Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Andi Mallarangeng ‎

Andi Mallarangeng ‎- I agree if there is an express choice of SBY's Andi Mallarangeng, "said political analyst Maswadi Rauf Prof.Dr in discussions held by the Forum for Democracy for Indonesia in Jakarta, Tuesday.

Rauf who is also professor of political science, University of Indonesia suggests SBY is difficult to say "no" to Andi.

"It's not about the tribe, but he appreciates the friendship and he always remembered by friends as Brenda served for five years to SBY and in situ properties of pluralism SBY," said Rauf.

He pointed out, democrat party is known as a nationalist and religious parties adopts pluralism. "Pluralism is not only diversity but should be able to just accept people different from us both in terms of religion, tribe, race, and so forth," said Rauf.

Furthermore, he argued, one characteristic of the Democratic Party is the dominant figure. "SBY's Democrat Party and SBY's Democrat Party. In five years SBY should lay the foundations of power on the other candidates in order Demoktrat transition remains a big party, "said Rauf.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

New Study Astrology

Zodiak - After launching "What is your astrology personality?"
(http://testyourself.psychtests.com/testid/2299) in December 2009, a personality profile based on the zodiac, PsychTests attempted to uncover whether there are any links between people's psychological make-up and their astrological persona.

To say that our personality is written out in the stars or defined by the alignment of the planets in connection with the sun and moon may sound like a whole lot of cosmic hooey, but there might be more to astrology than we think. Behind the mathematical calculations and the vague wording of our horoscopes lies a measurable set of personality traits that distinguish and define each of the astrological signs.

PsychTests did their homework, taking as much care building their astrology test as they would their more "serious" psychological assessments, and after collecting data from over 3000 test-takers, ran a rigorous statistical analysis. The results were interesting, but a partnership between these two sciences may not be fated in the stars.

One the one hand, several of the notorious traits that define many of the zodiacs and that were assessed in PsychTests' astrology personality test did match up. Cancers and Pisces scored the highest on empathy, Leos on ambition, and Scorpios along with Capricorns were the signs that trusted people the least. Flighty Geminis were actually quite capricious but also the most open-minded and creative, while the unstoppable and determined Taurus' were as steadfast as they claim to be. Overall however, the astrology personality test's hit rate (how often people received their actual sign) was 9% - 8% being considered the probability of correct hits resulting from chance.

"We didn't have many expectations about the outcome of the test" says Dr. Ilona Jerabek, the president of PsychTests. "At most, our hope was that people would be entertained and uncover a little more about themselves. It was fun to see that many of the signs lived up to their reputation, but I don't think we can say for sure that there's a link between astrology and psychology. Almost 50% of people who took the test seem to think that their zodiac fits their personality - so it basically comes down to personal belief."

PsychTests' free astrological assessment was an immediate smash with site visitors when released three months ago, and is available along with a constellation of other personality, career, and intelligence tests on their popular websites Queendom.com and Psychtests.com.

About PsychTests AIM Inc:
PsychTests originally appeared on the internet scene in 1997. Since its inception, it has become a pre-eminent provider of psychological assessment products and services to human resource personnel, therapists, academics, researchers and a host of other professionals around the world. PsychTests' staff is comprised of a dedicated team of psychologists, test developers, researchers, statisticians, writers, and artificial intelligence experts. PsychTests was founded and is led by Dr. Ilona Jerabek, a specialist in the field of psychometric assessments and Vrat Jerabek Ph. D., a researcher and authority in the field of artificial intelligence.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Anas Urbaningrum

Contoh Teks Pidato - Tim Pemenangan Anas Urbaningrum Benny Kabur Harman mengatakan bahwa pihaknya tidak pernah sekalipun menyampaikan pernyataan akan melepaskan pengaruh SBY dari Demokrat jika terpilih sebagai Ketua Umum. Menurtunya, rumor tersebut merupakan bagian dari kampanye hitam menjelang pemilihan ketua Umum

Benny mengungkapkan, pada saat deklarasi Anas, setelah itu ada pemberitaan bahwa dalam pidato deklarasi Anas mengatakan untuk menjadikan partai yang demokratis maka Demokrat harus lepas dari SBY. Ia memandang bahwa berita ini adalah bagian dari kampanye hitam, sebab Anas dalam malamdeklarasi sama sekali tidak pernah menyatakan kata-kata seperti itu.

"Bahkan Anas dengan jelas menyampaikan loyalitasnya kepada SBY dan sekaligus dalam forum itu disampaikan pula peneguhan sikap jika terpilih akan menjalankan spiritualitas politik SBY," ujar Benny.

Oleh karena itu, pihaknya sebetulnya menyayangkan adanya kampanye-kampanye yang ingin mereduksi demokrasi yang ingin dikembangkan Anas.

"Kami tegaskan, tim sukses Anas menegaskan pentingnya persaingan sehat sehingga akan diperoleh pemimpin yang berkualitas dan mempunyai legitimasi. Kami tidak pernah jemu menegaskan dan menghimbau agar semua pihak yang ikut bersaing dalam kongres untuk menerapkan prinsip yang demokratis," tegas Benny.

Benny melanjutkan, sebenarnya yang ingi n disampaikan Anas pada pidato deklarasinya, Anas malah akan menjalankan spiritualitas politik SBY dan akan melembagakan SBY dalam politik Partai Demokrat. "Saya menyayangkan orang yang mereduksi sikap kami," katanya.

Sementara itu, Ketua Tim Pemenangan Anas, Ahmad Mubarok menyatakan bahwa yang dimaksud oleh Anas yakni di demokrat saat ini tidak ada figure yang sekuat SBY, sehingga visi dan pengaruh SBY harus dijwantahkan dalam struktur kepengurusan partai.
"Bukan ingin menghilangkan sosok dan penagruh SBY," ungkap Mubarok.

Mubarok juga mengatakan bahwa pihaknya telah menyususn struktur baru kepengurusan PD jika Anas menang yang akan ditawarkan dalam Kongres Partai Demokrat di Bandung, Mei 2010 mendatang.

"Struktur Partai Demokrat ke depan sudah dibuat tim, berbeda dengan yang ada sekarang," ungkap Mubarok.

Mubarok menjelaskan, struktur yang dibangun kubu Anas bertujuan untuk membangun kebersamaan. Sehingga Ketua Dewan Pembina nantinya bukan lagi pengambil keputusan tertinggi, melainkan keputusan diambil secara kolektif oleh semua anggota Dewan Pembina. Begitu juga dengan keputusan DPP, Ketua Umum nantinya tidak akan bisa mengambil keputusan sendiri.

Menurut Mubarok, struktur yang ditawarkan pihak Anas ini untuk mengantisipasi masa depan jika Partai Demokrat sudah tidak lagi memiliki tokoh sentral seperti Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY).

Kader Partai Demokrat saat ini harus bisa membayangan Partai Demokrat tanpa SBY di masa depannya. Harus disadari, lanjut Mubarok, pada 2014 nanti Partai Demokrat sudah tidak memilikisuperstar. "Kalau sekarang Partai Demokrat memang masih ketergantungan terhadap Pak SBY," tambah Mubarok.

Mubarok juga mengakui adanya tekanan politik yang semakin gencar dilakukan kubu Andi Mallarangeng terhadap DPC dan DPD yang mendukung Anas.

Dalam beberapa kesempatan, ungkap Mubarok, tekanan terhadap DPC dan DPD jelas sekali dirasakan. Mubarok mencontohkan, saat acara silaturahmi antara Anas dengan DPC dan DPD, ada salah satu DPC dari propinsi Banten yang dilarang mengikuti acara tersebut karena mendapat perintah dari DPD yang mendukung Andi Mallarangeng.

Begitupun saat acara deklarasi yang digelar pekan lalu, ada sejumlah DPC yang tidak bisa menghadiri acara itu karena adanya tekanan politik. "Kami juga merasakan DPC-DPC yang mendukung kami merasa terintimidasi," jelasnya

Sunday, April 18, 2010

World Cup 2010 ‎

Jadwal Piala Dunia 2010 - Pretoria - More than 130 000 tickets for the 2010 FIFA World Cup have been sold in less than two days as soccer fans rushed to the counters and used the fifth and last ticketing phase.

Piala Dunia 2010 - The over the counter sales of tickets kicked off on Thursday at the 11 ticketing centres and 600 FNB branches countrywide.

"75 000 of those were sold at FNB branches, 25 000 at the ticketing centres and about 30 000 via FIFA.com and Call Centre," FIFA said on Saturday.

According to FIFA, things appeared to have moved smoother on Friday than they did on Thursday. The system's improved speed helped fast track Friday's transactions.

Due to high demand of over- the-counter sales, at both Ticketing Centres and FNB branches when they went on sale across the country on Thursday - chaos erupted at some centres.

There were scenes of excitement, anger, frustration and outright chaos at many ticketing centres when problems emerged with the online system.

Fifa has announced that tickets for the opening and closing matches were sold out.

The 11 Ticketing Centres include the Lifestyle Mall in Polokwane; in Cape Town at the Spearhead; in Durban at Sun Coast Casino and Gateway Shopping Centre; in Johannesburg at Maponya Mall in Soweto and Laico Isle in Sandton; Loch Logan Waterfront Mall in Bloemfontein; Moffet on Main Lifestyle Centre in Port Elizabeth; The Groove Shopping Centre in Nelspruit; Waterfall Mall in Rustenburg and Brooklyn Mall in Pretoria.

The process to obtain a ticket is simple - fans can just walk into a ticketing centre with cash, credit or debit cards and buy tickets over- the-counter or from vending machines.

The vending machines, which take only credit and ticket purchase cards, give customers step-by-step instructions on how to buy tickets, which will then be printed out.

The second method of purchasing tickets can be done at the 600 FNB branches nationwide which are open five days a week from 9am on 15 April. The process is new and fans can order tickets, make payment and get ticket confirmation immediately; the actual tickets need to be collected at the FIFA ticketing centres or Shoprite/Checkers sales points.

Tickets can also be purchased through FIFA's official website, FIFA.com, from 6pm as well as through the Call Centre Hotline on 083 123 2010 for South African residents or 0041445832010 for international residents.

Eighteen Shoprite/Checkers sales points will also be open seven days a week from 9am on April 19 - in Johannesburg at the Checkers Hyper - Sandton, Checkers Hyper - Westgate, Checkers Hyper - Eastgate and in Pretoria at Checkers Hyper - Menlyn.

In Durban at Checkers Hyper - Westville, Checkers - Hillcrest, Shoprite - Chatsworth; in Cape Town at Century City, Checkers - Plumstead; in Bloemfontein at Checkers - Langehovenpark and Shoprite - Heidedal.

In Port Elizabeth at the Shoprite - Redhouse, Shoprite - Newton Park; in Rustenburg at Shoprite - Mogwase, Shoprite - Brits; in Polokwane at Shoprite - Tzaneen; in Nelspruit at Shoprite - Nelspruit and Shoprite - White River.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Zodiac Signs

Zodiak - The Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology is issuing special postal stamps on Astrological Signs tomorrow. The Department of Posts offers a set of stamps on zodiac astrological signs, along with a miniature sheet, without any partisanship on the veracity or otherwise of astrology and the occult arts.

The designs of the stamps are rooted in Indian folk art and depict the 12 zodiac signs against four base colours which reflect the elements of earth, air, fire and water. The miniature sheet is based on the format of a horoscope, a different version of which is also reflected on the First Day Cover, each of the four reflecting a different element.

The stamps will be available on sale from Philatelic Bureaux all over India from 15th of April, 2010. This set is expected to delight collectors as well as the casual customers of stamps. The Department of Posts presents such Special Stamps from time to time on different themes depicting rich cultural heritage of India.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Susno May Face Lawsuit

Susno Duadji - Former National Police detective chief Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji is facing a possible lawsuit for allegedly engineering murder threat through a short message service [SMS], which was sent to him some time ago, chief police advisor Kastorius Sinaga says.

Video Penangkapan Susno Duadji - Kastorius said that a new finding from the investigation shows that the death threat SMS, which was claimed by Susno, was sent from a mobile phone of Susno’s relative named Rahmat Rohadi.

“Logically, Susno must have acknowledged it [the SMS sender]. There is something fishy about this,” Kastorius said Tuesday as quoted by kompas.com, adding that the detective unit is continuing its investigation on the case.

In January, Susno reportedly received a death threat after testifying at the trial of former Corruption Eradication Commission [KPK] chairman Antasari Azhar, who is proven guilty for masterminding the murder of businessman Nasruddin Zulkarnaen.

Prior to the testimony, Susno was removed from his position following his alleged involvement in the framing of two KPK deputies.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Clash Of The Titans

Clash Of The Titans - This may take a little keeping up with. Tarsem Singh's new Greek mythology-based, 3D adventure film, now filming in Montreal, started out as "War of the Gods." Then the title was changed to "Dawn of War," which was probably less descriptive, so the powers that be at Relativity Media, which is producing the film, changed it back to "War of the Gods."

At which point the problems started. One, it sounds a hair too much like "Clash of the Titans Film" which easily took the number one slot at the box office this past weekend.

It also sounds too much like "God of War," Universal is also developing another Greek mythology-themed project, "God of War," based on the popular video game. As Variety reports, that gave "God of War" a leg up in the battle for title supremacy. While Singh's movie is already in principal photography and already has a release date (November 11, 2011), "God of War" has the built-in audience. A third installment, exclusive to Sony's PlayStation 3, is out in stores now and selling briskly. Universal is also going to distribute "War of the Gods," aka "Dawn of War," aka "War of the Gods."

Which is now, by the way, being called "Immortals."

Variety also reports that William Hurt has joined the cast of "Immortals" in the role of an Earthly incarnation of the god Zeus, who has already been played this year alone by Sean Bean in "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" and Liam Neeson in "Clash of the Titans."

I think I mentioned that mythology, particularly Greek mythology, was a growth trend in Hollywood. I'm sure I mentioned something about that.

The entertainment daily also reports that Isabel Lucas is joining the cast of "Immortals" as the goddess Athena, played by Melina Kanakaredes in "Percy Jackson" and Izabella Miko in "Clash of the Titans." Pretty soon, young students are likely to be asking each other "Who's your favorite Zeus?" It boggles the mind.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Tidak Ada Wakil Ketua Umum

Contoh Naskah pidato - Komisi Organisasi di Kongres III Partai Demokrasi Indonesia Perjuangan memutuskan, Rabu (7/4) petang, susunan Dewan Pimpinan Pusat (DPP) PDI Perjuangan berjumlah 27 orang. Di sana, tidak ada posisi wakil ketua umum yang sebelumnya diusulkan enam Dewan Pimpinan Daerah (DPD) [baca: Soal Wakil Ketua Umum Masih Alot].

Naskah Pidato - Sekretaris Jenderal PDIP demisioner Pramono Anung menjelaskan: "Yang ada posisi ketua umum, dibantu sejumlah ketua, sekjen dan wakil sekjen, bendahara dan wakil bendahara, dan seterusnya." Demikian dikatakan Pramono di sela-sela acara Kongres di Sanur, Denpasar, Bali.

Tapi, Komisi Organisasi memutuskan, kepengurusan mempunyai satu pos baru, yaitu Majelis Ideologi yang terdiri dari DPP ditambah sejumlah tokoh partai. "Majelis Ideologi membantu ketua umum untuk menjaga eksistensi partai dan dalam pengambilan keputusan-keputusan penting."


Jika ingin tahu demokrasi terpimpin itu bekerja, simaklah Kongres III PDIP di Sanur, Bali. Semua persoalan, debat, atau wacana, bisa diakhiri bila pimpinan partai sudah memutuskan.

Apa yang dikemukakan oleh Ketua Umum PDIP Megawati Soekarnoputri sepertinya menjadi kebenaran mutlak yang harus diikuti dan dilaksanakan oleh setiap kader partai.

Adanya pemimpin yang kharismatik merupakan kekuatan (sebagian pengamat mengatakan justru kelemahan) dari partai berlambang banteng moncong putih itu.

Megawati, yang sudah memimpin partai itu selama belasan tahun, tetap menjadi sumbu tunggal di PDIP yang menentukan kebijakan partai.

Pengamat politik Tjipta Lesmana menilai kepemimpinan Megawati sangat sentralistik. Oleh para pengikut dan kadernya, Megawati dikultuskan.

Pejah gesang, nderek Megawati. Benar atau salah, apa yang sudah diputuskan Megawati sebagai pemimpin tertinggi partai, harus diikuti dan dilaksanakan.

Jika Megawati sudah menegaskan PDIP tetap oposisi, misalnya, maka menjadi partai oposisi menjadi harga mati.

Itu sudah menjadi garis api yang tidak bisa dilewati oleh siapa pun, termasuk Taufik Kiemas, suaminya sendiri, yang pernah mewacanakan koalisi dengan Partai Demokrat dan pemerintahan Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

"PDIP tetap moncong putih, tolak jadi moncong biru!" begitu teriak aktivis Bendera yang berunjuk rasa di depan Hotel Inna Bali Beach saat Megawati menyampaikan pidato politik emosional yang diwarnai dua kali tangisan.

Moncong putih artinya oposisi. Moncong biru bermakna koalisi karena biru adalah warna Partai Demokrat.

Maka kontroversi Moncong Putih versus Moncong Biru punah sudah ketika Megawati pada pidato pembukaan Kongres memutuskan partai itu tetap berada di jalur oposisi dan menjadi penyeimbang pemerintah.

Partai nasionalis ini enggan menjadi Moncong Biru dan menolak iming-iming koalisi yang digagas Taufik Kiemas, Ketua Dewan Pertimbangan PDIP.

PDIP, menurut Megawati, akan tetap mengikuti takdir sejarah bahwa kekuasaan yang diberikan oleh rakyatlah yang akan diterima partainya, bukan kekuasaan yang diberikan oleh pihak lain.

Jika sampai banting haluan dari opisisi ke koalisi, ideologi PDIP bakal luntur dan hancur.

"Kita diajarkan dan ditakdirkan oleh sejarah untuk mengangkat harga diri. Itu lebih utama dari urusan bagi-bagi kekuasaan. Kita tidak akan menjadi bagian dari kekuasaan yang tidak berpihak pada rakyat," kata Megawati dalam pidato politik 45 menit yang berapi-api.

Pupus sudah

Begitulah. Mega sudah memutuskan oposisi, maka impian sejumlah kalangan dalam PDIP untuk koalisi pupus sudah. Impian untuk menjadi menteri di kabinet SBY bila ada pergantian pasca Pansus Bank Century, terpaksa harus dibuang jauh-jauh. Para penggagas Moncong Biru gigit jari.

Suasana pasca pidato politik di arena dan di luar Kongres berubah. Poster-poster dan spanduk yang ada tinggal yang mendukung oposisi. Yang pro koalisi sudah terpental.

Di pintu masuk Bali Inna Beach Hotel berjejer spanduk yang dipasang sejumlah DPD PDIP yang mendukung pilihan oposisi dan menolak koalisi. Orang-orang yang mengenakan kaos putih "Oposisi Harga Mati" makin banyak berlalu lalang dan bergerombol.

Di Jakarta, pekan lalu ada spanduk hitam yang dipampang dekat gerbang masuk Gedung DPR Senayan. Spanduk itu bicara soal pilihan menjadi oposisi atau koalisi.

Lambang PDIP tampak di tengah spanduk. Di sebelah kiri gambar banteng itu ada tulisan "Koalisi" berwarna putih dengan tanda panah di bawahnya menunjuk dua nama, yaitu Taufik Kiemas dan Puan Maharani.

Sedangkan tulisan "Oposisi" disisi lainnya juga disertai anak panah yang menunjuk Megawati dan Prananda (putera Megawati). Di atas lambang partai tertera pertanyaan: "Anda pilih yang mana?".

Spanduk itu kini telah hilang. Barangkali karena pilihan sudah jelas dan lugas. Megawati pilih oposisi. Itu garis partai yang sudah tidak bisa diganggu-gugat lagi. Layar sudah dikembangkan. Itu berarti surut untuk mundur dan kembali lagi.

Sesaat setelah menegaskan keputusannya beroposisi, Megawati mengutip ucapan bijak ayahnya, Bung Karno, pendiri Republik ini.

"Kerjakanlah kewajibanmu dengan tidak menghitung-hitung akibatnya. Majulah terus, jangan mundur. Mundur hancur, mandeg ambleg, bongkar, maju terus", katanya.

Kini tinggal para pengamat dan analis politik yang ramai mengomentari keputusan itu. Ada yang bilang bahwa bagi PDIP menjadi oposisi atau koalisi tidak banyak dampaknya bagi perolehan suara partai tersebut.

Pada Pemilu 2009 dengan posisi oposisi, PDIP hanya memperoleh 95 kursi (14 persen suara) dan menempati posisi ketiga setelah Partai Demokrat dan Golkar. Pada saat berkuasa pada Pemilu 2004, PDIP tidak bisa mempertahankan kemenangannya.

Artinya, PDIP kurang bisa memainkan perannya baik ketika berkuasa maupun ketika menjadi oposisi.

Saat berkuasa, tidak bisa menghasilkan kebijakan yang menarik publik. Saat beroposisi juga tidak bisa menggoreng isu yang menarik publik.

Itulah tantangan bagi pengurus baru PDIP periode 2010-2015.