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Yamaha Teammates Lorenzo, Rossi on Fast Track to Le Mans Bragging Rights

Le Mans, France - Yamaha teammates Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi continue their battle for MotoGP supremacy in the third leg of the 2010 season at Le Mans on Sunday.

Lorenzo approaches the French Grand Prix in pole position, the Spaniard’s win in Jerez last time out giving him a four-point lead in the riders’ standings after Rossi took the opening race in Qatar.

Lorenzo, who came out tops in difficult conditions in Le Mans 12 months ago, said: “Last year I won in Le Mans in an amazing and crazy race.

“I hope the fans aren’t waiting for a repeat this weekend!”

In an interview with the sport’s official Web site, motogp.com, he added: “Of course the weather is always a risk in Le Mans, but I hope for sun.

“I’ve been on the podium twice there, last season and when I won my second 250cc title, so I am looking forward to trying again. I’ve had almost three weeks since Jerez and I know that I am ready for this second European race.”

He refused to accept the tag of favorite, saying: “Despite our victory in Jerez and taking the lead in the world standings, I continue to think that I am not the favorite because the season is very long and it has only just started.”

Rossi had a race to forget in Le Mans last season, the world champion trailing in 16th, but his overall form at the historic French venue is excellent, with three MotoGP victories here.

He is feeling bullish after recovering from an injury sustained in a training accident.

“My shoulder is more or less recovered now, so I hope I will be back to full strength in Le Mans,” Rossi said. “Despite the disaster of last year’s race, Le Mans is a good track for me and Yamaha always goes well there. The biggest problem is the weather, but after last year, I think we deserve a sunny French GP.”

Rossi added: “We’ve made a good start to the season, with the win in Qatar and then another podium, but we have also struggled with the bike in some areas, so we need to try to improve our performance. We had a good test after Jerez, so I hope that we will be able to use that information to start strongly here.”

Agence France-Presse

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Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Trainer Vacancy Yogya

ASB is currently seeking expressions of interest from qualified and committed individuals to join its DRR programme: Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) trainer

Location: Yogyakarta
Duration: 15 months (subject to completion of one month training and probation period)

Summary of job profile/responsibilities:
To deliver quality DRR training with a particular focus on children with disabilities. The trainer reports to the training coordinator and project manager.

Key requirements:
1. Previous training/teaching experience (including training of trainers approach)
2. Public speaking/presentation skills essential
3. A creative approach to training and problem solving
4. Knowledge of DRR
5. Excellent reporting skills required
6. Excellent communication and organizational skills
7. Excellent Bahasa Indonesia and good English language skills
8. Sign language an advantage
9. Experience of working with children with disabilities a distinct advantage
10. Experience of working and coordinating with local government
11. Computer literate (minimum MS Office)
12. Able to multi-task and work to achieve deadlines
13. Able to work independently and under own initiative as well as within a team in a multicultural environment
14. Individuals with excellent motivation, but no previous NGO experience will be considered

ASB is an equal opportunities employer and strongly encourages qualified individuals with disabilities to apply. Qualified applicants should send a Letter of Motivation (stating why you wish to apply for this particular position), CV (not more than 500 kb) and names and contact of 2 recent professional references to: Please Login or Register to apply this job online. Subject line: IDN1003_trainer
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Date of vacancy: May 18, 2010
Closes: May 31, 2009

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Ferrari Buries Fallen Soldier

By Ernesto Nigro

It has come to light that Alsono’s chassis that fell victim to the unforgiving Armco at Massenet on Saturday morning’s Free Practice session has been deemed unfit to continue on it’s tour of duty.

While most of you already know the story, Alonso was left to be nothing more than a spectator for last Saturday’s qualifying round in Monaco due to the accident that destroyed his car. Starting from the pit lane in a car that was just a chassis in a box and had never even seen daylight or turned a wheel before that morning, he was able to bring it home on Sunday in 6th.

It was originally thought by Ferrari that they might be able to repair the wounded F10. Further investigations however made it evident that Chassis 283 was non-repairable and thus has been laid to rest.

A moment of silence please for our fallen troop…

This turn of events brings to light the importance of the return of the spare car for any team serious about winning a championship. There is currently a ban on spare cars as you may know. Many rules have been changed in the name of cost cutting that have diminished the quality of the sport in many ways and the ability for teams to compete at the highest level. As we have seen, these changes have done nothing to curb spending as teams are forced to dump heaps of money and already reduced resources into other areas that have thus been fruitless. KERS was introduced as an “OPTION”. While teams such as Ferrari and McLaren spent millions developing the technology, others did not and eventually it was agreed that KERS was not to be used for this season. Others had instead developed DD-Diffusers which in turn saw many teams spend millions in car redesign and wind tunnel testing. In turn the whole of F1 has suffered, teams, drivers and fans.

Engine development was frozen, in-season testing was banned, pre-season testing was limited and other crucial areas that have helped propel the sport to elitism were all limited, restricted or removed.

Teams however, have either found new ways to spend money or were forced to spend it chasing innovative systems or technology which have either been banned or will be (Diffusers, F-Duct, etc…)

Ferrari’s Stefano Domenicali explains his view on the spare car rule:

“Let’s start from the reasons why the rule book was modified a couple years ago: costs had to be reduced by getting rid of the T-car and reducing car crews,” said Domenicali. “This was the reason why the regulations were changed.

“After that, as usually happens in F1, we lost sight a bit of the events that may happen, like on Saturday. So I think this is an issue that will be re-discussed again as soon as possible, because preventing spectators from seeing the car for this sort of reason is in my opinion worth looking at.”

Personal View:
The bottom line is really that any efforts to curb spending in F1 only seem to propel teams towards spending the same money in different ways in an effort to gain the slightest advantage over their competitors.

If money is not being spent on things such as KERS, F-Duct, DD-Diffusers etc… it’s spent on luxury mobile palaces. Has anyone seen the pictures of two and three level Motorhome complexes that sport terraces and pools?

Therefore, perhaps the FIA should review some of these rules and help the teams bring the sport back to the top where it belongs. Profit sharing to help smaller teams to allow them to test more is one idea, but getting everyone to buy into that idea is easier said than done.

Lifting the ban on engine development and removing the rev limit to allow teams to really exploit the engine and reduce (what some may claim to be unsafe) cornering speeds be removing the Diffusers and returning to mechanical grip over aero grip will bring racing back to the forefront.

Simple changes that will allow cars to follow closer which will promote overtaking, and smart spending on things like testing, may be the easiest way to fix some of the problems experienced today in F1.

But what do I know? I’m just a fan that is tired of band-aid fixes and changes for sensationalism’s sake.

Source: http://ferrarif1forum.com

Luca Montezemolo test drives Ferrari F10

Sure! Ferrari’s qualifying performance at the Spanish Grand Prix at circuit de Catalunya was not what Ferrari or the fans expected. But was it bad enough for Ferrari F1 supremo, Luca de Montezemolo to take matters into his own hands?

Luca de Montezemolo is not short of drivers under contract who can take a Ferrari around a circuit. With Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa, Giancarlo Fisichella, Luca Badoer, Marc Gené and newest addition Jules Bianchi all ready to make that happen.

The Ferrari boss however took matters into his own hands by taking to the virtual Catalunya circuit in Ferrari’s newest (and considered the industry’s best) Formula 1 simulator in Maranello.

Present with Luca, was Ferrari test driver Marc Gene who was said to have given Montezemolo pointers on how to eek out a few extra tenths around the Spanish track.
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No times however were revealed, but as long as Monte didn’t put another Ferrari in the sand trap like he did at the Ferrari World Finals in Spain earlier this year, we’re all for it!!!

Ferrari are on an “aggressive” F10 car development plan, but seeing Luca in the simulator brings up scenes from Star Wars where Darth Vader informs his general that “the emperor will personally oversee the construction of the death star” (in this case Ferrari F10) comes to mind.

Forza Ferrari!

Source: http://ferrarif1forum.com

Systems Engineer at Providence Solutions Pte Ltd

Providence specializes in bringing proven and innovative technologies (see our Web site) from the U.S. and Europe to Asia in the fields of (1) server high availability, data replication and other business continuity technologies for Windows, and (2) Internet security.

* Our technologies are proven and established in the U.S. Europe & Asia
* The technologies are innovative, and immediately achieve quantum advances in performance compared to products that are now offered by solutions providers in Asia
* They deliver high value – they are not low-end technologies
* They immediately reduce costs
* They provide entirely new capabilities to users, or enable them to do things they can do now only at considerably higher cost
* They reduce maintenance to little or none

We have IMMEDIATE need for a highly motivated, independent-minded and capable system engineer to support our products in Singapore and SE Asia. Some travel, but not much. Over 95% of our technical work is pre-sales because our products require virtually no maintenance and do not break.

* Must be Singapore citizen
* Base compensation, with profit-sharing
* Some work from home, some from office
* OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD THE BUSINESS
* Major SI’s through Asia now bring our technologies to their customers.

Requirements:
* Higher Diploma in Computer Science or equivalent
* Knowledge of Windows server environment, networking, security, popular Windows-based applications, some Linux
* Minimum 2 to 3 years working experience in multi-platform support
* Resourceful, high-energy, independent-minded, can-do attitude
* Self-starter
* Proficient in English oral and written communication

REPLY TO hr@providencesolutions.net

Providence Solutions Pte. Ltd., 10 Ubi Crescent, #05-100 Ubi Techpark, Lobby E
Singapore 408564, Republic of Singapore
Tel (65) 6482-6302, 6286-9250 www.providencesolutions.net

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System Engineer at Achieve Technology Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

In today's ever-changing business environment where technology provides the cutting edge to win, we recognize the specialized human resource needs of the market. Achieve Technology Asia Pacific was set up in 1997 as a specialized manpower consultancy firm with the primary objective of providing impeccable human capital solutions for our clients in the specialized fields of IT & Engineering.

Our strength lies in the principal asset of a team of highly dedicated and competent consultants. With their valuable experience and thorough knowledge, we are unparalleled in providing prompt and effective HR recruitment solutions to our clients.

We are an ISO9001:2008 Certified Company and is part of the National Personnel Associates (NPA) worldwide alliance which has over 400 member companies spread across 6 continents. Through us, clients can gain access to extraordinary talents from worldwide.

Responsibilities:
* Solution, deploy, configure, maintain and fine tune UNIX-based enterprise systems (mainly on AIX) and network for large-scale projects in security control.
* Work closely with web application development teams to administer the production enterprise systems, especially on Websphere and MQ.
* Deploy and support web application software in highly available and highly scalable environment.
* Work in fast-paced environment with dynamic projects teams.

Requirements:
* Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Computer/Telecommunication), Computer Science/Information Technology or equivalent.
* Good hands-on experience in IBM hardware and AIX administration
* 2 - 4 years working experience in AIX/Solaris system administration
* Working experience in J2EE application server (WebSphere, Weblogic, etc.) management, MQ, SSL, clustering system/application, Windows servers, with network administration will be advantageous
* Candidate with hands-on experience in wired/wireless network implementation, firewall deployment is preferred.
* Certifications in AIX/Solaris administration and CCENT or CCNA will be advantageous

Interetsed applicants, please email your updated CV to tech5@achieve-tech.com

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Senior Research Officer/ Research Officer at Institute for Infocomm Research

You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that is responsible for developing next generation fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) systems. Your primary responsibility is to design and implement the routing of packets at the IP or Ethernet layer. In addition, you will also be assigned as the network administrator for a very advanced fiber optical testbed.

Requirements:
- A Master's or Bachelor's in Engineering or Computer Science
- Basic knowledge on routing, switching, and QoS mechanisms
- Experienced in Web interface programming (PERL/PHP, MySQL, HTML, JavaScript/AJAX)
- Proficient in C/C++, HTML, PERL/PHP
- Working experience in Network Administration is a plus
- A team player with good communication skills.
- Ability to multi-task in fast pace working environment.

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