Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize - Star

Oct 9, 2009

OSLO: President Barack Obama on Friday won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.

“Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future,” the committee said.

“His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world’s population.”

Obama’s name had been mentioned in speculation before the award but many Nobel watchers believed it was too early to award the president.

The committee said it attached special importance to Obama’s vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.

“Obama has as president created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play.” - AP

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Good Lord! It’s a leopard! - Star

Oct 6, 2009

A SCIENTIST who recently studied an animal fossil found in Gua Naga Mas near Gopeng, believes it could be that of a leopard.

Since its discovery by Malaysian Nature Society members in 1992, many have put forward the view that the fossil could be of a tiger or serow.

Lord Cranbrook (blue shirt and yellow hat) taking down notes on the fossil after inspecting it.

The latest opinion that the fossil is a leopard came from Dr Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, the 5th Earl of Cranbrook.

Lord Cranbrook, as he is popularly known, was invited by Universiti Malaya (UM) senior lecturer in Geology Dr Ros Fatihah Muhammad to inspect the fossil on Sept 29.

He said the fossil was that of a carnivore but too small to be a tiger.

Prehistoric animal: The ancient fossil in the cave

Lord Cranbrook was a senior lecturer in zoology between 1961 and 1970 at UM and the author of several books on wildlife in South East Asia.

On why the fossil was found about 30m above the ground, Dr Ros Fatihah said studies in areas in the Kinta Valley had shown that the ground level was much higher in the past.

Dr Ros Fatihah said sediment collected would be sent to a researcher in Australia to determine the age of the cave and fossil.

It has been reported earlier that experts believed that the animal could have lived during the Pleistocene age which started 2.5 million years ago and ended 10,000 years ago.

The Museum and Antiquities Department has gazetted Gua Naga Mas as a historical site.

Study with other races, Dr M advises Malay students - Star

Oct 6, 2009 By R.S.N. MURALI

DUNGUN: Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has urged Malay students to enrol in institutions of higher learning with an equal racial breakdown if they wished to maintain a competitive edge.

“Malays must accept that there are people of other races in this country, and they should interact with them too,” he said after attending a discussion entitled “Malay Supremacy” at UiTM here yesterday.

“(Malay students) should also realise that the world out there is diverse and filled with various ethnic groups and should (make an effort) to foster relationships (with other races) if they want to be more competent.”

Dr Mahathir said, through interaction with other races, Malays would be able to sustain a superlative academic standard through healthy competition.

“The foremost element to achieving this is to accept that this country is a plural society.”

Surprise Birthday celebration @ OUM KL

5 Oktober 2009

Dari kiri: Prof. Yusof, Prof. Shaari, Tuan Fatma, Prof. Mansor dan Prof. Ramli

Pagi tadi selepas selesai Ucapan Tahunan Polisi Perniagaan OUM oleh YBhg Tan Sri Professor Emeritus Anuwar Ali pada kira-kira jam 10.45, satu majlis sarapan pagi telah diadakan dan satu surprise telah diberikan kepada Prof. Mansor (Senior Vice President OUM), Prof. Shaari (Dekan fakulti perniagaan dan pemasaran), Prof. Yusof (Dekan fakulti Aplikasi Sains Sosial) dan Puan Tuan Fatma (Program Coordinator untuk MBA bagi meraikan hari jadi mereka.

YBhg Tan Sri Presiden (berambut putih) turut hadir dalam majlis sarapan pagi

Seramai 200 orang staf OUM KL yang hadir telah menyampaikan lagu "Happy Birthday" kepada mereka.



Seperti tahun-tahun lepas, Ucapan Tahunan Polisi Perniagaan telah disampaikan oleh YBhg Tan Sri Presiden OUM bagi melancarkan bajet dan hala tuju OUM pada tahun 2010 dan seterusnya 5 tahun berikutnya.

Semasa ucapan dasar tersebut, Tan Sri telah menyatakan rasa puas hatinya tentang pencapaian Kumpulan Meteor serta OUM pada tahun 2009 walaupun pencapaian sediki merosot berbanding dengan sasaran yang telah dibuat. Beliau juga telah menyampaikan sasaran OUM pada tahun 2010 dan menyeru semua staf OUM supaya bekerja lebih kuat lagi bagi memastikan OUm mencapai sasarannya dalam suasana persaingan yang tinggi.

Beliau juga telah menggariskan beberapa perkara yan perlu dibuat termasuk perbelanjaan secara berhemah, memperkenalkan 6 program baru setiap tahun, serta memberikan lebih kuasa kepada setiap pusat pembelajaran dari segi mengemaskini proses pengambilan pelajar.

Beliau menyeru semua staf supaya membangunkan bajet 2010 berdasarkan pada hala tuju yang telah dicadangkan.

Setakat ini OUM mempunyai lebih dari 85,000 pelajar dan lebih dari 13,000 orang teah bergraduat dan lebih dari 7,500 akan bergraduat tahun ini.



Selepas selesai sahaja majlis ini, satu taklimat telah diadakan oleh Prof. Mansor Fadzil untuk staf yng berminat untuk memohon grant kaji selidik. Menurut Prof. Mansor, OUM memperuntukan sebanyak RM 1 juta setiap tahun untuk tujuan. Beliau menyeru semua staf supaya bergiat dalam kaji selidik kerana bukan sahaja ia mendatangkan manfaat kepada OUM tetapi kaji selidik yang telah diterima akan diambil untuk tujuan kenaikan pangkat staf tersebut.

Pameran tandas dari 56 negara

3 Oktober 2009

Jika hobi anda adalah untuk mengumpulkan koleksi tandas, jangan lupa singgah di satu-satunya muzium di dunia yang mempunyai koleksi tandas dari 56 buah negara. Muzium Sulabh International Museum of Toilets yang terletak di bandaraya New Delhi telah dibuka pada tahun 1992.

Replika tandas King Louis XIV

Ini lagi salah satu koleksi tandas purba

Bermacam-macam maklumat dan koleksi gambar mengenai berbagai tandas boleh didapati di muzium ini.

Berita selanjutnya:

http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2009/10/3/lifefocus/4798593&sec=lifefocus

Tiger Woods - atlet pertama dunia dengan pendapatan melebihi US$1 billion

Pemain golf terkemuka dunia Tiger Woods menjadi atlet pertama dunia dengan pendapatan melebihi US$1 billion. Hasil pendapatannya datang dari hadiah kemenangan beberapa sirkit golf serta penajaan jenama terkemuka.

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Can an athlete earn US$1bil? Tiger Woods is the world's first Akhbar The Star

NEW YORK: Forbes says Tiger Woods has become the first athlete to surpass $1 billion in career earnings.

The magazine estimates that golf's top-ranked player crested the plateau when he earned $10 million for winning the FedEx Cup on Sunday.

Forbes reported on its Web site on Tuesday that Woods entered 2009 having earned $895 million since he joined the PGA Tour in 1996.

Prize money, appearance fees, endorsement fees, bonuses and his golf course design business were calculated to have pushed him over $1 billion.

The magazine says former NBA great Michael Jordan and former Formula One driver Michael Schumacher, at $800 million and $700 million, respectively, are Woods' closest competition in career earnings