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Maximized Excel 2010

zeusag — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:54:42 +0800

Dear all sifu's..

I have a TS installed with Excel 2010.

The excel will launch when clicked report from system in the TS.

However, the excel shows in minimized mode at taskbar.

What setting to make it maximized whenever we clicked report?

'Necklace' lynchings that shocked Africa

zeusag — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:48:01 +0800

Agonising deaths of four students who were burned alive is posted online
-- Ugonna Obuzor, Chiadika Biringa, Lloyd Toku, and Tekena Elkanah were were accused of stealing then stripped naked and beaten
-- Tyres filled with petrol were wrapped around their necks and set alight
-- The four Nigerian students had gone to the village of Aluu to collect a debt, unaware it was a trap
-- 'Necklacing' is the appalling method of killing which involves putting a petrol-filled tyre around a victim's neck and setting it ablaze
-- Experts say it is rising in a country where corrupt police are feared more than gangsters
-- 19 people have been arrested including village chieftain
By MATT BLAKE

QUOTE

When best friends Ugonna Obuzor, Chiadika Biringa, Lloyd Toku, and Tekena Elkanah left their Nigerian university campus for a nearby village to collect a debt, none could have known they were walking towards a death of unutterable brutality.

They were chased through the streets by stick and stone-wielding vigilantes, stripped naked and beaten until they were almost unconscious.

They were dragged through mud, had concrete slabs dropped on their heads and car tyres filled with petrol wrapped around their necks. Then somebody lit a match.

They were stripped naked and beaten until they were almost unconscious, had concrete slabs dropped on their heads and tyres filled with petrol wrapped around their necks

This horrific orgy of violence and torture was also be filmed on a mobile phone and later uploaded to YouTube for the world to see.

It is known as 'necklacing', the appalling method of killing which involves putting a petrol-filled tyre around a victim's neck and setting it ablaze, and this latest incident has sent shockwaves throughout Nigeria and the wider world.

It is a horrifying example of what can happen when respect for the law drains away and communities turn to mob justice to summarily execute suspected criminals.

Campaigners say police are largely to blame and are feared more than organised criminals in parts of Nigeria where faith in the judicial system has all but evaporated.

And experts say so-called 'jungle justice' is increasing in many of Nigeria's poorer, more isolated communities where the Nigerian authorities have failed to crack down on a culture of impunity for crimes.

According to Biringa's mother, Chinewe, Obuzor had asked his friends to accompany him to the nearby village of Aluu because somebody there owed him money.

What exactly happened when they arrived is unclear, but it has been claimed that Obuzor's debtor spread the word that the men were there to steal laptops and mobile phones and they were soon set upon.

'I want the world to know how our security failed us. I want the world to know that my son and his three friends are innocent of what they said they did,' Mrs Biringa told CNN.

'He was a very kindhearted boy and we (were) so close,' she said. 'If my son sees you 100 times he will greet you 110 times.'

Best friends: According to Biringa's mother, Chinewe, the four friends dreamed of launching a music career and had already recorded a song together called, Aint No Love in the City

A family's pain: Chiadika Biringa's parents and Chinewe and Steven say they watched the video because they wouldn't have believed it if they hadn't seen their son's killing with their own eyes

According to reports the village had been shaken by a series of recent armed robberies and villagers were on high alert.

But Mrs Biringa said the three friends were entirely innocent and dreamed of launching a music career. They had already recorded a song together called, Aint No Love in the City.

Mrs Biringa and her husband, Steven, an oil executive at Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says that he watched the video because he wouldn't have believed it if he hadn't seen his son's killing with his own eyes.

'I want them to know from beginning to end the barbaric nature with which they chose hunt them down,' he said. 'Even your worse enemy should not be treated in such form in the 21st century that people are still behaving and killing human beings as if they were rats.'

In the wake of the killing students at University of Port Harcourt (Uniport) rioted, burning cars, shops and houses.

Anti riot police were called in and the campus was shut down indefinitely.

Spurred into action by the uproar surrounding the incident, Nigerian police have since arrested at least 19 people from the village of Aluu, including its chieftain Alhaji Hassan Welewa.

A police spokesman said: 'The police immediately launched an investigation leading to the arrest of Alhaji Hassan Welewa, the traditional ruler of Omukiri Community, Aluu, where the heinous incident took place and eighteen others, some of who are members of the vigilante group of the community.'

Police said officers on the scene were unable to prevent the sickening lynching because they were pelted with stones by villagers until they fled on foot.

In the violent 1980s and 1990s, necklacing was a common sentence imposed by 'people's courts' on collaborators with the apartheid regime and criminals.

It was frequently carried out in the name of the now-ruling African National Congress.

Now necklacing is being used across parts of Africa where law is seen to have failed. Incidents have been reported in South Africa against Zimbabweans and Mozambicans who have fled violence and poverty in their own countries.

In horrific attacks, mainly around Johannesburg, women have been raped and men beaten to death.
Shops and homes have been looted and dozens of shacks burned to the ground. Thousands of refugees have fled to the comparative safety of police stations.

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WHAT IS 'NECKLACING'?

'Necklacing' is the practice of forcing a tyre filled with petrol over victim's head and shoulders and setting it alight.

It can often take a victim more than 20 minutes to die in excruciating agony.

In the violent 1980s and 1990s, necklacing was a common sentence imposed by 'people's courts' on collaborators with the apartheid regime and criminals in South Africa.

It is still used in certain, more lawless, parts of Africa, where corrupt police are no longer trusted, to punish thieves and rapists.

Incidents have been reported more recently in Haiti, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and India.

Brazilian drug lords are also known to have 'necklaced' their enemies, most notoriously the journalist Tim Lopes in 2002.

He was kidnapped by local drug dealers while investigating crime in Rio's favelas.

His hands, arms, and legs were severed with a sword while still alive, and then had his body placed within tires, covered in gasoline and set on fire.

'Fruitcake stalker' who sailed 2,500 miles

zeusag — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:44:59 +0800

QUOTE

'Fruitcake stalker' who sailed 2,500 miles to propose to British waitress: Seven-year odyssey ends in arrest

By CLAIRE ELLICOTT

To Ramazan Culum’s mind, it was the ultimate declaration of love.

To win the heart of a young British waitress he had met in Cyprus seven years earlier, the Turkish businessman set off on an eight-month odyssey in a tiny yacht, braving stormy seas and travelling 2,500 miles to track her down.

The only problem was that the object of his affections, Courtney Murray, had never indicated any interest in him, and in fact had fled her job in Cyprus to escape his disturbing and persistent overtures.

This was not enough to deter Culum, however, from a quest that has seen him arrested, lose his job as a company director and, as he put it, get banned from ‘more countries than Osama Bin Laden’.

His bizarre journey has now been brought to an abrupt end after he was arrested in a British port on Friday and told he will be deported.

The 38-year-old’s obsession is said to have begun in 2005 when he met Miss Murray while on a scuba-diving trip in Northern Cyprus, where she was working in a cafe. Although she took ‘no interest’ in Culum and served him just the once, he is said to have stolen her phone number from the cafe’s wall and began harassing her. Her friends claim Culum showed up at the restaurant several times – once wielding a knife so he could ‘take her’ – and was eventually arrested and deported from Cyprus. Miss Murray was apparently so terrified she returned to her home, thought to be in Liverpool, where she eventually married.

In early 2011, Culum was still refusing to give up, and tracked Miss Murray down on Facebook, only for her promptly to block him from contacting her on the site. Undeterred, he set off from Bodrum, Turkey, in April this year, after writing on his online blog that he aimed to marry Miss Murray – despite admitting she ‘abhorred’ him.

During his epic voyage, Culum is thought to have been arrested in both Italy and Spain because he didn’t have the correct papers. He also battled stormy seas in the Adriatic and the Mediterranean, getting hypothermia at one point.
He negotiated the Strait of Gibraltar, and sailed along the coast of Spain and across the Bay of Biscay before heading north towards the English Channel.
On his blog, Culum says he has been imprisoned, gone on a hunger strike and spent time in a mental hospital since the chance encounter with Miss Murray.

The website, entitled ‘Hunger Strike for Courtney Murray: The world is not beautiful without you’, states that he has been deported from Cyprus nine times.
He wrote: ‘You stupid girl, you didn’t understand why I come to the UK. I will come there, I will kneel down in front of you. I will kiss your hands and I will propose marrying me. You can marry me or you can imprison me. It’s yours to decide.’

Culum, once a successful businessman and CEO of a mobile phone games firm, claimed he was ‘ready to die’ on his way to reach Britain.
He added: ‘Please accept my proposal and give me a family. I have only one sister. My father and my mother are both died. Courtney, marry me, why don’t you accept? I come.’

In his latest entry two days ago, he wrote: ‘I did never dream to immigrate but was trying to gain the heart of the angel of my life. ‘But I’m now at an immigration centre. I’m not happy of course. I love you, excuse me please.’

Miss Murray’s friends and family left comments on his blog posts calling him a ‘fruitcake stalker’.

One post in April, from her Aunt Florence, read: ‘If you ever make it to the UK and make contact with Courtney the police will be informed immediately.
'Courtney is married and happy – all you are doing is making yourself a fool and upsetting Courtney and her family.

‘This is to your family and friends who are supposed to love and support you: GET HIM HELP! He sounds like he is totally off his head and a danger to himself and to Courtney.’

Another post, from a friend, said: ‘I’m so sick of you upsetting and distressing my pal. All you are to her is a fruitcake stalker... so either go home or drown.’
The Home Office confirmed a 38-year-old man in a 16-foot yacht, Ninova, was intercepted by the Border Force cutter HMC Valiant late on Friday in the sea off Devon.

Peter Jones, of Border Force, said: ‘This man was attempting to enter the UK without a visa or valid passport but was stopped and will now be removed to his home country.’

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-22...l#ixzz2Cuojeja8

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Hard Choices

zeusag — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 05:08:30 +0800

My bf asked bout which one is my priority. Family or him?

If i chose my family, the risk is taken - break up.

If i chose him, i'll need to listen of what he said.

I'd cried all night yesterday and couldnt sleep well.

The next Justin Bieber

zeusag — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:08:18 +0800

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Airasia tix

zeusag — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:54:58 +0800

Quick Question.

I bought a flight from KK to Taipei.

On the day back to KK, the arrival time is 1315, and I want to purchase the flight from KK to penang.

However, the depart time from KK to Penang is 1315 too.

Possible make it if I really buy KK to Penang which the departure time is same with arrival time from Taipei to KK?

thanks!!

Excel formula

zeusag — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:42:30 +0800

Hi all,

I'm not really good in excel formula, so I would nid some advice here.

As image below,how to accumulate Q1 to Q2 when I insert value into Q2 cells?
so I can get Q1= 3, Q2 = 3+(1 -value added) , Q3 = 3+1+(2 - value added)....

Thank you very much..

Holidays

zeusag — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:27:30 +0800

if company is based in kl, does it mean we cant enjoy selangor holidays?

cockroach pest control

zeusag — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:30:33 +0800

I would need advice here, anyone can advice which to choose?

I have few companies list below, anyone can advice on the company and effectiveness wise?
1. Nexus Master
2. Pest Dynamics
3. NLC General pest control

Thank you so much..

Seen this girl b4?

zeusag — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:51:39 +0800

American Idol 2011

zeusag — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:07:22 +0800

[YOUTUBE]elaXeN15isM[/YOUTUBE]

American Idol 2011, The emotional Idol.

10 most popular autocorrects

zeusag — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:33:44 +0800

These were the 10 most viewed, most shared, and most popular images sent in to DYAC in December, 2010.

-submitted by Mary

-submitted by Eric

-submitted by Jillian

-submitted by Anna

-submitted by Sarah

-submitted by Matthew

-submitted by Morgan

-submitted by Dan

-submitted by Sandra

The International Food Shortage

zeusag — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:33:35 +0800

Recently, a worldwide survey was conducted and the only question asked was:
“Would you please give your honest opinion about the solution to the food shortage in the rest of the world?”
The survey was, not surprisingly, a huge failure. Because:
In Africa they didn’t know what “food” meant.
In Eastern Europe they didn’t know what “honest” meant.
In Western Europe they didn’t know what “shortage” meant.
In China they didn’t know what “opinion” meant.
In the Middle East they didn’t know what “solution” meant.
In South America they didn’t know what “please” meant.
And, in the USA they didn’t know what “the rest of the world” meant.

Better than a flu shot

zeusag — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:09:45 +0800

Miss Beatrice, the church organist, was in her eighties and had never been married. She was admired for her sweetness and kindness to all.

One afternoon the pastor came to call on her and she showed him into her quaint sitting room. She invited him to have a seat while she prepared tea...

As he sat facing her old Hammond organ, the young minister noticed a cut glass bowl sitting on top of it.

The bowl was filled with water, and in it floated, of all things... a condom!

When she returned with tea and scones, they began to chat. the pastor tried to stifle his curiosity about the bowl of water and its strange floater, but it soon got the better of him and he could no longer resist.

'Miss Beatrice', he said, 'I wonder if you would tell me about this?' Pointing to the bowl.

'Oh, yes,' she replied, 'Isn't it wonderful?
I was walking through the Park a few months ago and I found this little package on the ground.

The directions said to place it on the organ, keep it wet and that it would prevent the spread of disease..
Do you know I haven't had the flu all winter?!?

Proud Dad

zeusag — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:54:47 +0800

Four friends, who hadn't seen each other in 30 years, reunited at a party...
After several drinks, one of the men had to use the rest room.

Those who remained talked about their kids.

The first guy said, 'My son is my pride and joy.
He started working at a successful company at the bottom of the barrel.

He studied Economics and Business Administration and soon began to climb the corporate ladder and now he's the president of the company. He became so rich that he gave his best friend a top of the line Mercedes for his birthday.'

The second guy said, 'Darn, that's terrific! My son is also my pride and joy. He started working for a big airline, then went to flight school to become a pilot.

Eventually he became a partner in the company, where he owns the majority of its assets He's so rich that he gave his best friend a brand new jet for his birthday.'

The third man said: 'Well, that's terrific! My son studied in the best universities and became an engineer. Then he started his own construction company and is now a multimillionaire...

He also gave away something very nice and expensive to his best friend for his birthday: A 30,000 square foot mansion.'

The three friends congratulated each other just as the fourth returned from the restroom and asked:
'What are all the congratulations for?'

One of the three said: 'We were talking about the pride we feel for the successes of our sons...
What about your son?'

The fourth man replied: 'My son is gay and makes a living dancing as a stripper at a nightclub.'

The three friends said: 'What a shame... what a disappointment.'

The fourth man replied: 'No, I'm not ashamed. He's my son and I love him.

And he hasn't done too bad either. His birthday was two weeks ago, and he received a beautiful 30,000 square foot mansion, a brand new jet and a top of the line Mercedes from his three boyfriends.'

Drug-dealers vs software developers

zeusag — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:26:17 +0800

Drug dealers

- Refer to their clients as "users".
- "The first one's free!"
- Have important South-East Asian connections (to help move the stuff).
- Strange jargon:
"Stick", "Rock", "Dime bag," "E".
- Realize that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market.
- Job is assisted by industry's producing newer, more potent mixes.
- Often seen in the company of pimps and hustlers.
- Their product causes unhealthy addictions.
- Do your job well, and you can sleep with sexy movie stars who depend on you.

Software developers

- Refer to their clients as "users".
- "Download a free trial version..."
- Have important South-East Asian connections (to help debug the code).
- Strange jargon:
"SCSI", "ISDN", "Java", "RTFM"
- Realize that there's tons of cash in the 14- to 25-year-old market.
- Job is assisted by industry's producing newer, faster machines.
- Often seen in the company of marketing people and venture capitalists (same thing).
- DOOM. Quake. SimCity. Duke Nukem 3D. 'Nuff said.
- Damn! Damn! DAMN!!!

New trick to chase someone you like

zeusag — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:56:49 +0800

People who look exactly the same in all pictures –

zeusag — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:47:58 +0800

Some people looks the same at all photos. You can look through the photo album of your friends, maybe you’ll notice the same thing.

Facebook Status

zeusag — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:32:53 +0800

This is what happen if historical events had facebook statuses.

[addedon]September 20, 2010, 11:35 am[/addedon]If God were on Facebook?

[addedon]September 20, 2010, 11:38 am[/addedon]Part 2: If historical events had facebook statuses.