ROSIE'S "Premier Award" and MoE's "Premier University"

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(Bernama) - NEW JERSEY: Stevens Institute of Technology, a premier private co-educational university focused on research and entrepreneurship and committed to exploring the frontiers of engineering, science, and management, yesterday bestowed its highest award on Rosmah Mansor, wife of the Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.

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ROTFLMAOL!!!!!!

WHAT A SHAMELESS THING TO DO!!

Stevens Institute of Technology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...Technology

NJ Attorney General Matter
In 2009, after a two-year investigation by the New Jersey Attorney General…

• 90 Pages of Scandal | Inside Higher Ed
Sep 18, 2009 ... 90 Pages of Scandal ... Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey's attorney
general filed a lawsuit Thursday that describes the institute's top ...
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/09/18/stevens

Stevens Institute of Technology and Chief Face Accusations - NYTimes.com -http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12...wanted=all

The turmoil at Stevens can be traced to 2004, when Moody’s downgraded its bond ratings to near junk status because of operating deficits and rising debt.

Friday, 15 January 2010 00:00 Silvio Laccetti: Negative spotlight on Stevens Institute of Technology hurts school’s mission and New Jersey -
?http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/commentary/silvio-laccetti-negative-spotlight-on-stevens-institute-of-technology-hurts-schools-mission-and-new-jersey

25 Colleges With the Worst Professors in 2011 - CBS News - http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-50...s-in-2011/

You be the judge.

Shalom.

STOP LYNAS!!

UMNO fund-raising thru Israel's Ehud Barak? Really Mahadet?

I just found this on the web ...
After all the Anti-Israel rhetoric from UMNO and of course Maha-det, it is quite mind-boggling if this is genuine!!
Imagine allowing use of our Military bases in return for party funding!!
That too from Israel/Clinton Found!!
Yup- I'm quite aware that all sorts of things can be done using computers .... like "Avatar", but "someone" has to to answer to this- don't you think so?

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200,000 Dodgy Voters on Electoral roll- WTF, Mr. EC??

Croupier, those cards are dodgy! Change the deck, please.

Posted on February 15, 2012

You are playing poker at a casino of international repute.

The stakes now are very, very high.

The player opposite you has won the last 12 games, all in a row.

There’s a sense of unease amongst the other players, that something is amiss.

There’s a demand for a fresh deck of cards.

Should the casino oblige, or insist on continuing with the deck that is now viewed with suspicion?

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I had tea yesterday with an elected rep.

Her office had checked the latest number of voters registered in her constituency, according to the EC records.

They found an error of some 6,000 additional names on the roll.

A written query was sent to the EC.

Until today, no response.

Malaysiakini reported yesterday that the audit of the electoral roll by Mimos disclosed a total of about 200,000 dubious voters.

How did Mimos discover these 200,000?

Well, according to the report, there were 820 cases where there were more than 100 voters registered as residing at the same address.

There were 1,259 cases where between 51-100 voters were registered at the same address.

Mimos detected another 3,254 cases where there were between 21-50 voters allegedly residing in the same place.

Mimos also found 6,002 cases involving between 11 – 20 voters all sharing the same address.

These 200,000 ‘dubious voters’ stuck out like sore thumbs because of the seeming implausibility that so many might be residing at one address.

Put another way, this cheating was uncovered because the perpetrators were either too lazy or too stupid to take the trouble, so as to cover their tracks, to allocate to these 200,o00 ‘dubious voters’ different residential addresses.

Had this been done, would Mimos’s audit have detected the 200,000?

And if Mimos would not have, can Mimos then categorically confirm now that there may not be even more ‘dubious voters’ than the 200,000 now found, who may have gone undetected because they have not been lumped together with 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50 other dubious voters?

With this latest revelation, are we, the non-dubious voters, not entitled to a new, ‘dubious voter’ – free electoral roll, before we go to the next polls?

PSC?

Bersih 2.0 Steering Committee?

Target: Lim Guan Eng

Found this on Fb just now ...

Target: Lim Guan Eng
— Whistleblower 57
The Malaysian Insider
Feb 14, 2012

FEB 14 — This is some friendly advice to Lim Guan Eng.

Watch your back. Team Najib have identified you as a main target, a real problem for them in the coming general elections.

In the power circles in Putrajaya, Lim Guan Eng is a problem, not only in Penang but in urban areas and even in East Malaysia where the feedback is that the Penang CM is popular.

So the strategists in Umno have decided that Lim must be kept busy fending off attacks. He must be kept off balance and so worried that he will not leave Penang to campaign for Pakatan Rakyat.

Aiding and abetting Umno in this task are some turncoats in DAP and PKR and Chinese businessmen. They have been promised a big payoff.

Guan Eng, you can expect your name to be dragged in the mud just like Anwar Ibrahim’s.

The only difference is that the administration will not use the mainstream media because they know that you will sue. They are going to employ the Umno bloggers to destroy you.

If you have skeletons in the closet, you are in trouble. If you don’t have, they will make it up.

This so-called expose on the Bayan Mutiara land deal should be see in this light. I don’t expect Rahman Dahlan to take up your dare and challenge you that the land was sold through open tender. The last thing he wants is for you to show him up to be what he is.

He and other Umno politicians just want to distract you and tar your image.

Legal Gobbledegook of the day ...

"The news portal also quoted Justice Ahmad as saying

"it is immaterial as to whether Karpal’s

statements were grounded in fact or not".

Court of Appeal: Freedom of speech not absolute

February 08, 2012

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 8 — The rights and freedom of speech enshrined in the Federal Constitution are not absolute, the Court of Appeal ruled today.

As a result, statements made by Karpal Singh at a press conference in 2009 about Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak in relation to the political crisis in the state at the time, exceeded the boundaries permitted by the law and amounted to sedition.

This is despite the fact that Karpal (picture) in his capacity as a Member of Parliament and lawyer has the right to make political comments and express his views on the Constitution and the law, a 105-page judgment by Justice Datuk Ahmad Ma’arop added.

The Star Online reported Justice Ahmad as ruling the freedom of speech as enshrined in the Constitution meant a person had the right to speak, write or publish anything he liked so long as he does not break the law.

He also said the prosecution only needed to prove that the words uttered by Karpal could be deemed seditious — and not that they had led to an actual act of violence or an adverse reaction.

The news portal also quoted Justice Ahmad as saying it is immaterial as to whether Karpal’s statements were grounded in fact or not.

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I'm trying to figure out Justice Datuk Ahmad Ma’arop here ....

He's a judge who is supposed to be interpreting the Law, and the highest Law in the nation, which is- The Federal Constitution.

So now, the FC says that we're a Constitutional Monarchy- which means, that the Monarchs are subject to the Law, and it it is imperative that they abide by it.

Now who is supposed to give the Legal opinions? The Lawyers, of course.
Now, this Ahmad Ma'arop says that the Lawyer cannot give a legal opinion if it was the Monarch who broke the law!!

Is he saying that while the Law is Supreme, nobody should say anything if if was a Monarch who broke the Law?
Does that mean that this judge, while sitting at the bench, is abandoning the concept of the "Supremacy of the Federal Constitution"?

It was further reported that:-
"Justice Ahmad further held the panel were in no doubt that the press conference was called with the hope that the proceedings would be reported. He said Karpal at the press conference had repeatedly uttered words that clearly inferred the Sultan of Perak had broken the law did not follow the law and did not respect the law."

In saying that an act "could be questioned in a court of law" based on his interpretation of a "Constitutional Monarchy", how is it that he came to the conclusion on the "inference"?
Does it not mean that Karpal has left it to the Judge to make that inference and did not do so himself?

Just how do we manage get such judges in the highest courts, I don't know ...
It must be their command of Ingeriss ...

Gong Xi Fa Cai

2012 is The Year of the Water Dragon

Wood, Fire, Metal, Earth and Water are the 5 Chinese Attributes

In addition to naming their years after one of 12 animals, every year in the Chinese Zodiac also has an attribute of either water, wood, fire, earth or metal. 2012 is The Year of the Water Dragon. The last Year of the Water Dragon was between 27 January 1952 and 13 February 1953.

Water in the Chinese Birth Chart

Attributes of Water according to the Ancient Chinese

In Chinese Astrology, people with the element of water in their birth sign are blessed with exceptional communicarion skills when dealing with others. They can also be very persuasive with an ability to wear down resistance through their intuitive and diplomatic nature.

Flexible and unimposing they have a sharp eye for spotting potential and once this is identified they are brilliant at kick starting projects.

They have an eye for spotting things that have potential. Water element people are naturals at getting the project rolling. However, Water people can at times be too conciliatory and passive and will look for the easiest way out of a problem.

Sometimes inconsistant and passive they can also depend too much on others for support.

The Year of the Water Dragon

How does the element of Water affect The Dragon personality?

Those born in the Year of the Dragon tend to be blessed with good health, which is just as well as they tend to live life to the full. But they need to watch out for stress which can affect them badly.

The Dragon's fearless temperament is calmed by the element of Water, allowing The Dragon to redirect his or her enthusiasm, making them more perceptive. More patient than other Dragons, Water Dragons find it easier to actually take a step back, rather than forging fearlessly forward without heed of the consequences.

Water Dragons do not have need of the spotlight like other Dragons. As a result, they make smart decisions and are better able to see eye-to-eye with other people. However, they are not natural "completer-finishers" and can find themselves in difficulty if they do not finish one project before starting another.

More Chinese Dragon Attributes

Equivalent Western Astrology Sign: Aries

Lucky Numbers: 3, 4, 5, 6, 15, 21, 34, 35, 36, 45
Element: Earth
Yin/Yang: Yin
Direction: East-South-East
Zodiac Location: 5th
Ruling hours: 7am to 9am
Motto: "I Reign"
Season and month: Spring and April
Fixed Element: Wood
Stem: Positive
Lunar Month Dates: April 5 to May 4
Birthstone: Amethyst
Colors: Gold
Food: Wheat, poultry

With which Chinese Astrology signs are Dragons compatible?

Dragons are most compatible with:
Tigers
Rats
Monkeys

Dragons should avoid the:
Dog

The question is always the same with a dragon:

will he talk with you or will he eat you?

If you can count on his doing the former,

and not doing the latter, why then you're a dragonlord.

~The Tombs of Atuan