…probably not available in the Guinness Book of World Records or Ripley’s Believe It or Not
http://www.metalforums.com - for down to earth and straight to the point, from the heart LP reviews - watch out for “St Anger” (Metallica) review.
http://www.earthsea.com/metrogamers/nerd-gee.htm - difference between geeks and nerds: or google “geek nerd difference”
http://www.deathworld.org/spy.html
“top secret govt warehouse contents”
interesting list
things that Indiana Jones and the Nazis would be very interested to lay their hands on too………
anti spam
bayesian technique
approx http
pop..something.sourceforge.net
www.upserv.com/spammunition/
something completely unrelated….but maybe interesting
www.etext.org
“heaviest riff ever committed to vinyl”
slayer - raining blood
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20021021/jesus.html
discovery channel - 29 Jun 2003 - 9pm Astro - An extraordinary inscription incised on one side of the ossuary reads in clear Aramaic letters: ‘James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus. This could be the discovery of the last 2 millenia - proof that Jesus existed.
That’s it - this surely is the end of Mike “Iron Mike” Tyson
Boxer Mike Tyson Arrested in N.Y. Brawl
By ERIN McCLAM, Associated Press Writer
NEW YORK - Mike Tyson was arrested early Saturday after a brawl with two men outside a Brooklyn hotel and was charged with assault and disorderly conduct.
AP Photo
The former heavyweight champion was treated for minor cuts to his hands after the two men apparently retrieved an object from the hotel lobby and used it against him, police said. Police added they had no further information on the object.
The brawl broke out about 5:30 a.m. outside the hotel where Tyson was staying, police said. They did not immediately have information on what started the fight.
The Brooklyn district attorney’s office said Tyson was expected to be arraigned late Saturday or early Sunday.
A call to Shelly Finkel, adviser to the 36-year-old Brooklyn-born boxer, was not immediately returned.
The two other men in the brawl also were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. Police identified one as Nestor Alvarez, 24, but they did not identify the other.
One of the two men and a woman who was with them were taken to Bellevue Hospital and treated for minor injuries, police said. Tyson was not taken to the hospital.
Tyson, with a long history of legal trouble, was convicted of rape in 1992 and was sentenced to six years in prison. He served three years before being released on parole.
In a Fox television interview last month, Tyson said he was so angry about the conviction he wanted to rape his accuser, former beauty pageant contestant Desiree Washington, and her mother.
In 1997, he bit off a piece of Evander Holyfield’s ear during a bout. Tyson’s Nevada boxing license was suspended for a year, and he was fined $3 million. In 1999, he was released from a Maryland jail after serving 3 1/2 months for assaulting the two motorists.
Last year, he threw a punch at Lennox Lewis’ bodyguard at a news conference announcing a fight between the two, setting off a brawl between Tyson and Lewis.
Probably the worst city to live in the US is Benton Harbor, Michigan.
Still, it does not stop the city website to say:
Welcome to our great city! Benton Harbor is located in Southwest Michigan, along the shores of beautiful Lake Michigan. Our community is one of growth, prosperity and diversity.
The City of Benton Harbor offers distinct advantages to the citizens and business owners within the community. Both, residents and business owners are aware of the positive change within our community for economic growth and development.
Come and see why Benton Harbor is a great place to live, work, and visit.
Population is about 12,000 (92% blacks).
Out of the 3,767 households there:
- 42.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them
- Only 20.8% were married couples living together
- 42.0% had a “female householder with no husband present”
- 32.1% were non-families.
- about 40% of families and 42.6% of the population were below the poverty line.
There have been years of poverty, violence, high employment (25%) and the highest murder rate per capita in the whole country.
There have been 2 major riots in the city’s history, in 1966 and 2003 and lesser riots in 1960, 1967 and 1990.
In 2003, about 200 houses were set on fire. The riots were generally interpreted as signs of frustration from the majority of its population: black youth.
In stark contrast, across the river there’s the town of St Joseph with a population of 8,800 (90% whites). It has only 2% unemployment and more than double Benton Harbor’s household income.
Source
Wikipedia
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030619/ap_on_re_us/castro_prank_3
Miami DJs Claim Phone Prank on Castro
1 hour, 50 minutes ago Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo!
By RACHEL LA CORTE, Associated Press Writer
MIAMI - Two radio show hosts who duped Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez into believing he was speaking by phone with Cuban President Fidel Castro (news - web sites) now claim to have similarly tricked Castro.
A recording provided by the Cuban-American radio announcers has a man they say is Castro responding for about four minutes Tuesday to snippets of a tape recording of Chavez, a Castro friend.
He catches on to the prank after he is called an assassin and the conversation disintegrates into him denouncing the caller with a stream of obscenities.
The call was played on Miami’s WXDJ-FM on Tuesday; disc jockeys Joe Ferrero and Enrique Santos tricked Chavez in January.
“This was a big, big fish that we were trying to get,” Ferrero said. “Castro really has his people well-trained to avoid these kind of situations, but we were able to persuade all these people.”
In Havana, Cuban officials who did not want to be identified said Wednesday they did not know about the prank and could not comment.
Venezuelan Embassy spokesman Andres Izarra said he hadn’t heard the recording and couldn’t confirm whether the DJs actually got through to Castro.
Regardless, “it’s another prank by these people who are very irresponsible and unethical,” he said. “We totally reject these types of jokes.”
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030618/od_nm/odd_cuba_radio_dc_1
Cuba’s Castro Apparent Victim of Radio Prank
Wed Jun 18, 8:16 AM ET Add Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo!
By Frances Kerry
MIAMI (Reuters) - Cuban President Fidel Castro (news - web sites) or someone sounding very much like him fell for a trap laid by Miami radio pranksters on Tuesday, thinking he was talking on the phone to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and abusing the callers when he realized he was being duped.
The radio station, Spanish-language station El Zol 95.7, delightedly and repeatedly broadcast the recording from its popular program “El Vacilon de la Manana” (Morning Joker) in a city that is home to many anti-Castro exiles.
There was no immediate way of telling whether it really was Castro on the line, but to Spanish speakers familiar with the Cuban leader’s well-known voice it seemed to be him. There was no immediate reaction from government officials in Havana.
The Vacilon hosts, Enrique Santos and Joe Ferrero, used the same technique they used in January to catch Chavez on the program, when they cobbled together real phrases spoken by Castro to make the Venezuelan leader think he was talking to his Cuban ally.
This time, they used phrases spoken in a speech by Chavez.
A presenter posing as a Chavez aide wound his way through a series of Cuban official switchboards — receptive because Chavez is a strong Castro admirer — with a story that Chavez needed to speak to Castro because he had lost a suitcase with sensitive documents on a recent trip both leaders made to Argentina.
Finally, Castro came on the line and listened to the story of the suitcase.
The Chavez “aide” asked Castro if he agreed to help by getting his security detail hunt down the suitcase and the Cuban leader said, “I absolutely agree.”
“Do you agree with the shit on the island (Cuba), killer?” the Chavez “aide” asked, quickly adding, “You fell for it” and announcing he was on the Miami radio program.
“What did I fall for, you shit?” said Castro. “What did I fall for, bastard?,” he said. He added a few more words of strong abuse before hanging up, as whoops of joy erupted at the Miami end of the call.
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20030618/ts_alt_afp/us_cuba_prank_030618222322
Castro apparently falls victim to Miami radio prank
Wed Jun 18, 6:23 PM ET Add U.S. National - AFP to My Yahoo!
MIAMI (AFP) - Cuban leader Fidel Castro (news - web sites) apparently fell victim to a prank by a Miami radio station, and used crude expletives against Miami talk show hosts who led him to believe he was on the phone with his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez.
AFP/File Photo
The recording of the conversation was repeatedly aired since Tuesday by the Spanish-language radio station El Zol 95.7, which had already played a similar prank on Chavez in January, pretending Castro was on the line.
The make-believe Chavez sought help from Castro in tracking down a suitcase containing secret documents he said he lost during the leaders’ recent trip to Argentina.
Eventually, a man posing as a Chavez aide asked Castro: “Do you agree with the shit on the island, murderer?” and added, “You fell for it … the whole of Miami is listening to you, Fidel Castro.”
“What did I fall for, you shit,” the irate Cuban leader answered, adding further crude expletives, including references to the anatomy of the host’s mother.
“He used very obscene words the president of a country should never use,” said the radio host Joe Ferrero said later.
Castro eventually hung up, ending the 25-minute conversation.
The radio station used the same technique it had employed for the Castro imitation in January, piecing together fragments from Chavez speeches.
Miami is home to close to 700,000 Cuban exiles and Cuban-Americans, many of whom staunchly oppose Castro’s communist government.
http://www.magiceye.com - makers of those stereograms - surprisingly they’re not as simple as they look!
http://www.mycen.com.my/duasen - hilarious Malaysian blog, featured in a recent article in InTech
Lyrics to Indonesian songs - look out for the oldies
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/3014
http://www.geocities.com/indonesong/teks_lagu.html
http://www.tempointeraktif.com/news/2001%5C5%5C7/1,1,3,id.html
In Memoriam Charles Hutagalung
7 May 2001 17:56:10 WIB
TEMPO Interaktif, Jakarta: Setelah tiga tahun menderita stroke, Charles Hutagalung, menghembuskan nafas terakhirnya pukul 07.53 WIB, Senin (7/5). Menurut putra pertamanya, Immanuel Hutagalung, kepada Antara, Charles meninggal dalam perjalanan menuju Rumah Sakit Pusat Pertamina Jakarta. Dia akan dimakamkan hari Rabu (8/5) di Pemakaman Joglo, Jakarta Barat. “Papa minta saya menjaga mama,” ujar Immanuel tentang pesan terakhir ayah empat anak itu.
Vokalis sekaligus pemain organ grup musik The Mercy’s ini, mengidap stroke sejak tahun 1998. Penyakit itu membuatnya tidak seproduktif ketika The Mercy’s masih berkibar di blantika musik nasional tahun 1969 hingga tahun 1978. Meski demikian, sampai akhir hayatnya, Charles tidak pernah berhenti berkarya. Suami dari Deli Sriati ini masih menciptakan beberapa lagu-lagu daerah Manado.
Masyarakat mengenal Charles ketika dia mulai bergabung dengan The Mercy’s yang dibentuk di Medan tahun 1969. Waktu itu, grup musik dan vokal ini masih digawangi Rinto Harahap (bas), Erwin Harahap (gitar melodi), Reynold Panggabean (drum), Rizal Arsyad (gitar pengiring) dan Boen (organ). Boen kemudian mengundurkan diri, dan Charles mengambil alih posisinya. Pada tahun pertama terbentuk, The Mercy’s masih berpetualang dari satu klub malam ke klub malam yang lain, mulai dari Medan hingga ke Penang, Malaysia.
Tahun 1972, The Mercy’s hijrah ke Jakarta dan masih tampil di beberapa klub malam, membawa lagu-lagu yang mereka ciptakan sendiri. Kemudian, mereka merekam lagu-lagunya di Studio rekaman Remaco. Tercatat sudah 30 album yang dihasilkan The Mercy’s, mulai dari album pop, keroncong, dan rohani.
Pasang surut yang melanda blantika musik Indonesia juga dirasakan oleh The Mercy’s sejak memasuki dunia rekaman. Rizal Arsyad kemudian meneruskan sekolahnya ke Jerman. Albert Sumlang kemudian bergabung sebagai peniup saksofon. Tahun 1978, The Mercy’s melakukan rekamannya yang terakhir. Sejak itu, anggota The Mercy’s kemudian mulai terlibat dengan kegiatannya sendiri-sendiri. Erwin Harahap memilih di jalur produser rekaman dan mendirikan perusahaannya sendiri. Rinto Harahap menjadi penyanyi solo dan pencipta lagu. Demikian pula dengan Charles Hutagalung, lebih dikenal kemudian sebagai penyanyi Solo dan pencipta lagu.
Sebagai pencipta lagu, Charles Hutagalung tergolong sukses menciptakan lagu-lagu yang terkenal saat itu. “Kisah Seorang Pramuria” adalah salah satu buah karyanya yang masih terkenal hingga saat ini. Bahkan beberapa lagu ciptaannya, seperti “Dalam Kerinduan” dirilis ulang dan dinyanyikan oleh Dewi Yull. Demikian pula dengan lagu “Hidupku Sunyi”, direkam kembali dan dibuatkan video klipnya oleh Tantowi Yahya yang menyertakan puluhan MC (master of Ceremony) terkenal. Hasil penjualan lagu ini menurut Tantowi Yahya ditujukan untuk membantu biaya pengobatan Charles. Album-album lama The Mercy’s juga belakangan dirilis ulang dalam bentuk VCD maupun VCD karaoke.
Sejak menderita stroke, Charles tetap mendapat perhatian dan bantuan dari sesama artis. Tanggal 16 Desember 2000 yang lalu, Charles, secara pribadi mendapat bantuan Rp 50 juta untuk biaya pengobatannya, dalam sebuah acara amal yang dimotori oleh Benny Panjaitan, vokalis Panbers, grup musik seangkatan The Mercy’s. Pada bulan yang sama, bersama 100 artis lainnya, dia mendapat santunan dari Yayasan Paramawidya Artis Indonesia, pimpinan Ratna Djuwita, aktris terkenal tahun 1970-an.
Namun pada akhirnya, semua itu tidak dapat menghentikan kehendak Yang Di Atas. Pada pagi hari yang cerah hari ini, dunia musik Indonesia kembali kehilangan maestronya. (Deddy Sinaga)
www.surga.org/hutagalung.html
Salah seorang Ikon Musik Pop Indonesia berpulang. Charles Hutagalung menghembuskan napas terakhirnya, Senin, 7 mei 2001, akibat stroke yang telah dideritanya sejak tiga tahun lalu. Senin itu, Charles sempat jatuh lagi. Dalam perjalanan dari rumahnya di bilangan Meruya LLir ke Rumah Sakit Pertamina, Jakarta, ia meninggal. Charles meninggalkan Deli Sriati, istrinya, dan empat anak yang beranjak dewasa.
Orang akan mengenang suaranya yang melengking tinggi ketika bernyanyi dalam lagu-lagu sederhana dan mendayu-dayu. Laki kelahiran Medan 14 Oktober 1948, ini sempat bergabung dengan group band The Mercy`s bersama Rinto Harahap, Erwin Harahap, Rizal Arsyad, dan Reynold Panggabean. Band itu sempat menjadi idola anak-anak muda tahun 1970an. Dengan rambut gondrong, celana lebar di ujungnya yang biasa “menyapu”jalan, serta wajah keras khas Bataknya, Charles sangat mudah diingat.Lagu Mana Lagi jadi hit dimana-mana. Tiada Lagi dan Semua Bisa Bilang biasanya dinyanyikan anak-anak muda Indonesia Kala itu. Charles sebenarnya bergabung dengan The Mercy`s belakangan, Ia menggantikan Iskandar, yang absen sebagai pemain organ saat The Mercy`s akan melakukan pertunjukan ke Penang Malaysia. Saat itu Charles sudah mulai dikenal orang sebagai pemain organ dan penyanyi yang andal kala masih bergabung dalam band Bhayangkara, Medan.
Tidak dapat dimungkiri bahwa peran Charles ikut membesarkan The Mercy`s, hingga mereka harus berpisah sendiri-sendiri pada 1978. Charles pun masih rajin bersolo karir sampai akhir hayatnya. Tercatat 30 album rekaman The Mercy`s telah diluncurkan dan ratusan karya Charles Hutagalung bergulir di masyarakat penggemar musik pop Indonesia
Online family tree - Godomon
started at www.ancestry.com
username: ebenezergodomon
password: [the usual]
http://www.arstechnica.com - online pc magazine
The Kerrang! 100 greatest Heavy Metal albums of all time (published January ‘89)
1. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
2. Van Halen - Van Halen
3. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
4. Montrose - Montrose
5. Guns n’Roses - Appetite For Destruction
6. Def Leppard - Hysteria
7. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
8. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
9. Aerosmith - Rocks
10. AC/DC - Back In Black
11. Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
12. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
13. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols
14. Rainbow - Rising
15. Deep Purple - In Rock
16. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
17. Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
18. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
19. Def Leppard - Pyromania
20. Aerosmith - Live Bootleg
21. Kiss - Alive
22. Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties
23. Motorhead - No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith
24. Rush - 2112
25. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
26. AC/DC - Powerage
27. Slayer - Reign In Blood
28. UFO - Lights Out
29. Metallica - Kill ‘Em All
30. Van Halen - Women And Children First
31. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
32. Journey - Escape
33. Legs Diamond - Legs Diamond
34. Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
35. Deep Purple - Machine Head
36. Kiss - Destroyer
37. Aerosmith - Draw The Line
38. Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
39. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
40. Bad Company - Bad Company
41. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
42. Metallica - … And Justice For All
43. Rush - Moving Pictures
44. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
45. Motorhead - Overkill
46. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
47. UFO - Strangers In The Night
48. Black Sabbath - Vol 4
49. Bryan Adams - Reckless
50. Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous
51. Moot The Hoople - Live
52. Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic
53. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
54. Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi
55. The Stooges - Funhouse
56. UFO - Obsession
57. Black Sabbath - Sabotage
58. Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
59. Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent
60. Iggy And The Stooges - Raw Power
61. MC5 - Kick Out The Jams
62. Blue Oyster Cult - Agents Of Fortune
63. Angel - Angel
64. Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East
65. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
66. Def Leppard - High ‘n’ Dry
67. Van Halen - 1984
68. Magnum - Chase The Dragon
69. Iggy Pop - Instinct
70. David Lee Roth - Eat’em And Smile
71. Thin Lizzy - Thunder And Lightning
72. Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening
73. Judas Priest - Stained Class
74. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
75. Deep Purple - Made In Japan
76. Van Halen - Van Halen II
77. Magnum - On A Storyteller’s Night
78. Michael Bolton - Everybody’s Crazy
79. Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
80. ZZ Top - Eliminator
81. Whitesnake - Ready An’ Willing
82. Iron Maiden - Live After Death
83. Boston - Boston
84. Starz - Violation
85. Rush - Rush
86. Anthrax - Spreading The Disease
87. Foghat - Foghat Live
88. Queensryche - Rage For Order
89. David Lee Roth - Skyscraper
90. Mother’s Finest - Iron Age
91. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
92. Blue Oyster Cult - On Your Feet Or On Your Knees
93. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Smash Hits
94. Starz - Starz
95.Saxon - Wheels Of Steel
96. AC/DC - If You Want Blood - You Got It
97. Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself
98. Queen - A Night At The Opera
99. Iron Maiden - Killers
100. Vinnie Vincent Invasion - Vinnie Vincent Invasion
The Kerrang! 100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (published January ‘98)
1. Nirvana - In Utero
2. Sepultura - Roots
3. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
4. Nirvana - Nevermind
5. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
6. Guns n’Roses - Appetite For Destruction
7. Black Sabbath - Volume 4
8. AC/DC - Back In Black
9. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols
10. Slayer - Reign In Blood
11. Fear Factory - Demanufacture
12. Metallica - The Black Album
13. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
14. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
15. Pearl Jam - Ten
16. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
17. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
18. Korn - Korn
19. Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
20. White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000
21. Bon Jovi - Keep The Faith
22. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
23. Garbage - Garbage
24. Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land
25. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
26. Reef - Glow
27. Terrorvision - How To Make Friends And Influence People
28. Therapy? - Troublegum
29. Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
30. Jane’s Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual
31. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
32. Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic
33. Green Day - Dookie
34. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
35. Ash - 1977
36. Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast
37. Ministry - Psalm 69
38. Kyuss - Sky Valley
39. Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
40. Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous
41. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
42. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
43. Hole - Live Through This
44. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Bloodsugarsexmagik
45. AC/DC - Highway To Hell
46. The Wildhearts - Earth Vs The Wildhearts
47. Nirvana - Unplugged In New York
48. Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
49. Alice In Chains - Dirt
50. Faith No More - The Real Thing
51. Rancid - …And Out Come The Wolves
52. Venom - Black Metal
53. Kiss - Alive
54. Offspring - Smash
55. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
56. Machine Head - Burn My Eyes
57. Bush - Sixteen Stone
58. Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog
59. Aerosmith - Rocks
60. Discharge - Hear Nothing, Say Nothing, See Nothing
61. Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland
62. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
63. The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion
64. Paradise Lost - Gothic
65. Def Leppard - Pyromania
66. Helmet - Meantime
67. Bad Brains - Rock For Light
68. Skunk Anansie - Paranoid & Sunburnt
69. Marilyn Manson - Portrait Of An American Family
70. Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
71. Placebo - Placebo
72. Rocket From The Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream
73. Sugar - Copper Blue
74. Deftones - Adrenaline
75. Fear Factory - Remanufacture (Cloning Technology)
76. Mother Love Bone - Apple
77. Van Halen - Van Halen
78. Nirvana - Bleach
79. Motorhead - No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith
80. Soundgarden - Superunknown
81. Fugazi - In On The Killtaker
82. Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff
83. Metallica - Kill ‘Em All
84. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
85. Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
86. Aerosmith - Pump
87. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
88. Brad - Shame
89. Corrosion Of Conformity - Blind
90. Napalm Death - Scum
91. Girls Against Boys - Venus Luxure No 1 Baby
92. Entombed - Wolverine Blues
93. Monster Magnet - Dopes To Infinity
94. Karma To Burn - Karma To Burn
95. Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape
96. Soul Asylum - Hang Time
97. Live - Throwing Copper
98. No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
99. Coal Chamber - Coal Chamber
100. Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood
VH1’s 100 greatest songs of the last 25 years
top 20
20 You Shook Me All Night Long AC/DC
19 Fight The Power Public Enemy
18 Losing My Religion R.E.M.
17 Photograph Def Leppard
16 Don’t Speak No Doubt
15 Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) Pink Floyd
14 Nothing Compares 2 U Sin�ad O’Connor
13 Waterfalls TLC
12 You Oughta Know Alanis Morissette
11 Jump Van Halen
10 Like A Virgin Madonna
9 Every Breath You Take The Police
8 I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston
7 When Doves Cry Prince
6 Walk This Way - (with Steven Tyler/Joe Perry) Run-D.M.C.
5 One U2
4 8 Mile - Eminem
3 Sweet Child O’ Mine Guns N’ Roses
2 Billie Jean Michael Jackson
1 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana
From http://daftar.spr.gov.my/
Interesting Malaysian NRIC numbers
H0970119 - 381124125043 DAMIANUS KULOT, KG DAAR, TAMBUNAN [is this the last person in Sabah ever issued with old ic no?]
H0888888 - 750711125575 AZLI BIN ABD MAJID @ SIEDIN, KG ULU PUTATAN
H0777777 - 690926125132 ROSMAWATI @ SALOMA BINTI ISMAIL, KG LUMUT, SIPITANG
H0666666 - 670607125452 DAYANG SAPIAH BINTI AWANG SULAIMAN, KG KARAMUNTING
H0555555 - nobody has this IC no - anybody interested?
H0444444 - 631116125173 CHONG CHOON MIN, KG DENAWAN KINARUT [aiya no hong oooo]
H0333333 - nobody has this IC no - anybody interested?
H0222222 - 380609015366 CHOW SHEE SENG NEE LAI SIEW KUEN, JALAN GAYA, LIKAS
H0123456 - 420401125180 THIEN SHUI TSHIN, KG KINARUT, KAWANG
H0111111 - 500726715197 COLIN ARTHUR BARNES, JALAN ATAS, KUDAT
H0000008 - 301104125027 HARRIS BIN MOHD SALLEH [ex Sabah CM]
H0000007 - 231209125049 PANG TET TSHUNG, JALAN TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN KK [prominent Sabahan]
H0000004 - 181118125067 KASSIM BIN HASHIM, PEKAN SIPITANG [the person with the earliest ic no]
H0000001 to H0000003 : no records
A0732358 - 670723075122 KHOR SAW HOOI,TANJONG BUNGA
0732358 - 291218085127 KALBI BIN MATARAS, TEBING TINGGI
up to you to make your own interesting searches…eg H0800000, H0000088 etc etc
The Beckham saga: will he or wont he leave United?
Finally, 18 June 2003 : confirmed he’s going to Real Madrid.
Now, what happened earlier this year when he Real bid for him and in the end he said he’s staying at United? What happened to the Barca deal?
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from Reuters
Beckham, among England’s most precious exports
LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - David Beckham is more than a superstar footballer. Blessed with good looks, a pop star wife and a talent for self-promotion, Beckham is among England’s most precious commodities.
Being David Beckham is now a lifestyle. Like George Best, whose name is inextricably linked with the Swinging Sixties, the Manchester United midfielder personifies his era, one obsessed with celebrity and image over substance.
A change of Beckham hairstyle is headline news. His dress sense is as closely watched as that of supermodel Kate Moss. His appearances with wife Victoria, a former Spice Girl, trigger photographer frenzy. Every man, woman and child in England has an opinion about Beckham. A national hate figure after being sent off in the 1998 World Cup, he is now captain of his country and a devoted father of two.
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He is almost as famous in Japan, South Africa or Italy — indeed any country where children can mimic Beckham’s trademark free kicks in the park, alleyway or back garden.
It is this popularity which has attracted the moneymen of Real Madrid — who agreed a fee of 35 million euros ($41.31 million) for the 28-year-old on Tuesday — just as much as his talent with a ball.
His presence in the white shirt of the Spanish giants, the only club in world soccer that can rival United’s allure, will stoke huge sponsorship income, replica kit sales and the club’s brand image, particularly in Asia.
But there are risks for Beckham in a move away from Old Trafford.
He has spent his entire career at the world’s richest football club — and the one he has always supported — where he has been worshipped ever since scoring a goal from the halfway line against Wimbledon in August 1996.
Beckham now moves to a country where he does not speak the language, and to a club which is ruthless when it believes a player has failed, however temporarily.
UNITED REGULAR
Beckham signed schoolboy forms with United on his 14th birthday, before joining the club as a 16-year-old trainee in 1991. By 1995/96 he was a regular in a team that just couldn’t stop winning.
They scooped the premier league and FA Cup double that season and won another five league titles, hitting the jackpot in 1999 with the treble of premier league, FA Cup and Champions League victories.
But more astonishing than the racks of medals in Beckham’s trophy cabinet is his transformation from football’s most hated figure to exemplary England captain.
The midfielder’s petulant kick at Argentina’s Diego Simeone during the 1998 World Cup led to Beckham being sent off and England departing the tournament. England fans turned viciously on the golden boy.
Back in England Beckham was abused by fans at every ground he visited. West Ham fans held up red cards reading “You’re a disgrace to your country”.
The United player kept his counsel, winning back public opinion with his stoicism in the face of the insults.
“It went through my mind during those dark days that I might have to go and play abroad,” he said at the start of the 2002 World Cup.
“I feared for my safety at times because there were so many threats coming through.”
England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson gave him the full-time captaincy in February 2001 after a trial run under caretaker Peter Taylor a year earlier and Beckham hasn’t looked back.
This recovery would not have been possible, however, without his pop star girlfriend and now wife.
Beckham met Victoria “Posh” Adams in the mid-1990s when she was a member of the Spice Girls. The perfect celebrity match-up, the couple rivalled the late Princess Diana for paparazzi attention.
In a second “royal” wedding, rivalling that of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys Jones, they married in July 1999, a few months after their first son Brooklyn was born.
Thrones were used in the extravagant ceremony but the Beckhams paid no attention to the sneering. Despite the many doubters at the time they married, they have a strong marriage and now have a second child, Romeo.
POSH INFLUENCE
Victoria’s strong influence over her husband has contributed to his ever-changing hairstyle, tattoos and development into a fashion icon.
Glenn Hoddle, then England manager, omitted him from the England side at the start of the 1998 World Cup, accusing him of being unfocused after he was photographed wearing a sarong.
Before the 2002 World Cup he became the first man to be on the cover of British fashion magazine Marie Claire and Japanese teenagers flocked to hairdressers across the host nation to copy his mohican haircut.
Beckham, whose fame as a footballer is rivalled only by Brazil striker Ronaldo, is now at the peak of his game. He joins a Madrid team that boasts Ronaldo, France’s Zinedine Zidane and Luis Figo of Portugal in probably the most star-studded club in soccer history.
He is the first major English player to move abroad since Steve McManaman went to Real Madrid in 1999. McManaman has spent much of his time on the substitutes’ bench in the Spanish capital, a fate Beckham will be desperate to avoid.
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from soccernet.com
Beckham to join Real in �25m switch
Dale Johnson
David Beckham has agreed to sign a four-year contract with Real Madrid, scuppering Barcelona’s hopes of luring the England skipper to the Nou Camp.
Beckham: Set for Real Madrid (AdamDavy/Empics)
Manchester United confirmed on Tuesday evening that they had accepted a bid of �25million for the midfielder, and that he had already settled personal terms with the Spanish club.
Beckham will have a medical at the Bernabeu on July 1 and sign his contract, which has the option of a further year, the following day.
Spanish radio station Marca had broken the news, forcing United to issue a statement.
It read: ‘Manchester United today reached agreement for the transfer of David Beckham to Real Madrid for a fee of 35million euros (approximately �25m).
‘The deal is expected to be completed in July, conditional upon approval by the boards of Manchester United and Real Madrid, and on the provision of satisfactory payment guarantees.
‘David Beckham has agreed personal terms with Real Madrid and expects to sign his new contract with the club on completion.’
Beckham left United by holding out an olive branch to his former manager. He said: ‘I would like to publicly thank Sir Alex Ferguson for making me the player I am today.
‘I will always hold precious memories of my time at Manchester United and Old Trafford as well as the players, who I regard as part of my family, and the brilliant fans who have given me so much support over the years and continue to do so.
‘I recognise that this is an amazing opportunity for me at this stage in my career and a unique and exciting experience for my family. I know that I will always regret it later in life if I had turned down the chance to play at another great club like Real Madrid, which also has world-class players.
‘I would like to thank other clubs who were interested in signing me including Barcelona and I wish them every success in the future, but I really want to play in the Champions League.
‘I wish Manchester United the best of luck and led by such an inspirational captain as Roy Keane, I am sure they will continue to go from strength to strength.’
Real Madrid sporting director Jorge Valdano was delighted with the coup. He told the club’s website: ‘We are extremely pleased with David’s arrival. It is a strategic signing that will contribute to the club and the team becoming more competitive.
‘Our relationship with Manchester United has been reinforced with this agreement, but there is no doubt that David’s firm and unequivocal wish to play at Real Madrid has been the reason that this deal has been possible.’
Under the terms of the agreement, 7.5m euros (�5.2m) of the total fee will be paid upon completion of the sale, and 17.5m euros (�12.24m) over the following four years in equal instalments.
The remaining 10m euros (�7m) are conditional upon Real Madrid’s performances in the UEFA Champions League.
Under the deal, 1.25m euros (�870,000) are payable in each of the next four seasons conditional on Real Madrid qualifying for the Champions League, and a further 1.25m euros are payable each season conditional on Real Madrid reaching the quarter-finals of the Champions League over the same period.
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson added: ‘I’ve known David since he was 11 years of age, and it’s been a pleasure to see him grow and develop into the player he has become.
‘David has been an integral part of all the successes that Manchester United have achieved in the last decade. I would like to wish him and his family every success in the future, and thank him for his service to the club.’
Peter Kenyon, United chief executive, said: ‘While we are sad to see David go after so many great years at Old Trafford, we believe this is a good deal for the club, and we now look forward to building on the success of last season’s championship title.
‘We wish David all the best in his new career in Spain and thank him for his fantastic contribution to the team’s achievements in the last decade. We have worked closely with David’s advisors throughout the past few weeks and thank them for their co-operation.’
A spokesman for SFX, Beckham’s advisors, said: ‘Manchester United have been professional, fair and open in all of their dealings with David - he will always have the greatest memories of his time at Old Trafford.’
Contrary to several media reports in both countries this week, the transfer will not include any exchange of players. It has been reported that the transfer was agreed as long ago as May 12.
The 28-year-old, currently on his way to Japan for a promotional tour, will reportedly be paid �90,000-a-week and receive 50 per cent of all future image rights.
Another rumour is that Beckham will wear the number ‘77′ shirt, as Raul has worn ‘7′ for years.
New Barcelona president Joan Laporta had made Beckham the central figure in election campaign, but it was always thought Beckham would reject a move to the Catalan club, who are in danger of missing out on a place in Europe for next season.
‘Beckham’s representatives presented an unscalable wall,’ Laporta told Antena 3 television tonight.
Italian clubs AC and Inter Milan were also linked with Beckham, but Real have won the race for his signature.
Real Madrid will win the Spanish title on Sunday if they beat Atletico Bilbao at the Bernabeu, ironically a result which could well see rivals Barcelona qualify for the UEFA Cup.
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Supporters’ group slams United board
Manchester United’s board have been accused of ‘taking leave of their senses” in agreeing to sell David Beckham to Real Madrid for �25million.
Only last week the plc struck a provisional deal with Barcelona president elect Joan Laporta, thought to be worth around �30million.
Old Trafford pressure group Shareholders United tonight reacted with astonishment to the deal for the England captain.
Spokesman Oliver Houston said: ‘The key thing for us as supporter shareholders is that any money for any player is re-invested properly.
‘It is re-invested in facilities for the supporters, it is re-invested in building up the youth team and in providing the manager with enough resources to strengthen the first team.
‘If this was a decision to get the biggest cash windfall they could get clearly the plc have failed in their duty. As David Beckham is the jewel in the crown many people will be sad to see him go.
‘Supporters put up with the fact that Beckham was being sold in the belief United would get a significant windfall. That doesn’t appear to be the case. I don’t know who has taken leave of their senses at the plc. Someone has taken their eye off the ball at Old Trafford.
‘To get someone in of Beckham’s calibre is going to command a fairly high transfer tag and significant wages demands. We assumed some master plan was at work but that is not the case. It is bizarre. They seem to have shot themselves in the foot.”
Houston believes Madrid could not believe their luck when United struck a deal with Joan Laporta, subject to conditions, one of which was him being elected as president of Barcelona.
‘It was amateur hour when they decided to publicly accept this punitive bid from a man who wasn’t even in a position to close the deal, ‘ said Houston.
‘The moment that happened it became almost inevitable he was going to go to Real Madrid and became equally inevitable the ball was in their court. They could clearly match personal terms and clearly provide Beckham with more of what he is looking for.
‘He was obviously not going to Barcelona, who are not playing Champions League football. Madrid must have been falling off their seats with joy when United accepted that bid. To see a deal involving United being done so publicly was very unusual.’
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old emerging news:
Real Madrid, Barcelona, the 2 Italian clubs or stay at United???
Beckham annoyed that he’s being made a pawn by Barca’s prez
His dad Ted Beckham annoyed at Fergie
Man Utd accepted Barca’s 30 mil quid bid
and now Roberto Carlos said Becks going to Real
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Reputed Columbus Remains in Spain Exhumed
Mon Jun 2, 8:57 PM ET
By CIARAN GILES, Associated Press Writer
MADRID, Spain - A chest containing the supposed remains of Christopher Columbus was exhumed Monday for DNA and other tests to determine whether the bones are really those of the famed explorer.
The test aims to settle a long debate over where Colombus is buried: in Spain’s Seville Cathedral or in a sprawling monument in the Dominican Republic’s capital, Santo Domingo.
In the presence of two descendants of Columbus � Jaime and Anunicada Colon de Carvajal � researchers removed two boxes from an ornate tomb at the cathedral in the southern city of Seville. One box is believed to hold the explorer’s bones; the other is known to hold those of his son Hernando.
Another box, thought to contain the bones of Colombus’ brother Diego, was exhumed close to Seville. All three were taken across southern Spain, with a police escort, to the University of Granada.
“This is possibly the first time the three ever traveled together,” joked Marcial Castro, the researcher who launched the project.
In Granada, experts will conduct an array of tests � including DNA analysis � to find out if the two sets of remains in question are related to those of Hernando, whose identity is certain.
Castro says he believes the true bones are in Santo Domingo but adds, “No historian in the world has conclusive proof of where Columbus is buried. That’s what we’re trying to find out.”
Castro said the exhumation Monday was tense.
“We thought we might just find a pile of dust in the box,” he said. “But there were plenty of bones for the scientists to work off.”
The results of the tests will not be known for several months.
Researchers have asked to exhume the supposed remains in Santo Domingo as well, but Dominican authorities are waiting to see the outcome of the Spanish tests, Castro said.
All three sets of remains will be returned to their resting places Friday, he said.
Columbus died and was buried in the Spanish city of Valladolid on May 20, 1506, although he had asked to be buried in the Americas.
Three years later, his remains were moved to a monastery on La Cartuja, next to Seville. In 1537, Maria de Rojas y Toledo, widow of another of Columbus’ sons, Diego, sent the bones of her husband and his father to the cathedral in Santo Domingo for burial. There they lay until 1795, when Spain ceded the island to France but decided Columbus’ remains should not fall into the hands of foreigners.
So a set of remains that the Spaniards believed were Columbus’ were shipped to Havana and, when the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, over to Seville.
However, in 1877, workers digging in the Santo Domingo cathedral unearthed a leaden box containing bones and bearing the inscription, “Illustrious and distinguished male, don Cristobal Colon” � as Columbus is called in Spanish � thus sparking the controversy.
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And who were those Malaysian guys who faked their “first Malaysians to parachute onto South Pole” in 1999, when in fact they landed some 1,700km away?
The planning for this “event” was even published in TIME
Reported by AFP, published in Daily Express Sabah on 28/1/2000:
KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition DAP Chairman Lik Kit Siang urged the Cabinet to review a patriotism campaign which he said fuelled “greed for glory at any price.”
He was commenting on a claim South Pole millennium parachute jump which never took place, as the controversy hit the headlines again.
Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Hishamuddin Hussien Onn has pledged an “in-depth” inquiry into an Antarctic expedition by Malaysian parachutists after organisers admitted that a jump at the South Pole did not take place as claimed.
The skydivers returned Tuesday from the Antarctic to a heroes’ welcome. But Siva Kumar, organising chairman, acknowledged as true a complaint by a splinter group that a jump on Jan. 13 at the Pole did not occur, as earlier reported.
He blamed what he called misinformation supplied to Malaysian organisers based in Chile by Russian officials involved in the multinational effort.
The Malaysians made just one jump in the Antarctic, 1800km (1,125 miles) from the South Pole, on Jan. 1.
On Friday a member of the splinter group, Kamaruddin M. Isa, was quoted as saying that organisers knew even before they left Malaysia in December that they would not be given permission to jump over the South Pole (Also see page 6 report).
Kamaruddin was quoted by the Star newspaper as saying the Russian organisers of the expedition had told the Malaysians in advance that a South Pole jump would be impossible due to dangerous weather conditions.
Siva Kumar denied the report. “Nobody ever told us (beforehand) we would not be able to jump on the South Pole,” he said.
Lim said the fiasco called into question a “Malaysia Boleh!” (Malaysia Can!) campaign launched by the Culture Ministry last August to spur a spirit of patriotism.
Lim said the affair had sullied Malaysia’s image and “showed that all is not good and right with the ‘Malaysia Boleh’ frenzy, resulting not in a pursuit of excellence but of greed for glory at any price.”
In a statement he urged the Cabinet to consider reining in the campaign so as not to promote outlandish and purposeless pursuit of fame “devoid of the values of honest endeavour, commitment and excellence.”
Hishamuddin, announcing the inquiry into the jump which was financed by a RM750,000 government loan, told reporters:
“We have had too many proposals of being the first, the biggest, the smallest and so on. We will look at such projects strictly from now on.”- AFP
http://www.malaysia.net/dap/lks0149.htm
Call on Cabinet to conduct review whether the “Malaysia Boleh” campaign has gone overboard and should be reined in as not to promote outlandish, purposeless and even deceitful pursuit of fame and glory devoid of the values of honest endeavour, commitment and excellence
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Media Statement by Lim Kit Siang - DAP National Chairman
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(Petaling Jaya, Friday): The Minister for Youth and Sports, Datuk Hishammuddin Tun Hussein has still to identify who would be responsible for the independent and thoroughgoing “in-depth investigation” into the million-ringgit South Pole parachute jump fiasco and scandal - and he should announce the persons to constitute such an inquiry committee without any delay.
In fact, the inquiry into the South Pole parachute Malaysia’s national heroes to give due recognition to their feats, which includes jump fiasco should be extended to the North Pole paracute free-fall in April 1998 to assure Malaysians that there was no hanky-panky in “Malaysia Boleh” creation of national heroes and to check the unseemly and murky side of the “Malaysia Boleh” frenzy.
Just before the National Day last August, the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Tourism launched a “Malaysia Boleh” jingle to honour sailing solo around the world, climbing Mount Everest and freefalling over the North Pole.
The Ministry said the jingle was to spur the spirit of patriotism among Malaysians, remind the younger generation of our national heroes’ accomplishments and to cultivate a future generation who will strive to reach greater heights.
The South Pole paracute jump fiasco and scandal, where the entire nation was misled into believing that Malaysian skydivers were the first Asians to jump over the South Pole from an altitude of 6,400m on January 13, 2000 to mark the millennium when such a millennium jump had never taken place, has raised disturbing questions as to whether all the other national feats like the North Pole parachute free-fall in April 1998 had been above-board with no hanky-panky whatsoever.
Dr. Kamaruddin M. Isa, the person who performed a great national service by single-handedly exposing the South Pole paracute jump fiasco by lodging a police report, has made another shocking revelation in today�s Star report by K. Parkaran.
Dr. Kamaruddin said the Malaysian Millennium Jump 2000 team knew that there was no skydive over the Geographical South Pole even before they left the country on December 26, 1999.
He said the international organiser, 45th Russian Expedition, told them that no delegation was given a permit to jump at the Geographical South Pole as it would have been extremely dangerous with the weather then.
He said: “We were only given permission to jump on Jan. 1 at Patriot Hills. Even then, the first jumper was an Indian air force officer, Lt Kamal Singh.”
Dr. Kamaruddin�s latest revelation has thrown a totally new and shocking light on the whole expedition.
When the Malaysian Millennium Jump 2000 team returned from South Pole to Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, its organising chairman G. Siva Kumar made two claims after he was forced to admit that the skydivers never jumped over the Geographical South Pole as officially claimed earlier:
That Malaysians were the first Asians to parachute in the Antarctic - which appears to be false and untrue.
That the Malaysian skydivers could not parachute over the Geographical South Pole because of logistic problems caused by the Russian coordinators, and that legal action against joint organisers of the expedition - Forum Expedition Incorporated of the United States and 45 Russian Antarctic Expedition of Russia - for failing to deliver what they promised. This would be another untruth if Dr. Kamaruddin is right that the Malaysian skydivers knew that there was no jump over the Geographical South Pole even before they left the country on December 26, 1999.
Malaysians have nothing to feel proud and everything to feel ashamed at the South Pole parachute jump fiasco and scandal.
Why can�t the Malaysian Millennium Jump 2000 report about the jump in the Antartic at Patriot Hills at an altitude of 4,500m above the sea level on January 1, 2000 without making baseless and ridiculous claims?
The expedition leader, Deputy Supt of Police Muhamad Fuad Abu Zarim, for instance, said on his return to Kuala Lumpur: “The area is in the South Pole. For example, if we did not land at the Petronas Twin Towers but the Royal Selangor Club instead, we still parachuted over Kuala Lumpur, didn�t we?”
Universiti Malaya geography department head Assoc Prof Dr Azizan Abu Samah, who led a four-person team on Malaysia’s first scientific expedition to the Antarctic in October, said it was wrong for the team to claim that they had jumped over the South Pole just because they skydived over Patriot Hills on Jan 1, 2000.
This is because Patriot Hills, which is the Chilean airport base, is on the Antarctic continent but it is not in the South Pole. The Geographical South Pole is located on 90 degree latitude and is about 1,800km away - which is more than three times the entire length of peninsular Malaysia.
If the millennium skydivers had been told even before they left for South Pole that there would be no jump over the Geographical South Pole, then there was a fraudulent conspiracy to mislead the government, people and nation which must be taken seriously by the authorities.
This would mean that all the following statements were made in the full knowledge that they were untrue:
Siva Kumar�s claim on 14th January 2000 that the Millennium Jump 2000 representing Malaysia led 32 skydivers from 14 countries in a successful jump at the South Pole on 13th January 2000 from an altitude of 21,000 feet. In a statement from Punte Arenas in Chile, Siva Kumar said the five-member Malaysian team, led by jumpmaster Naim Abdullah, succeeded despite insufficient sleep and fatigue. He said: “They outshone the rest on the first jump when they rose to the occasion after a tiring and long 36-hour flight from Kuala Lumpur to Punte Arenas and immediately on another six-hour flight.” He said all skydivers landed safely and regrouped for photo shoots at the Geographical South Pole. Team members Ahmad Ramli Kardi, Noorizan Mohd Yunus, Abdul Malik Mohd Aisen and Abdul Razak Mohd Yusof made the jump while expedition leader Mohammad Fuad Abu Zarim led the ground crew Drop Zone Safety Officers Abdullah Mohammad and Mohd Saad Kimbok.
Fikiran Syndicate spokesman Jespaul Singh denying Dr. Karamuddin�s police report on 22nd January 2000 and maintaining in Sunday Mail 23.1.00 that the skydivers had made the jump on the given date.
Siva Kumar�s statement in a phone interview with Star reporter Jacqueline Ann Surin on January 23, 2000 maintaining that there was the parachute jump over Geographical South Pole, declaring: “Malaysians should be proud of this achievement. There is no room for personal interest.”
The statement by Siva Kumar on his return to Kuala Lumpur on 25th January 2000 that he was in Punte Arenas in Chile when the Russians told him by telephone that the Malaysians had successfully made the jump.
The statement by DSP Muhamad Fuad in Kuala Lumpur on 25th January that poor logistical management by the 45th Russian Antartic Expedition, bad weather and the breakdown of snow buggies were among the reasons why the skydivers could not make the parachute jump over Geographical South Pole. Muhammad Fuad said he was unable to to relay the information to project organisor G. Siva Kumar who had set up a secretariat at Punte Arenas, which is about six hours by air from Patroit Hills, as there was only one telephone line at the base camp in Patroit Hills, solely handled by the Russian co-ordinator, and they were not allowed to use the phone, except in emergency cases.
The Cabinet must take a serious view of the South Pole parachute jump fiasco and scandal, for it has sullied not only Malaysia�s name, flag and honour, but showed that all is not good and right with the “Malaysia Boleh” frenzy, resulting not in a pursuit of excellence but of greed for glory at any price.
Probably, the Cabinet at its meeting next Wednesday should set up a committee to conduct an overal review whether the “Malaysia Boleh” campaign has gone overboard and should be reined in so that it does not end up with all sorts of ridiculous, outlandish, purposeless and even deceitful pursuit of fame and glory for being the first, the biggest, the smallest of this or that completely devoid of the values of honest endeavour, commitment and excellence that are meant to be promoted.
The Youth and Sports Ministry cannot distance itself from the South Pole millennium jump fiasco as the Malaysian Millennium Jump 2000 is jointly organised by the Ministry and Fikiran Syndicate, together with an loan allocation of RM780,000.
The Ministry was also a co-organiser of the “North Pole Freefall Expedition Malaysia 1998″ although there is yet to be a full accounting of the expenses and budget for the expendition.
Hishammuddin should table the full budgetary details of the North Pole Parachute Free Fall 1998 and the disgraceful South Pole Parachute Non-Jump when Parliament reconvenes next month.
(28/1/2000)
http://www.malaysia.net/dap/lks0183.htm
�Malaysia Boleh� frenzy has spawned Ugly Malaysians and Youth Ministry should not become the first Ugly Ministry to suffer from South Pole complex
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Media Statement
by Lim Kit Siang
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(Petaling Jaya, Thursday): The Youth and Sports Minister, Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein said yesterday that the investigation report on the aborted Millennium Jump 2000 expedition to South Pole would be made public. He said the Deputy Youth and Sports Minister, Datuk Ong Tee Kiat is heading the panel set up to probe the matter and will issue a statement very soon.
Hishammuddin should not be infected by the South Pole Complex of denial and cover-up by weak and indecisive handling of the South Pole parachute jump fiasco and scam, which has brought international shame and dishonour to Malaysia.
What Malaysians want is not a statement by the Deputy Youth and Sports Minister delegated to probe the South Pole fiasco/scam, but a full report into two aspects: firstly, the full facts about the South Pole fiasco/scam and secondly, the role and responsibility of the Ministry of Youth and Sports in this charade and scam, not only for the RM780,000 allocation for the expedition, but as a co-organiser of the expedition.
It is for the latter reason why the appointment of Datuk Ong Tee Keat, the Deputy Youth and Sports Minister to conduct the probe into the South Pole fiasco/scam is inappropriate, as there would be public suspicion that there would be an attempt at a cover-up at the Ministry�s failure to protect national honour and dignity from such a fiaso/scam.
What Tee Keat had been saying publicly on the issue has not inspired confidence that there would be an independent and impartial probe into these two aspects of the South Pole fiasco/scam.
At the MCA Chinese New Year open house in Wisma MCA last Saturday, Tee Keat denied that his Ministry was a co-organiser of the expendition with Fikiran Syndicate.
He said: “The ministry was not involved in the expedition. We disbursed the loan under �SOS conditions� and signed a contract that it should be repaid before the end of March.”
Tee Keat should explain what is the meaning of the Youth Ministry�s “SOS conditions” loan disbursement, and what are the other projects which had received such a disbursement.
Tee Keat made the denial in reference to a police report lodged last Wednesday by Millennium Jump 2000 organising chairman, G. Siva Kumar against splinter group spokesman Dr. Kamaruddin M. Isa for trying to sabotage the Malaysian team�s attempt to paracute over the geographical South Pole.
Siva Kumar alleged that Dr. Kamaruddin, who revealed that the team did not jump at South Pole on Jan. 13, had “traumatised the eight Malaysian skydivers by saying that they were not fit, not capable and that they would die if they attempted the jump” and that Dr. Kamaruddin�s actions were “akin to an act of treason to try and stop an attempt endorsed by the Prime Minister and the Malaysian Government”.
Siva Kumar also made accusations against Dr. Kamaruddin “for tarnishing the good image of the secretariat, the company, himself and the organisers”, and he named the organisers as the Youth and Sports Ministry, the Royal Malaysian Police Force, Fikiran Syndicate and Millennium Fiji.
If the Youth Ministry is not a co-organiser of the Millennium Jump 2000 expedition, then it can disclaim responsibility for the South Pole fiasco/scam - but it would also mean that Siva Kumar had lodged a false police report, for which he could be charged and prosecuted in court.
Will Tee Kiat direct the Youth Ministry to lodge a police report against Siva Kumar for lodging a false police report?
It is however too late for the Youth Ministry to deny that it is a co-organiser of the South Police Millennium Jump 2000.
Siva Kumar�s police report last Wednesday was not the first time the Youth and Sports Ministry had been mentioned as a co-organiser of the Millennium Jump 2000.
For the whole of last year, ever since the Millennium Jump 2000 was reported in the local press, the Youth Ministry was reported as a co-organiser of the expedition.
The South Pole Millennium Jump was the direct off-shoot of the “North Pole Freefall Expedition Malaysia 1998″ when 16 skydivers landed on the North Pole together with a Proton Wira 1.5 during the jump from almost 3,000 metres in April 1998.
This was why on December 16, 1999, the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad handed the Jalur Gemilang to the South Pole Millennium Jump 2000 team in a special ceremony at the Prime Minister�s Department, where the Youth and Sports Ministry was hailed as one of the co-organisers.
Had the Prime Minister been misled into believing that the Youth and Sports Ministry was a co-organiser of the Millennium Jump 2000?
In fact, the event for which the Prime Minister handed over the Jalur Gemilang and where the Youth and Sports Ministry was described as a co-organiser was described as the “The Millennium Jump 2000 - Malaysian Time Capsule Mission for Mankind”, as it was reported then that after the South Pole jump, the Millennium Jump team will skydive at four other locations through the year 2000 and plant time capsules, containing among others, messages from Malaysians to future generations.
These are at Mount Kinabalu, Terumbu Layang-Layang in the Spratly Islands, Vanua Levu in Fiji (site of the Meridian Park which lies on the 180 degree meridian line, first to greet sunlight of the year 2000) and finally in Kuala Lumpur. The capsules will only be recovered in 100 years on Jan 1, 2100, except the one at Terumbu Layang-Layang which will be retrieved on Jan 1, 2020.
Has the Youth and Sports Ministry backed out of the “Malaysian Time Capsule Mission for Mankind”?
It is so sad that the whole South Pole Jump fiasco/scam is getting murkier and murkier as it has now been revealed that when the Prime Minister was handing over the Jalur Gemilang to the Millennium Jump 2000 on December 16, 1999, the Millennium Jump 2000 organisers had known four days earlier on December 12, 1999 that the parachute jump over the Geographical South Pole had been called off by the Russians.
If true, this is a most sordid and contemptible exploitation of the “Malaysia Boleh” frenzy and mania, dragging even the office and dignity of the Prime Minister into the mud.
Is this the reason why the Youth and Sports Ministry is belatedly trying to deny that it was ever a co-organiser of the South Pole Jump fiasco/scam?
Hishammuddin should realise that for the Youth Ministry to belatedly deny that it was ever a co-organiser of the Millennium Jump 2000, when it had basked in the glory of the such publicity until the expose of the fiasco/scam of the South Pole Jump that never took place, is as dishonourable as the national deceit over the South Pole Jump that never was on January 13, 2000.
The �Malaysia Boleh” frenzy has spawned many Ugly Malaysians. But the Youth and Sports Ministry should be the last to typify the ugly dimension of “Malaysia Boleh” - claim credit for success and deny association over failure - as over the issue of co-organiser of Millennium Jump 2000.
Hishammuddin should ensure that the Youth and Sports Ministry should not become the first Ugly Malaysian Ministry in manifesting another symptom of the South Pole Complex of denials, cover-ups and downright lies.
(10/2/2000)
