Flushing, NY

The accident happened at 12:30 in midnight. A car was smashed into a cape house on Horace Harding Expressway in Kew Garden Hills (Also known as Flushing) with zip 11367.

In Chinese Feng Shui, it is said a house�facing a road perpendicular�is not good (A long knife pointing to�the heart); also a curve road with the road curved toward the house (A curve knife cutting the waist). I am not superstitious, but do believe the wisdom in a scientific way.

The House can be showed as example. The house is on 61st Road facing North, Exit Ramp from Long Island Expressway is about 45 degress toward the house, cars come out the ramp have to curve left to avoid�hitting straight�to the house. Houses with such criteria will just have higher rate of accident.

As a New York Feng Shui Consultant, I am often asked ONE question: Does my home need to look like a Chinese Restaurant? It's a common misconception with Feng Shui and I tell them absolutely not.

When making suggestions for any changes necessary, I always seek to work not only with a Client's budget but their style as well. Quite often nothing needs to show at ALL and some of the Feng Shui "remedies" we use are common objects such as lights or plants.

Still, I wouldn't be honest with my client's if I didn't pass along a story and leave the decision up to THEM about whether or not to use this one thing. Some find it funny, some take it seriously but in almost all cases my clients report back that they have purchased one and used it---and have had good results.

Val Allocco first wrote about this about this long ago-the blog dates back to 2007 and was an account of our attempts to find a "Lucky Cat" in Flushing, New York.

My Quest for the 'Lucky Cat'

We did and at first we found the results funny....she had set her cat up prior to me and called me the next morning. She had received two jobs just that morning.

We laughed about the "power" of the Lucky Cat. A few days later, I set mine up to "beckon" in the good, new Energy from the front door. And that very day I myself got three Feng Shui Consultations. Neither one of us are without our Lucky Cats now and we don't laugh at them anymore---EVER!

In Feng Shui Offices, make your new space your OWN.

I do mention this to my clients because I don't believe it's a coincidence. I believe I am solely responsible for a HUGE increase in Lucky Cat sales : ) Do they look odd, out of place, absolutely ridiculous? Maybe. Do my clients use them? Absolutely!

Here is a recheck of an office still undergoing changes....this was taken after warming up the space with a beautiful yellow color and if you look down in the right hand corner, you'll see it---her Lucky Cat. They're NOT just for homes!

Do YOU Believe in the Lucky Cat?

If YOU try one, face it toward the Front Door. If that's not possible and you do a lot of work on your computer, have it facing your computer...and don't be surprised if your phone starts ringing.

Btw, I heard from Val recently. She's put her heart and soul into her business and it's doing VERY well.....as she wrote in her email "Be careful what you wish for."

http://www.FengShuiLI.com

**Carole Provenzale has been a Certified Feng Shui Consultant since 1997 and is the Founder of Feng Shui Long Island and New York Along with Feng Shui Consultant Laura Cerrano, on site Feng Shui Consultations are provided for New York City, Queens and all of Long Island.

It was on Robinson St between Cherry Ave & 45 Ave in Flushing.

I don't know how it happened, it was a clam day, no strong wind.

One of the car-owners live in Kissena Co-op which I sold a lot of units there. The old lady recognised me and asked me if I could take some pictures for her to show insurance company. I took some pictures and emailed to her son right after I went back to office.

Kissena Co-op is a nice co-op. The monthly maintenance includes electricity, gas, water, heat and real estate tax. The building is 6-stories, with elevators, laundry room, sitting area, garage and parking lot. Subway, buses, supermarkets and Downtown Flushing are all just minutes away.

It is located at 138-25 31st Drive (Linden Towers Section No 2) - 1 bedrooms 1 bath about 700 square feet.

Sold for $145,000 in Apr, 2009.

Linden Towers Co-op is a 6-stories building built in 1953.

The building is located on 31st Drive between 138th St and 140th St.

The monthly maintenance Fee $439 includes electric, gas, water, heat and real estate tax.

There is a management office on the premises.

This is our third Club Chaos Eye Candy event where we run parallel but dueling contests: ONE for PHOTOGRAPHY (APR-ECP04) and ONE for VIDEO (APR-ECV04). As previously stated, we are looking for your very best eye candy ladies and gentlemen and we want you to submit quality work worthy of a featured post.

Club Chaos will be hosting this Active Rain Contest with a little help from our friends, so please pay attention to what is mandatory and what is optional. As requested, we rotated some of the groups and have introduced Fraishe Aire and PAWS into the mix.

Each member has a choice of entering one or both contests. 200 points awarded per contest entry. If the work submitted is selected for placement, the 200 entry points will be rolled into the winning point spread. Contestants may only post one link for each selected media a candidate decides to work in (e.g. you can not posts two entries for photography or two for video, but you can post an AR Blog link for one contest category each.)

The panel consists of 5 judges: Debe Maxwell (NC), Melody Botting (TX), Amanda Hall (TX), Cindy Tsui (NY) and Carolyn Tann-Starr (NY).

Members choosing to participate must design and publish their original content specifically for Localism.com. "Members Only" posts are prohibited from entry. All entries must be PG-13 Rated.

Active Rain Channel: "Club Chaos Eye Candy" has been created for your entries.

CONTEST RULES:

Section 1. [A] Participants must join the Active Rain group "LOCAL HISTORY." [B] All contest banter must remain PG-13. Do not post inappropriate photographs in the comment sections. [C] We will only accept Localism.com blog links.

Section 2. [A] Participants must post contest submission(s) in the group "LOCAL HISTORY" and two of the following 5 other groups: (1) Fraiche Aire (public); (2) Diary of a Realtor (public); (3) Whacked (public); (4) Positive Attitude For The Weary Soul (public) and (5) Club Chaos (by invitation only: current members). You must post your contest submission links in the comment section of this official contest post in order for your post(s) to be judged and added to the blog post roll.

Section 3. You must post your contest submission(s) in Localism.com for failing to do so disqualifies you. This is a very important point so I will say it again: FAILING TO DO SO DISQUALIFIES YOU... The contest judges are prohibited from entering as panel members but may participate in other events they are not actively judging, including future CC Eye Candy contests.

Note: 1. Every entry must be original content created by the participant.

2. Submissions must be titled "Club Chaos Eye Candy" and tagged to separate the contest entries. Meta Tags: Club Chaos Eye Candy APRECP04 (Photography Eye Candy) Club Chaos Eye Candy APRECV04 (Video Eye Candy).

3. Failing to use the appropriate Meta Tags to identify your contest submissions will result in your contest points not being awarded. Failing to publish the appropriate AR-Localism links in the comment section of this OFFICIAL CONTEST post will result in your creation not being reviewed and no points will be awarded.

4. Minimum Post Requirements: 150 words and 5 Photographs and/or 150 words/narrative and one 1.5 minute video. (It would be nice if you would act like you were writing for a feature, but 150 words will do. It isn't the quantity, it's the quality!)

5. Do not combine two entries on one post. Do not exceed 5 minutes with your video submission. Do not include music unless (a) you own the copyright or (b) have written permission from the rights owner to use their music (I will spot check if you do). Do not include any television or radio transmissions or visuals in the background of your videos. Do not trespass on any property to complete your project.

2000 points for 1st Place in Photography, 2000 points for 1st Place in Video.

1500 points for 2ndPlace in Photography, 1500 points for 2nd Place in Video.

1000 points for 3rd Place in Photography, 1000 points for 3rd Place in Video.

500 points for 4th Place in Photography, 500 points for 4th Place in Video.

Each contest entry: 200 points. WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON 05/05/2009

Sat May 2nd UPDATE: LOCALSIM.com went down Saturday night and I have received several e-mails that candidates can't post their links or their work is missing (e.g. error page about the page being moved). We're extending the contest date to Midnight Sunday, May 3, 2009. We do not penalize people for technical difficulties and will not entertain a single complaint regarding this extension. If you post the Localism.com contest link by midnight tomorrow (AR clock controlling) the contest entry will be accepted.

Photography

Celeste "Sally" Cheeseman

William James Walton Sr

Robert Hammerstein

Liz Moras

Gary Woltal

Jeff Dowler

Donna Bigda

Heather Chavez

John Novak

JaneAnne

Connie Harvey

Laura Giannotta

Silvia Dukes

Frank & Sharon Alters

Lisa Hill

Richard Weisser

Kari A. Battaglia

Linda Bourgault

Erik Hitzelberger

Video

William James Walton Sr

Celeste "Sally" Cheeseman

Sally Dunbar

Richard Weisser

Donna Bigda

THE WINNERS ARE:

2000 points for 1st Place in Photography: JOHN NOVAK

2000 points for 1st Place in Video: SALLY DUNBAR

1500 points for 2nd Place in Photography: FRANK & SHARON ALTERS

1500 points for 2nd Place in Video: DONNA BIGDA

1000 points for 3rd Place in Photography: JEFF DOWLER

1000 points for 3rd Place in Video: CELESTE SALLY CHEESEMAN

500 points for 4th Place in Photography: (WE HAVE A TIE) HEATHER CHAVEZ and CELESTE SALLY CHEESEMAN

500 points for 4th Place in Video: RICHARD WEISSER