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The UK's most visited estate agency website*
Help to buy drives Scottish housing recovery further in February
• Average prices climb £5,584 in last twelve months • All seven cities in Scotland see house price growth over the past year • Prices in Aberdeen climb 12% since February 2013 • Inverclyde tops table for both sales and price rises
Commentary on the Index:Gordon Fowlis, Regional Managing Director of Your Move, an estate agency chain that is part of LSL, comments: "Help to Buy has been the spark driving the engine of recovery for the Scottish housing market. Since launching at the tail end of 2013, the scheme has helped thousands get a foot on the ladder. With sustained growth taking hold, there are now signs that the independence debate is less likely to rock the housing recovery boat. However, there's still some uncertainty surrounding the ramifications of an independent Scotland for the banking sector. The potential fiscal impact may be felt in mortgage accessibility and employment stability, which in turn could have a knock-on effect on housing.
"Over the past year we've witnessed average prices climb by over £5,500, with Inverclyde seeing the greatest annual growth of all, at 16% – with the region clearly benefitting from its close proximity to Glasgow. In a sign of the widespread revival, all seven Scottish cities have also seen price rises from last year. This urban renaissance is being driven by first-time buyers benefitting from Help to Buy, typically taking the plunge in vibrant cities. Aberdeen in particular has seen the average house price climb by 12% over the past twelve months – it has its own micro-economy. The same trend is being seen across metropolitan areas in England, with places like Manchester also seeing positive growth.
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House prices climb £17,500 in 12 months, but sales slow in March
- Prices hit record £262,291 – with highest annual rise since September 2010 - Lightning fast growth in London: prices rise twice as fast as any other region - Sales stall in March as poor weather and shortage of homes takes its toll
David Newnes, Director of Your Move estate agents, owned by LSL Property Services plc, comments: "Average house prices have never been higher, rollicking upwards by £17,500 – or 7.2% over the past twelve months. This marks the highest annual increase since September 2010, when the market had only began to emerge from the depths of despair. Prices are now 26% higher than the bottom of that bleak pit five years ago, in April 2009.
"Equally, a rejuvenated economy, more accessible mortgage market and better employment prospects are underpinning greater confidence among aspiring buyers. For the ninth month in a row average prices have set a new record, and we're certainly seeing reports of this renewed optimism throughout Your Move branches across the country."
Regional overview:
London continues to dominate the regional league table in terms of house price growth. With an annual increase in excess of 13%, London's house price inflation is more than double that of any other region in England & Wales. It is also the only region in our table with price growth above the average for England & Wales as a whole. The increase in prices then ripples out from London to the South East, where prices are up by 6.0%, followed by the East and West Midlands, both up by 4.0%. We then see price growth on the east coast of England, with Yorks & Humber up 3.9% and the North, up 3.6%. The West coast then follows with the South West also up 3.6%, followed by Wales, up 2.7% and the North West up 2.2%. East Anglia falls outside this ripple effect at present with only a 1.6% increase in prices, with Cambridgeshire currently showing a fall in prices over the year, particularly in the cost of detached homes.
Households facing serious rent arrears fall by a third
- Cases of tenants severely behind on rent have fallen by one third (35%) in last twelve months- 68,000 households remain seriously behind with rent payments, compared to mid-2012 peak over 116,000- Number of landlords in mortgage arrears reaches lowest level since mid-2008- Progress starts to be reflected in number of evictions, as court orders fall 3% in final months of 2013
OverviewTenants struggling with late rent have made significant progress in the last twelve months, according to the latest Tenant Arrears Tracker by LSL Property Services plc, owners of Templeton LPA, the specialist practice of LPA Receivers. (Based on analysis of LSL and English Housing Survey data. Data subject to revision. Quarterly figures revised since last edition as more data became available)
As of the first quarter of 2014, the number of tenants in severe arrears – those more than two months behind on their rent – stands at 68,000, down from 105,000 in the same period last year. Representing a 35% annual improvement, this comes despite an 11.1% seasonal increase in cases of severe arrears between Q4 2013 and Q1 2014.)
CommentPaul Jardine, Director and Receiver at Templeton LPA, comments: "Personal finances are finally defrosting across the UK, with many people experiencing the first real financial spring for half a decade. Tens of thousands of households are looking forward to a slightly more comfortable year in 2014, without the lurking anticipation of serious rental arrears.
"It's true there remains a long way to go. Certainly, for any particular tenant still facing serious hardship, this won't yet feel like an improvement. And the seasonal difficulties of the festive period and New Year have taken their usual toll. But a clear positive trend is emerging. With three successive quarters showing a sharp annual improvement in the number of such cases, the chance of tenants falling so far behind is receding. Slowly but surely a brighter economic picture is breaking through the gloom and is starting to make a real difference to purse strings across the country."
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With at least three buyers for every property in London and the surrounding areas, the housing market is red hot at the moment, and would be homeowners are being outbid and missing out on their dream homes.
I am constantly being asked by clients and friends how to increase their chances of beating the crowd and be successful in securing an offer before anybody else.
Here are my top tips
1) Don't rely on property websites, you may already be too late ! Register with as many agents as you can, and if possible meet them in person. Give them a clear idea on your requirements. Help them to help you.
2) Your Estate agent is your new best friend ! Contact them on a regular basis to show them how keen you are. You will be at the forefront of their minds when that right property becomes available.
3) Be open minded. View as much as you can, this will give you a good idea on what your money will get you. Be prepared to compromise, you will never get the perfect property. Would you be prepared to buy a property needing work in the best street in the town or a much larger property in a slightly cheaper street ? BE AWARE. If you take too long in making a decision, prices will rise and you will have to pay more the longer you look.
4) Make sure your mortgage is in place. At the very least meet with the estate agents mortgage advisor. This will give the estate agent confidence to introduce you to one of their sellers homes.
5) Have a solicitor or conveyancer in place before you offer. You will look a more attractive buyer if you are organised and ready to go ! Your estate agent maybe able to suggest the best solicitors to deal with the property you intend to buy.
6) Go out of your way to view something quickly. Can you dash out in your lunch hour ? If possible take a friend or relative with you to give you a second opinion.
7) Be aware of any issues with the property. Ask the agent if there is anything you should be made aware of. Knowing any issues now will avoid problems arising at a later stage. The last thing you need is to have to start looking again for another property several months later when prices have risen.
8) Be prepared to make an immediate offer. Make it clear to the agent on how quickly you can move, and provide them with how you intend to finance the purchase including those solicitor details. You may need to be qualified by the estate agents financial advisor .
9) Avoid negotiating ! This can take days of going backwards and forwards to agree a price, another buyer can come in and beat you to it ! The best advice is to offer the asking price, you could even offer £500 over to show how keen you are to the seller. Be prepared to enter a bidding war with other buyers. Offer your highest possible figure you're comfortable with and stick to it.
10) The longer a sale takes to go through the greater the temptation to the seller to try and get a better price. Don't take your time ! Implement your mortgage application urgently and ensure you chase your solicitor on a regular basis to turn the legal paperwork around straight way. Your estate agent will help you with this.
Good Luck and happy house hunting !
by Phil Gulvin, Branch Manager Your Move Sutton, Surrey
House price expectations fuel first-time buyer spending
- The number of first-time buyers rises 42% year-on-year to 22,400, boosted by Help to Buy- 81% of first-time buyers anticipate further price rises in the next 12 months- Average first-time buyer deposit falls to 16 month low of £25,773
OverviewThe number of monthly first-time buyers increased 42% year-on-year in February, as buyers snapped up property in anticipation of future price rises and took advantage of better mortgage availability according to the latest First Time Buyer Opinion Barometer from LSL Property Services. There were 22,400 first-time buyer transactions in February 2014, up 42% from 15,800 in February 2013.
CommentDavid Newnes, Director of estate agents Your Move, part of LSL Property Services group, said: "The reason first-time buyers are taking advantage of Help to Buy in such numbers is that they expect prices to keep rising. That's pushing up demand in the short term, which is supporting prices in the long term. Rising prices and growing transaction numbers are encouraging house building, which will boost the country's housing stock. The question is whether supply will now catch up with demand of its own accord – or does the government need to do more to boost building? It may be time for an overhaul of the planning rules which have hampered house-building in the UK, delivering lower levels of house building at a time when the need for more new housing keeps growing. We asked first-time buyers what they thought house prices will do over the next 12 months and over 80% said they think prices will rise reflecting the fast growth in buyer confidence in the housing market."
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Balancing act
Arsenal chief commercial officer Tom Fox explains the difficult tasks of a football club marketer, from keeping new and old fans onside to convincing them that football success must be founded on a financially stable brand.
Above: The Emirates Stadium was built in 2006
"When we win, we will win on the back of our own effort, on the back of our own hard work and revenue that we as a club generate based on our power as a global brand. We won't win on the back of a wealthy benefactor reaching into his pocket and solving the problem that way."
These are the words of Arsenal Football Club chief commercial officer Tom Fox. In the eight years since winning its last trophy, the Premier League side has resisted numerous calls from fans and sports journalists to veer away from this approach and invest more money in players. But the club is determined to build a business and a brand on financially solid foundations, even in an era when footballing success in the English league has been defined by billionaires' spending sprees.
"We believe, and I think our fans believe, that success earned in the way that we're going about it, in a very difficult landscape and a very challenging business, is the sweeter victory," he says.
Until this week it might have been hard to find many die-hard Arsenal fans who agreed with him, as manager Arsène Wenger waited until the final half hour transfer deadline day on 2 September to bring in the team's only big-name signing of the summer, midfield player Mesut Özil.
Fox, echoing comments in June from chief executive Ivan Gazidis, says that Arsenal has recently made a "jump" that gives the club "a much better opportunity to compete for the top players, to pay their wages". It is largely the result of a renewed £150m deal with its shirt and stadium sponsor, airline Emirates, announced last November. But a lack of top players joining the squad has, until now, been an annual frustration for fans of the north London club since it built the Emirates Stadium in 2006 and started to repay the debt that financed it.
The fans' ire has implications for Fox, even if recruiting and coaching footballers has nothing to do with him, because although he is chief commercial officer he claims his role at Arsenal is not purely and not even primarily commercial. Before that, he says, comes the imperative of instilling pride in the club.
"We don't exist for commercial purposes, we exist as a football club, to play football matches, to win and to make our fans feel proud."
This is what makes marketing an English football team a unique job, Fox argues. Arsenal's commercial activity exists not to enrich shareholders but only to ensure the club has a sound financial basis on which to "act in the right way and perform on the pitch".
The fact that Arsenal is trying to do this through creating a sustainable business model instead of through the subsidy of a rich owner presents more than a few sources of tension. As well as the inability to spend as much on players as Manchester City FC or Chelsea FC, for example, another delicate balance Fox must maintain is between the different languages he uses to communicate with fans and businesses.
"The first thing we never do is talk the language of 'brand' with our fans," Fox says. It was something he had to learn by experience after national newspapers and Arsenal supporters criticised him last year for telling reporters "our brand is defined by more than winning".
But conversely, he adds, "brands do speak that language and they do want to understand the club on a different level from a fan". To be taken seriously by potential partners, Fox needs to be able to convey Arsenal's appeal as a sponsorship proposition.
For many sporting organisations sponsorship is now a significant proportion, if not the lion's share, of revenue, and any money the club has to improve its team exists largely because Emirates has committed to putting its name on Arsenal's shirts until 2019 and on the stadium until 2028. Kit maker Nike and official partners Carlsberg, Citroën and Indesit also provide ongoing support, as do regional partners in African and Asian markets.
What's more, having good commercial partnerships helps boost the reach of Arsenal's own brand because "our marketing budget consists of other people's money", as Fox puts it. So as much as fans want him to recognise the paramount importance of winning football games ahead of selling the Arsenal brand to the sponsorship market, without a strong commercial offering their ambitions to spend money on more and better players would be undermined.
The need to expand the appeal of Arsenal to a greater pool of fans and therefore a greater pool of consumers of Arsenal merchandise, match tickets, shirts and other Arsenal-branded products creates yet another set of competing interests for Fox to weigh up. The needs of loyal local fans must be balanced with a growing international following hungry for more involvement and deeper connections with the club.
"Sponsorships are a big revenue stream and they rely on the ability to help project their brand on the back of ours to as large an audience as possible, so clearly sponsorship will benefit from the development of a big global fan base." Fox explains.
"One of the things that I have said to the fans who are here in London, who fill the stadium with 60,000 people and spend their money to watch Arsenal, is that the future revenue growth of the club will come from outside this area. It's going to come from our ability to find and connect with all of those fans around the world and make them feel as much a part of this football club as the fans that come here on a match day."
Both long-established English supporters and newer ones living abroad are important to the club, he says, but he admits that in communicating with the international fan base there is "far more up-side in terms of growing the business side of the football club".
Fox's aim of increasing the involvement of fans around the world means creating "as many businesses and pathways for that to happen as possible". It also means communicating directly with them and improving the club's customer relationship management, which until recently has been "fairly rudimentary", he admits. Two years ago, however, a decision was made to put the CRM system at the heart of the organisation, so that it is no longer a function of the marketing department but the first port of call for any contact the club wants to make with its fans.
Arsenal, therefore, has the ability to know whether a particular supporter is more likely to buy a home or away kit, whether they visit the stadium to watch games and whether they contribute to social media conversations with the club, for example. Meanwhile, an eight-year-old supporter might wake up to a 'happy birthday' email from one of Arsenal's star players, which is the kind of communication that turns someone into a lifelong fan, Fox says.
Arsenal supporters' current displeasure may or may not be tempered once the Premier League season gets into full swing: despite the lack of trophies, Arsenal has now qualified for the European Champions' League competition 16 years in a row, which no other English team except Manchester United can boast. But for Fox it is clear that keeping the club commercially stable while helping it to achieve results on the pitch will require him to perform several delicate balancing acts.
Tom Fox's lessons on…
Communicating with fans
"What the fans want is to know that you understand how important this club is to them and how important the relationship is to them. When you start speaking the language of business, it seems as if you're approaching their football club as if it is a business. We approach the business side of the football club only to help and aid the football side of the club."
Setting ticket prices
"I think it's critical that our stadium is full, that the away support section is full and that everyone who's in that stadium believes they are getting value for money. We have made two price increases in the seven or eight years since we moved over to the new stadium and we have a very robust waiting list for season tickets, which any consultant would tell you means you are not charging enough. But we take the view that the Arsenal brand is better served by a full stadium and more people looking to get in than it ever is by going close to that line and threatening that model."
Segmenting the fan base
"One of the unique challenges of a football club is you've got a 22-year-old urban professional living in Jinan in Shandong province in China and you've got a 50-year-old Arsenal supporter living here in London with a [memorabilia] museum in his house. You've got 90-year-olds as well as eight-year-olds forming their first opinions. It is such an incredible, broad mosaic of people. I think there's far more up-side, in terms of growing the business side of the football club internationally, by connecting with fans abroad, but they're not more important to the club."
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100% behind Tom Fox and grateful for what he the board and MANAGER have done for the club over the past few years
Please keep it up
We have of course a way to go, Bayern commercial revenue is more than Man U & L`pool combined
Two points I would love to know the Club's response to. 1. Why is so much pitch perimeter advertising taken up by Club promotion (eg junior football coaching courses) rather than actual (revenue generating!) advertising. 2. So much more could be done on the supporters' clubs side of things, both domestically and globally. There are hundreds of them but as far as I know as a former season ticket holder, it is run by poor old Jill Smith on her lonesome. You have a captive, passionate audience there who really get nothing more than lip service rather than anything that would actually augment the bonds between supporters and to the Club.
I have always defended The Arsenal football n business model. We rather depend on self sufficiency than on a benefactor to help us win trophies. Arsenal builds team not by success. Please Gunners world don't be brain washed by those who don't know anything about business or economics. We don't want our Good Ole Arsenal to be like Leeds Utd or Blackburn Rovers ..Villareal or Deportivo La Coruna..etc...Arsenal business model is the best!
Typical spin from this mismanaged club. No-one is arguing against financial stablity. The argument is the club has failed both commericially and on the pitch.
It hasn't developed additional marketing revenues in line with its rivals. It has talked down its own prospects, which has damaged its reputation with players, fans, and sponsors, thereby damaging itself on and off the pitch. Five years ago it had one of the most marketable names in world football, but now it is not one of the super-elite. It has spent its goodwill by charging the highest prices while not doing its best to succeed in its core business. It constantly patronises and misleads its own customers.
Arsenal is not a well run business, it is a declining business run by second raters who are lucky to have such easy to exploit customers.


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Stony-faced Wicks walks free looking forward to fresh start
Naomi Davidson, Adrian Proszenko, Brett Keeble Former Newcastle Knights star Danny Wicks has walked from jail after completing his sentence for supplying drugs.
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Brett Keeble KNIGHTS coach Wayne Bennett says controversial former Test forward Willie Mason has joined the club with a ''clean slate''.
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Brett Keeble, Newcastle Herald Knights strike weapon remains hopeful of playing against Manly at in Newcastle on Sunday.
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Brett Keeble, Newcastle Herald THE Knights eased into pre-season training yesterday in the unfamiliar surrounds of the sun-soaked District Park Tennis Courts a few hundred metres from their EnergyAustralia Stadium home base.
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Brett Keeble, Newcastle Herald THE former Dragons among the Newcastle Knights respect but do not fear the NRL leaders and new title favourites.
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Brett Keeble in Townsville NEWCASTLE captain and fullback Kurt Gidley and winger James McManus experienced both ends of rugby league's emotional spectrum in Townsville last night.
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Brett Keeble, Newcastle Herald NRL touch judge Russell Turner's mock tears have cost him and the Knights $1000 each.
Tolar sets new goals
Brett Keeble, Newcastle Herald AS he nears completion on one rebuilding project, Knights tough nut Dan Tolar is putting the finishing touches on another.
Knights hit for six by allegations levelled at Wicks
Glenn Jackson and Brett Keeble DURING a morning training session at their team's base at Mayfield, Newcastle players hardly raised an eyebrow over Danny Wicks's absence.
Star on the rise in limbo as club stands prop down
Brett Keeble KNIGHTS chief executive Steve Burraston said Danny Wicks had no place at the club or in the NRL if multiple drug-related charges were proved against the front-rower.
Gidley wants off-season tests to end the suspicion
Brett Keeble CAPTAIN Kurt Gidley and senior Knights players have called on club management to take the unprecedented step of drug-testing them during their summer holidays.
Knights give green light for target testing
Brett Keeble KNIGHTS players will push ahead today with plans to subject themselves to holiday drug-testing, but chief executive Steve Burraston said the club's code of conduct was unlikely to be amended...
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Knights OK holiday tests, but there'll be a delay
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Wicks walked away without a cent: manager
Brett Keeble EMBATTLED front-rower Danny Wicks did not receive ''one penny'' in severance pay after quitting the Newcastle Knights yesterday, said his manager, Steve Gillis.
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As a present to mankind, the Hubble Telescope has graced us with this beautiful image. In the heart of the Tarantula Nebula lies 30 Doradus, a stellar nursery.
This image will allow astronomers to work on solar life-cycles in which they will be able to work out what stars will supernova etc.
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Fortunately for all of us, it is the… long weekend!!! :D The best part is that I have no school work to do or ever worry about since I did it all on Thursday!!~* Man, I was so excited the day I took this pic (about having the long weekend) ahh! There's so much to say… Hmmm maybe I'll just video blog it all :)! Haha it would be a lot faster! Right? Haha =} Ooo a major plus is that the test I had on Friday… Wasn't too bad! I unfortunately didn't study for it (due to the fact I had last minute projects and assignments to do) but I did pass the exam with 88%!! I know… It bothers me that it wasn't in the 90's and I do plan on doing a lot better from here on out but —yay me!!
Ooo!!! I've been working out all week!! Haha why am I excited about this?! Well… Even with my busy schedule I've managed to MAKE time for working out, and cleaning the house, and cooking and meeting up with a 3 friends and do hw and yaa… Hahaha I definitely have to get in shape!! No matter what!!! :) I'm excited!! Haha mmmm maybe I should be taking body pics to see the results??… Naaah!!! Haha I ain't that confident …yet =D!!! Lol well yaaaa :)
Lol maybe I'll just start doing v-blogs :D haha
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1 Pope, H.G., and Katz, D.L. Affective and psychotic symptoms associated with anabolic steroid use. American Journal of Psychiatry 145(4):487-490, 1988.
2 The New England Journal of Medicine 320:1532, 2000.
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Farewell note
So unfortunately, miscommunications can really screw a lot of things over. AA Limelight was recently deleted by their server, iPage, over one of these miscommunications. The details make a short story longer than it needs to be.
Even though the site is no longer available or active, it was a great experience for the AA Limelight team, as some of them will attest in this post. We've had the chance to interview more than 40 artists, 20 community organizations, and post over 40 Perspectives. The reason we did was because all of you kept reading.
Our Beau Sia interview, coming out later in April, will be our last post. This post is reserved exclusively for Tumblr. After that, it's time for us to move on to the next chapter of our lives, and the team will express a lot more eloquently what a pleasure it's been to reveal the connection between Asian American arts and Asian American community.
AA Limelight was made to show that there is a link between Asian American cultural productions and the Asian American audience. No matter how mainstream or popular a work becomes, it's always rooted in the community that guided its success. I think that over the course of seeing all of our work posted online, this truth has never been made more apparent. I hope that you, our readers, were able to see how closely related the two are, as well. It's been a great privilege to be able to contribute towards AA Limelight, and I hope that seeing the great work that goes into Asian American cultural production would have inspired people to pursue the dreams they've always held.
It's been an honor contributing to the development of AA Limelight for the past year and a half. I will treasure the experience of being able to hit up artists. I would have never thought 4 years earlier when I watched my first Kollaboration in LA that I'd be talking to Kollaboration's founder Paul Kim. Full of warm experiences and good vibes all around, I will cherish the humbling times I shared with AA Limelight. Shout out to AA Limelight's founder Steven Cong for his vision of collective growth and his vision of bringing media back to the AA community. Certainly, this vision will progress as this is only the end of a chapter and the beginning of a new one. Here's hoping for the best.
Thank you for being part of what I'd call a unique virtual community that served to share not only knowledge about Asian American arts, culture and entertainment, but delved into deeper themes relating to racism, inequality and historical remembrances of the past. As first time writer for a public website, the experience has been absolutely worthwhile and personal. I've had the wonderful opportunity to share several personal short stories and articles, and was able to ask several amazing Asian American musicians, artists and designers to share their stories.
The final thought before I officially "sign off":
Sure, we all are individuals, but we are never alone. Every story has the potential to transcend boundaries and connect with other individuals. Keep telling your stories. Don't be afraid to share. Your voice deserves to be heard and as long as you continue to express yourself, there will listeners. The process might take awhile; you'll get the occasional hecklers. But trust in your voice, be shameless about your values, and stay relentlessly hopeful.
We wouldn't be AA Limelight without you readers, interviewees, writers, artists and team players. If I could ever get the chance, I would love to meet and give you all a hug because I don't think words are sufficient enough to express my gratitude. Sometimes, the world feels so big, yet so small (you know what I mean?)
I'm getting too sentimental now so I should stop writing…
I will always remember AA Limelight as one of the first places I was able to publish my written work, try my hand at interviewing and graphic design, and feel that my many opinions on Asian American culture could be heard. So much thanks to Steven for leading this project since the beginning, and all the work the team put into making a space for our voices. Much appreciation to the friends and followers who have supported us through this journey!
I joined AA Limelight around this time last year, and was really nervous and self-conscious of how my writing would be received. However, the more I wrote, the more I became inspired to write how I was really feeling—and about things that genuinely interested me. Whether or not my posts were received by a wide audience, I am so grateful for AA Limelight for inspiring me to and exciting me about the amazing Asian American trailblazers and media producers that are truly seeking change and agency in their representation.
I believe you've heard that through a series of unfortunate events
that it's been decided to bring AA Limelight to an end this year. I
never thought that it was possible to explore one's own Asian American
identity through the media but just within a year I've been able to
gain a grasp on this identity that's eluded me for so much of my life.
Being a new writer for AA Limelight, I haven't been here for long but
have still gained a great deal of love for this community that has
been created even before I came into it. Ya'll made me feel welcome,
so I want to thank you all for tolerating my writing. I hope that
everyone knows that AA Limelight doesn't end with the website but will
continue on in our hearts and our minds because we are the community
that is AA Limelight. Have a great year everyone and continue to learn
and share everything Asian American!
WHAT: CAAMFest, an 11-day celebration of film, music, food and digital media from the world's most innovative Asian and Asian American artists.
WHO: The Center for Asian America Media presents CAAMFest (previously the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, SFIAAFF), the nation's largest showcase for new Asian American and Asian films, annually presenting approximately 130 works in San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose. Since 1982, the festival has been an important launching point for Asian American independent filmmakers as well as a vital source for new Asian cinema.
WHEN: March 14-24
Hmong Clothes: The New Trend
The Hmong, a hill tribe that has its roots in the mountainous areas of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. The most current and significant event that greatly changed the lives of the Hmong was our participation in the Vietnam War. After the United States lost the war, the Hmong were abandoned to their own fate and was faced with persecution by the communist government of Vietnam. Villages were torched, men, women, and children were killed, and all their possessions were lost. There was no way out of this persecution but to run and leave the jungles of Laos, so they made their way to Thailand to seek refuge. Through the help of some American government programs, many of the Hmong were relocated. Some went to France, others to Argentina, but many came to the United States. Being an American born Hmong child, I tend to forget about the Hmong, or Miao, that live in China. Except, that isn't the only thing forgotten as well. Slowly, but surely, many of the Hmong-American born are losing the knowledge to our very rich culture. I myself am one of those Hmong-American born.
After the war, the Hmong were easily forgotten by the mainstream world. The deeds that Hmong soldiers had performed during the war was left to gather dust and most definitely to be forgotten. From there the Hmong tried their best to assimilate into modern society and, at the same time, maintain their cultural practices which were, at times, very difficult to do. One of those very things that the Hmong are slowly losing is the skill to sew textiles, or paj ntaub. Back when many of the Hmong lived in villages, sewing was a necessary skill for the wives and daughters to know because had they not known how to sew, then the family would be without clothes. However, in this day and age, it's much easier to produce clothes without the need to hand sew everything with one's own hands. A lot of the clothes and embroidery sewn by the Hmong is very colorful and intricate and it varies from region to region where the Hmong live.


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Abalone Clip by Joe Porper$144.95This luxurious take on the original Classic Clip was designed to keep your cards like new in humid conditions while presenting an element of beauty. Machined from aluminum and inlayed with authentic Abalone from the shores of Hawaii. Handcrafted in Los Angeles. No two Abalone Clips are the same. Designed to hold 52 playing cards inside their case. Available in 4 color options. Please see our Gold Abalone Clip for additional color options.
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Dai Vernon once described Roy Walton as "Truly Brilliant". Read these books and you'll know why. The Complete Walton includes literally hundreds of effects using an ordinary deck of playing cards. The body of work clearly reveals how obsessed with playing cards Roy is, and is a collection you'll be coming back to for years to come.
Both volumes are included. That's over 600 pages covering well over 200 effects with playing cards.
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Southern California continued roasting Sunday as the ongoing heat wave peaked, pushing temperatures well beyond 100 degrees in many areas, triggering power outages throughout the region as air conditioners, and the electrical grid, struggled to keep homes and businesses cool. No temperature records were broken in Los Angeles County Sunday, however Woodland Hills tied it's previous high-temperature of 107 degrees, recorded in 1971, Meteorologist Scott Sukup of the National Weather Service's Oxnard office said.
California broadens autism coverage for kids through Medicaid
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California nudist camp accused of stealing water
Officials in Northern California are accusing a nudist resort of stealing water during the state's historic drought. The San Jose Mercury News reports that rangers with the Midpeninsula Open Space District descended on Lupin Lodge near Los Gatos on Thursday, saying the clothing-optional resort was illegally taking water from a nearby upstream waterfall.
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Bethany Sanders: Watching "Glee" recently, I couldn't have been more thrilled when Puck chose the Kiss song "Beth" to sing to Quinn, telling her that he hoped she'd choose the name for their baby. It was a heartfelt moment on one of TV's biggest shows -- meaning that there's a good chance that soon there will be a whole new generation of Beth's running around.
Pop culture has a big impact on baby names. The "Twilight"-inspired monikers Isabella and Jacob were the number-one baby names in 2009, and Cullen (as in Edward) was on the rise. Lindsay, on the other hand, finds itself falling fast -- perhaps in reaction to Lindsay Lohan's personal (yet unfortunately very public) problems. In 2002, when I was pregnant with my firstborn who I planned to name Emma, I was furious when "Friends" character Rachel Green picked the same name for her baby. Emma is still at number two on the popular-baby-names list. (I chose a different name for my firstborn.)
But as a recent CNN article pointed out, even today's popular baby names aren't nearly as common as they were in the past. There are a lot fewer Isabellas in 2010 than there were Marys in 1960 -- about half as many, in fact. That's because parents today often look to unique names that will make their kids stand out, possibly due to another pop-culture trend started by celebrity baby names such as Apple, Maddox, Banjo and Moxie Crimefighter.
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Naming babies is a big responsibility, which is why concerned parents think not only about their little bundle of joy, but also about the adult they'll eventually become. Both of my girls ended up being named after grandmothers and great-grandmothers -- a choice I've never regretted.
Do you think names help to shape a person's life? Or is a name just a name?
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News release:
Beshear calls special election to fill vacant legislative seat
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 28, 2009) – Gov. Steve Beshear today set the date for a special election to fill a legislative vacancy. The vacancy in the 24th district of the House of Representatives is the result of the resignation of Rep. Jimmy Higdon, who resigned by letter on December 14, having been elected to represent the 14th district of the State Senate. The special election will be held on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 for the district that encompasses Casey, Marion & Pulaski Counties.
KRS 118.730 dictates that governor must issue the writ for a special election for a member of the General Assembly if the vacancy occurs when the legislature is not in session.
In accordance with KRS 118.760, nominations to fill vacancies at special elections are made pursuant to the governing authority of the party in the territory which the election is to be held. Petitions and certificates of nomination may be filed 28 days before the day of election, and if filed with the Secretary of State, shall be immediately certified by the Secretary of State to the proper county clerks per KRS 118.770.


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How to hack FIFA 14 on iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. No Jailbreak needed for this hack. You will receive all game modes.
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- Make sure you have FIFA 14 installed on your iPhone/iPad/iPod. Make sure it is not open during this process.
- Download IFunBox. http://www.i-funbox.com
- Download this modded file and put on your desktop for easy access. Limelinx Download (if your file is .rar you need to uncompress the file. So download any free .rar extraction program and open the file before you drag it into IFunBox. It will not work if you don't)
- Open IFunBox on your computer and connect your device via USB. Click your device and click applications.
- Click on FIFA 14
- Click FIFA14.app
- Click Data
- Click GUI
- Click Data
- Click xml
- Click ScreenLayouts
- Click Main Menu
- Drag the 2 hacked files into the MainMenu folder. Drag the Play_Unlocked and Play_locked files. Make sure the downloaded file is unzipped or it will not work.
- Click Refresh a couple times and open FIFA 14 on your device.
- Comment if you have any issues or concerns with this tutorial. Also share with your friends! Enjoy. Lots of other tutorials on my blog. Comment requests for other games in the comments too! Follow my blog for tons of hacks.


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An inmate has escaped from the Barnes County Correctional Center in Valley City.
The Barnes County Sheriff's Department is asking Valley City residents
to lock their doors and windows to eliminate possible hiding places. Matthew Kidd, Jr. is not considered a danger to the public. He's 5'11" and 180 pounds with short brown hair and scruffy facial hair. If you see him, please call the police.
Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted people of other religions. More>>


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Bay Bikers: The Bay Area's bicycle blog
Follow the Bay Area's bike world from hard training for centuries, opinions on the Tour de France on into coverage of the many bike tribes in the area.
Monthly Archive for August, 2011
The bicycle wins in David Chiu's downtown SF transportation race
This morning SF mayoral candidate Supervisor David Chiu and his campaign staff conducted their own Carmegeddon-style transportation time trial, testing six modes of travel and the time needed to get from City Hall to the Ferry Building. The bicycle won, beating every other tested mode at least by half. The results, in order of finish: […] [Read More]
SF Bike Plan: Proposed parking changes for 17th St between Harrison & Potrero
The SF Bike Plan changes for 17th Street requires some legislative approval in order to reconfigure the street parking on 17th between Harrison and Potrero. All parking spaces will be removed from 17th (between Harrison and Potrero) and relocated to surrounding streets by converting some parallel parking to 90 degree parking. That stretch of 17th […] [Read More]
Where all the bicycles went Sunday
Yesterday, we posted something on the just-passed Sunday Streets and remarked that it seemed less populated compared to others we've attended. One reason could be the "Tenderloin" brand has lost some of its unique drawing power. We also suggested that Outside Lands pulled some potential SSers away, and here's some evidence. We saw hundreds, if […] [Read More]
Sunday Streets in the Tenderloin & Civic Center was sunny and sparse
Sunday Streets through the Tenderloin and Civic Center? Not as populated as other Sunday Streets, the general consensus seemed to be, and we can think of two reasons without trying too hard: 1. It was in the Tenderloin, and traipsing along Tenderloin streets is not on many agendas. 2. Outside Lands pulled some potential attendees […] [Read More]
Sunday Streets in Tenderloin/Civic Center this weekend
This weekend's Sunday Streets event will meander through the Tenderloin and Civic Center. Sunday Streets in the Tenderloin & Civic Center August 14, 2011 11 AM – 4 PM (Add Sunday Streets to your calendar.) Sunday Streets SF Schedule The Tricycle Music Fest West The Tricycle Music Fest West kicks off for a third year […] [Read More]


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|Chicago Metro History Fair Documentary Rules
Documentaries are visual and oral productions of students' historical research, analysis, and interpretation which have a narrative structure and are created and presented on via DVD. Websites are not accepted in the Documentary category.
RULE 1: Individuals or groups of no more than five students may produce a documentary.
RULE 2: Documentaries are 10 minutes long. Time begins when first image or sound appears and concludes after credits.
RULE 3: Documentaries must be research, created, narrated, and produced by the students registered.
RULE 4: Documentaries conclude with a list of credits for major audio and visuals sources only. The simple credits do not replace an annotated bibliography. The bibliography and Summary Statement Form must be printed for the judges and do not appear on the documentary.
RULE 5: Documentaries should be self-running and students must operate all equipment. No live narration is allowed. Powerpoint projects are not documentaries.
RULE 6: Topics must be connected to the Chicago region-even when the national theme is being used. Junior HF participants may explore topics in Illinois history.
RULE 7: Plagiarism constitutes grounds for disqualification and report to the school.
PENALTY POINTS (High School only)
Spend time watching and analyzing the types of documentaries available on PBS, History Channel, and public release. Pay attention to the elements, narrative, and structure of these documentaries to see how the professionals successfully communicate their ideas through this medium.
A documentary uses visual evidence such as photographs maps, film clips, interviews and other graphic images. Text should be used minimally--subtitles, quotes, and other highlights are appropriate. Narration is not. While technical and creative quality is important, it does not outweigh the need for solid historical knowledge and analysis.
The Fair Use Doctrine will allow use of materials in student productions shown at History Fair events (thus educational use), therefore, students need not seek formal permissions. However, if the documentary is shown in non-educational settings, then permissions should be sought.
Powerpoint presentations are not considered documentaries.
There are no penalties for being under 10 minutes in length, however, judges usually consider the abbreviated time as an indication that the knowledge and analysis needed further development.
See more Guidelines in Final Product.
For more insights, see the National History Day website.