| Olympics: Five divers seeking to join Bryan in Beijing
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of Malaysian qualifiers for the Olympics is expected to increase drastically when our divers compete in the 16th FINA World Cup in Beijing from Feb 19-25. Of the divers, five Yeoh Ken Nee, Rossharisham Roslan, Leong Mun Yee, Elizabeth Jimie and Pandalela Rinong have been identified as having the potential to do well at the World Cup, which is the last platform to qualify for the Olympics. So far, seven athletes have qualified for the Olympic Games on merit. They are diver Bryan Nickson Lomas; archers Cheng Chu Sian, Wan Mohd Khalmizam Wan Abdul Aziz and Mohd Marbawi Sulaiman; taekwondo exponents Elaine Teo and Che Chew Chan; and pole vaulter Roslinda Samsu. Yesterday, the National Sports Councils (NSC) aquatics manager for elite athletes, Jennifer Yong, said that it was possible for Malaysia to have the biggest number of divers at the Olympics as the top 18 semi-finalists in the individual competition of the World Cup will make the cut. Jennifer said that 14-year-old Pandalela, the countrys top junior diver, was their best bet for an Olympic berth in the 10m platform. She is our best bet to make the grade in the World Cup.
Aperture, Lightroom come into focus
Aperture 1.5 promises some features that users have been requesting: increased flexibility in where you store images and a plug-in facility that gives you new options for sharing, storing, printing, publishing, and even selling your pictures. And it works with a greater number of cameras than did prior versions. An interesting cool prospect is being able to browse your Aperture library—including both online and offline photos—with the iLife or iWork '06 media browser so you can continue your work in iWeb or Keynote, for example. Theoretically, you could have imported the images you wanted to use into iPhoto, but the more flexibility the better—especially if you're actually using Photoshop and Bridge as opposed to iPhoto to edit your images. At the same time Apple was polishing up Aperture, Adobe was tinkering with its own workflow management tool, Lightroom, which has been rechristened Photoshop Lightroom.
Awards Promote Beauty Contest
The moment Alissa Hsu Lynch spotted five Aveeno products among the winners unveiled at Allure magazine's Best of Beauty awards fete last fall, she emailed her team. "We needed to think about how we could get the news out right away," said Ms. Hsu Lynch, group product director for Aveeno, a Johnson & Johnson brand. Within weeks, the Aveeno team had designed coupons and in-store displays to feature Allure's "Best of Beauty" seal. Later this year, TV ads for Aveeno also will include the awards. The seal eventually will adorn the packaging of most of Aveeno's winning products, except for its new eczema cream, which already is decorated with an award from the National Eczema Association. .
Madonna set to tour Down Under, adopt another child
She was, however, happy to talk about her pride at her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next week. "It's 25 years of writing, producing and recording," she said. "That's a long time to do a job well, I might add. "So, yeah - it's a great sense of accomplishment." The Sunday Telegraph was given an exclusive preview of her new album - and it certainly signals a new hip-hop-driven direction for the singer. She collaborated with Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Pharrell Williams. The first single, Four Minutes (To Save The World) hits radio this month. "I'm very anxious and nervous and hopeful that people will like it," she said. She is also releasing a feature film (Filth And Wisdom) and a documentary (I Am Because We Are), which tells the story of her adoption of son David Banda from Malawi.
Performing Arts: Memoirs of a soprano
While most vocalists dream of going to the West to study, Tan Khar Gee chose China and stayed there for six years. But the Coloratura Soprano, touted as a rising star in the local classical singing fraternity, did not see her her future as a vocal performer, when she first studied music. I did quite well in my studies and my first vocal recital in 1996 had very good reviews, said Tan. I had wanted to go to England to pursue my Masters until I met a vocal teacher from China whom I learnt a lot from. So I decided to go to Beijing and study under Professior Wang Bin-Rui, she added. Her six year stint in Beijing culminated with her impressive performance in the opera La Traviata in which she played the lead role of Violetta. Armed with her Masters in Vocal, Tan headed to Milan to obtain her second Masters in Vocal Performance at the Accademia Lirica Italiana.
Super Bowl Intellectual Property Insanity: No Big Screen Super Bowl ...
Well here are a couple stories to leave you with as we head into Super Bowl weekend. Every year it seems there's some insanity concerning the NFL somehow trying to abuse intellectual property rights above and beyond what they're designed for. Remember, the NFL thinks that it can tell reporters how to report on a game, while also forcing them to advertise for NFL sponsors. It also has been known to issue bogus DMCA notices. And, of course, don't forget that not only has the NFL bullied people into believing that you can't use the phrase "The Super Bowl" in an advertisement, after many advertisers switched to the euphemism "The Big Game" to appease the NFL, it tried to trademark "The Big Game" as well. This year, the big news (as submitted by a lot of you), but first by Ryan, is that the New England Patriots have applied for a trademark on "19-0" to represent the undefeated season the team will have if it wins this season.
Latest News Archive March 2008
Some really great tools for video publishing, visual presentations, video editing and conversion as well as a fabolous image library visualization are just some of the visual communication gems contained in this weekly Sharewood Picnic. Photo credit: Irina Tischenko So, without further due, here below are my selected... .
More 'Tampa' letters
But during my 2 years studying there I have to say that Australian people are among the friendliest I know. The Australian government's attitude toward the boat people on board of Tampa, however, is a different story. I agree that illegal immigrants should not be given the impression that Australia is an easy country to enter. But leaving these people stranded on the boat while waiting for the three governments to negotiate is unacceptable. Norway is too far away, Indonesia lacks the resources to cater to these people (not to mention the (asylum seekers') unwillingness to go there). So why can't Australia take those people temporarily? Return them to their country later if they do not meet the requirement for refugee status.
Rianti Setiadarma
An Indonesian currently working in Oslo Our country (Australia) may look big enough to accommodate millions of people but only the coastal strips are fertile and the soil is too thin, so Australia's future cannot guarantee the wellbeing of these overwhelming rush of newcomers.
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