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2015 AFC Asian Cup

dundermifflin — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 10:27:52 +0800

Group A Australia (H) South Korea Oman Kuwait
Group B Uzbekistan Saudi Arabia China PR North Korea
Group C Iran United Arab Emirates Qatar Bahrain
Group D Japan Jordan Iraq Palestine

opening match on 9 January 2015, Australia v Kuwait, Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne

Men Football - 2012 Summer Olympics

dundermifflin — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:00:32 +0800

Group A
Great Britain
Senegal
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay

*Opening fixtures only
26 July 2012 17:00
United Arab Emirates - Uruguay Old Trafford, Manchester
26 July 2012 20:00
Great Britain - Senegal Old Trafford, Manchester
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Group B
Mexico
South Korea
Gabon
Switzerland

26 July 2012 14:30
Mexico - South Korea St James' Park, Newcastle
26 July 2012 17:15
Gabon - Switzerland St James' Park, Newcastle
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Group C
Brazil
Egypt
Belarus
New Zealand

26 July 2012 19:45
Belarus - New Zealand City of Coventry Stadium, Coventry
26 July 2012 19:45
Brazil - Egypt Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
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Group D
Spain
Japan
Honduras
Morocco

26 July 2012 14:45
Spain - Japan Hampden Park, Glasgow
26 July 2012 12:00
Honduras - Morocco Hampden Park, Glasgow

US and UK TV Series: New Series /Season Review

dundermifflin — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:05:54 +0800

i dont like to create new thread for each new series.. so..

Alphas (11th July)
a bit meh for me.. bunch of weirdos with special ability (mind control, super agility, super strength, super sense, human wave aerial, etc) working under government and up against villains, also with special ability.
probably ill watch it further, but will not put much hope..

Suits (23rd June)
like it. very smart, some say, a bit similar to House.. more good looking, charmer, lawyer version of House.
definitely will watch it further..

Falling Skies (19th June)
another version of alien invading + post apocalypse series /film..
still OK-ish, watch it further..

Switched at Birth (6th June)
girl-ish /woman-ish series. heart warming, feel good, family drama..
will watch it further..

series not worth a mention, ive dropped it after watched the pilot..
Necessary Roughness (29th June)
The Nine Lives of Chloe King (14th June)
Teen Wolf (6th June)

Copa América 2011

dundermifflin — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:28:56 +0800

Opening Match
July 1, 2011: Argentina vs Bolivia

Final
July 24, 2011

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Group A
Argentina
Colombia
Costa Rica (Invited - replacing Japan)
Bolivia

Group B
Brazil
Paraguay
Ecuador
Venezuela

Group C
Uruguay
Chile
Peru
Mexico (Invited - will send U23 team)
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The teams finishing first, second and two best-placed third teams in each group qualify for the quarterfinals.

PFA Players Player/ Young/ Team of the Year

dundermifflin — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:48:23 +0800

2 weeks of international break, long fecking boring break. pick your winners, do your worst. (mind you, the eventual winners normally not usually the worthy winners since the short list made in last January )

The Professional Footballers Association Players Player of the Year is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in English football.

The Professional Footballers Association Young Player of the Year is an annual award given to the player aged 23 or under at the start of the season who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in English football.

The Professional Footballers' Association Team of the Year award is given to a set of forty-four footballers in the top four flights of English football, the Premier League; the Championship; League One and League Two (11 Players for each division), whom are seen to be deserving of being named in a "Team of the Year".

The shortlist is compiled by the members of the Professional Footballers' Association (the PFA) in January, and then the winners are voted for by the other players in the league. The prize is regarded as one of the highest awarded by the PFA - especially by the players - and is seen as the primary award in England.

2009 /10 Season Winners

PFA Players Player of the Year: Wayne Rooney Man Utd
PFA Players Young Player of the Year: James Milner Aston Villa
PFA Team of the Year:
GK Joe Hart Birmingham City
DF Branislav Ivanović Chelsea
DF Richard Dunne Aston Villa
DF Thomas Vermaelen Arsenal
DF Patrice Evra Manchester United
MF Antonio Valencia Manchester United
MF Cesc Fàbregas Arsenal
MF Darren Fletcher Manchester United
MF James Milner Aston Villa
FW Didier Drogba Chelsea
FW Wayne Rooney Manchester United

I believe it'll tricky selection this year coz not many players stood out /consistently stand out.

Breakout Kings

dundermifflin — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:22:04 +0800

A squad of U.S. marshals team up with ex-cons to work together on tracking down prison escapees.

Breakout Kings was originally in development for the Fox network. Matt Olmstead and Nick Santora wrote the pilot, after receiving a script commitment from Fox in August 2009. In January 2010, Fox greenlighted a pilot episode. On May 12, 2010, it was announced that Fox did not pick up the series for the 2010-11 television season. Fox attempted to sell Breakout Kings to other networks, and in June 2010, it was reported that A&E had picked up the drama for 13 episodes.

Production was expected to begin in fall 2010 in Toronto for a 2011 premiere. Robert Knepper is set to appear as his Prison Break character T-Bag for a 4-episode arc.

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2010 Asian Games Guangzhou

dundermifflin — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 11:46:56 +0800

Host city> Guangzhou, China
Nations participating> 45
Events> 476 in 42 sports
Opening ceremony> November 12
Closing ceremony> November 27
Malaysian's Gold Target> 9 Golds

The 2010 Asian Games will feature 42 events throughout the 16 days of the competition, with added disciplines in some events. Football will be held before the opening ceremony, 28 and 5 gold medalists will emerge during the opening day and final day respectively, while a total of 48 gold medalists will be awarded on November 25, 2010, the most in single day. Twenty20 cricket is among the debutant sports, with dancesport, dragon boat, weiqi and roller sport added as unique to the Games.

* Aquatics
o Diving (10)
o Swimming (38)
o Synchronized swimming (3)
o Water polo (2)
* Archery (4)
* Athletics (47)
* Badminton (7)
* Baseball (1)
* Basketball (2)
* Board games
o Chess (4)
o Weiqi (3)
o Xianqqi (2)
* Bowling (12)
* Boxing (13)
* Canoeing
o Slalom (4)
o Sprint (12)
* Cricket (2)
* Cue sports (10)
* Cycling
o BMX (2)
o Mountain bike (2)
o Road (4)
o Track (10)
* Dancesport (10)
* Dragon boat (6)
* Equestrian (6)
o Dressage
o Eventing
o Jumping
* Fencing (12)
* Football (2)
* Golf (4)
* Gymnastics
o Artistic (14)
o Rhythmic (2)
o Trampoline (2)
* Handball (2)
* Hockey (2)
* Judo (16)
* Kabaddi (2)
* Karate (13)
* Modern pentathlon (4)
* Roller sports
o Artistic (3)
o Speed (6)
* Rowing (14)
* Rugby sevens (2)
* Sailing (14)
* Sepaktakraw (6)
* Shooting (44)
* Soft tennis (7)
* Softball (1)
* Squash (4)
* Table tennis (7)
* Taekwondo (16)
* Tennis (7)
* Triathlon (2)
* Volleyball
o Beach (2)
o Indoor (2)
* Weightlifting (15)
* Wrestling (18)
* Wushu (15)

Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi

dundermifflin — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 11:06:48 +0800

XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi will begin on 3rd October until 14th October 2010. The opening ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main stadium, in Delhi.

There are 17 sports planned for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Aquatics
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Boxing
Cycling
Gymnastics
Hockey
Lawn Bowls
Netball
Rugby Sevens
Shooting
Squash
Table Tennis
Tennis
Weightlifting
Wrestling

Let's discuss it!

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

dundermifflin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:44:34 +0800

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a 2009 Swedish film adaptation of the novel of the same name by the late Swedish author/journalist Stieg Larsson, the first book in his Millennium Trilogy, directed by Niels Arden Oplev. By August 2009, it had been sold to 25 countries outside Scandinavia, most of them planning a release in 2010, and had been seen by more than 6 million people in the countries where it was already released.

The film was released in the United States on March 19, 2010 by Music Box Films, which will also release the second and third films in the trilogy, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, in 2010.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo US released March 19, 2010
The Girl Who Played with Fire US released 9 July 2010
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest US released October 15, 2010

Hitler, Nazism and WW2

dundermifflin — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 13:50:13 +0800

recently, for some reason, this Nazism and Hitler are become my current 'obsession'. (i even read Mein Kampf recently!) just want to learn few new things and from broaden perspective. i love history BTW (ironically i hate History in my school days).

watched already:
Schindler's List
Inglorious Basterds
Valkyrie
Downfall /Der Untergang
Hitler: The Rise of Evil
Defiance
and much more..

will watch in near future:
Amen
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary /Im Toten Winkel
Sophie Scholl :The Final Days

i know, most Hollywood /US movies with this theme are full with inaccurate facts and propaganda.

can u all add that list and perhaps give your review about it. or list your favourite movie. not neccessarily movies about Nazism or Hitler, but anything related to WW2 in Europe are fine. TQ.

General Movies Thread

dundermifflin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:56:15 +0800

not another new thread, huh

i love movies, watch it one almost everyday. love to write a movies review though my english isnt that good. but the very least, i want to share my view. (on the other hand, this is an effort to improve my writing)

there's a lot of threads dedicated to movies, and i think its too many and redundant. some movies are not worth a thread, some do.. and eventually all goes down in pecking order.. i just want to save some space here

just to share a view about a movies i (and welcoming u too) recently watched. whether its good, bad or ugly. maybe i want to focus of lesser known movies or movies didnt screen in our local cinema (coz it usually it had own thread here)

i begin with..

Antichrist (2009)

its story about a couple that recently lost their child. the woman is in state of grief and her husband (Willem Dafoe), a therapist, try to console her. they take a short vacation in woods. the husband start to hallucinate weird things and the wife become sexually aggressive. this movie revolved between this 2 characters only. the 3rd is the child, but he made very short appearance, just few moments at the beginning.

TBH, i didnt understood much of this movie. it involved concept of 'grief', 'pain' and 'despair', a terms of '3 beggars' (which i dont have a clue, but i have a friend named Wiki to explain for me later). but one things for sure, there's a lot of sexual and explicit scenes between 2 characters and violent scenes are very hard to stomach.

its very artistic but if u want something different, u should give a go..