By Liz Vaccariello, Editor-in-Chief, Prevention

Weight loss requires two things: burning calories through exercise and cutting them through smart food choices and portion control. In theory, you could create a calorie deficit by spending hours at the gym, but that’s not realistic-or much fun. And who wants to live on lettuce leaves? Instead, try these seven everyday moves to drop pounds effortlessly.

1. Fidget
James Levine, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, has spent a decade studying the role that everyday movement, or NEAT (nonexercise activity thermogenesis), plays in metabolism. His discovery: People who tap their feet, prefer standing to sitting, and generally move around a lot burn up to 350 more calories a day than those who sit still. That adds up to nearly 37 pounds a year!

2. Keep most meals under 400 calories
Study after study recommends spacing out your meals at regular intervals and keeping them all about the same size. Eating meals at regular intervals has been linked to greater calorie burning after eating, better response to insulin, and lower fasting blood cholesterol levels. When you eat regular meals throughout the day, you’re less likely to become ravenous and overeat.
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Only 4,500 pupils out of 46,318 applicants will join Form Four boarding schools in February.

Education director-general Tan Sri Alimuddin Mohd Dom said the names of successful applicants would be announced on Friday, 15 January 2010.

“The details will be posted on the ministry’s website, www.moe.gov.my while unsuccessful pupils can file their appeals online via e-rayuan,” he said in a statement on Friday.

He said the appeal can be filed from 15 January till 8 February but the number of vacant places would only be known after the boarding school registration on 2 February 2010.

A total of 28,188 of 46,318 applicants are PMR candidates that scored A in every subject in the examination.

Source : BERNAMA

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Only 6,600 pupils out of 95,286 applicants will join form one boarding schools in January.

Education director-general Tan Sri Alimuddin Mohd Dom said the names of successful applicants would be announced on Wednesday, 23 December 2009.

“The details will be posted on the ministry’s website, www.moe.gov.my while unsuccessful pupils can file their appeals online via e-rayuan,” he said in a statement on Tuesday.

He said the appeal can be filed from 23 December till 12 January but the number of vacant places would only be known after the boarding school registration on 11 January 2010.

A total of 48,171 of 517,908 Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) candidates scored A in every subject this year.

Source : BERNAMA

More local education information at ePutra.

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Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) school leavers and those with equivalent qualifications applying for admission to public institutions of higher learning (IPTA) for the 2011/2011 academic session are required to do so online.

The application will be implemented in two phases with phase one started on Nov 2 till Dec 31 while the second phase from Feb 2 to 12pm on March 30, said the Higher Education Ministry in a statement on Saturday.

It said the application would be divided into four phases for SPM 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 school leavers, those with equivalent qualifications and repeat certificates.

The applications are to be sent to http://upu.mohe.gov.my.
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The results of the 2009 Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) examination will be announced on Dec 24, Director-General of Education Datuk Alimuddin Mohd Dom said today.

Students can obtain the results from their schools from 10am on that day while private candidates will receive theirs by mail, he said in a statement.

A total of 475,182 candidates sat for the examination.

Source : BERNAMA

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Missing private investigator P. Balasubramaniam has claimed in a video clip that he was offered RM5 million to retract his statutory declaration that linked Datuk Seri Najib Razak to murdered Mongolian model Altantuya Shaaribuu, reigniting allegations that the prime minister has vehemently denied.

Balasubramaniam’s claims were aired in an undated 88-second video clip today hosted by the Malaysia-Today.net website whose main contributor is the fugitive blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin. The first statutory declaration (SD) was also put up with the video clip.

"Deepak actually came to see me because he want me to retract my first SD… After that he offered me RM5 million for me to retract the SD," Balasubramaniam said in the video clip, referring to a person whom Raja Petra says is linked to Najib’s wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.

Balasubramaniam, a former police officer, disappeared with his family on July 4, 2008 after making a second SD that overturned the first declaration. His location remains unknown until now.

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