South Korea create robot Island

Seoul - South Korean government was designing Robot Land, a research center and recreation facilities fully contain the robot. That said, this is the park's first robot in the world.

Quoted from Cnet, Friday (19/2/2010), this robot island territory would be opened in Incheon, one of the largest cities in the country Ginseng. Cost of manufacture is said to reach U.S. $ 560 million.

According to the website Robot Land, the park will display all of this robot nuanced forms of entertainment robots. For example the famous robots exhibitions and reconstructions of the atmosphere like a robot movie 'Minority Report' or 'I, Robot'.


In fact, the cashier had planned to show the form of robots. There is also a research center of the robot and robot competition arena. The visitors seemed to be feeling like being on the planet Robot robot when entering this Land.

Robot Land Construction will begin this year and is expected to be completed in 2013. There will target 2.8 million visitors per year and 18 thousand jobs created thanks to Robot Land.

Robot Land may be one arena to show off South Korean robot technology. Besides Japan and the United States, this country is one of the leading robot makers.

Israeli Warplanes Bomb Gaza Targets

A Palestinian woman walks past the site of an overnight Israeli army air strike in Gaza City, 02 Apr 2010

Palestinian witnesses and officials say Israeli warplanes carried out at least six raids on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip early Friday

They say at least three air strikes targeted an area near the central town of Khan Younis, the site of last week's deadly clash between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen.

Another strike destroyed a workshop in the refugee camp of Nusseirat and the last one completely destroyed a dairy factory. Hospital sources said at least two children were injured by flying debris.

The Israeli military says the raids were a response to a rocket attack from Gaza on Israel.

Thousands of Israelis gathered in the West Bank city of Hebron Thursday to celebrate Israel's inclusion of the Cave of Patriarchs and Rachel's Tomb near Bethlehem as a national heritage sites.

The move angered Palestinians and sparked clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces. Palestinians claim the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem as part of a future state and reject Israel's settlement activity and military occupation of the area.

The Cave of Patriarchs is believed to be the burial site of Abraham - a sacred figure to both Muslims and Jews.

War News for Friday, April 02, 2010

NATO is reporting the death of an ISAF soldier in an IED attack in an undisclosed location in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, April 1st.


Seven Kurdish Rebels Killed In Clashes With Turkish Army:

Israeli tank-defence system could be sign of future in Western battle against insurgents:

800 cases filed on civilians killed in US wars: ACLU:

Blog: Army Report: GIs Outgunned in Afghanistan:

US Opposed to Iran-Pak Gas Pipeline Deal:

Dutch army to leave Afghanistan in '10:

Afghan President Rebukes West and U.N.


Reported security incidents

Afghanistan: "The (not so) Forgotten War (anymore)"
#1: A Japanese journalist has been kidnapped in Afghanistan, Japan's chief cabinet secretary said on Friday, after media reports saying the freelancer had gone missing in the northern city of Kunduz. Kosuke Tsuneoka, a 40-year-old freelance journalist who is a Muslim, has been in Afghanistan since mid-March to cover the Taliban, Japanese media reported. It was unclear who the kidnappers were.

#2: Three people were killed and five others wounded when a convoy of vehicles belonging to a private security company was ambushed by Taliban fighters near Karwangah village in western Farah province, police commander General Ekramuddim Yarwal said. He said two Taliban gumen had been arrested by police. A Taliban spokesman, Qare Yusuf Ahmadi, said 17 people were killed and many vehicles had been taken.

#3: Two Taliban militants were killed as they came under air attacks in Khost province east of Afghanistan on Thursday, a military local official said. "Two militants were busy in planting mine on a road in Lakan area outside Khost provincial capital the Khost city this afternoon when security forces identified them and called in airpower. Aircraft of NATO-led forces dropped bomb and killed both on the spot," General Mohammad Nawab told Xinhua.


DoD: Pfc. Raymond N. Pacleb

Arriving in America, Ikke Nurjanah 6-hour wait at the Airport

Jakarta-Indonesia, Pedangdut Ikke Nurjanah who was invited as a speaker at the Johns Hopkins University, Washington DC, has arrived in America. However, when set foot in the airport, Ikke forced to wait six hours.

Inspection extra tight for migrants in every airport in the U.S. apparently did not escape the artist happened to this little. Although the invitation to the U.S. came from two universities there, Ikke remain strictly checked. Fortunately rendang and anchovies Balado brought chanter 'Distracted' is still safe in his bag.

Ikke came to the U.S. to sing at the same time as a speaker at the University of Pittsburgh and Johns Hopkins University. At Johns Hopkins University, the former wife of Bragi Aldi will be a speaker in class Indonesian Department of International Studies. Topics raised is' Dangdut and further development in Indonesia and the United States. "


One boy's mother was scheduled as a speaker on Friday (2/4/2010) was at 10.00 local time. In the afternoon, will visit the office Ikke Smithsonian Folkways recordings. There, he will also donate a CD recording to a prestigious music libraries in the U.S..

In addition to being speaker, Ikke will also show in the U.S.. Schedule, in New York (5 April 2010), Pittsburgh (7 April 2010) and Washington DC (11 April 2010). On the sidelines of the dense schedule, he also took a video clip to her new album which will be launched mid-2010 this. Ikke travel series in the U.S. will be closed with an interview in the office of the Voice of America and the presentation Dangdut in USINDO (United States Indonesia Society)

Equated with Jolie, Megan Fox does not want to So Lara Croft

 

Los Angeles - Actress Megan Fox declined the offer to be the sequel to Lara Croft in 'Tomb Raider'. Refusal to do because he would not constantly equated with Angelina Jolie.
"He really loved that character, but the comparison with Angelina is too excessive," said the source, as quoted by Showbiz Spy, Friday (2/4/2010).
According to sources in the production of which is the sequel to 'Tomb Raider', has yet to find another actor who is the next Lara Croft. When the film began to be made also can not be ascertained.
Recently, Megan was time to express his frustration as compared to Jolie. "The media love to sell it, why should the next or the new," he said.
Since his name sticking out, especially after starring in 'Transformers,' Megan is often compared with Angelina Jolie. Both the actress, was mentioned both have sexy lips and eyes.

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Regulation: one more round

The Economist's Europe correspondent, Charlemagne, yesterday used his blog in order to launch a rather stinging attack on the state of the UK press' coverage of the EU. It seems to have been prompted by our latest report on the cost of regulation to the UK economy, and the proportion of that which comes from the EU.

It is not for us to defend the state of the UK press but we will use this opportunity to respond to some of Charlemagne's comments on the report.

Charlemagne argued the report's findings are “tendentious because the British government would have regulated in all sorts of areas even if we did not belong to the EU, and because not all regulation has benefits that can be directly costed.”

On Open Europe’s findings that, according to the Government’s own impact assessments, UK-derived laws on average produce a benefit roughly 2.5 higher than EU laws, Charlemagne argues “The EU and national governments regulate different things, because of the way legislative competences are divvied up by the EU treaties. So [Open Europe’s] comparison is between apples and oranges. It might well be that the EU regulates wastefully, but then again it might also be that the EU has powers to regulate in some expensive areas, like environmental law or health and safety law, where the main benefits are hard-to-cost public goods.”

Now, we need to be able to handle scrutiny just as we expect others to handle how we scrutinise them, so we appreciate constructive criticism. We don't claim to be disinterested, and we certainly make no excuses for highlighting where the EU goes wrong. The EU needs more, not less scrutiny by bodies not funded by the EU itself. But we do aim to produce material that is accurate. And we're trying to be critical but constructive - which we think our track record shows.

We note that Charlemagne makes no mention in his post of the 30 or so suggestions we make in our regulation report for how to improve regulation and EU scrutiny (working within the EU)...it would be interesting to see him engage with those points as well.

And to call our argument on the benefit-ratio "shocking" is a bit much, to put it mildly.

Again, when adding all the extracted data from Impact Assessments together, the fact is that the benefit/cost ratio of UK regulations is 2.35, while the benefit/cost of EU regulations is 1.02. In pure quantified terms, that gives UK regulation, roughly, a 2.5 times more favourable cost-benefit ratio. We did not make that up.

Note also that we excluded all the IAs which did not contain a quantified benefit (otherwise the discrepancy would've been vastly larger). Now, we can discuss what feasibly can be subject to quantification, the counterfactual and appropriate comparisons - we should be critiqued on all those points. But seriously, is it really 'intellectually insulting', as Charlemagne suggests, that we shed light on the fact that, according to the Government's own estimates, EU laws are more costly than UK laws relative to the benefits they generate? And given that it is the Government that includes such a ratio in its own impact assessments, surely this should be open to discussion?

Charlemagne's answer is that they regulate different parts of the economy. But this simply isn't true as a categorical statement. For one, the Lisbon treaty codifies a huge area of shared competencies. And therefore, there are a large number of comparative laws, i.e. UK
legislation: extending the scope of the right to request flexible working vs. EU legislation: preventing less favourable treatment for non-fixed employees. Quite apart from the merits of these laws, they are dealing with exactly the same parts of the economy and the labour market. Even in these areas we tend to see a similar benefit/cost ratio discrepancy, which led to our conclusion that is better, where possible, to regulate nationally.

Charlemagne also says that: "But without regulation, there would be no single market.
Some of that regulation will be designed to keep skittish, hygiene-obsessed German or Danish mothers (for example) calm about food safety, and ease their fears about dangerous salami being imported from the far corners of the EU to poison their blond-headed moppets. That may be expensive, but that fuss-potting gives political cover for the Danish and German governments to approve EU enlargement to countries like Romania or Slovakia, and that is really good for the long-term health of the EU. How do you possibly measure the costs and benefits of such things?"

Sure but, given that regulation is the principle means by which the EU is used to exercise power, if we do not debate the relative trade-offs between excessive EU health and safety regulation, for example, and what the UK gets in return through enlargement, for example, what is the point in debating EU issues at all? From a UK point of view, the question should surely be 'at what cost is the UK furthering its interests through the EU?' There is a sensible, if complex, argument to be had here.

In fact, in the report we acknowledge:

"However, there are also clear benefits stemming from EU regulations and, overall, the benefits of being part of the EU's regulatory regime - and therefore the Single Market - still outweigh the costs on pure economic grounds. Some regulations emanating from Brussels serve to free up markets, improve consumer protection, reduce costs and so forth."

We also acknowledge:

"There are EU regulations that would have been put into place anyway. However, clearly some laws would not have existed. And crucially, while the broad framework of many EU laws may have existed in the UK anyway, a whole range of prescriptive requirements contained within these laws certainly would not have [we give some examples]....And quite apart from the actual proportion, the source of regulation is vitally important both in terms of practically amending or changing it and in terms of political accountability."

The fact is that there are many more nuances to this debate - and indeed to Open Europe - than Charlemagne sets out in his blog post. And by simply dismissing our arguments without properly challenging them he risks being guilty of the same crime he accuses much of the rest of UK media of.

War News for Thursday, April 01, 2010

MNF-Iraq (OIF) is reporting the death of a U.S. Soldier from non-combat related injuries in Baghdad, Iraq on Monday, March 9th.

NATO is reporting the death of an ISAF soldier in an IED attack in an undisclosed location in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, April 1st.


WHO investigates Iraqi birth defects:

OPEC Output Falls From a 14-Month High, Survey Shows:

CERA: Iraq's Oil Revolution Is Massively Over-Hyped, There's No Way They Can Expand As Fast As They Hope

One missing after US Navy plane crashes into Arabian Sea:

When Military Moves a War, There Are No Shortcuts:

Five Kurdish rebels killed in Turkish fighting:


Reported security incidents

Baghdad:
#1: Policemen found two bodies of a woman and a girl in northeastern Baghdad, a police source said Thursday. “Police forces found late Wednesday (March 31) two slaughtered bodies of a woman and a girl in al-Basateen neighborhood in al-Shaab region, northeastern Baghdad,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

#2: Unknown gunmen killed an official of the health ministry late Wednesday in western Baghdad, a police source said Thursday. “The gunmen stormed the house of deputy director of the health ministry, Mohammad Jalab Ahmad, in al-Shamasiya region in western Baghdad,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

#3: A roadside bomb targeting a liquor store wounded two people in northern Baghdad, police said.

#4: A roadside bomb targeting a liquor store wounded one person on Wednesday in Yarmouk District, west-central Baghdad, police said.

#5: A roadside bomb wounded two people on Wednesday in Bayaa District, southwestern Baghdad, police said.

#6: Gunmen shot dead the owner of a mobile phone store inside his shop on Wednesday in Ur District, northeastern Baghdad, police said.


Tikrit:
#1: One civilian and a child were wounded on Thursday in a roadside bomb explosion in central Tikrit, according to a police source. “The bomb exploded this morning (April 1) targeting a U.S. vehicle patrol in al-Arbayeen street in central Tikrit,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The blast wounded a citizen and a child and damaged the U.S. vehicle,” he added.


Baaj:
#1: One gunman was killed while he was trying to plant an improvised explosive device (IED) in Ninewa, a local police source said on Wednesday. “The incident occurred in al-Biaaj district (126 km west of Mosul),” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.The source did not give further details.


Hawija:
#1: One citizen was wounded in an improvised explosive device blast in southwest of Kirkuk, a local police chief said.“The bomb went off late Wednesday (March 31) in front of a citizen’s house in central al-Huweija district, southwest of Kirkuk, seriously injuring him,” Brig. Sarhad Qader told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.


Mosul:
#1: One woman was killed on Wednesday when unknown gunmen broke into her house in Mosul City, a local police source said. “On Wednesday evening, unknown gunmen broke into a house in al-Intisar neighborhood, eastern Mosul, and killed a woman inside…,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.


Tal Afar:
#1: Three gunmen were wounded while they were planting an explosive device in northern Talafar, while a fourth gunman was arrested following the blast, a local police chief said on Wednesday. “This evening, an improvised explosive device (IED) hit four gunmen inside a children’s toy store in al-Salam neighborhood, northern Talafar (60 km northwest of Mosul),” Col. Ali Hadi Obeid told Aswat al-Iraq news agency



Afghanistan: "The Forgotten War"
#1: AN Australian soldier has been wounded in Afghanistan after his patrol was fired upon by insurgents. The soldier was airlifted to Tarin Kowt and is in a satisfactory condition.
The incident occurred on Wednesday in the Mirabad Valley region of Oruzgan Province. The 1st Mentoring Task Force and Afghan National Army patrol was on foot at the time of the attack. He was wounded in the initial exchange of gunfire during the attack. "Insurgents fired at the patrol as they moved through the complex terrain of the Mirabad Valley," Major General Cantwell said. The patrol provided suppressing fire at the insurgents as the wounded soldier was moved to safety for initial treatment before he was evacuated by air. However, the enemy forces then relocated and re-engaged with small arms fire.

#2: Pakistani troops stormed militant positions and helicopters destroyed vehicles carrying insurgents near the Afghan border Thursday, killing 28 suspected militants and forcing thousands of civilians to flee, officials said. The offensive in the Orakzai tribal region is aimed at flushing out Pakistani Taliban insurgents who had fled an army onslaught further south. Government official Sami Ullah said at least 18 militants died in clashes with troops in Orakzai. As a group of insurgents fled to the neighboring Kurram region, helicopters hit three vehicles, killing 10 more militants and wounding some others, local military commander Lt. Col. Akbar Butt said.

#3: A bomb attack during a humanitarian program killed at least seven civilians and injured 20 more people near Lashkar Gah, Helmand's provincial capital in southern Afghanistan. Just prior to the explosion, seeds were handed to farmers by government officials, but it is still unclear whether some of them were harmed. The aid was part of a program aiming to stop locals from growing opium poppy, according to Helmand’s Gov. Ahmadi.

#4: Taliban commander Ziaur Rehman was killed in a shootout between different tribes in northwest Pakistan's Orakzai tribal agency, local sources said Thursday. Another six terrorists were also killed in the security forces offensive on late Wednesday night, local sources said.


DoD: Pfc. James L. Miller

Wedding Events grandest and most luxurious in Indonesia

Date 1 April 2010 Nia Ramadhani will release the single. Nia would be edited Bakrie Ardie wealthy businessman who was none other than the son of the richest people as Southeast Asia, Bakrie. A number of preparations had been made, including waging the second held a big family some time ago. "Towards the preparation of D-day Inshallah okay," Ardi said that diamini Nia.
Ardie that looks nothing like relaxing, Nia deg-degan admitted ahead of the happy day. "If people are already married would know it. Yes, deg-degan, just counting the days again," said Nia encountered while accompanying her husband on the show sparkle ANTV 17th birthday at the Jakarta International Expo Kemayoran, Hall D2, Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, Thursday (25 / 3) night.

Jupe became regent of Pacitan

Who's jupe?
Jupe is better known by the name of Julia Peres is a sexy woman who earlier career in the music world and entertainment world in Indonesia and she is the girlfriend of the boyfriend Gaston Castano.But on the other side of the Jupe in the offer to become a regent Pacitan, many supporters and those who hate to be a regent jupe.

Jupe is known as a woman who often falls into the world of entertainment at night and often use a mini dress made most people do not like it Pacitan.




Originally Jupe indirectly confirmed the offer. Gaston Castano's boyfriend felt she was still green for political affairs.
However, for the betterment of the country, especially Pacitan, Jupe also approve the bid. "On March 23 we signed a letter agreement," he explained.
Problem chosen Pacitan, Jupe did not understand. He also admitted not derived or large in Pacitan.