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Friday, 12 December 2014
Easy method to create BIP 11g reports on top of OBIEE dashboards
This blog talks about a quick way to create BIP reports on top of OBIEE dashboards.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 02:09 1 comments
Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Active directory configuration in OBIEE 18.104.22.168
We will learn about configuring Active Directory (AD) for OBIEE 184.108.40.206 today.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 09:53 0 comments
Labels: Active directory configuration, authentication providers, config.xml, java security exception, OBIEE 11G, virtualize
Sunday, 31 August 2014
Non Standard SQL in BIP 11g - Dynamic query implementation
SQL query is often used as a data source in BIP and often we have a requirement in which we have to use one table when the user selects a certain value in a parameter and select a totally different table when the user selects another value in the parameter. While we have discussed a method to do this using pipelined functions in http://obiee-oracledb.blogspot.com.au/2011/07/performance-enhancing-drug-called-table.html, this blog post talks about a BIP 11g method of achieving the same result.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 03:02 0 comments
Labels: BIP 11g, creating LOV, creating parameters, data table, Dynamic SQL in BIP, fixed data LOV, Non standard SQL, removing aggregate row, saving sample data, template creation in BIP 11g
Friday, 29 August 2014
Increasing width of Multiselect in OBIEE 10g
I was recently involved in a project implementation on OBIEE 10g. The dashboard had a multiselect and the values in the prompt were huge. The standard width of the multiselect was making the user uncomfortable since a large part of the value was hidden due to the small size of the multiselect. This blog talks about a method to fix this problem.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 03:58 1 comments
Labels: CSS, dashboard, increase width, multi select, OBIEE 10g, text dashboard object
Saturday, 9 August 2014
Privilege to see hidden objects in OBIEE 11g
My client wanted to hide some of the reports from the users and release them at a later date. The however wanted a set of users to have the privilege to see hidden objects. Let us see the process to achieve this objective.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 22:56 0 comments
Smart Tables in OBIEE 11g
This article introduces the concept of Smart Tables in OBIEE. I call them 'Smart' because these tables have the ability to produce different data on the fly. These can morph themselves according to the user requirement. Smart Tables also make the data model dynamic in nature as a Smart Table can change characteristics on the fly. Let me now explain the procedure of implementing Smart Tables.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 07:14 0 comments
Labels: dynamic physical table, Dynamic tables, multiple physical tables for a presentation table, non system session variable, OBIEE 11G, OBIEE 11g Analysis, Use Dynamic Name
Friday, 8 August 2014
Skipping schedule in BI Publisher 11g
This is an awesome feature in BI Publisher 11g but I do not hear a lot of noise about it so let me create some.
I'm talking about Event triggers in BI Publisher 11g. Using event triggers, we can conditionally stop the delivery of a report. We will see the process of skipping schedules in this article.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 07:26 0 comments
Labels: BI Publisher, BIP 11g, Event trigger, Job history, Schedule trigger
Tuesday, 5 August 2014
Drill-able hierarchical charts in OBIEE 11g
This is a discovery more than a solution. OBIEE 11g lets us use Hierarchical column as dimensional attributes for charts.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 06:36 1 comments
Formatting levels of a hierarchical column in OBIEE 11g
I had a requirement to indent the levels in a hierarchical column. The solution isn't really innovative but I thought of sharing this because finding the option can become a treasure hunt.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 06:06 2 comments
Saturday, 26 July 2014
Capturing Environment Variables in Oracle APEX
This post focuses on the Environment variables as they are vital in coding conditional statements.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 03:14 0 comments
Labels: CGI Variables, CLIENT_IDENTIFIER, CLIENT_INFO, CURRENT_SQL, CURRENT_USER, DB_NAME, DBMS_SESSION, get_cgi_env, IDENTIFICATION_TYPE, MODULE, Oracle APEX, print_cgi_env, SESSION_USER, SID, STATEMENTID, USERENV
Wednesday, 23 July 2014
String aggregation in OBIEE
In the BI world, we talk about measures and aggregation but we don't talk a lot about string aggregation. String aggregation is about concatenating strings for a certain dimensional value. Let me give an example. Let us say that we have a purchase order (Lets call it PO1) raised for a set of items (Lets say I1,I2 and I3). Lets say that the supplier does not have I1 in stock and wants a larger order quantity for I2 to make the shipping viable and the supplier feels that I3 can be shipped. The store manager might want to see "I1 out of stock, Order quantity of I2 is too less" against PO1. Question is, how do we do it? This blog talks about the process.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 17:36 0 comments
Sunday, 20 July 2014
Using DB Link in OBIEE
This blog talks about the process to use DB Links on OBIEE.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 07:47 0 comments
Labels: BI Publisher links, database link, db link, federated datasources, OBIEE 11G, physical layer
Saturday, 19 July 2014
Using BIP parameters in OBIEE dashboards without creating prompts
This is a simple trick that presents the process to have a parametrized BIP report in OBIEE without the need to create new prompts in OBIEE.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 19:08 1 comments
Monday, 3 February 2014
Ways to create Matrix report in Oracle APEX
This is another one of those articles where I pick a topic from the sample chapter of my book and share with you. Some of the other discussions in this blog from the sample chapter of my book are on dynamic breadcrumbs, data densification and ReForms. In this post, we will see 3 different ways of creating a Matrix report a.k.a Crosstab report a.k.a Pivoted report.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 00:38 7 comments
Labels: Crosstab report, extractvalue, for clause, in clause, list clause, Matrix report, Oracle APEX, Pivot operator, Pivot report, pivot xml, substitution strings
Friday, 31 January 2014
Consuming OBIEE 11g Web Services using Java
We will talk about consuming OBIEE 11g webservices using Java in this article. My previous articles have been about consuming webservices using JavaScript and consuming webservices using PL/SQL. This is my first on consuming webservices using Java.
My book also has a number of recipes about consuming and creating web services. Check out a brief description of the book and the table of contents. You may also check out the online application build on top of the discussions in the sample chapter of my book.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 01:47 2 comments
Labels: agents, ibots, java, OBIEE 11G, webservices
Monday, 23 December 2013
Creating ReForms in Oracle APEX
Let me begin by defining a ReForm. A ReForm is an amalgum of Reports and Forms and has the DNA of both. This discussion not only presents a ReForm but also demonstrates the enormous benefits of using JQuery in APEX report development.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 02:34 0 comments
Labels: Advanced formatting in APEX, Dynamic Actions, jQuery, Oracle APEX, ReForm, this.triggeringElement
Monday, 16 December 2013
Data Densification in Oracle APEX
Data is often stored in sparse form and business often wants to see data in a more organized and explicit fashion. Report developers working across reporting technologies face a requirement to show a record with a '0' in the measures columns if no data exists for a particular combination of dimension values. For such a requirement, we will have to densify the data and this article presents a way to densify and aggregate on the fly.
I wish to state that this article is borrowed from my book on Oracle APEX 4.2 Reporting. You can check the table of contents and a brief description along with screenshots.
Let me explain the use case now
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 02:54 0 comments
Labels: aggregation, cube, data densification, Oracle APEX, oracle apex 4.2 reporting, partition by, ratio_to_report
Thursday, 12 December 2013
Creating dynamic breadcrumb chains in Oracle APEX
This article is borrowed from one of the topics of my book (http://www.packtpub.com/oracle-apex-4-2-reporting/book) on Oracle APEX 4.2 reporting. Check the chapter by chapter description and the table of contents to know about the other discussions in my book. I wish to talk about the process to engineering breadcrumbs of varying lengths in this article. Let me explain the motive with an example.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 14:02 2 comments
Labels: APEX_APPLICATION_GLOBAL.VC_ARR2, APEX_UTIL.STRING_TO_TABLE, dynamic breadcrumb chain, hierarchical query, Oracle APEX, regular expressions
Wednesday, 13 November 2013
Tracking the running reports in OBIEE 11g
I faced a rather strange but relatively simple requirement a few days back. The client had employed a resource to refresh the sessions page and capture the running queries from it and mail it to a team that dealt with performance tuning. This is certainly not the most efficient resource management.
It is strange that OBIEE has an elaborate mechanism of Usage Tracking but this system does not capture the running analysis. It captures the info only after the queries have fetched the desired results and not while they are still running.
This post talks about devising a programmatic way of capturing the info about running analysis/reports in OBIEE 11g.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 02:48 0 comments
Labels: analysis, OBIEE 11G, running reports, usage tracking
Thursday, 3 October 2013
Sangam 2013
Just read about http://www.sangam13.info/.The event has been cohosted by AIOUG and India OAUG
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 23:55 0 comments
Labels: events, oracle user conference, sangam 2013, venue
Wednesday, 25 September 2013
ESRI map with Google map and map viewer in APEX
This article is in continuation of my previous work on Oracle Map Viewer/Map Builder and Oracle 12c database.
This article demonstrates the conversion of ESRI maps to datatype (SDO_GEOMETRY) that can then be used in Map Viewer. The article ends with an HTML code that can be put in APEX's HTML region to display the map with ESRI info on it.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 05:52 0 comments
Labels: esri map, FOI layer, Google maps API, map transformation, Oracle 12c, Oracle APEX, topology
Saturday, 14 September 2013
My take on using Mapviewer with Oracle 12c and Google maps API
Map viewer is a kool technology and I wanted to write about it for a long time.
Let me first chalk the steps that we will follow. We will
1. Download Map Viewer and Map Builder.
2. Create a pluggable database (pdb), create a pdb user and grant the necessary privileges to it.
3. Configure Map viewer.
4. Insert spatial data.
5. Use Map Builder to create styles and themes.
6. Get a key from google and then use it to create a map tile layer using Map Viewer.
7. Write code to create a FOI layer on a base map using Map Viewer's JavaScript API.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 03:56 2 comments
Labels: FOI layer, Google maps API, Map Builder, map tile layer, Map Viewer, Oracle 12c, Oracle spatials, pdb, styles, themes
Friday, 30 August 2013
Description of my book on Oracle APEX 4.2 reporting
Oracle APEX 4.2 reporting is designed to bring the best of the reporting world for intermediate –advanced readers. The book is available at http://www.packtpub.com/oracle-apex-4-2-reporting/book. It is designed to expose APEX developers to other reporting solutions, inform them about the strengths of each of these and to enable them to use these technologies in APEX. The book also assists designers who wish to use APEX with their existing heterogeneous enterprise so that their existing code is reused and effort in building better business intelligence systems is minimized. The table of contents of the book can be found at http://obiee-oracledb.blogspot.in/2013/07/my-upcoming-book-oracle-apex-42.html. Let me briefly walk you through the contents of the book.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 22:30 1 comments
Thursday, 11 July 2013
My upcoming book - Oracle APEX 4.2 reporting
I have finally finished writing my book on Oracle APEX reporting. The book
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 20:25 9 comments
Labels: APEX reporting, eclipse birt, FusionCharts, Google API, intergrations with jasper, OBIEE, Oracle APEX book, Oracle R enterprise, PL/PDF, PL_FPDF
Sunday, 23 September 2012
Creating Download Utility using PLSQL
Let me start this article with an apology for not posting an article in such a long time. I have been involved in writing a book and it is eating most of my time so articles will be sparse in the next few months as well. Let's however cut the negativity and enjoy the fun of creating a download utility using PLSQL
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 13:57 0 comments
Labels: Download Utility, PL SQL, Read HTTP response, UTL_FILE, UTL_HTTP
Friday, 8 June 2012
Coding different page layouts in a single rtf template and the importance of Contexts in BI Publisher
The requirement was to generate an output in statement page size or in legal page size, depending on a parameter value. Since the parameter was passed from Siebel and since I did not know the method to conditionally call different rtf files from Siebel so I had to code everything in 1 single rtf file
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 06:01 0 comments
Labels: Apply to, BI Publisher, context, different page layout in same rtf template, removing page from BIP output, section, This point forward
Saturday, 2 June 2012
Sorting outer group based on inner group in BI Publisher
I spent almost a day to implement a grouping and sorting requirement and after all that brain storming I found that the requirement can be implemented by an elementary piece of code. I wish to share this with the rest of the world
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 08:41 0 comments
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Formatting time in BI Publisher
This article describes a mechanism to format time in BI Publisher.
Let me explain with an example
I have a XML file with the following tag in it.
The requirement is to display this time as 6:00PM
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 06:02 3 comments
Labels: canonical format, siebel extension functions for BI Publisher, Time formatting in BI Publisher
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
OBIEE performance improvement tips
My 1st article in this blog was about OBIEE repository tuning and this article is an extension to it.
This article is intended to be a glossary of the things that I feel are important to tune OBIEE output. This article is only intended to give a pointer and an introduction to the things mentioned in it
Please add your comments if you feel that I have missed something. I will update this article if I discover some new tricks
Enough said, lets roll
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 12:42 2 comments
Labels: cast function, DB_GATEWAY_THREAD_RANGE, Leading Hint, Multithreaded Connections checkbox, obiee filter function, obiee log level, OCI, Populating Logical Level Counts, query workload
Friday, 27 April 2012
Using custom transformations in BI Publisher 10G
Out of all my posts on BI publisher, this one is my personal favorite. The article describes a mechanism to use any custom function in BI publisher reports. This opens a whole box of opportunities. The custom functions have to be written in java which means that you can code anything between the sun and the earth and then use it in your BI Publisher reports.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 08:20 21 comments
Labels: BI Publisher, Extension functions, jar, namespace, transformations, using custom functions in rtf templates
Friday, 9 March 2012
Creating reports in Excel using OBI server
This article describes a mechanism to create reports in excel using the relations established in Oracle BI Server. We can leverage BI server and the relations established in it to create quick reports in excel. The last paragraph of the article talks about using the iqy file to get data with OBIEE's formatting.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 08:28 5 comments
Thursday, 8 March 2012
SQL developer data modeler for OBIEE developers
I haven't extensively worked on data modeling but I saw this kool feature of sql developer data modeler. It gives you a relational picture of your warehouse and lists all attributes, enforced constraints, joins, keys etc. It became a lot easier for me to work with the physical layer after using this
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 04:16 1 comments
Labels: joins, keys, OBIEE, Physical layer pictorial view, relational OBIEE model, SQL developer data loader
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Creating Applications in OBIEE using DAD
OBIEE is a great business intelligence tool but it is a one way highway. Users can use OBIEE to see the intelligence in the data but what if users want to put a few things of their own. I am presenting a mechanism to make OBIEE a 2 way highway
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 09:39 0 comments
Labels: APEX, authorize_dad, create_dad, DAD, database-username DAD attribute, DBMS_EPG, DBMS_XDB.sethttpport, embedded PLSQL gateway, error-style DAD attribute, OBIEE, set_dad_attribute, writeback, WWV_FLOW_EPG_INCLUDE_MOD_LOCAL, XML DB HTTP Server
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Folding table in Oracle using unpivot function
In this post, I am unsing unpivot function to change the arity and cardinality in the result. mXn table is used to get pXq result such that product(m,n) = product(p,q)
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 07:08 0 comments
Saturday, 18 February 2012
Installing SSL enabled APEX 4.1 with development environment and APEX Listener on Weblogic and standalone
This article presents a way to set SSL enabled APEX 4.1 on weblogic using APEX listener. The final part shows the process to configure standalone APEX listener and the use of Grizzly in it.
This post is divided in 4 sections
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 03:25 2 comments
Labels: APEX 4.1 Installation, APEX listener, APEX listener configuration, configure apex roles and users in weblogic, managed server, SSL enabled, standalone APEX Listener, weblogic
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Silenced writeback using webservices - part 2
Happy Valentine's day to all :)
This is the 2nd part of the series in which I am using webservies to writeback. In my previous article, I showed a mechanism to do writeback using a utility of OC4J. That mechanism works well with OC4J and OAS (Oracle Application Server) but for other webservers we need an independent webservice. In this article, I'm creating an independent webservice and deploying it on weblogic
This is the 2nd part of the series in which I am using webservies to writeback. In my previous article, I showed a mechanism to do writeback using a utility of OC4J. That mechanism works well with OC4J and OAS (Oracle Application Server) but for other webservers we need an independent webservice. In this article, I'm creating an independent webservice and deploying it on weblogic
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 04:22 5 comments
Labels: javascript, JDeveloper, OBIEE, weblogic, webservice, writeback
Saturday, 11 February 2012
Silenced writeback using webservices - part 1
This article presents an alternate way to do write back in OBIEE. I call it silenced because this doecs not involve the creation of text boxes to writeback something into the database. The mechanism is helpful if we intend to writeback some info, depending on some action taken by the user and we do not want the user to explicitly write the info in text boxes
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 02:46 4 comments
Saturday, 14 January 2012
Pivotal performance improvement in OBIEE
This article shows a method to improve the performance of the pivot view of OBIEE.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 16:23 2 comments
Labels: DBMS_RANDOM, Elapsed time, OBIEE, OBIEE performance improvement, Oracle 11G, pivot function, pivot view, query to generate data, Response time, selecting from single physical source
Friday, 6 January 2012
Freedom to format in OBIEE
I'm finally back to my blogging business J. This article deals with the usual OBIEE business of formatting. OBIEE gives a lot of formatting options by letting us write javascript/HTML code in a spectrum of places such as narrative, static view, text's in dashboards, data format tab of columns etc.
I am sure you can list a lot more examples of places where we can write javascript/HTML in OBIEE.
I am sure you can list a lot more examples of places where we can write javascript/HTML in OBIEE.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 10:08 5 comments
Labels: childNode, formatting, getElementsByTagName, javascript DOM, OBIEE, parentNode, static text view
Friday, 9 December 2011
Book review - Oracle BI Publisher 11g: A Practical Guide to Enterprise Reporting
Below is a review of Oracle BI Publisher 11g-A Practical Guide to Enterprise Reporting, written by Daniela Bozdoc and published by Packt Publishing. More information about the book can be found at here
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 03:44 0 comments
Labels: book review, Oracle BI Publisher, Packt publishing
Friday, 21 October 2011
Making OBIEE web service friendly
I know that I am obsessed with web services, but this is my final article in the series dealing with web services.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 07:46 0 comments
Labels: BI Publisher, Invoking BI Publisher's web service from OBIEE using javascript, java script, OBIEE, onreadystatechange, PublicReportService, setRequestHeader, XMLHttpRequest
Monday, 10 October 2011
BPEL tasklist in OBIEE and APEX
We have seen the process of creating a BPEL process with human work flows in my previous article. We have also seen the process of shifting a task from the work list of one user to the other.
Now let's put this now info to use.
Saturday, 8 October 2011
BPEL Human Workflows
Let's talk about Human workflows. I have given an introduction to Human workflows in one of my previous posts and I will like to start from where I had left there.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 18:40 8 comments
Labels: acquireTask, bpel, context, delegateTask, human workflow, identity service, multiple assignees, outcome, task query service, task serivce, token, updateTaskOutcome, worklist
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Bouquet of BI functions
I thought of putting OBIEE, BI Publisher, APEX and BPEL together.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 04:10 8 comments
Labels: APEX, BI Publisher, building more logic around out of the box web services, OBIEE, Pick activity, selected functions, wrapper
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Using BPEL in APEX
BPEL is a tool used to define web services. We can use it to invoke web service of a certain application or tool and then transform the output of this service into something that can be used by the web service of another tool. The web service of the 2nd tool can then be invoked to get the desired results.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 02:09 0 comments
Labels: BPEL example, BPEL in APEX, finding RMI port on oracle application server (OAS), Integration server connection in Jdeveloper, simple BPEL process, webservice call from pl sql
Friday, 15 July 2011
Query to get a character separated list from a result set
I wouldn't take the credit of this but I found a very cool way of converting an array to a string using hierarchical queries. I found this mechanism in one of my projects and I think it is good enough to be shared
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 00:44 0 comments
Labels: analytical function, connect by clause, CONNECT_BY_ROOT, hirarchical query, prior, ROW_NUMBER, rows in string
Friday, 8 July 2011
The performance enhancing drug called Table function
Finally a post on APEX :)
I have seen a number of situations in development of both Oracle APEX (Interactive reports) and in Oracle BI Publisher where the developer has to implement complex functionality but he only has the freedom to write SQL statements and not PL SQL logic. Due to this he ends up writing the complex logic using 'and clause' and 'or clause'.
I have seen a number of situations in development of both Oracle APEX (Interactive reports) and in Oracle BI Publisher where the developer has to implement complex functionality but he only has the freedom to write SQL statements and not PL SQL logic. Due to this he ends up writing the complex logic using 'and clause' and 'or clause'.
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 13:37 2 comments
Labels: Interactive report performance, Oracle APEX, Oracle BI Publisher, pileline, refcursor example, table function
Saturday, 28 May 2011
Siebel database (OLTP) blocking
A few days back, I was working on a Siebel application which had the issue of a lot of database blockings and the running tasks frequently reached max tasks.
We took the below steps to pin the problem
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 12:45 0 comments
Labels: blocker, db blocking, holder, max task, oltp blocking, paddr, row lock, s_srm_task_hist, siebel, siebel blocking, siebel db blocking, spid, srvr_proc_id_val, v$process, v$session
Siebel architecture high level overview
Siebel has many components and the one which is extensively used is ecommunications_enu.
The following is a good view of the general architecture of Siebel
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 12:30 0 comments
Labels: architecture, siebel
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Multiple BI Publisher on a server and its URL change
Building on the concept of changing files in the war (web archive) and hosting multiple applications, we will now try to host multiple BI Publisher applications on the same server. This process of changing files in war package and deploying it has been discussed in the following post
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 03:40 0 comments
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Changing the default URL of OBIEE
We have a limitation that we can only install one OBIEE server and 1 presentation server on a machine
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 02:27 10 comments
Labels: change analytics.war, multiple application single obiee presentation server, OBIEE, OBIEE URL
Saturday, 12 March 2011
Installing OBIEE on a Solaris box
There are 2 kinds of possible installations
a. Basic
b. Advanced
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 22:54 0 comments
Labels: OBIEE, OBIEE Installation, Solaris
Friday, 11 March 2011
Oracle Business Intelligence Repository Tuning
I am trying to collect the few steps that might help in repository tuning. The benefits of tuning something up the ladder will be less than the benefits of fixing things at the base of the ladder
Posted by Vishal Pathak at 20:43 3 comments
Labels: OBIEE, repository, rpd tuning
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I was wondering if I could use Bondo, instead of the typical patch for plaster repairs, so it would produce a bettter result. Anyone tried this? Or does anyone know?
Thanks for your help!
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|Use Durbond90, or if you are not experienced with plaster reapir yet, Easysand90.
These are 'setting type' joint compounds that come as a powder and are mixed with water.
The number is the approximate hardening time in minutes.
Durabond is as hard as plaster and cannot be sanded well at all, so be careful.
|Unless the crack is taped, it will probably continue to show up.
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|Bondo is half benzoyl peroxide and is highly flammable, explosive, toxic, and may act as a mutagen. Halfwit mechanics love to put a lighter to the dust. But it is an effective horsehair plaster patching material if you take precautions.
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The benzoyl peroxide is the catalyst that initiates the hardening reaction.
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Torus Digital Concepts is a subsidiary of Torus Games Pty. Ltd. located in Melbourne, Australia specifically focused on the emerging Serious Games sector.
Torus Games was founded in 1994 and has delivered more than 90 video game titles on almost all popular video game platforms. Currently with 65 staff comprising software engineering, computer art, design, sound, production and quality assurance resources.
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Virtual version of a scenario based training "village" used by the Victorian Police.
Driver training and testing using real cars on a motion platform.
Educational games for children to teach mathematics using a proprietary platform.
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Development of a hazard perception part task trainer for local government.
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- Start time:
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- End time:
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Hop on Hop off the funkiest houseboat in Kerala as it cruises a unique route through the enchanting backwaters. This tour option allows you to spend many days on the backwater instead of just a day
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Registration for the travel industry's first agent-oriented conference on health, wellness and medical travel is now open. Organizers are encouraging travel agents to take advantage of early bird specials providing sizable savings on inclusive conference rates. (See sidebar.)Co-sponsored by Travel Market Report and Well-Being Travel, the Well-Being Travel Conference will be held June19 to 21, 2012, at The Phoenician resort in Scottsdale, Ariz. The cutting edge, educational conference is open to all travel sellers.The Well-Being Travel Conference will give travel agents a unique opportunity to learn how to profit from the fast-growing health, wellness and medical travel market, said conference organizer Anne Marie Moebes. Moebes is executive vice president of Well-Being Travel, an industry resource that brings together the medical and travel industries.Practical tools for agentsWell-Being Travel has partnered with Travel Market Report to create a dynamic program that addresses the particular needs of retail travel agents, Moebes said, noting the publication's advocacy role for travel agents.She stressed that the Well-Being Travel Conference 2012 will give agent attendees the tools and resources to develop an action plan for implementing specialized travel offerings in the health and wellness niche.Comprehensive seminars, panels and training sessions for travel agent attendees will cover: • the fundamentals of medical and wellness travel;• the latest developments in health and wellness travel, including key growth areas; • how to market their agency's medical travel services and expertise to corporate clients and to consumers; • how to handle customers' medical travel needs.Top-flight speakersPresenters will include thought leaders in wellness and medical travel; marketing experts; and destinations and travel suppliers that cater to medical travelers, among others. A panel of medical travelers will share their insights and experiences as consumers of medical travel. Among the speakers will be David Boucher, president of Companion Global Healthcare and Laura Carabello, publisher of Medical Travel Today. "For the first time, travel sellers and travel providers will meet face-to-face with the experts in medical and wellness travel," said Moebes. Networking sessions have been designed to facilitate exchanges between potential partners in the wellness and medical travel space.Bridging the gapThe conference program is designed to bridge the gap between information currently available and the specific needs of travel agents, she noted. One of its goals is to develop an effective distribution system for medical and wellness travel, Moebes said."A variety of medical travel events are offered in the marketplace today, but none has yet provided a solution for a strong distribution system that effectively reaches consumers," said Moebes."That distribution system must include travel agents," she added.In announcing that Travel Market Report is a co-sponsor of the conference, Moebes noted that Travel Market Report is the only travel trade publication providing comprehensive agent-focused coverage of the health, wellness and medical travel sector. (Travel Market Report and Well-Being Travel are both part of the American Marketing Group Inc.)To learn more about the Well-Being Travel Conference 2012, go to www.well-beingtravelconference.com. Conference registration includes all educational sessions and all meals.
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EAU CLAIRE — The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire student chapter of American College of Health Care Administrators will sponsor the second annual "A Day in the Park." The event will take place from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at Dells Pavilion in Mount Simon Park and will provide fun and entertainment for the whole family to enjoy.
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Is Ignorance Bliss?
By Maira Mukhtar
"No, stop! I don't need to know," interrupted a friend not wanting to discuss religion. "I'm not ready to practise just yet and Allah is too kind to punish anyone for things they are unaware of." Her simplistic view made me wonder whether or not I was putting myself under unnecessary burden by digging deeper. I saw the temptation. I realized it would be wonderful not knowing the negative consequences of a seemingly innocent pleasure. One could indulge in its sinfulness without carrying the burden of any guilt. After all, you can't be held responsible for something you didn't know about in the first place. Fortunately however, my conscience shook me and forced common sense to take over. The universal idea of pleading innocence on the basis of lack of knowledge has been made infallible over centuries by the accursed Satan and further adorned by our own whims and fancies. We give ourselves up to the devil and allow him to steer us along a blinded path and consequently live a life we hardly have any control over. But, is this how we want to continue to live until ultimately death pushes us into the realm of the afterlife?
Since man began to live in clusters, there have been rules, spoken and unspoken, to make sure life proceeds smoothly. Man needs some kind of direction to give him a sense of purpose; this direction is outlined by laws and regulations of an area to ensure peace and stability. Imagine living in a country where the law is hardly implemented and corruption is widespread; a land where there is no sense of security; a state that lacks the basic infrastructure. Think of most of the developing world if you will. Why are the resourceful ones settling in the west? What compels people to move out of their homelands, leave their families and choose to live in places that are usually in contrast with their culture, religion and social values? You see, where there's no consideration for the law, essentially, there is insecurity, fear, confusion and eventual chaos. People choose to settle in the developed world due to its stern adherence to the laws; this not only leads to a deep sense of safety but gives way to numerous opportunities, which finally culminate in peace, stability and contentment.
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Masha Allah. I agree with much of what you're saying, and am equally adamant about bringing such faulty logic to an end. The point is not to avoid knowledge because you're afraid of the realisations that may come, but to seek knowledge out to help prevent your mistakes. But the ignorance you still have, despite your genuine and uninhibited quest for knowledge must surely be forgivable? There are exceptions under the law in the case of minors and psychosis, and God is capable of being much more just than we.
Assalaam o alaikum!
Even though, i might not be the best candidate to answer, but of what i do know is that Allah judges all our actions based on our intentions. (Innamal a'amaalu binniyaat) So if we truly set out in quest of knowledge, we need to know that there will never be a point in this life where our knowledge will ever be complete. For Complete Knowledge rests with Allah alone.
For errs made while in the quest to come closer to Allah, in seeking Knowledge, Allah is Truly the Most Forgiving, The Most Kind. (Ghafoor Ur Raheem) And He Loves those who come to Him in repentance seeking His Forgiveness.
So if we've set out the right way, with our hopes in Allah, let our hopes remain firm, that as long as we keep asking, He will Guide us to true Hidaaya in sha Allah. For He loves us 70 times more than our mothers. Mothers who can't stand our sad faces, let alone our tears. AlhamduLillah
Please forgive me for any mistakes made,
Wassalaam ma-al Ikraam,
JazakAllah for your thoughtful comments. You are absolutely right… Indeed Allah is the most merciful and repeatedly forgiving. If one errs while trying (and everyone makes mistakes for no one is perfect) Allah will surely forgive any shortcomings. Allah judges intentions and takes into account all efforts. However, my focus is just on so many of our brothers and sisters who knowingly deprive themselves of knowledge just because they are afraid of submitting. For such ignorance, there will be no justification… and Allah knows best!
AlhamduLillah, May Allah guide us all to the true path, and grant us allll with hidaaya and the talab (the want) for His Deen (Islam)…
Everyone of us is in need of duaaz.
And truly. Allah Knows Best!
In the first reply to the above article Mai says wisely in my opinion that the ignorance we have despite our genuine & uninhibited quest for knowledge must surely be forgiveable.Isn't this really a summation of the human condition?One could continue by asking what then do we do with our errors of discipline or theology even.We are taught to pray and follow Allah's(swt) guidelines.But one comes accross obstacles both of knowledge and of practise.I am asked to do lots of work for others.Invariably I try to do it in respect of the teachings on paying the poor law ie. the idea of giving out of what bounty one realises Allah has given even to oneself.But doesn't it come at a price when one sees as one does here in England the whole glass of a bus stop smashed by wilful damage or say the environs of a fishing pond where migratory geese make their sojourn all its banks and waters a deposit for so much lazily left rubbish from the consumer society?.I find myself quoting my translation of the Qur'an which says '…most of them are ingrates'As much as one would wish a kindness to be passed on how can one make one's own discipline a priority when faced with the damage & disbelief around one?Inshallah, can it be done?.
Ofcourse it can in sha Allah, for struggling against the fitnah of this world is mujaahida, (Struggle against one self)
the more we face dissappointment from the world around us, the more we learn to rel only on Allah (to do tawakkal). Tawakkal was the strength that caused Musa 'alaihissalaam to not panic, and turn ONLY to Allah, when at the edge of the river, and the Pharoah's army behind him. that's Tawakkal in Allah, and Allah only strengthened it by parting a way in the river. A miracle. And that is how it works. The more we learn to believe that Allah is the Sole Entity on whom we rely on, the more firm Allah makes our belief in Him.
In ahadith,the people who do tawakkal have been described as birds, who set out in the morning, with an empty stomach in search of food, relying on Allah to provide for them, and come back satisfied.
This is where we understand that as long as we're doing whatever we can to better the situation we're in, Allah will see to the results. If it's meant to be for the better, it will happen according to our plans. If not, then Allah will surely give us something better. In either case, we are rewarded for our struggle and effort. Alhamdulillah 'ala kulli 'haal.
Please forgive me for anything wrong i might have said, for that was from me,
May Allah help us all in our struggle towards Him,
Wassalaam ma-al ikraam
These are inspiring notes that Hope has added here. I may not be so well versed in hadith and scholarly aspects of Islam, but I have read that at the time of the Prophet Muhammed,(peace be unto him,) even the then arabic speakers there who welcomed the original recitations were seen thus as converts.So there's no shame sometimes in ignorance of terms even subtleties of meaninggiven that one
may have proceeded in the morning with a work effort like a bird seeking food, and trying to
follow the precepts set out in the Qur'an. Hope's reply is like a signpost to me,and as such much appreciated. Inshallah..one can work on much encouraged.Brian Cokayne,Btockport, England
JazakAllahu Khair Brian for instigating such a thoughtful and mind provoking dialogue. Hope has indeed added much for our understanding.
Allah's kindness is beyond our comprehension. Allah promises us that His help is always near but the responsibility of taking that first crucial step is ours. Allah no doubt takes into account our intentions. It is thus out of Allah's infinite mercy that He may forgive our sins, big and small, done knowingly or unknowingly… as long as our intention is pure for Him and our efforts (according to our own capacities) are sincere… and Allah's knows best… May He accept from all of us, Ameen!
AlhamduLillah, May Allah guide us all to the true path, and grant us allll with hidaaya and the talab (the want) for His Deen (Islam)…
Everyone of us is in need of duaaz.
And truly. Allah Knows Best!
With extreme apologies, there's a correction that's needed:
Mujaahida is to struggle
one of the forms of mujaahida, then is to struggle against one's self.
Wassalaam ma'al ikraam,
Ignorance definitely isn't bliss at all. It is nowhere close to bliss. Jazaakumul Laahu khairan
Sad that followers of a prophet to whom the first verses reveled from ALLAH was to 'Read' now considers that their ignorance will save them in the hereafter.. According to them, it should be a great harm prophet did to this Ummah that he made them knowledgeable and asked them to gain it in all ways possible!
Powerful writing dear author! looking forward to read from you more!
Asa….absolutely true maira… I myself firmly believe in reading n knowing more about Quran. It simply makes ur life more beautiful n gives u the peace of mind….we shud always struggle to better ourselves n I strongly believe Allah swt will look at our efforts n our intentions….in sha Allah
Loved the article! A must forward to all my friends n family. JazakAllahu khair for sharing it with us. Please keep 'em coming. Will look forward to reading more from you inn sha Allah!!
A great and well written article. Many of us fall into this trap, but we really do have to come to our senses and acknowledge the fact that we are not going to be here forever, and that it is in the best of our interests to seek the truth and not be ignorant about it. Anyways, I really enjoyed your article. Keep up the good work and thank you for sharing.


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For this week's Poster Frenzy, we've got a wide range of posters from a wide range of films. To start, we've got yet another poster for the forthcoming Alien vs. Predator: Reqiuem. This is one movie that could become the guilty pleasure favorite of 2007. The poster pays homage to the extreme over-the-top nature of the film, although I would have liked to see them keep with the Christmas theme — maybe a wreath or a Santa cap for the Predator or something. (via IMPAwards.com)
Next up is Virgin Territory, which may appear to be a teen sex comedy starring Hayden Christensen. Then again, if you read the plot summary — "Young Florentines regale one another in the Italian countryside while the black plague decimates their city." — you find that it is a little bit of a tangent from say, American Pie. Either way, I'm interested to see what Mischa Barton is doing being that sheet… (via MoviePosterAddict.com)
And finally, we have the latest in the line of vaguely tag-lined posters from M. Night Shyamalan. The Happening is about something that invariably happens. Allegedly we knew it was coming, saw the signs and now it is really "Happening". In the end, I'm sure we will all discover that we are really already dead. (via ComingSoon.net)
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Actually, since the just-past election was decided by people casting their vote based on emotion or "feelings," I "feel" like we just elected a foreigner to the office of president.
Since his father was a full-blood Kenyan and his mother a full-blood liberal from Kansas, a foreigner could easily be deduced.
Nevertheless, we must go on; the French had to after their manufactured revolution based on feelings.
We can too, I reckon.
In a very real sense though, some of us have been disenfranchised by this election.
The Dallas paper last Thursday gave reason no. 2 for Obama winning as he "...won nearly every constituency, except for whites and older voters."
Kinda locked me and some of you in, didn't it?
Guess we'll have to learn how to roll with the punches a little better…
Whenever you get a chance, take a gander at the Red-blue map of the U.S. in this week's issue of The Ellis County Press showing the geography of the popular vote.
Talk about eye-opening!
If you were to take out the Northeast, the Rust Belt (Great Lakes area), the Left Coast and most of a thin border area with Mexico, Obama loses by the largest margin in American history.
Oh yes, you'd have to throw out, say, the ten largest cities too, in that their current demographics lends itself to voting by one's emotions.
That would include our own Dallas, Houston, Austin (of course), San Antonio and El Paso.
Abraham knew about the big cities.
That's why he didn't mind allowing Lot to choose moving his herds over Sodom and Gomorrah way while he stayed out in the country.
We still hear a lot of jokes and receive frequent jabs about the South is gonna rise again.
Well, if you will just have a closer look at that red-blue map again, the Old South is as obvious as the nose on your (mine anyway) face.
You'd have to over-look Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida this year, as the liberal-thinking Yankees have moved in and inundated those states since the era of the snow bird opened up the tide-gates for their Southern migration.
I guess they moved here just to convert us to their liberated way of thinking. No thanks.
The Yankee migration was not just about escaping the snow and bitter cold; no, much of it was about escaping dopey regulations and high taxes, especially in the Northeast.
The thing that doesn't compute in this scenario is why they haven't figured for themselves how their voting patterns brought on this condition in the first place.
Now, they bring those same flawed patterns down South and, presto, there go Virginia, North Carolina and Florida.
Voting based on emotion was not the only cause of Obama winning this election.
No, Republicans have had a nasty habit since Reagan (even before Reagan) of selecting screwy-type people to head up their ticket.
It seems if there is even a semblance of pure Christianity, Founding Father-tradition, or free enterprise system thinking attached to a candidate, he or she is shunned long before the primary election gets even close to Texas or the Old South.
Yankees and Northerners have already wrapped up the nomination before we even get a chance to lick the lead on our ballot pencil.
And it appears some of those same people, beginning with campaign staff-types are already trying to eliminate Sarah Palin before the ink dries on this year's ballots.
Sarah was the one bright spot on this year's Republican ticket and will sweep up the mess that will occur between now and 2012.
That is, if she gets the chance. The upper echelons of Republicanism, is currently "eat-up" with the stupids, if you will allow my timid (and illiterate-sounding) opinion!
My remedy for the mess those somebody else's (Blue States and Counties) got us into is very simply for Texas to secede. If so, I figure it wouldn't be long before all the rest of "them" Red States would follow on along and we'd be back in business again, doin' it the right way.
Oh, I know Honest Abe and those "reconstruction" Republicans following Appomattox Court House decided secession was unconstitutional but, bein' we rightly understand the Constitution, we could simply nullify their Yankee Blue State decidin'.
Just like before Appomattox…
Actually, the main reason Lincoln and his ilk wanted us kept in the Union in the first place was so they could over-tax and convert us to their way of thinking (which they've not been able to accomplish yet).
Over-tax us, though…yes.
Til then, may God bless America and God bless Sarah Palin.


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The Academy Awards is like Christmas for me (you think I'm kidding, but I'm not). I absolutely love seeing all of Hollywood dressed to the nines as they attend what is supposed to be the film industry's biggest night. What I would love MORE would be to actually attend it one year (life-long goal: win an Oscar), especially because this year, the presenters and nominees get a goody bag to compensate their losses. Presents AND meeting George Clooney?! Now I really wish I was going.
The gift packs include a variety of very exciting, very expensive items such as trips to Hawaii, Mexico, Australia, personal training sessions, condoms, a bottle of tequila, hand-illustrated tennis shoes, and "portion-controlled" dinnerware, a number of different spa packages, as well as a one-year membership to Heathrow airport's private VIP service. And the kids of the losing nominees are welcome to professional circus classes. (Angelina Jolie, why haven't you adopted me yet? College isn't that expensive, you can do it.) The goodies are worth up to $45,000. All they're missing is a dinner date with Ryan Gosling as one of the prize packages and they'd be all set.
Though not associated with the Academy of Motion Pictures and Science, the prize packages the losing nominees will receive are all apart of the Academy's efforts to revamp the award show, starting with the name change.
And henceforth, you shall be known as "the Oscars."
The Academy announced that it's giving its brand a makeover. Since its first broadcast in 1928, the Oscars have been known officially by its annual numbered title (this year would technically be the "85th Annual Academy Awards"). The show will now be referred to by its more informal term "the Oscars," named after the gold-plated statue.
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Real estate, more specifically, Panamanian real estate - a subject literally hundreds of thousands of people around the world are paying attention to, at least in some degree or another. Real estate markets in the United States and parts of Europe are slowing down, but for some apparently inexplicable reason, Panama continues to chug away quite nicely.
This article examines the current state of affairs as a Panama news story - what's going on right now in the Panama real estate market. Here I'm focusing primarily on the changing demographic of real estate clients and buyers as compared to two years ago. In addition I make a weak attempt to predict the future and what the market might look like two years down the road. (more)
Historically Tight Economic Connections to the USA: For more than a century there was an exceptionally tight connection between the fortunes of the Republic of Panama and the United States of America. Panama was created as a nation, in no small part, because the USA wanted to build the Panama Canal. From its birth in 1903 to 1999 Panama was little more than a territory or protectorate of the United States. There's a saying in Panamanian Spanish that "when the US catches a cold, Panama gets the flu." Any economic downturn or recession in the United States was generally felt in Panama, only in a more pronounced manner because the Panamanian economy is, relative to the United States, tiny.
Recent Diversification: The Torrijos-Carter treaty of 1977 was fully implemented at 12:00 noon on 31 December 1999, turning full and complete control of the entirety of the Isthmus of Panama to the control of the Panamanian government for the first time in history. Besides the obvious effects on the ground - the withdrawal of all US military forces from Panamanian soil and the handing of the Panama Canal over to Panamanian control - there was a more subtle, unexpected consequence of the implementation of that treaty. Panama is now seen as a truly unique, sovereign, and independent nation, rather than a "Banana Republic," territory, or protectorate of the United States of America. As a result, investors from around the world are now more willing to put their money to work in Panama because of the greatly reduced US influence here.
Booming Skyline: Unless you've spent the last few years under a rock you know there's an ongoing real estate boom in Panama that started in about mid-2004 or so. We can quibble over when the boom started, but for practical purposes the money started flowing in concurrent with the start of the administration of Panama's current President Martin Torrijos.
Torrijos was elected on a "zero corruption" platform, a reflection of the disgust among Panamanians over the outright abuses of power of the outgoing administration of Mireya Moscoso. The centerpiece of the Torrijos strategy was to expand the Panama Canal, and in order to do that they were going to have to get their domestic monetary house in order, which they did. Again, almost as an unexpected consequence, the real estate boom followed along shortly thereafter. Torrijos started out with the intent of expanding the Panama Canal, and by laying down the prerequisite economic base, they (rather unintentionally) created a virtual gold rush of real estate investment.
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Most investors and developers spent the year putting together deals and hawking new projects, and for the most part they could not believe their eyes. 160 apartments selling out in a new building at one trade show - it was almost too good to be true. In fact, it was. Now, two years later, rising costs of fuel, labor, and raw materials have squeezed profit margins for those guys who sold the entire building at "pre-construction" prices. A few (like the Ice Tower) decided it would make more sense to just tear up the plans and return money to everyone, rather than go through with the plan and to construct the building for a new loss.
Construction crane, that is. There are now more than 200 projects in some state of completion scattered around Panama City. Most of these projects are being managed be smart developers who have now figured out the math. You have to sell about 45% of the apartments at pre-construction prices (discounts) in order to secure financing. Banks want to see signed sales contracts as a guarantee before they pony up the several millions of dollars you're going to be needing to build the building. Then, once construction actually starts and the cranes come out of the ground, the value (measured in price per square meter) starts to rise. Once the building is complete, those few apartments still available for sale are worth practically twice as much as an identical apartment sold two or three years prior at pre-construction.
Right, with all of that as preamble, where are we today? The next big thing in the Panamanian real estate market will be the delivery of inventory - all of those 200+ buildings under construction will start to be finished and delivered. Some buyers will be needing financing to close, others will pay cash, and others (investors and speculators) will place those properties on the market to flip them for a profit.
Too Many to Track: There are so many projects under construction that keeping track of them all would be a full time job - and in reality no one is trying. Each individual builder or promoter is just worried about their project. Each individual buyer limits themselves to worrying about what they have purchased. No one is tracking the whole picture very well, including the Government of Panama. Considering the scope and importance of the issue, one would think they would be doing a better job of it, but they are not.
Economic Downturn in the US: Without a doubt the tightening of the economy in the United States, and particularly the problems and complications within the US real estate market, have definitely had an impact on the Panamanian real estate market. The ratios of "who is buying" have changed.
"More Europeans" According to Stuart Jackson Greatbanks of GSL Real Estate, "where two years ago only about 5% of our clients were from Europe, that number has easily doubled." Stuart says the shrinking numbers of buyers from the USA have more than been replaced by newly interested buyers from Europe. "The weakening of the US dollar means anyone holding British Pounds or Euros has a significant advantage in the Panamanian real estate market, which is based on the US dollar," he said.
How Much Of A Change? Alright, I can understand that, but how much of a shift is there really when you do the math? When you look at it the numbers are astounding. Two years ago one Euro was worth approximately $1.25 in US dollars. Today, two years later, that same Euro is now worth $1.55 - that's a 25% increase in just two years.
The effect on the ground in Panama can be astounding - an apartment costing $200,000 US dollars effectively costs 25% less, or $150,000 to a European, making the Panamanian real estate market incredibly attractive. Tack on the fact that real estate in Europe is generally overpriced as it is, and all of a sudden European buyers are starting to notice that Panama exists. Copa and KLM have teamed up to start non-stop service from Amsterdam to Panama City, meaning that most Europeans can now fly into Panama from almost anywhere with just one stop.
The Changing Buyer Demographic: According to Lucy Haines from Panama Realtor, "There's no doubt that we are seeing a shift in the demographics of our customers and clients - we are seeing more Europeans in general and particularly more buyers from England and Spain." She pointed out that the people who are coming to Panama from Europe seem to be more interested in starting businesses that are not necessarily related to the Real Estate market. "Many of our US buyers were looking for opportunities to buy land in order to build a real estate development or community, while the European buyers are coming to Panama and opening businesses, and many times those businesses are more oriented towards providing different kinds of services to the Panamanian economy and not so much focused just on the real estate market."
Picking Up the Slack: Lucy added that "without a doubt, new buyers from other parts of the world are making up for any reduction in interest from US buyers. Clients from the USA are still our #1 customer, and sales to those clients remain strong, but we are now starting to see interest from places that we had not anticipated - India, for example." She added that there is now a lot more to choose from with regards to the overall offering available to potential buyers. And overall, they continue to see a growth in sales, rather than a decline.
"More Picky and Cost Conscious" According to Scott Wilson from Fabrege Developments, "our buyers now seem to be coming from Venezuela, Argentina, Canada, Russia, Spain and the UK. We see some interest from the US but now its minimal." Scott described now, overall, interest seems to be shifting away from Panama City and moving more toward the beaches and mountain properties. With regards to the impact on US buyers on the Panamanian real estate market, Scott said that "now US buyers are looking at the less expensive properties." He credits the falling value of the US dollar as giving a big advantage to buyers from Europe - "Everyone else has a big advantage because the US dollar is so much cheaper from a foreign exchange standpoint; individuals from other countries are finding that Panama is a better deal because they can get more for their money now than they could two years ago."
Scott confirmed what others in the Panamanian real estate market are saying, that the bottom line remains solid, but the overall market and demographics of buyers are changing, and that sales from buyers from other parts of the world are effectively replacing the falloff or reductions from US buyers. "US buyers now tend to be more picky and cost conscious - people no longer feel the need to buy in Punta Pacifica, and to a certain extent the retail prices in Panama City have risen to a price point where people, and especially US buyers, are starting to look elsewhere." Lucky for Panama, there is a diversity of types of property being offered in this market to include city, beach, and mountain properties, and without a doubt the demand for city properties is not as high as it was two years ago.
Scott added "from a supply standpoint and from a marketplace demand standpoint, there is much more beach property, and particularly beach condos that are both available now and that will be available in the near future than there were two years ago. There are at least two dozen new developments going in along both the Pacific and Caribbean coasts that are attracting buyers to Panama, and those properties were not being offered for sale two years ago."
That's About What I Thought: In talking to all these guys, they pretty much confirmed what I already suspected. The Panamanian real estate market is still relatively healthy. The demographics of the buyers is changing somewhat, and there's a significant shift toward European buyers as a result of the falling US dollar against the Euro.
US buyers are still coming, but they are just not as anxious to buy a condominium in Panama city, both due to rising prices and the effects of the economy back home on their decision making processes. In many cases retirees who are looking to Panama as a potential retirement destination will have to sell off their existing home in the US before they make that move, and tightness within the US economy, and particularly the US real estate market, is giving them practical reasons for pause. But even still, buyers from the "rest of the world" are more than picking up the slack.
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Kelsey Grammer isn't doing his best to win any father of the year awards. A while back he caught some bad press after he and wife Kayte took their baby daughter Faith Evangeline Elisa to a party at the Playboy Mansion. Now TMZ has caught the two driving off from LAX without having their little one buckled into a car seat.
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Kelsey Grammer has been talking more about his ex-wife and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Camille Grammer after their marriage than he did when they were together. It seems like every interview is his chance at trying to make her look bad after his affair with now-wife Kayte Walsh.
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