The Wonder of Ijen Crater

One of the wonders of the world and humans as well as a warning to the magnitude of the God power, a crater containing a threat to the residents around Mount Ijen, because the Ijen crater is a crater lake is an acidic fluid with a pH below 1, which is located at the top of Ijen Mount in East Java. Ijen has a height of 2368 meters above sea level with a depth of 200 meters of the lake and crater area reached 5466 hectares. Ijen Crater is within the Nature Reserve Park of Ijen, Bondowoso regency, East Java. It is said that water in the crater there are more than 2.5 million m3.

Ijen crater within the crater are acidic because of magma derived from earth excrete substances chlorine and fluorine, and sulfur, which when dissolved in water will be acidic. Due to the acidic nature of this Ijen crater, then the overflow of water from this lake that flows into the river there is absolutely no micro-organism that is resistant to the acidity of the water, even the plants around it, too dry.

Mount Ijen Crater (or commonly abbreviated to Ijen Crater) is one of the active volcano in East Java. This mountain is part of the National Park Alas Purwo, the national park located in the District of Banyuwangi, East Java. However, administratively, Ijen Crater is divided into two districts, namely District Bondowoso and Banyuwangi, East Java.

In addition to pH and the threat of toxic gas that can come out at any time from the belly of the mountain, Mount Ijen mountain also produces sulfur or sulfur which is often in the mines by local communities as their livelihoods.

Gong Xi Fa Cai on Dragon Year

Gong Xi Fa Cai on dragon year is happening this year 2012, all of chinese tribes really bussy on this day preparing of Chinese new year that do on January 23, 2012. On every shops, restaurant, and on the streets many blessing word of Gong Xi Fa Cai, the special tradition to enter imlek new year. As the traditional Tionghoa, this year is 2.653 years old. Every year on chinese have name and this year is called as the year of water dragon, that is merged after 60 years at once.

Every year have symbol by the animal, zodiac shio to represent of year, month and time. Basically 12 kind of animals is draw about 12 branches of earth and 10 year branches as planets in the universe. Then all shio is combine with nature elements like steel, water, wood, soil, and fire that form a 60 years period.

In Indonesia shio has Hokkian dialek use, named Sheshio. The twelve shio included such as rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, chicken, dog, and pig.

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Rupiah Currencies Strengthens Again

Rupiah against the U.S. dollar on a weekend morning, continuing to strengthen despite thin by 10 points. This strengthening of the crisis triggered by the presence of repair in Europe crisis and the euphoric rise in investment grade Indonesia.

Exchange rate of rupiah in Jakarta interbank on Friday morning rose 10 points to move into position Rp8.950 compared to the previous Rp8.960 per U.S. dollar.
Managing Research Indosurya Asset, Reza Priyambada on Friday said the movement of the rupiah against the U.S. dollar regained some strength triggered by the strengthening of the euro currency.

Strengthening the euro currency in line with the optimism of market players on the raising of the bailout for Europe to improve its debt crisis by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to one trillion dollars.

On the other hand, the appreciation of the euro against the U.S. dollar was also supported by positive results of the German bond auction and Portugal.

While the internal side, Reza said, the strengthening of the rupiah driven by market participants who still euphoria to increase Indonesia's debt rating to a level of "investment grade" from Moody's Investors Service.