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Firefighters gain on blaze near Los Angeles

Written on September 1, 2009 – 5:00 pm | by Adrie |

Firefighters gain on blaze near Los Angeles Firefighters gain on blaze near Los AngelesLOS ANGELES – Firefighters set backfires and removed brush with bulldozers across a huge swath of Southern California forest on Tuesday to try to contain a 190-square-mile wildfire that has destroyed 53 homes and threatened thousands more in foothill suburbs.

The commander of the vast firefighting operation expressed a positive outlook for the first time in the week since the blaze erupted in the Angeles National Forest north of Los Angeles and grew into a giant.

“I’m feeling a lot more optimistic today than I did yesterday and the crews are doing fabulous work out there on the grounds but the bottom line is that they’re fighting for every foot,” said Mike Dietrich of the U.S. Forest Service.

The fire continued to spread but Dietrich said the containment figure was expected to rise substantially from the current 5 percent after overnight progress was mapped. He noted that bulldozers had carved up to 12 miles of lines and no new structures were lost overnight.

Some 3,600 firefighters and aircraft were working across a 50-mile span to battle the blaze.

Firefighters were keeping a close eye on the weather. Hurricane Jimena roared toward Baja California, but was not forecast to have much of a factor in firefighting efforts because it is expected to dissipate by the time it hits Southern California.

Meteorologist Curt Kaplan says there was a 20 percent chance of a thunderstorm in the fire area Tuesday, but that could end up being a bad thing because the storm could spawn 40-mph wind gusts. The one factor that’s helped firefighters this week has been the lack of wind to drive the flames. Kaplan says temperatures will begin slowly cooling later in the week.

“The good news is that it’s humidity,” Dietrich said. “The bad news is that it may produce lightning, possibly dry lightning, over parts of the fire area.”

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The blaze threatened some 12,000 homes but had already done its worst to the suburban Tujunga Canyon neighborhood, where residents returned to their wrecked homes.

Bert Voorhees and his son on Monday fetched several cases of wine from the brackish water of their backyard swimming pool, about all he salvaged from his home.

“You’re going to be living in a lunar landscape for at least a couple of years, and these trees might not come back,” the 53-year-old Voorhees said. “Are enough of our neighbors going to rebuild?”
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Telah Terjual SKYPE Seharga $ 2 Miliyar

Written on September 1, 2009 – 4:52 pm | by Adrie |

E-commerce raksasa eBay mengumumkan Selasa bahwa itu adalah Skype menjual unit ke grup investor Marc Andreessen yang mencakup usaha baru. Di bawah kesepakatan, eBay akan menerima sekitar $ 1,9 milyar dalam bentuk tunai dan catatan dari pembeli dalam jumlah pokok $ 125 juta, dengan total sebesar $ 2.025 miliar.

Para peserta berharap kesepakatan untuk menutup pada kuartal keempat. Kelompok investor yang akan mengambil sekitar 65 persen saham di Skype, dipimpin oleh Silver Lake dan termasuk Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, dan Rencana Pensiun Kanada Penanaman Modal. Sisanya 35 persen dari layanan telepon Internet akan dipertahankan oleh eBay.

skype1 Telah Terjual SKYPE Seharga $ 2 MiliyarPihak mengatakan nilai-nilai kesepakatan Skype, yang kemungkinan akan melihat IPO dalam bulan-bulan mendatang, pada $ 2.75 miliar. Penjualan Skype telah diharapkan selama beberapa waktu. Firman mendekat hari Selasa dijual kepada grup investor swasta pertama kali dilaporkan hari Senin di The New York Times. The Andreessen Horowitz kelompok modal ventura diluncurkan pada Juli oleh Marc Andreessen, pendiri Netscape dan pendiri Opsware, dan Ben Horowitz, juga salah satu pendiri Opsware.

Dengan penjualan, eBay mengakui bahwa hal-hal yang tidak berhasil seperti yang direncanakan dengan Skype, yang diperoleh untuk $ 2,6 miliar pada tahun 2005 dengan rencana untuk menawarkan pelanggan kemampuan untuk membahas transaksi mereka secara real time. Selama empat tahun sejak itu, eBay menemukan bahwa akuisisi gagal memberikan apa yang dicari. “Skype adalah bisnis mandiri yang kuat, tetapi tidak memiliki sinergi dengan e-commerce dan pembayaran online bisnis,” eBay Presiden dan CEO John Donahoe mengatakan dalam sebuah pernyataan hari Selasa. “Sebagai perusahaan yang terpisah, kami percaya bahwa Skype akan memiliki fokus yang diperlukan untuk bersaing secara efektif dalam suara dan video online komunikasi dan mempercepat momentum pertumbuhan.”
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Sold! eBay jettisons Skype in $2 billion deal

Written on September 1, 2009 – 4:48 pm | by Adrie |

E-commerce giant eBay announced Tuesday that it is selling its Skype unit to an investor group that includes Marc Andreessen’s new venture.

Under the deal, eBay will receive approximately $1.9 billion in cash and a note from the buyer in the principal amount of $125 million, for a total of $2.025 billion. The participants expect the deal to close in the fourth quarter.

The investor group, which will take a roughly 65 percent stake in Skype, is led by Silver Lake and includes Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. The remaining 35 percent of the Internet telephony service will be retained by eBay.

skype Sold! eBay jettisons Skype in $2 billion dealThe parties said the deal values Skype, which is likely to see an IPO in the coming months, at $2.75 billion.

The sale of Skype had been expected for some time. Word of Tuesday’s impending sale to the private investor group was first reported late Monday in The New York Times.

The Andreessen Horowitz venture capital group was launched in July by Marc Andreessen, the founder of Netscape and co-founder of Opsware, and Ben Horowitz, also co-founder of Opsware.

With the sale, eBay acknowledged that things hadn’t worked out as planned with Skype, which it acquired for $2.6 billion in 2005 with the plans to offer customers the ability to discuss their transactions in real time. Over the course of the four years since then, eBay found that its acquisition failed to provide what it sought.

“Skype is a strong standalone business, but it does not have synergies with our e-commerce and online payments businesses,” eBay President and CEO John Donahoe said in a statement Tuesday. “As a separate company, we believe that Skype will have the focus required to compete effectively in online voice and video communications and accelerate its growth momentum.”
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Drummer Bunglon Band Andrey Tewas Mengenaskan [Terlampir Foto Kendaraan Yang Hancur Masuk Jurang]

Written on August 31, 2009 – 11:14 pm | by Adrie |

Drummer Bunglon Band Andrey Tewas Mengenaskan Terlampir Foto Kendaraan Yang Hancur Masuk Jurang 1 Drummer Bunglon Band Andrey Tewas Mengenaskan [Terlampir Foto Kendaraan Yang Hancur Masuk Jurang]Drumer band Bunglon Andrey ‘Chilling’ tewas dalam sebuah kecelakaan mobil di Jalan Bukit Pakar Timur IV, Kampung Singagati, RT 2 RW 2, Kelurahan Ciburial, Kecamatan Cimenyan, Kabupaten Bandung Barat. Mobil Andrey masuk jurang dengan kedalaman sekitar 300 meter.

Dari pantauan detikhot di lokasi kejadian, Minggu (30/8/2009) malam, mobil jenis SUV Daihatsu Taruna warna hitam dengan nopol B 8243 NZ mengalami rusak parah. Body mobil dari mulai bagian depan hingga belakang penyok.

“Kemungkinan mobil berguling ke bawah jurang yang curam,” kata Ketua RW Ruscepi Setiawan (44) saat ditemui di lokasi kejadian.

Ruscepi menambahkan, kejadian tersebut terjadi sekitar pukul 20.00 WIB. Ketika itu warga sekitar tengah menjalankan salat tarawih. “Nggak ada yang lihat langsung kejadian. Kemungkinan pengendara tidak tahu jalan dan masuk ke jurang,” katanya.

Berdasarkan informasi yang dihimpun di lapangan, mobil naas tersebut membawa tiga orang yang di antaranya Andrey Fachreza Bachtiar. Seorang di antaranya adalah warga negara asing bernama Jonathan Adam (30). Andrey dan Jonathan tewas ditempat saat kejadian, sementara seorang penumpang dilarikan ke RS Borromeus dalam keadaan kritis.

Dari catatan ruang pemulasaran jenazah, Andrey langsung dibawa ke kediamannya di bilangan Cipinang, Jakarta Timur, sementara warga negara asing yang tewas masih berada di kamar jenazah.

Dari pantauan di lapangan, mobil yang membawa Andrey menuruni tanjakan curam. Selepas tanjakan curam tersebut terdapat jurang tanpa pembatas jalan dan penerangan, pun marka jalan yang menerangkan adanya jurang terjal.

Menurut keterangan yang didapat Ruscepi dari pihak kepolisian, proses evakuasi akan dilakukan pagi ini. Sementara itu belum ada keterangan resmi terkait peristiwa naas yang menimpa drummer Bunglon dan kedua rekannya tersebut.

Berikut Foto Keadaan Kendaraan yang Telah Hancur Jatuh ke Jurang :


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Anang dan Krisdayanti Resmi Cerai Secara Islam

Written on August 31, 2009 – 8:26 am | by Adrie |

Anang dan Krisdayanti Resmi Cerai Secara Islam Anang dan Krisdayanti Resmi Cerai Secara IslamKabar mengagetkan datang dari pasangan Krisdayanti dan Anang Hermansyah. Kabar perceraian keduanya menjadi Headline salah satu Tabloid ibukota. Ternyata 3 hari menjelang Ramadhan pasangan ini telah resmi bercerai. Hak asuh kedua anak berhasil di pegang oleh Anang.

Hal ini menyiratkan kalau KD lah yang membuat masalah. Seperti kejadian lampau jika hak asuh jatuh ke tangan Ayah, ibulah yang bermasalah. Seperti pasangan Tamara Blezinsky – Teuku Rafli dan Adjie Massaid – Reza Artamevia.

Entah apa penyebab keretakan rumah tangga pasangan yang telah mengarungi rumah tangga selama 10 tahun ini. Sebelumnya KD sempat memberikan pernyataan akan angkat bicara perihal rumah tangganya setelah Lebaran. Kita tunggu saja kejadian sebenarnya.

Berbeda dengan kabar sebelumnya yang mengatakan:


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