Wah, Jupe dan Pacar Foto Telanjang

JAKARTA - Julia Perez (Jupe) melakukan aksi body painting atau mengecat tubuh dalam keadaan telanjang. Bahkan, aksi itu dilakukan Jupe bersama kekasihnya, Gaston Castano.

Aksi Jupe dan Gaston merupakan bagian dari kampanye perlindungan terhadap satwa langka di Indonesia. Jupe mengecat tubuhnya dengan gambar 40 binatang yang harus dilindungi.

"Itu kerja sama dengan pemerintah 'Save Our Planet'. Itu program dari produk aku dan pemerintah. Jadi aku body painting di Bali. Aku nude saat di-body painting 40 binatang di badanku. Aku bareng Gaston," ungkap Jupe di Pengadilan Negeri Jakarta Timur, Jalan Ahmad Yani, Jakarta Timur, Senin (23/5/2011).

Namun, aksi unik Jupe dan Gaston itu belum bisa dirilis karena masih diproses perizinannya. Jika sesuai rencana, foto body painting Jupe dan Gaston akan dirilis pada Desember mendatang, bertepatan dengan peringatan hari AIDS sedunia.

"Belum bisa dikeluarin karena harus ada izin. Semuanya juga masih dibicarakan sama Menteri Kehutanan. Targetnya bulan Desember, sekalian kampanye hari HIV/AIDS," tandasnya.(ang)

Dianggap Lecehkan Polri, Nadila Ernesta Terancam Dipidana

AKARTA - Nadila Ernesta berpose nakal mengenakan bikini hitam dan topi polisi. Lantaran memakai atribut polisi untuk pose kurang sopan, aktris muda ini terancam dipidanakan.
"Kita menyesalkan ada artis yang pakai topi organisasi Polri. Kita kecewa kenapa sampai begitu. Tadi saya sudah koordinasi dengan Kabareskrim pak Ito Sumardi, saya tanyakan tentang masalah ini. Bisa kita kenakan pasal 307, itu mungkin semacam pelecehan terhadap intitusi Polri," ungkap Kadiv Humas Mabes Polri, Irjen Polisi Anton Bachrul Alam, ditemui di Jakarta, Senin (23/5/2011).
Walau terancam dikenakan pasal, Anton tak mau bertindak gegabah. Pihaknya akan menyelidiki terlebih dahulu foto mantan pacar Eno 'Netral' itu, sebelum memutuskan akan menindak.
"Sekarang sedang dilidik apakah memakai itu sengaja atau di-croping. Tentu akan kita cek dulu karena bisa saja di-croping. Makanya harus dikirim dulu ke ahli forensik. Kalau nanti sudah jelas, akan kita mintai keterangan," janjinya.
Belum usai sensasi Syahrini dengan foto-foto syurnya bersama adiknya, Nadila Ernesta mencetak kontroversi dengan pose nakalnya. Aktris yang kerap membintangi FTV itu berpose mengenakan bikini hitam sehingga tubuhnya terekspos. Yang bikin terbelalak, di salah satu foto Nadila memakai topi polisi.
Sejumlah foto Nadila yang juga memuat Nadila dengan teman-temannya itu diketahui pertama kali diunggah ke sebuah situs forum pada April 2011. Hingga kini, Nadila belum mengeluarkan pernyataan seputar foto-fotonya.

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Foto Telanjang Jupe Dapat Izin Pemerintah

JAKARTA - Julia Perez (Jupe) tak takut aksi mengecat tubuhnya dalam keadaan telanjang akan menuai kontroversi. Pasalnya, aksi itu dilakukan dengan izin pemerintah dan dalam rangka kampanye sosial.
\"Dengan body painting, orang akan aware dengan hewan langka. Aku siap dengan respons masyarakat karena kita digandeng pemerintah dan sudah permisi lebih dahulu,\" ungkap Jupe, ditemui di Pengadilan Negeri Jakarta Timur, Jalan Ahmad Yani, Jakarta Timur, Senin (23/5/2011).
Jupe beralasan, aksi body painting merupakan cara yang efektif dalam menggugah kepedulian orang untuk menjaga satwa langka. Apalagi, kata Jupe, dirinya tidak dicat oleh seniman laki-laki, tapi perempuan.
\"Sebenarnya body painting itu menarik, supaya masyarakat aware (peduli) akan pembunuhan binatang. Ini juga untuk menunjukan kepada dunia kalau Indonesia peduli. Tapi senimannya cewek kok, gue risih lah kalau cowok,\" akunya.
Dalam body painting kampanye hewan langka itu, penembang Belah Duren ini bersama kekasihnya, Gaston Castano. Aksi mereka baru akan dirilis pada Desember, bertepatan dengan hari AIDS sedunia.
\"Belum bisa dikeluarin karena harus ada izin. Semuanya juga masih dibicarakan sama Menteri Kehutanan. Targetnya bulan Desember, sekalian kampanye hari HIV/AIDS,\" pungkasnya

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Kenneth \"Ken\" Clarke

Kenneth Harry \"Ken\" Clarke, QC, MP (born 2 July 1940) is a British Conservative politician, currently Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He was first elected to Parliament in 1970; and appointed a minister in Edward Heath\'s government, in 1972, and is one of Britain\'s best-known politicians. Since 1997 he has been President of the Tory Reform Group.
Clarke was a minister throughout the 18 years of successive Conservative governments from 1979 to 1997, serving in the cabinets of both Margaret Thatcher and John Major. After the Conservative defeat in the 1997 general election Clarke became a backbencher. He has contested the Conservative Party leadership three times—in 1997, 2001 and 2005—and was defeated each time. Although he was considered popular with the general public, his famously pro-European integration views conflicted with the Conservative Party\'s scepticism of the EU. Notably, he is President of the Conservative Europe Group and Vice-President of the European Movement UK.[1] Despite this conflict, and his involvement with the tobacco industry, Conservative leader David Cameron returned Clarke to the Shadow Cabinet in March 2009 as Shadow Business Secretary. When Cameron became Prime Minister in May 2010 he appointed Clarke as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, after appointing Vince Cable, a Liberal Democrat,

Kenneth Clarke was born in West Bridgford, near Nottingham, in 1940, and educated at Nottingham High School (then a direct grant grammar school). He went on to study law at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a 2:1 honours degree. Clarke originally had Labour sympathies, his grandfather having been a Communist. However while at Cambridge, he joined the Conservative Party, and was chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association. Controversially, he invited former British fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley to speak, for a second year in succession, leading some Jewish students (including his future successor at the Home Office Michael Howard) to resign from CUCA in protest.[2] Howard then defeated Clarke in one election for the presidency of the Cambridge Union Society, although Clarke was elected President of the Union a year later. In an early 1990s documentary, journalist Michael Cockerell played to Clarke some tape recordings of himself speaking at the Cambridge Union as a young man; Clarke displayed amusement at his own stereotypically upper class accent. Clarke was counted one of the Cambridge Mafia, a group of prominent Conservative politicians who were educated at Cambridge in the 1960s. On leaving Cambridge, Clarke was called to the Bar in 1963 by Gray\'s Inn and was appointed a Queen\'s Counsel in 1980.[3]

10.000 Bangku Kosong di SNMPTN Undangan

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Ketua Seleksi Nasional Masuk Perguruan Tinggi Negeri (SNMPTN) 2011 Herry Suhardiyanto menyebutkan, ada sedikitnya 10.561 peserta jalur undangan SNMPTN yang tidak lolos seleksi.

\"Analisa saya, jumlah tersebut terjadi karena daya tampung yang terlalu banyak dibandingkan prediksi yang diatur oleh panitia. Peserta seleksi pada jalur undangan yang dinyatakan tidak lolos karena tidak memenuhi standar kompetisi di program studi berdasarkan prestasi dan peringkat akademik sekolah,\" kata Herry, Selasa (17/5/2011) malam, di Jakarta.

Herry mengemukakan, peserta yang tidak lolos seleksi tersebut dapat mengikuti ujian tertulis di perguruan tinggi negeri pada 31 Mei dan 1 Juni 2011. Peserta yang diterima dalam jalur undangan bisa memilih program studi yang dipilihnya. Jika hendak mengganti program studi pilihannya, peserta dapat menempuh jalur ujian tertulis dengan catatan harus melepas tiket undangannya.

Panitia Pusat SNMPTN, Selasa tengah malam ini akan mengumumkan hasil seleksi jalur undangan. Pengumuman dapat diakses melalui http://www.snmptn.ac.id mulai pukul 24.00 WIB atau memasuki hari Rabu (18/5/2011).

Berdasarkan hasil seleksi melalui dua tahap (undangan dan tertulis), jumlah peserta seleksi jalur undangan yang dinyatakan lolos dan diterima di PTN seluruh Indonesia sebanyak 46.706 peserta atau 20 persen dari semua pendaftar atau peserta seleksi yang mencapai 232.948 orang.

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Nyi Roro Kidul Menampakkan Diri Dalam Foto

Nyi Roro Kidul Menampakkan Diri Dalam Foto. Ada berita misteri dan unik nih gan dari Banyuwangi tepatnya di daerah pantai laut selatan, kejadian aneh penampakan Nyi Roro Kidul tertangkap dalam kamera yang sedang memfoto Kapolres Banyuwangi AKBP Slamet Hadi Supraptoyo. Kejadian ini membuat beliau agak heran dan bingung sudah pasti bahkan beliau pada saat itu sempat bertanya apakah kepala perempuan dengan menggunakan mahkota ratu dan berbalut kain selandang tipis itu benar-benar sosok yang melegenda itu. Wow saya merinding begitu menulis berita ini.

Kepala Desa Kandangan Barok mengatakan mengenai kejadian penampakan sosok Nyi Roro Kidul dalam foto bersama tersebut, "Ya saya jelaskan kalau itu cuma legenda masyarakat nelayan laut selatan. Tidak perlu dikhwatirkan," pernyataan tersebut keluar saat Kapolres AKBP Slamet Hadi Supraptoyo bertanya kepada dirinya saat itu.

Penampakan ratu pantai selatan atau Nyi Roro Kidul dalam foto tersebut baru di ketahui oleh Kapolres saat keesokan harinya. "Baru besok paginya, kapolres tahu kalau disalah satu fotonya ada sesosok mahkluk aneh," tutur Barok.

Barok sendiri menganggap fenomena penampakan Nyi Roro Kidul itu hanya sebuah fenomena alam belaka. Menurutnya, belum tentu benar itu penampakan. Dia mengungkapkan bisa saja bayangan itu hanya efek biasa dari cahaya yang dipantulkan air laut. "Setiap orang memiliki penafsiran yang berbeda-beda," tandasnya.

Foto bersama berdasarkan urutan dari kanan ke kiri, Kasatlantas Polres Banyuwangi AKP Legawa, Kapolres Banyuwangi AKBP Slamet Hadi Supraptoyo, Kepala Desa Kandangan Barok, serta seorang anggota Polres Banyuwangi itu diabadikan di Pantai Sukamade, Kecamatan Pesanggaran.

Kala itu pada tanggal 8 Mei, rombongan pejabat polres datang ke wilayah itu melakukan kunjungan kerja. Keindahan alam dan pantai itu membuat kapolres terpesona. Dia meminta anakbuahnya mengabadikan moment itu. Hehe bermaksud mengabadikan pertemuan bersama di sekitaran pantai selatan eh berujung pada penampakan sang Ratu Pantai Selatan Nyi Roro Kidul, wew serem juga yah banyak juga kejadian unik bin aneh di daerah sana kemarin ada berita seorang janda melahirkan tanpa hamil loh…

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Rapture 2011 2012 2013 2014

In Christian eschatology, the Rapture is a reference to the being caught up referred to in the Biblical passage 1 Thess 4:17, when in the End Times the Christians of the world will be gathered together in the air to meet Jesus Christ.[1]

The primary passage used to support the idea of the Rapture is 1 Thessalonians 4:15–7, in which Paul cites \"the word of the Lord\" about the return of Christ to gather his saints.

...and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.1 Thess 4

There are many views among Christians regarding the timing of Christ\'s return (including whether it will occur in one event or two), and various views regarding the destination of the aerial gathering described in 1 Thessalonians 4:

One event or two

1. Some Dispensationalist Premillennialists (including many Evangelicals) hold the return of Christ to be two distinct events, or one Second Coming in two stages. 1 Thessalonians 4:15–7 is seen to be a description of a preliminary event to the return described in Matthew 24:29–31. Although both describe a return of Jesus, these are seen to be separated in time by more than a brief period. The first event may or may not be seen (which is not a primary issue), and is called the Rapture, when the saved are to be \'caught up,\' from whence the term \"Rapture\" is taken. The \"Second Coming\" is a public event, wherein Christ\'s presence is prophesied to be clearly seen by all, as he returns to end a battle staged at Armageddon, though possibly fought at the Valley of Jehoshaphat. The majority of Dispensationalists hold that the first event precedes the period of Tribulation, even if not immediately (see chart for additional Dispensationalist timing views);
2. Amillennialists deny the interpretation of a literal 1,000-year rule of Christ, and as such Amillennialism does not necessarily imply much difference between itself and other forms of millennialism besides that denial. However, there is considerable overlap in the beliefs of Amillenialists (including most Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, and Lutherans), Postmillennialists (including Presbyterians), and Historic Premillennialists (including some Calvinistic Baptists, among others) with those who hold that the return of Christ will be a single, public event. Those who identify the Rapture with the Second Coming are likely to emphasize mutual similarities between passages of scripture where clouds, angels or the archangel, resurrection, and gathering are mentioned. Although some (particularly some Amillennialists) may take the Rapture to be figurative, rather than literal, these three groups are likely to maintain that the passages regarding the return of Christ describe a single event. Some also claim that the "word of the Lord" cited by Paul in 1 Thessalonians 4:15–7 is the Olivet Discourse which Matthew separately describes in Matthew 24:29-31. Although the doctrinal relationship between the Rapture and the Second Coming is the same in these three groups, Historic Premillennialists are more likely to use the term \"Rapture\" to clarify their position in distinction from Dispensationalists.

Destination

1. Dispensationalists see the immediate destination of the Raptured Christians as being Heaven, with an eventual return to Earth. Roman Catholic commentators, such as Walter Drum (1912), identify the destination of the 1 Thessalonians 4:17 gathering as Heaven.[2]
2. While Anglicans have many views in all areas of theology, some Anglican commentators, such as N. T. Wright, identify the destination as a specific place on Earth.[3][4] Often the destination identified is Jerusalem.[5] This interpretation may sometimes be connected to Christian environmentalist concerns.[6]

The Koine Greek text of the Bible uses the verb form ἁρπαγησόμεθα [harpagēsometha], which means \"we shall be caught up\" or \"taken away\", with the connotation that this is a sudden event. The dictionary form of this Greek verb is harpazō (ἁρπάζω).[7]
Latin

The Latin rapiemur is Saint Jerome\'s translation of the Greek word ἁρπαγησόμεθα. This is a faithful translation, using a form of the Latin verb rapiō, meaning \"to catch up\" or \"take away\".[8] It is found in the Vulgate rendering of 1 Thessalonians 4:17.[9]
English

\"Rapture\" is an English noun derived from the Latin verb rapiō, with a literal meaning of \"I catch up\" \"or \"I snatch\" (from the infinitive form of the verb rapere, \"to catch up\"; \"rapture\" is also cognate to the English words \"rapids\", \"ravish\", and \"rape\").
Bible versions

English versions of the Bible have translated Jerome\'s rapiemur (\"we shall be caught up\") in various ways:

* The Wycliffe Bible (1395), translated from the Latin Vulgate (405), uses \"rushed\".[10]
* The Tyndale New Testament (1525), and then the Bishop\'s Bible (1568), Geneva Bible (1587) and King James Version (1611) have \"caught up\"[11]
* The New English Bible, translated from the Greek[12] uses \"suddenly caught up\" with this footnote: \"Or "snatched up." The Greek verb ἁρπάζω implies that the action is quick or forceful, so the translation supplied the adverb "suddenly" to make this implicit notion clear.\"

Literature

The Oxford English Dictionary provides two pages describing the history of usage of the word in English. From the 17th century onwards, the word is attested as rapture with similar senses to the older form rapt. The OED provides the etymology as from Latin rapere: to seize, especially abduct; it likens the words capture and rapture. Of particular note are the various distinctions involving either literal or figurative transport of the body or emotions to Heaven or from one place to another on Earth.[13]

* circa 1400: Þe visions of seynt poul wan he was rapt into paradys. – Vernon manuscript[14]
* 1412-20: In this wyse were the brethren twayne To heauen rapt, as thes poetes fayne. – John Lydgate, Chronicle of Troy[15]
* 1432-50: Helyas was rapte in this tyme. – Ranulf Higden, Polychronicon[16]
* 1526: Whan he was rapt & taken vp in to the thyrde heuen. – William Bond, Pilgrim of Perfection[17]
* 1610: To this place ... were Enoch, Elias and Paul rapt up fore their deaths. – John Guillim, Display of Heraldry [18]
* 1667: Rapt in a Chariot drawn by fiery Steeds. – John Milton, Paradise Lost[19]
* 1866: He was rapt up on high and saw S. Peter. – Charles Kingsley, Hereward the Wake[20]

Doctrinal history

The concept of the Rapture, in connection with premillennialism, was expressed by the 17th-century American Puritan father and son Increase and Cotton Mather. They held to the idea that believers would be caught up in the air, followed by judgments on the Earth, and then the millennium.[21][22] The term Rapture was used by Philip Doddridge[23] and John Gill[24] in their New Testament commentaries, with the idea that believers would be caught up prior to judgment on the Earth and Jesus\' Second Coming.

There exist at least one 18th-century, and two 19th-century, pre-Tribulation references: in an essay published in 1788 in Philadelphia by the Baptist Morgan Edwards which articulated the concept of a pre-Tribulation Rapture,[25] in the writings of Catholic priest Emmanuel Lacunza in 1812,[26] and by John Nelson Darby himself in 1827.[27] However, both the book published in 1788 and the writings of Lacunza have opposing views regarding their interpretations. Emmanuel Lacunza (1731–1801), a Jesuit priest, was born in Chile but came to Italy in 1767. Posing as a converted Jew (under the pseudonym Juan Josafat Ben Ezra), he wrote, in Spanish, a lengthy apocalyptic work entitled La venida del Mesías en gloria y majestad [The Coming of the Messiah in Glory and Majesty]. The book appeared first in 1811, 10 years after his death. In 1827, it was translated[citation needed] into English by the Scottish minister Edward Irving, who was an acquaintance of, and possible[original research?] influence on, John Darby.

Dr. Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1813-1875), a prominent English theologian and biblical scholar, wrote a pamphlet in 1866[28] tracing the concept of the Rapture through the works of John Darby back to Edward Irving.

Although not using the term Rapture, the idea was more fully developed by Edward Irving (1792–1834). In 1825[29] Matthew Henry used the term in his commentary of 1 Thessalonians 4.[Full citation needed] Irving directed his attention to the study of prophecy and eventually accepted the one-man Antichrist idea of James Henthorn Todd, Samuel Roffey Maitland, Robert Bellarmine, and Francisco Ribera, yet he went a step further. Irving began to teach the idea of a two-phase return of Christ, the first phase being a secret Rapture prior to the rise of the Antichrist. According to Irving, "There are three gatherings: – First, of the first-fruits of the harvest, the wise virgins who follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth; next, the abundant harvest gathered afterwards by God; and lastly, the assembling of the wicked for punishment."[30]

John Nelson Darby, considered[by whom?] by many classical dispensationalists to be the father of dispensationalism, first proposed and popularized the pre-Tribulation Rapture in 1827.[31] This view was accepted among many other Plymouth Brethren movements in England. Darby and other prominent Brethren were part of the Brethren Movement which impacted American Christianity, especially with movements and teachings associated with eschatology and fundamentalism, primarily through their writings. Influences included the Bible Conference Movement, starting in 1878 with the Niagara Bible Conference. These conferences, which were initially inclusive of historicist and futurist premillennialism, led to an increasing acceptance of futurist premillennial views and the pre-Tribulation Rapture especially among Presbyterian, Baptist and Congregational members.[32] Popular books also contributed to acceptance of the pre-Tribulation Rapture, including William Eugene Blackstone\'s book Jesus is Coming published in 1878[33] and which sold more than 1.3 million copies, and the Scofield Reference Bible, published in 1909 and 1919 and revised in 1967.[Full citation needed]

The early original Christian church,[34] as well as the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox churches[35], the Anglican Communion, and many Protestant Calvinist denominations have no tradition of a preliminary return of Christ and reject the doctrine. Some also[which?] reject it because they interpret prophetic scriptures in either an amillennial or postmillennial fashion.

Some proponents of a preliminary Rapture believe the doctrine of amillennialism originated with Alexandrian scholars such as Clement and Origen[36] and later became Roman Catholic dogma through Augustine.[37] Thus[citation needed], the church until then held to premillennial views, which see an impending apocalypse from which the church will be rescued after being Raptured by the Lord. This is even extrapolated by some[which?] to mean that the early church espoused pre-Tribulationism.[citation needed]

Some[quantify] Pre-Tribulation proponents maintain that the earliest known extra-Biblical reference to the \"pre-Tribulation\" Rapture is from a sermon attributed to the fourth-century Church Father Ephraem the Syrian, which says, \"For all the saints and Elect of God are gathered, prior to the Tribulation that is to come, and are taken to the Lord lest they see the confusion that is to overwhelm the world because of our sins.\"[38][39] However, the interpretation of this writing as supporting a pre-Tribulation Rapture is debated.[citation needed][40]

The rise in belief in the \"pre-Tribulation\" Rapture is often wrongly attributed to a 15-year old Scottish-Irish girl named Margaret McDonald (a follower of Edward Irving), who in 1830 had a vision of the end times which describes a post-Tribulation view of the Rapture that was first published in 1840. It was published again in 1861, but two important passages demonstrating a post-Tribulation view were removed to encourage confusion concerning the timing of the Rapture. The two removed segments were, \"This is the fiery trial which is to try us. - It will be for the purging and purifying of the real members of the body of Jesus\" and \"The trial of the Church is from Antichrist. It is by being filled with the Spirit that we shall be kept\".[41]

In 1957, John Walvoord, a theologian at Dallas Theological Seminary, authored a book,The Rapture Question,[Full citation needed] that gave theological support to the pre-Tribulation Rapture; this book eventually sold over 65,000 copies. In 1958, J. Dwight Pentecost authored another book supporting the pre-Tribulation Rapture, Things to Come: A Study in Biblical Eschatology[Full citation needed], which sold 215,000 copies.

During the 1970s, belief in the Rapture became popular in wider circles, in part due to the books of Hal Lindsey, including The Late Great Planet Earth,[Full citation needed] which has reportedly sold between 15 million and 35 million copies, and the movie A Thief in the Night, which based its title on the scriptural reference 1 Thessalonians 5:2.[42] Lindsey proclaimed that the Rapture was imminent, based on world conditions at the time. The Cold War figured prominently in his predictions of impending Armageddon. Other aspects of 1970s global politics were seen as having been predicted in the Bible. Lindsey suggested, for example, that the seven-headed beast with ten horns, cited in the Book of Revelation, was the European Economic Community, a forebear of the European Union, which between 1981 and 1986 had ten member states; it now has 27 member states.

In 1995, the doctrine of the pre-Tribulation Rapture was further popularized by Tim LaHaye\'s Left Behind series of books,[Full citation needed] which sold tens of millions of copies and was made into several movies.

The doctrine of the Rapture continues to be an important component of American fundamentalist Christian eschatology.[citation needed]

In the amillennial and postmillennial views, as well as in the post-Tribulation premillennial position, there are no distinctions in the timing of the Rapture. These views regard the Rapture, as it is described in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17, as being either identical to the Second Coming of Jesus as described in Matthew 24:29-31, or as a meeting in the air with Jesus that immediately precedes his return to the Earth. Within premillennialism, the pre-Tribulation position is the predominant view that distinguishes between the Rapture and Second Coming as two events. There are also two minor positions within premillennialism that differ with regard to the timing of the Rapture, the mid-Tribulation view and the partial-Rapture view.[43]
Pretribulation

The pretribulation position advocates that the Rapture will occur before the beginning of the seven-year Tribulation period, while the Second Coming will occur at the end of the seven-year Tribulation period. Pre-Tribulationists often describe the Rapture as Jesus coming for the church and the Second Coming as Jesus coming with the church. Pre-Tribulation educators and preachers include J. Dwight Pentecost, Tim LaHaye, J. Vernon McGee, Perry Stone, Chuck Smith, Chuck Missler, Jack Van Impe, Grant Jeffrey, Thomas Ice, David Reagan, and David Jeremiah.[44] While many pre-Tribulationists are also dispensationalists, not all pre-Tribulationists are dispensationalists.[45]
Midtribulation

The mid-Tribulation position espouses that the Rapture will occur at some point in the middle of what is popularly called the Tribulation period or Daniel\'s 70th Week. But since the Bible only uses \"Tribulation\" to refer to the second half of Daniel\'s 70th week, from a midtribulationist\'s point of view he is a pretribulationist. The Tribulation is typically divided into two periods of 3.5 years each. Mid-Tribulationists hold that the saints will go through the first period (Beginning of Travail, which is not \"the Tribulation\"), but will be Raptured into Heaven before the severe outpouring of God\'s wrath in the second half of what is popularly called the Tribulation. Mid-Tribulationists appeal to Daniel 7:25 which says the saints will be given over to Tribulation for \"time, times, and half a time,\" - interpreted to mean 3.5 years. At the halfway point of the Tribulation, the Antichrist will commit the \"abomination of desolation\" by desecrating the Jerusalem temple (to be built on what is now called the Temple Mount, see Third Temple). Mid-Tribulationist teachers include Harold Ockenga, James O. Buswell (a reformed, Calvinistic Presbyterian), and Norman Harrison.[46] This position is a minority view among premillennialists.[47]
Prewrath
Main article: Prewrath

The prewrath Rapture view also places the Rapture at some point during the Tribulation period before the Second Coming. This view holds that the Tribulation of the church begins toward the latter part of the seven-year period, being Daniel\'s 70th week, when the Antichrist is revealed in the temple. This latter half of the seven-year period is defined as the great Tribulation, although the exact duration is not known. References from Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 are used as evidence that this Tribulation will be cut short by the coming of Christ to deliver the righteous by means of the Rapture, which will occur after specific events in Revelation, in particular after the sixth seal is opened and the sun is darkened and the moon is turned to blood.[48] However, by this point many Christians will have been slaughtered as martyrs by the Antichrist. After the Rapture will come God\'s seventh-seal wrath of trumpets and bowls (a.k.a. \"the Day of the Lord\"). The Day of the Lord\'s wrath against the ungodly will follow for the remainder of the seven years.[49] Marvin Rosenthal, author of The Prewrath Rapture of the Church, is a primary proponent for the prewrath Rapture view.[citation needed] His belief is founded on the work of Robert D. Van Kampen (1938–1999); his books \"The Sign\", \"The Rapture Question Answered\" and \"The Fourth Reich\" detail his pre-wrath Rapture doctrine.
Partial

The partial-Rapture view holds to multiple Raptures of believers at the beginning of, and during, the seven-year Tribulation period.[50] The term \"partial\" refers to the idea that only some Christians will be Raptured at a time. This is in contrast to other Rapture views, which hold that all Christians would be Raptured in a single event. The criteria for who would be Raptured are those who will be faithful and watchful. In this view, the Rapture is in essence a reward to the faithful.[51] The writers for this view interpret certain eschatology parables as revealing the partial Rapture, such as the parable of the ten virgins. All ten virgins are seen as genuine believers, in which the five who were prepared are taken while the others are left. Advocates for this view include Robert Govett (1813–1901) and George Lang.[52]
Posttribulation
Main article: Post Tribulation Rapture

The posttribulation position places the Rapture at the end of the Tribulation period. Post-Tribulation writers define the Tribulation period in a generic sense as the entire present age, or in a specific sense of a period of time preceding the Second Coming of Christ.[53] The emphasis in this view is that the church will undergo the Tribulation — even though the church will be spared the wrath of God.[54] Matthew 24:29–31; \"Immediately after the Tribulation of those days...they shall gather together his elect...\", is cited as a foundational scripture for this view. Post-Tribulationists perceive the Rapture as occurring simultaneously with the Second Coming of Christ. Upon Jesus\' return, believers will meet him in the air and will then accompany him in his return to the Earth. Authors and teachers who support the post-Tribulational view include Pat Robertson, Walter R. Martin, John Piper, George E. Ladd,[55] Robert H. Gundry,[56] and Douglas Moo.
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Poster in Kendall Sq., Cambridge, Massachusetts

Over the last few centuries, believers in the Rapture of the church have made predictions regarding the date of the event. The primary scripture reference cited against this position is Matthew 24:36, where Jesus is quoted saying; \"But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only\" (RSV).

Any individual or religious group that has dogmatically predicted the day of the Rapture, referred to as \"date setting\", has been thoroughly embarrassed and discredited, as the predicted date of fulfillment has invariably come and gone without event.[57][58] Some of these individuals and groups have offered excuses and \"corrected\" target dates, while others have simply released a reinterpretation of the meaning of the scripture to fit their current predicament, and then explained that although the prediction appeared to have not come true, in reality it had been completely accurate and fulfilled, albeit in a different way than many had expected. Conversely, many of those who believe that the precise date of the Rapture cannot be known, do affirm that the specific time frame that immediately precedes the Rapture event can be known. This time frame is often referred to as \"the season\". The primary section of scripture cited for this position is Matthew 24:32-35; where Jesus is quoted teaching the parable of the fig tree, which is proposed as the key that unlocks the understanding of the general timing of the Rapture, as well as the surrounding prophecies listed in the sections of scripture that precede and follow this parable.

Some notable Rapture predictions include the following:

* 1844 - William Miller predicted Christ would return between March 21, 1843 and March 21, 1844, then revised his prediction, claiming to have miscalculated Scripture, to October 22, 1844. The realization that the predictions were incorrect resulted in a Great Disappointment. Miller\'s theology gave rise to the Advent movement. The Baha\'is believe that Christ did return as Miller predicted in 1844, with the advent of The Báb, and numerous Miller-like prophetic predictions from many religions are given in William Sears book, Thief in The Night.[59]
* 1914[60], 1918[61], 1925[62], 1942[63] - Dates set for the end by the Jehovah\'s Witnesses.
* 1981 - Chuck Smith predicted that Jesus would probably return by 1981.[64]
* 1988 - Publication of 88 Reasons why the Rapture is in 1988, by Edgar C. Whisenant.
* 1989 - Publication of The final shout: Rapture report 1989, by Edgar Whisenant. This author made further predictions of the Rapture for 1992, 1995, and other years.
* 1992 - A Korean group, \"Mission for the Coming Days\", predicted October 28, 1992 as being the date of the Rapture.[65]
* 1993 - Seven years before the year 2000; the Rapture would have to start to allow for seven years of the Tribulation before the Return in 2000. Multiple predictions.
* 1994 - Pastor John Hinkle of Christ Church in Los Angeles predicted that the Rapture would occur on June 9, 1994. Radio evangelist Harold Camping predicted September 6, 1994.[66]
* 2011 - Harold Camping\'s revised prediction had May 21, 2011 as the date of the Rapture.[67][68]
* 2060 - Sir Isaac Newton proposed, based upon his calculations using figures from the Book of Daniel, that the Apocalypse could happen no earlier than 2060.[69][70]

Randy Savage Dead RIP

Randall Mario Poffo (November 15, 1952 â€" May 20, 2011),[1][6] better known by his ring name \"Macho Man\" Randy Savage, was an American professional wrestler, hip-hop artist and actor, best known for his time with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He also had a short run with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Savage held twenty championships during his professional wrestling career and is a ten-time world champion: a two-time WWF Champion,[7] four-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion,[8] three-time ICW World Heavyweight Champion and one-time USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion.[9] Also a one-time WWF Intercontinental Champion, WWE has named Savage the greatest champion of all time and credited him for bringing \"a higher level of credibility to the title through his amazing in-ring performances.\"[10] Aside from championships, Savage was the 1987 WWF King of the Ring and the 1995 WCW World War 3 winner. For much of his tenures in the WWF and WCW, he was managed by his real life wife, \"Miss Elizabeth\" Hulette.[1]

Savage was recognizable by wrestling fans for his distinctively deep and raspy voice, his ring attire (often comprising sunglasses, a bandana or head band, flashy robes, and a cowboy hat), intensity exhibited in and out of the ring, and his signature catch phrase (\"Ooh yeah!\").[1] The WWE has said of Savage, \"Few Superstars were as dynamic as \"Macho Man\" Randy Savage. His style â€" perfectly punctuated by his entrance music, \'Pomp and Circumstance\' â€" was only outshined by his performances in the ring.\"[3]

Poffo was born in Columbus, Ohio, the elder son of Judy and Angelo Poffo. His father was Italian American and his mother was Jewish.[11] His younger brother is former professional wrestler Lanny Poffo, better known by his ring names \"The Genius\" and \"Leaping Lanny Poffo.\" He is a graduate of Downers Grove North High School in a suburb near Chicago, Illinois. He attended Southern Illinois University and graduated in 1971. He later moved to Lexington, Ky and lived there for many years.[12]

Early career

Savage was a second-generation professional wrestler; his father Angelo Poffo was a well-known wrestler in the 1950s and 1960s, who was featured in Ripley\'s Believe It or Not! for his ability to do sit-ups for hours on end.[11] Randy\'s brother Lanny had a moderately successful career as a wrestler, too, most notably under the names \"Leaping Lanny Poffo\" and \"The Genius.\"[11] Savage was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals organization as a catcher out of high school.[13] He was placed in the minor leagues to develop, where he mostly played as an outfielder[14] in the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, and Chicago White Sox farm systems.[4] Savage was 18 when he began playing minor league baseball; one of his teammates on the 1971 Gulf Coast League Cardinals was Larry Herndon who was also his roommate.[13] Savage would swing a bat into a hanging car tire as a regular training exercise in order to strengthen his hands and make sure he utilized his legs during swings, the technique was so effective that Herndon adopted it and used it during his own career as a baseball coach.[13] Savage injured his natural (right) throwing shoulder at one point so he learned to throw with his left arm instead. The team was managed by Jimmy Piersall.[15] Savage\'s last season was 1974, when he played for the Tampa Tarpons.[14] He played 289 games in four minor league seasons, batting .254 with 16 home runs and 66 RBIs.[13]

Savage first broke into the wrestling business in 1973 during the fall and winter of the baseball off season.[1] His first wrestling character, \"The Spider\", was similar to Spider-Man.[1] He later took the ring name Randy Savage at the suggestion of Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) booker Ole Anderson, who said that the name Poffo didn\'t fit someone who \"wrestled like a savage\".[1]

Savage eventually decided to end his baseball career and become a full-time wrestler, working with his brother and father.[1] He wrestled his first match against Midwest territory wrestler the \"Golden Boy\" Paul Christy. Savage worked with his father and brother in Michigan, the Carolinas, Georgia, the Maritimes, and the eastern Tennessee territory run by Nick Gulas.[5]

After a while, his father felt that his sons were not getting the pushes they deserved so he started the \"outlaw\" International Championship Wrestling (ICW) promotion in the mid-American states.[4] Eventually, ICW disbanded and Randy and Lanny entered the Memphis scene, joining Jerry Lawler\'s Continental Wrestling Association (their former competitors). While there, Savage feuded with Lawler over the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship. He also teamed with Lanny to battle The Rock \'n\' Roll Express; this feud included one infamous match on June 25, 1984 in Memphis, where in the storyline, Savage injured Ricky Morton by piledriving him through the timekeeper\'s table, leading to the Express winning by disqualification. Later in 1984, Savage turned babyface and allied with Lawler against Jimmy Hart\'s First Family stable, only to turn heel on Lawler again in early 1985 and resume the feud with him over the title.[1] This ended when Lawler beat Savage in a Loser Leaves Town match on June 8 in Memphis, Tennessee.[1]
[edit] World Wrestling Federation (1985â€"1994)
[edit] Early heel push (1985)

In June 1985, Savage signed with Vince McMahon\'s World Wrestling Federation (WWF). One of Savage\'s first appearances was on Tuesday Night Titans, in which several established WWF managers (including Bobby Heenan, Jimmy Hart, and \"Classy\" Freddie Blassie) offered their services to Savage.[4] He eventually declined their offers and chose Miss Elizabeth as his new manager.[4][5] His gimmick was a crazed, egomaniacal bully who would mistreat Miss Elizabeth and threaten anyone who even looked at her. He made his pay-per-view (PPV) debut at The Wrestling Classic on November 7, 1985, participating in a sixteen man tournament. He defeated Ivan Putski,[16][17] Ricky \"The Dragon\" Steamboat,[16] and the Dynamite Kid[16][17] before losing by a countout in the finals to Junkyard Dog.[16][17]
[edit] Intercontinental Champion (1986â€"1987)
Savage (right) in a wrestling match.

In late 1985, Savage started a feud with Intercontinental Champion Tito Santana over that title. On the November 2, 1985 edition of Saturday Night\'s Main Event, he unsuccessfully challenged Santana for the title (Savage won the match by countout but not the title because a title does not change hands by countout).[18] In a rematch on the February 24, 1986 (taped February 8) edition of Prime Time Wrestling, he won the WWF Intercontinental title at the Boston Garden by using an illegal steel object stashed in his tights to knock out Santana.[19][20] Early in his WWF career, Savage also won two countout victories in Madison Square Garden over his future tag team partner WWF Champion Hulk Hogan (although the belt did not change hands due to the countout) as well as engaging in historic feuds with Bruno Sammartino and George \"The Animal\" Steele.[5]

Savage\'s feud with Steele began on the January 4, 1986 edition of Saturday Night\'s Main Event, when Steele developed a crush on Miss Elizabeth.[21] At WrestleMania 2, Savage defeated Steele in a match to retain his Intercontinental title.[22] Another major title challenger was Jake \"The Snake\" Roberts, with whom he battled to a double disqualification on the November 29, 1986 edition of Saturday Night\'s Main Event.[23] He resumed his feud with George Steele in early 1987, culminating in two Intercontinental title matches, both won by Savage.[24][25]

Savage wrestled in what is widely considered to be one of the greatest matches in North American wrestling history when he faced Ricky Steamboat at WrestleMania III in the Pontiac Silverdome. The match was the culmination of a long and bitter feud (which saw Savage crush Steamboat\'s larynx), and featured tremendous athleticism and in-ring storytelling. After nineteen two-counts, Steamboat pinned Savage (with help from George Steele, who pushed Savage from the top rope seconds before he was pinned) to end his near 14 month reign as Intercontinental champion.[26][27] The match was extremely choreographed, as opposed to the \"on the fly\" nature of most wrestling matches at the time.[1] Savage was a stickler for detail, and he and Steamboat laid out and rehearsed every spot in the match prior to WrestleMania, at his home in Florida.[1] The highly influential match was considered an instant classic by both fans and critics and was named 1987\'s Match of the Year by both Pro Wrestling Illustrated and the Wrestling Observer. Steamboat and Randy Savage were seen cheering with and hugging other wrestlers after the match.[5][1]
[edit] The Mega Powers (1987â€"1989)
Main article: The Mega Powers

Savage won the King of the Ring tournament later in 1987.[28][29] As the fans were drawn toward his charisma and in-ring ability, he began to turn face, becoming less hostile toward the fans and Miss Elizabeth. When The Honky Tonk Man declared himself \"the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time\", Savage began a feud with him to get the title back. On the October 3, 1987, edition of Saturday Night\'s Main Event, He got his shot at The Honky Tonk Man and the Intercontinental Championship, but lost out on the title when The Hart Foundation, who along with Honky were managed by Jimmy Hart, interrupted the match, getting Honky disqualified. In the ensuing beatdown, Miss Elizabeth got Hulk Hogan to save him, solidifying Savage\'s face turn and leading to the formation of \"The Mega Powers.\"[30][31]

Savage reached the pinnacle of his career to date at WrestleMania IV, when he participated in the 14 man tournament for the vacant WWF Championship. He had successful matches against Butch Reed, Greg Valentine and One Man Gang, and then went on to the finals, in which he defeated \"The Million Dollar Man\" Ted DiBiase, by pinning him with the help of Hulk Hogan.[32][33][34] Despite the WWF\'s disappointment in the \"somber\" crowd in Atlantic City, nothing like the one witnessed a year earlier in WrestleMania III in Pontiac, it was seen as a rejuvenation of a sport getting tired of the same champion.[1] Savage would retain the WWF title for over a year, defending it against the likes of One Man Gang[35] and André the Giant.[36] Savage would set a new trend, as during his face turn he would retain many fans who cheered for him as a heel.

The Mega Powers\' main feuds were with The Mega Bucks (Ted DiBiase and André the Giant), whom they defeated in the main event of the first-ever SummerSlam pay-per-view event,[37][38] and The Twin Towers, a tag team composed of super-heavyweights Big Boss Man and Akeem. In the case of the latter feud, Savage frequently became involved in Hogan\'s matches involving one of the two villains (and vice versa); the two rival factions captained opposing teams in the main event of the 1988 Survivor Series, which was won by the Mega Powers.

Problems between Savage and Hogan developed, however, in early 1989 after Hogan also took Elizabeth as his manager.[31] At Royal Rumble 1989, Hogan accidentally eliminated Savage from the Royal Rumble match and they started to fight until Elizabeth separated them.[39] On the February 3, 1989 edition of The Main Event, Savage turned heel on Hogan, getting jealous over Miss Elizabeth and his self-perceived third wheel standing in the Mega Powers. He solidified his heel turn after abandoning Hogan during a tag team match against the Twin Towers, though Hogan picked up the win in the end.[40] (A feud that ran concurrently with the Mega Powers-Twin Towers feud was Savage\'s with Bad News Brown over the WWF Championship, started after Brown implied that WWF President Jack Tunney \"doing favors\" for Elizabeth in her effort to protect Savage from Brown. Savage successfully fought back Brown\'s challenge.)

At WrestleMania V, Savage dropped the WWF title to Hogan after a reign of 371 days, becoming the sixth longest reigning WWF Champion in history (no champion after Savage would hold the title for more than a year until John Cena nineteen years later).[41][42] He eventually replaced Elizabeth with Sensational Sherri. Savage would co-main event SummerSlam 1989, teaming with Zeus, a character from Hulk Hogan\'s movie, No Holds Barred, against The Mega-Maniacs (Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake). In this match, Hogan \"no-sold\" Savage\'s flying elbow by standing straight up after Savage hit him with it in the center of the ring.[43][44] Savage and Zeus faced Hogan and Beefcake in a rematch contested in a steel cage at No Holds Barred, and lost again.[45]
[edit] Macho King and \"retirement\" (1989â€"1991)

Savage adopted the moniker \"Macho King\" after defeating Jim Duggan for King of the Ring title in September 1989 (Duggan in turn had won it from Haku)[46] On a later wrestling episode, he had a coronation as the new \"King of the WWF\" led by wrestler The Genius (actually Savage\'s brother, Lanny Poffo), in which Ted DiBiase gave him a sceptre as a gift. Savage would use that sceptre as a weapon numerous times.

The \"Macho King\" and Hulk Hogan met one last time (intended to end their ongoing year long feud), when Savage got a shot at Hulk Hogan\'s WWF Championship on the February 23, 1990 edition of The Main Event.[47] The pinfall was counted by new heavyweight boxing champion James Buster Douglas, who then punched Savage in the face after he slapped Douglas.

After \"The Mega Powers Explode\" angle finally ended Savage began feuding with the \"Common Man\" Dusty Rhodes, losing a mixed tag match (along with Sherri) to Rhodes and Sapphire at WrestleMania VI[48] but beating him in a singles match at SummerSlam 1990.[49]

In late 1990, Savage started a feud with then-WWF champion The Ultimate Warrior. The feud escalated at Royal Rumble 1991, when Warrior refused to promise Savage the right to challenge him for the title, should Warrior defend it successfully against Sgt. Slaughter (Slaughter had already granted Savage this opportunity, should he beat Warrior). Savage had sent Sensational Queen Sherri out before the match to try to persuade the Warrior to promise this in a face-to-face interview laced with sexual innuendos, but was unsuccessful. Outraged, Savage promised revenge, which he got during the Slaughter-Warrior title match. Before the match began, Randy \"Macho King\" Savage attacked the champion, resulting in the Ultimate Warrior having to crawl to the ring. Later, Savage ran out to the ring and smashed the sceptre over Warrior\'s head, (knocking him unconscious for Slaughter to pin), and then immediately sprinted back to the locker room. In the Royal Rumble match later that night, Savage was due to enter the ring as the 18th entrant, but failed to show.[50]

The events at the Royal Rumble led to a career-ending match at WrestleMania VII. Savage lost the match after delivering five consecutive elbow drops as the Warrior somehow managed to kick out and return to score the victory after several flying clotheslines and shoulder blocks.[51] After the match, Savage was attacked by Queen Sherri as he lay dejected in the ring.[1] This was too much for Miss Elizabeth who happened to be in the audience.[4] Elizabeth rushed to Savage\'s aid, fighting off Sherri and reuniting with her one-time love to huge crowd appreciation.[1] Some fans were spotted crying in the audience. Despite his retirement from active wrestling, Savage stayed in the WWF in an non-wrestling capacity while the Ultimate Warrior was fired by Vince McMahon after SummerSlam later that year.[1]
[edit] Return and feud with Jake \"The Snake\" Roberts (1991â€"1992)

Savage returned to TV in a non-wrestling role as the \"Macho Man\" after WrestleMania VII as a broadcaster. Despite being for the most part a face announcer, he still regularly made potshots at his old rivals in wrestling, especially Hogan and Warrior. Meanwhile the angle with Miss Elizabeth continued, culminating with Savage proposing to her in the ring leading to an on-air wedding at SummerSlam 1991 dubbed The Match Made in Heaven. It was at this time that Savage was targeted by Jake \"The Snake\" Roberts, who was by now a heel. On an edition of Prime Time Wrestling prior to SummerSlam, the announcers and several other babyface wrestlers threw a \"bachelor party\" for Savage, with Roberts\' arrival deemed unwelcome by the rest of the contingent due to his heel turn.[19]

In the post-SummerSlam wedding reception, Roberts and his new ally, The Undertaker, made their presence known by hiding a live snake in one of the newly married couple\'s wedding presents; Elizabeth was frightened when she opened the gift box, and the Undertaker blindsided Savage by knocking him out with the urn. Sid Justice ran off both Roberts and The Undertaker. Savage, still unable to compete due to his WrestleMania VII loss to the Ultimate Warrior, immediately began a public campaign to have himself reinstated as an active wrestler to gain revenge on Roberts; however, WWF president Jack Tunney refused. Meanwhile, Roberts cut a series of promos berating Savage. The feud began to boil over during a television taping for WWF Superstars of Wrestling October 21 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, when Roberts cut an in-ring promo to goad Savage â€" who was providing TV commentary â€" into the ring. After he was lured into the ring, Roberts brutally attacked Savage, eventually tying Savage into the ropes before getting a live cobra to bite his arm. The snake was devenomized and, according to Roberts\' DVD Pick Your Poison, he had trouble getting the cobra to release his bite. The segment went on longer than planned, and Savage\'s blood was clearly visible as it dripped from the puncture wounds. The footage of Savage suffering was censored with a large \"X\" on WWF Superstars of Wrestling when aired November 23, but the segment aired uncensored on cable television.

Savage then urged fans to lobby Tunney to reinstate Savage, under the rallying cry \"Reinstatement! That\'s the plan! Reinstate the Macho Man!\" In response, Tunney reinstated Savage and announced a match between him and Roberts for the This Tuesday in Texas pay-per-view event. Savage won the match[52] and the two continued to brawl afterward; Roberts turned things up another level when he gained the upper hand, beat him down with three DDTs, then forced Elizabeth to beg for mercy for her husband; Roberts was dissatisfied with the result and slapped her across the face. The feud continued throughout the winter, ending after a match on the February 8, 1992 episode of Saturday Night\'s Main Event, which Savage won;[53] Roberts had planned a backstage ambush of Savage and Elizabeth after losing the match, but was stopped by The Undertaker.
[edit] Feud with Ric Flair

Savage then began an on screen feud with WWF Champion \"Nature Boy\" Ric Flair. According to the storyline, Flair claimed that he had slept with Savage\'s wife Miss Elizabeth, going as far as presenting pictures of Elizabeth in which Flair had himself superimposed. This culminated in a title match at WrestleMania VIII; Savage won the match and his second WWF Championship.[54][55][56]

During this time, Savage and Elizabeth separated in real life, and Elizabeth made her final WWF appearance on April 19, 1992, during an overseas tour of England. However, the Savage-Flair feud continued, keeping the Flair-Elizabeth television storyline intact until Elizabeth\'s final WWF appearance (a match between Savage and Shawn Michaels) aired on WWF Prime Time Wrestling in June. About this same time, WWF Magazine published photos of Savage and Elizabeth, which were identical to those featuring Elizabeth and Flair; it was revealed that Flair had doctored the Savage-Elizabeth pictures.

The former couple were divorced on September 18, 1992. Afterward, Savage issued a statement that was printed in WWE Magazine, revealing the status of their relationship and thanking the fans for their support through the years. Savage\'s statement marked, at the time, a rare acknowledgement of the wrestlers\' private lives for both the WWF and its flagship publication. Savage continued with the WWF for two more years, and except for the statement in WWF Magazine, his divorce from Elizabeth was neither referred to nor figured into any of Savage\'s future feuds.
[edit] Teaming with Ultimate Warrior

For the better part of 1992, Savage and his old nemesis Warrior (who returned to the WWF at Wrestlemania VIII), peacefully co-existed as faces. However, when it was announced that Warrior was the new Number One Contender for Savage\'s WWF Championship, old tensions resurfaced and they had several heated exchanges prior to the match. Savage defended the title against Ultimate Warrior at SummerSlam 1992. Savage lost the match by countout, after having his knee injured by Flair and Perfect but retained the championship. After the match Warrior helped a badly injured Savage to the back.[57][58] On the September 14 episode of Prime Time Wrestling (taped September 1), Savage lost the WWF title to Flair after interference by Razor Ramon.[19] Savage and Flair later swapped the WCW World Heavyweight Championship during their 1995â€"96 feud, making them the only duo to win and lose both the WWF/E and WCW versions of the world title to each other.

He formed a tag team with The Ultimate Warrior known as the Ultimate Maniacs after both men were attacked by Flair and Mr. Perfect during their heated match at SummerSlam. After his title loss shortly after, an injured Savage backed Warrior to be the man to dethrone Flair. On the November 8, 1992 edition of Saturday Night\'s Main Event, they took on Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster) for the WWF Tag Team Championship. Money. Inc. lost by countout but retained their titles.[59] Savage and Warrior were scheduled to face Flair and Ramon in a tag team match at Survivor Series 1992. Warrior was fired from the WWF weeks before the event, so Savage chose Mr. Perfect, executive consultant to Flair, as his partner to replace Warrior. Perfect initially laughed off the suggestion, but was angered by Bobby Heenan and his insinuations that he could never again wrestle at his previous level, and accepted the match. Despite initial distrust (an interview prior to the match had Savage admit to Perfect that he neither liked nor trusted him), the duo defeated Flair and Ramon via a disqualification.[60]
[edit] Color commentator, various feuds and departure (1993â€"1994)

When Monday Night Raw began in January 1993, Savage served primarily as a color commentator, wrestling only occasionally against characters such as Doink, The Repo Man, Rick Martel, and Crush. However, he was the runner up in the Royal Rumble match at Royal Rumble 1993, where he was eliminated by Yokozuna.[61][62] He returned to pay-per-view at Survivor Series 1993 as a substitute for Mr. Perfect, and competed in the 1994 Royal Rumble match. His last WWF pay-per-view appearance as a competitor was a victory over Crush in a Falls Count Anywhere Match at WrestleMania X.[63] This came after Crush punctuated his heel turn by attacking Savage on Monday Night Raw, dropping him face-first on the guardrail, lacerating Savage\'s tongue. Savage also made periodic appearances in Jim Cornette\'s Smoky Mountain Wrestling promotion in fall 1994. Meanwhile, Savage was also a color commentator for the 1994 King of the Ring and made his final WWF pay-per-view appearance at the 1994 SummerSlam, where he served as the master of ceremonies. Behind the scenes, Savage was becoming increasingly unhappy with his diminishing role within the company, as he felt he could still perform as a top level star. At the end of October 1994, Savage\'s WWF contract expired and he abruptly left to sign with the competing WCW. Savage was given an on air farewell by Vince McMahon on the November 7, 1994 edition of Monday Night Raw.[64]
[edit] World Championship Wrestling (1994â€"1999)
[edit] Sporadic feuds (1994â€"1996)

Savage signed with WCW, and his first appearance was on the December 3, 1994 edition of WCW Saturday Night prior to Starrcade 1994. Savage made reference to the love/hate relationship he had with Hulk Hogan, then the WCW World Heavyweight Champion. For weeks TV announcers speculated whether Savage would arrive to \"shake [Hogan\'s] hand or slap his face\". Savage eventually saved Hogan from an attack by the 3 Faces of Fear, shaking hands with his friend and rival. His first WCW feud was against Avalanche. At SuperBrawl V, he teamed up with Sting and took on Avalanche and Big Bubba Rogers in a tag team match, which Sting and Savage won.[65] However, his encounter with Avalanche continued and ended at Uncensored 1995, with Savage getting the win by disqualification after a fan, who happened to be Ric Flair dressed in drag, attacked Savage.[66] This led to Savage and Flair resuming their earlier feud. At Halloween Havoc 95 he defeated The Zodiac to meet Lex Luger the very same night in a match where he defeated Luger as well.

He participated in the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament (created when former champion Vader was stripped of the belt in April 1995 for attacking WCW on-air Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel) and went on to defeat The Butcher in the first round[67] and \"Stunning\" Steve Austin in the quarterfinals.[67] He interfered in Flair\'s match against Alex Wright, attacking Flair and causing Wright to get disqualified, which set up a tournament semifinal match in which the winner would face the winner of the Sting and Meng match for the United States Championship at the June 1995 Great American Bash. Savage and Flair\'s tournament semifinal match never took place however, due to Savage and Flair brawling in the backstage area prior to the match and being eliminated from the tournament.[67] They were instead given their own match in the main event, which Flair won with underhanded tactics.[68]

Savage defeated Flair in a later Lifeguard Lumberjack match at Bash at the Beach 1995.[69] Later that year, during part of the storyline in which Arn Anderson and Ric Flair turned on each other, Flair (looking for a partner to take on Anderson and Brian Pillman in a tag match) tried to recruit Savage to be his partner. Remembering the rivalry (and how Flair had attacked Savage\'s father, Angelo Poffo, which was the catalyst for their feud back in May), Savage refused, telling Flair point blank to \"get the hell out of here!\"

In 1995, Savage pushed for WCW to place his father, Angelo Poffo, in its Hall of Fame. Commentator and wrestling legend Gordon Solie opposed this decision, because he felt wrestlers (or in this case, family of wrestlers) should not be asking for spots in the Hall, in this case, especially, since Poffo did not have much of a career in WCW. Poffo\'s induction was granted, however, and Solie left the company shortly after. At World War 3 1995, Savage won his first WCW World Heavyweight Championship by winning the first-ever 60-man three-ring battle royal.[70][71] He lost the title to Flair a month later at Starrcade 1995: World Cup of Wrestling; earlier that night, he defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan.[72] Savage won his second WCW World Heavyweight Championship back from Flair on the January 22, 1996 edition of Nitro[73][74] but lost the title back to Flair the next month in a steel cage match at SuperBrawl VI.[75]

In January 1996, Savage brought Elizabeth with him into WCW as his valet once again, but she turned on Savage in his last title loss to Flair. Thereafter, Flair claimed that Elizabeth had given him a sizable amount of Savage\'s money, taken in their divorce settlement, which Flair used to set up a \"VIP section\" at Monday Nitro events. Flair and Savage continued to feud until June 1996. At Bash at the Beach 1996, the nWo was formed when Hulk Hogan turned on Savage, Sting, and Lex Luger and joined \"The Outsiders\", a tag team of former WWF wrestlers Kevin Nash and Scott Hall.[76] After their inception, one of their main enemies became Savage himself, who was one of the leaders of the WCW crusaders against the nWo before joining them a year later. At Halloween Havoc 1996, Savage faced Hogan for the WCW title but lost when the Giant interfered and chokeslammed him.[77]

Savage\'s initial WCW contract, which he had signed toward the end of 1994, expired shortly thereafter. He eventually signed a new contract with the company and returned to WCW on the January 20, 1997 edition of Nitro from Chicago\'s United Center. He made sporadic appearances for the next several weeks.
[edit] NWO member (1997â€"1998)

After months of abuse from the nWo, Savage joined them at SuperBrawl VII, when he helped Hogan defeat Roddy Piper in a rematch of their Starrcade match the previous year. He also reunited with Elizabeth, who had joined the nWo several months earlier. He began feuding with Diamond Dallas Page and DDP\'s wife Kimberly. Their feud lasted almost eight months which included tag team matches,[78][79][80] a no disqualification match at Spring Stampede 1997,[81] a falls count anywhere match at The Great American Bash 1997: Savage/Page II,[82] and a Las Vegas Death match at Halloween Havoc.[83]

In early 1998, Savage started a feud with Lex Luger which culminated in a match at Souled Out, which Luger won.[84] Luger also won a rematch between the two at SuperBrawl VIII.[85] When Hogan failed to recapture his \"nWo\" Title from Sting, it was Savage\'s turn, and he got his shot at Spring Stampede 1998. Hogan tried to make sure that Savage would not win the title because Hogan felt that he was the only nWo member who should be World Champion, since he was the leader of the stable. With the help of Nash, however, Savage beat Sting for his third WCW World Heavyweight Championship, despite tearing the ACL in his knee during the match.[86][87] The following night on Nitro, Hogan faced Savage for the championship. For a while it looked like Hogan had Savage beat,[88] but for the second consecutive night, Nash came to Savage\'s aid, powerbombing Hogan.[88] Savage tried to capitalize on this, but an interfering Bret Hart attacked Savage and preserved the victory for Hogan.[88] This resulted in Savage turning babyface. He joined with Nash and others to form the nWo Wolfpac, a split from Hogan\'s group, which became known as nWo Black and Red (Wolfpac) and nWo Black and White (Hollywood).[89] Savage went on to feud with both Bret Hart and Roddy Piper.[90][91]
[edit] Feuds for the World Title and departure (1998â€"1999)
Main article: Team Madness

After the June 15 edition of Nitro, Randy Savage took a hiatus from the company to recover from at least two major knee surgeries. He made only one more appearance in 1998, helping Ric Flair defeat Eric Bischoff for the Presidency of WCW on the December 28, 1998 edition of Monday Nitro.[92] When Savage returned, he debuted a new look and theme music, sporting a slicked back ponytail, earrings, and a new heel attitude, as well as introducing his then 22-year-old girlfriend Gorgeous George as his valet.[1] His first action was as the guest referee in the main event at Spring Stampede 1999, which was won by Diamond Dallas Page.[1] For a short time afterward, Randy interfered in DDP\'s matches to make sure that Page kept his World Title, but when Kevin Nash won it at Slamboree 1999, Savage went after the title himself.[4] It was around that time that Madusa and Miss Madness joined Macho Man as his other two valets; together they were known as Team Madness.[93]

At The Great American Bash 1999, Sid Vicious returned to WCW and helped Macho Man attack Kevin Nash.[1] This led to a tag team match at Bash at the Beach between Kevin Nash and Sting against Randy Savage and Sid Vicious, in which whoever scored the winning fall would win the WCW World Title. Savage won his fourth and final WCW World Heavyweight Championship when he pinned Nash.[94][95] The title was also Savage\'s sixth and final recognized world championship.

Savage\'s last reign as champion did not last long. The next night on Nitro, he lost the title to a returning Hollywood Hogan, when Nash interfered and powerbombed Macho Man (in a reversal of the situation from the previous year, in which Nash had attacked Hogan to help Savage keep his title, albeit unsuccessfully).[96] All of Savage\'s world title reigns (both WWF and WCW) ended with him losing the title to either Hulk Hogan or Ric Flair.[7][8]

Team Madness slowly started to disband, after Madusa and Miss Madness began fighting each other over who was responsible for Savage\'s title loss.[4] Savage soon fired both of them and started a feud with Dennis Rodman, defeating him at Road Wild.[97] By the end of the summer of 1999, Savage\'s WCW contract expired and he departed the company. Savage made an appearance on Thunder on May 3, 2000 where he participated in the 41-man battle royal for a title shot at The Great American Bash. Savage would not be seen by wrestling fans for four years.
[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2004â€"2005)
[edit] In ring return and departure (2004-2005)

Savage made his return at Victory Road by confronting Jeff Jarrett.[98] At Turning Point, he teamed up with Jeff Hardy and A.J. Styles to defeat the Kings of Wrestling (Jeff Jarrett, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall).[99][100] The main event of Final Resolution 2005 was scheduled to be Jeff Jarrett and Randy Savage for the NWA Title.[1] Savage\'s plan was to win the belt and then drop it back to Jarrett at the next pay-per-view. In December, 2004, Savage left TNA over a disagreement on the finish of the next scheduled PPV.[1]
[edit] WWE DVD collection (2009)

In February 2009, it was announced that WWE would produce a DVD collection based on Savage titled Macho Madness: The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection. Hosted by Maria Kanellis and Matt Striker, the three disc set contains over eight hours of matches and promos but no biography or documentary.
[edit] WWE Defining Moments and WWE All Stars Video Game

In July 2010, part of the roster in THQ’s WWE video game WWE All-Stars, released on March 29, 2011 for the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2 and PSP. This marked the first appearance by Savage in a video game since 2004\'s Showdown: Legends of Wrestling and his first appearance in a WWE game since the Game Gear version of 1994\'s WWF Raw.

Agni Pratistha

Agni Pratistha Arkadewi Kuswardono (lahir di Canberra, Australia, 8 Desember 1987; umur 23 tahun, tinggi 178 cm) adalah penyandang gelar Puteri Indonesia 2006. Nama Agni Pratistha berarti Perapian dalam Bahasa Sanskerta.

Sebelum menyandang gelar Puteri Indonesia 2006, Agni pernah mengikuti Cosmogirl of the Year tahun 2003 dan menjadi juara II. Agni juga pernah turut membintangi film Mengejar Matahari. Wanita asal Jawa Tengah ini kemudian terpilih menjadi Puteri Indonesia 2006 di Teater Tanah Airku (TMII), Jakarta. Ia menyisihkan Ananda dari Kalimantan Selatan dan Rahma M. Landy dari Jakarta. Penobatan Puteri Indonesianya dilakukan pada 25 Agustus 2006. Kakaknya yang bernama Sigi Wimala juga merupakan seorang aktris Indonesia.

Akhir April 2007, ia berangkat ke ajang pemilihan Miss Universe 2007. Puncak acara ini dilaksanakan di Auditorium National, Mexico City pada 28 Mei 2007. Selama dikarantina, ia berlatih tarian Dayak dan mengenakan busana dari tujuh perancang busana Indonesia yang membekalinya. Ia merupakan wanita yang sangat cantik dan bertubuh seksi

foto syur topless agni

Foto Syur Hot Syahrini dan Aisyahrini Beredar Di Internet

Foto Syur Hot Syahrini dan Aisyahrani Beredar Di Internet. Beredar foto hot syur artis, kini giliran Syahrini dan Aisyahrini kaka beradik yang sedang ramai berseteru dengan Anang. Foto-foto syur yang mirip Syahrini dan Aisyahrani muncul baru-baru ini di dunia maya. Ada sekitar empat foto yang menampilkan gambar vulgar.

Jika kita perhatikan pada salah satu foto hot dan syur Syahrini dan Aisyahrini misalnya, wanita yang mirip dengan Syahrini tengah terbaring di atas ranjang. Dengan mengenakan pakaian minim warna biru, pose wanita tersebut terlihat sangat menggoda.

Sedangkan untuk foto hot dan syur yang diklaim mirip dengan Syahrini dan Aisyahrini lainnya, gambar sepasang pria dan wanita yang tengah berciuman bibir. Dan si wanita sangat mirip dengan Aisyahrani.

Lantas siapa pria yang ada di Foto syur dan hot mirip Syahrini dan Aisyahrini yang sedang marak beredar di internet baru-baru ini yah?

Menurut info yang beredar, pria yang ada di dalam foto syur mirip Syahrini dan Aisyahrini itu adalah Daniel Mananta dan Glen Fredly. Coba anda lihat saja disalah satu foto hot Syahrini dan Aisyahrani lainnya, akan tampak wanita mirip Syahrini mengenakan baju warna putih tengah dirangkul tiga pria sambil tertawa riang. Dan salah satu pria yang merangkul mirip dengan artis terkenal, Daniel Mananta.

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002. ISAAC NEWTON (1642-1727)

Alam dan hukum alam tersembunyi di balik malam.
Tuhan berkata, biarlah Newton ada! Dan semuanya akan terang benderang.

Isaac Newton, ilmuwan paling besar dan paling berpengaruh yang pernah hidup di dunia, lahir di Woolsthrope, Inggris, tepat pada hari Natal tahun 1642, bertepatan tahun dengan wafatnya Galileo. Seperti halnya Nabi Muhammad, dia lahir sesudah ayahnya meninggal. Di masa bocah dia sudah menunjukkan kecakapan yang nyata di bidang mekanika dan teramat cekatan menggunakan tangannya. Meskipun anak dengan otak cemerlang, di sekolah tampaknya ogah-ogahan dan tidak banyak menarik perhatian. Tatkala menginjak akil baliq, ibunya mengeluarkannya dari sekolah dengan harapan anaknya bisa jadi petani yang baik. Untungnya sang ibu bisa dibujuk, bahwa bakat utamanya tidak terletak di situ. Pada umurnya delapan belas dia masuk Universitas Cambridge. Di sinilah Newton secara kilat menyerap apa yang kemudian terkenal dengan ilmu pengetahuan dan matematika dan dengan cepat pula mulai melakukan penyelidikan sendiri. Antara usia dua puluh satu dan dua puluh tujuh tahun dia sudah meletakkan dasar-dasar teori ilmu pengetahuan yang pada gilirannya kemudian mengubah dunia.

Pertengahan abad ke-17 adalah periode pembenihan ilmu pengetahuan. Penemuan teropong bintang dekat permulaan abad itu telah merombak seluruh pendapat mengenai ilmu perbintangan. Filosof Inggris Francis Bacon dan Filosof Perancis Rene Descartes kedua-duanya berseru kepada ilmuwan seluruh Eropa agar tidak lagi menyandarkan diri pada kekuasaan Aristoteles, melainkan melakukan percobaan dan penelitian atas dasar titik tolak dan keperluan sendiri. Apa yang dikemukakan oleh Bacon dan Descartes, sudah dipraktekkan oleh si hebat Galileo. Penggunaan teropong bintang, penemuan baru untuk penelitian astronomi oleh Newton telah merevolusionerkan penyelidikan bidang itu, dan yang dilakukannya di sektor mekanika telah menghasilkan apa yang kini terkenal dengan sebutan \"Hukum gerak Newton\" yang pertama.

Ilmuwan besar lain, seperti William Harvey, penemu ihwal peredaran darah dan Johannes Kepler penemu tata gerak planit-planit di seputar matahari, mempersembahkan informasi yang sangat mendasar bagi kalangan cendikiawan. Walau begitu, ilmu pengetahuan murni masih merupakan kegemaran para intelektual, dan masih belum dapat dibuktikan --apabila digunakan dalam teknologi-- bahwa ilmu pengetahuan dapat mengubah pola dasar kehidupan manusia sebagaimana diramalkan oleh Francis Bacon.

Walaupun Copernicus dan Galileo sudah menyepak ke pinggir beberapa anggapan ngelantur tentang pengetahuan purba dan telah menyuguhkan pengertian yang lebih genah mengenai alam semesta, namun tak ada satu pokok pikiran pun yang terumuskan dengan seksama yang mampu membelokkan tumpukan pengertian yang gurem dan tak berdasar seraya menyusunnya dalam suatu teori yang memungkinkan berkembangnya ramalan-ramalan yang lebih ilmiah. Tak lain dari Isaac Newton-lah orangnya yang sanggup menyuguhkan kumpulan teori yang terangkum rapi dan meletakkan batu pertama ilmu pengetahuan modern yang kini arusnya jadi anutan orang.

Newton sendiri agak ogah-ogahan menerbitkan dan mengumumkan penemuan-penemuannya. Gagasan dasar sudah disusunnya jauh sebelum tahun 1669 tetapi banyak teori-teorinya baru diketahui publik bertahun-tahun sesudahnya. Penerbitan pertama penemuannya adalah menyangkut penjungkir-balikan anggapan lama tentang hal-ihwal cahaya. Dalam serentetan percobaan yang seksama, Newton menemukan fakta bahwa apa yang lazim disebut orang \"cahaya putih\" sebenarnya tak lain dari campuran semua warna yang terkandung dalam pelangi. Dan ia pun dengan sangat hati-hati melakukan analisa tentang akibat-akibat hukum pemantulan dan pembiasan cahaya. Berpegang pada hukum ini dia --pada tahun 1668-- merancang dan sekaligus membangun teropong refleksi pertama, model teropong yang dipergunakan oleh sebagian terbesar penyelidik bintang-kemintang saat ini. Penemuan ini, berbarengan dengan hasil-hasil yang diperolehnya di bidang percobaan optik yang sudah diperagakannya, dipersembahkan olehnya kepada lembaga peneliti kerajaan Inggris tatkala ia berumur dua puluh sembilan tahun.

Keberhasilan Newton di bidang optik saja mungkin sudah memadai untuk mendudukkan Newton pada urutan daftar buku ini. Sementara itu masih ada penemuan-penemuan yang kurang penting di bidang matematika murni dan di bidang mekanika. Persembahan terbesarnya di bidang matematika adalah penemuannya tentang \"kalkulus integral\" yang mungkin dipecahkannya tatkala ia berumur dua puluh tiga atau dua puluh empat tahun. Penemuan ini merupakan hasil karya terpenting di bidang matematika modern. Bukan semata bagaikan benih yang daripadanya tumbuh teori matematika modern, tetapi juga perabot tak terelakkan yang tanpa penemuannya itu kemajuan pengetahuan modern yang datang menyusul merupakan hal yang mustahil. Biarpun Newton tidak berbuat sesuatu apapun lagi, penemuan \"kalkulus integral\"-nya saja sudah memadai untuk menuntunnya ke tangga tinggi dalam daftar urutan buku ini.

Tetapi penemuan-penemuan Newton yang terpenting adalah di bidang mekanika, pengetahuan sekitar bergeraknya sesuatu benda. Galileo merupakan penemu pertama hukum yang melukiskan gerak sesuatu obyek apabila tidak dipengaruhi oleh kekuatan luar. Tentu saja pada dasarnya semua obyek dipengaruhi oleh kekuatan luar dan persoalan yang paling penting dalam ihwal mekanik adalah bagaimana obyek bergerak dalam keadaan itu. Masalah ini dipecahkan oleh Newton dalam hukum geraknya yang kedua dan termasyhur dan dapat dianggap sebagai hukum fisika klasik yang paling utama. Hukum kedua (secara matcmatik dijabarkan dcngan persamaan F = m.a) menetapkan bahwa akselerasi obyek adalah sama dengan gaya netto dibagi massa benda. Terhadap kedua hukum itu Newton menambah hukum ketiganya yang masyhur tentang gerak (menegaskan bahwa pada tiap aksi, misalnya kekuatan fisik, terdapat reaksi yang sama dengan yang bertentangan) serta yang paling termasyhur penemuannya tentang kaidah ilmiah hukum gaya berat universal. Keempat perangkat hukum ini, jika digabungkan, akan membentuk suatu kesatuan sistem yang berlaku buat seluruh makro sistem mekanika, mulai dari pergoyangan pendulum hingga gerak planit-planit dalam orbitnya mengelilingi matahari yang dapat diawasi dan gerak-geriknya dapat diramalkan. Newton tidak cuma menetapkan hukum-hukum mekanika, tetapi dia sendiri juga menggunakan alat kalkulus matematik, dan menunjukkan bahwa rumus-rumus fundamental ini dapat dipergunakan bagi pemecahan problem.

Hukum Newton dapat dan sudah dipergunakan dalam skala luas bidang ilmiah serta bidang perancangan pelbagai peralatan teknis. Dalam masa hidupnya, pemraktekan yang paling dramatis adalah di bidang astronomi. Di sektor ini pun Newton berdiri paling depan. Tahun 1678 Newton menerbitkan buku karyanya yang masyhur Prinsip-prinsip matematika mengenai filsafat alamiah (biasanya diringkas Principia saja). Dalam buku itu Newton mengemukakan teorinya tentang hukum gaya berat dan tentang hukum gerak. Dia menunjukkan bagaimana hukum-hukum itu dapat dipergunakan untuk memperkirakan secara tepat gerakan-gerakan planit-planit seputar sang matahari. Persoalan utama gerak-gerik astronomi adalah bagaimana memperkirakan posisi yang tepat dan gerakan bintang-kemintang serta planit-planit, dengan demikian terpecahkan sepenuhnya oleh Newton hanya dengan sekali sambar. Atas karya-karyanya itu Newton sering dianggap seorang astronom terbesar dari semua yang terbesar.

Apa penilaian kita terhadap arti penting keilmiahan Newton? Apabila kita buka-buka indeks ensiklopedia ilmu pengetahuan, kita akan jumpai ihwal menyangkut Newton beserta hukum-hukum dan penemuan-penemuannya dua atau tiga kali lebih banyak jumlahnya dibanding ihwal ilmuwan yang manapun juga. Kata cendikiawan besar Leibniz yang sama sekali tidak dekat dengan Newton bahkan pernah terlibat dalam suatu pertengkaran sengit: \"Dari semua hal yang menyangkut matematika dari mulai dunia berkembang hingga adanya Newton, orang itulah yang memberikan sumbangan terbaik.\" Juga pujian diberikan oleh sarjana besar Perancis, Laplace: \"Buku Principia Newton berada jauh di atas semua produk manusia genius yang ada di dunia.\" Dan Langrange sering menyatakan bahwa Newton adalah genius terbesar yang pernah hidup. Sedangkan Ernst Mach dalam tulisannya di tahun 1901 berkata, \"Semua masalah matematika yang sudah terpecahkan sejak masa hidupnya merupakan dasar perkembangan mekanika berdasar atas hukum-hukum Newton.\" Ini mungkin merupakan penemuan besar Newton yang paling ruwet: dia menemukan wadah pemisahan antara fakta dan hukum, mampu melukiskan beberapa keajaiban namun tidak banyak menolong untuk melakukan dugaan-dugaan; dia mewariskan kepada kita rangkaian kesatuan hukum-hukum yang mampu dipergunakan buat permasalahan fisika dalam ruang lingkup rahasia yang teramat luas dan mengandung kemungkinan untuk melakukan dugaan-dugaan yang tepat.

Dalam uraian yang begini ringkas, adalah mustahil membeberkan secara terperinci penemuan-penemuan Newton. Akibatnya, banyak karya-karya yang agak kurang tenar terpaksa harus disisihkan biarpun punya makna penting di segi penemuan dalam bidang masalahnya sendiri. Newton juga memberi sumbangsih besar di bidang thermodinamika (penyelidikan tentang panas) dan di bidang akustik (ilmu tentang suara). Dan dia pulalah yang menyuguhkan penjelasan yang jernih bagai kristal prinsip-prinsip fisika tentang \"pengawetan\" jumlah gerak agar tidak terbuang serta \"pengawetan\" jumlah gerak sesuatu yang bersudut. Antrian penemuan ini kalau mau bisa diperpanjang lagi: Newtonlah orang yang menemukan dalil binomial dalam matematika yang amat logis dan dapat dipertanggungjawabkan. Mau tambah lagi? Dia juga, tak lain tak bukan, orang pertama yang mengutarakan secara meyakinkan ihwal asal mula bintang-bintang.

Nah, sekarang soalnya begini: taruhlah Newton itu ilmuwan yang paling jempol dari semua ilmuwan yang pernah hidup di bumi. Paling kemilau bagaikan batu zamrud di tengah tumpukan batu kali. Taruhlah begitu. Tetapi, bisa saja ada orang yang mempertanyakan alasan apa menempatkan Newton di atas pentolan politikus raksasa seperti Alexander Yang Agung atau George Wasington, serta disebut duluan ketimbang tokoh-tokoh agama besar seperti Nabi Isa atau Budha Gautama. Kenapa mesti begitu?

Pertimbangan saya begini. Memang betul perubahan-perubahan politik itu penting kalau tidak teramat penting. Walau begitu, bagaimanapun juga pada umumnya manusia sebagaian terbesar hidup nyaris tak banyak beda antara mereka di jaman lima ratus tahun sesudah Alexander wafat dengan mereka di jaman lima ratus sebelum Alexander muncul dari rahim ibunya. Dengan kata lain, cara manusia hidup di tahun 1500 sesudah Masehi boleh dibilang serupa dengan cara hidup buyut bin buyut bin buyut mereka di tahun 1500 sebelum Masehi. Sekarang, tengoklah dari sudut perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan. Dalam lima abad terakhir, berkat penemuan-penemuan ilmiah modern, cara hidup manusia sehari-hari sudah mengalami revolusi besar. Cara berbusana beda, cara makan beda, cara kerja dan ragamnya beda. Bahkan, cara hidup santai berleha-leha pun sama sekali tidak mirip dengan apa yang diperbuat orang jaman tahun 1500 sesudah Masehi. Penemuan ilmiah bukan saja sudah merevolusionerkan teknologi dan ekonomi, tetapi juga sudah mengubah total segi politik, pemikiran keagamaan, seni dan falsafah. Sangat langkalah aspek kehidupan manusia yang tetap \"jongkok di tempat\" tak beringsut sejengkal pun dengan adanya revolusi ilmiah. Alasan ini --sekali lagi alasan ini-- yang jadi sebab mengapa begitu banyak ilmuwan dan penemu gagasan baru tercantum di dalam daftar buku ini. Newton bukan semata yang paling cerdas otak diantara barisan cerdas otak, tetapi sekaligus dia tokoh yang paling berpengaruh di dalam perkembangan teori ilmu. Itu sebabnya dia peroleh kehormatan untuk didudukkan dalam urutan hampir teratas dari sekian banyak manusia yang paling berpengaruh dalam sejarah manusia. Newton menghembuskan nafas penghabisan tahun 1727, dikebumikan di Westminster Abbey, ilmuwan pertama yang memperoleh penghormatan macam itu.

Julia Perez

Julia Perez, atau sering disingkat Jupe (lahir di Jakarta, 15 Juni 1980; umur 30 tahun; terlahir dengan nama Yuli Rachmawati) adalah penyanyi dangdut, model, pemain sinetron dan presenter Indonesia. Ia seringkali berpenampilan dan berfoto seksi dan dijuluki \"bom seks\".[1][2][3] Ia memulai kariernya di Perancis. Perkenalannya dengan model pria Damien Perez (Yusuf Perez) yang kemudian menjadi suaminya membuka kesempatan awal dirinya tampil sebagai model majalah FHM dan Maxim di Perancis. Dengan penampilannya dalam FHM dan Maxim, Jupe mendapat nominasi 100 perempuan terseksi versi majalah FHM dan Maxim.

Namanya mulai dikenal setelah ia memerankan beberapa sinetron dan film layar lebar.[4] Pada bulan April 2008, Julia Perez menyatakan terjun ke dunia dangdut.[5] Ia lalu merilis album perdananya yang berjudul Kamasutra. Dalam album tersebut Jupe menyertakan kondom yang diselipkan dalam sampul setiap albumnya.[6] Meski Jupe menyatakan alasan penyertaan kondom dalam setiap albumnya tersebut adalah untuk mencegah penyebaran penyakit HIV/AIDS serta mempromosikan safesex dan Keluarga Berencana (KB),[7] namun banyak pihak yang menilai tindakannya tersebut adalah bentuk tindakan asusila dan dukungan terhadap budaya seks bebas. Bahkan Menteri Pemberdayaan Perempuan, Meutia Hatta menyatakan secara terang-terangan bahwa tindakan Jupe tersebut bisa diinterpretasikan sebagai dukungan terhadap seks bebas.[8] Akibat dari penampilannya yang seksi serta album Kamasutra yang berbonus kondom, ia banyak dicekal di Indonesia, seperti di Nusa Tenggara Barat, Riau, Palembang, Balikpapan dan Bengkulu.[9]

Julia Perez mengawali kariernya lewat latihan sebagai sekretaris di sebuah perusahaan swasta dan berkesempatan melanjutkan pendidikan di Belanda.[10] Ia lalu berkenalan dengan seorang model pria Perancis, Damien Perez (Yusuf Perez). Perkenalannya dengan Damien membuka kesempatan dirinya tampil sebagai model majalah FHM dan Maxim di Perancis. Dengan penampilannya dalam FHM dan Maxim, Jupe mendapat nominasi 100 perempuan terseksi versi majalah FHM dan Maxim.
[sunting] Karier 2002-sekarang

Pada tahun 2002-2003, Jupe mulai dikenal di Indonesia lewat sinetron Cinta Lokasi, Komedi Nakal, Penjaga Pantai, Lepas Malam, Maafkan Aku, Rahasia Ilahi, Hidayah, Doa, Mimpi Manis, dan Perempuan Teraniaya.

Persatuan Catur Seluruh Indonesia (PERCASI) mengangkat Julia menjadi ikonnya. Hal ini ditandai dengan diluncurkannya turnamen \"Julia Perez Rapid Chess Open Tournament\" di gedung Piramyd BPG, Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia pada tanggal 5 Oktober 2006.[11]

Jupe juga telah bermain dalam beberapa film layar lebar, antara lain Susahnya Jadi Perawan, Beranak Dalam Kubur dan The Shaman.[12] Pada film Beranak dalam Kubur, ia berperan sebagai setan.[13]

Pada Agustus 2007, Julia Perez menjadi pembawa acara sepak bola pada pertandingan sepak bola antara Persija dan PSS Sleman di Stadion Lebak Bulus.[14] Ia mengaku menjadi presenter untuk mengobati rasa kangennya dengan suaminya. Menurutnya, banyak pemain sepak bola Indonesia yang ganteng sehingga dapat mengobati rasa kangennya.[14]

Julia Perez mulai terjun ke dunia musik dangdut pada April 2008 dan merilis album perdana yang berjudul Kamasutra yang berbonus kondom. Sebelum merilis album, ia telah menekuni dunia dangdut. Bahkan Julia membekali diri dengan les vokal dan mempunyai goyang andalan yang diberi nama \"goyang blender\".[15][16] Ia juga berhasil menjadi juara pertama kompetisi musik \"Selebriti Mendadak Dangdut\" yang diadakan di ANTV.[17]

Jupe adalah seorang perempuan berketurunan Sunda-Betawi. Ia menikah dengan Damien Perez di Perancis tanggal 7 Oktober 2002. Meski telah menikah lama dengan Damien Perez, keduanya belum dikaruniai anak. Jupe pernah keguguran di tahun 2007.[18] Pada beberapa kesempatan, Jupe menyatakan dirinya menunda \"momongan\" karena ingin konsentrasi pada kariernya.[19][20][21]

Pernihakannya dengan Damien mulai mendapat cobaan. Di awal tahun 2009, Jupe terlihat dekat dengan seorang pemain sepak bola asal Argentina yang bermain untuk klub Persiba, Gaston Castaño. Bahkan Jupe telah berani [22]liburan bersama Gaston di awal bulan Maret 2009. Mereka tampak mesra dan intim[23] ketika berlibur di pantai.

Saat ini, Jupe berniat untuk bercerai dari suaminya, Damien. Namun ternyata keinginan Jupe juga mendapat kendala. Hal ini dikarenakan status pernikahan Jupe hanya terdaftar di Perancis. Sedang di Indonesia sendiri statusnya masih lajang.

Julia Perez seringkali berpenampilan dan berpose seksi sehingga ia banyak dicekal. Ia dicekal di Bengkulu karena seringkali berpenampilan seksi.[24] Bersama dengan Dewi Persik, Annisa Bahar, Inul Daratista, Uut Permatasari, Trio Macan, Ira Swara dan Nita Thalia, ia dicekal oleh Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI) Sumatra Selatan terkait larangan menampilkan artis tersebut dalam Pilkada Sumatra Selatan 2008.[25] Rencana kedatangan Julia Perez dan Melly Zamri ke Pekanbaru untuk memeriahkan hari kemerdekaan Indonesia pada 17 Agustus 2008 gagal karena dicekal oleh MUI Pekanbaru.[26]

Albumnya yang berbonus kondom pun menuai kontroversi dan menyebabkan pencekalan dirinya. Hanya dalam minggu pertama perilisannya, album Jupe telah dicekal di Nusa Tenggara Barat[27] dan Balikpapan.[28] Bahkan ia diusir dari Pelabuhan Tanjung Perak, Surabaya, karena membagi kondom disana.[29] Meskipun ia menyatakan tujuannya adalah untuk mendukung program Keluarga Berencana (KB) dan melawan AIDS, Menteri Pemberdayaan Perempuan Meutia Hatta menyatakan bahwa tindakan tersebut dapat diinterpretasikan sebagai dukungan terhadap seks bebas, apalagi lirik lagu dalam album Kamasutra memperkuat dugaan tersebut.

Video klip Julia Perez dicekal di semua stasiun TV di Indonesia.[30] Video klip itu disutradai oleh Khemod dari rumah produksi Cerahati. Sampai sekarang Julia Perez masih belum mengetahui alasan pencekalan tersebut, padahal video klip itu telah lulus sensor dan bergenre komedi.

Terdapat kabar mengenai operasi pembesaran payudara yang dilakukannya, tetapi Julia Perez membantahnya.[31] Rumor ini beredar karena adanya nama Julia Rahmawati sebagai pasien di sebuah klinik di kawasan Mega Mendung, Bogor, yang disinyalir membuka praktek merekonstruksi payudara.

Foto syur Julia Perez juga menyebar di internet. Saat koleksi foto-foto syur miliknya muncul di koran terbitan ibukota, Julia Perez melaporkan hal tersebut ke Yanmas Polda Metro Jaya pada tanggal 6 Maret 2007.[32][33] Namun, karena tak mau kasusnya berlarut-larut, Jupe pun mencabut laporannya pada tanggal 21 Maret 2007. Jupe mengatakan hal ini dilakukannya setelah ketiga fotografer tersebut telah meminta maaf pada dirinya yang disertai pertemuan yang berlangsung secara kooperatif dan kondusif. Baginya permasalahan ini sudah dianggap selesai walau terasa berat karena ia adalah korban.[34]


Pada tahun 2010, muncul kontroversi mengenai pencalonan Julia Perez sebagai calon wakil bupati Pacitan. Namun, pada Agustus 2010, Jupe mengaku bahwa ia telah mengundurkan diri.[35] Menjelang akhir tahun 2010, tepatnya tanggal 14 Desember 2010, Jupe ditetapkan sebagai tersangka kasus penganiayaan terhadap pedangdut Dewi Perssik.[36]

Rin Sakuragi

Rin Sakuragi (lahir di Hyogo, Jepang, 3 Maret 1989; umur 22 tahun) merupakan seorang artis porno Jepang. Rin memiliki tinggi badan 1,58 meter. Ia memiliki kegemaran menonton film dan bermain dengan anjingnya. Ia dinaungi manajemen Gravure Idol, yang merupakan manajemen khusus model-model telanjang.

Rin cukup dikenal luas di Jepang, dan lebih terkenal daripada sesama artis porno Maria Ozawa—yang dikenal sebagai Miyabi—yang lebih dikenal luas juga di Indonesia.

Rin pertama kali terjun ke dunia hiburan, dengan menjadi model majalah-majalah dewasa ketika ia masih berusia 17 tahun. Satu tahun kemudian, Rin memulai debut pertamanya ketika membintangi film Hatsuhana (First Flower). Perlahan-lahan, namanya mulai masuk jajaran AV (Adult Video) di Jepang.

Pada akhir 2009, Rin bermain pada film Indonesia, Suster Keramas, yang sempat mendapatkan protes dari sejumlah elemen masyarakat Indonesia.

Jesse Jane

Jesse Jane (born Cindy Taylor[1][2] on July 16,[4][6] 1980[3] in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American pornographic actress and model.
Jane was a military brat who grew up on various military bases in the Midwestern United States. She did extensive dance training[3] and was a varsity cheerleader at her high school in Rose Hill, Kansas. She graduated from high school in Moore, Oklahoma.

Jane read an article on Tera Patrick that said that Patrick worked for adult-film production company Digital Playground. She contacted them and was quickly signed to a contract.[7] Her first scene was with Devon in No Limits.[7] Within months of winning the contract, she appeared on Showtime Network\'s Family Business, where she was filmed at the Adult Video News awards show and convention. Jane appeared on the cover of Texas-based metal band Drowning Pool\'s second album Desensitized and was featured in the music video for the album\'s first hit single, \"Step Up.\" She has said that Drowning Pool is one of her favorite bands. On the July 25, 2006 episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, during the \"Jay Walking\" segment, she gave her name as \"Cindy\" and said that she currently worked at Hooters. An adult magazine cover featuring her as Jesse Jane was then shown onscreen.[8] In 2005, she was featured as UnRated Magazine\'s Vixen, to launch the music review magazine\'s new edition of Vixens. The films in which Digital Playground cast Jane, such as No Limits, Beat the Devil, and Loaded, proved popular enough to warrant her own line of sex toys, as well as secure nominations for several awards. She starred in the erotic film series \"Pirates\".

With fellow Digital Playground contract performers Devon and Teagan Presley, Jane co-hosts the live, Internet-based adult industry talk show DP Tonight. The show features industry gossip, adult film star guests, and audience/host interactivity. She was a guest star on the HBO dramedy series Entourage, in the ninth episode of the second season, \"I Love You Too\", which features the foursome making a trip to Comicon, where they get some help from the \"Pussy Patrol,\" of which Jane is the leader. In March 2006, Jane and Kirsten Price became the hosts of Playboy TV\'s most popular live show, Night Calls. In addition, Jane also hosts Playboy TV\'s Naughty Amateur Home Videos[9] and has been the sex columnist for Chéri, with contributions since the January 2007 issue.[10] In 2007, Jesse also became a sex columnist for the Australian men\'s magazine Ralph, replying to letters from readers about sex and dating.[11] In 2009 Jesse appeared in the reality series The Bad Girls Club. In a 2009 CNBC documentary titled Porn: Business of Pleasure, Jesse is the focus of the final 10-minute segment, which details her career and her life outside the porn industry.

In January 2007, an article in The New York Times stated that Jane intended to have her breast enhancement surgery re-done for high-definition movies.[12] On her official website, she wrote that she had her surgery on February 12 that year.

In January 2011 she was named by CNBC as one of the 12 most popular stars in porn.[13] CNBC stated that she is \"for many, the face of modern porn\", noting her roles in two popular porn Pirates films, and her performer of the year nominations by both AVN and the XBIZ Awards. In March that same year Jane launched her own line of tequila called \"Diosa\" with blue agave silver tequila, along with apple, mango, almond and café caramel flavored varieties. Jane will appear in ads for the Diosa, but will be using her real name since Digital Playground owns the rights to her stage name.[14]

* 2003 Nightmoves Entertainment Awards - Best New Starlet (Editor\'s Choice)[19]
* 2004 Venus Award - Best Actress USA[20]
* 2004 Delta di Venere Award - Best American Actress[21]
* 2006 AVN Award – Best All-Girl Sex Scene (Video) – Pirates[22]
* 2006 Nightmoves Entertainment Awards - Best Actress (Editor\'s Choice)[23]
* 2006 FOXE Award - Female Fan Favorite[24]
* 2006 Scandinavian Adult Awards - Best Selling International Star[25]
* 2007 AVN Award – Best All-Girl Sex Scene (Video) – Island Fever 4[26]
* 2007 F.A.M.E. Award – Hottest Body[27]
* 2007 Exotic Dancer Awards - Adult Movie Feature Entertainer of the Year[28]
* 2007 Venus Award - Best US Actress[29]
* 2008 F.A.M.E. Award – Hottest Body[30]
* 2008 Medien eLINE Award - Best US Actress[31]
* 2009 AVN Award – Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene – Cheerleaders[32]
* 2009 F.A.M.E. Award – Hottest Body[33]
* 2009 Hot d\'Or – Best American Actress – Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge[34]
* 2011 AVN Award – Best All-Girl Group Sex Scene – Body Heat[35]
* 2011 AVN Award (The Fan Awards) – Wildest Sex Scene – Body Heat[35]