Nigella sativa seed, Black Seed, Black Cummin or Habbatussauda

Nigella sativa is an annual flowering plant, native to southwest Asia. It grows to 20–30 cm (7.9–12 in) tall, with finely divided, linear (but not thread-like) leaves. The flowers are delicate, and usually coloured pale blue and white, with 5–10 petals. The fruit is a large and inflated capsule composed of 3–7 united follicles, each containing numerous seeds. The seed is used as a spice.

In English, Nigella sativa seed is variously called fennel flower, nutmeg flower, Roman coriander, blackseed, black caraway, or black onion seed. Other names used, sometimes misleadingly, are onion seed and black sesame, both of which are similar-looking but unrelated. The seeds are frequently referred to as black cumin (as in Bengali: kalo jira, kalo jeera, kali jeera), but this is also used for a different spice, Bunium persicum. The scientific name is a derivative of Latin niger "black". An older English name gith is now used for the corncockle. In English-speaking countries with large immigrant populations, it is also variously known as kalonji (Hindi कलौंजी kalauṃjī or कलोंजी kaloṃjī), kezah Hebrew קצח), chernushka (Russian), çörek otu (Turkish), habbat albarakah (Arabic حبه البركة ḥabbatu l-barakah "seed of blessing") or siyah daneh (Persian سیاه‌دانه siyâh dâne)or كلونجى in urdu. "KARIM JEERAKAM" in Malayalam.    Read more

Malaysia Goes Down Tamely To China In Final

October 26, 2009 23:41 PM

ALOR SETAR, Oct 26 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's junior badminton squad lost 0-3 to China in the final of the World Junior Badminton Championship at Sultan Abdul Halim Indoor Stadium here Monday.

The mixed double pair of Ow You Han-Ng Hui Ern lost 5-21,19-21 to Lu Kai-Boa Yixin while first single player Muhammad Syawal Mohd Ismail lost 15-21,23-25 to Tian Houwei.

China's domination was complete when Lu Kai-Liu-Peixuan beat Ow Yao Han-Chooi Kang Ming in three sets, 21-18,18-21 and 21-17.

With the win, China defended the title it won in Pune, India last year.

Head coach Sun Chenghua said becoming runners-up was quite an achievement although he had hoped that Malaysia would emerge champion.

"I am satisfied with their achievement. There are several events left and I am confident that they will rise to the occasion," he said.

Malaysia is banking on Muhammad Syawal and Iskandar Zulkarnain to reach the single semi-finals.

-- BERNAMA

BUDGET: Najib To Drive Malaysia Towards High-Income Economy

October 23, 2009 17:18 PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has laid down a firm foundation to drive the nation towards embracing a high-income economy in the 2010 budget through bold proposals to raise private equity, invigorating the stock market, further developing Islamic finance while emphasising on micro-credit programmes.

Najib, who is also Finance Minister, said green technology would be promoted via a RM1.5 billion fund while small-and medium-scale industries development programmes and the construction sector -- both vital backbones to the economy -- would be given additional injection of funds.

As for the stock market, he said the government would liberalise the commission-sharing arrangements between stockbrokers and remisiers in two stages to enhance retail participation in the bourse.

Tabling the 2010 Budget in the Dewan Rakyat today, the prime minister said 100 per cent foreign equity participation would also be allowed in corporate finance and financial planning companies.

All public-listed firms too would be required to offer e-Dividend to shareholders to increase efficiency of the payment system.

Existing tax incentives for financial services, particularly Islamic finance, will be extended until 2015, with new measures put in place comprising a 20 per cent stamp duty exemption on Islamic financing instruments and deductions on expenditure incurred in the establishment of islamic stockbroking firms.

On the Ar-Rahnu micro-credit programme, the government will encourage all Syariah-compliant financial and banking institutions such as Bank Muamalat and Bank Islam to offer this scheme to assist those unable to secure financing from financial institutions and to obtain business capital fast.

To support implementation of private sector projects in regional corridors, the government will allocate RM3.5 billion next year as part of efforts to ensure they are developed according to schedule.

Planned investments totalling RM221 billion have exceeded the Ninth Malaysia Plan target of RM145 billion.

The government will issue 1Malaysia Sukuk (Islamic Bond) totalling RM3 billion to all Malaysians aged 21 and above, with a minimum investment of RM1,000 and a maximum of RM50,000 plus a maturity period of three years, with a five per cent annual return paid quarterly.

To further promote the construction industry, Najib said RM9 billion has been allocated to finance infrastructure projects including RM4.7 billion for road and bridge projects and RM2.6 billion for water supply and sewerage services.

He said RM899 million will be allotted for rail facilities, RM820 million for ports and sea services and RM276 million for airport projects.
-- BERNAMA

ClickBank Secret for Malaysians

Until middle of 2008, a lot of Malaysians were dying to make money from ClickBank. Unfortunately, due to unknown reasons, ClickBank rejected all Malaysians applications.

However some Malaysians decided to go through the "back door" and sign-up for a ClickBank account. I’m sure you remember this ebook by Gobala Krishnan called "Chapter-M"? Many Malaysians bought that a few years ago and tried their best to start their ClickBank business.

Why? Because ClickBank is the biggest affiliate opportunity, and by not using ClickBank you are losing out of many great products that you can promote to easily make money online. There are over 10,000 products according to ClickBank, which mostly consist of e-books, software and membership sites. ClickBank only sells digital products, and that is the best part!

Digital products, since they have no shipping cost or physical costs, have a very high profit margin. That's why the merchants can pay you up to 75% commissions to promote their products - you will never get this promoting a physical product, or promoting anything in the offline world.

Now any Malaysian can sign-up for a Clickbank account without backdoor methods, virtual offices or forwarding addresses. I think we should start taking advantage of this situation and make as much money as possible!

To make money from ClickBank is easy, if you know the secret formula.

1) Know How to Find the Best Products to Promote

As I said, there are over 10,000 products - so which one do you promote? Actually there is a formula to this, and almost all the information you want is already in the ClickBank website. You just need to know where to find it, and how to analyze the statistics and data.

2) Focus on One Market and Three to Five Products

You MUST select a market that you want to promote to. You cannot expect to promote one product related to Internet marketing and the other related to losing weight! This will just make you less focused and in the end you make no money at all!

Find one "niche" market that you feel comfortable with, and find out which are the top 3-5 ClickBank products. You can ignore the others as 80% of the sales will go to these top 5 items. You can't just promote one product because that will be a waste of your time. You cannot promote too many either, so 3-5 is the best number.

3) Write Web Pages That Sell and Convert

Yes, this is the most important part of it all. You can send the visitors or prospect directly to the product page with your affiliate link, and make money. However, if you want to maximize your commissions you need to create at least one page on your own, where you write a "product review" about these top 5 items, so the visitor can compare and decided which one is the best for him.

Your product review must be written in a way that it removes all doubts from your reader, convinces him that it is a great product, and make him want to buy immediately. The experts sometimes call these "landing pages" and they are proven to work better than blogs or any other type of website.

If you want more information on how to make money from ClickBank as a Malaysian, I strongly recommend you take a look at Rahsia ClickBank by Gobala Krishnan and Zamri Nanyan:

This is a really good package that explains everything I just told you in detail. Plus, they do all the hard work for you and give you "ready-made" ClickBank websites that you can use right away. All you need to do is upload it to your own web hosting, and then replace your ClickBank ID.

You can get more information on Rahsia ClickBank here:

Remember, ClickBank used to be closed to Malaysians and there is no guarantee that it will not happen again. However, if you start now you can take advantage of the situation and make tons of money online before most Malaysians even know what ClickBank is. Plus, if they ever close to Malaysia again, you will not be affected if you are already an affiliate who is making regular sales.

Rahsia ClickBank is a great way to get started, something I could honestly recommend to you.