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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Merapi Volcanic Eruption 2010 [Picture]

Mount Merapi, Gunung Merapi (literally Mountain of Fire in Indonesian/Javanese), is a conical volcano located on the border between Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548. It is very close to the city of Yogyakarta, and thousands of people live on the flanks of the volcano, with villages as high as 1700 m above sea level.
The name Merapi could be loosely translated as 'Mountain of Fire' from the Javanese combined words; Meru means "mountain" and api means "fire". Smoke can be seen emerging from the mountaintop at least 300 days a year, and several eruptions have caused fatalities. Hot gas from a large explosion killed 27 people on November 22 in 1994, mostly in the town of Muntilan, west of the volcano. Another large eruption occurred in 2006, shortly before the Yogyakarta earthquake. In light of the hazards that Merapi poses to populated areas, it has been designated as one of the Decade Volcanoes.
On 25 October 2010 the Indonesian government raised the alert for Mount Merapi to its highest level and warned villagers in threatened areas to move to safer ground. People living within a 10 km (6 mile) zone were told to evacuate. Officials said about 500 volcanic earthquakes had been recorded on the mountain over the weekend of 23–24 October, and that the magma had risen to about a kilometre below the surface due to the seismic activity.On the afternoon of 25 October 2010 Mount Merapi erupted lava from its southern and southeastern slopes.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

New Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010 will Go on with Criticism- [Picture]

Hosting the Commonwealth Games was supposed to be a badge of honour for India’s ruling elite—a chance for the new superpower to shake off unhelpful images of “slumdogs” and replace them with “world class” stadiums. India is shining they said—hoping that for a couple of weeks we can forget about the 830 million who live on less than 30 pence a day. But it seems that facts are stubborn things and, as in so many countries where these mega sporting events occur, the games have become a poisoned chalice.

Collapsing bridges and pictures of half-built apartment blocks being patched up by gangs of child labourers have become their enduring symbol.Of course, the British media were only too happy to embellish the story, playing on racist stereotypes of an incompetent, dirty nation. They behaved as if the cream of British athletes were going to be forced into the most insanitary living quarters since soldiers of the Raj were pushed into the Black Hole of Calcutta. The criticisms came after it was found that some toilets in the British dorms wouldn’t flush properly and a cat had left paw marks on a bed.

Contrast this to the reality of life for the majority living in India. According to the Asian Development Bank, some 650 million Indians have no access to a proper toilet. Every day they are forced to shit in open sewers. But their problems are not our concern. And now the story has moved on. “Security”, or lack of it, is the new fear. But here the authorities do have a plan. There are now 150,000 armed soldiers parading around New Delhi—more than the number of combat troops in Afghanistan. This week, in a bid to reassure the fearful, the air force flew sorties over the city. This is desperate stuff from a ruling class anxious to project itself onto the winners’ podium. So far, however, their only medal is for self-promotion.[source]

Corruption allegations and delays in construction of venues and infrastructure have dogged the
Commonwealth Games, which will take place Oct. 3-14 in New Delhi

A woman labourer balances a pile of bricks on her head outside the main Commonwealth Games
stadium while her child plays.

An Indian woman waits at a bus-stop adorned with an advertisement for the forthcoming
Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on Aug. 29, 2010.

Cranes remove debris from a collapsed footbridge at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, the main
Games arena for India’s Commonwealth Games. Yesterday’s accident is just one of a number of
calamities - from gun attacks to dengue fever outbreaks - to hit the Games, which are due to start in a fortnight.

Indian security personnel and soldiers stand guard outside the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
in New Delhi. Part of the stadium’s roof caved in on Wednesday, a day after a footbridge fell apart.
Several top athletes have now announced that they are pulling out of the Games .

Workers dismantle the collapsed footbridge at the Jawaharlal Stadium. At least 23 people were injured when the steel structure came apart.

Council workers fumigate the Commonwealth Games athletes’ village, as a precaution against

dengue fever. The disease, which is carried by mosquitoes, has been particularly severe this year

thanks to a prolonged monsoon season. The village, still-incomplete, was condemned yesterday

as "unfit for human habitation".

Police officials use a water cannon to disperse activists from India’s main opposition group, the
Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), during a demonstration in New Delhi in early August. Protest groups
have accused Games organisers of corruption – leading to shoddy construction.

Workers struggle to move paving stones in the mud at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium, which is to

stage boxing events, in early September. At the time, Games organisers claimed that all venues would

still be ready for the opening ceremony on October 3, despite torrential monsoon rains which were

hampering construction.

Work continues on infrastructure and roads which are supposed to be used during the Commonwealth
Games on September 6 – less than a month before the opening ceremony.

An Indian elephant grazes on the banks of the Yamuna River in New Delhi. Earlier this year
dozens of elephants were evicted from the river’s banks to make way for roads and other
infrastructure for the Commonwealth Games.

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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Indonesia Have to Face with 4 Countries Before Declaring War with Malaysia

There are some interesting analysis of military observer’s University of Indonesia, Andy Wijayanto, about the possibility of open war between Indonesia and Malaysia in the conflict area Ambalat Block Waters. When Jakarta declared open war with our neighbors, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should take into account the state alliance that will support these neighbor countries in the confrontation.

Andy revealed, Malaysia has a system of defensive alliance with England, Australia, Singapore and New Zealand. The alliance called the Five Power Defense Agreement (FPDA). One of the FPDA countries agreement is a clause that an attack on one member state is also an attack against another member state.

“Malaysia just request clause to be activated. If agreed, it means Indonesia must be prepared to fight also with the UK, Australia, Singapore and New Zealand which have a fighting force far more powerful and sophisticated,” he explained after a discussion of the draft Defence and Security.

From the official website of the British High Commission, Kuala Lumpur, it is known that the FPDA was established in 1971 as a consulting agency and the anticipation of an attack on Singapore and Malaysia. When 30-year commemoration FPDA in November 2001, the five member states agreed to establish a long-term cooperation. One of them, agreements to support each other if any of its member countries that attacked another country. This year, the FPDA to focus his review on maritime security. With that focus, the possibility of four other countries to support Malaysia in the confrontation with Indonesia to be bigger.

Not only that. If in our country will face a confrontation with the British, the country will very likely ask for an article five of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) enabled. Articles similar to NATO’s five FPDA treaty clause that essentially said that the attack suffered by one member state is considered as an attack on other member states and must be faced together. Therefore, could widen the confrontation with Malaysia and Indonesia must make a deal with NATO member countries.

“So, the effect will be successive. That is what must be considered carefully by the President of SBY before the declaration of confrontation with Malaysia. People must understand this is not so dark eyes urging war with Malaysia,” said Andy.
This is the comparison between Malaysian and Indonesian military forces:

MALAYSIA
Military Affairs was neighbor called the Army of Kings Malaysia. At the beginning of its establishment, the British-made military equipment is widely used this country. Now they are using equipment from several countries, including Indonesia-made aircraft.

* 1. Warship
* A dive boat equipped with 20 mm cannon
* Two fast ships transport troops
* Four French-made patrol boats were Exocet MM38 missiles and cannon Bofors
* 24 warships based in four places: Moss, Sandakan Sabah Kuantan and Labuan. KD Kerambit around Ambalat is one time based in Sandakan, Sabah.
* Two South Korean-made patrol boats equipped with cannon Creusot Loire 100 mm, 30 mm Emerlac, repellent and anti-submarine weapons. This ship is based in Kuantan
* Four Swedish-made vessel equipped with Exocet MM38 missiles, 57 mm Bofors and 40 mm Bofors based.
* Four ships Frigate, two of which were purchased secondhand from the British Royal Navy.
* Six German-made ship Corvette – Four patrol boats repellent Italian-made mines
* Two ships Multi Purpose Command and Support Ship made in Germany and South Korea
* One ship Sealift
* Two ships Hydro

* 2. Fighter
* F-5 E – Hawk MK108 based in Alor Setar, Kuantan, Labuan
* Hawk MK-208 based in Alor Setar, Kuantan, Labuan
* Eight F/A-18D based in Alor Setar
* MIG-29 based in Kuantan
* SU-30 based in Kuantan
* F-28 based in Kuala Lumpur
* Falcon based in Kuala Lumpur – Beech 200T based in Kuala Lumpur
* C-130H based in Kuala Lumpur
* CN-235 based in Kuala Lumpur
* S61A-4 based in Kuala Lumpur, Kuching and Labuan
* AS61N-one based in Kuala Lumpur
* S70A-34 personnel based in Kuala Lumpur
* 3. The number of soldiers of all forces: 196 042 (2002)
* The military budget per year: US1, 69 trillion (2.03 percent of GDP)

INDONESIA
Embargo on the purchase of military equipment from the U.S. to build military equipment to fall out of Indonesia. Newest fighter plane, Sukhoi SU-27 SK and SU-30 MK Russian-made, one still missing had no weapons. As of 12 combat aircraft “mainstay”, the F-16, two of whom had fallen and only eight are ready to fly.

* 1. Aircraft and Heli
* 8 units Hawk MK 109 based in Pekanbaru, Pontianak
* 32 units Hawk MK 209 based in Pekanbaru, Pontianak
* 6 units CN235 based at Halim
* Eight units F27-400m based at Halim
* SF260MS/WS based at Halim
* B707-3MIC
* 7 units 400m F27 aircraft
* F28-1000/3000
* L100-30
* C-130H-30 based at Halim
* NAS332L1
* L100-30
* EC-120B
* 12 units Heli Bell 47G-3B-1 based at kalijati
* 5 units F-16a based in Madison
* 5 units F-16B based in Madison
* F-5E based in Madison
* F-5F based in Madison
* Based in Madison Hawk Mk53
* 2 units Su-27SK based in Makassar
* 2 units Su-30MK based in Makassar
* NC212M-100/200 based in Malang
* Ce 401A based in Malang
* Ce 402A based in Malang
* 10 units Bronco OV-10F aircraft in Malang Warship
* 114 units fleet of various types (third for routine operations, a third for training, and the remainder for maintenance) Personnel
* 2. The number of soldiers (all forces): 250 thousand people
* The military budget per year: U.S. $ 1 trillion (1.3 percent of GDP)

So? Should Indonesia and Malaysia go into War Field, I think this is not a proper way to settle this conflict. Malaysia and Indonesia should look forward and meet an opportunities independently as well as a TEAM (Together, Everyone, Achieve, Much).

Thanks for Reading..