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Last Tuesday, Abang Hadi dan Kak Nurun sekeluarga dtg ke Sheffield. Bersama juga Ani (anak Pokcik Tembila) dan juga Amar dan Khadijah. Abang Hadi belanja kami berdua makan di Estikutum...terima kasih.


Ni anak mrk yg bongsu, Khadijah... comel sgt, baru pandai cakap a few words.. Kami doakan moga menjadi anak yg solehah dan membantu perjuangan Islam nanti...ameen...


Ni pulak kek yg saya buat masa nk gi makan2 umah Azie...sebenarnya kek ni saya buat khas buat 3 org... Nikmun, Raudhah dan Azie...sebab tu x tulis nama sapa2 pun atas kek tu...beriya beli icing pen utk menulis...ni kek coklat..alhamdulillah menjadi jugak la...gebu..


Ni saja nak bagi close up....yg putih creamy tu adalah double cream...yeap very fattening!!

Interesting news...

Saya pernah tengok beberapa kali documentary about scientology di BBC.... mmg mengarut habis la scientology ini dan menghasut pula ramai orang...they dont believe in God...cam ala2 atheist zaman baruramai gak artis hollywood yg terkenal jadi pengikut cult ni......KARUT...kesian ke org islam yg duk minat pelakon2 hollywood2 tu, jadi idola la, kesian kesian.... saya sangat gembira wikipedia banned them...because scientology ni boleh jadi sangat aggressive...entah2 mrk duk baca apa yg saya (sbb tu tulis ni bnyk in malay)...al kisah knp wikipedia banned mrk sbb mrk akan gunakan segala macam media utk menghapuskan idea yg mrk tu salah...mrk duk asyi tukar apa je org tulis dlm wikipedia tu tentang mrk....mrk ni mmg gila...

Wikipedia bans Church of Scientology from site

By Ian Rakowski

NEWS.com.au

Wikipedia ... the user-edited encyclopedia's entry for the Church of Scientology's, which is currently locked / Wikipedia

• Wikipedia ban on edits by Scientologists
• Allegedly found a coordinated campaign
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WIKIPEDIA has banned members of the Church of Scientology from contributing to articles in a bid to stamp out biased information.

The site's administrators allegedly decided to impose the ban after finding members of the church were changing articles related to Scientology to promote their interests.

It is the first time Wikipedia has placed a ban on such a large group.

In a long running internal review, the site’s Arbitration Committee voted 10 to nil in favour of banning contributions from all IP addresses known to be owned or run by the church.

One member abstained from the vote.

According to evidence found by Wikipedia, multiple users with known scientology IP addresses had been "openly editing (Scientology-related articles) from Church of Scientology equipment and apparently coordinating their activities".

The administrators were concerned the edits were "damaging Wikipedia's reputation for neutrality".

Wikipedia promotes the fact its articles are presented from a neutral point of view, and frowns upon users who edit the site "in order to promote their own interests".

Individual users who caused mischief have been prevented from editing articles in the past, but this is the first time such a large-scale ban has been placed.

The Register reported the ban was the first time administrators had officially placed a block on edits from such a large organisation.

A spokesperson from the Church of Scientology's Sydney office said no Australian members would have been involved in editing the site.

The Church of Scientology's Wikipedia entry is currently locked, preventing any edits.

Technical papers

Journal paper, conference paper, seminar paper, the difference?

What is the difference between them?

I will answer the question above with my limited knowledge on the matter...

Conference papers -- is the technical paper submitted after attending a conference. The conference standard may vary from from a well recognised conference to a just-attend-me conference. Reputable conferences are well known to each discipline of research, common ones are the SPIE, IEEE conferences. However small conferences can also be highly sought as it gathers the researchers in a very specific field to discuss and debate the current issues. For example, I find the conference SIOE (don't remember the full name) in Cardiff is a good one for laser characterisation people. The small community makes it a friendly atmosphere for young researchers as well as professors to chat and discuss. (however, too friendly atmosphere is not nice either, well at least to me, as u have to sit with professors and pretending that you are 'into' what they are discussing... while your heart just want to have a rest in the hotel)

Conference papers are peer reviewed papers but the scrutiny of the reviewing depending on how much they want you to go for their conference. sometimes conferences just want to make money hence will just accept whatever you send then with ammendments of course. If the conference is a popular one, then it will be reviewed more rigorously. However, generally the reviewing of a conference paper less than a journal paper.

Journal Paper... its a technical paper which sometimes called a letter if its length is 3 pages or shorter. A full journal paper can be as long as you want but normally, after 8 pages, the publisher will charge you more per page. Journal paper can be rated by its impact factor. Impact factor is a measure of how much the papers in that journal being cited. A very high impact factor journal is for example the Nature journal, however, normally there involves extremely fundamental sciences. For Electronic and Electrical Engineering, the very good journal to send your paper to is Applied Physics Letters (APL), the Journal of Applied Physics (JAP), IEEE journals, Physical Review (this is if your work is nearly a physics work). How to choose where to submit? Well, normally you will check where does your field community submitted their papers? Then go for that journal because, it will mean that it is more likely for people in your field to find your papers and cite them.

However, sumitting and reviewing of journal papers can take very long time depending on which journal you send to. Plus i guess depends on rizq, because, there is this one paper we send to JAP, after two months still no news from them, apparently they are having a tough time finding a reviewer to review the paper. Its because its involving two different discipilines and interlinking between them, plus its very rare for people tolook at dark current of laser devices carefully. But generally JAP is faster than IEEE journals. The fastest is APL where normally people send short paper on the research and criteria is that is the latest news on the field and just letting the community knows about the progress. APL normally has the highest impact factor due to its nature being the first place to plublish a breakthrough.

Seminar paper? Its ranking is less than conference and journal...not many researchers go for this...

Ok, hope it is benefial for you...am sure K Yati who's phD on this topic can comment more :)

Berakhirnya tutorial.. part II

Ok, kita sambung cerita pasal tutorial lagi...

Apa beza student english + some european students dgn student asian? (asian ni seme lah termasuk chinese from china, chinese from malaysia and org melayu)...
Student english + european ni saya duk perhatikan mrk ni jenis yg suka berfikir...kalau mrk tanya soalan tak tanya apakah jawapannya...mrk akan tanya kenapa cara yg mrk buat tu salah? Di mana salahnye? This is crucial so that mrk realise mana salah dan tak mengulanginya...

Tapi kat uia lak (uniten pun sama) majority student kalau tanya soalan mesti nak jawapan terus...nak solid answer...so, jadilah saya dikalangan unpopular tutor dikalangan tutor2 yg ada...ye lah, kalau student tanya soalan, biasanya sy takkan bagi jawapan terus, saya akan bertanya lagi soalan kepada mrk, bertanya dan bertanya sampaila dia dpt jawapan sendiri! (hehe anak usrah saya biasa dgn approach ni, :P)...uish kejammnyeee...hehe (some might think).....tapi saya akan bertanya soalan balik utk membawa mrk kepada jawapan tersebut...menjuruskan pemikiran mrk utk mendapatkan jawapan tersebut... this is very important, i think.... masa degree dulu i was taught this way...sbb bila kita dah dpt ability utk berfikir tu, apa2 masalah dtg pun kita leh tackle..tak la spoon feed!! tapi sayangnya student uia suka yg spoon feed (tu masa tahun 2004 dulu)...boleh nampak di wajah mrk kekecewaan bila menerima sy sbg tutor project mrk...huhuhu...

Kesimpulannya, mungkin student melayu malas nak pikir, senang kalau dpt jawapan je...ermm..sy perhatikan tutor2 yg lain masa tu, ikut je rentak student ni, bagi terus jawapan...lembut...jadilah mrk tutor feveret... tapi i really think this wont help the student much in developing their thinking...kita (tutor2 & pensyarah) perlu berubah...biarlah student tak suka, tapi its for their own good...lain student yg menghafal dan student yg faham...student yg main hentam dengan student yg berfikir...

Camne lak ngan student melayu yg study kat UK ni? I think they are much better...maybe bcoz sistem pendidikan disini...(i'm sure akan ada yg disagree with this statement, but feel free to voice out)..sy tulis apa yg saya nampak n experience...(huhu sorry bahasa rojak habis) sbb tu company kat malaysia kalau overseas grad je mrk akan berlumba2 nk amik keje (ni specific kpd bidang engineering)...kadang tu bukannya result bagus sgt...tapi sbb mrk ada cara berfikir itu....sy tak nafikan maybe ada sorang dua yg study di malaysia yg excellent dlm berfikir, baguslah tu...tapi majoriti nya tidak...dan kitalah sbg para pendidik nanti yg kene ubah mindset student2 malaysia...biar mrk menjadi kritis dan hebat dlm problem solving...(ini bagus utk perkembangan ummah juga)

waduh2...jadi saudari rasa saudari hebat sangat lah? Ayooo, jauh panggang dari api..tidak sama sekali...just menggambarkan pengalaman secara general...maaf jika ada salah dan silap...

Pandangan saya tentang student chinese from china?
saya ada beberapa student drp mainland china ni dlm bebrapa tahun ini....mrk ni lain lah perangai dia drp chinese in malaysia...mrk sgt less competitive...dan yg kesiannya mrk suffer bab language ni... ada student tu, x dpt jawab soalan pertama dlm midterm test just because dia confuse sbb dlm soalan tu ada word conventional diode...bila sy tanya dia, faham ke camne diode conducts electricity, dia jawab ya dan menerangkan kpd sy...pastu sy tanya la kat dia, knp dlm test tu awk jawab salah?? Dia jawab dia confuse dgn word conventional tu...iskk...kesian betul...padahal dia mmg faham je konsep tu!

Masalah bahasa ni saya rasa melibatkan semua bidang...ye lah dah la kene faham material tu, kene juga la faham soalan2 dan nak terangkan balik dlm english...masalah bahasa ni, ambil masa yg lama juga utk terer...tapi kalau ada keazaman, boleh je, inshaAllah...kalau mana2 di luar sana yg ada masalah bahasa, make sure to flag it up to your tutor...tanya dia ada kelas extra ke yg kita leh amik? sebabnye beratus ribu ringgit kerajaan hantar kita kemari...so make sure kita do our best n perahkan facility universiti sehabis mungkin! Plus menurut supervisor saya, advice kepada student kalau tengah exam x faham certain perkataan, tulis dlm paper tu, kata tak faham dan juga apa yg awk sangkakan maksudnya...jadi mrk bila mark the paper dgn jalan kerja yg betul tp jawapan yg salah, they will mark accordingly....

oh satu lagi, mainland chinese ni, ada dua kategori yg kaya dan yg tak kaya...yg kaya kita leh perasan kalau dia ckp english with an american accent...(sy kalau ckp british pronunciation)... sbb mrk ni mampu hire private tutor di china utk mengajar english, and they can be very fluent in english...yg tak kaya ni, english dia bunyi cam org cina ckp english...pronunciation leh dgr hawa2 cina tu...so mrk ni yg suffers dlm study...kesian gak...

oklah tu aje dulu buat hari ni, sambung lagi nanti, iA...

ps : Kepada semua adik2 yg tgh exam... ALL the Best...Prepare habis2an, dan kemudian tawakkal alAllah....

Asshura : 15

فَلِذَلِكَ فَادْعُ وَاسْتَقِمْ كَمَا أُمِرْتَ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ
أَهْوَاءهُمْ وَقُلْ آمَنتُ بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ مِن كِتَابٍ
وَأُمِرْتُ لِأَعْدِلَ بَيْنَكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّنَا
وَرَبُّكُمْ لَنَا أَعْمَالُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَالُكُمْ لَا
حُجَّةَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمُ اللَّهُ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَنَا
وَإِلَيْهِ الْمَصِيرُ

Oleh kerana yang demikian itu, maka serulah (mereka wahai Muhammad kepada beragama dengan betul), serta tetap teguhlah engkau menjalankannya sebagaimana yang diperintahkan kepadamu dan janganlah engkau menurut kehendak hawa nafsu mereka; sebaliknya katakanlah: Aku beriman kepada segala Kitab yang diturunkan oleh Allah dan aku diperintahkan supaya berlaku adil di antara kamu. Allah jualah Tuhan kami dan Tuhan kamu. Bagi kami amal kami dan bagi kamu amal kamu. Tidaklah patut ada sebarang pertengkaran antara kami dengan kamu (kerana kebenaran telah jelas nyata). Allah akan menghimpunkan kita bersama (pada hari kiamat), dan kepadaNyalah tempat kembali semuanya (untuk dihakimi dan diberi balasan). (15)

Asshura : 15


فَإِنْ آمَنُواْ بِمِثْلِ مَا آمَنتُم بِهِ فَقَدِ اهْتَدَواْ
وَّإِن تَوَلَّوْاْ فَإِنَّمَا هُمْ فِي شِقَاقٍ
فَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُ اللّهُ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

Maka kalau mereka beriman sebagaimana kamu beriman (dengan Kitab-kitab Allah dan Rasul-rasulNya), maka sesungguhnya mereka telah beroleh petunjuk dan jika mereka berpaling (serta tidak mahu beriman dengan sebenar-benar iman) maka sesungguhnya mereka akan tinggal berkekalan dalam perbalahan dan permusuhan (dengan kamu). Oleh itu (janganlah engkau khuatir wahai Muhammad) kerana Allah akan memeliharamu (dan umatmu) dari kejahatan mereka dan Dialah jua Yang Maha Mendengar, lagi Maha Mengetahui.

Al baqarah : (137)

Note : Jazakumullahu khairan kepada ayah dan mak utk ayat dlm surah Assyura, dan kak kina utk ayat dalam surah Albaqarah tersebut...

Berakhirnya tutorial.. part I

Minggu ni, minggu terakhir saya 'menjaga' tutorial buat semester ini dan juga harap2nya berakhirnya for good di Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering di Universiti of Sheffield ini...

Mungkin saya boleh berkongsi pengalaman dengan pembaca semua menjadi demonstrator di department ini dan membandingkan dengan tutorial di Malaysia. Saya sempat membawa tutorial di UIA selama setahun sebelum terbang ke UK utk melanjutkan pelajaran..

Termasuk tahun ini, dah 3 tahun berturut2 saya menjaga tutorial... Saya menjaga satu group untuk tahun 1 undergrad dan juga satu lagi di tahun dua... Tahun satu, demonstrator ini di panggil sebagai superdemonstrator kerana perlu menguasai 4 subjek sekaligus dan monitor student2 di dalam group masing2... Satu group adalah dalam 7 hingga 8 orang... Dan buat group tahun 1 ini, hanya dua jam seminggu....

Tutorial buat tahun 1 ni, pada semester pertama merangkumi 4 subjek berbeza, manakala di semester kedua 4 subjek yg lain pula...pada tahun pertama mengambil tutorial ini, mmg penat juga nak menelaah 8 subjek kesemuanya...dan perlu menjawab soalan2 pelajar jika ada...(biasanya adalah, cuma di akhir semester kedua, biasanya pelajar dah malas ke tutorial, tinggallah hanya beberapa kerat) ... Tapi utk tahun kedua dan ketiga mengambil tutorial ini, alhamdulillah dah mudahlah sbb gunakan sahaja apa yg telah dipelajari...

Siapa pelajar dlm group tutorial tu? ada mat saleh, ada org cina drp negara china, ada org germany, ada org india...campur2 kesemuanya...

Buat tutorial utk tahun kedua undergrad tu, saya menjaga tutorial semiconductor yg di ajar oleh supervisor saya. Saya menjaga tutorial ini baru dua tahun...bagi saya tutorial ini lagi mencabar sebab banyak konsep2 semiconductor yg perlu difahami dan di terangkan kepada pelajar2...Tutorial ini takde group2 kecil, jaga saya kene menjaga tutorial utk satu kelas, dalam 40 orang...

Mungkin ada yg tertanya2, kenapa saya jaga tutorial ni yek? Erm, pada mulanya saya ambil krn rasa excited nak menjaga tutorial di established university dan juga menimba pengalaman di samping dapat meletakkan kerja ini didalam CV. Supervisor saya yg mulanya menyuruh saya mengambil kerja ini kerana katanya saya perlu menimba pengalaman ini krn nanti saya akan balik mengajar di UIA. Supervisor saya ini sangat berhati2 memilih studentnya utk menjadi demonstrator, sbb ada juga di kalangan studentnya yg lain ingin menjadi tutor tetapi dia tak memberikan persetujuannya. Kenapa agaknya supervsior memilih saya? entah, saya pun tak tahu...kadang2 susah nak baca supervisor saya ni, kadang2 kita ingat niat dia murni tapi kebanyakan masa, banyak udang di sebalik batu...Setelah tiada lagi scholarship drp KPT dan UIA, saya mengambil peluang meneruskan tutorial ini utk mencari rezki...takdelah dpt banyak tapi boleh lah membantu dikala terdesak tu..

Banyak sebenarnya saya nak berkongsi tentang tutorial ini dgn semua...tapi kerana kesempitan masa, saya akan menulis dikit berdikit...inshaAllah sambung lagi..

Fa sabrun jameel...

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