Maths genius: Count On Inner Gift

Anyone can be a mathematics genius by developing his or her own technique to solve mathematical problems, says mathematical genius Shakuntala Devi. Such a technique could be developed by mere concentration, she said. However, she said that there was no standard procedure for this, as everyone was unique adding that she could turn mathematics haters to lovers.. All they need is the power to concentrate to awaken this gift. I am agree with her, although mathematics is a critical subject and there some people who hate math as it is very difficult. In order to be expert in this field we must do lot of exercises always and understand all the concepts related with the problems. There is no other way, if we want to develop our skills.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/10/21/nation/2325227&sec=nation

Locals and Tourists Want Jalan Alor To Be Maintained

In my opinion the Kuala Lumpur City Hall should not change the name Jalan Alor to Jalan Kejora as it has sparked a public outcry. Although the objective of action is to create new image, the authority must consider the effect of their action upon public interest. The Jalan Alor name has been in existence for 35 years, therefore it is difficult to change the mind setting of society. City Hall explained that the name was changed at the request of the National Economic Action Council to meet requirements under the road naming guidelines and to go with other roads in the vicinity. Besides, the changing of the name has numerous effects to public, traders, and tourists. The tourists feel that the popular street should retain its name for the convenience of tourists looking for the place the next time they return here. In addition, the area had taken years to establish its reputation and changing its name overnight was unfair to the locals. For conclusion, in my point of view, the name Jalan Alor should be maintained for the sake of the public, traders, and tourist.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/10/21/nation/2326794&sec=nation

AIDS Vaccine Focus Shifts After Disappointments

A global AIDS vaccine conference this week will seek fresh strategies against the HIV virus, with experts weighing the value of basic laboratory research against large-scale human clinical trials after a string of disappointments. Approaches now has changed focusing on "neutralizing antibodies" that would allow the human immune system to block infection completely, are likely to take over existing models that seek to manage infection after it occurs. Fundamentally we don't understand enough about the human immune system and we don't know how the immune system deals with HIV. The two stalled vaccines had been produced, one developed by drug giant Merck and the other by U.S. government researchers, both aimed to fight AIDS by encouraging so-called cell-mediated immunity, jump-starting T-cells to tackle the virus and stop or slow the progress of HIV-related disease. The AIDS virus infects an estimated 33 million people globally and has killed 25 million since it was identified in the 1980s. Cocktails of drugs can control the virus but there is no cure and remedies. Focus was now on another approach to fighting HIV: lab work to discover how to help the body produce antibodies to prevent infection altogether. Neutralizing antibodies are a major component of almost all other vaccines. This year's disappointments should not be allowed to derail the pace of research. It's a continuous and iterative process. We have to accept that maybe it's not going to be possible. But until we know that, we have to keep trying. In my point of view, this effort must be a continuous process in order to obtain desired medicines for HIV and AIDS. In research, it is usual to face failure before getting actual result so that we must be patient and do not get disappointed easily as we are nearly approaching the succes. For sure each disease has its own remedies, only we need to find for the solution. Therefore we should be united in solving this problems in global context and sharing with others for the sake of the whole world.

http://thestar.com.my/news/nastory.asp?file=/2008/10/13/worldupdates/2008-10-12T175629Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-359198-1&sec=Worldupdates

Dr M Still Speaking His Mind

When we are discussing political issues, the person that must not left behind is Dr Mahathir, our former Prime Minister. The one who had contribute a lot to the development of our country. He can be charming, intimidating and awesome, all at the same time. Although after resigning from politics, he still playing a role as responsibility citizen as he has the right to expect the country to be well governed. He always tell people we must be proud of our country and we can only be proud of your country if it is successful. So we have to work to make it successful. His words and criticisms always being heard and supported by those who are with him. For us, we should take good example of Dr Mahathir and leave behind the bad part by taking rational evaluation.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/10/12/nation/2228872&sec=nation

Money Management

Money management is vital in our life. There are several steps should be followed in money management. First of all, we should setting goals and understanding priorities by learning how to asses our current financial situation, establish priorities, set financial goals and monitor our progress. For the second step, we should manage income and expenses. This can be done by creating spending plan by recording monthly income, tracking monthly expenses and making necessary adjustment. Next, building savings and wealth means that we need to develop saving strategies to reach goals and build savings for the future. Make credit report and manage it wisely. Update our credit score regularly in order to see development of our savings. Besides, we can make comparison when we are shopping so that we can get reasonable price, learn the importance of comparison shopping and how to save money on almost all goods and service. Finally, we must have our personal financial recordkeeping system as this will ease us in magement of our money.

http://www.moneymanagement.org/OnlineEducation/

Parliament: ‘Shah Rukh Khan doesn’t deserve title’

A backbencher has questioned the rationale behind the Malacca state government conferring a Datukship on Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and asked that the title be withdrawn.
Datuk Seri Abdul Ghapur Salleh (BN – Kalabakan) asked what Shah Rukh Khan had done for the country and the state to deserve such an honour. I am agree with him since Shah Rukh Khan is a bollywood star from India not from Malaysia so that he did not done any contribution to our country. Therefore, why he deserve the honour. In my opinion the title should be withdrawn.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/10/20/nation/20081020214513&sec=nation

Good presentation and good power point

There are several rules to be followed in order to produce good presentation:
1. The voice of presenter should be loud and clear to be heard by audience.
2. we must know how to control our facial expression.
3. we must have good intonation.
4. the presenter should have good eye contact with the audiens.
5. presentation should have visual aid.
6. we must have good body language.
7. manage to manipulate the situation and topic given.
8. do not express your mistakes, be natural.
9. Be yourself , do not pretend like you are someone else.
10. the presentation should have two ways communication.
11. be spontaneous


Good power point must have:
1. simple sentences and not to long.
2. aided with true visuals.
3. using clear and appropriate color or background.
4. well organised
5. no to many bullets or diagram.
6. aided with sounds and musics if necessary.
7. large and suitable pictures explaining the statements.
8. must has attention getter.
9. have body and conclusion.
10. leave impact on audiens by placing interesting images.