Major Atlantic Storm Killed 11 In Northern Europe

Large waves break against the dyke Monday at the port of Boulogne, France.

The death toll from the major Atlantic storm rises to at least eleven across northern Europe on Monday.

Four people were killed in Britain, three in Germany, two in Netherlands, one in France and one in Denmark.

According to Britain’s Met Office national weather centre, winds reached 99 miles (159 kilometres) per hour on the Isle of Wight off the southern English coast.

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Waves crash onto the cliffs surrounding Porthleven, Cornwall, southwest England, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013. Forecasters say a severe storm will hit the southern half of Britain later Sunday, bringing heavy rains and gusts of 60 to 80 miles per hour (100 to 130 kilometers per hour, with the potential to cause widespread and severe disruption from falling trees, power cuts and flooding. (AP Photo/PA, Ben Birchall)

A fallen tree blocks a road after overnight storm in Brighton, southern England on October 28, 2013 (AFP Photo/Glyn Kirk)

Engineers look at the damage as a crane working on redevelopment at the Cabinet Office in Whitehall, near to Downing Street in London, was brought down by high winds, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. A major storm with hurricane-force gusts is lashing southern Britain, parts of France and Netherlands, causing flooding and travel delays with the cancellation of many flights and trains. Weather forecasters say it is one of the worst storms to hit Britain in years. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

A man tries to rescue a tree during a period of strong winds in Duesseldorf, Germany, 28 October 2013. Three people were killed by falling trees in England and the Netherlands 28 October as a powerful storm continued to wend its way up both sides of the Channel, disrupting life in large parts of Britain and continental Europe. (EPA/MARTIN GERTEN)

Theo Harcourt, a 13-year-old student, jumps over a fallen tree as he makes his way to school in Islington, north London October 28, 2013, after strong storm winds and rain battered southern parts of England and Wales early on Monday, forcing flight cancellations, disrupting trains and closing roads and major bridges before the start of rush-hour. Local media dubbed the storm “St. Jude”, after the patron saint of lost causes who is traditionally celebrated on October 28. REUTERS/Olivia Harris

A fallen tree blocks the road after the St. Jude storm in Islington, north London October 28, 2013. Strong storm winds and rain battered southern parts of England and Wales early on Monday, forcing flight cancellations, disrupting trains and closing roads and major bridges before the start of rush-hour. REUTERS/Olivia Harris

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Photos: Major Atlantic Storm Kills 2 In England

Southern England was hit by a major Atlantic storm, which could be its worst in years.

Strong winds blew and heavy rains fell late Sunday.

Two people were killed by falling trees in the severe storm and Sky News reported that a 14-year-old boy, named locally as Dylan Alkins, is feared dead after being swept out to sea on Sunday in Newhaven, East Sussex.

Hurricane-speed winds of up to 100mph swept across the South West, South, South East, the Midlands and the East of England.

Several London Underground and train services were suspended, the port of Dover in Kent temporarily shut after gusts of 65 knots were recorded in the area.

More than 130 flights at Heathrow Airport were cancelled because of the weather.

The Environment Agency said there were 12 flood warnings in place across the South West, the Midlands and the East of England. 

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A car splashes through a flooded road near the village of Whitford, in Devon, as southern England woke up to brutal storms. (AFP)

A fallen tree blocks the road outside Strand Station in cenral London. (PA) 11 / 18 Press Association | Photo by PA / PA Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Pinterest ClosePrevious imageNext image

Wet and windy conditions on the A14 made commuting particularly difficult for thousands of motorists. (REX)

A fallen tree delayed this bus on Turnpike Lane, north London. (Ben Hewis/Twitter/PA)

A tree blocks the railway line at Beltring in Kent, as more than 40,000 homes are left without power. (PA)

A fallen tree uprooted in Ealing, West London, falls into a homeowner’s front garden as the St. Jude’s Storm battered Britain. (PA)

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PRK Sungai Limau: Siapa Yang Menipu, Haji Baharom Atau Mahfuz Omar?

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Datuk Seri Jamil Khir’s father praying for PAS to win in the coming PRK Sungai Limau?

Or did PAS’s leader Mahfuz Omar lying again?

Please listen to this video:

Now, please listen to another video:

Haji Baharom is Datuk Seri Jamil Khir’s father and he is a member of PAS.

Anyway, it is very interesting when he said that even though he is a member of PAS, that doesn’t means he can’t vote for UMNO.

So who tried to spin the story?

Your Shot: A Sneak Peek At National Geographic’s Contest Submissions

National Geographic magazine turned 125 this month.

The magazine moves the birthday celebration off its pages with the October 1st public launch of a photo-sharing platform, Your Shot (NGYourShot.com), that allows photography fans to connect with photographers and editors around virtual assignments, get direct feedback on their work and participate in a unique photography-based community.

One of the magazine’s young star photographers, Cory Richards, will usher in the month as lead curator of the magazine’s first assignment on Your Shot.

Led by Richards and his magazine photo editor, Sadie Quarrier, the assignment invites photographers to share three images that convey how photography can help us explore our changing world.

Throughout the assignment, Richards and Quarrier will provide photo tips and feedback on the images that are submitted along with direction on what they feel will best help tell the story.

Their favourite photograph will be selected to appear in a future issue of National Geographic magazine.

Participants must join Your Shot, National Geographic’s free online photo community and storytelling platform, to submit photos to the assignment, which runs until today, October. 22. (National Geographic)

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Master of Disguise – Photograph and caption by Graham McGeorge, National Geographic Your Shot – Eastern Screech Owls like to take over woodpecker nests that have been dug out over the years in pine trees, which are the main species of tree at this swamp. Fish and Wildlife also paint a white ring around the base of a tree that has active nests in order to avoid when conducting controlled burns. Screech owls can range in height anywhere from 8-10 inches, so you have to have a sharp eye to find these little birds of prey. 8BIM

What a sheep! – Photograph and caption by Andres Beregovich, National Geographic Your Shot – wandering through Isla Riesco, I bumped into this almost forgotten ranch. Talking to the locals was fun. Then I asked whether I could photograph some of the processes. I couldn’t believe the size of this sheep when I first saw it. I almost couldn’t take the picture cause I was so impressed. 140KG Sheep (about 300 lbs) I’ve only seen this here.8BIM

Smile From Mentawai Hunter – Photograph and caption by Mohd Ismail, National Geographic Your Shot – Smile form mentawai people .

Bromo Tengger National Park – Photograph and caption by Dennis Walton, National Geographic Your Shot – Nothing changes the landscape like a major volcano. I have visited Bromo Tengger National Park in Java, Indonesia many times. The usual drill is to climb to my favorite viewpoint in the early morning darkness and wait for sunrise. You never know what the new day will bring. This time it was an ash eruption of Mt Semeru highlighted by the warm colors of rising sun.

The Last Light – Photograph and caption by Somnath Chakraborty, National Geographic Your Shot – On a lazy eve i took this frame in unknown lane at Varanasi. A surreal light effect i got when i was walking through this lane. perhaps he was returning from his job and allowed me to take this frame on request. I took at least 5 frame out of which this one is cleared most.

Castelluccio di Norcia – Photograph and caption by Mauro Maione, National Geographic Your Shot – The Plains of Castelluccio are a karst plateau of the central-alluvial (Umbria-Marche Apennines), located in the Umbrian side of the Sibillini Mountains at the foot of Mount Carrier, within the territory of the town of Norcia, near the village of Castelluccio , and the National Park of Monti Sibillini, and that is the bottom of an ancient Apennine lake, now dried up, and known for its karst features.8BIM

Alive – Photograph and caption by Jonathan Tucker. National Geographic Your Shot – This is a self portrait I took of my self. This photo was taken under a glacier in Alaska. I hiked over two hours through swamps and up the side of a mountain to reach the Glacier itself..I spent around a hour walking on top of the glacier taking photos until I found this cave. The cave is formed from a water fall from the mountain that meets the glacier.When I first walked in the cave it took my breath away it was so amazing and scary at the same time especially when you hear the ice crack.

White Rim Storm – Photograph and caption by Klaus Priebe, National Geographic Your Shot – During a visit to the Canyon lands during the monsoon season of 2013 I chased storms during the week and had this little micro thunderstorm head right at me. It was a magical moment with the sun peaking through the clouds to the west and the storm producing rain and a few lightning bolts as it passed by me. 8BIM

Orange Liberty – Photograph and caption by Joy Acharyy, National Geographic Your Shot – These kids were playing the ghats of Ganges in Varanasi, India. The moment this kid saw me with my camera, she posed with the huge flag in her hand and made my day.

3 Killed In Cameron Highlands Mud Flood

Topsy-turvy: A car that was buried in the mud being moved by workers. (The Star)

Ringlet in Cameron Highlands had been hit by a mud flood, killing three people including two foreigners.

The victims were Tan Tuck Choi, 51 years old,  Kesmat Iduan, 46 from Indonesia and a Bangladeshi, Md Jahangir Alam Fazlor Rahman who was around 30 years old.

According to NST, the body of Kesmat Iduan, 46 from Indonesia will be flown back to her homeland for funeral arrangements.

NST reported that the victim who died on the way to hospital has been identified as Tan Tuck Choi, 51.

One person, Jarwati from Indonesia is still missing.

Land clearing for farms has caused land erosion and heavy sedimentation in the Sultan Abu Bakar dam at Ringlet in Cameron Highlands.

CAMERON HIGHLANDS 23 Okt 2013 – Kerosakan besar yang berlaku selepas banjir besar akibat limpahan daripada air empangan melanda Lembah Bertam di sini hari ini. – UTUSAN/Roy Azis Abd Aziz

CAMERON HIGHLANDS 23 Okt 2013 – Keadaan dua buah kereta yang rosak selepas Lembah Bertam, Cameron Highlands di sini dilanda banjir besar hari ini. – UTUSAN/Roy Azis Abd Aziz

She ain’t heavy: A man carrying his elderly relative away from the flood-hit area near Ringlet at Cameron Highlands.

CAMERON HIGHLANDS, 23 Okt –Keadaan beberapa buah kenderaan dan kediaman yang rosak akibat banjir lumpur yang berlaku di Bertam Valley awal pagi tadi.

In Photos: Australia Bush Fire

A firefighter hoses flames in trees near houses at Bilpin, 75km (47 miles) west of Sydney on Tuesday, October 22.

200 homes have been damaged or destroyed during a massive bush fire in New South Wales.

The fire started at the Port Stephens area, more than 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Sydney on October 13th.

A 63-year-old man died of a suspected heart attack on Friday, defending his house from the big fire.

Police said Monday they had arrested two boys, age 11 and 15, over two earlier bush fires.

The 11-year-old has been charged with two counts of intentionally causing fire and being reckless as to its spread, NSW Police Force said.

About 287,000 acres (116,167 hectares) were affected by the fire.

A volunteer fire fighter, Michael Green recorded a video of the fire using his phone.

CNN reported that Forecasts of high temperatures, low humidity and strong winds over the next few days in the Blue Mountains region, west of Sydney, have state officials especially concerned.

Power lines were also blamed for the fire as reported by CNN.

Locals feared that three big fires could merge into an inferno in New South Wales where lots of people live.

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A helicopter works to extinguish bush fires burning near Winmalee on October 18.

A firefighter hoses flames in trees near houses at Bilpin, 75km (47 miles) west of Sydney on Tuesday, October 22.

Smoke fills the sky over the Sydney Harbour Bridge on October 17.

Smoke fills the sky above the Winmalee Country Club on October 18.

The Wallarah House, a historic site, sits burned to the ground in Catherine Hill Bay on October 18.

Image #: 24982986 epa03916795 A NSW Rural Fire Service volunteer puts out a fire near the Monky Creek Cafe in the town of Bell, in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, NSW, Australia, 20 October 2013. A state of emergency was declared in Australia’s south-east on 20 October as the tally of houses lost to forest fires climbed past 200 and amid warnings of worse weather conditions ahead. Officials warned that separate fires in the Blue Mountains, 70 kilometres west of Sydney, could join up and advance on the city. The dozens of individual blazes have a combined perimeter of more than 400 kilometres and have burned more than 100,000 hectares of bushland. EPA/PAUL MILLER /LANDOV

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Congratulations To Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi!

Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi, Malaysia’s Minister of Home Affairs, had won the highest vote in UMNO’s Vice-President election.

Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi won 185 votes, Datuk Shafie Apdal won 174 votes during the election, while Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hussien Onn won 100 votes and Datuk Mukhriz Bin Mahathir won 91 votes.

Congratulations to Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi!

Photos: 2014 Green Car Of The Year Finalists

Below are photos of the finalist for the 2014 Green Car of the Year.

The overall winner will be announced during the LA Auto Show in November. 

And these cars are all powered by conventional, and not electric engines.

Mazda3

Audi A6 TDI

Honda Accord

Toyota Corolia

Congratulations JAKIM on Khutbah Jumaat, ‘Menangani Konsep Kebebasan’

Congratulations to  Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM) for today’s Khutbah Jummat with the title, ‘Menangani Konsep Kebebasan’. It was a very good khutbah about Human Rights and freedom. The Khatib also spoke about Universal Periodic Review (UPR), United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) demands and COMANGO (Coalition of Malaysian Non-Governmental Organisations).

The UPR process is getting closer. As what was said by the Khatib, we must not accept the UNHRC demands that wanted Malaysia to legitimise LGBTIQ, abolishing some part of the Syariah Law and others that are against the Malaysian Federal Constitution. 

Article 3(1) of the Federal Constitution stated that, “Islam is the religion of the Federation; but other religions may be practised in peace and harmony in any part of the Federation”. So, as Islam is the religion of the Malaysia, we cannot accept total freedom, in fact total freedom is bad for us. That is why every country has rules that must be obeyed by everybody in the country including the tourists and visitors from other countries.

This proves that COMANGO, does not represent Malaysian Muslims. COMANGO leaders are not Muslim, so how could they represent the Muslims on Islamic issues? COMANGO is lying when it claims that it represent most Malaysian. And after I read their reports, I know that they are lying about the situation in Malaysia and accusing the Malaysian government for things that are not true.

After all, most of the COMANGO leaders are Malaysian opposition parties’ DAP and PKR leaders who would blame the government for every thing that they can ever imagine.

Related articles

• COMANGO And Human Rights
• Malaysia And UNHRC Declaration
• What Is Universal Periodic Review 

• United Nations Human Rights Council’s UPR

Lao Airlines Flight QV301 Crashed, 49 Killed

Lao Airlines Airplane (Photo: Sydney Morning Herald)

Lao Airlines plane crashed into the Mekong River in the southern city of Pakse, near the border with Thailand, just before 16:00 (ICT) on Wednesday.

Lao Airlines Flight QV301 crashed in the Mekong River, killing all 49 passengers and crews.

The state-run Lao Airlines said in a statement that the plane took off from the capital Vientiane and “ran into extreme bad weather conditions” as it prepared to land at Pakse Airport.

AP reported that 17 of the victims were from Lao, seven from France, five were from Australia five from Thailand, three from Korea, two from Vietnam and one person each from Canada, China, Malaysia, Taiwan and the United States.

The airline said it had yet to determine reasons for the crash of the ATR-72 aircraft which was virtually new and had just been delivered in March. 

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