Christmas greetings chime despite edict

On Christmas Day, Muslims and Christians, from scavengers to affluent residents, were lining up to extend holiday greetings to Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama at his official residence in Kuningan, South Jakarta.

The deputy governor — the first Christian of Chinese-descent to take a top job in the capital city since 1965 — hosted an open house to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ despite a mostly unheeded edict from the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) for Muslims not to wish Christians a happy Christmas let alone take part in festivities. The MUI had said wishing a happy Christmas was akin to confirming the “misguided” teachings of Christianity.

Ahok said that it was customary for high officials to hold an open house on religious festivals in a bid to stay in touch with residents of the city. “If other officials do it every Lebaran [the Idul Fitri Islamic holiday], I will do it on Christmas,” he said in his greeting speech, before inviting visitors to enjoy chicken satay, soto Betawi (beef and coconut milk soup) and meatballs that were served non-stop.

The election of Ahok as Jakarta’s deputy governor has been seen as a sign that the majority of Jakarta residents are becoming more tolerant of having a leader from a different religious background.

The last Christian to hold an executive post in the capital city was Henk Ngantung, who served as deputy governor from 1960 to 1964 and as governor from 1964 to 1965.

Governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, former governor Sutiyoso and former deputy governor Prijanto were among Ahok’s guests along with other Jakarta administration officials, who are mostly Muslims. Jokowi, who visited the Jakarta Cathedral and Immanuel Church on Christmas Eve, came at midday to Ahok’s residence to personally deliver his Christmas greeting, in what he called his first friendly visit to his deputy.

In most parts of the archipelago, Christmas celebrations passed off peacefully, except for the members of GKI Yasmin and Filadelfia congregations in Bogor and Bekasi who were still barred from holding services in their own churches. The two congregations still face persecution and called for an end to their plights.

In Yogyakarta, an entourage of some 70 representatives of community and interfaith groups conducted a Christmas tour to wish Protestants and Catholics a merry Christmas. They visited three churches, namely the GPIB Jamaat Church in Margo Mulyo, the Santo Antonius Church in Kota Baru and the Javanese Christian Church (GKJ) Sawo Jajar in Gondokusuman.

“On behalf of the Yogyakarta Palace we convey a Merry Christmas to you all,” KPH Wironegoro of the
Yogyakarta Palace told the congregation of Santo Antonius Church on Sunday evening, which was received warmly.

The palace, he said, supported multiculturalism and pluralism. “Hopefully what we do in Yogyakarta can be a light for Indonesia and the world,” said Wironegoro, the husband of the sultan’s first daughter GKR Pembayun.

Abdul Muhaimin of the Yogyakarta Interfaith Forum (FPUB) said the sultan had an obligation to protect the rights of all his people even those who believed only in the mythical figure of Nyai Roro Kidul, the ruler the South Sea.

In Bantul, Yogyakarta, thousands of Catholics flocked to Hati Kudus Tuhan Yesus (HKTY) Church to enjoy the colossal Javanese traditional drama Kethoprak during Christmas mass on Monday evening. “Through the performance hopefully the congregations will find it easier to understand the Bible, because the story is taken from verses in the Bible,” said Sri Nugroho, who organized the Christmas celebration.

A different way of celebrating Christmas was found on the slopes of Mount Merapi in Tangkil village in Magelang, Central Java. The celebration was marked by a blessing of agricultural implements, seedlings and livestock.

In Ungaran, Semarang regency, Central Java, Christmas celebrations held in Sidomulyo Square right next to the Ungaran Grand Mosque also ran smoothly and peacefully despite initial threats by the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) to thwart the event.

Some 3,000 worshippers from 40 churches across Semarang regency joined the celebrations that have been conducted annually in the square since 2000.

MUI nixes Christmas for SBY

Conservative Muslim leaders are not stopping with edicts forbidding Muslims from wishing Christians a Merry Christmas. Now they want the President not to attend any observation of the holiday in an official or personal capacity.

A representative of the Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) renewed on Sunday an edict (fatwa) forbidding Muslims from extending holiday greetings to Christians and said that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had to skip a national Christmas celebration scheduled for Dec. 27.

“If you talk about the MUI edict, it forbids attendance at the [Christmas] rituals. A Muslim should not attend the ritual, because it is a part of worship activities that should only be attended by Christians,” Ma’ruf Amin, the council’s deputy chairman, told The Jakarta Post on Sunday.

Ma’ruf said that Yudhoyono, as a Muslim, should not attend the national Christmas celebration, which he said would contain a Christian religious element.

Yudhoyono and Vice President Boediono, who is also a Muslim, are among the top officials who are scheduled to attend the national Christmas celebration. Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali joined the President and Vice President during a similar national observance in 2011.

Several Muslim organizations have echoed the MUI’s call. The United Indonesian Muslims (Persis), for example, said that it was inappropriate for the President to attend the national Christmas celebration.

“Even though they are the country’s leaders, they are forbidden to attend such Christmas celebrations,” Persis chairman Maman Abdurrahman said, as quoted by the website of conservative Muslim organization Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia’s (HTI).

Maman said that Yudhoyono and Boediono should instead order officials from the Religious Ministry’s Protestant and Catholic directorate to come to attend the event on their behalf.

Separately, the infamous hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI) said that Yudhoyono and Boediono would “undermine” Islam if they decided to attend the celebration.

Muchsin Ahmad Alatas, the head of the FPI’s campaign division, advised the President and Vice President not to attend the celebration. “They decided to attend the program because they don’t have sufficient understanding of Islam,” Muchsin said. “They should have consulted with people who understand Islam better before making their decision.”

Muchsin said that Yudhoyono should ignore Christians in favor of the nation’s Muslims. “People will understand his decision, because he will have respected the feelings of the [nation’s] majority-Muslim population.”

“If the President shows up, it means that state affairs take precedence over his faith,” he said.

However, representatives of several moderate Muslim groups have disagreed with the conservative groups.

“Wishing Christians a merry Christmas is one form of tolerance between people of different faiths,” Salahuddin Wahid, a noted leader of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the nation’s largest Muslim social organization, said as quoted tempo.co.

Salahuddin said that an interfaith exchange of Christmas greetings was similar to saying “Happy Birthday” or “Happy New Year” — neither of which was forbidden by Islam, according to Salahuddin.

Din Syamsuddin, the chairman of Muhammadiyah, the nation’s second-largest Muslim social organization, agreed, previously saying that he regularly exchanged Christmas wishes with Christian friends, which he considered only greetings.

While conservative Muslims in Indonesia have attempted to make interfaith Christmas greetings an issue for several years, Muslims in other nations no longer have such concerns.

In some parts of the Islamic world, Muslims say “Merry Christmas” and join celebrations. Some Muslim political leaders have even attended Christmas services to strengthen interfaith ties.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, for instance, regularly joins annual Christmas services in Bethlehem, while the leaders and the rank-and-file members of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood joined annual Christmas services at a Coptic Christian church in Cairo in 2011.

Ma’aruf, however, said that Indonesian Muslims should not say Merry Christmas. “It is still a debate. They would be better of not doing that.

Decision on monorail pushed to January

Jakarta Governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said on Friday that he will determine the fate of the city’s monorail project in January, pending a detailed technical presentation from the bidder.

The governor said that he still needed to hear the presentation from the potential developer PT Jakarta Monorail (JM) on the construction of the project.

“I’m giving [JM] until Jan. 15, so they can complete their study on the monorail construction, including the financial, crossing and technical aspects,” he said after meeting a representative from JM at City Hall.

As soon as JM completed its presentation, Jokowi said he would immediately determine his next step so the project could begin soon.

Jokowi also said that JM was currently the only bidder on the project as another bidder, state-owned construction firm PT Adhi Karya, did not want to continue to be involved in the project.

“Adhi Karya is no longer interested in it. But we’re still giving them the opportunity if they want to do another monorail route,” he said.

Previously, two consortiums were interested in teaming up with the Jakarta administration on the monorail project.

One of the consortiums is led by JM, which was responsible for the failed monorail construction project that was started in 2005 and then halted in March 2008 due to legal and financial problems.

JM’s consortium is made up of a number of foreign and local construction companies and financial institutions, though the firm claimed that most of the consortium members had now changed, leaving only a fraction of the original lineup.

The other consortium is led by state-owned construction firm PT Adhi Karya, which is collaborating with state toll road operator PT Jasa Marga, state electricity firm PT PLN, state-owned PT Bank Mandiri, state train builder PT Inka, electronic components maker PT LEN Industry and state-owned telecommunications firm PT Telkom.

Adhi Karya previously held a 7.5 percent stake in JM.

Adhi Karya president director Kiswodarmawan said earlier that the company had tried to work with JM in the past, but nothing came of the cooperation, so they would not do it again.

Earlier this year, Adhi Karya offered to build its own version of the monorail network, the first phase of which was estimated to cost around Rp 12 trillion (US$1.24 billion).

JM’s spokesperson Bavananto said that they would immediately work on the presentation as requested by the governor, especially its technical aspects. “We can’t use our initial design so there will be some changes because of the city’s current condition,” he said.

However, he said that the company would still use its initial routes. The first route will connect Semanggi and Kuningan in South Jakarta while the second route will link Kampung Melayu in East Jakarta and Taman Anggrek shopping center in West Jakarta.

JM’s initial construction work left rows of concrete columns along the roads in Senayan, Central Jakarta, and Kuningan in South Jakarta.

Before the plan to resurrect the monorail project surfaced, the previous administration planned to use the abandoned columns for its elevated Bus Rapid Transit project.

Greater Jakarta: Hospital needs rules regarding filming

JAKARTA: The Health Ministry said that filming a soap opera in an intensive care unit (ICU) room was not a problem, although a regulation would be drafted in response to a recent incident.

“There has to be clear regulation stipulating the rules,” director for health development, Chairul Radjab Nasution, told reporters on Friday.

Chairul was responding to a complaint by the father of Ayu Tria Desiani, a leukemia patient who died at Harapan Kita Maternity and Children’s Hospital in West Jakarta on Thursday morning, about a soap opera being filmed in the room.

Ayu’s father, Kurnianto Ahmad Syaifur, 47, said that shooting for the TV series Love in Paris went on all night, with the film crew and actors walking around without special clothes designed for the sterile environment.

Chairul said that ICU rooms were categorized as “sub-sterile” and visitors were only required to wash their hands and wear a mask.

He added that the filming should not have disturbed patients as the location was vacant. The hospital’s president director, Achmad Soebagjo Tancarino, said that the management accepted the filming request in the ICU room for promotional purposes. “We have done this several times,” he said.

120 Jakarta inmates moved to Nusakambangan

Sihabudin
Penitentiary Director General

Due to overcrowding in Jakarta’s jails, 120 inmates were this week transferred to Nusakambangan Island’s prisons in Cilacap, Central Java.

The inmates were from Cipinang Penitentiary and Cipinang Drug Prison, as well as Salemba Penitentiary.

“Most of the transferred inmates are involved in drug cases, with sentences of up to 17 years,” Cipinang prison official Prayitno, who guarded the transferring, said on Thursday.

Nusakambangan Island is a home to seven penitentiaries known to house high-profile convicts, including those jailed for corruption and terrorism.

The seven prisons, each separated by approximately 4 kilometers, are Terbuka, Besi, Narcotics, Kembang Kuning, Permisan, Pasir Putih and Batu prisons. All are maximum security.

In a recent visit to Nusakambangan, Law and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin said that he would transfer almost 2000 inmates from Jakarta to prisons on the island as most Jakarta prisons were overcrowded, while the island remains spacious.

Penitentiary Director General Sihabudin said the relocation process would take up to three months

Jakarta drug cases level in 2012: Police

The number of drug cases in 2012 has remained stable, the Jakarta Police reports.

The police recorded 4,836 drug cases this year, a rise of only 0.39 percent from the 4,817 cases last year.

“We have managed to complete all the 4,836 cases we were handling, 100 percent,” Jakarta Police chief Putut Eko Bayuseno said on Thursday at the Jakarta Police headquarters.

The police arrested 5,941 drug suspects this year, a 1.14 percent increase from the 5,874 suspects last year.

Based on investigations, the police concluded that most drugs were produced outside the country.

“It is more profitable for them to produce the drugs in their home countries rather than here,” Putut said.

Evidences comprising 1.63 kilograms of marijuana, 3.28 kilograms of heroin, 1.2 kilograms of cocaine, 511.9 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, 113 kilograms of ecstasy powder, 1.85 million of ecstasy pills and 119 psychotropic pills were seized throughout 2012, kompas.com reported

South Africa: 7 die during fitness tests

South African media say provincial authorities are investigating the deaths of seven job-seekers who collapsed in the heat while undergoing a fitness test for positions as traffic officers.

The chief transport official for KwaZulu-Natal province, Willies Mchunu, has suspended further test in the meantime.

The state-owned South African Broadcasting Corporation reported that several tens of thousands of people took the fitness test late last week, even though only 90 jobs were available. They were required to run four kilometers (2.5 miles) in temperatures of more than 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit), and many collapsed from dehydration and heat exhaustion. Some received hospital treatment.

South Africa's official statistics show that the unemployment rate is 25 percent, an indication why so many were applying for the 90 jobs.

Malaysia among world’s top 10 tourist destinations

Malaysia was one of the world's top 10 tourist destinations last year, making it the only South-East Asian country to make the list in the United Nations World Trade Organization Tourism Highlights 2012.

In 2009, the country recorded 23.6 million tourists arrival and in 2010, the number increased to 24.6 million.

Topping the list was France with 79 million tourist arrivals, followed by United States [62 million], China [58 million], Spain [57 million], Italy [46 million], Turkey [29.3 million], United Kingdom [29.2 million] and Germany [28.4 million].

Rounding up the top 10 was Mexico with 23.4 million tourists. The report also ranked Malaysia 14th in terms of international tourism receipts with US$18.3billion (56.3 ringgit) last year, ahead of countries such as Singapore, Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea and Canada. In 2009 and 2010, Malaysia recorded US$15.8 billion (48.6 billion ringgit) and US$18.2 billion (55.9 billion ringgit) respectively in tourism receipts.

In congratulating tourism players for doing a good job to promote the nation, Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents president Mohd Khalid Harun said this was the result of hard work put in by many people.

The report rated Malaysia ninth based on international tourists arrival, with 24.7 million foreign tourists last year.

“This is not an overnight success. We have worked hard and long and are now finally tasting the labour of our success,” he said.

He said Tourism Minister Ng Yen Yen, her ministry as well as the private sector had also worked tirelessly to promote the country.

“We should not rest on our laurels but strive to further improve our ranking,” he said.

Car-free NYE all over in Indonesia

As Jakartans get ready to celebrate the turn of the year in traffic-free streets at the heart of the capital during the first ever car-free night, authorities in other regions also plan to hold similar events.

Yogyakarta administration will close Jl. Malioboro to motorists starting from 7 p.m. on Monday to make way for pedestrians to enjoy cultural performances in five temporary stages - two big stages and three smaller - as reported by tribunnews.com on Sunday. Jl. A. Dahlan and Jl. Senopati will also be closed.

To prevent traffic jams in Bandung during the big bash, police will close Jl. Ir. H. Djuanda and Jl. Merdeka from 9 p.m. on Monday until 3 a.m. on Tuesday Baso. Jl. Dago has always been clogged with vehicles on New Year’s Eve.

Bekasi residents will also enjoy a car-free night on Jl. Ahmad Yani from 10 p.m. on Monday until 1 a.m. on Tuesday, according to Bekasi Transportation Agency chief Supandi Budiman.

During those hours, the street would be filled with entertainment such as music performances, he said. “Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi will attend the event,” Supandi added

Sky Aviation to receive first SSJ-100 in January

Sky Aviation will receive its first Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ-100) from Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company in January 2013.

Sky Aviation, the first domestic carrier to operate the SSJ-100, has ordered 12 planes at a cost of more than US$380 million. Three more are expected in Indonesia by March.

An SSJ-100 crashed into Mount Salak, near Bogor, in West Java, during an exhibition flight in May. Forty five people, including the plane’s crew, journalists and businessmen were killed. A recent investigation by the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) concluded that the Russian-made aircraft is safe. The crash was caused by pilot error.

Sky Aviation currently operates 10 aircraft of various types such as the Boeing 737-300, Fokker 100, Cessna Grand Caravan and Cyrus. The company serves several routes, including Batam, Pangkalpinang in Bangka, Natuna in Riau Islands and Labuan Bajo in Flores.

Universitas Terbaik Swasta Di Indonesia

Universitas Terbaik Swasta Di Indonesia

Penilaian universitas terbaik itu berdasarkan dari penilaian yang dikeluarkan oleh Webometrics. Belum tahu apa itu webometrics ? baca dulu deh artikel berikut ini agar tidak bingung Rangking Webometrics.

Bagi anda yang ingin melanjutkan pendidikan ke perguruan tinggi sebaiknya jangan sampai salah pilih. Universitas swasta saat ini kualitasnya tidak kalah jika dibandingkan dengan Universitas Negeri. Disini saya akan membantu memudahkan anda dalam menentukan universitas swasta mana yang layak untuk anda pilih dengan melihat daftar Peringkat Universitas Swasta Terbaik Indonesia 2012.

Universitas Terbaik Swasta Di Indonesia, Data yang saya berikan ini hanya semata – mata sebagai bahan referensi anda karena sebenarnya kualitas untuk menilai sebuah universitas itu baik atau tidak adalah sangat kompleks sekali.

No.	WORLD RANK	UNIVERSITY
1	740	Gunadarma University
2	1277	Universitas Mercu Buana
3	1463	Universitas Islam Indonesia
4	1492	Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang
5	1543	Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
6	1564	Petra Christian University
7	1637	Indonesia University of Computer UNIKOM
8	1652	Ahmad Dahlan University
9	1666	Bina Nusantara BINUS University
10	1668	Universitas Udayana

Data diatas sekali lagi berdasarkan hasil rangking yang dikeluarkan oleh Webometrics. Sebaiknya sebelum menentukan pilihan ada baiknya anda mencari terlebih dahulu bahan referensi lainnya.

Itulah sedikit tulisan tentang Universitas Terbaik Swasta Di Indonesia semoga bermanfaat.

Harga Samsung Galaxy Terbaru 2013

Harga Samsung Galaxy, Samsung galaxy series merupakan sebuah sub-brand handset dan mobile PC merek samsung dengan ciri khas penggunaan OS android di seluruh lini produknya. Seiring dengan banyaknya peminat untuk menggunakan sitem operasi android, maka samsung galaxy juga semakin populer sebagai salah satu pemain utama yang menyediakan android phone.

Berikut ini adalah informasi harga samsung galaxy series terbaru tahun ini, yang mungkin berguna buat anda yang ingin mengganti smartphone lama anda dengan android phone. harga pada halaman ini akan diupdate setiap bulannya.

Harga Samsung Galaxy Terbaru 2013

Tipe Samsung Galaxy	Harga Baru
Samsung Galaxy S III	Rp. 6,999,000,-
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10,1 (32GB)	Rp. 6,750,000,-
Samsung Galaxy Note	Rp. 6,950,000,-
Samsung Galaxy Nexus	Rp. 5,950,000,-
Samsung Galaxy S II	Rp. 5,100,000,-
Samsung Galaxy SL I9003 4GB	Rp. 4,175,000,-
Samsung Galaxy S	Rp. 4,250,000,-
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 inci	Rp. 4,550,000,-
Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 5,0	Rp. 3,000,000,-
Samsung galaxy Ace Duos i589	Rp. 3,000,000,-
Samsung Galaxy Wonder (W)	Rp. 2,800,000,-
Samsung Galaxy Xcover	Rp. 2,800,000,-
Samsung Galaxy Pro	Rp. 2,450,000,-
Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos	Rp. 1,999,000,-
Samsung Galaxy Ace	Rp. 2,350,000,-
Samsung Galaxy Gio S5660	Rp. 1,800,000,-
Samsung Galaxy Fit	Rp. 1,750,000,-
Samsung Galaxy Mini	Rp. 1,400,000,-
Samsung Galaxy Mini 2	Rp. 1,900,000,-
Samsung Galaxy Pocket	Rp. 1,300,000,-
Samsung Galaxy Y CDMA	Rp. 1,225,000,-
Samsung Galaxy Ace 2	Rp. 2,999,000,-
Samsung Galaxy Y	Rp. 1,150,000,-

 

Daftar Harga Laptop Samsung Januari 2013

Samsung Notebook

Daftar harga laptop samsung januari 2013 ini mungkin bisa menjadi referensi bagi para pembaca semua yang berencana membeli laptop samsung pada bulan januari 2013.

"Samsung N100 – Rp 2.400.000,-
Intel Atom N435 1.33Ghz, Intel GMA 3150, 1GB, 250GB, 10.1inch WSVGA, Camera, Wifi, No Bluetooth, Card Reader, MeeGo, Batt 3 Cell
Samsung N100 – Rp 2.400.000,-
Intel Atom N435 1.33Ghz, Intel GMA 3150, 1GB, 250GB, 10.1inch WSVGA, Camera, Wifi, No Bluetooth, Card Reader, MeeGo, Batt 3 Cell
Samsung N143 – Rp 2.500.000,-
Intel Atom N450 1.66Ghz, Intel GMA 3150, 1GB, 160GB, 10.1inch WSVGA, Camera, Wifi, No Bluetooth, Card Reader, Non OS, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung N143 – Rp 2.500.000,-
Intel Atom N450 1.66Ghz, Intel GMA 3150, 1GB, 160GB, 10.1inch WSVGA, Camera, Wifi, No Bluetooth, Card Reader, Non OS, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung NC108 – Rp 3.000.000,-
Intel Atom N570 1.66Ghz, Intel GMA 3150, 2GB, 320GB, 10.1inch WSVGA, Camera, Wifi, Bluetooth, Card Reader, Non OS, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung NC108 – Rp 3.000.000,-
Intel Atom N570 1.66Ghz, Intel GMA 3150, 2GB, 320GB, 10.1inch WSVGA, Camera, Wifi, Bluetooth, Card Reader, Non OS, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung NC210 – Rp 3.800.000,-
Intel Atom N570 1.66Ghz, Intel GMA 3150, 2GB, 320GB, 10.1inch WSVGA, Camera, Wifi, Bluetooth, Card Reader, Win 7 Starter, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung NC210 – Rp 3.800.000,-
Intel Atom N570 1.66Ghz, Intel GMA 3150, 2GB, 320GB, 10.1inch WSVGA, Camera, Wifi, Bluetooth, Card Reader, Win 7 Starter, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung NF210 – Rp 3.500.000,-
Intel Atom N550 1.5Ghz, Intel GMA 3150, 1GB, 250GB, 10.1inch WSVGA, Camera, Wifi, Bluetooth, Card Reader, Win 7 Starter, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung NF210 – Rp 3.500.000,-
Intel Atom N550 1.5Ghz, Intel GMA 3150, 1GB, 250GB, 10.1inch WSVGA, Camera, Wifi, Bluetooth, Card Reader, Win 7 Starter, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung NP300 B940 – Rp 4.400.000,-
Pentium B940 2.0Ghz, 14inch LED HD, 2GB, 500GB, DVDRW, Card Reader, Wifi, Bluetooth, Camera, Non OS, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung NP300 B940 – Rp 4.400.000,-
Pentium B940 2.0Ghz, 14inch LED HD, 2GB, 500GB, DVDRW, Card Reader, Wifi, Bluetooth, Camera, Non OS, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung NP300 i3 – Rp 4.700.000,-
Core i3 2330M 2.2Ghz, 14inch LED HD, 2GB, 500GB, DVDRW, Card Reader, Wifi, Bluetooth, Camera, Non OS, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung NP300 i3 – Rp 4.700.000,-
Core i3 2330M 2.2Ghz, 14inch LED HD, 2GB, 500GB, DVDRW, Card Reader, Wifi, Bluetooth, Camera, Non OS, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung NP300 i5 – Rp 7.000.000,-
Core i5 2450M 2.5Ghz, 14inch LED HD, 4GB, 1TB, DVDRW, Card Reader, Nvidia Geforce GT 520M 1GB, Wifi, Bluetooth, Camera, Non OS, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung NP300 i5 – Rp 7.000.000,-
Core i5 2450M 2.5Ghz, 14inch LED HD, 4GB, 1TB, DVDRW, Card Reader, Nvidia Geforce GT 520M 1GB, Wifi, Bluetooth, Camera, Non OS, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung NP350 – Rp 5.900.000,-
Core i3 2350M 2.3Ghz, 12.5inch LED HD, 4GB, 320GB, No Optical Drive, Card Reader, Intal HD, Wifi, Bluetooth, Camera, Non OS, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung NP350 – Rp 5.900.000.
Core i3 2350M 2.3Ghz, 12.5inch LED HD, 4GB, 320GB, No Optical Drive, Card Reader, Intal HD, Wifi, Bluetooth, Camera, Non OS, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung NP530 – Rp 8.600.000,-
Core i5 2467M 1.6Ghz, 13.3inch LED HD, 4GB, 500GB HDD + 16GB SSD, No Optical Drive, Card Reader, Intel HD, Wifi, Bluetooth, Camera, Win 7 Home Premium, Batt 4 Cell
Samsung NP530 – Rp 8.600.000,-
Core i5 2467M 1.6Ghz, 13.3inch LED HD, 4GB, 500GB HDD + 16GB SSD, No Optical Drive, Card Reader, Intel HD, Wifi, Bluetooth, Camera, Win 7 Home Premium, Batt 4 Cell
Samsung NP900X3A Super Slim – Rp 15.300.000,-
Core i5 2537 1.4Ghz, 4GB, 128GB SSD, No Optical Drive, Wifi, Bluetooth, Intel GMA, Camera, 13.3inch LED HD, Win 7 Home Premium, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung NP900X3A Super Slim – Rp 15.300.000,-
Core i5 2537 1.4Ghz, 4GB, 128GB SSD, No Optical Drive, Wifi, Bluetooth, Intel GMA, Camera, 13.3inch LED HD, Win 7 Home Premium, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung RC408 – Rp 6.900.000,-
Core i5 480M 2.66Ghz, 2GB, 640GB, DVDRW, Wifi, Bluetooth, Intel GMA, Camera, 14inch LED HD, Non OS, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung RC408 – Rp 6.900.000,-
Core i5 480M 2.66Ghz, 2GB, 640GB, DVDRW, Wifi, Bluetooth, Intel GMA, Camera, 14inch LED HD, Non OS, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung RF411 i5 – 9.200.000,-
Core i5 2410 2.3Ghz, 4GB, 640GB, DVDRW, Wifi, Bluetooth, Nvidia Geforce GT520M 1GB, Camera, 14inch LED HD, Win 7 Home Premium, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung RF411 i5 – Rp 9.200.000,-
Core i5 2410 2.3Ghz, 4GB, 640GB, DVDRW, Wifi, Bluetooth, Nvidia Geforce GT520M 1GB, Camera, 14inch LED HD, Win 7 Home Premium, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung RF411 i7 – Rp 11.500.000,-
Core i7 2630QM 2.0Ghz, 8GB, 750GB, DVDRW, Wifi, Bluetooth, Nvidia Geforce GT525M 2GB, Camera, 14inch LED HD, Win 7 Home Premium, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung RF411 i7 – Rp 11.500.000,-
Core i7 2630QM 2.0Ghz, 8GB, 750GB, DVDRW, Wifi, Bluetooth, Nvidia Geforce GT525M 2GB, Camera, 14inch LED HD, Win 7 Home Premium, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung RV409 – Rp 3.600.000,-
Pentium P6300 2.13Ghz, 1GB, 320GB, 14inch LED HD, DVDRW, Bluetooth, Wifi, Card Reader, Camera, Non OS, Batt 6 cell
Samsung RV409 – Rp 3.600.000,-
Pentium P6300 2.13Ghz, 1GB, 320GB, 14inch LED HD, DVDRW, Bluetooth, Wifi, Card Reader, Camera, Non OS, Batt 6 cell
Samsung RV413 – Rp 3.800.000,-
AMD E-350 1.6Ghz, 14inch LED HD, 2GB, 320GB, DVDRW, Card Reader, Wifi, Bluetooth, Camera, Non OS, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung RV413 – Rp 3.800.000,-
AMD E-350 1.6Ghz, 14inch LED HD, 2GB, 320GB, DVDRW, Card Reader, Wifi, Bluetooth, Camera, Non OS, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung RV418 – Rp 4.900.000,-
Core i3 2310M 2.1Ghz, 14inch LED HD, 2GB, 640GB, DVDRW, Card Reader, Wifi, Bluetooth, Camera, Non OS, Batt 6 Cell
Samsung RV418 – Rp 4.900.000,-
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Are We Becoming Cyborgs?

SINCE broadband began its inexorable spread at the start of this millenium, Internet use has expanded at a cosmic rate. Last year, the number of Internet users topped 2.4 billion — more than a third of all humans on the planet. The time spent on the screen was 16 hours per week globally — double that in high-use countries, and much of that on social media. We have changed how we interact. Are we also changing what we are? 

We put that question to three people who have written extensively on the subject, and brought them together to discuss it with Serge Schmemann, the editor of this magazine. The participants: Susan Greenfield, professor of synaptic pharmacology at Oxford. She has written and spoken widely on the impact of new technology on users’ brains. Maria Popova, the curator behind Brain Pickings, a Web site of “eclectic interestingness.” She is also an M.I.T. Futures of Entertainment Fellow and writes for Wired and The Atlantic. Evgeny Morozov, the author of The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom . He is a contributing editor to The New Republic .

Serge Schmemann : The question we are asking is: Are we being turned into cyborgs? Are new digital technologies changing us in a more profound and perhaps troubling way than any previous technological breakthrough?

Let me start with Baroness Greenfield. Susan, you’ve said some very scary things about the impact of the Internet not only on how we think, but on our brains. You have said that new technologies are invasive in a way that the printing press, say, or the electric light or television were not. What is so different?

Susan Greenfield: Can I first qualify this issue of “scary”? What I’m really trying to do is stimulate the debate and try and keep extreme black or white value judgments out of it. Whether people find it scary or not is a separate question. 

The Web by and large is really well designed to help people find more of what they already know they’re looking for, and really poorly designed to help us discover that which we don’t yet know will interest us and hopefully even change the way we understand the world.  

One reason for this is the enormous chronology bias in how the Web is organized. When you think about any content management system or blogging platform, which by the way many mainstream media use as their online presence — be it Wordpress or Tumblr, and even Twitter and Facebook timelines — they’re wired for chronology, so that the latest floats to the top, and we infer that this means that the latest is the most meaningful, most relevant, most significant. The older things that could be timeless and timely get buried.  

So a lot of what I do is to try to resurface these old things. Actually, in thinking about our conversation today, I came across a beautiful 1945 essay that was published in The Atlantic by a man named Vannevar Bush, who was the director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development. He talks about information overload and all these issues that, by the way, are not at all unique to our time. He envisions a device called the Memex, from “memory” and “index”; he talks about the compression of knowledge, how all of Encyclopedia Britannica can be put in the Memex, and we would use what we would now call metadata and hyperlinks to retrieve different bits of information.

His point is that at the end of the day, all of these associative relations between different pieces of information, how they link to one another, are really in the mind of the user of the Memex, and can never be automated. While we can compress the information, that’s not enough, because you need to be able to consult it.

That’s something I think about a lot, this tendency to conflate information and knowledge. Ultimately, knowledge is an understanding of how different bits of information fit together. There’s an element of correlation and interpretation. While we can automate the retrieving of knowledge, I don’t think we can ever automate the moral end on making sense of that and making sense of ourselves.

Schmemann : Evgeny, in your book, you paint a fairly ominous picture of the Internet as something almost of a Brave New World — a breeding ground, you say, not of activists, but slacktivists — people who think that clicking on a Facebook petition, for example, counts as a political act.

Do you think that technology has taken a dangerous turn?

Evgeny Morozov : I don’t think that any of the trends I’ve been writing about are the product of some inherent logic of technology, of the Internet itself. To a large extent they are the product of a political economy and various market conditions that these platforms operate in.

It just happens that sites like Facebook do want to have you clicking on new headlines and new photos and new news from your friends, in part because the more you click the more they get to learn about you; and the more they get to learn about you the better advertising they can sell.

In that sense, the Internet could be arranged very differently. It doesn’t have to be arranged this way. The combination of public/private funding and platforms we have at the moment makes it more likely that we’ll be clicking rather than, say, reading or getting deeper within one particular link.

As for the political aspect, I didn’t mean to paint a picture that is so dark. As a platform, as a combination of various technologies, the Internet does hold huge promise. Even Facebook can be used by activists for smart and strategic action. 

The question is whether it will displace other forms of activism, and whether people will think they’re campaigning for something very important when they are in fact joining online groups that have very little relevance in the political world — and which their governments are actually very happy with. Many authoritarian governments I document in the book are perfectly O.K. with young people expressing discontent online, so long as it doesn’t spill out into the streets. 

Lahirnya Anak Perusahaan Angkasa Pura Airports

Dengan diberlakukannya Undang-Undang Nomor 1 Tahun 2009 tentang Penerbangan, maka sekaligus merubah paradigma Angkasa Pura Airports dalam menjalankan usahanya. Saat ini dan kedepan perusahaan harus melakukan redefinisi usahanya, utamanya yang terkait dengan peningkatan pendapatan non-aeronautical.
Pendapatan non-aeronautical adalah pendapatan yang diperoleh dari usaha yang tidak terkait langsung dengan aktifitas penerbangan. Bandar udara kelas dunia yang sudah menerapkan airport city concept sebagai orientasi penembangannya, sudah memiliki struktur pendapatan dengan pendapatan non-aeronautical-nya dominan.
Untuk mengembangkan usaha non-aeronautical ini, perusahaan telah mencanangkan konsep Reposisi dan Restrukturisasi sebagai konsep pengembangan perusahaan untuk mendorong meningkatnya secara signifikan pendapatan non-aeronautical, sampai dengan 25% dari total pendapatan pada tahun 2013 dan 60% pada tahun 2020.
Salah satu dari bagian dari konsep Reposisi dan Restrukturisasi ini adalah pendirian anak-anak perusahaan sebagai perusahaan pendorong pendapatan Angkasa Pura Airports secara konsolidasi. Pendirian anak-anak perusahaan ini sekaligus agar tercipta profesionalisme dan core competence dari masing-masing anak perusahaan, sehingga dapat berkembang menjadi suatu entitas bisnis yang maju dan menguntungkan.
Saat ini PT. Angkasa Pura 1 (Persero) telah mendapatkan persetujuan Rapat Umum Pemegang Saham (RUPS) pada tanggal 24 Juni 2011, untuk membentuk 4 anak perusahaan. Keempat anak perusahaan dan ruang lingkupnya adalah Angkasa Pura Hotels, Angkasa Pura Property, Angkasa Pura Logistics dan Angkasa Pura Supports.
Dengan terbentuknya 4 anak perusahaan ini, selain diharapkan dapat meningkatkan pendapatan non-aeronautical juga akan mendukung upaya peningkatan pelayanan kepada stakeholders bandar udara, khususnya penumpang.
Kedepan, Angkasa Pura Airports berencana untuk membentuk sampai dengan 6 anak perusahan lagi, yang mencakup antara lain fueling, advertising, dll. Sehingga diharapkan pengelolaan usaha di lingkungan bandar udara dapat berkembang semakin luas dan mendukung pengembangan bandar udara menjadi suatu konsep yang terintegrasi, airport city concept.

Dephub Ambil Alih Fungsi Regulator dari Angkasa Pura [Ekonomi dan Keuangan]

Dephub Ambil Alih Fungsi Regulator dari Angkasa Pura
Pemerintah segera mencabut fungsi regulator pengelola bandar udara ( PT Angkasa Pura/AP), termasuk pengambilalihan Air Traffgic Control (ATC) dan pengamanan bandara.
Pihak PT Angkasa Pura, nantinya hanya bertugas sebagai pengelola bisnis dan yang terkait dengan regulasi diambil langsung pemerintah.
Direktur Jenderal Perhubungan Udara Departemen Perhubungan, Herry Bakti S Gumay, di Jakarta, Senin (7/12), mengungkapkan pemisahan fungsi regulator dan operator itu merupakan amanat Undang-Undang (UU) Nomor 1/2008 tentang Penerbangan.
Pemisahan itu sendiri harusnya sudah dilakukan Januari 2010, mengingat masa sosialisasi UU tersebut diberikan waktu selama satu tahun.
Sosialisasi selama satu tahun, harusnya memang sudah berlaku Januari 2010, termasuk sejumlah pekerjaan, seperti pengamanan penuh bandar udara yang akan diserahkan langsung kepada Administrator Bandara, kata Herry.
Dirinya yakin, semua amanaty UU Penerbangan yanng baru itu akan terealisasi pada 2010 mendatang. Saat ini, tim perumus Rancangan peraturan Pemerintah (RPP) terkait dengan pemisahan itu, telah rampung dan segera diajukan.
Selain itu, harus mendapatkan persetujuan dari Menpan, karena ada perubahan organisasi. Kami juga meminta persetujuan dari Menpan, karena terkait dengan perombakan ini ada perubahan susunan organisasi, katanya.
Herry menyebutkan, dengan dipisahkannya gungsi regulator dan operator dari BUMN pengelola bandar udara, nantinya PT Angkasaa Pura dapat berkonsentrasi mengurusi bisnis.
Terkait dengan Pendapatan Negara Bukan Pajak (PNBP, dikendalilakan langsung pemerintah, diantaranya pengaturan lalulintas udara (ATC), penerbitan kartu PAS bandara, pengamanan semua areal bandara, termasuk pengawasan di gudang-gudang kargo yang ada di kawasan bandara.
Kalau sekarangh ini kan masih ada sebagian yanng dipegang Angkasaa Puira, seperti ATC dan penerbitan PAS Bandara, katanya.
Kepala Adminsitrator Bandara (Adban), Bandara Udara Soekarno-Hatta, Silooy, menyebutkan pemisahan fungsi regulator dan operator itu sudah waktunya dilakukan. Karena selama ini fungsi Adban hanya sebagai tukang catat yang selanjutnya dilaporkan kepada pimpinan.
Padahal dalam UU, Adban berfungsi sebagai otority, perwakilan pemerintah yang berwenang penuh terhadap pengamanan dan penerbitan semua kartu PAS, sebagai alat kontrol.
Disebutkan, kartu PAS masuk bandara, yanng selama ini dikelola PT Angkasa Pura, bukan merupakan bagian dari pendapatan perusahaan tapi PNBP, yang harus disetorkan kepada negara. Karena itu, semua yang terkait dengan pengamanan (regulator) harus dipisah, sehingga semuanya menjadi jelas sesuai fungsi dan wewenangnya.
Buku panduan
Direktorat Jenderal Perhubungan Udara Dephub, segera menerbitkan buku panduan operasional penerbangan di wilayah Papua dan kawan Timur Indonesaia, menyusul banyaknya kecelakaan pesawat udara di kawasan itu.
Buku itu akan menjadi petunjuk, bagi parea penerbangan, termasuk persiapan yang harus dipenuhi sebelum melakukan penerbangan.
Buku panduan itu, kata Dirjen Perhubungan Udara Dephub, Herry Bakti S Gumay, kini sedang dalam proses. Paling lambat Februari 2010 sudah bisa diedarkan kepada penerbang. Ini adalah buku panduan, terutama penerbang yang memang belum pernah membawa pesawat di kawasan itu, kata Herry
Ditjen Perhubungan Udara sendiri telah membentuk tim khusus. Proses evaluasi dan inventarisasi dilakukan sebagai respons terhadap banyaknya kasus hilangnya pesawat di wilayah itu.
Target dari evaluasi ini adalah untuk meningkatkan kualitas keamanan jalur penerbangan di Papua yang terbilang rawan dan sulit tersebut dengan membuat sebuah standar baku rute penerbangan.
Pada akhirnya, standar baku ini akan menjadi acuan bagi para maskapai baik yang telah maupun berencana beroperasi di wilayah Papua.
Dalam proses pembuatan standar baku ini, Ditjen Perhubungan Udara tidak bekerja sendiri. Tim evaluasi yang dibentuk melibatkan banyak pihak dari berbagai unsur, mulai dari perwakilan maskapai operator penerbangan, pilot-pilot serta unsur lain termasuk para pakar dunia penerbangan.
Seiring dengan pembuatan standar baku rute, pemerintah juga mengupayakan peningkatan infrastruktur dan memperkuat sistem navigasi baik yang di darat maupun untuk di pesawat, termasuk mengoptimalisasikan sistem prakiraan cuaca dan pemantau terrain (permukaan/kontur tanah).
Selain rute, pemerintah saat ini juga tengah mengevaluasi dan mengidentifikasi bandara-bandara kecil yang ada di Papua. Sedikitnya ada 90 bandara akan dikaji pengoperasianya oleh Ditjen Perhubungan udara. Menurut rencana, seluruh bandara yang dievaluasi tersebut akan dilegalisasi sebagai bandara penerbangan komersial.
Herry Bakti mengatakan, di Papua saat ini terdapat 400-an bandara kecil yang beroperasi, dan umumnya digunakan oleh pesawat-pesawat yang melayani rute penerbangan perintis.
Proses legalisasi bandara kecil itu akan didasari pada skala prioritas, untuk kemudian seluruh fasilitas di bandara-bandara yang telah dilegalisasi tersebut akan dikembangkan dan disesuaikan pengoperasiannya dengan bandara komersial yang telah ada sebelumnya.

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Masterful Marvel Body Art Paintings ever done by any Bodypainter

BodyPainting is always head turner and big source of inspiration, Today we have showcased most wonderful or Masterful Marvel Body Art Paintings ever done by any Bodypainter. 

 

In this project BodyPainter  Tina Merry body painted naked models with natural, hypoallergenic paints, which is touched up once they are in position to form Super Bikes for 5 minutes. All Models in this project are completly bodypainted and naked except some patches to cover their modesty.

In this project she has created three types of motorbikes that will be touring the U.S. this year with the Progressive International Motorbike Show.  
She said: ‘Everyone has seen the pictures of scantily clad women next to motorbikes and cars and it can look a bit trashy. 





I wanted to take the idea of a beautiful woman and the motorbike and turn it on its head by making the bike from the bodies of the models and my personal point of view ‘Nothing like this has ever been done before or created by anyone else.

Chelsea Sepakat Lepas Sturridge ke Anfield

Chelsea dikabarkan sudah bersedia melepas penyerang Daniel Sturridge untuk bergabung dengan Liverpool. Bandrol sebesar 12 juta poundsterling kabarnya sudah disepakati pihak The Blues.

Hal itu seperti dilansir London Evening Standard. Diberitakan bahwa hasil dari penjualan Sturridge akan diinvestasikan untuk belanja pemain pada bursa transfer Januari mendatang.

Akan tetapi, kesepakatan tersebut baru akan terjadi setelah klub milik Roman Abramovich sudah menemukan pengganti Sturridge. Pasalnya, Chelsea hanya akan memiliki Fernando Torres di lini depan, seandainya mereka melepas Sturridge.

Sementara itu, manajer Liverpool Brendan Rodgers memang diketahui menjadi penggemar Sturridge sejak awal musim ini. Bahkan pemain 23 tahun itu sudah hampir menuju Anfield, sebelum akhirnya tertunda akibat ketidakcocokan nilai gaji.

Hingga kabar ini diturunkan, belum ada konfirmasi resmi dari kedua klub. Namun jika terealisasi, maka hal itu akan sangat berarti bagi The Reds, yang hingga saat ini masih kekurangan stok di lini depan

Jose Mourinho believes he will take over at Man United & John Terry to manage Chelsea?

Mourinho

Jose Mourinho for Manchester United: The lead in The Sun by Neil Custis tells us “Jose Mourinho believes he will succeed Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford. The Special One wants to take over as Manchester United boss at the end of next season – and reckons he will get the job. SunSport revealed last month that Real Madrid manager Mourinho, 48, is set on ‘coming home’ to the Premier League. He has told close pals he believes the way will be open for him in the summer of 2012. The problem would come if Fergie decides to go out on a high this year with a second Treble triumph.”

Manchester United’s treble charge: Steven Howard predicts Sir Alex Ferguson’s “finest hour.” “Alex Ferguson is approaching the climax of what could well be his greatest season at Old Trafford. Victory over Manchester City at Wembley tomorrow and another Double looks on the cards. And a record-breaking 19th Manchester United title to finally overhaul Liverpool. Should he then guide United past Schalke and into the Champions League Final few will argue that this season’s achievements have been his finest in all his 25 years at Old Trafford. Yes, surpassing even the Treble of 1999. Even if United fail to beat Barcelona or Real Madrid.”

Robbie Savage predicts a treble for United. “They have already won the league, and they will have enough to take care of Schalke in Europe and Bolton or Stoke in the Cup final. That puts them one game away from what Sir Alex Ferguson once said would never be done again – the treble. In a single game against Barcelona, they can do it. They will be in the unfamiliar position of underdogs with nothing to lose. It would be a remarkable achievement, even more remarkable when you look at this current United side against the class of 1999. Wayne Rooney for Dwight Yorke and Rio Ferdinand for Jaap Stam are the only players who would get in. As good as Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra and Nani are, they are not Peter Schmeichel, Denis Irwin and David Beckham.”

The Guardian is one of a number of papers to have a “Big Interview” with Paul Scholes. “The list of those who have since described Scholes as the best footballer in England includes, among others, Zinedine Zidane, Thierry Henry, Marcello Lippi and Edgar Davids. Or ask about Scholes at Manchester City. Only three other United players – Sir Bobby Charlton, Eric Cantona and Joe Spence – have bettered Scholes’s tally of seven goals against the old enemy. The last was a stoppage-time winner at Eastlands last season. ‘It was perfect,’ Scholes remembers. ‘That was a major highlight of my career, one of the best things I have ever done.’ He has struggled, by his own admission, to cope with being on the edges of the team this season (not starting either of the Champions League ties against Chelsea). ‘It is very difficult to accept [not playing every game] but the time comes when you know that you can’t. You want to think like a 25-year-old, you like to think that you can play every game. But you can’t. You just have to make sure you are ready for the odd 20 minutes here and there. It’s hard to make that adjustment. It is not nice.’”

Michael Walker spices up the Champions League semi. “Manchester United tried to sign Raul ‘this season’ according to the Spanish striker’s Schalke team-mate Christoph Metzelder. Metzelder was formerly at Real Madrid with Raul. Instead both men left the Bernabeu for Schalke, United’s Champions League semi-final opponents.”

James Lawton waxes lyrical over Ryan Giggs. “If Giggs is a genius – and certainly there is a case to be made – it is in his ability to re-make himself, physically and mentally, with each new challenge. You could not have reasonably imagined, in his early days as a flying, corkscrewing winger, that in another two decades he would have a huge hand in the three goals that carried United into the semi-finals of the European Cup, goals that were so much the inventions of a man who had nursed his body and his mind through so many of the obstacles thrown up by all the years. For Ferguson, he is both a gift and a huge challenge. In this season of all seasons he has to simply eke out the last of a great player. He has to draw the line between ambition and inevitable fatigue.”

Manchester City: Ian Herbert speaks with David Platt ahead of the Wembley semi. “The footballing journey of David Platt has been a long and cosmopolitan one but the club name at the top of the opposition team sheet at Wembley tomorrow evening will take him back to where it all began. Manchester United also happened to be the opponents in the late summer of 1981 when Platt, turning out for his home-town team of Chadderton, impressed so much that the club invited him to train with them two nights a week, for a year. It was the beginning of a playing career that would take Platt to Aston Villa, England and on to the Italian career in which he formed the 20-year friendship with Roberto Mancini which brought the two men back together last May.”

The FA Cup: Matt Barlow leads the Daily Mail football coverage with the news that “Ticket prices for next month’s FA Cup final have smashed through the £100 barrier for the first time, sparking outrage among supporters. Prices for the most expensive tickets to English football’s end-of-season showpiece will cost £115, an increase of 22 per cent on last season, despite the financial crisis gripping the nation.”

Hiddink snubs Chelsea: Mark Irwin reports “Guus Hiddink has ruled out a dramatic Chelsea comeback. Roman Abramovich wants the Dutchman to replace Carlo Ancelotti next season – but Hiddink, 64, insists he will honour his contract as coach of the Turkish national team. And that has wrecked any ideas of a return to the club he steered to FA Cup glory during his three months in charge at the Bridge in 2009. Hiddink combined the roles of Chelsea boss and Russian coach as a stop-gap after the sacking of Phil Scolari. But he has told Chelsea owner and close friend Abramovich he cannot occupy two jobs again.”