Wednesday 19 October 2016

5 SimpleYoga Hacks That Will Sort Out Your Everyday Health Problems

The next time you have a headache or a tummy ache, don’t pop a pill – do these simple asanas instead. They will have you feeling better in no time! 

1. Headache

If you have a headache, sit in Legs-Up-The-Wall pose. It will slow down your heart rate, calm your mind and cure your headache in minutes. You can also practice this pose if you’re not getting sleep at night.
How to do it: Lie on the floor next to a wall, then exhale and swing your legs up on to the wall. Stay there as long as you like, and come down gently when you’re done. You can keep a pillow under your back or neck if you need support. 
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2. Gas

This yoga pose relieves gas in minutes! It’s actually called Pawanmuktasana, or Wind-Relieving Pose. Wind = gas, by the way.
How to do it: Lie on your back with your feet together. As you exhale, bring your right knee towards you, and clasp it with both your hands, pressing your thigh into your chest. Breathe in, then as you exhale, lift your head and chest off the floor and touch your chin to your knee. Stay there, taking deep breaths in and out. When you want to release the pose, exhale and tighten your hands, putting more pressure on your chest, and then loosen your grip and relax. Repeat with your left leg, and then with both legs together.

3. Back and shoulder ache


If you sit at the computer all day, do this Standing Forward Bend (Uttanasana) at the end of the day to relieve the tension in your back and shoulders. It will also help improve your posture.
How to do it: Stand with your feet hip-width apart. Drop your head forward, and fold your body downward, bending your knees as you do so. Lace your fingers together behind your back, and then let them fall forward, above your head, so that they stretch your shoulder and back muscles.

4. Lack of focus

We all have those days, where we just can’t seem to focus. Doing this simple pose will improve your concentration and prevent you from getting distracted. Known as Balasana, or Child’s Pose, it is extremely simple.
How to do it: Sit on your heels with your knees apart. Place your hands on the floor in front of you and rest your forehead on the ground. Your arms should be near your ears. Close your eyes and breathe deeply, focusing your attention on the spot between your eyebrows.

5. Difficulty sleeping

If you’re not getting sleep, you can try doing either Legs Up The Wall pose or Reclining Bound Angle Pose. It calms your nervous system and makes it easier for you to fall asleep.
How to do it: You can do this pose in bed itself. Lie on your back and bend your knees so that the soles of your feet are touching each other. Place pillows under your knees if it is stretching your groin too much. Place your hands on your belly and breathe deeply, taking the air all the way into your tummy. Stay in this pose for at least 10 breaths.

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Sunday 16 October 2016

Philippines faces 'most damaging typhoon': forecaster

Typhoon Sarika headed for the archipelago's heavily-populated main island, officials warn
MANILA: The Philippines faces what could be "the most damaging" storm this year as Typhoon Sarika headed for the archipelago's heavily-populated main island, officials said Saturday.
Sarika, packing maximum winds of 180 kilometres (112 miles) per hour, has already knocked out all power and telephone lines on the eastern island of Catanduanes, the civil defence office said.
While the storm is not the most powerful to hit the country this year, it could cause the most damage as it will cross heavily-populated areas just north of Manila, said government weather forecaster Benison Estareja.
"We can see from the radar that the storm is very destructive. It can destroy wooden houses, it can topple trees. It can possibly rip off roofs," he told AFP.
"This could so far, be the most damaging typhoon this year," Estareja said.
Sarika is forecast to hit the province of Aurora on the east coast of the main island of Luzon before dawn Sunday, he said.
It is expected to cross central Luzon before heading out to sea by Sunday evening, he added.
"This one will have an impact because most of the people are in (that part of) Luzon. Even Metropolitan Manila will be affected," he warned.
These areas will experience strong winds and heavy rains, with coastal areas at risk of storm surges of upt to two metres (more than six feet), the forecaster said.
Low-lying areas will be at risk of flooding while mountainous areas could suffer landslides.
Although the storm did not hit the eastern region of Bicol, that area experienced heavy rains as it passed nearby on Saturday, said civil defence spokeswoman Rachel Miranda.
It left the more than 246,000 residents of Catanduanes island without electricity and telephone lines, she told AFP.
More than 400 people were evacuated from their homes and sea and air travel in these areas has been suspended as a safety precaution, officials said.
The Philippine islands are often the first major landmass to be hit by storms that generate over the Pacific Ocean. The Southeast Asian archipelago endures about 20 major storms each year, many of them deadly.
Haiyan, the strongest typhoon ever recorded to hit land, smashed into the central Philippines on November 8, 2013, leaving 7,350 people dead or missing.
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Wednesday 12 October 2016

Stop using Note 7 Immediately: Samsung


South Korean giant stops worldwide sales and replacements of smartphone over exploding batteries
Seoul: Samsung on Tuesday called a worldwide halt to the sale and exchange of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, citing continued safety concerns, and advised all customers to stop using the device immediately.
The dramatic warning came in a written statement issued a little over a month after the world’s largest smartphone maker announced a global recall of 2.5 million Note 7s in 10 markets following complaints that its lithium-ion battery exploded while charging.
The unprecedented recall was a major PR blow for the South Korean conglomerate, which prides itself on innovation and quality, and the situation only worsened when reports emerged a week ago of replacement phones also catching fire.
A series of pictures shows a Samsung Note 7 exploding as pressure is applied to its fully charged battery at the Applied Energy Hub laboratory in Singapore. Credit: Reuters.
Tuesday’s statement was the first formal acknowledgement of continued safety concerns and came a day after Samsung Electronics acknowledged it was easing production of the flagship smartphone.
“Because consumers’ safety remains our top priority, Samsung will ask all carrier and retail partners globally to stop sales and exchanges of the Galaxy Note 7 while an investigation is taking place,” the statement said.
Distributors lead
Analysts noted that the move came a little late given that a number of major distributors — US telecom firm AT&T and German rival T-Mobile — unilaterally announced a halt to sales and exchanges of the model on Sunday.
Samsung said its investigation of the “recently reported cases” involving the Note 7 was being carried out in cooperation with the relevant regulatory bodies in those markets where the recall was ordered.
In the meantime, the company advised any consumer with an original or replacement Galaxy Note 7 to “power down and stop using the device” immediately.
A similar switch-off warning was issued by Elliot Kaye, chairman of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
“No one should have to be concerned their phone will endanger them, their family or their property,” Kaye said in a press release.
Samsung’s decision to halt sales and exchanges was “the right move” Kaye said, adding that his commission was actively investigating reports of phones overheating and burning in multiple US states.
Analysts have suggested that Samsung, battling ever-fiercer competition in the saturated smartphone market, may have rushed production of the Note 7 with bitter rival Apple’s recently released iPhone 7 in mind.
The top-of-the-line Note 7 was crucial to Samsung’s growth plans this year, with the company struggling to boost sales, squeezed by Apple in the high-end sector and Chinese rivals in the low-end market, as profit has stagnated.
Management spotlight
The trouble with the Note 7 and the handling of the recall, which analysts say could cost up to $2.0 billion, has shone a spotlight on Samsung’s management at a time when it is navigating a tricky generational power transfer within its founding Lee family.
Industry experts have criticised the Lee dynasty for controlling the vast group through a complex web of cross-shareholdings, even though they directly own only about five percent of total stocks.
And Samsung is also under pressure from one of its shareholders, the activist US hedge fund Elliott Management run by billionaire Paul Singer.
In a detailed proposal unveiled last week, Elliott laid out a strategy for streamlining Samsung, splitting the company in two, dual-listing the resulting operating company on a US exchange and paying shareholders a special dividend of 30 trillion won.
Elliott argued that Samsung, currently a maze of listed and unlisted companies with a notoriously opaque ownership and management structure, had suffered from a long-term undervaluation in the equity market.
Despite all its problems, Samsung on Friday issued a stronger-than-expected operating profit forecast for the third quarter, thanks largely to strong sales of memory chips and OLED display panels.



   
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