Thursday, June 10, 2010 ; WoRlD CuP
The FIFA World Cup, also called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not contested because of World War II.
The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of about a month – this phase is often called the World Cup Finals. A qualification phase, which currently takes place over the preceding three years, is used to determine which teams qualify for the tournament together with the host nation(s).
During the 18 tournaments that have been held, seven nations have won the title. Brazil have won the World Cup a record five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. Italy, the current champions, have won four titles, and Germany are next with three titles. The other former champions are Uruguay, winners of the inaugural tournament, and Argentina, with two titles each, and England and France, with one title each.
The World Cup is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world; an estimated 715.1 million people watched the final match of the 2006 World Cup held in Germany.[1] The next World Cup will be held in South Africa, between 11 June and 11 July 2010, and the 2014 World Cup will be held in Brazil.
32 teams qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup:
South Africa, Japan,Australia,
Korea Republic, Netherlands, Korea DPR, Brazil, Ghana, England, Spain, Paraguay,
Côte d'Ivoire, Germany, Denmark, Serbia, Italy, Chile,Mexico, United States, Switzerland, Slovakia, Argentina, Honduras, New Zealand, Nigeria , Cameroon, Algeria, Greece,Slovenia, Portugal, France, Uruguay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup
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Saturday, June 5, 2010 ; MARINA BARRAGE! :D
The Marina Barrage (Chinese:滨海堤坝) is a dam in Singapore built across the Marina Channel between Marina East and Marina South. It was officially opened on 1 November 2008[1].
The Marina Barrage was conferred the Superior Achievement Award[4] - the highest honour of the competition for the best project entry - at the AAEE Annual Awards Luncheon held in Washington, DC, USA on 6 May 2009. The Marina Barrage beat 33 other entries to take home the top prize in this year's competition organised by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers[5] (AAEE), becoming the second project outside of USA to win the award, in the last decade[6].
The S$226 million project turns Marina Bay and Kallang Basin into a new downtown freshwater Marina Reservoir. It provides water supply, flood control and a new lifestyle attraction.
By keeping out seawater, the barrage forms Singapore’s 15th reservoir and first reservoir in the city. Marina Reservoir, together with the future Punggol and Serangoon reservoirs, will increase Singapore’s water catchment areas from half to two-thirds of Singapore’s total land area.
Marina Barrage also acts as a tidal barrier to keep seawater out, helping to alleviate flooding in low lying areas of the city such as Chinatown, Jalan Besar and Geylang.
When it rains heavily during low-tide, the barrage’s crest gates will be lowered to release excess water from the reservoir into the sea. If heavy rain falls during high-tide, the crest gates remain closed and giant drainage pumps are activated to pump excess water out to sea.
As the water in the Marina Basin is unaffected by the tides, the water level will be kept constant, making it ideal for all kinds of recreational activities such as boating, windsurfing, kayaking and dragonboating etc.
The building of the Marina Barrage required the relocation of Clifford Pier from Collyer Quay to Marina South (see Marina South Pier).
Marina Barrage is open for viewing 24/7. The information counter is open from 9.00am to 6.00pm on weekdays and 10.00am to 8.00pm on weekends. Tours for a maximum capacity of 80 people to the Visitor Centre can be arranged prior to arrival.
The Marina Barrage was the ninth pit stop of The Amazing Race 16,which travelled to Singapore as part of leg 9.
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Friday, June 4, 2010 ; Size of BP's oil spill
That's more than the size of 50 Singapore.If it's not stopped, it'll continue to spill for seven years.
Imagine that.
Imagine that.
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010 ; Elias Star Card
The following pupils will have to hand in their Elias Star Card when the school reopens or their new teams will suffer from -100 points per person.
1) Sabrina
2) Yu Rong
3) Andrew
4) Azril
5) Brendon
6) Jia Yuan
7) Gerald
8) Justin
9) Jin Jie
10) Roy
11) Ryan
Regards,
Mr Wan
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