Archive for May 2006

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano belched heat clouds and sent trails of lava running down its slopes on Tuesday, heightening fears of an eruption just days after a devastating earthquake nearby.

In the early hours of Tuesday, Merapi sent out 10 heat clouds and 120 lava trails, some of them two kilometers (one mile) long, said Tri Yani of the vulcanology office in Yogyakarta.

Plumes of smoke were seen rising some 900 meters (3,000 feet) into the air — nearly double the height seen the previous day. The area remains on high alert for a possible eruption.

Scientists have warned that although the magma flow which forms a dome at the peak appears to be weakening, the structure may collapse and spew out millions of cubic meters of volcanic rock and lava. » Read more after the jump →

  • As rescue efforts gather pace, Indonesian authorities report more than 3,000 people died in a 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck central Java in Indonesia early Saturday, and casualty figures are expected to rise. edition.cnn.com

  • A Motorola vai instalar um sistema de informação de segurança pública (Public Safety Information System – PSIS, em inglês) para o uso do Departamento de Polícia de Fresno e em todas as áreas sob sua jurisdição. Um dos condados que mais crescem na Califórnia, Fresno assinou um contrato de US$ 8 milhões para instalar e implementar a solução, que proporcionará despachos via computador em tempo real para mais de 40 organizações locais, estaduais e federais que operam na região. » Read more after the jump →

    A Motorola anunciou que sua plataforma de banda larga sem fio MOTOwi4 Canopy foi implementada em todo o território nacional da Macedônia. Esta é a primeira rede de banda larga sem fio com alcance nacional do mundo.

    O Projeto Macedônia Connects, criado para prover conexão sem fio em alta velocidade por um preço acessível, oferece conteúdo de internet a 360 escolas de ensino fundamental e 100 escolas de ensino médio da Macedônia. Além disso, 24 alojamentos estudantis, 15 faculdades, 15 escritórios da Secretaria de Educação e mais de mil empresas  » Read more after the jump →

    Kenko helps you get the shot!

    You learn the word “composition” early in your photography experience. But the limitations of the standard zoom lenses on today’s video and digital cameras often make good composition impossible without a conversion lens. Most often, you’ve got plenty of telephoto range to your zoom, but not nearly enough wide-angle. Try to shoot an interior room, or capture the effect of a scenic mountain range, and you simply can’t get the shot without a converter. And not just any converter. Your converter must have the convenience and functionality to enhance your difficult shots, and the optical quality that keeps your image sharp and crystal-clear, without any problematic vignetting! That’s the difference between a converter that’s a video accessory, and a video necessity. Any pro knows the name Kenko.

    In a very real way, Kenko began developing this complete line of PRO - through - consumer video lenses about 20 years ago ? yes, well before the cameras themselves were even on the drawing boards. That’s the benefit of having a common heritage with two other giants of optical technology » Read more after the jump →

    Central Kalimantan

    Central Kalimantan, is the biggest Indonesian province on the island of Kalimantan. It occupies a surface of 153,800 square kilometers. It is mostly jungle (82 %), while swamps, rivers, lakes take approximately 2 % and agriculture land is about 3 %.
    Palangkaraya is the capital of this province. It is located in the regency of Pandehut, on the upper reaches of the Kahayan river.
    Other regencies are Kotawaringin Barat (capital Pangkalanbun), Kotawaringin Timur (Sampit), Kapuas (Kualakapuas), Barito Selatan (Buntok) and Barito Utara (Muarateweh).
    Topographically, Central Kalimantan consists of three areas: » Read more after the jump →

    If you spend any time online, surfing the Internet, or even if you spend any time reading magazines that deal with business topics, you will more than likely run across countless business opportunity offerings. Business opportunities are in essence, “turn-key” operations, where a major company, or even a smaller company, is offering what are basically franchises or memberships in the company. Any person that joins, becomes entitled to use the company name, company marketing materials, and of course, company reputation. It is therefore, an easy way for many who have no inclination to start their own business, or who have no ideas of their own, to start a home-based business. There are, however, as in anything, “pitfalls” and “advantages” to joining any type of business » Read more after the jump →