Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Samsung Star GT-S5233A

Full Touch UI

  • TouchWiz v1.0 offers more versatile, intuitive and easy-to-use navigation
  • Large 3.0” LCD with 262K Color WQVGA showcases brilliance and optimized view
  • 16:9 LCD supports hyper QWERTY keypad for upgraded ease of input
  • Haptic offers tangible feedback when using the touch screen
  • Auto rotating display easily switches back and forth to optimize viewing of large content

Design

  • Compact size measures a palm-friendly 104x53x11.9mm
  • Sleek squared shape with chic black color completes touch style

Widgets

  • Mobile widgets customize screen with embedded widgets such as clock, scheduler, and other useful apps
  • Online widgets connect you to useful info including stock updates, weather forecast, latest news, etc

Enhanced Camera Features

  • 3.2 Megapixel Camera takes high quality photographs on the go
  • Smile Shot only takes a photo when the subject is smiling, helping you capture even the most elusive smilers
  • Camera-like touch user interface makes mobile photography a breeze
  • Organize your pics in an easy-to-browse photo album
  • Edit photos right on your mobile, no PC needed

Music

  • MP3 Player plays multi-format music files (MP3/AAC/AAC+/e-AAC+/WMA/WAV)
  • DNSe enhances acoustics including a virtual 3D sound effect and an equalizer
  • Music Recognition identifies songs for you; just record a clip of the song (just a few seconds is enough) on your phone, send it to the server, and the song will be identified within seconds
  • Music Library is easy to organize and manage with MTP
  • Background Music lets you keep listening while you access other applications
  • FM Radio with RDS lets you tune into 24-hour music and information

Internet Experince

  • Full browser (Jasmine) support lets you surf the web from anywhere
  • Both vertical and horizontal views offer optimum viewing (auto rotates when you move the unit)
  • Easy access to Google Mail, Google Search and Google Maps
  • RSS Reader automatically streams news and entertainment directly to your mobile
  • Update your blogs via SharePix, no PC needed

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Yahoo Zimbra Desktop, The Email Manager

Now you don't need to open the www.gmail.com or mail.yahoo.com to send and receive email. By using software Yahoo Zimbra Desktop email client - an open source and freely used - you can manage various of web base email.

The most interesting feature of this software is to be able to email client for various types of webmail on the internet such as Yahoo mail, Google mail, Microsoft Hotmail, AOL Mail and more. And more interesting if you have several email accounts, you will be able to manage your email simultaneously.

This software allows you to make a daily task such as send and receive setting, check messages in periodical time so you can manage when the software will make the communication to the server to send and receive email, this is very useful if you have limitations in your internet connection.

Similar service like Yahoo Zimbra Desktop has released before by Google, which is using open source applications Gears Project, Gmail users can run applications offline.

However, Zimbra Desktop has advantages over using a Web browser that has Ajax technology interface. With this technology, a Web browser could elanorate with some interface.
In addition, Zimbra Desktop has a familiar design with a look like e-mail client such as Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird.

Zimbra Desktop Service is available for a number of operating system or platform, such as Microsoft Windows, Mac OS 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS 10.5 Leopard, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Red Hat Fedora 7, Debian 4, openSUSE Linux 10.2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, and Ubuntu 6.06 LTS.

To enjoy Zimbra Desktop service latest version, you can download the 49MB files for the Windows operating system, 44MB for the Mac OS, and 52 MB for the operating system Linux.

Download page
www.zimbra.com/products/desktop_download.html

Monday, July 27, 2009

17th Indonesia International Motor Show (IIMS) 2009 officially opened

17th Indonesia International Motor Show (IIMS) 2009 officially opened by Ad interim Coordinating Minister for the Economy who is also Minister of Finance, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, representing the President of the Republic of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who planned to be opened this annual exhibition.

The government invites principals automotive world is not simply to sell their products in national market, but also make Indonesia as a production base.

The Chairman of The Association of Indonesia Automotive Industries (Gaikindo) Bambang Trisulo added, "This annual exhibition will takes place for 10 days, and will display 21 car's brands, 7 motorcycle's, and 124 automotive components.

"Although the crisis occurred, and shocks bombing last week, our commitment is still rounded and organized this exhibition. In addition, guests, such as JAMA and Siam, also came. This is still a good idea as evidence of the national automotive industry, in regional and even wider, "he said.

IIMS 2009 will begin to be opened to the public on 25th July to 2nd August 2009. The entry ticket is Rp. 20,000 for weekdays and Rp. 30,000 for the weekend.


Wednesday, July 22, 2009

The 17th Indonesia International Motor Show 2009

The 17th Indonesia International Motor Show 2009

Event Date: 24 July to 2 August 2009

Opening & press day: 24 July to 2 August 2009 (presscredentials required)

Public show: 25 July to 2 August 2009, 11.00 to 21.00

Venue: Jakarta International Expo Arena, PRJ Kemayoran, Jakarta


Line ups 2009

ToyotaNew Yaris
LexusAll New RX 350
DaihatsuLuxio, Baby Alphard, CNG-fueled Gran max
MitsubishiGrandis, Strada Triton Exceed, Pajero, Lancer Evolution, Lancer EX
SuzukiAPV Luxury, Grand Vitara, New Swift
Mercedes-BenzCLC 200 Kompresor, cLS 350, C63 AMG Estate, ML350 New Generation, Roadster SLK 280 coupe, CLK 280
HondaAll New City, All New Civic, All New Jazz, All New CR-V, Freed
NissanX-Trail Xtronic CVT
MazdaMazda2
ProtonNew Saga, Exora
Hyundaii10
FordNew Ranger, New Focus
IsuzuPanther
BMW 7 Series, M3 Coupe
VWBlueMotion, DSG, TDI


http://www.gaikindo.or.id/


The Green Furniture is Indonesia - IFFINA 2010

International Furniture and Craft Fair Indonesia 2010

IFFINA or The International Furniture and Craft Fair Indonesia, now stepping ahead with a big improvement, more better and more attractive. IFFINA as one of the biggest furniture exhibition in Indonesia now again present for third time with a complete big variety of furniture and craft.

ASMINDO and Dyandra Promosindo proudly present “International Furniture and Craft Fair Indonesia 2010” or also known IFFINA 2010.

IFFINA 2010 will presents to you potential buyers from all over the world that will bring more buyers more than last year which success with get good points in terms of quality International Buyers which is a real important factor in terms of International Fair. Attended from 91 countries the participants were member of the sector, potential buyer and client.

With a concept of ” One Stop Buying Center offering with Quality and Uniqueness”, IFFINA 2010 includes wide selections of furniture and handycraft product, Household and Accessories, Materials of Furniture. All come with the best quality you have ever found.

With full supported from the Government, IFFINA 2010 is become a place and opportunity for you to enlarge your furniture and handycraft business with a huge potential market.

With a business to business concept, awarding and buyer’s night, IFFINA 2010 is the answer of today’s chalenging market.

The Commitee of IFFINA 2010 implement the Strategic Promotion Program that is very knowledgeable and effective, by updating and inviting all International Buyers trough various communication media.The IFFINA has become the icon of furniture and handicraft exhibition and build awareness as a compulsory annual exhibition.

IFFINA 2010 will take place at the Jakarta International Expo, one of the biggest exhibition sites in Jakarta. With an easy city access, not too far away from the International Airport of Soekarno Hatta and the Jakarta’s Port Tanjung Priok, and completed with modern facilities. JIExpo’s total exhibition area consist of around 40.000 sqm of open space and 27.000 sqm of Exhibition Halls.

So, what are you waiting for? Immediately ensure your participation in a world-class exhibition of furniture and craft, IFFINA 2010, and achieve a golden opportunity to meet and establish business cooperation with the global buyer and potential clients from all over the world.

IFFINA 2010

IIMS 2009 - Experience The New Atmosphere Of The New Venue

Welcome to The 17th Indonesia International Motor Show

In attempt to continue working towards an even bigger and better automotive show, this year we are challenging you to experience The 17th Indonesia International Motor Show in a new atmosphere of the new venue that will surely be more fantastic than ever!

We are planning to exceed the previous Indonesia international Motor Show tremendeous achievement. The 17th Indonesia International Motor Show are expected to draw more than 200.000 visitors, 800 local and international journalists, and attract over 300 brands troughout the industry.

The 17th Indonesia International Motor Show will also cover larger area. Around 80.000 sqm of Jakarta International Expo - Kemayoran will be used for the exhibition, including Hall A, Hall B, Hall C, Hall D, Hall E and Outdoor area. Also anticipate the new and exiciting programs that push you adrenaline level to the max.

Indonesia International Motor Show 2009

Drive For A Better Life

"Drive for a Better Life"

Indonesian automotive industry, which arising since the 1960s, has grown together with the global automotive industry and the country's economic. The development is not only seen on the product output but also on the drive and attraction of the sector toward its supporting industries and other related industries. Moreover, the development is also seen on its contribution to industrial and development growth of the country. The current financial crisis has forced the industry to face serious challenges such as how to maintain the innovations to produce high quality products with up-to-date designs at reasonable price, and at the same time, efficient and environmentally friendly.

Realizing the current roles and challenges of the industry, IIMS 2009 endorsed the theme of "Drive for a Better Life", meaning that the national automotive industry will keep on supporting people toward a better life.

A Better LifeA better life is a quality life. IIMS 2009, which is the 17th automotive exhibition to be held, is expected to be the benchmark of the national automotive industry that pays more attention to the environment. Especially on areas related to the production process, the product itself, and the technology - and thus creating higher value and aesthetics in life. Developments in automotive technology are also emphasized on creating environmentally-friendly technology which will lead to a healthier, safer, and more comfortable driving experience.

Contribution to Economics Indonesian automotive industry is an industry with multiplier effects. Starting from the production of components, vehicle production & assembly line, distribution & sales network to the after-sales service, the industry absorbs huge work force. In addition, the industry also helps the growth of other industries, such as financing and insurance. The development of automotive industry and the related industries provides huge contribution for tax income. The industry itself is currently the 4th largest contributor for the country's tax income. Furthermore, the high growth of national automotive industry and the sizeable market potential could attract foreign investors to develop their business in Indonesia.
The current global crisis is a challenge for any business, including automotive, to be more creative and innovative so they can continue making breakthroughs in order to remain survive and growing.

Drive for a Better LifeOn the processing and production levels, automotive industry is facing challenges to create technology innovations that use environmentally-friendly materials, to increase the use of local contents and local labors. On the value level, the automotive industry's result (the products) must be able to increase the quality of customers' life and the environment. High quality products (or the vehicles) must show their excellence characteristic not only in the design that fulfills high aesthetical value, but also on the comfort, safety, mobility, and user-friendly technology.

Unquestionably, the better life theme should be supported by the related industries, such as environmentally-friendly components and fuel, so that the emission will also have better quality.
IIMS 2009 will be the venue for Indonesian automotive industry showing their ability as one of the pillars of creative economic development as well as the place for automotive users and enthusiasts to see and enjoy the development of Indonesian automotive industry.


Tuesday, July 21, 2009

What is Tribestan?

What is Tribestan?

Tribestan is a completely natural non-hormonal herbal (phytochemical) biostimulator derived from the plant Tribulus terrestris L., Bulgaricum, which contains predominantly saponins of furostanol type (not less than 45% in Tribestan), with prevailing quantity of protodioscin. It is a natural herbal alternative to synthetic anabolic hormones without any clinically proven toxic effects.
Nearly 20 years of experience with natural herbal Tribestan administration has seen no toxicity and negative effects to date. Tribestan (Tribulus Terrestris L.) improves sexual activity, and also improves and prolongs penile erection in men. In women it improves sexual activity, stimulates ovogenesis and has other beneficial effects as well. Traditionally used as a dietary supplement to enhance vigor, vitality and stamina.

What Is Tribestan Used For?

Since the body's natural testosterone promotes protein synthesis and positive nitrogen balance, the benefits for the professional or the recreational athlete engaged in active training and workout, are muscle cell growth and increased body strength as well as faster recuperation and recovery from muscular stress.

What Should You Take It For And Who?
  • Sexual performance enhancer, longer erections, ovulation problems, PMS prophylactic
  • Libido booster
  • Prostate enlargement therapy
  • Infertility treatment, increased sperm count, improved sperm motility and viability
  • Impotence treatment
  • Optimization of hormonal levels
  • Increase of muscle mass for bodybuilding related to lowered testosterone production as a result of steroids and heavy loads on the body. Tribestan stimulates protein synthesis as well.
  • Recovery of the sexual reproductive system as a result of the use of toxic substances, steroids, etc.

Naturally Safe For Enhanced Performance

  • Improves muscle growth and body strength
  • Enhanced libido sexualis and erectile function
  • Increased the number and motility of spermatozoa
  • Optimizes body's natural testosterone and LH
  • Alleviates some symptoms associated with male and female menopause
  • No adverse effects
  • No toxicity and side effects

Use In Sports!

Tribestan administration leads to increased muscle mass in active sports by activating the enzyme associated with energy metabolism. At the same time it has also been reported to have the ability to stimulate some functions associated with the increase of the body's natural endogenous testosterone and lutenizing hormone (LH) levels. With the increase of the body's natural endogenous testosterone level, it can help alleviating some symptoms associated with male menopause.

On Muscle Growth And Body Strength

For years, Tribestan has been used by athletes of the Soviet Bloc. The Bulgarian strength athletes have also used it extensively with effectiveness. Tribestan has passed all the drug tests at every competitive level and has been used with significant results by top professional athletes as well as by recreational athletes. With its good safety profile and its natural herbal origin, Tribestan is sold as a dietary supplement in many countries with little restriction on its use. Nearly 20 years of experience with natural herbal Tribestan administration has seen no toxicity and negative effects to date.

On Safety

  • Special attention should be given to the harmlessness of the natural herbal product Tribestan.
  • No evidence of acute, sub-acute and chronic toxicity has been found during the experimental behavioral, hematological, functional, biochemical and morphological studies.
  • Absence of carcinogenic and teratogenic effect.
  • No adverse effects were noted in any of the clinical studies and additional research demonstrated no adverse effects on the Central Nervous System and the Cardiovascular System.

A Summary On Clinical Studies On Tribestan

  • Tribestan has also been reported to be a popular medicinal herb in Bulgaria, Eastern Europe and North America for the treatment of sexual deficiencies. Three major medical centers in Bulgaria have therefore conducted clinical studies on Tribestan effect on reproductive functions. Since 1981, Tribestan has been incorporated into mainstream medical treatment in much of Eastern Europe for:
  • Improvement of libido and erectile function.
  • Increasing serum concentration of testosterone and LH
  • Stimulation of spermatogenesis with increased concentration of spermatozoa, increase in sperm motility and viability

Report On Libido Sexualis And Erectle Dysfunction

  • In clinical studies on 212 patients, 85% of patients with reduced libido, demonstrated improved libido after 30 days and 94% after 60 days of treatment with Tribestan.
  • For 36 patients with chronic prostatitis and reduced libido, 75% reported favorable effects at the end of the treatment cycle.
  • In animal studies, libido and sexual reflexes were restored in 71% of subjects with complete absence of libido. In subjects with poor libido and sexual reflexes, recovery was recorded in 100% of cases.
  • Treatment of patients with unilateral and bilateral hypotrophy of the testes, demonstrated enhanced libido and improved spermogram after 60 days.
  • In patients with primary and secondary hypogonadism, 78% reported restored and enhanced libido with 22% reporting improved erection.

Report On Stimulation Of Spermatogenesis

Tribestan administered to males with idiopathic oligoasthnozoospermia or with spermogram disturbances due to varicocele, has shown increased concentration of spermatozoa, increased percentage of motile spermatozoa. Increased spermatozoa motility rate and, for some cases, increased volume of ejaculate of 1 to 2 ml. In controlled studies the number of Sertoli cells increased by 40% with no change in the number of Leydig cells.

Report On Increase Of The Body's Natural Testosterone

In patients with testosterone serum levels below the lower limit of the norm, the physiological levels were reached after treatment, whereas in patients with normal initial levels, the testosterone level was not significantly changed after treatment.

Source: http://www.tribestan.com/

Friday, July 17, 2009

Two Bomb Blast in JW Marriott and The Ritz Carlton Jakarta

Jakarta - Friday, July 17th 2009, two high-explosive bombs blast in JW Marriott Hotel and The Ritz Carlton Hotel. The first bomb exploded in the basement of JW Marriot at 7.45 pm local time and the second in Airlangga Restaurant in Ritz Carlton in several minute after. 9 people died in this tragedy and 53 people has seriously injured. This is a suicide bom, The Breaking news of a local TV show a CCTV recording of a man with a hat carrying a trolley-bag just before the blast the accident.




Detik-detik Menjelang Ledakan [a CCTV Recording]

Thursday, July 16, 2009

The Land of Minangkabau

The Land of Minangkabau being the Capital of Indonesia’s West Sumatera region, Padang is the home of the gentle and refined Minangkabau people. Their ancients matriarchal culture is the largest of its kind in the world. Here, women are head of the family and the community. West sumatra’s main attraction is Bukittinggi Situated at 3,000 feet above sea level, this delightful town surrounded by volcanoes and green valleys has a pleasant climate and is the culture seat of the Minangkabau people. Other places of interest include Batusangkar, the home of minangkabau Kings, Ngarai Sianok, a spectacular geogolical wonder, lake Singkarak, the largest in west sumatra and a well developed recreation and water sports center and the Rimba Panti Nature Reserve.

The name Minangkabau is thought to be a conjunction of two words, minang ("victorious") and kabau ("buffalo"). There is a legend that the name is derived from a territorial dispute between the Minangkabau and a neighbouring prince. To avoid a battle, the local people proposed a fight to the death between two water buffalo to settle the dispute. The prince agreed and produced the largest, meanest, most aggressive buffalo. The Minangkabau produced a hungry baby buffalo with its small horns ground to be as sharp as knives. Seeing the adult buffalo across the field, the baby ran forward, hoping for milk. The big buffalo saw no threat in the baby buffalo and paid no attention to it, looking around for a worthy opponent. But when the baby thrust his head under the big bull's belly, looking for an udder, the sharpened horns punctured and killed the bull, and the Minangkabau won the contest and the dispute.

The Mystery of The Stone Sculptures of Bada in Besao Valley

How did they get there? Why were they made? Who made them? It is still a mystery and an exact count of these stone sculptures, which are scattered in the valleys and mountains of central sulawesi, are still unconfirmed. Are theses megalithic finds relics of a pre-historic culture or were they made during the early Hinduistic period? No one knows because their shapes do not conform to anything else found in other parts of the country and are completely strange in shape and carving. Of more than a hundred sculptures, the giant statue at SEPADA called Batu-Palindo is the most prominent. Because of this mystery, central Sulawesi, is the most intriguing place in Indonesia and so little is known about it.


http://www.pactoltd.com/

Mollucas, The Spice Archipelago

Maluku, formerly known as the Moluccas, is not so much a province as an archipelago. It sprawls across 851,000 sq km, of which only one tenth island and consist of over 1,000 islands. Their total population is 1,9 million. The sea in this area is very deep-reaching 4,971 m in the Bacan basin, southeast of Halmahera. The highest mountain is Mt. Binaiya on Seram, at 3,000 m. The largest islandsare Seram, Halmahera and Buru, although the most important economically are Ambon, Tiny Ternate and the Bandas. Recent economic attention has focused upon the expansion of the fishing industry, especially tuna and shellfish and on forestry. Other important crops include the sago palm coffee and coconut.

History

Maluku was important as a source of spices long before the first European discovered the islands. Arab, Chinese, Malay and other seafarers traded here. And indeed the first Europeans had to employ the services of local pilots in Malaka to help them find the fabled Spiceries .
The name Maluku is said to derived from the words Jasiratul Jabal Maluk - meaning the Land of many Kings and the islands of Mikiku are mentioned in 7th century Tang Chinese document.

Although the islands are very much at the edge of the Indonesia World, both geographically and economically, it was the spices of Maluku which initially attached the european powers to Asia and to the east isles. They become known as the spice islands, or spiceries. It was only here that clove and nutmeg were cultivated and the early history of southeast Asia was moulded and driven by the fabulous wealth that the spice islands had to offer the adventures explorer.

Now the spice no longer generate they wealth that they once did, Maluku has been forced to find an alternative raison d’etre. Not only are the islands more than 2,000 km from Jakarta, but they are very geographically dispersed: Morotai in the North is over 1,000 km from Tanimbar in the South.

Source: Indonesia Handbook, 3rd by Joshua Eliot, Liz Capaldi, Jane Bickersteth

Mount Semeru

Also called Mahameru or the great Mountain. It is one of the world’s most beautiful peaks and at 3,676 m the highest mountain on Java. The Bromo – Semeru massif covers about 800 sq km, the biggest of all the volcanic regions of east Java. It sits above a sparsely populated region of volcanic highlands, wooded hils and picturesque crater lakes which offer excellent camping and trekking opportunities. Semeru is still active on occasion spewing out hot ash and solidified chunks of lava but usually contenting itself with a huge belch of smoke every 15 minutes. At nights hot lava and dancing red lights shower down the volcano’s steep sides, disappearing in the dark forest below.


Climbing it : Though all the appropriate to Mt Semeru are strenuous and only for the fit the mountian is a far easier climb than Mt Merapi in central Java. The difficulty with semeru is that you have to walk great distances ( 6-7 hours ) from your last possible transport to the base of the cone, and only then you do really start the steep part of the climb up to the summit ( about 4 hours ). Get to the summit no later than 10.00 a.m. because the wind often shifts from S to N and carries with it poisonous sulfur, plus by that time visibility is nil.


Mount Bromo

This active 2,392 m-high volcano lies 112 km SE Surabaya. The caldera is like a vast, arid amphitheater measuring 10 km from N to S, enclosed by perpendicular walls 350 m-high. This awesome, 2,200 m-high sand sea has 3 mountains within it: Widodaren ( bride ), Batok ( cup ), and Bromo ( fire ) which are really craters within one huge crater the Bromo - Semeru are massif.


The ideal time to visit is in the dry season ( April – Nov ) when you have a better chance of seeing a blood-red sunrise, in the wet season you might as well sleep late and stroll across the sand sea during the warmer part of the day, after the heavy fog has blown away. The temperature on top of Bromo is around 5 degrees C, in July it could drop to zero, so dress warmly . From Bromo’s peak are stunning views of active Mount Semeru, Java’s highest mountain. Although Bromo can still vent steam and ash, smoke profusely, and occasionally boom from the central crater, lava has not been ejected in historical times.

The Borobudur Temple

Borobudur, Indonesia’s most famous temples has been described as a ”hill crowned withRows of cones”. What appears to be cones are stuppas and domes arranged in seven rows or level, topped by the great stuppa in the center. Viewed from the air, the temple complex appears as a Huge ’’Mandala’’ the symbol for the complexities of the cosmos.


Borobudur has five square terraces with passages and carved stone relieves winding their way around and up the seven levels. Each level depicts a certain stage of life and describes the story of Buddha’s life on his way to the enlightenment or ”Nirvana”. More than 500 statues of Buddha adorn the temple . Many of the final levels , are encased in the lattice work, bell-shaped stuppas. These levels inspire serenity and peace, regardless, of the visitor’s beliefs. The views of volcano Mt Merapi , distant banana plantations shrouded by morning mist, and expansive lands is captivating. Sunrise is the best time to experience Borobudur. Climbing the edifice in the day time heat can be sweltering.

The The grounds close at 5 pm. Borobudur is estimated to have been built around 800 AD. It was neglected and given over to decay with the fail of the Mataram Kingdom about 919 AD. Buried by volcanic ash , jungle and time, it was rediscovered in the 18th century. It was Sir Stamford Raffles who first made restoration attempts. Large scale restoration began in the early 1900s to safeguard the temple. It was not until a Belgian expert came to Indonesia at the government’s request in 1956 that UNESCO took an interest in the monument. Preparatory work for restoration began in 1963 and UNESCO gave full support to Indonesia’s plea for assistance in 1968.

The Balim Valley

The valley was discovered by a wealthy American explorer during his botanical and zoological expeditions in 1938 who first reported that this 1,600 m-high valley appeared to be inhabited by a lost civilization. When the cloud cleared, the expeditions members beheld a vast beautifully tended garden of checker-board squares with neat stone fences, clean-cut networks of canals and meticulously )terraced mountain slopes (read of this discovery in the march 1941 issue of national geography).

The grand valley of the baliem received worldwide publicity in 1945 when a sightseeing plane out of wartime Hollandia crashed and its survivors had to be rescued in a daring glider operation. An American nurse in this group called the valley a Shangri-la. The first outsiders to settle here were missionaries landing by a float plane on the Baliem river in 1954. The Dutch established a settlement at Wamena in 1956, bringing in school teachers, new breeds of livestock, modern clothing and metal tools. Wamena continued under their control until Indonesia wrested West New Guinea from Holland in 1962. The grand valley 1s 72 km long by 16-32 km wide. It has magnificent scenery and unlimited tourist potential. It is inhabited by tribes of Neolithic ex-warrior farmers, the Dani’s. The Baliem river runs like a snake through a valley of stony riverbeds, jungle ravines, kampung of Honnai (the round houses), plots of green cultivated fields and stone walls. The Dani are today some of the most skilled and meticulous gardeners in the world.The temperature is mild and the rainfall moderate (though highly variable). If it is raining in the southern part of the valley, it might be sunny in the north or vice versa. September through october is the season of high winds, usually raining in the afternoon. It is frequently cloudy except in the early morning when all surrounding mountains are in clear view.
Source: A fragile nation: the indonesian crisis by Khoon Choy Lee

Parai Marapu The Village of The Dead

Where do people go when they die? To many older people on the island of Sumba, the answer is to Parai Marapu, the village of they dead. In Sumba , the belief is still widely held that the souls of the ancestors who reside in Parai Marapu determine the well-being of those whoa re still alive on earth. Those ancestral souls have the power to protect the living and know what is hidden to ordinary mortals. It is to please and appraise those ancestral souls that people built altars to worship the Marapu and to bring them offerings. Certain places in the house are reserved for them and at certain times animals are slaughtered and offered to them. However, how is it possible for people to interpret their messages? The answer lies in the innards of the animals offered – the liver of a pig or the intestines of a chicken. To communicate with the ancestor’s souls , a Marapu priest performs gratitude’s festivities that refer to the Mawali Tau-Majii Tau (the creator ).

In eastern Sumba, or the urrata in the western part of the island. A spear or a piece of string may be used as the device of communications. If a spear is used the head is thrust in to a selected structure of the house. The priest holds the other end of weapon , he will feel the vibrations of the ancestor’s voice and interpret them. Whatever the truth may be , there can be little doubt that at least for believers the practice of Mawali or Urrata gives the assurance that there is life after death. Some elders in eastern Sumba say the word Marapu simply means the spirit who live on a Higher place of existence and may act as intermediaries between humans and their creator.

Flobamor is East Nusa Tenggara

EAST NUSA TENGGARA is in many ways different from the rest of Indonesia. It is geographically, ethnically and culturally a border area where transition from Asia to Australia and Micronesia takes place. The territory of East Nusa Tenggara comprises 566 islands. The three main islands are flores, Sumba and Timor from which comes the term ’’ Flobamor ” which has been familiar as one of the names of east Nusa Tenggara.


FLORES, a long island located between Sumbawa and Timor , is strewn with volcanoes in a mountain chain dividing it into several regions with distinctive languages and traditions, scenic beauty, good beaches and natural wonders. KOMODO island one among the wonders, a small island of 280 sq km is located between Sumbawa and Flores and is famous for its giant lizards which are considered the last of their kind remaining in the world today, this unique species is called the Komodo Dragon.


SUMBA, formerly known at the Sandalwood island, is known for its horses and Sumba cloth. The island is famous for it’s arts and handicrafts, particularly the textile ikat weaving. The island is roughly oval in shape. The greatest concentration of those who worship spirits ( ancestral and those of the land ) is found in west Sumba where two-thirds of the population hold on to their traditional belief. It is here where incredible rituals take place. Although some exist in East Sumba , it is in West Sumba that one can find a greater number of huge megalithic tombs and traditional thatched and peaked huts raised on stilts. Many traditional activities, all with a part paying homage to the spirits. These include the building of adat houses and burial ceremonies.

Special Agency to Promote Export

Spread across 7000 island, be strait the equator, Indonesia’s weld people are talented at taping the enormous weld of nature and producing everything from simple handycraft to hi-tech product.

To help Indonesia maximize its potential as a mayor export nation, the government in 1971 created a Specialize Agency to Promote Export, 4 years later this become the National Agency For Export Development or NAFED, a unit of the Ministry of Trade of The Republic of Indonesia.


NAFED services begin with detail market information with sophisticated online media linking producers and buyers. The agency network connect with central, regional and overseas officer and promotion centres. This trade information network provide full information on product and quality as well as detail of exhibition program, market brief and arrange of other information.

Producers who want to enter the export market get help from NAFED direct training program, this range from simple workshop to 3 month intensive courses at national and regional training centres. Close link with mayor industry association provide chanel for information on export potential while sophisticated assistant is provided with branding and promotion.

The Indonesian export training centre is NAFED main traning institute. Its provide both face to face teaching session and TV conferencing with a range of international centre. Producer’s new to exporting are help to joint international trade exhibition with a win first hand experience of market.

At home, the annual Indonesia Trade Expo and Regional Exhibition provided showcases where international buyer can meet directly with Indonesia’s enormous range of exporters. The NAFED virtual exhibition provide internet base access to many successful export product.

At international exhibition, producers are supported by specialist in display, marketing and promotion. Visiting Minister at fairway to publicity and visitors are in trance by attractive display such as indonesia’s well traditional dancer.

Indonesian Trade Promotion Center or ITPC are located in Budhaphest, Dubai, Johannesburg, Los Angeles, Osaka and San Paolo, the leading edge of indonesia export drive. they are assisted by Trade Atase at every Indonesian Embassy.

Currently NAFED is task with assisting in raising Indonesia export in the non-oil and gas sector by 20% each year. the export drive concentrate on a number of product in which Indonesia posseses specific compoted advantage.
Website NAFED

Work On Seaweed

Indonesia should be the largest seaweed producer in the world. However, today is Phillippine.Blessed be Indonesia. With an area of waters of 5.8 million square kilometers and coastline of 50,000 miles long—second longest in the world, Indonesia is a fertile land for seaweed. As we all know, the plant has many benefits including foodstuff, cosmetics and medicine for various diseases. In our waters, there are more than 782 species of seaweed. The mixture of tropical climate, hot temperature and bay with calm and shallow waters has made us rich.

The volume of export of Indonesian seaweed during 2000-2004 has increased by 19.83% with total reserves in 2004 amounted to US$6.2 million. Based on data from the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) in 2004, the volume of exported seaweed reached 50 thousand tons with a value of around US$24.3 million. In addition, exported jelly in 2004 reached 3 thousand tons which valued to US$6.2 million; and exported alginate reached 6.2 kilograms which valued around US$14 thousand. These are large sources of revenues for state as well as great fortune for farmers and coastal people.

Indonesia has been late enough to realize the importance of seaweed as the source of state reserves. Studies, researches and information on the plant have only been revealed in the last few years. As a result, industrial sectors as well as investors have not yet penetrated into the Indonesian regions. according to Prof Dr Jana Anggadiredja, MS., Deputy Head of the Division of Natural Resources Technology Development at the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT). “In fact, around 20 of our provinces have the potentials of producing seaweed. And it is not entirely. However, as regards the products, we are far behind Philippines. We have only produced 15 products while Philippines’s are more than 150,’ said Jana, also Chairman of Indonesian Seaweed Community. Today, the value of export of Philippines’ seaweed has reached US$700 million per year.

In addition to the low production, the quality of many Indonesian seaweed raw materials and products are under the standards of industrial quality, locally or internationally. Muhammad Misbakhun, Commissioner of PT Argo Lestari Makmur Sejahtera (ALMS), said that this occurred because farmers used to harvesting the plant before its normal yielding time comes. This has indirectly ruined Indonesian seaweed market. “The normal period should be 45 days. But it has already been harvested when it is only 30 days old. It has resulted in its poor quality. There is the market out there. However, we have bad name on regional and national levels,’ said Misbakhum.

This happens because the farmers are usually in need of fast money. Urged by the high market demand, they did not care with the quality.

Currently, the average income of seaweed farmers are amount to between Rp1.5 million and Rp2 million per harvesting time (1.5 months). Each hectare of seaweed pond averagely yields one ton of dry seaweed that can be sold with the price of Rp3,500 per kilogram.

During the last three years, PT ALMS is still the sole exporter in Italy and half of Eastern European area. The need of export to the countries is still high. “I, with my 200 workers of mine, can only produce 15 tons a month. In fact, demands are high and we could do it,” said Misbakhun.

In 2006, Philippines produced 100,000 tons of seaweed of euchema kind. Indonesian’s were only around 86,000 tons. However, Philippines is no longer able to explore it by virtue of the lack of land. Meanwhile, there are still many landplots in Indonesia which are not yet cultivated maximally. With the development of world’s jelly need that increases by 10-15 percent per year, it will surely be the chance for us.

The business is still promising. If the story goes like this, it is not only seaweed that becomes business potential, tourism around the cultivation site and the seaweed factory can also hit a profit.


source:
http://www.venuemagz.com/

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Pacu Fish in aquarium, as a menu or a target fish

According to wikipedia, Pacu is a common name used to refer to several species of South American freshwater fish that are related to the piranha, which are also kept as pets in aquaria. They are popularly thought of as herbivorous. Their teeth, which may look similar to human teeth, are used to cut through vegetation and crush seeds that fall into the water. Pacu and piranha have similar teeth, although the difference is jaw alignments; piranha have pointed, razor-sharp teeth in a pronounced underbite, whereas pacu have squarer, straighter teeth in a less severe underbite, or a slight overbite. Additionally, full-grown pacu are much larger than piranha, reaching up to 60 pounds in weight, in the wild.

There are some Pacu fish species in the world and the known species are:
  • Colossoma brachypomum - Red-bellyed Pacu, Common Pacu or Red Pacu
  • Colossoma macropomum - Tambaqui, Black Pacu, Black-finned Pacu, or Gamitana
  • Colossoma oculus
  • Colossoma mitrei = Piaractus mesopotamicus - Black Pacu, Caranha Pacu or Pantanal Pacu
  • Colossoma orbignyanum
  • Acnodon normani - Sheep pacu
  • Acnodon oligacanthus
  • Ossubtus xinguensi - Parrot pacu

Pacu are relatively new in the tropical fish market. Their quick growth and large size create difficulties for unknowing owners.
One of the famous Pacu is The Red Belly Pacu. This fish are not suitable aquarium fish for most aquarist due to their size and the fact that they grow very fast when given the proper care. Red Bellied Pacu is an appreciated food fish which led the Brazilian government to set up a breeding program for the species to replenish the wild population. The project was successful and this has led to Red Belly Pacu becoming the absolutely most common Pacu in the aquarium trade and to Red Belly Pacu being breed for food all around the world. This project also increased the amount of available Red Belly Pacu information and the amount of information about the breeding of the species. Breeding this species demands large ponds or possible very large aquariums and will therefore not be detailed in this Red belly Pacu info sheet.
Red Belly Pacu fish accepts most food sources and are very easy to feed. Juvenile Red Belly Pacu does well on a diet of flake food but large specimens require pellets or live food to do well. Their diet should also contain vegetables like salad and broccoli. They do well on a diet of pellets and vegetables so live food isn’t necessary unless you want to try and breed red bellied Pacu.
Pacu fish became an economic fish several years ago. Farmers in Asia kept this fish in a pond. Pacu is an easy breeding fish and people start to like it as a menu. As a pan fish, Pacu became more famous, not only for food but also as a target fish for many anglers.