Lebaran Tiba, Harga Tiket Pesawat Melambung

Hari Raya Idul Fitri masih tiga pekan lagi, tetapi tampaknya masyarakat terutama kaum urban yang akan melakukan mudik saat lebaran nanti telah memborong tiket pesawat.

Akibat tingginya pemesanan tiket sejak awal puasa, harga tiket melambung. Bahkan, untuk penerbangan rute tertentu, ada beberapa maskapai yang telah kehabisan tiket hingga H-5 lebaran yang jatuh pada 10 September 2010.

Sejumlah maskapai menyebutkan, harga tiket pesawat dari Jakarta menjelang lebaran melonjak, bahkan ada yang lebih dari 3X lipat.

Sebagai contoh harga tiket Lion Air rute Jakarta-Yogyakarta untuk keberangkatan tanggal 9 September 2010 yang mencapai Rp. 981.000 per penumpang, padahal harga tiket rute yang sama pada 18 Agustus 2010 hanya Rp. 273.000 per penumpang.

Sementara di situs resminya, tiket Mandala Air juga banyak yang telah habis. Tiket kelas ultra saver dari Jakarta tujuan beberapa kota besar mulai tanggal 7 September sudah habis.

Untuk maskapai Sriwijaya Air telah menjual semua tiket sebagian besar rute penerbangannya mulai tiga hari menjelang lebaran.

Bahkan untuk rute Jakarta-Yogayakarta, yang masih ada pada tanggal 4 September dengan harga Rp. 910.000 per orang.

Sedangkan Batavia masih menyediakan tiket untuk penerbangan tanggal 6 September, harganya pun telah melambung lebih dari dua kali lipat, yaitu Rp. 807.000 per tiket.

Indonesian Volcano Erupts for 2nd Day

An Indonesian volcano dormant for four centuries erupted for the second straight day Monday, shooting clouds of hot ash more than a mile into the air and forcing 30,000 people to flee.

Some domestic airplanes had to be diverted because of poor visibility.

Many villagers living along the slopes of Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra province wore masks as they packed their belongings and headed to emergency shelters, mosques and churches, said Andi Arief, a presidential adviser on disasters.

Their abandoned homes and crops were blanketed in gray soot and the air was thick with the smell of sulfur.

While two people died - a 64-year-old woman from respiratory problems and a 52-year-old man from a heart attack - it was too early to say if the volcano was to blame, said Priyadi Kardono of the National Disaster Management Agency.

Gallery: Mount Sinabung Erupts

Sinabung last erupted in 1600, so observers don't know its eruption pattern and admitted over the weekend they had not monitored it closely before it started rumbling days ago in the lead-up to Sunday's first, less-powerful blast.

Hours later, the alert was raised to the highest level.

Like other volcanoes along the Sumatra fault line - the meeting point of the Eurasian and Pacific tectonic plates that have pushed against each other for millions of years - it has the potential to be very destructive.

Stiff magna forming inside the conical tip can act as a plug, allowing pressure to build up until it reaches a bursting point.

"A volcano with a long repose period could deliver a more powerful eruption," as was the case with Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991, which killed about 800 people, said Alain Bernard, a professor at the University of Brussels.

Sinabung could either go back to sleep or produce a series of blasts with increasing intensity, he said. "A Pinatubo-size eruption is a rare event and unlikely to appear during the following days. It takes normally weeks or months," said Bernard.

Though strong wind shifts or a powerful follow-up blast could affect air traffic in nearby Singapore and Malaysia, Transportation Ministry spokesman Bambang Ervan said so far only four domestic flights heading to the provincial capital of Medan were diverted.

The number of people evacuated reached 30,000 by Monday afternoon, said Erni Damanik with the Tanah Karo district information center. Many people living along the base of the 8,000-foot mountain have also moved to outlying villages.

Food, emergency tents, and medicine were on the way to the scene, officials said, including more than 17,000 respiratory masks.

Indonesia is spread across 17,500 islands and is prone to volcanic eruptions and earthquakes because of its location within the so-called "Ring of Fire" - a series of fault lines stretching from the Western Hemisphere through Japan and Southeast Asia.

It is also home to some of the largest eruptions in recorded history.

The 1815 explosion of Mount Tambora buried the inhabitants of Sumbawa Island under searing ash, gas and rock, killing an estimated 88,000 people.

The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa could be heard 2,000 miles away and blackened skies region-wide for months. At least 36,000 people were killed in the blast and the tsunami that followed. 

 

 

 

 

source : Associated Press (AP)

Hurricane Earl lashes Caribbean, threatens US

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Hurricane Earl lashed the northeastern Caribbean on Monday as a still-growing Category 3 storm, tearing roofs off buildings and cutting power to islanders on a course that could threaten the eastern United States this week.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Earl, which formed on Sunday, was already a major hurricane with sustained winds of 125 mph (205 kph), and it was likely to keep gaining force.

"Interests from North Carolina all the way to Maine should keep an eye on the system," said Jessica Schauer, a meteorologist at the Hurricane Center.

The storm's center was forecast to pass over or near the northernmost Virgin Islands later Monday as it gradually turns to the north before running roughly parallel to the U.S. East Coast.

The Hurricane Center said it is early to say what effect Earl would have on the U.S., but warns it could at least kick up dangerous rip currents. A surfer died in Florida and a Maryland swimmer has been missing since Saturday in waves spawned by now-weakening Hurricane Danielle.

Earl's eye passed just north of the tiny British territory of Anguilla, where police said the wind blew the roofs off buildings and damaged utility poles.

"The winds are whistling outside," said Martin Gussie, a police officer involved in coordinating the emergency response. "When the gusts of wind come, each time it sounds stronger."

In Antigua, wind and rain destroyed at least one home, though there were no reports of critical injuries. Emergency response officials said about 350 people were in shelters. Local weather authorities reported at least 5 inches (13 centimeters) of rain and 10-foot (3-meter) waves.

In St. Maarten, the storm toppled trees, damaged roofs and knocked out electricity to much of the island. Heavy gusts of wind swirled debris across streets that were empty due to a government-imposed curfew.

Alisha Daya, a 24-year-old tourist from Milwaukee, said she wore earplugs Sunday night but still had trouble sleeping because of the noise from the wind and crashing waves at the Oyster Bay Beach Resort in St. Maarten.

"It was loud because we were right on the ocean," said Daya, who said the storm will keep her and her parents and boyfriend from leaving the island as planned on Monday although the worst seemed to have passed. "Some furniture is flying around, but everything seems to be OK."

Cruise lines diverted ships to other ports, and flights were canceled across Puerto Rico and the eastern Caribbean.

The projected track had the storm passing close to or over the British Virgin Islands. In Anegada, the territory's northernmost island with a population of about 280 people, 58-year-old Lila Elly Ali and her son were nailing shut the doors of her century-old, wooden house as the wind began picking up.

"They say the eye of the storm is supposed to come close to us, so we've just got to pray. Everyone here is keeping in touch, listening to the radio," she said.

At the El Conquistador Resort in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, a long line of people waited at the reception desk - as the lights occasionally flickered - to check out and get to the airport, where they faced more delays.

John and Linda Helton of Boulder, Colorado, were waiting it out. The couple, celebrating their 41st wedding anniversary, finished a Caribbean cruise on Sunday and planned to spend three days in Puerto Rico.

"There was a huge line of people checking out as we were coming in and I thought it was just that summer vacation must be over," said John Helton, a real estate appraiser. "But we paid for the room so we might as well stick it out."

Besides, "I don't think we could get a flight even if we wanted to leave," his wife added.

The U.S. Virgin Islands imposed a curfew from 6 p.m. Monday to 5:30 a.m. Tuesday for the islands of St. Thomas and St. John. Police Commissioner Novelle Francis said anyone found on the street during those hours without a pass will be taken into custody.

Hurricane warnings were in effect for Anguilla, St. Martin, St. Barthelemy, St. Maarten, Saba, St. Eustatius, the British Virgin Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Puerto Rican islands of Culebra and Vieques.

By late Monday morning, Earl was about 140 miles (230 kilometers) east of San Juan and headed west-northwest at 15 mph (24 kph), according to the center in Miami. Hurricane-force winds extended outward up to 60 miles (95 kilometers) from its center.

Earl has grown rapidly in strength, fueled by warm ocean temperatures of 86 F (30 C).

Earl could bring battering waves and storm surges of up to four feet (1.2 meters) above normal on some islands, as well as downpours that threaten to unleash flash floods and mudslides.

Forecasters say there is a chance the hurricane could brush the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region toward the end of the week, with its closest approach to North Carolina on Thursday or Friday.

Meanwhile, the Category 1 Hurricane Danielle was weakening far out over the north Atlantic.

Associated Press writers Ben Fox in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Anika Kentish in St. John's, Antigua, Judy Fitzpatrick in Philipsburg, St. Maarten, Clive Bacchus in Basseterre, St. Kitts, David McFadden in San Juan and Sofia Mannos in Washington contributed to this report.

source : Associated Press (AP)

Joints comparaître à nouveau sur la côte de la France

Seal, qui ont été victimes des braconniers, a presque disparu de la côte nord de français dans la fin des années 1970, mais ces dernières années que les animaux marins ont été retournés, ce qui rend les touristes heureux.
«Je suis venu en particulier. C'est le seul endroit où les gens peuvent voir les phoques à partir d'une distance très proche", a déclaré Michael, qui a rejoint des dizaines de personnes dans la digue de Berck-sur-Mer dans le Pas de Calais pour voir les phoques de la baie d'Authie.
«La marée est basse, le paysage est magnifique. Touristiques et les visiteurs locaux étaient là, l'exécution des jumelles et caméras. Ils attendaient un sceau. Il est devenu l'une des attractions pour les touristes à Berck», a déclaré Jacques Néant, Berckois président nautiques Club.
Il voyage dans les observations océaniques pour déterminer l'existence de ces mammifères marins presque tous les jours.
«La demande a augmenté, en particulier, puisque chaque année, vous pouvez parier les gens voient un joint chaque fois que quelqu'un est sorti. Non seulement les phoques de plus en plus dans la baie, mais l'animal n'est pas non plus hésiter à s'approcher de la côte", a déclaré Jacques Verrier, un guide à Berck, cité par les journalistes de l'AFP, Delphine Paysant.
Les espèces qui sorte que la conversation est le sceau de la "sphère", le trouve le plus souvent, et le phoque gris, qui peut peser jusqu'à 220 livres.
«Les phoques apparaissent d'abord à nouveau dans les années 1980, après l'interdiction de la chasse des animaux est introduit dans la mer du Nord. Dans un premier temps, seuls quelques phoques séparé de son entourage qui sont venus, très probablement de la baie de Somme, qui est l'habitat de la plus grande colonie en France, avec un nombre de 250 à 250 animaux », a déclaré Sylvain Pezeril, président de l'association OCEANM.
«Peu à peu, ils ont formé une petite colonie, qui a commencé à reproduire, dit-il.
«En 2002, les gens peuvent voir tout au plus deux joints, mais depuis l'an dernier, il y avait plus de 15 phoques ont fait Berck leur résidence. Cette année, nous pouvons compter jusqu'à 21 joints à la plage", a déclaré Marie-Hélène Fremau, les bénévoles de la découverte de la nature Association (ADN) - qui ne comptent joints presque tous les jours.
Colonie de phoques centré à trois endroits sur la côte nord de la France: la Baie de Somme, du Golfe, et depuis cette Canche Baie d'Authie. Des dizaines de phoques visibles sur la côte d'Étaples.
Il ya certains domaines de la réapparition des joints allant de plages de sable, du poisson en abondance, y compris les poissons, «à plat» - ce qui est très aimé par les phoques, et surtout il est l'impact des vagues dans l'estuaire, qui a créé un tas de sable, le chien de mer peuvent s'allonger et profiter du soleil avant l'hiver.
"Mais en dehors de conditions environnementales, les attitudes peuvent compter sur une différence», a déclaré Fremau.
Durant l'été, les bénévoles ont lancé une action de sensibilisation auprès des touristes grâce à ses activités quotidiennes. Ils répondent à de nombreuses questions et aider les gens à trouver des moyens d'animaux vivants et la prévention de ce qu'il faut faire pour regarder.
"Si la garniture trop de distractions, par les touristes, à cheval ou en bateau, ils s'éloignent à nouveau, c'est sûr", a déclaré Fremau.

Seals Appear Again on the Coast of France

Seal, who were victims of poachers, almost disappeared from the northern French coast in the late 1970s, but in recent years that marine animals have been returned, making the tourists happy.
"I came specifically. This is the only place where people can see the seals from a distance very close," said Michael, who joined dozens of people in the dike Berck-sur-Mer in the Pas de Calais region to see the seals Bay of Authie .
"The tide is low, the scenery is gorgeous. Tourist and local visitors were there, carrying binoculars and cameras. They were waiting for a seal. It has become one of the attractions for tourists in Berck," said Jacques Neant, President Berckois Nautical Club .
He travels in the ocean observations to determine the existence of these marine mammals nearly every day.
"The demand increased, especially since every year, you can bet people see a seal every time someone came out. Not only are more and more seals in the bay, but the animal is also no longer hesitate to approach the coast," said Jacques Verrier, a guide in Berck, as cited by AFP reporters, Delphine Paysant.
Species that so that conversation is the seal "harbor", the most commonly found, and gray seals, which can weigh up to 220 pounds.
"Seals first appear again in the 1980s, after the ban on hunting of animals is introduced in the North Sea. At first, only a few seals separated from his entourage who came, most probably from the Bay of Somme, which is the habitat of the largest colony in France, with number of 250 to 250 animals, "said Sylvain Pezeril, President of the association OCEANM.
"Little by little, they formed a small colony, which has begun to reproduce," he said.
"In 2002, people can see at most two seals, but since late last year, there were more than 15 seals have made Berck as their residence. This year, we can count up to 21 seals at the beach," said Marie- Helene Fremau, volunteers at the Discovery of Nature Association (DNA) - which do count seals almost every day.
Seal colony centered in three places on the coast of northern France: Somme Bay, Gulf, and since this Authie Canche Bay. Dozens of seals visible on the coast of Etaples.
There are some areas of the reappearance of seals ranging from sandy beaches, abundant fish, including fish, "flat" - which is very liked by the seals, and above all it is the impact of waves in the estuary, which created a pile of sand, the sea dog can lie down and sunbathe before winter.
"But apart from environmental conditions, attitudes can count on making a difference," said Fremau.
During the summer, volunteer workers launched an awareness-raising actions among tourists through daily activities. They answer many questions and help people find ways of living animals and the prevention of what to do to watch.
"If the seal face too many distractions, by tourists, by horse or by boat, they will move away again, that's for sure," said Fremau. 

source : antara.com

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Color Bra Fully All Time Low Concert in Jakarta

Beginning with a song Damned If I Do Ya on the range at 9 pm, American pop punk band, All Time Low directly combing the stage while crowds and hysteria that greeted the majority of young women dominated after waiting from the start inside the venue at 7 pm in Tennis Indoor Senayan, Jakarta. Promoted by Java Musikindo.
Previously, the spectators who had bought tickets for the festival with price  $35 and $ 30 for the tribune class could be heated with an appearance Rocket rockers around almost 45 minutes of starting at 8pm.
Mid-second song Six Feet Under The Stars until the end of the third song Party Song, mic stand guitarist Jack Barakat's filled with the bra (underwear) colors of his fans in front of the stage. From start writing always, until the writings BB pin adorned bra hanging.
Alexander Gaskarth fronted band (guitar / vocals), Jack Barakat (guitar), Zack Merrick (bass), and Rian Dawson (drums) did not expect such great enthusiasm from the fans who welcomed their appearance in Indonesia. To reciprocate the CS Gaskarth give their best performances on Wednesday (04/08) night. Stella Song, Break Your Lil 'Heart, Poppin, and Jasey Raekian crowds rushing through the joints of follow-up singing.
Unexpectedly ahead of the summit event, All Time Low Rocket rockers bring back to the stage to collaborate on the song from Blink 182 dammit that could be considered the climax All Time Low concert that night. Although the three last song Remembering Sunday, Dear Maria, Count Me In and also wrapped up Wednesday night into a beautiful concert.

FPS ITB Berakhir, 1st IICC Dimulai

Seminggu terakhir ini, kota Bandung diramaikan dengan Festival Paduan Suara ITB yang ke-22. Kompetisi tertua di Indonesia ini rajin digelar setiap 2 tahun sekali, dan pada tahun ini sekaligus digelar 1st ITB International Choir Competition 2010 ( 1st IICC 2010). Bandung memang barometer-nya dunia paduan suara di Indonesia. Di Bandung ini-lah Paduan Suara terbaik di Indonesia berada, diantaranya PSM Unpar, PSM Maranatha, dan PSM Unpad.

Untuk Kompetisi tingkat nasional baru saja berakhir tadi malam dengan juara di setiap kategorinya, contohnya Paragita Universitas Indonesia untuk kategori Mix Choir dan Volga Male Chorus Bandung untuk kategori Male Choir. Setelah acara penutupan tingkat nasional, acara langsung dilanjutkan untuk Opening Ceremonial 1st IICC 2010 yang menampilkan Philipines Madrigal Singer.

Philipines Madrigal Singer ini adalah sebuah paduan suara dengan segudang prestasi di dunia internasional. Kemampuan mereka dalam memadukan suara tidak perlu diragukan lagi. Mereka adalah juara 2 kali beruntun dalam Grand Prix International Choir dan juga menjadi duta perdamaian UNESCO. Sebuah prestasi yang sangat membanggakan (sebagai info, mereka juga akan mengadakan konser di ITB setelah acara 1st IICC 2010).

Kompetisi internasional yang dimulai dari tanggal 30 Juli-1 Agustus ini akan menjadi tontonan yang sangat menarik, karena ini akan dijadikan sebuah "pertarungan" antara peserta yang berasal dari Indonesia dan Philipines (Philipines merupakan negara satu2nya yang berasal dari luar Indonesia). Akankah paduan suara yg berasal dari Indonesia seperti Paragita UI - Agriawara IPB - ABFI PERBANAS dapat mengalahkan kehebatan paduan suara yang berasal dari Philipines?? Kita lihat hasilnya nanti.

Yang pasti keberadaan kompetisi ini akan menjadi tontonan yang sangat menarik. 

Magnificent of Angklung in Austria

Reading the "Pikiran Rakyat" newspaper published on Saturday, July 24, 2010 feels very proud when I read an article title on the front page "Angklung Berjaya di Austria". Musical instruments native to Indonesia which had recognized by the Malaysian, was enthralled audience and the jury on the "Summa Cum Laude 4th International Youth Festival music Vienna 2010", in Vienna, Austria. Indonesian contingent represented by Keluarga Paduan Angklung 3 Senior High School Bandung (KPA 3) was awarded Winner of the Special Award of the Summa Cum Laude Festival.

At the festival, representatives of Indonesia pledge to bring three songs, namely the work of Robert Schumann's Symphony No.1, 1st mov Allegretto Palladio by Karl Jenkins, and the Indonesian song Badai Pasti Berlalu by Eros Djarot.

When bringing the work of Robert Schumann's Symphony No.1, KPA 3 managed to amaze an audience that numbered more than 2000 people. Besides the Austrians, they also follow other festivals held in Slovenia and Spain.

It's amazing achievements of this KPA 3, they can provide world-class music contribution by using the traditional art tools made from bamboo. Things like this are exemplary of our young generation to love the culture of Indonesia, so it does not provide an opportunity for Malaysia to recognize the culture that really is not theirs.

Garuda Indonesia To Buy The A330-200 Aircraft, Europe Be Ready

President Director of PT Garuda Indonesia, Satar, said the airline has reached an agreement to buy six new aircraft type Airbus A330-200s worth U.S. $ 1.1 billion.

Delivery of new aircraft that will be done in the next two years.

In the explanation to the BBC Indonesia, Emirsyah said also that in this year his company will add European routes.

In the explanation to the BBC Indonesia, Emirsyah said also that in this year his company will add European routes.

Emirsyah, who was in aerospace exhibition in Farnborough, England, explained that the new route will be served by Garuda's including London and Frankfurt, Germany.

In Asia, said Emirsyah, Garuda will also open several new routes, including to Taiwan.

The six new A330-200 aircraft will be delivered around 


October 2012, Garuda president director said. Before this, 


the airline "flag bearer" Indonesia was already operates 10 


similar aircraft types.

He added, "A plane flying with a capacity of medium range (medium range) will be used to fly regional routes such as Australia, Japan, Korea, China, and others."

For Europe

Garuda has recently re-opened the route Amsterdam after a number of conditions are met, including the removal of the ban was imposed a few years ago the European Union on all Indonesian airlines for reasons not meet the air safety standards.

With the reopening of the Jakarta-Amsterdam route, Garuda to temporarily use the A330-200 aircraft, a distance traveled by way of intermediate stops (stop over) in Dubai.

It is said Emirsyah, for long range flights of Garuda has ordered a number of Boeing B-777.

source: : http://www.bbc.co.uk/indonesia/berita_indonesia/2010/07/100721_garuda_ekspansi.shtml

Biosphere Reserve Giam Siak Kecil Bukit Batu: Reserve a Admired and Malaysia will be copied

The Malaysian government admires Biosphere Reserve Giam Siak Kecil Bukit Batu (CBGSK-BB) in Bengkalis regency, Riau, and want a similar sanctuary in his country. An environmental observer from Malaysia, Dr. NAIS Jamili said that CBGSK-BB is something rare and have a different impression of the biosphere so it needs to be developed in Malaysia.
"I am a 12 person team of scientists from the Malaysian government visit to Indonesia to see directly the existence of Biosphere Reserves Giam Siak Kecil Bukit Batu (CBGSK-BB) and our plans to expand in Malaysia," he explained.
"Our visit yesterday received directly by the Director of Stakeholder Relations and Sinarmas Enviroment Forestrry Conecio Munoz, Indonesia," he said.
In addition, the project manager GSK-Yuyu BB Asistance PDF and Public Relations Manager of PT Aarara Abadi / PT IKPP Sinarmas Forestry Nurul Huda, as well as Indonesian MAB Programme Director Dr Purwanto from LIPI Jakarta Centre were also present.
"We are very happy because it has been welcomed by the Indonesian government and was given permission to see first hand Siak Kecil Biosphere Reserve. What will be our last night we can learn and we kembangkankan in our country, "he said.
Public Relations Manager Asistance Arara Abadi PT / PT IKPP Sinarmas Forestry Nurul Huda on separate occasions to explain, Malaysian scientists entourage arrived in Pekanbaru Wednesday (7 / 7).
Prior to the location CBGSK-BB, they first have a meeting with the provincial government in the Office Bapeda Riau Riau, Pekanbaru, to coordinate and obtain an explanation as well as input from the provincial government about the presence of GSK-BB CB.
After suave with the Riau provincial government, the delegation traveled to one-BB CBGSK region located in the area of humus, which is one of the group company's concession area in Bukit Batu Sinarmas Forestry.
Visiting teams of scientists and the Government of Malaysia, according to Nurul is a proud for Sinarmas particular and the Riau provincial government since the enactment of GSK-BB CB became one of the Biosphere Reserve area network 560 in 109 countries in the world.
Determination was decided at the 21st Session of the International Co-ordinating Council of the Man And the Biosphere Programme (ICC / MAB) - UNESCO in Jeju, South Korea, May 26, 2009.
Source: Antara

Indonesia Became a Mascot Prague Tourism Week

Indonesia specifically requested to open the Tourism Week 'Holidays in Various Island' organized by the Prague Zoo, Czech Republic. Famous singer 70s-era show with the song 'Ayo Mama."
During the summer vacations this year Prague Zoo held a special event with a holiday theme to the various islands, where visitors were treated to sights of different countries, beginning with 'visit to Indonesia'.
The event visited the various islands of Indonesia, Embassy Prague, as the idiom used to display the promotional Dance Kayau (Borneo), Mask Dance (Central Java), Rantak Dance (West Sumatra) and Dance Surilang (Jakarta), which was performed by the dancers Sanggar Tari Sekar Melati .
"Appearances are also dance and sing to welcome the 25th anniversary of a female orangutan named Upita and the event became acquainted with the Kama, the male orangutan who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1971," said Charge d'Affaires Ad Interim Embassy Prague Nurwahyudi Azis told AFP on Thursday (8 / 7 / 2010).
Moreover, continued Azis, a senior Czech singer from Indonesia, Rony Marton, a high official in the 1970s also appeared in the Indonesian jungle pavilion sing 'Come on Mama' and 'Goro-Goro. "
It is said that during the event the visitors seemed to be brought into the real situation in Indonesia is hot and humid. In the pavilion area of 1950 m2 with a volume of 16 500 m3 are the visitors can see a collection of 70 plants and 1100 species of tropical animals.
Rimba Indonesia Pavilion is the most expensive part of the Prague Zoo, with production costs reached CZK 185 million. Design period takes a year (1999-2000), selection of bidders begins at the draft in 2001, and construction took two years (2002-2004).
In addition to the orangutan, the other attraction in the pavilion Rimba Indonesia is the Komodo dragon gift from the Indonesian government in 2002 and now has been breeding. In April 2010 has also been undertaken giving names seven young dragons by Kuai Embassy in Prague in the same place.
Apart from typical Indonesian orangutans and Komodo dragons, the Prague Zoo also has a collection of tigers, elephants, turtles and bats. This zoo in 2007 was selected as the best zoos in the world number seven.
Prague Zoo cooperation with Indonesia has been running long, including the Safari Park (West Java) and research on the turtles of Nusa Penida, Bali.(Detik.Com) 

SR 7.1 quake rattles Papua New Guinea

An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter Scale (SR) rocked Papua New Guinea, on Sunday (18 / 7). Based on data from Climatology Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) potential earthquake-tsunami.

6:29 earthquakes located in southern latitude-longitude 150.81 east with a depth of 26 kilometers. Epicenter was in 537 kilometers Northeast Portmoresby, 1071 km west of Honiara-Solomonisland Sea, 1184 km northeast of Merauke, Papua, 1197 km southeast of Jayapura, and 4886 km southeast of Jakarta. (IAN)

source :
http://berita.liputan6.com/luarnegeri/201007/286864/Gempa.7.1.SR.Guncang.Papua.Nugini

Music and Choir Competition, Llangollen 2010 England

Parahyangan Catholic University Choir (PS Unpar) became a champion in Category Folksong at the Llangollen event in 2010, England.

Tak Tong Tong traditional songs from West Sumatra and Papua Yamko Rambe Yamko deliver Parahyangan University Choir won a competition Folksong Choirs at the International Musical Eisteddfod in Llangolen, Wales, UK that was held on July 5 to 11, 2010. (link to video http://www.llangollen.tv/en)

Performance of the choir who brought the two songs are complete with dances and traditional costumes of the jury and the audience enthralled, said Councellor Embassy in London, Herry Sudradjat, Monday, July 12, 2010.
After the successful achievement of various international choral competitions since 1995, the choir whose members are mostly students, led conductor Paul H. Yoedianto, also won two categories, Mixed Choirs, also won the award for Best Program and the Professional Choir.
In Folksong Choirs competition, the PS Manipal University Choir Camerata beat Seattle Children's Chorus of the U.S. in second place and Canterbury College Cantabile Choir from Australia who won three.
Meanwhile, for the Mixed Choirs category, won the first champion University of St. Thomas Singers from the Philippines, and champion two Manipal University Choir from Indonesia and champion three Mixed Choir from Linkoping University in Sweden.
In the Mixed Choirs category, in addition to earned Second Place, choir whose members are mostly students also won the award for Best Program and the Professional Choir.
Paul H. Yoedianto say, PS Unpar also get the chance to perform at the Evening Concert Janger brought from Bali and Saman Dance from Aceh in front of 4100 spectators.
It's a very rare opportunity at once proud because it can promote Indonesian culture to British society, said Paul H. Yoedianto.
Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod since first held in 1947 to boost world peace through music and dance has become one of the world's biggest music party.
Paul H. Yoedianto said that this competition was held in the beautiful Dee Valley, which presents a unique musical atmosphere and centered on the Pavilion Stage, a modern auditorium with a seating capacity of more than 4,000 people.
According to Paul H. Yoedianto, togetherness through music truly felt among the participants and spectators, so this competition was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize event in 2004 and this competition has been regarded as Wales' Gift to the World.
It is a valuable musical experience for the PS Unpar can follow a colorful feast of music, singing and dancing on every corner, watching the amazing performances of participants from 40 countries participating in the competition this year, according to Paul H. Yoedianto.
PS Unpar also get the chance to perform in London in concert A Taste of Indonesia, which was held by the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia at the Horniman Museum and a concert that was held by the Orang Utan Foundation.
Source: Antara