Malaysia Bar Council President Ambiga Sreenevasan, an ethnic Indian, has been honoured by the United States for women's and human rights advocacy.Sreenevasan's courage and leadership garnered her the prestigious Secretary of State's International Women of Courage 2009 award in conjunction with the International Women's Day, local dailies reported on Friday."This award has given us the opportunity, which we would not otherwise have had, to share our stories, our successes, our failures, to reach out across our borders and establish a base upon which we can build a meaningful network of support," she said in her acceptance speech at a function in Washington."These stories must be told in all our countries," Sreenevasan said.

Sreenevasan, one of the eight women from around the world honoured for women's and human rights advocacy in their homeland, was also given the honour of representing the others in a speech before US First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.Clinton, in her speech, lauded her for pursuing judicial reform and good governance, standing up for religious tolerance and resolutely advocating women's equality and their full political participation.The others honoured at the ceremony were from Iraq, Niger Russia, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Guatemala and Afghanistan.

80,000 lose jobs in US and Europe, Iceland govt collapses

THE world went dark for a while as a partial solar eclipse occurred on the Lunar New Year. The sun shone through again but for many parts of the United States, Europe and Asia, the gloom is here to stay.
A wave of job cuts hit major American and European companies which are facing lower demand for their products and even a government collapsed.
Heavy equipment maker Cater-pillar, Dutch financial services giant ING, Dutch electronics giant Philips Electronics and home improvement retailer Home Depot were among the large corporations which announced yesterday that they would shed a total of 80,000 jobs as business conditions deteriorate and profits dip.
Iceland has also been forced to seek a new coalition after the government and its prime minister resigned amid huge protests over the country’s dire economic state.
Job cuts have worsened as economies sour as a result of the global financial crisis, which now threatens to see economic growth in the United States, Europe and Japan contract in 2009.
For Malaysian employees, there was a silver lining of sorts. A job survey by a consultant has found that Malaysian employees feel more secure about their prospects compared to their counterparts in Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Chi-na, Japan and South Kor-ea

Appendixs...

Appendix...?



hai all,

I have discourse to one of my friend who doing medicine about the appendix.. I was a bit surprise went ever he tell me that appendix no any function and no use to our body. However I still not satisfy with the conversation that god give us one of the organ that no use... its puts me to serve the net to know more details about the function of the appendix .



The appendix doesn't appear to have any function in the human body. Scientists theorize that the appendix is a remnant of an ancient digestive tract. They believe that it might have been used by early man to digest tough leaves and bark.
­Because doctors don't really know the purpose of the appendix, they're unable to determine what system it belongs in. It's a simple structure that's made up of two types of tissue. The outside of the appendix is mucsle tissue, but given the lack of activity, the muscle is considerably weaker than the muscle tissues that make up other organs. The lining of the appendix is filled with lymphatic tissue, which produces antibodies, leading many to believe that the appen­dix part of the immnune system.



here some notes about the immune system which believe appendix function ....

Inside our body there is an amazing protection mechanism called the immune system. It is designed to defend you against millions of bacteria, microbes, viruses, toxins and parasites that would love to invade our body


Another odd characteristic of the appendix: It manufactures and secretes a small amount of mucus. No doubt about it, the appendix is confusing.
Of course, it's understood that the human body functions perfectly well without the appendix, but some scientists are still unwilling to declare the appendix useless.
If the appendix has no purpose, yet is potentially subject to all of these dangerous -- even life threatening -- conditions, then why can't we simply have a doctor remove our appendix as a preventative procedure?


For years rumors have circulated that astronauts had their appendixes removed before space travel to avoid a potential medical emergency while in orbit. For similar (yet more earthbound) reasons, many people wonder whether they should have theirs removed before boarding an international flight. There's no truth to the rumor about astronauts, and most physicians do not recommend preventative appendectomies for world travelers either. Seven percent of the general population will have their appendix removed at some point in their lives. Given these low odds, and the fact that most insurance plan will not pay for a prophylactic appendectomy, they are generally not considered for the healthy traveler.