RUSIA --- Tiga Astronot AS dan Tiga Kosmonot Rusia, tertahan di Stasiun Ruang Angkasa Internasional (ISS) karena alasan teknis sehingga tidak bisa pulang ke Bumi. Badan ruang angkasa Rusia mengatakan gangguan teknis ini belum pernah terjadi sebelumnya.
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Rabu, 29 September 2010
Rabu, 22 September 2010
Cewek Seksi Lewat, Obama Pun Jelalatan...
Insiden menggelikan terjadi ketika Presiden AS Barack Obama mengikuti sesi foto bersama dengan para pemimpin negara G-8 lainnya di Main Conference L'Aquila, kota di Italia yang tahun lalu luluh lantak akibat gempa.
Pada Kamis (9/7) waktu setempat itu, para pemimpin G-8 baru saja selesai berfoto, kemudian peserta foto ditambah sebagian dari J-8 (sebutan untuk delegasi muda dari negara-negara G-8), yang terdiri atas 54 remaja berusia 14-17 tahun.
Pada Kamis (9/7) waktu setempat itu, para pemimpin G-8 baru saja selesai berfoto, kemudian peserta foto ditambah sebagian dari J-8 (sebutan untuk delegasi muda dari negara-negara G-8), yang terdiri atas 54 remaja berusia 14-17 tahun.
Selasa, 21 September 2010
Miyabi alias Maria Ozawa Meninggal Dunia?
JAKARTA- Beberapa pengguna Twitter kembali heboh dengan berita meninggalnya aktris Menculik Miyabi, Maria Ozawa. Artis porno Jepang ini juga pernah diberitakan meninggal dunia akibat HIV/AIDS 2008 dan 2009 lalu.
Selasa, 31 Agustus 2010
Cara Malaysia "Merayu" Dosen-dosen Kita
Dengan berbagai cara yang dilakukannya, Malaysia terus mengincar para dosen dan peneliti Indonesia yang menguasai ilmu-ilmu dasar dan rekayasa untuk mau bekerja di Malaysia. Selain menawari dosen-dosen di program studi di perguruan tinggi Indonesia untuk mengajar dan meneliti di Malaysia, model tawaran lain yang kerap digunakan Malaysia untuk mendapatkan dosen-dosen Indonesia adalah dengan dengan menawarkan kerja sama riset.
Senin, 30 Agustus 2010
Ki Gendeng Pamungkas Akan Sweeping Mahasiswa IPB asal Malaysia
BOGOR - Selain menggelar aksi unjuk rasa dengan membakar bendera Malaysia dan keranda, puluhan orang dari dari Front Pribumi pimpinan Ki Gendeng Pamungkas berencana men-sweeping mahasiswa Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) asal Malaysia.
Saat Upacara Pernikahan Pasangan Pria mintak waktu Sejenak utk Mengupdate Status Hubungan di Facebook dan Twitter
Belum lagi upacara pernikahan benar-benar selesai, eh sang pengantin pria menghentikan upacara pernikahannya sejenak. Kenapa tuh?Seorang pengantin pria, yang gak disebutkan namanya, menghentikan sejenak upacara pernikahannya sendiri. Gara-garanya sih, sang pengantin pria pingin langsung meng-update statusnya, dari status ‘in a relationship’ menjadi status ‘ in married’ atau menikah di situs Facebook dan
Perbandingan Kekuatan Militer Indonesia dan Malaysia
Perbandingan Kekuatan Militer Indonesia dan Malaysia - Hubungan Indonesia dengan Malaysia makin memanas saja. Akankah kedua negara bakal terlibat perang? Jika itu benar-benar terjadi, siapa yang menang?
Sebuah perang tentunya tak lepas dari kekuatan militer. Sejumlah sumber menyebutkan bahwa kekuatan militer Indonesia jauh lebih unggul dibanding Malaysia.
Sebuah perang tentunya tak lepas dari kekuatan militer. Sejumlah sumber menyebutkan bahwa kekuatan militer Indonesia jauh lebih unggul dibanding Malaysia.
Selasa, 13 Juli 2010
Akhirnya Mobil Khusus si Buta Tercipta
CALIFORNIA - The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), organisasi untuk tuna netra dan Virgina Tech berhasil mengembangkan sebuah mobil baru yang dapat digerakkan dengan aman oleh orang buta.
Mobil khusus untuk orang yang tidak bisa melihat ini sedang dalam tahap pengembangan dan berencana untuk diujicobakan di jalur Daytona International Speedway yang terkenal, pada tahun depan.
"Tiga tahun yang lalu, kami menerima tantangan dari NFB untuk mengembangkan kendaraan yang dapat digunakan oleh orang buta tersebut," kata Dr Dennis Hong, Direktur Laboratorium Robotika dan Mekanisme di Virginia Tech, seperti yang dilansir Science Daily, Senin (5/7/2010).
"Tantangannya adalah bukan pengembangan kendaraan otonom yang dapat mendorong orang buta sekitar, melainkan penciptaan antarmuka nonvisual yang akan memungkinkan orang buta untuk benar-benar membuatnya aman mengemudi," tambahnya
Tim ini menunjukkan prototipe yang generasi pertama musim panas tahun lalu, kini versi baru adalah Ford Escape, yang akan ditunjukan di Daytona pada tanggal 29 Januari 2011 mendatang.
Mobil akan dikontrol melalui beberapa antarmuka non-visual. Sebagai contoh, sensor mengirim informasi tentang situasi dalam jalan melalui sarung tangan bergetar.
Teknik lain menggunakan semprotan udara yang tekan dari belakang kemudi untuk memperingatkan pengemudi untuk obyek di sekitar mobil, seperti kendaraan lain atau penghalang di jalan.
Antarmuka lainnya termasuk rompi bergetar yang memberikan umpan balik pada kecepatan, tombol klik roda kemudi counter dengan isyarat audio dan perintah lisan untuk umpan balik pada arah mobil.
"Kita tidak mencoba membangun teknologi sendiri. Kami berusaha untuk membangun sebuah teknologi yang dapat dikombinasikan untuk melakukan hal-hal yang tidak bisa lakukan sendiri.," Kata Dr Marc Maurer, presiden NFB.
"Demonstrasi ini akan meruntuhkan tembok stereotip dan kesalahpahaman yang mencegah integrasi penuh kami ke dalam masyarakat dengan menunjukkan publik bahwa orang buta memiliki kapasitas yang sama seperti orang lain. Tantangan kami satu-satunya adalah akses terhadap informasi yang kita butuhkan," cetusnya optimis.
Taukah Kamu, Pelari Kulit Hitam dan Perenang Kulit Putih Hanya Beda Pusar
WASHINGTON - Ilmuwan telah menemukan alasan mengapa orang kulit hitam mendominasi di lomba lari dan orang kulit putih berjaya di kolam renang. Hal itu ternyata karena pusar di perut mereka.
Dilansir melalui Straits Times, Selasa (13/7/2010), yanag terpenting bagi mereka adalah bukan karena kekuatan atau semangat yang mereka keluarkan melainkan apakah pusar yang mereka miliki memiliki keterkaitan dengan seluruh bagian tubuh yang ada.
Pusar yang terletak di tengah perut, atau di wilayah tengah tubuh manusia merupakan pusat gravitasi tubuh. Dalam ujicoba itu, ilmuwan menggunakan dua orang berbeda warna kulit, perenang dan pelari berkulit hitam, dan satunya berkulit putih, dengan tinggi yang sama.
"Yang terpenting bukanlah ukuran tinggi yang dimiliki keduanya, tapi lebih ke posisi pusar, atau pusat gravitasi," ujar Profesor Andre Bejan dari Duke University. Laporan ini pun telah mereka publikasikan dalam International Journal of Design and Nature and Ecodynamics.
"Kebetulan dalam arsitektur tubuh manusia dari pelari asal Afrika Barat, pusat gravitasi secara signifikan lebih tinggi dibandingkan dengan pelari asal Eropa. Hal ini memberikan keuntungan saat berada di trek," katanya.
Menurut Profesor Bejan, individu asal Afrika Barat memiliki kaki lebih panjang ketimbang atlet asal Eropa, yang berarti pusarnya pun memiliki ukuran tiga sentimeter lebih tinggi daripada si kulit putih.
Artinya, para atlet kulit hitam memiliki 'tinggi tersembunyi' yang tiga persen lebih besar daripada kulit putih, yang memberikan keuntungan berupa kecepatan signifikan di trek. Sementara itu, di kolam renang, kulit putih memiliki keuntungan karena memiliki torso lebih panjang sehingga tali pusar mereka lebih rendah dalam skema umum dari arsitektur tubuh.
Wow..Gaji Pegawai Homoseksual Google Bakal Lebih Tinggi
CALIFORNIA - Raksasa Internet Google mengumumkan akan menambah bayaran para karyawannya yang memiliki orientasi homoseksual seperti gay dan lesbi. Tunjangan kepada Gay dan Lesbi yang bekerja di Google diberikan dengan alasan sebagai kompensasi karena kelompok homoseksual di Amerika serikat dikenai pajak yang yang tinggi untuk kesehatan.
News.com, Sabtu (3/6/2010) melansir, karyawan heteroseksual tak perlu mendapatkan tunjangan karena mereka tak perlu membayar pajak kesehatan yang sangat tinggi.
Langkah Google ini dinilai sejumlah aktivis HAM sebagai langkah tepat untuk mendukung hak-hak kaum gay. Daryl Herrschaft, Direktur Workplace Project at Human Rights Campaign mengatakan, Google telah membuat terobosan, karena pemerintah federal Amerika Serikat sendiri masih terbilang ketat untuk mengakui realitas perbedaan di tempat kerja.
"Ini adalah upaya menghapus diskriminasi yang ada," kata Herrschaft.
Namun, banyak juga pertentangan mengenai langkah Google tersebut. menurut organisasi, Focus on the Family, seharusnya bila ingin menerapkan keadilan bagi karyawannya, Google juga harus menaikkan tunjangan keuangan bagi karyawan Heteroseksual. "Mereka juga dikenai pajak pernikahan setiap tahun setiap 15 April," kata Gary Schneeberger.
Google merupakan perusahaan yang dinilai sebagai perusahaan yang diminati banyak orang karena sangat memperhatikan kesejahteraan karywannya. Sebuah survei mengungkapkan banyak mahasiswa yang memimpikan bekerja di Google. Berdasarkan survei yang dilakukan sekira 120 ribu mahasiswa bidang teknologi informasi, di sejumlah negara seperti Amerika Serikat, Jepang, China, Jerman, Perancis, Rusia dan Spanyol, diketahui Google merupakan perusahaan yang paling menarik perhatian mahasiswa.
Google Street View 'Tangkap' Manusia Berkepala Dua dan Berkepala Kuda
LONDON - Kontroversi Google Street View terus saja berlanjut, setelah dikecam karena dianggap melanggar privasi, layanan Google tersebut juga kerap menimbulkan kehebohan lewat foto-foto yang ditampilkan.
Setelah menampilkan gambar manusia berkepala kuda, kini Google Street View menampilkan lagi keanehan pada foto yang ditangkapnya. Kali ini Google Street View menampilkan foto pria berkepala dua dan berkaki tiga.
Foto tersebut, seperti dilansir Telegraph, Selasa (13/7/2010), diambil di Inggris. Hingga kini foto itu masih menjadi misteri. Apakah itu kesalahan kamera? Google belum bisa menjelaskannya.
Kemungkinan besar foto tersebut karena mobil Google Street View mengambil dua kali jepretan. Pria 'berkepala dua' itu dikenali sebagai pembersih jendela, kemungkinan foto tersebut diakibatkan oleh efek kaca jendela sehingga pria tersebut seolah menjadi dua.
Kasus ini tak jauh berbeda dengan kasus manusia berkepala kuda yang ditemukan di Aberdeen, Skotlandia. Foto itu sempat menjadi fenomena. Pasalnya, seorang warga Jerman mengklaim memang pernah bertemu dengan manusia berkepala kuda yang menurutnya hanya berbicara dalam bahasa Inggris.
Di Inggris, Google Street View telah menjangkau sekira 99 persen jalan-jalan di Inggris atau sekira 238.000 mil. Namun, hingga kini banyak warga yang merasa terganggu dengan kehadiran mobil berkamera milik Google.
Jumat, 09 Juli 2010
US and Russia in spy swap
Ten convicted agents for Russia have reportedly been deported from the US in exchange for four people convicted of betraying Moscow to the West, in the biggest public spy swap since the Cold War.
Before their deportation, the agents, many of them speaking in heavy Russian accents despite having spent years posing as US citizens, pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a Manhattan, New York, courtroom on Thursday.
They were sentenced to time served and ordered out of the country.
All the 10 convicted agents were deported late on Thursday, local television NY1 in New York reported.
US and Russian officials said the agents were being exchanged for four Russian citizens convicted of spying for the West.
A US administration official said what he called the quick and pragmatic arrangement of the spy swap spoke to the progress made in US-Russian relations.
Barack Obama, the US president, who met his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev in the US last month, said after the talks that the two leaders had "succeeded in resetting" the sometimes difficult relationship between the two countries.
Obama aware
Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, told broadcaster PBS that Obama was aware of the investigation, the decision to go forward with the arrests and the spy swap with Russia.
Eric Holder, the US attorney-general, said the "extraordinary" case took years of work, "and the agreement we reached today provides a successful resolution for the United States and its interests".
The 10 US defendants, captured last week in suburban homes across the country, were accused of embedding themselves in ordinary American life for more than a decade while leading double lives complete with false passports, secret code words, fake names, invisible ink and encrypted radio.
Asked to describe their crimes in court on Thursday, each of the 10 acknowledged having worked for Russia secretly, sometimes under an assumed identity, without registering as a foreign agent.
An 11th defendant has been a fugitive since fleeing authorities in Cyprus following his release on bail.
But independent newspapers and liberal commentators in Russia have ridiculed the obvious lack of results from the spy ring and the apparent low level of the agents' training.
In any case, they are unlikely to be greeted as heroes in Russia, as the Kremlin will very likely try to quickly turn the page over the incident and avoid further damage in relations with Washington.
Still, the Russian government had promised Vicky Pelaez, one of the convicted 10, $2,000 a month for life, housing and documents to allow her children to visit Russia and have all their expenses paid, her lawyer, John Rodriguez, said in court.
Pelaez said the promises did not induce her to plead guilty.
Russia pardons four
In Russia, the Kremlin said Medvedev had signed a decree pardoning four convicted foreign spies so they could be exchanged for the 10 convicted in the US.
Among those pardoned, according to the Kremlin statement carried by Russian news agencies, was Igor Sutyagin, an arms-control expert sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2004 for spying for the US.
The Russian foreign ministry issued a statement saying that the exchange being conducted by Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and the CIA was conducted in the context of "overall improvement of the US-Russian ties and giving them new dynamics".
Medvedev's spokeswoman Natalia Timakova said in the statement that together with Sutyagin, Alexander Zaporozhsky, Gennady Vasilenko, Sergei Skripal - all Russian citizens - had been pardoned after admitting their guilt and submitting a plea for pardon.
Russian rights activists welcomed Sutyagin's release, but Amnesty International (AI), the London-based human rights advocacy group, has said that any deal requiring Sutyagin to leave Russia against his wishes would amount to forced exile, which is prohibited under international law.
"It will also deprive him of the chance to clear his name of the charges," Nicola Duckworth, AI's Europe and Central Asia programme director, said.
Sutyagin has insisted on his innocence, saying that the information he provided to a British company that investigators said was a CIA cover, came from open sources.
His family said this week that Sutyagin said he was forced to sign a confession, although he insisted he was not guilty and does not want to leave Russia.
Other agents
Two other convicted agents on the Kremlin's swap list were Russian intelligence officers.
Skripal, a former colonel in the Russian military intelligence, was found guilty of passing state secrets to Britain and sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2006. He was accused of revealing the names of several dozen Russian agents working in Europe.
He was sentenced in 2003 to 18 years in prison for spying for the US, convicted on charges of passing secret information about Russian agents working under cover in the US and about American sources working for Russian intelligence.
The identity of the fourth person on the list, Vasilenko, was unclear.
The US justice department said in a letter on Thursday that some of the four prisoners were in poor health and had served lengthy prison terms.
Preet Bharara, a US attorney, said the investigation against the spy ring in the US had been aimed at uncovering and deterring espionage, and "not undertaken for the purpose of having a bargaining chip".
He predicted the Russian government was "unlikely to engage in this methodology in the future and that's a good thing... The case sends a message to every other agency that if you come to America and spy on Americans in America you will be exposed".
Knicks' David Lee headed to Warriors in sign-and-trade
Lee has been the Knicks' most popular and productive player under coach Mike D'Antoni, but the team wouldn't commit to signing him so it could preserve enough salary cap room to afford two maximum salary players.
The Knicks gave one of those contracts to Amar'e Stoudemire (FSY), who signed Thursday and plays the same position as Lee, then agreed to work on the sign-and-trade so Lee could earn a sixth year in the deal.
"There was a lot of different ways this could have gone and I needed them to help," Bartelstein said. "They were great about it."
Lee was likely the best free agent left on the market. He averaged 20.2 and 11.7 rebounds last season and has developed a reliable outside shot in recent years.
The Knicks could have lost him last summer, but Lee didn't receive an offer in a market where many teams were saving money for this free agency period. But he had plenty of options this time around.
Lee spent all five years in New York, where he was respected for playing hard on losing teams.
"David loved his time in New York," Bartelstein said. "They gave David an incredible opportunity the last few years."
Randolph was Golden State's first-round pick in 2008 but fell out of favor with coach Don Nelson and played only 33 games last season. Azubuike was limited to just nine games before a season-ending knee injury.
Swisher Wins Vote by Fans, and With It Last A.L. Spot
SEATTLE — To take his mind off the competition for the American League’s final All-Star berth, Nick Swisher tried sleeping late on Friday morning. Judging by his Twitter feed, he was not so successful.
Around 10:45 local time, he posted one final plea for fans to vote for him. About five hours later, Swisher learned that his enthusiastic four-day campaign had rewarded him. It helped him garner 9.8 million votes, according to Major League Baseball, edging Kevin Youkilis of Boston to send Swisher to his first All-Star Game.
“It’s so crazy,” said Swisher, the eighth Yankees All-Star. “I’ve felt like a politician the last four days or so. You’re up in the polls, you’re down in the polls. I’m like, man, this is taxing.”
Swisher is an avid user of Twitter and has more than 1.2 million followers, all of whom were treated to regular updates of his status. He would link to the online ballot, reminding fans to vote for him, and he was aided by endorsements from supporters as diverse as Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Jessica Alba and Baron Davis. Manager Joe Girardi enlisted his three children to vote, and several Yankees spent their Wednesday afternoon voting for him in the visiting dugout at Oakland Coliseum. Curtis Granderson, using his computer before Thursday’s game against the Mariners, cracked that he was still voting for Swisher, just to make sure that he was selected.
“Things like that make me feel so good,” said Swisher, batting .298 with 14 homers and 48 runs batted in heading into Thursday’s game against the Mariners. “People tell me, everywhere I went, ‘Swish, I voted for you.’ I went down to the market today. ‘Hey Swish, I voted for you today.’ ”
The Yankees also promoted him in New York, where interns in the media relations department held up banners reading “Send Swish” behind the set of “Today.”
General Manager Brian Cashman voted with Boys & Girls Clubs in the Bronx and Manhattan the last two mornings. After receiving the good news from Jason Zillo, the Yankees’ director of media relations, Swisher said he immediately called his father, Steve, an All-Star catcher in 1976 for the Chicago Cubs.
“He was just proud of me,” Swisher said. “I think that’s one of the greatest things your dad can ever say to you.”
BURNETT STUDIES SEATTLE STAR A. J. Burnett used to have only one souvenir from Felix Hernandez, the Mariners’ superlative right-hander: an autographed uniform top, which he added to his collection of No. 34 jerseys. Then he watched Hernandez pitch June 30 at Yankee Stadium, and Burnett took another.
That night, Hernandez leaned on his changeup, one of the best in baseball, to stifle the Yankees’ right-handed hitters. A few days later, Burnett incorporated the pitch in his start against Toronto, and he threw even more, about 15, with great success, in his seven innings against Oakland on Wednesday night.
“I hardly ever use it, and then he was punching every righty out on it once he got ahead,” Burnett said of Hernandez, who is scheduled to face the Yankees on Saturday. “When I get ahead, everybody, I think, looks curveball. So it just gives me another weapon.”
Call it a sign of Burnett’s maturity and willingness to learn, at 33 years old observing the approach of someone nine years younger. Burnett talks every spring about throwing more changeups, he said, but the success of Hernandez and C. C. Sabathia — power pitchers like Burnett — motivated him.
“You can learn a lot by watching,” the pitching coach Dave Eiland said.
SETBACK FOR NICK JOHNSON Any hopes the Yankees held of Nick Johnson’s returning this season took a blow Thursday when he flew to New York after sustaining a setback in his two-month recovery from wrist surgery. Johnson was working out in Tampa, Fla., swinging a fungo bat, when the discomfort returned. He is to be evaluated by the team doctor Chris Ahmad. “I know it’s a very difficult thing to come back from,” Joe Girardi said.
sumber: nytimes.com
Around 10:45 local time, he posted one final plea for fans to vote for him. About five hours later, Swisher learned that his enthusiastic four-day campaign had rewarded him. It helped him garner 9.8 million votes, according to Major League Baseball, edging Kevin Youkilis of Boston to send Swisher to his first All-Star Game.
“It’s so crazy,” said Swisher, the eighth Yankees All-Star. “I’ve felt like a politician the last four days or so. You’re up in the polls, you’re down in the polls. I’m like, man, this is taxing.”
Swisher is an avid user of Twitter and has more than 1.2 million followers, all of whom were treated to regular updates of his status. He would link to the online ballot, reminding fans to vote for him, and he was aided by endorsements from supporters as diverse as Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Jessica Alba and Baron Davis. Manager Joe Girardi enlisted his three children to vote, and several Yankees spent their Wednesday afternoon voting for him in the visiting dugout at Oakland Coliseum. Curtis Granderson, using his computer before Thursday’s game against the Mariners, cracked that he was still voting for Swisher, just to make sure that he was selected.
“Things like that make me feel so good,” said Swisher, batting .298 with 14 homers and 48 runs batted in heading into Thursday’s game against the Mariners. “People tell me, everywhere I went, ‘Swish, I voted for you.’ I went down to the market today. ‘Hey Swish, I voted for you today.’ ”
The Yankees also promoted him in New York, where interns in the media relations department held up banners reading “Send Swish” behind the set of “Today.”
General Manager Brian Cashman voted with Boys & Girls Clubs in the Bronx and Manhattan the last two mornings. After receiving the good news from Jason Zillo, the Yankees’ director of media relations, Swisher said he immediately called his father, Steve, an All-Star catcher in 1976 for the Chicago Cubs.
“He was just proud of me,” Swisher said. “I think that’s one of the greatest things your dad can ever say to you.”
BURNETT STUDIES SEATTLE STAR A. J. Burnett used to have only one souvenir from Felix Hernandez, the Mariners’ superlative right-hander: an autographed uniform top, which he added to his collection of No. 34 jerseys. Then he watched Hernandez pitch June 30 at Yankee Stadium, and Burnett took another.
That night, Hernandez leaned on his changeup, one of the best in baseball, to stifle the Yankees’ right-handed hitters. A few days later, Burnett incorporated the pitch in his start against Toronto, and he threw even more, about 15, with great success, in his seven innings against Oakland on Wednesday night.
“I hardly ever use it, and then he was punching every righty out on it once he got ahead,” Burnett said of Hernandez, who is scheduled to face the Yankees on Saturday. “When I get ahead, everybody, I think, looks curveball. So it just gives me another weapon.”
Call it a sign of Burnett’s maturity and willingness to learn, at 33 years old observing the approach of someone nine years younger. Burnett talks every spring about throwing more changeups, he said, but the success of Hernandez and C. C. Sabathia — power pitchers like Burnett — motivated him.
“You can learn a lot by watching,” the pitching coach Dave Eiland said.
SETBACK FOR NICK JOHNSON Any hopes the Yankees held of Nick Johnson’s returning this season took a blow Thursday when he flew to New York after sustaining a setback in his two-month recovery from wrist surgery. Johnson was working out in Tampa, Fla., swinging a fungo bat, when the discomfort returned. He is to be evaluated by the team doctor Chris Ahmad. “I know it’s a very difficult thing to come back from,” Joe Girardi said.
sumber: nytimes.com
LeBron James heads to Miami
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer LeBron James wanted to play with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. The only place that could happen was Miami.
Get ready, NBA: A superstar trio is born. Ending weeks of silence and drama, the two-time MVP said on his ESPN special from Greenwich, Conn. on Thursday night that he's decided to join the Miami Heat and leave
the Cleveland Cavaliers after an unsuccessful seven-year quest for the championship he covets.
"I can't say it was always in my plans, because I never thought it was possible," James said. "But the things that the Miami Heat franchise have done, to free up cap space and be able to put themselves in a position this summer to have all three of us, it was hard to turn down. Those are two great players, two of the greatest players that we have in this game today." Olympic teammates in Beijing, James, Bosh and Wade all helped deliver gold medals.
This time, it'll be about a gold trophy, the NBA championship one -- the one Wade got in 2006, the one that James and Bosh have yet to touch.
"Winning is a huge thing for me," James said. It's a huge victory for the Heat, who got commitments from Wade and Bosh on Wednesday. That duo, along with James, formed the upper echelon of the most-celebrated free-agent period in league history.
Heat president Pat Riley landed them all, a three-pack of stars to help shape his quest for a dynasty in Miami. And for Cleveland, a city scorned for generations by some of sports' biggest letdowns, James' long-awaited words represented a defeat perhaps unlike any other. James is gone. Home sweet home no more.
He said he made the decision Thursday morning and knows it won't go over well in Ohio.
"They can have mixed emotions, of course," James said, adding that Akron will "always be home for me." His new home -- part-time or otherwise -- wasted no time in beginning the celebration. Horns honked outside the arena and on Miami Beach, where Wade was watching the announcement with members of his inner circle.
"It's going to be crazy," Wade said. James, Bosh and Wade entered the pros in the same year, the respective Nos. 1, 4 and 5 picks in the 2003 draft.
They went their separate ways: James to Cleveland, Bosh to Toronto and Wade to Miami, where he won a championship partnered with center Shaquille O'Neal in 2006. That year, James, Bosh and Wade all signed matching contracts to make sure they were all unrestricted free agents at the same time.
Season-ticket sales for the Heat's coming 41-game season were suspended Thursday afternoon after the entire supply of available seats were sold out. Not every seat has been released for sale yet and some will be held back for single-game purchases at the 19,600-capacity arena.
"I'll believe it when I see it," Louisville coach Rick Pitino said while attending a tournament of high school stars at Cleveland State University, co-sponsored by James and Nike, one of the 25-year-old's corporate partners.
Believe it. The Cavaliers, a franchise that was in ruins before winning a lottery drawing and bringing James up Interstate 77 from his Akron home, have had the upper hand -- until now.
They were able to offer him more money -- $30 million more -- than any other team. This wasn't about money, though. Wade and Bosh both said they would take fewer dollars to make this happen.
And that, combined with what Riley and Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said to James on the recruiting tour, was enough to pull off the stunner.
Because they have overspent while trying to please James and win the first title by any of Cleveland's three pro sports teams since 1964, the Cavs are strapped with a few big contracts that have eaten up salary-cap space and prevented them from making roster moves to improve the team.
They've come close to winning it all with James, who at 6-foot-8 and 260 pounds has the quickness of a point guard and brute force of an NFL defensive lineman. With the possible exception of Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant, James is the NBA's premier player, but his legacy cannot be fulfilled until he wins a championship. If it's going to happen soon, it'll happen in Miami.
sumber: kgw.com
Get ready, NBA: A superstar trio is born. Ending weeks of silence and drama, the two-time MVP said on his ESPN special from Greenwich, Conn. on Thursday night that he's decided to join the Miami Heat and leave
the Cleveland Cavaliers after an unsuccessful seven-year quest for the championship he covets.
"I can't say it was always in my plans, because I never thought it was possible," James said. "But the things that the Miami Heat franchise have done, to free up cap space and be able to put themselves in a position this summer to have all three of us, it was hard to turn down. Those are two great players, two of the greatest players that we have in this game today." Olympic teammates in Beijing, James, Bosh and Wade all helped deliver gold medals.
This time, it'll be about a gold trophy, the NBA championship one -- the one Wade got in 2006, the one that James and Bosh have yet to touch.
"Winning is a huge thing for me," James said. It's a huge victory for the Heat, who got commitments from Wade and Bosh on Wednesday. That duo, along with James, formed the upper echelon of the most-celebrated free-agent period in league history.
Heat president Pat Riley landed them all, a three-pack of stars to help shape his quest for a dynasty in Miami. And for Cleveland, a city scorned for generations by some of sports' biggest letdowns, James' long-awaited words represented a defeat perhaps unlike any other. James is gone. Home sweet home no more.
He said he made the decision Thursday morning and knows it won't go over well in Ohio.
"They can have mixed emotions, of course," James said, adding that Akron will "always be home for me." His new home -- part-time or otherwise -- wasted no time in beginning the celebration. Horns honked outside the arena and on Miami Beach, where Wade was watching the announcement with members of his inner circle.
"It's going to be crazy," Wade said. James, Bosh and Wade entered the pros in the same year, the respective Nos. 1, 4 and 5 picks in the 2003 draft.
They went their separate ways: James to Cleveland, Bosh to Toronto and Wade to Miami, where he won a championship partnered with center Shaquille O'Neal in 2006. That year, James, Bosh and Wade all signed matching contracts to make sure they were all unrestricted free agents at the same time.
Season-ticket sales for the Heat's coming 41-game season were suspended Thursday afternoon after the entire supply of available seats were sold out. Not every seat has been released for sale yet and some will be held back for single-game purchases at the 19,600-capacity arena.
"I'll believe it when I see it," Louisville coach Rick Pitino said while attending a tournament of high school stars at Cleveland State University, co-sponsored by James and Nike, one of the 25-year-old's corporate partners.
Believe it. The Cavaliers, a franchise that was in ruins before winning a lottery drawing and bringing James up Interstate 77 from his Akron home, have had the upper hand -- until now.
They were able to offer him more money -- $30 million more -- than any other team. This wasn't about money, though. Wade and Bosh both said they would take fewer dollars to make this happen.
And that, combined with what Riley and Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said to James on the recruiting tour, was enough to pull off the stunner.
Because they have overspent while trying to please James and win the first title by any of Cleveland's three pro sports teams since 1964, the Cavs are strapped with a few big contracts that have eaten up salary-cap space and prevented them from making roster moves to improve the team.
They've come close to winning it all with James, who at 6-foot-8 and 260 pounds has the quickness of a point guard and brute force of an NFL defensive lineman. With the possible exception of Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant, James is the NBA's premier player, but his legacy cannot be fulfilled until he wins a championship. If it's going to happen soon, it'll happen in Miami.
sumber: kgw.com
Kamis, 08 Juli 2010
Perjanjian Balfour Tonggak Konflik Israel-Palestina
JAKARTA- Tragedi kemanusiaan yang terjadi di Gaza hingga hari ini tak lepas dari dosa politik Inggris. Sebab, negara itulah yang mengizinkan warga Yahudi eksodus ke Palestina dan akhirnya mendirikan negara baru.
Dukungan Inggris atas imigrasi besar-besaran warga Yahudi ke Palestina tertuang dalam Deklarasi Balfour pada 2 November 1917. Deklarasi Balfour atau Perjanjian Balfour merupakan sebuah surat yang dikirimkan Menteri Luar Negeri Inggris Arthur James Balfour, kepada Lord Rothschild, pemimpin komunitas Yahudi Inggris, untuk disampaikan kepada Federasi Zionis.
Surat itu berisi hasil rapat Kabinet Inggris pada 31 Oktober 1917 yang menyatakan mendukung rencana-rencana Zionis mendirikan ‘tanah air’ bagi Yahudi di Palestina, dengan syarat bahwa tak ada hal-hal yang boleh dilakukan yang mungkin merugikan hak-hak dari komunitas-komunitas yang ada di sana.
“Iya, perjanjian itu menjadi awal mula konflik Israel-Palestina. Konflik terjadi karena ketidaktegasan penjajah dalam membagi wilayah,” ujar pengamat hubungan internasional Universitas Indonesia (UI) Nurani Chandrawati.
Saat itu, mayoritas wilayah Palestina berada di bawah kekuasaan Khilafah Turki Utsmani dan batas-batas yang akan menjadi Palestina telah dibuat sebagai bagian dari Persetujuan Sykes-Picot pada 16 Mei 1916 antara Inggris dan Prancis.
Sebagai balasan untuk komitmen dalam deklarasi Balfour, komunitas Yahudi akan berusaha meyakinkan Amerika Serikat ikut dalam Perang Dunia I. Kata-kata dalam Deklarasi Balfour kemudian digabungkan ke dalam perjanjian damai Sèvres dengan Turki Utsmani dan Mandat untuk Palestina.
Berikut isi surat dari Albert James Balfour yang dikirimkan kepada Lord Rothschild:
Saya sangat senang dalam menyampaikan kepada Anda, atas nama Pemerintahan Sri Baginda, pernyataan simpati terhadap aspirasi Zionis Yahudi yang telah diajukan kepada dan disetujui oleh Kabinet.
“Pemerintahan Sri Baginda memandang positif pendirian di Palestina tanah air untuk orang Yahudi, dan akan menggunakan usaha keras terbaik mereka untuk memudahkan tercapainya tujuan ini, karena jelas dipahami bahwa tidak ada suatupun yang boleh dilakukan yang dapat merugikan hak-hak penduduk dan keagamaan dari komunitas-komunitas non-Yahudi yang ada di Palestina, ataupun hak-hak dan status politis yang dimiliki orang Yahudi di negara-negara lainnya.”
Saya sangat berterima kasih jika Anda dapat menyampaikan deklarasi ini untuk diketahui oleh Federasi Zionis.
Tak lama setelah ada Deklarasi Balfour, eksodus warga Yahudi di berbagai penjuru dunia ke Palestina mulai terjadi. Dalam perjalanannya, warga Yahudi ini kemudian mendirikan negara Israel pada tahun 1948. Sebuah negara yang muncul kembali setelah lebih dari 2.500 tahun menghilang dari muka bumi, karena konflik internal dan penjajahan. Israel pun lantas terlibat pertikaian perebutan wilayah dengan Palestina dan Yordania, serta negara-negara Arab lain.
Selama Perang Dunia I Inggris mengambil alih Yerusalem (1917) dan menetapkan kota itu di dalam The Palestine Mandate dari tahun 1922-1948. Pada tahun 1948, Inggris sebagai pemegang otoritas tanah Palestina tiba-tiba menyatakan tidak bertanggung jawab lagi atas seluruh Palestina yang dikuasakan kepadanya oleh Liga Bangsa-Bangsa yang telah bubar.
Sebelum Palestina, Yahudi Incar Uganda & Argentina
JAKARTA- Sebelum memutuskan memilih tanah Palestina, bangsa Yahudi sempat mempertimbangkan bakal mendirikan negara Israel di Uganda atau Argentina. Namun, rencana itu urung diwujudkan.
Kaum Zionis menghentikan ide mendirikan Negara Yahudi di Uganda sebagaimana yang telah ditetapkan oleh Konferensi Zionis keenam yang diadakan pada tahun 1903. Begitu pula dengan Argentina, yang awalnya dipilih karena wilayahnya yang luas dan subur dengan tingkat hunian yang rendah.
Zionisme bersikeras menjadikan Palestina sebagai pilihan final untuk mendirikan negara Yahudi yang telah diakui oleh undang-undang dasar. Itu karena mereka menggunakan keimanan Yahudi dalam upaya merealisasikan tujuan membangun Negara Yahudi yang berdasarkan pada ajaran-ajaran Perjanjian Lama (kitab Taurat).
Kitab ini menggambarkan bahwa bangsa Yahudi adalah manusia pilihan Tuhan khususnya dalam sumpah Tuhan kepada Ibrahim: “Kepada para keturunanmu Aku telah berikan tanah ini yang membentang dari Sungai Mesir (Nil) hingga sampai ke Sungai Besar (Efrat).” Diktum ini dijadikan sebagai landasan pijak ajaran Zionisme.
Heim Wiseman, Presiden Pertama Israel, setelah berdirinya Negara Israel pada tanggal 15 Mei 1948 mengatakan bahwa naluri agama adalah esensi dari Zionisme dan sebagai sumber kekuatannya.
Zionisme sendiri diartikan sebagai sebuah gerakan politik kaum Yahudi yang tersebar di seluruh dunia untuk kembali lagi ke Zion, bukit di mana kota Yerusalem berdiri. Gerakan yang muncul di abad ke-19 ini semula ingin mendirikan sebuah negara Yahudi di Afrika kemudian berubah di tanah Palestina
Angka 13 & Kegagalan Perjanjian Israel-Palestina
JAKARTA- Upaya perundingan guna menyelesaikan konflik Israel-Palestina telah berkali-kali digelar. Namun perdamaian di negeri para nabi itu belum kunjung tercapai.
Batu pertama pondasi perundingan damai antara Israel-Palestina mulai ditata pada tahun 1993 melalui Perjanjian Oslo I. Bertempat di Norwegia, kedua belah pihak yang bertikai bertemu dengan difasilitasi AS.
Perjanjian Oslo I bertujuan menyerukan penarikan mundur pasukan Israel di Gaza dan Tepi Barat serta pembentukan otoritas Palestina di dua wilayah ini. Setelah disepakati, tindakan ini lantas diikuti dengan Perjanjian Oslo II pada tahun 1995.
Dalam perjanjian ini disepakati pengakuan atas pemerintahan otoritas interim Palestina serta pembentukan Dewan Palestina. Namun hingga kini, Perjanjian Oslo tidak efektif berlaku karena Israel sering melanggar perjanjian dengan mencoba meluaskan wilayah kekuasaannya di tanah penempatan rakyat Palestina.
Beberapa pihak mengaitkan Kegagalan Perjanjian Oslo akibat dari pemilihan angka 13 yang dipilih Yitzhak Rabin dan Yaser Arafat. Mulanya hal ini di sadari oleh harian Asharq Al- Awsat yang terbit di London.
Harian tersebut memuat karikatur Yitzhak Rabin dan Yaser Arafat yang sedang terbelenggu dalam kurungan yang berbentuk angka 13. Kepercayaan akan kesialan angka 13 pada saat itu memang sedang marak dan menyebar di belahan bumi Timur Tengah.
Guyonan tentang kegagalan Perjanjian Oslo yang diakibatkan angka 13 ini pun semakin beredar dikalangan politisi. Terlebih lagi, hampir semua tanggal kejadian dari realisasi Perjanjian Oslo ini dilaksanakan pada tanggal 13. Mulai dari tanggal penandatanganan 13 September 1993, dilanjutkan Penarikan Pasukan Israel dari Jalur Gaza pada 13 Desember 1993 yang berakhir pada tanggal 13 April 1994.
Para politisi kemudian menyalahkan Rabin dan Arafat karena memilih tanggal 13. Bagi Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) angka 13 merupakan angka sial karena Perjanjian Oslo tak menghasilkan apapun.
Kendati demikian, pemimpin kedua negara terus mengupayakan penyelesaian konflik dengan cara damai. Tercatat ada 9 pertemuan antara kedua pihak yang menghasilkan kesepakatan-kesepakatan, usai digelarnya Pemilu pertama di Palestina pada tahun 1996, yang menghasilkan terpilihnya Yasser Arafat sebagai Presiden.
- Perjanjian Hebron pada Januari 1997
- Memorandum Wye River pada Oktober 1998
- Memorandum Sharm El-Sheik pada September 1999
- Perundingan Camp David pada Juli 2000
- Pertemuan Taba pada Januari 2001
- Road Map for Peace pada 24 Juni 2004
- Pertemuan Laut Merah pada Juni 2003
- Perjanjian Geneva pada Desember 2003
- Konferensi Annapolis pada November 2007
- Israel menghentikan pembangunan permukiman Yahudi. Palestina menghentikan kekerasan, melakukan reformasi politik, dan menggelar pemilu (Mei 2003).
- Menggelar konferensi internasional untuk mendukung pemulihan Palestina (Juni-Desember 2003).
- Menggelar konferensi internasional kedua untuk membahas penetapan status, perbatasan, status Yerusalem, masalah pengungsi, dan permukiman Israel. (2004-2005)
“Seharusnya Obama langsung berbicara dengan Netanyahu agar memperlunak sikapnya terhadap para relawan kemanusiaan dan melanjutkan tahapan dalam road map for peace yang sudah disepakati,” tandas pengamat politik Universitas Indonesia (UI) Nurani Chandrawati.
Belakangan hubungan Palestina-Israel kembali renggang, lantaran blokade pada tahun 2000 sebagai imbas meletuskan insiden intifada. Blokade terhadap Gaza kembali dilakukan Israel sejak tahun 2007 dan masih berlangsung hingga sekarang, lantaran Hamas selaku penguasa Gaza tidak kooperatif. Blokade kedua ini tak lepas dari kemenangan Hamas dalam pemilu Palestina pada tahun 2006, mengalahkan Fatah yang berkuasa di Tepi Barat.
Para relawan kemanusiaan pun berduyun-duyun mengirimkan bantuan dan tenaga kepada rakyat Palestina yang menderita di Tanah Air sendiri. Salah satu penyebabnya karena blokade yang telah berlangsung selama tiga tahun.
Akibat kebijakan Israel ini perekonomian Palestina lumpuh dan rakyatnya mengandalkan bantuan dari luar negeri. Dengan alasan sterilisasi bantuan yang dikirim ke Gaza, Pemerintah Israel hanya memperbolehkan distribusi lewat wilayahnya.
Rabu, 07 Juli 2010
Pose sensual Jenna Dewan yan seperti Ular
SETIAP model yang mendukung People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) dalam mengampanyekan antipemakaian bulu binatang, selalu berpose bugil. Kali ini, giliran model Jenna Dewan yang menanggalkan pakaiannya untuk PETA.
Jenna Dewan mendapatkan dirinya dibalut kostum bak ular. Jika biasanya model PETA kerap kali telanjang dada, kali ini aksi model cantik ini ditutupi dengan cat tubuh menyerupai ular.
Terlibat dalam kampanye iklan PETA terbaru, yang menyoroti jutaan ular, kadal, buaya, dan reptil lainnya yang dibunuh untuk diambil kulitnya, membuat istri dari aktor tampan Channing Tatutm prihatin. Pasalnya, kulit dari berbagai jenis reptil ini akan diambil untuk kemudian diproses menjadi aksesori.
“Aku tidak percaya, itulah yang terjadi dalam dompet atau tas!” ungkapnya yang dilansir Justjared, Senin (5/6/2010).
Dalam posenya, model berambut cokelat ini terlihat sensual. Aktris asal Amerika ini merambat di atas salah satu ranting pohon. Persis menyerupai ular. Di bawah iklan tersebut tertulis pesan agar Anda meninggalkan kehidupan alam bebas melalui tidak memakai produk-produk tersebut-kulit reptil-dalam busana keseharian.
Gisele Bundchen Topless di Muse
SUPERMODEL terkaya di dunia, Gisele Bundchen sepertinya tak ingin cepat-cepat pensiun dari sesi pemotretan foto syur. Usai melahirkan buah hati tercinta pada Desember lalu, dengan bentuk tubuh yang ramping Gisele terlihat kembali melepaskan bra. Ya, supermodel bertumbuh seksi ini kembali pasang aksi nakal menghiasi sebuah halaman majalah ternama.
Model asal Brasil, Gisele Bundchen kembali menjadi buah bibir di antara para lelaki. Sebabnya, Gisel kembali menorehkan pose panas. Ia tampak bersinar dan menggoda setelah merampungkan sesi pemotretan topless untuk majalah Muse edisi musim panas tahun ini. Demikian yang dikutip dari Fashiongonerogue, Senin (5/7/2010).
Adapun foto-foto yang berhasil diabadikan oleh fotorgafer ternama Nino Munoz, di antaranya saat Gisele menyilangkan kedua kakinya. Ia terlihat hanya mengenakan celana legging berwarna hitam, tanpa mengenakan atasan Gisele begitu memikat. Dalam foto ini, kedua kakinya cukup sigap menutupi bagian dada Gisele yang siap terekspose di depan kamera.
Foto lainnya tak henti-hentinya menampilkan sisi sensual Gisele. Terlihat jelas Gisele banyak menyelesaikan sesi pemotretan dengan busana mini, sehingga menampilkan pahanya yang mulus. Foto paling istimewa adalah saat Gisele berada di tengah-tangah kebun ilalang. Ilalang yang tumbuh subur hampir menutupi tubuhnya.
Tapi kali ini Gisele benar-benar membiarkan sang fotografer mengabadikan keindahan tubuhnya tanpa balutan bra. Ia tampil topless, dan payudaranya terlihat menyembul. Hanya kedua tangannya saja yang bisa menyelamatkan puting payudaranya.
Sesi pemotretan yang bertema ”Earth Angel” ini terlihat begitu sensual dan sempurna untuk mencerminkan keseksian yang dimiliki supermodel papan atas sekelas Gisele Bundchen. Bagaimana menurut Anda?(tty)
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