I occasionally edit Wikipedia articles, particularly those related to Malaysia. I can say I am looking forward to add Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to this article.]]>
A neologism to describe a specific type of web conference. It is typically one-way, from the speaker to the audience with limited audience interaction, such as in a webcast. A webinar can be collaborative and include polling and question & answer sessions to allow full participation between the audience and the presenter.One of the disadvantages I've found working in collaborative working on an online environment are the limitations that e-mails, and instant messaging applications like Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger, etc, in demonstrating concepts or explaining more complex issues. In a face to face environment, I'd have the advantage of being able to use whiteboards, mahjong paper, LCD projectors and more to highlight points. Coupled with the fact that one would actually be dealing with people face to face, discussion and Q & A's are much more easily facilitated.]]> people understand what you're communicating to them, and that you are able to have some mechanism to note the indicators that people are keeping up with you. That's where tools that facilitate webinars would be useful and makes me want to seriously reconsider deploying it in future training opportunities, especially when it involves presenting to a larger audience. Some of the benefits that I can already see are:
When parents have their children baptised they indicate their desire to have their children grow up and live as children of God and brothers or sisters of Jesus, and be guided by the Holy Spirit. Through birth a child is given to parents; through baptism a child is given to God. At baptism the parents acknowledge that their parenthood is a participation in God's parenthood, that all fatherhood and motherhood comes from God. Thus baptism frees the parents from a sense of owning their children. Children belong to God and are given to the parents to love and care for in God's name. It is the parents' vocation to welcome their children as honored guests in their home and bring them to the physical, emotional, and spiritual freedom that enables them to leave the home and become parents themselves. Baptism reminds parents of this vocation and sets children on the path of freedom.]]>
I believe a special effort needs to be made to acknowledge the Malay leaders of Pas, PKR and various Muslim and Malay NGOs (not to forget Zaid) who stepped forward to lend their support, thus foiling the plot to turn her arrest into a racial issue.
I occasionally edit Wikipedia articles, particularly those related to Malaysia. I can say I am looking forward to add Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to this article.]]>
DAP Seputeh MP Teresa Kok was released at 1pm today, after being held under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for a week, revealed her lawyer Sankara Nair. At press time, she was at tha Jalan Travers police station waiting for her release documents to be processed, he told Malaysiakini. Teresa's parents are now on the way to the station after being informed of her release. She will be holding a press conference at 3.30pm at the DAP headquarters in Petaling Jaya.Now for Raja Petra.]]>
It may be approaching the end game. All the strategies they have been able to come out with are almost all played out except for the final few .. I think there is still a lot of uncertainty but Anwar is looking like he may pull it off."Even the equities market seem to be responding positively to the new scenario that has unveiled itself over the last 24 hours (then again, it could be due to the capital infusion from the various central banks). Nonetheless, how it ultimately plays out will still very much depend on the incumbent. As CPPS chairperson, Ramon Navaratnam, puts it:
"If Anwar's 31 seats are real, then it is the coup de grace. That will be the end of the era of the BN. Abdullah will be saluted for letting the democratic process take place and for not stifling the country with arrests and emergency rule. It will be his finest hour and he will go down in history as the man who liberalised the democratic system in Malaysia,"]]>
If, during an adjournment of the House, it is represented to Tuan Yang di-Pertua by the Prime Minister that the public interest requires that the House should meet at an earlier date than that to which the House was adjourned, Tuan Yang di-Pertua shall give notice thereof forthwith and the House shall meet at the time stated in such notice. The business set down for that day shall be appointed by the Prime Minister and notice thereof shall be circulated not later than the time of meeting.The wheels are finally turning.]]>
1442 - Anwar reiterates that the safety of the MPs is a primary concern and is the main reason why he has refused to divulge the identities of the defecting MPs in advance. The identities will be known, both to the Prime Minister as well as the nation, when the vote of no confidence is taken. All legal and constitutional means will be exhausted to seek the resignation of the Cabinet.1430 - Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has announced that an official letter has been sent today to the Prime Minister seeking an emergency session of the Parliament no latter than Tuesday, 23rd of September, to debate a motion of censure / vote of no confidence against the government led by Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. This is in line with the standing orders of the Parliament. He has described the crass rejection of his first letter to seek a meeting and the subsequent threats against him as puerile and has called the current government as a minority government. The first official and legal move in seeking the resignation of the current Cabinet has begun.]]>
Perkara 40 (2) Yang di-Pertuan Agong boleh bertindak menurut budi bicaranya pada melaksanakan fungsi yang berikut, iaitu:]]> Muhyiddin said that according to the constitution, the prime minister was to be appointed among those entrusted by the majority of the people in a general election and an MP having the command of a party (Bernama). Muhyiddin berkata bahawa menurut perlembagaan, perdana menteri adalah dipilih dari antara mereka yang diberi kepercayaan oleh majoriti rakyat di dalam pilihanraya umum dan adalah seorang ahli Parlimen yang mengetuai sesebuah parti.Sebenarnya parti politik langsung tidak menjadi faktor di dalam pemilihan Perdana Menteri menurut Perlembagaan Persekutuan. Ungkapan "parti" cuma dapat ditemui 2 kali di dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan, dan ia diberikan di dalam konteks kekosongan di dalam Dewan Negara dan Dewan Undangan Negeri. Sebaliknya, Perlembagaan Persekutuan menyatakan bahawa:dan dalam apa-apa hal lain yang disebut dalam Perlembagaan ini.
- melantik seorang Perdana Menteri;
- tidak memperkenankan permintaan bagi pembubaran Parlimen;
- meminta diadakan mesyuarat Majlis Raja-Raja yang semata-mata berkenaan dengan keistimewaan, kedudukan, kemuliaan dan kebesaran Duli-Duli Yang Maha Mulia Raja-Raja, dan apa-apa tindakan pada mesyuarat itu,
Perkara 43 (2) Jemaah Menteri hendaklah dilantik seperti yang berikut, iaitu:Hakikatnya jelas. Segala tohmahan yang dilemparkan ke atas cubaan Pakatan Rakyat pimpinan Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim untuk mengambil alih tampuk pemerintahan negara secara sah, tertib dan teratur ini merupakan tindakan yang bersifat terdesak daripada pihak parti pemerintah. Mereka mengambil kesempatan situasi dimana kebanyakkan orang masih tidak fasih dalam hal perundangan dan perlembagaan. Mereka terus cuba mengaburi mata serta memperbodohkan rakyat dengan menyeleweng tafsiran perlembagaan dan prosedur demokrasi berparlimen melalui media massa arus perdana yang kebanyakkannya milik parti pemerintah ataupun syarikat-syarikat milik kepentingan-kepentingan yang sewaktu dengannya. Kalau betul ingin buktikan bahawa Anwar sebenarnya tiada senarai ahli parlimen yang ingin mengalih sokongan daripada BN kepada Pakatan Rakyat, kenapakah Perdana Menteri tidak terus menemui Anwar dan memaksa Anwar mengeluarkan senarai itu? Jikalau Anwar tidak dapat berbuat demikian di dalam pertemuannya dengan PM, maka terbuktilah bahawa Anwar itu sebenarnya menipu rakyat. Tak payahlah bersusah payah memberikan berpuluh-puluh sidang media dan mendakwa Anwar menipu rakyat tanpa menunjukkan sebarang bukti. Dan kenapakah Perdana Menteri tidak sanggup memberikan kepastian kepada rakyat bahawa beliau tidak akan mengambil tindakan yang akan menyebabkan huru hara dan ketidakstabilan sosio-politik jikalau terpaksa meletakkan jawatan Kabinet berdasarkan 4 perkara yang disarankan di dalam surat daripada pimpinan Pakatan Rakyat kepada beliau? Adakah ia kerana beliau ingin memelihara "hak" beliau untuk menggunakan ISA ataupun kuasa darurat demi memelihara kedudukannya? Siapa sebenarnya yang berdolak dalih? Dan tindakan pihak manakah yang sebenarnya menjadi ancaman kepada kestabilan ekonomi dan keselamatan negara? Renungkanlah.]]>Perkara 43 (4) Jika Perdana Menteri tidak lagi mendapat kepercayaan majoriti ahli Dewan Rakyat, maka Perdana Menteri hendaklah meletakkan jawatan Jemaah Menteri melainkan jika atas permintaannya Parlimen dibubarkan oleh Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
- Yang di-Pertuan Agong hendaklah terlebih dahulu melantik sebagai Perdana Menteri untuk mempengerusikan Jemaah Menteri seorang ahli Dewan Rakyat yang pada hematnya mungkin mendapat kepercayaan majoriti ahli Dewan Rakyat itu; dan
- atas nasihat Perdana Menteri, Yang di-Pertuan Agong hendaklah melantik Menteri-Menteri lain daripada kalangan ahli mana-mana satu Majlis Parlimen;
| O Fortuna velut luna statu variabilis, semper crescis aut decrescis; vita detestabilis nunc obdurat et tunc curat ludo mentis aciem, egestatem, potestatem dissolvit ut glaciem. Sors immanis et inanis, rota tu volubilis, status malus, vana salus semper dissolubilis, obumbrata et velata michi quoque niteris; nunc per ludum dorsum nudum fero tui sceleris. Sors salutis et virtutis michi nunc contraria, est affectus et defectus semper in angaria. Hac in hora sine mora corde pulsum tangite; quod per sortem sternit fortem, mecum omnes plangite | O Fortune, like the moon you are constantly changing, ever waxing and waning; hateful life now oppresses and then soothes as fancy takes it; poverty and power it melts them like ice. Fate - monstrous and empty, you whirling wheel, you are malevolent, well-being is vain and always fades to nothing, shadowed and veiled you plague me too; now through the game I bring my bare back to your villainy. Fate, in health and virtue, is against me driven on and weighted down, always enslaved. So at this hour without delay pluck the vibrating strings; since Fate strikes down the strong man, everyone weep with me |