Wednesday, June 27, 2012

New Discovery Mars is Full of Water!!

June 22, 2012

Scientists Discover That Mars is Full of Water 

By Joseph Stromberg


Despite claims in the 1890s that Mars was filled with canals teeming with water, research over the past several decades has suggested that in fact, Mars has only a tiny amount of water, mostly near its surface. Then, during the 1970s, as part of NASA’s Mariner space orbiter program, dry river beds and canyons on Mars were discovered—the first indications that surface water may have once existed there. The Viking program subsequently found enormous river valleys on the planet, and in 2003 it was announced that the Mars Odyssey spacecraft had actually detected minute quantities of liquid water on and just below the surface, which was later confirmed by the Phoenix lander.

Now, according to an article published yesterday in the journal Geology, there is evidence that Mars is home to vast reservoirs of water in its interior as well. The finding has weighty implications for our understanding of the geology of Mars, for hopes that the planet may have at some point in the past been home to extraterrestrial life and for the long-term prospects of human colonization there.

“There has been substantial evidence for the presence of liquid water at the Martian surface for some time,” said Erik Hauri, one of the study’s authors. “So it’s been puzzling why previous estimates for the planet’s interior have been so dry. This new research makes sense.”

The research team, led by led by University of New Mexico scientist Francis McCubbin, didn’t even have to go all the way to Mars to find the water—they just closely looked at a pair of meteorites we’ve already had for some time. The Shergotty meteorite, which crashed in Bihar, India in 1865, and the Queen Alexandria Range 94201 meteorite, which landed in Antarctica and was discovered in 1994, were both ejected from Mars roughly 2.5 million years ago. Because they formed due to volcanic activity, when molten Martian mantle was brought to the surface and crystallized, they can tell us a great deal about the planet’s insides.

“We analyzed two meteorites that had very different processing histories,” Hauri said. “One had undergone considerable mixing with other elements during its formation, while the other had not.” For both of the meteorites, the team looked specifically at the amount of water molecules locked inside crystals of the mineral apatite and used this as a proxy for how much water was contained in the original rock on Mars that produced the meteorites. To determine the precise amount of water, they used a technology called secondary ion mass spectrometry, which shoots a focused beam of ions at the sample and measures the amount of ions that bounce off of the surface.


The amount of water in the meteorites suggested that the Martian mantle contains somewhere between 70 and 300 parts per million of water—an amount strikingly similar to Earth’s own mantle. Because both the samples contained roughly the same water content despite their different geological histories on Mars, the researchers believe that the planet incorporated this water long ago, during the early stages of its formation. The paper also provides us with an answer for how underground water may have made its way to the Martian surface: volcanic activity.


Earlier this week, we discussed how solar radiation is among the many problems that face potential human colonization of Mars, but finding a huge underground store of water inside the planet would still go a long way towards making settlement a legitimate possibility. In the long-term, drilling for underground water may be cheaper and easier than, say, trying to melt surface ice, or subsisting off the tiny amount of surface water that we know is present.

Additionally, the finding is getting an entire separate crowd excited: those who are hoping to find fossil or other evidence that Mars once supported life. The fact that water has apparently existed on the planet for such a long time makes the odds of life originating there just a little less scant.

All this from a pair of meteorites that crashed on our planet over a century ago. Just imagine what we might learn during future missions to Mars, such as NASA’s unmanned space laboratory, Curiosity, which will land on Mars on August 5th.

Still, it won’t be easy. Watch this NASA video to learn about the riskiest part of the whole mission—the seven minutes between when the rover hits the top of the Martian atmosphere and when it touches down.
Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/suprising-science/scientists-discover-that-mars-is-full-of-water.html#ixzz1yxvRDGHU

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Balotelli's crop!! || Imej Kepala Balotelli Di Ladang Gandum


Support: Italian artist Dario Gambarin shows the back of the head of Mario Balotelli cut into a wheat filed near Verona

Balotelli spurred onto glory by giant crop circle of his head in Italian field

By Sportsmail Reporter
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Italy and Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli was spurred onto glory against England by a unlikely tribute before the game in Kiev. An artist in his homeland ploughed a field to show show the back of the strikers head.

Dario Gambarini has used tractors to similar effect to create images of Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela among others in the past opted to create Balotelli ahead of the big game. The 2,700 square metre piece was created in Castagnaro, near the artist’s native Verona.

Rather than show Balotelli’s face, however, Gambarini broke with tradition to portray the Manchester City striker’s trademark Mohawk haircut, with the word ‘Italia’ visible at the top of his shirt.

'I wanted to pay homage to all the Azzuri,’ Gambarini said. ‘But it seemed ideal to reproduce the blonde Mohawk of Balotelli on a field of threshed wheat.'

Balotelli scored the first penalty in Italy's 4-2 shoot-out win over England on Sunday night.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk



Sky high: The Balotelli creation was clear for all to see


 Imej kepala Balotelli di ladang gandum

CASTAGNARO - Seorang artis seni, Dario Gambarini menggunakan sebuah traktor untuk menghasilkan imej seperti kepala bintang bola sepak Itali, Mario Balotelli di sebuah ladang gandum di sini kelmarin.

Menurut Gambarini, dia membuat kerja seni itu bagi memberi penghormatan untuk skuad Itali. Imej itu berjaya disiapkan sebelum pasukan Itali menentang England dalam Kejohanan Bola Sepak Eropah (Euro) 2012.

- Agensi (Kosmo Online)

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Oki Setiana Dewi

Oki Setiana Dewi

Oleh Norhayati Nordin
yati@hmetro.com.my

NAMA Oki Setiana Dewi tentunya sudah tidak asing di kalangan penonton tempatan. Apatah lagi, bagi yang sudah menonton lakonannya dalam filem dan sinetron popular Indonesia, Ketika Cinta Bertasbih (KCB) karya Habiburrahman El Shirazy. Watak Anna Althafunnisa nyata cukup mempopularkan Oki.

Baru berusia 23 tahun, gadis yang tampil menutup aurat ini matang berbicara.
Setiap patah katanya, jelas menonjolkan dia seorang yang berilmu. Tanpa berlindung, Oki memaklumkan kedatangannya ke negara ini adalah untuk berkongsi kisah penghasilan dua novel karyanya dan pengalaman sebagai penulis.


Menghasilkan novel Melukis Pelangi: Catatan Hati Oki Setiana Dewi dan Sejuta Pelangi: Pernik Cinta Oki Setiana Dewi, anak kelahiran Batam, Indonesia itu yang ditemui pada majlis ramah mesra bersamanya di Spice Garden, Chulan Square, Kuala Lumpur kelmarin, mengakui sambutan yang diterimanya sangat baik.

“Novel pertama, Melukis Pelangi: Catatan Hati Oki Setiana Dewi mengisahkan perjalanan hidup saya daripada seorang gadis biasa sehinggalah dikenali ramai selepas membintangi filem KCB. Dalam setahun penjualannya di Indonesia, novel ini menjadi antara karya yang laris di pasaran dan sudah lapan kali cetakan semula.


NUKILAN SAYA...Oki menunjukkan dua novel tulisannya, Melukis Pelangi: Catatan Hati Oki Setiana Dewi dan Sejuta Pelangi: Pernik Cinta Oki Setiana Dewi.

“Manakala, novel Sejuta Pelangi: Pernik Cinta Oki Setiana Dewi pula baru tiga bulan berada di pasaran Indonesia dan sudah empat kali cetakan semula. Saya sangat bersyukur dengan penerimaan baik pembaca terhadap kedua-dua novel ini yang dihasilkan menerusi pengalaman yang pernah saya lalui.

“Bagi novel Sejuta Pelangi, saya menulis kisah diri ini bersama masyarakat.
Antaranya, pengalaman mendekati seorang kanak-kanak pesakit kanser, bertemu orang di rumah sakit jiwa serta banduan yang dipenjarakan. Berada di sisi mereka, saya tidak menyangka golongan ini cukup tabah menghadapi dugaan Tuhan.


TENANG...Oki ramah memberi jawapan pada setiap soalan wakil media kepadanya.

“Mereka memberi saya inspirasi dan pengajaran dalam hidup. Ia membuatkan saya mahu lebih memahami agama yang dianuti dan dekat dengan Sang Pencipta. Justeru, dengan sokongan baik yang diterima daripada golongan banduan, saya mengambil inisiatif menganjurkan kelas mengaji al-Quran di penjara.

“Aktiviti ini (ajar mengaji) sudah saya lakukan beberapa bulan yang lalu. Bagi saya, daripada menghabiskan masa dengan hanya mengambil gambar bersama saja adalah lebih baik diadakan majlis ilmu yang memberi manfaat untuk kami semua.

Secara tidak langsung, saya dan mereka (banduan) dekat dengan Allah,” katanya.

Oki yang bertudung pada usia 16 tahun berkata, atas sambutan baik diterimanya, dia akan melancarkan novel ketiga Cahaya Di Atas Cahaya tidak lama lagi.

Katanya inspirasi untuk penghasilan novel itu diperoleh ketika dia melanjutkan pengajian selama sebulan di Universiti Ummul Qura, Makkah pada Februari lalu.

Mengakui dirinya seorang yang begitu cintakan ilmu, Oki menyifatkan semakin dia gigih mencari ilmu, sebenarnya masih banyak yang belum diketahui. Ujar anak sulung daripada tiga beradik ini, ilmu Allah itu cukup luas dan takkan pernah habis diperoleh. Katanya dia akan sentiasa terus belajar.

Berbicara mengenai watak Anna Althafunnisa lakonannya, Oki berkata sudah empat tahun dirinya cukup dikenali peminat dengan nama itu. Jelasnya, dia tidak kisah dipanggil Anna sampai bila-bila pun. Menurut Oki, dia menjadi sangat jatuh cinta pada agama Islam yang dianuti sejak mendapat peluang membintangi KCB.


CINTA ILMU...Oki lanjutkan pengajian di Universiti Ummul Qura, Makkah pada Februari lalu selama sebulan.

“KCB membawa impak yang besar dalam diri saya terhadap agama. Saya sentiasa berdoa kepada Allah dan berusaha mahu menjadi manusia yang baik. Saya bersyukur dipilih melakonkan watak Anna dalam KCB yang cukup memotivasikan diri ini.
Memang impian saya pun menjadi Anna di dunia yang nyata.

“Sebelum berlakon dalam KCB, saya sudah pun membaca novelnya. Saya suka dengan watak Anna itu yang digambarkan sebagai seorang wanita yang baik. Malah, apabila diberi kepercayaan melakonkannya, saya banyak pula belajar mengenai ilmu rumah tangga walaupun saya belum berkahwin,” katanya.

Menerusi KCB juga, Oki meraih anugerah Pendatang Baru Wanita Terbaik Indonesian Movie Award 2010 dan Pendatang Baru Wanita Favorit Indonesian Movie Award
2010. Pun begitu, sikap Oki yang profesional membuka peluang untuk wakil media mengetahui sedikit kisah peribadinya seperti impian perkahwinan.

Oki berkata, dia adalah seorang wanita yang berharap dapat bertemu jodoh pada usia muda. Katanya, dia bersyukur sekiranya impian itu tertunai dan calon terpilih pula direstui kedua-dua ibu bapanya.

Sehubungan itu, lakonan Oki boleh disaksikan penonton dalam pakej Indo Pek
di Saluran Bintang (141) dan Pelangi (142).

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Luka Magnotta Ditahan di Berlin Neukoelln || Luka Magnotta Arrested in Berlin’s Neukoelln

Magnotta is led away by police 

Kosmo Online :

BERLIN, Jerman – Seorang aktor porno yang digelar ‘Orang Gila Kanada’ kerana membunuh dan mengerat seorang lelaki lain dihadapkan ke sebuah mahkamah di sini semalam.

Pelakon lucah berkenaan, Luka Rocco Magnotta memberitahu, dia tidak akan mencabar proses ekstradisi bagi membawanya pulang ke Kanada.

“Dia dibawa ke hadapan seorang hakim yang mengesahkan penangkapan tersebut,” kata jurucakap pejabat pendakwa raya awam di sini, Martin Steltner.

“Suspek kemudian memberitahu dia tidak akan mencabar proses ekstradisinya,” tambah jurucakap berkenaan.

Menurut Steltner, Magnotta, 29, yang ditangkap di sebuah kafe Internet di ibu kota Jerman di sini kelmarin, akan dipindahkan dari lokap polis ke sebuah penjara.

“Proses mengekstradisi Magnotta kini lebih mudah dan cepat kerana dia bersetuju untuk tidak mencabarnya,” ujar Steltner.
“Namun, dia boleh menukar fikiran,” tambahnya.

Pihak berkuasa Canada percaya Magnotta membunuh seorang pelajar China dengan menggunakan pencungkil ais dan mengerat mayat mangsa sambil merakam perbuatan kejam tersebut.

Laporan awal menyebut, mangsa, Lin Jun yang berusia 33 tahun ialah kekasih Magnotta.
Kes tersebut terbongkar selepas beberapa bahagian badan mangsa dihantar melalui perkhidmatan mel ke beberapa pejabat parti politik di Ottawa. - AFP

 Magnotta enters the internet cafe

Cannibal gay porn ‘psycho killer’ Luka Magnotta caught on CCTV in Berlin internet café before arresthn Hall - Tuesday 05 June 2012 from http://www.independent.co.uk

The stills were taken by a CCTV camera in a Berlin internet café, and capture the moment an international manhunt for 29-year-old Luka Magnotta came to an end.
Magnotta today told a German court that he would not fight extradition to Canada, where authorities are currently preparing papers to request his extradition.
Magnotta allegedly murdered his 33-year-old Chinese lover Jun Lin in a Montreal flat on the evening of May 24. Parts of the university student’s body were then posted to political offices in the city of Ottawa, including the Canadian Prime Minister’s party HQ.
A ten-minute video entitled ‘One Lunatic, One Ice Pick’ was posted online after the killing. The footage shows a man thought to be Magnotta attacking his naked, tied-up victim with an ice pick, before hacking him to pieces, eating parts of his flesh, and performing sexual acts on his corpse.
Magnotta is thought to have fled Montreal for Paris two days after the murder, passing through customs unchallenged despite the international search for him.
Police say he spent at least two days in the French capital, before travelling to Berlin on a coach.
The bisexual porn star, who also worked as a gay prostitute under the name ‘Angel’ and has had plastic surgery to look like James Dean, was captured after an employee of an internet café in Berlin’s Neukoelln district recognised him.
To double check he had the right man, Kadir Anlayisl, began searching the internet for articles on Magnotta, and noticed the man in the café was looking at exactly the same articles on his computer.
Anlayisl then ran outside and flagged down a passing police van saying “I have someone here you might be looking for."
Police said there was no struggle in arresting Magnotta, who "tried at first giving fake names…but in the end he just said ‘you got me'."
Martin Steltner, a spokesman for the Berlin public prosecutor's office, told the AFP news agency that Magnotta’s extradition process could take months to go through, but added that it "will be easier and will be faster" now that Mr Magnotta has said he will not oppose it.

You can DOWNLOAD the video "1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick"

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

‘Bayi ajaib’ terselamat - Kota Samarahan

REMUK...keadaan Perodua Kancil yang dinaiki bayi bersama bapanya serta empat orang lain. Gambar kecil, bapa bayi dibawa ke hospital. 


‘Bayi ajaib’ terselamat

Oleh Rabi ‘Atul ‘Adawiyah Ismail
rabiatul@hmetro.com.my

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Seorang bayi lelaki berusia enam bulan memeranjatkan orang ramai apabila hanya luka ringan walaupun tercampak keluar dari kereta Perodua Kancil yang terbabit dalam kemalangan jalan raya di satu persimpangan berhampiran Desa Ilmu di sini, kelmarin.
Dalam kejadian jam 12 tengah hari itu, ‘bayi ajaib’ itu menangis di atas jalan raya sebelum dibantu orang ramai dan segera dihantar ke klinik kesihatan berhampiran manakala bapanya tidak sedarkan diri akibat kemalangan itu.
Difahamkan, bayi berkenaan dipangku bapanya yang duduk di bahagian penumpang hadapan Perodua Kancil itu, tercampak keluar melalui tingkap yang terbuka ketika kenderaan dinaiki enam penumpang itu berpusing selepas dirempuh sebuah kereta.

Kemalangan dipercayai berlaku apabila kereta Proton Iswara yang dipandu laju, gagal berhenti untuk mengelak kereta yang dinaiki mangsa yang membuat pusingan U dari Kota Samarahan menuju ke Desa Ilmu.

Menurut sumber, perlanggaran kuat itu menyebabkan kereta Kancil berpusing dan bayi berkenaan tercampak keluar.

**Beli surat kaba metro aritok or surat kaba tempatan mun mok baca lebih lanjut (^_^)

Gerhana bulan separa di Asia - Asia witnesses partial lunar eclipse

GERHANA bulan separa di langit Ishinomaki, Jepun


Gerhana bulan separa di Asia 

Kosmo Online

SYDNEY – Fenomena gerhana bulan separa pertama pada tahun ini dapat dilihat oleh kebanyakan orang di sebahagian kawasan di Asia.
Di Australia dan timur Jepun, fenomena itu dapat dilihat apabila bumi bergerak antara bulan dan matahari sehingga meninggalkan satu bayang-bayang kelabu.
“Ia kelihatan agak ganjil kerana keadaannya tidak seperti bulan sabit normal. Ia seperti satu gigitan yang dikeluarkan daripada bulan,” kata Jonti Horner dari Jabatan Astrofizik, Universiti New South Wales, Sydney.
Sementara itu, beratus-ratus orang yang membanjiri Planetarium Negara, Kuala Lumpur untuk menyaksikan fenomena itu kecewa kerana ruang angkasa dilitupi awan.
Namun, orang ramai di Jakarta bertuah kerana cuaca ketika itu begitu baik dan memberi peluang mereka melihat fenomena tersebut selama 90 minit.
“Ia merupakan sesuatu yang amat menarik kerana anda tidak akan melihat gerhana seperti ini pada setiap tahun,” kata seorang anggota sebuah kelab astronomi, Ichshan Ramadan.
– AFP



Asia witnesses partial lunar eclipse

 A partial eclipse occurs when Earth slides between the moon and the sun (AFP, Torsten Blackwood)

SYDNEY — The first partial lunar eclipse of the year provided dramatic scenes across Asia late Monday, with a clear moon visible to many as the event unfolded.
While Australia and the east of Japan watched as the Earth slid between the Moon and the Sun, casting a grey shadow over the satellite, those hoping to view the eclipse in Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur were thwarted by cloud cover.
"It does look a bit odd because it's not like a normal crescent moon," said Jonti Horner from the astrophysics department of Sydney's University of New South Wales.
"It looks like a bite has been taken out of the moon," he told AFP as he watched the sky.
Fred Watson, astronomer-in-charge of the Anglo-Australian Observatory in western New South Wales, said: "A partial eclipse of the moon is the kind of thing that happens every few years but it's still worth looking at because of its astronomical interest."
In Japan about 20 people gathered at an astronomical observatory 367 metres (1,200 feet) above sea level in Rikubetsu on the northern island of Hokkaido.
"People started to utter such words in admiration as 'it's beautiful' and 'it's awesome' as the eclipse neared its maximum level," Noriko Sasaki, a worker at the observatory, said by telephone.
Hundreds of people who flocked to the National Planetarium in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur after sunset to witness the spectacle were left disappointed by the clouds and instead were shown films on astronomy.
Skywatchers in the Indonesian capital were luckier as the weather cleared to give them a view of the phenomena for 90 minutes.

 A participant peers through a telescope to view a partial lunar eclipse in Jakarta (AFP, Oscar Siagian)

"It's so interesting because you don't get to see an eclipse like this every year," said Ichshan Ramadan, 15, a member of a local astronomy club.
Monday's eclipse is part of a rare double show this week which includes the Transit of Venus -- one of the most eagerly awaited events in the astronomical calendar.
Skywatchers in the Pacific and East Asia were expected to have the best view of the eclipse, weather permitting.
Most of Australia, all of New Zealand, the nations of the South Pacific and Papua New Guinea were due to see it in full, while Southeast Asia, Eastern China, Japan and Korea were to witness most of it.
It will not be visible in Europe or Africa, but people in western North America and Mexico will see it at the end stages when the Moon sets.
"Actual eclipses are relatively common, there are usually about two a year," Watson said.
"But what makes them kind of rare is that they are not all visible from everywhere, and in particular solar eclipses really are only visible from a very small part of the Earth's surface."
On Tuesday, North America will get to see the early stage of the Transit of Venus which occurs when Venus passes between Earth and the Sun, appearing under magnification as a small black dot that trots across the solar face.
The next transit will not take place until 2117.
Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific, Japan and Korea, as well as most of China and much of Southeast Asia, will be able to see the entire transit, lasting six hours, 40 minutes, in what will be Wednesday morning their time.
South Asia, the Middle East and Europe will get the end part, when they enter sunrise on Wednesday.
Copyright © 2012 AFP. All rights reserved.

Sunday, June 3, 2012

"1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick" Video Seorang Gay Membunuh Kekasihnya Dengan Kejam!! **UPDATE DOWNLOAD LINK**

Luke Magnotta kini diburu seluruh eropah

File : 1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick || Format : flv || Size : 22MB

dari MyMetro Ahad :

Kanibal gay diburu di Eropah

LONDON: Seorang lelaki yang merakam gambarnya ketika memotong mayat kekasih sebelum menghantar bahagian tubuh mangsa kepada ahli politik di Kanada, kini diburu di seluruh Eropah.
Luke Magnotta yang disyaki melakukan kanibalism, berlepas dari Kanada ke Perancis selepas memuatnaikkan rakaman pembunuhan itu di Internet.
Polis Britain bimbang bintang porno berkenaan kini berada di negara itu.

Enam bulan lalu, dia menginap di sebuah bilik di Fusilier Inn, Wembley, di London Utara, ketika datang untuk bersiar-siar ke negara itu. 

Mangsa Lin, 33 kekasih Magnotta

Ketika di Britain, dia disoal oleh wartawan selepas memuatnaikkan filem dalam Internet yang menunjukkan seekor ular diberi makan seekor anak kucing.

Dalam e-mel kepada akhbar The Sun pada Disember lalu, dia berkata: “Anda akan mendengar lebih banyak lagi daripada saya. Selepas ini, mangsa bukanlah haiwan yang kecil.”

Dia juga memberi amaran serupa kepada Perbadanan Penyiaran Britain (BBC).

Semalam, ketika 190 negara menyertai operasi memburu Magnotta, polis Kanada mengenal pasti mangsa sebagai Lin Jun, pelajar China yang belajar di Montreal.

Polis berkata, Lin, 33, menjalinkan hubungan dengan Magnotta, 29.

Penyiasat di Perancis memberitahu akhbar The Mail, Magnotta berlepas dengan pesawat dari Kanada ke Paris Sabtu lalu.

Pembunuhan dipercayai berlaku sehari sebelum itu.

Kaki mangsa dilapor sampai di ibu pejabat Parti Konservatif di Ottawa pada Selasa dan tangan dihantar ke pejabat Parti Liberal negara itu.

Seorang penyiasat Perancis berkata: “Magnotta taksub dengan Menara Eiffel dan Moulin Rouge dan yakin dia boleh bersembunyi di negara yang disukainya.”

Ketua Polis Montreal, Ian Lafreniere berkata, pihaknya kini menyiasat dengan melayari Internet memandangkan Magnotta menggunakan beberapa laman sosial untuk meluahkan rasa bangga kerana dapat melarikan diri.

Lafreniere juga memberi amaran, lelaki itu bijak menyamar diri, termasuk menyerupai wanita dengan memakai rambut palsu.

Polis berkata, Lin tiba di Montreal Julai lalu dan belajar di Universiti Concordia.

Keluarganya terputus hubungan dengannya sejak 24 Mei.

Beberapa hari kemudian, pekerja menemui sebahagian mayat dalam beg pakaian berhampiran apartmen Magnotta dan beberapa lagi dalam flat lelaki itu.

Video pembunuhan itu berdjudul ‘1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick’ menunjukkan seorang lelaki diikat pada katil, ditikam dan dipotong dengan pisau dan pemecah ais. - DM

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