Who's stirring who's pot?

I don't really know what motivates a former US Ambassador to write such inflammatory piece (and why WSJ published it) about a foreign sovereign country. And he timed it well within the Egyptian protests. Is this piece trying to provoke "people power" I wonder.

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The Price of Malaysia's Racism

Malaysia's government might find it politically expedient to stir the racial and religious pot, but its opportunism comes with an economic price tag. Its citizens will continue to vote with their feet and take their money and talents with them. And foreign investors, concerned about racial instability and the absence of meaningful economic reform, will continue to look elsewhere to do business. Read more at www.wallstreetjournal.com

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Steve Jobs still has say ...

Life at Apple will be drastically different if he's gone. The bottom line currently looks good. But, Apple has always been an innovative company with Jobs being the main driver cum evangelist. I feel like Apple's market share will tumble much like when he was out of Apple.

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Apple's Jobs Calls Shots From Home

"Steve is the CEO of Apple and during his medical leave he'll continue to be involved in major strategic decisions," said an Apple spokeswoman. Messrs. Jobs and Cook didn't respond to requests for comment.

Medical experts not involved in his care have speculated that there are many reasons why he might need medical attention again, including possible metastasis of the cancer or complications arising from the transplant. People who have seen Mr. Jobs in the past few months said he continues to look thin. A drastic weight loss was one indication of the severity of the CEO's illness two years ago before he received his liver transplant. Read more at www.wallstreetjournal.com

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Be careful before you hit "Send"

Life in the modern world can be hard.

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Pen Pals: Emails Disclosed in Sands Suit

A wrongful termination suit involving Las Vegas Sands and its Macau arm offers yet another lesson on why it’s best to be careful about what one writes in email. Read more at blogs.wsj.com

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Another Leader vs Manager piece

What can i say, i love leadership articles. Some great lessons here. Bet some of it are not new though.

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Why we have too many bosses and too few leaders

“A truly great leader is someone who brings out the best in you, someone you can learn from, who you can respect for who he is, and who genuinely cares about your success and growth,”

“When a manager is promoted to a role of leadership, particularly one as high as CEO, that manager needs to move from ‘I’ to ‘we’. To stop trying to produce all the results themselves and create conditions for collective success,”

when you become a leader you have to become a net giver and not a net taker

the single thing you can create as a leader that is hardest to replicate is its culture,

During former eBay CEO Meg Whitman’s tenure, she was on a work trip when 9/11 struck. Stranded in an airport, she was unable to get back to her company or contact anyone for hours. When she finally got in touch with her team she said, “First I want you to do three things. Make sure all employees are safe, make sure the servers are safe, and make sure an auction in aid of the victims is started as soon as possible.” Her team replied “Meg, the first two are done and the third is well underway.”

“The difference between leaders and bosses in a nutshell, is that leaders set out to create a better future while bosses cling to the past and cope with the present. Which do you intend to be?” Read more at www.theedgemalaysia.com

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Elucidation on the word "paraiyars"

Another take on this issue, albeit from an academician. I agree with him that we should approach this from a scholarly point of view rather than putting emotions first. 10 centuries of privileged position is a long time.

It would be interesting to see how Interlok will evolve when this saga is over.

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Who are ‘Paraiyars’, really?

WHILE in India recently, I bought a translation of Moeurs, institutions et cérémonies des peuples de l’Inde (Hindu Manners, Customs and Ceremonies: The Classic First-Hand Account of India in the Early Nineteenth Century) by Abbé Dubois. What interested me was the proximity of the year the book was first published — 1905 — to the period that is narrated by National Laureate Datuk Abdullah Hussain in his book Interlok. The index pages showed an entry of the word “pariah”, which in Malaysia has been reduced to a mere letter for some reason. The book throws new light on the subject.

Contrary to stereotypical beliefs, for about 10 centuries, the Paraiyar “enjoyed a privileged position in the society of the Sangam period” from 3BCE to 3CE, the earliest period in the history of south India. Read more at www.nst.com.my

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RM1Bil worth of netbooks plus subscription ...

The key word here is official complaint. I wonder if MACC is a better watch dog. Or could it be that the PIBG should also be party to the implementation. After all the funds allocated are tax payers money. I still has this suspicion that much like the Smart School project, there will be massive "misappropriation".

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1Malaysia netbook distribution monitored by govt

THE Information Communication and Culture Minister has not received any official complaint of misappropriation in the distribution of 1Malaysia netbooks.

He said RM1bil had been allocated to implement the programme involving the distribution of one million netbooks and subscribing to the broadband package for the students from families with household monthly incomes of less than RM3,000 and the low-income group.

Salang said the distribution of the 1Malaysia netbooks was being monitored by the commission’s officers nationwide, where feedback was also obtained from school students who received the netbooks and other concerned parties such as teachers, district education officers and village heads in order to assess the effectiveness of the programme. Read more at thestar.com.my

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Fall of a regime

This is historic. I can still picture Anwar Sadat's assassination. Wow it has been that long. However, I have this suspicion that this was provoked by "outside forces" to ensure unfriendly leader to step in thus making Israel less supportive of the Palestinian demands for nationhood. All I can see is this part of the world being more and more unstable.

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End of Mubarak era as protests topple president

CAIRO (Reuters) - Hosni Mubarak stepped down as Egypt's president on Friday, handing over to the army and ending three decades of autocratic rule, bowing to escalating pressure from the military and protesters demanding that he go. Read more at thestar.com.my

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The Mexican Drug War

very informative and useful in understanding current "war" between these scums of society.

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Transparency: Who's Who in the Mexican Drug Wars

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Copying Shamelessly

Nations like Japan, China, Taiwan etc will feel vindicated.

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Nothing is Original

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Fancy an Etymology-based map?

Neat but sure to raise some eyebrows. Look at the numbers of "Land of the Free". And Libya is still Libya. wow ...

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Country Name Etymologies Mapped Worldwide

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Awesome map using Facebook connections

Just goes to show how "social" we are. Imagine if we can have one common language. Lines traversing continents will blur boundaries.

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Map of the World Drawn Entirely Using Facebook Connections

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