Malaysian Post

From the BBC came this interesting report:

1 Million Pound Note

A £1m Treasury note has fetched £78,300, twice the expected price, at an auction in London.

The note, numbered 000008, was issued after World War II in connection with the Marshall Aid Plan.

The Marshall plan was a programme of funding given to Western Europe by the United States to help with recovery after the war.

Another £1,000,000 note numbered 000007 was sold for £8,000 in 1977, through a private sale.

Private ownership

It was listed by the Guinness Book of Records as being the highest denomination in private ownership.

The number eight note is dated 30 August 1948.

It bears the signature of E E Bridges, secretary to the treasury, in the lower right hand corner and is cancelled over the signature and stamped 6 October 1948, Bank of England.

Before the sale a spokesman for Spink auction house told Coinlink that the defunct number eight note, entered for sale by UK-based banknote collector Bill Parkinson, was expected to fetch between £35,000 and £40,000 in the world banknotes sale at its auction house in Bloomsbury.

It is believed notes number seven and eight are the only remaining notes of nine that were produced at the time.

They were given as mementoes to the US and UK Treasury Secretaries.

Wishing all my Muslim readers Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri

and everyone Happy Holidays!

From the website of Din Merican:

This is a touching clip about unity against oppression. It can happen even in the animal world. But it was their sense of wanting to protect their helpless that unified the herd, and together they took on the preying lions and an opportunistic crocodile. Is there is a message for us, Malaysians?  For me, it is a simple case of “United we stand, Divided we fall”. Think about it. Your comments are most welcome.—Din Merican

First they came for the Bloggers, and I did not speak out -

because I was not a Blogger.

Then they came for the Journalists, and I did not speak out -

because I was not a Journalist.

Then they came for the Members of Parliament, and I did not speak out -

because I was not a Member of Parliament.

Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak for me.

Do not let the above words be inscribed onto the tombstone of liberty in Malaysia. Speak now or forever hold your peace.

Please sign the petition to free all the prisoners of conscience by clicking on the this link.

Note:

The following words were inscribed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out -

because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out -

because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out -

because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak for me.

This cyber candlelight vigil is for all the ISA detainees in Malaysia. It will burn until the last of these prisoners of conscience is free.