Wildlife Sumatra tiger Interest European Tourists

Fad-behavior of wild animals rare Sumatran tiger (Panthera Tigris sumatrae) attract European tourists home. In the conservation area, National Park Kerinci Seblat (TNKS) for example are available at this time the package tour "Green Tourism" offers a superior experience to see tiger habitat in Sumatra.
Director of the Bureau of Travel "Sumatra and Beyond" said Ridwan Tulus, the package tour to see Sumatran tiger in TNKS has around 150 people mainly from the UK. Sumatra and Beyond is a travel agency that sells the package "Green Tourism" in Europe with one of the packages is unggulannya see tingah-life behavior Sumatran tiger in the dense forest TNKS.

He says, on Monday (6 / 4), two English tourists, namely Roger Charles and Kathleen Free Free to leave the area TNKS in the area of Kerinci Regency to see life Sumatran tiger habitat in the original. "They buy this package offered Sumatra and Beyond in the UK and will be in TNKS forest for six days," he said.

Sumatra and Beyond and TPU have agreed to work together to help tourists to the forest area into a regular traffic Sumatran tiger. However, the location can not be associated with the interests of protection and animals is habitat conservation. According to him, TPU officers already know the position of traffic at the time and Sumatran tiger menampakan themselves because they have experienced in the conservation of protected animals.

During the forest TNKS, Heartfelt clear, tourists that accompanied the Tiger Protection Unit (TPU), which is part of the Central TNKS. Tourists can see tingah-life behavior of the Sumatran tiger places protected officers who have been determined mainly on the tree house that has been provided previously.

Officers also provide a goat for bait fishing out of the Sumatran tiger persembunyiannya. "Feed is the last alternative, if in a few days the tiger has not also menampakan themselves," he added.

Because dealing with wild and ferocious animals, then this package to the security of tourists become the main priority. This has also become part of the cooperation of Sumatra and Beyond and TPU including involving local communities.

"Tour package, if it can be managed with a professional and still consider the factors of conservation and security of tourists, will be an excellent tourist demand, which is very European," said Tulus.

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Year 2030, Flying Fish Can Missing

The existence of the flying fish akan feared extinct in India in the year 2030 when the pattern of fish is not fixed.

"Management of fly fishing in Indonesia, about 30 persennya came from South Sulawesi. If the trend is maintained, the year 2030 there is no fish," said Fisheries Research Institute Science Indonesia (LIPI) Augy Syahailatua, in Jakarta, Friday (3 / 4) .

He said, likely will fly to the fish migrate from the waters of South Sulawesi when fly fishing continues to be a massive. "It's likely the fish will move the fly. In addition, the population will also be reduced if excessive arrest. However, we will continue to do research," he said.

In the year 1922, the estimated there are 18 species of fish flying in Indonesia. However, in 2004 and 2005 found only about 13 species only. 5 While other types of existence is not known. "What type of 5 is still there or not, until now not clear," he said.

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"King of Bling" Tomb Sheds Light on Ancient Peru

Packed with treasure in the styles of two ancient orders, the 1,500-year-old tomb of the Moche Indian "king of bling" is like no other, according to archaeologist Steve Bourget.

Discovered in Peru at the base of an eroded mud-brick pyramid, the tomb gradually yielded its contents last summer.
Among the finds: 19 golden headdresses, various pieces of jewelry, and two funerary masks, as well as skeletons of two other men and a pregnant woman. (View photographs of the Moche find.)

The tomb's mysterious contents and location—far from known Moche capitals—could shed new light on this little-known culture of Peru's arid northern coast, said Bourget, of the University of Texas at Austin.

Thriving between A.D. 100 and 800, the highly agricultural Moche Indians are known in large part by their stepped pyramids, jewelry-filled tombs, and exquisite pottery and art. (See related pictures of Moche tombs from National Geographic magazine.)

Lord of Ucupe

Located some 475 miles (750 kilometers) north of Lima, the newfound tomb was found at the base of Huaca el Pueblo, a mud-brick, stepped pyramid that has eroded into a high, round mound.

The Lord of Ucupe—as locals have come to call the entombed Moche leader—was in his early thirties when he died, Bourget said.

For entombment, the lord was dressed in full regalia—and then some.

His body was covered with a tunic and train of tiny gilded copper plates, and his face was covered with two funerary masks—a first, according to Bourget. A necklace of four-inch (ten-centimeter), disk-shaped silver rattles encircled his neck.

On his head was a gilded crown. Six more crowns and ten V-shaped headdresses called diadems were arrayed on top of his body. Still another diadem was folded in half and placed atop six metal war clubs to serve as a mat for his lifeless body.

The Lord of Ucupe was then wrapped in a large bundle made of reed and textile, along with artifacts suggestive of political status, said Bourget, who co-led the team that found the tomb with Bruno Alva of the Museum Tumbas Reales de Sipán.



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Team Vertebrata Bandung Discover Ancient fossil Elephants

Team Vertebrata Bandung Geology Museum find ancient fossil elephants, which are relatively intact in the Hamlet Sunggun, Medalem Village, District Kradenan, Kabupaten Blora, Central Java. The findings that the police had confused the Kradenan Sector and Tourism and Culture Department Blora regency because the team is not requesting permission digging.Excavation conducted in the former mine cut C, about 2 kilometers from the Bengawan Solo and 500 meters from the findings of ancient elephant tusk early January 2009. Ancient fossil elephants are on the slopes around the quarry with a depth of 4 meters.

Chairman Tim Vertebrata Bandung Geology Museum, Iwan Kurniawan, Fri (3 / 4) in Blora, say, digging is done since February 28. Fossil elephants Elephas species is still incomplete, but the bones are rotten in, remaining outside the fossil bones or skin.

The parts that are tergali among others intact skull with teeth, arm bones back, rib, pinggul, belikat, and thigh. Below that there are fossil bones-bones that have not tergali.

"We estimate that high elephant 2.5 meters because the elephants back foot length 1.7 meters," said Iwan.

According to Iwan, the findings of research based on the reference GHR von Koenigswald 1932, and the era of Dutch map. Reference is recorded in the area that potentially contains Blora fossil Village is a cockfight or Megeri, Menden, and Ngandong. The villages are located in the District and is the sedimentation Kradenan Bengawan Solo ancient.

"Our importance is that the research results will be published, the findings are not selling. Soal akan fossil stored where, we will coordinate with local governments, "said Iwan.

Camat Kradenan Iwan Setiyarso Head of Culture and Tourism and Culture Office of Kabupaten Blora Suntoyo said, the team does not notify the activity so that the team had dikira illegal and requested stop digging.

"We hope the findings will remain in the District as found in Blora Blora," said Suntoyo. (Hen)


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Ultra slim speakers, Sound Quality Bening

Engineers from Warwick University, UK have discovered a new breakthrough for the hardware speaker ultra thin and slim, looks good and easy to use, is also able to offer super-clear sound. Loudspeaker can be used in future to replace the sound system in the passenger terminals and shopping centers. Ultra-thin speakers can also be used as the poster who spoke at the wall or walls, even in the home to send the message the ad.Sound speaker system has a super flat forms, such as a sheet, which is named Flexible Loudspeaker (FFL), made from paper thin foil. Material is first used to produce sound by Warwick University professor named Dr Duncan Billson. Speaker FFL provides evidence that the concept of speaker system can be developed into a flexible plate made of a different polymer material.

In the traditional work with the speaker change electrical signals into a voice. FFL make things different from the speaker is usually when terstimulasi with electrical signals, it will move the air in large-scale than the point source. This means that the vote will only be distributed around the room without a cause or effect of noise in the system such as traditional speakers.

Steve Couchman, chief executive Warwick Audio Technology, and the initiative to sell the speakers at the end of this year. "We believe the speakers are the innovative technology. The size and flexibility can be used in all areas. "Couchman said. According to Couchman, speakers can also be installed on the roof the house, printed with the design, the swing on the wall like a picture or dibungus with the wrapper.

"Production from the FFL voice can be heard for the audience directly. Sound, volume, and then the quality does not deteriorate as in the conventional speaker, in the sense that the announcement was announced at the terminal at the airport or can be heard clearly. "Couchman added. (h_n)


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AMD ATI Radeon HD 4890, most in the World?

AMD has introduced the ATI Radeon HD 4890. Graphics card processor is referred to as the most powerful in the world.

Graphics card on the market, 'red bastion' ATI Radeon continued strength collide with the 'citadel hijau' its Nvidia. On 2 April 2009, AMD also introduced the newest member of the family ATI Radeon HD 4000 series.
Numbered series ATI Radeon HD 4890, graphics processor is referred to as the most powerful in the world. Ability diarak the ATI Radeon HD 4890 DirectX 10.1 include, perhaps game-game terbaru akan appear more formidable with the support of DirectX 10.1.

Some games that have been called to support DirectX 10.1 is Tom Clancy's HAWX (Ubisoft) BattleForge (Electronic Arts) and Stormrise (Sega). Likewise detikINET quoted from the written description, Saturday (4/4/2009).

AMD also claims Radeon HD 4890 as the most powerful in the world. Graphics processor is called the power of computing has a 1:36 TeraFLOPs (based on AMD internal testing). As a comparison, Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 GPUReview.com been tested by the ability to record komputansi 1.06 TeraFLOPs.

In addition, the AMD ATI Radeon HD 4890 using GDDR5 memory and the machine with the ability to 1GHz clock speed. Ability to multimedianya, this graphics card is claimed to be able to bring the quality of High Definition with HDMI support.

AMD ATI Radeon HD 4890 will be available starting from USD 260 price range. Partners AMD has been preparing to bring the latest graphics card from the 'red bastion', including ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, bankrupt Multimedia, Sapphire and others.

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