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Today, the Indonesian local newspaper -KOMPAS- reported about launch China's third manned space mission on Thursday (9/25). Three astronauts were carried by Shenzhou VII and one of them will perform space walk, the first time acted by China citizen.

Source : Kompas (9/26)

Today, I decide to delete a categorization named "The Ultimate" included the content inside it from my site www.syjournal.com and moves to here. The reason is I want to concern my site for topic about internet, blog, shopping, and anything have close connection with them.

So, as the first article fill the "The Ultimate" labels in this blog, kindly presented the most expensive car 2008 (update). Bugatti is still being number one manufacturer who produce the high end sport car class in the world. On August 16, the new roadster Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport 16.4 has been launched at Pebble Beach, California.

High performance 16 cylinders roadster bit the top speed up to 253 mph (407 km/h) with the roof on and 224 mph (360 km/) with the roof off. State of the art design concept, hi-grade material selection and various features technology installed inside its interior, innovative transparent polycarbonate roof and hand-built manufacturing process bring it become the most expensive car today.

The price of Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport 6.4 is €1.4 million or (USD 2.0 million) over than Bugatti model Veyron FBG that priced around USD 1.2 million and others car.

Some of website give us free website speed test tool. The aimed is to check and know how fast our website downloading the pages. We all don't want our visitors wait the pages opened too long times and make them leave our website. That's why the search engine like Google and Yahoo created perfectly algorithm and able to show their result under 0.5 second. That's good performance.

If you have a website, check it now. The tools give information of website loading time and some additional one. Before using this tool fix that you have deleted chache of the internet browser and turn of any accelerator programs. As the example, here is my personal website testing result :

Fill your site address into available column :

1. Iwebtool.com
Using this tool, you can test more than 1 until 10 website name at the time.

2. Pingdom.com
You can check only one by one. But this tool will give you recorded load time data historical.

One of my favorite sport is badminton. But more than six months, I never play it again because difficult for me to match the schedule with my working time. I hope someday I would play it again.

By the way, during at the first time I knew badminton until now, I never recognize about racquet racket material technology. I believe that currently, the existed racquet products at market have been growth up in innovation. So, to get a view about this I have opened the official site of Yonex to get detail technology information. Yonex is the most famous brand and has been known worlwide as sponsor of so many international badminton and tennis championship events.

Nano technology
I just know that carbon steel is being a material selection to made racquet . The effect of carbon in overall steel composition will influence to hardness and strength characteristic. It means that more high carbon will increase the hardness and strength but it will reduce ductility. But not such a simple like that. Yonex, Japanese manufacturer had implemented to their products with technology that known as 'Nano Science' or more familiar that we called as Nano technology which learn and control about matter related to molecular or nano scale and applied at general science fields. The formed of product is always connected to the process and material. Detail analyze of molecular components could be able to manipulate of nano structures (according to chemically principle) of material to certain material characteristic.

Yonex use this technology to create more stable racquet with deformation resistance and more thinner dimension. Getting high material performance like high elasticity, strong and light in weight have been realized through precisely control over the molecular level and carbon nano particles. Nanospeed series are products designed by using nanoscience technology to meet the demand of athletes that need to support their performance in speed, defensive, attacking and counter offensive.

Recently on July 2008, juries have decided and announced IDEAs design winners of the year. This International level event that sponsored by BusinessWeek magazines and Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) able to catch attention for many designer over the world. BusinessWeek was reporting that USA, several Europe country, Asia that represented by Japan, China, Korea and for the first time, new comer from Latin America, Brazil being a part of the competition.

This event is divided into 3 categorized participant, they are from corporations, design firms and schools. For corporations, Apple received the most gold awards through their 3 design models. In design firms categorized, Fuse Project and Rockwell Group awarded with 2 golds, and both of Samsung Design Membership (SADI) and Hanyang University Royal of Art won a single gold award. According to data of IDSA site, out of total 1517 entries, 35 were awarded Gold awards, 77 received Silver awards and 99 for Bronze awards. Also, for the first time, 389 finalists were named in addition to the winner for this year.

In other side, juries also announced favorite winners or the most winning entries whose not only have good value in esthetically and functional design, but also a strong sense of social responsibility. There's four designs have been chosen, they are :

Balance Sport Wheelchair

Award : Gold - Medical & Scientific - Concepts
Designed by Eric Larson, Ricky Biddle, Ben Shao, Austin Cliffe (US)

Sport wheelchair designed for physically challenged athletes with hands free breaking and turning system to facilitate when playing basketball.




The One Laptop per Child (OLPC)

Award : 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze - Computer Equipment
Client: One Laptop Per Child (US)
Designed by Fuseproject (US)

The non profit OLPC was designed to give contribution in education field. Bring learning, communication and communication to children in developing country.

Design for Democracy: Ballot + Election

Award : Gold - Packaging & Graphics
Client: AIGA (US)
Designed by Studio/lab (US)

A useful book for U.S. States election as the basis for national guidelines for ballot design and polling place signs.

Chulha low-smoke biomass stove

Award : Bronze - Ecodesign
Client: Royal Philips Electronics (Netherlands)
Designed by Philips Design (Netherlands)

A stove was designed as solution of air pollution case in rural India that causing respiratory diseases. This is a biomass fuel stove with low smoke, high efficiency and faster the cooking time

Now, Beijing is being a busiest city in the world preceding to Olympic event. Base on to so many aspects have been made, changed, and prepared by Olympic committee, there's a thing attract me and like to write it here. It's about building facilities which constructed with unique, special and luxurious landscape model. According to source in www.arup.com - ARUP, global firm designers, engineers, planners, and business consultant who also handle innovative huge projects for Beijing - and official site, www.en.beijing2008.cn, I found reference for pictures and articles to share and here they are :

Fencing Hall

Venue : Fencing Hall of National Convention Center
Location : Olympic Green
Olympic events : Fencing, Modern Pentathlon (Fencing and Shooting)
Seating : 5,695

What's special :

Striking curved roof design inspired by traditional China architecture, use distinctive roof doubles with traditional Chinese mirror shape 'flying roof' , water treatment facility to supply the ornamental garden. Equipped by innovative energy saving system able to saves an estimated 380MW/year. Looks elegance and minimalist with full height glass facade along front face of building


China Capital International Airport T3

Area : 986,000 square meters (approx.)
Budget : US$ 3.5 Billion
Designer & Consultant : NACO, Forster and Partners, and ARUP
Capacity : 80 Million passengers/year
Construction start : March 28, 2004
Operating start : February 29, 2008

What's special :

Terminal 3 is designed refer to environmentally sustainable airport terminal buildings concept and able to respond all city's climate season. Aerodynamic roof, separates water systems for drinking and portable use, intelligent lighting to reduce energy consumption, complement facilities like retail area, free store and service area including bank, business centers, internet services and more have been provided inside this world class airport for China and for the 2008 Olympic games.


National Aquatics Center (Water Cube)

Area : 65,000 square meters (approx.)
Location : Olympic Green
Budget : US$ 100 Million (approx.)
Designer & Consultant : China State Construction Engineering Corporation, China State Construction International (Shenzhen) Design Co., Ltd, PTW Architect and ARUP
Capacity : 17,000 spectators
Olympic events : swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water-polo
Construction : December 24, 2003 - end of 2007

What's special :

Building forms is inspired by the natural form of soap bubbles which give beautiful effect. Sustainable structure with so light weight translucent recyclable panels. Bubbles cladding material have more light than glass, good insulator and resistance to rain shower and weathering effect of sunlight. The greenhouse concept with photovoltaic panels roof gives saving consumption up to 30% of pool hall. Building also have sophisticated water supply efficient system that able to maximize reuse and recycling opportunities.


National Stadium

Area : 204,000 square meters (approx.)
Location : Olympic Green
Budget : US$ 423 Million (approx.)
Designer & Consultant : Herzog & de Meuron, ARUP, China Architecture Design & Research Group
Capacity : 91,000 spectators
Olympic events : athletics, + opening and closing Olympic ceremonies
Construction : December 2003 - March 2008

What's special :

The stadium was constructed with 36 km long of unwrapped steel and has form like 'bird's nest'. The steel structure appears random and very complex. This is so difficult design building even more it built on seismic zone. High calculation, analysis and modeling are needed to ensure this building able to withstand earthquakes. Therefore, this is a really innovative stadium as collaboration of its architecture and engineering consultant.

'China will grow larger', A sounding sentence I'm heard when playing computer war game 'General - Command and Conquer'. If you are younger and like computer's game, you should be know it. That statement always blare out every construct a building for China team. So what's the relationship to the Olympic event? China or Beijing exactly has been chosen as host of International Olympic 2008, the largest world sport event. This country won the election by IOC (International Olympic Committee) on July 13, 2001 beating the other candidate cities Istanbul (TUR), Osaka (JPN), Paris (FRA), and Toronto (CAN). Over the years, now China has being one of the biggest country in Asia. Having fast and high economically growth, incredible industry and infrastructure development, also hold world's important role. So it isn't needed to be questionable if Beijing selected to be third city as host of XXIX Olympic after Tokyo (JAP - 1964) and Seoul (KOR - 1988) in Asia.

Olympic is known as International multi sport event (wikipedia src.) and as a host, China will shows over the world through its high credibility and seriousness by working hard from the beginning of preparation to the end, forming the committee, prepare all sport facilities and infrastructure, bring a thousand people to participated, and surely has set up billions dollar budget to success this event.

Good Luck China !!!!

Go to official site : www.en.beijing2008.cn

I ever received an email but I forgot when the time exactly I got it, I guess more than six month ago. I don't know about the detail content yet even more the email had been deleted now. The things that I remembered is just the picture inside. I knew that was like a kind of LCD Monitor and there are 'SONY' printing mark at its front cover. This time, I try to get any information and hope get the detail about it. Then I search through 'Google search' and found the official online Sony shopping store (USA) address, www.sonystyle.com. Click... Yes!!.. I found it... not difficult! .. but I think that I was totally wrong to guess it. That's not LCD monitor. Look at the picture below, the new Sony display product innovation called as Organic LED (OLED) is the next generation of television. The website note it.

That is really.. really the most thickness television I ever know. With only 3 mm thickness panel and featured by XEL-1 technology with connectivity option consist of 2 HDMI inputs, a digital tuner, memory stick media slot and so many others. By visiting to the website, you can find what are the strong points that Sony has offered to us mainly about understanding and how the OLED works. Check it out....!

In my opinion, this product is really incredible breakthrough idea. The shape is futuristic but simple. Although I'm not check it directly, I sure that this television has high quality picture according to its contrast ratio specification, high brightness and Sony's technology experience even more Sony has claimed this product more efficient in energy consumption because of the utilizing light generated by the organic material.
I think this is cool product, do you agree with me?

During for many years, Indonesia has been known through the name of Bali Island. The fact has showed that Indonesia identical with Bali in tourism aspect. This 'Island of God' has presented precious contribution and being one of the greatest traveling place in this country. But now, might be the thought and assumption like that will be changed. Indonesia is not only Bali, so many beautiful places, magnificent arts and cultures also various culinary food tastes spread out from Sabang to Merauke. Unfortunately, the abroad and local tourists still didn’t know yet entirely those natural assets possessed by this archipelago country. Therefore, the government has been creating great tourism program called as ‘Visit Indonesia Year 2008’ since the beginning of this year.

Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Jero Wacik in his speech said that he needs all citizens give high contribution to success this program. He also need fully supporting from journalists and mass media to publish good, right, and positive information about Indonesia as the one of important promoting step. This program not only targeting the growth of yearly visitors but also as good effort to built back good image. After bad things have happened in this country, disaster and harmfully issues had been affecting to Indonesian tourism industry. People fell worry to visit and averse make their holiday plan here. This year is the time for government and all citizen recover this condition through actuate the program and having same vision and mission developing and getting back the people trust.

Visit to : http://www.my-indonesia.info, official site of Visit Indonesia Year 2008

Tired of the same old beach holiday? Try these exciting alternatives on for size Great Escapes. Above is the header of page 65, Reader Digest - April 2007, had been written by Door Catherine Billiau. The writer divided into various interesting place and exciting holiday's activity in to some categorical. Maybe this is old information for you, but I think what will explored here is still being nice place and activity to be your nice holiday along this year.

Here is the following place category :

Spiritual Journey

• Sedona (Arizona, USA)
• The Way of St. James (Spain)
• Lhasa (Tibet)

• Sumo Wrestling (Japan)
• Daytona Races (Florida, USA)
• Polo (Argentina)
  

• Kandy (Srilanka)

• Cappadocia (Turkey)
• Masai Mara (Kenya)

• Bangkok (Thailand)
• Dubai (UAE)
  

• Hotel Sacher (Wenen, Austria)
• Metropole (Hanoi, Vietnam)
• The Imperial (New Dehli)

• Sydney Wildlife World (Australia)
• Costarica

• Icebreaker in Finnish Lapland (Finland)
• Helicopter tours of the Somme
• Trabi-safari in Berlin or Dresden (Germany)

• Airboarding
• Snowshoe treks

• New Zealand

• Peter's Court (Russia)
• Tropical Botanical Garden (Hawaii)
• Madeira 'The Atlantic Ocean's Floating Garden'

• Kakslauttanen (Finland)
• Yosemite National Park (USA)
• South Africa

• Akakus Mountains (Libya)
• Gobi Deserts (Mongolia)
• Sossusvlei (Namibia)

Two weeks ago, when I was walking around inside the closest market in my city - Bekasi, I found a small shop where selling the 'second-hand' books. Of course, kinds of books and magazines collection which are offered to buyer have been published more than 2 months ago for the newest version, and even some more of that have 10 years old in age.

Why I was so interested to enter this shop which name is 'TB. (Toko Buku) Rumondang' and looking for some book? The reason are, first, I think it was so unique. That was my first time found the shop alike that opened inside of 'Mega Mall' building. Usually, I can find it at flea market. Second, the books are sold in good package condition as good as the new ones. The seller covered it with transparent plastic, especially for magazines, so they always look fine and clean. The last... yaach, It's about the price. This shop offers very cheap price. Of course, it depend on book's age, means that more older it is, the price is also lower.

Finally, I decided to buy magazines, those are :

1. Reader's Digest, English Version - April 2007 Edition. Price IDR 7,000 (US$ 0.76), normal IDR 24,000 (US$ 2.6) ... see the nice content
   
2. Reader's Digest, Indonesian Version - April 2008 Edition. Price IDR 7000 (US$ 0.76), Normal IDR 18.000 (US$ 1.96)

From Director of GLADIATOR and BLACK HAWK DOWN : Ridley Scott

Based on the life of drug-kingpin-turned-informant, Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington), who grew up in the segregated North Carolina where he watched as his cousin was shot by the Klan for looking at a white girl.

He eventually made his way to Harlem where he became a heroin kingpin by traveling to Asia's Golden Triangle to make connections, shipping heroin back the heroin to the US in the coffins of soldiers killed in Vietnam. He soon made upwards of one million dollars a day in drug sales. Lucas was shadowed by lawman, Richie Roberts (Russel Crowe), who finally helped bring the kingpin justice.

Academy award winners :
Denzel Washington - Russel Crowe - Josh Brolin - Ted Levine - Carla Gugino
Website : www.AmericanGangster.net
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Full Thriller :

12 years ago, on a moonlit roof top above Washington Square, Lyla Novacek, a sheltered young cellist and Louis Connelly, a charismatic Irish singer songwriter, were drawn together by a street musician's rendition of "Moondance" and felt in love. After the most romantic night of her life, Lyla promised to meet Louis again but despite her protests, her father rushed her to her next concert leaving Louis to believe that she didn't care. Disheartened, he found it impossible to continue playing and eventually abandoned his music while Lyla, her own hopes for love lost, was led to believe months later that seh had also lost their unborn child in a car accident. ears passed with neither og them knowing the truth. Now, the infant secretly given away by Lyla's father has gronw into an unusually gifted child who hears music all around him and can turn the rustling of wind through a wheat field into a beautiful symphony with himself at its center, the composer and conductor. He holds an unwavering belief that his parents are alive and want hims as much as he wants them. Determined to search for them, he makes his way to New York City.

"August Rush Thriller"

Effectively today, finally Indonesian government raise fuel price up to 30%. This condition connected to the government's planed since world petroleum price reach US$100/barrel (1brl = 117.35ltrs)and keep jump up to $120/barrel. Highest level touched $135 somedays ago. There was no others way for goverment to control it.

The raised price of petroleum also followed with the others aspect. That condition cause big effect to all commodities price evenmore for transportation media. Pro and contra came from every element of Indonesian citizen. Some accepted to this policy. Some think positive that this is might the best way to solve the problem but some didn't agree especially for the rables because they think that raising fuel price only make them more suffering. But we all hope this the best solution from our government for this country.

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