Key Of Mind

"Aku Bersyukur..."

2012-02-02T10:21:00.001+07:00

Aku tak suka bibirku..kurang seksi. Aku ingin seperti Ange lina Jolie.

Di saat yang sama seseorang berharap...

Tuhan, berikanlah aku bibir yang normal...

Aku ingin mataku berwarna biru..Akan lebih cantik bila aku punya mata berwarna biru..

Di saat yang sama seseorang berharap..

Tuhan, kenapa kau tidak berikan aku sepasang mata untuk melihat...

Aku oleskan pewarna dan kurawat jari-jariku agar selalu tampil cantik

Di saat yang sama seseorang bersyukur...

Tuhan, kau hanya berikan aku 4 jari, namun aku mensyukurinya. ..

Aku akan ke salon, creambath dan hairspa agar rambutku tampil cantik

Di saat yang sama seseorang menangis..

Tuhan, kenapa aku diberikan kepala dengan ukuran yang berbeda...Kalau seperti ini, rambut seperti apapun akan terlihat aneh...

Aku mau memutihkan tangan dan kakiku agar tampil lebih cantik seperti artis

Di saat yang sama seseorang bersyukur...

Tuhan, kau tak memberikan aku tangan dan kaki..namun aku bahagia aku masih bisa berkarya...

Sesungguhnya tubuh kita adalah hal yang berharga

Tak peduli apapun warnanya, apapun ukurannya, apapun bentuknya...

Syukurilah itu kawan...Karena di luar sana masih banyak yang mengharapkan mendapat fisik yang lengkap...

Kau lah ciptaan Tuhan yang terbaik...

Kau yang tampan

Kau yang cantik

Syukurilah itu..walaupun itu hanya sementara...

Kawan dengarlah... jutaan orang di luar sana ..

Berharap bisa melihat...

Berharap bisa mendengar...

dan berharap bisa berbicara... .

Seperti kita....

Kau tak pernah mengerti..

Dan tak kan pernah mengerti...

Sadarlah kawan...

Bahwa sesungguhnya kau tidak kekurangan.. ..

"Demam Chikunguya"

2012-02-01T10:25:00.001+07:00

Demam Chikunguya
adalah penyakit yang disebabkan oleh virus chikunguya. Disebut juga Demam Chik.
Bersifat Self limiting diseases (dapat sembuh sendiri). Tidak menyebabkan kematian,
diikuti dengan imunitas dalam tubuh penderita. Bersifat menular, disebarkan vektor utama
nyamuk Aedes Aegyptie. Sering terjadi pada daerah endemis DBD. Umumnya menimbulkan wabah / KLB.

Penyebab
Agent (virus penyebab) adalah virus chikunguya, genus alphavirus.
Vektor utama nyamuk Aedes Agyptie (sama dengan vektor utama demam berdarah)
Nyamuk lain mungkin berperan namun perlu penelitian.

Masa Inkubasi dan penularan
Masa inkubasi ( masuknya virus sampai dengan timbulnya gejala 1-12 hari). Umumnya 2-3 hari.
Penderita sakit (dalam keadaan Veremia) atau penderita sedang demam digigit oleh nyamuk, kemudian nyamuk ini menggigit orang sehat lainnya. Penularan biasanya terjadi dalam 1 rumah, tetangga & cepat disatu wilayah (RT/RW/dusun/Desa).

Gejala
Demam mendadak (2-4 hari), Nyeri persendian (lutut, tulang belakang, sendi pergelangan tangan), nyeri otot bisa terjadi pada seluruh otot atau daerah kepala dan bahu, sakit kepala, mengigil, kemerahan pada mata, nyeri dibelakang bola mata, berair, rasa terbakar pada mata, pembesaran kelenjar dibagian leher, mual dan muntah.

Pengobatan dan Pencegahan
Pengobatan bersifat simptomatis (mengurangi rasa sakit dangan analgesik dan antipiretik). Tingkatkan daya tahan tubuh (gizi, istirahat, sehat dan bersih). Umumnya tidak perlu perawatan inap rumah sakit. PSN, 3M, perlindungan diri, abatisasi, fogging. Tingkatkan survelens.

"G.NA"

2012-01-31T10:17:00.001+07:00

Gina Choi(Hangul: 최지나),better known by her stage name G.NA, is a Korean Canadian singer under CubeEntertainment, born on September 13, 1987. She released her first mini-album,Draw G's First Breath, on July 14, 2010. She graduated from Fraser HeightsSecondary School.

G.NA was originally set to debut as the leaderof girl group Five Girls (오소녀) under Good Entertainment, along with Wonder Girls’ Yubin, AfterSchool’s UEE, Secret’s Hyosung and former T-ara member and actress Yang Jiwon.However, the group disbanded shortly before their scheduled debut in 2007 dueto Good Entertainment's financial troubles and the members all left forseparate Korean entertainment companies.

When publicty pictures of G.NA were released,there was a great deal of public scrutiny involving her breast size. The singerclaimed to never having plastic surgery and that she is a natural D-cup.

During her trainee days under CubeEntertainment, she was featured in 2PM's "10 Out of 10 Points" debutmusic video. and was Hyuna's backup dancer in her solo song "Change".

G.NA released her digital duet song "AeiniSaenggimyeon Hago Sipeun Il" (애인이 생기면 하고 싶은 일, lit.Things I Want to Do When I Have a Lover) together with Rain on July 5, 2010,solidifyingher debut into the Korean music industry.

G.NA's debut album Draw G's First Breath was oneof the most-anticipated female solo acts, and as such, the line-up for theproduction was impressive. Kim Do Hoon, Shin Sa Dong Tiger, Jung Ji Chan, KangJi Won, and other great staff participated in her album, and the tracks theyhave released have received praise. G.NA's debut music video, "KkeojyeoJulge Jar Sara" (꺼져 줄게 잘 살아, lit.I'll Back Off So You Can Live), featured BEAST's Doo Joon as the male actor, aswell as Jun Hyung's rapping. Before her on-air debut on the music show, she wascongratulated by her former Five Girls members Hyosung, Uee and Yubin throughpre-recorded footage. She won her first award on M! Countdown on 12 August2010.

After finishing her promotions on "KkeojyeoJulge Jar Sara", she chose to promote "Supa Solo" from her albumDraw G's First Breath as her following track but unfortunately did not win anyawards. She also became the MC on Arirang TV's The M Wave, along with Alexanderand Kevin of U-Kiss. G.NA took part in the OST of Playful Kiss, starring KimHyun Joong (SS501) and Jung So Min, called "Kiss Me". She wasfeatured in Korean rapper Verbal Jint's EP Go Easy 0.5. Later she did a duetwith 4minute's Hyuna in the single Together Forever with the track named"Say You Love Me". However, she did not promote this song on stage.

On January 4, 2011 Cube Entertainment revealedthat G.NA will be returning with a full official album this month. She releasedthe song "Nice to Meet You" featuring Wheesung on 11 January 2011 andit was finalized that she would release her full album on 18 January 2011 withher title track named "Black and White". The MV teaser for"Black & White" was released on January 13, 2011 and the musicvideo was released on January 18, 2011. The MV features 2AM's member Jinwoon.In addition, G.NA won on the 17th and 24 February on M! Countdown. On February25, G.NA also won her first ever Music Bank for her hit song "Black &White". Music portal Dosirak has revealed that singer G.NA was the #1 bestseller in digital sales for the month of February. According to informationreleased by Dosirak on February 27, G.NA’s “Black & White” comeback albumtook first in digital sales. Also G.NA won her first Inkigayo Mutizen onFebruary 27, marking her grand slam, for winning on all three music programs.

G.NA is scheduled to perform at the “CanadaKorea Friendship Festival (CKFF)” in Vancouver’sBell Performing Arts Centre.

G.NA will be participating in the remake albumof Japanese singer-songwriter/actor, Fukuyama Masaharu. G.NA’s remake, “MilkTea”, features her powerful vocals to balance the delicate feeling of anarrator’s love story.

The music video for "I Already MissYou" was released on March 9, 2011. G.NA also appeared in Lim Jeong Hee'smusic video for "Golden Lady" with gagman ParkHwi Soon which is released on May 9, 2011. She was also featured for Hyuna'salbum Bubble Pop! in the song ‘A Bitter Day’. On August 16 G.NA released ateaser photo for her next Mini Album "Top Girl". Through her YouTubechannel she released a teaser for the music video "Banana" on August20, and for the music video "Top Girl" on August 21. The full"Top Girl" music video was revealed on August 22. A preview for analternate version called "Net Girl" with changed lyrics was revealedon August 31.

G.NA walked her very first runway as a model forLie Sang Bong’s 2011/12 F/W collection Seoul Fashion Week at Seoul’sSETEC Center on March 30, 2011. G.NA wore theline, Lie Sang Bong Fashion Show which was done under the theme of ‘naturalbeauty’, and it features a mix of both modern and Asian influences.

She lived in Canadafor 17 years, before moving to Seoulto pursue her career as a singer.

"Elena Anaya"

2012-01-31T10:16:00.001+07:00

Birthday : Jul 17, 1975

Birthplace : Palencia, Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain

Bio: For many of those who realize their callingin life at an early age, the world is wide open with success and opportunity atevery turn. When Spanish actress Elena Anaya felt that her talents gravitatedtoward a life on the stage and screen, the aspiring young actress sparedprecious little time in getting herself prepared for life in the limelight -- afact that no doubt played a part in her being named one of European Films'Shooting Stars during the 2004 European Film Promotion campaign. A relativelynew face to stateside audiences at the time of her international debut in2004's Van Helsing, Anaya was soon climbing the latter to international successwith subsequent roles opposite such screen heavies as Gary Oldman (Dead Fish)and Viggo Mortensen (Alatriste). A native of Palencia, Spain, whose earlychildhood was spent practicing karate at the Okinawa Gymnasium and climbingmountains, Anaya opted out of Cadiz School in 1996 -- choosing instead to jointhe Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de Madrid and study under actorManuel Morón.

Following her feature debut in the 1996 drama África, Anaya continuedto impress with supporting roles in such features as Black Tears and Wiped-OutFootprints. A turn opposite handsome Spanish leading man Eduardo Noriega in the2000 romantic drama El Invierno de las Anajanas showed great promise for theburgeoning actress, with a role in the erotic arthouse drama Sex and Luciaearning her a Goya nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

As her profilecontinued to increase thanks to roles in such features as The Blue Room andPedro Almadóvar's Talk to Her, it seemed only a matter of time before Anaya'spopularity went international. Though her role as Dracula's most possessivebride in 2004's Van Helsing may have offered her little chance to shine amongstthe massive CG-overload, audiences could rest assured that they would be seeingplenty more of the Spanish beauty when it was announced that she would beappearing in both the 2004 action comedy Dead Fish and the 2005 periodadventure Alatriste. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

After some "quiet" years playingsupporting roles in such international films as Savage Grace and Cairo Time,she roared back into prominence with the co-lead in the provocative Room in Rome in 2010 and then areturn to Almodovar in The Skin I Live In in 2011.

"Honey Robber"

2012-01-30T10:08:00.003+07:00

Description

How do you stop a thieving bear? With a melon cannon, of course…

How to Play

Blast the bear with melons to stop him from stealing your honey. Try to keep all the honeypots intact!

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"Zombies Want My Bike"

2012-01-30T10:08:00.001+07:00

Description

These undead motorheads will stop at nothing to get your wheels!

How to Play

S = Attack A = Jump Ax2 = Double Jump Don’t let the zombies get their decaying hands on your bike!

http://www8.agame.com/mirror/flash/z/Zombies_want_my_bike/Zombies_want_my_bike.swf

"Antonio Banderas"

2012-01-28T11:07:00.003+07:00

José Antonio Domínguez Banderas(born August 10, 1960), better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish filmactor, film director, film producer and singer. He began his acting career atage 19 with a series of films by director Pedro Almodóvar and then appeared inhigh-profile Hollywood films, especially in the 1990s, including Assassins,Evita, Interview with the Vampire, Philadelphia, Desperado, The Mask of Zorro,Spy Kids and the Shrek sequels.

Banderas was born in Málaga, Andalucía, Spain, in 1960 to Ana Banderas, a school teacher, and JoséDomínguez, a police officer in the Guardia Civil. He has a youngersister, Chloe. Although the family name is Domínguez, he took his mother'ssurname as his stage name. He initially wanted to become a professionalfootball player until a broken foot sidelined his dreams at the age of fifteen.He went on to enroll in some drama classes, eventually joining a theater troupe that toured all over Spain. His work in the theater, and his performances on thestreets, eventually landed him a spot with the National Theatre of Spain.

His acting career began atthe age of 19, when he worked in small theatres during Spain’s post-dictatorial culturalmovement known as the 'Movida'.While performing with the theatre, Banderas caught the attention of Spanishdirector PedroAlmodóvar, who cast the young actor in his 1982 film debut, Labyrinthof Passion. Five years later he went on to appear in thedirector's Law of Desire,making headlines with his performance as a gay man, which required him to engage in his firstmale-to-male onscreen kiss. After Banderas appeared in Almodóvar's 1986 Matador, the director casthim in his internationally acclaimed 1988 film, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Therecognition Banderas gained for his role increased two years later when hestarred in Almodóvar's controversial Tie MeUp! Tie Me Down! as a mental patient who kidnaps a pornstar (Victoria Abril)and keeps her tied up until she returns his love. It was his breakthrough rolein Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, that helped spur him on to Hollywood. Banderas' havingbecome a regular feature of Almodóvar's movies all throughout the 1980s,Almodóvar is credited for helping launch Banderas's international career.

He appeared in several major Hollywoodreleases in 1995,including a starring role in the Robert Rodriguez-directed film Desperadoand the antagonist on the action film Assassins,co-starred with SylvesterStallone. In 1996, he starred alongside Madonnain Evita,an adaptation of the musical by AndrewLloyd Webber and in Tim Ricein which he played the narrator, Che, a role played by David Essex in the original 1978West End production. He also made success with his role as the legendary maskedswordsman Zorro in the 1998 film The Mask of Zorro.

In 2001, he collaborated with Robert Rodriguez who cast him inthe Spy Kidsfilm trilogy. He also starred in Michael Cristofer's OriginalSin alongside Angelina Jolie the same year. In2002, he starred in Brian De Palma'sFemmeFatale opposite RebeccaRomijn-Stamos and in Julie Taymor's Frida with Salma Hayek. In 2003, he starredin the last installment of the trilogy OnceUpon A Time In Mexico (in which he appeared with Johnny Depp and Salma Hayek). Banderas' debut asa director was the poorly-received Crazy in Alabama (1999), starring his wife Melanie Griffith.
In 2003, he returned to the musical genre,appearing to great acclaim in the Broadway revival of Maury Yeston's musical Nine, based on the film 8½, playing the prime role originated by the late Raúl Juliá. Banderas won both theOuter Critics Circle and Drama Desk awards, and was nominated for the Tony Award for best actor in amusical. His performance is preserved on the Broadway cast recording releasedby PS Classics. The following year(2004), he received the Rita MorenoHOLA Award for Excellence from the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA).

His voice role as Puss inBoots in Shrek 2,Shrek theThird and the last film in the Shrek franchise, ShrekForever After, helped make the character popular on the familyfilm circuit. In 2005, he reprised his role as Zorro in The Legendof Zorro, though this was not as successful as The Mask ofZorro. In 2006, he starred in Take the Lead, a high-setmovie in which he played a ballroom dancing teacher. Thatyear, he directed his second film Elcamino de los ingleses (English title: Summer Rain), andalso received the L.A. Latino International Film Festival's "Gabi"Lifetime Achievement Award on 14 October. He hosted the 600th episode of SaturdayNight Live (during season 31).
He received a star on the Hollywood Walk ofFame on 6801 Hollywood Blvd.in 2005.
In 2011, the horror thriller The Skin ILive In marked the return of Banderas to Pedro Almodóvar, the Spanishdirector who launched his international career. The two had not worked togethersince 1990 (Tie MeUp! Tie Me Down!). In The Skin I Live In he breaks out ofthe Latin Lover mold from his Hollywood work and stars as a calculating revenge-seekingplastic surgeon following the rape of his daughter. According to the Associated Press Banderas'performance is among his strongest in recent memory. He again lent his voice toPuss in Boots, this time as theprotagonist of the Shrek spin-off family film, Pussin Boots. This film reunited Banderas with Salma Hayek for the sixth time.

Banderas divorced his first wife, Ana Leza,and on May 14, 1996, married American actress Melanie Griffith in a private,low-key ceremony in London. They had met a yearearlier while shooting Two Much.Both Griffith and Banderas were married to other people when they first met.They have a daughter, Stella Banderas, who appeared with her parents in the1999 film Crazy inAlabama, in which Griffithstarred and which Banderas directed. In 2002, the couple's dedication to philanthropy was recognized whenthey received the 'Stella Adler Angel Award' for their extensive charity work.
In 1996, Banderas appeared among otherfigures of Spanish culture in a video supporting the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party lists in the generalelection.
He is a long time supporter of the Málaga CF.
He is an officer (mayordomo de trono) of aRoman Catholic religious brotherhood in Málaga and travels, with his wife anddaughter, during Holy Weekto take part in theprocessions, although in an interview with People magazineBanderas had once described himself as an agnostic. In May 2010, Banderasreceived his honorarydoctorate from the Universityof Málaga in the city where he was born.

"Rowan Atkinson"

2012-01-28T11:07:00.001+07:00

RowanSebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is a British actor, comedian, andscreenwriter. He is most famous for his work on the satirical sketch comedyshow Not The Nine O'Clock News, and the sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Bean and TheThin Blue Line. He has been listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniestactors in British comedy, and amongst the top 50 comedians ever in a 2005 pollof fellow comedians. He has also had cinematic success with his performances inthe Mr. Bean movie adaptations Bean and Mr. Bean's Holiday and in JohnnyEnglish and its sequel Johnny English Reborn. He also starred in the film NeverSay Never Again (a spy film based on the James Bond novel Thunderball) in 1983.

Atkinson,the youngest of four brothers, was born in Consett, County Durham, England.His parents were Eric Atkinson, a farmer and company director, and Ella May(née Bainbridge), who married on 29 June 1945. His three older brothers werePaul, who died as an infant, Rodney, a Eurosceptic economist who narrowly lostthe United Kingdom Independence Party leadership election in 2000, and Rupert.Atkinson was brought up Anglican, and was educated at DurhamChoristers School,St. Bees School, and Newcastle University. In 1975, hecontinued for the degree of MSc in Electrical Engineering at The Queen'sCollege, Oxford,the same college his father matriculated at in 1935, which made Atkinson anHonorary Fellow in 2006. First achieving notice at the Edinburgh FestivalFringe in 1976, while at Oxford,he also acted and performed early sketches for the Oxford University DramaticSociety (OUDS), the Oxford Revue and the Experimental Theatre Club (ETC),meeting writer Richard Curtis and composer Howard Goodall, with whom he wouldcontinue to collaborate during his career.

Afteruniversity, Atkinson toured with Angus Deayton as his straight man in an actthat was eventually filmed for a television show. After the success of theshow, he did a one-off pilot for London Weekend Television in 1979 calledCanned Laughter. Atkinson then went on to do Not the Nine O'Clock News for theBBC, produced by his friend John Lloyd. He starred on the show along withPamela Stephenson, Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith, and was one of the mainsketch writers.

Thesuccess of Not the Nine O'Clock News led to his starring in the medieval sitcomThe Black Adder, which he also co-wrote with Richard Curtis, in 1983. After athree-year gap, in part due to budgetary concerns, a second series was written,this time by Curtis and Ben Elton, and first screened in 1986. Blackadder IIfollowed the fortunes of one of the descendants of Atkinson's originalcharacter, this time in the Elizabethan era. The same pattern was repeated inthe two sequels Blackadder the Third (1987) (set in the Regency era), andBlackadder Goes Forth (1989) (set in World War I). The Blackadder series wenton to become one of the most successful BBC situation comedies of all time,spawning television specials including Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) andBlackadder: The Cavalier Years (1988).

Atkinson'sother famous creation, the hapless Mr. Bean, first appeared on New Years Day in1990 in a half-hour special for Thames Television. The character of Mr. Beanhas been likened somewhat to a modern-day Buster Keaton. During this time,Atkinson appeared at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal in 1987and 1989. Several sequels to Mr. Bean appeared on television in the 1990s, andit eventually made into a major motion picture in 1997. Entitled Bean, it wasdirected by Mel Smith, his former co-star from Not the Nine O'Clock News. Asecond movie was released in 2007 entitled Mr. Bean's Holiday.In 1995 and 1997, Atkinson portrayed Inspector Raymond Fowler in the popularThe Thin Blue Line television series, written by Ben Elton, which takes placein a police station located in fictitious Gasforth.

Atkinsonhas fronted campaigns for Kronenbourg, Hitachielectrical goods, Fujifilm, and Give Blood. Atkinson appeared as a hapless anderror-prone espionage agent in a long-running series for Barclaycard, on whichcharacter his title role in Johnny English and Johnny English Reborn was based.

He alsostarred in a comedy spoof of Doctor Who as the Doctor, for a red nose daybenefit.

Atkinsonhas also starred as the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car in the motoring show,Top Gear in July 2011, where he recorded the fastest lap in the Kia Cee'd witha time of 1:42.2.

Atkinson'sfilm career began in 1983 with a supporting part in the 'unofficial' James Bondmovie Never Say Never Again and a leading role in Dead on Time with NigelHawthorne. He appeared in former Not the Nine O'Clock News co-star Mel Smith'sdirectorial debut The Tall Guy in 1989. He also appeared alongside AnjelicaHuston and Mai Zetterling in Roald Dahl's The Witches in 1990. In 1993 heplayed the part of Dexter Hayman in Hot Shots! Part Deux, a parody of RamboIII, starring Charlie Sheen.

Atkinsongained further recognition with his turn as a verbally bumbling vicar in the1994 hit Four Weddings and a Funeral. That same year he was featured in Disney'sThe Lion King as the voice of Zazu the Red-billed Hornbill. Atkinson continuedto appear in supporting roles in successful comedies, including Rat Race(2001), Scooby-Doo (2002), and Love Actually (2003).

In 2005,he acted in the crime/comedy Keeping Mum, which also starred Kristin ScottThomas, Maggie Smith and Patrick Swayze.

Inaddition to his supporting roles, Atkinson has also had success as a leadingman. His television character Mr. Bean debuted on the big screen in 1997 withBean to international success. A sequel, Mr. Bean's Holiday,was released in March 2007 and this, as recently mentioned by Atkinson in 2011,was the last time he played the character. He has also starred in the JamesBond parody Johnny English in 2003. Its sequel, Johnny English Reborn wasreleased on 7 October 2011.

RowanAtkinson did live on-stage skits – also appearing with members of Monty Python– in The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979).

RowanAtkinson appeared in the 2009 revival of the West Endmusical Oliver! as Fagin. The production was directed by Rupert Goold. A yearprior he starred in a pre-West End run of the show in Oxford, directed by Jez Bond.

RowanAtkinson first met Sunetra Sastry in the late 1980s, when she was working as a make-upartist with the BBC. Sastry is of mixed descent, being the daughter of anIndian father and a British mother. The couple married at the Russian Tea Roomin New York City on 5 February 1990. They have two children and live in Oundle,Northamptonshire as well as in Ipsden, Oxfordshire and in Highbury, London. In October 2010,his Blackadder co-star Stephen Fry confessed on The Rob Brydon Show and in hissecond autobiography (The Fry Chronicles) that, although he was already openlyhomosexual at the time, he had considered asking Sastry (who was his make-upartist) out. However, when Rowan came to him one day and asked if he could swapmake-up artists because he wanted to ask Sastry out, 'all idea of [his] askingout Sunetra left [him]'. Fry was best man at Atkinson's wedding in 1990.Atkinson was formerly in a relationship with actress Leslie Ash.

"Save Tomorrow by Saving Today!"

2012-01-26T11:30:00.001+07:00

Kita semua tidak pernah tahu apa yang akan terjadi pada hari esok, namun kita sudah tahu bahwa besok kita akan menjadi lebih tua dan masa muda (produktif) akan segera berlalu.

Kita tahu bahwa hari ini masih memperoleh gaji (pendapatan), namun besok gaji tersebut akan berhenti mengalir.

Kita tahu bahwa bila kita menghabiskan semua apa yang kita peroleh hari ini, maka besok kita tidak memiliki persiapan apapun untuk melangkah menatap masa depan.

Kita tidak akan pernah tahu kapan, dimana dan bagaimana kita akan mati, walaupun sudah tahu pasti akan mati.

Kita tahu dan ingin menikmati hidup di sepanjang perjalanan kehidupan kita, namun kita juga tahu bahwa sumber dana yang mengalir dan dimiliki terbatas dan tidak mencukupi untuk membayar semua keinginan dan kenikmatan dunia dan materi.

Jadi sebenarnya kita semua sudah tahu, apa yang akan terjadi di hari esok, dengan melihat apa yang kita lakukan hari ini.

Lantas mengapa orang yang sudah tahu bahwa besok dia akan hidup bahagia dan sejahtera dengan melakukan penyisihan pendapatan hari ini, tetapi dia tidak melakukannya.

Dia lebih senang menikmati kesenangan dan kenikmatan dunia dan materi hari ini dan sekarang juga, dengan memakai segala sumber dana dan daya yang dimilikinya.

Dia dan mereka hanya memikirkan kesenangan dan kenikmatan hari ini dan sekarang, tanpa memikirkan dan menyelamatkan masa depan.

Sahabat, ingat: apa yang kamu tanam, akan kamu tuai pada saatnya nanti.
Begitu pula dengan perencanaan keuangan, bila kamu bisa mandiri dan sejahtera di hari esok dengan melakukuan penyisihan dan investasi hari ini.

Saya percaya kita semua bisa dan mampu mencapai hidup mandiri dan sejahtera, namun itu tercapai sangat tergantung kepada seberapa keras kamu mengendalikan diri dalam menunda kesenangan dan kenikmatan hari ini demi hari esok.

Pesan saya yang terakhir:
"Jangan mati bangkrut!"
Apalagi sampai meninggalkan hutang kepada anak cucu, malu dong!!!

Demikian share saya pagi ini dalam perjalanan menuju kantor.

Semoga bermanfaat.

Salam hidup mandiri,
Freddy Pieloor

"Mengenal Transgender?"

2012-01-25T11:30:00.001+07:00

KEMATANGAN seksual tidak selalu sejajar dengan pertambahan usia. Ada faktor hormonal yang berbicara pada masalah ini. Termasuk, keinginan seseorang untuk melakukan transgender.

Psikolog dari Universitas Diponegoro (UNDIP), Semarang, Jawa Tengah, Dra. Hastaning Sakti Psikolog MKes mengatakan bahwa pada umumnya orang-orang yang transgender sangat menolak label homoseks, ataupun waria. Karena memang mereka tidak termasuk dalam kaum itu.

“Beberapa orang merasa lebih nyaman disebut sebagai Transgender,” ujar Hasta sapaan akrab dari Hastaning.

Transgender adalah suatu istilah payung pada orang yang mempunyai image diri dan identitas gender yang berbeda dengan gender anatomis atau biologisnya. Transgender bisa diartikan sebagai seseorang yang masih belum mantap memilih salah satu gender identity yang benar-benar dia pilih. Oleh karena itu seorang transgender biasanya diidentifikasikan sebagai heteroseksual, gay, lesbi atau biseks.

Hasta mengatakan, Gender idenditiy atau identitas gender adalah persepsi atau penghayatan subyektif seseorang tentang gender mereka, sehingga ia mempunyai identifikasi psikologis di otak sebagai “laki-laki” atau “perempuan”. Sedangkan gender role (peran gender) merupakan suatu tampilan cara hidup seseorang dalam masyarakat sebagaimana identitas gender mereka (yang jelas berbeda dengan tampilan anatomis kelaminnya).

“Perlu dipahami bahwa proses pencarian jati diri pada kondisi transeksual adalah suatu perjuangan batin dan emosi yang sangat berat, yang seharusnya mendapat dukungan dari lingkungannya,” ungkap psikolog yang juga menjadi dosen Program S2 Biomedik Dokter Spesialis FK UNDIP ini.

Tetapi hal ini berbeda dengan seseorang yang melakukan transeksual. Orang yang telah melakukan transsexual bisa jadi karena masalah kesehatan mereka. Transeksual adalah seseorang yang memiliki keinginan tetap dan terus menerus atas perubahan seks secara medis, operatif dan sah hingga memungkinkan mereka untuk hidup sebagai anggota gender kebalikan (opposite sex) dengan gender yang mereka miliki.

“Mereka membenci alat kelamin yang menempel pada tubuhnya atau misalnya payudara yang menonjol dan selalu ada usaha untuk menutupinya,” ungkapnya.
Manajer Klinik Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia (PKBI), dr Maya Tri Siswati menuturkan, transsexual ini merupakan operasi biologis laki-laki tapi lebih nyaman sebagai perempuan.

“Transeksual adalah seseorang yang tidak nyaman dengan alat reproduksinya. Jadi mereka menambah atau mengurangi yang ada di bagian alat kelaminnya. Mereka itu belum tentu tidak normal,” ujar Maya saat acara orientasi wartawan tentang kependudukan dan pembangunan yang diadakan oleh PKBI di Hotel Sany Rosa, Bandung beberapa waktu lalu.

Maya menjelaskan bahwa perubahan orientasi seks seseorang tidak dapat diubah oleh orang lain, hanya diri sendiri yang bisa mengubahnya.

sumber: Koran SI/Koran SI/tty, okezone.com

"Freida Pinto"

2012-01-24T11:30:00.003+07:00

Freida Pinto (born 18 October 1984) is an Indian actress and model best known for her portrayal of Latika in the 2008 Academy Award winning film Slumdog Millionaire, for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. In 2010, she starred in the films You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger and as the title character in Miral, and in 2011, she starred in the box-office hit Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

Pinto was born to Mangalorean Catholic family in Mumbai, which she still refers to as Bombay out of habit. Her surname is of Portuguese origin as a result of conversion to Catholicism of her ancestors. Her mother, Sylvia, is a principal of St John's Universal High School (Goregaon), and her father, Frederick, is a senior branch manager at the Bank of Baroda. Her older sister Sharon is an associate producer for the NDTV news channel. Pinto dreamed of becoming an actress since she was five years old. When Freida was ten, Sushmita Sen won Miss Universe 1994, which turned out to be a defining point in Freida's life. She studied at Carmel of St. Joseph School in Malad, Mumbai and completed her Bachelor of Arts (BA) with a major in English Literature, and minors in Psychology and Economics, from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. She also acted in plays and amateur theatre while attending St. Xavier's. She later joined Elite Model Management and modelled for two and a half years.

Before starring in Slumdog Millionaire, Pinto anchored the international travel show, Full Circle, on Zee International Asia Pacific in English between 2006–08. Pinto was also featured in several television and print advertisements for products such as Wrigley's Chewing Gum, Škoda, Vodafone India, Airtel, and DeBeers. Pinto modelled for four years and appeared in runway shows and magazine covers. She learned acting from The Barry John's Acting Studio in Andheri and was trained by theatre director Barry John. After six months of auditions, she received a call to audition for Slumdog Millionaire. Pinto auditioned for Danny Boyle and was short-listed and finally selected to star in Slumdog Millionaire.

Pinto made her feature film debut in 2008 in Slumdog Millionaire playing the role of Latika, the girl with whom Jamal (Dev Patel) is in love. At the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, the movie won the Cadillac People's Choice Award. At the 2009 Golden Globe Awards, the movie won four awards. Pinto herself was nominated for "Best Actress in a Supporting Role" at the 2009 BAFTA Awards, She won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture alongside other cast members from Slumdog Millionaire.

Pinto co-starred in Woody Allen's comedy-drama film You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, with Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Anupam Kher and Naomi Watts, which premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Pinto appeared in the 2011 science fiction film Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a reboot of the Planet of the Apes series, opposite James Franco. She played Caroline, a primatologist, in the film. She also appeared in the 2011 fantasy-action-drama film, Immortals, in which she played the oracle priestess Phaedra. Also in 2011, she will play Princess Lallah in the 1930s set Black Gold.

Pinto has joined Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf to support their philanthropic organisation "Agassi Foundation". She is the only Indian actress to have participated in their annual fund raiser titled, "The 15th Grand Slam for Children", that aims at raising funds for education of underprivileged children.

Pinto is featured in People magazine's "Most Beautiful People List", and "List of World's Best Dressed Women". She was also featured in the "Top 99 Most Desirable Women" poll conducted by Askmen.com in 2010. According to The Daily Telegraph, she is currently the highest paid Indian actress (she is not considered a Bollywood star as she never appeared in a Bollywood film). She has also been listed in the top ten list of the fashion magazine Vogue's 2009 annual list of the most stylish women. On 13 May 2009, Pinto became a new spokesmodel for L'Oréal.

"Julia Ormond"

2012-01-24T11:30:00.001+07:00

Julia Karin Ormond (born 4 January 1965) is an English actress who has appeared in film and television and on stage.

Ormond was born in Epsom, Surrey, the daughter of Josephine, a laboratory technician and John Ormond, a computer software designer who became a millionaire by the age of 30. Ormond's father left his wife and children when Julia was still young. She attended independent schools, first Guildford High School and then Cranleigh School, where early lead performances in Guys and Dolls and My Fair Lady began to draw special attention. She went on to study acting in London at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, from which she graduated in 1988.

Ormond's stage credits include The Rehearsal, Wuthering Heights, The Crucible, Christopher Hampton's Faith, Hope and Charity, for which she won the London Drama Critics' Award for Best Newcomer, and David Hare's My Zinc Bed, for which she won an Olivier Award nomination.

Her film credits include Jerry Zucker's First Knight; Captives with Tim Roth; Legends of the Fall with Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins and Aidan Quinn; Sydney Pollack's Sabrina with Harrison Ford; Resistance and Bille August's Smilla's Sense of Snow. She also had a major role in the controversial Peter Greenaway film The Baby of Mâcon with Ralph Fiennes.

Her TV credits include HBO's Stalin, Iron-Jawed Angels and Temple Grandin, the drama series Traffik, Varian's War and Animal Farm. She also has an independent production company, Indican Productions, based in New York City, and she executive produced the Cinemax Reel Life documentary Calling the Ghosts: A Story of Rape, War and Women, which won a CableACE Award and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, and was an official selection of the Toronto and Berlin International Film Festivals. Ormond also appears as a guest star during the 2008-09 season of the CBS Crime Scene Investigation series, CSI: NY She guest starred in the tenth and final season of USA Network's hit series, Law & Order: Criminal Intent started on May 1, 2011.

In the 2000s, Ormond has worked in various projects, including David Lynch's 2006 film Inland Empire and in 2007's I Know Who Killed Me alongside Lindsay Lohan.

She starred in four projects released in 2008. She was reunited with Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and also appeared with Benicio del Toro in Che, with Abigail Breslin in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mystery, and with Bill Pullman in Surveillance, working with acclaimed directors such as David Fincher and Steven Soderbergh in two of the these projects.

In 2010, she won an Emmy Award for her supporting role in the HBO Movie Temple Grandin.

Ormond married Rory Edwards, an actor she had met while performing in a production of Wuthering Heights. The marriage ended in 1994. In 1999, she married political activist Jon Rubin. The couple's first child, daughter Sophie, was born in the autumn of 2004. But according to a 2011 news report, she is now single: "She is not looking for a significant other. ‘But I’m open. I’ve had great relationships and I don’t want to settle for something that is less.’

Ormond has been an activist engaged with fighting human trafficking since the mid-1990s, and has recently partnered with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.[ She is also an advocate for Transatlantic Partners Against Aids, which attempts to raise awareness about AIDS in Russia and Ukraine, and is founding co-chairman of FilmAid International.

On 2 December 2005, Ormond was appointed as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador. Her focus has been on anti human-trafficking initiatives, raising awareness about this modern form of slavery and promoting efforts to combat it. In her capacity as ambassador, Ormond has appeared as council to the United States House of Representatives, Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations, and has travelled the world as an ambassador.

"Heat Rush"

2012-01-23T14:48:00.002+07:00

Description

Tick-tock goes the clock...

How to Play

WASD or Arrows = DriveSpace or X = TurboWeave in and out of traffic to pass through the checkpoint before time's up. This racing game is against the clock—so use upgrades to up the ante!

http://www8.agame.com/a10/LA/HeatRush_A10.swf

"Rolling Hero 2"

2012-01-23T14:46:00.005+07:00

Description

Rock 'n' roll your way (literally) through this multi-level labyrinth!

How to Play

Right/Left = Rotate ScreenUse the arrow keys to turn the puzzle and maneuver our limbless hero safely into the vortex to pass each level. Collect coins, keys, and diamonds along the way, but make sure to avoid spikes and other nasty obstacles!

http://www8.agame.com/mirror/flash/r/rolling_hero_2/RollingHero2.swf

2012-01-22T13:56:00.002+07:00

"Jo Hyun Jae"

2012-01-21T13:40:00.003+07:00

Jo Hyun Jae was born in Seoul, South Korea on May 9, 1980. He's a Taurus Monkey. He is known to be a very private person and not much is known about his childhood and early life. In an interview with Sports Seoul, he said it was his choice to leave school and "I wasn't interested in studying and I felt school was meaningless for me. I felt I'd be better off working instead. My family was poor but it wasn't because they couldn't pay the tuition that I stopped schooling. It was my own decision to do so. I don't regret it to this day."

When not filming a TV drama or movie, Hyun Jae maintains a low profile, only venturing out for the rare promotion or fan meeting. Although Hyun Jae appears to be shy and unassuming, his words contradict his appearance. He said in an interview "When I meet someone appealing to me, I tend to express myself actively by saying often that I like her." (Source: "Mask" interview, EverJohyunjae, English section.)

This paradox is part of his personality, expressed in shyness and a straightforward approach to people. When asked about the character Andrea in Love Letter in the above referenced interview he said, "Well... The way he talks, and his hard life, the loneliness, the way he loves... how he cannot express his feelings but keeps them buried inside, those things I can identify with." Hyun Jae's shyness is one of the the his attributes that attract. One may want to "mother" him while longing for intimacy.

Hyun Jae's ability to be all things to all people allows him to choose roles of a diverse nature. He does not repeat himself and takes his time in selecting his next role. One only needs to read the fan forums to see that although he is out of site, he is never out of mind. The main curiosity is what will he do next, and more importantly when.

Hyun Jae's characters are complex and expressive. His athletic hobbies serve him well when choosing roles that require physical ability such as fighting and swordplay in Seo Dong Yo and Gumiho. Although he does not speak Japanese, and I'm sure he is learning quickly with all his trips to Japan recently, his Japanese dialogue in Star's Echo was convincing, as was his playing piano in the same drama.

His performance as a pastry chef in Sunshine Pours Down was persuasive. While watching the drama, I wanted to eat cake. For Only You, the director instructed him to be a jerk, and he was, but with a great deal of sensitivity.

Hyun Jae's portrayal of Andrea, the conflicted Catholic priest in Love Letter, was convincing. Although church doctrine as defined in the drama may not be completely accurate, Andrea's feeling of abandonment and desire to replace his mother with the church and love of god, all the while longing for the love of a woman, was expressive and touching. Paradox and conflict permeate the drama. I can't even begin to comment on the ending, "Let's love again." Whatever point the director and script writer were trying to make can be left up to the viewer.

In August of 2008, Hyun Jae entered the Korean army for a required two-year commitment. Many entertainers are given the option to be placed in a special unit where their talents can be used to their best advantage. Those who choose this special unit face less hardships. yun Jae chose not to take the easy way; he served as an army dog soldier in the 2nd battalion. After serving two years, Hyun Jae was released from service on June 19, 2010. Let's wish him the best of luck on his return to civilian life.

Visit Jo Hyun Jae's official homepage for current information. The page includes registration for foreign fans, and includes Chinese, English and Korean text. Not all pages have an English version.

"Henry Cavill"

2012-01-21T13:40:00.002+07:00

Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill (born 5 May 1983) is a British actor. He has appeared in the films The Count of Monte Cristo and Stardust, and played the role of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, on the Showtime series The Tudors, from 2007 until 2010. He has been cast as Superman in the 2013 film Man of Steel.

Cavill was born on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands, the fourth of five boys. His mother, Marianne, worked in a bank, and his father, Colin Cavill, was a stockbroker. He was educated at St. Michael's Preparatory School in Saint Saviour, Jersey before attending Stowe School, a boarding school in Buckinghamshire, England. He began acting in school plays during prep school, and has said that if he had not become an actor, he would have joined the army or gone to university to study ancient history, specifically Egyptology.

Cavill had his first film role in Kevin Reynolds' 2002 adaptation The Count of Monte Cristo. He went on to star in Laguna (2001), and afterwards appeared in BBC’s The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002), the TV film Goodbye Mr. Chips (2002), and the TV series Midsomer Murders (2003). In 2003 he had a supporting role in I Capture the Castle, followed by Red Riding Hood (2004), Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005), and Tristan & Isolde (2006). He had a minor role alongside Sienna Miller and Ben Barnes in Matthew Vaughn's adaptation of Stardust (2007).

From 2007 to 2010, Cavill had a leading role in Showtime's television series The Tudors as Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. The series was well-received: it was nominated for a Golden Globe in 2007 and won an Emmy in 2008. Cavill credits the show with bolstering his career: "It’s done the most for me to date. Now that there's an audience somewhere in America that’s aware of who I am, I have more sell-ability, because of The Tudors." Entertainment Weekly named him the "Most Dashing Duke" and praised his work on The Tudors for displaying "charm, depth and a killer bod".

Cavill had been set to star as Superman in director McG’s 2004 film Superman: Flyby. However, McG pulled out of the project and direction was taken over by director Bryan Singer, who recast Brandon Routh as the lead. Cavill was also the cause of a write-in effort from fans to see him cast as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). The role eventually went to Robert Pattinson. Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight series, was outspokenly in favor of Cavill playing the character of Edward Cullen in the Twilight film, calling him her "perfect Edward". By the time production of the film began, however, Cavill was too old to play the character, and again the role went to Robert Pattinson. In 2005, Cavill was a final contender for the role of James Bond in Casino Royale. The producers and director Martin Campbell were torn between him and Daniel Craig; reportedly Campbell supported Cavill but the producers preferred an older Bond. Ultimately Craig landed the role. In their December 2005 issue, Empire magazine dubbed Cavill the "Unluckiest Man in Hollywood" for this series of near-misses. Despite reports that he was a contender for Batman in Batman Begins, Cavill confirmed that he never auditioned for nor was offered the role.

In early 2008, Cavill became a model/spokesperson for Dunhill fragrances. The television ad featured a suited-up Cavill walking through the Union Jack flag, before mounting a helicopter. A second television ad featured Cavill driving a car through a deserted London at night, and meeting with a young woman. He starred in director Joel Schumacher's horror film Blood Creek (2008) and in 2009 he had a minor role in Woody Allen’s comedy film Whatever Works.

Cavill played the lead role of Theseus in Tarsem Singh's mythological, big-budget special effects film Immortals, released November 11, 2011. In 2012, Cavill will star alongside Bruce Willis in The Cold Light of Day. On January 30, 2011, it was announced that Cavill had been cast in the role of Clark Kent/Superman in director Zack Snyder's Man of Steel. Snyder called Cavill "the perfect choice to don the cape and S shield." Entertainment media applauded Henry Cavill on his road to success.

On 3 May 2011, Cavill got engaged to his girlfriend, showjumper Ellen Whitaker.

"Kekayaan dimulai dari Pikiran"

2012-01-19T11:31:00.003+07:00

Benarkah kekayaan dimulai dari Pikiran?

Bila demikian,
Berarti orang yang "Pintar" semestinya menjadi Orang Kaya?
Dan sebaliknya orang "Goblok" terjerembab dalam kemiskinan?

Namun yang terjadi tidaklah selalu demikian,
dan bahkan banyak fakta orang yang dianggap "Goblok" di sekolah,
ternyata memiliki ekonomi lebih tinggi dan kehidupan lebih sejahtera
daripada orang yang lebih "Pintar" "makan bangku sekolahan".

Kita memulai langkah di tahun 2012 ini dengan sebuah REVOLUSI,
dengan segenap janji, segunung tekad dan selaut sumpah
untuk memperbaiki tingkat penghidupan menuju kekayaan,
kesejahteraan dan kebahagiaan.

Namun janji, tekad dan sumpah yang telah dilontarkan tidak akan mampu
menggerakkan Anda kemana-mana bila tidak ditindak-lanjuti dengan
tindakan atau ACTION.

Seperti yang dirasakan oleh kita semua:
"Mengapa aku jadi malas untuk berangkat kerja atau
beraktifitas di hari Senin?" sedangkan
"di hari Jumat dan Sabtu mata-ku jadi terang benderang dan
jiwa menjadi menyala-nyala"

Dalam setiap diri manusia selalu ada 2 suara batin yang saling
bersahutan dan bertolak belakang, untuk Anda pilih dan putuskan.

Pikiran mana yang akan Anda menangkan?
Pilihan tindakan apa yang akan Anda putuskan?
Semua menentukan masa depan Anda mulai sekarang!!!

Seperti dalam buku-nya Pak Krishnamurti, berjudul "...Setan & Malaikat..."
(saya sudah memilikinya namun belum membuka dan membacanya,
..... maaf ya Pak Krishna), ternyata ada "Malaikat dan Setan" dalam
setiap diri manusia?

Dalam buku Self Hypnosis (pengarang saya lupa), saya menemukan
sebuah tulisan bahwa "teryata" memang ada 2 suara batin yang
selalu bicara dalam pikiran kita, yang ingin mendapat perhatian
dan pemenangan.

Nah di sini Anda harus benar-benar memilih dan memutuskan
Jenis Pikiran mana yang akan Anda menangkan!!!

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Jadi ternyata Kekayaan dan Kesuksesan tidak tergantung
kepada "Kepintaran" Pikiran dalam angka RAPORT sekolahan.
Melainkan "Kepintaran" memilih dan memutuskan untuk
mengambil "Tindakan Apa" dalam kehidupan ini.

Misalnya:
Anda sangat ingiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin KAYA,
dan Anda sudah tahu bahwa Anda harus menghilangkan gaya hidup konsumtif
dan harus mulai berinvestasi dengan membuka Rekening Reksa Dana.

Tetapi teryata Anda memutuskan tetap nangkring di Starbucks,
dengan menikmati suguhan kopi dan suasana mentereng di sana,
dan membayar biaya "tangkringan" tersebut.
Anda tidak melangkahkan kaki menuju ke sebuah bank agen
penjual Reksa Dana untuk membuka rekening!!!

Pikirannya tahu bahwa untuk sejahtera harus menunda kesenangan
dan segera melakukan tindakana berinvestasi,
tetapi pikirannya memilih dan memutuskan "Kenikmatan" sekarang.
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So, biarlah orang lain menilai Anda "Goblok",
tetapi yang penting Rekening Investasi Anda lebih Cemerlang
daripada orang yang menilai Anda demikian.

Ayo putuskan untuk berpikir dan bertindak sesuai dengan Tujuan
Keuangan dan Kehidupan Anda mulai sekarang
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Sudahkah Anda memulai untuk berinvestasi?
Saran saya: "Lakukan sekarang juga!!!!"
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Demikian sharing saya pagi ini, semoga bermanfaat.

Salam,
Freddy Pieloor

"Myasthenia Gravis"

2012-01-18T14:25:00.002+07:00

DEFINISI

Myasthenia gravis adalah gangguan autoimun yang merusak komunikasi antara syaraf dan otot, mengakibatkan peristiwa kelemahan otot.

Myasthenia gravis bisa diakibatkan dari kerusakan pada sistem kekebalan.
Orang biasanya mengalami kelopak mata layu dan penglihatan ganda, dan otot biasanya menjadi lelah dan lemah setelah olahraga.
Reaksi terhadap obat yang diberikan lewat infus membantu dokter memastikan apakah seseorang telah mengalami myasthenia gravis.
Elektromiografi, tes darah, dan tes imaging diperlukan untuk memastikan diagnosa tersebut.
Beberapa obat-obatan bisa meningkatkan kekuatan otot dengan cepat, dan lainnya bisa memperlambat kemajuan pada gangguan tersebut.

Myasthenia gravis lebih sering terjadi pada para wanita. Yang biasanya terjadi pada wanita berusia antara 20 dan 40 tahun. Meskipun begitu, gangguan tersebut bisa mempengaruhi para pria atau wanita pada usia berapapun. Jarang, terjadi selama masa kanak-kanak.

Pada myasthenia gravis, sistem kekebalan menghasilkan antibodi yang menyerang salah satu jenis reseptor pada otot samping pada simpul neuromukular-reseptor yang bereaksi terhadap neurotransmiter acetycholine. Akibatnya, komunikasi antara sel syaraf dan otot terganggu. Apa penyebab tubuh untuk menyerang reseptor acetylcholine sendiri-reaksi autoimun-tidak diketahui. Berdasarkan salah satu teori, kerusakan kelenjar thymus kemungkinan terlibat. Pada kelenjar thymus, sel tertentu pada sistem kekebalan belajar bagaimana membedakan antara tubuh dan zat asing. Kelenjar thymus juga berisi sel otot (myocytes) dengan reseptor acetylcholine. Untuk alasan yang tidak diketahui, kelenjar thymus bisa memerintahkan sel sistem kekebalan untuk menghasilkan antibodi yang menyerang acetylcholine. Orang bisa mewarisi kecendrungan terhadap kelainan autoimun ini. sekitar 65% orang yang mengalami myasthenia gravis mengalami pembesaran kelenjar thymus, dan sekitar 10% memiliki tumor pada kelenjar thymus (thymoma). Sekitar setengah thymoma adalah kanker (malignant). Beberapa orang dengan gangguan tersebut tidak memiliki antibodi untuk reseptor acetylcholine tetapi memiliki antibodi terhadap enzim yang berhubungan dengan pembentukan persimpangan neuromuskular sebagai pengganti. Orang ini bisa memerlukan pengobatan berbeda.

PENYEBAB

Gangguan tersebut kemungkinan dipicu oleh infeksi, operasi, atau penggunaan obat-obatan tertentu, seperti nifedipine atau verapamil (digunakan untuk mengobati tekanan darah tinggi), quinine (digunakan untuk mengobati malaria), dan procainamide (digunakan untuk mengobati kelainan ritme jantung).

Neonatal myasthenia terjadi pada 12% bayi yang dilahirkan oleh wanita yang mengalami myasthenia gravis. Antibodi melawan acetylcholine, yang beredar di dalam darah, bisa lewat dari wanita hamil terus ke plasenta menuju janin. Pada beberapa kasus, bayi mengalami kelemahan otot yang hilang beberapa hari sampai beberapa minggu setelah lahir. Sisa 88% bayi tidak terkena.

GEJALA

Peristiwa pada gejala-gejala yang memperburuk (exacerbation) adalah sering terjadi. Pada waktu yang lain, gejala-gejala kemungkinan kecil atau tidak ada.

Gejala-gejala yang paling sering terjadi adalah :

Kelopak mata lemah dan layu.
Otot mata lemah, yang menyebabkan penglihatan ganda.
Kelemahan berlebihan pada otot yang terkena setelah digunakan.

Kelemahan tersebut hilang ketika otot beristirahat tetapi berulang ketika digunakan kembali.

Pada 40% orang dengan myasthenia gravis, otot mata terlebih dahulu terkena, tetapi 85% segera mengalami masalah ini. Pada 15% orang, hanya otot-otot mata yang terkena, tetapi pada kebanyakan orang, kemudian seluruh tubuh terkena, kesulitan berbicara dan menelan dan kelemahan pada lengan dan kaki adalah sering terjadi. Pegangan tangan bisa berubah-ubah antara lemah dan normal. Berubah-ubahnya pegangan ini disebut pegangan milkmaid. Otot leher bisa menjadi lemah. Sensasi tidak terpengaruh.

Ketika orang dengan myasthenia gravis menggunakan otot secara berulang-ulang, otot tersebut biasanya menjadi lemah. Misalnya, orang yang dahulu bisa menggunakan palu dengan baik menjadi lemah setelah memalu untuk beberapa menit. Meskipun begitu, kelemahan otot bervariasi dalam intensitas dari jam ke jam dan dari hari ke hari, dan rangkaian penyakit tersebut bervariasi secara luas. Sekitar 15% orang mengalami peristiwa berat (disebut myasthenia crisis), kadangkala dipicu oleh infeksi. Lengan dan kaki menjadi sangat lemah, tetapi bahkan kemudian, mereka tidak kehilangan rasa. Pada beberapa orang, otot diperlukan untuk pernafasan yang melemah. Keadaan ini mengancam nyawa.

DIAGNOSA

Dokter menduga myasthenia gravis pada orang dengan peristiwa kelemahan, khususnya ketika mata atau otot wajah terkena atau ketika kelemahan meningkat dengan penggunaan pada otot yang terkena dan hilang dengan istirahat. Karena acetylcholine receptor rusak, obat-obatan yang meningkatkan acetylcholine bisa digunakan untuk membantu memastikan diagnosa. Edrophonium, disuntikkan melalui intravena, sangat sering digunakan. Orang diminta untuk melatih otot yang terkena sampai capai. Kemudian mereka diberikan obat. Jika secara sementara dan cepat memperbaiki kekuatan otot, didiagnosa myasthenia gravis adalah hal yang mungkin.

Tes diagnosa lainnya diperlukan untuk memastikan diagnosa. Mereka termasuk electromyography (perangsangan otot, kemudian merekam kegiatan listrik mereka) dan tes darah untuk mendeteksi antibodi terhadap acetylcholine receptor dan kadangkala antibodi lain hadir pada orang dengan gangguan tersebut. Tes darah juga dilakukan untuk memeriksa gangguan lain. Computed tomography (CT) atau magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) pada dada dilakukan untuk menilai kelenjar thymus dan untuk memastikan apakah thymoma ada.

PENGOBATAN

Obat-obatan kemungkinan digunakan untuk membantu meningkatkan kekuatan dengan cepat atau untuk menekan reaksi autoimun dan memperlambat kemajuan gangguan tersebut.

Obat-obatan yang meningkatkan jumlah acetylcholine, seperti pyridostigmine , bisa meningkatkan kekuatan otot. Kapsul beraksi lama tersedia untuk malam hari digunakan untuk membantu orang yang mengalami kelemahan berat atau kesulitan menelan ketika mereka bangun di pagi hari. Dokter harus secara bertahap menyesuaikan dosis tersebut, yang bisa meningkat selama peristiwa kelemahan. Meskipun begitu, dosis yang terlalu tinggi bisa menyebabkan kelemahan yang sulit untuk dibedakan dari penyebab gangguan tersebut. Juga, keefektifan obat-obatan ini bisa berkurang dengan penggunaan jangka panjang. Peningkatan kelemahan, yang kemungkinan disebabkan penurunan keefektifan obat tersebut, harus diteliti oleh dokter dengan keahlian mengobati myasthenia gravis. Obat -obatan antagonis asetilkolonesterase lainnya adalah Neostigmine , Edrophonium

Efek samping yangs sering terjadi pada pyridostigmine termasuk kram perut dan diare. Obat-obatan yang memperlambat kegiatan pada saluran pencernaan, seperti atropine atau propantheline, kemungkinan diperlukan untuk menetralkan efek ini.

Untuk menekan reaksi autoimun, dokter bisa juga meresepkan kortikosteroid, seperti Prednisone , Methylprednisolone , atau immunosuppressant, seperti Azathioprine , Cyclosporine , Cyclophosphamide , Mycophenolate , Rituximab. Obat-obatan ini diminum. Kebanyakan orang membutuhkan untuk menggunakan kortikosteroid dengan tidak terbatas. Ketika kortikosteroid mulai diminum, gejala-gejala awalnya bisa memburuk, tetapi kemajuan terjadi dalam beberapa bulan. Dosis tersebut kemudian dikurangi hingga dosis minimum yang masih efektif. Kortokosteroid, ketika digunakan untuk waktu yang lama, bisa memiliki efek samping ringan atau berat. Dengan demikian, azathioprine kemungkinan diberikan sehingga kortikosteroid tersebut bisa dihentikan atau dosisnya dikurangi. Dengan azathioprine, perbaikan memerlukan waktu sekitar 18 bulan.

Immune globulin (cairan berisi berbagai antibodi berbeda dikumpulkan dari kelompok donor) kemungkinan diberikan dengan infus sekali sehari untuk 5 hari. Lebih dari dua pertiga orang bertambah baik dalam 1 sampai 2 minggu, dan efeknya bisa berlangsung 1 sampai 2 bulan.

Ketika obat-obatan tidak menghasilkan keringanan atau ketika myasthenic crisis terjadi, plasmapheresis kemungkinan digunakan. Pada plasmapheresis, zat beracun (pada kasus ini, kelainan antibodi) disaring dari darah.

Jika thymoma ada, kelenjar thymus harus diangkat dengan cara operasi untuk mencegah thymoma menyebar. Jika tidak terdapat thymoma, manfaat mengangkat kelenjar thymus tidak pasti.

Lengkapi perawatan medis Anda dengan pendekatan-pendekatan ini yang dapat membantu Anda memanfaatkan energi Anda dan mengatasi gejala myasthenia gravis:

    Tentukan waktu makan rutin. Cobalah untuk makan ketika Anda memiliki kekuatan otot yang baik. Luangkan waktu Anda makan dan istirahat di antara gigitan. Porsi lebih sering, kecil mungkin lebih mudah untuk dilakukan. Juga, cobalah makanan lunak dan menghindari makanan lengket yang memerlukan banyak mengunyah.
    Gunakan tindakan keselamatan di rumah. Pasang palang pegangan atau pagar di tempat-tempat di mana Anda mungkin memerlukan dukungan, seperti di sebelah bak mandi. Jaga lantai dan ruang di rumah Anda bersih dari kekacauan, tali dan karpet. Di luar rumah, menjaga langkah, trotoar dan jalan untuk mobil Anda.
    Gunakan peralatan listrik dan alat-alat listrik. Simpan energi Anda di kamar mandi, di dapur atau di meja kerja dengan menggunakan peralatan listrik, seperti sikat gigi, pembuka kaleng dan obeng.
    Pakailah penutup mata. Jika Anda memiliki visi ganda, menggunakan penutup mata dapat membantu meringankan masalah ini. Memakai patch sementara Anda membaca atau menonton televisi. Untuk menghindari kelelahan mata, patch secara berkala beralih dari satu mata ke yang lain.
    Rencana. Jika Anda memiliki sebuah tugas untuk dilakukan di rumah, belanja atau untuk menjalankan tugas, rencanakan kegiatan bertepatan dengan waktu di mana Anda memberikan obat-obatan tingkat energi puncak Anda. Jika Anda bekerja pada sebuah proyek di rumah, kumpulkan segala yang dibutuhkan untuk pekerjaan pada satu waktu, untuk menghilangkan perjalanan tambahan yang dapat menguras energi Anda.
    Mintalah bantuan. Tergantung pada tingkat energi Anda, Anda mungkin tidak dapat melakukan segala sesuatu yang Anda rencanakan di sekitar rumah atau menjalankan setiap tugas yang harus Anda lakukan. Mintalah anggota keluarga dan teman-teman untuk turun tangan.

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"IU"

2012-01-17T11:34:00.003+07:00

IU (born May 16, 1993) is a South Korean singer and actress.

IU debuted on a Korean music program called M! Countdown in September 18, 2008. On September 24, 2008, she released her first mini-album, Lost and Found, in which the most famous song was the title track, "Missing Child." However, the album was not commercially successful. It wasn't until her follow-up album that she succeeded in breaking into the mainstream. On April 16, 2009, IU launched her first full album, titled Growing Up, with the lead promotional number "Boo." Within three weeks, "Boo" went up to the #1 contenders for SBS Inkigayo, and her name also went up twice on Take 7 together with other notable artists like SG Wannabe and Younha. The song also did well on KBS Music Bank K-Chart, on Mnet M!Countdown chart, and on various online music charts.

In 2009, IU sang the ending title song, "Araro", for the acclaimed MBC drama Queen Seon Duk, where she was recommended by the music director of the drama, citing her "clear tone and her lyrical sensibility." She was also featured on Mighty Mouth's album Love Class in the song "희망사항." In late 2009, IU recorded MC Mong's song "Love Letter For You (Neoyege Sseuneun Pyeonji)," featuring SHINee's Key as a rapper in the song.

IU recorded the song "잔소리" (Nagging / Scolded) with 2AM's Seulong for the TV show We Got Married. On June 27, 2010, IU won her first award since her debut on SBS Inkigayo for "Nagging." On July 2, 2010, she won another award for that song on KBS Music Bank K-Chart. Soon after, IU was chosen to sing the main OST song for the MBC drama Road No.1 titled "여자라서" (Because I'm A Woman). IU's other collaborations include duets with Yoo Seung Ho ("사랑을 믿어요" (Believe in Love)), Sung Shi Kyung ("그대네요" (It's You)), and Big Bang's Seungri ("I Know").

IU worked with some of South Korea's most famous musicians and producers for her third mini-album, REAL, released in December 2010. Lee Min Soo and Kim Lee Na, the creators of IU's previous hit "Nagging", helped produce her award-winning song "좋은 날" ("Good Day"), together with Shin Sa Dong Tiger and lyricist Choi Gab Won. IU received three SBS Inkigayo Mutizen awards for her performances of the song (on December 18 and December 26, 2010, and January 2, 2011), three awards from KBS Music Bank K-Chart (on December 24 and December 31, 2010, and January 7, 2011), and one award from Mnet M!Countdown on December 23, 2010.

IU often covers other pop artists' songs with her guitar and features her friend Thunder from MBLAQ, most notably renditions of SHINee "Juliette," Big Bang "Lies," Super Junior "Sorry, Sorry" and Girls' Generation "Gee."

Soribada, an online music service, combined the music downloads and streams from January 1 to March 30, 2011, to name IU's song, "Good Day" as the number one song of the first quarter. Her song "Someday" from KBS's Dream High OST and her ballad "The Story Only I Didn't Know" placed 4th and 7th place, respectively – showing that IU got 3 of the top 10 digital spots for the first quarter.

IU also recently also sang a self composed OST called "Hold my Hand" for drama series The Greatest Love.

IU's album Last Fantasy was released on November 29, 2011. The track list was revealed on November 22, 2011.

IU achieved an ‘all-kill’ with her new album Last Fantasy as all 13 songs immediately swept most of all the charts.

IU will be holding a live at Tokyo's Bunkamura Orchard Hall on January 24, 2012.

In August 2009, IU became a host for the new program Gom Music Chart on GomTV, a weekly show where South Korean netizens vote for their favorite songs on the charts. For a time, IU became a fixed guest on Super Junior's Kiss the Radio, Maybee's Raise the Volume, and MBC's Starry Night (hosted by Park Kyung-lim and Shin Young) and Chin Chin Radio (hosted by Taeyeon). Upon Taeyeon's departure, she was chosen as a temporary DJ for two weeks together with B2ST member Doojoon. IU is currently the VJ for MBC Game's Star for You as well as for GomTV's Starcraft 2 Global StarLeague, on which she introduces competing players. IU is also one of twelve original female cast members chosen for the SBS variety show Heroes.

IU has secured a number of endorsement deals, including the 2011 UNIONBAY clothing line (with Seo In-Kook), MyChew candy, and the action-riding game The Story of My Horse and I, Alicia. In 2011, IU became the next pop star spokesmodel for Mexicana Chicken. Samsung selected IU to represent their Anycall brand, previously endorsed by such stars as Lee Hyori, BoA, and Junki, stating "we believe that [IU] has the potential to create a big bang within the industry."

Most recently, IU had taken up a role as Kim Pil Suk in the KBS 2TV teen drama series Dream High.

On February 6, 2011, it was announced that IU would be a guest performer for British contemporary jazz & soul singer, Corinne Bailey Rae, during her 1st Korean concert. She has also recently been featured in K-Will's music video for his song "My Heart is Beating" along with MBLAQ's Lee Joon.

Earlier on, IU had been filming for SBS's Kiss & Cry, where singers show off their figure skating skills. However, she was eliminated on episode 8.

IU performed after the awards ceremony of the 2011 GSL Blizzard Cup finals, where she performed the songs "Good Day" and "You and I". This would not be the first time she would be involved in the GSL, as she also did the voice over for the player introductions and openers in previous seasons as well.

"Ana Layevska"

2012-01-17T11:33:00.000+07:00

Birthday : Jan 10, 1982
Birthplace :Kiev, Ukraine

Bio: Born Anna Laevskaya Rastsvetaeva on January 10, 1982 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, (now Ukraine), is a Russian-Mexican actress of telenovelas. Ana's family moved to Mexico when she was only nine years old. She has been tied to drama since then. She is fluent in Russian, Spanish and English. In Mexico Ana studied acting in the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa. Thanks to her skills she obtained some roles in novelas such as Preciosa (1998) and Amor gitano (1999).

Eventually, producer Pedro Damián called her to participate in telenovelas Primer amor: a 1000 x hora (2000), in which she shared credits with Anahí, Kuno Becker, Mauricio Islas, and Valentino Lanús. She won the TVyNovelas Award for best female revelation, as well as the Palmas de Oro prize in the same category.

In Mexico Ana studied acting in the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa. Thanks to her skills she obtained some roles in novelas such as Preciosa (1998) and Amor Gitano (1999), acting with Mauricio Islas and Mariana Seoane. Those were relatively small roles but they were good experience as well.

Eventually, producer Pedro Damián called her to participate in telenovelas Primer amor... a mil por hora (2000), in which she shared credits with Kuno Becker, Mauricio Islas, Valentino Lanús and Anahí. She won the TVyNovelas Award for best female revelation, as well as the Palmas de Oro prize in the same category.

In 2001, she starred in her first film, In the Time of the Butterflies, where she had the opportunity of acting with Salma Hayek and Edward James Olmos. In 2005, she participated in the reality TV show Bailando Por Un Sueño, where celebrities are paired with contestants in a dance-based competition. Despite being unpopular with the judges, she was saved from eviction three times by public telephone voting, eventually placing third overall.

Her most recent appearance is in the hit telenovela El Fantasma de Elena as Elena Calcaño from Telemundo Studios. She will be taking her second Main Villain role in Telemundo's Mi Corazón Insiste along side of Jencarlos Canela, Carmen Villalobos, and Angelica Maria. In 2012, she will be apart of Telemundo's Relaciones Peligrosas as Julieta, a Main Lead Role. Along side Sandra Echeverría, Rafael Amaya, & Sonya Smith.

Other than acting, Layevska also sings and plays two instruments: violin and piano. When she was younger, she took classes in classical music.

She is fluent in Russian, Ukrainian, Spanish and English. She stands at 5' 6½".

"Jogging Girl Dress Up"

2012-01-16T12:36:00.001+07:00

Description

Getting fit has never looked so fabulous!

How to Play

Click the sporty icons to browse the different workout clothes and accessories. Mix and match to create a super-cute outfit and dress up this athletic girl for a run through the park!

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"Bouncing Panda Law"

2012-01-16T12:36:00.000+07:00

Description

This bouncing panda must master the art of Kung-Fu…and fast!

How to Play

Click to drop Law the panda into a bamboo box, collecting scrolls along the way. Fill the bag with scrolls to progress to the next level.

http://www8.agame.com/games/flash/b/bouncing_panda_law/bouncing_panda_law.swf

"Lee Min Ho"

2012-01-14T18:13:00.000+07:00

Lee Min Ho (Hangul: 이민호, born June 22, 1987) is a South Korean actor who is best known for his leading role in 2009 as 'Gu Jun Pyo', the leader of the group of students known as F4, in the South Korean television series Boys Over Flowers. He started his career in small drama roles in 2006, but he came to prominence with his acting role in Boys Over Flowers. He has subsequently appeared in the 2010 romantic comedy drama Personal Taste and the 2011 action drama City Hunter.

Lee Min Ho was born in Heukseok-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, South Korea on June 22, 1987. His family consists of his mother, father, and one older sister. As a young child, Lee Min Ho hoped to become a football (soccer) player, but an injury in the 5th grade of elementary school ended those dreams. However, Lee Min Ho still keeps up with football and mentions Cristiano Ronaldo as his favorite player.

In the 2nd year of his high school career, Lee Min Ho turned his attention to acting. By the time of Lee Min Ho's senior year in high school he joined Starhaus Entertainment with the help of an acquaintance. After going through training, Min ho started auditioning for roles and landed smaller roles in several television dramas. In 2006, his acting career was put on hold for a year following a serious car accident in which he was badly injured. Childhood friend and fellow actor Jung Il Woo was also injured in the accident. His major breakthrough came in 2009 with Min Ho landing the lead role of Gu Jun-pyo in the KBS2 drama Boys Over Flowers with actress Goo Hye Sun, the Korean adaptation of the popular Japanese television drama Hana Yori Dango, which was based on the popular Shōjo manga, Boys Over Flowers (花より男子 Hana Yori Dango). The television series and its actors became immensely popular throughout Asia, and the show regularly received ratings of over 30% in South Korea. Lee Min Ho is majoring in Film & Art at Konkuk University. In 2011, he starred in the hit action drama City Hunter, which became the number one drama in its time slot, reaching 19.9% ratings. The show's popularity throughout Asia has also contributed to Lee Min Ho's growing popularity in Asia, most notably in China.

"Laurence Fishburne"

2012-01-14T18:12:00.001+07:00

Birthday : Jul 30, 1961
Birthplace : Augusta, Georgia, USA

Bio: Dramatic actor Laurence Fishburne gained widespread acclaim and an Oscar nomination for his gripping performance as the Svengali-like Ike Turner in the Tina Turner biopic What's Love Got to Do With It (1993) and went on to rack up an impressive string of credits playing leads and supporting roles on stage, screen, and television.Born in Augusta, GA, the sole child of a corrections officer and an educator, Fishburne was raised in Brooklyn following his parents' divorce. An unusually sensitive child with a natural gift for acting, he was taken to various New York stage auditions before landing his first professional role at the age of ten. Two years later, he made his feature film debut with a major role in Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975). A turning point in the young actor's career came when he lied about his age and won the role of a young Navy gunner in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now. On location in the Philippines, the teenage actor effectively bade farewell to childhood as he endured the many legendary problems that befell Coppola's production over the next two years. In between shooting days, Fishburne hung out with the adult actors, often exposing himself to their offscreen drinking and drugging antics.Back in Hollywood by the late '70s, he continued playing small supporting roles in features and on television. Like many black actors, he was frequently relegated to playing thugs and young hoodlums. He would continue to appear in Coppola productions like Rumble Fish (1983) and The Cotton Club (1984) throughout the 1980s. Wanting a change from playing heavies, he accepted a recurring role as friendly Cowboy Curtis opposite Paul Reubens on the loopy CBS children's series Pee-Wee's Playhouse. By the early '90s, Fishburne had begun to escape the stereotypical roles of his early career. In 1990, he played a psychotic hit man opposite Christopher Walken in Abel Ferrara's King of New York and a chess-playing hustler in Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993). Following his great success in the Tina Turner biopic, he became one of Hollywood's most prolific actors, appearing in films such as John Singleton's Higher Learning (1995). Fishburne, who had known Singleton when the latter was a security guard on the Pee-Wee's Playhouse set, had previously appeared in the director's debut film Boyz 'N the Hood (1991). After Higher Learning came Othello (1995) and Always Outnumbered, which he also produced. Fishburne had previously produced Hoodlum (1997), in which he also starred. In 1999, he stepped into blockbuster territory with his starring role in the stylish sci-fi action film The Matrix. Increasingly geared towards action films, Fishburne could be seen in the fast and furious motorcycle flick Biker Boyz as fans prepared for the release of the upcoming Matrix sequels. In addition to his work in cinema, Fishburne has established a distinguished stage career, winning a Tony Award in 1992, for his role in August Wilson's Two Trains Running. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi.

Fishburne provided the voice of Thrax in Osmosis Jones in 2001. Fishburne reprised his role as Morpheus in the Matrix sequels, The Matrix Reloaded, and The Matrix Revolutions in 2003. He briefly featured as a stretcher-bearer in one version of the video for The Spooks' song "Things I've Seen" (2000) and appeared with Tom Cruise as Theodore Brassell, IMF superior of Cruise's character in Mission: Impossible III.

Fishburne has worked with actress Angela Bassett on four projects. He said that "An electrifying thing happens when the two of us work together. I haven't experienced it with anyone else. A freedom happens when we work together." In 2006, they appeared onstage in a Pasadena Playhouse production of August Wilson's Fences.

He provided the voice of the narrator in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) movie, which was released on March 23, 2007. The same year, he provided the voice of the Silver Surfer in 2007 film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

On February 24, 2007, Fishburne was honored with the Harvard Foundation's Artist of the Year award at the annual show Cultural Rhythms. He received this honor for his prowess as an actor and entertainer and for his humanitarian pursuits. Fishburne is a UNICEF ambassador. The mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Mayor Kenneth Reeves awarded him the key to the city and declared February 24 "Laurence Fishburne" day in the city of Cambridge.

In April 2008, Fishburne returned to the stage in the Broadway production of Thurgood, a new play by George Stevens, Jr. Thurgood opened at the Booth Theatre on April 30, 2008. He won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show for his performance.

On August 18, 2008, it was reported that Laurence Fishburne would join the cast of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation after William Petersen (aka Gil Grissom) left the series. John Malkovich was also considered for the role prior to the announcement. Fishburne joined the show on the ninth episode of the 9th season as a college professor and former pathologist whose area of expertise involves some criminals' predisposition to commit acts of violence. The character was introduced as a consultant on a case ("19 Down"), who winds up joining the CSI team ("One to Go").

In May 2009, Fishburne performed on-stage in the National Memorial Day Concert on the Mall in Washington, D.C.

Fishburne starred in 2010's Predators.He co-starred with Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, and Marion Cotillard in Steven Soderbergh's Contagion (2011).

Fishburne also starred in a one-man play about Thurgood Marshall at the Kennedy Center.

On June 7, 2011, Fishburne announced that he was leaving C.S.I. to return to movies and theatre, opting not to renew his contract and would not appear in Season 12.

On August 2, 2011 it was announced that Fishburne had been cast in the role of Perry White in the Christopher Nolan produced, Zack Snyder directed Superman reboot Man of Steel. This will mark the first time that the character has been played by an African American actor. Personal life
Fishburne in September 2006.

Fishburne married actress Hajna O. Moss in 1985, in New York. They have two children together: a son, Langston, born in 1987, and a daughter, Montana, born in 1991. Hajna and Laurence divorced in the 1990s. In 2010, it was reported that Fishburne had cut ties with his daughter Montana Fishburne after she started making pornography.

Fishburne met actress Gina Torres while filming The Matrix Reloaded. He and Torres were engaged in February 2001 and married on September 22, 2002, at The Cloisters museum in New York City. On January 8, 2007, Fishburne's spokesman Alan Nierob announced the couple were expecting their first child together. A daughter, Delilah, was born to the couple in June 2007.

Fishburne lives in Hollywood and also maintains a residence in New York City, in the Castle Village Co-Op in the Hudson Heights section of Washington Heights. He is a big fan of Paulo Coelho and plans to produce a movie based on the novel The Alchemist.

"Pesankan Saya, Tempat Di Neraka!!"

2012-01-12T09:55:00.000+07:00

Sebuah kisahdimusim panas yang menyengat. Seorang kolumnis majalah Al Manar mengisahkannya. ..Musimpanas merupakan ujian yang cukup berat. Terutama bagi muslimah, untuk tetapmempertahankan pakaian kesopanannnya. Gerah dan panas tak lantas menjadikannyamenggadaikan akhlak. Berbeda dengan musim dingin, dengan menutup telinga danleher kehangatan badan bisa dijaga. Jilbab bisa sebagai multi fungsi.

Dalam sebuah perjalanan yang cukup panjang, Cairo-Alexandria; di sebuahmikrobus. Ada seorang perempuan muda berpakaian kurang layak untuk dideskripsikan sebagaipenutup aurat. Karena menantang
kesopanan. Ia duduk diujung kursi dekat pintu keluar. Tentu saja dengan carapakaian seperti itu mengundang 'perhatian' kalau bisa dibahasakan sebagaikeprihatinan sosial.Seorang bapak setengah baya yang kebetulan dudukdisampingnya mengingatkan. Bahwa pakaian seperti itu bisa mengakibatkan sesuatuyang tak baik bagi dirinya. Disamping pakaian seperti itu juga melanggar aturanagama dan norma kesopanan.

Tahukah Anda apa respon perempuan muda tersebut? Dengan ketersinggungan yangsangat ia mengekspresikan kemarahannya. Karena merasa privasinya terusik. Hakberpakaian menurutnya adalah hak
prerogatif seseorang.

"Jika memang bapak mau, ini ponsel saya. Tolong pesankan saya, tempat di nerakaTuhan Anda!!” Sebuah respon yang sangat frontal. Dan sang bapak pun hanyaberistighfar. Ia terus menggumamkan
kalimat-kalimat Allah.

Detik-detik berikutnya suasanapun hening. Beberapa orang terlihat kelelahan danterlelap dalam mimpinya. Tak terkecuali perempuan muda itu. Hingga sampailahperjalanan dipenghujung tujuan. Di terminal
akhir mikrobus Alexandria .Kini semua penumpang bersiap-siap untuk turun. Tapi mereka terhalangi olehperempuan muda tersebut yang masih terlihat tertidur. Ia berada didekat pintukeluar. "Bangunkan saja!"
begitu kira-kira permintaan para penumpang.

Tahukah apa yang terjadi. Perempuan muda tersebut benar-benar tak bangun lagi.Ia menemui ajalnya. Dan seisi mikrobus tersebut terus beristighfar,menggumamkan kalimat Allah sebagaimana yang dilakukan bapak tua yang dudukdisampingnya.

Sebuah akhir yang menakutkan. Mati dalam keadaan menantang Tuhan.
Seandainya tiap orang mengetahui akhir hidupnya....
Seandainya tiap orang menyadari hidupnya bisa berakhir setiap saat...
Seandainya tiap orang takut bertemu dengan Tuhannya dalam
keadaan yang buruk...

Seandainya tiap orang tahu bagaimana kemurkaan Allah...
Sungguh Allah masih menyayangi kita yang masih terus dibimbing-Nya.
Allah akan semakin mendekatkan orang-orang yang dekat
denganNYA semakin dekat.

Dan mereka yang terlena seharusnya segera sadar... mumpung kesempatan itu masihada.

Sumber: Cerita dari Mesir "Pesankan Saya, Tempat di Neraka!!"

"Penyakit Kaki Gajah (Filariasis atau Elephantiasis)"

2012-01-11T10:06:00.001+07:00

Penyakit Kaki Gajah (Filariasis atau Elephantiasis) adalah golongan penyakit menular yang disebabkan oleh cacing Filaria yang ditularkan melalui berbagai jenis nyamuk. Setelah tergigit nyamuk, parasit (larva) akan menjalar dan ketika sampai pada jaringan sistem lympa maka berkembanglah menjadi penyakit tersebut.

Penyakit ini bersifat menahun (kronis) dan bila tidak mendapatkan pengobatan, dapat menimbulkan cacat menetap berupa pembesaran kaki, lengan dan alat kelamin baik perempuan maupun laki-laki. Penyakit Kaki Gajah bukanlah penyakit yang mematikan, namun demikian bagi penderita mungkin menjadi sesuatu yang dirasakan memalukan bahkan dapat mengganggu aktifitas sehari-hari.

Penyakit Kaki Gajah umumnya banyak terdapat pada wilayah tropis. Menurut info dari WHO, urutan negara yang terdapat penderita mengalami penyakit kaki gajah adalah Asia Selatan (India dan Bangladesh), Afrika, Pasifik dan Amerika. Belakangan banyak pula terjadi di negara Thailand dan Indonesia (Asia Tenggara).

Penularan Penyakit Kaki Gajah

Penyakit ini ditularkan melalui nyamuk yang menghisap darah seseorang yang telah tertular sebelumnya. Darah yang terinfeksi dan mengandung larva dan akan ditularkan ke orang lain pada saat nyamuk yang terinfeksi menggigit atau menghisap darah orang tersebut.

Tidak seperti Malaria dan Demam berdarah, Filariasis dapat ditularkan oleh 23 spesies nyamuk dari genus Anopheles, Culex, Mansonia, Aedes & Armigeres. Karena inilah, Filariasis dapat menular dengan sangat cepat.

Tanda dan Gejala Penyakit Kaki Gajah

Seseorang yang terinfeksi penyakit kaki gajah umumnya terjadi pada usia kanak-kanak, dimana dalam waktu yang cukup lama (bertahun-tahun) mulai dirasakan perkembangannya.

Adapun gejala akut yang dapat terjadi antara lain :

Demam berulang-ulang selama 3-5 hari, demam dapat hilang bila istirahat dan muncul lagi setelah bekerja berat
Pembengkakan kelenjar getah bening (tanpa ada luka) didaerah lipatan paha, ketiak (lymphadenitis) yang tampak kemerahan, panas dan sakit
Radang saluran kelenjar getah bening yang terasa panas dan sakit yang menjalar dari pangkal kaki atau pangkal lengan kearah ujung (retrograde lymphangitis)
Filarial abses akibat seringnya menderita pembengkakan kelenjar getah bening, dapat pecah dan mengeluarkan nanah serta darah
Pembesaran tungkai, lengan, buah dada, buah zakar yang terlihat agak kemerahan dan terasa panas (early lymphodema)
Sedangkan gejala kronis dari penyakit kaki gajah yaitu berupa pembesaran yang menetap (elephantiasis) pada tungkai, lengan, buah dada, buah zakar (elephantiasis skroti).

Pemeriksaan Diagnostik Penyakit Kaki Gajah

Penyakit kaki gajah ini umumnya terdeteksi melalui pemeriksaan mikroskopis darah, Sampai saat ini hal tersebut masih dirasakan sulit dilakukan karena microfilaria hanya muncul dan menampilkan diri dalam darah pada waktu malam hari selama beberapa jam saja (nocturnal periodicity).

Selain itu, berbagai methode pemeriksaan juga dilakukan untuk mendiagnosa penyakit kaki gajah. Diantaranya ialah dengan system yang dikenal sebagai Penjaringan membran, Metode konsentrasi Knott dan Teknik pengendapan.

Metode pemeriksaan yang lebih mendekati kearah diagnosa dan diakui oleh pihak WHO adalah dengan jalan pemeriksaan sistem "Tes kartu", Hal ini sangatlah sederhana dan peka untuk mendeteksi penyebaran parasit (larva). Yaitu dengan cara mengambil sample darah sistem tusukan jari droplets diwaktu kapanpun, tidak harus dimalam hari.

Penanganan dan Pengobatan Penyakit Kaki Gajah

Tujuan utama dalam penanganan dini terhadap penderita penyakit kaki gajah adalah membasmi parasit atau larva yang berkembang dalam tubuh penderita, sehingga tingkat penularan dapat ditekan dan dikurangi.

Dietilkarbamasin {diethylcarbamazine (DEC)} adalah satu-satunya obat filariasis yang ampuh baik untuk filariasis bancrofti maupun malayi, bersifat makrofilarisidal dan mikrofilarisidal. Obat ini tergolong murah, aman dan tidak ada resistensi obat. Penderita yang mendapatkan terapi obat ini mungkin akan memberikan reaksi samping sistemik dan lokal yang bersifat sementara dan mudah diatasi dengan obat simtomatik.

Dietilkarbamasin tidak dapat dipakai untuk khemoprofilaksis. Pengobatan diberikan oral sesudah makan malam, diserap cepat, mencapai konsentrasi puncak dalam darah dalam 3 jam, dan diekskresi melalui air kemih. Dietilkarbamasin tidak diberikan pada anak berumur kurang dari 2 tahun, ibu hamil/menyusui, dan penderita sakit berat atau
dalam keadaan lemah.

Namun pada kasus penyakit kaki gajah yang cukup parah (sudah membesar) karena tidak terdeteksi dini, selain pemberian obat-obatan tentunya memerlukan langkah lanjutan seperti tindakan operasi.

Pencegahan Penyakit Kaki Gajah

Bagi penderita penyakit gajah diharapkan kesadarannya untuk memeriksakan kedokter dan mendapatkan penanganan obat-obtan sehingga tidak menyebarkan penularan kepada masyarakat lainnya. Untuk itulah perlu adanya pendidikan dan pengenalan penyakit kepada penderita dan warga sekitarnya.

Pemberantasan nyamuk diwilayah masing-masing sangatlah penting untuk memutus mata rantai penularan penyakit ini. Menjaga kebersihan lingkungan merupakan hal terpenting untuk mencegah terjadinya perkembangan nyamuk diwilayah tersebut.

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"Diane Kruger"

2012-01-10T09:46:00.001+07:00

Diane Kruger (born 15 July 1976) is a German actressand former fashion model. She is known for roles such as Helen in Troy,Dr. Abigail Chase in National Treasure and its sequel, Bridget vonHammersmark in Inglourious Basterds, Anna in Mr. Nobody, and Gina in Unknown.

She was born as Diane Heidkrüger in Algermissen,Germany, near Hildesheim,the daughter of a computer specialist Hans-Heinrich Heidkrüger, and his wife,Maria-Theresa, a bank employee. Shewas raised Roman Catholic andattended Catholic school.
She was raised in Germanywith her younger brother, Stefan. Her mother sent her to student exchangeprograms when she was a teenager to improve her English.As a child, Kruger wanted to become a ballerina and successfully auditioned forthe Royal Ballet School in London. However, after an injury ended herballet career prematurely, Kruger moved to Paris and turned her energy toward modeling.

Kruger soon became interested in acting and took lessons at the CoursFlorent. She landed some small appearances in several French films. Shemade her onscreen debut in 2002, opposite DennisHopper and Christopher Lambert in The Piano Player,a TV-movie by Jean-Pierre Roux. Her first major role was the same year when shestarred in her then husband's directorial debut Mon Idole.
She played Julie Wood in 2003's Michel Valliant and Lisa in Wicker Park (2004), alongside JoshHartnett and Rose Byrne. One of her most notable roles to date isher portrayal of Helen of Sparta in WolfgangPetersen's epic Troy. She was ranked 50th on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2005. In2004, Kruger starred with Nicolas Cage and Sean Bean(who co-starred with her in Troy) in the film National Treasure, going on to appearin movies Joyeux Noël (2005) and Copying Beethoven (2006). She reprisedher role as Dr. Abigail Chase in National Treasure: Book of Secrets,released in December 2007.

Kruger was the hostess of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2009, she co-starred as a German actress turned Allied saboteur in QuentinTarantino's film Inglourious Basterds. Kruger starred in2011 in the Liam Neeson film Unknown alongside JanuaryJones.
In December 2009, she announced the nominations of the 67th Golden GlobeAwards and also picked up nominations from the Screen Actors Guild for BestSupporting Actress and OutstandingPerformance by a Cast of a Motion Picture for her role in InglouriousBasterds.
Kruger played Anna in Jaco Van Dormael's Mr. Nobody, which was mostly funded throughEuropean financiers, and was given limited release in certain countries in2010.Critical response has praised the film's artistry and Kruger's acting.Shewas nominated the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the 66th Venice International FilmFestival for her performance.
Kruger made a cameo appearance in an April 2010 episode of the Fox show Fringe, in which her boyfriend, actor JoshuaJackson is a star. In 2010, Kruger also appeared in Mark Ronson'smusic video for "Somebody to Love Me", where sheplays BoyGeorge. In 2011, it was announced that she had replaced Eva Greenin the role of Marie Antoinette in the French-language movie, LesAdieux à la Reine.

She married French actor and director GuillaumeCanet on 1 September 2001. They acted together in 2005's Joyeux Noël,but divorced in 2006. She has been in a relationship with JoshuaJackson since 2006.Besides German, Kruger speaks English and French fluently. She is a friend offashion designer Karl Lagerfeld.Kruger divides her time between Paris and Vancouver.

"Abbie Cornish"

2012-01-10T09:45:00.000+07:00

Abbie Cornish (born 7 August 1982) is an Australian actress. She is well known in Australia for a number of film and television roles, particularly her award-winning lead performance in 2004's Somersault, and internationally for her role as Fanny Brawne in Bright Star and her appearance as Sweet Pea in Sucker Punch.

Her career began at the age of thirteen, when she began taking jobs as a model after reaching the finals of a Dolly Magazine competition. By the time she was sixteen, Cornish was juggling television acting roles with studying for her Higher School Certificate, with the intention of pursuing a career as a veterinarian. In 1999, Cornish was awarded the Australian Film Institute Young Actor's Award for her role in the ABC's television show Wildside and was soon offered her first role in a feature film, The Monkey's Mask.

In 2004, Cornish appeared in the award-winning short film Everything Goes with Hugo Weaving. She received the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Actress at the FCCA and IF Awards and Best Breakthrough Performance at the 2005 Miami International Film Festival for her role in 2004's Somersault, the film which raised her to international prominence. Cornish received widespread critical acclaim for her role in 2006's Candy, which she starred in opposite Heath Ledger. She has also starred in A Good Year, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Kimberly Peirce's latest movie, Stop-Loss. In April 2010, Cornish was cast in Limitless, the film adaptation of the novel The Dark Fields, directed by Neil Burger and also starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro. The film was released in March 2011.

Cornish narrated Zack Snyder's film Sucker Punch, that stars her together with Emily Browning and others, at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International.

Cornish will play the role of Wally in Madonna's film W.E. about Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. The shooting began 5 July 2010 in Britain, and the film premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 1, 2011.

"Hard Rock Racing"

2012-01-09T11:17:00.002+07:00

Description

Rock the race to a hardcore soundtrack!

How to Play

Left/Right = Steer Up/Down = Accelerate & Brake Space = Fire Missiles C = Drop Mines R = Reset Car Shift = Rear View Beat your competitors to the finish line. A little bit of cheating never hurt anybody (much)... The 3D features in this game require a Unity plug-in. Download it now for an amazing gaming experience!

http://www8.agame.com/mirror/unity/Hard_rock_racing/us.html

"Kukoo Machines"

2012-01-09T11:17:00.000+07:00

Description

Fry up some tasty space grub for your hungry customers!

How to Play

Click to fill your intergalactic customers' fast-food orders as quickly and as accurately as possible—all with the help of these fabulous, futuristic machines! Reach your goals to complete each mission and cook your way across the galaxy!

http://www8.agame.com/mirror/flash/k/kukoo_machines/Kukoo_Machines_Spil_a2_secure.swf

"Hugh Michael Jackman"

2012-01-08T19:39:00.004+07:00

Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor and producer who is involved in film, musical theatre, and television.

Jackman has won international recognition for his roles in major films, notably as action/superhero, period and romance characters. He is known for his role as Wolverine in the X-Men series, as well as for his leads in Kate & Leopold, Van Helsing, The Prestige, Australia, and Real Steel. Jackman is a singer, dancer, and actor in stage musicals, and won a Tony Award for his role in The Boy from Oz.

In November 2008, Open Salon named Jackman one of the sexiest men alive. Later that same month, People magazine named Jackman "Sexiest Man Alive."

A three-time host of the Tony Awards, winning an Emmy Award for one of these appearances, Jackman also hosted the 81st Academy Awards on 22 February 2009.

Jackman was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the youngest of five children of English parents Chris Jackman and Grace Watson, and the second child to be born in Australia (he also has a younger half sister, from his mother's re-marriage). One of his paternal great-grandfathers was Greek. His parents divorced when he was eight, and he remained with his accountant father and siblings, while his mother moved back to England. As a child, Jackman liked the outdoors, spending a lot of time at the beach and on camping trips and vacations all over Australia. He wanted to see the world: "I used to spend nights looking at atlases. I decided I wanted to be a chef on a plane. Because I'd been on a plane and there was food on board, I presumed there was a chef. I thought that would be an ideal job."

Jackman went to primary school at Pymble Public School and later attended the all-boys Knox Grammar School, where he starred in its production of My Fair Lady in 1985, and became the captain of the school in 1986. Following graduation, he spent a gap year working at Uppingham School in England. On his return, he studied at the University of Technology, Sydney, graduating in 1991 with a BA in Communications. In his final year of university, he took a drama course to make up additional credits. The class did Václav Havel's The Memorandum with Jackman as the lead. He later commented, "In that week I felt more at home with those people than I did in the entire three years [at university]".

After obtaining his BA, Jackman completed the one-year course "The Journey" at the Actors' Centre in Sydney. About studying acting full-time, he stated, "It wasn't until I was 22 that I ever thought about my hobby being something I could make a living out of. As a boy, I'd always had an interest in theater. But the idea at my school was that drama and music were to round out the man. It wasn't what one did for a living. I got over that. I found the courage to stand up and say, 'I want to do it'." After completing "The Journey", he was offered a role on the popular soap opera Neighbours but turned it down to attend the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts of Edith Cowan University in Perth, Western Australia, from which he graduated in 1994.

Jackman has said he "always loved acting but when I started at drama school I was like the dunce of the class. It just wasn’t coming right to me. Everyone was cooler, everyone seemed more likely to succeed, everyone seemed more natural at it and in retrospect I think that is good. I think it is good to come from behind as an actor. I think it is good to go into an audition thinking 'Man I’ve got to be at my best to get this gig.'"

On the night of his final Academy graduation performance, Jackman received a phone call offering him a role on Correlli: "I was technically unemployed for thirteen seconds." Correlli, devised by Australian actress Denise Roberts, was a 10-part drama series on ABC, Jackman's first major professional job, and where he met his future wife Deborra-Lee Furness: "Meeting my wife was the greatest thing to come out of it." The show lasted only one season.

After Correlli Jackman went on the stage in Melbourne. In 1996, Jackman played Gaston in the local Walt Disney production of Beauty and the Beast, and Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard. During his stage musical career in Melbourne, he starred in the 1998 Midsumma festival cabaret production Summa Cabaret. He also hosted Melbourne's Carols by Candlelight and Sydney's Carols in the Domain.

Jackman's early film work includes Erskineville Kings and Paperback Hero (1999), and his television work includes Law of the Land, Halifax f.p., Blue Heelers, and Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River.

After 2003's X2: X-Men United, Jackman played the title role of monster killer Gabriel Van Helsing in the 2004 film Van Helsing. Jackman and the film were noted in Bruce A. McClelland's book "Slayers and Their Vampires: A Cultural History of Killing the Dead".

Jackman was one of the choices to play James Bond in 2006's Casino Royale, but eventually lost out to Daniel Craig. Jackman starred in the 2006 film The Prestige, directed by Christopher Nolan and co-starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, and Scarlett Johansson. As Robert Angier, Jackman portrayed a magician who built up a rivalry with contemporary Alfred Borden in attempt to one-up each other in the art of deception. Jackman stated that his main reason for doing The Prestige was to work with the musician David Bowie, who played scientist Nikola Tesla.
Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds (right) at the X-Men Origins: Wolverine premiere in Tempe, Arizona (2009)

Jackman portrayed three different characters in Darren Aronofsky's science-fiction film The Fountain: Tommy Creo, a neuroscientist, who's torn between his wife, Izzi (Rachel Weisz) who is dying of a brain tumor, and his work at trying to cure her; Captain Tomas Creo, a Spanish Conquistador in 1532 Seville; and a future astronaut, Tom, travelling to a golden nebula in an eco-spacecraft seeking to be reunited with Izzi. Jackman said The Fountain was his most difficult film thus far due to the physical and emotional demands of the part.

Jackman also starred in Woody Allen's 2006 film Scoop opposite Scarlett Johansson. That year he also reprised the role of Wolverine in X-Men: The Last Stand. He rounded out 2006 with two animated films: Happy Feet, directed by George Miller, in which he voiced the part of Memphis, an emperor penguin; and Flushed Away, where Jackman supplied the voice of a rat named Roddy who ends up being flushed down a family's toilet into the London sewer system. Flushed Away co-starred Kate Winslet and Ian McKellen (Jackman's fourth time working with him).

In 2007, Jackman produced and guest-starred in the television musical-dramedy series Viva Laughlin, which was canceled by CBS after two episodes. Jackman's 2008 movies included Deception (which he starred in and produced), Uncle Jonny, and Australia.

Jackman's X-Men sequel film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, opened in 2009.

Jackman had a one-man show at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco from 3–15 May 2011. The production was a mixture of his favorite Broadway and Hollywood musical numbers, backed by a 17-piece orchestra, from shows including Oklahoma and The Boy from Oz. The show had a run-time of approximately 100 minutes, and also included slide shows of Jackman's youth, family, and work, as well as some one-on-one interaction with the audience. Jackman was backed by fellow musical theatre veterans Merle Dandridge and Angel Reda.

Director Lee Daniels has confirmed Jackman has joined the cast of his upcoming film Selma, a film about Martin Luther King Jr. and Lyndon Baines Johnson and the civil rights marches.
On 27 January 2011, DreamWorks announced that Jackman will star in the film Rise of the Guardians, scheduled to be released on 21 November 2012.
Jackman has been cast in Movie 43, an upcoming 2012 ensemble comedy.
Jackman will star as Jean Valjean in the film Les Misérables, an adaptation of the musical.

Jackman married Deborra-Lee Furness on 11 April 1996. They met on Correlli, an Australian television series. Jackman personally designed an engagement ring for Furness, and their wedding rings bore the Sanskrit inscription "Om paramar mainamar", translated as "we dedicate our union to a greater source".

Furness had two miscarriages, following which she and Jackman adopted two children, Oscar Maximillian (born 15 May 2000) and Ava Eliot (born 10 July 2005).

"Sederhanakan Hidupmu, Teman!"

2012-01-05T10:45:00.001+07:00

Temansaya kemarin bercerita kepada saya (curhat lebih tepatnya, hehe). Dia berceritatentang perjuangan dia untuk mendapatkan sang pujaan hatinya yang sudah lamadia kejar. Akan tetapi, ketika dia sudah mengeluarkan seluruh tenaga, pikiran,waktu, uang, strategi, serta berulang kali menyatakan cintanya kepada sangpujaan hati, tapi tetep saja hasilnya mentok juga.

Lalu sayaspontan bilang ke dia ketika dia sudah selesai bercerita, "Ya sudah! Gakusah dikejar lagi toh! Wong kamu juga sudah berusaha! Simple-kan hidup loe,friend! Kalo dia ga mau, ya sudah cari yang lain, gak usah ngoyo dan berpikirribet."

Saya mengatakanitu, walaupun kedengarannya sedikit kasar, tetapi untuk kebaikan dia juga.Begitu juga dengan permasalahan kehidupan kita sehari-hari. Banyak sekalihal-hal kompleks yang sebenarnya tidak perlu diperdalam lagi.

Kalausudah terlanjut pusing, ya sudah jalan keluarnya adalah SIMPLE-kan masalahmu!Kalau di atas masalahnya sedikit "berat", saya akan kasih contohsederhana.

Misalnya,kamu terlambat datang ke kampus atau sekolah sehingga ketinggalan sebuah matakuliah atau pelajaran. Ya tak usah dipikirkan dengan sangat menyesal sampaihampir bunuh diri. Simple-kan! Kamu SMS teman kamu saja untuk mencatat lengkapapa yang diajarkan oleh dosen, lalu ketika kelas sudah bubar, ya kamu catatulang. Simple 'kan? Misalnya juga kamu mendapat masalah di perkerjaan, lalukena PHK. Ya sudah simple-kan masalahnya. Segera cari pekerjaan lain atau cobabuka usaha sendiri dengan meminjam modalnya.

Intinyaberpikir simple saja, dan cepat-cepat cari solusinya, biar waktu tidak terbuangpercuma karena kamu hanya memikirkan masalahnya saja.

Saya akanambil ilustrasi terakhir (saya tahu ini dari kerabat dekat saya). Bagaimanacara makan gajah? Apa makan sekaligus atau dimakan kecil-kecil dulu? Pastinyajawabannya kecil-kecil dulu, kupingnya dulu, lalu hidungnya, mungkin lalu makankakinya, sampai akhirnya semua habis. Nah cerita ilustrasi ini bisa kamupraktikkan dalam konteks masalah sehari-hari. Jika kamu dibebankan perkerjaandari bos atau tugas dari sekolah yang besar dan susah, mari sederhanakan! Kamubisa mengerjakan yang kamu anggap mudah terlebih dahulu. "Makan"yangkecil-kecil dulu, setahap demi setahap, sampai tidak terasa kalau tugas ataumasalahmu yang besar itu sudah selesai!

Teman-teman,di luar itu, membuat pola pikir kita menjadi simple juga tidak mudah. Makanya,coba deh memikirkan sesuatu dari hal-hal yang kecil dulu, atau dari hal yangada di sekitar kamu dulu saja. Enggak usah langsung memikirkan yangsusah-susah.

Selamatmencoba, kawan :D

Sumber :Erifson Jenando

"Penyakit Tulang Kaki"

2012-01-04T09:39:00.000+07:00

Tidak semua orang tahu dan menyadari akan bahaya penyakit tulang kaki, bukannya saya menakuti namun kita harus tetap waspada secara dini sebelum penyakit ini menyerang Anda.

Biasanya penyakit ini menyerang Anda yang telah berusia lanjut (diatas 50 tahun) namun tidak menutup kemungkinan Anda-pun yang masih muda dapat terserang penyakit ini.

Untuk itu Anda harus tahu tanda-tanda untuk penyakit ini:

Keseleo
Patah tulang
Arthritis
Nekrois aseptik
Nyeri pada tulang rawan
Sendi kaku saat bangun tidur dan penderita sangat sulit untuk bergerak dan beraktifitas

Lalu setelah itu, Anda-pun harus tahu penyebab penyakit tulang kaki ini, karena ini mungkin dapat menyelamatkan Anda hari ini. Penyebab penyakit tulang kaki adalah:

Gemar memakai hak sepatu tinggi, karena kaki akan berdiri tidak sebagaimana mestinya, melainkan kaki seperti berjinjit hingga tumit belakang terangkat dan menyebabkan kaki terpaksa menahannya.
Tidak suka mengkonsumsi kalsium. Kebanyakan wanita tidak menyukai susu, alasan mereka adalah masalah berat badan, padahal susu dapat meningkatkan produksi kalsium dalam tubuh Anda. Karena fakta inilah kenapa wanita lebih rentan terserang penyakit ini dibandingkan laki-laki, maka untuk itu saya sarankan Anda untuk banyak meminum susu rendah lemak untuk meningkatkan kalsium dalam tubuh Anda. Anda bisa mengkonsumsi susu kedelai.
Peradangan pada tulang. Kemungkinan Penyebabnya adalah karena terjadinya asam urat pada tubuh.

Karena mencegah lebih baik daripada mengobati, dibawah ini tips agar Anda tidak beresiko terserang penyakit tulang kaki.

Kata Bang H Rhoma Irama; jangan begadang kalau tiada artinya, ini karena banyak begadang dapat membuat tubuh Anda lemah dan rentan terserang penyakit tulang kaki.
Kurangi mengkosnsumsi kafein, biasanya kafein banyak mengandung di dalam kopi, untuk itu mengkonsumsi terlalu banyak kopi juga bahaya untuk tulang kaki Anda
Walaupun waktu adalah uang, bukan berarti waktu Anda habiskan untuk bekerja tanpa mengenal lelah sehingga Anda tidak memperhatikan keadaan tubuh Anda yang terus melemah.
Walaupun olahraga dapat menyehatkan tubuh Anda, namun tidak semua olahraga dapat membuat anda sehat, yaitu olahraga yang terlalu memaksakan diri, misalnya olahraga yang tidak sesuai dengan porsinya, alias terlalu keras karena terobsesi ingin sehat. Olahraga itu antara lain, volley, bulutangkis, bela diri, basket, dan bola
Kalau Anda seorang wanita saya sarankan Jangan terlalu sering memakai sepatu tinggi yang dapat membuat kaki Anda cidera
Seringlah mengkonsumsi susu rendah lemak seperti susu kedlai
Kalau Anda tidak ingin mengkonsumsi susu berlebih, Makan sayuran dan buah-buahan juga boleh karena disalamnya mengandung lebih banyak kalsium

Lalu bagaimana Kalau Anda yang tekah terserang penyakit ini, adakah cara mengobatinya? Insya Allah semua penyakit ada obatnya, silahkan lakukan tips berikut:

Perbanyaklah banyak mengkonsumsi vitamin yang mengandung zat kapur atau kalsium.
Mandilah dengan air hangat, pijatlah dengan lembut kaki yang terasa sakit, lalu lakukan latihan peregangan sesering mungkin agar tulang Anda lentur.
Kompres dengan es, cara ini dapat mengurangi rasa nyeri pada tulang, dan mengurangi fungsi enzim.
Pakailah obat sesuai resep dari doktor, konsumsi obat anti inflamasi. Obat dari doktor dapat membantu Anda untuk mengurangi sakit dan pembengkakan pada tulang. Namun obat bukanlah penyembuh setiap penyaki, Tuhanlah yang menyembuhkan kita jadi banyaklah berdo’a dan berikhtiar.
Pola hidup sehat harus tetap Anda lakukan, makanan empat sehat lima sempurna juga harus diterapkan agar tubuh Anda selalu sehat.

Ingat! Jangan menganggap remeh masalah nyeri pada tulang kaki Anda, segera hubungi doktor spesialis untuk konsultasi dan meminta pengobatan.

Sumber : AnneAhira.com

"Evan Rachel Wood"

2012-01-03T11:02:00.000+07:00

Birthday
Sep 7, 1987
Birthplace
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Bio: She began acting in the late 1990s, appearing in several television roles, including American Gothic and Once and Again. Wood made her debut as a lead film actress in 2002's Little Secrets, and became well known after her Golden Globe-nominated role in Thirteen, which gained her critical praise. She has since starred in several independent films, including Pretty Persuasion and Down in the Valley, and has several more starring roles in films yet to be released.

In September 2006, Wood received Premiere magazine's "Spotlight Award for Emerging Talent." Also in 2006, she was described by The Guardian as being "wise beyond her years" and as "one of the best actresses of her generation."

Later in 2006, Wood appeared with an all-star ensemble cast as Natalie Finch in the Golden Globe-nominated 2006 comedy-drama film Running with Scissors. Directed by Ryan Murphy and starring Annette Bening, the film was based on the memoir by Augusten Burroughs, which is a semi-autobiographical account of Burroughs' childhood in a dysfunctional family. Wood was awarded the 2007 Cannes Film Festival Chopard Trophy for Female Revelation for her performance.

Wood had roles in two films released in September 2007. King of California, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, a story of a bipolar jazz musician (Michael Douglas) and his long-suffering teenage daughter, Miranda (Wood), who are reunited after his two-year stay in a mental institution and who embark on a quixotic search for Spanish treasure. One review praised Wood's performance as "excellent".

Across the Universe, a Julie Taymor-directed musical that was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award and was set in Liverpool, New York City, and Vietnam, focused on the tribulations of several characters during the counter-cultural revolution of the 1960s. It was set to the songs of The Beatles. Wood, who has described the music of The Beatles as a major part of her life, played Lucy, who develops a relationship with Jude (Jim Sturgess). The film featured her singing musical numbers and she describes the role as her favorite, calling director Julie Taymor "one of the most amazing directors out there." One critic wrote that "Wood brings much-needed emotional depth."

Wood provided the voice of an alien named Mala, a mechanically inclined free-thinker, in Battle for Terra, a 2008 computer-animated science fiction film about a peaceful alien planet that faces destruction from colonization by the displaced remainder of the human race. The film won the 2008 Grand Prize at the Ottawa International Animation Festival. The film showed at the San Francisco International Film Festival, where she received an award at the Midnight Awards along with Elijah Wood.

Wood starred in 2008's Vadim Perelman-directed The Life Before Her Eyes, based on the Laura Kasischke novel of the same name, about the friendship of two teens of opposite character who are involved in a Columbine-like shooting incident at their school and are forced to make an impossible choice. Wood played the younger version of Uma Thurman's character, Diana. One critic cited her performance as "hands-down extraordinary". Wood stated that she intended the film to be the last one in which she played a teenager.

In the same year, she also co-starred in director Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler, winner of the Golden Lion Award for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival, about Randy "Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke), a professional wrestler from the 1980s who is forced to retire after a heart attack threatens to kill him the next time he wrestles. Wood played Stephanie, Randy "Ram" Robinson's estranged daughter. Of her performance, one critic wrote, "Once her character stops stonewalling her father and hears him out, Wood provides a fine foil for Rourke in their turbulent scenes together."

Wood has a role in Woody Allen's Whatever Works, which premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. She plays the young wife of Larry David's character. In May 2009, she played Juliet in six fundraising performances of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at the Theater In The Park. The production was directed by her brother, who also starred.

Wood had a recurring role in the second and third seasons of the HBO supernatural drama series, True Blood, from 2009 to 2011 as Sophie-Anne Leclerq. She appeared at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2010. Wood had a role in the film The Conspirator, which premiered at Ford's Theatre in Washington D. C. in April, 2011, directed by Robert Redford (about the conspiracy surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln). She also had a role in The Ides of March.

Wood has described her religion as Jewish (her mother is a convert to Judaism and her father is Christian). She briefly attended Cary Elementary, a public school in Cary, North Carolina. She was home-schooled and received her high school diploma at age 15. Wood has a black belt in taekwondo.

In 2007, Wood's relationship with Marilyn Manson became public. The two met at a party at the Chateau Marmont Hotel; Wood has stated that she was attracted to Manson's frequent use of black eye liner and once described their relationship as "healthy and loving." Two portraits of Wood, painted by Manson, have been exhibited at the Celebritarian Corporation Gallery of Fine Art. Wood is also the inspiration behind Manson's song "Heart-Shaped Glasses", and she appeared with Manson in the song's music video. Manson has said that Wood's appearance in the film was the highest-paid music video role ever. It was reported in early January 2010 that the couple was engaged to be married. On August 17, 2010, People magazine reported that the couple had ended their engagement earlier that month.

In April 2011, Wood came out as bisexual in an interview with Esquire.

"Burger Restaurant 3"

2012-01-02T10:11:00.000+07:00

Description

Quirkier customers, ethnic dishes--burger restaurant is going on a world tour!

How to Play

Use your mouse to navigate the kitchen, preparing and serving customers as quickly as possible and collecting their cash. If you get it wrong, throw it away--but this wastes money!

http://www8.agame.com/games/flash/b/burger_restaurant_3/burger_restaurant_3_gamesgames_com.swf

"Taxi Madness"

2012-01-02T10:10:00.005+07:00

Crash 'em, bash 'em, and wreak some crazy cabbie havoc...

How to Play:

Left/Right = Dodge Traffic
Down = Brake
Space = Jump

Jump and dodge your way through traffic on a wild journey around the world. Collect awesome power-ups and cash to upgrade your taxi at the store.

http://www.agame.com/game/taxi-madness.html

"Ryan Gosling"

2012-01-01T18:58:00.000+07:00

Birthday
Nov 12, 1980
Birthplace
London, Ontario, Canada

Bio: Despite his confident good looks and his role as the son of Zeus on television's popular Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Ryan Gosling ironically used to get chuckles by donning a Speedo and flexing like a professional weightlifter as a scrawny six-year-old. Born in London, Ontario, Canada, in November 1980, and raised in nearby Cornwall, Gosling was withdrawn for private schooling early on due to harassment by his classmates. Quickly learning the value of confidence, the bright youngster focused his energy into acting and landed a two-year role on The Mickey Mouse Club at age 12. Soon moving on to television commercials and roles in such films as Disney's Frankenstein and Me (1996), Gosling returned to television in 1997 for the short-lived Breaker High before finding more sturdy television ground in his Hercules role the following year. Since then, the actor has tackled increasingly challenging roles such as his turn as a conflicted Jewish student in The Believer (2001) and as a teen who commits murder in the name of mercy in The United States of Leland (2002). That same year, the increasingly busy Gosling starred in both The Slaughter Rule, and alongside Sandra Bullock in the crime thriller Murder by Numbers.Though he was racking up credibility as a serious young actor in indie features, Gosling became an unlikely box-office heartthrob with the 2004 summer-season romance The Notebook. Starring opposite another young break-out Canadian actor, Rachel McAdams, Gosling added some depth to the otherwise treacly adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' popular tome of enduring love before and after World War II. Rather than parlay his newfound fame into leading-man action roles, Gosling chose a route not unlike Edward Norton before him, alternating between indie features and challenging, bigger-budget Hollywood productions.

This strategy didn't yield great dividends with the spooky 2005 misfire Stay, but it did bring Gosling high praise for the 2006 Sundance Festival favorite Half Nelson. A slice-of-life drama focusing on a young, cocaine-addicted, inner-city middle-school teacher and the student with whom he forms a bond, the film offered Gosling the opportunity to play another intense, conflicted young man in a natural, effortless style, a performance aided in large part by his bracing young co-star Shareeka Epps. Helped by glowing reviews, the micro-budgeted Half Nelson became an arthouse success through awards season, when Gosling's name was mentioned by numerous critics' organizations in year-end honors. Though ignored by the Golden Globes, the dark-horse Gosling was recognized among a formidable group of Best Actors when Oscar nominations were announced.Having cemented himself as one of the most formidable actors of his generation, Gosling next signed on for a quirky 2007 drama called Lars and the Real Girl, about a small town man who falls in love with a life sized doll. His performance in the film earned him a Golden Globe nod, but Gosling still had other goals he wanted to pursue. He spent the next few years playing and recording with his band, Dead Man's Bones, which released a self-titled debut in 2009.

When Gosling returned to acting the following year, it was for a heart-wrenching independent relationship drama called Blue Valentine, opposite Michelle Williams. Based on a short film, the movie told the story of a relationship by showing its beginning and its end. Gosling was nominated for yet another Golden Globe, but was still up for a challenge. For his next project, he took on the thriller All Good Things, playing an upper class husband who turns violent and psychotic in All Good Things. Next on the docket was 2011's Drive, which found Gosling playing a stunt man turned getaway driver, quickly followed by the political thriller The Ides of March, opposite George Clooney. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

2012-01-01T18:57:00.003+07:00

"Tips Liburan Happy!"

2011-12-29T09:56:00.000+07:00

Apakah Anda sudah merencanakan liburan akhir tahun ini?

Sebelum berangkat, ada beberapa tips yang ingin saya share sbb.:

1. Tuntaskan seluruh tugas dan pekerjaan Anda sekarang. Jangan membawa "sisa" tugas di 2011 ke dalam tahun 2012. Yang bisa Anda selesaikan, tuntaskan di tahun ini juga.
Kan tidak enak, kala masuk kerja di tahun baru, masih melihat "berkas pekerjaan" lama.

2. Bersihkan dan rapikan tempat kediaman Anda, agar saat kembali setelah liburan panjang, ke "istana" Anda di tahun 2012, Anda merasa bahagia dan rindu dengan ruang tidur dan tempat keluarga bertumbuh dan bercanda.

Oh iya, jangan lupa melindungi rumah Anda dengan asuransi "Property All Risk" dengan uang pertanggungan yang sesuai. Agar semua asset Anda terlindungi dan hati Anda tenang, saat Anda menyenangkan hati (liburan).

Juga saat ingin berangkat, beritahukan kepada tetangga dan kerabat dekat, tentang kepergian Anda. Dan minta tolong mereka utk memperhatikan ("menjaga") rumah Anda!

3. Perhatikan kondisi kesehatan tubuh Anda dan anggota keluarga. Siapkan diri, agar saat aktifitas liburan dapat terlaksana dengan baik dan bugar.

Sayangkan, kalau liburan ada anggota keluarga yang flu dan batuk. Periksakan kondisi kesehatan segera ke dokter bila dibutuhkan.

4. Bawa baju dan perlengkapan liburan secukupnya (jangan kurang dan lebih). Perhatikan kondisi cuaca di sana, dan Anda tentu ingin membawa oleh2 juga kan? Jadi siapkan tas serep.

Jangan lupa bawa perlengkapan mandi dan vitamin atau obat2an yang biasa Anda konsumsi dan untuk jaga2!

5. Siapkan berkas2 dokumen perjalanan Anda, lalu buat photo copy-nya secukupnya (2 copy) dan letakkan di tempat yang berbeda.

Taruh di tempat yang aman dan mudah diingat, untuk keperluan pemeriksaan.

Lengkapi diri Anda dengan asuransi perjalanan, agar wisata Anda terlindungi dari berbagai risiko yang dapat membuyarkan liburan Anda.

6. Terakhir dan tidak kalah penting, adalah siapkan dana yang dibutuhkan.
Lebihkan sedikit dana tsb. Mis. kebutuhan total dana sebesar Rp.25 juta, lebihkan Rp.5 juta, sebagai dana darurat (emergency fund) di perjalanan.

Ingat, perjalanan wisata ini adalah kegiatan menyenangkan hati dan menyehatkan pikiran serta tubuh, tanpa menyakitkan kondisi keuangan.
Jadi selayaknya aktifitas ini, tidak membahayakan masa depan keluarga.

Dana wisata ini sudah tersiapkan dari jauh-jauh hari, dan dilarang berhutang.

"Bersakit-sakit dahulu, berenang-renang ketepian. Bersakit-sakit dahulu, bersenang-senang kemudian!!!"

Bila Anda ingin berhutang untuk wisata ini, dan berencana membayarkan dengan income masa depan Anda, lupakan dan jangan lakukan!!!

Lebih baik Anda berdiam diri diri di rumah, dan merayakan liburan kali ini dengan sederhana sesuai dengan kondisi keuangan.

Jangan gadaikan masa depan Anda, dengan menikmati kebahagiaan sesaat hari ini!!!

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Demikian tips liburan, semoga bermanfaat.

Salam,
FreddyPieloor @Twitter

"Mengenal Sakit Punggung"

2011-12-28T11:02:00.000+07:00

Sakit punggung merupakan masalah yang sangat lazim. Sampai dengan sembilan dari sepuluh orang dapat diperkirakan menderita sakit atau nyeri punggung pada suatu waktu dalam hidupnya. Namun hanya segelintir orang yang mencari pengobatan. Sakit punggung seringkali mereda melalui istirahat atau tanpa melalui pengobatan. Beberapa orang mencoba untuk mengabaikan rasa sakitnya atau belajar untuk hidup dengan rasa sakit tersebut.

Rasa sakit dapat melibatkan seluruh bagian punggung, namun yang paling sering mengalami sakit dan nyeri adalah punggung bagian bawah. Salah satu alasan utamanya adalah bahwa punggung bagian belakang menanggung beban tubuh lebih besar dibandingkan bagian punggung lainnya, dan karenanya lebih mengalami tekanan disepanjang hari.

Ada dua jenis sakit punggung, yaitu sakit punggung akut dan sakit punggung kronik. Jenis sakit punggung ini berlangsung selama 6-8 minggu. Kondisinya ditandai oleh sakit yang pedih atau ngilu, yang dengan mudah dapat diketahui titik sumber sakitnya oleh penderita dan biasanya terasa di punggung bagian bawah. Rasa sakitnya bisa jadi terus menerus atau tiba-tiba. Biasanya penyebab sakit punggung karena cedera yang dialami penderita.

Sakit punggung kronik ditandai oleh durasinya yang lebih dari dua bulan. Keluhan pasien dapat berupa nyeri di bagian dalam, merasa terbakar, atau ngilu yang dapat diketahui lokasinya atau kadang-kadang juga terasa menyebar turun ke tungkai/kaki. Sensasi gatal atau kekakuan dapat juga terasa, hal ini menunjukkan, adanya keterlibatan saraf. Kondisi ini dapat berdampak pada aktivitas sehari-hari dan cenderung menjadi sulit untuk ditangani dengan pilihan pengobatan biasa.

Sakit punggung dapat timbul dari kulit, otot, saraf, tulang belakang, atau organ lain yang dekat dengan punggung. Sebagai dampaknya, sakit punggung bisa saja tidak selalu karena masalah pada punggung itu sendiri. Beberapa penyebab sakit punggung diantaranya:

    Postur tubuh yang salah
    Trauma
    Peregangan otot
    Kejang otot
    Tekanan pada akar saraf
    Robek pada ligamen penyokong punggung
    Patah tulang
    Tulang belakang yang kurang selaras
    Osteoporosis
    Infeksi oleh virus
    Infeksi oleh bakteri
    Infeksi pada kulit
    Infeksi pada ginjal dan kantung kemih
    Masalah kewanitaan (Endometriosis, kista ovarium)
    Hernia tulang belakang
    Stenosis tulang belakang (penyempitan saluran tulang belakang)
    Pelekukan tulang belakang (skoliosis atau kifosis)
    Tumor tulang

Riwayat yang baik dan pemeriksaan yang cermat seringkali akan memberikan gagasan yang baik atas penyebab sakit punggung. Beberapa pemeriksaan yang sangat berguna dan juga dapat dilakukan disaat yang tepat diantaranya:

Penghitungan darah dengan lengkap
Sinar-X pada tulang belakang
CT Scan pada tulang belakang
MRI pada tulang belakang
(scan) tulang

Penanganan/perawatan sakit punggung seharusnya disesuaikan dengan penanganan rasa sakit dan penyebabnya. Beberapa pilihan yang memungkinkan untuk penanganan sakit punggung diantaranya:


    Istirahat penuh, sangat berguna di banyak kasus sakit punggung akut
    Menghentikan aktivitas dan pekerjaan berat yang dapat menyebabkan dan memperburuk
    sakit punggung
    Terapi panas, dingin, dan pijat
    Perubahan gaya hidup:
    Berhenti mengangkat beban berat atau pekerjaan berat lainnya
    Menurunkan berat badan
    Memperbaiki postur berdiri, duduk, dan berbaring
    Menghindari berdiri dalam waktu lama
    Mengambil waktu istirahat saat mengemudi lama atau aktivitas duduk lainnya
    Menggunakan bangku dan bantal yang suportif
    Melakukan latihan relaksasi
    Menghindari potensi terjatuh dan cedera
    Menghindari olah raga “keras” seperti sepak bola, hoki, gulat, dan permainan fisik lainnya
    Meningkatkan kelenturan punggung melalui latihan peregangan yang teratur
    Fisioterapi dan latihan untuk memperkuat otot punggung.

http://www.klikdokter.com

"Katia Winter"

2011-12-27T09:21:00.001+07:00

Mini Biography

Katia Winter (born 13 October 1983) is a Swedish actress.

Swedish born actress Katia Winter studied acting and film editing in London. She found quick success working in British Television and Films including the UK drama "Unmade Beds" (2009), directed by award-winning Alexis Dos Santos and "Everywhere and Nowhere" (2011) directed by Mejhad Huda.

Katia moved to the US in 2010 and immediately booked the lead female role "Arena" opposite Kellan Lutz (Twilight) and Samuel L. Jackson. Soon after she went on shooting the lead role in the independent film "Happy & Bleeding" along side Matthew Settle (Gossip Girl) and the US independent film "Banshee Chapter," with Ted Levine (Monk). Katia resides in New York, but continues to work in London and Sweden.

"Cowaboom"

2011-12-26T10:12:00.001+07:00

Description

It takes a strong cow to hit a bullseye.

How to Play

Click to start running, release to take a flying leap over the fence and hit the bullseye—cowaboom!

http://www8.agame.com/games/flash/c/cowaboom/cowaboom.swf

2011-12-25T10:23:00.002+07:00

"Joseph Gordon-Levitt"

2011-12-25T10:10:00.000+07:00

Birthday : Feb 17, 1981
Birthplace : Los Angeles, California, USA

Bio: Born in Los Angeles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt grew up in front of the camera as a child and teen actor. Winning his first major role at age seven in the TV movie Stranger on My Land (1988), Gordon-Levitt appeared in a number of TV movies and series during the late '80s and early '90s, including a recurring role on the hit sitcom Roseanne from 1993 to 1995. After making his feature film debut as the young version of Craig Sheffer in A River Runs Through It (1992), the young actor garnered further notice as the boy whose prayers are answered in the sleeper Angels in the Outfield (1994) and as Demi Moore's son in The Juror (1996). Gordon-Levitt achieved considerable TV fame, though, when he was cast in NBC's critical and popular hit Third Rock From the Sun (1996-present). As old/young alien Tommy Solomon, he cracked wise with multiple Emmy-winner John Lithgow and attracted teen fans. Making the most of the late-'90s teen movie resurgence during the series' hiatuses, Gordon-Levitt appeared in the teen slasher sequel Halloween: H20 (1998) and starred as one of the romantic schemers in the popular Shakespeare-via-high school comedy 10 Things I Hate About You (1999). ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi

Later acting work

Gordon-Levitt has said that he made a conscious decision to "be in good movies" after returning to acting. His films include 2001's drama Manic, which was set in a mental institution, Mysterious Skin (2004), in which he played a gay prostitute and child sexual abuse victim, and Brick (2005), a modern-day film noir set at a high school, in which he had the lead role of Brendan Frye, a teen who becomes involved in an underground drug ring while investigating a murder. Brick received positive reviews, with The Minnesota Daily's critic commenting that Gordon-Levitt played the character "beautifully", "true to film's style", "unfeeling but not disenchanted", and "sexy in the most ambiguous way." Another reviewer described the performance as "astounding". He also starred opposite Steve Sandvoss as a young judgmental missionary in Latter Days (2003), a film that centers on a sexually confused Mormon missionary (Sandvoss) who falls for his gay neighbor. He had roles in Havoc and Shadowboxer.

His next role was in 2007's The Lookout, in which he played Chris Pratt, a janitor involved in a bank heist. In reviewing the film, The Philadelphia Inquirer described Gordon-Levitt as a "surprisingly formidable, and formidably surprising, leading man", while New York magazine stated that he is a "major tabula rasa actor ... a minimalist", and that his character worked because he "doesn't seize the space ... by what he takes away from the character." The San Francisco Chronicle specified that he "embodies, more than performs, a character's inner life." His 2008 films include Killshot, in which he played a hoodlum partnered with a hired killer played by Mickey Rourke, and Stop-Loss, directed by Kimberly Peirce and revolving around American soldiers returning from the Iraq War.

Gordon-Levitt played a lead role opposite Zooey Deschanel in (500) Days of Summer, a well-received 2009 release about the deconstruction of a relationship. His performance, described as "the real key" to what makes the film work, credits him with using "his usual spell in subtle gradations." Variety's Todd McCarthy praised his performance, saying he "expressively alternates between enthusiasm and forlorn disappointment in the manner Jack Lemmon could". Peter Travers of Rolling Stone said the movie "hits you like a blast of pure romantic oxygen" and credited both lead actors for playing "it for real, with a grasp of subtlety and feeling that goes beyond the call of breezy duty." He was subsequently nominated for a Golden Globe Award.

He later played villain Cobra Commander in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. On November 21, 2009, he hosted Saturday Night Live. In 2010, replacing James Franco, he starred opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Christopher Nolan's science fiction thriller Inception, which received favorable reviews. He played the role of the "Point Man" Arthur, Dom Cobb's (DiCaprio) partner and the person responsible for researching the team's targets.

He will play the younger version of Bruce Willis's character in the time-traveling thriller Looper. In 2011, he began filming Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises, in which he plays John Blake, "a Gotham City beat cop assigned to special duty under the command of Commissioner Gordon." Steven Spielberg cast him to play Robert Todd Lincoln in the 2012 film Lincoln.

"Mr Alasan, Penghambat Sukses"

2011-12-22T09:26:00.000+07:00

”Sembilan puluh sembilan persen dari semua kegagalanberasal dari orang-orang yang punya kebiasaan berdalih”

GEORGEWASHINGTON CARVER

AhliKimia yang menemukan lebih dari 325 manfaat kacang tanah

Kalaumau jujur, kita sering menciptakan alasan atas setiap kegagalan dan kesalahanyang kita lakukan. Sebagai contoh, pada waktu kita terlambat ke sekolah atau kekantor, pikiran kita langsung mencari dan menciptakan alasan. Pikiran kitadiarahkan untuk mencari alasan untuk menghindari kesalahan yang kita lakukan.Jika ada sekolah alasan, maka setiap kita mungkin telah mendapatkan gelardoctor bahkan mungkin ada diantara kita sudah mendapatkan gelar professor.Ketika kita dilahirkan tidak ada orang tua yang mengajarkan bagaimanamenciptakan alasan atas setiap kesalahan yang kita lakukan.

Kitaselalu menciptakan alasan untuk menghindari hukuman atas kesalahan yang kitalakukan. Kita harus pahami, bahwa alasan yang kita ciptakan tidak pernahmemberikan perubahan dalam hidup kita.

Alasanadalah penghambat kesuksesan. Setiap alasan yang kita ciptakan atas kegagalanyang terjadi adalah tirai yang ditancapkan untuk membatasi dan memenjarakankita setiap saat. Saudara dari berdalih adalah sikap mengeluh. Karyawan yangsenang membuat alasan, pasti selalu mengeluh dengan gaji yang diterima danmengeluh dengan kebijakan dan aturan yang ditetapkan perusahaan. Anak yangselalu menciptakan alasan atas kesalahan yang dilakukan, selalu mengeluh dengankeadaan fisiknya, kondisi ekonomi keluarga, fasilitas pendidikannya, dansemuanya.

Banyakorang mengharapkan tubuhnya langsing dan mengharapkan orang lain yangmelakukannya untuk dirinya. Mereka mengharapkan orang lain yang berolahragauntuk dirinya, orang lain yang diet makanan lezat untuk dirinya, orang lainyang hidup disiplin untuk dirinya. Sesuatu yang mustahil.

JikaAnda ingin menciptakan kehidupan yang penuh keberhasilan, Anda harus memegangkendali hidup Anda. Mulai sekarang, berhenti berdalih, berhenti mengeluh,berhenti mengeluh atas kekurangan fisik Anda, berhenti mengeluh atasketidakadilan yang terjadi dalam hidup Anda, berhenti menggunakan alasanmengapa Anda tidak bisa dan belum mendapatkan apa yang Anda impikan sampai saatini, dan berhenti menyalahkan keadaan di luar diri Anda. Anda harus berjanjipada diri Anda, bahwa mulai saat ini, Anda berhenti melakukan semuanya ituselamanya. Tindakan berhenti menyalahkan adalah tanda bahwa Anda mengasihi diriAnda dan masa depan Anda. Berhenti sejenak (selama 5 menit), tuliskan dankatakan sebanyak 7 (tujuh) kali pada diri Anda kalimat ini: Sayabertanggungjawab atas hidup saya ! Harus ditanamkan dalam benak Anda, bahwaAndalah satu-satunya orang yang bertanggungjawab terhadap hidup Anda.

Kesuksesanadalah keputusan untuk mengubah hambatan menjadi kesempatan untuk meraihsukses. Mungkin salah satu hal yang menghambat Anda untuk meraih sukses karenaAnda dipenuhi dengan berbagai macam dalih. Hentikan dalih Anda jika Anda inginmeraih keberhasilan di tahun ini. Jadikan tahun ini sebagai tahun penuh berkatdan pelipat ganda dan mujizat, kepercayaan dan keberhasilan.

Salam,

Johny Kilapong , MA

"Kanker Usus"

2011-12-21T10:35:00.001+07:00

Kanker Usus Gejala Dan Pencegahannya

Sakit perut. Itulah keluhan yang kerap dirasakan Prasetyo, 45 tahun, selama tiga tahun sebelum akhirnya divonis menderita kanker kolorektal (usus besar).

Awalnya, dia dinyatakan dokter menderita radang usus, sehingga hanya diberi obat antiradang, penghilang rasa sakit, dan antibiotik. Namun, obat-obatan itu tak pernah mampu menghilangkan keluhannya secara tuntas. Alhasil, sakit perut itu berulang, dan selalu berulang. Sampai suatu ketika, ia merasakan sakit yang hebat di perutnya.

Prasetyo pun kembali ke dokter. Kali ini, dokter mengatakan, ada perlengketan di usus besarnya sehingga harus dilakukan pembedahan. Sebagian usus besarnya pun dipotong. Selesai masalah? Ternyata tidak. Prasetyo yang perokok berat ini masih sering merasakan sakit di perut. Tubuhnya pun makin kurus, dan kerap mengalami diare. Penyebab dari sakit perut itu akhirnya diketahui lewat pemeriksaan di sebuah rumah sakit besar di Bandung. Kanker dipastikan telah bersarang di usus besar Prasetyo, dan telah mencapai stadium IV. Empat bulan setelah mendengar vonis ini, Prasetyo berpulang untuk selama-lamanya.

Kanker usus besar adalah salah satu jenis kanker yang cukup sering ditemui, utamanya pada pria dan wanita berusia 50 tahun atau lebih. Pada pria, kanker usus besar menempati urutan ketiga sebagai kanker tersering yang ditemui setelah kanker prostat dan paru-paru. Sementara pada wanita, kanker ini pun menempati urutan ketiga setelah kanker payudara dan paru-paru. ”Dari berbagai laporan, di Indonesia terdapat kenaikan jumlah kasus (kanker usus besar), meskipun belum ada data yang pasti. Data di Departemen Kesehatan didapati angka 1,8 per 100 ribu penduduk,” tutur dokter Adil S Pasaribu, SpB KBD, spesialis bedah dari Rumah Sakit Kanker Dharmais, Jakarta.

Kanker usus besar adalah tumbuhnya sel kanker yang ganas di dalam permukaan usus besar atau rektum. Kebanyakan kanker usus besar berawal dari pertumbuhan sel yang tidak ganas atau adenoma, yang dalam stadium awal membentuk polip (sel yang tumbuh sangat cepat).

Pada stadium awal, adenoma dapat diangkat dengan mudah. Hanya saja pada stadium awal ini, seringkali adenoma tidak menampakkan gejala apapun, sehingga tidak terdeteksi dalam waktu yang relatif lama. Padahal, adenoma yang awalnya tak menimbulkan keluhan apapun ini, pada suatu saat bisa berkembang menjadi kanker yang menggerogoti semua bagian dari usus besar.

Gejala awal yang tidak khas ini membuat banyak penderita kanker usus besar datang ke rumah sakit ketika perjalanan penyakit sudah demikian lanjut. Upaya pengobatan pun menjadi sulit. Padahal, seperti dikatakan Ketua Perhimpunan Spesialis Penyakit Dalam Indonesia, dokter Aru Sudoyo SpPD KHOM, kunci utama keberhasilan penanganan kanker usus besar adalah ditemukannya kanker dalam stadium dini, sehingga terapi dapat dilaksanakan secara bedah kuratif. Sayangnya, hal seperti ini sangat jarang. Yang kerap terjadi adalah kasus seperti dialami Prasetyo, yakni kanker ditemukan pada stadium lanjut, sehingga harapan penderita untuk bertahan hidup menjadi sangat kecil.

Jika kanker usus besar ditemukan pada stadium I, peluang penderita untuk hidup hingga lima tahun mencapai 85-95 persen. Sementara bila ditemukan pada stadium II, peluang itu mencapai 60-80 persen, pada stadium III sekitar 30-60 persen, dan stadium IV sekitar 25 persen. ”Ini artinya, bila ada 100 penderita kanker usus besar stadium IV, maka yang masih hidup sampai lima tahun hanya lima orang,” ucap Aru.

Deteksi dini
Untuk menghindari kemungkinan terburuk, seperti dialami Prasetyo, deteksi dini merupakan hal yang sangat penting. ”Deteksi dini atau skrining terhadap kanker ini, dapat menyelamatkan hidup,” tegas Adil.

Dengan deteksi dini dapat ditemukan adanya polip prakanker, yaitu suatu pertumbuan abnormal pada usus besar atau rektum yang dapat segera dibuang sebelum berubah menjadi kanker. ”Jika semua orang yang berumur 50 tahun atau lebih melakukan skrining secara teratur, maka sebanyak 60 persen kematian akibat kanker kolorektal dapat dihindari,” tuturnya.

Deteksi dini adalah investigasi pada individu asimtomatik (tanpa gejala) yang bertujuan untuk mendeteksi adanya penyakit pada stadium dini sehingga dapat dilakukan terapi kuratif. Secara umum, urai Adil, deteksi dini dapat dilakukan pada dua kelompok, yaitu populasi umum dan kelompok risiko tinggi. Deteksi dini pada kelompok populasi umum dilakukan kepada individu yang berusia di atas 40 tahun. Sedangkan mereka yang tergolong kelompok berisiko tinggi, antara lain adalah mereka yang pernah menjalani polipektomi untuk adenoma di usus besar, dan orang-orang yang berasal dari keluarga dengan riwayat penyakit ini.

Terkait dengan riwayat keluarga, Anda tak perlu khawatir berlebihan jika berasal dari keluarga yang memiliki riwayat kanker usus besar. Menurut Adil, faktor genetik memang bisa menjadi penyebab munculnya penyakit ini, tapi faktor tersebut bisa dipersempit. Caranya, ubahlah pola makan Anda dan lakukan deteksi dini.

Penyebab dan gejala
Sejauh ini, penyebab kanker usus besar memang belum diketahui secara pasti. Hanya saja, ada beberapa hal yang diduga kuat berpotensi memunculkan penyakit ganas ini, yaitu: cara diet yang salah (terlalu banyak mengkonsumsi makanan tinggi lemak dan protein, serta rendah serat), obesitas (kegemukan), pernah terkena kanker usus besar, berasal dari keluarga yang memiliki riwayat kanker usus besar, pernah memiliki polip di usus, umur (risiko meningkat pada usia di atas 50 tahun), jarang melakukan aktivitas fisik, sering terpapar bahan pengawet makanan maupun pewarna yang bukan untuk makanan, dan merokok.

Dalam buku Panduan Pengelolaan Adenokarsinoma Kolorektal disebutkan bahwa meskipun penelitian awal tidak menunjukkan hubungan merokok dengan kejadian kanker usus besar, namun penelitian terbaru menunjukkan, perokok jangka lama (30-40 tahun) mempunyai risiko berkisar 1,5-3 kali. Diperkirakan, satu dari lima kasus kanker usus besar di Amerika Serikat bisa diatributkan kepada perokok. Penelitian kohort dan kasus-kontrol dengan desain yang baik menunjukkan, merokok berhubungan dengan kenaikan risiko terbentuknya adenoma dan juga kenaikan risiko perubahan adenoma menjadi kanker usus besar. ”Karena itu untuk mencegah kejadian kejadian kanker usus besar dianjurkan untuk tidak merokok,” kata Aru. Mengenai gejala kanker usus besar, Aru menyebut beberapa hal yang kerap dikeluhkan para penderita, yaitu:

Perdarahan pada usus besar yang ditandai dengan ditemukannya darah pada feses saat buang air besar.
Perubahan pada fungsi usus (diare atau sembelit) tanpa sebab yang jelas, lebih dari enam minggu.
Penurunan berat badan tanpa sebab yang jelas
Rasa sakit di perut atau bagian belakang.
Perut masih terasa penuh meskipun sudah buang air besar.Rasa lelah yang terus-menerus
Kadang-kadang kanker dapat menjadi penghalang dalam usus besar yang tampak pada
beberapa gejala seperti sembelit, rasa sakit, dan rasa kembung di perut.

Untuk menangani kanker usus besar, menurut Aru, terapi bedah merupakan cara yang paling efektif, utamanya bila dilakukan pada penyakit yang masih terlokalisir. Namun, bila sudah terjadi metastasis (penyebaran), penanganan menjadi lebih sulit. Tetapi, dengan berkembangnya kemoterapi dan radioterapi pada saat ini, memungkinkan penderita stadium lanjut atau pada kasus kekambuhan untuk menjalani terapi adjuvan. Terapi adjuvan adalah kemoterapi yang diberikan setelah tindakan operasi pada pasien kanker stadium III guna membunuh sisa-sisa sel kanker.

Saat ini, terapi adjuvan bisa dilakukan tanpa suntik (infus), melainkan dengan oral/tablet (Capacitabine). Ketersediaan capacitabine tablet memungkinkan pasien untuk menjalani kemoterapi di rumah yang tentu saja efektivitasnya lebih baik. ”Capacitabine juga merupakan kemoterapi oral yang aman dan bekerja sampai ke sel kanker,” kata Aru yang juga menjabat sebagai ketua Komisi Terapi Adjuvan, Kelompok Kerja Adenokarsinoma Kolorektal Indonesia.

Jurus Menangkal Kanker Usus Besar

Mencegah jauh lebih baik ketimbang mengobati. Hal itu juga berlaku pada kanker usus besar. Agar tak sampai terjamah penyakit mematikan ini, lakukan upaya pencegahan. Simak tips pencegahan dari dokter Adil S Pasaribu SpB KBD berikut ini:

Hindari makanan tinggi lemak, protein, kalori, serta daging merah. Jangan lupakan
konsumsi kalsium dan asam folat.Setelah menjalani polipektomi adenoma disarankan
pemberian suplemen kalsium.
Disarankan pula suplementasi vitamin E, dan D.
Makan buah dan sayuran setiap hari.
Pertahankan Indeks Massa Tubuh antara 18,5 – 25,0 kg/m2 sepanjang hidup.
Lakukan aktivitas fisik, semisal jalan cepat paling tidak 30 menit dalam sehari.
Hindari kebiasaan merokok.Segera lakukan kolonoskopi dan polipektomi pada pasien yang
ditemukan adanya polip.
Lakukan deteksi dini dengan tes darah samar sejak usia 40 tahun.

Sumber: http://doktersehat.com

"Kate Bosworth"

2011-12-20T14:58:00.000+07:00

Birthday : Jan 2, 1983

Birthplace : Los Angeles, California

Bio: Achampion equestrian whose film debut came by chance after she auditioned for arole in Robert Redford's The Horse Whisperer (1998) out of simple curiosityabout the film industry, actress Kate Bosworth's inherent natural beauty hasperfectly suited her to roles in such earthy films as her aforementioned debutand Blue Crush (2002), which found Bosworth taking the lead as an adrenalizedcompetitive surfer who finds her balance shifting as she falls for a promisingquarterback.

Born in 1983 in Los Angeles, Bosworth displayed both brains andathletic skill early on with her membership in the National Honor Society andinvolvement with varsity soccer and lacrosse. Though her previous actingexperience consisted of little more than an appearance in a community theaterproduction of Annie, Bosworth's film debut in The Horse Whisperer found theburgeoning actress carefully considering a full-time career in front of thecameras. After taking an 18-month sabbatical during which she weighed heroptions and finished her high school education, Bosworth returned to the soundstage for roles in the short-lived television series The Young Americans, andsuch features as Remember the Titans and The Newcomers (both 2000).

Developinginto an engaging screen presence, Bosworth would next hit the waves duringproduction of the romantic surf drama Blue Crush.Her comfort before the camerasincreasingly evident thanks to substantial roles in such subsequent features asThe Rules of Attraction, Wonderland, and Win a Date with Tad Hamilton, Bosworthwould next tackle her most demanding role to date when she portrayed screenicon Sandra Dee in the 2004 Bobby Darin biopic Beyond the Sea. Cast oppositeKevin Spacey, Bosworth proved that she could indeed hold her own onscreen with oneof the most respected actors in Hollywood. Though Bosworth's role in Beyond theSea may have been the most dramatically challenging of her still relatively newcareer, her highest profile role would follow soon thereafter when the maturingactress accepted the role of iconinc Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane in 2006'sSuperman Returns. Taking over right where Margot Kidder left off in 1980'sSuperman II, Bosworth's expansion of the character to both mother and wifeadded an extra dimension to Lane that fans would find especially compellingwithin the Superman universe. Though by this time Bosworth's longtimerelationship with fellow actor Orlando Bloom had sparked rumors of marriageamong Hollywood talkers, the pair seemed to be taking things fairly slowly andmaking sure they had a sturdy foundation before making the big leap. Inaddition to her film work, Bosworth gave back to her community by volunteeringin a Los Angeles-based program that helps physically disabled children learn toride horses. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Her nextfilm is the epic The Warrior's Way which she shot in New Zealand alongsideKorean star Jang Dong-gun and Geoffrey Rush. She has also optioned the filmrights to Catherine Hanrahan's novel Lost Girls and Love Hotels. She will producethe project alongside filmmaker Nadia Connors. She has said about herroles, "I just don't do comfort zones."In January 2008, Bosworthwas named the new face for Calvin Klein Jeans and will be featured in theCalvin Klein Jeans campaign. She also takes on the role of spokesperson forAmerican luxury bag brand Coach in Asia.

She has ajewelry line designed with friend and celebrity stylist, Cher Coulter, calledJewelMint, which launched in October 2010. JewelMint, the first vertical ofMySpace co-founder, Josh Berman, and Diego Berdakin’s social commercecompany, BeachMint, is a new jewelry site with designs exclusively by Coulterand Bosworth. The two paired with the company to create a line of affordablefashion jewelry.

In thesummer of 2011, Bosworth made her singing debut with a television jingle forCotton's Fabric of our Lives campaign. She is the star in avideo entitled "LØV" filmed around S-"LØV"-enian lake Bledand local Lipizzaner horses, as part of the Vanessa Bruno’s Fall 2011Nordic-themed campaign.

Bosworthwas accepted to Princeton University in late 2000, but because of continualdeferral of her attendance, her acceptance was later revoked. She is amember of the Appalachia Service Project.

She datedactor Orlando Bloom from late 2002 to 2006 and was reported to havesplit from her "Straw Dogs" co-star, Alexander Skarsgård, in July2011 after two years of dating. Around the same time, she began datingdirector Michael Polish.

"Mexican Zombie Defense"

2011-12-19T10:59:00.000+07:00

Description

These zombies aren’t after fajitas…unless they're brain flavored.

How to Play

Click to strategically place your soldiers along the path. Upgrade your towers to whack more zombies. Remember to buy ammo before your brains become zombie snacks!

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"Joel Edgerton"

2011-12-17T13:53:00.003+07:00

Birthday : Jun 23, 1974
Birthplace : Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Bio: A native of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia, actor Joel Edgerton grew up in the town of Dural, where he attended primary and secondary school. After high school, the aspiring thespian attended the Nepean Drama School on the Kingswood Campus at the University of Western Sydney, graduating in 1994. Cinematically, he divided his subsequent efforts between producing (for his Blue Tongue Films production shingle, co-run with his brother) and acting, but placed the greatest emphasis on acting. Early features (produced mostly in Australia) included Praise (1998), Dogwatch (1999), and Erskineville Kings (1999), but Edgerton came into his own with his popular ongoing turn as Will McGill on the Aussie soaper The Secret Life of Us, then branched out into increased international exposure with onscreen contributions to two of George Lucas' Star Wars films, Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith (2005). Those assignments represented something of a watershed for Edgerton, who then worked predominantly on higher profiled features, including Joe Carnahan's Smokin' Aces (2007) and Tatia Rosenthal's $9.99 (2008). ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

In 2009, he starred alongside Cate Blanchett as Stanley in the Sydney Theatre Company's acclaimed production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Edgerton and Blanchett also appeared in a production of this play at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in December 2009.

Edgerton had a major role in the MMA movie Warrior, which received a 2011 release through Lions Gate Entertainment. Edgerton played the older son of Nick Nolte's character and older brother of Tom Hardy's character, Joel also has a black belt in Karate. On 7 February 2010, he was cast in Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.'s 2011 prequel to The Thing, portraying helicopter pilot Sam Carter.

In 2011, Edgerton was cast as Tom Buchanan in Baz Luhrmann's 2012 remake of The Great Gatsby.

"Kisah 3 Kaleng Coke"

2011-12-15T10:40:00.001+07:00

Ada 3 kaleng coke. Ketiga kaleng tersebut diproduksi di pabrik yang sama di sebuah daerah Jawa Timur. Ketika tiba harinya (untuk didistribusikan), sebuah truk datang ke pabrik, mengangkut kaleng-kaleng coke tersebut dan menuju ke tempat yang berbeda untuk dijual.

Pemberhentian pertama adalah sebuah mini market lokal. Kaleng pertama diturunkan di sini. Lalu, dipajang di rak bersama dengan kaleng minuman ringan lainnya. Ia diberi harga Rp.4.000

Pemberhentian kedua adalah sebuh pusat perbelanjaan besar. Di sana, kaleng kedua diturunkan. Kaleng tersebut ditempatkan di dalam kulkas supaya dingin dan dijual dengan harga Rp.7.500

Pemberhentian terakhir adalah hotel bintang 5 yang sangat mewah. Kaleng ketiga diturunkan di sana. Tapi, ia tidak ditempatkan di rak atau di dalam kulkas. Ia disimpan baik-baik, dan hanya akan dikeluarkan jika ada pesanan dari pelanggan. Dan ketika ada yang memesan, kaleng ini dikeluarkan bersama dengan gelas kristal berisi batu es. Kemudian, ia disajikan dengan rapi di atas baki. Pelayan hotel akan membuka kaleng coke itu, menuangkannya ke dalam gelas, dan dengan sopan menyajikannya ke pelanggan. Harganya Rp 40.000

Sekarang, pertanyaannya adalah: "Mengapa ketiga kaleng minuman ringan tersebut memiliki harga yang berbeda padahal diproduksi dari pabrik yang sama, diantar dengan truk yang sama dan bahkan mereka memiliki rasa yang sama?"

Lingkungan kita mencerminkan harga kita. Lingkungan berbicara tentang RELATIONSHIP. Apabila kita berada di lingkungan yang bisa mengeluarkan potensi/hal terbaik dari diri kita, maka kita akan menjadi cemerlang. Tapi bila kita berada di lingkungan yang mengerdilkan diri kita, maka kita juga akan menjadi kerdil.

Orang yang sama, bakat yang sama, kemampuan yang sama + lingkungan yang berbeda = NILAI YANG BERBEDA!

Catatan:

Lingkungan memang sangat berpengaruh dalam membentuk pribadi seseorang. Jika kita "terjebak"/berada di lingkungan yg tidak kondusif, jangan mengeluh! Tetap semangat, dan berusaha menjadi diri sendiri untuk memacu potensi terbaik yang ada dalam diri kita. Salam sukses LUAR BIASA!!

Penulis : Tim AndrieWongso.com

"Sakit Gigi"

2011-12-14T11:35:00.005+07:00

Gigi yangberlubang bukanlah disebabkan ulat seperti anggapan orang pada zaman dahulu.Teori ini bertahan hingga tahun 1700-an hingga Willoughby Miller seorang doktergigi Amerika yang bekerja di Universitas Berlin menemukan penyebab pembusukangigi. Ia menemukan bahwa lubang gigi disebabkan oleh pertemuan antara bakteridan gula. Bakteri akan mengubah gula dari sisa makanan menjadi asam yangmenyebabkan lingkungan gigi menjadi asam (lingkungan alami gigi seharusnyaadalah basa) dan asam inilah yang akhirnya membuat lubang kecil pada emailgigi.

Saatlubang terjadi pada email gigi, kita belum merasakan sakit gigi. Tetapi, lubangkecil pada email selanjutnya dapat menjadi celah sisa makanan dan adanyabakteri akan membuat lubang semakin besar yang melubangi dentin. Pada saat inikita akan merasakan linu pada gigi saat makan. Bila dibiarkan, lubang akansampai pada lubang saraf sehingga kita akan mulai merasakan sakit gigi. Prosesini tidak akan berhenti sampai akhirnya gigi menjadi habis dan hanya tersisa akargigi.

Sakitgigi tidak dapat dipandang sebelah mata seperti anggapan beberapa orang, karenabila didiamkan, dapat membuat gigi menjadi bengkak dan meradang. Selain itugigi berlubang dapat menjadi sarana saluran masuknya kuman penyakit menujusaluran darah yang dapat menyebabkan penyakit ginjal, paru-paru, jantung maupunpenyakit lainnya.

Agartidak semakin bertambah parah, maka bila Anda memiliki gigi berlubang sebaiknyaAnda segera mengunjungi dokter gigi untuk mengobatinya. Walaupun banyak orangtidak suka pergi ke dokter gigi dengan alasan tidak peduli dengan keadaan gigi,khawatir biayanya mahal, takut atau malu diejek karena gigi yang rusak, namunpergi ke dokter gigi adalah solusi terbaik untuk mengatasi sakit gigi. Gigiberlubang tidak dapat sembuh dengan sendirinya. Walaupun, mungkin setelahmenderita sakit gigi, rasa sakitnya dapat hilang tetapi tidak memperbaikikeadaan gigi. Gigi akan tetap berlubang, bahkan lubangnya akan terus semakinmembesar.

MengatasiRasa Takut ke Dokter Gigi

Jika Andamerasa takut saat dokter gigi menangani gigi Anda, silahkan beritahukan kedokter Anda. Ia tentu senang membantu Anda mengatasinya. Anda bisamemberitahunya bahwa Anda akan memberi isyarat dengan tangan bahwa Anda takutatau merasa sakit saat ia sedang menangani gigi Anda. Banyak pasien mendapatibahwa hal tersebut membuat mereka lebih tenang.

Selainitu kebanyakan dokter gigi sering mengajak bicara pasiennya saat menangani gigipasien. Hal ini bertujuan menenangkan hati pasien tersebut.

Ingatlahbahwa gigi yang sehat menunjang kesehatan tubuh. Jika Anda segera memperbaikigigi Anda yang berlubang, hal ini akan menghindari problem dan perawatan yangmahal di kemudian hari.

MenambalGigi dan Cabut Gigi

Langkahyang umumnya akan diambil dokter gigi adalah menambal gigi yang rusak, bilalubangnya belum terlalu besar. Tetapi, bila kita merasakan sakit gigi, prosespenambalan tidak dapat langsung dilakukan karena dengan demikian gas dalam gigitidak dapat keluar. Dokter akan memberikan obat penghilang rasa sakit atau akanmematikan saraf gigi agar kita tidak tersiksa dengan rasa sakitnya. Padakunjungan selanjutnya barulah gigi akan dibersihkan dan ditambal sementara,penambalan secara permanen dilakukan pada kunjungan berikutnya lagi.

Bilalubang terlalu besar dan tidak memungkinkan untuk ditambal, berarti gigi harusdicabut. Sama seperti proses penambalan gigi, maka gigi juga tidak dapatlangsung dicabut saat gigi masih terasa sakit. Hal ini disebabkan saat kitamerasakan sakit gigi, maka obat anestesi (obat kebal agar tidak terasa sakitsaat gigi dicabut) tidak dapat menembus akar gigi, sehingga saat dicabut akanmenyebabkan sakit yang luar biasa. Proses pencabutan gigi baru bisa dilakukansaat gigi sudah tidak terasa sakit dan untuk menghilangkan rasa sakit dokterakan mematikan saraf gigi.

MencegahGigi Berlubang

Untukmencegah terjadinya lubang pada gigi, Anda dapat melakukan langkah-langkahberikut:

Memeriksa gigi secara rutin

Kunjungi dokter gigi setiap 6 bulan sekaliwalaupun Anda tidak merasakan sakit gigi. Hal ini diperlukan agar dokter dapatmendeteksi lubang kecil yang terjadi pada gigi dan dapat ditangani segera agarlubang tidak semakin besar. Dapat juga dideteksi bagian gigi yang tidak rataatau berlekuk yang dapat menyebabkan gigi sulit dibersihkan.

Menyikat gigi secara teratur dan pada waktuyang tepat

Pagi hari setelah sarapan dan malam sebelumtidur adalah waktu yang tepat untuk menyikat gigi. Air liur tidak banyak keluarpada waktu kita tidur, sehingga gigi akan rusak bila Anda membiarkan sisamakanan pada gigi tanpa menyikatnya. Air liur berguna untuk memlindungi gigidari bakteri penyebab gigi berlubang.

Menyikat gigi dengan cara yang benar

Walau menyikat gigi telah dilakukan secarateratur namun bila dilakukan dengan cara yang tidak benar, tentu hasilnya tidakakan maksimal. Cara yang benar adalah dengan menyikat ke arah bawah untuk gigidepan (gigi seri) bagian atas, menyikat gigi ke arah atas untuk gigi depanbagian bawah dan menyikat secara mendatar untuk gigi geraham. Menyikat gigigeraham hendaknya dilakukan lebih lama, karena pada gigi ini berpotensimenempelnya sisa-sisa makanan.

Kumur setelah makan

Menyikat gigi tidak mungkin dilakukansehabis kita makan, maka cara terbaik adalah berkumur-kumur agar sisa makanantidak terus menempel dan mengurangi keadaan asam dalam gigi.

Gunakan benang gigi untuk mengeluarkan sisamakanan

Sisa makanan yang tertinggal, hendaknyatidak dikeluarkan dengan menggunakan tusuk gigi. Penggunaan tusuk gigi dapatmenyebabkan celah antar gigi semakin besar disamping dapat menyebabkan lukapada gusi.

Pilih pasta gigi yang mengandung fluorida

Menggunakan pasta gigi yang mengandungfluorida. Zat ini merupakan salah satu bahan pembentuk email gigi. Adanya zatini dapat mencegah pembusukan pada gigi.

Makan makanan yang berserat

Mengkonsumsi sayuran atau buah terbuktidapat membuat gigi lebih kuat dan mencegah terjadinya gigi berlubang.

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"Emma Roberts"

2011-12-13T09:25:00.000+07:00

Name:Emma Roberts

Date ofBirth: February 10, 1991

Place ofBirth: Rhinebeck, New York

Mini-bio:During her childhood, Roberts spent a lot of time on the sets of the films thather aunt was starring in. These experiences sparked a desire in Roberts, fromthe age of five, to follow her father and aunt into the film industry. Althoughher mother initially opposed, wanting her daughter to have a normal childhood,Roberts made her acting debut in Ted Demme's 2001 drama Blow - the first movieshe ever auditioned for - at the age of nine. In the film she portrayedKristina Jung, the daughter of Johnny Depp's character, cocaine smuggler GeorgeJung. As the film is rated R, her mother reportedly will not allow Roberts tosee it before she turns eighteen. However, director Ted Demme produced a tapefor her that featured only the scenes she appeared in.

In 2001,Roberts also had a role in Leif Tilden's 10-minute short bigLove (which alsostarred her future step-father, Kelly Nickels), and was an uncredited extra inone of Julia Roberts' scenes in America's Sweethearts. She went on to appear insmaller roles in two family films: in 2002's Grand Champion, as the sister ofthe main character Buddy (Jacob Fisher); and in 2003's Spymate, as thekidnapped daughter of former secret agent Mike Muggins (Chris Potter), whotries to rescue her with the help of a spy monkey. Grand Champion had a brieftheatrical release in August 2004, hile Spymate was not released until February2006, when it was given a theatrical run in Canada, followed by its DVD releasein April 2006. In August 2003, Roberts was scheduled to shoot an independentfilm called Daisy Winters, starring as the title character, alongside RachelWeisz. However, the film, which would have been Roberts' first leading role,never began shooting due to financial problems.

Robertsbecame a teen idol at the age of thirteen, starring as the lead character AddieSinger in the Nickelodeon series Unfabulous, which debuted in September 2004.While Nickelodeon had wanted to cast her for the role from the beginning,series creator Sue Rose was not convinced of her acting ability until she sawRoberts auditioning for the role, singing a song and playing along on theguitar. The teen sitcom earned Roberts a Teen Choice Award nomination and twoYoung Artist Award nominations in 2005. The series became one of the network'smost-watched programs and was quickly recommissioned for a second season.

As hercharacter on Unfabulous writes songs and plays guitar, Nickelodeon soonconsidered a career in music for Roberts as well, following the lead of otheractress/pop singers such as Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan. Roberts firstcontributed the song "If I Had It My Way" to the soundtrack ofDisney's 2005 film Ice Princess. This was followed by her debut album,Unfabulous and More: Emma Roberts, which was released on September 27, 2005 andis featured as the soundtrack to Unfabulous. The album was rather unsuccessful:it peaked at #46 on the Billboard's Top Heatseekers, and the two music videosreleased simultanious to promote the album, "I Wanna Be" and"Dummy", received only little airplay.

In 2006,Roberts returned to the big screen, starring alongside Sara Paxton and singerJoJo in Aquamarine. In the film two teenagers (played by Roberts and JoJo) finda mermaid (Paxton) in their swimming pool. Roberts also contributed a cover versionof Weezer's 2001 single "Island in the Sun" to the film's soundtrack.On May 15, 2006 Roberts was featured on MTV's Punk'd with pop singer TeddyGeiger.

In early2006 Roberts also shot Nancy Drew, in which she stars in the title role of teendetective Nancy Drew, and which is set to be released June 15, 2007. She alsosigned on to star in Camp Couture (produced by her mother, Kelly Cunningham),Bras and Broomsticks (based on the books by Sarah Mlynowski), and Rodeo Gal.

Robertsrecently signed a contract with Dooney & Bourke, becoming their newspokesmodel. She is also designing her own Dooney & Bourke handbag, namedafter her.

In 2009, Roberts starred alongside JakeT. Austin in Hotel for Dogs, based on the novel by Lois Duncan.The film premiered on January 15, 2009 and was released to theaters on January16, 2009 and took No.5 place in its opening weekend with over $17 million.The film has to-date grossed over $114 million, and received generallymixed reviews from critics. Roberts starred as the lead in the film Wild Child, about a rebellious teen from Malibu sent to a boardingschool in England.Roberts described her character as "pretty much your typical spoiled-brat Malibu socialite who getsshipped off to British boarding school." Roberts also appeared in theindie film Lymelifewith AlecBaldwin, which was premiered at the 2008 Toronto InternationalFilm Festival. Roberts said that Lymelife is “kind of like American Beauty meets The Ice Storm”, and that her reasoning fordoing the film was that, “Some people look at me and think, She’s just JuliaRoberts’s niece. So I wanted to do something smaller and edgier, something thatwould show I really am an actress.”

Roberts co-starred as Grace in the hit 2010 film Valentine's Day with her aunt JuliaRoberts. Roberts is set to reunite with Nancy Drew director AndrewFleming on both Rodeo Galand a Nancy Drew sequel, althoughthe latter has been put on hold since 2007. She appeared in the sports comedy The Winning Season. In 2010, Roberts alsoappeared in Twelve and It's Kind of a Funny Story.
According to BloodyDisgusting.com Roberts will be starring in the horrorfilm, Grimm, which follows the Quinn family that moves to Marburg,Massachusetts, a town that turns out to be haunted by the most horrificnightmares spawned by the imagination of the BrothersGrimm. She co-starred in the film adaptation of Memoirs of a TeenageAmnesiac, as well as A Great Education. She also starred alongsidewith Freddie Highmore in 2011's romantic comedy The Art of Getting By. In May 2010,Roberts received the role of Jill Roberts in the Wes Cravenfilm Scream4. She played the role of Jill Roberts in the film, alongside NeveCampbell, The film opened in theaters April 15, 2011.

Roberts is in a relationship with Glee actor Chord Overstreet. As of September 2011, she attends Sarah Lawrence College.

"Twilight Celebrity Puzzle"

2011-12-12T09:25:00.004+07:00

Description

You might have the Twilight movie lines memorized...but how about Edward's face?

How to Play

Take a few seconds to memorize each Twilight celebrity's picture, then piece it back together in puzzle form as fast as you can. Dazzle us with your quick reconstruction of Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner's faces!

http://www8.agame.com/games/flash/t/TwilightCelebrityPuzzle/twilight_celebrity_puzzle.swf

"Sakit Tenggorokan (Pharyngitis)"

2011-12-06T10:28:00.001+07:00

Penyebab Sakit Tenggorokan (Pharyngitis)

Sakit tenggorokan dapat mempunyai banyak sebab-sebab termasuk:

    Virus-virus yang umum, dan bahkan virus-virus yang menyebabkan mononucleosis (mono) dan flu, dapat menyebabkan sakit tenggorokan. Beberapa virus-virus dapat juga menghasilkan blisters(gelembung-gelembung) dalam mulut dan tenggorokan ("aphthous stomatitis").
    Bernapas melalui mulut dapat menghasilkan kekeringan dan luka-luka tenggorokan.
    Sinus drainage (post nasal drip) mungkin menyebabkan sakit tenggorokan.    Sakit tenggorokan dapat juga disebabkan oleh bakteri-bakteri. Dua bakteri-bakteri yang paling umum yang menyebabkan sakit tenggorokan adalah Streptococcus (yang menyebabkan strep throat atau sakit tenggorokan yang disebabkan oleh bakteri stretokokus) dan Arcanobacterium haemolyticum. Arcanobacterium menyebabkan luka-luka tenggorokan terutama pada dewasa-dewasa muda dan adakalanya berhubungan dengan ruam merah yang halus.
    Sakit tenggorokan yang timbul setelah perawatan dengan antibiotik-antibiotik, kemoterapi, atau obat-obat lain yang mengkompromikan imun mungkin disebabkan oleh Candida, umumnya dikenal sebagai "thrush".
    Sakit tenggorokan yang berlangsung lebih dari dua minggu dapat menjadi tanda dari penyakit yang serius, seperti kanker tenggorokan atau AIDS.

Yang Dapat Diperbuat Dirumah Untuk Sakit Tenggorokan

Umumnya, sakit-sakit tenggorokan harus menjalani perjalanan-perjalanan mereka (pengecualian, strep throat akan ditanggapi dibawah).

    Berkumur air garam, permen-permen keras, spray-spray (contohnya, Chloraseptic) dan lozenges dapat menyediakan pembebasan nyeri sementara. (Perhatian: Lozenges dan permen yang keras adalah bahaya tercekik untuk anak-anak . Hindari penggunaan mereka pada anak-anak kecil.)
    Pelembab mungkin bermanfaat dalam membebaskan gejala-gejala, terutama pada luka-luka tenggorokan yang disebabkan oleh pernapasan mulut dan udara yang kering.
    Acetaminophen atau ibuprofen mungkin membantu mengontrol nyeri.
    Untuk kaum dewasa, jika hidung anda tersumbat, spray-spray hidung seperti Afrin mungkin digunakan untuk dua sampai tiga hari untuk mencegah pernapasan mulut. Adalah bukan idea yang baik untuk menggunakan produk-produk ini untuk lebih dari beberapa hari; anda mungkin menjadi tergantung pada mereka.
    Produk-produk decongestant lain, seperti Sudafed, mungkin bermanfaat.

Definisi Strep Throat Dan Mengapa Ia Berbeda

Strep throat disebabkan oleh bakteri Streptococcus, yang adalah bakteri yang sama yang menyebabkan demam rhematik. Hanya 5%-10% dari luka-luka tenggorokan dewasa disebabkan oleh strep, sedangkan kira-kira 15%-40% dari luka-luka tenggorokan pada anak-anak berhubungan dengan strep. Untuk sebab ini, banyak dokter-dokter akan merekomendasikan tes "Strep cepat" untuk pasien dengan luka atau sakit tenggorokan. Tes "Strep cepat" dapat biasanya dilakukan ditempat praktek dokter dan memakan waktu 15-20 menit. Jika hasilnya negatif, ia seringkali diikuti dengan pembiakan strep. Jika keduanya dari ini adalah positif, sakit tenggorokan umumnya dirawat dengan penicillin atau antibiotik-antibiotik lain.

Obyektif utama dari perawatan strep throat adalah untuk mencegah perkembangan dari demam rhematik, penyakit serius yang dapat menyebabkan nyeri sendi dan kerusakan klep jantung. Bagaimanapun, antibiotik-antibiotik tidak dengan sendirinya mempercepat penyembuhan dari sakit tenggorokan, dan antibiotik-antibiotik tidak berguna untuk sakit tenggorokan kecuali ia disebabkan oleh strep. Penyakit lain yang berhubungan dengan strep, demam scarlet, dapat menyebabkan ruam, namun tidak akan menyebabkan luka jantung atau nyeri sendi.
Ketika Harus Mencari Perawatan Medis Untuk Sakit Tenggorokan

Cari perawatan medis:

    Jika anda telah ada kontak dengan seseorang dengan strep throat dan anda mempunyai sakit tenggorokan, adalah bijaksana untuk mendapatkan tes strep.
    Jika sakit tenggorokan anda berhubungan dengan demam, "kelenjar-kelenjar" (nodul-nodul limpa) yang bengkak, atau tempelan-tempelan putih pada belakang dari tenggorokan anda.
    Jika sakit tenggorokan anda tidak berhubungan dengan gejala-gejala selesma lain (hidung yang ingusan, mata-mata yang berair, penyumbatan sinus).
    Sakit tenggorokan apa saja yang mempunyai penimbulan tiba-tiba dan berhubungan dengan demam.
    Jika anda mempunyai kesulitan menelan cairan-cairan (nyeri dengan menelan diharapkan dengan sakit tenggorokan).
    Jika sakit tenggorokan anda bertahan lebih dari seminggu.
    Jika anda mempunyai sakit tenggorokan dan bagian depan dari leher anda sakit dan kaku.

Jika Saya Mempunyai Episode-Episode Kekambuhan Dari Sakit Tenggorokan Yang Berkali-Kali

Ada sejumlah situasi-situasi dimana seorang anak atau dewasa dapat mempunyai tes-tes strep positif yang berulang-ulang.

    Yang pertama, dan paling umum, adalah bahwa bakteri-bakteri strep tidak pernah dibasmi pada tempat pertama. Orang itu tidak mendapatkan semua dosis-dosis dari obat yang diresepkan. Kecuali anda mengambil perjalanan 7-10 hari sepenuhnya dari penicillin atau erythromycin, strep throat tidak akan bersih. Bahkan kehilangan satu dosis atau dua dapat menjadi persoalan.
    Individu-individu mungkin adalah "carriers" dari strep (orang-orang yang mempunyai strep di tenggorokan-tenggorokan mereka sepanjang waktu sebagai bagian dari bakteri-bakteri normal mereka). Seseorang mungkin adalah asymptomatic carrier (carrier yang tidak mempunyai gejala-gejala dari sakit tenggorokan). Anda mungkin adalah carrier, seseorang dalam lingkungan dekat anda mungkin adalah carrier - bahkan anjing anda mungkin adalah carrier! Seluruh keluarga harus diuji untuk strep jika ia berulang-ulang.
    Semua bakteri-bakteri strep throat akan dibasmi oleh penicillin. Jika penicillin tidak memusnahkan strep throat anda, cari dokter anda. Pada kasus-kasus yang jarang, bakteri-bakteri lain dalam tenggorokan dapat mengeluarkan enzim (penicillinase) yang mengurai penicillin. Ini dapat diatasi dengan menggunakan obat yang resisten pada enzim ini.

Sumber : http://www.totalkesehatananda.com

"Zoe Saldana"

2011-12-06T10:20:00.000+07:00

Name: Zoe Saldana
Date of Birth: June 19, 1978
Place of Birth: New Jersey

Mini-bio: Rarely do beauty and talent combine in a form so complimentary to each other than in the case of actress Zoe Saldana. Whether gracefully gliding across the stage in dance, pounding the boards in a play, or lighting up the screen in such popular films as Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, the multi-faceted Saldana seems capable of achieving anything she puts her mind to. The New Jersey native was raised in Queens until the age of ten, when her family relocated to the Dominican Republic. The move proved a fateful blessing when young Saldana discovered her love of dance and enrolled in the ECOS Espacio de Danza Academy shortly thereafter, where she would study ballet, jazz, and modern Latin dance. Following her sophomore year in high school, Saldana and her family returned to the U.S. It was while completing her primary studies stateside that Saldana became involved with the Faces theater troupe, whose aim was to make a positive impact on teenage audiences by performing improvisational skits on such issues as substance abuse and sexuality. Involvement with another troupe, the New York Youth Theater, provided more traditional stage experience through such productions as Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, and it was while performing with that troupe that a talent agent recognized great potential in the burgeoning actress.

In 1999, Saldana received what seemed to be the ideal first film role when she was cast as a talented but snippy dancer vying for a spot at the fictional American Ballet Company in the dance drama Center Stage. Other film roles followed, including Get Over It, Snipes, and a featured part in the Britney Spears teen drama Crossroads, which offered Saldana's first major theatrical release. Widely panned by critics but performing moderately at the box office thanks to legions of Spears fans, Crossroads proved just the fuel needed to get Saldana's struggling feature career running. The following year, she was back on the big screen in Drumline, which found her once again utilizing her dance skills as a college dance major and love interest of the talented but conflicted protagonist. Though her subsequent role as the sole female pirate in Pirates of the Caribbean offered little screen time, her performance as the only woman able to cast a spell over Johnny Depp's charismatic Jack Sparrow offered one of the film's most memorable comic scenes. Back on the indie circuit, Saldana headlined the 2003 rock musical Temptation as a talented singer facing hard times. A brief turn as a by-the-books customs officer in Steven Spielberg's The Terminal found the charming Saldana slowly warming to an immigrant stuck in bureaucratic limbo (played by Tom Hanks), and with six major roles scheduled through 2005, audiences could rest assured that they would be seeing plenty more of the talented young actress in the very near future. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Saldana was also the lead in the video for Juan Luis Guerra's song "La llave de mi corazón", and played Uhura in the 2009 film Star Trek. In 2009, she played Neytiri, the Na'vi princess, in James Cameron's Avatar, a role that gave her much publicity and recognition, and therefore presenting her more opportunities to work in big commercial films.

She is the only actress to have three movies in the box office top 20 for three consecutive weeks. These movies are Avatar, The Losers, and Death at a Funeral.

In August 2010, Saldana's television ad for Calvin Klein's "Envy" line debuted. In 2011, she starred in the crime drama movie Colombiana.

In June 2010, Saldana became engaged to Keith Britton, an actor and CEO of My Fashion Database. In November 2011, it was confirmed that Saldana and Britton had amicably ended their relationship after eleven years together.

Saldana is a celebrity supporter of FINCA International, a microfinance organization.

"The Pretender: Part Three"

2011-12-05T12:04:00.001+07:00

Description

Lost: All souls in the entire audience—if found, please call your local magician.

How to Play

Arrows = Move Space = Use Power Take all the lost souls to the exit, one at a time. Pass over elemental fonts to transform the magician and give him new abilities. Give the souls a chance to find their way home…

http://www8.agame.com/mirror/flash/t/the_pretender_3/PretenderPartThree_v3.0b.swf

"Kalahkan Ketakutanmu"

2011-12-01T10:50:00.001+07:00

Sayaterlahir di Semarang dengan memiliki ciri khaslogat Jawa yang sangat kental.Dimana selama 17 tahun saya terbiasa berbicarabahasa Jawa dibandingkan berbicara dengan bahasa Indonesia . Selama 17 tahun sayaberpikir hidup saya normal. Orang orang di sekitar saya dapat memahami apa yangsaya ucapkan. Pada saat saya lulus kuliah saya pindah ke Jakarta dan betapa terkejutnya saya dimana kata kata yang saya ucapkan tidak dipahamioleh teman teman saya dari Jakarta apalagi yang berasal dari Sumatera. Disitulah pertama kali saya sadar bahwabahasa yang saya gunakan bukan bahasa Indonesia namun bahasa daerah. Selama 3bulan pertama saya berusaha mati matian untuk dapat berbicara bahasa Jakartabaik itu menggunakan “elo”, “gue” mencoba bahasagaul.Walaupun kadang teman teman saya menertawakan saya dengan logat saya yangsangat sangat kental.Betapapun saya berpenampilan seperti cewek Jakarta namunbegitu buka suara pasti logat Jawa yang keluar.

Padasaat saya berumur 30thn, saya memutuskan untuk pindah ke Australia .Logat itu pun belum hilang. Saya berbahasa English pun logat Jawa itu masihikut serta. Bahkan saya dikira dari Jerman atau France karena memiliki logat .memalukan memang bahkan terkadang saya berpikir apakah ini kutukan. Karenadengan logat ini pula saya sempat mengalami kesulitan untuk melamar pekerjaan.

Begitusaya terfokus dengan logat saya, dan menyalahkan itu sebagai kelemahansaya.Kadang saya marah, kenapa harus memiliki logat seperti ini.bangkit darikekurangan dan mencoba mengubah cara pandang adalah hal yang utama. Selama 8bulan saya belajar bahasa English dengan logat Australia walaupun tidak semudahitu perlahan jatuh bangun saya bisa dan orang disekitar saya memahami.ketakutanterbesar saya selama ini adalah logat atau accent saya.Namun itu adalahkeunikan dan ciri khas seseorang. Seperti Arnold – California Gubernurbetapa dia dengan logat German nya berhasil menyatu dengan Amerika. Kalahkanketakutanmu dengan selalu belajar . Walaupun disekitarmu meragukan kemampuanmutetaplah bersemangat karena setiap orang adalah Unik.

Lsusanto

"Kencing Nanah / Gonorea"

2011-11-30T10:04:00.001+07:00

Deskripsi
Gonore adalah penyakit menular seksual yang disebabkan oleh Neisseria gonorrhoeae yang menginfeksi lapisan dalam uretra, leher rahim, rektum dan tenggorokan atau bagian putih mata (konjungtiva). Gonore bisa menyebar melalui aliran darah ke bagian tubuh lainnya, terutama kulit dan persendian. Pada wanita, gonore bisa naik ke saluran kelamin dan menginfeksi selaput di dalam panggul sehingga timbul nyeri panggul dan gangguan reproduksi. Penyebab utama penyakit ini adalah bakteri Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Gejala
Gejala pada penderita pria biasanya timbul dalam waktu 2-7 hari setelah terinfeksi. Mulanya penderita tidak enak pada uretra, yang beberapa jam kemudian diikuti oleh nyeri ketika berkemih dan keluarnya nanah dari penis. Penderita sering berkemih dan merasakan desakan untuk berkemih, yang semakin memburuk ketika penyakit ini menyebar ke uretra bagian atas. Lubang penis tampak merah dan membengkak.
Pada penderita wanita, gejala awal bisa timbul dalam waktu 7-21 hari setelah terinfeksi. Penderita wanita seringkali tidak menunjukkan gejala selama beberapa minggu atau bulan, dan diketahui menderita penyakit ini hanya setelah mitra seksualnya tertular. Jika timbul gejala, biasanya bersifat ringan. Tetapi beberapa penderita menunjukkan gejala yang berat, seperti desakan untuk berkemih, nyeri ketika berkemih, keluarnya cairan dari vagina dan demam.
Infeksi bisa menyerang leher rahim, rahim, saluran telur, indung telur, uretra dan rektum; menyebabkan nyeri pinggul yang dalam atau nyeri ketika melakukan hubungan seksual. Nanah yang keluar bisa berasal dari leher rahim, uretra atau kelenjar di sekitar lubang vagina.
Wanita dan pria homoseksual yang melakukan hubungan seksual melalui anus (lubang dubur) bisa menderita gonore pada rektumnya. Penderita merasakan tidak nyaman di sekitar anusnya dan dari rektumnya keluar cairan.

Daerah di sekitar anus tampak merah dan kasar, tinjanya terbungkus oleh lendir dan nanah. Pada pemeriksaan dengan anaskop akan tampak lendir dan cairan di dinding rektum penderita.
Melakukan hubungan seksual melalui mulut (oral sex) dengan seorang penderita gonore bisa menyebabkn gonore pada tenggorokan (faringitis gonokokal). Biasanya infeksi ini tidak menimbulkan gejala, tetapi kadang menyebabkan nyeri tenggorokan dan gangguan menelan.
Jika cairan yang terinfeksi mengenai mata maka bisa terjadi infeksi mata luar (konjungtivitis gonore). Bayi baru lahir bisa terinfeksi oleh gonore dari ibunya selama proses persalinan, sehingga terjadi pembengkakan pada kedua kelopak matanya dan dari matanya keluar nanah. Pada dewasa, bisa terjadi gejala yang sama, tetapi seringkali hanya 1 mata yang terkena. Jika infeksi ini tidak diobati bisa terjadi kebutaan.
Infeksi kadang menyebar melalui aliran darah ke 1 atau beberapa sendi, sendi menjadi bengkak dan sangat nyeri, sehingga pergerakannya menjadi terbatas. Infeksi melalui aliran darah juga bisa menyebabkan timbulnya bintik-bintik merah berisi nanah di kulit, demam, rasa tidak enak badan atau nyeri di beberapa sendi yang berpindah dari satu sendi ke sendi lainnya (sindroma artritis-dermatitis).

Pengobatan
Pengobatan gonore biasanya dengan suntikan tunggal seftriakson intramuskuler (melalui otot) atau dengan pemberian antibiotik per-oral (melalui mulut) selama 1 minggu (biasanya diberikan doksisiklin). Jika gonore telah menyebar melalui aliran darah, biasanya penderita dirawat di rumah sakit dan mendapatkan antibiotik intravena (melalui pembuluh darah, infus).

Sumber : http://obat-penyakit.com

"Rachel Nichols"

2011-11-29T10:26:00.000+07:00

Name: Rachel Nichols
Date of Birth: January 08, 1980
Place of Birth: Augusta, Maine, USA

Mini-bio: Rachel Emily Nichols (born January 8, 1980) is an American actress, currently known for her film work and for her portrayal of CIA agent Rachel Gibson on the ABC television series Alias.

Nichols was born and raised in Augusta, Maine, where she attended Cony High School. As a sophomore at Cony, she studied abroad in France. Nichols admitted to Latino Review that she "wasn't the hot chick" in high school, referring to herself instead as a "late bloomer." Upon graduation, she headed to Columbia University in New York, intent on studying psychology. While growing up, Nichols enjoyed trekking through the outdoors and being on the water and loved windsurfing, sailing and just being on the water.

According to Nichols, she stumbled into modeling accidentally: "I was in the right place at the right time and decided to give modeling a try." While posing for companies like Guess? and Abercrombie & Fitch, she also enrolled in drama classes at Columbia. She maintained a difficult schedule throughout college, balancing her studies in New York City with photo shoots in Europe. In 2002, Nichols decided to really pursue acting in earnest.

At first, Nichols appeared in various television shows in bit parts (her first auditioned role, which she won, was that of an orgy-loving restaurant hostess in a 2002 episode of Sex and the City, but later that year she won the role of Jessica, the dogged school-newspaper reporter, in Dumb and Dumberer. She left Columbia midway through her last semester to shoot the picture, but still managed to graduate on time despite the demanding modeling schedule. She wrote two term papers and took the final exam of her undergraduate career just days before shipping all of her things to Atlanta, where Dumberer was being filmed.

Although Dumberer was a flop, Nichols earned roles in the television series Line of Fire, plus the 2005 horror movies The Amityville Horror and The Woods.

In 2004, FOX planned to develop a series vaguely reminiscent of their first hit drama, 21 Jump Street. They enlisted Todd & Glenn Kessler (of Robbery Homicide Division) to create the show, tentatively named The Inside. The Kesslers cast Nichols as a 22-year-old federal agent who impersonates a high-school girl in an undercover operation; they also cast Fastlane's Peter Facinelli and model Willa Holland, and shot a pilot. The pilot underwhelmed studio execs, though, and FOX brought in Angel writer Tim Minear to re-tool the concept. Minear ended up radically changing the show's story and purging the entire cast -- save for Nichols, who remained the show's centerpiece. While some sources said that Nichols was kept on because FOX pressured Minear to do so, Minear stood by a different story: "Even if [Nichols] wasn't already living in this show when I got there I'd have cast her. [She's] a star in the making, I feel. And an unspoiled delight..." he told Variety.

The new concept more closely echoed The Silence of the Lambs than Jump Street, and Nichols' character had been dramatically altered as well: now she was rookie Special Agent Rebecca Locke, assigned to Los Angeles' FBI Violent Crimes Unit, an elite group of criminal profilers charged with tracking the city's most dangerous deviants. Another of Minear's new wrinkles was that Nichols' character now had a marked similarity to the back-story of Elizabeth Smart, including a history of suffering, kidnapping, and abuse. The summer 2005 series received mixed reviews and a limited run, though the performances of Nichols (who says she "tested mostly for high school parts" before winning The Inside's dark lead role) and co-star Peter Coyote received generally favorable marks from critics.

After the failed FOX series, Nichols quickly found work on the ABC series Alias in the fall of 2005. Nichols portrayed Rachel Gibson, a computer expert duped into thinking she works for the CIA, when in fact she is working for a dangerous terrorist organization -- a predicament not far removed from that of Sydney Bristow in Alias' first season. Discovering the truth, Nichols' character later joins the real CIA and becomes Bristow's protégé, complete with undercover missions and martial arts scenes -- which Nichols had to work hard to make realistic, struggling at first with the stunts. Coincidentally, Alias marked the second series in a row for Nichols in which she portrayed a government agent.

Although ABC announced the cancellation of Alias effective in May 2006, Nichols' character was created as a possible replacement for series star Jennifer Garner's Sydney, had the actress chosen to leave the show or scale back her involvement in the series (this, in fact, did begin to occur as the season progressed and Garner's real-life pregnancy prevented her from taking part in many action sequences). On May 22, 2006, Nichols appeared in Alias' final episode, "All the Time in the World".

After starring in two canceled television series in the last calendar year, Nichols is now turning her attention back to the big screen, with two movies set to come out in 2007. The first, Resurrecting the Champ, stars Josh Hartnett as a sportswriter who finds a former boxing legend (Samuel L. Jackson) living homeless on the streets. The second, P2, marks a return to the horror genre for Nichols, as she portrays a businesswoman who gets trapped inside a public parking garage with a deranged security guard. In this role, Nichols stood firm by her ethics and refused to shoot any type of nudity, including sheer, wet, tops. "In place of the nipples there's clearly a lot of cleavage," Nichols mused, "so we made a compromise."

Nichols also recently landed one of the leads in another FOX series -- the 2007 sci-fi drama Them, directed by Jonathan Mostow.

On November 9, 2007, JJ Abrams confirmed that Nichols would be cast in his new Star Trek movie in the role of Yeoman Janice Rand.

Nichols was cast as Shana "Scarlett" O'Hara in the live-action film adaptation of the G.I. Joe franchise G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) in late 2007. She later said that she accepted director Stephen Sommers' offer for the role without having read the actual script. "I'd heard from other people that the script was quite good. And then when I finally got to read it myself ... I really, really liked it ... I liked that there were two kick-ass female roles. And I liked the fact that it wasn't just a big action movie ... And there was comedy in it. I was genuinely really happily surprised when I read the script." She put on approximately 15 pounds (6.8 kg) of muscle for the role and trained in mixed martial arts with co-star Sienna Miller for some of the film's action sequences. Nichols was burned by a flame during the filming of a fight scene with Miller. Like The Amityville Horror, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra was not well-received by most critics, but performed well at the box office. Richard Corliss of Time wrote that Nichols had "an appealing manner and comely biceps" as Scarlett O'Hara and took notice of her "savory girl fight with Sienna Miller, as the mostly villainous Baroness."

After G.I. Joe, Nichols' next project was the direct-to-video horror film For Sale by Owner in which her character was Anna Farrier. Variety reported in October 2009 that Nichols had been cast to star in The Loop, in which she would play "a librarian who joins a highway patrolman to uncover the mysteries behind the cryptic sayings spoken by an ancient parrot." She starred as Leslie Spencer in the 2010 independent crime drama film Meskada, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and had no domestic distributor as of April 2010. However, the film received a limited release on December 3, 2010 in the United States. Nichols was cast in the upcoming 3-D sword and sorcery film Conan the Barbarian by March 2010. She portrays the character of Tamara, who is a master of martial arts and has been trained to be the queen's servant, and she is also the potential Conan's love interest. The film is set to be released on August 19, 2011. Deadline reported that Nichols has been promoted to a series regular on CBS's Criminal Minds. On May 28, 2011 Deadline reported Rachel Nichols had been let go from Criminal Minds.

Nichols married film producer Scott Stuber on July 26, 2008, in Aspen, Colorado.

"Picnic Fun"

2011-11-28T09:44:00.001+07:00

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"Daniel Craig"

2011-11-26T11:03:00.000+07:00

Name: Daniel Craig
Date of Birth: March 02, 1968
Place of Birth: Chester, England

Mini-bio: Daniel Wroughton Craig is the sixth and current actor to portray James Bond in the official film series. He moved to London when he was 16 to join the National Youth Theatre, later securing a place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.Craig's film career began with The Power of One in 1992. Other leading film roles have included Sylvia (2003) with Gwyneth Paltrow and consecutive films for Roger Michell, The Mother (2003) with Anne Reid, and Enduring Love (2004) with Rhys Ifans. In 2005, Craig played a Mossad agent in Steven Spielberg's controversial, Oscar-nominated political thriller, Munich.

The first film, Casino Royale, premièred on 14 November 2006 and grossed a total of US$594,239,066 worldwide, which makes the film the highest grossing Bond film to date.After the film was released, Craig's performance was highly acclaimed.
Wax figure of Daniel Craig at Madame Tussauds, London.

As production of Casino Royale reached its conclusion, producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli announced that pre-production work had already begun on the 22nd Bond film. After several months of speculation as to the release date, Wilson and Broccoli officially announced on 20 July 2006 that the follow-up film, Quantum of Solace, was to be released on 7 November 2008 and that Craig plays Bond with an option for a third film. On 25 October 2007, MGM CEO Harry Sloan revealed at the Forbes Meet II Conference that Craig had signed on for four more Bond films, through to Bond 25.

In 2006, Craig was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Craig at the 81st Academy Awards in 2009.

On 12 June 2008, Craig sliced the top of one of his fingers off while filming Quantum of Solace. The accident was the latest in a string of incidents surrounding the shoot, including a fire at one of the sets in Pinewood Studios, UK; a car crash that left the stunt driver in a serious condition; and an Aston Martin skidding off the roads in heavy rains while being transported to the set in northern Italy and plunging into Lake Garda.

Craig describes his portrayal of Bond as an anti-hero: “The question I keep asking myself while playing the role is, ‘Am I the good guy or just a bad guy who works for the good side?’ Bond’s role, after all, is that of an assassin when you come down to it. I have never played a role in which someone’s dark side shouldn’t be explored. I don’t think it should be confusing by the end of the movie, but during the movie you should be questioning who he is.”Craig also states that his favourite previous Bond actor was Sean Connery, but says, "I'd never copy somebody else. I would never do an impression of anybody else or try and improve on what they did. That would be a pointless exercise for me". His favourite Bond film is From Russia with Love. On a James Bond-centric episode of The South Bank Show, Connery divulged his thoughts on Craig's casting as Bond, whom he described as "fantastic, marvelous in the part." When he was told that Craig had taken particular note of his performances, Connery said that he was "flattered," and that Craig "really gets" the 'danger element' to Bond's character.

On 19 April 2010, Craig's expected third Bond film (the 23rd overall in the series) was announced to have been suspended indefinitely due to the crippling debt and uncertain future of MGM. However, both Craig and Sam Mendes hoped to resume work on the film soon. The film has since resumed and Craig will return as Bond once again, with the film (now called Skyfall) due for release on 9 November 2012. Skyfall is expected to be part of year-long celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Dr No.

In 1992, Craig married Scottish actress Fiona Loudon, with whom he has a daughter, Ella. However, the marriage ended in divorce in 1994.

After his divorce, he was in a seven-year relationship with German actress Heike Makatsch, ending in 2001. He subsequently dated film producer Satsuki Mitchell from 2004 until 2010.

Craig and actress Rachel Weisz began dating in December 2010. Craig and Weisz married on 22 June 2011 in a private New York ceremony, with only four guests in attendance, including Craig's 18-year-old daughter Ella, and Weisz's four-year-old son Henry. Craig and Weisz had been friends for many years and had worked together on the movie Dream House shortly before they began dating in late 2010.

In October 2008, Craig paid £4 million for an apartment near Regent's Park, London. He is a Liverpool F.C. supporter.

" Menjadi Tidak Pantas Lagi "

2011-11-24T10:07:00.001+07:00

Seorang pendengar radio bertanya kepada Pak Mario Teguh; Apa yang harus dilakukannya, ketika ditunjuk menduduki jabatan yang lebih tinggi?

Dan, sang Gurupun dengan indah menjawab; “Mulailah dari tidak pantas, buat diri Anda menjadi pantas, kemudian menjadi tidak pantas lagi”.

Arti yang terkandung dalam kalimat penuh makna adalah: Dalam setiap pekerjaan, apapun jabatan Anda saat ini, Anda harus segera menjadi qualified (menjadi pantas!). Setelah itu, dengan kecepatan tinggi lampauilah pekerjaan itu dengan menjadi over-qualified (menjadi tidak pantas lagi) dan bersiap untuk naik ke jenjang berikutnya.

Rekan Business Owner yang terhormat,

Ilmu tersebut dapat juga Anda applikasikan dalam perusahaan Anda!

Anda harus segera membuat bisnis Anda, dari yang bertahan hidup, dari yang ‘hanya’ usaha kecil menengah (tidak pantas), apapun statusnya sekarang, menjadi perusahaan yang lebih besar, lebih mapan dan dapat bekerja tanpa Anda (pantas). Dan setelah itu, … bangunlah bisnis lain lagi (menjadi tidak pantas lagi). demikian seterusnya dan seterusnya…

“Jangan pernah berharap pekerjaan Anda menjadi lebih mudah, berharaplah Anda yang menjadi lebih pintar” (Jim Rohn? /Brad Sugars?).

So, segera buat diri Anda tidak pantas lagi…!!!
Kejarlah Bintang….. !!!

See You At The Top,

Johny Rusly
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Sumber: Mario Teguh, Brad Sugar

"Kista Indung Telur"

2011-11-23T11:08:00.001+07:00

Definisi Indung Telur (Ovary) dan Kista-Kista Indung Telur (Ovarian Cysts)

Indung telur (ovary) adalah satu dari suatu pasang dari kelenjar-kelenjar reproduksi pada wanita-wanita yang berlokasi dalam pelvis, satu pada setiap sisi dari kandungan atau rahim (uterus). Setiap indung telur adalah kira-kira seukuran dan berbentuk suatu almond. Indung-indung telur menghasilkan telur-telur (ova) dan hormon-hormon wanita. Indung-indung telur adalah sumber utama dari hormon-hormon wanita, yang mengontrol perkembangan dari karakteristik-karakteristik tubuh wanita, seperti payudara-payudara, bentuk tubuh, dan rambut tubuh. Mereka juga mengatur siklus menstrual dan kehamilan. Kista-kista indung telur (Ovarian cysts) adalah struktur-struktur seperti kantong yang tertutup didalam suatu indung telur (ovary) yang mengandung suatu senyawa cairan, berupa gas, atau setengah padat.

Penyebab-Penyebab Kista-Kista Indung Telur (Ovarian Cysts)

Ovarian cysts (kista-kista indung telur) terbentuk untuk banyak sebab-sebab. Tipe yang paling umum adalah suatu follicular cyst, yang berakibat dari pertumbuhan suatu follicle. Suatu follicle adalah kantong yang normal diisi cairan yang mengandung sebuah telur. Follicular cysts terbentuk ketika follicle tumbuh lebih besar dari normal sewaktu siklus menstrual dan tidak membuka untuk melepaskan telur. Biasanya, follicular cysts hilang (pecah) secara spontan melalui perjalanan waktu dari berhari-hari sampai berbulan-bulan. Cysts (kista-kista) dapat mengandung darah (hemorrhagic cysts) dari luka atau kebocoran dari pembuluh-pembuluh darah kecil kedalam kantong telur.

Tipe yang lain dari ovarian cyst yang dihubungkan dengan siklus menstrual adalah suatu corpus luteum cyst. Corpus luteum adalah suatu area dari jaringan didalam ovary (indung telur) yang terjadi setelah sebuah telur telah dilepaskan dari sebuah follicle. Jika suatu kehamilan tidak terjadi, corpus luteum biasanya pecah dan menghilang. Ia mungkin, bagaimanapun, mengisi dengan cairan atau darah dan menetap pada ovary. Biasanya, kista (cyst) ini ditemukan hanya pada satu sisi dan tidak menghasilkan gejala-gejala.

Adakalanya, jaringan-jaringan dari ovary berkembang secara abnormal untuk membentuk jaringan-jaringan tubuh lain seperti rambut atau gigi-gigi. Cysts (kista-kista) dengan jaringan-jaringan abnormal ini disebut benign cystic teratomas atau dermoid cysts.

Endometriosis adalah suatu kondisi dimana sel-sel yang secara normal tumbuh didalam kandungan (womb), malahan tumbuh diluar kandungan (uterus). Ketika endometriosis melibatkan ovary, area dari jaringan endometrial mungkin tumbuh dan berdarah melaui waktu, membentuk suatu area kista yang berwarna coklat adakalanya dirujuk sebagai suatu chocolate cyst atau endometrioma.

Keduanya tumor-tumor yang jinak dan ganas dari ovary mungkin juga mengandung kista-kista (cysts). Lebih jauh, kondisi yang dikenal sebagai polycystic ovarian syndrome dikarakteristikan oleh kehadiran dari banyaknya kista-kista didalam kedua indung telur (ovaries).

Gejala-Gejala Yang disebabkan Oleh Kista-Kista Indung Telur (Ovarian Cysts)

Kebanyakan ovarian cysts (kista-kista indung telur) tidak pernah dirasakan (dicatat) dan menghilang tanpa wanita-wanita pernah menyadari bahwa mereka ada disana. Ketika suatu kista (cyst) menyebabkan gejala-gejala, nyeri pada perut atau pelvis adalah betul-betul yang paling umum. Nyeri dapat disebabkan dari:

pecahnya kista,
pertumbuhan yang cepat dan peregangan,
perdarahan kedalam kista, atau
pelintiran dari kista sekitar suplai darahnya (dikenal sebagai torsion).

Mendiagnosa Kista-Kista Indung Telur (Ovarian Cysts)

Adakalanya ovarian cysts mungkin tercatat oleh seorang dokter sewaktu suatu pemeriksaan bimanual dari pelvis. Jika suatu kista dicurigai yang berdasarkan pada gejala-gejala dari pemeriksaan fisik, teknik-teknik penggambaran (imaging) digunakan. Kebanyakan kista-kista didiagnosa dengan ultrasound, yang adalah teknik imaging yang paling baik untuk mendeteksi ovarian cysts (kista-kista indung telur). Ultrasound adalah suatu metode imaging yang menggunakan gelombang-gelombang suara untuk menghasilkan suatu gambar (image) dari struktur-struktur didalam tubuh. Ultrasound imaging adalah tidak menyakitkan dan tidak membahayakan.

Cysts (kista-kista) dapat juga dideteksi dengan metode-metode imaging lain, seperti CT scan atau MRI scan (magnetic resonance imaging).
Bagaimana Dokter Dapat Memutuskan Apakah Suatu Kista Indung Telur Berbahaya ?

Jika seorang wanita berada pada umur empatpuluhannya (40's), atau lebih muda, dan mempunyai periode-periode menstrual yang teratur, kebanyakan massa-massa ovarian adalah "kista-kista indung telur yang berfungsi (functioning ovarian cysts)", yang adalah sungguh-sungguh bukan abnormal. Contoh-contoh termasuk follicular cysts dan corpus luteum cysts. Ini berhubungan dengan proses dari ovulasi (ovulation) yang terjadi dengan siklus menstrual. Mereka biasanya menghilang dengan sendirinya sewaktu suatu siklus menstrual masa depan. Oleh karenanya, terutama pada wanita-wanita di umur duapuluhan (20's) dan tigapuluhannya (30's), kista-kista ini diawasi untuk beberapa siklus-siklus menstrual untuk membuktikan bahwa mereka menghilang.

Karena obat-obat pencegah kehamilan oral bekerja sebagian dengan mencegah ovulasi (ovulation), dokter-dokter umumnya tidak akan mengharapkan wanita-wanita yang meminum obat-obat pencegah kehamilan oral untuk mempunyai "kista-kista indung telur yang berfungsi" yang umum. Jadi, wanita-wanita yang mengembangkan ovarian cysts sewaktu meminum obat-obat pencegahan kehamilan oral mungkin dinasehati terhadap pengamatan yang sederhana; daripada, mereka mungkin menerima pengamatan yang lebih ketat dengan pelvic ultrasound atau, kurang umum, penjajakan operasi dari indung telur (ovary).

Faktor-faktor lain adalah berguna dalam mengevaluasi ovarian cysts (disamping umur wanita, atau apakah ia sedang meminum obat-obat pencegah kehamilan oral). Suatu kista yang tampak seperti ia adalah hanya suatu kantong yang sederhana dari cairan pada ultrasound adalah lebih mungkin jinak daripada suatu kista dengan jaringan padat didalamnya. Jadi penampakan ultrasound juga memainkan suatu peran dalam menentukan tingkat kecurigaan mengenai suatu pertumbuhan ovarian (indung telur) yang serius.

Ovarian cancer (kanker indung telur) adalah jarang pada wanita-wanita yang lebih muda dari umur 40 tahun. Setelah umur 40 tahun, suatu kista indung telur mempunyai suatu kesempatan yang lebih tinggi menjadi bersifat kanker daripada sebelum umur 40 tahun, meskipun kebanyakan ovarian cysts adalah jinak bahkan setelah umur 40 tahun. Pengujian darah CA-125 dapat digunakan sebagai suatu penanda dari kanker indung telur, namun ia tidak selalu mewakili kanker ketika ia adalah abnormal.

Pertama, banyak kondisi-kondisi yang jinak pada wanita-wanita dari umur untuk melahirkan anak dapat menyebabkan tingkat CA-125 meninggi, jadi CA-125 adalah bukan suatu tes yang spesifik, terutama pada wanita-wanita yang lebih muda. Infeksi-infeksi pelvic, uterine fibroids, kehamilan, benign (hemorrhagic) ovarian cysts, dan penyakit hati semuanya adalah kondisi-kondisi yang mungkin meninggikan tingkat-tingkat darah CA-125 dalam ketidakhadiran dari kanker indung telur.
Kedua, bahkan jika wanita itu mempunyai suatu kanker indung telur (ovarian cancer), tidak semua kanker-kanker indung telur akan menyebabkan tingkat CA-125 meninggi. Lebih jauh, tingkat-tingkat CA-125 dapat menjadi tingginya secara abnormal pada wanita-wanita dengan kanker payudara, kanker paru, dan kanker pankreas.

Merawat Kista-Kista Indung Telur (Ovarian Cysts)

Kebanyakan ovarian cysts (kista-kista indung telur) pada wanita-wanita dari umur yang melahirkan anak adalah follicular cysts (kista-kista yang berfungsi) yang menghilang secara alamiah dalam satu sampai tiga bulan. Meskipun mereka dapat pecah (biasanya tanpa efek-efek yang menyakitkan), mereka jarang menyebabkan gejala-gejala. Mereka adalah jinak dan tidak mempunyai konsekwensi medis yang nyata. Mereka mungkin didiagnosa secara kebetulan sewaktu suatu pemeriksaan pada wanita-wanita yang tidak mempunyai segala gejala-gejala yang berhubungan. Semua wanita-wanita mempunyai follicular cysts pada beberapa titik yang umumnya pergi tanpa diketahui.

Suatu follicular cyst pada seorang wanita dari umur yang melahirkan anak umumnya diamati untuk beberapa siklus-siklus menstrual karena kista-kista (cysts) adalah umum, dan kanker indung telur (ovarian cancer) adalah jarang pada kelompok umur ini. Adakalanya ovarian cysts pada wanita-wanita yang bermenstruasi mengandung beberapa darah, yang disebut hemorrhagic cysts, yang seringkali menghilang secara cepat.

Ultrasound digunakan untuk menentukan strategi perawatan untuk ovarian cysts karena ia dapat membantu untuk menentukan apakah kista adalah kista sederhana (hanya cairan dengan tidak ada jaringan yang padat, terlihat pada kondisi-kondisi jinak) atau suatu compound cyst (dengan beberapa jaringan padat yang memerlukan pengamatan yang lebih dekat dan kemungkinan operasi pemotongan keluar).

Dalam ringkasan, perawatan yang ideal dari ovarian cysts tergantung pada umur wanita, ukuran (dan segala perubahan dalam ukuran) dari kista, dan penampakan kista pada ultrasound.

Perawatan dapat terdiri dari hanya pengamatan, atau ia dapat melibatkan evaluasi tes-tes darah seperti suatu CA-125 untuk membantu menentukan potensi untuk kanker (mengingat-ingat banyaknya batasan-batasan dari pengujian dari CA-125 yang digambarkan diatas).

Tumor dapat secara operasi dikeluarkan dengan laparoscopy, atau jika perlu, suatu open laparotomy (menggunakan suatu sayatan pada garis bikini) jika ia menyebabkan nyeri yang parah, tidak menghilang, atau jika ia bagaimanapun juga mencurigakan. Sekali kista dikeluarkan, pertumbuhan dikirim ke seorang ahli patologi (pathologist) yang menguji jaringan dibawah sebuah mikroskop untuk membuat diagnosis akhir dari tipe kista yang hadir.

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"Kirsten Dunst"

2011-11-22T09:34:00.000+07:00

Name: Kirsten Dunst
Date of Birth: April 30, 1982
Place of Birth: Point Pleasant, New Jersey

Mini-bio: One of the leading actors of her generation, Kirsten Dunst made her name in teen films without succumbing to entrapment in the teen film ghetto. Skinny, blonde, and possessing a charmingly crooked Pepsodent smile, she has repeatedly demonstrated her talent and charisma in projects ranging from kiddie comedies to high school romances to towering summer blockbusters.Born in Point Pleasant, NJ, on April 30, 1982, Dunst first appeared in front of a camera at the age of three, when she became a Ford model and commercial actor. She continued to model and do commercials until 1989, when she made her film debut in Woody Allen's New York Stories. Her uncredited role led to a part as Tom Hanks' daughter in the infamously troubled 1990 adaptation of Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities.Three years later, Dunst got her first big break when director Neil Jordan chose her over 5,000 hopefuls for the role of Claudia, the child vampire in his 1994 adaptation of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire. Dunst made a big impact on audiences and critics alike with her portrayal of a woman trapped eternally in the body of an 11-year-old, kissing co-star Brad Pitt, and gorging herself on human and animal blood. That same year, Dunst also appeared alongside Winona Ryder and Susan Sarandon in Gillian Armstrong's adaptation of Little Women; the combined success of these two movies propelled Dunst to the top of the child-actor hierarchy, in terms of both bankability and exposure.Dunst followed up with a lead role in the Robin Williams action-fantasy Jumanji (1995), and lent her voice to a few animated features, including Disney's Anastasia (1997). She also had a brief but memorable turn as a refugee from a war-torn country in Barry Levinson's highly praised satire Wag the Dog (1997).

1999 marked a turning point in Dunst's career, as she began appearing in films that cast her as a young woman instead of a precocious child. She starred as a small-town beauty queen contestant in the satirical comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous and as one of two teenage girls (the other played by Michelle Williams) who unwittingly uncover the Watergate scandal in Dick, another satirical comedy. Dunst further lived up to her title as one of Teen People's 21 Hottest Stars Under 21 with her leading role as the sexually rebellious Lux in Sofia Coppola's acclaimed adaptation of Jeffrey Eugenides' novel The Virgin Suicides (1999). Her work in the film proved to be a critical breakthrough for Dunst, whom critics praised for her portrayal of the conflicted, headstrong character.Dunst subsequently did her bit for the high school comedy-romance genre, starring as a cheerleader in Bring It On (2000), and as another teen queen in Get Over It (2001); she also forsake makeup and a hairdresser for her role as the archetypal poor little rich girl in crazy/beautiful (2001), a teen romantic drama.Subsequently cast as the actress Marion Davies in Peter Bogdanovich's The Cat's Meow, Dunst got her first shot at playing a grown woman. She garnered praise for her work in the period drama, but any notice she received was quickly eclipsed by the maelstrom of publicity surrounding her starring role as Mary Jane Watson, true love of Peter Parker in Sam Raimi's big-budget adaptation of Spider-Man. Playing opposite Tobey Maguire as the web-spinning superhero, Dunst spent a lot of the movie running around as a damsel in distress, but there was nothing distressing about the 110-million dollars the film grossed in its opening weekend, breaking new box-office records and catapulting both Dunst and Maguire into the rarefied realm of full-fledged movie stars.Even though Spider-Man gave her a great deal of box-office clout, she continues to mix more offbeat films with more box-office friendly material. She acted opposite Billy Bob Thornton in the little-seen drama Levity in the same year she accepted a role as one of the three young students inspired by art teacher Julia Roberts in Mona Lisa Smile. A very busy 2004 found Dunst appearing in the Spider-Man sequel, a film that was universally regarded as superior to its predecessor, and taking a small but key supporting part in the superb Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. These two roles were so well received that the non-event of her starring in the romantic comedy Wimbledon barely registered. She was the only person to escape unscathed from Elizabethtown, before reteaming with Sofia Coppola to star as Marie Antoinette. Again, her performance was well received despite the film being less than popular, but she had a bankable success hiding in her toolbelt with the 2007 release of Spider-Man 3. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi

Dunst has reportedly been involved in short-term relationships with actor Jake Gyllenhaal, and musician Johnny Borrell of Razorlight.

Dunst was treated for depression in early 2008 at the Cirque Lodge treatment center in Utah. She explained that she had been feeling low in the six months before her admission. In late March she checked out of the treatment center and began filming All Good Things. In May she went public with this information in order to highlight the struggle faced by so many other successful women and to dispel false rumors that had been very painful for her friends and family. She has also gone public detailing her "sedate lifestyle" and the fact that she has a single apartment in New York with one bedroom.

In 2008, Dunst starred alongside Simon Pegg in How to Lose Friends and Alienate People an adaptation of the memoir of the same name by former Vanity Fair contributing editor Toby Young. After she signed on to the film, she revealed that she had joined the project because Pegg was scheduled to appear in it.

Since 2010, Dunst's work has included directing the short film Bastard which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2010, and was later featured at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Her next role was in a leading role opposite Ryan Gosling in the romantic drama All Good Things (2010) in which she portrays a woman from a run-down neighborhood who goes missing. The feature received reasonable reviews, and earned $640 thousand worldwide. Dunst stars in Lars von Trier's science-fiction film Melancholia as a depressed woman at the end of the world. The film, which also stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland and Charlotte Rampling premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Dunst won the Best Actress Award award for her performance.

Dunst has signed to appear in Sweet Relief as peace activist Marla Ruzicka, a U.S. relief worker killed by a suicide bomb in Baghdad. She has expressed interest in playing the role of Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry in Michel Gondry's upcoming biographical film about the band. Dunst is due to appear in Juan Diego Solanas' science fiction-romance film Upside Down co-starring Jim Sturgess. Dunst has also recently filmed the short film The Second Bakery Attack with Brian Geraghty.

Reports have also stated that she will join Kristen Stewart, Sam Riley, and Garrett Hedlund in the upcoming feature, On the Road. She will make a cameo appearance in the upcoming short feature Fight for Your Right Revisited. It premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. As of September 2011, Dunst finished filming the independent comedy, Bachelorette, produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay.Reports have stated that she will join Clive Owen and Orlando Bloom in the international thriller titled 'Cities'. Filming will begin in Spring of 2012.

"Bloom Defender"

2011-11-21T09:39:00.001+07:00

Description

Go green—blast these nasty elementals with a helping hand from Mother Nature!

How to Play

Restore balance to the natural order and strategically protect the Mother Tree from waves of attacks by unbalanced nature spirits. Upgrade your tree defenders during plant mode and use spells to bolster your defenses. Survive long enough and you'll unlock some amazing bonus levels...

http://www8.agame.com/mirror/flash/b/Bloom_defender/Bloom_defender.swf

"Cinta Yang Tak Rumit Dari Faiz"

2011-11-17T11:10:00.000+07:00

Apa yang menyebabkan kitamenyapa atau tidak menyapa, saat bertemu seseorang? Kebanyakan kita menyapakarena kita mengenal atau minimal mengetahui seseorang itu. Bisa juga karenakita menyukai atau menghormati orang tersebut, karena memang kebiasaan, ataupunya keperluan. Mungkin juga sekadar basa basi. Apa pun itu, saya belajarbanyak soal ini dari seorang anak kecil yang berbeda umur 26 tahun dari saya.Setiap hari saat berjalan kaki menuju sekolahnya yang tak begitu jauh darirumah, Faiz akan melewati deretan panjang rumah yang ada di sekitar kami. Empattahun yang lalu, ketika Faiz masih TK, saya takjub menyaksikan bagaimana caraia menyapa! Semua tetangga yang kebetulan dilewati atau ditemuinya di jalan,tak akan luput dari teguran ramah disertai senyum lebar Faiz.

"Selamat pagi, Pak, selamat pagi, Bu…."
"Assalaamu'alaikum…."
"Mari Oma, mari Opa…"
"Dari mana, Tante?"
"Wah hari ini Kakak berseri sekali!"
"Mau kuliah, Bang?"
"Eh, ketemu adik cakep. Mau kemana pagi-pagi sudah rapi?"

Dan seterusnya….

Saat ia duduk di kelas II SD , saya pernah bertanya pada Faiz,

"Mas Faiz,apa kamu tak lelah menyapa begitu banyak orang setiappagi?" Faiz tertawa.

"Tidaklah, Bunda. Aku senang karena senyum dan sapaku mungkin bukanmengawali pagiku saja. Tapi mengawali pagi orang lain. Lagipula senyum itu kan sedekah,Bunda."

Saya nyengir. Pernyataan yang unik dari anak yang waktu itu belum berumurdelapan tahun.

"Subhanallah. Kalau dihitung dengan uang, sedekahmu mungkin sudahmilyaran," ujar saya sambil mencium pipi Faiz yang memerah.

Setiap kali hadir pada arisan yang diadakan ibu-ibu sekitar rumah, mereka kerapmembicarakan Faiz.

"Waduh, Faiz itu ramah sekali ya, Bu. Kalau bertemu saya selalu menegurlebih dulu, senyumnya manis sekali."

"Kok bisa seperti itu sih, Bu? Bagaimana mendidiknya?"

Saya tersenyum. Bagaimana mengatakannya? Sesungguhnya saya tak pernah mendidikFaiz secara khusus untuk menyapa dan tersenyum. Sayalah yang banyak belajardari Faiz!

Terbayang lagi berbagai peristiwa yang terjadi sejak Faiz mulai duduk di bangkuSD. Ketika ia ada di teras rumah, semua pengemis yang lewat selaludipanggilnya, diajak makan dan minum.

"Hari ini di rumah masak sop dan perkedel."

Atau "Bapak mau bawa kopi untuk di jalan biar tidak mengantuk? Mau tehmanis dingin?" Ia akan berlari ke kamar, mengambil celengan danmengeluarkan lembaran kertas dari sana untuk diberikan pada mereka.

Belum lagi, semua tukang jualan, tukang sol sepatu, yang lewat pun disuruhmampir. Ada saja yang ditawarkannya.

"Istirahat dulu di sini, Pak. Kan capek. Hari panas sekali.Sini, makan kue dan minum dulu. Atau mau makan nasi?" Selain itu ia punakan bisik-bisik pada anggota keluarga lainnya untuk membeli sesuatu daritukang jualan itu, meski kami tak terlalu membutuhkannya.

"Apa salahnya sih menolong orang?" ujarnya.

Maka di rumah mungil yang kami tempati, tak pernah ada hari di mana kamimemasak sekadar pas untuk keluarga. Selalu ada tamu-tamu istimewa yang entahsiapa. Faiz mengundang mereka secara tak terduga.

"Ikhlas yaaa, Bunda…," katanya sambil tersenyum manis.

Lalu apakah ada lagi yang bisa saya ucapkan, meski dengan terbata? Saya hanyamampu memeluk Faiz kuat-kuat.

Oleh: Helvy Tiana Rosa

"Migrain dan Pengobatannya"

2011-11-16T09:48:00.000+07:00

Kata migrain sendiri berasal dari perkataan Yunani, hemikrania, yang berarti "separo kepala". Seperti yang selama ini dikenal awam, migren memang kerap muncul di satu sisi kepala. Sekali muncul di kanan ya kanan saja, kalau nongol di kiri, ya terus kiri.

Dari kata hemikrania itu kemudian berubah menjadi migrain (migraine). Ada dua macam migren: migrain biasa dan migren klasik. Migrain biasa terjadi secara perlahan-lahan, mengakibatkan denyut nyeri yang dapat berlangsung selama 2 - 72 jam. Sering berpusat di pelipis atau di belakang telinga.
Migren klasik sama dengan migrain biasa, tetapi biasanya didahului dengan gejala seperti "aura" (perasaan aneh), yang bisa saja berupa gangguan berbicara, atau kelemahan dan gangguan penglihatan. Namun, gejala paling umum yang sering terjadi adalah mata sulit melihat dengan jelas. Lamanya gangguan pada penglihatan ini macam-macam, ada yang cuma beberapa detik, ada juga yang beberapa jam, kemudian lenyap.
Serangan migrain sebenarnya dapat dicegah terutama jika kita tahu atau berhasil menemukan pencetusnya, sehingga dapat menghindarinya. Tidur dalam waktu yang cukup dapat membantu. Sementara jika ingin menghentikan kebiasaan minum kopi atau teh, sebaiknya dikurangi konsumsinya sedikit demi sedikit, jangan dilakukan sekaligus.

Kalau pun akhirnya migrain datang, cobalah beristirahat dan tidur di kamar yang gelap. Dapat pula menempelkan kompres dingin di kepala untuk menyempitkan pembuluh darah di kulit kepala. Setelah itu, minum obat pereda nyeri (analgetik), baik obat-obatan yang mengandung zat kimia maupun obat alami untuk memperlancar peredaran darah. Jangan lupa memeriksakan diri ke dokter, jika upaya di atas belum menolong.
Seperti sudah disebut, obat-obatan alami pun banyak yang dapat dimanfaatkan untuk melengkapi maupun menggantikan obat kimia. Obat-obatan alami pengusir migren yang bisa dijajal khasiatnya antara lain rimpang jahe (Zingiber officinale Rosc.), rimpang bangle (Zingiber cassumunar Roxb.), pegagan (Centella asiatica L. Urban), dan daun ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba L.).
Rimpang jahe termasuk kelompok empon-empon (tumbuhan berimpang) dan terdapat hampir di seluruh wilayah kepulauan Indonesia. Rimpang pipih bercabang-cabang dan berkulit agak kekuning-kuningan ini mengandung banyak minyak atsiri dan oleoresin (minyak damar).
Minyak atsiri terutama mengandung zat seskuiterpena, yang menyebabkan bau yang khas jahe. Sedangkan kandungan yang memberikan rasa pedas yaitu zat-zat monoterpena aldehida dan alkohol. Zat-zat itu pula yang memberikan khasiat antimual dan antimuntah. Di samping khasiat itu, rimpang jahe juga berkhasiat sebagai antiradang dan pereda nyeri serta memperlancar peredaran darah.

Semua khasiat itu menyebabkan herbal yang satu ini dapat digunakan untuk meredakan migrain. Di samping itu, khasiat antimual dan antimuntah rimpang jahe sangat membantu pencegahan dan pengobatan migren. Pada anak-anak rimpang jahe ini sangat membantu pengobatan migren, karena sifatnya yang tidak toksik.
Cara memanfaatkan herbal yang satu ini tak sulit. Cukup ambil serbuk rimpang yang telah dikeringkan. Untuk orang dewasa dan anak-anak di atas enam tahun, gunakan dosis serbuk 0,5 g untuk sekali minum. Agar lekas sembuh, ramuan sebaiknya diminum 2 - 4 kali sehari.
Sumber : Majalah Intisari

"Rachel Bilson"

2011-11-15T11:04:00.000+07:00

Name:Rachel Bilson

Date ofBirth: August 25, 1981

Place ofBirth: Los Angeles, California, USA

MiniBio : Born inLos Angeles, California in 1981, Rachelle Jade Bilson was raised by Janice (asex therapist and Danny Bilson a writer, director, and producer. Rachel has alot of family members in the show business like her great-grandfather GeorgeBilson who was the head of the trailer department at RKO. Her othergreat-grandmother was a screenwriter and Bruce Bilson, her grandfather is afilm director. Rachel auditioned for roles during her early years at Notre DameHigh School. She landed parts in Bye, Bye, Birdie, Once Upon a Mattress, andThe Crucible. Bilson moved on to co-starring roles in television series such asHuman Target, 8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter, and Buffy theVampire Slayer after her father's advice to purse a professional acting career.She had landed a solid role on a fantasy series called It's True in 1998, butthe show never took off because CBS couldn't find the financing to air it.Despite this letdown, Bilson continued to plug away and starred in a televisioncommercial for Subway, Raisin Bran and Pepto-Bismol before finally coming intoher own. Bilson reached new heights in 2003, she appeared in an episode ofBuffy the Vampire Slayer and 8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughterbefore landing the lead role in a short film called Unbroken. She has alsoappeared in the feature film The Last Kiss.

RachelBilson was invited to attend an audition for FOX's potential new hit, The O.C.The show was aiming to target the same audience as previously successful showslike Beverly Hills, 90210 and Melrose Place. This was perfectly in line withBilson's capabilities, whose youthful, vibrant personality and sexy lookimpressed the producers of The O.C. They cast her as Summer Roberts, bestfriend of Marissa Cooper (played by Mischa Barton) and spoiled beauty whopersonifies the "Valley Girl" stereotype. Since the show's smashingdebut in the summer of 2003, Bilson has become a much-talked about new star andhas been featured many magazines. In late 2006, Bilson was cast in the role ofMillie in Doug Liman's thriller Jumper. It was on the set, where she met heron-screen boyfriend Hayden

Christensen.She appeared in a segment of the film New York I Love You, starring alongsideNatalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Blake Lively and Shia LaBeouf. InSeptember 2008 she started shooting the indie romantic film Waiting ForForever, directed by James Keach. Earlier in the year, Rachel got engaged toHayden Christensen.

It wasannounced in 2011 that Bilson was set to star in a new The CW series calledHart of Dixie created by The O.C. creator Josh Schwartz. Bilson and Schwartz,who already had worked together on The O.C, were previously set to work againtogether on the NBC show Ghost Angeles, but the supernatural romantic comedywas dropped.

Bilsonalso launched a shoe range in 2011.

*OnSeptember 20, 2008, Rachel acted as maid of honor during the wedding of herclose friend Jill Stonerick to creator Josh Schwartz. She also designed thedresses for the bridesmaids.

*Rachelhas partnered with DKNY to create and market a designer jeans line called EdieRose. It can be bought in Macy's, Nordstrom, and Lord & Taylor.

*Rachelis huge game show freak. Her favorite way to relax is to lie in bed and watchTV.

*Rachel'sfirst real kiss was behind the school library. She was in 6th grade, about 11or 12 years old.

*Rachelhas a fear of beagles because when she was three years old, a beagle bit herand now she has a scar on her upper lip. She is also scared of mushrooms andtheir smell make her sick.

*Rachelis in a Neutrogena commercial about the black heads deep cleanser. She has alsodone commercials for Subway and Doritos Chips. Rachel was a spokesperson forBongo jeans.

"Granny Strikes Back"

2011-11-14T12:24:00.001+07:00

Description

The silver-haired avenger’s time has come. Granny’s back—and she’s bad!

How to Play

WASD/Arrows = Move Mouse = Aim & Shoot Help Granny get rid of the marauders once and for all! Use your mouse to aim and shoot. Wipe out those nasty snowmen before they reach the house!

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"Vin Diesel"

2011-11-12T12:51:00.000+07:00

Name: VinDiesel

Date ofBirth: July 18, 1967

Place ofBirth: New York City, New York

Mini-bio:Actor, producer, writer, and director Vin Diesel had a charmed entry into theworld of screen acting: after seeing Multi-Facial, a short that Diesel wrote,produced, financed, directed, and starred in, Steven Spielberg created the roleof Private Caparzo specifically for the talented young newcomer in his SavingPrivate Ryan (1998).Born in New York City on July 18, 1967, Diesel made hisstage debut at the age of seven in "Theatre for the New City," whichwas produced in Greenwich Village. He continued to be involved with the theatrethroughout his adolescence, and he went on to attend the city's Hunter College,where his studies in creative writing led him to begin writing screenplays.Diesel became active in filmmaking in the early '90s, first earning notice forthe short Multi-Facial, which was selected for screening at the 1995 CannesFestival. He followed up Multi-Facial with his first feature-length film,1997's Strays, an urban drama in which he cast himself as a gang boss whoselove for a woman inspires him to try to change his ways. Written, directed, andproduced by Diesel, the film was selected for competition at the 1997 SundanceFestival, which led to a deal with MTV to turn it into a series.

Following thesuccess of Saving Private Ryan, Diesel could be heard voicing the titlecharacter of the animated The Iron Giant (1999), another critically praisedfeature. He then starred with fellow young actors Giovanni Ribisi, Ben Affleck,Jamie Kennedy, and Nicky Katt in Boiler Room, an off-Wall Street drama thatcast him as one of the members of a shady brokerage firm. He also flexed hissci-fi muscles in Pitch Black (2000), an interplanetary thriller that featuredhim and fellow Earthlings doing battle with a host of nasty alien mutants.Diesel jumped genres yet again as a devious, determined hot-rodder in The Fastand the Furious (2001), a cheeky, action-packed street racing picture in thevein of '50s exploitation flicks. The low-profile, star-free summer releaseleft skid marks at the box office as it grossed over $40 million dollars in itsfirst weekend alone -- more than enough to cover its production costs, andenough to lead many to believe that Diesel had finally arrived as a bankableleading man.Indeed Diesel was growing increasingly comfortable in his role as atough guy action icon, though the ex-NYC club bouncer's prominant smirky scowl(usually accompanied by a hearty smile and laugh) proved almost a wink to hisfans that while it worked well for him, he didn't take the image altogether seriously.The following year found Diesel teetering on the edge of mega-stardom with therelease of his eagerly anticipated reteaming with The Fast and the Furiousdirector Rob Cohen, XXX. With images of a bulky Diesel adorning movie theatersnationwide and an advertising campaign that left almost no viable stoneunturned, the duo were undoubtably aiming to repeat the success of themuscle-car extravaganza. This time setting their sights on breathing life intothe ailing secret agent action adventure genre, XXX's protagonist, a formerextreme sports athlete recruited by the government to take on a dangerousmission, would prove a large-scale attempt at bringing James Bond style thrillsinto the 21st century. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi

In 2007,he was set to produce and star as Agent 47 in the film adaptation of the videogame Hitman, but eventually pulled back and served as executive producer on thefilm instead. In 2008 he starred in the science-fiction action thriller BabylonA.D.

Hereturned to the The Fast and The Furious series, alongside all the actors fromthe original 2001 film, in Fast & Furious, which released in April 2009. In2011, he once again returned, for the fifth film in the series, titled FastFive.

Dieselhas played Dungeons & Dragons for over twenty years and wrote the forewordfor the commemorative book 30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons& Dragons. In the 30th Anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons issue ofDragon Magazine, they examine the fact that Diesel played Dungeons & Dragons,and reveal that he had a fake tattoo of his character's name,"Melkor," on his stomach while filming xXx.

Dieselhas a daughter, Hania Riley, born April 2, 2008, with his girlfriend, modelPaloma Jimenez. Speaking to An tEolas, an Irish newspaper, Diesel stated he hasbeen seen as a hard man, but is in touch with his soft side as a father.