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Empowering women in Malaysia by promoting economic opportunities for them can go a long way towards fulfilling the country's development potential.
The Critical Occupations List in Malaysia monitors occupational shortages and addresses these gaps for the future of the country's labor market.
Malaysia has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty, but it is now time for the country to raise official poverty standards as other middle- and high-income countries have done.
Protecting ASEAN's impressive gains over the past two decades will require prioritizing investments in people – that is, human capital.
With new regulatory reforms in place, Malaysia is set to benefit from faster Internet connections for all its citizens, closing the gap in Internet speed with leading countries.
As the country gears up to work on its 12th Malaysia Plan, its rich experience in national development planning for the past 60 years provides key lessons to consider.
A new report focuses on how Southeast Asia can overcome the still very significant barriers to the expansion of its digital economy.
تعتبر ماليزيا أحد البلدان الرائدة عالميًا في مجال التمويل الإسلامي والتي تمتلك أجندة قوية للاستثمارات الخضراء والمراعية للمناخ.
Malaysia is largely seen as a global leader in Islamic Finance and has a strong agenda for green and climate-friendly investments. But this outcome did not happen overnight.


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Gov. Jerry Brown can rightly claim that California is on its most stable financial footing in more than a decade.
As he enters the third year of his current tenure, he deserves a lot of credit for more closely matching spending and revenue than either of his two predecessors who both proved too fiscally challenged for the job.
To get there, Brown has had to reduce the state prison population, eliminate redevelopment agencies, substantially trim the state workforce, squeeze programs that serve the needy, and win voter approval for a temporary hike on sales tax for all and income taxes for the wealthy. It's been a tough slog.
But the governor and state are nowhere near out of the woods. Not even close.
As the legislative analyst points out in this week's critique of Brown's proposed budget for fiscal year 2013-14, it hinges in part on factors outside his control, including the outcome of the upcoming fights in Washington over the federal debt ceiling and spending, the pace of the economic recovery, the court reaction to the governor's attempt to take back control of state prisons, and the state cost of federal health care reform.
Nevertheless, the governor maintains that the budget "is projected to remain balanced for the foreseeable future." That depends on what one means by balanced.
The future forecast shows only tiny reserves. Forget about the rainy day account voters were promised back in 2004 in exchange for approving $15 billion in one-time borrowing. The requirement can be suspended by an executive order of the governor. Not surprisingly, there's no money in the account, and no one in Sacramento even talks about it anymore.
Then there's the enormous debt that remains unaddressed. It's the state's giant credit card balance on which not even minimum payments are being made. Specifically, the governor estimates unfunded state liabilities for employee retirement programs now total $181 billion. (In fact, if one uses realistic assumptions about future investment returns, the debt is more than that.)
To put the number in perspective, it's equal to nearly two years of total state general fund expenditures. Yet, the governor's spending plan through 2016-17 doesn't address it, thereby pushing the obligation onto future generations.
As the legislative analyst concluded, "the state faces daunting budget choices even in a much-improved fiscal environment."
Brown recognizes the problem. As he said in his budget proposal, "Despite the dramatic budgetary changes of the past two years, there remain a number of major risks and pressures that threaten the state's newfound fiscal stability, including the overhang of billions of dollars of debt accumulated in prior years."
The take-away is simple: When you can't pay down your debts, don't start buying new things. That is an important lesson that simply must be learned. The situation is stabilized, so now is time for the tough business of addressing past transgressions. No one in Sacramento should go on a spending spree.


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by Grant Moser
Devigi is a fitness apparel line by 43-year-old Chestnut Hill resident Nadine Gelberg, Ph.D., that launched in January of this year with personal savings and assistance from family members. Combining bamboo with cotton, spandex and polyester, the clothes are "form-flattering," in her words. These are clothes to fit a person, not a hanger; which poses her biggest challenge in selling them.
"Our biggest challenge is still our distribution," she explained. "We don't have a wholesale model. We don't own a retail location. We do have an online presence, but our main asset is how the clothes look on people, so people need to try them on. They don't sell off the rack well. So what we've hit on is a pop-up shop model."
A pop-up shop refers to a temporary venue, whether at a fair, a vacant storefront or at an event. The store "pops up" for a limited time, normally a day or two, and then is taken down. In the case of start-ups, they provide flexible and changing retail spaces without the overhead of a fixed location.
Gelberg's pop-up shops provide customers the opportunity to feel the softness of the clothes, see them displayed on mannequins and even try them on to see how well they fit. Her consistent success in terms of revenue at pop-up shops supports her theory that people need to handle the clothes and try them on.
Her apparel is designed to fit and flatter all body types. It might be tight across the chest but is looser around the belly. "These are for the 5-k athlete, not the marathoner," Nadine pointed out. "For those of us who have a kid and haven't gotten rid of all the baby belly … Nothing motivates or is more confidence building than knowing we look and feel good in our clothing. There is no reason workout clothes should make us self-conscious by emphasizing unwanted curves."
When designing the clothes, the idea of fashion was forefront in Gelberg's mind. Nadine, who herself is only about 5 feet tall and 100 pounds, knew that when people are working out, they're next to friends, neighbors, clients, even employers. Not to mention stopping at the supermarket on the way home.
When she started Devigi, one aspect she hadn't thought through was loading and unloading of supplies for the pop-up shops. (The word "Devigi" comes from the universal language Esperanto, meaning "compel" or "drive.") For her to bring an array of colors, sizes and styles, she fills four full racks. Each rack averages 60 items. Then there's the matter of the mannequins to show her clothes. "All that does not fit in the Ford Explorer," she said. "That's the biggest surprise. It's a lot of work, and the biggest lesson so far is that I need a bigger vehicle."
She also had to learn quickly about the production side of the business. Her background is in helping sports technology companies and small business consulting, so she was familiar with the marketing side of the business but not the manufacturing part. She talked to a number of people for advice and finally connected with Steve Levin at CSH Cut & Sew in Port Richmond.
Staying local for production was important to Gelberg because she wanted to be on top of what's happening. (Examples of her prices are $38 for tank tops, $89 for bottoms and $95 for covers.) She visits the factory often to see how different fabrics look with different patterns and to determine what works before actual production. "I didn't know how to give specs to someplace in China, and there's nothing like tweaking something face to face," she explained.
Another upside to local production that Nadine discovered was that she now had a partner, not just a supplier. Levin introduced her to embroidery and printing businesses, coordinates the production line and even drives samples to her the day she needs them. There's no worrying when the ship will arrive in port from China with her goods.
To get her clothes in front of people, she is also working with a number of gyms to sell her clothes on consignment. "It's great for customers to touch and feel the product," she said. "Also, a lot of these places don't have a pro shop, so we give them the opportunity to have something to sell to their customers and decorate their lobby and provide another source of revenue. There's no cost on their part, and they can switch out inventory every few weeks or quarter."
Between the pop-up shops, consignment stores at gyms and the Internet, Devigi has sold clothes to customers in 40 states, Washington, D.C., and Canada. Even though Gelberg, who is essentially a one-woman operation, is pleased with the success her business has had in its first seven months, she admits business is spiky.
After her clothes were featured on The Today Show, she had orders flying in for three days. Then it slowed down. When her business is mentioned in newspaper or Internet articles, she sees a slight bump. Then it evens out again. She does get discouraged sometimes.
"One day I came home and was a bit discouraged, and my husband said, 'Black Friday is Black Friday for a reason.' Our price point isn't high enough that two customers make our day but not low enough that we're in every store across the country. Figuring out that place in between is really the challenge."
For the near future, Nadine would like to triple the number of gyms she works with. And, of course, do as many pop-up shops as possible. "The great thing about them is I get to see the customers' faces when they try the clothes on. People are so happy. It's the reason I started this."
Gelberg grew up in center city but has lived in Chestnut Hill for the last seven years. She has one daughter, Haley, 15, who is "integral to the business." Nadine's husband, Carl Teter, is "the head car loader." Otherwise, he is an energy efficiency engineer for a local environmental engineering and energy consulting firm.
Nadine Gelberg has a doctorate degree in sport technology policy from Penn State University and more than 15 years of professional and academic expertise analyzing how technology impacts sports. For more about Devigi, visit devigi.com.


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Monday, October 10, 2011
Last Chance for Giveaway!
The giveaway is a custom canvas designed just like the one above. I have had so many inquires on my design that I thought it would be fun to give away one! I will make it using the vacations, or words of you choice ... in a square. The giveaway is for the design services only ... a $50 value!
Please comment with the coolest place you have visited, along with your name. For an extra chance, become a follower of my blog!
23 comments:
- The Reneer Family said...
I love the idea of the canvas or at least the design. My family has traveled all over the country. I would love to do one for my family with all the places we have visited with my mom before she passed away. I don't know if I can pick one place. We traveled along the Mormon Trail for 2 1.5 weeks in 1997. Probably my favorite!
- October 10, 2011 at 1:09 PM
- Wendy said...
I'm so glad I checked your blog today! I had missed the big, long post and the giveaway...so here is my entry. The coolest place I have ever visited is Hawaii. We went there when my mom found out her cancer had returned...a very bitter-sweet vacation. Wendy Orme
- October 10, 2011 at 1:29 PM
- Tara said...
I love the canvas you designed. You are so talented and creative. I would say the coolest place I have visited would be downtown Cancun Mexico. Once you leave the tourist areas and really go into downtown, it's was so neat to see how they live. It was crazy seeing the police just guys in the back of a beat up truck. They skinned animals outside of restaurants. It was so different from the USA.
- October 10, 2011 at 1:30 PM
I haven't traveled much or to far off places, though I'd love to...just gotta keep pinching and saving those pretty pennies! But this past summer, my husband and I were able to go to Vegas(havent' taken a vacay in 7years) and it was a lot more fun than I thought it would be. There was so much to see, do and eat! And the weather was perfect!
- October 10, 2011 at 3:10 PM
I'm a follower/subscriber of your blog!
- October 10, 2011 at 3:11 PM
- Britney said...
I'm a follower! :)
- October 10, 2011 at 6:40 PM
- Britney said...
The neatest place I've visited is cancun Mexico! Been there twice and loved it both times! Thanks for the chance!
- October 10, 2011 at 6:42 PM
- amyp said...
The coolest place would be Jamaica, loved the white sand and clear water, also a visit to the local market was amazing! And Miami is cool too! Notice they are both places with awesome beaches!! Thanks Mandy!! I love the canvas!!
- October 10, 2011 at 7:34 PM
- amyp said...
Oh, I am also a follower!!
- October 10, 2011 at 7:35 PM
Love this!!! Upstate New York is the coolest place I have visited.
Mary S.
- October 10, 2011 at 7:42 PM
- LisaA said...
I have visited quite a few fun places, but one of my favorites was Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. We rented a big white van which we called "the beast." We drove all over from St. Louis to Nauvoo with several families. A once-in-a-lifetime trip.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your canvas idea. So clever and will keep all the fun memories of times together alive!
- October 10, 2011 at 8:13 PM
- LisaA said...
I'm a follower. Thanks! (laonline)
- October 10, 2011 at 8:16 PM
- The Boys Mommy said...
Hard to pick the coolest....but if I have to pick one, I would say Alaska. My husband and I went there for our honeymoon. We can't wait to take our 3 kiddos there one day! Thanks for offering such a great giveaway!
- October 11, 2011 at 4:36 AM
- angie ulseth said...
Oh, I'd love to win your design skills for a canvas! Coolest place ... Oklahoma City ... not the typical vacation destination, but that's where my daughter and son-in-law moved after they got married. It's also where my two sweet grandbabies were born. Even though they've now moved (to Ohio), OKC will hold a special spot in my heart.
- October 11, 2011 at 5:20 AM
- Bridget Morelli said...
The canvas is beautiful...not much of a world traveler - so I'm going to go with Walt Disney World - one of my favorite vacations ever!
- October 11, 2011 at 5:38 AM
lovely lovely lovely
- October 11, 2011 at 6:30 AM
- Jennifer said...
I thought I posted when I first read this but I don't see my comment. I love this canvas idea with all the great places you've visited. The most amazing place we have visited is Greece. Thanks for the chance!
Jennifer O.
- October 11, 2011 at 9:44 AM
I love love your canvas!!! We went to Hawaii last year during Thanksgiving and it was AMAZING!!! When we move, this would make a great decoration in our house (whenever we move.) Mandy, you are amazing and I miss you so much!
- October 11, 2011 at 10:39 AM
- Sarah said...
I'd love to win!!
Thunder Hole in Acadeia National Park in Maine.
- October 11, 2011 at 12:36 PM
- Sarah said...
I'm a follower!
- October 11, 2011 at 12:37 PM
- Gaylene said...
A few years back our family went to Costa Rica, it was a super Chill vaca!
- October 11, 2011 at 3:51 PM
The coolest place I have visited would be Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.It's a place full of history.
Thanks for the give away.
- October 11, 2011 at 4:51 PM
- JenLee said...
coolest place iv visted Oregan. along the coast. its beautiful its different and you pass threw many small old towns you never though existed. Jenlee
- October 25, 2011 at 2:07 PM


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|Compression ratio
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5 Cool Car Accessories
GPS Navigation
Satellite-based nav systems like the TomTom Go 540s ($170) or the Garmin Nuvi 1250 ($130) plug in to your car's lighter socket and render moot the argument over when you are lost enough to ask for directions. Depending on the model, you may be able to add real-time traffic and weather updates and information on local businesses—service fee ranges from $10 to $15 a month.
Video Entertainment
Keep the kids occupied in the backseat and grab yourself some peace. A basic in-dash DVD/stereo receiver with MP3 playback, like the Jensen 8012, starts at around $200, not including displays. Sophisticated systems like Pioneer's AVIC-Z130BT, which combines a DVD player, stereo, GPS navigation, and iPhone compatibility, cost $1,200 or more.
Bluetooth Speakerphones
Look mom, no hands. Gadgets like the Jabra Cruiser2 ($100) or Motorola TK30 ($260) clip to your sun visor or install in your dash, letting you make calls and stream music while keeping both hands firmly on the wheel.
High-Performance Headlights
Finding it harder to drive at night? It might be your headlights, which grow dimmer over time. For as little as $40 per pair, halogen bulbs, like Sylvania's SilverStar Ultra or Philips' CrystalVision Ultra, can increase nighttime driving visibility by up to 35 percent.
Rearview Cams
If you own a big car, you know how hard it is to see behind you. For less than $100, kits like Audiovox's ACA250 or Roadmaster's VR3 let you attach a wireless camera to your license plate, which sends video to a dashboard-mounted display. Never again will you accidentally crush a garbage can
or your kid's left-in-the-driveway bike.
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What make up is worth what is a bit of a tongue twister – but what I mean is – do you feel that you will pay more for one kind of make up over another (regardless of brand).
For example I have a big crush on Esprique make up at the moment and I knew for sure I wanted another eyeshadow palette at around £25. I wanted another item (I can't buy things in ones) either another blush stick or a lip gloss, both retailing for around £18.
Now, I already have two of the blush sticks in pink and beige, and fancied the red, although it's by no means essential. A lip gloss would make far more sense because I haven't tried the new ones out yet, but in my head, I feel like £18 is quite a lot of lip gloss…I mean that stuff goes off pretty quickly.
And now that I think of it I find lip products more throwaway than an eyeshadow, a blusher or a foundation. Of course I have, and do pay £18+ for a lip product but I don't know why…I found it hard to commit to spending that much on a lip gloss.
I think my the value order goes from: Foundation, Concealer, Powder, Eyeshadow, Blusher, Lipstick, Lip Gloss, Pencils.
Do you find that different make up is worth different values to you (ie. A foundation is worth more than a lip gloss) or do you have a set price you will spend on anything regardless of what it is?


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perfectly. Every time! I usually create my Web sites anywhere between 650-800px wide.
That way it will look pretty good, and have functionality across most different screen resolutions.
(But you may choose whichever size you would like.) But for this tutorial we'll use a width
of 800px. Height can be fixed, or 'auto'. I generally tend to leave height set to 'auto' if I'm
not exactly sure how many pixels my content is going to take up. When I do figure it out,
I usually set it to a fixed height, because it tends to render a bit better across multiple types
of browsers.
First we'll go to our CSS page. For the body, we'll automatically set the 'text-align' attribute to
center. This is going to align everything inside of the body (such as the bodyCenter div we are
about to use). Then we're going to set the 'position' attribute to relative. So that everything
inside of the body will relative to the body.
body { text-align: center; position: relative; }
Next we're going to create a div named 'bodyCenter', which is going to hold the entire Web pages
content inside of itself. First, we'll set the width of the div to 800px; and the height to 'auto'. Position
on this will also be relative, which makes this div relative to the relative body. We'll set the top, and
left positions both to 0px, and because of our previous attribute of 'text-align: center' for the body,
that will place the div dead center of the browser window. And for the last stage of the CSS centering
we're going to give the 'margin-left', and 'margin-right' both 'auto'. That way the fixed width, along
with margin-left, and margin-right both pushing on each side, the div isn't going to go anywhere no
matter what. When your done, you should have something that looks like this.
body { text-align: center; position: relative; } #bodyCenter { width: 800px; height: auto; position: relative; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }
The last part is the HTML, which should be something simple like this:
<html> <body> <div id="bodyCenter"> <!-- Then place all of your content inside of here and position it absolutely. And I promise you won't have any trouble with getting things to stay put. --> </div> </body> </html>
I hope this tutorial helps somebody, and if you have any questions, feel free to PM me. Thanks!


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Liberty News
Summer trips bring hope, support to people across the globe
|Liberty University's Center for Global Engagement sent seven teams of students to various locations around the world this summer to serve needs and build relationships. In Cameroon (pictured above) the team also served through drama and education.
Shortly after Liberty University celebrated its 40th Commencement, Liberty's Center for Global Engagement (CGE) sent six teams of students, leaders, and recent graduates, to show Christ's love and meet the needs of individuals around the world.
More than 100 students and leaders have, or are, participating in short-term trips through CGE this summer. In May, groups traveled to Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Colombia, Cameroon, and two undisclosed locations in Europe. An upcoming trip to Uganda departing this week will include members of the Lady Flames Field Hockey Team.
Teams engaged in relationship building, prayer walks, sports camps, HIV/AIDS education, and drama. They also distributed educational resources and medical supplies. Among those they served were many children, refugees, and orphans.
Every year, more and more students embrace the university's mission of Training Champions for Christ and take it global through short-term trips and internships. Students are given ample opportunity to explore global culture and needs through the Center for Global Engagement, which also provides trips over Christmas break and spring break, as well as events, many of which take place during its semiannual Global Focus Week.
Dustin DuBose ('08, '12 M.Div.), associate director of Liberty's Office of Student Leadership, was a leader on CGE's recent trip to Ethiopia. He said Liberty is a unique institution because its focus is on more than just education.
"We are not just focused on the four years you are here, we are focused on the world, on the now and then, the here and there," he said. "It's great to see the willingness of Liberty students to spread out … to the ends of the earth and serve in those places. That is what makes Liberty unique and what makes our students unique, that we are not just focused on our needs, on getting an education; we are serving others while doing it."
|In May, Liberty students served at a youth sports camp in Ethiopia.
DuBose and the Ethiopia team worked with a sports camp in a rural part of the country run by Sports Friends. He said despite language barriers, the team had an instant connection with the believers there and were able to show love to the children at the camp. He vividly remembers one boy whose family had died from AIDS and whom he learned was also infected. Through the selflessness and love of one of Liberty's students, this child became a believer.
"To see our student loving on him, to be there with him and even crying with him, showing him the love of Christ … it was very humbling."
Ivet Mendoza, a student on one of the Europe teams, was able to watch God work in people's lives as she shared His love in "the pink light district" of the city. One encounter with a woman named Anna especially burdened her.
"We approached (Anna) and it turned into about an hour-long love encounter between Jesus and her. I felt and I saw Him fighting for her, loving her. I couldn't believe we were actually being used for something so beautiful," Mendoza said.
|In Europe, Liberty students built relationships as they served refugees and children.
Mendoza continued to pray for Anna and two weeks after returning to the U.S. was delighted to hear from one of the people she worked with that Anna encountered another short-term team and asked them to pray with her. Anna had been so impacted by her "American friends" she actually approached the second team herself, asking if they were American. She shared with enthusiasm how her American friends had told her about Jesus.
For the first time, Liberty sent a team to Zimbabwe, which was an answer to prayer for alumnus Albert Mavunga. Mavunga returned to his home country in 2008, after graduating from Liberty, to start Smile for Africa, an organization that works with orphans and children affected and infected by HIV and AIDS. The trip was in partnership with WorldHelp.
The team went around the country distributing literature and medical supplies, visiting orphanages, clinics, shelters, and schools. They also helped Mavunga by working on a farm he has built to help sustain his work.
Perhaps the biggest impact the team had on Mavunga's organization was not even planned. When unexpected complications delayed some of their work, the team was able to spend the time with the fourth most powerful person in Zimbabwe's government, the Minister of Information. This connection led to an invitation from the president to visit the capitol, where the team met more members of Zimbabwe's cabinet (the president was unable to attend). They were even invited to walk in the VIP section of the country's first national parade. Mavunga told the team that these connections brought Smile for Africa 15-20 years ahead in terms of credibility, said Ian MacIntyre, a team leader.
MacIntyre ('09, '13 M.A.R.), CGE financial administrator, said the trip opened his eyes to the importance of child sponsorship. The difference in conditions for those with and without sponsorship was drastic, he explained.
He said he is thankful for his role with Liberty and the Center for Global Engagement because he gets to see Liberty's students make a difference in the world.
"There is no telling the impact that Liberty has had for the kingdom of God. We send students all over the world … we invite the students to be a part of that. I really believe that Liberty is changing the world with the Gospel message through the Center for Global Engagement."


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Deferred Compensation
Presented before the Oklahoma Tax Accounting Conference, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla. — November, 1955
The heavy impact of income taxes on compensation for personal services in recent years has led business men to seek ways and means of increasing income remaining after taxes for their key employees and executives. Like almost all other tax savings plans, deferred compensation
plans seek to minimize the tax load in one of two ways, which are as follows:
1. By avoiding the bunching of earnings in a relatively short period of years and by spreading the compensation over a longer period, thereby bringing the annual earnings into lower surtax brackets; or
2. By converting some portion of the employee's reward for his services into capital gains.
The Internal Revenue Code of 1954 contains a subchapter relating to deferred compensation (Chapter 1, Subchapter D). The sections contained
in this subchapter relate to two general types of deferred compensation
plans: (1) pension, profit-sharing and stock bonus plans, and (2) employee stock option plans.
Your program committee has asked that I give special emphasis in my remarks to employee stock options, so let us begin with a consideration
of this type of deferred compensation plan.
EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTIONS Granting stock options to key employees is a widely used form of deferred compensation. From the standpoint of the employer, a stock option plan is attractive because it encourages key employees to acquire a financial interest in the business and provides them with an added incentive
to work for the improvement of the business so that the value of their investment may be increased. From the standpoint of the employee,
a stock option plan is most attractive if no tax is incurred at date of grant or exercise and if the full tax benefits of long-term capital gains are obtained upon sale of the stock.
At the present time, the tax practitioner must distinguish between two general types of stock options. On the one hand, there is the res-


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Today, Ballet Austin heads to Miami to perform Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project. See what's going through Company Dancer Anne Marie Melendez's head as she prepares.
There has been a buzz of excitement around the Ballet Austin studios over the past couple of weeks. There is something about touring that charges us dancers up like few other things. The idea of traveling somewhere, all expenses paid, sounds glamorous at first glance. But going on tour can definitely bring its own set of challenges, obstacles, and concerns especially when it involves a ballet such as Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project.
Having performed Light as recently as March certainly aided in putting the ballet back together rather swiftly. Still, we took it section by section, reviewing the mechanics of the movement as well as the musicality. These elements are so important when presenting a ballet like Light because those pieces have to be so clear and must lay the foundation for the narrative and the emotional element that comes with performing the ballet.
In addition to rehearsing Light, we have also been busy revisiting The Nutcracker, as it will be fast on our heels once we return from Miami. The two ballets couldn't be more different from each other as I literally spent a few days going from being the Snow Queen in a tutu, to running around barefoot and being dragged across the floor by my arms. It was quite confusing for my body – my calves and ankles would be tight and sore from the classical work, and my back and neck would be stiff from the more modern movement. Let's just say there were quite a few hot baths, ice buckets, yoga sessions, etc…
As we prepare to leave for Miami on Thursday, I have a list of logistical concerns. What do I pack? In addition to what I would normally pack for any other trip like clothing and toiletries, I also need to bring an entire list of things that are dance and performance related. Outside of the obvious leotards and tights, I need my performance shoes, extra shoes for my understudy duties (which of course I won't need – *knock on wood* – but they must be packed!), stage makeup, dance bag and all associated peripheral devices like my calf roller. And yes, yoga mat, you WILL fit in my suitcase. I have a list, and I'm checking it twice!
My other concern is food. Yes, clearly there is food in Miami, great food no doubt, but this is not a vacation. Just as most sports athletes have their eating, sleeping, and training routines leading up to events, dancers are quite similar. I normally take into consideration what I eat, but I am never pickier than I am during performance week. It's not so much of a superstition as it is a need to efficiently fuel my body so that it can function as best it can when the time comes. Performance week is not the time to try something new, so my concern, being out of my element and out of my own kitchen, is how to maintain my routine. So far I've decided to bring Clif Bars, instant oatmeal, and head to the market once we get to Miami to stock up on some bananas and other easy to grab snacks.
All of these logistics are not unlike the mechanics of the choreography – they are the foundation of what we are ultimately trying to present. Overall, I am both nervous and excited. I think a certain amount of nerves is healthy, it means you care about the outcome of something. I'm excited to share Light and Ballet Austin with a new community, and I'm curious how both the company and the work will be received.
This evening, Paul, Ashley, and I just finished watching the documentary "The Last Days." I think continuing our education is an important way to prepare before we leave on Thursday, as it continually informs the work we are doing in the studio and on stage, and most importantly, it reminds us of how vital it is to keep telling this story.
In Miami? You can see Anne perform Light / The Holocaust & Humanity Project on stage this Saturday and Sunday. Tickets here.


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September 09, 2010
Prevention is key to turning the tide on childhood obesity epidemic
Missouri continues to outpace most of the nation in childhood obesity.
The latest statistics show that 29 percent of Missouri high school students are overweight or obese, compared with 28 percent nationwide. Since 2005, Missouri has moved from ninth to eighth in the country in obesity rates among high school students, a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found.
Health officials say the state's rise in the obesity rankings is a dangerous trend that puts the health and well-being of Missourians at great risk.
"Childhood obesity is a public health crisis," said Margaret Donnelly, director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. "Community leaders can help by making sure that young people have places where they can be physically active. Parents can help by making fruits, vegetables and other healthy foods easily available. Only when we have environments that support healthy living will we start to reverse this epidemic."
To call attention to the nation's obesity epidemic, Congress earlier this year designated September 2010 as the first National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month.
The American Medical Association estimates that more than 23 million children and teenagers nationwide are overweight or obese. Health experts say efforts to prevent obesity must start early before unhealthy habits are formed.
"Childhood Obesity Awareness Month supports the goals of families, schools and communities that are working to raise a healthier generation," Donnelly said. "If we keep our kids healthy now and prevent childhood obesity, we will alleviate a major burden on our health care system while giving millions of young people the opportunity to live longer, healthier lives."
Families are urged to focus on helping their children to establish lifelong healthy habits by eating balanced meals and snacks and participating regularly in physical activity. New mothers can reduce the risk of their children becoming obese by breastfeeding. Studies show that the longer that babies are breastfed, the lower their odds of becoming overweight as teens or adults.
"The early period of life – including the prenatal months and infancy to age 5 – is a key time to prevent childhood obesity," said Pat Simmons, nutrition specialist with the state health department. "If we can reduce childhood obesity, we will eventually reduce obesity in adults."
Research has found that a mother's diet and weight gain during pregnancy could influence her child's risk for obesity and other chronic diseases later in life. Infant and toddler feeding practices have also been shown to affect a child's weight status.
"It is much easier to prevent obesity than to try to treat it," Donnelly said.
Obese young people have an 80 percent chance of becoming obese adults. As a result, they are at greater risk for developing health problems in adulthood, including heart disease, diabetes, sleep apnea, stroke, several types of cancer and arthritis.
Each year, obesity costs Missouri nearly $2 billion in direct medical costs alone. About nine percent of total medical costs in America are due to obesity-related illnesses.
Events and activities will be held across the country in September to increase awareness of childhood obesity and ways to combat it. Information and resources are available at www.HealthierKidsBrighterFutures.org.


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Advisory 01/2007: WordPress CSRF Protection XSS Vulnerability Jan 05 2007 03:13PM
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Hardened-PHP Project
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Advisory: WordPress CSRF Protection XSS Vulnerability
Release Date: 2007/01/05
Last Modified: 2007/01/05
Author: Stefan Esser [sesser (at) hardened-php (dot) net [email concealed]]
Application: WordPress <= 2.0.5
Severity: The CSRF protection of WordPress's administration
interface is vulnerable to an XSS vulnerability
which might result in a compromise of the admin
account and the execution of arbitrary PHP code
on the server
Risk: Critical
Vendor Status: Vendor has released WordPress 2.0.6 which fixes this issue
References: http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_012007.140.html
Quote from http://www.wordpress.org
"WordPress was born out of a desire for an elegant, well-
architectured personal publishing system built on PHP and MySQL
and licensed under the GPL. It is the official successor of
b2/cafelog. WordPress is fresh software, but its roots and
development go back to 2001. It is a mature and stable product.
We hope by focusing on user experience and web standards we can
create a tool different from anything else out there."
While testing WordPress it was discovered that there is a XSS
vulnerability in the CSRF protection of WordPress's administration
interface. This might result in a compromise of the admin account
and might result in the execution of arbitrary PHP code.
The administration interface within WordPress comes with a token
based CSRF protection. When a request is received with an invalid
token it is not discarded like in many similar applications, but
a warning screen is returned that asks the admin to verify the
action by clicking on a link (that contains a valid token).
Unfortunately there was a bug in the way the request information
(URL variables) was put into the new link. Due to this fault it
was possible to break out of the HTML string context by embedding
quotes and HTML tags into the names of URL variables.
Due to this is is possible to launch XSS attacks against admin
users currently logged into their WordPress and perform all possible
administrative actions (or simply steal the login cookie).
Depending on the file permissions on the server (for example a
writeable wp-config.php or template file) this can also be
exploited to execute arbitrary PHP code.
Proof of Concept:
The Hardened-PHP Project is not going to release a proof of concept
exploit for this vulnerability.
Disclosure Timeline:
14. November 2006 - Notified security (at) wordpress (dot) org [email concealed]
05. January 2007 - WordPress 2.0.6 release
05. January 2007 - Public Disclosure
We strongly recommend to upgrade to WordPress 2.0.6 which also
fixes several other security vulnerabilities not covered by this
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- Roche brothers wine. Had at Belfair
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Here is a thrilling, emotion-packed Easter celebration! Within this musical landscape we are reminded of sin's terrible cost, leading us to embrace the love of the Savior and compelling us to tell the world the beautiful and redemptive story of the cross and the triumphant recounting of his resurrection. Presenting God's love, his perfect plan of salvation and his glorious gifts of mercy and grace, Arise My Love stirs our innermost thoughts and emotions surrounding the Easter message:death has lost and love has won, Jesus is alive! Songs include: Were You There? Overture; Shout It Out; Forgiven Forever with Nothing but the Blood; Lamb with I Will Praise Him; Arise My Love; Alive (Mary Magdalene); Orphan with The Stand; When Love Was Slain with Jesus Paid It All and Celebration Reprise (Forgiven Forever with Shout It Out).
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
Did the FamilySearch elves make any changes during the night?
So I rolled out my trusty old browser and went into the workshop to see what had been done. Hmmm. FamilySearch.org hasn't visibly changed since yesterday, maybe there is something under the hood (I am really good at mixing metaphors). The number of Historical Record Collections continues to increase and as of today is up to 580 collections. It looks like about 48 collections have been added or updated in March so far with entries from France, Mexico, Spain, Austria, Brazil, Czech Republic, Italy, Chile, El Salvador, England, Wales, Guatemala, Canada, Venezuela, Germany, Argentina, the Philippines and a whole lot of U.S. states. There are hundreds of thousands, probably millions, of records but most of them are images only (a good thing) and so it is difficult to determine an approximate number. I am not sure numbers matter anymore. The collections look like they will have a huge impact on the way we look for original records. I guess their elves have been really busy.
Now to check out the progress on the rest of the FamilySearch.org website. They did add a link to the BYU Historical Books Collection from the Library Catalog page. This is the ongoing scanning/digitizing of books from the Family History Library and a long list of other places. Clicking on the link, shows the Family History Archives page which no longer has a BYU logo but a FamilySearch logo. Unfortunately, the counter for the page has been stuck on 17,764 for about a year and so we have no way of knowing if anything has been added to this collection. Because we are ongoing in our scanning efforts at the Mesa Family History Center, we know a lot more books have been scanned than show up online. Looks like the elves showed up to work but forgot to do anything yet.
Had to stop to oil my browser, it was getting rusty. OK, back to work. Not all of the elves' action has been in the Historical Record Collections, the FamilySearch Research Wiki has also been worked on. Last week it passed the 50,000 article milestone and already has 51,715 articles by today. The Wiki is sort of like one of those huge blob monsters in the Japanese Anime movies that just keeps eating everything and getting larger. Here is another mixed analogy, the Wiki is like a huge bulldozer waiting to be used while all the genealogists are working with their hand shovels.
Moving on to another workroom, I am almost afraid to see if the New.FamilySearch.org elves have done anything. They managed to let in some few new participants in the program in the form of public users to join into the website. We haven't heard anything yet about these public testers. Maybe they were all sworn to secrecy? Judging from the questions I continue to answer, not much else has changed lately. I notice people still keep adding incorrect information about my Grandfather and other relatives. It looks like the elves still have a lot of work to do. One recent entry that had a wrong birth date for my Grandfather was submitted through the Pedigree Resource File. I will have to leave all that up to the elves, I don't have enough time to correct my thousands of relatives' bad work.
Anything else going on in the FamilySearch workshop? FamilySearch FamilyTech is moving right along. There are dozens of articles and lots of new ones. I am still writing away on alternative content, you won't read my contributions here in Genealogy's Star anymore. I do get comments from people I talk to about their reading the content which is more than I can say about my own blog. They keep tweaking the website so it is more useful. Check it out, the elves are doing a lot of work here.
Any other evidence of elf activity? Not really, FamilySearch Community Trees continues to grow in the back room working quietly away without any fanfare or even much support. New collections include the Wales: Medieval Records Primarily of Nobility and Gentry: This Welsh database, when complete, will include lineage linked data for approximately 350,000 individuals, living from about 100 A.D. to 1700 A.D. The base data was extracted from Peter Bartrum's "Welsh Genealogies." Maybe they should pay these elves more? Or at least give them some publicity?
Well, on to the tasks of the day. It looks like some of the elves have been busy. I assume they all have but we just can't see what they have done yet. By the way, let's all hope they keep up their good work changing the entire genealogical community one collection at a time.
Oops, I almost forgot the RootsTech elves. They put several of the presentations from the Conference online at RootsTech.FamilySeach.org. It looks like they are planning again for next year in Salt Lake.
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Your post inspired me to do a search and post about some new things I've noticed.ReplyDelete
Did you see the new link to "Family Tree?"
James, you said "One recent entry that had a wrong birth date for my Grandfather was submitted through the Pedigree Resource File. I will have to leave all that up to the elves, I don't have enough time to correct my thousands of relatives' bad work."ReplyDelete
Ay, and that is the crux, is it not? Will the researchers focused on evidence-based genealogy bother to engage in a correction process in a database so riddled with outright errors and unproven assertions? Why would they care to do so, when they can post their own accurate trees at no cost in many venues?


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In America, holiday traditions vary from family to family, town to town, state to state and region to region. When it comes to Christmas, in particular, the numbers of ways that people (Christians and non-Christians, alike) celebrate the season can hardly be quantified. Christmas in Vegas, for example, will resemble Christmas in, say, Vermont, only to the extent that blinking lights will probably play a role in the festivities in both locations. Beyond that, the manner in which the denizens mark the occasion are likely to be so divergent that they might as well be celebrating on different planets.
Some holiday traditions, however, are so ingrained in the culture that, whether we live three blocks or three thousand miles away from where they unfold, most of us gain a certain measure of comfort from knowing, positively knowing, that when December rolls around, so will these time-honored happenings. More than a few of these seasonal markers occur in New York City — the Rockefeller Center tree lighting; the Nutcracker at the New York City Ballet (and on a hundred other stages, large and small, across the land); Handel's Messiah at Carnegie Hall. But one could make the argument that absolutely nothing in the entire tinsel-bedecked panoply of holiday extravaganzas anywhere in the country — nay, in the world — says "Christmas is here" quite like Radio City Music Hall's annual "spectacular," and specifically, those smiling, high-kicking precision-dancing Rockettes.
Here, As the annual Radio City Christmas Spectacular kicks off once again in New York City, LIFE.com looks back at the Rockettes through the lens of one specific year — 1964 — and the lives of the company's dancers. Most of these pictures, by LIFE's Art Rickerby, were never published in LIFE magazine.
In the cover story for its December 11, 1964, issue (left), the magazine regaled its readers with behind-the-scenes tales of "The World's Most Famous Kick" and how the dancers themselves prepped for four shows a day, seven days a week, on one of the most famous stages in the world. The piece also focused on five young dancers who, out of the many, many hopefuls who auditioned in 1964, were talented and driven enough to make the grade:
Little girls [wrote LIFE] who grow up to be Rockettes are born and raised in places like Milford, Mass., and Niles, Ohio, and Erie, Pa., and they get thrust into dancing classes by their mamas when they are scarcely more than toddlers. As they grow older they hear about the great dance spectacle at the Radio City Music Hall and start to wonder if. . . .
The more enterprising ones write letters asking how one goes about becoming a Rockette. They get polite form replies listing the requirements: they must be high school graduates, between 5-feet 5-inches and 5-feet 8-inches tall, have good figures and be excellent performers in tap, ballet, modern jazz dance and high kicks.
(NOTE: According to Radio City's latest requirements, Rockettes "must be between 5' 6" and 5' 10.5" tall ... [and] must be proficient in jazz and tap.")
LIFE also offered glimpses, of course, into the creative force behind the dance numbers — namely, Russell Markert, the show's long-time director:
"Lean back [LIFE quotes Markert in rehearsal] as if you were saying, 'Hallelujah!' Got it? You, over there, put some blood in those arms. They look like weak fish. And you, the blonde, don't be afraid to stick out your butt and never mind twisting the backside — it throws you off. Don't you hear the beat? Here — I'll hum it for you."
Markert is a brisk and stern taskmaster, first demonstrating a new routine to his girls, then letting them try it, then throwing up his arms in dismay and flinging himself into the group to dance with them. [He] is a kindly man who clucks over his girls, and calls them "my dancing daughters" ... [If] anybody falters during a performance, even so slightly that the audience would never notice, he sinks into private pits of black despair."
Of the first-year Rockettes themselves who were featured in the issue — young women who hailed from small towns in Maine, Ohio, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania — LIFE wrote (utterly demystifying any notion that anyone might still harbor of the glamorous life a young dancer leads in the Big Apple):
Each more frightened than the other, they decided to join forces in a city that turned to be even more perilous than they had imagined. They paid $300 a month for a shabby two-room apartment in a run-down hotel — and nobody told them they were being overcharged. They were snapped at by waitresses and cabbies and pushed and shoved about in the subway. But four times a day they changed into spangles and feathers and make-up and danced before 6,200 patrons who had paid to see them.
All these years later, at least that part of the story remains unchanged. After all the hard work and hard knocks and sore muscles and self-doubts, the Rockettes head out on stage and there — eagerly waiting, happily anticipating — are thousands of men, women and (of course) children who have come from near and far to see them.
How many of us, after all, can say that about our jobs?


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5 Back to School tips for Moms
Summer is quickly coming to an end, which means it is almost time for your kids to go back to school. This can be an exciting and challenging time for a Mom. Here are some helpful tips to make the transition less stressful for you and your little ones.
1. Re-establish an Early Bedtime
During the last few weeks of summer ease your kids back into a routine. This is most likely going to be a challenge, but a healthy routine, including going to bed earlier, can help ease the transition into the new school year. This can help you avoid a battle on the first day of school when you have to wake your kids up bright and early.
2. Back to School Clothes and Supplies Shopping
The most exciting part for your children about a new school year is the back to school shopping! Go through your children's wardrobes and sort through what clothes they already have and make a list. This will help remind of what your child needs and what they already have. This can also help you make it easier when your child begs for that cool new jacket. Plan ahead so you can find the best deals in town. When you go shopping for school supplies don't forget your students classroom supply checklist to make sure they have everything they need for the first day of school. (more…)