Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Asal Usul badminton, 'POONA'

Ianya dimainkan oleh pegawai-pegawai tentera British di India. Kemudian pegawai-pegawai British yang pulang bercuti di England telah memperkenalkannya di sana.



Iklan ini diambil dari sebuah majalah lama terbitan tahun 1984 memaparkan pemain badminton perseorangan Malaysia yang berada di kemuncak pada ketika itu iaitu Dato' Misbun Sidek dengan rambut blonde nya sebagai model utama iklan.

Pada ketika Dato' Misbun berusia awal 20-an dan gaya rambutnya itu juga turut menjadi ikutan remaja pada waktu itu. Iklan bateri Eveready ini menawarkan hadiah sebuah Suzuki Jimny sebagai hadiah utamanya.

POONA begitulah nama asal permainan badminton kira 130 tahun yang lalu. Permainan itu berasal dari negeri India.

Ianya mula dimainkan di England, di sebuah tempat bernama Badminton, sebuah kawasan kepunyaan Duke of Beaufort. Mengambil nama tempat inilah maka permainan itu dipanggil badminton.

Pada asalnya gelanggang permainan badminton bukan seperti yang digunakan sekarang. Hanya dalam tahun 1901, gelanggang rasmi diperkenalkan. Permainan badminton menjadi begitu popular ke seluruh dunia termasuklah Malaysia. Pada tahun 1920-an dan 1930-an, populariti permainan badminton ini telah meningkat dengan begitu cepat.

Akhirnya dalam tahun 1934, Persekutuan Badminton Antarabangsa (BWF) ditubuhkan di Kent, England. Sembilan negara telah menjadi ahli pada mulanya. Kini jumlah ahli telah meningkat kepada lebih dari 150 negara.

Di Malaysia sejarah perkembangan badminton bermula pada awal tahun 1930-an. Persatuan Badminton Malaysia (BAM) ditubuhkan dalam tahun 1934.

Sebenarnya terdapat berbagai versi asal-usul permainan badminton ini. Untuk maklumat lanjut silalah ke: Wikipedia/Badminton

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*#*#1472365#*#* gps test
*#*#1575#*#* another gps test
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*#*#0673#*#* melody test
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*#7780# (Factory Reset)
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*#7412365# (Camera Firmware Menu)
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*#3214789# (GCF Mode Status)
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Monday, March 12, 2012

Garmin EDGE800 Review



"If you’ve been shy of getting into GPS, this new 800 will convert you. Touchscreen and OS maps make it our top choice"













With a touchscreen display and improved interface, the Edge 800 is an excellent successor to Garmin’s popular Edge 705 GPS bike computer. It’s easier to use and offers significant new features over the 705 including compatibility with a wider range of maps (including Ordnance Survey in the UK), temperature, and improved calorie counting.
The new full-colour, backlit display is 160x240 pixels, which is just big enough to make the detail of a 1:50,000 map useful. The resistive 37x55mm touchscreen – it needs pressure to activate it – uses an Apple iPhone-style swipe to switch displays, and provides a big target when you need to press a virtual button. It works fine in full-finger gloves or with numb hands, making it ideal for winter riding, and makes it easy to spell place names.
Ride data is presented in three customisable screens with up to 10 pieces of information on each, with each digit measuring at least 5mm tall. We configured our test unit to show all of our important ride data on one page, important time info (such as time of day and sunset) on another, and key post-ride data on a third.
Available data now available includes temperature, which is useful for training analysis and for showing off how hardcore you are. A notable improvement over the 705 is heart-rate-based calorie computation: the 800 gives a reasonably accurate figure for the total work on your ride, unlike the 705’s rather vague estimate.