Top 5 Local Film of 2009: (5) King

2009 marked another promising turn for Indonesian cinema. Filmmakers in the country released more than 100 titles, an encouraging number for a once-dead industry. But this year has not just ben about quantity: A variety of films from different genres provided movie buffs a much-needed breath of fresh air.

Although the selection was still dominated by horror flicks and slapstick comedies, we also saw a war movie, “Merah Putih” (Red and White), a martial-arts flick, “Merantau” and a village mafia quintet in “Serigala Terakhir” (Last Wolf). These bold films moved both the heard and mind.

The following lists are as objective as such a list can be.

5. King

In King, directed by Ari Sihasale, alove of badminton runs in the family. Guntur (Rangga Raditya) and his father, Tejo (Mamiek Prakoso), idolize Indonesia’s top badminton star, Liem Swie King, and they all aspire to be just like him. Guntur’s father is the commentator for his village’s badminton competitions and he collects goose feathers for shuttlecocks in his spare time.

Since Guntur was young, his father has been feeding him stories about the badminton legend King. The young Guntur dreams of becoming the country’s number one shuttler, with the help of best friend Raden (Lucky Martin). He decides to do all he can to make it to the big league, but his poverty does not make it easy.

There are two aspects to this film that tug at the emotional heartstrings. The first is the dramatic, yet realistic, relationship between Guntur and his father. The second comes from Guntur’s relentless struggle to reach a near-impossible goal. The two elements make “King” a movie of inspiration and hope.

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sources: thejakartaglobe.com

PayPal is Now Able to Verified Indonesian Bank for Free

Recently PayPal Ltd. have been kind enough with our country and maybe with others country from south east asia too. After some time ago PayPal share US 100 $ money through PayPal Wishlist at Facebook, now PayPal is starting to give us ease of maintenance of the account verification.

PayPal accept verification methods entirely new, namely through local bank accounts. So, if you have an account at the bank, you can have a verified PayPal. How cool is that? No need to spend money to buy Virtual Credit Card (VCC) and wasting your times or dizziness committee the annual fee of the credit card. How to do that?

It's very easy :

1. Registration PayPal as usual @ www.paypal.com

2. Click Profile - Add/edit Bank accounts.

3. Enter the name of the bank and your bank account number.

4. In Indonesia to complete your PayPal verification and withdraw you'll need to enter the corresponding 7- digit of your bank code, which identifies your bank. The majority people in our country have BCA, if your bank is Bank Central Asia (BCA) you can look at here: http://www.klikbca.com/individual/silver/network.html

5. After you submit routing code, you'll need to wait 1-3 days (my friend experience is 2 days) PayPal will send a double-digit deposit into your bank account, this double-digit deposit that will be used for further confirmation.

6. Check your bank account. There should be 2 small deposit in a row from PayPal. The value of each 2-digit, examples: Rp. 17 and Rp. 21

7. Now, login to your PayPal.

8. If this is the first time, you will be asked security answer.

9. Click the Get Verified link.

10. Click the Confirm Bank Account link.

11. Enter the 2 digit value that PayPal sent to you , There is 2 forms, enter the appropriate values . Examples: 17 and 21.

12. If wrong, maybe the opposite, so back it.

13. Congrats your PayPal now has been verified.

Well, now after this verification, you can use all the facilities properly PayPal began to send money, receive money, withdrawal, etc. But if the balance is empty, then you have to fill them because PayPal can not take it self from your bank account. These also answering some of those concerns who fear that PayPal will take the money in our account. which is impossible.

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Artis Juga Manusia, Tapi Kalau Kena Narkoba (Tetap) Harus Dihukum Berat

Ditangkapnya Hendra Samuel Simorangkir – lebih beken dengan nama Sammy – vokalis band Kerispatih oleh aparat kepolisian, karena kasus narkoba awal pekan ini, nampaknya akan menambah deret panjang kalangan selebritas tanah air yang terjerumus sebagai pemakai barang haram tersebut. Dan itu, semakin menguatkan dugaan kita, bahwa dunia artis Indonesia sudah semakin “akrab” dengan hal-hal yang berbau narkoba dan sejenisnya.

Tentu bukan sekedar dugaan yang tanpa bukti. Setidaknya dalam satu dasawarsa terakhir, sudah puluhan artis – baik dari kalangan penyanyi, pelawak, pemain film, sampai pesinetron – yang terbukti (di persidangan) sebagai pengguna dan pengedar narkoba. Namun, entah karena sudah “punya nama” atau karena didukung oleh tim pengacara yang tentunya dibayar mahal, hukuman yang diberikan kepada para selebritas ini terlihat sangat minim. Berbeda jauh dengan (jumlah hukuman) pada masyarakat kebanyakan yang terkena kasus yang sama.

Mestinya, mereka – para artis ini – harus diperlakukan sama dengan masyarakat kebanyakan. Bahkan, kalau perlu dihukum lebih berat. Karena status “artis” otomatis menjadi sorotan masyarakat, karena seringnya muncul di berbagai pemberitaan infotainment, baik media cetak maupun elektronik. Sehingga, tak kurang dari para fans-nya yang menjadikan panutan para idola tersebut. Dampak negatifnya, kalau idolanya berbuat negatif (pemakai narkoba misalnya), tak menutup kemungkinan akan ditiru juga oleh para penggemarnya.

Berikut adalah deretan para artis yang terkena kasus narkoba -- dimuat di Koran Tempo edisi awal pekan ini -- yang tentu saja hanya sebagian dari banyak kasus narkoba yang menimpa para selebritas di negeri ini.

24 Mei 2000: 
Brata Nugraha alias Polo ditangkap karena membawa 0,5 gram sabu-sabu di Hotel Mega Matra, Jakarta Pusat. Hakim menjatuhkan vonis 7 bulan penjara.

2 Juni 2004: 
Polo kembali ditangkap karena menyimpan 0,6 gram sabu-sabu di Vila Citra, depan Kecamatan Kramat Jati, Jakarta Timur. Hakim menjatuhkan vonis setahun penjara.

7 Juli 2004: 
Sudarisman alias Derry “Empat Sekawan” ditangkap di Hotel Oasis Amir, Senen (Jakarta Pusat), karena membawa 32 butir pil ekstasi dan 0,375 gram sabu. Hakim menjatuhkan vonis 8 bulan penjara.

2 Februari 2006: 
Roy Marten ditangkap di Ulujami, Jakarta Selatan, karena memiliki 2,6 gram sabu. Hakim menjatuhkan vonis 9 bulan.

10 April 2006: Revaldo Fifaldy Suria Permana alias Aldo ditangkap polisi di rumah kontrakannya. Polisi menemukan 0,2 gram sabu, 4 butir ekstasi, dan 1 linting ganja. Hakim menjatuhkan vonis 8 bulan.

22 Agustus 2007: 
Gogon ditangkap di Kompleks Bandara Mas, Neglasari, Kota Tangerang, karena memiliki setengah butir pil ekstasi serta plastic bening kosong, yang disebut-sebut bekas wadah sabu. Hakim menjatuhkan vonis 4 tahun penjara.

21 September 2007: 
Gary Iskak bersama temannya ditangkap di rumah Gary ketika memakai sabu. Polisi menemukan 0,0930 gram sabu.

28 Oktober 2007: 
Roy Marten kembali ditangkap di Hotel Novotel Surabaya bersama temannya. Polisi menemukan 1 gram dan 1 ons sabu-sabu. Hakim menjatuhkan vonis 3 tahun penjara.

25 November 2007: Ahmad Albar ditangkap karena memiliki 490 butir ekstasi di Apartemen Taman Anggrek, Jakarta Barat. Hakim mejatuhkan vonis 8 bulan penjara.

5 April 2008: 
Imam S. Arifin, penyanyi dangdut, ditangkap di pelataran parker Hotel Pardede, Jalan Juanda, Medan, karena memiliki 1,6 gram sabu. Hakim mejatuhkan vonis 2 tahun penjara.

7 Agustus 2008: 
Sheila Marcia ditangkap bersama temannya di Apartemen Golden Sky, Pluit. Polisi menemukan 0,058 gram sabu. Mahkamah Agung menjatuhkan hukuman 1 tahun penjara.

12 Oktober 2009: 
Jennifer Dunn ditangkap di Kencana Vista Residence, Cilandak Timur. Polisi menemkan tujuh butir ekstasi dan satu strip Happy Five. Kasus ini masih dalam proses persidangan.

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Want to Play Poker, Try Online

POKER? The image will be 4 people sitting around the table with card, cigarettes and chip. Poker have become more and more familiar to people around the world, adolescent children, teen age and off course adult all over the world play poker. Even on the extreme popular social sites, face book, poker on line is one of the most popular game amongs members. Not to mention the increasing number of magazines and tv that broadcast guidance to play poker.

In essence, poker game can be described as follow: players try to combine their cards with the cards on the deck/table. They will try to combine the cards into several combination specific of poker such as : Royal flush, straight flush, 4 of a kind, Full house, flush, Straight, 3 of a kind, two pair and pair. The combination will decide which player have the highest rank.

Poker have several rules that can be applied as agreed by the participants, such as Omaha, texas hold’em Rules, Play 5 Card stud, Razz and / or Badugi; nowadays, Texas Hold’em Rules is considered as the most popular rule. So interesting and popular is poker that many website are designed specially to guide the interested person to learn, and discuss the way to play poker. Starting from step by step guidance, tips and trick, for amateur and professional player. Some sites even offer the chance to play poker online with real bet money.

Of course, person need to be very careful if they decide to play poker online, free or poker real money betted game. We have to make sure that net provider is qualified as good one and really will pay your wins. The more popular the game, more irresponsible persons tried to take advantage in the bad ways.

Amongs many method to qualify the online poker sites, the easiest way is to check whether they display the famous on line poker sites such as Online Poker Sites, Titan Poker, Party Poker, Bet 365 Poker, Ladbrokes Poker, Pacific Poker, Mansion Poker and celeb Poker. The above mentioned sites are known to be visited by many professional player from European countries. For United States area, amny players visist the : Karbon Poker, Bodog Poker, Ultimate Bet Poker, Absolute Poker, Full Tilt Poker and Poker Site.

Your final choice will be yours to decide whether you want to play in the famous and popular sites with possibility to win super big bonus or you can start by visiting many poker sites that will guide you to play and even playing the trial game for free.

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Facebook Menyediakan Antivirus Gratis untuk Penggunanya

Namanya juga masih gaptek – yang ini katanya kependekan dari Gagap Teknologi – aku pikir selama ini kalau buka jejaring sosial semacam Facebook itu ya aman-aman saja, tidak kena serangan virus dan sebangsanya. Ternyata dugaanku tersebut salah. Iseng-iseng saat baca di Softpedia, Facebook sekarang menawarkan antivirus kepada semua penggunanya, dalam upaya menghambat penyebaran malware atau software jahat di layanan jejaring sosial tersebut.

Cuma, seperti apa-apa yang sifatnya gratisan pada umumnya, masa berlaku antivirus ini juga tidak selamanya gratis, karena hanya bisa diunduh dan digunakan selama 6 bulan pertama saja. Dan antivirus yang ditawarkan adalah McAfee Internet Security, yang bisa didownload langsung melalui halaman fans McAfee di Facebook. Cara nyarinya gampang koq, tinggal memasukkan kata kunci McAfee di kolom cari teman, pasti nanti akan muncul McAfee yang kita cari ini.

Nah, setelah menjadi Fan McAfee, kita bisa melihat link download yang ditampilkan di halaman McAffe tersebut. Terhitung sejak mendownload – dan menjalankan aplikasi – sampai 6 bulan berikutnya, masih dihitung gratis. Setelah itu, tentu sudah tidak gratis lagi. Tapi, karena sebelumnya sudah menggunakan versi gratisannya, Mc Afee akan menawarkan perpanjangan langganan dengan harga discount, yang tentu lebih murah dari pengguna biasa.

Oh hiya, cara kerja aplikasi ini memang telah dirancang khusus untuk melakukan verifikasi terhadap semua account Facebook agar selalu terhindar dari penyusupan malware. Jadi, seandainya computer si empunya account Facebook terinfeksi suatu virus, maka secara otomatis McAfee minta segera dilakukan scan, dan membersihkan sebelum mengakses Facebook. 

Nah, mumpung masih gratis, kenapa anda – kalau memang punya account Facebook – tidak mencobanya ?

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Slot Games on Casino Online: Easy to Play

Slots Games

Have you ever imagined that playing slot games on line is as easy as opening your door? That’s right! All you have to do is just pull the handle, place your bet on the chosen amount and wait for the result. This game is totally base on player luck, as your speed to place bet, or pull the handle are inconsequent to the result.

So, everybody, even the first timer, can play this game.

Nowadays, there are so many sites offering online games, such as casino, poker rooms. We have to be very, very careful to choose the certain sites as it is directly connected with the trust we placed to the sites, especially in term of payment. Moreover, the players are sometimes world wide.

One of the sites deserved to be considered is Casino Scandinavia Slot games, sometimes regarded as the best sites that specially provide guidance and rating services in the world. The site will provide the best 10 casino recommended by online player world wide, such as : On Line Vegas, Pure Vegas, Go casino, Rushmore, Lucky Red, Golden casino and also Alladin’s Gold Casino.

This particular site provide guidance in detail to reader of how to start, play and end a game online. Moreover, beginner which never play slot game is recommended to try a free trial game. Upon familiarize themselves with the particular game, then they can start with real game.

There one particular trend to be observed, playing slot game online is credited to be less addictive to the player. Almost all online player do their game at home and therefore is not influenced by the sorounding crowd/others player which regarded as one that make player keep on playing no matter how much he/she lost. To end the game is very easy and can be done at anytime, whether big win situation or to avoid huge loose. All we have to do is disconnect the internet.