Fifa 13 Review by Fayyaz Dindar

I have been waiting to get my hands on FIFA 13 ever since I saw the trailer released in February this year. After placing my pre-order on the game in July and waiting patiently, the day finally arrived, 28^th September 2012. It was 8am, and DHL waiting for me with my copy of FIFA 13. My 6^th addition to my FIFA collection.

With features such as 1st Touch Control, Attacking Intelligence and Complete Dribbling, this made gaming much more realistic!

One of my favourite features in career mode was the ability to trade a player plus for another player. That has made buying Messi even easier even if you don’t have a massive transfer budget. The option of requesting more funds is also a bonus, however, I’m still waiting for the board to approve my request, 3 seasons later!!! Ha-ha!

Although, there have been a few drawbacks with the First touch feature. Simple passes to players such as Messi are easily lost, but then again I suppose it just adds to the realism of the game, i.e. even the best players make mistakes.

There were a few glitches found on the games as well. For example, there was a time when I tackled a goalkeeper in mid-air and as he fell; only half his body was visible. The other common glitch found was when a game starts, there’s no ball to be found. I actually played the entire game like that just for the challenge, ha-ha!

All-in-all, this has been the best FIFA to date!

FIFA 13 is simply amazing.

Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Born April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra

Current age 38 years 328 days

Major teams India, Asia XI, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, Yorkshire

Nickname Tendlya, Little Master

Playing role Top-order batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak googly

Height 5 ft 5 in

Education Sharadashram Vidyamandir School

In a nutshell Perhaps the most complete batsman and the most worshipped cricketer in the world, Tendulkar holds just about every batting record worth owning in the game, including those for most runs and hundreds in Tests and ODIs, and most international runs. More

Batting and fielding averages

source: cricinfo

Click here Soccer city seating plan  

Today in Johannesburg, Soweto Derby. Kaizer chiefs vs Orlando Pirates. Can’t wait. I wanted to go for one of these matches forever. Soccer city here we come. Last time was at the world cup final. Spain vs Netherlands. Match is sold out.

Orlando Pirates - Bucca Bucca

Orlando Pirates supporters on facebook – 66 854

https://www.facebook.com/OrlandoPirates

Twitter followers –  10651

https://twitter.com/orlando_pirates

Kaizer Chiefs  - Amakhosi for life

Kaizer chiefs supporters on facebook

Kaizer chiefs facebook page – 322 371 fans on their facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/kaizerchiefs

Twitter Followers – 19 725

Twitter - https://twitter.com/Kaizer_Chiefs

• • Ask Madala? It’s 2048 x 1536, sure enough. That’s 3.1 million pixels. “The most ever in a mobile device.”Ask Madala? A5 processor — YEAHHHH!!!

    Fayaz Shaik And the estimated price for it?

    Ask Madala? new ISight, 5mp illuminated sensor — i hate it when people take photos with tablets

    Ask Madala? ‎Fayaz Shaik probably the same as the current – if the core group are a lil kind on us

    Ask Madala? auto focus, exposure, face detection – please don’t take pics with a tablet ….it blocks the people behind you from seeing the stage

    Basheera Dawjee Launched today yeah! N d price?

    Ask Madala? next gen wireless LTE – is this the real 4G (and not the 4 great service that cell c sold )

    Ask Madala? ‎@Basheera Dawjee, the announcement is still on

    Ask Madala? apparently there is voice dictation

    Ask Madala? I wonder if this new faster downloads will mean that we able to do facetime when we not on a wireless network

    Bakers Boutique So are we going to get the ipad 2 at crazy prices

    Basheera Dawjee Any idea if they hinted @ a date for release of iphone 5?

    Ask Madala? ‎$499 – 16GB, $599 – 32GB, $69 for 64GB models and $129 more for 4G models. — so the price seems the same, so it depends on core (the local distributors)

    Ask Madala? ‎Basheera Dawjee apple never mention products beforehand, so i don’t think they would mention anything about the iphone

    Bhavin Bugs Patel Where can we see more pics of it

    My 2 cents worth. Now i’m really confused… If technology could give us time to breath… They should release every 2 years only … U just buy the one and the next one is out…
    Ipad3 or ipad2 or galaxy or acer transformer prime….

    Ask Madala? apparently the 4g version is not carrier neutral, works on different bands, wonder what that means if you import one

    Basheera Dawjee Yeah but evy1 knew about todays launch cos they hinted ..

    My 2 cents worth. If only indians were running apple , there would have been a launch special

    Ask Madala? apparently there’s a new imovie app, to edit your own home movies, do you also tend to find other peoples home movies quite boring

    Ask Madala? ‎Basheera Dawjee i guess that’s true

    Ask Madala? isn’t it a special, the fact that price of the new model is the same as the previous….

    Ask Madala? any way, i’ll be back shortly, have to go read bachoo’s duas and tuck her in…

    Basheera Dawjee In stores when madals?

    Ask Madala? march 16th – (over seas and far away)

    Zaakirah Mohomed-Dindar Cute on the tuckin in. About the stage and takin pics with tablets… Ditto… Its very annoying. Are you gettin it?

    Ask Madala? so the ipad 2 price drops immediately – by 100$

    Ask Madala? will be available in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia on mar 16th

    Moe Essack Looks good.pity we wont b able to make use of the 4g lte when the ipad comes out.

    Moe Essack They normally launch the iphone their fall( which is end aug-sept)

    Moe Essack Ios 5.1 also launches today

    Ask Nanima? ‎Ask Madala? being an apple fan, lol our house is being bombarded by droids

    Ask Madala? So its not called the ipad 3, but rather ‘the new ipad’

    Zubayr Bhyat at the rate these devices are coming out I don’t even want to buy any!

or this one if youtube removes

tunnel fights and no hand shakes.

Slow motion did Evra refuse Suarez or did Suarez refuse Evra?

Steve Jobs’ has died aged 56 after a long battle with cancer. His death was announced by Apple in a statement saying: “Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft3oPgsCFbA

Steven Paul ”Steve“ Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011)was an American computer entrepreneur and inventor. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Jobs also previously served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney. He was credited in Toy Story (1995) as an executive producer.

In the late 1970s, Jobs, with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Mike Markkula, and others, designed, developed, and marketed one of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers, the Apple II series. In the early 1980s, Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC’s mouse-driven graphical user interface, which led to the creation of the Macintosh. After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985, Jobs resigned from Apple and founded NeXT, a computer platformdevelopment company specializing in the higher-education and business markets. Apple’s subsequent 1996 buyout of NeXT brought Jobs back to the company he co-founded, and he served as its CEO from 1997 until 2011.

In 1986, he acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm Ltd which was spun off as Pixar Animation Studios.^[16] He remained CEO and majority shareholder at 50.1 percent until its acquisition by The Walt Disney company in 2006. Consequently Jobs became Disney’s largest individual shareholder at 7 percent and a member of Disney’s Board of Directors.

On August 24, 2011, Jobs announced his resignation from his role as Apple’s CEO. In his letter of resignation, Jobs strongly recommended that the Apple executive succession plan be followed and Tim Cook be named as his successor. Per his request, Jobs was appointed chairman of Apple’s board of directors.On October 5, 2011, Apple announced that Jobs had died. He was 56 years old. His aim, to develop products that are both functional and elegant, had earned him a devoted following.

Jobs married Laurene Powell, on March 18, 1991. Presiding over the wedding was the Zen Buddhist monk Kobun Chino Otogawa

source: Wikipedia

Abdulfattah “John” Jandali – Steve Jobs‘ biological father — had no comment Wednesday on the untimely death of his world-famous son, with whom he had no relationship.

Jandali, 80, a Syrian-American Muslim and ex-political science professor, had earlier expressed his regret for giving his son up for adoption.

Jandali, then a political science student from Homs, Syria, and Joanne Carole Schieble, an American graduate student, were unmarried when Jobs was born in 1955. The baby was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs of Mountain View, Calif., who named him Steven Paul.

Jandali and Schieble were married 10 months after giving Jobs up for adoption and they gave birth to and raised Jobs’ biological sister, novelist Mona Simpson.

Though Jobs refused to meet his father, he shared a relationship with Simpson. She first met Jobs when they were adults, after she invited him to a party promoting her novel “Anywhere But Here,” where she revealed that they were siblings; Jobs was 27. He regularly visited her in Manhattan

source: international business times

Braai tips from Muaz Mahomed
Madal’s – With National Braai day coming up later next week, hope you don’t mind if we place a few tips/discussions here and there over the next few days …

1st tip : The braai stand: I Find the best braai stands are those which the top wire mesh (pref stainless steel) is adjustable for different heats. Coal should also be placed on a mesh for easier lighting and burning as opposed to the bottom of a braai.

Tip2: Use briquette type coal for longer burning braai’s. Hard wood also provides excellent taste but burns out faster. Briquettes takes about 40 minutes to light up before cooking and burns for around 45 minutes (times vary), so if you need to place excessive meat for a few rounds, then place additional coal into the flames around 25 minutes after lighting the first coal.

Tip 3: Steaks: Best done when the coal is hottest. The best cut (and most expensive) of steak is fillet steak. Cut into thick pieces of around 3cm to 4cm thick and tenderise well. Marinade and leave for 1 or 2 days. Place on hot braai and turn only once each side. Don’t overcook- eat hot before steak dries out.

Tip 4: Chops: the best cut for braai’s are rib chops or sometimes loin. I prefer an A grade thicker cut opposed to thinner cuts. Rubs (soaked for few days) are better than marinades as marinades burn the meat quicker, especially if the marinades have brown sugar or butter added to it. Braai over a hot fire turning once only but careful as chops burn quickly. Eat hot before chops dry out.

Tip5: Chicken: Marinate breast or leg/thigh portion, carefully cut few slits into the chicken to allow for better cooking. Apply over medium/hot coals, turning once only. Do not overcook chicken, it tastes much better when moist.

Tip6: Burgers: Use mild (not too hot or spicy) patties, I prefer leaner patties and those larger in size. Use a BBQ or other sauce to marinate the patty. Leave marinate for at least 2 days. Place over medium heat coals brushing the marinade regularly. Serve with fresh continental buns and garnishes (onion rings, crisp lettuce, cucumber, tomato and sauces).

Tip7: Something sweet – Take a couple of bananas and slit the peel along the inner curve. Fill with thin slices of Bar One chocolate or any other choc. Wrap the bananas tightly in tin foil and place on the braai until the peel is dark brown in colour. Unwrap the fruit carefully and serve with ice-cream.

Tip8: Cleaning up –simplify the process of cleaning your grill by rubbing half a raw onion or half a lemon on it while the grill is still hot. This helps to lift dirt from the grill while adding delicious flavour to the next batch of meat.

Ask Madala? I want to try this out sometime

tip9: Muaz Mahomed PIzza on a braai Use few coals (low to medium heat) in a weber type braai. Place pizza on a cadac pizza stone (or similar stone), and place lid to cook pizza till cheese melts. really great taste. Can also make tandoori naan in this way…

tip10:  I have not experimented much with fish. The best I had was in yemen. Some linefish prepared only with lemon(lime) juice. It was butterflied still with skin on. What I do know is fish needs to be low to medium heat and should not be turned too much as it breaks…

Aziza Hathurani Yip fish braai is tasty n da fish must b a thick skinned fish lyk Angel fish its has more of a skin n fyn scales very tasty for braaing n butterflied wid salt rubbed in n medium hot fire serve wid greek salad n lovely avocado sauce or tartar sauce n garlic bread made on da grill

In about 24 hours time Java 7 will be launched.

Live Webcast: Moving Java Forward: Introducing Java 7(July 7, 9 a.m. PT)

In South Africa the launch will be happening in conjunction with JUGS

Johannesburg  Jugs Java 7 Launch
Date: 07 July

Time: 17:30 -

Location: The Chill Room, The Campus, Sloane Street, Bryanston

Java Development Kit 7 (JDK 7) is the next major release of the Java SE platform. Through the OpenJDK project, JDK 7 has been a highly collaborative effort between Sun and volunteers from the Java developer community. Sun extends its gratitude to all who have contributed to this release.

Download the JDK 7 Early Access

from Oracle website

Features

Here’s a summary of what’s new:

• JSR-292: Support for dynamically typed languages. Languages like Ruby, or Groovy, will now execute on the JVM with performance at or close to that of native Java code
• JSR-334: Also called Project Coin, this includes many enhancements to the JVM core to treat smaller languages as first-class citizens
• Improved class loading
• JSR-166: The new Fork/Join framework for enhanced concurrency support
• Unicode 6.0 and other Internationalization improvements
• JSR-203: NIO.2, which includes better file system integration, better asynchronous support, multicast, and so on
• Windows Vista IPv6 support
• SDP, SCTP, and TLS 1.2 support
• JDBC 4.1
• Swing enhancements, Nimbus look-and-feel, enhanced platform window support, and new sound synthesizer
• Updated XML and Web Services stack
• Improved system and JVM reporting framework included with MBean enhancements

What got deferred to JDK 8? Here’s a summary list:

• Modular support for the JVM (Project Jigsaw)
• Enhanced Java annotations
• Java Closures (Project Lambda)
• JSR-296: Swing Framework to eliminate boiler plate code

For a complete list of enhancements and new features, with full details, click here. For now, let’s look at the new Fork/Join framework, and how it helps with Java concurrency.

Oracle Hosts Multi-City Event and Live Webcast for Java Developers in Advance of the Availability of Java 7

News Facts

– To celebrate the upcoming availability of Java Platform, Standard
Edition 7 (Java SE 7), Oracle will host a live webcast on July 7, 2011
beginning at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), featuring speakers
from Java developer events in Redwood Shores, Calif., London and
Sao Paulo.
– Register for the webcast here.
– Participants will include: Accenture, The Eclipse Foundation, HP, IBM,
The London Java Community, Oracle, Royal Bank of Scotland, Riot Games,
SouJava and Travelex.
– In addition to participating in the webcast, Ben Evans from the London
Java Community and Bruno Souza from SouJava, both newly elected
members of the Java Community Process (JCP), will also be hosting the
local events in London and Sao Paulo respectively.
– The Redwood Shores and London events will take place at Oracle
facilities and in Sao Paulo at The Developer’s Conference 2011,
as part of Oracle’s Platinum sponsorship.
– Oracle will also host an evening reception at Java Forum Stuttgart,
for conference attendees to view the live webcast.
– The July 7 developer events are part of an extensive outreach program
by Oracle to provide support for Java User Groups worldwide,
recognizing that their contributions and involvement are necessary to
continue moving Java forward.
– More than 200 Java User Groups (JUGs) from 52 countries around the
world are also planning to hold local events over the next few months
and will take advantage of Java 7 launch kits offered by Oracle, which
include a Java SE 7 technical presentation, related technology modules
and T-shirts for members.
– For more information on Java at Oracle, visit

http://www.oracle.com/java

the clash between Messi and Ronaldo. Barcelona was in top form.
Highlight el Clasico 2010

Xavi and Pedro Rodriguez put Barcelona into a two-goal lead after just 17 minutes and David Villa marked his first Clasico with a brace inside two minutes (54 min, 56) before Jeffren added a late fifth.

click here for the full commentary

source: capetown blog by Chris M

Youth League concerned by creation of fake Twitter accounts in the name of Youth League President Julius Malema

3 November 2010

The ANC Youth League is concerned by the continuous creation of fake Twitter accounts in the name of ANC Youth League President Julius Malema. There are computer hackers who have created twitter accounts in the name of the President and recurrently posting misleading messages.

The ANC YL has in more than one occasion reported these impersonators and hackers, yet no action has been taken against them by the twitter administrators. We will now approach the relevant authorities to report these hackers and call for the closer of twitter if its administrators are not able to administer reports for violation of basic human rights and integrity.

Those who are hacking systems and impersonating the ANC YL leadership should immediately stop doing so because the laws of this country will come very hard on them.

Issued by the ANC Youth League

Contact Floyd Shivambu, ANC Youth League Spokesperson

0828199474

source: http://www.ancyl.org.za/show.php?include=../docs/pr/2010/pr1103a.html