Wakatobi Marine Paradise in Indonesia

Kabupaten Wakatobi adalah salah satu kabupaten di Provinsi Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia. Ibu kota kabupaten ini terletak di Wangi-Wangi, dibentuk berdasarkan Undang-undang Republik Indonesia Nomor 29 Tahun 2003, tanggal 18 Desember 2003. Luas wilayahnya adalah 823 km² dan pada tahun 2003 berpenduduk 91.497 jiwa, terdiri dari laki-laki 44.843 jiwa dan perempuan 46.654 jiwa.

Wakatobi juga merupakan nama kawasan taman nasional yang ditetapkan pada tahun 1996, dengan luas keseluruhan 1,39 juta hektare, menyangkut keanekaragaman hayati laut, skala dan kondisi karang yang menempati salah satu posisi prioritas tertinggi dari konservasi laut di Indonesia.

The reefs of Wakatobi National Park — the third largest marine park in Indonesia — support a tremendously colorful cross-section of biodiversity. But its 3.4 million acres of islands and waters support a fishing industry that, through destructive practices and overuse, has placed those same natural resources in danger.

The Nature Conservancy is working with WWF-Indonesia, supporting planning and improving efficiency throughout the park. We helped Wakatobi become the first Indonesian national park to adopt a zoning system approved by both the central and local governments as well as the communities living within the Park.

Increased Awareness — and Biodiversity

Our concerted efforts are making local communities more cognizant of the impacts their actions have on the environment and increasingly willing to protect its vital resources in the future. The reefs may shelter a wide variety of wildlife species, but they need protection as well, and fishers from Tomia village are assuming increased responsibility.

Armin Sahari, a fisher from Tomia, says, “In the beginning, we knew that one of the diving spots near Tomia Island was a fish spawning area, and that the fish stocks were down. But we were skeptical that declaring it a no-take area would restore the fish supply.”

The results overcame Armin’s skepticism. “We decided to work with the National Park Authority and The Nature Conservancy-WWF Joint Program to make the area off limits to fishing for three years,” he says. “After that time, sure enough, we saw fish that hadn’t been in those waters since long, long ago. Dogtooth tuna, giant trevally and groupers are coming back.”

Inspiring a sea change

The Conservancy, together with WWF-Indonesia, plays an active role in Wakatobi conservation. From helping start a turtle hatching program on the islands of Anano and Runduma to running regular patrols using a floating ranger station patrol boat, we’re fostering local enthusiasm for conservation throughout the region.

Sumber : 

http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/asiaandthepacific/indonesia/placesweprotect/wakatobi-national-park.xml

http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabupaten_Wakatobi

Comment :

Besides , bali , indonesia 's beautiful wakatobi the east coast , pantai and scenery lau beautiful guiler variegated peculiar marine fishes that beautiful scenery and meberikan like heaven of the seas . Wakatobi also provides income for indonesia because it 's in his beautiful scenery many because of carelessness tourists come in and pay income for the society . Kepulauan located in southeast sulawesi this is a paradise real bottom of the sea where paket charm nature baharinya present furnished cultural heritage buton kingdom that is reflected in every trace of an angle daratannya . Not impossible qibla tourism in the latter days are turning to that place . And that 's when the , everything 's going to stop time to stop by and let her be brought in awe . Duhai errant , now the wakatobi has called . When will you become selanjutnya ever come to the ground and perairan wakatobi ?

Wakatobi is a paradise who do not want to leave anything in the second .

The Morality of The Nation

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Sumber : http://nasional.kompas.com/read/2012/04/25/1240459/Polri.Dalami.Peredaran.Video.Porno.Anggota.DPR

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Soft Skill Meeting 3

1.  Which of the following is NOT true?

a.  Winners placed olive wreaths on their own heads

b.  The games were held in Greece every four years

c.  Battles were interrupted to participate in the games

d.  Poem glorified the winners in song

Answer:  c.  Battles were interrupted to participate in the games

Reason:  In the first paragraph is written “and any wars in progress were halted to allow the games to take place”.  So the battles not were interrupted but halted or stopped.

2.  The word “elite” in line 5 is closest in meaning to…

a.  Aristocracy

b.  Brave

c.  Intellectuals

d.  Muscular

Answer:  a.  Aristocracy

Reason:  Elite and aristocracy have the same meaning “the most powerful members of a society”.

3.  Why were the Olympic Games held?

a.  To stop wars

b.  To honor Zeus

c.  To crown the best athletes

d.  To sing songs about the athletes

Answer:  b.  To honor Zeus

Reason:  In the first sentence of the first paragraph is written “In 776 B.C., the first Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honor the Greeks chief god, Zeus

4.  Approximately how many years ago did these games originate?

a.  800 years

b.  1200 years

c.  2300 years

d.  2800 years

Answer:  d.  2800 years

Reason:  If we count from the first year the games held in 776 b.c to the present by 2012, the results is 2788 years old or about 2800 years.

5.  What conclusion can we draw about the ancient Greeks?

a.  They were pacifists

b.  They believed athletic events were important

c.  They were very simple

d.  They couldn’t count, so they used “Olympiads” for dates

Answer:  b.  They believed athletic events were important

Reason:  In the first paragraph is written “The Greeks emphasized physical fitness and strength in their education of youth”.  So they believed athletic event like Olympic Games were important.

6.  What is the main idea of this passage?

a.  Physical fitness was an integral part of the lives of the ancient Greeks

b.  The Greeks severely punished those who did not participate in physical fitness programs

c.  The Greeks had always encouraged everyone to participate in the games

d.  The Greeks had the games coincide with religious festivities so that they could go back to war when the games were over

Answer:  a.  Physical fitness was an integral part of the lives of the ancient Greeks

Reason:  The best answer because this article narrating about Olympic Games which important for the ancient Greeks.

7.  In line 14, the word “deeds” is closest in meaning to

a.  Accomplishments

b.  Ancestors

c.  Documents

d.  Property

Answer:  a.  Accomplishments

Reason:  In Indonesian, deeds and accomplishments have the same meaning “prestasi”.

8.  Which of the following was ultimately required of all athletes competing in the Olympics?

a.  They must have completed military service

b.  They had to attend special training sessions

c.  They had to be Greek males with no criminal record

d.  They had to be very religious

Answer:  c.  They had to be Greek males with no criminal record

Reason:  In the first paragraph is written “the games were open to all free Greek males who had no criminal record”.

9.  The word “halted” in line 16 means most nearly the same as…

a.  Encourages

b.  Started

c.  Curtailed

d.  Fixed

Answer:  c.  Curtailed

Reason:  In Indonesian, encourages means “menyemangati”, started means “dimulai”, curtailed means “dibatasi” and fixed “masih atau tetap”.  So curtailed is the most nearly the same as halted.

10.  What is an “Olympiad”?

a.  The time it took to finish the games

b.  The time between games

c.  The it took to finish a war

d.  The time it took the athletes to train

Answer:  b.  The time between games

Reason:  In the second paragraph is written “The Greeks attached so much importance to the games that they calculated time in four year cycles called “Olympiads”, dating from 776 b.c”.

STYLISTIC PROBLEMS

1.  The defendant refused to answer the prosecutor’s questions …..

a.  Because he was afraid it would incriminate him

b.  For fear that they will incriminate him

c.  Because he was afraid that his answers would incriminate him

d.  Fearing that he will be incriminated by it

Answer:  c.  Because he was afraid that his answers would incriminate him

Reason:  The sentence composition more complete than others, so the information that is given more clearly.  And there is match in tenses well.

2.  Mrs. Walker has returned …..

a.  A wallet back to its original owner

b.  To its original owner the wallet

c.  The wallet to its originally owner

d.  The wallet to its original owner

Answer:  d.  The wallet to its original owner

Reason:  The sentence composition more complete than others, so the information that is given more clearly.  The difference of option c and d is in Indonesian, originally means “semula or awalnya” but original means “asli”.  So the best answer is d.  The wallet to its original owner.

3.  The hospital owes …… for the construction of the new wing.

a.  The government twenty million dollars

b.  For the government twenty million dollars

c.  To the government twenty million dollars

d.  Twenty million of dollars to the government

Answer:  d.  Twenty million of dollars to the government

Reason:  In Indonesian, it means “Rumah sakit berhutang dua puluh juta dollar pada pemerintah untuk membangun sayap yang baru”.  There is a complete independent and dependent clause.

4.  Sarah ….. that she could not attend classes next week

a.  Told to her professors

b.  Said her professors

c.  Told her professors

d.  Is telling her professors

Answer:  c.  Told her professors

Reason:  The tenses is must be past tense because the event was happened.

5.  The artist was asked to show some paintings at the contest because …..

a.  He painted very good

b.  They believed he painted well

c.  Of their belief that he was an good artist

d.  The judges had been told of his talents

Answer:  d.  The judges had been told of his talents

Reason:  Because the context is right and there is a sequence of tense “past tense with past perfect tense”

6. If motorists do not observe the traffic regulations, they will be stopped, ticketed, and have to pay a fine.

Correction :

If motorists do not observe the traffic regulations, they will be stopped, ticketed, and fined.

Reason :

The sentence above must be parallelism. Stopped and ticketed, both of them are verb…but have to pay a fine is a new clause, so it must be change with verb too, such as ; fined.

7.Fred, who usually conducts the choir rehearsals, did not show up last night because he had  an accident on his way to the practice

Correction :

Fred, who usually conducts the choir rehearsals, did not show up last night because he had had an accident on his way to the practice.

Reason :

Because the accident is already happen. It is perfectly ‘finish’. So, we should use the past perfect tense, S+Had+V3

8.A short time before her operation last month , Mrs.Carlyle  dreams of her daughter who lives overseas.

Correction :

A short time before her operation last month , Mrs.Carlyle  had dreamed  of her daughter who lives overseas.

Reason :

Because ‘the dream process’ is perfectly ‘finish’,  so we should use the past perfect tense.

9. The atmosphere in Andalucia is open, warm, and gives a welcome feeling to all who have the good fortune to visit there.

Correction :

The atmosphere in Andalucia is open, warm, and welcome to all who have the good fortune to visit there.

Reason :

The sentence above must be parallelism. Open and warm, both of them are adjective.  So must be following with adjective too. Gives a welcome feeling is a new clause. Change it with welcome.

10. Some of the people were standing in the street watched the parade, while others were singing songs.

Correction :

Some of the people were standing in the street watching the parade, while others were singing songs.

Reason :

The sentence above must be parallelism. Standing and Singing, both of them are verb in present continuous / the happening event. So watched must be change with the same tenses too.

ALL ABOUT ME (Softskill English Business)

Hello my name nurna nengsih kaimudin. my nickname nurna. heemm started from my favorite namely favorite color is purple , eat favorite nasi goreng. I most like what football because besides pemainya handsome also because my father who always urges i see football ; since my father works as the army , while my mother only as mother house. I have four brothers and one sister back into my family sanagat interesting because we love the gym whatever i was born 8 july 1990 ujung pandang , i was born there because my father was transferred at the ujung pandang. football is income for me because i have is a team that named jiggy-jig this team very formed on 2011 consists of zawa-zawy , djantu , bangkit ,sultan , arga and ade , we mempunayai one thing in common is like a football team who same barcelona and man.united.

I have a principle, namely to prepare yourselves during the worst thing on campus I had ...

a group called the GIBAH (Gigi Bahagia) consisting of ncit, nunu, icha, bertha, and keke each of them has a distinct personality but have in common the stubborn this was the one who made us so mutual understanding. I have a very good friend who are very understanding I named Resya Rusliana, she's been like a sister of the woman for me.

IIn terms of music adele i love , rihana , beyonce , marron 5 , sammy simorangkir , tompi , and anggun.c.sasmi. movie that i like to do is horror because spur ardernalin. i don 't like shopping , hanging out , i 'm more fond silent at home and enjoy televisi. nothing special events in my life , i just want to have the life that easy , calm down , and without pressure because life was like an icicle before nyang must be in enjoy uuuuhhhyyyyeee......

TOEFL EXERCISE 1-3

A = Red, B = Yellow, C = Purple, D = Green

1. Nobody know when the process of glass-making was invented.(INCORRECT)

The incorrect word is (A) Know. The reason, Nobody is singular subject and the verb (know) must be followed by s/es.

The right answers: Nobody knows when the process of glass-making was invented.

2.The languages of the world presents a vast array of structural similarities and differences.

The incorrect word : Presents (A)

The reason : The languages is a plural subject that must agree with plural verb.

The correct sentence : The languages of the world present a vast array of structural similarities and differences.

3. The rise of multinationals have resulted in a great deal of legal ambiguity because multinationals can operate in so many jurisdictions.

The incorrect word : have (A)

The reason : The rise is a singular subject that must be followed by the auxiliary verb for the singular subject.

The correct sentence : The rise of multinationals has returned in a great deal of legal ambiguity because multinationals can operate in so many jurisdictions

4. All of the east-west interstate highways in the United States has even numbers, while north-south interstate highways are odd-numbered.

The incorrect word is (A) Has. The reason, All of the east-west interstate highways in the United States is plural subject and the verb must be followed have, not has.

The right answers: All of the east-west interstate highways in the United States have even numbers, while north-south interstate highways are odd-numbered.

5. When a massive star in the large Magellanic Cloud exploded in 1987, a wave of neutrinos were defected on Earth.

The incorrect word : C. were

The reason : a wave of neutrinos is a singular subject, so it must follow with was the one of auxiliary verb for singular subject.

The correct sentence : When a massive star in the large Magellanic Cloud exploded in 1987, a wave of neutrinos was defected on Earth.

6. Every open space in the targeted area that has grass and a few bushes are occupied by the white-crowned sparrow.

The incorrect word : are (C)

The reason : Every open space is certain word (grammatically singular) that must agrees with singular verb.

The correct sentence : Every open space in the targeted area that has grass and a few bushes is occupied by the white-crowned sparrow.

7. Krakatoa is remembered as the volcano that put so much ash into the air that sunsets around the world was affected for two years afterward.

The incorrect word : put (B)

The reason : Krakatoa is a singular subject that must agrees with singular verb.

The correct sentence : Krakatoa is remembered as the volcano that puts so much ash into the air that sunsets around the world was affected for two years afterward.

8. The term “Yankee” was originally a nickname for people form New England, but now anyone from the United States are referred to as a Yankee.

The incorrect word : are (B)

The reason : Anyone is certain word (grammatically singular) that must agrees with singular verb.

The correct sentence : The term “Yankee” was originally a nickname for people form New England, but now anyone from the United States is referred to as a Yankee.

9. A network of small arteries, mostly sandwiched between the skin and the underlying muscles, supply blood to the face and scalp.

The incorrect word : supply (C)

The reason : A network of small arteries is a singular subject that must agrees with singular verb.

The correct sentence : A network of small arteries, mostly sandwiched between the skin and the underlying muscles, supplies blood to the face and scalp.

10. Mesquite is a small tree in the Southwest who can withstand the severest drought.

The incorrect word : withstand (D)

The reason : Mesquite is a singular subject that must agrees with singular verb.

The correct sentence : Mesquite is a small tree in the Southwest who can withstands the severest drought.