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NET. TV - Pasti udah banyak dari kalian yang di TVnya sekarang ada channel barunya yaitu NET. TV. Yups, NET. merupakan stasiun televisi di Indonesia terbaru yang sebenarnya merupakan Spacetoon yang berganti nama dan dengan tampilan yang lebih modern.
Founder NET. TV yakni Agus Lasmono dan Wishnutama Kusubandio. Agus sendiri merupakan pendiri Indika Group. Sebagai Wakil Komisaris Utama PT Indika Energy Tbk. Indika adalah sebuah perusahaan energi terkemuka di Indonesia. Sementara Wishnutama adalah seorang profesional di bidang media mantan Direktur Utama Trans TV. Menyelesaikan kuliah komunikasi di Mount Ida College Boston Amerika Serikat, namun lebih banyak mendapatkan ilmu pertelevisian dari Emerson College.
Sejarah NET. TV Indonesia
NET. TV atau PT. NET MEDIATAMA INDONESIA yang berdiri tahun 2012 ini adalah bagian dari kelompok usaha INDIKA GROUP. Meskipun bergerak di bidang usaha Energi & Sumberdaya di bawah bendera Indika Energy Tbk. (www.indikaenergy.com), berdirinya INDIKA dimulai dari sebuah visi untuk membangun usaha di bidang Media Hiburan dan Teknologi Informasi. Nama INDIKA sendiri merupakan singkatan dari Industri Multimedia dan Informatika. Saat ini, melalui PT. Indika Multimedia, INDIKA GROUP bergerak di bidang usaha Event Organizer, Promotor, Broadcast Equipment, Production House dan Radio.
Sesuai perkembangan teknologi informasi, PT. NET MEDIATAMA INDONESIA didirikan dengan semangat bahwa konten hiburan dan informasi di masa mendatang akan semakin terhubung, lebih memasyarakat, lebih mendalam, lebih pribadi, dan lebih mudah diakses dimanapun.
NET TV sendiri sudah merancang program-program yang akan mengisi acara nya nanti, program-programnya antara lain Lentera Indonesia, Indonesia Bagus dan lainnya, walaupun saat ini baru memulai siaran percobaan, namun sebagian dari program-programnya sudah ditayangkan.
Acara Favorit NET.TV
1. Lentera Indonesia
Program dokumenter yang diangkat dari kisah-kisah pengalaman nyata para anak muda yang rela melepaskan peluang karir dan kemapanan kehidupan kota besar untuk menjadi guru dan mengajar di desa desa terpencil di seluruh pelosok negeri selama satu tahun
2. Indonesia Bagus
Program feature dokumenter yang tidak hanya menampilkan keindahan alam Indonesia tetapi juga keunikan kehidupan berbudayanya. Program ini menampilkan penduduk asli daerah tersebut sebagai narator sekaligus pembawa cerita.
3. Ilook
Program yang membahas berbagai pernak-pernik yang berhubungan dengan penampilan/style/fashion, dari ujung kaki hingga ujung kepala. Program ini juga akan memberikan tips fashion yang bermanfaat dan dapat menjadi acuan fashion bagi masyarakat Indonesia.
4. The Comments 5. We Sing For You, dan masih banyak lagi program acara favorit lainnya
Buat kamu yang TVnya belum ada channel NET.TV silahkan dicari dengan data-data berikut ini.
Chanel TV analog:
Jakarta 27 UHF, Medan 43 UHF, Bandung 30 UHF, Surabaya 58 UHF, Denpasar 39 UHF, Malang 27 UHF, Garut 36 UHF, Kediri 27 UHF, Madiun 56 UHF, Jember 56 UHF.
Live Streaming:
@YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/user/netmediatama
http://www.netmedia.co.id/live
Satelit:
Channel : Net Media
Satelite : PALAPA D
Frekuensi Transponder : 4006 Mhz
Symbol Rate : 6400 MSymb
Video PID : 308
Audio1 PID : 256
Audio2 PID : -
PCR PID : 308
Polarisasi : Vertikal
System Enkripsi : DVB-S/MPEG-2
TV Kabel:
Firsmedia : ch 16
Jadwal Acara NET. TV
05.00 WIB: kobochan
05.30 WIB: ninja hatori
06:00-08:00 WIB: indonesia morning show
09:00-12.00 WIB: entertainment news
12:00 WIB: net 12 news
13:00 WIB: taiji panda
13:30 WIB: ninja hatori
14:00 WIB: daigunter
14:30 WIB: code lyoko
15:00 WIB: tertle island
15:30 WIB: kobochan
16:00 WIB: breakout
17:00 WIB: net 17 news
18:00-20:00 WIB: entertainment news
20:00 WIB: the comments
21:00 WIB: x-games
22:00 WIB: tonight show
23:00 WIB: entertainment news
24:00 WIB: net 24
Oke, NET. TV akan secara resmi dilaunching pada tanggal 26 Mei 2013 ini. Semoga kedepannya NET.TV bisa menjadi salah satu saluran televisi terbaik di Indonesia yang memberikan acara-acara yang bermanfaat buat kita semua. Selamat menyaksikan NET.TV
Nama Lengkap : Neymar da Silva Santos
Nama panggilan : Neymar
Tanggal lahir : 5 Februari 1992
Tempat lahir : Brasil
Klub saat ini : Santos FC
Posisi bermain : Penyerang
Kebangsaan : Barsil
Nomor Punggung : 11
Lionel Messi dan Cristiano Ronaldo memang menjadi pemain terhebat dunia saat ini. Namun, pemain berkebangsaan Brasil bernama Neymar juga layak untuk disandingkan dengan kedua pemain tersebut. Bahkan, saat ini ia disebut-sebut sebagau kandidat pemain terbaik dunia di masa mendatang lantaran memiliki potensi dan bakat yang snagat luar biasa di setiap pertandingan.
Kini, pemain kelahiran 5 Februari 1992 ini dikabarkan menjadi pemain yang sedang diincar sejumlah klub besar Eropa, seperti Manchester United, Real Madrid, Barcelona dan Paris Saint Germany. Namun, pemain yang saat ini tengah menekuni kariernya di klub Liga Brasil itu mengakui masih sangat nyaman bermain di Santos FC.
Neymar da Silva Santos memulai kariernya di dunia sepakbola dunia sejak ia memasuki usia 11 tahun. Sejak awal, ia telah tergabung bersama Santos FC junior dan ial mendapatan pelatihan selama 6 tahun di klub tersebut. Di tahun 2009, tepatnya saat ia telah berusia 17 tahun, Neymar dialihkan ke Santos FC senior.
Sejak tahun 2009 menekuni karier sepakbolanya di Santos FC, hingga saat ini Neymar sudah berhasil meraih 81 gol dari 152 laga yang diikutinya bersama klub Brasil. Tidak hanya itu, selama ia tergabung dalam Timnas Brasil, Neymar juga tergabung dengan Timnas U17, Timnas U20 dan Timnas Senior Brasil.
Selama menjalani kariernya di Brasil ia sudah berhasil menyumbangkan 18 gol. Neymar da Silva Santos memiliki kemampuan bermain dari segi keakurasian, skill dan kecepatan yang sangat luar biasa. Tak heran jika ia banyak diingini oleh sejumlah klub besar di Eropa.
Neymar di Barcelona
Gaji tinggi bakal diterima Neymar usai memutuskan bergabung dengan Barcelona sekaligus menolak pinangan Real Madrid. menurut sang agen, Wagner Ribeiro, pemain Santos tersebut akan menerima gaji setara dengan Kaka di Santiago Bernabeu.
"Dia akan menerima lebih sedikit dari Lionel Messi, tetapi dengan gaji seperti Kaka saat ini di Real Madrid. "Dia telah berkembang dan memilih uang. Dia diminta bermain untuk Barcelona seperti klub itu ada di hatinya. [Presiden Madrid] jatuh cinta pada Neymar, dia sangat menginginkannya," ungkap Ribeiro.Tidak disebutkan berapa dana yang harus dikeluarkan Barca untuk mendapatkan Neymar. Situs resmi Blaugrana hanya menyebutkan bahwa striker berusia 21 tahun itu akan diikat dengan kontrak berdurasi lima musim."Dia berbicara di telepon seama 15 menit dengan saya dan berterima kasih pada sikap saya karena dia tahu saya tidak menyembunyikan apapun. Jika dia [Neymar] anak saya, saya ingin dia bermain untuk Real Madrid," tambah sang agen. Sebelumnya, kabar akan hijrahnya Neymar ke Eropa memang makin kencang berembus setelah Santos mengaku telah menerima tawaran untuk Neymar dari dua klub, yang kabarnya Barca dan Real Madrid. Santos kemudian membiarkan Neymar untuk memilih salah satu dari dua klub tersebut. Akhirnya, Neymar menjatuhkan pilihannya ke Barca."FC Barcelona telah mencapai kesepakatan dengan Santos untuk mendapatkan Neymar. Pemain asal Brasil ini akan bergabung dengan FC Barcelona untuk lima musim ke depan," demikian bunyi pernyataan resmi klub itu, seperti dilaporkan Associated Press.
Setelah sukses selesai membintangi ‘Iron Man 3′, kini Robert Downey Jr. telah menyiapkan film baru yang berjudul ‘Pinocchio’. Film adaptasi dongeng ini dikatakan merupakan ide dari Robert sendiri. Dia juga mengakui bahwa dia ingin memerankan karakter Geppetto dalam film tersebut.
Selain bermain dalam film tersebut, Robert juga akan duduk di kursi produser bersama istrinya, Susan Downey. Dan saat ini, Robert dikabarkan sedang berburu sutradara yang cocok untuk film yang akan digarapnya ini. Sebelumnya dia sempat berbicara dengan Tim Burton untuk mengarahkannya, namun Tim tampaknya tidak tertarik untuk menjadi sutradara ‘Pinocchio’.
Dan dia juga mengincar komedian Ben Stiller untuk memerankan sebagai Pinocchio. Dan baru-baru ini Robert telah merubah cerita ‘Pinocchio’ menjadi lebih menarik dan kreatif sehingga membuat Warner Bros. Pictures senang. Sementara Warner Bros. tertarik untuk melanjutkan proyek ini, namun sayangnya, hingga saat ini belum ada kepastian apakah Ben bersedia bergabung dalam film tersebut.
Sandpainting is the art of pouring colored sands, powdered pigments from minerals or crystals, and pigments from other natural or synthetic sources onto a surface to make a fixed, or unfixed sand painting. Unfixed sand paintings have a long established cultural history in numerous social groupings around the globe, and are often temporary, ritual paintings prepared for religious or healing ceremonies. It is also referred to as drypainting.
Drypainting is practiced by Native Americans in the Southwestern United States, by Tibetan and Buddhist monks, as well as Australian Aborigines, and also by Latin Americans on certain Christian holy days.
Native American sandpainting
Navajo sandpainting, photogravure by Edward S. Curtis, 1907, Library of Congress
In the sandpainting of southwestern Native Americans (the most famous of which are the Navajo), the Medicine Man (or Hatałii) paints loosely upon the ground of a hogan, where the ceremony takes place, or on a buckskin or cloth tarpaulin, by letting the colored sands flow through his fingers with control and skill. There are 600 to 1000 different traditional designs for sandpaintings which are known to the Navajo. They do not view the paintings as static objects, but as spiritual, living beings to be treated with great respect. More than 30 different sandpaintings may be associated with one ceremony.
The colors for the painting are usually accomplished with naturally colored sand, crushed gypsum (white), yellow ochre, red sandstone, charcoal, and a mixture of charcoal and gypsum (blue). Brown can be made by mixing red and black; red and white make pink. Other coloring agents include corn meal, flower pollen, or powdered roots and bark.
The paintings are for healing purposes only. Many of them contain images of Yeibicheii (the Holy People). While creating the painting, the medicine man will chant, asking the yeibicheii to come into the painting and help heal the patient.
When the medicine man finishes painting, he checks its accuracy. The order and symmetry of the painting symbolize the harmony which a patient wishes to reestablish in his or her life. The accuracy of a sandpainting is believed to determine its efficacy as a sacred tool. The patient will be asked to sit on the sandpainting as the medicine man proceeds with the healing chant. The sandpainting acts as a portal to attract the spirits and allow them to come and go. Sitting on the sandpainting helps the patient to absorb spiritual power, while in turn the Holy People will absorb the illness and take it away. Afterward, when the sandpainting has done its duty, it is considered to be toxic, since it has absorbed the illness. For this reason, the painting is destroyed. Because of the sacred nature of the ceremonies, the sandpaintings are begun, finished, used, and destroyed within a 12-hour period.
Navajo sandpainting, photo by H.S. Poley, published c. 1890-1908, Library of Congress
The ceremonies involving sandpaintings are usually done in sequences, termed 'chants', lasting a certain number of days depending on the ceremony. At least one fresh, new sandpainting is made for each day.
Some Navajo laws and taboos relate to the sandpaintings, and protect their holiness:
Women are not supposed to sing the chants associated with the yeibicheii. This is both because the ceremony has a possibility of injuring an unborn child, and because of a taboo preventing menstruating women from attending. (Many cultures considered menstruation and presence of blood to be powerful spiritual events that had to be restrained, as they represented life forces.) Post-menopausal women are more likely to be chanters or diagnosticians.
One is not supposed to pretend to be a medicine man creating a sandpainting, or mock the medicine man in any way by mimicking him. Both the medicine man and the yeibicheii may punish you.
Authentic sandpaintings are rarely photographed, so as to not disrupt the flow of the ceremony. For many reasons, medicine men will seldom allow outsiders inside a sacred ceremony. Because so many outsiders are curious about sandpainting, some medicine men may create pieces for exhibition purposes only, using reversed colors and variations. To create an authentic sandpainting solely for viewing would be a profane act. The sandpaintings for sale in shops and on the Internet are commercially produced and contain purposeful errors, as the real sandpaintings are considered sacred.
The earliest credited instance of traditional Navajo sandpaintings (being rendered in colored sands as opposed to tapestry or other media) being created in a permanent form for commercial sale, have been traced to the period between 1945 and 1955. The main credit is generally given to a Navajo Hatałii named Fred Stevens, Jr. (Grey Squirrel), who developed the primary method of "permatizing" for commercial sandpaintings that is still in use today.
Indigenous Australian sandpainting
Indigenous Australian art has a history which covers more than 30,000 years, and a wide range of native traditions and styles. These have been studied in recent decades and their complexity has gained increased international recognition. Aboriginal Art covers a wide variety of media, including sandpainting, painting on leaves, wood carving, rock carving, sculpture, and ceremonial clothing, as well as artistic embellishments found on weaponry and also tools. Art is one of the key rituals of Aboriginal culture. It was and still is, used to mark territory, record history, and tell stories about "The Dreaming".
Tibetan sandpainting
Main article: sand mandala
Tibetan Buddhist sand paintings usually composed mandalas. In Tibetan, it is called dul-tson-kyil-khor (mandala of colored powders).
The sand is carefully placed on a large, flat table. The construction process takes several days, and the mandala is destroyed shortly after its completion. This is done as a teaching tool and metaphor for the "impermanence" (Pali: anicca) of all contingent and compounded phenomena (Sanskrit: Pratītya-samutpāda).
The mandala sand-painting process begins with an opening ceremony, during which the lamas, or Tibetan priests, consecrate the site and call forth the forces of goodness. They chant, declare intention, mudra, asana, pranayama, do visualisations, play music, recite mantras, etc.
Tibetan monks making a temporary "Sand-Mandala" in the City-Hall of Kitzbühel in Austria in 2002.
Details of Sand-Mandala.
On the first day, the lamas begin by drawing an outline of the mandala to be painted on a wooden platform. The following days see the laying of the colored sands, which is effected by pouring the sand from traditional metal funnels called chak-pur. Each monk holds a chak-pur in one hand, while running a metal rod on its serrated surface; the vibration causes the sands to flow like liquid.
Formed of traditional prescribed iconography that includes geometric shapes and a multitude of ancient spiritual symbols (e.g.: Ashtamangala and divine attributes of yidam), seed syllables, mantra, the sand-painted mandala is used as a tool or instrument for innumerable purposes. A primary purpose is to reconsecrate the earth and its inhabitants.
Other countries
The development of permanent sandpaintings from the 15th to the 20th century
Japanese tray pictures
From the 15th century in Japan, Buddhist artists in the times of the shoguns practiced the craft of bonseki by sprinkling dry colored sand and pebbles onto the surface of plain black lacquered trays. They used bird feathers as brushes to form the sandy surface into seascapes and landscapes. These tray pictures were used in religious ceremonies. Japanese esoteric Buddhism was transmitted from East Central Asia after the 8th century, and thus these Japanese Buddhist sandpaintings may share earlier historical roots with the more intricate brightly coloured Buddhist sand mandalas created by Tibetan Buddhist monks.
A woman making a tray landscape showing the full moon. Ukiyo-e woodblock print by Yōshū Chikanobu, 1899
Mt fuji bonseki
Bonseki artist at work
Strand Magazine article 1909 (in four parts)
Table decking
During the 17th and 18th centuries, the royal courts of Europe employed "table deckers", who decorated the side tables at royal banquets having adapted the craft of 'bonseki' from the Japanese. The table deckers sprinkled coloured sands, marble dust, sugars, etc. upon the surface of plain white tablecloths to create unfixed pictures of fruit, flowers, birds and rustic scenery. In between each design spaces were left for fruit bowls and sweetmeat dishes so that the diners could refresh themselves in between the main courses of the feast. These ornate pictures were discarded along with the debris of the meal.
As a fine example of the table deckers' craft, Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, England possesses an ornate folding screen with three panels, decorated with sand pictures protected by glass. The centre one has five spaces for sweetmeat pyramid dishes while the two side leaves of the screen have three spaces for fruit trays. There are four sand pictures in each corner of the side panels of the screen, featuring 18th-century pastoral scenes, while the remaining areas of the screen are decorated with butterflies, doves, fruit, flowers, etc. The screen would be laid upon the surface of a side table. It doubled as a serving base for elaborate porcelain dishes and glass trays containing fruits, bonbons and sweetmeats, from which the hosts and their guests could help themselves while socializing or stretching their legs between the multiple courses being served on the main table in the dining hall. This screen may have been the work of the German artisan F. Schweikhardt, who specialised in still-life studies in the style of the Dutch painter Jan van Huysum.
Georgian sand painting (Marmotinto)
In the 18th and 19th centuries when the House of Hanover ruled in England, "table decking" was introduced to the court at Windsor Castle by sand artists from Germany. The most accomplished were George Haas, Benjamin Zobel and F. Schweikhardt. They created fixed sand paintings (marmotinto in Italian) which were highly prized for acquisition by many of the English aristocracy, including the King's brother, the Duke of York, who commissioned a number of works by Zobel.
Zobel depicted "pigs in the manner of Morland"; "Nelson", the favourite dog of the Duke of York; "Tiger after George Stubbs", and an impressive "Vulture and snake." Although many of Zobel's works have survived, none of those by Haas has. Observers considered his work superior to that of Zobel. This may reflect the differing techniques used by each artist. A diarist observed Zobel's coating the surface of the baseboard with a mixture of gum arabic and white lead and sprinkling sand upon the sticky surface using a folded paper funnel as a brush. He had to work quickly since the adhesive would dry in a few hours. Several of his surviving pictures have unfinished work on the reverse.
"The Hermit at a Wayside Shrine" - Sand Painting by Benjamin Zobel (early 19th century)
Article - 'The "Lost Art" of sandpainting' The Connoisseur 1929 (in 7 parts)
Haas followed more closely the techniques developed in Japan, but mixing dry powdered gum arabic with the sand, sprinkling the mixture through a sieve and using feathers as brushes to create the pictures upon the baseboard, then fixing them by some method which he kept a secret. Unfortunately, due to the damp conditions in many of the stately homes of the day, his pictures failed to last more than a few years. On one occasion Haas was called away while working on an unfixed sand picture. When he returned he found one of Windsor Castles' cats curled up on the picture, damaging it.
Eventually Zobel returned to Memmingen in Bavaria where he continued to successfully pursue his craft. Some of his work is displayed in Memmingen Town Hall. The unfortunate Haas had to give up sand painting - probably due to the ongoing disasters with his pictures. He opened a bakers shop in Windsor instead, though the icing on his cakes may well have been decorated with pictures in coloured sugar instead of sand.
With the passing of these Georgian craftsmen and the disposal of the Duke of York's collection the interest and skills evolved in sand picture work declined. The only Royal personage to take further interest in the craft was the late Queen Mary, consort to George V who bequeathed her Georgian sand paintings to the Victoria and Albert Museum, and her collection of Isle of Wight sand pictures to Carisbrooke Castle Museum on the Isle of Wight.
In the first half of the 20th century Lt. Colonel Rybot was a keen collector of sand paintings, which were the source material of the articles written on the subject in the arts and crafts magazines of the day. Eventually 37 of his collection of sand paintings were the main feature at an auction held at Sotheby's New Bond Street gallery on June 15, 1956.
Holiday souvenirs - Victorian sand pictures
Thousands of sites exist where it is possible to collect natural coloured sands for craftwork, with an infinite variety of colours being available around the globe varying with the contents of the mineral charged waters leeching through the sands. But for the tourist the vertical sand cliffs at Alum Bay on the Isle of Wight form the central portion of a visual geological phenomenon (best viewed after a shower of rain) which encapsulates the impressive chalk spires of The Needles and Tennyson Downs. Aspiring sand crafters are now banned from risking their lives climbing the cliffs to collect the 21 coloured sands available in the bay, and to prevent excessive damage to the environment, but the sand kiosks have in the past been there to supply their needs. Unfortunately due to mailing costs the current management are no longer able to supply quantities of Alum Bay sands by mail order.
After her marriage to Prince Albert and having chosen Osborne House near Cowes to be her new family retreat, Queen Victoria was the prime mover in the gentrification of this former backwater, local artisans benefitted from the influx of wealthy visitors, and a number of craftsmen sold their fixed sand pictures and unfixed sand jars featuring views of the Island as unique keepsakes of the Isle of Wight.
Some of these sand pictures were small and crude and left unsigned, but Edwin and John Dore of Arreton produced some fine work in the 1840s. The pictures were of postcard size and the subject matter local views such as Carisbrooke Castle, and other touristy subjects. Edwin always signed his quaint pictures in a fine hand with a mapping pen and Indian ink, one of his most successful mass-produced subjects being 'Collecting birds eggs on Needles Cliffs'. John Dore used a card embellished with a printed border of lace design on which to execute his sand pictures although the quality of his work was inferior to that of his brother.
Few of the Island sand artists filled in the sky, giving that detail a light colourwash as a finishing touch, sometimes leaving doors and windows free of sand which would be blocked in with Indian ink. In the 1860s and 1870s J. Symons of Cowes kept up the good work, producing local views much larger than postcard size, mounted in glazed oak or maple frames and signed with the artist's signature on the reverse. The father and son team the Neates of Newport sold their works from a stall outside Carisbrooke Castle gates where visitors were offered sand pictures and sand jars priced from 1/- to 2/6 each and the son grew his fingernails abnormally long in order to distribute the sand on his pictures. During the 1930s and 1940s R.J.Snow of Lake came nearest to producing sand pictures in the manner of the Georgian craftsmen, but postcard size, although he did produce some fine commissioned work, particularly a view of Oddicombe in Devon, in which the sea and sky were also 'painted' in sand, but after the war years the quality of the postcard sand pictures deteriorated with the mass-produced article with little taste or skill being offered for sale for a few shillings.
Sand Bottles
In the 1860s to 1890s Andrew Clemens a deaf mute born in Dubuque, Iowa, U.S.A. became the undisputed master of the craft of creating unfixed pictures using multicoloured sands collected from the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi and compressed inside glass bottles or ornate chemist jars. The subjects of his sand bottles included ornately decorated sentimental verses, sailing ships, portraits — including George Washington, as well as exotic birds, plants and animals. His sand bottles have become museum pieces and highly prized antiques which nowadays sell at auction for thousands of dollars. He exhibited his work at the St. Louis trade fair and having spent hours creating a picture in a bottle would demonstrate to an incredulous audience that the picture inside was unfixed by destroying the bottle with a hammer, but being a true showman he was never short of commissions. One customer was a soldier who came to collect a pair of jars that he had ordered for his true love, but as he held the jars aloft to admire the superb handiwork they briefly touched and in an instant smashed to pieces on the floor! But so as not to disappoint his cherie he willingly paid up for replacements to be collected during his next leave.
Sand carpets
Sandpainting on the tiled floor (on the wall are handpainted decorated tiles)
In the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands in the late 19th, early 20th centuries it was custom to use a stiff broom to sweep patterns in white sand to form simple decorations on the tiled floors of the houses, mostly for special occasions or celebrations. The next day it was swept up again. This custom was also practiced in Northern Belgium by the Dutch speaking communities while in Hekelgem, 1973 was the centenary year of the craft of "Old Zandtapijt". The hotels and cafes would employ artisans to strew ornate sand pictures in unfixed coloured sands on the tiled floors of their premises to encourage passing tourists to halt and enjoy local hospitality on their way towards Brussels. Roger de Boeck, born in 1930, was a well-respected exponent of this craft, who used glue to fix his sand pictures to a suitable base selling them to visitors to his atelier. In addition to biblical scenes, his finest works included a portrait of H M Queen Elizabeth 1953, and President Kennedy, in the early 60s. This craft continues to this day and a booklet to celebrate the centenary was published on 1 February 1973.
Modern culture
In modern days, sandpainting is most often practiced during Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) in Mexico and the United States. Streets are decorated with sand paintings that are later swept away, symbolizing the fleeting nature of life. Of note are the sandpaintings done during the Seattle Dia De Muertos Festival, but the most exciting development has been the Performance Art of Sand Animation which has created a new wave of younger artists and also revived interest in all types of sand painting.
Present-day sand painting techniques
With a huge surge of interest in craft subjects having a serious environmental slant and a spate of craft magazines encouraging readers to try it for themselves, permanent sand painting skills have improved dramatically the quality and variety of work available in this medium and has resulted in its being included on the recently created 'Wikicollecting' site. The environmental aspects of a craft with which one can compose such quirky creations have much to commend them to a wider, more appreciative audience, and with the exception of the nontoxic adhesives used, all the work shown below consists of re-cycled and found materials and no preparatory drawing is made. Dry naturally occurring oxidised and mineral-charged coloured sands, perhaps with the addition of powdered charcoal to widen the palette, are sprinkled through a sieve or 'drawn' with a paper funnel onto the area of the picture being worked on, and then blended in - either with a discarded feather 'brush' or gently blown into position with a drinking straw before being permanently fixed to a plywood offcut which is used as a 'canvas'. Having been allowed to dry, the sand painter moves on to the next section of the picture. Any minor adjustments or snags are sorted before the work is given a final coat of varnish which intensifies the depth of colour but without the disadvantage of surface reflection which occurs in the case of many oil paintings.
In Indonesia
Niar Lazza is a Sand Artist from Bali, Indonesia. Niar starts her journey as a sand artist since latest 2009. Up until now, she created a lot of sand paintings, sand stories/ movies and also performed many sand animations in front of public. One of Her Sand Animation Live Performance in front of public on June 18, 2011 with tittle 'Everybody Hurts' which is dedicated as a tribute to Bali Bomb victims was impressed many people. Using only her fingers, Niar draws with sand on a lighting box, with a touching music, Niar expressed her feeling to every sand story she made. Niar touches the audience hearts with her sand.
A good mustache is a thing of beauty, and apparently it can be very valuable as well. Cricket player Merv Hughes insured his mustache for a remarkable$370,000. This number is dwarfed by the astounding $7,000,000 insurance policy issued to cover the chest hair of singer Tom Jones.
2. Tastes Like Money to Me
Believe it or not, there’s actually an insurance policy that will cover your taste buds. Food critic Egon Ronay had his taste buds insured for a whopping $393,000.
3. Sitting On a Fortune
Would you pay $27 million dollars for a seat? Apparently there is an insurance company willing to pay that much for J. Lo's. The actress/singer, Jennifer Lopez, reportedly secured a $27 million dollar policy for her butt. Yes, that's 27 followed by six zeros, if they actually wind up writing a check to cover it.
4. Can't Buy Me Love
You can’t buy love, but apparently you can insure against it. Lloyd's of London issued a $100,000 dollar policy to protect a photographer if his prize model married. Did she get married? Yes, but only after the policy had expired.
5. The Sky Is Falling
Chicken Little may have rested a little easier with the proper insurance coverage. Such as an insurance policy was offered and actually issued to cover “death caused by accident” in the form of a falling sputnik. In the 52 years since Sputnik was launched, there has yet to be a recorded instance of death caused by falling satellite, shuttle, or space station parts.
6. A Million Year Payout
Which insurance pays you back as much as $1 a year for a million years? Alien abduction insurance of course. Why get your money all at once when you can stretch the benefits out for a million years! I guess the upside to getting abducted is a small but steady income stream that will be difficult to outlive. St. Lawrence Agency in Florida was the first company to offer this unique coverage – and it says that it has paid out at least two claims.
7. No Laughing Matter
What happens when a comedy team has irreconcilable differences? Abbott and Costello didn't take any chances. The famous duo took out an insurance policy for a quarter of a million dollars to cover them if an argument split their team.
8. Seeing Things Straight
20/20 vision may be great for reading, but sometimes it pays more to be cross-eyed. Ben Turpin was a famous silent film actor with crossed eyes. In Hollywood you make money by standing out, not by fitting in. That's why Ben took out an insurance policy which would pay him handsomely if his eyes were to ever become uncrossed.
9. Cold Feet
Being left at the altar would leave a bride-to-be with emotional damages (like poor Edith in Downton Abbey). And what about the financial damages? One in five weddings is now insured against unexpected cancellations. But read the policy closely – some policies require the cancellation has to be for reasons "beyond the policy holder's control."
10. I Only Ordered One of These Babies
What happens when momma delivers two babies instead of one? If you were smart enough to get multiple-birth insurance, you may be picking up a check to help with the costs of your surprise family addition.
Bagi para penggemar tayangan Opera Van Java (OVJ) yang ditayangkan stasiun televisi Trans7, pasti sering menyaksikan sosok figuran yang kerap dijadikan obyek keusilan Sule, Parto, Azis Gagap maupun Andre Taulany. Siapakah gerangan dia?
Pemain "tambahan" OVJ tersebut bernama Dede Sunandar. Pemuda asal Ciamis kelahiran 19 September 1990 ini mampu menyedot perhatian para pemirsa Trans7. Namun tidak banyak yang tahu latarbelakang Dede OVJ ini.
Dede membuka jati dirinya. "Saya cleaning service di Trans7. Sekarang masih sebagai cleaning service dan biasa membersihkan halaman di depan Trans7," ungkapnya tanpa malu-malu.
Ketika ditanya kenapa bisa sering diajak main OVJ di beberapa episodenya, Dede menceritakan, awalnya dari sebuah kecelakaan. Pada suatu hari dia diajak oleh tim kreatif OVJ untuk ikut syuting.
"Waktu itu saya pas lagi bersih-bersih, namun tiba-tiba ada satu anggota tim kreatif OVJ memanggil saya dan meminta saya untuk segera ganti baju. Eh nggak tahunya malah saya disuruh ikut syuting bareng OVJ," ujar Dede.
Seingatnya, peristiwa itu terjadi sebelum bulan puasa kemarin. Ketika ditanya rencananya kedepan setelah wajahnya kerap masuk televisi bersama artis-artis kenamaan, Dede justru memiliki jawaban yang sederhana.
"Kalau ke depan saya nggak tahu mau bagaimana. Tapi saya senang ikut tim OVJ," tambahnya. Dede sendiri mengaku gembira ikut datang ke Bandung untuk memeriahkan Roadshow OVJ di Kota Kembang ini. Dan itu merupakan tour pertamanya bersama Team OVJ.
Sementara itu Parto Patrio yang merupakan komedian senior di OVJ mengaku salut dengan talenta humor Dede. Menurutnya Dede punya bakat di bidang komedi dan apabila terus diasah bisa lebih bagus lagi. "Saya rasa dia (Dede, red) bagus. Tinggal dia saja mengasahnya. Bisa saja kedepan Dede jadi komedian hebat," puji Parto kepada Dede.
The 2014 World Cup is heading to Brazil. In less than 4 years, the greatest football spectacle of them all will be heading to the country that introduced the notion of the beautiful game. For the first time in 64 years, football’s biggest event will grace Brazil’s shores and a feast of football is sure to be served up in front of passionate crowds. True, there is the small matter of the World Cup in South Africa in 2010 to contend with first, but football fans across Brazil and indeed the world are rubbing their hands in anticipation of the 2014 Brazil World Cup.
Who will be there? Who will be defending champions? These are questions we have no answers to. Yet. Follow the route to the Brazil World Cup in 2014 with us as we will keep you up to date with all the ups and downs right up until the trophy is lifted at the end of the 2014 Brazil World Cup.
World Cup Facts and Figures
World Cup Fact: At the age of 42 years and 39 days, Roger Milla of Cameroon is the oldest player to have taken part in a finals match when he played against Russia at USA ’94.
Did you know the most amount of goals scored in a single match is 12? In 1954 at the World Cup in Switzerland Austria beat the host nation by 7 goals to 5.
A Celebration of Football
With the 2014 World Cup being awarded to Brazil, it could be easily argued that football is going home. Ok, so football originated in Britain and we invented the game but the Brazilians have perfected it. They’ve taken the game to their hearts and elevated it to the extent that it is a religion to the people. The blue and yellow clad players of Brazil have given us some memorable moments and play the game with a style and rhythm that no other nation on earth seems capable of. The game is played to a samba beat that runs through the heart and soul of the entire country. When they are on song, they are unstoppable and people the world over clamour to see them play. Chances are, if you asked people to name the team they want to see win aside from their own it would be the magicians from Brazil.
Over the years, the Brazilians have given us players that are routinely rated as the best in the world and of course given the game arguably the greatest player ever to have lived, Edson Arantes du Nascimento or Pele as we know him best. If you look through the annals of Brazilian Internationals it reads like a who’s who of footballing greats. From Gerson, Garrincha, Rivelino and Jarzinho in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s, to Socrates and Zico in the 80’s. In more recent times we have enjoyed the skill of Romario, Ronaldo, Rivaldo and of late Ronaldinho, Kaka and Adriano. All of these players at their peaks would waltz into a world XI. It's not as though they’ve had a few stars in the sides over the years but full squads of players that other international coaches would dream of having in their starting elevens.
Having great individuals does not always make a great side but the Brazilians have won more World Cups than any other nation. They stand at 5 wins, with Italy in 2nd place with four. But they’ve also played in a number of finals where they’ve been beaten, most recently in 1998 against the host nation France. Winning, however, isn’t the only thing, it’s winning with style that matters to Brazilians. The World Cup win in 1994 was a triumph but was not won in Brazilian attacking flair and flamboyance. The 1982 side of Zico and Socrates, that were foiled by Italy, probably bring more of a misty eyed response than the side that were victorious in the USA.
The 2014 finals will be a celebration of football. The fans will embrace it and produce a carnival of colour, noise and passion that the local people are already world famous for. It will be a fantastic world cup to travel to and see how the Brazilians party. It will have been 64 years since the last world cup was held in Brazil and those who were alive to see it will hope that it doesn’t end the same way. The hosts were beaten in the final by South American rivals Uruguay. Anything less than a win will send the country into mourning, but a victory will spark the biggest party Brazil has ever seen and that in itself would be saying something.
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