BlogWorld Expo 2011

BlogWorld Expo 2011 the world's largest blogging conference!

BlogWorld & New Media Expo L.A, November 3-5 at the L.A. Convention Center, CA.

Source : www.blogger.com, www.blogworld.com

#Blog #Blogger #BlogCommunity #Blogging #Events #Worldwide

Exotica Kota Sorong, West Papua-Indonesia

Kota Sorong, Papua Barat - Indonesia (sebelumnya dikenal dengan Kota Administratif Sorong dalam Kabupaten Sorong; sesuai instruksi Presiden Republik Indonesia 4 Oktober 1999 – UURI No 45). 

Topografi Kota Sorong variatif dengan pegunungan, lereng, perbukitan dan dataran rendah. Bagian timur dikelilingi hutan lindung dan hutan wisata. Letak Kota Sorong sangat strategis karena merupakan pintu keluar masuk Provinsi Papua dan kota persinggahan.

Selat Dampir (Dampir Srait) adalah salah satu wilayah konservasi laut yang sangat kaya di Papua Barat karena daerahnya mengandung Seabiotics (diantaranya; Mercury, Nutrisi & Omega-3) yang sangat berguna untuk kesehatan dan dapat mengurangi rasa sakit penderita penyakit diabetes, kanker, asma serta dapat menstimulasi sel darah putih manusia, memperbaiki sistem kekebalan tubuh, menurunkan tekanan darah, mengurangi resiko stroke, gangguan penyakit radang sendi, debiliating anxiety, dsb.

*Norwegia adalah negara penghasil seabiotics yang terkenal di dunia, produk-produk suplemen nutrisi atau likuid lainnnya dijual di berbagai negara.

resort - www.rajaampatlodges.com

Selain Selat Dampir dan atraksi memberi makan ikan di kepulauan Raja Ampat yang ‘sangat’ terkenal itu, terdapat pula wisata alam lainnya, seperti:

Pulau Kafiau                                   Snorkling

Pantai Kasuari/ white sand beach      Snorkling

Pulau Buaya (pantai pasir kuning)     Fishing

Pulau Matan                                  Fishing

Mata Air Panas Klaijili (makbon)     Geyser/ watering place          

Kota Sorong memiliki potensi wisata yang dapat dikembangkan karena terdapat perpaduan peninggalan sejarah, keaslian alami dan keunikan Kota Sorong yang memiliki kota dengan pemandangan laut serta perpaduan panorama bentangan alam gugusan kepulauan.

PENDIDIKAN ALTERNATIF UNTUK ANAK-ANAK DI RAJA AMPAT

Belantara Papua melaksanakan program ”Pendidikan Alternatif Untuk Anak-Anak di Teluk Mayalibit, Raja Ampat”, tepatnya di Kampung Arawai, Waifoi, dan Warimak. Program ini bekerjasama dengan Dinas Kesejahteraan Sosial dan Pengembangan Masyarakat Provinsi Papua Barat dan UNDP.

Saat ini telah terbangun 3 buah sanggar belajar di 3 kampung di atas, dengan masing-masing dijaga oleh 2 orang fasilitator lokal laki-laki dan perempuan. Dalam proses pembelajaran, digunakan media-media kretaif, dengan metode partisipatoris, dan menggunakan alam lingkungan sekitar sebagai sumber belajar utama. 

Alternative Education in West Papua-Indonesia

Belantara Papua menggunakan seni budaya sebagai alat belajar utama, untuk mendorong anak-anak mengenali jati dirinya, belajar berekspresi, dan menghargai lingkungannya.

Source : www.karantinapertaniansorong.org, www.regionalinvestment.com, www.hukumonline.com/pusatdata, www.belantarapapua.org
Photo by www.rajaampatlodges.com, www.belantarapapua.org

Custo Dalmau - 3D High Tech Fashion Garment

Spanish designer Custo Dalmau went 3-D in his new fashion line, 'Tripolar', an eclectic spring-summer collection that made its premier at New York Fashion Week. 

For Spring, Custo Dalmau played with shifting holograms, creating 3-D prints on garments that, when sold, will come with their very own pair of high-tech 3-D specs.

Over 30 years, Dalmau has carved himself a niche and done what he intended: created a contemporary language all his own.

There wasn't a solid color in sight. Illuminated by the light of a thousand camera phones (give or take) wielded by exuberant audience members, Custo Barcelona's print-on-print-on-multicolored-feathers party mix came stomping down the runway on shoes that matched. 

Layers of overgrown knits dangling hairy appendages were married to quilted silk mini dresses — in some of their gone-to-seed extravagance, they almost resembled a maxi take on old Rodarte (not that you can really compare this to what the Mulleavy sisters do, of course).

For men, the engorged knits — Dalmau called them "three-dimensional" — took the form of bulky sweaters, which, off the runway and on the rack, could have a punky afterlife.

Sources: www.latino.foxnews.com, www.style.com/fashionshows/review/Matthew Schneier, www.style.com/fashionshows/review/Alison Baenen

  

#Custo Dalmau #FashionDesigner ##3D-garment #HighTech #Tripolar #SpringSummer #NewYork #FashionWeek #September2011 #Electic #Dress #Runaway #Technology #BrilliantIdeas #Fashion

How to have 'healthy' fun while stuck at Party in the Club?

Some people crazy about hanging out at the party, some people have never been to a club for once. Some people think it’s fun to always hanging out in a club, but some found it just might useless thing to do. But there are times when u can say no to some party invitations. Here examples to “enjoy” the night out: 

Do dancing or (at least) standing. Dance it’s not different with sport. If jogging can burns 100 calories in 10 minutes and slow dancing can burns 70 – 80 calories in 10 minutes.  Now u can imagine how many calories burns for jumping & fun dancing on the dance floor?. 

If u prefer sitting instead of standing, u can talk over the mobile phone while sitting because it burns the same number of calories as working on a computer, with an average of 102 calories per hour burned (not bad, huh).

Laughing. Beside relief emotional stress, researchers at Vanderbilt University found adults burns around 1.3 calories per minute while laughing with their friends. 100 laughs are equal to the same calories burns in 10 minutes jogging.

Drink Water, avoid the alcohol. Water is always be the best drink for sport activity because it’s a natural choice for hydration, as we needed for dance activity. While we’re busy dancing - the body need to stays hydrated, if u taking alcohol it just ruin the night. So ladies keep consuming water while we’re on fire, please. 

Do not Eat. No further explaination. Trust me, u’re not in a restaurat. Just don’t ;).

Source: www.chemistry.about.com, www.ehow.com, www.lifestrong.com 
#ladies #women #stayhealth #party #survive #wateroralcohol #funwithoutalcohol #burncalories 

U.S.A where I put my heart

 I wrote this because I miss States.

Some people hated U.S.A for reasons but it always has special spot in my heart. 

Back in 2001, few months earlier before 9/11... I found my self felt comfort when I landed at huge Atlanta Int. Airport after flew off from Jakarta Soekarno Hatta Int. Airport - Taiwan Taoyuan Int. Airport - LAX Int. Airport. 

Huge land with various states & each state has their own symbol that we could see the symbol on car plates.

Atlanta, Georgia : Peach is a symbol of Georgia. My sister said that it's quite confusing driving in downtown Atlanta's layers high ways (that's true when it compares to Jakarta's high ways). Atlanta is lovely with some old style office buildings & cinema, some people said it's quite a bit like New York. Atlanta surely has lovely dining restaurants. 

Hilton Head, South Carolina : Palmetto is a symbol of South Carolina. Hilton Head is kind of special barrier island in S.C. There's a harbour town where we could enter by paying at the entrance, we could stay inside in period time (I forgot around what time, guess it's around 10am - 3pm). I've heard there are Tennis Tournament, PGA Golf Tournament or Celebrity Golf Tournament been held sometimes. What I like the most is the marina where the birds flying or standing closely with human, there's parking boats, the cafes, dining place, ice cream & shops just in one area (*see the pic - enlarge). Here to check about Hilton Head wikipedia.org/Hilton Head

me - hilton head, south carolina

Florida : Orange is a symbol of this state. Florida is very fascinating! I loved it. My favorite spots are; Miami, Daytona Beach & West Palm Beach. 

* Miami has beautiful skyline & wonderful boats scene. The beach area reminds me of Kuta Beach area (small version). My favorite spot is in front of Hard Rock Cafe Miami (*see the pic - enlarge).

* Daytona Beach is awesome! beside watch the car racing in Daytona Stadium, everywhere we could found Harley Davidson riders riding their bikes on the road or they're just hanging out at the cafes.

* West Palm Beach..  Petite version of Beverly Hills. 1st class beaches they have. Perfect blue water. Perfect place to stay when I grow old (I wish). They have private jet charter, science museum, zoo park, fishing area, etc. I really like the 'high class' shops on the avenues where you could find anything, even you could find plastic surgery & boob job doctor just around the corner (only by reading their brochure you could find out how much the cost of surgery).

* Key Largo & Key West. My first aim was Key West, but I've had only reached the Key Largo at the end (Marriott Hotel). It's a really long way from down town Miami to Key Largo and it's just a half way to Key West. But it was worth to watched the sunset in Key Largo.

me - miami, florida

Houston, Texas : "dry town" I said to my self by the time got to this town. What interesting was I found a beautiful 'forest' park in center of down town where there's so many people jogging trail around at 4-5pm, I really enjoyed that scene. I think it's a Memorial Park (I forgot).

Another interesting things are; if in Europe we have to wear proper shoes to go dining in restaurant, in States we can go dining with sneakers on :). And we could travel by car from state to state, train or flight no need. I miss it..

#States #Atlanta #Georgia #HiltonHead #SouthCarolina #Florida #Miami #DaytonaBeach #WestPalmBeach #KeyLargo #KeyWest #Houston #Texas

Barcelona Schedule in the Primera Liga season, Sept 2011 - May 2012

2011 

3 – 9 Sept 2011: Real Sociedad vs Barcelona
4 – 18 Sept 2011: Barcelona vs Osasuna
5 – 21 Sept 2011: Valencia vs Barcelona

6 – 25 Sept 2011: Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid
7 – 12 Oct 2011: Sporting Gijon vs Barcelona
8 – 16 Oct 2011: Barcelona vs Racing Santander
9 – 23 Oct 2011: Sevilla vs Barcelona
10 – 26 Oct 2011: Granada vs Barcelona
11 – 30 Oct 2011: Barcelona vs Mallorca
12 – 6 Nov 2011: Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona
13 – 20 Nov 2011: Barcelona vs Real Zaragoza
14 – 27 Nov 2011: Getafe vs Barcelona

15 – 4 Dec 2011: Barcelona vs Levante
16 – 11 Dec 2011: Real Madrid vs Barcelona
17 -18 Dec 2011: Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano

2012 

18 – 8 Jan 2012: Espanyol vs Barcelona
19 – 15 Jan 2012: Barcelona vs Real Betis
20 – 22 Jan 2012: Barcelona vs Malaga
21 – 29 Jan 2012: Villarreal vs Barcelona
22 – 5 Feb 2012: Barcelona vs Real Sociedad
23 – 12 Feb 2012: Osasuna vs Barcelona

24 – 19 Feb 2012: Barcelona vs Valencia
25 – 26 Feb 2012: Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona
26 – 4 Mar 2012: Barcelona vs Sporting Gijon
27 – 11 Mar 2012: Racing Santander vs Barcelona
28 – 18 Mar 2012: Barcelona vs Sevilla
29 – 21 Mar 2012: Barcelona vs Granada
30 – 25 Mar 2012: Mallorca vs Barcelona
31 – 1 Apr 2012: Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao
32 – 8 Apr 2012: Real Zaragoza vs Barcelona

33 – 11 Apr 2012: Barcelona vs Getafe
34 – 15 Apr 2012: Levante vs Barcelona
35 – 22 Apr 2012: Barcelona vs Real Madrid
36 – 29 Apr 2012: Rayo Vallecano vs Barcelona
37 – 6 May 2012: Barcelona vs Espanyol
38 – 13 May 2012: Real Betis vs Barcelona 

Source: www.liveonlinefree.com 

#FCBarcelona #Barcelona #Football #Soccer #Barca #FCB

#FCBarca #LionelMessi #ScheduleOnTV #Primera #Liga

#Spain #September2011 #October2011 #November2011 

#December2011 #May2012 #2011 #2012

Global Pharma Community (Oct 25-27, 2011)

25 - 27 October in Messe Frankfurt, Germany for CPhI Worldwide 2011, the world's leading pharmaceutical networking event with 28,500 attendees from 140 countries.

Source: www.cphi.com
 
#sodium pentothal rapid test kits silver Ag drugs amino acid Intermediates Acid acid intermediates ACID API api amino

European Association of Geographers (Sept 2011)

#Earth #Ecology #Ecosystem #Economics #Environment #Geography #Biotechnology #Biodiversity #Biotechnology #Science #Tourism #OpenSourceSoftware #Czech #Spain #German #Brussels #India #Malaysia #Italy #Poland #Switzerland #Latvia #Turkey #Romania #Serbia #UK #USA

2-5 September 2011, 17th European Colloquium on Quantitative and Theoretical Geography (ECQTG2011), Harokopio University of Athens, Greece http://gisc.gr/ecqtg11/index.htm

4-9, September, The NCCR Climate Summer School, Call for Papers, Switzerland, http://bit.ly/ccIPhv

6-8 September 2011, Landscape Ecology and Ecosystem Services; Call for proposals/abstracts, Telford, Shropshire, UK, http://bit.ly/gfsr1n

8-9 September 2011, The Internet for a global sustainable future, Brussels, Belgium, http://paradiso-fp7.eu/events/2011-conference/

8-9 September 2011, The Scale of Globalization: Global, Local, Individual: Think Globally, Act Locally, Change Individually in the 21st Century, University of Ostrave, Ostrava, Czech Republic, http://conference.osu.eu/globalization/

8-12 September 2011, 2nd World Biodiversity Congress; Call for Participation, Kuching, Malaysia, http://bit.ly/lJfPXV

10-11 September 2011 International Conference on Environmental Aspects of Bangladesh (and the World), Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan, http://bit.ly/gu2RNC

10-16 September 2011, Workshop: Understanding community conservation in Europe Gerace (Calabria, Italy), Workshop web page forthcoming in www.ICCAforum.org, download http://dgroups.org/?53vz2hss

12-16 September 2011, ESA Advanced Training Course in Land Remote Sensing, Krakow, Poland, http://earth.eo.esa.int/trainingcourses/LandTrainingCourse2011

12-16 September 2011, FOSS4G is the global conference focused on Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial, Denver Colorado, http://is.gd/jetMD

13-15 September 2011, Global Challenges for Education: Economics, Environment and Emergency, http://www.cfbt.com/ukfiet/

14-16 Sept 2011, Spatial Thinking and Geographic Information Sciences Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 2011, Web: http://curricula.csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/stgis2011/

15-16 September 2011, Branded Spaces Conference at Karlshochschule International University in Karlsruhe, Germany http://branded-spaces.de

15-17 September 2011, FOS4G - Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial, Denver, CO, http://2011.foss4g.org/blog/2011/2/28/registration-is-open.html

16-18 September 2011 International Conference on Biotechnology and Environment Management(ICBEM 2011), Singapore, Singapore, http://www.icbem.org/

17-18 September 2011, International Symposium on Contemporary Trends in Teaching and Learning Geography, Cluj-Napolca, Romania, http://www.rigeo.org/contemporary-trends-in-teaching-and-learning-geography.html

19-21 September 2011, International Congress Natural Cataclysms and Global Problems of the Modern Civilization GEOCATACLYSM-2011, Istanbul, Turkey, http://2011.geocataclysm.org

19-22 September 2011, 11th International Scientific and Technical Conference “From imagery to map: digital photogrammetric technologies”. in Tossa del Mar, Spain. http://www.racurs.ru/Spain2011/en/?link=3

20-23 September 2011, EC-TEL 2011, Sixth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning: Towards Ubiquitous Learning, Palermo, Italy, http://www.ec-tel.eu/

20-21 September 2011, Peace, Environment and Tourism Conference; Kathmandu, http://bit.ly/jBPR8N

21-22 September, CEDEFOP and the European Commission, Learning later in life – uncovering the potential of investing in an ageing workforce, Brussels, http://bit.ly/kKulm8

21-22 September 2011, ReLIVE11: Researching Learning in Immersive Virtual Environments, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, http://www.open.ac.uk/relive11

21-23 September 2011 Landscape and Tourism: The dualistic relationship, Valmiera, Latvia http://www.atlas-euro.org

21-23 September 2011, Landscape and Tourism: The dualistic relationship, Valmiera, Latvia, http://www.atlas-euro.org/Default.aspx?TabID=145

21-25 September 2011, EUROPARC Conference 2011, Schwabische Alb Biosphere Reserve, Bad Urach, Germany http://www.europarc.org/conference-2011/

22-24 September, International conference on Information Literacy, Savannah, Georgia, USA, http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/infolit.html

23-24, September 2011 (De-) Constructing Biodiversity; Call for Abstracts, Göttingen, Germany http://bit.ly/jGopol

25-29 September 2011, Climate change, extreme events and alpine ecosystem responses, a session at the European Ecological Federation Congress, Avila, Spain. http://www.eefcongress2011.eu

27-30 September 2011, GeoAlb International Geography conference http://www.geoalb.org/

29-30 September 2011, Contemporary Trends in Tourism and Hospitality 2011 hosted by Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management - University of Novi Sad, Serbia. http://www.dgt.uns.ac.rs/ctth/

30 September-5 October Eco Summit 2012, Greater Columbus, http://www.ecosummit2012.org 

Source: www.eurogeography.eu

Soeharto’s Legacy for Indonesia (the late second former President of Indonesia)

Warisan Bp. Soeharto untuk Indonesia. Soeharto’s Legacy for Indonesia (the late second former President of Indonesia)

Seorang Mayor Jenderal yang menyandang gelar Bapak Pembangunan, namun sepetinya lebih tepat disebut sebagai Bapak Pertanian mengingat sepak terjangnya dalam meningkatkan industri agrikultur Indonesia dan beliau juga mendapatkan penghargaan dari FAO atas keberhasilan menggapai swasembada pangan (1985). 

Diluar “warisan dalam bentuk pembangunan dan pertanian” tersebut, berikut adalah “daftar warisan lainnya” dari almarhum mantan President ke II Indonesia, Bp. Haji Muhammad Soeharto yang beliau persembahkan untuk Indonesia ;

1. Swasembada Pangan
2. Keluarga Berencana
3. Ronda Malam
4. Transmigrasi
5. Palawija
6. Korupsi
7. Dsb.

** Diantara sekian pro dan kontra serta tuduhan propaganda, saya ingin mengucapkan terimakasih kepada almarhum Bapak (Mayor Jenderal) Soeharto dan almarhum Bapak (Jendral Besar Purnawirawan) A.H Nasution karena beliau-beliaulah yang telah berjasa merealisasikan mimpi almarhum Ayah saya untuk masuk ke akademi pendidikan ABRI di Jakarta, sehingga almarhum Ayah saya bisa menjadi seorang abdi Negara (Polisi).

Selamat Ulang Tahun Indonesia!

*  *  *

Untuk mengetahui lebih dalam tentang almarhum Bapak Soeharto silahkan membaca di website http://www.soehartocenter.com/

#!7Agustus #Soeharto #WarisanIndonesia #ProKontra #Terimakasih

2011, Sept 27-Oct 01. North America's largest Scandinavian Festival. North Dakota-U.S

North America's largest Scandinavian Festival, is celebrating its 34th year, starting the evening of September 27th 2011 and continuing through Saturday, October 1st. Tens of thousands of people attend the event annually to celebrate and partake in the Scandinavian culture and entertainment. 

Over 200 internationally recognized artisans, craftsmen and chefs participate. The experience is an eclectic array of contemporary and traditional. The cuisine as well as the clothes, art and jewelry are authentic, fine quality and exquisitely Nordic. 

Sept 27 & 28 : MARTINA MCBRIDE. 

Sept 28 & 29 : TRACE ADKINS. 

Sept 29 & 30 : THE JUDDS. 

Source: www.hostfest.com

#Festival #Event #Scandinavia #NorthDakota #Nordic #Norsk #Country

Gerakan 1 Hari Tanpa HP di Indonesia

*Pertanyaan Pertama; 

Berapakah jumlah orang di Indonesia dalam 1 hari yang pernah kecewa karena:

• SMS ga delivered? 
• Blackberry Messenger nge-hang? 
• Ga bisa update status penting / ga penting?
• Seharian HP ga ada sinyal?
• Dst, dst...

Apakah dari sekian kekecewaan itu ada solusi yang memuaskan 100%??. 

Menurut survey dari orang2 disekeliling gue, jawabannya adalah TIDAK, entah itu karena kita lupa atau justru malah ogah buat mencari tau penyebabnya atau karena sudah punya gambaran "bakal mentah kalo mo komplain/ nelpon nanya2 ke Customer Service, ngabisin pulsa pula..".

Seperti hal nya gerakan 1 hari tanpa kendaraan bermotor ; Alangkah baiknya apabila ada gerakan 1 hari tanpa Handphone (HP) di Indonesia sebagai wadah "rekoleksi" providers sekaligus upaya bargain para customer atas ketidaknyamanan moment pelayanan penyedia-penyedia layanan telephone seluler di Indonesia (providers) selama ini. 

Bisa dibayangkan berapa nominal kerugian providers "hanya" dalam hitungan 1 hari x berjuta-juta manusia Indonesia apabila hal itu sampai terjadi??. Banyak, man! (lebih dari cukup buat memperbaiki gizi anak-anak Indonesia yang kekurangan asupan gizi, nutrisi  atau membantu perekonomian keluarga-keluarga yang kurang beruntung, maupun pendidikan anak-anak putus sekolah. Apabila kontiniti setiap bulannya ada "gerakan keberuntungan kaum yang berkekurangan diatas kerugian kaum kapitalis", Insya Allah dalam jangka waktu 5-10 tahun sedikit-sedikit akan mampu mengikis kemiskinan dan kebodohan di Indonesia ; lebih banyak lagi yang "terpaksa" belajar memaknai rasa saling berbagi - khususnya pemerintah - demi keadilan sosial bagi seluruh rakyak Indonesia (sila ke 5 Pancasila)... Ujung-ujungnya ga ada yang merasa lebih kuat karena kaya atau minder karena miskin, setiap individu berani beropini tanpa takut bakal diintimidasi - mengerti hak, bertanggung jawab atas kewajiban masing-masing dan andaikan ga ada lagi yang berfikir untuk memperkaya diri sendiri secara ga adil atau sadar diri untuk berhenti korupsi). Andai...*ngelantur.

*Pertanyaan Kedua; 

Apakah kita sebagai customers sanggup menjalankannya, berpuasa atau rekoleksi menahan nafsu dunia dalam menggunakan HP??. Satu hari ajaaaaa...tenang tanpa HP, wong manusia kerja aja ada liburnya - mosok hape ga ada?.

Atau justru enggan karena tidak terbayangkan hidup tanpa HP tercinta atau gengsi karena haree geenee ga pake bebe / hape (beli kreditan toh juga ga ada yang tau)? atau karena kita yang terlalu manja setelah sekian lama diperbudak salah satu benda sekunder ini?? (SELAMAT YA!! karena kelemahan-kelemahan manusia Indonesia inilah yang dijadikan senjata oleh para kapitalis untuk strategi mengeruk duit para homo hedonism consumer Indonesian-is). *tepuk tangan. 

*Pertanyaan Ketiga; 

Diluar batere habis, pernah ga sih loe sengaja matiin hape total 1 hari?

*Pertanyaan Keempat;

Apakah kita akan mati apabila hidup tanpa HP??. Buat gue tentu aja jawabannya "kagak lah...gue udah ngerasain 3 minggu lebih ga pake hape bae-bae aja...mang nyawa gue disimpen di hape?!".  Yeah right.

Yuk bareng-bareng bikin 1 hari tenang tanpa HP.


#handphone #technology # social #consumer #provider #Indonesia #gerakan #HidupTanpaHP

Solar Flare Activity Today (Russian spacecraft CORONAS-PHOTON)

Космическая погода     

August 1, 2011

Diagram of the solar flare activity

X-ray emission of the Sun from 31.07.2011 to 01.08.2011 (GOES-15)

Вспышки на Солнце: 01.08.2011

Diagram of the solar flare activity 

Solar flares today

Today, 2 solar flares were observed:

Active region  Begin, UT       Max, UT          End, UT

            Flare of class C1.0      0          00:03:00          00:07:00          00:25:00

            Flare of class C2.1      1263    00:39:00          00:47:00          01:11:00

Solar flares yesterday

Yesterday, 9 solar flares were observed:

Active region  Begin, UT       Max, UT          End, UT

            Flare of class C1.0      0          01:43:00          01:47:00          01:49:00

            Flare of class C3.8      1261    02:46:00          02:54:00          03:02:00

            Flare of class C1.1      1263    17:57:00          18:01:00          18:03:00

            Flare of class C1.4      1263    18:43:00          18:50:00          18:52:00

            Flare of class C1.7      1265    19:01:00          19:09:00          19:17:00

            Flare of class C1.9      1263    20:41:00          20:47:00          20:50:00

            Flare of class C1.8      1261    21:48:00          22:04:00          22:11:00

            Flare of class C1.5      0          22:46:00          22:54:00          22:57:00

            Flare of class C1.0      1263    23:36:00          23:40:00          23:44:00

Last updated: August 1, 2011 06:00 UT

The TESIS is a set of solar imaging instruments developed by the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, and launched aboard the Russian spacecraft CORONAS-PHOTON in January 30, 2009. The main goal of the TESIS is to provide complex observations of solar active phenomena from the transition region to the inner and outer solar corona with high spatial, spectral and temporal resolution in the EUV and Soft X-ray spectral bands.


The TESIS includes five unique space instruments to observe the inner and outer solar corona from 0.2 to 4 solar radii in spectral band 290-320 A. With the advanced capabilities of its instruments, the TESIS will help better understand the physics of solar flares and high-energy phenomena and provide new data on parameters of solar plasma in the temperature range 10⁵ - 10⁷ K.


The TESIS experiment started in the deep minimun between the 23rd and the 24th cycles of solar activity and planned to continue through all the razing phase of new cycle till 2012-1013.

Solar EUV Coronograph (SEC)

For more details please check http://www.tesis.lebedev.ru

© TESIS: www.tesis.lebedev.ru

  © 1953-2011 Laboratory of X-ray astronomy of the Sun, LPI RAS, Russia

 Source: http://www.tesis.lebedev.ru/en/sun_flares.html
#Tesis #Solar #Russia #Sun #X-Ray #CoronasPHOTON #Space #Astronomy 

Children Drug War [1.300 Killed]

A stuffed bear lies over a child's grave at the children section of the San Rafael cemetery in Ciudad Juarez, July 17, 2011. Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters.

By Miguel Angel Gutierrez (July2011)

MEXICO CITY – Once largely spectators to the deaths of hitmen, police and innocent bystanders, children are increasingly in the firing line of Mexico’s drug war.

Minors initially made up a small proportion of the casualties in the conflict that has claimed 40,000 lives in 4 1/2 years, but the child death toll has risen sharply in recent months, as killing became more indiscriminate.

Well over a quarter of Mexico’s 112 million population is under 18, and economists say the country risks squandering its future if President Felipe Calderon’s government is unable to arrest the creeping slide of young people into the violence.

“This life is a disaster,” said Agustina Carrillo, whose 17-year-old son was shot dead by a young drug dealer in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, epicenter of the drug violence and a key smuggling point for drugs into the United States.

Little official data is available on child killings, though government figures showed the number of murders of 16-20 year-olds in Chihuahua state — home to Ciudad Juarez — more than doubled to 386 in 2010 from 136 in 2008.

Grieving parents have used the media to pillory Calderon and his conservative National Action Party (PAN), which was hammered in a key state election this month..

Many joined a peace march that crossed much of the nation in June, urging the president to end the army-led conflict he launched soon after taking office in December 2006.

The United Nations this year urged Mexico’s government to do more to investigate crimes against minors and improve scope for prosecution, notably against the army, which has also been blamed for killings.

Though he remains more popular than his party, Calderon’s approval ratings have hit record lows, and last month he met victims of the drug war to apologize, only to be berated live on television by distraught mothers.

Most victims are between 18 and 35, though the lobby group Network for the Rights of Childhood in Mexico (REDIM) says some 1,300 minors have also been killed since Calderon’s war began.

A REDIM report at the start of 2011 showed the violence killed 994 children until last November, or around 21 every month. In the eight months since, REDIM calculated about 300 more have died — at an average of nearly 38 per month.

NO PUNISHMENT

What particularly alarms analysts is that while many killings were once accidental, atrocities like dismemberment are now deliberately being carried out against children.

“A distinct trend is observable: at the start of 2010 many deaths were due to crossfire,” said REDIM director Martin Perez. “Since then we can see organized crime has started to kill boys and girls to send messages to other cartels.”

Many children fall victim to violence due to ties to family members mixed up in the narcotics trade, which is estimated to generate around US$40-billion in revenues every year.

The chaos has left thousands of orphans struggling to survive across Mexico.

It has also drawn more and more minors into the killing, with girls as young as 16 now being trained as assassins by gangs.

According to REDIM, roughly 30,000 minors have been recruited by drug gangs, whose promise of easy cash has helped fill a gap in the job market for young people, rising numbers of whom lack proper schooling or regular work.

Javier Oliva, a security expert at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), said the increasing exposure of children to drug dealing and violence showed cartels were becoming more brazen and corrupt in their pursuit of profit.

“This is the level of violence you get for control of the drug market,” Oliva said. “What I see here is a clear demonstration of impunity. They can do these things because there is no punishment,” he added.

The government has pledged to improve Mexico’s failing justice system, and the Supreme Court last week ruled soldiers accused of abuses could face trials in civil courts instead of closed-door military tribunals.

The changes came too late for Cinthia Salazar, who accuses the army of shooting dead her two sons Bryan, 5, and Martin, 9, at a checkpoint in northeastern Mexico last year.

“They took two of my children,” she said. “Who’s going to give them back to me? Nobody. I told them (the soldiers) not to shoot us because there were kids, but they ignored me.”

© Thomson Reuters 2011

Source: http://news.nationalpost.com
#Children #War #Drug #Mexico-U.S #Cartels #U.N #Calderon

Children during the Holocaust

by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C

Children were especially vulnerable in the era of the Holocaust. The Nazis advocated killing children of “unwanted” or “dangerous” groups in accordance with their ideological views, either as part of the “racial struggle” or as a measure of preventative security. The Germans and their collaborators killed children both for these ideological reasons and in retaliation for real or alleged partisan attacks.

The Germans and their collaborators killed as many as 1.5 million children, including over a million Jewish children and tens of thousands of Romani (Gypsy) children, German children with physical and mental disabilities living in institutions, Polish children, and children residing in the occupied Soviet Union. The chances for survival for Jewish and some non-Jewish adolescents (13-18 years old) were greater, as they could be deployed at forced labor.

The fate of Jewish and non-Jewish children can be categorized in the following way: 1) children killed when they arrived in killing centers; 2) children killed immediately after birth or in institutions; 3) children born in ghettos and camps who survived because prisoners hid them; 4) children, usually over age 12, who were used as laborers and as subjects of medical experiments; and 5) those children killed during reprisal operations or so-called anti-partisan operations.

In the ghettos, Jewish children died from starvation and exposure as well as lack of adequate clothing and shelter. The German authorities were indifferent to this mass death because they considered most of the younger ghetto children to be unproductive and hence “useless eaters.” Because children were generally too young to be deployed at forced labor, German authorities generally selected them, along with the elderly, ill, and disabled, for the first deportations to killing centers, or as the first victims led to mass graves to be shot.

Upon arrival at Auschwitz-Birkenau and other killing centers, the camp authorities sent the majority of children directly to the gas chambers. SS and police forces in German-occupied Poland and the occupied Soviet Union shot thousands of children at the edge of mass graves. Sometimes the selection of children to fill the first transports to the killing centers or to provide the first victims of shooting operations resulted from the agonizing and controversial decisions of Jewish council (Judenrat) chairmen. The decision by the Judenrat in Lodz in September 1942 to deport children to the Chelmno killing center was an example of the tragic choices made by adults when faced with German demands. Janusz Korczak, director of an orphanage in the Warsaw ghetto, however, refused to abandon the children under his care when they were selected for deportation. He accompanied them on the transport to the Treblinka killing center and into the gas chambers, sharing their fate.

Non-Jewish children from certain targeted groups were not spared. Examples include Romani (Gypsy) children killed in Auschwitz concentration camp; 5,000 to 7,000 children killed as victims of the “euthanasia” program; children murdered in reprisals, including most of the children of Lidice; and children in villages in the occupied Soviet Union who were killed with their parents.

The German authorities also incarcerated a number of children in concentration camps and transit camps. SS physicians and medical researchers used a number of children, including twins, in concentration camps for medical experiments that often resulted in the deaths of the children. Concentration camp authorities deployed adolescents, particularly Jewish adolescents, at forced labor in the concentration camps, where many died because of conditions. The German authorities held other children under appalling conditions in transit camps, such as the case of Anne Frank and her sister in Bergen-Belsen, and non-Jewish orphaned children whose parents the German military and police units had killed in so-called anti-partisan operations. Some of these orphans were held temporarily in the Lublin/Majdanek concentration camp and other detention camps.

In their "search to retrieve 'Aryan blood,'" SS race experts ordered hundreds of children in occupied Poland and the occupied Soviet Union to be kidnapped and transferred to the Reich to be adopted by racially suitable German families. Although the basis for these decisions was "race-scientific," often blond hair, blue eyes, or fair skin was sufficient to merit the "opportunity" to be "Germanized." On the other hand, female Poles and Soviet civilians who had been deported to Germany for forced labor and who had had sexual relations with a German man -- often under duress -- resulting in pregnancy were forced to have abortions or to bear their children under conditions that would ensure the infant's death, if the "race experts" determined that the child would have insufficient German blood.

In spite of their acute vulnerability, many children discovered ways to survive. Children smuggled food and medicines into the ghettos, after smuggling personal possessions to trade for them out of the ghettos. Children in youth movements later participated in underground resistance activities. Many children escaped with parents or other relatives -- and sometimes on their own -- to family camps run by Jewish partisans.

Between 1938 and 1940, the Kindertransport (Children's Transport) was the informal name of a rescue effort which brought thousands of refugee Jewish children (without their parents) to safety in Great Britain from Nazi Germany and German-occupied territories. Some non-Jews hid Jewish children and sometimes, as in the case of Anne Frank, hid other family members as well. In France, almost the entire Protestant population of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, as well as many Catholic priests, nuns, and lay Catholics, hid Jewish children in the town from 1942 to 1944. In Italy and Belgium, many children survived in hiding.

After the surrender of Nazi Germany, ending World War II, refugees and displaced persons searched throughout Europe for missing children. Thousands of orphaned children were in displaced persons camps. Many surviving Jewish children fled eastern Europe as part of the mass exodus (Brihah) to the western zones of occupied Germany, en route to the Yishuv (the Jewish settlement in Palestine). Through Youth Aliyah (Youth Immigration), thousands migrated to the Yishuv, and then to the state of Israel after its establishment in 1948.

Source: http://www.ushmm.org 

Finally, Hollywood Movies "May" Back to Indonesia

Elisabeth Oktofani & Dion Bisara | July 15, 2011 

In the clearest sign of hope yet, Indonesian officials signaled on Thursday that Hollywood blockbusters — including the last Harry Potter film — could be back on screens within a fortnight.

Djonny Sjafruddin, head of the Indonesian Cinema Companies Union (GPBSI), told the Jakarta Globe that almost all film importation issues were now solved.

“Particularly the ones related to customs, royalties and income tax,” he said. “We’re now only dealing with technical issues.”

This meant Hollywood films might arrive here in as little as 10 days, he said. “It will still take time for the films to go through customs, censors and adding the subtitles,” he explained.

A key priority is getting “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2,” he said, which premiered in London last week and began showing in Asia this week, to the chagrin of Indonesian fans.

The turn of events on Thursday was made possible by the Customs and Excise Office clearing newly registered film importer Omega Film to bring in movies.

Susiwiyono, the director of customs and excise information, confirmed the news in a text message but did not explain why.

Omega was given a film import license on May 3, but a freeze was imposed as officials sought to clarify its relationship with Indonesian film giant Cineplex 21.

Cineplex 21 is affiliated with Camila and Satrya, two major film importers banned by the Finance Ministry pending payment of Rp 22 billion ($2.6 million) in back taxes and interest.

Omega was the only company given an import license among the six that applied, as four appeared to have the same address as Omega. It was not clear why the fifth was rejected.

Syamsul Lussa, head of the film department at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, explained that companies in the film industry were not allowed to have businesses that could create “vertical integration, whether directly or indirectly.”

Vertical integration refers to a company going into businesses that form part of its supply chain or production path.

“So, if there is dodgy data about Omega Film, we are going to investigate it and revoke its business permit if necessary,” he said.

Tourism Minister Jero Wacik has said that the Motion Picture Association of America, the umbrella group for six major Hollywood studios that boycotted Indonesia from February over a royalty dispute, only wants to deal with importers it is familiar with, understood to mean Camila and Satrya and the Cineplex group.

In the clearest sign of hope yet, Indonesian officials signaled on Thursday that Hollywood blockbusters — including the last Harry Potter film — could be back on screens within a fortnight.

Djonny Sjafruddin, head of the Indonesian Cinema Companies Union (GPBSI), told the Jakarta Globe that almost all film importation issues were now solved.



“Particularly the ones related to customs, royalties and income tax,” he said. “We’re now only dealing with technical issues.”

This meant Hollywood films might arrive here in as little as 10 days, he said. “It will still take time for the films to go through customs, censors and adding the subtitles,” he explained.

A key priority is getting “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2,” he said, which premiered in London last week and began showing in Asia this week, to the chagrin of Indonesian fans.

The turn of events on Thursday was made possible by the Customs and Excise Office clearing newly registered film importer Omega Film to bring in movies.

Susiwiyono, the director of customs and excise information, confirmed the news in a text message but did not explain why.

Omega was given a film import license on May 3, but a freeze was imposed as officials sought to clarify its relationship with Indonesian film giant Cineplex 21.

Cineplex 21 is affiliated with Camila and Satrya, two major film importers banned by the Finance Ministry pending payment of Rp 22 billion ($2.6 million) in back taxes and interest.

Omega was the only company given an import license among the six that applied, as four appeared to have the same address as Omega. It was not clear why the fifth was rejected.

Syamsul Lussa, head of the film department at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, explained that companies in the film industry were not allowed to have businesses that could create “vertical integration, whether directly or indirectly.”

Vertical integration refers to a company going into businesses that form part of its supply chain or production path.

“So, if there is dodgy data about Omega Film, we are going to investigate it and revoke its business permit if necessary,” he said.

Tourism Minister Jero Wacik has said that the Motion Picture Association of America, the umbrella group for six major Hollywood studios that boycotted Indonesia from February over a royalty dispute, only wants to deal with importers it is familiar with, understood to mean Camila and Satrya and the Cineplex group.

Source : www.thejakartaglobe.com/15July2011/hollywoodmoviesmaysoonbebackonscreen

AP Exclusive: Nike faces new worker abuse claims

By NINIEK KARMINI, Associated Press – 7 hours ago 

SUKABUMI, Indonesia (AP) — Workers making Converse sneakers in Indonesia say supervisors throw shoes at them, slap them in the face and call them dogs and pigs. Nike, the brand's owner, admits that such abuse has occurred among the contractors that make its hip high-tops but says there was little it could do to stop it.

Dozens of workers interviewed by The Associated Press and a document released by Nike show that the footwear and athletic apparel giant has far to go to meet the standards it set for itself a decade ago to end its reliance on sweatshop labor.

That does not appear to explain abuses that workers allege at the Pou Chen Group factory in Sukabumi, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Jakarta — it didn't start making Converse products until four years after Nike bought Converse. One worker there said she was kicked by a supervisor last year after making a mistake while cutting rubber for soles.

"We're powerless," said the woman, who like several others interviewed spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisals. "Our only choice is to stay and suffer, or speak out and be fired."

The 10,000 mostly female workers at the Taiwanese-operated Pou Chen plant make around 50 cents an hour. That's enough, for food and bunkhouse-type lodging, but little else. Some workers interviewed by the AP in March and April described being hit or scratched in the arm — one man until he bled. Others said they were fired after filing complaints.

"They throw shoes and other things at us" said a 23-year-old woman in the embroidery division. "They growl and slap us when they get angry.

"It's part of our daily bread."

Mira Agustina, 30, said she was fired in 2009 for taking sick leave, even though she produced a doctor's note.

"It was a horrible job," she said. "Our bosses pointed their feet at us, calling us names like dog, pig or monkey." All are major insults to Muslims. Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation.

At the PT Amara Footwear factory located just outside Jakarta, where another Taiwanese contractor makes Converse shoes, a supervisor ordered six female workers to stand in the blazing sun after they failed to meet their target of completing 60 dozen pairs of shoes on time.

"They were crying and allowed to continue their job only after two hours under the sun," said Ujang Suhendi, 47, a worker at a warehouse in the factory. The women's supervisor received a warning letter for the May incident after complaints from unionized workers.

The company's own inquiries also found workers at the two factories were subjected to "serious and egregious" physical and verbal abuse, including the punishment of forcing workers to stand in the sun, said Hannah Jones, a Nike executive who oversees the company's efforts to improve working conditions.

"We do see other issues of that similar nature coming up across the supply chain but not on a frequent level," she said. "We see issues of working conditions on a less egregious nature across the board."

Nike, which came under heavy criticism a decade ago for its use of foreign sweatshops and child labor, has taken steps since then to improve conditions at its 1,000 overseas factories. But the progress it has made at factories producing gear with its premier "swoosh" logo is not fully reflected in those making Converse products.

An internal report Nike released to the AP after it inquired about the abuse show that nearly two-thirds of 168 factories making Converse products worldwide fail to meet Nike's own standards for contract manufacturers.

Twelve are in the most serious category, indicating problems that could range from illegally long work hours to denying access to Nike inspectors. A Nike spokeswoman said the company was not aware of physical abuse occurring at those factories. Another 97 are in a category defined as making no progress in improving problems ranging from isolated verbal harassment to paying less than minimum wage. A further six factories had not been audited by Nike.

Nike blames problems on pre-existing licenses to produce Converse goods that it says prevent the parent company from inspecting factories or introducing its own code of conduct.

Read full story & view pics : www.google.com/hostednews/AP/Nike/14July2011

Wright reported from Jakarta, Indonesia. http://www.twitter.com/stephenwrightAP
Copyright © 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

#Labor #Factory #Women #Indonesia 

AGAIN..Web Traffic Virus Attacked!

These past 2 days my laptop got rapid propagation infected host. My Internet traffic was running very very very slow, the bandwidth totally dying!. 

I thought the wireless BTS was down temporary or my browsers got crashed or else wrong. So I've decided to uninstall, install few programs and updated antivirus. After scanning, detecting, checking the software certificates status and so on, so on...dang! finally this morning I've found out I've been attacked by worm-well known as SQL slammer (I remember the 1st time heard about slammer was around 2001).  I was infected with this worm via the Internet and then connected to a network via a VPN (Virtual Private Network).  The routers network processing lead my Internet bandwidth to the end of the traffic, I couldn't even loading any Beta data (90% of all vulnerable machines were infected within 10 minutes).  

Where the worm came from? Well you know, from one of the Windows 'Installer' (one of the supporting download software program that compatible with my laptop's Windows) it need to be install before setting MS antivirus updates. Reality the Setup.exe file is a 'boot-strapper' of the Msiexec.exe file that also sets an error level on return that corresponds to the Microsoft Win32 error codes. I wasn't quite sure to accomplish this, It says it must use a higher level setup launcher (not Windows Installer based) that wraps both the custom application and the stand-alone MSDE, and then opens them independent of each other.  

BUT...I've also just found out that Microsoft no longer offers support for this software program and will no longer be updated. Man..   

  

I'm glad, after my laptop got numerous collapse and crashed of routers under the burden of extremely high bombardment traffic (also removed from routing table), now it clean again. 

So, guys...here some tips : 

1. Take care your PC and Update it regular or you can setting the updates automatically (setting - control panel -  automatic updates). 

2. Check the Certificates Expiry & Authorize of any programs you download (setting via Tools - Internet Option). 

3. After download - Scan your file before you extract the file.

3. If something goes wrong with PC, just disconnect the Internet - Restart - Run the antivirus. 

4. When you find the Troubleshoot File - Uninstall them - Delete the shortcut - Scan - Restart again. 

If you have spare time (especially for you, Ladies), please learn & get to know about your own PC ; learn about the Internet codes - Threads type, how to edit the configuration, learn how to get source & read HTML, to use the Socket Layers properly, etc. So you could fix your own PC :). 

Regards

#internet, anti virus, slammer, worm, SQL, Internet down, routers, troubleshoot, engine, computer 

Ferret = animal (Animal = wild creature)

If we talking about animals, of course it's all about wild - about instinct. Owners of any kind of pets should know the risks before decide to take care animal as pet. 

Still couldn't believe for what happened with the children whose got bitten by Ferret, as parents we supposed to be wise and never leave our kids alone with animals ever (even with fishes in the aquarium).  

It is ALWAYS be our fault  + our stupidity when  it comes to animals because the animals are belong into the wilderness - not inside the house, that's the fact. -N.G-

First Posted: 06/16/11 02:53 PM ET Updated: 06/16/11 02:53 PM ET 

The parents of a 4-month-old Missouri boy who lost seven fingers during a pet ferret attack have been charged with first-degree child endangerment for the January incident.

Ryan Waldo, 33, and his wife, Carrie Waldo, 25, told investigators in Grain Valley that they awoke hearing the screams of their child, who was left with just his thumbs and a pinky following the attack.

Ryan claimed he picked up the pet ferret -- which was a Christmas present to his older children -- and hurled it against the dishwasher, killing it. The couple also said the ferret had never bitten anyone before.

But prosecutors claim they have evidence that the ferret had already bitten the infant twice, CBS3 reports.

Before the incident, the couple's landlord had reportedly helped them get in touch with a ferret rescue group due to animal's tendency to bite. 

However the family decided to keep the ferret in the home, according to a text message sent from the boy's mother to the ferret rescue group that was obtained by the station.

"Kids voting no right now but it probably won't be long before he nips baby again and they get over it," Carrie allegedly wrote. "Not sure if we wanna get rid of him yet. The kids r cryin bout it so we'll let u know."

Based on cellphone records, investigators believe the parents might have left the kids home alone while the attack occurred.

The couple surrendered on the felony charge on Wednesday, The Kansas City Star reports. They were released on bond, but ordered to stay away from their children, who are now in a grandparent's custody.

Source : weirdnews.aol.com

FACTS ABOUT FERRET (info taken from many sources)

Bob Church said in www.ferretcentral.org : What evidence is there that ferrets are carnivores? I have read authoritative accounts indicating ferrets should be fed "sops" (milk and bread) or cooked cereals, and they survived. But it is not an optimum diet, nor does it promise the healthiest and best possible life for the animal. Additionally, starving animals will consume just about anything to survive. Under these circumstances, many people would claim the ferret was an omnivore, but that would be incorrect. Ferrets are strict carnivores; that is, they are biologically adapted to eat [only] meat. 

Ferret's skull is long and flat for several reasons. First, it makes for a powerful biting force, proportionately one of the strongest in mammals, which is very useful in killing animals near your size having teeth that can bite through a pencil (hey, imagine a giant beaver snapping at your nose, with incisors as thick as your middle finger).

Arm bones: The ferret clavicle is a tiny little ossification in the muscle where the clavicle should be, and is not always found, but the scapula, humerus, radis, and ulna are about the same as ours. Their elbow has an extension on the end of it to make their arms very strong for digging. The wrist bones (carpals), the hand bones (metacarpals), and the finger bones (phalanges) are almost the same, except for the 3rd phalanx which has a claw-like process on the end to support the nail. As far as I know, all members of the mustelid family have all five digits front and back. Ferrets have more carpal-metacarpal sesamoids than we usually do, which are tiny bones within the tendons where they pass over joints. Most of us have 1 or 2 of them at our thumbs, but ferrets generally have 2 for every digit. Oh, the thumb has 2 phalanges and the fingers have 3 for both humans and ferrets. The thumb in the ferret is like a finger. Just imagine what a ferret could do with a human thumb.

From www.knowswhy.com : Why are ferrets illegal in California?

In 1933, importation and possession of domestic ferrets, as well as wild animals, was restricted in California. The California Department of Fish and Game, on March 25th 1994, expressed its views regarding the ferrets as:

1. Ferrets may bite or scratch children, as well as adults.

2. Ferrets also carry rabies, and there is no proper vaccine against the rabies which attacks it.

3. Ferrets can also threaten native wildlife. 

Ferrets are considered to be illegal as they may breed in the wild, and pose a threat to agriculture and native species. Ferrets are also believed to be roaming and killing more chicken than that are necessary for its consumption. It is also believed that ferrets are a threat to birds, amphibians and reptiles. Wildlife that are considered to be at risk of extinction due to ferrets are burrowing owls, California ground squirrels and mountain beavers.

Kenneth W. Umbach, Ph.D. for www.library.ca.gov  May 30, 1997 : Ferrets are permitted as pets in all states of the continental U.S. except California, and some observers estimate that there are from 100,000 to 500,000 domestic ferrets kept as pets in California despite the prohibition. A Michigan official noted that Michigan went from zero ferrets (officially, as they were prohibited) to 200,000 overnight when they were legalized a few years ago, and “they did not all just come in over the state line that day.”

Rabies vaccination should be required for domestic ferrets, just as it is for domestic cats and dogs. Ferrets sold at or after 12 weeks of age should be vaccinated before sale. For those sold at the typical 6 to 7 weeks, it is vital that owners be advised of the requirement to have the animals vaccinated at 12 weeks.

CASES

1998 February 22 : Police say ferret bit baby at least 50 times; parents charged  
By AP (Cleveland) via Globe News. 
A 5-week-old girl was in stable condition after being bitten at least 50 times by a pet ferret, and police charged her parents with felony child endangering. 

Samantha M. Grabski was bitten on the face and chest while she lay between her parents, who had fallen asleep after drinking beer late Wednesday, police said. She required about 100 stitches and was in stable condition Sunday at MetroHealth Medical Center.Her mother, Olga Torres, told officers she did not know the baby had been attacked until she woke up Thursday morning. 

Torres, 21, and John B. Grabski, 22, were in custody Sunday pending a bail hearing scheduled for Monday.

Police Sgt. Mark Hastings said prosecutors filed felony charges against Grabski and Torres because the injuries were related to their use of alcohol. 

Four other children, all under age 7, were placed with relatives, Hastings said. The ferret was taken to the city kennel for rabies tests.© Copyright 1998 Globe Newspaper Company

2000 June 28 : Pet ferrets inflicted 10-day-old girl more than 100 scratches  
By Meg Jones Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 

A 10-day-old girl lying in her crib was attacked by two pet ferrets that may have been attracted by milk on the child's breath, Eau Claire police said Wednesday.

 

The ferrets inflicted more than 100 scratches, gashes and bite marks on the baby's face before the family dog jumped in to save the infant, who is expected to recover completely, police said. Please read for more in http://www.igorilla.com/gorilla/animal/2000/ferret_attacks_baby.html

Judy Vowell, shelter director for Ferret Fanciers of Greater Milwaukee said : "It's not an attack animal. It reacts out of instinct but not a destructive instinct," Vowell said. "It was probably after the milk and unknown scents. This was probably a new scent for the ferret, as well - a new baby in the house."

Just remind : No matter how cute and how hard you train your animal, they still and always stayed as animals ;-)