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Volume XIX, Number 345 9th Waxing of Tagu 1373 ME Saturday, 31
March, 2012
True patriotism * It is very important for every one of the
nation regardless of the place he lives tohave strong Union
Spirit.
* Only Union Spirit is the truepatriotism all the nationalities
will haveto safeguard.
NAY PYI TAW, 30 March—Vice-President of theRepublic of the Union
of Myanmar Thiha Thura U Tin AungMyint Oo received a delegation led
by Director of theFederal Drug Control Service of the Russian
Federation MrVictor P Ivanov at the Presidential Palace, here, at 3
pmtoday.
Present at the call together with Vice-President ThihaThura U
Tin Aung Myint Oo were Deputy Minister forHome Affairs Brig-Gen
Kyaw Zan Myint, Deputy Minister
Vice-President Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo receives
Directorof Federal Drug Control Service of Russian Federation
for Foreign Affairs Dr Myo Myint and departmental heads.The
Director of the Federal Drug Control Service of
the Russian Federation and party were accompanied byAmbassador
of the Russian Federation to the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar Dr
Mikhail M Mgeladze.
At the call, they discussed cooperation in drug con-trol matter
between the two countries for controlling theillicit trafficking of
narcotic drugs.
MNA
YANGON, 30 March—With the aim of enabling Myanmarselected tennis
team to secure victory in the XXVIISEA Games 2013 and having
international experiencesfrom the competitions, a Myanmar selected
men’s tennisteam comprising captain Min Min, Nge Hnaung, Phyo
MinTha and Aung Kyaw Naing left here by air for
Vietnamyesterday.
The team will take part in the ITF Future (F1) to be heldin Ho
Chi Minh City of Vietnam from 2 to 8 April and theITF (F2) in the
same place from 9 to 15 April and in the Davis
Myanmar men’s tennis team leaves for VietnamYANGON, 30 March—A
ceremony to honour outstand-
ing athletes from Sports and Education Combination Schoolof
Sports and Physical Education Institute (Yangon) ofSports and
Physical Education Department for 2011-2012was held at Pyidaungsu
Hall of the institute in TamwayTownship today.
General Secretary of Myanmar Olympic CommitteeDirector-General
of Sports and Physical EducationDepartmetn U Thaung Htaik awarded
the outstanding ath-letes and trainees for 2011-2012 academic year
after deliv-ering an address. The director-general then met members
ofthe sports team that will take part in the international
sportscompetitions, at the hall of the department.—MNA
Outstanding athleteshonoured
Cup by Paribas Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV 2012 in Dohaof Qatar
from 16 to 23 April.
They will also participate in the Thailand F1 Future inBangkok
of Thailand from 7 to 13 May, the Thailand F2Future from 14 to 20
May and the Thailand F3 Future from21 to 27 May.
Chief Coach Mr Robert Jesse Davis of the federationwho arrived
in Ho Chi Minh City in advance will dischargeduty as coach for the
Myanmar tennis team.
MNA
Vice-President
ThihaThuraU TinAung
Myint Ooreceives
Director ofFederal
DrugControl
Service ofRussian
FederationMr VictorP Ivanov
atPresidential
Palace.MNA
Vice-President Thiha Thura U Tin Aung MyintOo shakes hands with
Director of Federal DrugControl Service of Russian Federation Mr
Victor
P Ivanov.—MNA
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PERSPECTIVES
NavigatorsSaturday, 31 March, 2012
Our democratization process has beenopening up reforms in
multiple sectorsthroughout its non-stop evolution from thestart to
this date, calling for both hard workand efficiency of the citizens
who actually wishnational progress through changes anddemocracy in
a peaceful and stable atmosphere.
Our people want democracy as theybelieve the system will bring
progress andprosperity our nation needs. Actually,democracy can be
assumed the best politicalsystem human beings have ever invented
toserve mankind. But it also has advantages anddisadvantages. And a
system alone cannotensure progress and prosperity of a nation.
Infact, human beings are the key as they arenavigators in directing
the course of mothercountry towards a better future while thesystem
serves as a map.
Here people need proficiency innavigation and map reading to
reach the aspireddestination, or else they will get lost in
themiddle of the journey. So, high efficiency orhigh intellectual
level of people is a must inbuilding a true democratic state that
guaranteespeace, prosperity and progress every onewants.
People need reasoning power todistinguish between right and
wrong, efficiencyto compete with international counterparts
fornational progress, ethics to stay away fromcorruption and
bribery the worst enemy ofdemocracy, vision to stay united and
forgenational consolidation the strength ofdemocracy, experience to
do the right job atthe right time and knowledge to
practicedemocracy correctly.
As democracy has its own pros and conslike all other systems of
the world, people in ademocratic society must have more than
thegiven abilities as they themselves are thenavigators towards the
right path to the aspiredgoal.
NAY PYI TAW, 30March—Chairman of theCentral Committee for
DrugAbuse Control of theRepublic of the Union ofMyanmar Union
Minister forHome Affairs Lt-Gen Ko Kohad a cordial discussion
withDirector of the Federal DrugControl Service of theRussian
Federation MrVictor P.Ivanov, on jointnarcotic drug controlbetween
Myanmar andRussia, at the hall of theMinistry of Home Affairs,here,
at 1 pm today.
Also present at the callwere Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Zan
Myint, Chiefof Myanmar Police ForcePolice Maj-Gen Kyaw KyawTun and
officials.
The delegation wasaccom-panied by RussianAmbassador Dr Mikhail
M.Mgeladze and party.
MNA
Myanmar, Russia to cooperate innarcotic drug control
NAY PYI TAW, 30March—Union Minister forEducation Dr Mya
Ayeinspected examinations forscholarship at basiceducation middle
and highschool level for 2012-2013academic year at Nay Pyi
Scholarship examinations inspected inNay Pyi TawTaw BEMS No 2 in
Zabuthiri,Lewe BEHS No 2 andDekkhinathiri BEHS No 18this
morning.
Deputy Minister UAye Kyu and party alsolooked into
similarexaminations at Pyinmana
BEHS No 2, Nay Pyi TawBEHS No 1 in Zeyathiri,Nay Pyi Taw BEHS No
3 inPobbathiri and Nay PyiTaw BEMS No 5 inOttarathiri.
The examinationscomprised English and
general knowledge acrossthe nation at the same time.On 31 March,
the studentsof high school will be testedin physical and
mentalfitness. One outstandingstudent from township/sub-township
will be awardedscholarship with monthstipends up to completionof
high school education.
MNA
UDNR graduates in KayahState meet at get-together
NAY PYI TAW, 30 March—A get-together of graduatesof University
for Development of National Races was heldin Dimawso of Kayah State
on 28 March morning.
Kayah State Chief Minister U Khin Maung Oo andget-together
committee Kayah State Minister for Electricand Industry U Saw Hu Hu
made speeches.
The Chief Minister inspected the inter-village bridgein
Wathawkhu Village, Special Coal Plant in LoinanphaVillage and
thriving dragon fruit and orange plantations inDimawso
Township.—MNA
NAY PYI TAW, 30 March—Director of the FederalDrug Control
Service of the Russian Federation Mr VictorP Ivanov and party
currently in Myanmar paid a courtesycall on Dr Myo Myint, Deputy
Minister for Foreign Affairsat the ministry, here, at 4:30 pm
today.
They discussed developments in the Republic of theUnion of
Myanmar and cooperation on drug control mattersbetween Myanmar and
the Russian Federation.
MNA
NAY PYI TAW, 30M a r c h — A y e y a w a d yRegion Chief
Minister UThein Aung on 28 Marchattended the ceremony todrive
stakes for constructionof garment factory to beopened by Delta
IndustrialGroup in Pathein IndustrialZone in Pathein on 28
Marchmorning.
Chairman ofMyanmar GarmentEntrepreneurs AssociationU Myint Soe
explainedmatters related to garmentindustry. A director of
DeltaIndustrial Group explainedtasks of the factory.
After delivering anaddress, the Region ChiefMinister drove stake
at thedesignated places.
He then attendedKuthinayon GSM/UMTSmobile telephone radio
NAY PYI TAW, 30March—Organized byPakokku DistrictInformation and
PublicRelation Department, theraising of reading skill was
Books donated to raise reading habit
Union Minister for Home Affairs Lt-Gen Ko Ko receives Director
of theFederal Drug Control Service of the Russian Federation
Mr Victor P. Ivanov and party.—MNA
Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation U Ohn Than
conductstrainees from Regions and States around 100-acre Palethwe
paddy seed
production farm of Yezin University of Agriculture.—MNA
Dy A&I Minister meets trainees of regionsand states
NAY PYI TAW, 30March—Deputy Ministerfor Agriculture
andIrrigation U Ohn Than thismorning met trainees fromregions and
states at YezinUniversity of Agriculture for
Stake driven for constructionof garment factory in Pathein
their studies in productionof Palethwe hybrid paddystrain.
The deputy minister,officials and trainees visitedthe 100-acre
seed produc-tion farm of Palethwe paddy
strain of the university.Altogether 39 trainees fromRegion and
StateAgriculture Departments areattending the course thatwill last
one cultivationseason of paddy.—MNA
held in conjunction with thebook donation at KyatpyawBasic
Education High Schoolin Pakokku Townshipyesterday morning.
After giving an
address, TownshipAdministrator U Aung NaingOo presented prizes
to thewinners in the poemrecitation, essay andextempore talk
contest.
Head of TownshipIPRD Daw Win May donatedbooks to the village
libraries.
MNA
Take Fire Preventive Measures
station in Ward 6 of Patheinand launched the station.
In the afternoon, ChiefMinister U Thein Aungdelivered an address
at theWorld TB Day 2012 atMyanmar MedicalAssociation (Pathein).
MNA
Director of Federal DrugControl Service of Russia
calls on Dy FM
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Rockets explode as Arab leaders meet in BaghdadBAGHDAD, 30 March
—
Three rockets explodedaround Baghdad on Thursdaydespite a
massive securityoperation as Shi’ite PrimeMinister Nuri al-Maliki
hostedthe country’s first ArabLeague summit in twodecades.
After years of war, Iraq’sShi’ite-led government hadhoped the
summit wouldhighlight its growing stabilityand renewed role in
the
Arableaders
pose for apicture
ahead ofthe openingsession ofthe 23rd
ArabLeague
Summit inBaghdad
on 29March ,2012.
INTERNET
Afghan policeman kills nine sleeping fellow officers
Flash floodscause havoc
in FijiSUVA, 30 March—Flash
flooding cut highways andforced evacuations in Fiji,with
residents sheltering fromrising waters on rooftops asauthorities
scrambled to findrescue boats.
Heavy rains causedrivers to burst their banks inthe west of the
main islandViti Levu, taking water levelshigher than
thoseexperienced during a six-daydeluge in January whichclaimed 11
lives,meteorologists said onFriday.
Police said they were notaware of any deaths in thelatest
disaster, which cut offthe town of Nadi, home toFiji’s
international airport, aswell as other centresincluding Ba,
Lautoka,Rakiraki and Sigatoka.
Most flights to and fromNadi were cancelled, nationalcarrier Air
Pacific said.
The disaster manage-ment office, Dismac, said a“massive” number
of peoplewere stranded on rooftopsawaiting rescue and appealedfor
anyone with a boat to helprelief efforts. “We’ve got a lotof
reports of people onrooftops, it’s quite a massivenumber,” Dismac
directorPajiliai Dobui toldreporters.—Internet
Dozens of Taleban killed in fightingin west Afghanistan
KABUL, 30 March — Dozens of Taleban fighters were killed in
USair strikes and a gunbattle in western Afghanistan after an
insurgentattack on an Afghan army patrol, NATO and Afghan officials
said onFriday. A spokesman of the International Security Assistance
Forcesaid the patrol came under attack in Gulistan District in
western FarahProvince on Wednesday, prompting a call for air
support. “Numerousinsurgents were killed, and several motorbikes
were damaged ordestroyed” following two strikes by coalition
aircraft, he said.
Abdul Raoof Ahmadi, a police spokesman in western
Afghanistan,said 30 Taleban were killed and another 15 wounded in
the fighting inthe remote area. Officials have warned of a hard
summer ahead as thefighting season resumes and Afghan national
forces assumeresponsibility of security in more parts of the
country from NATOcombat forces set to leave by the end of 2014.
Taleban are active in partsof Farah including Gulistan, which falls
on a desert highway connectingboth Kabul and Kandahar to the
western city of Heart.
Mohammed Yunus Rasouli, the deputy governor for Farah, saidfive
vehicles of the Afghan national army came under attack when
theywere crossing Gulistan and three soldiers were burnt inside the
vehicle.“In response, ISAF, the national army and police started a
jointoperation which still continues,” he said, adding he could not
give anumber of the militants killed. —Internet
Afghan National Army soldiers keep watch at the site of
motorcycle bombattack in Kandahar Province on 14 March, 2012. A
motorcycle bomb killed anAfghan intelligence official and wounded
three people in the southern city of
Kandahar on Wednesday, a local government spokesman
told.INTERNET
Indonesian police shoot dead two terrorsuspects
JAKARTA , 30 March —Indonesian police killed twosuspected
terrorists in a raidon the outskirts of Jakarta, aforce spokesman
said, lessthan two weeks after officersshot dead five suspects
onthe resort island of Bali. “Thesuspects tried to escape witha
gun, triggering a shootoutwith the police who shot thetwo
instantly,” national policespokesman Saud UsmanNasution told AFP on
Friday.
The raid took place at arented house on the outskirts
US missile strike kills threein Pakistan
PESHAWAR, 30 March — A suspected US drone fired twomissiles at a
house in northwest Pakistan early Friday morning,killing three
alleged militants in an attack that comes asPakistani officials
have stepped up their calls for the strikesto end, intelligence
officials said.
The attack could complicate US efforts to get Pakistan toreopen
its border crossings to supplies meant for NATOtroops in
Afghanistan. Pakistan shut the border last Novemberin retaliation
for American airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistanisoldiers.
Pakistan’s parliament is debating a revised framework forits
relationship with the US that Washington hopes will resultin NATO
supply routes reopening. But a key demand is thatthe US stop drone
attacks, which are very unpopular inPakistan because many people
believe they mostly kill civilians— a claim denied by the US and
contradicted by independentresearch. Friday’s strike targeted a
house in Miran Shah, themain town in the North Waziristan tribal
area, a key sanctuaryfor Taleban and al-Qaeda militants, Pakistani
intelligenceofficials said, speaking on condition of anonymity
becausethey were not authorized to talk to the media.—Internet
Police killed two suspected terrorists in a raid on theoutskirts
of Jakarta, a force spokesman said, less thantwo weeks after
officers shot dead five suspects on the
resort island of Bali.— INTERNET
of the capital at 3:30 am(2030GMT), with anti-terrorpolice
confiscating a revolver,explosive materials, severalbooks about
jihad anddocuments outlining a bankrobbery.
“We’re still investigatingwhether they are linked toterror
networks,” the policespokesman said.
“The two are alsosuspects in the stabbing andshooting of a
traffic policeofficer.”
The incident came less
than two weeks after acounter-terrorism squadgunned down five
suspectsin two raids on the populartourist island of Bali.
Policesuspected that group wasplanning a bank robbery tofinance
several terror attacks.
Indonesia has beenrocked by a series of attacksstaged by
regional terrornetwork Jemaah Islamiyah inrecent years, including
the2002 Bali bombings whichkilled 202 people.
Internet
region, where Sunni Gulfnations have long been waryof Baghdad’s
close ties toShi’ite power Iran.
One rocket exploded onthe edge of the fortified GreenZone where
the Arab leaderswere meeting.
“The blast happenedclose to the Iranian embassy.The windows of
the embassyhave been shattered, but thereare no casualties,” a
seniorIraqi security source said.
Two other rockets struckcentral and western Baghdad,but no
casualties werereported. Insurgents often firerockets and mortars
at theGreen Zone, which housesministries and foreignembassies.
UN Secretary GeneralBan Ki-Moon joined Arableaders at the summit
in aformer palace of SaddamHussein.
Reuters
Afghan security forcesescort Taleban militantsclad in Afghan
women
dresses to be presented tothe media at the Afghanintelligence
departmentin Mehterlam, Laghmanprovince, east of Kabul,
Afghanistan,Wednesday, 28 March,
2012. —INTERNET
KABUL, 30 March—AnAfghan policeman shot todeath nine of his
fellowofficers as they slept in avillage in an eastern
Talebanstronghold on Friday, policesaid, blaming the attack onthe
insurgents.
The gunman opened fire
with his assault rifle afterwaking up at 3 am ostensiblyto take
over guard duty at asmall command post in Paktikaprovince, killing
everybodyinside, including thecommander, according toofficials. He
then took theirweapons, piled them in apickup truck and sped
away.
It was the latest in agrowing number of attacksby Afghan
security forcesagainst their own people oragainst international
troopsin Afghanistan in recent years,some the result of
argumentsand others by insurgentinfiltrators.
Provincial police chiefDawlat Khan Zadran said theincident took
place in
Yayakhil town of Yayakhildistrict.
Bowal Khan, chief ofYayakhil district, identifiedthe gunman as
Asadullah andsaid he goes by one name, asdo many Afghans. Khan
saidhis own brother was amongthose killed, along with thecommander
of the post,identified as MohammadRamazan, and two of
thecommander’s sons.
The motive for thekilling was not known, butpolice in the area
blamed theTaleban for the attack. Paktikais a stronghold of the
Haqqaninetwork, a Pakistani-basedgroup with ties to the Talebanand
al-Qaeda.
Internet
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Pesticides hit queen bee numbers
LONDON , 30 March — Some of the world’smost commonly used
pesticides are killingbees by damaging their ability to navigateand
reducing numbers of queens, researchsuggests. Scientific groups in
the UK andFrance studied the effects of neonicotinoids,which are
used in more than 100 nations onfarm crops and in gardens. The UK
teamfound the pesticides caused an 85% drop inqueen production.
Writing in the journalScience, the groups note that bee declines
inmany countries are reducing crop yields.
In the UK alone, pollination iscalculated to be worth about
£430m to thenational economy. And the US is amongcountries where a
succession of localpopulations has crashed, a syndrome knownas
Colony Collapse Disorder. Many causeshave been suggested, including
diseases,parasites, reduction in the range of flowersgrowing wild
in the countryside, pesticides,or a combination of them all.
Theneonicotinoids investigated in the two
Science papers are used on crops such ascereals, oilseed rape
and sunflowers.
Often the chemical is applied to seedsbefore planting. As the
plant grows, thepesticide is contained in every part of
it,deterring insect pests such as aphids. But italso enters the
pollen and nectar, which ishow it can affect bees. Dave Goulson
from theUK’s University of Stirling and colleaguesstudied the
impact of the neonicotinoidimidacloprid on bumblebees. They let
beesfrom some colonies feed on pollen and sugarwater containing
levels of imidaclopridtypically found in the wild, while
othersreceived a natural diet. Then they placed thecolonies out in
the field.— Internet
Pesticides are not the whole problem, butsome think they could
be a significant
one.— INTERNET
Nature deficit disorder ‘damaging Britain’s children’LONDON , 30
March —
UK children are losingcontact with nature at a“dramatic” rate,
and theirhealth and education aresuffering, a National Trustreport
says. Traffic, the lureof video screens and parentalanxieties are
conspiring tokeep children indoors, it says.Evidence suggests
theproblem is worse in the UKthan other parts of Europe,and may
help explain poorUK rankings in childhoodsatisfaction surveys. The
trust
is launching a consultationon tackling “nature
deficitdisorder”.
“This is about changingthe way children grow up andsee the
world,” said StephenMoss, the author, naturalistand former BBC
Springwatchproducer who wrote theNatural Childhood report forthe
National Trust. “Thenatural world doesn’t comewith an instruction
leaflet, soit teaches you to use yourcreative imagination. “Whenyou
build a den with yourmates when you’re nine yearsold, you learn
teamwork—you disagree with each other,you have arguments,
youresolve them, you worktogether again—it’s like ateam-building
course, onlyyou did it when you werenine.”
The trust argues, as haveother bodies in previousyears, that the
growingdissociation of children fromthe natural world andinternment
in the “cottonwool culture” of indoorparental guidance impairstheir
capacity to learnthrough experience.
Internet
Children “learn by doing”in the natural environment,
says the National Trust . INTERNET
Cassini spacecraft captures Saturn moon geyser imagesof two
other Saturnian satellites: Dione and Janus. Theobservations were
made over 27 and 28 March.
The encounter was primarily designed forCassini’s ion and
neutral mass spectrometerinstrument, which sampled the composition
ofEnceladus’s south polar plume. Other instruments,including the
Cassini plasma spectrometer andcomposite infrared spectrometer,
also tookmeasurements. Before the closest approach toEnceladus,
Cassini’s onboard cameras capturedimages of the geysers, which
contain organiccompounds along with the ice and vapour. The
jetserupt from cracks, or hot fissures, at the south poleknown as
“tiger stripes”.
Several lines of evidence suggest the jets are fedby a liquid
water ocean beneath Enceladus’ outer icyshell. Scientists have
previously detected salts inthese jets, which suggests the ocean is
probably incontact with the moon’s rocky core. “Cassini hasflown
several times now through this spray and hastasted it.—Internet
Abundant evidence of geological activity criss-crosses
Enceladus’s surface.— INTERNET
LONDON, 30 March — The Cassini spacecraft hascaptured striking
images from flying by three moonsof Saturn, including new pictures
of Enceladus’sgushing geysers. Cassini made its lowest pass yet
overthe south pole of Enceladus, at at an altitude of 74km(46
miles). This allowed it to “taste” the jets of watervapour and ice
that the moon spews forth into space.The NASA probe also made
relatively close flypasts
BlueStacks Android emulator lets you use apps on your PCNEW YORK
, 30 March —
A new Windows PCprogramme has just hit betatesting that allows
Androidusers to fire up apps on theircomputers, even the
onesthey’ve already purchasedfor smartphones or tablets.The new
programme comesfrom software developer
BlueStacks, according to astory from PC World, and isactually
available (for free)right now. Aptly namedAndroid Player, it works
onWindows 7, Windows Vistaand Windows XP and canoperate using
appsdownloaded from GooglePlay, GetJar, 1Mobile Market
and the Amazon Appstore. Infact, according to BlueStacks,users
should be able to use ontheir PCs as many as 450,000different
Android apps.
This isn’t the first appemulator to pop up for PCusers, but
BlueStacks has aleg up on other similarprogrammes for Android
andiOS with its new “Layercake”technology. The new softwareallows
apps built to use thingslike the Unity Engine, ARMhardware or
hardwareaccelerators like the Tegra 2in tablets and smartphones
toadapt to the technology ofPCs, using things like AMDprocessors.
The result,basically, is that apps worklike they should on PC,
andaren’t hamstrung by hardwareincompatibilities.
Moving Android apps,specifically games, to otherplatforms hasn’t
exactly beena quick and easy process.Mobile apps translate
prettywell between mobile
platforms. iOS games andAndroid games frequentlycross-pollinate
each other’secosystems, and many ofthose same games arejumping the
gap over toWindows Phone territory aswell. But fewer titles
haveadapted from mobile to otherplatforms.
Most of the time, it’s PCgames that are ported to themobile
space, and thosegames generally have to berebuilt from the ground
up.The same is true withbringing Angry Birds toPlayStation 3, for
example.
That BlueStacks opensup the door for almost half amillion apps
to be useable onPCs makes it a pretty big deal,and it should even
make itpossible to send accessAndroid apps on upcomingWindows 8
tablets. Betterstill, it’s available right now:you can download it
fromBlueStacks’ website righthere.—Internet
Google Campus opened byChancellor George Osborne
LONDON , 30 March — The UK will become the“technology centre of
Europe”, Chancellor George Osbornehas vowed. He was speaking at the
opening of GoogleCampus, a new centre offering desk space and
mentoring fortechnology companies.
Mr Osborne said Campus was part of a wider effort to“create the
next generation of British technologies”.However, some UK start-ups
outside of the capital haveaccused the government of being too
London-centric.Google’s Eze Vidra described the opening as
a“transformational moment for the UK start-up community”.
Campus is situated in the Old Street area of east London,an area
dubbed the Silicon Roundabout. The new buildingincorporates
existing co-working space TechHub, whichhas now moved out of its
original premises. On the building’ssixth floor is SeedCamp, an
early stage investment programmewhich puts cash into about 20
fledgling technologycompanies a year.— Internet
The Google Campus will house newly establishedtechnology
start-ups.— INTERNET
Facebook retooling searcharound ‘like’ button
NEW YORK , 30 March —Google splashed around inFacebook’s waters,
re-delvinginto social networking withGoogle Plus, which
recentlymelded social networking withGoogle’s search product.
Now,Facebook has decided to workon search, though on a smallscale
to start. The company isworking on a project to put itsown house in
order, and willmake searching the vast socialnetwork much
easier.
According to BloombergBusinessweek sources, 24Facebook engineers
will beworking on making the socialnetwork’s search functionworthy
of the nearly 1 billionactive users. The team will beled by ex
Google engineer LarsRasmussen, who helped createGoogle Maps and
Wave, andwill focus on find ways forusers to navigate through
themountain of status updates,links, videos, comments andother
content, using theFacebook’s “like” button as aguiding star.
Currently Facebook’swhite search bar can hunt down
other Facebook members, aswell as brand pages, locationsand
groups, as well as a websearch using the Bing searchengine.
However, Bloombergpoints out that the search bar isa “crude
tool,” fielding a lowly336 million search queries lastmonth—far
lower than Yahoo,Ebay, Craigslist, Amazon,Microsoft and
especiallyGoogle—and the searchfunction yields poorlymatched
advertisements.
Bloomberg points outthat re-tooling its search featurecould mean
Facebook isgetting more serious aboutmaking money, as it could
digdeep into the $15 billion searchadvertisement market andfollow
Google and Microsoftby “selling relevant keywordads alongside
results.” Timewill tell whether social networkgains enough web
momentumthrough its “like” buttonproliferation to finally
knockGoogle down, but for nowFacebook will have plenty towork with
within its ownwalls.— Internet
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Pyaingchaung Dam suppliesirrigation water and potable waterfor
Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine
State.
Dams providingirrigation anddrinking water
for locals inRakhine State
Zeechaung Dam for supply of irrigation water in Kyauktaw
Township.
Pyaingchaung Dam irrigating over 5,000 acres of croplands in
Kyauktaw Township, RakhineState.
Hinywet Dam was constructed toprovide drinking water
andirrigation water for locals.
YANGON, 30 March—Financial rulespecial course No.24 and
storekeeping (Grade-4) course No.1 were concluded at the
centraltraining school of Education and TrainingDepartment of the
Ministry of Border Affairsin Dagon Myothit (North) Township,
here
Courses of Education & Training Dept ofBorder Affairs
Ministry conclude
this morning, with an address by Director-General U Myo
Hlaing.
After the course conclusions, thedirector-general met the staff
and inspectedthe mess and crops plantations.
MNA
Danger of fire talked at Sugar Mill (Dahatgon)NAY PYI TAW, 30
March—A talk on
danger of fire was given at Sugar Mill(Dahatgon) of Myanma
EconomicCorporation in Tatkon Township of NayPyi Taw Council Area
yesterday morning.
Mill Manager U Myo Aung made anopening address. Director of Nay
Pyi Taw
Fire Services Department U Than KyawKyaw talked about preventive
measuresagainst fire. Head of Tatkon TownshipFSD U Kyaw Kyaw
demonstrated use offoam, and mill workers participated in
firedrill.
MNA
Archive: Maung Nyein Aye
Translation: TKK
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As we all Myanmar areaware of cultural land-scape of Myanmar and
al-ways proud of our long his-tory and accepted as it is
acombination of both physi-cal and spiritual cultures;our ways of
thinking aboutculture, is always inter-twined with the teachingsof
Buddha. The most sig-nificant characteristics ofMyanmar culture in
its con-text is that embraces gentlemanners, customs, tradi-tions
and rules of conductthat have been sustainedand kept to generation
togeneration through manyways. We are always nos-talgically proud
of ourlandmarks great ShweDagon Pagoda, those abun-dance of pagodas
and tem-ples at Bagan, the breath-taking Kyaikhtiyoe, thosestories
on mystic powersof Inlay Hpaung-daw-ooetc. which remains on
thisland attest not only we,Myanmar people are rich incultural
heritage andwealthy with those assetsbut also old Myanmar’sability
and craftsmanship,especially of engineering,mathematics,
geometry.Our land is also the re-
Preservation, Participation and Promotion of PublicAwareness on
ICH in Myanmar
Nanda Hmun, Ministry of Culture
reaucracy of preservation ofculture is a prerequisite forthe
official assigned relatedto culture becomes anotherparadox to be
taken into ac-count. The accounts of cul-tural preservation not
onlydepend on the tangible cul-tural heritage as we are sorenown
among the globalcommunity but also we haveto be on par with those
pres-ervation and sustainabilityof intangible ones, whichwe often
not taken intoaccount.
Though we are rich withabundance of cultural herit-age and
committed to safe-guard them as national task,the focus should be
on alltypes of heritage: culturalheritage and natural herit-age.
For cultural heritage, itencompasses - Tangible Cul-tural Heritage
(TCH) andIntangible Cultural Heritage(ICH) . With those updatesof
UNESCO and attendingcouple of meetings, confer-ences and workshops
withits collaborations, we be-come more convinced andthose
enriching informationand experiences, which callsfor paying more
attention onICH : its significances, howit is becoming fragile,
and
nowned centre of attentionand attraction with thosereligiously
inspired worksof arts and sustainabilityof Myanmar ways andmanners.
Along with thoseendowments, the duty andresponsibility to
preserveand sustain is the emer-gence of all nationalitiesstaying
in Myanmar andbeing a Myanmar. The bu-
why it is placed at the urgentneed to safeguard it for ourfuture
generations. Some-times its is in accordance tothe saying like:
“without tak-ing notice, even cavecannot be seen”. Theconcrete
information of alltypes of cultural heritageshould be compiled and
giveclear message and teachingto the young generation
about what constitutesintangible cultural heritage,why it should
besafeguarded and what kindof actions to be taken intoaccount.
We, Myanmar has manycommunity participationworks which can be
termedas “ICH” that goes along
with the traditionally awaredand handed down by ourancestors
through onegeneration after another. Itis indeed a kind of
practicethat should be listed alongwith those ICH safeguard-ing.
The message of safe-guarding ICH is not onlyconcerned with
governmentofficials, policy makers butalso teachers, youths ,
par-
ents, elders, up to otherNGOs. To know all aspectsof our living
traditions is theduty of every citizen too.This kind of awareness
mustbe heightened and theunique Myanmar ICH mustbe encouraged to be
knownand sustained with devo-tion. Since it is an emergingissues,
we all are committedto record, compile, practice,handover all those
practices,representations, expres-sions, knowledge and
skills.Substantial contribution ofICH in our daily life is
un-countable. It is an accountof those things we inheritedfrom
older generations, ourpractice, our values bothaesthetic and
pragmaticviews concern with both op-timism and pessimism.Heritage
in the interna-tional operations
It has been claimed that“Heritage as a collective-memory aid and
an instru-ment for learning abouthistory”, and it calls for
ac-tivities to look more insightson it. Along with culture
andcivilization, both tangibleand intangible heritage havebeen
created, practiced, ac-cepted with inspirations forages. Those
splendors oftangible cultural heritages (to be termed as TCH)
rangedfrom religious temples, pa-godas, etc: that encompasstheir
core values and beliefs,and priorities like monu-
ments , buildings, sites thatcan be seen touched andshowed.
Under monuments;architectural works, worksof monumental
sculptureand painting, elements orstructures of anarchaeological
nature, in-scriptions, cave dwellingsand combinations offeatures,
which are ofOutstanding UniversalValue from the point of viewof
history, art or science, forgroups of buildings: groupsof separate
or connectedbuildings which, because oftheir architecture, their
ho-mogeneity or their place inthe landscape, are of Out-standing
Universal Valuefrom the point of view ofhistory, art or science
andfor sites: works of man or thecombined works of natureand of
man, and areas in-cluding archaeological siteswhich are of
OutstandingUniversal Value from thehistorical, aesthetic,
ethno-logical or anthropologicalpoints of view are included.
It is noted that UnitedNations Educational, Scien-tific and
Cultural Organiza-tion (UNESCO) which has amandate in international
co-operation in the fields of edu-cation, science, culture
andcommunication has been in-volved in creation of
seveninternational conventions inthe field of culture. The
Con-vention for the Safeguard-
ing of the IntangibleCultural Heritage is one ofthose
conventions wasadopted during 2003General Conference ofUNESCO and
entered intoforce in 2006 has the fol-lowing four primary
goals:
- to safeguard intangi-ble cultural heritage ;
- to ensure respect forthe intangible culturalheritage of
communi-ties, groups and indi-viduals concerned;
- to raise awareness andappreciation of theimportance of
intan-gible cultural heritageat local, national andinternational
levels;
- to provide for interna-tional cooperationsand assistanceIn
Article (2) of the
UNESCO’s Conventionfor the Safeguarding ofthe Intangible
CulturalHeritage 2003, it states“the definition of theICH”as :The
“intangiblecultural heritage” meansthe practices, representa-tions,
expressions, knowl-edge, skills – as well as theinstruments,
objects, arte-facts and cultural spacesassociated therewith –that
communities, groupsand, in some cases,individuals recognize aspart
of their culturalheritage. This intangible
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Nanda Hmun, Ministry of Culture(from page 6)
cultural heritage, trans-mitted from generation togeneration, is
constantlyrecreated by communitiesand groups in response totheir
environment, theirinteraction with natureand their history, and
pro-vides them with a sense ofidentity and continuity,thus
promoting respect forcultural diversity and hu-man creativity. For
thepurposes of this Conven-tion, consideration will begiven solely
to such intan-gible cultural heritage asis compatible with
exist-ing international humanrights instruments, as wellas with the
requirementsof mutual respect amongcommunities, groups
andindividuals, and of sus-tainable development.
Moreover, it isnoted that the ICH hasbeen manifested in the
fol-lowing domains:(a) oral traditions and ex-
pressions, including lan-guage as a vehicle of theintangible
cultural heritage(b) performing arts; (c) so-cial practices,
rituals and fes-tive events; (d) knowledgeand practices
concerningnature and the universe; (e)traditional
craftsmanship.Challenges for ICH
On the otherhand,those issues concern withICH can be stated as
sus-tainable tourism and culturaltourism which have been thefocus
of countless develop-ment programmes, projectsand activities in the
AsiaPacific region. Now peoplein those countries are beingaware of
strengthening com-munities’ capacities to con-trol and manage their
ownIntangible Cultural Heritagein the face of increased tour-ism.
Among those issues:handicrafts in the context ofsustainable
cultural tourism;performing arts in the con-text of sustainable
culturaltourism and ICH in the con-
text of environmental, agri-cultural and eco tourismhave been
targeted. Nowthey all are aware of “howthey can make sure that
theIntangible Cultural Heritagepracticing communities re-tain
“ownership” of theirown Intangible CulturalHeritage”. These are
allMyanmar has to put intoconsideration for the nearfuture too. The
perceptionsof Myanmar on ICH have tobe shaped and communi-cated
well and they also needto be demonstrated properly.
When we study howUNESCO defines about oralheritage and others
ICH, itis stated by UNESCO thatoral and intangible herit-age as
“the totality of tradi-tion-based creations of acultural community
ex-pressed by a group or indi-viduals and recognized asreflecting
the expectationsof a community in so far asthey reflect its
cultural andsocial identity.” Language,
literature, music and dance,games and sports,
culinarytraditions, rituals and my-thologies, knowledge
andpractices concerning theuniverse, know-how linkedto handicrafts,
and culturalspaces are among the manyforms of intangible
heritage.Intangible heritage is seen
as a repository of culturaldiversity and creative ex-pression,
as well as a driv-ing force for living culture.So our oral history
and thoseoral expressions of all na-tionalities are included inICH
and it calls for the safe-guarding of oral and intan-gible heritage
to be identi-
fied, documented, pro-tected, promoted and revi-talised them for
the sakeof their vulnerability. Thatis why it is recommendedthat
the revitalization ofold and fading traditionalfestivals are to
beencouraged and sustained.
(To be continued)
Crime reduction educated in Yebyu
YEBYU, 30 March—Atalk on drug abuse controland crime reduction
was heldat Basic Education PrimarySchool in KhamaungchaungVillage
of Yebyu Township,Dawei District, TaninthayiRegion, on 18
March.
In the talks, Commanderof Township Police ForcePolice Captain
Thein MyintAung gave talks on crime
reduction and public-cooperated functions ofMyanmar Police
Force,Township Judge Daw PyonePyone Kyi on eradication ofnarcotic
drugs, TownshipLaw Officer U Hsan Htut ondanger of narcotic drugs
andleader of police surveillanceSub-Police Inspector MyoNaing on
traffic rules.
Myanma Alin
ANTI-MEASLES VACCINATED: A ceremony to launchage-wise measles
vaccination campaign was held at
Sanpya Ward Dhammayon in 2/A Ward of MingaladonTownship of
Yangon Region on 22 March. Head ofTownship Health Department Dr Win
Win Mar andhealth staff, Chairperson of Township Maternal and
Child Welfare Association Daw Yi Yi Maw and membersparticipate
in vaccinating the children.
TOWNSHIP HD
Control of avian influenzatalked in Myingyan
MYINGYAN, 30 March—A talk on bird flu was held atthe meeting
hall of MyingyanTownship GeneralAdministration Departmentof
Mandalay Region on 16March.
First, TownshipAdministrator U ShweMaung made a speech.
In-charge Officer of TownshipDevelopment AffairsCommittee U Myint
Aungexplained the matters related
to development affairs law,and Staff Officer Dr Yin YinMyint of
Township HealthDepartment matters relatedto avian influenza.
Assistant Director DrDaw Mu Mu Win ofMyingyan District
LivestockBreeding and VeterinaryDepartment explainedcontrol of bird
flu and repliedto queries raised by thosepresent.
Myanma Alin
Anti-measles campaign talkedin Thandaunggyi
THANDAUNGGYI, 30March—A talk on age-wisemeasles
vaccinationcampaign in ThandaunggyiTownship of Kayin State washeld
at the hall ofThandaunggyi TownshipAdministrative Office on
8March.
At first, Township
Administrator U Thein Winmade a speech.
Head of TownshipHealth Department Dr KyawNaing reported on
thepurpose of the campaign andarrangements.
Those present took partin the discussions.
Township HD
DISTRICT NEWS
CITIZENSHIP CARDS ISSUED: Moe Pwint-2 Plan isbeing implemented
to issue citizenship scrutiny
cards to the eligible people across the nation. Headof Putao
District Immigration and NationalRegistration Department U Hla Soe
presents
citizenship scrutiny cards to local people at Wards 1and 2 in
Machanbaw Township of Putao District.
DISTRICT IMMIGRATION
Age-wise anti-measlesvaccination talked
YANGON, 30 March—Atalk on age-wise anti-measlesvaccination 2012
at townshiplevel was held at the office ofInsein Township
GeneralAdministration Departmentin Yangon North District on 9and 20
March.
T o w n s h i pAdministrator U Tin NaingSoe made a speech before
thetalk. It was attended bytownship level departmentalofficials,
Head of Township
Health Department Dr NawThanda Shwe andadministrators of
wardadministrators from 21 wards.
The head of TownshipHealth Department urgedward administrators
to gatherchildren from the wardsarranging from nine monthsto five
years old at thegathering points to be able toinject them with
anti-measlesvaccination from 22 to 31March.—Kyemon
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CorrectionPlease read as “who
does not abide” insteadof “who does to abide”appeared at line
17,column 5, page 8 of theNew Light of Myanmarissued on 30
March2012.—NLM
Kyeeohn Kyeewa Dam couldirrigate…
(from page 16)The storage water of Kyeeohn Kyeewa Dam will
contribute to easy availability of drinking water and
irrigationwater, growing of crops at any seasons,
greeningenvironments, protection against flood that occurred
inPakokku Region last year and fire prevention.
In addition, it is sure that the hydro electric powerthat
generate from the dam can improve the socio-economicstatus and
living standard of local people. So, the projectis said to be one
that can develop not only the region butalso the country.
So, officials and local people are urged to maintain
itsdurability. On behalf of people, he would like to express
thespecial thanks to respective Union Ministries,
authorityconcerned from Region, construction engineers and
staff,who got involved in construction of the multi-purpose
dam.
In conclusion, he said he would like to wish: thanksto the water
from the dam,
May local people enjoy the improved life byproducing more crops
than ever,
May local people enjoy water as well as wealth,May Local people
enjoy ten benefits to the full that
get for donation of water.After that, Union Minister for
Agriculture and
Irrigation U Myint Hlaing said: The multi-purpose damproject is
the third project in the time of the new government.Construction of
it started in 2002-2003. It wascommissioned into service after nine
years period. It canbenefit 44 village-tracts, 181 villages and
29,992 farmersin Minbu, Pwintbyu and Salin Townships of
MagwayRegion as it can supply water to more than 96,000 acres
offarmlands through Mezali diversion dam. It contributes tomore
growing of summer paddy, monsoon paddy andmultiple cropping
patterns as well as to the developmentof the villages.
On behalf of Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigationand all
citizens, he said that he expressed heartfelt thanksfor good legacy
of the then-heads of state and their gratitude.
After that, Union Minister for Electric Power No.1U Zaw Min
said: Kyeeohn Kyeewa hydropower plant withthe installed capacity of
74 Megawatts is the second oneafter Mone Creek Hydropower Plant in
Salin Township inthe course of the new government.
Ministry of Electric Power No.1 supervisedhydropower, machines
and power installation in the project.And the Ministry will carry
out power generation,maintenances and running of machines after it
has been putinto services as it is the plant that distributes power
tonational grid.
The country has 18 hydropower plants includingKyeeohn Kyeewa
hydropower plant, Tikyit coal-fired plantand 15 gas-fired plants,
totaling 34. Total installed capacityhas reached 3,434 megawatts.
Kunchaung hydropowerproject with installed capacity of 60 megawatt
in Bagoregion is going to complete soon.
NAY PYI TAW, 30March—Member of theUnion Election CommissionU Tha
Oo met Shan State(North), District andTownship
ElectionSubcommissions at the hallof Lashio District
GeneralAdministration Departmentin Lashio on 28 Marchmorning.
Member of Shan StateSubcommission U Myint KoKo, Chairman of
LashioDistrict Subcommission UTin Maung Shwe andmembers of Kunlong
District,Lashio, Hsenwi, Tangyan,Mongyai and KunlongTownship
Subcommissions
Vice-President
Dr SaiMaukKhamattends
opening ofKyeeohnKyeewamulti-
purposedam and
hydropowerplant.
MNA
UnionMinistersU MyintHlaing,U Zaw
Min andMagwayRegionChief
MinisterU Phone
Maw Shweformally
openKyeeohnKyeewaDam.
MNA
Afterwards, Magway Region Chief Minister U PhoneMaw Shwe said
that previously dams opened in the MagwayRegion were only for
irrigation water. And the newly–opened Kyeeohn Kyeewa Dam and Mone
Dam in SedoktaraTownship opened in 2005, both of which
generatehydropower, were built as multi-purpose dams.
Magway Region has 57 conserved dams/lakes, threedams/lakes that
are not conserved by Irrigation Departmentand 1102 small
dams/lakes, 30 river water pumpingstations. A total of more than
0.36 million acres of landhave been put under monsoon paddy and
0.15 millionacres of land, under summer paddy. Plans are under way
tocarry out additional supply of water to lands in the
irrigationareas that cannot grow paddy. He said he would like to
sayon behalf of local people that they would conserve it forits
durability with the sense of accountability andresponsibility.
A local spoke words of thanks. Then, the Vice-President formally
unveiled the stone inscription of the damand sprinkled scented
water on it.
Union Ministers U Myint Hlaing, U Zaw Min, U KhinYi and U Aye
Myint and Region Chief Minister U PhoneMaw Shwe also sprinkled
scented water on it. Union MinistersU Myint Hlaing and U Zaw Min
and the chief ministerformally opened the dam. The Vice-President
posed fordocumentary photos together with those present and
thelocal people.
Then, Kyeeohn Kyeewa Hydropower Plant wasopened and the
Vice-President formally opened the stoneinscription of the station
and sprinkled scented on it. TheUnion Ministers and the chief
minister also sprayed scentedwater on it.
Union Ministers U Myint Hlaing and U Zaw Min andthe region chief
minister formally opened the hydropowerplant. Vice-President Dr Sai
Mauk Kham formally unveiledthe signboard. He then pressed the
button to operate machine
No.2. Hydropower Generation Enterprise ManagingDirector U Khin
Maung Win reported on the volume ofelectricity generation and
operational condition.
The Vice-President presented baskets of fruits toChinese
technicians. Then, the Vice-President and partypaid homage to
HsedawU Pagoda. They then viewed thedam and looked round the power
intake.
At the project briefing hall, U Htin Lin Pyae of ShweThanlwin Co
presented six sets of Sky Net receiver for thehydropower station to
Irrigation Department Director-General U Kyaw Myint Hlaing.
The Vice-President and party left Magway by air andarrived back
in Nay Pyi Taw in the afternoon.
Newly-opened Kyeeohn Kyeewa Multi-purpose Damand hydropower
station are located at Mone Creek nearWunlo Village 15 miles from
Mone Creek Dam Project 5miles from Mezali Diversion Weir in
Pwintbyu Township,Minbu District, Magway Region. By storing water
fromMone Creek Dam and from between the two dams, 74megawatts of
electricity will be generated.
Already-built Mezali Diversion Weir will irrigate96,000 acres of
farmland for monsoon paddy cultivation.In addition, more than
74,000 acres of land can be irrigatedfor summer paddy cultivation
and for regional greening.
Kyeeohn Kyeewa Multi-purpose Dam which is ofzone dam type can
store 463,000 acre feet. Still waterstorage of the dam is 35,350
acre feet and area is 10,860acres. It is 3280 feet long and 164
feet high. Constructionof the dam whose conduit is of ogee type
started in 2002-2003 and completed 2011-2012.
MNA
UEC member meets Shan State(North), district, township
subcommissionsreported on preparations forholding the
by-elections andcandidates of political partiesparticipated in
thediscussions.
Later, member of theUEC U Tha Oo gavenecessary instructions.
MNA
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Students must be preparedto become…
(from page 16)The university is 11 years old now as it was
opened
in 2011. It was the last one in Myanmar, standing as Unionlevel
medical university with a total of 2300 students fromregions and
states studying medicine there.
Students from Mon, Bago, Sagaing, Kachin, Shan andother regions
and states had no chance to attend medicaluniversities near their
home regions but had to go to MagwayUniversity of Medicine. So,
lecturers had to apply goodteaching methods to make sure parents
and students feelworthwhile to join the university, students have
secure sociallife and feel proud of studying at the university. For
that, thegovernment would also increasingly provide
necessaryequipment to the university.
Although universities could not have providedhostels for
students, ways are to be sought for MagwayUniversity of Medicine to
accommodate students for theirconvenience in learning. Such a
characteristic will help theuniversity win the credit and a sound
environment must becreated. Officials from the university and the
regiongovernment are found to have been fulfilling the socialneeds
of students.
Moreover, coordination will be made for students tohave securer
ferries. The success of a university of medicinedepends not only on
its facilities and the quality of its rectorand faculty members but
also students’ hard work. Studentswho have been turned out by
universities of such significantcharacteristics will surely become
reliable doctors in thenational health sector.
Teachers on their part need to train their students tohave the
habit of self-learning rather than using conventionalteaching
methods. Only then will students become scholarson whom the State
can rely.
When ASEAN integration area emerges in 2015,professional
scholars will pour in. So, students must be well-trained to be on a
par with foreign professionals. Studentsmust be prepared to become
medical experts when foreigncountries come to open their hospitals
and universities inMyanmar. In this connection, the government will
renderassistance as much as necessary and faculty members areto
train their students to become skilled doctors, said
theVice-President.
Next, U Htin Lin Pyae of Shwe Than Lwin Co, U AungMyo Min Din of
Amazing Hotel Group and U Kyaw Naingof Chanlon Gems Co donated 10
sets of Sky Net TV receiverand 50 computers.
Then, the Vice-President cordially greeted thosepresent. In late
evening, the Vice-President and party visitedand paid homage to
Magway Myathalon Pagoda. At theoffice of the pagoda board of
trustees, Vice-President Dr Sai
Mauk Kham heard reports by Public Works SuperintendingEngineer U
Ohn Lwin on construction of Maha AtularathiStairways. Deputy
Construction Minister U Kyaw Lwingave a supplementary report and
the Vice-President leftnecessary instructions.
This morning, the Vice-President attended a ceremonyto provide
cash for school uniforms to 198 students of No.88LID by national
entrepreneurs. Also present were UnionMinisters U Zaw Min, U Khin
Yi and U Aye Myint, MagwayRegion Chief Minister U Phone Maw Shwe,
DeputyMinisters Brig-Gen Kyaw Zan Myint, Maj-Gen Zaw Win, UKyaw
Lwin, U Aung Than Oo, U Ba Shwe and Dr Win Myintand officials of
No.88 LID.
On the occasion, Shwe Than Lwin Co, Amazing HotelGroup and
Chanlon Gems Co donated K 5 million for schooluniforms.
MNA
Vice-President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Dr Sai
Mauk Kham delivers an address inmeeting with the rector,
professors, faculty members of Magway University of Medicine,
nurses and
service personnel.—MNA
Bago Region Chief Minister U Nyan Win receives Strategist
JohnnyKamijo Shiro and party of 7 Seeds International Co., Ltd of
Japan.—MNA
YANGON, 30 March—Bago Region Chief MinisterU Nyan Win
receivedStrategist Johnny Kamijo
Bago Region Chief Minister receivespersonnel of 7 Seeds
International Co Ltd
yesterday morning.They discussed
investment opportunity inBago Region.—MNA
Shiro of 7 SeedsInternational Co Ltd andparty at Bago
RegionGovernment office
NAY PYI TAW, 30 March—A delegationled by Mr Victor P.Ivanov,
Director of theFederal Drug Control Service of the
RussianFederation a call on Union Minister forDefence Lt-Gen Hla
Min, at his office herethis morning.
Union Defence Minister receives Director ofFederal Drug Control
Service of Russia
At the call, they had a cordial discussionon role of Army in
narcotic eradication andfurther cooperation between two armies.
Also present at the call were DeputyMinister Captain Aung Thaw
and officials.
MNA
NAY PYI TAW, 30 March—A ceremonyto hand over newly-opened Yezin
People’sHospital was held at the hospital in thecampus of Yezin
University in ZeyathiriTownship this morning.
Present on the occasion were UnionMinister for Cooperatives and
for Livestockand Fisheries U Ohn Myint, Union Ministerfor
Environmental Conservation andForestry U Win Tun, Union Minister
forHealth Dr Pe Thet Khin, deputy ministers,faculty members,
students, departmentalofficials and wellwishers.
Newly-opened Yezin People’s Hospitalhanded over
Deputy Director-General of HealthDepartment (Treatment) Dr Min
Than Nyuntand wellwisher Momentum Co ManagingDirector U Kyi Swe and
wife Daw Mi Mi Mawformally opened the new hospital. UnionMinister
Dr Pe Thet Khin unveiled thesignboard of the hospital.
The wellwisher then handed overdocuments related to the building
to thedeputy director-general.
On behalf of the local people, Rector ofUniversity of
Agriculture Dr Tin Htut spokewords of thanks.—MNA
NAY PYI TAW, 30 March—TheConstitutional Tribunal of the
Unioninclusive of the chairman and all themembers delivered final
verdict onproposal No.1/2012 and proposal No.2/2012 submitted by
the Attorney-Generalof the Union on behalf of the President,sitting
at Room No.1 on 28 March.
According to the verdicts, in theproposal No.1/2012,
Union-levelorganizations formed under theConstitution and the
members orpersonalities of those organizations aremembers and
personalities of Union-level organizations appointed by
thePresident with the approval of thePyidaungsu Hluttaw.
Committees,commissions and groups formed by therespective Hluttaws
are Hluttaworganizations. The interpretation ofcommittees,
commissions and groups
Constitutional Tribunal of the Uniondelivers final verdicts
formed by the respective Hluttaws as Union-level organizations
is not in conformity withthe provisions of the Constitution.
In the proposal No.2/2012, theAttorney-General of the Union on
behalf ofthe President asked the ConstitutionalTribunal to
reconsider its ruling passed on14 December, 2011 which interpreted
thatprovisions of the Article 5 and Article 17 ofthe Region- or
State-level PersonalitiesAllowance, Emolument and Insignia Laware
not in conformity with the Constitutionbecause Region or State
national races affairsministers are officially appointed as
Regionor State ministers of respective Regions orStates. The
Constitutional Tribunal of theUnion delivered a verdict that the
proposalwas not eligible to submit as the ruling of
theConstitutional Tribunal of the Union isfinal and conclusive.
MNA
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YANGON, 30 March—TheNo. 3 Basic EducationDepartment
(YangonRegion) under the Ministryof Education held the
thirdordination and novitiationceremony at EducationDhammayon on
KyadawyaRoad in Bahan Township ofYangon on 27 March
Ordination, novitiation held at BED-3 forthird time
morning.Secretary of Yangon
Region Sangha NayakaCommittee BhaddantaKundala administered
theFive Precepts. Members ofthe Sangha recited Parittas.
Deputy Minister forEducation U Aye Kyu andparty offered alms to
members
of the Sangha and sharedmerits gained.
At the ceremony, 163educational staff ofdepartment
includingstudents from various schoolswere ordained, 4046
boysnovitiated and 811 girlsinitiated into nunhood.
Hlaing Myint
Mdy CCI members leave for India
YANGON, 30 March—A14-member delegation led byCEC member Dr Kyaw
MinOo of Mandalay Region
Chambers of Commerce andIndustry left here by air on 21March to
attend the IndiaEngineering Sourcing Show
to be held in Mumbai of Indiaat the invitation of theBombay
Exhibition Centreof India.—Myanma Alin
DISTRICTNEWS
Winners awarded in ABCNational Women’s Poll 8-ball
ChampionshipNAY PYI TAW, 30
March—The final matchesof the ABC NationalWomen’s Poll
8-ballChampionship, organized byAmbur Electronic with
thesponsorship of ABC underthe supervision of theMinistry of Sports
andMyanmar Billiards andSnooker Federation, wereheld in conjunction
with theprize presentation at KokkineSwimming Pool in BahanTownship
on 25 March.
After the final matches,General Secretary ofMyanmar
OlympicCommittee Director-Generalof Sports and PhysicalEducation
Department UThaung Htaik presented giftsto the sponsors
whocontributed to the holdingthe championship.
Vice-Chairman ofKokkine Swimming Club
and officials presented prizesto the winners from the 11th
to25th positions.
General Manager U TinHsaung of Ambur ElectronicCo Ltd gave the
prizes to the5th to 10th positions.
President of MyanmarBilliards and SnookerFederation U Tin Maung
Winawarded the fourth prizewinner Amy Kyaw and thethird prize
winner Marlar(Mandalay).
Managing Director MrLim Yew Hoe of ABCpresented the second
prizewiner Amy Aung and the firstprize winning ThanderMaung.
The championship wascontributed by co-sponsorsPhobos, MDG,
Canon, GoldRoast, Citygn Enterprise(Haier), 100 Plus Energy 101and
Kokkine SwimmingClub.—Myanma Alin
Children injected measlesvaccination
YANGON, 30 March—The age-wise measles vaccination2012 was
launched by Township Health Department inDagon Myothit (North)
Township, Yangon East District, on23 March morning.
The ceremony was held at Sasana Rekkhita Dhammayonin Ward 37,
attended by the Township Administrator,Township Health Officers and
officials.
Measles vaccination was injected to 13335 childrenfrom nine
months to five years old of the township. Thecampaign will last up
to 31 March.—The Maung
Cash donated to constructionof Dhammayon
YANGON, 30 March—Aceremony to donate cash tothe funds for
construction ofDhamma VizayaDhammayon was held atYegan Monastery
onBogyoke Road in Ward 4 ofDalla Township, YangonSouth District, on
21 Marchmorning.
At the ceremony, U MinHlaing-Daw Aye Aye Nweand family of
Thihathu Roaddonated K 5.04 million andU Ohn Nyunt and siblingsK
2.3 million to the fundsthrough the Patron of theconstruction
committeeSayadaw BhaddantaKesara.—Myanma Alin
Blue cross course commencesin Kyain-seikkyi
KYAIN-SEIKKYI, 30March—As part of efforts todevelop the rural
areas andalleviate poverty, the KayinState Livestock Breeding
andVeterinary Department ofMinistry of Livestock andFisheries
organized theopening of blue cross courseNo. 1/2012 at the church
inAzin Village of KyaikdonSub-Township on 19 Marchmorning.
After that,Administrator of KyaikdonSub-Township U AungMyint Soe
and Head ofKyain-seikkyi TownshipLivestock Breeding andVeterinary
Department DrSoe Lwin made speeches. DrThein Maw Win of
KyaikdonSub-Township explained thepurpose of conducting theblue
cross course.
Myanma Alin
Undisciplined throwing of cheroot incinerates logsworth US$ 5
million
YANGON, 30 March—Afire broke out at timber logsstockpiled in the
yard ofMyanmar InternationalTerminal Thilawa-MITT inThanlyin
Township ofYangon Region at 2.25 pmon 26 March.
The fire started fromundisciplined throwing ofcheroot at the
grass near thetimber logs of CIFGCompany in the MITT andthe fire
torched stockpiles oftimber logs and coal.
About 3000 tons of teaklog and 4000 tons of
hardwood longs among30000 tons of timber in theyard and it lost
about US$ 5million.
A total of 370 fire brigademembers and 77 auxiliary fire
brigade members togetherwith six members of RegionRed Cross
Society put outthe fire with the use of 30 fireengines, eight
adminis-trative vehicles, 13 associate
vehicles and sevensupporting vehicles and theydied out the fire
at 6 am on 27March. Fortunately, a totalof 23,000 tons of timber
logsof 30,000, over 1000 im-ported cars, 30 excavators and25
container vehicles werefree from fire.—Ko Gyi Tha
Age-wise measles vaccinationcampaign launched in Lashio
LASHIO, 30 March—Theage-wise measles vacci-nation 2012 was
launched atthe hall of Nursing TrainingSchool in Lashio on 22March
morning.
At first, DeputyCommissioner U Kyaw OoSoe of Lashio District
GeneralAdministration Department
explained the purpose oflaunching the age-wisemeasles
vaccinationcampaign.
Later, the deputycommissioner and officialsviewed vaccination
tochildren from nine monthsto five years old.—Sub-printing House
(Lashio)
Kyonpyaw facilitated with newly-repavedHninzi Road
YANGON, 30 March—Tomark the 67th AnniversaryArmed Forces Day,
thenewly-repaved Hninzi Roadwas inaugurated inKyonpyaw Township
ofAyeyawady Region on 18March morning.
The road was rebuilt byTownship Development
Affairs Committee.Executive Officer of thecommittee U Thant Zin
Theinexplained matters related tothe road.
Ayeyawady RegionHluttaw representative UThan Tun,
TownshipAdministrator U Than Seinand Executive Officer of the
Township DevelopmentAffairs Committee U ThantZin Thein cut the
ribbon toopen the road.
The 590 feet long and10 feet wide road was built ata cost of K
5.1 million by theTownship DevelopmentAffairs Committee and
localpeople.—Myanma Alin
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LOS ANGELES, 30 March—A troubled nuclear powergenerating plant
in southern California will not resume itsoperation until all
safety requirements are met, the operatorsaid in a statement on
Tuesday.
This file photo taken 30 June, 2011, shows beach-goerswalking on
the sand near the San Onofre nuclear power
plant in San Clemente , Calif.—INTERNET
Troubled Southern Calif nuclear power plant remains offlineuntil
safety requirements met
Southern California Edison (SCE) confirmed that it hasreceived
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC)Confirmatory Action Letter
outlining actions it must completeat the San Onofre Nuclear
Generating Station before seekingpermission from the commission to
restart two troubled units.
Officials committed themselves to working with thewatchdog to
fulfil all requirements before restarting theplant, an 84-acre (34
ha) site on the Pacific coast.
The SCE “will proceed deliberately and conservativelyto
implement these steps, always bearing in mind that safetyis our
first priority,” the operator said in a prepared statement.
“We welcome the NRC’s letter, which is a formal step in
theprocess of restarting Units 2 and 3,” said Ron Litzinger,
presidentof the SCE said. “Our number one priority is, and always
hasbeen, the health and safety of the public and our employees.
Theutility will only bring the units on line when we and the NRCare
satisfied that it is safe to do so.” Unit 3 has been shut downsince
31 Jan when it was taken off line as a precautionary measureafter
sensors detected a radioactive steam leak in one of the unit’ssteam
generator tubes. Unit 2 was taken out of service for aroutine
maintenance on 9 Jan.—Internet
More Americans move tocities in past decade
SAN FRANCISCO, 30March—More Americans areliving in cities now
than adecade ago, according to USCensus data released onMonday. The
most urbanstate is California—one thatdominates the
popularimagination as a land ofempty deserts, open beachesand thick
redwood forests —the Census numbers showed.In 2010, a total of 80.7
percentof Americans lived in urbanareas, up from 79 percent in2000.
Conversely, 19.3percent of the US populationlived in rural areas in
2010,down from 21 percent in2000.
At the same time, thepopulation of urban areasgrew by 12.1
percent, muchfaster than the country’s
The skyline of San Francisco is seen as it rises above thefog,
from the Marin Headlands in Sausalito, California
on 21 March, 2012.—INTERNETgrowth rate of 9.7 percentfrom 2000
to 2010. Morepeople residing in urban areascould drive up demand
forhousing, publictransportation, road repairsand social services
such asschools and healthcare, at atime when city budgets
arestarving from cuts in state aidand lower
property-taxrevenues.
In some places, thegrowth rate was more than 50percent,
including Charlotte,North Carolina, where thepopulation increased
by 64.6percent over the decade.Altogether, there are 486urbanized
areas in the UnitedStates. They have an overallpopulation density
of 2,534people per square mile.
Reuters
Kuwait returns 44 detainedfishermen to Iraq
BAGHDAD, 30 March—Kuwait on Wednesdayreturned to Iraq 44
fishermenand six vessels seized forcrossing into its
territorialwaters, the interior ministrysaid.
After the emir, SheikhSabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah,pardoned the men
andordered their repatriation, thefishermen and vessels werehanded
over to Iraqiauthorities, it said in astatement, without
stating
Iraqi fishermen prepare their nets in the port of
Iraq’ssouthernmost Faw peninsula in 2011.—INTERNET
Iranian coast guards, butKuwait maintains they aredetained only
when theyenter its territorial waters.
A Kuwaiti coast guardwas killed in January 2011 in a
when they were detained.Sheikh Sabah is due to
travel to Baghdad onThursday to attend the Arabsummit, in the
first visit by aKuwaiti ruler since Iraqiforces invaded the emirate
inAugust 1990. Seizing Iraqifishing boats and arrestingfishermen
for crossing intoKuwaiti waters has becomecommonplace in past
fewmonths. Iraqi fishermen haverepeatedly complained ofharassment
by Kuwaiti and
shootout with Iraqi sailorsinside territorial waters.
Iraqiauthorities said threefishermen were wounded andfour others
went missing.
Internet
Bulgaria suspends second nuclear powerplant construction
SOFIA, 30 March—Bulgaria has decided to suspend construction of
its second nuclearpower plant (NPP), Deputy Finance Minister
Vladislav Goranov told reporters after a cabinetmeeting on
Wednesday.
The 2,000-megawatt Belene NPP was approved in 2005. The Russian
companyAtomstroyexport, an engineering branch of the state-owned
Rosatom, won the bid to buildthis NPP in 2006, but the project was
frozen after the GERB party came to power in July 2009.
Russia has produced one reactor for Belene plant and it will be
installed in Kozloduy,Bulgaria’s only NPP, Goranov said.
Delian Dobrev, Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism, will go
to Moscow onThursday to inform Russia about the decision.
Last December, the Bulgarian government terminated the country’s
participation inanother Russian project, Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil
pipeline that had to transport Russianoil to Greek port
Alexandroupolis via Bulgaria’s Burgas port.—Xinhua
Indonesian fires threaten Sumatran orangutanJAKARTA, 30
March—
Hundreds of criticallyendangered orangutans inwestern Indonesia
could bewiped out by the year’s endif palm oil companies
keepsetting land-clearing fires intheir peat swamp
forests,conservationists warned onThursday.
“They are just barelyhanging on,” Ian Singleton,conservation
director of theSumatran OrangutanConservation Programme,said of the
Sumatranorangutans who live in theTripa forest on the coast ofAceh
Province.
“It is no longer severalyears away, but just a fewmonths or even
weeks beforethis iconic creature
disappears.”The forest — though
officially protected — ishemmed in by palm oilplantations,
including onethat was granted a permit justlast year.
Land clearing fires,several set inside theperimeters, have
sentorangutans fleeing. Some riskbeing captured or killed
byresidents, Singleton said.Others will simply die, eitherdirectly
in the fires or ofgradual starvation andmalnutrition as their
foodresources disappear.
“We are currentlywatching a global tragedy,”he said.
There are only 6,600Sumatran orangutans left inthe wild.
The Tripa forest —which in the early ’90s washome to around
3,000 ofthem — today has just 200.But with eight individualsevery
square kilometer, itsthe densest population inthe world.
Cloud-free images fromDecember show only 12,267hectares (30,311
acres) ofTripa’s original 60,000hectares (148,260 acres) offorest
remains, said GrahamUsher of the Foundation ofa Sustainable
Ecosystem.
Internet
Indonesian veterinarian Yenni Saraswati, top centre, ofSumatran
Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP)
examines the condition of an injured Sumatran orangutanfound by
environmental activists at a palm oil plantation
in Rimba Sawang village, Aceh Province, Indonesiaon 1 March
2012.—INTERNET
Total identifies source of North Sea gas leakPARIS , 30 March
—
French energy giant Totalsaid on Thursday it hadidentified the
source of a gasleak on a North Sea platformwhich has sparked fears
of anexplosion and wiped billionsof euros off its market value.Four
days after the Elginplatform was hastilyevacuated, Total said gas
wasemerging from a wellhead onthe deck of the rig after rising4,000
metres (13,100 feet) upa disused well from below theseabed.
Total said one option itwas considering was to plugthe well from
the top usingmud, but that would require ateam to get on to
theabandoned platform whichis currently engulfed in a low-lying
cloud of gas. Expertshave warned of the risk of anexplosion if the
gas comesinto contact with a flare leftburning when the 238
crewwere evacuated from the rig150 miles (241 kilometres)off
eastern Scotland onSunday.
Total continued to insiston Thursday that there waslittle danger
of an explosionbecause the wind wasblowing the gas away fromthe
flare, which is burningless than 100 metres abovethe leak on the
deck of the
platform. The spokesmansaid the flare would carry onburning
“until all the gas isout of the system”, whichcould take “a few
days”.
Aerial surveillanceshowed that the volume ofthe gas ‘sheen’ on
the sea
had reduced but that it hadspread over a larger surfacearea.
“The source of the gas isat 4,000 metres, but it iscoming up
through the welland coming out at the top onthe wellhead platform,”
thespokesman said.— Internet
A picture released by Total taken on 27 March shows itsElgin
platform in the North Sea, off the coast of
Aberdeen. — INTERNET
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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TAMPAN VOY NO (439)
Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTATAMPAN VOY NO (439) are
hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 31.3.2012 and
cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it
willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to
thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.
Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12
noon to 4 pm to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final
discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.
No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims
Day.
SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY
AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES
Phone No: 256908/378316/376797
CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV OEL BLESSING VOY NO (155S)
Consignees of cargo carried on MV OELBLESSING VOY NO (155S) are
hereby notified thatthe vessel will be arriving on 31.3.2012 and
cargo willbe discharged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it
willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to
thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.
Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12
noon to 4 pm to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final
discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.
No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims
Day.
SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY
AGENT FOR: M/S BLPL LOGISTICSPhone No: 256908/378316/376797
CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV MOROTAI VOY NO (176)
Consignees of cargo carried on MV MOROTAIVOY NO (176) are hereby
notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 31.3.2012 and cargo
will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at
theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand
conditions of the Port of Yangon.
Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12
noon to 4 pm to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final
discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.
No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims
Day.
SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY
AGENT FOR: M/S CMA CGMPhone No: 256908/378316/376797
Tea culture lives at Hangzhou expoBEIJING, 30 March —
Tea sellers are preparing torelease their pre-Qingmingtea
varieties, the best teacollected in early April, inanticipation of
the upcoming2012 China Hangzhou WestLake International TeaCulture
Expo, which is set toonce again bring out the bestof tea culture in
Hangzhou,Zhejiang Province, saidlocal officials.
Tea and its relatedcustoms have been involvedin shaping and
developingthe city’s key features for
The Venice of the Orient’, as Hangzhou is sometimescalled, has
plenty of water resources and favourable
weather for growing tea trees.— XINHUA
1,500 years. Among itscelebrated types of tea,Longjing, the
Dragon WellTea, is the most renownedand pricey.
Once the tea is soakedin fresh-boiled water, a sweetwoodsy aroma
rises out.
Its leaves bloom likeflower buds and bounceslightly up and down,
whichmakes the brewing processitself a sight to behold.
Longjing tea is aninseparable part of the city’scultural legacy,
say localleaders.
One of the most famouspieces of folklore related toLongjing tea
is a tale aboutwhen Emperor Qianlong, whoreigned from 1711 to
1799,visited Hangzhou.
According to folklegend, the emperorrandomly arrived at a
teagarden underneath the Lion-shaped Mountain in theHangzhou
suburbs.
Amused by the girlswho were busy gathering tealeaves there, he
begun topick some himself.
Internet
Man savedfrom
mountain lionby bear
PARADISE , 30 March — ACalifornia man says he wassaved from a
mountain lionby a bear. Robert Biggs, 69, ofParadise, Calif, told
theParadise Post he was hikingMonday when he wasattacked by a
mountain lion.“They usually grab hold ofyour head with all four
paws,”Biggs said. “But my backpackwas up above my head and(the
mountain lion) grabbed itinstead.”
Shortly before theencounter, Biggs said he hadseen mother bear
with a pairof cubs—which he thinks iswhat the mountain lion
wasafter. “It must have beenstalking the little bear,” Biggssaid,
“but it was on me inseconds.” But just as quickly,the mother bear
came to hisaid he said. “The bear and thecat battled for about
15seconds,” Biggs recalled,before both ran away.
The hiker and self-described “naturist” escapedwith minor
injuries. Accordingto California’s Dept of Fishand Game, mountain
lionattacks on humans are fairlyrare in the state.
Internet
Urine-soaked eggs aspring taste treat in
China cityDONGYANG, 30 March — It’s the end of a school day
in
the eastern Chinese city of Dongyang, and eager parentscollect
their children after a hectic day of primary school. Butthat’s just
the start of busy times for dozens of egg vendorsacross the city,
deep in coastal Zhejiang Province, who readythemselves to cook up a
unique springtime snack favouredby local residents. Basins and
buckets of boys’ urine arecollected from primary school toilets. It
is the key ingredientin “virgin boy eggs”, a local tradition of
soaking and cookingeggs in the urine of young boys, preferably
below the age of10. There is no good explanation for why it has to
be boys’urine, just that it has been so for centuries.
The scent of these eggs being cooked in pots of urine
isunmistakable as people pass the many street vendors inDongyang
who sell it, claiming it has remarkable healthproperties.”If you
eat this, you will not get heat stroke. Theseeggs cooked in urine
are fragrant,” said Ge Yaohua, 51, whoowns one of the more popular
“virgin boy eggs” stalls.
Reuters
A man walks into a primary school toilet wherecontainers are
placed to collect urine passed out byboys, in Dongyang, Zhejiang
Province on 26 March,
2012. — INTERNET
Archaeological findings show Georgia one ofearliest to collect,
use honey
TBILISI, 30 March — The South Caucasus country of Georgia may
have joined Spain,Egypt and China as one of the earliest nations in
the world to have collected and used honeyas food. Local television
Rustavi2 reported Thursday findings had led Georgian
archaeologiststo think Georgian honey was 2,000 years older than
Egyptian honey, of which the first knownsample turned up in the
tomb of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, popularly known as the
KingTut, who lived from 1341 BC to 1323 BC.
The fertility god of Egypt, Min, was once offered honey as well.
Georgian archaeologistshave found honey remains on the inner
surface of clay vessels unearthed from a robbed tombof a Georgian
lady. The tomb was found during the construction of the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhanpipeline some years back.Further tests could
show Georgian honey to be 5,500 years old.
A Chinese publication dating back to the Spring and Autumn
Warring States period (770BC-221 BC) depicted honey collection and
usage as food and medicine. The world’s oldestknown reference to
honey collection was found in ancient cave paintings located in
Valenciain Spain. Honey seekers were depicted on the 8,000-year-old
Arana Caves.— Xinhua
An eagle, fox andtwo cats hang
out peacefully onAlaska woman’s
porch
NEW YORK , 30 March — In this unique video, a woman living in
Alaska opens her frontdoor to find an eagle, a fox and her two cats
hanging out peacefully on the porch. She saysduring the video that
the eagle keeps calling out to her, while the fox and cats remain
silent.Theadorable fox not only doesn’t seem afraid of the woman,
but it also wants to come into her houseand warm up. From her
YouTube page:
“See how the fox, eagle and cat are all just fine hanging out
and no one is trying to attackanyone and they are getting along
just fine? Notice the eagle in the background on the lamppost down
by the street. That is the partner to this eagle. They aren’t
always out to attack andkill each other. Our fox and eagles and
cats basically get along just fine here. Sometimes if thereis food
they might fight over the food some.”— Internet
Learn how to play with your food. Take a look at the hilarious
scenes you can creatusing foods.— XINHUA
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Cate Blanchetttakes first stepson Paris stage
PARIS, 30 March—Oscar-winning Australianactress Cate Blanchett
takesher first steps on the Parisstage on Thursday, playing
alonesome woman in the leadrole of the surreal 1970s play“Big and
Small”.
Written by Germanplaywright Botho Strauss inwest Berlin before
the fall ofthe Wall, and adapted inEnglish by Martin Crimp, thework
tells the story of Lotte,who falls apart when herhusband deserts
her during aholiday in Morocco.
Directed by Australia’sBenedict Andrews, thisversion of the play
was firstcreated by the SydneyTheatre Company, of whichthe
42-year-old actress andher playwright husband
Oscar-winning Australianactress Cate Blanchett,seen here in
2007, is to
take her first steps on theParis stage, playing a
lonesome woman in thelead role of the surreal1970s play “Big
andSmall”.—INTERNET
Review: Mythic mayhem resumes in ‘Titans’LOS ANGELES, 30
March—There aren’t manypleasures in “Wrath of theTitans,” the
3-D sequel to the2010 “Clash of the Titans”remake. But surely one
isseeing Ralph Fiennes andLiam Neeson boundingaround together as
brothers,the gods Hades and Zeus.
In long beards, the twoveteran actors are suited toone another,
like a divine ZZTop. Camp is a part of theexperience here, as
both“Titans” films pull from anunlikely combination oftraditions:
ancient Greece andthe 1980s. The clunky “Clashof the Titans” remade
the 1981original, bringing inboatloads of box office byupdating the
schmaltzyLaurence Olivier version withcontemporary digital
effectsand a widely decried, slapped
Aerosmith says new albumbrings “a little of 1975 back”
LOS ANGELES, 30March—Veteran rock bandAerosmith said onWednesday
they werebringing “a little of 1975 back”on a long-delayed album
ofnew material to be releasedthis summer to coincide with aUS tour.
The band said theywere working on finishing upthe album - the first
of newmaterial since 2001’s “JustPush Play” - ahead of the tour,but
kept the title under wraps.
“The camaraderie’s there,there’s some songs that arenew rock,
and old rock andmiddle-of-the-road rock, andblues, piano. Joe Perry
singinga couple of songs, I’m playingthe drums, Joey sings, just
allkinds of stuff,” frontmanSteven Tyler told Reuters.
Aerosmith, whoseprevious attempts to make anew album were dogged
by alitany of health problems andinternal strife, said they hadbeen
working with their long-time producer Jack Douglasto bring “a
little bit of 1975back.” The band will kick offtheir North American
“GlobalWarming Tour” on 16 June inMinneapolis, playing 18
citiesfrom Toronto to Oakland,California and Atlanta,Georgia.
Tickets go on salefrom Friday. “You’re going toget some new songs
from the
Andrew Upton are co-artisticdirectors.
Blanchett says shefound a resonance with thelonely character of
Lotte, whoshe played once before atuniversity, citing her
optimismfaced with constant disap-pointments, and her struggleto
strike up links with thepeople around her.
Internet
new album and some oldsongs from the old albumsand you’re going
to get newus and old us, and we’re justgoing to go out and rock
yourworld,” Tyler, 64, told Reuters.
Reuters
on conversion to 3-D. “Wrathof the Titans,” directed byJonathan
Liebesman takingover for Louis Leterrier, hasmodestly improved upon
the3-D this time around and bettermanages a narrative flow
ofcontinuous fantasy action.
But that’s also all thereis: A charmless stream ofbattle and
fight sequencesthat contorts mythiccharacters into
blockbusterconventions. It’s comicallylate — literally the last
fewminutes — that the film even
tries to slide emotion into thecharacters’ relations, as
ifattempting to hypnotize usbefore leaving the theater: Oh,that was
a love story? Andthat guy — gasp! — wassupposed to be the funnyone?
Rather than yet moreKraken releasing (“Release,um, another
Kraken!”),“Wrath of the Titans,” writtenby Dan Mazeau and
DavidLeslie Johnson, charts newground for the demigodPerseus (Sam
Worthington).
Internet
Funny moments of kids
100-year-old reading tutor going strong The oldest reading
tutor
in Utah said she does notplan to let her 100th birthdaystop her
from working withchildren.
Gaitha WoosleyButterfield, who is known asGrandma Butterfield at
Green
reported Tuesday.Butterfield the key to her
longevity is “just living thegood life.” “I’m doing prettygreat.
I feel about 50 and that’sa good age,” she said.
Butterfield said shehopes to keep working with
Acres Elementary in NorthOgden, said having toppedthe century
mark lastWednesday will not slowdown her twice-a-weekvolunteer
efforts teachingchildren at the school to read,The Salt Lake
Tribune
the Green Acres second-graders for a long time tocome. “I have
them read forme and I read for them,”Butterfield said. “I learn a
lotfrom them and they learn a lotfrom me. You learn so muchwhen
you’re reading.”
Disney signs UK movie rental pact with YouTube, Google Play
News Album
In this image released by Disney Junior, the character
DocMcStuffins is shown with Stuff in a scene from Disney
Junior’s animated series “Doc McStuffins.”—INTERNET
Joe Perry (L-R), Steven Tyler, Joey Kramer, and TomHamilton of
the band Aerosmith answer questions
during an announcement of their Global Warming Tourin Los
Angeles on March 28, 2012.— REUTERS
In this film imagereleased by
Warner Bros,Rosamund Pike
portraysAndromeda in a
scene from“Wrath of the
Titans.”INTERNET
LOS ANGELES, 30March—“Pirates of theCaribbean: The Curse of
theBlack Pearl,” “Bedknobs andBroomsticks” and “Con Air”will soon
be available to rentfor YouTube and Google Playuser