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Rabu, 20 Mei 2009

'American Idol', Adam Lambert, Kris Allen Duel for Crown


LOS ANGELES - "American Idol" finalists Kris Allen and Adam Lambert strutted their stuff in search of votes for the last time on Tuesday in a TV show singing contest host Ryan Seacrest dubbed "the guy next door versus the 'guyliner.

"Lambert, a flamboyant musical theater performer with a fondness for wearing eyeliner, and Allen, a clean-cut acoustic guitar player, each sang three songs in their final bid to take the 2009 "Idol" crown and win a recording contract. After 100,000 people auditioned last summer and five months of broadcasts on the Fox network, the winner will be chosen by viewers' telephone votes and announced at the end of a finale on Wednesday night.

Lambert, 27, who was widely considered the front-runner heading into the finale, reprised one of his best-received performances of the season, singing "Mad World," while Allen, 23, sang "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers.

"Idol" judge Simon Cowell dubbed the first round a victory by Allen, admitting that he had doubted whether the 23-year-old belonged in the finale.

"When your name was announced last week I wasn't sure whether America had made the right choice," Cowell told Allen.

"But I absolutely take all that back now."

For their second songs, the contestants performed selections chosen by "American Idol" creator Simon Fuller.

Lambert sang "A Change is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke, receiving universal praise from all four judges. Allen followed with Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On," for which he got mixed reviews.

"A million percent Adam," Cowell declared.

For their final songs, Lambert and Allen performed their own versions of an original song called "No Boundaries" that was co-written by judge Kara DioGuardi. DioGuardi said she hoped Allen wouldn't be judged on that song, saying it was too high for his vocal range. For Lambert, it was more praise from the usually hard-to-please Cowell.

"The whole idea about doing a show like this is that you hope you can find a worldwide star -- I genuinely believe with all my heart that we have found that with you."

"American Idol" began as a cheesy summer talent show in 2002 but quickly morphed into a cultural phenomenon that attracts tens of millions of viewers a week to News Corp's Fox network.

It has generated a long list of stars from its winners and losers, including singers Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Chris Daughtry and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson. Ratings have sagged 7 percent this season to about 26 million viewers an episode, but it remains the top-rated U.S. show.(Reuters)

Hercules, Pesawat TNI Jatuh


JAKARTA - Korban dari jatuhnya pesawat Hercules C130 di Magetan, Jawa Timur, sebanyak 98 orang. Kini evakuasi korban dari puing-puing pesawat telah selesai dilakukan.

Demikian dikatakan oleh Kepala Dinas Penerangan TNI AU Marsekal Pertama FHB Soelistyo kepada para wartawan di Lanud Halim Perdanakusumah, Jakarta Timur, Rabu (20/5/2009).

Selain 98 orang tersebut, juga terdapat 11 orang awak pesawat dan penduduk Desa Geplak yang kediamannya terkena hempasan pesawat. Sementara yang selamat berjumlah 15 orang. Saat ini 98 jenazah tersebut masih berada RS Iswahyudi.

"10 orang dalam keadaan kritis dan 5 masih bisa berbicara," terang Soelistyo.

Kamis, 14 Mei 2009

SWINE FLU

Indonesia Health Minister statement about SWINE flu.

Health Minister, Siti Fadilah Supari announced public not to be afraid but keep aware to any possibility of swine flu emerging in Indonesia.

Fatality rate of bird flu (H5N1) appears to be higher – about 80-90 percent – compare to pig flu (H1N1) which about 6.4 percent. However, public asked to be aware since this virus has been confirmed to be transmissible among human.

H1N1 virus is only survivable in sub tropic area – in particular during autumn and winter – such as North America. Indonesia is a tropical country so that the possibility for the virus to survive is relatively low, said Health Minister in press conference, Ministry of Public Welfare Coordination (Menkokesra) office, Jakarta, Monday (27/4).

Pig/Swine flu or H1N1 cannot survive in warm temperate area such as Indonesia. But citizen are required to maintain self hygiene.

For preparedness of any possibility of this virus to emerge in Indonesia, Ministry of Health has ordered related parties to terminate import of pork. Moreover, government will do surveillance to numbers of pig farms in Indonesia, in total 9 millions pig population.

Meanwhile, airports in Indonesia have been equipped with Thermo Scanner or body temperature detector for new entrants.

Ministry of health also supplies Health Alert Card to airways companies and sea harbor, about the health/flu status, which required to be filled by new entrants.

Furthermore, Ministry of Health has prepared Tamiflu stock for H1N1 treatment.

In the same event, Director of Animal Derived Disease Control (PPBB) Ministry of Health, Rita Kusriastuti said, Thermo Scanner has been set up in 10 airports, i.e. Ngurah Rai Bali, Makassar, Surabaya, South Kalimantan, Jakarta, Batam and Medan.

Three millions Tamiflu for therapeutics have been prepared, and 100 reference hospitals will also be re-trained to anticipate the occurrence of the disease. Doctors in numbers of hospitals are also ordered to be more considerate in examining patients, said Rita.



Source: Indonesia Communication and Information Ministry. Departemen Komunikasi dan Informasi. http://www.depkominfo.go.id/2009/04/27/masyarakat-diminta-waspadai-flu-babi/

FLU BABI/ SWINE FLU

Meski belum sampai ke Indonesia, namun kita harus mewaspadai virus swine flu atau flu babi yang telah merenggut puluhan nyawa di Meksiko.

Lantas bagaimana gejala penderita yang terkena penyakit flu babi ini? Pada umumnya, gejala infeksi flu babi pada manusia mirip dengan flu biasa pada manusia. Yakni, demam yang muncul tiba-tiba, batuk, nyeri otot, sakit tenggorokan dan kelelahan yang berlebihan.

Namun selain itu, virus flu babi bisa membuat penderita muntah-muntah dan diare. Demikian seperti diberitakan Reuters.

Pemerintah AS telah menyatakan wabah flu babi ini merupakan wabah yang serius. Wabah ini juga diyakini akan terus menyebar. Bahkan badan Organisasi Kesehatan Dunia (WHO) menegaskan, flu babi merupakan keadaan darurat kesehatan publik yang menjadi keprihatinan internasional.

Flu babi ini mendatangkan risiko terbesar terjadinya pandemi berskala besar sejak wabah avian flu yang muncul kembali pada tahun 2003 lalu dan menewaskan 257 orang dari 421 penderita di 15 negara.

Tips Menghindari Flu Babi

Flu Babi alias Swine Flu atau H1N1 setidaknya sudah menewaskan 68 orang di Meksiko. Pandemi Flu Babi juga telah menyebarkan ke Amerika Serikat.

Bahkan Badan Kesehatan Dunia WHO sudah menyatakan pandemi Flu Babi sudah berada di level 6 alias pandemi global.

Menurut Dirjen Pengendalian Penyakit dan Penyehatan Lingkungan (P2PL) Depkes Prof. Dr. Tjandra Yoga Aditama, Sp.P., MARS kepada wartawan di Makassar, Sabtu (25/4), pemerintah melakukan enam langkah untuk kesiapsiagaan mencegah H1N1.

Enam langkah itu adalah:

1. Mengumpulkan data dan kajian ilmiah tentang penyakit ini dari berbagai sumber, 2. Berkoordinasi dengan WHO untuk memantau perkembangan.

3. Membuat surat edaran kewaspadaan dini

4. Melakukan rapat koordinasi dengan para kepala Kantor Kesehatan Pelabuhan (KKP) di seluruh Indonesia untuk meningkatkan kewaspadaan

5. Berkoordinasi dengan Badan Litbangkes untuk kemungkinan pemeriksaan spesimen, dan (6) berkoordinasi dengan Departemen Pertanian dan Departemen Luar Negeri untuk merumuskan langkah-langkah tindakan penanggulangan.

Tjandra mengatakan, penyakit flu babi adalah penyakit influenza yang disebabkan oleh virus influenza A subtipe H1N1 yang dapat ditularkan melalui binatang, terutama babi, dan ada kemungkinan penularan antar manusia.

Secara umum penyakit ini mirip dengan influenza (Influenza Like Illness-ILI) dengan gejala klinis seperti demam, batuk pilek, lesu, letih, nyeri tenggorokan, napas cepat atau sesak napas, mungkin disertai mual, muntah dan diare.

“Virus H1N1 sebenarnya biasa ditemukan pada manusia dan hewan terutama babi tetapi keduanya memiliki karakteristik yang berbeda. Begitu juga dengan virus flu burung H5N1 meskipun sama-sama virus influenza tipe A,” ujar Tjandra.

Menurut Tjandra, cara penularan flu babi melalui udara dan dapat juga melalui kontak langsung dengan penderita. Masa inkubasinya 3-5 hari. Masyarakat diimbau untuk mewaspadai seperti halnya terhadap flu burung.

“Menjaga perilaku hidup bersih dan sehat, menutup hidung dan mulut apabila bersin, mencuci tangan pakai sabun setelah beraktivitas, dan segera memeriksakan kesehatan apabila mengalami gejala flu adalah tahap awal menghindari flu babi,” ujar Tjandra.

sumber : kaskusphoto