July 2011 ~ Info

QA Manager - Based in Batam

We are a global electronics manufacturing services provider. Our objective is to create a competitive edge for our clients by helping them to bring products to market in the quickest possible time, at the right price and performance and with the best quality.

We offer design, component sourcing, supply chain management, manufacturing and logistics services. We also have technology solutions which clients can reference and leverage. Our product experience spans from consumer, industrial, commercial, medical to automotive.

We are currently undergoing a period of growth and will like to have highly motivated team players to join us in the following areas:

QA Manager - Based in Batam

(Riau - Batam)

Responsibilities:

Establish and maintain quality standards across the factory in order to meet defined objective

Coordinate external audit event by customers or certification bodies

Coordinate and perform factory internal audit in accordance to ISO 9000:2000 standard

Ensure effective function of IQC, IPQC and OQC to meet a set of KPIs

Establish quality target and drive continuous improvement

Formulate training programs to suit the factory’s need and requirement

Mange Document Control Center to ensure filing and distribution procedures are followed

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree holder in Engineering

At least 5 years of working experience in a managerial capacity in quality management in EMS or other electronics industry

Hands-on working experience in quality tools such as FMEA, SPC, DOE and MSA

Hands-on working experience in quality management system such as ISO9000, ISO13485, ISO14000, ISO18000 or TS16949

Certification in Lean Six Sigma will be an added advantage

Fluent in written and spoken English

Able to stay in Batam as accommodation is provided for the suitable candidate

The successful applicant should be willing to work in Batam

For more information, please access our website: www.pciltd.com.sg

Interested applicants, please email with detailed resume and photograph, stating your current and expected salary and contact number to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Only shortlisted applicants will be notified.

Source: http://www.batam.com

Head of Purchasing at PT PCI Elektronik Internasional

PT PCI Elektronik Internasional is a susidiary Company of PCI Limited. PCI Limited is a leading Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) company headquartered in Singapore with manufacturing locations in Batam and Shanghai. We serve global OEM customers in USA, Europe and Asia, offering design and manufacturing services for the telecommunications, office automation, industrial, automotive and medical sectors.

We are looking for highly motivated individuals to join us in the following area:

Head of Purchasing - Based at Batam

Responsibilities :

1) Manage a team of Buyers

2) Plan and allocate purchasing objectives to Buyers

3) Drive and follow up on purchasing KPIs and deadlines, resolve issues escalated by Buyers.

4) Report to management weekly on all purchasing KPIs

Requirements

1) Able to communicate (written and spoken) fluently in English

2) 2 years’ experience in leading a purchasing and planning team

3) Degree holder, preferably in Engineering

4) Organized, meticulous and disciplined

5) Candidates must be willing to be based in Batam

For more information about the Company, please assess our website: www.pciltd.com.sg

Interested applicants, please email with detailed resume, stating your current & expected salary & contact number to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Source: http://www.batam.com

London will surpass Sydney, Australia Olympic chief says

Sydney - The 2000 Sydney Olympics are widely regarded as the best ever, but Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates believes they could be surpassed by London.

As the one-year countdown to the 2012 Games got under way yesterday, Coates said that from what he had seen so far, London was on track to provide a memorable event.

"I think we're all pretty proud of Sydney [2000] and many people say that Sydney remains the benchmark," said Coates at a ceremony marking the countdown at Circular Quay in Sydney.

"But from where I've been sitting London has been six months to a year ahead of us in their preparations all the way through since they were awarded the Games six years ago."

However, Coates was quick to point out the heavy involvement Australians have had in the London Games organisation.

Master planning

"We can take some pride from the fact that a lot of Australians were enlisted by them to help in their master planning, help in their bid planning and there's a lot of Australians dotted throughout the organising committee.

‘But these Games now have the very British stamp to them and I think there's every prospect of them surpassing our Games."

The 2012 Olympics will mark the culmination of years of planning, which has seen billions of pounds lavished on an array of state-of-the-art sports venues and urban renewal project in east London.

The focal point of the Games is the redevelopment of a 2.5 square kilometre site in east London that will become the Olympic Park.

The complex will include the 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium, the £95 million (Dh572.63 million) Olympic Velodrome, the Aquatics Centre and venues for handball and hockey as well as the athletes village.

Source: http://gulfnews.com

Sudokuki is a graphical Sudoku game: Set up a custom Sudoku from a magazine. Sudokuki is multiplatform GNU/GPL Free Software in C++.Features:

Generate a sudoku grid
Solve a sudoku grid
Export to HTML & Print a generated grid from your Web browser.

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Shoot up and destroy the screen in this fast vertical scrolling bullet barrage arcade shoot ´em up. You never run out of firepower.

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Spellathon is a word game to test your English vocabulary skills. You are given seven letters and you need to find words of length four letters or more that include a central letter.

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Fighting for the rich resources available in distant galaxies, the powerful Kadry Group, Federation of Eir, Bakran League, Rofilla Consortium, Maya Clan, Rayman Empire… have become embroiled in bitter battles for supremacy and control over the universe.Now you´re one of the thousands of players who can Colonize Stars, Design Spaceships, Command Fleets, Fight Galactic Pirates and compete for the Predominant of the Universe.

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Addictive Action Space Shooter with a lot of enemies and a powerful big boss. System Requirements:

Windows XP/Vista
Intel/AMD 1.5Ghz (2.5Ghz Vista)
1GB memory ( 2GB Vista )
256MB Graphics card
75MB Hard Drive space

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Time Shoot is a fast paced 3D shooting game. You must destroy the bouncing balls while flying over terrain and avoiding the obstacles.

The terrain is unique every time you play a level. It features real time physics that react to the balls and to you.You fly with a thrust that means you must watch oout where your heading in-case you want to bounce around like the balls!

It features 12 unique levels that are repeated by shorter times and more enimies.

System Requirements:

DirectX 9

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Sudoku helper actually tries to teach you the methods instead of just giving an answer. The program will highlight cells which can be used to derive the step in the puzzle. The puzzle has a timer and an undo feature. You can save multiple games at multiple positions in the puzzle. There is also candidate manipulation which is great for advanced players.

Online tutorial is available showing you all the features, watch it before you download it.

Features:
Single Naked
Doube Naked
Triple Naked
Four Naked
Five Naked
Single Hidden
Double Hidden
Three Hidden
Four Hidden
Five Hidden
Single Row
Single Column
Double Row
Double Column
X-Wing 2×2

Comments/Questions: ealimi@hotmail.com

Please leave comments or a review. Thanks and Enjoy!

What´s New in version 2.8:

Fixed more glitches with double column and double row
Loaded a saved game, evil in difficulty

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Lorenzo Needs Magic to Close Gap on Stoner

Laguna Seca, California - MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo has long been inspired by Laguna Seca and its infamous Corkscrew turn and he will be banking on that special spur when he defends his US Grand Prix title this week.

With nine races left this season, the 24-year-old Spaniard trails Australian Casey Stoner by 15 points in the overall standings and would dearly love to trim that deficit further with another triumphant display on Sunday.

Lorenzo made up some ground on Stoner when he snatched second place for Yamaha at last week’s German Grand Prix, one place better than the Australian.

“We are very strong at the moment and we will try to continue to reduce our gap behind Casey,” Lorenzo said on Friday.

“I have had great moments at Laguna Seca, above all last year when I won but also in 2009 when I got pole position even with a big crash and at the end got a podium.”

Two years ago, Lorenzo took pole position despite crashing and partially dislocating his collar bone in qualifying. He finished the race third behind winner Dani Pedrosa and Valentino Rossi after a gutsy performance.

Twelve months ago, the Spaniard again started on pole but this time he benefited from a spectacular crash by compatriot Pedrosa on lap 12 before powering across the finish line 3.517 seconds ahead of Ducati’s Stoner.

“That win was very special,” Lorenzo said of his 11th MotoGP triumph. “Winning at Laguna Seca was something I’d always dreamed of.”

Lorenzo is certain, though, to face heated competition on Sunday from 2007 US Grand Prix champion Stoner and Pedrosa.

“It’s a circuit I’ve always enjoyed quite good results at and we’ve always been naturally quite fast on it,” said Stoner, who has finished on the podium in his last seven races. “We’ll be looking to improve our results from the past three weekends. Podiums are great but I’m here to win races.”

Pedrosa, who sealed his return from injury by winning the German Grand Prix on Sunday, is another long-time fan of Laguna Seca, which is scenically laid out in rolling hills overlooking the Monterey Peninsula.

“The atmosphere there is special and I’d like to close the first part of the season with a good feeling,” the 25-year-old said. Reuters

Source: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com

by Gordon Howard

A determined Mark Webber of Red Bull secured pole position for Sunday's German Grand Prix with a blistering performance in the final minutes of Saturday's tense and competitive qualifying session.

On a cold afternoon in the Eifel mountains, the 34-year-old Australian was dominant as unexpected nearest rival Lewis Hamilton grabbed second place for McLaren.

The Briton's performance pushed defending champion Sebastian Vettel in the second Red Bull off the front row of the grid.

It was the first time this year that 24-year-old German, the runaway leader in this year's title race, had failed to qualify on the front row and, overall, the first time in 15 Grands Prix since last season's Italian Grand Prix.

For Webber, it confirmed his liking for the Nurburgring circuit, where he claimed his first career win two years ago.

It was his second pole in successive races, his third this year and the ninth of his career.

Webber clocked a fastest lap of one minute and 30.079 seconds to take the prime starting position ahead of Hamilton, who produced a brilliant effort to take second just 0.05 seconds behind him in his McLaren.

Webber said: "My form has been getting better and this track's not been too bad for me in the past.

"The boys did a great job on the car - there were some late nights in the lead up to here but we got it together in the end. After my lap I thought that if someone gets me they deserve it because I was at my limit and it was a great lap."

"That was a wicked lap," said Hamilton after splitting the Red Bulls.

"It had everything."

He added: "I really must thank and congratulate my team. The upgrades this weekend - updates and improvements to engine modes - have been arriving all the time and they have helped massively.

"I underestimated how good the car would be when we went to light fuel load. It was one of the happiest and most comforting laps I have ever had, I felt incredible. We are not far from them (Red Bull) so I'm very happy."

Vettel, whose form has slipped from his own very high standards in the lat two months, was only able to take third place ahead of two-times champion Fernando Alonso and his Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa who was fifth after a dramatic finale to qualifying.

A defensive Vettel insisted: "It is not a disappointment. I would like to be further up, but it was a tough session. The balance was not right yesterday and although we made a bit of a recovery today, we should have been quicker.."

Vettel has never won a race on home soil and is desperate to end that record on his 'homecoming' as champion, but he has looked slightly ill at ease as his main rivals have begun to produce faster and more competitive performances.

German Nico Rosberg took sixth for Mercedes ahead of Briton Jenson Button in the second McLaren.

Then came another German, Adrian Sutil of Force India, Russian Vitaly Petrov of Renault and seven-times champion local hero Michael Schumacher, 42, in the second Mercedes. 'Schumi' was 2.4 seconds off pole.

Jenson Button aborted his final qualifying lap and said afterwards he was mystified at being comprehensively outpaced by Hamilton.

"We lost the balance that we had in the morning and I don't know the answer," he said.

The German Grand Prix is the 10th round in the 19-race calendar.

Vettel leads the drivers' championship with 204 points ahead of Webber on 124, Alonso on 112 and the two McLaren drivers Button and Hamilton on 109.

In the constructors' championship, Red Bull lead with 328 ahead of McLaren on 218 and Ferrari on 164. AFP

Source: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com

Lorenzo seizes US GP pole

Spanish Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo shrugged off a spectacular practice crash to capture pole position yesterday for today’s MotoGP US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca Raceway.

Lorenzo, who arrived Stateside chasing Australian Casey Stoner for the series points lead, clocked the fastest qualifying time of 1min 21.202sec, edging Stoner who was second-quickest in 1:21.274.

Stoner’s Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa of Spain was third-quickest, with Lorenzo’s factory Yamaha teammate Ben Spies fourth.

Lorenzo’s second pole position of the season came after he was sent flying in the morning’s third and final free practice.

After a few moments on the ground, he was able to stand and limp off the track. He was checked by doctors at the race medical center and cleared for qualifying.

“It was a very ugly crash this morning. When I hit the ground I was full of pain and I was thinking that the race was over for me,” Lorenzo admitted. “Fortunately after some minutes the pain was going little by little. But to be in the first position is better than I expected.”

Lorenzo was still limping after qualifying, but said the discomfort was less when he was riding. “On the bike I don’t feel so much pain, so I could go fast from the beginning and then make a very good lap time with the soft tyres,” he said. “We are very proud of this result.” Lorenzo was fast early in qualifying, but it wasn’t until his 35th and final lap that he notched his pole-winning time to deny Stoner, who had boasted the fastest time from the three practice sessions.

Pedrosa, winner of the German Grand Prix last weekend, finished .183sec off the qualifying pace. Spies was .376sec behind Lorenzo.

Despite booking a front-row spot on the starting grid, Stoner wasn’t sounding optimistic. “For the whole session we were trying to find the right set up,” said the Aussie, who brings a 15-point lead over Lorenzo atop the standings into Sunday’s race. “All weekend we’ve been struggling a little and we’ve not found anything I’m comfortable with.

“I’ve closed the front many times and we’re still looking to find some balance on the bike to get it working on this track, where we expected it to work well.”

After Lorenzo had set a target with a fast lap 15 minutes into the session, America’s Spies delighted the home fans when he took provisional pole with 15 minutes remaining.

Source: http://www.gulf-times.com

Japan wins women’s World Cup for first time

AP - Japan became the first Asian nation to win the Women’s World Cup on Sunday, beating the United States in a penalty shootout after both sides were level at 2-2 after extra time.

The Japanese denied the U.S. team the chance to become the first nation to lift the cup three times.

The Americans missed their first three penalties and Japan went on to win the shootout 3-1 when Saki Kumagai slotted the final shot high past goalkeeper Hope Solo.

In a thrilling final, 32-year-old Japan captain Homare Sawa flicked a corner through a jumble of players and past Solo with three minutes of extra time left to level the score at 2-2 and set up the penalty shootout.

Japan had already scored late in regulation to force extra time.

Source: http://www.france24.com

FIFA bans Asian football chief for life

AFP - Asian football supremo Mohamed bin Hammam was on Saturday banned from the game for life after being found guilty of corruption following a two-day hearing of FIFA's ethics committee.

The 62-year-old Qatari, the president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), had been accused of trying to buy votes in the FIFA presidential election with $40,000 cash gifts to Caribbean football officials.

"The official Mr Bin Hammam is hereby banned from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at national or international level for life," announced ethics committee deputy chairman Petrus Damaseb.

Bin Hammam did not attend the hearing, which took place behind closed doors at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, but he told AFP in a telephone conversation on Saturday evening that he intended to appeal.

He specified that the first step would consist of making an appeal to FIFA, but he has previously declared that he is prepared to take his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and, if necessary, the civil courts.

Bin Hammam, the most high-profile FIFA figure to be convicted of corruption, also reacted to the decision on his blog by publishing a scanned copy of a personal letter sent to him by FIFA president Sepp Blatter in 2008.

In the letter, which Blatter addressed to "My dear brother," Bin Hammam had highlighted a phrase in which the 75-year-old Swiss had written: "Without you, dear Mohamed, none of this would ever have been possible".

Below the letter were the words: "This is only the battle, not the war..." -- suggesting that he holds Blatter at least partly responsible for his fate.

The head of Bin Hammam's legal team, Eugene Gulland, read out a statement from him after the verdict was announced.

"Mr Bin Hammam rejects the findings of the FIFA ethics committee hearing and maintains his innocence," said Gulland. "He will continue to fight his case through the legal routes that are open to him.

"He has gone on record and he maintains that the FIFA ethics committee was going to find against him whatever the validity of the case that he presented to them.

"The FIFA ethics committee has apparently based its decision on so-called 'circumstantial evidence', which our case has clearly demonstrated was bogus and founded on lies told by senior FIFA officials."

Whistle-blowers said Bin Hammam tried to bribe officials to vote for him by distributing cash-stuffed envelopes during a Caribbean Football Union (CFU) meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on May 10-11.

CFU officials Debbie Minguell and Jason Sylvester, also being investigated by the ethics committee over claims they helped hand out the money, were each banned from football-related activity for a year.

In addition, Damaseb revealed that the committee had rejected an accusation of racial discrimination made by CFU members against CONCACAF general secretary Chuck Blazer, who sparked the initial investigation into the bribery claims.

However, Blazer was warned over comments made at a CONCACAF meeting on May 30 that certain CFU members were "under investigation", which FIFA said was "not true".

Former FIFA vice-president and CONCACAF president Jack Warner was also charged over his alleged role in the affair, but his resignation from FIFA last month prompted the organisation to drop all the charges against him.

Damaseb admitted that Warner's absence from the proceedings was a matter of regret.

"Mr Jack Warner chose to resign and by that action he placed himself beyond the jurisdiction of this committee," said Damaseb.

"Everyone would have wanted him to appear and face the charges and explain his conduct, but he chose not to do that."

Damaseb also said that the evidence reviewed by the committee during the hearing had yielded grounds for investigations into the conduct of other parties, but he did not reveal who they were.

Bin Hammam's withdrawal from the presidential election gifted a fourth straight term in office to his former ally Blatter, who made cleaning up FIFA's tarnished image a post-election priority.

The Qatari, who had been instrumental in winning the hosting rights of the 2022 World Cup for his tiny Gulf state, had expected to be punished by the ethics committee.

"It seems likely that FIFA has already made its decision weeks ago," he wrote on his blog in the build-up to the meeting.

"So none of us should be completely surprised if a guilty verdict is returned."

Source: http://www.france24.com

MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo has been declared fit to continue in this weekend's US Grand Prix, after medical checks ruled out serious injury in this morning's huge final practice highside.

Lorenzo was in visible pain following the accident, which occurred moments after a practice start, at the very end of the 45-minute session at Laguna Seca.

The Factory Yamaha rider, now within 15 points of title leader Casey Stoner, was a close third in final practice - behind Stoner and the Australian's Repsol Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa.

“That isn't how I planned to finish the free practice," said Lorenzo. "I am not sure yet why I crashed, I need to take the video from Dorna and study it as I was not going that fast.

"Anyway I am very sore especially in my hip but happy to be uninjured and will still be there to give 100% in qualifying this afternoon.

"Apart from the crash the morning session was good, the bike still needs more going into the corners but we are getting there.”

Qualifying takes place this afternoon.

Source: http://www.crash.net

Outside the top ten on the grid for the past four rounds, Valentino Rossi equalled his best Ducati qualifying with seventh for Sunday's US MotoGP at Laguna Seca.

Rossi has chosen to stick with the new GP11.1 motorcycle this weekend, having considered switching back to the standard GP11 following a 16th to 9th 'salvage' ride last Sunday in Germany.

“This morning we made a change to the balance that helped me to find more grip with the soft tyre, as well as a feeling that was generally better. In the afternoon though, with the warmer temperature and the hard tyre, I didn't have the same performance and feeling," explained Rossi.

"During the session we were able to change the settings again and make a small step, and when we put on the soft, we did a time that was good enough for the third row. Seventh place actually equals my best qualifying spot of the season.

"That was our goal, to be able to start further forward than we have lately, but for the race we must improve our pace again with the hard tyres because it's a little too difficult now and the rear is sliding a lot. We're focused and we're working very hard so we'll see tomorrow if we can take another step forward.”

Rossi was 1.033sec behind pole sitter and former team-mate Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha).

Present team-mate Nicky Hayden had been ahead of Rossi in all three free practice sessions, but crashed in qualifying and will start his home race from ninth.

Hayden is using the GP11, after trying the GP11.1 for the first time in Friday practice.

“We went back to the standard bike today. I was a little faster on the new one yesterday, but even though it has more potential and I like the gearbox, I don't yet have a great feel for where its limit is," said Hayden. "For now, we prefer to go with what we know.

"This morning I was pretty strong and this afternoon I was consistently in the low-'22 range. I did two longer runs and came in to put in a new soft tyre and was ready to go for it. I felt good and was looking forward to going into qualifying mode.

"I wasn't pushing really hard on the out-lap, but you have to push this bike to load the front, and in Rainey Curve I skipped across the bumps and went down. It's a shame, because we had a chance to do our best qualifying of the year.

"I went out on the other bike, but the front tyre was 30 laps old. The team have worked like dogs switching back and forth between bikes. Now they'll have another long night, but I'll try to make up for it tomorrow.”

Satellite Ducati rider Hector Barbera will start between the factory Desmosedici riders in eighth.

"We are in line with the factory bikes and I think we can have a good battle tomorrow," said the Spaniard. "No doubt Hayden wants a good result here, Valentino too, so my objective is to stick with them as best I can."

Source: http://www.crash.net

Mobile Plant Staff Vacancy at PT Jaya Readymix

As part of a joint venture between the Australian company Boral Ltd and PT. Pembangunan Jaya, PT. Jaya Readymix is a specialized concrete and quarrying company that has recently experienced an exceptional growth. With a reputation for the provision of quality products and services, the company is well placed to embark on its continued expansion. This role provides an excellent opportunity for the professional who fills the vacant position below:

Mobile Plant Staff
(Jakarta Raya)

Responsibilities:
Build data base of customers, material, and opportunities.
Explore new markets sectors for opportunities
Build cost models to assess opportunities
Make proposal for opportunities

Requirements:
Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's Degree of Civil Engineering
Required language(s): English
At least 1-2 year(s) in business development area at construction company or consultant
Marketing and contract negotiation skills
Preferably Senior Staffs specializing in Engineering - Civil/Construction/Structural or equivalent.
Full-Time positions available.

All applications will be treated in strictly confidential. Please submit your application, along with your Curriculum Vitae, and a recent photograph within 14 days of this advertisement to:

Human Resources Manager
PT. Jaya Readymix
Graha Mobisel 5th Floor Jl. Buncit Raya No.139 Jakarta 12740
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E-mail : jayamix_rec@cbn.net.id

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Global Associate Program Vacancy at PT Zurich Topas Life

Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) adalah penyedia asuransi Multi-line terkemuka dengan jaringan global anak perusahan dan kantor-kantor di Eropa, Amerika Utara, Amerika Latin, Asia-Pasifik dan Timur Tengah serta pasar lainnya. Kami memberikan beragam produk dan layanan dibidang asuransi umum dan asuransi jiwa bagi nasabah individu maupun nasabah perusahaan. Sebagai perusahaan Fortune Global 100, Zurich memperkerjakan sekitar 60.000 orang untuk melayani nasabah di lebih dari 170 negara. Didirikan pada tahun 1872, Group berkantor pusat di Zurich, Swiss. Informasi lebih lanjut tentang Zurich tersedia juga di www.zurich.com

PT. Zurich Topas Life (ZTL), berkantor pusat di Jakarta adalah bagian dari Zurich Group yang telah memperluas keberadaannya di pasar Asuransi Jiwa Indonesia pada November 2010. ZTL berkomitmen untuk mengembangkan dan melayani nasabah Indonesia dengan membangun jalur distribusi yang beragam pesatnya laju kebutuhan masyarakat Indonesia terhadap proteksi dan tabungan.Untuk mendukung rencana pengembangan kami di Indonesia, ZTL ingin membantu anda bergerak maju dalam karir and dan mengundang anda yang energik dan professional untuk bergabung bersama kami sebagai :

Global Associate Program
(Jakarta Raya)

Responsibilities:
Support the Proposition Manager in conducting the customer research and competitive analysis; managing the product development and delivery process.
Support new product launches and marketing activities.
Work closely with the distribution channels to ensure the right and competitive products are developed to support the business growth.
Keep abreast of the life insurance market and regulatory development that may potentially present threats or opportunities to our business.
Ensure Zurich’s products offer attractive value propositions to the customers and meet the Zurich Basic.

Requirements:
Minimum Master Degree in Business, Marketing or Actuarial sciences with GPA 3.0 and above.
Customer oriented and creative idea generator
Result oriented, team player and a motivated self starter
Strong analytical skills
Effective communicator with strong presentation skills
Able to operate at management level in an international environment
Curious, open minded personality, who is able to motivate and convince others by profound arguments
High level of English proficiency
Strong knowledge of MS office products and basic Life insurance

If you are interested to become part of the ZTL team, please send full resume, expected salary and your recent photograph to email

recruitmentindonesia@zurich.com
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mail to
PT. Zurich Topas Life at Mayapada Tower 16th,
Jl Jend. Sudirman Kav 28, Jakarta 12920

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Sokoban is a remake of the classic puzzle game.

It is a puzzle in which the player pushes boxes around a maze, trying to place them in designated locations. Only one box may be pushed at a time, and boxes cannot be pulled.The game area is viewed from above. The game is very simple, mentally challenging and requires logic to complete it.

This version is a faithfull implementation of the original, consisting of several hundred puzzles. The interface allows for easy selection of puzzles and caters for multiple undos.

Requires: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.

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Irina Pinball is a pinball table built with Visual Pinball.

Irina Pinball features an Ice Skating theme and the goal is to win a gold medal by beating the Highscore. The game covers elements from both new and old pinball machines while most sound in game are tunes from classical music.Irina Pinball for Windows Vista is available for download at the developer´s website.

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RomCenter is a well known rom manager. It audits all your roms for any game system, reports working, incomplete or missing games and fixes what can be fixed.What’s New in version 3.40:

Bugs fixed:
Fix size error on files > 3GB (datutil 2.46)
Fix arcade plugin to identify new chd format
Fix case settings sometimes not saved
Fix incorrect text in comment column
Fix lynx plugin (100% support for no-intro dats)
Fix fds plugin (100% support for no-intro dats)
Fix atari 7800 plugin
Fix some device insertion detection problems
Fix readonly detected on readwrite network share
Fix network share falsely replaced by mapped drive
Fix black toolbar under win2k (almost ok)
Fix datafiles infos in ‘about’ dialog
Fix display link infos in status bar in ‘about’ dialog
Fix releases/regions/language various bugs
Fix 4 console systems files missing in mame
Fix some french strings

Added:
Added multithreaded ‘rename roms’
Added ability to set the number of threads
Added 32 bits alpha blended icons
Added big size alpha blended application icon (compatible vista / seven)
Added ‘verified’ flag support with new icons
Added ‘One set one game’ support (1G1R for console, also compatible with multiroms games)
Added ‘format’ column to display real file format (returned by plugins)
Added icon for non available devices
Added ‘copy files’ shell tool
Added ‘pcengine’ plugin (100% support for no-intro dats)
Added ‘database statistics’ panel on database node
Added more statistics (verified roms, files, disks, bios, samples)
Added ‘check for romcenter updates’ feature.
Set threads priority to medium
Windows seven compatible

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Xfire makes online gaming easy.

See when your friends are online & what game they´re playing
See where they´re playing and join them with one click
See what games the friends of your friends are playing
Receive IM´s without disrupting your game
Provides a powerful server browser.
Provides a powerful file download system.
Provides built-in stats tracking.
Provides miniprofiles.
Over 1000 Games supported

What’s New in version 1.113.38751:
Added Clan/Guild favorite game servers to the servers tab.
When you capture video in-game using Scroll Lock + V, you can now upload those videos straight from the post-game dialog box.
Changed the Live Video system as part of our new partnership with Livestream. No web plugin is required to watch live video any longer and there is no longer any cap on the number of viewers.
Fixed a problem with listing all remote screenshots when you have a very large collection.
Added the ability to embed any video on other web sites. The embed code is shown on every video page.

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Setup package for Games for Windows – LIVE v3.0. The package installs for the Games for Windows – LIVE Redistributable that enables the in-game Games for Windows – LIVE experience as well as the Games for Windows – LIVE Client that enables the out-of-game experience, including Games for Windows – LIVE Marketplace.System Requirements:

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Vista; Windows XP Service Pack 2
Broadband connection to the Internet Windows LIVE ID

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enigeo is a great way to learn countries and capitals around the world in a fun way. You can either play enigeo in quiz mode and try to answer questions about countries and capitals or you can just explore the world and learn about different countries.Features:

two modes: quiz mode and explorer mode
customizable quiz
you can choose between different types of questions
possible limitation to continents
possible limitation by country area or population

The following types of questions are available in quiz mode:
Find the position of a country on the map
Name a country that is highlighted on the map
Find the position of a captital on the map
Name the capital of a highlighted country
Name the capital of a country
Name the corresponding country to a capital

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Free Spider 2009 is a collection of five great spider type solitaire card games: Coleopter, Simple Simon, Spider, Spider One Suit and Spider Two Suits.

Free Spider 2009 features a winning layout, fast game play, rich sounds, extensive options, and quality help. Each game has more than nine trillion (9,999,999,999,999) possible games to play, so the game remains fresh no matter how many times you play.

Enjoy the collection of spider type solitaire card games with features such as: animation cards, autoplay option, sounds and more. Play Free Spider 2009 NOW and bring the excitement of spider card gaming right to your personal computer!

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Drive the 1100 horsepower Renault Premiun DXi13 against 15 opponents endowed with an awesome artificial intelligence. Accessible to all with ultra realistic driving, *TRUCK RACING by Renault Trucks* asserts itself as the most exciting truck racing game ever made.

System Requirements:
Processor: 1.8 GHz
Windows XP – 1 GB RAM
Windows Vista – 1.5 GB RAM
128MB Video Card – Direct X 9.0c
Disk Space: 400MB

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Nineball Solitaire is a solitaire game of my own invention. It is a more strategic version of solitaire with a billiards theme. You must think ahead in order to not get stuck and clear each ´rack´ of cards.

How many racks can you run? That will depend on a little luck and a good dose of strategic thinking.

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Free single/multi-player Tetris with amazing graphics, sounds, and music.

Features:
100% arcade perfect Gameboy to Windows conversion of the original
1-2 player simultaneous Tetris action
Beautiful full color and high resolution graphics
Awesome digital sound effects
Amazing digitally orchestrated music soundtrack
Perfect control with keyboard and/or USB joystick
6 different and exciting game modes
Saved game options
Saved high scores table for each game mode
Plus more!

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RI soccer team under new coach to face Turkmenistan

Jakarta - The Indonesian soccer team should be prepared to face the Turkmenistan team on July 23, 2011, as away match for the 2014 Pre World Cup (PPD), although the team has a short time for exercises.

The Indonesian national soccer team had just started exercises on Friday (July 15, 2011) after its new coach Wilhelmus Wim Rijbergen from Holland arrived in Jakarta.

The All-Indonesia Soccer Association (PSSI) under its new chairman Djohar Arifin Husin entrusted the Dutch coach Wim Rijsbergen to train the national team.

Wim replaced Alfred Riedl as the national team`s chief coach although Riedl`s working contract will expire only in May 2012.

PSSI has awarded a two-year contract to Wim Rijsbergen to train the national team.

Halim Mahfudz, the PSSI media officer, said here on Saturday (July 16) the talks between the former coach of the Ajax Amsterdam junior team with the PSSI management took place on Friday (July 15).

"Talks have already been made and Wim expressed his readiness to become chief coach of the national team. The contract will be valid for two years," Mahfudz said briefly.

Thus, the former coach for Trinidad & Tobago national team will officially lead the national team`s exercises for the 2014 Pre World Cup (PPD) and several international matches including the SEA Games in 2011.

Although PSSI has not yet made a formal statement relating to the working contract, Wim Rijsbergen had led the national team exercises at the PSSI soccer field in Senayan in the last couple of days with the coaching assistance of Rahmat Darmawan.

Wim Rijsbergen was appointed by the Djohar Arifin Husin-led PSSI following the dismissal of the former national team`s chief coach Alfred Riedl.

Apart from discharging Riedl, PSSI also dismissed the national coach assistant Wolfgang Pikal.

Riedl had asked about the reason for his dismissal, although he could accept the PSSI`s decision.

According to the PSSI spokesman, Alfred Riedl`s performance was actually good.

Commenting on Rield`s discharge, former national soccer team player Herry Kiswanto deplored the dismissal of the national team`s chief coach and expressed concern the discharge will complicate the national team`s chances in the SEA Games.

"I have just heard about it (Riedl`s dismissal) from news reports on Friday morning, but I think there has been mis-communication in the case. But if it is true that Riedl has been dismissed, it will complicate the national team`s position in the near future," Herry said here on Friday.

Herry Kiswanto, a national libero in the 1970s, said not to make too much fuss about the reasons for the dismissal.

Meanwhile, the Jakarta soccer supporters group "Jakmania" also deplored the PSSI`s decision to dismiss Alfred Riedl from his position as the national team`s chief coach.

"We strongly deplore the PSSI`s hurried decision," Jakmania chairman Rico Ranggamone said in Jakarta on Thursday.

"Riedl somehow still has duties and responsibilities as chief coach," Rico reminded.

However Riedl already made many accomplishments when the national team reached the finals of the AFF Cup in December 2010, he said.

In the meantime, the national senior team conducted its exercises on Friday (July 15) with team players who have been called to join the team namely Markus Haris Maulana, Ferry Rotinsulu, Kurnia Meiga (keepers).

Back players -- Hamka Hamzah, M. Roby, Ricardo Salampessy, Gunawan Dwi Cahyo, Wahyu Trisnanto, M. Nasuha, Beny Wahyudi, Zulkifli Syukur, Supardi.

Midfielders -- Oktovianus Maniani, Arif Suyono, M. Ridwan, Firman Utina, M. Ilham, Ahmad Bustomi, Eka Ramdani, Toni Sucipto, Egi Melgiansyah.

Forward -- Cristian Gonzales, Bambang Pamungkas, Ferdinand Sinaga and Boaz Salosa.

But Boaz Salossa was late and expected to join the national training center in Jakarta on Sunday night because he received information to join the exercise only on Friday (July 15) from his uncle in Jayapura, capital of Papua province.

Boaz at the moment was taking his holidays in Sorong, Rahmat Darmawan said, adding the delay can be tolerated. Sorong is about 1,000 kilometers from Jayapura by land.

On Friday, the players, mostly those reinforcing the national team at the last 2010 AFF, performed light exercises and games.

In addition, Rahmat Darmawan was not quite sure whether or not Irfan Bachdim can be fielded in Turkmenistan due to his rather unfavorable health condition.

"Irfan`s leg had bruises, probably due to the long competition holidays and started bearing football boots only a few days ago," Darmawan said, noting that Irfan had just returned from Holland.

Darmawan believed that Irfan can possibly strengthen the national team at the second meeting of the PPD match when Indonesia host the event in Jakarta on 28 July.

Following the team exercise on Sunday, Darmawan said the coaches have got the picture of 18 players of the squad that will be brought to the Pre-World Cup matches against Turkmenistan in Ashgabat on July 23, but he could not as yet announce their names.

Despite the lack of preparations, national team manager Ferry Kodrat remains optimistic that the national team will achieve the best results. (Uu.B003/H-NG/S012)

Source: http://www.antaranews.com

PSSI awards two year-contract to Dutch coach Wim

Jakarta - The All-Indonesia Soccer Association (PSSI) under its new chairman Djohar Arifin Husin has awarded a two-year contract to Dutch coach Wim Rijsbergen to train the national team.

PSSI media officer Halim Mahfudz said here on Saturday that talks between the former coach of the Ajax Amsterdam junior team with the PSSI management took place on Friday (July 15).

"Talks have already happened and Wim expresses his readiness to become chief coach of the national team. The contract will be valid for two years," Mahfudz said briefly.

Thus, the former coach for Trinidad & Tobago national team will officially lead the national team`s exercises for the 2014 Pre World Cup (PPD) and several international matches that have been waiting including the SEA Games in 2011.

Although PSSI has not yet made formal statement relating to the work contract, Wim Rijsbergen had led the national team exercises at the PSSI soccer field in Senayan for the last couple of days with the assistance of Rahmat Darmawan.

Wim Rijsbergen was appointed by the Djohar Arifin Husin-led PSSI following the dismissal of the former national team`s chief coach Alfred Riedl although Riedl work`s contract will end only in May 2012.

In addition to discharging Riedl, PSSI also dismissed the national coach assistant Wolfgang Pikal.

Riedl had asked about the reason for his dismissal so far, although he could accept the PSSI`s decision.

According to the spokesman, Alfred Riedl`s performance so far was good. (*)

Source: http://www.antaranews.com

Head of Training Job in Kenya - Institute of African Developing Economies (IADE)

Our client The Institute of African Developing Economies (IADE) is seeking applications from suitable candidates to fill the position of Head of Training.

IADE supports regional organisations in building human resource capacity through education and training programs.

IADE pursues this vision through a portfolio of programs aimed at educating both individual participants and helping organisations improve business performance supported by management systems covering Quality, Environment, Health and Safety and Information Security.

Head of Training

Code: T01

Reports To: The CEO

Purpose of the Position

To provide strategic leadership in identification, development, planning & implementation of effective training programmes

Responsibility

Identify, develop, price and package a comprehensive mix of programs and services to be offered by IADE.
Develop a clear marketing strategy and plans for the Institute’s programmes.
Source for business ventures/opportunities with other companies or institutions.
Carry out comprehensive research to identify the unique needs of a particular market and develop strategic plans and concepts for both new and old programs.
Map out work flow plans for the deployment of all the programs.
Prepare a comprehensive prospect list of potential customers and approach them consistently to sell new concepts and develop programs specifically for them.
Monitor programme performance by analyzing all related areas i.e. competition, Services Level Agreements, Customer Satisfaction etc.
Adopt value based management, by setting targets for all units in relation to all programs.
Monitor the progress of all transactions being handled by various business units within the programs.
Prepare periodic reports as may be required to enhance decision making.
Allocate duties, train, supervise and appraise IADE programs’ service delivery staff.

Key Results Areas
Implement effective market survey & research techniques in Human Resource Development.
Ensure that the programmes & services offered by the Institute satisfy market needs.
Ensure that the department adheres to standards set within internal Quality Standards and International standards set by partners.
Revenues according to set targets.

Minimum Qualifications
Masters Degree and preferably in Business Management related field.
Project Management Skills.
High Level of computer literacy.

Experience

At lease five years of relevant experience especially in management of Educational Institution and curriculum development.

Send us your application with a detailed CV at recruitment@acal.co.ke and fill the online Recruitment Form here

Deadline: Friday 29th July 2011.

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HR Assistant Job in Ruiru Kenya - International Rose Farm

Dynamic People Consulting is recruiting for its client an International Rose Farm located in Ruiru seeking to recruit a self-driven and self-motivated candidate to fill the position of HR Assistant.

The ideal candidate should posses the following qualifications and skills:

A University degree in Social Sciences or HRM
A Higher diploma in HR Management
Preferably female aged 28 to 35 years
Minimum 3 years experience working in a similar position
Excellent communication skills
Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills, especially adept at setting priorities and mobilizing teams to achieve set goals
Excellent computer skills. MS Access will be an added advantage
Excellent knowledge of the New Labour Laws
Ability to work efficiently in a competitive and challenging environment and meet the set deadlines

If you possess the above requirements, send us your application letter and detailed CV attaching relevant certificates, state current and expected remuneration details and telephone contact.

Please apply in confidence to: recruitment@dpckenya.com by 28th of July 2011

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Clinical Officer, Nurse and Finance Officer Jobs in Kenya

Victoria Agricultural and Environmental Conservation Organization (VIAGENCO) is a fast growing Community Based Organization operating in Suba and Mbita Districts in Nyanza Province.

We urgently require three qualified and competent staff to work under EGPAF – TUNAWEZA sponsored HIV/AIDS Programs.

1. Clinical Officer
Clerking patients (Adults and children).
Occasional home visits and attending support groups meetings.
Clinic staff supervision

2. Nurse
Receiving old and new clients & filling records.
Offering HIV Counseling to clients.
Attending to Ante-natal & post natal PMTCT Clients.

Qualifications
Registered clinical officer and Nurse
Two (2) years working experience in a ccc.
Previous training/ skills/ experience in PMTCT, PwP , HIV Counseling & Testing will be an added advantage.

3. Finance Officer
Maintaining of the financial records, handling of cash imprest, advance & field office monthly financial reports.
Process payment vouchers & cheques on a day to day basis.
Ensure compliance with the organization policies and procedures, donors and government regulations.

Qualifications
Minimum CPA II (2) already pursuing CPA III.
Minimum 2 years working experience in a busy financial office.
Proficiency in Ms Office applications, Quick Books is an added advantage.
Experience in working with USG funded programs will be an added advantage.

To Apply
Applications together with detailed C.V, name of three referees, telephone contact, E-mail address and expected salary should be sent by E-mail to mokowuor@yahoo.com and copied to boswago@yahoo.com so as to reach not later than 22nd July 2011.

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Yatzay! is a fun implementation of the dice game Yahtzee. The purpose of this challenging game is to score points by rolling the five dice.

The dice can be rolled up to three times in a turn to try to make one of the thirteen possible scoring combinations: Ones, Twos, Threes, Fours, Fives, Sixes, Three of a Kind, Four of a Kind, Full House, Small Straight, Large Straight, Yatzay, Chance. The game takes 13 rounds to complete in which time the player must choose each combination.

Requires: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0.

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Warzone 2100 is a 3D real-time strategy game, developed by Pumpkin Studios (Archived website) and published by Eidos-Interactive. In late 2004 Warzone was released by its copyright holders, Eidos-Interactive, to the public under the GNU General Public License and the Warzone 2100 Resurrection Project was born.

Although comparable to Earth2150 in many significant aspects, it does contain some features that are unique. These include various radar technologies, a greater focus on artillery and counter-battery technologies, more frequent in-game cinematic updates as gameplay progress, as well as a different vehicle design method.

What’s New in version 2.2.4:

General:
Fix: Indirect fire weapons can no longer use sensors to fire at targets the sensor cannot see. (r8177)
Fix: Improved error handling in some cases – try to avoid crashing (ticket:962)
Fix: Bug in map renderer that would cause non-power of two maps to display wrongly. (r8208)
Fix: Added support for ATI-specific two-sided stencil extension. Will decrease CPU usage on ATI cards. (r8185)
Fix: Correctly handle savegame names (ticket:981, r8227, r8246)

Campaign:
Fix: Improve anti-air and make it more like the original by making AA shots homing like in skirmish (r8258)

Multiplayer:
Change: Data integrity check is added. This will break network connectivity with 2.2.3. (r8205, ticket:961)
Balancing – skirmish (r8262):
Most projectiles 1.5x faster to reduce sync problems
Mini-Rocket Artillery renamed Mini-Rocket Array
MRL Emplacement renamed Mini-Rocket Battery
Angel Missile renamed Seraph Missile Array
Angel Missile Battery renamed Short-Range Missile Battery
Hurricane splash increased 10 -> 30
Cyclone splash increased 40 -> 60
Whirlwind splash increased 30 -> 50
Avenger and Vindicator damage increased 320 -> 350, accuracy increased 60%-70% -> 70%-80%
Stormbringer damage increased 140 -> 180
All lasers now have 80%-80% accuracy
Plasmite Bomb weight increased 8000 -> 12000
Mini-pod can hit air targets
Decrease Pulse Laser and Heavy Laser ROF, increase corresponding damage
Decrease VTOL MG damage, increase VTOL MG shots-per-rearm
Artillery to hover multiplier decreased from 110% to 100%
Artillery to tracks multiplier decreased from 65% to 50%
Artillery to half-tracks multiplier decreased from 80% to 70%
Artillery to wheels multiplier decreased from 95% to 90%
Anti-tank to hover multiplier decreased from 100% to 90%
AP to hard multiplier increased from 45% to 50%
Seraph Missile Array range increased from 5-11 to 5-14
Command Center must be built before MG tower can be researched
Truck HP decreased 50 -> 25
Truck weight increased 600 -> 800
Inferno bunker research price 150 -> 125
Plasmite bunker research price 150 -> 125
Plasma Cannon radius increased from 1 to 3.5 and range from 5.5 to 6

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Death in the Fast Lane. In late 1996 this top-down racing game took all by surprise with it´s addictive nature and excellent gameplay.

In 2009, Remedy is proud to announce the free re-release, Death Rally for Windows. The original game, ported to run on modern PCs.

The basic idea behind Death Rally: win races, gather more money, buy upgrades to your vehicle. In between wreck your opponents, shoot your way through bystanders and keep the pedal to the metal!

System Requirements:
Any PC that can run Windows XP SP3, Vista or Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit). Please read the readme in the installation package for more information.

Gamepad support: Death Rally for Windows supports one stick control and 4 buttons. The gamepad needs to be plugged in before launching the game.

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Alien Arena 2009 is a freeware online deathmatch game with fast and furious action for Windows and Linux!

The game runs on the CRX engine, and features modern effects such as real-time lighting and shadows, shaders, light bloom, reflective surfaces and much more, while still being able to run on even modest systems.

The game includes a built in, as well as external server browser and chat client. Players can look up their stats online, chat with other players, and become part of a growing community.

The Alien Arena experience is now a finely tuned, highly polished body of work.

Alien Arena has transformed into a lean, clean, fragging machine, with stunning visual effects that are usually reserved for commercial titles. This isn’t your daddy’s Alien Arena – it’s not even last year’s model, with a host of new and improved maps, sounds and music.

New Features in Alien Arena 2009:

GLSL per-pixel lighting on meshes(now all surfaces).
OpenAL 1.1
Ogg-Vorbis support.
GLSL post process framebuffer effects.
New scoreboards.
New HUD.
Stereo music files.
Seven new maps.
Two new player characters.
Voice taunt system.
Doppler sound effects.

Alien Arena 2009 is open source, free to play, and sets a new standard in freeware FPS gaming!

What’s New in version 7.32:
Fixed bug with Nvidia 191.xx drivers causing game to crash on startup
Dynamic world shadows using shadowmaps
Game no longer automatically sets video settings on first run.
New level, Dm-zion2k9!
Splash damage triggers hit indicator.
New spawn effects.

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BTM Pro (Net+) package consists of three Italian card games: Briscola Pro (Net+), Tressette Pro (Net+) and Madrasso Pro (Net+).(Briskula, Treseta, Trijumf). You can play ordinary or double type of Briscola. And also Tressette with or without declarations. Triumph is Croatian variant of Madrasso.

Cards are one player against the computer, or network game (2 players, or 4 players in 2 pairs) over TCP/IP protocol. You have to know the cards rules before playing it. They have nice animation. You can select option for playing computer versus computer with open cards which is useful for the learning process or for estimating the computer player strength. Cards have also the learn mode. You can choose between English or Croatian language.

In additon to LAN, BTM Pro supports also Internet. BTM Pro v9.00 or later includes 9 additional Italian card decks and space for 5 custom decks that you can create.

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Vapiki mixes classics Mario and Boulderdash into one new game.

One day, the human discovered an ancient grave below a Dutch monolith. They decided to move the monolith anware that the spirit of the evil Reus En Gem An who lived here around 3,000 years ago. This evil spirit directly casted one of his evil spells and all human being on Earth where frozen…

All humans, not the animals. Three animals (a pig, a frog and a penguin) decided to save humanity by defeating the evil spirit of Reus En Gem An.

Vapiki is based on two Acorn BBC 8-bit games:
Repton and Magic Mushrooms.

To defeat the evil sprit En Gem An you need to collect love diamands. Each level has one love diamond.

On your journey you can also collect other gems and crowns for bonus points.

What´s New in version 1.07:

bug fixes and more accurate gameplay on slower machines

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Silverstone, England - Mark Webber was fastest in a wet first practice on Friday for Formula One’s British Grand Prix as the Red Bull driver chases a second successive Silverstone victory.

The 34-year-old Australian posted a quickest lap of 1 minute, 46.603 seconds around the circuit, two-thirds of a second faster than Michael Schumacher, while Rubens Barrichello of Williams was third.

Championship leader Sebastian Vettel was down in 13th — more than two seconds slower than Red Bull teammate Webber.

But the poor morning conditions offered few indications that Vettel’s dominance was threatened after winning six of the opening eight races to build a commanding 77-point lead over McLaren’s Jenson Button and Webber.

Such supremacy has heightened comparisons between Vettel and fellow German, Mercedes driver Schumacher, who won the title five consecutive times starting in 2000, with Ferrari.

But Vettel, 24, has a long way to go. Although he became F1’s youngest title winner last season, Schumacher still holds the records for championships, race wins — both overall and in one season — and pole positions.

“I get on very well with him. He is a good friend of mine,” seven-time world champion Schumacher said. “I would have no hard feelings if he did beat my records. I feel he would deserve it because he would have worked hard for it.”

The 42-year-old Schumacher believes it will be difficult for any driver to catch Vettel, dubbed “Baby Schumi,” this season, but sounded a note of caution.

“He must never feel as if he is unstoppable because you know how fragile things are,” he said.

Associated Press

Source: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com

Lorenzo, Stoner Confirm Japan Boycott

Sachsenring - Defending world champion Jorge Lorenzo and current championship leader Casey Stoner have confirmed that they will not take part in the Japanese Grand Prix in October.

The earthquake and tsunami disaster in the country in March caused the race to be postponed until October 2.

However, the Motegi circuit due to host the race lies just over 100km from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant and both Lorenzo and Stoner refuse to race there.

“I will not go and most riders have the same opinion,” said Stoner, the 2007 world champion.

“That’s my opinion and I’ve had it for some time. Not as long as Jorge. I took more time to make my decision, but I will not go there.

“That’s my decision. I guess it’s up to the organizers to figure out what’s going to happen.

“If a similar thing happened near my home in Australia I wouldn’t be going back there. It’d be the same situation.”

Both Stoner and Lorenzo ride for Japanese teams -- Stoner for Repsol Honda and Lorenzo for Yamaha -- and the Motegi circuit is owned by Honda.

Lorenzo, though, says he will not reverse his decision to boycott October’s race.

“I took this decision not to go to Japan a long time ago,” said the Spaniard. “So I am not active in the ongoing discussions about going to Japan because I have already made my decision.

“I think if we can help Japan in another way we will, but I think going there is not real support.”

Stoner and Lorenzo were both competing in the German Grand Prix here on Sunday.

Agence France-Presse

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