No more Mondae blues!

When Desi arrived at the office and two kaypoh -- one from Ipoh, and another from PP! -- Readers engage me in GOoD conversation on Platonic love, and one asking Desi all sorts of AM-Azing questions like What is AM? What is FR Maze?? Desi got on to a high chair to see if he could discern her face across the SE7EN SEAS.

This obsession with 7Cs began recently after a tall taeler AM-Azed us G7 blogger-delegates with his description of reaching Paradise on a Saturday afternoon (4PM 2B exact!) as he waves from the deck of the Super Virgo (which he sneakily did with another G++ delegation...) as Desi took over his place being tied to the pole at Sin-harbour! The antithesis of seeing Paradise slipping away, and it's not ecven in Da Steal of Da Nite (Desispeak is back witha V-engeance/V-endetta!)

"BON VOYAGE!", and I learnt from HOWsy's french ladymate - remember MiMi of the school MEmi days? -- taught me Bon is pronounced Bo', as in Boh tea? Also compared with Moulin Rouge, where Howsy would break into uncuntrollable laffter if you pronounced the ...lin with a DIN sound! It has the LA sound as you guys speaking Manglish, ending with --la,lah,la, lah ... as if you are at LIBerty to shake Da Bard's language! (And for heaven's s(H)ake without the H, the bard is not short for de bastard!)


Okay, I said this is no blues Monday for two primary reasons.
First and foremost, let there be no doubt -- beyond the shadow of a doubt, as they say in Portia's court! -- that Howsy and Desi share one thing in common -- we have balls! Not as big as kennysia's, nor as big as the King Of Fruit that was shoved up SomeOne's hole WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE. Try the Fruit Test, anyone? In fact, the shuffing started at dawn and even at sunset, Desi could hear the s-c-r-e-A-......ING from that I-LAND.

KNotBiru1

FIRST< LET'S PAY SOME ATTENTION TO NATIONAL BUSINESS.
Yes, the 9MP, according to the PM.
A good summary comes courtsey of theSUN online edition (the poor Paper loses out to its rivals since it has stopped its weekened edition some weeks back, so it could not serve its readers with a Saturday update on 9MP with a print edition; never mind, Better Late Than Never, like this Blogger.)
For a more critical Review, surf klsetracker.com in the next few days, hey, goo get some Economic/Biz education! Okay, Desi must state in no uncertain terms he's promoting this site with vested interests as he earns some moola f'eelancing there. Throw in some 'kaya' into the B&B, remember?


9MP's five thrusts into the future


KUALA LUMPUR: The Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP) strategy will be based on five thrusts that make up the National Mission to achive Vision 2020.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, in tabling the development policy document in the Dewan Rakyat on Friday (March 31, 2006), said the thrusts will cover areas which will enable the country to compete globally, developing human capital, national integration, inter-race relationships, division of wealth and quality of life.

Wearing a blue Baju Melayu, he said the National Mission will encompass five main thrusts:


First Thrust: Increase value-add to the national economy.

Through this the government seeks to increase the value of the existing national economy, as well as create activities and jobs based on knowledge in areas like biotechnology, ICT, nanotechnology and service.

"At the same time the government will also create a conducive environment to enable the private sector to head the economic development of the country," he said.


Second Thrust: Increase the ability of knowledge, creativity and innovation as well as inculcate a first class mind.

The Future will depend on the quality of human resources capital based not only on intellect but also personal strength.

"The governmnet will seek to enhance the national education from pre-school to higher education and vocational levels," Abdullah said.

He said conducive environment will also be created to encourage the growth of research and development.

"At the same time, we will also work at inculcating a society which is cultured and has the moral strength," he added.


Third Thrust: Address socio-economic equality in a constructive and productive manner.

He said the government aimed to eradicate poverty by with a more balanced development, as well as ensuring that development is carried out fairly and equally.


Fourth Thrust: Increase and strengthen the quality of life.

Abdullah said the government will continue to provide basic amenities such as water and electricity as well as housing, transportation and other facilities.

"However, stress should also be given towards issues involving maintenance, improvement and effectiveness of resource usage," he said.


Fifth Thrust: Strengthen national institutional and implementation ability.

The success of planning lies in the ability to implement. Thus the government is committed to improve the public delivery system at all levels.

"In addition, the government will also continue its efforts to crack down on corruption and enhance integrity in the private and public sectors, and society in general," he added.


DESIDERATA: Syabas to Pak Lah for an impressive blueoprint for the next five years of the nation's journey.
A rival paper said that the PM and the DPM will monitor the implementation of the 9MP closely.
Desi adds that Desi&Co here will monitor the PM, DPM and their Gomen closely too!


Back to desi's hi-notes, which Howsy I'm sure would also share in glee, as his bilogical market value has also shot through the London Tower's roof, and mine through my fave PETronas Twin Towers. Here's the Y and Y and Y., from theSUN again.

non-biru Y1

Breakthrough: Stem cells from testes

WASHINGTON: US researchers said on Saturday they had transformed
immature cells from men's testicles into powerful stem cells, which
they then coaxed into becoming nerve, heart and bone cells.
Their work has not been assessed by standard peer-review processes,
but was presented at a meeting of stem cell researchers in Valencia, Spain.
If other researchers can duplicate their efforts, the study offers a possible new source of valuable stem cells.
The researchers, at Irvine, Calinfornia-based PrimeGen Biotech LLC, worked with immature cells found in testes and ovaries known as germ cells as a source of tissues for transplant and otrher medical uses.
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Stem cells are the body's master cells, and scientists are working to learn how to fuind and use them to replace tissue, to grow new organs, and to study diseases.
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Bone marrow stem cells are routinely used in transplants to treat cancer and other diseases.
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Stem cells taken from foetuses are somewhat more flexible. Embryonic stem cells are contriversial because some people believe that using them is tantamount to destroying a human life, and US federal law strictly limits the use of taxpayer funds for working with them, -- Reuters


DESIDERATA: So you can see, men's market value rose by 10% this morning as soon as the nu'es hit the investors in the "sperm-stock" market that debut-ed at the Lundun Xchange near the underground tube. Only one registered ADdress is known to take trades or -offs, with the contact HOWs...., ah, STOP! I heard a four-letter from mGf, and I am always, okay, sometimes, quiet obedient...



nonbiru Y2

US researchers close to developing anti-HIV pill

LONDON: US researchers think they are close to developing a pill that people could take to avoid HIV infection.

A cocktail of two drugs already used to treat HIV infection has shown such promise at preventing it in monkeys that officials have now said they are to expand early human tests around the world.

"This is the first thing I've seen that I think could have a prevention impact," said Thomas Folks, head of the HIV research lab at the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.

"If it works, it could be distributed quickly and could blunt the epidemic."

The drug combination Ð tenofovir (Viread) and emtricitabine, or FTC (Emtriva) Ð is sold as Truvada by Gilead Sciences Inc, a California company best known for developing Tamiflu, the drug being stockpiled to treat bird flu if it jumps to humans.

New CDC research has shown the medication has protected monkeys from being infected with HIV.

In the experiment, six macaques were given the drugs and then exposed to a combined human-monkey AIDS virus called SHIV, using a rectal method aimed at simulating male homosexual contact.

Despite receiving doses of SHIV for 14 weeks, none of the monkeys became infected. All of another group of nine monkeys that did not get the drugs eventually became infected with the virus.

"What happened next, when scientists stopped giving the drugs, was equally exciting," Folks said.

"We wanted to see, was the drug holding the virus down so we didn't detect it, or was it truly preventing infection?"

"It turned out to be the latter. We're now four months following the animals with no drug, no virus. They are uninfected and healthy."

But expense could limit use of the drug. In the US, the wholesale cost of the combination drug is US$650 (RM2,400) for a month's supply.

HIV spreads to 10 people every minute, 5 million every year. The World Health Organization estimates that more than 40 million people have the virus globally.

March 27, 2006 theSUN Web edition

DESIDERATA: I reserve further comment but jest note that Hadyai business might just rocket through its dinghy roofs after thy came down with the purported "unrest" in the restive southern region.


nonbiru Y3

Across the border via the Crooked Bridge yet 2B, some butts are also shooting up in value, according to the Sun's reeport on Page 12, April 3, 2006. To wit:

Singaporeans told
not to poke
fun at politicians

SINGAPORE: Singaporeans are free to express their views
about politics, but not to make light of it or poke fun
at political figures, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said
during a television forum transalted from Mandarin to
English yesterday.

"THe TV shows in Taiwan turn politics into a joke," The Sunday Times quoted Lee as saying during the discussion in Chinese late Saturday.

"In Europe and the United States, they make political figures the butt of the joke," Lee said. (Desi:, my fave David Letterman cometh to mind/e..):

"I think it is not a good thing."-- dpa
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DESIDERATA: I say a prayer for mGf JOE.PSC who is quiet vocal in his young blog,hence he calls Desi "Taiko", Teh-ko also can-lah! People can kick my butt-one, not two, KO! --
http://jp-sijun.blogspot.com -- and he graciously lends his wisdom and sometimes VICEdom too, at Desi'S Place like promoting the two Sin-land's upcoming caSINob resorts to Malaysians where duran-durian runtuh in Winter, Spring, Summer,or MarketFall! Hey, Hoe, your ICY dream cometh true. Cannot kick some butts as their value has rocketed into beyond blogosphere, catching up with Malaysian astro-nuts. Kiasu2!
DefinAtely! (Mind your language!) Not a goode thing.
I.S.A: men,
Both sides of the Cosway, must maketh some doh! to adjourn to OUR I-LAND, yes?
Got RM20million, Sai-ko, ah? Cheap2, SIN$8million?