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“The marvels of daily life are
exciting; no movie director can arrange the unexpected that you find in the
street.”
— Robert Doisneau
TOTING HIS TRUSTYCAMERAthrough the avenues of
Paris, viewing the world through the lyrical eye of his Leica,Robert Doisneaugave us thousands of frozen
moments of wit and whimsy, innocence and romance. And more often than not,
playful story-pictures kissed with poetry.
Today, on its search home-page,Googlecelebrates the centenary of the
popular French photographer with a Doodle that reflects all those aspects of
the artist.
There, on the far-right in this
photographic quartet, is Doisneau’s most iconic image, “Kiss by the Hotel de
Ville(Le baiser de l’hotel de
ville),” the stirring liplock that appeared in Life magazine in 1950,
featuring a couple of aspiring 20something actors (who would, according to
lore, part ways less than a year later).
The image was staged. The romance
was real. And the moment’s artistic heat burns still.
“I don't photograph life as it
is,” Doisneau famously said, “but life as I would like it to be.”
(Real life, of course, could
prove harsher: The woman in the image, Françoise Bornet [nee Delbart], sued
Doisneau in 1993 for compensation and royalties; the case was dismissed. The
artist died the following year.)
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Doisneau so frequently found art,
though, in the pure and unposed physical exuberance of children at play. Google
reflects that by choosing his 1943 photo (at far left in the logo) shot near
the Eiffel Tower, titled “Tug on the Champ de Mars (Le remorqueur du Champ
de Mars).”
The Doodle is topped by the
striking 1971 image “Three little white children, Parc Monceau (Trois petits
enfants blancs, parc Monceau),” in which the trio of white-clad kids pass
the Parisian monument to writer Guy de Maupassant. And Google — such a fan ofStreet Views— completes its thoughtful logo
curation with 1977’s sad-sweet “Dog on Wheels(Le
chien a roulettes).”
“I am not a hunter of pictures,”
Doisneau once said. “I am a fisher of pictures.”
The final round of the 2012 Masters had all the drama a golf fan could handle — so much, in fact, that it required two extra holes to determine a winner. But on the par-4 10th, American Bubba Watson produced the one of the most remarkable shots of a tournament full of them. His stunning second shot from the pine straw assured victory South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen, and earned the 33-year-old his first green jacket. AsBarry Svlurga reported:
Anyone else who walked down the 10th fairway at Augusta National Sunday evening, with the Masters still to be decided, would have seen disaster. Bubba Watson saw only an opening. His ball sat on pine straw, beyond the gallery to the right of the fairway, pines looming over it. Jail.
(Matt Slocum/AP) - Louis Oosthuizen, of South Africa, and his caddie Wynand Stander react after Oosthuizen's double eagle two on the par 5 second hole during the fourth round of the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 8, 2012, in Augusta, Ga.
(Streeter Lecka/GETTY IMAGES) - Bubba Watson (R) of the United States hugs Ben Crane (L) of the United States after winning his sudden death playoff against Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa on the second playoff hole during the 2012 Masters Tournament by one stroke at Augusta National Golf Club on April 8, 2012 in Augusta, Georgia.
Watson, though, plays a Gumby-like version of golf, able to stretch shots around corners that seem to be square, creating openings where others see walls. “Bubba Golf,” he calls it. Its marketing slogan: If I have a swing, I’ve got a shot. It could be in a Tuesday practice round. It could be in a playoff at the Masters, with South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen — a beautifully straight striker of the ball — looming at the edge of the fairway.
So he did, and he won the Masters because of it. Before he arrived at his ball, he identified a path that others would deem preposterous. He pulled a wedge, and lashed at the ball, keeping it under the limbs, perhaps 15 feet off the ground, watching it rise when it reached the fairway. It then bent to the right, a swing of perhaps 40 yards, and settled on the green. It set up a ludicrous par that was enough to beat Oosthuizen, who himself arrived in the playoff because of his own bit of craziness —a double-eagle 2 at the par-5 second — and finished another wild Sunday at the Masters with Watson’s first major championship.
“I’ve never had a dream go this far,” Watson said.
While Watson’s creativity ruled the day, it was Oosthuizen who provided the rarest of highlights on Sunday at Augusta. AsThomas Boswell wrote:
After covering all these Masters, I was one hole away, following Phil Mickelson, when Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa made his double eagle at the 575-yard par-5 second hole on Easter Sunday at the Masters.
The genuinely miraculous shot, never before accomplished on that long swooping dog-leg-left hole in the previous 76 Masters, instantly vaulted Oosthuizen from third place into a stunning two-shot lead over Phil Mickelson and Peter Hanson.
The pair, playing one group behind, who didn’t even know what had befallen them until they approached the second green and saw that the red “7” with which Oosthuizen had started the day had suddenly transformed itself into a crimson “10.”
Thousands of fans saw The Albatross — which is a stroke better than a mere hole-in-one. The sighting is so rare it’s occurred only four times in all of Masters history, including Gene Sarazen’s famous double-eagle at the 15th in ’35, which led him to a green jacket and helped make the Masters an iconic American event.
Nicki Minaj is ready to hit the road now that the world has its hands
on Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. She dropped the rap/pop opus this week,
and now she just wants to travel the world and chill out with her Barbz
and Kenz.
"I don't get the jitters," Minaj said on Friday's (April 6) "Today,"
where she later performed her RedOne track "Starships." "Honestly, it's
a better album [than Pink Friday]. It's so much more well-rounded. It's
way more songs. Everything's way more exciting on this album.
"I'm about to start my world tour this year. My fans across seas have
been going crazy. I'm just excited more than anything for me is the
fact that this album's now done and on the way and I can go see my
fans."
She opened up about why she decided to write a song titled "Marilyn
Monroe" for the album. The Dr. Luke-produced track is a slower number
about her insecurities. "It was just a longing for something, like a
longing for approval," Minaj revealed. "And I feel like women in power,
successful women as successful as them, they have that desire to still
be loved, to still always be great, to still be approved," she explained
about using the iconic Hollywood actress as her muse.
Monroe wasn't the only icon Minaj discussed on "Today": She also
dished about working with Madonna on her MDNA album, as well as hitting
the stage with her to perform at the Super Bowl.
Asked whether she's been influenced by Lady Gaga, Minaj said, " I
don't really know Gaga," adding, "But as far as Madonna, I had the
pleasure of working with her, and I feel she's really changed and
reinvented not only herself, but pop culture. What inspires me about
Madonna is that she's able to balance all of this with her family and
her personal life, and I told her that.
"She's just everything, and that's what made me so nervous before I
went on," she continued about taking the stage at the Super Bowl with
seemingly the whole world watching. "At one point, I was literally about
to freeze up when I was waiting to go up on the stage — knees shaking,
hands freezing cold, everything."
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21 is the second album by English singer-songwriter Adele. It was released on 19 January 2011 in Japan, and 24 January in the UK. The first single released from the album ”Rolling in the Deep”, described by Adele as a “dark bluesy gospel disco tune” and co-written by the singer with Paul Epworth, was released on 14 January 2011. The single was released in late 2010 to a great reception from critics and it peaked at number 2 in the UK, the track also charted in the United States at number 41. The album was then released on January 19th in the Japan and on January 21st worldwide.
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In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games," a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed.
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Penyakit mag atau tukak lambung kelihatannya remeh, namun sering merepotkan.Cepat sembuh tapi juga gampang kambuh. Kemunculan gejalanya ditandai dengan rasa nyeri pada perut gara-gara meningkatnya asam lambung. Cincau ternyata mampu menuntaskan masalah lambung. Tanamannya sederhana dan mudah ditemukandi sekitar kita. silahkan baca iklanya sambb
Penyakit mag tergolong bandel. Ada kalanya hilang gejalanya setelah diobati, tapi sering pula kambuh. Begitu kambuh akan menimbulkan rasa sakit pada epigastrum (perut bagian atas) disertai nafsu makan berkurang, bahkan anorexia (selera makan hilang). Kalau sudah begitu, muncul rasa mual disertai demam sehingga mendadak muntah-muntah.
Begitu pula kondisi yang dialami seorang pengusaha muda, sebut saja Doel Tony. Dari diagnosis dokter, ia mengalami radang lambung (gastritis) kronis (menahun). Dokter tidak memberikan resep obat, tapi justru menyarankan untuk berhenti makan obat. Sebagai alternatifnya, Tony mencoba cincau. Sebulan mengkonsumsi cincau, magnya tidak ngadat lagi. Malah dokter bilang, mag dan lambungnya sembuh.
Beberapa tanaman yang biasa digunakan masyarakat di berbagai belahan dunia tampaknya memang memberikan indikasi positif dalam penyembuhan sakit mag. Diantaranya tanaman cincau. Berdasarkan penelitian, ia berkhasiat mencegah radang dan menurunkan produksi asam lambung. Nah, zat apa gerangan yang membuat cincau mujarab untuk sakit mag?
Antara kuman dan telat makan
Dikatakan Dr. Florence C. Amato dalam Fundamentals of Medical Science for Medical Record Personnel (1985), penyakit mag biasanya berawal dari makanan yang dikonsumsi tercemar bakteri atau kuman sehingga menimbulkan infeksi.Dalam kondisi serangan ringan, diagnosis penyebabnya sering tidak jelas.Tapi bisa juga ditandai dengan muntah darah (hematemensis) berwarna hitam karena pengaruh asam lambung.
Pada kondisi kronis penyakit ini sering kambuh dan tidak diketahui penyebabnya. Pola makan tidak teratur, kebiasaan minum minuman beralkohol, kopi, dan obat-obatan tanpa kontrol, umumnya menjadi penyebab timbulnya penyakit ini. Keadaan lain yang juga berkaitan dengan penyakit lambung antara lain adanya penyakit kanker, anemia kronis, diabetes, dan kekurangan zat besi kronis.
Pada tingkat gastritis kronis, penyakit ini mudah menular pada kerabat terdekat (asymptomatic). Penularannya bisa melalui pemakaian peralatan makan dan minum secara bersama-sama. Juga makanan yang kurang higienis, semisal tercemar bakteri atau kuman dari feses penderita.
Gejala awalnya mirip penderita gastritis akut yang kronisnya berakibat rasa panas dalam perut karena terjadi luka bakar pada jantung. Pada pemeriksaan badan sering tidak menunjukkan tanda-tanda luar biasa. Tapi melalui pemeriksaan laboratorium dapat diketahui, penderita mengalami kekurangan butir-butir darah merah besar (macrocytic anemia). Hasil pemeriksaan ternyata mengalami achlorhydria (tidak terdapat asam hidroklorik) dalam pencernaan.
Dalam The Merck Index, an Encyclopedia of Chemicals and Drugs edisi ke-6 disebutkan, achlorhydria mengakibatkan penderita mengalami radang selaput lendir lambung dan kerongkongan sehingga kesulitan menelan, merasa mual, muntah-muntah, dahaga, dan diare. Kalau mengalami kegagalan dalam pengobatan, bisa berakibat kematian.
Penanggulangan rasa sakit penderita mag memang belum banyak dilakukan. Belum ada obat mujarab untuk mengurangi kadar asam lambung. Secara medis untukmengurangi rasa sakit diberikan obat sedatif sebagai penenang rasa gelisah gara-gara sakit perut. Kadang-kadang diberikan obat diuretik untuk memperbanyak keluarnya cairan tubuh dengan harapan, sebagian asam lambungakan ikut keluar bersama cairan itu. Tapi cara ini tak banyak membantu.
Mengandung zat antiradang
L.B. Cardenas, Lemmens, dan Horsten dalam Medicinal and Poisonous Plants 1(1999) menyebutkan, sejumlah senyawa flavonoid bersifat mencegah radang (anti-inflamatori) dan menurunkan kadar asam lambung. Senyawa flavonoid terdapat pada beberapa tumbuhan obat, seperti cincau (Premna serratifolia), camcau (Cyclea barbata), dan juga para kerabatnya dari famili Menispermaceae.
Beragam bangsa ternyata sudah akrab dan memanfaatkan tanaman obat itu. Masyarakat Sunda, misalnya, mengenalnya sebagai cincau. Tumbuhan dari famili Verbenaceae (jati-jatian) ini termasuk tanaman semak atau pohon kecil yangtingginya mencapai 10 m. Jenis ini dapat tumbuh di dataran rendah sampai ketinggian 1.000 m dari permukaan laut (dpl). Bisa ditemukan di hutan sekunder, hutan terbuka, dan kawasan dekat pantai. Juga bisa dibudidayakan sebagai tanaman pagar. Daunnya dimanfaatkan sebagai bahan (minuman) cincau.Bisa pula dimasak sebagai sayur. Kayunya dibuat alat pertanian dan dayung.
Di Indo Cina, daun dan akarnya sebagai obat tradisional untuk melancarkan air kencing (diuretik), gangguan lambung, dan penyakit demam. Masyarakat di India memanfaatkan daunnya untuk pengobatan radang rematik, sakit perut ataumulas (colic), dan gas dalam perut (flatulence). Rebusan akar dan daun untuk obat demam di Semenanjung Malaysia. Di Papua Niugini sari daunnya sebagai obat batuk, sakit kepala, dan demam. Sementara masyarakat di Guam memanfaatkan teh rebusan kulit kayunya untuk pengobatan sakit saraf (neuralgia).
Daun cincau mengandung bahan kimia berupa senyawa aktif Premnazole dan Phenyl butazone. Premnazole (alkaloid isoxazol) dari hasil isolasi daun cincau sebagai senyawa antiradang yang bisa menurunkan pembentukan tumor pada jaringan granulasi yang menyerang butir-butir dalam protoplasma (granuloma). Phenyl butazone merupakan senyawa yang memiliki aktivitas samadengan Premnazole dengan menurunkan kadar kelenjar adrenal dan asam askorbat(vitamin C).
Dalam penelitian yang sama, kedua senyawa itu juga mampu menurunkan aktivitas enzim sehingga asam fosfatase, glutamate pyruvate transaminase (GPT, ALAT), dan glutamate pyruvate oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT, ASAT) menurun kadarnya dalam darah dan hati. Akibatnya, asam lambung yang terbentuk pada cardia dalam dinding lambung juga menurun.
Senyawa terpenoid Beta-sitosterol dan flavonoid luteolin juga diperoleh dari isolasi daun cincau. Dalam The Merck Index, an Encyclopedia of Chemicalsand Drugs edisi ke-10, Beta-sitosterol dinyatakan sebagai senyawa anti-hyperlipoproteinemic yang bekerja menurunkan kelebihan lemak (lipoid)maupun protein dalam darah. Sedangkan luteolin merupakan bioflavonoid berbentuk vitamin P kompleks yang diperlukan tubuh untuk mencegah alergi (histamin).
Camcau merupakan salah satu jenis tumbuhan yang sering kali digunakan sebagai pengganti cincau. Di daerah Jawa, daunnya untuk bahan jeli yang biasa disebut camcau ijo. Jeli ini sebagai minuman dan makanan pengusir sakit perut serta demam.
Camcau termasuk tumbuhan terna ramping atau berkayu merambat sampai 8 m panjangnya. Hidup di hutan sekunder, dalam semak-semak, atau dibudidayakan sebagai pagar hidup. Ia dapat tumbuh di dataran rendah sampai ketinggian1.200 m dpl.
Tumbuhan camcau menyimpan senyawa campuran alkaloid bersifat rumit. Komponen utamanya sebagai rangkaian yang berhubungan dengan alkaloid bisbenzylisoquinoline dan bukan alkaloid berbentuk gula protoquercitol (protoberberines) yang sering ditemukan dalam famili Menispermaceae. Dalam akar camcau tersimpan alkaloid campuran 4 – 7%.
Alkaloid bisbenzylisoquinoline termasuk senyawa S,S-tetrandrine (sebagai alkaloid utama lebih dari 3% dalam akar). Senyawa ini, berdasarkan penelitian, bekerja menghalangi perkembangan tumor ganas pada ginjal (neuroblastoma). Juga mempunyai aktivitas dalam pencegahan maupun pengobatan penyakit pembuluh darah jantung (kardiovaskuler), termasuk penyakit tekanan darah tinggi (hipertensi) dan gangguan lambung akibat tidak adanya irama lambung atas (supraventricular arrhythmia).
Senyawa itu juga berpengaruh sebagai antiradang, pereda radang (prostaglandin), pengumpul zat pembeku darah, penekanan radang sendi dan mencegah produksi nitric oxide. Adapun senyawa aktif lainnya yang termasuk alkaloid bisbenzylisoquinoline ialah R, S-isotetrandrine, R, S-chondocurine, homoaromoline, dan fangchinoline.
Senyawa R, S-isotetrandrine bekerja sebagai saluran aktivitas kalsium dan mencegah produksi nitric oxide. Dalam suatu uji coba, senyawaR,S-isotetrandrine berhasil menekan perkembangan tumor, terutama adanya pengaruh dari senyawa 12-O-tetradecanonylphorbol-13-acetate dalam tes kanker kulit pada tikus. Senyawa R,S-isotetrandrine bersama homoaromoline dan fangchinoline mencegah penyakit alergi (histamin). Senyawa R,S-chondocurine juga menekan produksi nitric oxide.
Menurut The Merck Index, an Encyclopedia of Chemicals and Drugs edisi ke-10, bila nitric oxide bereaksi dengan udara dan gas lambung, akan berubah menjadi nitrogen dioxide dan nitrogen tetroxide yang bersifat racun dan merusak jaringan. Nitrogen dioxide merupakan salah satu gas berbau busuk yang berbahaya karena mengakibatkan radang pada paru-paru. Gejala keracunan tak diketahui karena hanya sedikit terasa sakit. Tetapi dalam beberapa hari berikutnya, penderita meninggal karena terjadi penimbunan zat cair dan gas dalam jaringan.
Bahan aktif lain
Beberapa jenis tumbuhan dari famili Menispermaceae (sirawan-sirawanan) diketahui telah digunakan masyarakat setempat sebagai obat tradisional. Masyarakat Filipina dan Semenanjung Malaysia menggunakan rebusan batang sirawan (Arcangelisia flava) sebagai obat gangguan lambung maupun usus. Di Indonesia batangnya dijual sebagai “Kayu Seriawan” untuk obat demam dan seriawan.
Sirawan dikenal mengandung senyawa campuran alkaloid(bis)-benzylisoquinoline, seperti bahan aktif sejenis berberine (lebih dari5% dalam berat kering batang) dan palmatine. Berberine sebagai senyawa aktif antibakteri, seperti bakteri Diplococcus pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Salmonella typhosa, Shigella dysenteriae, Staphylococcus aureus, S. hemolyticus, dan S. paradysenteria dalam media berbeda.
Berberine berpengaruh juga dalam suplemen air daging dengan darah. Berberine(sebagai sulfat) dengan konsentrasi 35 ug/ml dapat merusak bakteri(bactericidal) pada Vibrio cholerae. Juga sebagai pencegah perkembangan bakteri (bacteriostatic) pada Staphylococcus aureus dengan konsentrasi 50 ug/ml. Kedua senyawa berberine dan palmatine secara khusus bekerja mencegah enzim dalam darah, hati, dan pankreas.
Di daerah Jawa, masyarakat menggunakan daun sumpat kendi (Stephaniacapitata) sebagi pengganti camcau untuk mengusir gangguan lambung. Kandungan alkaloidnya sama dengan camcau, dengan S,S-tetradrine sebagai senyawa utama(antara 0,7 – 1,3%).
Di daerah yang sama, umbi akar kepleng (Stephania japonica) juga dimanfaatkan sebagai obat pencegah nyeri lambung, desentri, demam, gangguan kencing, dan hepatitis. Gerusan daunnya biasanya digunakan sebagai obat tapal infeksi payudara. ask akhr
