Fibox : Shoutbox Yang Cool Untuk Blogger

Fibox adalah satu lagi nama baru untuk shoutbox yang memasuki ruang maya ini. Rentetan daripada shoutmix yang akan menamatkan perkhidmatan percumanya, admin dapati Fibox menawarkan shotbox yang bagi admin memang cool, (walaupun bagi admin baru sekali pandang:)

Fibox kini dalam fasa beta dimana lebih banyak penambahbaikan yang akan dilakukan oleh pihak yang terbabit. Lihat pada paparan yang mesra pengguna dan penggunaannya yang mudah, admin tidak ambil masa yang lama untuk terus daftar. Anda boleh melihat contoh shotbox Fibox ini yang admin letakkan di blog ohbest.

Sambil-sambil daftar, admin ambil kesempatan untuk letakkan sekali tutorial untuk daftar Fibox seperti di bawah.

1. Buka www.fibox.ws, kemudian klik pada Sign Up


2. Masukkan email address dan password. Tick pada term of service kemudian klik continue


3. Notification mengatakan activation email dihantar kepada emial yang anda daftar.


4. Buka email dan klik pada link yang diberi.


5. Pengesahan bahawa akaun anda telah diaktifkan.


6. Login akaun anda, dan untuk kali pertama anda login anda akan diminta untuk create nama untuk shoutbox anda.


7. Daripada dashboard, anda boleh tetapkan setting yang anda kehendaki



8. Copy code yang diberi dan paste ke dalam ruangan HTML/javascript blog anda.
(tidak faham.?)

9. Save dan lihat hasilnya.:)


Tambahan:
Selepas pendaftaran, anda juga boleh login menggunakan akaun facebook anda.

Climate Analogues: Finding Tomorrow’s Agriculture Today

Scientists have issued an analysis of East Africa’s future climate as the first step in a new programme that will help farmers grow crops that will best thrive in the changed weather conditions 20 years from now, a new study has shown.

“Climate change will significantly alter growing conditions, but in most places the new farming environment will not be novel in the global context,” said Julian Ramirez, a scientist based at the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia and a lead author of the study.

The report is compiled by the Consultative Group on International on International Agricultural Research programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security.

Titled, Climate Analogues: Finding Tomorrow’s Agriculture Today, the report forms the platform of a global programme to exchange knowledge between communities on current agriculture practices that can help maintain productivity in the future, despite potentially dramatic shifts in growing conditions.

Related:
Under Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), researchers have developed a software-based tool that offer farmers a glimpse into their future by identifying places where growing conditions today match those expected in their fields in two to five decades’ time. The tool can be used to link climate and crop models with agricultural technologies, including improved varieties and agronomic practices, by matching sites that could offer ideas for adaptation to shifting climate patterns.


The software offers two interfaces developed for different user groups. The first, known as an R-library - a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics - is targeted at those with some background in programming and statistics. The second is an online interface that draws from the R-library, built for scientists working in agriculture but with more limited technical skills.

The tool uses a series of statistical functions applied onto future and current climate data, as well as input from the user (target-site location and some tool-specific parameters) to find out where the analogue areas of a particular site’s future or current conditions are located. Hence it answers the very important question: how will my site look in 30 or 50 years?

The CCAFS programme will also fund a series of farmer exchanges between South Asia (involving India, Nepal, and Bangladesh) and East Africa (covering Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya). This initiative, called “Farms of the Future”, is being coordinated by social and agro-climate scientists, and aims to evaluate farmers’ responses to changing climatic conditions. The key idea is to use the climate analogue tool to acquaint farmers with their possible climate futures via physical farm visits in different regions of the world. 

China's food security challenge: what role for Africa?

Africa will in the next decade increasingly play an important role in China’s long-term food security agenda as demand for food in the world’s most populous nation threatens to outstrip its supply, according to Standard Bank research analysts Simon Freemantle and Jeremy Stevens.

In their latest paper “China’s Food security challenge: What role for Africa?” published in November 2011 (13 pages), Mr Freemantle and Mr Stevens write that China is facing serious strains on both the demand and supply side of its agricultural sector and will in the next few years have to look externally to supplement its sources of food supply.

• Who will feed China? Malthusian concerns around the world’s ability to provide sustenance for a rising population have often, as now, centered on China. With unrivalled agricultural potential, Africa too has been thrust to centre stage. Emotionally-fuelled estimations of China’s agricultural ambitions in Africa too often miss the mark. This paper assesses where (if at all) Africa fits into Beijing’s long-term food security agenda.
• Food demand is rising rapidly in China. Rising incomes and urbanisation are leading to dramatic increases in food consumption in China. China now consumes the second most food in the world, behind the United States. It is expected that, by 2015, China’s total food expenditure will double to over USD1 trillion (tr).
• Meanwhile, China is facing increasing strains on agricultural supply.  Urbanisation and industrialisation are swallowing up farmland, and diminishing water tables. Between 1996 and 2006, China lost 9 million (mn) hectares (ha) of farmland.
• Boosting domestic sources of supply will be Beijing’s core response to these challenges. Agriculture’s broader role in maintaining social harmony in China is profound. Fortunately, China has the propensity and ability to boost domestic production. China is a net exporter of food and has enormous stockpiles of most soft commodities. Given pointed state support, China’s agricultural output is expected to swell by 26% to 2019. 
• However, clear demand overhangs exist, meaning that China will have to seek external sources of nutrition. Two principle channels exist:
• First, China will look to enhance trade ties with food exporting nations. Between 2001 and 2010 China’s imports of soybeans rose ten-fold, from USD2.8 billion (bn) to over USD25 bn, and rubber imports from USD2 bn to USD17 bn.
• Africa is a bit player in China’s agricultural trade prospectus. 99% of China’s soybean imports come from the Americas, and three-quarters of rubber imports from the rest of Asia. In 2009, China-Africa agricultural trade was just USD4 bn, less than 4% of total trade. A disconnect exists between African agricultural export and Chinese agricultural import dynamics. That said, recent trade growth in certain commodities, such as cotton, has been impressive.
• Second, China will align aid and outward investment in agriculture to access new opportunities. Here, Africa’s role is pronounced.  While cooperation remains developmental, signs of commercialism and strategic intent are clear. In general, state-owned farming groups carry out Beijing’s agricultural investments in Africa. As of 2009, China had carried out over 200 agricultural projects in Africa. Increasingly, these projects are run on a for-profit basis.
• Estimations of Chinese “land grabs” in Africa are overstated. Gulf States, as well as private investors from throughout the developing and advanced world have led the thrust of recent land acquisitions in Africa. Beijing, alarmed by local sensitivities, has remained cautious.
• Africa desperately requires capital and skills to elevate food security. Managed well, partnerships with China can be meaningful. However, domestic food security must be placed first. Then, and leveraging Chinese aid, crops suited for China’s demand dynamics can and should be emphasised. Increasingly, green technology will provide cogent opportunities.

AFR-Brazil Ag Innovation Marketplace - third call for proposals

The Marketplace aims to benefit primarily smallholder producers. The objective of this initiative is to enhance agricultural innovation for development on the African continent through the establishment and strengthening of partnerships between African and Brazilian organizations.

The Marketplace focus on agricultural innovation thus potentially engaging the full range of actors involved in the generation of agricultural knowledge (research, academia, extension, private sector, NGOs, producers, policy makers.

This initiative lead to the generation of concrete and productive partnerships between agricultural research and development organizations in Africa and Brazil, initially through Embrapa, supporting smallholders. Ultimately, it will support the development of a mutually agreed framework for sustainable Africa-Brazil collaborations. The Marketplace will open a new source of expertise to Africa to identify and target pro-poor, smallholder-based projects utilizing Brazilian innovation research.

Key dates
Dec 12th 2011 - Feb 29th 2012 - Call for pre-proposals
Mar 01st 2012 - Mar 12th 2012 - Pre-proposal evaluation and selection
Mar 12th 2012 - Mar 15th 2012 - Announcement and invitation of selected pre-proposals for submission of full proposals
Mar 15th 2012 - Apr 09th 2012 - Submission of full proposals
Apr 09th 2012 - Apr 16th 2012 - Full proposal evaluation and selection

Shoutmix Akan Menamatkan Perkhidmatan Percuma | Alternatif Shoutbox Percuma Untuk Ganti Shoutmix

Bagi blogger yang sudah lama berkecimpung dalam arena blogging, shoutmix adalah salah satu shoutbox yang paling dikenali. Boleh dikatakan penggunaanya adalah meluas dengan fungsi yang boleh admin katakan mesra pengguna. Dan semua itu boleh didapati secara percuma.

Kini, setelah 7 tahun 'berbakti' dengan mempunyai akaun percuma,  shoutmix mengambil satu langkah drastik, iaitu akan menamatkan perkhidmatan percuma yang ditawarkan. Jadi selepas ini semua akaun shoutmix adalah berbayar.
Satu keputusan yang admin rasakan kurang bijak untuk memenangi hati pengguna maya.

Keputusan ini juga telah diwar-warkan di laman utama mereka.
Bermula 1 Januari 2012, kesemua akaun percuma akan tidak berfungsi kecuali upgrade kepada plan berbayar.



Berikut plan-plan yang ditawarkan untuk pengetahuan atau bagi sesiapa yang berminat. (walaupun admin rasa macam tidak mahu letak je.:)

Sanggupkah anda membayar untuk plan ini.? Kalau admin tidak perlu jawab pun tak pe rasanya.:)

Disebabkan shoutmix akan menghentikan perkhidmatan percumanya bermula 1 Januari 2012 nanti, disini admin letakkan senarai lain shoutbox yang anda boleh dapati secara percuma. Admin belum mencuba lagi mana-mana shoutbox ini buat masa sekarang. Bagi sesiapa yang pernah menggunakan mana-mana shoutbox di bawah, diharap boleh berkongsi pandangan.

1. http://oggix.com/
2. http://www.cbox.ws/
3. http://www.yellbox.com/
4. http://www.freeshoutbox.net/
5. http://www.myshoutbox.com/
6. http://free-shoutbox.net/
7. http://ishoutbox.com/
8. http://www.shoutjax.com/

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p/s: Admin jangkakan pengguna shoutmix akan jatuh menjunam.
Reason: kenapa perlu bayar untuk widget yang boleh didapati secara percuma.:)

Sefikit info tambahan::)


more info:http://www.shoutmix.com/v3/

Technology and Innovation Report 2011: Powering Development with Renewable Energy Technologies

The Technology and Innovation Report (TIR) 2011 [PDF, 179 Pages, 2360Kb] analyses the important role of technology and innovation policies in expanding the application and wider acceptance of renewable energy technologies (RETs), particularly in the context of developing countries. Technology and innovation policies can promote and facilitate the development, acquisition, adaptation and deployment of RETs to support sustainable development and poverty reduction in developing countries and LDCs.

Four current trends lend a new urgency to the need to explore how far and how easily RETs could serve energy needs worldwide.

1. First, ensuring universal access to conventional energy sources using grids entails high costs, which means that developing countries are unlikely to be able to afford the costs of linking additional households, especially those in rural areas, to existing grids. 
2. Second, the climate change debate has injected a greater sense of urgency into searching for newer energy options, as a result of both ongoing policy negotiations and the greater incidence of environmental catastrophes worldwide. 
3. Third, from a development perspective, the recent inancial and environmental crises have caused major setbacks in a large number of developing countries and LDCs, resulting in their further marginalization from the global economy. The LDCs and many developing countries suffer from severe structural vulnerabilities that are a result of their patterns of integration into the global economy. The international community needs to promote low-carbon, climate-friendly development while fostering inclusive economic growth in these economies as a matter of urgency. 
4. Lastly, there are extreme inequalities within developing countries themselves, and lack of access to energy affects the poorest of the poor worldwide, impeding their ability to enjoy the basic amenities of modern life that are available to others at the same level of development.

Objek Berpusing Keliling Mouse

Bagaimana anda gayakan mouse bagi pengunjung yang mengunjungi blog anda.? Adakah anda biarkan secara default atau lakukan pengubahsuaian.?
Sebelum ini terdapat beberapa tutorial seperti bubble, sparkle, atau following star.

Dan kali ini, satu lagi ubahsuai yang anda boleh lakukan, iaitu objek berpusing keliling mouse seperti gambar di bawah

Anda juga blog melihat contoh di blog demo ini

Tutorial di bawah.

1. Dari dashboard > design > add a gadget > HTML/javascript.

2. Copy dan paste kod di bawah ke dalam ruangan HTML/javascript yang anda buka.
(tidak faham.?)

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

var xCol = "#FF0000";
var yCol = "#FFFF00";
var zCol = "#0000FF";

var n = 6; //number of dots per trail.
var t = 40; //setTimeout speed.
var s = 0.2; //effect speed.

var r,h,w;
var d = document;
var my = 10;
var mx = 10;
var stp = 0;
var evn = 360/3;
var vx = new Array();
var vy = new Array();
var vz = new Array();
var dy = new Array();
var dx = new Array();

var pix = "px";

var strictmod = ((document.compatMode) &&
document.compatMode.indexOf("CSS") != -1);

var domWw = (typeof window.innerWidth == "number");
var domSy = (typeof window.pageYOffset == "number");
var idx = d.getElementsByTagName('div').length;

for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
var dims = (i+1)/2;
d.write('<div id="x'+(idx+i)+'" style="position:absolute;'
+'top:0px;left:0px;width:'+dims+'px;height:'+dims+'px;'
+'background-color:'+xCol+';font-size:'+dims+'px"><\/div>'
+'<div id="y'+(idx+i)+'" style="position:absolute;top:0px;'
+'left:0px;width:'+dims+'px;height:'+dims+'px;'
+'background-color:'+yCol+';font-size:'+dims+'px"><\/div>'
+'<div id="z'+(idx+i)+'" style="position:absolute;top:0px;'
+'left:0px;width:'+dims+'px;height:'+dims+'px;'
+'background-color:'+zCol+';font-size:'+dims+'px"><\/div>');
}

if (domWw) r = window;
else
{
if (d.documentElement &&
typeof d.documentElement.clientWidth == "number" &&
d.documentElement.clientWidth != 0)
r = d.documentElement;
else
{
if (d.body && typeof d.body.clientWidth == "number")
r = d.body;
}
}

function winsize()
{
var oh,sy,ow,sx,rh,rw;
if (domWw)
{
if (d.documentElement && d.defaultView &&
typeof d.defaultView.scrollMaxY == "number")
{
oh = d.documentElement.offsetHeight;
sy = d.defaultView.scrollMaxY;
ow = d.documentElement.offsetWidth;
sx = d.defaultView.scrollMaxX;
rh = oh-sy;
rw = ow-sx;
}
else
{
rh = r.innerHeight;
rw = r.innerWidth;
}
h = rh;
w = rw;
}
else
{
h = r.clientHeight;
w = r.clientWidth;
}
}

function scrl(yx)
{
var y,x;
if (domSy)
{
y = r.pageYOffset;
x = r.pageXOffset;
}
else
{
y = r.scrollTop;
x = r.scrollLeft;
}
return (yx == 0)?y:x;
}

function mouse(e)
{
var msy = (domSy)?window.pageYOffset:0;
if (!e) e = window.event;
if (typeof e.pageY == 'number')
{
my = e.pageY - msy + 16;
mx = e.pageX + 6;
}
else
{
my = e.clientY - msy + 16;
mx = e.clientX + 6;
}
if (my > h-65) my = h-65;
if (mx > w-50) mx = w-50;
}

function assgn()
{
for (j = 0; j < 3; j++)
{
dy[j] = my + 50 * Math.cos(stp+j*evn*Math.PI/180) *

Math.sin((stp+j*25)/2) + scrl(0) + pix;
dx[j] = mx + 50 * Math.sin(stp+j*evn*Math.PI/180) *

Math.sin((stp+j*25)/2) * Math.sin(stp/4) + pix;
}
stp+=s;

for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
if (i < n-1)
{
vx[i].top = vx[i+1].top; vx[i].left = vx[i+1].left;
vy[i].top = vy[i+1].top; vy[i].left = vy[i+1].left;
vz[i].top = vz[i+1].top; vz[i].left = vz[i+1].left;
}
else
{
vx[i].top = dy[0]; vx[i].left = dx[0];
vy[i].top = dy[1]; vy[i].left = dx[1];
vz[i].top = dy[2]; vz[i].left = dx[2];
}
}
setTimeout(assgn,t);
}

function init()
{
for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
vx[i] = document.getElementById("x"+(idx+i)).style;
vy[i] = document.getElementById("y"+(idx+i)).style;
vz[i] = document.getElementById("z"+(idx+i)).style;
}
winsize();
assgn();
}

if (window.addEventListener)
{
window.addEventListener("resize",winsize,false);
window.addEventListener("load",init,false);
document.addEventListener("mousemove",mouse,false);
}
else
if (window.attachEvent)
{
window.attachEvent("onload",init);
document.attachEvent("onmousemove",mouse);
window.attachEvent("onresize",winsize);
}
</script>

3. Save dan lihat hasilnya.

TAMBAHAN.

i) Bagi sesiapa yang tukar warna objek tersebut, boleh tukar pada kod ini.
(mencari kod warna.?)

var xCol = "#FF0000";
var yCol = "#FFFF00";
var zCol = "#0000FF";

ii) Kod ini memerlukan anda menggunakan layout template.