Sunday, December 26, 2010

How to Make Awesome Kerabu

A step-by-step pictorial guide.


Start with the freshest ingredients straight off the tree. You can't get any fresher than this! These are white belimbing buluh also commonly known as bilimbi, cucumber tree, or tree sorrel in English.


Start with the freshest ingredients straight off the tree. You can't get any fresher than this! These are green belimbing buluh also commonly known as bilimbi, cucumber tree, or tree sorrel in English. They are a different cultivar from the white variety and do not change colour when ripe.


Green belimbing buluh (top) and white belimbing buluh (bottom). These white and green belimbing buluh also commonly known as bilimbi, cucumber tree, or tree sorrel in English.


Sliced green belimbing buluh (right) and sliced white belimbing buluh (left). These white and green belimbing buluh also commonly known as bilimbi, cucumber tree, or tree sorrel in English.


Sliced white and green belimbing buluh. These white and green belimbing buluh also commonly known as bilimbi, cucumber tree, or tree sorrel in English.


Start with the freshest ingredients straight off the tree. You can't get any fresher than this! These are bunga kantan aka Torch Ginger in English, Latin botanical name Etlingera elatior.


Sliced bunga kantan aka Torch Ginger in English, Latin botanical name Etlingera elatior.


Sliced bunga kantan aka Torch Ginger in English, Latin botanical name Etlingera elatior.


Sliced bunga kantan with the sliced white and green belimbing buluh. Bunga kantan is aka Torch Ginger in English.


Lime leaf shoots. Scientific name Citrus microcarpa, in Malay limau kasturi or kesturi.


Sliced lime leaf shoots with sliced bunga kantan, sliced white and sliced green belimbing buluh.


Cili padi. Turned out these four didn't look quite enough so I added another three.


Sliced green cili padi.

CAUTION:
The bird's eye chili is small but packs quite a lot of heat. At one time it was even listed as the hottest chili in the Guinness Book of World Records but other hotter varieties of chili have since been identified. It measures around 50,000-100,000 Scoville units which is at the lower end of the range for the hotter Habanero chili.


Sliced clili padi with sliced lime leaf shoots, sliced bunga kantan, sliced white and sliced green belimbing buluh.


Looks like two stalks of lemongrass are going to be sufficient.


Sliced lemongrass with sliced green cili padi, sliced lime leaf shoots, sliced bunga kantan, and sliced white and green belimbing buluh.


Shallots.


Sliced shallots with sliced lemongrass, sliced green cili padi, sliced lime leaf shoots, sliced bunga kantan, and sliced white and green belimbing buluh.


Finely chopped sweet basil aka Ocimum basilicum and daun selasih in Malay.


Finely chopped sweet basil with sliced shallots, sliced lemongrass, sliced green cili padi, sliced lime leaf shoots, sliced bunga kantan, and sliced white and green belimbing buluh.


Cherry grape tomatoes.


Over-ripe lemons have the most juice.


Udang kertas kering. Other ingredients you gonna need are Thai fish sauce, anchovy sauce/essence (budu), a tablespoon of sugar and a good mixing of all the ingredients in a sufficiently large mixing bowl.


This is the finished product ~ I've added sliced button mushrooms (raw), kerepek ketam as well as the Thai fish sauce, lemon juice and budu.

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Friday, December 24, 2010

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Thursday, December 23, 2010

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SG KAYU ARA: Fully-Furnished Larger Bedroom for Rent

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Fully-Furnished Larger Bedroom for Rent

Location:

Rumah Pangsa Kayu Ara
29 Jalan Teratai PJU 6A
Kampung Sungai Kayu Ara
Damansara Utama
47400 PETALING JAYA
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Suitable for Single Professional Male working in Bandar Utama (IBM, KPMG, TV3, Media Prima, etc.)

Description:

This is a fully-furnished larger bedroom in a furnished medium-cost flat. All furniture and fittings from IKEA. What you see is what you get in a furnished medium-cost flat for rent to non-smoker males only.
Lift.
Free Car Park.
Restaurants, mini-markets and shops downstairs.
7-Eleven, Carrefour Express, Budget Hotel, Internet Cafe within walking distance.
Easy access to NKVE, LDP, Penchala Link
Rent includes water, electricity and high-speed (20Mb/s) Wi-Fi

Rent: RM400/month for single occupancy, RM450/month for double occupancy (i.e. two people share one room).

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Newly repainted and refurbished. Fully furnished with furniture from IKEA. Includes sofa, coffee table, cabinets, bookshelves, kitchen shelves, dining table, dining chairs all from IKEA. Also double bed (already assembled) and mattress (coming soon).

TERMS & CONDITIONS:
Security Deposit: 3 month's rent
Utility Deposit: n/a
Tenancy Agreement and Stamp Duty: RM150 approx.

This is my property. I am not forcing you to rent it. But if you want to rent it, you have to agree to my terms and conditions. Forget about "normal" as "normal" does not apply to this property. This is an exceptional property, so the terms and conditions are hence not "normal." If you can't afford it, please don't waste my time. You also must be able to make a fast decision once you have viewed the property. None of that you want to sleep over it, your papa needs to sleep over it, you mama needs to sleep over it, your whole bloody clan needs to sleep over it nonsense.

SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY WELCOME
If you are interested, please send an email to

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requesting for a Rental Application Form.

Incomplete forms will not be considered. Once I have has determined that you are eligible to become my tenant, I shall invite you to view the room. If you like the room, you have to pay the Booking Fee of One Month's Rent immediately. You have to pay the Security Deposit of Three Month's Rent and Utility Deposit of One Month's Rent before you can have the keys and move in.

NON-SMOKERS ONLY NEED APPLY.

STRICTLY NO TIME-WASTERS OR PEOPLE DOING SURVEY-SURVEY (YOU CAN FIND SOMEBODY ELSE WHO HAS NOTHING BETTER TO DO TO LAYAN YOU).


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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

MCLM Kuala Lumpur Public Forum December 21 2010




Sreekant Pillai, the Second Candidate from Barisan Rakyat introducing himself to the audience of 150 pax at the MCLM Public Forum in Kuala Lumpur on December 21, 2010.


Sreekant Pillai
The Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement (MCLM) Tuesday named human rights lawyer Sreekant Pillai (above) as the second candidate from its movement to contest in the next general election.

The son of the late veteran journalist of M.G.G. Pillai said he was chosen to be independent because "the current Government has nothing more it can offer to the people and the existing parties are not doing what the rakyat wants."

"My father taught me that there is nothing wrong in being idealistic, to always stand for what you believe in and always search for the truth. That is exactly what I am doing now," Sreekant, 37, who is representing the Selangor government in the Teoh Beng Hock inquest, said in a statement.
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Soladariti Mahasiswa Malaysia chairman Shazni Munir Mohd Ithnin introducing their agenda to the audience of 150 pax at the MCLM Public Forum in Kuala Lumpur on December 21, 2010.


An umbrella body of student groups has pledged to be deployed as candidates to Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement (MCLM) in the next general election. Soladariti Mahasiswa Malaysia chairman Shazni Munir Mohd Ithnin said the student movement was willing to work together with MCLM as both shared similar principles and objectives.
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Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement (MCLM) President Haris Ibrahim welcoming the audience of 150 pax to the MCLM Public Forum in Kuala Lumpur on December 21, 2010.



About 150 pax turned up on December 21, 2010 for the Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement (MCLM) Public Forum in Kuala Lumpur.


PRESS ARTICLES
‘Third Force’ says no to three-ways
Hung Parliament not all bad, says ‘Third Force’ rep
MCLM names MGG’s son Sreekant for polls

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POLITICAL ECONOMY: How I'd Run the Nation

Amirah Ameer Ali asks:

1) How can we stop having race-based political parties?

2) How can we improve our education system?

3) And economy?

4) How can Malaysians be united?

What's your opinion?


ANSWERS
1) Provide alternatives such as The National Justice Party (aka PKR) and a Green Party and others that will appeal to Malaysians of all ethnic ancestries. See:
Green Alliance of Malaysia

2) Abolish SJK (C) and SJK (T) schools. Teach students how to learn and how to think, less on the "data" of learning, more on the technique. Provide more on learning theory, the joy of discovery, the thrill of finding out for yourself. Tony Buzan's Mind Maps, de Bono's Six Thinking Hats. Benchmark against the best. What can we learn from the Finnish, Canadian and New Zealand Education Systems?
PISA (Student Assessment)
Education in Finland
Finnish education system rocks - Why?
Education in Canada
Education in New Zealand

3) Spend less on the military. Abolish the Navy and Air Force. Have a Coast Guard instead. Piracy and smuggling are big issues facing national security. When was the last time the TUDM plane was used in combat against a foreign aggressor? A TLDM ship? When was the last time Malaysia fought a war? Why are we wasting so much money on nonsense? Why are we not spending money on real issues facing our country? Why buy submarines that can't dive?

As for R&D spending: Increase R&D spending to 4%. Spend money on nuclear energy like fusion and fission. I tend to think of fission as a stop-gap measure until we get fusion going.

Spend more on infrastructure. Fast free broadband, fast ERL-type trains, or double-storey TGV-like trains. LRT for Putrajaya. Extend the ERL from KLIA MTB (Main Terminal Building) to LCCT, Enstek, Seremban and then onto Singapore (the detailed engineering drawings have already been completed and submitted to govt for approval, govt is still pussy-footing around, possibly trying to decide which crony to award the contracts to).

4) Unity is built on understanding and trust, not intolerance, indifference, fear and ignorance. Understanding comes with knowledge and learning, not ignorance. When was the last time Malaysians were taught the customs and culture of the Chinese and Indians? Why are Malaysians not taught how to fold a banana leaf after eating at an Indian banana leaf restaurant? How come so many of us don't even know it makes a difference? Why is it so difficult for a Malay to learn Chinese or Tamil in school? Or a Chinese Arabic? Or an Indian Mandarin? or any Malaysian Spanish or French or German?

I hope the above suffices to initiate a point of departure for discussion.

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POLITICAL ECONOMY: Get Rid of Oil Subsidies

Because domestic oil prices are kept artificially low by government subsidies, rising oil prices mean the Malaysian Government has to pay out more in the form of these subsidies.

If we get rid of subsidies, as we well ought to (but gradually, so as not to send shock waves throughout the economy), well, we can use that money to build more:

• schools, colleges and universities (free education to PhD level for all who qualify, regardless of ethnicity or religion or anak siapa/Dato' mana). A poor education system, of which the BN government has no intention of repairing, has made, and will continue to make Malaysia uncompetitive. Malaysia has lost the golden years when both India and China were closed economies, and were therefore not competitors, by not optimising its human resource, who were either underutilised or whose skills were taken up by competitive economies, like Singapore, Canada and Australia, because of its backward-looking, ethnocentric 'bumiputra policy';

• clinics, hospitals (do you know Malaysia has not a single dental hospital?);

• really decent internet infrastructure. Aren't you fed-up with TM's "best effort" nonsense? How about UniFi at ten times the speed and one tenth the cost?;

• really decent public transport systems (more integrated stations with buildings like Kerinchi and UOA Bangsar), more stations in Klang Valley, link Klang with Seremban via Teluk Panglima Garang, KLIA and Enstek via ERL; build 400 km/h MagLev system from Seremban to Woodlands in Singapore; revive Putrajaya LRT system, something PutraJaya Holdings CEO Azlan Abdul Karim has been clamouring for for years (but nobody was listening); a decent railway system for Kota Kinabalu and Sabah;

• make it a statutory requirement that all Government buildings be GBI-certified. There is no reason why we should not deserve or enjoy a better Quality of Living.

OR, we can

• keep an already bloated civil service that is inefficient, corrupt and wasteful afloat. We have not even begun to calculate the liabilities due to these morons for their pensions when they do retire. There appears to be no way to pay those bills. We have past peak oil, and will run out of oil by or before 2018. Oil money used to pay for all the wastage for the past 30 years. Mahathir was no genius. Any idiot can spend oil money, just ask any Arab in Saudi or the UAE...

• and keep spending on dubious projects (submarines that can't dive comes to mind) to feed fat cat political proxies and cronies. A substantial portion of the nation's wealth has been stolen by BN politicians, and currently resides overseas in Private Bank accounts. Corruption is rife, and now the cost of corruption is finally starting to show. Now the poor pay directly for BN's blatant looting.

It all depends on who you vote for at the next General Election, you see.

"The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of bad people, but because of the silence of good people" - Napoleon Bonaparte

In the long term, the Ringgit will be substantially weaker than what it is today, and there will be no Federal Reserve, or EU to bail them out when Malaysian Government debt will be treated as trash, in as much as Greek Sovereign debt is treated today.

Azlan Adnan
Founder
Green Alliance of Malaysia
with inspirational input from Arul Inthirarajah and many thanks to Amirah Ameer Ali for the quotation by Napoleon.

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HEALTHCARE: Dentistry in Malaysia

Malaysians continue to give less importance to oral health than general health. About 90 per cent of Malaysian adults have dental caries, while 75 per cent of children below 16 years of age and 50 per cent of those below 12 years also have dental caries.

This can be attributed to a lackadaisical attitude among Malaysians as far as oral health is concerned. All parties must take an active interest in dental care and not just leave it to the experts, such as dental surgeons. The burden of oral infection and conditions should not be placed entirely on our dental surgeons and the Government. It takes collaborative effort to continue to improving the oral health of Malaysians.

The 2010 National Oral Health Plan (NOHP) was developed in 2000 with the objective of achieving optimum oral health among Malaysians by 2010. The focus was on oral conditions of public health significance. The four oral conditions identified were dental caries, periodontal conditions, oral malignancies and dental injuries.

In developing the Oral Health Goals for 2010, targets set are not merely directed towards disease but also focus on health. To ensure targets set are realistic, reference was made to data from national epidemiological surveys, small-scale local studies as well as the Dental Subsystem under the Health Management Information System (HMIS) of the Ministry of Health. Ten years was considered a suitable time frame for the implementation of the strategies towards achievement of the goals.

In defending the progress made my his Ministry in the past 10 years, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the oral health of Malaysians has improved over the years.

"Today, more than 40 per cent of our 16-year-old schoolchildren [*This figure is contradictory to the figure in the second statement of this article - should be 24%, not 40%*] have never experienced dental caries in their permanent dentition as compared to the early 1970's when only about 15 per cent were free of the problem," he said.

He hoped that dental professionals and the dental industry could work hand-in-hand with the government to empower young Malaysians to be more responsible for their own health. The local dental fraternity must start thinking about the future direction of the dental system and education, Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said. He said this was to meet the government's target of one dentist for every 4,000 people in another seven years, compared to the ratio of 1:7,936 currently.

"There are 3,567 registered dental practitioners in the country. We must bear in mind that a large portion of our adult population has yet to be adequately covered by the public sector and much ground still needs to be covered in elevating the oral health status of the population."

Liow said the introduction of the three-year compulsory government service for dentists in 2005 has increased the percentage of dentists working in the public sector from less than 45 per cent to 51.5 per cent.

"With the 12th dental school that is yet to be approved by the ministry, the number of graduates will also be increased from around 200 last year to 665 per annum by 2017. In tandem with that, we are and will be struggling to meet our needs for well-qualified and experienced dental teachers and specialists, not only to teach, but also to do research and provide better quality service," he added.

Malaysia's performance in health has been exemplary and can be used as a benchmark by other developing countries, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said.

He said the salient features of Malaysia's achievements in health were universal access to a comprehensive public health sector, safety net for catastrophic expenditure for chronic illnesses, minimal or no co-payments for services in the public system and health services focused on health promotion and disease prevention with responsive private sector health system.

"Consequently, there have been significant improvements in the health status of our population with reduction in morbidity and mortality and an increased life expectancy," he said. However, he said, the system of financing the present healthcare system could not be sustained because of the many challenges.

The main challenges were a growing public-private dichotomy, relative operational inefficiency between the two sectors, variations in practice and standard of care, rising healthcare cost and changing patterns of health expenditure. The Health Ministry is now working towards reform in the healthcare system where the role of the private sector would be significantly enhanced, he said.

Four levels of policy changes were required to transform the healthcare system, some of which were radical with huge implications, he said, adding that the details are still being worked out and implementation would be done in phases.

"The public will be informed accordingly, but what I would like to stress right now is for all Malaysians to be aware that change is imminent and our workforce must develop appropriate skills to embrace, facilitate and implement that change," he added.

Muhyiddin also urged those in the dental profession to familiarise themselves with the Government Transformation Plan (GTP) roadmap and work in tandem with the government to ensure the success of the proposed healthcare reform.

In the context of the dental profession and practice, there is a need for participation by the dental industry to innovate, develop and manufacture dental services and materials of exceptional quality to compete with the international market.

In this context, I am pleased to be associated with Stellar Dent, the first Malaysian manufacturer of dental chairs, portable dental chairs and portable dental units. Similarly, with Novella Dental Tech which is the first Malaysian manufacturer of dental implants ~ the Novella Ultima single-piece dental implant which is suitable for the flapless, immediate-loading technique. We are making headway to export both these products.

In the pipeline are plans to produce dental materials in Malaysia for the Malaysian and export markets. Details of this and other innovative projects will be announced later.

Since 2005, our MalaysiaDentist.com dental tourism portal has been a one-stop centre to access all the relevant information on dental care in Malaysia. It is a gateway to world-class dental treatment in Malaysia, enabling visitors to plan, arrange and manage their complete treatment and holiday in Malaysia from the comfort of their own homes. Together with our Official Travel Agent, Orient Escape Travel Sdn Bhd, we will take care of all your dental surgery, oral surgery, specialist dental care, visa and travel needs.

"In the health sector, we expect greater revenue to be generated by more aggressive participation in the healthcare travel industry, manufacturing of medical devices and pharmaceuticals," Muhyiddin said.

Looks like our business plans are in line with the government's vision and policies.

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POLITICAL ECONOMY: Why I am Against Subsidies

I am against subsidies because people should learn that they need to pay for the actual cost of things and get away from the handout, subsidy mentality that is currently so pervasive in Malaysian society.

Once people accept this, we will have less consumerism and materialism in our society because people will learn to live to fulfill their needs, and not their wants. They will learn to live within their means.

Petrol Subsidies
When we have subsidies, money is taken from all tax-payers to subsidize those who consume the goods that are subsidized. It is grossly unfair that tax-payers who use public transport to be subsidizing all those fat cats, Datuks, Tan Sris, and aristocrats in their Mercedes, BMWs, Brabus, Porsches, Roll-Royces, Bentleys and what not. Those who drive luxury cars should be able to afford to maintain them and that includes buying petrol at market prices.

Kalau tak mampu, jangan nak berlagak macam boleh mampu.


Sugar Subsidies
As a nation, we already consume too much sugar. The incidence of dental caries, obesity, diabetes, renal failure is on the rise and constitute a demographic and social time bomb for our country. There is absolutely no nutritional reason why we should drink canned fizzy drinks when all that our bodies need is potable water. One reason why we consume too much sugar is condensed milk. With its high sugar content, condensed milk lasts longer than fresh milk and that is why its use is so prevalent in mamak stalls, in teh tarik, and etc. Reducing subsidies on sugar and implementing a "sin tax" on condensed milk is an idea we should consider to address this issue.

Flour & Rice Subsidies
Together with sugar, salt, milk and salt, flour and rice constitute the Six Deadly White Sins of nutrition. If you need to subsidize, subsidize unpolished brown rice and wholemeal flour (such as attar flour for making chapati). These have the virtue of being nutritious. In Korea, only unpolished rice is sold and as a country, they have the lowest incidence of bowel cancer in the world. This will change the eating habits of Malaysians for the better. People may grumble in the beginning but when they reach 80 and have not been diagnosed with bowel cancer while their white-rice- and white-flour-eating friends have long been buried, they will thank you in their heart.

While milk is recommended for growing children below 18, once people have reached their full height, there is no nutritional reason why we should be drinking milk. Cow's milk is designed by nature to be drunk by calves, not baby or adult humans. There are other sources of calcium for adult females to partake to avoid osteoporosis. Eating prawns together with their shells, as I do, is one of them. The evils of a high sodium diet are well known and need not be elaborated on here.

Conclusion

Tell me why the rest of the tax-payers need to subsidize the top 10% richest people in our country?

"Quando dou comida aos pobres chamam-me de santo. Quando pergunto por que eles são pobres chamam-me de comunista."


What Can Subsidy Money Be Used for Instead?

Wages can only be increased in tandem with an increase in the education level of our workforce.

If you look at low-production-cost countries, they are where they are because they have a large population, with low education levels. These countries produce commodity items with low value-add. They survive on razor-thin margins based on high volumes of production.

On the other end of the spectrum, we have the high-production-cost countries which produce high value-add products. They can produce high value-add products because their workforce are at a higher level of education and can produce Intellectual Property. I'm not just talking about knowledge workers in the IT industry, but about their workforce as a whole. For this, they are paid higher wages. The products they produce costs more as a consequence of this and other higher-cost factors of production.

The way forward for Malaysia, to get out of the poverty trap, is to have a higher educated population. The government should spend more on education and less on military spending. Get rid of the Navy and Marine Police and replace it with a Coast Guard that combines search and rescue missions with border controls (keeping out illegal immigrants and smugglers). Give them fast patrol boats and helicopters and reconnaissance aircraft ~ not submarines that can't dive and ocean-going ships.

There is no bogeyman ~ the war is on poverty and corruption, the enemy within.

I advocate free education for all Malaysians (note I did not include Indon, Rohinga and Filipino illegal immigrants), irrespective of ethnic background, to the level of their ability. If they are good enough to get a place, they are good enough to be given free tuition fees, even up to PhD level.

The questions we face now are:
• What do we do with these illegal immigrants? Do we kick them out? Will their country of origin accept them?
• What do we do with their Malaysian-born children?

It is too easy to say let's kick them out, they are leeches on the rest of us, the "real" Malaysians.

The long-term solution, albeit unpopular and expensive, is to assimilate them and invest in their education, health and welfare as we do for all Malaysians. Human resource is something every government has a moral and civic duty to invest in. When we invest in the education of immigrants, we invest in our future as they are our human resource. When we invest in the healthcare of immigrants, we also invest in our healthcare, because we prevent our whole population from getting communicable diseases.

When we deny immigrants medical treatment for conjunctivitis, tuberculosis, dengue, malaria, influenza, STD, and etc, we are spreading these diseases to the rest of the population.

After all, national borders are an abstract construct and political nicety. It is only an imaginary line drawn on the sands of time.

So, some of the real questions facing us are:
• By what criteria do we decide which illegals to kick out and which to assimilate?
• How are going to pay for the education, health and welfare of those we decide to assimilate?
• How do we do this without opening the floodgates to more illegal immigrants?
• What about legal immigrants? Are we going to discriminate against them because they are of the wrong religion? Are we going to discriminate against foreign wives because they are Shia?

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POLITICAL ECONOMY: The Road Ahead for Sabah

Illegal Immigrant Issue

I have done a little research to find out where are the possible areas in the Philippines and Indonesia that these illegal immigrants are coming from. Of course, southern Mindanao and the islands of Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Mapun and the seven Turtle Islands (of Boan, Lihiman, Langaan, Great Bakkungan, Taganak, Baguan and one nameless island) as well as Palawan and Balabac first come to mind.

As for Indonesia, besides Kalimantan, I suspect Natuna and Anambas and islands of the Riau archipelago.

I have posted links to write-ups of these places on my FB wall. Would appreciate some feedback in terms of evidence so that we get our facts right to use as ammunition for the next General Elections. Many thanks!

Together, we achieve more with less.

Democracy is government by the people, for the people.

Oligarchy is government by the few, for them and their cronies only.

If we choose democracy, then we must get it clear in our heads that people come in all shapes and sizes and also with every opinion under the sun. To have a one-size-fits-all policy that pleases everyone is impossible. To have a popular policy that pleases most of the people is also not the best solution. This is because, by their nature, popular policies are short-term and well, frankly, simply vote-buying tactics.


Sustainable Development

What voters and politicians both need to understand is that we need sustainable policies for the long-term, not just with five-year horizons. Just as we do not inherit this Earth from our ancestors but borrow it from our grandchildren, we have to make difficult, even painful, choices for the sake of our sons, daughters and their grandchildren.

Saying "No!" to a coal-fired power plant is one such choice. The price to pay is perhaps power blackouts in the short-term, like what SESB and TNB are saying. It may mean less industrial development and less blue-collar jobs.


The Road Ahead and Way Forward

What we need to do is have a different economic model, one not based on industry but on agriculture and eco-tourism, just like New Zealand. With a population similar to Sabah, long distance from global markets, New Zealand made the choice to not industrialize but to turn its pristine natural beauty into its economic assets. No tourist coming back from New Zealand is not impressed. Everyone has enjoyed a good beef steak or lamb chop from NZ farms (the non-vegetarians among us, that is).

By contrast, why is the local beef or kerbau farming industry so far behind by comparison to New Zealand? I personally find kerbau meat tastier and more tender than beef. Why are we not exploiting kerbau farming as a business activity?

We must focus on making these difficult choices in planning the road ahead. Oil and gas will not last forever. Protesting about petrol subsidy removal is really, when you look at the big picture, just a small side issue.


Questions to Which We Must Find Solutions

What we really need to focus on are issues like:

• How best to develop eco-tourism in Sabah?
• How best to maintain security in Sabah so that we don't get Abu Sayyaf terrorists kidnapping people from island resorts like Sipadan, Mabul and the Turtle Islands Marine Park?
• How best to ensure food security in Sabah?
• Sugar prices are high. Can we grow sugarcane in Sabah? Why not?
• Why is there no agricultural college in Sabah?
• Why are we not commercializing our unique agricultural products like beras wangi, beras hitam, beras merah, toohau, latuk, pisang tembaga, durian merah, Babagon pineapples?
• Why is there no scientific research or agricultural promotion to protect these biodiversity and grow them on a wider scale?
• Are we conducting sustainable fishery or just marine harvesting?
• What are we doing about dynamite fishing?
• Why are we allowing state agencies like SESB destroy our marine parks?
• What sustainable power-generating technologies can we implement now? Mini-hydro? in the medium term? in the long term?

I am sure you would be pleased to add your own to this growing list of questions...

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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Stupid Hospital KL Staff biking along Corridor, WTF 9694



Stupid Hospital Kuala Lumpur staff riding his motorcycle (WTF 9694) along the corridor.


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Monday, December 20, 2010

Smoke Test Magic


Smoke test showing how fast Soma Medical's Cleanature SM767A gets rid of smoke and dust in the air.


www.somamedical.net

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Motor Vehicle Accident, Dec 19 2010


Motor Vehicle Accident at the Junction of Jalan Sultan Ismail and Jalan Raja Laut, Kuala Lumpur involving a motorcycle and WPP 3526 on December 19, 2010.


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Sunday, December 19, 2010

From Russia with Love


There are more ladies than men in Russia...


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US leans on Sweden in Assange Case


The Swedish legal system is a fucking joke and the Swedes are the running dogs of the US, by the look of things.



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Friday, December 17, 2010

Spammer of the Week

The Spammer of the Week Prize goes to this mother-fucker: Andy Vining andy@letsbuildyourbusiness.com, Andy Vining +44-797 398 2086 andy@andyvining.com of the UK. Hope he dies a slow painful death...

Runners-Up is that bitch Clare of Indie Elite Rep indieeliterep@gmail.com

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Travel Insurance


ATLAS Training at Chartis Malaysia by Angie Woo on December 17, 2010.


For all your TRAVEL INSURANCE needs, contact:

azlan.chartis@gmail.com

Thank You!

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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Police in Malaysia a Bunch of Bloody Pantats




As you can see, the Police in Malaysia are a bunch of bloody pantats!


Ruckus in and outside Parliament over suspension

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Josh Whiton is Successfully Depressed


Josh Whiton is an entrepreneur and explorer of the psyche with a bent for social and ecological reform. He believes that everything can be improved and whatever can't can be composted. He is the CEO of TransLoc, a company whose technology makes mass transit easy to use. He's also working on an electric car startup, an urban farm, and a lecture series that he hopes will nourish many an intellect in his neighborhood.


Visit joshwhiton.com to pry into his mind.

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Insect Candy


One California man would like more of us to eat insects. He even adds them to the ingredients of candy in his candy store.


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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Ready, but Still Closed


At least two car parks at HKL have been completed the past few months but remained closed and unused. Why? Hospital Director waiting for Godot or what?

Given the acute shortage of car parking spaces at HKL at the moment, please send them a petition to open these car parks immediately:

Dato' Dr Zaininah binti Mohd Zain
Director
Hospital Kuala Lumpur
Jalan Pahang
50586 KUALA LUMPUR
Tel: 603-2615 5555
Fax: 603-2698 9845
Email: hkl@moh.gov.my
drzaininah@hkl.gov.my
drzaininah@hkl.moh.gov.my
pengarah@hkl.gov.my


This is a video of the second car park at Hospital Kuala Lumpur


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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Pollarding


Newly pollarded angsana trees along Jalan Penaga in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur. Photographed in December 2010.

A couple of years ago, a couple of misguided urban tree-huggers, led by a pillock who has probably never climbed a tree in her life, made a huge hue and cry over what they termed as "brutally pruned" angsana trees in Bangsar. What these ignorant clowns didn't know is that such pruning is called pollarding and is a common technique employed by gardeners around the world.


Angsana trees that were pollarded a couple of years ago along Jalan Ara (opposite TMC) in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur. At the time they were pollarded, a couple of misguided urban tree-huggers, led by a woman who has probably never climbed a tree in her life, made a huge hue and cry over what they termed as "brutally pruned" trees in Bangsar. Photographed in December 2010.

Pollarding is a pruning system in which the upper branches of a tree are removed, promoting a dense head of foliage and branches. It has been common in Great Britain and Europe since medieval times and is practiced today in urban areas worldwide, primarily to maintain trees at a predetermined height.

One consequence of pollarding is that pollarded trees tend to live longer than unpollarded specimens, because they are maintained in a partially juvenile state, and they do not have the weight and windage of the top part of the tree. Older pollards often become hollow, and so can be difficult to age accurately. Pollards tend to grow slowly, with narrower growth rings in the years immediately after cutting.

See:
Pollarding
Pollarding
Pollarding
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Madame Tussauds Bangkok


Rajiv Ramamurti, a tourist from Bangalore, India with the wax figure of Michael Jackson.


Madame Tussauds wax museum opened its doors in Bangkok on December 4, 2010. Bangkok is Madame Tussauds’ first location in Southeast Asia and its third in the Far East after Hong Kong and Shanghai. Madame Tussauds Bangkok will be the tenth location worldwide and will help to revive the Siam Discovery shopping centre where it is located on the 6th floor, injecting an exciting new element into the heart of Bangkok’s prominent Ratchaprasong shopping area.


At Madame Tussauds Bangkok, you can get up close and friendly with your favourite movie stars, just as Stephanie from Malaysia shows by giving Brad Pitt a big hug.


The new wax museum will display historical figures and celebrities from Thailand including members of the Thai Royalty, movie stars and Dr Porntip Rojanasunand, Thailand’s leading forensic pathologist. With almost 70 wax figures and brimming with interactive experiences there is so much more to experience than just a wax museum. You will be able to get up close and friendly to every figure and be photographed with them. The settings are such that you will be able to mingle with the A-list on the red carpet, challenge your sport heroes as well as get on stage with your favourite pop stars.

In a sneak preview, Travel Leisure had the opportunity to have a look at Nicholas Cage, Michael Jackson, Bruce Lee, Oprah, Brad Pitt and a number of Thai actors and actresses. Generally, 30% of the exhibits will be of Thai personalities and the remaining 70% will be personalities of international stature. Other wax figures of the world famous and important persons, and celebrities will include Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II, Barack Obama, Michael Jackson, David Beckham, George Clooney, Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie, Jim Carrey, Albert Einstein, Aung San Suu Kyi, Christiano Ronaldo, the Dalai Lama, Lee Hsien Loong, Lee Myung Bak, Ludwig van Beethoven, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad, Pablo Picasso, Field Marshal P. Pibulsonggram, M.R.Seni Pramoj, M.R. Kukrit Pramoj, Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, Sunthorn Phu, Luang Vichit Vadakan, Pawina Thongsuk, Khaosai Galaxy, Tata Yong and Ad Carabao.


Although you can pose any way you wish to your movie idol, make sure you don’t give Bruce Lee a flying kick and damage the fibre glass figure. Its costs GBP220,000 and several months to make.


While the vast majority of the figures are made of wax, a few that strike more dynamic poses are made of fibre glass as greater structural strength is required.

Siam Discovery, one of the leading shopping centres and busiest and most important malls in Bangkok, has just completed a major renovation of both its interior and exterior in preparation for the expected 8,000 visitors a day to Madame Tussauds Bangkok.


While you can audition your singing skills at Madame Tussauds Bangkok, be prepared to run the risk of being laughed at by Jim Carrey if your singing voice is not much good!


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Monkey Business at Khao Luang Cave


The monkeys are free to roam and don't have to worry about their next meal. Every day, people from the town bring them food. Tourists also love the monkeys, hundreds come daily to see the monkeys and many buy fruits from local vendors to feed the monkeys.


The Khao Luang (Royal Hill) Cave is located on Khao Luang Hill approximately 5km north from Khao Wang, near Hua Hin in Phetchaburi province. From the foothill, there are concrete steps leading to the cave entrance.


There are numerous old Buddha figures in Khao Luang.



This statue of a reclining Buddha is huge and is very impressive by its sheer size.


Khao Luang is a small-sized hill having a height of 92 metres at its peak. It is the largest cave in Phetchaburi province and is widely regarded as the most important because it enshrines an ornamental Buddha statue built by King Rama V and dedicated to King Rama III and IV. This hill had been a royal picnic site since the King Rama IV period when Hua Hin was established as one of the royal towns with the construction of a Thai royal summer place in the idyllic seaside town. King Rama V was very fond of this place so that he ordered the refurbishment of several old Buddha figures in the cave.


You can get a sense of the height and size of the cave when you use the human figure at the bottom right as a scale.


On the way up the stairs to the cave entrance, you will undoubtedly meet some of the 2,000 monkeys that live on the hill. In the Buddhist tradition, the Thais revere the monkey as a hero. According to ancient legends, the monkey Hanuman and his army saved a god's wife from the clutches of a demon. The Thais believe that Hanuman never dies and so is a symbol of prosperity and good luck.


About 2,000 monkeys of the long-tailed macaque species (Macaca fascicularis) live on Khao Luang Hill.


And ever since, the long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) of Thailand are free to roam and don't have to worry about their next meal. Every day, people from the town bring them food. Tourists also love the monkeys, hundreds come daily to see the monkeys and many buy fruits from local vendors to feed the monkeys.

“They come close and even climb onto our knees or our necks. You can take photos of the monkeys. The contact with the monkeys is really special and enjoyable. Some are gentle and others are more aggressive. Some seem afraid although they come close. It's really enjoyable,” a visitor from Malaysia commented.

The monkeys, however, can get mischievous and they get into everything and on anyone. "You can never get them to sit still, that's for sure,” his wife added.

Local shopkeepers have huge crocodile soft toys to scare away the monkeys but many tourists buy the toy crocodiles as souvenirs to take home. “When tourists come to visit these caves, you can see the smiles of their faces,” a very pleased local stallholder concluded.

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Saturday, December 11, 2010

Ariel Atom






Ariel Motor Company Ltd


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Steve Paulson's Atoms and Eden


Click on book cover above for a review of Atoms and Eden.





Is the universe "designed" for life? Will science ever unlock the mysteries of the human mind or explain the origins of religion? In "Atoms and Eden," award-winning journalist Steve Paulson explores these questions in an unprecedented collection of interviews with the major figures in the science and religion debate, including Richard Dawkins, Karen Armstrong, E. O. Wilson, Francis Collins, Jane Goodall, and Steven Weinberg.

This book is an unprecedented collection of twenty freewheeling and revealing interviews with major players in the ongoing--and increasingly heated--debate about the relationship between religion and science. These lively conversations cover the most important and interesting topics imaginable: the Big Bang, the origins of life, the nature of consciousness, the foundations of religion, the meaning of God, and much more.

In Atoms and Eden, Peabody Award-winning journalist Steve Paulson explores these topics with some of the most prominent public intellectuals of our time, including Richard Dawkins, Karen Armstrong, E. O. Wilson, Sam Harris, Elaine Pagels, Francis Collins, Daniel Dennett, Jane Goodall, Paul Davies, and Steven Weinberg. The interviewees include Christians, Buddhists, Jews, and Muslims, as well as agnostics, atheists, and other scholars who hold perspectives that are hard to categorize. Paulson's interviews sweep across a broad range of scientific disciplines--evolutionary biology, quantum physics, cosmology, and neuroscience--and also explore key issues in theology, religious history, and what William James called "the varieties of religious experience."

Collectively, these engaging dialogues cover the major issues that have often pitted science against religion--from the origins of the universe to debates about God, Darwin, the nature of reality, and the limits of human reason. These are complex, intellectually rich discussions, presented in an accessible and engaging manner. Most of these interviews were originally published as individual cover stories for Salon.com , where they generated a huge reader response. Public Radio's "To the Best of Our Knowledge" will present a major companion series on related topics this fall.

A feast of ideas and competing perspectives, this volume will appeal to scientists, spiritual seekers, and the intellectually curious.

Features
First collection of original interviews on science and religion with this prominent group of scholars.

Sixteen of the twenty interviews originally appeared on Salon.com. Each interview ran as a cover story in Salon, and they all generated a huge amount of reader response.
The author's syndicated radio show, "To the Best of Our Knowledge" (TTBOOK), plans to broadcast a major 4- or 5-hour series in fall 2010 on topics related to this book. TTBOOK will also celebrate its 20th anniversary around the same time. Wisconsin Public Radio and the show's national distributor, Public Radio International, will launch a publicity campaign to promote these events.

Reviews
"In this wonderfully insightful and provocative book, Atoms and Eden , radio journalist Steve Paulson explores two of the most powerful forces in human history - science and religion - and the way they shape our world view. Using interviews with scientists, historians and philosophers as a springboard, Paulson deftly creates a conversation about faith, doubt and the very nature of belief systems that draws the reader into rethinking assumptions about what's important in the way we build our lives today."
--Deborah Blum, author, Ghost Hunters: William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death

Steve Paulson is the executive producer of the Peabody Award-winning public radio program "To the Best of Our Knowledge." He is a recipient of the Templeton-Cambridge Journalism Fellowship in Science and Religion. He has written for Salon, Slate and other publications, and has produced feature stories for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered.

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Eclipse




Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich has become the proud owner of the largest yacht in the world after a year-long delay and a massive cost over-run. It's set him back a whopping 400 million Euros, and includes two helipads, a dance floor and a cinema.



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Bristol Cars














My favourite Bristol is the Blenheim Speedster


Bristol Cars Limited
Hand built luxury cars since 1946
In 1946, following the end of World War II, and faced with the problem of how to use its excess capacity and keep it's many employees busy, who had previously been building such RAF stalwarts as the Bristol Blenheim and Bristol Beaufighter, the Bristol Aeroplane Company moved into the luxury car market.

In 1960 it was persuaded to join with others to form the British Aircraft Corporation (later British Aerospace). At that time the car division (Bristol Cars Ltd) passed into private hands. Today, Bristol's staff is still drawn from an aviation background to ensure that they are steeped in the traditions of superior engineering, unimpeachable quality and a total devotion to safety.

The factory remains to this day at the Filton complex just North of Bristol with new car sales based at the world famous showroom located on Kensington High Street in London.

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Friday, December 10, 2010

Caterham Cars







Caterham Cars
The Seven is the original British lightweight sportscar. Originally created by Colin Chapman and launched as the Lotus 7 in 1957, the car embodies the Chapman design ethos of ‘adding lightness.’ The low mass of the car makes it inherently agile, gives startling performance and, most of all, imbues the driving experience with its unparalleled sense of purity, control and reward. It is, quite simply, a motoring icon.

Caterham Cars has been selling the Seven since the late 1950’s. In 1973, Caterham purchased the rights to manufacture the car from Lotus, and has been building and selling it ever since. Over the decades Caterham have continued to refine and enhance the design, whilst always respecting the brilliance of the original formula.

Motorsport is at the heart of the Seven and it is the original 'race car for the road.' The car was designated "too fast to race" by the authorities in the 1970’s due to its overwhelming superiority over its rivals, and was banned from competition. This inspired Caterham to pioneer one-make racing with strict regulations to minimise cost and produce close, exciting racing.

Caterham Reviews at Top Gear

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TSA - Japanese-style



This is Japan's answer to Benny Hill taking the mickey out of the TSA.

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Brilliant Piece of Engineering



From:
World's oldest computer recreated in Lego

It's the oldest known computer, a relic dating back 2000 years and rediscovered at the bottom of the ocean. Now designer Andrew Carol has brought it back to life - using Lego.

That's not to say this project was child's play - making the device was an engineering feat that required specialist Lego, and a lot of patience (see stop motion video above).

The idea came from journalist Adam Rutherford who had seen a Babbage Difference Engine built by Carol and got in touch. "I asked him if he'd heard of the mechanism, and if he thought it was doable in Lego," says Rutherford. "A few weeks later, he sent me some pictures of a demo version he'd knocked up. It was stunning."

The Antikythera mechanism is an astronomical computer thought to have been built in 150BC. It was rediscovered on the Antikythera shipwreck in 1900 and has since astounded researchers by its mechanical complexity. It's been recreated numerous times, but to the best of our knowledge, this is the first time a working replica has been made from Lego. "We recreated a 1st century BC computer out of the best toy humankind has ever invented," Rutherford says.

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Westfield XTR



Westfield XTR

The History of Westfield
In the spring of 1982 historic grand prix competitor and engineer, Chris Smith decided to design and build a replica of one of his all-time favourite race cars, the gorgeous 1956 Lotus XI Le Mans car. Such was the accuracy and beauty of the car he produced in his home garage at Westfield House, Armitage he was immediately inundated with requests from enthusiasts wanting one for themselves.

By the following Easter in 1983 the company Westfield Sportscars had been created. Further demand for the new Westfield XI replica kit meant bigger premises and staff were required and the fledgling sportscar company was under way.

After the introduction of a new car, the equally well received Westfield 7SE, a decision was taken to fade out the XI allowing the team to concentrate on production of the new kit. The company continued expanding rapidly to cope with ever growing demand, which became even stronger after the bodywork was redesigned and modernised. Westfield were now firmly established.

In 1991, Westfield expanded again moving to the impressive factory and office block in Kingswinford where we are still manufacturing today. It was here that the incredible V8-powered S Eight first caused the earth to shake. With monster power and an incredible 0-60mph time of 3.6 seconds it was Westfield's fastest machine thus far and received critical acclaim from the motoring press.

It would be hard to follow a car like that but Westfield went on to become one of the first car manufacturers to harness bike power. The small, but very powerful, high revving machines enabled incredible feats of speed, agility and offered fantastic performance at a low price.

In December 2006 ownership of Westfield Sportscars transferred to Potenza Sports Cars, a family company with a strong vision: To be the first choice sportscar provider and one of the world's most admired niche vehicle manufacturers.

September 2010 saw the landmark announcement of a Joint Venture Partnership being created in Malaysia with DRB-HICOM – Malaysia's largest vehicle manufacturer. The partnership will enable the design and development of new eco-friendly niche vehicles for the global marketplace. Westfield has sold over 12,000 cars worldwide since 1983 and currently produces over 400 cars a year for driving enthusiasts the world over.

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PDRM behaving like Gangsters



Fucking bastards!

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Research on Aging: Well-Being and Aging



What is well-being and how is it measured? How can we increase our happiness and fulfillment in life especially as we age? Well-being is now a field of serious scientific inquiry. Join expert Colin Depp, PhD, as he sheds light on this topic that impacts us all. Series: Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging



Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that aging is merely a disease -- and a curable one at that. Humans age in seven basic ways, he says, all of which can be averted.



Aubrey de Grey, Chief Science Officer, SENS Foundation, speaks about the future of regenerative medicine and human longevity. Filmed during the 2009 Graduate Summer Program at Singularity University.

Aubrey de Grey, British researcher on aging, claims he has drawn a roadmap to defeat biological aging. He provocatively proposes that the first human beings who will live to 1,000 years old have already been born.

A true maverick, Aubrey de Grey challenges the most basic assumption underlying the human condition -- that aging is inevitable. He argues instead that aging is a disease -- one that can be cured if it's approached as "an engineering problem." His plan calls for identifying all the components that cause human tissue to age, and designing remedies for each of them — forestalling disease and eventually pushing back death. He calls the approach Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS).

With his astonishingly long beard, wiry frame and penchant for bold and cutting proclamations, de Grey is a magnet for controversy. A computer scientist, self-taught biogerontologist and researcher, he has co-authored journal articles with some of the most respected scientists in the field.

But the scientific community doesn't know what to make of him. In July 2005, the MIT Technology Review challenged scientists to disprove de Grey's claims, offering a $20,000 prize (half the prize money was put up by de Grey's Methuselah Foundation) to any molecular biologist who could demonstrate that "SENS is so wrong that it is unworthy of learned debate."

The challenge remains open; the judging panel includes TEDsters Craig Venter and Nathan Myhrvold. It seems that "SENS exists in a middle ground of yet-to-be-tested ideas that some people may find intriguing but which others are free to doubt," MIT's judges wrote. And while they "don't compel the assent of many knowledgeable scientists," they're also "not demonstrably wrong."

"Aubrey de Grey is a man of ideas, and he has set himself toward the goal of transforming the basis of what it means to be human."
-- MIT Technology Review

See also:
Aging of the Other Genome: A Decisive but Ambitious Solution
Aubrey de Grey says we can avoid aging
SENS Foundation
Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs that Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime


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Dima Kroyter


A beautiful narrative about strength of character by Dima Kroyter, an athlete from Israel... Enjoy!

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Student Protesters attack Charles and Camilla



The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are "unharmed" after the car they were travelling in was attacked by students protesting against university fee increases of 300%.



Amateur video of car containing UK's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall passing through central London, with protesters shouting at the royal couple. Protesters in London on Thursday attacked a car carrying Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. The couple were heading to a theatre for a charity variety performance when their Rolls Royce crossed paths with a volatile gang of demonstrators. The protesters had broken off from a large student rally and were running through London's West End.





More here.

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