Orang Orang Cerdas Asal Indonesia

1. March Boedihardjo



HONG KONG – Bocah Indonesia, March Boedihardjo, mencatatkan diri sebagai mahasiswa termuda di Universitas Baptist Hong Kong (HKBU).

March akan memiliki gelar sarjana sains ilmu matematika sekaligus master filosofi matematika.
Karena keistimewaannya itu, perguruan tinggi tersebut menyusun kurikulum khusus untuknya dengan jangka waktu penyelesaian lima tahun(dari 2007).

Ketika ditanya tentang cara beradaptasi dengan lingkungan dan orang-orang baru, March mengaku tidak pernah cemas berhadapan dengan teman sekelas yang lebih tua darinya. ”Ketika saya di Oxford, semua rekan sekelas saya berusia di atas 18 Tahun dan kami kerap mendiskusikan tugas-tugas matematika,’’ kisahnya.
March memang menempuh pendidikan menengah di Inggris. Hebatnya, dia masuk dalam kelas akselerasi, sehingga hanya perlu waktu dua Tahun menjalani pendidikan setingkat SMA itu.
Hasilnya, dia mendapat dua nilai A untuk pelajaran matematika dan B untuk statistik.
Dia juga berhasil menembus Advanced Extension Awards (AEA), ujian yang hanya bisa diikuti sepuluh persen pelajar yang menempati peringkat teratas A-level. Dia lulus dengan predikat memuaskan. Dalam sejarah AEA, hanya seperempat peserta AEA yang bisa mendapat status tersebut.

2. Prof Nelson Tansu, PhD- Pakar Teknologi Nano
Pria kelahiran 20 Oktober 1977 ini adalah seorang jenius. Ia adalah pakar teknologi nano. Fokusnya adalah bidang eksperimen mengenai semikonduktor berstruktur nano.

Teknologi nano adalah kunci bagi perkembangan sains dan rekayasa masa depan. Inovasi-inovasi teknologi Amerika, yang mempengaruhi kehidupan sehari-hari seluruh orang di dunia, bertopang pada anak anak muda brilian semacam Nelson. Nelson, misalnya, mampu memberdayakan Sinar Laser dengan listrik superhemat. Sementara Sinar Laser biasanya perlu listrik 100 watt, di tangannya cuma perlu 1,5 watt.

Penemuan-penemuannya bisa membuat lebih murah banyak hal. Tak mengherankan bila pada Mei lalu, di usia yang belum 32 tahun, Nelson diangkat sebagai profesor di Universitas Lehigh. Itu setelah ia memecahkan rekor menjadi asisten profesor termuda sepanjang sejarah pantai timur di Amerika. Ia menjadi asisten profesor pada usia 25 tahun, sementara sebelumnya, Linus Pauling, penerima Nobel Kimia pada 1954, menjadi asisten profesor pada usia 26 tahun. Mudah bagi anak muda semacam Nelson ini bila ingin menjadi warga negara Amerika.

Amerika pasti menyambutnya dengan tangan terbuka. "Apakah tragedi orang tuanya membikin Nelson benci terhadap Indonesia dan membuatnya ingin beralih kewarganegaraan?" "Tidak. Hati Saya tetap melekat dengan Indonesia," katanya kepada Tempo. Nelson bercerita, sampai kini ia getol merekrut mahasiswa Indonesia untuk melanjutkan riset S-2 dan S-3 di Lehigh. Ia masih memiliki ambisi untuk balik ke Indonesia dan menjadikan universitas di Indonesia sebagai universitas papan atas di Asia.

Jawaban Nelson mengharukan. Nelson adalah aset kita.

3. Muhammad Arief Budiman : MERAH-Putih DI SAINT LOUIS
Di sebuah ruang kerja di kompleks Orion Genomic, salah satu perusahaan riset bioteknologi terkemuka di negeri itu, seorang lelaki Jawa berwajah "dagadu"—sebab senyum tak pernah lepas dari bibirnya—kerap terlihat sedang salat.

anak pekerja pabrik tekstil GKBI itu sekarang menjadi motor riset utama di Orion. Jabatannya: Kepala Library Technologies Group. Menurut BusinessWeek, ia merupakan satu dari enam eksekutif kunci perusahaan genetika itu.

Genetika adalah cabang ilmu biologi yang mempelajari gen, pembawa sifat pada makhluk hidup. Peran ilmu ini bakal makin sentral di masa depan: dalam peperangan melawan penyakit, rehabilitasi lingkungan, hingga menjawab kebutu*an pangan dunia.

Arief tak hanya terpandang di perusahaannya. Namanya juga moncer di antara sejawatnya di negara yang menjadi pusat pengembangan ilmu tersebut: menjadi anggota American Society for Plant Biologists dan—ini lebih bergengsi baginya karena ia ahli genetika tanaman—American Association for Cancer Research.

Asosiasi peneliti kanker bukan perkumpulan ilmuwan biasa. Dokter bertitel PhD pun belum tentu bisa "membeli" kartu anggota asosiasi ini. Agar seseorang bisa menjadi anggota asosiasi ini, ia harus aktif meneliti penyakit kanker pada manusia. Ia juga harus membawa surat rekomendasi dari profesor yang lebih dulu aktif dalam riset itu serta tahu persis riset dan kontribusi orang itu di bidang kanker. Arief mendapatkan kartu itu karena, "Meskipun latar belakang saya adalah peneliti genome tanaman, saya banyak melakukan riset genetika mengenai kanker manusia," ujarnya.

4. Prof Dr. Khoirul Anwar : TERINSPIRASI KISAH FIRAUN
Dia kini menjadi ilmuwan top di Jepang.

Wong ndeso asal Dusun Jabon, Desa Juwet, Kecamatan Kunjang, Kabupaten Kediri, Jawa Timur, itu memegang dua paten penting di bidang telekomunikasi. Dunia mengaguminya.
Para ilmuwan dunia berkhidmat ketika pada paten pertamanya Khoirul, bersama koleganya, merombak pakem soal efisiensi alat komunikasi seperti telepon seluler.

Prof Dr. Khoirul Anwar adalah pemilik paten sistem telekomunikasi 4G berbasis OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) adalah seorang Warga Negara Indonesia yang kini bekerja di Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Jepang.Dunia memujinya.
Khoirul juga mendapat penghargaan bidang Kontribusi Keilmuan Luar Negeri oleh Konsulat Jenderal RI Osaka pada 2007.

Pada paten kedua, lagi-lagi Khoirul menawarkan sesuatu yang tak lazim. Untuk mencapai kecepatan yang lebih tinggi, dia menghilangkan sama sekali guard interval (GI). “Itu mustahil dilakukan,” begitu kata teman-teman penelitinya. Tanpa interval atau jarak, frekuensi akan bertabrakan tak keruan. Persis seperti di kelas saat semua orang bicara kencang secara bersamaan.

Dua penelitian istimewa itu mungkin tak lahir bila dulu Khoirul kecil tak terobsesi pada bangkai burung, balsam yang menusuk hidung, serta mumi Firaun. Bocah kecil itu begitu terinspirasi oleh kisah Firaun, yang badannya tetap utuh sampai sekarang. Dia pun ingin meniru melakukan teknologi “balsam” terhadap seekor burung kesayangannya yang telah mati. “Saya menggunakan balsam gosok yang ada di rumah,” kata anak kedua dari pasangan Sudjianto (almarhum) dengan Siti Patmi itu.

Khoirul berharap, dengan percobaannya itu, badan burung tersebut bisa awet dan mengeras. Dengan semangat, ia pun melumuri seluruh tubuh burung tersebut dengan balsam gosok. Sayangnya, hari demi hari berjalan, kata anak petani ini, “Teknologi balsam itu tidak pernah berhasil.”

Penelitian yang gagal total itu rupanya meletikkan gairah meneliti yang luar biasa pada Khoirul. Itulah yang mengantarkan alumnus Jurusan Teknik Elektro Institut Teknologi Bandung tersebut kini menjadi asisten profesor di JAIST, Jepang.

5. Dr Warsito P. Taruno : AKU PULANG, AKU BERJUANG, AKU MENANG
Dr Warsito P. Taruno, pendiri dan pemilik Edwar Technology.
Belasan Tahun belajar di luar negeri. Tanpa bantuan pemerintah, penelitian mereka berhasil di Tanah Air.

Robot itu bernama Sona CT x001. robot yang dibekali dua lengan itu sedang memindai tabung gas sepanjang 2 meter. Di bagian atas robot, layar laptop menampilkan grafik hasil pemindaian. Selasa dua pekan lalu itu, Sona—buatan Ctech Labs (Center for Tomography Research Laboratory) Edwar Technology—sedang diuji coba. Alat ini sudah dipesan PT Citra Nusa Gemilang, pemasok tabung gas bagi bus Transjakarta.

Perusahaan migas Petronas, kata Warsito, tertarik kepada alat buatannya. Kini mereka masih dalam tahap negosiasi harga dengan perusahaan raksasa milik pemerintah Malaysia tersebut. Selain Sona, Edwar Technology mendapat pesanan dari Departemen Energi Amerika Serikat. Nilai pesanan lumayan besar, US$ 1 juta atau sekitar Rp 10 miliar.
Bahkan Badan Antariksa Amerika Serikat (NASA) pun memakai teknologi pemindai atau Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography (ECVT) temuan Warsito.

ECVT adalah satu-satunya teknologi yang mampu melakukan pemindaian dari dalam dinding ke luar dinding seperti pada pesawat ulang-alik. Teknologi ECVT bermula dari tugas akhir Warsito ketika menjadi mahasiswa S-1 di Fakultas Teknik Jurusan Teknik Kimia, Universitas Shizuoka, Jepang, Tahun 1991. Ketika itu pria kelahiran Solo pada 1967 ini ingin membuat teknologi yang mampu “melihat” tembus dinding reaktor yang terbuat dari baja atau obyek yang opaque (tak tembus cahaya).

6. Sonja dan Shanti Sungkono: SI KEMBAR PENAKLUK BERLIN
Penampilan mereka memukau publik musisi klasik, dari Eropa hingga Amerika. Diganjar berbagai penghargaan internasional bergengsi.
Kepiawaian jari-jari mereka menari di atas tuts pianolah yang dikagumi penikmat musik klasik, baik di Jerman maupun di kota-kota besar lain di mancanegara.

Prestasi mereka pun patut dibanggakan. Mereka meraih Jerry Coppola Prize dalam lomba duet piano di Miami, Amerika Serikat, pada 1999. Dua Tahun berturutturut, 2001 dan 2002, mereka menyabet Prize Winners Juergen Sellheim Foundation di Hannover, Jerman. Lalu pada 2002 menjadi juara ketiga Torneo Internazionale di Musica di Italia. Terakhir, mereka menggondol Prize Winners pada National Piano Duo Competition di Saarbrucken, Jerman, pada 2003.

Album pertama mereka, Works for Two Pianos, dirilis pada 2002. Dua Tahun berselang, Sonja-Shanti menelurkan album kedua bertajuk 20th Century Piano Duets Collection. Kedua album berformat CD itu di bawah label NCA Jerman. Peredaran album kedua lebih luas dari yang pertama.

Selain di Jerman, album tersebut beredar di Prancis, Italia, Austria, Swedia, Jepang, dan Amerika. Kedua album itu juga mendapat apresiasi yang cukup antusias dari sejumlah media musik klasik di Eropa. Selain itu, kedua album tersebut masuk arsip Perpustakaan Musik Naxos—produser musik klasik dunia yang menyimpan sekitar 36 ribu album.

7. Johny Setiawan, Ph.D - PENEMU PLANET PERTAMA dan BINTANG MUDA
Johny Setiawan membuat mata dunia tercengang dengan penemuan planet pertama yang mengelilingi bintang Baru TW Hydrae.

PENEMUAN itu sangat spektakuler karena dari 270 planet di luar tata surya yang telah ditemukan astronom dalam 12 Tahun terakhir, tak satu pun planet yang muncul dari bintang muda.

Johny yang memimpin tim peneliti di Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), Heidelberg, Jerman itu menemukan planet pertama yang disebut TW Hydrae b dan bintang Baru TW Hydrae dengan menggunakan teleskop spektrograf F EROS sepanjang 2,2 meter di La Silla Observatory, Chile.

Dengan penemuan tim yang dipimpin Johny tersebut, peneliti dapat membuat kesimpulan penting tentang waktu pembentukan planet.Sejumlah pertanyaan pelik yang selama ini dihadapi peneliti, seperti bagaimana dan di mana sistem planet terbentuk?

Bagaimana arsitektur planet? Seberapa lama proses pembentukannya? Bagaimana posisi planet-planet seperti bumi di Galaksi Bima Sakti? Akan segera terjawab. Johny menyadari pentingnya penemuannya tersebut.

”Secara khusus saya bekerja di sejumlah proyek seperti ESPRI (Pencarian Planet dengan PRIMA/ Phase-Referenced Imaging and Micro-arcsecond Astrometry). Di sini saya menyeleksi dan mengamati karakteristik bintangbintang untuk program pencarian planet,”ungkapnya. Sejak 2003, Johny memimpin penelitian di observasi bintang dan planet ESO La Silla.
”Ini merupakan penemuan paling luar biasa dan spektakuler dalam studi planet-planet di luar tata surya.

Untuk pertama kali, kita telah menemukan langsung bahwa planet-planet terbentuk dalam lingkaran cakram. Penemuan TW Hydrae b membuka jalan untuk mengaitkan evaluasi lingkaran cakram dengan proses pembentukan dan migrasi planet,” papar Thomas Henning, direktur Planet and Star Formation Department di MPIA.

8. DR. Azhari Sastranegara - AHLI BENTURAN DARI MAJENE
Doctor of engineering dari Tokyo Institute of Technology, Jepang, itu bergabung dengan produsen bearing dan komponen otomotif tersebut sejak April 2005. Awalnya ia berkarier sebagai research engineer di NSK Research and Development Center. “Tema penelitian saya cukup beragam, berkisar pada analisis struktur dan bahan terhadap benturan,” ujar Azhari.

Salah satu riset pria kelahiran Majene, Sulawesi Barat, itu adalah tentang desain kemudi kendaraan yang aman. Dalam penelitian itu, tugasnya melakukan perhitungan apakah rancangan kemudi yang diajukan oleh bagian desain sudah memenuhi syarat keamanan ketika terjadi tabrakan. Dari aneka penelitian itu, Azhari dan timnya di NSK menghasilkan enam paten yang kini terdaftar di Japan Patent Office.

NSK ternyata juga bukan tempat kerja pertamanya. Sebelumnya, Azhari—yang meraih gelar doktor dengan disertasi berjudul “Effect of Transverse Impact on Energy Absorption of Column”—sempat menjadi asisten dosen di Tokyo Institute of Technology. Di kampus itu pula Azhari merampungkan pendidikan dari S-1 sampai S-3 (Ph.D).

Dia belajar di kampus itu setelah lulus dari SMA Taruna Nusantara, Magelang, Jawa Tengah, pada 1994. Modalnya: beasiswa Mitsui Bussan Indonesia Scholarship, Pada program S-3 (Ph.D), ia kembali mendapatkan beasiswa—kali ini dari Moritani Scholarship dan Tsuji Asia Scholarship.

Setelah memperoleh gelar doktor/Ph.D, Azhari sempat ingin kembali ke Tanah Air. Namun, ia tak mendapatkan tempat untuk mengaplikasikan pengetahuan yang dimilikinya.
Untuk ikut memajukan Indonesia, ia punya cara lain.

3 Patung Tertinggi di Indonesia

Patung adalah benda tiga dimensi karya manusia yang diakui secara khusus sebagai suatu karya seni. Mungkin patung tinggi yang paling banyak dikenal di dunia adalah patung liberty. Indonesia sebagai negara yang penuh peradaban dan budaya juga kaya akan patung-patung yang indah dan unik dari kecil sampai besar ataupun tinggi. Tahukah Anda patung-patung tinggi yang ada di Indonesia?  Berikut ini adalah 3 patung tertingi di Indonesia.

Garuda Wisnu Kencana

Taman Budaya Garuda Wisnu Kencana (bahasa Inggris: Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park), disingkat GWK, adalah sebuah taman wisata di bagian selatan pulau Bali. Taman wisata ini terletak di tanjung Nusa Dua, Kabupaten Badung, kira-kira 40 kilometer di sebelah selatan Denpasar, ibu kota provinsi Bali. Di areal taman budaya ini, direncanakan akan didirikan sebuah landmark atau maskot Bali, yakni patung berukuran raksasa Dewa Wisnu yang sedang menunggangi tunggangannya, Garuda. Area Taman Budaya Garuda Wisnu Kencana berada di ketinggian 146 meter di atas permukaan tanah atau 263 meter di atas permukaan laut.

Patung ini diproyeksikan untuk mengikat tata ruang dengan jarak pandang sampai dengan 20 km sehingga dapat terlihat dari Kuta, Sanur, Nusa Dua hingga Tanah Lot. Patung Garuda Wisnu Kencana ini merupakan simbol dari misi penyelamatan lingkungan dan dunia. Patung ini terbuat dari campuran tembaga dan baja seberat 4.000 ton, dengan tinggi 75 meter dan lebar 60 meter. Jika pembangunannya selesai, patung ini akan menjadi patung terbesar di dunia dan mengalahkan Patung Liberty.

Monumen Jalesveva Jayamahe

Monumen Jalesveva Jayamahe (Monjaya) merupakan suatu bukti hasil karya besar dan sangat mengagumkan karya anak bangsa. Suatu pewarisan nilai sejarah yang tinggi, sebagai cerminan kebesaran bangsa Indonesia sebagai bangsa bahari. Kata Jalesveva Jayamahe itu sendiri merupakan semboyan dari TNI-AL yang memilki arti di laut kita jaya.

Monumen ini berbentuk patung setinggi 30,6 meter yang ditopang oleh Gedung setinggi 30 meter sehingga Kketinggian keseluruhan monumen ini adalah 60,6 meter.
Patung ini menggambarkan seorang Perwira TNI Angkatan Laut lengkap dengan pedang kehormatannya berdiri tegak menatap ke arah laut dengan penuh keyakinan dan kesungguhan siap menerjang ombak dan menempuh badai menuju arah yang telah ditunjukkan yaitu cita-cita bangsa Indonesia. Pendirian monumen ini diharapkan dapat menambah semaraknya Ujung Surabaya yang berarti ikut menambah indahnya Surabaya sebagai kota Pahlawan dan Indarmadi (lndustri, Perdagangan, Maritim dan Pendidikan).

Patung yesus memberkati Manado

Patung Yesus Memberkati merupakan patung Yesus tertinggi di kawasan Asia sampai Eropa dan tertinggi kedua di dunia setelah “Christ the Redeemer Statue” (Patung Kristus Penebus di Brazil). Patung ini memiliki tinggi 30 meter dan 20 meter untuk penopang. Patung ini terletak di kota Manado, Sulawesi Utara dan menjadi ikon terbaru kota Manado.

Monumen ini terbuat dari 25 ton besi fibre dan 35 ton besi baja dan terletak pada bukit tertinggi di daerah perumahan Citraland Manado. Ide pembuatan monumen ini berasal dari Ir. Ciputra, seorang pengusaha kawakan di bidang properti di Indonesia. Monumen ini menghabiskan biaya sebesar kurang lebih Rp. 5 miliar. Posisi patung menghadap langsung ke kota Manado dan pantai Manado dengan kemiringan 20 derajat. Dibawah patung ini terdapat empat patung kecil yang digambarkan sebagai malaikat penjaga

sumber:
http://id.wikipedia.org
http://www.eastjava.com
http://www.international.sindonews.com
http://www.foursquare.com
http://www.indonesiarayanews.com

Baju Termahal didunia

Harta kekayaan bukanlah segala-galanya. Tak akan dibawa mati. Namun prinsip itu tak berlaku bagi pria di Pimpri-Chinchwad, India ini. Datta Phuge namanya.

Pria 32 tahun ini baru saja membeli baju termahal di dunia. Dibuat dari emas lebih dari 3 kg, baju tersebut dibelinya seharga US$ 250 ribu atau sekitar Rp 2,4 miliar. Maka tak pelak, ia dijuluki 'Raja Bling-bling'.

"Orang-orang heran menanyakan kepadaku, mengapa aku membeli baju emas itu? Jawabannya, ini adalah mimpiku," ungkap Phuge, seperti dilansir BBC, Senin (15/4/2013).

Dijelaskan Phuge, ketika orang-orang memilih untuk memiliki mobil mewah, ia lebih memilih emas sebagai barang mewah kebanggaan.

"Setiap orang mempunyai keinginannya sendiri-sendiri. Ada yang ingin membeli mobil, Audi atau Mercedes. Tapi saya lebih suka emas," tutur dia.

Tak hanya pakaian emas saja, tapi juga kalung, gelang, cincin yang dikenakannya serba dari emas. Bahkan bisa jadi atlet juara olimpiade yang kerap mendapat medali emas bakal iri dengan kalung miliknya seharga ratusan juta itu.

"Berat keseluruhan aksesoris yang dikenakannya 3,3 kg. Total biaya untuk membeli baju beserta perhiasan serba mewah itu yakni Rp 2,4 miliar," tulis wartawan BBC Rajini Vaidyanathan.

Untuk Menarik Kaum Hawa

Phuge mengaku pakaian serba mewahnya itu dipakai pada momen-momen tertentu, seperti pesta atau acara resmi lainnya. Dan saat memakai pakaian itu, Phuge dikawal oleh beberapa bodyguard.

Ternyata tujuan Phuge memakai baju emas itu untuk menarik kaum hawa. Baginya, memakai baju mewah, dapat mendatangkan banyak wanita yang menempel pada dirinya.

"Saat saya masih kuliah, banyak orang bertanya, kamu dari keluarga mana, punya emas tidak? Sejak saat itu, aku mulai mendambakan emas. Ini adalah manifetasi hidup saya," ujar Phuge.

Untuk mewujudkan ambisinya itu, pria yang sehari-harinya mengeruk untung besar dari uangnya yang dipinjamkan ke orang lain alias rentenir, mempekerjakan tim beranggotakan 15 tukang emas, yang membutuhkan waktu dua minggu, 16 jam kerja perhari, untuk memintal dan menenun benang dari emas murni.

"Tantangan tersulit saat membuat baju ini adalah bagaimana menciptakan kemeja emas senyaman mungkin," kata perancang baju Tejpal Rankar dari perusahaan emas Rankar Jewellers.

Diungkapkan Rankar, untuk merampungkan baju emas ini, perlu mesin khusus dan mesti berkiblat pada seni tenun Italia. "Tim kami memutuskan untuk membuatnya berdasarkan seni tenun Italia," ucapnya.

Pertolongan Pertama Ketika Anak Mimisan

  1. Duduk, agar hidung anak lebih tinggi dari jantung.
  2. Membungkuk ke depan sedikit, dan bernapas dari mulut.
  3. Jangan tidur terlentang. Aliran darah ke hidung bertambah deras, dan darah dapat tertelan ke belakang.
  4. Tekan hidung selama 5 menit. Yang ditekan adalah seluruh Bagian depan cuping hidung, tepat di atas lubang hidung.
  5. Tangan yang lain dapat digunakan untuk memberi kompres dingin menggunakan es pada tulang hidung, untuk memperlambat aliran darah ke hidung.
  6. Bila setelah 5 menit masih berdarah, tekan lagi selama 10 menit.
  7. Kalau masih tetap berdarah, bawalah anak ke ruang gawat darurat rumah sakit.
  8. Bila sudah sering mengalami mimisan, dapat meminta campuran lidokain 4% untuk mengurangi nyeri dan epinefrin 1 : 10.000 untuk mempercepat darah berhenti.

LUPA Bukan Alasan!

Seberapa sering Agan nanya sesuatu ke teman/tim Agan, trus dijawab, "Oh iya, lupa. Sorry ya."?

Jangan kaya para tersangka di pengadilan yang kalau ditanya apa-apa, jawaban yang paling 'aman' adalah "Lupa". Di dunia kerja maupun dunia bisnis, kata-kata ini sama buruknya dengan "Malas", "Ngga bisa", "Bodo amat".

Menurut saya, orang yang bilang "Lupa", karena dia ngga menganggap hal tsb penting. Gini deh,.. secara psikologis, kalau Agan menganggap suatu hal itu penting, otomatis pasti Agan udah taro alarm di hp, trus mungkin sampe minta ke ortu/temen untuk ngingetin. Bahkan, mungkin sampe ngga bisa tidur malamnya karena terlalu excited untuk ngelakuin hal tersebut di keesokan harinya. Bener?

Nah, jadi kalau sampe "Lupa", ya itu karena Agan ngga ngerasa hal itu penting. Gimana untuk hilangkan habit lupa ini? Ya gampang... sekecil apapun juga, jangan lupa untuk dicatat. Sekarang udah jaman teknologi, kemana-mana bawa hp kan? Di hp ada notes untuk nyatet, ada alarm / kalender.

Mau sukses? Hilangkan habit "Lupa". Kalau keseringan lupa, jangan heran kalau kamu ngga sukses-sukses, tau kenapa? Karena kamu "Lupa" mengerjakan banyak hal, "Lupa" untuk berusaha sukses!

Soal 'Blusukan' SBY, Kalau Bisa Sering-Sering

Presiden SBY secara mendadak dan tanpa protokoler melakukan 'blusukan' (keluar masuk kampung) di sejumlah daerah di Tangerang pada Jumat (4/1) kemarin. Wakil Ketua Umum Gerindra Fadli Zon, menilai aksi SBY ini akan lebih baik jika tidak hanya sekali saja dilakukannya.

"Saya rasa bagus-bagus saja pak SBY lakukan blusukan, kalau bisa sering-sering. Cuma saya ada saran blusukannya benar-benar harus dadakan tidak perlu pakai upacara dan sebagainya," kata Wakil Ketua Umum Gerindra Fadli Zon, usai diskusi di Warung Daun, Jalan Cikini, Jakarta Pusat.

"Saya kira bagus walaupun agak terlambat. Kalau ada yang baik ditiru kenapa enggak? Daripada tidak ditiru. Kan sesuatu yang baik lebih bagus ditiru," lanjutnya tanpa menjelaskan siapa yang ditiru SBY.

Ia menilai meski aksi SBY ini dilakukan pada masa injury time kabinet, tetapi tidak ada istilah terlambat untuk berbuat bagi masyarakat. Tetapi soal apakah SBY meniru gaya Jokowi, Fadli enggan merinci.

"Ya kemana presiden pergi pasti media tahu. Kalau dibilang tiru meniru ya kalian saja yang menilai," ucapnya.

Lebih jauh menurutnya, melihat langsung persoalan masyarakat memang sudah selayaknya dilakukan oleh seorang pemimpin. Hal itu yang kemudian menjadi pertimbangan pemimpin dalam membuat kebijakan-kebijakan.

"Saya rasa blusukan Jokowi untuk langsung melihat persoalan rakyat. Saya kira blusukan itu metode konvensional tapi sayangnya politikus sekarang tidak jarang yang melakukan, barulah pas Jokowi pada ikut-ikutan, pada keliatan lagi," kritiknya.

"Ya manfaatnya adalah dalam mengambil kebijakan, jadi pemimpin beneran tahu apa saja yang dibutuhkan rakyatnya. Saya kira ini bagian untuk pembelajaran politik juga," lanjut Fadli Zon.

Ancient Bikes Found Embedded in the Tree Board After 58 Years Missing

After missing for half a century, a grandmother's ancient bicycle found. Interestingly, this bike was found in a state of wood embedded in the body of a large tree.

The bike was owned by the son of Helen Puz (99). Helen was recently informed that his son's bicycle had been found in a forest in Vashon Island Washington.

When directly to the location, Helen with her son, Don is surprised. The bike was in a position embedded in the body of a large tree. Surprisingly, there was no sign of deliberate human hand plugging the bike.

Bicycle front wheel was on the outside of the tree trunk, as well as the end of the rear wheels. However the iron that is in the middle of the bike, 'swallowed' the tree in such conditions. Bikes that are five feet

The bike was given by a neighbor Helen in 1954, shortly after she was widowed. The prize was awarded to Don who was then eight years old.

"People are sympathetic and very kind," said Helen about giving that old bike 58 years ago, as reported by the Huffington Post.

However, since the bike is a bike with a steel frame for women, Don refused to wear it. Not some old bike was missing it somewhere.

Wow! British man Managed to Lose Weight 292 Kg

Illustration London, - Wow! A British man managed to lose weight as much as 292 pounds! Whereas before, he was once dubbed as the world's fattest man weighs 444 pounds!

Postman named Paul Mason weighed 444 pounds before undergoing gastric bypass surgery in 2010 to reduce the size of the stomach.

Similarly, as reported News.com.au. The man now weighs 152 pounds and can not wait to live a normal life.

But Mason said he still needed to undergo subsequent surgery to remove folds of skin sagging. The operation is expected to cost up to U.S. $ 60 thousand.

In an interview with the British tabloid, the Sun, the 51-year-old man admitted he was ashamed of being called as the fattest man in the world.

Now, the British man was still willing to lower the weight back up to between 89 and 95 kilograms.

Fast Way 3.5 Hours per Week Can Reduce Stroke Risk Women

Stroke can threaten anyone, both men and women that can be triggered by an unhealthy lifestyle. Recent studies show that the risk of stroke in women can be reduced by running fast at least 3.5 hours each week.Physical activity has been associated with a lower risk of stroke caused by the accumulation of plaque in the arteries or rupture of blood vessels in the brain. Health experts suggest that physical activity and regular moderate intensity for good health and can keep you from the threat of stroke.
A recent study conducted in Spain showed that the women who run fast with a total time of 3.5 hours or more a week have a lower risk of stroke than women who are not active or intensity of exercise in a shorter time.
The study was led by Jose Maria Huerta of Murcia Regional Health Authority and involving about 33,000 men and women. Participants were asked to answer questionnaires about their physical activity and stratified by gender, type of exercise and the total time spent exercising each week.
Study participants were examined periodically during the 12-year study period to record any symptoms of stroke appear. The result is that roughly 442 people showed signs of a stroke.
Based on these studies also known that active women walking reduced their risk of stroke by 43 percent compared with women who are not active. But do not look similar risk reduction in the group of men.
"The reason why the benefits of walking for stroke is felt more by women than men do not have a clear explanation. Guy might have had a better physical condition than women, but there is no evidence to support these allegations," said Huerta, as reported by FoxNews.
The results were published in the journal Stroke. WHO also recommends women to light exercise such as brisk walking at least 150 minutes or 2.5 hours each week to prevent stroke.

Do not Like prejudice, Easy Ailing Later Lho ...

In religion, prejudice is a character that should be shunned. In addition to damaging relationships, prejudice can also make heart was calm. One study even found that prejudice makes people easy sickly.A recent study found that prejudice can make people become more sensitive to physical pain. Prejudice in this study felt he did not mean to be understood by others. Conversely, people who are better able to understand the pain.
In a research report published the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, researchers want to understand what people do not understand feelings of others can trigger pain. The researchers asked participants to carry on a conversation with a stranger.
After the conversation, participants were asked to describe how she felt about talking with the other person and guess impression of herself. Unbeknownst to participants, the stranger who chatted randomly asked to provide feedback varies.
Participants who received positive feedback describes his interlocutor to understand and think about the participants as well as the participants see themselves. On the other participants, the feedback received by the participants think they are talking always think there is something wrong within the participants.
Researchers then measured the participants pain tolerance. The participants were asked to dip one of the most rarely used his hands in a bucket of ice water as long as possible.
As a result, participants who are not well understood and are always blamed by his interlocutor more quickly withdrew his hand. While participants felt understood by his interlocutor could withstand more pain and his hand in ice water longer.
After undergoing a painful test, participants were asked to stand facing the hill. Participants were asked to estimate how steep the hill is. Apparently those who are not understood hills look steeper than it is.
The researchers then hypothesized that the taste is not similar to feeling threatened understand. The result can exaggerate the perception of certain feelings, such as pain. Interactions with strangers who do not understand can resemble threatening interactions with people.
"To arrive at a state of alert requires energy., And because the source of calories affect a person's perception, it was not understood can lead to excessive perception of water ice, hills and distance," said the researchers.
Previous research found that the actual physical pain processed in brain areas that also processes of social rejection. Other studies have also found that people were taking analgesics for 3 weeks finally become more resilient emotionally ill.

Shame So Reasons Smokers secret habit

Although easy to find smokers in the street, but not a few who keep smoking habit. Various reasons ranging from shame expressed to the family worried about his health fear.Usually teens who often hide his smoking habit of parents, especially the mother for fear of being scolded. But new research shows teens are not the only one.
The survey of 2000 smokers was revealed about 37 percent of the people who hide smoking habit are elderly who are more than 55 years.
Given shame is one of the main reasons a person to keep it secret. Approximately 37 percent of participants claimed to be embarrassed to be a smoker, and 32 percent do not want their loved ones worried about the health of participants.
How to keep the smoking habit can be a variety of things such as saying the number of cigarettes diiisap less than fact, lied when applying for a job and did not include smoking in private health insurance applications.
Further research to get 3 out of 10 smokers had lied to the doctor and about a quarter of the store smoking habit employer or boss where he worked.
Unfortunately not many people realize that the way sneaky smoke 1-2 cigarettes a day can still cause long-term damage to health. Smokers is lying to himself and others about his bad habits, as well as ashamed to admit him as a smoker.
Meanwhile, another study shows women who smoked 1 cigarettes a day have a higher risk of sudden death due to heart attacks and other problems. However, this threat can be reduced if he can stop the habit.
"The study reveals smoking is an important risk factor that can be modified to prevent sudden death from heart disease. Quitting smoking before the heart disease is very important," said Sandhu roopinder of the University of Alberta in Canada, as quoted by the Daily Mail, Friday (4 / 1/2013).

Often Eat Bread Fuel Can Trigger Cancer?

Burned food is known to be one of the factors triggering the onset of cancer in the body. If so, is often toast consumption can also cause cancer?"Maybe. Nobody can say for sure," said Dr Paul Brent, chief researcher at the Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ), as quoted from abc.net.au, Friday (04/01/2013).
Dr Brent said this is because no one has investigated whether people who often eat baked bread has a higher cancer risk, and there are no laboratory studies using mice.
However the chemical acrylamide resulting from the heating process glucose and certain amino acids found in toast. This chemical is potentially harmful to the body.
"The level of acrylamide in food increases with higher cooking temperatures and long cooking times. Though bread contains less acrylamide than chips and French fries," said Dr. Brent.
Acrylamide is used in many industrial processes and high exposure is known to be toxic to the nervous system of animals and humans. But acrylamide in foods generally do not reach the same level as the industry.
Additionally burnt toast also contain small amounts polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were also found in air pollutants. Some of the types of PAHs is proven carcinogens (cancer causing chemicals).
PAHs are one of the most famous is benzopyrene found in coal tar and cigarette smoke. This substance is produced when organic material does not burn completely. If it gets into the body can trigger chemical changes in cells that cause DNA damage and eventually lead to cancer.
Brent advise should avoid baking bread for too long, and do not be tempted to eat the burnt toast. If it's too long to burn, better get rid of the bread that is too dark or slightly burnt.

Sleep

Not all people get the full bedtime. But there is also a successful surreptitiously working hours for a short nap or successfully improve the quality of sleep by changing the order of the rooms so that they can sleep soundly.If there is no gain time or sleep quality they want, at least you still can find a number of findings about sleep and the impact on health as well as in fact quoted from huffingtonpost, Friday (01/04/2013) following.
1. Lack of sleep increase the risk of strokeSleep less than six hours semalem associated with an increased risk of stroke in a person, even in people who do not have risk factors such as smoking, lack of physical exercise or high blood pressure. Presumably this was due to the impact of the short hours of sleep to factors such as increased blood pressure or alter certain hormones.
Fortunate was also often referred to as a 'modifiable risk factor'' so that people can control how many hours of sleep they get, so the potential to control the risks of serious health problems that may occur due to bed.
2. Too much sleep hurting heartMost studies tend to focus observations on the lack of sleep but too much sleep can also cause health problems, especially for the heart. According to a study published in March 2012, people who sleep 8 hours or more at night at higher risk of cardiovascular disorders, including stroke, congestive heart failure and heart attacks.
3. Too few hours of sleep push unwise food choicesExperts have long known if lack of sleep can lead to weight gain, but only recently researchers know the reason behind it. In one study, the research team found that one part of the brain that help determine a person's food choices are affected by more or less hours of sleep he had. The problem is lack of sleep makes a person difficult to choose healthy foods.
Another study tried to ascertain this by observing the response of participants to images of healthy food and unhealthy after participants were given only four hours' sleep at night. The result, researchers found a higher activity of the brain giving reward and motivation, participants showed increased susceptibility to choose unhealthy foods and poor decision making skills.
4. Same with stress, lack of sleep also affects the immune systemHigh levels of stress proved burdensome health and recent studies have shown that lack of sleep also produce the same effect. In a detailed study conducted in July 2012 that claimed to find that the number of white blood cells to go up and down when the participants experienced a lack of sleep, as well as their response to stress.
5. Miss hours of sleep to learn more and make bad valueSome students prefer staying up all night to learn in order to do the test well but a study revealed that this will make the student fail the exam or did not obtain a satisfactory value.
This conclusion was obtained after a number of high school students in LA are asked to record how much time they spend sleeping and studying past records whenever they are in trouble in class or getting a poor grade in the course. The researchers also found that the more time that passed a sleeping students to learn the value ascertained in the school will be worse.
"Although additional study hours is deemed necessary, but in fact it requires no small sacrifice," said researcher Andrew J. Fuligni, a professor at UCLA and senior researcher of the Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior, UCLA.
6. Sleepy surgeons who risk making a mistake operationDue to be on duty for long hours at the hospital, I wonder if the doctors or nurses often feel exhausted by it. But for the first time, a study to try to compare it with the level of fatigue risk operation errors.
"The result is fatigue levels were higher than we expected so far, especially on the night shift," said one researcher Dr. Frank McCormick of the Harvard Combined Orthopedic Residency Program and Massachusetts General Hospital.
7. Lack of sleep increase anxietyA study conducted in June 2012 found that too few hours of sleep can increase anxiety levels.
"What this study highlights is the importance of sleep to healthy emotional functioning. In other words, people who are high levels of anxiety may actually be more susceptible than enough sleep," said Andrea Goldstein who conducted the study at the Sleep and Neuroimaging Laboratory , University of California, Berkeley.

Lahm warns Bayern

Doha - Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm warned his team not to conceited though well ahead of its rivals. Bayern are required to maintain performance in the second half of the season after securing the championship title.

Die Roten currently enjoying peak championship by nine points from his nearest rival, Bayer Leverkusen, and 12 points from the defending champion Borussia Dortmund.

But anyway, the Bundesliga still have half way to the end of the season will undoubtedly be heavier.

"There are still 17 games (left), and many things can happen," said the German international defender was told Bild.

Of 17 games that have been played, Bayern look impressive with only one defeat to swallow, three draws and 13 wins. The defense also looks strong as Bavarians conceded just seven goals.

Lahm believes his team has a great opportunity to end the fasting titles in the last two years when the impressive pace that could continue until the competition ends.

"If we fulfill our potential in the second half of the season, we probably can not be stopped," said Lahm confidence.

Currently Bayern was in Doha, Qatar to undergo training in the winter break. Bayern will be back competing on Saturday (19/01/2013) and against Greuther Fuerth.

Rasyid Rajasa ternyata 'disembunyikan' di RSPP

Di mana Rasyid Amrullah Rajasa dirawat usai mengalami kecelakaan yang menewaskan dua orang di Tol Jagorawi akhirnya terungkap. Putra bungsu Menko Perekonomian Hatta Rajasa itu berada di Rumah Sakit Pusat Pertamina (RSPP), Jakarta Selatan.

"Saya jelaskan, pada saat ini keluarga dari Bapak Hatta Rajasa, yaitu anak beliau (Rasyid Rajasa) sedang dirawat di RSPP," kata Kepala Administrasi Medis RSPP dr Indra Maulana, di kantornya Jalan Kyai Maja, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan, Rabu (2/1).

"Kondisinya memang stabil, amanat pihak keluarga agar mohon tidak diganggu," imbuh Indra.

Ditanya terkait luka-luka yang dialami Rasyid, Indra menjelaskan, "Lukanya baik, kondisi pasien stabil saat ini," jawabnya.

Sebelumnya, pihak kepolisian dan keluarga termasuk sang bapak, Hatta Rajasa tidak mengungkapkan di mana Rasyid dirawat. Pihak RS Polri membantah merawat Rasyid.

"Saat ini pengemudi sedang dalam perawatan di rumah sakit dan kita tidak bisa sebutkan rumah sakitnya karena pengemudi trauma dan luka-luka," ujar Kabid Humas Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Rikwanto.
Kasat Penegakan Hukum (Gakkum) Ditlantas Polda Metro Jaya AKBP Sudarmanto bahkan berlindung di balik UU KIP.

"Masih dalam proses penyelidikan jadi kami tidak boleh memberikan informasi. Pasal 18 tentang UU Keterbukaan Informasi Publik. Di mana saat dalam penyidikan kami tidak boleh beri informasi gamblang," terang Sudarmanto kemarin.

Beda perlakuan anak Hatta dan Afriyani saat kecelakaan maut

Polisi lantang bicara ketika terjadi kecelakaan dan memakan korban jiwa. Tanpa menunggu waktu lama, polisi langsung mengumumkan status pengemudi dan menahannya. Tetapi ternyata itu tak berlaku bagi Muhammad Rasyid Amrullah, anak Menko Perekonomian Hatta Rajasa.

Sejumlah keganjilan muncul, mulai dari polisi yang saling lempar ketika ditanya sampai pria-pria misterius yang berjaga di RS Polri Kramatjati. Dan anehnya lagi, Rasyid beserta mobil BMW-nya raib. Kenapa?

Sampai hari ini pun status Rasyid masih belum diketahui. Ketika dicecar, polisi berdalih masih melakukan penyelidikan. Mereka justru mengungkapkan jika putra bungsu Hatta itu trauma dan menjalani perawatan di rumah sakit.

Bandingkan dengan kasus kecelakaan Xenia maut yang menewaskan 9 pejalan kaki dan Livina maut di Jalan Ampera Raya, yang menewaskan dua orang. Lebih parahnya lagi, untuk kasus yang sama seorang perwira polisi bisa memberi pernyataan berbeda.

Saat kasus Xenia maut, beberapa jam kemudian Kasat Penegakan Hukum (Gakkum) Ditlantas Polda Metro Jaya AKBP Sudarmanto mengumumkan status Afriyani Susanti sebagai tersangka. Kala itu Sudarmanto pun detail menyebut pasal-pasal yang menjerat pengemudi berbadan tambun itu.

"Afriyani Susanti kami tetapkan sebagai tersangka dan dikenakan Pasal 283, 287 ayat 5, Pasal 288, Pasal 310 ayat 1, ayat 2, ayat 3, dan ayat 4," kata Sudarmanto kala itu Minggu 22 Januari 2012.

Tetapi tidak untuk kasus anak sang menteri, Sudarmanto bermain aman untuk tidak memberikan informasi. Dia pun berlindung di balik undang-undang agar jurnalis tak terus mencecarnya. Padahal polisi sudah berjanji tak akan mengistimewakan anak Hatta.

"Masih dalam proses penyelidikan jadi kami tidak boleh memberikan informasi. Pasal 18 tentang UU Keterbukaan Informasi Publik. Di mana saat dalam penyidikan kami tidak boleh beri informasi gamblang," terang Sudarmanto kemarin.

Sudarmanto juga merahasiakan di mana mobil BMW yang dikemudikan oleh Rasyid kini berada. "Ada di suatu tempat, kenapa saya tidak bisa beri tahu, ya karena balik lagi ke Pasal 18 itu tadi," katanya.

Bahkan untuk mengungkap siapa sebenarnya Rasyid, harus corong Polri yang angkat bicara, yaitu Irjen Suhardi Alius. Padahal, dalam peristiwa kecelakaan seperti ini, biasanya polisi setingkat wilayah punya otoritas untuk mengumumkan.

Contohnya adalah kecelakaan Livina maut, secara gamblang Kasat Lantas Polres Jakarta Selatan Kompol Hindarso mengumumkan status pengemudi, tepat di hari kejadian, Kamis 27 Desember 2012.

"Sopir sudah pasti tersangka. Tadi sempat digebukin warga," kata Hindarso.

Tentu kita ingin siapa saja yang bersalah baik rakyat biasa, anak pejabat, kedudukannya harus sama di hadapan hukum. Jika memang bersalah ya harus dihukum, nyali polisi tak boleh ciut.

Hatta pun sudah meminta maaf kepada keluarga perihal kejadian ini. Ketua Umum PAN itu menyerahkan sepenuhnya kasus ini pada aparat kepolisian. Dia merasa terpukul atas kejadian yang menimpa anaknya.

"Kami serahkan sepenuhnya proses ini kepada kepolisian, saya mohon doa restu saudara sekalian agar putra kami pulih, agar dia dapat menjalani proses hukum," kata Hatta saat melakukan jumpa pers di kediamannya di Cipete, Jakarta.

Israel training Cyber Wars for Youth


JERUSALEM, Israel Government on Monday (31/12) night, inaugurating a national program to train young people aged 16 and 18 years for cyber wars in the future in the military and intelligence services. The launch program was not separated from the growing threat from Iran.

"The threat of cyber attacks against Israel came from Iran and other elements," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement at the inauguration ceremony in the city of Ashkelon Beach. "The system is important we came under attack, and this will increase as we enter the digital age. We will enhance our ability to address all of these threats and build digital defense system Iron Dome," he said. Iron Dome missile defense system is used the Israeli Air Force.

Israel National Bureau of Maya (INCB), an institution founded Netanyahu earlier this year, the ability to operate a three-year program, designed to develop expertise in the field of cybernetics and computers among high school students who stand out from the poor. "The program was created with the basic principle that Israel has a high-quality human capital and the notion that the development will meet the needs of security and fostering economic growth and social development," the statement said. He added that the military, security services and the Ministry of Education to support the project.

Cyber ​​security has become a national priority in Israel in recent years, and an important resource grown on protecting military and civilian computer networks that use the country as well as in energy production plant.

In a rare interview published last December in the daily Yediot Aharonot, the Shin Bet (Israeli security services), disclose cyber unit SIGINT had foiled "a number of Iranian attacks against computer networks a strategic country for three years." By "increasing threat of such" cyber warfare program for youth is the latest of a series of ideas aimed at placing and recruiting what the military as "cyber warriors".

In the face of their lack of human resources, recruiters in the military, have been deployed to search for the young hackers among Jewish communities around the world that have the potential to be an expert cyber war. The purpose of these activities is to persuade the young hackers fills a lucrative position in the private sector and move to Israel, according to Yediot Aharonot reported in November.

"It's clear that the demand for soldiers in the field is only a matter of time. This is why we are looking for solutions, not only here but abroad," said a senior officer told the paper

Public Confidence Slump


Washington DC, FRIDAY - Some U.S. stock index futures fell on Friday (28/12), as the deadline looms on the country's fiscal gap. U.S. consumer confidence index also hit its lowest point in four months.

Stock index futures S & P 500, the benchmark, down in the past five days in a row. The trading Friday, the index fell 8.5 points and were below fair value (fair value). Index futures Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) also dropped 67 points, while Nasdaq 100 index slumped 12.5 points.

The decreasing trend is following the same symptoms that occurred the previous day. On Thursday, the DJIA index tumbled 150 points even before slowly recovered and closed down 18 points from the previous day.

In addition, consumer confidence in the U.S. also fell sharply in December so as to achieve the lowest point since last August. Institute The Conference Board, which measures global consumer confidence index, reported on Thursday, the U.S. consumer confidence index fell to 65.1 this month from 71.5 in November amounted to.

The survey shows that institutions, consumer expectations in U.S. economic conditions in the next six months is at its lowest level since 2011. Lynn Franco, director of the economic indicators of the agency, said it showed the U.S. consumers worried about tax hikes and state budget cuts that would automatically take effect next January 1.

Tax increases and cuts in government spending that would occur if lawmakers in Washington failed to reach an agreement to modify or delay the implementation of these provisions.

Pierre Ellis, an economist at Decision Economics institute, said the drop in consumer confidence this month proves that the American people suddenly lose hope with the possibility of tax increases.

Drop in consumer confidence is already starting to feel since a few weeks ago, when the excitement of Christmas shopping is not as high as usual. MasterCard Advisors Spending Pulse report said the rate of sales growth in the two months leading up to Christmas this year is at its lowest since 2008.

Uncertainty in the U.S. are beginning to impact the market in Europe. Benchmark stock index in the UK, the FTSE 100, fell 22.13 points or 0.4 percent at noon London time. While the FTSEurofirst 300 index fell 3.39 points.

Crude oil prices had also dropped on Thursday, before starting to rise again in Friday trading.

"Obviously all the attention leading to Washington, and any news coming out of Washington will determine the movement of the market today," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital in New York, Friday.

Efforts last

Meanwhile, President Barack Obama made a last attempt to avoid the fiscal gap before the deadline Monday night. Obama invites congressional leaders to meet at the White House on Friday night, looking for a deal.

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner also had contacted 241 members of the U.S. House of Republicans to return to Washington to meet on Sunday evening. Hopefully, they will hold a vote to approve or reject the draft new rules in order to avoid a fiscal abyss.

In a conference call on Thursday, several Republican legislators reportedly starting to agree with the plan to increase taxes for the rich layers of U.S. society

U.S. Congress finally Prevent 'fiscal gap'


U.S. Congress on Tuesday (1/1) late at night, eventually supported an agreement to prevent "fiscal gap" that includes tax increases and spending cuts in a number of countries.

The U.S. Senate had already approved the deal with 89 versus 8 voice vote on Tuesday morning. However, these results still have to be brought to the U.S. House of Representatives. U.S. House of Representatives, in turn, ultimately to vote on Tuesday late night with 257 votes in favor and the results of 167 votes against.

The deal would allow President Barack Obama to maintain tax cuts for most Americans but the people are super rich country will experience a tax increase.

Obama plans to make a brief statement at the White House a few hours after the House approved the agreement was a relief to investors who had worried that the ongoing stalemate could make global stock markets giddy.

Previous Obama has welcomed the Senate approval is given. "The leaders of both political parties in the Senate to sit together to reach an agreement that was widely supported by both parties to protect 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small businesses from the middle class tax increase," Obama said. "Although both Democrats and Republicans do not get what they want, now is the best deal that could be given to this country., And Parliament must approve it without delay," he added.

Agreement on additional taxes for the wealthy United States, reached after lengthy discussions with Vice President Joe Biden pre Republican members of the Senate. If an agreement is not reached then a fairly high tax increases would fall on all citizens of the U.S. working class.

Compromise reached on Monday night, making Americans who earn under 400 000 dollars per year free of income tax increases.

Democrats initially proposed a free citizen of an income tax increase is U.S. $ 250,000 per year.

In addition to avoiding the middle class from tax increases are big enough, the deal also makes the U.S. budget cuts could delay for at least two months. This condition allows the Congress and the White House to reopen negotiations.