Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Todays & Tomorrows
"Our todays are what our yesterdays made them, our tomorrows will become the products of today. At the moment, we have but one life to live for many worlds!"
Monday, July 30, 2007
ADM501 & ADS509
Dear all,
the blogs are now published. Please refer to the blogs for latest informations on your courseworks etc.
Have a nice day. Cheers.
the blogs are now published. Please refer to the blogs for latest informations on your courseworks etc.
Have a nice day. Cheers.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Technical difficulty
Dear all,
Blogs ADS509 and ADM501 are not accessible at the moment due to some technical difficulty. Please give them some time to rectify and get the blogs published very soon.
Cheers.
Blogs ADS509 and ADM501 are not accessible at the moment due to some technical difficulty. Please give them some time to rectify and get the blogs published very soon.
Cheers.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Islamic Impact on Western Civilization
De' Bok,
Yes, there is a fairly good article on the topic. The article, written by Kohsul (1995) describes briefly Islamic impact on Western Civilization and how it is revisited and reconsidered according to the author's personal view.
The article was published in The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (Vol 12, (1), Spring 1995), pp.36-65.
Happy reading!
Cheers.
Yes, there is a fairly good article on the topic. The article, written by Kohsul (1995) describes briefly Islamic impact on Western Civilization and how it is revisited and reconsidered according to the author's personal view.
The article was published in The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences (Vol 12, (1), Spring 1995), pp.36-65.
Happy reading!
Cheers.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
OB
Had my first meeting with the BC3C group this morning. Quite an interesting group. Looking forward for next meeting with them next week. Have a pleasant tutorial guys.
Amazingly, they managed to do it
Gebang (hurm... nice name!)
Yes, indeed, the Arab countries had done it before. Back in 1973, on October, Egypt and Syria launched a massive attack on Israel (the Yom Kippur War?). In fact, the Arab oil exporters had used the 'oil weapon' - an embargo - to punish the US and other Western nations for their support of Israel.
Have a nice day.
Yes, indeed, the Arab countries had done it before. Back in 1973, on October, Egypt and Syria launched a massive attack on Israel (the Yom Kippur War?). In fact, the Arab oil exporters had used the 'oil weapon' - an embargo - to punish the US and other Western nations for their support of Israel.
Have a nice day.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Exhibition
Kelab Penyayang UiTM is holding its exhibition at the UiTM's Pusat Sukan today and tomorrow from 9am to 5pm. See you there!
Friday, July 20, 2007
Lemon Grass
Roza, thank you for that lemon grass tips. Appreciate it!
A drink with as little as one gram of lemon grass contains enough citral to prompt cancer cells to commit suicide in the test tube. Israeli researchers find way to make cancer cells self-destruct - Ben Gurion University. At first, Benny Zabidov, an Israeli agriculturalist who grows greenhouses full of lush spices on a pastoral farm in Kfar Yedidya in the Sharon region, couldn't understand why so many cancer patients from around the country were showing up on his doorstep asking for fresh lemon grass. It turned out that their doctors had sent them.
"They had been told to drink eight glasses of hot water with fresh lemon grass steeped in it on the days that they went for their radiation and chemotherapy treatments," Zabidov told ISRAEL21c. "And this is the place you go to in Israel for fresh lemon grass." It all began when researchers at Ben Gurion University of the Negev discovered last year that the lemon aroma in herbs like lemon grass kills cancer cells in-vitro, while leaving healthy cells unharmed. The research team was led by Dr. Rivka Ofir and Prof. Yakov Weinstein, incumbent of the Albert Katz Chair in Cell-Differentiation and Malignant Diseases, from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at BGU. Citral is the key component that gives the lemony aroma and taste in several herbal plants such as lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus), melissa
(Melissa officinalis) and verbena (Verbena officinalis.) According to Ofir, the study found that citral causes cancer cells to "commit suicide: using apoptosis, a mechanism called programmed cell death."
A drink with as little as one gram of lemon grass contains enough citral to prompt the cancer cells to commit suicide in the test tube. The BGU investigators checked the influence of the citral on cancerous cells by adding them to both cancerous cells and normal cells that were grown in a petri dish. The quantity added in the concentrate was equivalent to the amount contained in a cup of regular tea using one gram of lemon herbs in hot water. While the citral killed the cancerous cells, the normal cells remained unharmed.
The findings were published in the scientific journal *Planta Medica*, which highlights research on alternative and herbal remedies. Afterwards, the discovery was featured in the popular Israeli press. Why does it work? Nobody knows for certain, but the BGU scientists have a theory. "In each cell in our body, there is a genetic program which causes programmed cell death. When something goes wrong, the cells divide with no control and become cancer cells. In normal cells, when
the cell discovers that the control system is not operating correctly - for example, when it recognises that a cell contains faulty genetic material following cell division - it triggers cell death," explains Weinstein. "This research may explain the medical benefit of these herbs."
A drink with as little as one gram of lemon grass contains enough citral to prompt cancer cells to commit suicide in the test tube. Israeli researchers find way to make cancer cells self-destruct - Ben Gurion University. At first, Benny Zabidov, an Israeli agriculturalist who grows greenhouses full of lush spices on a pastoral farm in Kfar Yedidya in the Sharon region, couldn't understand why so many cancer patients from around the country were showing up on his doorstep asking for fresh lemon grass. It turned out that their doctors had sent them.
"They had been told to drink eight glasses of hot water with fresh lemon grass steeped in it on the days that they went for their radiation and chemotherapy treatments," Zabidov told ISRAEL21c. "And this is the place you go to in Israel for fresh lemon grass." It all began when researchers at Ben Gurion University of the Negev discovered last year that the lemon aroma in herbs like lemon grass kills cancer cells in-vitro, while leaving healthy cells unharmed. The research team was led by Dr. Rivka Ofir and Prof. Yakov Weinstein, incumbent of the Albert Katz Chair in Cell-Differentiation and Malignant Diseases, from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at BGU. Citral is the key component that gives the lemony aroma and taste in several herbal plants such as lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus), melissa
(Melissa officinalis) and verbena (Verbena officinalis.) According to Ofir, the study found that citral causes cancer cells to "commit suicide: using apoptosis, a mechanism called programmed cell death."
A drink with as little as one gram of lemon grass contains enough citral to prompt the cancer cells to commit suicide in the test tube. The BGU investigators checked the influence of the citral on cancerous cells by adding them to both cancerous cells and normal cells that were grown in a petri dish. The quantity added in the concentrate was equivalent to the amount contained in a cup of regular tea using one gram of lemon herbs in hot water. While the citral killed the cancerous cells, the normal cells remained unharmed.
The findings were published in the scientific journal *Planta Medica*, which highlights research on alternative and herbal remedies. Afterwards, the discovery was featured in the popular Israeli press. Why does it work? Nobody knows for certain, but the BGU scientists have a theory. "In each cell in our body, there is a genetic program which causes programmed cell death. When something goes wrong, the cells divide with no control and become cancer cells. In normal cells, when
the cell discovers that the control system is not operating correctly - for example, when it recognises that a cell contains faulty genetic material following cell division - it triggers cell death," explains Weinstein. "This research may explain the medical benefit of these herbs."
Not much to say though!
Ronaldo & Shalin (of all names? Hahah!)
I dont have that much to say about myself other than what is seen here, in this blog. Primarily, I would like think myself as a novice philospher. I used to have a poetic side to me. I love the idea of loneliness. I also like the idea of the wildness of the world and i want to be there with as small a number about myself as possible.
Seems a bit complex, isn't it?
I dont have that much to say about myself other than what is seen here, in this blog. Primarily, I would like think myself as a novice philospher. I used to have a poetic side to me. I love the idea of loneliness. I also like the idea of the wildness of the world and i want to be there with as small a number about myself as possible.
Seems a bit complex, isn't it?
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
A Matter of Time!
I asked Zahier, "Why you are not as chubby as when you were five or six years old?" to which he replied, "Because I opted not to!"
OK. Understood.
I wish him well
I received a message the other day that Ronny was ill in hospital in Melaka. I called on him a number of times and was sad to see him looking so frail and unhappy. Get well soon Ron.
Confused!
"Aequam memento rebus in arduis / servare mentem."
Remember, when life's path is steep, to keep an even mind.
Remember, when life's path is steep, to keep an even mind.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Choral speaking
Had the opportunity to watch Nasiha participating in a choral speaking competition last weekend. I am not used to this form of learning anyway. But I was quite eager to watch them perform.
What is choral speaking? This is what I got from the internet. When groups of students recite passages they've committed to memory, they are involved in choral speaking. (In choral reading and reader's theatre, students are not required to memorize the text, as the names imply). Students interpret text (poems, stories and other sources) by exploring the elements of choral speaking and movement. Together, they experiment with language and explore their voices in a "safe" environment. Since choral speaking is such a highly flexible strategy, individual student needs can easily be addressed within the context of whole group activities. For example, students who are less comfortable "performing" can be placed in large or small groups; others, more excited by the opportunity to experiment, can be given greater challenges such as solo lines.
Monday, July 16, 2007
A place called driving range
Why a driving range is considered one of the best places to be during your free time:
1. You can hit as many balls as possible
2. You can pick as many targets as possible, if they are within the boundaries
3. You can think as freely as you wish without disturbances
4. You can watch how people (not necessarily golfers) react to their own actions
5. You can blow your own trumpet, and say something that can make yourself happy
6. You can say your swing is exactly like Tiger Woods, no one will laugh at you
7. You can take five, enjoy your drink and currypuff, but please, do not smoke!
8. You can make/receive phone calls
9. You can always think that your handicap will be lowered soon
10.You can wear collarless t-shirt! And jeans!
Monday, July 02, 2007
Dreams & Wishes
"If you can dream and not make dreams your master. If you can think and not make thoughts your aims." (Rudyard Kipling)
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