Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Astrid are indonesian people who elected as mayor assistant in chicago, for further information, you can read the article below :
Astrid Haryati was appointed in early 2005 by Mayor Richard M. Daley of Chicago as the Assistant to the Mayor for Green Initiatives. Astrid’s role is to promote Chicago to be the healthiest, smartest and greenest city by initiating and implementing comprehensive, yet practical, environmental policies. This role requires a new level of collaborative public and private partnership and an advance stakeholders’ advocacy to comprehensively embrace integrated urban environment to include infrastructures, air quality and stormwater.
Astrid received her Bachelor of Architecture from Institute of Technology at Bandung (ITB) in Indonesia and received Master of Landscape Architecture from University of Colorado at Denver. She was a Faculty Member at the ITB Architecture Department and at the ITB Urban Design Center producing comprehensive studies of Indonesia’s urban developments. She also serves as a Guests Critic at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Landscape Urbanism Program and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Department of Architecture, assisting the development of what will be the only Graduate Program in Landscape Architecture in the City of Chicago.
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
because his name is similar to a global brand Sony, domain name sony-ak.com sued by Sony Corporation of Japan. In fact, the domain name did not imitate at all with Sony and it is a nick name of the website owner, Sony Arianto Kurniawan, practitioners of information technology in Indonesia.
Sony AK website made as a place to share knowledge about information and technology. Therefore, the website was given the name Sony AK Knowledge Center. “My Domain sony-ak.com by Sony Corporation, Japan through its legal authority in Indonesia. In fact, I register it under my own name and I have long been used for pure interest spread of knowledge in the field of IT,” said Sony AK when vent in online forums.
Writings that contain the Forum Domain100 since Thursday (11/3/2010) was a direct response on the Internet widespread. In fact, there is a campaign launched on Facebook to defend Sony AK. No less did the rate the company too much so that Sony plans to sue under even boycott Sony products.
Sony own party so far has not given an official statement on the lawsuit. Sony Indonesia is also unavailable for an explanation because it is done Sony headquarters in Japan. Meanwhile, the legal counsel appointed by Sony did not respond to e-mail that is sent Kompas.com until now.
sources : www.kompas.com
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
This machine was built and designed by Rudy Heeman of Nelson NZ. It has been called all sorts of things including aircraft,airplane,hovercraft and flying boat.It is infact a W.I.G[wing in ground effect] in the form of a hovercraft.This machine,which is classed as a boat and comes under MSA rules,can operate as a hovercraft or,when the wings and tail put on,flying machine that can travel above the water or land.Yes,the machine not only can travel on the water and land,it can also fly at low altitude in the air.
This machine has taken years to perfect and is now ready to sell.It can reach speeds over 100km/hr.All this with a 1.8litre engine.The fuel economy is far better than a boat of the same size and speed.It has a range of over 225km and cruises at 90km/hr when flying,and has a smooth ride above the waves!
It comes with a purpose built trailer,GPS,ASI,and all the engine gauges.This machine is fast and furious,it roars like a lion,and is not for the ”faint hearted”.It is adrenalin pumping and exciting.Flying an aircraft,the best part is the takeoff and landing,this machine is always in takeoff and landing position,but there is always a runway beneath you. (more…)
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
An inventor with a penchant for explosives has designed a set of rockets in the shape of a giant box of crayons.
John Coker has always enjoyed building things that explode and after a friend mentioned that his creations looked like Crayola crayons he started building the crayon-shaped rockets.
Mr Coker started building the colourful rockets in 1998 as one of his first projects.
John Coker in Nevada’s Black Rock desert where he tested his crayon rockets
Lift-off: Mr Coker’s rockets are launched, but only four of the eight take off
Work resumed in August 2004, and more than six years later, the project was finally completed.
He recently headed out to Nevada’s Black Rock desert to test them out.
Based on the small eight-pack of crayons, the three-and-a-half foot long rockets were launched from a box designed to look like the classic yellow and green Crayola box.
But, despite looking like child’s play, the mission was only a partial success with just four of the eight rockets blasting into the sky.
Inexplicably, the green, brown, yellow and orange crayons remained in the box.
Of the four rockets that went off, the violet crayon was found with a broken fin.The other three were found without major damage.
The wacky inventor stands proudly with his rockets
Inexplicably, the green, brown, yellow and orange crayons remained in the box
Mr Coker has hinted that he will test the crayon-shaped rockets again.
Mr Coker said: ‘I used to enjoy building rockets when I was a kid, but after a 20-year absence I found a much-expanded hobby with much larger, more exciting and more dangerous rockets for bigger boys.
‘Since a friend pointed out that my rockets looked like a crayon, I’ve had the idea in back of my mind to build a crayon rocket.
‘Not just a crayon rocket, but a pack of Crayola crayon rockets.
‘On the day, the crayons went pretty high and we think they got to 2928 feet.
‘This was a great project and the flight was a crowd pleaser. It was a shame that only four of the rockets flew.’
It would seem the rockets are a one-off and given the length of time it took Mr Coker to make one pack, you can see why.
Preparing for launch: Mr Coker makes final adjustments to the project he started in 1998
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Saturday, March 6th, 2010
The role of Indonesia’s reformist finance minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, in the bailout of a small bank will be debated by parliament on Wednesday following months of hearings by a committee.
A committee probing the 2008 bailout of Bank Century on Tuesday handed two conflicting recommendations to parliament. One found the bailout was justified, the other called for a criminal investigation into Indrawati and Vice President Boediono.
Here are five facts about Indrawati:
* Indrawati, 47, ranks among the most powerful women in the region and is one of the few Indonesian policymakers with an international profile.
* As finance minister, she has cleaned up the corrupt tax and customs departments by introducing more transparent practices, firing those caught taking bribes, and even springing surprise raids on staff to keep them honest.
Her policy of increasing tax collection to boost state revenues has earned her many enemies among the business elite who are now under pressure to pay up — particularly after the tax office published a list of the 100 top tax dodgers which included a coal firm controlled by tycoon and politician Aburizal Bakrie.
* During her time as finance minister, Southeast Asa’s largest economy has become a member of the Group of 20 leading economies and is one of the fastest growing ones in the region, partly thanks to the combination of sound economic policies and a more stable political situation.
Fitch upgraded Indonesia’s sovereign credit rating to one notch below investment grade in January. It is expected to achieve the coveted investment grade within a couple of years and join Brazil, Russia, India and China — the BRICs — as a member of the emerging market elite.
* On the downside, she has been less successful in going after some of the Suharto-era figures facing accusations of corruption, and has met resistance from less reform-minded cabinet colleagues and coalition politicians, particularly Bakrie, the tycoon who heads the Golkar Party.
Her decision to rescue Bank Century in 2008 in order to avert a wider financial crisis was the subject of a highly politicised parliamentary inquiry that has now handed its recommendations to the house of parliament.
* She got her doctorate in economics from the University of Illinois, lectured at Georgia University on Indonesia’s economy, and was an executive director of the International Monetary Fund representing 12 economies in Southeast Asia from 2002-2004.
sources : http://in.news.yahoo.com/137/20100303/760/twl-factbox-facts-about-indonesia-s-sri.html
(Reporting by Sara Webb and Sunanda Creagh; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Two German researchers, Heinze and Walter, found that the ants are going to die will leave the nest to avoid the outbreak of disease to others. This departure is proof of the high social level, an ant, so concerned with the interests and safety of the group rather than egoism and his own life.
This research was conducted with the disease infects (mushrooms) to some worker ants in a colony. ant wrote infection barricaded herself in a nest (not working) and after making sure he suffered pain, he went out and away from the nest until he died. This departure a few hours up to 1 day before his death. Ant ill will evacuate themselves without coercion from other ants.
Hopefully we can take a lesson from this simple creature. concerned with the safety of the group / race than selfishness and personal satisfaction.
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010
10 new Israel aircraft without crew (UAVs) will debut in Afghanistan this week, before Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been sending unmanned aircraft to the forces of Heron Kingdom Australia on Thursday.
Under the contract worth 91 million dollars, the Australian military will receive 10 Heron aircraft. Israeli companies are already working with the Canadian military in Afghanistan for air equipment maintenance.
Israeli Heron aircraft is similar to the American production of drones that often killed civilians in Pakistan will also use the German military. The government also announced that Brazil has set aside 350 million dollars to buy Heron unmanned aircraft to patrol the air in the city and its borders. The aircraft will also be used as an air safety at the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
Australian military aircraft Heron Israel chose this among other competitors after the aircraft has proved successful in tests of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. Under the agreement Israel and Australia, these types of aircraft Heron will start operation in early 2010 for the first year, and adding another option for two years.
Australian military hoped, with the use of this Heron Traffic will increase Australia’s military operations in Afghanistan. This Heron aircraft including unmanned aircraft type Medium Altitude Long Endurance, which can fly for 30 hours with a height of 30.000 feet and capable of carrying loads weighing 250 kg.
Wings have a width of 16.6 meters, as he had take off weight 1.200 kg, can be controlled automatically from a distance of hundreds of kilometers. This aircraft was designed to fly at the climate and conditions of Afghanistan.
may Allah protect Palestinian people
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010
(CNN) — Bob “Doctor” Lee is known for his smooth soul and classic R&B during the overnight hours, but working while many of us are sleeping takes its toll.
The Harlem radio DJ says he enjoys carrying his listeners through the night, but sometimes he finds himself dozing off.
“When you’re working these types of hours, sometimes you have to get some shut-eye when you can,” Lee said. “I go down to the gym to one of those mats, put your head back, next thing you know (laughs) you’ve picked up a couple minutes of sleep.”
He isn’t alone. In the next “In Focus” series from CNN’s award-winning photojournalists, we’re introduced to people who are awake and working the night shift while the rest of us are asleep.
Rink to court while you sleep
Saving furry lives 24/7
Overnight ride with EMS
Tough hours, great view
Health risks working nights
Vegas lights through the night
It’s a slice of life that many people don’t see — and a different angle on news about jobs and the economy. The on-air and online project also looks at the effect night shift work has on lives, health and families.
Lynette Slaton, a mother of three, has worked third shift for years as the night manager at Amy’s Bread in New York. The hours are hard on her and her family, but she is determined to provide a better life for them. Lynette stays up with her children during the day so she can have a hand in raising them.
“When I look at them I want them to have so much, but right now, with the way the economy is and everything, I just feel more secure being able to be with them and not having to put them in a day care setting so young,” she said.
The series also takes us behind the scenes of Atlanta, Georgia’s, Philips Arena, where workers race against the clock overnight to convert the professional sports arena from the home of the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers to the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks when the teams have back-to-back games.
See how the Philips team turns ice into wood
“The games end at 9:30 at night,” said Richard Manley, the arena’s assistant manager of conversion. “We’re starting at 10 o’clock. We change this building over every night from hockey to basketball to hockey.”
“This is what we call the third shift, the night shift,” said Barry Henson, the arena’s vice president of building and event operations. “When everybody else is asleep, this is when this building can change from one thing to the next.”
CNN’s Tom Foreman hosts this special series from a virtual environment designed by the graphics team at CNN’s Washington Bureau.
Using green screen technology and a combination of 3-D and 2-D animation, Foreman takes us on a tour from coast to coast as we meet people who work the night shift. See more of the “Nightshift In Focus” series:
• Saving furry lives 24/7
• Overnight ride with EMS
• Tough hours, great view
• Vegas lights through the night 
• Health risks working nights
sources : CNN
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010
(CNN) — Annoyed by a French competitor’s bragging, U.S. Olympic swimmer Don Schollander stalked him into the men’s bathroom, then planted himself inches behind his rival — at the urinal.
Within earshot of his competitors, seven-time gold medalist Mark Spitz reportedly once complained to his coach that he felt tight when he wasn’t hurting at all. Famously mustachioed, the American swimmer said his facial hair helped wick water, enabling him to swim faster. Soon after, the Russians grew mustaches.
Favored in many events, skier Lindsey Vonn announced before the 2010 games that a shin injury might keep her off the snow. Some sports journalists wondered whether she was exaggerating to lower expectations.
To compete at the Olympic games, an athlete must be ready to face fierce mind games, too.
“The laws of the jungle apply — show weakness and risk being eaten,” said Nicole Detling Miller, the U.S. speed skating team’s psychologist. Her job is to help racers maintain their mental focus and combat rivals’ dirty little tricks.
They can be simple but menacing:
In a room full of empty chairs, take a seat right next to your biggest threat, or walk up and offer a handshake.
Spark paranoia by saying: “Oh, hey, that’s a wild new move you have there. Never seen that,” when you’ve not noticed anything unusual at all.
Do something that makes competitors question your sanity.
“You know what was an incredible move? I would throw in a surge [fast sprinting] early in the race because everyone knows you never want to do that at mile 15 in a 26.2-mile race,” said Bill Rodgers, who ran the 1976 Olympic marathon.
The eight-time winner of the Boston and New York City marathons also liked to fire questions at the runner keeping his pace to gauge how much that person was suffering.
“Every athlete does what they can for an edge,” he said. “It’s part of the fun.”
Fun can come a bit frostier on the ice. Skaters sometimes refuse to move out of the way of a rival, forcing the approaching skater to maneuver around, Detling Miller said. Others will stand in the entry gate and take their sweet time removing their blade guards so that no one else can get on the ice.
“If you’ve got a lot of guts, you can get behind a rival and draft off them,” she said. “Ooh, that takes a lot of confidence.”
For the athlete who prefers a minimalist, classic psych out, there’s always The Stare.
“I knew that I could physically not beat her, but mentally I could. I pulled out all the stops. I glared at her so hard. I stared and kept staring,” six-time Olympic gold swimmer Amy Van Dyken told CNN, recalling her infamous showdown at the 1996 Olympics with Le Jingyi of China, who was then a world-record holder.
Van Dyken took it further. “[I] put pool water in my mouth and spat it out in her lane. And then I would slap my arms and grunt,” she said.
It’s against the rules to have unnecessary noise on the starting blocks. Van Dyken reasoned that body functions didn’t fall into that category. “I had phlegm because I’m asthmatic,” she said. “I found that to be an appropriate time to clear my throat as loudly as I could.
“When she [Jingyi] looked down, I knew I had won.”
Van Dyken did take the gold; Jingyi had to settle for silver in that race.
In the 2000 games, Van Dyken tried the tactic again and spat into Inge de Bruijn’s lane and then insulted the Dutch swimmer by saying she could beat de Bruijn if “I were a man.”
The swimmer took a heap of criticism for her actions, and made Sports Illustrated’s list of most unsportsmanlike conduct at the Olympics.
“People can say that it’s unsportsmanlike, but I shook her hand after the race,” Van Dyken said. “[Competitors] aren’t my friends. You’re not swimming for yourself or your swim club anymore. You’re competing for the entire country. If I don’t do my best at the Olympics I have to wait four years. That’s a lot of pressure.”
Pressure aside, Detling Miller and most sports psychologists say they don’t encourage their athletes to spend energy trying to psych each other out. Besides making an athlete look ugly, it can very easily distract from a competitor’s own performance.
It can also backfire by making an athlete seem insecure or fueling a competitor’s drive to win.
Consider American swimmer Gary Hall Jr., who trash-blogged during the 2000 summer Olympics that his team would “smash” the Australians “like guitars.” Aussie Ian Thorpe finished a body’s length ahead of Hall in the 4×100 freestyle relay, inspiring Thorpe’s teammates to play air guitar on the pool deck.
“Trash talking is the least subtle, often least effective way to assert your presence on any field,” said Shane Murphy, the head of the U.S. Olympic Committee’s Sport Psychology Department from 1987 to 1994. He has worked with athletes of all levels for 25 years, teaching them breathing and meditation techniques that keep them calm and remain “in the zone.”
Most of the time, he said, a competitor will psych himself out.
“When I begin working with an athlete, I want to know what their fears are, what is going to make them hesitate,” he said. “We’ll start out with me saying, ‘Let’s think of something that might go wrong.’”
The 2010 Olympics have been dubbed the Glitch Games. The weather has been bad and, especially anxiety-inducing, skating events had to be delayed for more than an hour because resurfacing machines were not working. Those mishaps pale, of course, in comparison to the death of a Georgian luger the first day of the games.
“A lot of athletes will say, ‘I’m scared of crashing,’” said Murphy. “I say, ‘OK, let’s imagine that there’s a terrible crash on the course.’”
Visualization techniques or guided imagery begins by controlling breathing and having the athletes imagine the inner workings of their muscles. Murphy will ask an athlete to make a fist and release it while saying a phrase that’s personally meaningful, such as “Now it’s time to let it go,” or “This is my time to make it happen.”
Before the super-G event last week, cameras captured Vonn at the top of the mountain with her eyes closed, mumbling something while making a swooping motion with her hand as if she were mentally going over the course from start to finish. Vonn took a bronze in the event.
Sometimes the best way to get a self-doubting athlete to believe they can win is to make them feel bad … about feeling bad, Murphy said.
Murphy was coaching a competitor in the modern pentathlon — running, swimming, shooting, horseback riding and fencing. The athlete was incredibly talented but performed poorly in fencing. It took Murphy a while to figure out why. Then it dawned on him. Fencing was the only sport that involved a face-to-face encounter.
“My guy would always say, ‘Oh, he wants it more than I do. I’ll let him have it.’” said Murphy, frustrated that the athlete was giving up mentally.
That was the athlete’s attitude,” said Murphy. “Finally, I said, ‘You’re really cheating your opponents in fencing.’”
This deeply bothered the athlete. How, he asked?
“‘I don’t think you’re giving them your best performance,’” Murphy recalled replying. “‘They are not ever going to know how good they are unless they can test themselves against you when you’re at your best.’
“A light went on and he started doing much better.”
Olympic snowboarder Louie Vito saves the trickery for the half-pipe and listens to hard-driving hip hop on his iPod to stay focused. “If I have a bad contest — I fall or something — I’m not going to listen to that same song ever again,” said Vito, who failed to medal at the games.
Snowboarders don’t spit at each other, fake injuries or block each other at the top of the pipe. But, all boarders know a story about one of them, he said. Vito won’t name the guy, but said he was known for saying to competitors about to drop: “Make sure you don’t fall on that first hit right there.”
“Whatever, that’s one guy,” said Vito. “You can only control yourself. I don’t feel like I need to play mind games with anyone. It’s just a contest, man. It’s just a contest.”
sources : CNN
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010
we saw many useful tips in lifehacker.com and we are glad to share that tips here on daydaily.com. here a few tips we taken from lifehacker.com about olypmpics. read the complete articles below.
Dear Lifehacker,
I’m a huge fan of the winter Olympics and I don’t want to miss a minute of coverage. Where can I watch the games online?
Signed,
Curling Rocks My World
Photo by garrettbh.
Dear Curling,
We’re big fans, too, and want to slurp up all the coverage we can find, so here’s how we’re planning to attack the games online this year.
Note: We’ll update this post as the games begin (and continue) and we find more sources, better options, or more details about what is and isn’t working out, so you may want to bookmark this one for later.
Figure Out When Your Must-Watch Events Are Happening
The first thing to check out is a schedule of events so you know exactly when your favorite events are taking place. The event’s official website, Vancouver 2010, has the complete schedule of both the Olympic and Paralympic games, and will be continually updated with results as they come in.
Track Down the Games Online
Once you’ve figured out what you want to see, it’s time to track it down online. Many live streams of the events can be accessed right from Vancouver 2010, which routes you into the nationally televised broadcasting stations of dozens of countries. Though we can’t say for sure until the games start, this will probably be a great way to view coverage of specific teams and athletes since each nation will likely favor coverage of its stars. In other words, if you want to track every movement of the German bobsled team, streaming one of Germany’s live broadcasts will probably serve you well.
Be aware that some websites will sniff out your location and block you from viewing if you’re outside that particular country, so you may need to try several streams until you find one that works for you. Alternatively, you could try using a proxy service like xroxy or proxify, but make sure you’re not violating the website’s or your ISP’s terms of service before you do. (Also, proxies significantly slow down your bandwidth, so don’t expect great video.)
Watching the Olympics Online in the U.S.
Stateside viewers who mainly want to keep track of American athletes and teams will want to check out NBC’s official 2010 Winter Olympics video page as well as their local listings advisor. From the listings advisor, enter your zip code and cable, satellite, or antennaed-television provider to call up a list of what channels in your area are televising the event. From there, you can hit up the individual local networks to see if they’re offering live streaming on their web sites. Smaller stations may not be, but you might get lucky in some of the country’s major metropolitan areas.
And Elsewhere…
If you want a little local Canadian flair added to your viewing, watch the Olympics via CTV’s dedicated online channel. Check the interactive Viewer’s Guide to find out which Canadian station will broadcast what event, including popular local channels like TSN and Sportsnet.
Our friends across the pond aren’t left out, either. BBC Sport plans to offer four separate live streams, as well as cranking out some content for its mobile site.
Unofficial Olympics Streaming Sites to Check
A few independent websites plan to offer live video streaming of the Olympics but most are unclear about where they’ll get their feeds. Most say they aggregate their videos “from a variety of sources” so, in the end they might not be the most reliable option. If they’re the only choice you’ve got, though, here are a couple of sites that look like they’re worth checking out:
If you’re worried online video streams sagging under the weight of too many viewers, one other option you’ve got is to find a friend with a Slingbox and beg access to it during the games. The cool gadget connects to a television and broadcasts programs to computers that are connected to the local network. The catch is, the TV needs to stay on the channel you want to watch, so your friend is out of luck if they want to view another program while you get your fill of downhill skiing.
Hooking the Slingbox up to an unused television and stashing it in another room usually solves that problem, but if your buddy goes to all this trouble for you, a really nice thank-you gift is in order. Alternatively, you could always just build your own Slingbox with Windows Media Center and a $60 TV tuner card.
Share Your Best Methods
So, Curling, here’s a few options to get you started on the road to 24/7 continuous Olympic viewing. We’ll update this post as we come across more options. Of course, dear readers, if you know of other sites where we can get our snowboarding groove on during the Olympics, be sure to share in the comments.
Love,
Lifehacker
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