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If you like shopping, Thailand is the ultimate destination. In addition to shopping malls filled with international brand name products, there are many boutiques featuring the works of Thai designers who have created some distinctly Thai fashion. From the boutiques of Siam Square to the Emporium Department store, designer clothing from Thai designers is making an impact on the fashion world and can be a unique souvenir for stylish travelers.
Thakoon Panichgul was born in Thailand before he immigrated to the United States at the age of 11. After growing up in Oklahoma, Panichgul relocated to Boston to study business and later became a fashion writer in New York. In 2004 he created his own label, Thakoon, which is distinctly feminine and fuses youthful and sporty qualities. While his wares are available to everyone at the finest outlets, including Barneys, they have also been picked up by the most celebrated women around the globe, including first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama.
Disaya Prokobsantisukh, who attended the prestigious Central Saint Martins College of Fashion and Design in the UK, had worked with John Galliano prior to creating her own unique style, which has been called eccentric and yet elegant and is deeply inspired by London, her adopted hometown. Disaya launched her fashion career with a lingerie label, Boudoir by Disaya, which was first presented at Elle Fashion Week in 2004. Disaya has since expanded her line to include ready-to-wear clothing and costume jewelry that have been adorned by superstars Jennifer Lopez and Any Winehouse.
Phisit Jongnarangsin is a graduate of Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University, where he is occasionally a guest lecturer describing his experiences in the fashion world, including the organization of such fashion events as the 2006 Bangkok Fashion Week and the Tube Gallery, of which he was co-founder.
Pim Sukhahuta began her design career alongside her two sisters in 2002. Their label "Sretsis" reflects this partnership as the name is literally "Sisters" spelled backwards. The Sretsis label is both girly and glitzy, but features designs that are classy and minimalist at the same time. Pim studied at the prestigious Parsons School of Design in New York and quickly became a creative, young Thai fashion designer whose 2008 collection fused influences from the contemporary world with ideas from her own boundless imagination. In particular, Pim recently made use of digital printing made famous by one of Thailand's most renowned illustrators, O-Terawat Teenprasit. Sretsis showrooms are in located in Bangkok (Siam Paragon, Central Chidlom, Emporium and Gayson Plaza), New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and Sydney.
Mollika Ruangkritya is an instrumental Thai fashion designer with the Thai brand Kloset, which recently blended masculinity and femininity to create ladies-wear that highlights the tender side of women while taking inspiration from 50's style rock and roll.
Chanita Preechawitayakul is a Thai designer for Senada, a popular Thai label that appeals to young and enthusiastic women who appreciate fashion design from around the world.


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Barb Hunt
root dress, 1994–1995
203.2 x 114.3 cm
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Acquired with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance Program/Oeuvre achetée avec l'aide du programme d'aide aux acquisitions du Conseil des Arts du Canada and with funds from The Winnipeg Art Gallery Foundation Inc.
Sculpture, Canadian Contemporary (1980-present)
Root Dress is part meditation on the motif of the dress and part landscape. In her artistic practice, Barb Hunt investigates cultural preconceptions and how notions of gender are constructed. In particular, she attempts to reveal and recuperate the "feminine," which historically has been discredited as minor or irrelevant by male-dominated culture. Clothing is strongly associated with the masculine or the feminine in society. The hard, durable steel of this work and its anchored form confound associations of dresses with soft cloth and fluidity, which in turn questions assumptions based on gender. Using images from nature and forms historically connected with femininity, Hunt weaves both contradictions and correlations between material, image, and process to unearth diverse visions of identity.
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Both my father and father-in-law (and his father) were master tool and die makers who made excellent tools and decent livings over the course of their careers. I chose not to follow in their footsteps, but rather, to go to engineering and design school instead. However, I consider tool making to be a noble profession and one that has contributed immensely to the quality of our lives for many years and will continue to do so for many years to come.
With all the news we continue to hear today about product design, engineering, and manufacturing increasingly being outsourced in every direction away from North America, surprisingly little coverage seems to be given to the heart of product manufacturing, namely, tooling and tool making.
Although most of our readers are obviously manufacturing-savvy, let's first define what we mean by "tooling," because it's often a misunderstood term by those outside manufacturing. Simply put, tooling entails the tools, machines, or other devices required to manufacture products – everything from car fenders to detergent bottles. The two most prominent groups of toolmakers are die makers whose tools stamp out metal parts, and mold makers whose tools mold plastic parts.
Beginning a long time ago, the huge transportation market (primarily automotive) still dominates the tooling industry. Because the automotive sector is rapidly outsourcing as much of its manufacturing overseas, it becomes very clear why tool and die makers, especially the family-owned small ones with five to 100 employees have suffered the most. It's estimated that approximately 60% of stamping dies and 40% of plastic molds are used directly or indirectly by automakers worldwide, so it's no wonder the smaller tool shops are bearing the brunt of offshore outsourcing. This offshore outsourcing has cost a huge number of tooling jobs in North America, according to estimates from several sources.
Historically, toolmakers and machinists have been among the most highly skilled and highest paid trades in the manufacturing world, but also people who provided among the highest value-added services on or near the manufacturing floor. Although some would argue that technologically enhanced professions are just as valuable, a good toolmaker/machinist is still a true asset and value-added provider today. If nothing else, these toolmakers have been instrumental in the quality level and success of manufacturing in North America for 200+ years.
As if offshore outsourcing weren't enough of a problem, there is also the problem of money. Let's face it, tools are expensive to make and toolmakers generally don't get paid until a job is complete. In fact, many toolmakers are forced to wait for months to be paid until the customer is satisfied with the quality of parts that a tool is producing. During this period, however, toolmakers' bills must still be paid to keep their businesses running. This payment lag also can make it difficult for toolmakers to obtain bank loans to either allow toolmakers to grow their businesses, or merely keep them afloat until payment is finally received.
So what does this all mean and where is it all going? Is there a direction or solution for tool makers? That's what we'll discuss next time.


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Some children may lose autism diagnosis with age, gov't study finds
Some children diagnosed with autism in early childhood may no longer have the disorder as they grow older, according to research funded by the National Institutes of Health.
"Although the diagnosis of autism is not usually lost over time, the findings suggest that there is a very wide range of possible outcomes," said Dr. Thomas R. Insel, NIMH director, said in a press release. "For an individual child, the outcome may be knowable only with time and after some years of intervention."
Autism spectrum disorders are a group of developmental disorders that cause behavioral, social and communication problems. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate one in 88 children have an ASD.
The new study looked at 34 children between 8 and 21 who had an "optimal outcome," meaning they were diagnosed with autism earlier in life but functioned normally compared to their peers later on. These subjects were matched by age, sex, and nonverbal IQ with 44 children with high-functioning autism and an additional 34 typically developing peers.
The researchers reviewed their initial diagnoses to make sure they were accurate and enlisted a second diagnostic expert, who didn't know the child's status, to review reports where the initial diagnosis had been removed.
What they discovered was the "optimal outcome" children had milder social problems than those in the high-functioning autism group in early childhood. Verbal IQ of "optimal outcome" children were slightly higher than high-functioning autism individuals. However when it came to communication and behavioral problems, there were similarities to the high-functioning subjects.
The researchers then examined all the subjects using standard cognitive tests and parent questionnaires. The "optimal outcome" children were all in regular education classes with no special education aimed at autism. The whole group showed no signs of problems with language, face recognition, communication, and social interaction.
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Researchers cannot speculate which percentage of children will outgrow their ASD, but they are hoping that through the research they gathered they can see whether the diagnosis changed because brain function normalized or the brain was able to make up for autism-related deficiencies.
"All children with ASD are capable of making progress with intensive therapy, but with our current state of knowledge most do not achieve the kind of optimal outcome that we are studying," study author Deborah Fein, a professor at the Department of Psychology at University of Connecticut, said in a press release. "Our hope is that further research will help us better understand the mechanisms of change so that each child can have the best possible life."
The study published Jan. 16 in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Researchers are also looking at which therapies led to the most success. Fein told HealthDay she believed behavioral treatments were the most likely to result in an "optimal outcome." However, even for children that lose the diagnosis, she said that parents should not stop therapy "prematurely" since these children are still at risk for attention problems and anxiety.
"But I want to point out that this is the result of years of hard work," she added. "This is not anything that happens overnight. I would say that at minimum we're talking about two to three years of intensive therapy to produce this outcome, but it could also be five years. It's variable.
"This is the first solid science to address this question of possible recovery, and I think it has big implications," added Dr. Sally Ozonoff of the MIND Institute at the University of California, Davis, who was not involved in the study, to the New York Times. "I know many of us as would rather have had our tooth pulled than use the word 'recover,' it was so unscientific. Now we can use it, though I think we need to stress that it's rare."
But, other experts warned that parents shouldn't get their hopes up that their child will outgrow their diagnosis.
"This study is looking at a small sample of high functioning people with autism and we would urge people not to jump to conclusions about the nature and complexity of autism, as well its longevity," Dr. Judith Gould, director of the National Autistic Society's Lorna Wing Centre for Autism, told the BBC. "With intensive therapy and support, it's possible for a small sub-group of high functioning individuals with autism to learn coping behaviors and strategies which would 'mask' their underlying condition and change their scoring in the diagnostic tests used to determine their condition in this research."


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by Trevor Kuss, sports information assistant
HICKORY, N.C. – The No. 7-seed Georgia College softball team (37-15) came up successful on its trip to the NCAA Southeast Subregional for the first time since 2009, taking on host and No. 2-seed Lenoir-Rhyne University (35-15). The Bobcats started off the 2013 tournament with a bang, scoring multiple runs in innings four times and defeating the Bears by a score of 10-1.
The Bobcats got on the board early, scoring three runs in the top of the first inning. Freshman Taylor Campbell (Warner Robbins, Ga.) supplied the highlight with her third home run of the year, scoring Whitney Okvist (Kennesaw, Ga.) and Abi LeRoy (Dubin, Ga.).
Senior Dani Gallucci (Orlando, Fla.) continued her impressive final campaign, scattering seven hits and only allowing one unearned run. The Bears pushed a run across in the bottom of the first, but Gallucci allowed just one runner past second base over the final six innings.
"After the first inning I settled in and was feeling really good," said Gallucci. "I was hitting my spots really well and just felt really comfortable out there."
While Gallucci held the Bears in check after the first inning, the Bobcat offense continued to put runs on the board, scoring multiple runs in the third, sixth and seventh innings.
Gallucci helped drive the offense also, finishing the game 3-for-4, scoring a run and knocking in three, highlighted by a two-run home run in the top of the seventh.
Campbell finished the game 2-for-3 with three RBI and LeRoy was 1-for-3 at the plate while knocking in two.
The Bobcats bats tallied 12 hits, four walks, and had another two runners reach via error.
"I'm really proud of our team," said head coach Jamie Grodecki. "Sometimes we don't always know who's going to have the big hit, but we seem to have someone come through. We always win as a team."
The Bobcats return to the field tomorrow, May 10 at 2 p.m. when they take on No. 6-seed Anderson University who took down No. 3-seed University of North Georgia earlier Saturday, 7-2.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Video: David Brancaccio spends some time at Hour Exchange Portland.
Fixing the Future is a one-hour PBS special, developed in collaboration with YES! Magazine, that profiles people and communities using innovative approaches to create jobs and build sustainable prosperity in our new economy.
In this segment, host David Brancaccio visits with members Hour Exchange Portland, a time bank that allows people to swap their goods and services equally.
- : David Korten and David Brancaccio discuss what economic transformation has to do with building stronger, happier communities.
- : When dollars are scarce, timebanks help neighbors swap skills, instead.
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With their brightly painted doors and exquisitely carved wooden letter boxes, there is something surreal about the miniature dwellings built into the green hills and rolling pastures on farmland in Matamata, some 50 miles north-west of Rotorua.
Here, then, is Hobbiton, a fully fledged recreation of the picture-postcard homestead of Bilbo Baggins and his fellow hobbits and the holy grail for all true devotees of the book.
With much of the opening sequences of the first film taking place in and around Bilbo's splendid Bag End home, this particular set was expanded considerably and has become a key attraction on the Tolkien fan tourist trail.
I saw it in glorious sunshine – a vision of loveliness evoking Tolkien's idealised image of an older, prettier England as it might have appeared in the 1700s.
Fellow visitors marvelled at the meticulous attention to detail and the realism of everything – down to the mini wheelbarrows and beehives in and around the toy-town-like hobbit holes (designed, after all, to accommodate creatures that are only 3ft 6in tall).
"Here we are standing on the party field where Bilbo Baggins celebrated his eleventy first [111st] birthday," declared Ian Brodie, my guide to Hobbiton and a bestselling author and expert on the 158 locations used for the Lord of the Rings films. "Looking up the hill past the thatched roofs, hedgerows and honeysuckle of old England, we see Bilbo's magnificent residence, Bag End."
I wasn't able to go inside ("Don't worry, all will be revealed," said Brodie), but did find myself admiring the craftsmanship and beauty of the setting.
"New Zealand is Middle-earth as Tolkien imagined it," enthused Brodie. "The grass really is greener here; the sky bluer. Use your imagination and any part of New Zealand can be Middle-earth."
Imagination – and a spirit of adventure. Bilbo Baggins, after all, was initially reluctant to embark on his life-changing escapade (admittedly of a more hazardous kind than most), but in the end he put his aversion to risk to one side and said yes. And we will soon be finding out where that led him.


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Reminder to watch your shooting stance
No matter how long you've been on the job its always good to reflect on the basics that make your performance its best. Firearms Instructor Lou Ann Hamblin explores some of the essentials of proper stance to improve your accuracy on every shot in the following tactical training tip. For more information, be sure to check out the related PoliceOneTV video: Shooting Stance with Lou Ann Hamblin


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by Hugh Gilmore
This one's for all the little people out there who want to write a book someday and need a pep talk to get them started. And it's for all those medium-sized people who have written a book but haven't been able to get it published.
Oh, and it's also for all those big old souls who've written a book, published it, and now bob up and down in the chop, hoping the tide carries them ashore. Remember folks, all of you: We're all parts of the same jetsam, and if it weren't for us there'd be nothing lining the harbors but water, just water.
And there's already plenty enough of that in our bays and rivers and estuaries. So, keep a sense of identity. Keep your head above water and float with me for a while. Easy does it.
Where was I? Yes: This time last year, despite years of trying, I had nothing to show for my writing but desk drawers that were hard to open because I'd stuffed large quantities of hopes and dreams in them. The thought of raking leaves and cleaning gutters and chopping firewood appealed more to me than sitting at my desk trying to unburden my soul by typing words onto a computer screen.
"The heck with it," I said in a moment of raging defiance.
I was with my friend, the Mt. Airy poet Lynn Hoffman at the time. He lifted my beer and put it back on the coaster and looked me square in the eye and said, "You'd be a fool after writing all that stuff if you didn't at least publish it yourself as an e-book." He said it takes about an hour, costs nothing and gives you a feeling of accomplishment.
"If you don't know how to format your document," he told me, "I'll give you the name of the lady who formatted mine. Otherwise, stop complaining."
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm here to tell you that that was then and this … well, this is now. If we were standing before a plush purple curtain, I'd clap my hands and have the curtains pulled wide to reveal a dazzling array of publications written by me and now available to the world at large.
Lacking such a curtain and the union-required minimum number of stagehands, I'll instead invite you to turn on your computers, smart phones, tablets and all other e-devices and dial up Amazon.com. At Amazon.com, type "Hugh Gilmore Books" in the search bar. Where last year I had nothing to show, this year you will find five publications. Five! Where there were none. Before.
I'm not bragging – though I am proud. The sight of that many book icons on Amazon is almost as satisfying as having raked together a huge pile of leaves. Actually, I think there are seven icons. The reason is that two of the works I published last year as Kindle e-books I also arranged to publish as print paperbacks. (I did that through CreateSpace.com and chronicled the process in occasional articles published in the Local during 2011 and 2012.)
Details: My major work was a "whydunit"-type mystery story called "Malcolm's Wine." This story had plenty of sex, kinky thinking, crime and violence in it. Enough to make people look at me twice after reading the book and give me that "Who knew he had such a dirty, twisted mind?" look.
In defense of my public perception I pulled together in three weeks a collection of stories I'd written during the past ten years. I gave the stories a connecting theme and published them as "Scenes from a Bookshop." After that, people went back to looking at me as though I were a harmless drudge.
I also discovered that getting a book published in Kindle e-book format is fairly easy. Once you have an account set up, you can fly through. You need to have a cover (which is easy to make with Adobe Photoshop or iPhoto: find an image and put your name and book title on it).
I'd heard of "Kindle Singles" – short pieces that Amazon would feature if you got their approval. I pitched an idea to them, but never heard back. I wondered what would happen if I simply went ahead and uploaded a short piece to them. I sent "Redneck Noir Literature: A Personal Journey," a six-part series I'd published in the Local this year.
What happened? It worked. It's online now through Amazon as a Kindle e-Book. I've even sold a few copies.
Encouraged by that, I reworked the Loren Eiseley series I wrote three years ago and submitted that as a Kindle. It's now online also. So far I've sold a single copy – to myself. That's okay since I'm the only one I advertised that title to. Sooner or later someone else will want to read it.
And just last week I sent "Juan Belmonte's 'Killer of Bulls' as an Existential Story." That has so far sold one copy – again, to myself. But again, you're the first people outside myself to know about it.
But, as I said in starting this excursion through the mind of Hugh Malkovich, if I hadn't taken action I'd still have nothing to show for my years of effort. I get a big kick out of going to Amazon and dialing my own number. The book icons that show up make me feel like I've accomplished something in the past year. And the point is: for what it's worth, if I can do it, anyone can.
Hugh will be a member of the Mystery Writers Panel at the 4th Annual Chestnut Hill Book Festival on Sept. 30. The other panelists are Solomon Jones, Cordelia Biddle and Jon McGoran. Books for sale. Quips for free.


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This lesson is based on the National Register of Historic Places registration file, "Andersonville National Historic Site" (with photographs), park documents, and publications. It was written by Alan Marsh, former supervisory Park Ranger at Andersonville National Historic Site. Mr. Marsh is now the site's cultural resource specialist. TwHP is sponsored, in part, by the Cultural Resources Training Initiative and Parks as Classrooms programs of the National Park Service. This lesson is one in a series that brings the important stories of historic places into the classrooms across the country.
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Fuchsia on dark grey. Lovely. I've been a fan of Fuchsia ever since I had my first big box Crayola crayons. Remember those? I remember begging for the box of 64 whenever we went shopping for school supplies in my youth. Now, the startup iOS app, PopBooth is all about the color Fuchsia. In fact, they love the color so much that they created a T-Shirt for Fuchsia fans around the world.
While you wait for your Fuchsia T-Shirt, you can grab the PopBooth app for free from the iTunes AppStore. PopBooth is a free photo booth app that turns 4 photos into a photo strip: post to Facebook, send by email, or send REAL photo strips in the mail. Neat! PopBooth is available for the iPhone and the iPad.
The Fuchsia is Now is available for purchase for $16.


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Parkinson's disease can change many of the muscles used for speech, chewing,
and swallowing. Changes in these muscles may cause:
But there are things you can do to help reduce eating and drooling problems. A speech-language pathologist (also called a speech therapist) can teach you exercises and show you other ways to help with eating, swallowing, and drooling.
You can reduce eating problems by changing how and what you
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Modeling Your T-Shirts 101 is a guest post that was written by tee and belt designer, Jon Wye. In Part 1, Jon discusses how to create quality product shots using a DIY lighting box.
After four years of trying various photography methods for T-shirt display I've learned a few things that, with the help of Coty, thought I might pass on.
When I first started my company I was convinced that the photos had to be the best. I pulled in a favor from a professional photographer friend. Rented backdrops, rigging, lighting, lighting, lighting. Lighting is expensive. Asked a few attractive friends to help model. I even hired a professional hair and makeup team. My girlfriend, Nikki, was the hostess and helped provide a constant source of conversation and food.
It was the most professional endeavor I had organized to date! The photos came back amazing! My T-shirts were looking like a million dollars. The products looked hot, the models looked hot. Everything was in place.
I launched the new photos of the new products. Day one, day two, day three: where were my sales??? I didn't get it. I had created some world-class imagery! Surely people would see my stuff and want to buy.
I realized many many months later that the problem wasn't the photos, it was the fact that my site, my fans, my image, my WALLET wasn't ready for a photo shoot like that. I was trying to walk the walk too early, portray myself as a bigger designer than I really was. So I took a step back and asked, are they buying me or my tees? And the answer was both. All the fancy photos were distracting from me, the small designer, selling you my vision.
So I took my licks and kept pushing ahead. And so I keep it small time, but really fun and classy!
And over the years I have come up with a few good methods for photographing on the cheap and hip, and just wanted to share some of them.
Method 1: The Abercrombie Method (no models)
Despite whatever violent ideas come to mind when you think of Abercrombie they have an impressive and consistent method for t-shirt photography; the precisely wrinkled head-on t-shirt photo. Check out their stuff, you'll understand. Basically they take a freshly ironed shirts and do some hand wrinkling to make it look rugged, wearable, hip, and intentional.
But how do they get such good lighting and all those cool mini shadows that form from the wrinkled tees? The quick answer is a professionally lit photography room, but I'm guessing if you are reading this then you probably don't have one and neither do I. But you can create a mini lighting box!
1. Paint It White. Get two 4 ft. X 4ft. board and paint them a matte white finish. Make sure it is matte white! And paint on enough layers to be completely opaque. The t-shirt will lie on one board and the other will go on the top of your creation.
2. Built The Frame. Find a way to build a 4 ft. X 4 ft X 4 ft. frame (I used PVC pipes and fittings). Place that frame over the 4 X 4 board you just painted.
3. Cover It Up. Drape a WHITE cloth over all four sides of the frame. You can buy something called white duvotene cloth from many stage supply houses, and it will block out excess light from within your frame, but still keep the interior white.
4. Cover It Up. Take your second painted board and cut a 5 inch hole in the center of it, this is where your camera lense will go through.
5. Add The Lights. Go to the hardware store and buy four duel fluorescent lighting fixtures (3 ft in length). Buy some DAYLIGHT BALANCED bulbs to go in them. Now screw those into the white side of the 4 by 4 board that has the hole in it. Starting to make sense?
You are basically done with the build. In the end you should have a 4 by 4 by 4 cube that has a white board as a base (one that you lay the t-shirt on) and a white board on top that has lights attached and a hole in the center for a camera.
6. Set Your White Balance. Turn the lights on and watch that baby glow. Don't put any t-shirt in the box yet. Before you start shooting you need to WHITE BALANCE your camera from the light and color inside the box. Consult you camera's manual to determine how to properly white balance. This is extremely important or your images will turn out like crap.
7. Take some photos. Start putting those t-shirts in your new lighting box and start snapping away.


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Low Milk Supply
By Barbara Wilson-Clay
Concern about low milk supply is the number one reason mothers give for discontinuing breastfeeding. Because we live in a bottle-feeding culture, first-time mothers may find it hard to trust in a process they cannot easily measure. It is reassuring to learn that weight checks and counting wet and dirty diapers can help you tell if your baby is getting enough to eat. The important thing to remember is that most women are physically capable of making enough milk for their babies to be healthy and happy.
The first few weeks after giving birth are a critical time for establishing the milk supply. During this time, frequent, thorough emptying of the breasts sets and controls the level of milk production. This process depends upon a physically healthy mother and a robust baby.
Some maternal conditions may delay or affect the amount of early milk production. Some of these conditions include:
* Long, stressful delivery
* Cesarean delivery
* Excessive loss of blood during delivery and anemia
* Hormonal disorders (polycystic ovarian syndrome, thyroid disease, uncontrolled diabetes)
* Maternal infection or illness
* Previous invasive chest or breast surgery, or a history of unusual breast development
* Smoking
* Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH)
In most cases, as the mother's physical status improves, so will her milk production. If the baby loses interest in the breast owing to a temporary low supply, double pumping for 15 minutes a minimum of 8 times each 24 hours will help bring in the milk. This is called insurance pumping. The infant can be supplemented at breast with an SNS until the milk supply recovers.
Some infant conditions may affect early milk production. The milk supply can rapidly drop if the baby is too weak or small to adequately stimulate the breasts, or is not latched on well. For example, babies who are "just a little early" are often weak feeders until they reach their official due date. These infants may sleep at the breast but not effectively drain the milk on a regular basis. Insurance pumping after the baby breastfeeds protects the supply/demand process. Infants with significant tongue-tie or other anatomical challenges may also struggle to maintain an adequate milk supply.
The milk supply will also be affected if engorgement is not relieved or if the baby is not breastfeeding often enough. Giving the baby a bottle at night so the new mother can sleep may sound reasonable, but it often leads to a low milk supply down the road. A better way to help the new mother is to provide good nutrition and to free her from household duties so she can nap when the baby naps.
Other reasons for low milk supply in later lactation include:
* Medications (example, antihistamines, decongestants, and estrogen lower milk supply)
* Pregnancy
* Maternal illness
It is important to remember that babies fuss for reasons other than hunger, but any mother with concerns about her milk supply deserves the reassurance of a weight check to make sure her infant is growing well.
If a problem does exist, remember that most causes of low milk supply can be corrected with assessment and timely help from your lactation consultant. Your doctor can select antibiotics that are safe for the nursing infant to treat any infections. Low milk supply generally improves with improved management of lactation.


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Latest release of my arch-remix available to download.
Download .zip archive
md5sum: c0c3df7b7300fd9fba814790bb7a0bd9 arch_remix_3.img
This is the latest release of my remix of Arch Linux for the Raspberry Pi.
I have not set up a separate user, so you log on as root, with the password "root".
The following command will launch a graphical session: startx
The desktop is managed by Rox and Openbox. A right-click on the desktop will bring up the openbox menu.
To power off, right click on the desktop and choose the "shut down" option from the Openbox menu.
This image overclocks the Pi to 900mhz by default. You can change this by editing /boot/config.txt.
The system comes with a bare minimum of software with which to start programming. Scratch and IDLE (Python 3.1.5) can be opened from desktop icons.
Also installed are
* Python 2.7.3 plus pygame
* MIT Scheme
* Leafpad
* Mtpaint (a useful image editor),
* Mupdf (a fast pdf reader)
* NetworkManager and nm-applet
* Tigervnc (to allow you to use a graphical interface when running headless).
If you log in via ssh and wish to use vnc, you might like to use a simple script I have written. You can launch the vnc server by typing: vnc.sh
You can then view this from your other computer (assuming you have a vnc viewer installed and both computers are connected to the router) with this command: vncviewer [address_of_pi]:1
I have compiled Python 3.1.5 from source. I prefer to use Python 3 and this version is fully supported by Pygame (which is also installed).
No browser is included, but you can easily install one with pacman, for example: pacman -S midori
I have written a simple script which will mount the first partition of a usb drive (which can be accessed via the openbox menu). If you want to mount other drives and partitionsYou will need to mount them manually. (See the Arch Wiki).
I have deliberately kept this installation small so it should easily fit onto a 2 gb card. As a result, it would be advisable to expand the main partition after copying it to an sd card. Instructions for how to do this can be found on the Raspberry Pi forum.
The sd card image does not include a swap partition but I have put a (commented out) entry for it in fstab, so you can use that if you make a swap on the SD card.
It's worth noting that using the SD card for a swap partition will dramatically shorten its life. I'd recommend setting up the swap file on a real external hard drive.
Connection to the internet ought to be painless using nm-applet.
If you run into problems, leave a comment on my wordpress blog (teampython) or email me on firstname.lastname@example.com.
Enjoy. antiloquax
When you open a terminal, the "archey" script displays some ascii art and system information. To disable this edit /etc/bash.bashrc
To change the openbox menu, conky and tint2 settings, look in the folder ~/.config.
dropbox_uploader.sh is a very useful script I found on github. If you run it, it will lead you through the process of setting up an app so that you can access your dropbox from the command-line. It's a very handy tool.
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Extracted zip and installed arch_remix_5.img on sd-card with:
dd bs=4M if=~/arch_remix_5.img of=/dev/mmcblk0
Installation went fine but the screen stays black when i try to boot up.
openelec and raspbian are working fine.
what did i do wrong?
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Here's a guess...
I think the image was not designed for 4 GB card.
Maybe it was designed for 2GB or even 1GB card.
Here's the command if it was designed for 2GB card.
dd bs=2M if=[debian .img file] of=[path to your SD card]
Then you can resize to fill out all the space of a 4GB card.
Resizing is explained
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Posted: Fri 03 May 2013, 05:38
Post subject: Tried it...
Thank you for your guess. Unfortunately it didn't work.
I also tried a different SD-Card but no luck.
Well, the working light on the RPi blinked (so something was working, maybe booting) but the display stayed black. (yes i checked the wires
Any other guess...maybe somebody had experience with this image?
Edit:....ok, tried to power it on again, no changes made. Works now, i have no idea where the problem was...
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Posted: Fri 05 Jul 2013, 18:05
Post subject: minimal 12MB image for raspberry
Total noob here but as I am always impressed by reading about the Rasp I thought I might post this msg here.
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Other ARM machines can not be installed?
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text: PlayStation Vita is in a tight spot. Here's what we'd suggest to get it turned around. Sony launched its next-generation handheld gaming platform last year with a price tag of around $250 and a lineup of decent, but unremarkable games. Eight months later, we're still waiting for the game library to live up to the promise of the sleek hardware. Even as execs stressed that Vita was a "top priority," Sony all but ignored its new baby during its presentation at the E3 Expo in June. Consumers have reacted with indifference. Sony says it has only sold 2.2 million Vita units worldwide. Rival Nintendo has already sold 19 million units of its competing 3DS. The European press conference Gamescom brought word of a handful of interesting new games, like Tearaway from the makers of LittleBigPlanet. The recently released 1.80 firmware update brought some often-requested features, but removed others. Little upgrades like this aren't going to save Vita. Sony needs to make some big, pro-consumer moves. If we had the wheel, here's how we'd attempt to right the ship. Cheaper, Faster Games Vita is hurting for new releases. Huge triple-A projects are expensive and time-consuming, but do people really need that out of their handheld gaming? Sony has PlayStation Mobile coming up, a development platform that is supposed to bring scores of small developers to Sony hardware, theoretically giving Vita owners a smartphone-like selection of new games when it launches this fall. But these are games optimized for all kinds of machines, from tablets to Android phones. Vita could use these, but it could also use exclusive versions that take advantage of the hardware. Sony's U.S. branch should also end its bizarre "strategy" of dripping out user permissions for its large library of legacy PlayStation software a few at a time. It should follow the Japanese branch's strategy: 200 games on day 1, 600 by the end of the month. Get every classic PlayStation game onto every region's store, stat. And then aggressively look for ways to lower the prices on those games if they're not selling briskly. Illustration: Chris Kohler/WiredEnd the Storage Wars I don't have a lot of software on my Vita, but between the pre-installed apps, optional social networking apps, game demos, PSP games and Minis, I'm already on my sixth page of icons on the menu. Once Sony starts unleashing more PlayStation 1 games on Vita, that will be a whole other tab. All I want to do is store similar items together in folders, just like I can on a smartphone. Or 3DS. Or previous Sony game consoles, for that matter. Sony really screwed consumers when it decided that PlayStation Vita memory cards would be a proprietary format. 3DS uses industry-standard SD cards that you can buy on the cheap. But if you want more space on Vita for all those games that Sony might release one day, you have to pay up -- nearly $100 for a 32 GB card. Insult to injury: Many of the most popular games won't even boot unless you have a memory card, even though it's possible to add game-saving functionality to Vita carts. Have your eye on that Vita bundled with a copy of Madden? Unless you buy a memory card, you won't be throwing around any pigskins at all. It's too late for Sony to add an SD card slot to Vita, but it should work hard to lower the price of extra space now that it has a monopoly on the business. And of course, if it does release a redesigned console it should add in a non-proprietary storage option. Illustration: Simon Lutrin/WiredLead by Example Nintendo commits the entirety of its top design teams to crafting original 3DS software. Most of the Vita teams are triple-A, but only in the baseball sense. And they're being sent to play the Yankees. Sony's Uncharted on Vita wasn't made by Naughty Dog. PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale is being made for PlayStation 3 and then ported to the Vita by Bluepoint Games, not the game's original developer. Assassin's Creed III: Liberation is being made by Ubisoft Sofia, a small studio with few previous credits. It's launching day and date with the real Assassin's Creed III for consoles in October. If players could only spend $60 on the series this year, which would they choose? The Vita-exclusive Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified isn't made by either Infinity Ward or Treyarch. And again, it's directly competing for attention with the real thing, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Vita games cannot just be also-ran software handed down to a cheaper developer and launched in the shadow of a superior console version. Sony may not have control over third-party software makers, but what about getting its in-house teams to produce Vita-exclusive games as an example? Third parties won't put their top men on Vita unless Sony does, too. Illustration: Chris Kohler/WiredMake PlayStation Store Customer-Friendly The digital storefront on the Vita hardware works rather well. It's easy to swipe between categories and quickly browse all of the available games, apps and other content. It's certainly much faster to browse than the PlayStation 3 version, but that incarnation has one distinct advantage: Games that are on sale for a limited time are clearly marked as such. There's even a section under "New Releases" that lists all the current deals. On Vita, the only way to know if a product is on sale is to hear about it from someone else. Speaking of the PlayStation Store, how about giving customers visual hints as to what it is that they are buying? The Xbox Game Marketplace features screenshots of every product. So does the iOS App Store and Google Play, and most of those offerings cost a dollar or less. Yet Vita games, for which Sony asks up to $50, rely entirely on text descriptions and a tiny picture of the cover art. One more thing: I can log into Xbox.com right now and see what's available for sale and how much it costs. I can purchase content and it will automatically be entered into my download queue the next time I boot up my 360. If I go to PlayStation.com, I get a wall of marketing messages. Clicking the "PlayStation Store" icon, all I get is a page telling me how great PlayStation Store is. Illustration: Chris Kohler/WiredOnly on Vita The PlayStation Mobile issue speaks to another Vita shortcoming: a dearth of exclusive software. Recent announcements at the Gamescom expo in Germany teased some intriguing games for the future. And Sony's plan to allow some games to work on Vita and PlayStation 3, then give away the portable version free when a user buys the home game, is sensible. However, if a potential Vita buyer can get PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and the new Sly Cooper and Rachet & Clank games on a PlayStation 3, there's little incentive to buy the handheld in the first place when the PS3 versions will do. Vita needs Vita-exclusive games rather than Sony-exclusive games. Look at the Nintendo 3DS last year. It had a weak launch lineup loaded with ports of old games, but by the time the holiday shopping season arrived, Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 were on store shelves. They came from established franchises, yes, but they were unique games that could only be played on a 3DS. Illustration: Simon Lutrin/WiredBreak the Digital Chains Vita is technically a region-free piece of hardware. Except not really. Each piece of hardware is tied to a single region-specific account, and all digital software is tied to that account. So if you share a PlayStation 3 with other people, you all can't share a Vita with your PlayStation Network logins. You can swap accounts on Vita, but you have to initiate a time-consuming "factory reset" to do it. So if you want to download and play software from other regions (or play previously purchased software that is compatible with your Vita) you have to reset the system to play them. And now with Sony's new firmware, you have to have separate memory cards for each of your accounts. Why can't this be as simple as it is on PlayStation 3? I have PlayStation Network accounts for multiple regions on my PS3, and switching between them takes seconds. Better still, any account attached to my console can play any game. If I could do this on Vita, I would buy more games, especially given the disparity between the different regions' store inventories. Instead, I stick to one region only and keep my money. Illustration: Simon Lutrin/WiredSlash the Price Sales of Vita have been sluggish, just like when Nintendo launched its gaming handheld at $250. The difference is that Nintendo quickly reacted with a drastic price drop. Meanwhile, Sony digs in its heels: This year would be "too early" for a price drop, Sony's game studio chief Shuhei Yoshida told Eurogamer at the Gamescom show. "Cost reduction is one area our engineering team is working on. But we just launched the platform earlier this year. It takes time to do so," he said. But price isn't determined by cost of goods alone. The public has decided that it doesn't want to pop for Vita at $250. Demand isn't there at $250, and this may not be a problem that new games and features alone can solve. It's not too early for a price drop -- if anything, one is long overdue. Sony has already slashed its sales forecasts for portable game machines this year from 16 million to 12 million. It's difficult to see how it can even get there without a price drop. Illustration: Simon Lutrin/Wired


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April 1999, the University officially opened the doors of the William K. Lanman, Jr. Center, a new brick and glass addition on the Lake Place side of Payne Whitney Gymnasium. Designed by Ellerbe Becket Architects in collaboration with Cesar Pelli & Associates, the center adds 57,000 square feet to Yale's premier athletic facility and marks the completion of Phase I of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium Project. The multipurpose complex houses four regulation basketball and volleyball courts, eight mini courts for basketball and 20 basketball stations, six badminton courts, and a one-eighth-mile, indoor running track.
On April 22, 1999, Yale President Richard Levin and Director of Athletics, Tom Beckett honored leading donors at a dedication of the new wing. The addition was named for Colonel William K. Lanman, Jr. '28,USMC RET., a longtime benefactor of the university whose gifts helped to fund the construction project. Also recognized at the dedication were Joshua Bekenstein '80 and his wife Anita Beckenstein, honored for their contribution for the basketball and volleyball courts; and Glenn H. Greenberg '68 and Stephen D. Greenberg '70, whose gifts name the Greenberg Brothers Track.
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Wallet rehab: 10-step program to cut spending
They say it takes 40 days to break bad habits and make new ones stick. So, what would wallet rehab look like?
Here's a 10-step, 40-day program:
1. GO COLD TURKEY. It's always amazing to me that when I forget my wallet or we get stuck in the house, somehow we always seem to survive. We find a few quarters under the car seat or get creative with canned goods in the pantry. How many days could you go without spending a single cent? Try for three to shock the system into awareness.
2. SHED COSTLY VICES. They say it's your favorite things that do you in. Whatever it is — cigarettes, beer, shoes — run the numbers. A heavy smoker can save $240 to $500 over 40 days. Giving up eating out can save hundreds of dollars.
3. PAY NOW, NOT LATER. Avoid spending this month and assuming funds will come in next month to pay things off. According to TransUnion, people who use credit cards create $5,000 in debt annually.
4. KNOW YOUR SCORE. It's the equivalent of weighing in. Know your credit score. It keeps you honest.
5. BE ACCOUNTABLE. Money "secrets" generally don't end well, especially if you're married. Have an open and honest dialogue about the real math.
6. DON'T EVEN LOOK. If you don't go to the store or search the web, you don't know what you don't have. Stores and websites are designed to lure you in. Willpower is fickle.
7. EAT SMARTER. Meal planning goes a long way in making sure you're not over-buying groceries. Try to brown bag it for lunch. At a savings of $10 a day, that's $400 right there. And hold the delivery. Cutting pizza delivery in half can shave $25 a week — another quick $100+.
8. LET YOUR HAIR DOWN. Guys get their hair cut a lot. Adding a week between trims could shave your costs. Ladies, touch up your roots at home: Savings factor over hitting the salon = 10X!
9. MANICURES MUST WAIT. At up to $40 every other week, over 40 days you'll save more than $100 if you do your own nails.
10. THINK: LESS IS MORE. In a popular TED Talk, sustainability evangelist Graham Hill notes that Americans have about three times the amount of space we did 50 years ago. Three times. So we've got triple the space, but we shop so much we need even more space. The result? Lots of credit card debt and, if my own garage and basement are any indication, a big mess. From here on out: Remember, less is more.
Regina Lewis is a national television contributor and host of USA TODAY's "Money Quick Tips" videos. Follow her on Twitter: @ReginaLewis.
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Yani Tseng got a good laugh when she walked past the pond where she celebrated her Kraft Nabisco Championship victory last year by leaping into the water -- and then remembering she doesn't know how to swim.
Tseng survived that traditional plunge and swam all the way to the world No. 1 ranking after winning the LPGA Tour's first major of the year at Mission Hills in 2010.
"I feel really excited to come back, especially walking on the 18th hole," Tseng said. "I see my name was on the walk of champions. It was so exciting, brings me a lot of good memories, and then I just came over, and that's the water I jumped in. My caddie threw a coin to wish I could win the tournament this week, too."
She'll try to defend her title against a field featuring seven past champions, including two-time champ Karrie Webb and 2009 winner Brittany Lincicome, but there's little doubt the good-natured 22-year-old from Taiwan is considered the player to beat. Tseng has won four tournaments worldwide already this year, including the tour's season opener in Thailand.
Michelle Wie also is back in search of her first major title at a tournament where she made four top-15 finishes before she turned 17. Wie is thoroughly impressed by Tseng, who's less than nine months older than the former teen prodigy from Hawaii.
"I think she's really improved over the last couple of years, and she's a good player," Wie said. "It's pretty amazing that she won the first couple of tournaments in a row, which is pretty good."
With her remarkable start to the season, Tseng has displayed a bit of the domination that's long been expected from Wie. But when Wie eventually makes her breakthrough atop a major, nobody will be surprised if it's on Mission Hills' familiar layout.
"It's as exciting this year as it was when I was 13," Wie said. "It's just an awesome golf course. It has so many famous winners, so many traditions, and it's just one of those tournaments where you want to win. It would mean the world to me if I could do that this week."
Wie already has two top-10 finishes this year, including last week's Kia Classic in her return to the tour after finishing her finals at Stanford. She's also grateful to be in Palm Springs' 85-degree weather after sniffling through the quarter in the cold, rainy Bay Area.
"Finals were miserable," Wie said. "They went horribly. They seem to go more horribly ever year, as well as my grades. I'm glad that was over. Spring break was last week. I'm actually missing the first week of school right now. I should be done by next March if I pass all my classes."
The field also includes Germany's Sandra Gal, who won the Kia Classic, and Cristie Kerr, who already has racked up three top-10 finishes this year, including a third-place tie last week.
There's also the beginnings of a remarkable comeback by Webb, who already has won this year in Singapore and Phoenix after winning just once in the previous four years. The Australian refers to her two prior victories at Mission Hills as "probably the highlight of my career," and she's hoping the confidence gained from her fast start translates into more success.
"I know how good I can be," Webb said. "It's just a matter of -- like in the two times I've won this year -- getting out of my own way and letting it happen. ... I'd just like to win another tournament here, and this year I've got as good a chance as any. This is probably the best I've felt about things coming into this tournament for quite a few years."


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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - With the rare chance to face Bronco teammates in competitive matches this spring, three Santa Clara women's soccer players participated in the U-20 and U-23 National Camps in June. Juniors Meleana Shim and Morgan Marlborough played for the U-23 team and took on sophomore Julie Johnston and the U-20 team in two competitive matches. Both games ended in ties, 4-4 and 3-3, but all three Broncos enjoyed the experience of facing teammates.
"It was actually really funny to see your teammate on an opposing team even though we play with each other almost everyday," said Johnston. "It was also interesting because I play with Meleana and Morgan so much I know how they play and their strengths and weaknesses. It still became a battle and our nature is just so competitive that at times I didn't know if I should say something on the field to them. It felt odd not to, but at the end we all gave each other big hugs and shared laughs."
"There is always a high level of competition when Julie and I go up against each other," added Shim. "All three of us love to compete. When it comes to anything where there's a winner and a loser, it's not hard to motivate us. With that being said, there was something special about playing with the national team program with all three of us on the field. Even though we (U-23s) were trying to beat the U-20s, Morgan and I still enjoying seeing our fellow Bronco doing some big things on their end."
As Shim alluded to, all three Broncos are so competitive that there is no need for extra motivation to get them playing all out. Still, the combination of facing an SCU teammate and competing for their country added something extra to the match-ups.
"Playing against each other gave me more motivation because just like at SCU we are very competitive and don't like to lose," said Johnston. "It gave more motivation for my teammates to see me play and give me honest feedback first hand."
"I think there is always motivation whenever you are wearing the US crest on your chest, regardless of who you are playing against," added Marlborough.
Aside from seeing a familiar face on the opposing side of the field, national camps differ from Santa Clara practices in several ways, most notably the intensity due to competition for a roster spot.
"The U-23 national team was a great experience because I got a chance to play with some pro and some college players from all over the country," said Shim. "Everyone is good and the speed of play is fast. The social aspect is very different because everyone is competing for a spot on the next trip and we only get to spend a week together. Even with that competition, I was happy about making some new friends."
"The national camps are just naturally more intense because of the level of play," said Johnston. "National camp is very competitive and informational. Playing at SCU with these girls everyday, it's easier to know how the others play, whereas at camp learning new players takes a lot out of you mentally."
As beneficial as the national camps are from a soccer perspective, these are still student-athletes and participation means missing valuable time in the classroom.
"Being a student-athlete is not easy and not being here for days at a time is one of the hardest things I have had to do mentally and physically," said Johnston. "At the same time it has made me a very strong person and extremely proud of myself for being able to manage it."
"Being busy and dedicated to soccer my entire life, I have had to develop sufficient time management skills," added Marlborough. "So understanding how to organize and prioritize my work really helps me stay on track with school without getting too stressed out."
All three players have left to continue their dreams of competing for the United States. Shim and Marlborough are currently in Norway for a Three Nations Tournament while Johnston is in Japan getting ready for the U-20 World Cup that will take place from Aug. 19 through Sept. 8 where she will train for a couple of weeks.


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As known, Jakarta Provincial Government is going to operate five double-decker tour buses as an effort to increase tourist visit. Anyone who wants to go to tourism objects in the capital city does not have to pay a dime to get onboard these buses. However, the operational of these buses are predicted to be at the end of this month.
After they are operating, evaluation will be conducted every three months to know its benefits and flaws. Jakarta Tourism and Culture Department, as the caretaker of these buses, is targeting the buses to serve 3,000 passengers per day, with assumption that each bus can accommodate 60 passengers and 10-hour operational time.
"The target is to get 3,000 passengers a day. We're preparing budget as much as Rp 4.5 billion for maintenance and salary of the bus drivers, employees, and tour guides," stated Head of Jakarta Tourism and Culture Department, Arie Budhiman, at City Hall, Thursday (1/16).
According to him, the procurement for double-decker tour bus will not stop here because his department plans to add 20 more buses this year. Moreover, private parties are also asked to participate, so there would be more double-decker tour buses operating.
"It is proposed to add 20 more units this year, gradually. But if there was CSR wanted to donate, of course there will be more buses," he said.
For initial step, Budhiman continued, the buses will not use ticketing system. But after three months, ticketing system will be implemented. Anyone who wishes to onboard the buses can get the tickets in airport, hotels, and shopping centers in Jakarta.
As for the routes passed by these double-decker tour buses, they are HI Rounabout, Jl. Jenderal Sudirman, Semanggi, Jl. Gatot Subroto, Sultan Hotel, TVRI, Mulia Hotel, Senayan Plaza, Pemuda Statue, and then return to HI Roundabout through Jl. Jenderal Sudirman.
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After campaigning on the promise to end one war, US President Barack Obama is preparing to escalate another.
Obama's dual stance on the two wars is not lost on congressional Democrats, many of whom also ran on anti-war platforms.
In the coming weeks, they expect to have to consider tens of billions of dollars needed for combat, including a major buildup of troops in Afghanistan.
While increasing the military's focus on Afghanistan was anticipated — it was a cornerstone of Obama's campaign — many Democrats acknowledged in recent interviews that they were skittish about sending more troops, even in small numbers.
The concern, they said, was that the military could become further entrenched in an unwinnable war on their watch.
"Before I support any more troops to Afghanistan, I want to see a strategy that includes an exit plan," said Representative Jim McGovern, a Massachusetts liberal who at one point wanted to cut off money for the Iraq War.
Democratic Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, another fierce war opponent, said: "The idea of putting the troops in without having more clarity at least gives me pause."
The Obama administration is in the midst of a sweeping strategy review.
The results of that assessment might not be released for several weeks.
In the meantime, the administration is expected to approve an immediate request from the top military commander in Afghanistan for three more brigades, roughly 14,000 troops.
It is expected that more troops would follow, eventually doubling the US presence from 33,000 to 60,000. The proposed buildup had been under consideration by the Bush administration as a means of dealing with an uptick in violent attacks.
More than 130 US personnel died in Afghanistan last year, compared to 82 in 2007, a recent Pentagon report showed.
US Vice President Joe Biden sought to lower lawmakers' expectations in the war when he met recently with House Democrats at their party retreat in Williamsburg, Virginia.
"The economic and security and social conditions there are daunting" and the nation has "geography, demography and history working against us," Biden said.
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said as much in congressional testimony last month, warning against aspiring to turn Afghanistan into a "Central Asian Valhalla," referring to a haven of purity in Norse mythology.
"Nobody in the world has that kind of time, patience or money, to be honest," he told lawmakers.
Indeed, Afghanistan poses a foreign policy challenge unlike no other.
The country is one of the poorest in the world. Opium production has given way to Colombia-like drug cartels trafficking heroin. Corruption is rampant. Terrorist fighters move freely across the Pakistan border. European voters want their armies to leave. And in the latest twist, the US is now scrambling to find an alternative to flying troops and supplies into the landlocked country because of threats by nearby Kyrgyzstan that it plans to shut down the US base there.
"The complexities just mount — and you have to bring yourself back to what I hope we're going to ask, which is 'what is the goal?'" Representative John Tierney said in an interview after returning from his third trip to Afghanistan.
"You've got to look at these kids' parents in the face when you go to a funeral and say, 'This is why your kid was killed in action,'" said Tierney, a Massachusetts Democrat, who chairs an investigative subcommittee on national security issues.


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Foundations are private institutions for public benefit. With a long history that reaches back to antiquity, foundations are experiencing a renaissance and increased attention paid to them by policy makers. Already by the mid-1980s, observers had begun to report the end of the relative decline in the overall size and importance of the foundation sector—a trend that had characterized the previous decades. Some analysts suggest the possibility of a new, third "foundation wave," after a first growth period in the late Middle Ages, alongside the rise of commerce and finance, and a second period of growth in the late 19th century, following the industrial revolution. Political stability, an increase in demand for social, educational, and cultural services of all kinds, and economic prosperity are certainly significant factors behind this growth. Yet a more immediate reason is the way in which foundations have been suggesting themselves as instruments of welfare state reform in the broadest sense.
Keywords: charity, philanthropy, nonprofit sector, grant-making foundations, operating foundations, community foundations
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ORIGINAL ValueJet Page
Tuesday, September 30, 1997
On Tuesday, September 30, 1997, the troubled airline ValuJet, which had recently changed its name to AirTran, found its website altered to draw attention to the very things ValuJet was trying to put behind them. References are made to the crash of 1996 which killed 110 people. ValuJet was shut down as a direct result of the accident and the negligence that led up to it but had recently restarted its operations and instituted the name change after merging with AirTran on September 24, only six days before their site was hacked.
This is a web hack with a very definite message and customers saw it for at least a few hours before it was discovered and shut down.
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Petraeus news hit Feinstein like 'lightning bolt'
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006 file photo, Michael Morell, Associate Deputy Director of the CIA, meets with the Buffalo News Editorial Board on regional security issues. With the Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 resignation of David Petraeus as director of the CIA, the president said that Morell, CIA deputy director, would serve as acting director. Morell was the key CIA aide in the White House to President George W. Bush during the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. (AP Photo/Buffalo News, Dennis C. Enser)


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While George Clooney and Noah Wyle are duking it out to play Steve Jobs on the big screen, Aaron Sorkin is mulling over an offer to write the script either would act.
The Oscar-winning writer said Tuesday that he has been approached by Sony Pictures, who bought the rights to Walter Isaacson's biography on the late Apple founder, about writing a screenplay based on the book.
"Sony has asked me to write the movie and it's something I'm strongly considering," Sorkin told E!
But Sorkin said has not made a decision and he is still weighing the pros and cons of adapting Jobs' story for the big screen.
"Right now I'm just in the thinking-about-it stages," he said. "It's a really big movie and it's going to be a great movie no matter who writes it."
Sorkin won the Oscar for the screenplay he wrote "The Social Network," which was based on Mark Zuckerberg's launching of Facebook.
The screenwriter said the only research his currently doing is reading Isaacson's book.
"He was a great entrepreneur, he was a great artist, a great thinker," Sorkin said. "He's probably inspired [my 11-year-old daughter] Roxy more than he's inspired me. She plays with all his toys."
Jobs passed away at the age of 56 in October of complications from his long battle with pancreatic cancer.


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I haven't posted in a while, which isn't to say I haven't been busy. Quite the opposite - with the book in its second printing already and talks for a follow-up as well as a video project, Rose and I have been working hard on our next steps as well as continuing our promotion of the book. Above is the book trailer Rose made featuring me reading from the book's introduction. The trailer was also mentioned on United Style.
Most importantly, there are a few upcoming book events:
On Saturday, February 22nd, Rose and I will be part of a presentation and book signing at Disneyworld as part of their "Dapper Day" celebrations.
On Wednesday, March 5, Rose and I are participating, along with Simon Doonan and Dr. Andre Churchwell, in a panel discussion at the Fashion Institute of Technology museum. G. Bruce Boyer will be moderating.
Here are a few highlights from the past couple of months.
I was very honored to be named "Dandy of the Year 2013" by Dandyism.net. The Tweedland blog picked up on the story here.
I was also very proud to be featured for a second time on The Style Blogger, wearing outfits inspired by the men in the book.
Rose has a wonderful post full of photos of our event at The National Arts Club.
Prowlster wrote a glowing review of the book.
3:AM Magazine has a very thoughtful in-depth article about dandyism in general and the book.
CNN.com asked me and Rose to put together a slideshow with commentary about the book.
Esquire Latin America featured an interview with me and Rose in their most recent issue, and put a small slideshow online.
CBP magazine reviewed the book.
Design Boom did a feature on the book.
As did Buro24/7
The Fedora Lounge has a long thread devoted to the book.
The book is mentioned on The Journal of Style
VintageVille Magazine did a feature on the book.
StyleSight wrote about the exhibit of Rose's photographs at the National Arts Club.
Julija Hunt posted about the London launch party on her blog.
Foreign coverage:
Zeit Online had a slideshow of images from the book.
Germany's Dandy Club reviewed the book.
I-Ref featured the book.
MDR Figaro covered the book along with the German edition of Lord Whimsy's book.
FahrradJournal covered the book.
GLAM magazine did an article about the book.


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Apologies for the limited number of photos but these cupcakes – sadly – weren't for me to eat; they were a thank you to Mr CC's work colleagues for their generous wedding gift.
Since my last post Mr CC has made an honest woman of me! Our wedding was extremely small (just the way we wanted it) so there are no photos of wedding cake as we haven't had it yet – we're saving it for a bigger party at an as-yet-unknown future date. We did however, manage a Laduree tea the day after our wedding so don't fret that I am deficient in cake!
I baked a double batch of sponges and topped half with buttercream and half with Ganache. I used a star nozzle for piping as you have to be careful when piping anything chocolate lest it comes out looking undesirable. You know what I'm getting at, I'm sure…..
Both toppings were delicious ; the buttercream is lighter whereas the ganache is richer, more like a truffle. Here is the ganache (the previous pics have been of the buttercream):
Mr CC's feedback was that the cupcakes were very well received…but then if you can't please a department of men with chocolate sponge, chocolate buttercream, Ganache and maltesers, what can you please them with?
For the chocolate cupcake sponge (these quantities will make 12 cupcake sponges – the mix doubles up easily should you wish to make 24):
125g unsalted butter, at room temperature
125g caster sugar
2 eggs
100g self raising flour
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 tablespoon milk
50g white chocolate chips
For the chocolate Ganache (this is the quantity for 12 cupcakes):
300ml whipping cream
1 tablespoon liquid glucose
200g plain chocolate, roughly chopped (I actually used ½ dark, ½ milk chocolate)
For the buttercream (this is the quantity for 12 cupcakes):
170g unsalted butter, at room temperature
340g icing sugar
4 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 tablespoons boiling water
To decorate: maltesers
Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan oven 170°C/375°F/Gas mark 5.
Line a cupcake pan with paper cases.
Beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat in the eggs, flour, cocoa and milk.
When the mixture is smooth and well combined, stir in the chocolate chips.
Spoon the batter into the paper cases.
Bake for 12-15 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cupcakes comes out clean. Mine took 15 minutes.
Remove from the tin as soon as possible and leave to cool on a wire rack – removing from the tin is important as the heat of the tin will mean that the cupcakes continue to cook.
To make the chocolate Ganache: Bring the cream to the boil in a saucepan.
Remove from the heat and stir in the liquid glucose.
Place the chocolate in the cream and stir until the chocolate melts.
Leave to cool and then whisk to lighten the texture. If it isn't thick enough to pipe, refrigerate for 30 mins and try again.
Pipe or spread over the chocolate cupcakes.
To make the buttercream: beat the butter until it is soft.
Sift the icing sugar over the butter along with the cocoa powder and water and beat until smooth, soft and well combined. The more you beat, the lighter and more whipped the buttercream will taste.
Pipe or spread over the chocolate cupcakes.
Top off each cupcake with a malteser.
Bask in the glory of the wonderful thing you have created.Eat.


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Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have announced on Facebook that they are expecting a baby girl.
"This will be a new chapter in our lives. We've already been so fortunate for the opportunity to touch people's lives around the world -- Cilla as a doctor and educator, and me through this community and philanthropy. Now we'll focus on making the world a better place for our child and the next generation," Facebook founder and CEO wrote in a post on Friday.
The couple tied the knot at a small ceremony at his Palo Alto, California, home in 2012. They met at Harvard and have been together for more than nine years before getting married.


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As promised, Oprah Winfrey's sit-down interview with Matthew Sandusky, the adopted son of convicted child predator and former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, was brutally explicit. In the Oprah Prime clip above, Matthew recounts the abuse in detail, as well as his resulting shame. In response, Winfrey shared this insight regarding sexual abuse and pleasure: "When you are groomed and seduced by somebody who's really good at it, that the aim and intention of that person is to make it pleasurable so that you will be confused. So it's OK to say that it was pleasurable. And that's part of the shame that you as a little boy develop and carry as an adult because your body betrays you. Because it is pleasurable."
Matthew Sandusky's veracity was examined no less than twice. In the clip below, he discusses why he continued to visit the Sandusky family while in his teens and after the abuse took place (he wasn't officially adopted until he was 18):
[There was a video here]
In the next clip, which came toward the end of the interview, he discusses the settlement he received from Penn State, and his reaction to those who accused him of speaking out against his adopted father for the money. "How do we know that what you're saying here today is really your truth and did really happen to you?" asked Winfrey.
[There was a video here]
"For me to come here, speak with you, speak on national television," Matthew explained, "knowing that I'm going to be attacked, knowing that my wife and my children will have to pay for that...there is no reason for me to lie. I'm coming forward to help."


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Study: Facebook Users Access Site Through Smartphones More Than Computers
Some of the world's smallest computers now make up a big part of Facebook's traffic.
The social networking giant gets the bulk of its traffic from smartphone devices such as iPhones and Androids, according to a new report compiled by comScore.
Its annual "Mobile Metrix" report found that for the month of March, Facebook users spent the majority of their time accessing their walls and messages on their cell phones. These phone users also spent an average of 441 minutes on their Facebook pages. Computer users only spent an average of 391 minutes on Facebook.
Facebook was also the winner in the battle for overall access to social networks, beating Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Foursquare. The latest numbers made Facebook the second most successful mobile company, trailing only Google.
Wired suggests that these numbers could give Facebook the perfect motivation to develop a cellular device of its own. Facebook hasn't made any official announcements about such a suggestion that the company secretly has one in the works. Besides, despite these numbers, it has struggled in recent years to even develop a unique app for its service, so developing its own phone may come later than even the company could expect.


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These days, nearly every college student owns a cell phone. In the classroom, cell phones are generally seen by the instructor as nothing more than a distraction. Step into any college classroom during a long lecture or in-class film, and chances are you'll see a handful of students typing away and sending text messages to their friends. With this behavior becoming all too common, it is no doubt why professors despise the devices and are asking students to turn their cell phones off completely during class.
However, what students and instructors aren't always realizing is the potential of cell phones in education. Students have access to very powerful devices, especially with the rising ownership of smartphones. An article published recently by Edudemic questions the next step of cell phones in education and offers the following interesting ways to harness the device's power for effective use in education:
– Text Reminders: Since students generally check their cell phone more frequently than their email, the website Remind101 has come up with a way to reach students when they are away from their computer, but not their phone. The site allows instructors to create assignment reminders that are sent to students via text message. All the students have to do is register with the site and subscribe to the class' reminders.
–Using the cell phone as a study tool: For students who want to study on-the-go, but don't want to drag their heavy computer around there's sites like StudyBoost. Once the student registers, they can create their own series of study questions. Then, using their phone, they can have the questions sent to them via text message. From there, the student answers the questions by replying to the StudyBoost number, and will instantly receive their results.
–Voting: Using Poll Everywhere, instructors can gather opinions and votes in their classroom. This tool also provides real time data, which is especially appealing to professors looking to save time.
–Accessing Twitter: Interestingly enough, Twitter is becoming increasingly present in the classroom. Obviously, smartphones have the ability to instantly access Twitter via apps or an internet browser. However, there are also easy ways to access Twitter with a basic phone! Users can tweet by registering their phone and sending a text message to their country's short code. If the user isn't able to send text messages, TweetCall is also an option. TweetCall is a free service that lets the user call a phone number, speak their tweets, and have them transcribed into text.
–Scavenger Hunt: Educational scavenger hunts are already a popular activity with cell phones in the classroom. There are many different programs and apps to run your scavenger hunt on, but the recommended program is SCVNGR. The program is compatible with both basic cell phones and smartphones, as many scavenger hunt apps are designed for smartphones with a GPS function.