Janson singing 'God is great' by Darlene Zschech

He keeps singing, '...and your name, will be praised, fill the earth, fill the heaven...'.

 (Vid taken on Sunday, July 17, 2011, using Sony Ericsson Xperia™ X10 mini pro)

This is the original song by Hillsong

 

God Is Great Lyrics by Darlene Zschech

All creation cries to You
Worshiping in Spirit and in truth
Glory to the Faithful One
Jesus Christ, God's Son
All creation gives You praise
You alone are truly great
You are alone are God who reigns
For Eternity... (Y EAHHHH!!!!) woo ^_^

God is great And His praise
Fills the earth Fills the heavens
And Your name will be praised
Through all the world
God is great Sing His Praise
All the earth All the heavens
Cause we're living for the Glory of Your Name, Glory of Your Name

All to You oh God we bring
Jesus teach us how to live
Let your fire burn in us
that all may hear and all may see

God is great And His praise
Fills the earth Fills the heavens
And Your name will be praised
Through all the world
God is great Sing His Praise
All the earth All the heavens
Cause we're living for the Glory of Your Name, Glory of Your Name

Holy Is The Lord....
The whole earth sings
The whole earth sings... (x4)

God is great And His praise
Fills the earth Fills the heavens
And Your name will be praised
Through all the world
God is great Sing His Praise
All the earth All the heavens
Cause we're living for the Glory of Your Name, Glory of Your Name

It’s Official: To Protect Baby’s Brain, Turn Off TV

• By Brandon Keim
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• October 18, 2011   
• 6:30 am

A decade ago, the American Academy of Pediatrics suggested that parents limit TV consumption by children under two years of age. The recommendations were based as much on common sense as science, because studies of media consumption and infant development were themselves in their infancy.

The research has finally grown up. And though it’s still ongoing, it’s mature enough for the AAP to release a new, science-heavy policy statement on babies watching television, videos or any other passive media form.

Their verdict: It’s not good, and probably bad.

Media, whether playing in the background or designed explicitly as an infant educational tool, “have potentially negative effects and no known positive effects for children younger than 2 years,” concluded the AAP’s report, released Oct. 18 at the Academy’s annual meeting in Boston and scheduled for November publication in the journal Pediatrics. “Although infant/toddler programming might be entertaining, it should not be marketed as or presumed by parents to be educational.”

Since the AAP made its original recommendations in 1999, passive entertainment screens — televisions, DVD players, computers streaming video — have become ubiquitous, and the average 12-month-old gets between one and two hours of screen time per day. (Interactive screens, such as iPads and other tablets, are considered in the new recommendations.) The 0- to 2-year age group has become a prime target for commercial educational programming, often used by parents convinced that it’s beneficial.

As screens proliferated, so did research. “There have been about 50 studies that have come out on media use by children in this age group between 1999 and now,” said Ari Brown, a pediatrician and member of the AAP committee that wrote the new report.

Those studies have found that children don’t really understand what’s happening on a screen until they’re about 2 years old. Once they do, media can be good for them, but until then television is essentially a mesmerizing, glowing box.

Used at night, TV might help kids fall asleep, but that appears to come at a delayed cost of subsequent sleep disturbances and irregularities. While the result of TV-induced sleep problems hasn’t been directly studied, poor sleep in infants is generally linked to problems with mood, behavior and learning.

At other times, media consumption comes with opportunity costs, foremost among them the silence of parents. “While television is on, there’s less talking, and talk time is very important in language development,” said Brown.

'The way these kids’ programs came out was, ‘These are really educational!' Well that’s great, but prove it. Show me the science.'

Three studies since 1999 have tracked educational television use and language development, and they found a link between increased TV time and developmental delays. Whether that’s a cause or effect — parents who leave kids in front of televisions might simply be poor teachers — isn’t clear, nor are the long-term effects, but the AAP called the findings “concerning.” In the same vein, there may also be a link to attention problems.

Even when media plays in the background, it distracts babies from play, an activity that is known to have deep developmental benefits. And for parents who use media to carve out a few precious, necessary free minutes in busy schedules, Brown recommended letting kids entertain themselves.

“We know you can’t spend 24 hours a day reading to your child and playing with them. That’s okay. What’s also okay is your child playing independently,” she said. “That’s valuable time. They’re problem-solving. They’re using their imagination, thinking creatively and entertaining themselves.”

As for iPads and other kid-friendly interactive computing devises, Brown said research has barely started, much less come to conclusions. But she counseled skepticism of promotional claims, which have been made with some of the same zeal as products of now-dubious standing, such as the controversial Baby Einstein videos.

“The way these kids’ programs came out was, ‘These are really educational! They’re going to help your kids learn!’ Well that’s great, but prove it. Show me the science,” Brown said. “I don’t have a problem with touch screens, and they’re not necessarily bad. But we need to understand how this affects kids.”

Image: Yoshihide Nomamura/Flickr

Citation: “Media Use by Children Younger Than 2 Years.” By the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Communications and Media Executive Committee. Pediatrics, Vol 128 No. 5, November 2011.

NFC Salleh put blame on everything except the cow

National Feedlot Corporation Sdn Bhd chief executive chief officer Mohammad Salleh Ismail has put the blame on renegade staff for triggering the controversy over the company's finances, according to a Sinar Harian report today.

In the Malay language daily, Mohamed reportedly said that the issue arose from the actions of two NFC staff who went rogue and attempted to sabotage the company. Mohamaed believed they told the opposition about the company's internal finances because they were upset with the company and added that his company has filed a police report on suspicion that the duo had taken the company's thumb drive.

On calls for his wife Shahrizat Abdul Jalil who is women, family and community development minister to resign over the fiasco, Mohammed declined to comment but he told the daily that the matter was in the hands of his wife, the prime minister and his deputy.

When contacted, PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli laughed off the new development but refused to confirm if the duo investigated by the police are the source of the leak to PKR and said, "I would not confirm or deny the (source) of the leak...it would be dangerous for the whistleblowers."


Rafizi, who expects the police to come knocking soon, however, added that any probe on the whistleblowers would be a "distraction" from the real issue and told Malaysiakini that the police should instead focus on the report on the condominium, not chase after these poor whistleblowers.


Rafizi had revealed that the RM181 million government soft loan to NFC to manage a beef centre was used to buy luxury condominiums and several Umno leaders had benefited from the money and added that PKR has "a lot more information to reveal" if the company and its political ties do not own up to the irregularities exposed.


Rafizi who is scheduled to hold a press conference on the matter later today, said, "Politics aside, I personally just want them to admit that they made a mistake and for the government to take back the money."

Is the financial information of a public company a secret? Is it not open for public scrutiny? Is it not subject to internal and external auditors as well? So, what's the big deal about these two so-called whistleblowers unless there is indeed hanky-panky in the finances of the company? If in fact they're whistleblowers, then there should be more 'hidden' info than those already in the Auditor-General's Report.

If NFC not in a mess, then A-G's Report in a mess!!

'Feedlot project not in a mess'

The National Feedlot Corp (NFC) has denied that the project is in disarray, instead it has met the target set by the government.

The AG's Report said that NFC was in a mess and its production last year were only 3,289 head of cattle or 41 per cent of the target set but its chairman Mohamad Salleh Ismail said as the 30-year contract was only in the third year, teething problems during initial stage were to be expected.

When commenting on the Auditor-General's Report at the NSC office in Gemas today, he said, "In fact, NFC has raised 8,016 head of cattle in 2010, surpassing its target of 8,000 head of cattle. We are importing cattle from Australia and we have to feed them for between four and six months. We do not slaughter them soon after arrival. We will not slaughter the cattle if there is no market. And when they are not slaughtered, cattle feed costs will also increase."

Aiyo if like that, no point having the annual Auditor-General's Report when its findings are always either disputed or denied by the affected parties.

IGP macam tidak tahu pasal SPRM serah kes NFC

IGP says no report from MACC on cattle condo scandal

By Clara Chooi

November 17, 2011

Ismail said he has not received anything from the MACC on the matter. — File pic

SHAH ALAM, Nov 17 — Tan Sri Ismail Omar today deflected questions on the National Feedlot Centre (NFC) “cattle condo” scandal, saying he has yet to receive any report from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

“So far, I’ve not received anything yet,” he said when pushed for an answer by a group of reporters who accosted him as he was leaving the Selangor police contingent’s Deepavali celebration here this afternoon.

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) initially appeared surprised when asked to comment and pointed out that the matter was a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) case.

When informed that the MACC had passed the case to the police to handle, Ismail said he would have to check on the matter before issuing any statement. He left the function at the Selangor police headquarters here without further comment.

MACC said on Monday it would not probe the controversial RM10 million purchase of a condominium by the federally-funded NFC project, claiming it was a case for the police to handle as it involved an offence under the Penal Code.

In a statement, the agency said it had already referred the case to the police, adding that this was in line with advice from the Anti-Corruption Advisory Board to only investigate offences under the MACC Act.

PKR was first to claim of corruption in the purchase of the multi-million ringgit condominium belonging to the National Meat and Livestocks Corporation (NMLC), a company wholly-owned by Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil’s family.

Its secretary-general, Saifuddin Nasution, said the luxury apartment at One Menerung, Bangsar, was recorded by NFC, a cattle-farming project managed by the minister’s family, as part of a RM83 million “loan” to NMLC.

But Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin savaged the party for the allegations, claiming the condo was bought as an investment when the NMLC found itself with excess funds when the government ran out of funds to develop satellite cattle farms.

The Auditor-General’s Report released last month had criticised the NFC, pointing out that it was now “in a mess”. The report said production in 2010 was only 3,289 head of cattle or 41.1 per cent of the target set.

Agriculture Minister Datuk Seri Noh Omar, however, responded on October 31 that the project was a success and had met its targets.

As usual, nothing unsual about the slow-motion action or total inaction coming from the government agencies that seem to be always protecting the powers that be.

This fridge looks a whole lot like the iPad

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Man no insurance, no job died from a tooth infection

Man Dies From Toothache, Couldn't Afford Meds

By CARRIE GANN (@carrie_gann) , ABC News Medical Unit

Sept. 2, 2011

A 24-year-old Cincinnati father died from a tooth infection this week because he couldn't afford his medication, offering a sobering reminder of the importance of oral health and the number of people without access to dental or health care. 

According to NBC affiliate WLWT, Kyle Willis' wisdom tooth started hurting two weeks ago. When dentists told him it needed to be pulled, he decided to forgo the procedure, because he was unemployed and had no health insurance. 

When his face started swelling and his head began to ache, Willis went to the emergency room, where he received prescriptions for antibiotics and pain medications. Willis couldn't afford both, so he chose the pain medications. 

The tooth infection spread, causing his brain to swell. He died Tuesday. 

Calls to Willis' family were not immediately returned. University Hospital in Cincinnati, where Willis was admitted, did not comment, citing federal privacy laws. 

"People don't realize that dental disease can cause serious illness," said Dr. Irvin Silverstein, a dentist at the University of California at San Diego. "The problems are not just cosmetic. Many people die from dental disease." 

Willis' story is not unique. In 2007, 12-year-old Deamonte Driver also died when a tooth infection spread to his brain. The Maryland boy underwent two operations and six weeks of hospital care, totaling $250,000. Doctors said a routine $80 tooth extraction could have saved his life. His family was uninsured and had recently lost its Medicaid benefits, keeping Deamonte from having dental surgery.

"When people are unemployed or don't have insurance, where do they go? What do they do?" Silverstein said. "People end up dying, and these are the most treatable, preventable diseases in the world." 

Getting access to dental care is particularly tough for low-income adults and children, and it's getting tougher as the economy worsens. In April, the Kaiser Family Foundation reported that 33 percent of people surveyed skipped dental care or dental checkups because they couldn't afford them. A 2003 report by the U.S. Surgeon General found that 108 million Americans had no dental insurance, nearly 2.5 times the number who had no health insurance. 

Trips to the dentist aren't the only expenses hard-up Americans are skipping. An August report by the Commonwealth Fund found that 72 percent of people who lost their health insurance when they lost their jobs said they skipped needed health care or did not fill prescriptions because of cost. 

"People want to believe there's a safety net that catches all of these people, and there isn't," said Dr. Glenn Stream, president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians. He noted that it is often young men who are the most likely to lack health coverage. 

Dr. Jim Jirjis, director of general internal medicine at Vanderbilt University, said people, like Willis, without access to care often die of conditions that were much more common decades ago. 

"He [Willis] might as well have been living in 1927," Jirjis said. "All of the advances we've made in medicine today and are proud of, for people who don't have coverage, you might as well never have developed those." 

There are a number of free dental clinics in operation around the country, where dentists volunteer to provide care to those without health insurance. But even if Willis had access to a free dental clinic, Stream said he still may not have been able to get the care he needed for his infection. "The wait is often months at these clinics, and this young man died within two weeks of his problem," Stream said. 

Silverstein operates three free dental clinics in the San Diego area. "We're overwhelmed right now," he said. "We can't take any new patients."

Thank God that here in Malaysia, we still can generally get decent dental health care.

Well, I think our dental health care here is much more accessible and affordable here than in America simply because so far there has been no report of anyone dying from a tooth infection unless

I just had my tooth 45 removed for RM120 yesterday . Cheap.