Rute konvoi rencananya Jalan Kaliurang-Ringroad Utara-Gejayan-Jalan Solo-Lempuyangan-Kota Baru-Tugu-Mangkubumi-Malioboro-selesai... trus nyantap sahur...

doakan semoga berhasil... :D

Nasehat Hari Ini:

the most imortant one is how the way we can control ourself on this holy month, on this fasting month... *sok londo banget ki :mrgreen:

iya! itulah yang terpenting untuk kita semua dalam bulan puasa ini, dalam bulan Ramadhan ini. kita harus bisa mengendalikan diri kita, mengendalikan nafsu kita, mengendalikan mulut, mata, telinga, hidung, tangan dan kaki kita...

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Disc 1(Left):
1.    Somewhat Damaged
2.    The Day The World Went Away
3.    The Frail
4.    The Wretched
5.    We’re In This Together
6.    The Fragile
7.    Just Like You Imagined
8.    Even Deeper
9.    Pilgrimage
10.    No, You Don’t
11.    La Mer
12.    The Great Below

Disc 2 (Right):
1.    The Way Out Is Through
2.    Into the Void
3.    Where Is Everybody?
4.    The Mark Has Been Made
5.    Please
6.    Starf*ckers, Inc
7.    Complication
8.    I’m Looking Forward To Joining You, Finally
9.    The Big Come Down
10.    Underneath It All
11.    Ripe (With Decay)

The CD version clocks in at over an hour and 40 minutes, and the LP is even longer. To truly digest and appreciate this album, you’ll need to clear your schedule for a bit, grab your best pair of headphones, and dive in.

The Downward Spiral brought worldwide attention to Nine Inch Nails in 1994, and for five years fans waited for the next sonic journey into Trent Reznor’s twisted world. The result was a two-disc magnum opus, something he is unlikely to top in the near future. The music on here is charged and emotional, and maybe more mature than its predecessor.

That’s not to say that EVERY song is a masterpiece. There are times when the album slows to a drag, as the angst, processed guitars, and layered synthesizers become old.  Even then, there is reward in picking out the fine details and nuances only found in Nine Inch Nails releases.

In my personal opinion, the second disc (Right) is more enjoyable and memorable than the first. Songs like The Way Out Is Through, into The Void, Please, and the Big Come Down are shining examples of Reznor’s song craft, providing strong synth lines and deep bass that drive the tracks and keep them in your head long afterwards.

Still, the length does become problematic, and for the average listener, it may be too cumbersome to listen to compared to releases like The Downward Spiral and With Teeth. The songs themselves are great, but might just be too much of a good thing.

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Im Sommer 2007 beschlossen Gründungsmitglied Jan Moser und Sängerin Daniela Dietz aus beruflichen Gründen die Band zu verlassen. Obwohl LOST AREA nun zunächst ohne Frontstimmen auskommen mussten, war dies jedoch kein Grund, das Projekt zu beenden. Nach nur kurzer Zeit gelang es der Band um Mastermind Jan Bertram, Asli Gerhardt  als neue Sängerin, als Frontmann Markus Bär (bekannt auch mit Coy Impact) und Andi Grundler (Ex-Eurocide) an den Keys und zusätzlichen Sänger zu gewinnen. Dass dieser Umbruch in gewisser Form auch ein musikalischer Neuanfang sein wird, war zu diesem Zeitpunkt allen Bandmitgliedern bewusst und gewollt. Umso größer war die Freude, als die neuen Stimmen sowohl seitens der Presse als auch von Seiten der Fans positiv aufgenommen wurden! Nach nur kurzer Zeit präsentierten sie ihr erstes Werk in der neuen Besetzung. „Changes“ spiegelt die Weiterentwicklung der Band wieder und überzeugte in allen Bereichen. Dies erkannte auch die Fachpresse und berichtet regelmäßig über LOST AREA. Die Band hat die Arbeiten am  kommenden Album „Man Machine“ abgeschlossen und wird mit dem Release am 26.September 2008 bei dem Schweizer Label THEXOOMO.NET mit jeder Menge musikalischer Überraschungen aufwarten!

Das Album „Man Machine“, wurde produziert von Dirk Steyer, auch bekannt durch sein Musikprojekt Accessory. Das LOST AREA bereit sind, völlig neue musikalische Wege zu beschreiten, zeigen sie u.a. in ihrem Song „Amnesia“. Dort wurde mit Robert Klausch, Gitarrist der europaweit bekannten Berliner Gothic-Rock-Band Scream Silence, ein Könner seines Fachs gewonnen, der die Gitarrenpassagen eigens eingespielt hat.

Auch die neue Bandbreite der Sänger wird zeigen wie sehr sich LOST AREA weiter entwickelt haben. Mit Andi Grundlers Stimme ziehen auch die rauen Töne bei LOST AREA ein, erhalten ihre musikalische Beachtung und verwandeln die Musik der Band in ungeahnte Tiefen.

Dass LOST AREA auch in den Bereichen Foto & Video professionell begleitet werden, lässt  sich durch die künstlerisch ausgereiften Arbeiten der renommierten Künstlerin und Fotografin Annie Bertram eindrucksvoll belegen. Sie zeichnet sich für die kompletten Bandfotos, das Cover Artwork und das Webdesign der Bandhomepage verantwortlich.

LOST AREA sind in erster Linie ein Live-Act. Sie verstehen durch ihre eindrucksvolle Performance und die vier charismatischen Charaktere der Band, das Publikum schnell und überzeugend in ihren Bann zu ziehen. So spielte die Band bereits als Support der Crüxshadows und trat unter anderem schon beim bekannten Dark-Dance-Treffen in Lahr auf.
Electro meets Emotion – das Ziel der Band – der Wunsch der Fans – Eine neue Ära beginnt!

Release-Date: 26.09.2008

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Download the Railroad Girl EP as a zip file (right click on link and chose "save as").

But one estate solves them by roping in workers for patrols 

A DORMITORY for foreign workers may be half a kilometre away, but its problems could still end up on the doorsteps of its neighbours.

In residential areas like Jalan Kayu and Jurong, where foreign-worker dorms have sprung up, littering, loitering and rowdy behaviour are some of the problems residents have had to put up with.

And as more foreigners arrive to work in industries such as construction, where they will live will become a contentious issue.

Early this week, residents in Serangoon Gardens banded together to petition against housing workers in a former school in the neighbourhood.

Though complaints have subsided in Jalan Kayu, where two dorms housing 6,000 workers were built three years ago, some residents say that the problems never really go away.

Neighbourhood committee chairman Terry Fong remembers how there was a barrage of complaints from residents when the dorms went up.

Mostly, they were about Indian and Bangladeshi workers dirtying the neighbourhood by littering and spitting. But there were also concerns about safety as workers had a tendency to loiter in big groups and become drunk and rowdy.

Knowing that something had to be done, the committee roped in several foreign workers late last year to participate in regular patrols around the neighbourhood with the police and local residents.

They were mentors to their peers, helping them understand the laws and social norms of where they lived, said Mr Fong.

There are fewer complaints now, and it is partly a result of getting workers directly involved in security, he felt.

'The majority say it is good that we have this programme, but it is something we have to keep working at,' he said.

The same problems may also plague Serangoon Gardens, if preliminary plans to convert a former school into a workers' dorm go through. Serangoon Gardens Technical School, a proposed site, is less than 10m away from the nearest house along Burghley Drive.

It made headlines this week when residents rallied against the idea. About 1,400 signed a petition, which was handed to Aljunied GRC MPs George Yeo and Lim Hwee Hua on Wednesday.

The Ministry of National Development (MND) confirmed yesterday that the school is just 'one among the sites being studied, and there is no decision to proceed yet'.

But it also noted that the growing number of workers meant that buildings such as the unused Serangoon Gardens school would be needed to meet the housing needs. 'Many state buildings, by their nature, are located in accessible areas. So some are likely to be within or near residential areas,' said the MND.

It was a reiteration of a response made earlier this year to Parliament by Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan that, given the constraints of land, foreign workers' dorms would eventually be near residential areas.

The Straits Times checked the location of 20 dorms and found that seven were less than 600m away from an apartment block. Dorm operators who spoke to The Straits Times felt that even this distance was too close.

Mr Eric Yeoh, a director of the Ama Keng Hostel in Lim Chu Kang, said a dorm near residents would bring about 'a lot of complaints for sure'.

Another dorm operator said the situation was 'asking for trouble'. The unnamed manager said workers often hung out in groups, and would spit and litter, which people here find unacceptable.

'The workers have had these habits for 20 to 30 years, so it's hard for them to change within a short time,' he said.

In Jurong West Street 61, residents of Block 651A have to deal with boisterous workers converging on their void deck.

The nearest dorm, Blue Stars, is about a 15-minute walk away.

While workers raise their glasses and blast music from their MP3 players, residents keep their windows closed and call the police in to disperse the rowdy crowd. This happens every night.

On weekends, the party goes on till 2am, said residents. When they return to their dorms, they leave a mess behind.

FINDING SUITABLE SITES AN INCREASING CHALLENGE

'Given that Singapore is becoming more built up, it will be an increasing challenge to find suitable sites for foreign workers. Residents may find more foreign workers living in their midst, or dormitory sites located near to their premises.

We hope that Singaporeans will be more understanding and accommodating in this aspect. Foreign workers are here to contribute to our economic growth.

Employers and dormitory operators must also play a part in educating the foreign workers on the social norms and way of life in Singapore, and ensuring that the workers are properly housed.'

Mr Mah Bow Tan, on how dorms will be moving closer to residential areas, in a written parliamentary response earlier this year

Source: Straits Times

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Odensjö Recordings is a net-label and non-netlabel started in 2001 by Swedish musician and artist Lars Tängmark. The label now migrates from its old website into blog format for practical reasons.
Some releases are free to download in mp3 format (192 kpbs) but will also be available to order as CDR shortly. Some releases will be "proper" CD releases with physical distribution. New releases will be announced here.
In 2008 Fredrik Rydberg (Wendy, Clark Nova, The Wounded Meadow) and Johan Levin (Galta Galdr, Desiderii Marginis, The Wounded Meadow) will be stepping in as co-owners of the label. Expect releases from The Wounded Meadow, Lars Tängmark, Lars Tängmark's Lost in the Woods, The Fuck Machine and more.

SINGAPORE - MacarthurCook Investment Managers (Asia), the Manager of MacarthurCook Industrial Reit (MI-Reit), said on Thursday that the manager has obtained new independent valuations for seven of MI-Reit's properties.

The revaluations have resulted in a carrying amount of $554.1 million (US$386.0 million)for MI-Reit's portfolio, up from the book value of $553.6 million reported on June 30, 2008.

The properties revalued included those in Bukit Batok Street, Pandan Crescent and Tuas Avenue 7.

Source: Business Times

Singapore-listed Union Steel Holdings says one of its units will sell a property at Jalan Samulan for 6.5 million dollars.

The sale is subject to approval from relevant government authorities.

Union Steel said the transaction is expected to have a positive impact on its results for the current financial year.

Source: 938Live

De elitære voldspop'ere fra Beta Satan har længe huseret i den danske undergrund. Numre som "Great Moments of Pleasure" og "Sunken Empire" har været højt placeret på min personlige hitliste i en rum tid. Nu ligger deres første album endelig klar, og det kan lånes lige her.

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so while it is charging and I am praying that there is still some light out around 8pm (yeah right) I am going to update you on what it is like living in san francisco.

so far, I love it. it is way different from san deigo/vista/oceanside area, but at the same time i know i am still in california. the distance is only a shock when i realize how long of a train ride/drive it will be whenever i want to go home. one of the many pluses is that there are literally no white-supremest bros with their lifted trucks and their skin industries stickers that are 10x too big....you don't know how glad i am of that. There are a ton of people at my school, and alot of them ride bikes which is encouraging to see. And people are def more nice at a university than community college...I try to ride my bike when I can but I live in the very bottom of Daly City, more toward Colma or South San Francisco (we are literally paralled across the freeway from SFO) and there are a ton of hills....and basically i am lazy and out of shape...thus i need to get a bus pass

my classes are so far very easy...as this is the first two weeks and with art classes it really depends on if you have the materials or not, and for my mon/wed we have only had two class meetings so....not much has been accomplished.

later: i did go on my photo walk and i have some pictures but im going to use the time in digital photo to process them and post them later

Name - Greta

Age - 15 (today is her birthday!)

First piercing (other than earlobes)- Nose at age 13

Favorite piercing - Industrial bar

From - NJ

Serangoon Gardens folk get assurance their worries will be looked into 

FOR some time now, Serangoon Gardens resident Kelvin - he did not want his full name used - has been trying to find housing for his firm's foreign workers, with little luck.

So when he found out that the former Serangoon Gardens Technical School might be converted into a foreign worker dormitory, the 38-year-old, who is in the construction business, went into a tizzy.

The reason: The proposed dorm is next to his home, and there is no way, he says, he is willing to accept 'half-naked men' sitting in his neck of the woods.

Last night, Kelvin and about 250 other indignant residents of the firmly middle-class neighbourhood trudged through the rain to make their views known to their Members of Parliament from Aljunied GRC, Mr George Yeo and Ms Lim Hwee Hua.

At a two-hour dialogue, held under a marquee at a park along Chartwell Drive, the residents listed their objections to the proposed move, with some barely able to disguise their anger over it.

Their key worries: Security, traffic congestion caused by vehicles which will ferry the foreign workers to their worksites, and insufficient infrastructure in the area to support over 1,000 new residents.

Madam Lim Chor Yeow, 71, a retired teacher, echoed a view of many when she asked: 'If we have workers coming in here, is it safe for old people?'

Administrative manager Rose Koh, 52, said she would worry about leaving her ageing mother and two young children at home when she left for work.

Others said parks might be overrun by foreign workers. As would buses.

One resident, Mr E.T. Mohan Dass, 60, a programme manager, feared that as foreign workers flood in, the estate's value would go south.

Assuming there were 1,400 households, each worth $1 million, in the estate, he said 'even a 1 per cent drop in asset value (because of the workers' presence) would mean a $14-million loss'. Another, Ms L.S. Lim, 70, urged the authorities to 'think of Singaporeans first'.

Feelings against the dorm plan run high in the estate: A petition against the idea has been started by residents, and has been signed by about 1,400 households so far. There are about 7,000 households in the area.

After hearing their complaints and trying to temper some of their concerns, Mr Yeo and Mrs Lim said they would pass the feedback and petition to the Ministry of National Development.

At the meeting, Mr Yeo said he could understand the residents' position, adding that Serangoon Gardens is a place where 'people feel a lot for the heritage, and we should not upset that'.

But he also asked them not to cast aspersions on foreign workers, as they have 'come to Singapore, and benefit Singapore'. Mrs Lim added that residents' security will be taken into account in the plan.

However, after the dialogue, she admitted to reporters that those living in the estate should have been informed about the plan first-hand, instead of having to read about it in newspapers or get the news from neighbours.

She added that she has been in touch with MND, and is trying to 'bring home the points, the valid concerns that residents have to the minister...'

Mr Yeo also told residents: 'We are not just postmen and women transmitting your views. URA and MND have the final decision, but I assure you we are not doing nothing.'

Source: Straits Times

Pero hay que ganar en competitividad. Nos comen los de afuera. ¿Qué hacer? Hagamos que el BNA de créditos a tasas reales (exageradamente) negativas, facilitemos la aplicación de medidas proteccionistas antidumping (probablemente razonables) y tomemos crédito en Brasil para exportar. Simultáneamente, se paguemos una deuda de 6.700 millones de dólares que no baja el costo del financiamiento ni da mayor credibilidad a esta administración (y posiblemente genere alguna devaluación del peso en un contexto de tipo de cambio real multilateral sostenidamente alto). (De color: la presidenta anuncia que se paga esa deuda sin negociación de ningún tipo de plazos, intereses o inspección de la legitimidad de la deuda, según ella contraída en un 45% por la anti-industria dictadura del 76, ¡en el día de la industria!). Ninguna medida apuntando realmente a lo que hace que una industria sea competitiva y viable a nivel internacional.

Bueno, pero este gobierno está a muerte con la producción, ¿no? Esto lo que hace es fortalecer un paquete de medidas ya existente tendiente a solucionar los problemas de competitividad no-precio de las empresas de nuestro país...

No parece. El presupuesto 2008 del INTI es de 26 millones de pesos. El presupuesto del programa de fomento de la pequeña y mediana empresa es de unos 285 millones de pesos, compuestos por 70 millones provenientes del tesoro (de los que se usan 50 para pagar impuestos) y 215 millones de créditos, usados en su mayoría para subsidiar tasas. Existe un programa de capacitación, instrumentado como... crédito fiscal que reintegra el costo de la capacitación.

Todo el tiempo da vueltas el tema del empresario argentino que no hace más que reclamar subsidios sin hacer un real esfuerzo por competir. Pero el estado tampoco genera oportunidades diferentes. ¿La culpa es del chancho o de quién le da de comer?

Age - 15

Favourite piercing - Industrial

First piercing, other than ears - Nose, at age 13.

From - New Jersey

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Shot this summer as I was passing through the neighborhood and I noticed the strange mist coming from deep inside the tunnel, probably due to the fact this abandonned tunnel is mostly located underwater.