As reported by Automotive News, Audi has reached an agreement with Investindustrial to buy a luxury motorcycle manufacturers. Supervisory Board of Volkswagen (VW) has approved the deal on Wednesday, said the source who declined to be named.

Audi and Investindustrial declined to comment. As per the deal price, not including debt, Ducati will be worth approximately seven times last year’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization decreased value.

Ducati Total liabilities decreased from 200 million euros, Investindustrial purchases last month. Volkswagen Chairman Ferdinand Piech is 75 years old today has mengindamkan Ducati for a long time and he expressed interest directly to buy Ducati in April 2008 before finally losing to Investindustrial.

The purchases will be made ​​in order to Ducati-11 along with the VW subsidiary Lamborghini, Bugatti and heavy trucks manufacturer Scania AB and MAN SE.

“Ducati is one of the best machines and Ducati is very strategic for Volkswagen,” said Christoph Stuermer Observer IHS Automotive located in Frankfurt.

“Income (Ducati) is greater than the combined income of Lamborghini and Bugatti. But for automotive operations, requiring a lot of Ducati accessories.”

competition BMW
Ducati will complement the Audi luxury car lineup with products such as product Superbike 1199 S Tricolore Panigale worth $ 28,000 and extend the brand competition with BMW, Husqvarna motorcycle owners.

Ducati which last year sold about 42,000 units of motorcycles had revenues of approximately 480 million euros in 2011.

For Volkswagen, the deal will make VW’s foray into the motorcycle business and re-acquiring the assets in Italy after buying a super car Lamborghini and Giugiaro Italdesign. Piech also expressed interest in the past terhadapat Fiat Alfa Romeo.

The largest motorcycle manufacturer in India Hero MotoCorp Ltd also expressed interest in buying the Ducati after Ducati Investindustrial has plans to sell in February. Daimler confirmed on Tuesday no interest to the Ducati.

Ducati, founded in 1926 to sell the sport model Monster, Streetfighter, Hypermotard, Multistrada and the new model Diavel in 65 countries. For 60 years, Ducati has won 17 world championship Championship, last won the title Ducati World Superbike Championship 2011.

This legend is renowned for James Cameron picked it up to the big screen. Cameron’s work seemed to sink the Buya Hamka’s novel previously quite famous, Van Der Wijck Sinking Ship.

Until now, many people are still discussing the cause of the Titanic finally run aground at a depth of 4 kilometers on the seabed. It was already clear that the ship struck an iceberg that tore the 90 meter steel hull, so that over 1,500 lives lost. However, what is the main reason (raison d’etre) can ship hit ice, triggering a number of theories.

The results of the investigation said, when there is an increased incidence of gravity that makes the tides and raise the tops of the iceberg. Other studies have concluded, there was a mirage above sea level, so that the light unbending and the captain could not see the iceberg.

There is also a party to review the construction of steel on the hull. According to this study, the nails that connect steel product defects. As a result, when the ship hit an iceberg, the nails torn off, and steel.

Of all the theory, there is an undeniable fact. One hour before the sinking, the Titanic was getting repeated warnings about the existence of the iceberg. Among others, of the steamer Californian who sent the radio message that morning that they can not move because the siege of the iceberg. But all the warnings were ignored by the captain of the Titanic, Edward Smith.

The most important lesson

From there it appears anomalous. Smith is an experienced captain. He was entrusted with the inaugural voyage of the Titanic at Southampton England to New York because of the expertise and experience. But Smith also alleged proudly say: “Not even God can sink it’.’

At that time, amid the euphoria of the summit of human achievement in the field of shipbuilding technology, speech is considered normal. In the 1997, Titanic movie made ​​clear utterance Smith welcomes passengers with wide laughter. As if there’s something behind the words.

Evident then how come the disaster caused by human error. Greeting the captain becomes the source of the disaster. Too confident with the sophistication of the ship makes it arrogant and negligent. Indeed, the arrogance of Pharaoh caliber Smith yet, but due to the greeting, the fate that he got were: drowning in the sea.

God really resisted, so about a general comment on the phenomenon. Yes, so many lessons from the Titanic. The most important lesson, man must not deviate from his true identity. Human beings are a small but rather self-aggrandizement. Whatever the sophistication of humans will not exceed the drop in the ocean of knowledge of God.

Is God punishing Smith and thousands of passengers Titanic? No. God knew human folly and do not impose penalties based on the weakness of His creatures. Is people who self-condemned. Arrogance creates anomalies in the human soul. That was the beginning of a lot of havoc.

Perhaps this quote helps explain the logic is:” And when we give pleasure to the man, surely he turned with arrogant and aloof, and when her distress, she surely despair.” (Surah Al-Isra: 83).

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Moreover, growth in world diamond demand by 2020 is expected to grow 6%. Rich cities in the United Arab Emirates Burj Khalifa who has it will compete with, Antwerp in Belgium and Mumbai in India.

Dubai’s strategic location made it the entrance to the diamond mines of Africa and the Middle East market. United Arab Emirates do not be late in responding to this, in 2004, has established Dubai Diamond Exchange, a subsidiary of the local futures exchange, DMCC.

Commissioner DMCC, Ahmed bin Sulayem, said Dubai has been known as a trading center of gold, diamonds are not too many.

But in 2009, the diamond trade reached U.S. $ 18 billion, very large jump. In 2010 through U.S. $ 35 billion.

Growth was also in line with retail sales. Half of the transactions involving diamond jewelry in Dubai, on average, performed in one centralized location, the Gold and Diamond Park.

The number of jewelry retailers in the area quite a lot, about 90 stores, operating with a tax-free transaction. Security is the most important key here.

Low crime rate here, thieves are also very rare. In fact, every night he left the jewelry worth U.S. $ 250,000 in the shop.

While Anil Pethani, Director of the way Jewellers, already steeped in the jewelry business for 16 years in that place. He serves customers from all over the world, including several celebrities such as Jermaine Jackson and Sharon Stone.

According to him, one way to attract international buyers at competitive rates plus the tax-free transaction.

If you notice, the jewelry here is cheaper than other countries because of tax-free. It’s a big difference because the benefits are not competing, but the choice is varied.

Pricing, safety, and location, all that makes Dubai is not likely to be the king of the world’s diamond trade. However, it still takes time.

Newspaper The Sun of San Bernardino on Tuesday (6/12/2011) mentions, the couple returned to their homes in the town of Colton, California, and found Arzu was sitting on the porch of the house naked.

When the husband tried to admonish Arzu, bodybuilder weighing 136 kg was suddenly attacked and caused severe head injuries. When the poor man’s wife tried to call the police, Arzu increasingly angry, and immediately picked up the woman and then threw it, causing severe injuries to the face and abrasions on the head.

It takes four policemen, two shock electric shock devices, and four cuffs to stop the rampage Arzu. The heavyset man now faces charges of attempted murder.

The history of the press or mass media noted that the closure or not the publication of information The News of the World which has a circulation of 2.7 million copies for ever was announced by the son of Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch.

Actions weekly newspaper owner News of the World to end the “lifetime” of the print media inviting sighed in amazement, and even misunderstanding the question mark whether it is for lay people or community media. However, it is also not impossible, cause tremendous admiration from the mass media community for their courage and accountability temperament Murdoch on newspapers and journalists and editors themselves.

Hacking and phone tapping scandal by members of the editor of the News of the World in the period 2003 – 2007 has involved Andy Coulson, the former communications director at the Office of the Prime Minister of Britain, David Camerron. In fact, the former chief editor of the News of the World the period 2000 – 2002 named Rebekah Brooks, who is now the CEO – News International, parent company News of the World, dragged into the scandal of the British mass media because he is considered to know hacking and wiretapping conducted journalists.

In 2007 the British Parliament had summoned the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) News International, Les Hinton is also the right hand of Rupert Murdoch for questioning, whether he has conducted an internal investigation in the News of the World organization and whether he believed fully that there was only one journalist involved in this case.

Now four years have passed, the newspaper the “Guardian” in detail reveal the scandal wiretaps conducted the News of the World which contains such information in a comprehensive defense of the reporter whose name is mentioned by Hinton in front of the British parliament that creep involves the names of two editors and the News of the World named Rebekah Brooks (formerly Rebekah Wade) and Andy Coulson.

Another British paper, The Daily Telegraph carried a report originating from families of British soldiers who died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan who are victims of hacking and phone tapping.

Weekly newspaper the Sunday Telegraph also revealed that the action of the wiretapping of telephone voice mailbox is alleged to have illegally often done even become “standard practice” to obtain special and exclusive information from a particular news source.

The Daily Telegraph also issued a proclamation which indicates the involvement of the private detective Glenn Mulcaire to seek information from the British soldiers who died to be loaded in the News of the World. Finally, private detective and a journalist News of the World has been jailed for hacking and phone-tapping proven British royal aides to obtain information about the story of Prince William’s knee injury.

British police tapping action Mulcaire imitate smb. ‘S movements, which was also made to the news sources like the other politicians, celebrities and victims of the London bombings in July 2005.

Disclosure of the action hack and tap made News of the World invites reactions and anger of Veterans British Legion organizations who feel unethical if the family of British soldier killed in Iraq was being followed and tapped his phone lines, decided not to cooperate with the News of the World let alone put announcements or advertisements in the newspaper.

Veteran British Legion’s statement was immediately followed by a statement the same attitude of some multinational companies in the UK not to advertise in the mass media network owned by Murdoch’s group.

Murdoch, who is now 80 years old had announced himself the appointment of Joel Klein, who heads News Corp., which oversees News International Network for the investigation of hacking and wiretapping scandals of this. And beyond the financial losses caused by the News of the World have killed his own lifetime as the print media that have been aged 168 years,

Murdoch also openly and honestly dare firmly and clearly recognize that hacking and phone tapping, including the purchase of information by a reporter from the London Metro Police’s actions “reprehensible and unacceptable”.

The story or the case must be an end to the lifetime of the print media the News of the World in the UK who have aged 168 years by the owner himself is an accountability group to all victims of Murdoch’s actions “reprehensible and unacceptable” from reporters, editors and leaders as well as print media owners News of the World.

There are aspects of media ethics and the legal effect of the act of hacking and illegal wiretapping conducted the News of the World reporter named Clive Goodman and Andy Coulson as editor or editorial director should also be responsible for approving the purchase of information from the London Metro police, this is a new element in the practice of investigative journalism that is not unusual.

The decision as chief editor Andy Coulson to approve hacking and wiretapping, approve the purchase of information and hired a private investigator Glenn Mulcaire investigative journalism does imply character (journalistic investigations) are categorized as “reprehensible and unacceptable” because the investigation is not conducted solely by the News of the World but use the services of private detectives and buying information leads the London police.

In the context of the journalistic code of ethics British reporter (also reporter Indonesia), the ethics of the media and the impact or consequences of the case law of the News of the World already contained in it, because of the code of ethics and legal consequences can be said the privacy rights of the victims of hacking and wiretapping has been taken forced to support the birth of a product which is then “claimed” as the journalistic performance.

Such situations illustrate how temperament media (media behavior) has hit the fence ethics of the media (media ethics), so in a language and pendappat jurnalisnik Emeritus professor of the University of Missouri, Colombia, named John Calhoun Merrill in the foreword to the book “An Ethics Trajectory, Visions of Media Past, Present and Yet to Come “(John M Kittross, 2007) that cases like the News of the World and its media crew had obviously deliberately ignoring the factors of credibility, seriousness, public interest and information that is ethical.

Information obtained by the News of the World can indeed be classified as a product called investigative reporting, but the process of acquiring information can be categorized as information that is not unethical, even crashing “iron law” violating journalistic ethics by public and private interests of public institutions.

However tindakaan owners and management of mass media News of the World who decided to end the lifetime of the print media is already 168 years old and this is the responsibility of proving the owners and management of the media to receive social sanctions and risk coverage of the investigation that came from the victim of hacking and wiretapping whether the rejection of the presence and existence of the mass media, including not to advertise, announcements and cooperation in this newspaper.

From the end of the age of cases the weekly newspaper News of the World in the UK it seems the mass media community, whether it is an element of management of mass media or journalists, can draw valuable lessons in terms of coverage of the investigation that contains the problem of hacking Dann intercepts as part of the collection of information in the process of product journalism.

The question is whether the collection of information by hiring the services of private detectives and purchase information from the police will be categorized as an act of disgraceful, unacceptable and unlawful? In the universal code of journalistic ethics and professional organizations agreed 29 reporters / journalists / reporters Indonesia, then passed the Press Council in 2006, does not justify such means.

Only, Indonesia including the market potential of hacking and intercepting devices, such as the tactical system monitors the location (Tactical Monitoring and Location System/TMLS-2000) monitoring systems and portable devices and recording conversations (Portable Monitoring & Recording System/PMRS-3) or vandals cellular telephone signal system (GSM Interceptor) that can be purchased directly or in a network (online) on the Internet (online).

However the mass media can be difficult for owner and user (end user) professionals who are legally able to take advantage of hackers and wiretapping devices are.

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Judge Helen Shores Lee was born in Birmingham, Alabama to Arthur & Theodora Shores. She has been married to Robert M. Lee, Sr., for forty-seven years. Judge Lee and her husband have two sons, one daughter and four grandchildren. They are members of First Congregational Christian Church where she serves on the Board of Trustees.

Judge Lee was educated in the Birmingham Public School System. She attended Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee where she received a B. A. degree in Psychology. She furthered her education by completing a Masters of Art degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, California.

Upon coming home to Birmingham, she was employed in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Alabama at Birmingham as an Instructor of Clinical Psychology, where she provided outpatient services for individuals and families.

After six years of employment with the Department of Psychiatry, she became Director of Clinical Outreach Services with the Jefferson County Department of Health-Western Mental Health Center.

Judge Lee decided to attend law school after fourteen years of working in the field of mental health. In 1987, she received her Doctor of Jurisprudence from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. While a student at Cumberland, Judge Lee served as Chair of the Juvenile Justice Committee.

Judge Lee joined her father, Arthur D. Shores in his practice after law school. She practiced for sixteen years until becoming a Judge in January 2003.

Judge Lee served as a member of the Alabama State Ethics Commission and as its Chairman from 1999-2000.

She is a 2003 graduate of the National Judicial College at the University of Nevada. Judge Lee currently serves as a Trustee for Leadership Birmingham and on the Advisory Board of Cumberland Law School.

Her professional memberships include:

• Alabama Bar Association
• Birmingham Bar Association
• Magic City Bar Association
• Alabama Lawyers Association

When she is not on the bench, Judge Lee enjoys traveling and deep-sea fishing. She says “there is no greater way to relax than being out on the ocean catching red snapper and amberjack.”

When it comes to her personal philosophy, she has this to say:

“As a child, I learned from my parents early the importance of giving back to the community. As an adult, I have found that giving of your time and service can be one of the most rewarding experiences in life. If I am to promote the welfare of my community and make my city a better place to live, then I must get involved and I must give of my time, my service and myself for the benefit of others. This is the model I follow in my professional career and personal life.“

Judge Lee has dedicated her life to community service.
Among her many areas of service are the following:

• Chair of UAB Minority Health and Research Advisory Council (MHRC) 
• Board of Trustees for Leadership Birmingham 
• Board of Directors for Campfire, Inc. 
• Board of Directors for American Red Cross, Birmingham Chapter 
• Board of Directors of United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) 
• Board of Directors for Oasis 
• Member of Alabama Lawyers Hall of Fame Selection Committee 
• Rotary International

In addition to her service with various community agencies, Judge Lee has been honored by the following organizations:

• Southern Women Committee of Fifty for community service 
• American Federation of Government Employee, AFL-CIO 
• Cumberland School of Law for dedication and commitment to the advancement of legal scholarship 
• East Brownville Community for outstanding support of community activities 
• Lawson State Community College Meritorious Achievement Award 
• National Conference for Community and Justice of Alabama for Outstanding Community Service 
• Alpha Kapha Alpha Sorority, Inc., Legacy of Leadership Award for her commitment to a stronger community 
• Girls, Inc., She Knows Where She’s Going Award 
• Governor Bob Riley Commendation for dedication to justice and community service

Presentations

• Judge Helen Shores Lee was the 2008 Marie NeSmith Fowler Lecturer in Christian Women Leadership at Samford University. 
• Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conference 2009 Presentation 
• Homewood High School – Teen Leadership Program for Women Athletes 
• Cumberland School of Law – Women in Law presentation 
• A Judge’s View of Workman’s Compensation – Workman’s Compensation Seminar 
• Lawson State Community College – Commencement Speaker 2008 
• Birmingham Bar Association Future Leader’s Program for emerging bar leaders