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United fight back to win thrilling Shield Posted: 07 Aug 2011 08:43 AM PDT Manchester United's Nani (2nd left) celebrates scoring against Manchester City with teammates during their FA Community Shield match at Wembley Stadium in London August 7, 2011. — Reuters pic LONDON, Aug 7 — Manchester United fought back from 2-0 down and struck deep into stoppage time to beat Manchester City 3-2 in a dramatic Community Shield at Wembley today. City defender Joleon Lescott and striker Edin Dzeko scored late in the first half to stun Premier League champions United, who had dominated the early stages of the traditional season curtain-raiser against the FA Cup winners. United responded quickly after halftime, however, defender Chris Smalling steering Ashley Young's free kick past Joe Hart from close range and Nani finishing off a superb intricate passing movement with a deft chip from a narrow angle on 58 minutes. With the match heading for a penalty shootout, United cleared a corner and confusion in the City defence allowed Nani to race clear, round Hart and slot the ball calmly into an empty net. — Reuters   Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

Norway striker Carew joins West Ham Posted: 06 Aug 2011 07:54 PM PDT Carew celebrates scoring against Crystal Palace in the FA Cup in Birmingham, England, February 24, 2010. — Reuters pic LONDON, Aug 7 — Norway striker John Carew has joined English Championship club West Ham United after being released by Aston Villa at the end of last season. Carew, who has scored 23 goals in 88 internationals, signed after passing a medical Saturday but will not be available for West Ham's league opener at home to Cardiff City today. The 31-year-old is West Ham's fifth signing since they were relegated from the Premier League last season and follows the arrival of Joey O'Brien, Abdoulaye Faye, Kevin Nolan and Matt Taylor at Upton Park. "I am looking forward to being part of a good team here that will bring this great club back up to the Premier league again," he told the West Ham website (whufc.com). Carew said he spoke to former team mates who had played under West Ham's new manager Sam Allardyce and heard good things about the former Bolton Wanderers' coach. "He spoke well to me and I think he is a great manager and I'm very happy to be playing for him and the club," said Carew. The striker began his career at Rosenborg before spells with Valencia, who he helped reach the 2001 Champions League final and win the 2002 Spanish title, Olympique Lyon. He joined Villa in January 2007 and scored 54 goals in 133 games for the Midlands club. He was on loan at Stoke City during the second half of last season. — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

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Emmy show aims for laughs, including for the dead Posted: 06 Aug 2011 05:31 PM PDT Lynch, host of the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards, speaks at a FOX press tour in Beverly Hills, California August 5, 2011. — Reuters pic LOS ANGELES, Aug 7 — This year's Primetime Emmy Awards will feature a healthy dose of irreverence — and that may even extend to remembering TV performers who have died. "I think the in memoriam segment doesn't need to be a bummer. It can be a celebration of what is left behind," Mark Burnett, who is producing the 2011 Emmy show, told reporters this week. "I am going to look at it a little differently...You are there to honour people's work, and so we can be very sad about it or uplifting about what is left behind," said the reality TV producer behind hits such as "Survivor." The "in memoriam" segment honours TV actors, actresses, directors and other industry players who have died in the past year and, more often than not, can be a section that brings sadness to what is supposed to be a joyous awards show. Burnett said he planned plenty of fun and spoof moments during the September 18 televised ceremony on Fox, when the most coveted awards in TV will be handed out to the year's top comedy, drama, reality show, actors and writers. But Burnett said the fun and laughter would be affectionate, rather than snarky. "Fox is edgier than other networks...You are allowed to jump off the cliff at MTV. At Fox you are allowed to lean over. What we need is to have a little fun with it. And the way you can do that is to have spoof moments — a lot of small, very funny moments that have good natured fun with the last year in television," Burnett said. "Glee" star Jane Lynch will host the Emmys for the first time. But Lynch, who plays scheming cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester on the Fox musical comedy and who is also nominated for her second Emmy, said she would largely be playing herself at the award show. "A little bit of Sue Sylvester goes a long way. I think we will probably leave her track suit on the Paramount (TV and movie) lot," Lynch said. Lynch said she was approaching her Emmy hosting duties with "the necessary cocktail of excitement, anticipation and abject fear." Saying she was hoping for plenty of laughs during the evening, she added; "My goal is that no one — or at least only a very few people — will cringe." — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

New Yorker charged with stalking actress Cotillard Posted: 06 Aug 2011 04:40 PM PDT Cotillard poses at the Bafta Los Angeles Britannia Awards in Los Angeles November 4, 2010. — Reuters pic NEW YORK, Aug 7 — Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard, cast in the next Batman movie, has a role in a real life Gotham crime after a stalker sent threatening messages to her fan site, authorities said yesterday. Teresa "Terri" Yuan, who lives in Queens, was arrested by the FBI on Thursday, said Robert Nardoza, a spokesman for the US Attorney's office in Brooklyn, which also covers Queens. She was charged with sending threatening messages to a French movie actress, according to a criminal complaint. The actress is Cotillard, a law enforcement source told Reuters. Federal authorities have 30 days to seek a grand jury indictment. Yuan was released Friday on US$50,000 (RM150,000) bond, authorities said. "The guilt and sorrow I feel now, I won't feel after it happens," said one of the videos Yuan e-mailed from Queens to fan club servers in New Jersey. "After it happens I'll feel no regret whatsoever ... that's apparently how it feels to be a killer, to be a murderer." Yuan was accused of e-mailing several threatening videos and messages to the website, including one in which she indicated she knew Cotillard's travel schedule and planned to meet her. No future court dates have been set in the case, which was heard in US District Court in Brooklyn, Nardoza said. Cotillard, 35, who won the Best Actress Academy Award for her role as Edith Piaf in "La Vie en Rose," also appeared in Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris," "Inception" and is cast in the upcoming Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises." Yuan's lawyer, Michael Schneider, declined to comment. — Reuters Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

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Daftar pemilih: Pakatan beri Najib tujuh hari panggil sidang Parlimen khas Posted: 07 Aug 2011 02:40 AM PDT Salahuddin: Kita mahu isu pemastautin tetap bertukar kepada warganegara dengan cepat dibahaskan sebelum kita membuat tindakan selanjutnya. KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Ogos — Pakatan Rakyat akan menyerahkan satu surat rasmi kepada Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak meminta agar diadakan sidang tergempar Parlimen bagi menyelesaikan Isu berkaitan pengurusan pilihan raya — didakwa pemastautin tetap diberikan hak untuk mengundi. Isu daftar menjadi hangat baru-baru ini ekoran pendedahan mengenai tindakan menukar status kewarganegaraan pemastautin tetap kepada warganegara dalam tempoh yang singkat dan ia mendapat bantahan kepimpinan Pakatan Rakyat. Bagaimanapun perkara itu dinafikan oleh Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN) dan Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR). Menurut Naib Presiden PAS Salahuddin Ayub, pihaknya memberi tempoh tujuh hari kepada Najib untuk memanggil sidang tergempar Parlimen. Surat rasmi itu akan diserahkan esok di Parlimen dan akan diterima Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz. "Kita beri tempoh tujuh hari untuk adakan sidang tergempar Parlimen. "Kita mahu isu pemastautin tetap bertukar kepada warganegara dengan cepat dibahaskan sebelum kita membuat tindakan selanjutnya," kata Salahuddin sambil menambah, tindakan itu akan mengancam keselamatan negara. Sebelum ini Pakatan Rakyat juga mendakwa Barisan Nasional (BN) mendaftarkan warga asing sebagai rakyat negara ini melalui operasi "MyDaftar". Operasi itu dikatakan mahu menjadikan warga asing sebagai pengundi yang sah bagi memenangkan BN pada pilihan raya umum ke-13. Sementara itu, Presiden PAS Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang pula berkata, pihaknya bersedia untuk mengadakan pertemuan dengan mana-mana pihak untuk pastikan pilihan raya diadakan dengan bersih dan adil. "Kita akan jumpa dengan siapa sahaja untuk pastikan pilihan raya yang bersih dan adil," katanya selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat bulanan jawatankuasa kerja PAS pusat di sini. Tambah Hadi, tindakan menukar status kewarganegaraan pemastautin tetap bertujuan untuk memenangkan BN dalam pilihan raya umum ke-13. "Kita bincang mengenai daftar pemilih yang kita mahu ia dibersihkan terutamanya yang melibatkan pendatang asing, yang mana ia melibatkan jentera kerajaan untuk memberikan kemenangan kepada BN," katanya. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

Isu gereja: PAS mahu jumpa Jais, pihak gereja Posted: 07 Aug 2011 12:59 AM PDT Hadi berkata PAS memutuskan untuk terus ke medan agar mampu mengungkai situasi sebenar. — Foto fail KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Ogos — PAS hari ini mengambil pendirian untuk mengadakan pertemuan dengan Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (Jais) dan Gereja Methodist Damansara Utama bagi mendapatkan gambaran jelas mengenai kotroversi terbaru. Jelas Presiden PAS Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, pertemuan dengan kedua-dua agensi itu akan dibuat dalam tempoh terdekat untuk mengungkai situasi sebenar yang berlaku ekoran tindakan Jais menyerbu majlis makan malam muhibah di gereja itu. "Kita bincang isu Selangor dan buat keputusan untuk terus ke medan yang mana kalau kita lihat ia sengaja dijadikan isu oleh Barisan Nasional (BN) untuk tutup isu Himpunan Bersih 2.0. "PAS akan bertemu dengan Jais dan gereja secara terus untuk mendapatkan penjelasan dan selesaikan masalah ini,"katanya selepas pada sidang media di sini. Beliau terlebih dahulu mempengerusikan mesyuarat bulanan jawatankuasa kerja PAS pusat. Tambah Hadi, Exco Kerajaan Negeri Selangor Datuk Dr Hasan Ali telah memberikan penjelasan berhubung dakwaan program anjuran Harapan Komuniti bertujuan untuk memurtadkan umat Islam. Hasan, sebelum ini mempertahankan tindakan Jais melakukan serbuan ke atas Gereja Methodist Damansara Utama, Rabu lalu dengan alasan pihaknya telah dimaklumkan perkataan "al-Quran" dan "doa" diselitkan, mendakwa ada bukti mahu memurtadkan umat Islam. "Hasan Ali telah memberikan penjelasan dan beliau bersetuju dengan cadangan kita (untuk adakan pertemuan dengan Jais dan gereja). "Bila (maklumat daripada) media tak cukup kita perlu turun ke medan... tidak timbul masalah bukt,i sebab itu kita akan jumpa terus dengan kedua-dua pihak," kata Hadi. Tambah Ahli Parlimen Marang ini, PAS terpaksa mengadakan pertemuan dengan Jais dan Gereja Methodist Damansara Utama sebagai langkah selamat selain dapat memberi keadilan kepada semua pihak termasuk Hasan. Surat permohonan untuk mengadakan pertemuan dengan Jais dan gereja akan dihantar esok melalui Setiausaha Agung PAS Datuk Mustafa Ali. "Kita mahu dapatkan penjelasan kedua-dua pihak, mesti daripada orang yang berkenaan daripada pihak Jais dan gereja sendiri... laporan media tak cukup. "Hasan Ali sudah jelaskan dan beliau juga dapat laporan itu setelah (serbuan) berlaku, sebab itu kita mahu dapatkan gambaran (sebenar) daripada kedua-dua pihak," katanya Hadi. Walaupun diasakan dengan pelbagai soalan berhubung tindakan Jais itu, Hadi bagaimanapun menekankan pihaknya mahu mendapatkan maklumat daripada kedua-dua pihak terlebih dahulu. "Kita akan bertemu dengan kedua-dua pihak, pendirian ini sama... jadi tidak timbul sokong siapa yang penting penjelasan dulu, bagaimana dibuat, siapa yang bertindak... dah jumpa baru kita tahu. "Kita perlukan penjelasan secara langsung, bukan daripada media," katanya. Pada malam Rabu lalu, kira-kira 30 anggota polis dan pihak berkuasa Jais memasuki premis gereja itu tanpa waran kira-kira 10 malam. Bagaimanapun tindakan Jais itu mendapat kritikan banyak pihak. Tambah Hadi: "Semua perkara akan jelas selepas berjumpa dengan pihak gereja." Ekoran kontroversi itu Menteri Besar Selangor Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim memutuskan untuk menghadap Sultan Selangor bagi mendapatkan nasihat menyelesaikan perkara itu. Beliau berkata langkah itu akan diambil sebaik sahaja menerima laporan Jais, yang turut akan dipersembahkan kepada Sultan Selangor. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

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What’s going on here? Posted: 06 Aug 2011 04:06 PM PDT AUG 7 — Seriously, have the authorities not yet removed their blinkers? And this disease seems to be rapidly spreading. The misguided 8TV Ramadan public service announcements, and now, a raid on a church as a bunch of people was eating, occurred days of each other. The overzealousness displayed by a religious body and officers of the law is terribly frustrating. They decide to conduct a raid and not furnish any evidence of the "complaint" to the people they were raiding? Is there no limit to such bullying? I am continuously puzzled by the actions of people in government, the police and religious bodies. This is NOT democracy. This is NOT respecting each other's rights. This is arrogance on two legs. Or 30. Whoever ordered this raid should have employed a little bit more thought. Considering the sensitivities flailing about recently, do you seriously think you can barge into a church compound, and say, "Oh, I'm here because someone complained", not furnish proof, continue to take pictures and then, order the Muslim guests to give their statements? While some quarters are justifying Jais and the police's actions, and others condemning it, I am wondering why the raid was ordered in the first place. At the time I am writing this, neither the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) nor the police have given an answer as to why they did such a thing. Multiple demands have been made that they do; yet both outfits' inability to respond to calls for justification as swiftly as it can organise a raid is curious. Instead of accosting a church for throwing an appreciation dinner for Harapan Komuniti, a NGO that reportedly works with marginalised communities, we should be applauding the Damansara Utama Methodist Church (DUMC). The number of religious organisations willing to associate themselves with the HIV cause is too few and very far between.  Which brings me to my next point: Is this what we are good for? Perpetuating a continuous division among our people? Continuously victimising sectors of society? It physically, emotionally and mentally drains me when I hear the rubbish people in power keep on doing, without a second thought to the amount of responsibility and impact their duties have to the rest of us. If there was a legitimate reason to raid a church, then say it. If you found that the church members were telling their Muslim guests "Accept Christ, or else!", then say it. If you found that someone had given the Muslim guests Bibles with the words "For non-Muslims only" printed on the inside front cover, say it. If Bersih 2.0, the detention of PSM 6, the allegations of a bracelet and a ring worth millions of ringgit — just a few things that of late have caused us to shake with anger — have not enlightened the authorities to the limit of BS we can stomach, I guess the blinkers are stuck on much harder than I thought. * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

Off the beaten track retail therapy Posted: 06 Aug 2011 04:00 PM PDT AUG 7 — When you've tired of traipsing round shopping malls, there are some pretty cool Hong Kong originals to be had. Here are some on my hot list, in no particular order: Something to read Lovely to have and to hold. Children's books set in Hong Kong.—Pictures by Anita Anandarajah There are numerous coffee table books featuring photographs of Hong Kong but I would like to give special mention to one featuring shanty towns on rooftop buildings. "Portraits from Above: Hong Kong's Informal Rooftop Communities" by Rufina Wu and Stefan Canham is a shock to the system for those of us used to TVB's portrayal of spacious, modern apartments. "Portraits" helps us remember that there is another side to this glitzy city. For the little ones, Miroslav Sasek's beautifully illustrated hardcover children's book titled "This is Hong Kong" (HK180) first published in 1965 remains a classic while "Chopsticks" by Jon Berkeley (HK$68) is a contemporary story about a mouse who brings to life a wooden carved dragon aboard a floating restaurant in the waters of Aberdeen. All books are available at major bookstores in Hong Kong. Something that ticks Here's something that can stand the test of time — a flip clock, made right here in Kowloon. The flip clock came to fame in the 1970s and has regained its popularity in recent years with many reproductions available today. My favourite is the perpetual calendar table clock that features the day, date, month and time. A Twemco clock costs almost double of a model made in China but if you were to make that trek to the factory's premises on Larch Street, you will be taking home a piece of history. Retro is here to stay. Twemco flip clocks, also available in a range of colours. The irony is that this iconic retro product — displayed in banks and stock exchanges around the world (a Twemco staff informed us that it can be seen in the Bank of China and Hang Seng Bank here) — is not available in just any clock shop in Hong Kong. I had to catch a bus, a train and a taxi to get to the factory in Tai Kok Tsui (or a 15-minute walk from the Olympic MTR station). You will be rewarded with factory prices, which is about 20 per cent cheaper than buying retail. The Twemco factory itself is a feast for the senses. It is housed on the second floor of a 1960s industrial building surrounded by metal workshops and crumbling buildings. The corridor leading to the factory is dark, with heavy green wrought iron gates leading into individual rooms or smallish "factories." Inside, a worker sits hunched over an ancient-looking stamping machine. He presses numbers and letters onto plastic strips with a foot pedal. These will form the day, date and time on the clock face. Twemco makes wall clocks for commercial, office and home use. A limited number of designs (available in white only) are sold at Wing On Department Store in Sheung Wan. Visit the website to view the full range. A word of warning though: the company entertains only wholesale orders outside of Hong Kong. (www.twemco.com) Something to hold and cherish I found the third item while wandering the streets of Sheung Wan. It is an iPad (HK$150) case made from weaved strips of local newspapers. The weaved pattern is also found on purses, business card holders and even the shop's signboard. The man behind Recycled is bag designer Max Wong, who saw a niche in the market for affordable recycled bags three years ago. Recycled shop facade on Gage Street. Wong is a man of few words. Instead, his goods speak for him: the charm in the weaved purses, bags, name card holders and laptop cases is the use of local newspapers like the South China Morning Post and Financial Times. Look carefully and you will find a mosaic of interesting pictures, words and dates appearing on your bag. The items are coated with polyurethane to make them water resistant. Browsing round the functional shop, I spotted coin purses made with colourful comic strips and lined with foil recycled from drink packets. Prices are kept reasonable as each item is handmade in Hong Kong by families in the New Territories. Wong employs about 100 people, mostly housewives who are able to produce two to three items a day. Besides the woven newspapers, there are also iPhone holders, cosmetic pouches and shopping totes made from colourful rice sacks sourced from the mainland. Also worth a look are the backpacks made from motorcycle tyres. Another Hong Kong-based designer who makes attractive accessories from rice sacks is Bez and Oho's Annalisa Ryle whom I previously wrote about. Ryle employs local women to see her creations to fruition. The workmanship is second to none ensuring a quality product. Bez and Oho's shopping totes and messenger bags are guaranteed conversation pieces that will also take you from the market to the mall. Recycled 50 Gage Street, Central, Hong Kong. (852)21916865 Bez and Oho (bezandoho.com) So if you find yourself in this part of the world, do take the time out to explore some of the lesser-known shopping trails. * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search.

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