SEA Games XXVI in Indonesia (Jakarta-Palembang) 11 November 2011 - 22 November 2011

LISTS OF SEA GAMES XXVI 2011MEDALION

COUNTRY	RANK	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE	TOTAL
INDONESIA	I	182	151	142	475
THAILAND	II	107	100	120	327
VIETNAM	III	96	90	101	287
MALAYSIA	IV	59	50	81	190
SINGAPORE	V	42	45	73	160
PHILIPPINES	VI	36	56	77	169
MYANMAR	VII	16	27	35	78
LAO PDR	VIII	9	12	36	57
CAMBODIA	IX	4	11	21	36
TIMOR LESTE	X	1	1	5	7
BRUNEI D	XI	0	4	7	11

TOTAL

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552

547

702

1801

MEDAL LEFT :

552

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552

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0

DAILY UPDATES:

• Day 1: Thailand leads with 3 gold, 1 bronze. Following is Indonesia with 2 gold, 2 silvers and 1 bronze. At number three Myanmar (Burma) with 2 silvers and Singapore at number four with 1 silver, 2 bronzes. (All medals are from canoeing).
• Day 2: (@3PM update), Singapore jumped over Thailand who was ranked #1 on the first competition day. Today Singapore is following Indonesia who tops the medals collection with 10 golds, 9 silvers and 1 bronze. But still half way to go for today’s competition. There still 28 more gold medals to be collected. @11 pm: Days two competitions completed. 43 gold medals have been delivered. Indonesia collected most of the gold medals and Tops the medal tally position. Singapore did very well today with 7 gold, 8 silvers and 8 bronzes made Singapore on the 2nd place of the daily rank. Following at Number three is Thailand.
• Day 3:(@update 2.30pm) Indonesia still tops the medal tally followed by Thailand who replaced Singapore on the 2nd place. Amazingly Thailand swept away all the four medals available for Martial arts “Tae Kwondo“. What’s confusing up to the 3rd days is that Malaysia doesn’t seem to make any progress. I thought Malaysia is one of the favorite champions. What happening? Meanwhile, Big changes happened in the medal tally position. Singapore slipped to #4 below Vietnam and Thailand who is still on the 2nd place and entangled to Indonesia that seems to be much stronger topping the medal tally position with 40 gold, 20 silvers and 19 bronzes (update@10.30PM). Sp Note: Indonesian U-23 Football Team beats out Thailand 3-1 in the Quarter Final.
• Day 4: No changes in Medal Tally position. Indonesia getting far far away leading the position. (@update 7.20PM), Vietnam is getting close to Thailand with only three gold differences. Timor Leste is finally earns its very first bronze medal and First Gold medal for Laos. (@update 10PM) Indonesian woman team failed to win the gold medal after defeated by Thailand in the Final badminton woman Teams.
• Day 5: aside from the medal tally position, today two big matches will be held. First is the Final Badminton Men Teams Indonesia vs Malaysia at 15.00WIB (GMT+7), 2nd is Pra-Piala Dunia 2014 Timnas Indonesia vs Iran. In the previous match Iran beats out Indonesia 3-0. @8pm update, Indonesia beats out Malaysia 3-1 in the Final Badminton Men Teams. Indonesian TIMNAS again falls to Iran 4-1 in Pra-Piala Dunia 2014.
• Day 6: @update 1.30PM, Vietnam replaced Thailand on the second place of medal tally position. Both countries earn same 49 gold medals but Vietnam earns more Silvers. @update 8.00PM, Malaysia moved up to #4.
• Day 7: Indonesia still leading, followed by Vietnam and Thailand. Singapore is taking back the fourth place from Malaysia. (@update 10AM). Today’s Match! Quarter Final Individual Badminton. @Update 2PM. Indonesian pair women’s double Anneke Agustina/Nitya Krishinda beat out Malaysian Vivian Hoo/ Khe Wei in the quarter final Individual Badminton. Anneke/Krishinda is the first pair to go to Semifinal. Indonesian second best (used to be world no.1) Men’s double Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan made it to Semifinal after defeating Thailand’s Bodin Isara/Maneepong Jongjit 21-17, 21-15 in the quarter final. @update 3.30PM. All indonesian Badminton players made it through to Semifinal Sea Games 2011. (@update 9PM) Football Sea Games Indonesia vs Malaysia. 1st round Malaysia leads 1-0. Goal maker is M. Syahrul. Indonesia for the very first time in the Sea Games 2011 failed and its to Malaysia 0-1.
• Day 8: Semifinal Badminton, Indonesia Mixed Double Mohammad Rijal/Debby Susanto failed to make their way to the Final after beaten up by Thailand’s Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoungton. Taufik Hidayat in Semifinal Men’s single failed to follow the other fellas of Indonesian to the Final.
• Day 9: Thailand is back on the second row of the medal tally position. Vietnam is following at number three. (BADMINTON) Singapore’s Fu Mingtian won the Gold Medal Badminton Woman’s Single after defeating Adrianti Firdasary from Indonesia in the Final. (All Indonesian Final) Men’s double Markis Kido/Hendra setiawan failed to Bona Septano (Kido’s Lil’ Brother)/Muhammad Ahsan 25-23, 21-10 and woman’s double Vita Marissa/Nadya Melati failed to their junior Anneke Feinya Agustin/Nitya Krishinda. Indonesian Mixed double Ahmad Tantowi/Lilyana Natsir beat out Sudket Prapakamol/Saralee Thoughton from Thailand 21-7, 21-14. (TENNIS) Women’s Single, Ayu Fani Damayanti and Christopher Benjamin Rungkat (Men’s Single) made their way through to Final. In the final Christoper will meet Thailand’s Danai Udomchoke who defeated Alexander Elbert from Indonesia in the Semifinal. (FOOTBALL) Malaysia made it to Final after beating Myanmar 1-0. Malaysia will be meeting either Indonesia or Vietnam in the Final.(FOOTBALL) Indonesia finally beats out Vietnam 2-0. Goal makers for Indonesia are Patrich Wanggai and Titus Bonai. The Final will be a reunion between two HOT TEAMS Indonesia vs Malaysia. Meanwhile, something changed in the medal tally position Timor Leste getting up from the bottom. With 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 3 Bronzes Timor Leste is now on the 10th position.
• Day 10: Indonesia is getting tougher on top. With only 61 gold medals left, it seems like Indonesia is locking up the overall champion this year.
• Day 11: Indonesia finally locked up the overall champion. But this winning will not be so joyful as winning another Gold Medal from football. Indonesian “Garuda Muda” vs Malaysian Harimau Muda will do a “big fight” for the most prestigious title in the Sea Games. Meanwhile, in the battle of the 3rd place, Myanmar beats out Vietnam 4-1.
  
• Day 11: The Closing Ceremony

The 26th SEA GAMES 2011 is held in Jakarta and Palembang starting November 11th, 2011 up to November 22nd, 2011.

Below is the general competition schedule of the 26th Sea Games Indonesia 2011

Captured from: Official site SEA GAMES 2011
Also have a look at the history of Sea games Champions of all time

So far, Indonesia is holding a record of a nine times champions in the Sea Games History. Following is Thailand with Five times champion, Malaysia and Vietnam share a place at number 3 with one time champion each.
Who will be the 2011 SEA GAMES champion? Will it be Thailand who was the champion in the previous Sea Games event? Or Indonesia who hosting this year event?

American Music Awards 2011

LOS ANGELES - American Music Awards 2011 event was dominated by Adele and Taylor Swift each won three awards.

Adele managed to buy up three awards namely Favorite Pop / Rock Female Artist, Favorite Pop / Rock Album through his 21-and Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist. Someone Like You 'singer unfortunately it could not accept the trophy directly, because it is still in the process of recovery after the operation some time ago his vocal cords. As reported by Aceshowbiz on Monday (11/21/2011).

In the category Favorite Pop / Rock Album, Adele managed to beat Lady Gaga and Rihanna. But specific to the category Artist of the Year, Adele should give up on Taylor Swift. The country singer won three awards, namely the Artist of the Year, Favorite Country Female Artist, and Favorite Country Album via 'Speak Now'.

In addition to Adele and Taylor Swift, singer Nicky Minaj win with two trophy for Favorite Rap / Hip-Hop Artist and Favorite Rap / Hip-Hop Album for the album 'Pink Friday' her.

Here is a list of American Music Awards 2011 winners:

Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift
Sprint New Artist of the Year: Hot Chelle Rae
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist: Bruno Mars
Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist: Adele
Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group: Maroon 5
Favorite Pop/Rock Album: "21" - Adele
Favorite Country Male Artist: Blake Shelton
Favorite Country Female Artist: Taylor Swift
Favorite Country band/Duo/Group: Lady Antebellum
Favorite Country Album: "Speak Now" - Taylor Swift
Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist: Usher
Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist: Beyonce Knowles
Favorite Soul/R&B Album: "Loud" - Rihanna
Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist: Nicki Minaj
Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album: "Pink Friday" - Nicki Minaj
Favorite Alternative Artist: Foo Fighters
Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist: Adele
Favorite Latin Artist: Jennifer Lopez
Favorite Contemporary Inspirational Artist: Casting Crowns
Special Achievement Award: Katy Perry
 

The Provisional New 7 Wonders of Nature

1.Amazon

(Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela)

The Amazon Rainforest, also known as Amazonia, the Amazon jungle or the Amazon Basin, encompasses seven million square kilometers (1.7 billion acres), though the forest itself occupies some 5.5 million square kilometers (1.4 billion acres), located within nine nations. The Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests and comprises the largest and most species-rich tract of tropical rainforest in the world. The Amazon River is the largest river in the world by volume, with a total flow greater than the top ten rivers worldwide combined. It accounts for approximately one-fifth of the total world river flow and has the biggest drainage basin on the planet. Not a single bridge crosses the Amazon.

2.Halong Bay

(Viet Nam)

Halong Bay is located in Quáng Ninh province, Vietnam. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes. The bay has a 120 kilometre long coastline and is approximately 1,553 square kilometres in size with 1969 islets. Several of the islands are hollow, with enormous caves, other support floating villages of fishermen, who ply the shallow waters for 200 species of fish and 450 different kinds of mollusks. Another specific feature of Halong Bay is the abundance of lakes inside the limestone islands, for example, Dau Be island has six enclosed lakes. All these island lakes occupy drowned dolines within fengcong karst.

3. Iguazu Falls
(Argentina, Brazil)
Iguazu Falls, in Iguazu River, are one of the world's largest waterfalls. They extend over 2,700 m (nearly 2 miles)  in a semi-circular shape.  Of the 275 falls that collectively make up Iguassu Falls, "Devil's Throat" is the tallest at 80 m in height. Iguazu Falls are on the border between the Brazilian state of Paraná and the Argentine province of Misiones, and are surrounded by two National Parks (BR/ARG). Both are subtropical rainforests that are host to hundreds of rare and endangered species of flora and fauna.

4. Jeju Island
(South Korea)

Jejudo is a volcanic island, 130 km from the southern coast of Korea. The largest island and smallest province in Korea, the island has a surface area of 1,846 sqkm. A central feature of Jeju is Hallasan, the tallest mountain in South Korea and a dormant volcano, which rises 1,950 m above sea level. 360 satellite volcanoes are around the main volcano.

5. Komodo Island
(Indonesia)

Indonesia’s Komodo National Park includes the three larger islands Komodo, Rinca and Padar, as well as numerous smaller ones, for a total area of 1,817 square kilometers (603 square kilometers of it land). The national park was founded in 1980 to protect the Komodo dragon. Later, it was also dedicated to protecting other species, including marine animals. The islands of the national park are of volcanic origin.



6. Puerto Princesa Underground River

(Philippines)

The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park is located about 50 km north of the city of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines. It features a limestone karst mountain landscape with an 8.2 km. navigable underground river. A distinguishing feature of the river is that it winds through a cave before flowing directly into the South China Sea. It includes major formations of stalactites and stalagmites, and several large chambers. The lower portion of the river is subject to tidal influences. The underground river is reputed to be the world's longest. At the mouth of the cave, a clear lagoon is framed by ancient trees growing right to the water's edge. Monkeys, large monitor lizards, and squirrels find their niche on the beach near the cave.


7. Table Mountain

(South Africa)

Table Mountain is a South African icon and the only natural site on the planet to have a constellation of stars named after it - Mensa, meaning “the table.” The flat-topped mountain has withstood six million years of erosion and hosts the richest, yet smallest floral kingdom on earth with over 1,470 floral species. Table Mountain boasts numerous rare and endangered species. It is the most recognized site in Cape Town, the gateway to Africa, owing to its unique flat-topped peaks which reach 1,086 m above sea level.

Watch raw footage of the Japan earthquake and tsunami

An 8.9 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Northeast Japan spawned a ferocious tsunami that's caused massive destruction; flattening whole cities, starting raging fires, and killing hundreds. Nearly 88,000 people are reported missing, according to the official Kyodo news agency.
We've gathered some videos that show the scope of the disaster, and you can also see The Atlantic's collection of photos of the quake.
Here is the Website if you wanna watch it :

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theenvoy/20110311/ts_yblog_theenvoy/watch-raw-footage-of-the-japan-earthquake-and-tsunami

8 ways to help Japan after massive earthquake

The globe was rocked by the news March 11, as an 8.9 earthquake in Japan caused widespread destruction and set off a 23-foot Pacific tsunami. This has been called the fifth largest earthquake in recorded history.
More than 50 aftershocks were recorded, along with a second earthquake that measured 6.7. Hundreds were killed or injured, with many thousands reported missing.
Videos of the earthquake in Japan have been circulated online.
As the tsunami approached Hawaii and America's West Coast, U.S. President Barack Obama offered a public statement from The White House.
"This morning I spoke with Prime Minister Kan," President Obama said. "On behalf of the American people, I conveyed our deepest condolences, especially to the victims and their families, and I offered our Japanese friends whatever assistance is needed."
How can Americans help the victims of the earthquake in Japan?
Countless charities are marshalling their forces to provide humanitarian assistance after the disaster. At the same time, unethical outfits may solicit donations from well-meaning folks.
Here are eight recognized philanthropies, listed with title links, directing immediate help to those who need it most. In most cases, text message donations will appear on cell phone bills.
1. The American Red Cross has sent squads to the most heavily damaged areas of Japan to provide assistance. Cell phone users may donate $10 per message by texting REDCROSS to 90999.
2. AmeriCares is dispatching teams to Japan to offer disaster relief. Online donations are accepted on the AmeriCares website.
3. Convoy of Hope is accepting gifts online or by cell phone. Text TSUNAMI to 50555 to donate to this faith-based group, working with in-country partners to meet earthquake victims' needs.
4. Doctors Without Borders, or Medecins Sans Frontieres, is sending trained medical personnel into the worst hit areas. Online donations are encouraged.
5. Global Giving is raising funds to fund disaster relief efforts of such groups as International Medical Corps and Save the Children. Text JAPAN to 50555 to donate $10 towards emergency response.
6. The International Medical Corps offers health care and supplies for earthquake relief. Text MED to 80888, or visit the Emergency Response Efforts fund online to donate.
7. The Salvation Army is collecting donations to assist in Japan and Hawaii. Givers may donate online or text QUAKE to 80888 to give $10 per message.
8. Save the Children has established a Japan Earthquake Tsunami Children in Emergency Fund, collecting online donations to serve those affected by the earthquake and its aftermath.
Many additional humanitarian groups are poised to help. Donors are urged to check financial accountability standards of all charities before making gifts, to ensure monies will be appropriated as intended.