Batik designer Iwan Tirta passes away

Renowned batik designer Iwan Tirta died at 8:35 a.m. at Abdi Waluyo Hospital in Menteng, Central Jakarta. He was 75 years old.

In recent years Iwan had suffered from diabetes and a series of strokes, according to his assistant, Trisna. He was hospitalized for the last two weeks.

A Yale-educated lawyer, Iwan pursued his love of traditional batik in the 1970s and 1980s, becoming the country's leading authority on the traditional Javanese fabric. He designed for visiting dignitaries, including for US president Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, in the mid-1980s, and for the leaders at the 1994 APEC Summit.



in recent years, he also was a consultant for upmarket Indonesian restaurants. (brc)


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Finger painting, a new form of art

Painting is definitely a form of art, but not everything can be painted. Well, almost everything. Someone painted animals on human palms and fingers. The result is pretty amazing. Check it out below.

It’s surely great!I’m really impressed!:

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How to Read People's Minds - 3 Secret Ways to Read People's Thoughts

While we haven't yet reached the age of flying cars and robot wars, we have at least reached the point where we know how to read people's minds. These days, there are various methods you can use to know what another person is thinking.

These methods range from the basic to the scientific. If you want to explore the knowledge of how to read people's minds, check out some of these tips below.

Body Language



One of the basic ways on how to read people's minds is by reading their body language. As primitive as this method might seem, not a lot of people seem to know about it or know how to actually use it. However, I'll let you in on some of the key bodily movements that can help you read people's minds.

When talking to a person, notice the direction that their knees are pointed. If the knees are turned towards you, then you know that the other person is interested in you and agrees with what you're saying. On the other hand, it they're turned away from you, then you better think of a way to capture their interest.

Eye Movement

Here's how to read people's minds through their eyes. When a person is trying to create an image out of nothing, they will most likely look upward and to the left.

In the meantime, a person trying to remember a particular image will most likely look upward and to the right. As effective as this method is, don't let it be the last straw when making a decision.

Brain Activity

On a more scientific scale, there has been a small yet significant progress when it comes to knowing how to read people's minds. Neuroscientist Kendrick Kay, along with his colleagues, has stumbled upon a way to determine which image a person is looking at without ever seeing the images before.

According to "Scientific American," the team was able to create a computer model that could read a person's brain activity accurately. That model could read the brightness and angle the person perceived when looking at the picture; so when the series of pictures was presented to the model, it was able to determine which picture the person was looking at by comparing its brightness and angle. Of course, the model is not 100% right all the time as some pictures may have similar amounts of brightness and angle.

Learning how to read people's minds can be interpreted in many, different ways. While we haven't yet reached the point where reading people's minds is as easy as looking above their heads and reading words from a thought bubble, we have at least made it halfway there.

Now you can easily amaze anyone with 11 secret mind reading tricks you can easily perform, and easily make people do anything you want using proven mind control techniques.

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Story - The Lost Man

A worker in Uzbekistan saw a homeless man sitting on the street and felt God's prompting to help him. He gave him some bread and asked after his situation. The man was evidently dehydrated, bruised and scared. The worker couldn't tell whether he was an alcoholic or if he was sick.

The worker brought him into his own house and gave him food and drink and helped him to wash. The man was confused as to where he lived. He said he had a sister and yet he couldn't find his way home.

Some people came and warned that the man should leave, for he was a drunk and would come back and steal from the house.

Eventually the worker decided to drive around with him in the area the man vaguely indicated. He recognised a street and a house and on approaching it the occupant ran out and up to the homeless man and embraced him with tears of joy.

The family told of their brother who had left the house 20 days earlier to get a magazine and had never returned. He was slightly retarded and had very bad eyesight. Posters had been put up and information given on the local radio station to help to trace the missing man, but without success.

The worker had the chance to share about the love of God, the prayers around the world being prayed for their nation and how God had heard the prayers. They wept together over the goodness of God and said that this worker would now be a member of their family. They explained that God had told them a man with a pure heart would bring back their brother.

The worker shared the gospel and prayed for them. The older sister said "May God give you a nation", to which the worker replied "That is my prayer, also".

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Story - What Happens During Ramadan?

Women have a very difficult time during Ramadan, with no food or water during daylight hours. They have to be up well before the crack of dawn to make sure that their families are fed in the dark, then they are exhausted for the rest of the day. They have to make sure however, that stacks of food await their menfolk at exactly the right time for breaking the fast at sunset.

For the men, Ramadan brings a different set of challenges. During the day taxi drivers park their vehicles under the shade of trees, open all the doors and windows and sprawl out for a long siesta. Llater, during the half hour before sundown, the roads are extremely busy and very dangerous. The drivers are short-tempered, desperate to get home, low on sugar and high on adrenaline. They then arrive home or at their friend's house for the piety of ifturlik, the feast at the end of the fast.

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University of Cambridge Scholarships – Study in United Kingdom

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In 2009, the University of Cambridge is the second best university in the world. (Source: QS World University Rankings™)

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University, or simply Cambridge) is the second oldest university in England and the fourth oldest in the world. Its reputation for outstanding academic achievement is known world-wide and reflects the intellectual achievement of its students, as well as the world-class original research carried out by the staff of the University and the Colleges. Its reputation is endorsed by the Quality Assurance Agency and by other external reviewers of learning and teaching, such as External Examiners.

The University of Cambridge is known worldwide for the excellence of its teaching and research and the quality of its graduates.

There are 31 Colleges in Cambridge. Three are for women (New Hall, Newnham and Lucy Cavendish) and two admit only graduates (Clare Hall and Darwin). The remainder house and teach all students enrolled in courses of study or research at the University.
Entry Requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for all applicants regardless course and age are: English, a language other than English, an approved mathematical or scientific subject, two other approved subjects.

Applicants will be expecting to obtain A grades in their GCE A levels. For courses in mainly Arts and Sciences you will be asked to send sample essays that you have written as part of your school course.
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The Gates Cambridge Scholarship . 1 available @ GBP 10,400
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HELEN KELLER - Born in 1880 - Died in 1968

Helen Keller at the age of 19 months,(not quite 2 years old) was a happy, healthy child. She was already saying a few words.

Then she had a high fever which caused her to become deaf and blind. No longer could she see nor hear. She felt lost. She would hang on to her mother's skirt to get around. She would feel of people's hands to try to find out what they were doing. She learned to do many things this way. She learned to milk a cow and knead the bread dough.

She could recognize people by feeling of their faces or their clothes.

She made up signs with her hands so she could "talk" to her family. She had 60 different signs. If she wanted bread, she pretended to be cutting a loaf. If she wanted ice cream, she would hug her shoulders and shiver.
Helen was a very bright child. She became very frustrated * because she couldn't talk. She became very angry and began to throw temper tantrums * . The family knew they had to do something to help her.

They found a teacher named Anne Sullivan. Miss Sullivan herself had been blind, but had an operation and regained her sight. She understood what Helen was feeling.

She taught Helen the signs for the letters of the alphabet. Then she would "spell" the words in Helen's hand to communicate * with her.

One day Anne led Helen to the water pump and pumped water on her hand. She spelled the letters W-A-T-E-R as the water ran over Helen's hand. She did this over and over again. At last it dawned on Helen that the word "water" meant the water which she felt pouring over her hand. This opened up a whole new world for her. She ran everywhere asking Anne the name of different things and Anne would spell the words in her hand. This was the key which unlocked the world for her.
She eventually stopped having the tantrums. Anne taught her for years. Helen learned to read Braille * . This was a system of raised dots representing letters. A blind person could read by feeling of the dots.

When she went to college, her teacher Anne went with her and tapped out the words of the instructors into her student's hand.

Helen had an amazing memory, and she also had skills very few people have ever been able to develop. She could put her fingers to a person's lips and understand the words which were being spoken.

While she was in college she wrote her book called "The Story of My Life". With the money she earned from the book she was able to buy a house.

She became famous and traveled around the world speaking to groups of people. She met many important and well-known people as she traveled.

Helen Keller was successful because of her determination. However, many people helped her. The most important person in her life was Anne Sullivan who stayed
with her for 50 years.

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Speed Painting with Ketchup and French Fries

WATCH THIS! That is just pure amazing art.....I have never gotten down with the ketchup!! that is...WOW...that is Art Right there!!

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‘Real Housewife’ Teresa Giudice responds to bankruptcy reports

HollywoodNews.com: The “Real Housewives of New Jersey’s” Teresa Giudice exploded against Danielle Staub on the show when Staub accused her of filing for bankruptcy on the show.

However, now that it has been a few weeks from the air date, items from her house are currently being auctioned off and fans are starting to wonder what the real truth is. Giudice finally addressed the rumors by writing on her Bravo blog the following message:

Hello Baby Dolls!

Alright, I’m going to dive right in here. I don’t read the tabloids and I’ve been spending my days with my four little girls, so I really only heard about all the new stories circulating about me late last night from my fans. Thank you all for the heads up, for the wonderful wishes and prayers!

Since I don’t really pay attention to the gossip, I don’t usually respond to it, but I’ve gotten so many questions from you all that I want to let you guys know the truth.

As you know, Joe and I filed for bankruptcy protection back in October 2009 primarily because of real estate deals gone bad in a bad economy. We didn’t spend millions of dollars on gold toilets or private planes. We bought buildings, fixed them up, and tried to help other people start their own businesses or be able to afford an apartment. The economy crash trickled down to everyone. We worked so hard for so many years and it was heartbreaking to file, and not something we took lightly. Of course you can’t sit in your bed and just cry all day, so we moved forward, got new jobs, and are working hard once again. The point is to get a fresh start so you can move forward.

If we didn’t give fresh starts to people, we wouldn’t have the following great American companies that were only able to be created after their owners’ filed bankruptcy: The Walt Disney Company, Hilton Hotels, Hershey’s chocolates, Macy’s department stores, Heinz ketchup and even WalMart. If Sam Walton hadn’t filed bankruptcy after his first store failed, he wouldn’t have been able to build the largest company in the world that employs more people than any other: 2 million!

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