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The first would be Mami-chan since she's my fave :kiss: <3
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The first would be Mami-chan since she's my fave 
Second is Timo-chan 
Haru-chan next 
Last but not least, Rina-chan 
Kawaii level unlimited 
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NEW YORK (AP) — A big government study has fingered leafy greens like lettuce and spinach as the leading source of food poisoning, a perhaps uncomfortable conclusion for health officials who want us to eat our vegetables.
"Most meals are safe," said Dr. Patricia Griffin, a government researcher and one of the study's authors who said the finding shouldn't discourage people from eating produce. Experts repeated often-heard advice: Be sure to wash those foods or cook them th...
NEW YORK (AP) — A big government study has fingered leafy greens like lettuce and spinach as the leading source of food poisoning, a perhaps uncomfortable conclusion for health officials who want us to eat our vegetables.
"Most meals are safe," said Dr. Patricia Griffin, a government researcher and one of the study's authors who said the finding shouldn't discourage people from eating produce. Experts repeated often-heard advice: Be sure to wash those foods or cook them thoroughly.
While more people may have gotten sick from plants, more died from contaminated poultry, the study also found. The results were released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans — or 48 million people— gets sick from food poisoning. That includes 128,000 hospitalization and 3,000 deaths, according to previous CDC estimates.
The new report is the most comprehensive CDC has produced on the sources of food poisoning, covering the years 1998 through 2008. It reflects the agency's growing sophistication at monitoring illnesses and finding their source.
What jumped out at the researchers was the role fruits and vegetables played in food poisonings, said Griffin, who heads the CDC office that handles foodborne infection surveillance and analysis.
About 1 in 5 illnesses were linked to leafy green vegetables — more than any other type of food. And nearly half of all food poisonings were attributed to produce in general, when illnesses from other fruits and vegetables were added in.
It's been kind of a tough month for vegetables. A controversy erupted when Taco Bell started airing a TV ad for its variety 12-pack of tacos, with a voiceover saying that bringing a vegetable tray to a football party is "like punting on fourth-and-1." It said that people secretly hate guests who bring vegetables to parties.
The fast-food chain on Monday announced it was pulling the commercial after receiving complaints that it discouraged people from eating vegetables.
Without actually saying so, the CDC report suggests that the Food and Drug Administration should devote more staff time and other resources to inspection of fruits and vegetables, said Michael Doyle, director of the University of Georgia's Center for Food Safety.
Earlier this month, the FDA released a proposed new rule for produce safety that would set new hygiene standards for farm workers and for trying to reduce contact with animal waste and dirty water.
Meanwhile, CDC officials emphasized that their report should not be seen as discouraging people from eating vegetables.
Many of the vegetable-related illnesses come from norovirus, which is often spread by cooks and food handlers. So contamination sometimes has more to do with the kitchen or restaurant it came from then the food itself, Griffin noted.
Also, while vegetable-related illnesses were more common, they were not the most dangerous. The largest proportion of foodborne illness deaths — about 1 in 5 — were due to poultry. That was partly because three big outbreaks more than 10 years ago linked to turkey deli meat.
But it was close. CDC estimated 277 poultry-related deaths in 1998-2008, compared to 236 vegetable-related deaths.
Fruits and nuts were credited with 96 additional deaths, making 334 total deaths for produce of all types. The CDC estimated 417 deaths from all kinds of meat and poultry, another 140 from dairy and 71 from eggs.
Red meat was once seen as one of the leading sources of food poisoning, partly because of a deadly outbreak of E. coli associated with hamburger. But Griffin and Doyle said there have been significant safety improvements in beef handling. In the study, beef was the source of fewer than 4 percent of food-related deaths and fewer than 7 percent of illnesses.
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It's practically a meme in the West: The Japanese are insane. But, you know, loveably insane -- all squid-penises and liquor vending machines, not boring-old-crazy stuff like murder and cannibalism. What we don't realize, however, is that most of this madness is totally our fault. In the past, we've brushed up against the issue in a crowded train car -- discussing how Japanese manga was totally inspired by...
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It's practically a meme in the West: The Japanese are insane. But, you know, loveably insane -- all squid-penises and liquor vending machines, not boring-old-crazy stuff like murder and cannibalism. What we don't realize, however, is that most of this madness is totally our fault. In the past, we've brushed up against the issue in a crowded train car -- discussing how Japanese manga was totally inspired by Donald Duck comics, for example -- but it goes beyond that. It turns out that much of Japan's iconic wackiness was actually imposed upon it by Western culture. Let's take a look at ...
#6. Tentacle Porn and Pixelated Wangs
Connoisseurs of Japanese porn (hi, every single Cracked reader!) will readily note that, when they start getting down to business, all of the sexy bits are pixelated out like they're trying to keep it PG-13. In the meantime, the uniquely Japanese export of "tentacle porn" has become one of the highlights that illustrate just how bizarre Japan really is.
How It's Our Fault:
Despite what the censored porn might imply, nudity has never been taboo in Japanese culture. Not only were women used to walking around topless, but what we call porn was just another common genre of books, like cooking or travel. Japanese porn, or shunga, was a traditional form of visual media that had no stigma attached to it. Most artists created it without violating any type of social code. They were just making pictures of people fuckin'.
Just the way God intended.
It was only in the 19th century, when Western morality came to Japan, that the Japanese government decided to crack down on such traditional practices as public nudity, in order to make the case to the West that Japan was totally a civilized country. By the time World War II rolled around, Japanese porn had gone from an everyday part of Japanese culture to a demonized art form that, as the Pulitzer-winning expert John W. Dower noted, now inexplicably valued idealized Western versions of beauty, like long legs and big tits.
After the war, the Americans occupied the country and enforced American cultural values. This further stigmatized porn in Japan, to the point where they enacted one of the strangest porn laws in the world: It's OK to have sex on camera, but any display of genitals is strictly forbidden. So now all porn in Japan has the genitals pixelated out.
NSFW.
That of course didn't stop Japan's enterprising purveyors of smut, who quickly found ways to get around the Great Wang Embargo by producing porn that portrayed women being penetrated by tentacle monsters. Tentacles aren't technically dicks -- even when they're explicitly dick-shaped and behaving in a very dickish fashion -- so the government is powerless to censor them. And now the Japanese can enjoy pornography with the power of ... imagination. Or just squinting a little bit.
SFW, apparently.
Seriously, those tentacles are very dick-like. 
#5. Consumer Culture
We all know that Japan has a lust for technology -- look on the back of any of your high-tech gadgets, and chances are it says "Made in Japan."
How It's Our Fault:
For most of Japan's history, wealth and consumerism were looked down upon in total disdain. The early Japanese basically lived like the Amish, if the Amish had kickass swords and unflattering haircuts. In fact, merchants and capitalists were always traditionally considered the lowest rung of society, below bureaucrats, farmers and artisans. Japan didn't trade with the outside world, and even banned technological innovation in warfare, like guns, because the samurai were trained with swords and didn't want lowly peasants to threaten them with firearms -- it would be ungentlemanly.
"We are not savages; we murder each other with decorum."
In 1853, U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry drove his ships into Japan and offered a compromise -- either they would open trade up and buy America's shit, or he would raze their country to the ground. Realizing that they were defenseless against Perry's giant guns, the Japanese opted to fall in line with the rest of the world and industrialize. It's just that when the Japanese do something -- from perversion to social reform -- they don't half-ass it. In a matter of mere decades, they turned their feudal society into a completely industrial nation.
History buffs know what Japan did next -- they suddenly morphed into a sinister industrial empire that conquered large parts of East Asia to feed their newfound technological machine, soon becoming one of the top ten industrialized nations of the world. Their hunger for resources to feed Japanese industry would cause Japan to make the worst decision in its history -- attacking the United States of America. SPOILER ALERT: It didn't end well.
After World War II, the occupying U.S. soldiers influenced the Japanese in channeling their energies toward less-threatening forms of technology, like consumer electronics. So to recap: A few centuries ago, we sent the guy from Friends into Japan like a techno-vampire, threatening them with death if they didn't turn into one of us. When they did turn, they found that they liked it a little too much, so we put them back down and told them to make little phones instead. Now we make fun of them for making said phones, because we're all huge mega-jerks. Hey, speaking of mega-things ...
#4. Giant-Monster Movies Are a Reaction to the Atomic Bomb
The Japanese sure do love them some giant monsters. Tokyo has been flattened by monsters more times than aliens have destroyed the Statue of Liberty. It's actually its own film genre, called kaiju. Godzilla is only the most famous example -- screaming, out-of-sync Japanese citizens have since been terrorized by all sorts of towering beasts, like Rodan, Gamera and Mothra. It's a weirdly specific thing for one culture to become obsessed with.
Glass houses, America.
How It's Our Fault:
As we've discussed before, the most successful horror movies tap into what society is really afraid of. So when director Ishiro Honda needed a monster for his horror project, he came up with something that reflected the terror of a nuclear attack. You don't need to be a history buff to understand why Japan specifically might have been afraid of that.
In case the analogy wasn't clear enough, the creators of Godzilla wrote the A-bomb right into the monster's origin story. A mutant who was created by nuclear testing, Godzilla is a force of pure destruction that comes out of nowhere and reduces Japan's bustling capital to ashes in a single night, leaving everyone wondering what the hell just hit them. In Honda's own words, Godzilla wasn't just created by nuclear war: "He would be twisted and mutated by it, into a rampaging uncontainable force; the A-bomb made of flesh."
Curiously, this seems exactly like the sort of problem A-bombs were designed to solve
Japanese culture couldn't get enough of the kaiju phenomenon; Honda made a career of it, being responsible for Rodan, the giant nuclear pterodactyl, and Mothra, the giant nuclear moth. Japan's very specific fear of obliteration by the West lasted long enough for kaiju to become an iconic tradition in Japanese film -- and it clarifies why it was such a dumb idea for Hollywood to transplant the idea to 1990s New York. Although it might explain why they cast Matthew Broderick (he's slight, and good with machines).
#3. The Japanese Are Obsessed With Panties (Since We Introduced Them)
You've heard about how Japan has vending machines that sell used women's panties, right? That's actually true, and really weird. Sure, Western men do enjoy seeing a flash of women's undergarments now and then, but few would ask a naked woman to put on some underwear before she gets intimate. What the hell, Japan?
"Awww yeah. Now put on a parka ... slowly."
How It's Our Fault:
It's important to understand that Japanese women didn't traditionally wear underwear before the 1930s or so. Then, in the late 1950s, Western culture started to pour into Japan, and with it came Western clothing styles, which included women's underwear. The Japanese historian Shoichi Inoue pinpoints this as the time when the West helpfully taught Japanese women the concept of being ashamed of their vaginas (thanks, America!) and it became standard practice to cover them up.
"Seriously, have you seen a vagina? It's horrifying."
So why didn't the rest of the underpants-wearing world develop the same fetish for women's underwear when they were introduced? Well, when panties first came to Japan, they were an expensive commodity. After World War II, when Japan plunged into poverty, the only women who could afford to wear Western style underwear were "pan-pan girls" -- high-class hookers.
So, during the crucial first years of exposure to women's underwear, Japanese culture associated it almost exclusively with sexuality. Before too long, the Westernization of Japan brought women's underwear into the mainstream, but by the time regular women started wearing them, it was too late: Coming-of-age Japanese men had already boner-associated with them, and a cultural fetish was born.
#2. They Kill Whales Because We Told Them To
As Greenpeace constantly reminds us, the Japanese still kill an inordinate number of whales in the name of "scientific research." And most of this research seems to center on the question of their deliciousness when paired with soy sauce. Although the rest of the world has mostly given up on whaling, due to the fact that we're running out of whales and cows don't swim very well, Japan won't let something like morality get between them and a juicy whale buffet.
How It's Our Fault:
We tend to assume that, because they're traditionally a fishing-based society, whaling is just an extension of that practice. But whale meat was never really a significant part of Japanese culture until recently. Like the rest of the world, they briefly tried to harvest whale oil on an industrial scale, but even that was Norway's bad influence. To explain this modern craze, we're going right back to World War II again (it was kind of a big deal at the time).
After the war ended, the Japanese became deeply impoverished and were on the verge of famine. It was General Douglas MacArthur, leader of American-occupied Japan, who helpfully suggested that the answer to Japan's food shortages was to take up whaling as a large-scale industry. Ever since then, whale has become a notable factor in the Japanese diet.
"The secret ingredient is mercury."
But that doesn't explain why the Japanese remain whale-crazy after the rest of the world decided that whaling was a bad idea, does it? Well, Japan's answer to that is pretty simple: After centuries of having all these other weird traditions -- panty machines and giant monsters and penises-that-should-not-be -- pushed on them by the West, Japan is finally taking a stand against being told what to like. It's just unfortunate for the whales that Japan decided, arbitrarily, to make them the line in the sand.
#1. The Japanese Work Themselves to Death (Because We Taught Them To)
One of the most well-established stereotypes of the Japanese is that they work too damn hard. So hard that there's an actual word in Japanese, karoshi, that specifically means a death caused by overwork. It's not an obscure concept, either: Karoshi is so common in Japan that it's recognized by insurance companies as a reason to pay out benefits. It seems so bizarre to the rest of us because we can't imagine why those crazy Japanese businessmen don't just take a personal day when they start getting heart palpitations.
Whereas we call in sick to work if we can't find our cellphone charger.
How It's Our Fault:
That whole World War II thing basically hit the reset button on Japan's economy. Having come closer to Mad Max style nuclear apocalypse than any other nation in history, their task in the following years was to rebuild their economic system from the ground up. Luckily, in 1950, Japan's deliverance from economic ruin came in the form of an American statistician named W. Edwards Deming.
Deming came up with a unique style of company management that focused on perpetual improvement. His philosophy was that you don't just pick a standard of quality and settle for it, but constantly improve upon your own quality standard, going through a constant cycle of never being satisfied. If your employees have worked their fingers to the bone, tell them to grind those bones down to a fine powder, and after they've done that, have them go door to door selling that powder as some sort of aphrodisiac. It's known as the Deming cycle, and it's been standard practice in the Japanese workplace since Deming ran a series of lectures in 1950s Japan that were so effective that they cemented him as a folk hero in Japanese corporate culture.
Like if John Galt was played by Carl Fredricksen.
So why does Japan fall victim to this culture of office suicide while the rest of us simply flip the middle finger when our boss tells us to work overtime? First of all, thanks to Japan's unique economic situation, they were the only country to adopt Deming's teachings on a wide scale. (Why would we? We had a booming economy that was working just fine.) But perhaps more significant was the way the Deming cycle combined with ingrained Japanese tradition.
The Japanese have a deep respect for seniority, so it's extremely impolite to go home before your boss does. And your boss might just stay at the office until one in the morning because he's such a hard worker ... or because he hates his wife, or possibly just because he's got a Nintendo in his office.
1. The chills you get when listening to music are caused by the release of dopamine in your body.
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Scientists recruited people who reliably get shivers when listening to an affective score. The chills are a consistent, in the moment measure of pleasure than asking how test subjects felt. Scientists used brain-imaging techniques that revealed that the music caused dopamine peaks coupled with emotional arousal.
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1. The chills you get when listening to music are caused by the release of dopamine in your body.
Scientists recruited people who reliably get shivers when listening to an affective score. The chills are a consistent, in the moment measure of pleasure than asking how test subjects felt. Scientists used brain-imaging techniques that revealed that the music caused dopamine peaks coupled with emotional arousal.
The release of dopamine during music explains why such a high value is put on it and why music can manipulate our emotions. The effect that music has on us is quite comparable to other pleasures. Some examples are the joy of eating food, sex, and other tangible rewards.
Music can quite literally move us or the chemicals in our brains. The fact that music can really give us a rush like sex does is incredible. Well, the sensation is released from the same part of the brain at least.
2. Your heartbeat changes with the music you listen to!
Music can be so powerful it can affect your mood, brainwaves, and even your heartbeat! It turns out that when we listen to music our body reacts to the sounds we hear.
If a person listens to rock or techno, their heartbeat will involuntarily speed up. The opposite is true if someone listens to more calming or instrumental music.
Music is so influential it can alter your heartbeat, pulse rate, blood pressure, decrease your muscle tension, and even affect your body movement and coordination!
3. People couldn't tell the difference between music played through $100 cables or hangers.
Overpriced cables are nothing new. However, a lot of people are misinformed about the actual benefits of paying $100 for a cable.
An experiment was setup with 5 people blindfoldedly listening to music that was either run through a Monster cable or a Belden cable. In the middle of the experiment, the people running the tests switched the belden cable for a coat hanger wire!
No one of the blindfolded people realized the switch was made. The one caveat that they had was that this was only over 2 meters. Anything longer might benefit from better insulation.
4. Music is as addictive as sex and drugs.
A study had participants listen to music while being scanned by an fMRI machine. The researchers found that the brain released dopamine both in anticipation of hearing music and while listening to music. The reaction was similar to the reactions in the brain that occur for drug and sex addicts. The findings will hopefully reveal more about brain chemistry and further the study of addictions.
5. Europe has "Silent Discos." You listen to music on your headphones.
Due to noise ordinances in Europe, club owners have created “silent discos” where clubbers listen to music through headphones. Rather than use a speaker system, some club owners have resorted to wireless headphones to entertain club goers.
Music is broadcasted via FM-transmitter to the clubber’s headphones. It’s called “silent discos.” The style of clubbing is popular for music festivals, when people want to party long after noise ordinances would allow. Two DJ’s often compete for the listeners, too.
6. Doctors have prescribed music to treat Parkinson's disease and strokes.
It's actually helpful for patients with Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, stroke victims, and people with anxiety and depression. Music can help overcome bradykinesia (difficulty initiating movement, often linked to Parkinson's) by triggering neurons that translate the music into organized movement. Music therapy has also proven to be effective in restoring the loss of language in patients with aphasia (impaired speech) that results from brain injury after sustaining a stroke.
Playing music also has its own health benefits. Patients with Parkinson's disease report that spending time playing the drums helps them have more control over their bodily movements and reduces tremors. The one downside to music therapy is that the benefits wear off 2 months after the therapy is discontinued. This means it's only effective if it's used continuously.
7. Kanye West's new music video can cause seizures.
Photosensitive epilepsy is the most common form of reflex epilepsy. After watching Kanye's new video, it is plain to see how seizures could be triggered in people with this condition! Appropriately entitled "All of the Lights," it largely features a series of quick video edits and flashing lights and lyrics, either of which could spell trouble for photosensitives.
The British organization Epilepsy Action requested that the video be taken down from YouTube - an appeal which actually succeeded for a brief period of time. However, since that time it has been reuploaded to the site, an action that is justified by an epilepsy disclaimer added to the beginning of the video. Personally, we are of the opinion that a scantily-clad Rihanna poses a far greater risk to potential viewers.
Check out the video below, but be advised...Imma let you finish, but this video may induce the best seizure of all time!
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8. Playing an instrument can raise your IQ up to five points!
Many young children are encouraged to play instruments, but did you know there is actually intellectual benefits from it?
When you play an instrument, you train your body to learn many new actions. This increases brain activity, and the music itself can boost your IQ! For the fastest IQ boost, classical music is the best to listen to because the sound frequencies used are very specific and place the mind in highly distinctive states. If you play the music yourself, it can have an even more dramatic effect!
9. Surgeons operate better while listening to music.
Music lowers stress levels and allows surgeons to perform tasks more effectively, with one catch - the surgeons must choose the tunes themselves. If someone else chooses the music, it can actually have a detrimental effect on a surgeon's performance!
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Silahkan Baca Baik-baik dari awal dan ikuti instruksi yang diberikan; Tapi mikirnya jangan lama-lama, apa yang ada di hati aja ! tapi itu bukan berarti asal-asalan loh!!
Psikotest ini diambil dari email internet, diterjemahkan oleh orang tersebut dari bahasa asalnya Jepang. Anda akan menemukan hasil yang mengejutkan. Orang yang memikirkan game ini, konon sesudah membaca mail ini, harapannya dapat terkabul. Pasti Anda terkejut melihat hasilnya!!
Cuma janji dulu!
JANGAN MEMBACA JAWABAN DIBAWAHNYA ...
Silahkan Baca Baik-baik dari awal dan ikuti instruksi yang diberikan; Tapi mikirnya jangan lama-lama, apa yang ada di hati aja ! tapi itu bukan berarti asal-asalan loh!!
Psikotest ini diambil dari email internet, diterjemahkan oleh orang tersebut dari bahasa asalnya Jepang. Anda akan menemukan hasil yang mengejutkan. Orang yang memikirkan game ini, konon sesudah membaca mail ini, harapannya dapat terkabul. Pasti Anda terkejut melihat hasilnya!!
Cuma janji dulu!
JANGAN MEMBACA JAWABAN DIBAWAHNYA TERLEBIH DAHULU.
ISI DULU INSTRUKSI YANG DIMINTA.
BACA SATU PARAGRAF DEMI SATU PARAGRAF.
Pertama-tama siapkan bolpoint dan kertas.
Waktu memilih nama, anda harus memilih orang yang Anda kenal. Jangan terlalu banyak mikir. Tulislah apa yang ada dikepala kamu.
INGAT! Maju satu paragraf per paragraf.
Kalau kamu membaca kelanjutannya. psikotest ini dianggap gugur.
1. Pertama-tama tulis angka 1 sampai sebelas di kertas kamu secara vertikal (atas ke bawah)
2. Tulis anka yang paling kamu suka (antara 1-11) di sebelah angka No.1 dan No.2 (yang tadi kamu buat).
3. Tulis 2 nama orang (lawan jenis) yang kamu kenal, masing-masing di No.3 dan No.7
4. Tulis 3 nama orang yang kamu kenal dekat di No.4, 5, dan 6.Disini kamu boleh menulis nama orang di keluarga, teman, kenalan. Siapapun Ok. Cuma harus yang kamu kenal.
5. Di No.8, 9, 10, 11 kamu tulis nama judul lagu yang paling kamu sukai saat ini yang berbeda-beda.
Disini jawabannya
Nah, dibawah ini ada jawaban dari psikotest nya.
Mudah-mudahan cocok jawabannya.
1. kamu harus memberitahu ke orang yang kamu tulis di No.7 tentang psikotest ini.
2. Orang yang kamu tulis di No.3 adalah orang yang kamu cintai.
3. Orang yang kamu tulis di No.7 adalah orang yang kamu suka tapi bertepuk sebelah tangan.
4. Orang yang kamu tulis di No.4 adalah orang yang kamu rasa paling penting bagi kamu.
5. Orang yang kamu tulis di No.5 adalah orang yang paling mengerti kamu.
6. Orang yang kamu tulis di No.6 adalah orang yang membawa keberuntungan pada kamu.
7. Lagu yang kamu tulis di No.8 adalah lagu yang ditujukan untuk orang No.3
8. Lagu yang kamu tulis di No.9 adalah lagu yang ditujukan untuk orang No.7
9. Lagu yang kamu tulis di No.10 adalah lagu yang menuliskan apa yang ada di ati kamu.
10. Terakhir, Lagu yang kamu tulis di No.11 adalah lagu yang menuliskan hidup kamu.
Nah, bagaimana? hasilnya sesuai gak? klo gak sesuai ya gak usah dipikirin namanya juga buat seru-seruan, klo kamu suka beritahu temen kamu ya buat ikutan 
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Di tahun 2013 ini,banyak sekali fenomena-fenomena astronomi yang wajib dilihat. Fenomena ini akan sangat istimewa apabila kita melihatnya secara langsung. Dari mulai gerhana sampai komet,semuanya akan ada di tahun 2013 ini. Bagi para pengamat langit,di bawah ini adalah jadwal terjadinya fenomena astronomi tahun 2013 :
21 Januari 2013 : Konjungsi Jupiter Oleh Bulan
Jupiter near Moon on Dec. 25, 2012, by Hunter Davis. Durango, Colo.
Konjungsi merupakan peristiwa yang terjadi saat jarak sudut sua...
Di tahun 2013 ini,banyak sekali fenomena-fenomena astronomi yang wajib dilihat. Fenomena ini akan sangat istimewa apabila kita melihatnya secara langsung. Dari mulai gerhana sampai komet,semuanya akan ada di tahun 2013 ini. Bagi para pengamat langit,di bawah ini adalah jadwal terjadinya fenomena astronomi tahun 2013 :
21 Januari 2013 : Konjungsi Jupiter Oleh Bulan
Jupiter near Moon on Dec. 25, 2012, by Hunter Davis. Durango, Colo.
Konjungsi merupakan peristiwa yang terjadi saat jarak sudut suatu benda langit berada pada jarak sangat dekat dengan benda langit lainnya. Inilah yang akan terjadi dengan Jupiter oleh Bulan.
Kedua benda langit ini akan membuat pendekatan terdekat mereka di langit malam untuk dilihat dengan mata telanjang.
02-23 Februari 2013 : Saat Terbaik Mengamati Merkurius di Sore Hari
Merkurius memang sangat sulit diamati dengan mata telanjang. Namun pada tanggal tersebut,Merkurius akan melakukan perjalanan yang cukup jauh dari silau matahari dan tentu akan mudah terlihat di langit barat,segera setelah matahari terbenam.
Merkurius akan terlihat cukup cerah dengan magnitudo sekitar -1.2 sampai -0.6 sebelum tanggal 16 Februari 2013 dan akan memudar dengan cepat ke magnitudo +1.2 besarnya sesudahnya.
10-24 Maret 2013 : Komet PANSTARRS Melintas!
Komet ini ditemukan pada bulan Juni 2011 dengan menggunakan Pan-STARRS 1 Telescope di Haleakala,Hawaii. Komet PANSTARRS adalah objek yang sangat redup dan jauh pada saat penemuannya. Pada malam tanggal 12 Maret 2013,komet akan terletak 4 derajat ke kanan dari sebuah bulan sabit tipis. Komet PANSTARRS akan menempati titik terdekatnya dengan Bumi pada tanggal 11 Maret 2013 dengan jarak sekitar 45 juta kilometer.
25 April 2013 : Gerhana Bulan Parsial
Gerhana bulan parsial bisa disebut juga gerhana bulan sebagaian. Gerhana pada tanggal tersebut hanya akan membuat kurang dari 2% diameter bulan akan gelap. Ini akan menjadi gerhana parsial yang sangat kecil pada gerhana bulan.
9 Mei 2013 : Gerhana Matahari Cincin
Gerhana ini sebagian besar akan terlihat di atas Samudera Pasifik,tetapi pada atau segera setelah matahari terbit,itu akan terjadi di bagian utara Australia (dimana itu akan menjadi tanggal 10 Mei 2013),dan ujung timur ekstrim dari Papua Nugini. Sayangnya,masyarakat Indonesia tidak dapat menyaksikan gerhana matahari cincin ini.
Pada titik gerhana terbesar,fase cincin 6 menit akan berlangsung. Hawaii akan melihat gerhana parsial/sebagian pada pukul 03.48 PM waktu Hawaii. Bulan akan mengaburkan sekitar 32% dari piringan matahari.
24-30 Mei 2013 : Planet-Planet Menari
Merkurius,Venus,dan Jupiter akan memberikan pertunjukan menarik yang rendah di barat-barat laut senja segera setelah matahari terbenam. Mereka akan terus mengubah posisinya setiap malam berikutnya seakan mereka menari-nari di langit. Kedua planet terang,Venus dan Jupiter,akan dipisahkan oleh lebih dari 1 derajat pada tanggal 28 Mei 2013. Dan Venus akan bersinar 6 kali lebih terang dari pada Jupiter
23 Juni 2013 : Bulan Purnama Terbesar 2013
Pada tanggal tersebut,bulan ternyata mengalami fase purnama pada 11.32 GMT,dan hanya 32 menit sebelumnya itu akan tiba pada titik terdekatnya dengan Bumi dengan jarak sekitar 356.991 km. Bulan purnama besar ini biasa disebut Supermoon.
12 Agustus 2013 : Hujan Meteor Perseid
Photographer Jeff Rose captured this amazing photo of a Perseid meteor and the bright moon.
Hujan meteor perseid dianggap sebagai hujan meteor terbaik setiap tahunnya,karena dapat menghasilkan 90-an meteor per jam. Hujan meteor ini sangat difavoritkan oleh orang-orang yang berkemah pada saat musim panas.
18 Oktober 2013 : Gerhana Bulan Penumbra
Pada pertengahan gerhana,76% dari diameter bulan akan tenggelam dalam penumbra,mungkin cukup dalam untuk menyebabkan gelap samar pada permukaanya. Wilayah yang dapat diamati meliputi sebagian besar Asia,Eropa,dan Afrika.
3 November 2013 : Gerhana Matahari Sebagian
Sejujurnya, sebagian besar di sepanjang trek, gerhana muncul sebagai total, dengan annulus sangat tipis (atau cincin) dari sinar matahari terlihat dekat awal dari trek. Jalur dari garis tengah gerhana ini dimulai di Atlantik sekitar 545 mil (875 km) barat daya dari Bermuda. Jadi, di sepanjang Amerika Utara Atlantic Coast, pemirsa yang tertarik (menggunakan perangkat tampilan yang tepat, seperti proyeksi lubang jarum atau # 14 kaca tukang las) hanya akan melihat disk gelap bulan keluar wajah matahari saat matahari terbit.
Jalur gerhana akan melewati selatan Kepulauan Tanjung Verde, maka kurva arah tenggara sejajar dengan garis pantai Afrika. Gerhana terbesar, dengan 100 detik dari totalitas dan lebar jalan mencapai maksimal hanya 36 mil (58 km), terjadi sekitar 250 mil (402 km) di lepas pantai Liberia. Jalur shadow kemudian akan menyapu Afrika tengah, melewati bagian dari Gabon, Kongo, Republik Demokratik Kongo, Uganda dan Kenya, sebelum berakhir saat matahari terbenam di perbatasan Ethiopia-Somalia.
Pertengahan November sampai Desember 2013: Komet Ison
Komet Ison akan berjarak paling dekat dengan matahari,kurang dari 1,2 juta kilometer di atas permukaan matahari. Komet ini akhirnya bisa cukup terang dan akan terlihat di siang bolong sekitar waktu pendekatan terdekat dengan matahari. Ini kemudian akan melakukan perjalanan menuju Bumi, melewati dalam waktu 40 juta mil (64 juta km) dari planet kita sebulan kemudian.
Sejak komet Ison akan menjadi sangat baik ditempatkan untuk melihat di langit pagi dan malam dari belahan bumi utara selama beberapa minggu berikutnya, itu bisa menjadi salah satu komet yang paling banyak ditonton sepanjang masa.
Sepanjang Bulan Desember 2013 : Venus Akan Terlihat Mempesona
Venus, yang terang dari semua planet, menempatkan berlibur menampilkan semua bulan lama, dan apa yang spektakuler itu! Venus adalah showiest akan untuk semua tahun 2013 dan 2014 baik di malam atau langit pagi. Ini menghiasi langit malam barat daya sebanyak tiga jam setelah matahari terbenam pada awal bulan, dan 1,5 jam setelah matahari terbenam dengan Malam Tahun Baru. Yang indah, bulan sabit melewati di atas dan ke kanan Venus, dan malam berikutnya Venus akan mencapai puncak kecemerlangannya, Venus tidak akan seterang ini lagi sampai 2021.
13-14 Desember 2013 : Hujan Meteor Geminids
Hujan meteor ini adalah hujan meteor terindah di tahun 2013 ini setelah hujan meteor perseids pada bulan Agustus 2013. Hujan meteor ini dapat menghasilkan 120 meteor per jam
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1.“BERBUAT KESALAHAN ADALAH KELEMAHAN MANUSIA TAPI BELAJAR DARI KESALAHAN MERUPAKAN KEKUATAN".
2."aku berjanji nek akan menjadi seperti boneka daruma yang selalu segera bangkit tegak kembali dengan muka yang tegar walaupun jatuh terguling-guling.
3."hidup itu ternyata penuh perjuangan"
4."nobita adalah anak yang baik, selalu mengharapkan kebaikan bagi orang lain, itu adalah sifat manusia yang paling terpuji"
5.“aku menang, Doraemon. Pulanglah tanpa rasa kha...
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2."aku berjanji nek akan menjadi seperti boneka daruma yang selalu segera bangkit tegak kembali dengan muka yang tegar walaupun jatuh terguling-guling.
3."hidup itu ternyata penuh perjuangan"
4."nobita adalah anak yang baik, selalu mengharapkan kebaikan bagi orang lain, itu adalah sifat manusia yang paling terpuji"
5.“aku menang, Doraemon. Pulanglah tanpa rasa khawatir, sebab tanpamu aku masih bisa menang…”
6."Meskipun kehidupanku biasa saja, aku bahagia bisa membahagiakan shizuka dan nobisuke, dan tentu saja aku akan selalu berusaha lebih keras untuk lebih membahagiakan mereka."
7."aku ingin jadi anak kecil terus, nikmat rasanya hidup tanpa beban"
8."biarpun menjengkelkan, dia tetaplah ibu yang selalu menyayangi ku"
9."kalau terus bergantung pada orang lain, hidupmu akan berantakan"
10.."yang pengecut tertinggal sendirian"
11."orang jahat adalah orang yang tidak bertanggung jawab"
12."tidak selamanya kamu jadi anak-anak"
13."binatang itu memang lucu ya, kalau disayang mereka akan balik menyayangi kita"
14"kalau semua bahagia itu sudah cukup membauat aku senang"
15."menghentikan rencana di tengah jalan itu gak baik"
16."biar anak kecil atau orang dewasa, kalua salah ya harus ditegur"
17"melampiaskan kekesalan pada anak adalah hal yang salah"
18."terserah mau jadi apa yang penting berguna bagi masyarakat"
19."orang tua itu kasihan ya, sebab tidak ada lagi yang lebih besar darinya untuk dijadikan tempat mengadu"
20."jangan menengok ke masa lalu terus, lebih baik belajar dari sekarang untuk masa depan mu"
21."dulu aku senang sekali bisa sekolah, entah sejak kapan aku jadi malas begini, aku ingin berusaha lebih baik"
22."kita masih bisa mengubah masa depan jika kita semangat" · close
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Oh, you received the dreaded “404 Not Found” when trying to access that website. Bummer. Better check the address. Whoops, there it is again. It’s happened to you, right? Nothing’s worse than those rude black letters at the top of your screen denying you access to the latest popular website. Maybe you've even received the Voldemort of all codes, the dreaded “403 FORBIDDEN.” Admit it…your hea...
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Oh, you received the dreaded “404 Not Found” when trying to access that website. Bummer. Better check the address. Whoops, there it is again. It’s happened to you, right? Nothing’s worse than those rude black letters at the top of your screen denying you access to the latest popular website. Maybe you've even received the Voldemort of all codes, the dreaded “403 FORBIDDEN.” Admit it…your heart skips a beat when you see the 403…what have I done? You glance over your shoulder, wondering when the man in the black suit will be knocking at your door and showing you his badge through the peephole. (Ok, maybe that’s just me.)
There’s actually a multitude of codes that internet users come across frequently when navigating the world wide web. One of the most interesting we’ve come across is code 418. Never heard of it? It’s the “I’m a Teapot” code. It was defined in 1998 by the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) as an April Fool’s joke. Though it is a defined code, it’s not expected to actually be implemented by actual HTTP servers. Now there's a surprise.
I found this on a forum and I think it's very helping ^^
A:
AFAICR/S/T - As far as I can recall / remember / see / tel
AFAIK - As far as I know
AFK - Away from keyboard
ANFSCD - And Now For Something Completely Different. Used to change the subject of conversation.
ASAP - As soon as possible
ASL - Age / sex / location
ATEOTD - At The End of the Day
ATM - At the moment
AWOL - Absent Without (Official) Leave
AYBABTU (also abbreviated as AYB) - All your base are belong to us (from...
I found this on a forum and I think it's very helping
A:
AFAICR/S/T - As far as I can recall / remember / see / tel
AFAIK - As far as I know
AFK - Away from keyboard
ANFSCD - And Now For Something Completely Different. Used to change the subject of conversation.
ASAP - As soon as possible
ASL - Age / sex / location
ATEOTD - At The End of the Day
ATM - At the moment
AWOL - Absent Without (Official) Leave
AYBABTU (also abbreviated as AYB) - All your base are belong to us (from the video game Zero Wing)
B:
B2B - Business to Business
B& and/or B7- Banned
BBIAB - Be back in a bit
BBL/S - Be back later / shortly / soon
BCNU - Be seein' you
Blog - Also known as web log or an online journal
BOFH - ~censored~ operator from hell
Bot - Any type of automated software in chatrooms and web-cataloging software
BRB - Be right back
BSOD - Blue Screen of Death
BTDT - Been there done that
BTW - By the way
Bump - Increment (For example, C's ++ operator.)or a backronym for "Bring Up My Post"
C:
Crawl - To retrieve a web page along with the hyperlinks that reference it
Crapplet - A poorly written computer application
CU - See you (later)
CYA - See ya OR Cover Your Ass
Cyber (prefix) - A term used to connect the subsequent word loosely to the world of computers or the Internet or sex over a computer
Cyberspace - Virtual reality, the Internet, the World Wide Web, and other kinds of computer systems. Science fiction author William Gibson popularized the term in his novel Neuromancer. Gibson used the word to describe a virtual world of computer networks that his cyberpunk heroes 'jacked into'
D:
DFTT - Don't feed the trolls
DGAF - Don't Give A ~censored~
DIAF - Die in a fire
DILLIGAF/D/S - Does it look like I give a flip / ~censored~ / damn / ~love~
DND - Do not disturb
DOA - Dead on arrival. Refers to hardware that is broken on delivery.
E:
EOF - End Of File
EOM - End of Message
EOL - End of Life. Device or hardware that is at the end of its product life cycle.
EQ - EverQuest
ETA - Estimated time of arrival
F:
FAQ - Frequently Asked Question(s)
FFS - For ~censored~'s sake
Flamer - Someone who makes inflammatory, abusive or directly offensive comments. Similar to, but not quite the same as an Internet troll[3]
FMCDH - From My Cold Dead Hands
FOAD - ~censored~ off and die
FOAF - Friend of a friend
FTL - For the loss
FTW - For the win
FU - ~censored~ you
FUBAR - ~censored~ up beyond all recognition / repair (from military slang; pronounced "foo-bar")
FUD - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (the purposeful spread of misinformation)
FWIW - For what it's worth
FYI - For your information
G:
GBTW - Get back to work
GF - Great/good fight/girlfriend
GFU - Good for you
GFY - Go ~censored~ yourself
GG - Good game, used at or near the conclusion of a gaming match
GJ - Good job, often used in online gaming when a teammate performs an act benefitting his team, such as killing an opponent or enabling that kill
GMTA - Great minds think alike
Godwin's Law - Dictates that the longer a thread, the more likely someone will post a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler
Gratz - Congratulations
GTFO - Get the ~censored~ out
GTG or G2G - 'Got to go' or 'Good to go'
GR -Good Race
GR8 - Great
H:
HAND - Have A Nice Day
Handle - Name used in online chat, (AKA nick(name), alias, screen/user name)
HF - Have fun
Haxor or H4x0r (1337) - Hacker
Hit - A request made to the web server, (noun) the results of an internet search, (verb) loading a Web page. Hits are not equivalent to visitors of a webpage.
Home page - The website's introduction page, starting point, and guide. The technical term is "index"
Hot list - A collection of publicly available URLs (World Wide Web site addresses), sometimes available as text files.
HTH - Hope this / that helps
H8 - Hate
I:
IANAL - I am not a lawyer
IBTL - In before the lock
IDC - I don't care
IDK - I don't know
IIRC - If I recall / remember correctly
IIUC - If I understand correctly
IMO/IMHO/IMNSHO/IMAO - In my (humble / honest / not so humble / arrogant) opinion
Information superhighway - The Internet (AKA: I-way, infobahn)
IONO - I don't know
IOW - In other words
IRC - Internet Relay Chat
IRL - In real life
ITYM - I Think You Mean
IWSN - I want sex now
IYKWIM - If you know what I mean
J:
Jaggy - Aliased computer graphics
JK or j/k - Just kidding, or joke
JFGI - Just ~censored~/Freaking Google It
K:
k or kk - OK
KISS - Keep it simple stupid.
KS(ing) - Kill-Steal(ing)
KOS - Kill on sight
KTHX - OK, thanks
KTHXBAI or KTHXBYE - OK, thanks, goodbye, used either to cut short a conversation or to express displeasure with being cut short
L:
L2P - Learn to play; an admonishment to MMORPG players who are incompetent and/or whine
L8R - Later, L8R also sometimes abbreviated as L8ER is commonly used in chat rooms and other text based communications as a way of saying good bye.
Lag - Slang term for slow Internet speeds or high Internet latency; Lag is sometimes due to a server problem, but more frequently due to the connection between client and server. A slow or intermittent connection may often be referred to as laggy
Lamer - A know-nothing, one who is lame.
Leet - Often spelled as l33t or 1337 in ASCII form. It originally meant elite
LFG - Looking for group
LFM - Looking for more
LM(F)AO - Laughing my (frigging) ass off
LMIRL - Let's meet in real life.
LMK - Let me know
LOL - Laughing out loud, laugh out loud
LTNS - Long time no see
Lurker - Someone who frequents a Usenet group without participating in discussions
M:
MMORPG, MMO - Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Game
MMOFPS - Massive Multi-player Online First Person Shooter
MOTD - Message of the day
MS - MapleStory, an MMORPG
MTFBWY - May The Force be with you
MUD - Multi-User Dungeon
MUSH - Multi-User Shared Hallucination
MYOB - Mind your own business
M8 - Mate
N:
NE1 - "Anyone"
NFI - "No ~censored~ Idea"
Newbie, noob, or n00b - An inexperienced user of a system or game,or an annoying person.
NIFOC - Naked In Front Of Computer
NM - (Sometimes written N/M) Not much, Never mind or no message, used on message boards or in e-mails to indicate that everything is already said in the subject line.
NP - No problem
NSFW - Not safe for work. Warning about content that may get the viewer in trouble with his employer or co-workers.
NVM, NVMD, or nm - Nevermind, not much
O:
O RLY - Oh really?
OIC - Oh, I see
OFN - Old ~censored~ news
OMG - Oh my god
OMFG - Oh my ~censored~ god
OMW - On my way or Oh my word
OP - Original poster / Operator / Outpost
OS - Operating system
OT - Off topic
OTOH - On the other hand
OTP - On the phone or One true pairing
P:
P2P - Peer to peer, or pay to play
PAW - Parents are watching
PEBKAC/PEBCAK - Problem exists between keyboard and chair
Ping - From the popular network monitoring tool, used as a greeting similar to "Are you there?".
PITA - Pain in the arse / ass
PLMK - Please let me know
PM - Private Message
PMSL - Pissing myself laughing
POS - Piece of ~love~, or parent over shoulder.
POTS - Plain old telephone service
POV - Point of view
PPL - People
PTKFGS - Punch the Keys For God's Sake
pr0n - Intentional misspelling of porn
PW - Persistent World (gaming)
pwned - Intentional misspelling of owned
I'mma continue it later · close
Lets play a silly game, shall we? ^_^
Change your name into Japanese (^.^)b
A = KA
B = ZU
C = MI
D = TE
E = KU
F = LU
G = JI
H = RI
I = KI
J = ZU
K = ME
L = TA
M = RIN
N = TO
O = MO
P = NO
Q = KE
R = SHI
S = ARI
T = CHI
U = DO
V = RU
W = MEI
X = NA
Y = FU
Z = Z
Most of my friends here call me Sky-chan, so my Japanese name is Arimefu (^_^)V
What about you guys??? I bet your name is great \(^_^)/
Although, some of you will get a silly name too xD
