Earthquake Malaysia

TWO earthquakes hit northern Sumatra on Tuesday morning, sending tremors that were felt in Selangor, Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Perak, Putrajaya and Kuala Lumpur.
The first 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit Sumatra at 8.08am and the second 5.6-magnitude quake hit the same place at 11.01am on Tuesday.
Calls came pouring in from Selayang Hospital, KLCC building and other highrises in the Klang Valley as many residents ran out of their buildings.
However, there was no tsunami threat, said the Malaysian Meteorological Department.

A fire official said the tremors were more intense from the eighth floor upwards, but added that there were no reports of damage.

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Sumatra Earthquake

These are e-mails sent to The Star Online from Malaysians who felt the tremors from the Sumatra earthquake on Tuesday.
"I felt the tremors when I was sitting at my work station. I noticed vibrations in the water dispenser and slight movement of a file on my desk." - Meor Anas, 46, engineering executive at the Sungai Selangor water treatment plant.
" I felt the tremors around 11am. I was sitting and yet my chair was swaying. It seemed to last quite long, probably around 10-15 seconds. This is the strongest tremor I've ever felt in the Klang Valley." - Edmund of Mercury Securities, 7th floor, Solaris Mont Kiara.
"I and the students felt the tables shaking and some complained of dizziness." - Teacher Daniel Chin from Kapar.
"After having spent several years in Japan, the tremor 'is just shaky and intermittent' but still quite scary." - Ahmad Badri

"We were having examinations when we were told to leave the building when the tables started shaking." - Inti college student Y.S. Yan
"Somehow I didn't feel much of the tremor but I did realise that things were slightly shaky. For a millisecond, I think, the chair I was sitting on suddenly felt as if I was using the Ogawa ez-Loop machines." - Noni Awang, 21st floor in an office located in Jalan Khidmat Usaha, Kuala Lumpur.
"I was walking up the staircase when I felt a bit dizzy. As soon as I knew something was wrong I ran back downstairs. By then many office workers were already rushing downstairs. Quite scary." - Chong, Putrajaya.

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Li Ning Singapore Open 2011

Li Ning Singapore Open 2011

This year's Li-Ning Singapore Open has attracted some of the world's best shuttlers mainly because ranking points for Olympic qualification are at stake.

Big names competing include Olympic gold medallist Lin Dan from China and India's top women shuttler Saina Nehwal. But Malaysia's world number one male player, Lee Chong Wei is giving the Singapore event a miss.

It was a good 2010 for India's Saina Nehwal, who won three Super Series titles, including the Li-Ning Singapore Open women's singles event.

She is back to defend her title and the world number four said she is expecting a stiff challenge from Chinese players.

She said: "I am really working on my strokes, little bit more on my movement, so that I move faster against them. Because (at any point should) you move slower or you take it easy, you will lose the match. So I need to be very quick on the courts, so I am working on that speed and a lot of my strokes."

Defending men's singles champion, Sony Dwi Kuncoro from Indonesia and China's Lin Dan did not show up for the media conference on Monday. No reason was given for the Indonesian's no show, while Lin Dan cited a stomach upset for giving the media session a miss.

Last year's losing finalist in the men's singles, Boonsak Ponsana, agrees with Nehwal about the tougher competition this year. The Thai, who won the Singapore singles title in 2007, also thinks the prize money can be better to promote the sport.

Veteran Danish shuttler Peter Gade agreed and added that the Badminton World Federation can learn from the success of the Chinese.

He said: "The BWF's job is to transfer what they see and what they do with the Chinese in China to other countries. You have a huge interest for badminton. When we play in almost every country, if you have the right players, all the best players, a lot of spectators. So it should be possible."

Host Singapore's best chance lies with the women's doubles pair of Shinta Mulia Sari and Yao Lei, who are the defending champions.

With a stellar line-up of players competing this year, organisers are expecting more fans to show up. Already all 4,000 season tickets and 90 per cent of the premier seats have been sold out, even before the competition starts on Tuesday.

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Xie Nan

Xie Nan Wu Xiubo teaching performance Cheats LOS ANGELES, June 11, Shanghai International Film Festival, a number of film stars from home and abroad gathered in Shanghai. Enlight MediaXie Nan headed anchor woman with Gordon Chan film <<painting the wall>> cast film festival red carpet appearance, and in the presence of blooming red dress elegant lock focus of media attention(http://www.f-paper.com/). back in the red carpet, performing artists as Nan Xie, also seize the chance to learn, ask for advice to the senior Wu Xiubo acting.

Film Festival sets the scene Xie Nan Wu Xiubo humbly ask for advice change 'mentor'

Shanghai Film Festival this year is not only a good actor to join the festivities many domestic, but also invited to participate in overseas famous directors and actors, gathered at the opening ceremony of the background stars(Entertainment News http://www.f-paper.com/). In the circle has always been good karma of Xie Nan, encountered in the Taiwan Film Festival little old, but did not forget to seize the rare opportunity to ask for advice to the film's predecessors. new blood of a brother Wu Xiubo Television is the most serious 'teacher' is one of the performing arts not only shared their experiences, but also to teach Xie Nan their level of understanding of the performance.

Xie Nan Gordon Chan certain natural instincts role through <<painting the wall>> Drama

In the movie '<painting the wall>> in, Xie Nan plays a lively character,' Therapy 'fairy bamboo. Although not the true sense of previously starred in big screen work, but the director Gordon Chan is in terms of character, Nan Xie natural part of cheerful, in good faith that the rare bamboo pole figures for the performance characteristics, so inviting Xie Nan joined his new martial arts masterwork. from the current outline of the story that can be seen, 'Bamboo' Although not the entire film the center of emotional entanglements, but always involved in various conflicts in the clues.

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Maruti Cervo

Maruti Cervo, one of the most awaited small cars in the Indian market, is now expected to hit the Indian roads in October this year. As per industry sources, the car is currently in the testing stage and the company may be rolling out the car near Diwali season. It has been more than a year since the car has been expected to hit the Indian roads, but the company is yet awaited to make an official statement regarding the timeline of the launch of the Cervo in the country.

The Maruti Cervo model will be launched in the price segment of sub Rs 2 lakh where it will be competing with the likes of Tata Nano and its own elder sibling Maruti Alto. The car is expected to be borrowing a number of styling and designing cues from the same Alto model.
As per market speculations, the Cervo model will be launched in the country with an 800 cc engine, delivering a peak power of 54 bhp. The car will come blessed with class-leading comfort and convenience features including leather upholstery, power steering, power windows etc.

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Swami Nigamananda

A 34-year-old ascetic, Swami Nigamananda , died here after fasting for two and a half months to save the river Ganga from pollution, yoga guru Baba Ramdev said Tuesday.

Nigamananda died here Monday at the same hospital where Ramdev was being treated until his discharge Tuesday.

"The saint was fasting for the Ganga since the last many days. He laid down his life for the Ganga. I pay my tribute to Swami Nigamananda," Ramdev told reporters.

Ramdev was admitted to the hospital June 10, the seventh day of his nine-day long fast, after his health deteriorated.

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CET Results 2011 Maharashtra

CET Results 2011 Maharashtra

The Maharashtra Health and Technology Common Entrance Test ( MHTCET 2011) this year has thrown up some interesting results, especially in the health science courses, sources in the office of Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) disclosed.

Though there was rise this year in the number of students aspiring for health science courses by 16,053 compared to last year, the number of eligible candidates witnessed a drop of 2.47%. Last year, out of 1.76 lakh candidates, 26,905 cleared the exam which was 15.23%. This year 1.92 lakh took the exam of which only 23,147 passed.

This comes to 12.76%. This year, 1,04,178 aspirants were boys (54.07%) while 88,507 (45.93%) were girls. Over one lakh engineering, 7,000 medical and 9,000 pharmacy seats are to be filled through MHT-CET.

The number is to increase in coming days with many new colleges slated to open. These 23,147 students will fight for 7,000 medical seats. Even the state HSC results witnessed a drop of almost 7% this year.

Out of 3,02,684 total registered candidates, 2,98,897 actually appeared for the exam conducted on May 12 across 786 centres in 35 districts of state. The results would be officially out on Tuesday at 10am and the marksheets would be available to the candidates at their respective junior colleges. Like last year, there will be no merit list to stop unnecessary competition among students.

"We have already dispatched the marksheets to the colleges in sealed packets. We have taken an undertaking from them that they would be not be releasing them to anyone until 4pm, as per instructions from DMER office," liaison officer for MHT-CET for Nagpur division Dr SM Parate told TOI.

Of the three regions in state, only Marathwada has recorded positive results with a marginal rise of 0.02% compared to last year. Rest of Maharashtra and Vidarbha regions witnessed a drop 4.35% and 2.65% respectively in the number of eligible candidates.

Out 41,511 candidates from Vidarbha who took the exam, 5,215 managed to clear it. In 2010, 5,728 had cleared health science courses out of 37,658 students. Interestingly, the number of candidates has increased in all three regions. The admission to health science courses would probably begin in July first week with the filling up of preference forms at four centres in the state.

These are Grant Medical College in Mumbai, BJ medical College in Pune, Government Medical Colleges (GMCs) in Nagpur and Aurangabad. The final merit list is likely to be out on July 25. The engineering admissions would be made by Directorate of Technical Education (DTE).

The process is likely to begin from July 20 while admissions for veterinary science courses would be made by Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University (MAFSU).

This year 45,541 candidates had applied for the biology group (for medical admissions) compared to 1.07 lakh for the mathematics (for engineering admissions) and 1.49 lakh for biology and mathematics combine (students aspiring for both fields).

Interestingly, the number of aspirants for medical seats witnessed a significant jump this year compared to last six years.

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