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Bulan April ini baca buku tentang Turki. Banyaklah disebut Istanbul. Mana datangnya nama Istanbul? Datang dari perkataan Greek 'eis tin polin' rupanya. "eis tin polin" means "to the City." Saya petik sebuah info dari medsos; The word "Istanbul" comes from the Greek term (εἰς τὴv πόλιv) "eis tin polin," which means "to the City." As part of Turkey's development in the 1930s, the common name "Istanbul" became official. Before that, it was officially known as Kostantiniyye during the Ottoman era. The word comes from Greek, and both names were used until 1928, when the Latin-based Turkish language made it more common to use Istanbul. From 330 CE to 1930 CE, the city was called Byzantium and then Constantinople. Local Greek speakers used the phrase 'eis tin polin' to refer to Constantinople, which was simply called "the City".  This colloquialism gradually evolved into the modern name, which was offici...

Buku ini ada kat PPAS. Buku bertajuk Artemis I: return to the moon by David Baker. Call no 629.43 Terbitan 2024 sumber porters square books - link - - - - -

Carian katalog ppas menemui tiga buku tentang Lego. The big book of LEGO facts / written by Simon Hugo.  Call no 688.725 Brick wonders : ancient, modern, and natural wonders made from LEGO / Warren Elsmore.  Call no 688.725 Brick by brick : how LEGO rewrote the rules of innovation and conquered the global toy industry / David C. Robertson. Call no 338.768 (RM44) Harga RM80+ - - - Harga ~ RM80 - - - Harga RM44 (?) - - - - -

Pengkaji Barat hingga kini masih gigih mengkaji tentang Imam Al-Ghazali. Ada kitab terbitan Brill, Leiden, Belanda tentang Al-Ghazali. Ada dua jilid. Terbitan tahun 2015 (hard cover) dan 2022 (paperback). Volume 1 - - - Volume 2 Bila pula kali terakhir kita baca kitab Al-Ghazali. Baca pun mungkin tak sampai khatam. Sayalah yang tak khatam tu. Selak takat mana mampu sahaja. - - - - -

Apa ceritanya Lego set Death Star ini? In 2023, we celebrated the 40th anniversary of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi by releasing a miniature version of the Death Star II as a promotional gift with purchase during our May the Fourth celebration for that year. This set was a desk-friendly decoration, offering a scaled-down yet impressive replica of the partially completed battle station. Death Star USD1000 The name ‘LEGO’ is an abbreviation of the two Danish words “leg godt”, meaning “play well”. It’s our name and it’s our ideal. - - - - -

Sambil keluar minum pagi tadi nampak ada sebuah bisnes baru bakal buka kat taman ni. Bukanlah bisnes jualan tapi bisnes khidmat kesihatan. Sebuah klinik bakal dibuka. Signboard nya sudah siap pasang. Klinik nama Klinik Sihat. Senang dan bermakna namanya. Klinik bila buka akan menyedia khidmat 24 jam. Dulu lot kedai ni tempat bisnes tayar dan servis kereta. Lama dan banyak tahun juga bisnes mereka beroperasi. Awal tahun baru ni mereka berpindah ke premis lain. Ganti pulak dengan klinik. Selain Klinik Sihat sudah ada dua klinik lain yang memang sudah beroperasi kat deret sama. Ada dua dua bisnes farmasi juga di sekitar. Ada klinik pergigian juga. Maknanya bisnes klinik dan farmasi yang semakin menunjuk potensi dan bersaing sesama mereka.  Klinik Sihat - - - - -

Kita sudah masuk bulan Syawal. Sepanjang Ramadan yang baru berlalu sempatlah saya ke beberapa masjid di UK. Bukanlah saya pergi sana saya melawat secara maya sahaja. Tepatnya melawat melalui membaca sebuah buku. Tak perlu beli tikit penerbangan dan tak perlu sewa penginapan. Buku mencerita pengalaman pengkaji sosiologi British, nama Ed Husain, melawat masjid merata UK. Banyak yang boleh kita pelajari dari catatan Husain. Hal yang melibat cara kehidupan masyarakat Muslim UK dan juga integrasi mereka dengan warga British lainnya. Saya mulakan dengan hal pakaian. Setiap masjid UK yang Husain lawati dia cerita cara pakaian jemaah ke masjid. Banyaklah nama dan perkataan dapat kita tahu.  English ni memang penuh dengan vocabulary mereka bagi segala macam benda.Termasuk pakaian. Ada berbagai nama yang disebut oleh Husain. Banyak perkataan asal dari Asia Selatan (India dan Pakistan) dan juga dari perkataan Arab. Dieja ikut sebutan setempat. Ada pakaian nama salwar dan kameez. Ada nama thaw...

Siapa pula disenarai Jews paling influential. Ada lima puluh nama. Sumber: fb g newj (280326 link ) - - - - -

 Siapakah tokoh yang paling dibenci? Ada seramai dua puluh lima tersenarai. Sumber: fb nazza times (280326 link ) - - - - -

Dalam suasana beraya seronok bermain mercun dan bunga api. Namun perlu berawas kerana banyak juga impak buruk nya. Bising dentuman malam sampai ke pagi, asap dan pencemaran, bahaya berlaku kebakaran. Berlaku juga kemalangan cedera tubuh dan fizikal. Termasuk juga pembaziran wang ringgit. Negara India mengawal permainan bunga api sehingga ada undang-undang yang melarang. Sebagai alternatif mereka mula memperkenal green fireworks. Bunga api yang mesra alam. Seiring dengan trend semasa yang mempromosi budaya dan teknologi mesra alam. Mungkin elok kalau negara kita juga bergerak ke arah sama. Perlu perkenalkan promosi green fireworks/crackers. What are Green Crackers? Negara bermain mercun bunga api dan trend kini: Played firecrackers during Bonfire Night (UK), Halloween (Ireland), Bastille Day (France), and various Sri Lankan festivals. Due to restrictions and environmental awareness, many communities are shifting towards "green crackers" (reduced emissions) or modern alternativ...

Hari ni pergi ke Amerika kejap. Pergi pun secara maya sahaja bukan realiti. Ada dua buah museum hammer kat Amerika. Satu kat Alaska. Satu lagi kat UCLA.  Sama nama. Tapi apa ada kat museum tersebut tak sama. The Hammer Museum, Alaska - - - Hammer Museum, UCLA Museum kat Alaska, The Hammer Museum memang betul-betul hammer museum. Penuh dengan segala macam tukul besi. Hammer Museum UCLA pula sebuah museum berkait seni dan pusat budaya. Display Hammer Museum, Haines, Alaska - - - - -

Petikan dari sebuah fb. Terbitan tahun 2009 At the beginning of the book, in the endorsement page, the publishers have included an excerpt from a review. One among many. It would have made for amusing reading had it not pointed to a devastating miscalculation: “Whether or not George Bush even knew there were such things as Shias and Sunnis before invading Iraq, after reading Lesley Hazleton’s gripping book no one will be able to plead ignorance about why the split between them happened and what it all means.” Whether the American President knew it or not, I cannot tell! But I have a feeling that for most people in the non-Muslim world, even if they know, their knowledge is at best sketchy. And that’s why we have reasons to thank Lesley Hazleton for After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split (Anchor Books, 2009). For putting together a historical saga, fourteen centuries-old, that continues to reverberate even today. Prophet Muhammad had passed away leaving no succession ...

Taiwan Postal Box Chunghwa Post (Taiwan Post) generates income from stamps primarily through the sale of postage for mail services and through philatelic sales to collectors.  Stamp Revenue: While specific annual revenue figures exclusively for postage stamps are not explicitly highlighted in the most recent 2024/2025 data, they form a key part of postal operating income. Historically, stamp-related income grew significantly to over NT$2 billion by 1992 following price adjustments. For context, in 2017, Chunghwa Post reported operating income of NT$176.51 billion. ww

Sedikit tentang  Tuvalu, Nauru dan beberapa negara kecil lain. Small Island Nations/Territories: Countries like Tuvalu and Nauru historically generated high revenue (up to 15% of government income) by selling thematic, commemorative stamps to collectors, rather than for actual postage. Other High-Performance Areas: New Guinea (G.R.I. overprints), North Borneo (pictorials), Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and South Africa (postal history/Orange Tree design) have shown strong, recent, and often unexpected, high returns. Jar merah itu macam pasir berkait Columbus Ini jawapannya ... produk Aurora - - - - -

Tak ada info pula produk apa Bisnes pejabat pos kini saban tahun penuh cabaran. Banyak agensi pos negara yang melapu kerugian besar. Kalau dulu pendapatan mejual setem saja memberi pulangan baik. Namun kini tidak lagi. Saya kutip beberapa laporan tentang prestasi bisnes pejabat pos di beberapa negara. Tuvalu: Famously, stamps have contributed more than 15% of the country’s government revenue, often featuring thematic designs (like Elvis, Princess Diana, or Star Trek) aimed at international collectors. Nauru: Similar to Tuvalu, this Pacific nation generates substantial revenue by issuing stamps on popular, non-local themes like birds and WWII history. Bhutan: Known for innovative, high-value collectors' items such as 3D, scented, and silk stamps, which historically became a major source of income. Liechtenstein: This European microstate has long used stamps as a key revenue stream, with sales making up over 20% of annual national income until the 1970s. Vatican City: A major player,...

Ada beberapa marker di Spian. Salah satunya di  Valencia Vall d’Alba, Spain. Valencia Vall d’Alba Spain - - - Satu lagi ada di El Hierro, Spain. El Hierro, nicknamed the Meridian Island, served as the reference point for defining the geographic coordinates and the world’s time zones for two centuries. Everything changed in 1884, after an international conference agreed to establish this imaginary line at Greenwich, England, a decision largely due to the clout wielded by the British Empire at that time. Monument that marks the prime meridian on El Hierro, Spain

Prime Merdian merentasi Algeria dan Mali di Afrika. Ada marker menunjuk lokasi Prime Meridian. Kalau di Algeria marker ditanda di La Stidia. Turut ada tanda ialah Prime Meridian di Gao, Mali. La Stidia, Algeria - - - Lokasi Prime Meridian di Gao, Mali - - - - -

Garisan Prime Merdian melintas merentasi beberapa negara dunia. Di Eropah ia bermula England. Kemudia merentasi France dan Spain. Kemudian memasuki Afrika - bermula Algeria, kemudian Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo dan berakhir Ghana. Prime Merdian turut melalui Antartika di Queen Maud Land. Garis Prime Meridian Ada juga Prime Meridian di Queen Maud Land, Antartica - - - - -

Banyak pula jumpa syarikat fountain pen berpusat di Amerika Syarikat. Ada dua - Retro 1 berpusat di Texas dan Krone Company berpusat di Chicago. Produk yang lejen mereka fountain pen Apollo 11. Sumber: retro51 blog dot com -  link . Blog yang terkini -  link . - - - - -