Sunday, September 30, 2012
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Team Europe Pays Tribute To Ballesteros After Brilliant Comeback!
BRILLIANT EUROPE WIN RYDER CUP AFTER SPIRIT OF SEVE INSPIRES MIRACLE COMEBACK
The European team celebrate their historic Ryder Cup victory in Chicago
Monday October 1,2012
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The Spanish comeback king, who helped Europe to five wins both as a player and captain, was smiling down from on high as his best friend Jose Maria Olazabal led the team to an incredible triumph. SEVE Ballesteros inspired the Miracle of Medinah last night as Europe overcame a record deficit to win an historic Ryder Cup.
Images of Ballesteros, who died last year aged 54, were emblazoned all over the European team, on their bags, on their shirts - but perhaps most crucially, his never-say-die spirit burned in their hearts.
It was the latter day Seve, England's Ian Poulter, who sparked the unlikely comeback late on Saturday.
He was brilliant once again yesterday and he made it four wins out of four with a typically gladitorial victory against America's US Open champion Webb Simpson.
Sergio Garcia, whose unexpected late victory over Jim Furyk had the Europeans daring to believe, paid generous tribute to Ballesteros.
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| Martin Kaymer celebrates retaining the Ryder Cup |
"I would not have won today without Seve,"he said. "I could feel him with me out there."
His skipper agreed. Fighting back tears, Olazabal said: "My thoughts are for my friend Seve, this one’s for him.
He added: "I've always said this event is so special when you look at twelve men like this giving their hearts trying to win this trophy you don't see this in any other tournament.
"It is unbelievable."
Just 24 hours after Europe had fallen 10-4 behind, Germany's Martin Kaymer showed nerves of steel to retain the trophy, sinking a five-footer on the 18th to narrowly beat Steve Stricker.
My thoughts are for my friend Seve, this one’s for him
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Europe Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal
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Fifteen minutes later, outright victory was secured when Italy's Francesco Molinari secured a half in his clash against Tiger Woods, clinching the match 14/12 / 13 /12 and sending the European fans in Chicago into ecstasy.
"This is indescribable," Kaymer said. "I was so nervous in the last two or three holes. Olazabal came up to me on the 16th and told me we needed my point to win the Ryder Cup. I loved that feeling. Loved it."
England's Luke Donald said: "We believed in our hearts we could win this. We believed we could turn it around."
Justin Rose, who birdied the last two holes to beat Phil Mickelson, said: "We are in shock.
"We wanted to believe, we really did want to believe."
The United States captain Davis Love III said he was stunned by the dramatic defeat - which equalled the record comeback set by the Americans at Brookline in 1999.
He said: "Give Europe a lot of credit, they played very, very well.
"They got on a couple of hot streaks the first two days and that kept them in it.
"It was tough. We know what it feels like now from the '99 Ryder Cup.
"It's shocking. We were playing so well, everyone on our team was playing so well, we figured it didn't matter who we sent out there."
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| Luke Donald with Jose Maria Olazabal |
USA 13½-14½ Europe
Thursday, September 27, 2012
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Detected..AES Cameras
The Road Transport Department (JPJ) has announced the locations of where the first Automated Enforcement System (AES) cameras are to be deployed. In what is termed the pilot stage of the project, a total of 14 sites are on the list, which you’ll find below.
Seven locations are in the northern Zon A, consisting of three fixed, two mobile and two traffic light cameras, one each in Ipoh, Hilir Perak, Taiping, Tapah, Sungai Siput, Kerian and Tanjung Malim. Meanwhile, central Zon B gets the same number and type constitution, with four locations to be found in KL, two in Putrajaya and one in Kajang.
It was earlier reported that the system would begin enforcement operations this month, and notices will be sent out by JPJ within five days. The notices – which will be sent to registered vehicle owners – will include an image of the vehicle captured by the AES camera.
The image, which will clearly show the vehicle’s number plate and face of the driver, will have relevant information such as time, date, place of the offence and recorded speed. In any case, time to enter those coordinates into your GPS, or make a mental note of where the cameras are.
Monday, September 24, 2012
How Educated Views Are Expressed.Superbly.
You walk the talk first – Marina Mahathir to Najib and his government
.You walk the talk first By MARINA MAHATHIR
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The Government wants us to change our lifestyles to cope with inflation. It is easier said than done since most people were having it difficult even before the hikes. The Government must first set an example by doing things it should have done l…ong ago.
WITH the recent hike in fuel prices and the Government’s exhortations for us to change our lifestyles in order to cope, may I provide here some suggestions for the Government and those who work for it to “share our burden”.
1. Stop having meetings, especially out at resorts, far enough away to be able to claim transport allowances. Have online meetings instead or teleconferences. Use Skype or chat.
2. No need to order special pens, bags, T-shirts, notepads and other goodies for those same meetings.
3. No need to order kuih for mid-morning or teatime meetings in government offices, or nasi briyani lunches for those meetings that happen to end just at lunchtime.
4. Cancel all trips for government servants to conferences overseas unless they return with full reports of what they did there, who they met and what they learnt and how they mean to apply what they learnt at home. Ask them to do presentations to colleagues who did not get to go, on the most interesting and important papers that they read.
5. Scrutinise invoices for contracts to make sure they are truly reflective of what those projects or supplies cost.
6. Stop elaborate launches for government programmes. In particular, stop the buying of souvenirs, special batik shirts, corsages, bouquets and caps.
7. Make all civil servants and politicians travel economy class. That means really travelling at the back of the plane and not buying full fare economy class tickets that allow them to be upgraded to Business Class.
8. Stop having the full complement of police escorts to cut down on petrol costs. If they need to be somewhere by a certain time, start earlier like the rest of us. Wouldn’t be a bad thing for them to also experience a traffic jam.
9. Once a week (or more), have ministers use public transport so they know what everyone else has to suffer. This might provide them with the incentive to improve them.
10. Once a week, let ministers go to a market to buy food for their families with instructions to not spend more than RM100.
10. Once a week, let ministers go to a market to buy food for their families with instructions to not spend more than RM100.
11. Get ministers to carpool. They might get more work done just by being able to talk to each other to see what can be coordinated between their ministries. For instance, the Ministers of Health and Women could discuss what to do about women’s health issues in the car on the way to work. Maybe have a secretary to travel in the front seat to take down notes on what was discussed. By the time they get to their offices, things can get implemented.
12. Once a month, get civil servants to work with one disadvantaged group in order to be better able to appreciatetheir problems. It could be blind people one month, hearing disabled people the next, orang asli the following month and people living with HIV/AIDS after that. We could start buddy systems which pair one civil servant with one disadvantaged person and at the end of it, ask each pair to make recommendations on how to make life better for each other. This might get rid of the problem of desk jockeys, people who never stray very far from their desks yet make policies for people they know nothing about.
13. Have PA systems that shout out the name of the officers who have to serve people at government offices so that people get the services they came for and don’t have to keep comingback just because the officer was out having coffee. No counter should be left unmanned for more than five minutes before the officer is paged to go back to their stations. This should cut down waiting time for the public and save them transport costs in having to keep returning just to get one thing done.
14. Government officers who lose people’s files should be fined and have their names publicised for being careless and causingin convenience to the public. Instead of making the public travel to heir offices several times to deal with their problems, they should travel to go see their client and deal with it right there and then. And every officer who goes out of the office should be given a reasonable time to get his work done after which he is expected back in office so he doesn’t waste time doing something else.
15. And newspapers should save paper by reporting real news rather than non-news that they carry, particularly nonsensical utterances by politicians. As they say, we need to do this all together in order to make a difference. So if the Government and politicians make these lifestyle changes, I will do my part and change mine.
15. And newspapers should save paper by reporting real news rather than non-news that they carry, particularly nonsensical utterances by politicians. As they say, we need to do this all together in order to make a difference. So if the Government and politicians make these lifestyle changes, I will do my part and change mine.
Thank You.
Marina Mahathir
Automotive Budget in 2013
Budget 2013 is just around the corner, and every Tom, Dick and Cuepacs is shouting out demands. Since we’re at it, how about the introduction of GST along with the reduction of personal income tax? Currently, too small a group is carrying too big a tax burden for the country, and it’s only fair to share the load and broaden the current tax base.
Enough with my wishful thinking and on to the automotive sector’s wish list. The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) has two items on it – the extension of incentives for hybrid cars and a a long-term vehicle scrapping scheme.
The reason Honda and Toyota are selling so many hybrid cars these days is the government’s incentive scheme of 100% import and excise duty exemption for CBU hybrid vehicles below 2,000 cc. The incentives, as spelled out in Budget 2012, expires on December 31, 2013. MAA believes that it should be extended for at least three to five years.
This will be a step in enabling the growth of green vehicle ownership, said MAA president Datuk Aishah Ahmad. “We feel the two-year period given earlier is not sufficient for the market to develop fully,” she added.
Should this green car incentive be extended to other fuel efficient vehicles? Naza Group joint group executive chairman SM Nasarudin SM Nasimuddin thinks so. “The latest diesel-powered cars offer better fuel consumption and lower CO2 emissions than petrol-powered cars. With the volatility in global crude oil prices, more consumers are seeking cars that consume less fuel,” he pointed out.
Naza’s unit Nasim recently introduced diesel-powered Peugeots for the first time in Malaysia. BMW Group Malaysia has also been a strong promoter of diesel efficiency over the years.
Another MAA wish is for a long-term vehicle scrapping scheme to be put in place, with incentives to be financed by the government. Besides boosting vehicle sales, such a scheme will see better and safer cars on the road, MAA reasons.
“This is to encourage owners of old vehicles to change over to new vehicles that are safer, more fuel efficient and more environmental friendly. And, at the same time boost demand for new vehicles,” said Aishah, who also suggested a grace period of two years to allow stakeholders to transition smoothly.
It’s not the first time we’re hearing something like this. Back in 2009, the government suggested a Vehicle End-of-Life Policy that wasn’t very well received, and was eventually scrapped. Do you think that we’re ready for a vehicle scrapping scheme ala Singapore?
Malaysia’s market leader Perodua is for such a scheme, which it says will address vehicle safety and roadworthiness issues. “During recent discussions with the government, the automotive industry proposed that the policy should be implemented voluntarily before making it compulsory,” Perodua MD Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh was recently quoted as saying.
How Often Ur Car Needs An Oil Change...
How often your car needs an oil change depends on several factors, including the type of car you drive, how old your car is and the type of driving that you do. For years, car manufacturers and service stations recommended changing your car's oil every 3,000 miles (4,828 km). This is no longer the standard in most cases, however, and many people consider changing a car's oil that frequently to be wasteful and unnecessarily costly. Most experts recommend getting an oil change no more than every 5,000 to 8,000 miles (8,047 to 12,875 km), and some cars can go 20,000 miles (32,187 km) or more between oil changes. It is always a good idea to check the recommendations in your car owner's manual and pay attention to your car computer's diagnostic readings, if your car provides them.
Oil's Role in a Car Engine
Motor oil is used to lubricate the moving parts of automobile engines. It prevents the metal surfaces from grinding against each other and becoming worn or damaged from friction. Oil also prevents corrosion, helps cool the engine and helps keep the engine clean by soaking up the byproducts of combustion, such as silicon oxide.
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Factors that Affect Oil Life
When a car's oil becomes contaminated or begins to break down, it will start to do its job less effectively and should be changed. How long it takes before this is necessary can vary. Different types of cars can have different engines that will use oil differently, so they might need oil changes at different intervals. A car that has an older, less efficient engine likely will need an oil change more frequently than a newer car that has a more advanced engine.
Another factor is the type of driving that you do. Taking short drives, driving in stop-and-go traffic or using your car to tow something, such as a trailer or another vehicle, might shorten the life of your car's oil. If you often drive in temperatures of more than 90° Fahrenheit (32.2° Celsius) or less than 10° Fahrenheit (minus-12.2° Celsius), or if you often drive in extremely humid weather, you also might need to change your car's oil more often. If your car has a computer that automatically monitors its oil system, it likely will tell you how much life your oil has remaining and when it is necessary to change the oil.
Oil Changes
An oil change usually is a relatively simple and inexpensive procedure. There are many oil-change stations that specialize in this service, and some of them do not require you to make an appointment. You also can learn how to change your oil yourself to save a little money, but you should make sure to do it properly, because driving your car without enough oil can ruin the engine. Also, it is important to make sure that your car has the right kind of oil. Your car owner's manual should provide recommendations for the best oil to use.
When to Change the Oil
Check your car owner's manual to see the manufacturer's recommendations for how often you should get an oil change. Keep in mind that these recommendations often are based on severe driving conditions — such as short trips in stop-and-go traffic during very hot weather — so you might consider them to be the maximum frequency for oil changes. For example, if the manual says to change the oil every 5,000 miles (8,047 km), you likely do not need to change it before that distance, and you might even be able to wait until you have driven about 8,000 or 10,000 miles (12,875 or 16,093 km). On the other hand, if you have a car that sits unused for months at a time, you might have to ignore distances and have the oil changed at least once a year or so.
The Old Standard
The recommendation to change a car's oil every three months or 3,000 miles (4,828 km) is no longer considered the best practice for modern cars and oils. Getting an oil change before it is necessary wastes oil and increases the cost of maintaining the vehicle. Many service shops still use this recommendation, however, and critics say that this is done only to increase business, without regard to whether such frequent oil changes are necessary.
In some cases, companies offer leases or loans on new cars with service agreements that allow the owner to have the oil changed and have routine maintenance done for free or for a low cost. Additionally, a leased car agreement or warranty might specify that the car owner must abide by normal servicing requirements. In those cases, it might be necessary to have the oil changed every 3,000 miles (4,828 km) to avoid paying additional fees or voiding the warranty.
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