Quick flu subsides, warm water compresses on the nose

SOME today, erratic weather cycles affect endurance decreases. In these conditions, flu attack was a threat to health.

Worse, often the flu that strikes hamper your activities. Of course it is very uncomfortable Usually, this is because the flu can lead to many effects such as fever, nasal congestion, cough due to sore throat and chills.

To overcome this, there is a simple way to always make you better. Below are some tips for simple ways to relieve mild effects with the flu, as reported by Web MD, including the following:

many drink
Flu can make you dehydrated, especially if accompanied by fever, vomiting or diarrhea. So make sure your body is getting enough fluids. Water is very good, but there is no harm in consuming fruit juices, herbal teas and drinks berelektrolit to accelerate your healing.

eating soup
A 2000 study published in the journal Chest explained that chicken soup may help relieve the symptoms of upper respiratory tract infeki.

Listen to your body
This may sound corny, but this is serious. When your body feels to not have to move and chose to rest, do it. Do not do your routine responsibilities by living with a severe flu. This is because the rest are other ways to support the body’s ability to fight infection. In addition, adequate sleep at night. The reason, a good sleep cycle can help the immune system work properly.

Try warm water compress
It is very necessary to relieve headaches or sinus pain. Do compress on your forehead and nose area.

Oldest Fossils Found Penguin & The Radical Species

The research team recently discovered the oldest penguin fossils and the remaining rare species of penguin live along the southern coast of Africa.

Reported eScienceNews, Friday (03/28/2013), they found fossils that prove that in the past there are four penguin species that coexist in this continent, as reported in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Representatives of the National Museum of Natural History, Daniel Thomas and representatives of the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, and Ksepka estimated fossil age from 10 to 12 years old and is the oldest penguin fossils in Africa.

“We did not determine how old fossils. Though, we have a piece of documentary film in five years ago and at the time of 10 to 12 million years ago, but no records were lost between the two,” they said.

The discovery of fossils consisting of 17 bone fragments, believed by researchers are part of the spine, sternum, wings, and legs of the penguin species. based on the structure of the bone were found, these penguins have heights up to 0.3 meters.

Endangered Species
Not only the research team found the fossils, but also one penguin species remaining in Africa. Penguin has black legs, often called Demersus Spheniscus.

The number of penguins has decreased by 80 percent in the past 50 years. in fact, in 2010 endangered species of Africa. The cause of the decline was caused by oil spills and overfishing for human consumption.

The possibility of the ebb and flow of sea level to remove some of their nesting sites. Because, although the penguins spend most of their lives swimming in the ocean, they rely on islands off the coast around to be able to build their nests and raise their young.

Wikipedia explains, African penguin is a penguin striped and belong to the genus Spheniscus. Kin who have shape, color, and the same behavior include Humboldt Penguin and Magellanic penguins in South America, and the Galapagos Penguin found in the Pacific Ocean.

“Currently, only one of these species are still remaining, we would just let it become extinct?” Thomas and Ksepka further.

Industry “game” Indonesia is facing an Internet connection

The potential of the digital game industry (games) in the network (online) in Indonesia intercepted a slow internet connection Internet, according to research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) Indonesia in a press release Thursday.

This company is calling besides speed Internet access, Internet penetration unequal and offers games for all platforms of operating systems developers also an obstacle the development of this industry.

Last year, Indonesia online gaming industry revenue, according to IDC, reaching more than 150 million U.S. dollars.

Previously, IDC estimates that the online gaming industry is one business trend information technology Indonesia in 2013 with a growth of 30 percent.

“Nearly 20 percent of Internet users are online gamers,” said market analyst IDC Indonesia, Muhammad Ikhwan consumers about online games in Indonesia.

Ikhwan said most online games from publishers Indonesia-based PCs only in accordance with the Windows operating system and encounter obstacles on your computer

Direct Appoints Rules for Projects in the Lower Rp 5 Billion Not Effective

Ministry of Finance (MoF) reminds ministries / agencies (K / L) to begin to dilute the budget at the beginning of the year so it is no longer accumulate at the end of the year.

The mechanism of absorption of this year’s budget is relatively more flexible, because the government projects under $ 5 billion could be appointed directly without going through a tender.

Director General of Treasury, Ministry of Finance Agus Suprijanto express provision is appointed directly by the President of the legal regulation (PP) No. 70 Year 2012 on the Second Amendment to Presidential Decree No. 54 Year 2010 on the Procurement of Goods / Services. In fact there are many K / L are not using the facility, and not known why.

“We already have it so that the procurement PP 70 to Rp 5 billion could be direct appointments, but they would not try it. Well that’s the question,” Agus said when met at his office, Wahidin Jalan Raya, Jakarta, Friday (02/22/2013) .

Agus assess the slow uptake is related to years of campaigning for a number of ministers from political parties. And if the rule can be used, the absorption of the budget could be better than last year.

“I hope so (10 percent absorption is so much better than last year), if they want to take advantage of it, but this year is a busy man like a campaign,” he said.

To that end, in March, Agus said it will gather all K / L for re-evaluation of the absorption of the budget so as not to accumulate at the end of the year.

“Well hopefully better than last year ya. Later I want to gather on March K / L to discuss it,” he concluded.

The principal changes are set out in Presidential Decree No. 70 Year 2012 is in principle include:

Increase the limit value of direct procurement of Goods / Works Construction / Other Services (originally s / d Rp 100 million to s / d U.S. $ 200 million);
Increase the limit value of the auction is simple and direct elections (originally s / d Rp 200 million to s / d U.S. $ 5 billion).

Microsoft: Google Peek All contents Gmail

Negative campaigns against opponents competing business is not the most classy way, but in fact continue to exist and the method used by a number of parties.

One is Microsoft, which on Thursday (07/02/2012) yesterday launched an outright attack on Google’s Gmail service. The goal, of course, is to shift customer service Gmail to Microsoft’s Outlook.

“Do not let yourself be spied by Google (Do not Get Scroogled by Gmail)!” Thus the sound of the campaign tagline, which ditayangan in the United States through print advertising, television and online Microsoft.

Ikaln-ad featuring the word “Scroogle” colorful directly reminiscent of the company’s famous logo Internet giant.

Which was targeted by Microsoft is the fact that Google scans every e-mail user in order to send the appropriate ads to those users.

Microsoft said that the ad campaign that aims to “educate the American public about the practice of every Google search for e-mail users to sell advertising.”

According to a study conducted this Windows operating system manufacturers, 70 percent of users do not realize that he is constantly being “spied on” by the service providers of e-mail.

As many as 88 percent of the users who then know this said they did not agree with the practice.

Do not stop there, Microsoft also held a petition to “make Google no longer peered e-mail to sell advertising.” So far, Microsoft has to collect 121 signatures from the target of 25,000.

Microsoft’s Outlook service claimed not scan e-mail users to sell ads. Google itself has always insisted that the privacy of users is not affected by the method of scanning e-mails automatically applied by it.

“There is no human being who has ever read the information in the account or your personal e-mail to sell ads,” Google wrote in a statement on his official website.