Sunday, October 18, 2009

Jenson Button Juara Dunia

Interlagos menjadi tempat istimewa untuk Brawn GP. Di sini mereka memastikan predikat juara dunia konstruktor sekaligus mengantarkan Jenson Button jadi juara dunia.


Kepastian tersebut lahir di GP Brasil, Senin (19/10/2009) lepas tengah malam WIB. Button hanya finis di posisi lima tapi itu cukup untuk membuatnya jadi kampiun musim ini.

Raihan angka Button yang kini mencapai 89 takkan bisa disusul lagi oleh para pesaing terdekatnya kendati masih ada satu seri sisa. Button kini mengoleksi 89 poin, sementara Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) ada di posisi dua dengan 74 angka dan Rubens Barrichello punya 72 poin.

Sementara itu, Mark Webber tampil jadi juara di Interlagos. Ini adalah gelar juara kedua untuknya musim ini setelah naik podium pertama di Jerman.

Barrichello yang sebelumnya ada di posisi dua klasemen kini harus tergusur ke tempat ketiga di belakang Sebastian Vettel. Itu dikarenakan dalam balapan Barrichello hanya finis di tempat delapan sementara Vettel di posisi empat di Interlagos.

Akan tetapi capaian Barrichello dan Button sudah cukup untuk memastikan gelar juara dunia konstruktor jadi milik Brawn GP dengan poin 161, jauh melebihi Red Bull yang punya 135,5 angka.

Jalannya Balapan

Balapan di GP Brasil langsung berjalan seru sedari awal. Sejumlah insiden terjadi selepas start dalam balapan di Interlagos tersebut.

Lap pertama langsung diisi oleh sejumlah insiden. Heikki Kovalainen dan Giancarlo Fisichella bersinggungan dan keluar lintasan. Sementara sayap depan Kimi Raikkonen rusak setelah kena ban belakang Adrian Sutil. Jarno Trulli setelah itu melintir keluar dari lintasan dan mobilnya rusak berat.

Di awal lap kedua, Jarno Trulli dan Adrian Sutil terlihat berdebat di tepi lintasan dan saling dorong tampak menyalahkan atas insiden sebelumnya.

Di pitlane, Raikkonen masuk mengurus sayap depannya. Kovalainen juga masuk pit dan mengisi bahan bakar tapi setelahnya selang tampak terpotong dengan Kovalainen sudah melaju. Tak ayal isi bahan bakar menyembur ke belakang dan mengenai Raikkonen yang mobilnya langsung diselubungi api.

Fernando Alonso menyusul Trulli dan Sutil out dari balapan. Ini dimanfaatkan Jenson Button yang merangsek ke posisi sembilan. Safety car masih mengawal balapan.

Tak lama berselang, Button memperbaiki posisi masuk ke zona poin dengan melewati Romain Grosjean dan Kazuki Nakajima untuk duduk di posisi delapan. Bisakah dia mengejar podium dengan 65 lap tersisa?

Sepuluh lap habis, Rubens Barrichello masih memimpin balapan di posisi terdepan. Button yang jadi rekan satu timnya di Brawn GP sementara itu sudah ada di posisi tujuh saja.

Didapatkan informasi bahwa insiden pitlane yang melibatkan Kovalainen tengah diselidiki. Penyelidikan serupa juga tengah dilakukan menyoal sejumlah insiden yang hadir di awal balapan yakni Trulli, Sutil, Kovalainen.

Masih ada 55 lap tersisa, Barrichello di tempat terdepan dengan keunggulan dua detik dari Mark Webber yang ada di posisi dua. Robert Kubica membuntuti di tempat ketiga.

Memasuki lap ke-20, Barrichello masuk pit untuk mengisi bahan bakar. Cuma 4,1 detik yang dia habiskan di sana dan kembali ke lintasan di depan Vettel, kendati tak lama Vettel melewatinya. Nick Heidfeld sementara itu tampak bergeming di tepi lintasan.

Posisi balapan sementara adalah Webber di depan diikuti Kubica dan Nico Rosberg. Barrichello sementara itu tengah ditempel Hamilton. Kubica lantas masuk pit dan kembali ke lintasan di posisi delapan balapan.

Button kini sudah menempati posisi dua dengan 47 lap masih tersisa! Dia menempel Webber di depannya dan dibuntuti Kamui Kobayashi. Webber kemudian masuk pit dan berhasil keluar lagi di depan Button.

Button akhirnya masuk pit untuk kali pertama. Membutuhkan waktu 7,5 detik untuk mengisi bahan bakar, dia bergabung kembali di posisi sepuluh. Sudah 30 lap dijalani kini.

Tak lama berselang, Nakajima melintir keluar dari lintasan dan kandas di dinding pengaman di luar lintasan. Tapi dia tampaknya baik-baik saja. Button sementara itu menanjak ke posisi sembilan.

Memasuki lap 34, Button kembali merangsek ke depan dengan melewati Buemi untuk menempati tempat delapan. Dua lap kemudian, Webber tercatat masih di depan diikuti Vettel, Kubica dan Barrichello.

Pada lap 40 Kubica terus memangkas selisih dengan Webber yang kini tinggal 6,3 detik. Barrichello masih di posisi tiga, sementara Button terus ngebut dan duduk di tempat enam.

Tinggal 20 lap lagi! Posisi sementara balapan adalah Webber, Kubica, Button, Vettel dan Buemi. Meski Button besar kemungkinan harus masuk pit lagi karena baru melakukan 1 stop, diprediksi dia bisa mendapat poin yang cukup untuk memastikan gelar juara dunia.

Sepuluh lap tersisa, gelar juara Button makin dekat saja. Barrichello sudah dilewati Hamilton yang kini duduk di posisi tiga sementara Button ada di tempat enam. Jika posisi ini tetap bertahan Button pun jadi kampiun musim ini!

Pada akhirnya, Webber melintasi garis finis duluan diikuti Kubica dan Hamilton sementara Button ditahbiskan jadi juara dunia musim ini usai finis kelima.
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Sunday, September 27, 2009

Kontes SEO Bisnis Pulsa Eranet

Dalam rangka memeriahkan Gebyar ERAnet 2009 Bisnis Pulsa Eranet mengundang seluruh pemilik web dan blogger-blogger nasional untuk mengikuti lomba SEO yang bertajuk ERAnet SEO Contest.

Lomba SEO ini akan dilaksanakan pada 10 Agustus – 10 Oktober 2009, dengan total hadiah Rp. 3.000.000,-

Ketentuan Peserta

1. Mendaftarkan blog atau web masing-masing di web resmi ERAnet (www.v-eranet.com).

2. Blog atau web yang didaftarkan tidak memuat hal-hal yang mengandung unsur pornografi, SARA, dan hal-hal lain yang melanggar hukum.

3. Memasang emblem atau banner yang telah ditentukan oleh pihak penyelenggara (ERAnet) di web atau blog masing-masing selama kontes berlangsung sebagai syarat keanggotaan.

4. Tidak mengubah isi dari kode pemasangan emblem yang telah disediakan dengan alasan apapun.

5. Menulis setidaknya 1(satu) artikel bebas tentang ERAnet dan atau membuat ulasan tentang ERAnet di web atau blog masing-masing. Adapun materi dari ulasan atau artikel tersebut bisa dikutip dari www.v-eranet.com jika dirasa perlu.

6. Menyertakan tautan (link) ke: http://v-eranet.com/news/2009/08/10/eranet-seo-contest.html pada artikel atau ulasan.

PENJURIAN

Yang akan berperan sebagai juri disini adalah 3 Search Engine yaitu:

a. Google Indonesia (http://www.google.co.id)

b. Yahoo Search Engine (http://search.yahoo.com)

c. Microsoft Bing (http://www.bing.com)

Dengan aturan penjurian sebagai berikut:

1. Penilaian atas web/blog peserta didasarkan pada poin yang diperoleh masing-masing. Dengan maksimal poin adalah 60 poin, dan minimal 0 poin.

2. Poin diberikan kepada web/blog yang berhasil menduduki 10 rangking teratas di salah satu dari tiga search engine (Google, Yahoo Search, dan Microsoft Bing dari hasil pencarian.

3. Jumlah poin untuk tiap-tiap rangking adalah sebagai berikut:

· Rangking 1 : 10 poin

· Rangking 2 : 9 poin

· Rangking 3 : 8 poin

· Rangking 4 : 7 poin

· Rangking 5 : 6 poin

· Rangking 6 : 5 poin

· Rangking 7 : 4 poin

· Rangking 8 : 3 poin

· Rangking 9 : 2 poin

· Rangking 10 : 1 poin

4. Setiap search engine mempunyai bobot poin yang berbeda-beda, yang akan dikalikan dengan poin rangking. Bobot poin untuk search engine adalah sebagai berikut:

· Google : 3 poin

· Yahoo : 2 poin

· Microsoft Bing : 1 poin

5. Poin total didapatkan dari akumulasi poin rangking yang telah dikalikan dengan bobotnya masing-masing di semua search engine.

Contoh:

Blog www.contoh.com dalam hasil pencarian mendapatkan posisi sebagai berikut:

a. Google : Rangking ke-1

b. Yahoo : Rangking ke-6

c. Microsoft Bing : Rangking ke-4

Maka perhitungan poin totalnya adalah:

10 (poin rangking) x 3 (bobot poin Google) = 30

6 (poin rangking) x 2 (bobot poin Yahoo) = 12

4 (poin rangking) x 1 (bobot poin Microsoft Bing) = 4

------------------------------------------------------- +

Poin Total = 46 poin

PEMENANG

Penentuan pemenang mengacu kepada perhitungan poin diatas, dengan ketentuan sebagai berikut:

1. Pemenang adalah 6(enam) web/blog yang berhasil mendapatkan jumlah poin total tertinggi pada 10 Oktober 2009 pukul 23.59 WIB (GMT+7).

2. Apabila ada jumlah poin yang sama diantaranya, maka penentuan pemenang mengacu pada perolehan rangking di dalam hasil pencarian Google.

3. Menindaklanjuti ketentuan ke-2, jika pemenang masih belum bisa ditentukan, maka acuan diteruskan pada perolehan rangking di dalam hasil pencarian search engine selanjutnya, yaitu Yahoo dan Microsoft Bing.

DAN KEYWORD’NYA ADALAH…

“bisnis pulsa eranet”

*tanpa tanda kutip

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

UFO Filmed for 40 Minutes over China

Could this finally be it - 40 minutes of undisputed proof that we are not alone? Scientists at the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing, China believe it is a real possibility that this footage of an unidentified flying object is the evidence we have all been waiting for.

They have confirmed 40 minutes of footage of the object was captured during this summer's solar eclipse - and that research has already started on a year-long investigation to find out what it is. And the scientists were not the only ones to capture the walnut-shaped object on camera.

The clear, daylight sighting occurred over Deqing in Guandong Province. Dozens of students claimed to have seen the object sailing through the air during a rooftop observation of the July 22 solar eclipse.

At least nine of the students photographed it, producing such incredible images as those here. The UFO was also seen to change colour and shape, with the students claiming it initially appeared to be a glowing blue colour, but later darkened.

Yesterday Chinese media outlet Sina.com reported that the Purple Mountain Observatory and Chinese Academy of Sciences claimed: 'China had discovered near the sun, by observation staff, an unidentified object. Its physical nature remains to be further studied.'

Currently manpower is being organised to deal with this data, complete the data analysis and reveal the scientific results. This will take at least one year's time to finalise.

Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences Fellow Ji Hai-sheng said at present it is impossible to speculate what the unidentified object is. 'However research has started.' The UFO world is already waiting with bated breath for the results to come in.



Source : The Daily Mail Selengkapnya...

What exactly is an international education?

Nowadays, many Indonesian parents want an international standard of education. What does this mean? This may reflect a paradigm change taking place, albeit a slow one, in terms of the thinking within schools as to what it is that students need today to prepare them for tomorrow.

"International education" can be defined as a movement of people who undertake schooling outside their home country, or can better define as an educational philosophy in which schools proactively prepare children to become effective global citizens actively engaged in an increasingly unified economic and social milieu.

Parents are increasingly aware that global interdependence is an economic and social reality and that their children need to be schooled in an environment that will prepare them to work effectively in cross-cultural settings.

In the context of local schooling with an international mindset, children can be encouraged to have a deeper layer of understanding, one where they are challenged to look beyond their comfort zones to new people, new customs and new ideas.

Important as it is to understand oneself through knowledge of one's own cultural identity and language, it is also a great gift to children to encourage the development of an international mindset whereby they gain an appreciation of other people's differences.

If this mission were to be fulfilled in schools, we would make great advances in the improvement of relations between countries, cultures and peoples. Surely all of us hope to bequeath a legacy for our children of a more peaceful and tolerant world.

Knowledge of one's own heritage is necessary before being able to understand and appreciate the culture, traditions and values of others. Language is an effective vehicle for encouraging this development, for it is through learning language that a student gains insights into culture and custom.

Some private schools in Indonesia focus on children learning in English, but research from around the world clearly shows that schools should make it their first priority to support a child's mother tongue.

It is through the development of the first language that a child builds a strong scaffold for development in second and subsequent languages. In addition, strong mother tongue development helps the child to develop the social and cultural background that is so important to their personal understanding of place and time.

An international education should be flexible and adaptable to the learning needs of children, in particular to the development of the child's mother tongue to ensure empowerment in learning other languages, and in so doing to appreciate other cultures and perspectives.

Any Indonesian parent who believes that an international education simply means "learning in English" could possibly be leading their children down a dangerous path if there is not sufficient support for development of the child's mother tongue, custom and traditions.

A good quality international educational setting will support a child's mother tongue development while encouraging them to develop in one or more other languages.

This provides the conduit for children to gain the skills necessary to excel in an increasingly interconnected world.

But what of the standards within a school? Regardless of whether or not a school embraces an international perspective, any educational setting should encourage children to become lifelong-learners who are effective communicators and creative problem solvers.

A variety of pedagogical approaches are key for any teacher to impart these attributes to students. By sharing experiences and collaborating on methods of best practice, school leaders can select the elements that best suit their particular educational setting. In so doing, school leaders can establish an environment that fosters quality learning. To ensure that schools continually meet certain standards, there are a large number of accreditation and authorization organizations that can assist through self-improvement processes.

This type of accreditation is key for any school that aims for excellence as it is only through an effectively implemented cycle of review that a school can validate the integrity of its programs and assure the school community that these programs are effectively supporting student learning.

When parents are inquiring as to whether or not a school has "international standards", they should be asking the school's leaders questions that go deeper than "Will my child learn English?" Parents should be asking schools what systems of self-improvement they have in place and what action plans they have developed which clearly set out measurable targets and strategies for improvement.

Parents should expect that a school has registered with a credible accreditation commission or organization and in doing so has established standards and benchmarks of good practice.

Parents should also expect that a school has incorporated into its mission a clear statement of how it encourages children to be internationally minded and can show examples of real-life experiences that broaden a child's understanding of the world around them so they are equipped to be engaged participants in the international community.


The writer is executive principal of Global Jaya International School. Selengkapnya...

Claudia Schiffer Goes Unretouched on Magazine Cover

Claudia Schiffer may be more supermum than supermodel these days but she found time to strip off for a rare au natural photoshoot ahead of her 40th birthday.

Posing topless on the front cover of Tank magazine, the German model shows she's still got the same amazing figure which first captivated fashion designers in the late Eighties. In the earthy, unretouched shots, the 39-year-old looks fresh-faced as she lets her true beauty shine through.

The Tank cover shot is reminiscent of Claudia's early modelling days, in which she posed topless in a pair of jeans for Guess. In the provocative shoot photographed by Luis Sanchis, the mother-of-two poses in several shots wearing little but her underwear and a Van Cleef and Arpels necklace.

The magazine shoot is the second time Claudia has appeared topless in recent weeks. She teamed up with fellow Nineties catwalk queen Naomi Campbell and Eva Herzigova to strip off in the adverts for Dolce & Gabbana's new fragrance Anthology.

And despite growing closer to her 40th birthday, Claudia insists she will continue to strip as she ages. Claudia told the Daily Mail's Richard Kay: 'I'm happy to do it.

'I didn't work out, I didn't do anything special for the advert and I wasn't even nervous. Of course, as a model it is normal to be taking your clothes off all the time.

'I wouldn't think I was ever too old to do something like that. I mean, maybe if I was 60 or 70, then yes, I'd stop doing nude shoots, but then I guess it depends who is asking. 'With Mario Testino, for example, who is such a brilliant photographer, you would do anything.'

As she prepares for her 40th next year, Claudia insists she will age gracefully without the aid of surgery or Botox. She said: 'It's poison in my skin and no-one knows the long-term effects. I'm far more scared of that than a wrinkle on my forehead.

'All of my friends are my age and we are all ageing at the same time. We talk about it and moan, but it doesn't bother me.' Her sexy image in the shoot is a far cry from Claudia's appearance yesterday, as she dressed down in jeans and a sweater to join other mum's outside her children's school yesterday.

Later on, she donned a leopard-print dress to attend a Vogue magazine party at Burberry in Bond Street. To see more photos of Claudia, visit Tank magazine's website at www.tankmagazine.com.



Sumber : The Daily Mail Selengkapnya...

Ponsel Termahal Bertahtakan Berlian

Resesi ekonomi memang melanda sebagian besar Jepang, tetapi tidak untuk segelintir warga Jepang yang gemar mengoleksi barang-barang mewah, termasuk edisi terbatas delapan telepon seluler bertatakan berlian.

Softbank Mobile, Jepang, Jumat (7/11), melaporkan, delapan ponsel edisi terbatas bertatakan 537 berlian dari Tiffany and Co habis terjual hanya dalam tiga hari. Ponsel yang dirancang khusus dan terbatas hanya dibuat delapan unit di seluruh dunia ini dijual sekitar 13 juta yen atau sekitar Rp 1,4 miliar per unit pada 1 November. ”Delapan ponsel itu habis terjual pada 3 November,” ujar Katsuhide Furuya dari Softbank Mobile.

Jepang selama ini dikenal sebagai pasar barang mewah terbesar di dunia, di mana hampir semua orang dari 127 juta penduduk Jepang memiliki ponsel. Tiffany and Co, perusahaan fesyen terkemuka, lantas merancang ponsel dengan berlian yang ternyata laku keras hanya dalam tiga hari. Awal tahun ini NTT DoCoMo Inc, perusahaan rival Softbank Mobile, juga meluncurkan ponsel rancangan Prada, Italia, yang juga laku keras.

Penghasil produk-produk mewah, Gucci, juga mulai menawarkan produk-produk mahalnya yang hanya bisa diakses dan dibeli warga Jepang lewat ponsel. Pas jika ponsel bertatakan berlian tersebut dipakai untuk memasang produk buatan Gucci.
Selengkapnya...

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