Finally, batik from Indonesia got approval from UNESCO as a world culture heritage. Institutions of the United Nations (UN) in charge of cultural issues, UNESCO, has agreed batik as an intangible cultural heritage was produced by Indonesia. The success has been reported by the Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at a meeting at the presidential palace in Bogor, West Java, on Monday, September 7, 2009.
According to Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare, the inauguration of batik as a world intangible object of cultural heritage from UNESCO will be held at a series of events on September 28, 2009 to October 2, 2009 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Since 2008, the government has conducted field research and involved the community as well as batik experts in 19 provinces in Indonesia to nominate batik as a humanity intangible cultural heritage from UNESCO. Humanity intangible cultural heritage is one of three lists under 2003 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage for Humanity.
And, since 2003 Indonesian culture has been recognized by UNESCO with certification of puppet (wayang) as an intangible cultural heritage and keris as a world cultural heritage of Indonesia. Furthermore, the government has nominated angklung as a cultural heritage of Indonesia.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
Learning about Earthquake
An earthquakes (also known as tremor or temblor) is the result of sudden release of energy in earth crust which creates seismic waves. Earthquakes are recorded with a seismometer, also known as a seismograph. The moment magnitude of an earthquake is conventionally reported with Richter magnitude (Indonesia, SR = Skala Richter). Magnitude 3 or lower earthquakes being mostly imperceptible and magnitude 7 causing serious damage over large areas.
Otherwise, intensity of shaking is measured on the Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale. A scale used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake. The scale quantifies the effects of an earthquake on the Earth's surface, humans, objects of nature, and man-made structures on a scale of I through XII, with I denoting not felt, and XII one that causes almost complete destruction. The values will differ based on the distance to the earthquake, with the highest intensities being around the epicentral area. Data are gathered from individuals who have experienced the quake, and an intensity value will be given to their location.
The lower degrees of the MMI scale generally deal with the manner in which the earthquake is felt by people. The higher numbers of the scale are based on observed structural damage. The table below is a rough guide to the degrees of the Modified Mercalli Scale:
I. Instrumental : Not felt by many people unless in favourable conditions.
II. Feeble : Felt only by a few people at best, especially on the upper floors of buildings. Delicately suspended objects may swing.
III. Slight : Felt quite noticeably by people indoors, especially on the upper floors of buildings. Many do not recognize it as an earthquake. Standing motor cars may rock slightly. Vibration similar to the passing of a truck. Duration estimated.
IV. Moderate : Felt indoors by many people, outdoors by few people during the day. At night, some awakened. Dishes, windows, doors disturbed; walls make cracking sound. Sensation like heavy truck striking building. Standing motor cars rock noticeably. Dishes and windows rattle alarmingly.
V. Rather Strong : Felt outside by most, may not be felt by some outside in non-favourable conditions. Dishes and windows may break and large bells will ring. Vibrations like large train passing close to house.
VI. Strong : Felt by all; many frightened and run outdoors, walk unsteadily. Windows, dishes, glassware broken; books fall off shelves; some heavy furniture moved or overturned; a few instances of fallen plaster. Damage slight.
VII. Very Strong : Difficult to stand; furniture broken; damage negligible in building of good design and construction; slight to moderate in well-built ordinary structures; considerable damage in poorly built or badly designed structures; some chimneys broken. Noticed by people driving motor cars.
VIII. Destructive : Damage slight in specially designed structures; considerable in ordinary substantial buildings with partial collapse. Damage great in poorly built structures. Fall of chimneys, factory stacks, columns, monuments, walls. Heavy furniture moved.
IX. Ruinous : General panic; damage considerable in specially designed structures, well designed frame structures thrown out of plumb. Damage great in substantial buildings, with partial collapse. Buildings shifted off foundations.
X. Disastrous : Some well built wooden structures destroyed; most masonry and frame structures destroyed with foundation. Rails bent.
XI. Very Disastrous : Few, if any masonry structures remain standing. Bridges destroyed. Rails bent greatly.
XII. Catastrophic : Total damage - Almost everything is destroyed. Lines of sight and level distorted. Objects thrown into the air. The ground moves in waves or ripples. Large amounts of rock may move position.
At the earth's surface, earthquakes manifest themselves by shaking and sometimes displacing the ground. When a large earthquake epicenter is located offshore, the seabed sometimes suffers sufficient displacement to cause a tsunami. The shaking in earthquakes can also trigger landslides and occasionally volcanic activity.
In its most generic sense, the word earthquake is used to describe any seismic event — whether a natural phenomenon or an event caused by humans — that generates seismic waves. Earthquakes are caused mostly by rupture of geological faults, but also by volcanic activity, landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear experiments. An earthquake's point of initial rupture is called its focus or hypocenter. The term epicenter refers to the point at ground level directly above the hypocenter.
Source : Wikipedia
Otherwise, intensity of shaking is measured on the Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale. A scale used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake. The scale quantifies the effects of an earthquake on the Earth's surface, humans, objects of nature, and man-made structures on a scale of I through XII, with I denoting not felt, and XII one that causes almost complete destruction. The values will differ based on the distance to the earthquake, with the highest intensities being around the epicentral area. Data are gathered from individuals who have experienced the quake, and an intensity value will be given to their location.
The lower degrees of the MMI scale generally deal with the manner in which the earthquake is felt by people. The higher numbers of the scale are based on observed structural damage. The table below is a rough guide to the degrees of the Modified Mercalli Scale:
I. Instrumental : Not felt by many people unless in favourable conditions.
II. Feeble : Felt only by a few people at best, especially on the upper floors of buildings. Delicately suspended objects may swing.
III. Slight : Felt quite noticeably by people indoors, especially on the upper floors of buildings. Many do not recognize it as an earthquake. Standing motor cars may rock slightly. Vibration similar to the passing of a truck. Duration estimated.
IV. Moderate : Felt indoors by many people, outdoors by few people during the day. At night, some awakened. Dishes, windows, doors disturbed; walls make cracking sound. Sensation like heavy truck striking building. Standing motor cars rock noticeably. Dishes and windows rattle alarmingly.
V. Rather Strong : Felt outside by most, may not be felt by some outside in non-favourable conditions. Dishes and windows may break and large bells will ring. Vibrations like large train passing close to house.
VI. Strong : Felt by all; many frightened and run outdoors, walk unsteadily. Windows, dishes, glassware broken; books fall off shelves; some heavy furniture moved or overturned; a few instances of fallen plaster. Damage slight.
VII. Very Strong : Difficult to stand; furniture broken; damage negligible in building of good design and construction; slight to moderate in well-built ordinary structures; considerable damage in poorly built or badly designed structures; some chimneys broken. Noticed by people driving motor cars.
VIII. Destructive : Damage slight in specially designed structures; considerable in ordinary substantial buildings with partial collapse. Damage great in poorly built structures. Fall of chimneys, factory stacks, columns, monuments, walls. Heavy furniture moved.
IX. Ruinous : General panic; damage considerable in specially designed structures, well designed frame structures thrown out of plumb. Damage great in substantial buildings, with partial collapse. Buildings shifted off foundations.
X. Disastrous : Some well built wooden structures destroyed; most masonry and frame structures destroyed with foundation. Rails bent.
XI. Very Disastrous : Few, if any masonry structures remain standing. Bridges destroyed. Rails bent greatly.
XII. Catastrophic : Total damage - Almost everything is destroyed. Lines of sight and level distorted. Objects thrown into the air. The ground moves in waves or ripples. Large amounts of rock may move position.
At the earth's surface, earthquakes manifest themselves by shaking and sometimes displacing the ground. When a large earthquake epicenter is located offshore, the seabed sometimes suffers sufficient displacement to cause a tsunami. The shaking in earthquakes can also trigger landslides and occasionally volcanic activity.
In its most generic sense, the word earthquake is used to describe any seismic event — whether a natural phenomenon or an event caused by humans — that generates seismic waves. Earthquakes are caused mostly by rupture of geological faults, but also by volcanic activity, landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear experiments. An earthquake's point of initial rupture is called its focus or hypocenter. The term epicenter refers to the point at ground level directly above the hypocenter.
Source : Wikipedia
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Earthequake Rocked on Indonesian Archipelago
Earthequake rocked on Indonesian archipelago. A tectonic earthquake happened again. Earthquake had occurred on September 2, 2009 in the sea with 7.3 earthquake forces. The quake centered at 142 km southwest of Tasikmalaya (a city in West Java Province, around 250km car driving from Jakarta) with a depth of 30km was felt almost the entire island of Java. In Jakarta, the power of the quake reached MMI IV Scale (Modified Mercalli Intensity). While in Denpasar, Bali Province, reached MMI Scale III.
According to Indonesian Board of Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG, Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika, former BMG), the earthquake had a tsunami potential. However, after 1 hour after the earthquake, BMKG revoked tsunami preparedness. The tsunami had occoured, but very small. Recorded at Tide Gauge sensor mounted in Pelabuhan Ratu, 15cm-high tsunami.
BMKG warned that the aftershocks are still expected to occur. Communities in disaster areas were expected to not be panic, remain vigilant to aftershocks and do not be affected by issues misleading.
When this article was posted, some Indonesian news and media reported there were 70 victims died. This number was predicted to continue to grow (cited, Public Relations of the National Disaster Management Agency = BNPB, Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana). Victims spread in several regions of Tasikmalaya District 4 people, 7 people Garut, Bandung 16, 3 people Sukabumi, Cianjur 26 people, Bogor 2 people, 6 people Ciamis, Tasik City of 5 poeple and 1 of West Bandung.
According to Indonesian Board of Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG, Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika, former BMG), the earthquake had a tsunami potential. However, after 1 hour after the earthquake, BMKG revoked tsunami preparedness. The tsunami had occoured, but very small. Recorded at Tide Gauge sensor mounted in Pelabuhan Ratu, 15cm-high tsunami.
BMKG warned that the aftershocks are still expected to occur. Communities in disaster areas were expected to not be panic, remain vigilant to aftershocks and do not be affected by issues misleading.
When this article was posted, some Indonesian news and media reported there were 70 victims died. This number was predicted to continue to grow (cited, Public Relations of the National Disaster Management Agency = BNPB, Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana). Victims spread in several regions of Tasikmalaya District 4 people, 7 people Garut, Bandung 16, 3 people Sukabumi, Cianjur 26 people, Bogor 2 people, 6 people Ciamis, Tasik City of 5 poeple and 1 of West Bandung.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Slank | Indonesian Musicians Made Hits Album in America
Several years ago an Indonesian singer made a skyrocketed album in international musics. Anggun Cipta Sasmi. "Anggun", her nick name, made history for being the one of Indonesian singer to break into the international musics scene by releasing her first international album, "Snow on the Sahara" in Europe, Asia, and America.
Now, the other Indonesian musicians made hits album in America. "Slank", a famous band group from Indonesia made the English version album "Anthem for the Brokenhearted". It has been prepared since 2008 ago. They started the process of recording from July to August last year in Los Angeles, United States. Anthem For The Brokenhearted has released in America first before in Indonesia.
The popular hits song is "Too Sweet to Forget". "I have heard the song already played on 500 radio stations in America. The song is often played in Los Angeles, even in Las Vegas. In casino-casino and the mall was played", said Bimbim (one of Slank personnel). This is another remarkable achievement by the Indonesian musicians.
TOO SWEET TO FORGET Lyric:
I took my guitar, and I begin to play
Those olds familiar songs, from our yesterday
But only half way trough, the things I should have said
Those old memories came, through in to my head
Oh you're so sweet, too sweet to forget
Memories of being along with you, it's all in my dream
You just so sweet, too sweet to forget
You don't love me the same as I love you
It's not to be, I regret
Days are passing by
The wind begins to blow
Seasons changes now, the leaves begin to grow
But the words inside my heart
Will forever stay tune
Wherever I may go, whatever I may do
Oh you so sweet, too sweet to forget
Memories of being along with you, it's all in my dream
You just so sweet, too sweet to forget
You don't love me the same as I love you
It's not to be, I regret
Any ***** cold dark, lonely night
Memories of two of us, begin to take fly
You just so sweet, too sweet to forget
But you don't love me like I love you
It's not to be, I regret
Now, the other Indonesian musicians made hits album in America. "Slank", a famous band group from Indonesia made the English version album "Anthem for the Brokenhearted". It has been prepared since 2008 ago. They started the process of recording from July to August last year in Los Angeles, United States. Anthem For The Brokenhearted has released in America first before in Indonesia.
The popular hits song is "Too Sweet to Forget". "I have heard the song already played on 500 radio stations in America. The song is often played in Los Angeles, even in Las Vegas. In casino-casino and the mall was played", said Bimbim (one of Slank personnel). This is another remarkable achievement by the Indonesian musicians.
TOO SWEET TO FORGET Lyric:
I took my guitar, and I begin to play
Those olds familiar songs, from our yesterday
But only half way trough, the things I should have said
Those old memories came, through in to my head
Oh you're so sweet, too sweet to forget
Memories of being along with you, it's all in my dream
You just so sweet, too sweet to forget
You don't love me the same as I love you
It's not to be, I regret
Days are passing by
The wind begins to blow
Seasons changes now, the leaves begin to grow
But the words inside my heart
Will forever stay tune
Wherever I may go, whatever I may do
Oh you so sweet, too sweet to forget
Memories of being along with you, it's all in my dream
You just so sweet, too sweet to forget
You don't love me the same as I love you
It's not to be, I regret
Any ***** cold dark, lonely night
Memories of two of us, begin to take fly
You just so sweet, too sweet to forget
But you don't love me like I love you
It's not to be, I regret
Saturday, August 22, 2009
A Good News or Bad News to Adsense Newbie?
A few days ago we found a news from Google that next week they would implemented a new policy. Is it a good news or a bad news to publishers especially like our blog site as a newbie who were an account not approved yet?
Below, the cited complete news:
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Inside the science of contextual matching
As an AdSense Product Manager for ads quality, I'm part of a group that works to make the ads on your site relevant for users. One of the ways we do this is through contextual targeting, which matches ads to the content of your webpages. With contextual targeting, our system parses and analyzes the content of your page, conducts an auction among the relevant ads, then serves the winning ads -- all in the blink of an eye! Pretty simple, right?
Actually, matching relevant ads to the content of your pages is quite a scientific challenge involving semantic analysis and machine learning. It's a challenge that keeps me and my team busy. Our machines are very good at the matching process, but there are still a few cases where their definition of relevance differs from our human definition of relevance. In these few cases, the system might end up serving ads that don't seem immediately relevant to users. We understand that increased ad relevance contributes to a positive experience for users, publishers, and advertisers, so we're continuously working on ways to improve the relevance and quality of ads that appear on your sites.
I'm excited to let you know that this week, we'll be rolling out a series of enhancements to AdSense's contextual targeting capabilities, which will more accurately match relevant ads to webpages. You won't need to update your AdSense account or ad code, as these changes will be applied automatically. In many ways these types of improvements are par for the course at Google - but I wanted to let you know about the kinds of improvements we've been focusing on. Please keep in mind that these changes won't affect how other types of ads are matched to your sites; for instance, you'll continue to see placement-targeted ads when advertisers bid to appear specifically on your pages.
This is by no means the end of our efforts to perfect the system, but we believe that with these changes users will start to see even more relevant ads, advertisers will generate more attractive returns by finding the right users, and publishers should make more money over time.
As always, we're interested in your feedback on these improvements!
Posted by Woojin Kim - AdSense Product Manager
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 2:18:00 PM
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http://adsense.blogspot.com/2009/08/inside-science-of-contextual-matching.html
Below, the cited complete news:
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Inside the science of contextual matching
As an AdSense Product Manager for ads quality, I'm part of a group that works to make the ads on your site relevant for users. One of the ways we do this is through contextual targeting, which matches ads to the content of your webpages. With contextual targeting, our system parses and analyzes the content of your page, conducts an auction among the relevant ads, then serves the winning ads -- all in the blink of an eye! Pretty simple, right?
Actually, matching relevant ads to the content of your pages is quite a scientific challenge involving semantic analysis and machine learning. It's a challenge that keeps me and my team busy. Our machines are very good at the matching process, but there are still a few cases where their definition of relevance differs from our human definition of relevance. In these few cases, the system might end up serving ads that don't seem immediately relevant to users. We understand that increased ad relevance contributes to a positive experience for users, publishers, and advertisers, so we're continuously working on ways to improve the relevance and quality of ads that appear on your sites.
I'm excited to let you know that this week, we'll be rolling out a series of enhancements to AdSense's contextual targeting capabilities, which will more accurately match relevant ads to webpages. You won't need to update your AdSense account or ad code, as these changes will be applied automatically. In many ways these types of improvements are par for the course at Google - but I wanted to let you know about the kinds of improvements we've been focusing on. Please keep in mind that these changes won't affect how other types of ads are matched to your sites; for instance, you'll continue to see placement-targeted ads when advertisers bid to appear specifically on your pages.
This is by no means the end of our efforts to perfect the system, but we believe that with these changes users will start to see even more relevant ads, advertisers will generate more attractive returns by finding the right users, and publishers should make more money over time.
As always, we're interested in your feedback on these improvements!
Posted by Woojin Kim - AdSense Product Manager
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 2:18:00 PM
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http://adsense.blogspot.com/2009/08/inside-science-of-contextual-matching.html
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