tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-340830362024-03-13T12:29:30.025+08:00YesTerDay, ToDay, FuTureuptownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03456592159717380740noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34083036.post-7921057618313691592010-06-30T17:27:00.000+08:002010-06-30T17:27:27.785+08:00Jose Mourinho - The Great One<a href="http://yoosubmit.com/sport/jose-mourinho-the-great-one/">Jose Mourinho - The Great One</a>uptownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03456592159717380740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34083036.post-88180831242940982512010-06-19T00:50:00.000+08:002010-06-19T00:50:09.838+08:00World Cup Fewer?Don't miss the update from below 2 site on world Cup updates, match highlights and goals!<br />
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-Online Match live streaming<br />
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-The making of Jabulani ball<br />
-World Cup Theme Songs<br />
-All 32 teams in Action<br />
-All squad in cartoon style(I love the most :-P)<br />
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Ole Ole..Happy World Cup and Cheer for your team!uptownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03456592159717380740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34083036.post-1239836366517048072010-06-11T22:35:00.004+08:002010-06-12T14:12:44.355+08:00World Cup South Africa P2P Live Online StreamingEveryone may need it if not in front of TV.<br />
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Have an enjoyable World Cup start today 11June to 11 July :-)<br />
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In a statement, AirAsia said the prize, given by leading Japanese newspaper publisher Nikkei Inc, recognised Fernandes' role in democratising travel in Asia.<br />
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"Under his leadership, AirAsia revolutionised the air travel industry in the region by pioneering the discount carrier phenomenon. As a result, air travel became widely accessible to people from all walks of life, boosting travel in the region," Nikkei said in the statement.<br />
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Fernandes is the only airline executive and the first Malaysian individual to be given the award since the launch of the annual Nikkei Asia Prize in 1996.<br />
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AirAsia said Nikkei also recognised Fernandes' "achievements in remaking the company into one of the most successful international airlines in Southeast Asia despite the recent economic slowdown of the airline industry.<br />
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"The award is a timely recognition for AirAsia, which is hoping to start Malaysia-Japan flights in 2010. AirAsia plans to make Kuala Lumpur the premier gateway to Asean for Japanese tourists. It is also hoping to offer low-fare flights to Japan to the 600-million strong Asean population," it said.<br />
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Fernandes said: "We're here to link more communities and to grow travel and tourism in Asia. We look forward to providing more links between the Asean region and the rest of Asia, including Japan.<br />
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"Links between countries play an integral part in strengthening Asia economically, socially and politically, and we are committed to helping achieve this."<br />
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AirAsia said with the slogan "Now everyone can fly" and in eight years, it had grown from an airline with two aircraft, one destination and 250 employees to an airline with 92 aircraft, about 70 destinations and a staff of 7,000. <br />
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It said the carrier was now regarded as the Asean airline, and was the largest and most successful low-cost airline in Asia.<br />
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<div>There are several Malaysia bank lists swift code which consists of 8 unique charaters:</div><br />
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Affin Bank Berhad -> PHBMMYKL<br />
Alliance Bank Berhad -> MFBBMYKL<br />
Ambank Berhad -> ARBKMYKL<br />
Bank Simpanan Nasional -> BSNAMYKL<br />
CIMB Bank Berhad -> CIBBMYKL<br />
Citibank Berhad Malaysia -> CITIMYKL</div><div>Deustche Bank -> DEUTMYKL<br />
EON Bank Berhad -> EOBBMYKL<br />
Hong Kong Bank Malaysia Berhad -> HBMBMYKL<br />
Hong Leong Bank Berhad -> HLBBMYKL<br />
HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad -> HBMBMYKL<br />
Malayan Banking Berhad -> MBBEMYKL<br />
OCBC Bank Berhad -> OCBCMYKL<br />
Public Bank Berhad -> PBBEMYKL<br />
RHB Bank Berhad -> RHBBMYKL<br />
Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad -> SCBLMYKL<br />
The Royal Bank of Scotland Berhad (RBS) -> ABNAMYKL</div><div>United Overseas Bank Berhad -> UOVBMYKL</div><br />
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<div>Since online trasaction is so popular nowadays, bank swift code may ease our burden for any online trasaction/payment with only a click button.</div><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=myuptownboy&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B000EVFEHO&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=myuptownboy&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0764504584&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=myuptownboy&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0273693026&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>uptownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03456592159717380740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34083036.post-33494519896387862272008-10-16T15:30:00.006+08:002010-05-07T14:18:36.683+08:00Air out your car before turning on Aircond<strong>Open the windows after you enter your car</strong><br /><br /><div align="justify">In brief, the above article says: According to research done by a U.C., the car dashboard, sofa, air freshener will emit Benzene, a cancer causing toxin (carcinogen). In addition to causing cancer, it poisons your bones, causes anemia, and reduces white blood cells. Prolonged exposure will cause Leukemia, increasing the risk of cancer. May also cause miscarriage.</div><br /><div align="justify"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468338214992077538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 287px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTjm_mzG5A8qnXzhehfZxbBY79rLItQeR68jnXLYA_O5hHNQU9ftpGzJ6hwLx7XNZAqoiq0Ah6_C4hKqCYdlBEbQ2o1OMGWZzA-8E71o0rxBe8y_r_rCf2wRZgk7EaZG3Qd97T/s320/car_air_conditioning.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Acceptable Benezene level indoors is 50 mg per sq. ft. A car parked indoors with the windows closed will contain 400-800 mg of Benezene. If parked outdoors under the sun at a temperature above 60 degrees F, the Benezene level goes up to 2000-4000 mg, 40 times the acceptable level. The people inside the car will inevitably inhale an excess amount of the toxin.</div><br /><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">It is recommended that you open the windows and door to give time for the interior to air out before you enter. Benzene is a toxin that affects your kidney and liver, and is difficult for your body to expel.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">What's worse, it is extremely difficult for your body to expel this toxic stuff.So friends, please open the windows and door of your car </div><div align="justify">- give time for interior to air out -dispel the deadly stuff - before you enter.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">More detail:</div><div align="justify"><a href="http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/benzene.asp">http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/benzene.asp</a></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div>uptownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03456592159717380740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34083036.post-73092465803274730522008-10-10T15:20:00.002+08:002008-10-10T15:37:24.438+08:00Asia's Youngest Billionaires<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TxBF-mMFXeAtkIJYt3mSJVeeMEUSBnD-8P7vDN8s_ewnIXlev3u3hhsODoOU68z1wdKO8aGOHAjgSPEdbi3_jbxhbTSXh0GHbTI8Hg67iUXEfhWWH8XHgr9g713DQkmchKJK/s1600-h/0903_asiabillies_170x170.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255426074550850194" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6TxBF-mMFXeAtkIJYt3mSJVeeMEUSBnD-8P7vDN8s_ewnIXlev3u3hhsODoOU68z1wdKO8aGOHAjgSPEdbi3_jbxhbTSXh0GHbTI8Hg67iUXEfhWWH8XHgr9g713DQkmchKJK/s320/0903_asiabillies_170x170.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">At this summer's Olympics, Michael Phelps scored in the pool, Usain Bolt on the track and Ma Huateng at the bank. </div><br /><div align="justify"><br />Huateng is the founder of Tencent and is a Chinese Web titan. Big multinational companies, eager to make a good impression with the local audiences during the Olympics, snapped up advertising spots on Tencent's instant messenger, blogging and portal services. Earlier this month, Tencent said its quarterly earnings nearly doubled from a year ago. </div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"><a href="http://www.forbes.com/2008/09/03/asia-billionaires-wealth-biz-billies_cx_af_0903youngasiabillies_slide_2.html?thisSpeed=20000" target="_blank"><strong>Asia's Youngest Billionaires</strong></a><strong><br /></strong>This is good news for Tencent and for Huateng, since he owns a huge chunk of his company's stock. In March, Forbes estimated that the 36-year-old Web mogul is worth $1.4 billion. </div><br /><div align="justify"><br />Huateng is one member in Asia's exclusive group of the young and extremely affluent. These 15 billionaires, all under the age of 40, are worth a staggering $31.3 billion combined. </div><br /><div align="justify"><br />Huateng is neither the wealthiest nor the youngest in the club. When we published our list of the world’s billionaires in March, both superlatives went to Yang Huiyan, a 26-year-old with a net worth of $7.4 billion. Yang, a graduate of Ohio State University, joined the family real estate company, Country Garden Holdings, in 2005. The next year she received a hefty chunk of shares that are worth billions of dollars today. </div><br /><div align="justify"><br />The stock came from her father, Yeung Kwok Keung, who co-founded Country Garden. Don't question his wisdom of giving so much money and responsibility to a recent college grad: Yeung knows the value of a yuan. </div><br /><div align="justify"><br />Growing up in an impoverished Chinese village, Yeung reportedly never wore new clothes before he was 17. He raised cattle and then worked as a bricklayer and contractor, which led him to build houses and work in real estate. (See <a href="http://www.forbes.com/facesinthenews/2007/04/24/Yang-China-billionaire-face-market-cx_vk_0424autofacescan01.html" target="_blank">"China's Richest, Thanks To An IPO And Dad."</a>)<br />Huateng and Yang are two of China's eight billionaires under the age of 40. Others include Xian Yang, a 34-year-old coal magnate, and Zhang Cheng Fei, a 38-year-old paper baron.<br />Youth and exceptional wealth are a rare combination, but this fortunate group will likely grow in Asia in the coming years. The region is home to the world's fastest growing population of the wealthy. According to the World Wealth Report, the population of China's millionaires jumped 20% last year. The billionaire population grew even faster. The March Forbes' list included 42 Chinese billionaires, up from 20 the previous year.</div><br /><div align="justify"><br />Keeping pace in the money race is India. The country's millionaires jumped 23% last year. The billionaire count soared to 53 from 36 the previous year.</div><br /><div align="justify"><br />That group counts six members that are under 40, like Anurag Dikshit. The engineer started PartyGaming, which owns PartyPoker.com, with a college roommate and former porn entrepreneur. Dikshit spearheaded the development of technology that helped launch the online poker boom. "All our technology is proprietary, and most of it is Anurag," a PartyGaming spokesperson once said. (See <a href="http://www.forbes.com/facesinthenews/2006/05/24/partygaming-billionaires-dikshit-cx_po_0524autofacescan06.html" target="_blank">"PartyGaming's Billionaire Dikshit Quits Board."</a>)<br />PartyPoker stock is off its 2005 high since U.S. lawmakers cracked down on online gaming, but Dikshit still has plenty of chips. Forbes pegs his net worth at $1.6 billion.</div><br /><div align="justify"><br />Also representing India is a pair of brothers, Malvinder and Shivinder Singh. The two have plenty in common: They went to the same schools in India, attended business school at Duke and started families just months apart. They're also both billionaires. </div><br /><div align="justify"><br />The two control Ranbaxy Laboratories, a drug company founded by their grandfather. It won't be the family much longer though. In June, a Japanese pharmaceutical company announced it would buy the Singh family's stake for about $4 billion. Not bad for a couple of guys in their 30s. </div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">Adopted from Forbes</div><br /><div align="justify">By:<a href="javascript:fdcBioWindow(">Andrew Farrell</a></div>uptownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03456592159717380740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34083036.post-34881362642542998522008-10-10T10:14:00.003+08:002008-10-10T11:07:43.695+08:00China's latest homegrown microprocessor<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTSTzQnU15MuP4tQ6D4NIBC6pEfd11Af6Bp2zIjt2SVCUDiWhu-zEd9cvVYK-SScrWHcUVzAgvAo93xGnTsOo6kDG1Q0WarQl5Es8B2oNdws05KWp3-LFkPt7mS08r6AonGSsW/s1600-h/hotchip_x220.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255356568931780770" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTSTzQnU15MuP4tQ6D4NIBC6pEfd11Af6Bp2zIjt2SVCUDiWhu-zEd9cvVYK-SScrWHcUVzAgvAo93xGnTsOo6kDG1Q0WarQl5Es8B2oNdws05KWp3-LFkPt7mS08r6AonGSsW/s320/hotchip_x220.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This is a good article..Does have audio for reader instead of reading by ur own.. Enjoy!<br /><br /><strong>A Chinese Challenge to Intel</strong><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br />Researchers have revealed details of China's latest homegrown microprocessor.<br />By Kate Greene</div><br /><div align="justify"><br />In California last week, Chinese researchers unveiled details of a microprocessor that they hope will bring personal computing to most ordinary people in China by 2010. The chip, code-named Godson-3, was developed with government funding by more than 200 researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' <a href="http://www.ict.ac.cn/en/" target="_blank">Institute of Computing Technology</a> (ICT).</div><br /><div align="justify"><br />China is making a late entry into chip making, admits Zhiwei Xu, deputy director of ICT. "Twenty years ago in China, we didn't support R&D for microprocessors," he said during a presentation last week at the Hot Chips conference, in Palo Alto. "The decision makers and [Chinese] IT community have come to realize that CPUs [central processing units] are important."</div><br /><div align="justify"><br />Tom Halfhill, an analyst at research firm In-Stat, says that the objective for China is to take control of the design and manufacture of vital technology. "Like America wants to be energy independent, China wants to be technology independent," Halfhill says. "They don't want to be dependent on outside countries for critical technologies like microprocessors, which are, nowadays, a fundamental commodity." Federal laws also prohibit the export of state-of-the-art microprocessors from the United States to China, meaning that microchips shipped to China are usually a few generations behind the newest ones in the West.</div><br /><div align="justify"><br />Despite its late start, China is making rapid progress. The ICT group began designing a single-core CPU in 2001, and by the following year had developed Godson-1, China's first general-purpose CPU. In 2003, 2004, and 2006, the team introduced ever faster versions of a second chip--Godson-2--based on the original design. According to Xu, each new chip tripled the performance of the previous one.</div><br /><div align="justify"><br />Godson chips are manufactured in China by a French-Italian company called ST Microelectronics and are available commercially under the brand name Loongson, meaning "dragon chip." Loongson chips already power some personal computers and servers on the Chinese market, which come with the Linux operating system and other open-source software. "They use a lot of open-source software because it's free," says Halfhill. "The Chinese government wants to get as many PCs into schools and as many workplaces as they can." </div><br /><div align="justify"><br />The latest Godson chips will also have a number of advanced features. Godson-3, a chip with four cores--processing units that work in parallel--will appear in 2009, according to Xu, and an eight-core version is also under development. Both versions will be built using 65-nanometer lithography processes, which are a generation older than Intel's current 45-nanometer processes.</div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">Importantly, Godson-3 is scalable, meaning that more cores can be added to future generations without significant redesign. Additionally, the architecture allows engineers to precisely control the amount of power that it uses. For instance, parts of the chip can be shut down when they aren't in use, and cores can operate at various frequencies, depending on the tasks that they need to perform. The four-core Godson-3 will consume 10 watts of power, and the eight-core chip will consume 20 watts, says Xu.</div><br /><div align="justify"><br />This latest chip will also be fundamentally different from those made before. Neither Godson-1 nor -2 is compatible with Intel's so-called x86 architecture, meaning that most commercial software will not run on them. But engineers have added 200 additional instructions to Godson-3 to simulate an x86 chip, which allows Godson-3 to run more software, including the Windows operating system. And because the chip architecture is only simulated, there is no need to obtain a license from Intel. </div><br /><div align="justify"><br />Erik Metzger, a patent attorney at Intel, says that the chip will only perform at about 80 percent of the speed of an actual x86 chip. "That implies that [the Chinese government] is going after a low-end market," he says. This is the same market that Intel is targeting with its classmate PC and low-power atom microprocessor. Metzger adds that the inner workings of the chip, known as its instruction set, have not yet been disclosed, making it difficult to know if or how any x86 patents may have been breeched.</div><br /><div align="justify"><br />The Chinese team hopes to further boost its chip program through collaboration with other companies and researchers. "We still lag behind the international partners a lot," says Xu. "But we are doing our best to join the international community."</div><br /><div align="justify"><br />Copyright Technology Review 2008.</div></div>uptownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03456592159717380740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34083036.post-4807240444049560372008-10-10T10:10:00.001+08:002008-10-10T10:13:04.363+08:00How to Prevent a Sore Throat from Progressing to a Cold<div align="justify">Before I share a great little tip on how to stop a sore throat from progressing into a week-long cold, please know that periodically experiencing a cold or the flu can actually be helpful to your health. If you have no idea why this is, please view the following popular article that I wrote on this topic:</div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>What Most Doctors Won't Tell You About Colds and Flus</strong><br />You just won't get this information on why colds and flus can help you stay healthy over the long run from medical textbooks and mainstream media - please consider sharing it with family and friends.</div><div align="justify"><br />Although experiencing a cold or the flu once in a while can help rid your body of your weakest cells, I'm willing to bet that there are times when you would really prefer to delay such a period of cleansing and malaise.</div><div align="justify"><br />Here's how you can stand a good chance of preventing a cold from developing:</div><div align="justify"><br />As soon as you experience that sore, tickly feeling in your throat that precedes a full-blown cold, gargle with warm salt water.</div><div align="justify"><br />And when I say gargle, I mean really gargle; take in a mouthful of warm salt water, look up at the ceiling, and gargle aggressively. You may want to tap at your throat (the Adam's apple region) with your fingers while you gargle to encourage the warm salt water to trickle deeply into your throat.</div><div align="justify"><br />Gargle like this several times with a glass of warm salt water, and repeat as often as possible throughout the day.</div><div align="justify"><br />Warm salt water can remove viruses from the tonsils and adenoids that line the back of your throat region. Viruses that cause colds and flus typically get caught by your tonsils and adenoids before they spread through your body. Your tonsils and adenoids are important parts of your immune system because they are located near the entrance of your breathing passages, and they serve as a first line of defense against undesirable airborne microorganisms and substances.<br />This, by the way, is why it is best not to remove tonsils and adenoids from your throat region. </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">Chronic swelling of tonsils and adenoids is best addressed by reducing sugar intake, adopting a minimally processed diet that is rich in fresh plant foods, and supporting immune system health by getting plenty of rest, exercise, and exposure to sunlight and fresh air.</div><div align="justify"><br />Cold salt water may also help to remove viruses from your tonsils and adenoids, but warm salt water tends to be more effective. Warm water may help to melt the fatty coating that protects viruses that cause the cold and flu.</div><div align="justify"><br />What if you gargle for all you're worth but still end up developing a full-blown cold?</div><div align="justify"><br />Get lots of rest, drink plenty of fluids, and take comfort in knowing that countless viruses are at work destroying your weakest cells. And don't forget to blow your nose as often as it runs; help your body get rid of what it wants to get rid of. </div><br /><br />By Dr. Ben Kim on March 09, 2008<br />Natural Health Solutionsuptownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03456592159717380740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34083036.post-53894304890391084502008-05-04T14:02:00.000+08:002008-05-04T14:03:36.957+08:00PROPER WAY TO USE THE MEDICAL CARD<div align="justify">IN CASE OF EMERGENCY!!! </div><div align="justify"><br />In cases of Emergency, a matter of LIFE & DEATH (eg Heart-attack, Strokes, Accidents) NEVER.. NEVER.. NEVER use a medical card! Why?.... </div><div align="justify"><br />1. In the emergency room, you will be asked to register and make a 'Deposit' BEFORE the patient is TREATED! </div><div align="justify"><br />2. When you show the medical card….the doctor MUST complete the claim form and fax to the insurance company BEFORE they can treat the patient. The hospital MUST wait until the insurance company Confirms coverage & limit of policy. </div><div align="justify"><br />3. ALL these procedures may take 1-2 HOURS!! By this time the patient may have lapsed into a coma!! </div><div align="justify"><br />4. Use your credit card or Cash FIRST. AFTER the patient has been treated & attended by the doctor, then show the admission counter nurse the medical card. She will then liaise with the insurance company directly for the approvals. She will tear the earlier credit card deposit once the insurance company has approved. </div><div align="justify"><br />5. By now the patient would have been wheeled into the room to rest or to the surgery room for immediate surgery. </div><div align="justify"><br />Sincerely we pray no one has to go through such an ordeal. Share this info with your loved ones, your colleague & friends. </div>uptownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03456592159717380740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34083036.post-85512945776175866312008-05-02T00:36:00.007+08:002010-05-25T00:45:11.587+08:00Singapore Flyer (新加坡摩天观景轮)<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy0Tev-njnJbGbySaukdqBZfKQwXodg8IsjLo3Q0KdsCY_sUPXk5zx7NO90XZuU_wBJZiVFds6e3wlosblm9w-kOyKRfbtAs65Ps8Nhaz4KYdEu9eJcz6qywtxAmPxyo3aOD9W/s1600-h/slideshow-01.jpg"><span></span></a><br />
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<div>Good news for Singapore lover! <a href="http://www.singaporeflyer.com/">Singapore Flyer </a>was officially open on 15 April 2008.</div><br />
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<div>Location</div><div>Southeast tip of the Marina Centre Reclaimed Land</div><br />
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Daily Flights 8.30-10.30pm</div><div>Ticket Sales 8-10pm</div><br />
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<div align="justify">It’s the world’s largest observation wheel.<br />
Standing at stunning 165m, the Flyer is the height of a 42-storey building – that’s some 30 metres taller than the famed London Eye. Taking a flight on this S$240 million dollar wheel is a one-of-a-kind experience you wouldn’t want to miss.<br />
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At a height of 165m, Singapore Flyer is the world’s largest Giant Observation Wheel and is set to be one of Asia’s biggest tourist attractions.Featuring fixed capsules the size of a bus, the spectacular monument is capable of holding up to 784 passengers. Each capsule has a 28 person capacity and each revolution takes approximately 30 minutes.Singapore Flyer was conceived and designed by Dr. Kisho Kurokawa and DP Architects, Singapore. It held its groundbreaking ceremony in September 2005 and was launched in 2008. It promises more than just a view, but a panorama that captures Marina Bay’s skyline with a glimpse of neighbouring Malaysia and Indonesia.With high standards of service, the dedicated team at Singapore Flyer Pte Ltd is committed to providing visitors an experience to remember. </div><br />
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Singapore Flyer is under the umbrella of <a href="http://www.greatwheel.com/" target="_blank">Great Wheel Corporation</a>, developer and operator of Great Wheels and Observation Platforms worldwide. </div><br />
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<div align="justify">30mins for Adult: $29.50</div><div align="justify">Children: $20.65 </div><br />
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Johnson & Johnson has more than 250 operating companies. The Company operates in three segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Devices and Diagnostics. Sales of the Company's two largest products, RISPERDAL/RISPERDAL CONSTA and PROCRIT/EPREX, accounted for approximately 8% and 6% of Johnson &Johnson’s total revenues, respectively, during the year ended December 31, 2006.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">In May 2006, ETHICON, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company, acquired Vascular Control Systems, Inc., which is focused on developing medical devices to treat fibroids and to control bleeding in obstetric and gynecologic applications. On December 20, 2006, the Company completed the acquisition of the Consumer Healthcare business of Pfizer Inc. In February 2007, the Company completed the acquisition of Conor Medsystems, Inc.</div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>Detailed Analysis</strong></div><div align="justify">This stock passes Validea’s Patient Investor strategy based on our interpretation of the published criteria of Warren Buffett with a score of 93%. The strategy looks for stocks with consistent long-term track records of earnings growth that also trade at reasonable valuations based on their future growth prospects.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><strong>STAGE 1: “Is this a Buffett-type company?”</strong></div><div align="justify">A bedrock principle for Buffett is that his type of company has a “durable competitive advantage” as compared to being a “price competitive” or “commodity” type of business. Companies with a “durable competitive advantage” are more likely to be found in these sub-industries: Brand Name Fast Food Restaurants, Brand Name Beverages, Brand Name Foods, Brand Name Toiletries and Household Products, Brand Name Clothing, Brand Name Prescription Drugs, Advertising, Advertising Agencies, TV, Newspapers, Magazines, Direct Mail, Repetitive Services for Businesses, Low Cost Producers of Insurance, furniture, or Low Cost Retailers. </div><div align="justify"><br />While you should be easily able to explain where the company's pricing power comes from (i.e. a strong regional brand image, a business tollgate, its main products are #1 or # 2 in its field and has been on the market for years and hasn’t changed at all, a consumer or business ends up buying the same product many times in a year, etc. or having the lowest production cost among its competition), there are certain figures that one can look at that can qualify the company as having a durable competitive advantage.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><strong>LOOK FOR EARNINGS PREDICTABILITY:</strong></div><div align="justify">[PASSES WARREN BUFFETT’S TEST]Buffett likes companies to have solid, stable earnings that are continually expanding. This allows him to accurately predict future earnings. Annual earnings per share from earliest to most recent were 1.02, 1.02, 1.39, 1.61, 1.84, 2.16, 2.40, 2.74, 3.35, 3.73. Buffett would consider JNJ’s earnings predictable. In fact EPS have increased every year. JNJ’s long term historical EPS growth rate is 14.3%, based on the 10 year average EPS growth rate, and it is expected to grow earnings 9.0% per year in the future, based on the analysts’ consensus estimated long term growth rate. For the purposes of our analysis, we will use the more conservative of the two EPS growth numbers.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><strong>LOOK AT THE ABILITY TO PAY OFF DEBT</strong> </div><div align="justify">[PASSES WARREN BUFFETT’S TEST]Buffett likes companies that are conservatively financed. Nonetheless, he has invested in companies with large financing divisions and in firms with rather high levels of debt. JNJ has a debt of 2,012.0 million and earnings of 10,175.5 million, which could be used to pay off the debt in less than two years, which is considered exceptional.</div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>LOOK FOR CONSISTENTLY HIGHER THAN AVERAGE RETURN ON EQUITY:</strong> </div><div align="justify">[PASSES WARREN BUFFETT’S TEST]Buffett likes companies with above average return on equity of at least 15% or better, as this is an indicator that the company has a durable competitive advantage. US corporations have, on average, returned about 12% on equity over the last 30 years. The average ROE for JNJ, over the last ten years, is 24.9%, which is high enough to pass. It is not enough that the average be at least 15%. For each of the last 10 years, with the possible exception of the last fiscal year, the ROE must be at least 10% for Buffett to feel comfortable that the ROE is consistent. In addition, the average ROE over the last 3 years must also exceed 15%. The ROE for the last 10 years, from earliest to latest, is 23.1%, 20.8%, 24.6%, 23.8%, 23.1%, 28.3%, 26.5%, 25.6%, 25.8%, 27.5%, and the average ROE over the last 3 years is 26.3%, thus passing this criterion.</div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>LOOK FOR CONSISTENTLY HIGHER THAN AVERAGE RETURN ON TOTAL CAPITAL:</strong> </div><div align="justify">[PASSES WARREN BUFFETT’S TEST]Because some companies can be financed with debt that is many times their equity, they can show a consistently high ROE, yet still be in unattractive price competitive businesses. To screen this out, for non-financial companies Buffett also requires that the average Return On Total Capital (ROTC) be at least 12% and consistent. In addition, the average ROTC over the last 3 years must also exceed 12%. Return On Total Capital is defined as the net earnings of the business divided by the total capital in the business, both equity and debt. The average ROTC for JNJ, over the last ten years, is 22.4% and the average ROTC over the past 3 years is 24.8%, which is high enough to pass. It is not enough that the average be at least 12%. For each of the last 10 years, with the possible exception of the last fiscal year, the ROTC must be at least 9% for Buffett to feel comfortable that the ROTC is consistent. The ROTC for the last 10 years, from earliest to latest, is 19.9%, 17.6%, 20.5%, 20.6%, 21.2%, 26.0%, 23.9%, 23.7%, 24.5%, 26.1%, thus passing this criterion.</div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>LOOK AT CAPITAL EXPENDITURES:</strong> </div><div align="justify">[PASSES WARREN BUFFETT’S TEST]Buffett likes companies that do not have major capital expenditures. That is, he looks for companies that do not need to spend a ton of money on major upgrades of plant and equipment or on research and development to stay competitive. JNJ’s free cash flow per share of $2.47 is positive, indicating that the company is generating more cash that it is consuming. This is a favorable sign, and so the company passes this criterion.</div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>LOOK AT MANAGEMENT'S USE OF RETAINED EARNINGS:</strong> </div><div align="justify">[PASSES WARREN BUFFETT’S TEST]Buffett likes to see if management has spent retained earnings in a way that benefits shareholders. To figure this out, Buffett takes the total amount of retained earnings over the previous ten years of $13.06 and compares it to the gain in EPS over the same period of $2.71. JNJ’s management has proven it can earn shareholders a 20.8% return on the earnings they kept. This return is more than acceptable to Buffett. Essentially, management is doing a great job putting the retained earnings to work.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><strong>HAS THE COMPANY BEEN BUYING BACK SHARES:</strong> </div><div align="justify">[BONUS PASSES WARREN BUFFETT’S TEST]Buffett likes to see falling shares outstanding, which indicates that the company has been repurchasing shares. This indicates that management has been using excess capital to increase shareholder value. JNJ’s shares outstanding have fallen over the past five years from 2,968,300,049 to 2,924,000,000, thus passing this criterion. This is a bonus criterion and will not adversely affect the ability of a stock to pass the strategy as a whole if it is failed.</div><div align="justify"><br />The preceding concludes Buffett’s qualitative analysis. If and when he gets positive responses to all the above criteria, he would then proceed with a price analysis. The price analysis will determine whether or not the stock should be bought. The following is how he would evaluate JNJ quantitatively.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><strong>STAGE 2: “ Should I buy at this price?</strong></div><div align="justify">“ Although a firm may be a Buffett-type company, he won’t invest in it unless he can get a favorable price that allows him a great long term return.</div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>CALCULATE THE INITIAL RATE OF RETURN:</strong> [No Pass/Fail]</div><div align="justify">Buffett compares his type of stocks to bonds, and likes to see what a company’s initial rate of return is. To calculate the initial rate of return, take the trailing 12-month EPS of $3.48 and divide it by the current market price of $63.36. An investor, purchasing JNJ, could expect to receive a 5.49% initial rate of return. Furthermore, he could expect the rate to increase 9.0% per year, based on the analysts’ consensus estimated long term growth rate, as this is how fast earnings are growing.</div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>COMPARE THE INITIAL RATE OF RETURN WITH THE LONG-TERM TREASURY YIELD:</strong> [PASSES WARREN BUFFETT’S TEST]</div><div align="justify">Buffett favors companies in which the initial rate of return is around the long-term treasury yield. Nonetheless, he has invested in companies with low initial rates of return, as long as the yield is expected to expand rapidly. Currently, the long-term treasury yield is about 5.16%. Compare this with JNJ’s initial yield of 5.49%, which will expand at an annual rate of 9.0%, based on the analysts’ consensus estimated long term growth rate. The company is the better choice, as the initial rate of return is close to or above the long term bond yield and is expanding.</div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>CALCULATE THE FUTURE EPS:</strong> [No Pass/Fail]</div><div align="justify">JNJ currently has a book value of $14.14. It is safe to say that if JNJ can preserve its average rate of return on equity of 24.9% and continues to retain 61.14% of its earnings, it will be able to sustain an earnings growth rate of 15.2% and it will have a book value of $58.33 in ten years. If it can still earn 24.9% on equity in ten years, then expected EPS will be $14.52.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><strong>CALCULATE THE FUTURE STOCK PRICE BASED ON THE AVERAGE ROE METHOD:</strong> [No Pass/Fail]</div><div align="justify">Now take the expected future EPS of $14.52 and multiply them by the lower of the 5 year average P/E ratio (20.4) or current P/E ratio (current P/E in this case), which is 18.2 and you get JNJ’s projected future stock price of $264.02.</div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>CALCULATE THE EXPECTED RATE OF RETURN BASED ON THE AVERAGE ROE METHOD:</strong> [No Pass/Fail]</div><div align="justify">Now add in the total expected dividend pool to be paid over the next ten years, which is $22.41. This gives you a total dollar amount of $286.42. These numbers indicate that one could expect to make a 16.3% average annual return on JNJ’s stock at the present time. Buffett would consider this a great return.</div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>CALCULATE THE EXPECTED FUTURE STOCK PRICE BASED ON AVERAGE EPS GROWTH:</strong> [No Pass/Fail]</div><div align="justify">If you take the EPS growth of 9.0%, based on the analysts’ consensus estimated long term growth rate, you can project EPS in ten years to be $8.25. Now multiply EPS in 10 years by the lower of the 5 year average P/E ratio (20.4) or current P/E ratio (current P/E in this case), which is 18.2. This equals the future stock price of $149.91. Add in the total expected dividend pool of $22.41 to get a total dollar amount of $172.32.</div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>CALCULATE THE EXPECTED RETURN USING THE AVERAGE EPS GROWTH METHOD:</strong> [No Pass/Fail]</div><div align="justify">Now you can figure out your expected return based on a current price of $63.36 and the future expected stock price, including the dividend pool, of $172.32. If you were to invest in JNJ at this time, you could expect a 10.5% average annual return on your money. Buffett likes to see a 15% return, and would even go down to 12%.</div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>LOOK AT THE RANGE OF EXPECTED RATE OF RETURN:</strong> [PASSES WARREN BUFFETT’S TEST]</div><div align="justify">Based on the two different methods, you could expect an annual compounding rate of return somewhere between 10.5% and 16.3%. To pinpoint the average return a little better, we have taken an average of the two different methods. Investors could expect an average return of 13.4% on JNJ stock for the next ten years, based on the current fundamentals. Buffett likes to see a 15% return, but nonetheless would accept this return, thus passing the criterion.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><strong>2) PEPSICO, INC. (PEP)</strong></div><div align="justify">Strategy: Warren Buffett’s Long-Term Value (The Patient Investor)</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">PepsiCo, Inc. (PepsiCo) is a global snack and beverage company. PepsiCo manufactures, markets and sells a variety of salty, sweet and grain-based snacks, carbonated and non-carbonated beverages and foods. The Company is organized into four divisions: Frito-Lay North America, PepsiCo Beverages North America, PepsiCo International and Quaker Foods North America. The Company's North American divisions operate in the United States and Canada. PepsiCo’s international division operates in approximately 200 countries, with its largest operations in Mexico and the United Kingdom. </div><div align="justify"><br />In September 2006, PepsiCo, Inc. acquired IZZE Beverage Company, a maker of all-natural fruit juices. During the fiscal year ended December 30, 2006 (fiscal 2006), the Company also acquired Stacy’s bagel and pita chips, Duyvis nuts in the Netherlands and Star Foods snacks in Poland. On January 2, 2007, it acquired Naked Juice fruit beverages, and in 2007, completed the acquisition of Bluebird snacks in New Zealand.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><strong>Detailed Analysis</strong></div><div align="justify">This stock passes Validea’s Patient Investor strategy based on our interpretation of the published criteria of Warren Buffett with a score of 93%. The strategy looks for stocks with consistent long-term track records of earnings growth that also trade at reasonable valuations based on their future growth prospects.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>3) WALGREEN COMPANY (WAG)</strong><br />Strategy: Warren Buffett’s Long-Term Value (The Patient Investor)<br /><br />Walgreen Company (Walgreen) operates retail drugstore chains that are engaged in the retail sale of prescription and non-prescription drugs, and general merchandise. General merchandise includes, among other things, beauty care, personal care, household items, candy, photofinishing, greeting cards, seasonal items and convenience foods. Customers can have prescriptions filled at the drugstore counter, as well as through the mail, by telephone and on the Internet. During the fiscal year ended August 31, 2006 (fiscal 2006), the Company opened or acquired 570 stores after relocations and closings. The total number of stores at August 31, 2006 was 5,461 located in 47 states and Puerto Rico. </div><div align="justify"><br />The Company made three acquisitions in fiscal 2006, which include Schraft's A Specialty Pharmacy, Medmark Inc. and SeniorMed LLC. In fiscal 2006, Walgreens merged with 76 Happy Harry's stores, primarily in Delaware. In May 2007, the Company acquired Take Care Health Systems.</div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>Detailed Analysis</strong><br />This stock passes Validea’s Patient Investor strategy based on our interpretation of the published criteria of Warren Buffett with a score of 93%. The strategy looks for stocks with consistent long-term track records of earnings growth that also trade at reasonable valuations based on their future growth prospects.</div>uptownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03456592159717380740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34083036.post-50388050290065429442008-04-02T08:09:00.001+08:002008-04-02T08:11:18.272+08:00Health - Important Tips1) Answer the phone by <strong>LEFT</strong> ear.<br />2) Do not drink coffee <strong>TWICE</strong> a day.<br />3) Do not take pills with <strong>COOL</strong> water.<br />4) Do not have <strong>HUGE</strong> meals after 5pm.<br />5) Reduce the amount of OILY food you consume.<br />6) Drink more <strong>WATER</strong> in the morning, less at night.<br />7) Keep your distance from hand phone <strong>CHARGERS</strong>.<br />8) Do not use headphones/earphone for <strong>LONG</strong> period of time.<br />9) Best sleeping time is from 10pm at night to 6am in the morning.<br />10) Do not lie down immediately after taking medicine before sleeping.<br />11) When battery is down to the <strong>LAST</strong> grid/bar, do not answer the phone as the radiation is 1000 times.uptownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03456592159717380740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34083036.post-48054330154750888702008-03-27T23:24:00.001+08:002008-03-27T23:29:49.016+08:00Why Drink Coconut WaterCocoWater is naturally:<br />> Low in Carbs <br />> 99% Fat Free<br />> Low in sugars <br /><br />Coconut Water contains organic compounds possessing healthy growth promoting properties that have been known to help: <br /><br />Keep the body cool and at the proper temperature <br />Orally re-hydrate your body, it is an all natural isotonic beverage <br />Carry nutrients and oxygen to cells <br />Naturally replenish your body's fluids after exercising <br />Raise your metabolism <br />Promote weight loss <br />Boost your immune system <br />Detoxify and fight viruses <br />Cleanse your digestive tract <br />Control diabetes <br />Aid your body in fighting viruses that cause the flu, herpes, and AIDS <br />Balance your PH and reduce risk of cancer <br />Treat kidney and urethral stones <br />Boost poor circulationuptownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03456592159717380740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34083036.post-32918357332468277272008-03-24T23:40:00.003+08:002008-03-24T23:47:49.849+08:00Cholesterol contents in foodThese are the commons food that contain high cholesterol<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOx_A4qipirY9dXBKR3_mi5R9nruqet7dRpA7RHHwUfnOuiNgJ8AwmZ_fi4HiaxOR1ul6J1_xFPHUtK1E7H_J7hDkRF-HQIwNZv2FcrCfsa8TWtPBSZw17O-kaaqKPNtik3QN/s1600-h/Cholestrol.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181334801699267842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 379px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOx_A4qipirY9dXBKR3_mi5R9nruqet7dRpA7RHHwUfnOuiNgJ8AwmZ_fi4HiaxOR1ul6J1_xFPHUtK1E7H_J7hDkRF-HQIwNZv2FcrCfsa8TWtPBSZw17O-kaaqKPNtik3QN/s400/Cholestrol.bmp" width="364" border="0" /></a>uptownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03456592159717380740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34083036.post-71781606409248630782008-03-23T01:28:00.003+08:002008-03-23T01:40:29.289+08:00Lead and Lead-Free<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMt72zIMIlYoZCvvDguaOeO1XgFKaB_OpGG-6z75QGKpTxoNcLabpU_-lm_P0iJFhkkhw93b17EHt7ZGZhEo_CNABfr2lfH_owBLu7UVrnZ-48AHKrW-FnZZtD_XKn11j-uCJ4/s1600-h/Pb-TableImage.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMt72zIMIlYoZCvvDguaOeO1XgFKaB_OpGG-6z75QGKpTxoNcLabpU_-lm_P0iJFhkkhw93b17EHt7ZGZhEo_CNABfr2lfH_owBLu7UVrnZ-48AHKrW-FnZZtD_XKn11j-uCJ4/s320/Pb-TableImage.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180621072623953138" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Lead </span><br />with the symbol <b>Pb</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a>: <span lang="la"><i>plumbum</i></span>) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_number" title="Atomic number">atomic number</a> 82. A soft, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_%28chemistry%29" class="mw-redirect" title="Heavy metal (chemistry)">heavy</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxicity" title="Toxicity">toxic</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleable" class="mw-redirect" title="Malleable">malleable</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_metal" title="Poor metal">poor metal</a>, lead is bluish white when freshly cut, but tarnishes to dull gray when exposed to air. Lead is used in building construction, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead-acid_battery" title="Lead-acid battery">lead-acid batteries</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet" title="Bullet">bullets</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_shot" title="Lead shot">shot</a>, weights, and is part of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solder" title="Solder">solder</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pewter" title="Pewter">pewter</a>, and fusible <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alloy" title="Alloy">alloys</a>. Lead has the highest <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_number" title="Atomic number">atomic number</a> of all <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_element" title="Stable element">stable elements</a>, although the next element, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismuth" title="Bismuth">bismuth</a>, has a half-life so long (longer than the estimated age of the universe) it can be considered stable. Like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_%28element%29" title="Mercury (element)">mercury</a>, another heavy metal, lead is a potent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurotoxin" title="Neurotoxin">neurotoxin</a> that accumulates in soft tissues and bone over time.<br /><br /><p>Lead is a poisonous metal that can damage nervous connections (especially in young children) and cause blood and brain disorders. Long term exposure to lead or its salts (especially soluble salts or the strong oxidant PbO<sub>2</sub>) can cause <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephropathy" title="Nephropathy">nephropathy</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colic" title="Colic">colic</a>-like abdominal pains. The concern about lead's role in cognitive deficits in children has brought about widespread reduction in its use (lead exposure has been linked to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia" title="Schizophrenia">schizophrenia</a>). Most cases of adult elevated blood lead levels are workplace-related.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead#cite_note-12" title="">[13]</a></sup> High blood levels are associated with delayed puberty in girls.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead#cite_note-13" title="">[14]</a></sup></p> <p>Older houses may still contain substantial amounts of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_paint" title="Lead paint">lead paint</a>. White lead paint has been withdrawn from sale in industrialized countries, but the yellow <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_chromate" class="mw-redirect" title="Lead chromate">lead chromate</a> is still in use; for example, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Holland_Colours&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Holland Colours (page does not exist)">Holland Colours</a> Holcolan Yellow. Old paint should not be stripped by sanding, as this produces inhalable dust.</p> <p>Lead salts used in pottery glazes have on occasion caused poisoning, when acid drinks, such as fruit juices, have leached lead ions out of the glaze.<sup class="noprint Template-Fact"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources since February 2007" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</span></sup> It has been suggested that what was known as "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon_colic" title="Devon colic">Devon colic</a>" arose from the use of lead-lined presses to extract apple juice in the manufacture of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cider" title="Cider">cider</a>. Lead is considered to be particularly harmful for women's ability to reproduce. For that reason, many universities do not hand out lead-containing samples to women for instructional laboratory analyses.<sup class="noprint Template-Fact"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources since February 2007" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</span></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_acetate" class="mw-redirect" title="Lead acetate">Lead acetate</a> (also known as <i>sugar of lead</i>) was used by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a> as a sweetener for wine, and some consider this to be the cause of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia" title="Dementia">dementia</a> that affected many of the Roman Emperors.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead#cite_note-14" title="">[15]</a></sup></p> <p>Lead as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_contaminant" class="mw-redirect" title="Soil contaminant">soil contaminant</a> is a widespread issue, since lead is present in natural deposits and may also enter soil through (leaded) gasoline leaks from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_storage_tank" title="Underground storage tank">underground storage tanks</a> or through a wastestream of lead paint or lead grindings from certain industrial operations.</p> <p><a name="Biochemistry_of_lead_poisoning" id="Biochemistry_of_lead_poisoning"></a></p> <h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">Biochemistry of lead poisoning</span></h3> In medicine, lead inhibits α-aminolevulinate (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALA" class="mw-redirect" title="ALA">ALA</a>) dehydratase and ferrochelatase, preventing both <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphobilinogen" title="Porphobilinogen">porphobilinogen</a> formation and the incorporation of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron" title="Iron">iron</a> into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoporphyrin_IX" title="Protoporphyrin IX">protoporphyrin IX</a>, the final step in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heme" title="Heme">heme</a> synthesis. This causes ineffective heme synthesis and subsequent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcytic_anemia" title="Microcytic anemia">microcytic anemia</a>.uptownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03456592159717380740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34083036.post-24759708393586790392008-03-21T00:33:00.001+08:002008-03-21T00:42:53.617+08:00Gold Price Tumble<div align="justify"><strong>Main Reasons:</strong></div><div align="justify">1) Commodity drops after the Federal Reserve lowered benchmark interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point</div><div align="justify">2) Demand is less, correction coming</div><div align="justify">3) Money has been used for more wisely investment. Example: Property</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Gold dropped more than 2 percent to its lowest level in a month on Thursday amid a broad-based sell off in commodities and as funds cashed in after pushing the metal to a record above $1,000 an ounce this week.</div><div align="justify"><br />Platinum, palladium and silver also fell. New York's COMEX gold futures fell over 3 percent to hit their lowest in more than four weeks, while Shanghai futures sank by their 5 percent limit.<br />Gold tumbled to as low as $920.30 an ounce, down from $944.20/945.00 late in New York on Wednesday and off Monday's record high of $1,030.80 an ounce.</div><div align="justify"><br />"We have to see whether the funds will continue selling. If they do, of course there is a possibility that it will go down and test $900," said Ronald Leung, director of Lee Cheong Gold Dealers in Hong Kong.</div><div align="justify"><br />A smaller-than-expected U.S. interest rate cut was an excuse for the funds to exit gold and the absence of Japanese speculators also exaggerated movements, said Leung.<br />Gold tumbled 6 percent on Wednesday, its biggest one-day percentage drop in nearly two years as funds exited commodities, leading to declines in oil, base metals and agricultural products. Trading was thin on Thursday as the Tokyo Commodity Exchange was closed for a national holiday.</div><div align="justify"><br />"The upshot is we hold our current view that gold prices will fall over the next six months as the U.S. dollar firms and oil prices fall," ANZ senior commodities analyst Mark Pervan said.<br />"We forecast spot gold to fall to $850 an ounce by the end of September before firming back towards $900 an ounce by end of the year as oil prices bottom."</div><div align="justify"><br />Gold futures for April delivery on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell $8.2 an ounce to $937.1 an ounce, after hitting a low of $915. The contract struck a record of $1,033.90 on Monday.</div><div align="justify"><br />"It is most probably liquidation on margin calls. It looks like players are exiting the market after gold hit the $1,030 level and there's no reason for physical buyers to buy at high levels," said a dealer in Singapore.</div><div align="justify"><br />"Retailers are also starting to cash in. That's why I think the market will still fall for another day. It's hard to say where the support level is, but I think it's going to fall below $900 today," he said.</div><div align="justify"><br />The dollar firmed against the euro and came near 1-month highs versus the Australian dollar on Thursday, underpinned by sliding gold and oil prices, falling stocks and in spite of investor anxiety over troubled credit markets.</div><div align="justify"><br />Spot platinum fell to $1,885/1,890 an ounce from $1,900/1,910 -- off a record high of $2,290 hit on March 4.</div><div align="justify"><br />Silver dropped to $18.12/18.17 an ounce from $18.38/18.43 an ounce. Spot palladium fell to $447/454 an ounce from $455/460 an ounce.</div><div align="justify"><br />The most active June contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange fell by 5 percent to 214.55 yuan a kilogram, tracking declines in cash gold.</div>uptownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03456592159717380740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34083036.post-86145447347383278222008-03-19T07:56:00.001+08:002008-03-19T08:03:23.517+08:00The World's Most Innovative Companies<div align="justify">By <a title="View user profile." href="http://www.fastcompany.com/user/8"><em>Mark Borden, Bill Breen, Jeff Chu, Josh Dean, Rebecca Fannin, Amy Feldman, Charles Fishman, Paul Hochman, David Kushner, Mark Lacter, Robert Levine ,David Lidsky, Ellen McGirt, Danielle Sacks, Chuck Salter, Elizabeth Svoboda, Linda Tischler</em></a> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>#1 GOOGLE</strong><br />The faces and voices of the world's most innovative company. </div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>#2 APPLE<br /></strong>Careful readers of this magazine may be scratching their heads right now, in light of our recent cover story laying out the many challenges facing Apple. But the company has had, indisputably, one hell of a run. In the past year alone, three major new products -- iPhone, iPod Touch, and Leopard OS -- fueled triple-digit revenue growth. So while analysts forecast a more earthbound Apple in 2008, it deserves praise. And extra points for style.</div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>#3 FACEBOOK</strong><br />In 2007, the social-networking juggernaut had variously impressed with its ability to reinvent the wheel (opening its platform to outside developers) and drawn cyberpickets with its boneheaded missteps (trying to sell advertising by telegraphing its users' every move). But after a year lived dangerously, Facebook is officially A-list, with a $15 billion valuation to boot, thanks to Microsoft's $240 million investment. That's nothing to throw a sheep at.</div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>#4 GE<br /></strong>GE makes our list not on reputation but on the strength of its breakthrough products. Among them: an HD CT scanner that reduces radiation exposure by half, a reengineering of the best-selling CF34 jet engine for the booming Chinese aviation market, and a hybrid locomotive that cuts emissions by 50% -- evidence that Ecomagination is more than just marketing babble. Coming up, commercially viable OLED lighting by 2010.</div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>#5 IDEO</strong><br />Nobody can accuse the Palo Alto -- based design firm of taking on easy clients in 2007. The CDC asked Ideo to help tackle childhood obesity; the Acumen Fund enlisted the shop to collaborate on delivering clean water in the developing world; and the Red Cross hired it to help encourage blood donations. "As social issues increasingly become business issues," says Ideo CEO Tim Brown, "this will be a critical new direction for design." Of course, there were awards too. The company's designs for the Eclipse 500 Very Light Jet cabin and cockpit instrument panel won IDEA Gold medals, as did its LCD monitor for Samsung. But it was Ideo's "Keep the Change" campaign for Bank of America that had perhaps the most impact. Based on research showing that boomer women with kids tend to round up their financial transactions, Ideo developed a service that rounds up debit card purchases to the nearest dollar, then transfers the monetary difference from the customer's checking account to her savings. In its first year, 2.5 million customers signed up. </div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>#6 NIKE</strong><br />You expect fancy footwear from Nike. But its latest masterstroke is social networking, online and off. From events to the Web to unique retail hubs, Nike is blurring the line between brand and experience.Mark Borden<br /><br /><strong>#7 NOKIA</strong><br />Once a maker of wood products and tires, the Finnish firm has thrived in the wireless world. Today, Nokia has a 37% (and growing) share of the global cell-phone market, more than twice that of its closest competitor, Motorola. How? A two-tiered design process that identifies the "remarkable similarities in what global consumers want and need in their mobile devices," says senior design manager Rhys Newman, then adds local insight. Bright colors are key to success in India, China, and the Middle East, "where a phone can show status," he says. Markets with low literacy rates get phones without written menus. The company's next challenge is to gain momentum in the U.S., where it has less than 10% of the market. It's betting big on the feature-rich N95 smartphone -- and a strategy of welcoming third-party apps. </div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>#8 ALIBABA</strong><br />When Alibaba went public last November and raised a stunning $1.5 billion -- the biggest Internet IPO since Google's -- it also raised eyebrows around the world. But probably not those of founder Jack Ma, who back in 1999 recognized that China's 42 million small and medium-size companies (the vast majority of businesses in the country) just might create some opportunities for e-commerce. Alibaba provides a point-and-click system for suppliers to get online and connect with distributors and consumers all over the world. The Chinese site today boasts 16 million users, and the English iteration has 9 million. Watch out, eBay. </div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>#9 AMAZON</strong><br />Without much fanfare, Amazon has more than tripled its revenues since 2002, to $13 billion. The key: giving customers choices, not just among products, but also between buying from Amazon directly or from outside vendors on the site. Amazon's new digital offerings -- in e-books, videos, and music -- present a fresh menu of options. The company's digital music store, launched in May, already comprises 3 million songs, all compatible with any device and any music software. Similarly, Unbox allows Amazon customers to rent or buy films and TV shows, and watch them on a variety of players. In an era of fighting formats and fears of piracy, that's uncommonly ecumenical. </div><p align="justify"><strong>#10 NINTENDO<br /></strong>By now you know the story: After Sony and Microsoft kicked the Mario out of Nintendo's GameCube in the Video Game War of 2001, the cutest and smallest of the three platform makers needed a new plan. "Nintendo took a step back from the technology arms race and chose to focus on the fun of playing, rather than cold tech specs," says Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America. The resulting Wii system, with its intuitive motion-sensitive controller and interactive games, appealed not only to teen boys but also to their sisters, moms, and dads. In 2007, Wii outsold both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. But get this: Unlike its competitors--which lose money on each console and earn it back on software -- Nintendo turns a profit on its consoles, makes more selling games, then takes in still more in licensing fees. "Not to sound too obvious," Fils-Aime says, "but it makes good business sense to make a profit on the products you sell." Wall Street thinks so too. The company's stock has more than doubled over the past year. Nintendo's upset is doing more than attracting new gamers and bruising Sony and Microsoft. Says Sega of America president Simon Jeffery: "It has opened doors of creativity throughout the video-game business." </p><p align="justify"><br /><strong>#11 PROCTER & GAMBLE</strong><br />When Procter & Gamble's stock tanked by more than half in 2000, CEO A.G. Lafley knew he was facing the dilemma of giant companies everywhere: Despite pouring money into R&D, P&G couldn't create new products fast enough to keep growing. The only way out, Lafley realized, was to innovate innovation. So he launched the Connect + Develop program, which allows outside developers to get their concepts and designs into P&G's product pipeline. An applicator developed by Cardinal Health (now Catalent), for example, helped P&G launch Olay Regenerist Eye Derma-Pods, now its top-selling skin-care item. Today, 42% of P&G products have an externally sourced component. And this giant is growing: Revenues rose 8%, to $78 billion, last fiscal year, while profits climbed 14%, to $11 billion.</p><p align="justify"><strong>#12 NEWS CORP.</strong><br />As if buying MySpace didn't cement News Corp. as a maverick, Murdoch & Co. last year pledged to go carbon neutral by 2010, launched the Fox Business Network, and, oh yeah, snapped up Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal.</p><p align="justify"><br /><strong>#13 AFFYMETRIX</strong><br />Imagine going for a half-hour doctor's visit and coming out with a treatment plan tailored to your unique genetic blueprint. That's the vision at Santa Clara, California-based Affymetrix, which makes lab tests that scan tissue samples for variations in thousands of genes. The company banked an estimated $405 million in revenue last year, a payday spurred by the Amplichip test -- developed in partnership with Roche Diagnostics -- which identifies people who metabolize drugs slowly and therefore are especially vulnerable to side effects. Now the race is on to develop advanced tests for genetic predisposition to heart disease and the most common types of cancer.<br />Photograph: Chris Greenberg/The New York Times/Redux </p><p align="justify"><br /><strong>#14 DISNEY</strong><br />Two years into the job, CEO Bob Iger continues to mold Disney into the digital-media innovator to watch. ABC was the first network to sell TV episodes on iTunes and to stream them for free on its Web site. Pirates of the Caribbean and High School Musical showed multiplatform agility. And Pixar's latest hit, Ratatouille, was a masterful blend of technical brilliance, artistry, and narrative that evoked Walt's original magic. Pixar cofounder Ed Catmull, now president of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios, is encouraging the Big Mouse to rediscover and build on its rich tradition. </p><p align="justify"><br />FC: How are you reviving hand-drawn animation?Ed Catmull: People focus on the art of the old Disney films, not the interplay between art and technology. Disney did the first blue-screen matting, the first multiplane camera. We brought back that interplay. The art and technology inspire each other. One of our experiments is going paperless. Changes are easier on a digital tablet. </p><p align="justify"><br />What worked at Pixar that is now helping Disney?Catmull: We've made two short films at Disney like we do at Pixar. A small team does everything--the story, the technology--and it allows them to stretch. "Glago's Guest" is more somber and realistic than the usual Disney look.<br />How do you encourage innovation?Catmull: In a hierarchy, everyone is working for the person making the film, but we push control far down into the organization. Does everyone own the project? Are we taking an honest-to-goodness risk? If we're not scared, really scared, we're not doing a good project. </p><p align="justify"><br /><strong>#15 SAMSUNG</strong><br />The first bendable OLED screen. An ultrathin double-sided LCD. A solid-state drive to replace the hard disk in your laptop. And soon, in a collaboration with game company Reactrix: a TV that lets viewers move what's on the screen with the wave of a hand. Just a taste of the impact of the world's fastest-growing consumer-electronics company.<br /><br /><strong>#39 TOYOTA</strong><br />The year 2007 will go down as a historic one for Toyota, its 50th in the United States. The company won 16% of the American market -- more than double its share 10 years ago -- and passed Ford to take the number-two spot in U.S. car sales, despite an uncharacteristic slip in quality ratings. The company unveiled its next-gen Prius (due in 2010), a plug-in with a carbon-fiber body, but ironically, its most successful rollout was the redesigned Tundra pickup. Toyota sold 3,800 of the jumbo 18-mpg trucks per week this year -- 300 more than Prius. </p><p align="justify"><br /><strong>#40 REAL D<br /></strong>When Beowulf hit theaters in November, it marked the dawn of the next -- some say ultimate -- wave of 3-D movies. Making the display possible was a California outfit called Real D, whose technology uses circularly polarized light from digital projectors, avoiding the eye fatigue of the old 3-D. Theaters are banking that the technology will stop the box-office slide, and Hollywood's biggest players have projects in the pipeline. That's not enough for Real D: "Our view is that 3-D images change the business on all visual displays," says CEO Michael Lewis, who envisions Real D at home and even on mobile screens. The company is already experimenting with alternative content, from multiplayer in-theater video games to an NBA game converted into 3-D in real-time. A U2 3-D concert film (above) is out now. </p><p align="justify"><br /><strong>#41 MICROSOFT<br /></strong>Critics like to crow about Redmond's stumbles. The struggling Zune. The Xbox 360's "red ring of death." And as for Vista, well, cue the clearing of throats. Then again, ever hear of a little game called Halo 3? And maybe you missed the biggest surpise to emerge out of the PR squall this year, the tabletop computer Surface, a foray into multitouch technology that rivals the iPhone in coolness. Windows and Office continue their dominance, of course, and Microsoft's stock was up about 20% in 2007.<br /><a title="payless" name="payless"></a><br /><a title="payless" name="payless"></a><strong>#42 PAYLESS</strong><a title="payless" name="payless"></a><strong><br /></strong><a title="payless" name="payless"></a>Last September, when actresses Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill) and Brittany Snow (Hairspray) landed backstage in Lela Rose's showroom at New York Fashion Week, they swooned over the designer's new shoe collection that was about to debut on the runway. Rose, best known for $1,500 frocks, happily handed pairs of navy peep-toe pumps and polka-dot round-toe pumps over to the young celebs, who would soon be flaunting them on the sidelines of the catwalk. "Did they know they were Payless shoes?" says Rose, who's now designing her fifth exclusive line for the discounter. "Absolutely. They didn't care. They looked cute to them and that's all that mattered." </p><p align="justify"><br /><a title="payless" name="payless"></a>Payless? Since when did the dusty dungeon of cheap footwear have anything to do with the front lines of fashion? Since 2005, when Matt Rubel, who previously turned around Cole Haan, took the helm of the now $3.5 billion company and decided it needed a design intervention. While the 4,500-store chain had thrived for years on the low-price, self-service model it pioneered in the 1950s, the last decade saw the company losing the discount wars to beasts such as Wal-Mart. If thrift was no longer its competitive edge, reasoned Rubel, then Payless would have to design shoes that Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw would drool over at prices Roseanne could afford.<br /><a title="payless" name="payless"></a>To do that, Rubel has injected a fashion sensibility into every arm of the Topeka, Kansas-based company. Last year, he built its first design studio in Manhattan and recruited Robert Mingione, Kenneth Cole's head of footwear, and Bernard Figueroa, top footwear designer for Michael Kors, to run it. Taking a cue from fashion democratizers like Target and H&M, he has lured up-and-comers such as Rose, Laura Poretzky, and Alice + Olivia's Stacey Bendet -- even Sex and the City's very own Patricia Field -- to design exclusive shoe and handbag lines that sell at higher prices and employ sophisticated materials such as silk crepe, snake skin, and perforated kidskin. At the retail level, Rubel has given a 21st-century facelift to the chain's 1970s-hued stores with two new formats. He has opened 22 "fashion labs" -- more-upscale hubs, with modern decor bathed in pristine white, that offer the pricier fashion-forward lines -- and retooled nearly 400 existing locations with an airier design that puts trendy collections in the spotlight. "More and more women who never would have shopped at Payless are becoming Payless customers," says Lori Holliday Banks, a senior analyst at fashion consultancy the Tobe Report. "Rubel's reinventing the whole self-service business." </p><p align="justify"><br /><a title="payless" name="payless"></a>Rubel, crowned Footwear News's Person of the Year for 2007, isn't stopping the extreme makeover there. In 2006, Payless nearly doubled its earnings. Then last spring, the CEO shook up the industry with two major acquisitions: $91 million for Collective Licensing International, a brand-management company that owns names such as Airwalk and American Eagle, and $800 million for Stride Rite Corp., whose brands include Keds and Saucony. Collective Brands Inc. (the parent company's new name) is now the largest non-athletic-shoe company in the western hemisphere, giving Rubel a triple threat of retail, wholesale, and licensing leverage. Says Rubel, who has become a regular at Fashion Week: "Initially it was pretty difficult getting designers on board to sell cheap shoes. Now we're getting phone calls from designers who want to work with us." -- Danielle Sacks </p><p align="justify"><br /><a title="payless" name="payless"></a><strong>#43 AIRASIA</strong><a title="payless" name="payless"></a><strong><br /></strong><a title="payless" name="payless"></a>Seven years ago, former music exec Tony Fernandes paid 25 cents for an ailing carrier with two creaky planes and $12 million in debt. Today, AirAsia's bottom-of-the-pyramid strategy has created one of the world's fastest-growing, most-profitable carriers, with the lowest operating costs in the industry and fares as cheap as $3. "It's like our bus," says Yap Choo Ying, who runs a market stall in eastern Malaysia and now regularly jets to Kuala Lumpur to see her grandkids. In November, the Malaysian company made a risky bet by going long-haul, adding flights to Australia; this year, it will add flights to China and India, where billions of people have yet to take to the skies. </p><p align="justify"><br /><a title="payless" name="payless"></a><strong>#44 CURRENT TV</strong><br /><a title="payless" name="payless"></a>"We wanted to democratize television," Al Gore told us last summer, of his quest to create a cable network that piped content pitched to -- and created by -- young people. But if the initial idea was Gore's, credit for Current TV's subsequent traction goes to CEO Joel Hyatt. Launched in August 2005, Current became profitable in 18 months. "I knew nothing, and I mean nothing, about the cable industry," Hyatt says. But that ignorance freed his team to dream big, and by the end of 2007, more than a third of Current programming was being created by viewers and delivered to Current via the Web. Hyatt reinvented the ad model as well, inviting the likes of Sony and Toyota to tap his audience's creativity; to date, 39 viewer-generated ads have aired. </p><p align="justify"><br /><a title="payless" name="payless"></a><strong>#45 SUN MICROSYSTEMS</strong><br /><a title="payless" name="payless"></a>Data centers account for some 3% of world energy use, and Sun has taken that as a dare. Last year, its mad-scientist approach to energy efficiency -- and $2 billion R&D budget--caused ripples across the industry as the company released the UltraSPARC T2, the world's most efficient processor; Project Blackbox, the first modular data center; and a new Silicon Valley data center that increases computer power by 456% while cutting energy costs by more than 60%. With four straight profitable quarters for the first time since 2001 and 6% revenue growth, the forecast is sunny. </p><p align="justify"><br /><a title="payless" name="payless"></a><strong>#46 BMW</strong><a title="payless" name="payless"></a><br /><a title="payless" name="payless"></a>The opening of the new $275 million BMW Welt (BMW World) in Munich was a high-water mark for the automaker's marketing department. Some 1 million pilgrims a year are expected to push their noses to the glass; 45,000 customers will pick up their cars here. But there's a better reason BMW remains the world's number-one premium marque. After overhauling its much-criticized onboard computer, the company has refocused on what's important: the badass automobile. Look for the $30,000 rear-wheel-drive 1-Series coupe (debuting in the United States this year), the 2008 Mini Clubman (a supersize version of the Cooper), and, most impressive, the prototype Hydrogen 7. Yes, Honda has a hydrogen car too -- but if you're going to be stranded by the roadside for lack of H, wouldn't you rather it be in a BMW? </p><p align="justify"><br /><a title="payless" name="payless"></a><strong>#47 TATA GROUP</strong><a title="payless" name="payless"></a><br /><a title="payless" name="payless"></a>Within the first 10 days of 2008, Ratan Tata, the magnate behind India's $72.8 billion Tata Group, made a reported $2 billion bid for Ford's Jaguar and Land Rover brands and unveiled its long anticipated $2,500 "People's Car" (called Nano) at a New Delhi auto show. Think about it: In the same week, India's largest conglomerate shook up both the high-end and the rock-bottom car markets, and made a clear statement that Indian business is not just a tech and outsourcing ghetto. </p><p align="justify"><br /><a title="payless" name="payless"></a>In truth, it wasn't the first time that Tata himself, the fifth generation in his family to run the company, had demonstrated his global savvy. In the 1990s, when he first took the helm of Tata, its trucking unit was posting the biggest losses in India's history. Since then, through a series of international acquisitions (Tetley Teas, steelmaker Corus), the 70-year-old has transformed the company into a mosaic of 100 diverse businesses. Clearly, Tata knows what India's 300-million-strong emerging middle class is hungry for. Apparently he knows the rest of us, too: This year, more than half of the company's revenue is expected to come from non-Indian operations. </p><p align="justify"><br /><a title="payless" name="payless"></a><strong>#48 AKQA</strong><a title="payless" name="payless"></a><br /><a title="payless" name="payless"></a>Most interactive-ad shops master either the creative or the technical; AKQA is expert at both. Whether building a Pixar-quality interactive online universe for Coke's breathtaking "Happiness Factory" campaign (below), or masterminding a multimedia "alternate reality game" for Microsoft's Halo 3, the digital powerhouse doesn't just dream up mind-bending ideas, it actually writes the code that brings them to life. Which is why, after five consecutive years of profitability, AKQA is one of the most dangerous global forces in the ad industry. While ad holding companies and tech firms spent billions in 2007 to snap up digital shops, AKQA fended them off, opting instead for a $250 million investment from private-equity firm General Atlantic. In the meantime, the 700-person agency boosted revenues 39% to $100 million and added new clients such as Unilever, DoubleClick, and Cadbury Schweppes -- on top of existing accounts with Nike and McDonald's. </p><p align="justify"><br /><a title="payless" name="payless"></a><strong>#49 PROSPER</strong><a title="payless" name="payless"></a><strong><br /></strong><a title="payless" name="payless"></a>"What we're really trying to do is to create an eBay for money and credit," says Chris Larsen, CEO of two-year-old Prosper (and founder of E-Loan, which he sold in 2005). The company melds the debt market with online social networking, allowing people to borrow money from one another without any banks in the middle. So far, Prosper has facilitated the transfer of more than $100 million, and delinquency rates have been low. Borrowers include stretched homeowners, college-goers, credit-card junkies, and entrepreneurs; lenders are average folks, including Larsen himself (who has funded more than 450 loans). </p><p align="justify"><br /><a title="payless" name="payless"></a><strong>#50 BAIDU</strong><a title="payless" name="payless"></a><br /><a title="payless" name="payless"></a>We started this list with Google; we end it with a startup that has dared to go up against Google -- and has won the first round. Baidu, the king of Chinese search (60% market share in 2007), performs better in Mandarin and has more features customized for locals. Cofounder Robin Li is convinced that Baidu will "become bigger than Google," and he is in a hurry to get there: He recently launched a Japanese search engine, introduced search for ad-supported streaming music, and was first to offer mobile search in China.<br />Corrections: In the original version of this article the name of Sega of America president Simon Jeffery was misspelled. Also, the original version neglected to cite Roche Diagnostics as a partner with Affymetrix in developing the Amplichip test. </p>uptownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03456592159717380740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34083036.post-92216724300860030452008-03-17T11:54:00.007+08:002008-03-17T14:23:23.660+08:00Health HazardWondering do anyone of us notice how to pickup your mobile phone and put on the correct side of your ear.<br /><br />The answer is to your LEFT ear from Scientists discovery.<br />Microwave from your mobile phone will trigger changes to protein structure in endothelial cells that allow toxins to enter your brain.<br /><br />This is the right way of answering calls.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0JQB5zuzg0rfxXm2Oycv4lId-e4cCTOS0eX-RmNHUw5t-mkkWDM39lpQI1PORsccrf00iQc7XxUOXEoAruLK-q61qlcpiiRG7TtZJa7U9Dfd2-4twlW8HCNC7fttPI0Nq8zu/s1600-h/left.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178591311551346690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 392px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 273px" height="273" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0JQB5zuzg0rfxXm2Oycv4lId-e4cCTOS0eX-RmNHUw5t-mkkWDM39lpQI1PORsccrf00iQc7XxUOXEoAruLK-q61qlcpiiRG7TtZJa7U9Dfd2-4twlW8HCNC7fttPI0Nq8zu/s400/left.jpg" width="484" border="0" /></a>uptownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03456592159717380740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34083036.post-75647829484847140732008-03-16T03:26:00.003+08:002008-03-16T03:55:01.967+08:00Childhood Greatest Love Song by 許茹芸<div align="justify">Still remember before <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Jolin</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Tsai</span>, SHE was popular, the earlier popular single from Taiwan, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Valen</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Hse</span>. Not sure anyone know or remember her? She was popular in the 90's with her favourite Love songs. Some even gave her the nickname of "The Queen of Love Songs" with her sad ballads in Mandarin Chinese and some in Cantonese.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">Today just <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">coincidentally</span> hear the song from FM and only until 2 minutes the song play, i only manage to identify is her, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Valen</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Hsu</span>!</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">Let's see..From the 1st album, 討好 release in Y1995 until today for the album 北緯六十六度, this single already recorded a record of 13 yrs in music career. From the latest album duel with </div><div align="justify">阿穆隆, her vocal was just exactly as 10 yrs before.</div>
<br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">許茹芸 & 阿穆隆 - 男人女人 MTV</span></strong>
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<br /><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">許茹芸 & 熊天平 - 你的眼睛</span></strong>
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<br /><strong>Below are her discography
<br /></strong>June 1995 - Tau Hao (討好)
<br />March 1996 – Lei Hai (Tear’s Sea) (淚海)
<br />September 1996 – Ru Guo Yun Zhi Dao (If the Cloud Knows) (如果雲知道)
<br />June 1997 – Ri Guang Ji Chang (日光機場)
<br />September 1997 – Ru Ci Jing Cai "Best Of…" [茹此精彩十三首(新歌加精選 港版)] – Cantonese Version
<br />November 1997 - Ru Ci Jing Cai "Best Of…" [茹此精彩十三首(新歌加精選 臺版)] – Mandarin Version
<br />June 1998 – Wo Yi Ran Ai Ni (I Still Love You) (我依然愛你)
<br />December 1998 – Ni Shi Zui Ai (你是最愛)
<br />August 1999 – Zhen Ai Wu Di (真愛無敵)
<br />September 1999 – Piano Diary (鋼琴記事簿)
<br />November 1999 – I’m This Happy (我就是這麼快樂) - Cantonese Version
<br />May 2000 – Nan De Hao Tian Qi (難得好天氣)
<br />December 2000 – Hua Kai (花 咲)
<br />June 2001 – Liu Jin Shi Zai "Best Of…" (流金十載-許茹芸全記錄)
<br />June 2001 – Single Diary "Best Of…" (單身日記-1995-2001)
<br />September 2001 – Zhi Shuo Gei Ni Ting (Just Want to Tell You) (只說給你聽)
<br />November 2002 – Yun Kai Le (芸開了)
<br />June 2003 – Valen Hsu’s Movie Ballads – Cloud Stay (許茹芸的愛情電影主題曲-雲且留住)
<br />December 2003 – I Love the Night "Best Of…" (我愛夜)
<br />February 2005 – Valen Hsu "Best Of Classics…" (許茹芸 / 國語真經典)
<br />April 2007 – Pleasant to Hear (好听) - Single
<br />December 2007 – 66 Pohjoista Leveyttä (北緯六十六度)
<br />uptownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03456592159717380740noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34083036.post-4450452916909128172008-03-14T00:21:00.004+08:002008-03-14T00:29:31.863+08:00PG CM 1st Battle against PM<div align="justify"><em>coutesy of MalaysiaKini</em></div><div align="justify"><em></em> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has vehemently refuted Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s claim that he was stoking racial tension over the issue of dismantling the New Economy Policy (NEP) in the island state.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">In a sign that could signal the start of a rocky relationship between the federal and the state governments, Lim has instead slammed Abdullah for seeking to provoke racial tensions with his allegations. “I said we will have an open-tender system (in Penang). What’s the problem with that? Unless Abdullah doesn’t like open tenders but corruption, cronyism and inefficiency.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">“I don’t understand what has it (abolishing the NEP) got to do with marginalising the Malay or the Indian community. I think he is not right, (he’s) going on the wrong facts and trying to provoke (racial) sentiment,” Lim told a press conference after witnessing the swearing-in of 10 of his state excos at the Dewan Sri Pinang today.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Yesterday, Abdullah expressed his dismay over the plan by the DAP-led state government not to practise the NEP, an affirmative action policy which favours the bumiputeras.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">“Do not marginalise the Malays. I want to ask Lim Guan Eng what are his plans for the Malays in Penang. What are his plans for the Indians in Penang. What are his plans for other minority groups in Penang?” said Abdullah.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><strong>Who hold the shares?</strong> </div><div align="justify">At the press conference, the Penang CM argued that the NEP was a source of corruption, citing the example of the unequal distribution of wealth, including shares which were ‘swallowed up’ by a few selected individuals.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">“If they want to help Malaysians, I asked these people to ‘vomit out’ some of the (bumiputera) shares... Who hold these shares? Perhaps (Umno Wanita chief) Rafidah Aziz,” he claimed.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">“We have not enacted any policy which marginalises a certain group. The only decision that we have made is to waive the (traffic and hawkers) summonses - tell me, which group loses out with that?</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">”In a sarcastic tone, Lim said the premier’s criticism could have been linked to <a href="http://122.0.17.30/news/79695" target="_blank">his revelation yesterday</a> that the RM25 billion project of the Penang Global City Centre (PGCC) had yet been approved by the local authorities.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">“I understand why he may not be happy with my decision on the PGCC, but the PGCC is not even related to a Malay developer,” argued the Penang CM.The PGCC is undertaken by developer Abad Naluri, an associate company of Equine Capital Berhad which is controlled by the premier’s ally, businessman Patrick Lim.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><strong>Abdullah ‘not informed’</strong></div><div align="justify">Lim also suggested that the prime minister might have made his criticism without checking out the facts beforehand.“The PM maybe provoked by Utusan Malaysia - that I wouldn’t know. (But) I understand, because when he launched the PGCC, he was not informed that the project was not even approved, still he went ahead and launched it - this could be just the same case,” a combative Lim said.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Asked on his assurance to the Malay community in the state that they would not be marginalised, Lim reiterated that his government is for all races.Meanwhile, PKR - DAP’s ally in the state government - gave the party’s backing to the Penang state government on the decision to do away with NEP.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">“The NEP is no longer new - it has been there for 30 years and it has failed to a certain extent,” said Bayan Baru member of parliament Zahrain Mohamed Hashim, who is also PKR state chief.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">“It’s time to explain to Malaysians about the Malaysian Economic Agenda which is fairer,” said Zahrain, referring to the need-based policy advocated by PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">“The Malays would not be sidelined in the new state government, this is an assurance that Lim has given to me and it’s the duty of the state government to ensure all communities are taken care of,” said Zahrain. </div>uptownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03456592159717380740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34083036.post-56966968050537960572008-03-14T00:09:00.003+08:002008-03-14T00:17:30.284+08:00Lim Guan Eng being attacked on populist policies<div align="justify"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">courtesy of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">MalaysiaKini</span></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="blsp-spelling-error"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Penang</span></span> Chief Minister <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Lim</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Guan</span></span> Eng has said his two major announcements after taking office and which won accolades from the people were not meant to be populist policies.</div><div align="justify"><br />This include his move to waive all summonses involving hawker licences and parking fees before the general election, as well as to appoint a Malay and an Indian as his deputies.</div><div align="justify"><br />"If I want to make populist moves, I will cancel many more things, not just traffic summonses," he said in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Penang</span></span> today when asked to comment on whether he is running the state government as a populist government.</div><div align="justify"><br />Elaborating on the decision, he said there have been a lot of complaints on how the summonses were issued and policies which were not carried out in a transparent manner.</div><div align="justify"><br />"We want a fresh start since this is a new government that is a complete departure from the previous government. So let’s have a fresh start from March 11," he added, referring to the day that he was <a href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/79596" target="_blank">sworn in</a> as the fourth chief minister of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Penang</span></span>.</div><div align="justify"><br />While the move to waive the summonses was well-received by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Penangites</span></span>, critics had said this may not be an appropriate as it is done at the expense of the government’s coffer. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Lim</span></span> was uncertain about the exact figure when asked earlier.</div><div align="justify"><br />Asked on the same subject today, the CM replied: "We have an estimate of the cost, we will work it out (but remember) all these collections you don’t get in full. We are trying to get a final amount."</div><div align="justify"><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Lim</span></span> has also named its ally <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">PKR</span></span>’s Mohammad <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Fairus</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Khairuddin</span></span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">DAP</span></span>’s P <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Ramasamy</span></span> as the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">DCM</span></span> (I) and (II) respectively to show his government represents all communities.</div><div align="justify"><br />The move was hailed by many parties as it was the first time an Indian has been appointed to such a high post, in the wake of grouses that the Indian community has long been marginalised. </div><div align="justify"><br />The appointment of Mohammad <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Fairus</span></span> as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">DCM</span></span> (1) in the state is also seen as a move to pacify anxiety among the Malays in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Penang</span></span>, a minority group, that they will be sidelined by the predominantly Chinese <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">DAP</span></span>.</div><div align="justify"><br /><strong>State <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">exco</span></span> line-up unveiled<br /></strong><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Lim</span></span> was met by reporters after witnessing 10 state executive councillors, including his two deputies, sworn in this morning at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Dewan</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Sri</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Pinang</span></span> on the island. (See chart below)<br />The state <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">exco</span></span> line-up comprises seven representatives from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">DAP</span></span> and three from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">PKR</span></span>.</div><div align="justify"><br />They are <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">DAP</span></span>’s Chow <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Kon</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Yeow</span></span> (Padang <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Kota</span></span>), Wong Hon <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Wai</span></span> (Air <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">Itam</span></span>), <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Lim</span></span> Hock <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Seng</span></span> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Bagan</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Jermal</span></span>), <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Ong</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">Kok</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">Fooi</span></span> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">Berapit</span></span>), <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">Phee</span></span> Boon <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">Poh</span></span> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">Sungai</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">Puyu</span></span>), Law <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">Heng</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">Kiang</span></span> (Batu <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">Lanchang</span></span>), <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">PKR</span></span>’s Law <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">Choo</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">Kiang</span></span> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">Bukit</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">Tambun</span></span>) and Abdul <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53">Malik</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54">Abul</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55">Kassim</span></span> (Batu <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56">Maung</span></span>).<br />On the line-up, the CM disagreed that the prominent portfolios - such as economic planning, local government and international trade - were all allocated to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57">DAP</span></span> representatives. </div><div align="justify"><br />"I don’t think so, I think the portfolios are well distributed. It <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_58">didn</span></span>’t go to any particular party and (it was finalised) after discussion with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_58"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_59">PKR</span></span>. I will reject that sort of analysis," he said.</div><div align="justify"><br />"This is a government for all and I will have regular discussion with my two deputies," he added.</div><div align="justify"><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_59"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_60">Penang</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_60"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_61">PKR</span></span> chief <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_61"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_62">Zahrain</span></span> Mohamed Hashim when asked on the same issue said he was of the view that the portfolios given to the party’s state representatives were "proportionate".</div><div align="justify"><br />"I think the portfolios are very relevant to us and I have got the assurance from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_62"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_63">Guan</span></span> Eng that I am free to discuss with him at anytime (on state’s matters)," he told reporters when met at the sidelines of the ceremony.</div><div align="justify"><br />Other <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_63"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_64">PKR</span></span> representatives felt that the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_64"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_65">PKR</span></span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_65"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_66">DAP</span></span> will work together for the betterment of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_66"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_67">Penangites</span></span> regardless of the posts given.</div><div align="justify"><br />"Nobody is not important. Whatever the arrangement is, we shall cooperate with each other," said <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_67"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_68">PKR</span></span>’s <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_68"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_69">Kebun</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_69"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_70">Bunga</span></span> state <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_70"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_71">assemblyperson</span></span> Jason <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_71"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_72">Ong</span></span>.</div><div align="justify"><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_72"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_73">Bukit</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_73"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_74">Tambun</span></span>’s Law conceded he was surprised at first when he was told of the portfolio given to him as he was more familiar in the areas of education and business.</div><div align="justify"><br />"But every portfolio is equally important," he stressed.</div>uptownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03456592159717380740noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34083036.post-20038577702603957332008-03-13T01:26:00.003+08:002008-03-13T01:36:00.078+08:00The 1st good new from new PG Chief Minister<div align="justify">PENANG: New Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has introduced a series of populist decisions from giving a one-time waiver of summonses issued by local councils to the abandoning of New Economic Policy measures by the state administration.</div><div align="justify"><br />He said the state government also wanted to foster harmonious relations with the Federal Government in all respects and he would seek an appointment with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to discuss moves to address the needs of the people of Penang.<br />He said this during a press conference after being sworn in as Chief Minister at his new office in Komtar here yesterday.</div><div align="justify"><br />Lim said the key areas of the new agenda for Penang included the economy, governance and social needs of the people.<br />He said the agenda for change would “re-establish rule by the rakyat.”</div><div align="justify"><br />He also said that the Chief Minister, state exco members, speaker and deputy speaker, as well as the heads of the Penang and Seberang Prai municipal councils would be required to publicly declare their personal assets.</div><div align="justify"><br />On the move to waive summonses issued by the Penang and Seberang Prai Municipal Councils before March 11, Lim said the move was to help reduce the burden faced by the people, especially the poor.</div><div align="justify"><br />However, further offences of such nature would not be excused, he said.<br />Lim said he hoped to discuss with Abdullah the possibility of using Petronas’ proceeds to fully fund the construction cost of the Federal Government’s second Penang Bridge project.</div><div align="justify"><br />He also hoped federal funding to Penang would not be affected by the change of government, adding that the funding was provided for under the Federal Constitution.<br />“I don't think Abdullah wants to see Penangites suffer just because they exercised their right to vote in the March 8 elections,” he said.</div><div align="justify"><br />On how he felt being the Chief Minister, Lim replied: “Being a former prisoner, I did not expect to sit on the chief minister's chair. It is really a transformation and quite an experience for me.” </div>uptownboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03456592159717380740noreply@blogger.com0