Air Attack - Breathing Lessons

City people everywhere have been warned of health hazards on days when pollution is especially bad. In summer it comes in the form of azone, acid aerosols and particulates – known as “the summer haze effect.”

In winter, exhaust and smoke are the bigger problems, fouling the air with nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide. Based on the limited research available so far, the impact appears to be quite modest in both seasons, though slightly longer-lasting in winter.

Conditions can get nastier in Indonesia and Australia, where air quality deteriorates at certain times of the year because of smoke and ash from forest fires, which then drift to Singapore and Malaysia. The island republic and parts of Malaysia, including Kuala Lumpur, were under a pall of bad air again.

What to do ? Medical experts offer some advice. People who suffer from asthma need to be warned in advance of episodes of aor pollution. Those who inhale preventive medication should double the daily dose. It may be best to add a dose at midday, when ozone is most concentrated. Patients who don’t normally take asthma drugs should use anti-inflammatory remedies prescribed for colds.

Naturally they should also avoid exerting themselves on the smoggy streets.

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Discovering an Indigenous Architecture (3)

At the weaving village of Sukarara or Penujak, where the distinctive Lombok pottery is strawfired in the backyards of houses, the same basic architecture can be seen, albeit in a less traditional setting than the villages. But this is probably the perfect compromise, where the villagers are discovering a trade that can help them better their standard of living while preserving their cultural values.

The hotels in Lombok may be uncertain about what “style” the want to adopt, but they are often well sited to take advantage of the natural landscape, often resulting is sweeping views from the hotel verandahs and balconies. The Puri Bunga Cottages while rather non-descript in its architecture, hugs the hill-side to give every individual cottage a breathtaking view of the Senggigi bay and the Lombok sunset.

From the beach front resorts such as the Intan Laguna and the Sheraton, one can see, on a clear morning, the peak of Gunung Agung on Bali as well as a chance to watch local fishermen returning with their daily catch.

Slightly further down at Tanjong Aan, the view gets better. The natural landscape here is near-perfect for development of resorts, and it should not be very long before Tanjung Aan becomes a clone of Bali’s Nusa Dua.

One can only hope that the distinctive architecture of the Sasak villages would not be banished into oblivion.

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image source: SilkWinds 72

Top Five International Film of 2009 – Up (1)

Internationally his was a great year for comedy, with films that mixed face-splitting humor with poignant humanity. While some critics pointed out the lack of essential viewing earlier this year, by December, we’d had films such as “The Hurt Locker,” Inglourious Basterds” and “Star Trek,” all of which constituted quality entertainment, but which just missed the cut for our list.

Of course, there was also plenty of pointless escapism in the form of “Transformers 2,” “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” “Dragon Ball: Evolution” and “GI Joe” – the kind of films that cater to the lowest common denominator.

1. Up (Disney/Pixar Studios)

Like most of Pixar’s creations, “Up” is not only a visual delight, but a mature and poignant story that had audiences in for its full 96-minute running time. The first 15 minutes of “Up” make for perhaps the most heartbreaking scene ever created for a commercially released animated movie.

The relationship between the two main protagonists – a young and chatty Boy Scout named Russell and Carl Fredricksen, a stereotypical grumpy old man with a tragically romantic past – raises the bar even higher (remember “Cars” ?) for the almost invicible Pixar, whose 2008’s “Wall-E” was the pinnacle of artistically courageous and emotionally fulfilling animation.

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Image/sources: Jakarta Globe

A Universal Ideal of Beauty

Chances are the beauty of a young woman’s face would be as recognizable in London as in Tokyo. Compared to her peers, she would have larger eyes relative to the rest of her face, higher cheekbones, a more delicate lower jaw, fuller lips and shorter distances between both nose and mouth and mouth and chin. These are universal characteristics of a beautiful female face, according to an article published in nature.

Researchers in Japan and Britain made three composite faces (based on 224 facial features) from a group of 60 photographs: a whole group average, an average of attractive faces and an exaggeration of the beautiful average. The third composite accentuated the features that distinguished the second face from the first.

In both the Japanese and British studies, viewers preferred the third face to the second, and the first face least of all.

The study also challenges the prevalent theory (first mooted in the last century) that an “average” face is considered more attractive than one with slight distortions from the norm.

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image sources: topbeautyfashion.co.cc

Medicinal Properties of Insects

Eating bugs is nothing new. Ento-enthusiasts have long extolled the virtues of insect cuisine, bugs being cheap, high in protein and readily available. Now they’re also raving about its medicinal properties. The Imperial Herbal Restaurant in Singapore offers dishes featuring scorpions and ants, both of which are high in nutriens.

Although there is no conclusive evidence, both reputedly combat illness as well. According to the restaurant’s proprietor, Mrs. Wang-Lee Tee Eng, scorpion’s poison soothes nerves and eases migraine headaches, while ants cure rheumatism, a condition which causes inflammation of the joints, muscles or ligaments.

The Bangkok Post reports that the Division of Medical Entomology is compiling a list of insect products that have medicinal properties. Among them: dried grubs which relieve pain and increase heart-rate after poisonous bites; cicada larvae which relieve gas, cold sores and measles; and dried hornet’s nest, which kills parasites and relieves gastrointestinal pain. Royal Jelly bee’s pollen is also believed to lower blood pressure and improve skin quality.

Those searching for a tasty meal made of bugs, however, might need to look elsewhere. Scorpions have a chewy texture, while ants have a sour tang like vinegar. It’s an acquired taste.

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image source: free-gourmet-recipes.com

Discovering an Indigenous Architecture (2)

Even more fascinating is the richness of the skill displayed in these apparently simple architectural elements made by people whose primitive lifestyle does not demand of them any form of sophistication. Here is a demonstration of the power of aesthetics in its simple, original form.

Items such as woven rattan mats, bamboo floors and thatched roofs so often found in hotels have their humble beginnings in these rural villages, where the handicraft skills are traditionally a means of survival.

The most prominent feature in the Lomboknese architecture is the curved thatched rice-barn called a “lumbung”. Contructed simply in wood framing, bamboo and rattan floors and walls, this “symbol” of Lombok has been thoroughly exploited as an element of “pastiche” in the design of new resort hotels, although the scale at which the “lumbung” is recreated is completely out of synch with the original form.

Some houses still have their floors built up of dried buffalo dung. The appeal of the Sasak architecture is not attributed to any single feature but the perfect combination of everything manmade and the natural surroundings which in unison paint a landscape that is unpretentiously rich.

The distinctive bell-shaped roof covered in rice thatch from a previous season and the use of the “lumbung” for storage of rice illustrate the harmony of recycling. It is also a rather beautiful and almost sacred depiction of the South-east Asian relationship between man and rice.

There are, indeed signs of “modernization” taking place. Driving along the very narrow, hardly accessible roads and trying to avoid horse-drawn carts (the chief means of public transport, cidomo), one can observe the numerous handicraft and souvenir shops alongside paddy fields or concentrated at village centres. A unique form of interactive theatre is constantly taking place, where visitors from all over the world haggle over the prices of hand-made artifacts while the local people gather to witness this phenomenon of tourist invasion.

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image sources: SilkWinds Magazine
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Shopping: Relaxing & Entertaining

Very common in modern society, family become very busy with work and daily routine and sometimes need relaxing activities to balance their routine. To relax by shopping or try to find entertainment have become more and more inadequate.

We can imagine of how many times and energies are wasted by doing the traditional shopping, coming to store and/or hypermarket and got lost in the hundreds of giants shelves, especially when the items we are looking for is very specific and not very common, it will be a major effort to find one. Similar with entertainment, it will be very disappointing to go to club or cinema only to find that the places are not representative and the entertainment is not up to our expectation.

Alternatively, we can turn our choice to online shop which are designed to responds to that kind of requirements, they will provide us with complete information of kind of goods, detailed product specification, info abt shop or manufacturer of the products, and store chain which members are numbered in tenth of thousand of quality shops.

Admittedly, not many online shop can provide such a complete criterias. One of the best online shop is Shopwiki which have more than 30,000 stores chain. This sites provide guidance to shop in many countries and is one that regarded the best.

For specifics products such as LCD TV and Home theater for examples, Shopwikis not only provide us with products picture and prices as in others online shop.

Shopwiki also give us much more choice by categorizing products base on products quality, and also provide us with information regarding the best and worst of one product, such info are very usefull specially if you want to buy LCD TV, HD TV, Home Theater, Blu-Ray and AV Receivers.

It seem that these kind of new shopping ways will become more common in modern society to obtain the products with good quality and correct specifications. The traditional catalogue books, or conventional online shop that only provides picture, prices and basic information only will not adequate in the future. The new concept will provide consumer not only with pics and prices, but also functioning as guidance, information sources, references and encyclopedia, just like Shopwiki !

Review - Edges of The World

Title : The Lost Heart of Asia

By: Colin Thubron

Pages: 374's

Ever since the collapse of the old Soviet Union, the magnetism of Central Asia has become irresistible to travel writers. First, of course, is the opportunity now to wonder around free from the clutches of intourist guides. Then there is the challenge of finding the answer to the fascinating question of what is the become of these five newly independent republics artificially created by Stalin. “Would they hurl themselves into the Islamic furnace,” the author asks, “Or reconvene in a communist mass?”

Finally there is the sheer romance of the place. Who can visit Samarkand – “it conjured no earthly city. It is a heart-stealing sound” – and be unmoved ? The author begins his jurney in Turkmenistan, poorest and wildest of the Central Asian republics, and winds his way leisurely through the rest of them, visiting shrines, encountering people, exploring markets and museums.

Thubron seems to have an affinity for big places. His last two efforts – Among the Russians and his 1987 book on China, Behind the Wall – were wide-ranging travelogues. This one is huge and formless too, like the emerging republics themselves.

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Image source: Asiaweek Magazine

Indifference: Society Can Kill

That truth has been brought home powerfully in Hong Kong. A woman died of an arterial blockage after passersby and newspaper vendor standing two meters away ignored her for two hours as she writhed on the ground. Cardiac arrest, which frequently leads to such sudden collapses, remains a leading cause of death everywhere, especially for adult men. Internal hemorrhage, diabetic shock, epilepsy, poisoning.

If you want to help someone who has collapsed, your priorities are A-B-C : Airway, Breathing and Circulation. If breathing and the heart stop for 4-6 minutes, the brain will probably suffer irreversible damage.

Restoring respiration can often be as easy as clearing the airway of the tongue or foreign object obstructing it. If the airway is clear and the person is still not breathing, perform artificial respiration by tilting back the head and blowing air directly into the mouth every five seconds.

If the heart isn’t beating, enough blood to keep the patient alive can be pumped with manual artificial circulation. The live saving combination, CPR, requires special training to perform correctly.

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Image source: hometestingblog.testcountry.com

Discovering an Indigenous Architecture (1)

Until recently, Lombok has merely been a “spill-over destination” for tourists from Bali. However, if one looked beneath the preudo-Balinese surface which Lombok has adopted, there is an indigenous culture waiting to be discovered.

The heart of Lombok is the Sasak culture. The Sasaks, who are the indigenous people of Lombok, are Muslims. But there are no domes and arches which are often associated with Islamic architecture because such display of grandeur does not exist in Lombok.

Apart from being more primitive, they live a completely different lifestyle from their Hindu neighbours in Bali. In the few remaining Sasak villages, one can observe the traditional lifestyle and daily goings-on in their genuine setting, quite unlike the “cultural shows” often frequented by tourists.

Stripped down to bare necessities, the architecture in the Sasak villages accurately reflrects the lifestyle of these people. There is no intricate wood-carving, elaborate terra cotta sculptures or lush landscaping. What you see is just the purity of an indigenous architecture that has germinated from the seeds of nature, undisturbed by any form of decoration.

In other words, one cannot expect to find beautifully adorned edifices like the temples of Bali. Instead, there are very basic houses that are representative of the Sasak lifestyle. Ironically, it is this pure form of architecture that ends up as decorative features in the modern hotels which attempt to introduce some Lombok style into their built forms.

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Image Source: SilkWinds Magazine

Classical Dance: Height of Aristocratic Elegance

There is natural rhythm in the people, especially the women of Solo and Yogyakarta – their slender figures gliding softly, fluidly and gracefully as if dancing to some tune. Such movements, long ago rippled through the rich culture of the two cities, as is evident in Borobudur and the Prambanan where bas-reliefs depict various forms of classical dance. But it wasn’t until the early part of this century that dance and music became primary art forms.

The Mangkunegaran and Kasunanan styles of Solo or Surakarta, as it is called, developed in different sources that each court drew upon. Dance critics will not hesitate to tell you that the Mangkunegaran dance bears a greater similarity to Yogyakarta’s martial style than to the graceful, flowing movements of the Surakarta keratin. Credit for this goes to the young Yogyakarta princess who, after marrying Mangkunegara VII, brought her dance teachers with her.

The most sacred and mystical of dance forms linked closely with the courts are the Bedoyo and the Srimpi dances. Until recently, these dances could not be performed outside the palaces and young girls who performed them were required to be virgins of aristocratic birth.

Dance performances were sometimes exchanged between courts as royal “gifts” but the dances were never taught to outsiders, as they were regarded as powerful magical possessions of the ruler.

The Bedoyo Ketawang, which is the most sacred of all court dances, depicts the courtship of the founder of the Mataram dynasty, Panembahan Senopati, with the goddess of the south sea, Kanjeng Ratu Kidul. This dance is performed every year in the central Pendopo of the palace on the anniversary of the Sunan’s coronation. The ethereal beauty of this dance, performed by nine women, is truly unforgettable!

It takes patience to fully appreciate the ceremonial nature of the classical dances. As one writer says, they are almost meditative in quality. Dance represents and celebrates the virtues of Javanese culture: grace, poise, elegance and inner peace. Dance is also used to educated Javanese girls about moderty ans self-control, the most desired character trait of a cultured Javanese.

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image source: www.jawakidul.nl

Pengaruh (Negatif) Facebook adalah Tanggung Jawab Kita Bersama

Agak gerah juga mendengar – dan membaca serta memperhatikan – berita tentang jejaring sosial Facebook (yang biasa disingkat FB) dengan segala problematika penggunanya, Setelah dua minggu lalu gadis ABG di Bogor terkena tuntutan 5 bulan penjara karena “pencemaran nama baik” temannya melalui status Facebook, kemudian seorang mahasiswi di Gorontalo juga berurusan dengan pihak kepolisian karena “mencaci” institusi polisi via FB. Dan kini, dihebohkan “penculikan” gadis dibawah umur oleh sesama pengguna FB.

Memang, apa yang dilakukan Marietta Nova Triani, gadis 14 tahun asal Sidoarjo, yang melarikan diri dari rumah tantenya di Tangerang bersama teman laki-lakinya – Ari Power, 18 tahun – yang baru dia kenal di Facebook, sudah diluar batas-batas kewajaran. Nova dan Ari yang selama ini hanya berkomunikasi via FB baru sekali ini bertemu, tentu berlebihan kalau begitu ketemu sudah berani lari dari keluarga, apalagi sampai (mengaku) melakukan hubungan suami istri sebanyak 3 kali dalam pelariannya.

Belum lagi kasus Nova tuntas, kini muncul lagi gadis ABG, Stefani Abelina Tiur Napitupulu, yang baru duduk di kelas 1 SMAN 22 Surabaya menghilang dari rumahnya – yang diduga – bersama teman laki-laki yang dikenalnya melalui Facebook. Dan kabar terakhir, Abel berada di Jakarta, kota tempat teman FB-nya tinggal.

Memang, beberapa komentar yang muncul – terutama yang ditulis para pengguna FB saat berdiskusi masalah ini – rata-rata “membela” jejaring sosial ini tidaklah dapat disalahkan. Tetapi, justeru para pemakai FB-lah yang kurang bisa memanfaatkan sarana tehnologi komunikasi via internet ini. Mestinya, kalau dipergunakan untuk kepentingan yang tepat, FB akan banyak manfaatnya, begitu beberapa kesimpulan yang aku baca di salah satu forum komunitas.

Yup.., untuk beberapa hal, aku setuju dengan pendapat tersebut. Tetapi, dengan syarat, para pemakai FB adalah orang-orang yang memahami fungsi dan tujuan jejaring sosial ini diciptakan. Pertanyaannya, berapa orang sih dari pengguna FB yang bisa memanfaatkan dengan benar? Karena, mayoritas pengguna FB di Indonesia rasanya masih didominasi anak-anak ABG, yang kemampuan dan pemahaman teknologi informasi macam internet ini tidak begitu banyak.

Sehingga, ketika mendapat “mainan” baru, terjadi sebuah gegar-budaya pada para ABG tersebut, seolah-olah inilah wahana yang membuat mereka seperti bebas berkomunikasi dengan siapa saja, tanpa pernah memikirkan dampak negatifnya. Tidak salah, karena yang lebih paham pun sangat jarang memberikan “pengertian” kepada mereka, baik itu para guru, orang tua, lingkungan (termasuk para penjaga warnet dan pemiliknya).

Jujur saja, dari sekitar 1.600 teman account FB-ku, hampir 850-an masuk kategori ABG – seusia SMA dan mahasiswa baru – yang tak segan-segan aku tegur ketika mereka keterlaluan dalam memanfaatkan FB-nya, melalui fasilitas chat. Seperti menulis ‘status hubungan’ yang lebay, berantem dengan pacarnya di wall, atau juga melayani ”keluhan” mereka dengan sabar (dan memberikan solusi jika memungkinkan).

Intinya, ya kita – yang merasa sudah mampu mengendalikan diri dalam menggunakan FB – inilah yang harus memberikan pemahaman pada mereka, dengan berbagai macam cara yang bisa kita lakukan. Meski tidak bisa menjangkau semuanya, setidaknya orang di sekitar kita sudah bisa kita “selamatkan” dari ancaman negatif yang ditimbulkan Facebook. Indah bukan ?

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sumber foto: Harian Warta Kota

Top 5 Local Film of 2009: (5) King

2009 marked another promising turn for Indonesian cinema. Filmmakers in the country released more than 100 titles, an encouraging number for a once-dead industry. But this year has not just ben about quantity: A variety of films from different genres provided movie buffs a much-needed breath of fresh air.

Although the selection was still dominated by horror flicks and slapstick comedies, we also saw a war movie, “Merah Putih” (Red and White), a martial-arts flick, “Merantau” and a village mafia quintet in “Serigala Terakhir” (Last Wolf). These bold films moved both the heard and mind.

The following lists are as objective as such a list can be.

5. King

In King, directed by Ari Sihasale, a love of badminton runs in the family. Guntur (Rangga Raditya) and his father, Tejo (Mamiek Prakoso), idolize Indonesia’s top badminton star, Liem Swie King, and they all aspire to be just like him. Guntur’s father is the commentator for his village’s badminton competitions and he collects goose feathers for shuttlecocks in his spare time.

Since Guntur was young, his father has been feeding him stories about the badminton legend King. The young Guntur dreams of becoming the country’s number one shuttler, with the help of best friend Raden (Lucky Martin). He decides to do all he can to make it to the big league, but his poverty does not make it easy.

There are two aspects to this film that tug at the emotional heartstrings. The first is the dramatic, yet realistic, relationship between Guntur and his father. The second comes from Guntur’s relentless struggle to reach a near-impossible goal. The two elements make “King” a movie of inspiration and hope.

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sources: thejakartaglobe.com

PayPal is Now Able to Verified Indonesian Bank for Free

Recently PayPal Ltd. have been kind enough with our country and maybe with others country from south east asia too. After some time ago PayPal share US 100 $ money through PayPal Wishlist at Facebook, now PayPal is starting to give us ease of maintenance of the account verification.

PayPal accept verification methods entirely new, namely through local bank accounts. So, if you have an account at the bank, you can have a verified PayPal. How cool is that? No need to spend money to buy Virtual Credit Card (VCC) and wasting your times or dizziness committee the annual fee of the credit card. How to do that?

It's very easy :

1. Registration PayPal as usual @ www.paypal.com

2. Click Profile - Add/edit Bank accounts.

3. Enter the name of the bank and your bank account number.

4. In Indonesia to complete your PayPal verification and withdraw you'll need to enter the corresponding 7- digit of your bank code, which identifies your bank. The majority people in our country have BCA, if your bank is Bank Central Asia (BCA) you can look at here: http://www.klikbca.com/individual/silver/network.html

5. After you submit routing code, you'll need to wait 1-3 days (my friend experience is 2 days) PayPal will send a double-digit deposit into your bank account, this double-digit deposit that will be used for further confirmation.

6. Check your bank account. There should be 2 small deposit in a row from PayPal. The value of each 2-digit, examples: Rp. 17 and Rp. 21

7. Now, login to your PayPal.

8. If this is the first time, you will be asked security answer.

9. Click the Get Verified link.

10. Click the Confirm Bank Account link.

11. Enter the 2 digit value that PayPal sent to you , There is 2 forms, enter the appropriate values . Examples: 17 and 21.

12. If wrong, maybe the opposite, so back it.

13. Congrats your PayPal now has been verified.

Well, now after this verification, you can use all the facilities properly PayPal began to send money, receive money, withdrawal, etc. But if the balance is empty, then you have to fill them because PayPal can not take it self from your bank account. These also answering some of those concerns who fear that PayPal will take the money in our account. which is impossible.

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Artis Juga Manusia, Tapi Kalau Kena Narkoba (Tetap) Harus Dihukum Berat

Ditangkapnya Hendra Samuel Simorangkir – lebih beken dengan nama Sammy – vokalis band Kerispatih oleh aparat kepolisian, karena kasus narkoba awal pekan ini, nampaknya akan menambah deret panjang kalangan selebritas tanah air yang terjerumus sebagai pemakai barang haram tersebut. Dan itu, semakin menguatkan dugaan kita, bahwa dunia artis Indonesia sudah semakin “akrab” dengan hal-hal yang berbau narkoba dan sejenisnya.

Tentu bukan sekedar dugaan yang tanpa bukti. Setidaknya dalam satu dasawarsa terakhir, sudah puluhan artis – baik dari kalangan penyanyi, pelawak, pemain film, sampai pesinetron – yang terbukti (di persidangan) sebagai pengguna dan pengedar narkoba. Namun, entah karena sudah “punya nama” atau karena didukung oleh tim pengacara yang tentunya dibayar mahal, hukuman yang diberikan kepada para selebritas ini terlihat sangat minim. Berbeda jauh dengan (jumlah hukuman) pada masyarakat kebanyakan yang terkena kasus yang sama.

Mestinya, mereka – para artis ini – harus diperlakukan sama dengan masyarakat kebanyakan. Bahkan, kalau perlu dihukum lebih berat. Karena status “artis” otomatis menjadi sorotan masyarakat, karena seringnya muncul di berbagai pemberitaan infotainment, baik media cetak maupun elektronik. Sehingga, tak kurang dari para fans-nya yang menjadikan panutan para idola tersebut. Dampak negatifnya, kalau idolanya berbuat negatif (pemakai narkoba misalnya), tak menutup kemungkinan akan ditiru juga oleh para penggemarnya.

Berikut adalah deretan para artis yang terkena kasus narkoba -- dimuat di Koran Tempo edisi awal pekan ini -- yang tentu saja hanya sebagian dari banyak kasus narkoba yang menimpa para selebritas di negeri ini.

24 Mei 2000: 
Brata Nugraha alias Polo ditangkap karena membawa 0,5 gram sabu-sabu di Hotel Mega Matra, Jakarta Pusat. Hakim menjatuhkan vonis 7 bulan penjara.

2 Juni 2004: 
Polo kembali ditangkap karena menyimpan 0,6 gram sabu-sabu di Vila Citra, depan Kecamatan Kramat Jati, Jakarta Timur. Hakim menjatuhkan vonis setahun penjara.

7 Juli 2004: 
Sudarisman alias Derry “Empat Sekawan” ditangkap di Hotel Oasis Amir, Senen (Jakarta Pusat), karena membawa 32 butir pil ekstasi dan 0,375 gram sabu. Hakim menjatuhkan vonis 8 bulan penjara.

2 Februari 2006: 
Roy Marten ditangkap di Ulujami, Jakarta Selatan, karena memiliki 2,6 gram sabu. Hakim menjatuhkan vonis 9 bulan.

10 April 2006: Revaldo Fifaldy Suria Permana alias Aldo ditangkap polisi di rumah kontrakannya. Polisi menemukan 0,2 gram sabu, 4 butir ekstasi, dan 1 linting ganja. Hakim menjatuhkan vonis 8 bulan.

22 Agustus 2007: 
Gogon ditangkap di Kompleks Bandara Mas, Neglasari, Kota Tangerang, karena memiliki setengah butir pil ekstasi serta plastic bening kosong, yang disebut-sebut bekas wadah sabu. Hakim menjatuhkan vonis 4 tahun penjara.

21 September 2007: 
Gary Iskak bersama temannya ditangkap di rumah Gary ketika memakai sabu. Polisi menemukan 0,0930 gram sabu.

28 Oktober 2007: 
Roy Marten kembali ditangkap di Hotel Novotel Surabaya bersama temannya. Polisi menemukan 1 gram dan 1 ons sabu-sabu. Hakim menjatuhkan vonis 3 tahun penjara.

25 November 2007: Ahmad Albar ditangkap karena memiliki 490 butir ekstasi di Apartemen Taman Anggrek, Jakarta Barat. Hakim mejatuhkan vonis 8 bulan penjara.

5 April 2008: 
Imam S. Arifin, penyanyi dangdut, ditangkap di pelataran parker Hotel Pardede, Jalan Juanda, Medan, karena memiliki 1,6 gram sabu. Hakim mejatuhkan vonis 2 tahun penjara.

7 Agustus 2008: 
Sheila Marcia ditangkap bersama temannya di Apartemen Golden Sky, Pluit. Polisi menemukan 0,058 gram sabu. Mahkamah Agung menjatuhkan hukuman 1 tahun penjara.

12 Oktober 2009: 
Jennifer Dunn ditangkap di Kencana Vista Residence, Cilandak Timur. Polisi menemkan tujuh butir ekstasi dan satu strip Happy Five. Kasus ini masih dalam proses persidangan.

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Sumber foto: vibizlife.com

Want to Play Poker, Try Online

POKER? The image will be 4 people sitting around the table with card, cigarettes and chip. Poker have become more and more familiar to people around the world, adolescent children, teen age and off course adult all over the world play poker. Even on the extreme popular social sites, face book, poker on line is one of the most popular game amongs members. Not to mention the increasing number of magazines and tv that broadcast guidance to play poker.

In essence, poker game can be described as follow: players try to combine their cards with the cards on the deck/table. They will try to combine the cards into several combination specific of poker such as : Royal flush, straight flush, 4 of a kind, Full house, flush, Straight, 3 of a kind, two pair and pair. The combination will decide which player have the highest rank.

Poker have several rules that can be applied as agreed by the participants, such as Omaha, texas hold’em Rules, Play 5 Card stud, Razz and / or Badugi; nowadays, Texas Hold’em Rules is considered as the most popular rule. So interesting and popular is poker that many website are designed specially to guide the interested person to learn, and discuss the way to play poker. Starting from step by step guidance, tips and trick, for amateur and professional player. Some sites even offer the chance to play poker online with real bet money.

Of course, person need to be very careful if they decide to play poker online, free or poker real money betted game. We have to make sure that net provider is qualified as good one and really will pay your wins. The more popular the game, more irresponsible persons tried to take advantage in the bad ways.

Amongs many method to qualify the online poker sites, the easiest way is to check whether they display the famous on line poker sites such as Online Poker Sites, Titan Poker, Party Poker, Bet 365 Poker, Ladbrokes Poker, Pacific Poker, Mansion Poker and celeb Poker. The above mentioned sites are known to be visited by many professional player from European countries. For United States area, amny players visist the : Karbon Poker, Bodog Poker, Ultimate Bet Poker, Absolute Poker, Full Tilt Poker and Poker Site.

Your final choice will be yours to decide whether you want to play in the famous and popular sites with possibility to win super big bonus or you can start by visiting many poker sites that will guide you to play and even playing the trial game for free.

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Facebook Menyediakan Antivirus Gratis untuk Penggunanya

Namanya juga masih gaptek – yang ini katanya kependekan dari Gagap Teknologi – aku pikir selama ini kalau buka jejaring sosial semacam Facebook itu ya aman-aman saja, tidak kena serangan virus dan sebangsanya. Ternyata dugaanku tersebut salah. Iseng-iseng saat baca di Softpedia, Facebook sekarang menawarkan antivirus kepada semua penggunanya, dalam upaya menghambat penyebaran malware atau software jahat di layanan jejaring sosial tersebut.

Cuma, seperti apa-apa yang sifatnya gratisan pada umumnya, masa berlaku antivirus ini juga tidak selamanya gratis, karena hanya bisa diunduh dan digunakan selama 6 bulan pertama saja. Dan antivirus yang ditawarkan adalah McAfee Internet Security, yang bisa didownload langsung melalui halaman fans McAfee di Facebook. Cara nyarinya gampang koq, tinggal memasukkan kata kunci McAfee di kolom cari teman, pasti nanti akan muncul McAfee yang kita cari ini.

Nah, setelah menjadi Fan McAfee, kita bisa melihat link download yang ditampilkan di halaman McAffe tersebut. Terhitung sejak mendownload – dan menjalankan aplikasi – sampai 6 bulan berikutnya, masih dihitung gratis. Setelah itu, tentu sudah tidak gratis lagi. Tapi, karena sebelumnya sudah menggunakan versi gratisannya, Mc Afee akan menawarkan perpanjangan langganan dengan harga discount, yang tentu lebih murah dari pengguna biasa.

Oh hiya, cara kerja aplikasi ini memang telah dirancang khusus untuk melakukan verifikasi terhadap semua account Facebook agar selalu terhindar dari penyusupan malware. Jadi, seandainya computer si empunya account Facebook terinfeksi suatu virus, maka secara otomatis McAfee minta segera dilakukan scan, dan membersihkan sebelum mengakses Facebook. 

Nah, mumpung masih gratis, kenapa anda – kalau memang punya account Facebook – tidak mencobanya ?

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Slot Games on Casino Online: Easy to Play

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Have you ever imagined that playing slot games on line is as easy as opening your door? That’s right! All you have to do is just pull the handle, place your bet on the chosen amount and wait for the result. This game is totally base on player luck, as your speed to place bet, or pull the handle are inconsequent to the result.

So, everybody, even the first timer, can play this game.

Nowadays, there are so many sites offering online games, such as casino, poker rooms. We have to be very, very careful to choose the certain sites as it is directly connected with the trust we placed to the sites, especially in term of payment. Moreover, the players are sometimes world wide.

One of the sites deserved to be considered is Casino Scandinavia Slot games, sometimes regarded as the best sites that specially provide guidance and rating services in the world. The site will provide the best 10 casino recommended by online player world wide, such as : On Line Vegas, Pure Vegas, Go casino, Rushmore, Lucky Red, Golden casino and also Alladin’s Gold Casino.

This particular site provide guidance in detail to reader of how to start, play and end a game online. Moreover, beginner which never play slot game is recommended to try a free trial game. Upon familiarize themselves with the particular game, then they can start with real game.

There one particular trend to be observed, playing slot game online is credited to be less addictive to the player. Almost all online player do their game at home and therefore is not influenced by the sorounding crowd/others player which regarded as one that make player keep on playing no matter how much he/she lost. To end the game is very easy and can be done at anytime, whether big win situation or to avoid huge loose. All we have to do is disconnect the internet.

Kebyar Duduk: One of The Best Known Balinese Dance

Kebyar Duduk is balinese solo exhibition dance that is performed to the accompaniment of a gamelan ensemble. Developed and popularized in the 1920s by a famous dancer-choreographer named I Nyoman Mario. A popular form of the dance is the Kebyar Duduk, which is performed while the dancer is sitting cross-legged.

Any limitations brought about by the lack of mobility in the lower limbs is more than compensated for by subtle upper-body movements and highly nuanced facial expressions.

In one of Mario’s performances, a contemporary observer described the artist as “wriggling like a trained cobra, swaying in a way that recalled the dance of a praying mantis to fascinate its prey, or stiffening with commanding elegance.”

In the Kebyar Trompong, the performer plays a percussion instrument called the trompong while dancing and dexterously twirling the tromping sticks in his hand.

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Lonelyheartscasino: For Real Money

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The development of internet world which is become worldwide, also spur the world of online game such as casino & poker game, especially in the United States territories. With so many offers from various sites, it become very crucial to be able to choose the dependable sites which will guarantee in payment and others good qualifications.

One of the many website offering guidance in choosing the qualified websites of game online, casinos, poker, etc is lonelyheartscasino. It offer help and guidance to find the best website, for player from all over the world and not only United States player. All guidance could be free.

For additional info, lonelyheartscasino also ranks the websites available, including the famous and established ones such as : Online Vegas, Lucky Red and Golden Casino, it services also used by professional players who wish to play on line, as they will also include bonus amounts, averaged bet and others supportive data.

How to Choose Your Live Insurance Wisely

The tendency for modern society to invest in live insurance seem to grow into more important proportion, either for personal or family. That is one of the reasons how insurance company grow significantly in so many countries, either developed or development countries. Even so, to choose the live insurance products mostly suited to one need is not easy, specific strategy and method in determining the correct live insurance is needed.

One of the good example of Live insurance with a good qualification can be seen in French. Here, Live insurance is not only paying the premium statically, but every payment could be regarded as financial saving 7 investments in capital form, as they can grow (interest) all they are in effect, in direct accordance with the amount paid. Nowadays, we can always find the simulation for premium calculation comparatively (comparative assurance vie) from several insurance company, which greatly help us to make a right chice.

Others good ways to classify the good insurance company is by looking at its complete products range which usually consists of Live Insurance for early adult (under 30 years old consumer), expatriate live insurance, live insurance without medical check up, etc. The completeness of the products range usually show that the company is experienced enough in live insurance business.

Other live insurances added value is the ones which also including the funeral cost of clients when passed away (convention obsequies). This greatly give security and comfort for us and family specially as in many countries, funeral cost has escalated in the recent years. The good live insurance products will not only provide us with the claim plus interest, but will also help us to prepare for the every step of funeral such as : funeral procession, prepare and provide coffin, and the choice of funeral spots. This kind of products usually is the goods one as it will provide us with good preparation in life as well as in the after.

As the final factor to become good insurance products is they should be correlated directly with online banking system (banque internet). Online means that they can serve and take care of the clients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. As more and more bank become online, it will be very convenience to have your insurance connected to the specific bank. Easy access and around the world transaction can be enjoyed by just sitting in front of your internet. Now, it’s time that you have to open your internet and starting searching for the good live insurance product as well as your connected on line bank.