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Q. You got hurt out there, huh? Talk about what happened.
Just need some rest after.
Q. Seemed like you were a little frustrated after that. In the second set you couldn't move exactly the way you wanted to.
Q. You had beaten him a few times before. Obviously must be disappointing not to do it today.
Q. Was it the same ankle you rolled this time as previous?
Q. Did you do the previous one during a match?
Q. So coming out on the court today, was your right ankle bothering you or were you moving okay from the first ball?
Q. They don't think it's anything serious though?
Q. Obviously disappointing today, but as a whole this week, how do you look at things?
Kind of all just fell on me today. I guess I'm a little tired. I played a lot of matches and only had one day off.
I'm not fully developed yet, but I guess it was all right. I didn't play my best mentally, yeah.
Q. I guess first couple rounds shows you're resilient, right, tough enough to get through that, which should be a positive, no?
Q. Talk about your goals the rest of the year and your schedule coming up.
After that, probably juniors slams, and then ATP the rest of the year.
Q. What about school? How do you manage that? Do you do it online?
Q. You're, what, a sophomore? Junior?
Q. Did you find that tough doing school with all the tennis?
Q. So you're finding a way to pass?
Q. Now subjects you like?
Q. What about the experience of playing on Rod Laver Arena today?
I mean, my first four serves I hit on Rod Laver I shanked them into the ground. I was like, This is ridiculous. So the ball definitely goes up slower and overheads, they just stay in the air I guess because we're a little underground.
Yeah, it's tough.
Q. You had that one good point against him where you returned four overheads and won that point. You remember that?
Q. Was that a first for you, returning four overheads?
Q. No. I guess (indiscernible) is hitting good overheads.


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Thursday, June 30, 2011
MCMC and its '1001' towers
However, the only issue here is which and what type of companies will be awarded such a luxury project? Is it going to be the same 'group of few' and 'close MCMC allies' or to other NSP license holders whose duty is only to pay their high annual fee without being given a chance to build even a single tower?
Numerous complaints were made against the irregularities in which such projects were issued out to MCMC's small number of registered contractors.
I know a few Bumiputera contractors still owing the Commission a few hundred thousands ringgit in NSP license fee, which they got more than five years ago. However, as most projects were awarded to the same companies, the rest are being neglected and only made to pay the fee annually.
NSP license is not cheap. If it costs you RM100,000 a year, you may end up owing MCMC RM500,000 after 5 years although your company fails to get any of the contracts. Its a big sum, you know, especially for the few Bumiputera contractors.
However, I am most impressed that Khalid's speech was read by MCMC Chief Strategy Officer, Datuk Mohamed Sharil Mohamed Tarmizi. What a guy he is! Isn't he the man being 'too close for comfort' with Rais Yatim's special officer DATUK Nazri Abdullah who is still under MACC investigation over the alleged 1Malaysia notebook scam?
Wow! Am I glad that Sharil is back at MCMC again! But who should I congratulate for having such a 'powerful' keyman? Info Minister Rais Yatim or sec-gen Datuk Seri Kamaruddin Siaraf... or Khalid himself?
By the way, it was a good announcement. Let us hope this 1,000 towers would not end up like the 1Malaysia notebook!
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Holy toledo! Nazri is a Dato'!
I think Nazri Abdullah gets a full blessing from the minister himself. Of course it needs the boss himself to recommend him the 'datukship'. While the MACC has gathered enough evidence to implicate him, this anti-corruption agency is also dragging its feet over some reasons I am not able to establish.
And on top of that, a Datuk S who is also being investigated over what is termed by the MACC as his 'involvement' in money laundering, is back at the MCMC. He and Nazri are believed to have clad together in the notebook scandal.
To Nasharuddin Amir, the investigating officer of the MACC, I personally would like a downright answer as to why no action has been taken thus far. As far as I was informed, there were tangible evidence to take this two people in.
I sometimes have doubt in our system. When politics and some 'bosses' are involved, major cases tend to get proper cover-up, right? Or perhaps the MACC is too busy attending to the corruption cases involving dozens of customs officers!
I hate to comment more on the Info Ministry (a former minister used to say that about 70 per cent of the ministry's staff have to be rehabilitated mentally and ethically to enable it be more efficient) but I hope the minister doesnt close an eye on matters like this.
If you got a bad apple, get rid of it before others gobble and swallow it!
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Bersih and Ops Lalang 1987
Although the then Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was against the use of ISA, the police felt it was necessary to carry out such pre-emptive measures. And it really proved effective. Bukit Aman even refused a permit for Umno to hold a 1 November rally of 500,000 members in support of the government policies.
I was in Kampung Baru with other members of the Media when the Malays - at the height of their incense - marched to protest efforts by some quarters to promote Chinese language, culture and education, and other issues such as a proposed development on the Chinese cemetery and the failure of the MCA's Deposit-Taking Cooperative.
Not only the DAP rode on the issue but MCA - led by its deputy president Lee Kim Sai - and some newspapers too were lashing out at the government and the Malays. In the end, apart from the 106 detained, the Home Ministry also revoked the printing permits for The Star, Sin Chew Jit Poh and Watan.
Now, in attending to possible security threat poised by the July 9 Bersih rally, I think the Home Ministry should also act fast before it explodes. Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein and IGP Tan Sri Ismail Omar must discuss another pre-emptive action to tackle it. Should the rally takes place, its consequences could be more damaging than that of 1987.
We should be wary of our university students' involvement. In 1987, they were racially separated over the issue, and their racial sentiments could fly even higher this time.
No doubt that Pas is supporting Bersih this time around - in 1987 they were accusing the churches for mass conversions of the Malays - we cannot discount on any possibility, especially when Perkasa, which is led by Ibrahim Ali who was in 1987 formed the 'Group of 106' will be at a confrontative encounter.
Anybody who holds the Home Minister portfolio should not expect to be popular but instead to be remembered as being most effective and powerful. As a deputy minister then, Tan Sri Megat Junid Megat Ayub was known for his 'enforcing power' and he survived in politics.
Bersih is not only tearing apart the racial harmony we are just about to enjoy under the 1Malaysia concept but is also preying on domestic politics and this is already turning away potential foreign investors.
Although the police have already reprimanded some, they should take in the lead organisers of the planned rally. The Seditious Act is applicable here in order to remand them without having to resort to the ISA package.
The whole nation is now in jeopardy. While Bersih 2.0 destabilises the nation, our citizens (notably in the urban areas) are viewing it as yet another weakness of the government in guaranteeing them of a harmonious and peaceful living.
The Ministry of Information, Communications and Culture too should play its role here. Apart from using its electronic media to remind the people not to take part in any Bersih rally, it is only proper to fully-utilise its 'non-functional' Jabatan Penerangan again by launching a massive anti-Bersih campaign in the rural areas.
For Hisham, its time to act, bro. Put out the fire before it burns all of us!
Monday, June 27, 2011
A sad weekend...
The incident took place around 11pm Friday near the Senawang R&R. They just left our mom's house to go back to their home in Rinching, Semenyih.
I was supposed to meet them but I left for KL at 6.30, missing them by about an hour when they arrived in our kampung. I had to attend an important meeting at 8.30, that was the reason why I couldnt wait.
Five of them were in the car, including her hubby who was driving, their two sons aged 12 and 19 and a 5-year old daughter. I received a call from my eldest sister at 11.20pm and immediately rushed to Seremban.
Her hubby, Razali suffered serious neck injury while Halimaton herself injured her left eye. Miraculously, their daughter Yasmin was not injured. However, their sons Zul, 19 broke his arm, a few fingers and a toe while Faiz, 6, suffered cuts and bruises all over his body, serious head injury and broke his long bone, his arm, shoulder bone and two ribs after being 'thrown' out of the vehicle.
The driver of the other car fled the scene after being chased by other drivers and people who stopped to help the victims.
I was told that the weather was clear and not many cars were on the KL-bound North-South Expressway at that particular time. Witnesses said the other car was driven at high speed and was playing 'chicken' with a few other cars.
I am sure such an accident could be avoided if we are more alert and be more considerate. I just couldnt hold back my emotion when a doctor told us at 4am Saturday, "please pray for his (Faiz) life..."
However, I am taking this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to passers by, the police, the ambulance driver and the doctors, nurses and other hospital personnel who had and are helping them.
I really hope they recover soon, especially Faiz.
Friday, June 24, 2011
The plight of our Press Secretaries
Almost all press secretaries are chosen from among senior journalists in the mainstream media, except for one or two officials from Jabatan Penerangan or even from other private organisations. Journalists usually make good press-sec as compared with those from other sectors.
I know many of them ever since I started my carrier as a cadet reporter back in 1981. Most of them were good, a few made it big while one or two had to turn back to their former employers. A few had died, too.
To me, press secretaries are important people. In many countries, a press-sec holds the key to a President's or a Prime Minister's success in politics and also in introducing certain policies to the constituents. And in many countries too, a press-sec is above any political-secretary (some governments dont even employ political secretaries).
A press-sec does almost everything. Apart from ensuring that his boss gets sufficient media coverage, he also has to strategise his boss' political position. Without a good and proper publicity, his boss may deemed as a 'dead politician'.
Those who found entries to the Prime Minister office are considered the 'very lucky' ones. They are the envious of many other press-secretaries. As far as I can remember, only a few ministers had shown appreciation for their press-secs, travelling together with them in the same official cars and making full use of their professionalism.
One Prime Minister had never left his office without having his press-sec to sit next to him in the car to ensure that both would be able to discuss matters of any function they were about to attend. That's how a press-sec was deeply appreciated.
US President Barack Obama makes it compulsory for his press-sec Robert Gibbs to be with him most of the time and to join him in the same vehicle that takes him wherever he goes. Former Singapore PM Lee Kuan Yew also did the same for his press-sec Yeong Yoon Ying.
However, in the recent years, most ministers would hire a press-sec for the sake of having one. They would not have them in the same car or helicopter. This bosses also like to compare them with others and belittle them in public, treating them like strangers. Some even dont have that level of trust for their own press-secs.
Most ministers nowadays would attend a 'far-away function' which requires them to take a flight, i.e to Kota Bharu, only to be accompanied by their bodyguards and special assistants. His press-sec would be left to drive all the way up, and by the time he arrives, he would already be overcome by fatigue.
I must admit that there are few press-secretaries who fail to function well enough but the bosses didnt make any effort to replace them. However, we must also admit the fact that not all ministers have the brain to hold such portfolios. Some are appointed just to fill up the race quota.
Of course, any press-sec is appointed on a contractual basis but so are a political-sec and a senior private-sec (SUSK). A press-sec does more work than any pol-sec and SUSK but the gap in salary doesnt commensurate with such loads. I know a few journalists who once received a monthly salary of between RM6,000 and RM8,000 had to settle for an offer of RM5,000 or less as a press-sec. A press-sec to the PM or DPM should get higher pay.
There are ministers who place high expectations for his press-sec when they themselves are the dumber. Most of them dont have any knowledge in dealing with the Press but still refuse to take advise from their press-secs.
As for this friend of mine who just resigned (was he asked to?), your boss may have thought that you are somebody like Dana Perino or Tony Snow who used to serve former US Presidents, but he himself is not fit for the portfolio!
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Chun Wai should not be blamed
To accuse The Star editorial team as being ignoramous and not sensitive to the sentiments caused by Bersih 2.0 is also not proper as the newspaper is professionally-led. However, professionals do err once in a while.
But to accuse The Star of committing an enormity is a bit overboard. If we expect the government, especially the Home Ministry to take a relentless action against the publication, we should may as well recap what other papers have done in the past few months. I personally believe what Utusan Malaysia did about two months ago was of 'equal' to that of The Star.
The Bersih 2.0 poll puts The Star group editor-in-chief Wong Chun Wai (picture) in a limbo. Making him the villain is not just. Calling him a sympathiser of Bersih 2.0 and an Opposition's supporter will be ultimately wrong and prejudice as he himself is a strong supporter of Barisan Nasional.
This is evident in his many writings about his dissent towards the Opposition. I believe The Star, too is still very much upholding the ruling party's interest although it may sometimes give 'a little space to news from the other side'. And there is nothing wrong with that as it also enhances its circulation among the anti-BN readers.
Now, I personally believe Chun Wai and The Star will take action against its online editor Joseph Raj who unilaterally pasted up the poll without his bosses' consent.
I was just informed that Joseph has accepted full responsibility for carrying out the decision without consulting his immediate supervisor. Whatever his motive was, The Star must conduct an internal inquiry and take necessary action on him.
I was also told that Joseph was at the Home Ministry this morning for a brief 'interview' with secretary-general Mahmood Adam. The Star has also lodged reports with the police and the MCMC against manipulators of the polls, and a few SB personnel have met Joseph too.
The Star is not a one-man-show operation. Chun Wai has his assistants and other subordinates whose job is to oversee the newspaper contents from A to Z. I know how the editorial team works as I was there once. Not all matters would be referred to the group editor-in-chief as most of it will only reach the levels of his assistants or other editors.
Even the government makes mistake sometimes. There were occasions when different Cabinet Ministers made contradicting statements about its certain policies. The Prime Minister will only attend to major issues while his subordinates (the ministers) will attend to matters affecting their portfolios. However, the PM will from time to time announce substantive and important matters of the ministries, should the needs arise.
Chun Wai is not a perfect scapegoat either. Of all the accusations that he is pro-Opposition and - to some extents a subversive agent - his stewardship has seen The Star being at the forefront in the nation's print media industry. Apart from disseminating well-and-balanced news, it also plays a constructive role in bringing the Malaysians together.
The Bersih poll was a mistake by one or two personnel but it should not be turned into a passport to batter the whole organisation. Some doctors do make silly errors on the operation table, engineers' miscalculation caused some bridges and buildings to collapse while some government projects had failed due to over-zealous implementation.
It is wrong to question The Star fidelity and it is also not right to create a detest against the newspaper. All newspapers have committed similar errors in the past - mostly caused by unilateral decisions by one or two oblivious personnel.
Most of us would prefer to see some heads roll but in this case, its better to leave the matter to the company's jurisdiction. Of course, the government has a say but any course of action to be taken must not stir the good spirit of Barisan Nasional.
We - the pro-BN bloggers, writers, journalists and others - have a bigger agenda in securing the ruling party's victory in the next national poll. Let us not lose our sanity by firing at each other. By the way, did we blame Aziz Ishak of Utusan?
This is not a piece to cover Wong Chun Wai but something for us to understand. Malaysia is complex society!
Monday, June 20, 2011
Why let Singapore spit on us?
In other countries, notably the US and Europe, such intrusion would be dealt with accordingly; either the plane will be shot down or a protest note will be sent to its country of origin.
However, we let Singapore spit on our head by allowing their military aircraft to penetrate deep inside our airspace. What kind of actions have we taken? Try let one of our aircraft to stray a few kilometers inside their territory, and I bet it will be shot down of driven out.
I used to write about this in a local English daily some years ago, and Mindef and our Foreign Ministers did send a note of protest to the Republic but it didnt really stop them from carrying out espionage mission on us.
At the Dewan Rakyat today, Defense Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said there have been 2,508 violations of Malaysian air space by Singapore military jets since 2008. What Malaysia did was lodging diplomatic protests against the violations.
But they keep on coming.
Ahmad Zahid said that every suspicious movement of a Singapore military aircraft was monitored with the equipment of the Malaysian armed forces and Civil Aviation Department. "This year alone, up to May, 19 aircraft movements (violations) were detected on an average of four a month," he said in a written answer to a question from Khairy Jamaluddin (BN-Rembau).
He said there were 985 violations of Malaysian air space by Singapore jets in 2008, 1,286 in 2009, and 218 in 2010.
Please remember that their soldiers are being trained by the Israelis. Our previous regime, apart from selling sands to the Republic (if I am not mistaken), had also allowed them to use our airspace for their military trainings.
So, are we going through diplomatic channel again? One or two could be a coincidence but a few thousands are deliberate attempt to undermine our security!
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Please link Star-LRT to Putrajaya, Najib!
However, at Parcel D which houses the Home Ministry, the MACC and the Human Resource Ministry, among others, I was caught in a tight situation. After seeing the steps which go down to the basement of the entrance, they asked: "Where do the steps lead to?"
My simple answer was: "The LRT station."
"But where is the station?," one of them asked.
"They have to build the rail first."
"But why aren't they building it?"
These are questions that I was not supposed to attend to. Former Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi should. However, since he is no longer with the government, its Datuk Seri Najib's responsibility to answer it now, should anybody asks him.
And I told my Korean friends that Najib was busy planning for his 'legacy' project, the MRT from Sungai Buloh to Kajang which will cost about RM3.6 bilion. As to whether he 'likes to continue' with the Seri Petaling-Putrajaya Star-LRT project, the foreigners felt that it was necessary for Putrajaya to have such a link.
Of course, I agree. Former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has started the project during his tenure and a few stations are already in place for Putrajaya. TDM hope Pak Lah would proceed with it but the man he chose to replace him had, in fact booted out many of his plans.
I was made to understand that Najib himself will launch the MRT (from Mass Rapid Transit, it is now known as My Rapid Transit) next month at the Kuala Lumpur Concention Center. The government has yet to appoint any contractor but I personally believe the Prime Minister should reconsider connecting Putrajaya with the Star-LRT.
Yes, we have a bus service plying the Administrative City but it is not as frequent as hoped. And what will happen to the existing LRT stations there? To serve as bunkers?
Thursday, June 16, 2011
ARSEtro sucks!
Issues on Astro - being a blood sucker for a poor and recycled-content satellite TV provider - was brought up at the Dewan Rakyat yesterday. And for the first time ever (since the amendment to the Constitution in 1990s to limit the Rulers immunity), MPs from BN and the Opposition shared equal views.
Being one of the world's most expensive providers for such a service, Astro is getting complacent. With some much revenue against lagging in service quality, the government was urged to review the monopoly license issued to the company.
Not to blame Ananda Krishnan (as he doesnt really runs the show), the company seems to be well-protected for that monopoly, untouchable to the extent that nobody, especially the customers - had ever taken it to court.
Unlike customers in other countries, Malaysians are very 'forgiving' in accepting the serious interruptions on Astro channels.
And despite the issue being raised at the Parliment, Astro has already issued out new rates for its various service 'packages' without even trying to improve on the existence.
So, who to blame? Rais Yatim's ministry or the MCMC? The Information Communicating a supplementary question from Mohamad Aziz (BN-Sri Gading) (here). He said the new package price effective July 11 is not final but many believed it will be imposed on customers' next bill.
I think the government should consider issuing another license to another provider. Without competition, Astro can toy around with its customers, 'cheating' them out of better services being offered in other countries (and without interruptions, too).
In Cambodia, the flat rate for its satellite TV service is not more than RM20 per month compared to Astro's 'different-price-for-package' offer. Even its after sale service is very poor. Its agents will charge you RM75 for just 'a visit' to rectify your problem. Upon a second visit to repair whatever defaults, they will charge you triple.
So, this Astro is really a leech!
Monday, June 13, 2011
Blaming Rais again...
I am not sure what is the motive behind this 'knive sharpening' on the minister. If it has something to do with cronyism and nepotism of politics, then Rais shouldnt have been the prime target.
I wonder why didnt any 'pro-BN' or 'pro-Umno' blogger lash out at a senior minister for letting his son-in-law to monopolise the bio-matrix card project with the Home Ministry - which is valued at RM1 billion - or the RM70 million allocation to refurbish Seri Perdana, and other matters of 'political irregularities'?
When Rais launched the Hari Seniman on May 29, the anti-govt media and blogger were fast to attack him, accusing the minister of spending RM100 million in a single day. These writers, apart from not doing their homework to establish the details of the expenditure, were happy enough to ride on sentiments.
They couldnt care less whether their allegations were founded or not. What's important to them is to jump onto the 'anti-Rais' or 'anti-wheover' bandwagon. Just because their mentor blogger write nasty, they will just write nastier.
I have nothing against Rais. And I believe he doesnt know me that well as I have been avoiding 'invitations' to luncheons and dinners. But he is an Umno veteran. Najib needs him, and so is the Cabinet. We dont have the likes of Ghafar Baba anymore to play arbitrator to domestic issues.
I was shown the proof that the tag for Hari Seniman is only RM97,665 and not RM100 million as alleged by this website. One may ask what prompted the writer to sum up the exaggerated figure when the event was not so grand at all.
And then, the dissent showed by PBS deputy president Yee Moh Chai against Rais, whom he accused of 'breaking his promise' to find solutions to the low-penetration Internet broadband rate in Sabah.
I am not surprise by such statements, especially when it came from a BN component party leader in Sabah (here). PBS used to leave Barisan Nasional over the '20 issues' during the 1980s and then made a comeback. Its leaders were known to be 'bigger frogs' in jumping from one party to another.
And so, their words too contain no merit.
I have been in Sabah a couple of times with a telco provider. The problem with Sabah, apart from logistic, is the attitude of some of its politicians and local leaders. They government cannot just be seen as introducing something new to the State without being imposed some 'tolls'.
Yes, a year has passed since the ministry pledged to achieve a minimum 30 per cent penetration of broadband by the year 2010 but the government was not getting enough cooperation from local leaders to facilitate the efforts.
I wonder whether Yee is aware of the bureaucratic problems in the State. As Rais is not a Sabahan either, his ministry officials, including from the MCMC found it difficult to work there without being hassled. As the nation gets into more sophistication, such problems get more complex, it seems.
And Yee himself is so fond of avowing 'Sabah is for Sabahans', a maxim used by his party a long time ago to champion the '20 issues'. This mentality still remains domain among most Sabahans.
It is easy to criticise but when your yourself is given the mandate to carry out projects for the people, you will see it for yourself. As politics of individuals and race still thrive in the country, such problems may take a longer time to subside, even beyond the year 2020.
Lips service is so common among politicians. I believe that Yee himself is also good at it, and so are other leaders, be it in the government or Opposition. But to blatantly accuse someone of wrongdoing without realising the actual situation, is uncalled for. And for others to hitchhike on the issue, too is very unprofessional.
Rais doesnt give me anything, neither had I asked anything from him. He is still a BN minister. If he fumbles, it will also spell disaster for the BN in the next general election. Its the Opposition job to find faults in the government but if our pro-BN writers too are taking the cue from them, something is probably not right there...
also read Dunia Tiger and Jebat Berkokok...
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Who will investigate Gani Patail?
Looks like Gani has to explain, especially when the allegations came from former senior cop like Mat Zain Ibrahim who used to be Kuala Lumpur criminal investigation chief. And of course, when conglomerates like Mas and Perwaja were brought up, it triggers an alarm. Why? Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was PM at that time.
In an open letter to Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak yesterday, Mat Zain said Abdul Gani, then a senior public prosecutor heading the prosecution division in 1994, was involved in covering up the roles of "ministers and chief ministers" in scandals such as the RM8 billion and RM4 billion losses incurred by Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and Perwaja Steel respectively.
"Between 1994 and 1996, Gani Patail was busy playing his role in closing cases or burying information that linked ministers or chief ministers who could be proven to have abused power or were corrupt. This includes the Perwaja case and also the one related to Tan Sri Tajuddin Ramli."He was referring to MAS's claim that Tajuddin was responsible for RM8 billion in losses during his tenure as executive chairman of the national carrier from 1994 to 2001.
Tajuddin aka TRI, used a similar modus operandi of "signing long-term and lopsided contracts" similarly used by Perwaja Steel as well as Tenaga Nasional Berhad in its power deals with independent power producers (IPP) that is said to cost taxpayers RM20 billion a year.
"There are similarities in the MO used by all three companies. A common factor may be found and we cannot ignore the possibility that the persons involved in all the agreements are the same," said Mat Zain, who headed the 1998 police probe into former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's black-eye case.
He added that the 1994-6 period seemed rife with scandals, including holidays taken by former Chief Justice Tan Sri Eusuff Chin and former Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohtar Abdullah with lawyer Datuk VK Lingam, who was implicated in fixing judicial appointments.
read more here...
So, will there be investigations on this? What would be Najib's course of action to answer the allegations or will he just ignore it?
Let's wait and see...but on second thought, who does Mat Zain support now... Najib or Anwar?
Friday, June 10, 2011
Mazidul hunts ghosts now...
He is now (if I am not mistaken) on ghost-hunting job.
I know its the prerogative rights of his employer to mobilise him. He is a versatile journalist anyway. But the 'reasons' for his reclassification of duty - from info I gathered - were quite unbecoming.
Some quarters believe he was framed by the 'higher authority' in the police force over a recent 'money-distorting' allegation. However, I dont believe Mazidul will shit where he eats.
Mazidul was a 'brand' for 999 to the extent that wherever he goes and sits for a cup of coffee, those involved in illegal activities would shiver. Pirated CD dealers, for instance, will leave immediately upon spotting him nearby. Computer-gaming outlets will have to close for a while until he leaves as they suspected him of bringing the police.
That's how influential Mazidul is. Even after he is out of 999, his public appearance spells trouble for those who break the law.
However, rumors that some police personnel have found it difficult to 'earn the extras' with Mazidul around, are quite serious although 'sidekicks' are becoming too common nowadays. I have some senior friends in Bukit Aman and the Home Ministry who confirmed that the law sometimes keep its distance from pimps, ah longs and gaming dens for some protections given by the authority.
Not only the police, some personnel of the enforcement units from the local councils, religious departments and related authorities too are on the take. However, the MACC finds it always difficult to investigate such cases due to lack of evidence and public's cooperation.
As an example, how many and for how long have the gaming outlets in Wisma Central in Ampang come under 'certain protection' as no action was ever taken against them. Or the authority just doesnt know about it.
And look around us in Ampang, Cheras, Kajang, Puchong and elsewhere in the Klang Valley - the number of gaming outlet is mushrooming. Of course, there had been some actions when the authority stormed some of it, took away the computers (the old ones) and imposed fines on the owners but a day later - in some cases a few hours later - they are back in business.
Despite the authorities encouraging the public to cooperate, they also found troublemakers like Mazidul causing them a lot of damage and 'losses'. So, people like him should be axed!
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Pos Laju is a nuisance!
The biggest postal company in Malaysia. It has been corporatised, and the idea of corporatisation or privatisation is to improve its service on the back of better revenue and widespread operations.
However, Pos Laju - a courier service of Pos Malaysia - is not up to expectation, not just yet. Many complaints fell on deaf ears. Time and time again when customers bank their hope for fast delivery of their letters, document and packages, Pos Laju is not 'laju' in that sense.
I remember a Lat cartoon depicting Pos Laju logo with a tortoise instead of a bird some years ago. And I now I agree with him.
Such a big company, thousands of workers and a fleet of modern vehicles but its management is of third class quality. They couldnt be bothered if customers fail to have their packages delivered on time.
I am furious with their standard of service. It happened not once but several times. Latest was a package sent by a friend to me from Kota Bharu on Wednesday, and I have yet to receive it. A call to Pos Laju office got a rotten answer - Kelantan was on public holiday, and plus weekends in Kuala Lumpur, it is expected to arrive by Monday.
So, I lost a few thousand ringgit for not being able to deliver the document I promised someone today.
I wonder if Pos Laju runs its own flights, will the pilot jump or turn off the engine mid-air when the time enters a public holiday zone?
And of course, the Malays are running Pos Laju. Aware of how the Malay mentality is when it comes to business and customers, I regret it when the company fell into the wrong hands. We should have let the Chinese or the 'Mat Salleh' operates it...
So, is it wrong to hire other courier companies for a good job done?
To Pos Laju management, you people reall are the 'PKM'! Please translate that PKM into your own meaning...
Friday, June 3, 2011
Does KJ really got the money?
However when it comes to KJ, I must admit that I never tried to find out from him or his aides as how much does he got. Besides, a few of his staffs sometimes do relate how difficult was it for him to raise their monthly allowances and wages. He doesnt employ too many even.
There are, of course, theories about his wealth being kept in Singapore and elsewhere but nobody could proof it. Just like allegations against a few Cabinet members who keep their money abroad, and still no evidence.
However, I personally believe in the political trend: that politicians and political parties do get financial support from those who are close as supporters or political funders. Umno too, and in fact other political parties, including the Opposition receive funding from time to time from various sectors.
In fact, the same contributors to Barisan Nasional's purse also help finance the Opposition. So, as a politician, KJ needs that money to operate, especially when it comes to attending to the needs of the constituents. To qualify into politics also need money.
I read KJ's answers to Yahoo's Question Time (read here) yesterday and I found reasons to believe that he doesnt have that much. During his in-law's tenure as PM, he was battered from every corner for his 'role' in the administration, which still runs on 'no proof'. His close relation with Kalimullah also put him into a very difficult situation as many believe the latter used him as his passport to government contracts, but KJ got almost nothing out of it.
It was an interesting 'interview' with Yahoo Malaysia when he gave impromptu answers to most of the questions, including his elevation to Umno Youth top post, his 'shares' in Air Asia, relations with Umno leaders and also with Nurul Izzah, the MP-daughter of Anwar Ibrahim.
He seldom gives interviews but his lengthy explanation to Yahoo Malaysia should clear him of some adverse accusations. I dont know how readers and the public would react to his statements but I saw a different KJ this time around, someone who matures fast.
I dont like asking people about their money but I hope those who have been making such allegations should come up with proof and not based on hearsay. Many people want to 'kill' him but quite a number see him as a promising up and coming Malay leader.
I have nothing against him and I dont think he likes me at all but I must admit how I helped him won the last party election... for 'free'.
Sorry bro... he he he!


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Newt Gingrich said Tuesday the Obama administration is "intensely secular" and "anti-religious," the former House Speaker's second hard-hitting criticism of the new administration this week. In an interview with FOX News, Gingrich said he strongly disagreed with Obama's choice of Harry Knox — an outspoken activist for gay rights — to the White House advisory council on faith-based initiatives.
See here for all the questions I raised yesterday re: daily coverage of Gingrich's Groundhog Day-like partisan rhetoric.
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Sarah Baxter didn't toe the starting line at Friday's Ventura County Championships, but she was taking part in the festivities, supporting teammates, and even taking a photo with 3200 High School national record holder Kim Mortensen.
According to Simi Valley Coach Roger Evans, Sarah was diagnosed with a stress reaction in her shin just before the Arcadia Invitational. Thankfully they caught it before it became a major problem, and Sarah has been maintaining her fitness through aqua jogging. She added limited running to her aqua-jogging routine about two weeks ago.
With the reduced miles, the emphasis is all on quality according to Evans. He has been steadily increasing her mileage and she completed her first full track workout this week. Sarah looked very good in the workout, running a series of 800's, 400's, and 200's at a progressively faster pace. Her longest run will be up to five miles this weekend.
We can expect to see Sarah back on the track next Friday, where she will compete in the 3200 at the Marmonte League Finals in her first step toward the 2014 CIF State Championships. The three-time State 3200 Champion hopes to make it four in a row in June, but she may face her toughest competition ever in Anna Maxwell and Bethan Knights. Still, anyone who has met Sarah knows she's fiercely competitive, and she won't go down without a fight. Stay tuned.


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|Differences between exogenous and endogenous noradrenaline in the effects on vascular post-synaptic alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenoceptors in man.
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|Effects of exogenous and endogenous noradrenaline, released by tyramine and lower body negative pressure (LBNP), on vascular post-synaptic alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenoceptors have been compared in healthy volunteers. Intra-arterial (i.a.) infusions of noradrenaline and tyramine into the forearm were given in the presence of saline, of yohimbine and of doxazosin, and changes in forearm blood flow (FBF) were measured. Lower body negative pressure of -40 mmHg was applied without and with a continuous i.a. infusion of yohimbine and of doxazosin, and changes in FBF in both forearms were compared. Forearm blood flow was measured by venous occlusion plethysmography. Noradrenaline and tyramine reduced FBF dose-dependently and to the same extent. Both these vasoconstrictions were significantly reduced by yohimbine (P < 0.001 for both) as well as by doxazosin (P < 0.05 for noradrenaline and P < 0.001 for tyramine). The tyramine-induced vasoconstriction was more effectively reduced by doxazosin, whereas yohimbine reduced the noradrenaline-induced vasoconstriction more effectively. Lower body negative pressure reduced FBF in both forearms to the same extent. Doxazosin effectively inhibited the LBNP induced decrease in FBF (P < 0.05) whereas yohimbine had no effect (P > 0.05). These results are in accordance with a predominant intrasynaptic location of post-synaptic alpha 1-adrenoceptors and a predominant extrasynaptic location of post-synaptic alpha 2-adrenoceptors in human blood vessels.
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"Eternal Return"
On the Locrian timeline of Terrible YouTube Comment Trolling, previous album The Clearing was to "What is this, it sounds like just an INTRO, where's the song??? this is BOOoooring, omg so tedious" what new album Return to Annihilation is to "what is this shoegaze-y post-rock bullshit??? too much like a real song! go back to the old stuff!!!" The trolls will never be satisfied, of course, but anyone with functioning ears and eyes can observe that Locrian continue to fucking dominate. Check out the video for the album's opening cut, "Eternal Return," above.
What hasn't changed: visually, Locrian still lead us through the decaying urban spaces that have perfectly accompanied their music for some time now. Steven Hess's thunderous drums still pound their way into our skulls until our hands raise up as if by their own accord into clenched fists of victory. Terrence Hannum's synths still occupy massive swathes of aural real estate, swallowing us in the low-end while delivering those airy, mournful melodies in the upper register. Hannum's anguished vocals still take us there, too, down to a subterranean granite chamber where his howling reverberates from wall to wall to wall to infinity.
What has changed: "Eternal Return," though admittedly the front-loaded intro of an otherwise deeeeeep album, feels more like a "proper single" than anything the band has released before: three minutes of discernible riffage, something like a verse-chorus-verse structure, and those killer clean-tone leads from guitarist André Foisy ("What is this, the new MBV?"). Even in their most "accessible" moments, Locrian continue to surpass expectations.
Return To Annihilation is available now on CD and 2xLP via Relapse Records. Pick it up, put it on, fall into it.
• Locrian: http://www.locrianband.com
• Relapse: http://www.relapse.com
Lil B
"4 Me"
My main man C Monster recently wrote an excellent post on the new Lil B mixtape, 100% Percent Gutta. In it, he describes "4 Me" as a "Fucking GAME CHANGER," and I agree with him — so much, in fact, that I want to do another damn post just on the track. So basically, "4 Me" is the BasedGod's take on Rihanna's "We Found Love," a track that was epic when it debuted two years ago but that has since become staler than a bag of Tostitos left in an overheated car for two years. But they don't call him the BasedGod for nothing, because Lil B brings this track back to LIFE, in a strange, twisted, tone-deaf kind of way. "4 Me" consists of an intro, a verse, and a hook: a trolling, Sadean lovechild of a hook, repeated just the right number of times so that it'll come creeping into your head 16 hours later. Indeed, the Auto-Tune on this song is unequivocally, awe-inspiringly awful, to the point that it actually makes Our Lord and Savior Yeezus Christ's singing sound operatic by comparison (collaboration, guys, please?). Depending on who you ask, "4 Me" may be considered a triumph of transcendentally terrible art à la The Room, an earnest but nonetheless shitty take on a hit song — or maybe it's just another excuse for Lil B to cavort around in a bomber hat and PJ pants. Me, I say it's a combination of the three, plus a belated New Years' greeting. Hey, it beats "Auld Lang Syne."
• Lil B: http://www.youtube.com/user/lilbpack1
• Dat Piff: http://www.datpiff.com
Talibam! with Yasunao Tone and Sam Kulik
Launch Pad #5 (Kanye West's Yeezus)
Regardless of your feelings about Yeezus, one thing that's objectively apparent about the record is that the whole album (and especially its first half) is mastered and mixed well into the red, with an emphasis on amplifying both the high and the low ends in the mix. Such mixing tactics, from a purely physiological level, make Kanye West's music abrasive when played at high volumes or listened to for a long period of time. Even though Yeezus finds West experimenting with musically noisier textures as well, this relationship to the psychoacoustic effects of frequency and timbre is explored even further with episode 5 of Talibam's Launch Pad series; here, the noisier aspects of West's music are pushed to their disgustingly logical extremes by Talibam!, Sam Kulik and legendary Japanese Fluxus artist Yasunao Tone.
The trio use the first third of Yeezus as the catalyst for their collaboration, and the results present a magical alternate universe where the implicit use of frequency and volume in West's music become explicit. Opener "Bon Zaite!" (oh yeah, puns abound with these titles) is perhaps the most overtly bombastic illustration of this, with Kulik's absolutely guttural trombone and Tone's piercing glitches threatening to swallow the track whole. However, the duo still leave room for West's verses to cut through, which nicely draws a direct line to the source material. "I AM A SCROD" is another major highlight that nearly approaches prettiness while also thoroughly deconstructing "I Am A God's" production. The idea of deconstruction is key to this material; listen to the original Yeezus tracks after listening to the Talibam! session, and it becomes apparent that these artists picked certain sonic elements of the original tracks and chose to highlight them by distorting them. The attention to frequency on "Bon Zaite!" mimics and warps the synthesizers on the original track; the rhythmic glitches on "FRACK S{PIN BREAD" subverts the pounding drums of "Black Skinhead;" and similarly the debased kalimba(?) and electronics of "I AM A SCROD" beautifully perverts the sounds of "I Am A God." Umm, time for a full-album remix, guys?
You can listen to the Launch Pad session below:
• Talibam: http://www.talibam.bandcamp.com
• Sam Kulik: http://www.samkulik.com
"Bring The Noize"
So, this is totally another workout post, but in vein of M.I.A. Considering she's probably 10+ years older than you, it's weird to see that she's still all about fashion. And in the video for "Bring The Noize," it's a fashion RIOT! Errrybody gettin' theys hair done-up and kicks spiffed, etc. Why don't you do the same? Get in the gym and grip a couple looks while wearing that fly jog-cloth. Drip in sweat and give that face-down, eyes-up look at someone, anyone, don't matter if you single or not; the gym is all about looks.
"Bring The Noize" definitely provides the pump when it's most needed. If you got an extra mile in ya, M.I.A. will provide three via sonic powers [slash] music. Only, if you's a lady, make sure if you're wearing white… Also, nobody really wants to watch stocks or the Chew or soaps while they work out, so plug in and bang out. But don't forget to look fresh while you sweat. M.I.A. thrives on it! Also, she probably gonna try and thrive another year on her fourth album Matangi out this fall on N.E.E.T. and Interscope. Hi!
• M.I.A.: http://www.miauk.com
• N.E.E.T.: http://neetrecordings.com
• Interscope: http://www.interscope.com
Rob Magill
Love Is Mental Illnesses Greatest Enemy
Set aside all your pretenses of emotion or improvement or intuition about music, and submit yourself to the art of Rob Magill. Forever endless in strife, Rob struggles to bring you the rawest form of man to mic to music you've heard to date. It's not about originality. And totally not about ego. It's Rob. He's your man, and he's telling you Love Is Mental Illnesses Greatest Enemy. Now, I ain't one to tell you what to think, nor am I the embodiment of Rob's voice, but with a deep back catalog of work, including a slew of releases this year alone, y'all gotta accept he's got answers. And whether or not their clarity speaks to you, there's a musical inclination here that is unlike most in the avant community — that in a way of complete feeling. Feeling of tone. Feeling of emotion. Feeling of calloused fingers tapping strings or keys or plugging wind holes. But for what outcome? It's Rob, friends! There's a vibe here aching to match your level, and level it is with an array of ups and downs, frustrations and difficulties, assurance and wonder. Makes you feel like there's hope in none at all. As if there was a society based around no rules or order, and shit just works out. Rob Magill is exactly that: the dude who everyone can relate to when shit's gone wrong. He's you pal. He's got the tons. He's gonna tell ya Love Is Mental Illnesses Greatest Enemy. Pry a bit more, and you may meld with his soul. Believe!
• Rob Magill: http://rob-magill.bandcamp.com
Chocolate Grinder Mix 84
Guitar Veshch
Even though the TR-808 drum machine has gradually been squeezing its way into the top slot on Earth's favorite musical instruments list for the past 20 years or so, the guitar has been the world's most coveted instrument for much longer. From intimate acoustic campfire performances to outrageously distorted heavy metal shredding, the guitar can play any role to fit any occasion.
This mix exhibits the omnipresent influence of the guitar. Whether it's sampled (Infinity Frequencies, ZOUK), recycled (NYKDLN), refurbished (Calypsomall, Weather Channel), rearranged (The Focus Group, ASTRO ZWO), acoustic (DEEP MAGIC, LAKE R▲DIO), electric (Alexandre Navarro, Hleger), or just plain groovy (Beat Detectives), some form of guitar graces each one of these savory slices of experimental music. Enjoy!
Stream below, and subscribe to our podcast here.
[00:00] DEEP MAGIC - "Only Me"
[04:13] Weather Channel - "$Reboot"
[05:31] Alexandre Navarro - "traverser les miroirs"
[07:27] LAKE R▲DIO - "Bleeding Thumb"
[09:03] ZOUK - "DOSED (feat. BOY FROOT & KEIKI)"
[11:18] The Focus Group - "tigt gruffil"
[12:30] ASTRO ZWO - "Deine Schönen Arme"
[14:42] Calypsomall - "$hopping $pree"
[16:26] Beat Detectives - "No Matter How Hard I Try"
[17:26] Public Spreads the News - "jive in"
[19:03] Infinity Frequencies - "Wisdom"
[20:07] Hleger - "Motivational Elevator Music"


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Well, not quite yet, but I'm practicing saying it nonetheless. IBM will be spending the next two-to-three years retooling one of its "Blue Gene" supercomputer -- in this case, the 8th fastest in the world, operating at over 22 teraflops -- to function as a mammal brain simulator. The "Blue Brain" project will simulate a single "neo-cortical column" down to a molecular level; the neo-cortical column is considered the key difference between mammalian brains and reptilian brains. Each neo-cortical column -- there are millions in a human brain -- has about 10,000 neurons and 10,000 synapses. This will be used to gain a better understanding of brain function, with the dual goals of improving artificial intelligence research and reducing the need for live animal brain research.
As FutureWire notes, however, the Japanese government is now developing a supercomputer that will be 73 times faster than Blue Gene, operational by 2011 and working at 10 petaflops -- around the estimated computing speed of the human brain.
If speed is not really an issue, maybe the software they write to do this can be packaged in a manner similar to SETI@home and passed out as a screen saver to millions of computational biology enthusiasts. There's your billion cortical columns right there!
Of course I realize that it isn't as simple as this. Aside from the surface of the neo-cortex there is huge number of other suborgans in the brain that need to be added to simulation as well.
It will be very interesting, to say the least, to learn what these simulators will teach us about mammalian brains.


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When he was told he would become the spiritual leader of Roman Catholics in Central and Southern Indiana, Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin said he initially balked at the idea because everyone described it as a "wonderful" place.
"I'm a missionary, and I don't look for wonderful places to go," Tobin said Thursday morning at SS. Peter & Paul Cathedral upon his introduction as the next leader of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. The event was streamed live on the Internet.
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The state Legislative Audit Bureau found that for six of eight Wisconsin Lottery games, the fees generated less sales revenue than games for which no fee was paid.
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The jackpot - with its estimated cash payout of $370.9 million - was won by a woman from Zephyrsville, Fla. But the huge spike in ticket sales still will have a positive spillover effect for state taxpayers, since higher sales volume translates into higher property tax relief.
By law, net proceeds from the Wisconsin Lottery are allocated for property tax relief and a recent report by the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau indicated that $700.8 million in relief has ...


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Wednesday, August 29, 2012
First Thursday is a monthly parent education program presented by the Children's House teachers from 8:45 - 9:30 am in the Treehouse Room. The programs are generally specific to the Children's House level and topics will differ from month to month. This year's schedule of topics is listed below.
Any family is welcome to attend any or all programs, including families currently at other levels! First Thursdays are opportunities for parents and friends of the community (both West Side and the local area) to learn more about Montessori through the eyes of children, teachers and other Montessori parents.
Make plans to come, meet other parents, and learn more about the Montessori method of learning. Tours of the new purpose-built classrooms will be available following the program.
September: No First Thursday
October 4: Montessori Secrets: Tips and Tricks by Melissa and Cory
November 1: Writing: Before the pencil by Amy W. and Jacque
December 6: The Spirit of Giving by Jacque and Nikki
January: No First Thursday
February 7: Hola and Bonjour: Exploring World Languages by Lorena, Margaret and Cory
March 7: Reading, Writing, Singing and Dancing! by Risa and Amy W.
April 11: Montessori Math: Exploring the Bead Cabinet by Brandi and Amy L.
May 2: Montessori in your home by Nikki and Wendi


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Bollywood Superstar Salman Khan was the guest of honour at the opening ceremony of the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) 2013 which was held in Kochi on 9th February 2013.
Sallu Miyan expressed his desire to play cricket next year in the Celebrity Cricket League 2014.
During opening ceremony of the CCL 2013, Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Bipasha Basu, Prabhu Deva performed with many other celebrities.
The opening match of the tournament was played between Kerala Strikers and Mumbai Heroes.
In fact, Salman is very happy that the actors are playing really well on the fields. Talking to IANS, Salman Khan said that cricket has been the first love for the actors, hence they are playing the game, despite being very busy. "The disadvantage with actors is that we are very busy. We have very long hours of work. In spite of all this, they are playing well," the actor said. Salman also added that he might play next year. "It is great that actors are playing good cricket. It is a good combination of acting and cricket," Salman Khan added.
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SEATTLE (AP) - President Barack Obama is trumpeting his efforts to help women in the workforce as he looks to rally key Democratic constituencies ahead of the Nov. 2 election.
As the economy has changed, Obama says women have made "enormous strides" and now constitute more than half of the workforce. Obama says that means women's issues are now middle class family issues.
Obama said Thursday in Seattle that female business owners have particularly benefited from the administration's efforts to free up lending for small businesses. Obama is in the midst of his longest campaign swing as president, a four-day trip through Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada and Minnesota.
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TARANTULA. The Tarantula was an early newspaper published at Washington-on-the-Brazos in the Republic of Texas between late March or the beginning of April 1841 and January 1842. Anderson Buffington, a member of the recently organized Baptist church in that locality, along with Alfred Brigance, obtained the Emigrant's press after that paper folded, and began publishing this small weekly. Politically, the Tarantula favored Sam Houston. Editor Buffington, who later was ordained a minister, opposed the taverns of Washington-on-the-Brazos and advocated founding a temperance society. The Tarantula had continual difficulty obtaining a sufficient supply of paper. By early 1842 Buffington had quit printing the paper because too few of the town's residents could afford to buy it. Buffington proposed to publish a new paper, the Texas Emigrant, at Sarahville, but there is no evidence that he carried out this project.
Worth Stickley Ray, Austin Colony Pioneers (Austin: Jenkins, 1949; 2d ed., Austin: Pemberton, 1970). Marilyn M. Sibley, Lone Stars and State Gazettes: Texas Newspapers before the Civil War (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1983). Thomas W. Streeter, Bibliography of Texas, 1795–1845 (5 vols., Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1955–60). John Melton Wallace, Gaceta to Gazette: A Checklist of Texas Newspapers, 1813–1846 (Austin: University of Texas Department of Journalism, 1966). Mrs. Jonnie Lockhart Wallis, Sixty Years on the Brazos: The Life and Letters of Dr. John Washington Lockhart (1930; rpt., New York, 1966). Washington County Scrapbook, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Carole E. Christian, "TARANTULA," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eet01), accessed November 25, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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With University of Hawaii Taylor Graham resting a sore left shoulder, Sean Schroeder and Ikaika Woolsey took turns at quarterback during today's football practice at Ching Field.
Graham injured his left (non-throwing) shoulder in the second quarter against Nevada this past weekend.
"He didn't practice today," head coach Norm Chow said. "We'll see tomorrow. He's under rehab. It's a day-by-day deal."
Chow said Graham, a junior who started UH's first three games, is not ruled out for Saturday's game against 25th-ranked Fresno State at Aloha Stadium.
Schroeder, who started 11 games in 2012 after transferring from Duke, and Woolsey, a second-year freshman who was on the scout offense this fall, split reps. Jeremy Higgins divided time between the UH's offense and the scout offense.
During the post-practice news conference, Chow said: "We decided we'd go with Sean or Ikaika if Taylor can't go."
Later, he clarified those comments, telling the Star-Advertiser that Jeremy Higgins also is in the mix.
Chow said it was decided to go with Schroeder and Woolsey today, but "tomorrow might be different."
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By Debbie Crosby
It goes without saying that men and women who have made careers as First Responders are dedicated to their profession. World events can bring global focus on a particular unit or department demonstrating heroism under extreme circumstances but those events seem to overshadow the daily devotion of every department. The members of the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue (HCFR) and Emergency Dispatch Center (EDC) pulled out all stops in a delightful yet touching cookbook, Recipes 911: Dishes by Dispatchers.
As if fielding over 280,000 calls a year isn't enough, EDC members wanted to do more! "Dispatchers are known to cook a lot!" laughed Hattie Strickland, Senior Dispatcher and cookbook chairperson. "We are a 24/7, 365 days a year-week-day-minute operation, which means we work a lot of holidays, birthdays and special events. Cooking and sharing a meal together with our fellow dispatchers is very special to us on the days we can't be home with our families."
It was suggested to take their shared recipes and have them professionally printed. Once the decision was made, the group conducted an internet search. "When the free information package came in the mail, we were certain about using Cookbook Publishers," said Hattie. "We also loved the excellent customer service over the phone. We often wondered if we were the company's only customer, due to the exceptional personal service!"
The committee chose to submit an eye-catching full color custom cover that leaves no doubt who's behind this jewel of a cookbook. Once the reader turns the pages, the dedication and devotion are driven home. The group received permission to reprint the poem "Anonymous Voices" by Lawrence Roche, a Texas dispatcher. Poignant and heartfelt, it represents how deeply this group feels about their lives and career paths. "With much gratitude, we sent him a complimentary book," she added.
The HCFR/EDC's talents go beyond daily duties and compiling cookbooks. They're marketing approach is commendable as well. "We have created www.recipe911.org to assist with orders and we were even featured on our local news channel. We invited hundreds of employees from various departments to a tasting event called "Recipes Revealed," Hattie explained. "Our dispatchers donated over 35 recipes and served them up for all to sample. We charged an entrance fee and also had cookbooks on hand to sell."
All proceeds from sales and the Recipes Revealed event have benefitted four charities through their local United Way chapter. "We have designated our profits to Responder Life, Hospice, Humane Society and Love Haiti," Hattie said. Using Cookbook Publishers' U-Type-It™ Online provided savings and shortened the production time as well. "We loved the U-Type-It™!" she added. Submitted in October, the group quickly sold out, re-ordered and had additional books for holiday sales. "We are so excited about the amount of money our department has raised for charity!" The group has raised just over $2,000.00 and sales are still going strong!
To order a copy of "Recipes 911," send $10.00 plus $3.00 in postage and packing to:
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Or, visit the department's website at: www.recipe911.org
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ACII was the best
I'll probably pick one up late in its life cycle and play Infamous and whatever Naughty Dog has put out on it.
ps4 sold a million units day one in north america which is something that took the ps2 3 days to do.
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The history of the famous glassworks "Daum" starts with the notary Jean Daum (1825-1885). During French-Prussian War it was inevitable that he, and many other Alsace people, had to flee for the rapidly upcoming German army. After some rampling around the Daum family settled themselves in Nancy. Here Jean came in contact with a group industrialists, who wanted to start a glassworks called "Verrerie Sainte Catherine" (1875) and he was persuaded to become a cofinancer. The glassworks produced glass for watches, mirrors and services. Very fast (1876) the factory came in financial problems and Jean decided to withdraw from the sinking ship. His copartners however couldnt pay him back his share. So in the end Jean chose to take over the complete works of his compagnons by buying them out. He altered the name of the factory to "Verrerie the Nancy". But also Jean lacked the skill to manage this Verrerie successfully and for some time it looked like the factory would inglorious fade into history. The world than would be a less colourful place, without those stunning Daum vases, or magnifisent lamps and other beautiful objects.
In 1879, the oldest son of Jean, Auguste (1853-1909), rounded up his study of law and came to assist his father in the glassworks. Auguste had a strong financial insight and presses for a more refined production of service glass. However it would take till 1887 before the Daum factory overcame its financial malaise. In 1883 Auguste married with Jeanne Constantin, a woman from a respected glass family. But when father Jean dies in 1885, the newely wed family awaits a delicate inheritance. The discomfort will last ontill the moment that the eleven years younger brother of Auguste, the artistically gifted Antonin (1864-1931), joins the glassworks. The tasks in the Daum factory are allocated to knowledge. Auguste Daum becomes commercial and financial director and Antonin Daum leads the production proces.
Up to 1894 they had the only glassworks in Nancy. In that same year, on 31 May, a new glass empire started with the opening of the glassworks of Emile Gallé, who became worldfamous and reached his apotheosis with the founding of the École de Nancy (a group of brilliant and skilled artists, who would bring their work to a solitary altitude, especially within the Art Nouveau). Emile Gallé was the catalyst, the magnet within the "École the Nancy". Since the Parisian World Fair of 1889 (where Gallé won a gold medal for his glass, a gold medal for his pottery and silver medal for his furnitures) Gallé had an enormous influence on the young Antonin Daum. As from 1890 the emphasis of the Daum works changed to the production of art objects and the testing of new techniques. Many new artistic employees were commissioned and the outlet was increased.
Antonin showed an excessively interest in the application of electricity. Already in 1898, he devised some particular, wonderful tablelamps, with two lightbulbs, one under the glass hood and one in the slim foot. This would cause an illumination of colours which where shone through several layers of cameo glass. He achieved a huge success on the Parisian World Fair of 1900 with these fairytale-like objects and won the "Grand Prix" there. An important acid etcher at Daum was Jacques Gruber, who later on would develop into one of Frances most important stained glass and furniture designers. Other wellknown designers were Charles Schneider, Eugène Gallé, Emile Wirts and many years later Salvador Dalí. After 1900 the Daum glassworks could increase production with more than 300 employees. The "Verrerie the Nancy" became the epitomize in the art glass industry with its revolutionary techniques.It Included working with colour powders, with acids, with enamel and with fluorine hydrogen. The Daum laboratory was very inventively in this époque.
Daum cameo vase
They took no pleasure in hiring half-hearted employees. They demanded the very best. And in this way it could happen that the famous artist Edgar Brandt was attracted to look after the wrought ironwork of the Daum factory. During the first World War Daum closed its art department. One of the sons of Auguste, Jean, who also was operative in the firm, lost his life at the Battle of Verdun, and with him a lot of other employees. During the war the factory manufactured medical glass. In the interbellum another son of Auguste, Paul Daum, takes care of the artistic production and qualifies excels in the design of Art Deco glass. Under his supervision the Daum glassworks delivered the glass for the steam ship "Le Normandie", a wellknown ship which was put on posters by the painter and graphic designer Cassandre (pseudonym for Adolphe Mouron).
Unfortunately Paul Daum met the same fate as his brother and died in the second World War in a concentration camp. The wars seemed very fateful for the zons of Auguste. But the factory still produces glass and is still in the hands of the heirs of the founder Jean Daum. However, must be said that the heydays were when the factory was in the competent hands of Auguste and especially of Antonin and of Paul Daum, the period 1890 up to 1930.


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Matched Unrelated Donor Stem Cell Transplantation (MUD-SCT) After Dose-Reduced Conditioning for Patients With Multiple Myeloma and Relapse After Autologous SCT
The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified October 2008 by Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf.
Recruitment status was Active, not recruiting
Recruitment status was Active, not recruiting
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether a reduced intensity conditioning regimen followed by allogeneic stem cell transplantation from unrelated donors is a feasible and effective treatment for patients with multiple myeloma who failed a previous autologous stem cell transplantation
Multiple Myeloma
Procedure: allogeneic HSCT
Phase 2
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|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation From Unrelated Donors After Dose-Reduced Intensity Conditioning Regimen for Patients With Multiple Myeloma and Relapse After Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation: A Phase II-Study
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MedlinePlus related topics: Multiple MyelomaU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Engraftment, chimerism, toxicity, non-relapse mortality [ Time Frame: Follow-up until day +1095 ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Evaluation of response/GvHD/ infectious complications/ disease-free survival, Prognostic impact of cytogenetic, Evaluation of incidence and prognostic impact of molecular remission in patients with clinically complete remission. [ Time Frame: Follow-up until day +1095 ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
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|November 2002
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|October 2011
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|October 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Procedure: allogeneic HSCT
dose-reduced conditioning regimen
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|18 Years to 60 Years
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Multiple Myeloma stage II or III acc. to Salmon and Durie (chemosensitive or refractory) and relapse or progression after high dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell support
- Age 18-60 years
- ECOG-performance status 0-1
- Availability of a HLA-compatible unrelated donor (HLA-A, -B, -DRB1, -DQB1)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Serious concomitant medical disease that would limit life span or ability to tolerate chemotherapy
- Severe cardiac failure (ejection fraction < 40%)
- Severe impairment of renal function (Creatinine clearance < 50ml/min)
- Severe impairment of liver function (bilirubine > 2 fold of upper limits of normal)
- Pregnant or lactating women
- Other major organ or system dysfunctions(GI, neurological, psychiatric dysfunctions that would impair tolerance of chemotherapy or prolonged haematological recovery)
- Positivity for HIV
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00599495
|University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
|Hamburg, Germany, 20246
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|Prof. N. Kroeger, European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation
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|NCT00599495 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|January 11, 2008
|Last Updated:
|October 28, 2008
|Health Authority:
|Germany: Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices
Germany: Paul-Ehrlich-Institut
Keywords provided by Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf:
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Multiple Myeloma
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Multiple Myeloma
Neoplasms, Plasma Cell
Blood Protein Disorders
Cardiovascular Diseases
Hematologic Diseases
Hemorrhagic Disorders
Hemostatic Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Vascular Diseases
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CLEVELAND -- Firefighters on Cleveland's west side were called to a fire at a mixed-use apartment building early Tuesday morning.
The fire was reported around 2 a.m. in the area of West 44th Street and Marvin Avenue.
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For most people in the natural products' trading world, the organic movement is not large enough of a market segment to warrant much attention. But keen observers who look at emerging trends will see that the fastest growth category in essential oils is the organic category.
Currently, the organic market segment is miniscule in size; less than 1 percent of the trade in essential oils is in the organic sector. However, the rate of growth for the organic essential oil sector in the United States is close to 20 percent per annum, which is far above the growth rate of the total market. It is apparent that in every essential oil market the growth of the organic sector clearly outweighs that of the remainder of the market.
At the 2005 IFEAT conference, held in Cochin, India, a segment of the technical program was dedicated to discussing the essential oil organic market. It was the first time that the organic market was deemed important enough to warrant its own program. Although it was scheduled for the final spot on the last day of the conference, ultimately, 150 people attended the session. This indicated the interest generated by this one topic within the essential oil industry, and this last IFEAT program became, for many, a highlight of the conference.
Is this an important clue to the development of the organic section of the essential oil market? And is it important that more attention be paid to this developing segment? Perhaps not for all producers or traders, because the organic sector is still the province of the dedicated enthusiast. However, it is growing because there are an increasing number of people who value the principles on which the organic market stands.
Other topics covered: Why organic?, certification and legislation, production of organic essential oils, Mount Kenya farmers group, organic mint growing in India, organic tee tree oil in Zimbabwe, the future.