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TIGI 50mg
TIGI is an antibiotic that is used to treat bacterial infections in the body. This injection is prescribed in abdominal and skin infections.
How it works?
This medicine works by killing the bacteria that cause infection.
Important information about Medicine
Tigecycline is used to treat bacterial infections in the body. This medicine is used to fight infections in the body such as pneumonia and skin infections.
Dosage information
TIGI is available in the form of an injection and needs to be administered by a health care provider. The initial dosage would be of 100mg and then the doctor would decide on the time interval in which the next subsequent dosage of 50 mg would be given to the patient.
Strengths available
TIGI is available in the strength of 50mg.
What if you miss a dose?
Take the missed dose as you as you remember. Consult your health care practitioner in case you have missed the dose as then he would decide when the next injection is to be given.
What if you overdose?
Although the chances of overdose are bleak, still one needs to consult ones doctor if this occurs. In case you notice any side effects such as swelling on the body, face or sever itching report these to the doctor immediately.
Things to be taken care of
TIGI falls in pregnancy category D, thus this injection should not be taken by pregnant ladies as it would cause harm to the baby. In case you are trying to conceive, notify your doctor about this before he administers this antibiotic on you. In case you are allergic to any antibiotic inform your doctor about this so that he or she could suggest you an alternate. Do not alter time of the dosage as it might disturb the entire schedule and take more time to provide you with complete relief from the infection and its symptoms. This injection might cause sun burn, try and avoid direct contact with the sun.
Side Effects
Like any other antibiotic, TIGI might also give you some side effects, these include:
In case, you notice any of these symptoms or feel uncomfortable at the area where the shot has been given seek immediately assistance from your doctor.
Interaction with other drugs
Constituents present in this antibiotic might react with other antibiotics and drugs such as demeclocycline, minocycline, doxycycline and tetracycline. In case, you are taking any medicine for liver or kidney diseases notify your doctor about this before you start taking TIGI.
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The municipality of Arundel is served by the Sûreté du Québec based in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, in accordance with an agreement between the Ministry of Public Security and the MRC des Laurentides in regards to the provision of police services by the Sûreté du Québec in the territory of the MRC des Laurentides.
In case of emergency, call 9-1-1 or *4141 ( for mobile phone ).
If you are a victim of nuisance outside the opening hours of municipal offices, contact the Police Department of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts at 911 or number here below. The police are able to enforce municipal by-laws regarding nuisances.
Press release:
- Press release 2018/05/09: Prévention embarcation
- Press release – 2018/01/31 – Prudence en motoneige
- Press release – 2018/01/29 – Signaler une activité illégale ou un crime en toute confiance
501 Léonard Street
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts (Québec) J8C 2Y5
Tel: (819)310-4141
General information: 819-326-3131
Schedule: Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Collect calls are accepted for residents of municipalities served by them.
Service point in Huberdeau
The service point in Huberdeau City Hall allows citizens from the western sector of the MRC des Laurentides (including Arundel) to meet a policeman. Do not hesitate to use this service point to avoid travel to the regional office of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts.
Fire Department
NEW Fire department
In place since January 1st, 2017, the Régie Incendie Nord Ouest Laurentides (RINOL) brings together the fire departments of the following 8 municipalities:
- Saint-Faustin-Lac-Carré
- Lac-Supérieur
- Montcalm
- Arundel
- Huberdeau
- Amherst
- La Minerve
- La Conception
Municipalities have retained ownership of existing buildings, but staff, equipment and vehicles are now under the direction of the new Board.
In case of fire, you must dial 9-1-1
Saint-Faustin-Lac-Carré (Québec) J0T 2J0
Phone : 819 717-4320
Fax : 819 717-4327
- Jean Lacroix, director, #2001 – email@example.com
- Mario Levert,Operations Division Manager, #2002 – email@example.com
- Caroline Champoux, Registry and Humand Resources Department, #200 – email@example.com
Press release:
- Press release – Spring-Summer 2018 – Spring cleaning: Be careful with fires!
- Press release – Residential prevention visit 2018
- Presse release – Winter & Spring 2018
- Press release – Winter 2018
Links to reference documents
Contract management
- Board of Directors, special meeting of August 20th, 2018
- Board of Directors, meeting of August 16th, 2018
- Board of Directors, special meeting of June 21st, 2018
- Board of Directors, special meeting of May 29th, 2018
- Board of Directors, meeting of May 17th, 2018
- Board of Directors, meeting of April 19th, 2018
- Board of Directors, meeting of March 15th, 2018
- Board of Directors, meeting of January 18th, 2018
- Board of Directors, meeting of November 27th, 2017
- Board of Directors, meeting of November 22nd, 2017
- Board of Directors, meeting of September 21st, 2017
- Board of Directors, meeting of August 17th, 2017
- Board of Directors, meeting of June 15th, 2017
- Board of Directors, meeting of May 18th, 2017
- Board of Directors, meeting of May 1st, 2017
- Board of Directors, meeting of March 16th, 2017
- Board of Directors, meeting of February 1st, 2017
- Board of Directors, meeting of January 19th, 2017
- Board of Directors, meeting of December 20th, 2016
- Board of Directors, meeting of November 22nd, 2016
- Board of Directors, meeting of October 26th, 2016
- Board of Directors, meeting of September 22nd, 2016
- Board of Directors, meeting of August 24th, 2016
- Board of Directors, meeting of July 13th, 2016
- Board of Directors, meeting of June 20th, 2016
Avis publics
- Public notices: Entry into force of By-law 008-2017 – Règlement en sécurité incendie de la RINOL
- Coming into force of By-law # 007-2017 amending By-law # 004-2016 to add an article on the delegation of powers
RINOL'S By-laws
- Rglement 009-2017 de tarification de la Régie incendie Nord Ouest Laurentides 2018-2019
- Règlement 008-2017 – Sécurité incendie de la RINOL
- Règlement 007 – Modifie le règlement 004 (ajout délégation)
- Règlement 006 – Former un comité de sélection
- Règlement 005 – Traitement des membres du conseil d'administration rinol
- Règlement 004 – Règles de contrôle et de suivi budgétaire
- Règlement 003 – Tarification
- Règlement 002 – Acquisition biens et emprunt
- Règlement 001 – Sécurité incendie de la RINOL
Municipal by-laws – Fire safety
First responders
First responders are designated individuals with specific training to intervene in emergency situations as determined in the intervention plan of the municipality of Arundel.
First responders are local residents who rotate on a schedule of availability to ensure that there is always an agent available to get to the scene of an incident. The first responder is, most of the time, the first person to arrive on the scene. His/her role is to accompany the victim until the arrival of regional or sub regional emergency services.
Service calls placed for first responders come from the Ambulance Dispatch Center (911)
The purpose for which a first responder service was established in our Village and region was to significantly reduce the time needed to provide primary care in emergencies.
Due to its rapid response, the first responder will assess the condition of the victim and stabilize him in order to prevent any deterioration of its vital conditions while awaiting the arrival of the ambulance or doctor.
The intervention of the first responder ends when the paramedical team is able to take over. However, it may happen that the first responder is asked to assist paramedics in certain situations.
Emergency preparations
In case of prolonged power outages, blizzards, rain and extreme wind or major accident/incident, it is important to be well prepared.
The fire department, municipal employees and first responders are part of the emergency measures committee.
A part of the preparations for emergencies is to educate people to take preventive measures necessary to ensure their well-being in the event of a situation that could disturb their daily lives.
You should undertake some preparations such as a plan in case of emergency, including an evacuation plan. You should be ready to take care of yourself and your family for a minimum of 72 HOURS.
To that end, you should prepare an EMERGENCY KIT containing most of the following items:
- Battery operated or crank radio with extra batteries
- Flashlights with spare batteries
- Sleeping bags or blankets (one blanket or one sleeping bag per person)
- Water for 3 days – a minimum of two liters of water per person per day
- Food for 3 days – such as ready-to-eat canned food, energy bars and dried foods
- Infant formula for nursing babies
- Manual can opener
- Portable stove and fuel (never use a barbecue indoors)
- First Aid Kit
- Candles and matches / lighters
- Bunch of keys for car and home
- Basic tools (hammer, pliers, fixed-aperture wrench, screwdrivers, work gloves, etc.)
- Whistle (to attract attention)
- A bit of cash in small bills and change for payphones
- Cell phone or phone with buttons / automatic in case of power outages.
- Important documents and personal identification
- Clothing and footwear (one spare)
- Prescribed drugs
- Toilet paper and other personal hygiene supplies
- Plastic garbage bags
- Extinguisher in good condition and smoke detectors
- Firewood
- Generator (especially for sump pumps)
- Plan for the specific needs of your family, such as extra provisions for:
- Babies and young children – diapers, etc.
- Children – some small toys, books, cards or games
- Seniors – required medicines
- Animals – dog food/cat shelter
- In your car prepare a small emergency kit
We can all benefit from being ready for emergencies. Consult the site www.preparez-vous.ca
Prevention and safety advice
Accidents involving hazardous materials
Drinking water contamination or shortage
In case of emergency, are you ready?
You are responsible for your safety
What should you do after heavy rains or floods?
Living in areas prone to landslides: take precautions in terms of land use


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Monday, August 01, 2005
On MBA hiatus
This ain't your run of the mill business school MBA. It's a school that within the Financial Times' 2005 Top 50 MBA. And it ain't no twinning distance program whore-university MBA, so I want to do it justice.
I fear mediocrity more than I fear death....................
Saturday, June 11, 2005
Potato post
Beer battered chips with sea salt.
Crunchy on the outside, soft in the inside.
The sea salt crystals formed a tasty crust on the outside.
Baaaaaad carbs. Baaaad.
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Tangy lime and pepper
I think I'm in love with these. It tastes like Thai green papaya salad with peppery zing.
I love it. I'm stocking up on these next time I drop by Woolworths.
They go really really well with a Lowenbrau.
OK. End of epicurean odyssey.
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Miss Universe
As soon as the 15 semi finalists were announced, I named my favourites to my husband who went hmmmph at each one of my favourites.
1. Miss Norway. Half Thai. Not really what you would call beautiful but what can I say- it's asian pride. She was graceful, friendly and confident.
2. Miss Indonesia. So classically beautiful, what amazing bone structure! She had a very classy "you can't touch me" kind of look. She looks like she could be an international model (think Paris), not just those B-grade models who only manage to make it in their own country.
3. Miss Latvia. STUNNING. What a barbie doll. Unbelieveably Claudia Schiffer-esque.
And Miss Malaysia.......geeez I have no words.
WHY do we keep picking these types of girls?
The chick needs to get her pale ass outdoors and get herself a healthy tan.
She also needs to stop jumping onto the straightened-hair bandwagon.
OK, my gripe about Miss Malaysia isn't just purely skin deep.
I'm sure she's probably a very smart girl, but it didn't really shine through.
Very very ordinary.
And Miss China looked like she belonged in a karaoke bar as one of those "Guest Relations Officers".......
We've had much better looking girls as Miss Malaysia.
Andrea Veronica Fonseka (2004) was a hot babe. She really copped a lot of shit from Malaysians who claimed she was fat. OK, she was a bit bigger than your average Miss Malaysia, but damn, she is SEXY.
And 5'11.
And she was interesting, athletic and had a lot of personality.
Imagine if the insipid-looking girl to her RIGHT had won instead!
A few of our ex Miss Malaysia's in this pic below.
Elaine Daly, Wong Sze Zen, Jamie Gooi, Tan Su Wei & Lina Teoh.
Lina Teoh is smart, articulate AND beautiful. You can see her confidence and maturity.
Tan Su Wei is quite quirky and interesting... and you can SEE her personality.
Elaine Daly is also outgoing and smart. Lots of sass in this chick!
I have no idea who Jamie Gooi is but she looks alright, too.
Wong Sze Zen. Someone tell me WTF she is doing in the same frame as the rest of these women?
If the winners in 2005 and 2004 are anything to go by, I'd say tanned, athletic women with healthy bodies is the new beauty ideal. Real girls. An asian version?
Miss Singapore 2005, Cheryl Tay?
Miss Japan 2005, Yukari Kuzuya? All 6ft (with no heels!) of her?
She's got personality plus-plus too, I reckon.
Check out her outfit for the evening gown! Coolness.
Say NO procelain princesses or barbie dolls!!!!
OK. Better stop the pic posting frenzy. Beginning to look like a bloke's page.
Monday, May 23, 2005
post from work
Helloooo 7 o'clock news, hellooo politicians!
Can't reveal too much more. ;P
Friday, May 20, 2005
Fry day
I was headhunted by an american firm. They are trying to rope me in as a project manager. Totally unrelated to architecture. I'll go for the interview next week and see how it goes.
Remember "H"? I blogged about this particular friend here and here.
Well, she finally spoke to me. It was cordial. I guess the frienship will never be the same again.
I don't like being around people who give out negative vibes for too long. Does that sound too hippie-ish? Well, kiss my flowerpower ass.
Revenge of The Sith rocked my world.
OK, yes I was there with my best friend, "Will", amidst the people who wore their Darth Vader masks throughout the movie.
I don't look anything like your average Science Fiction fan. Not even close.
But a sci-fi fan I am. (Yoda-speak)
I have ALL of Frank Herbert's Dune books and their offshoots.
My wanker banker husband is currently in the Hong Kong office of the first tier BigAssGlobalMerchantBank (definitely no names) he works in. We spoke on the phone earlier this week. He hates being there in that city, but since he was promoted, he feels the pressure to live up to those new expectations. We are SO alike when it comes to ambition.
Monday, May 16, 2005
Tempus Fugit
Where does all the time go?
What happened?
Sometimes time slaps you in the face to remind you that you made a promise to yourself now get your arse moving. Sometimes I don't know where I'm going but I have to get moving.
I don't feel that I have an easy life. I beg to differ. I think I have to live up to a lot.
Is it easy to to live your life relying on nepotism?
Is it easy to be in someone's shadow?
Got a new Isamu Noguchi light from Kezu.
I quit smoking a few months ago, but I really need a ciggie now.
Monday, May 09, 2005
Coffee vs. Tea
None of that skim decaf soy latte shit, please.
If you were in New York, would you drink coffee at Starbucks or would you go to Dean & Deluca?
A wog friend of mine says "Good coffee is only made by wogs." I tend to agree with this tabouleh brother.
The next time you see your friendly neighbourhood barrista, check out his eyebrows. Do they join in the middle? If they do, that is usually a good sign.
Bankstown in Sydney has a sizeable muslim community. Faroukh el Bahsa's is famous for their baklava, but they also have the best coffee.
It'll make your eyeballs bug out. Heh.
But when in Malaysia, do drink that fabulous teh tarik.
It's wonderful stuff. It's honest and unpretentious.
Anyone who says they love the coffee at those ice blended, frothed, whipped creamed , cocoa dusted concoction joints are posseurs who like just hanging out at there with your crew. It's good if you can admit to that. Nothing wrong with that.
Don't tell me anyone prefers to study at a noisy place where you have to be quasi trendy with one or two ice blendeds instead of a quiet environment where you can maximise your concentration? Ah. I MUST be getting old. Or very pragmatic. Or spaced out.
The theory on why people drink coffee (supposedly bad for you) instead of tea (supposedly good for you) is presumably the same theory why women go for bad, dangerous boys.
Hey Mom, why didn't you warn me?
'Cause about boys there's something I should have known,
They're like chocolate cake, like cigarettes,
I know they're bad for me but I just can't leave 'em alone.
Lyrics from Bachelor Girl's "Buses & Trains".
Thursday, May 05, 2005
Back at work and dinner/breakfast in Balmain/Cabramatta with friends
Shuttling to and from the office, home and grad school in the last few days. Not in that order. Again, I feel that I've taken on too much but I'm determined to get through it. I haven't got to where I am by being easily fazed by obstacles.
Use it before you lose it.
Right then, down to business:
Comfort food differs in definition for everyone.
What gets you nostalgic and comfortable?
A combination of a good bottle of vino, some seafood and conversation with good friends at Balmain. Balmain is to Sydney what Notting Hill is to London. Know what I mean?
My meal. These are not giant prawns, they're actually called Balmain bugs. They're a combination between a lobster and a prawn. I could not finish this, but managed to finish the damn bugs. I love eating them bugs. I love it more than I love saying "I eat bugs".
Another meal was on a jaunt to Cabramatta with my two favourite gay white men (if looks could kill I'd be dead by now. Why? Read on....). Cabramatta is in the outskirts of Sydney and well known for its 80% Vietnamese population and also for its violent gang wars.
And when in Rome....... we had Pho of course.
No woman should leave her pho unattended. Shame on me.
No fighting over the chilli when I'm out with this lot.
More for me! Yay!
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Phantom self
It's as if your workload suddenly doubles. As long as your desk is there, you're there.
Curse all this this correspondence.
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Real estate hunt
When I got back to Sydney, the first thing we did was a spot of house hunting.
Not for a new place to live, but for an investment property.
We parked the car and went around on foot and doing the real estate rounds in Mosman.
On the hunt for capital gains!
I feel a Duran Duran quote coming on.
"Burning the ground, I break from the crowd
I'm on the hunt, I'm after you
I smell like I sound, I'm lost and I'm found
And I'm hungry like the wolf"
Just like typical Sydneysiders, we're hydrophilic and we NEED to be near water and have views of water. The properties we're looking at are a few streets away from boutique giftshops, lifestyle shops and patisseries.
And I'm so happy to say there's very good coffee to be found here. None of that Starbucks cat's piss. But at AUD3.20 per pop (inclusive of the ever present Aussie GST), it better be good.
A decent Sydney property with at least 3 bedrooms in a suburb that's nowhere near water, hills, cafes/shopping or train line will still cost you around AUD 650-800K. It's craziness.
In Mosman, you're looking at a teeth-gnashing AUD 650K-800K for a ONE bedroom apartment. And for houses..... it's around 3 million for an old one storey brick home.
*Sigh. Welcome back to Sydney, Implosion*
Monday, April 18, 2005
Back in Sydney again
It was dry and uninteresting. A bit like airline food, actually.
I didn't get to see my parents during this trip because they were out of the country.
Not really worth blogging about. I finished a book in 8 hours.
Yes. I read this. And found it absolutely riveting.
So call me a freak.
I did find the time to have the dinner I blogged about with my group of friends from the 50490 'hood. We talked about what I blogged about.
Some of us got emotional. And some of them/us share Orked's taste.
*Get yer sugar here, ladies*
And YES, it was exactly as I predicted. Takut bini- WaWa and Mr. UnitedNations left early. They obviously don't read blogs. Bwahahaha.
The Hurdler was having a soiree at her parents' home in Pantai Hills (damn that brings back memories. Back then, her "soirees" came complete with a DJ and strobe lights. Heh.) and the people there were what I would call Malaysian Eurotrash. Heavy emphasis on the "trash".
Now- what do I want to say about these people? They're OK actually. I judge people by their looks more often than I like to admit. I don't think I made any lifelong friends, but they were nice people.
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
DIY weekend
My husband and I went to Domayne, (To put it bluntly, it ain't no IKEA, mmmm-kay? IKEA it ain't. Best not be too nasty- I know some people in Malaysia think IKEA is bees-knees designer chic.) on the weekend for a full day of shopping.
We bought stuff. I mean lots of STUFF.
I saw the Genie Lamp loveseat I'd always wanted, but hubby talked me out of it. Phew! That was close!
We stopped only to eat and load up on those good little vitamins in those fruit smoothies.
We're satisfied little consumers now.
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Name Your Illusion part 2
She's the woman who swans around in a fantasy that she's living the life of the rich and famous. The one who hasn't accepted that she hasn't got her daddy's money to spend anymore.
Both she and her boyfriend made me very cross and disappointed recently.
They've started badmouthing "S", a common friend who, despite having an average job, is still living in relative luxury because she is still supported by her tycoon daddy. "S" is a really nice girl. She works hard at her job, she has never been the type to show off, unlike "H".
What do they say?
- "She'll never make it in her job because she's never had to go through any hardship in her life!"
Not true. She's slowly been given more and more responsibilities probably because she's a really hard worker, despite being paid an average salary.
- "She's 30 and doesn't have a boyfriend because there isn't a man out there who isn't intimidated by her being such a high maintainence girl."
Not true. She's recently found herself a banker boyfriend (A first tier bank, not just any second or third tier bank.) of the same caliber as my husband. Well done, girl!!!
- "She looks so plain she could pass for a lesbian."
ROFLMAO... well, yeah she does a bit.....but a cute short haired lipstick lesbian, not a butch dyke type. But she wears Prada type of plain clothes, mmmm-kay?This isn't the only person whom "H" and her boyfriend spend their time criticising, but I think that this is the person who least deserves their vitriol, because this person has never said a mean thing in return.
They're unhappy with their own lives so they put other people down to make themselves feel better. He is still overworked and underpaid in his back-office job, hating it but not quitting because they have a lifestyle to upkeep. She still hasn't found a job yet, she still spends her days being Martha Stewart, having dinner parties and doing lunch.
Instead of putting that negative energy into bettering themselves, they do nothing and sit back, watch and wait for other people's failures so that they feel better.
I think I told them so, in not so many words.
I haven't heard from "H" since. I value her friendship.
I want to call her and explain why I said what I said... I think I'll let things cool off for a bit.
Monday, March 28, 2005
At last- finally
(I don't give a rats' ass the holidays are for, I'm just glad to have a holiday.)
My mum kindly brought a particular DVD over for me. Finally!
Sepet reminds me of every relationship I ever had with someone of another race.
Most of all, it reminds me of the days we spent in KL just before we left to further our studies overseas.
My friends in KL back then were/ are just like me, offspring of VIPs, they went to CBN, TKC, VI, SJI, MCKK, RMC, ISKL etc. (Having fun going nuts on the abbreviations here. It's one of those cheap thrills I live for.) They lived in the 50490 vicinity or in the neighbouring suburbs. Amongst the people in that group was/is a good friend of my ex, that friend is a fellow SJIer who was in a boy band in the late 80's and is now married to a successful local jazz songstress. Another person in that group is a socialite grand daughter of a previous agong, whose brother was........ OKlah, so it's a tangled web we weave.
Now that I've actually seen the movie, I can't say any of them are anything like the characters in Sepet.
Some of us ended the relationship with the person from a different race. Three of my friends claimed that the person was the one big love of their life with whom they had the most amazing sex. They lost their best friend and ended up marrying/ settling for someone of their own race.
And some stories do have a happy ending.
Some of us married that person from a different race.
I resolve to organise a get-together with my old friends (no spouses allowed) when I get time off on my upcoming trip next month and I want to ask the friends in question why they did that. My husband's friends in Malaysia are very different from mine. None of them have ever been with anyone outside their race.
My friends love a good long meaningful discussion session that lasts late into the night. Some guys in the group will usually leave early. (They know who they are.)
Methinks it's a toss up between takut intimacy and takut bini. Heh.
Thursday, March 17, 2005
It ain't the size of your axe, it's how you play your riff, baby.
Look at how sexy this looks. How could you not?
OK, so it's John Taylor from Duran Duran.
Axe or no axe, I'll take him any day.
I used to errr.... date a guy (when I was in university) who was soooOOooo good with his fender stratocaster.
He played in a rock band at night and was an engineering student by day.
He was no white boy and he could goreng until the cows came home.
He could play any guitar riff that I asked just to get some. Heh.
"Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns n Roses would work every single time.
(Hey, this was the early 90's. Gimmie a break, OK?)
There's nothing like the sight of a hot looking man and his hot looking guitar playing a er, hot guitar riff.
When I asked him to play any song on U2's Achtung Baby, he said "Pfffthppth... no challenge." Then he proceeded to show me the finger maneuver that The Edge created for U2's sound. Not the guitar god I thought he was.
Phew, damn- is it getting hot in here?
*Implosions fans herself*
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Cityscapes part 1
I like to think that I shape cities in my masterplans. They get built and become reality.
That's just the megalomaniac I am. Armistad Maupin wrote Tales of The City as if San Francisco could be embodied in the personalities of his whacked out characters.
There are pockets of urban spaces I call home within my city.
An apocalyptic sky over Darling Harbour.
Taken on the Western Distributor flyover heading towards the Harbour Bridge.
Clovelly Beach on a Sunday morning. People here are a mix of bohemians and the bourgeoisie. Everyone leaves their things on the concrete and forgets about it for an hour or so while they have a swim'n'bake. When they come back, it's always there. There's a good sense of community here.
Neil Gaiman spun a wonderful urban tale in his one of his Sandman graphic novels, World's End.
In it, a generic unamed city dweller finds himself lost in an unamed generic city.
He bumps into a generic old man on a generic street who says this:
"Each city is a collection of lives and buildings and it has its own personality.
So, if a city has a personality, maybe it also has a soul. Maybe it dreams."
End of intellectual wankery.
Back to the intellectual MBA books sans wankery. (i.e: not very much fun at all)
Friday, March 11, 2005
Australia, the highest taxing country in the world
OooooooOOOOoooooo. We choked on our coffee and put down the paper and listened and yelled profanity at the politician who looks like a used car salesman, Joe Hockey for saying that "We have to collect taxes if you want free healthcare, education....."
"FREE????? Free??????? Don't tell me he said FREEEE??" Hubby had to restrain me.
FREE healthcare? Noooo. I don't think so. The amount of money you can claim back from an average doctor's visit is set at AUD$20. That will cover half of the bill. You're not allowed to claim for medicine unless ONE item exceeds AUD$25. And on top of that, if your income exceeds a certain threshold, you are slugged with a levy when tax time comes.
FREE education? Nooooo. I don't think so. These days, the average Australian university student has to shell out more and more to pay for their education. I have said my piece on this piece in my last blog entry.
Everyone I know votes Labor. I vote Labor.
Why the hell is that little snivelling lying rat John Howard and his Liberal cronies still in power?
My theory is that there is no Labor leader charismatic enough for the job.
Bob Hawke was the most popular PM of all time.
He held a record in his old university for drinking the most beer in the shortest amount of time. When Australia won the America's Cup, he was absolutely pissed off his face when he announced on national TV, "Anyone who sacks a bloke because he doesn't turn up for work today is a bum".
Interest rates went up as high as 17% while he was PM. Believe it!
These days, we're not so easily convinced.
We need an articulate, intelligent, rational man to lead this very naive country.
I think Kevin Rudd is one of the best men for the job. He is compelling, he rarely makes excuses, he does never patronises voters or Australia's Asian neighbours . He spent many years working as a diplomat in Beijing, where he learned to speak mandarin.
Bob Carr, the Premier of New South Wales, is an amazing leader. He is very Asian in his approach to business. And how I'd best describe him is that he is a man after my own heart- pure capitalist scum. He is married to a Malaysian chindian woman.
WHY am I going on and on about the Australian economy and its relations with Asia these past few weeks?
It's to do with an International Trade assignment. My husband did the same unit when he was doing his undergraduate degree. Pfffah. Should be a breeze, but I'm really getting my teeth into the topic, so excuse my ranting ass.
Thursday, March 03, 2005
The Tall Poppy Syndrome and Australian Malaysians.
Parochial. That word has been used many times to describe Australians.
Australian society is very egalitarian by nature- very working class, perhaps due to its convict roots.
There is the very common and popular notion of "having a fair go". Italians, Greeks, Chinese, Japanese, Indian etc. immigrants come to this country in the hope that they would all get an opportunity to get a slice of the pie.
And here, The Tall Poppy Syndrome is everywhere..... there is a prevalent attitude that "the goverment will take care of us": your pension, your healthcare, your unemployment benefits. Enter the immigrants, who are used to working hard for their money, who are quite er, more business savvy and better at saving money. Of course they're gonna get ahead.
And lots of people are unhappy.
So we asians know to tread carefully amidst their insecurity.
But business goes on as usual, Asians are also literally buying over Australia.
- Malaysian billionaire Robert Kuok owns a controlling share in Newscorp, Rupert Murdoch's listed company with one of the most expensive share prices in the Australian stock exchange.
- The Malaysian Sunway Group Wonderland theme park.
- Singapore's property giant, Capitaland owns Australand.
- Singapore government's extremely rich GIC owns those Sydney icons, The Queen Victoria Building and Galleries Victoria. They also own the hotel component of No. 1 Martin Place.
- Singtel owns Optus (2nd largest telecom company in Australia). Optus is the 2nd largest because the 1st largest, Telstra, is not fully privatised yet!
Your average Australian finance guy in a 2nd or 3rd tier bank like Westpac would not know this. Not unless he was Macquarie Bank or Deustche Bank material.
And I'm only mentioning a FEW companies and ONLY Sydney properties.
How do you think Australians would react to a company that was asian run and obviously asian owned? If I were an asian investor looking to make $$$ here in Australia, I would set up my company structure in such a way that it has a local CEO and a local board of directors. That is the business model that would work over here.
Do things the Australian way, and make all the damned $$$ I can.
(damn I'm capitalist scum)
So you see, accepting Asian money is not hard for the Australian government.
They'll take in Asian money when this tiny cinderella economy needs it.
Did you know Australia's foreign debt is now AUD$422 billion?
However, accepting Asian immigrants is really really hard for them.
The Migration laws in Australia have toughened up a whole lot since the 80's. You have to be in a profession that the Australian government considers useful to the economy. You have also had to have graduated from an Australian tertiary institution. In as much as there has been a brain drain in Malaysia, there is a brain drain in Australia, too. Young Aussies leave for the UK and the USA all the bloody time.
They do it all the time in their whore universities who accept asian students without an acceptable command of english, who therefore write essays in gibberish, as long as they pay the full fee, which is much higher than what the Australian students have to pay. Although, in all fairness I have to say that the Howard government has been closing that gap between Australian students' and International students' university fees. The evidence is in the annual riots mostly by Australian students, of course, that ensue after EVERY year's announcement that the universities are raising the fees. So, they vent. They burn their papier-mache John Howards. They get on the 7 o'clock news. They get arrested.
Ho-hum. Life goes on. The fees get higher.
They pay their fees. They owe money.
BUT they still spend big to upkeep their precious lifestyle. Gotta have that beer, gotta have that V8, gotta have that Australian dream that they all have a right to......
Although, overall, this country has been good to me in terms of friends, my career, etc.
But that's because I have to walk the walk and talk the talk, you know what I mean?
(I can drink beer like a fish. I have a lewd sense of humour.)
You have to if you want to get ahead over here.
Am I a sell out? Am I a loser? I don't think so.
I am zooming far, far ahead in the career stakes compared to those who don't want to drink with the directors, those who don't share the slang or get the same types of jokes.
So what has this got to do with Malaysia?
Malaysians are always complaining about the system.
All I'm saying is that the system is there. Make it work for you.
*Implosion steps down from soapbox*
Ahem. Thank you.
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Malaysian movies, the Oscars & Top 10 lists
Sepet. Word is that this movie hyped up some issues in Malaysia that need hyping up. I read this Malaysian blogger, TV Smith's review of the movie.
Then I went to its director's blog.
And now I HAVE to find a way to see it. This is the first gem amongst the common local fare (mostly lightweight fluff that those singer/actress/model types love to star in) but the narrative behind it all is interesting. Its social commentary, its subject matter. It's skillful storytelling that's so powerful it doesn't need to be propped up with a huge budget. I think this is the kind of movie which will remind us of many intangible familiarities in the Malaysian experience.
BUT: I don't think Orked, the lead character in Sepet is the only malay girl around who lusts after Takeshi Kaneshiro, OK? That's just IMHO.
The only foreign asian movie in Sydney's cinemas right now is House of Flying Daggers. I love well designed epics, masterful framing and landscape eye candy but I fully blame that on my profession. And Takeshi is in this movie as well, ladies!
The Oscars is on TV tonight!
I don't know whether it's live or a delayed telecast by a few hours.
I love looking at the dresses. The best friend and I will be giving a running commentary (to each other) on what people are wearing.
We know who gives good frock and who doesn't!
Grace's pick:
Kate Beckinsale.
Will's pick:
Nicole Kidman.
We both wish we were Joan Rivers.
Have you ever felt like you wanted to be tansported away from where you are right now?
My little way of escaping, well, besides writing in this little corner of cyberspace, is inventing a list for the things I want. They eventually turn out to be mixture of things that I already own/travelled/experienced. Then I realise that my life isn't so bad after all. It's a way you remind yourself that the glass is half full.
I LOVE lists.
Top 10 holiday destinations (travelled and yet to travel) David Letterman, eat your heart out.
1. TASHKENT, UZBEK- I'm fascinated- what can I say? Doing that soon.
2. MIAMI, USA- I love this kitsch sun drenched city in shades of pastels. Been there. Done that.
3. BALI, INDO- It's an Aussie thing.
4. QUEENSTOWN, NZ- Of course. The skiing is to die for. Been there. Done that.
5. NEW YORK, USA- I want to do 2 sides of NYC- I want to be in Manhattan and go to the Hamptons. Then I want to be in New Jersey and go to Rockaway Beach. Doing that soon.
6. TOKYO, JAP- Need I say more? The pseudo-Jap in me leaps out of my skin. I love how the aesthetics of every single thing is geared towards harmony. Been there. Done that.
7. ISTANBUL, TUR- This is one city maze I want to spend hours exploring. Doing that soon.
8. LONDON, UK- I love how I feel like I've lived there all my life when I'm there. Been there. Done that.
9. PETRA, JORDAN- The sight of the ruins take my breath away whenever I see it. Doing that soon.
10. DUBLIN, IRELAND- Drink some guinness (bleeehhh) and listen to bands playing in pubs over there. Find out why so many amazing musicians come from this country. Doing that soon.
Too many things. Too little time in this lifetime.
Will & Grace
I'm "Grace". Only shorter, asian and just as boney-assed.
My best friend is "Will". Only blonde and 100x bitchier.
I'm serious.
But tonight is Will & Grace night, my wanker banker husband is out at a company function with other wanker bankers. So I'm here at home in my Bonds couture and an extra large strawberry dream smoothie from my neighbourhood Pulp juice bar.
I don't feel very MBA-ish tonight so I'll put the books aside until after Will & Grace.
Everyone has a sitcom that they relate to.
If I know anyone that says they relate to Friends, come here darling and please let me pull your fingernails out one by one.
Monday, February 21, 2005
Name your illusion
She went through a rough patch in her life when I got to know her. She's got a heart of gold but she's also got what you and I would consider expensive taste. She has a rich daddy, but is now on her own trying to sink or swim. Her Daddy has retired and sold off his business to pay off some debts. She lives with her longtime boyfriend, a chubby, nerdy, quiet, insecure guy. A techie type. He's all rough edges, which is fine, but he wants to be smooth and thinks he is smooth. There ain't nothing smooth about him.
I was at their expensive RENTED apartment recently BUT they have no couch, no car BUT they have a Sony flat screen TV BUT it sits on its cardboard box. She carries her LV and Prada bag everywhere and criticizes me when I prefer to carry my brandless (Esprit is not really branded is it) soft leather bag instead.
I know her man earns exactly half of what I earn, yet he wants to act like a big shot. He wants to pay for our dinners and our lunches together. Which is fine, but why not split the bill?
She just quit her customer service job recently. And it was a shitty job. The kind you have to wear a uniform for. And she's a lady of leisure these days, meeting us, her friends who work hard for what we have, in the city for lunch. She's still under the illusion that she's a Stepford Wife.
I want to open my mouth and tell her to wake up and smell the cafe latte but I don't think it makes a jot of difference to people like her.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Valentine's Day. Bah Humbug.
I came home from work early. Made dinner.
He came home from work. Went online.
We ate dinner.
He watched TV.
I studied.
Went to sleep.
Friday, February 11, 2005
The Great Debate
I'm pretty out-of-it, actually- walking around like a zombie.
I've been following an unfolding saga on the internet lately.
It's snowballed into something bigger than blogs. *Gasp* Is that possible? What could possibly be bigger than blogs?
What sparked it off was this post from The Malay Male.
Now I've generally found this guy to be a breath of fresh air amongst Malaysian bloggers.
Another respected Malaysian blogger, TVSmith, wrote a response here.
Suffice to say that many in the blogging community hold this guy in high regard.
That above post incensed a mild mannered bike riding blogger so much that he wrote this.
OoooooooOOOooooooOOOooo, I said to myself. People are getting emotional here!
That in turn, provoked another blogger to provide some perspective to the situation.
And so the Drama Minggu Ini continues.......
Call me a voyeur, a ke-poh-chee, a soap opera fan.....
This is the thing I've found about anything at all in Malaysia. Everything is so race-specific. Yes, I know this is the legacy of our colonial past. Malaysians keep it well hidden, but there is racial tension in the air. That's the first thing I notice everytime I land in KLIA, actually. Not the smog, not the humidity, but the racial tension. My Malaysian passport identifies my race. So does my birth certificate. So does any Malaysian application form. It is this that decides whether I am entitled to a scholarship, loan, job, shares, land, contracts etc etc.
Given all these seething underlying issues, how do Malaysians actually find a forum to discuss these issues?
There's the problem right there. Other than the internet, there isn't much of an outlet for these frustrations we all experience every now and then. On top of all that, such discussion of racial issues are frowned upon by the Malaysian government, ever fearful of another 13th May 1969 riot. ("Riot" is putting it mildly. According to this certain someone whom I know, who was in Universiti Malaya at the time of the riots, there were people killing each other on the streets. Heads lopped off with "parangs" i.e. very big knives. As I recall, thousands of Chinese Malaysians started migrating to Australia, in their highest numbers in the 70's and 80's.)
What happens when open communication and criticism is taboo? We end up not understanding each other very well. So we're all human. We form lots of stereotypes of each other.
And before anyone starts to get all defensive about these stereotypes, I believe these behaviour patterns that the abovementioned gentlemen were talking about DO exist. We all have a little bit or a lot of these qualities in us, whatever race we are. It's important to remember that the personification of each race is like a cartoon character in a political satire. (Datuk Lat has perfected the art of gentle criticism.)
I guess, according to the stereotype, I CAN'T possibly be malay, right?
Let's all be open minded and listen when people speak.
Monday, January 17, 2005
On holidays. Two weeks left.
Until then, watch out. Party animal on the loose.


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Can we just take a minute to jam on my subpar brownie cutting abilities. I know presentation is everything, especially in blogging, but I like to think you come here for the stories, too.
I was reading one of those Buzzfed things about musicians and celebrities who were banned from SNL. Turns out Frank Zappa was banned from the show because of something called "mugging" (I don't actually know what that means) and also because he was adamantly against drug use. I guess the cast of SNL, at the time, took a different stance. No judgment, I just think Frank Zappa might be the most interesting person in the world.
Listen to him speak to it for a second, somewhat profanely, but not too outrageously, mostly to make a point.
See what I'm saying, interesting. I mean being a musician in his time was a lot about using, but I just think it's brave to take a different stance. To do what you feel instead of what you see everyone else doing, even if it ends up futile, which it won't. I mean can you imagine how many kids went to see The Mothers of Invention, what was, at it's time one of the wildest bands out there, thinking that if they wanted to be like Zappa they'd have to stay clean. I think there's some magic in having that kind of influence over young people and using it to promote organic creativity. The idea that this wild spirit that moves him to perform, and write, and make music just lives inside him, without needing any provocation. I think there's beauty in that.
Like I said, I think it's brave. Let's all burn some bridges in our own careers and go way against the grain. No? Okay, maybe I'm getting carried away, but I'm definitely going to work on getting more conviction in my life. For what? Not sure, but this is happening.
Aside from designating Frank Zappa as my official guru, I also made brownies. I used the recipe from Domestic Fits. I added a bit of blood orange zest to make them orange flavored brownies.
Here's what you'll need:
- 3/4 cup of cocoa powder
- 1 /14 cups of sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon orange zest - I used a blood (Moro) orange
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter - melted
- 2 large eggs
- 1/3 cup of flour
- Pre-heat oven to 325°
- Mix up cocoa powder, sugar, vanilla, salt and butter. It should look really grainy and make sure it's all one color and constancy.
- Mix in eggs and orange zest.
- Sift in flour.
- Grease a 9 x 9 pan, before adding batter.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes on middle rack.


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Our little piece of the Earth is exceedingly dry right now. We are cut back to irrigating one day a week. If we get too greedy, it spoils things for others as well as our own well being.
Every year, Earth Day falls on the 22nd day of April. Unlike Arbor Day, which has a set calendar calculation, Florida's Arbor Day is the third Friday in January, while our National Arbor Day is the last Friday in April. We have another week before we can plant a tree for National Arbor Day.
Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of our modern environmental movement. In 1970, 47 years ago, the word "environmental" entered our vocabulary. Remem-ber the '70s? Counter-culture and hippies reigned. We became, or were made aware of our surroundings. The Vietnam War raged, we were slurping leaded gas in our massive V8 sedans, industry belched out loaded smoke because air pollution was not a bad word then and it was the smell of prosperity. Back in 1962, Rachel Carson wrote a New York Times best seller book, "Silent Spring," that slowly seeped into our sensibilities; our concern for living organisms, our environment and their effects on our health were awaken.
In 1969, a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California, and its consequences alerted U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson, from Wisconsin, that something needed to be done for our environment. Inspired by the student anti-war movement, he felt using that kind of energy could help raise the public's involvement. His idea was to have a "national teach-in on environment." Denis Hayes, from Harvard, was chosen to be the national coordinator with a national staff of 85 people to promote these ideas across our nation. April 22 was the date chosen because it was in between Spring Break and final exams.
On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks and auditoriums, demonstrating in massive rallies for a healthy, sustainable environment. Thousands of colleges and universities organized against the deterioration of the environment. Individual groups that had their own specific causes, united under this one big cause, Earth Day's phenomena were their shared common values. Environmental entered our vocabulary. The United States EPA and the passage of the Clean Air Act were formed by the year's end.
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Over a billion people yearly use Earth Day as a day of action, challenging human behavior to provide policy changes for the betterment of mankind.
It is a continual fight for a clean environment, as the ravages of climate change appear. 2020 will mark its 50 anniversary. The next three years will find a push for more global collaboration. Earth Days 2016 theme was "Trees for the Earth." That year they set their goal for planting 7.8 billion trees - one for every person on this planet by Earth Day 2020.
This year's theme is "Environmental and Climate Literacy," believing that before we can solve the issues facing us in the 21st century, there must be built a global group of knowledgeable people professing the true environmental science fluent in local and global ecological issues. School toolkits are available for schools, colleges and community groups across the world for future events. Visit Earth Day Educator's Network.
I fear for our National EPA and Clean Air Act in this new political era. Now is the time to stand firm with our conscious guiding us. There is too much to lose. We have come so far with new challenges facing us daily. Are we complacent, tired or uncaring? I hope not. Being eco-friendly not only saves lives, but makes living easier.
The good news is - we have two excuses to plant trees this week, Earth Day Saturday and National Arbor Day next Friday. Let's not forget to hug a tree and thank them for their future provisions, giving us oxygen, cleaning out the carbon dioxide, shade and cooling in the heat, food if fruit or nuts, lumber for building shelters and homes, aesthetic surroundings as in Forest Bathing, soothing our souls.
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Happy International Women's Day!
Today," is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future" (Source: http://www.internationalwomensday.com/).
Kathrine Switzer the original Marathon Woman is a strong role model for women in athletics no matter what age and for women everywhere . Katharine Switzer is know for pushing the rules at the 1967 Boston Marathon to become the first ever female finisher of the race. She was even challenged on the course by a race official who was determined to keep the race an all-male event. She finished the race and has gone on to be a strong voice for women in athletics everywhere and was responsible for pushing to have the Boston Marathon officially allow women entrants in 1972. Switzer was also the creator of the first women's only road race. By breaking through gender barriers and challenging the limits of women in athletics Kathrine Switzer is the biggest reason that I am able to run in the Boston Marathon and her perseverance and drive is something that has inspired women to go after their dreams and to accomplish goals that were once seen as something that only males could do!
I hugely grateful for having had the opportunity to meet Kathrine Switzer at the Boston Marathon last year. She makes every dream seem possible!
Who are some of your female inspirations? Take time today to thank them for how they inspire you and celebrate women everywhere!
Here are some female bloggers who inspire me every day to get out and run and to shoot for the moon:
- NYCRunningMama
- Run Far Girl
- Happy Fit Mama
- Run to the Finish
- Run Strong No Regrets
- Run Wiki
- Carla Birnberg
- Miss Zippy
- Running Escapades
- Mommy Run Fast
- Runninghood
- The Happy Runner
- Ask Lauren Fleshman
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Thank you so much for the inclusion!!! That's quite an honor!! I didn't even know about this day, love it!
Amanda – RunToTheFinish recently posted…Do your best, forget the rest
I love that you did this – I am looking for new running blogs to check out as I an a new runner – also, how cool that you got a picture with Katherine!! She's pretty inspiring!!


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– Aphorisms – Letter M –
An alphabetically arranged collection of common and not-so-common Aphorisms in English. Many Aphorisms (commonly referred to as known as "Sayings") have slightly different forms and interpretations, depending on region, back-ground, and who is saying them, the ones here are listed in the most commonly used forms or where added by request.
- "All Things In Moderation" – This Aphorism can also be classified as an Interjection, a Proverb, or a Saying, which is used as advice to imply that: One should never over-do anything. That those things which are not considered "bad", when over-done, can become harmful, and that even those things which are often considered "bad" for us, aren't so "bad" in moderate quantities. – Read Full Post Here
- "Don't Bite Off More Than You Can Chew" – This Idiomatic Aphorism can also be classified as an Interjection, a Proverb, and a Saying – and can be turned into a Phrasal Verb which implies that… There is only a certain amount that one person can "chew", and if one tries to "bite off" more than he or she can "chew", he or she will end up in a difficult situation and/or will end up wasting (whatever it is he or she is chewing) – Idiomatically, it is used to give the advice that:
"One should not accept or take on more than he or she has the capacity and ability to handle at any given moment in time, or in any specific situation"…
If this advice is not heeded, the outcome may not be terrible, but it certainly will not be optimal. – Read the Full Post Here
- "Haste Makes Waste" – This is an Aphorism which can also be classified as an Interjection, a Proverb, and a Saying and it used to express that: If one does something quickly (in "Haste"), and without caring how well he or she does it (usually because he or she don't enjoy doing it, or just wants to finish as quickly as possible), then that person will usually end-up with an un-satisfactory result or, will have to re-do "it"… This ultimately means that one will have "wasted" even more time and energy (by having to do it again), than if that person would have "taken his or her time" to do it correctly the first time. – (In trying to find a video about saying, I came across This One, which has a HORRIBLE description of the phrase! First of all, because it is not an Idiom at all! It means exactly what it says. BUT, because the speaker goes SO fast that it is almost impossible to understand anything of what he is saying it is actually a perfect EXAMPLE of the phrase rather than a description of it. The speaker was acting in such "Haste", that the video was almost completely… "A Waste" 😀 – (See Also: "Act In Haste, Repent At Leisure" Above)
- "Practice Makes Perfect" – This common Aphorism can also be classified as an Interjection, a Proverb, and a Saying. It is very often used as an Interjection when someone makes a mistake or does something "imperfectly", and is said as a remind that person should not to be concerned about it; that he or she only needs to "practice" more and then "perfection" can/may be obtained.
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56-Year-Old Man Out Walking His Dog Is Shot To Death On 42nd Street and 7th Avenue/
Every evening Larise Smith would take his Lacasapoo dog Toby out for a five-block walk from his home on 3rd Avenue near 42nd Street where he lived for 50 years. Monday on that walk, the 56-year-old man, security guard at a Beverly Hills private school, stopped to chat with a couple of ladies near 7th Avenue when a man approached him and asked a variant of that deadly question "Where you from?' .
A witness said the man actually said "What set are you from?", then produced a handgun and shot Smith in the head. The shooter fled on foot south on 7th Avenue.
Los Angeles Fire Department Rescue Ambulance 34 responded and transported Smith to California Hospital Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries.
At the shooting site Tuesday morning, stunned friends and relatives placed candles around a tree where Smith was shot. Among the loved ones was Larise's nephew, Anthony Smith.
"My uncle was a good, quiet guy who never bothered anyone and loved his dogs and his garden," said Smith, adding that his uncle had one daughter who lives in Georgia.
Larise Smith, who turned 56 two weeks ago, took care of his father who passed away in March.
Anyone with information on the killing can call LAPD Criminal Gang Homicide Division at (213) 485-4341


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About American Home Maintenance Service & Repairs LLC
Who We Are
American Home Maintenance is completely dedicated to customer satifisfaction for each and every job. We provide our clients with professional, unique, luxury contracting services and exhibit the core of our values.
Honesty, Respect, & Commitment.
First and foremost with as should be with any job, honesty is important. American Home Maintenance Service & Repairs is more concerned with your trust than anything. Luxury can manifest itself in your project in a multitude of ways, and communicating artistic design for your home or business is important. We believe a part of honesty is setting realistic expectations and deadlines, professionalism in our work and communicating effectively what we are capable of doing, and then executing your plans without a hitch. We respect every project and the contractor or homeowner overseeing it, our team members, as well as yours. We will do our best to stay out of your way and exceed expectations along every step of the way. Our commitment to perfection means that unless the job looks pristine, we're not finished with it. We have a special knack for attention to detail, and if your plans change along the way, we'll adapt with those changes.
American Home Maintenance brings a new life to general contracting in the North Shore of Illinois. Unlike a great many contractors based out of Chicago, we're based out of Northbrook and Glenview, which means we don't have to fight traffic to get to your project, or charge for mileage on our jobs. What makes us unique is that we can handle any portion of the project for residential or commercial contracting, from bathroom and kitchen designs, to room additions, decks, and more. By being able to be versatile, we eliminate the need for you to call anyone else.
You can count on us to give a quality estimate, professional service, and meet your specifications regardless of how grandiose they may be. American Home Maintenance is licensed bonded and insured to provide you peace of mind. Call us today to learn more about our services.
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The owner of American Home Maintenance brings a special balance of precision and respect. It's common for a contractor to be respectful when he comes to the job site, but precision with every aspect of the job can be a little harder to find. That's what Ethon discovered when he decided to create American Home Maintenance in the mid 1990's. So starting with the first client and keeping tradition with every one since, Ethon makes sure every job is unique, on time, and a masterpiece.


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The Confucius Institute at Seneca College proudly offers Chinese - Basic 1. Confucius Institutes are non-profit public institutions that aim to promote Chinese language and culture, support local Chinese teaching internationally, and facilitate cultural exchanges. Click this link for more information about the Confucius Institute.
In this non-credit course, students learn Pinyin in Mandarin - the foundational structure of the Chinese language - as well as common greetings and introductions. They will also learn about cultural practices. Chinese - Basic 1 is open to those who have no Chinese language knowledge and would like to improve their communication skills in Chinese.


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One of the largest integrator and distributor companies of solar components in the world, PROINSO, will be exhibiting at The Green Expo in Mexico this week (Stand 334). Held in Mexico City from 23 – 25 September, it is the leading show in the solar power industry in Mexico with over 200 exhibitors and 10,000 professional visitors set to attend.
As an official dealer to the Mexican solar market, PROINSO will present the latest products from SMA. The micro inverter Sunny Boy 240-US is designed to meet the needs of the Mexican photovoltaic market, in turn strengthening PROINSO's local leading position.
PROINSO has enjoyed some significant presence in the Mexican solar market over the past year. The company was named Installer of the Year at MIREC AWARDS 2015 and opened a new office branch in Monterrey in March 2015.
22.09.2015: PROINSO Mexico set to present new solar solutions at The Green Expo


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Police are diverting traffic on the M1 tonight while they deal with a car that has hit the central reservation and is facing the wrong way.
It is on the southbound carriageway near junction 42 and the car has leaked oil and fuel which means the road has to be closed while it is cleared.
Highways England said: "We will need to stop the carriageway to deal with this incident."


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Predicting November 21st: What Favors Vitter & What Favors Edwards
We have a runoff... and, for the moment, it appears to be the real deal, a two-party competitive fight between Democrat John Bel Edwards and Republican David Vitter. Several polls released over the past month show either an Edwards lead or a tossup between these two candidates. Something weird is happening in Louisiana.
I write "weird" because this is not what the structural 'fundamentals' (the things that tend to predict elections quite well most of the time) say usually happens. Instead, as of today, it looks like Edwards has a real shot at winning the governorship of a red state. Will it still look that way on November 21st?
When making predictions – or, when deciding how much credence to give someone else's prediction – I find it useful to think in terms of balancing what the fundamentals tell me about what usually happens with what the immediate evidence tells me about what is happening at the moment. For example, this past Saturday, early in the second quarter, Western Kentucky was tied with LSU 7-7. The immediate information showed me a close game, but I also knew that things usually fall in line with the fundamentals. In this case, LSU was a deeper and more talented team playing at home. So, there was no reason to expect it to remain close despite Western's highly touted quarterback, the rainy conditions, or the tied score in the second quarter.
But, every so often, things do not go the way of the fundamentals. To keep the sports analogy going, you may recall LSU's loss to Kentucky in 2007. These are rare cases, but they do happen.
We have an interesting case in the 2015 Louisiana gubernatorial race – a clash between the fundamentals and the current polling. Which are we to believe? For the time being I would caution you from dismissing either.
Why a Republican Should Be Favored in a Runoff in Louisiana…
1. Partisanship Matters, a Lot. I've written on this before. In American gubernatorial elections, 85% of partisans end up voting for their party's candidate. This is probably the single most important feature of most elections. We like to tell stories about the twists and turns of the campaign, but it almost always comes down to people doing what they tend to do election after election.
To be clear, I am not talking about party registration, which is not a great indicator in Louisiana. Instead, I mean the way people think about their political orientations, the side they think of themselves as fitting with. Louisiana tilts Republican in its voting habits in statewide races because it has a lot of Republicans and a lot of conservative, Republican-leaning independents.
Vitter's favorability rating has declined in recent weeks, including among Republicans. Even so, he has large pockets of support among Republican identifiers, independents who lean Republican, conservatives, Catholics, and born again Christians. These overlapping groups make up a substantial share of the electorate in Louisiana and tend to vote for Republican candidates. That favors Vitter.
2. Obama is Not Popular in Louisiana. Of course, Vitter needs more than just Republicans to vote for him. He'll need the conservative and moderate independents who tend to vote Republican too. He has not nailed them down yet. In the primary, his net favorability among all independents was negative.
But the fundamentals would lead them to Vitter. Based on Vitter's election night speech and the recent slate of ads sponsored by the Republican Governor's Association, John Bel Edwards's association with President Obama will be a prominent theme of the campaign. This can help Vitter get these non-Republicans who usually vote for Republican candidates. The president is not popular among white voters in the state, giving Vitter an easy way to corral these almost-Republicans.
The days of "all politics is local" are largely over. While there may be limits to how far Vitter can go with this, voters' partisanship increasingly colors their view of state races in a way much like it does for national races. Consider this: Heading into Saturday's elections, only 13% of seats in the Louisiana Legislature were held either by a Democrat in a district Romney carried or by a Republican in a district Obama carried. If voters think of the 2015 governor's race in the same way as they think about national politics, then John Bel Edwards suffers.
… And Why David Vitter Might Not Be Favored
1. Mood about Direction of State. Partisanship may be the chief fundamental in American elections, but it is not the only one. Also important (though not often as important) is the electorate's mood about how well things are going in the state (or country, or city, or wherever the election is happening). This matters more when an incumbent is seeking reelection, but it matters at other times too.
Right now, the Louisiana electorate appears primed for a change of direction. A majority of voters (56%) think the state is heading in the wrong direction.
In the primary phase of the governor's race, this did not amount to much. No candidate consolidated the support of these voters. There are a few possible reasons for this. One is that different people are upset for different reasons. Large shares of both Republicans and Democrats say the state is heading in the wrong direction. If these groups are upset for different reasons – perhaps one is concerned about spending cuts while the other is concerned about rolling back tax breaks – then they would not gravitate toward the same candidate.
But the disgruntled mood of voters may have had little effect in the primary because the campaign largely focused on the the three Republicans. Edwards has a record of disagreeing with the Governor Bobby Jindal. Now that the race pits him against a Republican, we may see Edwards try to capitalize on this mood by touting the stands he's taken against the governor. (Vitter is also trying to tap this mood by running against "Baton Rouge politicians.")
2. Candidate Quality. After partisanship and overall mood, candidate quality matters too. That is a catch all phrase designed to include things like experience, gaffe proneness, and scandal. Vitter has certain baggage in this regard. In a future post I'll summarize what the political science literature says about the effect of scandal on elections. For now, I'll just note that the effect varies quite a bit by the kind of scandal, voters' prior attitudes toward a candidate, and media coverage. The best evidence indicates that, on average, scandal costs an incumbent seeking reelection about five points. There is no direct test (that I could find) examining what happens when a candidate is seeking election to a different office.
3. Divisive Primary. I suspect this is the point most of us are focusing on in the immediate aftermath of Saturday's election. Vitter was caught in a highly negative contest among three Republicans. Will the Angelle and Dardenne voters support Vitter?
There is reason to suspect they may not. The last Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs poll from the primary (taken late September and early October) did not include the horse race question about vote choice. To work around this, I looked at Vitter favorability and Edwards favorability among the set of voters who liked Dardenne more than any other candidate and among the set of voters who liked Angelle more than anyone else.
People who were more favorable to Dardenne than to any other candidate in the primary are pretty unsure about how they feel about Edwards (86% can't say), but they really, really, really do not like Vitter (70% unfavorable).
The pattern is similar among those who were more favorable to Angelle than to any other candidate. Edwards has a positive net favorability rating among these voters (35% favorable and 11% unfavorable), while Vitter has a negative net favorability rating (36% favorable and 58% unfavorable).
This might help explain what could be Vitter's biggest stumbling block ahead. He ran just about a neutral net favorability rating during the primary: 38% unfavorable and 41% unfavorable. It is often said that a Democrat needs about a third of the white vote in Louisiana to win statewide. This has been tough for Democrats in recent years. Last year, former U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu secured only 18% of the white vote in the primary. White voters are considered a problem for southern Democrats. Right now, the polling suggests Vitter is having his own problems with them as well.
That being said, the typical pattern after a primary is that people who support a Republican in a primary also vote for a Republican in the next round. Intra-party sour grapes or bad feelings tend to get set aside when facing off against the opposing party. The numbers we saw during the primary today showing a close runoff between Edwards and Vitter are likely due to Angelle and Dardennne voters saying they will not vote for Vitter in a runoff. There is a good chance that this is a temporary reflection of grievances that will subside.
They might return to a Republican candidate (as is usual) if they have other reasons to vote for him. Majorities of both the pro-Dardenne and pro-Angelle voters identify themselves as conservative. So long as Vitter is perceived as the more conservative candidate, these voters have a reason to set aside any distaste they may have for him. Even that may not be enough. If all the Dardenne and Angelle voters return for the runoff, he needs about 80% of them. Vitter needs most of the people who voted for a Republican in the primary to vote for the Republican in the runoff. If the usual pattern holds, he would be fine. But if this time is different...
The hard part of election predictions is knowing how much to weigh the fundamentals versus the polls and knowing how to adjust that balance over the campaign. Right now, when the polls look close but it is still early in the four week runoff phase, we need to keep the fundamentals in mind. There is a general tendency for the polls to move toward the fundamentals - in this case toward a Republican advantage as voters are drawn by the force of partisan and ideological habit (and a lot of anti-Obama ads).
But we also need to remember that today's polls are not meaningless. They show us that, as of now, other factors are in play. If they remain in play, the contest remains close. Every day that the polls remain tight, the more weight we should shift to them and away from the fundamentals. Elections may follow the fundamentals most of the time, but every now and then the ball bounces the other way.
[NOTE: In an initial draft of this post I wrote, "What's more, the online betting markets – where people can place money on which party they think will hold the governor's office – have tightened up quite a bit. As I write this Sunday evening, PredictIt transactions indicate nearly even chances for both the Democrat and the Republican. Just a few weeks ago, a Republican victory had 2 to 1 odds. For further contrast, take a look at the KY, WV, and MS markets. None of those are remotely close." PredictIt seems to have taken down the market for the Louisiana governor's race as of Monday, October 26. So, that is no longer available to cite as further evidence of a close race.]


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Important daily transition from work to home in relationships./
When you get home from work today do whatever it takes to help you change roles and leave work behind. Think now about what helps you get into partner and family mode.
Experts say that conscious thought needs to go into the process of leaving work behind so you can be fully with your family. Here are some suggestions:
1. Take a shower.
2. Change your clothes.
3. Walk into the house from a different door to the one you left out of.
4. Throw a ball around for a while, back and forth with a member of the family just chatting.
5. Check emails etc....as soon as you get home then turn all electrical devices off till later.
6. Embrace your partner fully (for at least 15 seconds) rather than just a quick "hello".
7. Do a meditation as soon as you get home - even if only a short one.
Practice this often and notice what impact it has on family life. We need to train ourselves in these daily transitions, especially in a world that is moving so fast.
Melissa Ferrari - Psychotherapist
For more tips and information about love, relationships and happiness visit my Facebook page Love, Life, Relationships & Transformation


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I received some encouraging news last night! Four of the songs off my "New Day" EP are playing on the radio in Lexington, KY!! Pretty exciting! It's amazing to know that my music is ministering in a place I've never been, to people I've never met. Thank you, Jesus. That's what it's all about.
In honor of this, I felt it was time I featured another "Behind the Music" post. This one is probably my second hardest to write (see the first here). The fifth track on the album, Everything, is dedicated to my brother-in-law, Jordan.
It was two months and four days after Josh and I were married that his younger brother, Jordan ended his battle with cancer. He received the ultimate healing. It was so difficult to see him in this type of pain. Jordan was strong and healthy, a basketball player at NGU and only 20 years old. We made it up to visit him about two weeks before he passed away, and were blessed to spend some good days watching movies, laughing and talking. He received lots of gifts during those days. I can remember one time specifically, when he received this "Sudoku" handset game. I was sitting in the room with him while he opened it. Attempting to be enthusiastic about his new gift, I told him that I loved that game! I remember he looked at it and then handed it to me and said, "Here, you can have it." I tried to refuse, but he insisted that I keep it. Even in his sickness, he was still giving to others. It's just the person he was. I never really play it, but I keep this little gift from Jordan as a reminder on my bookshelf.
That first Christmas we spent together with the Robinson's was hard. It was wonderful being with them, because they are such a comforting and encouraging family to be around, but it was hard to know there was someone missing. Even more difficult, Josh and I were now sleeping in Jordan's old room.
I sat on the bed alone one afternoon, just thinking. Jordan has everything.
We think of death and often refer to it as, the "loss of life." But, the Scripture teaches us that death is gain. Looking around Jordan's room, I saw all of his earthly possessions still in their place. Clothes, games, electronics. Some of the most valuable things to us here on earth. And they are just... things. The truth is, he gained everything the day he met his Savior, Jesus Christ face to face. In the presence of the fullness of joy. Nothing can compare.
This song was written in those quiet moments of reflection. We will all leave this earth eventually and stand before Jesus. Will we leave having filled ourselves with empty possessions or with all of Christ? Jordan chose what was best.
In my weakness You are strength and life In my doubt You are my faith to fight In my sickness You are hope to breathe
In my loneliness You're everything to me Everything
When I'm barely hanging on You're there When I'm too afraid to call You answer When I feel like hope is lost You speak
In my dying breath You're everything to me Everything
When I leave this world And all tomorrows When I leave this world Of pain and sorrow When I stand by You With nothing left
I will still hold in my heart Everything, You're everything
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The Other Arizona
It's out! Our second trial issue has hit the magazine stands at the Apple Store and is free to download for anyone with access to an iPad. We couldn't have been more thankful that this issue was released at this moment as we are only a day away from leaving for our third production trip to Boston. Our second issue, titled "The Other Arizona," is plumb full of interactive stories, videos, slideshows, and advice on where to go to have an unforgettable and low-impact vacation in central Arizona.
You can find our app by searching for "Immersion Travel Magazine" at the Apple Store. You can also search for "ITM Issue T2." Once it is downloaded, grab a favorite beverage and a cookie and settle in for an adventure. Take a drive down the dirt roads winding through Sedona. Get caught in a monsoon hail storm in Jerome. Learn about sustainable living models in the middle of the high desert. Investigate ancient native ruins and try your hand at deciphering pictographs. Sip wine that has a taste all of its own. Discover the joy and wonder that is central Arizona.


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A couple of weeks ago we wrote to you about our friends, Resilient Energy.
Their wind turbines don't just make electricity, they've bought defibrillators and supported local schools, as well as tackling climate change. They've been fighting a high court decision that has blocked their latest community wind turbine, and raising funds to appeal. We asked if you could help.
Wow, did you deliver.
They were thinking about pulling the plug on their appeal. But, just minutes after our email went out, donations came pouring in. Blown Away supporters gave money but, more than that, you gave them hope and friendship.
You showed that people up and down the country support onshore wind power. With wind so under attack right now, that's important.
Resilient's appeal to the high court is just one small battle though. We need to win the larger war.
Our Blown Away campaign will be supporting groups like Resilient, making sure stories of great wind projects like theirs get told. We'll be busting all those myths politicians and the press seem happy to spread about turbines. We'll be shouting about how much public money fossil fuels get while clean energy is frozen out, and exposing double standards when it comes to planning permission for wind compared to gas.
But we need your help to make those dreams a reality. Can you help us to continue fighting for onshore wind?


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"I have watched many churches commit themselves to a completely otherworldly religion which makes a strange, unbiblical distinction between between body and soul, between the sacred and the secular. We are moving toward the close of the 20th Century with a religious community largely adjusted to the status quo- a taillight behind other community agencies rather then a headlight leading men to higher levels of justice."
Martin Luther King, Jr.


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Covers the various types and characteristics of safety showers and eye washes. Major training points: locations of eye wash stations, corrosives, what to do if splashed by a hazardous substance, and getting help in an emergency. Includes presenter guide and quiz on CD.
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