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- Why is the Royal Oak Concept GMT Tourbillion watch so expensive? (VIDEO)
- St Johnstone breaks 130-year drought
- NYT Video: Ukraine’s heart of steel
- Guru — yang formal dan tidak formal
- Possible largest Titanosaur found in Patagonia
| Why is the Royal Oak Concept GMT Tourbillion watch so expensive? (VIDEO) Posted: 17 May 2014 05:59 PM PDT NEW YORK, May 18 — Audemars Piguet North America CEO Xavier Nolot discusses why the Royal Oak Concept GMT Tourbillion watch has an asking price over US$200,000 (RM645,300). Nolot speaks on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart.". — Bloomberg  |
| St Johnstone breaks 130-year drought Posted: 17 May 2014 05:50 PM PDT
Steven Anderson and Steven MacLean grabbed the goals as St Johnstone claimed the first major trophy of the club's 130-year history with victory at Celtic Park. It caps a remarkable first season in charge for Northern Irishman Wright, who also led the McDiarmid Park side to famous Europa League away wins over Rosenborg and FC Minsk as well as a League Cup semi-final. "This means everything in terms of my career but more importantly it will mean a lot more to lots more people - the supporters, the players and chairman Steve Brown and his family who have put so much into this club," a jubilant Wright, who played for Newcastle, Manchester City and Northern Ireland, said. "For us to win the Scottish Cup - our first major trophy - words can't describe how I feel about it all because it's so special for so many people. "This is the pinnacle of my career. It's special for me but I'm sure there are a lot more people out there that it possible means even more to." While teams like Aberdeen and today's opponents Dundee United have been singled for praise for some of their impressive performances this season, St Johnstone have gone about their business quietly. But Wright insisted his side, who defeated League Cup winners Aberdeen in the semi-final, always had the belief that they could finally end a 130-year hoodoo by winning the Scottish Cup in their first final appearance. "We quite like being under the radar because it means we can get on with the job," Wright said. "I did feel that with the squad we assembled in the summer, and especially after our European games, that we would be a difficult side to beat in one-off games and could potentially be a good cup side which has proved to be the case both in the League Cup and Scottish Cup. "There was a belief that this could be our year. You have to play well and you have to have a bit of lady luck on your side and if you put that in with belief I think it is a good recipe for success. "I think that's been the case all season. For us to maintain a place in the top six, win two away games in Europe, make the semi-final of the League Cup and now Scottish Cup winners it's not just about the 11 on the pitch but the whole squad." Dundee United manager Jackie McNamara could not hide his disappointment at falling at the final hurdle in his first full season in charge. "Today just wasn't our day. We tried to break them down in the second half but it just wouldn't go in for us," said McNamara of the 1994 and 2010 winners. "At times it was a bit stop start but I think you have to congratulate St Johnstone on their victory. Tommy has had a fantastic season and his players have done him proud." — AFP |
| NYT Video: Ukraine’s heart of steel Posted: 17 May 2014 05:38 PM PDT In Mariupol, Ukraine, thousands of steelworkers patrol city streets, routing out pro-Russian militants who seized control several weeks ago. — New York Times Related Articles |
| Guru — yang formal dan tidak formal Posted: 17 May 2014 05:30 PM PDT MEI 18 — Pada 16 Mei setiap tahun kita akan menyambut Hari Guru. Tahun ini temanya 'Guru Pencetus Kreativiti, Penjana Inovasi'. Tahniah dan terimakasih untuk para guru yang banyak memberikan panduan dan pedoman kepada kami dalam menempuh matlamat dan arah tuju hidup. Guru adalah pembimbing, membimbing kita kearah yang betul dan konvensional, sekurang-kurangnya untuk satu tempoh. Ramai kawan-kawan saya yang berkerjaya sebagai pendidik. Mereka ini selepas menamatkan pengajian di Maktab Perguruan atau UPSI ( Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris ) biasanya akan dihantar mengajar ke Sabah atau Sarawak. Dan biasanya mereka akan dihantar mengajar di sana dalam tempoh masa yang agak lama, sekurang-kurangnya 5 tahun. Apapun menjadi guru adalah satu kerjaya yang dihormati dan mulia terutamanya jika kita ditempatkan di ceruk-ceruk kampung dan hulu. Hari ini semakin ramai pelajar lepasan sekolah yang bercita-cita untuk menjadi pendidik sehingga proses pemilihannya menjadi semakin sukar. Nyata kita sudah tidak punya banyak pilihan lagi tentang apa yang kita mahu sebenarnya dalam hidup ini,. Setiap kali menjelangnya Hari Guru, selalu terlintas di fikiran saya, apakah stesen televisyen akan menyiarkan sebuah filem lama, To Sir With Love ? Saya pertama kali menonton filem terbitan tahun 1967 itu , To Sir With Love di televisyen pada pertengahan tahun 80an. Saya cukup minat dengan filem tersebut, pertama kerana lakonan hebat Sidney Poitier, pelakon utamanya yang punya aura dan karisma yang unik dan tersendiri, kedua kerana kerana lagu To Sir With Love itu sangat menarik dari segi mesej dan melodinya. Filem dari UK , To Sir With Love ( 1967 ) arahan James Clavell ini diterbitkan dalam bajet yang sederhana namun berjaya mencapai tahap box office di seluruh dunia. Ceritanya mudah dan tidak berbelit-belit, temanya isu sosial di kalangan anak-anak muda di barat sana sewaktu era muzik rock n roll dan A Go Go di tahun 60an dulu. Berbalik pada kisah guru, sewaktu kecil dulu, sesuai dengan usia budak yang baru nak mengenal hidup, agama dan Tuhan, orang tua saya menghantar saya ke sekolah untuk mendapat ilmu pendidikan, kemudian menghantar saya mengaji Quran dengan guru saya, yang saya panggil Pak Derih. Bukan itu saja, semua bab-bab hukum feqah dan fardu Ain juga diajarnya. Saya terhutang budi dengan guru saya itu. Setelah menjangkau usia remaja dalam menuju dewasa, saya mula mencari dan belajar dengan banyak guru untuk lebih memahami makna hidup dan Tuhan. Untuk ke sana, saya mula faham bahawa perjalanan atau pencarian saya bukanlah bersifat konvensional seperti di zaman budak-budak dulu. Menarik tentang guru-guru saya, mereka ini memang tidak konvensional seperti guru-guru fekah yang tipikal dan mengajar bab hukum dan syariaat. Cara mereka juga ada masanya sangat provokatif dan banyak menguji kita. Seperti yang selalu kita percaya, jika kita mencari apa yang ada di dalam, kita perlu faham apa itu 'dalam' dan apa itu 'luar'. Seperti juga jika kita mengaji ilmu hakikat mahupun syariaat, hakikat itu apa yang nyata di dalam dan syariaat itu apa yang nyata di luar. Cerita tentang roh bukanlah melibatkan materi dan ganjaran. Jika ianya ke situ, kita akan terpengaruh akan halwa dunia dan secara tidak langsungnya pandangan kita terhadap yang satu itu tidak lagi real kerana ia berserta nafsu dan hal. Selepas melalui musim demi musim, saya menyimpulkan satu kesimpulan. Guru adalah pembimbing kita namun guru juga hanya manusia yang punya nafsu dan kehendak. Apa yang mereka berikan itu adalah ilmu, yang itu yang perlu kita faham. Guru yang terbaik adalah diri kita sendiri. Bukanlah bermakna kita bertuhankan diri sendiri pula. Biasanya bagi mereka yang mendalami ilmu Tuhan, mereka akan sentiasa bercermin atau muhasabah. Tempat kita mengadu yang paling baik adalah Tuhan, diamnya di jiwa. Kita melihat alam dan sekeliling, mereka adalah guru kita secara tak langsung. Apa saja makhluk atau ciptaan, mereka akan mengajar kita secara tidak langsungnya jika jiwa kita mudah mengerti dan tahap faham kita dalam mengenal itu sampai. Anak-anak, isteri, kawan-kawan, musuh mahupun sahabat kita, bahkan apa saja makhluk yang jika di waktu itu menyentuh takdir dan skrip perjalanan hidup kita, jika mereka berjaya membuat kita berfikir dan memberikan kita sesuatu, mereka adalah guru kita. Saya seorang tenaga pengajar gitar, memang dari segi permainan dan skil memang permainan saya lebih baik dari anak-anak murid saya. Pun apa yang saya belajar dari mereka adalah cuba memahami apa yang mereka sedang faham dan praktikkan. Maknanya saya juga sedang belajar untuk memahami tahap dan kehendak mereka. Kita perlu lebih terbuka dari segi sikap dan pemikiran jika kita mahu maju ke hadapan. Kita perlu melihat dari atas dari kita hanya membuat pandangan dari hanya satu sisi sahaja. Kerana jika kita di atas, banyak pilihan yang mampu kita buat berbanding hanya satu sisi sahaja. * Pandangan di atas adalah pandangan peribadi penulis. |
| Possible largest Titanosaur found in Patagonia Posted: 17 May 2014 05:23 PM PDT
The creature is believed to be a new species of Titanosaur, a long-necked, long-tailed sauropod that walked on four legs and lived some 90 million years ago in the Cretaceous Period. Researchers say the plant-eating dinosaur weighed the equivalent of more than 14 African elephants, or about 100 tonnes, and stretched up to 40 meters (130 feet) in length. The previous record holder, also in Argentina, the Argentinosaurus, was estimated to measure 36.6 meters long. A fossilised femur of the Titanosaur was larger than a palaeontologist who lay next to it. And the find didn't stop there. Bones from at least seven individual dinosaurs, including some believed to be younger, were found at the site. This is "the most complete discovery of this type of giant dinosaur in the world, a momentous discovery for science," cheered Jose Luis Carballido, one of eight scientists who participated in the research. The fossils were accidentally discovered in 2011 by a farm worker in a remote area in the Patagonian province of Chubut, some 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) south of Buenos Aires. The worker first spotted a massive leg bone, measuring some 2.4 meters in length. Excavations launched in January 2013 also uncovered complete bones of the tail, torso and neck—which will allow for a fuller picture of what the entire animal looked like when alive. Carballido, part of a team of Argentine and Spanish researchers, said the group had uncovered "10 vertebrae of the torso, 40 from the tail, parts of the neck and complete legs." "Until now, what was known, worldwide, about sauropods was from fragmentary discoveries," said the 36-year-old paleontologist from the Egidio Feruglio Museum in the southern city of Trelew, calling the find "extraordinary." Tip of the iceberg Even more bones may yet appear. So far, "we have only recovered an estimated 20 per cent of what's in the field," said Carballido. The find is set to help shed light on more than just the anatomy of these remarkably large herbivores. The researchers have also found what they believe to be muscle insertions, which will help them reconstruct the form of the creature's muscles and calculate how much energy was needed to move them. Palaeontologists have found about 60 teeth at the site, 57 of which are from Tyrannotitan carnivores—one of the largest known therapods, and known scavengers. In addition to the skeletal remains, fossil imprints of leaves and stems have been found, which could help researchers rebuild the ecosystem at the time. "We will be able to make a very precise reconstruction and answer many questions," Carballido said—including just what about southern Argentina made conditions favourable for so many massive dinosaur species. 'A treasure trove' So far, the new species remains unnamed, and scientists estimate they will publish the first results next year. "The research will be done in several stages. First we will present the new species, its characteristics," Carballido said, followed by years of study to detail the animal's biology and "the way it grew up." Paul Barrett, fossils and anthropology expert at London's Natural History Museum, cautioned that claims this dinosaur is the largest ever still must be confirmed. "This is an inspiring new discovery of a truly gigantic dinosaur," Barrett said. "However, we need to know more about the overall size and proportions of the skeleton and use several different methods to investigate its possible width before deciding it's definitely the largest dinosaur species yet known." US palaeontologist David Burnham agreed that "a lot of things still need to be proven." But largest dinosaur or not, the breadth of the discovery was truly remarkable. "You can really start reconstructing past life when you get a treasure trove like this," said Burnham, of the University of Kansas. Finding so many individual dinosaurs at one site could confirm the hypothesis that these herbivores lived in herds, as well as determine any predators they may have had, whether they were scavengers, when they died and in what type of environment they lived, the palaeontologist added. — AFP |
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