Thursday, March 4, 2010
2009 Mashup Remix
Have You Heard This? It's what they called, MASHUP! In short, Remix pero astig.. Try to Listen at it.. and the 2009 Top25 Song.. Sure You'll Love it!
Friday, February 19, 2010
Love in the Year of Metal Tiger
The Year of the Tiger begins on February 14, Valentine’s Day. Naturally, inquiring minds want to know. How will my love life be in 2010? Are things finally going to heat up? Will I find my soul mate? Is marriage in the cards?
Plenty of questions--- but there are answers. Some depend on that Tiger, others on your Chinese zodiac sign. The Tiger will affect you personally, so learning something about that mighty beast is a great place to start.
Passion and adventure abound wherever you find the Tiger. There is no escaping the fact. This is going to be some year in the annals of your love life. It may not be all good, but it is going to be memorable! So, hold on to your hat for a wild ride and go with the feeling.
Such action may not be your thing. Not to worry. You would be foolish to try and keep up with the Tiger all year long. That doesn’t mean, however, you can’t hop on and off the roller coaster. Pick your spots. Let things heat up for a while and enjoy it. Then go back to your usual persona.
You can already see the Tiger affects people differently, and you are probably thinking, what about me? There’s more to me than either being wild or not. And so there is. According to Chinese Astrology you belong to one of four groups, the Tiger-Horse-Dog group being the most important for 2010.
If you are a member of this in-group, any of the possibilities mentioned in the first paragraph could well be yours. So, you Tiger (born in 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986), Horse (1954, 1966, 1978, 1990), and Dog (1958, 1970, 1982) sign people, go for it! What? That leaves you out?
OK. That does make things a bit more complicated. If you were born during the year of the Rabbit, Dragon or Pig, odds are greatly in your favor of having success this year. If you are one of the other signs (Rat, Ox, Snake, Sheep, Monkey and Rooster) your love life is likely to experience both ups and downs, the Monkey being an exception.
Each year people of one sign have to be especially careful. This year it’s the Monkey’s turn. If that is you, you want to avoid playing games. Be loving; be honest; and, above all, be true. This is not a year you want to risk losing or failing to meet and win the love of your life.
A final word to you if you are not in the in-group. Regardless how kindly the Tiger smiles upon, you will have some lucky months and plenty of lucky days this year. Pay attention to your annual love horoscope and the Chinese Almanac so you know when those are. Make your biggest efforts during favorable months. Plan your dates and other major occasions on days when your sign fares best.
May 2010 bring you the love and happiness you seek!
Plenty of questions--- but there are answers. Some depend on that Tiger, others on your Chinese zodiac sign. The Tiger will affect you personally, so learning something about that mighty beast is a great place to start.
Passion and adventure abound wherever you find the Tiger. There is no escaping the fact. This is going to be some year in the annals of your love life. It may not be all good, but it is going to be memorable! So, hold on to your hat for a wild ride and go with the feeling.
Such action may not be your thing. Not to worry. You would be foolish to try and keep up with the Tiger all year long. That doesn’t mean, however, you can’t hop on and off the roller coaster. Pick your spots. Let things heat up for a while and enjoy it. Then go back to your usual persona.
You can already see the Tiger affects people differently, and you are probably thinking, what about me? There’s more to me than either being wild or not. And so there is. According to Chinese Astrology you belong to one of four groups, the Tiger-Horse-Dog group being the most important for 2010.
If you are a member of this in-group, any of the possibilities mentioned in the first paragraph could well be yours. So, you Tiger (born in 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986), Horse (1954, 1966, 1978, 1990), and Dog (1958, 1970, 1982) sign people, go for it! What? That leaves you out?
OK. That does make things a bit more complicated. If you were born during the year of the Rabbit, Dragon or Pig, odds are greatly in your favor of having success this year. If you are one of the other signs (Rat, Ox, Snake, Sheep, Monkey and Rooster) your love life is likely to experience both ups and downs, the Monkey being an exception.
Each year people of one sign have to be especially careful. This year it’s the Monkey’s turn. If that is you, you want to avoid playing games. Be loving; be honest; and, above all, be true. This is not a year you want to risk losing or failing to meet and win the love of your life.
A final word to you if you are not in the in-group. Regardless how kindly the Tiger smiles upon, you will have some lucky months and plenty of lucky days this year. Pay attention to your annual love horoscope and the Chinese Almanac so you know when those are. Make your biggest efforts during favorable months. Plan your dates and other major occasions on days when your sign fares best.
May 2010 bring you the love and happiness you seek!
Sunday, February 7, 2010
6 ways to live a lot longer
If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’re going to live a long life—centenarians (folks who make it into the triple digits) increased 51% from 1990 to 2000, which certainly bodes well for us younger folks. Advances in health, education, and disease prevention and treatments are mostly to account for this dramatic leap, but there are loads of little everyday (read: easy) things you can do that will seriously improve your longevity. Here are 6 to try today:
1) Add raspberries to your oatmeal
Most Americans eat 14 to 17 g of fiber per day; add just 10 grams more and reduce your risk of dying from heart disease by 17%, according to a Netherlands study. Dietary fiber helps reduce total and LDL ("bad") cholesterol, improve insulin sensitivity, and boost weight loss. One easy fix: Top your oatmeal (1/2 cup dry has 4 g fiber) with 1 cup of raspberries (8 g) and you get 12 g of fiber in just one meal. Other potent fiber-rich foods: 1/2 cup of 100% bran cereal (8.8 g), 1/2 cup of cooked lentils (7.8 g), 1/2 cup of cooked black beans (7.5 g), one medium sweet potato (4.8 g), one small pear (4.3 g).
Search for delicious fiber-rich foods
2) Drink green or black tea
Both green and black teas contain a concentrated dose of catechins, substances that help blood vessels relax and protect your heart. In a study of more than 40,500 Japanese men and women, those who drank 5 or more cups of green tea every day had the lowest risk of dying from heart disease and stroke. Other studies involving black tea showed similar results. You really need only 1 or 2 cups of tea daily to start doing your heart some good—just make sure it's a fresh brew. Ready-to-drink teas (the kind you find in the supermarket beverage section) don't offer the same health benefits. "Once water is added to tea leaves, their catechins degrade within a few days," says Jeffrey Blumberg, PhD, a professor of nutrition science and policy at Tufts University. Also, some studies show that adding milk may eliminate tea's protective effects on the cardiovascular system, so stick to just lemon or honey.
Add this to your tea for a heart-healthy boost
3) Swap seltzer for soda
Scientists in Boston found that drinking one or more regular or diet colas every day doubles your risk of metabolic syndrome--a cluster of conditions, including high blood pressure, elevated insulin levels, and excess fat around the waist—that increase your chance of heart disease and diabetes. Controlling blood pressure and cholesterol levels, preventing diabetes, and not smoking can add 6 to 9 1/2 healthy years to your life.
One culprit could be the additive that gives cola its caramel color, which upped the risk of metabolic syndrome in animal studies. Scientists also speculate that soda drinkers regularly expose their tastebuds to natural or artificial sweeteners, conditioning themselves to prefer and crave sweeter foods, which may lead to weight gain, says Vasan S. Ramachandran, MD, a professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and the study's lead researcher.
Better choices: Switch to tea if you need a caffeine hit. If it's fizz you're after, try sparkling water with a splash of juice.
Thirst quenching smoothies
4) Eat purple food
Concord grapes, blueberries, red wine: They all get that deep, rich color from polyphenols—compounds that reduce heart disease risk and may also protect against Alzheimer's disease, according to research. Polyphenols help keep blood vessels and arteries flexible and healthy. "What's good for your coronary arteries is also good for your brain's blood vessels," says Robert Krikorian, PhD, director of the Cognitive Disorders Center at the University of Cincinnati. Preliminary animal studies suggest that adding dark grapes to your diet may improve brain function. What's more, in a recent human study, researchers found that eating 1 or more cups of blueberries every day may improve communication between brain cells, enhancing your memory.
25 ridiculously health foods
5) Walk instead of drive
"Fit" people--defined as those who walk for about 30 minutes a day--are more likely to live longer than those who walk less, regardless of how much body fat they have, according to a recent study of 2,603 men and women. Similarly, overweight women can improve their heart health by adding just 10 minutes of activity to their daily routine, says recent research. So take a walk on your lunch hour, do laps around the field while your kid is at soccer practice--find ways to move a little more, every day.
Walk off 5 times more belly fat
6) Say yes to your next invite
Outgoing people are 50% less likely to develop dementia, according to a recent study of more than 500 men and women ages 78 and older from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. Participants also described themselves as not easily stressed. Researchers speculate that their more resilient brains may be due to lower levels of cortisol--studies show that oversecretion of this "stress hormone" can inhibit brain cells' communication.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
7 Year Itch: Factor Fiction?
March 6, 2000 (Reno, Nev.) -- In the 1955 movie "The Seven Year Itch," Marilyn Monroe tempts her neighbor to stray while his wife and children are away for the summer. Ever since, the seven year itch -- a period of restless angst -- has been used as an excuse for infidelity.
Now, a study suggests that such an itch is often a reality. An evaluation of 93 married couples during their first 10 years of marriage showed two typical periods of decline. (A decline was defined as a decrease in marital quality measured by taking into account passion, satisfaction with the relationship, amount of shared activity, and agreement between the partners.) The marriages started with a bang (with passion usually high), but after the "honeymoon effect" wore off they showed a decrease in overall quality over the first four years. The marriages then tended to stabilize before another decline set in around year eight, says Lawrence A. Kurdek, Ph.D., the study's author and a psychologist at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.
The first decline, Kurdek says, is probably a normal adjustment to new roles; the second decline is often related to the birth of children. Couples experiencing the seven year itch disagree with each other more, become less affectionate, share fewer activities, and express overall dissatisfaction with their marriages, says Kurdek, whose study was published in the September 1999 issue of the journal Developmental Psychology.
Why Seven Years?
The seven-year mark is coincidental, says Kurdek.
But it's not uncommon for problems to come to a head in a marriage after seven years, says Lonnie Barbach, Ph.D., a couples' therapist in Mill Valley, Calif.
Such was the case for Susan Fitzpatrick of San Diego, Calif. Not long before her divorce, she had returned to college full-time and took her first vacation alone, both of which were signs of growing independence that she says rattled her husband. He struck up an affair after eight years of marriage. She blames their divorce on a lack of communication and her husband's resistance to change. "He suddenly realized he wasn't happy about certain things in the relationship, but he wouldn't tell me, even if I asked," she says.
Statistics support the idea of a seven year itch. According to the most current figures available from the National Center for Health Statistics, the median duration of marriage was 7.2 years for couples who divorced in 1989 and 1990.
Singles and the Seven Year Itch
It's difficult to say if the seven year itch applies to unmarried people in long-term relationships, because the research has not been done. Sometimes, however, avoiding the "I do" helps keep the courtship alive in a long-term relationship, says Barbach.
But don't count on it. "I certainly wouldn't recommend two unmarried people live together to keep the romance alive," says Howard Markman, Ph.D., a marital counselor at the University of Denver, Colorado. "People thrive on a commitment in relationships."
Focusing attention on the relationship is the obvious but often-overlooked key to marriage longevity, says Barbach. Couples with children may have to make special efforts, since Kurdek's study found that they showed steeper declines in marital satisfaction than childless couples. He speculates that unhappy couples either avoid divorce for the children's sake or expend more energy raising their kids than nurturing their marriage. But he also points out that some couples may find that having children makes them happier overall.
The Exceptions
Some married couples don't get itchy. "Our relationship has only gotten better over the years," says Jeanne Gribbin of Reno, Nev., married 17 years. She and her spouse follow Barbach's golden rule: Give the marriage regular attention.
"People say marriage takes work, but I prefer to use the word attention," Barbach says. "Consult your partner before making plans or decisions, and if you both do that, you'll find you both get to do more of your own things. Set aside time to talk on a daily basis, even if it's just 20 minutes. Take time to get dressed up and go out on dates. If a marriage succumbs to the seven year itch, it's most likely because the couple turned a blind eye to their problems instead of solving them."
Now, a study suggests that such an itch is often a reality. An evaluation of 93 married couples during their first 10 years of marriage showed two typical periods of decline. (A decline was defined as a decrease in marital quality measured by taking into account passion, satisfaction with the relationship, amount of shared activity, and agreement between the partners.) The marriages started with a bang (with passion usually high), but after the "honeymoon effect" wore off they showed a decrease in overall quality over the first four years. The marriages then tended to stabilize before another decline set in around year eight, says Lawrence A. Kurdek, Ph.D., the study's author and a psychologist at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.
The first decline, Kurdek says, is probably a normal adjustment to new roles; the second decline is often related to the birth of children. Couples experiencing the seven year itch disagree with each other more, become less affectionate, share fewer activities, and express overall dissatisfaction with their marriages, says Kurdek, whose study was published in the September 1999 issue of the journal Developmental Psychology.
Why Seven Years?
The seven-year mark is coincidental, says Kurdek.
But it's not uncommon for problems to come to a head in a marriage after seven years, says Lonnie Barbach, Ph.D., a couples' therapist in Mill Valley, Calif.
Such was the case for Susan Fitzpatrick of San Diego, Calif. Not long before her divorce, she had returned to college full-time and took her first vacation alone, both of which were signs of growing independence that she says rattled her husband. He struck up an affair after eight years of marriage. She blames their divorce on a lack of communication and her husband's resistance to change. "He suddenly realized he wasn't happy about certain things in the relationship, but he wouldn't tell me, even if I asked," she says.
Statistics support the idea of a seven year itch. According to the most current figures available from the National Center for Health Statistics, the median duration of marriage was 7.2 years for couples who divorced in 1989 and 1990.
Singles and the Seven Year Itch
It's difficult to say if the seven year itch applies to unmarried people in long-term relationships, because the research has not been done. Sometimes, however, avoiding the "I do" helps keep the courtship alive in a long-term relationship, says Barbach.
But don't count on it. "I certainly wouldn't recommend two unmarried people live together to keep the romance alive," says Howard Markman, Ph.D., a marital counselor at the University of Denver, Colorado. "People thrive on a commitment in relationships."
Focusing attention on the relationship is the obvious but often-overlooked key to marriage longevity, says Barbach. Couples with children may have to make special efforts, since Kurdek's study found that they showed steeper declines in marital satisfaction than childless couples. He speculates that unhappy couples either avoid divorce for the children's sake or expend more energy raising their kids than nurturing their marriage. But he also points out that some couples may find that having children makes them happier overall.
The Exceptions
Some married couples don't get itchy. "Our relationship has only gotten better over the years," says Jeanne Gribbin of Reno, Nev., married 17 years. She and her spouse follow Barbach's golden rule: Give the marriage regular attention.
"People say marriage takes work, but I prefer to use the word attention," Barbach says. "Consult your partner before making plans or decisions, and if you both do that, you'll find you both get to do more of your own things. Set aside time to talk on a daily basis, even if it's just 20 minutes. Take time to get dressed up and go out on dates. If a marriage succumbs to the seven year itch, it's most likely because the couple turned a blind eye to their problems instead of solving them."
Friday, September 25, 2009
Hiling by Silent Sanctuary:
iLove This Song!Sana hindi ito mangyari samin.. huhuh! To the band, Silent Sanctuary, you just did a good video on a very nice music.. iLove it!
Special Thanks To:
Roberto Sioco (Actor)
Bettina Santos (Actress)
Sarkie (Guitarist-Vocalist), Chino (Violin), Anjo (Violin-Bass), Allen (Drumer)
SILENT SANCTUARY
Special Thanks To:
Roberto Sioco (Actor)
Bettina Santos (Actress)
Sarkie (Guitarist-Vocalist), Chino (Violin), Anjo (Violin-Bass), Allen (Drumer)
SILENT SANCTUARY
Our Earth by Year 2012: Fact or Not!?
The 1997 book The Bible Code claims that, according to certain algorithms of the Bible code, a meteor, asteroid or comet will collide with the Earth in 2012.
Scientific fact:
Scientists have forecasted a near-miss when Asteroid 99942 Apophis passes Earth in 2029. An asteroid flies this close to the planet only once every 1,300 years.
Only about three Earth diameters will separate Apophis and the planet when the 400-meter asteroid encounters our gravity, which will twist the object into a complex wobbling rotation. Such an occurrence never has been witnessed but could yield important clues to the interior of the sphere, according to a paper entitled, "Abrupt alteration of the spin state of asteroid 99942 Apophis (2004 MN4) during its 2029 Earth flyby," accepted for publication in the journal Icarus.
Additional factoid:
As meteors oftenly enter Earth's atomosphere. Some are large enough to still have something left by the time they hit the ground, so, in that context, the answer to you question is yes.
I hope this clears things up for you
Scientific fact:
Scientists have forecasted a near-miss when Asteroid 99942 Apophis passes Earth in 2029. An asteroid flies this close to the planet only once every 1,300 years.
Only about three Earth diameters will separate Apophis and the planet when the 400-meter asteroid encounters our gravity, which will twist the object into a complex wobbling rotation. Such an occurrence never has been witnessed but could yield important clues to the interior of the sphere, according to a paper entitled, "Abrupt alteration of the spin state of asteroid 99942 Apophis (2004 MN4) during its 2029 Earth flyby," accepted for publication in the journal Icarus.
Additional factoid:
As meteors oftenly enter Earth's atomosphere. Some are large enough to still have something left by the time they hit the ground, so, in that context, the answer to you question is yes.
I hope this clears things up for you
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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