About Gamelan, Indonesia Typical Art

Gamelan is the music created by the blend of sound gong, kenong and other Javanese musical instruments. Soft music rhythm and harmony of living reflects the Javanese will soon greet and soothe the soul so heard. Then according om Simple, gamelan is a musical ensemble that usually highlight metallophone, xylophone, drums, and gongs. Gamelan orchestra mostly found in Java, Madura, Bali, and Lombok in Indonesia in various sizes and shapes ensemble. In Bali and Lombok today, and in Java through the 18th century, the term gong is considered synonymous with gamelan.

Gamelan orchestra tuning and making is a complex process. Gamelan tuning using four ways, namely slendro, pelog, 'Degung' (special area of Sunda, or West Java), and 'madenda' (also known as the diatonic, the same as the original minor scale that is widely used in Europe.

In the show yesterday in London, the spectators who packed the British Museum in the BP Lecture Theatre made captivated. The art show featuring London Southbank Gamelan and Javanese dance brought the dancer Ni Made Pujawati.
Let's move on to the island resort or Bali. The Balinese artists entered Bali Arts Festival (PKB), one of whose objectives is to revive the ancient art and percussion that almost extinct species. One of them is Gambang which is a rare and sacred gamelan. Gambelan Gambang in several villages and the number could be counted on the fingers in Bali, the condition is quite alarming, because kesakralannya played only to accompany religious ceremonies. In central and southern Bali gamelan was played to accompany the ceremony Ngaben.While in East Bali (Karangasem and surrounding area) Gambang also played in relation Odalan ceremony at Pura-pura (persembahyang place for Hindus), which penabuhnya nearly all elderly men because there is no regeneration, said the artist Dewa Nurjana this percussion.Gamelan Gambang, barreled pelog (seven tones), formed by six bladed instrument. The most dominant is four bladed instrument called a bamboo xylophone consisting of (most small to large) pametit, panganter, panyelad, pamero and pangumbang.

Every instrument played by a drummer who uses a pair of two-pronged pelvis to play a blow-ubitan kotekan or Ubit, and occasionally a single blow or kaklenyongan. Another instrument is 2 tungguh saron Krawang consisting of large saron.He said, the youngsters now barely know many of these gambelan xylophone, because no one studied it so feared accelerate their extinction, therefore it is expected that through PKB teenage children begin to know and love later.

The foreign artists who once studied at the Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI) of Bali, just a lot of studying art gambelan xylophone, and will be collaborated with art in his country. Students who studied xylophone gambelan there from America, Europe and Japan.







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ASUS Maximus Extreme III Create Gamers

ASUS Maximus Extreme III. When looked at first glance, you'll be amazed by the availability of five PCI Express slot. For what brings ASUS PCI Express x16 slot as much as 5? Either extreme as what the user who will utilize PCI Express x16 slot as a whole. To be sure, the 5th slot is designed for those who thirst for super complex graphics performance. Its bandwidth is not the same, for the first and second x16 slot while the rest have x8 bandwidth. Support bandwidth up to x16 × 16 itself appears thanks to the help of additional chipset nVidia protected NForce200 heatsinkpasif labeled Republic Of Gamers.

This product is designed based Digi Extreme Engine that balances performance and power to prolong life and save energy consumption. This motherboard also has been using all the latest technology from the USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 also has lane 6 Gb / s.

Like other luxury series, the ability to overclock present fairly complete and diverse. Starting from ROG Connect that can adapt in real-time overclock from other systems, Bluetooth RC to make the process of overclocking via Bluetooth, to the protection of the BIOS (in the form of a USB BIOS Flashback to restore it to its original state if a problem occurs when the BIOS). Not to mention any other special features such as function MemOK to maximize memory performance when you upgrade. This function can be activated by pressing the Go Button shortcut. This button can also be enabled to display the profile overclock from within the Windows operating system.

In addition to the shortcut key power, reset and clear CMOS, no more BIOS button. With it, you can display the BIOS configuration previously saved quickly. Nearby there are LEDs that indicate activity BIOS this button. Q There is also a Reset Button which is located near the ATX power connector 8-pin 12 volt. Helpful to stabilize the system during the boot process.

You are fond of tinkering with the hardware of this system will be satisfied thanks to the ease of these various features.

With this complete feature, you must think they're expensive. Guess is correct because ASUS Maximus Extreme III featuring all the latest and most complete feature commonly found on high-end motherboard. Here ASUS confirms this motherboard segment for extreme gamers and extreme overclockers. Thus, this product is suitable for heavy use, not for ordinary home users.

Specification of ASUS Maximus Extreme III

1. Type Intel Core i3/i5/i7/Pentium G6xxx (Socket LGA1156)
2. Intel P55 Express Chipset
3. Memory 4 DDR3-1066/1333/1600/1800 (oc) / 2000 (oc) / 2133 (oc) / 2200 (oc) dual channel max. 16 GB
4. 5x PCI Express graphics cards x16 (x16, x16, x8, x8, x8)
5. 1x PCI expansion slot
6. Storage 7x SATA 2.0, 2.0 1x eSATA, 2x SATA 3.0
7. RAID (Intel P55 / JMicron 363/Marvell) SATA RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 / - / -
8. VIA VT2020 sound chip (8 channels)
9. Chip Realtek RTL 8112L network (gigabit)
10. I / O 1 x PS / 2 Keyboard
11. 8 x USB (2 x USB3.0, 6 x USB2.0)
12. 1 x Clear CMOS
13. 1 x Optical SPDIF Output
14. 1 x eSATA
15. 1 x FireWire
16. 1 x LAN
17. 1 x RC Bluetooth switch (separate)
18. 1 x ROG Connect switch
19. 1 x ROG Connect ports (USB)
20. 1 x 6 in 1 audio

Price range * U.S. $ 473







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Turbo NAS QNAP - TS-859

Turbo NAS QNAP - TS-859 Pro Turbo NAS - New rewarded Editor's Choice awards from leading IT web, Techpowerup.com.

TS-859 won the award thanks to excellent performance, versatile, sturdy hardware, user-friendly graphical interface, and feature Multimedia Station 2 and QMobile applications to access multimedia files from your iPhone / IPAD / iPod Touch.

Turbo NAS also offers services to function well as iSCSI and IP-SAN and NAS which gives flexibility, ultra-high performance, easy configuration and management, plus an affordable price for business people and company's entry-level in order to enjoy the benefits of environmental cloud computing.

For the innards, TS-859 powered by an Intel Atom dual-core and eight 8-bay SATA drive bays are hot-swap up to 16TB. For network connectivity, available dual Gigabit LAN ports with failover and load-balancing and the ability to multi-IP setting.

TS-859 also has the ability RAID 0 / 1 / 5 / 6 / 5 + hot spare / 6 + hot spare configurations, online RAID capacity expansion, online RAID level migration, and RAID recovery.






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Latest Hardware ATI Radeon HD 5830

After the release of Radeon HD 5570 graphics card is the newest, Advanced Micro Devices, based in California recently has managed to fill the gap in almost every price segment, with the latest graphics card that supports Microsoft DirectX 11 API. According to reports on the Internet, one that will fill the gap in the price range of 200 USD (2 million dollars) wearing model 5830 HD product. 

Keep in mind, the Radeon HD 5830 will provide performance that will be placed between 5850 and 5770 models, because it is based on Cypress LE core. This card is said to have 1280 shaders, 60 texture units and speed of 750MHz for the GPU. Features with 1GB of GDDR5 memory, clocked at 1000MHz, the difference between 5830 and 5850 models are not so significant in terms of performance. When you put the two models side by side, the model 5850 is equipped with features 1440 shaders and 72 texture units, while the GPU set to 725MHz. 

This graphics card will obviously provide support for ATI Eyefinity technology companies, which allows users to pair the three monitors on one card to provide a memorable visual experience. Connectivity options will include regular DVI, HDMI to DisplayPort, it is necessary to Eyefinity setup. It's very possible that the PCB and cooling to be the same as the HD 5850 model, given the small differences between the two graphics cards. 

Regarding the price in the market, this upcoming Radeon reported to be priced around 200 EUR or 2.58 million dollars, or even cheaper than that, like the Radeon HD 5850 graphics card which is currently marketed around 250 EUR or 3.23 million dollars. Initial list of cards, according to Fudzilla, shows that the GPU will be available for 215 EUR or 2.78 million dollars, but it surely will change after getting his official debut card. That could happen around March, with the card are expected to circulate later this month.







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Batik Village Laweyan

Batik Village Laweyan Solo is one of the centers (centers) batik industry in the city of Solo (Surakarta). The existence of the village as one of the centers Laweyan indusri batik has been around since about the 15th century during the kingdom Pajang, and batik batik any activity till now still can we meet here.

Batik Village Laweyan is also a village full of nuances of history, recorded some historic places such as: the tomb of Kyai Ageng Anis (the lower figure of the kings of Mataram), the former home of Kyai Ageng Anis and Sutowijoyo (Panembahan Senopati), former Laweyan market, Bandar former Kabanaran, tomb Jayengrana (Pvt Fortunately Suropati), Break Free, Break and home Makmoer H. Trade Union Samanhudi founder of Islam.

At the present time Batik Village Laweyan still be a central batik in Indonesia, to become a tourist destination for tourists who are interested in looking for unique batik Solo, whether for use as souvenirs or a gift or for resale or wholesale batik .

If you're visiting the city of Solo, do not forget to visit the village took Laweyan Batik Solo, and get a variety of products based on showroom batik or batik shops that are here.






Source: Indonesian Wikipedia

Batik Making

Originally batik made on material with white color made of cotton cloth called mori. Today the batik is also made on other materials such as silk, polyester, rayon and other synthetic materials.

Batik motif formed by the liquid wax by using a tool called a canting for subtle motifs, or brush to a large motif, so that the liquid wax to seep into the fabric fibers. Fabrics that have been painted with wax and then dyed with the desired color, usually starting from a young colors. Immersion then taken to another motif with color or black older. After some time the coloring process, which has dibatik cloth dipped in chemicals to dissolve the wax.










Source: Indonesian Wikipedia

Batik History

Art staining fabric with stain prevention techniques using night is one of the ancient art form. The discovery in Egypt showed that this technique has been known since the 4th century BC, with the discovery of mummy wrapping cloth which is also coated the night to form a pattern. In Asia, a similar technique of batik is also applied in China during the T'ang Dynasty (618-907) as well as in India and Japan during the Nara period (645-794). In Africa, such as batik technique known by the Yoruba tribe in Nigeria, and the Soninke and Wolof tribe in Senegal. [2]. In Indonesia, batik is believed to have existed since the time of Majapahit, and became very popular late eighteenth century or early nineteenth century. Produced batik batik is all to the early twentieth century and the new batik known after World War I or around the 1920's. [3]

Although the word "batik" is derived from the Javanese, the presence of batik in Java itself is not recorded. G.P. Rouffaer argue that the technique of batik was probably introduced from India or Sri Lanka in the 6th century or the 7th. [2] On the other hand, J.L.A. Brandes (Dutch archaeologist) and F.A. Sutjipto (archaeologist Indonesia) believe that the tradition of batik is a native of the region such as the Toraja, Flores, Halmahera and Papua. It should be noted that these regions are not areas that are influenced by Hinduism but known to have the ancient tradition of batik making. [4]

G.P. Rouffaer gringsing also reported that the pattern has been known since the 12th century in Kediri, East Java. He concluded that this pattern can only be formed by using a canting, so he argues that the canting is found in Java at the time about it. [4]

Legend in Malay literature of the 17th century, Sulalatus Salatin told Admiral Hang Nadim ordered by Sultan Mahmud to sail to India to get 140 pieces of fabric litter with 40 kinds of flower patterns on each page. Unable to fulfill the order, he made himself that the fabrics. But unfortunately shipwrecked on the way home and only able to bring four pieces that make the Emperor disappointed. [5] By some commentators, WHO? litter was interpreted as batik.

In European literature, batik technique was first told in the book History of Java (London, 1817) writings of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. He was the British governor of Java during Napoleon occupied the Netherlands. In 1873 a Dutch merchant Van Rijekevorsel give a piece of batik, which is obtained during a visit to Indonesia to the Ethnic Museum in Rotterdam and in the early 19th century, it began to reach the golden batik. When exhibited at the World Exposition in Paris in 1900, Indonesian batik riveting public and artists. [2]

Since industrialization and globalization, which introduces automation techniques, batik is a new type appeared, known as batik and batik prints, while those produced in traditional batik techniques handwriting using canting and night is called batik. At the same time, immigrants from Indonesia to Malaya Fellowship also carries batik with them.




Source: Indonesian Wikipedia

Traditional Musical Instruments: Gamelan

Our beloved country Indonesia has many cultural treasures. One is the gamelan. Gamelan is a set of traditional musical instrument that evolved in several regions of the archipelago such as Java, Madura, Bali and Lombok. Shape and tone produced any different. Soft tones of Javanese gamelan, Balinese gamelan sounding stronger, more Sundanese gamelan lilting.

A set of gamelan consist of drums, fiddle, zither, xylophone, gongs, and bamboo flute.

 

It takes 3 or 4 drums in a gamelan. Shaped like a barrel, both sides of the drum is covered in leather goat or bull. The size of the two sides are not equal, the larger side to produce the tones lower. Name drums based on the size of large to small: gising drums, percussion puppet, ciblon drums, and drum ketipung. To ring it was hit with the palm of the hand.

 

Fiddle like a two-stringed violin. The main component of wood, strings are usually made of copper. During play, fiddle affixed to the neck and pointing upward.

Plop like a sitar, has 13 pairs of rope. Zither played with a nail, while the finger pressing the string to another.

There is a bar xylophone made of wood and some made of bronze. Each xylophone consisting of 19 or 20 bars. Bar length between 58 cm to 29 cm. To play it using 2 wooden bat length approximately 35 cm.

Dalam gamelan ada beberapa jenis alat musik seperti gong: gong ageng, kempul, kempyang, kenong, ketuk. Gong ageng adalah gong yang digantung dan ukurannya yang paling besar. Permukaannya datar, di tengahnya ada tonjolan. Ukurannya beragam, biasanya berdiameter 85 cm. Membunyikannya dengan menggunakan pemukul kayu yang kepalanya yang ditutupi lapisan pemberat.

Bamboo flute is a wind instrument made of bamboo.

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Know The Tools Of Traditional Gamelan Music

Let us briefly friend's Learning and Understanding various kinds of traditional musical instruments that exist in countries indonesia.Ada Various ethnic, cultural, language and beliefs that grow and develop in Indonesia. Although there are a diversity of languages, all tribes are united by the National Language, Indonesian. Each region has its music and traditions of each. And gamelan musical instruments is one of the most popular and admired by citizens internasional.Menurut that I read from various sources Gamelan divided into three types: Javanese Gamelan, Gamelan and Balinese Gamelan Sunda.Dan Each type developed in its own region.

In general Gamelan music is often used as accompaniment to the traditional arts wayang kulit, wayang and various ritul. In traditional Javanese Gamelan is also used in the ritual of "meeting manten", a ritual to bring together both the bride and groom. In Bali, Balinese gamelan is used in a variety of Balinese ritual ceremonies such as "Cutting Teeth", a ceremony that marks a child has entered adolescence. But in its development, the more widespread use of Gamelan in various arts. Gamelan is often combined with poetry and dance. In Javanese mythology, was said Gamelan menjelmah created by God who became man, Shivam Malholtra in Saka era 167. His kingdom stand on mountains Maendra, which is now known as Mount Lwu. At that time, he requires a signal to get in touch with the other gods. Then be made to Gong. For a more complex signaling message, then he needs two other gongs are kempul and siyem, which he later formed the gamelan. The word "gamelan" comes from the word "gamel" which means hitting. Then defined as a group of Gamelan music instrument that is played in an integrated way within a group.

The majority of musical instruments in the gamelan group played with beated. Some of the tools in the gamelan music that is not sounded by beated the flute, and zither Rebab. Flute sounded blown way while Rebab and plop sounded by means of quotation. Gamelan consists of many musical instruments, such as, kempul, Gong, Siyem, Bonang, Flute, Kempyang, kethuk, Kenong, Sarong, Slenthem, zither, kendhang, Rebab, Gender, Gambang. There are two systems of tuning for Gamelan Slendro and pelog. A music instrument in the group generally have 2 pieces of music so that one tool in the tuning and the other Selendro Based on pelog. In traditional belief, the gamelan is considered sacred and believed to have supernatural powers. Each instrument that is part gamelan is believed to have spirits, then seriap gamelan musicians must play barefoot because it will disturb the spirit. Gamelan music instrument is stepping things strictly prohibited. In Javanese beliefs, Gong Ageng believed to be the center of the spirit of the gamelan.

This article is made from various sources.




Source: http://www.kompas.com

Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD7

Gigabyte prioritize NF200 chipset cooling for the chipset instead of Intel P55. Function nForce200 nVidia chipset itself is to help increase the bandwidth on the second x16 PCI Express slot. Unlike the Intel chipset that only supports x8 bandwidth on both graphics slots, nForce 200 chipset supports x16 bandwidth on both slots. This applies both to the option CrossFireX or SLI. Therefore, prioritizing cooling for Gigabyte nForce 200 chipset, and not for Intel P55 chipset.
cooling on nForce 200 chipset waterblock equipped. Waterblock very useful if users want to use liquid-based cooling. But because this solution is more cumbersome and expensive, gave an alternative form of silent-pipe that comes in the package. You can just pull waterblock and replace it with the silent-pipe.
In this series, finally Gigabyte includes shortcut buttons for the function power, reset and clear CMOS. besides debug LED. Although this function is not a new thing and has been widely adopted by other brands. There is also support for the current connection is a USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0.



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AMD Phenom II X6 1090T

Since the era of first-generation Phenom, AMD started a new trend. They offer core processor more than his rival at one point the market price. Market approach seems effective enough to make AMD's "addiction". When hexa-core processor Intel's launch, we know that the alternative choice of AMD will also soon come out. Of course, these AMD products will be cheaper than Intel's products, given AMD's previous track record.
AMD Phenom II X6 launched to respond to market demand and fans. The emergence of competition is once again heat up again with a rival who had first launched its six-core processors. Along with the launching of two variants of the Phenom II X6 (1055T and 1090T), AMD also introduced a new chipset that is 890GX/FX to accompany Phenom II X6. The combination of Phenom II X6, 890GX/FX and Radeon HD 5000 series to produce a new platform called "Leo".
Although the Phenom II X6 1090T has a number of core as much as six pieces, the technology used in the processor core is not much different from the Phenom family II previously. Because the chip is still using the same architecture. So basically, AMD is only six core compress them into "shells" with Phenom X4 II. The similarity of this technology is also included TDP is the same as the owner of the throne of the fastest Phenom X4 II (at 125 W). But the owners of the code (code name) "thuban" It still came up with something new.
One of these technologies include AMD TurboCore. This is a technology to increase the processor speed in certain conditions that were implanted into the Phenom II X6. This technology is similar to Intel's Turbo Boost, it's just a different implementation. AMD TurboCore this work when three or more core processors are not used. When TurboCore is active, the active core processors gain extra speed by up to 500 MHz, while the other processor core speed idle down to 800 MHz. TurboCore it works automatically as long as conditions are met.
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T positioned by AMD Phenom X4 II to replace the previous 965 is AMD's fastest processor. With a lower speed of 200 MHz, armed with two extra core and TurboCore, Phenom II X6 1090T superior Phenom X4 II, making it not run out of ammunition when it must act in the field. Meanwhile, other technical specifications are no different, with 3 MB L2 cache (the size of core / core 512 KB) and 6 MB of L3 cache shared the six core.
It feels incomplete if it does not try how far the ability Phenom II X6 1090T to run at speeds above the standard. The processor is included in this variant Black Edition 3.7 GHz speed achieved (18.5 × 200 MHz) from the default 3.2 GHz with default cooling without increasing the processor voltage. In doing this we disable overclock TurboCore and Cool N 'Quiet.



  

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President of American Car

Barack Obama's presidential car which has been waiting observers of the automotive world, finally premiering on inauguration day Tuesday, January 20, 2009.
It is the Cadillac One, the product of General Motors (GM) Cadillac specially designed to protect the United States number one in his official daily activities.
Limousine commonly called The Beast has a special specification like war tanks to protect the life of Obama. Although the U.S. Secret Service did not initially launch Cadillac One detail to the public for security reasons, but eventually opened to the public.

ChassisArmed with the framework of medium-sized trucks and reinforced with Kevlar and 5-inch-thick metal under the car bomb and grenade-resistant.
BodyThe combination of exterior Cadillac STS and DTS. Made of hardened steel, titanium, aluminum and painted ceramics to withstand the attack of metal piercing bullets.

3 New Japanese Cars Most Awaited

1. HONDA CR-Z 2009

After showing off the concept version at the Tokyo auto exhibition 23 October to 4 November 2009 and, finally Honda Motor Co. Ltd. to market Honda Compact Renaissance Zero, or CR-Z in February specifically for the Japanese market.
Honda CR-Z After that Honda will be bringing it to the European variant and America in the second half of 2010.
Brochures and advertising in virtual worlds such as Honda called Motorauthority explained, the car will use gasoline engine 1,500 cc four-cylinder engine capable of spraying power up to 114 horsepower at 6,000 rpm.
While the maximum torque, 145 Newtonmeter (Nm) at 4.800rpm.
Conventional engine is coupled with electric motor technology typical Honda - Honda's Integrated Motor Assist (IMA), which generate power to 13.5 horsepower. Honda hybrid sports variant is equipped system with six-speed manual transmission.
But Honda also offers a choice of automatic transmission technology with continuously variable transmission (CVT), a six-speed. With the technology that it move smoother acceleration level and barely felt.
This car is referred to as the embodiment of Honda's commitment to the environment, as well as Honda's efforts to meet market demand, as it is called Takanobu Ito, Honda's chief executive in July 2009.
"This plan (producing variants of hybrid-red) was conducted as part of Honda's new direction change in order to meet the demand for hybrid cars continue to rise," I Ito at the time.
But unfortunately, until now no official information how the car was priced.

Hybrid Cars Advantages

Hybrid Cars excellence. Metadata information about hybrid car advantages. Today the world has launched a green revolution in which everything that has the potential to cause air pollution as much as possible to be changed. As in the automotive field, are now busy implementing hybrid technology in cars at the latest. Actually, what the benefits and advantages of these hybrid cars?

Hybrid car is a combination of two systems that work on a conventional car and a system that works on electric cars. Conventional cars rely on energy sources of fuel, like gasoline, diesel, or gas to move. Utilization of the internal combustion engine, energy from the combustion of fuel used and converted into motion, which can propel the car. Although in general showed a good performance with low prices, a conventional car exhaust emissions and creates high pollution and continue to spend a lot of natural resources.
While electric cars do not need anything from burning. Electricity is converted into power through electric motors, to propel the car. Although these electric-powered cars environmentally friendly, no noise and have good acceleration, he takes charge and proper infrastructure.
With incomplete infrastructure of electric cars it is still a lot of experience obstacles if it will be mass produced. This makes the electric-powered cars would be impractical.
"Car Hybrid" uses a combination of electric cars and conventional cars that use combustion in the engine, by maximizing the strengths of both of these resources in addition to co-exist shortcomings, the result is the efficiency of fuel consumption with outstanding performance can be obtained.

Source: http://www.duniabengkel.com 

Latest Game 2010 - Game War 2010

Latest game 2010 - 2010 War Game
Who does not like the same game.! As we know, one of the activities for eliminating boredom is to play games. Ranging from games on your mobile phone, PC or Laptop, Playstation, PSP, Nintendo Wii, XBox and many other options, and theme also vary.
Maybe in the year 2010, will be in a better and more crazy for the gamer, various types of new games ready for release in 2010. Therefore this time I will present some new games 2010 type war games. starting from the playstation 3, PSP, PC, XBox, Nintendo Wii etc.
Below is the latest game in 2010 war game, which definitely full of surprises and new adventures, you definitely want to try playing. Immediately wrote you looking for.
"20 New Game 2010 - Game War 2010"