Who will be the next Indonesian President?
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
(Megawati Soekarno Putri - Wiranto - Gus Dur - Sutiyoso - Hamengkubuwono X - Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono)
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Too much paracetamol may cause liver damage
Monday, August 04, 2008
Many researchers were surprised when they found out that too much paracetamol may cause liver damage. Previous studies had shown that Tylenol in combination with hydrocodone caused liver damage and might lead on to liver failure – expert had thought the lover toxicity was associated with hydrocodone. Recent studies by Dr Eliam Lee of the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Centre, has documented that 38% of acute live failure cases in 22 hospitals in the United States were associated with excessive paracetamol usage. Also 35% of the study group were found to be suffering from severe liver damage as a result of paracetamol use.
A healthy adult who takes more than 10 to 12 grams in one dose or more than 7.5 grams a day for a longer period, risks liver damage, reports the German Federation of German Apothecary Associations.
In children paracetamol can cause death due to poisoning and serious consequences ranging from hospitalization to permanent disability might occur. The recommended doses for children are even lower. For safety reasons, officially recommended doses of paracetamol were recently ratcheted downward.
As paracetamol is routinely included in combination drug therapies, there is the risk of unintentional overdosing. In general, painkillers that are not prescribed by a doctor should not be taken for more than three consecutive days and no more than 10 days a month.
The consumers must be aware of the potential hazards of paracetamol more so because it might be is being marketed in here. And perhaps, there are no label warnings about the side effects of the drug.
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News Flash
Saturday, August 02, 2008
CampaignMuslim organization plans to launch the campaign on the New York City subway in September, which will coincide with Ramadhan 1429 H. The group is paying the Metropolitan Transit Authority $48,000 to run a variation of 3 ads that will appear in 1,000 of the MTA's 6,200 subway cars.
One side of the simple black-and-white panels will feature as questions key words or phrases associated with common stereotypes about Islam such as "Head Scarf?" The other side will display the words "You deserve to know" along with contact information for ICNA.
"We are providing an opportunity to anyone who has questions to have them answered by informed Muslims," says ICNA. Anyone is also can visit www.whyislam.org or call 1-877-WHY-ISLAM to receive answers to any of their questions.
But this campaign, perhaps, will banning by Peter King, a Republican member of the House of Representatives. He think that it shameful because the ads will be running during the seventh anniversary of September 11.
GENERAL ELECTION 2009A millions of Indonesian will vote for new president next year. With 34 parties participates and we already have 5 names who run to be candidate of president in general election in 2009. Who do you think deserve to be RI-1? Do you have a favorite name and prediction or still trying to figure out who will be the new RI-1.
Firstly, we have 2 names, former president Abdurrahman Wahid, popularly known as Gus Dur, and Mr. Soesilo Bambang Yudhoyono, they will run for the next five years. Thirdly, former president Megawati from People’s Democratic Party then Mr. Yusuf Kalla, who head the largest party (Golkar). Another candidate, might be, Mr. Wiranto, ex-armed forces from People’s Conscience, while former Jakarta’s governor Mr. Sutiyoso and Sultan Hamengkubuwono X are still waiting for a party to approach them to run.
I whish you can share your choice using the add comment service.
Montenegro Gets Islamic School Now, Muslims in the Republic of Montenegro have the first Muslim school to accommodate students aspiring for Islamic education. "After more than a 90-year, the school construction has done and will enroll students for the 2008/2009 school year. The four-storey school, which will have a 16-room dorm, will open its doors on August 20 in the capital Podgorica. It will have facilities such as a library, a computer lab, a gym and a theatre," Omer Halil Kajshaj, head of the foreign relations department at the Islamic Sheikdom of Montenegro. He also said this year only male student will accept, and open for girls next year.
The building of the 300-square-meter school has cost €2 million, some €1.5 million of which donated by a Turkish governmental institution. The Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank and a number of charities in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates donated the remaining € 500,000. The school comes to meet the needs of the Muslim minority in Montenegro, since it closed in the northern municipality of Pljevlja in 1918.
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News Flash
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Memorizing Quran and Hadist competitionFor the very first time, the Indonesian government in association with the Saudi government will hold an Asean Musabaqah Hifdzil Quran wal Hadist/MHQH (Memorizing Quran and Hadist competition). The event will be held at the Pondok Gede Hajj Dormitory in East Jakarta, from last of July 21 through 23.
In press release of Islamic Mass Guidance Director General at the Ministry of Religious Affairs Prof Dr Nasaruddin Umar MA said that the event will be held periodically. Compared to similar events, Nasaruddin, flanked by Religious Affairs Attache at the Saudi Embassy Ibrahim Al Nughaimsyi, said that this time the event will not only involve the Quran, but hadis (records of the words and deeds of Prophet Muhammad) as well. He also said that the MHQH is specifically an Indonesian event, because Indonesia is both the organizer and host. He hoped this event would be an annual affair, and would some day also be open to Arab and non-Arab participation.
Mt Anak Krakatau in top alert status"We are still strongly advising tourists not to climb Mt Anak Krakatau," head of the Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center Surono said in Bandung. On certain times it was still spewing red-hot rocks and toxic gasses. After the activity of Mt Anak Agung has stopped, the status will change from alert III to alert II.
Press Freedom 2008Press freedom in Indonesia in the eyes of non governmental organizations monitoring international media in 167 countries in the world as surveyed by Reporters Without Borders (RWB) ranked the 100th. In the press freedom index of 2007 received by ANTARA News in Tokyo, Indonesia ranked second in South Asia after Cambodia.
Under the index, freedom of the press in East Asian countries will be better in Southeast Asia. Press freedom in East Asia ranks the 30th to 40th except the People`s Republic of China (RRC). In the index which only includes minimum violence or threats for journalists in the performance of their journalistic duties, the position of press freedom in 10 ASEAN member countries indicated that Cambodia was in the 85th rank, followed by Indonesia in the 100th rank, Brunei Darussalam 118, Malaysia 124 and the Philippines 128. In world rank, United States, 53, has fallen nine places since last year, after being in 17th position in the first year of the Index, in 2002.
Australian Red Cross to end mission in Aceh by 2010"Our commitment to assist Aceh in the aftermath of the tsunami disaster through the rehabilitation and reconstruction programs will end in 2010. An on-going program jointly carried out by the Australian Red Cross and the Indonesian Red Cross was blood donor campaigns," Hasiando PL Tobing, a field officer of the Australian Red Cross said.
He also said that the campaigns encouraged local resident to donate their blood regularly for the need of their families and others.
Among the programs which have been conducted by the Australian Red Cross were constructions of houses for tsunami victims, economic empowerment and health improvement programs for local residents, and training courses on search and rescue efforts and fire fighting. Australia, in cooperation with the Indonesian Red Cross, the Norwegian Red Cross, and some local organizations, also conducted disaster mitigation trainings in Aceh.
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Royal Cremation Ceremony (Bali's Event)
Friday, July 11, 2008
A series of ceremonies will be held in Ubud, Bali, this coming month, culminating in a unique Royal Cremation (Pelebon) procession and Celebration of Life, which will take place on July 15th, 2008. This Royal Cremation Ceremony promises to be an unforgettable event for spectators.The Ubud Royal Family will hold this ceremony for the bodies of two prominent elders of the family:
• Tjokorda Gde Agung Suyasa, who was head of the Ubud Royal Family and the leader of the traditional community in Ubud since 1976, and
• Tjokorda Gede Raka, who was a senior office in the police force in Denpasar until his retirement in 1992
The effigy of Gung Niang Raka, whose body was cremated in a smaller ceremony in December soon after she died, will also now be given a full cremation ceremony.
The cremation procession and associated ceremonies are important rituals in the Hindu rites of passage. The bodies of the deceased will be carried through the streets of Ubud by thousands of local people on top of a nine-tiered tower called ‘bade’. The procession will be accompanied by an elaborately decorated and venerated bull effigy (Lembu) and a mythical dragon-like creature (Naga Banda), with a five meter-long tail. The naga is reserved for only the elders of the Royal family and is thus seldom seen in cremation ceremonies.
Ngaben is the principle funeral rite in Bali’s Hindu society which aims to return the remains of the deceased to the elements from which all living things are created and to release the soul from all ties to this life.
Ngaben is comprised of many rituals, culminating in the burning of the corpse in an animal-shaped sarcophagus, as well as the burning of the cremation tower (bade) whose sole purpose is to transport the corpse from home to the cremation grounds.
The Ngaben is not a sad event, it can even be happy, it is a way to make the spirit of the dead happy, and to avoid disturbing him by crying. However it requires an enormous amount of time, energy, and money! All of the relatives and friends share the cost but often months, or even years, will be required to gather enough money and to make the mountains of offerings involved. One solution is for ordinary community members to join the funerals of wealthier individuals of high caste, or to organize ngaben massal (mass cremation) among the villagers, to reduce the costs.
In Ubud, such ‘mass’ cremations are held only every 3-5 years. On 15 July, 2oo8 three members of the Royal Family of Ubud will be cremated along with approximately 70 other deceased from the local community.
This ceremony is very much a public one and visitors are welcome but everyone is reminded to dress appropriately, with legs and arms covered, and to abide by any instructions and announcements.
This article first appeared on Royal Cremation Ceremony (Pelebon. It's republished with kind permission from the website.
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Barrack Obama -Hillary Clinton in harmony
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Obama and Hillary have started with separate goals in their first campaign on Democratic presidential candidate, but now they have made history together. They attracted millions of Americans to support Democrat for general election.
"We need them badly - not just my campaign, but the American people need their service and their vision and their wisdom. We need the Clintons, not just me, but America," Obama said.
In noticeably matching blue outfits, this is the first public event since Mrs. Clinton pulled out of the race to be the Democratic presidential candidate. Mrs. Hillary Clinton joined Barrack Obama in New Hampshire. She urges supporters of the Democrat to vote for Obama in general election. According to AP, when they met, they greeted each other with kiss, handshake when they caught the flight and also sat next to each other on the plane, AP reported.
According to the L.A. Times, the town, tucked in the state’s western corner, not only has the perfect name for the message the Obama campaign wants to impress upon disgruntled Clinton supporters across the nation, but it also precisely split its support in New Hampshire’s Democratic presidential primary: Obama got 107 votes and Hillary got 107 votes.
Recent polling shows Obama ahead of McCain in national. A new Rasmussen poll released today shows Obama leading nationally 49% to 45%. A Quinnipiac University poll of likely voters for washington.com and the Wall Street Journal has Obama leading McCain 49% to 44% in Colorado, 48% to 42% in Michigan, 54% to 37% in Minnesota, and 52% to 39% in Wisconsin.
Will Hillary to run as Obama VP?
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Health News
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Too much body fat raises the risk of about a dozen different cancers, according to a major new study that adds to growing evidence linking excess weight to cancer at most sites in the body. British scientists who pooled data from 141 studies on 20 cancer types found a higher body mass index is associated with:An increased risk of thyroid, kidney and colon cancers, cancer of the esophagus, multiple myeloma (a cancer of the blood cells), leukemia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma in both sexes;
- Rectal cancer and malignant melanoma (a deadly skin cancer) in men and;
- And gallbladder, pancreas, endometrial and postmenopausal breast cancers in women.
The study is published in this week's edition of the journal The Lancet.Today, most Canadians are overweight or obese. According to the 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey, 23 per cent of Canadians aged 18 or older -- about 5.5 million adults -- had a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more, putting them in the obese category. Another 8.6 million, or 36 per cent, were overweight, with a BMI greater than 25. (BMI is a measure of body fat based on height and weight).
Researchers warn fat is becoming the new tobacco: Many of the associations between a bigger body mass and cancer risk were for cancers that aren't related to smoking.
"Conceivably, as cigarette smoking (which is the largest cause of cancers in developed countries) decreases, excess body weight could become the dominant lifestyle factor that contributes to cancer occurrence in such countries," the authors conclude.
And, unlike smoking, it's not known whether it's too late to lower cancer risks once the weight is already on.
"This study is all about preventing weight gain in the first place," says lead author Dr. Andrew Renehan, senior lecturer in cancer studies and surgery at the University of Manchester.
"When you ask populations what do they think are the risk factors for cancers, they all know smoking, they all know about family risk, but not many mention obesity. There's an awareness that needs to be echoed over and over again."
A key report last fall from the World Cancer Research Fund concluded body fat is associated with an increased risk of cancers of the esophagus, pancreas, colorectum, post-menopausal breast, endometrium and kidney.
Renehan's group went further. They looked at less common cancers as well, and at differences between sexes and populations to quantify the cancer risks.
The team estimated cancer risk with every five-unit increase in BMI. Overall, the increased cancer risk corresponds to a weight gain of about 37 pounds in men, and 28.6 pounds in women who have an average BMI of 23, or about "the middle of normal weight," Renehan says.
The study reinforces that "the leaner we are, the better off we are in terms of health status," says Dr. David Lau, professor of medicine at the University of Calgary and president of Obesity Canada. He said even people who aren't overweight might benefit "if you can slim off a few pounds. It goes beyond just overweight and obesity."
Just how excess weight increases cancer risk isn't fully understood. One theory is that excess body fat causes changes in circulating concentrations of hormones that can cause cells to proliferate, leading to runaway cancer formation.
It's also possible that fat cells, especially those inside the belly, produce a basket of messengers that may induce cells to become cancer cells.
"The bottom line is that fat cells produce toxins that can wreak havoc, and not just in sugar and lipid metabolism, which can in turn lead to high risk for heart disease and diabetes. We now know this may also be mechanistically linked to the formation of a number of cancers," Lau says.
The team analyzed 141 articles that involved 282,137 cancer cases. In men, a higher BMI raised the risk of esophageal cancer by 52 per cent, thyroid cancer by 33 per cent and colon and kidney cancers each by 24 per cent.
In women, increased BMI raised the risk of endometrial and gallbladder cancer each by 59 per cent, cancer of the esophagus by 51 per cent and kidney cancers by 34 per cent.
The association for colon cancer was stronger in men than in women (24 per cent versus nine per cent). The magnitude of associations between increased BMI and cancer were similar across different populations, though the link between increased body fat and breast cancers was particularly strong in Asia-Pacific populations.
It's unknown whether excess weight in adolescence or early adulthood increases the cancer risk, or whether where the fat is located makes a difference. The team used BMI as a measure of body fat, but some say abdominal or belly fat might be a better predictor of cancer risk, which is the case for cardiovascular disease.
According to an accompanying article, obesity accounts for about 30,000 deaths in the U.K. each year, "and 10 times that" in the U.S., where obesity is now thought to have overtaken smoking as the main preventable cause of sickness and premature death.
It will take "multiple public health approaches to reverse the obesity epidemic, the Swedish authors write, including restricting junk food ads, taxing sugary drinks and other high-calorie, high-fat foods, lowering the cost of healthy foods and promoting physical activity in schools and workplaces.
Sex Diseases Still RisingResults of a new study find that in the United States, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis cases are on the rise.
2006 was the second year in a row that saw an increase in all 3 of the leading sexually transmitted diseases, a fact that worries health professionals a great deal.
The CDC study found that chlamydia cases in 2006 topped the 1 million mark, the most cases to be reported since statistics were kept by the CDC starting in 1984.
Compared to 2005, the rate of positive gonorrhea cases rose by 5.5 percent.
Cases of syphilis jumped 13.8 percent from 2005 to 2006, also a sharp increase in cases.
"This is a hidden epidemic," said Dr. Stuart Berman, who helps tracks STDs for the CDC.
"Most people are not aware of how many STDs are out there, the risks that they run and the need for getting regular testing for some of these and treatment -- and having their partners treated. We'd like to see these rates going down."
"The honest truth is that we're on the early part of the learning curve with populations in which traditional approaches to prevention aren't working as effectively," said John Douglas, CDC's director of STD prevention, in a telephone call with reporters.
"When you see that almost half of these infections are among young people, that tells you we have to do a much better job of sex education in public schools," said Bill Stackhouse, director of the Institute for Gay Men's Health in New York, in a telephone interview today.
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