If it’s nightlife you’re after, you’ve come to the right place. Ibiza has a hedonistic heritage stretching back more than 30 years. Top clubs, on form djs, hot bands, a cosmopolitan mix of clubbers, local residents, freaks, mature partygoers, fresh faces, a wide range of sexualities, and the full alphabet of celebrities – modern Ibiza contains multitudes.

Yakni seluruh tubuh Anda dilumuri cairan cokelat. Setelah dilumuri, bagian tubuh yang menjalani terapi tersebut akan dipijat dengan menggunakan batu hangat. Total terapi berlangsung selama 1,5 jam. Setelah itu, Anda berendam di bak air bunga. Selain untuk membersihkan cokelat di tubuh, proses ini juga dapat membuat pikiran menjadi rileks.

Biaya terapi spa cokelat berkisar antara Rp 300 ribu sampai Rp 500 ribu per kunjungan. Dengan biaya sebesar itu, pengelola menjamin khasiat terapi spa cokelat bagi kesehatan kulit dan tubuh. “Cokelat natural ini khusus menyembuhkan bintik-bintik hitam yang terserap noda-noda matahari,” kata Dayu Mirah, pengelola spa cokelat.(BOG)

Tiga personel KLa Returns yakni Katon Bagaskara, Romulo “Lilo” Radjadin, dan Adi Adrian tampil energik dengan rasa baru. Mereka membawakan sebuah lagu baru dan 15 lagu lama yang diaransemen ulang. Penampilan selama dua jam penuh benar-benar menandai bersatunya lagi Katon, Adi, dan Lilo yang sempat terpecah tujuh tahun silam.

Tembang “Romansa” dengan beat lebih cepat dan dinamis menjadi sajian pembuka dalam konser. Katon yang mengenakan baju merah dan rompi hitam lalu melantunkan lagu “Waktu Tersisa” dan “Hey”. “Sejak 20 tahun yang lalu KLa tetap mempunyai passion untuk berkarya. Hari ini kami bangga berdiri menyajikan karya baru,” kata Katon.

Konser dilanjutkan dengan lagu baru KLa berjudul “Someday”. Genre pop progresif kental terasa dengan lengkingan gitar Lilo yang nge-rock. Baru dilanjutkan dengan “Merapuh” dari album ketujuh bertajuk “Sintesa”. “Album Sintesa merupakan album kebanggaan kami,” jelas Katon. Penjelasan Katon ditimpali Lilo yang menuturkan “Itu album reborn kita, tapi sayang tak begitu laku.”

KLa tak ketinggalan membawakan lagu “Pasir Putih”. Di tengah petunjukan, penabuh drum Hari Goro unjuk gigi dengan medley solo. Sembari mengajak Lilo bernyanyi di depan panggung, Katon melantunkan tembang “Semoga” dilanjutkan “Rentang Asmara’ yang kini diaransemen bernuansa jazz. Hadir pula musisi jazz pendatang baru, Siera

Berturut-turut KLa juga menyajikan deretan lagu hits mereka “Yogyakarta”, “Terpurukku di Sini”, dengan intro tiupan terompet Idang Noorsaid. Tak lupa tembang “Meski Tlah Jauh”, “Lagu Baru”, “Gerimis”, serta “Tak Bisa ke Lain Hati”. Konser akhirnya ditutup dengan hits pertama dari album pertama “Tentang Kita”.(ANTARA/LUC)

Posted by: Yusuf Efendy on: November 22, 2008

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The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Sun, 06/06/1999 7:16 AM | Life

YOGYAKARTA (JP): Recall how many times that you, as learners of English as a foreign language, asked your English teacher this question: What’s thebest way to learn English? And recall how you got answers ranging from a shrug of your teacher’s shoulders to a 10-minute course of English grammar.

It’s high time that a reasonable answer was given to the question. A goodlanguage learner is one who is aware, and manipulates this awareness, that he is learning a foreign language. This awareness entails the proposition that a good language learner uses the right strategies in the process of learning English. Learners who learn not only the language properly but also how to learn it make them successful language learners. This means that a good language learner knows and makes use of learning strategies.

Learning strategies are observable actions done by students, consciously or subconsciously, when participating in formal classroom interaction. In the inventory of educational theories, learning strategies involve learners’ cognitive, affective, and psychomotoric actions. Repeating what the teacher says, writing notes in a book and talking to oneself are examples of learners’ cognitive actions. Laughing genuinely, looking satisfied or confused, showing enthusiasm or boredom, smiling or complaining are examples of learners’ actions which can be grouped as affective. Hand raising, head shaking or nodding, body turning, standing and walking around are examples of psychomotoric actions.

Research shows that successful language learners use a wide variety of learning strategies. Of these successful learners, adults tend to use more and higher frequencies of learning strategies than children. Students in foreign language classes tend to use more strategies than students in first-language classes.

It is probably your turn now to shrug your shoulders and complain: What does all this have to do with me? Well, below are some hints you might consider to take for more successful language learning. These strategies are by no means exhaustive; they are used to complement other strategies you already know.

The first strategy is centering your learning. One way to center your learning is by overviewing and linking the material you are going to study with material you have learned before. This way, you will be able to selectwhich part or parts of the material you really need to pay attention to andwhich parts you may ignore. Another way is by delaying speech production and spending your time learning to listen well, not many people can resist the urge to speak, in order to concentrate on listening.

Listening well pays well. Many people have the wrong idea that listening is a passive activity. On the contrary, listening with concentration requires the active work of the brain. Listening well strengthens the cognitive process of concept building, prepares the brain better to ensure language production and opens the ears wide for communicative feedback. So much is the importance of the listening strategy. An extreme case is illustrated by this old saying: Nature gives us two ears but one mouth so we can listen twice as much as we speak.

The second strategy consists of arranging and planning your learning. Oneimportant skill in this strategy is finding out all about language learning. I once took a French course which used the direct aural-oral approach and because I had knowledge of this theory, I did somewhat better than the other participants. What you are doing at this moment is another example of this skill. Knowing the theory that learning a language needs practice, to give another example, makes a learner more prepared, more willing, and more enthusiastic to practice a lesson.

Another important skill in this strategy is for you to schedule and organize you learning activities. Included in this strategy is how you use and keep your notes and materials, arrange your room and space, and adjust lighting and temperature. It is good to review the notes as soon as you arrive at home for just five minutes, not less and not more before doing anything else. This kills two birds with one stone. On the one hand, you are practicing this strategy. On the other, you are strengthening what you have learned. Reviewing material right after you come home has a far reaching effect in the retention of lesson material.

One last skill in this strategy is seeking practice opportunities. In my initial stage of learning English, I used every possible medium in every possible spare moment to chart the English consonants and vowels: wrap paper, the ground sand, the blackboard, spare pages in my exercise book, dinner tissue paper, you name it. Believe it or not, I did weird things such as talking to myself, counting things in English, reading license numbers of passing cars, and so on.

The third strategy is evaluating your learning. Two skills can be practiced in this strategy: self-monitoring and self-evaluating. Self-monitoring may be in the form of learning from errors, either yours or others’. Many have underestimates the rewards one may obtain from learning from errors. Errors are part of life and it is partly by learning from errors that we live. “”He who makes no mistakes makes nothing,”” so says an English proverb, and “”What is the use of making mistakes if you don’t make use of them?”” A theory famous among modern foreign-language educators goes thus: You cannot learn without goofing. Believe it or not, once you overcome your fear of making mistakes, you will feel more yourself and, lo,you learn faster.

The other skill in this strategy, self-evaluation, consists of one’s assessment of one’s own progress. Such self-evaluation may be in the form of simple questions such as “”Am I reading faster today?””, “”Did I understandthe lesson better today?””, “”How much have I learned of the 10 words I planned to learn when I set out this morning?””, and others. Evaluating one’s own learning makes one better prepared for tomorrow’s learning activities.

The fourth strategy is lowering anxiety. Strange but true, learning a foreign language involves a lot of feelings, and a good language learner isone who is aware of and able to control them. Just recall how you feel whenyou take an English test, face an interview, give a presentation, or simplysit in a group discussion. You may experience feelings ranging from excitement to fear or frustration. Whenever you feel bored, afraid or frustrated, be sure that you take time to control your emotions. There are a number of actions one can take to lower one’s anxiety in doing this. Progressive relaxation (muscle and body), deep breathing, music, and laughter are among these actions that are easy to do.

Another skill in this strategy is encouraging yourself that you can do it. Making positive statements is another action which gives you encouragement. When entering the testing room, for example, just whisper toyourself that the test will be a fun activity for you; that you will enjoy it, and that you will be able to pass it. Then, a good language learner is one who takes risks, and does so wisely. Life, in many aspects, is about risk taking. One who never dares to take risks is bound to lose good chances for success.

All these things done, we are left with one step: rewarding ourselves. From time to time we need to reward ourselves for work well done. It is allup to you what you want to do to make you feel appreciated. I would forget things and give myself a good four hours’ sleep when I feel that I deserve a reward after doing something fruitful.

Finally, the fifth strategy is taking your emotional temperature. The first skill in this strategy consists of “”listening”” to your body. You needto take the appropriate responses to worry, fear, anger, tiredness, and other physical conditions you may have at particular moments. Another skillis writing language diaries. Try this one, if you have never done it, and find how soothing it feels to “”talk”” to yourself, complain to yourself of how unfair the world has been treating you, or tell yourself what needs to be done. If this does not do you good, try the third skill: discussing yourfeelings with others. You have everybody around you, and it is a great catharsis to talk to these people about your problems.

The anonymous saying at the beginning of this article is what wise teachers will say when you ask them: What’s the best way to learning English? Arnold of Rugby has this to add, “”I became increasingly convinced that it is not knowledge, but the means of gaining knowledge, which I have to teach.”” The teacher is one thing, of course. However, it is especially you yourself who will be able to answer your questions.

Pada awalnya, dunia internet diisi dengan berbagai website yang bersifat komersil. Namun setelah blog muncul, keinginan untuk menuangkan hobby di internet menjadi berkembang. Blog yang dipandang sebagai website yang lebih bersifat peronal, pada awalnya hanya digunakan untuk mengembangkan kreatifitas menulis tentang diri. Namun setelah dunia advertising melirik blog sebagai media promosi dan membangun network yang efektif, maka blogger juga seringkali dijadikan ladang mengeruk dolar tanpa modal yang besar. Meski setiap orang memiliki alasan masing-masing kenapa mereka melakukan blogging, namun jika dikelompokkan secara umum alasan itu terdiri atas alasan Money dan alasan pribadi atau hobi.

Meski saya masih menemukan beberapa blog yang murni hanya untuk menyalurkan kesenangan dan hobi, namun banyaknya blog yang diorientasikan untuk mengeruk dolar. Bahkan dunia paid blogging dan jualan domain berkembang sangat pesat menyusul dunia marketing business. Mereka yang memilih tetap konsisten dengan ini, biasanya punya alasan tidak ingin “mengotori” blognya dengan konten-konten yang ga jelas yang ga setema dengan blognya sehingga bisa mempengaruhi pembacanya.

Sedangkan bagi blogger yang suka mengeruk dolar, isi konten yang gado-gado tidak menjadi masalah. Bagai mereka masih banyak pembaca yang lebih suka membaca tulisan-tulisan para pemburu dolar dan tidak memperhatikan gado-gadonya tulisan.

Lantas, termasuk yang manakah anda, sobat ?

1. Buka Program FTP anda, dalam contoh ini menggunakan Filezilla
2. Isikan Text Box Host dengan Server Name anda ex. Server16.000webhost.com
3. Isikan Text Box Username dengan Account anda yang sudah terdaftar di 000webhost.com
4. Isi Password
5. Isi text box Port dengan angka 21
6. Klik Tombol Quickconnect
7. Jika semuanya telah terisi dan koneksi berhasil maka pada remote site akan muncul directory-directory dari hosting anda
8. Lanjutkan dengan masuk pada directory public html –> wp-content –> themes
9. Klik kanan directory template yang ada pada local site dan pilih menu upload
10. Jika proses upload pada directory public html –> wp-content –> themes sudah berhasil maka theme anda siap dipakai
11. Untuk mengganti template yang telah di upload silahkan anda login ke dashboard wordpress dan memilih menu Design –> Themes lalu memilih template yang tersedia kemudian klik Activate Theme yang dipilh

Posted on Monday, june 13, 2009 3:45:50 AM by KoRn

Here’s something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up:

1.Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining network.http.proxy.pipelining network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”

Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”

Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0″. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

If you’re using a broadband connection you’ll load pages MUCH faster now!

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* Posted june 13, 2009 at 1:11 am

Tahukah anda bahwa facebook bisa juga menjadi sarana ampuh mempromosikan blog anda?
Berikut saya contoh kan salah satu caranya :
1. Pertama masuk ke account facebook anda di www.facebook.com
2.kedua pilih menu aplikasi di pojok kiri bawah, pilih jelajahi aplikasi lain
3.ketiga ketik pencarian aplikasi networked blog.
4. Setelah ketemu,klik pada aplikasi tersebut, lalu isi alamat blog anda
5.verifikasi bahwa blog yg anda masukkan adalah benar blog anda dgn cara memasang kode script pada blog anda.
6.setelah terverifikasi, invite teman2 anda untuk follow blog anda.
7. Publish blog anda untuk muncul di profil blog anda.
8.selesai.
Semoga bermanfaat

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* Posted June 12, 2009 at 15:35 pm

Karena gw suka the virgin, nih gw kasi chord gitar nya…

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[intro] Dm G C Am Dm G
A-A-G-A-G-F

Dm G
Kau kan slalu tersimpan di hatiku

C Am
Meski ragamu tak dapat kumiliki

Dm G
Jiwaku kan slalu bersamamu

C C7
Meski kau tercipta bukan untukku

[chorus]

F G
Tuhan berikan aku hidup

Em A
Satu kali lagi hanya untuk bersamanya

Dm G
Kumencintainya

C C7
Sungguh mencintainya

F G
Rasa ini sungguh tak wajar

Em A
Namun ku ingin tetap bersama dia

Dm Fm
Untuk selamanya

Dm G
Mengapa cinta ini terlarang

C Am
Saat kuyakini kaulah milikku

Dm G
Mengapa cinta kita tak bisa bersatu

C C7
Saat kuyakin tak ada cinta selain dirimu

[intro] Dm G C Am 2x

Selamat