ANDA WAJIB TAHU INI!!!!

Tahukah anda beberapa hal penting yang sangat jarang diketahui oleh banyak orang, tapi amat sangat berguna di bawah ini:

1. NOMOR DARURAT :
Nomor darurat untuk telpon genggam adalah 112, jika anda sedang didaerah yang tidak menerima signal HP dan membutuhkan pertolongan, silakan tekan 112 dan HP akan mencari network yang ada untuk menyambungkan nomor darurat bagi anda, dan yang menarik nomor 112 dapat ditekan biarpun keypad di-lock. Boleh dicoba ...

2. KUNCI MOBIL ANDA KETINGGALAN DIDALAM MOBIL :
Anda memakai kunci remote ? Kalau kunci anda ketinggalan didalam mobil dan remote cadangannya dirumah, anda tinggal telpon orang yang ada di rumah dengan HP lalu dekatkan HP anda kurang lebih 30 cm dari mobil dan minta orang yang di rumah untuk menekan tombol pembuka pada remote cadangan yang ada di rumah (waktu menekan tombol pembuka remote, minta orang rumah mendekatkan remote-nya ke telpon yang dipakainya).

3. BATTERY CADANGAN TERSEMBUNYI :
Kalau battery anda habis, padahal anda sedang menunggu telpon penting dan telpon anda dibuat oleh NOKIA, silakan tekan *3370# maka telpon anda otomatis restart dan battery akan bertambah 50%. Battery cadangan ini akan terisi waktu anda mencharge HP anda.

4. TIPS UNTUK MEN-CHECK KEABSAHAN MOBIL / MOTOR ANDA (JAKARTA AREA ONLY) :
Ketik : Metro B8962AG (plat nopol anda), kirim ke 1717, nanti akan ada balasan dari kepolisian mengenai data2 kendaraan anda, tips ini juga berguna untuk mengetahui data2 mobil bekas yang hendak anda beli.

5. JIKA ANDA SEDANG TERANCAM KARENA DIRAMPOK / DITODONG SESEORANG :
Untuk mengeluarkan uang dari ATM maka anda bisa minta pertolongan diam2 dengan memberikan no PIN secara terbalik, misal no asli PIN anda 1234, input di-ATM dengan 4321 maka mesin akan mengeluarkan uang anda, juga menginformasikan tanda bahaya ke kantor polisi tanpa diketahui perampok tersebut. Fasilitas ini tersedia diseluruh ATM tapi hanya sedikit orang yang tahu, tolong beritahukan info ini kepada yang membutuhkan

Germany v Spain: Paul the psychic octopus predicts World Cup defeat for Joachim Löw

Germany have been dealt a 'massive' blow to their World Cup chances after the psychic octopus, Paul, picked Spain to win their semi-final clash.

Paul has predicted all of Germany's World Cup results correctly so far, including wins against England and Argentina.

Paul even said that Serbia would beat Germany 1-0 in the group stage.

 

However, there is still a glimmer of hope for Germany. In all his years of making predictions, the only one Paul has ever got wrong was the Spain v Germany final at Euro 2008.

The octopus opted for Germany but Spain were the victors, winning 1-0.

German fans are now hoping the opposite will happen and by picking Spain to win it will actually be Germany who come out on top.

Such is the popularity that surrounds the octopus the German news channel n-tv actually broadcasted its Germany-Spain prediction live, even having two reporters commentating on it.

The handlers of the psychic octopus at Aquarium Sea Life in Oberhausen encourage Paul to make the predictions by putting mussels into two glass cubes, with each cube having one of the nation's flags on the front.

The mussel Paul chooses first is taken to be its prediction.

Paul initially went to the Spain-marked container before moving around the tank and then hovered over the German box. But he eventually opted for the European champions.

Paul has become world reknowned, but this good humoured, quirky phenomenon has not been well recieved by everybody.

Following the quarter-final prediction where Paul correctly guessed Argentina would lose to Germany the Argentineans threatened to kill the octopus and put it in a paella.

The newspaper El Dia gave this recipe for anyone daring to capture Paul: "All you need is four normal potatoes, olive oil for taste and a little pepper."

Argentinan chef Nicolas Bedorrou has suggested on Facebook a far more simplistic and brutal way to cook the octopus.

"We will chase him and put him on some paper. We will then beat him (but correctly!) in order to keep the meat tender and then put it in boiling water."

Leslie Van Houten, ex-follower of Charles Manson, seeks parole for 19th time

Leslie Van Houten, the one-time Charles Manson follower long seen as the most likely of his ex-acolytes to win freedom someday, faces her 19th parole hearing on Tuesday with a new lawyer and new case law which may give her the best chance yet for release.

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Even if there is a finding of suitability for parole at the hearing, freedom would not be immediate. The entire state parole board would review the decision within 120 days and it would then be submitted to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for a final ruling.

Van Houten, 60, remains incarcerated at the California Institution for Women at Frontera, the same prison where another Manson follower, Patricia Krenwinkle, is imprisoned. Susan Atkins, the third woman convicted of murder in the crimes directed by cult leader Manson, died in prison last year after parole officials denied her dying request for freedom.

Van Houten last appeared before a parole board in 2007. Her chances for parole are enhanced by the fact that she has been discipline free since her incarceration in the early 1970s, has positive psychological reports and has been active in self-help groups at the prison including "Golden Girls," a group for elderly women inmates.

She has a new lawyer, Brandie Devall, who told The Associated Press she will refer to rulings by the California Supreme Court in 2008 and 2009 affecting standards for parole.

Most significant is the case of Sandra Lawrence, a convicted murderer who was paroled after 23 years in prison after the court held that to refuse parole there must be evidence that a prisoner is currently a danger to public safety. The court said the board could not base a refusal only on the details of the crime committed by the inmate long ago.

Devall said the finding has also been upheld in federal court.

Another recent case, she said, deals with inmates who are between 16 and 20-years-old at the time of their crimes and holds that they are more likely to be rehabilitated.

Van Houten was 19 when she joined other members of the Manson cult in the killings of Leno and Rosemary La Bianca.

Devall said the cases she will cite had not been decided at the time of Van Houten's last parole hearing. She said she will cite Van Houten's age, her youth at the time of the crimes and her extreme remorse. "There is no evidence of current dangerousness," she said.

The prosecutor who will argue against Van Houten's parole, Patrick Sequiera, did not return calls to the AP.

Van Houten was convicted of murder and conspiracy for her role in the slayings of the wealthy grocers. The La Biancas were stabbed to death in August 1969, one night after Manson's followers killed actress Sharon Tate and four others including celebrity hairdresser Jay Sebring, coffee heiress Abigail Folger, filmmaker Voityck Frykowksi and Steven Parent, a friend of the Tate estate's caretaker.

Van Houten did not participate in the Tate killings but went along the next night when the La Biancas were slain in their home. During the penalty phase of her trial she confessed to joining in stabbing Mrs. La Bianca after she was dead.

The Tate-La Bianca killings became one of the most notorious murder cases of the 20th Century and continues to rivet public attention 41 years later.

In past parole hearings Van Houten has apologized to the victims' families and expressed remorse for her actions.

If she is refused parole, it is uncertain when she would get another chance. Under a new law, the board can set the length of time between parole hearings at 3, 5, 7, 10 or 15 years. Prison officials said Van Houten is in good health.