tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48032953885998335642024-03-12T19:48:46.323-07:00YOUR-MEDIAFadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.comBlogger264125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-14841704468555811042011-04-01T08:34:00.001-07:002011-04-01T08:34:25.163-07:00Gravity satellite yields 'Potato Earth' view<div class="introduction">It looks like a giant potato in space.</div><div class="introduction"><br />
</div>And yet, the information in this model is the sharpest view we have of how gravity varies across the Earth.<br />
The globe has been released by the team working on Europe's Goce satellite.<br />
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It is a highly exaggerated rendering, but it neatly illustrates how the tug we feel from the mass of rock under our feet is not the same in every location.<br />
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Gravity is strongest in yellow areas; it is weakest in blue ones.<br />
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</div>Scientists say the data gathered by the super-sleek space probe is bringing a step change in our understanding of the force that pulls us downwards and the way it is shaping some key processes on Earth.<br />
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<div id="story_continues_2">Chief among these new insights is a clearer view of how the oceans are moving and how they redistribute the heat from the Sun around the world - information that is paramount to climate studies.</div><div id="story_continues_2"><br />
</div>Those interested in earthquakes are also poring over the Goce results. The giant jolt that struck Japan this month and Chile last year occurred because huge masses of rock suddenly moved. Goce should reveal a three-dimensional view of what was going on inside the Earth.<br />
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"Even though these quakes resulted from big movements in the Earth, at the altitude of the satellite the signals are very small. But we should still seem them in the data," said Dr Johannes Bouman from the German Geodetic Research Institute (DGFI). <br />
<div class="caption full-width"><img alt="Ocean currents (Bingham)" height="375" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51951000/jpg/_51951779_picture1.jpg" width="624" /> <span style="width: 624px;">Built from Goce data: To understand how ocean currents move you need to understand the role of gravity</span> </div>Technically speaking, the model at the top of this page is what researchers refer to as a geoid.<br />
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It is not the easiest of concepts to grasp, but essentially it describes the "level" surface on an idealised world.<br />
Look at the potato and its slopes. Put simply, the surface which traces the lumps and bumps is where the pull of gravity is the same.<br />
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Described another way, if you were to place a ball anywhere on this potato, it would not roll because, from the ball's perspective, there is no "up" or "down" on the undulating surface.<br />
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It is the shape the oceans would adopt if there were no winds, no currents and no tides.<br />
The differences have been magnified nearly 10,000 times to show up as they do in the new model.<br />
<div class="caption body-narrow-width"><img alt="Goce artist's impression (Esa)" height="171" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48811000/jpg/_48811882_48811883.jpg" width="304" /> <span style="width: 304px;">Goce flies lower than any other scientific satellite </span> </div>Even so, a boat off the coast of Europe (bright yellow) can sit 180m "higher" than a boat in the middle of the Indian Ocean (deep blue) and still be on the same level plane.<br />
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This is the trick gravity plays on Earth because the space rock on which we live is not a perfect sphere and its interior mass is not evenly distributed.<br />
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The Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer (Goce) was launched in March 2009.<br />
It flies pole to pole at an altitude of just 254.9km - the lowest orbit of any research satellite in operation today.<br />
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The spacecraft carries three pairs of precision-built platinum blocks inside its gradiometer instrument that can sense fantastically small accelerations.<br />
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This extraordinary performance allows it to map the almost imperceptible differences in the pull exerted by the mass of the planet from one place to the next - from the great mountain ranges to the deepest ocean trenches. Just getting it to work has tested the best minds in Europe.<br />
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"Ten years ago, Goce was science fiction; it's been one of the biggest technological challenges we have mastered so far in the European Space Agency," said Dr Volker Liebig, the organisation's director of Earth observation.<br />
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An initial two months of observations were fashioned into a geoid that was released in June last year. The latest version, released in Munich at a workshop for Goce scientists, includes an additional four months of data. A third version will follow in the autumn. Each release should bring an improvement in quality.<br />
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"The more data we add, the more we are able to suppress the noise in the solutions, and the errors scale down," said Dr Rune Floberghagen, the European Space Agency's Goce mission manager. "And of course the more precisely you know the geoid, the better the science you can do using the geoid.<br />
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"We are seeing completely new information in areas like the Himalayas, South-East Asia, the Andes mountain range, and in Antarctica particularly - the whole continent is desperate for better gravity field information, which we are now providing."<br />
<div class="caption body-narrow-width"><img alt="Japan trench gravity image" height="280" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51951000/jpg/_51951780_japantrench_tum.jpg" width="304" /> <span style="width: 304px;">Goce sees gravity differences at Japan and the tectonic boundary (blue) that triggered the quake</span> </div>One major goal of the Goce endeavour is to try to devise a universal reference to compare heights anywhere on the globe.<br />
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Professor Reiner Rummel, the chairman of the Goce scientific consortium, explained: "Usually, heights in the UK, say, are connected to one benchmark which is connected to mean sea-level, which might be measured at Liverpool, for example. The French do the same, the Australians do the same and the Chinese do the same - but mean sea-level differs from one country to the next. Now, with Goce, we can unify this so that we don't get the sort of surprises we had when they built the Channel Tunnel and discovered a half-metre offset between the UK and France."<br />
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The mission has funding up until the end of 2012 when, like all European Space Agency Earth observation missions, it must seek further financial support from member states to continue.<br />
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Goce has delivered the data promised in its primary mission - some 14 months of observations in total - but researchers would like to see it fly for as long as is possible.<br />
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Because it operates so low in the sky - a requirement of being able to sense gravity signals which are incredibly weak - it needs an engine to push it forwards through the wisps of atmosphere still present at its altitude.<br />
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Without this engine, Goce would rapidly fall to Earth. But the mission team reported here in Munich that Goce probably has sufficient propellant onboard to drive its engine until deep into 2014.<br />
Source :: bbc.co.uk </div>Fadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-21466688123983476592011-04-01T08:30:00.000-07:002011-04-01T08:30:53.706-07:00Privacy group wants Google cash<h1 class="story-header"></h1><div class="caption body-narrow-width"> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51929000/jpg/_51929788_buzz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Google Buzz screenshot showing logo" border="0" height="171" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51929000/jpg/_51929788_buzz.jpg" width="304" /></a><span style="width: 304px;">Google users who signed-up to Buzz found some of their contact details made public by default</span> </div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">A leading US privacy group has filed an objection to agreements Google has reached over its social network Buzz.</div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"><br />
</div>The Buzz experiment was heavily criticised because it automatically enrolled all Gmail users without seeking prior permission.<br />
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Legal action was taken by a group of Gmail users, with Google agreeing to set up a $8.5m (£5.2m) privacy fund.<br />
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The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is unhappy that it is not one of the beneficiaries of the fund.<br />
This is despite the fact that it filed the original complaint about the service with the Federal Trade Commission.<br />
It has asked for $1.75m (£1.09m), claiming that it is a more independent group than some of those being given money.<br />
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It said that the majority of funds would be allocated to groups that "receive support from Google for lobbying, consulting or similar services".<br />
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It asked the court to reject a deal "that encourages organisations to stand by quietly while others do the actual work of safeguarding internet privacy".<br />
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It declined to say which groups provided lobbying services.<br />
The American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Brookings Institution are among those who have received funds.<br />
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<span class="cross-head">Moving on</span> Earlier this week, Google reached an agreement with the US Federal Trade Commission, following the conclusion of its investigation.<br />
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The FTC said that Google wrongly used information from Google Mail users to create Buzz.<br />
Google has agreed to undergo a privacy review once every two years for the next 20 years.<br />
In a statement after the FTC settlement, Google said it had "put this incident behind us".<br />
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"We are 100% focused on ensuring that our new privacy procedures effectively protect the interests of all our users," it said.<br />
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It declined to comment directly on the EPIC case.<br />
<span class="cross-head">Apologies</span> Buzz was launched as an application within Gmail in February 2010.<br />
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Like rival Facebook, it allowed users to post status updates, share content and read and comment on friends' posts.<br />
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But it also gave users a ready-made circle of friends based on the people they most frequently e-mailed.<br />
This list could automatically be made public, which privacy experts said could be a huge problem for journalists, businesses or people having an illicit affair.<br />
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Following anger from users, Google made changes and apologised for insufficient testing of the service.Fadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-33512357790812142052011-04-01T08:29:00.000-07:002011-04-01T08:29:21.630-07:00Are you experienced? Business and the web user experience<span class="byline"> <span class="byline-name"></span><span class="byline-title"></span> </span> <div class="caption body-width"> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51951000/jpg/_51951063_purple624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Laptops" border="0" height="261" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51951000/jpg/_51951063_purple624.jpg" width="464" /></a><span style="width: 464px;">Short attention span: User experience designers want you to stick with one choice for longer</span></div><div class="caption body-width"><span style="width: 464px;"> </span> </div><div class="introduction">It is a bright Thursday morning and, like millions of people all over the world, I am sitting in front of a computer. Unlike them, however, it is not to work.</div>Instead, I am a test subject sitting inside a research lab at the London offices of internet giant Google.<br />
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A researcher explains that the computer will record everything I do, while a camera pointing at me will track my facial expressions.<br />
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<div id="story_continues_1">With clipboard in hand, she tells me to imagine that I am looking to buy something and want to find out more online.</div><div id="story_continues_1"><br />
</div><div id="story_continues_1"> </div>So I start the PC and head to the web. <br />
Then the questions start: What am I looking for? How do I decide what looks interesting? Why click on one<br />
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link rather than another?<br />
<span class="cross-head">The new architects</span> The experiment may seem odd, but it is precisely what thousands of businesses now do each day as part of what is known as user experience design.<br />
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In the past, companies would simply slap information on a website — but today, with so much competition online, top destinations put a great deal of thought into making their products better.<br />
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As a result, designing online user experiences is now an important process for any company that is serious about the web, from huge names such as Google and Facebook all the way down to small businesses. <br />
"User experience designers are the digital equivalent of architects," says Andy Budd, the managing director of web agency Clearleft, based in Brighton, England.<br />
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"Just as architects are crafting the physical world around you, user experience designers are doing the same with the digital landscape you use every single day."<br />
<div class="caption body-narrow-width"> <img alt="Google home page" height="171" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51951000/jpg/_51951065_googletracking624.jpg" width="304" /> <span style="width: 304px;">Google takes the user experience seriously, despite its famously spartan homepage</span> </div>Practitioners, who refer to what they do simply as "UX", try to understand people's desires and motivations in order to make sure that online services are satisfying, pleasurable and a joy to use.<br />
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By observing people's behaviour online, asking them careful questions and testing different options, researchers can sometimes be the difference between a visitor sticking with a site or getting frustrated and going somewhere else.<br />
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Many online businesses are still dominated by usability decisions made by engineers or graphics designers, who tend to prioritise efficiency or beauty over the needs of users.<br />
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But over the last few years, user experience design has emerged as a distinct concept. <br />
Primarily championed by scientist and researcher Donald Norman in the 1990s, it developed more rapidly as the web became more prevalent in people's lives.<br />
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In recent years it has evolved into a fast-growing field that many see as integral to building great products.<br />
Google, for example, now has hundreds of UX experts working all over the world, each of them operating in labs similar to the one I am sitting in.<br />
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<span class="cross-head">Pattern recognition</span> <div id="story_continues_2">The researcher who has been grilling me about the way I use the web is Lidia Oshlyansky. </div>She joined the Californian company last year, having previously done a similar job for the world's biggest mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia.<br />
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"When you're doing user experience testing, you're looking for patterns," she says. <br />
"If one person says something about the way they use the product, that's interesting — but if lots of people are saying similar things, then you might have found something important."<br />
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The fact that a company such as Google spends so much time perfecting its web design may surprise some. <br />
It is, after all, famous for its spartan homepage and dedication to speed above everything else.<br />
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In fact, to many people it seems that Google is almost anti-design, especially compared with a rival such as Apple, known for its focus on luxurious products.<br />
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"We have this reputation, and it's been touted quite a bit," admits Ms Oshlyansky. <br />
"But there is actually an emphasis on the user experience." <br />
Still, she points out, making things fast can be an important part of a user's experience of an online service: "Speed is part of what we do, though." <br />
<div class="caption body-narrow-width"> <img alt="Lidia Oshlyansky" height="228" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51951000/jpg/_51951067_lidiaoshlyansky.jpg" width="304" /> <span style="width: 304px;">Google's Lidia Oshlyansky says user experience testing is all about spotting patterns</span> </div>Since the world of user experience design is still young, many professionals began their careers doing something very different.<br />
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Ms Oshlyansky, for example, spent several years as a social worker in Chicago before deciding to change track.<br />
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Today her job involves travelling around the world to study ordinary web surfers and find out how they think and use Google's products.<br />
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Once she has collected the raw information and understood what it means, she works with the company's engineers and web designers to improve what a product does.<br />
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This can be as simple as using different words to describe things to users, or changing the size, shape or prominence of buttons.<br />
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Sometimes it becomes more complicated, with new features being added to help people do what they need to do or getting rid of aspects of a service that can impede its purpose.<br />
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Even though the benefits of this research can be clear — more engaged customers, and more of them — Ms Oshlyansky says it can be a battle to explain the difference a good UX practitioner can make to a product, especially since many people believe they have an innate sense for design.<br />
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Still, says Mr Budd, demand for smart designers is outstripping supply as more businesses realise that how a user feels about their service can often be as important as what it does for them.<br />
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"I wouldn't say that good user experience design was vital to the success of every online business any more than I would say that good customer service was vital to every offline business," he says.<br />
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"But it can be a strong competitive advantage, and will continue to grow in importance over time."<br />
Source :: bbc.co.ukFadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-90426761594605793182011-03-29T07:26:00.000-07:002011-03-29T07:26:58.083-07:00Cyber security summit signs UK-US university deal<div class="caption body-narrow-width"> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51279000/jpg/_51279352_107375868.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Battle map on screen" border="0" height="171" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51279000/jpg/_51279352_107375868.jpg" width="304" /></a><span style="width: 304px;">Thousands of cyber security experts will need to be trained in the next few years, the summit concluded</span> </div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">A conference on cyber security has ended with a university deal to train a new generation of experts in fighting off criminal and terrorist IT attacks.</div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"><br />
</div>The summit in Cardiff agreed that the UK and the US would need to produce many thousands of people with this expertise over the next few years.<br />
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Delegates at the University of Wales event included the UN, the US defence department, Microsoft and IBM.<br />
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The US says government systems are under continued attack.<br />
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The US federal government recently announced plans to spend more than $13bn a year within the next five years on protecting its systems.<br />
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In the UK, cyber crime is costing the economy up to £27bn every year, it is estimated.<br />
US officials say cyber criminals, terrorists and other nations are getting better at penetrating state and private networks, whether to spy, to steal data or damage critical infrastructure.<br />
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<div class="story-body"><div id="story_continues_2">Last week, the head of the Pentagon's cyber command said the US military lacked the people and resources to defend the country adequately from concerted cyber attacks.</div><div id="story_continues_2"><br />
</div>The two-day summit was organised by the University of Wales Global Academy and the Geospatial Data Center of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US.<br />
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It also included professors from Harvard University, the University of Oxford, University of Memphis, Boston University and the University of Central Florida.<br />
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<span class="cross-head">'Overriding issue'</span> The University of Wales and the Geospatial Data Centre at MIT signed an agreement to jointly develop cyber security leadership and training programmes.<br />
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University of Wales vice-chancellor Professor Marc Clement said he believed the summit was a "major coup" for Wales and the deal signed would put Wales at the forefront of cyber security defence.<br />
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He said the university hoped to "work closely with many of the participating academics to take forward the agenda identified by the summit and to advance relations between MIT and the University of Wales".<br />
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He added: "We now plan to develop a joint training programme for taking forward educational developments in the field of cyber-physical security, an area that the summit agreed was the overriding issue for government, business, and universities."<br />
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Professor John Williams, director of the Geospatial Data Centre, said: "Cyber-physical security is now considered the number one threat to national security, being deemed more critical than conventional nuclear attacks.<br />
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"Last year alone, the US logged over 300,000 virus attacks on their networks and noted that organised crime now makes more money from cyber crime than any other activity."<br />
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Source :: bbc.co.uk <br />
</div><!-- / story-body --> <!--Related hypers and stories -->Fadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-35912271099797426582011-03-29T07:24:00.000-07:002011-03-29T07:24:26.902-07:00Spiders and crabs inspire robot locomotion<h1 class="story-header"></h1><div class="caption body-narrow-width"> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51845000/jpg/_51845211_wormrobot,fherrero.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Worm robot, F Herrero" border="0" height="171" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51845000/jpg/_51845211_wormrobot,fherrero.jpg" width="304" /></a><span style="width: 304px;">The worm robot mimics the movements of real world worms</span></div><div class="caption body-narrow-width"><span style="width: 304px;"> </span> </div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">The walking patterns of crabs, lobsters and spiders are helping to inspire new ways of getting robots to move around.</div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"><br />
</div>Closer study of the neural networks controlling the legs of invertebrates has revealed the rhythmic nerve impulses that govern gait.<br />
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These have been adapted into modular control elements that can be transferred into robots to help mimic natural movement.<br />
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European researchers have already put the control systems into a robot worm.<br />
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The rhythmic impulses are known as central pattern generators (CPGs), and are among the best known of all neural circuits, according to Fernando Herrero, one of the Spanish researchers employing them to control a robot.<br />
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CPGs allow the body to automate certain repetitive tasks, such as chewing or walking. Although the activity requires some initial input to get started, the repetitive motion effectively runs on autopilot.<br />
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One reason that CPGs are so well understood is that the relative simplicity of invertebrate neural systems, compared with those of mammals, makes it much easier to map how their nerves interconnect.<br />
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This access, said Mr Herrero, has allowed researchers to understand the ways in which CPGs generate the rhythmic impulses that help a spider or crab scuttle around.<br />
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Research is also allowing the impulses and rhythms to be recorded and used to generate control sequences for a robot's artificial limbs.<br />
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Traditionally, said Mr Herrero, robot makers get their creations moving by defining a series of rules that dictates what the legs of that machine should do to get about.<br />
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"CPGs autonomously generate rhythms without specifying any rule and thus can deal better with unexpected situations," he said.<br />
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Even better, said Mr Herrero, CPGs are discrete circuits that can be linked together, like building blocks, to create ever more complex behaviour.<br />
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Instead of trying to define rules for all the limbs on a robot and get their movements co-ordinated, CPGs make it possible to build up from one joint or sub-section of a limb.<br />
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<div class="caption body-narrow-width"> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51845000/jpg/_51845213_lobster,pa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Lobster, PA" border="0" height="171" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51845000/jpg/_51845213_lobster,pa.jpg" width="304" /></a> <span style="width: 304px;">Multi-legged animals are proving popular models for robots because they are more stable.</span></div><div class="caption body-narrow-width"><span style="width: 304px;"> </span> </div>"You can concentrate first on each part of each leg, and design a controller mini-CPG for the ankle, for the knee, the hip and so on," he said. "Then, you connect them in such a way that you get a leg-CPG, that is, the ankle, knee and hips mechanism act co-ordinately."<br />
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Using control systems inspired by nature means that they also have some basic intelligence, said Mr Herrero. That allows the machines to modify their rhythm to cope with the unexpected and then return to pumping out the original tempo.<br />
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Mr Herrero, along with colleagues Pablo Varona and Francisco Rodriguez, has used CPGs as a control system to make a worm robot writhe around like the real thing. The robot is based on similar machines created by Dr Juan Gomez from Madrid's Carlos III University.<br />
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The worm robot has eight sections and its control system was derived by letting the movement rhythm evolve in a simulator. Once evolved, the system was downloaded to a robot which then undulated like a worm and managed to move around with ease.<br />
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"The key is to combine the right set of bio-inspired strategies with human engineering approaches to build a new generation of more autonomous robots," said Mr Herrero.<br />
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The research was detailed in the journal Bioinspiration and Biomimetics.<br />
Source :: bbc.co.ukFadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-39551474611835333582011-03-29T07:21:00.001-07:002011-03-29T07:21:46.886-07:00Hackers target business secrets<div class="caption body-narrow-width"> <a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51845000/jpg/_51845215_filingcabinet,eyewire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Filing cabinet, Eyewire" border="0" height="171" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51845000/jpg/_51845215_filingcabinet,eyewire.jpg" width="304" /></a><span style="width: 304px;">Many net-savvy thieves are scouring corporate networks for saleable secrets</span></div><div class="caption body-narrow-width"><span style="width: 304px;"> </span> </div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">Intellectual property and business secrets are fast becoming a target for cyber thieves, a study suggests.</div>Compiled by security firm McAfee, the research found that some hackers are starting to specialise in data stolen from corporate networks.<br />
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McAfee said deals were being done for trade secrets, marketing plans, R&D reports and source code.<br />
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It urged companies to know who looks after their data as it moves into the cloud or third-party hosting centres.<br />
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"Cyber criminals are targeting this information based on what their clients are asking for," said Raj Samani, chief technology officer in Europe for McAfee.<br />
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He said some business data had always been scooped up when net thieves compromised PCs using viruses and trojans in a search for logins or credit card details.<br />
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The difference now was that there exists a ready market for the data they are finding. In some cases, said Mr Samani, thieves were running campaigns to get at particular companies or certain types of information.<br />
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The McAfee report mentioned cases in Germany, Brazil and Italy in which trade secrets were either stolen by an insider or cyber thieves tried to get hold of via a concerted attack.<br />
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In some cases, said the McAfee report, companies made the job of the criminals easier because they did little to censor useful information about a corporate's culture or structure revealed in e-mails and other messages.<br />
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Such information could prove key for thieves mounting a "social engineering" in which they pose as employees to penetrate networks.<br />
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The report detailed efforts by firms to watch casual and contract employees and the use of behavioural analysis software to spot anomalous activity on a corporate network.<br />
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<span class="cross-head">Perimeter defences</span> Thefts of intellectual property or key documents could be hard to detect, said Mr Samani.<br />
"You may not even know it's stolen because they just take a copy of it," he said.<br />
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Defending against these threats was getting harder, he said, because key workers with access to the most valuable information were out and about using mobile devices far from the defences surrounding a corporate HQ.<br />
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"Smartphones and laptops have crossed the perimeter," said Mr Samani.<br />
The report comes in the wake of a series of incidents which reveal how cyber criminals are branching out from their traditional territory of spam and viruses.<br />
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2010 saw the arrival of the Stuxnet virus which targeted industrial plant equipment and 2011 has been marked by targeted attacks on petrochemical firms, the London Stock Exchange, the European Commission and many others.<br />
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Mr Samani said that, as firms start to use cloud-based services to make data easier to get at, they had to work hard to ensure they know who can see that key corporate information.<br />
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Otherwise, he warned, in the event of a breach, companies could find themselves losing the trust of customers or attracting the attention of regulators.<br />
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"You can transfer the work but you cannot transfer the liability," said Mr Samani.<br />
Source :: bbc.co.ukFadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-78592196575921402442011-03-29T07:20:00.000-07:002011-03-29T07:20:13.935-07:00China 'to overtake US on science' in two years<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3Lty_aNM0i0/TZHqjDfHNqI/AAAAAAAAAZk/IxNkjUn-_4o/s1600/China+%2527to+overtake+US+on+science%2527+in+two+years.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3Lty_aNM0i0/TZHqjDfHNqI/AAAAAAAAAZk/IxNkjUn-_4o/s320/China+%2527to+overtake+US+on+science%2527+in+two+years.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">China is on course to overtake the US in scientific output possibly as soon as 2013 - far earlier than expected.</div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"><br />
</div>That is the conclusion of a major new study by the Royal Society, the UK's national science academy. <br />
The country that invented the compass, gunpowder, paper and printing is set for a globally important comeback.<br />
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An analysis of published research - one of the key measures of scientific effort - reveals an "especially striking" rise by Chinese science.<br />
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<div class="story-feature narrow"> <a class="hidden" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12885271#story_continues_2">Continue reading the main story</a> <h2 class="quote">“<span>Start Quote</span></h2><blockquote><div class="first-child">There are many millions of graduates but they are mandated to publish so the numbers are high”</div></blockquote><span class="endquote">End Quote</span> <span class="quote-credit">Dr Cong Cao</span> <span class="quote-credit-title">Nottingham University</span> </div><div id="story_continues_2">The study, Knowledge, Networks and Nations, charts the challenge to the traditional dominance of the United States, Europe and Japan. </div><div id="story_continues_2"><br />
</div>The figures are based on the papers published in recognised international journals listed by the Scopus service of the publishers Elsevier.<br />
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In 1996, the first year of the analysis, the US published 292,513 papers - more than 10 times China's 25,474. <br />
By 2008, the US total had increased very slightly to 316,317 while China's had surged more than seven-fold to 184,080.<br />
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Previous estimates for the rate of expansion of Chinese science had suggested that China might overtake the US sometime after 2020.<br />
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But this study shows that China, after displacing the UK as the world's second leading producer of research, could go on to overtake America in as little as two years' time.<br />
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"Projections vary, but a simple linear interpretation of Elsevier's publishing data suggests that this could take place as early as 2013," it says.<br />
<div class="caption body-width"> <img alt="Infographic" height="400" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/51889000/gif/_51889141_growth_citiations_china464.gif" width="464" /> </div>Professor Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith, chair of the report, said he was "not surprised" by this increase because of China's massive boost to investment in R&D.<br />
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Chinese spending has grown by 20% per year since 1999, now reaching over $100bn, and as many as 1.5 million science and engineering students graduated from Chinese universities in 2006.<br />
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"I think this is positive, of great benefit, though some might see it as a threat and it does serve as a wake-up call for us not to become complacent."<br />
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The report stresses that American research output will not decline in absolute terms and raises the possibility of countries like Japan and France rising to meet the Chinese challenge.<br />
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"But the potential for China to match American output in terms of sheer numbers in the near to medium term is clear."<br />
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<span class="cross-head">Quality questions</span> The authors describe "dramatic" changes in the global scientific landscape and warn that this has implications for a nation's competitiveness.<br />
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According to the report, "The scientific league tables are not just about prestige - they are a barometer of a country's ability to compete on the world stage".<br />
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Along with the growth of the Chinese economy, this is yet another indicator of China's extraordinarily rapid rise as a global force.<br />
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However the report points out that a growing volume of research publications does not necessarily mean in increase in quality.<br />
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One key indicator of the value of any research is the number of times it is quoted by other scientists in their work.<br />
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Although China has risen in the "citation" rankings, its performance on this measure lags behind its investment and publication rate.<br />
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"It will take some time for the absolute output of emerging nations to challenge the rate at which this research is referenced by the international scientific community."<br />
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The UK's scientific papers are still the second most-cited in the world, after the US.<br />
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Dr Cong Cao, associate professor at Nottingham University's School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, agrees with the assessment that the quantity of China's science is yet not matched by its quality.<br />
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A sociologist originally from Shanghai, Dr Cao told the BBC: "There are many millions of graduates but they are mandated to publish so the numbers are high.<br />
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"It will take many years for some of the research to catch up to Western standards."<br />
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As to China's motivation, Dr Cao believes that there is a determination not to be dependent on foreign know-how - and to reclaim the country's historic role as a global leader in technology.<br />
Source :: bbc.co.ukFadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-68156480265345652562011-03-29T07:17:00.001-07:002011-03-29T07:17:37.809-07:00Amazon unveils cloud music player<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZjllHaslKAQ/TZHp-mnplOI/AAAAAAAAAZg/U9WfNEaz8h0/s1600/Amazon+unveils+cloud+music+player.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZjllHaslKAQ/TZHp-mnplOI/AAAAAAAAAZg/U9WfNEaz8h0/s1600/Amazon+unveils+cloud+music+player.jpg" /></a></div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">Amazon has unveiled an online music service that lets users upload songs and play them from a range of devices.</div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"><br />
</div>The internet retailer launched its Cloud Player in the US, ahead of rivals Apple and Google which are rumoured to be developing similar systems.<br />
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Users are given 5Gb of storage space, roughly equivalent to 1,200 tracks, but can opt to pay for additional capacity.<br />
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Cloud Player works with Blackberry, Palm and Android mobiles, although there is no support for Apple's iOS.<br />
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Commenting on the launch, Amazon's vice president of movies and music, Bill Carr said: "Our customers have told us they don't want to download music to their work computers or phones because they find it hard to move music around to different devices."<br />
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<span class="cross-head">Rival systems</span> Although a number of smaller cloud music services already exist, such as mSpot and AudioBox, Amazon is the first of the big technology companies to venture into this area.<br />
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Speculation has been rife that Apple would launch a cloud based version of iTunes since it purchased the online music service Lala in December 2009.<br />
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It is widely expected that its offering will come as part of a broader re-launch of the MobileMe platform.<br />
Google, which already offers cloud services in the form of Gmail and Google Documents, is also believed to be testing a music storage system, or "locker".<br />
Source :: bbc.co.ukFadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-871725707493122762011-03-29T07:12:00.000-07:002011-03-29T07:12:06.132-07:00Japan nuclear: PM Naoto Kan signals 'maximum alert'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oHbrQZUMNfM/TZHof6qNfCI/AAAAAAAAAZY/HGtUZZb4NuY/s1600/Japan+nuclear+PM+Naoto+Kan+signals+maximum+alert.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oHbrQZUMNfM/TZHof6qNfCI/AAAAAAAAAZY/HGtUZZb4NuY/s320/Japan+nuclear+PM+Naoto+Kan+signals+maximum+alert.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has said his government is in a state of maximum alert over the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. </div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"><br />
</div>Plutonium has been detected in soil at the facility and highly radioactive water has leaked from a reactor building.<br />
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Officials say the priority remains injecting water to cool the fuel rods.<br />
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Mr Kan told parliament the situation at the quake-hit plant "continues to be unpredictable".<br />
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The government "will tackle the problem while in a state of maximum alert", he said, adding that he was seeking advice on whether to extend the evacuation zone around the plant.<br />
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Meanwhile National Strategy Minister Koichiro Gemba said the government could consider temporarily nationalising Tepco, the company running the plant.<br />
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On Monday shares in the company dropped to their lowest level in three decades.<br />
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<span class="cross-head">'Utmost efforts'</span> <div id="story_continues_2">Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, in another press briefing, described the situation at Fukushima as "very grave".</div><div id="story_continues_2"><br />
</div>Workers are battling to restore power and restart the cooling systems at the stricken nuclear plant, which was hit by a powerful quake and subsequent tsunami over two weeks ago.<br />
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The twin disasters are now known to have killed 10,901 people, with more than 17,000 people still missing across a swathe of northern Japan.<br />
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"We are doing our utmost efforts to contain the damage," Mr Edano said.<br />
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"We need to avoid the fuel rods from heating up and drying up. Continuing the cooling is unavoidable... We need to prioritise injecting water."<br />
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But he said work to safely remove contaminated water was also a priority.<br />
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On Monday highly radioactive water was found for the first time outside one of the reactor buildings at Fukushima plant.<br />
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The leak in a tunnel linked to the No 2 reactor has raised fears of radioactive liquid seeping into the environment.<br />
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Plutonium - used in the fuel mix for one of the six reactors - has also been found in soil at the plant, but not at levels that threaten human health, officials say.<br />
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<div class="story-feature narrow"><h2 class="quote">“<span>Start Quote</span></h2><blockquote><div class="first-child">During the day, these frail, crumpled people sit bundled up in blankets around the space heater that is inadequate to warm the large common room”</div></blockquote><span class="endquote">End Quote</span> <span class="quote-credit">Karen Mueller</span> <span class="quote-credit-title">Red Cross, northern Japan</span> <ul class="links-list"><li> <a class="quote-link" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12815474">Aid worker's diary</a></li>
</ul></div><div id="story_continues_3">Correspondents say the government has been accused of indecision and delay in tackling the crisis. </div>Tepco, meanwhile, was criticised by the government after issuing incorrect radiation readings.<br />
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On Sunday it said radiation levels at reactor No 2 were 10 million times higher than normal, before correcting that figure to 100,000 - something the government called "absolutely unacceptable".<br />
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It has also been accused of a lack of transparency and failing to provide information more promptly. <br />
<span class="cross-head">Regional fallout</span> Officials in China, South Korea and the United States say they have recorded traces of radioactive material in the air.<br />
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The US Environmental Protection Agency said it had detected traces of radiation in rain water in the north-east of the country.<br />
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It said these were consistent with the Fukushima nuclear accident and also said they did not constitute a health hazard.<br />
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<div id="story_continues_4">China's Ministry of Environmental Protection has said that "extremely low-level" doses of iodine-131, a radioactive material, have been found in coastal areas including Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Anhui, Guangdong and Guangxi.</div><div id="story_continues_4"><br />
</div>It had already reported traces of the radioactive material in the air above the northeastern province of Heilongjiang.<br />
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However, the doses were so small as to not pose a threat to public health and no measures against it were necessary, the agency statement said.<br />
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Water and food is being tested for radiation; bans on some imported Japanese foodstuffs remain in place.<br />
In Vietnam, the Thanh Nien newspaper has reported that Vietnamese scientists have found small amounts of radiation in the air.<br />
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The Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety said it had detected traces of iodine-131 in Seoul and seven other places across South Korea.<br />
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However, an agriculture ministry official told AFP that "no trace of radiation has been found so far either in our own fish or those imported from Japan".<br />
Source :: bbc.co.uk <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sbQJGXtLLK0/TZHonQTjsbI/AAAAAAAAAZc/FjPPT3Yve-s/s1600/_51839939_fukushima_excl_464_3.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sbQJGXtLLK0/TZHonQTjsbI/AAAAAAAAAZc/FjPPT3Yve-s/s320/_51839939_fukushima_excl_464_3.gif" width="299" /></a></div>Fadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-54837501508755201462011-03-29T07:07:00.000-07:002011-03-29T07:07:04.026-07:00Protein found in brain cells may be key to autism<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CP3Y_g7VHeQ/TZHnfYGDHHI/AAAAAAAAAZU/UebD2uNrnec/s1600/Protein+found+in+brain+cells+may+be+key+to+autism.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CP3Y_g7VHeQ/TZHnfYGDHHI/AAAAAAAAAZU/UebD2uNrnec/s1600/Protein+found+in+brain+cells+may+be+key+to+autism.jpg" /></a></div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">Scientists have shown how a single protein may trigger autistic spectrum disorders by stopping effective communication between brain cells.</div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"><br />
</div>The team from Duke University in North Carolina created autistic mice by mutating the gene which controls production of the protein, Shank3.<br />
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The animals exhibited social problems, and repetitive behaviour - both classic signs of autism and related conditions.<br />
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The Nature study raises hopes of the first effective drug treatments.<br />
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Autism is a disorder which, to varying degrees, affects the ability of children and adults to communicate and interact socially.<br />
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While hundreds of genes linked to the condition have been found, the precise combination of genetics, biochemistry and other environmental factors which produce autism is still unclear.<br />
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Each patient has only one or a handful of those mutations, making it difficult to develop drugs to treat the disorder.<br />
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Shank3 is found in the synapses - the junctions between brain cells (neurons) that allow them to communicate with each other.<br />
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The researchers created mice which had a mutated form of Shank3, and found that these animals avoided social interactions with other mice.<br />
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<div id="story_continues_2">They also engaged in repetitious and self-injurious grooming behaviour.</div><div id="story_continues_2"><br />
</div><span class="cross-head">Brain circuits</span> When the MIT team analysed the animals' brains they found defects in the circuits that connect two different areas of the brain, the cortex and the striatum.<br />
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Healthy connections between these areas are thought to be key to effective regulation of social behaviours and social interaction.<br />
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The researchers say their work underscores just what an important role Shank3 plays in the establishment of circuits in the brain which underlie all our behaviours.<br />
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Lead researcher Dr Guoping Feng said: "Our study demonstrated that Shank3 mutation in mice lead to defects in neuron-neuron communications.<br />
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"These findings and the mouse model now allow us to figure out the precise neural circuit defects responsible for these abnormal behaviours, which could lead to novel strategies and targets for developing treatment."<br />
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It is thought that only a small percentage of people with autism have mutations in Shank3, but Dr Feng believes many other cases may be linked to disruptions to other proteins that control synaptic function.<br />
If true he believes it should be possible to develop treatments that restore synaptic function, regardless of which protein is defective in a specific individual.<br />
<br />
Carol Povey, director of the National Autistic Society's Centre for Autism, said: "Animal research can help advance our understanding or the role of genetics and their influence on behaviour, however it is only a small part of the picture when it comes to understanding autism.<br />
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"Human brains are far more complex than those of other mammals, and it is believed that a variety of factors are responsible for the development of the condition."<br />
Source :: bbc.co.ukFadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-42266063396776986842011-03-29T07:04:00.000-07:002011-03-29T07:04:33.814-07:00Sleep patterns affect weight loss<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wrX85KRsBbk/TZHm4DUO1eI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/ssz8OKiGRUo/s1600/Sleep+patterns+affect+weight+loss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wrX85KRsBbk/TZHm4DUO1eI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/ssz8OKiGRUo/s1600/Sleep+patterns+affect+weight+loss.jpg" /></a></div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">Managing sleep and stress levels can help in the battle against obesity, according to scientists in the US.</div>People getting too little or too much sleep were less likely to lose weight in a six month study of 472 obese people.<br />
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Their report in the <a href="http://dx.doi.org/IJO.2011.60">International Journal of Obesity</a> showed that lower stress levels also predicted greater weight loss.<br />
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A UK sleep expert said people need to "eat less, move more and sleep well".<br />
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Approximately a quarter of adults in the UK are thought to be clinically obese, which means they have a Body Mass Index greater than 30.<br />
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Nearly 500 obese patients were recruited for the first part of a clinical trial by the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in the US.<br />
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For six months they had to eat 500 fewer calories per day, exercise most days and attend group sessions. <br />
<span class="cross-head">Weight loss</span><br />
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The authors report that "sleep time predicted success in the weight loss programme".<br />
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People with lower stress levels at the start also lost more weight.<br />
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The researchers added: "These results suggest that early evaluation of sleep and stress levels in long-term weight management studies could potentially identify which participants might benefit from additional counselling."<br />
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Dr Neil Stanley, from the British Sleep Society, said the sleep community had been aware of this for a while, but was glad that obesity experts were taking notice.<br />
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"We've always had the eat less move more mantra. But there is a growing body of evidence that we also need to sleep well", he said.<br />
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"It's also true that if you're stressed, then you're less likely to behave, you'll sit at home feeling sorry for yourself, probably eating a chocolate bar."<br />
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Dr David Haslam, chair of the National Obesity Forum, said: "It's a great idea to find predictors of who will respond to therapy, if this is a genuine one."<br />
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Source :: bbc.co.ukFadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-56762645268238532422011-03-29T06:55:00.000-07:002011-03-29T06:55:00.236-07:00Australia PM Julia Gillard's computer 'hacked'<div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's parliamentary computer and those of at least two senior ministers are suspected of being hacked, according to a newspaper report. </div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ny2flgDASWs/TZHkmsTYIwI/AAAAAAAAAZM/wdmoIahY6m0/s1600/Australia+PM+Julia+Gillard%2527s+computer+%2527hacked%2527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ny2flgDASWs/TZHkmsTYIwI/AAAAAAAAAZM/wdmoIahY6m0/s1600/Australia+PM+Julia+Gillard%2527s+computer+%2527hacked%2527.jpg" /></a></div><i><b><span style="width: 304px;">he cyber attacks are believed to have been on the Australian Parliament House email network</span></b></i><br />
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The government was alerted to the security breach by a US intelligence tip-off, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_844190877" title="Daily Telegraph report">Sydney's Daily Telegraph said</a>.<br />
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It is reported that several thousand emails may have been accessed from the computers of at least 10 ministers.<br />
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The Australian authorities have refused to confirm or deny on the reports.<br />
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The cyber attacks are believed to have targeted the Australian Parliament House email network, the less secure of two networks used by MPs.<br />
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Among the computers allegedly breached were those belonging to Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Defence Minister Stephen Smith.<br />
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Reports suggest the hackers may have been trying to access information on Australia's lucrative mining industry.<br />
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Sydney's Daily Telegraph quoted four unnamed government sources as saying Chinese intelligence agencies were among a number of suspected hackers.<br />
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The government says it will not comment on specific intelligence matters.<br />
However, Attorney-General Robert McClelland said that the Australian authorities were "constantly strengthening cyber security measures".<br />
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The US recently said China's cyber-warfare capabilities were formidable, though China routinely denies hacking claims.<br />
Source :: bbc.co.ukFadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-19752584243610071652011-03-29T06:50:00.000-07:002011-03-29T06:50:37.854-07:00Website pays nearly $1m for piracy of Beatles hits<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0v2PFvVZEL8/TZHjlQvSFmI/AAAAAAAAAZI/uEXG_On8N2E/s1600/Website+pays+nearly+%25241m+for+piracy+of+Beatles+hits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0v2PFvVZEL8/TZHjlQvSFmI/AAAAAAAAAZI/uEXG_On8N2E/s1600/Website+pays+nearly+%25241m+for+piracy+of+Beatles+hits.jpg" /></a></i></div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"><i><b><span style="width: 304px;">BlueBeat sold Beatles tracks before they were legally available online</span></b></i></div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"><br />
</div><div class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">A website that illegally sold Beatles songs online for 25 cents each has agreed to pay record companies almost $1m (£625,000) to settle a legal case</div>BlueBeat.com, based in the US, streamed and sold music by The Beatles, Coldplay and others until it was sued in 2009.<br />
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In the few days before it was forced to shut down, it had distributed more than 67,000 Beatles tracks.<br />
Judge Josephine Tucker ruled that the site had violated the music labels' copyright and was unfair competition.<br />
BlueBeat had denied wrongdoing, claiming that owner Hank Risan's pioneering technique of so-called "psycho-acoustic simulation" allowed him to produce unique versions of copyrighted music.<br />
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The judge rejected that argument on the grounds that Mr Risan's versions were based on tracks he had purchased on CD.<br />
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She labelled the justification as "obscure and undefined pseudo-scientific language [that] appears to be a long-winded way of describing 'sampling'."<br />
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<span class="cross-head">'Still active'</span> BlueBeat's attorney, Archie Robinson, said the settlement was a fraction of what music companies EMI Group PLC, Capitol Records and Virgin Records America had sought.<br />
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"I felt that was sort of an acknowledgement on their part that they don't have the damages they claimed," he said.<br />
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He said the California-based BlueBeat site was still active.<br />
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"So long as we pay royalties, we can stream their music all day and all night without a problem," he said.<br />
Music by The Beatles has been available on iTunes since November 2010, but for years music label Apple Corps was involved in a bitter trademark dispute with Apple the computer company.<br />
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The dispute was finally settled in 2007.<br />
Source :: bbc.co.ukFadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-65581720323004157772011-03-26T17:08:00.000-07:002011-03-26T17:10:06.554-07:00Asian dominance of the internet speed<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QP9Mk5W7m2w/TY5_f5OVM0I/AAAAAAAAAZE/JKJQibfzrcY/s1600/The+network+develops+faster+internet+world.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QP9Mk5W7m2w/TY5_f5OVM0I/AAAAAAAAAZE/JKJQibfzrcY/s1600/The+network+develops+faster+internet+world.jpg" /></a><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title=""></span><b><span title="">The network develops faster internet world</span></b><span title=""></span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title=""> </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title=""><b>Asian countries occupy the top spot in Internet speed, according to a global survey by Akamai network.</b></span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">Akamai data shows global Internet speed is only about 1.7 Mbps (megabits per second) but some Asian countries already have high speed.</span></span><br />
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<span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="">Average speed internet<br />
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<span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title=""> </span><span title="">* South Korea 12Mbps<br />
</span><span title="">* Hong Kong 9Mbps<br />
</span><span title="">* Japan 7.8Mbps<br />
</span><span title="">* Romania 6.3Mbps<br />
</span><span title="">* Latvia 6.3Mbps<br />
</span><span title="">* Sweden 6.1Mbps<br />
</span><span title="">* Netherlands 5.9Mbps<br />
</span><span title="">* Czechs Republic 5.4Mbps<br />
</span><span title="">* Denmark 5.3Mbps<br />
</span><span title="">* Switzerland 5.2Mbps</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">Fastest broadband network in the world is in the city of Masan, South Korea.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">Speed internet in South Korea an average of 12 Mbps with a maximum level of 33 Mpbs.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">"100 Mbps is available in South Korea but the price is not affordable by the community, about several hundred dollars per month," said David Belson, Akamai's marketing chief.</span><span title="">Asian Domination</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">Akamai Reports were first researching the internet with mobile phone network amid growing data needs.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">Akamai showed 83 out of 109 mobile phone network providers offer speeds of more than 2Mpbs.</span><span title="">Impaired global internet<br />
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<span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title=""> </span><span title="">* Russia 12%<br />
</span><span title="">* U.S. 10%<br />
</span><span title="">* China 9.1%<br />
</span><span title="">* Taiwan 6.1%<br />
</span><span title="">* Brazil 6.0%<br />
</span><span title="">* Italy 4.4%<br />
</span><span title="">* Germany 3.9%<br />
</span><span title="">* Romania 3.2%<br />
</span><span title="">* Japan 2.9%<br />
</span><span title="">* Poland 2.4%</span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title=""><br />
</span><span title="">Average speed internet via mobile phones globally average 105 Kbps to 7.2 Mbps.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">Asia dominates list of internet speed by more than half of the top 100 cities are in Japan. </span><span title="">Only 12 cities in the United States are included in the list.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">The top twenty cities are in Japan or South Korea with the exception of the city of Umea in Sweden, in places to 18.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">Other city in Europe that occupies the top 100, including Baden-Baden in Germany, Wageningen in the Netherlands and Timisoara in Romania.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">The report also examines what he called attacks on Internet traffic, such as the number of spam. </span><span title="">Russia was in the top spot with 12% of this disorder.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">Akamai provides about 15 to 30% of the Internet.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">In the first quarter of this year, more than 487 million unique IP addresses of 233 countries or areas related to the company network.</span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="">Source :: http://www.bbc.co.uk </span></span>Fadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-58099084158266624392011-03-26T16:25:00.000-07:002011-03-26T16:25:10.720-07:00London Demonstration Ended Rusuh<a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wlxFTT68H6E/TY51wLHN7BI/AAAAAAAAAZA/QWHqLJb8GDk/s1600/London+Demonstration+Ended+Rusuh.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wlxFTT68H6E/TY51wLHN7BI/AAAAAAAAAZA/QWHqLJb8GDk/s1600/London+Demonstration+Ended+Rusuh.JPG" /></a><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Demonstrasi London Berakhir Rusuh"></span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Massa berpenutup kepala melemparkan bom cat dan bom asap kepada petugas."><b>Massa heads lid threw paint bombs and smoke bombs to the officer. </b></span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Massa berpenutup kepala melemparkan bom cat dan bom asap kepada petugas."><b> </b></span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Massa demonstran anti pemotongan anggaran negara bentrok dengan polisi di London, Inggris."> </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Massa demonstran anti pemotongan anggaran negara bentrok dengan polisi di London, Inggris.">Mass anti-cuts protesters clashed with police state budget in London, England. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Massa yang anarkis menghancurkan fasilitas umum dan melempari polisi dengan bom cat.">The mass of the anarchists destroying public facilities and pelted police with paint bombs. <br />
</span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Massa yang anarkis menghancurkan fasilitas umum dan melempari polisi dengan bom cat."> </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Seperti dilansir dari laman Daily Mail, demonstrasi yang berlangsung sejak pagi pada Kamis, 26 Maret 2011, tersebut diikuti oleh ratusan ribu orang.">As reported by the Daily Mail page, a demonstration that lasted from early morning on Thursday, March 26, 2011, was followed by hundreds of thousands of people. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Pihak penyelenggara dari serikat pekerja, TUC, mengatakan terdapat sekitar 500.000 orang yang ikut demonstrasi tersebut.">Organizers of trade unions, TUC, said there are about 500,000 people who joined the demonstration. <br />
</span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Pihak penyelenggara dari serikat pekerja, TUC, mengatakan terdapat sekitar 500.000 orang yang ikut demonstrasi tersebut."> </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Di lokasi utama, yaitu di taman Hyde yang terletak di pusat kota London, demonstrasi yang menampilkan pembicara ketua Partai Buruh, Ed Milliban, berlangsung damai.">In a prime location, which is located in Hyde Park in central London, a demonstration featuring speakers Labour Party chairman, Ed Milliban, lasting peace. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Para demonstran terdiri dari para pekerja tingkat bawah, di antaranya adalah perawat, ibu rumah tangga, dan para guru.">The demonstrators consisted of lower-level workers, among them nurses, housewives, and teachers. <br />
</span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Para demonstran terdiri dari para pekerja tingkat bawah, di antaranya adalah perawat, ibu rumah tangga, dan para guru."> </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Bentrokan terjadi di tempat yang berbeda dari lokasi utama, yaitu di jalan Oxford dan Regent.">Clashes occurred in different places of the main locations, namely in the way of Oxford and Regent. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Dilaporkan, ratusan aktivis yang mengenakan pakaian serba hitam, bertudung kepada dan penutup muka, menyerang polisi dengan bom cat dan bom asap.">Reportedly, hundreds of activists who dressed all in black, hooded to and masks, attacked the police with paint bombs and smoke bombs. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Mobil polisi yang diparkir tidak lepas dari bulan-bulan mereka.">The police car which was parked not be separated from their moons. <br />
</span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Mobil polisi yang diparkir tidak lepas dari bulan-bulan mereka."> </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Beberapa polisi terlihat mukanya berlumuran cat yang berasal dari lemparan demonstran.">Some police seen his face covered in paint that comes from throwing demonstrators. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: #ebeff9;" title="Beberapa bangunan juga menjadi amukan mereka, antara lain adalah hotel Ritz Carlton dan beberapa bank.">Some buildings also become their tantrums, among others, is the Ritz Carlton hotel and several banks. <br />
</span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: #ebeff9;" title="Beberapa bangunan juga menjadi amukan mereka, antara lain adalah hotel Ritz Carlton dan beberapa bank."> </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Demonstrasi Sabtu ini disebut sebagai demonstrasi terbesar yang pernah digelar di Inggris sejak demonstrasi 2003 menentang perang Irak.">Demonstrations this Saturday called the largest demonstration ever held in Britain since 2003 against the Iraq war demonstrations. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Pada demonstrasi kali ini, sebanyak 4.500 polisi dikerahkan ke lokasi demonstrasi.">At the demonstration this time, as many as 4500 police were deployed to the demonstration site. <br />
</span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Pada demonstrasi kali ini, sebanyak 4.500 polisi dikerahkan ke lokasi demonstrasi."> </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Massa demonstran menentang rencana pemerintah untuk mengurangi anggaran negara sebanyak 81 miliar poundsterling selama lima tahun untuk menanggulangi defisit negara.">The mass of demonstrators opposing the government's plan to reduce the state budget as much as 81 billion pounds over five years to tackle the state deficit. <br />
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<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Massa demonstran menentang rencana pemerintah untuk mengurangi anggaran negara sebanyak 81 miliar poundsterling selama lima tahun untuk menanggulangi defisit negara."> </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Akibat pemotongan anggaran ini, sebagian besar instansi pemerintah akan terkena imbasnya.">Due to budget cuts, most government agencies would be affected. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Pegawai negeri dikatakan akan dipotong gajinya dan sebanyak 300.000 lowongan pegawai negeri ditiadakan.">Civil servants say will cut his salary and up to 300,000 civil service jobs be eliminated.</span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Pegawai negeri dikatakan akan dipotong gajinya dan sebanyak 300.000 lowongan pegawai negeri ditiadakan.">Source :: Vivanews </span></span>Fadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-66372433626654393622011-03-26T16:23:00.000-07:002011-03-26T16:23:21.329-07:00Prohibition Wear Mini Skirt in Russian Parliament<a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-12RkGMDPTM8/TY51NEDKuyI/AAAAAAAAAY8/_OC2Acehsls/s1600/Prohibition+Wear+Mini+Skirt+in+Russian+Parliament.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-12RkGMDPTM8/TY51NEDKuyI/AAAAAAAAAY8/_OC2Acehsls/s1600/Prohibition+Wear+Mini+Skirt+in+Russian+Parliament.jpg" /></a><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Larangan Pakai Rok Mini di Parlemen Rusia"></span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Aturan berpakaian itu diberlakukan untuk memperbaiki citra parlemen Rusia."><b>Dress code was put in place to improve the image of the Russian parliament. </b></span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Aturan berpakaian itu diberlakukan untuk memperbaiki citra parlemen Rusia."><b> </b></span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Seluruh wanita anggota parlemen di Rusia harus tunduk dengan kode etik baru yang berisi larangan mengenakan rok mini."> </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Seluruh wanita anggota parlemen di Rusia harus tunduk dengan kode etik baru yang berisi larangan mengenakan rok mini.">All women members of parliament in Russia must comply with the new ethics code that contains the prohibition of wearing a mini skirt. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Aturan yang segera diberlakukan ini juga berlaku untuk seluruh wanita yang bekerja di kompleks parlemen.">Rules that take effect immediately it also applies to all women who work in the parliament complex. <br />
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<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Aturan yang segera diberlakukan ini juga berlaku untuk seluruh wanita yang bekerja di kompleks parlemen."> </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Aturan berpakaian itu diberlakukan untuk memperbaiki citra Duma [parlemen Rusia], seperti dilaporkan harian Moskovsky Komsomolets, yang dikutip Telegraph.">Dress code was put in place to improve the image of the Duma [Russian parliament], Moskovsky Komsomolets daily reported, quoted by the Telegraph. <br />
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<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Aturan berpakaian itu diberlakukan untuk memperbaiki citra Duma [parlemen Rusia], seperti dilaporkan harian Moskovsky Komsomolets, yang dikutip Telegraph."> </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Dalam butir-butir kode etik tersebut, seluruh wanita yang bekerja di kompleks parlemen dianjurkan untuk mengedepankan gaya seorang profesional yang ditandai dengan formalitas, sopan, berbudaya, dan rapi.">In the grain of the code, all the women who worked in the parliament complex are encouraged to put forward a professional style that is characterized by formality, polite, cultured, and neat. <br />
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<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Dalam butir-butir kode etik tersebut, seluruh wanita yang bekerja di kompleks parlemen dianjurkan untuk mengedepankan gaya seorang profesional yang ditandai dengan formalitas, sopan, berbudaya, dan rapi."> </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Pemberlakukan kode etik itu diharapkan dapar meredam berbagai kritik pedas atas banyaknya wanita di kompleks parlemen yang mengenakan rok mini dan busana berbelahan dada rendah.">Enforcement of codes of conduct that are expected to reduce the buffer scathing criticism over the number of women in the parliament complex that wearing a miniskirt and low chest slit dress. <br />
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<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Pemberlakukan kode etik itu diharapkan dapar meredam berbagai kritik pedas atas banyaknya wanita di kompleks parlemen yang mengenakan rok mini dan busana berbelahan dada rendah."> </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Selain aturan berbusana, kode etik juga meminta anggota parlemen mengurangi kontak langsung dengan jurnalis.">In addition to the rules of dress, codes of ethics also asked lawmakers to reduce direct contact with journalists. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Semua pertanyaan yang berhubungan dengan kerja parlemen sebaiknya dijawab melalui konferensi pers dengan gaya sopan.">All questions relating to parliamentary work should be answered through a press conference with polite style. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Semua pertanyaan yang berhubungan dengan kerja parlemen sebaiknya dijawab melalui konferensi pers dengan gaya sopan."> </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Mereka juga diminta tidak bersikap arogan dan mencegah berbuat kasar selama tugas.">They were also asked not to be arrogant and rude act to prevent during the task. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Duma Rusia terkenal dengan gaya argumentasi keras, bahkan tak jarang memicu perkelahian fisik di ruang sidang.">Russian Duma is famous for its style of loud arguments, and even not infrequently lead to physical fights in the courtroom. <br />
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<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Duma Rusia terkenal dengan gaya argumentasi keras, bahkan tak jarang memicu perkelahian fisik di ruang sidang."> </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Terkait aturan berpakaian, Alina Kabayeva, 25, menjadi salah satu wanita anggota parlemen yang menjadi sorotan.">Related to dress code, Alina Kabayeva, 25, became one of the women members of parliament into the spotlight. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Mantan atlit senam Rusia yang namanya mencuat pada 2008 karena digosipkan menikah dengan Vladimir Putin itu cukup identik dengan gaya pakaian seksi.">Former Russian gymnastics athlete whose name stuck out in 2008 because of rumored marriage with Vladimir Putin was simply synonymous with sexy underwear styles.</span></span><br />
<div class="cssButtonOuter"><div class="cssButtonMiddle"><div class="cssButtonInner">Source :: Vivanews</div></div></div>Fadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-27749940722866749782011-03-26T16:21:00.000-07:002011-03-26T16:21:29.232-07:00Libya Aids Coalition Attack Rebels<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v9LOGQsOcLs/TY50pEYMAoI/AAAAAAAAAY4/N3xj-QYIYDI/s1600/Libya+Aids+Coalition+Attack+Rebels.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v9LOGQsOcLs/TY50pEYMAoI/AAAAAAAAAY4/N3xj-QYIYDI/s1600/Libya+Aids+Coalition+Attack+Rebels.jpg" /></a></div><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title=""><b>Earlier, they lost power with the army Muammar Gaddafi.</b></span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">The attack coalition troops the UN Security Council to the city of Ajdabiya, Libya, making the city again fell into the hands of the rebels. </span><span title="">Earlier, the rebels can not defeat the power of Muammar Gaddafi's army.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">As quoted from page Associated Press, Saturday, March 26, 2011, Gaddafi's troops who were lost to the city against attacks from coalition forces air-dropped from Friday through Saturday.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">This defeat was not wasted by rebel forces, they use it to take back the city. </span><span title="">Rebel troops on Saturday captured the look of rocket launchers and dozens of anti-aircraft ammunition boxes.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">The victory of rebel forces in the celebration throughout the city. </span><span title="">They honked and fired bullets into the air. </span><span title="">Several seen dancing in front of a tank burning government property.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">"Without a fighter aircraft [the coalition], we will not succeed. Armament Gaddafi far different from ours. With the help of the plane precisely, we will soon invade Tripoli, Insha Allah," said one rebel, Ahmed Faraj, 38.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">Since Friday, the British fighter jets and France dropped a few missiles at some point in the city of Ajdabiya. </span><span title="">This city is the key to the city's defense forces in eastern Libya's Muammar Gaddafi. </span><span title="">Previously the city had indeed mastered the rebels, but rebel forces defeated by the forces Gaddafi with sophisticated weaponry.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">The attack coalition forces to target the city is mentioned means of communication and supply line logistics for the army Gaddafi. </span><span style="background-color: #ebeff9;" title="">Logistics will later be distributed to other cities held by the army, including the Misrata and Brega.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">The leader of the coalition mission in the Libyan army, Gen. Carter Ham, said that if wanted to, they could just destroy all the government troops who still survive in Ajdabiya. </span><span title="">"But if we do that, the city will be destroyed. We're actually going to kill our citizens are supposed to protect," he said.</span></span><br />
<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="">Source :: Vivanews </span></span>Fadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-57014611959237709242011-03-25T16:17:00.000-07:002011-03-25T16:32:46.779-07:0010 Most Popular Laptop Brands<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-saRv6DLIYgE/TY0iWxvJfzI/AAAAAAAAAY0/xxYwzO8XmEI/s1600/Pupuler+Laptop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jcRlMZMScl0/TY0gNFCqQOI/AAAAAAAAAYw/Etni_E09bMo/s1600/10+Most+Popular+Laptop+Brands.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-jcRlMZMScl0/TY0gNFCqQOI/AAAAAAAAAYw/Etni_E09bMo/s1600/10+Most+Popular+Laptop+Brands.jpg" /></a><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="10 Merek Laptop Terpopuler"></span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Apple masih menjadi merek yang paling kerap dibicarakan di Internet."><b>Apple is still the brand most often discussed on the Internet. </b><br />
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<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Apple masih menjadi merek yang paling kerap dibicarakan di Internet."> </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Desain dan keandalan laptop Apple membuatnya selalu ditanggap positif ketimbang produk lain di Internet.">Design and reliability of Apple laptops made always positive ditanggap than other products on the Internet. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Namun, bukan berarti laptop-laptop berbasis Windows tidak baik.">However, it does not mean Windows-based laptops are not good. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="LG dan Sony juga sering dibicarakan sebagai alternatif.">LG and Sony are also often discussed as an alternative. <br />
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<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="LG dan Sony juga sering dibicarakan sebagai alternatif."> </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Yang mengejutkan adalah merek besar seperti Samsung dan Acer bahkan tidak masuk ke dalam daftar 10 besar merek laptop terpopuler di Internet.">The surprise was big brands such as Samsung and Acer did not even get into the top 10 most popular laptop brands on the Internet. <br />
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<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Yang mengejutkan adalah merek besar seperti Samsung dan Acer bahkan tidak masuk ke dalam daftar 10 besar merek laptop terpopuler di Internet."> </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Apple bisa jadi berada di posisi puncak dan selalu menjadi topik yang hangat dibicarakan karena ia cukup bisa memuaskan konsumen.">Apple could be located at the top and always a hot topic discussed because he simply could satisfy consumers. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Ada harga ada rupa.">There is no way the price. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Memang rentang harga untuk jajaran produk Apple relatif mahal, apalagi jika dibandingkan laptop-laptop sejenisnya.">It ranges in price to Apple's product line is relatively expensive, especially when compared to similar laptops. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Tetapi, dengan Apple, konsumen dijamin puas.">However, with Apple, consumers are guaranteed satisfaction. <br />
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<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Tetapi, dengan Apple, konsumen dijamin puas."> </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Sementara itu, laptop premium Sony Vaio diakui memiliki kemiripan dengan Mac, dari segi performa dan grafis.">Meanwhile, the premium Sony Vaio laptop recognized a similarity with the Mac, in terms of performance and graphics. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Sebab itu, Vaio kerap disebut-sebut 'Mac of Windows'.">Therefore, the Vaio often touted 'Mac of Windows'. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Wajar jika ia menghuni jajaran tiga besar dalam daftar.">Naturally, if he is to inhabit the ranks of big three in the list. <br />
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<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Wajar jika ia menghuni jajaran tiga besar dalam daftar."> </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title=""Pemain tengah" seperti Hewlett-Packards (HP) dan Asus memiliki koleksi laptop dengan harga yang variatif.">"Midfielder" such as Hewlett-Packards (HP) and Asus has a collection of laptops with prices varied. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Sehingga, mereka yang membeli laptop murah tetap mendapatkan layanan purna jual yang sama dengan mereka yang membeli laptop mahal.">Thus, those who buy cheap laptops still get the same after-sales service to those who buy expensive laptops. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Ini juga sering menjadi topik hangat dalam diskusi di Internet.">It is also often a hot topic in discussions on the Internet. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Ini juga sering menjadi topik hangat dalam diskusi di Internet."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Kecepatan rumor dan komplain yang menyebar di social media akan mengubah statistik.">The speed of spreading rumors and complaints in social media will change the statistics. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Berikut 10 merek laptop terpopuler di Internet yang dipublikasikan Amplicate:">Here are 10 most popular laptop brands on the Internet, published Amplicate: </span></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: #ebeff9;" title="Statistik dari Amplicate mengoleksi opini secara online yang melibatkan lebih dari 73 juta pesan di Twitter, Facebook, dan Amplicate sendiri.">Statistics from Amplicate collecting opinions online that involve more than 73 million messages on Twitter, Facebook, and Amplicate own. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Pemeringkatan ini menghitung topik-topik yang saat ini dibicarakan di media sosial.">This rating to calculate the topics currently discussed in social media. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Kalkulasinya berdasarkan opini baik positif maupun negatif dalam periode 3 bulan.">Calculations were based on both positive and negative opinions in a period of 3 months.</span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Kalkulasinya berdasarkan opini baik positif maupun negatif dalam periode 3 bulan.">Source :: Vivanews </span></span>Fadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-61130915257568878232011-03-25T15:42:00.000-07:002011-03-25T16:04:02.399-07:00Palestinian boy in raid Weapons<a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-XOemipgubsI/TY0aMl9cC1I/AAAAAAAAAYs/DI8nkxJnGaY/s1600/Palestinian+boy+in+raid+Weapons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="164" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-XOemipgubsI/TY0aMl9cC1I/AAAAAAAAAYs/DI8nkxJnGaY/s320/Palestinian+boy+in+raid+Weapons.jpg" width="320" /></a><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Bocah Palestina Dalam Sergapan Senjata"></span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Judul Buku : Palestine's Children; Kisah Perjuangan Hidup Anak-Anak Palestina Penulis : Ghassan Kanafani Penerbit : Navila Cetakan : I, 2011 Tebal : xxiv + 300 halaman Peresensi : Fatkhul Anas*)">Book Title: Palestine's Children: The Story of Struggle Palestinian Children Living Authors: Ghassan Kanafani Publisher: Navila Edition: I, 2011 Thickness: xxiv + 300 pages Reviewer: Fatkhul Anas *) </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Judul Buku : Palestine's Children; Kisah Perjuangan Hidup Anak-Anak Palestina Penulis : Ghassan Kanafani Penerbit : Navila Cetakan : I, 2011 Tebal : xxiv + 300 halaman Peresensi : Fatkhul Anas*)"><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Sejarah Palestina adalah “sejarah merah” sepanjang zaman.">The history of Palestine is the "red history" throughout the ages. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Pertikaian dua kubu tak terhenti hingga detik ini, bahkan mungkin menjadi pertikaian abadi.">Disputes two camps never cease until this moment, maybe even become immortal strife. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Palestina dan Israel menjadi musuh bebuyutan yang tak hentinya menumpahkan darah segar dan aroma tangis orang-orang tak berdosa.">Palestine and Israel are bitter enemies who kept fresh and the scent of blood shed tears of innocent people. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Palestina dan Israel menjadi artefak pertikaian abadi memperebutkan harga diri, kekuasaan, dan bangsa.">Palestine and Israel into conflict artifacts eternal fight self-esteem, power, and the nation. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Waktu pun seolah telah jenuh menyaksikan pertumpahan darah antara kedua kubu itu.">Time also seemed to have been saturated witnessed bloodshed between the two sides were. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Waktu pun seolah telah jenuh menyaksikan pertumpahan darah antara kedua kubu itu."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Semenjak orang-orang Yahudi memproklamirkan berdirinya Israel, tertanggal 14 Mei 1948, tragedi berdarah semakin memanas.">Since the Jews proclaimed the founding of Israel, dated May 14, 1948, bloody tragedy increasingly heated. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Israel melancarkan agresi bersenjata yang menewaskan ribuan warga Palestina dan memaksa jutaan jiwa mengungsi ke Libanon, Yordania, Syiria, Mesir, dan kawasan sekitarnya.">Israel launched an armed aggression that killed thousands of Palestinians and forcing millions of people to flee to Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, and the surrounding region. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Negara-negara Arab tetangga terpaksa turut bergabung dalam mengusir Israel.">Neighboring Arab countries forced to join the drive Israel. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Sayangnya, Negara-negara tersebut saat itu berada dalam cengkeraman Inggris sehingga tak mampu bertindak banyak.">Unfortunately, these countries when it is in the grip of the UK so not able to act much. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Agresi Israel berjalan lancar dan berhasil merebut daerah Palestina yang telah ditetapkan PBB.">Israeli Aggression run smoothly and successfully captured the Palestinian areas that has been assigned the United Nations. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Agresi Israel berjalan lancar dan berhasil merebut daerah Palestina yang telah ditetapkan PBB."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Peristiwa berdarah Israel-Palestina itu terkenang hingga sekarang.">Events bloody Israeli-Palestinian remembered until now. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Ia diabadikan dalam setiap ingatan, terpahat dalam putaran waktu, dan tertuliskan dalam deretan kata para pujangga.">He is enshrined in every memory, engraved in the lap time, and tertuliskan in a row of words of poets. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Karya sastra juga banyak bermunculan, ingin merekan kekejaman yang melanda.">Literary works also are emerging, like recording the severity of the hit. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Palestine's Children karya Ghassan Kanafani adalah salah satu dari cuplikan itu.">Palestine's Children by Ghassan Kanafani was one of footage that. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Di dalamnya terjejer kisah-kisah kelam orang-orang Palestina yang tertindas kemerdekaannya.">Inside terjejer dark stories of people who are oppressed Palestinian independence. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Palestine's Children memotret setiap kegelisahan yang muncul dari jiwa-jiwa yang kalah.">Palestine's Children photographing any anxiety that comes from the lost souls. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Palestine's Children memotret setiap kegelisahan yang muncul dari jiwa-jiwa yang kalah."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Palestine's Children berkisah tentang anak-anak Palestina yang turut berjuang memperebutkan kemerdekaan bangsanya.">Palestine's Children is about the Palestinian children who helped fight the nation gaining independence. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Kisah ini merupakan kumpulan karya cerita pendek Ghassan Kanafani semenjak tahun 1936 sampai 1967.">This story is a collection of short stories by Ghassan Kanafani since 1936 to 1967. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Ghassan Kanafani berhasil menyajikan alur yang menarik, dramatis, dan menyayat pembaca.">Ghassan Kanafani successfully presents an interesting plot, dramatic, and slicing the reader. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Diantaranya ia berkisah tentang Mansur yang ingin meminjam senjata kepada orang-orang untuk berjuang melawan Israel.">Among them he tells about Mansoor who want to borrow a gun to people to fight against Israel. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Usia Mansur yang masih belasan, menjadi alasan tersendiri bagi ayahnya agar ia tidak ikut berjihad.">Mansoor age who are still teens, became its own reasons for his father so he would not join jihad. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Sikap ini disetujui oleh pamannya, Abu al-Hasan.">This attitude is approved by his uncle, Abu al-Hasan. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Sikap ini disetujui oleh pamannya, Abu al-Hasan."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Hanya saja, hati Mansur kecil telah terisi oleh amunisi amarah, kepedihan, dan jihad.">However, the heart has been filled by small Mansour ammunition anger, pain, and jihad. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Ia tak gentar jika harus bertemu dan berduel dengan tentara Israel.">He did not flinch if you have met and dueled with Israeli soldiers. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Ia tidak seperti ayahnya yang terus melarangnya.">He does not like his father who continues to prohibit it. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Ia keras kepala dan ingin ikut berjuang.">He was stubborn and wanted to go fight. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Ia bersusah payah mencari senjata, hingga akhirnya ia bertemu Haji Abbas, seorang penjual rokok, sekaligus pemilik senjata.">He took pains to look for weapons, until finally he met Haji Abbas, a vendor of cigarettes, as well as gun owners. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Dari sanalah ayah Mansur biasa meminjam senjata dengan imbalan satu pound perhari.">From there Mansoor's father used to borrow the weapons in exchange for one pound per day. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Mansur pun ingin meniru langkah ayahnya itu.">Mansour also wanted to emulate his father's steps. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Mansur pun ingin meniru langkah ayahnya itu."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Sayangnya, saat Mansur menjalankan ekspedisi kedaunya dan ia telah mencapai benteng di Jaddin, ia mendapati kehadiran bapaknya disana, di tengah kerumunan pasukan bersenjata.">Unfortunately, when Mansur run kedaunya expedition and he had reached the fort in Jaddin, he found his father's presence there, amid a crowd of armed troops. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Namun, ketika kerumunan tersebut harus mundur, Abu Qassim, yang tak lain adalah ayah Mansur, tertinggal sendirian di belakang.">However, when the crowd should resign, Abu Qassim, who was none other than Mansoor's father, left alone in the rear. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Mansur-lah yang menyusulnya, dan menemukan ia terluka parah.">Mansoor was the one who followed him, and found she was badly injured. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Disana, Mansur mendapati bapaknya sedang sekarat.">There, Mansoor find his father was dying. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="“Mansur berdiri dalam kehampaan yang basah, mengawasi bapaknya pelan-pelan meregang nyawa, tidak berdaya dan tidak bergerak, kecuali denyutan dari dalam yang mengguncangnya” (hal. 125).">"Mansour was standing in a wet vacuum, watching his father slowly dying, helpless and motionless, except for the throbbing of a shake" (p. 125). </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="“Mansur berdiri dalam kehampaan yang basah, mengawasi bapaknya pelan-pelan meregang nyawa, tidak berdaya dan tidak bergerak, kecuali denyutan dari dalam yang mengguncangnya” (hal. 125)."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Kisah tentang Mansur diatas diceritakan oleh Ghassan Kanafani dalam judul Seorang Anak, Bapaknya, dan Senapan Menyerbu Benteng di Jaddin yang dibuat tahun 1965.">The story of Mansur told by Ghassan Kanafani above in the title of a Child, his Father, and storm the castle in Jaddin Rifle made in 1965. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Kisah ini adalah satu dari sekian kisah anak-anak yang dirangkai dalam buku ini.">This story is one of several children's stories who assembled in this book. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Ghassan Kanafani berhasil menyuguhkan dunia anak dalam berbagai cerpennya.">Ghassan Kanafani manages to present the world's children in a variety of short stories. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Ini tentu tak lepas dari latar belakangnya yang pernah menjadi guru bagi anak-anak Palestina di Camp pengungsian.">This is of course not separated from the background which had been a teacher for children in Palestinian refugee Camp. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: #ebeff9;" title="Ghassan Kanafani memilih kehidupan yang ini demi menyuguhkan kisah Palestina ke seantero jagad raya.">Ghassan Kanafani chose this life for the sake of presenting the story of Palestine to the entire universe. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Palestina yang kalah, Palestina yang resah, dan Palestina yang tak berdaya, semua direkam Ghassan Kanafani lewat dunia anak.">Palestinians who lost, restless Palestinian, and Palestinians are helpless, all recorded by Ghassan Kanafani world's children. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Palestina yang kalah, Palestina yang resah, dan Palestina yang tak berdaya, semua direkam Ghassan Kanafani lewat dunia anak."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Persembahan Kanafani untuk Palestina ibarat pelita di tengah kegelapan.">Kanafani offerings for the Palestinians is like a lamp in the dark. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Kanafani ingin agar pelita itu menjadi penerang dunia sehingga seluruh mata dapat memandang dengan jernih penderitaan Palestina.">Kanafani want to be a torch that lights the world, so all eyes can see clearly the suffering Palestinians. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Bahkan, Kanafani mempersembahkan nyawanya demi kedamaian Palestina.">In fact, Kanafani dedicate his life for the Palestinian peace. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Ia bersama keponakannya, Lamis, dibunuh dalam sebuah ledakan bom mobil oleh dinas rahasia Israel.">He along with his niece, Lamis, was killed in a car bomb explosion by the Israeli secret service. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Saat itu genap usia Kanafani 36 tahun, dan menjadi usia penutup bagi perjuangannya.">It was even 36 years of age Kanafani, and a cover age for the struggle. <br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="*) Penulis adalah Pustakawan Cabeyan Institute, Yogyakarta">*) The author is Librarian Cabeyan Institute, Yogyakarta</span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="*) Penulis adalah Pustakawan Cabeyan Institute, Yogyakarta">Source :: Kompas </span></span>Fadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-5022186848771916512011-03-24T16:18:00.001-07:002011-03-24T16:19:23.700-07:00RI Must Stop Violence Allies Over Libya<a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jPU8rZLPVps/TYvRN1BuejI/AAAAAAAAAYo/ESlHpLLEYeE/s1600/RI+Must+Stop+Violence+Allies+Over+Libya.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jPU8rZLPVps/TYvRN1BuejI/AAAAAAAAAYo/ESlHpLLEYeE/s1600/RI+Must+Stop+Violence+Allies+Over+Libya.jpg" /></a><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><b><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title=""Kita kan ikut perdamaian dunia."">"We're part of world peace." </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Ketua Umum PDI Perjuangan Megawati Soekarnoputri berharap Pemerintah melakukan sesuatu untuk menghentikan peperangan yang berlangsung di Libya."> </span></b></span><br />
<br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Ketua Umum PDI Perjuangan Megawati Soekarnoputri berharap Pemerintah melakukan sesuatu untuk menghentikan peperangan yang berlangsung di Libya.">Chairman of the Democratic Party of Struggle of Megawati Sukarnoputri hope the Government do something to stop the war that took place in Libya. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Menurutnya tindakan Amerika Serikat dan sekutu atas Libya sudah tidak benar.">According to the United States and allied actions of Libya is not true. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Menurutnya tindakan Amerika Serikat dan sekutu atas Libya sudah tidak benar."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title=""Kita ikut menjaga perdamaian dunia. Apa yang sekarang terjadi di Libya itu menurut saya sangat tidak diharapkan," kata Mega di sela acara seminar nasional Fraksi PDI Perjuangan di Gedung DPR, Jakarta, Kamis 24 Maret 2011.">"We joined maintain world peace. What is now happening in Libya is in my opinion was not expected," said Megan on the sidelines of a national seminar Democratic Party of Struggle faction in the Parliament Building, Jakarta, Thursday, March 24, 2011. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title=""Kita ikut menjaga perdamaian dunia. Apa yang sekarang terjadi di Libya itu menurut saya sangat tidak diharapkan," kata Mega di sela acara seminar nasional Fraksi PDI Perjuangan di Gedung DPR, Jakarta, Kamis 24 Maret 2011."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Megawati menilai bahwa pemberontakan apapun yang terjadi di sana, merupakan urusan pemerintahan Muammar Khadafi.">Megawati judge that any rebellion that happened there, is Muammar Gaddafi's government affairs. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Selain itu, kata dia, perdamaian tidak akan mungkin terjadi jika tetap menggunakan cara kekerasan.">In addition, he said, peace would not be possible if still using violent means. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title=""Saya bukan orang yang akan membela. Saya kenal pemimpin Libya secara pribdi, tapi menurut saya apapun itu adalah masalah dalam negeri Libya," kata dia.">"I'm not the one who will defend. I know a pribdi Libyan leader, but I think any country that is a problem in Libya," he said. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title=""Saya bukan orang yang akan membela. Saya kenal pemimpin Libya secara pribdi, tapi menurut saya apapun itu adalah masalah dalam negeri Libya," kata dia."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Satu hal yang membuat Mega heran, Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa (PBB) begitu cepat menyetujui permintaan AS dan sejumlah negara Eropa untuk melakukan tindakan militer terhadap Libya.">One thing that makes Mega surprisingly, the United Nations (UN) so quickly approved the request of the United States and some European countries to conduct military action against Libya.</span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Satu hal yang membuat Mega heran, Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa (PBB) begitu cepat menyetujui permintaan AS dan sejumlah negara Eropa untuk melakukan tindakan militer terhadap Libya."> <br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Pemerintah Indonesia, kata Megawati, harus menghentikan kekerasan perang di Libya yang sudah melampaui kewajaran.">Government of Indonesia, Megawati said, must stop the violence of war in Libya, which has surpassed the ordinary. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title=""Kita harus tegas untuk menunjukkan suatu sikap. Paling tidak kita harus mengatakan kepada PBB bahwa cara seperti sudah tidak benar," tegasnya.">"We must firmly to show an attitude. At least we should tell the UN that way is not true," he said. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title=""Kita harus tegas untuk menunjukkan suatu sikap. Paling tidak kita harus mengatakan kepada PBB bahwa cara seperti sudah tidak benar," tegasnya.">Source :: Vivanews<br />
</span></span>Fadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-52944534606901725142011-03-24T16:16:00.000-07:002011-03-24T16:16:55.106-07:00Citizens Killed, 24 Year U.S. soldier sentenced<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-33Yds7CShNI/TYvQpWpZrbI/AAAAAAAAAYk/gp-HQx1yS34/s1600/Citizens+Killed%252C+24+Year+U.S.+soldier+sentenced.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-33Yds7CShNI/TYvQpWpZrbI/AAAAAAAAAYk/gp-HQx1yS34/s1600/Citizens+Killed%252C+24+Year+U.S.+soldier+sentenced.JPG" /></a></div><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Bunuh Warga, Tentara AS Divonis 24 Tahun"></span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Pembunuhan diakuinya hanya bertujuan untuk main-main dan sebagai olahraga saja."><b>Murder admitted only intended for fun and as a sport only. </b></span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Pembunuhan diakuinya hanya bertujuan untuk main-main dan sebagai olahraga saja."><b> </b><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Seorang perwira militer Amerika Serikat divonis penjara selama 24 tahun setelah terbukti bersalah membunuh tiga warga sipil di Afghanistan.">A U.S. military officer was sentenced to prison for 24 years after being found guilty of killing three civilians in Afghanistan. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Pembunuhan diakuinya hanya bertujuan untuk main-main dan sebagai olahraga saja.">Murder admitted only intended for fun and as a sport only. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Pembunuhan diakuinya hanya bertujuan untuk main-main dan sebagai olahraga saja."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Dilansir dari laman Associated Press, Rabu, 23 Maret 2011, Jeremy Morlock, 22, juga dipecat dengan tidak hormat dari kesatuannya akibat pembunuhan tersebut.">Reporting from the page the Associated Press, Wednesday, March 23, 2011, Jeremy Morlock, 22, also fired with no respect from his unit due to the murder. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Morlock adalah tentara AS pertama yang divonis dari lima tentara lainnya yang terlibat dalam pembunuhan tersebut.">Morlock was the first U.S. soldier convicted of five other soldiers involved in the murder. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Morlock adalah tentara AS pertama yang divonis dari lima tentara lainnya yang terlibat dalam pembunuhan tersebut."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Morlock merupakan tokoh kunci dalam peristiwa yang dikategorikan sebagai kejahatan perang tersebut.">Morlock is a key figure in the events that are categorized as war crimes. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Jaksa penuntut menuduhnya telah menjadi pemimpin dalam pembunuhan tiga warga sipil tidak bersenjata pada Januari, Februari dan Mei 2010 di Kandahar.">Prosecutors accused him of being a leader in the killing of three unarmed civilians in January, February and May 2010 in Kandahar. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Jaksa penuntut menuduhnya telah menjadi pemimpin dalam pembunuhan tiga warga sipil tidak bersenjata pada Januari, Februari dan Mei 2010 di Kandahar."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Morlock mengaku bersalah dan mengatakan pembunuhan warga sipil itu memang telah direncanakannya.">Morlock pleaded guilty and said the killing of civilians had indeed been planned. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title=""Rencananya memang untuk membunuh orang," ujar Morlock di pengadilan.">"The plan was to kill people," Morlock said in court. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title=""Rencananya memang untuk membunuh orang," ujar Morlock di pengadilan."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Dia juga menyatakan permintaan maafnya kepada keluarga korban dan seluruh rakyat Afghanistan atas perlakuannya dan rekan-rekannya itu.">He also expressed his apology to the families of the victims and all the people of Afghanistan for treatment and his colleagues were. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Dia juga menyatakan permintaan maafnya kepada keluarga korban dan seluruh rakyat Afghanistan atas perlakuannya dan rekan-rekannya itu."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Kepada pengadilan, Morlock menceritakan rincian pembunuhan yang dilakukan olehnya dan rekan-rekannya.">To the court, Morlock told the details of a murder committed by him and his associates. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Dia juga mengaku sering menghisap ganja di dalam barak militernya di Kandahar.">He also admitted frequently smoked marijuana in the military barracks in Kandahar. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Dia juga mengaku sering menghisap ganja di dalam barak militernya di Kandahar."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Morlock mengatakan pembunuhan sengaja dilakukan untuk bersenang-senang.">Morlock said the murder intentionally made to have fun. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Dilansir dari laman The Guardian, dia mengaku sengaja merancang sebuah situasi perang palsu agar dapat membunuh warga sipil yang tidak berdosa.">Reporting from the pages of The Guardian, he admitted to deliberately design a fake war for the situation to kill innocent civilians. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Setelah terbunuh, mereka berpose dengan mayat korban.">Once killed, they posed with the corpses of victims. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Setelah terbunuh, mereka berpose dengan mayat korban."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Foto-foto tidak berperikemanusiaan ini dipublikasikan di koran Jerman, Der Spiegel.">The photographs were published in the inhuman German newspaper, Der Spiegel. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Pada tiga foto itu, terlihat Morlock dan rekan-rekannya tersenyum sambil menjambak rambut mayat korbannya yang masih berusia muda.">In the three photographs that, it looks Morlock and his colleagues smiled as he grabbed the body of his victim's hair is still young. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Tidak ada ketakutan dan keengganan di wajah mereka.">There is no fear and reluctance on their faces. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Tidak ada ketakutan dan keengganan di wajah mereka."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Beberapa tentara yang ikut serta dalam pembunuhan itu bahkan mengambil beberapa bagian tubuh korban untuk dijadikan kenang-kenangan.">Some of the soldiers who participated in the murder even took some body parts of victims to serve as a memento. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Termasuk yang diambil adalah kepala korban untuk diambil tengkoraknya.">Including those taken was the head of the victim to take his skull. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="Termasuk yang diambil adalah kepala korban untuk diambil tengkoraknya."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Militer AS dalam pernyataannya meminta maaf kepada keluarga korban atas pembunuhan, menyusul publikasi foto itu.">The U.S. military said in a statement apologizing to the families of the victims of murder, following the publication of the photograph. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title=""(Foto-foto itu) sangat menjijikkan bagi kami sebagai manusia dan bertentangan dengan standar dan nilai yang ditetapkan di kemiliteran Amerika Serikat," tulis pernyataan tersebut.">"(The pictures) are very repulsive to us as human beings and conflict with the standards and values set out in the United States military," the statement read. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="(adi)">(Adi)</span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="(adi)">Source :: Vivanews </span></span>Fadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-25910797602841577222011-03-24T16:13:00.000-07:002011-03-24T16:13:20.107-07:00All the inhabitants of the island These berpostur Fat<a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-TYyrj2HbAKw/TYvPePm8KZI/AAAAAAAAAYg/VF7OGe_e6dc/s1600/All+the+inhabitants+of+the+island+These+berpostur+Fat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-TYyrj2HbAKw/TYvPePm8KZI/AAAAAAAAAYg/VF7OGe_e6dc/s1600/All+the+inhabitants+of+the+island+These+berpostur+Fat.jpg" /></a><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Seluruh Penghuni Pulau Ini Berpostur Gemuk"></span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="95 persen warga yang bermukim di sana mengalami obesitas."><b>95 percent of residents living there are obese. </b></span></span><br />
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<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="95 persen warga yang bermukim di sana mengalami obesitas."><b> </b></span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Bukan keunikan budaya atau keindahan alam membuat Nauru sohor.">Not the uniqueness of cultural or natural beauty makes Nauru famous. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Negara kecil yang hanya berpenduduk sekitar 10 ribu jiwa ini menjadi perbincangan dunia karena ciri tubuh penduduknya yang gemuk.">Small country which only has a population of about 10 thousand inhabitants is a discussion of the world because the population characteristics of the fat body. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Negara kecil yang hanya berpenduduk sekitar 10 ribu jiwa ini menjadi perbincangan dunia karena ciri tubuh penduduknya yang gemuk."></span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Negara kecil yang hanya berpenduduk sekitar 10 ribu jiwa ini menjadi perbincangan dunia karena ciri tubuh penduduknya yang gemuk."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Berdasar catatan Badan Kesehatan Dunia atau WHO, sekitar 95 persen warga negara di kawasan Samudra Pasifik itu menderita obesitas.">Based on the record of the World Health Organization or WHO, about 95 percent of citizens in the Pacific Ocean region was suffering from obesity. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Sebagian besar bahkan menderita diabetes.">Most even have diabetes. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Sebagian besar bahkan menderita diabetes."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Mereka yang tergolong obesitas memiliki indeks massa tubuh (BMI) lebih dari 30.">They are classified as obese has a body mass index (BMI) over 30. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Sedangkan orang gemuk dibatasi pada skala 25-30, dan tubuh ideal sebesar 18,5-24,9.">While obese people are limited in scale 25-30, and the ideal body for 18.5 to 24.9. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="IMT dihitung dari berat badan (kilogram) dibagi tinggi badan kuadrat (meter persegi).">BMI is calculated from weight (kilograms) divided by height squared (square meters). </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="IMT dihitung dari berat badan (kilogram) dibagi tinggi badan kuadrat (meter persegi)."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Secara historis, warga Nauru mengenal tradisi penggemukan dengan memberi makan berlebihan sejak kecil.">Historically, the people of Nauru to know the tradition of fattening by feeding excessive since childhood. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Namun, itu bukan satu-satunya pemicu meledaknya angka obesitas di negara seluas 21 kilometer persegi itu.">However, it is not the only trigger the explosion of obesity rates in the country covering an area of 21 square kilometers. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Namun, itu bukan satu-satunya pemicu meledaknya angka obesitas di negara seluas 21 kilometer persegi itu."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Kegemaran masyarakat mengonsumsi makanan berlemak dan mengandung gula juga turut andil mengantarkan Nauru sebagai negara berpenduduk gemuk terbanyak di dunia.">Indulgence of society to consume fatty foods containing sugar and also had its share as a nation of Nauru to deliver the most obese in the world. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Kondisi pun semakin buruk dengan minimnya pengetahuan masyarakat mengenai gaya hidup sehat.">The condition was getting worse by the lack of public knowledge about a healthy lifestyle. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Kondisi pun semakin buruk dengan minimnya pengetahuan masyarakat mengenai gaya hidup sehat."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Masyarakat Nauru mengalami perubahan gaya hidup sejak menemukan cadangan fosfat melimpah di awal 1900-an.">Nauru society lifestyle changes since discovering abundant phosphate reserves in the early 1900s. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Mereka menjadi sangat konsumtif seiring kehadiran sejumlah perusahaan tambang di negara yang berbentuk pulau itu.">They became highly consumptive as the presence of a number of mining companies in the country that shaped the island. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Mereka menjadi sangat konsumtif seiring kehadiran sejumlah perusahaan tambang di negara yang berbentuk pulau itu."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Perbaikan tingkat perekonomian mengubah gaya hidup masyarakat setempat.">Improved levels of the economy changing lifestyles of local communities. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Buah dan ikan yang tadinya menjadi makanan favorit tergeser makanan 'sampah' impor.">Fruit and fish that had become a favorite food was withdrawing food 'waste' imported. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Kehidupan masyarakat Nauru saat ini sangat bergantung impor makanan dari Amerika, Jepang dan Australia.">Nauru society today is very dependent of food imports from America, Japan and Australia. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Kehidupan masyarakat Nauru saat ini sangat bergantung impor makanan dari Amerika, Jepang dan Australia."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Ledakan obesitas membuat pemerintah Nauru harus bekerja keras menyelamatkan warganya dari risiko penyakit terkait obesitas.">The explosion of obesity make the Nauru government must work hard to save its citizens from the risk of obesity-related diseases. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Berbagai program pelangsingan diluncurkan, mulai dari kelas senam gratis, olahraga, seminar gizi, hingga menggelar kontes penurunan berat badan.">Various slimming program was launched, ranging from a free exercise class, exercise, nutrition seminars, held a contest to weight loss. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Berbagai program pelangsingan diluncurkan, mulai dari kelas senam gratis, olahraga, seminar gizi, hingga menggelar kontes penurunan berat badan."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Predikat yang diraih Nauru itu diikuti Mikronesia dengan 92 persen penduduk mengalami kelebihan berat badan, Kepulauan Cook (92%), Tonga (92%), Niue (84%), Samoa (83%), Palau (81%), Amerika Serikat (">Predicate achieved Micronesia Nauru was followed with 92 percent of the population overweight, Cook Islands (92%), Tonga (92%), Niue (84%), Samoa (83%), Palau (81%), United States ( </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="79%), Kiribati (77%), dan Dominika (76%).">79%), Kiribati (77%), and Dominican (76%). </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="79%), Kiribati (77%), dan Dominika (76%).">Source :: Vivanews<br />
</span></span>Fadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-6572018399165675892011-03-24T15:50:00.000-07:002011-03-24T15:50:24.635-07:00Robot It Off When Disaster Communications Solutions<a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Sj0BSw7zdw4/TYvKArkKAgI/AAAAAAAAAYc/lp9SIxJqODs/s1600/Robot+It+Off+When+Disaster+Communications+Solutions.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Sj0BSw7zdw4/TYvKArkKAgI/AAAAAAAAAYc/lp9SIxJqODs/s1600/Robot+It+Off+When+Disaster+Communications+Solutions.jpg" /></a><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title=""></span><b><span title="">Disasters come and go hard-prone areas. </span></b><span title=""><b>This robot can help.</b></span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title=""><b> </b></span><span title="">All things paralyzed during a disaster occurred, including communication systems. </span><span title="">In fact, to build communication networks in disaster areas are often time-consuming, and it is fatal, inhibit the work of rescue teams to save lives.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">However, the latest system of robots that can fly autonomously currently being developed by the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). </span><span title="">These flying robots can form a wireless emergency network for faster, more reliable, and more affordable.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">This robot is part of Swarming Micro Air Vehicle Networks (SMAVNET) or research project the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (LIS) EPFL that aims to study the intelligence of animals, imitating and collective behavior of animal or insect colony. </span><span title="">"The goal, to create a system that can be applied in skrenario disaster," said research scientist LIS, Jean-Christophe Zufferey like CNN loaded.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">"We started the research at EPFL on the robot, inspired from biology in 2001, ranging from robotic insects that could avoid the possibility bumped into the wall or the ground. After the success, we move forward with conducting research in the outdoors."</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">Then, it started the manufacture of "flying wing" or "flying wing" - one of the 10 devices that were flown at the same time - as part of the project SMAVNET.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">Flying wings are made of lightweight plastic foam lithium-powered batteries in the motor behind it. </span><span title="">Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) - so he was called, was launched like a Frisbee. </span><span title="">See video demonstration here.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">Once airborne, the autopilot system will control the height, speed, and rate beloknya. </span><span title="">At the same time MAVs avoid air collisions by communicating with one another via optical flow sensor.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">The sensor is mounted in front of each MAV, enabling it to detect the distance between the object and change direction if they are too close to each other. </span><span title="">His inspiration came from a crowd of ants that go hand in hand from their nest to a food source. </span><span title="">"The sensor is similar to that found on a computer mouse - they are really good optical detector," said Zufferey.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">SMAVNET final data for the project are currently being gathered prior to LIS researchers began a follow-up project called "Swarmix" - which will explore how the swarm robots can be used to assist in handling the disaster area.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">The idea, which was flown the same group of MAVs will be equipped with small wireless module to form an ad-hoc network that can be used to communicate with rescue teams.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">Small flying robot has the advantage rather than a network device on the ground. </span><span title="">At least, the difficult post-disaster field no longer be a hindrance. </span><span title="">The tool also does not depend on expensive sensors or equipment lava.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">However, this tool is not perfect. </span><span title="">Need some modification. </span><span title="">The most obvious problem is the resistance - the small size of MAVs can only survive in air for 30 to 60 minutes. </span><span title="">Solar energy is being considered to solve this problem.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">Conversely, there are advantages of small size of the aircraft - which weighs about 420 grams, which will not cause damage if it hit something or someone.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">Not only provide communication network during a disaster, these aircraft can also be used in a variety of missions, aerial photography, mapping of 2D and 3D, as well as for environmental monitoring.<br />
</span><span title="">When will this product be marketed? </span><span title="">Zufferey said, wait until two to four years.</span></span><br />
<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="">Source :: Vivanews </span></span>Fadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-12204873583408858732011-03-24T15:46:00.000-07:002011-03-24T15:46:21.674-07:00Ancestor of Man is Alien Mars?<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mxsfQ57VV5c/TYvIF90s4xI/AAAAAAAAAYY/FpiY7WvbTwg/s1600/Ancestor+of+Man+is+Alien+Mars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mxsfQ57VV5c/TYvIF90s4xI/AAAAAAAAAYY/FpiY7WvbTwg/s1600/Ancestor+of+Man+is+Alien+Mars.jpg" /></a><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title=""></span><span title=""><b>Scientists are proving whether there are genetic similarities between the creatures of Mars.</b></span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">Mars became the focus of attention in the context of human space exploration. </span><span title="">There are two things that look out of the red planet: whether there is life there, and whether Mars could be human colonies, if later on Earth could not sustain life.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">But the latest research being done by intelligent scientists from two world renowned universities, MIT and Harvard was more advanced and revolutionary. </span><span title="">Want to prove whether there is a chance the tree of life on Earth has a root on Mars. </span><span title="">The researchers also created an instrument to prove that allegation.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">The instrument is called the Search for Extra-Terrestrial or SETG Genome. </span><span title="">Instruments are being developed that will examine samples of dust from Mars, isolating the genetic material that may exist - in the form of insects or other living things that died a few million years ago.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">With this instrument, scientists can use standard biochemical techniques to analyze each genetic sequence generated and compares the findings on Earth.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">"This long-term project," said researchers from MIT, Chris Carr as published Space.com. </span><span title="">"Jikan later we found no association with the Earth, the Earth could be a creature from Mars. Or vice versa, starting from Earth and sent to Mars."</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">The idea that living organisms on Earth came from Mars might not exist in the minds of everyone. </span><span title="">However, this is not a crazy idea.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">For, though the current Martian surface cool, dry, and without life - there is plenty of evidence the planet is warmer and wetter billions of years ago.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">Just as on Earth, when all life depends on water. </span><span title="">Ancient Mars may have been a supporter of some form of life - perhaps even before Earth. </span><span title="">Similarly, the researchers said.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">If this happens, Martian microbes might have been mengkolonialisasi Earth, when a giant asteroid off to Mars and making the particles spurted and then experienced travel between rooms. </span><span title="">The researchers estimate there are 1 billion tons of Martian rocks that traveled in those years.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">And microbes that are very strong, so it may be that some of them could have survived the asteroid impact and toward her new home on another planet. </span><span title="">Car added, orbital dynamics show is 100 times easier to Mars rocks to Earth than vice versa.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">However, Carr said, very little chance to find something on the surface of Mars. </span><span title="">Ways you can do is dig. </span><span title="">"There are two possibilities, Mars has life or not at all. But we want to make sure."</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">Meanwhile, U.S. space agency was optimistic opinion of the scientists. </span><span title="">"It makes no sense that life on Mars associated with life on Earth - and called that the two planets share the genetics," said astrobiologist from NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, Chris McKay. </span><span title="">However, "in any case, it will be important to test this hypothesis."</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">Chavez: Capitalism Annihilate Mars Life<br />
</span><span title="">If the scientists based their theory of life on Mars with some scientific facts, whatever that is in the head of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez when he says: "capitalism to end life on Mars."</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">"I always say, well listen, not strange if Mars did have a civilization. But maybe there came capitalism, imperialism, and see what he does on this planet," he said Tuesday, March 22, 2011, as published Irish Times.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">Laughter of the audience the president's speech this quirky formations. </span><span style="background-color: #ebeff9;" title="">However, Chavez has cleverly parse his words mean it. </span><span title="">He warned that the same process with Mars, environmental degradation is happening on Earth.</span></span><br />
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</span><span title="">"See! Be careful! Here on planet Earth, land hundreds of years ago is a dense forest into dry-baked. River of the desert everywhere. How is the progress of risk risked life on this planet, not the long term, </span><span title="">but even in the medium term.</span></span><br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span title="">Source :: Vivanews </span></span>Fadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4803295388599833564.post-60847025793794814342011-03-23T15:00:00.000-07:002011-03-23T15:01:53.392-07:006 NATO Warship Patrols Near Libya<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-k2Bq39RhF_0/TYptYFu1VzI/AAAAAAAAAYU/A9MPyZ98oEs/s1600/6+NATO+Warship+Patrols+Near+Libya.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-k2Bq39RhF_0/TYptYFu1VzI/AAAAAAAAAYU/A9MPyZ98oEs/s1600/6+NATO+Warship+Patrols+Near+Libya.jpg" /></a></div><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="6 Kapal Perang NATO Patroli Dekat Libya"></span><b><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Ilustrasi: Helikopter Sea King A UH-3H terbang dekat tiga tiga kapal perang Amerika Serikat.">Illustration: A Sea King helicopter UH-3H flying near the three-three United States warships. </span></b><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Kapal paling kiri adalah USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75), kemudian USS George Washington (CVN 73) dan USS Enterprise (CVN 65)."><b>Ship at left is USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75th), and USS George Washington (CVN 73rd) and USS Enterprise (CVN 65th). </b></span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Kapal paling kiri adalah USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75), kemudian USS George Washington (CVN 73) dan USS Enterprise (CVN 65)."><b> </b><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Enam kapal perang NATO yang didukung sebuah pesawat, Rabu (23/3/2011) mulai berpatroli di perairan internasional di lepas pantai Libya untuk melaksanakan embargo senjata PBB terhadap rezim Moammar Khadafy.">Six NATO warships that supported a plane on Wednesday (03/23/2011) began patrolling international waters off the coast of Libya to implement UN arms embargo against the regime of Moammar Qaddafi. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Enam kapal perang NATO yang didukung sebuah pesawat, Rabu (23/3/2011) mulai berpatroli di perairan internasional di lepas pantai Libya untuk melaksanakan embargo senjata PBB terhadap rezim Moammar Khadafy."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title=""Kapal-kapal perang dan pesawat NATO telah memulai patroli dekat pantai Libya sebagai bagian dari Operation Unified Protector," kata NATO di laman Internetnya.">"The ships of war and NATO aircraft began patrolling off the coast of Libya as part of Operation Unified Protector," NATO said in its Internet pages. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title=""Kapal-kapal perang dan pesawat NATO telah memulai patroli dekat pantai Libya sebagai bagian dari Operation Unified Protector," kata NATO di laman Internetnya."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Kapal-kapal itu telah di berada perairan di lepas pantai Libya, sementara sebuah pesawat patroli dan jet-jet tempur menuju ke tempat itu.">The ships are already in the waters off the coast of Libya, while a patrol aircraft and fighter jets headed to that place. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Kapal-kapal itu telah di berada perairan di lepas pantai Libya, sementara sebuah pesawat patroli dan jet-jet tempur menuju ke tempat itu."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: #ebeff9;" title=""Untuk melakukan pengamatan jarak jauh dan mencegat penerbangan-penerbangan yang diduga membawa senjata ke Libya," kata aliansi tersebut.">"To make observations and intercept long distance flights suspected of carrying weapons to Libya," the alliance said. </span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: #ebeff9;" title=""Untuk melakukan pengamatan jarak jauh dan mencegat penerbangan-penerbangan yang diduga membawa senjata ke Libya," kata aliansi tersebut."><br />
</span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title=""Kapal-kapal itu akan tetap di perairan internasional dan tidak akan masuk ke perairan wilayah Libya," jelasnya.">"The ships will remain in international waters and will not enter the territorial waters of Libya," he explained. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Jenderal Pierre St-Amand dari Kanada sebelumnya memberitahukan, enam negara NATO telah menjanjikan 16 kapal untuk operasi itu, termasuk tiga kapal selam.">Pierre St-Amand-General of Canada previously announced, the six NATO countries have pledged 16 destroyers for the operation, including three submarines. </span><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Sekutu NATO sepakat untuk melancarkan operasi itu Selasa malam."></span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Sekutu NATO sepakat untuk melancarkan operasi itu Selasa malam.">NATO allies agreed to launch an operation on Tuesday night.</span></span><br />
<span class="long_text" id="result_box"><span onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" style="background-color: white;" title="Sekutu NATO sepakat untuk melancarkan operasi itu Selasa malam.">Source :: Kompas </span></span>Fadhli Romadhonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09111079220274709230noreply@blogger.com0