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Leave No Embryo Behind
The coming war over in vitro fertilization.
Last week at the White House, President Bush showcased embryo adoption as an alternative to embryonic stem-cell research. The event alarmed the in vitro fertilization industry. Proponents of embryo adoption "have an explicit political agenda to actually take away choices from infertility patients," an industry spokesman told the New York Times.
Actually, an explicit agenda is what pro-lifers don't yet have. Already overwhelmed by patient advocates in the fight over stem cells, they have no death wish to confront the millions of Americans whose families have tried IVF. Promoting embryo adoption—finding somebody to rescue surplus embryos so IVF couples can go on making them and leaving them behind—is an attempt to avoid that confrontation. But last week's House debate over stem cells signaled that the confrontation is coming. Pro-lifers don't think anyone, including a parent, has the right to doom an embryo to death. They're on a collision course with IVF.
To understand how adoption fits into the embryo debate, you have to understand how adoption fits into the abortion debate. Adoption is what pro-lifers talk about when they don't want to talk about banning abortion. It's a way to say yes and talk about something nice so you don't have to say no and talk about something ugly. Bush has been throwing money at embryo adoption for years, because it's easier to fund what you like than to ban what you don't—in this case, the production of extra IVF embryos. "You shouldn't create through IVF more embryos than are going to be implanted," a spokesman for the Family Research Council told the Times. "But when it's clear that a couple are unable to or unwilling to implant an embryo—that basically they've abandoned the child—then we see embryo adoption as a solution to the problem."
Embryo adoption is a great idea. But it's already running into the obstacle that bedevils old- fashioned adoption: Most people would rather abort their unborn offspring than let somebody else raise it. Only 2 percent of leftover embryos have been put up for adoption. That's less than the percentage donated to research *. So if you're determined to rescue these embryos and stop the production of more, eventually you have to do what pro-lifers have done in the case of abortion: confront the parents.
Four years ago, when Bush first discussed stem-cell research, he remarked sympathetically that IVF "helps so many couples conceive children" and that some leftover embryos were "donated to science." He referred three times not to the embryo's "life" but to its "potential" for life. "Many people are finding that the more they know about stem cell research, the less certain they are about the right ethical and moral conclusions," he said.
Since then, Bush's language has hardened. Last week, he called IVF embryos "real human lives" just like "the lives of those with diseases that might find cures" through stem-cell research. Embryos were no longer being "donated to science" (pro-lifers hate the term "donate" since it implies generosity and property rights); according to the president, their parents had chosen to "turn them over for research that destroys them." Bush implicitly contrasted these parents with those who chose the "life-affirming alternative" of embryo adoption. On the House floor, Majority Leader Tom DeLay called embryonic stem-cell research "the dismemberment of living, distinct human beings." Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., called it "the slaughter of human life."
It's hard to see how people who think this way can go on tolerating the surplus creation, freezing, and disposal of millions of IVF embryos. If you think they'll leave it to you because you're the parent, you don't understand pro-lifers. They believe what DeLay and other House Republicans said last week: Embryos belong to "the human family." It takes more than you and your spouse to decide your embryo's fate. It takes a village.
That's why Bush says "there is no such thing as a spare embryo." He buys the pro-life argument that the terms "spare" and "surplus" are misleading. If you and your spouse make two dozen embryos and implant only a few, the rest are spares to you. But they aren't spares to another couple who wants them. From a pro-life standpoint, you've "abandoned the child," as the guy from the Family Research Council said. Or, as Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey, the GOP's pro-life point man in Congress, put it on the House floor:
Parents of human embryos are custodians of those young ones. They are not owners of human property, and the public policy we craft should ensure that the best interests of newly created human life is protected … The cryogenically frozen male and female embryos that the genetic parents may feel are no longer needed for implanting in the genetic mother are of infinite value to an adoptive mother who may be sterile or otherwise unable to have a baby.
Do you understand now? You're just the embryo's custodian. Congress may decide it's better off with a different mother. "How do we evaluate which embryos should be allowed to be sent to research and how many to be adopted by infertile couples so those embryos can be developed into full human beings?" Rep. Marcy Kaptur, a pro-life Ohio Democrat, asked her colleagues. "Who will decide? Is it just a matter for the individual couple, or is there a larger, societal responsibility to protect life?"
Some pro-lifers have already decided. Louisiana has outlawed the intentional destruction of "a viable in vitro fertilized human ovum." A bill in Kentucky would make it a felony to "fertilize more than one (1) egg" during IVF. Five days ago, Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., suggested that the United States should follow countries that "limit the number" of eggs fertilized in vitro to "one or two at a time." DeLay wants medical associations to require pre-emptive counseling of couples about creating and abandoning leftover embryos. Failing that, he warns that Congress's "next step is to look at" the issue. Thirty states already mandate counseling or waiting periods for abortion. The logical thing to do, if you think embryos deserve the same respect, is to mandate counseling and waiting periods for IVF.
Bush's views about embryos—that all are real human lives, and none are spares—put him squarely on this path. Still, he resists. Last week, a reporter asked him whether IVF parents "have an obligation to ensure that [their embryos] are brought to term." Bush changed the subject to public funding of stem-cell research. Another reporter asked White House spokesman Scott McClellan whether Bush thought leftover embryos whose parents refused to put them up for adoption "should just be held forever." "No, that's the choice of the parents," said McClellan, adding that Bush "supports in vitro fertilization."
I've heard these assurances before. Twenty-seven years ago, a guy running for Congress in Texas said the government shouldn't pay for abortions but should otherwise leave the decision to women and doctors. That guy was George W. Bush. Look how far he's come on abortion, and you'll see where he's going on IVF.
Correction, June 6, 2005: The article originally said the percentage of leftover embryos put up for adoption was less than the percentage donated to stem-cell research. Actually, it is less than the percentage donated to all (not just stem-cell) research. ( Return to corrected sentence.)


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Climate Change: What We Do
The Role of Forests in Reducing Emissions
Every year, more than 15 million hectares of tropical forest — an area larger than the state of New York — are cut down, releasing millions of tons of carbon emissions into the atmosphere.
Without action now, many of the world's tropical forests will be lost by this century's end. With these forests we will lose important species, natural resources and local livelihoods, as well as the opportunity to slow climate change.
In fact, recent studies show that activities to reduce deforestation are a highly cost-effective way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Consider the following:
- A 2006 study commissioned by the U.K. Treasury has concluded that reducing deforestation offers a major opportunity to reduce emissions at a relatively low cost. The study found that in eight countries responsible for 70 percent of emissions from land use changes, just one hectare of forest land could be worth as much as $25,000 in terms of carbon sequestration at a carbon price of $35-$50. The returns from this same hectare of land would range from $2 a year for pastoral use, to just over $1,000 for soy and palm oil conversion and one-time returns of $236 to $1,035 from timber sales.
- The same study states that, if no action is taken to reduce our emissions, each ton of carbon dioxide emitted will cause $85 worth of damage to the world's economy.
- Conversely, climate change researchers Brent Sohngen and Robert H. Beach have found that for an average price of $27.25 per ton of carbon dioxide in the emissions exchange market "deforestation can potentially be virtually eliminated." These researchers have concluded that there is a large potential for reduced deforestation to help mitigate the costs of cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
- According to Sohngen and Bach, efforts to reduce global deforestation could result in the sequestration of 76 billion tons of carbon and 422 million hectares in additional forests.
- Finally, Stuart E. Eizenstat, chief American negotiator of the Kyoto protocol, has noted that the additional income that poorer countries would receive from expanded use of forestry offsets could motivate their participation in a post-Kyoto regime.
Additional Benefits of Forests
- More than 1 billion people living in extreme poverty depend on forests for their water, fuel or livelihoods.
- Tropical forests cover only 12 percent of the planet but are home to more than one-half of the Earth's known plants and animal species. At the current rate of deforestation, tropical rain forests will virtually disappear as functioning ecosystems within 100 years. Deforestation also degrades important natural resources, like supplies of clean fresh water. In addition, the massive burning of forests can lead to severe air pollution both locally and thousands of miles away.
- South American forests are home to the greatest plant biodiversity in the world, and are the source of essential pharmaceutical ingredients. Up to 50 percent of pharmaceuticals on the market today have an origin in natural products, and 42 percent of the top 25 selling drugs worldwide are derived from natural products.
- Forests contribute significantly to national economies through recreation and tourism. For example, 3.5 million people visited Brazil's 150 conservation areas between 1991 and 1999, helping fuel a five-fold increase in tourism for the country.
Are All Forests Created Equal?
A recent preliminary study suggests that the impact of reforestation on global temperatures varies depending upon the forest's latitude. In the lower latitudes of the tropics, replanting forests offers a significant global cooling benefit relative to croplands or grasslands. However, at higher latitudes such as in the northern boreal areas, the climate change benefits from reforestation may be less than expected because of warming that happens when the sun's heat is absorbed by the dark forest canopy. Because of the preliminary nature of this study, we encourage more research, but are still using it to help guide our work.
Specifically the Conservancy focuses on the following activities when choosing forestry projects for climate change reduction:
- In tropical areas, such as Central and South American rainforests, we are implementing restoration and protection strategies. According to this research, the cooling effects of protecting and restoring forest cover in the tropics may be even greater than originally estimated. Nearly all of the forest carbon project areas that the Conservancy is working in at this point are in the tropics.
- In temperate and mid-latitude zones, such as the southern United States, we are improving forest management. Activities that help to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere without changing the amount of heat absorbed by the forest canopy, such as reducing the frequency and amount of selective logging, will help to reduce warming.
- In high latitudes, such as the northern boreal forests, we are implementing changes in grazing or cropland management activities. For example, reduced-till agriculture can help to pull CO2 out of the air without increasing the amount of heat directly absorbed by the crop or grazing lands.

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Opens nationwide today Directed by Robert Rodriguez Rated PG, 94 minutes
There's a reason children aren't allowed to vote, drive or make movies with multimillion-dollar budgets. Lively and imaginative as their inner worlds may be, the very young still lack the discipline and maturity to shape them into coherent and compelling stories -- a task the director Robert Rodriguez ("El Mariachi," "Sin City") also fails to accomplish in this film based on characters and themes created by his son, Racer Max, when he was 7.
The movie's hero, also named Max (Cayden Boyd), is a 10-year-old boy growing up in an unnamed Texas town, where his parents (Kristin Davis and David Arquette) argue about money, while his fellow classmates look for excuses to beat him up. Max is the kind of lonely underdog kid audiences are supposed to root for, but his whiny voice and prissy attachment to his leatherbound "dream journal" sort of made me want to beat him up, too.
Max's stern teacher, Mr. Electricidad (George Lopez) discourages the boy from writing in his journal about the imaginary superheroes who visit Max in his daydreams. But when two of Max's creations, Sharkboy and Lavagirl (Taylor Lautner and Taylor Dooley), show up to beg for Max's help in saving their home planet, our hero realizes the importance of dreaming (a lesson reinforced by plenty of wooden, redundant dialogue and several grating songs.)
Halfway through, the film turns into a muddled quest narrative, in which Max and his companions must locate a magical jewel called the Crystal Heart to save Planet Drool from extinction at the hands of the evil Mr. Electric (also played by George Lopez). The plot is full of logical holes (early on, Sharkboy and Lavagirl demonstrate an ability to fly; later, they cling to a crumbling bridge, terrified of falling). But more important, Mr. Rodriguez seems unsure what his film is really about, making the moral of the story -- "dream an unselfish dream" -- feel more like a vaguely judgmental homily than a satisfying conclusion.
"Sharkboy and Lavagirl" is Mr. Rodriguez's second experiment in three-dimensional filmmaking, after the third installment of his "Spy Kids" series, "Spy Kids 3D: Game Over." Upon entering the theater, each viewer receives a pair of cardboard 3-D glasses, to be worn and removed at intervals throughout the movie as various objects (bubbles, wads of paper, fists) are hurled our way. This system worked well enough at the adults-only preview screening I attended, but fumbling with multiple pairs of glasses could get cumbersome in a dark theater filled with squirming children.
"The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D" is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested). It has some very mild bodily-fluid humor, but no swearing or sexual situations. DANA STEVENSContinue reading the main story


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An appeals court has upheld the life sentence given to a former Rwandan official charged with killing Tutsis during the country's 1994 genocide.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda sentenced Francois Karera to life in prison in December 2007 on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.
The appeals chamber of the Tanzania-based court upheld that ruling Monday.
Three counts of Karera's earlier conviction were reversed. Others such as ordering genocide and extermination of ethnic Tutsis in Kigali-Rural province, where Karera was regional chief in 1994, were maintained.
The court says Karera will remain in detention in Arusha, Tanzania, pending his transfer to the country where he will serve his sentence. The tribunal did not specify which country.
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Wednesday, April 07, 2010
You sure or not
Najib Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia at the Singapore Foreign Correspondents Gala Dinner........
We don't want rent seekers and the politics of patronage in our economy. I committed to that and it is dangerous because they are politically connected......
But we have to help the Bumiputeras who need help, the Sarawakians, the Sabahans and the Orang Asli. Not just the Malays......
Every single Malaysian who is poor and vulnerable must be helped. If you are earning less than RM1,500 a month, you must be helped and it does not matter if you are Chinese, Indian or Malay.
70 comments:
Hey Najib, UMNO/BN has been given 52 years to help the poor and the needy but it ended up only UMNO/BN 'sapu' all the wealth !!
Ya,Najib, You Sure or Not ??
- 2:07 pm
yadda yadda yadda. Haven't we heard all that before?
- 2:14 pm
They've been "helping" the needy ones and "giving" the greedy ones. That's how it works what.
- 2:27 pm
- u-en said...
you got gangster fren go ketch najib meh? walau. you sure or not?
- 2:30 pm
Wah! lau ehhh uncle you sing..... sure or not ........ anyway nice song........
- 2:37 pm
- donplaypuks® said...
Cakap tak serupa bekin! watch as he capitulates to PERKOSONG and Firaun!!
- 3:02 pm
Why is najib contradicting himself? He does it very often nowadays.
- 3:06 pm
if i am to list out all the misdoing/corruption, it will take me a year 24/7 to do it.
- 3:15 pm
The fact that he made this statement in a foreign land instead of Malaysian soil leaves a shadow over any well-meaning commitment.
That said, if this is his commitment, then I would say, that's the way to go Mr. PM! Now, he has to go beyond rhetorics and into visible and measurable actions, if he is ever to convince the Malaysian people.
- 3:23 pm
i feel so left out in this country..
- 4:00 pm
- Trevor said...
Joke of the day, period.
- 4:19 pm
- Ah Beng Crosby said...
Biggest bull shit excreted out from his mouth todate.
- 4:30 pm
- telur dua said...
Lying with a straight face is a rare talent. We gotta learn from this sifu.
- 6:37 pm
Kalau I macam dia itu banyak duit (dari mana ?) saya pun boleh cakap bagitu !! Oi Najis, sudah cukup kah ?
Seriously, who do you think in the audience believed him ?
- 6:58 pm
wonder where is the 3 times shit guy? shy away..... after shitting on himself.....now this najib even bigger bullshit.....in singapore, in front of the international medias... give him 6 times shits.... he he he...
- 7:29 pm
- art harun said...
Hahhahaha brilliant video and song too. The singer is even more brilliant. But the guitarist ho...huiyo wayaiyo!
- 8:06 pm
- Ralfie said...
As a malay, I feel so insulted that people like Perkasa thinks that they are representing us. I feel more insulted that there are people who are supporting them. What is wrong with hardwork anyway? Susahlah if semua pun nak makan suap je.
- 8:14 pm
- Sam said...
Cool song! cheers
- 8:25 pm
- Ralfie said...
Isn't this up and coming perkasa youth chief something?
- 8:57 pm
The very fact that we still have hardcore poor (especially the malays) is a clear evidence that BN has failed.
How to have hardcore poor malays when BSN is giving so much bonus and dividends?
BN gave fish to the malays but did not teach them how to fish.
Now Najib wanted to increase our earnings 2-fold in 10 years. You think the foreign journalists are budak sekolah rendah?
I saw the speech live on Channel News Asia. Sounds great but I could borrow the perkasa words DON'T TALK SHIT!!!
- 9:04 pm
Talk is cheap!
RM6 billion can become RM6 million overnight.
How to trust?
I think the journalists in Singapore are not easily fooled, if they have been following this blog.
- 9:21 pm
Singapore Foreign Correspondents Gala Dinner, sure change mode abit lah. Niamah!
- 9:27 pm
totally unbelievable...you believe? but I dun...there're so many poor chinese, indian and malay out there but those money only go to the rich UMNO fellow..
Steven Seagal
- 9:40 pm
Dear Patrick,
PKR braces for possible BN surprise
by Malaysiakini Team
Apr 7, 10 7:50pm
With nomination day just 10 days away, rumours of possible candidates for the Hulu Selangor by-election are intensifying by the minute.
Intense manoeuvring is going on in BN camp to choose a winning candidate while PKR adopts a wait-and-see attitude.
Wow...The Whole of M'kini Team is on THIS!!!
Something for you to blog on, If You DARE!!!
- 9:58 pm
Me had a good laugh last nite when I saw POS M'sia's announcement that setem for post naik. So this is how we re-model our economy to achieve high income status la - by increasing prices.
Alos, stupid reason given was to pay for restructuring of POS M. Wat the F..K!! Ask us to pay for POS's internal restructuring.
- 10:00 pm
- indran said...
as usual Najis is talking cock
- 10:26 pm
wah lau eh, Pat, you also can sing huh, kanasai damn en tau lah you.
- 10:45 pm
sounds like Anwar but with slang from north eastern china.
copycat copycat copycat but back home pussy cat pussy cat pussy cat when Ibrahim raises his keris.
- 11:37 pm
our pm very good and smart one. in front of the world, he speaks like a great reformist but in front of perkasa, he speaks like a malay apologist. double headed la. normal la, politician like that one.
- 2:44 am
Malaysians are fed up with being continually bombarded and harangued by Najib on his slogan the significance of which he is not sure about. To the millions of us preoccupied with making ends meet on a daily basis in Najib's economic haven, 1Malaysia cannot be disguised as anything but what it is; a hellishly wasteful and hollow symbol by any reckoning.
- 8:33 am
say the same thing in ulu selangor.
- 8:36 am
Utusan and the rest of the Umno-controlled 'mainstream' media are finding that it is becoming nearly impossible to peddle their lies to the public, and are suffering from falling circulation, revenues and a complete loss of credibility.
Utusan Malaysia should bear the words 'Untuk Ahli Umno Sahaja' (For Umno members only), like the papers of other political parties such as Harakah, The Rocket and Suara Keadilan.
Isn't it clear as daylight that Utusan is shirking its responsibility as a newspaper for the rakyat as it is incredibly partial to Umno? Its top editor attends a BN convention and suggests ways to attack political parties opposed to the BN (we can't call them the opposition as the convention was held in Selangor where BN is the opposition).
- 8:40 am
"Si Bay Ho" Now my gaji is RM800.00
Very soon Govt help subsidise me another RM700.00. Can go Haadyai next month liaw!!!
- 8:45 am
How to naik gaji to meet najib's aspiration?
Pos Malaysia 2x the postage from 30 sen to 60 sen.
Salary to go up 2X
And prices will go up 4X
That's infation, not NEM
- 9:11 am
We should be helping the poor malaysians, not by race. All working adults irregardless of race pay their taxes at the same rates, how come one is deprived of the priviledges than the others? Take education scholarship for eg. Students who excel are to be treated by race again to earn the scholarships. How come my grandfather's contributions to income tax does not benefit his grandchildren who excelled in public exam? 1 Malaysia, huh ???
What's the pm stand on all these so-called sacrifices by the malays for the non-malays? These "leaders" are v v v immatured.
- 9:16 am
Really taken "that" long to realize that they also have to help "ALL" Malaysians........!
NO way are they gonna admit the NEP had failed them big time yah...
How about putting that song...
"Winds of change"....?
- 9:18 am
Patrick. you are pretty ugly in the clip but good acting and so so singing...
- 10:55 am
Amazing Malaysia, talk only, no action!
- 11:05 am
That's is that the talk show on the stage. Down the stage and the real doing is another matter. It can be changed totally because the environment has changed.
The end result: is just like before. No change! If there is, changed to the worse.
- 12:18 pm
Patrick, your face is not "yen tai" n looks "rusty" too; if such a face happened to be my daughter's sweet heart's, it will definitely break my heart at once. Having said that, I still admire and respect you for the blog you have put up to share with us. It's entertaining and educational!
- 1:33 pm
Don't take it so seriously, guys!
It's just another well-written speech by the PR Consulting firm by the name of ... apanama ...... APCO. Nothing more than that!!
- 1:49 pm
- mengQ said...
Talk cock, sing song, eat sotong...
- 2:33 pm
Our exPM ask USA to work with MIGHTY China they are big but no threat to world, but at Parkasa he endorsed Ibrahim said the minority chinese is a threat to mighty malays.So what is what ah , you want us to believe which one statement?
- 4:07 pm
Najib is bringing Bayan Baru MP Datuk Seri Zahrain Hashim and Kulim-Bandar Baharu MP Zulkifli Noordin (both kataks) to Disneyland USA!!!
- 6:51 pm
- abdullahjones said...
hahaha. video good. i like!
- 11:09 am
I wonder why every April everyone is still paying income tax to the government. Our money is hard to earn, yet our tax money is thrown down the drain and given to a selected group who are politically connected through some over-price projects.
It is fraud and wastage in government spending that makes me hate to pay income tax. I hate to feel cheated, lied to and treated like a fool. The myProcurement portal at least now gives something back by way of entertainment. So many decimal points in procurement contracts get misplaced when figures are made transparent.
- 1:10 pm
so terror , really respect him for being able to spout all that bunch of crud with a straight face. Somemore stealing all of pakatans ideas ...no shame at all.
- 4:12 pm
- ktteokt said...
Najis is trying to con the non-Malays because the economy is rock bottom now and he knows only the non-Malays can help him to boost the economy. Once the economy is up, he will once again talk about KETUANAN MELAYU!
- 4:53 pm
Words are mere words until one live by it ! It is much easier to speak only what is true because lies are just like sunset; it can last only while the sun shines not. The next waking morning, the world will know that lies under the bright sunlight.
If someone is sincere even their silent action speaks louder than words. No need to shout lah !
- 5:52 pm
darn nice video clip uncle patrick..! LOL
very funny...!!!
- 7:13 pm
- eiling lim said...
Love the video! The singer is superb and matches the post! Najib, you sure or not?!!! Afterall, we do know what happened to the money... not to the poor but to certain pockets.
- 10:37 pm
HEY! that's you in the music video - very nice Mr. Teoh , hilarious.
In the midst of the constant wash of crap that our govt shovels over us, it's nice to sometimes sit back and laugh.
- 11:49 pm
- the Razzler said...
Dear Patrick..
That's a rather great video.. :)
- 1:11 pm
The best actor of the "1 Malaysia - a fiction flim"...
BN should nominate this guy for the Oscar award! Of course also the best supporting actors, UMNO, MCA and MIC!! full of best actors!!
(or best liars...)
- 3:21 pm
- aiyomanaboleh said...
There really is no need to keep on insisting that this and that policy has to be kept if helping everyone irrespective of color is what we are looking to address.
- 10:59 pm
WOW !! Najib is going to US? And is he meeting Jarjis?
I'm sure both will form the PERFECT couple. The NAJIS cooperation. Same case for Nazri + Jarjis (which happened 1-2 months ago).
- 11:56 pm
The definition of Malay in the constitution is accepted by all Malaysians. My contention is the dilution of the term 'Malay' vis-a-vis the non-Malays, which I get very upset about and feel is totally unfair.
Mohd Khir Toyo's father was an immigrant, while my grandparents migrated here 200 years ago. Who is more Malaysian - Khir Toyo or me?
Look at Sabah and Sarawak on the number of illegal immigrants there who have been granted citizenship, whilst non-Malays with red ICs and foreign spouses of Malaysians have to wait till kingdom come before they are accorded citizenship.
- 8:48 am
Identity is ours to define, not for others to dictate (this include what is Malay, or Chineseness, or how an Indian must act, and so on).
However, race is an artificial concept invented by society. Granted it has some roots in a biological-anthropological context, but that's about all it has in common with genetics. For example, in Malaysian race, is most often defined as being either Melayu, Cina, India, or - and this is my personal favourite - lain-lain.
In the US, you're either black (the whole of Africa), white (the whole of Europe), Asian (it doesn't matter whether he/she is Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai or Filipino - they all look the same anyway), Latino (again people from 'the rest' of the Americas).
- 9:10 am
I think our PM should consider registering our BOLEHland for NATO membership la.
He he he.
- 10:25 am
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- 2:24 pm
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- 3:16 pm
Even if Prime Minister Najib Razak had the infantry, he doesn't have the generals. His second-in-command has been saying the exact opposite to what he says from day 1 of his reign. The latest gem, 'I'm Malay first', from Muhyiddin Yassin has prodded Najib to quickly scramble to support his deputy instead of enjoying unquestioned support from his deputy.
Najib is definitely in a lousy position - he has his battle formations all lined-up but he cannot be absolutely sure his infantry will respond to his orders and be with him as he marches forward. Moreover, he doesn't really know if his generals are with him.
Najib's own field marshall walks behind him with a keris to his back, seemingly for Najib's protection but if Najib so much as goes further with his 1Malaysia 'nonsense', he will be impaled with the keris.
As it is playing out, it does seem like Najib's 1Malaysia is being slowly moved into a checkmate position by his field marshal, who will then simply take over.
- 4:17 pm
SUre or not?
If true then how to apply?
- 10:04 pm
- monsterball said...
You want to trust the biggest corrupted crook and liar ..and murdering by proxy too.....you need your head to be examined.
But then...suckers are born everyday.
The point is...how many suckers are there in Malaysia?
- 12:55 am
hi Patrick, can i suggest, change to a white background, easier to read. TQ!
- 11:54 am
unc pat!!
why no update one ah..??
i wait ur update wait until my neck long dy loh..
- 4:46 pm
Muhyiddin is one of over four dozen children of a village alim with multiple wives. It would be unlikely for his father to even remember Muhyiddin's name, much less his birthday. In dynamics, young Muhyiddin had essentially a fatherless childhood. He attended the village school and later a small town high school, before proceeding to the local university.
The wives they have chosen too are very different. Najib's current wife, his second, is the poster girl for extravagance and vulgarity, a Malaysian Imelda Marcos, except that Imelda had a weakness only for shoes. Muhyiddin's wife is the typical kampong girl; she views her job as being to be by his side; to be seen but never heard.
It is easy to imagine Rosmah being actively engaged in her husband's business. I cannot even contemplate Muhyiddin seriously engaging his wife in serious matters. He is the typical alpha kampong male; he knows what is best and his word rules.
Their seven-year age difference means that Muhyiddin could not possibly succeed Najib in the usual transition process. Muhyiddin is the older, so by the time Najib retires, Muhyiddin would be too old to take over.
The only conceivable way for him to get the top slot would be if Najib's tenure were to be prematurely cut short, by unexpected death or sordid scandals. Both are not remote possibilities. Najib's father died in his early 50s from leukaemia, and that malady remains lethal even today. As a timely reminder, many a Third World leader had succumbed to fatal "accidents".
Scandals would be the more likely career killer for Najib. He certainly has some nasty ones hanging over him, from the brutal murder of the Mongolian model to his admitted conversations with Anwar Ibrahim's alleged sodomy victim. Then there are the steady streams of squalid incompetence during his tenure as Defence Minister, from stolen jet engines to newly-acquired submarines that would not dive.
- 6:27 pm
According to MyProcurement, the Defence Ministry granted a whopping RM27.5 million contract to supply women's shoes for civil servants.
Stylo Mama in Prada?
- 8:21 pm
I am just astounded by what the DPM has said about the interfaith panel in the PM's Department. So the panel was set up to be just a "small fry" with no sincerity at all to improve understanding and tolerance among people of different religions. And to rub salt into the wound, the government admits that it knew very well that the panel will not serve any purpose and is absolutely useless.
Time and again, the BN government's '1Malaysia' propaganda seems nothing but a joke. With such insincerity and gimmicks, I do not think that it will ever be able to fully regain the trust and respect of the Chinese and Indians.
I am now convinced that the National Unity and Integration Department itself overseeing the committee is a complete farce and was also set up to be just another 'small fry'. If Koh Tsu Koon has any dignity at all, he should throw away his ministership in the PM's Department without second thought and 'save' his face.
- 9:28 am
How coward of you deleting my comment. Go fcuk yourself and leave this country if you think you are that great of a person and do not deserve living here....
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Supervises team of geographically-assigned staff; leads team staff meetings; prepares work program for staff unit in consultation with other agency managers.
Maintains the City's comprehensive plan; prepares comprehensive, district, and neighborhood plans; works to implement projects recommended in plans; arranges neighborhood public commission meetings and participates in community-based planning processes.
Maintains working relationship with civic associations and community groups; prepares blight certification and redevelopment reports; reviews plans including redevelopment projects and urban renewal plans; gives oral presentations of projects and recommendations at monthly Commission meeting and other events; prepares grant applications and manages grant-funded studies performed by consultants; meets with staff of related agencies and organizations; participates in annual Capital Program process and meets with other departments to determine project funding priorities; plans, analyzes, and coordinates transportation projects to ensure alignment with the capital budget and city-wide and Streets Department priorities.
Supervises GIS analysis and preparation of Flood Insurance Studies (FIS) map; uses Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping software to review geographic data and graphics for the purpose of geographic planning projects.
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Acts as the principal planning representative and performs a wide range of planning services for an assigned City district comprised of a number of areas; supervises the preparation of comprehensive, neighborhood and district plans and generalized area plans; collaborates with other staff to utilize their expertise in the plan; directs the work of student interns; directs the interpretation of planning policy to community groups; develops strategies and methods for effective community participation in the planning process;
Collects data and survey areas for mapping of data; analyzes information by preparing alternatives or by examining susceptibility to change, market studies, issues, trends, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats or recent investment; formulates recommendations, strategies and implementation actions; prepares recommendations for disposition of property; presents findings and recommendations at staff meetings, board meetings and community meetings; develops the nature and scope of detailed plans for major development projects;
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Performs project management duties as assigned by the division director; manages the process for consultant studies; ranks and compares consultants in collaboration with other staff; works with administrative staff on contract review and approval; oversees and edits the work of consultants; assists with community outreach during the consultant study.
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Develops studies of zoning planning activities; evaluates zoning proposals from business and community groups; researches and evaluates zoning plans of other cities; reviews councilmanic ordinances and zoning board cases for effect on zoning practices; makes recommendations for revision to the City zoning and planning codes.
Oversees the preparation and processing of changes to the official city plan; oversees updating of zoning maps; undertakes zoning remapping projects; serves as liaison with business associations and community groups for zoning projects.
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Directs the planning and programming of capital projects through the Regional Transportation Improvement Program and the capital budget; ensures compliance with the provisions of federal, state and local rules, regulations and guidelines.
Determines project needs and establishes priorities through internal coordination with project managers, engineers, budget officers, accountants, and attorneys and external coordination with city departments, community groups and non-profit organizations.
Oversees preparation and submission of funding obligations, reimbursement agreements and funding initiations; oversees all project costs to ensure reimbursement of all eligible project costs; establishes compliance with all funding requirements to ensure timely reimbursement for federal aid projects; prepares funding applications and project reports and audit documentation as needed.
Oversees Environmental Clearance process; ensures preparation and submission of appropriate documentation.
Develops a specific aspect of the City's environmental management program such as urban development planning, waste management planning, and other areas relating to environmental issues, strategies and regulations; ensures compliance with the provisions of City, State, Federal and environmental rules, regulations and guidelines; establishes long and short range program goals and objectives.
Develops environmental review guidelines for urban development projects; delineates areas of impact to be considered and level of assessment to be used; initiates preliminary environmental reviews during project planning stage; requests alternative methods of project implementation; suggests possible alternatives.
Directs the compilation of environmental review statements; assigns qualitative and quantitative levels of assessment; maintains current listings of administrative actions for which environmental impact statements are being or have been prepared; details areas of concern, assignments, progress of work and explanations of any delay.
Supervises the preparation and testing of site and building controls and design guidelines for specific development parcels, development projects and special districts; reviews building designs, site plans, streetscapes and landscapes for conformance with zoning controls, development controls and design guidelines; reviews designs for public spaces including consideration of such factors as pedestrian usage, landscape standards, lighting, adjoining land uses, transportation linkages and access, signage and public art.
Prepares prospectuses and requests for proposals for individual development sites; prepares redevelopment strategies for neighborhoods and specific development districts including preparation of recommendations on land and other uses; directs the work of planning commission staff in the development of standards, controls, and guidelines for the design and development of public spaces such as streets, pedestrian spaces, plazas, transit access spaces, and other civic and public spaces; coordinates with developers, special interest groups, community groups and other City departments and agencies in this work.
Manages Civic Design Review of projects as required; presents findings to Civic Design Review Committee and Commission.
Supervises subordinate staff in the development of feasibility and environmental studies, preparation, review and approval of designs, specifications and cost estimates for the Airport master plan; ensures planning work of staff complies with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations as they relate to airport sustainability.
Directs and coordinates the activities of departmental staff and consultant architects, engineers, and planners; reviews recommendations and proposals by subordinates; determines methods and procedures for study; assists in developing guidelines for studies and reviews work for adherence to planning standards; reviews and provides input to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data.
Supervises requests for the construction and/or renovation of Airport facilities through Airport planning division; directs and may prepare schematic design concepts; assigns and reviews preliminary and final designs, specifications and cost estimates; coordinates planning activities with engineering activities.
Supervises the design and implementation of projects such as runway repair and sidewalk construction; directs airport staff and consultants in preparing pre-design, design, bidding, and interfaces with outside contractors and tenants to ensure the completion and closeout of projects in a competent and timely manner.
Supervises staff in the development of comprehensive plans and programs for the utilization of the land, and development of physical space at Airport; confers with superior and other Airport stakeholders in assisting in developing planning strategies to increase airfield capacity as well as improve and expand existing airport facilities.
• best practices of supervising teams of subordinate staff
• the scope and objectives of city planning for a large metropolitan area
• physical, social and economic structures of the city
• city planning problems as they apply to the area of specialization
• the techniques and practices of planning research
• the techniques and practices of project planning
• the methods and techniques of planning analysis
• geospatial analysis as a planning tool
• the application and interpretation of standard statistical measures
• the principles and practices of comprehensive city planning
• the principles and economic research methodologies
• the methods, practices, and objectives of zoning if required by assignment
• the legal concepts and legislation basic to planning
• the organization and function of municipal and other agencies active in the field of planning
• the principles, practices, and methods used in geospatial analysis
• the principles and methodology of environmental planning
• environmental assessments and related mathematics and engineering concepts
• environmental law and the sources of information concerning environmental impact
• principles of environmental engineering as applied to the preparation and review of environmental impact statements
• the principles and methodologies of community, neighborhood, and district planning
• the concepts and techniques of community relations and community outreach related to the planning process
• strategies for civic engagement in the processes of redevelopment and urban renewal
• federal, state and municipal funding requirements and programming practices for Streets Department positions
• the principles and practices of urban design
• zoning, site planning, architecture, land use and transportation planning, infrastructure planning and development, landscape and streetscape design, real estate economics and development financing, and signage and graphic design
• airport and aviation planning and design principles and standards
• federal aviation laws and regulations relating to Airport planning and development
· Microsoft Office Suite
· ArcGIS Product Suite
· Adobe Creative Suite
· SketchUp and/or three-dimensional visualization software programs
• plan, assign, review and supervise the work of a group of city planners
• analyze and resolve complex city planning problems and make sound recommendations consistent with City policies
• formulate solutions to planning problems, which are in adherence with accepted planning principles
• present ideas effectively in oral, written, or graphic form
• establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, civic, community, and business groups, and the general public
• interpret federal guidelines, regulations and standards as they apply to the area of specialization
• graphically present planning concepts using traditional mapping, modeling and cartographic techniques as well as computer presentation drawing and presentation techniques common to the profession
• determine those areas of the environment affected by specific urban development projects
• prepare plans and blight reports for districts and neighborhoods
• review plans and proposals
• make recommendations regarding the implementation, development and disposition of planning projects
• implement strategies for effective civic engagement in the planning process
build partnerships with community groups and stakeholders
• prepare sketches illustrating urban design standards, controls and design guidelines
MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE (The following statement represents the minimum training and experience standards which will be used to admit or reject applicants for tests. Applications submitted by candidates for this class will be reviewed based on training and experience requirements as approved on 4/17.)
Completion of a bachelor's degree in engineering, applied science or urban and regional planning at an accredited college or university including or supplemented by coursework in environmental science or ecology.
Three years of technical environmental city planning experience.
Two years of technical environmental city planning experience at the advanced performance level.
Completion of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in architecture, landscape architecture, or urban design.
Three years of technical city planning experience in architectural design, urban design, streetscape design, site planning, or public open space design.
Two years of advanced performance level experience in architectural design, urban design, streetscape design, site planning, or public open space design.
Completion of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in city or regional planning, or a related field.
Three years of technical city planning experience.
Two years of technical city planning experience at the advanced performance level.
Three years of geographic information systems work.
Two years of specialized geographic information systems work designing, maintaining, and producing geographic data and graphics for city planning projects.
Completion of a bachelor's degree program at an accredited college or university with major coursework in City or Regional Planning, Environmental Planning, Transportation Planning, Aviation Planning or a closely related field.
Three years of technical planning experience
Two years of environmental planning experience at the advanced performance level with responsibility for planning and implementing sustainability and environmental impact studies for an airport.
Two years of transportation planning experience at the advanced performance level for an airport or other major transportation terminal with responsibility for planning and implementing the design or development of capital projects.
Any equivalent combination of education and experience determined to be acceptable by the Office of Human Resources that has included completion of a bachelor's degree as an educational minimum and the specific experience as indicated above.
NOTE: Completion of Master's degree program in a field determined to be appropriate to the area of specialization will be considered equivalent to two years of the general experience requirement.
City Planner 3 (3E04)
Geographic Information Systems Specialist 2 (3E21) for the Planning Specialty only
NOTE: Selective Factor Certification may be utilized, as needed, to fill specific positions.
In accordance with Civil Service Regulation 11.032 - Selective Factor Certification – the appointing authority may request certification of eligible candidates with the specified training and/or experience to fill specific positions in this class. Certification to fill such position will be made from the two highest ranking eligible candidates on the eligible list who possess the specified qualification.
Ability to physically perform the duties and to work in the environmental conditions required of a position in this class.
Class Established 3/73
Spec. Revision: 1/02
Spec. Revision: 7/11
Spec Revision:
Ad. Board – 5/13
Latest Spec. Revision:
Ad. Board - 4/17


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