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Asian Games: Sun Yang, Jordan Clarkson and other world-class athletes help Indonesia stage the best Games ever
The big names showed a genuine love for the two-week sporting gala, giving the Asian Games a massive credibility shot
PUBLISHED : Sunday, 02 September, 2018, 10:02am
UPDATED : Monday, 03 September, 2018, 8:27pm
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Chinese swimmer Sun Yang showed on a number of occasions that he cared about the Asian Games. The first was when he insisted on repeating the medal ceremony for the men’s 200 metres freestyle after the flags suddenly collapsed to the floor while the China national anthem played.
Later that week, he responded to a call to swim in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay – a race not on his schedule – despite receiving treatment on a troublesome back until 2am the previous night.
And then there was his tearful embrace with a mainland reporter after he won the men’s 1,500m freestyle for his fourth individual gold medal in Jakarta.
Filipino-American Jordan Clarkson also showed he cared. The Cleveland Cavaliers star pleaded with the NBA to allow him to represent the Philippines at the Asian Games basketball competition.
He scored 20 plus points in each game he played in Jakarta and, during their defeat by South Korea in the quarter-finals, he showed his frustration several times as his side failed to make the most of their chances.
Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian cared. Tottenham Hotspur footballer Son Heung-min, of South Korea, cared. Japan’s badminton sensation Kento Momota, Singapore butterfly ace Joseph Schooling, Malaysia’s squash queen Nicol David, China women’s volleyball linchpin Zhu Ting and, of course, Hong Kong’s cycling star Sarah Lee Wai-sze – they all cared.
And it is because those big names – along with 10,000 athletes from nations and territories whose stories of sacrifice and tears we may never know – cared that the Asian Games was given a massive shot of credibility.
With hosts Indonesia putting on a world-class show – yes, there were some logistical and communication issues but nothing you will not find at any Olympics or major games – the Asian Games has truly emerged as the second greatest multisport event in the world. Not only in terms of number of participants but also in the quality of athletes and organisational ability.
The Asian Games needs its world-class stars to care and they all came out to play in numbers never seen before and helped strengthen the integrity and status of the Jakarta extravaganza.
From a sporting point of view, the Asian Games is a viable arena for the top stars from China, Japan and South Korea and other countries to test each other ahead of the Olympics that follow two years on.
For athletes such as Sun, the Jakarta Games was more than preparation for Tokyo 2020. He felt he had unfinished business, such as winning a first Asian Games 800m freestyle title – which he did while adding the 1,500m, 200m and 400m golds to his collection, giving him a career nine in total.
For Korea’s Son, it was about helping his team to gold so he could be exempted from compulsory two years service in the South Korea military.
Women’s squash individual gold medallist David wanted to prove she still had the ability to play at the top level after a decade of dominating the professional circuit like no other player had done before.
Each world-class athlete taking part in the Games had their own reasons for wanting to succeed. And if that wasn’t incentive enough, then the staggering and inspiring opening ceremony on August 18 that Jakarta put on would surely have strengthened their resolve and convinced them that they were about to perform in a special place.
The ceremony set the tone for the Games. From the giant, picture-perfect mountain and waterfall backdrop installed inside the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium to the dramatic entrance by Indonesian President Jokowi – via a Thai stuntman on a motorcycle – Jakarta raised the bar in how to open a major games. Tokyo and Hangzhou, in four years, will need to summon the world’s best creative and artistic minds if they want to beat Jakarta 2018.
Despite worries about air pollution, traffic and the fact that Indonesia only had three years to put the Games together, the two cities of Jakarta and Palembang can be proud of their work.
Before the Games, they called for volunteers. More than 50,000 applied and 30,000 were chosen. These are young men and women who sweated under a burning sun – there did not appear to be any rain during the two weeks – answered questions, gave directions, organised buses and ate out of cardboard boxes since long before the Games officially opened.
There were times when they did not know the answers, when they gave wrong information, but that happens at all the major events. These volunteers in Indonesia were among the best ever and have played a major role in the success of the Games.
All because they, like Sun Yang, Jordan Clarkson, Son Heung-min, Su Bingtian and their ilk, cared about the Asian Games. Thanks Jakarta, you would be a worthy Olympic candidate city.
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Long-Hidden “Pyramid” Found in Indonesia Was Likely an Ancient Temple
Tuesday, 18 December 2018
The structure has potentially been used as a place of worship for thousands of years. With pieces that could be 28,000 years old, the structure at Gunung Padang could be the earliest pyramid that's still standing today.
Scientists presented evidence of the remarkable construction Dec. 12 here at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
Located atop Mount Padang in West Java, the structure is topped by an archaeological site that was discovered in the early 19th century and holds rows of ancient stone pillars. But the sloping “hill" underneath isn’t part of the natural, rocky landscape; it was crafted by human hands, scientists discovered.
“What is previously seen as just surface building, it’s going down—and it’s a huge structure,” said Andang Bachtiar, an independent geologist from Indonesia who supervised core drilling and soil analysis for the project.
Though the buried structure may superficially resemble a pyramid, it differs from similar pyramids built by the Mayans, Danny Hilman Natawidjaja, lead project researcher and a senior scientist with the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, told Live Science. While Mayan pyramids tend to be symmetrical, this structure is elongated.
Artist's impression of Gunung Padang as it would have looked in antiquity by and courtesy of architect Pon S Purajatnika.
“It’s a unique temple,” Natawidjaja said.
He and his colleagues suspected that the exposed megalith might be more than it appeared, because some partly exposed features in the existing archaeological site didn’t quite match the standing stones. The “peculiar” shape of the hill also stood out from the landscape, he said.
“It’s not like the surrounding topography, which is very much eroded. This looks very young. It looked artificial to us,” Natawidjaja explained.
Using an array of techniques to peer underground—including ground-penetrating radar surveys, X-ray tomography, 2D and 3D imaging, core drilling, and excavations—the researchers gradually uncovered several layers of a sizable structure. It spread over an area of around 15 hectares (150,000 square meters) and had been built up over millennia, with layers representing different periods.
Diagrams of the structure that were created by researchers indicate that there are four of these layers that may have been built on top of each other. Preliminary radiocarbon dating suggests that the first outside layer of Gunung Padang might be 3,500 years old, the second layer approximately 8,000 years old, and the third somewhere between 9,500 to 28,000 years old.
At the very top were pillars of basalt rocks framing step terraces, with other arrangements of rock columns “forming walls, paths and spaces,” the scientists reported at AGU. They estimated this layer to be about 3,000 to 3,500 years old.
Underneath the surface, to a depth of about 10 feet (3 m), was a second layer of similar rock columns, thought to be 7,500 to 8,300 years old. And a third layer, extending 49 feet (15 m) below the surface, is more than 9,000 years old; it could even date to 28,000 years ago, according to the researchers. Their surveys also detected multiple chambers underground, Natawidjaja added.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/...nd-in-indonesia-was-likely-an-ancient-temple/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/gunung-padang
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Tuesday, 18 December 2018
The structure has potentially been used as a place of worship for thousands of years. With pieces that could be 28,000 years old, the structure at Gunung Padang could be the earliest pyramid that's still standing today.
Scientists presented evidence of the remarkable construction Dec. 12 here at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
Located atop Mount Padang in West Java, the structure is topped by an archaeological site that was discovered in the early 19th century and holds rows of ancient stone pillars. But the sloping “hill" underneath isn’t part of the natural, rocky landscape; it was crafted by human hands, scientists discovered.
“What is previously seen as just surface building, it’s going down—and it’s a huge structure,” said Andang Bachtiar, an independent geologist from Indonesia who supervised core drilling and soil analysis for the project.
Though the buried structure may superficially resemble a pyramid, it differs from similar pyramids built by the Mayans, Danny Hilman Natawidjaja, lead project researcher and a senior scientist with the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, told Live Science. While Mayan pyramids tend to be symmetrical, this structure is elongated.
Artist's impression of Gunung Padang as it would have looked in antiquity by and courtesy of architect Pon S Purajatnika.
“It’s a unique temple,” Natawidjaja said.
He and his colleagues suspected that the exposed megalith might be more than it appeared, because some partly exposed features in the existing archaeological site didn’t quite match the standing stones. The “peculiar” shape of the hill also stood out from the landscape, he said.
“It’s not like the surrounding topography, which is very much eroded. This looks very young. It looked artificial to us,” Natawidjaja explained.
Using an array of techniques to peer underground—including ground-penetrating radar surveys, X-ray tomography, 2D and 3D imaging, core drilling, and excavations—the researchers gradually uncovered several layers of a sizable structure. It spread over an area of around 15 hectares (150,000 square meters) and had been built up over millennia, with layers representing different periods.
Diagrams of the structure that were created by researchers indicate that there are four of these layers that may have been built on top of each other. Preliminary radiocarbon dating suggests that the first outside layer of Gunung Padang might be 3,500 years old, the second layer approximately 8,000 years old, and the third somewhere between 9,500 to 28,000 years old.
At the very top were pillars of basalt rocks framing step terraces, with other arrangements of rock columns “forming walls, paths and spaces,” the scientists reported at AGU. They estimated this layer to be about 3,000 to 3,500 years old.
Underneath the surface, to a depth of about 10 feet (3 m), was a second layer of similar rock columns, thought to be 7,500 to 8,300 years old. And a third layer, extending 49 feet (15 m) below the surface, is more than 9,000 years old; it could even date to 28,000 years ago, according to the researchers. Their surveys also detected multiple chambers underground, Natawidjaja added.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/...nd-in-indonesia-was-likely-an-ancient-temple/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/gunung-padang
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WHICH IS THE WORLD'S MOST GENEROUS COUNTRY?
Indonesia’s income lags behind that of many other countries, but its magnanimity doesn’t.
The leaders of RW 03 Tugu Utara, a community group in North Jakarta known by its address, have spent many nights surrounded by piles of coins and boxes of instant noodles. Sorting cash and securing bags of rice are endless tasks in Indonesia, which sits along the Pacific Rim and is regularly hit by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
When tragedy strikes, Indonesia swings into action. Despite its gross domestic product per capita ranking 127th in the world — and the fact that 1 in 10 people there still lived below the poverty line as of 2017 — the country has earned a reputation for giving. In fact, according to the 2018 World Giving Index, which tracks how many people donate money, volunteer their time or help out strangers in need …
Myanmar’s drop has been sharp. It’s been ranked No. 1 since 2014, but fell to seventh in the 2018 index, most dramatically on volunteering — which dropped from 51 percent to 34 percent. CAF analysis suggests that Myanmar’s increasingly tumultuous political situation, particularly the Rohingya crisis that peaked during the 2018 index, has likely made people “less willing or less able to give.”
But it’s the response of Indonesia to events like the Rohingya crisis that have seen it reach the top. Many of Indonesia’s 225 million Muslims donated emergency-aid funds to drives run by mosques and local Islamic community groups in one of the country’s largest-ever demonstrations of a close-held belief that the Muslim world must help its own. But it would be facile to assume religion is the main driver behind Indonesia’s willingness to donate cash and volunteer time.
“Satu Indonesia,” says Josuwa Ramos, who leads fundraising initiatives for RW 03 Tugu Utara. The phrase means “One Indonesia” and underpins the belief that Indonesia is “one family,” he explains. He has been busy these past 12 months with a string of devastating natural disasters killing thousands and upending the day-to-day operations of whole provinces across the archipelago. Knocking on doors or car windows in the city’s notoriously clogged streets has allowed the group to raise hundreds of dollars for necessities, from fresh water to women’s sanitary products.
Ramos and his colleagues Imam and Nanang — who both go by one name — are surprised to learn Indonesia is a world leader when it comes to generosity. It’s just what you do, they say. They are quick to debunk persistent assumptions explaining Indonesia’s ranking. “It’s not about religion,” Ramos says. Indonesia is highly religious, with all citizens required to identify as one of five recognized religions. The top four — Islam, Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism — all require adherents to make donations in some form.
“Zakat is different,” Ramos says of the Islamic practice of donating money during the holy month of Ramadan. “That’s only for the holy month, but we donate for everything. We’re Muslims, but we raise money for poor Christians in the community for Christmas. For disasters, we don’t care what religion they are.” It’s an important rebuttal in a country where religious intolerance has recently been in the headlines.
Lack of trust in public institutions is also commonly cited as an incentive for Indonesians to take matters into their own wallets, though Indonesia routinely scores relatively high on surveys of confidence in government — as in a 2017 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development survey in which 80 percent of Indonesians said they trust their government, a higher proportion than reported by any other nation. Government response to national disasters has been in the international crosshairs following the Lombok and Sulawesi disasters last year. But for RW 03 Tugu Utara — and the hundreds of micro-organizations like it — government agencies are also vital.
Ramos’ group tried to make a trip to Sukabumi, West Java, after its recent deadly earthquake and subsequent landslides — but, he says, the roads were too bad, so they left their supplies with local responders. The archipelago’s sheer size along with logistics issues in the immediate aftermath of disasters means funds collected from the local community will be directly given to government-approved agencies or reputable Indonesian charities.
With the national disaster agency already warning that 2019 will be a bumper year for disasters, donation drives can seem like endless work for the network — but that is no reason to slow down. “Satu Indonesia. One family,” Imam says solemnly.
https://www.ozy.com/acumen/which-is...ry/92175?utm_source=quora&utm_medium=referral
WHICH IS THE WORLD'S MOST GENEROUS COUNTRY?
Indonesia’s income lags behind that of many other countries, but its magnanimity doesn’t.
The leaders of RW 03 Tugu Utara, a community group in North Jakarta known by its address, have spent many nights surrounded by piles of coins and boxes of instant noodles. Sorting cash and securing bags of rice are endless tasks in Indonesia, which sits along the Pacific Rim and is regularly hit by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
When tragedy strikes, Indonesia swings into action. Despite its gross domestic product per capita ranking 127th in the world — and the fact that 1 in 10 people there still lived below the poverty line as of 2017 — the country has earned a reputation for giving. In fact, according to the 2018 World Giving Index, which tracks how many people donate money, volunteer their time or help out strangers in need …
INDONESIA IS THE MOST GENEROUS COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
In 2010, when the first World Giving Index was published, Indonesia ranked just 50th. But last year, 205 million Indonesians, or 78 percent of the country, say they donated money. The country’s score was five points above its five-year average between 2014 and 2018, according to George Young, senior media relations officer for the Charities Aid Foundation, which produces the index. That puts Indonesia in a league of other fast-growing givers, like Kenya, Australia and Singapore — the last of which has a far higher GDP per capita than Indonesia and still ranks at only 30. “[Indonesia] has been performing near the top for some time, while doing slightly better this year … and benefiting from Myanmar’s considerable drop in the rankings,” Young says.
Myanmar’s drop has been sharp. It’s been ranked No. 1 since 2014, but fell to seventh in the 2018 index, most dramatically on volunteering — which dropped from 51 percent to 34 percent. CAF analysis suggests that Myanmar’s increasingly tumultuous political situation, particularly the Rohingya crisis that peaked during the 2018 index, has likely made people “less willing or less able to give.”
But it’s the response of Indonesia to events like the Rohingya crisis that have seen it reach the top. Many of Indonesia’s 225 million Muslims donated emergency-aid funds to drives run by mosques and local Islamic community groups in one of the country’s largest-ever demonstrations of a close-held belief that the Muslim world must help its own. But it would be facile to assume religion is the main driver behind Indonesia’s willingness to donate cash and volunteer time.
“Satu Indonesia,” says Josuwa Ramos, who leads fundraising initiatives for RW 03 Tugu Utara. The phrase means “One Indonesia” and underpins the belief that Indonesia is “one family,” he explains. He has been busy these past 12 months with a string of devastating natural disasters killing thousands and upending the day-to-day operations of whole provinces across the archipelago. Knocking on doors or car windows in the city’s notoriously clogged streets has allowed the group to raise hundreds of dollars for necessities, from fresh water to women’s sanitary products.
Ramos and his colleagues Imam and Nanang — who both go by one name — are surprised to learn Indonesia is a world leader when it comes to generosity. It’s just what you do, they say. They are quick to debunk persistent assumptions explaining Indonesia’s ranking. “It’s not about religion,” Ramos says. Indonesia is highly religious, with all citizens required to identify as one of five recognized religions. The top four — Islam, Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism — all require adherents to make donations in some form.
“Zakat is different,” Ramos says of the Islamic practice of donating money during the holy month of Ramadan. “That’s only for the holy month, but we donate for everything. We’re Muslims, but we raise money for poor Christians in the community for Christmas. For disasters, we don’t care what religion they are.” It’s an important rebuttal in a country where religious intolerance has recently been in the headlines.
Lack of trust in public institutions is also commonly cited as an incentive for Indonesians to take matters into their own wallets, though Indonesia routinely scores relatively high on surveys of confidence in government — as in a 2017 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development survey in which 80 percent of Indonesians said they trust their government, a higher proportion than reported by any other nation. Government response to national disasters has been in the international crosshairs following the Lombok and Sulawesi disasters last year. But for RW 03 Tugu Utara — and the hundreds of micro-organizations like it — government agencies are also vital.
Ramos’ group tried to make a trip to Sukabumi, West Java, after its recent deadly earthquake and subsequent landslides — but, he says, the roads were too bad, so they left their supplies with local responders. The archipelago’s sheer size along with logistics issues in the immediate aftermath of disasters means funds collected from the local community will be directly given to government-approved agencies or reputable Indonesian charities.
With the national disaster agency already warning that 2019 will be a bumper year for disasters, donation drives can seem like endless work for the network — but that is no reason to slow down. “Satu Indonesia. One family,” Imam says solemnly.
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And who will read that publication? Not to mention the article choice of pictorial doesn't help either 
Try to floor that particular subject in any internet forum and I'll guarantee the majority of the non Indonesian posters will shun you.
In case you were wondering of the data collecting methodology, here is the source material of that article ;
https://www.cafonline.org/docs/defa...s/caf_wgi2018_report_webnopw_2379a_261018.pdf
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And who will read that publication? Not to mention the article choice of pictorial doesn't help either
Try to floor that particular subject in any internet forum and I'll guarantee the majority of the non Indonesian posters will shun you.
Thank goodness that I have no intention of sharing it to non-indonesians on internet forums, where everyone seems to have a opinion on everything. While the article itself is a web article, doesn't mean that the only people who read it are netizens or keyboard warriors.
I'm sharing this since there have been multiple articles that have discussed the results of the research, and that to those without strong opinions on Indonesia that happen to stumble on it, this is a positive. Oh and btw, for every Indonesia-hater there is probably dozens of Indonesia-neutrals, or Indonesia-know-nothings.
Finally, this thread is called "Indonesia 1001", its feelgood articles for us Indonesians.
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It's more about the social hierarchy of the web forum and social medias, of which I had elaborate about it here ;
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/indonesia-defence-forum.229571/page-1404#post-11143317
If you try to do search using keyword "Indonesia" even in this very forum you can always see how many of those (not sure what the proper term) "systematic trolling & propaganda" being spread around with the typical buzzword being genocide, religion, and deforestation.
Feelgood rarely has anything to do with reality or day to day facts of life. For example there is still no stranger who were willing to footing the bill of my typical daily expenditure (which is not that much)
My typical basic daily expenditure :- Breakfast (around Rp 10k)
- Lunch (around Rp 20k)
- Dinner (around Rp 20k)
- Cigarettes (around Rp 30k)
- Others (usually jamu or other beverages Rp 10)
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So... your point? Are you saying that since there is disinformation being spread, a single positive article is meaningless? Thats cynical and needlessly negative, especially since you're throwing it at fellow Indonesian posters.
When I see a positive article about Indonesia by a foreign news article, I'm happy and grateful not negative and complaining about "Hah! That's just one article out of many!" "No one reads these types of articles!". That doesn't make the situation better.
Who reads the Anti-Indonesian Guardian? Secular Liberal Progressives. I.e, people we don't care about anyway.
Who reads the Anti-Indonesian Sunday Paper? Australian Nationalists. I.e, people who already distrust Indonesia.
But who reads Bloomberg? Businessmen, the wealthy, investors, executives.
What have been it's latest articles on Indonesia?
"Indonesia's Economy Shows Resilience as GDP Beats Forecasts"
"Funds Are Getting Bullish About Indonesian Stocks"
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In Asia High-Yield Battle, Indonesia Grabs Upper Hand Over India"
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Indonesia Sees $1.6 Billion Windfall From Halal Labeling Rule"
Its message to the world: "Indonesia is the place to invest in! Good returns, market reforms, and resilience!"
Funny how despite the so called "disinformation propaganda" Indonesia's tourism income has been growing 2x the national economy rate, we are currently once again serving in the UN security council, and our currency has rebounded with excellent stock market performance compared to regional average.
Online articles aren't everything to a nation's reputation. Stop obsessing about them, it isn't healthy and is frankly annoying.
Feelgood rarely has anything to do with reality or day to day facts of life. For example there is still no stranger who were willing to footing the bill of my typical daily expenditure (which is not that much)
As you can see it's not much, and yet there hasn't any stranger who offer for footing the bill of a single day
- Breakfast (around Rp 10k)
- Lunch (around Rp 20k)
- Dinner (around Rp 20k)
- Cigarettes (around Rp 30k)
- Others (usually jamu or other beverages Rp 10)
Well... I feel sorry if that's your life experience, I've been helped multiple times by Indonesian strangers, relatives, and friends. Not always using money, but sometimes it is. I've also donated time & money to both people I'm related to or to others. But that doesn't matter: A single data point does not invalidate a statistic.
Here's the thing about statistics: they are not universal, they are the common norm, the average. Just because you don't feel it doesn't mean that the statistic is fake.
Example: In 2018, average GDP per Capita in Indonesia went up by 7%
But because you made a bad decision and invested in Cryptocurrencies just before they crashed. You end up poorer than in 2017. Does that mean the statistic is fake? No it just means that you are of the below average percentile in the statistic.
So, well, a singular experience does not mean anything. After all, a statistic is the result of many surveyed experiences. I'm honestly not sure if you're just using your posts as an excuse to complain about your life or if you're genuine since your arguments make no sense.
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World's largest bee, missing for 38 years, found alive in Indonesia
Tuesday, 26/02/2019
Biologists discover single female Wallace’s giant bee inside a termites’ nest in a tree
The bee (full name Megachile pluto) also known as "Flying Bulldog", which lives in the Indonesian island region of North Moluccas, makes its nest in termite mounds, using its large fang-like mandibles to collect sticky resin to protect its home from the termites. (Australian Academy of Science/Twitter)
As long as an adult thumb, with jaws like a stag beetle and four times larger than a honeybee, Wallace’s giant bee is not exactly inconspicuous.
But after going missing, feared extinct, for 38 years, the world’s largest bee has been rediscovered alive on the Indonesian islands of the North Moluccas.
A search team of North American and Australian biologists found a single female Wallace’s giant bee (Megachile pluto) living inside a termites’ nest in a tree, more than two metres off the ground.
“It was absolutely breathtaking to see this ‘flying bulldog’ of an insect that we weren’t sure existed any more,” said Clay Bolt, a specialist photographer who obtained the first images of the species alive. “To actually see how beautiful and big the species is in life, to hear the sound of its giant wings thrumming as it flew past my head, was just incredible.”
Despite its conspicuous size, no one had observed Wallace’s giant bee -- discovered in the 19th century by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace and nicknamed the “flying bulldog” -- in the wild since 1981, the Global Wildlife Conservation said.
The giant bee – the female can measure nearly 4cm in length – first became known to science in 1858 when the British explorer and naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace discovered it on the tropical Indonesian island of Bacan. He described the female bee as “a large, black wasp-like insect, with immense jaws like a stag beetle”.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species lists the bee as “vulnerable”, meaning that while its numbers are relatively solid, the remoteness of its population makes it hard to study.
Several previous expeditions to the region where the bee lives failed to spot it.
Indonesia is home to an abundant variety of flora and fauna but there are fears for some animal and insect communities as forests being cut down for agriculture threaten many species’ natural habitat.
“I hope this rediscovery will spark future research that will give us a deeper understanding of the life history of this very unique bee and inform any future efforts to protect it from extinction,” said Eli Wyman, an entomologist at Princeton University who accompanied Bolt on the trip.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environ...t-bee-missing-for-38-years-found-in-indonesia
https://www.hindustantimes.com/worl...n-indonesia/story-LnTL7GCnW9MDFdv0eiknnJ.html
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Indonesia's 407th native frog discovered
Tuesday, 26/02/2019
A new species of frog in the genus Microhyla is described from Sumatra, Indonesia based on molecular and morphological characters. This new species was previously confused with M. achatina, a Javan endemic. This new species is diagnosable from its congeners by possessing a medium size (SVL in adult males 18.20–21.32 mm, in adult females 20.37–25.51 mm), a stout body, a nostril–eyelid length being about half of the snout length, having a single outer palmar tubercle, a tibiotarsal articulation reaching the center of the eye (when the hindlimbs are stretched and adpressed to the body), having finger and toe tips dilated, having the dorsum with medial longitudinal grooves, and excibiting a very thin and short dark stripe on the temporal region above a wider cream stripe, extending from the postorbital area to insertion of forelimb. Additionally, the new species is characterized by possessing relatively little foot webbing. Uncorrected 16S rRNA sequence divergences between the new taxon and sequences for other congeneric species available ranged from 4.8 to 15.0%.
Diagnosis. The new species is assigned to Microhyla because of having a small size (SVL < 30 mm), narrow head and mouth, tympanum hidden by skin, maxillary and vomerine teeth absent, and a reduced first finger length (Tschudi,1838, Malkmus et al.,2002). Microhyla gadjahmadai sp. nov. is diagnosable from its congeners by having a medium size (for Microhyla, SVL adult males 18.2–21.3 mm, adult females 20.4–25.5 mm), stout body, a nostril–eyelid length of half the length of the snout, a single outer palmar tubercle, the tibiotarsal articulation reaching the center of eye, finger and toe tips dilated, median longitudinal grooves on dorsum, relatively reduced toe webbing (free of webbing: one and three quarter phalanges on outer surface of second toe, three phalanges on inner and outer surface of third toe, four phalanges on inner and outer surfaces of fourth toe, and two and three quarter phalanges on inner surface of fifth toe), and a thin-short dark temporal stripe over a wider cream stripe, extending from postorbital area to insertion of forelimb.
Etymology. The specific epithet honors the military leader and hero Gadjah Mada, who in the fourteenth century unified the whole of the Nusantara (i.e., Malay Archipelago) under the Javanese rule of the Hindu Majapahit Empire.
Natural history. Microhyla gadjahmadai sp. nov. is distributed in southern Sumatra, inhabiting from primary forest, secondary forest and open area such as farming area (Bengkulu). The tadpole and advertisement call of this species are still unknown.
Range. The new species is curently known from Bengkulu (Rejang Lebong, Bengkulu Utara, and Kepahiang Regency), Lampung (Tanggamus and Lampung Tengah Regency), and South Sumatra (Muara Enim Regency and Pagar Alam City) province with elevation range from 700–1647 m a.s.l.
https://news.detik.com/berita/d-444...esia-ke-407-ditemukan-diberi-nama-gadjah-mada
http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2019/01/microhyla-gadjahmadai.html
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Tuesday, 26/02/2019
Biologists discover single female Wallace’s giant bee inside a termites’ nest in a tree
The bee (full name Megachile pluto) also known as "Flying Bulldog", which lives in the Indonesian island region of North Moluccas, makes its nest in termite mounds, using its large fang-like mandibles to collect sticky resin to protect its home from the termites. (Australian Academy of Science/Twitter)
As long as an adult thumb, with jaws like a stag beetle and four times larger than a honeybee, Wallace’s giant bee is not exactly inconspicuous.
But after going missing, feared extinct, for 38 years, the world’s largest bee has been rediscovered alive on the Indonesian islands of the North Moluccas.
A search team of North American and Australian biologists found a single female Wallace’s giant bee (Megachile pluto) living inside a termites’ nest in a tree, more than two metres off the ground.
“It was absolutely breathtaking to see this ‘flying bulldog’ of an insect that we weren’t sure existed any more,” said Clay Bolt, a specialist photographer who obtained the first images of the species alive. “To actually see how beautiful and big the species is in life, to hear the sound of its giant wings thrumming as it flew past my head, was just incredible.”
Despite its conspicuous size, no one had observed Wallace’s giant bee -- discovered in the 19th century by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace and nicknamed the “flying bulldog” -- in the wild since 1981, the Global Wildlife Conservation said.
The giant bee – the female can measure nearly 4cm in length – first became known to science in 1858 when the British explorer and naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace discovered it on the tropical Indonesian island of Bacan. He described the female bee as “a large, black wasp-like insect, with immense jaws like a stag beetle”.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species lists the bee as “vulnerable”, meaning that while its numbers are relatively solid, the remoteness of its population makes it hard to study.
Several previous expeditions to the region where the bee lives failed to spot it.
Indonesia is home to an abundant variety of flora and fauna but there are fears for some animal and insect communities as forests being cut down for agriculture threaten many species’ natural habitat.
“I hope this rediscovery will spark future research that will give us a deeper understanding of the life history of this very unique bee and inform any future efforts to protect it from extinction,” said Eli Wyman, an entomologist at Princeton University who accompanied Bolt on the trip.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environ...t-bee-missing-for-38-years-found-in-indonesia
https://www.hindustantimes.com/worl...n-indonesia/story-LnTL7GCnW9MDFdv0eiknnJ.html
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Indonesia's 407th native frog discovered
Tuesday, 26/02/2019
A new species of frog in the genus Microhyla is described from Sumatra, Indonesia based on molecular and morphological characters. This new species was previously confused with M. achatina, a Javan endemic. This new species is diagnosable from its congeners by possessing a medium size (SVL in adult males 18.20–21.32 mm, in adult females 20.37–25.51 mm), a stout body, a nostril–eyelid length being about half of the snout length, having a single outer palmar tubercle, a tibiotarsal articulation reaching the center of the eye (when the hindlimbs are stretched and adpressed to the body), having finger and toe tips dilated, having the dorsum with medial longitudinal grooves, and excibiting a very thin and short dark stripe on the temporal region above a wider cream stripe, extending from the postorbital area to insertion of forelimb. Additionally, the new species is characterized by possessing relatively little foot webbing. Uncorrected 16S rRNA sequence divergences between the new taxon and sequences for other congeneric species available ranged from 4.8 to 15.0%.
Diagnosis. The new species is assigned to Microhyla because of having a small size (SVL < 30 mm), narrow head and mouth, tympanum hidden by skin, maxillary and vomerine teeth absent, and a reduced first finger length (Tschudi,1838, Malkmus et al.,2002). Microhyla gadjahmadai sp. nov. is diagnosable from its congeners by having a medium size (for Microhyla, SVL adult males 18.2–21.3 mm, adult females 20.4–25.5 mm), stout body, a nostril–eyelid length of half the length of the snout, a single outer palmar tubercle, the tibiotarsal articulation reaching the center of eye, finger and toe tips dilated, median longitudinal grooves on dorsum, relatively reduced toe webbing (free of webbing: one and three quarter phalanges on outer surface of second toe, three phalanges on inner and outer surface of third toe, four phalanges on inner and outer surfaces of fourth toe, and two and three quarter phalanges on inner surface of fifth toe), and a thin-short dark temporal stripe over a wider cream stripe, extending from postorbital area to insertion of forelimb.
Etymology. The specific epithet honors the military leader and hero Gadjah Mada, who in the fourteenth century unified the whole of the Nusantara (i.e., Malay Archipelago) under the Javanese rule of the Hindu Majapahit Empire.
Natural history. Microhyla gadjahmadai sp. nov. is distributed in southern Sumatra, inhabiting from primary forest, secondary forest and open area such as farming area (Bengkulu). The tadpole and advertisement call of this species are still unknown.
Range. The new species is curently known from Bengkulu (Rejang Lebong, Bengkulu Utara, and Kepahiang Regency), Lampung (Tanggamus and Lampung Tengah Regency), and South Sumatra (Muara Enim Regency and Pagar Alam City) province with elevation range from 700–1647 m a.s.l.
https://news.detik.com/berita/d-444...esia-ke-407-ditemukan-diberi-nama-gadjah-mada
http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2019/01/microhyla-gadjahmadai.html
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AFF U-22 Championship 2019 Final: Second half flurry helps Indonesia pip Thailand to the trophy
Wednesday, 27/02/2019
An exciting end to an exciting tournament! The 2019 AFF U-22 Championship finally came to an end after a week full of action. In the end, Indonesia pipped the rest to the trophy, beating Thailand in the final. Here’s our report on the final of the competition.
Indonesia’s road to the AFF U-22 Championship Final was filled with obstacles. Garuda Muda had started the competition on a dull note, drawing both their opening matches. However, a 2-0 win in their final group game against Cambodia, along with a little help from elsewhere, allowed them to qualify for the semifinal.
In the penultimate stage of the competition, the Southeast Asian giants faced Vietnam, who had finished as winners of Group A. However, a moment of magic from Luthfi Kamal helped them make it to the final.
Indonesia faced Thailand in the final after the War Elephants had beaten hosts Cambodia in the semifinal themselves. The reigning champions, meanwhile, had also finished runners-up in their group, winning two and drawing one of their games.
Garuda Muda began the 2019 AFF U-22 Championship Final on the front foot and could’ve gone ahead within five minutes. However, the Thai goalkeeper on the night, Korraphat Nareechan made a stunning stop to keep the two teams level.
Indonesia threatened Thailand plenty of times in the first half but were always shunned by the defence. The War Elephants, meanwhile, looked to hit their opponents on the break but were unable to do so.
As a result, the first half ended with neither side being able to outsmart the other.
Thailand took the lead early in the second half when captain Saringkan Promsupa glanced in a delightful freekick into the back of the net. Indonesia goalkeeper Awan Setho did manage to get his hand to Saringkan’s header but was unable to keep it out.
Having gone behind, Indonesia hit back instantly. Sani Riski levelled the match for Garuda Muda after his long-range effort took a heavy deflection and crept past the goalkeeper.
However, Indonesia weren’t done yet. Within seven minutes of going behind, they took the lead with Osvaldo Haay, who headed the ball in for his first of the competition.
Garuda Muda did have Bagas Adi sent off for them late on in the match. Despite that, they held on firmly to lift the 2019 AFF U-22 Championship.
Goals and Highlights :
https://www.foxsportsasia.com/footb...ionship-2019-final-indonesia-thailand-trophy/
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Wednesday, 27/02/2019
An exciting end to an exciting tournament! The 2019 AFF U-22 Championship finally came to an end after a week full of action. In the end, Indonesia pipped the rest to the trophy, beating Thailand in the final. Here’s our report on the final of the competition.
Indonesia’s road to the AFF U-22 Championship Final was filled with obstacles. Garuda Muda had started the competition on a dull note, drawing both their opening matches. However, a 2-0 win in their final group game against Cambodia, along with a little help from elsewhere, allowed them to qualify for the semifinal.
In the penultimate stage of the competition, the Southeast Asian giants faced Vietnam, who had finished as winners of Group A. However, a moment of magic from Luthfi Kamal helped them make it to the final.
Indonesia faced Thailand in the final after the War Elephants had beaten hosts Cambodia in the semifinal themselves. The reigning champions, meanwhile, had also finished runners-up in their group, winning two and drawing one of their games.
Garuda Muda began the 2019 AFF U-22 Championship Final on the front foot and could’ve gone ahead within five minutes. However, the Thai goalkeeper on the night, Korraphat Nareechan made a stunning stop to keep the two teams level.
Indonesia threatened Thailand plenty of times in the first half but were always shunned by the defence. The War Elephants, meanwhile, looked to hit their opponents on the break but were unable to do so.
As a result, the first half ended with neither side being able to outsmart the other.
Thailand took the lead early in the second half when captain Saringkan Promsupa glanced in a delightful freekick into the back of the net. Indonesia goalkeeper Awan Setho did manage to get his hand to Saringkan’s header but was unable to keep it out.
Having gone behind, Indonesia hit back instantly. Sani Riski levelled the match for Garuda Muda after his long-range effort took a heavy deflection and crept past the goalkeeper.
However, Indonesia weren’t done yet. Within seven minutes of going behind, they took the lead with Osvaldo Haay, who headed the ball in for his first of the competition.
Garuda Muda did have Bagas Adi sent off for them late on in the match. Despite that, they held on firmly to lift the 2019 AFF U-22 Championship.
Goals and Highlights :
https://www.foxsportsasia.com/footb...ionship-2019-final-indonesia-thailand-trophy/
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World's largest bee, missing for 38 years, found alive in Indonesia
Tuesday, 26/02/2019
Biologists discover single female Wallace’s giant bee inside a termites’ nest in a tree
The bee (full name Megachile pluto) also known as "Flying Bulldog", which lives in the Indonesian island region of North Moluccas, makes its nest in termite mounds, using its large fang-like mandibles to collect sticky resin to protect its home from the termites. (Australian Academy of Science/Twitter)
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Indonesia's 407th native frog discovered
Tuesday, 26/02/2019
I'm extremely confident there are more of these new, rediscover, unknown species deep inside the jungle of Kalimantan particularly in The Heart of Borneo area, central Sulawesi region, and deep in the jungle of Papua.
However there isn't much (if any) interest in studying them directly in the field (deep in the jungle) even by Indonesia own academic community
in fact most of them are too busy either with campus politic, or anything related with money making research (corporate sponsored) Least known facts :
- There are still wild tiger population even in Java, however their habitat believe to be deep in the mountainous jungle of East Java.
- There is a large jet black colored snake (most likely constrictor) living deep inside the jungle of Kalimantan. Personally I believe this is a living fossil (I've only get a glimpse of their jet black scale before the snake swim back into the murky water.)
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