Monday, July 12, 2010

Viva Espana!

Beasts 0 Beauty 1: Spain on top of the world as they defeat Dutch cloggers

Ecstasy: Fernando Torres celebrates with the World Cup trophy
Ecstasy: Fernando Torres celebrates with the World Cup trophy

By Ian Ladyman in Johannesburg
Last updated at 1:30 AM on 12th July 2010
Spain won the World Cup for the first time on Sunday night but the final descended into a blizzard of cards and bitterness.
El fire: Andres Iniesta fires a stunning shot past Holland 
goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg for the extra-time winner
El fire: Andres Iniesta fires a stunning shot past Holland goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg for the extra-time winner

English referee Howard Webb dished out 13 yellow cards and a red in a bruising encounter settled by Andres Iniesta’s goal four minutes from the end of extra time.
Viva Espana: Iker Casillas celebrates Spain's first ever World Cu[
 triumph with team-mates Sergio Ramos and David Villa
Viva Espana: Iker Casillas celebrates Spain's first ever World Cu[ triumph with team-mates Sergio Ramos and David Villa
Holland coach Bert van Marwijk bizarrely accused Webb of favouring Spain, despite the Rotherham official failing to send off Nigel de Jong for a gruesome kung-fu style kick into Xabi Alonso’s chest in the first half.
Webb finally dismissed Everton defender John Heitinga in extra time for a second bookable offence as Spain refused to be intimidated.
Unpleasant: Nigel de Jong was one of 13 players cautioned in the 
match, although he was lucky not to be dismissed
Unpleasant: Nigel de Jong was one of 13 players cautioned in the match, although he was lucky not to be dismissed
Their coach Vicente del Bosque said: ‘We have fantastic players who knew how to respond to problems.’
Holland betrayed their Total Football heritage and Dutch legend Ruud Gullit said: ‘It was a terrible game. The Dutch must blame themselves.’
Agony: Fernando Torres lies on the floor
Agony: Fernando Torres lies on the floor
'Dani Jarque is always with us': Iniesta paid tribute to the 
deceased Espanyol and Spain player after scoring
'Dani Jarque is always with us': Iniesta paid tribute to the deceased Espanyol and Spain player after scoring
Shame game: Nigel de Jong lands a boot in the chest of Spain's 
Xabi Alonso... yet saw only yellow
Shame game: Nigel de Jong lands a boot in the chest of Spain's Xabi Alonso... yet saw only yellow
Flying Dutchman: Holland keeper Maarten Stekelenburg makes a smart
 save to deny an early header from Spain defender Sergio Ramos
Flying Dutchman: Holland keeper Maarten Stekelenburg makes a smart save to deny an early header from Spain defender Sergio Ramos
Total violence: Spain players surround referee Webb as he cautions
 Mark van Bommel, one of five first half bookings between the sides
Total violence: Spain players surround referee Webb as he cautions Mark van Bommel, one of five first half bookings between the sides
Up and over: Spain captain Iker Casillas collects the ball in an 
unorthodox manner to upend his own defender Carles Puyol as Van Persie 
looks on
Up and over: Spain captain Iker Casillas collects the ball in an unorthodox manner to upend his own defender Carles Puyol as Van Persie looks on
Getting forward: Gerard Pique drives forward for Spain as Dirk 
Kuyt looks on
Forward march: Spain's Gerard Pique drives ahead from defence as Dirk Kuyt looks on
Last ditch: Everton defender John Heitinga makes a superb recovery
 block to deny David Villa just yards away from breaking the deadlock 
for Spain in the second half
Last ditch: Everton defender John Heitinga makes a superb recovery block to deny David Villa just yards away from breaking the deadlock for Spain in the second half
One on one: A world class save from the foot of Casillas stuns 
Arjen Robben, after the former Chelsea star broke clear through on goal
One on one: A world class save from the foot of Casillas stuns Arjen Robben, after the former Chelsea star broke clear through on goal
So close: Unmarked Sergio Ramos sees his free header sail 
agonisingly over the crossbar
So close: Unmarked Sergio Ramos sees his free header sail agonisingly over the crossbar
Total disgrace: Heitinga is sent for for a double-bookable offence
 after earning a record breaking tenth yellow card in the final in extra
 time from Webb
Total disgrace: Heitinga is sent for for a double-bookable offence after earning a record breaking tenth yellow card in the final in extra time from Webb
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Flying Car

Cleared for take-off: £132,000 flying car given the go-ahead by aviation chiefs

By Ray Massey
Last updated at 9:20 PM on 6th July 2010

It was designed to soar above traffic jams, but had been grounded by paperwork.
Now, finally, the flying car has been officially cleared to take to the skies.
The sticking point had been the weight of the Terrafugia Transition - it was 110lb over the limit for light aircraft.
How it works: All you need to know about the Terrafugia Transition
 flying car
How it works: All you need to know about the Terrafugia Transition flying car
But U.S. aviation authorities have given it a special exemption because the vehicle is also required to comply with car safety standards  -  including airbags, energy absorbing crumple zones and a safety cage. The vehicle had previously passed test flights and has now gone into commercial production.

Though not the world's first flying car, its makers say it is the first to have wings that fold up automatically at the push of a button.

There have already been 70 customers who have paid a £6,500 deposit for the vehicle, which costs

£132,000  -  about the same as a Bentley or Ferrari supercar.

But Terrafugia vice chairman Richard Gersh points out that for the money it gives you a great 'wow factor'.

He said: 'Anybody can buy a Ferrari. But Ferraris don't fly.'

As well as needing a healthy bank balance, owners of the Terrafugia Transition will require plenty of space  -  1,700ft of uncluttered road is needed for take-off.
The Terrafugia Transition will enable drivers to lift off from 
almost any long straight road, traffic permitting
The Terrafugia Transition will enable drivers to lift off from almost any long straight road, traffic permitting
Its inventors at Terrafugia, who include former Nasa engineers, say the vehicle is easy to keep and run because it uses normal unleaded fuel, can be re-fuelled at petrol station, and will fit into a normal domestic garage.

The 19ft long car can reach 65mph on the road but can fly at speeds of up to 115mph and has a range of up to 500 miles in the air.

Powered by a 100-horse-power four- stroke engine  -  about the same as Ford Fiesta  -  it can switch from being a two-seater road car to a plane at the touch of a button in under 30 seconds.

In car mode it has a steering wheel, accelerator and brake pedals, but no gearstick. As a plane, it is controlled with a joystick near the steering wheel.

As it will be certified as a Light Sport Aircraft, the Transition will require a pilot's licence to be flown  -  and of course a valid driver's licence for use on the ground. Carl Dietrich, Terrafugia chief executive, said: 'This breakthrough changes the world of personal mobility.'

Colonel Phil Meteer, who carried out its first test flight last year, said: 'It's a real smooth stable vehicle on the runway. It comes up smoothly into the air. It's just rock solid.'

The company said the first planes would be delivered to customers in autumn of next year.
The Transition still needs to be washed every Sunday
The Transition still needs to be washed every Sunday

Gadis Penan terus diperkosa pembalak

PSG: Gadis Penan terus diperkosa pembalak
Keruah Usit
Jul 6, 10
2:18pm
Tujuh mangsa Penan yang dirogol dan dicabuli oleh pembalak di Baram, Sarawak tampil menuntut keadilan.

Pen
deritaan dan kesengsaraan yang dialami oleh kaum pribumi itu yang dijadikan mangsa seks itu diluahkan melalui Kumpulan Penyokong Penan (PSG) - sebuah pertubuhan 36 badan bukan kerajaan NGO yang hari ini mengemukakan laporan terperinci kepada Parlimen.

Menurut PSG, wanita Penan secara sistematik diperkosa pembalak di Baram dan ia masih berterusan meskipun dinafikan oleh kerajaan negeri Sarawak dan polis pula didakwa gagal bertindak.

Me
nurut laporan berkenaan, jenayah seks itu berterusan kerana kemiskinan tegar yang menular, pencabulan hak tanah, kerakyatan dan juga rasa tidak hormat kepada masyarakat pribumi.

Laporan PSG berkata berikutan desakan ketua wanita PKR, Zuraida Kamaruddin, kerajaan akhirnya menubuhkan pasukan penyelidik dan hasil siasatan mereka mengesahkan terdapat lapan kejadian yang di mana gadis Penan termasuk seorang kanak-kanak sekolah berusia 10 tahun dijadikan mangsa seks.

PSG kemudiannya membuat siasatan sendiri selepas pihak polis memungkiri janji mereka untuk menyiasat serangan seksual oleh pembalak ke atas gadis Penan atas alasan kekurangan dana.
Diperkosa pembalak

Mereka melawat Long Lamam, Long Ajeng and Long Mobui, selama seminggu pada November lalu dan mendengar rintihan daripada masyarakat Penan yang terdiri daripada 13 komuniti yang berhimpun dari sekitar Baram.

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etujuh-tujuh mangsa yang diperkosa pembalak itu belum pernah membuat laporan sebelum ini.

Gadis paling muda daripada tujuh mangsa itu berkata dia hanya berusia 14 tahun apabila diserang. Selain tujuh mereka, lapan yang lain yang disahkan oleh kerajaan juga diperkosa.

Pemerkosaan gadis dan wanita Penan mendapat bantahan antarabangsa tetapi ditolak oleh Ketua Menteri Sarawak, Tan Sri Taib Mahmud yang sebaliknya memberi amaran: ”semak maklumat anda atau tidak anda akan dituduh cuba mensabotaj kami”.

Menteri Pembangunan Tanah Sarawak, Datuk Seri James Masing, memberitahu BBC bahawa “masyarakat Penan pandai mereka cerita' dan mendakwa hubungan seks bebas di kalangan masyarakat Penan adalah sesuatu yang lazim.

Me
nteri Muda Di Jabatan Ketua Menteri Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman yang bertanggungjawab terhadap hal ehwal agama Islam pula terus menafikan laporan itu.

“Bagi saya, laporan gadis Penan dicabul itu tidak benar”.
Cerita dirogol

Berikut catatan tiga daripada tujuh laporan yang dikemukakan oleh mangsa yang dirogol berkenaan.

Cerita J

Menurut laporan PSG, J adalah gadis Penan yang berusia 23 tahun. Dia anak anak gadis tunggal dan sering-kali dibiarkan keseorangan apabila anggota keluarganya keluar memburu.
Menurut J, kebanyakan pembalak akan singgah di perkampungannya dalam keadaan mabuk dan menimbulkan huru-hara.
J dirogol ketika berusia 14 tahun oleh seorang pembalak yang berusia dalam lingkungan 30an.
Pembalak itu pernah melamarnya tetapi ditolak dan lelaki itu pergi ke rumahnya dan merogolnya.
J tidak memberitahu keluarganya kerana takut mereka dibunuh oleh pembalak itu.

Selepas dirogol, menurut J, pembalak itu terus memaksanya supaya berkahwin dan dia akhirnya bersetuju kerana bimbangkan keselamatan keluarganya.

Kata J, dia didera secara fizikal dan psikologi dan sekiranya menolak permintaan seks pembalak itu, dia dipukul dengan sebatang kayu. Apabila J mengandung pada 2003, dia dihantar ke kampungnya dan pembalak itu menghilangkan diri. Anaknya kini berusia tujuh tahun.

Cerita A

A diculik bersama adiknya oleh dua pembalak yang menceroboh rumah mereka pada 2001. Kedua-dua mereka kemudiannya dibawa ke kem pembalakan.
A kemudian dipisahkan dengan adiknya dan setiap hari dia dirogol dan sekiranya dia menolak tuntutan nafsu pembalak, dia akan dipukul. Apabila dia mengandung, A dihantar pulang ke rumahnya semula.
A kini sakit dan anak luar nikahnya itu dijaga oleh kakaknya. Dia ingin membuat laporan polis tetapi tidak tahu caranya dan tidak mempunyai wang untuk tambang ke balai polis.

Nasib adik A juga tidak diketahui sehingga hari ini. A tidak pasti tetapi berpendapat adiknya yang diculik itu masih di kem pembalakan berkenaan.

Cerita E

E di
tangkap ketika membonceng motosikal dan dirogol oleh dua lelaki di kem pembalakan pada tahun 1996. Dia berjaya diselamatkan oleh penduduk kampungnya yang berjaya mengesannya dan menyerbu tempat tahanannya.

Kebanyakan penduduk kampung marah tetapi tidak berdaya berbuat apa-apa kerana syarikat pembalakan itu terlalu 'berkuasa' dan mendakwa polis sentiasa di pihak mereka.

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Friday, July 2, 2010

Malaysians ???

 
Malaysian Jokes

 How the 3 races buy a car...
Chinese will ask: Boss ah, resale value good or not?
Malay will ask: Encik, minyak dia satu tank bape ringgit?
Indians will ask: Inche, ini kereta brapa orang buleh masuk?


What does CIMB bank stand for?
Cina India Melayu Bank
 
When Hari Raya comes close to Chinese New Year, they call it 'Kongsi Raya'
When Hari Raya comes close to Deepavali, they call it 'Deeparaya'
When Chinese New Year comes close to Deepavali, they call it 'Kongsi Gelap'
 
Q : Why cant the indians win the world cup?
A: Every time they get a corner,they set up a mamak stall. 
 
 
Dating Malay, Chinese, and Indian chicks.
Malay girl
1st date: You get to hold hands
2nd date: You get a goodbye kiss.
3rd date: You both get caught by JAIS.

Chinese girl
1st date: You take her to a restaurant.
2nd date: You take her to an expensive restaurant.
3rd date: You take her to a very expensive restaurant and buy her a diamond necklace. You get to hold her hand later that night.

Indian girl
1st date: You meet her parents.
2nd date: She meets your parents.
3rd date: Wedding night.


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Chinese  "practice" for Simple Living :
1 - One Wife
2 - Two Children
3 - Three Bedroom Condo
4 - Four Wheels
5 - Five Figure Salary

Malays "practice" to Simple Living:
5 - Five Children
4 - Four Wives
3 - Three Figure Salary
2 - Two Wheels
1 - One-Storey Link House  
 
In Malaysia...
If you're not lazy, you're not Malay,
If you're not greedy, you're not Chinese,
If you don't get drunk every night, you're not Indian~~~

Roy Hodgson

Roy Hodgson starts his Liverpool tenure
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Roy Hodgson starts his Liverpool tenure


Born: August 9, 1947
Birthplace: Croydon, England
Previous Clubs: Halmstads BK; Bristol City; Örebro SK; Malmö FF; Neuchâtel Xamax; Switzerland; Internazionale; Blackburn Rovers; Grasshoppers; F.C. Copenhagen; Udinese; United Arab Emirates; Viking FK; Finland; Fulham
Honours: Swedish Allsvenskan: 1976; 1979; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989, Svenska Cupen: 1988/89, UEFA Cup runner up: 1996/97, Danish Superliga: 2000/01
After Rafael Benitez left Liverpool in summer of 2010, Roy Hodgson was tasked with brining the famous club back from the abyss following one of their worst ever seasons in the Premier League.

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Much-travelled English coach Roy Hodgson has effected a change in philosophy wherever he goes.
Author: Liverpoolfc.tv
Hodgson is the very definition of 'seen it all before' and has English top flight experience in the form of an impressive stint with Blackburn (guiding them to a UEFA Cup spot). Indeed, after a career trailing around Europe, he now cuts a convincing figure as the stereotypical cultured, cosmopolitan European coach, despite his current location on Merseyside. Hodgson was a moderately successful player with Crystal Palace before spending several seasons in non-league football. He made his name in coaching with Swedish club Halmstads BK - where he spent five years from 1976, winning the championship twice - and then with Bristol City and Sweden's Orebro SK. Stints with Malmo FF - where five consecutive Allsvenskan league championships, two Swedish championships and two Swedish Cups were placed in the trophy cabinet during his tenure - and Neuchatel Xamax followed before Hodgson truly made his mark with the Switzerland national side. A country that had not qualified for a major tournament since the 60s, Switzerland soon became used to the thrill of big competitions by reaching the second round of the 1994 World Cup under Hodgson and they then qualified for Euro '96 after he had left. Lured back into club football, Hodgson had joined Serie A giants Inter Milan and reached the UEFA Cup final in the 1996-97 season, but didn't last much longer than that. Choosing to return to England, Hodgson then joined Blackburn (amid a number of Premier League clubs clamouring for his signature) and he guided Rovers into Europe at the first attempt. However, after spending £20 million on strengthening the side, Rovers struggled and Hodgson's reign was cut short after a poor start to his second campaign. He was apparently so distraught at being sacked, that he was unable to drive away from Ewood Park himself and needed a chauffeur. Short stints with Inter, Grasshoppers, FC Copenhagen, Udinese, and Norwegian outfit Viking FK saw him fail to settle until he chose to return to national team management with Finland. Once again, he did what he does best - creating a team that was remarkably hard to beat, but the Finns missed out on the European Championship finals by only three points, losing out to Portugal and Poland. Having come so close to creating Finnish history, the journeyman boss opted for a new challenge at Fulham's Craven Cottage in the Premier League. He worked miracles to keep the club in the top flight in his first season; but his second was even more impressive as he led the club up the league to seal a Europa League spot (7th) at the end of the season. The feats were superseded in his final season in South West London though as he led the side all the way to the inaugural Europa League final against Atletico Madrid - a 2-1 defeat - sealing his place in Fulham folklore and cementing his place among the most respected managers in the game. Choosing a new challenge in the form of Liverpool, Hodgson will require every ounce of his weighty experience to ensure that reputation stays intact.