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Sumatra Earthquake

Earthquake rocked the western coast of Sumatra, yesterday. The first quake occurred at 15:38 local time (GMT+07), Wednesday (April 11th, 2012), a magnitude 8.5 on the Richter scale with epicenter 346 kilometers southwest of Simeulue Island, Aceh. The quake was followed by at least 16 aftershocks. Furthermore, at 17:43 pm, another earthquake with a strength of 8.8 on the Richter scale, centered at 483 kilometers from Simeulue. The quake was followed by 11 aftershocks. The epicenter is on at 2:31 North Latitude, 92.67 East Longitude, or about 146 Southwestern Simeulue in Aceh with a depth of approximately 10 kilometers. This earthquake was also felt to Singapore, Malaysia, India, and Thailand. The Indonoesian agency of Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) also issued a tsunami warning threat. At 19:45, a new tsunami warning is terminated. Tsunami warning issued for 27 countries - region bordering the Indian ocean. Well, judging by the earthquake, it is actually quite a large f...

Venus and Jupiter Look more Clearly Tonight

A rare opportunity to see the two most luminous planets, Venus and Jupiter, appear side by side in the night sky will occur for two consecutive days, the astronomers said. On a clear night sky from March 12 to 14, sky observers could reach out and see the two planets were in close distance, about three degrees, despite the fact that their distance apart in space. Venus will be much brighter than Jupiter as it gets twice as much light from the Sun and 50 times more intense of the sun that shines in Jupiter, according to Sky & Telescope magazine. Venus is also seven times closer to Earth than Jupiter - the largest of the two planets, and probably will appear two times larger than Venus. After March 14, Jupiter will not look down until after sunset in mid-April. Moon will appear in 25 and March 26, with a sickle shape and close to the position of Jupiter in the first night, especially in North America, and Venus in the second night. To see a live picture of the two planets were captur...

Silent Attack Behind the Veil of Night by Navy SEAL Team 6

I'm very pleased with anything related to action or military - looks really great and cool. I had aspired to become a pilot of fighter jet F-16;-) It feels very happy if I could help keeping security of the country, despite the fact that war is a bad thing. however Life is too precious to be eliminated. Therefore, I prefer to see or read the heroic actions of the great and brave soldiers. One that I read today is the news of release of hostages in Somalia. Here the news. Nine dead, hostages saved: After Taking out Osama bin Laden, SEAL Team 6 Does It Again First they took out Osama bin Laden. Now the US Navy SEALs have earned their "special forces" designation once again by conducting a daring, pinpoint rescue of two aid workers held hostage for three months in Somalia. US officials confirmed it was a Navy SEAL team that carried out the pre-dawn raid, but the Pentagon, citing "operation security reasons," would not confirm US media reports that it was SEAL Team ...

Beware of Solar Storms

United States National Weather Service (NOAA) predicts the biggest solar storm since 2005 occurred on this day. Effects experienced by the Earth is a powerful radiation. Quoted from its site "A large geomagnetic storm (a type of solar storm) — the largest such storm since October 2003 — is currently underway." According to NASA , the bursts of the solar corona (CME) will reach speeds of 2.253 km per second. These solar storms will touch the earth's upper atmosphere on Tuesday (24 / 1), approximately at 09:00 U.S. time. These solar storms will last for approximately 7 hours. NASA and NOAA categorizes this solar radiation storms reaching the S3 level (strong). While the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) states, the weather will continue to rise in the earth from Tuesday to Wednesday (Jan-25). Bursts of solar radiation has the potential to isolate the computer systems that exist on earth satellites, damaging the electrical connections, and interfere with radio transmis...

Dating Friend of the Captain of Costa Concordia Cruise

Francesco Schettino, captain of the Costa Concordia, perhaps the most popular in Europe today. And starting yesterday, added one more name, Domnica Cemortan - sometimes spelled as Dominica Cermotan - a girl who later revealed dinner and a bottle of wine with Schettino. The passengers who survived began to tell about what was done by captain of the ship, Francesco Schettino, at night when the ship hit a reef. An Italian passenger said he saw Schettino take a red wine with a girl and others in one restaurant of the ship until 21:05 o'clock, less than an hour before the accident. Schettino, in dark uniform, was sitting in front of a young woman. She was young, first they thought she is his daughter. Earlier, Italian media reported when the ship hit a reef , the captain of the Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino, was mentioned was spending the night with a woman. Later, based on video recordings, the identity of the woman, began to lift; is known from Moldova nam...

the Princess Ghost Caught on Camera

Strange image in the video footage or photographs are common. However, it would be unusual and very interesting if the sighting was similar to Princess Diana - Lady Di former wife of Prince Charles and the mother of Prince William. Now, the shaman / psychic in the UK has been busy studying the videotape said to show the appearance that looks like Princess Diana in a stained glass window. The video was taken by a tourist from China at a church in Glasgow. When taking pictures, he did not see anything. However, this is it, when played upon he returned from vacation, he saw a female figure dressed in white with short hair and slender, like Lady Diana. A renowned British psychics, Michael Cohen - who got the video delivery - said it was one of the "most obvious" about the ghost sightings. The tape is currently being examined along with several other researchers to ascertain whether it is the appearance of a ghost or not. As we all know that not every strange image in the video or...

Many Sites Shut Down during Protest Againts SOPA and PIPA

A number of sites in the United States on Wednesday (1/18/2012), decided to do a blackout, and some have shut down their service for while. This is done as a protest against the draft law of anti-piracy in the U.S.A. The bill in question is twofold, ie Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). SOPA and PIPA are still in the process of legislation. Here are 10 sites of internet companies and organizations to temporarily block their service in the U.S: Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Craiglist, Dinosaur Comics, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), The Huffington Post, BoingBoing, Mozilla, Wikipedia, Wordpress dan Google. Their home page content are an image or text protesting SOPA and the PIPA. Besides them, there are many other sites that do the same, both large sites and personal blogs. Such as Reddit.com. There was no clarity, when this protest will end. English Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org) and wordpress.com / wordpress.org really been proven...

Blackout day Against the SOPA

Some popular sites administrator in the U.S. are agreed to against the application of Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) laws. Plan "blackout" has revealed. the Plan "blackout", aka close the service for a while, is began to emerge since the law was considered too curb. Its application includes blocking sites deemed violated. One of the protest against the SOPA conducted by Reddit.com. In its official blog, user generated content site is set the date for January 18, 2012 as SOPA Blackout Day. On that day, local time, Reddit will be turned off for 12 hours. So if you are loyal visitors of Reddit.com, you may have to wait until they finish the protest, or maybe you can help support them via twitter. The same action will be performed by the Wikimedia Foundation, which will close the service in English Wikipedia for 24 hours. In its official statement, the Wikimedia Foundation, calls this is a difficult step. They argue if the legislation passed, would be disastrous for the ...

Italy Luxury Cruise Ship the Costa Concordia Disaster

Accidents can happen anytime and anywhere. No matter whether you're on the road or at sea, fatal accidents can happen. Most often, accidents occur because of bad weather, storms or extreme winds. Especially at this time, the vehicle is equipped with adequate safety devices and communications equipment and a reliable gps. But, still, accidents can occur, including when you are on a luxury yacht. Are you remember the Titanic?, the luxury cruise ship of its time that sank after hitting an iceberg. Similar events occur in Italy. A luxury cruise ship sinking after hitting a reef. the Costa Concordia cruise ship ran into coral at Italy seas, Friday night, January 13th, 2012. As a result, the hull was torn over 50 meters. Cruise ships that carry 4000's passengers and crew. They consist of the original Italian thousand passengers, 500 citizens of Germany, the original 160 French, 126 Americans, and about a thousand sailors. Costa Concordia ship management company assumed the captain ha...

a French Dassault Mirage and F-15 Crashed when a Joint Exercise in Saudi Arabia

A multirole aircraft owned by the French Air Force -Mirage collided in midair with a fighter jet F-15 Eagle-owned Saudi Arabian Air Force in joint exercises in the region of Tabuk in northern Saudi Arabia, Saturday (14/01/2012) evening. There were no casualties in the incident as the pilots directly activate the catapult seats once the collision occurred. Investigations have been made to ensure the cause of the collision. When the joint exercise in the air battle, a Mirage aircraft from France Air Force collided with the Saudi Arabian Air forces F-15. Saudi pilot and two French pilots jumped out safely, and immediately taken to the Northern Sector Command. The investigation is still ongoing to determine the cause of the incident. In May last year, a Saudi Arabian F-15 crashed in the eastern oil-rich country, killing the pilot. The aircraft had also doing training missions in the Eastern Province when the incident occurred.

Sunday, the Russian space shuttle Phobos Grunt Falling to Earth

Russian space shuttle, Phobos Grunt, is expected to fall to earth. Russia's satellite will likely be landing in the ocean. Space shuttle which was launched at the end of 2011 failed to land on a mission to Mars. Scientists are monitoring the orbit of the Space shuttle can not be sure where the satellite will fall. However, a number of major cities like London and New York included in the potential region where the satellite debris falling. Phobos-Grunt is the largest Space shuttle ever made by the Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos. The mission of this aircraft is landed on Mars and take some samples from the planet. China also participated in this mission to entrust container containing the bacteria. China wants to test their survival in space. The spacecraft Phobos-Ground cost an estimated U.S. $ 170 million whose mission is to explore Phobos, one of Mars's moon, which stranded as they orbit Earth after launch, 9 November. It is estimated that the aircraft would be crashed on Ea...