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Finnaly...Google Chrome bisa nyalip saingannya

2011-12-16T18:48:00.000-08:00

Akhirnya Google Chrome 15 mengalahkan Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) besutan Microsoft dan menjadi browser paling populer di dunia.Ini tentunya berkat gw juga yang udah make Chrome tiap saat tiap menit.. hihiihi lebay. Ya iyalah secara Chrome kalo mau nyari apa2 tinggal ketik aja di browsernya ga usah ke google dulu. hehehehe.

Ini adalah pertama kalinya Chrome 15 mengalahkan IE8 berdasarkan penghitungan mingguan perusahaan analisis web StatCounter, Jumat (16/12/2011).

Hasil pengamatan StatCounter dari tanggal 21 hingga 27 November 2011, pangsa pasar Chrome 15 di seluruh dunia sebesar 23,63 persen, sedangkan pangsa pasar IE8 sebesar 23,5 persen. Dengan ini, Chrome unggul 0,13 persen dari IE8. Sementara Mozilla Firefox 8 menempati posisi ketiga dengan pangsa pasar sebesar 12,12 persen.

Padahal, menurut pengamatan StatCounter pada periode 21 sampai 27 November lalu, IE8 masih menjadi browser terpopuler dengan pangsa pasar jauh di atas browser lainnya, sebesar 40,09 persen. Sementara Chrome menyumbang 26,31 persen, diikuti Firefox di angka 25,07 persen.

Mengenai peningkatan pengguna Chrome tersebut, Chief Executive StatCounter Aodhan Cullen mengatakan, saat ini memang banyak pelaku bisnis yang beralih menggunakan Chrome versi 15.

Meskipun Chrome saat ini berada di atas angin, prestasi Internet Explorer versi-versi sebelumnya tidak bisa dilupakan begitu saja. Internet Explorer masih lebih populer secara keseluruhan jika dihitung dari versi sebelumnya, seperti IE 6, 7, 8, dan 9. Di Amerika Serikat, IE 8 menjadi browserterpopuler dibandingkan dengan Chrome 15. Sementara di Inggris, Chrome 15 yang lebih populer.

source kompas.

Aksara Jawa Segera Jadi "Font" Windows

2011-11-30T21:39:00.000-08:00

Di lihat dari judul postingan ini nampak sesuatu yang tinggi bagaikan jambul khatulistiwa-ya syahrini. Secara Aksara jawa kan udah mau punah gw aja yang jawa tulen udah lupa cara nulisnya. udah ga apal. Karena jaman SD dulu doang ada pelajaran bahasa jawanamun sayang banget kayanya sekarang sudah tidak penting lagi kalah sama bahasa asing macam Inggris maupun Mandarin. Seneng banget baca berita di yahoo hari inikalau aksara jawa mau di jadikan font di Windows. Bayangin aja bakalan ada "aksara jawa" di bawah Arial maupun Arial black dll..keren ga tuh....Ini nih postingan dr yahoo selengkapnya. Simak gan....

Pemerhati aksara dan bahasa Jawa, Ki Demang Sokowetan, menegaskan bahwa aksara Jawa akan segera menjadi "font" dalam program "windows" terbaru pada komputer buatan Microsoft.

"UNESCO telah membantu kami untuk mendaftarkan aksara Jawa masuk `font` komputer kepada Unicode," katanya kepada ANTARA di sela-sela Kongres Bahasa Jawa (KBJ) ke-5 di Surabaya, Kamis.

Di sela-sela KBJ-5 yang diikuti 600-an peserta di Surabaya (27-30/11) itu, ia bersyukur Unicode selaku lembaga resmi yang berwenang membuat standar kode pada sistem komputer di seluruh dunia, telah mengakui aksara Jawa masuk dalam "font" komputer.

"Sekarang, kami tinggal menunggu realisasinya dan Microsoft sudah berjanji akan memasukkan dalam windows versi terbaru. Kalau sekarang windows7, ya mungkin nanti windows8 atau versi terbaru sudah ada," ucapnya.

Menurut dia, UNESCO tertarik untuk membantu karena dunia menganggap aksara Jawa sudah perlu diselamatkan agar tidak punah, karena itu registrasi secara "font" diharapkan akan dapat menjamin hal itu.

"Saya belum tahu kapan dimulainya, karena hal itu tergantung Microsoft, tapi informasinya sekitar dua tahun lagi. Kalau Microsoft sudah, tentu Apple akan mengikuti," paparnya.

Sebagai pengembang piranti lunak, katanya, Microsoft dan Apple juga sangat berkepentingan dengan aksara Jawa, karena Indonesia merupakan pasar komputer yang dinamis.

"Bahkan, pengembang seluler juga sudah setahun lalu menghubungi saya, karena saya sudah menciptakan `software` Bahasa dan Aksara Jawa sebagai aplikasi Unicode yang sangat mudah dipelajari siapa saja," tukasnya.

Ia mengatakan siapapun yang menggunakan "software" miliknya akan dapat menulis Bahasa Jawa dengan tepat dan benar, asalkan dia bisa menggunakan program "Ms Word", karena tinggal aplikasi pada font "Ajisaka".

"Tapi, saya belum dapat memenuhi keinginan pengembang seluler itu secepatnya, karena saya masih menunggu aplikasi Microsoft dan juga peluncuran software itu," ujarnya, menjelaskan.

Hingga kini, katanya, banyak teman peneliti asing siap membantu peluncuran "software Jawa" itu di negaranya. "Saya masih berharap peluncuran software Jawa itu ya di Jawa, saya menunggu respons pihak berwenang dulu," katanya.

source Yahoo

Hidup Tanpa Musik terasa hampa...

2011-11-06T22:37:00.000-08:00

Sabtu malem kemarin saya sempet nonton acara Musiklopedia kalau ga salah di Trans7.Yang bertema : "Tribute To Chrisye". Saya memang penggemar berat acara ini selain Harmoni SCTV tentunya. Setelah di pikirkan ternyata mirip acaranya Mtv yang VH1. Membahas 1 tema tiap kali penayangan (tidak acak). Dan yang membuat semakin bagus bahwa acara seperti ini bagus sekali untuk memperkenalkan pada generasi muda sekarang yang lebih memilih mendengarkan lagu-lagu dari Smash atau 7 Icons.

Bukannya ingin merendahkan mereka tapi setidaknya acara Musiklopedia bisa memperlihatkan pada generasi sekarang bahwa Indonesia juga punya Musisi maupun penyanyi legendaris yang menjadi inspirasi penyanyi jaman sekarang.

Bagi yang sudah berumur di atas 25 tahun akan bisa merasakan bagaimana rasanya kembali ke jaman ketika lagu itu begitu banyak di dengar, ditayangkan di Televisi dan tentu saja menimbulkan kenangan tersendiri.

Intinya..Mantap dech acara beginian....

Where To Get Great Medical Consultant Interviews Course

2011-10-17T18:30:00.000-07:00

Become a medical consultant is not easy like what people think. Even already became a doctor for several years, not so easy. Because we must face the "hard" consultant interviews. And that's why I will show you the place you can come to. Oxford Medical offer great price to you to get consultant interview course. You will get interview skills, and they will help you prepare and deliver medical presentation that you need to become a consultant. As a doctor, you should be involve in medical teaching activities during your career.That's why Oxford Medical also offer medical teaching course.The great thing about it is only take for 2 days and available for dostors of any grade.Still have many great thins about them. So, check it out.

Only in just 3 days you will get medical management course from the expert. because Oxford they have a good reputation in the UK of providing management and leadership training for doctors around UK. Isn't that great?.

With such a great reputation, you will get what you want to expand your career right? Why don't join them now?. Join the oldest and largest medical career development companies in the UK. Good luck doctors.....

Biography of Steve Jobs

2011-10-05T18:12:00.000-07:00

Steve Jobs was born February 24, 1955, to two University of Wisconsin graduate students who gave him up for adoption. Smart but directionless, Jobs experimented with different pursuits before starting Apple Computers with Stephen Wozniak in the Jobs' family garage. Apple's revolutionary products, which include the iPod, iPhone and iPad, are now seen as dictating the evolution of modern technology.

EARLY LIFE...

Entrepreneur. Born Steven Paul Jobs on February 24, 1955, to Joanne Simpson and Abdulfattah "John" Jandali, two University of Wisconsin graduate students who gave their unnamed son up for adoption. His father Abdulfattah Jandali was a Syrian political science professor and his mother Joanne Simpson worked as a speech therapist. Shortly after Steve was placed for adoption, his biological parents married and had another child, Mona Simpson. It was not until Jobs was 27 that he was able to uncover information on his biological parents.

As an infant, Steven was adopted by Clara and Paul Jobs and named Steven Paul Jobs. Clara worked as an accountant and Paul was a Coast Guard veteran and machinist. The family lived in Mountain View within California's Silicone Valley. As a boy, Jobs and his father would work on electronics in the family garage. Paul would show his son how to take apart and reconstruct electronics, a hobby which instilled confidence, tenacity, and mechanical prowess in young Jobs.

While Jobs has always been an intelligent and innovative thinker, his youth was riddled with frustrations over formal schooling. In elementary school he was a prankster whose fourth grade teacher needed to bribe him to study. Jobs tested so well, however, that administrators wanted to skip him ahead to high school—a proposal his parents declined.

After he did enroll in high school, Jobs spent his free time at Hewlett-Packard. It was there that he befriended computer club guru Steve Wozniak. Wozniak was a brilliant computer engineer, and the two developed great respect for one another.

APPLE COMPUTER

After high school, Jobs enrolled at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Lacking direction, he dropped out of college after six months and spent the next 18 months dropping in on creative classes. Jobs later recounted how one course in calligraphy developed his love of typography.
In 1974, Jobs took a position as a video game designer with Atari. Several months later he left Atari to find spiritual enlightenment in India, traveling the continent and experimenting with psychedelic drugs. In 1976, when Jobs was just 21, he and Wozniak started Apple Computers. The duo started in the Jobs family garage, and funded their entrepreneurial venture after Jobs sold his Volkswagen bus and Wozniak sold his beloved scientific calculator.
Jobs and Wozniak are credited with revolutionizing the computer industry by democratizing the technology and making the machines smaller, cheaper, intuitive, and accessible to everyday consumers. The two conceived a series of user-friendly personal computers that they initially marketed for $666.66 each. Their first model, the Apple I, earned them $774,000. Three years after the release of their second model, the Apple II, sales increased 700 percent to $139 million dollars. In 1980, Apple Computer became a publically traded company with a market value of $1.2 billion on the very first day of trading. Jobs looked to marketing expert John Scully of Pepsi-Cola to help fill the role of Apple's President.
DEPARTURE FROM APPLE
However, the next several products from Apple suffered significant design flaws resulting in recalls and consumer disappointment. IBM suddenly surpassed Apple sales, and Apple had to compete with an IBM/PC dominated business world. In 1984 Apple released the Macintosh, marketing the computer as a piece of a counter culture lifestyle: romantic, youthful, creative. But despite positive sales and performance superior to IBM's PCs, the Macintosh was still not IBM compatible. Scully believed Jobs was hurting Apple, and executives began to phase him out.
In 1985, Jobs resigned as Apple's CEO to begin a new hardware and software company called NeXT, Inc. The following year Jobs purchased an animation company from George Lucas, which later became Pixar Animation Studios. Believing in Pixar's potential, Jobs initially invested $50 million of his own money into the company. Pixar Studios went on to produce wildly popular animation films such as Toy Story, Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. Pixar's films have netted $4 billion. The studio merged with Walt Disney in 2006, making Steve Jobs Disney's largest shareholder.
Reinventing Apple
Despite Pixar's success, NeXT, Inc. floundered in its attempts to sell its specialized operating system to mainstream America. Apple eventually bought the company in 1997 for $429 million. That same year, Jobs returned to his post as Apple's CEO.
Much like Steve Jobs instigated Apple's success in the 1970s, he is credited with revitalizing the company in the 1990s. With a new management team, altered stock options, and a self-imposed annual salary of $1 a year, Jobs put Apple back on track. His ingenious products such as the iMac, effective branding campaigns, and stylish designs caught the attention of consumers once again.
Pancreatic Cancer
In 2003, Jobs discovered he had a neuroendocrine tumor, a rare but operable form of pancreatic cancer. Instead of immediately opting for surgery, Jobs chose to alter his pescovegetarian diet while weighing Eastern treatment options. For nine months Jobs postponed surgery, making Apple's board of directors nervous. Executives feared that shareholders would pull their stocks if word got out that their CEO was ill. But in the end, Job's confidentiality took precedence over shareholder disclosure. In 2004, he had a successful surgery to remove the pancreatic tumor. True to form, in subsequent years Jobs has disclosed little about his health.
Recent Innovations
In recent years, Apple has introduced such revolutionary products as the Macbook Air, iPod, and iPhone, all of which have dictated the evolution of modern technology. Almost immediately after Apple releases a new product, competitors scramble to produce comparable technologies. In 2007, Apple's quarterly reports were the company's most impressive statistics to date. Stocks were worth a record-breaking $199.99 a share, and the company boasted a staggering $1.58 billion dollar profit, an $18 billion dollar surplus in the bank, and zero debt.
In 2008, iTunes became the second biggest music retailer in America-second only to Wal-Mart. Half of Apple's current revenue comes from iTunes and iPod sales, with 200 million iPods sold and six billion songs downloaded. For these reasons, Apple has been rated No. 1 in America's Most Admired Companies, and No. 1 amongst Fortune 500 companies for returns to shareholders.
Personal Life
Early in 2009, reports circulated about Jobs' weight loss, some predicting his health issues had returned, which included a liver transplant. Jobs had responded to these concerns by stating he is dealing with a hormone imbalance. After nearly a year out of the spotlight Steve Jobs delivered a keynote address at an invite-only Apple event September 9, 2009.
In respect to his personal life, Steve Jobs remains a private man who rarely discloses information about his family. What is known is Jobs fathered a daughter with girlfriend Chrisann Brennan when he was 23. Jobs denied paternity of his daughter Lisa in court documents, claiming he was sterile. Jobs did not initiate a relationship with his daughter until she was seven but, when she was a teenager, she came to live with her father.
In the early 1990s, Jobs met Laurene Powell at Stanford business school, where Powell was an MBA student. They married on March 18, 1991, and lived together in Palo Alto, California, with their three children.
Final Years
On October 5, 2011, Apple Inc. announced that co-founder Steve Jobs had died. He was 56 years old.
source biography.com

Testimoni Antasari Azhar Untuk Hukum dan Keadilan

2011-09-15T19:10:00.000-07:00

Perlawanan mantan Ketua KPK Antasari Azhar belum berakhir. Setelah mengajukan peninjauan kembali (PK), sosok kontroversial itu akan menerbitkan sejumlah buku karangannya dari balik penjara. Salah satu buku diluncurkan kemarin (15/9) di Jakarta. Judulnya: Testimoni Antasari Azhar untuk Hukum dan Keadilan.

Antasari Azhar dan keluarga Cendana ternyata memiliki hubungan yang cukup baik. Bahkan, Antasari sangat menghormati sosok almarhum mantan Presiden Soeharto. Karena itu, tidak heran jika dia mendukung pembatalan semua proses hukum terhadap Soeharto dan menganggap biasa gagalnya eksekusi terhadap Tommy Soeharto.

Sebelum menjadi ketua Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK), Antasari malang melintang menjadi jaksa. Namanya mencuat saat menjabat kepala Kejaksaan Negeri (Kejari) Jakarta Selatan. Namun, mencuatnya nama Antasari bukan karena prestasi, tapi karena kegagalannya mengeksekusi Tommy Soeharto yang kabur duluan setelah grasinya ditolak Presiden Abdurrahman Wahid.

Tommy ketika itu menjadi terpidana kasus korupsi tukar guling Goro-Bulog. Pada 27 September 2000, Mahkamah Agung (MA) dalam putusan kasasinya menyatakan Tommy serta Ricardo Gelael bersalah dan dihukum 18 bulan penjara dengan ganti rugi Rp 30,6 miliar serta denda Rp 10 juta. Seminggu setelah itu, Tommy dan Ricardo mengajukan grasi, tapi ditolak.

Karena grasi sudah ditolak, putusan kasasi sudah berkekuatan hukum tetap alias inkracht. Tommy harus dibui. Namun, karena terlau sore mendatangi rumah Tommy, Kejari Jakarta Selatan gagal menyeret Tommy ke hotel prodeo. Antasari malah menyalahkan media karena terlalu cepat memberitakan penolakan grasi Tommy.

"Saya baru menerima putusan pengadilan atas perkara Tommy pukul lima sore. Sebelum pukul lima sore, koran sudah memuat Tommy dihukum. Sebelum saya turun ke lapangan, Tommy sudah tidak ada di rumah. Dia pergi karena koran sudah memberitakan duluan bahwa Tommy dihukum," kata Antasari dalam buku tersebut.

Antasari kembali berurusan dengan keluarga Cendana pada 2001. Ketika itu, mantan Presiden Soeharto akan dibawa ke meja hijau terkait kasus-kasus korupsi. Namun, kasus tersebut akhirnya tidak dilanjutkan karena tim kedokteran yang ditunjuk Kejaksaan Negeri Jakarta Selatan menyatakan Soeharto menderita kerusakan otak permanen.

"Saya melihat dan yakin apa yang dikatakan dokter tentang sakit permanen. Dokter menyatakan A, Pak Harto menjawab B. Saat itu, rasa keadilan saya tersentuh. Hukum tidak berhenti pada kebenaran, tapi bermuara pada keadilan," tulisnya.

Antasari saat itu memang terlibat dalam pusaran kasus keluarga Cendana. Sebab, pada kurun 2000?2007, dia menjadi kepala Kejaksaan Negeri Jakarta Selatan. Bahkan, saat hendak memeriksa Soeharto, dia dipaksa Tutut (putri sulung Soeharto) untuk menandatangani surat kesediaan bertanggung jawab jika terjadi apa-apa terhadap Soeharto.

"Di situlah saya melihat dan menyaksikan. Dari rumah di Jalan Cendana, saya didampingi Tutut. Saya jemput Pak Harto, saya ketok kamarnya. Setelah saya lihat kondisi Pak Harto, nurani saya muncul," ungkapnya dalam buku tersebut.

Kedekatan dengan keluarga Cendana hanya sekelumit kisah yang dibeberkan Antasari dalam buku yang dia tulis. Buku setebal 539 halaman itu diluncurkan kemarin di hall Arifin Panigoro di Universitas Al Azhar, Jakarta Selatan. Antasari tidak hadir karena harus dibui di Lapas Kelas I Tangerang. Dia diwakili istrinya, Ida Laksmiwati, serta dua putrinya, Andita Dianoctora Antasariputri dan Ajeng Oktarifka Antasariputri.

Hadir pula dalam peluncuran buku tersebut advokat Maqdir Ismail, artis Pong Hardjatmo, politikus Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS) Fachry Hamzah, politikus Hati Nurani Rakyat (Hanura) Akbar Faisal dan Permadi, serta Jimly Asshiddiqie.

Jimly menjadi satu-satunya pembicara dalam acara peluncuran buku tersebut. Dia kembali menegaskan bahwa Antasari tidak bersalah. Mantan jaksa kelahiran Pangkal Pinang, Bangka, itu adalah korban peradilan sesat. "Kalau saya jadi hakimnya, saya akan bebaskan Antasari karena memang dia sama sekali tidak bersalah," tegas Jimly lantas disambut tepuk tangan hadirin.

Sayangnya, buku tersebut tidak ditulis Antasari sendiri. Buku itu ditulis Servas Pandur dengan menuliskan kutipan-kutipan dari Antasari melalui wawancara di Lapas Tangerang.

Ida Laksmiwati menyatakan, Servas hanya membantu menulis. Semua bahan dan draf tulisan berasal dari Antasari. "Sebab, kan di penjara tidak bisa membawa komputer. Semua bahan ditulis bapak di kertas selama enam bulan di penjara. Kertas-kertas itu kemudian diverifikasi dengan data dan ditulis ulang," jelasnya.

Masih banyak kisah lainnya. Yang paling seru tentu saja dugaan rekayasa kasus pembunuhan bos PT Putra Rajawali Banjaran Nasrudin Zulkarnaen. Karena dianggap aktor intelektual, Antasari diganjar hukuman 18 tahun penjara.

Sebelum ditahan, ada beberapa kasus yang ditangani Antasari saat masih menjabat ketua KPK. Di antaranya, kasus pengadaan alat penghitungan suara cepat di Komisi Pemilihan Umum (KPU) serta dugaan pejabat KPK yang menerima suap. "Saya tidak tahu yang terlibat dalam kasus IT KPU itu siapa. Tiba-tiba saja saya sudah ditahan," tulisnya.

Buku tersebut menjadi media pembelaan Antasari. Selain kedekatan dengan keluarga Cendana, dia mengungkapkan kronologi rekayasa kasus Bibit-Chandra yang heboh dengan cicak versus buaya serta kejanggalan-kejanggalan pembunuhan Nasrudin.

Dalam kasus Bibit-Chandra, Antasari kembali menyatakan bahwa rekaman pembicaraan dengan Anggoro Widjojo di Singapura tidak menyebut nama dua komisioner KPK itu sebagai penerima suap, tapi oknum berinisial AR dan MJ.

Dalam wawancara Jawa Pos dengan Antasari di Lapas Tangerang, dia tidak menyalahkan saat Jawa Pos menyebut dua oknum itu adalah Ade Rahardja (deputi penindakan KPK) dan M. Jasin, salah seorang pimpinan KPK. "Saya baru mau kumpulkan bukti, ternyata saya sudah ditahan," kata Antasari.

Ida menuturkan, buku tersebut hanyalah awal. Suaminya masih menyiapkan seri buku-buku lainnya. Tapi, temanya tidak akan serius seperti buku yang sekarang. "Masih ada tiga lainnya. Tapi, nanti isinya tentang komedi," ungkap perempuan kelahiran Malang, Jawa Timur, itu.

Peluncuran buku tersebut juga menjadi penanda kekompakan keluarga Antasari setelah sang kepala keluarga dipenjara. Sebab, hampir semua teknis penerbitan dan peluncuran dikerjakan dua putri Antasari, Andita, 27, dan Ajeng, 25. Mereka berdua harus hilir mudik mengurusi undangan, stok buku di toko-toko, dan launching kemarin (15/9). "Kami dibantu teman-teman papa juga. Kebetulan, yang punya penerbit ini teman papa," kata Ajeng.

Ida, Andita, dan Ajeng kini menjadi tiga srikandi pembela Antasari. Mereka bertiga saling berbagi peran menggalang dukungan. Ida kebagian tugas urusan domestik seperti menyiapkan makanan dan pakaian untuk Antasari. "Ibu urusan domestik, saya sama kakak urusan luar negeri," ujar Ajeng lantas terkekeh.

Andita menuturkan, Ajeng-lah yang paling banyak berperan dalam setiap kegiatan terkait dengan Antasari. Sebab, dia lebih punya waktu luang. Saat ini, kuliah S-2 dia di Universitas Trisakti hampir rampung. Tinggal menyelesaikan tesis. "Kalau saya, kan sudah bekerja," kata Andita yang berprofesi sebagai dokter umum di sebuah perusahaan asuransi kesehatan itu.

"Kami sudah kangen papa kembali ke rumah bersama kami. Memang, setiap hari kami bisa mengunjungi papa di penjara. Tapi, semua dibatasi waktu dan tidak bisa leluasa. Semoga yang kami lakukan bisa membuat papa bebas," tutur Ajeng.

(source jppncom)

oasis di tengah padang pasir, kebanggaan di tengah keterpurukan

2011-08-10T20:01:00.000-07:00

Bulan Agustus sudah hampir memasuki pertengahan. Bentar lagi tgl 17, bangsa yang (katanya) besar ini akan ulang tahun. terbersit pertanyaan yang sedikit mengusi, bangsa ini adalah bangsa besar, besar apanya? korupsinya? kemiskinannya? utang luar negerinya?. Gayus-Century-Nazariddin, hanya itu saja yang selama ini kita lihat di televisi, kita dengar di radio, kita baca di koran, kita lihat di internet.

Duh...malangnya bangsa besar ini...

Tadi pagi membaca yahoo di internet, mereka telah mengadakan survei atau jajak pendapat bertema INDONESI17. Dimana kandidatnya nanti akan mendapat penghargaan di bidangnya masing-masing. berikut kutipannya. "Indonesia17 adalah cara kita merayakan kemerdekaan Indonesia dengan memberikan penghargaan bagi mereka yang telah membuat perbedaan — baik dengan bekerja sendirian maupun berkelompok. Jadilah bagian dari kebanggaan Indonesia."

Mereka adalah orang yang memberikan kontribusi nyata dalam bidangnya dan bisa menjadi inspirasi bagi orang lain. Warga negara Indonesia berusia di bawah 40 tahun.

Masuk dalam delapan kategori di bawah ini:

Kata Segala sesuatu yang memberikan kontribusi dalam kecintaan terhadap bahasa Indonesia dan minat baca, serta menghasilkan karya yang memperkaya dunia sastra dan jurnalisme.
Seni Budaya Segala bentuk prestasi seni modern dan tradisional, usaha pelestarian dan pengembangan budaya.
Ilmu Mengajar dan menularkan pengetahuan pada semua bidang.
Olahraga Olahraga modern dan tradisional, menelurkan prestasi olahraga di dalam maupun luar negeri.
Bisnis Wirausaha, pemberdayaan ekonomi, usaha menjadi mandiri baik secara komunitas maupun individu.
Hijau Usaha cinta lingkungan, karya dan gerakan yang menjadikan dunia menjadi tempat yang lebih nyaman untuk dihuni.
Sains Penemuan, karya ilmiah, pencapaian prestasi dalam ilmu pengetahuan.
Internet Start-up dan karya Internet.

Nah, hari ini sudah dipilih kandidat pemenangnya, setelah membaca semua, saya tertarik sekali dengan tiga kandidat dalam kategori ILMU dan MENGAJAR. Berikut silahkan di simak:

1. Arsitek Komunitas

Arkom mendampingi para korban Merapi dalam tahap pemulihan usai bencana. Mereka memberikan transfer pengetahuan bagi para pengungsi untuk membangun kembali rumah mereka sesuai kearifan lokal warga yang selama beratus tahun sudah berdampingan dengan sang gunung. Proses rehabilitasi dan konstruksi, dipimpin oleh warga sendiri.

Para arsitek, dengan koordinator Yuli Kusworo, merancang desain rumah bambu yang diadaptasi dari jenis rumah tradisional warga. Metode pembangunannya pun menggunakan dasar konstruksi lokal.

2. Maizidah Salas

Maizidah adalah mantan TKW yang pernah disia-siakan dan tak digaji di Taiwan. Sepulang dari Taiwan, dia bertekad untuk memperjuangkan nasib para buruh. Dia kuliah sambil bekerja, lalu bergabung dalam Serikat Buruh Migran Indonesia untuk membantu sesama TKI yang tertindas.

Perempuan kelahiran Wonosobo, 10 Februari 1976 ini membagi ilmunya dengan mendatangi para calon TKI yang tinggal di pelosok Wonosobo. Dia juga membuka sekolah gratis di kampungnya untuk menanmpung anak-anak TKI yang tak terurus.

3. Zessi Faly

Zessi adalah satu dari sedikit perempuan urban yang peduli terhadap pendidikan anak-anak dari keluarga miskin. Sejak mahasiswa, 11 tahun lalu, dia sudah berpartisipasi membantu anak asuh di sekitar Bandung.

Bersama kawan-kawannya, dia aktif menggerakkan Helping Hands Project, komunitas sosial berbasis amal yang berawal dari pertemanan di jejaring sosial. Mereka rutin menggalang sumbangan dan menyalurkannya pada mereka yang membutuhkan pendidikan. Tahun ini fokus ditujukan pada anak-anak nelayan di Jakarta Utara.

Siapa Menurut anda yang berhak mendapat penghargaan? Siapapun, dengan alasan apapun, setidaknya mereka ini sedikit memberikan kebanggaan pada anak bangsa yang besar ini. Semoga semakin banyak orang-orang yang tidak sepopuler gayus maupun nazarudin ini terlahir dari bumi pertiwi ini.

Mau lihat kategori Internet?lihat aja disini.

Where To Get Great Web Hosting

2011-08-02T19:20:00.000-07:00

Having a business today is not the same like in the late 90's.Today,we must having a company website to make our customer even more trust us. And also we can put anything about our business in that website like news, up coming event, new product launching or anything that will make easier for the customer to contact us. The important thing is to promote our company busniess.

Making a website for your company it seems easy but if you get it wrong, you will have to pay a lot for it. here I will give you some tips how to make a great company website and you don't need to pay much for that.

What you need to do first is choose a web hosting. I will show you the place to host your website. just come to webhostinggeeks.com. There you can choose any website hosting that you need. So many web hosting providers that you can choose there. They offers so many package to you. Cheap package strat from $1.99 with unlimited space and you also get unlimited traffic for that. Isn't that great?.

Just come to the site and you will get whetever you need. Start promote your businiess now...

What is Web Hosting Services Really are?

2011-08-02T18:29:00.000-07:00

To have a website you must have a web hosting. And what is the a web hosting ? We can a little bit explain to you.A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their own website accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own or lease for use by their clients as well as providing Internet connectivity, typically in a data center. Web hosts can also provide data center space and connectivity to the Internet for servers they do not own to be located in their data center, called colocation or Housing as it is commonly called in Latin America or France..

The scope of web hosting services varies greatly. The most basic is web page and small-scale file hosting, where files can be uploaded via File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or a Web interface. The files are usually delivered to the Web "as is" or with little processing. Many Internet service providers (ISPs) offer this service free to their subscribers. People can also obtain Web page hosting from other, alternative service providers. Personal web site hosting is typically free, advertisement-sponsored, or inexpensive. Business web site hosting often has a higher expense.

Single page hosting is generally sufficient only for personal web pages. A complex site calls for a more comprehensive package that provides database support and application development platforms (e.g. PHP, Java, Ruby on Rails,ColdFusion, and ASP.NET). These facilities allow the customers to write or install scripts for applications likeforums and content management. For e-commerce, SSL is also highly recommended.

The host may also provide an interface or control panel for managing the Web server and installing scripts as well as other modules and service applications like e-mail. Some hosts specialize in certain software or services (e.g. e-commerce). They are commonly used by larger companies to outsource network infrastructure to a hosting company.

Top 10 Best Foto pada Anugerah Pewarta Foto Indonesia 2011

2011-07-22T19:02:00.000-07:00

Dari 10 Foto-foto terbaik yang masuk dan inilah 4 foto yang menurut saya adalah terbaik....

Saya dapatkan dari Yahoo hari ini, dan saya repost disini. Foto pertama begitu menyentuh , ga tega ngeliatnya, Berikut saya tampilkan fotonya bersama 1 komentar dari pengunjung yang paling menarik....

* Pesan yg kuat dari foto ini menyiratkan betapa para kaum papa di negeri ini banyak terhempas ke jalanan karena tak ada lagi sisa ruang yg dapat menampung mereka. Mereka berjuang bermandikan peluh keringat hanya demi sesuap nasi.

Akankah kaum papa di negeri ini dapat hidup lebih layak ? UUD45 pasal 33 ayat1 ("fakir miskin dan anak terlantar diperlihara oleh Negara").. bagaikan angin yg berlalu begitu saja. Mereka terlupakan...tergilas roda kehidupan. Tragis memang, di negri yg katanya gemah ripah loh jinawi ini sangat banyak penduduknya berada di bawah garis kemiskinan.

Judul:Berlindung dari bentrokan

Karya Maman Sukirman

* Masih ingat pahlawan reformasi? . Sumarsih, ibu dari almarhum Elang Mulia Lesmana, berusaha menembus hadangan polisi dan berlari ke arah iring-iringan kendaraan RI 2 yang melintas di depan Istana Merdeka, Jakarta, saat melakukan aksi "Kamisan" sebagai bentuk protes lambatnya penegakan HAM dan keadilan di Indonesia.

judul:Dihalangi Polisi

Foto karya pewarta foto harian Kontan, Fransiskus P. Simbolon.

* Foto seorang petani di daerah kaki gunung Merapi meratapi hasil pertaniannya yang musnah karena abu panas.

judul : memanen jagung yang tersisa

karya Fransiskus Simbolon

Where To Get An Online Degree Programs

2011-07-18T19:29:00.000-07:00

Nancy is my classmate when I was in a high school. She told me that her younger sister Christy is just graduated from middle school. Her parent are retired and she is a little bit confuse because she need her sister to help her manage their parent business but in the same time she need to help her sister find a college. Finally she get a great idea. After a long day searching on the internet, finally she found a great online colleges for her sister. Now, her sister continue the study and she take online degree programs in business . This is great because she can learn to make their parent business keep growing. Study and working in the same time this is sound lovely right?.

Study in an Online Colleges is not a new way to get to school but not many people kind of used to it. But I tell you this is not just good but great. So many advantages we can get from this kind of online program. Like I said before, you can still working while you study. How about the cost? Of course it is less than campus programs because you can avoid cost for room and board . The great advantage is that the flexibility of this programs. If you are too busy to attend to campus because of working, now you no need to worry about this anymore. Because you just need to get to your computer, and study with your own time. So much fun, right?. Just come to findyoureducation.com to know which universities or colleges that offers online programs. I also have a great info here. If you need a help to pay your college, you can apply for student loan at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/. Get the educations as high as the sky guys….

Inilah Pengganti Alfred Riedl

2011-07-15T20:02:00.000-07:00

Berita panas apa mengenai PSSI minggu ini? selain adanya "Bos" baru, tapi juga Alfred Riedl yang sudah tidak lagi menngani timnas kita. Sudah banyak sekali berita mengani ini, dan sudah tidak dapat di rubah lagi. So let's move on...yang lalu biarlah berlalu ...Mari kita intip profile pelatih anyar Timnas kita dari negeri kincir angin itu.

Wim Rijsbergen resmi menangani timnas Indonesia mulai Kamis, 14 Juli 2011. Ia menggantikan posisi Alfred Riedl. Dia akan mendampingi tim Merah Putih dalam dua laga Pra Piala Dunia 2014 menghadapi Turkmenistan tanggal 23 dan 28 Juli 2011.

Lahir di Leiden, Belanda pria yang bernama lengkap Wilhelmus Gerardus Rijsbergen adalah mantan pemain sepakbola profesional. Rijsbergen memulai karir sepak bola lewat klub Leiden Roodenburg. Karir sesungguhnya mulai berkembang sejak masuk PEC Zwolle dan kemudian selama tujuh tahun di Feyenoord Rotterdam pada 1971-1978. Di Feyenoord, dia sukses meraih gelar Eredivisie (Liga Belanda) serta Piala UEFA pada musim 1973-74.

Di timnas Belanda, pria yang berposisi sebagai bek tengah ini sukses mengantarkan Oranje ke partai puncak Piala Dunia 1974 dan 1978, meskipun harus puas di posisi runner-up. Dia juga membawa Belanda menjadi peringkat tiga Piala Eropa 1976.

Setelah mengakhiri karirnya di klub yang sempat diperkuat Irfan Bachdim, FC Utrecht pada 1986, dia langsung mencoba peruntungannya sebagai pelatih. Dia memulai karirnya sebagai pelatih tim junior Ajax Amsterdam selama dua tahun. Setelah itu dia beberapa kali berganti-ganti klub dari mulai FC Volendam, NAC Breda dan FC Groningen.

Pada 2005 ia menjadi asisten pelatih timnas Trinidad & Tobago. Bersama pelatih kepala Leo Beenhakker dia membuat sensasi dengan meloloskan negara kecil ini ke putaran final Piala Dunia 2006 di Jerman.

Dia (Wim Rijbergen) punya kualitas karena dia juga pernah melatih di Piala Dunia 2006 untuk Trinidad & Tobago. Tapi ini kan hanya untuk sementara. Hanya untuk melewati melewati dua pertandingan ini saja (melawan Turkmenistan), tandang dan kandang.

Akhirnya pada Januari 2011, pria 59 tahun ini memulai karir di Indonesia bersama klub Liga Primer Indonesia (LPI), PSM Makassar.

Kini, beban ada di pundaknya..apa yang akan terjadi tgl 23 juli nanti...mungkin akan membuat Garuda mania menyukainya atau sebaliknya.....Who knows..

Enjoy Your Retirement Years With Gold IRA

2011-07-07T20:48:00.000-07:00

Today, the economic wheel are moving slowly. Now we don’t know what will going on with our investment in the couple hours later. Whether rise up or just falling down to the ground level. This is sound scary but this is the reality going on right now. This is why so many people change their way of doing business. And start to invest in gold. We knew that gold is accepted everywhere in the universe. And also etternal, that's for sure. This is why most people like to investing their money in a gold. Not just for the young who like to do this for business, investing in a gold will be the ultimate retirement assets. But, investing in gold is not simple if you do not know how to invest it in a good way.

The best way is to invest your money in gold IRA. As we know , for centuries gold has been coveted for its unique blend of near indestructibility, beauty, rarity and because of its status as universal currency. The prices of gold tends seems increasing from year to year if you can compare it with other investment that depends on economic situations. And once again I say, if you invest in IRA gold, it will be very lucrative. Still confuse where and how you can start investing in IRA gold ? I will show you the place you can sign up your gold Ira and gold 401K account. Just visit goldcoinsgain.com. Register in that site or call them and they will manage your gold IRA transfer. Now you can enjoy your retirement years and also have a good busniness to pass it to your children when they are grown up.

Where To Get The Best Promotional Items To Promote Your Business

2011-06-02T20:19:00.000-07:00

The way to promote your business can be in many ways. One thing that effective is using promotional items or giveaway items. Why? because everyone enjoy receiving a gift even if it "just a little something". Gift - giving creates a favorable impression. It can build goodwill, be an incentive, communicate a message and create awarness.

Want to know where you can find a place to get giveaway items with afordable price? just logon to branders.com. There you can choose what items that suits to your company. They offers so many products like

custom ballpoint or pens, t-shirt with logo, logo apparel, customized bags, promotional mugs, keychain with logos, and many more.

Do you know why you should choose branders ?. If you buy promotional items from branders, you will get on-time shipment guarantee, free samples and free artwork enhancement and also you will get more logos on the item that you order. With more logos, it will attract more consumer to get to know your company.

no need to ait for long.. Go to branders.com now, and you will get the best promotional products there..

Low-cost ways to promote your online business

2011-06-02T19:04:00.000-07:00

If you need to promote your online business, i will share some tips with you guys...check it out.

low-cost ways to promote your online business:

Business cards and business literature - Every piece of literature, all print ads, business cards, yellow page ads, stationary and every email you write should contain your company's web address. It is now so common to do so that people will assume you do not have a web site, if they do not see it listed on your company literature.
Write articles for Internet newsletters - If you write well, you can get articles accepted in many online newsletters. When the article runs you will essentially be trading content (your article) for free advertising (your web address and email on the article).
Local advertising on billboards and on the radio. This is one very good way to let customers know that you have a business online.
Joining local chambers of commerce. We find that the smaller chambers are generally better because they actively promote their members. Much of our business has come through the chambers.
Free seminars: We have offered to speak about the Internet and ecommerce to many local groups. We have spoken to small business groups, chamber groups, accounting groups and trade organizations. None of these groups pay for speakers so they are generally pleased to have volunteers. Plan ahead. They tend to book speakers about a year in advance.
BBBOnline – Join the Better Business Bureau Online program. We have gotten both attention and referrals from this program. We also strongly support its concepts of honest advertising and responsiveness to customer concerns.

Marketing Trick

2011-06-02T18:44:00.000-07:00

If you Walk around any trade or consumer show and you will be able to collect a bag full of advertising specialties or giveaway items all designed to promote. But look a little more closely.

How many really do an effective job? How clearly do they get a message across? Is the message sufficiently visible? Is the giveaway useful or unique enough that you would want to keep and use it? All these questions, and more, need to be considered before jumping into the giveaway game.

Everyone enjoys receiving a gift, even if it is "just a little something." Gift-giving creates a favorable impression. It can build goodwill, be an incentive, communicate a message and create awareness.

When thinking about advertising specialties for your next show, consider the following ten questions:

1. What do you want to achieve by giving away a premium item?
Your giveaway items should be designed to increase your memorability, communicate, motivate, promote or increase recognition. It is important not only that the message have an impact, but also the premium itself.

2. How will you select your premium item?
There is a multitude of different items you could consider as a premium. However, which one will best suit your purpose?

To select the right item, you need to decide your objective. Do you want it to enhance a theme; convey a specific message or educate your target audience?

A clear purpose should help make your selection process easier. A promotional specialist can also help you make an effective selection. Remember that your company image is reflected in whatever you choose to give away.

3. Whom do you want to receive your premium?
Having a clear objective for your premium item will also help you decide who should receive it. You may consider having different gifts for different types of visitors. You might have different quality gifts for your key customers, prospects and general passersby.

4. How does your giveaway tie into your marketing theme?
Is there an item that naturally complements your marketing message? Have the message imprinted on the item and make sure that your company name, logo and phone number appear clearly. An important aspect of any gift is to remember who it was from long after the fact.

5. What is your budget?
The price range for premium items is enormous. Quality, quantity and special orders all impact the price. Establish a budget as part of your exhibit marketing plan.

Consider ordering the same item for several different shows. The greater the quantity of your order, the lower the individual unit price.

6. What must visitors do to qualify for a gift item?
There are several ways to use your premium effectively. For example, as a reward for visitors participating in a demonstration, presentation or contest; as a token of your appreciation when visitors have given you qualifying information about their specific needs; as a thank you for stopping at the booth.

Avoid leaving items out for anyone to take. This diminishes value and has little or no memorability factor.

7. Will your giveaway directly help your future sales?
Consider handing out a discount coupon or a gift certificate that requires future contact with your company for redemption. Consider premiums that will help generate frequent visits to customers and prospects, such as calling you for free refills.

8. How does your premium item complement your exhibiting goals?
Premiums can be used to prequalify your prospects. One company uses playing cards. Prior to the show, they send "kings" to their key customers, "queens" to suppliers, "jacks" to new or hot prospects. They request that the cards are brought to the booth in exchange for a special gift. When the cards are presented, the booth staff already know certain information about the visitor. They can then act on their previous knowledge and use time with the visitor more productively.

9. How will you inform your target audience about you giveaway item?
A sufficiently novel or useful giveaway can actively help to draw prospects to your booth. So make sure your prospects know about it. Send a "tickler" invitation with details of the giveaway, or create a two-piece premium, sending one part out to key prospects prior to the show and telling them to collect the other half at your booth.

10. How will you measure the effectiveness of your premium?
Establish a tracking mechanism to measure the success of your giveaway. If it is a redemption item, code it so that you know it resulted from the show.

Post-show follow-up could include a question about the premium - did visitors remember receiving it and how useful was the item. After the show, critique your giveaway with your exhibit team:

Did it draw specific prospects to the booth? Was it eye-catching enough to persuade passersby to stop? Did your customers find it useful? Did it project the right corporate image?

There are plenty of exciting premiums for you to choose from so that you can avoid the usual pens, pencils and keychains. Make your premium work for you and it will be money well invested.

Now you can start promote your business...enjoy...

Gaya Publik Figur Non-Muslim Saat berkerudung

2011-05-11T18:31:00.000-07:00

Masih ingatkah ketika First Lady Amerika Michele Obama datang ke Masjid istiqlal mengenakan kerudung?. tentu saja itu sangat menghebohkan masyarakat kita bahkan dari dunia internasional. Ini semakin menambah kepopuleran Michele saat itu. usut punya usut pesohor dunia lainnya ternyata sudah melakukan hal yang sama sejak lama.

Sebutlah Putri Diana, Ratu elizabeth, Angelina jolie dll. Ini udah biasa dilakukan oleh mereka yang non-muslim untuk menghormati kita atau menghormati tuan rumah yang notabene mayoritas muslim.

Mau tau foto-foto merek a saat berkerudung? cekidot.....
Michele Obama saat di Istiqlal jakarta

Angelina Jollie, mengunjungi pengungsi Afghanistan di Pakistan tahun 2008 dalam kapasitas sebagai Duta Pengungsi UNHCR (unhcr)

First Lady Prancis, Carla Bruni, mengenakan kerudung saat berkunjung ke tempat bersejarah umat Muslim di Fatehpur, India, tahun 2008.(AP)

Ratu Elizabeth II, ditemani Putra Mahkota Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan mengunjungi Masjid Agung Sheikh Zayed, tahun 2009.(AP)

Lady Diana kerap tampil berkerudung saat melakukan kegiatan amal di tengah komunitas Muslim. Di akhir hidupnya, ia menjalin percintaan dengan seorang Muslim, Dodi Al Fayed (AP)

Menteri Luar negeri Amerika Serikat, Hillary Rodham Clinton, berdoa bersama menteri Luar Negeri Pakistan, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, berdoa saat berziarah ke makam Muhammad Iqbal, di Iqbal Memorial, Lahore, Pakistan, 29 Oktober 2009. (cnn)

Bruno Mars versi Youtube (Kanal EkaWahyudiJuanJusuf)

2011-04-14T01:32:00.000-07:00

Lagi buka-buka youtube mau liat video briptu Norman, malah nemu video lebih gokil....

Perut mual abis karena ngakak gila....

Ini yang bikin video ane liat sih orang yogya tapi belum tau kebenarannya silahkan cek sendiri. Di aku Youtube nya ane liat ada 2 lagu yang menarik, yang pertama lagu Melinda Cinta Satu Malam yang dinyanyikan dalam versi pop. Linknya disini. Dan lagu bruno Mars Just The way You are versi Indonesia yang videonya bikin ngakak abis... Silahkan Cekidot mas Bro, agan, sista..... Monggo... Klik aja Link nya disini

Investing in Gold IRA

2011-04-07T19:28:00.000-07:00

Doing business in this time is very hard to do. Not just as simple as doing it in the past couple years. We cannot just simply investing our money on this company or that company. Because today the economic wheel are moving slowly. Now we don’t know what will going on with our investment in the couple hours later. Whether rise up or just falling down to the ground level. This is sound scary but this is the reality going on right now.

To avoid this kind of loss or failure in investment, I recommend that you better choose the low risk of investment. The best way is to invest your money in gold IRA. As we know , for centuries gold has been coveted for its unique blend of near indestructibility, beauty, rarity and because of its status as universal currency. The prices of gold tends seems increasing from year to year if you can compare it with other investment tat depends on economic situations. And once again I say, if you invest in IRA gold, it will be very lucrative. Still confuse where and how you can start investing in IRA gold ? I will show you the place you can sign up your gold Ira and gold 401K account. Just visit goldcoinsgain.com. Just register in that site or call them and thay will manage your gold IRA transfer. No need to wait for long if you want to get bright future.

Hari ini aku diTolong Preman !!!

2011-03-14T20:35:00.000-07:00

Terlalu capek mata karena kemarin jadi kuli ketik sambil finishing lapak baru di http://www.melfashop.com , sorenya langsung kuliah, matakuliahnya mbingungi ..."Pengantar Ekonomi" dan "Sistem Penunjang Keputusan"*_*, dosennya ga mau korupsi waktu..jadwal selesai 21.30 Beliau habiskan ampe mentok detik terakhir. Wal hasil pulang dalam keadaan mata sepet ngga karuan.
Nyampe dirumah benda yang aku cari adalah bantal....Pel-LOR..nempel langsung molor, ngga ada acara mandi ataupun cuci muka (pantesan,,pagi2 jerawat nongol di dagu *_*).
Pagi2 alarm bunyi dari handphone butut nokiyem express music. menyenandungkan lagu Creed "One last Breath" membuat saya kembali terpaksa membuka mata untuk sholat subuh.
Ga berasa sangkin ngantuknya sampe kejedot di sajadah.kembali terlelap selama +/- 30 menit. Suara tetangga yang sedang manasin motornya membuat saya sangat sangat terpaksa menghentikan tidur saya di ronde kedua ini. Mandi cuman beberapa menit mengingat kalau hari ini bos pulang dari luar negeri dan pasti dia masuk kantor, membuat saya harus berpacu dengan waktu agar tidak terlambat nyampe di kantor.
Setelah berpakaian rapi khas kuli, saya bergegas berjalan keluar gang menunggu mikrolet 42 jurusan pulo gadung lewat. Tak sampai 2 menit saya sudah duduk manis di dalamnya disamping ibu2 yang keliatannya mau kerja juga. Selama hidup di Jakarta dan nomaden berpindah2 tempat numpang di rumah saudara yg tersebar di berbagai wilayah Jakarta membuat saya sudah paham kalau Jakarta itu memang macet. Tetapi ternyata daerah inilah yang saya lihat paling parah macetnya. kendaraan dari luar Jakarta (Bekasi dll) masuk melalui jalur ini, menyebabkan macet total setiap pagi dan sore saat2 jam kerja. membuat saya sedikit berfikir, Bang Oji Bowo harus mulai melirik daerah ini jika ingin membuat MRT. Lagi enak2nya bayangin naik MRT, tiba2 "grkkkkk"...suara rem mendadak dan juga mesin yang tiba2 mati. Terlihat sopir memanggil kenek'nya dan bilang dalam bahasa daerah mereka. Setelah itu kenek tsb menerjemakannya dlm bahasa Indonesia ke penumpang bahwa mobil mogok dan akan di oper ke bus lain.
"Alamakkkk..macam mana pula ini....udah siang..kelaperan..panas..macet....mogok pula". Benar-benar nasibku malang nian.
Setelah menepi..kenek tsb menyuruh kita menunggu bus lain yang lewat dan kita akan dioper. lama menunggu....bus tak datang juga. Gimana mau lewat, jalannya aja macet bgt, kendaraan ga bergerak. Aku terpikir untuk menyetop kendaraan yg lebih kecil saja, nungguin bus pasti bakalan lama. Aku periksa dompetku "Alamakkkk...uangnya gede2 semua" Bukan maksudnya segede gajah..tapi nominalnya besar..50.000,100.000.. ngga ada selembarpun uang recehan. Saya berfikir, kalau naik angkot bayar pake 50.000 pagi2 begini, bisa2 di marahin supirnya krn ga ada kembalian.. Akhirnya mau tak mau kembali menunggu...Namun bus tak datang juga.
Dalam keadaan genting itu, mata saya menangkap sebuah bayangan hitam bertopi "lebay.com". Setelah dilihat ternyata preman yang suka narikin uang dari para supir angkot.
Dalam hati saya berpikir, ayo..saatnya bertindak..
Tanpa pikir panjang segera saya dekati orang itu saya bilang, "Bang, nuker receh bisa ga, gocap", Dia langsung membuka tas pinggangnya yang penuh dengan uang receh 2000an. Dan mengeluarkan setumpuk yg berjumlah 50rb pd saya. Setelah itu, barulah saya bisa aman sampai di kantor dan sekarang bisa update blog saya ini.
Makasih ya bang preman,,,,kau telah menolongku hari ini.

101 Version Nama Udin (Lagu Udin Majnun)

2011-03-08T17:48:00.000-08:00

Jalan jalan pagi ke detik.com ada judul tread forum yang cukup membuat saya menoleh untuk membacanya. Jauh banget dari topik yang selama ini selalu saya cari di forum terutama kaskus. Biasanya saya selalu tertarik untuk membaca tread yang berjudul "FIFA Tolak Nurdin" atau "Nurdin Turun" atau judul-judl lain yang masih bersaudara. mata saya tertuju pada topik yang Judulnya gini " Fenomena Lagu Kocak Udin Majenun". Setelah dibaca-baca ternyata beneran kocak.
Ada lagu yang liriknya kaya gini "Udin yang pertama namanya Awaludin..Udin yang suka di kamar namanya Kamarudin..Udin yang hidup di jalan namanya Jalaludin..Udin penggembala, namanya Sapiudin." Itu adalah sepenggal lirik lagu berjudul 'Udin Majenun (Lagu Tentang Sebuah Nama)'. Judul lagu ini pun masih belum bisa dipastikan. Ada yang bilang berjudul 'Udin', namun ada juga yang bilang berjudul 'Udin Majenun (Lagu Tentang Sebuah Nama)', 'Lagu Nama Udin', 'Udin Majnun' dan juga 'Kisah si Udin'. Semua membuat versi judul sendiri, namun dengan lirik lagu dan nada yang sama.
Fenomena lagu 'Udin Majenun (Lagu Tentang Sebuah Nama)' semakin membuat orang penasaran mencari tahu tentang siapa penyanyi dan pencipta lagu ini. Dan semakin banyak juga orang yang ingin mendownload lagu 'Udin Majenun (Lagu Tentang Sebuah Nama)' ini. Bahkan acara musik 'Inbox' yang tayang di SCTV, ikut mencari siapa sebenarnya sosok penyanyi dan pencipta lagu 'Udin' ini. Jika dilihat dari video You Tube yang bisa disaksikan di bawah ini versi bahasa asli,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o51AqmH0pMi
ini yang versi bahasa Indonesia,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZKaAZaOcB8&feature=related
lagu 'Udin' ini dinyanyikan oleh seorang pria dengan gaya yang agak kemayu dan kocak. Seperti seorang presenter yang acaranya selalu saya tonton berjudul "Kaca Mata" tayang tiap sabtu sore kalau ngga salah. Dia menyanyikan lagu ini dengan arahan seseorang di belakang kamera. Lucu memang. Coba saja Anda lihat video tadi. Dijamin akan tertawa terpingkal-pingkal saat menyaksikannya.

Merchant Account Provider

2011-03-01T18:01:00.000-08:00

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Siapa Berani "Meminjam Cermin" Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?

2011-02-15T23:51:00.000-08:00

Artikel ini saya temukan di kaskus. Siapa yang ga tahu kaskus? tentu semua sudah familiar, ketika jalan-jalan di kaskus saya menemukan sebua tread yang sangat membuat hati saya tersentuh, silahkan membaca artikelnya di sini:
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Benarkah Presiden Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad adalah presiden termiskin di dunia? Jawabannya bisa ya dan bisa tidak. Dijawab ya, karena memang dialah presiden di dunia dengan kekayaan sebagai berikut: kekayaan dan propertinya terdiri dari sedan Peugeot 504 tahun 1977 dan sebuah rumah sederhana warisan ayahnya 40 tahun yang lalu di sebuah daerah kumuh di Teheran!

Kalau dijawab tidak, maka dialah presiden di dunia tempat paling kaya bagi banyak pejabat negara manapun untuk "bercermin" alias introspeksi diri. Banyak masyarakat menginginkan pejabat-pejabat di negaranya untuk berprilaku sebagaimana Ahmadinejad, "meminjam" cermin Ahmadinejad untuk melihat diri mereka. Dan setelah bercemin kepada pribadi presiden tersebut mereka pun lalu hendaknya menjadi pejabat yang sangat sederhana dan "amanah" dalam pengertian kasat mata.

"Ketika bercermin, saya melihat orang di dalam cermin itu dan mengatakan kepadanya: Ingat, kau tak lebih dari seorang pelayan, hari di depanmu penuh dengan tanggung jawab yang berat, yaitu melayani bangsa Iran," kata Ahmadinejad ketika diwawancarai TV Fox (AS).

Gambaran tentang Ahmadinejad, memang membuat orang ternganga dan terheran-heran. Lebih dari ternganga, mungkin banyak pejabat kita yang "terpelongo". Apakah masih ada "manusia" seperti dia? Seorang presiden di suatu negara pastilah akan merasa "gerah" setrelah mengetahui kehidupan presiden Iran yang namanya mendunia ini. Apalagi jika presiden itu diminta pendapatnya untuk mau mengikuti gaya hidup Ahmadinejad.

Yang membuat orang terpelongo adalah saat pertama kali menduduki kantor kepresidenan, ia menyumbangkan seluruh karpet istana Iran yang sangat tinggi nilainya kepada masjid di Teheran dan menggantikannya dengan karpet biasa yang mudah dibersihkan.

Di istana, ada ruangan yang sangat besar untuk menerima dan menghormati tamu VIP, lalu ia memerintahkan untuk menutup ruang tersebut dan memintan pada protokoler untuk menggantinya dengan ruangan biasa dengan dua kursi kayu yang sederhana tetapi terlihat impresif.

Pertama kali menjabat presiden Iran yang langsung dilakukannya adalah mengumumkan kekayaannya tadi, yang sama sekali tak sebanding dengan lazimnya kekayaan seorang pejabat di negara-negara lain umumnya. Jangankan dibandingkan dengan presiden, dengan anggota legislatif di Indonesia pun ia "tak layak diperbandingkan". Padahal, kalau dilihat dari sisi reputasi, ia adalah salah satu pemimpin dunia yang amat berpengaruh dalam percaturan dunia saat ini.

Sebagai presiden, ia masih tinggal di rumahnya. Di banyak kesempatan ia menyempatkan diri bercengkerama dengan petugas kebersihan di sekitar rumah dan kantor kepresidenannya.

Rekening banknya pun bersaldo minimum, dan satu-satunnya uang masuk baginya adalah uang gaji bulanannya. Gajinya sebagai dosen di sebuah universitas hanya senilai US$250.

Lalu, apakah yang sebenarnya ingin dikejar Ahmadinejad dengan menampilkan diri menjadi presiden sebuah Negara yang sangat penting secara strategis, ekonomis, politik dan pertahanan di kawasan Arab dan bahkan dunia itu?

Presiden ini malah tidak mengambil gajinya, alasannya adalah bahwa semua kesejahteraan adalah milik negara dan ia bertugas untuk menjaganya.

Satu hal yang membuat kagum staf kepresidenan adalah tas yg selalu dibawa sang presiden tiap hari yang selalu berisikan sarapan roti isi atau roti keju yang disiapkan istrinya dan memakannya dengan gembira, ia juga menghentikan kebiasaan menyediakan makanan yang dikhususkan untuk presiden.

Hal lain lagi yang ia ubah adalah kebijakan Pesawat Terbang Kepresidenan. Ia mengubahnya menjadi pesawat kargo sehingga dapat menghemat pajak masyarakat dan untuk dirinya, ia meminta terbang dengan pesawat terbang biasa dengan kelas ekonomi.

Ia juga menghentikan kebiasaan upacara karpet merah, sesi foto, atau publikasi pribadi, atau hal-hal seperti itu saat mengunjungi berbagai tempat di negaranya.

Saat harus menginap di hotel, ia meminta diberikan kamar tanpa tempat tidur yang tidak terlalu besar karena ia tidak suka tidur di atas kasur, tetapi lebih suka tidur di lantai beralaskan karpet dan selimut.

Ia kerap mengadakan rapat dengan menteri-menterinya untuk mendapatkan info tentang kegiatan dan efisiensi yang sudah dilakukan, dan ia memotong protokoler istana sehingga menteri-menterinya dapat masuk langsung ke ruangannya tanpa ada hambatan.

Saat ia meminta menteri-menterinya untuk datang kepadanya, mereka akan menerima sebuah dokumen yang ditandatangani yang berisikan arahan-arahan darinya, arahan tersebut terutama sekali menekankan mereka untuk tetap hidup sederhana dan disebutkan bahwa rekening pribadi maupun kerabat dekatnya akan diawasi, sehingga pada saat mereka akan berakhir masa jabatannya dapat meninggalkan kantornya dengan kepala tegak.

Apakah Ahmadinejad ingin menyindir banyak pejabat di seluruh dunia dengan berperilaku seperti itu atau ingin merendahkan posisi presiden?

Presiden Iran ini memang membuat orang terpelongo dan foto-foto kesederhanaan dirinya menyebar ke banyak negara termasuk Amerika Serikat yang amat memusuhi program-program pertahanan Iran di bawah kepemimpinannya.

Yang paling dipujakan orang terhadapnya adalah prilakunya di dalam mesjid. Dalam hal bermakmum dalam sholat, Anda akan sering melihat bahwa seorang presiden tidak duduk di baris paling muka. Pada kesempatan apa pun, ketika suara azan berkumandang, ia langsung mengerjakan sholat di mana pun ia berada meskipun hanya beralaskan karpet biasa. Tidak heran, ada sebuah foto Ahmadinejad sedang duduk melaksanakan sholat di pinggir sebuah jalan hanya beralasakan kain!

Ketika dia mengadakan hajatan besar yaitu menikahkan puteranya, pernikahan putra presiden itu tak menghabiskan milyaran rupiah seperti ketika putra seorang menteri di Indonesia menikah. Pernikahan itu, penikahan seorang putra presiden negara sestrategis seperti Iran, hanya layaknya pernikahan anak seorang kaum buruh.
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Mengagumkan sosok presiden yang satu ini....pejabat mana di negara kita ini yang berani meminjam cermin Ahmadinejad ?
Silahkan baca treadnya disini http://www.kaskus.us/showthread.php?t=5894249

Hosni Mubarak Biography

2011-02-08T19:01:00.000-08:00

Born: May 4, 1928
Kafr-El Meselha, Egypt.
Hosni Mubarak became president of Egypt after the assassination (political murder) of Anwar Sadat (1918–1981). He continued his country's peace with Israel, made efforts to bring peace to the entire Middle East, and cracked down on Islamic groups that participated in terrorist activities.

Early years

Hosni Mubarak was born on May 4, 1928 in the Nile delta province of Minufiya. He had four siblings and his father was a minor official in the Ministry of Justice. Mubarak's village of Kafr-El Meselha was known for its schools and had produced four cabinet ministers. Mubarak did well in school and completed primary schooling in his village and secondary studies in the nearby capital of Shibin El-Kom, Egypt, before going on to Egypt's Military Academy and then its Air Academy. He graduated from the Air Academy in 1950, completing his studies in only two years by attending year-round. He became a pilot and received part of his training in the former Soviet Union.

Military career

Mubarak was an instructor at the Air Academy and commanded Egypt's bomber force in the Yemen civil war in the 1960s. He was named director of the Air Academy in 1967 and given the important task of rebuilding the air force, which the Israelis had destroyed in the Six Day War of June 1967. Mubarak moved up to air force chief of staff in 1969 and commander in chief in 1972. He helped plan a successful surprise attack on Israeli forces occupying the east bank of the Suez Canal in October 1973, launching the Yom Kippur War. President Sadat named Mubarak vice president in 1975. Sadat preferred the international spotlight to administrative work, so Mubarak took over the day-to-day running of the government, leading cabinet meetings and handling security details. He gained foreign affairs experience with many trips to other countries, including Syria, Iraq, the United States, and China. His experience was important in the talks leading to the 1978 Camp David Accords, agreements signed by Egypt and Israel that ended years of conflict.

Takes over as president

Mubarak escaped with a minor hand wound when Islamic fundamentalists (those who interpret their religious beliefs as law) assassinated Sadat in October 1981. Taking over as president, he moved quickly to crush an Islamic uprising and jailed over two-thousand five-hundred members of militant (engaging in violence) Islamic groups. Mubarak kept most of Sadat's foreign and domestic policies, including the Camp David treaty and Sadat's close ties to the United States. All the Arab states but three had criticized Egypt for the treaty with Israel, so Mubarak tried to rebuild relations with Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasir Arafat (1929–). It was Mubarak who encouraged Arafat to compromise and recognize Israel's right to exist.
Throughout the 1980s Mubarak increased the production of affordable housing, clothing, furniture, and medicine. He also kept a close eye on his officials, firing ministers at the first hint of wrongdoing and fining members of parliament for unnecessary absences. Egypt's heavy dependence on U.S. aid and her hopes for U.S. pressure on Israel for a Palestinian settlement continued under Mubarak. He also quietly improved relations with the former Soviet Union. In 1987 Mubarak won election to a second six-year term.

More Middle East conflict

Mubarak was angered over the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, and he sent forty-five thousand troops to help fight back against the Iraqis. In 1993 he was reelected with 96.3 percent of the vote, a sign of the Egyptian people's approval of his stand against Islamic fundamentalists. Plots to assassinate Mubarak had surfaced in 1992, 1993, and 1995, after two policemen were killed in another attack against the president. But Mubarak continued his tough stance. His crackdown led to charges against his government of torture, threats to the press, and other human rights abuses.
In September 1999 Egyptian voters elected Mubarak to a fourth six-year term in office. In 2000 he became the first Egyptian head of state to visit Lebanon since 1952. He also continued his efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East, meeting with Arafat, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak (1942–), and U.S. President Bill Clinton (1946–). During these meetings he urged the foreign leaders to end the violence for the benefit of the entire region. In October 2001 Mubarak ordered hundreds of Islamic militants to stand trial in Egyptian courts for participating in terrorist activities.

source NOTABLEBIOGRAPHIES.com

Profile FIRMAN UTINA

2010-12-23T23:00:00.000-08:00

Firman Utina dilahirkan di kampung Komo Luar, Manado 28 tahun silam. Ia adalah kapten baru tim nasional Indonesia setelah Bambang Pamungkas sering dibangku cadangkan oleh pelatih Alfred Riedl
Jenderal lapangan tengah Timnas Indonesia ini memulai karir sepakbolanya di klub Indonesia Muda yang berada di daerah asalnya Manado. Selama beberapa tahun ia ditempa di sekolah sepakbola itu, ia kemudian hijrah ke klub amatir Bina Taruna, setelah usianya melewati batas yang dibolehkan di sekolah sepakbola. Keuletannya untuk terus rajin berlatih membuat dia mampu terus memperbaiki penampilannya. Hanya tiga tahun bersama klub amatir tersebut, ia direkrut Persma Junior, salah satu tim semi-profesional yang ada di daerahnya saat itu.

Proses masuk ke Persma Junior terbilang unik. Hal itu karena ia tidak melalui mekanisme seleksi layaknya pemain lain. Sebab ia direkrut setelah mampu mencetak 12 gol dalam satu pertandingan pada turnamen klub lokal di Manado. Torehan gol yang mencengangkan itu sampai ke kuping pelatih Persma Manado saat itu, Benny Dollo. Penasaran dengan sukses salah satu striker lokal yang mampu mencetak gol selusin dalam satu laga, pelatih yang akrab di sapa Bendol tersebut langsung memerintahkan anggotanya menjemput Firman, dan mengajaknya masuk Persma. Pucuk dicinta ulam pun tiba. Tak ragu, ia langsung menerima pinangan untuk bergabung ke Persma.
Terus ditempa dibawah pelatih Benny Dollo, ia pun menunjukan progres meningkat. Hal tersebut membuat pelatih berjulukan Bendol tersebut tidak ragu mengikutkannya di mana pun ia menjadi arsitek tim, sehingga membuat banyak orang menyebut Firman adalah “anak emas” pelatih timnas Indonesia itu. Meskipun Firman tidak merasa demikian, namun hal ini sepertinya ada benarnya. Bahkan ketika Benny Dollo melatih tim nasional Indonesia, Firman selalu dipanggil menjadi pemain inti. Namun untungnya hal tersebut tidak membuat pemain bertinggi badan 165 cm ini besar kepala. Firman hanya mengakui ada simbiosis tersendiri yang saling melengkapi antara dirinya dan Bendol.
Tekadnya untuk terus menekuni karir bermain sepakbola rupanya tidak perlu diragukan. Itu bisa dilihat dengan keputusannya meninggalkan status pegawai negeri sipil (PNS) Kabupaten Tangerang saat merumput bersama Pendekar Cisadane, dan memutuskan hengkang ke Arema Malang, mengikuti jejak pelatih Benny Dollo.

Pilihannya meninggalkan Persita Tangerang dan merapat ke Arema Malang serta menanggalkan status PNS rupanya tidak sia-sia. Sebab di klub kebanggaan Aremania itu ia merasakan manisnya mencicipi gelar juara, meski itu hanya turnamen Copa Indonesia (tahun 2005 dan 2006). Tidak hanya juara tentunya, ia pun mampu menyabet gelar pemain terbaik di ajang tersebut. Satu penghargaan yang membuat motivasinya untuk terus memperbaiki penampilan. Meski beberapa kali di dera cedera dan mengharuskannya untuk istirahat dari lapangan hijau, penampilannya masih tetap stabil. Tahun 2007 menjadi tahun keemasan Firman. Ia terpilih menjadi pemain terbaik Indonesia pada laga melawan Bahrain di ajang Piala Asia 2007.

Setelah pelatih Beny Dollo memutuskan untuk mundur dari kursi pelatih Persita Tangerang, ia pun diprediksi bakal meninggalkan klub tersebut dan kembali mengikut jejak pelatih yang telah menjadikannya sebagai pemain terkenal itu. Akhirnya karena Bendol direkrut timnas, ia pun banting setir dan merapat ke Pelita Jaya, menolak tawaran sejumlah tim papan yang atas mengincarnya.
Meski pernah mengecewakan manajemen Persita Tangerang, tapi dia tetap diterima ketika kembali merapat ke tim tersebut pada awal musim kompetisi 2007 silam. Padahal pada musim 2004, pemain yang memulai debutnya di tim “Merah Putih” sejak 2000 bersama timnas pelajar, pernah memilih menanggalkan statusnya sebagai PNS dan meninggalkan Pendekar Cisadane. Namun hanya semusim Firman kembali merumput bersama Persita, pada tahun 2008, Firman bergabung dengan klub Pelita Jaya yang telah lama dihubungkan dengannya. Namun di klub tersebut, Firman kurang beruntung. Ia kerap menghuni bangku cadangan karena kalah bersaing dengan playmaker asing Esteban Viscara.
Akhirnya di akhir tahun 2009, Pelita Jaya melepasnya ke Persija Jakarta, yang ketika itu diarsiteki oleh pelatih Benny Dollo. Keduanya pun bereuni kembali. Namun ternyata klub sebesar Persija pun tak menjadi labuhan terakhir Firman. Hanya satu musim dirinya merumput dengan kostum oranye-hitam. Pada musim 2010, Firman bergabung dengan klub elit lainnya dari Sumatera, Sriwijaya FC.
Kini Firman menjadi tumpuan baik di tingkat klub maupun nasional. Pemain yang berposisi sebagai gelandang ini terkenal memiliki mobilitas tinggi, daya jelajah luas, kecepatan dan tendangan yang akurat. Pada saat melawan Laos di ajang AFF 2010, Firman menunjukkan ketajamannnya dengan menceploskan 2 gol ke gawang Laos.

Firman pun menjabat sebagai kapten setelah rekannya, Bambang Pamungkas, sering dibangkucadangkan. Namun Firman tetap merendah. Dirinya berkata hanya menjabat kapten sementara. kapten sesungguhnya masih tetap Bambang Pamungkas.
Firman Utina berencana menggeluti dunia sepakbola hingga akhir hayatnya. Suami dari Marita Yustika ini mengaku ingin berkarir sebagai pelatih bila sudah pensiun kelak. Saat ini ia hanya ingin fokus bermain, dan tidak memiliki kegiatan sampingan sedikitpun. Dedikasi dan determinasi Firman berbuah manis. Kini namanya akan semakin harum di kancah sepakbola nasional, terlebih bila berhasil membawa Merah-Putih menjuarai turname AFF tahun ini. Bisa dipastikan dirinya akan sejajar dengan para legenda sepakbola Indonesia.

Profile OKTAVIANUS MANIANI "OKTO"

2010-12-23T22:48:00.000-08:00

Namanya mungkin kalah tenar dibanding Irfan Bachdim. Tapi, kontribusi gelandang mungil ini pada kemenangan demi kemenangan timnas Indonesia di Piala AFF 2010 cukup krusial. Ya, dialah Oktovianus Maniani atau akrab disapa Okto. Inilah profil, biodata dan foto Okto.

Okto mengenal sepakbola sejak usai lima tahun. Okto kecil semula tidak percaya bakal bisa bermain di klub profesional secepat ini dan mengikuti jejak idolanya Elie Aiboy. Terlebih karena ia sendiri terlahir bukan dari keluarga pesepakbola.

Bahkan, bungsu pasangan Benyamin Maniani dan Dorci Maniani merupakan anak laki-laki satu-satunya dari lima bersaudara. Sehingga bermain sepakbola semula hanya untuk memberikan permainan kepada Okto kecil, layaknya anak laki-laki pada umumnya.

Tapi siapa yang menduga, bakat mengolah si kulit bundar pemain kelahiran Jayapura 27 Oktober 1990 yang hobi makan bakso ini cukup lumayan. Terlebih setelah ia terpilih bergabung dengan timnas Indonesia U-17 pada 2007 silam, yang kala itu dibesut pelatih Aji Santoso.

Di tangan Aji lah karakter permainan Okto dibentuk. Termasuk menempatkannya di posisi yang benar dari semula striker menjadi winger kiri. Padahal selama menimba ilmu di klub Tunas Muda Amali hingga di PON Papua, yang akhirnya mengantarkan dirinya masuk timnas junior, Okto adalah seorang tukang gedor.

Tubuhnya yang mungil memberikan keuntungan tersendiri. Yakni, pergerakannya yang cepat dan akselerasi yang baik. Tak heran jika Okto sudah mampu menjadi pilihan utama pelatih Erick William di PSMS, meski usianya masih terbilang belia dibandingkan pemain lain yang menghuni skuad Ayam Kinantan.

Biodata
Nama: Okto Maniani
Kelahiran: Jayapura 27 Oktober 1990
Orang tua: Benyamin Maniani dan Dorci Maniani
Hobi: Makan Bakso
Tinggi/Berat Badan: 160 cm/ 50 kg
Idola: Ronaldo (Brasil), Elie Aiboy (Indonesia)

Karier Klub
1997-2006: Tunas Muda Amadi
2006-2007: Persipura U-23
2007: Asmat FC Merauke
2008: PON Papua dan PSMS Medan

Karir Timnas
2007: timnas U-17
2010: timnas senior

Profile ARIF SUYONO "keceng"

2010-12-23T22:36:00.000-08:00

Arif Suyono (lahir di Batu, Malang, Jawa Timur, 3 Januari 1984; umur 26 tahun) adalah seorang pemain sepak bola Indonesia.
Siapa tak kenal dia? Pemain supersub Timnas Indonesia ini bahkan banyak yang menyamakan gocekan kakinya yang maut seperti andre arshavin pemain dari Rusia itu. Ia biasa disapa dengan nama karib "Keceng" karena badannya yang terbilang kurus. Saat ini ia bermain untuk Sriwijaya FC di Liga Super Indonesia. Sebelum bermain di Sriwijaya FC , ia bermain di tim Persema Malang dan Arema Malang. Ia adalah salah satu pemain timnas sepak bola Indonesia di sektor gelandang atau penyerang sayap. Sebelum di timnas senior, ia juga pernah memperkuat timnas U-17 dan timnas U-23 Sea Games 2007. Prestasi yang ia peroleh adalah ikut mengantarkan Arema juara Copa Indonesia dua kali berturut-turut tahun 2005 dan 2006.

Kisah perjalanan Arif Suyono meniti karir sebagai pesepakbola profesional tidak mulus-mulus saja. Pada satu waktu, supersub timnas Indonesia di Piala AFF 2010 itu bahkan harus mendapatkan sepatu sepakbola hasil berhutang. Peristiwa tersebut terjadi sekitar sepuluh tahun lalu, saat Arif masih berusia 16 tahun. Ketika itu pemuda kelahiran Batu, Malang, tersebut hendak ikut seleksi masuk ke dalam tim Piala Gubernur. Ningsih, kakak kedua Arif, pun akhirnya nekat berhutang sepatubola dengan harga Rp 150 ribu demi sang adik.

Arif yang dibesarkan bersama 12 saudaranya itu selalu ditempatkan sebagai prioritas dikeluarganya. Saat ini Arif sudah sukses, tapi ia tidak lupa kalau apa yang ia peroleh saat ini tidak lepas dari peran keluarga. Maka keluarga besarnya pun pun ikut menikmati hasilnya. Melalui kucuran dana Arif, bisnis keluarga dibangun melalui usaha kripik.

Karena prestasinya yang bagus, tak tanggung-tanggung, NIKE pun sangat tertarik untuk mengontraknya sebagai brand image. Keren banget euy....

Profile AHMAD BUSTOMI

2010-12-23T22:22:00.000-08:00

Siapa sih yang ga kenal Bustomi? Sejak perhelatan Piala AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 digelar, nama Bustomi menjadi sangat terkenal seantero negeri. Olah kakinya yang mengunpan bola ke depan untuk kemudian dijadikan gol oleh striker kita, sudah tidak diragukan lagi ketajamannya. Namun sifatnya yang pendiam Ini semakin membuat kita penaaran ingin tahu, siapa sih Ahmad Bustomi ini? Bagaimana kehidupan awalnya sehingga menjadikannya pemain sepakbola profesional seperti sekarang ini?...

Ahmad Bustomi (lahir di Jombang, Jawa Timur, 13 Juni 1985; umur 25 tahun) adalah seorang pemain sepak bola Indonesia. Saat ini dia bermain untuk Arema Indonesia di Liga Super Indonesia, sebelum di Arema ia bermain untuk Persema Malang dan Persikoba Batu yang juga salah satu tim dari daerah di Malang Raya. Saat memperkuat Persema, nama Tomi masuk dalam skuad Timnas U-23 Asian Games, SEA Games, dan Pra Olimpiade yang sempat berlatih ke Belanda dan Argentina. Dalam buku program “Garuda Merah Garuda Putih” Bustomi mengaku banyak belajar dari Danurwindo, mantan pelatihnya di Persema Malang. Saat ia menjadi penggawa Tim nasional sepak bola indonesia di ajang Piala AFF 2010 asuhan Alfred Riedl. Dia biasa berposisi sebagai Midfielder. Tentang pemain idolanya, Tomi menyebut satu nama, Bima Sakti Tukiman. Kita tahu, Bima Sakti pernah jadi gelandang Timnas pada era Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto dkk. Dia terkenal memiliki tendangan kencang dan akurat. Tomi bersahabat dengan Bima kala keduanya bermain di Persema.

Ahmad Bustomi dilahirkan dari pasangan Jumari dan Sarmiati pada 13 Juli 1985 di Jombang. Hanya saja, 40 hari setelah dilahirkan, Tomi diboyong oleh kedua orang tuanya ke Malang. Selanjutnya, Jumari beserta keluarganya mengadu nasib ke Jakarta. Bertahun-tahun mengadu nasib, Jumari akhirnya kembali ke kampung halamannya di daerah Karangploso, Malang. "Saat kembali dari Jakarta, Tomi masih duduk di kelas V SD. Kemudian menantu saya, Jumari, mendirikan bengkel untuk menopang ekonominya," kata Atikah (nenek Ahmad Bustomi) mengenang perjalanan cucunya itu.
Nah, saat berada di kota dingin itulah Bustomi menekuni permainan si kulit bundar tersebut. Ia menikah dengan Fina Dian Sari teman semasa SMP yang kini bekerja sebagai asisten apoteker di RSSA (Rumah Sakit Dr. Saiful Anwar) Malang.

Cimot atau Tomi nama panggilan sehari-hari Bustomi, mulai mengenal sepakbola waktu ia masih duduk di bangku SD. Ia pun mendaftar di SSB Unibraw 82, sebuah SSB yang dibawah naungan Universitas Brawijaya. Di suatu turnamen pemandu bakat melihat potensi besar pada Tomi remaja akhirnya ia terjaring dalam seleksi, dan masuk dalam tim Persema Jr U-18. Dua musim pun ia jalani bersama Persema Jr di Kompetisi Liga Remaja Piala Soeratin U-18, di Persema U-18 ia dipercaya sebagai Kapten kesebelesan. Tahun 2004 awal mula ia mengawali sebagai pemain profesional, setelah ia menjadi bagian dari tim Persikoba Batu. 2005 ia memperkuat tim Persema Malang bersama Pitono dan Abdi Gusti pemain seangkatan di Persema U-18 yang saat itu diarsiteki oleh Danurwindo. Musim 2008 ia menyebrang ke tim se-kota Arema Malang, dan di musim kompetisi 2009-2010 membawa Arema Indonesia menjadi juara Liga Super Indonesia dan runner up Piala Indonesia.

Tomi masuk dalam skuad Timnas U-23 Asian Games, SEA Games, dan Pra Olimpiade yang sempat berlatih ke Belanda dan Argentina. Di Belanda diasuh oleh Foppe de Haan dan Bambang Nurdiansyah serta Ivan Kolev di Argentina. Di Timnas U-23 ia jalani pada tahun 2006 hingga 2007. Debutnya bersama Tim nasional sepak bola Indonesia ketika timnas Indonesia berhadapan dengan Uruguay 8 Oktober 2010 di Stadion Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta.

Profil SIngkat 9 Pemain Naturalisasi Filipina

2010-12-16T22:54:00.000-08:00

Heboh amat sih Naturalisasi pemain Filipina, biasa aja kali.....Simak nih, kalo ada yang belom tau...Mumpung masih 2 hari lagi semifinal AFF Suzuki Cup leg Ke 2 nya.
1. Jason De Jong
Gelandang kelahiran 1990 ini merupakan pemain berdarah campuran Belanda-Filipina. De Jong sempat ditawari untuk memperkuat timnas U-19 Belanda, namun menolak dan pilih memperkuat timnas Filipina.

De Jong resmi memperkuat Filipina saat tampil pada kualifikasi Piala AFF 2008. Saat Filipina bertemu Timor Leste, pemain berusia 20 tahun itu tampil sebagai pemain pengganti. Sayangnya, Filipina gagal lolos ke babak utama.

Tak hanya terampil di lapangan hijau, De Jong juga memperkuat timnas futsal Filipina pada kejuaraan Futsal AFF 2009. De Jong mencetak tiga gol saat timnya membantai Timor Leste 10-0 dan kalah 3-4 dari Indonesia.

2. Robert James Dazo GierGier merupakan pemain kelahiran Ascot, Inggris, 6 Januari 1980. Pemain yang bermain untuk Ascot United itu kali pertama dipanggil untuk memperkuat timnas Filipina pada kualifikasi AFC Cup 2009 lalu.

Dalam debutnya, Gier memperkuat Filipina bertemu Bhutan, 14 April 2009. Di tahun yang sama, bek tersebut juga dipercaya tampil saat Filipina bertemu Maladewa dan Turkmenistan.

3. Ray Anthony JonssonBek kiri berusia 31 tahun itu merupakan pemain berdarah campuran Filipina-Islandia. Jonsson bahkan sempat memperkuat tim U-21 Islandia pada 2001, namun tak mendapat panggilan di timnas senior negara tersebut.

Jonsson pun tak mau menyia-nyiakan tawaran Federasi Sepakbola Filipina (PFF). Pemain yang berlaga bersama Völsungur itu setuju untuk memperkuat Filipina melewati kualifikasi Piala AFF 2010.

Debut di Timnas Filipina pemain Grindavik, klub Premier League Islandia ini terjadi saat menghadapi Macau pada 12 Oktober 2010. Dalam pertandingan itu, Jonsson sukses mengawal pertahanan Filipina tak kebobolan dan menang 5-0.

4. Manuel OttPemain ini berlaga di Bundesliga2 bersama Ingolstadt 04. Ott bergabung dengan timnas U-19 Fipilina pada 2009 dan selanjutnya dipanggil untuk masuk timnas senior pada 13 Januari 2010 dan tampil saat Filipina ditahan imbang Taiwan 0-0.

5. James Joseph Placer YonghusbandPemain berposisi sayap kanan ini kelahiran Ashford, Middlesex, Inggris, 4 September 1986. Karir sepakbolanya dimulai dari akademi Chelsea pada 1996 saat masih berusia 10 tahun.

Pada 2005 lalu, James dipanggil untuk memperkuat timnas. Pemain yang kini membela Farmborough ini menjadi andalan Filipina di Piala AFF 2010 bersama saudaranya Philip Younghusband.

6. Philip James Placer "Phil" YounghusbandSama dengan kakaknya, James, Philip juga mengawali karir sepakbolanya dari akademi Chelsea saat masih berusia 9 tahun. Pada 2008, Phil meninggalkan Chelsea dan pindah ke Filipina.

Philip telah memperkuat Filipina pada SEA Games 2005 lalu. Pada event tersebut, dia mencetak dua gol bagi Filipina saat dikalahkan Malaysia 2-4. Phil kembali menjadi andalan di Piala AFF 2010 dan telah mencetak satu gol saat timnya mengalahkan Vietnam 2-0.

7. Alexander Charles Luis BorromeoPemain berdarah campuran Amerika Serikat-Filipina ini tergolong serbabisa. Ia pun diberi kepercayaan untuk mengenakan ban kapten Filipina. Dengan tinggi 188 cm, Borromeo bisa tampil sebagai bek tengah, gelandang bertahan, bahkan striker.

Borromeo pertama kali membela timnas Filipina pada 2004 lalu. Dari 28 kali penampilannya, pemain berusia 27 tahun itu sudah mengoleksi 4 gol.

8. Neil EtheridgeEtheridge menjadi pemain yang memiliki karir paling mengilap di timnas Filipina. Pemain kelahiran London, 1990 itu tercatat sebagai kiper ketiga tim Premier League, Fulham.

Etheridge sempat menolak tawaran Filipina pada 2007 lalu. Alasannya, dia tidak tahu banyak mengenai sepakbola di negara ibunya itu. Etheridge akhirnya luluh saat Federasi Sepakbola Filipina merayunya lagi setahun kemudian.

Etheridge menjadi tembok yang kokoh di lini belakang Filipina pada Piala AFF 2010. Dari 3 laga, kiper dengan tinggi badan 191 cm itu baru kebobolan satu gol saat timnya ditahan imbang Singapura 1-1.

Etheridge bukanlah kiper sembarangan. Dia sempat memperkuat timnas U-16 Inggris pada 2005. Di Fulham, Etheridge sempat menjadi kiper utama saat kiper utama Mark Schwarzer dan kiper kedua David Stockdale menderita cedera.
9. Christopher Robert Barbon "Chris" Greatwich
Pemain berdarah Inggris-Filipina ini merupakan andalan lini depan Filipina di Piala AFF 2010. Dua gol telah lahir dari kaki pemain kelahiran 30 September 1983, yakni saat Filipina bertemu Singapura dan Vietnam.

Greatwich mengawali karir sepakbolanya dari tim Brighton and Hove Albion. Saat ini, pria berusia 37 tahun itu telah menjadi pelatih di tim U-20 Morris County Colonials di New Jersey, Amerika Serikat.

Greatwich pertama kali memperkuat timnas Filipina pada 2004 lalu. Hingga saat ini, pemain berpostur 178 cm itu sudah mengoleksi 5 gol dari 24 kali tampil membela Filipina. Pemain yang berposisi sebagai gelandang ini telah memperkuat timnas Filipina sejak 2004 lalu.

Sebenernya kalo dilihat dari profil diatas, mereka juga ga bule2amat ya..sama lah kaya irfan bachdim salah satu orang tua mereka asal Filipina. Yah..terserah apa kata orang dech yang jelas di leg ke 2 tgl 19 Lusa, Indonesia harus menang dari Filipina. Tim Garuda harus bisa unggul dari The Azkals....

Siapa Sih Di balik Wikileaks yang menghebohkan itu?.....Ternyata Julian Assange...

2010-12-03T18:19:00.000-08:00

Julian Paulus Assange (lahir 3 Juli 1971) adalah seorang wartawan Australia,penerbit dan aktivis internet. Ia dikenal sebagai juru bicara dan editor-in-chief untuk WikiLeaks, sebuah situs whistleblower. Sebelum bekerja dengan website, dia adalah seorang fisikawan dan matematika siswa serta sebagai programmer komputer. Dia telah tinggal di beberapa negara dan telah mengatakan kepada wartawan ia selalu bergerak. Dia membuat penampilan publik yang tidak teratur untuk berbicara tentang kebebasan sensor, tekan, dan pelaporan investigatif, ia juga memenangkan penghargaan beberapa jurnalisme karyanya dengan WikiLeaks.
Assange mendirikan website WikiLeaks kontroversial pada tahun 2006 dan melayani di dewan penasehat. Dalam kapasitas ini, dia telah terlibat dalam publikasi materi mendokumentasikan pembunuhan di luar hukum di Kenya, sebuah laporan limbah beracun dumping di pantai Afrika, manual Gereja Scientology, Guantanamo Bay prosedur, dan material yang melibatkan bank-bank besar seperti Kaupthing dan Julius Baer antara dokumen-dokumen lain. Dia baru-baru ini mendapat perhatian masyarakat luas untuk publikasi bahan diklasifikasikan dari WikiLeaks mendokumentasikan rincian tentang keterlibatan Amerika Serikat dalam perang di Afghanistan dan Irak. Pada tanggal 28 November 2010, WikiLeaks dan lima rekan media mulai menerbitkan Amerika Serikat kabel diplomatik bocor. Menurut The Guardian, ini telah menempatkan Assange "di tengah-tengah spekulasi media intens dan kampanye kebencian terhadap dia di Amerika"
Pada tanggal 30 November 2010, Interpol ,Assange ditempatkan pada daftar pemberitahuan merah orang-orang yang ingin dicari untuk dimintai keterangan atas dugaan "kejahatan seks" . Dia tidak secara resmi dituntut dengan kejahatan apapun..Mark Stephens, seorang perwakilan hukum Inggris Assange, mengatakan "Ini sangat tidak biasa dan tidak biasa bagi pemerintah Swedia untuk mengeluarkan pemberitahuan merah fakta tak terbantahkan bahwa Assange telah sepakat untuk bertemu secara sukarela untuk menjawab pertanyaan jaksa".

Pada tahun 1987 Assange mulai aktivitas hackingnya dengan nama "Mendax". (Berasal dari frase dari Horace: "mendax Splendide," atau "mulia tulus"). Dia dan dua hacker lainnya bergabung untuk membentuk sebuah kelompok yang mereka menamakan subversif Internasional. Assange menuliskan aturan awal subkultur: "Jangan merusak sistem komputer Anda masuk ke (termasuk menabrak mereka), jangan mengubah informasi dalam sistem tersebut (kecuali untuk mengubah log untuk menutupi trek Anda), dan berbagi informasi".
Menanggapi hackingan tersebut, Kepolisian Federal Australia menggerebek rumahnya di Melbourne pada tahun 1991. Dia dilaporkan telah mengakses komputer milik sebuah universitas Australia, perusahaan telekomunikasi Kanada Nortel, dan organisasi lain, melalui modem. Pada tahun 1992, ia mengaku bersalah atas 24 tuduhan meretas dan dirilis pada obligasi Dia didenda AU $ 2100. Jaksa penuntut mengatakan, "tidak hanya ada bukti bahwa ada sesuatu yang lain selain jenis kecerdasan, rasa ingin tahu dan kesenangan bisa surfing melalui berbagai komputer ini "Assange dilaporkan telah belajar di enam universitas. Dari tahun 2003 hingga 2006, ia belajar fisika dan matematika di University of Melbourne. Pada halaman web pribadi, ia digambarkan memiliki mewakili universitas di Kompetisi Fisika Nasional Australia sekitar 2005. Ia juga belajar filsafat dan ilmu saraf.
Pantaslah kalo dia jadi orang jenius.

40 Orang Terkaya Indonesia Versi FORBES

2010-12-02T20:33:00.000-08:00

Indonesia dikenal dengan negara yang banyak orang miskinnya...terbukti juga dengan daftar 40 orang terkaya Indonesia versi FORBES. Di dominasi non pribumi....

Menjelang pergantian tahun, majalah Forbes kembali merilis daftar 40 orang terkaya di Indonesia pada 2010.

Pemilik Grup Djarum, R Budi dan Michael Hartono, masih nomor satu terkaya di Indonesia dengan kekayaan sekitar 11 miliar dollar AS atau sekitar Rp 100,1 triliun (kurs Rp 9.200 per dollar AS).

Kekayaan orang-orang kaya Indonesia ini pun meningkat tajam dibandingkan dengan tahun lalu. Tahun lalu kekayaan pemilik Grup Djarum ini sekitar 8 miliar dollar AS.

Secara keseluruhan, kekayaan 40 orang terkaya Indonesia ini mencapai 71 miliar dollar AS atau naik 29 miliar dollar AS dibandingkan dengan tahun lalu yang 42 miliar dollar AS.

Naiknya kekayaan para taipan Indonesia ini disebabkan harga komoditas, seperti hasil tambang batubara dan minyak sawit, yang sedang membaik.

Ini terlihat dari masuknya salah seorang taipan baru ke dalam 40 orang terkaya Indonesia ini, yaitu pengusaha tambang batubara Kiki Barki. Pemilik PT Harum Energy Tbk ini menyodok ke urutan ke-11 orang terkaya Indonesia dengan total kekayaan 1,7 miliar dollar AS.
Berikut 40 orang terkaya versi Forbes:
1. R Budi & Michael Hartono 11 miliar dollar AS
2. Susilo Wonowidjojo 8 miliar dollar AS
3. Eka Tjipta Widjaja 6 miliar dollar AS
4. Martua Sitorus 3,2 miliar dollar AS
5. Anthoni Salim 3 miliar dollar AS
6. Sri Prakash Lohia 2,65 miliar dollar AS
7. Low Tuck Kwong 2,6 miliar dollar AS
8. Peter Sondakh 2,4 miliar dollar AS
9. Putra Sampoerna 2,3 miliar dollar AS
10. Aburizal Bakrie 2,1 miliar dollar AS
11. Kiki Barki 1,7 miliar dollar AS
12. Eddy William Katuari 1,65 miliar dollar AS
13. Edwin Soeryadjaya 1,6 miliar dollar AS
14. Boenjamin Setiawan 1,5 miliar dollar AS
15. Garibaldi Thohir 1,45 miliar dollar AS
16. Sukanto Tanoto 1,4 miliar dollar AS
17. Theodore Rachmat 1,35 miliar dollar AS
18. Chairul Tanjung 1,25 miliar dollar AS
19. Murdaya Poo 1,15 miliar dollar AS
20. Ciliandra Fangiono 1,1 miliar dollar AS
21. Benny Subianto 1,05 miliar dollar AS
22. Arifin dan Hilmi Panigoro 985 juta dollar AS
23. Sjamsul Nursalim 850 juta dollar AS
24. Agus Lasmono Suwikatmono 845 juta dollar AS
25. Kartini Muljadi 840 juta dollar AS
26. Tahir 805 juta dollar AS
27. Sandiaga Uno 795 juta dollar AS
28. Mochtar Riady 730 juta dollar AS
29. Ciputra 725 juta dollar AS
30. Hashim Djojohadikusumo 680 juta dollar AS
31. Harjo Sutanto 650 juta dollar AS
32. Trihatma Haliman 600 juta dollar AS
33. Hary Tanoesudibjo 595 juta dollar AS
34. Kusnan dan Rusdi Kirana 580 juta dollar AS
35. Wiwoho Basuki Tjokronegoro 575 juta dollar AS
36. Engki Wibowo dan Jenny Quantero 560 juta dollar AS
37. Husain Djojonegoro 545 juta dollar AS
38. Eka Tjandranegara 525 juta dollar AS
39. Sutanto Djuhar 490 juta dollar AS
40. Prajogo Pangestu 455 juta dollar AS
(source Kompas)

Biografi SRI SULTAN HAMENGKUBUWONO IX

2010-11-30T22:15:00.000-08:00

Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwana IX , lahir di Sompilan Ngasem, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 12 April 1912 – meninggal di Washington, DC, Amerika Serikat, 2 Oktober 1988 pada umur 76 tahun. Ia adalah salah seorang Sultan yang pernah memimpin di Kasultanan Yogyakarta (1940-1988) dan Gubernur Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta yang pertama setelah kemerdekaan Indonesia. Ia pernah menjabat sebagai Wakil Presiden Indonesia yang kedua antara tahun 1973-1978. Ia juga dikenal sebagai Bapak Pramuka Indonesia, dan pernah menjabat sebagai Ketua Kwartir Nasional Gerakan Pramuka.

BIOGRAFI

Lahir di Yogyakarta dengan nama Gusti Raden Mas Dorodjatun pada 12 April 1912, Hamengkubuwana IX adalah putra dari Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwana VIII dan Raden Ajeng Kustilah. Di umur 4 tahun Hamengkubuwana IX tinggal pisah dari keluarganya. Dia memperoleh pendidikan di HIS di Yogyakarta, MULO di Semarang, dan AMS di Bandung. Pada tahun 1930-an beliau berkuliah di Rijkuniversiteit (sekarang Universiteit Leiden), Belanda ("Sultan Henkie").
Hamengkubuwana IX dinobatkan sebagai Sultan Yogyakarta pada tanggal 18 Maret 1940 dengan gelar "Sampeyan Dalem Ingkang Sinuhun Kanjeng Sultan Hamengkubuwana Senapati-ing-Ngalaga Abdurrahman Sayidin Panatagama Khalifatullah ingkang Jumeneng Kaping Sanga". Ia merupakan sultan yang menentang penjajahan Belanda dan mendorong kemerdekaan Indonesia. Selain itu, dia juga mendorong agar pemerintah RI memberi status khusus bagi Yogyakarta dengan predikat "Istimewa".
Sebelum dinobatkan, Sultan yang berusia 28 tahun bernegosiasi secara alot selama 4 bulan dengan diplomat senior Belanda Dr. Lucien Adams mengenai otonomi Yogyakarta. Di masa Jepang, Sultan melarang pengiriman romusha dengan mengadakan proyek lokal saluran irigasi Selokan Mataram. Sultan bersama Paku Alam IX adalah penguasa lokal pertama yang menggabungkan diri ke Republik Indonesia. Sultan pulalah yang mengundang Presiden untuk memimpin dari Yogyakarta setelah Jakarta dikuasai Belanda dalam Agresi Militer Belanda I.

Peranan Sultan Hamengkubuwana IX dalam Serangan Umum 1 Maret 1949 oleh TNI masih tidak singkron dengan versi Soeharto. Menurut Sultan, beliaulah yang melihat semangat juang rakyat melemah dan menganjurkan serangan umum. Sedangkan menurut Pak Harto, beliau baru bertemu Sultan malah setelah penyerahan kedaulatan. Sultan menggunakan dana pribadinya (dari istana Yogyakarta) untuk membayar gaji pegawai republik yang tidak mendapat gaji semenjak Agresi Militer ke-2.
Sejak 1946 beliau pernah beberapa kali menjabat menteri pada kabinet yang dipimpin Presiden Soekarno. Jabatan resminya pada tahun 1966 adalah ialah Menteri Utama di bidang Ekuin. Pada tahun 1973 beliau diangkat sebagai wakil presiden. Pada akhir masa jabatannya pada tahun 1978, beliau menolak untuk dipilih kembali sebagai wakil presiden dengan alasan kesehatan. Namun, ada rumor yang mengatakan bahwa alasan sebenarnya ia mundur adalah karena tak menyukai Presiden Soeharto yang represif seperti pada Peristiwa Malari dan hanyut pada KKN.
Beliau ikut menghadiri perayaan 50 tahun kekuasaan Ratu Wilhelmina di Amsterdam, Belanda pada tahun 1938
Minggu malam 2 Oktober 1988, ia wafat di George Washington University Medical Centre, Amerika Serikat dan dimakamkan di pemakaman para sultan Mataram di Imogiri, Kabupaten Bantul, DI Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Sultan Hamengku Buwana IX tercatat sebagai Gubernur terlama yang menjabat di Indonesia antara 1945-1988 dan Raja Kesultanan Yogyakarta terlama antara 1940-1988.

Odong-Odong, Bisnis sambil Mencerdaskan Kehidupan Bangsa

2010-11-08T18:40:00.000-08:00

Peluang Usaha yang satu ini bisa dikatakan cukup unik. Konsumennya adalah anak-anak dari usia 1 tahun sampai 3 tahunan. Usaha ini kita kenal dengan jasa odong odong. Bisnis odong odong banyak terdapat di komplek perumahan. Penjual jasanya cukup mengayuh pedal seperti sepeda untuk menggerakkan odong-odongnya. Biasanya juga dilengkapi musik untuk anak-anak.
Musik inilah yang sekaligus menjadi daya tarik bagi anak-anak untuk menaikinya. Selain menarik, bila kita telaah lebih dalam, 90% musik yang digunakan pada odong-odong adalah musik tradisional, lagu anak-anak, dan bahkan lagu kebangsaan. Untuk itulah secara tidak sengaja odong-odong juga menumbuhkan rasa cinta tanah air, mencerdaskan otak.

Secara sekilas odong odong mirip dengan becak, hanya saja di bagian depannya terdapat mainan berupa mobil-mobilan, motor-motoran maupun hewan. Jika kita perhatikan anak-anak yang menaiki odong odong cukup membuat mereka tersenyum dan gembira, bahkan tak jarang mereka tidak mau berhenti..

Tarif odong-odong tersebut sekitar seribu rupiah untuk sekali naik, hal ini bisa di control dengan berapa lama waktu yang diperlukan atau bisa juga dengan lamanya musik anak-anak yang dimainkan. Untuk harga odong-odong berkisar antara 3~5 juataan untuk yang baru. sedangkan setorannya berkisar antara 20~30 ribu sehari. Cukup lumayan bukan?.

Bisa untuk Bisnis sekalian bisa mencerdaskan kehidupan bangsa, kenapa tidak???

Biography of Mbah Maridjan (Merapi Gate keeper)

2010-10-31T20:56:00.000-07:00

I dedicate this post to Mbah Maridjan, who always inspiring us with his great hearth.He is current gatekeeper of Mount Merapi. This mandate as gatekeeper has been obtained from Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX. If Mount Merapi will erupt, the surrounding residents always wait his command to evacuate.He had been vice-gatekeeper in 1970. Since 1982 he has been gatekeeper.
Name : Mbah Maridjan
Full Name : Mas Penewu Surakso Hargo
Birth Date : 1927, Dukuh Kinahrejo, Desa Umbulharjo, Kecamatan Cangkringan, Kabupaten Sleman, Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta.
Wife : Ponirah (73),
Family : 10 Children (5 of them were died), 11 grandchild, dan 6 great-grandchild.
Children :

Panut Utomo (50),
Sutrisno (45),
Lestari (40),
Sulastri (36),
Widodo (30).

Some choose to live in Yogyakarta and Jakarta.
Among the children Mbah Maridjan, there is also ready to inherit the job as caretaker of Mount Merapi and is currently the Sultan Palace courtier.
Mbah Maridjan Biography:
In 1970 Mbah Maridjan appointed palace courtier and the Sultanate of Yogyakarta and Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX was given a new name, namely Mas Penewu Suraksohargo1. At that time, as courtier, Mbah Maridjan had been named as vice-gatekeeper with the rank of Mantri Juru Kunci, accompanied his father who served as gatekeeper of Mount Merapi.
By the time vice-gatekeeper , Mbah Maridjan is often represented his father to lead the ritual ceremony harbor at the peak of Mount Merapi. After his father died, on March 3, 1982, Mbah Maridjan was appointed gatekeeper of Mount Merapi.
As a Sultan Palace courtier with the position of gatekeeper, Mbah Maridjan also shows the values of high fidelity. Although Mount Merapi spewed lava and hot clouds that endanger humans, he insisted did not want to evacuate.

His attitude as a form of responsibility towards the tasks mandated by Ngarsa Dalem.
On October 26, 2010, Merapi volcano eruption accompanied by hot clouds as high as 1.5 kilometers. The roll of hot clouds slid past the area where mbah Marijan lived. Mbah Maridjan was found by a rescue team with 16 people have died, mostly found in the condition of the victims suffered serious burns.
for all the "people up there", I hope all of you can look up to Mbah Maridjan as an example, How we should faithful, respect and responsible for the job that we have

Dimanakah Mbah Maridjan ?

2010-10-26T23:52:00.000-07:00

Mbah Maridjan (83), sebagai juru kunci Gunung Merapi, lebih banyak melihat fenomena menggunakan naluri yang merujuk pada kebiasaan niteni (memerhatikan).
Keyakinannya tentang ancaman bahaya letusan Gunung Merapi yang hampir tidak pernah merambah Dukuh Kinahrejo, Desa Umbulharjo, Kecamatan Cangkringan, Sleman, Yogyakarta, memberikan pelajaran niteni bahwa lingkungan alam di sisi selatan Gunung Merapi masih merupakan benteng pertahanan bagi warganya.
Dalam kosmologi keraton Yogyakarta, dunia ini terdiri atas lima bagian. Bagian tengah yang dihuni manusia dengan keraton Yogyakarta sebagai pusatnya. Keempat bagian lain dihuni oleh makhluk halus. Raja bagian utara bermukim di Gunung Merapi, bagian timur di Gunung Semeru, bagian selatan di Laut Selatan, dan bagian barat di Sendang Ndlephi di Gunung Menoreh.
Namun, jauh dari ungkapan-ungkapan itu, ada suatu keyakinan yang hidup di dalam masyarakat di sekitar Gunung Merapi bahwa gunung dengan segala macam isinya dan makhluk hidup yang mendiami wilayah ini menjadi suatu komunitas. Karena itu, ada hubungan saling menjaga dan saling melindungi.
Ketika salah satu anggota mengalami atau melakukan sesuatu, dia akan memberi "isyarat" kepada yang lain dan dia akan memberitahukan kepada yang lain. Demikian pula ketika Merapi "batuk-batuk", dia juga memberi isyarat kepada yang lain, termasuk kepada Mbah Maridjan.
Barangkali karena saat itu belum menerima isyarat, Mbah Maridjan berpendapat bahwa Merapi tidak akan melakukan sesuatu. Selanjutnya, Mbah Maridjan tidak mau diajak mengungsi (meninggalkan Gunung Merapi).
source.KOMPAS

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2010-10-22T18:16:00.000-07:00

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Dua Orang Jenius Yang Indonesia Masih Punya (BJ Habibie & Sri Mulyani)

2010-10-19T21:34:00.000-07:00

Kata orang IQ tinggi itu artinya cerdas, ada benarnya juga. Pengen tahu ga Di Indonesia ini orang yang IQ nya di atas rata-rata????
Ini dia...
1.BJ HABIBIE IQ=200 (aje gile..)
no comment dech kalo buat beliau ini....takut mau komeng .....takut salah.
2.SRI MULYANI IQ=157
Saya dapat artikelnya dr TEMPO.
Berikut petikannya setelah penyeran jabatan menteri keuangan saat wawancara dengan TEMPO.

Melihat perjalanan karir Anda, sepertinya Anda ini memiliki kemampuan yang luar biasa. Berapa sih IQ Anda?
Begini. Kebetulan waktu pindahan (dari rumah dinas) saya buka-buka file lama. Saat ini saya menemukan dokumen tes IQ saya waktu SMA. Biasanya setelah lulus SMA mau masuk universitas kan kita ikut tes IQ untuk melihat bakat dan kecerdasan. Saya lihat skor IQ saya waktu itu 157. (Ini tergolong tinggi. Pelukis Rembrandt van Rijn dari Belanda IQ-nya 155, pendiri Microsoft Bill Gates 160, fisikawan Albert Einstein 160).
http://www.tempointeraktif.com/hg/bisnis/2010/05/25/brk,20100525-250164,id.html

Well, seberapa tinggi IQ beliau2 ini, dan juga seberapapun dedikasi mereka, kayanya Presiden kita ngga butuh mereka yah....(heran.com)

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2010-09-29T19:13:00.000-07:00

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Indonesia Target 180 Sukhoi dengan 10 Skadron

2010-09-26T23:13:00.000-07:00

Indonesia menargetkan membeli 180 pesawat tempur Sukhoi dan membangun 10 Skadron di seluruh Indonesia untuk memperkuat kedaulatan Negara Kesatuan Republik Indonesia (NKRI).
Menteri Pertahanan Purnomo Yusgiantoro didampingi Kepala Staf TNI Angkatan Udara Marsekal Imam Sufaat di Makassar, Senin, menegaskan bahwa pertahanan NKRI harus diperkuat.
"Untuk mempertahankan kedaulatan NKRI kita menargetkan 180 pesawat tempur Sukhoi dengan membangun 10 Skadron," katanya.
Setiap skadron, lanjut mantan Menteri Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral itu, akan diisi 18 pesawat tempur buatan Rusia itu.
TNI AU saat ini sudah memiliki enam pesawat Sukhoi dan bermarkas di Lanud Sultan Hasanuddin Makassar.
Menurut menteri, bukan hanya Sukhoi yang akan memperkuat pertahanan udara RI tetapi juga pesawat tempur F-16 Fightin Falcon yang sudah masuk dalam rencana kerja strategi (Renstra) Kemenhan sebagai pengganti dari pesawat Hawk Australia.
Ia mengatakan, target perencanaan penguatan 180 armada tempur TNI AU jenis Sukhoi itu diharapkan terealisasi hingga 2024.
Purnomo mengatakan, pengadaan pesawat tempur Sukhoi itu sangat dimungkinkan karena pemerintah Rusia siap menyediakan berapa pun jumlah pesawat tempur yang diminta Indonesia.
Menurutnya, dengan membaiknya kondisi keuangan negara diharapkan semua Renstra Kementrian Pertahanan bisa lebih cepat terlaksana.
"Dengan membaiknya perekonomian bangsa semakin memudahkan pemerintah untuk memperkuat pertahanan," terangnya.

source yahoo

Happy Birthday Google.......

2010-09-26T18:04:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Google,moga tetep jadi yang tercepat dalam search engine dan juga kasih kita2 pengguna setiamu tekno terbaru tercanggih ...Cake nya kliatan enak yah....hihiihihi...

Sebenarnya ultah tahun resmi Google hingga saat ini masih diperdebatkan. Beberapa pihak ada yang menyebutkan bahwa ultah Google jatuh pada 15 September 1997, yaitu hari dimana domain Google.com resmi terdaftar di dunia maya.

Sementara itu, keterangan lain menyebutkan bahwa Google mendaftarkan dirinya sebagai sebuah bentuk perusahaan pada September 1998. Berkas pengajuan izin perusahaan didaftarkan oleh Google pada 4 September.

Selanjutnya, ada yang menyebutkan hari jadi Google jatuh pada 7 September. Namun kini, dunia teknologi dan internet merayakan hari jadi Google tepat pada 27 September.

Untuk menjelaskan ketidakkonsistenan ini, dalam FAQ Google mencantumkan keterangan berbunyi: ? Google opened its doors in September 1998." The exact date when we celebrate our birthday has moved around over the years, depending on when people feel like having cake.?

Dalam keterangan tersebut Google menegaskan bahwa meski perayaan hari jadi Google sering berubah-ubah, namun yang jelas Google pertamakali lahir pada September 1998. Perayaan ultah Google bergantung kapan hari yang paling menyenangkan bagi orang-orang untuk merayakannya. Pada tahun ini, Google mengganti logonya pada 27 September. Artinya, tanggal ini telah diambil sebagai tanggal resmi merayakan hari jadi Google....

MK Vs Istana

2010-09-24T19:00:00.000-07:00

SEJARAH

Sejarah berdirinya MK diawali dengan Perubahan Ketiga UUD 1945 dalam Pasal 24 ayat (2), Pasal 24C, dan Pasal 7B yang disahkan pada 9 November 2001. Setelah disahkannya Perubahan Ketiga UUD 1945, maka dalam rangka menunggu pembentukan Mahkamah Konstitusi, MPR menetapkan Mahkamah Agung menjalankan fungsi MK untuk sementara sebagaimana diatur dalam Pasal III Aturan Peralihan UUD 1945 hasil Perubahan Keempat.
DPR dan Pemerintah kemudian membuat Rancangan Undang-Undang tentang Mahkamah Konstitusi. Setelah melalui pembahasan mendalam, DPR dan Pemerintah menyetujui secara bersama Undang-Undang Nomor 24 Tahun 2003 tentang Mahkamah Konstitusi pada 13 Agustus 2003 dan disahkan oleh Presiden pada hari itu. Dua hari kemudian, pada tanggal 15 Agustus 2003, Presiden mengambil sumpah jabatan para hakim konstitusi di Istana Negara pada tanggal 16 Agustus 2003.

KEWAJIBAN & WEWENANG

Menurut Undang-Undang Dasar 1945, kewajiban dan wewenang MK adalah:

Berwenang mengadili pada tingkat pertama dan terakhir yang putusannya bersifat final untuk menguji Undang-Undang terhadap Undang-Undang Dasar, memutus sengketa kewenangan lembaga negara yang kewenangannya diberikan oleh UUD 1945, memutus pembubaran partai politik, dan memutus perselisihan tentang hasil Pemilihan Umum
Wajib memberi putusan atas pendapat Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat mengenai dugaan pelanggaran oleh Presiden dan/atau Wakil Presiden menurut UUD 1945.

Semoga semua bisa paham termasuk presiden kalau putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi itu harus dilaksanakan.
So, Bagi Pak BeYe, Jaksa Agung-mu (Hendarman Supandji) itu udah ga sah...suruh ae angkat koper...
Please dech jangan lebay...habis ada Cicak Vs Buaya masa sekarang ada MK Vs Istana.
Arep dadi opo...negara iki....

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2010-09-19T23:53:00.000-07:00

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"Pameran" SUKHOI

2010-09-19T19:26:00.000-07:00

Baca Berita di Tipi, ulang tahun TNI kali ini akan ada "pameran" SUKHOI. Gimana sih sejarahnya sukhoi yang ada di Indonesia tercinta ini. Cekidot yah..
Sejak 2003, Indonesia telah memiliki 10 pesawat tempur Sukhoi yang diadakan dari Rusia. Pada 2003, Indonesia membeli empat Sukhoi jenis SU-30MK dan SU-27SK, masing-masing dua unit.
Indonesia kemudian membeli enam pesawat Sukhoi lagi pada 2007 setelah perusahaan Rusia penghasil pesawat tempur Sukhoi pada 21 Agustus 2007 mengumumkan penjualan enam pesawat tempur tersebut kepada Indonesia senilai sekitar 300 juta dollar AS atau senilai Rp 2,85 triliun.
Enam pesawat Sukhoi yang dibeli itu terdiri atas tiga Sukhoi SU-30MK2 dan tiga jenis SU-27SKM. Tiga jenis Sukhoi SU-30MK2 telah tiba pada Desember 2008 dan Januari 2009.
Dan tiga unit Sukhoi SU-27SKM masing-masing tiba pada Jumat (10/9) dan Kamis (16/9).
Dengan penambahan yang ada dan akan diadakan pada jangka panjang, maka TNI Angkatan Udara telah mengirimkan calon penerbang dan teknisi Sukhoi ke Rusia dan Cina sebagai salah satu operator Sukhoi.
Mau ditambah atau tidak terserah aja asal selalu diingat satu kalimat."NKRI ADALAH HARGA MATI"

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2010-09-19T19:06:00.000-07:00

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Apa Sih beda Sukarno dg SBY ???

2010-09-02T23:22:00.000-07:00

Tak seperti Soekarno yang memilih 'Ganyang Malaysia', Presiden SBY menolak berperang dengan negeri Jiran itu. Inilah bedanya SBY dengan Soekarno.

Sejak demonstrasi anti-Indonesia di Kuala Lumpur pada 17 September 1963, ketika para demonstran menyerbu gedung KBRI, merobek-robek foto Soekarno, membawa lambang negara Garuda Pancasila ke hadapan Perdana Menteri Malaysia saat itu Tunku Abdul Rahman dan memaksanya untuk menginjak Garuda, amarah Soekarno terhadap Malaysia meledak.
Soekarno murka. Sang Proklamator itu mengutuk tindakan Tunku yang menginjak-injak lambang negara Indonesia dan ingin melakukan balas dendam dengan melancarkan gerakan yang terkenal dengan nama Ganyang Malaysia.
Gerakan "Ganyang Malaysia" sebenarnya disebabkan karena Inggris mencoba menggabungkan koloninya di Kalimantan dengan Semenanjung Malaya untuk membentuk Malaysia. Rencana ini ditentang oleh Pemerintahan Indonesia. Presiden Soekarno berpendapat bahwa Malaysia hanya sebuah boneka Inggris. Konsolidasi Malaysia hanya akan menambah kontrol Inggris di kawasan ini, sehingga mengancam kemerdekaan Indonesia.
Menurut Sejarawan Universitas Indonesia Mohammad Iskandar, pidato Soekarno yang menyerukan rakyat untuk bersatu melawan penghinaan dari Malaysia telah membuat bangga rakyat Indonesia. Pidato Soekarno yang berapi-api itu semakin membuat Indonesia diakui dunia sebagai negara terpandang.

Berbeda dengan Soekarno, Presiden SBY tidak murka ketika ribuan TKI menjadi korban kekerasan Malaysia, ketika ikan-ikan di laut Indonesia dicuri Malaysia, ketika petugas Kementeria Kelautan dan Perikanan Indonesia ditangkap polisi Malaysia di perairan Indonesia. SBY memilih melanjutkan tali persaudaraan.
Dalam pidatonya, ia mengungkapkan alasan tidak mau perang karena Indonesia dan Malaysia mempunyai hubungan sejarah, budaya, dan kekerabatan yang sangat erat, dan mungkin yang paling erat dibanding negara-negara lain, dan sudah terjalin selama ratusan tahun.
SBY juga memaparkan data-data statistik jumlah pertukaran mahasiswa Indonesia dan Malaysia, jumlah wisatawan dan jumlah investasi kedua negara. Ironisnya, data yang disampaikan SBY malah memperlihatkan kekalahan Indonesia atas Malaysia.
"Jiwa Nasionalisme SBY lebih lemah dibandingkan dengan Bung Karno, ada unsur hitungan untung rugi dari apa yang disampaikan SBY," ujar Iskandar.
Menurutnya, perbedaan mendasar dari dua sikap pemimpin negara ini atas masalah yang sama yakni, Pidato "Ganyang Malaysia" Bung Karno mampu membuat rakyat Indonesia melupakan kemiskinannya dan bersatu padu melawan kehinaan. Sedang SBY, malah membuat rakyat Indonesia merasa miskin dan tidak punya wibawa.
Pilihan SBY untuk tidak melakukan konfrontasi dengan Malaysia memang pilihan yang terbaik untuk Indonesia. Tapi seharusnya, Presiden SBY dapat membuat bangsa ini punya pride di mata dunia dan tidak dicap lagi sebagai bangsa babu seperti yang sering disuarakan bangsa Malaysia.

(cover inilah.com)

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2010-08-17T19:44:00.000-07:00

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Brondong-Brondong (Youth Players) at World Cup 2010

2010-07-11T22:22:00.000-07:00

At this year World cup 2010 left so many things that interesting me. One of these things is a Youth Players that in Indonesia usually call as Brondong (Brownies) ^_^. Why I should post this, Coz something that make a women (including me) interesting in a soccer game is that the good looking of the players (honestly).So here we are, the young players that visually interesting and has great skill in football.

Mesut Özil

Born in 15 October 1988
Height: 182 cm * Shirt number: 8
Position: Midfielder
Current club: Werder Bremen (GER)
International Caps: 12
International Goals: 1
First international: Germany - Norway (11 February 2009)
Club History : Schalke 04 (GER): From 2006 to 2008
The jewel of Gelsenkirchen-born Turkish roots scale with the height of the professional game from the doorway itself with Schalke 04, tasted his first experience on the international stage in the Champions League.
Thomas Muller

Thomas Müller

(born 13 September 1989 in Weilheim) is a German international footballer who plays for Bayern Munich.
Müller plays as a midfielder or forward, and has been deployed in a variety of attacking roles – as an attacking midfielder, second striker, or on either wing. He has been praised for his pace, technique and composure, and has shown consistency in both scoring and creating goals. A product of Bayern's youth system, he made his first-team breakthrough under new Bayern manager Louis van Gaal during the 2009–10 season, playing almost every game as the club won the league and cup double, and reached the Champions League final. This earned him an international call-up, and at the end of the season he was named in Germany's squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, where he scored five goals in six appearances as the team finished in third place. He was named as the Best Young Player of the tournament and with five goals and three assists, won the Golden Boot.

Gonzalo Gerardo "El Pipita" Higuaín

(born 10 December 1987) is an Argentine footballer of Basque descent. who currently plays as a striker for Real Madrid and the Argentine national team.
He is the son of former footballer Jorge "El Pipa" Higuaín, and the younger brother of footballer Federico Higuaín.

Giovani Dos Santos

Date of Birth: 11 May 1989
Height: 175 cm
Shirt number: 17
Position: Forward
Current club: Galatasaray (TUR)
International Caps: 30
International Goals: 5
First international: Brazil - Mexico (12 September 2007)

Andre Ayew

Date of Birth: 17 December 1989
Height: 175 cm
Shirt number: 13
Position: Midfielder
Current club: Arles-Avignon (FRA)
International Caps: 25
International Goals: 1
First international: Ghana - Senegal (21 August 2007)

Felipe Melo WORST Man Of The Match

2010-07-06T21:45:00.000-07:00

The Brazilians have returned home from South Africa after their disappointing quarterfinal elimination and the emotions upon their arrival were fierce. Goalkeeper Julio Cesar couldn't hold back the flood of tears that he first showed during his postgame apology for the mistake that led to the Netherlands' first goal on Friday, but fans were forgiving and shouted their encouragement at him.
Scapegoat Felipe Melo, on the other hand, wasn't so warmly received. Sent off in the second half for stomping on Arjen Robben and originally being credited for an own goal before it was later given to Wesley Sneijder, Melo returned to Brazil and found it a bit risky. Even Ronaldo joked on Twitter that he "better not come to Brazil for his holidays." But Melo quickly braved the storm of fan fury, hurriedly running to a waiting car, surrounded by bodyguards and under verbal assault from the fans.
Before the tears started flowing for Julio Cesar, he made a quick statement to the press. Via Football Italia:

“I am very moved and thank all the fans.
“In these three and a half years of work, this Seleçao has still achieved something exceptional by entertaining the fans.
“Now we are all deeply sad, as we wanted to win our sixth World Cup trophy.”

Well, dry those eyes, Julio. That sixth trophy will surely come when Brazil plays host in 2014. Unless Uruguay commandeers the party like they did in 1950

10 Biggest Blunders in the World Cup History

2010-06-27T23:28:00.000-07:00

Here I present 10 Biggest Blunders in the World Cup History.I start from the lowest one.

10. Rene Higuita's Cruyff Turn (1990)

In the round of 16 match in the 1990 World Cup, Cameroon and Colombia met with the winner advancing onto the quarterfinal against England.
In extra time with Cameroon already winning 1-0, Colombian keeper Rene Higuita (who would later be known for his scorpion kick) decided to move about 40 yards away from his goal to jump start the Colombian attack.
But in came Cameroon's Roger Milla, who is the oldest goal scorer in World Cup history, and recognized a situation for him to score yet another goal in that World Cup (Milla had four goals in the 1990 World Cup).
By attacking Higuita on a back pass from one of his forwards, Higuita decided to emulate Dutch great Johan Cruyff and do his "Cruyff turn."
But, Milla was not going to get fooled, and went in all alone to score Cameroon's second goal as Cameroon won 2-1 and Colombia were eliminated from the World Cup.

9. Corver Doesn't See Schumacher Attack Battiston (1982)

In the 1982 World Cup semifinal between France and West Germany, Dutch referee Charles Corver was in charge of one of the biggest World Cup matches in the tournament.
In the 60th minute with the match tied at one, France's Patrick Battiston went in for a loose ball when he got leveled by West German keeper Harald Schumacher. As a result, Battiston was knocked out and several players thought that he died, but Corver did not see the play.
He ruled that a play that clearly warranted a red card turned into a goal kick. After the match ended in a 3-3 draw, West Germany won 5-4 on penalties to advance onto the World Cup final, with Schumacher making the final save to get West Germany into the final.

8. Primenta Benches Leonidas (1938)

Going into the 1938 World Cup semifinal against the defending World Cup champion Italy, Brazil's coach Ademar Pimenta decided to drop his best player Leonidas for the semifinal.
The reason why Pimenta did this is that he was "resting Leonidas for the final." Obviously this backfired with Brazil losing 2-1 as Italy went on to win their second World Cup title.
To this day, no one is sure why Leonidas did not play in the final as there has been speculation that the Brazilian was injured. Or was it a result of Italy's fascist leader Benito Mussolini using his power to make sure Italy won? We may never know.

7. Oliver Kahn's Rebound (2002)
In the 2002 World Cup final, Brazil were facing a Germany squad that were not expected to make it to the final.
However, thanks to the great goalkeeping of Oliver Kahn and timely goals throughout the World Cup, Germany once again made the World Cup final.
But in the 67th minute, Kahn was not able to tame a simple shot from Rivaldo, and Ronaldo was able to capitalize on Kahn's blunder to make it 1-0 Brazil.
Brazil went on to win the World Cup final by a 2-0 score, but Kahn (who became the only Goalkeeper to win the Golden Ball in this World Cup) was ultimately responsible for the match-winning goal in this World Cup final.
6. Zinedine Zidane's Headbutt (2006).
In the 2006 World Cup final, France and Italy were tied 1-1 in extra time when French star Zinedine Zidane and Italian Marco Materazzi both exchanged words while running up the pitch in the 110th minute.
After Materazzi finished, Zidane stopped and headbutted Materazzi to the ground, causing Zidane (who won the Golden Ball) to become the first person to be sent off in extra time of a World Cup final.
Without Zidane, France was now without their best penalty taker when the match went to penalties, and France lost 5-3 to give Italy their fourth World Cup title.
5. Dutch Cockiness (1974).

Going into the 1974 World Cup final, the Dutch and their incredible brand of Total Football were due to face the hosts West Germany at Munich's Olympic Stadium.
But the night before the final, Dutch star Johan Cruyff was photographed with multiple women and as a result, he had to explain to his wife for several hours of his innocence right before the final.
After the Dutch held a 1-0 lead before West Germany even touched the ball, they decided to be too fancy and as a result, they "forgot to score a second goal" as the West Germans won the World Cup final by a 2-1 score.

4. Ronaldo is Allowed to Play in the 1998 World Cup Final.

In the 1998 World Cup, young Brazilian star Ronaldo was having an incredible World Cup as he helped Brazil make their second straight World Cup final.
But the night before the World Cup final, Ronaldo suffered some sort of convulsion and as a result was not supposed to play at all in the World Cup final.
Less than an hour before the start of the final, Brazilian coach Mario Zagalo put Ronaldo in on top. But Ronaldo had a terrible final, as French star Zinedine Zidane scored twice in a 3-0 World Cup title win for France.
To this day, many people wonder if Ronaldo was put in due to sponsor deals or the Brazilian Football Federation put him in. However, one thing is for sure: The winner of the 1998 World Cup Golden Ball was not himself and was a major reason why Brazil lost that World Cup final.

3. Roberto Baggio's Penalty (1994)

The 1993 FIFA World Player of the Year and the heart and soul of the Italian squad in the 1994 World Cup, Roberto Baggio was the primary reason why Italy were able to make the 1994 World Cup final.
But after 120 minutes of scoreless play, the match went to penalties and in came Baggio, who needed to score to keep Italy in the penalty shootout.
But, Baggio was not able to convert, as his shot was not even close to the net as Baggio skied the shot several feet over the crossbar as Brazil won their fourth World Cup.

2. Nasser Misses Maradona's Hand (1986) In the 1986 World Cup quarterfinal between England and Argentina, Diego Maradona (who is 5'5") went up and "somehow" hit the ball past English keeper Peter Shilton (6'1") and into the back of the net, scoring the first goal of Argentina's eventual 2-1 win. The person who ultimately gets the blame for the "Hand of God" has to go to Tunisian referee Ali Bin Nasser, whose hemorrhoid treatment prevented him from seeing the goal scored from Maradona's hand, as he was the only person at the Estadio Azteca that day that was not able to see "The Hand of God."
1. Andres Escobar Own Goal (1994).

In the 1994 World Cup, Colombia were the Dark Horse to win the Cup after a great qualifying campaign in COMMEBOL, and also had a reasonably easy draw to advance out of the Group Stage.
But after a 3-1 loss to Romania in the first match, Colombia found themselves in a must-win match against the USA in the Rose Bowl in order to advance.
In the 34th minute, Colombian defender Andres Escobar redirected a John Harkes cross into his own net to give the Americans the 1-0 lead.
This turned out to be the defining moment of this match as the United States won 2-1 to end Colombia's chances of advancing out of the group.
Exactly 10 days later (June 2), Escobar (who was back in Colombia) got shot 12 times and was subsequently murdered.
Escobar's death is largely a result of the Colombian drug lords losing tons of money as a result of Colombia failing to advance, and sadly chose Escobar as their scapegoat as he was murdered.

10 Best Soccer Coach Ever

2010-06-22T20:49:00.000-07:00

These 10 Best Soccer Coaches bring the best out of their squads in a way that is unparalleled. The football world has awed millions but often we neglect the inspirations and powerful decision-makers behind the soccer teams. Today, we outline ten of the best soccer coaches who have tirelessly trained and yelled at their teams, pushing them to be all that they ought.

Alex Ferguson numbers among the world’s best soccer coaches. Since 1986 he has transformed Manchester United from a team with sparse wins to one of the most successful world soccer teams. He has propelled Manchester United to over 30 trophies of world recognition.
Jose Mourinho collects millions per in earnings as coach for FC Inter Milan as the world’s best soccer coach. His tenure began in June 2008 and he guided Inter Milan to a victory in the Italian SuperCup and the 2008-2009 Serie A.
FC Barcelona appointed Josep Guardiola coach in June 2008 and watched him rise to become one of the best soccer coach. Since his appointment, the team has earned six successive triumphs. Guardiola has had an excellent career and contributes largely to FC Barcelona’s achievements. La Liga 2009, Copa del Rey 2009, UEFA Champions League 2009, Supercopa de España 2009, UEFA Super Cup 2009 and FIFA Club World Cup 2009.
Fabio Capello has coached the Real Madrid team and currently manages the national English soccer team. His record speaks volumes: he has led all his teams to at least one championship.
Guus Hiddink, a best world soccer coach, is always in demand as he repeatedly shapes and produces winning soccer teams. Hiddink managed several European and international teams. Hiddink is reputed as a top coach for leading them to huge improvement and championships: Real Madrid, Chelsea, PSV Eindhoven, South Korea, Valencia, Netherlands, and Australia.
Giovanni Trapattoni ranks among the best football coaches in the world. He has ushered his team singlehandedly to Intercontinental Cups and UEFA Championships.
Frank Rijkaard positions himself as one of the world’s best soccer coaches. He instructed FC Barcelona and at present, the Turkish Galatasaray Sports Club. Rijkaard draws in about millions per year as coach.
Arsene Wenger figures prominently among the best soccer coaches in the world. He has remained faithful to team Arsenal since he signed the contract in 1996. Wenger’s soccer ingenuity manifests itself via Arsenal’s performance. In 2003, Arsenal claimed the FA Cup; in 2004, the English team went unbeaten for the entire season; and in 2005 Arsenal championed with the FA Cup.
Rafael Benitez projects himself among the top best soccer coaches in the world. In his first year with Liverpool, Benitez saw his team win the UEFA Champions League, captured the 2007 FA Cup, and placed second in the Premier League 2008-2009.
Sven-Goran Erikson is a high-income top football coach who yearly earns a huge income. Although his soccer career was not very illustrious, he has had glorious coaching stints, respected for his football leadership and techniques.

But if Fabio Capello can't bring thetree lions team to the next round in this 2010 world cup..I think his name will be replaced.Who knows...
Everyone know that the ball is round...

Biography of Giovanni Christiaan van Bronckhorst

2010-06-15T19:15:00.000-07:00

Giovanni Christiaan van Bronckhorst born 5 February 1975 in Rotterdam, known as Gio for short, is a Dutch footballer of Indonesian descent who plays for Dutch Eredivisie club Feyenoord and the Dutch national team.
Van Bronckhorst signed a three-year contract with Feyenoord in June 2007, leaving FC Barcelona as a free agent. Prior to joining Barcelona, Bronckhorst played for RKC Waalwijk (1993–94), Feyenoord (1994–98), Rangers (1998–2001),
and Arsenal (2001–03).
He has earned 100 caps for the Dutch national team, and played for his country in three World Cups (1998, 2006 and 2010), as well as three European Championships (2000, 2004, and 2008).

Van Bronckhorst made his national team debut in August 1996 and has since gone on to earn nearly 100 caps, including two World Cup and three Euro campaigns. He did not appear in the 1998 World Cup and only saw limited action in Euro 2000 as cover for leftback Arthur Numan.
However later national team coaches appreciated van Bronkhorst's leftback capabilities, most notably Dick Advocaat who played him for the Netherlands in the Euro 2004 competition in Portugal. The Dutch team reached the semi-finals of the tournament where Portugal disposed of them.

He was a regular in the national team for the 2006 World Cup qualification campaign. However, in the Round of 16 match against Portugal (see Battle of Nuremberg), he received a red card in a match that saw four red cards given, a World Cup record. There was an unusual scene in which van Bronckhorst was sitting in the stands next to his FC Barcelona teammate at the time, Deco of Portugal who had also been sent off.

Van Bronckhorst was included in the preliminary squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. On 27 May 2010, Netherlands manager Bert van Marwijk announced that the player would be part of the final squad of 23 participating in the competition. Van Bronckhorst earned his 100th cap in the opening group match versus Denmark.

I am very proud of him,even he is a dutch man but his mother is Indonesian (Maluku).
I hope this biography can used as a mirror for us, if he can play at World Cup why another Indonesian like Bambang Pamungkas,Marcus Horizon or another cannot ?...

Biography of Gianluigi "Gigi" Buffon, My Favourite GoalKeeper

2010-06-13T19:24:00.000-07:00

Gianluigi "Gigi" Buffon (born 28 January 1978 in Carrara), is an Italian FIFA World Cup, UEFA Cup, and Serie A winning goalkeeper who plays for Serie A club Juventus and the Italian national team. He is considered by many fans and experts to be one of most dominant and successful goalkeepers in recent history^. Buffon was declared by Pelé to be one of the 125 greatest living footballers in the world, and has also been named the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year a record nine times.
Gianluigi Buffon was born into an athletic family: his mother, Maria Stella, was a discus thrower, his father, Adriano, a weightlifter, his two sisters Veronica and Guendalina played volleyball and his uncle, Angelo Masocco, played basketball. He is also a nephew of goalkeeping legend Lorenzo Buffon (a cousin of Gianluigi's grandfather).
Buffon is currently engaged with Czech model Alena Šeredová: they have two sons, Louis Thomas (born 28 December 2007) and David Lee (born October 31, 2009). The first of their children is named after Thomas N'Kono, who used to be the favourite goalkeeper of Buffon during childhood. Buffon and Del Piero are best friends.

Buffon transferred from Parma to Juventus in the summer of 2001, and has never looked back. It was rumoured that Buffon nearly signed with A.S. Roma in 2001 following his departure from Parma but then club president Franco Sensi instead opted for Atalanta B.C. keeper Ivan Pelizzoli. Buffon later commented "That was never a possibility really... I don’t think that Roma had the finances to make an investment of such a nature."
In his first season with Juventus, Buffon was immediately inserted into the starting eleven and appeared in 45 official matches, helping his team to the Serie A title. He totaled 47 appearances the following season, also helping Juventus to the UEFA Champions League Final, only for his team to lose in a penalty shoot-out to A.C. Milan, although they did celebrate the Scudetto that season yet again. In 2003, he received the UEFA Most Valuable Player and Best Goalkeeper awards, and was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. In his third season with the club, Buffon again was the undesputed starter making 38 appearances, and in his fourth season at Juve, he amounted for 48 more appearances as well as his third Scudetto in four years with the Turin giants. In August 2005, during the annual Luigi Berlusconi Trophy match against Milan, Buffon collided with Milan midfielder Kaká while chasing a loose ball, and suffered a dislocated shoulder that required surgery. His operation was successful and he returned to the pitch in November, but played only once as another injury returned him to the sidelines until January. Christian Abbiati was transferred to the club, to fill in for the injury strucken Buffon, however he did recover in time to help lead Juventus to their second consecutive Scudetto and his fourth overall with the club. On 12 May 2006, Buffon, along with Juventus teammate and fellow goalkeeper Antonio Chimenti along with many other players, were implicated as participants in illegal betting on Serie A matches while with Parma. The following day, he voluntarily allowed himself to be questioned by Turin magistrates in an attempt to clear his name. While admitting that he did bet on sports (until regulations went into effect in late 2005, banning players from doing so), he vehemently denied placing wagers on Italian football matches. Fears arose that he had jeopardized his chance of playing in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, but he was officially named Italy's starting goalkeeper on 15 May. The players were cleared of all charges by the FIGC on 27 June 2007. Following Juventus' punishment in the Calciopoli scandal, rumors spread that Juventus were shopping Buffon on the transfer market as a cost-cutting measure, and many teams became interested in his services. However, no deals ever materialized as Buffon elected to remain with Juventus; his agent said, "Serie B is a division he has never won and he wants to try to do this." AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani stated in April 2007 that Buffon's decision to stay proved a catalyst in re-signing incumbent Dida, though Buffon later denied having ever been contacted by Milan. After Juventus won the Cadetti and were promoted back into the top flight, Buffon signed a contract extension that will keep him at the club until 2012. Buffon was still in his best form for the 2007–2008 Serie A season, as he helped Juventus to a third place finish as well as UEFA Champions League qualification in their first season back. In 2008–2009, Buffon was again sidelined by several injuries, having problems with his back but principally a bad groin strain and a pulled muscle. From September through January, new Juventus reserve keeper, Alexander Manninger, held his position between the sticks, and gained a lot of praise for his deputizing. Because of this and Juve's poor form towards the end of the season, as Buffon was seen despondent as the team drew Lecce and Atalanta, there were further rumors that Buffon was upset and wanted to leave. He admitted he was upset but had no intentions to leave. After a discussion with management, he said he was reassured about the future of Juventus and signed a year extension to 2013. Buffon started the 2009–2010 season strongly, receiving praise for performances against sides such as A.S. Roma, S.S. Lazio, A.S. Livorno Calcio, Bulgaria, Georgia, amongst others. In the view of several commentators, his performances have cemented his reputation as one of the world's best players. Arsenal FC are tracking his current situation.
On this year world cup final, I hope He can play well and make Italia to be the winner.

Rachel Corrie Biography

2010-06-08T22:47:00.000-07:00

Rachel Aliene Corrie (April 10, 1979 – March 16, 2003) was an American member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). She was crushed to death in the Gaza Strip by an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) bulldozer when she was kneeling in front of a local Palestinian's home, thus acting as a human shield, attempting to prevent IDF forces from demolishing the home. The IDF has claimed that the death was due to the restricted angle of view of the IDF Caterpillar D9 bulldozer driver, while ISM eyewitnesses said "there was nothing to obscure the driver's view."

A student at the Evergreen State College, she had taken a year off and traveled to the Gaza Strip during the Second Intifada.

Early Life
Corrie was born on April 10, 1979, and raised in Olympia, Washington, United States. She was the youngest of the three children of Craig Corrie, an insurance executive, and Cindy Corrie, an amateur flautist. Cindy Corrie describes their family as "average Americans — politically liberal, economically conservative, middle class".
After graduating from Capital High School, Corrie went on to attend The Evergreen State College (TESC), also located in Olympia, where she took a number of arts courses. She took one year off from her studies to work as a volunteer in the Washington State Conservation Corps; other volunteer work included making weekly visits to patients with mental disorders for three years. In her senior year, she proposed an independent-study program in which she would travel to Gaza, join protesters from the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), and initiate a "sister city" project between Olympia and Rafah. Before leaving, she also organized a pen-pal program between kids in Olympia and Rafah.
Friends described her as "attractive in a plain-spoken way, the opposite of flashy, not working to call attention to herself. She was reserved in large crowds but intimate one-on-one". Colin Reese, Corrie's roommate, said she had wanted to become a writer and artist. Reese also said she was "not the most punctual or tidy person in the world," but that when it came to peace work, she "would work harder and longer than anybody else".

Activities in the West Bank and Gaza

After flying to Israel on January 22, 2003, Corrie underwent a two-day training course at ISM West Bank headquarters, before heading to Rafah to participate in ISM demonstrations^. During her training, Corrie studied tactics of direct action. Basic rules about avoiding harm were given, which a featured article on the Corrie incident summarized as: "Wear fluorescent jackets. Don't run. Don't frighten the army. Try to communicate by megaphone. Make your presence known." On January 27, 2003, Corrie and William Hewitt (also from Olympia), traveled to the Erez checkpoint and entered the Gaza Strip.
While in Rafah, Corrie acted as a human shield in an attempt to impede house demolitions carried out by the IDF using armored bulldozers. On Corrie's first night there, she and two other ISM members set up camp inside Block J, often a target for Israeli gunfire. Israeli troops fired bullets over their tent and at the ground a few feet away. Deciding that their presence was provoking the Israeli soldiers, not deterring them, Corrie and her colleagues hurriedly dismantled their tent and left the area.
Qishta, a Palestinian who worked as an interpreter, noted that: "Late January and February was a very crazy time. There were house demolitions taking place all over the border strip and the activists had no time to do anything else." Qishta also stated of the ISM activists: "They were not only brave; they were crazy." The confrontations were not without harm to the activists; a British participant was wounded by shrapnel.
Palestinian militants expressed concern that the "internationals" staying in tents between the Israeli watchtowers and the residential neighborhoods would get caught in crossfire, while other residents were concerned that the young activists might be spies. Corrie worked hard to overcome this suspicion, learning a few words of Arabic, participating in a mock trial denouncing the "crimes of the Bush Administration." With time, the ISM members were taken into Palestinian family homes, and provided with meals and beds. Even so, in the days before Corrie's death, a letter gained wide circulation in Rafah, casting suspicion again on the ISM members. "Who are they? Why are they here? Who asked them to come here?" it asked. The letter caused the activists to be preoccupied and frustrated, and on the morning of Corrie's death they planned ways to counteract its effects. According to one activist, "We all had a feeling that our role was too passive. We talked about how to engage the Israeli military."
On March 14, 2003, during an interview with the Middle East Broadcasting network, Corrie said:

"I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive ... Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with."

Corrie's e-mails from Gaza to her mother

Rachel Corrie sent a series of e-mails to her mother while she was in Gaza, of which four were later published by The Guardian (on page 2, comments and features section, March 18, 2003) and in January 2008 in a memorial book entitled Let Me Stand Alone by W. W. Norton & Company, along with her other collected writings. Yale Professor David Bromwich stated, Rachel left "letters of great interest" and she had studied methods of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King with care. Corrie wrote to her mother, "The vast majority of Palestinians right now, as far as I can tell, are engaged in Gandhian nonviolent resistance." Her letters later formed the basis of the theatre play My Name is Rachel Corrie, and some parts of the letters were also used in the cantata The Skies are Weeping.

She really has a great heart.

Online Translation Services

2010-06-07T22:30:00.001-07:00

If your job is Dealing business with many people from another country, speaking other languages is an important thing. But only e few of us can speak all that languages. You will get problem to put your company into the next level. Don’t surrender just because of that easy matter. I think you need a translation services. Now I will show you one site that will help you translate any kind of document into any kind of languages that you prefer. They will help you anytime you want them to translate. They can translate 129 languages. Can you imagine that?. Only in Translia you will get a professional translation services.
And the best thing is that you can deal with is that they have over 100,000 translators. That’s awesome. All of them will help you. Let me say if you are doing business with a French businessman, of course you will need service de tra duction. This word means translation service in English.
They offers a great service like one hour translation. Can you imagine that? Within one hour you can get the document with any languages that you want. Want to try? Just come to the site. They are great.

Tour De Singkarak 2010

2010-06-01T23:38:00.000-07:00

The 2010 Tour de Singkarak has officially began with 22 teams of cyclists descending on Padang in the hope of becoming champions.
With 109 riders, 56 from Indonesia, this years Tour promises to be bigger and better than ever before.
As riders begin the first stage today they will face their first challenge - navigating the streets of Padang in a 15.9 kilometer time trial.
This years racers have come from around the world to compete. Teams from as far away as Japan, Australia and Malaysia, as well as eleven Indonesian teams will compete in this challenging race through the spectacular West Sumatran landscape. The race will cover some of West Sumatra’s most difficult mountainous terrain, including the famous Kelok 44 – with 44 twists and turns sure to keep cyclists on their toes.
Now in its second year, the race has earned the respect of the international cycling community with the world’s most important cycling association, the Union Cycling International – fully committed to supporting the event.
The Tour is being promoted as an example of how the priorities of the sporting and tourism sectors can overlap.

With this kind of festivals... i think it will make Indonesia even more popular in the future.
By linking sport and tourism together,we can create a powerful force to generate awareness and build bridges of understanding between different cultures among nations

Stop The War OR The Beginning Of The World War ???

2010-05-31T18:33:00.000-07:00

No need explanation.Just watch the video.
For all the Zionist Israel.Allah have place for all of you in the Hell....

Where To Get Chemistry and Physics Helps

2010-05-19T20:08:00.001-07:00

Entering colleges sometime is a scary thing because that is a new thing for those college student. Study Chemistry and Physics will make them even more get into trouble.

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Indonesia’s Sri Mulyani Given Top World Bank Role

2010-05-06T23:38:00.000-07:00

Indonesia’s Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, who has been a candidate to head her nation’s central bank, was selected to be a top adviser to World Bank President Robert Zoellick.

Sri Mulyani, 47, will start June 1 as one of the Washington-based bank’s three managing directors, the highest rank under Zoellick, the World Bank said in a statement. Indonesia’s stocks tumbled after the announcement left it unclear who will be the next finance minister.

The selection highlights the rising global role of Indonesia, the fourth most-populous nation and a member of the Group of 20 emerging and developed countries. It may also affect Indonesia’s economic leadership, as Sri Mulyani was one of two candidates proposed last June to head Bank Indonesia, an appointment stymied by a parliamentary probe led by factions within the governing coalition and members of the opposition.

“The appointment is like a win-win solution,” said Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, an economist at Danareksa Research Institute in Jakarta. The new job can help Sri Mulyani save “face here in Indonesia. She has been facing a lot of political pressure,” he said.

The Jakarta Composite Index fell 2.9 percent to 2,872.04 as of 3:08 p.m. local time, compared with a 1.9 percent decline for the regional MSCI Asia Pacific excluding Japan Index.

Policy Impact

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he received Sri Mulyani’s resignation today and that the country is losing one of its “best ministers.” He didn’t name a replacement in the televised press conference.

“For the market the question is who will be her replacement,” said Putut Endro Andanawarih, a fund manager at Jakarta-based PT First State Investments Indonesia, which manages about $298 million in assets. “The questions are what will be the impact on policies.”

Yudhoyono’s administration has been credited with helping bring political stability to Indonesia, which has seen economic growth accelerate and inflation moderate in recent years.

Respect of Peers

Sri Mulyani “has guided economic policy” for Indonesia, “navigating successfully in the midst of the global economic crisis, implementing key reforms, and earning the respect of her peers across the world,” the World Bank said in its statement, which was released late May 4 Washington time.

Indonesia’s new finance minister should continue with tax, customs and financial reforms, Yudhoyono said today. Sri Mulyani’s resignation has been approved by the president and she will stay as finance minister until her World Bank tenure starts on June 1, presidential spokesman Julian Aldrin Pasha said.

Coordinating Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa could act as interim finance minister until the government appoints Sri Mulyani’s replacement, Johanna Chua, the Hong Kong-based head of Asian economic research at Citigroup Inc., said in a report today. One likely candidate for the finance role would be Anggito Abimanyu, head of the finance ministry’s fiscal policy agency, she said.

“My preference for a replacement is Darmin Nasution,” the central bank’s senior deputy governor, said Nusron Wahid, who is a member of the Indonesian parliament’s finance commission and a legislator from Golkar, the biggest party in Yudhoyono’s ruling coalition. “He’s prudent and can be accepted by the ministry’s bureaucracy.”

Bank Century

Sri Mulyani and Vice President Boediono, who was the last central bank governor, have been the target of an opposition campaign accusing them of abusing their authority during the 6.7 trillion-rupiah ($736 million) bailout of PT Bank Century in 2008, during the global financial crisis.

Yudhoyono has yet to fill another top post, that of central bank chief. Bank Indonesia, which hasn’t had a governor for almost a year, left its benchmark interest rate at a record-low 6.5 percent for a ninth consecutive month today as the rupiah’s strength helped keep inflation below 4 percent.

“Vacancies in two of the most important economic posts will raise some concerns about the credibility of macro policies and the pace of reforms,” said Citigroup’s Chua. “Nonetheless, we think despite her departure, Indonesia’s track record of prudent fiscal policies will likely remain intact.”

The Indonesian minister will replace Juan Jose Daboub, who will complete his four-year term June 30, overseeing 74 nations in Latin America, the Caribbean, East Asia and the Pacific, the Middle East and North Africa, the World Bank said. Daboub is a former El Salvador finance minister.

The last managing director that Zoellick appointed was Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a former Nigerian finance and foreign minister, in October 2007. The third managing director, Graeme Wheeler, said in January that he will leave the institution by the end of next month. Wheeler worked at the New Zealand Treasury before joining the Washington-based development bank.

Hope all the best for her...

Lombok Sumbawa Pearl Festival 2010

2010-04-30T05:02:00.000-07:00

Lombok Sumbawa Pearl Festival 2010 will be follow by pearl farmers from NTB, Maluku, Ternate, dan Papua.
As we all know, SUmbawa is a big pearl producer in the world.With this festival we can hope in the future Sumbawa will be the biggest one.
This festival will be held in Lombok and open for public from 10.00 am until 17.00 pm at Santosa Villas Senggigi, Lombok, on 6-9 Mei 2010.It will only sell Indonesian pure pearl.With this event we hope that in the future will have some kind of interaction between pearl buyers and sellers at international scale.
So if you have time, come to Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) to get beautiful pearl.....

Where To Find Complete Story of Naruto Shipppuden

2010-03-21T04:52:00.000-07:00

As I search on internet a night long finding Naruto story,finally i found YouSayToo.com.Here I have so many thing interested about what I was searching before.As you know, Naruto story is became a world wide favorite TV show.If someone outside who read this don't know yet (which is almost can't be true) about Naruto story,You must go to this site to know more about Naruto.
The second story of this anime is Naruto shippuden.It is also like the first one,always be people favorite.Here I will give you some of the story of Naruto shippuden.
Rescuing Gaara arc
Gaara have been kidnapped and He is able to change Gaara and save him.after that they went to Sunagakure.There,he fight with Sasori.Meanwhile, Naruto and Kakashi chase after Deidara.To read the complete story just go to the site.The part of the story that make me sometime shed a tears is the time Naruto meet Sasuke again.That is a great one.
I am great that this story is watched by almost everyone in the world.And became so popular and I am one of the fans.

We Should proud with our KOPASSUS

2010-03-13T00:54:00.000-08:00

Maybe this is a bit "old" if I post about this.But..I have to..

Discovery Channel Military edition 2008 broadcasted the world's best elite forces. Elite forces from around the globe was measured by its performance and skill (not by the military technology), where military experts and analyst across the globe were invited to give their judgement. Here's the Top 3 :

1. United Kingdom's SAS

2. Israel's MOSSAD

3. Indonesia's KOPASSUS

You must be wondering why the US elite force was not included. It is because, according to the narrator, they rely heavily on military equipments, all-digitalized technology. A good special force should posses a perfect individual skill like defense, survival, camouflage, strategy, endurance, guerilla, trap-making, and others.

The narrator also said that 1 Kopassus soldier is equal to 5 regular soldiers. Here's some things for you:

1. Kopassus wins sniper championship using Indonesia's made weapon.

2. Kopassus ranks #2 in conducting a strategical military operation, like intelligence, deployment and movement, infiltration, and attack. The #1 rank is DELTA force, USA

3. Countries in North Africa use 80% of their military trainer from Kopassus

4. Cambodian special forces has long been trained by Kopassus.

PS: Just for Information,our neighbor country malaysia's elite force PASKAL is at 157 ,,hehheee....jauh bangettt yak,,selisih 154...

2010 Academy Award (Oscar) Nominations

2010-03-03T04:17:00.000-08:00

Academy Awards or the most familiar called Oscar will be back held on March 6, 2010 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles and California. While the 2010 Oscar nominations announcement was announced at Feberuari 2, 2010 in Samuel Goldwyn Theater Beverly Hills, California, by Tom Sherak, president of the Academy, and actress Anne Hathaway. Here is a list of 2010 Oscar nominations will be fighting Oscar in 2010 that the announcement will take place on March 6 Future.Here we are....

Best Picture

Avatar

The Blind Side

District 9

An Education

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

A Serious Man

Up

Up in the Air

Actor in a Leading Role

Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)

George Clooney (Up in the Air)

Colin Firth (A Single Man)

Morgan Freeman (Invictus)

Jeremy Renner 9The Hurt Locker)

Actor in a Supporting Role

Matt Damon (Invictus)

Woody Harrelson (The Messenger)

Christopher Plummer (The Last Station)

Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones)

Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)

Actress in a Leading Role

Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)

Helen Mirren (The Last Station)

Carey Mulligan (An Education)

Gabourey Sidibe (Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire)

Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)

Actress in a Supporting Role

Penélope Cruz (Nine)

Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air)

Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart)

Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air)

Mo'Nique (Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire)

Let's see on Sunday who will win who will lose......

Order Direct TV From Anywhere

2010-03-03T03:58:00.000-08:00

I remembered my friend Lucky who just moved to Texas.At that time he was so upset because he can't watch his favorite football games anymore.He said there in his city,no TV provider that offers him what he want.After several searching information on internet about Direct TV,finally we found directsattv.com.Because he knew the advantages of using Direct TV before,without any doubt he ask his father to order Direct TV.Very easy if you want it too,just call them,order and they will send the equipment as fast as you want.
Let me tell you.Direct TV Channels is a satellite Television that offers you so many kind of TV programs that you need.Here you can choose which one is suitable for you,your husband and don't forget the children.No matter where you are.Which state you living now,you still can find them.
Do you want to know about the price?.Don't worry.Direct TV Price is suits you.You can get something huge with a tiny price.Imagine you only have to pay $5.99 a month and get your favorite programs...
That's awesome.Order now before your neighbor order it.

Let's talk about OSCAR

2010-03-03T03:32:00.000-08:00

I'm a movie lover and here i will talk about my opinion about this "thing".
I don't like the idea of having animated features considered for Best Picture. Not because they can't be the Best Picture, but because actors -- who make up the largest voting bloc of the Academy -- tend not to vote for movies that only employ actors for their voices. So, even if 'Up' makes the expanded ballot (and if it belongs there, I would argue so does 'Fantastic Mr. Fox'), it won't have enough ultimate support to win.

In any event, it will be interesting to see how the voters -- whose ballots were in the mail before SAG named 'Inglourious Basterds' the year's best ensemble film on Saturday and the Producers Guild selected 'The Hurt Locker' as the year's best picture on Sunday -- came up with enough movies to fill out the official ballot. Here's my guess:

'Avatar'
'District 9'
'An Education''
'The Hurt Locker'
'Inglourious Basterds'
'Invictus'
'Precious'
'A Serious Man'
'Up'
'Up in the Air'

Among others that could slip in thanks to the preferential voting system: 'The Hangover,' 'The Blind Side,' 'Star Trek,' 'A Single Man,' 'Fantastic Mr. Fox.'
Anyway,I only watched some of the movies.But I think Avatar would be the BEST PICTURE.Let's see.

How To Prepare Your Medical Interview

2010-03-03T03:18:00.001-08:00

If want to succed on medical interview,I have several tips here for you to gain control on your medical interview.First time is that you have to know the rules of the game.knowing how to start preparing by reading many kind of NHS issues,and ask your friend to help you asking questions.But if you are someone who are easy to confuse and a bad speaker,this kind of tips will not help you much.I have a better solution.What you need to do is so easy.Just find a consultant medical interview.These people will help you so much.Let me show you where you can find them.Just click on medicalinterviewuk.co.uk.This site offers you consultant interview course.You can learn so many things here.These consultant will give you advice to help you to arm yourself with just a few of the strategies and also find specific set of thinking skills.
Many people in a good or even great skills failed on their medical interview.You know why?because sometime they don't have confidence.And sometime they are shock with a question that they never expected before.To minimize this kind of problem you can find consultant interview questions on this site.You can learn many kind of interview questions that maybe one day,you must answer it when get an interview.Of course you will answer it right and you get your position.So,no need to wait longer.Just go to the site and do something that you need to do.They will help you out from your problem.

The Mossad (Israeli Kamikaze)

2010-02-21T01:10:00.000-08:00

Why I should say The mossad is Kamikaze? Because they will bravely let them kill to assassinate the enemy of Israel.It is more like Kamikaze in Japan or in Indonesian (Pasukan Berani Mati)

The Mossad (HaMossad leModi'in uleTafkidim Meyuchadim, Hebrew- Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations) is the national intelligence agency of Israel. "Mossad" is the Hebrew word for institute or institution.
The Mossad is responsible for intelligence collection and covert operations including paramilitary activities. It is one of the main entities in the Israeli Intelligence Community, along with Aman (military intelligence) and Shin Bet (internal security), but its director reports directly to the Prime Minister.

The "Mossad Le'aliyah Bet" was a small, unorthodox Zionist organization whose mission in 1938 was to bring Jews to the British mandate of Palestine. This was done to subvert the British quotas on Jewish immigration. The Mossad's modes of operation, its ideology, and politics resulted in the creation of the intelligence agency for the Israeli government once it was established in 1948. The agency consisted of several of the existing members who had worked to establish Israel as a Jewish state.

Organizational history

The Mossad was formed on December 13, 1949 as the "Central Institute for Coordination", at the recommendation of Reuven Shiloah to Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. Shiloah wanted a central body to coordinate and improve cooperation between the existing security services– the army's intelligence department (AMAN), the General Security Service (GSS or "Shin Bet") and the foreign office's "political department". In March 1951, it was reorganized and made a part of the prime minister's office, reporting directly to the prime minister.
Mossad's former motto:"For by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory" (NRSV). in English - can also be translated as "cunning", "trick", or "deception") The motto was changed recently as part of the Mossad's public 'coming out' to another Proverbs passage: This is translated by NRSV as: "Where there is no guidance, a nation falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

Known Activities

The alleged assassination of Zuheir Mohsen in 1979.

The alleged assassination of Atef Bseiso in Paris in 1992. French police believe that a team of assassins followed Atef Bseiso from Berlin, where that first team connected with another team to close in on him in front of a Left Bank hotel, where he received three head-shots at point blank range.

The assassination of Yehia El-Mashad in 1980.
The assassination of Dr. Mahmoud Hamshari with an exploding telephone in his Paris apartment in 1972
The assassination of Dr. Basil Al-Kubaissi in Paris in 1973.
The assassination of Mohammad Boudia in Paris in 1973.AND MANY MORE...
Mossad has often come under criticism for perceived excessive actions against Israel's enemies. It has been criticized for carrying out assassinations, abductions and torture. It has also been accused of violating international law.

Biography of Nicholas Sparks (writer of Dear John)

2010-02-13T01:14:00.000-08:00

Nicholas Charles Sparks (born December 31, 1965) is an internationally bestselling US author, writing novels with themes that include Christianity, love, tragedy and fate. He has fifteen published novels, six of which have been turned into films, including Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John and The Last Song. Sparks also wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of his novel The Last Song and it is expected to release March 31, 2010. Two more book are already in the process of being made into movies, True Believer is expected to be released in 2011 while The Lucky One is expected to be released in 2012.
Sparks was born on New Year's Eve, 1965, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Patrick Michael Sparks, a professor, and Jill Emma Marie (née Thoene) Sparks, a homemaker and optometrist's assistant. He was the middle of three children, with an older brother Michael Earl "Micah" Sparks (1964-) and a younger sister, Danielle "Dana" Sparks (1966-2000), who died at the age of 33. Sparks has said that she is the inspiration for the main character in his novel A Walk to Remember.
Sparks was raised as a Roman Catholic and is of German, Czech, English and Irish ancestry.His father was pursuing graduate studies, and the family moved a great deal, so by the time Sparks was 8, he had lived in Minnesota, Los Angeles, and Grand Island, Nebraska. In 1974 his family settled in Fair Oaks, California and remained there through Nicholas's high school days. He graduated in 1984 as valedictorian from Bella Vista High School, then enrolling at the University of Notre Dame, having received a full track and field scholarship. In his freshman year, his team set a record for the 4 x 800 relay. Sparks majored in business finance and graduated with honors in 1988. He also met his future wife that year, Cathy Cote from New Hampshire, while they were both on spring break. They married in July 1989 and moved to Sacramento, California.
While still in school in 1985, Sparks had penned his first (never published) novel, The Passing, while home for the summer between freshman and sophomore years at Notre Dame. He wrote another novel in 1989, also unpublished, The Royal Murders.
After college, Sparks sought work with publishers or to attend law school, but was rejected in both attempts. He then spent the next three years trying other careers, including real estate appraisal, waiting tables, selling dental products by phone and starting his own manufacturing business.
In 1990, Sparks co-wrote with Billy Mills Wokini: A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding.The book was published by Feather Publishing, Random House, and Hay House. Sales for this book approximated 50,000 copies in its first year after release^{. I}n 1992, Sparks began selling pharmaceuticals and in 1993 was transferred to New Bern, North Carolina. It was there that he wrote another novel in his spare time, The Notebook. Two years later, he was discovered by literary agent Theresa Park, who picked The Notebook out of her agency's slush pile, liked it, and offered to represent him. In October 1995, Park secured a $1 million advance for The Notebook from Time Warner Book Group. The novel was published in October 1996 and made the New York Times best-seller list in its first week of release.
After his first publishing success, he wrote a string of international bestsellers. Six of his novels have been made into films: Message in a Bottle (1999), A Walk to Remember (2002), The Notebook (2004), Nights in Rodanthe (2008), Dear John (2010), and The Last Song (2010) .The film rights for the Lucky One have been sold to Warner Brothers with Douglas McGrath attached to direct the film. The movie will be produced by Denise DiNovi who has previously brought three other Sparks novels to the cinema--Nights in Rodanthe; A Walk to Remember; and Message in a Bottle. According to his website, he has also the sold screenplay adaptations of True Believer and At First Sight.

Do you know why I post his biography?Because the movie Dear John is so cool.(unfortunately i haven't watch it yet ).

Have Fun With Your iPhone

2010-02-11T22:06:00.001-08:00

Nowadays technology has been a good companion for all of us as human being.Day by day the technology is growing on and on.Not just Pc,Notebook,TV,CD player,Mp3 or Mp4 and don’t forget about Phones.Yup CellPhones.Especialy the smart phones.Today , we don’t jut use the phones to make a call and messaging but also as a Music Player,Movie player and the part that I like the most is that is it also can use to surf the internet.Yup ..I’m lovin’ it.But there’s another thing that make me more crazy about technology is smartphones.I love these phones so much especially iPhones.Not just because of it is marketed by Apple but also we can get three gadgets in one small thing.A phone,an iPod,and an Internet device.You can make a call,listening to, the music and also surfing all around the world with internet.It is so cool.
If you want to make your iPhone looks even more cool,here I will show you the online store that will satisfy you of your iphone accessories needs.Here available so many iPhones accessories like charging pack,power adapter,car chargers,e.t.c.If you go for travelling by car,sometimes you will need to charge your iPhones.This is not a problem if you have car charger.And one more thing that is cool.mobilefun.co.uk offers you Dual Car Charger.You can use this charger to charge not only your iPhone but maybe your netbook or your portable videogames.It is so interesting and of course helpful.You must try this.And if you are like to travell around the world,don’t worry.Here also available Europian charger that you can use in any country.

Confuse choosing iphone case?.That is so easy.Just surf here you will get the case tha suits you.Here available so many kind of iPhones cases from vulcan case,piel Frama,leather case,skin protector,flexishiled to invisible shield.All are available.If you like the gentleman style,you may choose leather case.But if you like the cute and girly one,you must pick pink diamante case.Beside will help you protect your iphone but they will make you more beautiful and handsome.Trust me.Still have one thing I will show you.Maybe you need an iphone dock?this is the right place for you.One of my favorite is Dexim P-flip foldable power dock.slim,simple and it has pink color.So cute.If you want to find another,you can choose from so many models here.

Don’t worry about the price.They are friendly at this.

Top 20 Universities and Colleges in the World

2010-02-02T21:47:00.000-08:00

1. Harvard University (harvard.edu)

Country: United States

Harvard is the type of school that other universities aspire to become. It has a long-standing reputation as the best university in the world and is known for attracting talented students and faculty. Unparalleled academics and a huge endowment ensure that Harvard students have every resource they need to get a quality education.

2. University of Oxford (ox.ac.uk)

Country: United Kingdom

The University of Oxford has been among the top universities in the world for more than nine centuries. The esteemed institution is at the forefront of learning, teaching and research and is a leader in many different fields. University of Oxford students represent more than a hundred and thirty nationalities.

3. Princeton University (princeton.edu)

Country: United States

Widely considered to be one of the leading research universities, Princeton is one of the best places in the world to get an undergraduate education. It is the U.S.'s fourth-oldest college and has one of the country's best need-based financial aid programs. Princeton students benefit from a wide range of academic and extracurricular resources.

4. University of Cambridge (cam.ac.uk)

Country: United Kingdom

Cambridge is one of the oldest universities in the world, and one of the most respected. The university comprises 31 colleges and over 150 departments, schools and other institutions. Only the best and brightest study at Cambridge.

5. Yale University (yale.edu)

Country: United States

Yale University is one of the United States' top undergraduate and graduate institutions and one of the best universities in the world. The faculty is made up of a diverse group of people considered to be leaders in their respective fields. Yale only accepts talented or motivated applicants, ensuring that its students are one of the school's biggest strengths.

6. University of Pennsylvania (upenn.edu)

Country: United States

The University of Pennsylvania is an Ivy League institution that is best known for its outstanding Wharton School of Business. Penn has a world-class faculty and a history of innovation in interdisciplinary education. The students of Penn are a diverse group representing nearly every corner of the globe.

7. California Institute of Technology (caltech.edu)

Country: United States

The California Institute of Technology is a world-renowned research university with a reputation for intense academics. The many generations of students and faculty have made important contributions in science and engineering fields. Cal Tech values students who are creative and intellectual.

8. Imperial College London (imperial.ac.uk)

Country: United Kingdom

Imperial College London is a science-based institution with a long-standing reputation as one of Europe's best universities. The school's strengths include a range of academic activities and cutting edge research facilities. Students who attend Imperial College London hail from more than 110 countries and are considered to be some of the brightest in the world.

9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit.edu)

Country: United States

Known as the East Coast Mecca of Engineering, MIT is a world-class educational institution. The nation's leading professors teach at MIT and include enough Nobel laureates to fill a small classroom. Students who attend this esteemed institution are some of the world's best and most creative.

10. University of Chicago (uchicago.ecu)

Country: United States

Known as one of the world's greatest intellectual communities, the University of Chicago has had a legendary impact on American higher education. Their program is frequently copied by other colleges and universities. Professors at the University of Chicago are among the best in the world and students frequently go on to become leaders in their fields.

11. University of Tokyo (u-tokyo.ac.jp)

Country: Japan

The University of Tokyo is one of the world's leading research universities. It has maintained a reputation for excellence for nearly 150 years and is well known for its rich and varied academic environment. Students who attend the University of Tokyo frequently go on to become leaders in business, government and research.

12. Duke University (duke.edu)

Country: United States

Duke University holds a top ten place in the United States and easily ranks among the world's best universities. The private research institution is a mix of innovation and tradition and is well-known for its unparalleled academic excellence in the South. Duke students come from all over the globe and represent a variety of different backgrounds.

13. University of Hong Kong (hku.hk)

Country: China

The University of Hong Kong is the oldest and most respected tertiary institution in Hong Kong. The school recruits nearly 50 percent of their faculty from overseas and hosts the best and brightest students in Hong Kong.

14. University of California, Berkeley (berkeley.edu)

Country: United States

UC Berkeley is one of the top public institutions in the world. The school's academic programs are internationally recognized. The diverse student body attends 14 colleges and schools that are split into 130 academic departments and more than 80 interdisciplinary research units.

15. Columbia University (columbia.edu)

Country: United States

Columbia University is among the nation's top academic institutions. The school has cutting-edge research facilities and a reputation for being one of the world's most important research centers. Columbia students have conducted groundbreaking research in the arts, science, medicine and the humanities.

16. ETH Zurich (ethz.ch)

Country: Switzerland

ETH Zurich, also known as the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, is an internationally oriented science and technology university that is consistently ranked among the top universities in the world. The school hosts students from more than 80 nations and is associated with 21 Nobel laureates.

17. Cornell University (cornell.edu)

Country: United States

Cornell University's undergraduate colleges, graduate school and professional-degree schools offer more than 70 undergraduate and 93 graduate fields of study. Cornell students are a diverse group of people who benefit from the university's strong academic programs and varied resources.

18. Dartmouth College (dartmouth.edu)

Country: United States

Dartmouth College is a premier Ivy League institution at the forefront of higher education. The elite school is known for its first-rate undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. Dartmouth admits applicants from all over the globe, but chooses only the most promising students.

19. University of British Columbia (ubc.ca)

Country: Canada

The University of British Columbia is a research and advanced learning institution with an international reputation for excellence. UBC's campus is one of the most spectacular in the world and provides both students and faculty with unbeatable resources.

20. Australian National University (anu.edu.au)

Country: Australia

The Australian National University is consistently ranked among the top universities in Australia and is widely considered to be among the best public research universities in the world. The ANU campus has more than 200 buildings and a high ratio of faculty to students.

Unfortunately,i'm not a student fron those great universities....so sad..
But at least i can share to you and if you are interested,you can go to their sites for more information.

Home Security System For You

2010-01-27T22:12:00.001-08:00

Having Home Security System is a must if we want to have a safety.Like my friend who live in california.She told me that every year in the summer time,their family will always worried about their home.Why?.Because the woods in California very easy to get burn in summer because of the hot weather and also the wind.This will make them hurt inside out.Until few months ago she told me that her father have been installed Security System there.After that,they don’t need to be worry anymore if summer season come.ADT security is very helpful to protect the safety of your home.Not only will help you to safe your home from fire but also from flooding and bulglary.I will show you one of their product,the equipment that have water sensors and how it works.This flood alarm will make noise when there is water come inside your home.It will alert you of course.That’s why this tools are great.Saving your things and the most important things is saving life.

This kind of equipment are built in high technology.So,you no need to worry about it.And one more important thing I should tell you.You can choose which price that suitable for you and your family.Isn’t that great?.If you want to know more log on to homesecurityteam.com.The Customer Service will serve you whenever you need.This company has so many experience in this business.So,if you want to protect your home,just go to their site and choose which home Security System that you need.

How To Invest In Gold

2010-01-27T21:01:00.000-08:00

Still Confuse how to investing your money?.I hope that problem can be solve after you read my article here.Bling bling,something expensive,shiny,beautiful and rare.What else?.It is gold.And don’t forget that gold have status as a universal currency.Yes.Investing in gold is the great thing.Let me show you.
If you want to know the complete information of investing in gold or where to buy gold,you can log on to goldcoinsgain.com.What you need to do is just register there,or you can call the customer service that will help you and guide you.
So,which kind of gold you want to buy?.Physical gold or gold coins or gold bullion.If your goal is simply to capitalize on price movement,then bullion coins will be great.But if you are interested in long-term asset preservation and you have additional concerns about capital or monetary controls,then you might want to mix the lower premium variety of pre-1933 Europian and American gold coin.That is just a tiny tips for you who want to invest in gold.One more,the great things of investing in gold is that your investment will be safe.And one of the great way to ensuring wealth preservation and for passing wealth from generation to generation.
After my expalanation,if you still feel confuse,I hope you can spend a little bit of your time to ask whatever you want about gold invesment to your broker at Gold Coins Gain.They will support you,give you advise that you want.

How To Reduce Eye Floaters

2010-01-20T20:34:00.003-08:00

What is the most important part of our body?.The answer is eyes.How beautiful you are but if you have problem with your eyes it is not use.Common causes of Eye Floaters is ages.Getting older will make your vision blur.But not just because of age,sometime it is also causes by irritation,bad position when you reading a book or watching television.You must take this as a serious thing.Do you know what kind of thing that made our eyes?.It is called Vitreous.This kind of gel that made a shape of our eyes.If something happen to vitreous,it will cause some floaters.And will disturb your vision.

Many kind of Vitreous Floaters will disturb you on your sight.Sometime you cannot see clearly what object is in front of you.Like there is a shadow cloud on your eyes.It is very dangerous if you drive.Imagine if everyday you must live with this floater,you cannot read clearly,cannot drive safely,cannot see clearly.That is bad vey bad.

To solve the eye floater problem,many people will choose to have eyes surgery,but of course that will take a big responsibility for you.It is also scary because you must feel the pain.The result also sometime not like we hope for.Don’t forget about the cost.If you choose surgery,you will spend a lot of money even after the surgery.The risk also very huge.Sometime we get surgery to avoid wearing glasses.But not every surgery are succes.Many people even wearing glasses after the surgery.

After searching everywhere,now I found a modern medicine to eliminate Eye Floaters.This medicine will help you to bring back your vision.No need to spent much cost to bring back your vision.What you need to do is just log on to eyefloaters.info.On this website you can find out anything about eyefloaters that you want to know and of course the way to eliminate it.And also you can read some succes stories that will make you knowing better about the product.You no need to spend much cash if want to buy this product.It is a very cheap but the result is very great.It is a great way to cure your eye floater problem.

How To Solve Algebra Problems

2010-01-12T03:05:00.003-08:00

Back to school,back to college sometime is not always be a fun thing for some of us.For K-12 students,especially for someone who want to be an expert on Algebra.Even some of student thought that Algebra is a scary thing.I understand that and here I will give you the place to solve your Algebra problems.Tutor Vista is the best online tutor for you.If you take a look at their site,you will find many interesting things.One of my favorite is that they offer free demo for the new user.

You can try to Solving algebra problems with that.I bet you will like it.Algebra Tutor is expensive.But not if you choose Tutor Vista.Here, you will get 24/7 tutoring with a very cheap price.That was a great thing.You can get Algebra homework help anytime,anywhere.Being a genius on Algebra not always expensive.Imagine with their 24/7 tutoring,you will be a genius in only a short time.Remember one thing,is always there is a way if there is a will.Am I right?