According to the IPB and the Indonesian Consulate General in Chicago, the Indonesian IPB team won the first place beating 30 other teams from Malaysia, South Africa, and Indonesia, in the international food technology competition of the developing countries.

According to the news, there are two teams representing Indonesia on this competition : The Crantz (who won the first place ) and the Zuper T team (won the second place).

The Crantz team consisted of Agus Danang Wibowo, Stefanus, Saffiera Karleen, and Margareth Octavia presenting Healthy Cassava Flakes (Crantz Flakes) from the Best Local Resources with High Protein and Energy for the Bright Future Children in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

In the nutshell, Crantz team presenting their findings on crantz cereal breakfast which is made of cassava, soyabeen, and banana, containing high protein and energy. This very high nutritional value of crantz is a very good solution to the lack of protein energy of many Indonesian children, especially in East Nusa Tenggara.

While the Zuper T team of IPB whose members are Zulfahnur, Henni Rizki Septiana, Helena Suri, Laras Aryandini and Eri Suhesti presented High Protein Triple Mix Puffed Cereal Based on Tempe, Corn, and Banana to Protect School-Aged Children in Indonesia from Unhealthy and Unsafe Foods.The Zuper T team presented the result of their research work of puff cereal made of fermented soybean cake, banana, and corn, as sound and cheap snack food. They introduced puff cereal as snack at school which is healthy not containing harmful preservatives and dyes.

They all are IPB`s Food Science and Technology students of the 2006 class.

Well, this kind of news is the one who really make me proud as an Indonesian. I do believe that Indonesian talent is actually among the best in the world. I just hope this kind of spirit and enthusiasm can spread out more to all Indonesian citizen.

Here are the samples of quick things you can do to build more muscle mass:

1. Put variations on your lift weight exercise. One good example is combining weight with speed or force when you do it. You can put relatively similar or less weight but applying more speed and force when you lift the weight. Force shall help to build more muscle mass.

2. Do not perform aerobic exercise as this particular exercise shall burn the glycogen. Glycogen is an important factor for building the muscle mass.

3. Use dumbbells for your lift exercise. Dumbbells allow you to work out on the different set of muscle and at the same time, increase the range of motion. The machine shall limit the different set of muscle that you can exercise and also the motion range.

4. Take food supplements such as creatine and glutamine to your diet. Supplements accelerate the muscle growth and in the end help to increase the muscle mass

5. Choose red meat and fish for your protein diet. Studies have suggested that proteins found in the red meat and fish creates more muscle growth.

6. Put more sodium to your diet since sodium is an essential mineral for muscle building program. Additional sodium shall improve the carbohydrate storage and amino acid absorption and in the end improves muscle’s responsiveness to insulin.

7. If in one particular occasion you found out that even that you have been working out like crazy but still not making any improvement, you can try to increase the calorie diet by 50% for 3 days. If for example you are taking 3000 calories a day, try to increase that to 4500 calories for a 3 day period. One thing should put in mind is that the increased calories shall need to be taken in three days in a row. By doing this, you will stimulate growth by improving muscle sensitivity to insulin and providing more carbohydrate for the glycogen storage.

8. Do not forget to rest after every crazy workout that you take. When you exercise, try to push out yourself to do more by increasing the lift weight and do more repetition until your muscles are too tired to move. After that take one/two days off to give your body a chance to recover. One thing that most people do not know is that “the muscle growth occurs during the recovery period”. You shall in the end fail to build more muscle mass if you do not allow muscles to recover from the hard workouts that you have been doing.

As you can see above, to get more result on your body building program is not necessary mean you need to do more exercise and doing a drastic life changing. Above 8 simple acts can make your body building exercise more rewarding.

As mentioned on the posting, the first phase of the project to make Bali as the green province in Indonesia, the conversion plants shall be built around the area of Besakih temple in Karangasem, Goa Lawah in Klungkung, and Kintamani Batur temple in Bangli.

Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika said that “In the 2010 amended regional budget (APBD) the local government will allocate funds to build three garbage management factories,” during the meeting with many public officials on Saturday, 24 Apr 2010.

He also added that by turning the garbage into non-organic fertilizer, it shall bring economic value to the local people. He also mentioned that if such green project proven to be successful, the number of small garbage scale management factory shall be increased.

Well, I really like to make a standing applause to Bali local government for such a good move. Event though I believe that providing the regular tourist attraction is essential to tourist destination such as Bali, but providing such a good environmental campaign as an add-on is always be a good note welcome by international tourist. I do hope that Batam local government can also start this kind of actions soon.

That kind of question do asked by someone else too since the similar question does exist on the posting’s comment. Anyway, I do hope our government already think about that too. Otherwise, the title “Biggest Fish Producer” shall not mean a thing when the years gone by..

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Indonesia seeking to be world`s biggest fish producer

Gorontalo (ANTARA News) - Indonesia, as a maritime country, is seeking to be able to be the world`s largest fish producer in 2015, a ministry official said here on Saturday.

Victor Nikijulu, the director general of business and investment at the ministry of fishery and marine resources, said he was optimistic the target would be reached through development of various fishery products.

“What needs to be improved first is the fishery infrastructure and facilities for fishermen,” he said.

If the infrastructure and facilities is improved it is not impossible for the quality and quantity of fishery products to rise, he said.

He said his office was now seeking to develop markets in the Middle East and Africa, relying on processed fishery products.

He said unless Indonesia changed its marketing strategy it would lose to Vietnam who is a newcomer in the field.

“We must immediately change the products to have more added value so that they would market well,” he said.(*)
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Tunas Industrial Park is situated in Batam Center, a very near location from Batam Center Ferry Terminal (only 5 minutes journey using Taxi). The address is on Jl Engku Putri Blok 1A No 10 Batam.

Below is the contact person of this Industrial Park:

Name : Thomas
Telp : (62-778) 471 818, 471 222
Email : sales@tritunas.net
web : www.tritunas.net

Tunas Industrial Park currently owned by PT Tritunas Bangun Perkasa and already start its operation since 2001. This industrial park located in 38Ha area and at this point, there are already 37 companies who run their business in Tunas Industrial Park.

Aside from the superb facilities for Companies and Investor, Tunas Industrial Park also provide accommodation for the employees/workers needs such as Canteen, Mini market, Phone kiosk, ATM and Food Court.

By the way, to see the complete list of Industrial Estates/Park in Batam Island Indonesia, you can refer to this post and this post.

Here is the list of Companies/Tenants in Tunas Industrial Park and their field of business:

1. Asahi Plas, PT Business : Electronic Manufacture

2. Asia Paperindo Perkasa, PT Business : Packaging

3. Artha Jaya Semesta, PT Business : Tissue

4. Bakti Tani Nusantara, PT Business : CPO

5. Batam Precision, PT Business : Metal Molding

6. Barelang Sukses Abadi, PT Business : Export-Import

7. Castroindo Perkasa, PT Business : Oil

8. Cigarette Machines Equipment & Service CO, PT Business : Machining

9. Citra Asia Raya, PT Business : Plastic Recycle

10. Crown Headwear & Knitting Mill, PT Business : Garment

11. Cycraft Technology Indonesia, PT Business : Metal Stamping

12. Ghim Li Indonesia, PT Business : Garment

13. G Texwa Indonesia, PT Business : Garment

14. HAB Batam Corton Business : Carton Box

15. Heng Huat Plastics, PT Business : Plastic

16. Hokushin Indonesia, PT Business : Printing and Consultant

17. Interfood Sukses Abadi, PT Business : Consumer Goods

18. Metal Multi Variasi Coating, PT Business : Coating Metal

19. Professional Tech. Specialist, PT Business : Metal Testing

20. Reacs Precision Batam, PT Business : Metal Stamping

21. Servotech Indonesia, PT Business : Manufacturing

22. Sinar Baru Batam, PT Business : Electrical Trading

23. SIM TIC Batam, PT Business : Rubber & Contractor

24. SLG Rekatama, PT Business : Plastic Molding

25. Sing Kepri, PT Business : Forwarding

26. Smart Team, PT Business : Forklift Rental & Service

27. Soonlee Metalindo Perkasa, PT Business : Contractor

28. Sri Indah Alumunium Extrusion, PT Business : Alumunium Extrusion

29. Srijaya Raya Perkasa, PT Business : Consumer Goods

30. Sun Creation Indonesia, PT Business : Electronic Manufacture

31. Sukaria Malindo Sukses, PT Business : Biscuit

32. Tat Seng Indoperkasa, PT Business : Forwarding

33. TSC, PT Business : Contractor

34. Total Printing Indonesia, PT Business : Printing Machine Assembly

35. Vigo International, PT Business : Cigarette

36. Yee Woo Indonesia, PT Business : Garment

37. Ying Mei Indotobacco International, PT Business : Machines

I wish above information shall help anyone; especially Domestic or International companies and also Investor; who currently seek information about Companies List and their field of business in Tunas Industrial Park in Batam Island, Riau Archipelago provice and also other Industrial Estates/Park in Indonesia.

Export-Import (Feb 2010):
- Indonesia’s export value reach US$ 11.20 Billions, a 3.37 percent decreased from Jan 10. If compared to same period in 2009, it is an increased by 57.05 percent.
- Indonesia’s import value reach US$ 9.50Billions, a 0.08 percent increased from Jan 09. If compared to same period in 2009, it is an increased by 51.43%

International Tourist visit (Feb 2010):
- The visit of International tourist to Indonesia reaches 523,100 people or a increased by 6.10 percent from Jan 10. If compared to the same period in 2009, it is an increased by 24.10 percent.

Source : http://www.bps.go.id/
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I hope above posting is informative enough for anyone who currently seeking information of Indonesian Economy statistic for Feb and Mar 2010.

But in difficult economy time like today, we really need to make a wise decision on how to have a good service from all that telecommunication/entertainment without spending too much dollar from our pocket. To make it simple, we can try to find company who can provide all telecommunication/entertainment need in one package. But finding the good vendor which can satisfy criteria above can be a tricky one, but lucky for us, we can turn our searching area to the internet to find the solution

One particular company that can provide that can of service is Time Warner. Time Warner product ranging from Time Warner Digital Cable for great TV programs from your favorite channels, Time Warner Digital Phone for your telephone line, and Road Runner internet service. All of those great products can be put on our living room without making our pocket burn! The great thing is all that Time Warner Digital products can be bought from price as low as USD125..!! Wow, that is really cheap. Now we can really save up some extra money

Anyway, for many of us, especially who already has children whom we will bring on this holiday, deciding where to go on this right spot can be a tricky one. I even believe that choosing the right destination for our holiday can give tremendous good effect and it will strengthen the ties of togetherness to the entire family member.

If you are now in the situation that I mentioned above, why do not you choose to have Holidays to Las Vegas ? Las Vegas as a holiday destination is already well known by world member, as a place which can provide entertainment and holiday support to the entire family member, from the grown up to even the little one. For the parents Las Vegas Holidays can make them enjoy the glittering casino and night life in the elite club (which make the city nickname as the sin city :)). For the kids, Holidays Vegas is also provide lot of entertainment hot spot. The famous adventure theme park and the great water park are the two of the thing you can find on this city to make your children happy. And now that is what I called the Perfect Holiday!!

But in my humble opinion, despite the great result and success campaign to bring environmental issue to each person private area, there is something better being done already by countless people and companies around the world who play their parts to bring better environment to the world, which need our personal attention also. The undergoing activities and studies on alternative energy such as renewable energy, opportunity fuels or clean coal are to name a few. There are also companies which already carry on the business of converting waste to energy. One example of that company is N-Viro (http://www.nviro.com).

You can refer to link pic below to gain more info about the company activities.

So as I said above, even sometimes it is not newsworthy, there ARE better action than earth hour already carried away to save our environment. At least, the-save-the-planet activity last longer than just 60 minutes

Export-Import (Jan 2010):
- Indonesia’s export value reach US$ 11.57Billions, a 13.29 percent decreased from Dec 09. If compared to same period in 2009, it is an increased by 58.99 percent.
- Indonesia’s import value reach US$ 9.54Billions, a 7.35 percent decreased from Dec 09. If compared to same period in 2009, it is an increased by 44.58%

International Tourist visit (Jan 2010):
- The visit of International tourist to Indonesia reaches 493,000 people or a decreased by 21.17 percent from Dec 09. If compared to the same period in 2009, it is an increased by 4.20 percent.

Source : http://www.bps.go.id/
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Well, there you have it… The statistic figures of Indonesian Economy in Feb and Jan 10. I do not know about you, but even though it seems not that bright, I still have feeling that Indonesia shall do well on this year !! I do hope that my feeling is right and we can expect more good news for Indonesian economy in 2010 coming months… There are still 10 more months to the end of 2010 anyway