Cover Media Video: ‘Boyhood’ bags Critics’ Choice ‘Film of the year’ award |
- Cover Media Video: ‘Boyhood’ bags Critics’ Choice ‘Film of the year’ award
- Asteroid 2004 BL86 to fly pass Earth on January 26 (VIDEO)
- Next Media Video: Large asteroid expected to fly pass Earth
- When hatred becomes some people’s habit — Lim Mun Fah
- Sam Tsui’s Thinking Out Loud / I’m Not The Only One mashup, featuring Casey Breves (VIDEO)
- America marks Martin Luther King Jr Day with tributes and protests
| Cover Media Video: ‘Boyhood’ bags Critics’ Choice ‘Film of the year’ award Posted: 19 Jan 2015 05:05 PM PST Duration: 00:45, Published 20 Jan 2015 The London Film Critics' Circle have just handed out their awards and as you may have guessed 'Boyhood' took home the most trophy. It wasn't all about Richard Linklater's flick though, with Michael Keaton and Julianne Moore also triumphing. ― Cover Media  |
| Asteroid 2004 BL86 to fly pass Earth on January 26 (VIDEO) Posted: 19 Jan 2015 04:54 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 20 ― A half-kilometre-long asteroid will fly past earth on Monday (January 26), approaching as close as 1.2 million km from the planet, about three times the distance from earth to the moon. The asteroid, designated 2004 BL86, was discovered on January 30, 2004 by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research project in New Mexico. Monday's fly-by will be the closest such a large asteroid has been to earth until asteroid 1999 AN10 passes earth in 2027. Asteroid 1999 AN10 is expected to pass the earth from an even closer distance of one lunar distance. NASA scientists say that asteroid 2004 BL86 poses no threat to Earth, but hope NASA will be able to learn more about asteroids from this event because of asteroid 2004 BL86's relatively large size and close proximity during the flyby. The asteroid will be so bright and so close to earth on Monday night that even amateur astronomers with small telescopes or strong binoculars will be able to spot it. NASA scientists will observe asteroid 2004 BL86 by directing microwave beams at the asteroid and collecting the radar pulses that bounce back off the target. Using the collected data, NASA scientists will be able to determine the make-up of the asteroid and how the asteroid was formed, as well as what the asteroid looks like. It is likely that this will be the closest asteroid 2004 BL86 will get to earth for at least the next 200 years. If asteroid 2004 BL86 were to hit earth, it would create a crater of approximately 10km in diameter, causing global firestorms, acid rain and an enhanced greenhouse effect. ― Reuters
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| Next Media Video: Large asteroid expected to fly pass Earth Posted: 19 Jan 2015 04:53 PM PST Duration: 00:49, Published 20 Jan 2015 A half-kilometre-long asteroid will fly past Earth on Monday (January 26), approaching as close as 1.2 million km from the planet, about three times the distance from earth to the moon. ― Reuters |
| When hatred becomes some people’s habit — Lim Mun Fah Posted: 19 Jan 2015 04:53 PM PST
Meanwhile, when the world is engaged in the "I am Charlie" mourning movement, the weekly still spread the anger of hatred in the name of freedom of expression and published its latest issue featuring Muhammad's cartoon on its cover, and once again angered Muslims, triggering protests in many countries and causing conflicts. All normal people love peace, cherish harmony, hate terrorism and condemn terrorists who killed staff of the weekly. However, should we blindly support the weekly which has demonstrated the same behaviour of fanaticism that ridicules and insults faith of others, and quietly allow it to continue pursuing its editorial policy of hatred, or join the "I am not Charlie" movement, and say no to unbridled liberalism? Terrorists cannot rationalise their massacre behaviour by claiming that the weekly has insulted their religion and similarly, the weekly cannot rationalise their extreme act of provocation in the name of freedom of expression. Undoubtedly, launching terrorist killings in the name of God is terrible and shameful. Then how about the freedom of expression? Does the freedom of expression mean we can insult and hurt others, or should there be limitations, in addition to "the freedom, the right, and the obligation to say what we think for the common good" as Pope Francis said? Francis said, "It is true that you must not react violently, but although we are good friends if (he) says a curse word against my mother, he can expect a punch, it's normal. You can't make a toy out of the religions of others. These people provoke and then (something can happen). In freedom of expression there are limits." Therefore, the "Charlie" that we back should be a Charlie that really safeguards the freedom of expression and freedom of press, instead of the one insulting others' religions and faiths. The sense of judgement must be accurate. We understand that today's world is still not a fair world. Since there is still much injustice and unrighteousness, there are so many confrontations and clashes in the world, while giving the rise of terrorists doing evil things. There are many kinds of fanaticism. However, regardless of religious, political or racial fanatics, they have one thing in common, that is, psychologically, they blindly believe in the leaders or faiths they are following, and deeply believe that these leaders and faiths will never wrong. Instead, they are almighty. In terms of behaviour, they spread hatred and fuel violence, trying to shape the ideal world in their minds through extreme measures, even sacrificing their own lives, loved ones and friends. For these fanatics who believe that they are doing something very sacred, American moral and social philosopher Eric Hoffer said, "The fanatic cannot be weaned away from his cause by an appeal to his reason or moral sense. He fears compromise and cannot be persuaded to qualify the certitude and righteousness of his holy cause...He cannot be convinced but only converted." He also pointed out that "hatred has become a habit. With no more outside enemies to destroy, the fanatics make enemies of one another..." After understanding the nature and common features of fanatics, can we stay calm and not to worry when as we can see, the current world is covered by various fanatical thoughts and hatred has become a habit of some people? — Sin Chew Daily * This is the personal opinion of the writer or publication and does not necessarily represent the views of Malay Mail Online. |
| Sam Tsui’s Thinking Out Loud / I’m Not The Only One mashup, featuring Casey Breves (VIDEO) Posted: 19 Jan 2015 04:47 PM PST LOS ANGELES, Jan 20 ― Internet singing sensation Sam Tsui works with the talented Casey Breves on the mashup of the songs 'Thinking Out Loud' and 'I'm Not The Only One'.
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| America marks Martin Luther King Jr Day with tributes and protests Posted: 19 Jan 2015 04:46 PM PST
Observers of Martin Luther King Jr Day have this year linked the federal holiday to a rallying cry in recent months during demonstrations over police brutality: "Black lives matter." In a pre-dawn rally in Oakland, California yesterday, about 40 people converged on the home of Mayor Libby Schaaf, calling for harsher punishment of police who use violence against civilians. They chalked outlines of bodies on the tree-lined street, played recordings of King's speeches and projected an image of the slain civil rights leader with the words "Black lives matter," on the mayor's garage door. Other protests were planned in major cities such as Dallas and New York, where the family of Eric Garner, who died after being placed in a police chokehold, was set to lay a wreath on the Brooklyn street where two uniformed officers were ambushed in December by a gunman claiming to avenge Garner's death. Decisions by grand juries not to indict officers in the deaths of Garner and Michael Brown, an unarmed black man shot dead by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, touched off months of protests across the country. The sentiment resounded even at traditional events honouring King that were under way elsewhere, including a King commemoration at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where King once preached. "We all need to remember him this day because we still don't have complete freedom," said Kelly Pongee, 50, of Jonesboro, Georgia, who was among hundreds of people who waited for hours to attend the service. "Look at what they're doing to the voting rights. Look at Ferguson and those other places. Black people and poor people are still treated differently," Pongee said. Fellow churchgoer Arthur Williams, 60, of Atlanta, said King was a guiding light in the ongoing efforts toward equality for minorities in the United States. "The struggle hasn't stopped," Williams said. "Even with a black president in the White House Actor David Oyelowo, who portrays King in the new movie "Selma," about the 1965 civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, was a featured speaker at the church event, which was held a day before King's children head to court in a legal fight over King's Nobel Peace Prize medal and Bible. Across the country in northern California, tickets sold out for the final run yesterday of the Freedom Train, the last of the more than two dozen official train services launched 30 years ago by Coretta Scott King in honour of her husband, according to the Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Association of Santa Clara Valley. — Reuters |
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