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Thursday, May 31, 2007
POLL RESULT [YANG MANA SATU PILIHAN KALBU... layout dulu or sekarang?]
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| dulu PUnyA laGi cUn 53% (9 votes) |
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| yaNg ni LaGi reTro... 47% (8 votes) |
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| Total voters for this poll: 17 |
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Eight killed in five-vehicle crash near toll plaza
picture from Utusan Online
The 3.53pm incident occurred after a trailer rammed into a Proton Iswara carrying the family and a Perodua Kancil in front of it.
The family was pinned under the wheels of the trailer as the heavy vehicle crashed into the Kancil, in which the eighth victim was travelling.
All eight died on the spot while a six-month-old boy in the Kancil was left in an unconscious state. The child’s mother, the driver of the car, suffered a fractured right leg.
The impact caused the Kancil to crash into an Isuzu Trooper, which, in turn, rammed into another trailer.
All five vehicles were heading towards Bukit Kayu Hitam, at the Malaysian-Thai border.
The incident, which occurred about 200m from the toll plaza, caused a traffic jam for over two hours.
Among the dead were three children, identified as Mohd Afif Alias, six, Nurul Izati Alias, four, and one-year-old Uzma Daniel Syahril.
They were travelling with their grandfather Ilias Salleh, 54, and three of his children: Suraya Ilias, 32, Mohd Azlan Ilias, 31, and Sawiyah Ilias, 27.
The victim in the Kancil was identified as Wan Rohani Wan Ibrahim, 54, who was travelling with her daughter Umi Syakila Sobri, 23, and grandson six-month-old Mohd Aris Irfan.
The driver and two passengers in the Isuzu escaped unharmed.
Rescuers took 90 minutes to extricate the bodies of the victims from the mangled Iswara.
Ilias and his family, from Kampung Baru in Tasek Gelugor, near Butterworth, were believed to be going to a relative’s house in Changlun.
Wan Rohani and her daughter were on their way home to Kampung Lubok Batu in Wang Tepus, Jitra, after visiting a relative who had delivered a baby at the Alor Star Hospital.
Kota Setar OCPD Asst Comm Zainal Abidin Kasim said the driver of the trailer had lodged a report and told police he could not stop his vehicle in time.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
The Truth Behind This Month's Blue Moon
Source: Yahoo Online
Joe Rao SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist SPACE.com
Thursday, May 31 brings us the second of two full Moons for North Americans this month. Some almanacs and calendars assert that when two full Moons occur within a calendar month, that the second full Moon is called the "Blue Moon."
The full Moon that night will likely look no different than any other full Moon. But the Moon can change color in certain conditions.
After forest fires or volcanic eruptions, the Moon can appear to take on a bluish or even lavender hue. Soot and ash particles, deposited high in the Earth's atmosphere can sometimes make the Moon appear bluish. Smoke from widespread forest fire activity in western Canada created a blue Moon across eastern North America in late September 1950. In the aftermath of the massive eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in June 1991 there were reports of blue moons (and even blue Suns) worldwide.
Origin of the term
The phrase "Once in a blue Moon" was first noted in 1824 and refers to occurrences that are uncommon, though not truly rare. Yet, to have two full Moons in the same month is not as uncommon as one might think. In fact, it occurs, on average, about every 32 months. And in the year 1999, it occurred twice in a span of just three months!
For the longest time no one seemed to have a clue as to where the "Blue Moon Rule" originated. Many years ago in the pages of Natural History magazine, I speculated that the rule might have evolved out of the fact that the word "belewe" came from the Old English, meaning, "to betray." "Perhaps," I suggested, "the second full Moon is 'belewe' because it betrays the usual perception of one full moon per month."
But as innovative as my explanation was, it turned out to be completely wrong.
More mistakes
It was not until the year 1999 that the origin of the calendrical term "Blue Moon" was at long last discovered. It was during the time frame from 1932 through 1957 that the Maine Farmers' Almanac suggested that if one of the four seasons (winter, spring, summer or fall) contained four full Moons instead of the usual three, that the third full Moon should be called a "Blue Moon."
But thanks to a couple of misinterpretations of this arcane rule, first by a writer in a 1946 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine, and much later, in 1980 in a syndicated radio program, it now appears that the second full Moon in a month is the one that's now popularly accepted as the definition of a "Blue Moon."
This time around, the Moon will turn full on May 31 at 9:04 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (6:04 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time).
But for those living in Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, that same full Moon occurs after midnight, on the calendar date of June 1. So in these regions of world, this will not be second of two full Moons in May, but the first of two full Moons in June. So, if (for example) you live London, you'll have to wait until June 30 to declare that the Moon is "officially" blue.
Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium. He writes about astronomy for The New York Times and other publications, and he is also an on-camera meteorologist for News 12 Westchester, New York.
Monday, May 28, 2007
Dikompaun RM22,500 -- Restoran jual Milo ais RM1.80 dikenakan denda maksimum
Adakah KPDNHEP akan bertindak tegas ke atas peniaga yang menaikkan harga 6 bulan dari sekarang.
Apa akan jadi kepada harga petrol & toll dalam masa 12 bulan dari sekarang?
//Abu Muhammad
Source: Utusan Malaysia Online
Oleh Rajmah Hasan
KUALA TERENGGANU 27 Mei – Peniaga yang mahu mengambil kesempatan mengadakan ‘pesta naik harga’ ekoran berita kenaikan gaji kakitangan kerajaan bermulai Julai ini perlu berfikir dua kali selepas ini.
Hari ini, Restoran Nasi Kandar Tanjung di Jalan Hiliran di sini yang menjual Milo ais dengan harga RM1.80 segelas melebihi harga biasa, menerima ‘padah’ apabila dikenakan kompaun berjumlah RM22,500 - dua hari selepas kegiatan itu didedahkan oleh Utusan Malaysia.
Ketua Pegawai Penguat Kuasa Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna (KPDNHEP) negeri, Ab. Ghani Harun berkata, kompaun tersebut ialah bagi dua kesalahan iaitu di bawah Seksyen 3 (1) Akta Kawalan Harga (AKH) 1946 kerana tidak meletakkan tanda harga dan Seksyen 14 (1) Akta Perihal Dagangan (APD) 1972 kerana mempamerkan harga mengelirukan.
Menurutnya, bagi kesalahan di bawah AKH 1946, restoran itu dikompaun RM7,500, manakala bagi kesalahan di bawah APD 1972, nilai kompaunnya ialah RM15,000.
‘‘Ini merupakan kali pertama KPDNHEP negeri mengenakan hukuman maksimum terhadap peniaga yang didapati tidak meletakkan tanda harga pada barangan yang dijual serta menaikkan harga barang sesuka hati,’’ katanya kepada pemberita di sini, hari ini.
Semalam, restoran mamak yang baru beroperasi beberapa bulan lepas itu diserbu oleh sepasukan pegawai penguat kuasa kementerian itu diketuai oleh Azman Adam dan merampas pelbagai barangan makanan bernilai RM750 selepas peniaganya didapati menaikkan harga makanan dan minuman keterlaluan, selain mempamerkan harga mengelirukan.
Ab. Ghani memberitahu, pemilik restoran berkenaan diberi tempoh 14 hari untuk menjelaskan kompaun tersebut sebelum dihadapkan ke mahkamah.
Utusan Malaysia kelmarin mendedahkan sebuah restoran di bandar ini menjual Milo ais pada harga RM1.80 segelas, lebih tinggi antara 20 sen dan 30 sen berbanding harga biasa.
Harga itu juga didapati lebih tinggi berbanding restoran mamak di ibu negara yang menjual Milo ais dan Nescafe ais pada harga antara RM1.50 dan RM1.60 segelas.
Ab. Ghani menjelaskan tujuan pihaknya mengenakan kompaun maksimum itu adalah untuk mengingatkan para peniaga agar tidak menaikkan harga sesuka hati.
Sementara itu, beliau memberitahu, sejak kenaikan gaji kakitangan awam diumumkan pada 21 Mei lalu, pihaknya mengerahkan lebih 90 anggota menjalankan pemantauan harga di seluruh negeri menerusi Ops Gaji.
‘‘Kita telah membuat pemantauan dan pemeriksaan terhadap 2,660 pelbagai jenis premis termasuk kedai runcit, pasar raya dan gerai makan di seluruh negeri bagi memastikan peniaga tidak mengambil kesempatan menaikkan harga ekoran pengumuman kenaikan gaji itu," jelasnya.
Beliau memberitahu, hasil pemeriksaan pihaknya telah berjaya mengesan 24 kes di bawah AKH 1946, empat kes Akta Timbang dan Sukat dan satu kes di bawah APD 1972 yang melibatkan nilai rampasan bernilai RM6,033.
Katanya, kesemua kes itu dikesan di sekitar bandar Kuala Terengganu dan kesemua peniaga yang terlibat telah dikenakan kompaun berjumlah RM9,650.
Menurutnya, KPDNHEP juga melakukan pemantauan harga terhadap 225 jenis barang harga kawalan harian bagi memastikan tiada kenaikan harga berlaku.
Beliau turut meminta kerjasama orang ramai supaya tampil membuat aduan di mana-mana cawangan KPDNHEP negeri jika mempunyai sebarang maklumat tentang peniaga yang menaikkan harga barang bagi membolehkan tindakan tegas diambil.
Siling Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim pula runtuh
Source: Utusan Malaysia Online
Oleh OPAT RATTANACHOT
SUNGAI PETANI 27 Mei – Kakitangan wad kanak-kanak, Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim (HSAH) di sini terkejut apabila lima keping siling runtuh di bilik penyusuan di tingkat dua, bangunan utama hospital berkenaan.
Kejadian yang dipercayai berlaku pukul 2 petang itu menyebabkan ibu yang menemani anak mereka di hospital tidak dapat menggunakan kemudahan di bilik berkenaan.
Hospital baru bernilai RM468 juta itu siap pada Julai tahun lalu dan proses perpindahan dilaksanakan secara berperingkat-peringkat sejak 10 Disember tahun lepas.
Pemangku Pengarah HSAH, Dr. Shariff Ishak berkata, tidak ada kecederaan dilaporkan kerana semasa kejadian tidak ada orang di bilik tersebut.
Menurutnya, kejadian itu disedari oleh beberapa kakitangan wad terbabit setelah ternampak beberapa keping siling jatuh secara tiba-tiba.
“Berikutan itu, sepasukan pekerja penyelenggaraan terpaksa dikejarkan ke bilik terbabit,’’ katanya ketika dihubungi di sini malam ini.
Menurut Shariff, siasatan awal mendapati hanya lima keping daripada keseluruhan siling bilik terbabit didapati terjatuh.
“Pasukan penyelenggara telah memperbaiki siling terbabit dan keadaan kini adalah terkawal,’’ katanya.
Beliau yang juga Ketua Jabatan Kecemasan HSAH memberitahu, pihaknya telah memaklumkan kejadian tersebut kepada kontraktor bangunan bagi menjalankan siasatan lanjut.
“Buat masa ini terlalu awal bagi kita mengesan punca kejadian,’’ ujarnya.
Pada Januari lalu, para pengunjung HSAH dikejutkan dengan kejadian kafeteria dilimpahi air najis ekoran saluran paip kumbahan bocor.
Sebelum ini, kejadian siling runtuh berlaku di Kompleks Mahkamah Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur melibatkan bilik Setiausaha Mahkamah Tinggi Sivil 6 dan siling Dewan Serbaguna Kementerian Pembangunan Usahawan dan Koperasi di Putrajaya.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Friday Nasiha 25 May 2007
Adriana Nabila Arman (511)
pertandingan baby mata bulat #19
--10 bulan--
--12 bulan--
--19 bulan--
--10 bulan--
--12 bulan--
--19 bulan--
Salam,
Nama saya Adriana Nabila. Umur saya satu tahun 9 bulan. Papa saya kata dulu dia berkawan dengan uncle dan untie semua. Saya nampak banyak gambar baby di sini. Bolehlah kita semua berkawan nanti...
-Nabila-
Thursday, May 24, 2007
general poll
ada kawan kita buat small survey so pls vote accordingly.
aku dah letak poll kat frame kanan.... check it out!
tq
Sesapa nak makan sirih..?
[Got this email from Suraya Ali regarding the Sirih Pulang ke Gagang (SPKG)]
Dear Friends,
ANSARA Taiping (ACT) is organizing a “Sirih Pulang ke Gagang (SPKG)” Program. Details as per below:-
Date : 29 - 31 June 2007 (If you can’t make it on the 29th, you can come on the 30th)
Venue : MRSM Taiping, Jalan Bukit Larut
As usual the main purpose of this program is to give motivation and career advice to our “super duper” juniors in MRSM. It’s a voluntary works to our younger generations.
On behalf of ANSARA Taiping, I would like to invite all of you to contribute in this SPKG program.
Other than doing charity for our juniors, I think this is the right time and the right place for us to do our special gathering and recall our sweet memories 12 years ago.
Other than that you can also “berkenal-kenalan” with our “super duper” seniors. They are really nice, successful and very helpful. We can share some tips with them.
Our batch always participate in this SPKG Program. Last year we have 6-7 representatives from our batch (since I gave very short notice) and our seniors very impressed with our batch contribution.
Since this year I make early notification, I need at least 20 and above representatives from our batch. Tentative activities (Subject to approval from Pengetua):-
29 June 2007 – 8.30 pm – Makan-makan with our Seniors (Volunteers)
30 June 2007 – Morning – Motivation
- Afternoon – Career talk
- After 5.00pm - Sports Activities (ACT vs Students+Teachers) – Football, Volleyball, Netball etc.
- After 8.30pm - Bowling (ACT vs Students+Teachers)
31 June 2007 – Morning - Interview Tips
Since this is a voluntary activity, we have to pay the accommodation and transportation costs. ACT will assist to make arrangement for accommodation.
Those interested, kindly contact me at 019-365 8877. I will announce on frequent basis on the list of participants.
Those who are not able to join, you can also contribute in the form of donation to make this program successful. Pls contact me for more details.
Thank you.
Suraya Ali
p/s: Note from NikFa: "Last year aku pegi program ni. Not bad at all, especially kalau pegi dengan geng2 lama, it will be kind of "mini gathering" sambil2 contribute a little bit to the students."
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
ko-op
Teringat masa maktab dulu, selalu lepak kat ko-op. masa tu arwah kak ayu jaga ko-op. tempat tu jugak tempat lepak ahli2 BWP Sebaran Am time weekend. Putar lagu, dedicate lagu, cerita-ceriti dsb....
Kalau time tak leh balik rumah, tempat ko-op tu jadi tempat jumpa parents... time tu la kawan2 dok leret mata tengok apa 'ration' yg mak bapak diorang bawak. Nak 'pau or cukai' bila dah naik dorm karang. Aku perasan kalau pompuan biasa diorang slalu bawak kawan diorang, so dpt la makan pree kat ko-op & kantin.
Sekarang dah besar, sebenarnya kita bleh buat ko-op sendiri. sesama geng la. saliza ada propose kat aku, tapi aku tak sure sambutan mcm mana..
so, dah ada blog ni aku cadangkan kita buat ko-op. bisness apa nak buat, tu kita pikir kemudian.
kalau korang nak cari info pasal ko-op ni klik kat sini
laman url: http://www.jpk.gov.my/jpk/main.php?Content=articles&ArticleID=27
thought?
HOUSE FOR SALE
rumah 20 x 70 kaki persegi
3 bilik tido, 2 bilik air
area bukit mewah, kajang
keluasan tanah 3,000++ kaki persegi
harga: rm 155,000.00 (boleh dirunding)
berminat? kontek ihsan 019-6951688
Monday, May 21, 2007
Calling F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
Quoted email from Yeop utk budak2 area Newport. Bleh kontek Yeop pakai email kat bawah.
Terima kasih-----
Salamualikum
Ada tak batch kita yang tinggal kat Newport, South Wales atau area yang berdekatan. Kalau korang ada kenal malaysian muslim yang tinggal kat area tu, tolong kasi information kat aku.
Salamualikum, terima kasih.
Ahmad Kamal Yeop Zahari
akyz@hotmail.comSwarms of cicadas emerging in Midwest
Amazing how this tiny creature can cause havoc to us..
SOURCE: Yahoo News online
By TARA BURGHART, Associated Press Writer Sun May 20, 4:48 PM ET
CHICAGO - Coming soon: Brood XIII. It sounds like a bad horror movie. But it's actually the name of the billions of cicadas expected to emerge this month in parts of the Midwest after spending 17 years underground.
The red-eyed, shrimp-sized, flying insects don't bite or sting. But they are known for mating calls that produce a din that can overpower ringing telephones, lawn mowers and power tools.
Brood XIII is expected across northern Illinois, and in parts of Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana. Cicadas live only about 30 days as adults, and their main goal is mating.
They don't harm humans, although they are clumsy and might fly into people. Birds, squirrels and pets, especially dogs, love to eat them, and they are high in protein.
"They're going to have quite a meal. It's going to be like Thanksgiving for them," said Tom Tiddens, supervisor for plant health care at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
They are periodical cicadas, which are only found in the eastern half of North America. The annual, or dog-day cicadas, that appear every summer are common around the world.
The last massive emergence of periodical cicadas was in 2004, when Brood X emerged after 17 years underground in parts of 15 Eastern states. Some broods emerge after 13 years.
As nymphs burrowing underground, cicadas suck sap from tree roots. Almost all members of a group, or brood, burst from the ground within a couple days of each other.
They quickly climb the nearest vertical surface to molt and unroll their wings. In some heavily wooded areas, as many as 1.5 million cicadas per acre will crowd onto trees, expert say.
"It's one of the greatest insect emergences on Earth," said Daniel Summers, an entomologist at The Field Museum.
A single male's shrill courtship call can reach 90 decibels, equivalent to a kitchen blender. That could sour plans for outdoor events over the next few weeks.
Ravinia Festival, a 103-year-old music festival held north of Chicago, revised its schedule to avoid classical musicians having to compete with the insects, said festival president and CEO Welz Kauffman.
June will see more pop bands outdoors, a few concerts moved indoors and a visit from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. "With 350 voices on stage, they can hold their own against the bugs," Kauffman said.
At the Chicago Botanic Garden, spokeswoman Gloria Ciaccio joked that her advice for brides holding outdoor weddings there will be to put the tent flaps down and turn the music up.
An Illinois company that provides ice sculptures has turned down several outdoor parties over the next month. That's because of what happened when Nadeau Ice Sculptures owner Jim Nadeau delivered a swan statue to a wedding in 1990, during the area's last emergence of the periodical cicadas.
"We put our tray down and immediately the cicadas came off the ground and attacked the ice. Literally, it was a moving sculpture, this big black ugly mass of cicadas constantly moving," said Nadeau.
"I don't want to talk myself out of work, but that was just too gross," he said.
Exactly when the cicadas will emerge is a subject of debate, although there is agreement they emerge once the soil temperature is consistently 64 to 65 degrees for several days. Biologists and insect experts predict the cicadas will emerge between Tuesday and June 1.
The best place to see — and hear — the cicadas will be forest preserves, golf courses and any land where there are older trees where the soil has been undisturbed since 1990.
Freelance writer David Hammond runs the LTHForum, a Chicago-based Internet site devoted to culinary matters, and his "foodie" friends want to see what the cicadas taste like.
The insects are eaten in other parts of the world, with descriptions of the taste ranging from shrimp to canned asparagus to not much at all.
No recipe has been decided upon yet, but Hammond assumes they will be fried and perhaps accompanied by a dip or salsa.
"Honestly, they'll probably go down easier that way," he said. "Who knows? Maybe we'll love it. We may have to travel around the country as infestations occur."
Friday Nasiha 18 May 2007
Jumada al Awwal 1, 1428, A.H. - May 18, 2007, C.E.
| Living the Quran |
Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) Chapter 3: Verse 191 (Partial) In human nature two qualities are not unknown to us: (1) the admiration of greatness, and (2) the acknowledgement of kindness. When you see a precision instrument or a latest appliance, or an exquisite picture, or an eloquent article, you do not stop talking of its beauty until your praise extends to its creator. The deep wisdom or skill of the individuals makes you bow your intellect to them involuntarily in respect and admiration. Likewise, when someone does you a favor, you always remember it, and your tongue expresses gratitude just as your heart is filled with praise and awe! A poet says: "Your favor has gained you three things from me: My hand, my tongue, and my hidden heart." The Messenger of God (peace be upon him) came to arouse these two qualities in the hearts of humans towards the One Who is most deserving of them. Do you not admire the greatness and salute its possessor? Do you not appreciate kindness and show gratitude to its doer? You surely admire the inventor of the aeroplane, and every time you see it streaking through the atmosphere your praise of his genius increases. So what do you think, therefore, of the One Who causes the thousands of stars to move in space without stopping or deviating? What do you think of Him Who created the mind of that inventor and deposited intelligence in the folds of his brain so that he could produce such things that arouse our admiration? Is not your Lord and the Lord of all things more deserving of your praise for His greatness and favors? Why are our hearts so hardened today? When you truly recognize His Mercy and Greatness through the magnificence of His creation and blessings to us, you would be ashamed to attack Him, or disobey Him, or neglect His guidelines for leading our worldly life, or to attribute anything unworthy to Him. You would surely exclaim, together with the people of knowledge and intelligence, the above verse: Rabbana, ma Khalaqta hazha Baatilan! Source: "Fiqh-us-Seerah" - Muhammad Al-Ghazali "Tafsir Ishraq Al-Ma'ani" - Sayyid Iqbal Zaheer |
| Understanding the Prophet's Life |
Tie your Camel: Do your Part One day Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, noticed a Bedouin leaving his camel without tying it. He asked the Bedouin, "Why don't you tie down your camel?" The Bedouin answered, "I put my trust in Allah." The Prophet then said, "Tie your camel first, then put your trust in Allah" (Tirmidhi). Muslims must never become fatalistic. Although we know only Allah is in control and that He has decreed all things, we are each responsible for making the right choices and doing the right thing in all situations of our lives. We must take action. We must work to alleviate the hardships we, our families and our communities face. Ask yourself the following questions if you are worried about the state of the world: are you part of the peace movement? Is your Masjid part of the peace movement? Are you part of an interfaith group with an agenda of peace and justice? Are you working with a group fighting discrimination? If your answer is no, it is time that you sat down to plan your share of time and money in finding solutions to the problems you face. Turn each worry into a Dua and each Dua into an action plan. That will show your commitment to your request and will focus your energy in the right direction. Source: "25 Ways to Deal with Stress and Anxiety" - Abdul Malik Mujahid |
| Towards Better Writing |
Purpose Writing is a many-faceted tool. We write to inform, persuade, inspire, or even threaten others. It is important to write well because writing can:
As a tool for communication with others, writing must be sharpened through practice. Our choice of words and subject matter are very important in making our writing not only clear and precise but also understandable and interesting. Compiled From: "Training Guide for Islamic Workers" - Hisham Altalib, pp. 165, 166 |
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