The Second House Market in China Rises

Improved secondary home sales not only happening in Hong Kong, but also in Beijing and Shanghai, China. (Read: House Secondary Market Rises in Hong Kong)

Improved secondary home market transactions in the region last month triggered strong local government support to industrial property and a series of supporting policies.

"Sentiment home buyers began to rise due to a number of supporting policies such as the five cuts in interest rates and home loans both imposed the same as the first home for the buyer has to pay off the first loan," explains consultant Century 21 China Real Estate to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), Tuesday (01/19/2016).

The requested average price for homes in Shanghai jumped 2.2 percent in December and making it the largest increase in the last two years.

While in Beijing, the increase in house prices of 0.7 percent, 0.01 percent higher than in November.

Such improvements show stretching properties in Shanghai and Beijing in recent months amid a slowdown in market conditions as a result of oversupply.

Index soared

Secondary house price index is based on the data of Century 21 puts Beijing in number 167, up two positions from November.

While in Shanghai, secondary home price index also rose from position 154 to position 157.

Secondary home transactions in Beijing rose 29.5 percent in November to number 25 202 units, while transactions in Shanghai grew 11.6 percent to 44 546 units figure.

The People's Bank of China cut interest rates five times in the past year to attract home buyers back into the market.

Therefore, many people hope that the government would cut interest rates to sustain the recovery of the housing market in order to support economic growth.

"The market will be more stable this year after a full realization of the demand last year. At the same time, the momentum of the market tend to be quieter. We also expect growth in prices and transactions in Beijing and Shanghai could be more rational and stable this year," said consultant Century 21.
In annual terms, prices in the secondary market rose 5.1 percent to 43 647 yuan per square meter, or USD 92.7 million in Beijing and jumped 10.8 percent to 37 956 yuan per square meter, or USD 80.6 million in Shanghai.

The first flowers bloom in Space

Is it possible that there is life in outer space?

The question that underlies a variety of research in space was missed when US astronaut Scott Kelly, upload photos blooming flowers of orange zinnia plants to his Instagram, Saturday (01/16/2016).

Orange flowers that bloom in the successful International Space Station (ISS).

Previously, the type of vegetable lettuce successfully grown in space. Party National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said, orange zinnia been more difficult to grow than lettuce.

Kelly joint mission carried Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Korniyenko, is researching the impact of long-term living in space. The study was to see if there are opportunities in space gardening.

Hopefully, it can also be done on Mars. Orange zinnia planted with methods made Veggie NAS program running since 2014.

Plants that grow from "pillows" filled with fertilizer, seeds, water, and clay-illuminated LED lights (light emitting diode). (CSMONITOR.COM/ISW)

Print version of this article appeared in Kompas daily edition of January 19th, 2016, on page 14 under the title "Looking Science and Technology".

Here's How To Kids Can Be "Safe" Watch Netflix

Some movies and TV series available on Netflix exist that contain scenes that can only be consumed by adults, not children.

To that end users are given the Parental Controls feature in each account dibikinnya.

Each account is made in Netflix can set limits what contents could be accessed, based on the level of maturity.

Here's how ntuk regulate access Netflix content based on the level of maturity:

Open Menu Manage Profiles on each account. The menu is available via the drop down menu once the mouse is directed into an existing user account icon in the upper right corner. After selecting Manage Profiles, a new page that displays user profiles will appear. Select the one you want to edit access restrictions. If the profile is not there, it can be added through the Add Profile. Edited in the Profile page, next to the profile name provided checkbox "Kids". Tick ??if the profile will be used for an audience of children.
Under the profile name of the menu there is also a level of maturity profile, the user can choose to access to children, adolescents, and adults (all levels of maturity).

Setekah it, click "Save" in the bottom row.

To see the rating system that made Netflix, visit the link below.

When Children Ask meaning of "terrorism"

In the virtual world and the mass media, the horror of the terror attacks spread without censorship. Not only adults, children do not understand, too exposed to acts of terrorism such information.

After hours of live broadcasts impressions witnessed bombings in Sarinah Thamrin area of ??Jakarta on television, perhaps many small children are familiar with the word "terrorism".

Not just news about terrorism, news of the crime such as homicide or robbery are also frequently watched children from the television screen or the mass media.

"My nephew who was only 4 years old so often ask what the terrorists. Earlier also he wanted to know the meaning of the robber, rapist or murderer," said Indah, a journalist.

Explaining crime news to early childhood is not easy. They generally only guess what happened.

However according to a forensic psychologist Nathanael EJ Sumampouw M.Psi, adults do not need to give a lengthy explanation and no need to cover up the real events.

Nael suggested, before giving an answer to the question of children, dug out through dialogue with the child to determine the extent of the child's understanding of events.

"For example, if he asked the meaning of terrorists or rapists, dig information about what he knew. Then ask if he thought the perpetrator was a good guy or bad, like if he was friends with people like that, and so on," said psychologist who is usually called Nael The discussions held in the Forum Chat Bareng Friends (Ngobras) in Jakarta (19.01.16).

Do not also give false hope to the children. "It should be emphasized to parents not to give false hope that everything will be fine. Give honest explanation but in language that is easy to understand children, "said Nael.

After that, to say also that in this world there are good people, for example, there is the father of the police whose job cripple terrorists and maintain security, or there is also a doctor who helped the injured.

"So there is a sad story, but also to say there is a good story about the heroes in our environment," he said.

Read also: Anticipation Trauma in Children due Terrorism Coverage

This "captain" New GrabTaxi Indonesia

GrabTaxi Indonesia had a "master" new. Transportation companies booking application has been appointed as Managing Director Ridzki Kramadibrata GrabTaxi Indonesia.

Serving as a leader company in Indonesia, will lead the charge Ridzki GrabTaxi expansion in Indonesia and overseeing local programs for all stakeholders.

"We believe that under the leadership of Mr. Ridzki, we will be able to reach a higher level," said Anthony Tan, CEO and Co-Founder GrabTaxi.

Ridzki not a new name in the transportation business. Previously, he has led the operationalization of AirAsia Indonesia as COO, and the last position in the AirAsia Group's Regional Director.

Prior to joining AirAsia, Ridzki spent most of his career in the world of telecommunications, one of which served as EVP of Marketing, Product, and CRM Bakrie Telecom.

Ridzki holds an MBA from the State University of New York, and earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Padjadjaran, Bandung, in the field of management.

Since its founding in 2012, GrabTaxi applications have been downloaded over 10 million devices throughout Southeast Asia.

More than 185,000 drivers in GrabTaxi network, including all services under GrabTaxi applications, have been using these applications to accept reservations transportation services in Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia.

GrabTaxi application and all of its services are currently available in 28 cities in 6 countries of Southeast Asia.

Neighbors Zuckerberg Delish So what?

Got home beside the residence one of the richest men in the world was not pleasant. At least that's the impression neighbors Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

The neighbors are now angry. They are upset and angry because of the security team guarding Zuckerberg often park their cars illegally.

Facebook boss region of residence, who is housing around Dolores Park, San Francisco, did not have many parking spaces on the roadside.

Thus, the people who live there feel that parking space is precious. And the actions of the security team Zuckerberg park two cars with haphazard considered very disturbing comfort.

I was so angry, some neighbors making a letter circulated to other neighbors. It contained a call for a compact report that Facebook boss to the Department of Transportation in San Francisco.

"I think we've been pretty patient and be friendly during the construction of the house Zuck. The atmosphere was noisy, lots of garbage, there is also blocking the road, and other similar matters," read the letter, as reported ColekcolekTekno of Mirror, Saturday (16 / 1/2016).

"Now all the 'circus' was finished, we were still given a problem with the existence of two SUV indiscriminate land filling best parking position here. In fact, everyone knows difficult to find a parking space around the edge of the road in Dolores Park," he added.

A letter containing the complaint was fitted with contact details Residential Security Manager Zuckerberg, Tim Wenzel, including e-mail addresses of their Facebook.

However, Facebook boss was unmoved. He considers his security team had acted appropriately.

"The vehicle belonged to the security team parked in accordance with local parking rules. However, we keep trying to be sensitive to the concerns and does not intend to bother a lot of people," said a spokeswoman for Facebook's boss.

Post-terror, Kemenkominfo Radical Block Site

JAKARTA, Post-case terrorist bombings in the area around Sarinah, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Kemenkominfo) immediately blocked several social media accounts and 11 charged radical websites.

Social media is meant, among other things, a Facebook account in the name Muhammad Khalid Subkhan, Inghimasi Battalion, Mujahidah Euphrates, Jihadmedia01 Telegram account, as well as the Twitter account @ kdmedia16 andglobalkdi.

All these accounts are known to give my support to the bombings in Sarinah.

While 11 sites or blogs are blocked, as stated Head of Information and Public Relations Kemenkominfo Ismail Cawidu through its official statement on Saturday (16/01/2016), is:

1. bahrunnaim.co
2. dawlahislamiyyah.wordpress.com
3. keabsahankhilafah.blogspot.co.id
4. khilafahdaulahislamiyyah.wordpress.com
5. tapaktimba.tumblr.com
6. thoriquna.wordpress.com
7. tauhiddjihat.blogspot.co.id
8. gurobahbersatu.blogspot.co.id
9. bushro2.blogspot.co.id
10. mahabbatiloveislam.blogspot.co.id
11. azzam.in

In addition to the account and sites that have been mentioned, Kemenkominfo said also remove Facebook video uncharged radicals simultaneously blocking pengunggahnya account, namely Muhammad Bahrunnaim Anggih Tantomo.

Until the end of 2015, a total of 78 video radicalism Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) that has been successfully cleaned from the internet.

"To support the handling of the accounts of radicals that are still running on the internet, we expect the participation of the public by reporting on Kemenkominfo via e-mail aduankonten@mail.kominfo.go.id," he concluded.