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Bila kita mengungkap kata-kata ejekan pada orang kulit hitam, itu adalah rasis.

Bila kita hina yahudi, ia dipanggil anti semitism.

Bila kita kutuk kaum hawa, ia dianggap sexism.

Tapi mempersenda muslim dan junjungan Nabi SAW boleh pulak dianggap *KEBEBASAN BERSUARA*

Coffee & Tea Lower The Risk of Diabetes

A new study of coffee and diabetes (Jan 2004) has shown that men who drank 6 cups of coffee a day reduced their chances of developing type-2 diabetes by half, and women who drank the same amount cut their risk by 30 percent. 126,000 people filled out questionnaires over the past 12-18 years with information about their coffee intake and other health questions.

In earlier studies, Dutch researchers discovered that there are compounds in coffee that aid the body's metabolism of sugar. Their study involved 17,000 men and women in the Netherlands. The results were published in November 2002, in the journal Lancet.

According to their study, people who drank 7 cups a day (or more) were 50% less likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Drinking less coffee had less of an impact on diabetes onset. Researchers are still looking at the connection between coffee and diabetes, and caution people that 7 cups of coffee per day is enough to create other health problems.

A number of older studies have shown that caffeine may increase your risk of developing diabetes. The theory is that the beneficial chemicals are able to offset the damage done by the caffeine. So drinking decaffeinated coffee would be the best bet if you are thinking of drinking coffee to prevent diabetes.

Tea also has an effect on diabetes. Drinking tea can improve insulin activity up to 15 times, and it can be black, green or oolong. Herbal teas don't have any effect. The active compounds don't last long in the body, so you would have to drink a cup or more of tea every few hours to maintain the benefit. The catch is that you should drink it without milk (even soy milk), because milk seems to interact with the necessary chemicals and render them unavailable to your body.

-Reuters.

The Boss Honored

WASHINGTON – “I’m the president, but he’s The Boss.”

With those words, President Barack Obama greeted Bruce Springsteen on Sunday night at a White House reception before the iconic rocker was lauded with Kennedy Center Honors along with Robert De Niro, comic genius Mel Brooks, jazz pianist and composer Dave Brubeck and opera singer Grace Bumbry.

About 300 guests, including Matthew Broderick, Ben Stiller and Martin Scorsese, were at the reception in the East Room of the White House.

“These performers are indeed the best,” Obama said. “They are also living reminders of a single truth – and I’m going to steal a line from (wife) Michelle here – the arts are not somehow apart from our national life, the arts are the heart of our national life.”

Springsteen, 60, described the award he received Saturday night at a State Department dinner as different than other accolades.

“We worked really hard for our music to be part of American life and our fans’ lives,” he said. “So it’s an acknowledgment that you’ve kind of threaded your way into the culture in a certain way. It’s satisfying.”

Source: www.thenewstribune.com

Puisi Indah Si Pari-Pari

"Harapnya kisah perpisahan ini tidak akan digembar-gemburkan. Saya tidak mahu kisah ini terus-terusan menjejaskan kerjaya seni saya yang kembali bernyawa, " ujar Natasha Liana Hudson mengenai perpisahannya dengan usahawan dan ahli politik, Datuk Shahrin Zahari.

How not to have your story being broadcast if you're the one meeting the journalist and spreading the words? If you don't want some negatives stories about you being published, don't ever talk to journalist. You know where it will end up...

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Suami Natasha Hudson Raja AP Yang Baru?

Sebelum ini heboh isu Natasha menciplak puisi tulisan orang lain dan memuatkannya dalam buku tulisan beliau (tanpa menyebut nama penulis asal). Cuba perhati dan bandingkan puisi di bawah:

Kek Coklat
oleh Natasha Hudson

Saya mahu satu kehidupan,
Kamu mahu sesuatu yang lain,
Kita tidak dapat makan kek coklat,
Jadi kita makan sesama diri.

Bandingkan dengan puisi tulisan Roger McGough:

Cake
oleh Roger McGough

i wanted one life
you wanted another
we couldn’t have our cake
so we ate each other.

Natasha kata “coincidently similar” (walaupun sajak melayu dia tak make sense dan tak rhyme). Cuba lihat yang ini pula:

Si Kura-Kura Kecil
oleh Natasha Hudson

Ada seekor kura-kura kecil
tinggal di dalam kotak
berenang di tepi tasik
memanjat di atas batu

dia cuba menggigit nyamuk
dia cuba mengigit kutu

dia cuba menggigit berudu
dia cuba menggigit aku

dia berjaya menangkap nyamuk
dia berjaya menangkap kutu

dia berjaya menangkap berudu
tetapi dia tidak berjaya menangkap aku

Bandingkan dengan ini:

I Have a Little Turtle
oleh Nicholas Vachel Lindsay

I have a little turtle,
He lives in a box.
He swims in the water
And he climbs on the rocks.

He snapped at a minnow
He snapped at a flea

He snapped at a mosquito
And he snapped at me.

He caught the minnow,
He caught the flea,

He caught the mosquito,
But he didn’t catch me!

Juga puisi ini:

Mentega kuning, jelly ungu, jem merah, roti hitam
oleh Natasha Hudson

ratakan tebal
katakan cepat

ratakan tebal
katakan cepat

sekarang ulang
sambil kamu makan

sekarang ulang
sambil kamu makan

janganlah bercakap
bila mulut kamu penuh

Bandingkan dengan ini:

Things We Like to Eat
oleh Mary Ann Hoberman

Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread.
Spread it thick,
Say it quick.

Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread
Spread it thicker,
Say it quicker.

Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread
Now repeat it,
While you eat it.

Yellow butter, purple jelly, red jam, black bread
Donít talk
With your mouth full!

...talking 'bout coincidently similar...

1Wajah

Konsert 1 Wajah M Nasir di Stadium Negara yang dirancang pada 25 Julai ini telah ditunda ke 7 Nov 2009 (hari Sabtu). Hm.. kena check jadual kerja ni...(macam le boleh pergi.. he he..)

Selamat Hari Bapa!

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Cat and the Moon

Cat dan bulan, satu imej yang menarik :)

Cerita pasal herba ekor kucing :)

Pernah dengar pasal tumbuhan herba yang dipanggil pokok Cattail (Ekor Kucing)? Ada terbaca kat paper minggu lepas, tu yang nak share kat sini :)

Menurut penulis artikel tu, Cattail atau pokok banat sekarang semakin popular dalam seni hiasan landskap. Sekali pandang macam lalang, tapi kalau dalam kuantiti yang banyak, ia akan nampak menarik. Bunganya berwarna keemasan, merah, kuning jingga atau coklat gelap berbentuk seperti cerut dan sosej dicucuk lidi.

Dalam perubatan tradisional pulak, rumpai Ekor Kucing ni digunakan untuk merawat luka, melecur dan juga masalah kulit seperti jerawat atau kesan tompok selepas terkena demam campak. Bunga Cattail pula boleh dibakar untuk menghalau nyamuk dan agas. Hm.. banyak juga kegunaan rumpai Ekor Kucing ni ya.. :)

Selain pokok Cattail, satu lagi tumbuhan herba yang mengaitkan dengan kucing ialah herba Misai Kucing.