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When Your Period Comes Calling

By Bae Ji-sook Staff Reporter During menstruation, some women may experience significant menstrual pain, headaches, emotional and physical sensitivity and bloating. However, menstruation is not always bad. Women that are healthier and have better skin owe it to good blood circulation and regular emission of bad blood, some experts say. Also, menstruation is a barometer of a woman's health. It also shows that a woman has not become pregnant, however there are some cases of bleeding during early pregnancy, and some women have irregular cycles. Being regular is important. It differs from person to person, but usually there are 21-34 days in a cycle. Severe stress or drastic change in environment can have an affect on the body and cause changes to the cycle. If your period is more than 35 days, you should visit your doctor. It may be a problem with your thyroid. Hyperthyroidism, the result of excess thyroid hormone production, causing an overactive metabolism _ makes the period shorter, while hypothyroid, the lack of activity of the thyroid gland or a deficiency of hormo

Sep 16, 2007

362nd Turtle Marathon on Sunday

For those looking for a leisurely stroll to enjoy the early autumn weather, come join the 362nd Turtle Marathon. As an added bonus, there is also a chance to win various prizes. Along with regular citizens, 2007 Miss Koreas will also participate in the marathon and Korea National Council on Social Welfare President Kim Deuk-lin will be the honorary head for the event. Much like how the turtle in Aesop's fable would have completed his race, no running is involved. A scenic seven-kilometer walk through the Namsan Mountain area, the event has taken place once a month since 1978. This event is organized by The Korea Times' sister company, the Hankook Ilbo. After the event, Nongshim will distribute water to all participants and raffle-winners will take home prizes that include kitchen goods and bicycles in a sideshow program led by comedian Lee Sang-yong. Certification for two hours of volunteer work will be given to middle and high school students who participate in beautifying the environment. The Turtle Marathon is free. • When: September 16th, meet at 6:4

Sep 14, 2007

Lesson 113: Eternal Life (2)

By Nam Chi-hyung After I wrote the last lesson on eternal life, Setsuo Morino, a Japanese 9-dan professional Baduk player, paid me a visit. He showed me a Baduk diagram and wanted me to solve the problem. According to him, the problem was made by one of his pupils, Hoshinobu Hatanaka, who is now a 1-dan professional player in the Kansai Baduk Association of Japan. This young genius made the problem when he was a mere student. Diagram 1 This is the problem I got from Mr. Morino. Of course, there are many excellent life and death problems invented by Korean professional players. However, there is a reason why I'm introducing this problem here. This problem is precisely about `eternal life.' Although the problem is pretty hard to solve even for strong amateurs, I hope you will be able to appreciate the depth of the game in the attempt. Let's look at the problem. It is Black's turn and its mission is to not lose the game. As you see, most of the borderlines are settled except on the right side. White's territory on the left is bigger than Black's territory on t

Sep 13, 2007

Good Skins Come with Good Food

By Bae Ji-sook Staff Reporter Good food always delights people. Moreover, if it is good for your body, what more can you ask for? Sometimes good food heals skin troubles. Here are some of the foods that are good or not so good for the skin according to each skin type. Dry skin: 1.Dry skin is often very rough. To soften the skin, adding some vitamin A is good as it slows aging and reduces spots. Spinach, carrots and zucchini; dairy products such as butter, cheese and milk; and walnuts and sesame seeds are good sources of vitamin A. 2. However, spicy food can soak up moisture from the skin and roughen it. Refrain from eating salty, hot food as well as too much meat. Meat sometimes takes too long to digest and uses a lot of circulatory blood in the process resulting in inadequate resilience. 3. Drink lots of water and eat fruit. About 50-70 percent of our body consists of water and a lack of this can worsen unwanted facial wrinkles. Oily skin: 1. Vitamin B is very good for the oily skin. Cow, pig and lamb's liver is the best food to get raw vitamin B. Also eel,

Sep 9, 2007

Lesson 112: Eternal Life

By Nam Chi-hyung In Baduk, if you want to ensure the life of your group of stones, you have to make two separate eyes. All other types of living, including dual-life, can be put in jeopardy according to the situation. The type of living I’m going to introduce in this lesson, however, without separated eyes, is called `eternal life.’ Diagram 1 The white group looks to be in fatal danger after Black 1. Of course, if White takes off Black 1 with A, then the group is killed by Black B, which makes a flower-five shape in the corner. Diagram 2 What if, however, White comes in with 2? Obviously then there is no choice for Black but to capture the two white stones with 3. Diagram 3 As you may have noticed already, after Black makes the capture in the last diagram, White can capture the two black stones with 4. Then what? If you’re following this explanation with stones and a board, you should notice that the situation comes back to the one in Dia.1. If Black plays A again, the same sequence from 1 to 4 will recur. As shown above, the white group in the corner can

Sep 6, 2007

Things You Can Tell by Looking at Your Face

By Bae Ji-sook Staff Reporter Seeing a swollen face in the mirror is a source of stress for people in the morning. Some blame lack of sleep while some others blame the instant noodles or alcohol they indulged in the day before. However, sometimes, it's not that simple. The various parts of our face are said to correspond to particular organs in the body and skin trouble may indicate some part of your body needs attention. 1. Forehead: Your forehead tells you about your chest area. If a rash or strange wrinkle suddenly appears on your forehead, you may have lung trouble; but if your forehead goes red, you heart may be in trouble. 2. Eyes: Eyes show your liver and intestine condition. If your eyes are red too often, or tears from for no apparent reason, your liver may be out of sorts. If you flip back your eyelids and find your capillaries lack redness, you may be suffering from anemia. 3. Nose: The nose is related to the livers and aspiratory organs. If you have a rash on your nose, you may have lung problems. An ongoing red nose could indicate liver troubles. 4.

Sep 2, 2007

Lesson 111: Brilliant Order of Moves (2)

By Nam Chi-hyung In Baduk, there are moves whose purpose is to probe or sound out the opponent to see how he would respond. The player’s next move is decided according to his opponent’s answer to the probing move. Diagram 1 White has to defend the cutting point at A. However, to simply connect at A leaves another cutting point at B, and of course connecting at B lets the two black stones be cut by White A. There is no way for Black to defend both weaknesses in one move, but it’s possible to decide ‘how’ to defend after seeing White’s answer to a certain move. Diagram 2 Black 1 is a nice move asking White whether to answer with 2 or 4. If White chooses blocking with 2, then Black will guard the cutting point A in Diagram 1 with 3 in sente by forcing White to connect at 4 and go on to defend B with 5. Diagram 3 If White answers with 2 against Black’s peeping at 1, then Black 3 is a move to protect the cutting point in sente. White has to block the connection between Black 1 and 3 with 4, and Black can play 5. The usefulness of these kinds of probing mov

Aug 30, 2007

10 Effectives Activities of Losing Weight

By Bae Ji-sook Staff Reporter Losing weight is continually on the minds of both men and women, but its ultimate objectives are often very hard to attain. It seems that everyday some new program for keeping the pounds off is introduced, further inundating the countless people struggling to stay fit and trim. Although there is no surefire way to lose weight, here are 10 ways to get you started, according to a group of German diet experts. 1) Jogging: That's right, jogging. Start now, regardless of how much you hate it! Fundamentally, the easiest way to lose weight is by running. Over the course of half an hour, an 85 kilogram-man can burn 740 kilocalories and a 65 kilogram-woman 570 kilocalories. 2) Muay Thai: This so-called ``Thai Boxing'' generates a lot of energy through dynamic actions such as kicks or punches, ridding the body of fat. Its power regime can help the body burn off as much as 500 kilocalories per hour. 3) Latin Dance: When it comes to fun, what better way to lose weight than to dance? The spicy dance can help you shed up to 500 kilocalories. 4)

Aug 26, 2007

‘Zero Calorie’ Foods a Myth

By Bae Ji-sook Staff Reporter A 28-year-old Chung drinks zero-calorie tea on her way to work. She chews zero calorie gum and drinks diet only cola. These days, the trans fat health warnings alerted her, and she only eats non-trans fat snacks. ``It's all for the well-being,'' she says. Chung is one of the many ``minus food'' eaters in the country. In the world where so many unhealthy and fattening foods exist, drinks without calories or donuts with out trans fat sounds tempting. In stores, these minus foods are in a boom. There are dozens of bottled teas of different varieties, which are said to have no calories. Snack makers are filling the shelves with trans fat-free products. However, is it really good for our health? Moreover, is it really zero-calorie food? In many cases, no. Current law allows foods with less than 0.2 grams of trans fat or less than 5 grams of saturated fat per 100 grams to be labeled as non-trans fat food. Therefore, even though labeled as non-trans fat, it is not always a total trans fat-free product. For example, Dunkin donut has 0.09 gr

Aug 19, 2007
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