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Rabu, 31 Desember 2008

Brain Affects Hearing

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports

New Year’s Eve is marked by constant celebration and time spent with friends, but if you find yourself straining to hear, it’s your brain - not your ears - that could be to blame.

Scientists are now learning why and how age affects the brain's dimmer switch for controlling the level of input from your ears.

Researchers say if you have trouble understanding conversation in a noisy room, you're experiencing what's sometimes called the cocktail party problem.

It’s just one of the first signs of an age-related hearing loss; it affects one-third of adults ages 65 to 75.

Scientists want to slow down or reverse hearing loss, and are trying to discover why our hearing goes downhill with age.

Researchers say they’re still trying to determine what else besides the dimmer switch contributes the cocktail party problem.

"I think it's a significant player," said Robert Frisina of the University of Rochester in New York, who is studying it.

Scientists understand that the brain can receive signals from the ears, and also talk back to them. So, when there's too much noise, the dimmer-switch brain circuitry tells the ears to reduce their flow of signals to the brain.

Frisina said since background noise at a party tends to be lower-pitched than speech sounds, the dimmer switch probably can block out that distracting noise more than it does the speech.

In 2002, Frisina and colleagues published evidence that the dimmer switch effectiveness declines with age.

They noted the same trends occur in mice, which meant they could study those animals to get clues to what's going on in people.

Frisina hopes to use genetically altered mice to focus his studies on particular parts of the dimmer switch circuitry. There is some evidence that shortcomings in this wiring harm the inner ear as well, he said.

While it is not yet clear how big a role the dimmer switch plays in the cocktail party problem, Frisina's work "makes a good case that it's got to be one of the important factors," said Charles Liberman, who directs a research laboratory at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.


Source: redorbit.com

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Minggu, 14 Desember 2008

3 Leaders Meeting of Asia for the World Economy

Fukuoka, FRIDAY - The leaders of Japan, China and South Korea will discuss cooperation which includes the transfer of currency, territorial issues, and the global financial crisis in the meeting will be held Saturday (13/12) in the city of Fukuoka, southern Japan. Financial issues expected to dominate the agenda of the trilateral conference.

"The problem of the international economy will be a top priority," said the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Kazuo Kodama. Kodama explained, a number of other problems that will be discussed in the conference is the effort to strip North Korea's nuclear weapons program leave and establish a combined effort in responding to a number of natural disasters, such as earthquake, hurricane, and climate change.

Prime Minister of Japan Taro Aso will attend the bilateral negotiations with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak before receiving Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. The third leader of this country and trilateral negotiations scheduled to follow the meal and dinner statesman.

"Third country leaders will spend time during the 4 hours in order to discuss a number of issues widely," said Kodama. The three leaders of East Asian countries is often the Sea conference on the sidelines of the international meeting in the wider scale. However, this will be the first time the three leaders of a country to follow the conference independently.

South Korea hopes that bilateral meetings will be attended by the leaders of this country can produce agreements with neighboring countries is to open greater access to their forex reserves. Seoul worried that the crisis can terlilit forex reserves due to lunge financial crisis.

To buttress currency, won, in the midst of the global financial crisis, the South Korean government wants to widen the agreement "transfer of the currency" with Tokyo and Beijing to 30 billion U.S. dollars for each country.



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European Crisis Worries Preps

Paris, FRIDAY - atrocities that occurred during the six days in Greece feared spread to a number of other countries in the European region. Political observer from the University of Florence, Roberto d'Alimonte, Friday (12/12), fear the unrest will easily occur in other countries if there are appropriate triggered.

The crisis in Greek begins shooting of a teenager by the police. Action to worsen because of protests triggered strong opposition protest action on the right wing government.

Concerns that has been proven with similar protests at the offices of the Greek Embassy in Italy, France and Spain. "If there is a trigger that, there will be protests and riots exactly as in Greek. We can not ignore the phenomenon tiru-mimic. Now young people in the middle of Italy also worry and frustration will be the future. Greek intensifying the crisis conditions that exist, "said D'Alimonte.

Today, from Spain, Lopez Andreu, asserts, economic and political conditions Greek more serious compared with other countries in Europe.


"The crisis is not Greek may occur in Spain. Youth in Spain have more opportunities. Assistance to them is also more than any other country, either in the form of scholarships or financial assistance to families, "said Lopez who had examined the world's youth in Spain.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy to request the government will be careful about the emergence of protest movements or even rebellion issues related economic crisis and high conditions of community life. When talking with the assistants and their supporters, Sarkozy believes, the economic crisis could trigger protests. "See what happens only in Greek," he said.

Former French PM from the Socialist Party, Laurent Fabius, also gave a similar warning. "When experiencing depression terbelit economic and social problems, need only a small lighter to ignite the fire everywhere," he told Radio Europe 1.

Issues related protests have occurred in the Greek Embassy in the Greek city of Bordeaux, France. Two cars burned. Previously, the office of the Greek Embassy in Moscow, Russia, and Rome, Italy, also dilempari with molotov bombs.

Around 11 demonstrators were arrested in Spain when the collision occurred in Madrid and Barcelona. Protests with violence is led groups that also left sympathetic to the Greek.

As in Greece, students in France, Spain, Italy and the action so angry protests. The government has been less attention to the universities. In the last month thousands of Italian youths protest high levels of youth unemployment, which reached more than 23 percent.

France also has the same problems. Protests among students is not that strange in France. The politicians concerned about protests from students and students to the middle class will trigger widespread unrest and immigrant youth from middle class to the bottom.

Issues protests spread

In Greek, clash between police and young people still occur, especially in the city of Athens. Around 4,000 students back down the road to engage collide with and threw molotov bombs and dibalas with tear gas.

The more serious protests triggered exasperation and frustration against the government related corruption scandals and economic crisis.

"The government is unable to start the problem. The government squeezed between the desire to take a hard or soft action. If hard acts, it computed the military junta has returned, "said Athens resident, Yannis Kalaitzakis (49).

Widespread protests in Greece to protest over the economic crisis and difficulties daily. Protester began to spread the demand more jobs and increase the minimum wage. The observer believes, if the crisis is not immediately addressed, will appear on social issues that egregious.

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Prepare for UN Resolution suppress piracy

New York, THURSDAY - the United States, Thursday (11/12), distribute a draft resolution on piracy off the coast of Somalia. Resolution is intended to give the green light to pursue pirate even to the land of Somalia.

Diplomatic sources said the first high-level officials was held Thursday. If the negotiations run smoothly, the draft resolution is expected to officially become a future resolution on Tuesday.

If accepted, it will be a resolution of the four rules of the UN Security Council since June related to piracy off the coast of Somalia.


In the text of the resolution is mentioned, countries that have been involved in the fight against piracy off the coast of Somalia are allowed to do various actions necessary to the Somali coast, including areas the air. It aims to prevent them using the territory of Somalia to plan, facilitate, or piracy or armed piracy at sea.

Resolution also calls on countries and international organizations to develop mechanisms for international cooperation to act. This is necessary as a foothold with the various related aspects in the fight against piracy off the coast of Somalia.

Coordination center

The resolution also encourages the formation of a central coordination of the regional information related to piracy in Somalia. At least 17 ships currently
hostage the Somali pirate.

When giving a speech at a conference in Nairobi, some time ago, Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, the UN Special envoys to Somalia, proclaim the need for resolute action against the pirate and supporters and urged more international commitment to stabilize Somalia.

"The increasing piracy really outside estimates. This is threatening freedom and safety of world trade


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Rabu, 26 November 2008

this is 72 Cars safest

Washington, first - Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) United States has set as 72 cars as the safest vehicle. Rating based on how the car is to protect the motorcycle rider during the accident, both from the front, side and rear. Then the car is equipped with anti-rollover technology called Electronic Stability Control (ESC).

"From all of that amount, for the 2009 style, the Ford Motor Co. and Volvo are on top as the safest car by placing each of 16 vehicles. In the vision behind Honda Motor Co. with 13 vehicles, "a spokesman IIHS, Tuesday (25/11).


There are some cars have received two awards this time (for vehicle output 2008) even three times (2007). According to the IIHS president, Adrian Lund, the assessment system'm not seen in terms of safety against pendara motorcycle. The team from the jury to evaluate the results of crash tests by placing the person (a doll) in front, side and rear. Equipped with ESC, the car must be seringan may not be until pedestrian, motorcycle rider and people who are in the car.

About the ESC, according to the IIHS has become estándar equipment on the cars and SUVs the size passenger car model of three-quarters of 2009. "Every year we continue the development of quality, fuel efficiency and safety," says Alan Mulally, Ford CEO.

This is the safest car-72

LARGE CARS
Honda Acura RL
Audi A6
Cadillac CTS
Ford Taurus
Ford Lincoln MKS
Mercury Sable
Toyota Avalon
Volvo S80

MIDSIZE CARS
Honda Acura TL
Honda Acura TSX
Audi A3
Audi A4
BMW 3-Series (4-door)
Ford Fusion (with optional ESC)
Honda Accord (4-door)
Mercedes C Class
Mercury Milan (with optional ESC)
Saab 9-3
Subaru Legacy
Volkswagen Jetta
Volkswagen Passat

MIDSIZE CONVERTIBLES
Saab 9-3
Volkswagen Eos
Volvo C70

SMALL CARS
Honda Civic (4-door with optional ESC, except Si)
Mitsubishi Lancer (with optional ESC)
Scion xB
Subaru Impreza (with optional ESC)
Toyota Corolla (with optional ESC)
Volkswagen Rabbit (4-door)

MINI CAR
Honda Fit (with optional ESC)

MINIVANS
Honda Odyssey
Hyundai Entourage
Kia Sedona

LARGE SUVs
Audi Q7
Buick Enclave
Chevrolet Traverse
GMC Acadia
Saturn Outlook


MIDSIZE SUVs

Honda Acura MDX
Honda Acura RDX
BMW X3
BMW X5
Ford Edge
Ford Flex
Ford Taurus X
Honda Pilot
Hyundai Santa Fe
Hyundai Veracruz
Infiniti EX35
Ford Lincoln MKX
Mercedes M Class
Nissan Murano
Saturn Vue
Subaru Tribeca
Toyota FJ Cruiser
Toyota Highlander
Volvo XC90

SMALL SUVs
Ford Escape
Honda CR-V
Honda Element
Mazda Tribute
Mercury Mariner
Mitsubishi Outlander
Nissan Rogue
Subaru Forester
Toyota RAV4
Volkswagen Tiguan

LARGE PICKUPS
Ford F-150
Honda Ridgeline
Toyota Tundra

SMALL PICKUP
Toyota Tacoma

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souce : AP

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When the crisis and the Global Exchange fell

PLAYERS see the value of shares reduced the money in front of the eye. The share price was very high and then continue in a short time. Now, there are comprised shares cheaper instead of candy.

Optimism, which blooms in every corner of floor trading shares now difficult to find positive expectations in the labyrinth of stock. Put little hope that stock prices did not fall today or tomorrow is very difficult.


This is not a provocation. Sales at random (Its sellling) is a scenic day-to-day. Seems no more appropriate word choice to describe the situation of the market craze. Not only investors. Not a bit of a distraught management emiten extinguish the fire burning the stock market, including shares own company.

It seems as if only one word that was heard in the market ... selling ... selling ... selling ...! So, the more share price. Index stock prices continue Store. The number of shares to decline more than the price of the shares increased in price. If they had slightly increased with the scramble, a glance can be destroyed with no clear reasons juntrungannya.

The combined share price index (IHSG), for example, continues to reach the lowest point oppressive new every day. No exception Kompas100 Index, which is usually more than a respite with the index-stock index other. also the weakening of rupiah exchange rate.

Not only the Jakarta stock market exchange. The whole world also recorded a decline. In fact, many stock index falling more, bigger, instead of the index and stock prices in the Indonesian Stock Exchange.

The existence of the business cycle. After reaching a point , the cycle will move up. Is the U.S. stock market conditions have reached a point nadir to rise again? No one knows. Lament market conditions are not useful. Risk always adheres closely to the investment. How big is the potential loss of image due to the fall of the investor stock market, is also the risk that .

Strengthen domestic market

With the recession, sluggish business, and decrease the rate of economic growth that occurred in the United States, Europe and Japan, it is apparent that what happened in Indonesia. The three main export destination is a product of Indonesia. Demand for products from Indonesia can degenerate so that the company's manufacturing and producers of primary products (agricultural, mining, fisheries and plantations) to market its products difficulties. Indonesia's export income from there to shrink.

The issue becomes more complicated because the company must bear the additional burden of the weakening of the rupiah so that the rupiah to pay for debt and import raw materials to be inflated. Overwritten with the burden of interest rate bank loans. Moreover, now appear thrust and movement "does not want to know" from workers that the company raise the minimum wage. The lengkaplah complexity of the issue of the business world, including emiten.

In such conditions, the threat of termination of the working relationship between workers and companies more open. Unemployment stands, it means that the purchasing power of the community overall decline. A decline in purchasing power will be pressing demand products and services, the company that produced the complete decline in the business world.

Strengthening the domestic market in the sense that domestic demand is still high Indeed become the focus for the company to extend the endurance of his life.

However, the matter is not easy to reverse the palms. Market in the country that oppressed by the people's purchasing power, the possibility of future domestic market are also dumping of goods from abroad, also gape wide-width. This makes sense because the companies overseas are also trying to find other markets after the domestic market is oppressed.

Strengthening the domestic market there is no other way, except to maintain the purchasing power of the community remain high. One way that can be done is to accelerate the absorption of the central government budget and governance in the region. Because, there are now around Rp 90 trillion of funds for local governments to be put in the bank to enjoy the interest that banks also increased.

By the way, especially if the budget is used for the unemployed to encourage the development of infrastructure to absorb a lot of employment, other than a security valve for labor, also could be a fire penyulut economic growth continues on, create jobs, goods and demand remain. The Company continues to be in production, in the emiten including the stock exchange. Itukah some way out of this crisis. Of course complex. However, steps are simple without any implementation are also not produce results.

Banking, which still have large funds of the "unemployed" must also have a commitment to save the economy of this nation. Kucurkanlah funds to micro entrepreneurs, businessmen, entrepreneurs, small scale and without the intention of respite mengemplang that, in order to create business, employment and income for the community. they represent efforts to access funding, by reducing bureaucracy and requirements that are difficult to be fulfilled them.

The regulators, including the supervisor of capital markets and money markets, must improve the sharpness of their supervision of the behavior of the "players" who diawasinya. Improve the integrity of the market, enforcing the rules, regulations and make the prevention of bad behavior can not be to maintain investor confidence in the market. Without the efforts and simultaneously significantly to overcome the problem, clearly the direction of the economy, including the stock market as the window, prospective dismals also.

Collect the potential

What is most interesting is now done by? Executive property AH Marhendra states, consolidation is the absolute most things done. Collect all the potential to become energy scattered strong to stand upright in the middle of a storm crisis. Formula others, streamline management, cut the budget does not need to. However, on the other hand, spend large to very active in all lines of the market.

Marhendra believe there are many niche markets that have not yet tapped, is still large potential market that is hidden in the surrounding community, including in the various provinces. "Every day there is a marriage and child birth. No they may not need a house. Kan is not always good to sleep in the house beautiful spot, "said Marhendra, COO SpringHill. On the other hand, the property company's creative team must work hard designing a house that nice, solid, but at the same time affordable. This is the challenge companies properties, the company also in other areas of business,

Senior developer Ciputra states, he asks all staff members work in production and very efficient. Property development to meet the priority needs of consumers, not for show. Ciputra also always believed, in the current crisis as there is always a slit for the players entered the property. In all there are always opportunities crisis, there is always room for berimprovisasi and themselves. Senior developers, it will continue until the project is finished. The complete two more years, the crisis is expected by the community and purchasing power has been restored. At the time, the products are all consumers.

The same trick is done other developers, Puri Botanical Garden, Jakarta. CEO of this company, Sanusi Tanawi, stated, the company was lucky because not unduly affected by the storm of economic crisis the world is tremendous.

In general can be a problem of red yarn, does not disprove that there is a storm of the economic crisis took the world out. However, companies that have a reputation of not hopeless. They had opened a moments creativity and innovation. They exert all energy to compete in the very narrow space with the other business people. Interestingly, there is not a quiver, all believe the best strategy has won a narrow market niche. Interesting waiting who prepare the formula most telling. Who can afford the biggest meraup profit during the crisis. That would be able to do so is the company that connoisseurs.

Andi Suruji,Abun Sanda

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Kamis, 30 Oktober 2008

Starting from the education business

Many complained that to open a business opportunity is not there. This is a classic complaint that can not be with us again. Indeed, to start a business we can do with a variety of ways, one with the education that we have. Jerry Yang and David Filo, the founders of Yahoo start a business with education. They are students from Stanford University.Yahoo started from the back parking lots is now growing rapidly.Jerry Yang and David Filo started the business from small and simple.
Jerry Yang describes the discovery that Yahoo is "an accident" when he and Filo tesisnya complete. Filo and that this launch Yahoo when they sit in the universities, before they complete studies. They start doing business with the listing several web sites that they like and write some software that allows a website to get other web sites that will be placed on a web portal called. At the time established in 1994, named Terry's Guide To The World Wide Web. When they know that their sites visited by people from 90 countries, spontaneously say "Yahoo" and finally the words that are used to name their company. In 1999, Yahoo reach star status. Net income in quadruplicate fourth quarter of 57.6 million, while revenue jump from 91 million dollars into 201 million dollars. Now, Yahoo is the best portal in 2002

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