JICA Assists Local Industry

TEMPO Interactive, MAKASSAR:The South Sulawesi government is cooperating with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to develop the passion fruit, cocoa, silk and marble industries. The evaluation result of JICAs part time work in South Sulawesi showed there are many commodities that can be developed and exported, said JICA Makassar Representative chief, Kazuo Nakagawa, at the South Sulawesi governors home yesterday.

Kazuo explained that his office had evaluated the commodities suitable for development in South Sulawesi. However, they chose the four commodities. This project will become a development model in eastern Indonesia to strengthen producers through training and commodity improvement, he said.

Abdul Rochim, the Agribusiness Industry Directorate Generals secretary, said that besides the four commodities, seaweed from the province should also be developed.

Syahrul said this was the right choice. South Sulawesi has targeted the production of 300,000 tons of cocoa this year and said he hoped the chocolate factory in Singapore could be relocated to South Sulawesi. There are two chocolate factories that will be built in Luwu regency. Hopefully there will be more, said Syahrul. However, he is still looking for a name for the product to avoid the use of a South Sulawesi tribal name such as Makassar, Bugis, Luwu or Toraja.

In the meantime, marble is available in Maros until Luwu. The local people even utilize the remainder of the marble industry to make furniture and accessory, Syahrul said. We can now even produce silk ourselves, he added.
In the past, he said, the government brought in people from Pekalongan, Central Java, to make silk batik. The raw material for silk is widely sent to Java, too.

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Koenigsegg Agera R Siap Diproduksi Massal!

Jakarta – Produsen supercar Swedia yang satu ini memang terus menutup rapat segala rincian mengenai Koenigsegg Agera R. Nah, tapi tahun ini datang kabar baik, karena supercar ini siap diproduksi massal.

Sang bos, Christian von Koenigsegg menyukai Agera R, sehingga ia berniat untuk memproduksi massal supercar ini, dengan pertama kali melihat bagaimana wujud finalnya nanti saat dipajangkan di Jenewa Auto Show bulan Maret.

Meski secara tampilan tidak akan banyak berubah dari versi konsep, kecuali beberapa modifikasi untuk meningkatkan aerodinamisnya, namun diharapkan mobil ini bakal semakin bertenaga.

Sumber tenaganya dibekali mesin berkapasitas 4.7-liter V8 yang bisa memproduksi tenaga mencapai 898 Hp pada 6,850 rpm dan torsinya 1,100 Nm pada 5,100 rpm. Namun, Agera terus ditingkatkan tenaganya, sehingga menjadi 910 Hp dan bahkan bisa mencapai 1.100 Hp.

Sehingga, dengan bobot 1.290 kg, mobil ini leluasa untuk diajak berlari dari 0-100 km/jam hanya dalam waktu 3.1 detik, dan bisa mencapai kecepatan 200 km/jam dalam waktu 8,9 detik. Sedangkan kecepatan maksimalnya 390 km/jam.

Sebelumnya, meski baru sebatas konsep, namun Agera R ini pernah dibuat khusus untuk keluarga kerajaan Oman. Tapi sampai sekarang, belum ada keterangan mengenai estimasi harga jualnya nanti. (mobil.otomotifnet.com)

Klub Bundesliga, St Pauli FC Izinkan Atraksi Penari Bugil di Stadion Sepakbola

Klub Bundesliga, St Pauli FC, mengeluarkan izin bagi penari telanjang untuk tampil di ruangan khusus dalam stadion yang dimiliki salah satu klub yang menyajikan tarian erotis saat pertandingan sepakbola telah berakhir.
The Susis Show Bar telah memasang cermin besar dan tiang dalam ruangan khusus mereka untuk para penari telanjang mereka untuk tampil bagi para tamu yang diundang untuk menonton pertandingan Bundesliga.

Namun klub telah melarang adanya ide kalau para tamu bisa menonton sepak bola sementara penari telanjang mereka tampil. Mereka mengatakan para penari itu baru boleh menari setelah pertandingan selesai.

Bos St Pauli FC bertindak setelah para fans mengeluh tentang citra dari klub.

“Kami telah berdiskusi dengan pemilik ruang dan memperjelas kalau tidak mungkin diperbolehkan ada tarian selama pertandingan,” kata Presiden St Pauli Stefan Orth pada harian Bild Jerman.

“Boleh ada pertunjukan setelah pertandingan selesai, tapi tariannya tidak boleh berakhir dengan telanjang.”

“Jika mereka menari telanjang sekali saja, mereka akan keluar dari sini!”

Biaya sewa untuk ruangan khusus di Stadion Millerntor milik St Pauli yang berkapasitas 24.850 tempat duduk itu dimulai dengan harga 65 ribu Euro.

St Pauli dikenal tidak pernah takut melakukan terobosan baru. Mereka menjadi klub sepak bola pertama di dunia yang membangun Taman Kanak-kanak di stadion sehingga anak-anak para penggemar tetap bisa dijaga saat orang tua mereka sedang mendukung timnya.

St Pauli sekarang berada di posisi 15 di klasemen Bundesliga setelah memperoleh promosi musim lalu.

The owls are not what they seem...

Especially this one. Unless, that is, it seems to you like an original sculpture prepared by Chicago sculptor Jessica Joslin for the Twin Peaks 20th Anniversary Art Exhibition coming up on February 12-13 in LA. In which case, well, at least this one owl is exactly what it seems. [via Bong Boing]

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Three Ecstasy dealer arrested

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com-Narcotics Investigation Team Jakarta Police arrested four people suspected as a drug dealer / psychotropic drugs. FHW aka AY, IS, and WAS alias WCT captured separately on Thursday (01/13/2011).

Of them, the police found hundreds of ecstasy and powder grain material. 'We also found scales, press plastic, glass tube, and aluminum foils. Sadly, FHW where there is no means of printer point of ecstasy,' said Metro Police Narcotics Investigation Director Anjan Commissioner P Son, Friday (21 / 1).

Initially, police arrested FHW aka AY in a boarding house in West Pademangan, North Jakarta. Inside her room, police seized a number of items of evidence, like 100 grains of ecstasy, 400 grams of red powder, 140 grams of white powder, white tablets 1530 SF logo.

Problem tablet bearing the SF, the police are still awaiting the results of the Jakarta Police Forensic Laboratory to determine the type or abortion. 'We see first the results of Labfor, whether including drugs or not. As of late many happy pills five who deceive the officer,' says Anjan.

To the police, FHW admitted to get the goods from someone named WAS aka WC. FHW also informed there will be men WAS transaction, namely the IS. After the investigation, IS finally arrested on the same day at about 22,000 in front of the school Santa Maria Foundation, Jalan Juanda, Jakarta Pusat.

At that time, he was caught red-handed carrying 300 items ordered by the Wisung ecstasy, which is still in pursuit of the officers. Hose 1.5 hours later, WAS aka WC successfully arrested in a room at Hotel Milles Lokasari, Jalan Mangga Besar Raya.

Anjan said this week the team is still developing a search of the printing press. Because, the police suspect FHW also acts as a manufacturer of dangerous goods that.

The three actors are exposed to drug dealers article 114 paragraph 2 of Article 112 paragraph 2 subsidiary jo article 132 paragraph 1 Law No. 35 Year 2009 on Narcotics. The maximum penalty for the three is the death penalty.

Is This Guy Bloody Crazy Nuts or What? [Video]

Famous surfer Mark Visser got his board and a couple helicopters to Jaws, the huge wave reef on Maui Island, Hawaii. Then, at night, he tried to kill himself. I mean, he went out surfing 40-foot waves at night. More »

Reducing Exposure to BPA & Homemade English Muffins This Time Last Year

A year ago, the FDA finally admitted that BPA might not be as safe as they once thought. We have some tips for reducing your exposure after the jump, plus a gallery of lovely lilac kitchens, a guide to making English muffins at home, and a mid-winter recipe for kale and citrus salad.

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