Cara Mudah Hack Billing warnet (tanpa Software)

Hack billing memang kata yang sangat ingin kita dengar terutama yang sering kewarnet, nah apa kalian termasuk orang yang suka kewarnet ?? jika iya terus baca artikel ini sampai selesai.

Sudah berapa rupiah uang yang kalian habiskan untuk internetan di warnet? Pasti sekilas pernah ada pikiran di benak kalian ‘bisa tidak ya main diwarnet tanpa bayar?’ di dunia komputer tidak ada yang mustahil mas boz.

Sebenarnya komputer di warnet dalam keadaan siap hanya saja terhalang Billing sialan itu ibarat mau nonton konser tanpa bayar gimana cara melewati penjaganya,nah sekarang saya akan mencoba menjelaskan Cara Mudah Hack Billing nya . langsung saja ikuti langkah-langkah berikut ini :

Siapkan muka bego kalian usahakan sebego mungkin. agar tidak dicurigai operator nantinya dan kalau pingin hasilnya lebih memuaskan ajak satu teman kalian yang juga ingin kewarnet 

Pilih warnet yang tidak terlalu rame dan tidak terlalu sepi.anehkan jika ada ada orang tanya sama OP ‘ mas nomor berapa yang kosong ‘,’ lima’ jawab OP nah pas orang masuk eh ada kalian yang masih asik nonton film hahaha,begitu juga sebaliknya saat warnet sepi terlihat sebelum ada kalian yang main ada 3 orang nah pas kalian masuk kok tetep di billing yang main 3 orang?? Kemana perginya kalian?? 

Pilih tempat yang aman. Maksudnya tempat yang kira-kira OP tidak melihat kamu main dan usahakan juga OP tidak melihat kalian masuk ke komputer mana. 

Nah jika step di atas sudah bisa kalian lakukan dengan baik langsung saja kalian hidupkan komputernya jika dalam keadaan hidup tinggal kamu restart saja 

Disini Point utamanya saat komputer Booting (dinyalakan) siapkan jari-jari anda untuk menekan CTRL+ALT+DELETE , task manager ?? ya ini untuk mencegas billing sialan muncul di depan muka kalian 

Nah saat tulisan welcome keluar bersiaplah menekan tombol itu karena telat sedkit saja bisa menyebabkan kegagalan , 

Nah saat tulisan/tampilan welcome hilang langsung tekan tombol CTRL+ALT+DELETE berulang-ulang 

Dan apa hasilnya yang task manager muncul (kalau timinnya pas) dan billing masih tertidur lelap tanpa menyadari kita sedang asik internetan ,,hehehe 

Kalau gagal ya di ulangi lagi mas bozz restart komputrnya 

Kunci kesuksesan trik ini adalah timing, jika kalian bisa menekan tombol CTRL+ALT+DELETE tepat setalah tampilan welcome hilang jangan sampai kedahuluan billing bisa dijamin sukses,atau sebelum tampilan welcome hilang kalian boleh menekan CTRL+ALT+DELETE berulang-ulang .

Jika berhasil maka billing tidak keluar dan komputer siap digunakan, 

Nah apa yang terjadi jika OP mendatangi anda ? tingal pajang muka bego yang sudah kalian siapkan sebelumnya dan bilang saja “saya tidak tahu”.

kalau kalian datang sendiri tanpa teman yah terpaksa kalian harus menghentikan trik ini, masa masuk kewarnet 2jam dan keluar tanpa main?? Caranya klik Start>startUp>billing 08 , maka billing akan terbangun dan menutupi layar anda sekarang kalian tinggal login seperti biasa ,..

Kalau kalian datang dengan tidak sendiri itu akan sangat menguntungkan , caranya jika teman anda sudah menyetop billing kalian tinggal shutdown aja komputernya terus ikut keluar aja dengan teman anda,pasti OP gak curiga tapi gak tau bagaimana reaksi teman kalian itu jangan sampai dia ngomong “ lah kamu kok gag bayar?” bagaimana kalian bisa mencegah itu terjadi ? selebihnya terserah kalian.

JANGAN TERUS MENERUS DIGUNAKAN , DI TUNGGU JUGA KOMENNYA

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Trik Cara shutdown komputer lain di jaringan LAN

Kali ini Bonsay akan memberikan sedikit trick yang lumayan manteplah buat para jailerzz yaitu mematikan computer orang lain di sekolahan pastinya kalian kenal kan dengan pelajaran TIK langsung aja di praktekin, apa di warnet trick ini tidak bisa di gunakan ?? saya sendiri juga kurang tau tentang hal ini karena beberapa kali saya coba di warnet trick ini tidak bekerja entah apa masalahnya mungkin di sekolahan tertentu trick ini juga mungkin tidak bekerja ya karena tadi jaringan yang sama digunakan di warnet (gak tau apa namanya -.-“) tapi syukurlah di tempat saya sekul ini trick sangat ampuh hehehe :D

Tak ada salahnya dicoba gak ada ruginya ya gak ?? apa lagi kalo berhasil :D

Simak baik-baik step by step berikut ini .. .. .

• TAMPANG MUKA BEGO biar nantinya tidak di curigai hehehe

• Klik START lalu pilih “run” jika menu run tidak ada bisa dengan menekan tombol WINDOWS+R (tekan tombol windows dan tahan lalu tekan tombol huruf “R”)

• Setelah menu run muncul ketikan kata “CMD” (tanpa tanda kutip) lalu pilih OK

• Menu cmd akan muncul selanjutnya ketikan pada kotak cmd (command prompt) “net[SPASI]view” (tanpa kutip) lalu ENTER

• Lalu setelah itu Akan muncul nama-nama computer yang terhubung di jaringan LAN sekolahan mu ,hafalkan nama-nama komputer yang ingin kita shutdown kalo perlu di catat (buat yang susah ngfalin)

• Oke apa sudah di hafalin nama computer musuh mu ?? kalo sudah lanjutkan ke langkah berikutnya

• Ketikan lagi di cmd dengan kata shutdown[SPASI]-i[SPASI]-m dan tekan ENTER

• Akan muncul program baru yaitu remote shutown dialog itu berarti saatnya menambahkan daftar computer yang mau dimatikan

• Caranya pilih “add” lalu masukan nama yang tadi kamu hafalin ,nama tidak boleh salah satu huruf pun lalu tekan OK jika ingin menambahkan computer lain tinggal pilih add lagi seperti langkah sebelumnya (jangan matiin computer gurunya ya ntar kualat loh ,ckckck)

• Selanjutnya di menu scroll down ada pilihan untuk aksi apa yang ingin kamu lakukan shutdown,restart atau log off . pilih salah satu

• Dibawah menu di atas juga ada menu set timer yaitu waktu mundur sebelum computer mati isi sesuka kalian ,, saya saranin 30 detik aja

• Selanjutnya di kolom comment isi dengan pesan kalian sebelum computer target mati

• langahk terakhir kamu tekan OK dan apa yang terjadi ?? targetmu bakal bingung ketakutan ckakaka (jika berhasil)

• pasang muka bego yang kamu punya (sambil nyengir dikitlah)

Penjelasan singkatnya jika kamu set waktu 30 detik maka pesan yang kamu tulis di menu comment akan muncul di komputer target selama 30 detik dan hingga akhirnya computer itu mati ......

Tolong JANGAN DI SALAH GUNAKAN !!! jika kalian berhasil melakukan trick ini . .

Tunggu trick dan tips lainya ....................

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INTERNET DI INDONESIA TERLAMBAT DI DUNIA

Sering membuka situs, menonton video, atau membuka laman terselubung terasa lambat? Tak usah heran, memang koneksi di Indonesia paling parah bin lambat. Negara berpenduduk terbesar keempat dunia dengan penduduk lebih dari 237 juta jiwa ini rata-rata kecepatan membuka halaman web 20,3 detik.

Berdasarkan hasil pengukuran yang dilakukan Google terhadap kecepatan web pada komputer desktop dan perangkat mobil di 50 negara koneksi internet tercepat, awal April ini, Indonesia adalah negara paling dengan kecepatan internet paling lambat jika mengakses lewat desktop. Filipina berada di atas Indonesia satu tingkat, dengan kecepatan 15,4 detik. Apabila ingin mendapatkan kecepatan tinggi akses internet dengan desktop komputer, Anda bisa pergi ke Republik Slowakia. Di negara itu, hanya membutuhkan rata-rata 3,3 detik untuk membuka halaman web melalui desktop atau enam kali lebih cepat dibandingkan di Indonesia. Jika menggunakan perangkat mobil, Indonesia tidak tergolong paling lambat. Rata-rata membutuhkan 12,9 detik untuk membuka halaman web lewat perangkat mobil di Indonesia. Negara dengan akses internet paling lambat melalui perangkat mobil adalah Uni Emirat Arab: 26,7 detik.

Negara yang memiliki kecepatan internet paling tinggi dengan menggunakan perangkat mobil adalah Korea Selatan, yaitu rata-rata 4,8 detik atau lebih dari dua kali kecepatan membuka di Indonesia. Meskipun, Korea Selatan tercepat untuk akses internet dengan mobil tetapi untuk penggunaan desktop komputer masih di bawah Slovakia. Di Korea Selatan kecepatan membuka dengan komputer rata-rata 3,5 detik.

Sepuluh Negara dengan Internet Tercepat di Desktop Komputer (dalam detik)

Republik Slowakia (3,3) Korea Selatan (3,5) Republik Cek (3,7) Belanda (3,9) Jepang (4) Denmark (4,3) Swiss (4,3) Swedia (4,5) Belgia (4.6) Norwegia (4,8)

Sepuluh Negara dengan Internet Terlambat di Desktop Komputer (dalam detik)

Cile (10) Kolombia (10,2) Peru (11,7) Brasil (11,8) Argentina (12,8) Malaysia (14,3) Venezuela (14,9) India (15,1) Filipina (15,4) Indonesia (20,3)

Sepuluh Negara dengan Internet Tercepat di Perangkat Mobile (dalam detik)

Korea Selatan (4,8) Denmark (5,2) Hong Kong (5,9) Norwegia (6) Swedia (6,1) Estonia (6,2) Republik Cek (6,3) Jepang (6,4) Rumania (7,5) Republik Slowakia (7,6)

Sepuluh Negara dengan Internet Terlambat di Perangkat Mobile (dalam detik)

Malaysia (12,7) Indonesia (12,9) Singapura (12,9) Meksiko (14,1) Brasil (15,8) Argentina (16,3) India (16,4) Thailand (17,4) Arab Saudi (21,2) Uni Emirat Arab (26,7)

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Deteksi kerusakan komputer layar blue screen

Komputer Anda sering error ya??? Trus tiba-tiba display monitor menjadi warna biru dengan tulisan yang tidak dimengerti kan??? Berarti komputer Anda bermasalah!!!!!!!!!

Tetapi jangan abaikan jika terjadi hal itu pada komputer Anda, karena ketika blue screen itu terjadi, sebenarnya komputer kita sedangkan menyampaikan bahwa dia sedang dalam "masalah" dan butuh untuk segera diperbaiki. Seperti orang yang kelelep, pasti berteriak minta tolong kan?? HELP, SOS, TOLONG!!!!!!!!!!!!

Untuk itu saya mencoba menyampaikan informasi ini kepada teman-teman agar bisa lebih mengerti tentang "pesan darurat" dari komputer Anda.

Biasanya, jika muncul blue screen pada komputer Anda, secara otomatis komputer anda akan melakukan re-start, sehingga "pesan darurat"nya tidak sempat terbaca. Don't worry, itu karena diBIOS setting komputer Anda telah diset automatic. Udah bisa nge-set BIOS kan?


Oke, berikut ini adalah isi "pesan darurat" dari Blue Screen komputer Anda. Silakan dicermati yaa...

1. Ketidakcocokan driver yang terinstall di komputer
Pesan Blue Screennya Seperti ini : IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (0X0000000A)

2. Overclock Hardware yang berlebihan
Pesan Blue Screennya Seperti ini : UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP (0X0000007F)

3. Memory atau slot memory di motherboard rusak
Pesan Blue Screennya Seperti ini : DATA_BUS_ERROR

4. Kerusakan hardware, termasuk memory utama, memory video card, atau memory di processor (L2 Cache)
Pesan Blue Screennya Seperti ini : PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA

5. Kesalahan dalam konfigurasi jumper harddisk yang salah, virus boot sector, driver IDE controller yang salah, atau kesalahan driver chipset.
Pesan Blue Screennya Seperti ini : INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE

6. Instalasi driver video card yang kurang sempurna, restart pada saat instalasi atau juga dapat terjadi karena kesalahan dalam instalasi driver.


Pesan Blue Screennya Seperti ini : VIDEO_DRIVER_INIT_FAILURE

7. Kesalahan atau driver yang tidak kompatibel. Sering terjadi saat melakukan instalasi XP dari upgrade, atau bukan dari instalasi baru.
Pesan Blue Screennya Seperti ini : BAD_POOL_CALLER

8. kerusakan RAM
Pesan Blue Screennya Seperti ini : PEN_LIST_CORRUPT

9. Cacatnya CPU, atau yang di overclock secara agresif, serta power supply yang kekurangan daya atau rusak
Pesan Blue Screennya Seperti ini :MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION

10. partisi atau file system, goyangnya kabel sata, dan Bad sactor
Pesan Blue Screennya Seperti ini : NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM atau FAT_FILE_SYSTEM (0X00000024) atau (0X00000023

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INI YANG MEMBUAT ORANG KAYA MAKIN BERTAMBAH HARTANYA

Jakarta - Istilah orang kaya makin kaya dan yang miskin makin miskin, sudah sering kita dengar. Kenyataannya fenomena itu memang benar-benar terjadi dalam kehidupan kita.

Berikut ini penjelasan singkat pakar marketing Tung Desem Waringin, bagaimana kita berpikir dan memposisikan diri sebagai orang yang kaya, menengah atau bahkan hanya sebagai orang miskin:

Mengapa orang kaya semakin kaya? Karena begitu orang kaya penghasilannya bertambah besar, maka gaya hidupnya sementara tetap (menunda kesenangan). Penghasilan yang lebih ini di investasikan kedalam asset. Misalnya beli saham yang menghasilkan deviden, rumah kost kost-an, ruko yang dikontrakkan, Mall yang disewakan, sarang walet, usaha-usaha yang menghasilkan, dan lain-lain.

Sedemikian sehingga penghasilan mereka bertambah besar. Dan ketika penghasilan mereka bertambah besar lagi, mereka investasikan lagi ke dalam asset tersebut diatas, sehingga semakin kaya dan semakin kaya lagi.

Mengapa orang menengah bergumul terus secara finansial? Ketika orang menengah penghasilannya bertambah besar maka dia mencicil rumah yang lebih besar, mobil yang lebih besar, handphone yang lebih canggih, komputer yang lebih modern, televisi yang lebih besar, audio yang lebih canggih dan banyak sekali uang untuk kewajiban sehingga masuk kedalam pengeluaran.

Orang menengah ini bisa memiliki rumah yang besar, mobil yang besar tapi tidak mempunyai uang yang bekerja untuk dia. Dan seumur hidupnya menjadi budak uang karena membayar cicilan semakin besar seumur hidupnya.

Mengapa orang miskin bablas miskin?
Orang miskin tidak perduli seberapa besar pun penghasilannya semua akan masuk ke pengeluaran.

Contoh:
Orang miskin begitu penghasilannya bertambah besar mereka beli TV yang besar, beli jamnya yang mahal, beli hp yang lebih baru, beli baju mahal, makan di restoran mewah, ikut keanggotaan fitness, ikut asuransi yang tidak perlu, dan lain-lain. Semua dijalankan karena gaya hidup moderen atau tidak mau ketinggalan zaman.

Pertanyaannya: Bila penghasilan Anda bertambah besar, Anda belikan apa? Hal-hal yang menghasilkan uang lagi atau hal-hal yang menghabiskan uang. Silahkan dijawab, Anda yang tahu termasuk golongan manakan Anda?

Semoga bermanfaat, Saya Tung Desem Waringin mengucapkan salam dahsyat!

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TATA SURYA TERTUA DITEMUKAN ORANG INDONESIA

Tata Surya Tertua ditemukan Orang Indonesia — Johny Setiawan, astronom Indonesia, beserta astronom Eropa berhasil menemukan tata surya tertua. Dunia baru tersebut terdiri atas satu bintang yang dikelilingi oleh dua planet. 

Tata surya tersebut dikatakan tertua karena berumur 12,8 miliar tahun, hanya 900 juta tahun lebih muda dari semesta yang tercipta lewat Big Bang pada 13,7 miliar tahun lalu. 

Bintang induk pada tata surya tersebut diberi nama HIP 11952 sesuai penamaan obyek dari katalog Hipparcos. Sementara kedua planet yang mengorbit bintang tersebut diberi nama HIP 11952 b dan HIP 11952 c. 

HIP 11952 juga dijuluki "Sannatana". Dalam bahasa Sansekerta, kata tersebut berarti abadi atau purba, sesuai dengan keunikantata surya baru ini. 

Sistem keplanetan yang baru saja ditemukan ini diperkirakan terbentuk saat galaksi Bimasakti masih bayi atau bahkan belum terbentuk. Jarak tata surya ini bahkan tak jauh, hanya 375 tahun cahaya dari Bumi. 

"Ini sama perumpamaannya dengan menemukan benda arkeologi di pekarangan rumah sendiri," ungkap Johny lewat e-mail yang diterima Kompas.com, Jumat (23/3/2012) lalu. 

Dua planet yang mengitari HIP 11952 ditemukan dengan metode kecepatan radial. Teknik ini didasarkan pada observasi gerakan bintang induk akibat planet-planet yang mengelilinginya. 

Penelitian dilakukan pada tahun 2009-2011 menggunakan spektrometer FEROS (Fibre-fed Extended Range Optical Range Spectograph) pada teleskop 2,2 meter di Observatorium La Silla, Cile. 

Berdasarkan penelitian, diketahui bahwa dua planet di tata surya baru ini ialah planet gas raksasa berukuran 0,8 dan 2,9 kali Jupiter. Masing-masing berevolusi dengan periode 7 dan 290 hari. 

Anomali 

Tata surya baru ini bisa dikatakan anomali. Pasalnya, bintang induk pada sistem keplanetan ini miskin logam, diperkirakan hanya 1 persen dari kandungan logam Matahari. 

Teori saat ini menyatakan bahwa bintang-bintang dengankandungan logam tinggi cenderung memiliki peluang lebih besar untuk memiliki planet, dan sebaliknya. 

Sejauh ini, HIP 11952b dan HIP 11952c adalah temuan planet kedua yang mengelilingi bintang miskin logam. Tahun 2010, ditemukan planet yang mengelilingi HIP 13044 yang juga miskin logam. 

Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, Johny mengatakan, "Kedua planet yang mengitari HIP 11952 membuktikan bahwa planet-planet ternyata memang dapat terbentuk di sekitar bintang yang kandungan logamnya sedikit." 

Tak cuma itu, Johny yang bertahun-tahun bekerja di Max Planck Institute for Astronomy di Heidelberg, Jerman, mengatakan bahwa planet di sekelilling bintang melarat logam mungkin umum. 

Observasi pada bintang-bintang tua masih diperlukan untuk mengonfirmasi hal tersebut. Tim peneliti masih akan terus mencari jawabannya. 

Secara lebih luas, secara teoritis diketahui bahwa lingkungan awal semesta hanya terdiri atas hidrogen dan helium. Unsur-unsur logam yang lebih berat terbentuk lewat proses lebih lanjut seperti supernova. 

Penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa manusia bisa berharap adanya planet-planet purba yang terbentuk pada awal semesta, walau kondisinya dipandang kurang memungkinkan. 

Hasil penelitian Johny dipublikasikan di jurnal Astronomy and Astrophysics yang terbit minggu ini. Johny kini mengabdi di Kedutaan Besar Republik Indonesia di Berlin.

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RAHASIA ORANG ORANG GENIUS

alau anda mengira genius merupakan bawaan yang memiliki IQ jauh di atas rata-rata, anda salah . mereka hanya berhasil menggunakan kemampuan otaknya lebih dari orang-orang biasa. Sebenarnya semua orang pun bisa mengembangkan kemampuan berpikir seperti otak mereka, hanya dibutuhkan KEMAUAN dan KERJA KERAS. Bill Gates, si pemilik perusahaan Microsoft yang juga merupakan 1 di antara para genius mengatakan bahwa 99% yang menciptakan kegeniusan adalah KERJA KERAS. Genius di sini bukanlah seseorang yang memiliki IQ jauh di atas rata-rata, tetapi genius di sini adalah Expert atau para ahli di bidangnya

Bagi mereka para genius, hanya ada 3 kunci untuk kegeniusan mereka, kita pun bisa menjadi bagian dari mereka, dengan kunci KEMAUAN dan KERJA KERAS

Rahasia 1.

Si genius bisa mencari cara sendiri untuk menguasai hal-hal yang belum di kuasainya. Para genius menciptakan metode belajar sendiri yang paling cocok dengan diri mereka. Jika tidak menguasai suatu subjek, mereka akan cari tahu cara paling efisien untuk mempelajarinya. Mereka terus mencoba (mereka tidak pernah berhenti mencoba jika belum berhasil) sampai mereka bisa menguasai yang ingin dikuasainya. Kalau gagal dengan satu metode, mereka akan mencoba metode lainnya.

Rahasia 2.

Para genius memiliki motivasi yang "sangat, sangat, sangat besar!" untuk menguasai apa yang menjadi minatnya. Kadangkala mereka rela mengorbankan berbagai hal demi minatnya itu. Inilah kisah Bill Gates si orang terkaya di muka bumi: "Bill Gates orang yang cerdas. Itu sudah pasti. Jika tidak cerdas, dia tidak akan bisa masuk Universitas Harvard, yang merupakan universitas terbaik di dunia. Tapi dia keluar. Alasannya: "Aku ingin berbuat lebih." Rupanya, dia tidak ingin hanya menjadi cerdas. Dia ingin menjadi seorang genius. Dia sadar, terus kuliah akan mengurangi waktunya dalam mendalami software computer yang sangat diminatinya. Dalam pengakuannya, dia pernah tidak tidur selama berhari-hari ketika menyelesaikan software pertamanya.

Rahasia 3.

Mereka yang genius memiliki visi masa depan yang jelas, konkret dan terukur. Apabila ditanya apa yang diinginkannya di masa depan, mereka akan menjawab tuntas hingga ke detailnya. "10 tahun dari sekarang, saya akan menjadi seorang pengusaha mebel kayu jati yang produknya merambah seluruh Eropa. Karyawannya lebih dari 500 orang. Omsetnya lebih dari 50 miliar." Itulah visi seorang pengusaha besar.

So, apa yang Anda pikirkan?

Anda bisa menjadi genius di bidang apapun yang Anda minati, jika Anda berpikir dan memiliki karakter seorang genius. Dan, tiga itulah rahasianya. Hanya tiga. Cara sederhana menjadi genius. Jika 3 rahasia itu sudah Anda pegang dan Anda jadikan sebagai rahasia Anda juga. Maka inilah cara sederhana membangkitkan sosok genius dalam diri Anda:

Saat Anda ingin mengetahui sesuatu, katakan pada diri Anda sendiri: "Sisi lain dari ini apa, ada apa dibaliknya?"

Saat satu jawaban datang, terus tanyakan pertanyaan-pertanyaan itu kembali.

Hal-Hal Yang Bisa Membantumu Mencapai "Inner Genius"Mu

Setelah Anda tahu berbagai hal tentang genius dan tahu cara membangkitkannya, kini saatnya untuk tahu hal-hal apa saja yang bisa membantumu untuk membangkitkan "si genius" dalam dirimu.

Tidurlah cukup

Lho kok malah tidur, bukannya untuk melatih pikiran harusnya terus bangun? Ternyata tidak. Tidur setelah belajar justru meningkatkan kemampuan otak mengingat. Saat terlelap tidur, otak kita justru bekerja keras memilah-milah informasi penting untuk kita, sehingga kemampuan memori kita menguat. Namun itu hanya berlaku bagi tidur yang lebih dari 6 jam. Itu kenapa sistem belajar SKS (sistem kebut semalam) tidak direkomendasikan karena justru hanya melemahkan kemampuan berpikir dan kemampuan memori kita. So, langsunglah tidur sekurang-kurangnya 6 jam usai belajar di malam hari. Dengan begitu, belajarmu akan memberikan hasil lebih maksimal. Untuk menjadi expert, begadang merupakan pantangan.

Latihan fisik

Banyak-banyaklah melakukan aktivitas fisik: jalan-jalan, berolahraga permainan, senam, atau apapun. Melakukan banyak aktivitas fisik terbukti meningkatkan kemampuan berpikir otak.

Makan cukup

Kurang makan akan membuatmu tidak memiliki energi untuk berpikir cerdas, tapi terlampau banyak makan juga akan membuat otakmu menjadi kurang cerdas. Makan secukupnya dan selektif. Hindari terlalu banyak makan-makanan dari lemak hewani. Banyak-banyaklah makan sejenis lemak yang bernama omega 3, yang terkandung dalam ikan, kacang-kacangan, atau biji-bijian. Banyak-banyaklah juga makan buah dan sayuran. Para expert selalu tidak pernah berkekurangan atau berlebihan dalam soal makan.

Musik

Mendengarkan musik disinyalir bisa meningkatkan kemampuan otak dalam berpikir, namun tidak secara langsung. Diketahui mendengarkan musik bisa membuat tubuh merasa rileks, perasaan negatif berkurang, dan menurunkan rasa takut. Nah, hal-hal itu otomatis membuat kita bisa lebih fokus dalam berpikir. Namun diketahui tidak semua orang berhasil dengan bantuan musik. Sebagian orang justru tidak bisa berpikir sambil mendengarkan musik. So, cari cara Anda sendiri!

Jangan lupa bermain

Belajar terus menerus secara intensif tanpa istirahat dan tanpa jeda bukanlah perilaku yang bijak. Bermain itu menyenangkan. Selain bisa menghilangkan stress, bermain juga membuat kemampuan otak kita berpikir menjadi lebih cemerlang. So, sempatkan bermain. Asal Anda tahu, seorang Albert Einstein dan Bill Gates saja selalu mencadangkan waktu setiap hari untuk bermain. Sebaliknya, jangan pula hanya bermain-main melulu. Hanya bermain tidak akan menjadikan Anda seorang expert.

Beberapa saran bermain:

Bermain secara fisik. Ikutlah dalam permainan fisik yang tidak ada target tertentu (bertanding untuk menang bukanlah bermain) dan yang tidak dibatasi waktu (maksimal beberapa menit untuk meraih poin tertentu bukanlah bermain).

Bermain dengan benda, seperti membuat sesuatu dengan tangan dan Anda menikmati aktivitas itu (lakukan saja, tanpa harus ada target harus membuat sesuatu. Just do it).

bergabung dengan teman-teman atau orang lain dalam sebuah aktivitas yang terlihat tanpa tujuan, seperti hanya ngobrol dan tertawa bersama.

Meditasi

Meditasi rutin sangat membantu kerja otak. Cara yang paling sederhana adalah latihan nafas sederhan. Pertama, buat posisi tubuh dalam keadaan senyaman mungkin. Lalu tarik nafas lewat lubang hidung dan hirup dalam-dalam, lalu lepaskan perlahan-lahan dari lubang mulut. Lakukan itu berulang-ulang, sampai badan terasa segar. Ingin bantuan cara sederhana berelaksasi?

Percaya kalau Anda bisa

"Meskipun berusaha sangat keras tapi Anda gagal juga. Lantas Anda berkesimpulan kalau Anda memang tidak cukup mampu." Nah, meskipun Anda berpikir demikian, para ahli psikologi menyatakan sebaliknya. Kegagalan semacam itu seringkali bukan karena kurangnya kemampuan, tetapi karena kepercayaan terhadap diri sendiri yang kurang. Kebanyakan dari kita sudah terjebak dalam stereotip bahwa hanya orang-orang tertentu saja yang bisa berhasil. Alhasil, otak kita pun bereaksi menyesuaikan diri dengan kepercayaan itu. Jadinya, kita pun tidak mencapai performa terbaik kita karena pada dasarnya kita memang tidak terlalu percaya akan berhasil. So, percaya 100% Anda bisa, maka otak Anda akan membantu Anda.

Bermain video-game

Hm… rupanya bermain video game dalam waktu yang proporsional, akan meningkatkan kemampuan otak kita berpikir. So, bermainlah video-game, terutama game-game strategi yang membutuhkan kemampuan Anda untuk dengan cepat mengambil keputusan. Tetapi terlalu banyak bermain video-game juga akan membuat kemampuan Anda berpikir menurun. Usahakan tidak lebih dari 1 jam per hari untuk bermain.

ternyata tidak susah untuk menigkatkan kemampuan berpikir otak kita. mudah-mudahan resep di atas mampu merubah kemampuan berpikir teman-teman semua. semoga bermanfaat.

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Kebohongan yang Dilakukan Wanita untuk Jaga Hubungan

Ghiboo.com - Wanita terkadang sering berbohong untuk menutupi perasaannya yang sebenarnya. Entah itu karena tidak ingin menyulut emosi pasangannya atau karena berharap si pria bisa mengerti dengan sendirinya.

Lalu kebohongan seperti apa yang sering diucapkan wanita? Berikut ada empat ucapan yang sering keluar dari mulut wanita saat berbohong dengan kekasihnya, seperti dikutip dari TimesofIndia.
Kebohongan 1: Mengaku semua baik-baik saja
"Oh! tidak apa. Aku baik-baik saja". Wanita cenderung mengatakan sesuatu yang berbeda dengan perasaan sebenarnya. Ketika dia menyatakan baik-baik saja, bisa jadi sesungguhnya hatinya sedang tidak karuan.
Meskipun berharap kekasihnya dapat mengerti, sikap ini terkadang justru membuat pria bingung dan ragu-ragu. Menurut psikolog Dr. Aruba Broota, dengan bersikap diam atau pergi dan berkata lirih, "saya baik-baik saja", sebenarnya dia ingin kekasihnya tahu kalau hatinya terluka.
Kebohongan 2: Mengaku suka apa adanya
"Aku suka kamu apa adanya". Kalimat ini mungkin sering diucapkan wanita. Tapi pada kenyataannya, banyak wanita yang tetap menuntut kekasihnya untuk berpakaian, bersikap, dan mempunyai potongan rambut seperti apa yang mereka sukai.
Kebohongan 3: Mengaku suka teman-teman Anda
"Teman-teman kamu menyenangkan ya". Mungkin tidak selamanya wanita berbohong saat mengucapkan kata-kata tersebut. Tapi sebagian besar kasus yang terjadi, wanita berbohong soal hal ini karena dia tak ingin dianggap jadi perusak hubungan pertemanan.
"Seringkali wanita memuji teman-teman kekasihnya, demi hubungan asmaranya berjalan baik. Dia tidak mau menyakiti hati kekasihnya dengan mengatakan yang sebenarnya. Tapi dalam hati kecil, wanita berharap pria bisa mengerti tanpa harus dikatakan, yang sayangnya, biasanya tidak terjadi," jelas psikolog Dr Sameer Parekh.
Kebohongan 4: Mengaku tidak akan marah
"Jujur saja padaku, percayalah, aku tidak akan marah". Kebohongan ini biasanya diucapkan ketika wanita ingin meminta pendapat yang jujur dari pria, walaupun sesungguhnya dia sedikit banyak sudah tahu apa jawabannya.

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When it Pays to Spend More

Sometimes shelling out a little extra money upfront saves you a hard-earned cash down the road, and splurging becomes an investment that pays for itself. Here are just a few examples of when it pays to spend more:

Resealable Food Packages When food doesn't get sealed properly, it spoils and goes to waste, so look for packages with resealable tubes, bags or containers. They may cost you a bit more at the grocery store, but can save you hundreds of dollars a year in uneaten food. Or, if you're a bulk buyer, consider investing in a vacuum sealer or even some good quality vacuum bags. "It's a really good way of taking advantage of sales at the grocery store, especially on really pricey items like meats and cheeses. You can buy in bulk and then they're ready when you want them," says Jody Rholena of ShopSmart Magazine.

Class Packages
Stop the "pay as you go" insanity at your local yoga studio, spin or aerobics class. If you've taken three or more sessions in a row, ask yourself - am I going to do this again? If yes, opt for the pre-paid class packages. They'll run you more upfront but a single drop-in fee can cost about 15% more per class. "Only pay a drop-in fee, which can be expensive, if you're trying out a new activity, a new gym or a new instructor, says Rholena. "Then a few extra bucks in research can really be the price of admission," she says.

Also See: Pitfalls of Extreme Couponing
Salad Spinners Did you know that bagged salad costs roughly three times more than a single head of lettuce? To save time washing and drying your greens, consider buying a salad spinner, which costs about $25 at your local home goods store. Even if you do buy bagged lettuce, Consumer Reports says the greens still need to be washed, so if salad is a staple for your family, a spinner can be worth the expense.

Also See: 5 Dinner Recipes From 1 Bag of Groceries

Single-Cup Coffee Makers You probably already know your $5 a day coffee habit is not so financially fit, but did you know a good-quality single-cup coffee maker can save you almost $1 per day or at least $300 a year, depending on your daily coffee order? Just look for the latest models that feature recyclable K-cups to reduce waste. "Many of the one cup-at-a-time coffee machines we've tested are really good and they're $100. Some are even $40 or $50," says Rholena. "We also test coffee and some of the top rated at-home brews are from the same companies you're buying from like Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts."

Also See: Best Bulk Bargains

Tailoring
A few nips and tucks here and there will keep your quality clothing in good working order and can even make inexpensive pieces look custom-made. Same with saving your soles. Rather than buying a new pair of shoes, have your favorite pair repaired regularly for a fraction of the cost.

Also See: Best Things to Buy in May

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Canadian police waiting for alleged thief to ‘pass’ swallowed diamond

 

A model holds the recently auctioned Martian Pink diamond (AP/Kin Cheung) 

All things must pass. At least that's the plan in place for police in Ontario who are waiting for a man to extricate a $20,000 diamond from his body, after he allegedly swallowed the stolen gem last week.

The Canada Press reports that Richard Mackenzie Matthews, 52, is being held by police after allegedly swapping out a real diamond for a fake one at Precision Jewelers and then swallowing the 1.7-carat stone. Sgt. Brett Corey says Matthews has gone to the bathroom several times since being detained but the diamond is still in the rough, so to speak.
When police subjected Matthews to an X-ray they actually discovered a pair of fake diamonds inside his intestines. But Corey said that because actual diamonds are translucent, the missing stone did not show up in the scan. Matthews is reportedly "eager" to transfer the merchandise and is cooperating with police, according to Corey.
Matthews is currently charged with theft and breach of court conditions. He also has outstanding warrants in Toronto.
Corey said police initially gave Matthews laxatives but are now feeding him "whatever he wants" in order to expedite things.

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WOW! Facebook Is Now Worth More Than These 10 Huge Companies

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Facebook is finally going public.
It'll be worth about $104 billion when it debuts at $38 a share, and there's guaranteed to be a pop once it starts trading.
That means that the total value of Facebook, an eight-year-old company, is more than some of the largest, most successful companies in the world that have been around for decades.
Even some of the top tech companies that have been on top of Silicon Valley for decades have fallen behind the Web 2.0 wunderkind.
Here are some of the most interesting ones:

• Hewlett-Packard, one of the largest PC makers in the world, is smaller than Facebook. It's worth $44 billion — less than half of Facebook's titanic $105 billion valuation. HP also just laid off about 25,000 employees. 

• Facebook is four times larger than Dell, another super-giant PC and server maker. Dell has a market cap of about $26 billion. It's still trying to find its way in the post-PC era.

• It's bigger than Salesforce.com, a company that is more or less partially responsible for the cloud computing revolution. Salesforce is only worth around $20 billion — and its interns end up as high-ranking officials from time to time.

• Starbucks, the coffee chain that literally appears twice on every corner. Starbucks is worth about $40 billion — less than half of Facebook. We hear plenty of horror stories about Starbucks.

• The New York Times, one of the most prestigious content publishers in the world, is a blip compared to Facebook. Sharing is apparently worth 105 times more than some of the best content available on the Internet. The New York Times is worth slightly less than $1 billion. A bunch of New York Times staffers are actually planning to quit.

• Target, a huge big-box retailer similar to a higher-end version of Walmart, is worth less than half of Facebook. Target has a market cap of about $37 billion — well short of Facebook's expected valuation. Target actually raised its guidance this week, raising its value.

• Facebook barely edges out Amazon, the largest online retailer in the world. Amazon is worth about $100 billion, while Facebook is worth just a smidge more. Amazon's Kindle has been a bit of a bust so far.

• Disney is worth about four-fifths of what Facebook is worth. The owner of ESPN and a ton of other properties is worth about $80 billion. Disney could soon be replaced by Rovio as one of the biggest media properties in the world.

• Facebook is worth twice as much as eBay. eBay has a market cap of about $50 billion.

• Facebook is worth about 10 Nokias put together. Nokia, one of the largest phone manufacturers in the world (not smartphone), is worth about $10 billion. The Nokia Lumia 900 is actually pretty nice, though.

Not much of a surprise, though. Facebook is making a world-changing piece of technology, and it also happens to pay its engineers better than most other companies in Silicon Valley — so it attracts the best talent.
But Facebook still isn't bigger than the typical tech giants: Google, Microsoft and Apple. Microsoft is worth about $250 billion, while Google is worth $204 billion and Apple is worth about $500 billion.

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Amazing high-rise balconies

The VM House in Copenhagen is known for its spiky balconies. Photo: JDS Architects

There’s something special about a balcony—your own private plot of the outdoors, or a convivial entertainment venue, depending on your mood. Now add a swimming pool, outdoor theater and million-dollar views and you’ve got the luxury perches of some of the most sought-after high-rise real estate on the market.
City apartment dwellers, generally lacking in yard space, can especially benefit from balconies and the chance to have a little slice of the outdoors. Take the $6.8 million rooftop condo for sale in Dallas, for example. It includes a spectacular balcony—the sort of place that can house a party for your 100 closest friends, or get some sky-high solitude to lounge in the adjacent pool.
In Pictures: Amazing High-Rise Balconies If a party pad at the top of Dallas seems too hectic, then maybe the atmospheric heights of a nearly $5 million mountain chalet is more your speed. With its stone touches and natural-looking wooden beams (some are full trunks), this Oregon home caters to the gentleman outdoorsman. Summertime brings mountain hikes and whitewater rafting.
Looking for a balcony home with a little more attitude? The VM House in Copenhagen, Denmark, could double for a spiky modern-art sculpture with its façade of sharp, triangular balconies. More than aesthetic appeal, the diagonal ledges were designed to encourage interaction between residents, from balcony to balcony.
With the help of the housing experts at Realtor.com, we’ve rounded up some of the most impressive and unusual high-rise balconies modern architecture has to offer:
Poolside Perch
Location: Dallas, Texas
Price: $6.8 million

This is said to be one of two Dallas homes with a rooftop pool. Photo: Realtor.com

A private rooftop pool and jacuzzi, and access to a larger community pool, an outdoor and an indoor theater, three bedrooms, five baths, covered parking for up to four cars, four fireplaces and a host of other amenities – this is a penthouse pad that pulls out all the stops. As one of only two homes with rooftop pools in Dallas, listing broker Marilyn Hoffman at Hoffman International Properties stresses how unique the condo is, and that it would be perfect for an international businessman, a bachelor of means, or someone who just appreciates the hyper-modern aesthetic.

Balcony Spikes
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark

The balcony design was meant to encourage socializing. Photos: JDS Architects

For a balcony home with a little more personality, look no further than the VM House in Copenhagen. The structure could double for a spiky modern-art sculpture with its façade of sharp, triangular balconies. More than aesthetic appeal, the diagonal ledges were designed to encourage interaction between residents, from balcony to balcony. A courtyard and play areas are also included on the grounds. The housing complex, which consists of two buildings, one in the shape of an ‘M’ and the other shaped as a ‘V’, was completed by JDS Architects in 2005.

Mountain Chalet
Location: Grants Pass, Oregon
Price: $4.95 million

You can either enjoy the mountain views from here or go ski on them. Photos: Realtor.com

Located in the higher quarters of Grants Pass, this three-bedroom, eight-bathroom, ski-chalet-style luxury home is for the true snow-lover or outdoors enthusiast. In winter, there are plenty of skiing and snow leisure options. In summer, there are a plethora of mountains, National Forests, and river sport opportunities, many of which can be seen from the home’s numerous stone-and-wood balconies, including a larger perch for gatherings, and smaller balconies off the bedrooms and main bathroom. Luxury touches such as an indoor basketball half-court, a heated outdoor pool with a slide, and 16-seat home theater are included.

Honolulu Nest
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Price: $3.288 million

The condo is a half block from Waikiki Beach. Photo: Realtor.com

Honolulu is the second-most expensive city in the Unites States to live, according to Kiplinger, so it stands to reason that this sunset-view condo is listed at over $3 million. But for those who looking for a luxury two-bedroom home with a balcony view of the mountains and of Waikiki Beach, it seems hard to beat. Located half a block from the beach, and about seven blocks from the world-famous Waikiki Beach, the Trump-owned condo tower offers a wide range of amenities, such as a heated pool, concierge, and valet parking.

Color Blocks
Location: Izola, Slovenia

The Slovenia residence won an affordable-housing design competition. Photos: OFIS Arhitekti

With pops of color that’ll make it easy to distinguish your place from a distance, this housing block in Izola, Slovenia offers festive yet efficient accommodations. A winning entry in an affordable-housing design competition, the residences are touted as compact and affordable. The mini-balconies come equipped with colored, semi-transparent shades, providing a degree of privacy, while allowing residents to look out over the grounds. Perforated side-panels provide ventilation.

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Y! Big Story: Annular solar eclipse, transit of Venus and other non-doomsday celestial phenomena

Doomsday, schmoomsday.

Why settle for dusty ol' Mayan calendars and 12/12/12 apocalyptic visions, when 2012 has been offering up so many stellar—and planetary—sightings? We Earthlings have already been treated to nice meteor showers as well as a magnificent supermoon, and this weekend brings an annular solar eclipse.

That's not even the best treat: Venus will be ambling between Earth and the sun in a rare (though non-earth-shattering) planetary alignment. Sure, the event might look like a black pimple floating across the face of the sun, but this celestial rarity once guided adventurous astronomers in their quest to determine the size of the solar system and yielded the first-ever global scientific collaboration. Don't blink—Venus doesn't cross our path again until December 2117.

Annular Solar Eclipse, Jan. 4, 2011An annular solar eclipse and that ring of fire: A solar eclipse happens this Sunday, except for the Eastern seaboard (sorry). It's an "annular" eclipse rather than a total one, which means the sun's edges peek out from behind the moon, creating the illusion of a ring of fire. (The word "annular" comes from the Latin word for ring.) The lower 48 states will have to wait until Aug. 17, 2017, for a total shutout. This weekend's eclipse

begins at dawn in southern China. It then sweeps across the Pacific Ocean, passing south of Alaska, and makes landfall on the Pacific coast near the California-Oregon border. It ends near Lubbock, Texas, at sunset. Partial phases of this eclipse will be visible over most of western North America. (May 9, Space.com)

Those of you in the annular path should head to higher ground (avoiding clouds and light pollution) and put solar filters either over your eyes or on your equipment. Thirty-three national parks will be hosting solar gatherings. Lucky Coloradans get to hang out for free at the University of Colorado at Boulder's Folsom stadium, starting 5:30 p.m. local time, thanks to the Fiske Planetarium.
Below, a chart of solar eclipse times. (Credit: Geoff Gaherty/Starry Night Software/SPACE.com)
May 2012 solar eclipse times
What kind of solar glasses to get: Designer sunglasses don't cut it. At this late date, check telescope stores or call your local planetarium. No. 14 welder's glass, carried in specialty welding stores, works too. Don't forget solar filters for your camera equipment. Then there's the cardboard method:

The safest and simplest technique is perhaps to watch the eclipse indirectly with the solar projection method. Use your telescope, or one side of your binoculars, to project a magnified image of the sun's disk onto a shaded white piece of cardboard.
The image on the cardboard will be safe to view and photograph. But make sure to cover the telescope's finder scope or the unused half of the binoculars, and don't let anybody look through them. (May 9, Space.com)

If you don't buy binoculars for this weekend, you may want to consider ordering a pair for the transit of Venus.
Transit of Venus, June 8, 2004Measuring the solar system with the transit of Venus: Yes, there's an app. With just the tap of a finger on a screen, people can do in hours what 18th-century scientists needed years to do: measure the solar system. This year's transit of Venus—the second of a pair—begins on the evening of June 5 for North Americans. Our previous glimpse was in June 2004, and before that, back in the 19th century. An explanation of this planetary alignment:

Mercury and Venus are the only planets closer to the Sun than Earth, both moving faster in their orbits and passing us regularly. But rather than crossing directly between us and the Sun, these planets are usually slightly above or below the Sun as we see them. When they line up just right we see the round, black silhouette of the planet slowly crossing the Sun, an even referred to as a "transit." Mercury transits the Sun 13 or 14 times each century. But Venus transits happen in pairs—two transits eight years apart—with more than 100 years between each pair. (Transit of Venus, Astronomers Without Borders)

How to see the transit of Venus: Astronomy Without Borders will stream a webcast from Mount Wilson Observatory. See above about solar glasses.

Measuring the solar system the old-fashioned way: In 1761 and 1769, obsessed stargazers undertook glorious, and sometimes fatal, journeys, in an orchestrated effort that took 45 years to coordinate.

In 1716, British astronomer Edmond Halley had called upon scientists to unite in a project spanning the entire globe. He predicted that on June 6, 1761, Venus would traverse the burning disc of the sun for about six hours.
At a time when it took six days to travel from London to Newcastle, dozens of them travelled to remote outposts of the world to observe the phenomenon, laden with clocks, huge telescopes and other instruments.
Many risked their lives. With the Seven Years' War [1756-63] tearing Europe apart, they were even sent into war zones. (May 12, The Daily Mail)

Most were not swashbuckling men by any measure, but they risked traveling with instruments and rum, barely surviving shipwrecks and warship attacks. In 1761 Venus didn't quite cooperate and messed up the calculations. The second transit—on June 3, 1769—saw more success. Sharing the information took years, but the calculated distance between Earth and the sun wasn't far off the 92,960,000 miles that scientists agree on today.

More to come: Put this on your night calendar or monitor: Sea and Sky. Marshall Space Flight Center astronomer Mitzi Adams recommends the Perseids in August, which always has very bright meteors. "The conjunction of Venus and Saturn in November (27) should be pretty spectacular and complements the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter that occurred in March," she tells Yahoo!.

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4 Ways the IPO Will Change Facebook Forever

Get ready for the Facebook feeding frenzy. On Thursday afternoon, the company priced its initial public offering at $38 a share, giving it a market value of $104 billion. The stock begins trading Friday on the Nasdaq.

The result for Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook employees, and early investors is clear. The IPO will make many billionaires and countless others millionaires.
But what about the rest of us? How will Facebook as a publicly traded company affect everyday users who just want to know what's going on with their friends and family? While any answer to these questions involves speculation, it's a good bet that Facebook's IPO will change Facebook.
Here are four ways users may experience this change firsthand:
1. More ads. Facebook makes most of its revenue through advertisements. As a public company, management will experience pressure from the press and investors to meet quarterly numbers. More than that, its hefty IPO valuation will demand phenomenal growth of both revenue and net income. While Facebook would do well to diversify its income streams, it's a sure bet that part of its strategy will involve enhanced ad revenues.
Google offers a good history lesson. Anyone who has used the search giant is probably aware that Google inserts paid advertisements above the search results and to the right of the search results. What you may not have noticed is that the number of those ads has steadily increased over the years as Google looks for more growth. In fact, in the last year or so, Google has even started inserting ads promoting its own content in highly sought after verticals such as credit cards, banking, and mortgages.
Exactly how this ad growth may affect Facebook users is unclear. But we are likely to see more commercialization of our Facebook pages.
2. New mobile. Mobile users of Facebook account for nearly 50 percent of its user base. According to its S-1 filing with the SEC, Facebook had 488 mobile users in March. With the growth of the smartphone and tablet markets, more Internet users are going mobile than ever before. So why is that a problem for Facebook?
The problem comes in the form of revenue: Facebook doesn't make any from mobile. Some have predicted that Facebook will introduce ads into its mobile platform. That's certainly a possibility. What is certain is that Facebook will be looking to monetize its mobile platform in one way or another. If done right, it should enhance the user experience. If done wrong, it could mean just more annoying ads.
3. Less privacy. A lot has been written about Facebook's IPO and user privacy. What we haven't seen is much in the way of specifics. Exactly how or why would going public have any effect on privacy?
The answer is simple: ad revenue. Google gets the benefit of our searches to present us with relevant ads. If you are looking for "Nike Zoom Ja Fly" running shoes, Google can present paid ads for exactly that. But Google is a search engine; Facebook is not. Google has the benefit of knowing in real-time exactly what we are looking for.
Perhaps that's why Google generates about seven times more revenue per user than does Facebook. Google generates about $9.52 per monthly user, while Facebook generates just $1.32. And that's a big problem for Facebook.
One solution would be to improve its ad platform. To do that, it may turn to more user data. If done correctly, the result could be positive for users. Relevant ads that don't overwhelm the content can be helpful. Taken too far, however, and the results could be disastrous.
4. Facebook-generated content. If the above potential changes at Facebook are speculation, this one can safely be categorized as wild speculation. But it seems that Facebook-generated content, in contrast to the user-generated content that dominates now, has tremendous potential if executed correctly.
Currently, Facebook has a wealth of data that is largely untapped. Putting aside privacy concerns for a moment, one wonders if Facebook could enter markets now dominated by the likes of Groupon, Craigslist, and Yelp in ways no other company could. Facebook would need to leverage the information already tucked away in more than 900 million Facebook pages. But if it could do so in a way that made our lives better without compromising privacy, the potential is virtually unlimited.
Imagine Facebook-created content about local events powered in part by user-generated content stripped of any data that would give rise to privacy concerns. In some cases, Facebook could choose to generate its own content; in other instances, it may choose to partner with existing technologies and brands. But either way, the income potential makes me wonder if this isn't in Facebook's future. Time will tell.
Until then, be a friend and like the Dough Roller Facebook page. DR is the founder of the popular personal finance blog, the Dough Roller, and author of 99 Painless Ways to Save Money.

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The Weird Reasons You're so Tired

By Mehmet Oz

Has your energy level been low? Have you felt exhausted, despite regulating your sleep and stress? If so, you're not alone. Nearly one-third of US primary care patients report significant fatigue, accounting for 7 million office visits every year. Learn four surprising reasons that could account for your exhaustion, along with Dr. Oz's unusual-but effective-cures. Of course, if your energy level is unusually low, get your blood checked by your physician.

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Bad Bacteria in Your Gut Prevent Deep Sleep

Two-thirds of the world's population--over 4.5 billion people--have bad bacteria known as H. Pylori living in their stomach. This harmful bacteria can be a major source of fatigue. Your stomach's inner lining produces acid to digest food, while simultaneously creating protective mucus to guard from this acid. H. pylori bacteria invade the stomach, destroying your protective mucus layer and leaving you vulnerable to ulcers, or tiny sores on the stomach's lining. While you sleep, acid can escape the stomach through these ulcers and flow up into your esophagus, causing a sore throat and ruining your ability to get deep, restorative sleep. Additionally, as blood escapes from the ulcers, it may cause anemia, further lowering your energy throughout the day.

Fortunately, H. Pylori infection is easy to detect and treat. A simple breath test from your doctor will detect the bacteria. Antibiotics can kill the bad bacteria and acid-reducing medications will treat the ulcers. You can also try taking antacids before bed; if they seem to lead to a better night's sleep, it may indicate the presence of H. Pylori.

Phlegm Build-Up May Clog Airways

Healthy breathing draws oxygen through your nose and down to your lungs, giving your body the energy it needs. But as you sleep, phlegm can build up in the back of your throat, blocking the passage of oxygen from the nose to the lungs. You may compensate by breathing through the mouth, but a recent study shows that doing so is correlated to a significantly lower blood-oxygen level, which can lead to fatigue. Gargling every morning, whether with mouthwash or salt water, can help clear the throat's phlegm, allowing more oxygen to reach the lungs which boosts your energy.

Your Morning Coffee Could Be Making You More Tired

Many of us turn to coffee or tea for a morning pick-me-up, but it could be the cause of your fatigue for two reasons. First, when consumed in excess, coffee causes a surge in your metabolism, followed by a crash. Second, caffeine has a dehydrating effect. When you wake up, you tend to already be dehydrated from not drinking water for hours. If you don't consume any other beverages, your coffee could cause further dehydration and drain your energy. The key is to drink caffeine in moderation and to drink a full 8-ounce glass of water around the same time as your morning cup of joe to stay hydrated.

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Your Clothes May Be Too Comfy (and the Wrong Color)

Getting too comfortable may actually make you more tired. Baggy and stretchy clothing makes it much easier to slouch, which strains your joints and muscles as they work extra hard to distribute oxygen throughout your body. Dressing up not only prevents slouching, but also boosts confidence. Confidence, in turn, tends to improved posture, allowing for healthy breathing.

The color of your clothing may also be tiring you out. Dark colors like black, navy and brown stimulate the secretion of melatonin--the chemical that makes you sleepy. The good news is that studies show there are many colors to keep you energized. White clothes suppress sleep-inducing melatonin and boost serotonin--the feel-good chemical in your brain. Red is good for an aggressive kind of energy. It's also been shown to increase blood flow and stimulate adrenal glands. Yellow has been proven to stimulate the brain, build self-confidence, and encourage optimism.

Unexpected Cures for Your Fatigue

Eggs and Cantaloupe
Even though it may be an unusual combination, eggs and cantaloupe could be a winning duo to beat your fatigue. Eggs are an inexpensive and low-calorie source of protein on their own, but they're even better when paired with a complex carbohydrate like cantaloupe. The protein in the eggs helps slow the absorption of the fruit's sugar, preventing sugar spikes and sustaining energy throughout the day.

Cordyceps Mushrooms
Cordyceps is a parasitic fungus that naturally grows on the head of a caterpillar. An animal study determined cordyceps helped improve metabolism, which can alleviate fatigue and increase physical endurance as you age. In 1993, two female Chinese athletes beat world records for the 1500-, 3000-, and 10,000-meter runs and attributed their success to cordyceps supplements. Try 3g per day. They're available for about $7 at health food stores.

Nopal Cactus
Normally, cacti are best admired from a distance, but the Nopal cactus, also known as "prickly pear," can be an effective cure for your fatigue. It's sold fresh, dried, and in jams for use in Mexican and South Western cuisines. Nopal is also available as a supplement. It's packed with antioxidants that can help the liver detoxify the body and reduce inflammation-related fatigue. Try 1000 mg with a full glass of water per day. You can buy Nopal cactus for about $12 at health food stores.

"The Walrus" Exercise
Although you may get a few looks at the gym, this unusual exercise is a great way to boost your energy. First, lie on your stomach with your arms outstretched on the floor in front of you. Plant your palms and use the strength of your arms and core to pull yourself forward and upright. Hold that position for a second, then lower your body, extend your arms. Repeat this while traveling across the floor like a walrus on the move. As with all exercise, "the walrus" speeds up your metabolism. Additionally, by working often-neglected muscles, you'll be activating new areas of your brain involved in coordination and muscle memory. Most importantly, this back-arching exercise is a great way to stretch, improve circulation, and relieve the muscle tension that could be bringing your energy level down.

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‘American Idol’ Results: And The Final Two Are…

For weeks now on "American Idol," it seemed like Joshua Ledet was the Season 11 contestant to beat--the judges certainly thought so, anyway. Steven Tyler once said Joshua was "one of the top two Idols of all time," Randy Jackson declared him "one of the best singers ever on this show," and Jennifer Lopez even called him "one of the best singers of the past 50 years." Joshua even received no less than sixteen standing ovations throughout the season. But apparently ovation number 16 was not so sweet--because this week, Joshua "Mantasia" Ledet narrowly missed making the finale, shockingly going home in third place, leaving Phillip Phillips and Jessica Sanchez as the final two.
This was wrong. Just WRONG. Apparently, it's a man's, man's, man's world...but not a Mantasia's world.

The judges bid Joshua farewell [photo: Fox]So what happened? Was Joshua a victim of the over-the-top overpraise that, some might theorize, hurt past judges'-pet contestants like Chris Daughtry, Adam Lambert, and Pia Toscano? Was his elimination symptomatic of a larger problem with "Idol": the fact that African Americans, particularly African American males, haven't fared well on this show in many, many years? (Note: You have to go all the way back to Season 2's Ruben Studdard, who won nine years ago, to find a black male winner, or even a black male making the finale at all.) Were his flamboyant, sometimes screechy performances too polarizing? Did his reserved offstage demeanor make it difficult for viewers to connect with him, especially during a week when Phillip and Jessica's homecomings were so emotional? You know, I'm really not sure why Joshua stalled in third place--but I am certain that many interesting conspiracy theories will rage across message boards and Twitter for days to come.
[PHOTOS: "Idol" Season 11 performances]
Whatever the reason, I'm just deeply saddened that this phenomenal talent didn't make it all the way to the very end. While Phillip Phillips is an undeniably great performer, and Jessica Sanchez is an undeniably great singer, Mantasia was the one Season 11 contestant who always combined both qualities in one dynamite package.
Joshua's amazing final song
Well, at least Joshua went out with THE best exit performance in "Idol" history, with the teary-eyed, seemingly devastated judges (yes, even Steven Tyler was crying) and Joshua's proud mama joining him onstage. Phillip and Jessica sure are going to have a tough time topping Joshua's "Man's World" tour de force when they compete on next week's big finale.
Oh, and by the way: Joshua got a SEVENTEENTH standing ovation tonight. Parker out.

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