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Save Thousands By Focusing On The Big Picture

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One thing that makes me want to bang my head against the wall is when I see people call themselves frugal, yet be the poster child for “penny wise, pound foolish”. Ok, you save and save every single day, a little here, a little there. Globally, you’re pretty miserable because you have removed all the good things out of your life. You have no more gym membership, cable TV, magazine subscriptions, you eat rice and beans day in, day out… I even met a guy who had no central heating!

He was in his 70s and he really broke my heart. When it was very cold in winter, his bedroom on the upper floor of his house became too icy to sleep in. So he would come down to the ground floor, where he had an electric heater. He would carry his mattress on his broken back, and sleep on the floor of his living room! He claimed the electric socket upstairs were too old to bear a heater. That discomfort could have been fixed with less than a thousand dollars. How far he was willing to go for the sake of saving money made me scratch my head.

That won’t make a big difference on his net worth. What will is taking action to reduce and optimize the big expenses in your life. Your mortgage for example. Rates are at historic low levels right now, and finding a mortgage refinance at just 0.5% less than what you are paying at the moment can save you thousands. Yes, thousands.

The average US home is worth around $250,000. At 4.5%, you are paying $1,266 a month over the next 30 years. These days, you can find a 30 year refinance for 3.5% on average. That means lowering your mortgage payments to $1,123 per month. Saving yourself over $50,000 in interest in the process. I did my last refinance online. I decided to pay a little for the convenience of staying with the same bank, and not having to provide a new one with the mountain of paperwork they usually require. It took about 15 minutes to drop my rate by 0.5%. No fee, no valuation, the bank had all the details already.

15 minutes of my time for thousands in saving? Any day.

This summer, I was looking for a house to buy in Southern France. I saw one that fit my needs. It was listed via a real estate agency at $700,000. I thought if I could find where it was, I would save myself the fee. The town was small, but it took me a few hours to locate the house, based on the online ad pictures. When I arrived, the owners were surprised, and said I was the first one showing up without an agent. I had spent hours on Google Maps trying to determine the neighborhoods where the house could be. Once I got there, it only took me an hour to find it. The owners said they wanted $650,000. I didn’t end up buying it, but that would have been a fine payday otherwise.

Another thing that makes me cringe is when people do not value their time. If you make $25 per hour at your day job, but walk back home instead of taking the $1 bus, you are losing on an opportunity to stay an hour more at work, and make $25. Sure, that can be your way to unwind, get some exercise,… but for people who see it from a saving standpoint, I don’t get it. Your time is better invested in yourself (trying to get a promotion, working extra hours, starting a side hustle) than trying to save a few bucks or couponing.

More and more, I am trying to focus on big lifestyle changes that will have a huge impact on my net worth, rather than pinching pennies. I chose to relocate abroad, and that cut my monthly expenses by 60%. I did not buy a car when mine got stolen last December. It has been a little inconvenience, but I have been home maybe 4 months since that happened, and in the meanwhile, the $10,000 I didn’t put on the car (plus insurance, gas, maintenance and repairs) grew on the markets. And whenever I really needed one, to bring back groceries and heavy things, I would rent one for the day, for $30.

The S&P500 had a good run since last December, returning 9.8%. My $10,000 would have yielded $980, way more than what I spent on the occasional taxi or rental. But I understand that this lifestyle switch is not for everyone.

Still, the next time you are tempted to find ways to save more, try to start with the big stuff.

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Monday, July 29, 2013

THE EMPEROR'S SOUL by Brandon Sanderson

A heretic thief is the empire’s only hope in this fascinating tale that inhabits the same world as the popular novel, Elantris.

Shai is a Forger, a foreigner who can flawlessly copy and re-create any item by rewriting its history with skillful magic. Condemned to death after trying to steal the emperor’s scepter, she is given one opportunity to save herself. Though her skill as a Forger is considered an abomination by her captors, Shai will attempt to create a new soul for the emperor, who is almost dead.

Probing deeply into his life, she discovers Emperor Ashravan’s truest nature—and the opportunity to exploit it. Her only possible ally is one who is truly loyal to the emperor, but councilor Gaotona must overcome his prejudices to understand that Shai’s forgery is as much artistry as it is deception.

Brimming with magic and political intrigue, this deftly woven fantasy delves into the essence of a living spirit.

First line:
Gaotona ran his fingers across the thick canvas, inspecting one of the greatest works of art he had ever seen."

I'm pretty sure I've never read anything of Brandon's this short. Not even a prologue. :)
 In Shai's world, any object or person, can be rewritten. Their 'soul' can be manipulated to resemble or become something it isn't. Shai is given the task to rewrite the Emperor's soul and bring him mentally back to life. Many of the leaders come to her and ask her to write a back door to the Emperor so they can control him and the kingdom.
Shai has one hundred days to study the Emperor's life through journals and interviews. Then she has to make sure the 'soulstamps' work for which she will apply them to the Emperor.
It was fun to read this book. I enjoyed to smarts of Shai and the intrigue of Gaotona. And the magic was cool.
This book is up for a Hugo award for novella.

Rating: G
V: No
S: No
L: No

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Friday, January 26, 2007

The Mystic Streets of Worldville

The streets, these days, have a thick STD aroma,
& all that you hear, aside from the hunking horns
is the moaning theme of unfaithful pregnant moms
who are working late, just to be able to buy
the next piece of jewellery they've seen,
as the chopper in the air or the TV screens perhaps
voice out their concern about the not so scarey HIV.
There are worse ways to die, some voices call.
It's litterally, a f*cking miracle.

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Foulla said...

In my street, I can still see amzing, talented young men, like you, doing their best to fight mediocrity..
and that's my miracle...a real miracle!
and that's all that matters to me.

David said...

Are people in Iran not scared of HIV? Well, they should be! Are condoms easily available in all parts of Iran? That, combined with lots of public education, are the best ways to slow the spread of the disease. It is a sad fact that, in the U.S., the rate of HIV infection is increasing after years of slowing. A lot of people just don't seem to care that they are at risk. Also, many young people have had their minds filled with an abstinence (no sex is the only solution) message at school. This is because many school boards are dominated by fundamentalist Christians. What is needed are frank discussions between young people and experts on sex, birth control, and disease prevention. This sort of reality based sex education is available to young people in parts of Europe. It is really needed everywhere!

mariamusic said...

It's not that common to talk and teach about sexual relationships in most Iranian families, so I'm not surprised that people are unaware or not afraid of HIV virus.
However, there was a thing regarding this matter I realized couple of years ago;it seemed cars horned for almost every woman they saw!!! even I. I never wore tight and short mantos or things like that, but still cars horned to pick me up. It seemed to me the line between a woman who wasn't looking for sex and one who was had dissapeared.

good posting dr O2.

jarvenpa said...

I agree with foulla that your continued passion and endurance is the true miracle, and with such miracles I have hope.

malaysia is no future said...

The citizens of Bolehland ended the year 2006 in high spirits. Even though things did not quite work out for the work-with-me Prime Minister (PM), the government of the day took us to great heights in various ways.

We were also kept high-minded by former PM Dr Mahathir (Dr M), who instead of riding off into the sunset, got on his high horse and refused to come down from it - even after his manhood had been questioned.

Dr M felt it was high time to highlight to the PM that the latter had sold the country, stooped before his neighbours, stopped listening to 'My Way', stabbed him in the back and scrapped his pet projects……….He was not interfering, merely asking Pak Lah to step down, that's all.

It was difficult to differentiate between the annual haze and Dr M's high-end smokescreen. His past 'sins' were shrouded by his sensational high-drama series of a crooked-half-bridge, cancelled projects, crooks and cronies - with him playing the lead role as a reluctant saint.

Part of the drama was an arranged peace talk, during which Pak Lah kept his peace and Dr M talked with his high-hat on. The 'old man' gave the PM higher 'doses of venom' for his blistered image. The latter took down the long prescription……….and left everything to God.

As sparks flew, venom spewed and divisions grew, it became clear that the high-impact and the historic spat between the two had much more to do with the four issues raised by Dr M or his insinuations of the Oxbridge-trained people on the 4th floor of the PM's office.

It was about the elite in Umno jostling in high-gear with one another for the control of the country's resources. It was about privileged people in high places sinking so low in outdoing one another in their chauvinism and arrogance, and high rollers gambling away the country for high stakes.

In the name of Malay Supremacy and with the help of Executive Supremacy, the elite in the dominant party exerted their 'supremacy' over one another. They were at one another's throat whilst screaming at the rest not to question their state, status, and of course, superiority.

High hypocrisy:

Pak Lah's chime of change and his high-sounding anti-corruption cheer and chant continued on in 2006. He proved himself capable of producing the same old 'tap-and-dance routine' synonymous with his predecessor.

He displayed such 'high tolerance' for certain people in high places in Umno. For example, he held up high scandal-ridden former Klang municipal councilor Zakaria Deros as a "good leader". He told 'close-one-eye' Jasin MP Datuk Yusof to close his mouth and assured him that he will be given ear.

On the eve of the Umno General Assembly (GA), Pak Lah dished out an additional RM600 million (of the publics money) to spearhead rural development. The 'bonus' will go to 191 parliamentary constituencies (read as 'Umno divisions', excluding Sarawak where there is no Umno).

Lim Kit Siang rightly called it 'political corruption of the worst kind'. Dr M said it was 'very wrong' and that it 'has to be given to everybody'. But Pak Lah was not listening. He would roar very religiously that he was disappointed over the lack of debates on corruption during the GA.

(One cannot help but think of the highly hilarious statement of the occasionally-wise de facto law minister Nazri Aziz who declared with a straight face: "Money politics in Umno……….do not involve public funds or public projects." How naïve can Nazri be?)

By the end of the year Pak Lah had nothing to show - no high-profile individuals to be prosecuted for graft - not even amongst the unknown 18 of high standing on the corruption list. Mukhriz Mahathir was absolutely right - Pak Lah had offered nothing new at the GA - and neither had anyone else in Umno in 2006.

'Good governance' reigned in many local councils in 2006. A good number of politically-appointed councillors made good money in good time for 'the good of the people'. They built for themselves palaces, bulldozed the homes of the poor, blasted holy places of worship and bullied the marginalized.

The citizens began to doubt their tell-me-the-truth PM. His explanations regarding his son and son-in-law were treated as half-truths or outright lies. We asked him to tell the truth, but he would instead speak of his son-in law's rice bowl and of Dr M's children having been awarded far bigger projects than those given to his son.

Ferreted out of his 'elegant silence', and realizing it was time to play high-ball Pak Lah stuttered, stammered, stumbled and strained for 'the truth' to shore up his shaky defence against Dr M's accusation that Bolehland has become a 'half-past-six country which has no guts'.

Indeed, Pak Lah's half-past-six government often appeared at sixes and sevens - with either his ministers and officers contradicting one another, making u-turns, or with almost everybody free to pronounce policy - from minister to mufti to the mob and to the multitude……….but he would still insist 'I am in control'.

Sharing Pak Lah's prize for hypocrisy was Dr M who complained that he had been denied the right to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, and that he was a victim of a police state - a legacy which he had so proudly left behind.

He even very humbly claimed that he never had anyone arrested under the ISA for political reasons and blamed the mass arrests of Operation Lalang in 1988 on the police. A highly-incensed Lim Kit Siang reminded Dr M, who was also the then Home Minister and Justice Minister, that he was the 'mastermind' of the 1987 dragnet.

He complained that the mainstream press had spurned him and spiked his statements. He even alleged the existence of spin doctors. Dr M was given a taste of his own medicine. He must have found the fact that he was no longer the darling of the mainstream press, difficult to swallow.

The seasoned politician was pepper-sprayed when he arrived for one of his wayang kulit road shows in Kelantan. However, proving he was worth his salt, he bounced back peppering the government with his snide remarks and sarcastic swipes.

It was also a year when the chickens came home to roost. Ani Arope, ex-chief of Tenaga, enlightened us on the role Dr M played in the higher electricity rates we are paying for. Anwar highlighted Dr M's contribution to Bolehland RM30 billion loss as a result of forex speculations.

One-time corporate high-flyer Tajuddin Ramli disclosed details in a court document regarding his 'national service' duty to Dr M. Former High Court judge Syed Ahmad and former Lord President Salleh Abbas provided more disturbing information on the 1988 judicial crisis and other scandals in the judiciary which still stink to high heaven.

The Pricewaterhouse Cooper Report on the Mismanagement of Proton Holdings (1996 - 2005), which The Edge had called "Proton's Can of Worms", provided a revealing glimpse into the worsening saga faced by the auto industry in Bolehland and exposed how the citizens had been taken for a ride.

High and Mighty:

2006 also saw the high-performance in Bolehland of half-witted leaders and politicians. Leading the pack were some of Umno's high-profile 'heroes', often engrossed in putting up a desperate act of either denial, diversion, damage control or demonizing another race, party or person to demonstrate their superiority.

For a start, the ever-cautious and calculating Deputy PM Najib made it clear that the NEP would be a Never Ending Policy. He declared during the Umno GA to a thunderous applause: "In this struggle for the Malays, it must be firmly said that there is no time limit within which we must achieve our targets."

He preached that 'the Malay mind must be sharpened' yet in the ASLI controversy, he chose to shy away without ascertaining the truth with the help of experts with regards to the methodology in calculating wealth held by different ethnic groups. The people should no longer question the government's findings, was his methodology of a sharp mind.

At one moment he would challenge the Malay with an agenda for reform and at another he would be obsessed with the Malay Agenda which would result in the Malay clutching on to their crutches, clawing at their privileges and clamouring for more handouts.

He struggled to rebut the contention of Penang Education and Economic Planning Committee chairman Dr Toh Kin Woon that the NEP was "only for the elite, especially those who are close to the leaders", by generating generalities like: "Many non-Malays have received the spillover and contracts from the government and also certain approvals."

Najib obviously ran out of fuel in trying to justify the government's decision to increase the price of petrol when he meekly said: "Malaysians should change their lifestyle and adapt to the inevitable fuel price increase." The indignant citizens pointed out to Najib the shameless high lifestyle of the cabinet ministers and the political elite.

Najib chastised Deputy Higher Education Minister, Ong Tee Kiat, for alleging that there might have been corruption in the Ministry of Education in the utilisation of a special fund for upgrading vernacular schools. Ong Tee Kiat was proven right. But Najib did not want to "discuss the facts of the issue". He insisted that the case be closed. Notice his 'methodology' again.

Umno Youth chief, Hishamuddin, (who is also the Education Minister) proved yet again that his intellectual prowess lay very much in his keris-kiss-brandishing stunts at Umno Youth GAs. Ever wondered why gangsterism is rife in our schools and universities?

The keris may indeed be a 'pivotal part of Malay culture'. But when an Umno delegate at the GA asked "when is he (Hishamuddin) going to use it" - it became evident that Hishamuddin's act had nothing to do with Malay culture but came across as part of the bullying and bankrupt culture of Umno.

Then there was Khairy, the PM's millionaire son-in-law, and a supposedly brilliant Oxbridge graduate who showed that he was willing to be ox-brained and to play the racial card, in order to promote himself as the PM-in-waiting.

He said: "Chinese were taking advantage of the infighting in Umno to ask for more rights" - without mentioning that he was the major cause of the infighting. 'Malays in Penang are being marginalised' - yet "Khairy has done nothing concrete to alleviate the problems faced by the Malays in Penang", as Dr M had correctly pointed out.

Khairy called Anwar a traitor for saying that the New Economic Policy (NEP) was no longer needed. He forgot that his father-in-law had said almost the same thing at the Umno GA a year earlier: "The government cannot play the role of Santa Claus, perpetually handing out gifts".

De facto Law Minister Nazri Aziz helped enrich the script of the PM's anti-corruption charade by declaring that the ACA "has no powers to initiative investigations on reports and charges of money politics and bribery within Umno……….because these offences are confined to political parties and not public transgressions".

A lawyer well-versed with the Anti-Corruption Act 1997 showed how nascent Nazri was with the law: "……….to say that money politics 'does not affect the public in the sense that it does not involve public projects and public funds' is spinning the spin. More so, when the minister was a former advocate and solicitor."

These and many others who worked with Pak Lah, were called 'apple-polishers' by Dr M - though the latter's humility did not allow him to acknowledge the fact that he had a lot to do with their highly 'polished' character. As it turned out in 2006, an 'apple' a day tried to keep the Dr away.

High Hopes:

Parliament was not spared the charade of change. The august house was served with shocking half-baked replies by parliamentary secretaries and ministers of the half-past-six government. Some BN MPs showed very remarkably how virile they were in verbal brawls, vulgar jokes and vituperative debates and venturing into the cafeteria.

2006 was a year when higher education sank so low that a renowned academician called the once-world-class University Malaya a 'high school'. The country had 80000 unemployed graduates - more than 90% of whom were from public universities. A report showed that the standard of primary education in Bolehland was way below that of not only developing nations, but even that of some African countries.

It was also a year which saw the brazen high-handedness of the police in breaking up a peaceful demonstration in front of KLCC against price hikes in fuel and electricity. The PM had in January 2006 given his blessings to the setting up of the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC). Till today it is still kept under wraps in 'elegant silence'.

High crime dominated the past year. According to official statistics, there were an average of one snatch theft every hour, three murders every two days, six rapes every day, and the total number of violent crimes committed rose from 21604 cases in 2000 to 22133 cases in 2005. As the citizens suffered in high anxiety, Pak Lah felt very safe with his brand new RM20 million security system.

The rate of drug addiction reached a new high. 1% of our population are drug addicts. A drug addict is created every 29 minutes. The authorities detain about 20000 new addicts every year, nearly two-thirds of whom are teenagers or in their 20s. 6120 new HIV cases were reported in 2005. There are an average of 19 new cases daily.

It was also a year when the whole world saw how Bolehland which is often touted as a melting pot of all races and religions had become a boiling pot. For a country that has Vision 2020 as its declared aim, the increasing racial eyesores that developed throughout 2006, with the government often turning a blind eye, was highly disconcerting.

The religious scenario was no different and it had very much to do with certain people of a particular persuasion who believe they are representatives from on high and it is their duty to dominate, dictate and decide on (and even disrupt) what others can and cannot discuss, debate, dialogue and do.

Pak Lah, who once declared that he was the Prime Minister of all citizens of every faith in this country, unfortunately allowed them to impose their views, to intimidate with a mob and to insult the intelligence of the people. Alas, as is always the case, the greatest casualty in religion is God himself - as he watches from above puny minds trying to play God.

Alas, 2006 was a year when Pak Lah and his half-past-six-government functioned at half throttle, displaying half-measures against corruption and half-hearted efforts in the public service delivery system, and often indifferent to how the other half lives.

It was also a year when we had to endure sky-high prices (resulting in high cost of living), high and scandalous wastage of government funds, high destruction to the environment (which resulted in a big flood in Shah Alam in early 2006 and another at the end of the year in Johor), high death tolls of 6000 a year on our roads, etc.

The citizens of Bolehland were paying the high price of believing in the tell-me-the-truth government led by Pak Lah. There is, however, a high probability that they will still vote in the BN government in the next general elections in spite of all the 'high points' of 2006, being as absent-minded as they usually are!

Yabco said...

Things will change soon dr. wait and see

Orhan Kahn said...

^ Now thats a comment!

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am here to say hi :)

u gotta nice template here

mariamusic said...

How are you doing dr,O2?

Hope you haven't frozen from cold this winter during your military service.


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Thursday, September 20, 2007

Roslyn Esperon

To Nancy Cantor and Jeff Hoone:

As a student it is my responsibility to implore you to reconsider the decision to fire Warehouse Gallery Director Astria Suparak. I would like to remind you of the great success that Astria has brought to the Warehouse Gallery. Her shows have made an impact not only locally but internationally as well. I specifically cite Astria’s Faux Naturel exhibit that is currently touring Canada . Astria’s involvement has changed our arts community. Under her direction, the Warehouse Gallery has become a space that brings the community and University together through a greater language of art.

Most importantly, Astria introduces a playfulness to curating and an attention to detail that is inspirational. Who else would be so attentive to make sure that the very hors d’oeuvres that are served at an opening reflect the mood of the show? Astria brings to Syracuse a unique sense of taste that encourages the youth of our University to take interest in the fine arts and provides a fresh look that is desperately needed by the Syracuse University arts community. The Warehouse Gallery has been a happening place on campus that students have responded to. I had been looking forward to applying for an internship at the gallery; however, without Astria at the Warehouse, the thought of an internship is not longer appealing.

It is not too late to reverse this decision. Just recently, the University of California offered and rescinded their offer to Duke Law Professor Erwin Chemerinsky. The Chancellor of University of California feared that Chemerinsky would be too liberal and controversial at the institution. However, I would like to state that it is controversy that leads to the most productive academic discussion. Astria’s current show Come On: Desire under the Female Gaze and the now canceled Keep it Slick: Infiltrating Capitalism with The Yes Men exhibit, have and would have continued to produce healthy discourse in this community. If the University of California was able to recognize their mistake and ask Chemerinsky to once again join their faculty, I encourage Syracuse University to be responsible enough to do the same. Keep Astria here.

Thank you,

Roslyn Esperon

Syracuse University Coronat Scholar
Syracuse University Remembrance Scholar
General Supporter of the Arts

Ryan Tebo said...

Also think about the reactionary firings of Norman Finkelstein and Ward Churchill. These actions, including the one against Astria, are maybe too desparate to be called a witch hunt, but I do smell smoke.

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Syracuse has lost one its greatest assets. Astria Suparak, Inaugural Director of The Warehouse Gallery of Syracuse University, was removed from her position as of Sept. 30th, 2007, despite widespread support from community members, students, faculty, and the international art community. This decision was made unilaterally by Jeffrey Hoone, Executive Director of the Coalition of Museum and Art Centers (CMAC).

At the time of Suparak's dismissal, Hoone also canceled her forthcoming exhibitions, including "Keep It Slick: Infiltrating Capitalism with The Yes Men," due to open in November 2007.


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  1. 19.2. Checking Your Mail You get new mail and send mail you've already written using the Get Mail command. You can trigger it in any of several ways: • Click Get Mail on the toolbar. • Choose Mailbox Get All New Mail (or press Shift- -N). Note: If you have multiple email accounts, you can also use the Mailbox Get New Mail submenu to pick just one account to check for new mail. • Control-click (or right-click) Mail's Dock icon, and choose Get New Mail from the shortcut menu. (You can use this method from within any program, as long as Mail is already open.) • Wait. Mail comes set to check your email automatically every few minutes. To adjust its timing or turn this feature off, choose Mail Preferences, click General, and then choose a time interval from the "Check for new mail" pop-up menu. Now Mail contacts the mail servers listed in the Accounts pane of Mail's preferences, retrieving new messages and downloading any files attached to those messages. It also sends any outgoing messages that couldn't be sent when you wrote them. Tip: The far-left column of the Mail window has a tiny Mail Activity monitor tucked away; click the square icon at the bottom of the Mail window to reveal Mail Activity. If you don't want to give up window real estate, or you prefer to monitor your mail in a separate window, you can do that, too. The Activity Viewer window gives you a Stop button, progress bars, and other useful information. Summon it by choosing Window Activity Viewer, or by pressing -0.Also, if you're having trouble connecting to some (or all) of your email accounts, choose Window Connection Doctor. There, you can see detailed information about which of your accounts aren't responding. If your
  2. computer's Internet connection is at fault, you can click Assist Me to try to get back online. 19.2.1. The Mailboxes List If you've used earlier versions of Mail, the first thing that you'll notice in Leopard is that the Mailbox panel isn't just for mailboxes anymore. Categories like Reminders and RSS Feeds can appear there, too, as shown in Figure 19-4. But the top half of this gray-blue column on the left side lists all your email accounts' folders (and subfolders, and sub- subfolders) for easy access. Mail now looks quite a bit like iTunes (and iPhoto, and the Finder)—except here you have mailboxes where your iTunes library and connected iPods would be. In the Mailboxes panel, sometimes hidden by flippy triangles, you may find these folders: • Inbox holds mail you've received. If you have more than one email account, you can expand the triangles to see separate folders for your individual accounts. You'll see this pattern repeated with the Sent, Junk, and other mailboxes, too— separate accounts have separate subheadings. Tip: If Mail has something to tell you about your Inbox (like, for instance, that Mail can't connect to it), a tiny warning triangle appears on the right side of the Mailboxes column. Click it to see what Mail is griping about.If you see a lightning-bolt icon, that's Mail's way of announcing that you're offline. Click the icon to try to connect to the Internet. Figure 19-4. If you've ever used iTunes, you'll notice a lot of similarities with the Mail window. All your information sources— mailboxes, notes, To Do items, and RSS Feeds—are grouped tidily in the far left column where you can always see them. Buttons along the top of the Mail window let you create new messages, notes, and tasks with a click. To see what's in one of these folders, click it once. The list of its messages appears in the top half of the right side of the window (the Messages list). When you click a message name, the message itself appears in the bottom half of the main window (the Preview pane).
  3. • Outboxholds mail you've written but haven't yet sent (because you were on an airplane when you wrote it, for example). If you have no mail waiting to be sent, the Outbox itself disappears. • Draftsholds messages you've started but haven't yet finished, and don't want to send just yet. • Sent, unsurprisingly, holds copies of messages you've sent. • Trash works a lot like the Trash on your desktop, in that messages you put there don't actually disappear. They remain in the Trash folder until you permanently delete them or move them somewhere else—or until Mail's automatic trash cleaning service deletes them for you (Section • Junk appears automatically when you use Mail's spam filter, as described later in this chapter. • On My Macis a folder on your Mac for your mail-filing convenience. You can set these folders up yourself (Section 19.5.6). This handy panel isn't just for mailboxes,. It's also a hangout for other information that Mail corrals, including: • Reminders. Any Notes you've jotted down while working in Mail are here. (See Section 19.8 for notes on Notes.) To Do items hang out here as well (Section 21.16). • RSS Feeds.Who needs to bop into a Web browser to keep up with the news? Mail brings it right to you while you're corresponding. Section 19.7 explains how to set up RSS feeds in Mail. • Mail Activity. You don't need to summon a separate window to see how much more of that message with the giant attachment the program still has to send. To reveal the Mail activity panel, click the middle icon in the bottom left side of the Mail window (Figure 19-5). Figure 19-5. The many panes of Mail. Click an icon in the Mailboxes column to see its contents in the Messages list. When you click the name of a message in the Messages list (or press the and keys to highlight successive message names in that list), you see the message itself, along with any attachments, in the Preview pane. Click one of the column headings (From, Subject, and so on) to sort your mail collection by that criterion.
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Microdermabrasion at Take Off Skin & Body

Take Off Skin & Body offers facial microdermabrasion treatments by qualified and experienced therapists, delivered in a relaxing and luxurious salon environment. We also offer body microdermabrasion at our conveniently located Melbourne premises, to help correct skin flaws on the decolletage and arms.

What is Microdermabrasion?

Microdermabrasion is a light yet effective cosmetic procedure that uses mechanical (as opposed to chemical) exfoliation to gently remove dull, dead skin cells from the upper layer of the skin. It is a simple, painless and non-invasive skin rejuvenation procedure. At Take Off, we use a diamond tip microdermabrasion tool for optimum results.

How is Microdermabrasion done?

How is microdermabrasion done? Here at Take Off we use the state of the art Diamond Microdermabrasion Equipment.

Mechanical exfoliation without particles, along with adjustable vacuum pressure, allows for safe controlled exfoliation of the top layers of the epidermis. It’s an in-house procedure that is done by a trained skin care professional that uses a mechanical medium for exfoliation diamond crystal tips along with vacuum to sweep away the dead skin and helps with circulation.Microdermabrasion makes your skin look younger.

Microdermabrasion treatment is effective for:

  •    superficial hyperpigmentation
  •    fine lines and wrinkles
  •    acne and acne scarring
  •    blackheads and congestion
  •    enlarged pores
  •    light scar tissue
  •    age spots
  •    stretch marks
  •    sun damage

Microdermabrasion can also help ensure enhanced skin penetration by creams and serums.

How much does facial or body microdermabrasion treatment cost?

A 45 minute treatment is priced at $119. A significant discount is available when you pre-purchase a course of 6 treatments. You can also combine microdermabrasion with other treatments, for a full rejuvenation experience- just call (03) 9326 6894 to see what we can do for you, or check the ‘Monthly Specials’ page for packages which may include a microdermabrasion treatment.

Please note that prices are subject to change without notice.

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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Went to West Mall and BORROWED THE BOOK! :D (for those who don't know what the book is, go HERE (2nd last para.)

I know i know. It would be much easier if i just write the name down. But hey, you got to exercise.

In my hurry to reach the book, i actually tripped near the entrance. Landed on my knee. Luckily there was a carpet covering. The employees that saw me fell/tripped were shocked.... But i think in their minds they were thinking: who's this retarded looking person who can't even walk properly? ... I was running at that time, mind you.

Anyway. Started reading on it again. My mother commented implied that it's stupid to re read the same book with the same plot again and again. But i like it so no matter.

What's the book that you can't stop reading it? Tell me, i'm so very curious :)

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Monday, 7 April 2014

7th April - Sightings

RSPB - Grey Plover(Commuting to North Pit at times), Garganey (m),  10 Dunlin, Green Sandpiper Jubilee Wetlands. 2 Green Sandpiper Bodymoor Pit. 4 Snipe Fisher's Mill (G Williams)
Ladywalk - Whimbrel through 11:35am. Bittern still and showing well (P Sofley)
Alvecote - White Wagtail on Teal Pool this evening. Also 3 House Martin, 12 Swallow, 4 Shelduck, 3 Snipe, Willow Tit (A Archer)
Shustoke - Green Sandpiper (D Hutton)

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CTI BB - Tapflo Ireland

CTI B is the second smallest in our range of centrifugal pumps, with 0.75 kW motor and a capacity of 17 m3/h.

Downloads for CTI B

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CTI and CTH series centrifugal pumps brochure 12 pages

Specifications CTBB

Performance curve

The performance curves are based on water at 20°C. Other circumstances might change the performance.

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 Dimensions  mm
 Length B* 393
 Shaft to connection D 110
 Height to shaft I 86
 Width M* 153

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Technical info Unit  Model/Value
Motor power   kW CTBB-07 – 0,75
CTBB-54 – 0,55
IEC motor   size 80
Temp max °C 90
Viscosity max cSt ≈ 200
Particles, max diameter* mm 6

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Small Plates served until 2:30 p.m. Enjoy a glass of Tassel Ridge wine with your favorites from today’s Sunday Brunch Small Plates Menu: Ham and Cheese Omelet with Bacon ($9); Waffles with Strawberries and Cream ($7); Marinated Flank Steak Salad with Spinach, Romaine, Orange, Apple, Red Onion, Blue Cheese, Pistachios, and Red Wine Vinaigrette ($10); […]

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Crunchy Barley Salad

75 mins (prep 30, cooking 45)
15 ingredients
4 to 8

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Serving Size (241.36 g)
Servings 4
Amount per Serving
Calories 309.22 Calories from Fat 46.8
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 5.2g 32.02%
Saturated Fat 1.4g 27.93%
Trans Fat 0.0g %
Cholesterol 66.05mg 88.07%
Sodium 551.6mg 91.93%
Total Carbohydrate 39.12g 52.16%
Dietary Fiber 7.8 g 124.8%
Sugars 0.43 g %
Protein 27.05g 216.42%
Vitamin A 43.53IU% Vitamin C 0.06mg%
Calcium 27.57mg% Iron 2.26mg%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your diet value must be higher or lower depending upon your calorie needs:
  Calories 2,000 2,500
Total Fat Less Than 65g 80g
Sat Fat Less Than 20g 25g
Cholesterol Less Than 300mg 300mg
Sodium Less Than 2,400mg 2,400mg
Total Carb   300g 375g
Dietary Fiber   25g 30g
Potassium   3,500 mg
Protein   50 g
Calories Per Gram
Fat 9•Carbohydrate 4•Protein 4
*Nutrition information was calculated excluding the following ingredients:
diced green pepper, thinly sliced carrot, diced red onion, thinly sliced radishes, dried, or, chopped fresh dill, chopped fresh parsley, whole, large garlic clove, freshly ground black pepper, olive or salad oil


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Microwave Egg & Toasted Muffin Sandwich

7 mins (prep 2, cooking 5)
7 ingredients
1 servings
This is a quick breakfast sandwich that I will put up against the best of any you can buy at a fast food restaurant. Clean up is minimal and quick. No skillets, mixing bowls or any of the other things you would normally use in a from scratch meal. My girlfriend who is not fond of preparing meals, turned me on to something she called "egg in a cup". We had been making variations of it for a couple of years. One morning I decided to add ham to the "egg in a cup" and place it between an English muffin. I then served some to friends who seemed to like them and asked how they were made. So, here it is. Hope you like it. To change things up, you can omit the ham and add finely diced onion, bell pepper, mushroom and tomato or spinach to the top of the egg before you add the shredded cheese. It makes a mini omelet that you can serve by itself, the original "egg in a cup" or on the muffin.

Categories:  ham , <-15-mins , for-1-or-2 , north-american , breakfast , quick , cheese , egg , eggs~dairy , time-to-make , easy , american , pork , meat , number-of-servings , inexpensive ,
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Serving Size (0.0 g)
Servings 1
Amount per Serving
Calories 0.0 Calories from Fat 0.0
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 0.0g 0.0%
Saturated Fat 0.0g 0.0%
Trans Fat 0.0g %
Cholesterol 0.0mg 0.0%
Sodium 0.0mg 0.0%
Total Carbohydrate 0.0g 0.0%
Dietary Fiber 0.0 g 0.0%
Sugars 0.0 g %
Protein 0.0g 0.0%
Vitamin A 0.0IU% Vitamin C 0.0mg%
Calcium 0.0mg% Iron 0.0mg%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your diet value must be higher or lower depending upon your calorie needs:
  Calories 2,000 2,500
Total Fat Less Than 65g 80g
Sat Fat Less Than 20g 25g
Cholesterol Less Than 300mg 300mg
Sodium Less Than 2,400mg 2,400mg
Total Carb   300g 375g
Dietary Fiber   25g 30g
Potassium   3,500 mg
Protein   50 g
Calories Per Gram
Fat 9•Carbohydrate 4•Protein 4
*Nutrition information was calculated excluding the following ingredients:
shredded cheddar cheese, nonstick cooking spray


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Monday, January 10, 2011

~Cupid's Mailbox~

Hello friends! I hope everyone is staying warm and being safe out on the slick roads! I just wanted to show you real quickly a cute little tin mailbox that I fixed up last year for Valentine's Day! I found this little mailbox in the $1 bin at Target!

I grabbed some scrapbook paper and some embellishments {raffia, flowers, buttons, etc} that I had and jazzed it up! How cute would this be to put little love notes and Valentine cards in?

Thanks for looking and have a Great day!

Pink Hippo Party

deck the halls

AmieAnn said...

This is sooo cute! Love the colors and papers you used.. so festive! Hope you will share with my Pink hippo Party @

MaryBerry Boutique said...

SOOOO CUTE! I just love valentines day!

Amanda said...

Lovely, fab idea!


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Thursday, July 9, 2009

A Viking Design Commemorates Brian's Ancestry

Back on June 29, while pacing the 59th Street platform in Brooklyn, waiting for an R train, I spotted this interesting design on the right calf of Brian:

According to Brian, the piece is based on an ancient Viking symbol representing land. He had this tattooed to commemorate his Swedish ancestry.

The piece was done by Rob (who appeared on Tattoosday here) at Brooklyn Ink.

Thanks to Brian for sharing this tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Get the Fire Extinguisher Ready!

Well, it's almost time to get all the fire safety equipment out of birthday is just a few days away and it's a sight to behold to see all those candles lit up..a fire hazard too...LOL!..there will be 54 of them this time...we barely kept it under control last year...ha ha..just kiddin'...but my birthday is Aug. just a few days..I don't like getting older, but it beats the other option I pick getting older..I was hoping to be able to spend it in Hawaii, getting a new grandson, but I don't think we're gonna make it...and our anniversary is Aug would be nice to spend it there too, but we haven't been given any news about the baby, so i'm not counting on it now....maybe he will be born on my birthday or our anniversary! That would be a great gift!...they still haven't picked out his name, as far as I know...Tony has his fingers crossed that they give him his middle will be exciting to be in Hawaii again...but I hope I feel better than the last time I went...last time I went without Tony, and I was miserable without him...seriously. I would stand on the beach at night and cry for him...I had been apart from him before, but something about us being so FAR many far we had crossed like 4-5 time zones...I couldn't stand it...the only time I could be happy was when I was with Slick, Crystal and Carter.....and although Hawaii is beautiful, and the ocean was right out my window, I was ready to go home. I left there with the unforgettable memory of when and how we got Carter..I relive that memory was sad and happy all mixed up together..I never think about it without crying a little..tears for his birthmother...tears for my children and how happy they finally were...I can still see the look on Michael's face when Crystal asked him did he want to hold his son for the first time...and I can also see Michael, carrying Carter, walk up to Tony as we got off the plane in Nashville, hand him the baby and said.."Here's your grandson"...everyone was crying happy tears!....I'm excited about going, ready to make new memories, get a new grandson, and Tony will be there with me, that will make all the difference for me.............

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

And We're Off!

Well, revival started Sunday! Wow!!... that's the word that first comes to mind. I was amazed at how many people turned out for our Homecoming service...someone stopped counting at 450...we were so thrilled..honestly....and we were so thankful for the help that we got from the sisters from Trenton and Higdon. Trenton did all of our desserts and a lot of Higdon sisters helped with the dinner...we needed every single dish that was brought and we truly appreciated it. No one has made it so far, but we are definately expecting someone doubt. I hope Br Jimmy and Br Edwin have a good week...I know they and their wives are probably VERY tired, they have been in revival for weeks now...
And then our baby news.....the kids told us the baby would be coming early! YAY!! long as he's healthy of course....we are trying to decide whether we should go or not...not that we don't want to...(a brand new grandbaby and a trip to Hawaii..come that plane ride there (and back) gruesome. Not for the faint of're gonna wait on more details before we will be close to our 37th anniversary, so we're taking that into consideration as would be a great way to celebrate that!...I just really wish I was in better health...and Tony has a few health issues that we have to consider as well...but whether we go or not..we are so happy to be getting another grandchild..Tony and I thought that we had all we would get after the kids got Caden...we were so happy when Slick told us about Resiana...but then a few minutes later he told us about the baby and we've been talking about how many grandkids we would soon have...we've nearly doubled the amount! said he had the thought that they might would name this one after him...he figures it's the last shot of it happening that he has....Tony and Michael's name is both "Anthony"..he said if they named this one Anthony, he would be 3rd generation...i'm like yeah.... "Anthony Anderson doesn't sound bad" to go along with him)....I told him they were considering Anderson Blaine...Blaine is Tony's middle name...and he was happy with that too...but if they don't..we'll still be happy...we just want him to be healthy and hurry and get will be so much fun having a newborn in the family again!

Monday, July 5, 2010

Thank You Lord!

Well, it seems that all i'm gonna be blogging about this summer is sickness. After my spell with that sinus junk, I awoke this past Thursday morning to tummy troubles. I tried to push on...we were supposed to go camping Fri nite, so I had a lot to do with all the bookwork I take care of...but by the end of the day, I was wiped out. I wasn't able to go to church, I had only eaten a biscuit all day long, and maybe a handful of cherries...and with the rumbly in my tumbly doing everything it could to get rid of any substance in that tad of food...well, I just didn't have the strength by the the end of the day...and then, after Tony left for church, I started feeling like I was spinning round, and going to pass out...I called the church for him to come home. He wasn't there too long and I was still getting worse, so he called the church back and asked for some to come pray for just a lil bit the house was filled...I had gotten in the floor (got sick and just went to my knees) and laid my head over on the couch..they started praying, and I would get better for a few minutes, but then that wave of nausea and the spinning room syndrome came right back...they prayed 4 times...the last time tho...someone laid hands on me and annointed me, I didn't know I had been annointed at the time...and it felt like someone just laid a blanket over me and I went to sleep!, mind you, I didn't realize I had fully gone to know how it is when you're sleepy and your head kinda bobs, and it snaps you awake? and you look around to see if anyone saw, that's exactly what I felt like I I had just nodded off and caught myself....but they said I had slept for several minutes, and was even lightly snoring! All I know is when I woke up, all that sick stuff was gone..Tony had annointed Br Duane Sanders, who has been very sick with breathing and throat problems, and he said he was healed and shouted all over the place...(all this while I was asleep)...I never knew it happened. When I woke up and said I was well, Sis Janice Sanders said "Thank the Lord" and she took off said it reminded her of the time Br Duane broke his back and the Lord put him to sleep and he quit suffering...they said several others really felt good...I missed it all...I got up, went to bed and slept so good..I was able to go to the campground by Fri night...I had to eat a little thru the day to get my strength back...My tummy is still having a few issues getting back to normal, but the nausea and dizziness have not returned..It is amazing how the Lord works...I found out later that there were some new Children of God, they've only had the Holyghost a couple of months....they weren't raised Holiness, and had never been called to a house to pray for someone sick and they were amazed at how it all worked out...I'm glad that I got to be a part of that...well...someone had to be the sick guy!...LOL.....


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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Daily Linkage

Hey Folks, I've got nothing today, but check out some of the blogs I'm checking out lately.

1. The RHOCC - The Real Housewife of Cook County - She dishes us everything fabulous about celebrities, up and coming fashion and music tidbits and she throws in some hilarious YouTube videos ever now and again for good measure. Definitely check her out.

2. Six Twenty Seven - This "South Loop Social Light" writes about the latest Chicago events, charitable, empowering, free - you name it, she blogs about it. She also dishes on top model and other randomness. Stop on by and say hello.

3. I Am Lala - Ms. LaLa Vazquez, actress, producer, fiance to Carmelo Anthony and mom to Kiyan, their adorable two year old is blogging. She posts often and always has fab pics of the family and her fabulous life. I started following her on Twitter and she is SO down to earth and just genuinely kind. (I don't mind seeing those behind the scenes shots of Melo either... I'm just sayin')

4. A Fly Girl's World - My girl PyT is back at blogging after a three-month hiatus. If you remember she brought us throwback Thursdays (What you know about those Montell Jordan videos), relationship stories and other music and fashion flyness. I don't know if she's taking it in another direction, but I'll def be tuned in.

Hmm... I must say I'm not really following any male bloggers. Perhaps I'm biased... If you know any good blogs written by the fellas, let me know. I'll add them to the roll next time.

K to the... said... is hilar! Sometimes the comments are funnier than the posts!

South Loop Social Light said...

Aww...thanks for giving me a blog shout out!! Much appreciated :)

therealhousewifeofcookcounty said...

Now I see MY name in lights! Thanks for the luv. I have to hit up these other sites. I love Lala's blog, she is so fly!


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Wednesday, 29 October 2008

"Latter-day Saints as Full Participants in Community Life"

my friend bethany gave this talk in church on sunday. it was really powerful, and particularly salient because my best friend growing up, aimee, was in town. aimee introduced me to mormonism. we are, and always have been, as different as the night and the day, the moon and the sun. we have argued much over the years. the first arguement i remember was about the right of americans to burn their flag. it was a real whopper.

it was fun to be in the meeting together and hear this, because it really touched on the stuff that unifies aimee and i. i think it is the same stuff that makes me proud to be american, even during our most embarrassig moments.

with bethany's permission i am posting much of her talk. she gave me the notes. i am going to try and turn some talking points into prose. if you bear with this post, i am quite certain you will find it edifying. and frankly, i don't think you have to be mormon for this counsel to apply, or to feel the truthfulness of what she shared.

bethany is 8 months pregnant with her second child.

As my belly has grown, so has my obsession with the presidential election. The day I found out I was pregnant was the first day I volunteered to register voters in Pennsylvania. Up to that point, I had never been actively involved in any political campaign.

As Americans, we are just 9 days away from choosing a new leader of our country. As a family, we are just a few weeks away from welcoming another child into the world. The two things that have been most on my heart: pregnancy and politics. These may seem completely unrelated: one is so very intimate and personal and the other is public. Then I found a scripture that unites the two: The first piece of counsel God gives Adam and Eve, Genesis 1:28 "And God blessed them and God said unto them be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth."

We are commanded here to ring children into the world, but God cares about what type of world we bring them in to. We are to replenish the Earth.

Replenish: 1) to make full or complete again; 2)To inspire or nourish.

We live in a fallen world, we replenish the earth through our creative ideas, our involvements, and acts of goodness.

Church counsel

Because Heavenly Father cares about the world we live in and bring children into, he has urged us, through his prophets, to be engaged in the world.

Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness. For the power is in them, wherein they are agents unto themselves. (D&C 58: 27-28)

Nephi teaches us that "[we] are free to ACT for themselves and not be acted UPON!"

First Presidency's letter from this fall

"…We urge members of the Church to be full participants in political, governmental, and community affairs. Members of the Church are under special obligations to seek out and then uphold those leaders who are wise, good, and honest (see D&C 98:10).

Mormons are not to be removed from the world, but fully engaged in making it a better place.

My experience

Earlier this year, reading so much, but not doing much; same time we were hoping to conceive. I was a passive observer rather than an active participant. I decided this wasn't good enough. My first action was driving to Philadelphia (with a friend, Holly) to register voters in PA (the day we found out we were pregnant).

It started work that has carried me through the last 7 months. I have made phone calls to other people of faith in swing states; canvassing door to door in Virginia (with teabelly); work in campaign field offices; etc. It hasn't always gone as planned. I have struggled; made mistakes; watched Simone, my 2 year old daughter run into the homes of the people I am trying to talk about voting with; and sweated in the HEAT and been soaked in the rain. But it has been empowering. I have helped 1st time voters find their polling place. Registered people who have never voted; Exchanged lots of interesting ideas and shared inspiring conversations. There is an energy and passion that comes through working for a common good that is felt doing this work of democracy. There is a wonderful, inspiring energy. I have felt proud to be an America as I have taken advantage of our opportunity to fully participate in our democracy.

I asked myself, why didn't I get involved earlier?...why haven't I done more of this?...

Maybe many of us have asked similar questions.

Barriers to becoming FULL PARTICIPANTS in political and community affairs

· It's easier to complain about the current situation and things that we don't like than to actually become involved in creating something new and better

It is easy to complain about what we don't like. It takes much more energy to move from complaint and protest to positive work! I have been learning to become a problem solver rather than merely good complainer.

· It can be incredibly challenging to find the time

She shared lots of personal stories here, that i don't think i can create a fair narrative about...but i think you get the picture of lots of demands, why add something else. i am just one person, it isn't going to matter...

· We don't know enough

Knocking on doors, gave me pit in my stomach…I don't know everything… I must know more. Then i was reminded of the writings of Paul Loeb, in Soul of a Citizen: "Eloquence is desirable to be sure, but it's not as important as kindness, concern, and a straightforward declaration of belief."

We are going to live with a a permanent insufficiency of knowledge, but that does not mean that our thoughts and ideas should not be shared.

· We can be gripped by fear

It can be scary and intimidating, but there is great joy and satisfaction in participating.

Gordon B. Hinckley, former Prophet of the Mormon Church, who won numerous awards and recognition for his involvements in civic affairs taught:

"Now, I want to say to you, and I say it with a plea in my heart, get involved. Get involved on the side of righteousness and truth and decency and sobriety and virtue. You, and others like you, are the great hope of this world. …

"The problem with most of us is that we are afraid. We want to do the right thing, but we are troubled by fears and the world drifts about us. …

" 'Be not afraid, only believe.' I commend to you these wonderful words of the Lord as you think of your responsibilities and opportunities" (Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley [1997], 128–29).

· We don't believe we can really make an impact

We live in a dominant culture that teaches that nothing that we can do really matters. We don't have the capacity or responsibility to create change. Things are outside of our control. We watch political scandals; wonder if our votes are counted; fear our elected officials are their for their own gain; etc.

Frances Moore Lappe, who writes about a citizen democracy: "Cynicism is easy. Honest hope, as opposed to wishful thinking, demands hard work"

Art of democracy requires: Dialogue, compromise, mediation, reflection. The art of citizenship has to be practiced and learned.

We best serve our children not by hiding from the world, but by giving them models of ways to live with courage and integrity….the more they see us responding to the world's problems, the more they gain a sense of hope and purposefulness.

We must teach our children an ethic of connection, rather than one of retreat.

Have genuine respect for people and the democratic process

While I was working one night late at the Utah State Capitol, a group of protesters gathered to advocate for their right to marry whom they chose. There was a bill proposed to define marriage as only between a man and a woman. These people gathered to oppose this bill. I walked out of my office to do something and was surprised when I saw a Boy Scout leader with his troop. I was nervous. I thought this could be a really bad moment for all involved. The beliefs of the two groups were quite different. As she passed by she overheard a scout ask what was going on. The Boy Scout leader responded: "I don't agree with the position they are taking, but i am proud to live in a country where than can voice their opinion."

I believe this Boy Scout leader embodied the word of Booker T. Washington when he said: "I will permist no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him". In all of our political discourse it is imperative that we not become bitter and angry. Political engagement should inspire us…not degrade us. President Hinckley captures my thoughts on this perfectly:

The building of public sentiment begins with a few earnest voices. I am not one to advocate shouting defiantly or shaking firsts and issuing threats in the faces of legislators. But I am one who believes that we should earnestly and sincerely and positively express our convictions to those given the heavy responsibility of making and enforcing our laws. …Let our voices be heard. I hope they will not be shrill voices, but I hope we shall speak with such conviction that those to whom we speak shall know of the strength of our felling and the sincerity of our effort.

"… Teach those for whom you are responsible the importance of good civic manners. Encourage them to become involved, remembering in public deliberations that the quiet voice of substantive reasoning is more persuasive than the noisy, screaming voice of protest. In accepting such responsibilities our people will bless their communities, their families, and the Church" (Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley, 131).

Not stuck in one position

Good citizenship requires one to remain centered in values, but not fixed in a position. The Savior has said, "He that hath the spirit of contention is not of me" (3 Nephi 11:29). Yet even as we feel to speak the word of God with boldness, we must pray to be filled with the Holy Ghost (see Acts 4:29, 31). We should never confuse boldness with Satan's counterfeit: overbearance (see Alma 38:12). True disciples speak with quiet confidence, not boastful pride. We can and must be humble, listen empathetically, and learn to become skillful peacemakers. Handling conflict with integrity, respect, and sincerity, can often turn disagreement into an opportunity for mutual learning, trust-building, and resolution.

· Have a positive, solutions oriented approach

We must adopt a solutions oriented approach. Move from complaint and protest to positive work: its easy to cry out what we don't like! Learn to become problem solvers rather than merely good complainers.

· Don't become too weighed down or overwhelmed

In graduate school, I wanted to fix all of the social problems, pain and suffering I saw in the world. I asked my friend Dominique to give me a blessing one day when I was feeling particularly overwhelmed. The words of the blessing ring loud in my ears:

"You don't need to save the worldChrist already has."

We do all that we can, and then have faith that Christ will redeem all of us individually and collectively.

Many things that we can do in this last week before the election (vote, make phone calls, help get other people to the polls) BUT…

"Democracy is a not an election, but a culture….a culture of participation, rights, justice, and opportunities for all individuals."

I encourage you to do as Thoreau counseled, "Cast your whole vote, not a strip of paper merely, but your whole influence." Then once you do this, there are many ways that to engage in the community in the coming months and years ahead.

George Q. Cannon, one of the earliest apostles taught: "God has chosen his people, the Latter-day Saints, to solve the knotty problems that have troubled the brains and afflicted the children of men for so many centuries."

We are blessed to have the Holy Ghost that inspires us and magnifies our efforts.

We are blessed to have the example of Jesus Christ who sought to heal both individuals and society.

We are blessed to be loved by a Heavenly Father who cares deeply for us, our families, and the world we live in.

Its my hope that each of us will pray to know how we can find joy and meaning in becoming full participants in our communities

So that we can replenish the earth and bring about Zion.

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Schoolhouse Review: A Journey Through Learning Lapbooks

My children and I were thrilled to be asked to review lapbooks from A Journey Through Learning.  My older kids are constantly jealous of my youngest, since her school work looks so fun and easy to them. They often complain that they never get to cut, paste or color anymore. So, I was excited to announce that we would be working with cutting, coloring and gluing with the lapbook. My Fifth grade daughter was thrilled and has thoroughly enjoyed the Knights and Castles lapbook and looks forward to completing the Astronomy one as well.

We received downloads to print and try at least one of the following books:

Letters, Numbers and Shapes (Recommended for Early Learning Ages 3-5) -
Available in:  $13 Download / $14 CD / $20 Printed / $29 Pre-Assembled

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The Earth (Recommended for Grades 1-4) -
Available in the following formats:  $13 Download / $21 Printed

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Knights and Castles (Grades 2-7)
Available in the following formats:  $13 Download / $21 Printed / $14 CD

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Astronomy and Space (Recommended for Grades 2-7)
Available in the following formats:  $13 Download / $14 CD / $21 Printed

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We started with my six-year-old working on the Letters, Numbers and Shapes lapbook and my Fifth grader working on the Knights and Castles lapbook. My youngest easily completed her first lapbook and moved on to work on The Earth lapbook which we completed as well.

With a birthday falling late in the fall, my six-year-old is borderline Kindergarten/First Grade work, so the Early Learning level lapbook was a breeze for her.  However, the Grade 1-4 Earth lapbook was a bit more challenging and even taught me more than I ever knew about the ocean floor and mountains.  It was definitely more than just arts & crafts.  There was a lot of learning going on with each new lapbook session.

The lapbooks came to us in the form of a computer download, which we printed on our home printer and then bought file folders and used other supplies we already had around the house to complete the books. All we needed was:
  1. Computer
  2. Printer
  3. Paper
  4. File
  5. Folders (We picked up a set of ten from the dollar store for $1)
  6. Colored Pencils, or you can use crayons or markers if you prefer
  7. Pencil
  8. Scissors
  9. Stapler
  10. Brads

As a wannabe, but fails-miserbly-at-it scrapbooker, I was impressed that the lapbooks are more than just arts and crafts. While you’re creating really fun little pop-up books and such, the lessons that are included are sound and really good teaching, and there are sheets of suggested books and activities to complete in addition to the actual lapbook.

It is recommended that each lapbook take approximately one month to complete, but you could make as little or as much out of each lapbook as fits your familiy's learning needs and interests.

The books are divided into sections, presenting different aspects of information in each new section. You know you’ve come to a new section when you see a sheet of paper with paragraphs of writing on it and titled at the top. The pages are easy enough for a child at approximately a second or third grade reading level to read on their own, but I still read some of them aloud to my Fifth grader.

We were able to complete at least one section a day, and some days completed more than one section.

At the end of the lapbooks are additional lists, such as book suggestions to read, game ideas, book report forms that make it easy to build a report, even a page for the parent to jot down a younger child’s narration of a book. I was easily able to reserve the book suggestions I wanted from my local library, and my Fifth grader actually got excited about the idea of writing a book report using the guide sheets provided with the lapbook.

Even though my older child was capable of cutting, I found it went faster with no worry about cutting through a fold line when I cut everything out. We even had some fun and found creative uses for the scrap paper that was a by-product of all our cutting.

I had heard about lapbooks before and even dabbled in a couple here and there, but I never really latched on to using them regularly.  However, through this review, I have fallen in love with well-designed lapbooks like the ones found at A Journey Through Learning.  They really put a lot of research and thought into creating each lapbook topic.  Their creativity and sound lesson information has made more than just a fun lapbook - It has turned me into a fan of the lapbook learning style.

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  1. We enjoyed our lapbooks too. Have a GREAT Friday! Stopping by from the Crew. :)

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We've been working really hard to finish off the new 'Assignment and Marking' feature, which is on schedule to be released later this month. It will allow teachers to distribute homework or assignments to their students' OneDrives, and then retrieve them on the due date for review and marking. The feedback we have been getting from the Pilot groups has been very positive, so we're really excited about getting these features out to all of our schools as soon as possible.

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LISTA Partner The Academy of South Florida Graduates its 4000 Student

This July The Academy of South Florida, a Microsoft Certified Technical Education Center, graduated its 4000th student at its Miami Campus. To date, The Academy has taught the employees of dozens of companies and now its 4000th individual student on how to manage today’s networks and other critical technologies.Â
“We are proud to share in this milestone with our staff and family,” stated Andy Perez, Vice-President of The Academy, who is head of sales and admissions. “In a world with constant technological innovations, The Academy offers its students a world-class education to make sure their skills are always up to date,” he added.
Â Â  Â Â Â Â Â Â  The 4000th student is William Hernandez, 32, a U.S. Marine Corp veteran who currently works for Telefonica USA as a Network System Administrator. Hernandez born in Nicaragua and raised in Miami, FL came to the Academy of South Florida a couple of years after his tour of duty was complete. With a background in IT service in overseas bases, Hernandez knew that he needed to get the certifications he was missing to further his career. He researched several schools and chose the Academy because of its sterling reputation and commitment to excellence in education.
Â Â  Â Â Â Â Â  “I am so thankful to have found the Academy. I needed the training and they offered me the opportunity to study and later intern with them,” said William Hernandez. “The student support services they offer in terms of academic counseling and job placement offered me the opportunity to further my career and receive the certifications that I needed.”
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  “Not only do we work with individuals to help them start or further their careers, we also work with the corporate community in helping them train their employees in the latest technologies,” stated Chris Perez, who is the Director of Education for The Academy. “We help our student’s layout their career paths and make sure the classes they take help them achieve their goals.”
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  The guiding principle for The Academy has always been their mission statement: “The mission of The Academy is to provide students with a first-class education, actual hands-on training, and a unique, personalized student experience. Our goal is to ensure that each student obtains the proper tools needed to begin or continue to grow their careers in the Information Technology field.”
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  “The Academy staff has worked tirelessly to make the school a best of class institution where you not only get the best training available, but you also get the necessary support to make sure our students receive great internships and meaningful job placements,” stated Alfonso Perez, President of The Academy.

About The Academy of South Florida
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Founded in 1999, The Academy is a Microsoft Certified Technical Education Center that has taught over 4,000 companies and individuals how to manage today’s networks and other critical technologies. The Academy is run by Chris and Andy Perez, who serve as co-directors of the school.
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  While The Academy of today enjoys a tremendous amount of success, it has not always been that way.
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  In 2002, when Chris who then worked at the Miami campus for The Academy, started thinking of venturing out on his own. Chris had discovered his passion in IT education and wanted to implement his vision for training and development in the IT arena. Fortunately for him, the timing for his departure was just not right.
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  As fate would have it, during the following year, the then owner and founder of The Academy had to sell three campuses and later was forced to close three more. Making the Miami campus the sole survivor of a classic management meltdown.
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  With the founder wanting to permanently leave the business, Chris saw and seized on his moment of opportunity. So together with his father, attorney Alfonso Perez and his brother Andy, they became the proud owners of The Academy in July of 2003.Â  Â
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Luckily for both Chris and Andy their father not only provided the seed capital, but he helped them take on and solve, the legal entanglements that they had inherited from the management meltdown that had taken place under the previous administration. Today Al continues to support his sons by serving as the elder statesmen for the school.
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Andy, who was a banker at the time, helped his brother stabilize the school during evenings and weekends before eventually making the decision to join The Academy full-time and head up the areas of Sales and Admissions.
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  With Andy now on board, The Academy was re-born with the two brothers serving as co-directors.
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  Both Chris and Andy have worked tirelessly to enhance the appeal and visibility of the school. Their hard work and dedication paid off when the Ft. Lauderdale campus was re-opened in early 2006- The Academy’s first expansion since the 2003 acquisition. Â
Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  In their respective roles, Chris has been able to implement his vision of putting together a world class IT training program and Andy with his very focused work ethic, has been able to help fast track the schools growth and expansion.
Â Â Â Â Â Â  Today The Academy has a total of two campuses, 29 employees, 14 classrooms, and two learning resource centers that trains over 400 students between Miami-Dade, Broward and West Palm Beach counties. And, with future expansions currently in the works, you can expect to hear more about The Academy in the not too distant future.

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Different ways for security audit in android apps

Android applications review is critical, as the security worry with Android has dependably been in the spotlight for the wrong reason. With a great many clients downloading the application each and every day, the greatest risk lies in synchronizing the Android gadget with other comparable gadgets.

The application should be upgraded routinely on wellbeing terms while guaranteeing security from a client’s point of view. This is the thing that clients can do while taking things in their own hands. Taking after this agenda, any client can keep an Android telephone overhauled with wellbeing measures without any security imperfections hampering cell phone applications.

#1. Check administrations and applications associated with application account

It is not astonishing to see your Google applications account effectively snared with uncountable number of applications throughout the years, regardless of their convenience. Most applications appear to be unusable, and consequently need to uninstalled, keeping them from consuming up your telephone memory superfluously, and trading off on security terms leaving the gadget powerless against untouchables.

You have to look at this security area on your Google record to have a rundown of approved parameters that are imperative from Google’s point of view. In the event that your application ends up being a champ on each one of those criteria then you have motivation to celebrate. Simply uproot the applications that you no more use to maintain a strategic distance from the applications swarming up the versatile land.

#2. Get associated gadgets cleaned when not being used?

You might need to exchange things in the middle of gadgets and thus might want to associate gadgets. In any case, once the employment is done simply separate them as opposed to keeping them interface disregarding the way that the gadgets have gone from your closeness.

In the event that you are as yet seeing old gadgets that you don’t use, or which have not associated in years, simply uproot them. Try not to keep them for the sole purpose of keeping it. You can look at the aforementioned connection on the off chance that you need to know which gadgets are obsolete starting today.

#3. Wipe obsolete associations inside of the Play Store

It is a decent practice to do the house cleaning all over, including Google Play Store. At whatever point you download or introduce another application, you are given a rundown of gadgets to choose from, which is totally unimportant. Look at the Settings inside of the Play Store, and expel the pointless ones from Android Device Manager.

To do this, basically uncheck the case other than the gadget that highlights as “Show in menus”. On the off chance that you are not ready to perceive the gadget because of some odd cryptographic names, simply alter them by renaming with conspicuous terms.

#4. Make utilization of Android Verify Apps by initiating it

You might have ignored this, or likely not mindful of Android’s capacity to screen the cell phone for any sort of suspicious or hurtful action occurring. To perform this, clients don’t require any sort of outsider modules or additional items.

Guarantee by turning ON “Sweep gadget for security dangers” inside of the Settings application of Google. This will empower the Android Verify Apps framework to screen each one of those applications introduced, and have a consistent watch over unusual happenings occurring. Filtering happens quietly out of sight, and will just trouble you if anything suspicious happens.

#5. Try not to be arrogant with security rudiments

Keep the propensity for looking at with the security rudiments as far as watchword, PIN, or other security parameters. Most likely a straightforward disappointment could be as far as your gadget not secured with inbuilt essential efforts to establish safety.

#6. Give two-variable confirmation a chance to give a tight security

With such a large number of versatile security issues bargained, it is insightful to permit 2-component security verification for your cellular telephone. Having a solitary watchword would not be of any assistance, as programmers are more quick witted than any time in recent memory. With an extra secured code backing the wellbeing secret key, you can expand the security of your record essentially with the chances of your own data traded off to surprising gatecrashers softening up.

In the event that you don’t have 2-variable validation set up yet, simply go to Google’s 2 stage verification. Once these designs are set up, you will be utilizing Google’s Authenticator application as a part of request to create one-time client code for your portable, or an outsider option application, for example, Authy.

#7. Keep valuable outsider applications while disposing of others

Presently since you have executed fluctuated Android efforts to establish safety, it is time now to look at the outsider applications that are sufficiently helpful to continue your cell phone. Envision a crowd of first class hostile to infections present on your portable like Kaspersky, AVG, McAfee, Norton, Avast, and others possessing an inconceivable space and making things moderate down.

Your Android OS is continually searching out any new dangers or vulnerabilities in light of the settings you pick. The OS scans things both on the customer side and in addition on the server side. What’s more, when new applications arrive, it continues looking at them after some time. Since your Android stage is remotely following things pinging them, and eradicating them, there is no antivirus to be introduced accordingly.

This is the condition of such a variety of applications around. Your cell phone conveys such a large number of applications that won’t not be valuable to you even a bit. Still, they are available inside of your portable and you wind up griping about your handset not ready to bolster more information because of absence of capacity.

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How to Spy on Any Android or iOS Device with XNSPY

If you want to spy on Android device of your kids, you are in the right place then. Because we have an app that will set your mouth wide agape. With its Premium features and amazing pricing, XNSPY has come forth as a strong contender for the best smartphone monitoring apps of 2015. If smartphone monitoring is a novel concept for you, let me brief it you—it’s your kids savior, protector and a watchdog. All you have to do is install it in the targeted kid’s mobile phone and you are good to go with monitoring afterwards.

XNSPY lets you spy on your Kids and employees
XNSPY lets you spy on your Kids and employees

How to Monitor Using XNSPY?

Monitoring Android device is very easy and minimalistic with XNSPY. After installing the app onto the target device, it will start to upload data from it as soon as the device connects to the internet. You can access the uploaded content from XNSPY’s online webpage based control panel. Once you buy the subscription, the credentials required to sign in are emailed to you.

How to Spy on Any Android or iOS Device with XNSPY

Your target android device’s anatomy is opened up on the control panel, from where you can access the following:

  • Calls and SMS: these are the two most frequently used services from a smartphone. Make sure to track them with XNSPY.
  • Emails and internet browsing: emails and internet browsing history can reveal a lot about your kids’ state of mind, like their interests, hobbies and porn addiction (if they will have any).
  • IM chats: every kid is a fan of WhatsApp and Facebook and they might conduct their long late night conversations with their friends on IM apps rather than SMS. Monitor your kids’ chats from Facebook, Viber, Line, WhatsApp and Skype. You can also view the shared media (photos, videos and audio) and calls history (Viber, Skype).
  • Installed apps: are you worried that your kids might be using dating apps to meet anonymous people? View their installed apps and make sure they don’t date anons.

Apart from accessing the aforementioned, your XNSPY is also a GPS tracking app. you can locate your kids in real time or view their location history. The Watchlist feature on XNSPY lets you add spooky contacts, words and locations on alerts. So if you kid enters a Watchlist location, an instant email will be send to XNSPY’ control panel. This is made possible using geo-fencing technology.

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