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Student and Parent Resources
Many of the resources provided below are not affiliated with George Fox University; they are merely offered as further aids for semester off-campus study students and parents. For internal university information specific to George Fox semester off-campus programs, please see the Frequently Asked Questions.
General Information
- US Department of State "Students Abroad" website - this comprehensive website offers links to assist students studying abroad both in-country and out of country. Resources include travel document information, embassy information, health & safety information, smart travel tips, printable guides and tools, and overseas voting information.
- The Center for Global Education's "studentsabroad.com" website - a vast wealth of information for planning, returning home, safety tips, country-specific handbooks, communication tips, and other practical information.
- "Let's Go" travel guides - general country and culture information
- Lonely Planet travel website - general country and culture information. Also check out the Thorn Tree Forum posts by actual travelers to places all around the world.
- International Student Identification Card (ISIC) - The ISIC card is the only internationally-recognized student ID. Every year more than 4.5 million students from 120 countries use their student card to take advantage of offers on travel, shopping, museums and more, worldwide. These can be purchased and issued at the George Fox Center for Study Abroad office.
- Disibility and Study Abroad - Provides resources for students with disabilities who are considering study abroad.
- "Glimpse Abroad", online magazine - First person, cultural-experience pieces written by study abroad students, volunteers, international students, and others living abroad.
- Money Geek - An excellent source for finding scholarships for studying abroad.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) traveler's health website - Country-specific health related information, includes recommended and required immunizations list.
- George Fox Health and Counseling Center - During the school year, the George Fox health & counseling center provides immunizations and other health resources to students.
Communication & Contact
- Email - can be used to send group messages to your friends and family. Continue to monitor your George Fox Email as campus offices will still send communications to your George Fox account.
- Cell Phones - can be purchased in the country in which you will reside, several programs provide students with a cell phone for the semester. If you decide to buy a cell phone, we strongly suggest that you research a pre-paid system in which you buy a certain amount of time, or a non-contract plan. Generally, local calls and international calls are charged at two different rates per minute. You may also want to consider whether your US cell phone can be activated for international use. We do not recommend any specific provider.
- Calling Cards - Calling cards can be purchased in-country and used to call back to the US. If you purchase calling cards in the US, make sure it can be used while abroad. US 1-800 numbers are NOT toll-free abroad.
- Computer - VoIP (voice over IP) can be used to make telephone calls from a computer to a computer, landline, or cell phone. Past study abroad students have recommended using programs such as Skype and Google Voice and Video Chat.
- Blogs - Blogs are a great way to stay in touch with all of your friends and family all at once without spending a lot of time composing individual emails. Popular blog sites that allow you to set up your own page are Tumblr, WordPress and Blogger/BlogSpot (note: this link may redirect you to log in via your Gmail account if you are currently logged into one). For more blogging sites and tools, check out Mashable's Top Free Blog Hosts. If you decide to keep a blog and would like to be featured on the Center for Global Studies webpage, please forward your blog link to our office.
- Social Media - websites like Twitter or Facebook have been recommended for quickly updating a status or postings pictures for friends and family to see. While we don't recommend updating your status constantly, social media sites like these will notify your friends and family on your behalf as new materials are posted. *Be conservative with the information you release on blogs and social media sites, especially regarding location and personal information such as your address, phone number, date of birth, and any financial information. Review and customize your privacy settings for your social media sites, understanding the inherent risks of publicizing information online. Check out these location-based social media safety tips for more information and instructions on how to adjust your privacy settings.
- Mailing and Packages - Receiving packages abroad can be complicated by customs and varying postal services from country to country, not to mention expensive. Many students have reported that receiving packages abroad is not worth the effort it might take to collect them. We strongly discourage sending or receiving packages while abroad.
Make sure you balance your time abroad and communication with friends and family back home. Don't miss out on opportunities that exist only while you are studying abroad!
Cultural Learning/Adaptability
- CIEE (Council for International Educational Exchange) "Knowledge Series" - enhances pre-departure preparation for both students and their parents and to provide additional resources to assist in the study-abroad planning and preparation process on a variety of topics.
- "What's up with Culture?", online cultural training - developed to support and enhance a student's ability to make successful cultural adjustments both before going overseas and upon returning home from studying abroad. This material offers an opportunity to explore various aspects of intercultural communication and adjustment models that are known to impact upon all study abroad experiences.
- Global Scholar free online courses - The intention of the Global Scholar Online Courses, developed by The Center for Global Education, is to introduce students to the opportunities and challenges inherent in participating in study abroad programs. Students will benefit from the courses by finding out tips and techniques to prepare for their program, how to cope with challenges that may arise while they're abroad, how to make the most of their study abroad experience while they're there, tips for dealing with issues that may arise after their return home, and advice on where they can go from here personally and in their career preparation.
- Adjustments and Culture Shock handbook - learn what culture shock means and how you can overcome its effects. Experiencing new cultures, and obtaining a better understanding of your own culture, can result in some of the most positive, life–altering experiences students have while spending a semester off-campus/abroad.
- Reverse Culture Shock handbook - learn how to cope with reverse culture shock you may experience upon return to the United States. One of the biggest challenges for students who participate in a semester off-campus can be the difficulty in re–adapting to the realities back home and at George Fox (otherwise known as "re–entry"). Many students who studied off-campus went through many changes, re–examining their priorities, their values, and what they think of themselves and their home country. The "reverse culture shock" may be more difficult than the "culture shock" you felt when adapting to you semester home. If return culture shock is severe, it is important that students are able to seek help/counseling to help them through this.
- Parent Re-Entry Handbook - Once students return home after spending a semester off-campus, their experience doesn't end. They return with new stories to tell and experiences to share, managing reverse culture shock, and often with many hopes and plans for continuing to work on issues they were introduced to while on their off-campus program. Parents often wonder what options may be out there, or what might be happening inside their student during this return phase. Many of these key issues are addressed in this handbook.


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Kudos Many innovative and well-implemented features.
Concerns Slightly cramped and indistinct controls that aren't illuminated.
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Kudos Smooth, precise fader. Clearly visible buttons (some illuminated). Handles all basic transport and fader-automation functions.
Concerns No display. No dedicated jog/shuttle capabilities. Limited user programmability. External power supply needed.
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Very low risk of contracting HIV when not using condoms
Hello Bob, Many thanks for your second reply, and your categorical denial that cleanliness makes any difference, or that semen-covered fingers in close proximity to a vagina are not infectious. I'm not sure other medics would agree with you there (and condoms were around in 1945 too!). As to your venturing into my personal finances, well, again, that really isn't your business or area of expertise, so let's move back to the statistics you quoted in your first reply, namely that there's only a 5 in 10,000 chance of contracting HIV from an infected person when having vaginal sex. That's a lot of dirty, low risk sex! And it's certainly a lot safer that crossing the road or driving to work each day (when you might also kill others, Bob), and much more pleasurable. You see, Bob, every time you venture from medicine into behaviour, and make value judgments, you reveal that the hegamony you repesent is a moral, not a medical one, and you undermine what little good you may be doing. But good luck anyway!
Hello Tony,
You're most welcome.
Regarding your interpretation of the data I presented, it once again points up your fundamental misconception of the science of statistical risk. An estimated per-episode statistical risk for acquisition of HIV of 5 per 10,000 exposures to an infected source does not translate into "a lot of dirty, low risk sex." For your 3,000 episodes, for example, the risk of your first unconscionable act would be the same as that of your 3,000th. The degree of unconscionableness would increase with each deliberate act, but not your estimated HIV risk. That remains the same for each and every episode.
It's quite evident you are quite impervious to scientific fact, common sense and conscience. (Yes, Tony, at least your conscience should feel bad when all your other parts are feeling so good.) Consequently, I'll end this dialog and move on to other questioners who are looking for information rather than justification for their hedonistic selfish pleasures. As for my driving to work each day, when I drive I wear a seatbelt, obey speed limits and remain vigilantly conscious to avoid self-destruction or hurting others. On the other hand, you, Tony, are asleep at the wheel.
Dr. Bob
Very low risk of infection when not using condoms:Posted Jun 30, 2005
Dear Bob, Thanks for your reply to my posting, and thank you for starting out as a 'gentleman' even if your lapse into personal insults towards the end showed that you are not really one. I wasn't offering my experiences as valid medical research and I certainly wasn't asking for approval or disapproval of my 'behaviour', so your moralising was really quite irrelevant. My medical question, which you avoided, was on the importance of cleanliness after sex. You admit, using statistics, that the chances of contracting HIV from an infected person are infinitesimal, so my point about cleanliness is even more apposite. During the Second World War, British military doctors gave out advice to servicemen that they should always wash thoroughly in warm soapy water and urinate profusley immediately after sex in order to reduce the chances of contracting STDs. Given that it is known that the HIV virus is extremely unstable and does not survive hot soapy water, I was simply asking you to confirm or deny that the chances of contracting HIV are also substancially reduced if washing and urinating are practised as a routine after sex, and that this might even been more beneficial than condom use, given that while removing the condom, sticky fingers can spread infection anyway.
So please Bob, climb down off your high moral soap box (my sex life is none of your business!), and give us the medical facts. Leave the moralising to those more qualified (if there are any!).
Best wishes,
Tony (HIV negative)
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I'll try to be clearer.
You are asking if "cleanliness after sex might even be more beneficial than condom use . . . ." the answer is a resounding no.
Regarding the British military doctor's advice during the Second World War, here is a newsflash for you: it's 2005, Tony, not 1945!!!!! Has it ever occurred to you that physicians today might have more to offer their patients than during the Third Reich?
Next, what makes you think sticky fingers while removing a latex condom after sex can spread infection?
Tony, gentleman to "gentleman", you are correct your sex life may be none of my business, but that doesn't make your actions any less unconscionable. Let me do the math: unprotected sex (because using a condom is a "no-no," due to loss of sensation and pleasure) with 3,000 prostitutes in 30 countries over 20 years, and you've just had your first HIV test. Yep, no matter how you spin it, that still adds up to unconscionable behavior.
Tony, I'm delighted your hooker sex is so clean, neat and tidy, but that does not protect you or them from HIV infection. Those are the medical facts, plain and simple. Whether you choose to believe them or not is totally up to you. I will remind you that once again I agree statistically and scientifically with the statement you made in your original post (reposted below): "of course I realize that my own case proves nothing . . . ." It's nice we concur on that point.
Last, Tony, regarding "90% of working girls will do it (have unprotected sex) for the right money . . . ," how much is the right money? Perhaps $100. If so, 3,000 episodes times $100 is $300,000. No, I won't moralize, nor do I need to. You're actions speak volumes on their own.
Dr. Bob
Very low risk of infection when not using condoms Posted: Jun 27, 2005
I have long believed that the HIV threat to hetero-sexual, non drug-using men is hyped-up by a moral-crusading media. Consequently, I have put myself at risk to test my theory. Over the last 20 years, I have had unprotected sex with over 3000 working prostitutes (no exageration, I promise), mainly in the UK, where I live, but also in HIV 'hotspots' like Thailand (been there 20 times) Cambodia, Brazil, Eastern Europe, and so on (30 different countries). 90% of working girls will do it for the right money, believe me. The only precaution I always take is that I wash throughly with hot soapy water immediately after sex, and always urinate (to clear the tube) while doing so. Recently I offered myself for an HIV test for the first time (plus several other tests as well). The results came through today: negative on all counts. Of course I realise that my own case proves nothing, and many will regard me as foolhardy, but surely I am making a point: that cleanliness is more important than condom use (especially when they split). What all these do-gooding health advisers don't appreciate is that when men reach middle age (I am 58) using a condom is 'no-no' because of loss of sensation and, hence, pleasure. So why not shift the emphasis from condom use, which many ignore anyway, to thorough washing and urination immedately after sex. It works for me. I'd be very interested to hear from others, especially from medics.
Thanks. Tony
Dr. Bob's Response:
Hello Tony,
You "believed" that the risk of heterosexual HIV transmission is hyped up, so you put yourself at risk by having unprotected sex with 3,000 working prostitutes in 30 HIV-hotspot countries?!?!? It's always so heartwarming to see altruistic folks willing to sacrifice themselves for science in such an unselfish way. "Foolhardy?" yes, perhaps some will regard you as such. I have a few other words in mind, but being a gentleman, I'll keep them to myself for now. The estimated risk for acquiring HIV per episode of insertive penile-vaginal sex is 5 per 10,000 exposures to a partner confirmed to be HIV positive. Consequently, I absolutely agree your adventures in foolhardiness "prove nothing" scientifically or statisically.
Although it does most likely confirm your permanent spot in:
"Ripley's Believe it or Not"
"Sex Secrets of the Rich and Idiotic"
"Sexual Russian Roulette for Dummies"
Tony, "beliefs" belong in church on Sunday, not between the sheets on a Saturday night as you bang cock in Bangkok! What the health advisers "don't appreciate" isn't really the problem here. Tony, your behavior is not a noble scientific quest for knowledge and truth, but rather an unconscionable act of a hedonistic 58-year-old pleasure seeker with his head in the sand. If you had contracted HIV at the time of your first unprotected encounter and have not "offered" yourself for testing until "recently," you would have placed 2,999 others at risk. Luckily, most prostitutes are much more aware of the actual risk associated with unprotected sex and would not agree to your reckless and unreasonable pursuits of pleasure. Shame on you, Tony. Oh and by the way, if you happen to decide parachutes are overrated when it comes to skydiving, please don't take anyone with you as you test your hypothesis and jump from the plane "protected" only by your beliefs.
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On the eve of Apple's launch of its first smart watch and with its shadow looming over this year's Baselworld, there was a rather curious footnote tucked away somewhere in hall 2.2. A rather cheeky press release lured down the rabbit hole baiting you with the headline – "Smart Design instead of Smart Watch".
De Bethune novelties
The most intriguing novelty from the De Bethune stable this year is the oddly named Quetzalcoatl. The intention was to reference a portion of human history.
The Titan Rises
Big. Giant. Grand – It's filled up to its neck in indicators, orbiting satellites and a flying retrograde that measure time from a expected scale of seconds, minutes and hours, to day, month, years, a 100 years – all the way up to a 1000 years. The UR-1001 is massive.
More Toys for the Boys
MB&F knows who their customers are. They make ambitious mechanical watches that never fail to evoke wonder. They operate a gallery that highlights mechanical art from other fields. So, it would not be a stretch to predict how they would celebrate their first decade in the business.
The Spectacle continues
HYT, the hydro-mechanical time-lords, added more novelties to their star line-up at Baselworld 2015, the highlight being the rectangular H3 version of their marvellous water based timepiece.
Bell and Ross at Baselworld 2015
Bell & Ross scrapes up a plethora of homages this season with its new updates. The most significant of it is the tenth anniversary of the BR01 – the flight instrument inspired design that was a game changer for the company when it first came out in 2005. Ten years on, it remains a strong part of the brand's DNA.
Tag Heuer's Baselworld 2015
The 2015 Baselworld marks a marked change for Tag. First, there was the smart watch announcement, then the new fleet of Ambassadors drawn from different fields of sports, fashion and entertainment
Tag Heuer goes smart
Baselworld 2015 marks a change in direction for Tag Heuer. A lot has happened in between the previous edition of the fair including, a change in the brand's direction, layoffs and a new CEO: Jean-Claude Biver. All this has led to a climatic announcement of a partnership between Google, Intel and Tag Heuer.
Baselworld in Pictures 4
We're almost at the end of this year's edition of the world's largest fair and we thought we should capture the atmosphere of the event for you in a series of short photo essays that will be posted daily.
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We're almost at the end of this year's edition of the world's largest fair and we thought we should capture the atmosphere of the event for you in a series of short photo essays that will be posted daily.


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Swift Watch
|When: Sep 01, 2018 06:00 PM to Sep 30, 2018 08:00 PM
Join us on the lawn most evenings in September at Chapman School for the spectacular display of Vaux's Swifts gathering to roost in the school's chimney.
Swift Watch 2018
What: Watch Vaux's Swifts prepare to roost for the night
When: One hour before sunset, each night in September
Where: Chapman Elementary School in northwest Portland
Vaux's Swifts are using the Chapman Elementary School chimney as an evening roost during their fall migration. Grab a seat on the school lawn and in neighboring Wallace Park to watch and listen as the birds gather overhead. On most evenings, Portland Audubon volunteers will be on hand to share information about Vaux's Swifts.
Have a question about Swift Watch? Email us at email@example.com.
Current Swift Count Totals
Keep track of this year's nightly Swift Count numbers here.
Every year in late August, one of Portland's most spectacular natural events begins: Thousands of Vaux's Swifts gather in the city as they prepare to migrate to Central America and Venezuela. Migrating swifts often use chimneys as roosts (places to sleep), and they are likely to return to the same roost year after year. One population has been returning to Chapman since the 1980s, and it is one of the largest known roosting sites of migrating Vaux's Swifts.
Swift watching has become a popular activity at Chapman, and on many evenings, more than 2,000 people gather to watch these aerial acrobats.
Free Swift Watch parking is available at Montgomery Park and SELCO Community Credit Union. Do not expect to find on-street parking near the event - please park at Montgomery and SELCO if at all possible.
- Montgomery Park is located six blocks from Chapman at 2701 NW Vaughn St. Note: from the Chapman area, NW Vaughn cannot be accessed from NW 27th, 28th or 29th Ave.
- SELCO Community Credit Union is located at NW 25th and Thurman. Note: The SELCO lot will be available each night any time after 6:00 p.m.
We Need Your Help!
Please be a good neighbor to Chapman-area residents: 1) Do not expect to find on-street parking, so park for free at Montgomery Park and SELCO Community Credit Union or use other transit options. 2) During the event, leash and pick up after dogs. 3) After the event, pick up your trash and do not loiter on school grounds. 4) It is illegal to consume alcoholic beverages or smoke on public school grounds.
Getting There | Be A Good Neighbor | Swift Natural History | FAQs | Swift Counts
Washington State swift information: Monroe Swifts | Vaux's Happening


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Packers quiet their critics with a dominant showing in Houston
Posted by Brian E Murphy, PackersInsider.com senior editor
~Aaron Rodgers badly misfired on his first deep pass Sunday night, flat out overshooting a wide-open James Jones down the sideline on 3rd-and-3. The Texans, unforgivably, lined up offside on fourth down, giving Rodgers a second shot at the drive.
Rodgers took the very next snap and delivered a perfect arcing pass to Jordy Nelson, who took it in for the touchdown. And, just like that, the Texans had blown their chance.
Green Bay maintained all week that it wasn't panicking, despite a 2-3 start and a complete meltdown in Indianapolis last week. On the strength of a 42-24 demolition of the Texans that may have been the best game we've seen any team play this year, we now know why.
"What do you think you told the critics tonight?" NBC's Michelle Tafoya asked Rodgers after the game.
Rodgers looked back at her, offered a half-smile, and said: "Shhhhhh."
It was apparent from Sunday's opening moments that the Packers were determined to make a statement. They were firing in their no-huddle offense, cranking up to a faster tempo than we'd seen for most of the year. The plan was clear: Let Rodgers do his thing.
He did it better than he ever has — Rodgers tossed a career-high six touchdown passes, three of them to Nelson, and finished the game with a 133.8 QB rating.
Each touchdown pass was more sensational than the one before. In the fourth quarter alone, he rolled out on a 3rd-and-1 play-action and tossed a strike to Tom Crabtree for a 48-yard score, despite taking a shot to the chest from Brooks Reed. Less than three minutes later, he drilled one in to James Jones from 18 yards, and Jones made an acrobatic one-handed grab in the end zone.
Rodgers entered Sunday night's game having completed nearly 69 percent of his passes on the season, and his 10 TD passes were more than all but six quarterbacks.
But we had yet to really see the Rodgers we've come to expect — the one that made a mockery of NFL defenses during the 2011 season. Through five weeks and losses to San Francisco, Seattle and Indianapolis, everything had seemed to be harder for Rodgers and the Packers' offense.
Then Sunday night rolled around and, suddenly, everything felt back to normal.
That's a worrisome fact for the Texans, who hoped to use their national-TV stage to remind the nation that they were one of the league's legit Super Bowl contenders. Instead, they were totally outclassed on both sides of the ball.
Houston's defense was ripped to shreds, especially once Green Bay started double- and triple-teaming J.J. Watt in order to protect Rodgers. In case you weren't keeping score at home, the Texans are now 0-1 in the post-Brian Cushing portion of their season, and Sunday certainly did nothing to ease the concerns of Houston fans that Cushing's devastating Week 5 knee injury could derail the team's plans.
Even more confounding, though, was the Texans' inability to do much of anything against Green Bay's defense — especially on the ground, where the Texans have established themselves as one of the league's most formidable forces. Arian Foster, despite scoring twice, managed a mere 29 yards on 17 carries. Without his run game helping, Matt Schaub struggled, firing a pair of interceptions and taking three sacks.
With everything going against them, the Texans started to fall apart. Twice on Green Bay's first possession of the third quarter, Houston made critical errors, committing a pair of penalties to keep that drive going.
Rodgers, of course, finished it off with a 1-yard TD pass to Nelson.
Perhaps that was the best sign of any Sunday night that the "old" Aaron Rodgers had returned to action. When Houston shot itself in the foot, thus presenting the Packers with an opportunity, Rodgers made sure they paid.
Green Bay likely didn't feel any sympathy for the Cushing-less Texans, either. The green and gold played Sunday without B.J. Raji and Greg Jennings, then saw Nick Perry, D.J. Smith, Sam Shields and Brandon Saine helped from the field with injuries of their own.
Those ailments will create concerns for the Packers on Monday, especially given that this team has yet to string two wins in a row together in 2012. But for the moment, Green Bay has to feel pretty great about what it accomplished Sunday night.
This was an absolute clinic, in all facets. Even Green Bay's much-maligned offensive line held up, frequently providing Rodgers with loads of time to set and throw. As a result, the Texans were unable to stay with Nelson, James Jones, Randall Cobb and, yes, even Crabtree downfield.
Put a healthy Jennings back into this mix, with Alex Green providing some spark on the ground, and it's easy to see why the Packers still believed in themselves and their offense.
"We're all just tired of answering questions about what happened to the Packers, what happened to me," Rodgers said. "We haven't gone anywhere."
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Kitley, Clegg Earn Academic Honorsby Brent Harris • December 4, 2012 Share:
Seniors Weston Kitley and Pat Clegg have been named to the Capital One Academic All-America Division III Football Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Kitley earned First Team honors, while Clegg was a Second Team selection.
Kitley is a chemistry major with a 3.74 cumulative grade point average. A starter at left tackle the past three seasons for the Little Giants, Kitley helped the Wabash offense average 210.10 rushing yards and 408.6 total yards of offense per game. He earned First Team All-North Coast Athletic Conference honors in 2010, 2011, and 2012 and was a D3football.com Honorable Mention All-America selection in 2010. Kitley was also named to the D3football.com 2012 Preseason All-America First Team.
Kitley spent the early portion of the summer of 2012 conducting research on campus, then traveled to the HHMI Janelia Farm Research Center to continue his work and present some of his findings to other researchers at the facility. Kitley also traveled to Peru as part of a global health program.
Clegg is also a chemistry major with a cumulative grade point average of 3.54. A starter in all 10 games for Wabash this season at defensive tackle, Clegg finished the season with 51 total tackles, fifth-best among Little Giant players. His 11-1/2 tackles for losses totaling 31 yards placed him third among Wabash players this season and helped him earn First Team All-NCAC honors for the second consecutive season. He was part of a Wabash group that ranked eighth in the nation in scoring defense (13.1 ppg) and ninth in the rushing defense (80.3 ypg). Clegg finished his career with 39-1/2 tackles for losses, placing him sixth on the Wabash all-time list.
Clegg traveled to Kenya in 2011 as part of an immersion learning trip that studied religion on the African continent. The trip included working with local orphanages, churches and schools as well as interacting with the local villagers. Clegg wrote a blog entry about his experience in Kenya during the trip.
To be eligible for Capital One Academic All-America consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. Sicne the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 16,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.
2012 Capital One Academic All-America Division III Football Team (pdf)


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SUV Crashes into Rapid City Funeral Home; 2 Injured
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - Police in Rapid City say the driver of a vehicle that plowed through a wall of a funeral home might have suffered a medical problem before the crash.
The sport utility vehicle with two men inside crashed into the Behrens-Wilson Funeral Home on Sunday. Police say there's evidence that the passenger tried to steer the vehicle after the driver became incapacitated.
The men were taken to a local hospital with injuries that police say are not life-threatening.
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|In the Olden Days, a Quality Bicycle Had a Lugged Frame and Reynolds "531" Tubing
There remain many people devoted to steel bikes. Locally, in the DFW Metroplex, Southwest Frameworks will build you a custom steel frame made to the highest workmanship standards (they have a lot of good photos showing the process at their website). Indeed, I grew up under the influence of Eugene Sloane; believing that any good bike was lugged, while one with Reynolds "531" double butted steel tubing was a bicycle aristocrat. When Sloane's book was published, my 1967 Jaguar XKE came without air conditioning or power steering, the windows went up and down via a winder, and side mirrors were an extra cost option. Nobody had heard of cassette tapes, much less MP3 or satellite navigation. Unlike less sporting cars, Jaguar had special mounting points for anyone wanting to install shoulder belts.
|Reynolds Had it all. Even the Russians Used it in Their Track Bikes. Note How Sloane Spells "Columbus"
Nowadays, steel remains an excellent material to make heavy bicycles from, particularly when the manufacturer wishes to avoid investing in facilities capable of competitively building high performance machines. That fact is the main reason why cheap bikes, like the Chinese Flying Pigeon, universally use steel frames. A traditional steel frame will weigh four pounds or more (sometimes MUCH more), compared to three pounds for aluminum, while a high end carbon frame weighs in closer to 2.5 pounds, and a few weigh even less. With modern analytical methods, the ride of steel can be closely matched, or improved on, with either aluminum or carbon. Certainly, if identical components are used, the steel bike will only weigh 2 pounds more than its carbon counterpart, but that is a world of difference for a performance bike, and particularly for a lightweight, high end bike, since most of the cost is in the components.
On the other hand, if you are looking for a utility bike, and plan to load it with accessories, 2 pounds is a minor consideration. In such a bike, esthetic considerations, such as lugs, may or may not be important to you, along with such creature comforts (all of which add even more weight) as double legged kick stands, chain cases, and internal gears. In these cases, the steel frame becomes more than just a material, it becomes part of the total bike experience, and those lugs on steel frames ARE luscious.
I still ride steel framed bikes where speed performance is secondary. Frankenbike was partly chosen for its combination of Reynolds tubing and lugwork, combined with its low cost. As I said, I like steel bikes, but remember I also like vintage Jaguars. I will probably always keep a steel bike around, just as I keep the Jaguar E type. Aluminum and carbon are the real present and future of fine bicycles, and designers are still learning how to exploit the full potential of each of these materials that have passed steel by. Nowadays, bikes such as the Gary Fisher Simple City and Civia Hyland are made of aluminum.
By the way, the 1967 Jaguar E type also used Reynolds "531" steel tubing, unlike new Jags which use aluminum. Aristocrats may be fading relics of the past, but they're still proud.
|The Front Subframe of Jaguar E types Used Reynolds "531" Tubing, Just Like Raleigh and the Schwinn Paramount


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August 20, 2000-The Tough Go Shopping
As they say, "When the going gets tough..."
All this cruising is too tough for us, so we are heading off to Nandi to do some shopping. At this moment WINGS is anchored in Port Denerau, Fiji. Port Denerau is a large inland basin dredged out of the muddy delta of the Nandi River. It is sheltered and calm here and quiet since it is primarily a base for tourist boats and there are few tourists this year. Lined up on the pier are rows idle cruise boats, tour boats, and day trippers, sitting still and empty. We came here due to its proximity to Nandi town where some of the best shopping deals exist in Fiji for provisions and consumer electronics (we need a new VCR), but we find the peace enjoyable. Between shopping trips we sit on WINGS listening to soft music and reading, enjoying our rest after the energetic sail here.
Port Denerau, with its warmth and stillness, is a far cry from our last anchorage out east. On Thursday, after leaving Savusavu we stopped behind a reef in Savusavu Bay for the night. A few miles from the nearest land, anchored behind a submerged outer coral reef, we were protected from the waves but wide open to the wind off the Pacific. We knew that in that place, we were really "out there". Looking to leeward we could see the shoreline in the distance...more coral and breakers along a lee shore, and then nothing but jungle. Behind it the ridges disappeared in the smokey haze of sunlight shining down through the clouds. The wind moaned in rigging, sometimes raised to a howl, and we bobbed in the short chop there. We were hanging off the edge of the reef, anchored in 40 feet but with about 100 feet under our keel. If the anchor dragged we'd go into deep water fast. Even if that happened we would still be a safe distance from the distant shoreline, nevertheless, we felt exposed. The anchor seemed to hold well, but we slept fitfully. Getting up the next morning to go sailing was a relief.
Then we completed a mad dash around Fiji. We sailed 220 miles in little more than 24 hours, sailing around Viti Levu from the Eastern Division to the Western Division in perfect, if boisterous, conditions. We started out from Savusavu Bay close reaching with 24 knots, then as we rounded reefs and islands, we cracked off onto a beam reach, then a broad reach, then a run, and finally we jibed and turned the corner into Nandi waters, where Denerau is. We were hitting 7.5 to 8.5 knots most of the way and saw 10+ once or twice. The wind vane steered us and we never changed sail. That is as good as it gets.
We expect to go leave for Port Villa, Vanuatu, in a few days. We'll write to you from there.
Fred & Judy, S/V Wings, Port Denerau, Fiji
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CERATIZIT – a pioneer in the hard metal industry
For over 90 years, CERATIZIT has been a pioneer developing exceptional hard material products for cutting tools and wear protection. Headquartered in Mamer, Luxembourg, the company develops and manufactures highly specialised tungsten carbide cutting tools, inserts and rods.
With over 9, 000 employees at 34 production sites and a sales network of over 70 branch offices, the CERATIZIT GROUP is a global player in the hard metal industry and the market leader in the manufacturing of cutting and precision tools, rods and preforms. CERATIZIT GROUP is also the market leader in several wear part application areas, developing successful new types of hard metal, cermet and ceramic grades, which, for instance, are used in the wood and stone working industry.
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spectrum2050 problemi have a spectum 2050, when i turn it on the air continues to come out of the torch tip...any help??? the pressure light wont go off i inheritted this machine so i dont know much about it thanxTags: None
There is a 4 pin plug that goes out of the torch recepticle on the front of the machine and plugs into the main control board PC1 on the left side of the unit. It has 2 blue leads and 2 purple leads. If the air stops flowing with this plug dissconnected from the board then you have a problem in the torch ( Shorted trigger leads the 2 purple wires ) If the air continues to flow with the plug dissconnected then you have a problem with the main circuit board PC1.
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if i have 24 volts at all times what is the problem? i disconected the wires going into the coil, the air stopped as soon as i connected the wires the air again came out of the torch...the pressure light stays on and i am not set in the gas mode any help??
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Is the amperage knob on the front turned all the way counter clock wise to the gas set mode? If the machine is in gas set mode the pressure light will be on untill you take it out of that mode by turning the amperage adjustment knob clockwise. If that is not the problem check to see if you have 24 volts DC at the two wires that go to the coil of the valve. You should only have voltage there when you pull the torch trigger or when you are in the gas set mode.
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studied under Tatum at Yale (Ph.D., 1948) and taught at the University
of Wisconsin (1947–59), where he established a department of medical
genetics. In 1959 he joined the faculty of the Stanford Medical School,
serving as director of the Kennedy Laboratories of Molecular Medicine
there from 1962 to 1978, when he moved to New York City to become
president of Rockefeller University. He held that post until 1990.
With Tatum he published "Gene Recombination in Escherichia coli"
(1946), in which he reported that the mixing of two different strains
of a bacterium resulted in genetic recombination between them and thus
to a new, crossbred strain of the bacterium. Scientists had previously
thought that bacteria only reproduced asexually—i.e., by cells
splitting in two; Lederberg and Tatum showed that they could also
reproduce sexually, and that bacterial genetic systems are similar to
those of multicellular organisms.
While biologists who had not previously believed that "sex" existed in bacteria such as E. coli
were still confirming Lederberg"s discovery, he and his student Norton
D. Zinder reported another and equally surprising finding. In the paper
"Genetic Exchange in Salmonella" (1952), they
revealed that certain bacteriophages (bacteria-infecting viruses) were
capable of carrying a bacterial gene from one bacterium to another, a
phenomenon they termed transduction.
discoveries greatly increased the utility of bacteria as a tool in
genetics research, and it soon became as important as the fruit fly Drosophila and the bread mold Neurospora.
Moreover, his discovery of transduction provided the first hint that
genes could be inserted into cells. The realization that the genetic
material of living things could be directly manipulated eventually bore
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Jade is a gemstone compromised of both jadeite and nephrite and comes in a variety of colors. Historically, the finest jade - known as imperial jade - is nearly transparent in a vibrant emerald-green color. Most jade stones are semi-transparent with an extremely smooth texture.
Caring for your jade jewelry is a simple process that will ensure that your gemstone maintains its beautiful sparkle. The best way to keep your gem clean is to bring it to your local Helzberg Diamonds store for a complimentary cleaning and inspection. At home, you can brighten your jade jewelry by gentling wiping the gemstone with a jewelry polishing cloth and warm water.


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Tack hammer, No. 3 upholstery tacks (12 for an average size seat), scissors, needle and thread, flat-bladed screwdriver or spoon, and a work surface about waist-high and covered with a blanket.
The WARP is one length of tape wrapped around the seat rails from front to back. The WOOF is one length of tape wrapped around the seat rails from side to side and woven under and over the warp in a checkerboard, herringbone or diamond pattern. The space between the upper and lower layers is stuffed with a firm foam rubber cushion (the Shakers used horsehair or other materials), not only for comfort, but also to maintain contact between the two layers so that the lower layer helps support the weight which would otherwise be carried only by the upper layer of tape. This prevents sagging and reduces wear.
For strength , we recommend that you use 1" tape for one or two color checkerboard and 5/8" tape for the herringbone and other more complicated designs (See Figure 4). You may also use the two widths of tape on one seat - warping with one width and weaving with the other - to create a "rectangular checkerboard" pattern.
Shaker Workshops chair tape is supplied in 5, 10, and 20 yard rolls because these have been found to be convenient weaving lengths which produce the least amount of waste. The ends can be joined easily without loss of strength by overlapping them about 1" and sewing across the width of the tape two or three times. For neatness, always cut the tape so that the joint occurs on the underside of the seat or the backside of the chair. Those who don't sew can staple and glue the joint together.
If you are weaving with two colors of tape, use the darker color for the warp. You will find it easier to warp the chair with the tape still in a roll, unwinding it as you go. Tack the end of the warp to the underside of either side seat rail (See Figure 1). Pull the tape up behind the back rail and forward to the front rail in a straight line. Pull it down and under the front rail and back up behind the back rail. Continue to wrap the tape around the front and back rails until the back rail cannot take any more rows. Check to be sure there are no twists. Tack the end of the tape to the underside of the side rail, quite close to the back post. Cut off any excess. Notice that the warp appears slanted on the underside of the seat (See Figure 1). The tension should be firm but not so tight that the front rail bows.
For chairs that are wider in the front than in the back, there will be a small triangular area at each side of the seat that is not covered by the warp. These areas will be filled in later.
Trim the cushion to size with scissors, if necessary. To prevent the corners from showing once the seat is completed, trim off a small triangle (1" or so) from each corner. Slide the cushion into the space between the upper and lower layers of warp.
It is easier to weave the woof with the tape unwound from the roll. If your tape is in rolls of more than 10 or 20 yards, you may wish to cut it into shorter lengths.
For 1" tape, start the woof on the underside of the seat, centered on the back rail. Push aside one of the center rows of warp on the back rail and tack the beginning of the woof underneath it. Begin weaving by going under the first row of warp, over the second row, under the third row, etc., until the side rail is reached. Turn the chair right side up. Pull the tape up around the side rail and weave across the top in the same way. After weaving to the other side, turn the chair upside down and weave the second row in the opposite manner to the first row -- go over the first row of warp, under the second row, over the third, and so on. This creates a checkerboard pattern when two colors of tape are used (See Figure 2). Continue this pattern of weaving until the woof is approximately half way between the back rail and the front rail. It is important that you weave the underside of the seat to prevent sagging and reduce wear on the top side.
Now complete the warp in the triangular areas to the right and left. Use the tape that was left over when you warped the chair. On the top side of the seat, push back the rear-most row of the woof where it goes over the side rail, tack the end of a piece of warp tape to the side rail, and replace the woof tape so that both the tack and the end of the tape are hidden. Weave the warp tape forward to the front rail (maintaining the checkerboard pattern). Pull it around the front rail to the underside and weave toward the back rail. Tack to the side rail in the same hidden manner. The second "filler" tape is tacked part way down the side rail (depending on the width of the tape and the amount of splay in the seat), woven to the front, brought around the front rail, then woven toward the back and tacked in the same manner. Figure 2 illustrates what the fillers will look like on the Straight Chair. Tack and weave as many extra pieces of tape on both sides of the seat as are necessary to fill the triangles.
Continue to weave the woof. The seat will tighten as you weave the last rows of the woof. Use the blade of a screwdriver, the handle of a spoon, of any wide and flat piece of metal or wood to poke the end of the tape through the narrowing spaces. If the last row has less than enough space for a width of tape, the previous rows can be pushed back and compressed enough to provide the necessary space. When you have completed the last row, tack the end of the woof on the underside of the front seat rail.
Weaving the back of a chair, rocker or settee presents an extra challenge because both sides of the back are visible. Be sure to stain and finish at least 1" on each end of the top and bottom rails. Also, remember to join tape on the back side.
For a uniform appearance, use the same tape color for the warp on the back as on the seat. Tack one end of the tape on the back side of the backpost, slightly inside, about 1" up from the bottom bent rail. Bring the tape up and over the top bent rail. Continue to wrap the tape until the bottom bent rail can take no more tape. (On chairs and rockers, note that the top bent rail is a bit longer than the bottom bent rail. Center the tape on the top bent rail before cutting and tacking the tape.) Tack the tape on the back side of the backpost, slightly inside, about 1" down from the top bent rail. Slide the foam cushion between the front and back layers of tape.
On the back side of the top bent rail, in the center, part the warp slightly and tack one end of the tape you have chosen for the woof. As you weave the woof on the back, note that you will not be able to include the last few rows of warp near the tacks. Continue weaving until you reach the bottom bent rail. For armless chairs and rockers, bentwood rockers, and the settee, finish the woof in the usual way. For chairs and rockers with arms, finishing the woof requires a bit of judgement; the Shakers themselves had several techniques. At Shaker Workshops, we finish the woof in the usual way, then piece in a bottom row of woof on the front side between the arms, with 3" ends simply tucked under the warp.
The narrower tape is used to create the herringbone and diamond patterns, as well as other more complex patterns. The basic techniques are the same as those for weavng with the 1" webbing. When you begin and end the woof, however, do not tack in the center of the rail. Tack all the way over at one end of the back rail and weave the first row completely across the underside of the chair. Because it takes many more rows of 5/8" tape to fill the side rails, you may choose to warp a little more loosely than for the 1" tape. This will make it easier to weave the last few rows.
When warping the chair back, do not tack it in place right away. Use masking tape (which will not mar the finish) to hold it in place on the back posts. When the back is complete, a decision can be made as to whether to tack or "tuck" the ends, based on the requirements of the pattern.
Because it is more difficult to completely hide joints under the 5/8" tape, try to have one continuous piece of tape left for the woof of the chair back. If this is not possible, join in the center of the back where the weaving is the loosest.
The woof is begun at the back side of the top bent rail, at one end. If you are doing an arm chair, the final row of woof is woven underneath the arm. This will cause a gap to appear in the pattern visible on the front of the chair. To compensate for this, pause before weaving the last row on the front and cut a piece of tape long enough to go across the front of the back plus 6". Weave this filler row as the pattern dictates, tucking 3" at each end under the warp rows. Now bring the woof around and weave the final row. End the woof at the far edge of the bottom bent rail. (See the No. 5 Tape Back Arm Chair in the Shaker Workshops catalog).
This pattern is easy to weave, since it consists wholly of weaving the woof under two rows of the warp and then over the next two rows. What gives the pattern a more complicated look is the way in which the rows of woof are staggered (See Figure 4). Until you get the "feel" for the herring bone pattern, it may be useful to view it a being made up of four rows which repeat:
Row 1: Begin by going under the first two rows of warp, over the next two, etc. until the side rail is reached. (Weave the underside of the seat in the same way.) Row 2: Go over the first row of warp, under the next two, over the next two, etc. (Weave the underside the same way.) Row 3: Go over the first two rows of warp, under the next two, etc. (Weave the underside the same way.) Row 4: Go under one row of warp, over the next two, under the next two, etc. (Weave the underside the same way.)
Simply weave over and under two rows of warp at a time, and weave each woof row twice in the same way. The "checks" will then measure two rows by two rows.
There is one golden rule: Aways make sure there is an odd number of rows in the warp. Otherwise, it is impossible to center the diamond correctly. The diamond is created by weaving under two rows of warp in the appropriate places. We recommend that you use graph paper to plot out the size and shape of your diamond and then weave following your diagram. If you know how to weave the herringbone pattern, you will find it faster and easier to weave the underside in this pattern rather than the diamond or checkerboard. We have included a diagram of a diamond that is the correct size to fit on one of our No. 5 Side or Arm Chairs (See Figure 5).
The narrow checkerboard gets very tight near the end. Warping fairly loosely, straightening each row as you go, and weaving the herringbone pattern on the underside will all help to make it easier. A crochet hook is a good tool for pulling the tape through near the rails.
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Interview with Singapore veteran fashion designer Frederick Lee
Photography / Soon Tong
Fashion Direction / Ashburn Eng
Make-up / Mav Chang
Hair / Annie Tay
Model / Nastya Kolganova & Vilma P (Upfront Models)
Text / Luth Seah Zhiqiang
Milliner / Frederick Lee
Local veteran couturier Frederick Lee established himself as a household name by creating costume pieces for countless of notable local events; from the National Day Parade to the recent Youth Olympics Games. In addition being an extraordinary bridal and evening gown designer, not many know that he is an outstanding milliner as well! Test Shoot Gallery is honoured to present a series of one-of-a-kind millinery works that Frederick Lee produced specially for our shoot! Along with this amazing opportunity to admire Frederick's work, we bring you an exclusive interview with the man as well. By Luth Seah Zhiqiang
I believe that fashion design flows in my blood. As a kid, I made paper clothing for my paper dolls while my peers were playing outdoors. That also fed my love for fantasy and weaving stories with elements plucked from legends, myths and magic. But I truly began my design career in my early 20s as a self taught designer by creating and making garments for friends. From then on, my confidence in designing grew along with my flair for the unusual. I also enjoy and am intrigued by the elegance which inspired me to look for perfection and glamour in old-hollywood. Think Dietrich and Crawford in Balenciaga, Schiaparelli to Garbo and Davis in Vionnet or Dior, their positivity exuberant art-decor flamboyance.
Personally, I find it beautiful when mundane materials maneuvered with the proficient and perfect skills of haute couture to become unequivocally beautiful garments. Even from a young age, I knew I wanted to be a couturier.
TSG: How would you describe your design aesthetic?
Rather than to worry about finding the next best-selling commercial designs, I prefer to create clothes that reflect different moments or dreams. I believe in individuality and diversity. I create and ignore the conventional, avoiding the rituals of seasonal demands. Wearing a Frederick Lee's couture piece will bring together extravagance, glamour, wit and originality. I make clothes for the feminine, confident, and seductive woman who is enchanted by bold new ideas; A women who never has a dull moment in her life.
TSG: What, or who inspires you and influences your work the most? (e.g, the revolutionary cuts that highlights the femininity of the body in your work?)
There are many great fashion designers that have inspired and influenced my work. Top of my list is Spanish-born french couture designer, the late Cristobal Balenciaga, who was credited as the one who changed the silhouette of womenswear. Balenciaga was revered as a couturier of couturier who created astonishment with his collections and the mastery of his cuts. I respect that kind of integrity and his creative ideals.
TSG: What do you like most about the age we live in?
In the age we are living now, everything is possible. We're constantly exposed to stories about people who become stars over night. So there's a high possibility that everyone will be famous at least for 15 minutes in your lifetime. However, because of that, many people lost their sense of reality. They lack personality and imagination in living their lives.
TSG: What is the quality that makes your hats come to life?
The traditional characteristics of a good hat are wit and style. They are hard to achieve as wit can easily be reduced to vulgarity and attempts at style frequently result in meaningless extravagance. I realise that only by breaking the rules can highly imaginative, stylish hats be created. What gives my hats indefinable but immediately recognized spirit is "control".
No element is allow to overrun the others in the overall design. Shapes, trim, and lines are all given equal consideration in order to produce millinery that is deceptively unique and memorable.
TSG: Would you identify yourself as a conceptual or romantic designer?
The definition of conceptual design is subjective. I believe that conceptual designing comprises the creation of an idea, the exploration of the intentions of that idea, and the representation of it. Thus, I guess I'm a conceptual designer!
TSG: Besides designing for your own evening wear and bridal lines, you work as the director of costumier for large-scale events such as the Singapore National Day, Youth Olympic Games & many other theatre productions as well. How do you manage your working process to fit the time-line? Would you consider yourself as a workaholic?
We have all experienced that appalling sense of having far too much work to do but too little time to do it in. We can choose to ignore this, and continue to work unreasonably long hours to stay on top of our workload. The alternative is to work more intelligently by focusing on the things that are more important. While this may seem obvious, in the hurly-burly of a new, fast-moving, high-pressure role, there's often times where something can be overlooked easily.
Prioritizing helps me to get the greatest return from the work I do, and keep my workload under control. Although the term "workaholic" usually has a negative connotation, it is sometimes used by people who wish to express their devotion to one's career in positive terms an I'm one of them.
TSG: What are the difficulties faced being a designer today?
To become a fashion designer one must be willing to work hard and handle rejection. Rejections are unavoidable in this industry; it's perseverance despite the rejection that is more crucial.Though the fashion industry can be exciting and alluring to some, it might be a different story behind the scenes. I like how TV shows like Project Runway gives a realistic depiction of the type of criticism you can expect. The main problems most designers have are missing connection to their potential customer base ; missing exposure and a downward spiral of low volumes. If you don't have enough customers, you won't be able to sell and
produce enough pieces. Industry manufacturers will then be less interested in working with you and you might end up working with far more expensive tailorshops. High production costs lead to horrible selling prices and low customer conversion. As a result you receive more rejections from boutiques to stock your products.
TSG: What does the term beauty mean to you?
Beauty to me is feeling good about yourself, as well as enjoying the pleasure and joy that life gives you; A smile, a nice twinkle of ones eyes, a fragrant body, a nice clean outfit. Beauty is when you know you can go anywhere in life having the right clothes, or even the wrong clothes worn in the right way.
TSG: How important is it for a celebrity to wear one of your dresses, from a business point of view?
Although fashion designers can achieve celebrity status on their own, the designers often seek assistance from celebrities in other industries to help launch their labels.
As a fashion designer, the goal is to have the celebrity wear your pieces when they are captured on film and on the red carpet. Keep in mind that the images taken will often end up in a magazine, newspaper, or on television. Either way, this will help publicize the designers brand. In addition to having movie stars and pro athletes wear designer fashion on a daily basis, it is equally or more important to have glamorous celebrities appear in your designs at fashion week events. To be a successful designer, you can not simply put on a fabulous cat walk display of beautiful models and stylish accessories. It is very important to have the room full of photographers, fashion editors and celebrities.
TSG: What has been your best career or fashion moment so far?
One of my fashion moments will have to be able to create the costumes for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games Singapore 2010. I was challenged and inspired to create new costumes for the international event that inspires global unity and national pride; an event that celebrates youth in sports, as well as marking a new chapter in Olympic sporting history.
I'm still waiting for that fashion moment because everyday is still a learning experience. In fact, I believe my best work will be when im 60!
TSG: Do you think haute couture will keep on existing in future?
Today, the haute couture is neither haughty nor supernatuated, it is an aesthetic essay in which cherished and extraordinary skills are practiced. It remains a discipline of ultimate imagination, unaccountable to cost, with the paradox of being the fashion most cognizant of its ideal clients. It is a dream for quality in an era of industry and its succession.
I still strongly feels that Couture persists in providing us with a paragon of the most beautiful clothing that can be envisioned and made in any time.
A seductive, confident, glamourous and feminine women. Fashionable, yet not trendy. She understands what kinds of clothes suits her body.
TSG: Besides platforms like Singapore Fashion Festival to create awareness, what kind of support do you feel home grown labels need?
In the words of Vivienne Westwood, "Fashion is very important, It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well".
Indeed, the undercurrents of Westwood's philosophy holds true for Singapore as well. The Singapore Fashion Scene has not just arrived ; it has arrived unbelievably well in the past few years. The Singapore Fashion Week (SFW) and Singapore Fashion Festival (SFF) not only have launched many young and budding designers, they are also the most supportive and friendly platform that enable designers to have complete exposure to the media, domestic and international buyers.
Both SFW and SFF – with active participation from fashion designers, fashion houses, jeweler, models and sponsors – have generated a lot of interest and optimism in the local fashion industry. With the platform getting bigger and better, no one's complaining.
Frederick Lee is located at No.2 Jalan Klapa, Singapore 193314 Tel: +65 6323 4372


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LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant looked around, drew in a breath and gathered himself. Time for one of the game's best closers to get to work with the score tied to start the fourth quarter.
LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant looked around, drew in a breath and gathered himself. Time for one of the game's best closers to get to work with the score tied to start the fourth quarter.
He fueled a desperate rally with 23 of his 30 points in the last 12 minutes, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the New Orleans Hornets 104-96 on Tuesday night to keep their playoff hopes alive.
"Aw ... I got to go in again and I really didn't want to," Bryant said he was thinking. "It's about conserving energy. The more I can kind of lag in the weeds the better."
But that depends on his teammates.
"If you're making shots, I can sit back," Bryant said. "If you're playing (bad), I can't."
No Laker but Bryant made a shot in the first seven minutes of the fourth. He had just four points at halftime.
"It is really just about me making shots. It is not really the defense," said Bryant, who had ice on his left shoulder and both knees after the game. "They keyed in on my penetration, but I know I could range over the defense and get the shot. So, with games like this, when the jumper is falling, you have fourth quarters like I had."
Pau Gasol had 22 points and 11 rebounds, and Dwight Howard added 19 points to help the Lakers move a half-game ahead of Utah for the eighth and final Western Conference playoff spot. The Jazz lost to Oklahoma City 90-80 earlier in the evening, but they hold the tiebreaker over the Lakers.
"We were pretty effective wearing down their bigs, especially late in the game," Howard said. "We just needed this game. It was intense. We got four games left. We control our own destiny."
Bryant urged Gasol to position himself down low where he's most effective and stay put.
"I haven't gotten to the post as much as I did tonight all year long," he said. "My teammates looked for me."
Eric Gordon scored 22 points, making 10 of 11 free throws, before fouling out in the final seconds to lead five Hornets in double figures. Anthony Davis added 18 points and 14 rebounds, Ryan Anderson had 14 points, and Greivis Vasquez had 11 points and 11 assists.
Metta World Peace returned for the Lakers less than two weeks after undergoing left knee surgery and had four points in 15 minutes as they won their third in a row at home.
Bryant put on his usual show in the fourth quarter that began with the teams tied at 70-all. He scored the Lakers' first seven points for a 77-70 lead, drawing chants of "Kobe! Kobe!"
"I knew I needed to be aggressive," he said. "Our energy had been down all game."
The Hornets ran off six in a row to take an 82-80 lead. Bryant answered with two straight jumpers before Davis' basket tied the game for the last time at 84-all.
From there, the Hornets were outscored 20-12.
"We had multiple guys doubling him and he just made smart plays," Anderson said of Bryant.
Hornets coach Monty Williams said, "You could put Saran Wrap on Kobe and I don't know if that's going to change anything."
Antawn Jamison, who finished with 13 points, scored five in a row for an 89-84 lead. But Bryant kept the Lakers going with another five straight, including a steal of Gordon that he capped with a fast-break driving finger roll.
"He had a lot of tough shots to get him going," Gordon said of Bryant. "Whenever you hit a few in a row it's almost hard to stop. He had a lot of tough shots and when he gets to the free throw line, it's a whole different ballgame."
The Hornets led by six early in a back-and-forth third that ended in a 70-all tie. Gasol scored six straight points to pull the Lakers into the first tie of the quarter. Davis picked up his fourth foul for the Hornets, and Howard got called for his fourth late in the third.
Jamison and Bryant hit back-to-back 3-pointers for the Lakers only to have Brian Roberts tie it up on a running finger roll.
The Lakers led by 10 points in the second quarter when the Hornets closed on a 17-2 run, including 14 in a row, to lead 50-45 at the break. Gordon scored 13 of their points, including the first six.


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This video shows the motion of Pluto's five satellites as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope on July 7, 2012. The three-exposure-time-lapse sequence spans a total of 4.5 hours. The images were taken with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 in visible light.
NASA, ESA, M. Showalter (SETI Institute), and L. Frattare and G. Bacon (STScI)
Publication: July 11, 2012


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One of the poems I remember reading as a child is "Leisure," by the Welsh poet W. H. Davies. "What is this life if full of care/We have no time to stand and stare?" went the opening verse.
My life is filled with no more than the average cares, or stresses, that any working woman — or man — goes through. And yet those stresses are considerable, robbing me often of the simple pleasures that I know I ought to take time to savor.
But every once in a while, I remind myself of those lines from Davies' poem. I don't ever want to forget them.
I am a big believer in leisure, and I try to grab at it when I can, even when it's hard to. And I don't mean planned leisure, like vacations, although I love those too.
Instead, I try to steal moments in my day when I can enjoy the world around me.
When I drive, I leave the cell phone in my bag. Instead, I watch the world around me go by– the people on a bus running next to me, reading or talking to each other or knitting or just looking out. People walking dogs on the streets, or jogging. Homes with neat yards and children playing out front. Seeing the world around me makes me happy, makes me feel connected in a way no newspaper or television show can.
When I walk my dogs, I try to enjoy it as much as they do (well, almost), even if I have a million things still left to do when I get back home. Because I know it means a lot to them, and they mean a lot to me. Besides, it is so rewarding to see their tails wag as they run from tree to tree trying to get a whiff of everything that happened between now and the last walk.
And then there are those moments when I indulge myself by doing absolutely nothing. Nothing at all. And although something like that can be seen as a negative in our multitasking society where even a moment is too precious to lose, let me tell you, there's nothing as redeeming as a moment of pure self-indulgence.
So try it, if you don't already. Take those moments in your day to enjoy what you do, without worrying about when you can get it done. Or put away that cellphone, power off the computer, and don't even think about anything remotely stressful.
And once you've recharged, go into the kitchen and make yourself some of this delicious Bread Pudding Topped With Strawberry Compote. Cut yourself a generous piece, curl up on the couch, and relish every bite.
Trust me, you'll be reborn.
Bread Pudding Topped With Strawberry Compote
8-10 slices of white whole-wheat bread. Trim off the crusts which you can use to make breadcrumbs for another time. Then cut the bread into 1/2-inch cubes. You should have about 5 cups of bread. (I love white whole-wheat because it's more delicate than regular whole-wheat but it's also wholegrain. So that's like having your bread and eating it too. But if you can't find it, use regular white bread. I'd advise against brown whole-wheat because the flavor might be a tad too strong for the pudding).
1/2 cup raisins
3 cups almond milk (use vanilla soy milk if you can't find this)
1 tsp cinnamon powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup sugar
6 tsp EnerG egg replacer (or corn starch), mixed with 8 tbsp water.
Whisk together the cinnamon, vanilla, sugar and egg replacer. Then whisk in the almond milk until everything's incorporated.
In a greased square baking dish (mine's about 9 inches square), spread out the bread evenly. Scatter the raisins on top. Now pour the almond milk mixture on top. Soak for about 30 minutes, pressing on the bread with a ladle periodically to ensure the bread gets evenly soaked.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Place the pudding in a water bath (a larger dish filled with about 1 inch of water).
Bake for 75-80 minutes or until puffy and golden on top.
Serve warm with strawberry compote (recipe follows), or even by itself. It's delicious either way.
Strawberry Compote
1 pound strawberries, hulled and then cut into slices
1/4 -1/2 cup sugar (use more or less depending on the tartness of your strawberries)
1 stick cinnamon
Place the strawberries, sugar and cinnamon in a saucepan and cook on medium heat until the strawberries break down and express their juices. Continue cooking on low heat about 10 minutes.
Spoon the compote over the pudding and serve.