour of the planet is a compilation of time-lapse images shot from the International Space Station (ISS).

James Drake spliced together the images from the ISS, which travels at about 220 miles above the surface, to create the one-minute footage which he posted online - and it has become an internet sensation.

Science teacher Mr Drake used some 600 free-to-access images on the website The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth, and knitted them together so everyone can enjoy the amazing view of North and South America.

The film, which was uploaded on September 15 and has attracted almost 50,000 hits on YouTube, starts over the Pacific Ocean and then moves over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica.

Some cities and landmarks can be spied, and they include, in chronological order, Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Fransisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, various large conurbations in Texas, New Mexico, Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Yucatan Peninsula.

Further around lightning can be seen in the Pacific Ocean, before other countries included in the video are Guatemala, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and the Amazon. In addition, the Earth's ionosphere (thin yellow line) and the stars of our galaxy can be made out in the fascinating footage.