Kurang Tidur Berefek Mematikan

KOMPAS.com — Tidur terlalu larut bisa menjadi menjadi bom waktu bagi kesehatan dan berakibat mematikan karena berisiko serangan jantung dan stroke. Demikian kesimpulan hasil penelitian yang menganalisis data lebih dari 470.000 orang di delapan negara.

"Jika tidur kurang dari 6 jam setiap malam dan sering mengalami gangguan tidur, Anda berisiko 48 persen terkena serangan jantung mematikan dan 15 persen terkena stroke," kata Dr Francesco Cappucino dari Warwick Medical School, Inggris.

Dalam siaran persnya, para peneliti mengungkapkan kurang tidur yang kronis atau sudah berlangsung lama akan menyebabkan tubuh memproduksi hormon dan zat kimia tertentu yang akan meningkatkan risiko terbentuknya penyakit jantung dan stroke, tekanan darah tinggi dan kolesterol, serta diabetes dan obesitas.

"Tantangan untuk menyeimbangkan pekerjaan dan kehidupan pribadi membuat kebanyakan orang mengorbankan waktu tidurnya. Padahal dengan melakukan hal tersebut, kita membahayakan kesehatan karena meningkatkan risiko stroke atau penyakit jantung," kata Cappuccio dalam riset yang dipublikasikan di European Heart Journal.

Tidur selama tujuh jam setiap malam disebutkan akan melindungi kesehatan dan mengurangi risiko penyakit kronis.

Maskapai Ini Rekrut Waria sebagai Pramugari

Untuk menarik perhatian calon penumpang, umumnya maskapai penerbangan akan meningkatkan pelayanan. Namun, satu maskapai yang akan melakukan penerbangan perdana asal Thailand ini punya daya tarik unik menarik calon penumpang. Apakah itu?

Ternyata, pramugari yang akan melayani perusahaan penerbangan PC Air bukanlah seorang wanita, tetapi wanita transeksual atau waria. Perusahaan penerbangan PC Air telah merekrut tiga perempuan transgender sebagai langkah awal rintisan penerbangan mereka. Cara ini sebagai upaya mempromosikan operator penerbangan mereka dan 'seks ketiga' di negara gajah putih.

Peter Chan, bos perusahaan sangat antusias terhadap inovasi pramugari transeksual. "Saya pikir orang-orang ini dapat mencapai karier yang baik, bukan hanya di bisnis hiburan. Banyak juga mereka yang bercita-cita menjadi pramugari." katanya dikutip Telegraph. Chan beralasan, masyarakat yang telah berubah menjadikan idenya akan diikuti operator lain.

Salah satu calon pramugari adalah pemenang Miss Tiffany, kontes kecantikan transeksual di Thailand 2007 silam, Thanyarat Jiraphatpakorn.

"Pada awalnya saya pikir mereka mengontrak kami untuk iklan dan tidak benar-benar merekrut kami seperti yang terjadi di tempat-tempat lain sebelumnya," ujar ratu kecantikan, 23. Ia mengaku merasa senang terpilih sebagai salah satu pramugari di PC Air.

Thailand memiliki "katoey" atau komunitas transeksual terbesar di dunia. Bedah transeksual di negara ini lebih murah dan cepat. Permintaan bedah kecantikan dari pria menjadi wanita dengan mudah ditemui di Thailand.

Maskapai PC Air menyatakan tidak mengedepankan bukti operasi sebagai kriteria pramugarinya. Pelamar dengan keterampilan bahasa dan potensi yang baik akan diprioritaskan. Tahap awal perusahaan akan merekrut 100 orang katoey. Perusahaan juga merekrut 17 pria dan 10 wanita sebagai staf.

Para pramugari transeksual akan mengenakan khusus berwarna emas bertulis 'jenis kelamin ketiga' pada lencana mereka. Gunanya agar memudahkan staf imigrasi dan penumpang mengindetifikasi identitas mereka.

http://kosmo.vivanews.com/news/read/202108-maskapai-ini-rekrut-waria-sebagai-pramugari

Kembar Identik Beda Warna Kulit

Anak kembar Richardson adalah pasangan kembar identik. Layton dan Kaydon berasal dari satu sel telur dan sperma. Anehnya, kedua balita ini memiliki warna kulit berbeda. Layton berkulit putih sedangkan saudara kembarnya, Kaydon, berkulit hitam.

Keduanya lahir pada 2006 dari seorang ibu keturunan Nigeria dan ayah berkulit putih. Saat melahirkan, anak pertama yang keluar dari rahim Kerry seorang anak laki-laki dan berkulit putih. Beberapa menit kemudian ia kembali melahirkan seorang bayi laki-laki berkulit hitam.

Menurut dokter, bayi kembar identik berbeda warna kulit seperti bayi Richardson sangat langka. Peluangnya sekitar satu dalam sejuta kelahiran. Setelah si kembar, keluarga ini memiliki bayi perempuan lain, Tiyannah, yang berkulit putih.

"Sebelum si kembar lahir, saya mengira semua anak saya akan memiliki warna kulit saya," kata sang ibu kepada Daily Mail. "Tapi setelah Layton, saya tak yakin lagi," katanya seperti dikutip Daily Mail.

Sang ibu merasa khawatir penampilan anak-anaknya mempengaruhi saat mereka beranjak besar dan harus masuk sekolah. Kerry membeberkan telah memberitahu Layton soal perbedaan warna kulit dengan saudara kembarnya.

Di Inggris, ditemukan pula orangtua berkulit hitam dengan anak yang memiliki kulit putih, bermata biru dan berambut pirang. Dokter menyebut anak pasangan Ben dan Angela Ihegboro, bayi Nmachi tidak mengidap albino namun kejadian medis yang sangat langka.

"Dia adalah anak saya. Dia adalah seorang bayi cantik, bayi keajaiban," ujar sang ayah yang berbahagia.

http://kosmo.vivanews.com/news/read/203838-kembar-identik-ini-berbeda-warna-kulit

Evolusi BlackBerry

Ada orang yang baru punya BlackBerry. Setiap saat setiap waktu selalu BBM-an (ngising wae yo digowo :)) ).

Bukannya mau curhat soal orang yang jadi autis gara-gara sindrom-baru-punya-BB. Tapi tahukah kamu sejarah awalnya BB? Kenapa bisa secanggih itu? Koq bisa punya jaringan komunikasi sendiri?

pager generasi pertama tipe 850

hape generasi awal tipe 8100

awal generasi canggih BlackBerry Bold

Kalo mau tau ceritanya baca aja di Wikipedia :D

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"Waiting for Sound System to respond..."

Hello guys. I'm having a nasty problem with the Sound Menu on my Ubuntu 10.10 Installation. What happens is that the sound control icon is blocked, and i can't control the master volume. If i try to get to the Sound Preferences i get a little Pop-Up Window saying: "Waiting for Sound System to respond...". Don't know what to do... Apart of that, sound works great.Thanks a lot ;)PS: I made 2 screenshot uploads. Hope it helps.

Your pulseaudio daemon isn't running. Try to do pulseaudio --start from a terminal and see what happens