Thursday, March 15, 2012

Review: Proton car power window lifetime warranty

According to TheStar article No more faulty windows by Isabelle Lai, Ong Kay Jen and Lee Xian, Proton offers a lifetime warranty? of its notorious power window.

However, read this: "The lifetime warranty? offers an unlimited number of free claims for any Proton model within 10 years of a customer's vehicle age or 250,000km from the car's registration date, whichever comes first."

To me, a lifetime warranty means warranty for life, that is, till the car is no longer usable. But a lifetime? warranty for 10 years or 250,000km, that is a 10 year warranty, not a lifetime warranty

Thursday, March 08, 2012

Klang Valley Council disaster lines/hotlines

MPAJ 03-4280 9050/ 4296 8100

MPS 03-6138 9898

MBPJ 03-7954 2020

MPSJ 03-5637 6545

MPKj 03-8736 8017

MBSA 03-5510 5811

MPK 03-3371 4404

Flood prone areas in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur

When seeking to buy or rent properties and with the likelihood of rising sea levels caused by global warming, it would be wise to consider the probability of a property being subjected to floods. With this in mind, I will try to compile areas in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur that have experienced flood and thus expected to also flood in the future:

Kuala Lumpur


Jalan Dang Wangi
Jalan Brickfields Kampung Attap government quarters (mud landslide)
Jalan Ampang
Lorong Kolam Air Lama in Ampang Jaya
Lebuh Ampang
Jalan Pinang
Kampung Baru
Ampang
Taman Kosas
Jalan Bangsar
Jalan Sultan Ismail
Jalan Duta
Jalan Cheras near Tesco
Kampung Periok
Segambut Dalam
Segambut Bahagia
Kampung Kasipilay
Kampung Kolam Air
Jalan Kelang Lama 4th mile
Jalan Travers
Jalan Syed Putra
Jalan Peel
Kampung Baru
Keramat Luar
Lorong Rhu Pertama, Ampang Hilir
Persiaran Madge, Ampand Hilir
PPR Hiliran Ampang
Lorong Kiri 14 & 15
Jalan Keramat 1 & 2
Datuk Keramat
Jalan Limau Kasturi
Jalan Liew Weng Chee off Jalan Yap Kuan Seng
Jalan Melaka
Kampung Pasir Baru
Jalan Bandar
Jalan Loke Yew
Jalan Sultan Salahuddin
Jalan Munshi Abdullah

Petaling Jaya


Kota Damansara:
Persiaran Surian
Palm Spring @Damansara apartment
Pelangi Damansara Condo
Damansara Mutiara Condominium
Flat PelangiDamansara
Opal Damansara Condo
Jalan SS7/2
Jalan PJS6/2
Kampung Chempaka
Jalan Seroja
Jalan PJS6/4E
Jalan SS4D/10

Map: Flash flood in Kota Damansara and Mutiara Damansara



View Flash Flood in Kota Damansara in a larger map

Subang Jaya


USJ1 Avenue Condo

Rest of Selangor


Dusun Tua Batu 20,
Hulu Langat Batu 11, Batu 14, Batu 18
Sungai Pusu, Gombak
Kampung Desa Aman, Sungai Buloh
Kampung Sungai Bakau Tambahan
Rawang town.

Batu Caves:
Taman Jasa Utama
Kampung Nakhoda
Kampung Sungai Tua
Kampung Wira Damai
Kampung Sungai Kertas
Kampung Laksmana
Indian Settlement

Kajang


Hulu Langat Dusun Tua
Kampung Baru Belakong
Simpang Balak
Kampung Baru Sungai Chua

Shah Alam


Taman Mesra Section U1
Sungai Damansara Taman Tun Dr Ismail Jaya (TTDI Jaya) Section U2
Kampung Kubu Gagah
Kampung Melayu Subang
Sungai Plong
Kampung Paya Jaras
Jalan Sungai Rasau
Teluk Menegong
Padang Jawa

Klang Valley Council disaster lines/hotlines

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/3/8/nation/10878195&sec=nation
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/3/8/nation/20120308103046&sec=nation
http://www.horlic.com/flash-flood-warnings-buyer-who-keen-to-invest-property-in-kota-damansara-petaling-jaya-malaysia/
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/3/22/nation/5908557&sec=nation
http://www.horlic.com/don%E2%80%99t-invest-property-in-kl-top-10-flood-prone-areas/
http://malaysiakini.com/news/191466
http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2009/11/16/central/5093371&sec=central
http://publicinfobanjir.water.gov.my/

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Experiment: Microwaved water versus boiled water for watering plant


A Science fair project by a Sussex secondary schoolgirl seemed to illustrate the danger of consuming microwaved water.

She divided water into 2 portion, 1 portion is microwaved to a boil while the other portion is boiled on an ordinary stove. These 2 portions are used separately to water 2 identical plants after 9 days the plant watered with normal boiled water was thriving while the other plant watered with microwaved boiled water is withered and dying.

This it is claimed showed the danger of consuming microwaved water. This is an easy experiment to replicate and if you are concerned with the accuracy of her project, you should try it out yourself. As this article came via an email forward, perhaps when I find the time I will try it out myself.

Photos from day 1 to day 9
Microwave test - an eye opener
Forensic research document

Photos from Day 1 to Day 9 of the experiment:








Microwave test - an eye opener


Below is a Science fair project presented by a girl in a secondary school in Sussex .
In it she took filtered water and divided it into two parts.
The first part she heated to boiling in a pan on the stove, and the second part she heated to boiling in a microwave.
Then after cooling she used the water to water two identical plants to see if there would be any difference in the growth between the normal boiled water and the water boiled in a microwave.
She was thinking that the structure or energy of the water may be compromised by microwave.
As it turned out, even she was amazed at the difference, after the experiment which was repeated by her class mates a number of times and had the same result.

Forensic research document


It has been known for some years that the problem with microwaved anything is not the radiation people used to worry about, it's how it corrupts the DNA in the food so the body can not recognize it.
Microwaves don't work different ways on different substances. Whatever you put into the microwave suffers the same destructive process. Microwaves agitate the molecules to move faster and faster. This movement causes friction which denatures the original make-up of the substance. It results in destroyed vitamins, minerals, proteins and generates the new stuff called radiolytic compounds, things that are not found in nature.
So the body wraps it in fat cells to protect itself from the dead food or it eliminates it fast. Think of all the Mothers heating up milk in these 'Safe' appliances. What about the nurse in Canada that warmed up blood for a transfusion patient and accidentally killed him when the blood went in dead. But the makers say it's safe. But proof is in the pictures of living plants dying!!!

FORENSIC RESEARCH DOCUMENT


Prepared By: William P. Kopp
A. R. E. C. Research Operations
TO61-7R10/10-77F05
RELEASE PRIORITY: CLASS I ROO1a

Ten Reasons to dispose off your Microwave Oven
From the conclusions of the Swiss, Russian and German scientific clinical studies, we can no longer ignore the microwave oven sitting in our kitchens. Based on this research, one can conclude this article with the following:

1). Continually eating food processed from a microwave oven causes long term - permanent - brain damage by 'shorting out' electrical impulses in the brain [de-polarizing or de-magnetizing the brain tissue].

2). The human body cannot metabolize [break down] the unknown by-products created in microwaved food.

3). Male and female hormone production is shut down and/or altered by continually eating microwaved foods.

4). The effects of microwaved food by-products are residual [long term, permanent] within the human body.

5). Minerals, vitamins, and nutrients of all microwaved food is reduced or altered so that the human body gets little or no benefit, or the human body absorbs altered compounds that cannot be broken down.

6). The minerals in vegetables are altered into cancerous free radicals when cooked in microwave ovens.

7). Microwaved foods cause stomach and intestinal cancerous growths [tumours]. This may explain the rapidly increased rate of colon cancer in UK and America .

8). The prolonged eating of microwaved foods causes cancerous cells to increase in human blood.

9). Continual ingestion of microwaved food causes immune system deficiencies through lymph gland and blood serum alterations.

10). Eating microwaved food causes loss of memory, concentration, emotional instability, and a decrease of intelligence.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Danger of eating white bread


According to an email forward, eating white bread or even enriched white bread is hazardous because chemical bleach are used to whiten the flour leaving behind unhealthy chemical residuals.

We do not vouch for the accuracy of the content but has provided some links if you want to research further:



Subject: FW: Danger of eating white bread

Subject: Danger of eating white bread

The Swiss government has been aware of the dangers of eating white bread for decades and in order to get its populace to stop eating it, Switzerland has placed a tax on the purchase of white bread. The tax money is given to bakers to reduce the price of whole wheat bread to encourage people to switch.

The Canadian government passed a law prohibiting the “enrichment” of white bread with synthetic vitamins. Bread must contain the original vitamins found in the grain, not imitations.

Essentially, white bread is “dead” bread. Frequently, consumers are not told the truth about this and so called “enriched” flour. Why is the color of white bread so white when the flour taken from wheat is not?

It’s because the flour used to make white bread is chemically bleached, just like you bleach your clothes. When you are eating white bread, you are also eating residual chemical bleach.

Flour mills use different chemical bleaches, all of which are pretty bad. Here are a few of them: oxide of nitrogen, chlorine, chloride, nitrosyl and benzoyl peroxide mixed with various chemical salts.

One bleaching agent, chloride oxide, combined with whatever proteins are still left in the flour, produces alloxan. Alloxon is a poison and has been used to produce diabetes in laboratory animals. Chlorine oxide destroys the vital wheat germ oil. It will also shorten the flour’s shelf life.

Alloxan, from Wikipedia
IUPAC name
1,3-Diazinane-2,4,5,6-tetrone
Other names
Mesoxalylurea
5-Oxobarbituric acid


Good Nutrition: You Won’t Find It In White Bread

In the process of making flour white, half of the good unsaturated fatty acids, that are high in food value, are lost in the milling process alone,and virtually all the vitamin E is lost with the removal of wheat germ and bran. As a result, the remaining flour in the white bread you buy, contains only poor quality proteins and fattening starch.

But that is not the whole story as to the loss of nutrients. About 50% of
all calcium, 70% of phosphorus, 80% iron, 98% magnesium, 75% manganese, 50%
potassium, and 65% of copper is destroyed. If that is not bad enough, about
80% thiamin, 60% of riboflavin, 75% of niacin, 50% of pantothenic acid, and
about 50% of Pyridoxine is also lost.

Scientific Study Has Confirmed What The Swiss Have Known For Years
These horrific numbers are the results of a study run by the University of
California, College of Agriculture
.
It is obvious, from what we have learned, that white bread should be avoided. Whole wheat, rye, and grain breads made with whole wheat flour is a better way. It is a good idea to always read the labels and never buy foods that contain artificial flavors, colors, bleached flour, preservatives, hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils.

For your convenience, here are the specialized clinics in attendance in the Medical Clinic of the University of Malaya Medical Center (UMMC commonly referred to as the University Hospital) or in Bahasa Malaysia, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya (PPUM) situated in Jalan Universiti, Petaling Jaya:

duty roster Medical Clinic, University Hospital

DayMorningAfternoon
MondayRenalRHD and ID
TuesdaySkin, ID, GE/Hepatitis
WednesdaySLE and ChestINR, Palliative, Wellness
ThursdayCIHDGastro, Rheumatology
FridaySkin, IDAsthma, Geriatric

Sunday, February 19, 2012