2.7m Chinese to lose jobs with deepening economic slowdown

Despite the talk of insulated, Chinese economy is also deeply affected with current global economic crisis. World's fastest growing economy is sputtering into an economic slowdown. World is hinging high hope on China to bail out from the current crisis. China's export sector...

Formula 1 Drivers Call For Steward System Overhaul

The lobby for change comes from drivers. This action is a little reminiscent of how CART got started ... a move giving drivers and teams a greater voice in race management."Leading Formula One drivers have...

Japan - Mt Fuji climb and visiting the underground ice caves.

DAMIRworld Blog in Japan - Mt Fuji Top And Keepin It N-Ice & Underground. I climbed Japan's highest mountain "Mt.Fuji" with shorts, boots, a t-shirt, a bottle of water and a Mars Bar. What was I thinking at...

VP gives port operators two years improve Tanjung Priok Port

"In developing a sea port, there must be clear sectors, Kalla said, adding that the container sector, for instance, must be separated form the car export-import and cargo terminals The vice president earlier dedicated the Jakarta Car Terminal whose activities include...

A XEROX That Is NOT ... Lost In Translation :: MAXINE

"Earlier this year, XEROX introduced the concept of the “transient document” where the image from the original that was placed on the photocopy would only last a little longer than the average hours in a full...

Pimp my rice paddy

This is a story about the farmers in an agricultural district in Japan called Aomori, who make brilliant land art installations using different varieties of flowering rice. It is reminiscent of Darko Friz and his...

Aussies welcome 2007 with fireworks show

"SYDNEY, Australia - Fireworks showered over Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge as a million onlookers cheered the New Year. Crowds scaled Japan's Mount Fuji for a view of the first 2007 dawn, but the Thai capital...

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