Salam & Selawat Ke Atas Junjungan Rasul Kekasih Allah....

Maulidur Rasul

Maulidur Rasul (dalam bahasa Arab bermaksud kelahiran Rasul) adalah hari bersejarah keputeraan Nabi Muhammad. Hari ini jatuh pada hari ke-12 bulan Rabiul Awal sempena kelahiran Nabi yang jatuh pada pada hari Khamis 12 Rabiul Awal Tahun Gajah bersamaan dengan 23 April 571. Baginda adalah nabi terakhir yang diutus oleh Allah Subhanahu Wataala. Tapak kelahiran baginda pula kini mempunyai satu bangunan kecil yang dikenali sebagai Maulid Nabi.

Setiap tahun pada hari itu, umat Islam di seluruh dunia akan mengadakan majlis memperingati keputeraan Nabi Muhammad s.a.w dengan mengadakan beberapa acara seperti perarakan, ceramah dan sebagainya. Banyak kelebihan dan keistimewaan yang akan dikurniakan oleh Allah Subhanahu Wataala kepada mereka yang dapat mengadakan atau menghadiri majlis Maulidur Rasul.

Kita dapat lihat betapa besarnya kelebihan orang yang memuliakan majlis keputeraan Nabi Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, kerana bila berniat sahaja hendak mengadakan Maulud Nabi, sudah pun dikira mendapat pahala dan dimuliakan. Sememangnya bernazar untuk melakukan sesuatu yang baik merupakan doa dan dikira amal salih.

Jelas kepada kita bahawa pembalasan Allah Subhanahu Wataala terhadap kebaikan begitu cepat sehinggakan terdetik sahaja di hati hendak berbuat kebaikan, sudah Allah Subhanahu Wataala akan memberi pembalasan yang tiada ternilai. Seseorang yang beriman, kuat bersandar kepada Allah, ketika di dalam kesusahan dia tetap tenang dan hatinya hanya mengadu kepada Allah dan mengharapkan pertolongan dan kasih sayang Allah Subhanahu Wataala.

Keberkatan mengadakan Majlis Maulud itu bukan sahaja didapati oleh orang yang mengadakan majlis itu, tetapi seluruh ahli rumah atau orang yang tinggal di tempat itu turut mendapat keberkatannya.

New Sub Court Initiatives

CHIEF Justice Chan Sek Keong on Friday morning announced new initiatives the Subordinate Court plans to implement this year.

A central area of focus will be litigants-in-person, or those who represent themselves as they are unable to afford legal fees. In about a third of the criminal cases in court, the accused persons represent themselves.

CJ Chan said that the court must ensure that those in need of legal services were not shut out by ignorance or poverty. To help these litigants-in-person, a centre has been set up. Opened on Friday, it will be fully manned and equipped to help provide resources and information on basic court procedures and processes.

Among the new initiatives is the Mental Capacity Court, which will take effect from March 1, under the newly-enacted Mental Capacity Act. The court will have the power to make decisions on behalf of a person who lacks mental capacity, or appoint a deputy to make decisions on a person's behalf among other things.

To streamline court processes, the court will also encourage a shift toward Alternative Dispute Resolution, as well as implement the Criminal Case Resolution Programme.

The latter will facilitate discussion between the prosecution and the defence, with a senior District Judge acting as a neutral mediator. This stems from the fact that last year, 41 per cent of the criminal cases fixed for trial 'cracked', because the accused person either pleaded guilty, or the cases were withdrawn, resulting in a waste of trial dates for other cases waiting to be tried.

Syukur...

Alhamdulilah...Syukur pada Allah S.W.T. For all the things HE has Given me In My Life Nor Matter Bad Or Good....But in A Whole Everything Does Make My Feelings N Life Better Than Those Yester Year.....I M A Really Happy Person Now Although I Hv To Do It Alone All By Myself.....SUBHANALLAH

*HANYA ALLAH YG LEBIH MENGETAHUI YG TERBAIK UTK KITA...NAMUN KITA HARUS BERUSAHA MENUJU KEPADANYA*

sbb utk ini yg bulat takkan bergolek dan yg pipih takkan terbang melayang....Realiti kehidupan penuh dgn ranjau dan duri cuma kita yg harus peka & taksub dgn apa yg dtg serta menjadikannya sebagai pelajaran....

Terus maju kehadapan tanpa menoleh liku2 yg telah kita lalui kerana hanya manusia yg tak mahukan perubahan akn terus duduk diam tanpa melakukan sesuatu utk menjadikan hidup mereka lebih baik dr hari2 semlm.

Semlm hanya akan membuat kita leka, menderita dan terpaku. Lupakan semua itu, kerana jalan yg lebih baik telah terbuka utkmu terus melangkah...kali ni langkahlah dgn penuh teliti supaya kesilapan lalu takkan terulang kembali.

Sisa2 yg tinggal hanya lah Utk MU.....Berilah Hamba MU ini kekuatan, kesihatan dan keredhaanMU. Yg amat ku perlukan adalah kasih sayang MU YA ALLAH...

SeaWorld Killer Whale 'ATTACK'

MIAMI: A killer whale killed a 40-year-old female trainer in an apparent attack witnessed by horrified onlookers at Florida's SeaWorld entertainment park, police and the park's manager said.

Authorities at first said the woman died after apparently falling into the whale's tank, but an eyewitness claimed the animal leapt out of the water to grab her in its mouth.

The Orlando Sentinel newspaper reported that SeaWorld executive Chuck Tompkins later confirmed witness reports that Tilikum dragged the trainer into the water.

"We're in the process of investigating all of the people and the animals," Tompkins said.

"One of our most experienced animal trainers drowned in an incident with one of our killer whales this afternoon," said Dan Brown, general manager at the Orlando, Florida entertainment park.

"This is an extraordinarily difficult time for the SeaWorld parks," he said said at a televised press conference.

The massive animal had reportedly been involved in two previous incidents in which a trainer and a man who apparently jumped into his tank were killed.

Jim Solomons of the Orange County Sheriff's office said the trainer killed Wednesday -- identified by SeaWorld as Dawn Brancheau -- died after slipping into the tank.

"She apparently slipped or fell... and was fatally injured by one of the whales," he said. "This appears to be an accidental death, it's a tragic death."

The whale, named Tilikum or "friend" in the Native American language Chinook Jargon, is among the killer whales, dolphins and seals whose shows have made SeaWorld so popular.

But he has been involved in previous human deaths, including in 1991 when a part-time trainer at the Sealand of the Pacific facility in Canada was killed in his tank, according to the Humane Society of the United States.

In 1999, after being shipped from Canada to Orlando, he was blamed for the death of a man who had apparently stayed in the park after closing.

The Humane Society said the man jumped into Tilikum's tank and was found dead the next morning, his naked body covered in scratches that suggested he had been dragged around the bottom and sides of the tank.

An eyewitness told CNN that Tilikum attacked the trainer as she showed him off to park visitors following the Dine with Shamu show.

"He just took off like a bat out of you know what, took off really fast and came back around to the glass, jumped up, and grabbed the trainer by the waist and started shaking her violently," witness Victoria Biniak said.

"The sirens were going off. People were running out. I've never seen so many SeaWorld employees come out of the woodwork."

Another eyewitness told CNN that the whales in the tank had begun ignoring the trainers.

"We could tell this whale was not in a good mood at all. We literally could tell it was not cooperating," said the unnamed witness.

Though killer whales, also known as orcas, are a common attraction at entertainment parks, they are known for aggressive "play" and behavior in the wild, including batting seals or dolphins back and forth.

They are huge creatures -- Tilikum weighs in at least 11,000 pounds -- and "are among the most curious of all whales, with a great tendency to 'play' and to manipulate objects," according to SeaWorld's website.

Tilikum was captured in November 1983 off the coast of Iceland and is one of several killer whales on display at the Orlando park, which was partially closed down after the trainer's death.

SeaWorld's website said its shows involving killer whales in Orlando and in San Diego, California, have been suspended.

Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals released a statement saying the death was a "tragedy that didn't have to happen."

"For years, PETA has been calling on SeaWorld to stop confining oceangoing mammals to an area that to them is like the size of a bathtub, and we have also been asking the park to stop forcing the animals to perform silly tricks over and over again," PETA said.

Marina Bay Sands Open On April 27

TO GEAR up for its April 27 opening, Marina Bay Sands (MBS) - Singapore's second integrated resort - is ramping up the hiring of staff to fill up all the necessary positions so that it get off to 'as perfect a start' as possible in the final stretch.

Its president and chief executive officer Thomas Arasi on Thursday morning unveiled its recruitment centre at Mountbatten Square, which is also its training headquarters. Mr Arasi said the IR needs to fill some 5,000 positions in the hotels, restaurants, retail front as it prepares for its opening.

The casino posts have all been filled with some 1,500 dealers, all of whom are Singaporeans and permanent residents, who started training this month. Another 350 more senior casino dealers were put through their paces last month. Training can take up to seven weeks and will be conducted around the clock in eight-hour shifts to simulate a working casino.

MBS has more than 3,000 staff on its payroll now and aims to boost that number to more than 8,000 in six weeks. The positions it is looking to fill include waiters, bartenders, butlers, retail shop supervisors and guest service agents in hotels, to name a few.

Mr Arasi said the casino posts must be filled first because dealers need the most training. The rest of the positions require a shorter lead time. He said the IR is aiming to achieve an opening as close to perfection as possible.

MBS will open in phases, with the casino, some hotel rooms, restaurants, part of the shopping mall an convention centre opening first. A grand opening ceremony has been planned for June 23, when the Skypark and several other attractions will begin to take in visitors. Other areas, such as its theatres and museums, will open their doors progressively till the end of the year.

Dozens Of Primate Species On The Brink

PARIS (AFP): Seldom seen species of lemur, monkey and gorilla are among 25 primates facing near-certain extinction unless urgent measures are taken to protect them, according to a report released Thursday.

All told, close to half of the planet's 634 known primate species are to some degree threatened with dying out, said the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and other conservation and research groups.

That percentage has risen quickly -- only three years ago the IUCN put the ratio of vulnerable primates at one third.

"Primates are among the most endangered of all vertebrate groups," said Russell Mittermeier, head of the IUCN's primate specialist group.

Of the top 25, five are on the island of Madagascar, six on the African continent, three in South America and 11 in Southeast Asia.

The least likely to survive might well be the golden-headed langur of Vietnam, found exclusively on the island of Cat Ba in the Gulf of Tonkin. Only 60 to 70 individuals remain.

Two other species hover in number at around 100: the northern sportive lemur of Madagascar, and the eastern black crested gibbon of northern Vietnam.

Human encroachment has reduced the population of cross river gorillas, found in the mountains along the Cameroon-Nigeria border, to less than 300.

The most threatened species are not always the rarest, experts point out.

How well governments protect dwindling animal populations against deforestation and hunting is at least as critical.

More than 6,000 Sumatran orangutans, for example, are thought to survive on Indonesia's largest island. But poor enforcement of conservation measures has led to plummeting numbers and an unenviable place on the list of most critically endangered primates.

By contrast, the Hainan gibbon -- named for the Chinese island where they are found -- "is actually the world's rarest primate," said Simon Stuart, head of the IUCN's Species Survival Commission.

"But the Chinese government has some very strict conservation measures, so it is not on the list because there is not much more that can be done," he said in a phone interview.

Even so, he added, "it is one thing to stop a species from going extinct, and it is another thing to talk about recovery."

Globally, habitat destruction, especially through the burning and clearing of tropical forests for agriculture, has been the main driver toward extinction.

But in Southeast Asia, hunting for food and traditional medicines made from animal parts -- fueled by an illegal trade in wildlife -- is an even greater threat.

"It comes out again and again from all our studies, tropical Asia is by far the worst place to be for any animal bigger than a rabbit," said Stuart.

The situation in Vietnam and Laos, he added, is "particularly desperate."

Researchers hope the 'top 25' list will garner public and government support for urgently needed conservation measures, especially ahead of the next meeting of the UN's Convention on Biological Diversity, set for October in Nagoya, Japan.

"We have the resources to address this crisis, but so far, we have failed to act," said Mittermeier.

Mendengar...

Hadis Abu Hurairah r.a: Nabi s.a.w bersabda: "Jika kamu mendengar ayam jantan berkokok, pohonlah kurnia daripada Allah s.w.t, kerana sesungguhnya binatang tersebut melihat malaikat. Jika kamu mendengar keldai memekik, pohonlah perlindungan daripada Allah s.w.t dari godaan syaitan, kerana binatang tersebut melihat syaitan.."