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I flirted with facebook for a while; for a very short while, which is to say about 3 weeks. Most of the postings were a bit too frivolous for me, not that that's not ok. If I had a lot more time to waste that is.. Maybe I could revisit it later, since I have that singular choice of not being able to divorce myself completely from it. I can only deactivate my account. Before I go any further,

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The St. Petersburg DeclarationApril 5, 2007We are secular Muslims, and secular persons of Muslim societies. We are believers, doubters, and unbelievers, brought together by a great struggle, not between the West and Islam, but between the free and the unfree.We affirm the inviolable freedom of the individual conscience. We believe in the equality of all human persons.We insist upon the separation

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IS IT ON OR IS IT OFF?The ongoing debate on the setting up of a coal-fired power station in Sandakan would probably be further stoked by the stirring revelation that the the company appointed to build the plant is owned by two SESB personnel (2 Datuks, residents of KL, it seems. Read page 19 of The Daily Express: "Bakun Supply Can If There Is a Will) Could this be clouding their thinking?I am for

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Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarnor was caught drinking beer in Cherating Pahang 2 years ago by Islamic enforcement officers. She has pleaded guilty to the charge in a syariah court in Kuantan, Pahang on 21 July 2009. She was fined RM5,000 and handed a sentence of 6 lashes of the cane. Is she the first person in Malaysia to be caned for a drinking offence? Probably.My problem is not with the notion of

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The government has at last made the decision to scrap the teaching of maths and science in English. To boost the task of teaching English to our students, many more English teachers will be engaged, and English literature will be reintroduced. Core subjects will also be reduced from more than 10 at the moment to just six.The aim of education should be to nurture thinking and creativity. This has

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The UPSR result is out. Datuk Hisham says it has to be looked into carefully before we can say anything definite, but tentatively, he is giving the thumbs up for the teaching of math and science in English.Now we are told, that the results are going to be further pored over by a host of experts. Meanwhile there is mounting pressure on him to revert to BM, to avoid the National Language being “

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(A letter to the Daily Express)I read Richard Sokial’s piece (DE 10th Nov, “Have A Contest..”) on the proposed new art gallery for KK and I agree that we need to think through a lot of things aside for its final design. KK city is growing more beautiful by the day and the addition of a (beautiful, I hope) new art gallery  would be  a wonderful addition to that evolving beauty. But more than that

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It is generally agreed that the meat of free-ranging chicken is very much healthier than that from the cooped-up variety. The free ranging mode of rearing chicken is perhaps the easiest way since chicken, like pigeons, know how to find their way home. You just leave them on their own, even ranging further than they should, at the risk of life and limb. They will be home by nightfall, except

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America is a different land, for me exceptional in all the ways that matter. In recent days, those vast Obama crowds, though, have recalled for me the politics of charisma that wrecked Arab and Muslim societies. A leader does not have to say much, or be much. The crowd is left to its most powerful possession -- its imagination.... Read it all here

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By Nancy A. YoussefWASHINGTON — "Joe the Plumber" was only one of two Americans injected into thepresidential election this past week. The other was Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan , whom former Secretary of State Colin Powell invoked in his endorsement Sunday of Barack Obama .  Khan was a 20-year-old soldier from Manahawkin, N.J. , who wanted to enlist in the Army from the time he was 10. He was an

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I read with much interest the column by Datuk Stan Yee (DE 19 October), entitled, “ Will appointing a local head suffice”? The topic of locals heading federal departments had generated some heat recently, and I was hoping he would hit the point. But after reading his meandering prose, I am led to conclude that somehow  we cannot trust  Sabahans to head federal departments because they would be

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Source: Daily Express 10 October 2008. Page 7. Caption: " Tenom School Kids at Risk".(Note: See the car in the background? I wonder how it will cross the bridge)We are talking 2008. Quite honestly, things like this cannot be. But this is likely the norm here in Sabah.  Why is this so? That's the question begging a reply. Or rather, a long reply.Why are we not able to mend a small bridge? Part of

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I refer to the Malaysiakini article Kota Marudu needs more than wireless Internet I read Dr Hams letter and cannot help but agree with many of his observations. I worked in Sabah for over seven years as a house officer and medical officer. After my housemanship, I was sent to Ranau to serve in the district hospital. What Dr Hams described in Kota Marudu is not something isolated to that district

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Overnight, the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve have radically changed the character of American capitalism. It is nothing less than a coup d'Etat for the class that FDR called "banksters." What has happened in the past two weeks threatens to change the coming century - irreversibly, if they can get away with it. This is the largest and most inequitable transfer of wealth since the land

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Some truths are self-evident.  Others just fade into the folds of oblivion.  THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF 1997 - 1998By Nor Mohamed YakcopA moment comes, which rarely comes in a lifetime, when a particular event redefines a person’s life and changes the course permanently. For me, the meeting with Dr. Mahathir Mohamad in Buenos Aires (Argentina) on the evening of October 3, 1997 was such an event. It

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The American world series, is a baseball game, played entirely on American soil where no other nation of the world is playing. Nobody can see the logic of why it is called as world series. But can one explain why, when we say America we always mean the USA?To Americans (there we go again), they are the world. To them the rest of the world is akin to the ants that visit their kitchen table. The

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IFEZ construction started six years ago. It is currently the world's biggest construction site.Over the next 12 years, Korea will build apartment buildings for 250,000 people in IFEZ. It'll construct the world's second-tallest skyscraper. Car companies GM and Daewoo are building a major research center and test track. Korea wants to lead the world in robotics. It's making "robot land" in one

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People are again debating whether to celebrate September 16 as Malaysia Day. Najib says there is only one National Day. I agree with him, or rather, let us concede the point to him. It is a symbolic day just like the King's Birthday is a symbolic day.But what cannot be denied is that Malaysia was formed in 1963, and not 1957. MALAYA achieved independence in 1957, and that fact should be honoured

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Patriotism has no color, race, religion, political party, gender, class.

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The election victory of Anwar Ibrahim was expected. That's all there is to it. The unabated excitement about him is simply because he knows how to draw attention to himself. His antics can sometimes be so peurile but draw the opposite reaction. But the truth of the matter is that there is a temporary disenchantment of UMNO, and not because people are falling in love with PKR. At this moment in

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How the World's Smallest Political Quiz redefined politics, took over the Internet, impressed the experts, and made politics fun for more than 9 million people After taking the World's Smallest Political Quiz, the famous online test that instantly pinpoints your political ideology, no two people have exactly the same reaction.

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How the World's Smallest Political Quiz redefined politics, took over the Internet, impressed the experts, and made politics fun for more than 9 million people After taking the World's Smallest Political Quiz, the famous online test that instantly pinpoints your political ideology, no two people have exactly the same reaction.

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Photo by: Dr. Wayne C. SummersWHO YOU'RE GONNA CALL??www.visit-malaysia.com/sabah-packages/www.e-borneo.com/travel/tours/eb-kk14.htmlwww.mount-kinabalu-borneo.com/mount-kinabalu-package.htmlwww.cuti.com.my/tour/info.php?id=239 www.crossingjournal.com/Mt_Kinabalu.html www.mountkinabalu.com.my/www.borneo.org/ajwt/aj9(a)04.htmwww.goborneo.com/adventurer/climbkinabalu.htmwww.mynetbizz.com/pages/

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"By doing one act of random kindness at a time." From Evan Almighty.

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by William Hazlitt (excerpt)The pleasure of hating, like a poisonous mineral, eats into the heart of religion, and turns it to rankling spleen and bigotry; it makes patriotism an excuse for carrying fire, pestilence, and famine into other lands: it leaves to virtue nothing but the spirit of censoriousness, and a narrow, jealous, inquisitorial watchfulness over the actions and motives of

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I have decided to chose Richard Nelson Sokial as my personality of the month. He owns sabahwarriors.blogspot.com. He blogs about architecture and how it relates to the history and culture of the local people.He writes regularly for the Daily Express Sabah.I have just sat down for work, and skimmed through the papers. As I saw his piece, it struck me that here is a guy who is above the fray.

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But you can never leave. (Lyrics of a song by the Eagles)This is what religious freedom means in Malaysia.By and large "freedom" still hold competing meanings in the mind of Malay Muslims. You are free to walk but you must wear crutches. You are free to chose but the choice is not yours. This is basically how the religion is being taught. You cannot be making your own interpretation of the Holy

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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 8 (Bernama) -- Political scientist Dr Chandra Muzaffar said that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s attempt to become the prime minister through the "back door" by instigating massive crossovers is both unethical and undemocratic."A Cabinet established through such an avenue will lack moral credibility. Parliament itself will be tarnished. Both the Executive and the Legislature –- two

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NASA imageCarbon dioxide has a 'greenhouse effect' in our atmosphere, and we are responsible for 0.28% of it. The best explanation for how an atmosphere's "greenhouse" effect acts, is it increases the planet's heat capacity (i.e. it holds more energy and thus takes longer to heat up and cool down) and thus makes the climate more gentle and hospitable.The Vikings were settling and farming

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Zuma and cronyName: Jacob ZumaPosition: President ANCWildly Popular in His Country. Could Be the Next South African president.WivesJacob Zuma is a self-proclaimed polygamist and has been married at least four times.Sizakele Khumalo, whom he met in 1959. She lives at his home at Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal. They have no children.Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, with whom he had four

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Harris: Malaysia doomed to fail if steps not taken Kota Kinabalu: Malaysia risked being trapped among a group of failed nations if the Government insists on continuing to dwell on the country's past greatness instead of making changes to expand its Presenting a talk titled "Contribution of BIMP-EAGA Manpower Malaysia's Economic Development: Historical Perspective and Building the

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Train rides, as do journeys by ships evoke notions of romance and intrigues; something that does not happen with airplanes. The first (and last ) time I rode the Sabah train was more than 10 years ago. For those who have foregone that pleasure, I can assure them that it is as comfortable as sitting on the wooden bench in a pick-up truck.I found no romance then. Probably it is just a conspiracy

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Source: Digg

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Here is a multiple-choice question from a recent edition of a Saudi fourth-grade textbook, "Monotheism and Jurisprudence," in a section that attempts to teach children to distinguish between "true" and "false" belief in God: Q. "Is belief true in the following instances: (a) A man prays but hates those who are virtuous. (b) A man professes that there is no deity other than God but loves the

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Compiled by The Guardian, UK.1. The Huffington Post. Political blog, liberal-leaning, owned by millionaire socialite Arianna Huffington, staffed by professional columnists and celebrity bloggers. huffingtonpost.com2. Boing Boing. Boing Boing chronicles cases where despotic regimes have silenced or imprisoned bloggers. Their dominance of the terrain where technology meets politics makes the

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A Sure Way to Botch the Delivery System.I totally oppose this new scheme. It's crazy.We've heard of teachers playing truants because they want to concentrate on increasing their side income. Both their subsatantive job and their business need their full attention.Now this. Its a sure way to the dog house for our country. How are the civil servants to be effective in their job if they have to

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How I wish that kicking out 150,000 illegals will do the trick. But you and I know that it’s not that simple. For a start, we know with absolute certainty that most of them will find their way back almost immediately. We don’t need any sophisticated amount of logic to reason out that their payoff for living here (illegally even) far outweigh the pains of coming here in the first place.What’s a

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i hate to blog on malaysian politics. Maybe i should say i hate malaysian politics. And then maybe its the politicians; all of them. I hate anwar ibrahim most of all. He is mostly just hot air. If he was really good, as a politician, or a person, he would have been pm a long time ago. What baffles me most is how people, and there seem to be a lot of them about, who look up to him with religious

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The huge losses suffered by the ruling coalition in the recently ended Malaysian general Elections is a lesson soon forgotten. Already those in power are digging in to protect the small turf that's left. Revelations can be blinding and that is why people tend to instinctively cover their faces or bury them in the sand.The people of Malaysia are generally decent people and they deserve better than

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Ron Paul proposes to do away with the federal reserve system if he became president. You have to be an idiot or a genius to even consider such a thing. But Dr Ron Paul is a genius and that is his failing and why he wont be president. Ron Paul comes across as a straigth talking dude, much like a college professor and nothing like a cool politician. How he came to be a congressman, is something

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PPP's special one*It is about dynasty, and it's the wrong game plan. 19 years old, and chairman of the PPP; no experience, no charisma and decades before he would be in effective leadership of his party.To be the president of Pakistan is something to die for. That, is absurdly true. It is a disservice to the people of the country that their future must be put to ransom by the Bhutto family. As it

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“Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.” Einstein

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Mr Chua Choi Lek should have resigned the moment he knew the cat was out of the bag. Better still, he should have resigned the moment he has cheated on his wife.It is a question of character. Whether it is done openly or behind closed doors, a wrong is still a wrong. Confessing to his errant ways does not absolve him. In this case he thought a confession would clear him of his moral crime. We

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Discovering Murakami is one of the good things that happened to me this Christmas. The last time I was totally hooked by a book was when I bought The Name of the Rose. That was a good 20 years ago, while on a trip to Sweden.While Eco's book is absorbing by its sheer richness of prose, reading Murakami is like getting in and out of a dream while fully awake. The emotions just well up and you don't

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The most stunning statistic.(By Gary Null, PhD; Carolyn Dean MD, ND; Martin Feldman, MD;Debora Rasio, MD; and Dorothy Smith, PhD)The American medical system is the leading cause of death and injury in the US. The total number of deaths caused by conventional medicine is an astounding 783,936 per year. By contrast, the number of deaths attributable to heart disease in 2001 was 699,697, while the

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December 10th, 2007By Media Workers Against the WarFrom: Media Workers Against the WarJust as the immediate threat of war on Iran appears to be receding, the full horror of the “war on terror” is being unleashed on the town of Musa Qala in Afghanistan – and is in danger of being grossly mis-reported by the British media.This is, according to British officers quoted in the Sunday Times, one of the

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By S. Post & J. Neimark in Happiness on October 11th, 2007 I have one simple message to offer and it’s this: giving is the most potent force on the planet. Giving is the one kind of love you can count on, because you can always choose it: it’s always within your power to give. Giving will protect you your whole life long.These scientists are discovering the deep, remarkable impact of benevolent

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“ There is a tide in the affairs of menWhich, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;Omitted, all the voyage of their lifeIs bound in shallows and in miseries.On such a full sea are we now afloat,And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures. ”William Shakespeare. (Julius Caesar, IV.ii.269-276)

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Enthusiasm and talent are qualities a person must have to be successful. I don't know him and I haven't met him. so let us just say I am joking when I say McLaren has zero talent and the most enthusiastic England coach ever. Some might not see it as a joke.A lot of people point to the dearth of English players playing in the EPL as being the cause of England's sorry standing. Each team in the

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The new Dubai skyline"Somewhere between 15 to 25 percent of the 125,000 construction cranes currently operating in the world today are located in Dubai," writes Morgan Stanley chief economist Stephen Roach. (Thanks to Brad Setser for the tip.) The cranes of Dubai are emblematic of a much deeper point: We need to update our thinking about the Gulf economy --

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Dubai Strategic Plan 2015www.gulfnews.com/ Dec 4, 2007Had it come from any other source, the Dubai Strategic Plan 2015 would have sounded like an impossible dream. But when it is said by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, there is an air of expectation that these dreams will be fulfilled. For it is well to remember,

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China and India are like 2 big balloons on either side of Malaysia. If we really want to, we can be the kite master, that is, before Singapore beat us to it.With a combined population of more than 2 billion (China est. 1,321,851,888 (July 2007 est. http://wikitravel.org/en/China, and India 1,129,866,154 (July 2007 est.) https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/in.html )

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At the CrossroadsThe name itself suggests a division. We are divided as to whether we should be called Dusun or Kadazan. So, what's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.The time for instrospection is now over. We must now put all our positive thoughts into action, and hopefully they would come out all roses.Here are some positive thoughts that we can all put into action;1. We

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Kota Kinabalu: Strong waves and winds brought on by tropical storm Hagibis pummelled villages along coastal areas near the State capital late Monday, damaging 76 stilt houses and completely flattening another 16 in Tanjung Aru, Petagas, Meruntum and Pulau Gaya.Over 200 people were affected in Tg Aru alone and thousands overall.Source Daily Express Sabah http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/

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There are small sections in Malaysian society who are not getting their fair share of the cake. They are Malays, Chinese, Indians and many others. Life is unfair for half of the world's population.The action by a group of Indians to bring their grievances to the street is both brave and wrong. Taking it to the streets is a step too far for the violence generated has turned the case on its head,

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"You think you are being terrorized by other people, but in truth you are being terrorized by your own beliefs."from Tomorrow's God by Neale Donald Walsch, quoted by Scott W Houston at http://sippiambrose.blogspot.com/

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I saw two terrorists shooting at each other. One was American and the other was an Iraqi.I went up to the Iraqi and asked him why he was shooting the American, he said, "to make the world a better place".I went to the American and asked him the same question. The Americans of course had been in this business for a long time and the answer was expected. He said, " to make the world a better

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Australia's heart is in Europe, its head in America. It claims it has Asian soul, but that's just the bully talking.I don't think Australia necessarily has a better premier. The people just got tired of the old one. I mean, what's the difference really? The new one will still be the staunchest American ally even if he does bring home the boys from Iraq. The new will still wear the sheriff's badge

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I was never the sharpest slingshot when I was a kid. It was one of the most enjoyable thing to do in the make beleive universe of children. You had power in your hands and you dare use it.To make a sling you either carve it out of a block of wood, or you can cut a length of stem of the coffee tree, which have branches growing out on opposite sides. You bend the branches until you get a perfect "u

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A 30 year research has yielded a new complementary medicine called Ecological Healing System. A revolutionary finding reveals that someone who under -urinate after drinking plenty of water would get diabetes whereas someone who under-urinates without drinking enough water would get heart problems.Think about it. Or you can call Dr Palani on his findings. His phone is 012 2071414, or email him at

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Dato Johan Jaafar comes across as a very intelligent, articulate and resourceful moderator. His quality does not mitigate the very real notion that Malaysian TV is bad, and dangerous as an intellectual diet for growing up children and adults alike.Most of the programs seem to be designed for juvenile viewers judging from the simplistic and unidimensional approach in their formats and the utter

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The offer by Datuk James Hwong to plant more suitable trees in the main towns of Sabah is laudable and deserve our sincere appreciation. I hope it will not be too long when we can enjoy the promised shades of these trees.While we are at it, wouldn’t it be nice if other kind souls offer their expertise, hopefully free of charge too, on the following problems facing our towns.1. Chronic traffic

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Celebrate World Toilet Day like a kingSubmitted by Layer 8 on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 11:53am.According to the World Toilet Organization, the underlying purpose of the day is to have people in all countries to take action, increase awareness of toilet user's right to a better toilet environment, and to demand for it from toilet owners. It also wants people to be aware that over 2.6 billion people

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It would seem that the continual warring among the nations of this world is the ultimate testament to man's inherent barbaric nature. Or is war just nature's mechanism to play out Darwin's idea of survival of the fittest?Wars are zero-sum, winner takes all, games. It seems nowadays we know who the winners are, all the time - the anglo-saxon race, or axis, or allies; call them what you will, it

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The theory of evolution has passed on to be a religion. So is global warming; say anything against it and you are labelled a heretic. You will be ordained of saintly status if you work hard enough to promote it.Say hail to Al Gore, the patron saint of global warming. He looks very much like Willy, you know, the famous dolphin; maybe that's why he won the nobel. He's got everything going for him,

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The other view on global warmingby Professor David Bellamy. Find the full text hereWhatever the experts say about the howling gales, thunder and lightning we've had over the past two days, of one thing we can be certain. Someone, somewhere - and there is every chance it will be a politician or an environmentalist - will blame the weather on global warming. But they will be 100 per cent wrong.

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the sorry story of miningThe meeting mediated by the State Minister of Tourism and Environment between SEPA and the former management of Mamut Copper Mine in Ranau recently, fell short by a million years. There should be an immediate moratorium on all mining activities until all problems relating to environmental damage are addressed properly. As long as there are alternatives to developing Ranau

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I don't understand it when a match between Sampras and Federer is made out to be more than it really is. It is just an exhibition match, or mismatch, to be exact. Just because it happens in Kuala Lumpur does not automatically make it spectacular. For sure it will pass for more than mundane, but it is a non event. I ask myself if I am missing the point.The demonstration orchestrated by the street

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We should all be reading this book.Title: The 4 Things That Matter Most Sub-title : A book About LivingAuthor: Ira Byock MD. Publisher: The Free PressFind details hereBlurbs for the bookFour simple phrases -- "Please forgive me," "I forgive you," "Thank you," and "I love you" -- carry enormous power. In many ways, they contain the most powerful words in our language. These four phrases

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sedutan dari novel yang tak kunjung siapApakah ada dengan cinta. Bila direnung ia cuma satu episod pendek tetapi mencuri segala detik usiaku. Bila berakhir seolah-olah masa sudah tiada. Emili gadis yang ku cinta, sekarang sudah pergi dari sisiku.Kehilangannya mengakhiri satu episod yang sangat manis di dalam hidupku. Apa jika sudah kita curahkan segala jiwa raga untuk satu episod lalu episod itu

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The retina has to be cut out leaving a hinge. It is then flapped out while the cornea is cut into the desired shape. After that you can throw your glasses away.An older method of cure was to cut up the retina, much like the way we cut up our favourite pan pizza. I have heard of one who has suffered the ultimate consequence.The only consolation maybe is that the afflicted can now definitely

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Malaysian motorists hate being overtaken. "Hate" is a bit mild to describe it. This behaviour shows an innate sense of inferiority and an overt desire to excel in things mundane.You can tell this type by the way they use the toilet. I am guessing, but it could be true. People with no toilet sense and no road sense belong together

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The UMNO general assembly is the biggest political gathering in Malaysia. For sure there will be much huffing and puffing from participants and spectators alike. Spectators meaning us.Social change evolves. Whatever one may want to derive from this meeting, or whatever consequences we anticipate may only be seen when history has cleared our mindscreen from the steam of huff and puff.As for me, I

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Stephen Hawking is the world's best known cosmologist. I am pretty certain that he wont be making a space journey soon.Even without being up there in space he has explained as much as possibly can be said at the moment about the cosmos. For one, he can explain how black holes eventually disappear. Find him here So if you ask me who my space hero is, I would say Hawking. Much must happen on earth,

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Especially on long journeys.1. I like listening to the radio at full blast. Well, sometimes.2. Some people like to belch like every 22 seconds or so after a meal.3. I can drive at the speed I like. I could take a nap.4. I can choose the eating place.5. The quality of the conversation might be wanting.6. I can take and make calls when I like. As for the call of nature, I don't have to discharge at

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