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Lipstick in School -- Priceless!!

According to a news report, a certain private school in Washingtonwas recently faced with a unique problem. A number of 12-year-old girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick they would press their lips to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints. Every night the maintenance man would remove them and the next day the girls would put them back. Finally the principal decided that something had to be done. She called all the girls to the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance man. She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the custodian who had to clean the mirrors every night. To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance man to show the girls how much effort was required.

He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it. Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror.


There are teachers, and then there are educators...

Dumbledore is not dead.

Well just about everyone I know who read Harry Potter have one opinion or another about what is going to happen in the last book.

I believe that Albus Dumbledore is not dead. He either drank Polyjuice Potion and swopped appearance with either Aberforth or Snape, or (since we now know that there is an opposite of a horcrux) transfered his death into this thing.

1) Why was there always a character close to Harry killed since the second book?
I think this is to make the reader believe that Albus is really dead.

2) Would Albus ever plea to another wizard not to attack him?
Nope

3) Why did Aberforth met with Mundungus? to exchange goods?
The necklace around Harry's neck on the cover perhaps?
Will this contain Albus' life or death?

4) Why would Albus who is one of the greatest wizards have such a rather pathetic brother?
Well might just be that he have a greater part to play.

5) Why did Albus always trusted Snape?
Albus was clever enough to know who trust and who not to trust.

One thing I'll bet on is that we'll learn more from Aberforth in this coming book.
I do hope that my other prediction that Dumbledore is not dead is also correct.

Quick lesson from Africa and Asia

Quick lesson I learned through various trips abroad.

In Africa people exploit each other to reach the top.
In Asia people use each other to reach the top.

Thus in Africa people pull each other down, deeper into poverty, while in Asia people work together to be better off than before.

When touring in Africa, locals want to rip you off all the time to make a quick buck from you while in Asia they rather give you more than you paid for.

Guess where one spots progress when one steps of the plane?

I Love GP

BASIC RULES FOR DRIVING IN GAUTENG

1. Turn signals will give away your next move. A real Gauteng driver never uses them.

2. Under no circumstance should you leave a safe distance between you and the car in front of you, or the space will be filled by two Golfs, a BMW and an Uno, putting you in an even more dangerous situation.

3. The faster you drive through a red light, the smaller the chance you have of getting hit.

4. Never, ever come to a complete stop at a stop sign. No one expects it and it will only result in you being rear-ended.

5. Braking is to be done as hard and late as possible to ensure that your ABS kicks in, giving you a nice, relaxing foot massage as the brake pedal pulsates. For those of you without ABS, it's a chance to stretch your legs.

6. Never pass on the right when you can pass on the left. It's a good way to check if the people entering the highway are awake.

7. Speed limits are arbitrary figures, given only as a guideline. They are especially not applicable in Gauteng during rush hour. That's why it's called 'rush hour...'.

8. Just because you're in the right lane and have no room to speed up or move over doesn't mean that a Gauteng driver flashing his high beams behind you doesn't think he can go faster in your spot.

9. Always slow down and rubberneck when you see an accident or even someone changing a tyre. Never stop to help - you will be mugged.

10. Learn to swerve abruptly. Gauteng is the home of the high-speed slalom driving thanks to the Metro Police Department, which puts holes in key locations to test drivers' reflexes and keeps them on their toes.

11. It is traditional in Gauteng to honk you horn at cars that don't move the instant the light turns green. This prevents storks from building nests on top of the traffic light and minahs from making deposits on your car.

12. Remember that the goal of every Gauteng driver is to get there first by whatever means necessary.

13. In the Gauteng area, "flipping someone the bird" is considered a polite Gauteng salute. This gesture should always be returned.

14. On average, at least three cars can still go through an intersection after the light has turned red. It's people not adhering to this basic principal that cause the big traffic jams during rush hour.

15. A solid white line is the same as a staggered line in Gauteng . The Metro Police Department just have to save paint to buy new cars for all the new directors. A solid white line next to a staggered line means they have sorted the directors out and the paint contract has been awarded to their wives.

Now guys, go out there today and make Gauteng proud!!!

What can American car companies learn from Jaguar?

If this is the future face of Jaguar, I'll bet on it and so would most people I know.

Perhaps the American carmakers can learn from the whole Jaguar fiasco. Stop designing new models that looks like the ones it is suppose to replace.
Times change constantly, thus the need to change the design of goods and not just keep on updating it.

We have learned from items such as the iPod is that consumers value aesthetics which translates into an overall "cool factor". At the time of the iPod's release other mp3 players might have been better, but none was cooler.

The coolness factor of the iPod is starting to fall, but luckily Apple now has the iPhone.
From this one can see that there are times when more than a update is necessary to keep something cool.

Updates keep something relevant, while redesigning something keeps it cool.

I think the main problem with American cars is a lack of coolness, thus the big truck and SUV craze which have been of the few products which was constantly redesigned and thus retained its "coolness factor".
(Not that American car companies lack the ability, the new European Ford Focus is a cool car. (by the way it looks quite different from its predecessor)).

I think they should learn from companies like Mercedes, take the "C-Class" wikipedia, none of the "styles" look anything like other. When one looks at a car like the "Crown Victoria" wikipedia the current model looks like the 1992 model, with updated headlights.

I would like to congratulate them on the redevelopment (not design) of their other models, but the cars are not aesthetically pleasing (thus not design).
the Focus looks like a French car from the 1980's and the Fusion is just ugly. Why does it take them so long before you get the new design on the market?

The Ford Flex is nice, but still, do we need cars that look like ones from the 1960's with modern trimmings. The companies should forget about their heydays, it was not because people liked the way the cars looked like then, but because the cars were the best design for their time.

Stop updating the car, go redesign it. Give us something that is so radical, something that its is cool to have, something that one actually need to have, something like an iPod nano in 2005.

Tip: Gen Y will be (is) the most eco conscious generation ever and they like to get what they want.

University of Pretoria

Some advice to all matrics. TUKS is a very good university, but do not come here if you want to go to a university who actually cares for it's students.

The university have some very good courses, but the problem is that the university is not on standard with the provision of electronic services and have a very restrictive internet policy.

A lot of the infrastructure is also quite old, and this is starting to show. There is also a lot of beurocracy in certain departments which makes it hard to get things done or to get specific information.

This can be solved if the university makes use of current technology.

First they should provide a better internet policy to students.

They can also ugrade their lecture halls to include LAN ports or wi-fi, so that it is easy to log into the universitie's intranet. (I know Uppsala University has simmilar facilities.)

They need to upgrade and just clean their library and study centre to provide a better atmosphere to study in.

The food provided in the residences is very expensive and not of a good quality. Even after a lot of complaints nothing has been done about this. (You see they do not care about their students.)
And the residence buildings are just old and blown lights is not changed, toilets is blocked for days. (Unless someone reports it, then they respond to the problem quickly, but why is this necesary when they empoy people who's work it is to inspect the buildings make sure that these problem do not arise or get fixed as soon as possible. Well some people is not doing their job.) There are no facilities in the residences to prepare your own meals.

The university could tell more of its lecturers to have blogs. Like this one gregmankiw.blogspot.com, so that students can get more insightful and practical examples about the course they are studying.

They can make more use of their website to provide information to students.

But then, they are the best is South Africa, with the course I am studying and Pretoria is a nice place to live.

So you decide.