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Dreadlocks
Fancy the lived-in crusty-traveller look? A great way to achieve this is by going down the dreadlock route. Grow it long, let it get matted and your thatch will look like you've just left Glastonbury. Downsides are that it'll itch like never before and you'll get it caught up in everything from car doors to cardigans. Hard to beat when it comes to looking genuinely scuzzy though.

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The Mullet
This beauty isn't just limited to the American mid-west or the Australian outback. You can often see prime examples of the mullet at rock festivals and real ale outings. Wild and unruly, this is the sort of hairstyle that causes even greater offence when combined with a corkscrew perm as perfected by the likes of Kevin Keegan in his heyday.

http://lifestyle.xin.msn.com/en/beauty-fashion/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4280861&page=3

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The Comb-over
The comb-over is a regular on any high street in the UK, but take your search global and you'll soon find that the multi-millionaire Donald Trump has the best comb-over in the business. Heavily-tinted strands are carefully pulled across the thinning thatch that was once a thick and lustrous coiffure. Truly, erm, unique.

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HaIrstyles all men should avoId

Hairstyles all men should avoid

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Thank You for your generous support.

Hulumas ( Date: 19-Aug-2010 09:42) Posted:

Noticeably, You are upgraded yourself to "SUPREME" position in Sharejunctions forum here, well you deserve to have it. Congratulations !

pharoah88 ( Date: 18-Aug-2010 20:27) Posted:

&&&&&&&& PROFITS & PHILANTHROPHY &&&&&&&&

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WHY thEn ? ? ? ?

HiGHEST ORDER CERTIFIED INTEGRITY ?

MOST TESTED & CERTIFIED FAIRNESS ?

iN thE

WORST ENSURED HELL ? ? ? ?

[HEARD: WHERE even ALL GODS FEAR]

called

CASINO ? ? ? ?

pharoah88 ( Date: 18-Aug-2010 22:53) Posted:

Playing for the BIG STAKES
Testing and certification ensures a high level of integrity and fairness in the gaming industry
FOR Weike Gaming Technology, testing and certification are important parts of the business as they allow the company to compete in the highly-regulated casino industry.
Founded in 1998, Weike designs, develops and manufactures gaming products such as slot machines, electronic table gaming machines and network systems for Asian markets such as Singapore, Macau, the Philippines and Malaysia.
According to chief executive David Kinsman (picture), the company’s client list includes top gaming operators such as Las Vegas Sands and the Genting Group, and sales are forecast to reach US$20 million ($27.1 million) this year.
Testing and certification are of utmost importance for the gaming manufacturer as all its products need to comply with various international and country regulations, Mr Kinsman said. In Singapore, Weike’s gaming equipment is certified to the Casino Regulatory Authority’s technical standards.
Gaming machines are first assessed on whether they match regulatory technical standards. Then, they are subjected to “platform integrity testing”, which includes electrical safety. Finally, there is a round of mathematical testing to ensure that the machines operate as they are designed to do.
Testing and certification can also help elevate the standards of manufacturing.
In the case of Weike, industry best practices were introduced to its manufacturing process to improve the quality and performance of the company’s products.
This helped Weike bag the 2009 Best Asian Manufacturer Award by Inside Asian Gaming magazine, Mr Kinsman added. Testing, certification made easy
However, the testing and certification process has not been easy for Weike. Each piece of gaming equipment that Weike produced had to be sent to the United States or Australia for the procedure.
“As gaming machines are typically bulky and heavy, it is costly to ship them around. It is also very time consuming,” said Mr Kinsman.
So it was good news to Weike in April this year, when the Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC) granted accreditation to the first gaming testing laboratory in Singapore, BMM Compliance.
BMM has been assessed under SAC’s Accreditation Scheme for Gaming Laboratories, which is based on international standard ISO/IEC 17025. It covers both the management system and the technical capability of the laboratories.
Here, the BMM laboratory provides an easily-accessible facility for Weike to test its products for various regulated markets around the world.
“Having a laboratory at our doorstep makes the entire process simpler and faster. We can also work closely with them to improve on our products quickly,” Mr Kinsman said.
Betting on future growth
With some 60 casinos and 340 clubs in Asia, the gaming industry is poised for further growth. Estimated gaming machine sales for the region average between US$50 million and US$75 million annually.

The presence of gaming testing laboratories in Singapore will also attract other gaming machine manufacturers to set up operations here, said Mr Kinsman.

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WHY thEn ? ? ? ?

HiGHEST ORDER CERTIFIED INTEGRITY ?

MOST TESTED & CERTIFIED FAIRNESS ?

iN thE

WORST ENSURED HELL ? ? ? ?

[HEARD: WHERE even ALL GODS FEAR]

called

CASINO ? ? ? ?

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POST SAGE ENLIGHTENMENT

iPunter ( Date: 19-Aug-2010 08:32) Posted:

Recognising reality is the only way to be enlightened...

But unfortunately, there are enough naive gullible people in the world

who are emotionally very willing to believe many things, but not recognise reality ... Smiley

(I 'tapet' (pay respect to) boyikao3 for being an enlightened one).

pharoah88 ( Date: 19-Aug-2010 08:24) Posted:

SAGE ENLIGHTENMENT

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Aug 18, 2010 Vietnam Devalues Its Currency Against U.S. Dollar
Vietnam devalued its currency again on Tuesday with an intention to control trade deficit. This was the third devaluation of the dong since November 2009. Full Article

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In LayMan's Terms,

REALITY ?

EXCELLENCE ?

TRUTH ?

NOTHING bUt the trUth ?

SWEAR ?

PROMISE ?

RESPONSIBILITY ?

PASSION ?

FROM THE PEOPLE ?

BY THE PEOPLE ?

FOR THE PEOPLE ?

are ALL

UNREAL

FAKE

FALSE

DECEPTION

ILLUSTION

MAGIC

? ? ? ?

iPunter ( Date: 19-Aug-2010 08:32) Posted:

Recognising reality is the only way to be enlightened...

But unfortunately, there are enough naive gullible people in the world

who are emotionally very willing to believe many things, but not recognise reality ... Smiley

(I 'tapet' (pay respect to) boyikao3 for being an enlightened one).

pharoah88 ( Date: 19-Aug-2010 08:24) Posted:

SAGE ENLIGHTENMENT

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In LayMan's terms,

INSTITUTIONAL SUCCESS ?

CHAMPION'S WINNING ?

ECONOMIC GROWTH ?

ENTREPRENUERSHIP ?

LEADERSHIP ?

PRODUCTIVITY ?

PERFORMANCE ?

ACHIEVEMENT ?

EDUCATION ?

SERVICE ?

MERITOCRACY ?

EFFICACY ?

EFFICIENCY ?

ECONOMY OF SCALE ?

INTEGRITY ?

GOVERNANCE ?

OPENNESS ?

FAIRENESS ?

JUSTICE ?

TRANSPARENCY ?

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ? ?

are ALL abOUt ?

lyIng & cheatIng ? ? ? ?

boyikao3 ( Date: 18-Aug-2010 23:56) Posted:

Clarity can cost the economy. Ignorance will save the economy. Integrit and fairness will only hinder progress in making lots of money in the shortest amount of time. Closing one eye and feigning ignorance will save status quo and keep everyone believing that the system is ok and is functioning - so that Marketing departments of all levels can continue to cheat the poor and pay the rich. Only then can the stock market continue to go up and down. If there Integrity and Fairness were to take over, the stock market will go in a horizontal flat line....becos the thieves must continue to steal and the liars must continue to lie, for this economy to go on and on.....

pharoah88 ( Date: 18-Aug-2010 23:48) Posted:

sOmehOw sOmebOdy DON'T WANT

Testing and Certification tO ensure a high level of integrity and fairness in the bankIng industry

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SAGE ENLIGHTENMENT

boyikao3 ( Date: 18-Aug-2010 23:56) Posted:

Clarity can cost the economy. Ignorance will save the economy. Integrit and fairness will only hinder progress in making lots of money in the shortest amount of time. Closing one eye and feigning ignorance will save status quo and keep everyone believing that the system is ok and is functioning - so that Marketing departments of all levels can continue to cheat the poor and pay the rich. Only then can the stock market continue to go up and down. If there Integrity and Fairness were to take over, the stock market will go in a horizontal flat line....becos the thieves must continue to steal and the liars must continue to lie, for this economy to go on and on.....

pharoah88 ( Date: 18-Aug-2010 23:48) Posted:

sOmehOw sOmebOdy DON'T WANT

Testing and Certification tO ensure a high level of integrity and fairness in the bankIng industry

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DiD yOu mean ?

rIsIng prIces frOm S$1.53 and hIgh ?

wIll lead tO margIn cAlls ?

and fOrced buyIng ?

teeth53 ( Date: 18-Aug-2010 23:05) Posted:

teeth53 thot. Just sharing my personnal opinion. This is only good for short term trading

Today +0.03c. Hope it go back beyond $1.68c (T+3 to T+....margin calling and force selling.)

Genting SP

1.540

1.550

+0.030c

+2.0%

Vol:146,165,000

839,000

1.540

1.550

3,554,000

1.570

1.510c

Trade Summary: Top most willing sellers / buyers at this range and nos of deal done.

1.540ct

nos of deal-1,050

Vol:49,384,000

(Bid Vol)28,266,000

X-deal

450,000

(ask Vol)20,668,000

It lasted Mon 16-8-10 and till mid Tues afternoon (see below).

Last Tuesday 17-8-2010 (Closed at $1.52ct after hitting a high of $1.68ct)

Genting SP

1.580

1.520ct

-0.060c

-3.8%

Vol:334,800,000

2,412,000

1.510

1.520

23,000

1.680c

1.510

teeth53 ( Date: 17-Aug-2010 09:37) Posted:

Genting SP 1.580 1.680 +0.100 +6.3 Vol-87,788,000 5,888,000 1.670 1.680 3,999,000 1.680 1.570

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WHY NO GOVERNMENT WANT ?

WORLD CLASS Testing and WORLD CLASS Certification tO ensure a high level of integrity and Fairness in the RETIREMENT & PENSION FUND GOVERNANCE ?

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sOmehOw sOmebOdy DON'T WANT ?

Testing and Certification tO ensure a high level of integrity and fairness in the Transport industry ?

pharoah88 ( Date: 16-Aug-2010 21:10) Posted:

Comment

today Monday August 16, 2010 12

In a muddle over fare changes

Why is the new system so complex that public transport commuters are flummoxed?

conrad raj

conrad@mediacorp.com.sg

People were promised cheaper fares as the transfer penalty was to be eliminated.

Alas, the reality when the scheme kicked in in July was a disappointment as quite a few, including many senior citizens, had to cough up more.

What was even more disappointing was that the fare system became even more complex and there appeared to be a lack of clarity in its computation. As a result, complaints to the media of overcharging poured in.

Simple logic would have it that if the transfer penalty was removed, then the new fares should be lower than the previous cost of the same journey. Even if they had remained the same as before, few would have complained.

Indeed, the Public Transport Council’s (PTC) assurance was that over 60 per cent of commuters would save 48 cents a week or see no change in their weekly public transport expenditure.

A number of commuters, however, worked out the extra they had to pay on specific trips to the last cent (albeit with the help of the fare calculator provided by the authorities), and aired their disappointment to the media.

Second Minister for Transport Lim Hwee Hwa urged people to examine their overall travel pattern instead of complaining about the extra charges.

She called on them to take the longer-term view as more MRT lines were being built and bus routes amended to provide more choices and flexibility.

“In due course, with more choices to come, I’m sure they will benefit as well,” she said.

But why charge more before the new services are introduced?

Why do I have to pay extra now for promises of the future?

Then T

The Land Transport Authority admitted to more than a dozen discrepancies in distance-based fares after checks were done with the public transport operators. This includes commuters on the Circle Line and the North East Line.

The errors were rectified by the end of last month. But surely with the resources at hand, that many mistakes should not have happened.

The PTC has now disclosed that travelling time — and not just distance — is also used to charge train commuters under Singapore’s distance-based fares system.

“The general fare-setting principle forMRT lines is to charge for the distance travelled based on the fastest route.

This takes into account the walking and waiting time required if a switch to another rail line is involved,” it said.

So isn’t the name “distance-based fares” an anomaly?

Why call it distance-based when that is not really the case?

And I was almost flummoxed when Government Parliamentary Committee (Transport) chairman Lim Wee Kiak described the distance-based fare system as “equitable”.

According to my Collins Cobuild English Language Dictionary: “Something that is equitable is fair and reasonable in a way that gives equal treatment to everyone.”

How can distance-based fares as it is structured now be “equitable”, when 33 per cent of public transport users end up paying what seems to me to be “inequitably” more?

(These, the PTC had earlier explained, are commuters who make hardly any or no transfers at all.)

And why do our fare systems — not only bus and MRT fares but also taxi fares — have to be so complex that you probably need a degree to understand them?

Can’t they be made simpler?

Perhaps our transport system, largely run by two listed companies — ComfortDelgro (which also includes listed SBS Transit and a couple of unlisted taxi companies) and SMRT — is serving too many sets of stakeholders currently, all with conflicting interests.

While its customers want the lowest fare possible, its other stakeholders, staff and shareholders will want the highest returns possible in terms of remuneration and dividends.

It may be time to relook things to serve the travelling public even better.

Perhaps that could be done through a statutory board that is not motivated by profits — although that doesn’t mean it has to suffer losses — in providing Singapore with a world-class transport system.When the concept of distanced-based fares was first raised some years ago, many thought it would be a blessing for all those who had to change from bus to train or vice versa. oday reader Dennis Puk Leong Kong discovered that some commuters had been paying more than what they should have for the distance travelled.

The writer is editor-at-large with Today.&analysis

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sOmehOw sOmebOdy DON'T WANT

Testing and Certification tO ensure a high level of integrity and fairness in the bankIng industry

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sOmehOw sOmebOdy DON'T WANT

Testing and Certification tO ensure a high level of integrity and fairness in the bankIng industry

x 0

sOmehOw sOmebOdy DON'T WANT

Testing and Certification tO ensure a high level of integrity and fairness in the bankIng industry

x 0

sOmehOw sOmebOdy DON'T WANT

Testing and Certification tO ensures a high level of integrity and fairness in the bankIng industry

pharoah88 ( Date: 18-Aug-2010 23:40) Posted:

Playing for the BIG STAKES
Testing and Certification ensures a high level of integrity and fairness in the gaming industry
FOR Weike Gaming Technology, testing and certification are important parts of the business as they allow the company to compete in the highly-regulated casino industry.
Founded in 1998, Weike designs, develops and manufactures gaming products such as slot machines, electronic table gaming machines and network systems for Asian markets such as Singapore, Macau, the Philippines and Malaysia.
According to chief executive David Kinsman (picture), the company’s client list includes top gaming operators such as Las Vegas Sands and the Genting Group, and sales are forecast to reach US$20 million ($27.1 million) this year.
Testing and certification are of utmost importance for the gaming manufacturer as all its products need to comply with various international and country regulations, Mr Kinsman said. In Singapore, Weike’s gaming equipment is certified to the Casino Regulatory Authority’s technical standards.
Gaming machines are first assessed on whether they match regulatory technical standards. Then, they are subjected to “platform integrity testing”, which includes electrical safety. Finally, there is a round of mathematical testing to ensure that the machines operate as they are designed to do.
Testing and certification can also help elevate the standards of manufacturing.
In the case of Weike, industry best practices were introduced to its manufacturing process to improve the quality and performance of the company’s products.
This helped Weike bag the 2009 Best Asian Manufacturer Award by Inside Asian Gaming magazine, Mr Kinsman added. Testing, certification made easy
However, the testing and certification process has not been easy for Weike. Each piece of gaming equipment that Weike produced had to be sent to the United States or Australia for the procedure.
“As gaming machines are typically bulky and heavy, it is costly to ship them around. It is also very time consuming,” said Mr Kinsman.
So it was good news to Weike in April this year, when the Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC) granted accreditation to the first gaming testing laboratory in Singapore, BMM Compliance.
BMM has been assessed under SAC’s Accreditation Scheme for Gaming Laboratories, which is based on international standard ISO/IEC 17025. It covers both the management system and the technical capability of the laboratories.
Here, the BMM laboratory provides an easily-accessible facility for Weike to test its products for various regulated markets around the world.
“Having a laboratory at our doorstep makes the entire process simpler and faster. We can also work closely with them to improve on our products quickly,” Mr Kinsman said.
Betting on future growth
With some 60 casinos and 340 clubs in Asia, the gaming industry is poised for further growth. Estimated gaming machine sales for the region average between US$50 million and US$75 million annually.

The presence of gaming testing laboratories in Singapore will also attract other gaming machine manufacturers to set up operations here, said Mr Kinsman.

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Playing for the BIG STAKES
Testing and Certification ensures a high level of integrity and fairness in the gaming industry
FOR Weike Gaming Technology, testing and certification are important parts of the business as they allow the company to compete in the highly-regulated casino industry.
Founded in 1998, Weike designs, develops and manufactures gaming products such as slot machines, electronic table gaming machines and network systems for Asian markets such as Singapore, Macau, the Philippines and Malaysia.
According to chief executive David Kinsman (picture), the company’s client list includes top gaming operators such as Las Vegas Sands and the Genting Group, and sales are forecast to reach US$20 million ($27.1 million) this year.
Testing and certification are of utmost importance for the gaming manufacturer as all its products need to comply with various international and country regulations, Mr Kinsman said. In Singapore, Weike’s gaming equipment is certified to the Casino Regulatory Authority’s technical standards.
Gaming machines are first assessed on whether they match regulatory technical standards. Then, they are subjected to “platform integrity testing”, which includes electrical safety. Finally, there is a round of mathematical testing to ensure that the machines operate as they are designed to do.
Testing and certification can also help elevate the standards of manufacturing.
In the case of Weike, industry best practices were introduced to its manufacturing process to improve the quality and performance of the company’s products.
This helped Weike bag the 2009 Best Asian Manufacturer Award by Inside Asian Gaming magazine, Mr Kinsman added. Testing, certification made easy
However, the testing and certification process has not been easy for Weike. Each piece of gaming equipment that Weike produced had to be sent to the United States or Australia for the procedure.
“As gaming machines are typically bulky and heavy, it is costly to ship them around. It is also very time consuming,” said Mr Kinsman.
So it was good news to Weike in April this year, when the Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC) granted accreditation to the first gaming testing laboratory in Singapore, BMM Compliance.
BMM has been assessed under SAC’s Accreditation Scheme for Gaming Laboratories, which is based on international standard ISO/IEC 17025. It covers both the management system and the technical capability of the laboratories.
Here, the BMM laboratory provides an easily-accessible facility for Weike to test its products for various regulated markets around the world.
“Having a laboratory at our doorstep makes the entire process simpler and faster. We can also work closely with them to improve on our products quickly,” Mr Kinsman said.
Betting on future growth
With some 60 casinos and 340 clubs in Asia, the gaming industry is poised for further growth. Estimated gaming machine sales for the region average between US$50 million and US$75 million annually.

The presence of gaming testing laboratories in Singapore will also attract other gaming machine manufacturers to set up operations here, said Mr Kinsman.