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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Five Things Obama Must Do

It is the only thing that I really wanted to know today, which is the US election result. In Cambodia, it is one day ahead the US, that's why I had just got to know the result of the US Election.

I, Cambodian, want to say "CONGRATULATION" to the winner of the US re-election, Mr. President, Barack Obama. As featured on CNN, live vote is finished and ended up in four more year lead the US. Check out the video new on CNN.

What is even more interesting is what are the things that Mr. President Obama to do in the next FOUR YEAR.

Here are the FIVE things Mr. President Must Do! Continue Reading on CNN

Video From Youtube:

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Facebook: To Stand on the Net, 13 and Above Can Join

Facebook is looking into ways to let children under the age of 13 sign up for the social network, which could set off a whole new round of privacy complaints, The Wall Street Journal reports.

The company is currently testing features that would grant access to those under the age of 13, but only with greater parental supervision.

"Mechanisms being tested include connecting children's accounts to their parents' and controls that would allow parents to decide whom their kids can 'friend' and what applications they can use, people who have spoken with Facebook executives about the technology said," the Journal reports. "The under-13 features could enable Facebook and its partners to charge parents for games and other entertainment accessed by their children, the people said."

At the moment, you must be at least 13 years old to sign up for a Facebook account, though some studies have found there may be millions of underage users already on the site who simply lie about their age.

If Facebook can come up with a successful way to grant access to younger users, the move could help the social network to significantly boost its user numbers, not to mention the potential of having a whole new demographic for companies to market to on the website.

Source:Business Insider

Facebook Phone???

Monday, March 26, 2012

Phnom Penh City - one of the 10 greatest street food cities

Cambodians like to snack throughout the day, so it’s no surprise their capitol is teeming with street-food choices. Depending on what time it is, you’ll find scores of different types of street cuisine being sold by roving vendors or at stationary street stalls that cook on small charcoal grills. Phnom Penh is the capital city of Cambodia. It is famous for it weather and living condition as it is cheap to live. Simple ways of life and exciting monsoon weather, cold and warm. Interestingly, Phnom Penh is selected to be the Asia's 10 Greatest Street Food Cities. Please visit this link Asia's 10 greatest street food cities

The local markets are also a good source of Khmer snacks, particularly Central, Kandal and Orussei, as well as the streets around the city’s many schools and universities. Breakfast time and early evenings are particularly busy, as hungry students flood the streets, looking for fried noodles, Cambodian sandwiches and sweet treats.
1. Num pang:
Baguettes are a lasting legacy of the French colonization of Cambodia -- as in Vietnam, they are used for street-side sandwiches that are filled with a mixture of Eastern and Western ingredients. In Phnom Penh the sandwiches are filled with pate, butter or homemade mayonnaise, spicy red chili paste, crunchy pickled green papaya and carrot and a type of pork bologna and served with soy sauce and fish sauce on the side.

Try it at: Outside Kandal Market, Street 5, Phnom Penh

A classic with a Cambodian twist.

2. Nom banh chok:This popular breakfast food is often called the Cambodian national dish. It's usually sold by women carrying the ingredients in baskets hanging from a pole balanced on their shoulders. The noodles are made from fermented rice and topped with aromatic green fish curry gravy, flavored with lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves and turmeric root. Fresh herbs, bean sprouts, banana flower and cucumber are added for a pleasant, refreshing crunch.
Try it at: Russian Market, Street 440, Phnom Penh. Bayon Bakery

Breakfast that travels to you.

3. Num plae ai:These yummy small, round rice dumplings are filled with liquid caramelized palm sugar and topped with fresh coconut shavings. They're sometimes called nom somlap pdey, or “dessert that kills your husband,” because the smooth, chewy texture makes num plae ai easy to choke on if you eat them too fast!

Try it at: Top of street 258 and Sisowath Quay, Phnom Penh

Eat at your own risk.
4. Bai sach chrouk

Bai sach chrouk, or grilled pork with rice, is a simple and delicious breakfast food sold by numerous Phnom Penh street vendors, who usually sell out by 8:30 every morning. Thinly sliced pork that's been marinated in coconut milk or garlic is grilled slowly over warm coals. It's served over steamed rice, sometimes with a fried egg, a side of freshly pickled daikon radish and cucumber, and a dab of spicy chili paste.

Try it at: Kandal Market, Street 5, Phnom Penh

Get in early.

5. Coconut water

Vendors walk around Phnom Penh with carts piled high with young, green coconuts. They slice the tops off to order so customers can drink the coconut water with a straw. Cambodians believe that coconut water is extremely healthy, and many locals try to drink a coconut every day. Once you’re finished, you can ask the vendor to slice the coconut open so you can access the flesh inside.

Try it at: Sihanouk Boulevard and Street 51, Phnom Penh

Ask for the food and drink combo.

6. Fresh fruit

One of the simplest but most delicious street foods that Phnom Penh has to offer is fresh ripe fruit. Ambulatory vendors sell juicy pineapple, papaya, dragonfruit, watermelon, guava and green mango out of glass cases. When you order, they'll offer to cut the fruit into bite-sized pieces, which are eaten with a wooden skewer, and sprinkle it with entirely unnecessary MSG, sugar and chili.

Try it at: Top of street 258 and Sisowath Quay, Phnom Penh

Made to order.

7. Mi char

Fried noodles are popular with students looking for an afternoon snack once school lets out. Most noodle sellers carry a few options in their cart -- instant noodles from ramen packages, soft yellow egg noodles, or short, thick rice noodles. They're stir-fried in fish sauce and soy sauce with beef and greens, and usually a fried egg is added to the equation. Most Cambodians choose to eat mi char with mild, sweet chili sauce.

Try it at: Central Market, Street 53, Phnom Penh

Keeps the kids happy.

8. Kuy teav

You'll find similar noodle soups in Vietnam and Thailand, but kuy teav is believed to have originated with Chinese immigrants in Cambodia. Whatever its origins, the soup is a hearty breakfast made with pork or beef broth and thin rice noodles, and topped with fried shallots, green onions and crunchy bean sprouts. Sometimes the soup will also contains prawns, beef balls or pork liver and is served with red chili sauce with vinegar and sugar.

Try it at: Across from Pencil, Sisowath Quay, Phnom Penh

Origin unknown.

9. Ngeav chamhoy

Cockles steamed with chilies, fragrant lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves and galangal are an enticing late-night snack sold street-side and by roving vendors pushing carts with portable steamers. Ngeav is the Khmer word for a type of native clam known as the blood cockle due to its red color, caused by hemoglobin similar to that in human blood. Ngeav chamhoy taste best accompanied by a spicy chili sauce and washed down with a cold beer.

Try it at: Street 13, Phnom Penh

Eat with beer.
10. Num sang khya l'peou: This treat is as tasty as it is impressive. A pumpkin’s seeds are removed and then it’s filled with egg yolks, palm sugar and coconut milk. The top is put back on and the whole thing is steamed for half an hour. When it's done, it's sliced to best show off the contrasting orange pumpkin flesh filled with smooth, creamy custard.

Try it at: Orussei Market, Street 182, Phnom Penh

Things are bound to get messy.Source: CNNGo

Friday, January 6, 2012

Best Photos I like from NAT Geo

Please share it to others... Very nice pics!

Rice Field

Very nice View, isn't IT?

Little Duck :) Luv it so much

Green Bird

Best Photo of the December

Wine Yard

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Jennifer Lopez named 'world’s greatest musical comeback act' -- seriously

One billion online searches were ranked to determine biggest comebacks in U.K. and U.S. music since 2004 and Jennifer Lopez led the pack. It’s scientifically proven, so you know it’s true.

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez has been virtually inescapable this year -- whether judging “American Idol” or shilling Fiats -- and now there's this: On Thursday, the pop diva was named the “world’s greatest musical comeback act.”

The ranking came from Accuracast, a digital search agency that analyzed 1 billion online Google searches from 2004 to present.

Lopez beat out Mariah Carey and Ricky Martin for the top spot. New Kids on the Block and Brian Wilson rounded out the U.S. acts.

From the second the ink dried on the 42-year-old’s contract with “American Idol,” 2011 became the year of J.Lo. It's a stark contrast to the rocky couple of years that saw her (literally) stumble at the 2009 AMAs while performing with her bombed single "Louboutins," getting dropped from longtime label Sony and her film "The Back-Up Plan" performing poorly.

But Lopez smartly timed her comeback effort, "Love?," with her stint on "Idol." The album's lead single, "On the Floor," entered the charts at No. 9, her highest debut ever, and the album bowed at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 charts. She's also amassed hundreds of millions of views on YouTube andVevo, and her video--featuring Pitbull -- is now the third-most-watched music video of all time.
Aside from shamelessly pimping Gucci Fiats through commercials, music videos and onstage, Jenny from the Block has also scored TV spots for Venus razors, L'Oréal EverSleek, Harman Kardon's home theater systems and her own Kohl's clothing line.

While another star would have taken a sabbatical when her marriage crumbled, J.Lo grew even more visible and mocked her sordid luck at love in her live shows. She’s since cozied up with a backup dancer, and she is still pressing forward with "Q'Viva!," a Latin music talent search starring herself and estranged hubby Marc Anthony (it's set to air on Univision and other networks next year.)

Accuracast also ranked U.K. acts, with Take That taking the crown. Still, deceased singers remain the biggest driver of online music searches. Searches for Amy Winehouse after her death equaled those for Lopez’s comeback, and searches for Michael Jackson almost quadrupled those for Lopez.

Check out how U.S. acts fared, according to Accuracast below:

Friday, December 30, 2011

In U.S., Android Has Upper Hand On The iPhone

Apple's iPhones may seem more cool, but the Google-backed Android phones are much more popular in the United States. In 2011, Android's U.S. market share was 53 percent, compared with 29 percent for the iPhone, according to the research group NPD.

And those Android phones are everywhere, even in food trucks. Kristi Whitfield ownsCurbside Cupcake, a Washington, D.C.-areacompany. When customers show up without cash, Whitfield uses her Android phone to process their credit card payments with a system called Square. It lets her swipe the cards on her phone, and email or text receipts to customers.

Whitfield says that at first, she used an iPhone for the transactions. But then she switched to Android.

"We started on the iPhone," she says, "but then as we got more phones for the trucks, we went to the Android. It was an affordable choice, and it worked just as well as the iPhone, and it was the right choice. We didn't need all of the things that the iPhone did just to run our business."

Open Source, And Less Oversight

Pricing, usability and simplicity are all part of Android's appeal. But Hiawatha Bray, a technology writer at The Boston Globe, says there's one other thing that makes Android stand out — it's "open source." Basically, Google lets the world see, and tinker with, its Android code.

"Anybody can take their software, break it down, analyze it, see how it works," Bray says. It allowsGoogle to get apps to its Android market with remarkable speed. So when Apple introduced the voice-recognition technology Siri on the iPhone 4S, Android wasn't far behind.

"There's this guy in Bangalore, thought that [Siri] was cool," Bray says. "[He] tried to create a knockoff, which he called Iris. Within a day or two of Siri, people started to get a crude imitation."

But the Android app market is also something like the Wild, Wild West, Bray adds.

"Google tells you outright — 'We don't do any kind of testing to make sure this app is safe,' " Bray says. That means malware and spyware can make it onto Android phones through apps. It's a problem Apple doesn't have because it tests its apps.

An Android 'Commando'

Another advantage for Android is that it's available on multiple phones and service providers, so there are many types of smartphones running the operating system. And some can do things iPhones can't.

One example is the Casio G'zOne Commando. Verizon's Brenda Raney says the phone met a number of military requirements before it went on sale, making it possibly one of the toughest smartphones on the market.

Raney says the Commando was submerged in water; survived winds up to 40 miles per hour; was subjected to heavy dust for six hours; and endured saltwater spray for 24 hours. It also withstood solar radiation, pressures at 15,000 feet below sea level, and survived high temperatures of 185 degrees Fahrenheit and lows of 13 below zero.

You could call it the indestructible Navy SEAL Team 6 of smartphones. I tested a Commando at home, with my friends Madeline Clayton and Ryan Whalen.

We threw it down the stairs. We tossed it into a frying pan. And the final test? Beer. We submerged the phone, which retails for between $179 and $449, in Budweiser.

The Commando rang when we dialed its number as it sat in two beers. "And it's bubbling!" exclaimed Clayton, as suds frothed from the phone's vibrations. "It's bubbling!"

A Mobile Rivalry

Bray says the Android-iPhone dynamic can be compared with another pair of competing brands. If Apple is Starbucks, then Android is, perhaps, Dunkin' Donuts. "Both companies produce good coffee," says Bray. "But I gotta admit, I prefer Dunkin' Donuts because it's so unpretentious and straightforward."

It's the kind of comparison that makes the case that the Android isn't just an iPhone competitor, but almost its antithesis.

by SAM SANDERS

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/12/29/143843690/in-sales-android-has-upper-hand-on-the-iphone

Friday, December 23, 2011

60 Ways to Make Life Simple Again

http://www.marcandangel.com/2010/11/01/60-ways-to-make-life-simple-again/

Monday, December 19, 2011

Talk Between Mr. Obama and Mr. Lee Myung-bak

At midnight tonight, President Obama spoke with Republic of Korea President Lee Myung-bak to discuss the situation on the Korean Peninsula following the death of Kim Jong Il.

The President reaffirmed the United States’ strong commitment to the stability of the Korean Peninsula and the security of our close ally, the Republic of Korea.

The two leaders agreed to stay in close touch as the situation develops and agreed they would direct their national security teams to continue close coordination.

Read more detail at http://khmer.cambodia.usembassy.gov/121911_pr.html

Breaking News: Mr Kim Yong Il Dead

Kim Yong Il, N Korea Leader

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has died at the age of 69, state-run television has announced.
Mr Kim, who has led the communist nation since the death of his father in 1994, died on a train while visiting an area outside the capital, the announcement said. He suffered a stroke in 2008 and was absent from public view for months. His designated successor is believed to be his third son, Kim Jong-un, who is thought to be in his late 20s.
North Korea's state-run news agency, KCNA, urged people to unite behind the younger Kim.
"All party members, military men and the public should faithfully follow the leadership of comrade Kim Jong-un and protect and further strengthen the unified front of the party, military and the public," the news agency said.
State media also referred to him as the "great successor to the revolutionary cause" in what appeared to be the first such reference.
A funeral for Kim Jong-il will be held in Pyongyang on 28 December and Kim Jong-un will head the funeral committee, KCNA reports. A period of national mourning has been declared from 17 to 29 December.

Heart attack

The BBC's Lucy Williamson in Seoul says Mr Kim's death will cause huge shock waves across North Korea, an impoverished, nuclear-armed nation with few allies.
The announcement came in an emotional statement read out on national television.
The announcer, wearing black, said he had died of physical and mental over-work. A later report from KCNA said Mr Kim had had a heart attack.
South Korea's military has been put on alert following the announcement and its National Security Council is convening for an emergency meeting, Yonhap news agency reports. The Japanese government has also convened a special security meeting.
The White House said it was "closely monitoring" reports of the death. The US remained "committed to stability on the Korean peninsula, and to the freedom and security of our allies", it said in a statement.
South Korea's President Lee Myung-Bak spoke to US President Barack Obama by telephone.
"The two leaders agreed to closely co-operate and monitor the situation together," a South Korean presidential spokesman said.
Chinese media has reported the death but there has been no official reaction from Beijing - North Korea's closest ally and biggest trading party - yet.
Asian stock markets fell after the news was announced.

Isolated regime

Mr Kim inherited the leadership of North Korea - which remains technically at war with South Korea - from his father Kim Il-sung.
Shortly after he came to power, a severe famine caused by ill-judged economic reforms and poor harvests left an estimated two million people dead.
His regime has been harshly criticised for human rights abuses and is internationally isolated because if its pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Under Mr Kim's leadership funds have been channelled to the military and in 2006 North Korea conducted its first nuclear test. It followed that up with a second one three years later. Multinational talks aimed at disarming North Korea have been deadlocked for months.
Mr Kim unveiled his son as his likely successor a year ago. Many had expected to see this process further consolidated in 2012.

Professor Lee Jung-hoon, professor of international relations at Yonsei University in Seoul, told the BBC that with the transition of power from father to son incomplete, Mr Kim's death could herald "very unstable times" in North Korea.

"We have to be very worried because whenever there is domestic instability North Korea likes to find an external situation to divert the attention away from that - including indulging in provocation."

Christopher Hill, former US representative to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme, said all parties needed to "keep cool heads".

As for Mr Kim's son and successor, very little is known about him - including his exact age. He was educated in Switzerland and is the son of Mr Kim's reportedly favourite wife, the late Ko Yong-hui.

He has an older brother, Kim Jong-chol, and a older half-brother, Kim Jong-nam - both of whom appear to have been passed over for the succession.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16239693