tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21225687034055167142024-02-08T04:08:58.244-08:00Fairy'sWorldPeri Merah Jambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696999750786765201noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2122568703405516714.post-60425003167864496252012-07-07T09:36:00.001-07:002012-07-07T09:36:49.877-07:00Risalah LangkahRinduku mati bersama janji yang tak pernah kau tepati.Peri Merah Jambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696999750786765201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2122568703405516714.post-55870350426066088562012-07-07T09:29:00.003-07:002012-07-07T12:11:39.898-07:00Risalah LangkahTakkan lagi aku mau menunggu meski jarak waktu hanya sekerjap matamu.Peri Merah Jambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696999750786765201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2122568703405516714.post-2718211458559732112012-07-07T09:25:00.000-07:002012-07-07T09:46:52.026-07:00Risalah LangkahKau bersimpuh dan menyentuh, aku melepuh dan melumpuh.Peri Merah Jambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696999750786765201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2122568703405516714.post-28685934292111837142012-06-25T11:04:00.001-07:002012-06-25T11:04:07.394-07:00Risalah LangkahAku. Kamu. Tak akan pernah menjadi kita. @puisi__cintaPeri Merah Jambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696999750786765201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2122568703405516714.post-26078055641187177432012-06-25T10:55:00.001-07:002012-06-25T10:55:09.409-07:00Risalah LangkahMembaca kerinduanmu, mengembalikanku pada jejak-jejak dalam pasir. Lenyap terhapus ombak. @puisi__cintaPeri Merah Jambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696999750786765201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2122568703405516714.post-39805757453907820942012-06-25T10:47:00.006-07:002012-06-25T10:47:59.171-07:00Risalah LangkahAku mencintaimu dalam hening doa, kamu membenciku dalam hiruk pikuk maya. @puisi__cintaPeri Merah Jambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696999750786765201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2122568703405516714.post-15033199302603073622012-06-25T10:43:00.002-07:002012-06-25T10:45:19.679-07:00Risalah LangkahAku mengecupmu dengan bibir yang mendaras doa, dia melumatmu dengan gincu serupa darah. @puisi__cintaPeri Merah Jambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696999750786765201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2122568703405516714.post-46860976533407811042012-06-25T10:36:00.000-07:002012-06-25T10:36:38.616-07:00Risalah LangkahDoa dan harapmu akan hadirku, semakna debu di jelang pagi. Lenyap terhapus embun. @puisi__cintaPeri Merah Jambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696999750786765201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2122568703405516714.post-82720177794358903052012-06-25T10:33:00.001-07:002012-06-25T10:33:10.632-07:00Risalah Langkah<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Mengapa memilih melupakan, bila sesungguhnya dapat tetap mengingat? @puisi__cinta</span></span>Peri Merah Jambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696999750786765201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2122568703405516714.post-3150743444008963622012-06-24T05:07:00.000-07:002012-06-24T05:07:25.955-07:00TANDA-TANDA SESEORANG BERAKHLAQ<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">TANDA-TANDA SESEORANG BERAKHLAQ</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Yusuf bin Asbath mengatakan, akhlak mulia terangkum dalam 10 hal berikut ini:</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">1. Tidak memperuncing perbedaan pendapat (tidak suka berselisih paham)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">2. Mudah memaklumi (berlaku obyektif)</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">3. Tak mau mencari2 kesalahan orang. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">4.Memperbaiki apa yang tampak tidak baik.</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;" /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">5. Tidak sungkan untuk meminta maaf.<br /></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">6. Tahan kecaman (Tabah menghadapi segala kepedihan dan kesulitan)<br /></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">7. Jika menghadapi kegagalan, tidak menyalahkan orang lain, tetapi justru mengintrospeksi diri sendiri.<br /></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">8. Mencari-cari kekurangan diri sendiri, bukan kekurangn orang lain.<br /></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">9. Berwajah berseri (murah senyum) kepada semua orang.<br /></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">10. Bertutur kata santun kepada semua orang.</span>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;">Semoga kita semua bisa belajar menjadi lebih berakhlaq :)</span>Peri Merah Jambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696999750786765201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2122568703405516714.post-86200445405144771982012-06-23T20:31:00.000-07:002012-06-23T20:43:52.614-07:00What is hydrocephalus?<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.8em; text-align: justify;">Hydrocephalus comes from the Greek </span><i style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">hydro</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.8em; text-align: justify;"> meaning water and </span><i style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.8em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">cephalie</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.8em; text-align: justify;">, meaning brain. A watery fluid, known as cerebro-spinal fluid or CSF, is produced constantly inside each of the four spaces or ventricles inside the brain: between 400 and 600mls is produced each day. The CSF normally flows through narrow pathways from one ventricle to the next, then out over the outside of the brain and down the spinal cord. The CSF is absorbed into the bloodstream, and the amount and pressure are normally kept within a fairly narrow range.</span></div>
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If the drainage of CSF is prevented at any point, the fluid accumulates in the ventricles inside the brain, causing them to swell and resulting in compression of the surrounding tissue. In babies and infants, the head will enlarge. In older children and adults, the head size cannot increase as the bones which form the skull are completely joined together.</div>
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The condition is caused by the inability of CSF to drain away into the bloodstream. There are many reasons why this can happen. Hydrocephalus can be congenital or acquired.</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cerebrum:</b> The main part of the brain, in two halves one on each side (left and right hemispheres).</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cerebellum:</b> The smaller part of the brain at the back of the head, involved in muscular coordination.</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ventricles:</b> Connected spaces inside the brain, where CSF is produced. There are two lateral ventricles (one each side), a third ventricle and a fourth ventricle. CSF flows from here over the outside of the brain before being absorbed back into the bloodstream.</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Choroid plexus:</b> The organ that makes CSF.</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Superior sagittal sinus:</b> The major vein that runs over the centre of the top of the brain and collects CSF, draining it back into the central bloodstream.</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pituitary gland:</b> A gland situated in the brain cavity but just behind the face. It is very important in secreting a large number of hormones that regulate body function and development. An example is growth hormone, and others are involved in sexual development.</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Brainstem:</b> A very important area connecting the spinal cord to the brain. It controls breathing and other vital functions.</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Spinal cord:</b> A complex trunk of nerves transmitting impulses to all parts of the body, allowing muscle movement, sensation and reflexes.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Some forms of hydrocephalus require no
specific treatment. Other forms are temporary and do not require treatment on a
long-term basis. However, most forms do require treatment and this is usually
surgical. Drugs have been used for many years but they may have unpleasant side
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shunting device. It is important to note that this does not ‘cure’ the
hydrocephalus and damage to the brain tissue remains. Shunting controls the
pressure by draining excess CSF, so preventing the condition becoming worse.
Symptoms caused by raised pressure usually improve but other problems of brain
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">A shunt is simply a device which diverts the accumulated CSF
around the obstructed pathways and returns it to the bloodstream. It consists
of a system of tubes with a valve to control the rate of drainage and prevent
back-flow. It is inserted surgically so that the upper end is in a ventricle of
the brain and the lower end leads either into the heart (ventriculo-atrial) or
into the abdomen (ventriculo-peritoneal). The shunt may be a programmable
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device is completely enclosed so that all of it is inside the body. The fluid
which is drained into the abdomen passes from there into the bloodstream. Other
drainage sites such as the outer lining of the lungs (ventriculo-pleural shunt)
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cases, the shunts are intended to stay in place for life, although alterations
or revisions might become necessary from time to time. The tube or catheter may
become too short as the individual grows and an operation to lengthen it might
be necessary. Occasionally, as with any implant, there can be mechanical
failure. Also, it is important to be aware that problems can occur with
blockage or infection of the shunt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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signs of acute shunt blockage may include: <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho';"> </span>vomiting, headache, dizziness,
photophobia (sensitivity to light) and other visual disturbances, drowsiness
and fits. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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signs of chronic shunt blockage may include: <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho';"> </span>fatigue, general malaise, visual problems, behavioural changes, decline in academic
performance, being just ‘not right’ from the carer’s point of view.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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shunt blockage is suspected, medical advice should be sought from your
neuro-surgical unit within four hours of acute symptoms starting. <span style="font-family: 'MS Mincho';"> </span>In shunt
infections, symptoms vary with the route of drainage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ventriculo-peritoneal shunts, the symptoms often resemble those of a blockage.
This is because the shunt becomes infected and the lower catheter is very often
then sealed off by tissue. There may be accompanying fever and abdominal pain
or discomfort or redness over the shunt site.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Based on past aggressive competitive commercial tactics employed by the alliance of American corporations, the U.S. Intelligence Community, and the Pentagon, aviation experts in Asia are wondering aloud whether the recent crash of the new Sukhoi Super Jet 100 in Indonesia was the result of high-stakes industrial sabotage engineered to protect Boeing’s lucrative commercial and military aviation market in Asia at the expense of a resurgent Russian aviation industry…<br />
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The Sukhoi passenger plane was carrying prospective Indonesian customers, as well as journalists and employees of the Sukhoi company, when it crashed into the summit of Mount Salak, near Jakarta. Of the some 50 passengers and crew, there were no survivors of the crash. A reliable Indonesian journalist has confided that the only copy of the passenger manifest was on board the aircraft when it crashed. Other than the Sukhoi crew and officials on board, there were a number of representatives of Indonesian airlines, as well as local journalists, as well as nationals of France, Italy, and the United States.<br />
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After 21 minutes into the demonstration flight, the pilot requested air traffic control permission to drop from 10,000 to 6,000 feet. Although there was light rain, weather conditions were not hazardous. The reason for the pilot's request to descend is not known. Shortly after the plane descended, air traffic control lost contact with the plane. Ground observers reported that the plane appeared "unsteady" before the crash. The plane did not take off from Sukarno-Hatta International Airport but from another local airfield, the Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, which is shared with the Indonesian Air Force’s Halim Air Force Base.<br />
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Halim is where U.S. Special Forces troops have been training their Indonesian counterparts in various air force tactics, possibly including meaconing, intrusion, jamming, and interference (MIJI) electronic warfare tactics designed to interfere with aircraft navigation systems. Some of the training occurs every year as part of the EXERCISE COPE WEST, sponsored the Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command in Hawaii. Last year's exercise, COPE WEST 10, concentrated on simulated military operations against the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force, which uses fighter jets designed and licensed by Sukhoi, including the Sukhoi 27 and Sukhoi 30.<br />
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The Sukhoi carried a price tag much lower than its Boeing counterparts, $35 million each, and was Russia's first commercial aircraft offering since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Three new Indonesian airlines, Kartika Airlines, Sky Aviation, and Queen Air, had already placed orders for 48 SuperJets and there were another 170 orders from around the world. The crash of the SuperJet has placed the viability and attractiveness of the aircraft for current and future customers in doubt.<br />
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On his last visit to Indonesia, President Obama inked a deal with Indonesia's Lion Air to sell 230 Boeing aircraft with a $22 billion loan guarantee from the U.S. Export-Bank (EX-IM Bank). Obama said the deal to supply Boeing aircraft to Lion Air would create 110,000 U.S. jobs. However, Sukhoi's entrance into the lucrative Indonesian commercial aviation market, which now has a number of competitors to the partly state-owned and safety record-plagued Garuda Indonesian Airlines, represented a threat to Boeing's business in the country and the Boeing deal worked out by Obama.<br />
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Lion Air is owned by brothers who are former travel agents, Kusana and Rusdi Kirana. The airline's poor safety record has earned it a ban by the European Union for its poor maintenance record and lack of corporate transparency and some of its pilots have been implicated in drug smuggling. A February 15, 2012 Reuters report concerning the biennial Singapore Air Show, which Rusdi attended, states that very little is known about the Kirana brothers, other than the fact that Kirana is also a former Brother typewriter salesman. The brothers started Lion Air a little over ten years ago.<br />
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The Singapore Air Show was attended by Boeing Southeast Asia President Ralph "Skip" Boyce, who was pushing commercial offerings, including the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the Boeing 737-MAX, and the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, as well as military aircraft, such as the KC-135R Stratotanker and the F-15 fighter. Boyce is a former U.S. ambassador to Indonesia and Thailand and Deputy Chief of Mission in Singapore. Boyce was criticized by the opposition in Thailand for opposing the anti-government “Red Shirts” during that nation’s military rule. However, Boyce’s contacts inside Thailand’s government and business establishment enabled him to secure an order for 77 Boeing aircraft by Thai International Airways. Boyce was also criticized by some in the Indonesia press for allegedly covering up details of the 2002 terrorist bombing in Bali that killed a number of Indonesian nationals and foreign tourists.<br />
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The entry of Sukhoi into the lucrative Asian market with the lower-cost SuperJet was obviously seen by Boeing as a threat to its business in the region. It also helps Boeing that Obama secured the EX-IM Bank loan guarantee for Lion Air to purchase Boeing aircraft.<br />
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In addition, Lion Air's failure to introduce its Initial Public Offerring (IPO) of $1 billion in stock, due to the global financial meltdown has placed the airline in financial jeopardy. Its main competitor, Garuda, has also delayed its stock float, causing a major ripple in the Indonesian aviation market. There is a distinct possibility that without Obama’s loan guarantees on the Boeing deal, Lion Air could have been forced into bankruptcy.<br />
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America does not hesitate employing industrial sabotage against its competitors, especially when it comes to Asia.<br />
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In unprecedented “car wars” with Japan, the Obama administration did not hesitate to engage in industrial sabotage against Japan through a pre-planned operation directed against the Japanese automobile manufacturer Toyota. In 2010, Obama’s Republican Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, engaged in a bitter campaign against Toyota over problems with certain accelerator pedals that were not even manufactured by Toyota but by the Indiana-based firm CTS (formerly known as Chicago Telephone Supply).<br />
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LaHood kicked off America’s anti-Toyota campaign by stating that all Toyota owners should stop driving their vehicles and return them to the dealership for a fix. To the delight of then-financially troubled General Motors and Ford, LaHood painted a wide brush in his comments about Toyotas. The problem affected only a small fraction of Toyota vehicles that had a U.S.-manufactured accelerator pedal. The accelerator issue resulted in a voluntary recall of millions of Toyota vehicles, including the popular Camry and Corolla, by the Japanese auto giant.<br />
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LaHood was implementing a White House operation to grab a major portion of Toyota’s market share and hand it over the General Motors and Ford. The Obama administration, through its bailout of GM, became a virtual auto company and decided to play economic hardball with Japan, just as it is doing now with Russia on behalf of Boeing. <br />
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Obama’s predecessors in the White House have not shirked from engaging in industrial espionage to boost America’s market share. In 1995, President Bill Clinton authorized the National Security Agency (NSA) to spy on companies like Toyota and Nissan during U.S. trade negotiations with Tokyo over Japanese luxury car imports to the United States. George H. W. Bush also used NSA to eavesdrop on Indonesia during negotiations between the then-government of President Suharto and Japan’s NEC on a major multi-million dollar telecommunications contract. Bush shared the intelligence with AT&T, a competitor of NEC on the Indonesian contract. Under pressure from Washington, Jakarta decided to evenly split the contract between NEC and AT&T.<br />
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A former member of the U.S. Congress confided that he was never satisfied with the explanation of the sudden death in February 2010 of his friend and the powerful chairman of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, Representative John Murtha of Pennsylvania, from an infection after routine gall bladder surgery at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Washington, DC. Murtha was an influential player in the award of a $35 billion competition between Boeing and European Aeronautic Defense and Space (EADS) to supply the U.S. Air Force with military versions of either Boeing or Airbus aircraft to serve as in-flight refueling tankers. Murtha was replaced as chairman by Representative Norman Dicks of Washington state, who was known as the “Congressman from Boeing.” A year after Murtha’s death, Boeing received the Air Force contract.<br />
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When it comes to sabotage and espionage, the ability of the United States to go to great lengths, including murder, should never be underestimated. The sordid record speaks for itself.</div>
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<span class="dateline"></span><br />JERUSALEM — Gunmen who crossed into Israel from Egypt’s Sinai peninsula killed a worker assigned to build a border fence early Monday, and soldiers responding to the incident killed two of the assailants, the Israeli army said.</div>
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The attack some 20 miles south of the Gaza Strip, near the border community of Nitzana underscored Israeli concerns about worsening security conditions in Sinai, where government control has weakened since the Egyptian revolution last year.</div>
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<br />Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the incident, along with the launching of two rockets at southern Israel over the weekend, indicated “a disturbing deterioration in Egyptian control of security in the Sinai.”</div>
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He said Israel expected the winner of last weekend’s Egypt’s presidential election “to take responsibility for all of Egypt’s international commitments, including the peace treaty with Israel and the security arrangements in the Sinai, and to swiftly put an end to these attacks.”</div>
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Egyptian Gen. Abdelwahab Mabrouk, the governor of North Sinai, the border province where the attack was allegedly launched, expressed doubt about the veracity of the reports.</div>
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“Sinai is secure and under control on our side,” he said, according to a statement carried by the state-run Middle East News Agency. “Any intruders are arrested immediately.”</div>
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According to Col. Avital Leibovitz, an Israeli army spokeswoman, the incident started at about 6 a.m., when three gunmen attacked two vehicles carrying laborers who had arrived to work on the border fence. The gunmen targeted the vehicles with an explosive charge, rifle fire and a rocket-propelled grenade, Leibovitz said.</div>
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Leibovitz said a vehicle hit by the explosive and by the gunfire overturned into a ditch, killing one worker, who was identified in news reports as an Israeli Arab. The army said no other workers were was injured.</div>
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Israeli troops on border patrol arrived minutes after the attack and traded fire with the assailants, two of whom were killed when a large quantity of explosives carried by one of them detonated, Leibovitz said. She said a third attacker fled back to the Egyptian side of the border, where other members of the attack squad allegedly remained. No soldiers were hurt.</div>
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Israeli farming communities and army bases in the border area were locked down after the attack as Israeli troops searched for additional infiltrators. Border roads were closed to civilian traffic.</div>
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The workers are employed by one of the companies contracted by the Israeli Defense Ministry to construct the 140-mile long border barrier of steel mesh and razor wire. The fence is still under construction, and the attackers crossed in an area where it is not yet complete.</div>
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Leibovitz said that it was still unclear from where the attackers – who she said were equipped with helmets, flak jackets, camouflage uniforms, Kalashnikov assault rifles and grenades -- had come. But she said the quality and amount of explosives and combat gear they carried were reminiscent of a deadly cross-border attack last August that Israel blamed on a small militant Palestinian faction in Gaza, the Popular Resistance Committees. <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em;">In that attack, gunmen who infiltrated from Sinai</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span>attacked motorists on a border road <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.5em;">north of the Red Sea resort of Eilat, leaving eight Israelis dead.Israel responded with an air strike in the Gaza Strip that killed six people, including the leadership of the Popular Resistance Committees.</span></div>
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Since then Israel has accelerated work on the border fence, which was originally planned as an obstacle to thousands of African migrants and asylum seekers who sneak across the border each year.</div>
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Despite decades of calm since Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty in 1979, their desert frontier has become more volatile in recent months, as militants seek to use the Sinai area as a launching pad for cross-border attacks.</div>
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On Friday, two rockets that Israeli officials said were fired from Sinai landed in southern Israel. In April, at least one Grad rocket landed in Eilat.</div>
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Amos Gilad, a senior Israeli defense ministry official, said in a radio interview that extremist groups inspired by Iran and al-Qaeda were “trying to establish themselves in Sinai in order to undermine the government in Egypt and …carry out attacks in Israel in order to complicate relations between Israel and Egypt.”</div>
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Lawlessness in Sinai, where local Bedouin tribes have long complained of neglect and harsh crackdowns by the Egyptian authorities, also has increased since the revolution. Gunmen have attacked police posts and repeatedly blown up a natural gas pipeline that supplied Israel under a deal widely criticized in post-revolutionary Egypt. The gas shipments have since been canceled.</div>
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Bedouins in the Sinai have kidnapped tourists to use as bargaining chips to get relatives in prison released. Security officials also say arms smugglers have taken advantage of lax security in the area to smuggle arms from Libya.</div>
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Also Monday, an Israeli air strike killed two Palestinian militants from the Islamic Jihad group as they rode a motorcycle in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, local medical officials said.</div>
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A statement by the military said aircraft had targeted a squad of snipers that had fired into Israel recently, including a shooting at an Israeli farmer near the border with Gaza last week. </div>
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<br /><img alt="" src="http://www.siliconindia.com:81/news/newsimages/special/1RAB208Q.jpeg" style="float: left; height: 220px; margin-right: 10px; width: 280px;" />The device is aimed to kill Apple’s iPad and is expected to be launched in Microsoft’s big party today. According to people familiar with the subject, the tablet is expected to run a new version of Windows and will have access to an e-books store using the Barnes & Noble’s technology. Microsoft on April had announced a strategic partnership with B&N, with an investment of $300 million into the business named “Newco.”</div>
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<br />With the introduction of device, Microsoft is also following its rival Apple, who was successful in integrating its own hardware and software. "If Microsoft wants to control the entire user experience and the entire quality of their products, they have to build their own hardware," said Michael Cherry, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft, a Redmond-based market research firm. </div>
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<br />“If it’s true that Microsoft is going to produce its own tablet, it’s a major turning point for the company and shows just how breathtakingly the landscape has changed in a just a few years,” said Brad Silverberg, a venture capitalist in Seattle and former Microsoft executive.</div>
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<br />Microsoft’s had earlier failed with Zune, a music player introduced to compete with iPod.</div>
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The birth to surrogate mothers in our country last year is likely to be 2,000. Experts agree that the prime single source of majority of these births is from Britons. There are almost 1,000 unregulated clinics in India in which most of them are specialized to help Britons become parents. Indian surrogate industry has been utilized widely by Britons who don’t wish to bear and deliver children. Only around 100 births are recorded in Briton while almost 1000 births through surrogate mothers in India account for Briton.</div>
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The investigation conducted by The Sunday Telegraph brings out this rapidly growing business. The report says that almost £25,000 at a time have been spent by Couples and single people to have children. Authorities in India believe that the surrogate mother industry in India is worth about £1.5 billion each year.</div>
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The industry has to be regulated soon. As doctors responded to The Sunday Telegraph said that the present trend raises fears of a “wombs to rent” culture since many British women prefer to have babies through surrogates to avoid being pregnant and childbirth.</div>
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In the opinion of Dr Shivani Gour, the director of Surrogacy Centre India, “Gay people are just so keen and so desperate to have a family,” she said. “Many of the people say that as soon as they realised they were gay, the saddest thing was that they knew they would never have children.”</div>
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<br />Bangalore: Google is now officially a hardware company. <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: windowtext; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;">The search giant completed its $
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Motorola’s Xoom slate was the first android tablet in the market. It was made famous with the Superbowl commercial that mocked Apple. Xoom got good reviews from critics and users alike but it could not capture the market. Motorola even went south with the prices to boost sales but the sales did not pick up too much.</div>
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We are crossing our fingers and hoping that <a href="http://www.siliconindia.com/?utm_source=clicktrack&utm_medium=hyperlink&utm_campaign=linkinnewshttp://www.siliconindia.com/news/enterpriseit/Google-Uses-Windows-Despite-Chinese-Hacks-nid-116968-cid-7.html" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;">Google</a> will focus on coming up with competent tablets. It would be a mistake to not do so.</div>
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Google had to shell $12.5 billion for Motorola. They are now the proud owners of the 17000 Motorola patents. This is bound to come handy in this season for patent lawsuits. These patents will help Google against oracle, apple and other such companies. Google could also use these patents to improve the android platform and thus help the various android vendors.</div>
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They must focus on fewer products to come up with better choices for the consumers. Apple follows this policy and is at the top position in the market. Hopefully Google will help Motorola make smarter choices and simplify their product list. Too much of anything is not good.</div>
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Motorola is currently caught in a nasty lawsuit with Microsoft over patents. Motorola has subsequently sued Microsoft in the US and European courts. Such cases usually end peacefully in patent cross-licensing deals. But this time the companies involved are not looking for settling. Motorola wants Xbox 360 and Windows 7 to be banned in US markets. Recently a judge commented in Motorola’s favor saying that 4 of their patents were being violated by Microsoft.</div>
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<br />The suit alleges Facebook of hiding “a severe and pronounced reduction in revenue forecasts from its investors.” According to a Reuters report yesterday, many investors were shocked when Morgan Stanley unexpectedly cut the Facebook estimates just before the IPO and to make things worse, a Business Insider report yesterday stated that Facebook executive actually asked the underwriting banks to cut estimates, without sharing the news to small investors.</div>
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<br />“The true facts at the time of the IPO were that Facebook was then experiencing a severe and pronounced reduction in revenue growth due to an increase of users of its Facebook app or website through mobile devices … such that the Company told the Underwriter Defendants to materially lower their revenue forecasts for 2012,” stated the suit. “The underwriters then subsequently lowered their estimates for 2012, which revisions were material information which was not shared with all Facebook investors, but rather, was selectively disclosed by defendants to certain preferred investors,” continued the complaint.</div>
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<br />With its bad debut, rumors have been spreading in Silicon Valley about Facebook and its<a href="http://www.siliconindia.com/news/technology/8-Most-Infamous-Tech-IPO-Failures--nid-116543-cid-2.html" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: none;">fishy IPO</a>. With the latest law suit, the picture is becoming clearer.</div>
</span></div>Peri Merah Jambuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08696999750786765201noreply@blogger.com0