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Try a salad with Thai flavours Posted: 17 Nov 2012 05:21 PM PST The delectable Thai beef salad KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — I guess one of the main reasons I'm helplessly in love with Thai food is their complex yet successful marriage of a variety of flavours that never fail to blend harmoniously. You could have salty, spicy and sweetness all in one single dish combining effortlessly together.  My Thai Beef Salad is an example of how very different ingredients work together to give an amazing dish. The richness of the beef, in stark contrast with the fresh ingredients and the dressing, makes for a very tasty treat.  We start off by marinating the beef with some lemon juice. The lemon works to give the meat a fresh, clean taste with a twist, besides of course tenderising the meat due to its acidity. Please do note that you MUST NOT marinade the beef with lemon for longer than two hours.  In fact, any marinade that contains acid, alcohol or salt should not be used for very long because it will chemically "cook" or denature the food in it. Hence, it is always a good idea to marinade the food in these marinades for less than two hours.  Marinades that contain no salt, acid or alcohol can be left overnight, or in some cases, longer as they are able to flavour the meat beautifully without altering it. And of course, always, ALWAYS marinade in the refrigerator and never at room temperature.  This dish is a quick and easy one to prepare, delicate enough as an appetiser, and filling enough as a light meal by itself. Taste-wise? Simply amazing.  Thai Beef Salad  Prep time: 15 minutes + 2-hour marinade  Cooking time: 10 minutes  Serves 2  1 cos lettuce, wash and dried on a clean towel  8 juicy plum cherry tomatoes  3 shallots, peeled and cut in halves  1 Lebanese cucumber, deseeded and skin peeled  Coriander leaves, roughly chopped for garnish  For the salad dressing:  1 tablespoon palm sugar  1 tablespoon fish sauce  1 tablespoon lemon juice  For the beef marinade:  500g sirloin beef  1cm ginger, minced  4 cloves garlic, minced  1 tablespoon palm sugar  2 tablespoon fish sauce  1 tablespoon sesame oil  1 teaspoon lemon juice, freshly squeezed  1. For the beef, marinade beef with ginger, garlic, palm sugar, fish sauce, lemon juice and sesame oil. Marinade for 2 hours. Using a gridded pan, heat it over high heat for 2 minutes. Grill the beef for 2         minutes each side.  Set aside to rest.  2. For the salad dressing, combine fish sauce, palm sugar, lemon juice and the remaining juice from grilling the beef together.  3. Meanwhile, roughly tear the cos lettuce.  4. Add cherry tomatoes, cucumber, coriander and cucumber.  5. Drizzle dressing over salad and dress well.  6. Using a chef's knife, cut the beef by going against the grain to a thickness of about 2cm.  7. Place sliced beef on top of salad.  8. Serve immediately. For more recipes, go to www.chopstickdiner.com.

What a €600 Christmas dinner at an haute restaurant feeds you Posted: 17 Nov 2012 07:30 AM PST Le Meurice. — All rights reserved. LONDON, Nov 17 — As the Christmas holidays approach, some of the world's finest dining destinations have released festive menus that come with equally festive prices, clocking in as high as €600 (RM2345)for ingredients like Nepalese pepper and dishes like lobster-stuffed fish. For the first time, British celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal has created a seasonal Christmas menu at his triple Michelin-starred restaurant The Fat Duck in Bray. Predictably, the menu is as far from traditional stuffed turkey as possible, with everything from edible snow, snail porridge, an epicurean riff on gold, frankincense and myrrh, and nitro-scrambled egg and bacon ice cream on the menu. And while at first blush the sticker price may cause some to scoff – the meal clocks in at £300 (or about €375) — Blumenthal's dinner proposal is a bargain compared to a holiday dinner at Le Cinq restaurant inside the Four Seasons hotel in Paris, where a dinner on Christmas Eve will set you back €600. The 10-course meal includes dishes like sea scallops and shellfish in a shallot and white wine broth with caviar; roasted duck foie gras 'surprise' roasted with flower pollen and Château Yquem wine; and 'French-hunted' venison with mango and Timut (or Nepalese) pepper sauce with cacao, chanterelle and mushroom ravioli. On the Christmas Eve menu over at Le Meurice, meanwhile, are dishes like sea scallop cushion with ginger, sole stuffed with lobster, truffle and pistachio butter, and well-peppered Bresse goose, for €550. Holiday dinners at The Fat Duck are set for December 2, 9 and 16. — AFP-Relaxnews

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Newcastle’s Cisse considering Senegal captaincy after row Posted: 17 Nov 2012 07:20 AM PST LONDON, Nov 17 – Newcastle United striker Papiss Cisse could stand down as captain of Senegal in the wake of a club versus country row that prevented him playing in the Premier League today. Cisse was stopped from facing Swansea City because of FIFA's five-day rule, enforced by the world governing body in support of the Senegalese Federation. Newcastle claim they advised Senegal that both Cisse and strike partner Demba Ba would be unavailable for Wednesday's friendly against Niger due to injury. The club say they received no reply from the Senegalese despite further attempts to contact them, only for Senegal to ask FIFA to impose the rule which was brought in to stop clubs withdrawing players from internationals without good reason. Cisse was withdrawn at halftime against West Ham United last weekend with a back injury. "I am deeply disappointed by the actions of my Federation which have punished me and my club," Cisse said in a statement on Newcastle's website (http://www.nufc.com) today. "I love playing for my country and would only withdraw from a squad – for either a friendly or competitive game – for a genuine reason. "I am fully supportive of the position my club has adopted in this matter and am sorry that the Federation seem to doubt my honesty and integrity. I will now consider if I wish to continue to captain my country." Newcastle were equally upset by the decision. "It is the opinion of the club that it is wrong and wholly unjust for a national association to behave in this manner and for FIFA to endorse their stance and automatically apply the sanction without taking into account the specific facts of the case," a club statement said. "The club is disappointed, although not in any way surprised, that FIFA has disregarded its submissions and valid points in relation to this matter. "It is the club's genuinely held view that the Senegalese Federation have an agenda against Papiss and/or Newcastle United." Newcastle said Senegal's attitude towards them could be a reaction to their decision earlier this year not to allow Cisse to participate in the 2012 London Olympics. Newcastle added they would seek advice from the Football Association and other bodies within the game "to try to stop national associations/federations and FIFA from preventing an employee (a player) from fulfilling their contractual obligations to their employer (a Club)." The Premier League club stated they would also seek legal advice. – Reuters

Referee stops Russian match after keeper injured Posted: 17 Nov 2012 07:11 AM PST MOSCOW, Nov 17 – A Russian Premier League match between Dynamo Moscow and champions Zenit St Petersburg was abandoned today after Dynamo keeper Anton Shunin suffered an eye injury from firecrackers thrown by fans. Late in the first half with Dynamo leading 1-0, the referee stopped the match after one of the missiles, thrown by the Zenit supporters, landed near Shunin, injuring his eye. The 25-year-old Russia international was taken to a local hospital, suffering burns to his cornea. "Anton has a poor vision in one of his eyes," Dynamo doctor Alexander Rezepov said on the club's Twitter feed. Shunin added: "Something had landed near my feet. I looked down and at that moment the petard blew up into my face. Right now I have some problems with my vision and hearing." Zenit, who won the last two domestic league titles and are backed by Russian energy giant Gazprom, threatened to pull out of the championship in case of "unfair penalty". UNHAPPY ZENIT "I don't understand why Dynamo try to make us the guilty party," Zenit general director Maxim Mitrofanov told reporters. "I know that our shareholders and sponsors would be very unhappy if we were treated unfairly. In that case, we will consider pulling out of the Russian championship." It was far from ideal preparation for Zenit, who host Spanish side Malaga in the Champions League Group C match on Wednesday. Zenit, who trailed league leaders CSKA Moscow by three points before Saturday's matches, could be handed a 3-0 defeat as well as a hefty fine from the Russian FA. Dynamo were in 10th place, 18 points off the pace midway through the season. Local media reported that some 30 Zenit fans had attacked Dynamo supporters before the match in the Moscow suburb Khimki. It was the latest in a series of violent incidents in Russian soccer. Last month, a group of Dynamo fans in camouflage shot at players using paintball rifles at the club's training ground. The fans had been angry with some of Dynamo's foreign players, warning them to boost their performances or pay the consequences. – Reuters

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Morocco’s ‘liquid gold’ enriches Berber women Posted: 17 Nov 2012 06:52 AM PST Nuts and kernels of the Argan tree are collected in a basket at a women's cooperative where labour intensive argan oil is manufactured in Sidi Kaouki in the Essaouira province, on October 29, 2012. – AFP pic TIDZI, Nov 17 – In a poor but fertile corner of southern Morocco, illiterate Berber women are tapping the surge in global demand for argan oil, a "miracle" product they grind from a special nut, that is helping to lift them out of poverty. Sometimes known as "liquid gold" or "miracle oil" for its rich cosmetic, culinary and medicinal properties, the exclusively Moroccan export has caused a sensation in the West, where it is touted as a unique hair care and anti-ageing skin potion. The rolling countryside between Essaouira and Agadir, resort towns better known for their Atlantic surf, is covered with argan trees, and distinguished by the bizarre sight of goats perched in their branches munching away on the pulp of the nut. Another striking feature of the landscape is the profusion of cooperatives that employ Berber women to produce the oil, from the tree to the bottle, and sell it as far afield as Canada and Japan, sharing the profits. Indigenous, non-Arab Berber people make up a large portion of the local population. Zahra Knabo, who runs the Ajddigue cooperative, one of the very first, says there are now 137 of them, and hails the "evolution" they have brought to the region's Berber women who suffer from widespread illiteracy, poor health care and stifling social mores. "In this rural area, women would traditionally herd the animals and gather wood from the forest. They were the first to wake up and the last to go to bed," says Knabo. "Now most of the women working in the cooperative have money in their pockets. Some have completely financed their houses. They've been able to get electricity, televisions and fridges," she says. When it opened in 1996, Ajddigue had 16 employees and produced 200 litres of oil monthly. But around 60 women now work there, Knabo says, and monthly production has risen to 1,000 litres, with an annual turnover last year of four million dirhams (RM1.41 million). Reflecting argan oil's growing popularity in the cosmetics industry, the group's two biggest clients are French and Italian, while the nearby Kaouki cooperative says its main customer, a British firm, started buying the oil in 2009. Scientific proof of the oil's unique healing properties is elusive, but leading aromatherapists argue that, with its richness in fatty acids, antioxidants and vitamin E, it is a highly effective treatment for damaged skin and dry hair. The economic crisis has taken its toll on demand this year, with both cooperatives seeing their big European clients cutting by half their orders of the luxury commodity, which sells for between 250 and 400 dirhams a litre. Competition from the growing number of producers has, meanwhile, left smaller associations like the Tawount cooperative, which opened in July and employs 15 Berber women, struggling to sell their products. REAPING THE REWARD Colourfully dressed women sit on the Tawount shop floor, cracking open the nuts and sorting them into baskets, with stone grinding tools used to crush the kernel and extract the oil, as they lack the machines that others use to do so. Argan products range from cooking and cosmetic oil, to hand cream, honey and "amlou" – a sweet, nutty paste made with almonds – while the pulp is used as nutritious animal feed, and the shells burned as fuel for cooking. Karima, a 28-year-old assistant at Tawount, remains optimistic that business will pick up. But she is adamant about the cooperatives benefiting the marginalised women of the area, who she says were often unable to reap the rewards of their labours. "Before, they worked at home roasting and crushing the nuts and giving the oil to their husbands to sell. Now, by working together, they are able to earn money for themselves, to support their children and their families." Another threat to the Berber groups' success is now making itself felt, according to Ajddigue's Knabo and others familiar with the market, from companies "disguised" as cooperatives looking to cash in on the trend. In the heart of Essaouira's medina, Khadija, 21, runs a small shop selling bottles of the golden liquid on behalf of five women producer groups, one of many argan oil outlets in the historic port city targeting the tourist trade. "Unfortunately, a lot of false cooperatives have been set up recently, working with businesses in Casablanca. They lie about their activities" to get the official certificate of approval, she charges. "We need the state to stop giving certificates to these false cooperatives. There are dozens of them in the region of Essaouira, and they are undercutting our business." But the argan oil boom is in its relative infancy and hopes remain high. Its positive impact on the environment has also been hailed as a success story, spurring conservation work to reverse the over-exploitation of the endemic tree, now found only in southern Morocco and parts of Algeria. The cooperatives have carried out reforestation projects backed by the government, and EU support, that also encourage the Berber women to appreciate the importance of the tree for future generations. UNESCO, which designated 26,000 square kilometres of the argan region a "biosphere reserve" in 1998, has highlighted the tree's function as a buffer against desertification, as well as its rich yields for the local community. – AFP/Relaxnews

Latin America looks to Europe for drug fighting models Posted: 17 Nov 2012 06:18 AM PST File photo shows a police officer standing guard over 210 bundles of drugs, including cocaine, in Colombia. Latin American countries are exploring relaxing penalties for personal use of narcotics, following examples such as Spain and Portugal that have channelled resources to prevention rather than clogging jails. – Reuters pic CADIZ, Nov 17 – Latin American countries are turning to Europe for lessons on fighting narcotics abuse after souring on the prohibition-style approach of the violent and costly US-led war on drugs. Until recently, most Latin American countries had zero-tolerance rules on drugs inspired by the United States. But now countries from Brazil to Guatemala are exploring relaxing penalties for personal use of narcotics, following examples such as Spain and Portugal that have channelled resources to prevention rather than clogging jails. Latin America is the top world producer of cocaine and marijuana, feeding the huge demand in the United States and Europe. Domestic drug use has risen and drug gang violence has caused carnage for decades from the Mexican-US border to the slums of Brazil. On Thursday, Uruguay's Congress moved a step closer to putting the state in charge of distributing legal marijuana. On the same day a leftist lawmaker in Mexico presented a bill to legalise production, sale and use of marijuana. While the Mexican bill is unlikely to pass, it reflects growing debate over how to fight drug use in a country where 60,000 people have died since 2006 in turf battles between drug traffickers and clashes between cartels and security forces. Even top world cocaine producer Colombia, a stalwart US partner in drug crop eradication campaigns and with one of the toughest anti-drug laws in Latin America, is hinting at change. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Thursday it was worth exploring the Portuguese model, one of the most liberal drug policies in the world. "The experience that you have had with drug consumption policies is very interesting to us. The entire world is looking for new ways to deal with the problem. I hope to learn more and more about the experience you have had," he said on a visit to Lisbon. Santos stopped in Portugal on his way to the Ibero-American summit in the Spanish city of Cadiz. Leaders there today called for analysing a shift toward regulating drug use rather than criminalising it. Portugal decriminalised all drug use in 2001 to combat a serious heroin problem that had caused an outbreak of HIV/Aids among drug users. The shift has been hailed as a success story as consumption levels dropped below the European average. "The positive evaluation of Portugal's model has taken away the fear in Latin America over reforms," said Martin Jelsma of the Transnational Institute, which advocates the liberalisation of drug laws in Latin America. Spain – where drug consumption soared in the 1980s after the end of the Franco dictatorship – has tried to fight high cocaine use by emphasizing treatment programmes for addicts and declining to prosecute possession of small amounts of drugs for personal use. Jelsma said cannabis initiatives such as Uruguay's have built on the experience in Catalonia and the Basque Country, in northern Spain, where the courts tolerate marijuana cultivation for personal use by members of social clubs. FRUSTRATION OVER FOUR COSTLY DECADES US elections on Nov. 6, when Colorado and the state of Washington legalised cannabis in defiance of federal laws, sharpened frustration among Latin American leaders. "While in our countries a peasant is persecuted and jailed for growing half a hectare... in those two US states now you can simply grow industrial amounts of marijuana and sell them with complete liberty. We cannot turn a blind eye to this huge imbalance," Mexican President Felipe Calderon told the Ibero-American summit today. Calderon, whose military crackdown on drug cartels set off an orgy of violence in Mexico, expressed fatigue with calling on the United States and Europe to curtail drug use, saying US drug consumers alone fuelled Mexico's drug war to the tune of US$20 billion a year. He said the legalisation of pot in Colorado and Washington marked a paradigm shift. "We have to ask what alternatives there are. Perhaps less money and less appetite would be generated if there was another way to regulate drugs," he said. Ibero-American Secretary-General Enrique Iglesias said there was consensus in Latin America that the so-called war on drugs was not working, and called for new approaches to the problem. Colombia, Peru and Bolivia produce the bulk of the world's cocaine. Mexico and Paraguay are the two biggest marijuana producers in the world, with the latter largely supplying its neighbours Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. The shift in Latin America thinking on drugs dates to a 2009 report by the former presidents of Brazil, Colombia and Mexico who said that billions of dollars poured into four decades of US-led crop eradication efforts had merely pushed drug growing from one region to another. Calderon's speech in Cadiz was just the latest in a growing chorus of challenges to US drug policies. At a summit of American leaders in April, US President Barack Obama faced vocal doubts from his southern counterparts over anti-drug policies. Guatemalan President Otto Perez has openly proposed decriminalising certain drugs. Guatemala, Mexico's neighbour to the south, has been torn apart by drug violence and corruption by narcos has deeply penetrated government institutions. Ten years ago the United States might have reacted with alarm to the shift in Latin America. But Obama's administration has refrained from openly criticising changes in drug laws, partly because US attitudes are also in flux. NEW ROADS TO EUROPE Spain was long a gateway for South American cocaine into Europe, although experts suggest cocaine trafficking is now moving through southeastern and eastern Europe, along Balkan routes and into harbours in Latvia and Lithuania. The European drug monitoring agency EMCDDA said in its annual report cocaine seizures in Europe peaked at 120 tonnes in 2006 and had declined since to 61 tonnes in 2010. Spain remains the country that reports the highest number of cocaine seizures but they have also fallen there as authorities stepped up policing of the southern coast. Still, Spain is concerned over the potential for Latin American traffickers to set up European operations on its territory. In August, Spanish police arrested four members of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, one of world's biggest criminal organisations. One of them is a cousin of Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, the head of the cartel and Mexico's most wanted man. – Reuters

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Tim Burton’s ‘Pinocchio’ lands scriptwriter Posted: 17 Nov 2012 07:26 AM PST Tim Burton. — AFP-Relaxnews LOS ANGELES, Nov 19 — Warner Bros. is banking on Jane Goldman to take over scriptwriting duties for the upcoming Pinocchio, reveals The Hollywood Reporter, with Tim Burton potentially directing Robert Downey Jr. for the first time. English model, author, screenwriter and television host Jane Goldman ("Kick-Ass") will work on a first draft penned by Bryan Fuller ("Dead Like Me"). She will incorporate notes by Robert Downey Jr. into the script based on the tale by Carlo Collodi. Getting Goldman on-board could speed up the conclusion of a deal between Burton and Downey. Robert Downey Jr. would play Gepetto, the woodcarver who built the puppet that turns into a little boy. Tim Burton's previous experience with chidren's tales include "Alice in Wonderland" (2010). — AFP-Relaxnews

First trailer for David Fincher’s ‘House of Cards’ hits the web Posted: 17 Nov 2012 05:36 AM PST LOS ANGELES, Nov 17 — Headed for Netflix on February 1, House of Cards has unveiled its first trailer. The series, created by David Fincher, is set in Washington DC's political circles, with a healthy dose of corruption, cupidity and sex thrown in for good measure. The political thriller by David Fincher (The Social Network) centers around politician Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey), the majority Whip at the House of Representatives. He is described as charismatic, seductive, authoritarian, shrewd and ruthless, using this array of character traits to work his way to the top of the power structure. Robin Wright is also part of the cast as Claire, his equally amitious wife. David Fincher's first TV series is based on the British political drama broadcast on the BBC in 1990, which was inspired by a novel by Michael Dobbs, a former British politician turned writer. The story was adapted to a US audience under the pen of Eric Roth (Forrest Gump, Benjamin Button) and Beau Willimon (The Ides of March). House of Cards is one of the first original content projects by Netflix, the VOD leader in the North American market. Others will follow, including a new season of Arrested Development and brand new series Orange Is The New Black, by the creator of Weeds. Watch the trailer for House of Cards: youtu.be/ULwUzF1q5w4 — AFP-Relaxnews

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Pope says world needs more (literary) Latin lovers Posted: 16 Nov 2012 07:28 PM PST A Vatican librarian turns the pages of a facsimile copy of the Borgianus Latinus, a missal for use at Christmas made for Pope Alexander VI, at the Braccio Carlo Magno in the Vatican in this November 9, 2010 file photo. — Reuters pic VATICAN CITY, Nov 17 — "Pro Dei amore Latinam linguam discite". If you don't know what that means, Pope Benedict is on your case. In fact, he's not only on your case, he's on your declension, your conjugation, your tense, your person, your voice and your mood. "Pro Dei amore Latinam linguam discite" means "For the love of God, study Latin!" And that is what the pope wants to see more of. At the weekend, he started a new Vatican department to promote the study and use of Latin in the Roman Catholic Church and beyond. The Vatican said the pope, who is clearly the literary kind of Latin lover, had instituted the Pontifical Academy for Latin Studies, placing it under the auspices of the Vatican's ministry for culture. He said Latin, which is still the official language of the universal Church, was the subject of renewed interest around the world and the academy was mandated to encourage further growth. Catholic seminarians studying for the priesthood were weak in studies of the humanities in general and Latin in particular. They would benefit from a deeper knowledge of the language and be able to read ancient Church texts in the original, he said. A string of modern-day popes have tried to give the ancient language a boost. In 1962, Pope John XXIII published "Veterum Sapientia", a document aimed at promoting the study of Latin, and in 1976 Pope Paul VI started the Latin Foundation and its quarterly "Latinitas". 'Pinball' in Latin But those ventures met with mixed results at best and Benedict, who has allowed a partial return of the old-style Latin Mass that was phased out more than 40 years ago in favour of local languages, is giving it another try. "It appears necessary to support a commitment to a greater understanding of the use of Latin, both in the Church and in the greater world of culture," he wrote in the letter setting up the academy. The new academy's statutes, written, of course in Latin, say its goal is to promote both written and spoken Latin through publications, conferences, seminars, and performances. Many attempts have been made in the past half-century to revive Latin. Some have tried to bring the language of Cicero up to date by introducing neologisms, or new words for things that did not exist when Rome ruled most of the known world. To fill the gap, Father Carlo Egger in 1992 published the "Lexicon Recentis Latinitas," a dictionary of modern things in ancient Latin. Egger and a committee of experts and consultants of the Vatican's Latinitas Foundation, the precursor of the new Academy of Latin Studies, found a niche need and filled it. But the book never became a "liber maxime divenditus" (bestseller). Egger and his committee came up with these gems: "machina linteorum lavatoria" (washing machine); "escariorum lavator" (dish washer); "autocinetorum lavatrix" (car wash) and "sphaeriludium electricum numismate actum" (pinball machine). The authors' aim was to use existing Latin words wherever possible. So "sphaeriludium electricum numismate actum" actually meant "electric game with a ball put into motion by a coin", or pinball machine. Other entries were "fluxus interclusio" for traffic jam and "exterioris paginae puella" for cover girl. In 1988, Egger came up with a way to describe doping — something still topical today after Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France cycling titles. His phrase? "Usus agonisticus medicamenti stupefactivi", or the sporting use of stupefying medicine. — Reuters

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The mighty Zlatan Posted: 16 Nov 2012 04:21 PM PST NOV 17 — Did you see Zlatan Ibrahimovic's fourth goal for Sweden against England on Wednesday night? I mean, really, did you see that goal? If not, I absolutely insist that you do so right now. You'll thank me for it. And if you have already seen it, you'll know that it's well worth watching again. Here you are: Although I wouldn't necessarily say it's absolutely the best goal of all-time — that can only be a highly subjective choice based on personal preferences — it's certainly got to be up there. Of course, it wasn't the only overhead kick goal you'll ever see. Wayne Rooney got a spectacular one in the Manchester derby last February, for example. But the thing that makes Ibrahimovic's effort so special is that it was so unexpected. Rooney's goal — and all the other overhead volleys I can think of — resulted from crosses or from positions close to goal where the player concerned was expecting to shoot. They were already in goalscoring positions. That clearly wasn't the case on Wednesday night with the mighty Zlatan. Not many players could have scored that goal because not many players would have tried it; not many players would have even attempted a shot from that position with the ball at their feet, never mind with their back to goal and the ball spinning 15 feet over their shoulder. Having the technique to execute a 30-yard overhead volley is one thing; having the confidence to believe that you can even attempt it is another. But confidence has never been a personal quality that Zlatan lacks, illustrated by his post-game comment that he would give his international career a mark of "10 out of 10." He wasn't joking either — and neither was he earlier in the season, when he responded to questions about his enormous salary at Paris St Germain by sniffing: "Quality is not free." Due to the fact that he's never played in the Premier League, Ibrahimovic has always been woefully under-rated by a large number of fans in England, who also frown upon his refusal to run around like a headless chicken in the favoured style of a traditional English number nine. That peculiarly English attitude was encapsulated this week by former Liverpool and England midfielder Jamie Redknapp, who bewilderingly wrote in his newspaper column that "the world woke up to the mighty Zlatan" after his performance on Wednesday. Redknapp was half-right at best because the truth is that only England woke up to him — the rest of the world has been well aware of his outrageous talents for a long time. Ibrahimovic is, after all, the only player ever to have scored in the Champions League for six different teams. He has played for the three biggest clubs in Italy: Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan. He has also played for the biggest clubs in three other major European football nations: Ajax, Barcelona and PSG. He has won nine league titles, scored nearly 300 goals and won more than 80 international caps for Sweden. He is 31 years old. It's hardly like he's an undiscovered gem. There was, of course, far more to his performance on Wednesday night than that miraculous overhead volley — he had already scored a hat-trick, with the final crowning glory making him the only player to ever score four goals in a game against England. That came just a week after he created every single one of PSG's goals in their 4-0 thrashing of Dinamo Zagreb, becoming only the second player to record four assists in a game in Champions League history. When you throw in the fact that he's the leading scorer in this season's French Ligue 1 with 10 goals in his first 10 games, it's fair to say that Ibrahimovic is in pretty decent form and more than justifying PSG's decision this summer to make him the world's most expensive player. Sadly, we'll have to wait a little longer for our next Zlatan fix because Ibrahimovic is banned from PSG's home game against Rennes today, having earned a red card in the recent defeat against St Etienne with a high-flying kung-fu kick on goalkeeper Stephane Ruffier (occasional petulance... it's part of the genius package). But he's back in action on Wednesday night when he'll be hoping to confirm PSG's place in the knock-out stages of the Champions League by earning a point or more at Dynamo Kiev. And with Zlatan on their side, PSG's progress in the tournament will be well worth watching. He was signed this summer from AC Milan with the dual purpose of helping the long-underachieving French club win their domestic league and then become a major force on the European scene. The first of those objectives is on track, with PSG sitting top of the French league (although Marseille and Lyon are both within touching distance with a game in hand). And as for the second... well, although it might be too soon to consider PSG as realistic contenders for the Champions League trophy, you can be pretty sure that every team in Europe will be hoping to avoid them when the knockout stages get under way. After all, would you fancy your chances against the mighty Zlatan? * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist.

Coming soon, to a cinema near you, the EPL Posted: 16 Nov 2012 04:08 PM PST NOV 17 — It is not often that one can refer to a football match as a "blockbuster" but that is how it will feel when Arsenal supporters gather at a cinema in Kuala Lumpur tonight at 8.45 to catch the "live" telecast of the North London derby (NLD). The NLD is when the Gunners face their local rivals Tottenham Hotspur. It usually happens twice every English football season, unless the League Cup or FA Cup competitions pit both teams against each other by the luck of the draw. (Trivia: Both teams have never met in the final of a cup competition.) Spurs and Arsenal have been experiencing rather mixed fortunes this season. Both were fairly active in the summer transfer market, with the exits making more impact news-wise, as arguably the most gifted player in the respective teams — Luca Modric (Spurs) and Robin Van Persie — departed. While Arsenal began the season with a solid run of matches thanks to some good defensive work, the fine form came to a halt after suffering their first defeat to another London rival, Chelsea, at home. Since then, another two matches have been lost — away to Norwich City and Manchester United — and crucial points have been lost at home too, most notably last Saturday, to Fulham, which ended in a 3-3 draw, after taking an early 2-0 lead. The defence and the form of some players, who were outstanding last season, have been of the biggest concern for supporters. Uncertainty over Theo Walcott's future at the club is also another burden hanging over the club at a time when stability and assurance is needed to show that the Gunners will continue to be title contenders for years to come. Meanwhile, Spurs have been having an even more topsy-turvy season, beating Manchester United away, but losing to Wigan Athletic at home, among other unconventional results so far. Both North London sides would be looking to get their season back on track but it would all depend on which side is on form on the night. Only one point separates Spurs (17) and Arsenal (16) now, and both managers would also look to use this tie to boost the flagging hopes of supporters in terms of being title hopefuls, or at the least, getting into the coveted Champions League qualification positions. Of course, some may say that the English Premier League (EPL) is now left to the two Manchester clubs and Chelsea to contest. I disagree. Arsenal and Spurs can make a shot at it, as both Arsene Wenger and Andre Villas-Boas are proven winners. Be it in the recent or not-so-recent past, or in another country, their league- and cup-winning achievements cannot be taken lightly. Great managers like Alex Ferguson, Carlo Ancelotti and Jose Mourinho are proof that no matter what setbacks that come their way, a good manager can and will get their teams back on the title-winning track. For tonight, the key players to watch will be Santi Cazorla, Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud for Arsenal; and Gareth Bale, Jermain Defoe (if he recovers in time) and Clint Dempsey for Spurs. Notwithstanding my personal bias, the form book and home ground advantage should give Arsenal the edge but it will not be without some setbacks to Gooner hopes in the course of the match, I am sure. Over the past five years, the NLD has been experiencing an abundance of goals and that is likely to continue tonight, what with both defences switching off at times, while the forward line works double-shift. So, one can safely back an "over" on a total goals punt, if one is so inclined. Such a goal fest would also be good news for the neutral fan, or for those who are watching at the stadium and on screens around the world. Speaking of which, there will not be a bigger screen than that which about 230 Arsenal supporters in KL are going to enjoy while watching the "live" telecast at the Cathay Cineplex at e@Curve in Mutiara Damansara. It is the first time ever that an EPL match will be screened live at a local cinema hall. Not surprisingly, all tickets for the event, organised by the Official Arsenal Supporters Club in Malaysia and co-sponsored by Astro and Cathay Cineplex, were sold out within a week. Incidentally, the first time ever that a football viewing party was organised in a cinema in Malaysia was last May, as the Champions League's main sponsor decided to have a fans fest at a cineplex located in the Gardens mall (Mid Valley) for the final between Chelsea and Bayern Munich. Previously, I had only heard of cinemas in the Philippines screening live telecasts of boxing matches featuring their favourite son, Manny Pacquiao. And that was nationwide, by one of the largest cinema chains in the country. So, hopefully, with the ardent EPL following in Malaysia, more cinematic blockbuster opportunities will be made possible in future, across different cities and towns. * The views expressed here are the personal opinion of the columnist.

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Majlis Syura tegaskan PAS tetap seperti dahulu Posted: 17 Nov 2012 01:42 AM PST KOTA BHARU, 17 Nov —Majlis Syura Ulama hari ini menegaskan PAS masih lagi parti sama seperti ditubuhkan dahulu dan menepis dakwaan pihak-pihak tidak bertanggungjawab menuduh parti Islam itu tergelincir daripada perjuangan memartabatkan Islam. Dalam satu kenyataan yang dikeluarkan ketika Muktamar tahunan PAS ke-58 di sini, Majlis Syura Ulama menegaskan secara sebulat suara perjuangan PAS dan arah tuju PAS dahulu dan sekarang masih sama. "PAS masih utuh dan masih tetap atas perjuangan asalnya tanpa sedikitpun menyeleweng dari apa yang tercatat di dalam Perlembagaan PAS," kata kenyataan tersebut. Fasal 5 (1) Perlembagaan PAS memperuntukkan "memperjuangkan wujudnya di dalam negara ini sebuah masyarakat dan pemerintahannya yang terlaksana di dalamnya nilai-nilai hidup Islam dan hukum-hukumnya menuju keredhaan Allah." Malah, Majlis Syura Ulama juga menegaskan, isu berkaitan perkara itu adalah fitnah yang sengaja diwujudkan beberapa pihak untuk menyelamatkan diri mereka daripada ditolak rakyat. "Mereka tahu PAS masih atas keasliannya ... akan tetapi sengaja menabur fitnah tanpa mereka sedari sebenarnya mereka mengiktiraf PAS sebagai parti yang memperjuangkan Islam. "Ia adalah taktik dan strategi untuk mencalarkan imej PAS bagi mengelakkan mereka ditolak rakyat dengan menggunakan individu tertentu untuk mencalar PAS demi menjaga kepentingan mereka yang tergugat," kata kenyataan itu lagi. Sebelum itu, perwakilan daripada Pahang, Mukhtar Senik ketika perbahasan ucapan dasar Presiden berkata rombakan terhadap dasar kepimpinan ulama bermakna menjatuhkan PAS. "Itu akan meletakkan PAS dalam situasai yang sangat menggerunkan dan kita akan menghadapi masalah. "Cubaan untuk melemahkan konsep kepimpinan ulama perlu ditolak seluruh ahli PAS ... ia akan melemah dan melesukan PAS, serta menjadikan PAS menjadi parti politik biasa," kata Mukhtar. Justeru, beliau menasihati PAS agar berhati-hati dalam menerima kemasukan ahlinya agar fikrah parti komponen Pakatan Rakyat (PR) itu akan terus kekal terpelihara. "Kita mahu ulama terus bertenaga dan bergerak ... dan kita akan menolak siapa sahaja sama ada melalui ucapan, penulisan yang cuba merombak kepimpinan ulama PAS. "Kita mesti mempertahankan fikrah yang benar, walaupun PAS ada perubahan dan mengalami perkembangan semasa," katanya. Beliau turut menambah, golongn seperti itu kadangkala bukan hanya sekadar memasuki PAS, tetapi turut membawa fikrah luar dan bakal memberikan kesan negatif kepada PAS. "Mereka bukan sahaja masuk PAS, tetapi juga bawa fikrah luar "Atas kebebasan bersuara, mereka membuka pintu kepada orang lain untuk menembak PAS, ini berlaku ... kita tidak bercakap berkenaan apa yg tidak berlaku," katanya lagi.

Muhyiddin: Kesetiaan, keikhlasan PBS dalam BN amat dihargai Posted: 17 Nov 2012 01:21 AM PST PENAMPANG, 17 Nov — Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin berkata kesetiaan dan keikhlasan Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) sebagai anggota komponen Barisan Nasional (BN) amat dihargai terutama dalam membangunkan negara. Muhyiddin (gambar fail) berkata beliau melihat perjuangan PBS, parti pimpinan Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan itu, terus relevan dan semakin mendapat sokongan serta kepercayaan rakyat. Beliau berkata pilihan raya umum ke-13 merupakan penentu kelangsungan perjuangan BN dan jatuh bangun parti bergantung kepada semua ahli. Oleh itu, beliau berkata semua jentera pilihan raya perlu bersatu padu dan mengelak gejala sabotaj atau elemen yang boleh menjejaskan kemenangan BN pada pilihan raya umum akan datang. "Isu sensitif hendaklah ditangani dengan bijaksana dan bertolak ansur bagi memelihara perpaduan dan keharmonian," katanya dalam perutusan sempena Kongres PBS yang akan berlangsung di sini selama tiga hari bermula 20 Nov. Muhyiddin berkata rakyat kini semakin bosan dengan mainan politik pembangkang, tetapi kecenderungan mereka untuk menyokong BN bergantung kepada sejauh mana jentera BN berjaya menawan hati mereka. "Justeru marilah kita sama-sama bersatu hati memastikan asas pembinaan negara bangsa yang telah berlaku sejak merdeka dapat dipertahan serta menjunjung prinsip Rukun Negara," katanya sambil menambah bahawa matlamat negara menuju wawasan 2020 akan tercapai sekiranya perpaduan, kemakmuran dan keharmoniaan negara terpelihara," katanya. Beliau berkata kejayaan BN mengemudi negara berbilang kaum dan silang budaya ke arah perpaduan bukanlah mudah. "Sepanjang 55 tahun memerintah negara, pelbagai dasar kita rancang dan laksanakan sehingga semua kaum dan setiap wilayah mendapat manfaatnya. "Amalan toleransi, musyawarah dan budaya kompromi merupakan tonggak dan kekuatan BN dalam memenuhi setiap tuntutan parti komponen secara adil dan berperingkat," katanya. Beliau berkata langkah bijak Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak memperkenalkan Gagasan 1Malaysia Rakyat Didahulukan Pencapaian Diutamakan dan Transformasi Nasional berjaya memulihkan reputasi negara. "Gagasan ini bukan slogan politik semata-mata tetapi peniup semangat untuk bertaut di bawah satu payung dengan mengutamakan kesejahteraan negara," katanya. — Bernama

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