Australia shares sporting secrets with Indonesia

Jakarta - Today Australia shared some of the secrets of its sporting success with Indonesia, which could help Indonesia become one of the world`s top sports nations, the Australian Embassy said here on Wednesday.

In the latest series of sports seminars run by the Australian Embassy, visiting experts from Australia Dr Fadi Ma`ayah, and Hallam Pereira, spoke about applying sport science in football, and how Indonesia can become a top-ten nation in world sport.

Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Greg Moriarty, is a strong advocate for strengthening sports cooperation between Australia and Indonesia.

"Sport is an excellent way to develop stronger people-to-people links. The support shown by Indonesia?s sports sector for the seminars has been overwhelming and we will continue working closely with KOI to strengthen Indonesia?s sporting performance," said Ambassador Moriarty.

President of the Indonesian Olympic Committee (KOI), Rita Subowo said "KOI has been working closely with the Australian Embassy over the past 18 months on a number of initiatives and I am confident that these will positively impact Indonesia`s preparations for the South East Asian Games in the short term, as well as our long-term sporting future."

At the seminar the Australian Embassy awarded the 2011 Allan Taylor Sports Grant to Rumah Cemara for their League of Change football program.

Rumah Cemara, the Bandung based organisation that works to increase the quality of life for and reduce the stigma towards people living with HIV, will use the AU$10,000 Australia-Indonesia Institute sponsored Allan Taylor Sports Grant to run the League of Change, a football tournament that will see people living with HIV playing alongside people that don?t live with HIV.

"We are proud to have the opportunity to support the League of Change. Football is a sport that is very close to the hearts of many Indonesians and therefore a great means to educate people about complex social issues," Ambassador Moriarty was quoted as saying by the embassy in its website.

Football Federation Australia (FFA) and PSSI entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2010. The MoU provides for both federations to share coaching and sports science expertise, exchanges of teams, referees, coaches and other experts.

The FFA is keen to work with the new administration at PSSI to make these aims a reality, and is currently in discussion with PSSI to achieve this. As part of the relationship, both parties are keen for the national teams as well as the youth teams of Indonesia and Australia to play each other.

Fadi Ma`ayah is a Senior Lecturer and Course Coordinator for Sports Science and Football from the Edith Cowan University in Perth.

Hallam Pereira is International Project Director from the Western Australian Department of Sport and Recreation. Pereira is no stranger to Indonesia, having acted as a consultant for the recently formulated Strategic Plan for Sport for East Java.

Funding for this seminar was provided by Olympic Solidarity, which is the funding program developed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). (Tx.A014/A014)

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UltraDefrag 5.0.0 Beta 3

UltraDefrag is a powerful, open source defragmentation tool for Windows. It´s engine is very fast, because it is created as a kernel-mode driver.

There are three interfaces to them: graphical, console and native. The first is very useful, because it uses cluster map visualization. Console is good for task scheduler, and native tool – for advanced users and programmers.

UltraDefrag´s design is very ergonomic: no skins, no localization, no animation and so on. It´s a truely small and powerful program!

It can be used on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista. NT 4.0 support is currently unavailable.

Features:
very fast defragmentation, because engine is kernel mode driver and has optimal algorithm.
very small engine written in pure C language.
nice graphical interface – compact and comfortable.
safety, because file moving is realized with special system calls.
simple to use.
generate html reports.
has useful filters.
free: distributed with full source code under the GNU General Public License.

What’s New in version 5.0.0 Beta 3:

volume optimization reimplemented
quick volume optimization implemented
the cluster map now indicates unused map blocks with gray color
one bug preventing a proper redraw of defragmented files was fixed
few bugs causing infinite loops in defragmentation algorithm were fixed
one bug preventing MFT defragmentation was fixed
one bug preventing reports containing Asian characters in file names from being built was fixed
one bug preventing defragmentation in some cases on Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 was fixed
the documentation was updated to include better information about taking screen-shots and creating support packages on the bug reports page
tree-view to select chapters was added to documentation and the default doxygen color theme is now used
the following translations were added: English (GB), Iloko
hexview command added to the boot time shell
Developers: udefrag_start_job prototype changed by adding algorithm preview flags

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FavBackup 2.1.0

FavBackup is a simple solution for you to backup and restore web browser settings and other data on Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000 systems. No installation required.

Supported Browsers:
Internet Explorer 8
Internet Explorer 7
Internet Explorer 6
Firefox 5
Firefox 4
Firefox 3.7
Firefox 3.6
Firefox 3.5
Firefox 3 – 2
Opera 11.5
Opera 11
Opera 10.6
Opera 10.5
Opera 10
Opera 9
Safari 4
Safari 3
Google Chrome 14
Google Chrome 13
Google Chrome 12
Google Chrome 11
Google Chrome 10
Google Chrome 9 – 1
Flock 2.5
Flock 2.0

What´s New in version 2.1.0:

Browsers:
Added Firefox 4 Support
Added Firefox 5 Support
Added Google Chrome 12 Support
Added Google Chrome 13 Support
Added Google Chrome 14 Support
Added Opera 11 Support
Added Opera 11.50 Support

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Quick Pop Menu 1.1.4

A small and easy to use application launcher. Pressing “control key + middle mouse button” triggers the launcher menu which lists predefined shortcuts. The hotkey is configurable.

What´s New in version 1.1.4:

Fixed: a bug that caused the program not running. A bug that checks the update without confirmation at the first run.
Added: the hotkey definition interface, which enables the user to define a hotkey to call the menu.
Changed: the menu item, About to Author’s Web Site.

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Rossi to start from Pit Lane at Aragón

Ducati Team confirmed after qualifying that Valentino Rossi will use his seventh engine on Sunday for the Gran Premio de Aragon, which means he will start the race from Pit Lane due to an Engine Durability rule infringement.

The current FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix Regulations state that each rider is allowed six engines per season. Under the ‘Penalties for infringement of article 2.3.7 (Engine durability in MotoGP)’ section of the regulations, a rider will start the race from Pit Lane ten seconds after the race start if the infringement takes place before the race.

Those riders who qualified below Rossi in the qualifying session will all move up one position on the grid.

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Double podium for Repsol Honda Team’s 100th win

Not only did Stoner celebrate recording the fastest pole position (1'48.451) and fastest race lap (1'49.046) at the MotorLand circuit, but he also took the 100th victory for the Respol Honda Team since the partnership was formed in 1995 where fellow Australian Mick Doohan won the very first race for the factory HRC team in Eastern Creek.

Dani Pedrosa completed a 1-2 podium finish for the team with a comfortable margin over Jorge Lorenzo. Unfortunately, team mate Andrea Dovizioso fell on the first lap and was unable to continue.

Championship leader Stoner now enjoys a 44 point margin over Lorenzo in second place, with Dovizioso in third position and Pedrosa close behind in fourth.

The Championship now heads east to Japan for round fifteen in Motegi on October 2nd where alongside it's contracted riders, HRC will enter Shinichi Ito as a wild card entry in a HRC Team while Kousuke Akiyoshi will ride alongside Toni Elias for LCR as a show of support for the affected East Japan area.

Casey Stoner:
"Before the race everyone was a little cautious with the wind picking up after the morning warm up and conditions being a lot different to those we have seen all weekend. This was on our minds, also warming the hard tyres to make sure everything was good for the beginning of the race. Our start was pretty average, I pulled to the left a little on the start and managed to avoid hitting Dani, but Ben came around the outside and I ended up third or fourth going into turn one but from there we were able to settle down and feel comfortable with the bike. I wanted to get to the front as soon as possible as the bike has been working perfect all weekend and it was our race to lose, so I tried to get in front and pull a gap. I passed Dani as soon as I could and tried to pull that gap, Dani kept with me for the first few laps, but slowly I was able to put in a gap and manage the race. I think everyone was struggling with tyres to some degree, but the bike was fantastic and I don't mind when the bike slides around a little! A big, big thank you to the whole team and to take this hundredth win for Repsol Honda is something special."

Dani Pedrosa:
"We already saw in practice that Casey was very fast here and it was also like this in the race. I was losing some tenths in the first sector and I was unable to reduce the gap in the other parts of the lap. The second half of the race I was sliding the whole time and I had some fun, but it was a shame not to be closer to Casey, I had many problems with the rear tyre for the whole race. My priority was to control the gap to Spies and Jorge in the final laps and get another podium. We've been second in the last three races, which is not so bad, but we want to keep improving in the coming races."

Andrea Dovizioso:
“I made a small but fast slide at the first right turn, all the weight went on the front, I wasn't able to control the bike and I immediately lost it as the front tyre was still not at temperature. It’s so disappointing to see your race over on turn two of the first lap after all the hard work done during the weekend. It’s a pity because we had the pace to fight for the podium and the team did a good job. Leaving Aragón without scoring any points is also so bad for the Championship. We are still third, with a fifteen point advantage over Dani, but now we need to return on the podium and have good results. Last year we had a strong end of the season, especially in Japan and Malaysia, so I look forward to the next GPs.”

Repsol Honda press release.

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GPU Caps Viewer 1.14.0

GpuCapsViewer is an OpenGL graphics card utility for Windows XP and Vista (32-bits). This tool offers the following features:

* quick view of the graphics configuration (graphics card / GPU type, amount of video memory, drivers version)
* display of the main OpenGL capabilities (OpenGL version, texture size, number of texture units, etc.)
* display of the OpenGL extensions supported by your graphics card or display of all existing OpenGL extensions no matter what graphics card you have. For each extension, you can open its description webpage available at the OpenGL Extension Registry or at NVIDIA´s OpenGL Extensions spec. Very handy for graphics developers!
* display of the system configuration: CPU type and speed, amount of systeme memory, operating system
* GPU Burner: allows to make the GPU temperature climb in order to test the graphics card stability. You can actually open as many 3D views as you want in order to make your graphics card working to the maximum. For NVIDIA cards, the GPU temperature is also displayed.
* list of links related to your graphics card: graphics drivers and graphics cards reviews. These links are regularly updated.
* full report in text and XML format. This kind of report is useful for developers who needs an outline of the customer graphics system (for support purposes for example).

What´s New in version 1.14.0:

* New: added support of multiple GPUs in the first panel
* New: added support of OpenGL 4.2
* New: added a new module in the OpenGL panel called glMAXXX to list all OpenGL caps (max values).
* New: added all OpenGL caps (max values) in the report.
* New: added txt file format for report export.
* Bugfix: in OpenCL extensions list: removed the empty extension.

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