2750 Year-Old Temple Found in Israel

CAS Channel -- Israeli archaeologists discover ancient temple at an estimated age of 2,000 years. Found carvings and sculptures are not recognizable shape by archaeologists.

NBC reported, the temple was found in Tel Motza, west of Jerusalem, currently underway dredging land for highway projects on Thursday, December 27, 2012. Today, archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority took over the investigation at the site, while the toll road project continues.

"The discovery of ritual buildings in Tel Motza very shocking and unusual case. Especially, because at that time Judaea rare temple building," the statement said excavation director Anna Eirikh, Hamoudi Khalaily and Shua Kisilevitz.

In the sacred temple jars found an estimated age of 2750 years. "Among the findings are shaped pottery men, one bearded, whose origins and history are still unknown," said the statement.

According to them, the pottery comes from the Iron Age. The design temple with other religious buildings of that era. In a statement the Ministry of Culture of Israel, the temple walls are very wide, the door facing east, according to the religious tradition in the Near East (Near East).

"Sun will shine from the eastern object in the temple, symbolizing the holy presence of the object. A structure of the city is probably the altar in the middle of the temple grounds," the ministry said in a statement.

Film The Great Raid Sign In five World Best in the Year 2012

CAS Channel -- Totalfilm.com movie news website put the film The Raid kaleidoscope fourth in the list of 50 best films of the year. It is based on the results of a poll conducted on the site of his readers.

It said the poll results, the film, starring Iko Uwais it even beat big box office films such as The Dark Knight Rises, at number six and The Avengers diurutan eighth. While filming The Master by Paul Thomas Anderson ranks first.

This film was made by Gareth Evans also took second place out of 10 best foreign language film at this year's UK version of the site, femalefirst.co.uk. While the first position occupied by the film Avangers. "The Raid is really introducing action star Iko Uwais as talented. This is a movie fastastis, "wrote First famale.

Female first well written, action movie is very qualified and adrenaline after many bloody scenes throughout the film wet. "Through this film Evans indicated that action movies are still alive."

Set foot in the Former Tsunami Aceh

CAS Channel -- Landed at Sultan Iskandar Muda Airport some time ago, it all looks different. No longer visible building tsunami ravaged the rest of what I saw when I first came to Aceh in 2006. No more the impression of a war zone and UN cars passed on the street. Now the highway from the airport to the city is decorated verdant shade trees.With a rental car, my husband and son drove to the shop near the Heroes Cemetery. Understandably, since the morning we had time to eat a donut in the plane. Immediately satisfied our hunger when eating a plate of rice plus a hot curry goat mengep [pu I often eat at this shop because it is close to the office. And I remember, a lot of car window sticker "Hana angkot beude" which means there are no weapons in the vehicle. The streets looked barren because many dead trees tsunami waves crashing. How Aceh is now different.Satisfied eat curried goat, one of the favorite foods of the Acehnese, we continued on to diesel Apung I, a power boat that had moored in the port of Ulee Lheue in order to supply power to Banda Aceh. Tsunami threw the ship weighs 2600 tons as far as 3 miles from shore.

Aceh Tsunami Museum that just opened

Ship diesel Apung I were struck down inland tsunami.

When in 2006 it still looks much wreckage and rubble beneath the hull, now the area around the ship had been built into a tsunami memorial site, with access for visitors to enter the ship. There is no entry fee in one of the prime tourist attraction in Banda Aceh, but there is a donation box to accommodate visitors.We went to the Mosque Baiturrahman downtown. This mosque used to be a silent witness to the tsunami, as well as magic. You remember the video piece depicting people climbed roofs and trees around a mosque when save themselves? But the sea water is only up to the mosque stairs (do not go into), although the surrounding buildings submerged.

Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh.

On the right there Baiturrahman Mosque Atjeh bustling market with a variety of goods. One of the souvenirs are often bought in this market is gold jewelry. Aceh Gold is considered better than gold from other regions.During our visit on holiday in Aceh Aceh Museum, Kerkhoff (Dutch soldier graves persistence Folk Aceh became evidence against the invaders), and the Cut Nyak Dien. Original home was burned Dutch feminist, but then rebuilt on the original foundation.Aceh, which I see now is bergeliat. "Maybe this is the so-called new Aceh," said Kamal, a rental car driver who drove us around the city.Visit the blog also trips Olenka in www.backpackology.me

Treasure Bung Karno in Switzerland, Believed it?

CAS Channel -- Several media outlets in Austria busy to proclaim the existence of the property of the first president of Indonesia, Sukarno. In the news, Sukarno mentioned having a legacy valued at USD 180 million or Rp 1.74 trillion, which is stored in a bank in Switzerland.

Puan: There is no treasure Bung Karno Rp 1.74 trillion in Swiss

Site Austrian newspaper Krone reported on Wednesday (19/12), financial mediator named Gustav Jobstmann, from Austria claim to withdraw the funds that could be invested in the country of origin. He admitted that he was also helped by one of the heirs named Edy Sukanto treasure.

Related to the reports, the granddaughter Puan Maharani Bung Karno said he did not know there was her grandfather's treasures stored in Switzerland. If anything on behalf of the family, not necessarily descended from Soekarno.

"As far as I know from my mother, Mrs. Megawati, that it did not exist, and can not be said to exist, and has not been proven, so that's all I can say," said Puan Maharani, the President's office, Wednesday (26/12).

Not just a matter of property, persons Jobstmann touted as one of the heirs of the property named Edy Sukanto also not known. In fact, he never claimed to know that name from childhood to adulthood.

"We do not know who he is, and he's not in the Sukarno family, to my knowledge since I was born as the grandson of Bung Karno, I never knew and know who he is," he said.

About the news, Puan said he did not want to investigate. "We want baseball involved, and we did not want to interfere in the affairs of baseball because it has something to do with our family," he concluded.

Where are Santa, When Observing Christmas Eve 2012 Around the World

CAS Channel -- Santa Claus is comin’ to town. Yes, your child’s photo with him may not have gone as planned -and- you probably forgot to move the Elf one (or 20?) times this month. But with mere hours left of Christmas 2012, NORAD Tracks Santa (aka the coolest holiday tradition ever) is here to help make your everyone's holiday magical.

NORAD (the North American Aerospace Defense Comm-and-) first got into the Santa business 57 years ago, thanks to a happy accident. On December 23, 1955, Sears Roebuck & Co. printed an advertisement with a portrait of Santa -that- read “Hey Kiddies, call me direct on my telephone...” with the wrong phone number. Instead of the store, children started calling CONAD (the Continental Air Defense Comm-and- which later became NORAD). Colonel Harry Shoup, who was in charge at the time, went far beyond being a good sport; he had his staff check their radar to provide updates on Santa’s location, -and-, as the official NORAD website says, “a tradition was born.”

Over the years, trackers at NORAD continued to take phone calls from anxious kids on -new- Year’s Eve, wanting to know where Santa was. They relied on radar, satellites -and- fighter jets (!) to locate Santa's sleigh. Then, in 1998, NORAD debuted a Santa Cam Network -- “ultra-cool, high-tech, high-speed digital cameras -that- are pre-positioned at many locations around the world… [to] capture images -and- videos of Santa -and- his reindeer as they make their journey around the world.” In other words, NORAD went online -- -and- became even more fun -and- popular.

Today, NORAD will be tracking Santa on their site -and- via the NORAD app with interactive maps -and- constantly updated videos. (Click here to find out where Santa is now.) While you wait for him to get close to your hometown, explore Santa’s village to play holiday versions of classic games like tic-tac-toe (elves are x’s, snowmen are o’s) or head over to Facebook to hang out with the Santa tracking community on the NORAD Tracks Santa page, which has over 1.1 million fans. -and- yes, if you want your kids to have an old school Christmas, it's still possible to get Santa's location by phone -- call 1-877-HI-NORAD or 1-877-446-6723 to speak to a real-life tracker.



Clearly, NORAD is the gr-and-daddy of trackers, but there are even more, entertaining options for kids in search of Santa on December 24. From personalized phone calls -and- videos to a hilarious photo-maker, here are more awesome Christmas Eve activities to do with your family.

Hercules Plane Debris Found Being Wetland Overlay

CAS Channel -- There was no roar of a plane crash is heard Nitiprayan residents in the area, Bantul Yogyakarta. There was also an ambulance sirens roar, no group of military police. But in the rice fields looked like a green colored fuselage of military aircraft 20-meter cut into three pieces. In the body of the plane was no American flag logo and serial number 295 749.
Oddly, though like military aircraft, in the wreck of the fuselage scattered dozens of sacks of soybeans. The plane smashed was not a real event, but a collaborative installation works by sculptor Yogya Budi Umartopo Barnabas. »This work is a protest against the country that always rely on imports tens of agricultural commodities, including soybeans," said Budi told Tempo on Sunday December 23, 2012.
Artists alumnus Art Institute Yogyakarta plane crash in 1987 says paper entitled 'Over Weight' is a work of aftershocks posted Sunday morning December 23, 2012 to complement the exhibition titled 'Last Crop' which has held Community Garda Matra since late September to 31 December. »I accidentally put in the morning before the busy people, for surprise," said Budi. The exhibition is curated by filmmaker Garin Nugroho.
To make the fuselage near the original scale, Budi since two months ago began hunting waste alumnium sheet in a print shop in Yogyakarta for recycling. He managed to gain about 40 pounds of aluminum sheet former paperplate he bought cheap Rp 16 thousand per kilogram. Lembara he united with aluminum welding techniques and eventually form the fuselage. »I made the plane helped six people, with about 1.5 months of full-time," said Budi.
As a work of site specific installation patterned Budi put the plane in the rice fields close to harvest with measuring 25x9 meters rented to farmers Rp 800 thousand by the end of this year. »There are also people who mbesengut face fitting planes in pairs," said Budi laugh. But on the contrary there is an enthusiasm for his field ruffled art exhibition.
In the region there are now 25 giant art installations scattered in the middle of paddy fields. There are works of brain-shaped chunk of red, baby pensive figure, until the goddess Athena.
This exhibition will be taken around the Java, while on display in paddy fields.

Decreased, Revenue RIM BlackBerry

CAS Channel -- Mobile company Research in Motion (RIM) said that they have lost millions of customers around the world. In the release of financial statements in the third quarter on Thursday, December 20, 2012, the company's main product BlackBerry declare the result was a first for them.
The only bad report comes a month before the launch of the BlackBerry 10. As of December 1, 2012, third quarter revenue of BlackBerry sales fell by 48 percent to U.S. $ 2.7 million (Rp 26 billion from U.S. $ 5.2 (USD 50 billion) million per year.
Once the tax is calculated, the total net income RIM is U.S. $ 9 million (Rp 87 billion) worth of 2 cents per share. A year ago in the same period, RIM still posted revenue of up to U.S. $ 265 million (Rp 2.5 trillion), or 5 cents per share.
This Canadian company hopes the latest series mobile aircraft they could pull back a number of customers they've switched the operating system. RIM said that currently there are 79 million loyal customers using BlackBerry.
"We believe the company has been trying to stabilize and will be back to normal next year," said Chief Executive Thorsten Heins RIM. "We are also realistic about our competitors. But, we know that customers in the industry is asking for and respond to innovation that exist," he added.
Until now, BlackBerry sales continued to fall in the United States. But its popularity continues to grow in developing countries. BlackBerry customers deliver high revenue for RIM, through toll charges paid by operators. So the loss of customers is a major blow to the BlackBerry. In Indonesia, the BlackBerry subscriber growth started to slow down.
Heins explained that RIM has reduced the number of inter-operator costs which accounted for 36 percent of their income. He added that this latest in the series, the cost to the operator of the RIM will change.
With BlackBerry 10, Heins continued, corporate and government users will be able to select, they buy services from RIM. He said that the company would no longer charge a fee to users. But it is not clear about the cost of what is offered to the customer's BlackBerry 10.
RIM, the company that has no debt, can surprisingly increase their cash amount of U.S. $ 600 million to U.S. $ 2.9 billion. The company simply stated that cash obtained from the "conversion of working capital".

This time HTC Windows Tablet Will Make

CAS Channel -- HTC technology company plans to create a tablet-based Windows operating systems. As quoted from Bloomberg website, inclusion in the competitive tablet HTC Windows this will enliven the tablet market led by Apple and Google. Because HTC is a Microsoft ally.

At the beginning of this year, HTC said it was preparing for their first tablet based on Windows. HTC is developing a tablet measuring 12 inches and 7 inches. Two versions can also make phone calls.

Chief Executive Officer, Steve Ballmer, welcomed a number of plans that gadget developers will use their operating system. Currently, the major market share provider of tablet operating system is still dominated by Google and Apple who holds the position of 40 percent. Microsoft holds a share of 2.9 percent. The presence of HCT in early 2013 are expected to boost the share of Microsoft.

HTC products in the next year will be a Windows-based RT, a Microsoft operating system designed for machines that use chips. According to Bloomberg sources, chip technology to be used in tablet HTC is derived from ARM Holdings Plc.

7-inch tablet will be the first tablet that uses Windows RT. This operating system to challenge Microsoft released the operating system that is in a mini iPad, Amazon Kindle Fire, and Google Nexus 7. HTC spokesman, spokeswoman Sally Julien and Redmond, Microsoft's representative in Washington, Mark Martin, declined to comment on the plan.

HTC actually plans to make Windows 8-based tablet. However, the plan was canceled because Microsoft was forced to set a price that is too expensive, about $ 1000 for every device. Thus, if the integrated HTC Windows 8 tablet, the selling price will not be competitive. On the other hand, product-based tablet Microsoft Windows 8 be just sold for U.S. $ 899 or U.S. $ 999.