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The deal: My company was a trio of Mexican guys who were nice enough to grab me an extra chair, some napkins, and super hot sauces at the table in front of the truck.
The mobile taqueria that's open seven days a week is dirt cheap and offers some hits and misses.
The misses: A coworker called the burrito a lead balloon when I brought a vegetarian back to the office. The Low Rider is pinto beans, cheese, and salsa for less than $4. It's fuel.
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The next major content update for World of Warcraft arrives tomorrow and it's called Siege of Orgrimmar.
If you play the game religiously then you'll more than likely have tested content on the PTR and be right up to speed with all the new goodies. For those who have been paying a little less attention, Blizzard released a 5.4 patch preview video today covering some of the new features including The Timeless Isle and the rewards it holds, The Siege of Orgrimmar raid with it's fourteen bosses, a new "flexible" mode group, proving grounds and more.
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Glenn Beck just had Marcus Luttrell on reporting on what happened to him recently.
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Teen punks murder Navy Seal Marcus Luttrell's dog - The Unofficial Opie and Anthony Message Board - Wackbag.com
It makes me sick that these punks would do this to ANYBODY's pet! But, it bothers me even more that this young hero should have to experience this kind of garbage. I can't even say what I'm thinking right now.Marcus Luttrell is a Navy Seal, and winner of the Navy Cross. He is also the author of Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10.
He called into Glenn Beck recently to report on the killing of his dog by some teen punks who were out shooting dogs for the fun of it.
One caller called to ask if Beck had an update.
GLENN: Yes, I do. Yes, I do. Marcus Luttrell is the lone survivor. He was part of the SEAL team. It was the biggest battle any SEAL in SEAL history. He was the only survivor. He lost his whole team. He was then taken by Al Qaeda and the Taliban and he was tortured beyond your wildest imagination and there they held him for a while. He's been sick. He still hasn't recovered from all of the things that they did to him and so he just has he's always in for his back and surgery and everything else.
On Thursday I believe it was, Wednesday or Thursday about 1:00 a.m., Marcus is a guy who doesn't sleep anymore at night. He sleeps during the daytime. And about 1:00 he happened to be awake and he heard a gunshot. He lives on a ranch with his mother in Texas. He grabs his gun and he goes outside. There he sees, I believe it was four. It may be three but I believe it was four young men 18 to 24 years old, all of them, where they had just shot his dog. Marcus' dog is named Dasy. Each letter represents D A S Y represents one of the fallen members of his team. It was given to him in recovery to help him through the recovery process. This dog means everything to Marcus. Marcus had his gun and he took it out and he put it right between the eyes of one of the guys. He was standing away from them, pointed right between the eyes. Now, here's a SEAL team member who is wildly, he's just, he is having trouble, man. He is still recovering from his injuries. He had just gotten out of surgery. He's standing there with a gun between the guy's eyes. He doesn't fire. All four and he's just saying, "You killed my dog." They executed his dog. "You killed my dog. Why would you do that?" They run. They get into his car. Marcus gets into his truck, chases them over four counties, finally runs them into a ditch. He calls the Rangers. The Texas Rangers arrive and these guys, when the Texas Rangers are taking these guys away, Marcus has held them there by a gun. As the Rangers are taking these guys away, they're threatening Marcus' life and saying, "When we get out, we're coming for you next. First it was your dog. It's going to be you next. You don't know who you're messin' with." That's when Marcus kind of snapped just a little bit and said to the Ranger, "Excuse me, ranger, do you know who I am?" He said, "Yes, sir, Mr. Luttrell, I do." He said, "You might want to explain to these punks because I could have killed them 600 different ways and if I wanted to kill you guys after what you would have done what you just did to my dog, I would have pulled you down into my basement and I would have tortured you for days and you wouldn't have died until you begged me for death. So before you start saying you're going to come after me, you better learn who you've just whose dog you just killed."
They get into jail. These four punks have been killing dogs in Marcus' county now for a month, for joys, joy rides and kicks. Tonight Marcus is going to be on television and he's going to tell the story, and I'm showing the pictures of these dirtbags. And I want you to call PETA, I want you to call every activist you know. I want you to hear the story of a hero whose dog was executed. In all of the times that everybody is saying, oh, guns gotta be taken off the streets, you gun nuts. Here's a responsible gun owner that with everything he's gone through, everything that that dog means, these dirtbags come and kill his dog. He could have killed them all. He probably would have enjoyed it, justifiably so and he didn't because he's an American hero. Keep him in your prayers.


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Friday, April 12, 2013 My sabbatical
To the editor: In response to your editorial (Foster's, April 8) and other commentaries, I would like to weigh in on my personal experience with sabbaticals.
During my sabbatical I visited forests in the western United States and a variety of tropical forests in Costa Rica. I wove the experiences into the classes that I taught. Forests everywhere yield, as well wood products and medicines, a great variety of ecosystem services.
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To the editor: The tragic events in Texas this week where a student stabbed 14 other students puts a spotlight on a major flaw in the big push for solutions to stem violence such as the Newtown, CT killings. I hear a lot from the administration about assault weapons and large ammunition clips. But very little if anything about how society identifies and deals with the mentally unstable.
So where is the national push for mental illness identification and treatment as a root cause measure? Man has always found materials to wreck havoc on his fellow man since the caveman picked up a branch and hit his fellow cave dweller. It would seem to me that the real solution is to identify those in the population that have a propensity to do so and to deal with those urges through treatment. |


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No Trivia Remembers Adam Yauch
In memory of the MC, feminist, filmmaker, beer-chugger
Singling out Adam "MCA" Yauch from the rest of the Beastie Boys because he died today is weird. Like most great rap crews, the Beasties had a way of bouncing off one another, trading bars, and interrupting each other's rhymes that made them feel like an inextricable trio. But Yauch, a Buddhist, appeared to be the guiding force in turning the group from hilarious, annoying pricks to hilarious, enlightened, annoying pricks. As so many others have reminded you today, on "Sure Shot" from 1994's Ill Communication, Yauch rapped these poignant, ballsy lines: "I wanna say a little something that's long overdue / The disrespect to women has got to be through / To all the mothers and the sisters and the wives and friends / I want to offer my love and respect to the end."
There's nothing cloying or back-patting about what he's saying or how he's saying it. Like all of Yauch's humanitarian work, it felt natural and sincere. The reverberations of that aside, though, were massive and worthy of some grandstanding. For kids around my age and a little older, who, whether we knew it or not, digested Riot Grrl by way of Kim Gordon, Courtney Love, and Tami from Real World: Los Angeles, MCA's brash aside was one more thing to convince regular-ass dudes of my generation that feminism was not only cool, but just plain fucking reasonable. "Sure Shot" is the album opener, which adds even more weight to Yauch's words, and on the next song, the Beasties reject meathead masculinity via hardcore lark "Tough Guy," about elbow-throwing whiteboy Bill Laimbeer. Notice how it never gets too serious. Patriarchal challenges sit comfortably next to references to Cheech Wizard and basketball in-jokes.
Yauch just had the most commanding voice in the group — a pissed-off rasp that added some weight to the group's album-length dives into pop-culture detritus and the Old School. Listen to how he keeps up with Nas on 2011's "Too Many Rappers" from The Hot Sauce Committee Part 2. He still had it! His best pure rapping moment, though, might be from the Isley Brothers' "That Lady Pt. 1 & 2" swirl of "A Year and a Day," part four of "B-Boy Bouillabaisse" off 1989's Paul's Boutique. Wrapping his lyrics around Ernie Isley's Big Muff guitar whine, Yauch starts and doesn't let up, double-timing rhymes to the manic cutting and scratching underneath. Thankfully, the 20th anniversary edition of Paul's Boutique finally sliced the song into its parts so you can jump right to his casual virtuosity.
And listen to the way Yauch bounds back into "So What Cha Want" when he raps, "But little do you know about something that I talk about / I'm tired of driving, it's due time that I walk about / But in the meantime, I'm wise to the demise / I've got eyes in the back of my head, so I realize." A second later, Ad-Rock says something equally nonsensical — some rhyming-for-the-sake-of-riddling about Dr. Spock — but it somehow feels lighter than when Yauch does it. Maybe it's just the mourning talking here, but listening to the Beasties this afternoon made me realize how much of the time I was just waiting for MCA to step up for a few lines and kick the song to the next level.
Yauch was also a filmmaker — a legit filmmaker. He directed many of the Beastie's best videos as Nathaniel Hornblower (who made a legendary stage bumrush in disguise in support of Spike Jonze's "Sabotage," which lost to R.E.M.'s sad-sack Fellini flip "Everybody Hurts" at the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards); founded the production company Oscilloscope Laboratories (responsible for releasing Bellflower, A Film Unfinished, The Unloved, and Wendy & Lucy, just to name a few of my favorites); and he made the documentaries Awesome I Fuckin' Shot That, a crowd-sourced Beasties concert film, and the basketball love letter, Gunnin' for That #1 Spot.
Gunnin' For That #1 Spot is thoughtful, ecstatically flashy street-ball documentary that profiles eight of 2006's highest-ranked high-school players and follows them to the "Boost Mobile Elite 24 Hoops Classic" in Harlem's legendary Rucker Park. Imagine a less condescending Hoop Dreams meets one of those AND1 video mixtapes, but way more awesome, and you'll get the picture. All that matters in the movie is basketball, right then and there, and it's all lovingly filmed with simple, kinetic camerawork and scored with of-the-moment rap hits like the Game's "Hate It Or Love It." It's the rare, smart sports doc that its subjects might actually enjoy.
Still, the image of Yauch, with fuzzy five o'clock shadow, in a leather jacket, stealing a beer from some pencil-necked dweeb, then chugging it, turning, and spitting it in the face of some douche in a beret from the "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)" is particularly vivid. An animated gif of it is clogging up my Tumblr dashboard. As it should be. That's important too.


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Johor Bahru
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Johor Bahru جوهر بهرو 新山 ஜொகூர் பாரு |
City | ||
Bandaraya Johor Bahru | ||
Clockwise from top:
Night view of Johor Bahru, Sultan Ibrahim Building, Tebrau Highway & Johor–Singapore Causeway |
Nickname(s): JB, Bandaraya Selatan (Southern City) |
Motto: Berkhidmat, Berbudaya, Berwawasan (English: "Servicing, Cultured, Visionary") |
Location of Johor Bahru in Peninsular Malaysia | ||
Location of Johor Bahru in Malaysia | ||
Coordinates: 1°29′N 103°44′E / 1.483°N 103.733°ECoordinates: 1°29′N 103°44′E / 1.483°N 103.733°E | ||
Country | Malaysia | |
State | Johor | |
Administrative Areas |
Establishment | 10 March 1855 (as Tanjung Puteri) |
Granted city status | 1 January 1994 | |
Founded by | Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | Haji Ismail bin Karim | |
• Council | Johor Bahru City Council | |
• Council Members |
Area | ||
• City | 647.63 km2 (250.05 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 36.88 m (121.00 ft) | |
Population (2010) | ||
• Density | 735/km2 (1,900/sq mi) | |
• Metro | 1,700,000 | |
Time zone | MST (UTC+8) | |
• Summer (DST) | Not observed (UTC) | |
Area code(s) | 07 | |
Website | www |
Johor Bahru (also spelled Johor Baharu, Johor Baru,[nb 1] or Johore Bahru; abbreviated as JB) is the capital city of Johor in southern Malaysia, located north of Singapore. Johor Bahru is the southernmost city on the Eurasian mainland.[2] Pasir Pelangi, the royal village, is located within Johor Bahru.
In 2010 the city (Areas administrated by Johor Bahru City Council) had a population of 497,097,[3] while the third largest metropolitan area in Malaysia, Johor Bahru, also known as Iskandar Malaysia, had a population of 1,455,389.[1]
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The city council administers the highly developed southern central coast of the metropolitan area, with a total area of 185 square kilometres (71 sq mi). It is situated on the Straits of Johor (also known as the Straits of Tebrau), which separate Malaysia and Singapore. Metropolitan Johor Bahru occupies extensive coastal land, consisting of ecologically rich swamp lands and important river systems such as Sungai Johor, Sungai Pulai and Sungai Tebrau. It's is the third largest metropolitan area in Malaysia after Greater Kuala Lumpur and Greater Penang. With Singapore it forms a transnational urban area of about 7.2 million people.
Founding years (1855-1866)[edit]
Johor Bahru was founded in 1855 when the sovereign ruler of Johor, Temenggong Daeng Ibrahim, established his administrative headquarters there. That time Johor Bahru was known as Tanjung Puteri تنجوڠ ڤوتري, a small Malay fishing village. Temenggong Ibrahim renamed Tanjung Puteri as Iskandar Puteri إسكندر ڤوتري in 1858;[4] His son and successor, yr Puteri during the grand opening of Istana Besar Johor on 1 January 1866.[5][6]
Redevelopment of modern Johor Bahru[edit]
Johor Bahru quickly expanded into a town under Abu Bakar's direction. Many of the town's buildings were constructed during Abu Bakar's reign, notably the State Mosque, Istana Besar, and the Menteri Besar's residence—many of which were built by Wong Ah Fook, a Toisanese-Chinese contractor who became a close patron of Abu Bakar.[7] The town also saw an influx of Chinese immigrants.[8]
Under Sultan Ibrahim's reign, Johor Bahru continued to develop; the Malay Peninsula railway extension was completed in 1909,[9] and the completion of the Causeway in 1923 linked the railway and road systems between Singapore and Malay Peninsula.[10] Johor Bahru developed at a modest rate between the First and Second World Wars. The state secretariat building—Sultan Ibrahim Building—was completed in 1940 as the British colonial government attempted to streamline the state's administration.[11]
World War II[edit]
The Japanese army invaded Johor Bahru on 31 January 1942, during the Battle of Malaya; the Sultan's residence at Istana Bukit Serene became the Japanese military's preparatory base for their conquest of Singapore.[12]
After World War II[edit]
Shortly after the war ended in 1946, Johor Bahru became a hotspot for Malay nationalism in the state. Onn Jaafar, a local politician who later became the Menteri Besar of Johor, formed the United Malay National Organisation in May 1946 after the Malays expressed widespread disenchantment with the British government for granting lax citizenship laws to non-Malays.[13]
Johor Bahru expanded in size from the 1960s onwards. During the 1970s and 1980s, new townships and industrial estates were built in villages and hamlets north and east of Johor Bahru, such as Tebrau and Plentong.[14] By the early 1990s, Johor Bahru had considerably expanded in size, and was officially granted recognition as a city on 1 January 1994. Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru, the city council, was formed and the city's current main square, Dataran Bandaraya Johor Bahru, was constructed to commemorate this event.[15]
A central business district was developed in the centre of the city from the mid-1990s in the area around Jalan Wong Ah Fook and the Johor-Singapore Causeway. The state and federal government channelled considerable funds for the development of the city—particularly more so after 2006, when the Iskandar Malaysia development region blueprint was formalised.[16] Johor government decided to moved their administrative headquarters since 1859 from Bukit Timbalan to Nusajaya, Gelang Patah, and renames it as Kota Iskandar.[4]
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The Johor Bahru metropolitan area covers several districts and is jointly managed by the following local councils:
The population is 47.5 percent Malay, 34.2 percent Chinese, 9.0 percent Indian, 0.6 percent other minorities and 8.7 percent non-citizens.[18] The Malays are chiefly descended from Riau Malay and Javanese stock.[19]
The Chinese community is represented by several dialect groups: Teochew, Hakka, Hokkien, Cantonese, Hainanese, Hokchew (Foochow) and Hokchia (Fuqing) are the various dialect groups represented in Johor Bahru. Teochew was the lingua franca of the Chinese community until the 1970s, and a large proportion of the Chinese trace their ancestry to the Chaoshan region.[20] Economic development from the 1970s brought many people of Chinese ancestry, generally from other dialect groups, from other parts of the state to resettle in Johor.[21]
The Indian community consists of Tamils, Malayalees, Telugus, Punjabis,[citation needed] and other smaller groups, and includes a large number of migrants from states like Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Penang, and Kedah, lured by the availability of jobs in manufacturing and services in Johor Bahru and Singapore.[citation needed]
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The presence of Singapore-owned companies and tourists is significant. Johor Bahru's many shopping complexes cater to tourists from Singapore who visit the city for shopping and entertainment, taking advantage of the stronger Singapore dollar. As such, Johor Bahru's retail scene is highly developed for a city of its size. The main shopping districts are located within the city, with a number of large shopping malls located in the suburbs.[22][not in citation given]
Johor Bahru enjoys a close economic relationship with Singapore. A large number of residents in Johor Bahru work in Singapore, where salaries for equivalent jobs are higher than in Malaysia. This is partially because of the strong Singapore dollar, which was worth about 2.47 Malaysian Ringgit as of 16 July 2011[ref]. For the same reason, many Singaporeans live in Johor Bahru or visit the city for shopping, entertainment, and dining. Many Singaporeans own property, businesses, and factories in Johor Bahru.[23][24][unreliable source?]
Climate data for Johor Bahru | |||||||||||||
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 31.0 (87.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.8 (91) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.1 (89.8) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.81 (89.25) |
Average low °C (°F) | 21.9 (71.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.9 (73.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.51 (72.51) |
Precipitation mm (inches) | 162.6 (6.402) |
139.8 (5.504) |
203.4 (8.008) |
232.8 (9.165) |
215.3 (8.476) |
148.1 (5.831) |
177.0 (6.969) |
185.9 (7.319) |
190.8 (7.512) |
217.7 (8.571) |
237.6 (9.354) |
244.5 (9.626) |
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Tourism is one of the most important factors for Johor Bahru's economic growth. Johor Bahru is easily reached from Singapore, and receives 49.9 percent of the country's annual 22.5 million foreign tourists via its bridges and road links to Singapore.[citation needed]
- Sultan Abu Bakar State Mosque
- Sultan Abu Bakar Royal Palace Museum
- Sultan Ibrahim Building
- Dataran Bandaraya Johor Bahru
- Johor Bahru Chinese Heritage Museum
- Johor Bahru Kwong Siew Heritage
- Johor Bahru Old Chinese temple
- Arulmigu Sri Rajakaliamman Hindu Temple
- Sri Raja Mariamman Hindu Temple
- Danga Bay
- Johor Bahru Zoo
- Jalan Tan Hiok Nee Cultural Street
Theme Park[edit]
- Danga World is a theme park located in Danga Bay, Johor Bahru.
- Legoland Malaysia is a theme park that has opened in Nusajaya, Johor, Malaysia on 15 September 2012 with over 40 interactive rides, shows and attractions. It is the first Legoland theme park in Asia upon its establishment.
- Puteri Harbour Family Theme Park [25] is a 4-level family theme park with mixed of hotel, retail and entertainment complex. Puteri Harbour Family Theme Park is opening mid-November 2012.[26]
- Angry Birds Activity Park is an indoor theme park located in KOMTAR JBCC
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There are a number of shopping malls located within Johor Bahru city centre, such as Johor Bahru City Square, Galleria @ Kotaraya, and KOMTAR Johor Bahru City Centre (KOMTAR @ JBCC) which currently under renovation.[citation needed]
Internal network[edit]
The Johor Bahru Central Business District (Daerah Sentral Johor Bahru) is located at the southern tip of the metropolitan area. Two major highways link the district to outlying suburbs: Tebrau Highway to the northeast, and Skudai Highway to the northwest. Pasir Gudang Highway and the connecting Johor Bahru Parkway cross Tebrau Highway and Skudai Highway, and serve as the middle ring road of the metropolitan area.[27][not in citation given]
The Johor Bahru Inner Ring Road, which connects with the Sultan Iskandar customs complex, aids in controlling the traffic in and around the central business district.[28]
Issues with transportation congestion are currently[when?] being addressed under the Iskandar Development Region master plan.
Intercity network[edit]
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Access to the national expressway system is possible via the North-South Expressway.
The Johor-Singapore Causeway links the city to Singapore with a six-lane road and a railway line terminating at the Southern Integrated Gateway, constructed in 2008. The Malaysia-Singapore Second Link, located west of the metropolitan area, was constructed in 1997 to alleviate congestion on the Causeway. It is linked directly to the Second Link Expressway, Johor Bahru Parkway, Johor Bahru railway station, and the North-South Expressway.
Airport, seaports, train and bus stations[edit]
Johor Bahru is served by Senai International Airport, located 35 km north-west of the city center. Currently, there are five airlines - Air Asia, Firefly, Malaysia Airlines, Malindo Air and Xpress Air - provide scheduled, passenger flights, internationally and domestically.
To the west of the metropolitan area, in Nusajaya, is the Port of Tanjung Pelepas, which currently ranks as Malaysia's largest container port since 2004, and ranked as 16th busiest container ports in the world in 2010.
Johor Port is located on the eastern side of the metropolitan area in the industrial area of Pasir Gudang. It is the country's most important commodity and mineral resources seaport, as Johor is home to a large number of major commercial plantations, and Pasir Gudang is home to a majority of Malaysia's resources refineries.[29]
Larkin Bus & Taxi Terminal, 5 km northwest of the city center, has direct bus services to and from many destinations in West Malaysia, Hat Yai in Thailand and Singapore. The Johor Bahru Sentral railway station has direct train services to various destinations in West Malaysia and Singapore.
In addition, Singapore's seaports and airport also serve Johor Bahru's transportation or logistics needs, as they are less than an hour's drive from the city.
University / College[edit]
- Southern University College
- Crescendo International College
- Raffles University Iskandar (RUI)
- Sunway College Johor Bahru
- University Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
- Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia
- Open University Malaysia @ Johor Learning Centre
- University of Southampton Malaysia (USMC)
- University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)
- Politeknik Ibrahim Sultan (PIS)
High School[edit]
- Foon Yew High School
- English College Johore Bahru ( Maktab Sultan Abu Bakar )
- Sekolah Dato Jaafar
- Sekolah Tun Fatimah
- Sekolah Engku Tun Aminah
- Infant Jesus Convent Johore Bahru
- Sultan Ibrahim Girl School
- Maahad Johor Bahru
- Sekolah Menengah Teknik Johor Bahru
- Marlborough College Malaysia
- SMK Indahpura 1
- SMK Sultan Ismail Johor Bahru
The mainstream newspapers in Johor include English dailies: The Star, New Straits Times, The Sun, The Edge, The Malaysian Reserve and The Malay Mail; Malay dailies: Berita Harian, Utusan Malaysia, Harian Metro and Kosmo!; Chinese dailies: Kwong Wah Yit Poh, Sin Chew Daily, China Press, Nanyang Siang Pau and Oriental Daily News; and Tamil dailies such: Tamil Nesan, Malaysia Nanban and Makkal Osai. All of them are in national circulation.
Singaporean newspapers are restricted in Malaysia for censorship purposes. Newspapers affected include English dailies: The Straits Times, Today, The New Paper, Business Times, Good Paper and Tabla!; Malay dailies: Berita Harian and Berita Minggu; Chinese dailies: zbCOMMA, Lianhe Zaobao, Lianhe Wanbao, My Paper, Shin Min Daily News and Thumbs Up; and Tamil dailies: Tamil Murasu.
Johor Bahru hosts two football clubs that plays in M-League. Football is the most popular sport in Johor Bahru. Johor Darul Takzim and Johor FA are well-known football clubs in Malaysia. They are major competitors in both the M-League.
There are several public football stadiums in Johor Bahru:
Johor Bahru has a private radio station; (Best.FM), and government radio RTM; (Johor.FM).
Urban development[edit]
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The city has completed a number of urban development projects aimed at making the city centre friendlier to pedestrians:
- Legaran Segget, or Segget Walk, was constructed.
- Laman Tun Sri Lanang, a small park in the heart of the city, was constructed.
International relations[edit]
Twin towns – Sister cities[edit]
Johor Bahru is twinned with:
- Shenzhen, China[30][31][32]
- Kuching, Malaysia[33]
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia[citation needed]
- Singapore[citation needed]
- Istanbul, Turkey[citation needed]
- Detroit, Michigan, United States[citation needed]
- Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
See also[edit]
- Johor Bahru landmarks
- Daerah Sentral Johor Bahru
- Malaysia–Singapore Second Link
- Southern Integrated Gateway
- Iskandar Malaysia
- ^ Baru means "new" and Johor means "Jewel" in Malay language.
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- ^ "Hotels in Johore Bahru". Asia Rooms.com. Retrieved 24 June 2006.
- ^ "Key Summary Statistics For Local Authority Areas, Malaysia 2010". Department of Statistics, Malaysia. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
- ^ a b 文史杂话:谈新山名称的由来--(上), Teo Li Meng, 15 August 2010, 东南亚华文资料中心, retrieved 11 December 2012
- ^ Lim (2002), p. 61
- ^ Ismail, Fauziah (8 February 2009). "A Physical Symbol of Loyalty and Posterity". Johor Streets: Reaching Out. New Straits Times Press. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ^ Lim (2002), p. 99
- ^ Lim (2002), p. 46.
- ^ Winstedt (1992), p. 141
- ^ Winstedt, A History of Johore, p. 143.
- ^ Oakley (2009), p. 181
- ^ Reid, Richard. "War for the Empire: Malaya and Singapore, Dec 1941 to Feb 1942". Australia-Japan Research Project. Australian War Memorial.
- ^ Bakar, Aznan (10 May 2008). "Kembali Kepada Rakyat" [Back To The People]. Utusan Melayu (in Standard Malay).
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- ^ "Johor Bahru–Dataran Bandaraya Johor Bahru". Portal Rasmi Kerajaan Negeri Johor Darul Ta'zim. Retrieved 28 February 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Rancangan Malaysia Kesembilan" [The Ninth Malaysia Plan]. Pusat Maklumat Rakyat (in Standard Maylay). 14 November 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ^ "Taburan Penduduk dan Ciri-ciri Asas Demografi". Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia. p. 11. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ Taburan dan Ciri-ciri Asas Demografi 2010 (Report). Department of Statistics, Malaysia.
- ^ Guinness (1992), "In 1931 the 'Malayan' (Malay) population of Johor Bahru District, into which Mukim Plentong had been absorbed, comprised 10,990 (55 per cent) Malays and 6,641 (33 per cent) Javanese in a total of 19,822." p. 30
- ^ Tan, Ben (28 February 2010). "Keep Dialects And Culture Alive". New Straits Times (Malaysia: New Straits Times Press). p. 22. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ^ Lee, Yongqiu. 汕头大学图书馆潮汕特藏网 [Chaozhou cultural heritage of a temple]. Shantou University Library—Chaoshan special collection (in Chinese). Shantou University. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ^ Ibrahim, Rohani (7 September 2007). "Kuan Yew didesak tarik balik kenyataan" [Kuan Yew urged to retract statement]. Utusan Malaysia (in Standard Maylay). Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ^ Musa, Zazali (2 February 2009). "Shopping haven in Iskandar Malaysia". The Star (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Star Publications). Retrieved 19 December 2010.
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- ^ 2005 Annual Report (Report). Johor Port Berhad. 253394-D. Retrieved 3 March 2009.[dead link]
- ^ 友好城市 (Friendly cities), 市外办 (Foreign Affairs Office), 22 March 2008. (Translation by Google Translate.)
- ^ 国际友好城市一览表 (International Friendship Cities List), 20 January 2011. (Translation by Google Translate.)
- ^ 友好交流 (Friendly exchanges), 13 September 2011. (Translation by Google Translate.)
- ^ "Kuching bags one of only two coveted 'Tourist City Award' in Asia". The Star. Archived from the original on 4 June 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- Guinness, Patrick (1992). On the Margin of Capitalism: People and development in Mukim Plentong, Johor, Malaysia. South-East Asian social monographs. Singapore: Oxford University Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-19-588556-9. OCLC 231412873.
- Lim, Patricia Pui Huen (2002). Wong Ah Fook: Immigrant, Builder and Entrepreneur. Singapore: Times Editions. ISBN 978-981-232-369-9. OCLC 52054305.
- Oakley, Mat; Brown, Joshua Samuel (2009). Singapore: city guide. Footscray, Victoria, Australia: Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-74104-664-9. OCLC 440970648.
- Winstedt, Richard Olof; Kim, Khoo Kay (1992). A History of Johore, 1365–1941. M. B. R. A. S. Reprints (6) (Reprint ed.). Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. ISBN 978-983-99614-6-1. OCLC 255968795.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Johor Bahru. |
- Official site of Johor Bahru City Council
- Johor Bahru travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Johor Bahru online
- Johor Bahru Events


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Emerging Markets ESG: How would you define socially responsible investment (SRI)?
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Emerging Markets ESG: What distinguishes SRI from mainstream investment?
Peter Clifford: It's probably now over-simplistic to draw a neat distinction between SRI and mainstream investment, although there will always be a place for 'niche' investment products that are specifically marketed as SRI or ethical, especially in the retail investor and mutual fund segments of the market. In the institutional investor and wealth management sector, ESG issues have begun to enter the mainstream DNA as a normal part of good investment practice and fiduciary duty. Although there is still tremendous variability in the extent and implementation of this 'mainstreaming', the pace of change and the business drivers behind it point towards a fundamental shift in long-term investment practice, rather than a temporary trend or 'bubble'. Rather than talking about 'SRI versus mainstream', it's probably now more relevant to look at the relevance of ESG issues to different investment strategies and asset classes.
Emerging Markets ESG: Which extra-financial theme – environmental, social or governance – is the most challenging for companies in emerging markets to manage?
Peter Clifford: Generalizations have to be treated with caution. Every emerging market is different and so are the ESG issues that are most important. International investors often struggle with this when looking at numerous emerging markets from far away. Exchanges play an important role by facilitating better knowledge of the country-specific ESG investment climate and strengthening the ESG information environment. Speaking generally, however, corporate governance issues have the longest history and are the most deeply embedded both in investors' awareness and in the consciousness of listed companies. Environmental criteria, especially climate change and water, are arguably amongst the most important long-term planning challenges for emerging market companies. Social issues – such as labor standards and land rights – are often the ESG issues that have the most potential for causing short-term crises.
Emerging Markets ESG: Which extra-financial theme – environmental, social or governance – is the most challenging for investors in emerging markets to analyze?
Peter Clifford: Good fishermen have good instincts where to catch fish, and the others try to follow the good ones. Investing is similar. Once a particular method or strategy pays off, it creates momentum. What I hear from investors is that they are interested not only in how companies can comply with ESG metrics or respond to questionnaires, but also they hope to hear from companies how these issues are rooted in the strategy of the company and how they provide the company with an advantage over their peer group. But I go back to my previous remark: the biggest challenge for foreign investors is probably to manage the diversity of ESG issues across different emerging markets, rather than the differences of the three extra-financial themes. For local investors, the ESG analysis challenge is probably more about using the information in practice to differentiate between companies in stock markets that are often dominated by a relatively small number of industries and companies.
Emerging Markets ESG: Stock exchanges played a major role in implementing corporate governance codes. What can stock exchanges do to promote listed companies' reporting on environmental and social indicators?
Peter Clifford: Core activities for all stock exchanges include promoting their listed companies; developing their markets; and standardizing information. Improving corporate ESG disclosure is an important aspect of each of these goals, and many exchanges have already been working on this successfully for several years. Exactly how exchanges go about this varies, depending on the regulatory framework and other country-specific factors. The World Federation of Exchange's September 2010 report, Exchanges, ESG and Investment Decisions, provides a comprehensive overview of the different strategies and initiatives our members are taking. Many emerging market exchanges have introduced sustainability indices to increase access to ESG information and strengthen corporate ESG disclosure practices. Exchanges have also integrated ESG disclosure into corporate governance guidelines for listed companies, and in some markets the regulators have formalized this through listing rules and/or company law. Several exchanges – and WFE itself - are actively involved with international initiatives such as the Global Reporting Initiative, the Carbon Disclosure Project, the International Integrated Reporting Committee, the UN Principles for Responsible Investment, and international accounting and auditing standards. At the same time, exchanges (and regulators) are heavily involved in post-crisis financial stability and regulatory reform initiatives, and so it's important to recognize that ESG reporting is just one of many priorities on the table. To some extent, the momentum of exchange-led efforts to promote corporate ESG reporting depends on investor demand and feedback from companies on how analysts are actually using the information being generated.
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Capcom unveiled 5 new characters to the game earlier this year at EVO 2013, and also announced that there will be six new stages and, improved gameplay, altered in response to loyal player feedback.
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With multiple degrees, awards and board certifications, Joanna L. Drowos, DO, MPH, understands her priorities and works hard to achieve her goals. Because she built up her credentials at the onset of her career, she had more options and bargaining power when seeking a position that would allow her more time with her two young children.
Through a dual-degree program at the Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine (NSU-COM) in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Dr. Drowos earned her MPH degree in 2002 and her DO degree in 2004. Four years later, she received an MBA with a concentration in health care administration.
While going to business school, Dr. Drowos completed a preventive medicine residency through the Palm Beach (Fla.) County Health Department in 2006 and a family medicine residency at Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale in 2008. She holds two AOA board certifications, in preventive medicine and family medicine. And she's certified by the American Board of Medical Quality.
For nearly three years, Dr. Drowos worked for the Palm Beach County Health Department as the medical director of the Riviera Beach (Fla.) Health Center, a position she found professionally satisfying but too demanding to allow for work-family balance.
In July 2011, she joined the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine in Boca Raton part time as an assistant professor of clinical biomedical science. She also serves as the director of medical education for the dually accredited preventive medicine residency program she trained in.
An AOA health policy fellow, Dr. Drowos is active in the AOA and the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and serves on the Board of Trustees of the American Osteopathic College of Occupational and Preventive Medicine.
Following is an edited interview with Dr. Drowos.
What made you decide to go into academia?
I have two children under the age of 2. Being a mom and a wife are the most important things I do. As much as I loved my role as the medical director of one of the Palm Beach County Health Department's safety-net health centers, the work was very intense and I had a lot of responsibility. Because I spent so much time at work, I felt like I was missing out on my children being babies. Even when I came home at the end of the day, I couldn't relax and enjoy my kids because I felt the pressure of having so many tasks that still needed to be taken care of. It was just too much.
"I couldn't relax and enjoy my kids because I felt the pressure of having so many tasks that still needed to be taken care of."
Dr. Drowos
So I decided to leave that position when the chance came up to teach part time at the new medical school in our community. I'm lucky that I don't have to be the breadwinner in my family. I work because I enjoy it.
For me, being able to join FAU's medical school has been an amazing opportunity. Getting in on the ground floor means that I am helping to shape the curriculum and develop programs. And I also have been able to create my own job to some extent.
I work 30 hours per week, spending half the time in the classroom and half on administrative duties. I can do a lot of the administrative work at night after my children go to bed. As long as I get everything done that I need to each day, I'm able to have some flexibility so I can spend time with my kids when they are awake.
I love that I can get up with my kids in the morning and put them to bed every night. And I get to take breaks periodically during the week to do fun activities with them.
Because of my own pursuit of work-life balance, I relate to my students. When I look at the priorities of medical students today, I see a whole generation of future physicians for whom lifestyle will be incredibly important. These individuals want to have families and they want to have time for themselves.
Given your family commitments, why did you decide to resign from your medical director position but continue to serve as a DME?
The program is the only AOA-approved preventive medicine residency. Not a lot of DOs are board certified in preventive medicine, and there are very few of us in Florida. As an alumna of the program, I fell into the role of DME because I have the required certification.
I am committed to ensuring that the residency continues to succeed. The program, which is also accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, has been around since the 1950s. I'm honored to be involved with it. The program trains most of the public health leaders in our community and many around the country. The residency focuses on all of the preventive medicine competencies, which include epidemiology, biostatistics, health policy, health administration, clinical preventive medicine and occupational medicine.
You attended medical school and trained in Florida and then practiced and now teach in the state. Are you originally from Florida? What keeps you from seeking opportunities in other states?
I'm from Toronto, but I've lived in Florida since 1993, when I was in high school. My parents felt that there would be more opportunities for my brother and me in the U.S. My husband's family lives in Florida as well.
Family being so important to us, my husband and I love that our children are growing up with their grandparents across the street and aunts, uncles and cousins right down the road. So I don't see us leaving this area.
I've been fortunate that there are so many opportunities in this part of Florida. This is largely because of Nova Southeastern being here and opening so many doors for osteopathic physicians. I owe a lot of what I've achieved to NSU-COM. In addition to my DO and MPH degrees, my residencies in preventive medicine and family medicine were made possible because of Nova Southeastern's support of those programs.
You did a pediatrics-tracked internship. Why didn't you serve a pediatrics residency?
I went into that internship thinking that I would stay and finish the residency and become a pediatrician. To me, pediatrics is the greatest preventive specialty you can choose. But once I was in the program, I realized that I wanted to take care of adults as well as children. That's why I transitioned to preventive medicine and ultimately to family medicine. Family medicine gives you the opportunity to take care of everybody.
When did you decide to become a physician and specifically a DO?
I had wanted to become a physician since I was a young child in Canada. My dad's younger sister is an MD, and she was a role model for me. Canada still has very few U.S.-trained osteopathic physicians, so I didn't know anything about osteopathic medicine when I was growing up.
When I was getting my undergraduate degree as a premed majoring in biology, chemistry and English, I interviewed for an accelerated MD program. I didn't have the best experience during that interview. I felt the medical school was too focused on my coursework and grades.
I remember the interviewer asking me why I received an A- in physics instead of an A. I looked at him and said, "I guess I missed one more question on the exam." I felt the school had no personal interest in me, that it was interested in training physicians just to be robots—to be highly intelligent but non-feeling.
When I went back to the premed adviser and gave her that feedback, she said to me, "Why don't you look at osteopathic medical schools? Their philosophy is completely different."
Because I didn't know anything about DOs, I started doing research on the profession and felt that the philosophies that drive osteopathic medicine are very much in line with who I am as an individual. So osteopathic medicine was definitely the right choice for me.
Enrolling at Nova Southeastern, which allows DO students to earn an MPH degree at the same time for no extra charge, was pivotal for me professionally. When I began medical school, I assumed that I would just go into practice after training. But earning that MPH degree opened my eyes to a whole world beyond clinical medicine.
You obtained four board certifications after training. Are you planning to maintain all of them? And do you recommend that all DO graduates get as many board certifications as they can at the beginning of their careers to broaden their professional opportunities?
"If you have aspirations of leadership or teaching, then the more certifications and other credentials you have, the better. More doors will open for you."
Dr. Drowos
I have already given up my certification as an HIV specialist from the American Academy of HIV Medicine because I'm no longer actively practicing and seeing HIV patients. I'm not eligible to sit for the recertification examination you need to take every two years because HIV guidelines change so often. But I am maintaining my certifications in preventive medicine, family medicine and medical quality.
As to whether new DOs should get as many board certifications as they can, it depends on what they plan to do with their careers. For someone who is planning to go into private practice, I don't know how helpful it would be, though the extra training may be beneficial from the standpoint of acquiring additional skills and keeping current with what is new in medicine. But for somebody who is interested in an administrative position, public health or an academic appointment, credentials become incredibly important.
If you have aspirations of leadership or teaching, then the more certifications and other credentials you have, the better. More doors will open for you.
The school where I'm teaching, for example, has a really impressive faculty. I put in my application wondering how I would stack up against all of these graduates of Ivy League schools. I think the reason FAU was interested in me is that I have all of this broad experience.
The school looked at my credentials and said, "This is a person we can use. She has the family medicine background, the public health and preventive medicine background, and medical quality experience." Those are some of the subject areas I've been asked to teach and address in various administrative duties and faculty committee assignments.
If I had just gotten my DO degree and done a residency, I don't think I would have been hired.
Do you think every DO would benefit from earning an MBA as you did?
Business education is definitely helpful if you are going to be running your own practice or plan to be in an administrative role. I don't think you necessarily need an MBA, but it is beneficial to have coursework that helps you think in a different way. As physicians, we're trained to think as scientists and as clinicians. But in the business world, professionals think very differently because their decisions are financially driven.
On top of your degrees and certifications, you've received more than a dozen awards. Where do you find the motivation to accomplish so much?
I have thought deeply about my priorities. Whether it's a cause I believe in or a career opportunity, I try to get involved only in what is important to me, what I enjoy and what will provide value in the community.
But I've also had to be adaptable. I've sort of rolled with whatever I've needed to roll with to get where I wanted to be.
My advice to other young DOs is to decide what your priorities are and don't compromise on them. And prepare yourself as best as you can so that if Plan A doesn't work out, you have a Plan B.
I'm incredibly fortunate because I'm able to have a job that I love, that I am happy to get up and do every day. I also get plenty of time with my family, which is the most important thing to me.


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PRATT — The Hays Legion baseball team picked up a pair of wins to close its regular season Wednesday.
The Eagles defeated the Pratt 86ers 10-1 in six innings in the opener, then 7-6 in the nightcap to move to 22-6 for the summer.
The Eagles were slated to play the Colorado Baseball Association 17s on Friday and Saturday, but those games were called off as Hays will start play in the Zone 7 Tournament on Tuesday. The Eagles are automatic qualifiers for the state tournament, which will take place in Hays in two weeks, but must play in the zone qualifier for seeding purposes.
In Wednesday's first game, Brady Bieker (3-6) pitched five innings for the victory, giving up one earned run on four Pratt hits. He walked two and struck out one. Chandler went 3 for 4, and Layne Downing, Kade Parker and Marcus Altman each had two hits. Parker and
John Griffith each drove in three runs. Chandler Rule and Downing each scored three runs. Hays led 4-0 after three innings, then scored six through the fifth and sixth innings.
In the nightcap, all the runs were scored through five innings. Hays took a 5-2 lead with a four-run third. Hayden Hutchison (double),
Rule and Parker all had RBIs in the inning. Pratt eventually tied the game with two runs each in the third and fourth innings, before Jake
Sedbrook flew out to right field to drive in the go-ahead sacrifice. Sedbrook had two RBIs in the game along with Hutchison. Parker finished 3 for 4 with an RBI, and Dan Bittel was 3 for 4 with a run scored. Clayton Basgall and Rule each scored twice.
Rule (2-2) picked up the win in two innings of relief of starter Cam Klaus. Downing pitched the final two innings for the save.


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