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Edisi 20 Mei 2001
Dari Redaksi
Rekan-rekan Alumni,
Kembali kita bertemu dan kami tampilkan resensi mengenai film terbaru yang akan beredar minggu depan, The Man Who Cried. Situs pilihan minggu ini kami pilihkan "SCIENCE FOR THE MILLENIUM". Selamat berakhir pekan.
anna kounikova
KESEHATAN
ANGINA
What is angina?
ANGINA PECTORIS ("ANGINA") IS A recurring pain or discomfort in the chest that happens when some part of the heart does not receive enough blood. It is a common symptom of coronary heart disease (CHD), which occurs when vessels that carry blood to the heart become narrowed and blocked due to atherosclerosis
Angina feels like a pressing or squeezing pain, usually in the chest under the breast bone, but sometimes in the shoulders, arms, neck, jaws, or back. Angina is usually precipitated by exertion. It is usually relieved within a few minutes by resting or by taking prescribed angina medicine.
What brings on angina? Episodes of angina occur when the heart's need for oxygen increases beyond the oxygen available from the blood nourishing the heart. Physical exertion is the most common trigger for angina. Other triggers can be emotional stress, extreme cold or heat, heavy meals, alcohol, and cigarette smoking.
Does angina mean a heart attack is about to happen? An episode of angina is not a heart attack. Angina pain means that some of the heart muscle in not getting enough blood temporarily--for example, during exercise, when the heart has to work harder. The pain does NOT mean that the heart muscle is suffering irreversible, permanent damage. Episodes of angina seldom cause permanent damage to heart muscle.
In contrast, a heart attack occurs when the blood flow to a part of the heart is suddenly and permanently cut off. This causes permanent damage to the heart muscle. Typically, the chest pain is more severe, lasts longer, and does not go away with rest or with medicine that was previously effective. It may be accompanied by indigestion, nausea, weakness, and sweating. However, the symptoms of a heart attack are varied and may be considerably milder.
When someone has a repeating but stable pattern of angina, an episode of angina does not mean that a heart attack is about to happen. Angina means that there is underlying coronary heart disease. Patients with angina are at an increased risk of heart attack compared with those who have no symptoms of cardiovascular disease, but the episode of angina is not a signal that a heart attack is about to happen. In contrast, when the pattern of angina changes--if episodes become more frequent, last longer, or occur without exercise--the risk of heart attack in subsequent days or weeks is much higher.
A person who has angina should learn the pattern of his or her angina--what cause an angina attack, what it feels like, how long episodes usually last, and whether medication relieves the attack. If the pattern changes sharply or if the symptoms are those of a heart attack, one should get medical help immediately, perhaps best done by seeking an evaluation at a nearby hospital emergency room.
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DIRGANTARA
LIGHT COMBAT AIRCRAFT
India 2000
The LCA (Light Combat Aircraft) is India's second indigenous jet fighter design, after the HF-24 Marut of the 1950s. It's the world's smallest, light weight, multi-role combat aircraft designed to meet the requirements of the Indian Air Force as its frontline multi-mission single seater tactical aircraft during the period 2000 - 2020. Development began in 1983; the basic design was finalised in 1990; the first prototype rolled out on 17 November 1995. On 04 January 2001 at 10.18 a.m. the first LCA Prototype TD-1 (Technology Demonstrator-1), finally took off on its first flight from Yelahanka AFS.
The configuration is a delta wing, with no tailplanes or foreplanes, and a single vertical fin. The LCA is constructed of aluminium-lithium alloys, carbon-fibre composites, and titanium. The design incorporates "control-configured vehicle" concepts to enhance manoeuvrability, and quadruplex fly-by-wire controls. Both prototypes are powered by General Electric F404-GE-F2J3 engines, but an indigenous engine, the GTX-35VS Kaveri, is being developed for the production LCA. No official name or other designation has been assigned to the LCA yet.fAmOUs qUOtE
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. "
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
FILM
The Man Who Cried
Universal Focus
Release Date: May 25, 2001
MPAA rating: 'R' for sexuality
Running Time: 102 Minutes
The year is 1927. A little Jewish girl (Fegele) lives happily with her father, a cantor, and her grandmother in a Russian village. But with the ever-present threat of persecution, her father leaves for America to find work and then send for his family. Soon after he leaves, violence engulfs the village. Fegele is bundled off with some fleeing villagers who hope to get to America, but she ends up on a boat to England.
Fegele is re-named Suzie, sent to a Christian foster home and to a school where she is forbidden to speak Yiddish but learns to sing. Ten years later she leaves England for Paris, where she becomes a chorus girl and befriends an ambitious blonde Russian dancer, Lola. She starts to save, hoping to earn enough money to pay for her passage to America. Together Lola and Suzie find jobs in the new opera company of impresario Felix Perlman.
Suzie falls in love with gypsy horse-handler Cesar, while Lola falls for Dante Dominio, an arrogant Italian opera singer. When the German army invades Paris, Dante, with Lola at his side, immediately collaborates with the Nazis, while Suzie joins Cesar and his band of gypsy musicians.
The Nazis have plans to round up the Jews and Gypsies. When Dante betrays Suzie, Lola decides to leave him: she tells Suzie that she will help them both get out. Suzie wants to stay and fight but Cesar encourages her to leave. Suzie is heartbroken, but eventually agrees.
In the mid-Atlantic the ship to America is bombed. Suzie is rescued but Lola drowns.
Once in America, Suzie continues her search for her father, which finally leads her to Hollywood
The Main Cast
Suzie CHRISTINA RICCI
Lola CATE BLANCHETT
Dante Daminio JOHN TURTURRO
Cesar JOHNNY DEPP
The Father OLEG YANKOVSKIY
Young Suzie CLAUDIA LANDER DUKE
Directed by SALLY POTTERTRIATHLON
Swim Cycling Running
You don't need to spend hundreds of dollars to find out what it's like to finish a triathlon. You will need swim goggles, a swim suit, running shoes, any old bike and a helmet. You might already own running shoes, if not, you'll need to get a pair. You probably already own a towel and running shorts. Voila! Other than the entry fee, you should be able to finish a sprint distance triathlon with minimal cost and less training than you might think.
Triathlons are easy and fun. This philosophy can be said about the shorter distances as well. But with some determined effort a few times a week most people are able to complete a short distance tri in as little as one month. If you are at the point where it's hard to run more than 3 blocks, find it difficult to swim the length of a pool, or get a sore butt on the bike, don't fret. We have all been there. Start slowly and before you know it, you'll be in the kind of shape most people only dream of.If you slowly incorporate one hour of swimming 3 days per week with 5 days of a running workout and 2 days with a bike ride, you can be finishing a half Ironman distance tri in as little as 3-6 months depending on your prior fitness.
It's not hard to imagine that some people are born with what it takes to win races. I can train all day or until I'm blue in the face and never come close to winning first, second or third place. Others must know that also and have other reasons for showing up on race day. I was able to finish my first 1/2 Ironman distance tri comfortably with a training schedule that consisted of one long ride per week of 35-70 miles, one long run of 10-18 miles, 3 days swimming, and recovery runs the other days. I always took one day a week off for rest. I never worked hard in two sports on the same day. It's of great benefit to follow a long bike ride with a short run once you are in good shape. This is known as a brick workout and simulates a race day transition.
Happy Training and Triathloning!
by Hulaman
MODEL & FASHION
LITHUANIA
Lithuania lies in the eastern Europe, on the coast of the Baltic Sea. In the north Lithuania borders with Latvia, in the east and south with Byelorussia, in the south-west with Poland and with the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation.Vilnus is the Capital city of the country. Vilnius is very old city indeed.
The honor for founding Vilnius is justly given to Gediminas (a Lithuanian Duke) in the year 1323. Having declared Vilnius his "royal town", Gediminas created the conditions for its subsequent growth as the political, economical and cultural center of Lithuania. The fortress on Castle Hill was used for defense purposes and was called the Upper Castle.
SITUS PILIHAN
SCIENCE FOR THE MILLENIUM
Redaksi memilihkan situs ini sebagai situs pilihan minggu ini. Ditangani oleh NASA, situs ini menampilkan secara menarik ilmu pengetahuan abad milenium dengan menggunakan media audio dan video. Di bawah ini adalah salah satu topik yang menarik untuk dicermati.
SPACE TIME WRINKLES
In 1916 Einstein developed his General Theory of Relativity. It wasn't until much later that most scientists accepted one of the most dramatic ramifications of his new theory of gravitation: the existence of black holes from whose extreme gravity nothing, not even light, can escape. Major advances in computation are only today enabling scientists to simulate in detail how black holes form, evolve, and interact. Researchers are betting on powerful gravitational wave detectors, now under construction, to confirm that black holes actually inhabit the cosmos.
FOTOGRAFI
A BRIEF HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography was first used as a visual representative medium in the early 19th Century. Thomas Wedgwood was the first person to successfully record an image, but he was unable to fix the photograph for any extended period of time. It was not until mid 1827 that Niepce recorded the first successful picture, however, it required an exposure of eight hours! This was the starting point for one of the world’s most relished inventions. The ability to accurately capture a scene without the need for artistic talent or scientific knowledge.Niepce was a scientist, as was Louis Daguerre, who continued his work when he died. They were not artists.
Daguerre can be regarded as the founding father of Photography as he took Niepce’s process and improved it considerably, reducing the exposure time to just half an hour and discovering the first permanent fixing agent - salt.
As the word spread that the Daguerreotype required “no knowledge of drawing…” and that “anyone may succeed.... and perform as well as the author of the invention” many showed an interest and “Daguerreomania” became a craze overnight.
However, even in the very first days of photography it was met with opposition, especially from artists who believed it could seriously threaten their professions; one journalist even regarded the new invention as satanic:
“The wish to capture evanescent reflections is not only impossible... but the mere desire alone, the will to do so, is blasphemy. God created man in His own image, and no man- made machine may fix the image of God. Is it possible that God should have abandoned His eternal principles, and allowed a Frenchman ... to give to the world an invention of the Devil?” Article in the Leipzig City Advertiser 1839/40
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