I've seen people carrying stuffs on their head in Bali, but this guy must really loved his bike.
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Shoulder to ride on
Somewhere near the town of Segamat, Johor – motorbike rides you!
Yeah right ...
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Dalglish: Quartet will 'frighten' rivals
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is already looking forward to the time when he can field new signings Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez alongside Steven Gerrard and Raul Meireles in a "frightening'' attacking line-up.
Some of what he says are true (and often repeated); however, SAF is an old hand at this. He had built and rebuilt teams throughout his twenty plus years at the helm. His trophy laden cabinet is proof enough. So I'd say let SAF has his hubris, as long as MU tops the table come May ... every year.
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The hidden price of success
In this context, title 19 will cause problems for United. They would deserve credit for being the most consistent team, with the character to overcome deficits, but that doesn't vindicate Ferguson's tactics. Indeed, it seems that in the first half of games, United have had two opponents: the team they're playing and Ferguson's chalkboard whims. They cannot afford to go into 2011-12 with the same mindset.
The lack of competition superficially backs up Ferguson's recent spendthrift behaviour. The Glazers, like any chairmen, will be happy to hear their manager say that he doesn't see the worth in spending money. The 'no value' theory isn't total rot. Darren Bent cost £24 million, James Milner a little more, and Andy Carroll came in at £35 million. This is plainly madness, but 'no value' is not an unimpeachable refrain. It uses others' failures to justify underinvestment when there's dissenting evidence at hand. Patrice Evra, Ji-Sung Park, Nemanja Vidic and Rafael, and possibly Chris Smalling, Javier Hernandez and Fabio, show there are players available at sensible prices who can play at the highest level.
This does not account for the other United purchases - Anderson, Nani, Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney all came for sizeable fees. Ferguson has been happy to pay over the odds in the past when necessary. Underinvestment in the team is therefore a huge risk. Having defended the board to the hilt, denying financial troubles and decrying high transfer fees, Ferguson will be in an awkward position. In the next two years, he has to groom effective replacements for Edwin van der Sar, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs. He has to come up with a player to replace Owen Hargreaves. On top of that, he has to identify solutions to the future exits of Michael Carrick, Evra and Ferdinand. On top of that, he'll need to do it on a budget.
I will always remember him every time MU meets Liverpool. Consummate MU. Salute Gary ... we'll miss your fighting spirit.
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Neville retirement no laughing matter
Yes his moustache is comical, yes his father is called Neville Neville, and yes, plenty of humour has been derived from this most serious of characters. But Neville's retirement is no laughing matter. It marks the end of the career of a great one-club man, and a consummate professional who fulfilled his potential to the absolute fullest.
let's see what Schneier has to say about this?
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Say Goodbye to All Those Passwords
The Commerce Dept. is backing a new security system for online identity checks that could be a boon for e-commerce
I love KL. It is always good to see throngs of tourists flocking the streets of KL these days. Just wished our street signages to be improved.
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Mayor wants KL to be one of 20 most livable cities
He pointed out that, according to the Economist, the three most livable cities in the world are Vancouver, Vienna and Melbourne.
The measure of the cities' livability is based on the availability of goods and services, low personal risk and an effective infrastructure.
"Kuala Lumpur is now ranked at 79 out of the 130 listed cities. We want it to be at least in the top 20.
"One of the main criteria is the effectiveness of the infrastructure, and the efforts to achieve this include the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project in Greater KL.
"Works on the project is expected to start in July and be completed by 2016.
I share with some of her 2011 resolutions. A lot of stuffs in Malaysia need fixing. Most importantly though, what goes in our head aka "mindsets". We should strife to have 1st class mindset and discard our 3rd world ones. 2020 is only nine years away. It looked more likely our neighbor down the causeway will get there first, in the truest sense.
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Resolutions for one and all
MUSINGS By MARINA MAHATHIR
newsdesk@thestar.com.my
IT’S the New Year and, as with convention, we should really make resolutions, even though the chances of keeping them are slim.
I wish that our Government would resolve to:
2. Stop twisting words in order to spin what’s wrong into what’s right.
7. Remind some people that they are paid by taxpayers to do their job and that does not entitle them to act as if they are God’s representatives on earth.
10. Overhaul the entire education system to make it more open, democratic, and at par with the best in the world. And completely eradicate politics from it.
12. Ban the habit of giving titles to sports, arts and entertainment figures until they’re at least 50 or have had significant achievements in their field for a number of years. Roger Federer has been No 1 in the tennis world for a record-breaking 237 weeks and the Swiss government still hasn’t made him a Datuk.
I wish politicians would resolve to:
3. Be more self-reflective. And breathe before they say anything.
I wish the police would resolve to:
3. Stop shrugging their shoulders every time someone complains of their bags being snatched, laptops stolen etc. Police reports aren’t just for claiming insurance or getting new ICs done.
I wish Malaysians in general would:
1. Use their car signal lights for a change
3. Park in the right places, dead straight and not encroach onto empty spots.
7. Stop reading so much gossip and trash. It really doesn’t reflect well on us.
I think M'sia need to explore getting cheaper maids from Cambodia, Bangladesh or even Vietnam. We also need to prosecute "brutal" M'sian employers.
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Indonesia not lifting ban on maids anytime soon
Indonesia placed a moratorium on sending domestic helpers to Malaysia on June 26, 2009 after a series of high-profile incidents of maid abuse which raised a huge public outcry in Indonesia.
He said the Indonesian government will not be lifting the ban until the MoU regulating domestic helpers has been amended to provide greater protection for them.
The two countries have met four times, the latest meeting was on Aug 23 last year in Jakarta, under the Joint Working Group (JWG) to negotiate on the MoU. Since then, talks have stalled.
Can't argue with the records racked up by Giggs. It'll be ages before another guy gonna break this record. Still there are other ways player can be remembered as legends ... read Ronaldo.
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- Ryan Giggs
- Eric Cantona
- George Best
- Sir Bobby Charlton
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- Paul Scholes
- David Beckham
- Roy Keane
- Peter Schmeichel
- Wayne Rooney
This one would be an interesting match-up. On paper it looks like a tough one for MU. Let's hope the home field advantage will them the motivation to 'crush' the Villans. Go United!
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Manchester United's unbeaten run threatened by Aston Villa's £24m man
Hosts must watch out for Darren Bent at Old Trafford tonight
I think this one's for the future. The Drog will be out the door come May. Anelka will follow soon as I don't see him partnering Torres. Chelsea could revert to single striker much like Drog before Anelka came.
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Official: Chelsea Snap Up Liverpool Ace Fernando Torres In €58.5m Deal
I feel sorry for this chap. It takes a 60-page report to arrive at this conclusion. What's interesting is I thought this project was project managed by JKR; and they are the ones that conduct the inspection post incident? Additionally the report also pointed out the project management team didn't have the "necessary skills and competence to manage a project of such magnitude and complexity." And this would absolve them?
In the end, I believe this proceeding will drag on and this guy will somehow be slapped with a short sentence. And the credibility of our engineering projects will always be questioned.Amplify’d from thestar.com.my
Engineer charged over Terengganu stadium collapse
Wan Manan Wan Ali, 51, from Kuala Ibai, here, claimed trail while Justice M. Bakri Abdul Majid fixed March 17 as the re-mention date.
Based on the charge sheet, Wan Manan was alleged to have acted like an approved examiner in issuing a document dated Jan 15, 2009 on the main roof truss system and its related works for the proposal to construct the main stadium, known as the Terengganu Sport Complex.
An investigation committee established by the Public Works Department to determine the cause of the collapse at the RM292mil stadium underlined several crucial factors in a detailed 60-page confidential report submitted to the state government one year after the incident.
It also stated that the project management team did not have the necessary skills and competence to manage a project of such magnitude and complexity.
The committee also noted that the management team had failed to conduct a design analysis, considering that the complex architectural shape and large spans made the structure very sensitive to any movement in the supporting structures.
If this is true, I'd say people's belief in the officers for Islam will decrease. Pakai lebai pun tak boleh cayo. Piii rahhh ... Some would still argue, "he's only human." True ... but, not here la judge oii.
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Syariah judge charged with khalwat
GEORGE TOWN: Penang Syariah High Court judge Adam Tumiran, 43, pleaded not guilty in the Syariah Lower Court here on Monday to committing close proximity with Nurul Izani Md Isa at a government quarters here last Dec 5.
Nurul Izani, 34, a financial adviser working in Kuala Lumpur, also pleaded not guilty to the charge before judge Nik Bukhari Hashimy Nik Yahya, who then allowed both of them to be released on bail of RM2,000 in one surety each.
With this win BN will be more confident in the coming GE. I would think that PR would reconsider having PKR in the coalition. PKR has lots of internal infighting due to "trojan horses" within the party. We still need a strong opposition in the government. Lest there's no check and balance.
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PAS accepts defeat with open heart
PETALING JAYA: PAS has accepted the defeat of its candidate in the Tenang by-election with an open heart, claiming that the party had anticipated defeat right from the beginning.
PAS vice-president Salahuddin Ayub said PAS had succeeded in preventing Barisan from winning by a 5,000-vote majority as predicted initially.
DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang has maintained that the momentum of the 2008 political tsunami was still alive.
