How To Pack For A Jungle Adventure

The great thing about travel bucket lists is that everyone’s is unique. While some people may daydream of skiing their way through the Alps, others long to catch a glimpse of the enthralling Northern Lights. Last year, I managed to tick a destination off my list when I had the opportunity to stay in a remote part of the rainforest in Borneo.

Aware of the fact that we’d be roughing it out, I did my research to ensure I packed all of the essentials for my jungle adventure. However, in hindsight, I should have brought along a few more things. This quick and handy guide will help anybody else embarking on a few days in the jungle.

Dress smart

Let’s face it. The monkeys and birds you’ll be sharing a temporary home with don’t care what you look like, so there’s simply no point in dressing to impress. Bring some basic t-shirts and shorts, some long trousers and tops for sun and bug protection, some long socks and a hat.

With regards to footwear, a pair of boots or shoes that you’re comfortable to walk through rough terrain in is key. You also need to be okay with destroying them with mud and water.

As for other accoutrements, a poncho or three is also key. These double-up great as a backpack cover if you’re out in the elements on a wet day. Throw in some clean underwear, some sunglasses, and a towel and you’re all set.

Beware of bugs

Mosquitoes are likely to be rampant wherever you go, so be on the defence at all times. Pack plenty of repellent with DEET (diethyltoluamide — a common active ingredient in insect repellants) and some bite relief cream in case you get bitten.

Your choice of outfit makes a difference too. It helps to wear long thick socks, long-sleeved tops, and trousers, especially at night time. Some places will require you to take malaria medication and shots, so be sure to thoroughly check this out with a medical professional before visiting.

There’s also no harm in bringing a spare mosquito net if, like me, you won’t have the luxury of any windows and doors surrounding your mattress. While many places will provide them, bringing one will come in handy in the event of a tear.

Natural beauty

If you thought I was going to recommend a few long-lasting makeup products and fresh holiday scents, I’m not. Really, don’t bother. All you need is some sunscreen, a toothbrush and toothpaste, wet wipes, and some deodorant.

Little luxuries

Okay, it may be a bit of a stretch to label a torch and some toilet paper as luxuries, but whatever you want to call them, make sure you cram them in. There’s also no harm in bringing several bottles of water and some snacks, even if you’ll have access to food where you stay. As a serial snacker myself, I highly recommend this! However, if you do bring food, make sure you put it somewhere extremely secure to avoid attracting and potentially losing it to any hungry visitors.  Your guide will advise you of the best way to safeguard those snacks.

Travel sense

If you’ve gotten this far down the list and realise you don’t have an inch of bag space left, you’re in luck! My final recommendations won’t weigh you down and won’t cost you a thing.

First, go with an open mind. If your experience is anything like mine, your accommodation is likely to be minimal, you’re going to get muddy, bugs will be aplenty, and the night-time jungle symphony might keep you up at night. The food will be basic and you probably won’t have enough. Showers and flushing toilets can be forgotten about, as can any lights at night, apart from the stars and your new best friend – your torch. So you’ll need to mentally prepare for this.

If you don’t think you can live without your creature comforts, then maybe an overnight jungle adventure isn’t for you. However, if you can focus on the fact that you’re getting a once in a lifetime experience and laugh through the tiny hardships, then I highly recommend a trip like this.

Finally, be responsible. Take any rubbish with you, listen to your guide, and respect the place that you’re visiting. We all want to get up close and personal with the natural world, but sometimes this more harm than good (littering, carbon footprint and so on). Always put the environment ahead of your own convenience.

Ideally, you’ll want to research a truly eco-friendly company that holds environmental sustainability at its core. It may be more expensive, and you may not have as much freedom as you like, but it’ll be worth it. For example, we spent most of our time on a boat to prevent disturbances that can be caused by trekking. Suffice to say, your conscience will be all the better for it and an incredible experience is still guaranteed.

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The Personality Disorder Linked To Social Media Use

The modern way to develop a personality disorder.

Posting too many pictures to social media can turn you into a narcissist, new research reveals.

People posting pictures heavily to social media became 25% more narcissistic in the four months of the study.

The increase pushed many across the cut-off for having a narcissistic personality disorder.

However, those posting mostly text to social media, such as Twitter, did not see a rise in narcissism.

There has been much debate about whether social media can increase narcissism, explained Professor Phil Reed, who led the study:

“There have been suggestions of links between narcissism and the use of visual postings on social media, such as Facebook, but, until this study, it was not known if narcissists use this form of social media more, or whether using such platforms is associated with the subsequent growth in narcissism.

The results of this study suggest that both occur, but show that posting selfies can increase narcissism.”

The study followed 74 people aged 18 to 34 for four months.

Their social media use was tracked, along with narcissistic personality traits.

People used social media for an average of three hours per day, although some used it for up to 8 hours per day.

Professor Reed said:

“Taking our sample as representative of the population, which there is no reason to doubt, this means that about 20% of people may be at risk of developing such narcissistic traits associated with their excessive visual social media use.

That the predominant usage of social media for the participants was visual, mainly through Facebook, suggests the growth of this personality problem could be seen increasingly more often, unless we recognise the dangers in this form of communication.”

Professor Roberto Truzoli. study co-author, said:

“The use of visual social media may emphasise the perception of narcissistic individuals that they are the main focus of attention.

The lack of immediate ‘direct’ social censure, may offer them the opportunity to inflict aspects of their narcissistic personality, present themselves in a grandiose manner, and realise fantasies of omnipotence.”

cr: https://www.spring.org.uk/2018/11/personality-disorder-social-media.php

A Unique Sign Of High IQ

This behaviour is a sign of higher intelligence.

Being a non-conformist is a sign of high IQ, research finds.

It means that people with higher intelligence are less likely to follow others.

While most people copy each other from time-to-time, those with higher IQs only do so strategically.

Smarter people prefer to make their own decisions rather than following others.

Dr Michael Muthukrishna, who led the study, said there is nothing wrong with conformity:

“People are conformist – and that’s a good thing for cultural evolution.

By being conformist, we copy the things that are popular in the world.

And those things are often good and useful.”

The conclusions come from a study of 101 people who did a simple task that involved comparing the lengths of various lines.

Before deciding which line was longest, people were told what other people thought.

The results showed that most preferred to follow others.

More intelligent people, though, were surer of the answer and not as influenced by other views.

However, when unsure which line was longest, people with higher IQs were more likely to go with the majority.

The classic study on conformity was carried out by Solomon Asch just after WWII.

It revealed that people would deny unambiguous information from their own senses just to conform with other people.

Dr Muthukrishna said conformity is often no bad thing:

“Our whole world is made up of things that we do that are good for us, but we don’t know why.

And we don’t need to know why.

We just need to know that most people do those things.”

Dr Muthukrishna said:

“These mathematical theories and experiments contribute to a greater understanding of what it is that makes our species so unique — culture.

Our smarts are acquired, not hardwired.”

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The Weight Loss Technique That Boosts Self-Control

People experience higher self-control using this weight loss technique.

When people are reminded how challenging weight loss really is, they experience greater self-control, new research finds.

People in the study told that their self-control is weak, and the temptations too strong, fought back in their minds against the suggestion.

It’s reverse psychology.

Being reminded of the obstacles — such as tempting foods and the wrong genes — encourages the mind to strengthen its resolve.

Professor Michael Lowe, the study’s first author, explained:

“We said, ‘It’s impressive and encouraging that you are taking this step to improve your weight and health, but we need to help you understand the daunting challenges you’re facing.’

The reason we did this was not to discourage them, but to give them a more realistic sense of how crucial it is for them to make lasting changes in their parts of the food environment that they could control.”

The study compared two different types of weight loss programme in 262 overweight and obese people.

One focused on changing the home food environment (HFE) and the other on cognitive therapy.

The results revealed that both groups lost similar amounts of weight.

However, part of the home food environment intervention involved reminding people how hard it is to lose weight.

They were also reminded how weak their self-control was — and that made their self-control stronger.

This is reverse psychology, said Professor Lowe:

“…by questioning the usefulness of building self-control skills, the HFE treatment may have bolstered the very capacity it was meant to downplay — stronger self-control with regard to food.”

Weight loss is hard and that needs to be acknowledged, said Professor Lowe:

“Rather than acting as cheerleaders giving facile encouragement, leaders of weight loss groups might serve their clients better by providing a more sobering description of the challenges participants face.”

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The Musical Preference Linked To High IQ

People use this music to ‘purge’ their negativity.

Liking heavy metal music is a sign of high intelligence, research suggests.

Some people may use heavy metal music as a way of coping with being talented.

Being a ‘metalhead’ is sometimes associated with poor performance and delinquency, but this survey found otherwise.

More intelligent people may find themselves outsiders and use heavy metal music to deal with the stress.

Dr Stuart Cadwallader, the study’s author, says there is a stereotype that more intelligent people are into classical music.

While this is true for some, others take solace in heavy metal.

Dr Cadwallader said that young people enjoy the complex and sometimes political themes in metal that are not explored in mainstream pop music.

Both alienation and being separate from society may chime with some gifted people.

The results come from a survey of 1,057 members of the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth in the UK.

This body represents young people aged 11-18 who are in the top 5 per cent academically.

The results showed that while rock was the most popular genre among talented youngsters, one-third rated heavy metal in their top five genres and 6 per cent gave it top spot.

Those who particularly liked heavy metal also tended to have lower self-esteem.

Genres traditionally linked to intelligence — classical music and jazz — were the least popular.

Some young people said they liked to literally ‘jump out’ their frustrations and anger to heavy metal.

Dr Cadwallader said:

“Perhaps the pressures associated with being gifted and talented can be temporarily forgotten with the aid of music.

As one student suggests, perhaps gifted people may experience more pressure than their peers and they use the music to purge this negativity.”

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One Thing That Reduces Dementia Risk 40%

Dementia risk can be reduced 40% in this common way.

Avoiding loneliness reduces dementia risk by 40%, new research finds. 

The study helps underline the striking effect of loneliness on health. 

People can still feel lonely despite regular contact with friends, family and colleagues, research shows. 

Loneliness can be a feeling of not fitting in with those around you — despite having a lot of social contact.

Dr Angelina Sutin, who led the study, said:

“We are not the first people to show that loneliness is associated with increased risk of dementia.

But this is by far the largest sample yet, with a long follow-up.

And the population was more diverse.”

The study followed 12,000 Americans over 50-years-old for up to 10 years.

All reported on their levels of loneliness and took cognitive tests.

During the study, 1,104 people developed dementia.

The results revealed that those who reported the highest levels of loneliness were more likely to develop dementia.

Dr Sutin explained that loneliness is different from social isolation:

“It’s a feeling that you do not fit in or do not belong with the people around you.

You can have somebody who lives alone, who doesn’t have very much contact with people, but has enough—and that fills their internal need for socializing.

So even though objectively you might think that person is socially isolated, they don’t feel lonely.

The flip side is that you can be around a lot of people and be socially engaged and interactive and still feel like you don’t belong.

From the outside it looks like you have great social engagement, but the subjective feeling is that you’re not part of the group.”

Loneliness may be linked to dementia through a number of paths:

• Meaningful social contact may help to keep the brain engaged and healthy.
• Lonely people may experience more inflammation in their bodies.
• Loneliness may lead to unhealthy behaviours like drinking.

Escaping loneliness is not easy, but it is at least amenable to change, Dr Sutin said:

“Loneliness is a modifiable risk factor.

Most people might describe periods where they felt lonely and then periods where they didn’t feel lonely.

So just because you feel lonely now, you don’t always have to feel this way.”

cr: https://www.spring.org.uk/2018/11/reduce-dementia-risk.php

Lion Air PK-LQP Turbine Machine Carcasses Arrive at Demaga JICT 2

Jakarta - The wreckage of the Lion Air PK-LQP aircraft turbine engine was taken to the Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) Pier 2. The turbine carcass was carried by ship landing craft ship 593-2 Banda Aceh belonging to Kolinlamil.

AFP monitoring on location on Sunday (11/04/2018), the plane turbine carcass was lifted from the ship landing craft ship 593-2 Banda Aceh belonging to Kolinlamil by using a crane car at JICT 2 around 08.55 WIB.

The appointment process took approximately 15 minutes by ABK, Basarnas personnel and crane car operators from the Indonesian Navy.

The carcass of the turbine is then placed in an area with a police line, the edge of the dock. The wreck of the aircraft's engine was placed next to the plane's wreck and debris or debris from the fuselage.

Previously, the rear wheel of the Lion Air PK-LQP was discovered and lifted first on Friday (11/2). The wheel was lifted to the KRI Banda Aceh using a crane.

Then the Lion Air wheel section was taken by the TNI AL LCU from KRI Banda Aceh. The ship arrived at Dermaga 2 JICT, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, at 14.36 WIB.

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Minister of Education and Culture: Educators Must Build the Spirit of Multiculturalism

Building a spirit of multiculturalism must be the social responsibility of educators. This was conveyed by Minister of Education and Culture (Mendikbud) Muhadjir Effendy in front of participants of the National Education Council Study Day participants, in Jayapura, Saturday afternoon (11/24/2018).

The spirit of multiculturalism can open space for mutual respect for differences despite inconveniences. The Minister of Education and Culture views the habit of living in important diversity institutionalized in the educational environment.

According to him, it is not right if we easily accuse other parties of being intolerant because they only wear certain symbolic attributes. Do not let the intention to fight for tolerance but get stuck in an attitude of intolerance.

"Concerns about a person's lack of faith when associating with followers of other religions are groundless. Precisely the values ​​of diversity and broadening the spaces of dialogue are fundamental in strengthening the character education that has been rolled out by the Ministry of Education," Muhadjir said.

For this reason, he encouraged the need for openness and dialogue to find a shared solution.

"I support the efforts of private educational institutions such as those under the Catholic institution to enrich character education according to the regional cultural context," he added.

This activity was attended by 300 participants who were representatives of the Catholic Education Council and Indonesian Catholic Education Institutions from 37 dioceses. This annual meeting raises the theme "Strengthening Multicultural Character Education Towards a Civilization of Love".

On the same occasion, Chairman of the National Catholic Education Council Father Darmin appreciated the Character Education Strengthening policy.

"We believe character education must affirm the reality of the nation's multiculturalism. Papua reflects diversity. Education that ignores culture will lose its footing, "said the Indonesian bishops' conference education committee.

cr: https://edukasi.kompas.com/read/2018/11/24/13511981/mendikbud-pendidik-harus-membangun-semangat-multikulturalisme

High Winds Hit 4 Villages in Blora, Many Trees Fallen

Blora - A total of 4 villages in Cepu sub-district, Blora, were hit by strong winds. As a result, a number of trees fell. Two houses belonging to residents were badly damaged due to being hit by the wind and being hit by trees.

Blora's Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) rapid reaction team member, Agung Tri, said that strong winds occurred on Saturday (3/11) night. The 4 affected villages were Tambakromo, Balun, Nglanjuk and Kentong villages. Whereas 1 damaged housing unit is the Salamun milk house (46) located in Kentong village.

"There were no fatalities in these two incidents, but the loss was estimated at Rp. 53 million," Agung Tri said when confirmed Sunday (4/11) morning.

While in Nglanjuk Village, a large tree fell and closed the main road connecting the village. And the house belonging to Hariyono (53) who was in Nglanjuk Village was damaged by a tree.

In Tambakromo and Balun Villages, a number of Pohom also collapsed because of being hit by a tornado. Combined officers from the BPBD, the police, and the TNI plunged into a number of these locations to evacuate fallen trees so as not to close the main road.

"In Tambakromo the fallen tree closes the provincial road of Cepu-Singget, while in the village of Balun the fallen tree closes the bypass road, making traffic flow stagnant," he explained.

Until Sunday morning, officers were still inventorying the damage caused by the tornado. While the flow of traffic at a number of points has been decomposed because the tree has been successfully removed from the road body.

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Free Suramadu Bridge, Jokowi Reported to Bawaslu

Jakarta - Incumbent presidential candidate Joko Widodo was reported to the General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu). This is because of alleged violations related to government policies to free Suramadu Bridge facilities.

Jokowi was reported by the Rantau Advocate Forum (Fara) to Bawaslu this afternoon, Tuesday (10/30/2018). There were three Fara members who came to report Jokowi at the Bawaslu office.

They arrived at 16.50 WIB and submitted a report file to the Bawaslu secretariat. After completing the report file, they get a report receipt at 17.10 WIB.

Fara considered Jokowi's policy to free Suramadu Bridge as a covert campaign. They questioned the position of Jokowi, who is now also the presidential candidate.

"In connection with the free suramadu bridge by the Government of Indonesia on Saturday, October 27, where in the inauguration of the freeing it was carried out by Mr. Jokowi, who in this case served as the President of Indonesia or presidential candidate, it was suspected that this was a covert campaign or campaign violation," said Fara member Rubby Cahyady, after reporting Jokowi at the Bawaslu office, Jl MH Thamrin, Central Jakarta.

In addition, Rubby said the people around Jokowi made a one-finger greeting during the inauguration of freeing the Suramadu Bridge. According to him, this is one form of campaign by displaying self-image.

"Especially at the time of the inauguration there were many who showed the symbol of one finger greeting, which is the image of Pak Jokowi as the presidential candidate," Rubby said.

Free Suramadu Bridge, Jokowi Reported to Bawaslu The party that reported Jokowi related to the free Suramadu Bridge, Rubby Cahyady. (Dwi Andayani / detikcom)

"I say this is veiled, with gestures (one finger) this is very clear. Because this is the president and the presidential candidate," he continued.

According to Rubby, this action violates Law No. 7 of 2017 concerning Elections, including related actions that harm others.

"It has the potential to harm other election participants, as stated in Article 282 juncto Article 306 in conjunction with Article 547 of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections," Rubby said.

He said Jokowi should not have arrived at the inauguration of the Suramadu Bridge. Rubby asked Bawaslu to examine the alleged violations committed by Jokowi.

"Why is Suramadu free, should the President also not need to come to Suramadu, through the relevant minister, it can. The term Jokowi does not have to come. We hope that the Election Supervisory Body can examine and decide whether there are election violations," he said.

As is known, President Jokowi abolished the Suramadu bridge tariff. He has denied that his policy was intended to gain votes in the presidential election.

Jokowi said the proposal for the bridge cost exemption in the form of the Suramadu Bridge Toll Road had existed since 2015. Initially, Jokowi said, religious leaders and the public asked Jokowi to remove toll fees for motorbikes.

The proposal was received and decided. Furthermore, in 2016, the community asked Jokowi to cut toll costs by as much as 50 percent for car vehicles. He also accepted the proposal and decided.

Jokowi denied his policy was related to politics. Even Jokowi said, if it was aimed at politics, the decision to abolish the toll tariff was only applied in the period approaching the voting for the 2019 Presidential Election.

"Yes, if we want political affairs, I'll free it in March, next year. That's all. Don't be associated with politics, this is economic, investment, welfare, justice," Jokowi stressed on the Suramadu Bridge on Saturday (27 / 10).

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2 Districts in Grobogan Hit by Strong Winds, 4 Houses Collapsed

Grobogan - Strong winds hit a number of houses in two sub-districts in the Ngaringan and Brati District locations, in Grobogan Regency. A number of houses collapsed, some were damaged.

HR Staff and Volunteers of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Grobogan, Marten Krisando explained, from PMI data there were several houses that collapsed and were damaged due to the disaster of strong winds.

"On Saturday (11/11) evening. That is in Payasan Hamlet, Kalangdosari Village, Ngaringan Subdistrict, a house collapsed due to a tornado," Marten told AFP via text message on Sunday (11/04/2018).

In Payasan there were 4 houses collapsed and dozens of others were lightly and severely damaged. Many precarious roofs of houses are flying or sagging due to the wind.

"There are no fatalities," he said.

In addition, the wind hit the Brati District area. With damage to damaged roofs and other parts of the house. "Two new two houses were damaged," he added.

"Today PMI sent 21 volunteers to Ngaringan to help with local residents," said Marten.

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Recognizing Decompression, Conditions That Take the Life of Lion Air Seekers

Jakarta - Syachrul Anto died on his mission to search for Lion Air JT 610 which crashed in Karawang, West Java, on Friday (11/2). He allegedly suffered decompression while diving, now the body of Syahrul has been taken by his family to Surabaya.

According to the MedScape page, decompression occurs after diving in the sea or closed space (eg underground tunnel construction projects) and returns to the surface. But decompression can also occur when the air pressure in the plane decreases.

When diving, the body's tissues absorb nitrogen from the gas cylinder to breathe to adjust to the surrounding pressure. If the pressure decreases too fast, nitrogen will come out and form bubbles in the tissues and bloodstream.

Usually, these conditions occur due to divers breaking or too close to the Diving table. Diving tables are tables that are used to calculate the remaining nitrogen in your body during and after you dive.

Bubbles that form inside or near the joint are an unexpected cause of muscle soreness. When there are too many bubbles, complex reactions can occur in the body, usually in the spine or brain. Numbness, paralysis and brain function disorders can also occur.

If a large amount of decompression is passed and bubbles enter the venous bloodstream, congestive symptoms in the lungs and circulatory shock can occur. In this condition, divers may become unconscious and if not treated immediately can lead to death.

Decompression can occur unexpectedly and randomly. The main factor is a decrease in ambient pressure, but there are other known risk factors such as deep or long dives, cold water, hard training in depth and too fast rising to the surface.

"Other factors that are thought to increase the risk of decompression but not enough evidence are obesity, dehydration, hard exercise after rising to the surface and respiratory diseases. Plus individual risk factors, which cause some divers to experience it more often than others even though they take part in the same diving training, "wrote the Divers Alert Network site.

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The Ministry of Social Affairs Synergizes the Model of Social Assistance in Pressing the Poverty Rate

Malang - Social assistance (bansos) distributed by the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos) has been proven to contribute to the reduction of poverty.

Based on the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) report, Indonesia experienced the lowest point in the percentage of poverty since 1999, which was 9.82% in March 2018.

The Director General of Poor Management (PFM), Andi ZA Dulung, said that the Ministry of Social Affairs has carried out the Open Government Partnership (OGP) both between the central government, the regions, and other stakeholders to realize pro-poor policies.

"Food bans have been very instrumental in reducing poverty, especially the Social Assistance has been on target and the food program has run smoothly," Andi said in a written statement on Friday (11/02/2018).

This was said by Andi when leading and opening the Rakornis activities on the Determination of the Location of Coastal PFM, Small Island (PPK) and Inter-State Border (PAN), at HARRIS Hotel & Convention Center Maladi Malang, on 31 October - 3 November 2018.

In the presence of Representatives of the Regional Development Planning Agency (Bappeda) and Head of Regional III Social Service, Andi explained the results of research obtained from the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K) and the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas).

About 18 years ago, Andi said, the community only received 5.5 kg of rice assistance. From the research conducted by the Ministry of Social Affairs Jogja Hall, the data prove that the community has been able to receive around 8.5 kg - 9 kg of rice.

"Surely this signifies a good performance," he added.

At the end of his direction, Andi revealed that he felt the need for support from all parties. Both in terms of budget and implementation to be able to reach region III with a greater number of poverty numbers and more difficult access.

On that occasion, Director of Coastal, PPK, and PAN Abdul Hayat in his report to the Director General of PFM said that this activity aims to transform the model of assistance so that Productive Economic Business Assistance (UEP), Inhabitable House Rehabilitation (RSRTLH), and environmental facilities ( sarling) can be synergized to build togetherness and mutual cooperation in society.

"With new innovations to develop UEP assistance products, it can later become its own market share at home and abroad," Abdul said. 

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Amien Rais Arrives at KPK: Step aside, Want to Meet Agus Rahardjo

akarta - Chairman of the PAN Honorary Council Amien Rais goes to the KPK. He claimed to want to meet with KPK Chairman Agus Rahardjo.

"Want to meet Agus Rahardjo. Move aside, step aside," Amien said as he walked into the lobby of the KPK, Jalan Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Monday (10/29/2018).

Amien wears a long-sleeved white shirt and black cap. He was seen accompanied by several people.

After entering the KPK lobby, Amien headed to the receptionist. At present Amien is still sitting in a chair provided in the KPK lobby.

Previously, Amien spoke loudly about Agus regarding the prevention of PAN Deputy General Chairperson Taufik Kurniawan abroad. According to him, Agus has overturned justice.

"I remind you directly of Agus Rahardjo, please say, you have done an extraordinary reversal in terms of implementing justice," Amien said in a discussion at the DPR.

He then brought up a number of cases that had been handled by the KPK. Amien asked the KPK not to selectively disclose corruption cases.

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After Rice, Now the Government Wants Imports 100,000 Tons of Corns

Jakarta - The government will import corn for animal feed until the end of the year. The amount of corn that will be imported is around 50 thousand to 100 thousand tons.

This was known after Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution held a coordination meeting yesterday, Friday (11/02/2018). The meeting was attended by Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman, Minister of Trade Enggartiasto Lukita, President Director of Perog Bulog Budi Waseso, and several other officials.

According to the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Darmin Nasution, the recommendation for corn imports from the Minister of Agriculture, Amran Sulaiman

"Yes, so the price of corn increases, even though it is needed, and the Minister of Agriculture proposes that we import and need to be fast," Darmin said in his office, Jakarta, Friday (11/2/2018).

The import of corn is intended for small and medium entrepreneurs who breed laying hens.

"Small and medium-sized livestock companies, non-broiler egg farms. Broiler products from industry. If eggs make their own," he explained.

The following is a complete explanation about corn imports summarized by detikFinance from the results of the coordination meeting at the office of the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs on Friday (11/02/2018)

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7th Day of Evacuation of Lion Air PK-LQP, 175 Divers Deployed

Jakarta - A total of 175 divers were deployed to carry out underwater evacuations of aircraft wrecks and passengers of Lion Air PK-LQP. Today is the seventh day of the SAR operation of the fall of Lion Air PK-LQP in Tanjung Karawang, Bekasi Regency, West Java.

Based on Basarnas data, 151 divers came from Basarnas Special Group 41 people, Kansar Semarang 5 people, POSSI 16 people, Indonesia Diver 5 people.

Also read: Lion Air Search Area PK-LQP Expanded, Plus Personnel

Then the divers from Kopaska 38 personnel, Denjaka 28 personnel, Taifib 17 personnel, KPLP 7 people, Delta Brimob Unit 4 people and water police 14 people.

Meanwhile, as a whole, the personnel deployed for evacuation activities on land, sea and air were 1,396 people. Then the ships operated today are 69 units and helicopters are 5 units.

On land, an ambulance is prepared for 30 units. Furthermore, for two priority areas 1A and 1B underwater searches are deployed by the Baruna Jaya Ship equipped with MBES, ping locator, and DGPS and Dunamos Ship equipped with side scan sonar, MBES, ping locator and DGPS.

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Lion Air PK-LQP Black Box Has Found

Karawang - Lion Air PK-LQP Black box found. Black box has been lifted on Baruna Jaya I.

Black boxes found in dives at the black box signal coordinates are detected. Baruna Jaya I ship anchor for the focus of search.

This discovery was confirmed by Indonesian Navy divers Sertu Hendra. "We follow the tool, we reduce the area then in the place where the tools cause sensitive noise we dig again and it turns out we get black boxes," he said on Thursday (1/11/2018).

On Wednesday (31/10) the black box signal coordinator was caught by the USBL transponder at the coordinates S 05 48 48,051 - E 107 07 37,622 and coordinates S 05 48 46,545 - E 107 07 38,393.

A black box search was also carried out by lowering the ROV from the Baruna Jaya I. Research Ship. ROV this morning had captured images of plane debris and cloth scarves belonging to passengers on the seabed. The clerk also carries a ping locator to capture the signal emitted by the black box.

The search for this black box had been hampered by strong currents under the sea. Previously it was estimated that black boxes were at a depth of about 32 meters.

As for the victim identification, the National Police forensic team has examined 48 body bags containing body parts. One body was identified as Jannatun Cintya Dewi.

One of the identification is done by matching fingerprint with e-KTP data. There are 13 point equations for fingerprint matching.

Regarding the Lion Air accident, Lion Air's Technical Director was released. The discharge is done until the examination of the fall of Lion Air is complete. In addition to directors, technical staff who recommended flight PK-LQP aircraft were also released.

Lion Air JT 610 Jakarta-Pangkalpinang route crashed in Karawang, West Java, on Monday (29/10). The ill-fated plane carried 189 passengers and crew.

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