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12 Keys to Lasting Wealth
Feeling trapped? Deep in debt? Tired of living on the treadmill of life? Working hard but going nowhere fast?
Your creator never meant for you to live a life of anxiety and misery, but a life of abundance. Living in this great country of ours, we have all the means we need to build a prosperous financial life, – a life that allows us to provide for our families while giving back to our communities, places of worship, and causes we hold dear.
In our 12 Keys to Lasting Wealth, we'll share solid strategies that will take you down the road to financial freedom. Each month we'll explore a new key to achieving financial peace.
Key 1: Avoid Lifestyle Inflation – Spend Less Than You Earn
Article 1: How A Cab Ride Dramatically Changed My View of Financial Freedom
Article 2: "Most Black Doctors Are Broke" – And Why You Should Care
Article 3: Why Everything We've Been Told About Financial Success is Wrong
Article 4: How a Washerwoman With a Sixth Grade Education Accumulated More Wealth Than a Famous NBA Star
Article 5: Do You Know Where Your Money Is Going?
Article 6: Board the Fast Train to Financial Freedom – Conquer Lifestyle Inflation Once and For All
Key 2: Know Where You're Going
Article 1: The Missing Ingredient to Financial Success
Article 2: S.M.A.R.T. Goals Power You To Success
Article 3: Got S.M.A.R.T. Goals – Now Get Going. Create the Life You Want
Article 4: Three Turbocharged Tactics That Virtually Guarantee You'll Fulfill Your Goals
Key 3: Don't Let Small Holes Sink Your Financial Ship
Article 1: Put More Cash In Your Pocket by Plugging Your Money Leaks
Article 2: How Mindless Spending Sinks Our Financial Ships
Article 3: Refuse to be a Victim of Fee Nation
Key 4: Make Simple Changes to Reach Financial Freedom
Article 1: Big Financial Rewards Arise From Small Lifestyle Changes
Article 2: How to Earn $650,646.36 Toward Your Retirement With a Few Simple Lifestyle Changes
Article 3: When it Comes to Financial Freedom – Cash is King
Article 4: Build Wealth by Taking Care of Yourself First
Key 5: Eliminate the Knowledge Gap – Never Be Taken Advantage of Again
Article 1: Eliminate the Knowledge Gap and Never Get Taken Advantage of Again
Key 6: Crush the Shackles of Debt
Key 7: The Joneses Are Broke – Don't Chase False Wealth, Build True Wealth
Key 8: Understand How Your Brain Sabotages Your Financial Success
Key 9: Learn to Earn
Key 10: Sharpen Your Defenses Against Retailer Tricks and Scams
Key 11: Never Leave Money on the Table
Key 12: Fatten and Protect Your Golden Geese
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Gavin Drew, our energetic, curious, enthusiastic, spunky, perceptive, affectionate preschooler, is four years old today. In some ways, it seems like he was a baby just yesterday, but in others, his life seems to have encompassed much more than four years! Gavin is a boy just bursting with spark and personality. We're lucky to call him ours.
Gavin is certainly a mover and a shaker. Running, jumping, climbing, biking, hanging, and spinning are still his favorite things. All of his birthday gifts, from immediate and extended family alike, suited his active temperament. He received baseball gear, a balance board, Velcro "monster mitts," a bean bag, a chinning bar, a pogo stick, and Nerf guns. He also got the clothes he is wearing in these photos.
Gavin's little body is always busy--but so is his mind. With all of his who/what/when/ where/why questions, he might grow up to be a scientist or an inventor or a doctor or an investigative reporter! For now, he is thriving in preschool and keeping us entertained at home. Life is never dull with Gavin around.
Gavin and Lexi are best buddies. They love to play together, and Lexi idolizes her big brother, copying everything he does and says. Gavin, in turn, wants to do everything Zach and Tyler are doing. He considers himself one of the big boys.
Gavin has finally entered a stage of enjoying television. While I probably shouldn't be thrilled with this, I admit that it is perfectly lovely to know he will turn on a show and sit and watch it! His favorite shows are Go, Diego, Go!, Sid the Science Kid, Busytown Mysteries, and the Cars movies. He was sooo sad (so was I!) when Netflix stopped offering Word World episodes. He could probably watch that show all day! I credit that program with turning Gavin onto reading (which he does, a little).
Gavin loves banana-and-Nutella sandwiches, grapes, chicken nuggets, goldfish crackers, spaghetti, and milk. He loves cuddling with pillows and blankets. He loves comfy clothes like t-shirts and track pants. He loves his puffy orange coat. He loves dancing to music, being silly, and making people laugh. He loves giving hugs and kisses. He loves having his back scratched. He loves playing with my hair. He loves family scripture time and giving Family Home Evening lessons. He loves Primary songs, and I'm certain he can feel the Holy Ghost whispering to his heart.
This evening as we were preparing to use the video camera for Tyler's science fair project, Gavin wanted some time on camera. And so this candid, impromptu, charming interview was born. It captures Gavin's awesome personality perfectly.
Gavin is such a fantastic kid. Watching him learn and grow this year has brought us great joy.

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What is the Innovation Campus?
The Hilliard Innovation Campus (HIC) provides a variety of coursework and experiences that strive to meet the needs of our fast-paced, constantly changing society. The Innovation Campus has blended existing programming with newly developed ideas in the attempt to offer options for each and every student in the Hilliard City School District to learn and achieve in the best possible manner.
The foundation for the Innovation Campus has been built upon the idea that traditional ways of schooling and traditional programs do not meet the needs of every student. In an effort to meet those needs, the Innovation Campus was developed to enhance the experience that a child has throughout the district, not as a replacement.
Students from all three of the district's high schools and middle schools are shuttled to and from the Innovative Learning Center and Innovative Learning Hub every 90 minutes to participate in classes in one of our four networks: College Jump Start, Imagination, Personal Success, Global Network, and Young Professionals. These networks contain courses that allow for all of our students from grades 7-12 to come together in a centralized location to have an experience that may not have been possible at their home school.
The differences do not stop at the course offerings. The Innovative Learning Center, which was the old central office, was remodeled in June of 2013 to create an atmosphere conducive to 21st century teaching and learning. Bright colors, creatively designed furniture, and open collaborative spaces are just the beginning of a long list of purposeful touches that encourage critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity.
Hilliard City Schools believes that the Innovation Campus diversifies opportunities to meet student's needs and gives the district a competitive edge in the rapidly changing school business market.
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Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Flex Your Creative Muscles...
...every day! It doesn't have to be anything spectacular. These pretty things are cupcakes. They look okay... they have white icing, with chocolate shapes (very Hallowe'en, all stars and moons), and it looks like they have a chocolate sponge base, which you can just see under bits of the icing. They have a secret ingredient, however. Instead of making my normal chocolate cup cakes, I added a little ginger to the mix. So...spicy chocolate cake. I like chocolate ginger sweets, so I figure I'll like chocolate ginger cake.
It's like anything, really. You can stick to the recipe (or the pattern, or the rules...), or you can ask yourself, what if I just add... and try it. That's creativity!
ps for the bakers among us, these cakes are made using a basic Victoria sandwich mix, with the addition of a half teaspoonful of ginger (from a Bart jar, if you're in the UK, though any kind of preserved ginger, including ground, would be fine in its place). Oh, and a lot of cocoa powder. I'm from the school of baking that assumes that There Is No Such Thing As Too Much Chocolate...so I just tip the packet into the mix until it looks as if I've added nearly too much. You have to practice that to get it right... dirty work, but someone has to do it, not to mention try the cake...
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Monday, 22 October 2012
Making Room For Inspiration
'What is this life, if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare'
I'm sure you're familiar with this quote; I know I am. It was a feature of my childhood; my grandmother quoted it regularly. However, until today, I had never seen it written down. I thought the 'full of care' in the first line related to 'life', that our lives are full of care, and as a result, we're always busy, and don't take the time to look at things. Now, though, I interpret it differently; that lovely comma after the if suggests that it is we, ourselves, who are full of care. What's the difference? I hear you holler. Well... rather a lot, I think, when it comes down to it.
Our lives are possibly full of 'care', demands on our time, on our energy, on our intellect. If, however, we fill our selves, our heads and hearts, with cares, thinking about them endlessly, worrying about them, rehearsing different scenarios for resolving them, or just feeling sorry for ourselves, then in truth, it doesn't matter whether we stand and stare, or not: if we do, we won't actually see anything.
To be creative, we need to be in the moment. To be in the moment means actually paying attention to what is going on right now, the sounds, scents, sights that surround us. Making ourselves focus on what is in front of us...and nothing else. As I write, I can see out of the window to the garden. I've just spent a few minutes looking out at the trees, especially the oak at the end of the garden. It is a magnificent tree, and its leaves are just beginning to turn into their autumn colours. Being in the moment is about watching the faint breeze stir the leaves, admiring the sky as it peeps through the foliage... it does not, however embrace thinking that I really must go and rake up the falling leaves, and the bit of branch that got blown off in the last storm... Make room in your head for creativity. It's a practice, just like turning up and making the work is a practice. When you find you're thinking unrelated thoughts, kick them out of your head, and allow yourself to see what is really there...instead of worrying about it.
Perhaps the best way of being in the moment, for me, is to draw something. Then, there is only room for me to look at a leaf, explore it with my senses, and put that information down on paper. It doesn't really matter what the end result looks like; the important thing is really the looking, and the seeing, and the engagement with the leaf. Try it.
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Sunday, 21 October 2012
Quote Of The Week
"Perfection is the best you can do on the day".
This was quoted to me once by a yoga teacher, and I've been fond of it ever since. People seem to split into two camps; they either embrace it wholeheartedly, or reject it completely. There doesn't seem to be any middle ground with this one!
The logic is simple. If you are doing your absolute best, then perfection is, indeed, the best you can do on the day. You can't make it any better. If you really must aim for perfection, then perhaps this quote will help you to be a little kinder to yourself, to relax the rules you are living by; I suspect that they hurt you, on a regular basis.
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Monday, 15 October 2012
Nothing Succeeds As Planned
Funny how we rarely, if ever, contemplate the idea that it might be better than the original idea... Perfectionism is not a virtue; it's a vice. It squeezes the life out of creativity, and blinds us to the good points of what we actually make...if it allows us to make anything at all.
I knew what I wanted to achieve when I took this image...but it didn't actually work out that way. What do you think...is it a successful image? Does it have balance, visual interest, good colour? What do you think is wrong with it? I was disappointed with it...should I have been, do you think?
Now, fish out something that you have judged in your head as 'not good enough'; look at it again. Ask yourself the questions I ask above... how does it rate? If we can get past the subjective nature of perfectionism, we can see our work more clearly, and understand it better. Try it out.
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Monday, 8 October 2012
Finding Your Star.
"I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by"
John Masefield
When John Masefield (1878-1967) wrote those words, he knew what he was about. He is describing the behaviour of someone who has found their true vocation. He is describing a sailor, but he could just as well have been talking about artists. Being an artist can be lonely, too. And because it is such a solitary occupation, mostly, it's easy to get lost. So many ideas, so many media; how do you find a star to steer by?
I believe that we have to create our own star to steer by, by thinking about what it is we want to achieve as artists. Businesses have 'mission statements', that are intended to help them to focus on what's most important in a maelstrom of choices. I think artists need something similar. To help us to make decisions about what it is we want to do, we have to be clear about what it is we are passionate about, and what it is we want to say to the world when we make art.
As an artist, I want to challenge people, to make them think, to show them my inner worlds, and invite them to wonder about them, to find things in the art that relate to their lives, perhaps allowing them to look at things in a different light. I want them to look closely at things that they might not have noticed before, and find joy in that. Over the years, my art has reflected that desire, even though I haven't always articulated it in that way before. That is my star; everything I make has to fit within that framework, or it is not really what I want to do...no matter how tempting it might be.
What is your star, your mission statement? What do you want your art to do or to say? If you're not sure, try looking back on what you've made, and what you are proudest of. What similarities do these things have? Is it materials, meaning, style, metaphor...what? What are you trying to say? It may take some time to work that out, and you may need to talk to others about it, too. I find that I know what I believe, when I hear what I say. So talk to others who are supportive of you, and see what they think. Try to explain what it is that drives you, motivates you to make art. If you can define that star, it will guide you in choosing what to make in the maelstrom of choices that face you, too.
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Sunday, 7 October 2012
Creativity Prompt and Challenge : Combining Words
Language is wonderful. It develops, grows and changes with the culture it sprang from. Each word has its own meaning, sometimes more than one. For example, Red Square in Moscow is widely known, but did you know that the word red in Russian (krasni) used to mean 'beautiful'; hence, Red Square is really 'Beautiful Square', as well as Red Square.
Words are even more interesting when you combine them. This particular creativity prompt is an exercise, involving three words... Blue, Dream, Canary. The challenge is to take those three words, and make a piece that includes a reference to each of those three words. You can make the reference as direct or as indirect as you wish... but you have only one hour to make the piece (so keep it small!).
If you complete the challenge, please email me a picture, and we'll create a gallery for your work!
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Wednesday, 3 October 2012
Inspiration Journalling
I've already talked about how important it is to journal; I'm now going to suggest that you keep an Inspiration Journal. Keep this one in your studio, somewhere where it's EASY TO FIND! This journal is intended as the one thing you pick up when you need anything from a gentle nudge, to a kick up the backside (to quote one of my creative friends...). It will become your own personal creativity coach. It will remind you of all the things you thought you really 'ought' to do one day. It will have inspirational quotes, thoughts and statements, some of which you will find for yourself, some of which you will ask for, from your friends and fellow artists. It will support you through good times, bad times and all the bits in between.
Your inspiration journal needs to be large enough and strong enough for you to be able to write, draw and paint in. It needs to be able to cope with collage. You should put pockets in the front and back, so that you can keep odd bits of paper or clipped out articles in safety. You could consider giving it its own box to live in, so that you can keep a number of pens and pencils beside it, for easy grabbing! It could be an altered book, if you like. If you're not overly concerned about aesthetics, you could use a spiral bound folder, with plastic see through envelopes to hold your journalling...actually, I like that idea. I'm in bed with flu at the moment, but as soon as I'm well enough to get into the studio, I'm going to make one just like that. If you'd like to make one with me, make sure you have a folder, glue, see through envelopes, and card or other material for making the pockets.
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We analyzed the conclusions of several published authors. This is the conclusion from a book about tigers. We noticed that the author made us feel like we were right in the environment/habitat of the tiger!
In this conclusion from a book on pelicans, we discussed how the author briefly reviewed some of the surprising information she didn't want us to forget from her book. She also invited us to learn even more about pelicans!
This conclusion from a book on owls also put us right in the environment of an owl and told us what to do if we spotted one!
I made a template to help students combine all these wonderful characteristics of good conclusions. I wrote my own conclusion for my report on owls and left an open template for students to fill in their own. (Please note, the word 'jungle' in the first line of the slide below should say 'forest'! Mistakes happen, right?)
Here is a conclusion one student wrote for his report on pandas.
Here's another student's conclusion to his report on crocodiles:
The past two days in writing, we've been peer conferencing. Students took their introduction, their habitat paragraph, their diet paragraph, their defense mechanisms paragraph, and their conclusion and stapled it together to make one complete draft of their animal report. I partnered students up, and they worked together to do a "5-4-3-2-1" peer conference. Students were to help each other add 5 descriptive adjectives, 4 lively verbs, 3 sound effects, 2 similes, and put tallies down (we call these the 1's) for any capitals or punctuation that needed to be added.
I explained that determining importance is a lot like straining noodles. The container with water and noodles is like a book you pick up off the shelf. Inside the book is all sorts of information - some is very important information (like the noodles), while other information isn't as important (like the water), but that you need all of it to make the book what it is.
As you start reading a book and after you've finished it, it's your brain's job (strainer) to determine what's important (noodles) and what's not (water). Your brain should hold on to the important information, key topics, and main ideas, and let the rest pass through, just like when we strain noodles!
We anchored our learning on this chart. (After all, real noodles only stay fresh for so long!)
Students did a response to explain what they understood about our noodle metaphor for determining importance.
During independent reading, students were to think about the 'noodles' and the 'water' of the books they were reading to see if they could find what was important versus unimportant about their books.


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In our previous blogs we have told you what foods to eat to maintain a healthy body and a well-balanced diet. We have told you what exercises to do to keep your body and bones strong, as well as tips and tricks to change unhealthy lifestyles. So, now that you know what to eat to maintain a healthy diet, we thought we would share some info with you on what to cut back on in your diet. Let's take a look on how cutting back on these things below can help us maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Cut Back On Sugar- Fruits and Vegetables contain natural sugar and are important to include your daily diet. However; processed sugar in foods like jams, cereal, sweets, and juice contain no nutritional benefits and are considered "empty calories." The next time you are at the grocery store just turn any juice bottle over and see for yourself how many grams of sugar are in one bottle of juice. You might want to re-think your beverage intake. Reducing the amount of sugar is extremely important for diabetics to maintain their blood sugar levels but it is also important for everybody, especially those who are overweight.
Cut Back On Salt- Did you know that most food already contains around ¾ of salt? Reducing your amount of salt will not only help you maintain balanced nutrition but it can also help to lower your blood pressure. So before you think about "salting" your food, read the label of the food you are about to eat and check the amount of sodium that already exist in your food.
Cut back on these two items and see how your health can improve dramatically. You might even lose weight, or lower your blood pressure. Your skin will be healthier without all the processed sugar and your body will function better without all the salt. Remember, it is important to read labels at the grocery store because you might actually be surprised to learn how much sugar or sodium is in your food.


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raven;od chapter 4.Written by Death-and-Rebirth in Home on 4 August 2012 à 16:59
Greetings, everyone.
We have a new release of another project. (Yes, besides Aries...)
We present you raven;od, an interesting, complicated story. Chapters 1-3 are released by Kawaii Corner.
You can download it, here;
And keep in mind that we need staff. Mainly translators. If you are interested, email us.
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Thank you so much for this chapter.2lchanceThursday 27th September 2012 at 12:42
Thankyou so much for raven;od! *o* the art is nice
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Hello folks, more fantastic classes are coming up this month! If you're interested in classes in Alabang, do check out the schedule here.
But before everything else, I want to inform you all that this will probably be the last month I'll be holding classes in my Salcedo Village kitchen.
It's been a really rockin' 8 months spreading the veg gospel in the city; I loved connecting with everyone who's come by and listening to how the classes helped people take care of their and their loved ones' health truly makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Unfortunately my Makati kitchen space will be heading to greener pastures BUT I will definitely still hold classes in my Alabang kitchen.
The hunt is still on for a northern kitchen space, though! So, stay tuned.
Moving forward, here's a glimpse of what's in store this month. Read on below to get full details + big savings if you sign up for more than 1 class.
12, Sat – Fantastic salads 2.0, 9:30am-1:30pm
12, Sat – Creamy desserts, 2:30-6pm
13, Sun – Quinoa cookery, 2-6pm
19, Sat – Vegan cookies, 2:30-5:30pm
12th, Saturday – FANTASTIC SALADS 2.0, 9:30am to 1:30pm (gluten-free options available)
Salads are nutrient-dense, immunity-boosting, and cooling to the body. There are terrible salads out there (I'm talking about limp leaves with a side of vinegar some restaurants like to sell for P400) but the salad of your dreams – the kind that you'll look forward to eating – is easy and doable. In this class, learn how to make 4 beautiful salads that will knock your socks and tastebuds off. You'll get familiar with different vegetables, fruit, grains, beans, herbs, spices, and seeds that you can use to compose future dreamy salads.
On the menu:
Vegan Caesar salad with garlic croutons and almond parmesan
Dill potato salad with homemade egg-free mayonnaise
Roasted vegetable and quinoa salad
Soba noodle salad with baked tofu and miso-sesame dressing
RATE: P1850 if prepaid by July 10 Thursday, P2150 after July 10 Thursday (prepaying details here).
12th, Saturday – DESSERT MAYHEM: CREAMY, DREAMY DESSERTS, 2:30pm to 6pm (gluten-free options available)
Eschewing dairy products from your diet DOES NOT mean you have to give up on creamy, luscious desserts. On the contrary, there are plenty of plant-based ingredients that can give dairy-based butter, milk, cream, and cheese a run for their money!
In this class, you'll learn how to create creamy sweet treats without the cow juice. We'll also be using alternative, low-glycemic sweeteners instead of white sugar poison because I love you and don't want your blood sugar levels to go haywire.
On the menu:
Mango crepe with homemade vanilla ice cream
Cashew cheesecake
Banana trifle
Panna cotta with berry coulis
RATE: P1850 if prepaid by July 10 Thursday, P2150 after July 10 Thursday (prepaying details here).
If you sign up for both Salad and Creamy dessert classes, pay only P3100 if you prepay by July 10 (save P600)!
13th, Sunday – QUINOA COOKERY, 2pm to 6pm (gluten-free)
Quinoa is a wholegrain that's high in protein and fiber, low on starch, and uber-versatile. It's an easy substitute for rice but if you want to learn more creative ways with this wonder grain, then check out this class!
On the menu:
Rainbow vegetable quinoa salad
Moroccan stuffed peppers
Quinoa vegetable lasagna
Black bean and quinoa croquettes with avocado sauce (when avocados are out of season, we sub with garlic cashew aioli)
RATE: P1850 if prepaid by July 10 Thursday, P2150 after July 10 Thursday (prepaying details here).
If you sign up for both Salad, Creamy dessert, and Quinoa cookery classes, pay only P4550 if you prepay by July 10 (save P1000)!
19th, Saturday – DESSERT MAYHEM: VEGAN COOKIES, 2:30pm to 5:30pm
Learn how to bake dairy-free and egg-free versions of popular cookies in this NEW class! Get familiar with using healthier alternatives to white flour and white sugar as well as plant-based alternatives to butter and eggs.
Are vegan cookies any good? I've been vegan for more than 6 years and feeding dairy-eaters my cookies – yes, yes my vegan cookies bring all the boys to the yard. You won't know the difference and they're cholesterol-free, too.
On the menu:
Oatmeal raisin cookies
Peanut butter crisscross cookies
Chocolate chip cookies
Double chocolate chip cookies
Please note: this class is not gluten free.
RATE: P1850 if prepaid by July 17 Thursday, P2150 after July 17 Thursday (prepaying details here).
If you sign up for both Salad, Creamy dessert, Quinoa cookery, and Vegan cookie classes, pay only P6200 if you prepay by July 10 (save P1200)!
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DISRUPTIVE MOOD DYSREGULATION DISORDER -- haven't heard of it? It's being proposed as a new diagnostic category, and, by providing a label, it could improve diagnosis and care for kids who have problems regulating mood and temper. Read more about it in the Los Angeles Times. Separately, the Dana Foundation pointed us to an article on mental health screenings of teens by schools. The purpose: "to identify those at risk and, if necessary, help them get treatment." One advocate calls such screening "a non-pressured way to ask for help." Read more.
LDs AND THE LSAT. A Minnesota man who wanted accommodations on the Law School Admission Test has received them. Twice rebuffed in his request, he apparently enlisted the US Department of Justice in pressing his case; the DOJ decided that the man had submitted appropriate documentation, and that the organization administering the LSAT had violated the ADA. Find out more.
EDUCATOR RESOURCE. Edutopia has posted about a school that has the lowest per-pupil funding in Arizona and yet has excelled in education -- at least partly because of differentiated instruction. Find out more at the Edutopia site.
SENG has issued a call for proposals for speakers at its 2012 conference in Milwaukee, to be held July 13-14. Interested in addressing the attendees at this 2e-oriented conference? Visit a post on LinkedIn; the information is not yet on the SENG site. If you visit the SENG site, however, you'll find the announcement of the appointment of the organization's new executive director, James. D. Maloney.
A PEDIATRIC MRI appears not to cause inordinate risk unless it involves intravenous contrast dye or sedation -- in which case, according to a report from The Hastings Center, "an MRI increases the odds of harm and makes them unacceptably high." The study compared the risk of physical injury or death from the MRI experience to risks from "everyday" activities of healthy children. Read more.
GIFTEDNESS: POWER AND PERILS is the topic of a blog at the Psychology Today website, in which the writer uses the occasion of a friend's son's recent evaluation (99th percentile, 150 IQ) as a springboard on what it takes -- besides giftedness -- to succeed. Find the blog.
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Pharm. Lekan Asuni is the President, Association of Nigerian Representatives of Overseas Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (NIROPHARM). He is also the founder and CEO of LEFAS Pharmaceuticals Limited. In this interview with PharmaTimes Correspondent, GABRIEL IFINNWA, he reveals how drugs manufactured locally can meet international standards, and why the pharma industry still needs government support. Excerpts:
What are your major achievements as chairman, Association of Nigerian Representatives of Overseas Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (NIROPHARM)?
As you are aware NIROPHARM represents multi-national pharmaceutical manufacturing companies locally. The Association sets and operates on a very high standard. We ensure that the international best practices are met locally. This we do through every company that represents the multinational pharmaceutical companies or through their representatives. Since, assumption of office, we have had some modest achievements. Principally, one major achievement is in the area of bridging capacity gaps – making sure that the international best practices are implemented locally.
So there has been heavy investment, in both material efforts and monetary resources to ensure an upscale, especially in the training of personnel in the relevant areas. Still, on the issue of capacity building, we have held several of this for some of our regulators like NAFDAC and other local agencies in different areas just to see how the global best practices can be implemented locally. We have also held capacity building for diverse stakeholders outside the pharmaceutical industry. Also, we have been able to champion the innovative deployment of technology in the fight against counterfeit and unwholesome medicine/drugs. We were the first to embrace technology in the fight against fake and substandard drugs. Another achievement is that we have played significant role in ensuring effective collaboration and harmony across various other trade groups and professionals within and outside the sector. In addition, we have expanded the membership strength of the Association to a very large extent. Under my tenure we have been able to organise different fora where stakeholders in the industry converge to talk on a number of topical issues.
What can be done to regulate the challenge of open drug market in Nigeria?
In the early colonial days, things were more structured. We had about 2 to 3 drug stores distributing products across Nigeria. But we started getting it wrong with the crisis in the late 80s when we had recession. The government started issuing import permits and lots of people used this import permit to do whatever they liked. That is how it started. Ideally, there should not be an open market. But going forward, I believe that it is important for those in the industry to practice in an environment where there is adequate regulatory oversight. What is lacking in the open market is that there is no access to regulation. We don't know exactly in what conditions the drugs are being stored. Once there is no regulation, you find sub-standard drugs in circulation. I believe that those that operate in the open market have their reasons.
Some of them believe they will get more patronage and all that. But, this can still be achieved through what government is proposing with the national drug distribution guideline. This guideline will show underserved areas where people will be encouraged to set up their practice. The issue we have in Nigeria is the lack of appropriate data. I think the critical element of this guideline is the ability to map existing practice outlets with population. It can be able to tell people that there are some un-served population. It will detail the areas where the market is sizeable for you to cater for. So, I believe that once people get to know about some of the benefits of having effective regulation, through enlightenment, education, provision of adequate facilities needed, it will make it easy for those in the industry to imbibe the change. Ideally, let people practice in an environment where there could effective regulatory oversight. When this happens, the issues we have with our distribution system will be minimised as this will enable all the regulatory bodies like NAFDAC, PCN, and Nigeria Customs among others, to have access to these places. Sincerely, I think the way the industry is evolving with the deployment of technology in drug distribution it will help to curb some of the challenges in the industry.
How can drugs manufactured in Nigeria be able to meet highest international standards?
Firstly, before a product is released into the market you need to go through the regulatory body, NAFDAC. And NAFDAC ensures that the products meet the required standard. NAFDAC also ensures that the facility meets the minimum required standard for it to operate, especially in regards to its capacity to meet good manufacturing best practices. But you know after the first batch of that process, I am not sure if there is subsequently, a follow-up after the initial stages. This is not an indictment on NAFDAC because there is so much that the regulatory body can handle. In some developed countries, they have bio-equivalent centres to run tests on some of the drugs and their compositions to determine the effects on the body. There are so many other measures put in place to check aside the chemical constituents. More importantly, for imported products, coming into the country, we need to have a proper process to ensure that they conform to standards.
There has to be constant testing and data gathering, even if the data they submit possess the relevant Quality Certificate (QC); the regulatory agency must ensure these things are in order. For the local manufacturers, the drugs can meet international standards. And some of the local companies in Nigeria are already doing this. A few years ago no factory in Nigeria was WHO accredited, but nowadays we have 3 to 5 companies coming up, and more others are coming up. What this shows is that anybody that wants to set up a drug factory should ensure from the onset that it meets the international best practices, especially WHO certification. That is the only way you can be sure of the quality and it makes them competitive in the international market to be able to partake in tenders for relevant products.
As I mentioned earlier, the Pharma industry in Nigeria is still heavily import dependent. The machineries, raw materials and the addictives are still imported. So my point is that, the quality of the products starts from the quality of the manufacturers input. The big multi-national companies audit those they source their raw materials from, because they want to be sure. So, over here we should do the same. Apart from this we need to consider how these raw materials can be sourced locally. If we cannot source the active raw materials, what about sourcing the additives? The availability of machinery still needs to be resolved too. Next is the manpower, which is making sure that the personnel that will work in the industry are well trained. The university training those to work in the industry and the industry itself must work together to ensure that the quality and quantity of people employed can deliver on the role and what is required. Again, we must ensure that the quality of the processes and procedures are strictly adhered to. The manufacturers need to be diligent to follow through on this.
Again, the manufacturers still need to have access to cheap funds. Majority of the manufacturers source their funding through the banks. The banks sometimes charge high interest rates on the loans. This is still a big issue. This prevents a lot of the manufacturers in investing heavily on the quality of their products. The other element is to also ensureconstant monitoring of the industry by the various regulatory bodies. In other advanced countries, they do this. So, we should do same here in Nigeria. Nigeria has a huge population, so we can be a huge player in the West African sub-region.We need to build on our image not only locally but internationally. This will obviously help.
How do you think the Government can help pharmaceutical manufacturers in the country?
I think the pharmaceutical industry is still not considered a key sector in Nigeria. If the government could have a bank of Agriculture, what stops them from having bank of Health or Pharmaceutical industry? This issue should not be diluted with other various sectors. Funding through a proper mechanism is very important. This will help to drive focus and convergence of efforts in all that we are doing. I have nothing against the Bank of Industry (BOI). But I think we need to have a bank of health or pharma industry to drive forward our agenda. If you look at what the Asians are doing for instance, we should learn from them. For instance, they have dedicated cluster development parks. In India, they have this. In Nigeria, we are all aware that getting a parcel of land is not easy, in terms of the monetary aspect. If you bring in the issue of roads, power, and the rest, it is really a challenge. Imagine, if we have a pharma park in Nigeria, all of the issues of associated with infrastructure will be addressed there. There will be concentration on skills and expertise.The land will be on lease. When we have such places, global developers can come in and build structures along the line.
How do you see the fight on fake drugs and what strategy do you think should be employed to effectively tackle the menace?
Counterfeiting is an illicit trade. It is like blood money. People will always try to circumvent whatever the government is doing because of financial benefits. So many efforts have been made to fight substandard medicines. And these efforts need to be sustained. The regulators need to be proactive all the time. The regulators need to be steps ahead of the counterfeiters. Firstly, I am of the opinion that the penalties to deal with those who deal in counterfeit drugs is like a slap on the wrist. I think the penalty is not stringent enough. Another way to fight this is adoption of the drug distribution guideline. This guideline if effectively implemented with transparency and leveraging on technology, will go a long way in minimising fake drugs. Another issue is speedy dispensation of justice. Most of these cases stay too long in the law courts. Even when you apprehend and decide to prosecute, it takes so long before the case is completed. Some people do not have that length of time to wait for court judgement, so they give up and will rather move on.


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Today i went to the l'Oreal hairstyling awards, to work with team Arno! on a hairstyling competition, Arno is a fabulous hairstylist, who does big, amazing, creative hair, specialising in show hair.
I dressed his lovely models for him, Skye with the mega hair in the black latex ballerina leotard and tutu, and Pip (who's details i will find and update this) in the stripe corset and latex leggings. Both models were sweethearts, and oh-so beautiful, plus very open to being dressed in latex and corsets for the first time which is fun!
Make up was by the talented Branka Vorkapic
Some backstage pics:
a blurry Arno himself... constructing/destructing...
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Doctors' leaders oppose NHS shake-up25th November 2011
The British Medical Association has declared all-out opposition to the Government's NHS shake-up.
It fears the changes look set to give too much influence to the private sector.
The BMA Council passed a motion expressing its "opposition to the whole Health and Social Care Bill" and calling for a public campaign of opposition.
It marks intensification in the BMA's fight with the government over the legislation and follows recent concerns about draft guidance about commissioning which contained "commercially-focussed criteria."
The BMA, which had previously said it would support the legislation with major revisions, wants urgent talks with Health Secretary Andrew Lansley and is now considering its next move.
Dr Hamish Meldrum, chairman of the BMA Council, said: "A key plank of the Government's NHS reforms was to entrust GPs and other healthcare professionals to lead on the commissioning of services for patients to ensure local health needs were met.
"These latest proposals from the Government have the potential to seriously undermine this role, restricting the freedom and independence that clinically-led commissioning groups need to make locally sensitive, locally accountable, patient-focused decisions."
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham welcomed the BMA decision, describing it as a "huge lift for the campaign to the get the Tory-led Government to drop its Health and Social Care Bill and a clear reflection of the majority feeling across the NHS."
Mr Burnham added: "Their decision to launch a campaign is conclusive proof that the Government has abjectly failed to build professional consensus behind its reckless reorganisation."
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'Reclamation: the Motion Comic' is a new Kickstarter project that hopes to create a motion comic, and later a feature film. Creator/Artist Romeal Watson is clearly passionate about the project and the combination of martial arts, the supernatural and onscreen action point towards influences such as Constantine, Underwold and even Buffy.
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Reclamation is a dark tale of a pragmatic preacher's son who discovers the true power of the supernatural, when the death of his father drags him in the middle of an ancient mystical rivalry. With the help of an elite squad of demon hunters, Ray must find the courage to step into his father's shoes, and rise up against the Dark Order, a vicious demon clan."


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text: Challenger Prodi says it is time to recognise the victory The centre-left candidate Prodi said on Friday he was glad "the game is over". He added that "it's time to recognise our victory so that this strange comedy can end and we can move on like we should." But a defiant Silvio Berlusconi told a crowd of supporters shouting "Silvio! Silvio!" outside his Rome residence: "We are carrying on. We will resist." He refused to concede after the centre-left opposition won a razor-thin majority in the April 9 - 10 election, demanding a check of "disputed" ballots - papers on which the voting intention was deemed unclear by scrutineers. But after four days of political stalemate, the Interior Ministry said the number of ballots in question for the lower house of parliament was 2,131, not enough to overturn Prodi's 24,000-vote majority. The ministry said in a statement it had made a mistake when it initially estimated there were 43,028 disputed ballots. Berlusconi defiantIn a letter to Italian daily Corriere della Sera, Berlusconi criticised Prodi for declaring victory and reiterated calls for a coalition between the right and left, something Prodi has rejected, saying he has a mandate to govern on his own. "We are at a standstill, a situation in which, at least based on the number of votes, there are neither winners nor losers," Berlusconi said in the letter, to be published in the newspaper's Saturday edition. Prodi said his bloc was ready to talk to the centre-right but that Berlusconi would have to concede defeat first. Berlusconi repeated calls for acoalition between right and left Centre-left officials said the next step would be an official confirmation of the election results by the Court of Cassation, Italy's highest court for legal appeals. That is not expected to come before next week at the earliest, a court official said on Friday. Berlusconi's office declined comment on the Interior Ministry statement but pointed out that all election data was still preliminary ahead of the official court confirmation. Fraud allegationsBerlusconi said earlier this week the result must change due to what he called widespread fraud, but most of his allies have shown no taste for a recount. Nonetheless, some hardcore supporters maintained hope that the tenacious media tycoon could somehow prevail. Mirko Tremaglia, the minister for Italians abroad, said Italy should rerun the election among overseas voters - whose support enabled Prodi to snatch a narrow victory in the upper house - because 10% had not received ballot papers. Prodi, who has been seen smiling and relaxed in his northern hometown of Bologna, has already received congratulatory calls from foreign leaders, including those of France and Germany.Electoral law In his letter to Corriere, Berlusconi said a coalition between his bloc and Prodi's could just be temporary. "A partial accord, for a limited time, to address the country's pending institutional, economic and international deadlines, should not be ruled out on principle." Although it won by a handful of votes, a recent change to the electoral law introduced by Berlusconi means Prodi will have almost 70 more seats than the centre right in the 630-seat lower chamber. In the Senate, Prodi has just a two-seat majority. SOURCE: Reuters


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Just a little heads up in case you are an XNA developer dreaming of developing multiplatform games for Windows Phone, Windows 8 and / or Xbox: XNA is not supported for developing Metro style applications in Windows 8. XNA applications will be treated as classic desktop applications in the new OS but XNA is still the recommend route for developing Xbox Live Arcade and Windows Phone games. Here are Microsoft's recommendations for developing games targeting Windows 8′s Metro:
DirectX gaming power underlies Windows 8, so you have several options when creating Metro style game
apps. You can write full-screen, chrome-free games with smooth, flicker-free action using HTML5, JavaScript,
and CSS3. Or, write impressive 2D and lightweight 3D games using XAML with managed C# or Visual Basic.
You can also use the full processing abilities of modern graphics hardware using native C++ and HLSL
with DirectX 11.1.
Create immersive games using the power of DirectX
The new Windows 8 graphics stack is better integrated, making Direct2D, Direct3D, and DirectCompute
components easier to use together and requiring fewer duplicated resources than before. Capabilities
previously available only in XNA, such as DirectXMath, XAudio2, and XInput, are now available. For the
ultimate experience in gaming and video, use DirectX 11.1 to bring stereoscopic 3D to your apps.
Microsoft's S.Hargreaves:
It is correct that XNA is not supported for developing the new style Metro applications in Windows 8.
But XNA remains fully supported and recommended for developing on Xbox and Windows Phone, not to mention for creating classic Windows applications (which run on XP, Vista, Win7, and also Win8 in classic mode).
I'm planning to write about Windows 8 thoughts and how I envision Microsoft's gaming future in the coming days…
source: XNA Forums


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Patatas Bravas… SA style
I've been wanting to make Patatas Bravas for ages now. I love the idea of spicy cubes of crisp potatoes with a rich tomato sauce. And I absolutely LOVE tapas. And so when I wanted to make it as a side dish last night, I spotted the boerewors in the fridge and remembered Nina from My Easy Cooking, posting about a Boerewors Patatas Bravas last year. I knew I had to try it.
With the World Cup coming up, it's also a perfect dish to serve as a snack while watching the Soccer. Boerewors is South Africa's contribution to the sausage world and I haven't found a single South African who doesn't like it. A trip to my butcher on a Saturday wouldn't be complete without their grandchildren braai-ing Boerewors rolls outside. The smell of the spiced meat and fat grilling just puts a smile on my face.
Patatas Bravas can be cooked many different ways but I choose to roast the Boerewors and potatoes before hand to ensure that the potatoes are nice and crisp.
This is enough for a big pan of Patatas Bravas, enough to serve 10-12 for snacks or 6 as a meal
6 Large potatoes, peeled and cubed
1tsp Paprika
1tsp Barbeque Spice
1tsp Salt
1kg Boerewors or sausage of your choice (thinking now, this would be GREAT with Chorizo)
1 large onion, finely chopped
5 garlic cloves, finely chopped
6 Sundried tomatoes, finely chopped
2 red chillies, finely chopped (seeds removed if you don't want it too spicy)
1 tin chopped tomatoes, half the liquid discarded
2tbsn tomato paste
Fresh Thyme to scatter over when serving
Salt & pepper to taste
- Combine the potatoes, paprika, barbeque spice and salt and place on a baking tray. Roast for 30-45 minutes at 200°C until golden and crisp. Roast the boerewors at the same time until cooked and golden.
- In a large pan/wok, fry the onions and garlic in some olive oil until translucent and soft. Add the sundried tomatoes and chillies and fry for 2 minutes.
- When the Boerewors is cooked, slice into smaller pieces and add to the wok with the potatoes. Fry the sausage and potatoes with the onion mixture for 4-5 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes and tomato paste and stir to combine, allow to cook for 4-5 minutes.
- Season to taste and serve hot with crusty bread or a side salad.
A great dinner! We were unable to find that sausage local and so got some type of dry salami, and it was still delicious! Thanks for the recipe.
Boerewors potato bravos looks so delicious I will be making some tomorrow and am so excited > I will post another comment when we have eaten this scrumptious dish
Thanks so much
I made it this past weekend and it was great, I also added some butternut.
This was really good and was supper. We enjoyed it very much and will make it again. Quite cheap to make as well. Left-overs was breakfast for hubby…. 🙂
this will be lunch on saturday !!!
Brilliant, I am so glad you've tried this.I prefer it with Boerewors.
My mouth is watering now!


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Debt and return pursuit: PAYE: in-year process: referrals to Field Force: follow-up actions by Field Force
Depending on the outcome of the call, FF will either:
- retain the WI(s)
- return them to the owning OU.
The following shows what happens to the WI(s) in particular scenarios.
After a personal call is made
Once the personal call is made, FF will:
make a note on IDMS of the call report and either:
- list it for a further call (personal or distraint)
- monitor the WI(s) if a TTP has been agreed for less than three months
- transfer the WI(s) back to the owning office onto the pre enforcement worklist for the HoD with the appropriate next action.
You should work these cases following current work priorities.
Distraint call no longer appropriate or fails
If the distraint action is no longer appropriate, for example because an arrangement has been agreed over three months, FF will:
- note IDMS the reason for returning the WI(s)
- transfer the WI(s) back to the owning office onto the pre enforcement worklist for the HoD with the appropriate next action.
If the distraint action has failed, for example there are no goods to levy distraint, FF will review the whole case to decide if it is appropriate for county court proceedings (CCP) or referral to Enforcement & Insolvency Services (EIS) by using the guidance at DMBM605100.
If the case is:
- not suitable for CCP or EIS they will transfer the WI(s) back to you in the DTO.
suitable for CCP they will:
- set the CCP warning letter to be issued at the appropriate time
- review the case, move the WI(s) to C/W CCP and issue the claim
- if suitable for EIS they will follow the guidance in DMBM685000.
On receipt of these WI(s) which are not suitable for CCP or EIS, you should review the case and take the appropriate next action.
New WI(s) when there are existing WI(s) with FF
Once the debts WI(s) are with the FF office, further debts and/or returns may become overdue and appear on your worklists. You will need to review the new WI(s) to determine the next course of action.
Note: Due to the IDMS rules, new WI(s) could also appear on the enforcement worklists in the FF office rather than in the local DTO. Therefore this action could be taken by staff in the DTO or staff in the FF support team dependant on which offices' worklist the new WI(s) appears.
New return WI(s)
Where the new WI(s) on your worklist is a return, you should continue with the normal return pursuit.
New debt WI(s)
Where the new WI(s) is a debt you should:
- review the whole case
- take into consideration the stage the existing debts are up to with FF, before deciding the next course of action.
The action to take will depend on whether the debts with FF have been selected for a call or not.
WI(s) not yet selected for a call by FF
If the existing WI(s) have not yet been selected for a call by FF, you must:
- consider if the new WI(s) should join the existing linked set in order to make a call for the whole debt
- review the case as a whole in line with the quality gateway checks
- decide if a further enforcement warning letter can be issued for the new debt and if so issue the letter.
On expiry of the BF, you should follow the guidance at DMBM520530.
WI(s) already selected for a call by FF
If the existing WI(s) have already been listed for a call, the FF support team will:
- make a note of this on the papers at the RP check (provided the new WI(s) are visible at the time of selection)
- ensure that the new amount is requested at the time the collector makes the call on the customer.
They will however only levy distraint for the original debt.
After the call has been made, if they have not been able to obtain payment in full, the FF support team will take responsibility for the new debt and:
- where appropriate transfer the debt to themselves to review the case for CCP or EIS
- ensure the appropriate enforcement warning letter has been issued before any further action.


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Obama's Jakarta Life to Be Made into Movie
An Indonesian director plans to make a film about President Barack Obama's childhood in Jakarta in time for the US head of state's scheduled visit to Indonesia in June.
Damien Dematra said the film would be based on his book Obama Anak Menteng (Obama Child of Menteng) but would be released internationally with the title Little Obama.
It would be shot in just two weeks in and around the capital Jakarta, where Obama lived with his mother and Indonesian step-father from 1967 to 1971.
"The film is based on real events. I hope youths in Indonesia and all over the world can be inspired by Obama and not be afraid of their differences," Dematra told the AFP newswire on Tuesday.
The US president was broadly popular in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, after his election victory in 2008.
"Obama is an icon of pluralism and he represents a triumph for minorities," Dematra said.Filed under: Headlines


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How Can We "Uninvent" Suburbia?
Alex Williams writes in the New York Times that suburbanites are getting greener, quoting corn-burning environmental writer Mike Tidwell: "In the American suburbs, people are suddenly literate in the language of carbon emissions and carbon footprints," he said. "I'm hearing it in most mainstream places." Like at parties: "This very nonhippie, not-environmental-cliché-type woman I heard asking another person, 'I wonder what the carbon budget of these kiwis are?' " he said. "I was just astonished."
People are trying, installing wind turbines, clotheslines, walking kids to school, but ultimately it is not a matter of changing light bulbs. Williams writes: In the end, the very things that make suburban life attractive — the lush lawns, spacious houses and three-car garages — also disproportionally contribute to global warming. Suburban life, these environmentalists argue, is simply not sustainable.
"The very essence of the post-Second World War America suburb militates against 'greening,' " said Thomas J. Sugrue, a professor of history and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. "Given the almost complete dependency of suburbanites on the car, it's an uphill battle." ::New York Times
See also Andrew Revkin on ::Can We Uninvent Suburbia?


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Overview: The price of the 'average terraced house' in 2010 stood at RM182,129. This price inched higher by 8.3% from 2009 at RM168,109. Meanwhile, the 'average high rise unit' in 2010 was RM170,339, a marginal increase of 2.4% from RM166,337 in 2009.SELANGOR TERRACE HOUSE AND HIGH RISE (2007-2010) CHART
Oleh Helmy Abd email@example.com.....berita selanjutnya"Pendapatan rakyat kita tidak naik seiring dengan peningkatan harga jualan rumah di Kuala Lumpur kerana kuantiti kawasan sememangnya tidak mencukupi, tetapi permintaannya tinggi.
October 12, 2011
Malaysia property cycle and how to mitigate its risk?
Malaysia's Property Market
For the past few years, property prices within the Klang Valley and Penang have appreciated dramatically between 20% to 80%. Property prices in smaller towns and the rural area have also appreciated. The price appreciation began with the upper-medium to high-end Condominiums and landed residential property such as Semi-Ds and Bungalows. Foreigners can now buy an unlimited number of property costing above RM500,000 in Malaysia. If a buyer sells their property within 5 years of owning it, they will only have to pay a Real Property Gains Tax (RPGT) of 5%. This relatively low RPGT and easy financing has encouraged speculation on properties above RM500,000 by foreigners as well as by locals. The price appreciation has also spilled over to affect medium cost residential, commercial property and land. The latest trend is interest in the primary market for small sized property such as the Small Office Home Offices (SoHos) and in the secondary market for Condominiums in Petaling Jaya and shop offices....read more


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Waiting and Doing
For the past month or so I have been waiting for something to happen during my training; something cool or interesting, or just unique so that I would have something exciting to write about. I'm a pretty stubborn person so as I have been "patiently" waiting these past 3 weeks I kept doing my runs and stretching, I went on a week-long family visiting tour around the Southeast of the US, and am taking (most of) the month off from work.
And what do I have to show for my "patience?" Well, I hope you're not disappointed but all that happened was I got more in shape, I have some fun pictures of my daughter and family to put up on facebook (if I ever get around to it), and feel more rested and am getting a healthy dose of what it feels like to be a stay at home mom (I think I like it J).
I'm sorry that it took me so long to realize that I don't need something super fantastic or amazing to write and let you know things are going well. I hope you learn from my experience that even if life seems a little mundane and you are working hard to achieve your goal (or several goals at a time), you are still going somewhere and getting closer to having what you desire. And you are learning and experiencing life in a new way than when you were'nt sure what you wanted and you wished someone would tell you what to do with yourself.
The way I see it is that as passion turns into goal setting, then applied and set forth in our lives on a weekly basis, this turns into an abundant life that is contagious. The journey that we are on is happening whether we pursue our passions or not – my desire for me and you is this: that we set our hearts to live intentionally.For Life, Abundantly - Patricia


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|Fig.1 Auction ceiling fan
Parts and Supplies:
Ceiling fan used parts
I was doing a job for Janis Bee who lives in Chino, California. She needed my help to install a ceiling fan she purchased at an auction.
This post shows the seven steps to install a new ceiling fan missing the parts.
Step 1: Above right Fig.1 shows the fan that Janis purchased at an auction. Below she had taken all the parts out of the box and realized that she was missing most of the parts needed to install the ceiling fan.
Step 2: Fig.2 shows that she tried to install the fan herself. The fan was wired correctly but the fan came with most of the parts missing and no instructions sheet.
|Fig.2 Ceiling fan
Step 4: Fig.3 shows where the ceiling fan blades will be attached. The problem was the box did was missing all the fan blade screws. Janis still had the old ceiling fan in her trash can that she had removed earlier and replaced with new unit. Cannibalizing the fan blade screws and rubber fan gasket from the old unit and inserting them into the new fan worked perfectly. There was enough screws to install all four blades. The old screws were dull bronze in color but they had a slip washer and worked fine for securing the blades.
|Fig.3 Missing fan blade screws
|Fig.4 Fan blade screws installed
|Fig.5 Switch pull
|Fig.6 Job finished
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Gabriel is a perfect straight A student in heaven. Until she goes to earth for her studies on humans and discovers gaming.
Slapstick stuff only in here. Some comedic nosebleeds is as graphic as it gets.
Pretty tame for TV14. Sh-t is the most common, often said by the lead or her "rival." Can't recall it getting much worse.
Considering episode one opened with a joke about our lead's underwear transporting to class without her (and all the boys praying to it), I expected this show to be far more of a fanservice mess than it actually ended up being. Actually, the worse pantyshots and such occur in the first few episodes. After that it tappers off and… it stops. Which I'm grateful for, but just goes to show that they probably didn't need it in the first place.
Ah, there is one episode in which one of the big breasted of the cast goes through her day terrified her bra will snap because she's outgrown it (dear men: we usually know something is getting tight far before it reaches this point, just sayin'). Nothing is shown, but it makes her chest a focus for much of the episode.
Considering the setup, religion is definitely an unavoidable aspect of this show. There are "angels" and "demons" and zero commentary on actual religion. The closest you get to any kind of discourse on such things in a Christmas episode where jokes are made towards the demons about celebrating the birth of Christ and it is countered with "Christmas is more of a commercial holiday in Japan." Which is funny because it kinda is in the US at this point too. Anyway, that's as "serious" as it ever gets. Don't expect any religious realism here. This setup exists for the laughs and not for any other purpose.
Personal impression:
This is one of take it or leave it shows for me. It had a few chuckle-worthy moments, but not enough for me to say it was actually funny. But it was cute and upbeat and had the best coffee shop owner ever, so I'll give it a pass for how dull it ended up being overall. In fact, some of this show's run-on gags were the best gags (see coffee shop owner), unlike other comedies this last season *cough*DragonMaid*cough*.
The art and music match the overall result of the show: nothing insulting nor compelling to report. All in all, this show was more of a filler for me to watch between other things. Though, again, it was nice to get that break from hardcore fanservice, given the moe cast and all.
Clearly directed and made by men though, as evidenced by a big breasted girl going through gym in a normal bra versus a sports bra. Seriously guys, we don't do that. Unless it's laundry day/we completely forgot. But we typically don't forget those things. We just don't.
Personal rating: 10+
Episodes: 12
Languages: sub
Official rating: TV14
Genre: Fantasy, comedy
Production: Doga Kobo
Company: Kadokawa Pictures
Official streaming: Crunchyroll


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We had plans; boy, did Mom and I have plans. There were hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill and a big bonfire in the fire pit, complete with s'more makings. We had my white radio with the primary colored buttons out on the deck. We cleared up the driveway and made the bathroom sparkle. Even my little brother chipped in.
50 invitations to my 13th birthday party, and I was sure it was going to be a huge success. This would be the thing that launched me into my teenage years with all the popularity, locker-side conversation, and boyfriends I could handle.
Then, Tutankhamun came to town. On tour. With all that gold.
5 people came to my birthday party.
Today, today, I'm very tired. It's been a busy week for this writer – a book launch with such kind people who wrote such AMAZING things about my book God's Whisper Manifesto. Two great chapel services with the young men at our local military school, where I got to see them honor the people in their lives who have battled cancer, where I watched them tear up and stay standing while hundreds of their classmates lit candles. A meeting of the amazing Relay For Life of Fluvanna planning committee, a group of people so committed to fight cancer that they dedicate a good portion of their time to it for nine months a year. A Twitter chat with folks from my book launch. New students to take my classes. Such gracious comments from you, my readers.
An amazing week, one that I am so grateful for.
And yet . . . and yet, I am discouraged and disappointed. I had this image of ending this week with hundreds of book sales (so far, I've had two) and tens of thousands of new dollars for the American Cancer Society. I dreamed of this absolute high by today, an elation so big I could almost float to the Virginia Festival of the Book later this morning.
This did not happen.
I'm still tired. I'm still jealous. I still wish I had sold 500 copies of my book. I still wish an agent had called with a great offer for You Will Not Be Forgotten.
And yet . . . and yet, I smile. Because today, I get to spend the morning writing and then hearing other writers speak. I get to have lunch with one of my oldest and dearest friends. I get to read books I love and walk this gift of a mountain. I get to feel the kick of glee when one of you comments here, and I get to know – in the deepest, truest part of myself – that I am right where I need to be – huge book deals or not.
I get to trust that the Heart who gave me these dreams will make them real, one day, one shiny, glorious day, at a time.
I have this photo – I'm sitting on the couch with my friends at my 13th birthday party. We are eating cake and ice cream, and I'm wearing this atrocious hot pink, acid-washed sweater. We are all laughing.
What are you disappointed about today? Where do you find hope?