ACCORDING TO PROF SANTOS INDONESIA IS THE LOST ATLANTIS

Atlantis, The Lost Continent Finally Found, released on August 2005, is Prof. Arysio Santos' latest work. Following the same line of thought that made his homonymous website become the most popular in its category, having received more than 2.5 million visits within the past few years, he explains in this book his Theory on Atlantis, using an infinitude of arguments, which range from the strictly scientific (such as Geology, Linguistics, and Anthropology) to the more arcane and occult ones.

A professional scientist with a PhD in Nuclear Physics and Free-Docency in Physical-Chemistry, the author has dedicated himself intensely to the study of the Atlantis problem, for about 30 years now. Being the first one to ever link the catastrophic events of the end of the last Ice Age (11.600 years ago) with the world-wide traditions of the universal Flood and the destruction of Atlantis, Prof. Santos managed to find a perfect site for the location of the Lost Continent. Such site strives unrivaled as being the most logical one ever proposed, matching all the features mentioned by the Greek philosopher Plato, as well as those cited by other sources.

The reader will be confronted with strongly based evidence of all sorts to the existence of Atlantis, written by a reputed scientist, enough to shake the beliefs of the most hard-core skeptic. This book should also please the fans of the occult and symbolic disciplines, as the author frequently interconnects them with Atlantis and explains their meaning. Illustrated with over 30 line-art figures and printed in high quality white paper, Prof. Santos’ book is a must for everyone interested in the subject of Atlantis and lost civilizations.

Disasters As The Mark of The Beginning of THE REIGN OF GOD ON EARTH

By Ari Satriyo Wibowo

Kompas daily on Wednesday June 13, 2007 published news concerning disaster entitle “Bencana Landa Berbagai Negara” (Disaster Knock Over Various State).

Heatwave, landslide and floods knock over various world and killed hundreds of people. The wide-speading of disease epidemic after disaster also become attention of governments which face several disasters like India, Pakistan, Banngladesh, Australia and China.

Heatwave which attack the middle and north region of India as long as last week have killed at least 74 people. Area like Uttar Pradesh and of Rajastan is natural area of the ugly impact of dusty and hot desert wind effect.

Hottest air temperature reach 48.9 degree of Celcius happened in Gangganagar while in New Delhi the temperature is 44,9 degree of Celcius.

In the South region of Bangladesh landslide, thunder pouncing movement and floods have resulted 101 dead man.

In China reported that the victim reach 71 people and more than 640.000 people are evacuated. Hard rains fell to the region of the provinces of China like Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jianxi and of Fujian.

Later I then remembered at the revelation from God accepted by someone in Roma, Italy on September 27^th, 1970 from a book entitle After Nostradamus wrote by A. Woldben and published by Granada Publisher in London on 1975, as follow :

“The fear of great and unexpected cataclysm, which will never before have been so extensive down the centuries, will mark the beginning of the Reign of God on Earth.”

Understanding Ceremonies in Bali

By Ari Satriyo Wibowo

There are two kinds of ceremonies in Bali : Hindu and traditional. To the Balinese, cremonies are a means of communivation with God in His various manifestations. There are five religions ceremonies, to name :

Dewa-Yadnya, which is held at the community or family temples, and is designed to ask God for his blessings.

Pitra Yadnya, which is a ceremony for the benefit of the ancestral souls. When a person dies while his family. When a person dies while his family is not able yet to carry out the cremation (called Ngaben), the body is burried with the head in the direction of either the mountain or the rising sun. As soon as the means are available to hold the cremation, the boddy is dug up again.

Ngaben (cremation) derived from the words “ngaba” and “in”, meaning making offering in the form of goods and prayers. The body is cremated in a tower in the shape of a dragon or cow --- black for women and white for men in the case of the latter. The procession proceeds cheerfully. The cremation takes places at a cemetery and is led by the head of the village. The ashes are thrown into the river or the sea.

The first day of the Balinese new year is Nyepi Day. Nyepi is a part of the Buta Yadnya ceremony. At the end of the year of New Years’s Eve --- animals are sacrificed by each village in order that it will be cleansed of sin before entering the new year. Sacrificial food consisting of wines and meat, is placed on the road for the bad souls.

The Nyepi ceremony starts before sunrise and last for the next 24 hours. People abstain from four activities : turning on light or lighting fires to cook (called Mati Geni), working, traveling and have sexual relations. The purpose is to start the new year with a clean record.

Ciwa-Ratri Day is the night of holy contemplation to beg God’s forgiveness. It is held throughout the night before the moon sets in the seventh month of the year.

Saraswati Day is a day devoted to the worship of God. Its held once every 210 days, on Saturday of the Umanis Uku Watugunung denomination. On this day, it is forbidden to read the holy book.

Pagerwesi Day is the day of worship of Sang Hyang Widhi (God) in His manifestation ata Sang Hyang Pramesti Guru performing yoga.

Galungan Day is a day of worship and thanksgiving because the universe and its contents have been created by Sang Hyang Widhi.

Kuningan take place 10 days after Galungan. It is held to welcome the return of Sang Pitare

Melelasti is a ceremony in which temple paraphernalia are cleansed in the sea. This ceremony are held by each family.

Can-Am Spyder Roadster : New Three Wheeled Motorcycle

By Ari Satriyo Wibowo

Is it the new modern “becak motor” from Medan or the next snowmobile – or the next Segway? Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) , based in Quebec, Canada, has spend US$ 195 million over 11 years developing the 2008 Can Am Spyder Roadster, a tree-wheeled motor vehicle. When it goes on sale later this year the US$15,000 Spyder will be aimed at baby-boomer who like the idea of riding al fresco but do not feel comfortable on a two wheeler, says Jose Boisjoli, BRP’s boss.

This three-wheel vehicle, with two wheels in the front and one in the rear, offers a completely new and stunning look. Powered by a proven 990cc V Twin engine designed and manufactured by BRP-Rotax, Spyder roadster, with its unique Y-architecture, can be described as part motorcycle and part convertible sports car. Later this year twelve selected American states and four Canadian provinces will offer Can-Am Spyder roadsters through BRP's existing dealer network, followed by France and Spain in early 2008. BRP will then expand its Can-Am Spyder offer to more North American states, Canadian provinces, Europe and other countries, and expects to be present worldwide within three to four years.

"Our Can-Am Spyder roadster is the next dimension in open-road riding. A true paradigm shift, the Spyder roadster offers a balance of performance and peace of mind with features like the Vehicle Stability System (VSS), engineered in conjunction with Bosch†, which includes anti-lock brakes, traction control and stability control systems," said José Boisjoli, president and CEO, BRP.

BRP's reputation was built on its ability to innovate and design products for powersports enthusiasts. After more than five years of research, the Can-Am Spyder roadster is now delivering on the company's promise to offer a complete line of recreational motorized products in four segments: on snow, on water, as well as both off and on road.

While confirming that the Can-Am Spyder roadsters would be assembled in Valcourt, Boisjoli added: "This is a historic event for BRP, particularly for our Valcourt and Austrian employees, as it confirms the strategic role of BRP's Québec manufacturing facilities for assembling complex and sophisticated vehicles, and BRP-Rotax's leadership in engine development. With Can-Am Spyder, we are redefining the roadster category by bringing the powersports experience to the road through this new generation of vehicles. BRP is entering a new era that will provide growth opportunities for our company worldwide and potentially create new jobs,'' he concluded.

Plans are to start manufacturing units by fall 2007 with a progressive ramp-up of the production over the next three years to meet market demand.

"This event also marks BRP's first truly global launch," said Chris Dawson, vice-president, Strategic planning & Head of Can-Am Spyder Program. "In 2007, BRP will deploy the first phase of its go-to-market strategy: twelve selected American states and four Canadian provinces will offer Can-Am Spyder roadsters through BRP's existing dealer network, followed by France and Spain in early 2008. In its second phase, BRP will expand its Can-Am Spyder offer to more North American states, Canadian provinces, Europe and other countries, and expects to be present worldwide within three to four years," he concluded.

FUTURE LEADER OF INDONESIA WILL BE COMING FROM BUSINESS WORLD

By Ari Satriyo Wibowo

There is an interesting research result which posted by Kompas daily on Wednesday, 6 June 2007. The title of article is “ Gerak Zaman dan Pasang Surut Kepemimpinan “ (Move Epoch and the Rise and Fall of Leadership) that make a prediction that the future leader of Indonesia in the year 2020s will be coming from entrepreneur or business world.The research conducted by Anies Baswedan, Director Research of The Indonesian Institute.

If leader of year 1940- 1960 coming from intellectual circle as a result of modern education recruitment of the year 1900-1930. Whereas leader of year 1970-1980 coming from recruited military circle who struggle in the physical independence war of year 1940-1950. While leader of year 1990-2000 coming from political activist circle which recruited by political mass or political organization.

With above condition, Anies predicts that candidate of the future leader is youngster which in this time have an averages ages to 30s and reside in commercial region. Mostly have activist backgrounds and have intellectual bases and still hidden from public and also is not coming from the empire of business which has establish today.

LAUNCHING OF "18 JURUS SAKTI DEWA MABUK MEMBANGUN BISNIS" BOOK

By Ari Satriyo Wibowo

Situated in Cilantro Bistro & Lounge at Wisma BNI 46 level 46 on Tuesday, May 29th, 2007 from 11.30 am to 14.00 pm the first business book in Indonesia with Kungfu storytelling style has been launched. Jakob Oetama, Chairman of Kompas Gramedia Group, opened with his beautiful keynote speech. Followed by comments from Gus Dus "another Drunken Master from politics area" and A.B. Susanto, a management consultant.

WILL AL GORE RUN FOR 2008 PRESIDENCY? I HOPE SO

By Ari Satriyo Wibowo

As a person who become the victim of "the butterfly effect" like Al Gore, I am very proud of him. Until now, he have enjoyed his job as senior adviser at Google, board directors member of Apple Inc and "Global Warming Lectures" as you have seen on "An Incovenienth Truth" movie. I still have a dream that he would lead USA more better than Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton. Although he said,"I have fallen out of love with politics."

Time magazine wrote about him on May 25, 2007 edition under the title " The Last Temptation of Al Gore". Here is the excerpt of the article :

Let's say you were dreaming up the perfect stealth candidate for 2008, a Democrat who could step into the presidential race when the party confronts its inevitable doubts about the front-runners. You would want a candidate with the grassroots appeal of Barack Obama—someone with a message that transcends politics, someone who spoke out loud and clear and early against the war in Iraq. But you would also want a candidate with the operational toughness of Hillary Clinton—someone with experience and credibility on the world stage.

In other words, you would want someone like Al Gore—the improbably charismatic, Academy Award–winning, Nobel Prize–nominated environmental prophet with an army of followers and huge reserves of political and cultural capital at his command. There's only one problem. The former Vice President just doesn't seem interested. He says he has "fallen out of love with politics," which is shorthand for both his general disgust with the process and the pain he still feels over the hard blow of the 2000 election, when he became only the fourth man in U.S. history to win the popular vote but lose a presidential election. In the face of wrenching disappointment, he showed enormous discipline—waking up every day knowing he came so close, believing the Supreme Court was dead wrong to shut down the Florida recount but never talking about it publicly because he didn't want Americans to lose faith in their system. That changes a man forever.

It changed Gore for the better. He dedicated himself to a larger cause, doing everything in his power to sound the alarm about the climate crisis, and that decision helped transform the way Americans think about global warming and carried Gore to a new state of grace. So now the question becomes, How will he choose to spend all the capital he has accumulated? No wonder friends, party elders, moneymen and green leaders are still trying to talk him into running. "We have dug ourselves into a 20-ft. hole, and we need somebody who knows how to build a ladder. Al's the guy," says Steve Jobs of Apple. "Like many others, I have tried my best to convince him. So far, no luck."

"It happens all the time," says Tipper Gore. "Everybody wants to take him for a walk in the woods. He won't go. He's not doing it!" But even Tipper—so happy and relieved to see her husband freed up after 30 years in politics—knows better than to say never: "If the feeling came over him and he had to do it, of course I'd be with him." Perhaps that feeling never comes over him. Maybe Obama or Clinton or John Edwards achieves bulletproof inevitability and Gore never sees his opening. But if it does come, if at some point in the next five months or so the leader stumbles and the party has one of its periodic crises of faith, then he will have to decide once and for all whether to take a final shot at reaching his life's dream. It's the Last Temptation of Gore, and it's one reason he has been so careful not to rule out a presidential bid. Is it far-fetched to think that his grassroots climate campaign could yet turn into a presidential one? As the recovering politician himself says, "You always have to worry about a relapse."

For now, at least, Gore is firmly in the program. He's working mightily to build a popular movement to confront what he calls "the most serious crisis we've ever faced." He has logged countless miles in the past four years, crisscrossing the planet to present his remarkably powerful slide show and the Oscar-winning documentary that's based on it, An Inconvenient Truth, to groups of every size and description. He flies commercial most of the time to use less CO₂ and buys offsets to maintain a carbon-neutral life. In tandem with Hurricane Katrina and a rising chorus of warning from climate scientists, Gore's film helped trigger one of the most dramatic opinion shifts in history as Americans suddenly realized they must change the way they live. In a recent New York Times/CBS News poll, an overwhelming majority of those surveyed—90% of Democrats, 80% of independents, 60% of Republicans—said they favor "immediate action" to confront the crisis.

GUY KAWASAKI'S BOOK REVIEW : THE NINE BIGGEST MYTHS OF THE WORKPLACE

I found this article from Guy Kawasaki's blog at http://blog.guykawasaki.com I want to sharing with you about this recent book review.

I liked Penelop Trunk's interview so much that I asked her for more material. Here's her list of the nine biggest workplace myths:

1. You’ll be happier if you have a job you like.

   The correlation between your happiness and your job is overrated. The most important factors, by far, are your optimism levels and your personal relationships. If you are a pessimist, a great job can’t overcome that. (Think of the jerks at the top.) And if you have great friends and family, you can probably be happy even if you hate your job (imagine a garbage collector who’s in love).

2. Job-hopping will hurt you.

   Job hopping is one of the best ways to maintain passion and personal growth in your caeers. And here’s some good news for hoppers: Most people will have eight jobs between the time they are eighteen and thirty. This means most young workers are job hopping. So hiring managers have no choice but to hire job hoppers. Ride this wave and try a lot of jobs out yourself.

3. The glass ceiling still exists.

   The glass ceiling is over, not because people crashed through, but because people are not looking up. Life above the glass ceiling is 100-hour weeks, working for someone else, and no time for friends and family. And it’s not only women who are saying no to the ladder up: Men are as well. People want to customize success for themselves, not climb someone else rungs. So if no one is climbing to the top, the glass ceiling isn’t keeping anyone down.

4. Office politics is about backstabbing.

   The people who are most effective at office politics are people who are genuinely nice. Office politics is about helping people to get what they want. This means you have to take the time to figure out what someone cares about, and then think about how you can help him or her to get it. You need to always have your ears open for when you can help. If you do this, you don’t have to strong arm people or manipulate them. Your authentic caring will inspire people to help you when you need it.

5. Do good work, and you’ll do fine.

   For one thing, no one knows what the heck you’re doing in your cube if you’re not telling them. So when you do good work, let people know. It is not crazy to toot your own horn--it’s crazy to think someone will do it for you. Also, if you do good work but you’re a jerk, people will judge your work to be sub par. So you could say that good work really only matters if your co-workers enjoy hearing about it from you.

6. You need a good resume.

   Only ten percent of jobs come from sending a blind resume. Most people get jobs by leveraging their network. Once you have a connection, the person looks at your resume to make sure there are no red flags. So you need a competent resume and an excellent network. This means you should stop stressing about which verb to use on the second line of your third job. Go talk to someone instead.

7. People with good networks are good at networking.

   Just be nice, take genuine interest in the people you meet, and keep in touch with people you like. This will create a group of people who are invested in helping you because they know you and appreciate you. Use LinkedIn to leverage those peoples’ networks, and you just got yourself a very strong network by simply hanging out with the people you like.

8. Work hard and good things will come.

   Everyone can put in a seventy-hour week. It doesn’t mean you’re doing good work. So here’s an idea: Make sure you’re not the hardest worker. Take a long lunch. Get all your work done early. Grand thinking requires space, flexibility and time. So let people see you staring at the wall. They’ll know you’re a person with big ideas and taking time to think makes you more valuable.

9. Create the shiny brand of you!

   There is no magic formula to having a great career except to be you. Really you. Know who you are and have the humility to understand that self-knowledge is a never-ending journey. Figure out how to do what you love, and you’ll be great at it. Offer your true, good-natured self to other people and you’ll have a great network. Those who stand out as leaders have a notable authenticity that enables them to make genuinely meaningful connections with a wide range of people. Authenticity is a tool for changing the world by doing good.

BOROBUDUR, THE GIANT BOOK MADE OF STONE

By Ari Satriyo Wibowo

Borobudur is the giant book made of stone in Indonesia before people have already recognized Barnes and Noble’s book store or order books via Amazon.com service.

Borobudur contains 504 Buddha statues, 432 in open niches and 72 in trellised stupas. The 1400 stone slabs that cover the balustrades are adorned with stone craft relief illustrating life according the tenets of Mahayana Buddha.

Borobudur has undergone several restorations since its discovery in 1814 by Sir Stamford Raffles, the Lieutenant-Governor of Java (then the founding father of Singapore in 1820’s and an author of History of Java). The damage that it had suffered over the many decades of its existence was severe. A tremendous earthquake that rocked Java in 1548 caused the final collapse of the monument.

In 1885, however, Borobudur attracted the public’s attention when J.W. Ijzerman, a Dutch army engineer, found the reliefs of the Mahakarmawibangga on the hidden foot of the temple. There were 166 reliefs on the hidden foot 13,000 meter cubic of stone as part of Kamandhatu sphere. Ruphadahatu sphere includes 4 galleries with 1300 pictorial relief with a total length of 2,5 km and surrounds by 1212 decorative panels. Arupadhatu sphere have 72 trellised stupas. And Sunyata sphere is only posses one large central stupa without any trellised.

The Borobudur depicts the ascension of man through the four level of existence : Kamadhatu (plane of passion and lust), Ruphadhatu (plane of image and forms), Arupadhatu (plane of non forms) and Sunyata (The True Existence, Absolution). For Christian believer the crucifixion of Jesus was a transformation from plane of non forms to Absolution. In Islamic tradition the four level of existence are known as syariat, tarikah, haqiqah and ma’rifah.

This temple was built around the ninth century in a mysterious way that we have not been able to understand until these days. Literally, Borobudur means the primal Buddha of earth. To understand it we must go beyond traditional Buddhist settings. That’s why it is difficult even for the Buddhist to understand the true meaning of Borobudur.

According to Borobudur human beings will evolve into higher consciousness level, the lowest being the plane of passions. Using the Borobudur matrix, we can plot where human kind is today. We are approximately at the level of Rupadhatu (plane of forms and images). Hence human beings in this level, today, are living under the influence of their five senses. This means that transcend beyond the plane of forms and images human beings have to diminish their reliance on the five senses. However, not everyone is completely at this level because some are still bound by the plane of lust and passions while others are already struggling towards the non form plan.

KALA the Movie : MYSTERY OF THE FIRST'S PRESIDENT HIDDEN TREASURY

By Ari Satriyo Wibowo

Ratu Adil (literally means Queen of Justice ) or Satrio Piningit (the Hidden Knight) was first mentioned by Jayabaya, the Javanese king from the 12th century who is the Javanese equivalent of Nostradamus. In his book called Pralembang Joyoboyo, the king hinted that a messianic figure would appear amidst extreme chaos and lead the nation out of the dark. Several national leaders had claimed themselves to be Ratu Adil. But the people are still waiting for the one. He will be come and using the legacy from the first president's treasury to boost the wealthy of the nation.

But the country until now is in turmoil, marred by natural disasters, corruption and lawlessness. Some people take justice into their own hands, while others yearn for the promised leader to arrive.

A cop named Eros is investigating a case of five men who are burnt to death in public after somebody screams “thief” at them. A journalist named Janus is also covering the story. Soon enough, the two are drawn into a maze of mysteries and murders.

Somewhere along the line, Janus discovers a secret, and everyone he tells it to finds tragic death. When Eros comes across the secret too, they realize that angel of death will go after one of them, unless they find the promised leader first.

Janus is having a bad day. His wife divorces him and he loses his job as a journalist due to his narcolepsy. But his last assignment drags him into a labyrinth of mystery and murders as he holds a dangerous secret worth dying for: the truth about the long-waited figure who will lead the country out of chaos.

Eros maybe the only trusted police officer. But he is actually hiding something. He is the ultimate anti-hero who is soon forced to face his destiny if he wants stay alive.

Ranti. As the whole family turns up dead under eerie circumstances, Ranti runs from grave danger. She is not breaking the law by working in a seedy club, but she holds the key to a secret everybody’s willing to kill for.

Sari. When she realizes that being married to Janus will never make her dream of a better life comes true, Sari seeks a shortcut. But there are two ends to it: wealth or death.

Writer/Director Joko Anwar win rave reviews and commercial success with his debut feature Janji Joni (Joni's Promise), a lightweight comedy adventure about a guy who shuffles film reels between theaters. His second film KALA takes a much darker turn, telling a story of an unspecified period in an unnamed country. For this movie, Joko enlists the help of his long-time collaborator, cinematographer Ipung Rahmat Syaiful and a band of award-winning crew. KALA was shot within 31 days in 27 locations in four cities, on a US$600,000 budget. "We slept for only four hours everyday. But the crew's morale was incredibly high," Joko said. "Everybody saw it as an adventure. It was pure joy."Most of the locations were in and old city (Kota Lama) of Semarang, Central, where old colonials building remained untouched.Twenty-six year-old Fachri Albar as Janus has already mesmerized Indonesian audience with his role as transsexual in Jakarta Undercover, a thriller that opens in May which also written by Joko Ario Bayu, 22, plays a much older character, a jaded homicide investigator named Eros. This is his first leading role. International model Fahrani, here in her first big screen debut as Ranti, caught Joko's attention in a television movie. Shanty who was widely praised for her performance in Berbagi Suami (Love for Share) plays the femme fatale named Sari. KALA also marks the big screen debut performance for Tipi Jabrik, a professional surfer who has appeared in several TV commercials.Adding to the already impressive casts are veteran actors and cult icons of the 80s: Frans Tumbuan and August Melasz. For the first time, Frans plays an antagonist character while August acts as protagonist. Indonesian poet/stage director Yose Rizal Manua plays a character which is best kept secret.KALA is the first venture into feature films for MD Pictures, a company owned by Dhamoo and Manoj Punjabi. The former is already known as cult films producer in the 80s.