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Do you see what I see? Zoom in. It's a mouthful!

2012-02-12T02:02:00.000+11:00

Knock! Knock! - Cumming (come in)!

2012-02-10T22:32:00.000+11:00

Order Cancellation - (ignore wrong spelling)

2012-02-10T22:28:00.000+11:00

PARAPROSDOKIANS - "Life's tough... It's even tougher if you're stupid" ( John Wayne)

2012-02-09T20:54:00.001+11:00

Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 2:54 PM

Subject: Fwd: FW: "Life's tough... It's even tougher if you're stupid" ( John Wayne)

Now these are worth a read and many worth remembering for use! Interesting that Steven Fry used no. 3 to end his programme on TV yesterday.

PARAPROSDOKIANS

If you look up "paraprosdokian - .. save your time.....

Here is the definition: "A figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation."

"Where there's a will, I want to be in it," is a paraprosdokian.

Ok, so now enjoy these:

1. Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list.

3. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.

5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

6. War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

8. Evening news is where they begin with 'Good Evening, and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.

9. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

10. A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.

11. I thought I wanted a career. Turns out I just wanted paychecks.

12. Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says, 'In case of emergency, notify:' I put 'DOCTOR.'

13. I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

14. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

15. Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.

16. A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.

17. I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.

18. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

19. Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.

20. There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can't get away.

21. I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure.

22. You're never too old to learn something stupid.

23. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.

24. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

25. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

26. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

27. A diplomat is someone who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you look forward to the trip.

28. Hospitality is making your guests feel at home even when you wish they were.

29. I always take life with a grain of salt. Plus a slice of lemon, and a shot of tequila.

30. When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.

Words of Wisdom "The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese." ~ Jon Hammond

KFC assault victim denies provoking attack

2012-02-09T20:35:00.000+11:00

English version
(Correction, Mr. MP of Segambut....it is viral (why-ral or wai-ral), not 'veeral')

Chinese (mandarin) version

HOW TO ASK FOR A DATE - There is no substitute for genuine, innocent love, without a hidden agenda. Gently touch her hand and show her that you care.

2012-02-09T17:46:00.001+11:00

My Bitter Half

2012-02-09T00:52:00.000+11:00

Every Wife is a "Mistress" for her Husband. "Miss" for one hour & "Stress" for the rest 23 hours!

There are 2 times when a Man doesn't understand a Woman. Before Marriage and After Marriage.

My Husband And I Divorced Over Religious Differences. He Thought He Was God, and I Didn't.

Marriage Is Like A Public Toilet.
Those Waiting Outside Are Desperate To Get In & Those Inside Are Desperate To Come Out.

Why Were Hurricanes Usually Named After Women?
Because When They Arrive, They're wet and wild,
But When They Go, They Take Your House And Car...

A Man Goes To The Wizard To Ask If He Can Remove A Curse He Has Been Living With For The Last 40 Years.
The Wizard Says, "Maybe, But You Will Have To Tell Me The Exact Words That Were Used To Put The Curse On You.
"The Man Says Without Hesitation, "I Now Pronounce You Man And Wife."

Husband Searching Keywords on Google `How to Tackle Wife? Google Search Result, "Still Searching`.

A Man Goes To A Shrink And Says, "Doctor, My Wife Is Unfaithful To Me. Every Evening, She Goes To Larry's Bar And Picks Up Men. In Fact, She Sleeps With Anybody Who Asks Her! I'm Going Crazy. What Do You Think I Should Do?" "Relax," Says The Doctor, "Take A Deep Breath And Calm Down. Now, Tell Me, Exactly Where Is Larry's Bar?"

Husband Throwing Darts at His Wife's Photo and Not Even a Single One Hitting the Target... From Another Room Wife Called The Husband: "Honey What Are You Doing...Husband: "MISSING YOU"...

A Man Goes To See The Rabbi. "Rabbi, Something Terrible Is Happening And I Have To Talk To You About It."
The Rabbi Asked, "What's Wrong?"
The Man Replied, "My Wife Is Poisoning Me."
The Rabbi, Very Surprised By This, Asks, "How Can That Be?"
The man then pleads, "I'm telling you, I'm certain she's poisoning me, what I should do?"
The Rabbi Then Offers, "Tell You What. Let Me Talk to Her, I'll See What I Can Find out and I'll Let You Know."
The Rabbi Calls after a while And Says, "Well, I Spoke To Her For Three Hours. You Want My Advice?"
The Man Said "Yes"
The Rabbi Replied, "Take the poison'

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.........
Women are like phones:
They like to be held,
talked to and
touched often.
But push the wrong button
and you're disconnected......

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Difference Between Complete & Finish...
People say there is no difference between COMPLETE & FINISH. But there is... When you marry the right one, you are COMPLETE.... And when you marry the wrong one, you are FINISHED..... And when the right one catches you with the wrong one, you are ... COMPLETELY FINISHED!

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Romantic SMS Romantic...SMS She sends the following message:

My love if you're sleeping, send me your dreams
If you're smiling, send me your smile
If you're crying, send me your tears
I love you

He Replied: I'm in the toilet. What do I send?

Why Men Are Seldom Depressed

2012-02-06T01:04:00.000+11:00

Men Are Just Happier People --
What do you expect from such simple creatures?
Your last name stays put.
The garage is all yours.
Wedding plans take care of themselves.
Chocolate is just another snack.
You can be President.
You can never be pregnant.
You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park.
You can wear NO shirt to a water park.
Car mechanics tell you the truth.
The world is your urinal.
You never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just too icky.
You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt.
Same work, more pay.
Wrinkles add character.
Wedding dress $5000. Tux rental-$100.
People never stare at your chest when you're talking to them.
New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet.
One mood all the time.
Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.
You know stuff about tanks.
A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase.
You can open all your own jars.
You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
If someone forgets to invite you,
He or she can still be your friend.
Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack.
Three pairs of shoes are more than enough..
You almost never have strap problems in public.
You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes..
Everything on your face stays its original color..
The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades.
You only have to shave your face and neck.
You can play with toys all your life.
One wallet and one pair of shoes -- one color for all seasons.
You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look..
You can 'do' your nails with a pocket knife.
You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache.
You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 25 minutes.
No wonder men are happier.

Send this to the women who can handle it
And to the men who will enjoy reading it.

Men Are Just Happier People

NICKNAMES
·            If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah.
·            If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Bubba and Wildman ..

EATING OUT
·            When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it's only for $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back..
·            When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.

MONEY
·            A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
·            A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale.

BATHROOMS
·            A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel.
·            The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.

ARGUMENTS
·            A woman has the last word in any argument.
·            Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

FUTURE
·            A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
·            A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

MARRIAGE
·            A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
·            A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does.

DRESSING UP
·            A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.
·            A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.

NATURAL
·            Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed..
·            Women somehow deteriorate during the night.

OFFSPRING
·            Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.
·            A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
A married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing!

SO,  send this to the women who have a sense of humor and who can handle it .... and to the men who will enjoy reading it..

The official announcement by Sunsuper

2012-02-04T01:21:00.000+11:00

Congratulations again, Dr. Chan.

From: Chan Kah Yein <chankahyein@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 19:57:26 +0800

To: CHUNG Eugene<eugenechung@yahoo.com>; Mary Yeo<maryyeosl@gmail.com>; N.B. Dayananda<maitri979@yahoo.co.uk>

Subject: the official announcement by Sunsuper

Dear Friends,

Here it is, finally.... http://sunsuperdreams.com.au/winners/january-james-blackwell

Thank you so very much for walking this journey with us (and all our wonderful animal friends!).

Regards,

kahyein

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AnimalCare is a charity that promotes caregiving to stray animals and helps in their spay-neuter and medical needs.

CONDOM FACTORY BURNS DOWN IN NEW ZEALAND

2012-02-03T16:58:00.001+11:00

John Keys, Prime Minister of New Zulland, is awoken at 4am by the telephone.

John, its the Hilth Munister here. Sorry to bother you at this hour but there is an emergincy !! I've jist received word thet the Durex factory en Aucklind hes burned to the ground. It is istimated that the entire New Zulland supply of condoms will be gone by the ind of the week."

PM: "Shut !! The economy wull niver be able to cope with all those unwanted babies. W'e will be ruined."

Hilth Munister: "We're going to haf to shup some in from Brutain ?"

PM: "No chence. The Poms will have a field day on thus one."

Hilth Munister: "What about Australia ?"

PM: "I'll call Joolia Gillard. Tell her we need one million condoms, ten enches long and four enches thuck. That way they'll continue to respect the 'All Blacks'."

Three days later, a delighted John rushes out to open the boxes that arrived at the Pist Offuce.

He finds one million condoms - 10 enches long, 4 enches thuck, all coloured green and gold with small writing on each one.

"MADE IN AUSTRALIA - SIZE: MEDIUM"

Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie Oi Oi Oi.

A throw off at the poor ol New Zealanders

Asia’s family businesses face new challenges

2012-02-03T16:17:00.000+11:00

Asia's family businesses face new challenges

February 2, 2012

Non-family firms can draw from the depth of their global operations for their next stage of growth, but family firms have a much more limited pool to choose from.

FEATURE

By Martin Abbugao

SINGAPORE: From India's Ambani empire to the Li dynasty of Hong Kong, family firms are a pillar of Asian economies, but rising globalisation and generational shifts are throwing up new challenges.

Breaking cherished traditions to hire non-relatives to key management posts as companies diversify and compete in a fast-changing global market is one such hurdle, analysts say.

The need for greater transparency and accountability, especially for non-listed family companies, is a major factor, while careful planning on leadership succession can prevent potentially ruinous feuds.

Joseph Fan from the Chinese University of Hong Kong singles out family succession as an "extremely challenging issue" being addressed as many Asian firms make the transition from elderly founders to their offspring.

"If family disputes lead to decisions that damage the businesses, this could cause broader damage to these (regional) economies," he said on the website of the International Finance Corp, the World Bank's private sector arm.

Experts say more than 70 percent of Asian firms are family-owned, defined by Credit Suisse as those where a family or individual in the clan controls at least 20 percent of cash-flow rights.

A Credit Suisse study last year showed family enterprises made up half the listed companies and 32 percent of total market capitalisation in 10 Asian economies covered in the research.

They are also major employers, accounting for 57 percent and 32 percent of staff at listed companies in South Asia and North Asia, respectively.

That makes their survival crucial to the region's emerging economies.

But with such fortunes at stake, family feuds are inevitable.

Family disputes

India's richest man Mukesh Ambani became locked in a bitter dispute with his brother Anil over their father's vast Reliance empire when the patriarch Dhirubhai Ambani died in 2002 leaving no will.

An acrimonious five-year scrap over the assets forced their mother to intervene and carve the empire into two, although recently there have been rumours of a personal and business rapprochement between the brothers.

Last year the family of Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho was embroiled in a bizarre row over the future of his multi-billion-dollar empire, with the 90-year-old accusing relatives of forcing him to relinquish power.

Ho's sprawling clan comprises at least 17 children born to four women who he refers to as his wives.

The saga has seen Ho — a one-time playboy considered the father of Macau's casino scene — publicly battling two branches of his family over SJM Holdings, the centrepiece of a fortune worth at least $3.1 billion.

"The needs and desires of family members and the desires of the business may not always coincide," Sajen Aswani, a third-generation member of the family-run Tolaram Group in Singapore, said without referring to any particular case.

"So the challenge of the leadership of family business is to ensure that there is harmony between the two," said Aswani, whose firm is a member of the Family Business Network, a global organisation of such firms.

Asia's richest are dominated by family money, often starting with a company founded by an entrepreneurial patriarch.

Hong Kong's Li Ka-shing is Asia's richest man with his flagship Cheung Kong Holdings and his billionaire son Richard is head of PCCW, Hong Kong's largest telecom company.

South Korea's Samsung, whose founder Lee Byung-Chull started off in the 1930s selling fish and produce to China, and LG Group which is another family-controlled conglomerate, have become household names globally.

The main challenge

But many of Asia's lesser known small and medium-size enterprises are also run by families.

Deb Loveridge, Asia Pacific managing director at human resource services firm Randstad, said that as family businesses become more sophisticated, hiring qualified non-kin to key posts has become essential.

Loveridge said research showed that a primary challenge for companies across Asia — be they family owned or not — is finding talented leaders to take the business to the next stage of growth.

Non-family firms can draw from the depth of their global operations, but family firms have a much more limited pool to choose from.

"Family companies will do well to acquire new talent," Loveridge said.

"The question for them though is opportunities they can provide five and 10 years on in order to retain those people and develop them so can they see the longer term career path."

"How does a person achieve that career path if within a family structure key positions are held by family members?"

Some Asian family firms are already breaking with tradition.

India's Tata group last year named a successor to its veteran chairman and business icon Ratan Tata, by appointing a non-family member at the helm for the first time in the conglomerate's 143-year history.

But many are not so nimble, and choose to stick with family members even if they possess few management skills.

Fan from the Chinese University of Hong Kong said his research found that five years after a company founder hands over leadership to the next generation, the firm "declined in value by an average 60 percent".

AFP

Malaysia look like a piece of chicken shit

2012-02-03T16:10:00.000+11:00

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Bad customer management? - Chinese Culture - Can't lose face !!

2012-02-03T15:13:00.001+11:00

Chinese Can't Lose their Face......???

A TRUE STORY IN WORDS & PICTURES.....

A coal mine owner in Shanxi , PRC brought along RMB 100,000

cash to spend in a local hotel. It turned out the bill was RMB

200,000. The coal mine owner asked the hotel to let him pay by

credit card. The hotel refused and insisted cash payment only

followed by a heated argument between the hotel and the coal

mine owner!

In order to save face, the mine owner made a phone call, after

a while two cars carried 200,000 pieces of RMB1 note in sack

arrived in front of the hotel to pay for the RMB 200,000 bill

he spent.

See photos below,

a real case for How to Manage Customer Service.

It only happens in China ! Why? This is China ............ !

The coal mine owner waiting for bill.

The hotel get all the manpower to count the RMB 1 note.

The coal mine owner waiting patiently....!

A MOMENT OF FURY AND TACTLESS HANDLING OF THE MANAGEMENT

THAT CAUSED SO MUCH WASTED MANPOWER N TIME......................

SO, WHO IS THE WINNER IN THE END??????????????

Men will understand

2012-02-03T15:06:00.001+11:00

Re: Sunsuper Dreams - We Won!

2012-02-03T01:14:00.000+11:00

Congratulations to you, KahYein.
Credit should also go to Brother Daya who 'fought' tooth and nail to ensure a fair game and Mary too! Don't forget James Blackwell for nominating your doggy cause.

To all my friends who voted, on behalf of Dr. Chan Kah Yein, THANK YOU!

From: Chan Kah Yein <chankahyein@gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 19:20:01 +0800

To: N.B. Dayananda<maitri979@yahoo.co.uk>; CHUNG Eugene<eugenechung@yahoo.com>; Mary Yeo<maryyeosl@gmail.com>

Subject: Sunsuper Dreams - We Won!

Dear Friends,

Hot news fresh from the oven - we won the Sunsuper Dreams Contest!! I just received the news half an hour ago.

Many thanks to everyone from this forum (and your family, friends and relatives) who voted for us.

We received 4319 votes and was 1162 votes ahead of the contender.

Would appreciate it very much if you could please extend my grateful thanks to all your family and friends who have supported us in this contest.

More news later.

Thank you!

With metta,

kahyein

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2012-02-02T12:45:00.001+11:00

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In Police Training, a Dark Film on U.S. Muslims - The 3rd Jihad

2012-01-24T22:15:00.000+11:00

An Islamic flag atop the White House in "The Third Jihad." - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GrwRDZhObI&sns=em

By MICHAEL POWELL
Published: January 24, 2012

Ominous music plays as images appear on the screen: Muslim terrorists shoot Christians in the head, car bombs explode, executed children lie covered by sheets and a doctored photograph shows an Islamic flag flying over the White House.

"This is the true agenda of much of Islam in America," a narrator intones. "A strategy to infiltrate and dominate America. ... This is the war you don't know about."

This is the feature-length film titled "The Third Jihad," paid for by a nonprofit group, which was shown to more than a thousand officers as part of training in the New York Police Department.

In January 2011, when news broke that the department had used the film in training, a top police official denied it, then said it had been mistakenly screened "a couple of times" for a few officers.

A year later, police documents obtained under the state's Freedom of Information Law reveal a different reality: "The Third Jihad," which includes an interview with Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, was shown, according to internal police reports, "on a continuous loop" for between three months and one year of training.

During that time, at least 1,489 police officers, from lieutenants to detectives to patrol officers, saw the film.

News that police trainers showed this film so extensively comes as the department wrestles with its relationship with the city's large Muslim community. The Police Department offers no apology for aggressively spying on Muslim groups and says it has ferreted out terror plots.

But members of the City Council, civil rights advocates and Muslim leaders say the department, in its zeal, has trampled on civil rights, blurred lines between foreign and domestic spying and sown fear among Muslims.

"The department's response was to deny it and to fight our request for information," said Faiza Patel, a director at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School, which obtained the release of the documents through a Freedom of Information request. "The police have shown an explosive documentary to its officers and simply stonewalled us."

Tom Robbins, a former columnist with The Village Voice, first revealed that the police had screened the film. The Brennan Center then filed its request.

The 72-minute film was financed by the Clarion Fund, a nonprofit group whose board includes a former Central Intelligence Agency official and a deputy defense secretary for President Ronald Reagan. Its previous documentary attacking Muslims' "war on the West" attracted support from the casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, a major supporter of Israel who has helped reshape the Republican presidential primary by pouring millions of dollars into a so-called super PAC that backs Newt Gingrich.

Commissioner Kelly is listed on the "Third Jihad" Web site as a "featured interviewee." Paul J. Browne, the Police Department's chief spokesman, wrote in an e-mail that filmmakers had lifted the clip from an old interview. The commissioner, Mr. Browne said, has not asked the filmmakers to remove him from its Web site, or to clarify that he had not cooperated with them.

None of the documents turned over to the Brennan Center make clear which police officials approved the showing of this film during training. Department lawyers blacked out large swaths of these internal memorandums.

Repeated calls over the past several days to the Clarion Fund, which is based in New York, were not answered. The nonprofit group shares officials with Aish HaTorah, an Israeli organization that opposes any territorial concessions on the West Bank. The producer of "The Third Jihad," Raphael Shore, also works with Aish HaTorah.

Clarion's financing is a puzzle. Its federal income tax forms show contributions, grants and revenues typically hover around $1 million annually - except in 2008, when it booked contributions of $18.3 million. That same year, Clarion produced "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West." The Clarion Fund used its surge in contributions to pay to distribute tens of millions of copies of this DVD in swing electoral states across the country in September 2008.

"The Third Jihad" is quite similar, in style and content, to that earlier film. Narrated by Zuhdi Jasser, a Muslim doctor and former American military officer in Arizona, "The Third Jihad" casts a broad shadow over American Muslims. Few Muslim leaders, it states, can be trusted.

"Americans are being told that many of the mainstream Muslim groups are also moderate," Mr. Jasser states. "When in fact if you look a little closer, you'll see a very different reality. One of their primary tactics is deception."

The film posits that there were three jihads: One at the time of Muhammad, a second in the Middle Ages and a third that is under way covertly throughout the West today.

This is, the film claims, "the 1,400-year war."

How the film came to be used in police training, and even for how long, was not clear. An undated memorandum from the department's commanding officer for specialized training noted that an employee of the federal Department of Homeland Security handed the DVD to the New York police in January 2010. Since then, this officer said, the video was shown continuously "during the sign-in, medical and administrative orientation process." A Department of Homeland Security spokesman said it was never used in its curriculum, and might have come from a contractor.

As it turned out, it was police officers who blew the whistle after watching the film. Late in 2010, Mr. Robbins contacted an officer who spoke of his unease with the film; another officer, said Zead Ramadan, the New York president of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, talked of seeing it during a training session the previous summer. "The officer was completely offended by it as a Muslim," Mr. Ramadan said. "It defiled our faith and misrepresented everything we stood for."

When the news broke about the movie last year, Mr. Browne called it a "wacky film" that had been shown "only a couple of times when officers were filling out paperwork before the actual course work began."

He made no more public comments. Privately, two days later, he asked the Police Academy to determine whether a terrorism awareness training program had used the video, according to the documents.

The academy's commander reported back on March 23, 2011, that the film had been viewed by 68 lieutenants, 159 sergeants, 31 detectives and 1,231 patrol officers. The department never made those findings public.

And just one week later, the Brennan Center officially requested the same information, starting what turned out to be a nine-month legal battle to obtain it.

"It suggests a broader problem that they refuse to divulge this information much less to discuss it," Ms. Patel of the Brennan Center said. "The training of the world's largest city police force is an important question."

Mr. Browne said he had been unaware of the higher viewership of the film until asked about it by The New York Times last week.

There is the question of the officers who viewed the movie during training. Mr. Browne said the Police Department had no plans to correct any false impressions the movie might have left behind.

"There's no plan to contact officers who saw it," he said, or to "add other programming as a result."
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To SunWay Pyramid Management, advertised in your shopping mall toilets, was this good intentioned sign but does your property management not know the difference between 'lose' and 'loose'? Embarrassing to know corporate Malaysia's standard of English.

2012-01-24T18:34:00.000+11:00

To SunWay Pyramid Management, advertised in your shopping mall toilets, was this good intentioned sign but does your property management not know the difference between 'lose' and 'loose'? Embarrassing to know corporate Malaysia's standard of English. How was this approved by the management? No verification or proofreading process and procedures in place?

False! Beware! - Re: VERIFY YOUR ACCOUNT!!!

2012-01-24T13:21:00.000+11:00

Please be warned. As a yahoo email user if you do receive such emails, do NOT click on the link.
Firstly, yahoo administration does not email to any of yahoo's email users and even if they do, looking at the Reply-To address yahoo@one.yahoo-email.com, one has to be gullible and stupid to believe it is truly from Yahoo.

Secondly, the Click Here To Verify where 'Verify' was embedded this link in a shortened or compresses format that you are unable to tell what it is.
I have expanded the short URL and this is http://lawleaf.ca/wp-content/themes/login_verify5/index.html
Any fool can tell lawleaf.ca is not yahoo.
Do not click on any of the links here.

From: "Yahoo!"<yahoo@one.yahoo-email.com>

Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:03:28 +0100

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The Burnt Biscuit

2012-01-20T12:56:00.000+11:00

Mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day at work. That evening, mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burnt biscuits in front of dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed.

All dad did was reach for his biscuit, smiled at mom and asked me how my day was at school. I don't remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that biscuit and ate every bite.

When I got up from the table, I remember hearing mom apologize to dad for burning the biscuits. And I'll never forget what he said: Honey, I love burnt biscuits.

Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and asked him if he really liked his biscuits burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said, "Your Momma put in a hard day at work today and she's real tired. And besides - a little burnt biscuit never hurt anyone!"

You know, life is full of imperfect things.....and imperfect people. I'm not the best at hardly anything, and I forget birthdays and anniversaries just like everyone else.

What I've learned over the years is that learning to accept each others' faults - and choosing to celebrate each others differences - is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship.

Because in the end, you are the master of your own life, to be happy or unhappy, to be positive or negative.

We could extend this to any relationship. In fact, understanding is the base of any relationship , be it a husband-wife or parent-child or friendship.

Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket - keep it in your own.

So please pass me a biscuit, and yes, the burnt one will do just fine ...

How Men n Women Make Purchasing Decisions

2012-01-19T02:29:00.000+11:00

Shit Asian Dads Say

2012-01-16T20:13:00.000+11:00

Violence Interrupted

2012-01-16T19:10:00.000+11:00

To Stop Violence, Interrupt it!

Even those involved in trying to curb youth gang violence are afraid of becoming victims of its sudden terror. “The Interruptors” follows two men and a woman in the inner city of Chicago who put their fears aside to do what it takes to help end the gang wars. This is a blunt, raw look at what compassion and direct action can mean in the lives of damaged and alienated youth.

Video from KarmaTube

WTF! This elderly guy rode up next to me without a helmet! The law in Malaysia only applies to some people only?!?! Niamah! Oops, sorry Patrick T. Didn't mean to steal your punchline.

2012-01-16T01:39:00.000+11:00

This prick received the Man of the Year Award!

2012-01-15T03:30:00.000+11:00

Malaysian Condoms the best?

2012-01-15T03:27:00.000+11:00

Civil Obedience - Howard Zinn's Quote

2012-01-10T23:37:00.000+11:00

Urgent Warning on excessive drinking! I swear by lemon tea these days!

2012-01-10T23:31:00.000+11:00

World's oldest running Car !

2012-01-06T13:26:00.001+11:00

Car Fetches $4.62M at RM Auction in Hershey , Pennsylvania

October 10 2011 at 10:05am

By Motoring Staff.

This is the oldest motor vehicle car in the world that still runs.

It was built one year before Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler invented the internal combustion engine.

The world's oldest running motor vehicle has been sold at auction for an astonishing $4.62 million (R36.5-million), more than double the pre-sale estimate, as two bidders chased the price up in a three-minute bidding war.

The 1884 De Dion Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos Steam Runabout drew a standing ovation as it was driven up onto the stage at Friday's RM Auction in Hershey , Pennsylvania
- to prove that this 127-year-old car really does run!
- and attracted a starting bid of $500 000, which was immediately doubled to $1 million.

Encouraged by the applauding crowd, the bidding went swiftly up to 4.62 million including the 10 percent commission - before the car was knocked down to a unnamed buyer.

The Dos-a-Dos (Back-to-Back) Steam Runabout was built in 1884 by George Bouton and Charles-Armand Trepardoux for French entrepreneur Count de Dion, who named it 'La Marquise' after his mother.

In 1887, with De Dion at the tiller, it won the world's first ever motor race (it was the only entrant to make the start line!) covering the 32km from the Pont de Neuilly in Paris to Versailles and back in one hour and 14 minutes (an average of 25.9km/h) and, according to contemporary reports, hitting a breathtaking 60km/h on the straights!

La Marquise has only had four owners, remaining in one family for 81 years, and has been restored twice, once by the Doriol family and again by British collector Tom Moore in the early 1990's.
Since then, it has taken part in four London-to-Brighton runs and collected a double gold at the 1997 Pebble Beach d'Elegance in California .

Count de Dion winning the first ever motor race.

Welcome To Facebook - WTF!

2012-01-06T03:44:00.000+11:00

Let Calcutta Surprise You

2012-01-05T20:04:00.000+11:00

Client : YPO, Calcutta Chapter
Producer/Director: Priyanka Rungta, supported by Arka Bhattacharyya, Navsoft
Creative Agency : 100 Watts Design Studio
Branding, Art Direction & Copy : Kritika Malhotra
Production House: Arko Sen
Published: December 2011

Hand Shadow

2012-01-05T19:37:00.000+11:00

TM "Hand Shadow" from Pixelpost on Vimeo.

Exercise your Mind

2012-01-05T18:49:00.001+11:00

Good brain exercise for retiree

Check this one out. Scroll thru it and it will amaze you as to how it all makes sense and will come to you, all of a sudden..

Brain Study....

Wow! It took me a few seconds, but then I got the hang of it...I've seen this with the letters out of order, but this is the first time I've seen it with numbers.

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Good example of a Brain Study: If you can read this you have a strong mind: Mine was brilliant!

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Why Complicate Life?

2012-01-04T14:27:00.001+11:00