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20. January 2012

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Adam was African, and we are all cousins-lah

I was astonished to read about a local academic claiming that proto-Malays from the Sunda Shelf had fanned out into the world to become the ancestors to the human population.  Read this piece “Proto Malays, the origin of the human race?” in Malaysiakini. My word, forget about Lembah Bujang and all that, this turns history [Read more]

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19. January 2012

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NFC loan and MCA’s microcredit loans

Apart from the Sara loan scheme, two other loan schemes have been in the news – the NFC loan and the MCA’s microcredit loan scheme.  Let’s take a look at the details. Loan from the government for NFC signed in 2007 (The Star) Total loan: RM250m Repayment period: 20 years Grace period for repayments: 3 [Read more]

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17. January 2012

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Latin America, Africa, Asia under-represented among Catholic cardinals

Come 18 February, Europe will have more than half the total number of cardinal electors even though Latin America, Africa and Asia account for more than two thirds of the global Catholic population. The latest position after Pope Benedict’s latest appointment of 18 new cardinal electors (those cardinals below 80 years of age, who are [Read more]

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15. December 2011

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Nazri’s ‘free advice’ to Guan Eng

Minister in the PM’s Department Nazri Aziz has given some free advice to Guan Eng – don’t pay too much attention to the views of NGOs and environmentalists. Let me try and guess why he’s giving this advice at this point. Could this have something to do with mega projects in the pipeline for Penang?

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13. December 2011

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Penang’s Car-Free Day a good start

The weekly car-free day in a few streets in George Town, launched on 11 December 2011, is a good start which should eventually be expanded to cover more areas. As you can see, there is considerable support for this car-free day

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11. December 2011

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S’pore: Push for ‘green corridor’ along old KTM track

It’s not just in Penang that people want more green spaces and bicycle paths as over-development results in nostalgia for the less-frenzied lifestyles of the past. In Singapore too, nature lovers are hoping that the old KTM track from Tanjong Pagar to Woodlands can be turned into a green corridor and heritage route. They want [Read more]

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Porsche 993 Carrera

Fri, May 13, 2011

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WWW.JORDYLEENDERS.COM posted a photo: © JordyLeenders.com More images of this beauty shot in and around Nieuwegein (The Netherlands) soon.

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Porsche 993 Carrera

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MyStart Social Search Channels

Wed, Dec 22, 2010

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Dynamic Toolbar posted a photo: Select the desired search channel and perform search on social sites. The search box provides you with useful search suggestions and search history

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MyStart Social Search Channels

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Flickr Search Fail: "digital music"

Wed, Jun 2, 2010

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Flickr Search Fail: "digital music"

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Flickr Search Fail: "iphone"

Wed, Jun 2, 2010

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Flickr Search Fail: "iphone"

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