Strongmen of Political Party at Local Level: A Case Study on Fight between Blater and Lora Elites in Partai Amanat Nasional in Malang, Indonesia

The study aims to describe the political party's local elite in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. Previous researchers found out that there were variation, relation and interaction among political elites at the local level. In Malang, a district of East Java Province, there are some local power of politics in practice namely Blater elite and Lora elite. Blater is a group of local strongmen who has strong collabo- ration with the elite oligarchy at the level local. Both of them have done unfair practice of nepotism in the field of politics to achieve power of Partai Amanat Nasional (PAN) at the local level. On the other hand, Lora elite is a group of local strongmen, working together in synergy with the democratic elite to have access to power of the political party. In short, both of the political elites have been competitive to get the power of PAN. The following are the findings of the research:1) The existence of political party strongmen shows that the capacity of indi- vidual of the elites has the authority to determine various power context of the political party; 2) In the context of power, the existence of political party strongmen can limit and reduce the implementation of the political party regulation in the internal dynamics of the local inner circle of political party; and 3) Close relations depends upon a symbiotic relationship and the expression of mutual interest between the strongmen blater and the oligarchy so that patron-client relation could take place

Aspek Lingkungan Dan Produktivitas Ayam Broiler Pada Sistem Transportasi Tertutup Dan Konvensional

Population of broiler chicken increase continuously every year. This situation indicated broiler farm in Indonesia has been transformed as a poultry industry. Broiler farm concentrated in one place far from human to anticipate the potency of air pollution. Transportations are used to mobilize broiler from farm to slaughter house or market. The transportation should consider the condition of broiler and environment to minimize the air pollution and negative effect in broiler performance. This research was aimed to evaluate effect of covered and conventional transportation system on environmental aspect and broiler performance. Sixty broilers was used in this research and divided into two treatments. Data was analyzed by t-Test with α 0.05. The result indicated that covered system better to reduce the potency of ammonia pollution than conventional system. Weight loss of broiler transported with covered system significantly lower (P<0.05) than conventional system. There were no mortality both in conventional and covered system. Distribution of temperature in covered system was significantly lower (P<0.05) than conventional system. Covered system, poultry transportation system based on animal welfare aspect showed lower in vocalization than conventional system

Death Reminders Increase Agreement With Extremist Views but Not Violent Extremist Action in Indonesian Muslims

Using terror management theory, we examined whether mortality salience (MS; death-related cognitions) increased support for religious and political extremism and/or violent extremism in young Indonesian Muslims. Muslim and non-Muslim Indonesian students studying in Australia were randomized to an MS or control condition. Following completion of a distracter task, participants were asked to rate their agreement/disagreement with another Indonesian Muslim student’s (bogus) statements toward extremist views and violent extremist actions. After controlling for alienation, Muslim students in the MS condition reported significantly higher levels of support for extremist views than did non-Muslims. There was no significant effect of MS on violent extremist action in either Muslims or non-Muslims. The results suggest that reminders of death (MS) may lead young Muslims to be more supportive of politically and religiously extreme views, but not violent action. Our findings lend partial support to previous research in Iranian Muslim students; however, further research is needed to establish factors that can result in increased support for violent extremism

Semiotika Al-Qur'an: Pendekatan Baru Studi Islam (Telaah Atas Asma' Al-Qur'an)

The Integration-Interconnection Paradigm requires the use of new approaches in Islamic studies, including the study of the Qur'an. Semiotics is one of the modern and post-modern approaches that are recently favored. This article intends to look at the principles of semiotics and how to exemplify their application in the study of the Qur'an. This approach is seen as able to provide developments for Asma 'al-Qur'an' theory which has so far seen stagnant. This approach has the potential to bring the theory to a more progressive direction, namely as the Qur'an's self-identity

PENERAPAN METODE M-LEARNING UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEMANDIRIAN DAN KEMAMPUAN PEMAHAMAN MATEMATIKA

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah sebagai berikut: Untuk mengetahui penerapan media m-learning terhadap pembelajaran matematika.Untuk menganalisa perbandingan kemandirian belajar matematika antara mahasiswa yang mendapatkan perkuliahan dengan menggunakan media m-learning lebih baik daripada menggunakan metode perkuliahan ekspositori.Untuk menganalisa perbandingan kemampuan pemahaman  matematika antara mahasiswa yang mendapatkan perkuliahan dengan menggunakan media m-learning lebih baik daripada menggunakan metode perkuliahan ekspositori.Untuk mendeskripsikan assosiasi antara kemandirian belajar matematika dengan kemampuan pemahaman matematika.Penelitian ini adalah penelitian mix method, yaitu penelitian dengan metode campuran antara penelitian kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Salah satu metode campuran yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah sequential explanatory.Apabila urutan pertama menggunakan metode kualitatif dan urutan kedua menggunakan metode kuantitatif, maka metode tersebut dinamakan metode penelitian kombinasi model sequential exploratory.Berdasarkan analisis, hasil penelitian dan pembahasan yang sudah diungkapkan pada bab sebelumnya, diperloleh kesimpulan sebagai berikut: 1. Implementasi pembelajaran dengan menggunakan mobile learning adalah dengan membuat group whatsapp pada kelas eksperimen yang berisi seluruh mahasiswa yang berada pada kelas tersebut. Kemudian dosen menyampaikan materi perkuliahan pada group tersebut dengan cara mengupload materi dan menjelaskan secara terperinci. Menjawab pertanyaan yang diajukan oleh mahasiswa melalui group tersebut.Setelah kegiatan pembelajaran selesai, dosen memberikan latihan untuk dikerjakan oleh mahasiswa dan meminta mahasiswa untuk mengumpulkannya melalui group tersebut.Dosen melakukan koreksi apabila ada mahasiswa yang mengirimkan tugasnya tidak tepat.Semua tugas dan nilai diberikan di group tersebut.Tidak ada pertemuan perkuliahan kecuali untuk ujian tengah semester dan ujian akhir semester. 2. Kemampuan pemahaman matematika mahasiswa yang mendapatkan pembelajaran dengan mengunakan mobile learninglebih baik dibandingkan dengan kemampuan pemahaman matematis mahasiswa yang memperoleh pembelajaran dengan mengunakan metode ekspositori. 3. Kemandirian belajar mahasiswa yang mendapatkan pembelajaran dengan mengunakan mobile Learning lebih baik dibandingkan dengan kemampuan pemahaman matematis mahasiswa yang memperoleh pembelajaran dengan mengunakan metode ekspositori. 4. Kelas yang mendapatkan mobile Learning modusnya terletak pada kategori tinggi dan redah pada kemampuan pemahaman, sedangkan untuk motivasi berada dalam kategori rendah. Berdasarkan hasil tersebut dapat disimpulkan, tidak terdapat assosiasi antara motivasi dan kemampuan pemahaman matematik mahasiswa setelah implementasi mobile Learning.Kata Kunci : Implementasi,  mobile Learning, Kemampuan Pemahaman, Kemandirian Belaja