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Is Alien Here ? How To Find Them
DO ALIENS pollute their planets? Let's hope they do, as this would give us a promising way of spotting where they live.
Radio noise may be too short-lived to help us find aliens, if our own activity is any guide. During most of the 20th century, our television transmission antennas leaked a lot of their energy into space.
More recently, they have begun to be supplanted by satellites that beam their transmissions at the ground, as well as by cable. Inquisitive aliens searching for signs of intelligent life on Earth may soon have to look elsewhere.
Light pollution from cities might still give us away. "Observed over interstellar distances, they would reveal to the observer the presence of a technology," say a team of astronomers led by Jean Schneider of the Paris Observatory at Meudon, France. In a paper to appear in Astrobiology, they suggest we should look for a similar glow on alien planets.
This wouldn't be easy. Even if all the electricity we generate was used to produce light, it would still be thousands of times fainter than the glint of sunlight reflected from Earth's surface. To reliably detect even this massive amount of artificial light on a planet orbiting a relatively nearby star - say 15 light years away - would require an array of telescopes with a combined light-collecting area of 1.5 square kilometres, Schneider's team calculates.
Our presence on Earth also leaves other traces that could be observed from afar. The chemicals known as CFCs strongly absorb infrared light at characteristic wavelengths, making them detectable in the atmosphere even when present at concentrations of only parts per trillion. CFCs do not form naturally, so detecting them on a world orbiting another star would be good evidence of alien technology.
"CFCs are a very interesting idea to look for advanced civilisations," agrees Lisa Kaltenegger of Harvard University. But an exceptionally sensitive telescope would be needed to pick them up - more sensitive even than NASA's Terrestrial Planet Finder and the European Space Agency's Darwin mission, the most ambitious space telescopes now being planned.
Kaltenegger says it may be feasible "in the far future with a flotilla of infrared telescopes in space". There is, of course, no guarantee that any alien civilisations will have been spewing CFCs into their planet's atmosphere.
The damage CFCs have done to Earth's ozone layer in the few decades they have been used led to a worldwide ban on their manufacture, and they are slowly disappearing from our atmosphere. "Do all intelligent civilisations make the same mistakes?" Kaltenegger wonders.
Other artificial compounds, including less damaging substitutes for CFCs, also have characteristic infrared fingerprints, says Jim Kasting of Pennsylvania State University, University Park. "There's a whole host of things we make industrially as solvents, cleaners and refrigerants - they certainly have absorption lines," he says.
"If you had a big enough telescope, you could detect them."
Sumber : NewScientist
Radio noise may be too short-lived to help us find aliens, if our own activity is any guide. During most of the 20th century, our television transmission antennas leaked a lot of their energy into space.
More recently, they have begun to be supplanted by satellites that beam their transmissions at the ground, as well as by cable. Inquisitive aliens searching for signs of intelligent life on Earth may soon have to look elsewhere.
Light pollution from cities might still give us away. "Observed over interstellar distances, they would reveal to the observer the presence of a technology," say a team of astronomers led by Jean Schneider of the Paris Observatory at Meudon, France. In a paper to appear in Astrobiology, they suggest we should look for a similar glow on alien planets.
This wouldn't be easy. Even if all the electricity we generate was used to produce light, it would still be thousands of times fainter than the glint of sunlight reflected from Earth's surface. To reliably detect even this massive amount of artificial light on a planet orbiting a relatively nearby star - say 15 light years away - would require an array of telescopes with a combined light-collecting area of 1.5 square kilometres, Schneider's team calculates.
Our presence on Earth also leaves other traces that could be observed from afar. The chemicals known as CFCs strongly absorb infrared light at characteristic wavelengths, making them detectable in the atmosphere even when present at concentrations of only parts per trillion. CFCs do not form naturally, so detecting them on a world orbiting another star would be good evidence of alien technology.
"CFCs are a very interesting idea to look for advanced civilisations," agrees Lisa Kaltenegger of Harvard University. But an exceptionally sensitive telescope would be needed to pick them up - more sensitive even than NASA's Terrestrial Planet Finder and the European Space Agency's Darwin mission, the most ambitious space telescopes now being planned.
Kaltenegger says it may be feasible "in the far future with a flotilla of infrared telescopes in space". There is, of course, no guarantee that any alien civilisations will have been spewing CFCs into their planet's atmosphere.
The damage CFCs have done to Earth's ozone layer in the few decades they have been used led to a worldwide ban on their manufacture, and they are slowly disappearing from our atmosphere. "Do all intelligent civilisations make the same mistakes?" Kaltenegger wonders.
Other artificial compounds, including less damaging substitutes for CFCs, also have characteristic infrared fingerprints, says Jim Kasting of Pennsylvania State University, University Park. "There's a whole host of things we make industrially as solvents, cleaners and refrigerants - they certainly have absorption lines," he says.
"If you had a big enough telescope, you could detect them."
Sumber : NewScientist
The Most Expensive SUV
This is the world's most expensive SUV - but with three bottles of the world's most expensive vodka included in the price tag, it actually appears to be a bargain.
The £1million Dartz Prombron Monaco Red Diamond Edition has gold-plated windows, pure tungsten exhausts, and the speed gauges are encrusted in diamonds. The seats are not for the squeamish. They are made of one of the softest materials around - leather from a whale's penis.
And, just to send the bling factor right through the roof, this SUV also comes complete with an exterior bulletproof Kevlar coating. But that's nothing compared to the vodka that comes with it.
The car company has thrown three bottles of Russo-Baltique, the vodka brand it created this year to mark its100th anniversary, Motor Authority reported.
Last year, a bottle retailed for £790,000. It is not a meant to be drunk, the company's website explains - instead it should be displayed as art. That's because the bling of the bottle frankly puts the SUV to shame.
According to the Dartz company's website, the flask, a replica of the radiator guard used for the Russo-Baltique cars, is made from gold coins minted between 1908 and 1912. This is around the time the company manufactured its first car.
The flask cap is made from white and yellow gold and contains a diamond-encrusted replica of the Russian Imperial Eagle. And finally, the bottle itself is made of bulletproof glass 30cm thick - just in case. The car - and vodka - were produced especially for the mega-exclusive Top Marques luxury motor show in Monaco next year.
The car is made by the company that produced armoured vehicles for Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Tsar Nicolas. The seats are indeed of 'real whale penis leather,' says a spokesperson for Dartz Kombat.
'It is inspired by the original playboy Aristotle Onassis' yacht Christina O, which had bar stool seats made from sperm whale foreskin.
'Some people have called us crazy because of this, but we think we must make a luxury car till the end.'
Weighing four tons and powered by a V8 engine capable of 450 horse power, the Pombron's maker also claim the car is 'rocket grenade proof'.
'In the past our customers have included Lenin and his revolutionary partner Trotsky,' explains the Dartz spokesperson.
'In fact we are launching a version of this new model in 2012, just for Latin America.
'This will commemorate the fact that Trotsky was killed in Mexico with an ice pick in 1940.
'As such, the Latin version will come with a gold ice axe to mark this fact.'
Keeping the exact details of the car secret, the Pombron's makers say the SUV will be unveiled to Prince Albert of Monaco at the Top Marques opening in April of next year.
Sumber : The Daily Mail
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The £1million Dartz Prombron Monaco Red Diamond Edition has gold-plated windows, pure tungsten exhausts, and the speed gauges are encrusted in diamonds. The seats are not for the squeamish. They are made of one of the softest materials around - leather from a whale's penis.
And, just to send the bling factor right through the roof, this SUV also comes complete with an exterior bulletproof Kevlar coating. But that's nothing compared to the vodka that comes with it.
The car company has thrown three bottles of Russo-Baltique, the vodka brand it created this year to mark its100th anniversary, Motor Authority reported.
Last year, a bottle retailed for £790,000. It is not a meant to be drunk, the company's website explains - instead it should be displayed as art. That's because the bling of the bottle frankly puts the SUV to shame.
According to the Dartz company's website, the flask, a replica of the radiator guard used for the Russo-Baltique cars, is made from gold coins minted between 1908 and 1912. This is around the time the company manufactured its first car.
The flask cap is made from white and yellow gold and contains a diamond-encrusted replica of the Russian Imperial Eagle. And finally, the bottle itself is made of bulletproof glass 30cm thick - just in case. The car - and vodka - were produced especially for the mega-exclusive Top Marques luxury motor show in Monaco next year.
The car is made by the company that produced armoured vehicles for Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Tsar Nicolas. The seats are indeed of 'real whale penis leather,' says a spokesperson for Dartz Kombat.
'It is inspired by the original playboy Aristotle Onassis' yacht Christina O, which had bar stool seats made from sperm whale foreskin.
'Some people have called us crazy because of this, but we think we must make a luxury car till the end.'
Weighing four tons and powered by a V8 engine capable of 450 horse power, the Pombron's maker also claim the car is 'rocket grenade proof'.
'In the past our customers have included Lenin and his revolutionary partner Trotsky,' explains the Dartz spokesperson.
'In fact we are launching a version of this new model in 2012, just for Latin America.
'This will commemorate the fact that Trotsky was killed in Mexico with an ice pick in 1940.
'As such, the Latin version will come with a gold ice axe to mark this fact.'
Keeping the exact details of the car secret, the Pombron's makers say the SUV will be unveiled to Prince Albert of Monaco at the Top Marques opening in April of next year.
Sumber : The Daily Mail
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Indonesia : President Picks new Cabinet
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Trade Minister Mari Pangestu, two economists who have raised the profile of Indonesia, a Group of 20 (G20) member, kept their posts.
Another technocrat, Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, will head a new, presidential delivery unit to drive reform of the civil service, the judiciary and push through infrastructure projects.
The new unit, which some analysts say could be modelled on former British prime minister Tony Blair’s delivery unit, or the “West Wing” in Washington, could help improve coordination between the various ministries and resolve many of the bottlenecks holding back economic growth.
Yudhoyono, a reformist ex-general who was sworn in for a second, five-year term on Tuesday, announced a cabinet containing few surprises as most future ministers had been seen visiting the president in recent days to be interviewed for their jobs.
Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s biggest economy, is forecast to expand between 4 and 4.5 percent this year, and has lagged its larger rivals, China and India, for years in terms of growth and its ability to attract investment.
Clearing up corruption, red tape
Investors frequently cite corruption, red tape, legal uncertainty and shoddy infrastructure as the main deterrents to investment. Yudhoyono has promised to address these areas in his second term in order to turn Indonesia into a more attractive investment destination.
“Annual economic growth could hit 6 percent in the next five years but if the government has new policies in place such as ones regarding infrastructure, growth could even be higher,” said Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, economist at Danareksa in Jakarta.
Analysts had welcomed the selection of key technocrats but expressed disappointment at some of the political selections, particularly of Darwin Saleh, the new energy and mining minister, who is relatively unknown and appears to have little experience of this important sector.
Fauzi Ichsan, senior economist at Standard Chartered Bank in Jakarta, said the credibility of Indrawati, Pangestu and Vice President Boediono should calm any market nerves.
“Their credibility should help ease worries over the capability of the new faces in the economic team,” said Ichsan.
Hatta Rajasa, one of the president’s trusted aides, was appointed Co-ordinating Minister for the Economy, while M.S. Hidayat, who heads the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will be Industry Minister.
Gita Wirjawan, a former banker at JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs, will head the Investment Co-ordinating Board with a mandate to attract more investment.
Sumber : Reuters
Bandung : The Trade City of Jeans
Bandung is a capital city of west Java-Indonesia.Located about 2 hours drive from Jakarta.Bandung is one of the most student city,and always called " Paris Van Java" because architecture and flowers everywhere.These are our Bandung Information:
Foto's and Video's Miyabi Ozawa
Ozawa was born in Hokkaido, Japan on January 8, 1986. Her mother is Japanese and her father is French-Canadian[2]. Since she attended an international school from Primary School to High School, she claims that her English reading and writing ability is better than her Japanese.[3] While at school, she played hockey every day, and often went to karaoke after class.[3] [4] Ozawa had her first sexual experience at the age of 13,[3] and learned the "48 sexual positions" through a book that she bought herself.[3]
In 2002, while still in high school, Ozawa appeared in a short (30 second) Japanese TV commercial for DARS Chocolate with the two members of the Japanese pop group KinKi Kids. The commercial has her sharing chocolate with one of the duo while secretly holding hands with the other.[5]
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In 2002, while still in high school, Ozawa appeared in a short (30 second) Japanese TV commercial for DARS Chocolate with the two members of the Japanese pop group KinKi Kids. The commercial has her sharing chocolate with one of the duo while secretly holding hands with the other.[5]
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Speed at A Price but Is It Affordable?
Ever wondered why the old lady of the skies, the Boeing 747 jumbo, has such an odd, oblong shape with a bubble at the front? It's because Boeing feared that it would be a short-lived design that would be overrun by the faster, sexier supersonic Concorde flying at twice the speed of sound.
The 747, therefore, was designed primarily for a second life as a freighter where its entire contents could be loaded and unloaded through a huge front door by putting the cockpit on a giant hinge that swings upward.
You can actually see this marvellous configuration regularly on the freight apron at Sydney or Melbourne airport when a 747 freighter is in town.
The demise of the 747 and the rise of supersonic flight was actually forecast before the 747 first flew 40 years ago but, unlike the relentless march of new technology in all other fields of endeavor, the human race has collectively decided to go backwards when it comes to air transport.
We had the technology to fly us to London in 12 hours instead of 24 or to Los Angeles in six hours instead of 13 hours in the early 1960s: it was just a matter of getting the price right and putting a lid on the noise it would create.
In the 1990s, the supersonic revolution seemed a certainty to begin early this century. America's space agency, NASA, had spent about $US1 billion in the 1990s proving the technology for a 300-seat plane that could fly at twice the speed of sound for only 20 per cent more than the price of a subsonic airline ticket.
The sticking point was that such a supersonic transport (SST) would still be limited to over-water routes while research continued on new body shapes limiting the sonic boom - a shock wave of noise that radiates from an aircraft flying supersonically for up to 40 kilometres radius.
Researchers now believe they can minimise the sonic boom for flights over land and maximise the fuel economy for supersonic flight - but the horse has already bolted. In the 1990s, the airlines told the manufacturers that economy was king and they weren't prepared to wait for technology that could deliver supersonic flight if it cost any more than the fare for subsonic flight. Soon after, supersonic research programs in Europe and the US were abandoned.
Ironically, one of the manufacturers, Boeing, is now in deep strife as a result of an ambitious program to certificate the airliner with the cheapest unit operating costs in the history of flight, the 787 "Dreamliner", which is running at least two years late because "plastic" composite materials designed to radically reduce the aircraft's weight keep failing stress tests.
It's doubly ironic that the 787 design started life as as the "Sonic Cruiser", designed originally to fly faster than any other subsonic design, saving up to 20 per cent on flight times.
Now the voice of 26 million Australians and New Zealanders may not count for much on a global scale, but I'm tipping that people Down Under, already probably the most travelled in the world, are getting heartily sick of the time it takes to get where they're going.
The same goes for Europeans and Americans, for whom 12-18 hours is a major disincentive to get to the Asia Pacific region, which is expected to be accounting for more than half the world's air travel in the next few years.
Sumber : sidney morning herald
The 747, therefore, was designed primarily for a second life as a freighter where its entire contents could be loaded and unloaded through a huge front door by putting the cockpit on a giant hinge that swings upward.
You can actually see this marvellous configuration regularly on the freight apron at Sydney or Melbourne airport when a 747 freighter is in town.
The demise of the 747 and the rise of supersonic flight was actually forecast before the 747 first flew 40 years ago but, unlike the relentless march of new technology in all other fields of endeavor, the human race has collectively decided to go backwards when it comes to air transport.
We had the technology to fly us to London in 12 hours instead of 24 or to Los Angeles in six hours instead of 13 hours in the early 1960s: it was just a matter of getting the price right and putting a lid on the noise it would create.
In the 1990s, the supersonic revolution seemed a certainty to begin early this century. America's space agency, NASA, had spent about $US1 billion in the 1990s proving the technology for a 300-seat plane that could fly at twice the speed of sound for only 20 per cent more than the price of a subsonic airline ticket.
The sticking point was that such a supersonic transport (SST) would still be limited to over-water routes while research continued on new body shapes limiting the sonic boom - a shock wave of noise that radiates from an aircraft flying supersonically for up to 40 kilometres radius.
Researchers now believe they can minimise the sonic boom for flights over land and maximise the fuel economy for supersonic flight - but the horse has already bolted. In the 1990s, the airlines told the manufacturers that economy was king and they weren't prepared to wait for technology that could deliver supersonic flight if it cost any more than the fare for subsonic flight. Soon after, supersonic research programs in Europe and the US were abandoned.
Ironically, one of the manufacturers, Boeing, is now in deep strife as a result of an ambitious program to certificate the airliner with the cheapest unit operating costs in the history of flight, the 787 "Dreamliner", which is running at least two years late because "plastic" composite materials designed to radically reduce the aircraft's weight keep failing stress tests.
It's doubly ironic that the 787 design started life as as the "Sonic Cruiser", designed originally to fly faster than any other subsonic design, saving up to 20 per cent on flight times.
Now the voice of 26 million Australians and New Zealanders may not count for much on a global scale, but I'm tipping that people Down Under, already probably the most travelled in the world, are getting heartily sick of the time it takes to get where they're going.
The same goes for Europeans and Americans, for whom 12-18 hours is a major disincentive to get to the Asia Pacific region, which is expected to be accounting for more than half the world's air travel in the next few years.
Sumber : sidney morning herald
Batik Is Real Indonesian Dress
But today is special because President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on all Indonesians to wear batik on that day to celebrate UNESCO’s decision to include batik in its list of "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity" items.
"Batik is regarded as a cultural icon with its own uniqueness. It conveys certain symbols and a profound philosophy, including man’s life cycle, and it has been touted by Indonesia as a non-material element of its cultural heritage," Coordinating Minister for people’s welfare Aburizal Bakrie told a press conference at Bogor State Palace on Sept. 7, 2009.
"We’ve been told that batik has been recognized as an element of global cultural heritage produced by Indonesians. The President has called on all Indonesians to wear batik on Oct. 2, to celebrate batik," the minister said.
Indonesia’s Batik, together with the Tango of Argentina and Uruguay, the traditional Ainu dance of Japan and France’s Aubusson tapestries were among the 76 elements inscribed on 30 September in UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, WAM, the United Arab Emirates’ news agency, reported on Wednesday.
These 76 inscriptions were decided by the 24 Member States of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Heritage, currently holding its 4th session in Abu Dhabi, from Sept. 28 to Oct. 2, 2009, under the chairmanship of Awadh Ali Saleh Al Musabi of the United Arab Emirates.
UNESCO (United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization)’s list describes Indonesian Batik as: The techniques, symbolism and culture surrounding hand-dyed cotton and silk garments known as Indonesian Batik permeate the lives of Indonesians from beginning to end: infants are carried in batik slings decorated with symbols designed to bring the child luck, and the dead are shrouded in funerary batik.
The president’s call for batik dress has been supported by regional heads in a number of provinces and district, such as the Jakarta Governor, the East Java governor, and the Cirebon district head.
Earlier, on September 25, Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo had issued an official appeal to all Jakarta residents to wear Batik on October 2.
"Students, people who work in hotels and bars as well as those who work for private companies are also urged to wear Batik although there will be no sanctions if they fail to do so," said Aurora Tambunan, deputy for cultural and tourism affairs to the Jakarta governor, recently.
UNESCO has already acknowledged the Keris (ceremonial dagger) and the Wayang (puppet show) as part of Indonesia`s cultural heritage. "Traditional music instruments namely Angklung and Gamelan are also in the process of being registered with UNESCO," Aurora said.
In the spirit of supporting Jakarta residents who wear Batik on October 2, the Jakarta city government would give special discounts to those entering recreation centers in the city. "Museums run by the Jakarta regional government will give free tickets in the period October 3-7, 2009 only for those who wear Batik," chief of Jakarta city’s culture and tourism office, Arie Budhiman, said.
Among the museums to give free tickets are the Jakarta History Museum, Ceramic and Art Museum, Maritime Museum, Joeang Museum, MH Thamrin Museum and Textile Museum. "We will also distribute Batik pins among visitors wearing Batik to the museums," Arie added.
On October 5, Ragunan Zoo would give free tickets only to those who come wearing batik dress. On the same day, Ancol recreation park will give a 50-percent discount on tickets at its main gates, Atlantis and Gelanggang Samudera park. Dunia Fantasi would also give a 40-percent discount on the same day.
Batik, which has been developed for centuries particularly on Java Island, is cloth which traditionally uses a manual wax-resist dyeing technique. But, thanks to modern advances in the textile industry, the term has been extended to include fabrics which incorporate traditional batik patterns.
Some scholars believe that batik was originally reserved as an art form for Javanese royalty in Central Java around Yogyakarta and Solo under the patronage of the Sultan and his court. But, other scholars disagree and believe that batik was prevalence even to the common folk.
It was regarded an important part of a young ladies accomplishment that she be capable of being able to skillfully hand draw batik using the canting (the pen-like instrument used to apply wax to the cloth). Batik or fabrics with the traditional batik patterns are also found in several countries such as Malaysia, Japan, China, India, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal and Singapore.
But, unlike in other countries, Indonesia is particularly very proud of its batik which is considered as formal dress in official functions. Batik are usually made of cotton or silk, which are comfortable to wear. And this benefits not only Indonesians, but also some foreign diplomats who prefer to use batik, and avoids suits, amidst Indonesia’s heat.
The government, through some of its agencies concerned, was giving special attention to batik makers as part of the efforts to perpetuate and develop the Batik trade. The government, according to Cultural and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik, has provided the batik-making industry with assistance in the form of low-interest credits and training in production processes and design making in several potential areas across Indonesia.
First Lady Ani Yudhoyono recently had called on all parties to expedite the regeneration of traditional batik craftsmen and women so as to preserve the craft as part of the nation’s cultural legacy. "It is a pity that batik development does not happen hand in hand with the regeneration of traditional batik craftspeople. Doing batik work actually needs patience but the skill can be bequeathed to the younger generation," Ani Yudhoyono said.
She said the younger generation should be immediately involved in the development of batik craftsmanship so that they can keep the craft alive and even make masterpieces themselves, and prevent batik from being claimed by other countries. "UNESCO itself has asked Indonesia to ensure regeneration in the craft as a precious world cultural heritage," the first lady said.
Meanwhile, neighboring Malaysia, which shares a number of similar cultures with Indonesia including on batik but with its own unique specification, said it would study UNESCO’s decision, said Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin in Kuala Lumpur on Sept 17.
The government would make the study to ensure whether the decision would have a bearing on the traditional batik making in the country, he said.
"I do not have the full details (UNESCO’s decision) because Malaysia too has batik. We will analyse the actual meaning of the decision and whether the decision will affect the production of batik here," Yassin told reporters.
Sumber : Antara
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