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Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Racist and Discriminatory practices in Kelab Golf Negara Subang KGNS
One more time for malaysia BOLEH ! Racist practices in Kelab Golf Negara Subang or Subang National Golf Club, KGNS, located in Subang Jaya.
Original article is from http://sg.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/fit-to-post-sports/discriminatory-practices-prominent-golf-club-093228815.html .
Its quite sad and horrible, only happen in Malaysia under BN rules. Unhuman and anti-humanism. Sort of racist separation mindsets in the BN's members have to be cleaned. This is Racism.
Friday, 25 May 2007
Historical Money and Prices in Caribbean
Income
The following shows the average annual incomes for different professions in the early 18th century. The difference in income between the upper and lower classes is quite clear.
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The following shows the average annual incomes for different professions in the early 18th century. The difference in income between the upper and lower classes is quite clear.
| Profession | Income | |||||
| £ | Dubloon | Modern US $ | ||||
| Nobleman | 5,000 - 25,000 | 6,500 - 35,000 | $800,000 - $4,000,000 |  | ||
| Colonial Governor | 1,000 - 5,000 | 1,300 - 6,500 | $160,000 - $800,000 | |||
| Gentry | 1,000 - 5,000 | 1,300 - 6,500 | $160,000 - $800,000 | |||
| Officeholding Lawyer | 1,000 | 1,200 | $160,000 | |||
| Army Colonel | 365 | 480 | $58,000 | |||
| Navy Captain/Army Major | 237 | 316 | $38,000 | |||
| Yeoman farmer/Plantation Owner | 40 - 250 | 50 - 300 | $6,400 - $40,000 | |||
| Army Captain | 146 | 195 | $24,000 | |||
| Physician | 120 | 160 | $19,000 | |||
| Justice of the Peace | 63 | 85 | $10,000 | |||
| Army Lieutenant | 73 | 100 | $12,000 | |||
| Court Poet | 50 - 60 | 65 - 80 | $8,000 - $9,500 | |||
| Army Sergeant | 54 | 72 | $8,600 | |||
| Lower Clergy | 10 - 50 | 12 - 60 | $1,600 - $8,000 | |||
| Navy Midshipman | 27 | 38 | $4,300 | |||
| Skilled Craftsman | 30 | 40 | $4,800 | |||
| Sculptor | 20 - 100 | 25 -130 | $3,200 - $16,000 | |||
| Skilled Labourer | 16 - 18 | 20 - 30 | $2,500 - $3,000 | |||
| Apothecary | 10 - 15 | 13 - 20 | $1,600 - $2,400 | |||
| Army soldier | 15 | 20 | $2,400 | |||
| Unskilled Labourer | 12 | 16 | $1,900 | |||
| Navy Seaman | 11 | 15 | $1,750 | |||
| Agricultural Worker | 10 - 13 | 13 - 17 | $1,600 - $2,000 | |||
| Teacher (Male) | 12 | 16 | $1,900 | |||
| Subsistence Farmer | 6 | 8 | $950 | |||
| Teacher (Female) | 8 | 10 | $1,250 | |||
| Woman Labourer | 5 | 7 | $800 | |||
| Militiaman | 4 | 5 | $600 | |||
| Servant | 1 plus keep | 1 plus keep | $150 plus keep | |||
| Weapons | ||||||
| Cutlass/Hanger | - | 7 | 6 | $60 | Standard weapon of pirates and sailors. | |
| Broadsword/Cavalry Sword | - | 10 | - | $80 | Common weapons amongst soldiers. | |
| Smallsword | 3-5 | - | - | $480-$800 | A gentleman's sword. This is a plain version, many are jewelled and gilded. | |
| Dagger | - | 2 | 6 | $20 | ||
| Boarding axe | - | 5 | - | $40 | ||
| Boarding pike | - | 4 | - | $32 | ||
| Belaying pin | - | 2 | - | $16 | ||
| Musket, flintlock | 3 | - | - | $480 | ||
| Musket, matchlock | 1 | - | - | $160 | Somewhat slow and antiquated, but cheap. | |
| Carbine, flintlock | 2 | 10 | - | $400 | ||
| Pistol, flintlock | 5 | - | - | $800 | ||
| Blunderbuss, flintlock | 2 | - | - | $320 | ||
| Musketoon, flintlock | 2 | - | - | $320 | ||
| Swivelgun | 2 | - | - | £320 | Per pound shot. Weight of the gun is about 50 times the weight of the shot | |
| Cannon | 4 | - | - | $640 | Per pound shot. Weight of the gun is about 200 times the weight of the shot. | |
| Roundshot | - | - | 2 | $1.30 | Per pound of shot. | |
| Pistol/Musket shot | - | - | 6 | $4 | Per pound of shot - around 15 musket balls or 25 pistol balls. | |
| Wadding | - | - | - | - | Any canvas, linen or paper will do. Worn sailcloth is commonly used. | |
| Black Eagle (powder) | - | 10 | - | $80 | Per cask. This powder is old and has settled out of its original mix. It has been around too long. It is less reliable and more dangerous than other powders, but it is cheap! | |
| French White Letter (powder) | 1 | - | - | $160 | Per cask. This powder is not fresh, but it has been stored and mixed properly and gives good report when fired. | |
| Red Letter (powder) | 1 | 10 | - | $240 | Per cask. This powder is hard to get. It is Port-Royal's best powder, and the ingredients are superior. This is new powder that stores well. | |
| White Letter Primer | 2 | - | - | $320 | Per cask. This is a fine grain high quality powder, used to prime both handguns and cannons. Fine grain priming powder is a neccessity. Each cannon shot used as much primer as a fully loaded musket uses common powder. | |
| Powder horn | - | - | 10 | $6.70 | Holds the coarse reloading powder for pistols and muskets. Contains around 40 shots worth of powder. | |
| Priming horn | - | - | 6 | $4 | Holds the finer priming powder. | |
| Cartridge box | - | 2 | 6 | $20 | Holds between 12 and 20 paper cartriges for a musket. | |
| Bayonet | - | 2 | 6 | $20 | Socket type bayonet. | |
| Sample Cargoes/Treasures | ||||||
| Leather shoes (fromFlorence) | 400 | - | - | $64,000 | For a crate of around 200 shoes. | |
| Furniture (from Paris) | 1,800 | - | - | $288,000 | For a crate of around 30 pieces of furniture. | |
| Fans (from China) | 3,200 | - | - | $512,000 | For a crate of 800 fans. | |
| Rugs (from Turkey) | 1,000 | - | - | $160,000 | For a crate of 50 rugs. | |
| Books (from Europe) | 1,200 | - | - | $192,000 | For a crate of 200 books. | |
| Pewterware (from London) | 600 | - | - | $96,000 | For a crate of 200 pieces. | |
| Glassware (from Amsterdam) | 800 | - | - | $128,000 | For a crate of 200 pieces. | |
| Jewellery (from Venice) | 6,000 | - | - | $960,000 | For a crate of approximately 50 pieces (for example, letter openers, crucifixes, music boxes, inkwells, etc.) | |
| Jewellery (from Spain) | 4,000 | - | - | $640,000 | For a crate of approximately 100 pieces (for example, rosaries and rings from Cadiz, bracelets and pendants from Seville, smallswords from Toledo, etc.) | |
| Bar of Gold | 1,500 | - | - | $240,000 | For a single 5lb bar. | |
| Bar of silver | 50 | - | - | $8,000 | For a single 5lb bar. | |
| Silverware | 10,000 | - | - | $1,600,000 | A crate of approximately 200 pieces. (for example, cups, urns, plates, forks, knives, spoons, etc.) | |
| Semi-Precious gemstones | 40,000 | - | - | $6,400,000 | For approximately 300-500 gemstones,, weighing approx. 100lbs (for example, opals, topaz, lapis lazuli, etc.) | |
| Precious gemstones | 200,000 | - | - | $32,000,000 | For approximately 500-1,000 gemstones, weighing around 100lbs (for example, emeralds, sapphires, diamonds, rubies, etc.) | |
| Pearls | 12,000 | - | - | $1,920,000 | For approximately 300 pearls (weighing about 30-40lbs) | |
| Ivory | 40,000 | - | - | $6,400,000 | For a crate of about 10 tusks. | |
| Sandlewood (from China) | 1,000 | - | - | $160,000 | For about 100lbs weight. | |
| Silk | 800 | - | - | $128,000 | Per bolt. | |
| Cask of Pepper | 200 | - | - | $32,000 | ||
| Cask of Cloves | 400 | - | - | $64,000 | ||
| Cask of Rosemary | 100 | - | - | $16,000 | ||
| Cask of Ginseng | 1,600 | - | - | $256,000 | ||
| Cask of Medicinal herbs | 800 | - | - | $128,000 | ||
| Cask of Vinegar or olive oil | 20 | - | - | $3,200 | ||
| Cask of good rum | 30 | - | - | $4,800 | ||
| Cask of poor rum | 10 | - | - | $1,600 | ||
| Cask of (European) Wine | 50 | - | - | $8,000 | This includes wine made in the vineyards of New Spain. | |
| Cask of fine wine | 100 | - | - | $16,000 | This is wine from well known wineries and of excellent vintage. | |
| Cask of local fruit wine | 30 | - | - | $4,800 | This is made in many different ways and with different fruits. | |
| Cask of Beer | 10 | - | - | $1,600 | Beer of acceptable quality (mixes equally with water to make small beer) | |
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Income
The following shows the average annual incomes for different professions in the early 18th century. The difference in income between the upper and lower classes is quite clear.
| Profession | Income | |||||
| £ | Dubloon | Modern US $ | ||||
| Nobleman | 5,000 - 25,000 | 6,500 - 35,000 | $800,000 - $4,000,000 | |||
| Colonial Governor | 1,000 - 5,000 | 1,300 - 6,500 | $160,000 - $800,000 | |||
| Gentry | 1,000 - 5,000 | 1,300 - 6,500 | $160,000 - $800,000 | |||
| Officeholding Lawyer | 1,000 | 1,200 | $160,000 | |||
| Army Colonel | 365 | 480 | $58,000 | |||
| Navy Captain/Army Major | 237 | 316 | $38,000 | |||
| Yeoman farmer/Plantation Owner | 40 - 250 | 50 - 300 | $6,400 - $40,000 | |||
| Army Captain | 146 | 195 | $24,000 | |||
| Physician | 120 | 160 | $19,000 | |||
| Justice of the Peace | 63 | 85 | $10,000 | |||
| Army Lieutenant | 73 | 100 | $12,000 | |||
| Court Poet | 50 - 60 | 65 - 80 | $8,000 - $9,500 | |||
| Army Sergeant | 54 | 72 | $8,600 | |||
| Lower Clergy | 10 - 50 | 12 - 60 | $1,600 - $8,000 | |||
| Navy Midshipman | 27 | 38 | $4,300 | |||
| Skilled Craftsman | 30 | 40 | $4,800 | |||
| Sculptor | 20 - 100 | 25 -130 | $3,200 - $16,000 | |||
| Skilled Labourer | 16 - 18 | 20 - 30 | $2,500 - $3,000 | |||
| Apothecary | 10 - 15 | 13 - 20 | $1,600 - $2,400 | |||
| Army soldier | 15 | 20 | $2,400 | |||
| Unskilled Labourer | 12 | 16 | $1,900 | |||
| Navy Seaman | 11 | 15 | $1,750 | |||
| Agricultural Worker | 10 - 13 | 13 - 17 | $1,600 - $2,000 | |||
| Teacher (Male) | 12 | 16 | $1,900 | |||
| Subsistence Farmer | 6 | 8 | $950 | |||
| Teacher (Female) | 8 | 10 | $1,250 | |||
| Woman Labourer | 5 | 7 | $800 | |||
| Militiaman | 4 | 5 | $600 | |||
| Servant | 1 plus keep | 1 plus keep | $150 plus keep | |||
Pirate Ship
Pirate Ship
The pirate ship performed several roles. The crew had to be fed and kept in readiness. It was also the store room for plunder. As pirate crews were usually larger than those on merchant vessels, space was often at a premium. The ship also provided the means to attack, so it had to be well armed. It was also the sole means of escape, so speed was vital. Or as Daniel Defoe wrote in his General History, it acted "as a light pair of heels being of great use either to take, or to escape being taken." It is difficult to find contemporary illustrations of pirate ships. Pirates altered captured vessels to suit their particular needs, so it is sensible to examine the types of ships they acquired. Traditionally a 'ship refers' to a vessel with three masts and a full suite of square-rigged sails. Very few pirate vessels were 'ships' in the truest sense.
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The pirate ship performed several roles. The crew had to be fed and kept in readiness. It was also the store room for plunder. As pirate crews were usually larger than those on merchant vessels, space was often at a premium. The ship also provided the means to attack, so it had to be well armed. It was also the sole means of escape, so speed was vital. Or as Daniel Defoe wrote in his General History, it acted "as a light pair of heels being of great use either to take, or to escape being taken." It is difficult to find contemporary illustrations of pirate ships. Pirates altered captured vessels to suit their particular needs, so it is sensible to examine the types of ships they acquired. Traditionally a 'ship refers' to a vessel with three masts and a full suite of square-rigged sails. Very few pirate vessels were 'ships' in the truest sense.
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Black Pearl
Black Pearl
The Black Pearl, originally HMS Wicked Wench in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. The Black Pearl is easily recognised by her distinctive black hull and sails. This turns out to be an advantage in more than one way. Not only do the black sails act as a sort of intimidation tactic, but the Pearl's crew can put out the deck lamps for added stealth at night. The ship was originally named Wicked WenchThe Black Pearl. She is said to be, "nigh uncatchable". Indeed, in the two films she either overtakes or flees all other ships, including the Interceptor (regarded as the fastest ship in the Caribbean) and the Flying Dutchman (which is actually faster against the wind). Her speed is derived from the large amount of sails she carries (provided she sails with the wind), in addition to oars called "sweeps." Disney wanted to rename the Wicked Wench on the ride to Black Pearl but were denied licensing rights. before she was ordered burned and sunk by Lord Cutler Beckett. It was later raised from the sea floor by Davy Jones after making a pact with Jack Sparrow who rechristened her
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Caribbean In the 17th century, Piracy
Caribbean In the 17th century, Piracy
In the 17th century, piracy in the Caribbean Sea was quite common. Roving gangs of bandit sailors took over ships, then attacked ships and towns to seize precious booty ranging from gold and jewels to kegs of whiskey. At one point, there were so many pirates, that an entire town became their home and base of operations. That town was known as Port Royal: The Pirate Capital of the World.
In the 17th century, piracy in the Caribbean Sea was quite common. Roving gangs of bandit sailors took over ships, then attacked ships and towns to seize precious booty ranging from gold and jewels to kegs of whiskey. At one point, there were so many pirates, that an entire town became their home and base of operations. That town was known as Port Royal: The Pirate Capital of the World.
The mainland varies in character by region with each region having its own appearance and feel. New Andalisia (modern Venezeuela) has rocky and sandy beaches, with the sands quickly giving way to verdant vegetation. Within a mile from shore, the vegetation becomes dense jungle, at least in uninhabited regions. The settlers slashed or burned the area around the village for agriculture.
New Granada is mountainous in the south, with the isthmus of Panama being a 50 mile wide mire from Pacific to Atlantic. The jungle vegetation in both New Andalusia and New Granada is insect-infested and Malaria is common.
New Spain ranges from forested mountains in the south to deserts in the north. The central region is mountainous and rocky, with lands being cleared or terraced for farmland.
Larger Islands are much like the mainland, with sandy beaches, dense forest or jungle, and a mountainous interior. Some islands have active volcanoes, with a constant plume of smoke rising from their cones.
Small islands are formed from volcanic action or reefs. Small, circular islands formed by reefs are called atolls and have low vegetation on the outer edge and a body of salt water in the center. Small islands formed by reefs and tidal action have little in the way of large vegetation and frequently are not fertile enough for sustaining crops. These islands are hard to spot from a distance unless they are sizeable or in shallow water, such as the Bahamas. Therse small, low islands are referred to as cays.
Small volcanic islands are dominated by the peak (or peaks) of the volcano. These islands have steep slopes and fertile ground.
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