3rd Maillot Adidas del Olympique Marseille 11/12

Luego de presentar su camiseta titular y suplente para esta temporada 11/12, el Marsella apenas necesitaba lanzar su tercera camiseta “europea”. Su presentación oficial no fue más que una confirmación del diseño que ya habíamos filtrado, que muestra un estilo chocante tal como vimos hace poco también en Francia con el Lyon.Continuar Leyendo...

Wigan MiFit Home Kit 2011/12

Tal como vimos el año pasado, el Wigan pasó a vestir una prácticamente propia: Mi Fit. Este año, el nuevo Home Kit se adapta a la tendencia actual, completamente retro. En este caso el cuello tipo polo agrega un toque de blanco, repitiéndose para los paneles laterales y los puños, apenas con el escudo del club bordado sobre la derecha, el logo de MiFit en dorado y el nuevo patrocinio de 12 Bet.

¿Crees que los aficionados “Latics” estarán contentos con este diseño? ¿Qué cambiarías del mismo?

Queens Park Rangers Lotto Third Kit 11/12

El Queens Park Rangers, recientemente ascendido a la Premier League luego de 15 años en el ascenso inglés, recientemente estrenó nuevo tercer uniforme. El mismo muestra un template de Lotto que ya hemos alavado por su versatilidad mostrada con Borussia Mönchengladbach, Sochaux y Deportivo La Coruña. En este caso, a los dos grandes cuadros rojos que dividen la camiseta en 4 se agrega el panel asimétrico que alberga el escudo. Combinan también los logos de Lotto sobre las mangas, mientras que los shorts y medias serán también en rojo.

¿Qué te pareció el diseño de este kit? ¿Crees que el template se ajustó bien?

Maglie Legea del Palermo 2011/12

Passione Maglie nos trae otro estrenos desde Italia: las nuevas camisetas Legea del Palermo. Si bien ya habíamos visto un anticipo del nuevo modelo titular, recién hace unos días se realizó su presentación oficial. Además de confirmar la maglia de casa, podremos ver las dos variantes que servirán como segunda y tercera opción.Continuar Leyendo...

Maglie Asics del US Lecce 2011/2012

Si bien se trata de una marca más identificada con el running que con el fútbol, Asics se mantiene fuerte en Italia con un par de patrocinios interesantes. Este es el caso del Lecce, que mantuvo la categoría y volverá a vestir la marca japonesa en la Serie A. Aquí los renovados diseños para los "Giallorossi", via Passione Maglie.Continuar Leyendo...

Más Estrenos Europeos de Burrda: Twente y OGC Niza 11/12

Burrda es una joven marca en expansión, que de a poco ha ido asegurándose contratos interesantes en toda Europa. Comenzando por la selección de Bélgica, además de equipos ingleses como Watford o Wolverhampton, ahora la marca suiza se ha asegurado dos nuevos contratos para la temporada 11/12: Twente y OGC Niza. Ambos equipos mostraron diseños en estos días, y aquí repasamos ambos.Continuar Leyendo...

Bayern München Adidas UCL Trikot 11/12

Hace unos días el Bayern Munich oficializó su nueva tercera camiseta “europea”, y el diseño es tal como lo habíamos anticipado aquí mismo. Igualmente, las fotos oficiales siempre hacen mayor justicia a un diseño, por lo cual aquí te mostraremos Bastian Schweinsteiger, figura del club, luciendo este renovado uniforme de los “Die Roten”.Continuar Leyendo...

Nuevas Camisetas Adidas del Anderlecht 2011/2012

El Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht es el club más laureado de Bélgica, así como el único de cierta relevancia a nivel continental con una Copa UEFA ganada en 1983. Los “Mauves et Blancs” o “Paars-wit”, según que idioma hable el aficionado, visten Adidas desde hace varias temporadas, y la marca alemana ha confeccionado siempre uniformes interesantes y personalizados para el club.Continuar Leyendo...

Formaları Puma del Bursaspor 2011/2012

Cuando hablamos de camisetas, Turquía es una liga especial. Como ya vimos con Fenerbahce, Trabzonspor o Galatasaray, los equipos suelen estrenar 4 camisetas por temporada. En el caso del Bursaspor, que se convirtió hace 2 temporadas en apenas el 5to equipo en ganar la Süper Lig, visten Puma y tendrán una mezcla de estilos interesante para esta temporada 2011/2012.Continuar Leyendo...

Formaları Nike del Galatasaray 2011/2012

Hasta el año pasado, los tres clubes más populares de Turquía (Galatasaray, Fenerbahce y Besiktas) vestían Adidas, pero este año Nike romepió esa monotonía asegurándose a los “Cim bom”. Al parecer Nike estaba a la espera del término del contrato de su máximo rival para la siguiente temporada, pero una recisión un tanto tardía le obligó a adelantar sus planes y por falta de tiempo el club de Istambul vestirá camisetas genéricas.Continuar Leyendo...

Aku ada benda nak bercerita

Salam pagi sabtu..
Aku ada benda nak cerita..
Cerita yang penuh makna..
Bukan cerita membuang masa..
Cerita menggapai masa depan aku mungkin..
Sebelum aku becerita..
Aku hendak korang semua bersabar..
Kerana kesabaran menguji kekuatan diri seseorang..
Dan sebelum aku bercerita biarlah gambar itu memberi petunjuk sebelum aku bicara..
Seeloknya lihat dulu di FEA BEADS untuk melihat gambar yang aku maksudkan..



p/s ; terima kasih kerana bersabar kerana cerita itu akan aku ceritakan ;)

Jerseys Nike del Pachuca 2011/12

Uno de los estrenos que nos perdimos en esta semana pasada fue lo que Nike mostró para el Pachuca. Los “tuzos” firmaron con la marca estadounidense la temporada pasada, y muchos aficionados no quedaron demasiado complacidos con los jerseys genéricos provistos al club hasta para el Mundial de Clubes. Esta temporada se esperaba más personalización en los uniformes, veamos qué se hizo al respecto:Continuar Leyendo...

Jerseys Nike de Xolos de Tijuana 2011/12

El ascenso del Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles De Caliente, mejor conocido como “Xolos” o simplemente Club Tijuana, trae un poco de color a la primera división del fútbol azteca. Por ejemplo, desde hace algunas semanas muchos preguntaban insistentemente por el nuevo uniforme, preparado por Nike. Aquí veremos un poco lo que dejó la presentación, y aclararemos un poco el tema.Continuar Leyendo...

Jerseys Atlética del Atlas 2011/12

Junto con el Morelia, otro equipo de Atlética que presentó sus nuevos jerseys la semana pasada fue el Atlas. Los “Zorros” renovaron los uniformes manteniendo lo visto en la temporada 09/10 y 10/11, con diseños clásicos, aunque este año habrá algunas novedades interesantes.Continuar Leyendo...

Nuevos Jerseys Atlética del Morelia 2011/12

De cara al comienzo del Torneo Apertura 2011 este pasado fin de semana, la marca nacional Atlética dispuso el estreno oficial de los jerseys de los equipos a los que viste. En el caso del Morelia, se presentaron 3 camisetas que aquí mostraremos, y que han generado algo de polémica entre los seguidores como en el caso de la titular.Continuar Leyendo...

Third Maillot Adidas del Lyon 2011/12

Luego de presentar su nueva camiseta titular, y luego el modelo alternativo, es turno de repasar el tercer modelo que Adidas preparó para el Olympique Lyonnais en esta temporada 11/12 que ya casi comienza. Recordemos que el año pasado, que representó el regreso de la marca alemana como proveedora del Lyon, trajo sorpresas con la camiseta suplente y tercera, y este caso no será la excepción.
Continuar Leyendo...

Malaysia-Singapura 2011 (4-6)

Habis sudah game Harimau lawan Singa..
Ape boleh buat..

Mereka sudah berjuang..
Harimau tak mampu nak kudungkan singa..
Hanya mampu tempangkan singa dengan masing2 1 gol sahaja..

Tahniah team bola sepak Malaysia..
Walau kau buat aku debar setiap kali bola da sampai gawang tapi tak masuk, kau semua tetap hebat di mata rakyat Malaysia..

Usaha..usaha..usaha lagi wahai pemain semuaaa..
Walau kau sudah remukkan hati berjuta2 rakyat Malaysia, ternyata persembahan di Bukit Jalil lebih baik dari Kota Singa..
Tak gitu??

"Harapan hatiku ingat melihat Malaysia mara, tetapi mengapa sering saja Singapura yang gol..Baru ku cuba nak meraikan kemenangan lalu Singapura pon buat drama di tengah padang.."

berdebar melihat negara tengah berjuang, [MALAYSIA vs SINGAPURA] 2011

semangat giler dowh siapa yang pergi stadium tuh..90 000 tuhhh...giler ramai weyhhh...bangga pulak aku jadi rakyat MALAYSIA..hehe..

kat stadium penuh dengan penyokong kuning..dekat muka buku pon ramai buat profile picture harimau mengaum dengan tema kaler kuning..

dan semestinya aku pon semangat untuk memakai baju kuning demi pasukan bola sepak MALAYSIA..yeahhh ;D

jejaka semua nak 2 gol je atleast..dapat 3 gol pon boleh..pastikan jangan kasi singa sumbat gol..huhu..

Goodluck !!..k nak start da..jom tengok..

Harimau bertemu Singa

Saat genting ini malam

Jangan benar singa sumbat itu gol

Harimau kasi ngaum kuat sikit

Kaki rimau patahkan kaki singa

Kasi kudung semua singa

Ini malam saja kasi kejam

Muka garang Harimau mengaum

Kisah rumahtangga Jimmy Shanley dan Isteri

Ape pon kisahnya aku harap mereka dapat bersatu kembali demi si anak kecil itu..

Alangkah malangya anak sekecil itu tidak mendapat kasih sayang sepenuhnya daripada ibu bapa..

sumber ; ohbulan

sumber ; ohbulan

See..comey kan baby tuh..

Aku doakan kebahagian rumahtangga mereka demi Zahrah Shanley..

TARIKH PEPERIKSAAN UPSR, PMR, SPM, STPM DAN MUET 2011

Salam..
Morning..
Sebelum pergi medan masak, mau update belog sikit..

Ha, adik2 yang ada peperiksaaan besar tahun ni be alert..


UPSR : 13-15 September 2011

PMR : 4-6 Oktober 2011 & 11-12 Oktober 2011

SPM : 14 Nov- 14 Disember 2011

STPM :

Ujian Lisan - 20-22 September 2011 & 27-29 September 2011

Ujian Bertulis - 21 Nov - 15 Disember 2011

MUET 2011

Ujian Speaking : 11-13 Oktober 2011

Ujian Bertulis : 19 November 2011

Good Luck Adik-adik ;D

sumber : SINI









p/s : jom masak ^^

Hizami, Nak Header Satu

Owh, jejaka handsome ni nak kasi header free la..HAHA..Peluang baik nihh..;)

Tak reti nak pautkan link sekali dengan banner.. So..siapa2 nak join sila kelik link di bawah ea..

http://www.budaklelaki.com/2011/07/hizami-nak-header-satu.html

Wahhhh..Kene buat slogan lagiii...

Try ea..

'Kehadapan Hizami, saya nak header satu sebab Hizami handsome mesti boleh buatkan header yang handsome2 untuk saya kan..'

Slogan tu pon tak lebih 20 patah perkataan..HEHE..

En Hizami sila jangan kembang kempis saya puji anda..Hehe..Lagipon header kat atas tu da lame. Tak reti nak buat header sebenarnya..Jujur je la kan..HAHA..  

p/s ; HARAP den la yang bertuah tu.. (penuh harapan)

SEDAP SANGAT KE AIR BARBICAN TU?

Phewww..
Update lagik..
Jangan bosan beb bila datang mood nak update..
Bila langsung tak update..
Berkurun aku tinggalkan..
Hehe..

Pagi ni aku dengar bunyi guruh..
Tapi cuaca terik dengan cahaya matahari.
Nak hujan panas ke?
Semoga tidak..

Actually, bukan pasal cuaca aku nak cerita..
Pasal isu halal haram..
Aku pon bukan lah pro..
Tapi..
Kita baca dulu..

ISU : MINUMAN RINGAN DARI GANDUM BUKAN ARAK

KUALA LUMPUR –  Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan telah memutuskan bahawa minuman ringan gandum seperti Barbican adalah halal dan boleh diminum oleh masyarakat Islam.

Produk-produk ini dikatakan bukannya diproses untuk membuat minuman alkohol dan kandungan alkohol yang terhasil daripada pemprosesannya adalah rendah dan tidak memabukkan.

“Jadi, minuman seperti ini adalah halal dan boleh diambil oleh umat Islam seperti mana yang telah dipersetujui majlis tersebut dalam muzakarah yang diadakan pada tahun 1984, 1987, 1988 dan 2010,” kata pengerusi Majlis Fatwa Kebangsaan, Prof Emeritus Tan Sri Dr Abdul Shukor Husin, dalam satu sidang akhbar yang diadakan di sini semalam.

Perbincangan-perbincangan yang dilakukan termasuk kadar kandunga alkohol dalam makanan, minuman dan ubat-ubatan dan keputusan terhadap minuman ringan tersebut yang diumumkan hari ini, telah dibuat pada muzakarah majlis tersebut yang diadakan pada 16 dan 18 Jun tahun ini.

“Dengan keputusan yang telah dicapai, umat Islam tidak perlu risau tentang status minuman-minuman ini kerana ianya adalah halal,” kata Abdul Shukor.

Walau bagaimanapun, beliau berkata, muzakarah tersebut juga menasihatkan pengusaha minuman-minuman ringan seperti ini supaya tidak menggunakan label, jenama dan ciri yang boleh menimbulkan kekeliruan kepada para pengguna, terutamanya pengguna Islam.

Abdul Shukor telah menghadiri majlis penyerahan sumbangan kepada pihak masjid dan surau dan pelancaran program Ihya’ Ramadan peringkat kebangsaan oleh Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom di Masjid Al-Muqarrabin di Bandar Tasek Selatan. – BERNAMA

Barbican

sumber : mynewshub

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BARBICAN..

Bagi aku lah aku tak berani nak minum minuman macam nih. Even tahu ia nya halal tapi keadaan fizikal botol dan nama itu sendiri sudah meragukan aku..

Mungkin kandungan air itu telah dianalisis cara pembuatannya adalah halal. Dan mungkin alkohol yang terkandung dalam minuman tersebut telah disintetik kan. Sebab kemungkinan itu status menjadi halal diminum.

 Tapi keadaan fizikal botol seakan botol arak yang membuat aku pikir berbilion kali kalau nak beli plus nak minum. Namanya BARBICAN. Sedap ke?? Owhh namanya seperti nama haiwan yang memang boleh mengundang banyak penyakit iaitu BABI..

BABI = BARBICAN..

Tak ke korang rasa nama itu lebih kurang, Cuba ulang banyak kali. BABI. BARBICAN. BABI. BARBICAN. BABI. BARBICAN..

HUHU..

Oke, sebenarnya aku memang pantang word BABI tuh. Even nak taip nih aku pikir banyak kali nak taip ke idak. Tapi sampai bila kan. Kita tak boleh lari dengan word tuh..

So, memang sah la BARBICAN tu halal?? HUHU..Kalau halal kan, boleh tak botol tu diubahsuai kepada botol yang tidak meragukan orang Islam. Nama pon tak salah kalau kita tukar kan.??

p/s : Best sangat ke air BARBICAN nih?? Sampai korang sanggup minum even botol seakan arak..HUHU

Ape hal dengan GENG BLOGGER nih?

Kau tengok picta atas nih..

Tu patutnya gadget pelawat dari GENG BLOGGER

Tapi apa pasal jadi lagu tuhh

Aku rase da lame sangat la GB ni server down ekk..

Ape pasal ekk?

Kene hack ke?

Huhu..

Anyone, sapa yang tau sebab ape GB jadi macam nih? 

Angkat kaki cepattt..

Hehe..

Siapa yang tahu, tell me ea.. 

Lagi satu tengok kat bawah nih

Yang ni kenapa pulakk?

Viruss kahh?

Adeshhh

p/s ; help me !

GIVEAWAY EDY : STILL BEAUTY

Pagi nih terasa panjang..
Merajenkan diri untuk mengupdate blog sebanyak mungkin..
Haha..

Join GA..
Dulu aku pernah join GA Edy nih..
Tapi mungkin dan sememangnya luck tak kene pada aku..
Jadi, kita try lagi..
Untung nasib nama aku naik..
HAHAHA
(ketawa jahat)

Cara-cara nak join , meh kelik kat BLOG EDY

Pastu dalam blog mesti ade link kat bawah nih:

http://danielzaidi.blogspot.com/
- http://edyzaiditravel.blogspot.com/

(follow sekali oke?)

Tarikh tutup :

1159 7/8/2011

Bila da buat GA mesti ada hadiah kan?

Ha, ni hadiahnyaa...

Kene tag blogger jugak.

Mau tag :

Shae

Cik Ashiya

p/s : hye mr edy, lame tak join GA awak ;D

Morningg

Morningg
Semalam da tidur lewat garagara memang susah tidur
Pagipagi dah terjaga tak boleh tidur balik

Mmmm
Apa mahu buat pagi2 ni ekk
Kemas rumah kah?
Memang dah tersedia kemas dah.

Maasak?
Macam awal lagi kot nak masak..

Eyh..
Hari nih hari rabu kan..
Mesti ramai buat Wordless Wednesday kan..
Aku tak pernah buat..
Jomla kita usha Wordless Wednesday orang lain..
Hehe

sentimental tu apa?

0035 am
serasanya awal lagi menuju alam mimpi
malam kelmarin dan semalam terasa panjang
seperti juga malam ini yang kian panjang
meniti malam seperti meniti sang pelangi muncul ke bumi

malam esok
sempat lagi ke aku bertemu pada malam yang panjang?
lenggok malam kian usang
bagi diriku

seiring malam yang begitu pekat lagi sunyi
suram membelah hati
kelam tembus didada

p/s  : kenapa?

Vanilla Ice

“All right, stop, collaborate and listen – Ice is back with a brand new” prediction — and it’s bound to upset legions of Beliebers!

Rob Van Winkle, better known by his stage name Vanilla Ice, says Justin Bieber’s fame seems all too familiar and warns it’s going to end soon.
“I mean, I did ‘Ice Ice Baby’ when I was 16. So I can kind of relate a bit,” the one-hit wonder told The Huffington Post, referencing his famous 1990 rap. “Sold over a hundred million records. And I had a weekend that lasted about three years, and I didn’t know who I was, what’s my purpose in life.”
Though Bieber, 17, boasts multiple hit songs and albums, a blockbuster movie, and now, a top-selling perfume for women, Ice still predicts the young Canadian heartthrob will soon fall on hard times.
“My prediction about Bieber is that he’s going to go through one of those weekends that lasts a few years because he’s had such success as a child act,” he told HuffPo. “Then something else new will come along and he’ll be forgotten and he can try to put all the pieces back together, so it’s going to be entertaining to watch.”

Buckingham Palace

The marshy countryside on which Buckingham Palace now stands has had a long association with royalty. Before the Conquest it belonged to King Edward the Confessor and supported a small village called Eye Cross.
After the Norman invasion, William the Conqueror bequeathed it to the monks of Westminster Abbey. Five hundred years later, in 1531, Henry VIII reclaimed it for the royals.
By the early 17th century the village had gone, and James I planted a mulberry garden hoping to rear silkworms to make silk. Unfortunately, it was the wrong species of mulberry, and sericulture was abandoned in favour of property speculation.

Still not a palace
The core of the modern building, Buckingham House, was built in 1703 as the country home of Tory politician and poet John Sheffield, the 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby.
It returned to royal control in 1751, when the Sheffield family sold it to George III for £21,000 (a reasonable £3m in today’s money). George bought it for Queen Charlotte to use as a family home.
In 1820 it was transformed into a palace by the architect John Nash, but he overspent wildly and was fired.
William IV considered turning the expensive white elephant into the new Houses of Parliament after they burned down in 1834.
It wasn’t until the accession of Victoria, in 1837, that Buckingham Palace replaced St James’s Palace as the official London residence of the British monarch (although foreign visitors are still welcomed to the Court of St James).

Disappointing and cold
In 2009, the Sydney Morning Herald’s travel blog listed Buckingham Palace as the most disappointing British tourist attraction – a rating repeated in many other surveys. It dismissed it as “just a big grey building”. But that’s nothing to what Victoria and Albert found inside.

Lazy, insolent staff, no bathrooms, and fires that smoked so badly they had to be kept very low made the palace cold, malodorous and unwelcoming. They began a decade-long improvement programme which included the building of the east wing – the one with the famous balcony, first used for a royal wave at the opening of the Great Exhibition in 1851.
The existing entrance – Marble Arch – was moved to the north east end of Hyde Park, where it still stands.

Palace intruder
During Victoria’s early days in the palace she was visited three times by a teenage builder’s apprentice called Edward Jones – known to the popular press of the day as “the Boy Jones”.
After disguising himself as sweep, Jones’s first break-in ended when he was apprehended in St James’s Street with pieces of the Queen’s underwear stuffed down his trousers. His third visit led to a three-month custodial sentence and hard labour (and the offer of a role in a music hall show).
Jones, once released, persisted in loitering outside the palace and was eventually sent away to sea. He settled in Australia, where he ended his days as the city of Perth’s official town crier.

Palace stats
Today, Buckingham Palace has a chapel, post office, swimming pool, cafeteria, doctor’s surgery and cinema.
There are 775 rooms; these include 19 state rooms, 52 royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms. There are 1,514 doors, 760 windows and more than 40,000 light bulbs.
It homes 800, including a clockmaker, flagman and fendersmith. It has the largest private garden in London: at 40 acres it is the size of four Wembley Stadiums.

Palace flag
The Union Flag is flown over Buckingham Palace when the Queen is out (not in, as some people think). A flag sergeant has the role of raising and lowering the right flag as the Queen arrives at, or departs from, the palace.

Tunnels underneath
There are secret tunnels under the streets of London connecting Clarence House to Buckingham Palace, and the Houses of Parliament.
The Queen Mother once explored the lower levels with King George VI. In the basement they found a man whom neither of them had ever met before. He wasn’t employed in the palace, but “a friend of a friend” who had been living there for some time.

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Buffy and Sarah Michelle Gellar fans are geeked that she'll be returning back to the CW in September for her new showRinger. While the new show looks totally suspenseful and mysterious, there's one other thing we couldn't help noticing about Gellar: her fit body! Below are her favorite ways to get her workout on.
The Workout Secrets of Sarah Michelle Gellar
1. Biking. With a busy schedule, Gellar knows fitting in every bit of activity helps, including when she's running errands!

2. Dancing. Like many other celebrities, Gellar knows how long, lean, flexible and strong ballet classes can make you, and she's sure to get in one a week.
3. Kickboxing. From her time on Buffy, Gellar developed a love—and need for—regular boxing and kickboxing classes to stay in action-hero shape!
4. Tae Kwon Do. Gellar has been doing Tae Kwon Do for five years. The martial art isn't just physical, it helps improve Gellar's focus.
We can't wait to watch Gellar on Ringer!

Concord

Concord NH Patch will help be your guide as you become a tourist in your own city. Whether you're new to Concord or want to explore the city you've loved for years, we're here to show you what there is to see.
Starting on Monday and throughout next week, check back with Concord NH Patch daily to see what excursion is next.

Your 7-Day Itinerary:
MONDAY: For the Monday Passport, Patch will set out to discover a Hidden Gem in your community. Whether you've never heard of this place or simply haven't stopped by, we wanted to help you find the best of your town!
TUESDAY: The Tuesday Patch Passport gives you options for two great local spots for Kid-Friendly Fun. Take advantage of time with your kids and get out and enjoy these cool spots.
WEDNESDAY: Travel Back in Time with the Wednesday Patch Passport, which shows you a historic spot in Concord you might not know about.
THURSDAY: The Thursday Patch Passport shows you A Little Bit of Paradise. This is funky local place is not like any other place in the city. Come along and relax...
FRIDAY: The Friday Patch Passport shows you where you can go on a Treasure Hunt for trinkets in your city. Get out and explore the unique local shops of Downtown Concord and all they have to offer.
SATURDAY: Did you know that Concord offers places to go Dining Around the World? The Saturday Patch Passport is a complete list of places to eat in your town organized by international flavor.
SUNDAY: Revisit your younger days when you hopped in the car, started the engine and drove off in search of something fun. The Sunday Patch Passport maps out where you can Venture Out. You won’t want to miss these unique stops on our trip.
We hope this project encourages you to shop locally, eat locally and be local. Patch wants to show you how much your own city has to offer. Check back next week for a passport to your community!

Google Logo

The latest doodle is cool, fun, and responds to motion. But it appears to be missing something.
When you visit Google.com (NASDAQ:GOOG) today, you will be greeted by a doodle inspired by the work of Alexander Calder. For those of you who are unaware (which I'm guessing is just about everyone reading this), Calder was a sculptor and artist. He is reportedly most famous for inventingmobile sculptures, which Wikipedia describes as a “type of kinetic sculpture constructed to take advantage of the principle of equilibrium.”

This doodle may look simple at first, but it is actually one of the most complex doodles Google has made. Users can grab various points of the mobile sculpture to spin it around. Better still, CNET reports that if you have a laptop with an accelerometer, you can actually tilt the computer to make the doodle sway. This reportedly only works in Chrome, so Firefox and Safari loyalists may want to switch to Google's browser.
After spinning the mobile around for a moment, I couldn't help but notice the lack of a definitive Google logo baked inside of the doodle (a common feature of every doodle). Isn't that the whole point – to reinforce the Google brand in a fun and lighthearted manner?
Then again, maybe the Google brand has become so strong that it no longer needs to use a logo. Maybe a simple doodle is enough.

Heat Wave

Think it's hot out there? You obviously didn't live through the heat wave of 1936.

What's broadly regarded as the worst heat wave in North America's modern history began in late June of that year in the American southwest and seeped into Canada during the first week of July. For 13 days, from July 5 to July 17, it oppressed — and sometimes killed — Depression-era Canadians from southern Alberta to the Ontario-Quebec border.

Seventy-five years later, temperature records set during that scorching summer still stand in Ontario, Manitoba and 14 American states. "That's really still the granddaddy one of them all," says David Phillips, Environment Canada's senior climatologist.

Ottawa, situated on the periphery of the Big Heat's range, escaped its worst effects. That year in Ottawa, temperatures topped 31 C five times between July 7 and July 12, peaking at 35.6 C on July 10.

Other parts of the province were less fortunate.

Toronto endured a 10-day stretch when highs reached 30 C or more, with nary a drop of rain. For three days running, from July 8 to July 10, highs in the city topped out at the same knee-buckling temperature: 40.6 C. That's 105 Fahrenheit.

Conditions were worse in Northern Ontario. In Fort Francis, the mercury reached 42.2 C — two days running — and hit the same mark in Atikokan a day later. The readings still stand as the hottest ever recorded in the province. The plus-30 heat continued unabated for 13 excruciating days.

Even that's not the worst of it. In dust-bowl Manitoba, temperatures reached 44.4 C — 112 F — in two communities, just a trickle of sweat behind the warmest temperature ever recorded in Canada. (That came in 1937 in Saskatchewan, a furnace-like 45 C.) Those were real temperatures, too, not today's inflated "feels-like" humidex calculations.

Not only was the 1936 heat wave more intense than the current one, people had far fewer ways of escaping its sometimes deadly effects. Other than in some movie theatres and large department stores, air conditioning was unknown.

The heat wave of 1936 killed more Canadians than any other single weather event. About 780 people — mostly the elderly or infants — died because of it, as did 4,768 Americans. Nearly 600 of the Canadian deaths were in Ontario, including more than 225 in Toronto alone.

The heat contributed indirectly to the deaths of a further 400 Canadians, including weak swimmers who drowned seeking relief in the water. Others died in traffic accidents triggered by asphalt made slick and slippery by the baking sun.

"In terms of the suffering and the human loss, it will probably never be matched," says Phillips, who has written about the historic heat wave. When Phillips gives talks on weather history, people who were children during the 1936 heat wave routinely tell him they remember it as if it were yesterday. "It had such a dramatic effect on people's lives."

The unrelenting heat must have seemed apocalyptic. It warped steel girders on bridges and bent the Canadian Pacific Railway's heaviest steel rails like wire. In the Niagara Peninsula, fruit literally baked on trees. Horses hitched to bread and milk wagons dropped dead in the street. More than 200 fires burned in the tinder-dry lands between Sudbury and Thunder Bay, Ont.

"They actually pulled people off trains in northern Ontario and conscripted them to fight fires," Phillips says.

Ancient hearses were brought out of mothballs to cart away the dead. "You couldn't buy any flowers because of all the funerals," Phillips says.

Everywhere, people sought relief from the heat. They flocked to "refrigerated" theatres. "It didn't matter what was showing," says Phillips. "If it said 'cooled by refrigeration' on the marquee, that was what people went to."

At night, they abandoned their stifling houses and camped out in parks, cemeteries and waterfronts — "wherever they could get a comforting breeze," Phillips says.

Retail stores sat empty and business plummeted at taverns, because getting to one was so exhausting. But beer deliveries soared. Police waived the prohibition on topless swimming suits — for men. But officials at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., were unmoved. They upheld the ban on wearing exposed suspenders after one overheated student doffed his coat at a university dance.

Beaches along Lake Ontario were jammed. But cruelly, the water was too cold for swimming. Offshore winds carried away any warm surface water, causing icy water to well up from below.

Americans, hoping to escape temperatures that approached 50 C, stormed the northern border, seeking relief in the world's second-coldest country. They were bitterly disappointed.

The heat finally abated about mid-July. "What saved the day, as it always does in a heat wave, was good Canadian air," Phillips says.

On July 15, the high temperature in Ottawa was a delightful 23.3 C. Though there were a few warm days later that summer, nothing close to another heat wave materialized. With the current hot weather, Canadians can only hope that history repeats itself this year.

Phillips is less than encouraging. Environment Canada's models are showing higher-than-normal temperatures in August and September, he says. "What you see is what you're going to get."

Street Fighter X Tekken

Fighting game enthusiasts should be pumped after Capcom announced four more classic characters that will feature in its upcoming crossover title, Street Figher X Tekken.

Tekken’s sword-wielding Yoshimitsu and boxer Steve will be in the lineup, as will Street Fighter characters Poison and Dhalmir.
Announced at last year’s Comic-Con, Street Fighter X Tekken is expected to come out next year for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360 and for Microsoft Windows.

New York Weather

By the time the clock struck 10 a.m. Friday morning, the temperature in Central Park had already hit 93 degrees.
At 12:45, the temperature was 102 degrees, breaking the record of 101 degrees for July 22 in New York, set in 1957. And in Newark, the noon temperature reached 104, soaring past the previous record of 101, which was also set in 1957.
According to the National Weather Service, it felt like 116 degrees in New York.
To those out in the streets, it felt more like being licked by a big, swampy monster.
“It’s a steam bath,” said Joseph Goldstein, 67, as he sat on a Manhattan street in the morning across from his broken-down cab. “In all my years in New York, I’ve never seen it get this hot this early.”
Making matters worse, a fire had shut down one of the city’s largest sewage treatment plants, rendering some waters around New York unfit for recreational use, including swimming.
The record-breaking heat wave that began in the central United States earlier in the week had pushed east by Thursday, sending the temperature to 97 in New York City.
“One could say, ‘Oh, it’s summer, its late July, it’s hot,’ ” said Christopher Vaccaro, a spokesman for the National Weather Service. “But this is different.”

According to Mr. Vaccaro, this heat wave is exceptional not only for its strength, but also for its breadth and duration. More than 1,400 record-high temperatures have been broken or tied around the country in July alone, Mr. Vaccaro said, and that number was expected to rise on Friday as 132 million people across the country were living under an excessive heat warning or heat advisory.
In New York City, as the mercury crept higher, Consolidated Edison’s consumers were on pace to set an all-time mark for power consumption. That record, 13,141 megawatts, was set in the late afternoon of Aug. 2, 2006, and was never broken throughout the sweltering summer of 2010. But on Friday morning, the load was running about 200 megawatts above the hourly totals from that 2006 date.
At 10 a.m. on Friday, for example, Con Ed’s customers were using 12,336 megawatts, compared with 12,003 at 10 a.m. on Aug. 2, 2006. John Miksad, Con Ed’s senior vice president for electric operations, said he expected a new record for demand would be set by the end of the week and that the company should have the capacity to handle that without any significant failures in its distribution system.
At 11 a.m., the biggest problem Con Ed faced was in one neighborhood in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, where about 500 customers had lost power, said Bob McGee, a spokesman for the utility.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, on his weekly radio appearance, said New Yorkers should turn up their thermostats to 79 degrees to conserve power and while that might be too warm for some, “not having electricity would be a lot more uncomfortable.”
City officials announced that cooling centers would be open daily through the heat wave. The Department of Environmental Protection also turned fire hydrants around the city into drinking-water fountains. And Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo ordered the Parks Department to offer extended hours at swimming facilities at state parks.
Meanwhile, hundreds of city employees and contractors, some from out of state, were working Friday to repair the badly damaged sewage treatment plant in Harlem that has discharged millions of gallons of untreated sewage into the Hudson and Harlem Rivers. The broiling heat had set across most of the Eastern Seaboard, from Georgia all the way up to Maine. The temperature in Washington, D.C. — which was 91 degrees at 10 p.m. Thursday night, with a heat index of 111— was forecast to hit 103. Even Portland, Me., which usually enjoys a pleasant 79 degrees in July was expected to hit 100 on Friday.
“It’s just going to be miserable,” said Mr. Vaccaro of the National Weather Service. “And, frankly, really unhealthy.”

Alpe D Huez

The French finally got a stage win as Pierre Rolland was a surprise winner on a truly magnificent stage of the Tour. Contador attacked constantly throughout the day but ultimately failed in his quest for victory.
After a ding-dong battle all day, it’s as-you-were with Cadel Evans and the Schleck brothers in terms of time, but Andy is now in the yellow jersey.
Here’s how it happened: A 14-man breakaway formed almost immediately as the short 109.5km stage got underway. But as soon as the race hit the slopes of the first climb of the day with just 15km gone, Alberto Contador put in a devastating attack.
It was an amazing move from Contador who struggled yesterday but wasn’t going to go down without a fight today. Only Andy Schleck, Thomas Voeckler and Cadel Evans were capable of staying on his wheel as everybody else was dropped including Frank Schleck and Ivan Basso.
A few kilometres further up the climb, Contador attacked once more. This time, Schleck caught on to the Spaniard’s wheel, but Voeckler cracked and began to go backwards. Just as Contador accelerated for the second time, Evans suffered a mechanical problem. He dismounted twice before receiving a new bike and he quickly found himself back in thepelotonwith Frank Schleck and Basso.
They really were incredible scenes to see so early in the stage. Usually this sort of action is reserved for the final climb of the day but Contador completely tore up the script.
The lead of Contador and Andy Schleck over the others never exceeded two minutes. Behind, Voeckler, Basso and Frank Schleck all took turns dangling off the rear before clawing their way back.
But by the time the race reached the foot of the fabled 14km climb up Alpe d’Huez, amazingly after all that, the front of the race had all come back together as the Evans group caught Contador and Andy Schleck. And shortly afterward, Voeckler’s group also made the juncture.
But not long into the final climb, the yellow jersey of Thomas Voeckler was dropped once more. With 12km to go, Contador was on the attack again. Andy Schleck tried to follow but ultimately had to settle into his own rhythm as the triple Tour winner forged on ahead alone.
Separately, Pierre Rolland and Samuel Sanchez jumped from the main group which splintered to bits over the next 10km. The Schlecks and Evans were busy marking each other as they remained about a minute behind Contador.
Rolland and Sanchez managed to bridge to Contador and with 2km to go, Rolland attacked. The two Spaniards looked at one another, each encouraging the other to chase him down. As it turned out, neither chased and Rolland won the stage. Finally, the French have won a stage in this year’s Tour de France.

The Big Winner: Cadel Evans. Although Andy Schleck has now taken over the yellow jersey and Frank Schleck sits in second place behind him, Evans remains just 57 seconds away from winning the Tour de France.
With the time trial still to come, Evans is still the big favourite to become the first Australian to win the Tour.
The Big Losers: The Schlecks. A tad harsh on them perhaps because they didn’t lose any time on Evans, and Andy is now in the race lead. But their inferior ability in time trials means one of them really needed to attack again today to gain time over Evans.
Andy Schleck tried by following Contador early on in the stage but, unlike yesterday, it was a move that ultimately didn’t work. The younger Schleck will have to produce an unbeliveable ride in the time trial tomorrow in order to defend the yellow jersey and win the Tour.
What about the Irish? Nicolas Roche suffered today as a result of his attacking exploits on yesterday’s stage. He was dropped almost immediately on the first climb of the day and he continued to struggle at the back of the race all day.
He finished over 25 minutes behind Rolland in 99th place in a massive group containing all the sprinters in the race. He is now in 26th place overall.
So what happens tomorrow then? The only individual time trial in the race. It is a 42.5km test around the city of Grenoble. Since the test against the clock was introduced to the Tour in 1934, this year has the least amount of individual time trial kilometres ever.
Cadel Evans is superior in this discipline to both of the Schlecks. Over this distance, Evans could be expected to beat them by around two minutes. He is 57 seconds behind Andy and just four seconds behind Frank, therefore he should win the Tour.
However, the same was said in 2008 when Evans reached the final time trial with a 1’34″ deficit to make up on Carlos Sastre. Evans had a bad day only taking back 29 seconds and Sastre won the Tour.
But a little older and a little wiser, it would take a brave man to bet against Evans stealing the yellow jersey the day before we reach Paris.