Supply Chain Manager

A global leader in FMCG and Pharmacueticals is seeking a highly experienced Supply Chain Manager to join the team in Egypt. - You wil be responsible for implementing supply chain and logistics strategies that support targeted growth.- Managing and coordinating timely delivery of raw material, finished products. - Covering all co-manufacturing, inter-company and international supply partners to local // international customers and / or distributors. Skills: The successful candidate will have: - 6 to 8 years in Regional Supply Chain and Logisitics. - Be highly experienced within logistics activities. - Hold a masters degree in Engineering or Finance.

Location: Oman - Egypt

Source:
http://jobs.theemiratesnetwork.com
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Real 'have signed' big name

Former Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon says the club have already done a deal to sign "one of the best players in the world".

Calderon, who resigned as Real president in January after allegations of vote rigging over the club's proposed budget surfaced, revealed without naming names that he had helped to secure the signing of a current leading player.

Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo for one has been heavily linked with a move to Real.

Calderon told French radio station RMC: "I can't give any names.

"What I can say is that one of the best players in the world, thanks to Ramon Calderon and difficult and laborious negotiations that having been going on since last year, is already formally a Real Madrid player.

"Subject obviously to him being able to sign the relevant contract."

Meanwhile, Real have fixed June 14 as the date for their presidential election.

According to the club's statutes, candidates for the post are required to provide a bank guarantee worth 57.4 million euros (£50.4m), must be Spanish and need to have been a member of the club for at least 10 years.

Former president Florentino Perez, the architect of the 'galacticos' policy that brought big-name players including Zinedine Zidane and David Beckham to the club, is widely tipped as the favourite, though he has yet to confirm his candidacy.
Reuters

Source:
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com
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Stoner Sensational and Hayden Heroic in Qatar

Casey Stoner took a dominant victory in the opening round of 2009 MotoGP World Championship and his third in consecutive years at the Grand Prix Qatar in tonight’s rescheduled race under the floodlights of Losail. With torrential rain forcing the postponement of the original contest last night, the riders returned to the track today for a 20-minute warm-up at 1830h ahead of a 2100h start. The nervous wait didn’t seem to affect the Australian, who launched from pole position to lead the entire distance, maintaining his searing pace in the second half of the race to keep the chasing Valentino Rossi at bay.

Nicky Hayden produced an equally impressive display and whilst the result was not as spectacular as Stoner’s his determination certainly was. The American suffered a heavy crash during Saturday’s qualifying session that left him nursing an extremely sore back and three stitches in his chest but he valiantly battled through to take twelfth place, almost snatching eleventh from Dani Pedrosa on the line with an exciting late charge.

CASEY STONER (Ducati MotoGP Team) 1st
"I’m so pleased with this victory because it is fruit of the hard work done by everybody at Ducati over the winter. It has been difficult to work in such short sessions here this weekend and going into the race last night we took a gamble with a setting change that we weren’t sure about, but we got the opportunity to try it in warm-up and it felt great, so thank you to the team that worked really hard during the whole week-end. That gave me more confidence ahead of the race. We knew this circuit is demanding for fuel consumpionts and I had to adapt my style a little to keep the pace up and hold the advantage over Valentino but finally we didn’t have problems at all with it. My wrist felt 100% tonight but I still need to work on my overall fitness after the down time over the winter and I’m sure we can keep progressing."

NICKY HAYDEN – (Ducati MotoGP Team) 12th
“It’s been a tough weekend and we’ve had a lot of issues – obviously a 130mph high-side doesn’t help things but nothing really went smooth. In the beginning of the race I was quite slow, I didn’t get a great start but actually as the fuel load changed and I got a better feeling I got faster and faster and the last five or six laps were my fastest of the whole weekend. It would have been nice to nick Dani at the end there but I think the team have showed that even though a lot of stuff has gone against us this weekend we’re not going to give up. Hopefully the bad stuff is behind us now and Casey has shown the potential of the bike, so crazy as it sounds I’m leaving here in a really positive mood and looking forward to Motegi.”

Circuit Record: Casey Stoner (Ducati - 2008), 1’55.153, 168.193 Km/h
Best Pole: Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha - 2008), 1’53.927, 170.003 Km/h

Source:
http://www.ducati.com
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Pedrosa: de Angelis collision 'avoidable'

Dani Pedrosa produced a stunning performance to charge from 14th on the grid to sixth place just before the midway point of Monday night's Qatar season-opener.

However, the 24-year-old began to experience some vibration from his front wheel and started slipping back through the field - then suffered a spectacular collision with Alex de Angelis, who slammed into the side of Pedrosa's Repsol Honda.

Pedrosa - at '60-70 percent' fitness after recent knee and forearm surgery - remained in control of his RCV, but dropped back to eleventh at the finish line to claim five hard-earned points.

Race Direction investigated the incident with de Angelis but no punishment was given. “de Angelis gave me a big hit,” said Pedrosa. “The collision was avoidable I think because he could have passed me cleanly.”

Pedrosa said that the final result justified his decision to ride, despite the pain.

“I'm glad to have come here and scored five points - though I'm also slightly disappointed because it could even have been ten or eleven,” he said. “I got a good start and the race was going very well at the beginning.

“After seven or eight laps, though, I had started to get some vibration with the front wheel which became more severe as the race progressed. I started to lose grip at the front and my lap times suffered, so we'll have to check what the issue was.

“I also suffered a lot physically… My knee was giving me a lot of pain by the end and my left arm was pretty tired too. Still, we came away having completed the race and with a few points, which was our target, so I'm happy.”

Source:
http://www.crash.net
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Kawasaki Ninja 650R

Technical Specifications
Model Type Sport
BASE MSRP(US) $6,799.00
Warranty 12
Engine:
Engine Type Parallel Twin
Cylinders 2
Engine Stroke 4-Stroke
Cooling Liquid
Valves 8
Valves Per Cylinder 4
Valve Configuration DOHC
Compression Ratio 11.3:1
Starter Electric
Fuel Requirements Regular
Fuel Type Gas
Transmission:
Transmission Type Manual
Number Of Speeds 6
Primary Drive (Rear Wheel) Chain
Wheels & Tires:
Front Tire (Full Spec) 120/70 R17
Rear Tire (Full Spec) 160/60 R17
Brakes:
Front Brake Type Dual Disc
Rear Brake Type Disc
Technical Specifications:
Wheelbase (in/mm) 55.5 / 1409.7
Fuel Capacity (gal/l) 4.1 / 15.5

Photo:
http://www.usway-road.com

Source:
http://www.motorcycle.com
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Kawasaki Wind 125

Technical Specifications
Engine
Engine type
Cooling system
Displacement
Max power
Max torque
Bore x Stroke
Compression ratio
Starting system
Ignition System
Ignition timing
Carburetion system
Spark Plugs
Lubrication System
Engine Oil
Clutch Type
Driving System
Transmission
Drive System
Clutch Type
Gear Ratios

4-stroke, Single Cylinder, SOHC, 2 valves
Natural Air Cooled
124.60 cm3
7.83 kw ( 10.65 PS ) @8,500 rpm
9.80 Nm ( 1.0 kg-m ) @ 7,000 rpm
54.0 x 54.4 mm
9.30:1
Kick starter
DC Ignition
10° BTDC at 1500 rpm, 37° BTDC @ 3,250 RPM
Carburetor, BS26
Champion PRZ9HC/MICO
Force Lubrication (Wet Sump)
SAE 10W-40 (1.1 liters)
Centrifugal
Chain Drive
5-speed, constant mesh, return shift
Chain
Wet, Multi Disc
1st 33.09:1 (36/11)
2nd 20.22:1 (32/16)
3rd 14.90:1 (28/19)
4th 11.95:1 (26/22)
5th 10.11:1 (24/24)
Dimension
Overall height
Overall length
Overall width
Kerb weight
Seat height
Wheelbase
Ground clearance
Frame type
Suspension (front)
Suspension (rear)
Tire (front)
Tire (rear)
Inflation (front)
Inflation (rear)
Fuel tank capacity
Battery

1,115 mm
1,960 mm
740 mm
121 kg
775 mm
1,260 mm
155 mm
Tubular, Semi-Double Cradle
Ceriant Type : Telescopic, Stroke = 110 mm
Trailing Arm with Coaxial Shockabsorbers
2.75 x 18, 4 / 6 PR or 2.75 x 18, 42P (Zapper)
3.00 x 18, 4 / 6 PR (Zapper)
1.75 kg /cm2 ( 25psi )
2.00 kg / cm2 ( 28 psi )
13.0 liters
12 V-2.5 Ah

Source:
http://www.kawasaki.ph
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Elías upbeat despite dissatisfaction with position

On his return to the San Carlo Honda Gresini team Toni Elias finished ninth at Losail on Monday, but the Spanish rider is looking for better results.

Outperformed by his new team-mate Alex de Angelis at the Losail International Circuit on Monday, Toni Elías is looking for better than ninth placed finishes this season on a factory RC212V but after struggling with the set-up of his Honda machine all weekend in Qatar the Spaniard was not too downbeat about the result.

De Angelis’ good run to sixth place in the desert will have caught Elías’ eye as he crossed the line just inside the top ten and at the next round in Japan he will be determined to beat the man whom he has joined in the pitbox this year, as he returns to the San Carlo Honda Gresini team.

Elías new team-mate has a satellite Honda, but team manager Fausto Gresini has negotiated factory support for the 26 year-old in 2009, which means he may get help from HRC before next week’s Polini Grand Prix of Japan – although of course the pressure is on the rider himself to deliver results.

“Taking into account where we started from and the problems we had this weekend, this is a decent result for us and I’m satisfied,” said Elías as he took the positives from Monday’s re-arranged race, which he started 12th on the grid. “In terms of points it probably would have been better for us if the race was cancelled here because we knew it would be tough for us but the truth is that if you had offered me ninth place on Friday, I probably would have taken it!”

“I’m always better in races than in practice and that was also the case in Qatar as I made up three places from the start,” he added. “It is still not the kind of result we want, but given the situation we took some important points.”

Attempting to explain what had restricted him at the Arabian track Elías stated, “We’ve got some big problems with the chassis and the suspension in general, which means we are making the tryes do a lot of work. That is the main problem at the moment. With the team and hopefully a bit of help from Honda we’ll see if we can prepare ourselves a bit better for Japan.”

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