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[Rogue] Jame's Guide on How to Level a Rogue
When writing my leveling guides, I use a rogue most of the time. It's just more convenient for me to be able to stealth and vanish whenever I need to explore an area, test something or simply alt-tab out to take some notes or do some research. As a result, I've leveled a LOT of rogues, and here's what works best for me.
First, find a HIGH DAMAGE main hand weapon, and generally, the slower the weapon, the higher the damage (2.6 speed or higher if possible). It's most likely gonna be a mace or a sword. I personally try to go for maces, because I love ignoring 15% of my target's armor while leveling, it feels more reliable and steady than the extra attack chance of sword specialization.
Up to level 60, only put points in the combat tree, going for this build: 0/51/0
Put your points in this order:
Combat (51 points)
- Improved Sinister Strike - Rank 2/2
- Dual Wield Specialization - Rank 3/5
- Precision - Rank 5/5
- Deflection - Rank 3/3
- Riposte - Rank 1/1
- Dual Wield Specialization - Rank 4/5
- Aggression - Rank 5/5
- Blade Flurry - Rank 1/1
- Mace Specialization - Rank 5/5 (or Sword Specialization if the best weapon you could find was a sword)
- Blade Twisting - Rank 2/2
- Weapon Expertise - Rank 2/2
- Adrenaline Rush - Rank 1/1
- Vitality - Rank 3/3
- Dual Wield Specialization - Rank 5/5
- Combat Potency - Rank 5/5 (From this point on, you want the fastest possible off-hand weapon, and it's probably going to be a dagger, see bottom of this post for suggestions)
- Surprise Attacks - Rank 1/1
- Unfair Advantage - Rank 2/2
- Savage Combat - Rank 2/2
- Prey on the Weak - Rank 5/5
- Killing Spree - Rank 1/1
Then go for the Assassination tree:
Assassination (20 points)
- Malice - Rank 5/5
- Remorseless Attacks - Rank 2/2
- Improved Eviscerate - Rank 3/3
- Vigor - Rank 1/1
- Lethality - Rank 5/5
- Improved Poisons - Rank 4/5
Final Build at level 80: 20/51/0
It's a perfect build for leveling/grinding. It's also nice for farming at level 80.
Why do I need a HIGH DAMAGE main hand weapon?
Because your sinister strike and riposte abilities are instant extra attacks, based on weapon damage. The bigger your weapon's MIN-MAX damage is, the better.
So generally it will mean finding a very slow weapon with very high MIN-MAX damage.
Don't mistake Weapon DPS and the Weapon Damage, they are too very different things. A dagger for example can have very high DPS but very low MIN-MAX damage, which is why daggers are bad for this build.
It's simple, with this build, you don't really care if your main hand weapon is very slow, as long as the weapon damage is high. Since riposte and sinister strike are instant attacks, the slowness of the weapon is not a problem, only the dmg matters.
Here's a list of weapons you can try to follow. You don't have to buy them all, but try to upgrade your main hand every 5 levels or so. It's the most important thing for leveling a rogue, by far.
- Level 7 - Cranial Thumper
- Level 9 - Staunch Hammer - Don't bother if you already have a Cranial Thumper
- Level 13 - Mo'grosh Masher
- Level 14 - Gnoll Skull Basher
- Level 16 - Face Smasher
- Level 19 - Skeletal Club
- Level 20 - Heavy Bronze Mace | Diamond Hammer - Don't bother if you already have a Face Smasher or a Skeletal Club
- Level 24 - Beazel's Basher
- Level 25 - Mighty Iron Hammer - Don't bother if you already have a Beazel's Basher
- Level 26 - Lead Mace - Don't bother if you have one of the blues from level 24-25.
- Level 28 - Sequoia Hammer
- Level 30 - Kovork's Rattle
- Level 31 - Excavator's Brand
- Level 33 - Midnight Mace - Don't bother if you've got an Excavator's Brand
- Level 34 - Fight Club - Don't bother if you got any of the two previous blues
- Level 37 - Stonevault Bonebreaker
- Level 40 - Heaven's Light - Don't bother if you got a Stonevault Bonebreaker
- Level 40 - Wirt's Third Leg - Cheaper alternative if you can't afford any of the above and badly need an upgrade
- Level 42 - Skullcrusher Mace - Don't bother if you already have any of the weapons from level 37-40.
- Level 48 - Bonesnapper
- Level 48 - Smashing Star - Cheaper alternative
- Level 54 - Baron Charr's Sceptre
- Level 57 - Doomsayer's mace
- Level 58 - Riversong Mace
- Level 59 - Pneumatic War Hammer
Past level 60 you'll be in Outland you should be fine with quest rewards. However, there's a dire lack of one-hand maces in Outland, so you might have to respec to sword specialization if you can't find any good mace. It's not a big deal though, swords are just fine.
Also note, there are a lot of possible weapon upgrades you can get from quests and instances, I didn't put those in my list, so if you find any good weapon while questing or instancing, you won't be able to save some cash.
Why do I need a fast off-hand?
Combat potency gives you a chance on hit with your off-hand to get extra energy. The faster the off-hand, the more chances you have to proc combat potency.
Fastest weapons are daggers, and at level 49, your options are:
1. Bone Dirk - Cheapest, it's from a quest. Just follow the link to know which quest.
2. Sacrificial Kris of Agility, or of the Monkey, or of the Tiger. Buy it from the AH.
There are other options, but these are cheap and honestly, you don't need to blow your money on an epic or rare offhand, all that matters is that it's quick, below 1.50 speed, 1.30 being the fastest possible.
At level 50, you can invest in a Julie's Dagger. It's the quickest dagger you can get until Blood-Guided Knife, which is a quest reward from Terrokar.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please leave a comment.
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How about the Venerable Mass of McGowan?
Submitted by jaypee68 on Fri, 2009-11-27 06:54.
I'd like to add that if you have the badges, you can get your rogue the heirloom Venerable Mass of McGowan and not have to worry about acquiring a new mace until level 80.
it seems as though we have
Submitted by Cacey31 on Fri, 2009-11-06 05:25.
it seems as though we have forgotten Mallet of Zul'Farrak
I have been using it on my rogue since level 35, and I will tell you it made a HUGE difference in what I've spent on my weapons. It appears to be the best until you get to level 48.
I'm just leaving this here, I hope it helps.
Jame where are you?
Submitted by Purpleshadow on Wed, 2009-06-24 14:45.
Is he still working with these guides? I have a feeling the horde leveling guide for level 74 is not Jame. It's off a little and hard to follow
o.O If it says "Jame"'s name
Submitted by Jiyambi on Wed, 2009-06-24 19:15.
o.O If it says "Jame"'s name in the title, both on this site or in our addon, it's his. Maybe you are accidentally using the default guides in Tour Guide?
Jame is going through some stuff in RL. I had hoped he would be back by now, but I guess he is still pretty busy All we can do is keep doing our thing with this awesome site he made for us, and hope he comes back soon!
Funny how this site have
Submitted by Maw on Wed, 2009-06-24 21:35.
Funny how this site have 'died' now that Jame isn't much around.
During the 27 weeks I have been a member of this site, never before have the activity here been so low. Sadly, you may say
Well, hats off for Jame, though, that he's putting life on first line, and WoW on 2nd. Some people forget that, unfortunately.
Hope you enjoyed my most emo comment ever
Hehe, it wasn't *that*
Submitted by Jiyambi on Wed, 2009-06-24 21:42.
Hehe, it wasn't *that* emo.
Truly, though, when I first started up here, the site was just getting going in terms of the community. Then things skyrocketed, and for a few months, it was just crazy!
We still have a pretty active core group of contributors, but I do miss Jame and his awesome ability to generate more and more community activity around him. But you are 100% correct, and that's the same reason I put all my guides on hold for the last month - RL needs to come first and it's really a problem when people don't prioritize it that way.
But I'm back now, and I'm hoping Jame will be soon as well!
In the last part of the
Submitted by Ekujo on Wed, 2009-06-24 12:32.
In the last part of the guide, you say this:
"Also note, there are a lot of possible weapon upgrades you can get from quests and instances, I didn't put those in my list, so if you find any good weapon while questing or instancing, you won't be able to save some cash."
I think it is: "you WILL be able to save some cash."
Or it could be just me ^^
Submitted by Sulfie on Sat, 2009-05-30 18:25.
By far best rogue leveling build.
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You'd need to put some logic
Submitted by Arkaen on Sun, 2009-08-30 08:46.
You'd need to put some logic behind it or else it won't be recognized as viable.
When will this guide be upgraded?
Submitted by Purpleshadow on Thu, 2009-04-23 14:54.
I'm not sure whether or not to use the same talents as before
Still waiting to see which talents to use ...LOL!
Submitted by Purpleshadow on Sat, 2009-04-25 17:58.
I guess Jame's is looking into it and will let us know as soon as he figures it out. They changed so many things.
Has this guide been updated
Submitted by Arkaen on Mon, 2009-04-20 00:23.
Has this guide been updated for the latest content patch (3.1)?
Revamped Mallet of Zul'Farrak
Submitted by Lycander on Wed, 2009-03-04 01:55.
Jame, with the change of the Mallet of Zul'Farrak now becoming an actual weapon, this may be a nice addition to the list. It's useable at 35, but still has a nice slow (2.5) speed and high damage. Thought I'd pass it along.
grinding spots
Submitted by ultaninja on Sun, 2009-01-18 01:10.
I was wondering if maybe you could also add a list of grinding spots for over the levels.
Thanks, Ultaninja
Ultaninja is my name and a rogue is my game
BoA items.
Submitted by Trollvink on Fri, 2009-01-16 10:40.
Hi there Jame,
I was wondering if you could add a section for BoA items. I know it's not hard to find out, but it could also give people an idea of which stats they should aim for.
Outside of that, I'm gonna use this guide as soon as I have my BoA shoulders and MH sword.
Rogue Equipment
Submitted by Talislanta on Thu, 2009-02-26 13:43.
Best site Ive found for Rogue items without a doubt. Always updated.
Heroe's have flaws, it is overcoming those flaws that makes them heroes. Me? Im not a hero
It's shadowpanther.net not
Submitted by jaypee68 on Mon, 2009-04-13 08:13.
It's shadowpanther.net not .org
Im using BoA item at my
Submitted by Drudoo on Fri, 2009-01-16 11:16.
Im using BoA item at my shaman and i love them, they are really good compared to green If people can afford them, they should defiantly go and buy, them for there levelling character
move rotation
Submitted by stjanki on Sun, 2008-12-28 16:48.
i recomend showing the move rotation ( much like with the retridin leveling guide) you use for us rogue noobs
Some more questions
Submitted by GravenPanther on Fri, 2008-12-05 06:27.
I am scanning over this one more time before I start to grind up my little rogue and looking over your weapons most of them seem to be stat heavy on str or str stam. Is this along the lines you would suggest for looking to gear for higher base damage or is it just the fact that most one handed blunt tends towards those stats? In short should I be building gear towards higher agil for crit dodge and pary or should i be looking more towards base damage and going for str? I tend towards more of a sword spec myself, purely for aesthetic reasons, but as such will need to know more of what I am looking for stat wise on weapons as well as my general gearing up. My friend plays a combat rogue stacked toward high agil and +crit gear but he is starting to have a hard time now that he has hit 70 and want to try to avoid that if I can as I lvl up myself.
NOT slow main hand weapon
Submitted by Jurg on Fri, 2008-11-21 23:28.
I know this is semantics, but it irks me
You don't want a SLOW main hand weapon, you want a HIGH DAMAGE main hand weapon. It just so happens that slower ones usually have higher damage (but not always).
Weapon 1: 2.4 speed, 60 damage
Weapon 2: 2.5 speed, 50 damage
Choose the slower one and you'll have less damage (using abilities).
Now, having raked you, I'll go on to say I love your guides. Keep up the great work.
Hey all This is my first
Submitted by kicosh on Wed, 2008-11-19 06:25.
Hey all
This is my first time posting here and for starter i would like to thank Jame for all great guides. I leveled my main and few alts never finishing or taking quest without consulting his guide first ;D.
Now... my main is rogue and all the play time i divert to this char. I agree with all Jame says about leveling spec. It will give you biggest dmg and with combat spec after certain point you will also be able to do some insane AoE dmg.But there are some things i just don't like about combat tree and i am leveling as mutilate now. At level 75 i use this spec: http://www.wowhead.com/?talent=fMecoegoVzoIuZ0xZjbf
So to explain a bit and answer some questions from below...
I believe that, while leveling, dmg output is not the only thing you need to think about. There is also movement speed and stealth cooldown time which is just bad with combat spec. Also i like imp. stealth cos i just feel more comfortable around mobs and hostile players.
Remorseless Attacks talent -- someone asked below and for combat spec it's a No No , but for dagger spec its one of my favorite. As combat you will most likely use swords or maces and as such you just don't have good enough opener for this talent to be worth. With daggers and possibility to Ambush everything changes.
Camouflage talent -- it has nothing to do with damage but reduced stealth cd is a must for dagger grinding cos with your Ambush and Mutilate mobs go down so fast that you ll have to wait for stealth to cd before reentering it if you don't have this talent.
I also pickpocket while leveling just to skill up my lockpicking. So if you want be true thief imp stealth and glyph of pickpocket will also help a lot.
And in the end. The main question is... Do i really kill mobs slower than combat speced rogue? I can't really say, but i would say that on single target Mutilate has advantage over Combat while Combat gives you possibility of AoE-ing from time to time.
And small tip if you decide for Mutilate spec. Put talent in vigor and use Glyph of Vigor. That will give you aditional 20 energy and mobs will die in no time. Ambush - Mutilate - Envenom (evisc)- dead. And move fast to next mob before Remorseless wears off.
Use slow daggers for leveling cos those will give you bigger Ambushes and Mutilates. Mob lives so short that fast dagger won't give you any benefit regarding procs. Use fast ones when raiding in both hands.
Also note that Assassination based specs become viable after 50 th level cos you can't get Mutilate before than. Until then combat is the only way to go, with spec Jame advised.
And to finish... there is no only one right spec for everyone. Combat is great, i just like Mutilate better
Submitted by zoggy93 on Sat, 2008-11-01 16:18.
I will try to do it over again. Thanks.
Submitted by zoggy93 on Wed, 2008-10-29 01:59.
Jame after the new patch 3.0.2 or something, blizzard redid the talents and therefore the first couple talents are matching up but the rest are moved to different places. You might want to think about updating the talents. Thanks for you great guides.
Nice so far, but it's
Submitted by CNyfalt on Mon, 2008-10-27 14:12.
Nice so far, but it's missing things that I would expect from a rogue leveling guide:
1. A guide to the class quests. Especially on how to deal with mobs in that annoying tower in the Barrens without asking for a high-level to help.
2. Discussion on choosing poisons. Especially on the subject of deadly vs. instant poison.
Submitted by Andyrulez on Sun, 2008-10-26 21:02.
Hi Jame, with the recent changes to Mutilate and poison damage, do you think that starting at level 58, it is better to go with a Mutilate build like this at 58:
And this at 80:
While this may seem blasphemous to an old time rogue leveler such as your self, this build with 2 fast daggers and dual Instant Poison does tremendous damage, by means of Instant Poison procs and Focused Attacks procs, which outweigh the loss of mutilate damage. While it does not compare to combat in terms of being able to take down 2+ mobs or elites, it is significantly better for single target damage. Perhaps something similar could be added as an alternate route.
Another Great Guide!
Submitted by uncreativename1 on Sun, 2008-10-26 00:54.
I highly recommend that the first two talent points go into Remorseless Attacks, then filling out the combat tree as you did. Having +40% chance to crit on the first attack is huge, especially when leveling up quickly when your crit chance isn't so great.
Another tip: make a simple macro for starting your auto-attack along with Sinister Strike, like so:
/cast Sinister Strike
You can just mash this macro, and even if you are short on energy to Sinister Strike, you will still start to attack the mob.
Thanks Jame for another great guide
Jame is right.
Submitted by Benhir on Mon, 2008-10-27 11:51.
Hello, I just want to say that Jame is right about Remorseless Attacks. I used it for the first levels, but after 10 levels or so I respecced. The fact is that Remorseless Attacks isn't that good at higher level because you have often to bandage after a combat or you have to search for a mob. The duration of RA is just too short and in most cases it runs out and you don't benefit from its effects .
Still, it is a nice choice until level 20, when the mobs have very LOW health and die in few attacks (sometimes you just use SS 3 times and the mob is dead ) but I strongly agree with Jame, spend those points in a better way.
Remorseless attacks is useful if you find a good spot for grinding and you have good gear. In this way you can fight 6 mobs in a row very quickly and you will use RA effect, whatever is your spec. I use RA for daily questing for the SSO because the mobs are really weak and most of the quests there are like "grind those mobs" . I also have the S2 set and I can fight even 10 mobs in a row (unless there is some caster), then rec, and then start to kill again.
So, again, don't take Remorseless attacks while leveling.
have a nice day ^^
Nice addition
Submitted by Cloud9 on Fri, 2008-10-24 11:01.
This was a real nice addition to Rogues leveling. I myself have a low lvl rogue, this would make it easier i help, i never knew about the attack speed on weapons. Is there any chance you could make a nice write-up to some other popular leveling classes (i.e. Mage, Hunter) in the future?
Hello Jame. It's a nice
Submitted by Benhir on Thu, 2008-10-23 13:46.
Hello Jame.
It's a nice overview of the class, useful and pretty nice to read. Having leveled a rogue myself, I find great that you put a list of MH weapons to buy or search for, beacuse one of the most important problmes while leveling a rogue is to get some good weapons, otherwise you'll have a hard time while killing mobs. The first time I leveled a rogue I had some troubles because it's a tricky class to learn and to master. It's important to use the best abilities rotation to do the highest dps. I agree with your builds to level and grind since patch 3 Sub. has become less viable for pve .
Here I go with some questions:
- having read your guide, you basically tell us to learn Daggers , Swords and Maces skills. The major problem while leveling is to level the skill when you change type of weapon. I know it's important to dual wield with 2 different kind of weapon but there are always times when you do 10-20 levels with the same kind of weapon in MH (take it as an example) and then you find a better MH but once you equip it you find that your skill is very VERY low. So, my hint is to add to the F.A.Qs. some good place to go and level the skills. I think that everyone know the mobs in Blasted Lands ("servant of...") but at lower levels, trying to get up a weapon skill can be a trouble;
-I think that you can maybe add more OH daggers? Until level 49 there is a wide number of swords or dagger that can be used in off hand. I also know that a fast OH is VERY important when you get "combat potency" , but I always think that some more weapons can be good.
Keep it up!
Talents seem to be off a little bit.
Submitted by Wyrmsfire on Thu, 2008-10-23 13:12.
Jame, as with everything, you have done a great job once again.
I went over to Wowhead to build the talent spec that you suggested and I took each point in exactly the order you listed, and unfortunately, I found two problems:
1 - You list Dual Wield Specialization - Rank 5/5 twice: Once after Weapon Expertise, and again after Vitality.
2- You recommend going into the Assassination tree once complete with the Combat tree. In this tree you state to grab Vigor - Rank 1/1. At this point, you can't. Vigor is an 11 point talent, and at this point you only have 8 points spent in this tree.
With the spec as listed, you are left with needing to spend two points elsewhere to open up the third tier of Assassination to take this talent. Even if you correct the double DW Spec being listed twice, you'll still be short one point to open that third tier. I've gone over it twice, hoping it was just me and I missed something.
Just thought I'd let ya know since I am leveling a rogue myself and currently have him going down the Subtlety tree.
Well done, but...
Submitted by Maxie on Tue, 2008-10-28 17:48.
Well done on the talents and what weapons to look for, but I think it would be better if you also mentioned a bit on what abilities you should use when leveling, for example what opener/finishers and the like you should use, as I on my rogue currently pick finishers rather randomly
Can't wait to see your guides on the other classes, keep it up!
Well it's maybe just me then
Submitted by Maxie on Wed, 2008-10-29 15:39.
I guess it's because since I always start off with CS, I could get a 5 pt Eviscerate rather quickly but then have maybe a 2-3 combo points after that which usually felt rather wasted, so I started to use
CS->SnD->SS til 4 points or so, evis, dead mob.. but oh well, I guess I have a habit to make things more complicated than they are!
At least my current set of glyphs fit perfectly then, with GoEviscerate
and GoSinister strike.
No, I think this is the
Submitted by Jobby on Mon, 2008-11-03 10:02.
No, I think this is the right rotation to use while grinding mobs for quests or xp or whatever. Leveling my own rogue after talking with a number of other experienced rogues, I would CS->SnD->SS to 3-5 combo points for an evis, depending on crits and misses. I haven't leveled a rogue recently, but the difference between using SnD and evis vs only evis was very noticeable while leveling.


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Claims that I do not believe
Brad DeLong damns with faint praise:
Let me say that it is an out-and-out lie for Jonathan "Hyde" Chait to claim that Markos Moulitsas Zuniga's or Duncan Black's or Jane Hamsher's interest in "ideas and facts" is "purely instrumental," that the "netroots consider the notion of pursuing truth for its own sake nonsensical."
For we all know that you learn a hell of a lot more about facts and ideas relevant to, say, the Scooter Libby case from Jane Hamsher and her peers at FireDogLake http://firedoglake.com than you can learn from Jonathan Chait and his peers at the New Republic. I can recommend that somebody interested in the Libby case read FireDogLake knowing that Jane Hamsher and her peers are giving it the straightest shot they can. I can't say that about the New Republic's opinions of Scooter Libby, can I?
We all know that you learn a hell of a lot more about facts and ideas relevant to economic and budget policy from reading Duncan Black at Atrios than you can learn from a New Republic that tells you that "Harvard University... one of the most left-wing institutions on the face of the earth... has endorsed George W. Bush's proposal for Social Security reform, and that the Clinton struggle to bring the deficit under control was a bland standby. I can recommend that someone interested in economic and budget policy read Atrios confident that Duncan Black is giving it the straightest shot he can. I can't say that about the New Republic's giving airtime to Greg Mankiw and Robert Samuelson, can I?
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(emphasis added)
Yes. Yes. Yes.
Jane "Rape Gurney Joe" Hamsher, Duncan "Wanker" Black, and Markos "Fvck 'em" Moulitsas are giving it the straightest shot that they can.
Dang, that's harsh. What'd they do to Brad, I wonder?
Did he just totally accuse Mankiw of being a dishonest hack? Is it possible that his sense of decorum has actually gotten *worse* since I last checked up on him?
Yeah, I noticed that too.
Yeah, I noticed that too. Its a bit nuts, and also a bit rich for *DeLong* to accuse someone of being Jekyll & Hyde. When Brad's on a piece of regular economics or theory, he's usually pretty good. Whenever he tries his hand at political economy, blammo, frothing at the mouth. That, or whenever he tries to talk about biology. Then he's as embarrassing as luskin on economics.
I think it was the "left-wing institution" bit.
I'm hoping that the comment about Mankiw was referring to leading into a Mankiw or Samuelson analysis with "from Harvard, one of the most left-wing institutions on the face of the earth...". That's not straight shooting at all. Mankiw is not a hack, but using that lead-in to imply that he's in any way identifiable with the left is outrageous.
And it's standard spin practice from neo-cons -- make a right-center or even right-wing statement, and then claim or imply that it's coming from the left, when pretty much anyone who is actually *on* the left would disagree with it. The idea is to move the public's conception of where the center lies.
And of course, that just ignores the fact that our political space has more than one dimension. A big problem of recent political discourse is the way that authoritarians have pulled the public sense of both left and right in an authoritarian direction, first with the WarOnSomeDrugs, then the WarOnAirlineTravellersAndIraqiCivilians.


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Bring a pen/pencil to fill in your answers.
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DALLAS, Feb. 28, 2017 <\/strong>– On behalf of Lang Partners LLC, JLL's Capital Markets<\/a> experts today announced the sale of Maple District Lofts, a recently-completed, best-in-class multifamily asset located in Dallas's Medical District. Sherman Residential purchased the 342-unit building.<\/p>
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"This is an exceptional asset built to the highest standards, located in one of the Dallas metro's most sought-after submarkets," said Price. "Developers and investors alike are keenly aware of tenants' rising standards of living in the city's urban core, and Maple District Lofts checks every box on the 'live, work, play' checklist: outstanding amenities, a transit-oriented location and proximity to areas of employment growth."<\/p>
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The ENVIRONMENT. The state Court of Appeals ruled that SWEPCO shouldn't have been issued a construction permit for a coal-fired generating plant in Hempstead County.
HIGH-STAKES GAMBLING. SWEPCO said it will appeal the power plant ruling and keep pouring millions into construction in hopes that the Supreme Court won't have the courage to disallow a nearly-built plant.
PUBLIC HEALTH. A new state law took effect that makes failure to wear a seat belt a primary offense. That is, people not wearing them may be ticketed only for that, not incidentally after a stop for another violation.
U.S. REP. VIC SNYDER. Alone among the Arkansas House delegation, he voted for legislation aimed at reducing greenhouse gases.
The LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL BOARD. It was united in hiring a consulting group to develop a plan to improve district management and raise student achievement.
GOV. MIKE BEEBE. His influential voice was added to those who think the new state lottery shouldn't include state-licensed keno parlors along with ticket sales. The new law, by indirect reference, allows keno. Some legislators clearly had contemplated the casino-style game as part of the lineup of offerings, a fact overlooked by most during the debate.
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CIRCUIT JUDGE WILLARD PROCTOR. A state disciplinary panel voted 9-0 that he should be removed from the bench for unethical behavior highlighted in a series of articles in the Arkansas Times. He will continue to work while the state Supreme Court considers the recommendation.
TURTLES. Despite a declining commercial harvest and a move away from trapping in other states, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission shows reluctance to limit the turtle harvest. Commissioner Craig Campbell grumped about testimony from out-of-state experts in support of a turtle harvest ban and suggested it was the leading edge of an attack on hunting and fishing.
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This Thursday, August 13th, is Global Overshoot Day, which marks the date when humanity's demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. First measured in 1987, when it fell on December 19, it has moved ever further forward, so that by the Millennium it fell on November 1; by 2011 on September 27, and this year falls at its earliest date yet. Over the last few months many commentators on tourism have observed the social equivalent … [Read more...]
Collaboration is the only way forward for sustainable destination development
Recently on the island of Bali, the risks inherent in developing tourism disconnected from the destination community have become clear. Local residents are angered by plans to build an artificial island in Benoa Harbour, whose 800 hectares of land will then host villas, apartments, luxury hotels, a theme park and a Formula One racing circuit. Waves of discontent are growing, seen most recently on Oct 18 when several thousand people attended a 12 hour concert held in protest at the plans. Yet … [Read more...]
Innovator Spotlight – sustaining rural Russian lifestyles with Absolute Siberia
Alexey Nikiforov has been working in tourism for nearly 30 years. He laid the first ecotrails and developed the first tours for foreigner visitors to the Lake Baikal region back in the 1980s. he talks to Jeremy Smith about the company he founded, Absolute Siberia. What inspired you to create your business? It all began back in the beginning of this millennium. After my 3rd visit to the village of Bolshoye Goloustnoye, located on the shore of Lake Baikal, about 120 km away from the regional … [Read more...]
Innovator Spotlight: sustainable tourism in remote mountain communities with Andean Lodges
1 - What inspired you to create your business? We created Andean Lodges thanks to the initiative of two High Andean communities: Chillca and Osefina. During the 90s, the creation of roads allowed remote rural communities to connect with cities. This made business easier for these communities. However, for the alpaca-shepherding communities, this meant a significant drop off in business as the llamas, which were the traditional means of transportation, were replaced by trucks, at the same … [Read more...]
What should smart travel companies do about elephant rides, dolphinariums and orphanage visits?
Ride an Elephant. Cuddle an orphan. Watch a whale do tricks. For a long time they have been some of the most emotive experiences travel companies can offer. In recent months, however, there have been several negative stories about each of these, many of which we have covered, such as here for dolphins and here for orphanages. I am not going to go into the issues again, but rather look at how travel companies chose to respond. From what I have seen, the responses can be split into three … [Read more...]
Innovator Spotlight: how to discover an authentic slice of rural Italy with Terra Tua
Terra Tua runs walking, bicycle and horse-riding tours in the Italian countryside, taking its guests off the beaten track to discover a slice of authentic village life. Jeremy Smith spoke to the company's manager and chief guide, Elena Riccioni about the challenges and rewards of running a responsible tourism business. What inspired you to create your business? It all began from the beauty and historical interest of our area and the realisation that visitors wanted to delve more deeply into … [Read more...]
How to make a difference in campaigns by using social media marketing for tourism
I spend a lot of my time studying how to use the ever growing number of tools available to communicate mine and my tourism clients' messages. Over the course of the next 700 or so words I will share some of the most important lessons I have learnt. And at the end of the blog there's a twist, and a quick experiment to explore how our industry might do more. Four days ago I shared what has already become my most popular Facebook post. One of my clients - a hotel in Dominica - had filmed their … [Read more...]
Innovator Spotlight: Surtrek and sustainable luxury travel in South America
Ecuador-based Surtrek is a 20-yr old responsible tourism business running luxury travel experiences across South America. Jeremy Smith spoke to its founder Alfonso Tandazo about his inspirations, challenges and ideas. 1 - What inspired you to create your business? Surtrek began 20 years ago with a local guide who had seen the environmental threat posed by conventional tourism to the region's cultural and natural resources – everything from the impairment the water supply and beaches, to … [Read more...]
The art of destination marketing: inspirational storytelling to sell responsible tourism
Good destination marketing is hard. So much has to be left out when you distill the essence of a place and its people into a pithy phrase, that there is a tendency to play it safe. No wonder the majority of tourism destination slogans favour superlatives that do little other than boast about their country being the most beautiful place in the world. With its new 'Reconsider South Africa' video, South Africa tourism takes a different approach, shifting the focus from 'aren't I beautiful?' to … [Read more...]
Innovator Spotlight: developing community tourism in remote rural India
Maroon Migrates develops innovative responsible tourism experiences in the Indian state of Gujarat. For the first of our new style Spotlight, Jeremy Smith speaks to the company's founder, Nischal Barot, about how the company's approach to responsible tourism and the lessons he has learned along the way. What inspired you to create your business? My hometown is the source of my Inspiration. I am from the Narmada District of Gujarat. Returning home after my Masters in Environmental Science, I … [Read more...]


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Venom On-a-Chip: A Fast and Efficient Method for Comparative Venomics
AbstractVenom research has attracted an increasing interest in disparate fields, from drug development and pharmacology, to evolutionary biology and ecology, and rational antivenom production. Advances in "-omics" technologies have allowed the characterization of an increasing number of animal venoms, but the methodology currently available is suboptimal for large-scale comparisons of venom profiles. Here, we describe a fast, reproducible and semi-automated protocol for investigating snake venom variability, especially at the intraspecific level, using the Agilent Bioanalyzer on-chip technology. Our protocol generated a phenotype matrix which can be used for robust statistical analysis and correlations of venom variation with ecological correlates, or other extrinsic factors. We also demonstrate the ease and utility of combining on-chip technology with previously fractionated venoms for detection of specific individual toxin proteins. Our study describes a novel strategy for rapid venom discrimination and analysis of compositional variation at multiple taxonomic levels, allowing researchers to tackle evolutionary questions and unveiling the drivers of the incredible biodiversity of venoms. View Full-Text
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Basketball court to honor memory of Weston teen
The town is dedicating a basketball court today in the name of Daniel Wultz, a Weston teen killed by a suicide bomber in Israel last year.
Town officials will unveil the plaque during a 5:30 p.m. ceremony at Shenandoah Park, 14601 SW 14th St. The public is invited along with Daniel's parents, friends and schoolmates.
Wultz, 16, was wounded in April 2006 when a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at a Tel Aviv restaurant. Wultz died a month later.
"This is a small token to memorialize a fine young man," Councilman Marlon Luis said Wednesday. "His life was taken away by evil. I hope people will remember him and how he died for years to come when they see this memorial."
The Davie Council agreed to honor Wultz earlier this year at the request of Davie resident Michael Davenport.
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A Broward jury Wednesday night convicted a man of killing a couple who owned the Sunrise Dollar Store before torching the business.
The Fort Lauderdale couple had given Imran "Bobby" Hussain a job at the store, located inside the Sunrise Center strip mall on Sunrise Boulevard and Northwest Ninth Street.
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Monday, June 30, 2008
Mumbai - Wee-kipedia
Mumbai is the largest city in India. It is the 2nd most populous city behind Shanghai. Along with suburbs of Navi Mumbai and Thane, it has a population of 19 million. It is a commercial and entertainment hub of India. It contributes 5% of India GDP.
Did not get the chance to visit the proper Mumbai as the business contact was based in Navi (new) Mumbai. However on the last day, few hours before the flight, managed to visit the Film City. No access to any indoor filming (inside some warehouse type buildings) but managed to witness the construction of a fortress (pic, left). According to the worker, it's for a TV serial, a Ramayana based ancient war epic!
At the edge of the Film City, captured the signage "Leopards Territory". The local said the leopards will be out roaming from 12 midnite to 6 am. He even showed us the rocky area where the leopards supposedly 'lepak'. Not sure if our beastly Mat Rempits get their cues from these beasts!
Public transport is a plenty. Local rickshaws (pic, right), taxis, buses, trains etc are everywhere. The drivers who horn the loudest get the right of the way! Yes, everyone horns. Horn at the junction, horn before overtaking, horn to get the other motorists to give way!
Managed to get some Punjabi suits and leather handbags for the wife. Not forgetting her fav fruit, mango. She is grinning from ear to ear, till today! Now, she is keeping her fingers cross that I travel there more often! She has already started compiling the colours and shapes of future purchases!
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Spain & Sodomy
Ole!Ole! Espana. BMW! Best Man Wins, or in this case best team wins. They truly deserved to lift Euro 2008. No more doing a Greece! Now, what am I watching till mid August? Wimbledon? Nay, perhaps monitoring the local politic scene is a better choice, as it enters the knockout stage.
Same old game called sodomy! As a spectator, can't do much but just hoping the final is not drag into August, as not to distract the new footie season. Good thing is that no need to wake up in the wee hours. Just keep our fingers cross, it's a fair game, even though fiery tackles and play acting are cropping up. Not too sure how long the referee is going to keep the red card.
Hope everyone embrace the ethos RESPECT. BMW!
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Alive & Kicking in Mumbai
Landed in wrong part of Mumbai. Partner is based in Navi (new) Mumbai not the Bollywood end of Mumbai. Additionally, being holed up in office working with Sanjay, Sandeep and Sunil. So there is no way of celebrity sighting. Aiyah!
Food wise - superb. Have my fair share of briyani, mutton, roti, curry, tea, aftermint etc.
It is monsoon season (June to August), so it has been raining every now and then. Traffic is terrible. As a metropolitan, obviously it is huge, so travelling from 1 office to another take more than an hour. KL traffic is nothing!
Lots of cricket coverage on TV. At last count, yesterday night, there was 4 channels showing cricket matches. Cricket is like a religion here. The players are multi millionaire and demi-god. Exactly 25 years ago (1983) today, India won its only cricket World Cup in England. In the press and TV, there were so many coverages and footages on the historic triumph.
India was not among the favourites and against all odds, the great West Indies team was beaten in the final. This victory changed the landscape of the cricket scene in India, forever!
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Monday, June 23, 2008
Schedule to fly into Bollywood tonight. Serious works with the Indian counterpart for the next few days. First trip to Mumbai. Previously visited Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad.
Mixed feeling though. Now very 'domesticated' unlike swinging bachelor days when every opportunity to travel is savoured! Gonna miss home! Yeah, big baby like me gonna miss the wife and kids! As usual, gonna enjoy the food. Briyani, mutton, sweet deserts etc.
If time permits, will love to get some Punjabi suits and a cricket bat! As an added bonus, maybe a date with Aishwarya Rai! He!He!
Will be back in the blog next week. Will post some photos.
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Sunday, June 22, 2008
Sports Day
Last Friday attended daughter's Sports Day. Due to lack of playing field, the event was held in Selayang Stadium. Just imagine, a 7 years old girl, who was a greenhorn, made her running debut in the running track as compared to her parents who raced barefooted in muddy school field. The other thing worth noting was that they conducted their opening ceremony reherseal just before the actual do!
My girl was excited the past week but was also worried that she could not finish her race. She was the first runner for Green House in 4x80 m relay. She kept asking how fa
r she needed to run. The funny thing was the training was conducted next to the canteen thus not the actual distance was covered. To cut the story short, all went well as they emerged triumphant. What a great race - all newbies making their debuts. It was a great start and boosted her confidence to indulge in sports!
I will encourage her to take part actively in sports as it builds character. All work and no play make LiVen a dull girl! Study Hard, Play Hard!
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
Tough Decision No Cincai
A group of children was playing near two railway tracks. 1 still in use while the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track, the rest on the operational track.
The train is coming. You are just beside the track interchange. You can make the train change its course to the disused track and save most of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the disused track would be sacrificed. Or would you rather let the train go its way?
Most people might choose to divert the course of the train and sacrifice only one child. To save most of the children at the expense of only one child was rational decision most people would make, morally and emotionally. However have you ever thought that the child choosing to play on the disused track had in fact made the right decision to play at a safe place?
Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his ignorant friends who chose to play where the danger was. This kind of dilemma happens around us everyday. In the office, community and politics the minority is often sacrificed for the interest of the majority, no matter how foolish or ignorant the majority are, and how farsighted and knowledgeable the minority are. The child who chose not to play with the rest on the operational track was sidelined and sacrificed. No one would shed a tear for him.
The great critic Leo Velski Julian who told the story said he would not try to change the course of the train because he believed that the kids playing on the operational track should have known very well that track was still in use. They should have run away if they heard the sirens. If the train was diverted, that lone child would definitely die because he never thought the train could come over to that track! Moreover, that track was not in use probably because it was not safe. If the train was diverted to the track, we could put the lives of all passengers on board at stake! And in your attempt to save a few kids by sacrificing one child, you might end up sacrificing hundreds of people to save these few kids.
While we are all aware that life is full of tough decisions that need to be made, we may not realize that hasty decisions may not always be the right one.
What's right isn't always popular and what's popular isn't always right.
Source - forwarded mail.
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Lah Lah Lah Lah Lah Lah Lah Lah
I just can't get you out of my head! Yes Kylie and Pak Lah. You're always on my mind!
Even though it's the football fever - Goal Goal Goal Ole Ole Ole.. Go Go Go O lah O lah O lah.
I ain't no politician and I have nothing personal against you but the recent happenings do affect us. The investors are staying away. As a small time punter, I do not like to see my investment going downhill. As a rakyat of a natural resources rich nation, I do not like the way it is being managed.
I have no ambition to the PM and don't care who is the next PM - whether it's N, A or K. Everyone just wanted the change! Everyone wanted stability. As a leader, we know we should not overstay especially when the writing is on the wall. Perhaps a new leader will rejuvenate the machinery and bring new hope. Just like in a football match, substitution is done to bring in fresh legs in order to win the match.
You do have your good moments but like it or not, the bad moments overwhelmed the good moments. Too many warlords in your regime who caused your downfall.
Lah Lah Lah Lah
Lah Lah Lah Lah
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Good Bye!
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Sex and Religion
Gotcha! Got your attention. A must read, 2 forbidden subjects!
According to Gandhi 'The lower part of us is still animal'
According to Chief K.Sri D 'The sex impulse is the most dynamic force in human nature'.
We need the strength to develop self control and self discipline. Not a must but celibacy is good if one wants to perfect one's spiritual development. However for a layman, sex should be given its due recognition. Take the middle path, neither repressed nor exaggerated!
Make Love Not War.
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Shoulder To Cry On
Stress, depression, suicidal tendency, mental breakdown, family breakup and the list goes on. I am sure all of us have either gone through a phase in our life that sucked or known someone that were feeling down and out. In the current dog eats dog world and survival of the fittest, we are definitely going to see an alarming rise in this phenomenon.
What should we do? Mentally and spiritually, we have to be strong to ride this storm. Many will take refuge in religion and pour out to the loved ones and friends. However they are also those who could not figure a way out but took the easy way out.
Learn to let go. Don't cling on the past. Move on. Be Present. Saviour the living moment. Contentment is a bliss. The fact that you are reading this 'crap' is that you have Internet access, meaning you are more privileged that many that do not even know when is their next meal.
Don't Worry Be Happy.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Real Charity
True charity is when we give without expecting anything in return. If we expect material benefits, we are bartering! We should not use charity as a way to exercise control over others. Charity is an act that reduces greed and selfishness. It brings joy to both giver and recipient.
We can give many things in addition to $$$. Food for the hungry and clothes for the poor. Time and energy for the friends in need! Part of body like blood and organ for the sake of others! Ultimately, sacrifice own live to saves lives!
Pause and reflect. Are we giving enough or are we just keep on taking. Start now, doing something for your loved ones. Charity begins at home!
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Love it or loathe it. Personally I love it as it connects people. I have re-established and resumed relationships with many long lost pals, in addition to knowing new acquaintances.
Separated in era where there was no handphone and e-mail, it was refreshing to see them alive and kicking. (Sadly also found out a few who had perished. RIP). Obviously 20 years are a long time and it was fun to catch up again and revisited those innocent and carefree years! The last time we met, we were kids. Now, when we meet they have kids! Some can even form a futsal / basketball team!
Those who are not connected yet, why are you waiting? Join in the bandwagon.
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Friday, June 13, 2008
Not the 80s Willis and Shepherd TV series that propelled them to stardom. The issue here is the green light for the civil service folks to moonlight. It is an open secret. Talk to cab drivers, pasar malam traders - chances are they are government servants by day.
I salute these people as they work hard to bring food to the table. These are the people who understand the meaning of hard earned money. I personally believe these people could be a better government servants as these 2nd jobs give them a different perspective of lives and build characters. At least they do not waste time, loitering around or worst case, be a Mat Rempit.
Of course there are also those that punch in and then MIA. I believe those are the minority. However, is there a need for authorities to officially approve it? What's the benefits?
The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight but has no vision - Helen Keller
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
Ah Longs Want You
Another 1 Bites The Dust. The fortnightly salary payment to civil servants gonna backfire BIG time! That's aint no solution as the pie is not getting bigger. Those that are already struggling with their cashflow will be worse off. I reckon many will finish spending their take home by half time. Then suffer in the 2nd half as they will realise they only have half pie left and do not have enough to feed the fairweather banker friends, the landlords, the cronies etc. What happen next? Desperate times means desperate solutions. Who are they gonna call? Ah Long!
The men in uniform will not like it as definitely there will be an increase in harassment and assault cases. If the threats prolong and they could not take it any longer..
Desperate times means desperate solutions. Who are they gonna call? Michael Chong!
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POS - Pay? Oops! System down!
Saturday 14 June. Places to avoid at all cost - Post offices nationwide. Maybe, just maybe, the places will be packed with angry motorists. According to reliable sources, there is NO existing system in place to pay the rebates to motorists. Isn't it obvious? The original plan was to pay in August but due to another blunder (diarrhoea in the mouth), motorists were told they can get the $$$ on Saturday onwards. Vendors and working level personnels (in Manglish) are shitting bricks! Shifting their asses to come out with a working system within few days notice! Perhaps we could give them the benefit of doubt and the system will be in place after all? Bravo - another example of Malaysia Boleh.
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Oink! Oink! Oink! Happy Birthday
Oink! Oink! Oink. My boy turns 1 today. My wife is a year older and wiser today. Both are 'piggies'. Me included, that makes it 3 in the family. My girl is the odd one out. She is the snake! Celebrations are put on hold till the weekend. The snake has to huff and puff and blow the house down!
Happy Birthday!
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Perhaps, Sharon Stone had immortalised this word. Her basic instinct screwed herself big time this time. No chance of a total recall! Anyway, she had apologised and learnt her lesson. Hats off to her unlike other public figures who continue to put foot into mouth and still remain arrogant. No single word like Karma that stood out but numerous PR disasters. Scroll of honours include - Election would not be held, then tomorrow is the day. Fuel hike would not take place, ok lah maybe in August, you know what happened next. No lah there would not be wedding bell.
Take a bow, our work with me and not work for me numero uno. Either age is catching up and showing sign of 'mudah lupa' or just plain liar!
Back to Karma. (Kamma in Pali). For every event that occurs, there will follow another event whose existence was caused by the first and this second event will be pleasant or unpleasant according as its cause. Law of cause and effect. We are responsible for our actions and the effects of our actions. We reap what we sow. Karma Chameleon!
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Paper Chase - Good for the Ego!
Ms X wants to become a doctor. Need an estimated RM500k (tuition fees, food, lodging all in) for the 6 years course somewhere out there. Entrepreneur dad did a calculation. Told his daughter.
"Why susah-susah, spend 6 years sleeping in a cramped room with some stra
ngers, eating instant noodles, burning midnight oil, away from the family and then after graduating, getting depressed and miserable treating sick people in not so friendly government hospital - here is the RM500k, buy some shares and properties. In fact, there is enough to start a small business. In 6 years time, you could double or triple the money".. Huh!
Food for thought!
pic - 1st paper collected. More to come, baby!
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Money No' Enough
Money $ Money $ Money. How much do we need to survive in the present condition? Personally the biggest chunk of the monthly take home goes to pay the banks. (Interesting, they are well known to take away our umbrella when it rains!).
Since young, this equation was embedded into us. Incomes - Expenses = Savings. We started to save our angpow $$$ but still could not be rich :( Eureka! only recently, started to think out of the box and adjusted the equation. Incomes - Savings = Expenses. Still not rich but definitely heading towards the correct direction. How does it work? Before paying the expenses, pay ourselves first. Set aside a certain amount into a separate account or an investment plan. Then only spend the balance. (As compare to pay the expenses first, then whatever balance is the savings). Impossible?
Nothing is impossible. Let us start small, e.g. RM30 per month. RM1 per day. Reduce a cup of teh tarik or 2 sticks of fags? (maybe boycott and don't buy the mainstream paper is the better cost savings). Now it looks achievable! Eventually increase this amount to RM100, RM500, RM1,000 and up up and away. Is that all? What do we do with savings? Now the harder part, to accumulate wealth and let the money works hard. The rule of thumb is to diversify. Read, talk to people and explore about investment in shares, real estate & properties, unit trusts, golds, fixed incomes etc.
Just do it. It is never too young or too late to start saving for your retirement age or for your children education. Towards Financial Freedom!
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Cakap Bola Makan Bola Tidur Bola
The sign o' times. Kids are growing up playing PS2 and surfing Internet. Whereas we grew up banging in goals! Without fail, after school, I would bring myself to the nearby field and chased after the ball. No equipment, no boots. Bare footed with lots of energy to burn. No Astro to show Match of the Week but gladly glued to the TV every Saturday to watch Big League Soccer and Football Made in Germany.
It was glory days for Liverpool FC and obviously everyone loves a winner! My idol was Ian Rush, the number 9, the striker who banged in goals for fun! Once we were more or
ganised and started forming team to take part in competitions, we got ourselves jerseys. Number 9 is mine o' mine. Of course, it was good to dream - that one day, I would sign professional paper with Liverpool FC. Dream on, brader! Maybe next life!
As I got older, somehow the lungs could not take in that much air, thus re-invented myself as a defender. Time to be number 5. Not much off the ball running was needed, just needed to clear the ball out of sight or kicked the strikers! Pretty easy, huh!
However for the past 2 years, been enjoying the number 10 role, playing in the middle of the park, harassing the opponents and dictating play. It was not that my stamina improved, but others were worse off. Blame it on the haze, beer, fags, Internet, stress, wives, in laws and all the jazz. Except ourselves for not taking care of our body and health!
Majulah Sukan Untuk Negara.
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Monday, June 9, 2008
What's in the Name? Metta88
Metta in Pali language means Loving Kindness. It signifies friendship and non violence. It is also a strong wish for the happiness of others, thus it is used as a meditation object.
Metta is a very specific form of love. One recites specfic words and phrases towards oneself, loved ones, friends, strangers, enemies and all beings. It is the antidote of anger. Radiating metta could contribute to a world of love, peace and happiness.
May You Be Well and Happy!
May You Be Free From Harm and Danger!
May You Be Free From Suffering!
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You Not Malay?
Once upon a time in 1986 at Leboh Ampang bus stand (just outside those banana leaf makan joints). In school uniform (not the thin revealing one that got everyone excited) waiting for Len Seng 165 (equipped with power stereo system that belted out great Tamil disco hits) a thug approached. "Where are you from", that was the customary pick me up opener to test if one belongs to any gang. Should I say Jinjang 18 Chai and get walloped? Stunned for a while. Before he demanded for my wallet, something happened. "Apa kamu nak" a voice came out from my mouth, as I recovered my composure. Now, it was his turn to panic! "eh! lu bukan Cina ka? soli huh" and walked away and probably looked for his next victim. It happened so fast, have no time to pee in the pants. Was glad to salvage my bus fares. From that day onwards, be yet wiser, started to use this 'advantage' to 'cari makan'.
Bangsa Malaysia - that's my standard reply countless times either via phone or face to face when customer service officers looked puzzled and did not how to label me! There is no statistic to prove it, but based on personal experiences, the services were much better if I speak their lingo! So take your language lessons seriously as it does wonder. Then what to do with the typical Chinese features - sepet, flat nose etc? Wear a mask, kot!
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Friday, June 6, 2008
Euro 2008 - Let Do A Greece?
The next major football tourney is here, starting this weekend. Let get it started. Need the fix after end of EPL. All wives and girlfriends please be understanding. Football is more than life and death.
Who is going to win? The usual suspects are the favourites. Germany with their discipline and Octoberfest powers, Italy with their Armani suits and Mafia looks, France with their cheese and wine diets, Holland with their orange blinders and total football and my favourite, Spain with their Liverpool influenced armada!
Dark horses? Maybe Croatia, Czech and Turkey. C'mon Torres, go get the Golden Shoes!
That's the end. Wait! How come no words on England? How can a football article without mentioning the 3 Lions, so called creators of this beautiful game? Sorry, I don't miss them. They are overrated. Give me Russia, anytime! & don't listen to Shebby!
Anyone fancy making money to offset the 2.70?
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KK Kam celebrates his birthday every 6 June. Ain't no white supremacist (he is yellow anyway) and ain't no devil! He is my childhood friend. In the Air Panas kampung (yes, we do have hot water spurting from the ground - how we wish it is hot oil!), we played football, looked for spiders behind the bushes, swam in the drain (those days the water looked clean!) etc.
In college, draped with Nirvana t-shirt, long hair and fag in the mouth, consistent with the Seattle inspired grunge era, he was the anti social king. Fast forward, consistent with the BN inspired flip flop era, he is eking a living and just like y
ou and me, wondering what is in store for our kids! Happy Birthday buddy!
12 June. No devil number here but still worth mentioning. My life partner celebrates her birthday on this date. Since last year this date is even more meaningful! My son, was born! yes, mom and son shares the same birthday. (Good news for me cause that make it 1 less date to remember!) Blame it or should it be credit to the doctor?
Past few years, most of the arrival of storks courtesy of mid 30 and above moms have always been through C-section. Make us wonder why? Either those doctors are taking the easy way out or there are so many lembik moms that are in real danger! (this topic will be reserved for another day). This 2nd pregnancy fell into this category. Doctor recommended 11 June to go under the knife. 12 June sounded nicer, doc! To make it 3's Company, sister's son, i.e. nephew too popped out on 12 June, 9 year ago.
9 July. That's my birthday. Do not know anyone sharing the same birthday until reading about Steve Coppell, a Scouser footballer, who was rejected by the Reds, who at the time was playing for the devils (the team name should never appear on this blog!) The same lad that is now managing Reading! Then in 1989, new batch of students joined us in Sixth Former and viola, found a new found mate who shares the same birthday. And 2 days ago, another VI mate flagged me via Facebook, that he too popped out on 9 July, 37 years ago!
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Thursday, June 5, 2008
Monsters in Law?
Meet my parents in law! Mr and Mrs Lee. Are they the monsters in law, ooph! parents in law as portrayed on TV? Let us check it out.
Mr and Mrs Lee hail from Penang. The typical Penangites. Shop for bargains in Lorong Kulit. Frequent the Air Itam wet market. Love their laksa and nasi kandar. Vote for Gerakan all these years! (Not too sure if they have access to RPK's blog this time around!)
Mr and Mrs Lee come to visit their daughter and grandchildren in KL frequently. The daughter is all excited on the day the parents check in. (It's like Liverpool winning the cup!). Probably due to aging process, Mr Lee and Mrs Lee do not like surprises. Mr Lee like a day out in the city centre. However Mrs Lee prefer to stay at home, just give her the Astro remote control, she will be fine. Mr and Mrs Lee love to visit Pasar Malam.
When we are back from work, the food is ready on the table. The laundry is striking clean stored in the wardrobe. Pretty mundane stuff? Yeah, baby - but the son in law is happy as he can raise his feet up, not doing the household chores during these visits!!
Thank you pa and ma. You folks deserve a break after all the struggles to raise the kids. They have turned up well. Go and visit them and the grandchildren in KL, Kuching, Singapore and Macao. (Collected more brownie points, baby!)
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It's not my CGPA. I can definitely do better than that. Shahrir, is that your best shot? C'mon, you can do better- aim for the perfect 4. 2 dot 7 per litre. Don't u cry. Don't whine. Reality bites.
Move on, how do we balance the book? Those jokers said change lifestyle. Change what? Tell my daughter she is not attending piano classes? Tell my mom she is not getting the dough to buy dough? Reduce expenses! Wait a minute, there is another part of the equation. Increase income! Yes there is hope after all. Increase our credit balances. Change out mindset. Don't have the notion that we can only have A source of income. There are such things as other income and investment income in the P&L.
Part time job? Maybe. But wait, how about the money in the bank? Is it working hard enough? At this rate, the lifestyle inflation is going double figure. We are effectively losing money. So for a start, explore the possibility of using our savings to balance the book. Money makes money. Check out the Bursa! Talk to the real estate agent on property investment. Trust the financial planner on mutual fund. Start reading, start exploring. By sitting there, complaining does not balance the book. Reality sucks, baby.
Buying Toto, pursuing Tikam or trying luck up the hill do not count!
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
We are born with 2 certificates i.e. birth and death certificates. Everyone has at least these 2 papers, so the additional papers chase is bonus!
We have read and heard who's who been struck with Denggi and rather fortunately to recover fully but rather unfortunately to continue to live this suffering life! We also have this it will not happen to me kinda attitude. From zero fatality, suddenly Denggi took away 3 lives of people whom I know in 2007.
My lovely cousin who was planning to start a family left us. An Indian grandma neighbour lost her battle after weeks in ICU and a Malay colleague's brother went back to the Maker. All in 2007. So what's this nonsense on the fight for this quota and that quota? After all, once we are given the birth certificate, we are just awaiting to graduate and receive our death certificate!
What is all these ego trips? (In fact, this blogging trip is part of my ego trip! he!he!).. We could not abolish but try to make an effort to reduce these trips.
I have a problem here. I do not KILL. Not even a mosquito. So how? No issue, prevention is better than cure. So reduce in materials chase. Buy less things, keep less stuffs and thus reduce the breeding ground. Killing 2 birds with a stone? (pun intended)
So remember, live present, forget about the past and let the future worries itself. Enjoy the campus life before we graduate!
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Organ Donation
Not asking you to donate the musical instrument left rotting in your store room to Szechuan disaster fund! Yes the other organ. Your body parts i.e. eyes, kidneys, liver etc. Check out this website www.mst.org.my/donorreg.html#
Just register and pledge your organ. They will do the rest. You would not feel any pain. With this fuel hike, government ask us to change our lifestyle, so 'why are we waiting'? Just Do It.
Just imagine - your eyes could give sights to a beautiful girl or to a boy who then can set his eyes on beautiful girls!.. Your kidneys, perhaps to 2 middle aged ladies who could give birth to more beautiful girls.. Need more convincing? Harimau tinggalkan belang, so let us tinggalkan organ! macam- macam organ!
Giving will reduce greed!
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The only meaning of Cancer in the schooling days is to look up at the daily horoscope section beside the comic strips of The Star. Last few years, Cancer took a different meaning i.e. life sentence. Visited a dying young and recently married lady of an associate at the turn of the century who went through the horror of chemotherapy. She must had gone through a lot of pain as her complexion and outlook was totally different. Few years later i.e. 2003, we lost a friend due to brain tumour. He was a year old than me. Left behind a widow and 2 young kids.
End of October 2007. After biopsy result was out, the worse fear was confirmed. Dad was diagnosed with advanced stage lung cancer. No denial, no anger. Dad was a heavy 20-40 sticks a day, you named it, Winston, Dunhill, Perilly etc smoker in his heyday. Mom was cool. Me as the eldest had to act cool too. Briefed the siblings and relatives on how to be cool!
Fast forward June 2008, dad is resting at home surfing Astro channels. (Unfortunately he is not a sports fan, so no sports programs at folks' place)! Personally I have set small milestones for him. Was very happy that he managed to celebrate the recent Chinese New Year. Next one should be to celebrate my boy's 1st birthday next week.
I started exploring hospice services. Took a crash course on basic care from Kasih Hospice (www.kasih-hospice.org). For a start, a nurse came to do home visit. For the past 2 months, dad has been visiting Hospice Malaysia every Tuesday. It is a good arrangement as he gets to venture out of the house to do some therapy and mix around, and for mom, the caregiver, it is a good rest! (www.hospismalaysia.org).
Thank you hospice volunteers and staffs for the selfless service. Life is Uncertain but Death is Certain!
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Fast and Furious
Drop a few lines before hitting the road (with the help of tulip!) The posts are coming fast and furious. Like a toddler exploring a new toy!
About on the road - welcome the ruling on rear seat belts and await the ruling on fuel subsidy. Maybe 1 way to save on fuel is to car pool. Additional benefit - can spend quality family times while getting struck in KL jam! Daughter started Primary 1 this year
and with this, start to hit the road before 6.45am during school days. Next destination is to parents' place (6 km away) to leave son there. City centre here I come, with beloved wife and finally, me alone heading towards PJ. All in all, slightly more than 2 hrs on road before I have my caffeine! (No wonder still skinny!) The reverse order happens after office hours. (Anyone need a member for Treasure Hunt?)
On the family bonding via carpool, seriously it works. Catch up with wife in the car while tuning in to LiteRadio on the day happenings. Once with the kids, all attention i.e 110% to the kids. Few hours later, it's time to hit the sack.
1 of the best decisions we ever made was to buy our own place nearby our folks'. The support system really come in handy. Pity them though, after raising us, gotta raise the grandchildren. Thank you folks, especially mom for being a supermom!
pic - feeding inside the car!
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It's lunch time. Knew many people who have big problems in deciding what to eat during lunch! As for me, the usual stuff if I am in the office. Will walk to the banana leaf restaurant, indulge in my rice kasi banjir, tenggiri fish either fried or curry, vege n papadam! Have even build relationship with the Indian workers who hail from Chennai! (When are they hiring China dolls to serve in these restaurants? he!he!). What makes us click? Just mentioned the names of their cricket heroes like Tendulkar, Dravid etc and how they are faring against Pakistan - they are your friends for life. Talking about cricket, half the people I met are clueless about cricket. The only cricket they know is the insect that goes crickey! I learnt to play this game in 1986 in VI. My football kakis in the neighbourhood were into it, playing for a rival school, Setapak High. Decided to give it a try and played against them annually in KL School meets. Not too bad, at least do not have butter fingers - quite an agile fielder and on most occasions, the ball got stuck in my hands! Went all the way to represent KL age groups -Under 20 and Under 23.
Well, the first love is still football. Was not good enough to represent my beloved VI team - in fact went for selection for 2 years but was not good enough. Period. The lack of size also contributed to it! Stuck at 5'2'' for many years but somehow managed to outgrow most of them. Had a good laugh when 1 of the footie mate, Zul (have not met since 88) commented. "Tingginya engkau!"
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Monday, June 2, 2008
High n Low
After the high of meeting up with fellow Victorians in the school and playing some great football yesterday, was real disappointed to read in today's MSM, a fellow mate, who heads the education bureau of a fading politician party, uttering some nonsense regarding distribution of scholarship. This matter will crop up every year around this time of the year and for everyone's sake, do the necessary to stop the brain drain and stop making it a mess.. enough of the low..
VIOBA Inter Batch Mokhtar Dahari Challenge Shield - that was the 7 a seven football tourney that we took part in. We managed to defend the champions title in the Veteran League (35 yrs old n >). We were so strong that we decided to field 2 teams.. n as predicted, it was all 88 final in the end. Defeated Batch 90 (the youngest), 87, 81 and 83 along the way. The icing on the cake was our captain, Jeffrie was chosen as the Best Player/MVP
At the end of the evening, Paul of Batch 81, called for the continued support for this tourney, as he flew in from India, without fail for the past few years.. That's the VI spirit! & dont us let down our fellow Victorian, the late Mokhtar, who is still the best Malaysian player. ( At this rate, dont think our national team could produce another legend in my living years!)
We really hope to play on till our heart could not take it! 20 years ago, the boys were the KL age group champs. At the present moment, the skills are still there although heavier on the tummy and lighter on the head! Will be back to defend the title!
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It's now or never... yes, we have to start somewhere, somehow! let us get started.. For a start will keep it short and simple. Wishing All Being Be Well and Happy, Be Free from Suffering. Lots of Loving Kindness - Metta.
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For the last 20 years I work at Arkeologerna, Statens Historiska Museer, Linköping as a project leader specializing in Early Iron Age, settlements and landscape. My dissertation Grazing and animal husbandry during late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age, from 2006 treats these phenomena from a landscape perspective. The source material used stems from archaeological excavations and is combined with results from the natural sciences. I am presently coordinator for the scientific network Man and landscape at Arkeologerna. I am also a member of the International Sachen Symposion.
Previously I worked at different museums in Sweden, Scandinavia and northern Europe. For some years I worked at the national Survey, something that generated a profound interest in the landscape as a frame for interpretation.
Archaeological methods and the use of the natural sciences to illuminate the questions we pose about details as well as society as a whole has always been a great interest of mine. I particularly am interested in combining information from the micro and macro level while working with archaeological material.
During the 1990s I was involved in the development of new methods for excavation fossil fields in connection to a series of large-scale excavations. Through these methods Roman Age kitchen plots were later identified at some sites in the Linköping area. During the last few years I have been involved in renewed development of methods for excavation fossil fields in connections with excavations of clearance cairn fields in Småland and Skåne.
I also have a great interest in Iron Age settlements and have headed a series of such excavations. One of these was Abbetorp, where a study of hearths/cooking-pits was conducted. Some of this work is presented in my thesis. At Hulje a farm from the Early Roman Iron Age, specialized in dairy production was excavated. Such specialization probably happened within a manorial-like local system.
These last years I have also worked with ritual places with a distinct connection to the local Iron Age community. The connection between the arable and grazing-lands on the one hand and re-occurring ritual actions on the other was evident at one site. Underlying themes were fertility, the connection to ancestor land and land rights. The field work at this site was theory driven, and involved testing new methods of excavation and a broad spectrum of scientific methods.
Aside from my employment I have, together with a colleague, a project aiming at the study of the major changes taking place in settlement and landscape during the Migration Period in the Linköping area. My part of this work focuses on the Early Iron Age and some results have already been published. I also have received some grants to do a study of the Early Iron Age settlements of the province of Östergötland, work I would like to discuss at the IMASS 2017.
Some of my articles are available online at academica.edu.


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At Sloan-Hendrix the members of the Grandparents United Against Reading Deficiencies (G.U.A.R.D.) are grand. Rebecca Jones is the director of the program that began eleven years ago at Sloan-Hendrix. It is an excellent 'grandparent' volunteer organization that we are very proud to have in our school," stated Rick Tate, SH Principal, "due to the success of the program, we hope to be able to continue it from year to year."
The G.U.A.R.D. program consists of older adults coming into the school one or two times a week for about an hour. They read and work with the students. This year we have twelve members in the organization. Some of the G.U.A.R.D. members read and work with the same students each week. Some of the members work with all of the students over a period of time in a certain classroom. This gives the children some extra assistance and attention. Our children become very attached to the grandparents that work with them. In fact, a lot of the G.U.A.R.D. members work with all of the children from a certain class because each child wants to read to the grandparent. Some of the children do not have grandparents that live nearby. The program allows a child to have some quality time reading to an adult other than a parent or teacher. The program is not only a great benefit to the children but also a wonderful experience for our older adults. They really enjoy coming to school and working with the children. Some days one wonders who looks forward to 'Grandparent Day' the most, the grandparents or the children.