Monday, March 29, 2010

julia Perez Calon Bupati

Bikini- Munculnya nama artis seksi Julia Perez (Jupe) sebagai calon Wakil Bupati Pacitan (bukan calon bupati seperti berita sebelumnya) yang bakal diusung delapan parpol koalisi, telah didahului dengan survei.

Koordinator Koalisi Delapan Partai, Sutikno mengatakan hasil survei menyebutkan kalangan pemilih awal seperti siswa SMA dan yang baru lulus SMA atau anak baru gede (ABG) lebih banyak memilih dan mengharapkan Julia Perez maju dalam Pilkada Pacitan. “Apalagi selama ini, bupati yang berasal dari birokrat dan kalangan pengusaha ternyata tidak banyak membawa perubahan bagi Pacitan yang kaya akan dunia wisata alam,” jelas Sutikno yang juga Ketua DPC Partai Hanura Pacitan kepada Surya, Sabtu (27/3).

Seperti diberitakan Surya (Sabtu, 27/3), artis seksi Julia Perez yang bernama asli Yuli Rahmawati, 30, mengklaim telah dilamar 8 partai koalisi untuk maju dalam Pilkada Pacitan, Desember 2010 mendatang. Delapan partai pelamar itu, seperti disebut Jupe, adalah Partai Hanura, PAN, Partai Karya Peduli Bangsa, Partai Demokrasi Pembaruan (PDP), Partai Patriot, serta tiga partai nonparlemen: Partai Bulan Bintang, Gerindra, dan Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan Indonesia (PKPI).

Jupe mengaku, lamaran dari para pimpinan partai itu dia terima Selasa (23/3) lalu. Karena lamaran itu pula, Jupe menyatakan siap bertarung dalam Pilkada di daerah kampung kelahiran Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) tersebut. “Karena ini saya anggap sebagai amanah, maka saya tak bisa lain kecuali menerima permintaan mereka itu. Saya harap bisa memberi yang terbaik buat masyarakat Pacitan,” tutur pelantun tembang dangdut Belah Duren ini kepada Surya, Jumat (26/3) malam.

Lebih lanjut Sutikno menjelaskan pencalonan Jupe merupakan terobosan untuk memecah kekuatan Partai Demokrat. Selain itu, selama ini Bupati Pacitan yang berasal dari kalangan birokrat dan pengusaha dinilai tidak banyak memberi perubahan bagi Pacitan. “Jadi, pencalonan Jupe itu serius. Nanti dia kita pasangkan dengan Cabup (calon bupati) yang punya massa loyalis. Sebab, hanya kekuatan Jupe yang diterima kalangan pemilih awal, yang mampu memecah kekuatan Partai Demokrat. Sebab,” terangnya.

Menurutnya, pencalonan Jupe bukan asal-asalan. Sebab, dengan dukungan delapan partai koalisi, artinya Jupe telah mengantongi suara sedikitnya 56.000 pemilih, seperti yang diperoleh delapan partai itu dalam pemilu lalu. Untuk Pilkada Pacitan, parpol atau koalisi parpol bisa mengusung calon apabila memiliki minimal 8 kursi parlemen.

Sutikno menyebut, parpol pengusung Jupe telah mengantongi enam kursi, yakni Hanura 2 kursi, PAN (1), PKPB (1), Partai Patriot (1), dan PDP 1 kursi. Untuk kekurangan dua kursi akan ditutupi kekuatan suara hasil perolehan Gerindra, PKPI, dan PBB. Sekretaris PCNU Pacitan Muhammad Huda mengatakan tidak masalah Jupe dicalonkan, asal dapat diterima masyarakat Pacitan.

“Kami menyerahkan sepenuhnya ke Jupe, itu kan hak pribadinya. Akan tetapi, jika hanya bermodal popularitas tanpa dibarengi kemampuan memimpin organisasi pemerintahan, jelas akan merugikan Pacitan,” katanya. Selain itu, tambahnya, meski Jupe nanti misalnya menggunakan jilbab setelah mencalonkan diri, menurutnya itu bukan ukuran. Sebab, semua orang tahu latar belakang Jupe. “Kalau secara pribadi, saya berharap orang lain saja calonnya. Kalau nggak ada calon lain, asalkan dia mampu memimpin dan memajukan Pacitan, ya diserahkan pada penerimaan warga Pacitan saja,” tandas Huda yang masih berada di Makassar untuk mengikuti Muktamar NU.

Friday, March 26, 2010

African Teams during 2010

Watch Movie Online - Home advantage will give an added boost to the six African teams who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup 2010 - the first to be held on African soil, writes Nthambeleni Gabara. South African fans are eagerly awaiting the referee's first whistle to signal the official kick-off of the highly anticipated match between Bafana Bafana and Mexico on June 11. But going into the battlefield, at Soccer City, Bafana will be comforted by the sounds of the blaring vuvuzelas and the display of the national colours and flag.

This tournament, will be crucial, not only for the host team, but Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Nigeria and Ghana,, to prove their worth on the international football stage.

But an additional sweetener will be the total prize money, which has risen to $420 million, a 60 percent increase on the 2006 tournament in Germany.

While European based players like Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Steven Pienaar (Everton) and Samuel Eto'o (Inter Milan) are fan favourites, supporters will be looking at local stars like Siphiwe Tshabalala and Teko Modise to dazzle the crowd and show off their fancy footwork.

All these five African teams will not be appearing on the international soccer stage for the first time.

South Africa, who have come a long way since being banned by FIFA in 1962 as part of international sanctions against apartheid South Africa to being the host of a World Cup, made their World Cup debut in France in 1998. They also qualified in 2002, but failed to get past the group stages.

While their soccer prowess has been lacklustre in recent years, a home advantage may prove a winner for the 1996 African Cup of Nations champions.

During last year's Confederations Cup, Bafana finished in fourth place, coming through the group stages with a win over New Zealand and a draw with Iraq.

They then lost in the semi-finals to Brazil, conceding a late free-kick after holding the South Americans at bay for most of the match. In the 3rd-place play-off, they lost to Spain after extra time, despite leading 1-0 at one stage. But despite their loss, even the sceptics were impressed by their great display of football.

World Cup winning coach, Carlos Alberto Parreira, is already shaping and preparing the team in his native Brazil. Recently, the Super Eagles (Nigeria) showed off their readiness for the showpiece when they appointed former Sweden coach Lars Lagerback as their new coach to lead them to the World Cup.

The Super Eagles, who reached the World Cup for the first time in the 1994 were within one minute of qualifying for the Quarter finals against Italy, but Roberto Baggio scored to take the game to extra time before eventually scoring the winning goal.

They returned to the World Cup in 1998 alongside Cameroon, Morocco, Tunisia, and South Africa. Their hopes of surpassing their 1994 performance were shattered after a 4-1 loss to Denmark.

The 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea/Japan saw Nigeria again qualify with optimism. Nigeria's second game against Sweden saw them take the lead but, they lost 2-1 and there was little consolation when they drew 0-0 with England and bowed out in the first round.

The Nigerians, who missed out on qualifying for the 2006 World Cup, finished third in the recent African Nations Cup in Angola.

Cameroon or The Indomitable Lions is Africa's most successful side. They have qualified for the FIFA World Cup more than any other African nation; in 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2010.

They were the first African team to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup in 1990 losing to England in extra time.

A nine man Cameroon shocked the world by defeating reigning champions Argentina 1-0 with a goal scored by Omam Biyick.

They later defeated Romania 2-1 and lost to the Soviet Union 4-0, becoming the first African side to finish top of their group..

In the second round Cameroon defeated Colombia 2-1 with Roger Milla scoring two goals in the extra time.

The 1994 World Cup in the USA, after a convincing 2-2 draw with Sweden, the Indomitable Lions were determined to make an impact. However a 3-0 loss to Brazil and a 6-1 loss to Russia effectively ended their hopes of glory.

Despite drawing with Chile and Austria during the 1998 World Cup, a 3-0 defeat to Italy saw Cameroon finish bottom of the group, and they were eliminated as a result.

Another African powerhouse, Ivory Coast, will be appearing for the second time at the FIFA World Cup, following their first appearance in the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

They lost 2-1 to both Argentina and Netherlands; and were thus eliminated from the tournament. The Elephants are currently the only team without a head coach.

Ghana were the only African side to advance to Round 2 of the 2006 FIFA World Cup after Ivory Coast, Togo, Angola, and Tunisia were all eliminated.

Because of Ghana's performances in the tournament, there has been continuous praise for their fearless attitude towards the world's soccer giants.

Of the 32 countries that participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Ghana was ranked 13th by FIFA.

Algeria managed to qualify to two consecutive World Cups in 1982 and 1986. Algeria beat North African rivals Egypt in a World Cup qualification tiebreaker to secure a place at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

But whether the teams lose in front of their home crowd they would have wanted to leave an indelible mark on the minds of their supporters. -BuaNews

Monday, March 15, 2010

Capello Berencana Tetap Bawa Beckham

Cuando Me Enamoro - Fabio Capello berniat mengundang David Beckham bergabung bersama skuad Timnas Inggris untuk Piala Dunia. Tidak bermain tentunya lantaran Beckham dipastikan tidak bisa merumput akibat cedera achies tendon. Manajer The Three Lions itu menawarkan Beckham menjadi anggota tim tidak bermain di Afrika Selatan.

Beckham mengalami cedera ketika AC Milan sukses menekuk Chievo Verona 1-0, Minggu (14/3) atau Senin dini hari WIB. Gelandang yang Mei nanti berusia 35 tahun itu Senin ini menjalani operasi di Finlandia dan berjalan sukses. Dari tindakan bedah itu Beckham divonis harus beristirahat minimal enam bulan.

Pada dasarnya anggota tak bermain dipertanyakan. Toh tidak ada untungnya membawa pemain yang mengalami cedera. Akan tetapi peran Beckham dianggap—beberapa pihak—tetap bisa memberi sumbangsih besar. Kharisma Beckham bisa memberi suntikan moral dan semangat, pun begitu Beckham merupakan duta besar Inggris untuk memenangi kampanye tuan rumah Piala Dunia 2018.

“Kami tidak ingin berspekulasi sampai kita tahu kondisinya lebih jauh,” Lord Triesman, Ketua PSSI-nya Inggris berkata. Pastinya, “Dia (Beckham) merupakan aset berharga dalam kampanye kami. Tidak perlu dipertanyakan untuk urusan itu. Dia sangat kharismatik dan akan berusaha sekeras mungkin untuk membantu negaranya.”

Setelah menjalani operasi, Dr Sakari Ovara—dokter yang mengepalai operasi Beckham—menegaskan bahwa karier pemain Los Angeles Galaxy itu masih bisa dilanjutkan. Capello langsung menyambutnya dengan menawarkan tempat untuk kualifikasi Euro 2012. “Semoga ia lekas sembuh karena dia merupakan salah satu pemain terbaik kami,” papar Beckham.

Andai saja dia tampil di Afsel, maka kejuaraan Juni-Jui nanti merupakan putaran final Piala Dunia keempat bagi Beckham. Namun karena cedera, Beckham kini menemui kesulitan menambah jumlah pertandingan internasionalnya yang sudah 115 kali—selama 14 tahun berkarier.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Environmentally Un-Friendly

Telenovelas - Just like any landlord, our planet will not tolerate our irresponsibility when it comes to being residents. We’re messy, we don’t pick up after ourselves and we are not friendly with our neighbors. We've created a lose-lose situation. It’s not news that the state of our planet has been swiftly deteriorating, and is it any surprise? We've not been environmentally friendly residents of earth and now the earth is retaliating. We see it in the escalating frequency and intensity of natural disasters all around the globe - the tsunamis, the hurricanes, the earthquakes, etc. These cataclysmic occurrences will continue to escalate as we keep destroying the earth’s equilibrium.

Our environmentally UN-friendly behaviors have thrown the planet off balance. If you thought the natural disasters were bad, think about the biological disasters we are creating. The greater our negative impact, the greater the chances of more deadly diseases sprouting up and spreading around the world. Look at the Swine Flu, look at our third world countries, more disease is the last thing we need.

Speaking of the third world, as we continue to use up all our planet’s resources, war and terrorism will prevail as we need to fight for what has become scarce. We need to support our third world countries and discover the resources and knowledge they hold that could potentially save humankind.

“Might it not be cheaper to make friends of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?” - Bono

Mother Nature holds a grudge but she also possesses remarkable healing powers. If we take immediate action to reverse the way in which we are now poisoning the planet and sowing the seeds of our own demise, her restorative qualities will prevail and she will continue to take care of us with the bounties of her blessings.