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"Risk Based Internal Auditing (RBIA)" - This course is approved by NASBA (National Association of State Boards of Accountancy). Seminar attendees are eligible for 20 CPE credits upon completion of this workshop.
Risk Based Internal Auditing (RBIA) is defined by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) as "a methodology that links internal auditing to an organization's overall risk management framework". RBIA allows internal audit to provide assurance to the bank's/ organization's board that various risk management processes are managing risks effectively, in relation to the risk appetite of the bank/ organization.
However every organization is different with different attitudes to risk, different management and organizational structures, different processes and procedures, and the need to subscribe to and comply with diverse conventions and regulations. Experienced internal auditors need to adapt these ideas to the structures, processes and language of their organization in order to implement RBIA.
Implemented correctly, RBIA offers tremendous advantages to the organization. RBIA allows internal audit to provide the Board of Directors with the assurance that it needs on three areas:
- Risk management processes - their design and how well they are working
- Management of those risks classified as 'key' - including the effectiveness of the controls and other responses to them
- Complete, accurate and appropriate reporting and classification of risks
This intensive 2-day course is all about RBIA, what it is, how it differs from the conventional internal audit and most importantly of all how it may be planned and implemented within the organization.
Event Tags: Risk Based Internal Auditing, Expectations Gap, Risk Heat Map, Business Risks, COSO, ERM, RBIA, Operational Risk, SWOT, BPEST, FEMA, Risk Matrix, Risk Register, and more...
Learning Objectives:
By using the RBIA approach, the organization's internal audit should be able to conclude that:
- Management has identified, assessed and responded to risks within and beyond the organization's risk appetite
- That the responses to risks are effective but not excessive in managing inherent risks within this risk appetite
- Where residual risks are not in line with the risk appetite, action is being taken to remedy this
- Risk management processes, including the effectiveness of responses and the completion of actions, are being monitored by management to ensure they continue to operate effectively
- Risks, responses and actions are being properly classified and reported.
Who will Benefit:
This practical hands-on training course is designed for professionals from industry, financial institutions and risk intensive organizations. The following job titles/ positions will benefit from attending:
- Board members, especially risk and audit committee chairs and members
- Chief Risk Officers
- Heads of market, credit, and operational risk
- Head of Risk Management
- Chief Compliance Officers
- Chief Audit Officers
- Chief Financial Officers
- Actuaries
- Treasurers
- Auditors (External & Internal)
- Bank regulators and examiners
- Risk management consultants
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- Auditing: 6 CPE Credits
- Specialized Knowledge and Applications: 5 CPE Credits
- Communications: 2.5 CPE Credits
- Behavioral Ethics: 2.5 CPE Credits
- Business Management and Organization: 2 CPE Credits
- Management Advisory Services: 2 CPE Credits
- Total CPE credits earned in this seminar: 20 CPE Credits
Program Delivery Method: Group-Live
Program Level: Intermediate
Advance Preparation/Program Prerequisites: Experience in Traditional Auditing
- 08.30 AM - 09.00 AM: Registration
- 09.00 AM: Session Start
- What is Risk Based Internal Auditing?
- An introduction to Risk Based Internal Auditing
- Traditional Approach versus Risk Based internal approach
- Stages of Risk Based Internal Auditing
- Measuring the effectiveness of Risk Based Internal Auditing
- Risk Based Internal Auditing – Background
- Rationale behind Risk Based Internal Auditing
- Internal Audit – Definitions, Objectives & Scope
- The "Expectations Gap"
- The RISK BASED Internal Audit
- Comparison to the traditional approach
- Risk Management Understanding Risk
- The meaning of risk
- The attributes of risk – Likelihood & Consequence
- The Risk Heat Map
- Audit risk
- Business risks – classification, internal & external, controllable & non-controllable
- The COSO risk management framework
- Understanding COSO
- COSO — An Integrated Risk Management Framework
- The COSO ERM Framework
- COSO in Finer Detail
- Updates to COSO
- Basic concepts of risk management
- Risk capacity, risk appetite, risk response
- Inherent & residual risk
- Entity risk assessment & Business process risk assessment
- Significant risk
- Risk register
- ERM – Enterprise Wide Risk Management
- ERM and the Board of Directors
- What is covered under ERM
- Risk Maturity
- What is risk maturity
- Why it is important
- Risk maturity levels
- Scorecard for assessing risk maturity
- Analyzing the risk maturity results
- Using a Risk Based Internal Audit (RBIA) Methodology
- Audit is of management of risks and not of risk
- Key reporting areas in the management of risks
- Documenting Board assurance requirements and risk appetite
- Audit strategy & risk maturity
- Selecting individual risks to audit
- Frequency of coverage
- Including the Risks into an Audit Assignment
- Importance of selecting the right auditable unit
- Stages of RBIA
- Assessing risk maturity
- Preparing the audit plan
- Conducting the assurance audit
- Reporting to the appropriate level
- Model Process for Assessing & Evaluating Risks
- Risk assessment steps
- Risk assessment tools
- Risk identification
- Business Activities that are Sources of Risk
- Operational Risk and its categories
- Risk identification methods
- Industry risk models
- Choosing which methods to use
- Typical risk areas
- Risk estimation (Risk measurement/ Risk scoring)
- Risk evaluation
- Risk Heat map & Actions Needed
- Using risk scores
- Risk Assessment Tools
- Market survey
- Dependency modeling
- SWOT analyses
- Event tree analysis
- BPEST (Business, Political, Economical, Social & Technological)
- Fault tree analysis (Root Cause Analysis)
- FEMA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis)
- Internal Audit Process
In this section the instructor will cover the complete Internal Audit Process through with the RBIA methodology is carried out in a consistent manner. This covers the need for the Internal Auditor to become acquainted with the business and the industry allowing him to assess the risk maturity which determines his/her ability to provide the PBIA assurance and to review the risk assessment done by management and the her/his conclusion whether this risk register may be relied upon.
The process covered includes;
- Strategic analysis
- Enterprise risk assessment
- Internal Audit Plan development
- What Risks to Audit – An Alternative Approach
- Internal Audit execution
- The Process Risk Matrix
- Reporting
- Issue Resolution tracking
- Case Study - How the RBIA methodology is applied.
This is an illustrative case study showing how the RBIA methodology is applied in a real world environment.
- Case Study - Comair Flight 5191
Operational risks not discovered can have devastating consequences, including loss of life and irreparable reputational damages. Such was the case of Comair Flight 519.
- Comparing the Two Methodologies
The speaker will compare RBIA methodology to the regular audit methodology. These methodologies will be examine in terms of;
- Managing risk
- Setting responsibility for risk management, and
- Usefulness to the Board of Directors
- Risk Registers
The speaker will examine and discuss examples of the RBIA documentation form the case study including;
- Risk Register,
- Audit Procedures and
- Transaction Files.
- Closing Discussion - Difficulties facing the Internal Auditor
The instructor will examine and discuss some of the pitfalls that the Internal Auditor may face in his/her assignment and some potential solutions.
Richard Barr
Operational Risk & Back Office Specialist
Richard Barr , holds a B.S. in International Business Administration from San Jose State University in California. His professional experience spans over 23 years, 5 of which were spent with Wells Fargo Bank. Another 5 were spent honing his global banking skills, when Richard was intimately involved with International Trade Finance, Real Time Gross Settlement and Cross Border Banking. The past 14 years have been in the private and high-tech sectors providing high-level consulting services, business analysis, project management and training to a wide range of banking clientele across the globe.
Richard has also filled the role of advisor to central banks on payment systems and technical payments issues. Furthermore, key staff members from the Bank of England, South African Reserve Bank, Central Bank of Ireland, Bank Indonesia, European Central Bank and Bank of Portugal have attended training sessions presented by Richard.
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The new photo friday theme is "Paradise" - it feels like the very counterpart where I am right now.
But it brought me back to this peaceful sunset moment from December: standing there, I knew that soon the sunny island time will be over, and that back home, chemotheraphy would be waiting, and that it will be a while until I feel so at ease.
Paradise right now would be: to feel healthy and without worry.
But then, even though the last weeks were a walk through unknown and partly difficult grounds, so far, chemotherapy isn't as devastating as I first feared and expected.
It's a tough treatment of course, but they adjusted the chemo medication in the recent past, to more specific and balanced combinations which from start also include more medication against side effects. The days right after the treatment are the most difficult, like going through a flu, only without fever, but feeling worn-out, and your body signalling that something is wrong. Then my energy picks up again, and for a while I feel okay, some days are even light and good. Then the next round starts.
What is more difficult than the bodily up and down is the way the medication affects the mood and feeling – that it makes me feel hollow mentally for some days after treatment. That's the hardest part, this feeling to be out of balance, in a blur.
In one of the yoga online courses / talks, the yoga teacher herself went through a difficult illness and describes it as "I had no confidence anymore". When I heard it, I got tears in my eyes, as it really catches this troubled and empty feeling: even though you logically know that it's just a phase, that in a couple of days, you will feel better and brighter, it's like walking through a fog that you feel won't lift again.
Added to that, the taste of food changes for a while, water tastes metallic or soapy, bread tastes dusty... the trick is to try and find something that tastes okay, and to follow the taste of the day: sometimes pumpkin soup works, sometimes vanilla ice, sometimes curry rice.
My hair has now fallen out completely. The photo above is from earlier this month, with the last few strands of hair still showing. Now I mostly wear woolen caps, they feel comfortable, and I feel okay going outside with them, too. (It's winter anyway, so at least that fits from season.) I also have a wig, and it's good to wear it a few hours each day, to remind myself how I look with hair, to feel a bit more whole again. Altogether, the hollow feeling is more difficult to deal with than the loss of hair. Even though it will be a while until my hair grows again to its former length, while the hollow feeling only lasts some days each round. I try to see it as experience, a taste of how depression maybe feels. Sometimes it still feels strange that all this is actually happening.
With chemo round 3, I now at least have more than half of the difficult chemo rounds completed - the first 4 chemos are with "heavy" medication, the following ones will be lighter, with less side effects, and they can be given weekly. The heavy ones need 3 weeks to recover from.
What really helps to keep me balanced is.. reading. As I won't be able to travel, and should avoid places where many people are (due to infection risks), my "trips" are basically of the reading kind - that's why I started to read around the world again, visiting all 7 continents. I started the reading tour in January, in China.
Parallel to the world books, I read memoirs of others who have faced health obstacles:
What touched me even more, though, is actor Portia de Rossi's autobiography: "Unbearable Lightness". Rossi was a model since she was a teenager, and later she also was an actriss, one of the lawyer's in Ally McBeal. She is a beautiful woman, but since her teens, she has struggled with her body and figure, and with eating disorders. It's painful to read how someone healthy and gorgeous brings herself to the point that her body is about to collapse, and only scarcely escapes long-term effects.
The third book I read is from German author Charlotte Link, whose sister was diagnosed with a difficult kind of cancer. The doctors gave her 1 year, but in she kept on living for 6 years, It's also a book about misdiagnosis, doctors who had not much empathy, and other difficulties that some face on top of the health obstacles. Reading it, it reminded me that it's the stories of things going wrong that are more dominant - even in our "chemo group", in the stories shared while waiting for the blood check, often those that are troubling get more recognition, simply because there is so much more to tell compared to "things went relatively okay". On the other hand, the books are a reminder how many are going through difficult times. And just walking up to the hospital keeps you aware that behind each of those windows, there is someone who isn't exactly in paradise.
Counting blood cells
And here are some more details about the chemo therapy, how it works, and the obstacles it includes: one key factor during chemo are the leukozyte blood cells, which go down after the heavy treatments. Low leukozyte count means low immune system, and higher risk of infection. The lowpoint with my chemo medication is about 10 days after the treatment, then the leukozytes start to rise again.
That cycle went well for me the first cycle, and now in this second cycle it looked good, too. I was in the rising phase already again, but then the count dropped. So I got an extra medication - an injection, to support the growth of leucozytes, and get them up to a point where chemo can happen (if the count is too low, the treatmen date would be postponed, as it's too risky to go into chemo with low leukozyte count already).
As to the injections: like with all of chemotherapy, every body responds differently. For some, it takes several injections until the effect kicks in. I was lucky: i just needed one injection, and it worked really well: my leukozyte count rose from 2300 to 8000, that's the level of before the first chemo round. I put a geeky diagram together, for myself to visualize the cycles and effects. The blue columns are the blood counts, the red ones are chemo dates. The next to last is the injection date, 26.1.:
The low leukozytes, it's not unusual for this to happen, but I felt good in that week, and felt confident that my body is doing well, and that the cells are on a rise.. I think that's one of the irritating things about cancer and chemo altogether: that it's difficult to figure out how you really are. You don't feel a tumor at first, it doesn't show in any blood tests. And during chemo, feeling good doesn't mean that your immune system is actually in a good shape. Just like feeling nausea doesn't mean that you have eaten something wrong, but is a side effect of the treatment.
Alltogether this means that you are a bit lost there on your own, not really knowing what is happening in your body, and how the next days will shape out. Added to that, most medication comes with side effects: the injection to support leukozyte growth makes your bones / joints ache, especially in the back. The docs suggested to take Ibuprofen for the pain right when I feel to start an ache, so that it doesn't built up, so that's what I did. That's about the usual pattern of chemo treatment: this domino of treatment effects, medication to keep the body balanced or at least in some range, and additional medication to avoid / prevent side effects.
The leukozyte count and the strong injection result now also brought an adjustment of my treatment during my cycle: I will get another injection 6 days after chemo, so that the leukos won't slide down again. Which means, the next cycle will be on a higher immune level instead of a continuing lower slide. It's good, and gave me back confidence after the frustrating news of the lower count, which first looked like it all might become more difficult.
So this is chemo: a cycle of ups and downs... and a long walk towards being healthy again.
Looking at the sunset photo now again, I think: one day I will stand there again, seeing that island sunset again. :)
Related links:
I now started to mark all blog posts about this shadow journey with a tag, you can click here to read them... C is for cancer, and for courage, too
More reading notes... 7 continents reading challenge + my bookshelf / reading notes
Paradise... at photo friday

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I have a huge list of things I need to achieve over this time frame before the Autumn/Winter shows, clubs and sales start kicking in and so blogging has to take a back seat for a little while. I will still have something up weekly, maybe 2-3 times per week if I can, but not daily as I have been.
This doesn't mean that my Gradient Series will be on hiatus... don't worry I have written all of this up and scheduled, so please keep watching for these. I am also working on a new series to start when this finishes.
I will also be podcasting twice a month, so a lot of what I might otherwise type will be spoken about in those.
There is so much I want to tell you about, but secret things must remain secret for now... you understand of course.
See you on the flip side!
Have a wonderful day... Sara x


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Today will go down in the books as the day that I fought our Christmas Tree. Oh it was an epic battle and I would like to say that I came out victorious but alas the battle has yet to be won.
It all started this morning when we noticed that Talullah was drinking from the side of the Christmas Tree stand. Hmmmmm water shouldn't be there. Upon closer inspection I realized that the tree stand was empty even though I had just filled it the night before and what do you know my socks feel wet while I am looking at this empty stand. I quickly put two and two together, because I really am that quick, and started to (at this point I would like to say that I acted calmly and orderly but alas I panicked) throwing blankets away from the tree, dragging it to the side, ripping up our area rug and yelling for the girls to grab towels as I see the water all over our hardwood floors. Of course the girls just sat on the couch and stared at me while I manically pulled up the entire area rug, grabbed all the towels we had and prayed my floors would be ok.
Once I got as much water up as I could I hauled the rug to the basement and set to work on moving the tree from my living room into the kitchen so it would be off the hardwood. As I started to drag the tree Quinn screamed "Mommy the angel" crap, ok rethink, time to take the tree out of the stand. I then proceeded to hold the tree up with one hand and unscrew it from the stand with the other. I ask the girls for help and this time they jump up eager to help. Quinn quickly gets to work by taking scissors and "trimming" all the branches on the tree, while Aisley gleefully tells me "I help too Mama" and she plugs in the Christmas tree lights. At this point I burst out laughing as I am half in the tree trying to keep it from falling over and pine needles are falling from the tree and down my shirt. Really what else was I supposed to do. I finally get the tree out and move it into the kitchen while I prop it up against a wall and make my way back over to the floors to check the damage. I dry everything I can and then set out to do all the other things I need to get done today, the tree will have to wait.
Quinn helping
So tonight after I got the girls down to bed, or so I thought, I started to rearrange the living room to put the tree up in a different spot. While I am moving things around I notice the ottoman that I just recovered needed a few more staples, so I flipped it over and set to work on that. The noise seemed to be some sort of a call to Quinn and she made her way down with a sweet little smile and a "Mama I'm just not tired" so she helped me move things around and get everything ready for the tree. I called my brother-in-law Dave who was at Canadian Tire and asked him to pick me up a new tree stand, I had done a water test on mine and it has a large leak on the bottom. He called a little while later and told me that Canadian Tire was out as well as Walmart so we would have to figure out how to rig something else. He asked if I had a bucket, but I quickly saw two children and a kitten around a tree in a bucket and knew there was no way that could end well. So I set to work putting down plastic and towels and two garbage bags inside the stand to try to keep the water in. No wonder all the needles were falling off the tree, no water since we bought it, I am surprised it's not bare!
All the animals needed to help too
Dave came to help me move the tree from the kitchen into the living room and set it up in my rejigged stand. We got it in, tightened everything and stood back to have a look.
Very nice, only problem is that because of the garbage bags the tree was to tight in the stand, we couldn't get any water in. So it seems that our tree is destined to continue living in our house with no water, at least for now. This tree has been a huge pain today but when I look back at our day all I can see is my girls "helping" me with the tree and it makes me laugh.
Today will be a day that we will talk about in years to come, the year our Christmas Tree leaked. Cheers


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It's funny, I have just come to the realization that I really hate studying. The past few weeks have been gloriously study free and I have been relaxed and feeling good. Now, I have some papers and a mid-term and everything seems miserable here. I really don't want this semester to end..... :( There are so many things up in the air concerning next semester and this summer. I hope it will all turn out alright. I applied for a Pacific Fund Grant to get money for my trip to Japan this summer, but I haven't heard a thing and I was supposed to last week! So, we will see what happens. Andrew is so positive and supportive; he truly is an amazing person. :) Sorry to sound like such a downer, but that's what is going on right now.
Anyway, on to happy foodie-ness loving~! :3
It was early Sunday afternoon and we were aching for a quick bite to eat before heading over to Andrew's band practice. Thus, we went to our current favorite place, Tepa Taqueria! :D Actually, we went on Friday for a delectable lunch of carnitas nachoes and horchata, so yesterday we only got one order of nachoes and a HUGE cup of horchata! SO GOOD!
I was dying to wear a cute patterned dress that day and I was happy that it stayed hot! I was quite comfortably cool, drinking my refreshing hor~cha~ta~ :)


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After six months of probe into the 2G spectrum scam during Telecom Minister A Raja's last regime, the CBI is all set to examine the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's role into the allotments. Sources said the agency was seriously exploring the possibility to look into the conduct of some TRAI functionaries too.
"The circumstances in which the allotment of telecom licenses were allowed on the first-come-first serve basis in 2008 at the prices fixed in 2001 were also a matter of probe," said a government source.
The agency has, meanwhile, gathered "credible leads" showing that some of the decisions taken by the telecom ministry were not in order. The CBI, after almost six months of probe into the scam and examination of the ministry records, has zeroed in on some of the decisions on file that looked "arbitrary".
Raja, however, has all along denied the allegations and ruled out any irregularity in the spectrum allotments. The 2G (second generation) spectrum is a scarce natural resource essential for providing quality mobile telephony service and data services for mobile.
While CBI officials remained tightlipped even a day after the issue of phone tapping of PR lobbyist Niira Raida rocked the Parliament on Wednesday, the source said the agency had already identified some private companies that were allegedly favoured during the course of the 2G spectrum allotments.
"The investigations so far has revealed that there could be a serious case of favouritism and misuse of official position by some DoT functionaries in the spectrum allotment," he added.
On the alleged phone tapping issue, a CBI source said: "Since the IT department had some information relating to the issue, we thought the same could help in the investigations."
The CBI had registered an FIR into the scam on the orders of the Central Vigilance Commission more than six months ago. The CBI probe was recommended after the CVC found irregularities in the allotments.
Some companies, such as Swan and Unitech, which had offloaded their major shares at whopping prices to foreign companies within a few months after the licences were given to them are also under the radar.


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Citizen Staff Reports 06/07/12
Henrico Doctors' Hospital recently named Lisa Licata, Esq. vice president of human resources. Licata will spearhead the initiatives relating to human resources and benefits for Henrico, Parham and Retreat Doctors' Hospitals. Prior to joining Henrico Doctors', Licata most recently served as the senior vice president of human resources and corporate secretary for Cadmus Communications Corporation. She has served as attorney at area companies including Troutman Sanders, LLP and Swedish Match North America, Inc.
Wyndham Virginia Crossings Hotel & Conference Center recently announced that General Manager Bob Nelson has been honored by Wyndham Hotels and Resorts® with the hotel chain's prestigious General Manager of the Year Award. Since joining the hotel in 2010, Nelson, who is responsible for overseeing operations and management of the AAA Four Diamond property, was credited with demonstrating strong leadership and impressive business results in 2011. Under his direction, the hotel also completed a major renovation including all meeting rooms and banquet facilities, The Tavern Grill, pool and terrace area and major additions to its 20 acres of lushly manicured grounds.
Capitol Financial Solutions (CFS) recently welcomed Bart Davey to the firm. Davey has more than 34 years of experience in the financial services industry and is a graduate of Rollins College and St. Christopher's School. He holds life/health insurance licenses, a long-term care insurance license and the FINRA Series 7, 24, 63 and 65 securities licenses. His office is located in Henrico and he can be reached at 665-1531.
University of Richmond President Edward Ayers will teach a week-long enrichment seminar for teachers, historical society staff and National Park Service interpreters on the history of the American South June 26 to July 3 at the university. Sponsored by The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, the seminar will be the fifth Ayers has taught at Richmond. He previously taught and co-led Gilder Lehrman summer seminars for more than 10 years before joining the university. The seminar will cover the central role the South has played in American history. Major themes will include the development of the colonies and the new nation, emergence and spread of slavery, immigration and development of the West, the Civil War, emancipation, the creation of segregation and the civil rights struggle. For more information, visit http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teacherseminars.
Private equity real estate investment and development firms New Boston Fund, Inc. and RER Equities, Inc. have leased 83,414 square feet of Class-A office space to SunTrust Bank, Inc. for its mortgage group at WestMark Two in Glen Allen. The two firms manage WestMark Two in the joint-venture partnership RER/New Boston West Broad Street, LLC. WestMark Two is a five-story, 204,622-square-foot office building situated on a 40-acre business campus. SunTrust will occupy 41 percent of the building. The RER/New Boston joint venture purchased WestMark Two in August 2004.
Section of Lauderdale Drive to be closed April 26 for drainage improvements
Citizen Staff Reports 04/25/2017 Transportation
The westbound lanes of Lauderdale Drive will be closed between John Rolfe Parkway and Cambridge Drive on Wednesday, April 26 for drainage improvements.
The lanes are expected to be closed from approximately 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Motorists will be detoured from westbound Lauderdale onto John Rolfe, Gayton Road and Cambridge before being directed back onto Lauderdale. > Read more.
Henrico Police to host prescription drug take-back event April 29
Citizen Staff Reports 04/25/2017 HealthPublic Safety
The Henrico County Division of Police and the U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration will participate in the nationwide Prescription Drug Take Back Program Saturday, April 29. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Henrico County Training Center, 7701 East Parham Road, next to the Public Safety Building.
The program is free and anonymous. Unused or expired pills, patches and liquid prescriptions (in their sealed original container) will be accepted. Needles and sharp items will not be accepted. No questions will be asked. > Read more.
Henrico home sales rose in March
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Parts of the greater Richmond real estate market experienced an increase in the number of homes sold during the month of March, according to Long & Foster.
The number of homes sold increased in much of the Richmond region in March compared to year-ago levels. In Henrico County, the number of homes rose by 16 percent. Median sale prices varied in the Richmond region in March when compared to the same month last year. In both Hanover and Henrico counties, the median sale price rose by 10 percent. > Read more.
The number of homes sold increased in much of the Richmond region in March compared to year-ago levels. In Henrico County, the number of homes rose by 16 percent. Median sale prices varied in the Richmond region in March when compared to the same month last year. In both Hanover and Henrico counties, the median sale price rose by 10 percent. > Read more.
Henrico house fire contained quickly
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APR. 24, 9:15 A.M. – A house fire in Henrico's West End Sunday caused minor damage but resulted in no injuries. At about noon Sunday, Henrico Emergency Communications Officers received phone calls of smoke coming from a home in the 1700 block of Shewalt Circle, just one block off Hungary Road. > Read more.
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The Jenkins Foundation has granted The McShin Foundation $25,000 for residential recovery services to serve those with a Substance Use Disorder. The Jenkins Foundation is focused on equitable access to health care services, as well as programs that help reduce risky behaviors and promote safe and healthy environments. The McShin Foundation was founded in 2004 and is Virginia's leading non-profit, full-service Recovery Community Organization (RCO), committed to serving individuals and families in their fight against Substance Use Disorders. > Read more.
YMCA event will focus on teen mental health
The YMCA, in partnership with the Cameron K. Gallagher Foundation and PartnerMD, will host a free event May 2 to help parents learn how to deal with teen mental health issues. "When the Band-Aid Doesn't Fix It: A Mom's Perspective on Raising a Child Who Struggles" will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Shady Grove Family YMCA,11255 Nuckols Road. The event will focus on education, awareness, and understanding the issues facing teens today. > Read more.
Villa's Flagler Housing wins national NAEH award
St. Joseph's Villa's Flagler Housing & Homeless Services was one of three entities to earn the National Alliance to End Homelessness' Champion of Change Award. The awards were presented Nov. 17 during a ceremony at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
NAEH annually recognizes proven programs and significant achievements in ending child and family homelessness.
Flagler completed its transition from an on-campus shelter to the community-based model of rapid rehousing in 2013, and it was one of the nation's first rapid re-housing service providers to be certified by NAEH. > Read more.
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Early voting for Democratic nominations in Brookland, 73rd House districts tonight
Crime Stoppers' Crime of the Week: April 24, 2017
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Girls are all about 'sugar and spice, and everything nice!' Their flawless skin, doe eyes, and rosy lips are definitely awe-worthy. But women always want a little more, and makeup is the perfect salve. That little black line under the waterline or a swish of bold lipstick gives them a boost of confidence, and makes them feel on top of the world. And oh! When they're traveling, they need them more. No wonder women never travel light. So here's a peek into the makeup kits of Stylecraze's very own team. Trust me when I say this, all of us are so different from one another, I am sure you can relate to one of us atleast.
Things I Have In My Makeup Travel Case
Komal Kaviliga, The Makeup Maven
When I'm traveling, I like to keep things really light. I only carry what I would absolutely use.
- A primer and tinted moisturizer with SPF (sunscreen is very important!) is a good way to go. I prefer the light coverage that the tinted moisturizer gives, but I do like to cover up any blemishes and dark circles, so I also like to carry a concealer.
- Coming to the eyes, I try to stick to one eyeshadow palette, which I use for both my eyes and to fill in my eyebrows. Additionally, I like to carry a felt tip liner as it is less messy, and, of course, some mascara.
- A few lipsticks to suit multiple occasions, a peachy blush, and a loose powder are the rest of the items that one would find in my makeup bag. Oh! And how can I forget my trusty lip balm!
So, there you have it – my must-have travel essentials!
Hiranmayee Bachu, The Hairstyle Pundit
Not really heavy on makeup, I like to travel light. So my travel kit usually consists of essentials that I absolutely can't do without.
- I go for a gel-based or nongreasy cream-based sunblock with SPF 50 or above.
- Another product that you'll always find in my travel kit is my moisturizer. Since I have combination skin, I usually opt for a highly moisturizing cream that is nongreasy.
- Apart from that, I carry light makeup essentials like a compact powder and a tinted lip balm that accentuates my skin tone, preferably a shade in tones of peach or red.
- For light makeup during evenings, I make sure to carry a pencil kohl-cum-eyeliner in black and a light toned lipstick in tones of nude pink. And in case I feel like giving the lipstick a miss, I have a shimmery lip gloss in my kit.
There you go! That was my list of travel essentials.
Tanya Choudhary, Connoisseur Of Fine Things
From paradise-on-earth Kashmir to the holy islands of Andamans, holidaying has always been on top of my bucket list (second only to testing out new and exotic food joints). So, packing away my tiny (well, not AT ALL TINY) bag with the essentials is never that tough for me. While entering my adolescent years, I had made up my mind to carry the least with you when you are on an expedition to gather memories, so that I will have space to store them (figuratively speaking).
My travel bag is comparatively big to carry my limited supply of traveling makeup essentials a.k.a.
- Lakme Compact (ah, how much I love Lakme products)
- Colossal Kajal (duh, obviously!)
- Maybelline Baby Lips Pink
- Coloressence Super Xtend Eyeliner
- Nivea Cream (pocket-sized)
- L'Oreal Star Collection Matte Lipstick (Pure Vermeil) by Li BingBing (my absolute favorite!)
See, how small and literally compact my makeup bag is!
Jyotsana Rao, The Social Butterfly
My travel kit is like my best friend and is usually filled with products I love the most and can carry anywhere, be it on a trip or even to the office. The products that I can't leave home without are – kajal, lipstick, a dry shampoo, and a hydrating mist.
- I prefer Lakme Eyeconic Kajal because no other product highlights my eyes as it does. Moreover, it's smooth and easy to apply, and it is really long-lasting.
- Kinda Sexy from MAC is one of my favorite lipsticks and looks perfect on me. The color is so subtle and sexy that I just cannot leave it at home and go on a trip!
- A dry shampoo is something that I always keep in my travel kit because I rarely get time to wash my hair, and going out with greasy hair is a big no-no. Currently, I am using Dove Dry Shampoo.
- If you go on a trip and your skin feels sticky and horrible, a hydrating face mist is the best rescue. I prefer MAC Hydrating Mist as it is very handy and does wonders instantly!
Meenal Rajapet, The Fashionista
When you are a travel enthusiast, you know that there will be unexpected situations that can leave you in a bind when you do not have the right essentials. As a minimalist, there are only a few things that I like to carry on my person when I travel.
- When it comes to makeup, I have always believed that less is more, and that is why the only two things that you will find on me most of the time are a lip color and an eyeliner. I choose to carry two of each so that I can look my best in any given situation.
- My skin sometimes tends to get dry, and that's why I always carry with me a travel-sized moisturizer.
- For the no-makeup days, I like to keep a lip balm handy to use when my lips start to feel dry or chapped.
- The hand sanitizer is a no-brainer! You never know when you'll find yourself in a sticky situation.
These basic products have saved my life time and again.
Kushneet Kukreja, The Science Whiz
Having traveled to New York and London for personal and academic reasons, I have experienced a few extremes in weather conditions. While traveling, there are a few basic makeup products I will never forget to carry along.
- Kohl or kajal is something I cannot live without. My mom jokes that the speed with which I use a kajal pencil would make people think that I'm actually eating some of it myself. Talk about exaggeration! I swear by Maybelline Colossal Kajal Liner – it is easy to apply and intense black!
Some of my other traveling basics include
- Lakme Absolute Pressed Compact (Shade – Pearl)
- Maybelline Cheeky Glow Blush (Shade – Coral)
- Sugar Cosmetics Lip Crayon (Shade – Holly Golightly)
- Colorbar Matte Lipstick (Shade – Tooty Fruity)
With these products, I can create a simple day look or an intense night makeup look easily.
Ishani Karmakar, The Live Wire
Traveling! Ah, the mere mention of this word sends the same signals to my brain as a discounted coupon for an hour long deep tissue massage does. Bliss! However, traveling can weirdly be both rejuvenating and tiring. After a few trials and errors, I learned my lesson well – travel light, and only pack what you can carry. But girls wanna have some fun…and the fun can give you a miss if you end up looking like a sweaty, drenched koala bear at the end of the day.
So, I have this secret beauty slash travel kit that can take me from looking like 'didn't take a bath today' to (hopefully) 'oh, wow'. Simple, basic stuff that can work wonders. Here is what my travel kit contains:
- Johnson Baby wet wipes – I know, it wasn't meant for this purpose, but it can really wipe off the dust and grime from my face, neck, and arms.
- Aloe Vera gel – instant freshness guaranteed!
- MAC Ruby Woo – Can transfer you from Madam Distress to Miss Sexy Mess!
- Kajal – A must, and one that can be smudged. Camouflages those circles.
The next time you step out with that big backpack of yours, do include these!
Charushila Biswas, The Diet Diva
Traveling is the ultimate stress buster. However, since I have very sensitive skin, I have to take extra care of it.
- I always carry a sunscreen from Biotique with a high SPF. An anti-blemish face cream from Lotus keeps my face hydrated, and a face powder from Cover Girl takes away the extra shine.
- Kajal is a must for me as it brings out my eyes. I use Maybelline's Colossal Kajal as it is smudge-free, smooth, and easy to carry.
- For the lips, I use a lip balm to keep my lips from cracking and a lipstick from Maybelline or Lakme to give some color to my lips.
- I also make sure to remove my makeup before going to bed.
Shirin Mehdi, The Yoga Junkie
I am not too much of a makeup person. I believe hardcore makeup doesn't suit me. But one of the first makeup products that I was introduced to was the kajal. I remember, as a child, looking at my beautiful mother in awe, as she drew on her waterline. Her already bright eyes would glisten even more with that edgy black line under her eyes. I had then decided that kajal would be my favorite piece of makeup, and it is! I never leave the house without that bold black line under my eyes.
My makeup essentials are pretty basic.
- I like to use a good kohl pencil, something that is bold and doesn't smudge. I use an eyeliner from Lakme 9 to 5 because I really like the brush. It helps me draw a close to perfect line.
- I also use a natural lipstick, my two favorites being Mocha, and Meher, from MAC. To jazz up the evening a bit, I do use shades like Retro and Chilli, also from MAC.
- In case I feel that my skin is looking a little dull, I use a BB cream from Garnier. But that is just SOS.
That's about all that is included in my makeup arsenal. I basically carry all the makeup I have when I travel. So now you know – 'Go Natural' is my mantra!
A little makeup trivia: Lipstick is that one piece of makeup that can uplift a tired looking face in a matter of seconds. It is a good idea to carry one always.
That said, Adios!
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Icicles and Parsnip Chowder
One way to cope with the recent snowy spell in New England would be to make a batch of tropical cocktails. But for once, I decided to go along with it. I headed out on cross-country skis before work and … Continue reading
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Texas Enchiladas That Fed a 'Giant'
When the cast and crew of the movie Giant came to Marfa, Texas in 1955, they traded Los Angeles glitz for an arid, desolate landscape. "[Marfa] is located somewhere south and west of El Paso in a region of the … Continue reading
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'Shake Until Frost Forms'
In the 19th century, British sailors used to mix their rations of lime juice (to prevent scurvy) with rum, creating the gimlet and other gin-lime cocktails. This Cool o' the Evening cocktail from the Charleston Receipts (The Junior League of … Continue reading
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A Southern Cocktail for a Snowy Week
One snowstorm down, two more to go this week (forget the Groundhog Day prediction for an early spring). For a diversion, I pulled out Charleston Receipts (Junior League of Charleston, 1950) from my shelf full of Southern cookbooks. The "Simons' Special" looked … Continue reading
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Pre-washed greens make for the simplest salad possible: open the plastic container, put the leaves in a bowl, and add dressing. In the middle of winter, when the only produce on the shelves comes from greenhouses or countries on the … Continue reading
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'Vodka Bog' a Sweet Slog
Cranberries star in sauce on most Thanksgiving tables, but there's no reason to stop there. This "Vodka Bog" punch from More Thoughts for Buffets (Institute Publishing) gets its kick and distinctive rosy hue from cranberry juice as well as cranberry liqueur.
Grape-Nuts Bread: Add Milk and Bake
Call Grape-Nuts cereal the original health food. Created by C.W. Post in 1897, this super-crunchy blend of whole wheat and barley flours has fueled World War II soldiers on tropical missions and climbers on Mount Everest.
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Straffe Hendrik Tripel
The Brewery
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Beer Style
The Beer
The launch of Straffe Hendrik – still the brewery's flagship beer - heralded the era of strong degustation beers at De Halve Maan.
Its brewer is the oldest in Bruges, based in its historic city centre, and also well known for its Brugse Zot Blond and Donker (dark). De Halve Maan has been brewing for five centuries.
In 1981 they produced a one-off 'straf' - a strong beer - to celebrate the inauguration of the statue of St. Arnold, the Patron Saint of Brewers, in Bruges .
This beer is the off-spring of that celebration brew. Its name, Straffe Hendrik, refers to the taste, which is definitely 'straf', but also pays homage to the generations of Henri's – Hendrik in Dutch – in the Maes family who ran the brewery.
Straffe Hendrik, which is a 'living' beer with a taste that develops through re-fermentation in the bottle, has inherited the tradition of the authentic Bruges tripel.
It is a blonde tripel with a powerful taste enhanced by rich touches of malt, caramel and hops.
The Straffe Hendrik family also encompasses a strong dark quadruple as well as special editions including the wood-matured Heritage, with a recipe that varies every year, and Wild (prepared with the addition of wild yeasts).
Straffe Hendrik Tripel is a top-fermented beer that re-ferments in the bottle.
Straffe Hendrik is brewed with water, a house yeast, six different varieties of malt, and Saaz and Styrian Golding hops.
Colour & Transparency
The beer takes on a clear, amber-blonde colour with slight evidence of bubbles below a cloudy white head.
Serving Temperature
Serving Glass
Straffe Hendrik is served in an elegant, tulip-shaped degustation glass on a tall stem. It does great justice to the aromas.
Character, Tastes & Aromas
First comes a zesty nose with impressions of black pepper, coriander, ginger and orange.
The initial taste is one of caramel before the hop bitterness and the malt come to the fore. The finish gives a hint of banana as well as citrus.
This degustation beer suits spicy fish recipes; or a Camembert or a semi-hard cheese like a Brugse Blomme, or else exotic fruit desserts prepared with pineapple and mango, for example.
Keeping and Storage
In the bottle a Straffe Hendrik will keep for 24 months. It can be stored in kegs for up to 12 months.
Unlike the Straffe Hendrik Quadrupel, Quadrupel Héritage and the Straffe Hendrik Wild the tripel doesn't lend itself very well to aging.
Bottle ✔ On Tap ✔
Bottle: 33cl, 75cl. On tap: 15l, 20l.
As with Brugse Zot you won't be able to miss this one when visiting Bruges, you can pick up the beers from De Halve Maan literally on every street.
You can also visit the brewery and take a peek at their world famous beer pipeline...
Outside of Belgium you will have no trouble finding Straffe Hendrik as De Halve Maan successfully exports as far afield as Japan.
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Small surges forth from huge setbacks
2017 didn't start with very much good news. There were more attacks on innocent people just like last year. The rich and powerful are continuing to play their chess game with the planet, and have moved their rook into position to fuck things up in a big way. We, the pawns, stand ready to do what we can to oppose, but expect the worst they can impose upon us.
And 2016 slips right into its place in the graph as the hottest year ever recorded, right in front of 2015 and 2014.
Just like we see with all species, the numbers of predators, especially large ones like lions and wolves, have collapsed in the last number of decades.
A large part of the problem are the conflicts these large predators come into in areas where livestock are farmed. There are many different ways to prevent kills (such as guard dogs and electric fences) but in many cases farmers whose livestock are preyed upon take action and kill the predators (one supposes it is the same animal(s)). Thus, one dead cow or goat means one dead tiger or leopard. The former can be replaced a lot faster than the latter, unfortunately.
Just yesterday, a bear was poisoned in Italy.
But there are signs of some steps back from the brink. In Spain, where the population of wolves is actually increasing, the government of the Community of Madrid have increased the compensation fund to help farmers whose livestock are attacked (though it seems at 500 Euro per sheep, there's a large temptation to fudge the death of an animal to look like a wolf-kill – which was widespread in some areas of Spain and caused a scandal last year).
This will help reduce such retaliatory killings, since farmers don't see their livelihoods under threat from the predators. There are also movements to protect livestock using mastiff dogs and restoring pens – this helping much more in the long term as farmers readjust to the new reality of a rewilded landscape.
The world needs more of this.
The Wind has Changed
So my old mate Dave – that's Sir David Attenborough to you lot – has come out.
Out of a slightly different kind of closet to the one you're thinking of.
He's said it.
He sees no reason not to reintroduce wolves to Scotland.
And at first I didn't realise anything was out of the ordinary.
I mean, why wouldn't he?
Well, there are some reasons.
But the times have changed. So quickly it's rather astounding.
Suddenly rewilding is happening.
And it's a little akin to our changing attitudes towards being gay, actually.
I'm forty, and I remember when I was in my twenties that coming out was an ordeal for most men, and women.
Lots of them didn't, until they'd left university (with doctorates, not just bachelor degrees), until they'd left Ireland.
The idea of gay marriage was in the same category as human missions to Mars – some crazy fools were saying it would happen some day but most of us were fairly (but not rightfully) sceptical.
Well, maybe not in the same category as going to Mars – one is a worthwhile step forward for humanity, the other is just some geeks spending money making the masses wonder if perhaps we can survive without Earth.
Anyway, here we are : suddenly the right for gay people to marry is common fucking sense. People wonder why it's taken us so long to cop on to the fact.
Even in middle America (as traditional as middle Earth in many aspects: Americans sometimes think they're immune from the general rule that people in the centre of large land masses – like central Asia, the outback of Australia, WestMeath – are slow to change and often reluctant to keep up with the rest of the world. But they're not) state after state is changing the law.
A lot of this is due to the direct action of brave citizens:: something rewilding advocate George Monbiot, and his new mate Russell Brand advocate for in lots of situations.
Wild boar were released (accidentally, in some cases) in several locations, in Britain and Ireland. At least in Britain, they were let live and the sky didn't fall.
The Scottish government had a small experimental reintroduction of beavers, which they might recapture once their data is in… Meanwhile, beaver were released in another location in Scotland, and also in England, and suddenly people want them to stay.
The MFI millionaire who wants to have wolves on his estate also wants lynx. And now the path for at least a small lynx reintroduction is being laid (in birch tree plantings).
David Attenborough reckons a fence around those Allandale wolves is necessary.
But he never said that before.
All those years of wildlife work and I don't recall him advocating wolf reintroduction to Britain once.
Why not?
Because it wasn't a serious suggestion for a respected biologist to make.
I remember when I started my PhD thesis, on deer population biology and management. Twenty years ago now, too.
I was told there was a government scientist who worked on the deer in the same area (he actually ended up being my external examiner) who the hunting community disliked. Mostly they just thought he was an idiot for having voiced the opinion that wolves should be reintroduced to Ireland.
They called him "the wolfman." Yeah, clever lads the Irish.
So I never voiced the opinion that I agreed.
I worked with those hunters on my project, and since in different ways (hunting myself, of course).
Wolf reintroduction was not something I ever mentioned to anyone but close friends.
Just over a year ago, I wrote an article for the Irish Wildlife Trust about deer management in Ireland (the link has since been removed when they rejigged their website. I must post the original here).
I didn't mention wolves.
But then they asked me to.
So I did.
Not that enthusiastically.
I reckoned the readers who could have influence in implementing any change I advocated (mostly by getting more deer hunted to reduce numbers – not popular among many hunters) did not want to hear me talking shite about bring back the wolf. It was considered less than a pipedream: a sure sign of being a hippy and having taken too many drugs.
I did get some feedback from hunting organisations…
But then I noticed that the wind had indeed shifted. Not much, but it wasn't blowing my own piss back into my face.
I said in a blog post straight after, that if we didn't start pushing now, we'd never get to realise our objective in twenty years. And it was my decision to start pushing myself.
Since then, I've blogged probably once a month about rewilding. And every month there are more articles about it in the newspaper.
The wind was blowing the other way.
Snowballs were rolling.
The idea of rewilding Ireland, and Britain, has snowballed so big that the most influential biologist on the planet now thinks that the time has come, that the public can get their minds around it.
(Just to be clear: I'm sure Sir David always would have liked to see it. Now he feels he can say it. He's lots more to lose than me. Well, the planet has more to lose, since Sir David has the standing to influence other places on the planet where protection and extinction prevention is paramount.)
There is nothing that can stop it, now.
Just like gay marriage, even in dear old quaint little ultra catholic Ireland where until after I was born unmarried mothers were living as slaves in state-sponsored laundries….
I only hope that things have changed so fast that we can have wild wolves not in twenty years, but two. And that Sir David can narrate the first documentary about their release.


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4 tsp. granulated sugar or brown sugar
Dissolve the yeast in 3/4 cup warm water. Stir in the 3 cups warm water, the flour, and sugar. Beat with an electric mixer on medium-high until smooth.
Cover with 100% cotton cheesecloth. Let stand at room temperature (75-85 degrees) for 5 to 10 days or until the mixture has a sour, fermented aroma, stirring 2-3 times each day. (The fermentationtime will depend upon the room temperature. A warmer room will speed up the fermentation process.) When the mixture has fermented, transfer starter to a 2-qt. or larger plastic container. Refrigerate the starter until needed.
*To use starter, stir it thoroughly upon removing from the refrigerator (it will have separated). Measure the needed amount and bring to room temperature before using.
**For each cup of starter used, replenish by adding
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour (bread flour will make the starter stringy.)
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 tsp. granulated sugar or brown sugar
(I like to mix this up in a separate bowl before adding it to the remaining starter.) Cover and let mixture stand at room temperature for at least a day or until it is bubbly. Refrigerate for later use.
If you haven't used the starter within 10 days, stir in 1 tsp. granulated or brown sugar. Repeat every 10 days unless starter is replenished.


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From the July 2014 magazine.
One Hot Summer Night
At a meeting in Florida, when the doors burst open, anything can happen
Our meeting gets together to discuss some of the finer points of particular sections of the Big Book. A few months before, we had been allowed access to a meeting room on a college campus in an area with little parking that was hard to find. But this night was our first meeting in a nice new space in one of the little churches over on "religion row" on the outskirts of the campus, about a mile from our previous location. Otherwise, it was just another night.
At the end of a meeting, in between the Serenity Prayer and the Lord's Prayer, our group pauses longer than most groups...
-- Dan M.
Tampa, Florida
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