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acupuncture (from Lat. acus, "needle" (noun), and pungere, "prick" (verb)) or in Standard Mandarin, zhēn jiǔ (針灸, needle therapy) is a technique of inserting and manipulating needles into "acupuncture points" on the body. According to acupunctural teachings this will restore health and well-being, and is particularly good at treating pain. The definition and characterization of these points is standardized by the World Health Organization [1]. Acupuncture is thought to have originated in China and is most commonly associated with Traditional Chinese medicine. Other types of acupuncture (Japanese, Korean, and classical Chinese acupuncture) are practiced and taught throughout the world.

believe me, no pain just a little bit itchy, and guys it’s worth to try. No need to work out, just control your food and voila you'll get what you want.

jakarta
november 11, 2006
djoeffry

dah zakat belum ?

zakat itu akar katanya dari tazakka yang kurang lebih artinya : tumbuh; berkembang dan berkah (HR. At-Tirmidzi) atawa bisa juga berarti membersihkan atau mensucikan (QS. At-Taubah : 10)

en kalo menurut terminologi syari'ah maknanya tuh kewajiban atas harta atau kewajiban atas sejumlah harta tertentu dari golongan yang mampu untuk golongan tertentu yang berhak menerimanya (mustahik) dalam waktu tertentu

rada ribet yah? hmmm … kurang lebih zakat tuh kewajiban buat ngasih kelebihan harta buat orang-orang yang memang berhak menerimanya

kalo dari segi hukum agama Islam ibadah zakat mendapat legitimasi lewat beberapa ayat dalam Alquran, antara lain firman Allah swt. yang berarti, "Dirikanlah salat, bayarlah zakat dan rukuklah bersama orang yang rukuk." (Q.S. Al-Baqarah, 43).

juga dalam firman Allah swt. yang berarti, "dan orang-orang yang dalam hartanya tersedia hak tertentu buat orang yang meminta-minta dan orang yang tidak bernasib baik." (Q.S. Al Ma'arij, 24-25)

Para penerima zakat (mustahik) terdiri dari 8 golongan:

• Fakir; ini golongan yang miskiiiin banget, buat hidup bener2 susah
• Miskin; kalau ini golongan yang punya sedikit harta tapi nggak cukup buat hidup
• Amil; para petugas pengumpul zakat
• Muallaf; orang yang baru masuk Islam
• Hamba sahaya yang ingin memerdekakan dirinya
• Gharimin; golongan orang yang berhutang hanya untuk memenuhi kebutuhan hidup
• Fisabillillah; mereka yang berjuang di jalan Allah, lagi perang etc, etc
• Ibnus Sabil, musafir yang kehabisan biaya di perjalanan

Nah kalo syarat-syarat umum wajib zakat ada 5:

• Islam
• Merdeka
• Milik sepenuhnya
• Cukup haul (1 tahun)
• Cukup nisab sejumlah 86 gram emas

kalo ngeliat syarat2 diatas, Insya Allah yang sedang baca blog ini adalah mereka yang termasuk golongan para wajib zakat (muzakki) dan kita semua tau belaka secara logika aja kalo zakat tuh manfaatnya luar biasa banget, selain buat diri kita sendiri karena harta kita disucikan tapi juga buat orang lain yang menerimanya yang ujung-ujungnya bisa meningkatkan kesejahteraan masyarakat dan bangsa

saya denger beberapa hari lalu di televisi kalau potensi zakat Indonesia tuh sampe 19 triliun rupiah loh, coba bayangin duit segitu banyak kalau disalurkan kepada para mustahik, dampaknya pasti sangat luar biasa

nah pertanyaannya sekarang, sudahkan kita menunaikan kewajiban zakat kita?

banyak orang yang berkilah, “aduh ribet, khan gak gampang nyari orang yang harus dikasih” (padahal gampang banget khan apalagi dimasa krisis berkepanjangan kayak gini).

ada lagi juga yang bilang, “duh, gak ada waktu tuh, khan pulang kerja dah malem, masjid or mushola yang nerima zakat dah pada tutup” (he he he malah jadi ketahuan klo gak pernah tarawih yah)

benernya berzakat itu gampang kok, asal kita memang niat melakukannya. Di era informasi sekarang ini banyak lho badan2 amil zakat yang dah online selain transfer ke bank secara manual sehingga kita jadi makin gampang untuk berzakat. Jadi gak ada alesan ribet en susah apalagi kemaleman lagi deh, yang penting .. niat.

so, mari budayakan zakat, mengutip kata Aa Gym, ‘dimulai dari diri sendiri dan mulailah hari ini’

mari berzakat ..

joeffry
october 20, 2006
djakarta

Daftar Badan Amil Zakat Online
Pos Keadilan Peduli Umat
Bazis DKI
Rumah Zakat
Dompet Dhuafa

lebih lanjut mengenai zakat dapat dilihat di mualaf, syariah online, humas departemen agama RI, dan almanhaj.

happy 666 everyone

666 is commonly known as the Number of The Beast in Book of Revelation chapter 13, verses 17-18.

Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Personally, i don't want to involve with religion things above, cause it's well beyond my know-how, but this 666 is very appealing and has been studied extensively by mathematicians because of its many interesting properties.

Here's for example:

The number 666 is a simple sum and difference of the first three 6th powers:
666 = 16 - 26 + 36.

The sum of the squares of the first 7 primes is 666:
666 = 2² + 3² + 5² + 7² + 11² + 13² + 17²

The number 666 is related to the golden ratio! (If a rectangle has the property that cutting off a square from it leaves a rectangle whose proportions are the same as the original, then that rectangle's proportions are in the golden ratio.
Also, the golden ratio is the limit, as n becomes large, of the ratio between adjacent numbers in the Fibonacci sequence.)
Denoting the Golden Ratio by t, we have the following identity, where the angles are in degrees:

sin(666) = cos(6·6·6) = -t/2

which can be combined into the lovely expression:

t = - (sin(666) + cos(6·6·6) ) [Wang, J. Rec. Math, 26(3)]

666 is a divisor of 123456789 + 987654321. [from Patrick Capelle]

666 is an abundant number. It is the sum of the squares of the first seven prime numbers.
Since 36 is both square and triangular, 666 is the sixth number of the form n2(n2 + 1) / 2 (triangular squares) and the eighth number of the form n(n + 1)(n2 + n + 2) / 8 (doubly triangular numbers.)

There is no number whose value of Euler's totient function φ is 666, making it a nontotient.

The harmonic mean of the digits of 666 is an integer: 3/(1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6) = 6. 666 is the 54th number with this property.

In base 10, 666 is a palindromic number, a repdigit and a Smith number. A prime reciprocal magic square based on 1/149 in base 10 has a magic total of 666.

The Roman numeral representation of the number 666 (DCLXVI) uses once each the Roman numeral symbols with values under 1,000, and they occur in exact reverse order of their respective values (D = 500, C = 100, L = 50, X = 10, V = 5, I = 1).

Well, I thought it’s already too much, isn’t it?

Btw, there is another interesting from conspiracy field, if you take a look closer to a UPC Barcode on the left, you will fin d out that number 666 will appear from the ‘guard bar’ at the beginning, middle and the end.

And the guard bar is a code for number ‘6’. Hmmm quite interesting for a person who like a conspiracy :)


Well then, Happy 666 day everyone …

djakarta
6-6-6
djoeffry