[NEWS] Super Junior Foresight Leeteuk Secret Confession!

He gathered attention for confessing that his affection for Han Gain, Yun Junghoon’s wife, has not been altered.On the episode of MBC Everyone’s Foresight which will air on March 30th, singer Kim Taewoo and KCM came as guests and taught how to sing soulfully.On the day of filming, Super Junior 3 MC (Leeteuk, Shindong, Donghae) were...

Tsunami Setinggi 1,2 Meter Menghantam Jepang

Tokyo - Gelombang tsunami setinggi 120 centimeter menghantam pantai Pasifik, wilayah Iwate, Jepang, sekitar pukul 13.46 WIB. Sebanyak 320 ribu penduduk Jepang dievakuasi ke tempat aman.

Demikian disampaikan Badan Meteorologi Jepang, seperti dilansir AFP, Minggu (28/2/2010).

Sebelumnya Badan Meteorologi Jepang mengeluarkan peringatan akan adanya tsunami besar di daerah pesisir pantai Jepang yang bersentuhan langsung dengan Pasifik. Gelombang diperkirakan akan mencapai tinggi lebih dari 3 meter.

Akibat tsunami ini, Jepang mengevakuasi 320 ribu penduduknya yang berada di wilayah pantai sebelah timur yang bersentuhan dengan Samudera Pasifik, seperti wilayah Aomori, Iwate, dan Miyagi. Sementara itu, sebuah pelabuhan di utara Nemuro, Jepang, terkena banjir akibat tsunami.

"Dimohon jangan mendekati wilayah pantai mana pun," imbau Perdana Menteri Jepang, Yukio Hatoyama, dalam pidato nasionalnya khusus menghadapi ancaman tsunami akibat gempa Chili.

Gelombang tsunami pertama tercatat setinggi 10 centimeter menyentil pulau kecil Minamitori yang berada 1,950 kilometer sebelah selatan Tokyo. Namun, ketinggian tersebut terus bertambah hingga mencapai 120 centimeter.

Badan Meteorologi Jepang memperingatkan bahwa ketinggian bisa gelombang dapat terus meningkat. Gelombang pertama mungkin tidak menjadi gelombang terbesar. Dan peringatan tsunami nampaknya akan berlaku untuk waktu yang lama.

"Gelombang bisa saja menjangkau daratan, jadi untuk keselamatan Anda harus mengungsi ke tempat yang lebih tinggi dari perkiraan tinggi gelombang tsunami," ujar petugas Badan Meteorologi Jepang, Yasuo Sekita, memperingatkan warga.
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[News] Kim Heechul, created with his “insanity”, curious what’s in his head.

Identifying the insanity in daily life. That was the goal of the interview with Kim Heechul (29). His ambiguous thoughts that make him either a fourth dimension “dork” or a genius, appearance that looks like a man and a woman, his wide repertoire that compromises many generations even though he is an idol star, and years of experience that go against eminent critiques, meet with his very young and innocent eyes making him a very interesting person. The general impression that the public have of Heechul, a singer (Super Junior) and as well as an actor, broadcaster and many more, is generally very similar. Enjoying the distinguished and pompous life, but not really hated, anyways, a character that is very hard to grasp.
#”If I didn’t have this face, would I be here today?”
This is the observation since the debut in 2005 till now. He had a band-aid on his face which was a size of about a 500 won coin because he was hit with an LED board thrown by a fan, during the Shanghai concert which happened quite recently.
Usually I live unstressed, but these days, every morning I look in the mirror, I feel stress from deep inside my bones. I wasn’t even like this when I was involved in the car crash…. “I can’t sing, dance, nor do I have special talents. All I have is the face, and I work hard to take care of the only thing that I can present…” Just like his words, he was distinguished for his “beauty” in the group Super Junior.
The pride for my appearance went through the roof as I, Kangwon-do country boy, auditioned for SM Entertainment and beat all those other trainees, even though ever since I was young, I heard many praises of my appearances, and had strange girls following me even though I treated badly and partied for 20 years and had no talents. Then I though “My face works everywhere”. “Ah, let me fix that. It’s not that the face is everything. I think the better analysis would be that there were other talents, but with my face the synergy becomes greater.”
#”Please make him a person”
Words that my parents said as they heard about the contract with SM Entertainment were “There’s a place that will accept you?” and “You should make the contract last for 30 years.” The only memory of my youth is hanging out with my friends. I, who enjoyed hard rock music, went to karaoke 4,5 times a week singing Lim Jaebum’s and Michael Bolton’s songs, never cared about other’s attentions of my clothes and actions. I never caused trouble even though I searched for rebellious acts. For example, I left home but always went to school.
The year I turned 18, I worked in a display factory, restaurants and more as a part time worker. I learned plenty about life and the society through 30 and 40 year old friends that I made while working.
“What is it that you want to be…”. Parents’ worries grew by day, but to him, he had a sense of pride and hope for his future. The ones that will become, will become. He stepped his first step in becoming a celebrity when he joined SM when he turned 20, after living without stress and not experiencing competition.
#”There wasn’t really a song to listen to”
A thought came to mind suddenly when working as an idol singer and listening to a song that was being broadcasted on TV. It wasn’t easy to come across a song that could give joy to others, unlike those of his childhood, such as Jo Youngpil, Patty Kim, Hae Eunie, Park Namjung, Sobangcha, Kim Wansun, which the family sang when they went to karaoke.
Since then I started to search and listen to old songs. The titles might be unfamiliar but the song isn’t. He felt proud for himself for “listening to different genres of music and strengthened his qualifications as a singer ever since he was young.” Even though he is the youngest in the programs and, he demonstrates his abundance of knowledge for pop culture and over powers other middle aged MCs.
#”Wouldn’t it be just stereotypes of AB”
The audience, people around him, and even his own parents say that he is different/weird; Heechul himself does not think so. His thinks that people have stereotypes of AB applied to him. If his best friends Samdi, Hongi, Sangchu were asked the same question they would say that he is perfection normal. But then of course all his friends are AB. He debates “I’m just saying what I have to say.” It is like the person that has to put the bell on the cat’s neck. “All the members seem to order jajangmyun, but I really want to eat jjamppong. Then I order jjamppong because I want to eat it. Saying what is on my mind is what others think my weirdness is.”
#”I protect the small things to be free”
He has an image of being a free soul, but he never made the headlines for doing anything bad. He always asks himself when he is tempted. “Is this worth my everything?” He has certainty that even though celebrities are not politicians, but still have tremendous power that can affect many people. I try not to say a wrong thing since the criteria for a celebrity is quite strict. “Celebrities like us, if we do one thing wrong, we are gone”. His goal is to “work hard to play hard.”
His sense of identity wrapped around his “insanity”. This makes him a very intelligent free man.

[News] Yesung dyes hair black!”Looks like a completly different person” – From 110323

Group Super Junior’s Yesung revealed his black hair on the 24th through his twitter.

He uploaded 4 pictures of himself with different expression along with these words: It’s been a while since my hair was black ^^ Everybody, sweet dreams. In the pictures, Yesung shows a bit sharper image with his black hair and face that looks like lost some weight.

To this, others responded positively: “You look great with black hair”, “Selca’s king”, “I want to quickly hear your voice”.

Meanwhile, Yesung is working as a new DJ on KBS CoolFM’s “Super Junior’s Kiss the Radio” in replacement of Eunhyuk.

Memory Ndiri......

Indonesia Bisa bikin Kapal Terbaik di Dunia

SURABAYA, KOMPAS.com - Kapal Double Skin Bulk Carrier (DSBC) Erlyne 50.000 Dead Weight Tonnage (DWT) produksi PT PAL Indonesia termasuk salah satu kapal terbaik di dunia untuk kelas kapal berbobot mati 50.000 ton. Kapal yang juga dikenal dengan nama "Star 50" sepanjang 189,840 meter dan lebar 30,50 meter ini sepenuhnya hasil rancang bangun putra-putri Indonesia.

"Kapal DSBC Erlyne 50.000 DWT adalah produk unggulan PT PAL Indonesia. Kapal ini menggunakan kandungan lokal 35 persen hingga 45 persen dengan bahan-bahan berkualitas tinggi," kata Menteri Negara BUMN Mustafa Abubakar saat peluncuran Kapal DSBC Erlyne 50.000 DWT di Galangan Kapal Divisi Niaga PT PAL Indonesia, Surabaya, Jumat (15/10/2010).



Kapal DSBC Erlyne 50.000 DWT dirancang untuk memenuhi persyaratan operasi dan didesain dengan menggunakan kelas Det Norske Verits (DNV Class). Menurut Direktur PT PAL Indonesia Harsusanto, dari desain, kecepatan Kapal DSBC Erlyne 50.000 DWT memiliki kecepatan maksimal 14,5 knot. Tapi, setelah diuji coba di lautan, kecepatan maksimalnya bisa mencapai 16,5 knot.



"Kualitas kehalusan bodi kapal ini tak kalah dengan kapal-kapal asing. Ini adalah salah satu kapal terbaik di dunia," kata Harsusanto.



Kapal jenis niaga ini adalah pesanan Azurite Invest Ltd, British Virgin ILand, Singapura . Kapal DSBC Erlyne 50.000 DWT adalah kapal kesembilan dari kapal kelas DSBC yang berhasil diekspor ke sejumlah negara. Beberapa negara yang pernah mengimpor kapal jenis ini adalah Hongkong (empat unit) , Jerman (dua unit), Turki (dua unit), dan Singapura (satu unit).

Astronom RI Temukan Planet Alien Galaksi Lain

VIVAnews -- Para astronom telah mengkonfirmasi temuan planet alien (asing) di Galaksi Bima Sakti yang datang dari galaksi lain. Namanya, Planet HIP 13044b yang mengorbit bintang tua, HIP 13044.

 Planet mirip Yupiter ini sebenarnya lahir di galaksi lain, namun kemudian ditangkap oleh Bima Sakti sekitar 6 sampai 9 miliar tahun yang lalu. Efek samping dari kanibalisme galaksi membawa sebuah planet yang dulunya jauh kini berada dalam jangkauan para astronom untuk kali pertamanya.

 Planet ini ditemukan oleh tim astronom dari Max-Planck-Institut fur Astronomie (MPIA), Heidelberg, Jerman. Tim peneliti meneliti pergerakan HIP 13044 menggunakan teleskop di sebuah observatorium di selatan Eropa, La Silla Observatory di Chile.

 Setelah enam bulan pengamatan, mereka meneteksi gerakan-gerakan kecil yang melawan tarikan gravitasi planet yang mengorbit.

 Yang membuat bangga, astronom asal Indonesia, Johny Setiawan didaulat jadi pemimpin proyeknya.

 "Bagi saya, itu adalah kejutan besar," kata pemimpin tim, Johny Setiawan dari MPIA, speerti dimuat SPACE.com, 18 November 2010. "Kami tidak mengharapkan itu pada awalnya."

 Tim peneliti yang dipimpin Johny Setiawan membeberkan hasil observasinya secara online dalam situs Science edisi 18 November.

 Ukuran planet ini 25 persen lebih besar dari Jupiter. Ia mengorbit bintang HIP 13044 yang jaraknya 2.000 tahun cahaya dari Bumi di konstelasi Fornax.

 Planet HIP 13044b berada sangat dekat dengan bintangnya itu. Jarak terdekat dengan bintang induk sekitar 8 juta kilometer atau 5,5 persen jarak Bumi dan Matahari. Planet menyelesaikan orbit setiap 16,2 hari.

 HIP 13044b selamat dari fase penuaan bintang -- yang juga akan dialami Matahari sekitar 5 miliar tahun lagi.

 Penemuan ini memaksa para astronom memikirkan kembali ide-ide mereka tentang formasi planet dan kelangsungan hidupnya. Apalagi, ini adalah planet pertama yang ditemukan mengelilingi bintang yang sangat tua dan miskin logam.

 Johny setiawan memperkirakan, nanti, saat Matahari memasuki fase penuaan, menjadi raksasa merah, Bumi mungkin tak akan selamat.

 "Planet-planet dalam, termasuk Bumi, mungkin tidak akan bertahan hidup," kata Johny Setiawan.

 "Tapi Jupiter, Saturnus dan planet-planet luar mungkin pindah mendekat ke orbitnya, persis seperti yang kami deteksi."

 Dalam kasus HIP 13044b, planet ini adalah korban yang selamat. Namun, ia tak akan hidup selamanya. Sebab, bintang induknya akan terus berkembang dalam tahap evolusi berikutnya. Planet ini akan tertelan.

Sekilas tentang Johny Setiawan

Johny Setiawan adalah astrofisikawan muda asal Indonesia yang bekerja di Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), Jerman. Hebatnya, ia orang non-Jerman yang dipercaya sebagai ketua tim proyek.

 Pria kelahiran Jakarta, 16 Agustus 1974 ini menamatkan S-1 dan S-3-nya di Freiburg, Jerman.

 Sebelumnya, engan teleskop 2,2 meter di La Silla, Cile, Johny berhasil menemukan planet baru: HD 11977 B. Planet ini berjarak 200 tahun cahaya dari bumi . Planet berukuran 6,5 kali Jupiter ini mengitari bintang raksasa HD 11977A. Sebelum merilis temuannya, Mei lalu, Setiawan memelototi bintang itu sejak 1999.

 Sebelumnya, pemuda kelahiran Jakarta, 16 Agustus 1974, ini juga menemukan dua bintang raksasa baru, HD 47536B dan HD 122430B, pada 2003.