Will and Jadda Smith

Will and Jada Smith already denied the rumors saying that they had ended their 13-year-old marriage, but it just won’t die down.

Last Tuesday, the Will and Jada Pinkett Smith separation rumors hit the headlines of broadsheets as well as entertainment sites which was ignited by the InTouch report which source, they said, came from a reliable insider.

Representatives for both Smith and Pinkett Smith have released statements on Wednesday saying that they are not separating and that the rumors are completely false. And on Thursday, Will and Jada themselves told Access Hollywood that they remain together. “Although we are reluctant to respond to these types of press reports, the rumors circulating about our relationship are completely false,” they said emphasizing that their “marriage is intact.” 

The sub-rumor linking Pinkett Smith with her Hawthorne co-star Marc Anthony have also been denied by Anthony’s representatives. However, an article from the latest issue of InTouch magazine alleges the contrary. The dramatic headline reads, “Two marriages destroyed: Jada steals J.Lo’s husband!” Within the magazine, the six-page feature claims to have details from sources and photo proof that Pinkett Smith and Anthony have been secretly involved.

InTouch alleges that Smith found Pinkett Smith and Anthony together in early August when he made a surprise visit to one of their Los Angeles homes. The article claims that an insider was not able to give details of the encounter, but that Jada moved out of the house the next day and Will subsequently fired the house staff, accusing them of covering up the affair.

Will and Jada Smith believe InTouch has crossed the line that’s why they reportedly contacted their legal team to mull a possible case against the gossip publication to be able to stop these rumors once and for all.

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The romance between Will, 42, and Jada, 39, started on the set of their movie “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.” They tied the knot in December 1997. Their two children, Jaden and Willow, are among this year’s Top 10 Richest Teen Celebrities. Will also has a son, Trey, 18, from a previous marriage.

Hurricane Irene bears down on East Coast

Hurricane Irene zeroed in on land Saturday, losing some power but still whipping up trouble even before a catastrophic run up the Eastern Seaboard. More than 2 million people were told to move to safer places, and New York City ordered the nation's biggest subway system shut down for the first time because of a natural disaster.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the enormous storm's top sustained winds slipped to 90 mph early Saturday from 100 mph overnight but warned Irene would remain a hurricane as it moves up the mid-Atlantic coast, still on track for the New York City area and New England.

"The hazards are still the same," NHC hurricane specialist Mike Brennan said. "The emphasis for this storm is on its size and duration, not necessarily how strong the strongest winds are." As the storm's outer bands of wind and rain lashed the North Carolina coast, knocking out power in places, authorities farther north begged people to get out of harm's way. Officials in the northeast, not used to tropical weather, feared it could wreak devastation.

"Don't wait. Don't delay," said President Barack Obama, who decided to cut short his summer vacation by a day and return to Washington. "I cannot stress this highly enough: If you are in the projected path of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now."

The storm's center was about 35 miles south of Cape Lookout on North Carolina's Outer Banks early Saturday and lumbering north-northeastward at 14 mph. Sustained winds of 67 mph, nearing the 74 mph threshold for a hurricane, were clocked at Cape Lookout, the National Hurricane Center said.

Tropical storm-force winds were already blowing ashore ahead of Irene, and wind and rain knocked out power to more than 80,000 customers along the North Carolina coast, including a hospital in Morehead City. A woman who answered the phone there said the hospital was running on generators.

Power was still on in Buxton on Hatteras Island, part of the Outer Banks where real estate agent Danny Couch lives. He had lost a piece of gutter and leaves were blowing around. But he saw no trees down.

"We'll wait and see what happens in the next couple of hours, but right now, it's what we're used to," he said about two hours before sunrise Saturday.

A coastal town official in North Carolina said witnesses believed a tornado spawned by Irene lifted the roof off the warehouse of a car dealership in Belhaven on Friday night and damaged a mobile home, an outbuilding and trees. Forecasters said the core of Irene would make landfall in the next few hours, then pass near or over the North Carolina coast Saturday morning, roll up the mid-Atlantic coast Saturday night and move over southern New England on Sunday.

Hurricane warnings were issued from North Carolina to New York and farther north to the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard off Massachusetts. Evacuation orders covered at least 2.3 million people, including 1 million in New Jersey, 315,000 in Maryland, 300,000 in North Carolina, 200,000 in Virginia and 100,000 in Delaware.

"This is probably the largest number of people that have been threatened by a single hurricane in the United States," said Jay Baker, a geography professor at Florida State University. U.S. airlines canceled at least 6,100 flights through Monday, grounding hundreds of thousands of passengers as the storm could strike major airports from Washington to Boston.

New York City ordered more than 300,000 people who live in flood-prone areas to leave, including Battery Park City at the southern tip of Manhattan, Coney Island and the beachfront Rockaways. But it was not clear how many would do it, how they would get out or where they would go. Most New Yorkers don't have a car.

The city said it would shut down the subways and buses at noon Saturday, only a few hours after the first rain is expected to fall. The transit system carries about 5 million people on an average weekday, fewer on weekends. It has been shut down several times before, including during a transit workers' strike in 2005 and after the Sept. 11 attacks a decade ago, but never for weather.

Aviation officials said they would close the five main New York City-area airports to arriving domestic and international flights beginning at noon on Saturday. Many departures also were canceled. The airports are John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia, Stewart International and Teterboro.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said there was little authorities could do to force people to leave and warned: "But if you don't follow this, people may die." Shelters were opening Friday afternoon, and the city was placed under its first hurricane warning since 1985. Transit systems in New Jersey and Philadelphia also announced plans to shut down, and Washington declared a state of emergency.

Some hardy holdouts in North Carolina put plywood on windows, gathered last-minute supplies and tied down boats. More than half the people who live on two remote islands, Hatteras and Ocracoke, had ignored orders to leave, and as time to change their minds ran short, officials ordered dozens of body bags. The last ferry from Ocracoke left at 4 p.m. Friday.

"I anticipate we're going to have people floating on the streets, and I don't want to leave them lying there," said Richard Marlin, fire chief for one of the seven villages on Hatteras. "The Coast Guard will either be pulling people off their roofs like in Katrina or we'll be scraping them out of their yards."

Some took to shelters for protection.

Susan Kinchen, her daughter and 5-month-old granddaughter came to West Carteret High School with about 50 others. She said they didn't feel safe in their trailer, and the Louisiana native was reminded of how her old trailer lost its roof to Hurricane Katrina, almost six years ago to the day, on Aug. 29, 2005.

"We live in a trailer with her," said Kinchen, referring to the infant. "I'm not taking any chances."

After the Outer Banks, the next target for Irene was the Hampton Roads region of southeast Virginia, a jagged network of inlets and rivers that floods easily. Emergency officials have said the region is more threatened by storm surge, the high waves that accompany a storm, than wind. Gas stations there were low on fuel Friday, and grocery stores scrambled to keep water and bread on the shelves.

In Delaware, Gov. Jack Markell ordered an evacuation of coastal areas on the peninsula the state shares with Maryland and Virginia.

Kenneth Roe was filling up three 5-gallon gas cans at an Exxon station in Salisbury, Md., on Friday night. A manager at a Home Depot in Lewes, Del., the 34-year-old had worked 18 hours straight on Thursday and another five hours on Friday, his day off. He said the store was staying open 24 hours in order to provide supplies and that generators in particular were in high demand. Approximately 50 generators put out at 6 a.m. were gone by 8 a.m., he said, even though each cost $600.

"We're going to get something no matter what," he said of the effects of the storm. In Baltimore's Fells Point neighborhood, one of the city's oldest waterfront neighborhoods, people filled sandbags and placed them at the entrances to buildings. A few miles away at the Port of Baltimore, vehicles and cranes continued to unload huge cargo ships that were rushing to offload and get away from the storm.

And in Atlantic City, N.J., all 11 casinos announced plans to shut down Friday, only the third time that has happened in the 33-year history of legalized gambling in that state. "I like gambling, but you don't play with this," Pearson Callender said as he waited for a Greyhound bus out of town. "People are saying this is an act of God. I just need to get home to be with my family."

PX

PX can be the code for:

• The stock symbol for Praxair


• The IATA code for Air Niugini


• Index of the Prague Stock Exchange (PX Index)


• Symbol for Paraxylene

PX can be an abbreviation for:

• Post exchange, a store operated by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service on US Army posts


• Pedro Ximénez, a grape used in the making of sweet "cream" Sherry, and a sweeter varietal wine named PX or Pedro Ximénez


• Part exchange


• p-Xylene, an aromatic hydrocarbon, based on benzene with two methyl substituents.


• pain, prognosis, physical examination, or pneumothorax, in various lists of medical abbreviations (often dependent on context to determine).

Other uses:

• px is an abbreviation for pixels, when used as a measure of resolution


• .px is a graphics file format used by the Pixel Image Editor


• Chi Rho, an early christogram formed by superimposing the first two letters in the Greek spelling of the word Christ (Greek : "Χριστός") in such a way to produce the monogram ☧.

Raksha Bandhan

Raksha Bandhan (Hindi: रक्षाबंधन, Punjabi: ਰਕਸ਼ਾਬੰਧਨ, Urdu: رکشا بندھن the bond of protection), or Rakhi (Hindi: राखी, Bengali রাখী, Punjabi: ਰਾਖੀ, Urdu: راکھی), is a festival primarily observed in India, which celebrates the relationship between brothers and sisters. It is also called Rakhi Purnima in certain parts of India, like the south. The festival is observed by Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs. The central ceremony involves the tying of a rakhi (sacred thread) by a sister on her brother's wrist. This symbolizes the sister's love and prayers for her brother's well-being, and the brother's lifelong vow to protect her. The festival falls on the full moon day (Shravan Poornima) of the Shravan month of the Hindu lunisolar calendar. It grew in popularity after Rani Karnavati, the widowed queen of Chittor, sent a rakhi to the Mughal emperor Humayun when she required his help.

The festival is marked by the tying of a rakhi, or holy thread, by the sister on the wrist of her brother. The brother in return offers a gift to his sister and vows to look after her as she presents sweets to him. The brother and sister traditionally feed one another sweets. Since north Indian kinship practices give cousins a status similar to siblings, girls and women often tie the rakhi to their male cousins as well (referred to as "cousin-brothers" in regional parlance) in several communities. Unrelated boys and men who are considered to be brothers (munh-bola bhai or adopted brothers) can be tied rakhis, provided they commit to a lifelong obligation to provide protection to the woman or girl.

GOOGLE ADSENSE

Google AdSense is an ad serving application run by Google Inc. Website owners can enroll in this program to enable text, image, and video advertisements on their websites. These advertisements are administered, sorted, and maintained by Google, and they can generate revenue on either a per-click or per-impression basis. Google beta tested a cost-per-action service, but discontinued it in October 2008 in favor of a DoubleClick offering (also owned by Google). In Q1 2011, Google earned US$2.34 billion ($9.36 billion annualized), or 28% of total revenue, through AdSense. 

Google uses its Internet search technology to serve advertisements based on website content, the user's geographical location, and other factors. Those wanting to advertise with Google's targeted advertisement system may enroll through Google AdWords. AdSense has become a popular company in creating and placing banner advertisements on a website, because the advertisements are less intrusive than most banners, and the content of the advertisements is often relevant to the website.

Many websites use AdSense to monetize their content; it is the most popular advertising network. AdSense has been particularly important for delivering advertising revenue to small websites that do not have the resources for developing advertising sales programs and sales people to generate revenue with. To fill a website with advertisements that are relevant to the topics discussed, webmasters place a brief HTML code on the websites' pages. Websites that are content-rich have been very successful with this advertising program, as noted in a number of publisher case studies on the AdSense website. AdSense publishers may only place three ad units per page.

INDIA Flag

The national flag of India is a horizontal rectangular tricolour of deep saffron, white and India green; with the Ashok Chakra, a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its centre. It was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on 22 July 1947, when it became the official flag of the Dominion of India. The flag was subsequently retained as that of the Republic of India. In India, the term "tricolour" (Hindi: तिरंगा, Tirangā) almost always refers to the Indian national flag. The flag is based on the Swaraj flag, a flag of the Indian National Congress designed by Pingali Venkayya.

The flag, by law, is to be made of khadi, a special type of hand-spun cloth of cotton or silk made popular by Mahatma Gandhi. The manufacturing process and specifications for the flag are laid out by the Bureau of Indian Standards. The right to manufacture the flag is held by the Khadi Development and Village Industries Commission, who allocate it to the regional groups. As of 2009, the Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha was the sole manufacturer of the flag.

Usage of the flag is governed by the Flag Code of India and other laws relating to the national emblems. The original code prohibited use of the flag by private citizens except on national days such as the Independence day and the Republic Day. In 2002, on hearing an appeal from a private citizen, Naveen Jindal, the Supreme Court of India directed the Government of India to amend the code to allow flag usage by private citizens. Subsequently, the Union Cabinet of India amended the code to allow limited usage. The code was amended once more in 2005 to allow some additional use including adaptations on certain forms of clothing. The flag code also governs the protocol of flying the flag and its use in conjunction with other national and non-national flags.

India was under British rule in the 19th century. A number of flags with varying designs were used in the period preceding the Indian Independence Movement by the rulers of different princely states; the idea of a single Indian flag was first raised by the British rulers of India after the rebellion of 1857, which resulted in the establishment of direct imperial rule. The first flag, whose design was based on western heraldic standards, were similar to the flags of other British colonies, including Canada and Australia; the blue banner included the Union Flag in the upper-left quadrant and a Star of India capped by the royal crown in the middle of the right half. To address the question of how the star conveyed "Indianness",Queen Victoria created the Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India to honour services to the empire by her Indian subjects. Subsequently, all the Indian princely states received flags with symbols based on the heraldic criteria of Europe including the right to fly defaced British red ensigns. 

In the early twentieth century, around the coronation of Edward VII, a discussion started on the need for a heraldic symbol that was representative of the Indian empire. William Coldstream, a British member of the Indian Civil Service, campaigned the government to change the heraldic symbol from a star, which he considered to be a common choice, to something more appropriate that would bind the people to the Kingdom of Great Britain. His proposal was not well received by the government; Lord Curzon rejected it for practical reasons including the multiplication of flags. Around this time, nationalist opinion within the dominion was leading to a representation through religious tradition. The symbols that were in vogue included the Ganesha, advocated by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and Kali, advocated by Aurobindo Ghosh and Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. Another symbol was the cow, or Gau Mata (cow mother). However, all these symbols were Hindu-centric and did not suggest unity with India's Muslim population.

The partition of Bengal (1905) resulted in the introduction of a new Indian flag that sought to unite the multitude of castes and races within the country. The Bande Mataram flag, part of the Swadeshi movement against the British, comprised Indian religious symbols represented in western heraldic fashion. The tricolour flag included eight white lotuses on the upper red band – representing the eight provinces, a sun and a crescent on the bottom green band – representing the Hindu and Muslim population respectively, and the Bande Mataram slogan in Hindi on the central yellow band. The flag was launched in Calcutta bereft of any ceremony and the launch was only briefly covered by newspapers. The flag was not covered in contemporary governmental or political reports either, but was used at the annual session of the Indian National Congress. A slightly modified version was subsequently used by Madam Bhikaji Cama at the Second Socialist International Meeting in Stuttgart. Despite the multiple uses of the flag, it failed to generate enthusiasm amongst Indian nationalists. 

Around the same time, another proposal for the flag was initiated by Sister Nivedita, a Hindu reformist and disciple of Swami Vivekananda. The flag consisted of a thunderbolt in the centre and a hundred and eight oil lamps for the border, with the Vande Mataram caption split around the thunderbolt. It was also presented at the Indian National Congress meeting in 1906. Soon, many other proposals were initiated, but none of them gained attention from the nationalist movement. In 1916, Pingali Venkayya submitted thirty new designs, in the form of a booklet funded by members of the High Court of Madras. These many proposals and recommendations did little more than keep the flag movement alive. The same year, Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak adopted a new flag as part of the Home Rule Movement. The flag included the Union Jack in the upper left corner, a star and crescent in the upper right, and seven stars displayed diagonally from the lower right, on a background of five red and four green alternating bands. The flag resulted in the first governmental initiative against any nationalistic flag, as a magistrate in Coimbatore banned its use. The ban was followed by a public debate on the function and importance of a national flag.

In the early 1920s, national flag discussions gained prominence across most British dominions following the peace treaty between Britain and Ireland. In November 1920, the Indian delegation to the League of Nations wanted to use an Indian flag, and this prompted the British Indian government to place renewed emphasis on the flag as a national symbol. In April 1921, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi wrote in his journal Young India about the need for an Indian flag, proposing a flag with the charkha or spinning wheel at the centre. The idea of the spinning wheel was put forth by Lala Hansraj, and Gandhi commissioned Venkayya to design a flag with the spinning wheel on a red and green banner, the red colour signifying Hindus and the green standing for Muslims. Gandhi wanted the flag to be presented at the Congress session of 1921, but it was not delivered on time, and another flag was proposed at the session. Gandhi later wrote that the delay was fortuitous since it allowed him to realise that other religions were not represented; he then added white to the banner colours, to represent all the other religions. However, soon the Sikhs wanted the banner to include the black colour and Gandhi was forced to address these issues in his writings and speeches. Finally, owing to the religious-political sensibilities, in 1929, Gandhi moved towards a more secular interpretation of the flag colours, stating that red stood for the sacrifices of the people, white for purity, and green for hope. 

On 13 April 1923, during a procession by local Congress volunteers in Nagpur commemorating the Jallianwala Bagh massacre , the Swaraj flag with the spinning wheel, designed by Venkayya, was hoisted. This event resulted in a confrontation between the Congressmen and the police, after which five people were imprisoned. Over a hundred other protesters continued the flag procession after a meeting. Subsequently, on the first of May, Jamnalal Bajaj, the secretary of the Nagpur Congress Committee, started the Flag Satyagraha, gaining national attention and marking a significant point in the flag movement. The satyagraha, promoted nationally by the Congress, started creating cracks within the organisation in which the Gandhians were highly enthused while the other group, the Swarajists, called it inconsequential. Finally, at the All India Congress Committee meeting in July, at the insistence of Jawaharlal Nehru and Sarojini Naidu, Congress closed ranks and the flag movement was endorsed. The flag movement was managed by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel with the idea of public processions and flag displays by common people. By the end of the movement, over 1500 people had been arrested across all of British India. The Bombay Chronicle reported that the movement drew from diverse groups of society including farmers, students, merchants, labourers and "national servants". While Muslim participation was moderate, the movement enthused women, who had hitherto rarely participated in the independence movement.

While the flag agitation got its impetus from Gandhi's writings and discourses, the movement received political acceptance following the Nagpur incident. News reports, editorials and letters to editors published in various journals and newspapers of the time attest to the subsequent development of a bond between the flag and the nation. Soon, the concept of preserving the honour of the national flag became an integral component of the freedom struggle. While Muslims were still wary of the Swaraj flag, it gained acceptance among Muslim leaders of the Congress and the Khilafat Movement as the national flag. Detractors of the flag movement, including Motilal Nehru, soon hailed the Swaraj flag as a symbol of national unity. Thus, the flag became a significant structural component of the institution of India. In contrast to the subdued responses of the past, the British Indian government took greater cognisance of the new flag, and began to define a policy of response. The British parliament discussed public use of the flag, and based on directives from England, the British Indian government threatened to withdraw funds from municipalities and local governments that did not prevent the display of the Swaraj flag. The Swaraj flag became the official flag of Congress at the 1931 meeting. However, by then, the flag had already become the symbol of the independence movement.

A few days before India gained its freedom in August 1947, the Constituent Assembly was formed. To select a flag for independent India, on 23 June 1947, the assembly set up an ad hoc committee headed by Rajendra Prasad and including Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Sarojini Naidu, C. Rajagopalachari, K. M. Munshi and B.R. Ambedkar as its members. On 14 July 1947, the committee recommended that the flag of the Indian National Congress be adopted as the National Flag of India with suitable modifications, so as to make it acceptable to all parties and communities. It was also resolved that the flag should not have any communal undertones. The spinning wheel of the Congress flag was replaced by the Chakra (wheel) from the Lion Capital of Ashoka. According to Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the chakra was chosen as it was representative of dharma and law. However, Nehru explained that the change was more practical in nature, as unlike the flag with the spinning wheel, this design would appear symmetrical. Gandhi was not very pleased by the change, but eventually came around to accepting it. The flag was proposed by Nehru at the Constituent Assembly on 22 July 1947 as a horizontal tricolor of deep saffron, white and dark green in equal proportions, with the Ashoka wheel in blue in the centre of the white band. Nehru also presented two flags, one in Khadi-silk and the other in Khadi-cotton, to the assembly. The resolution was approved unanimously. It served as the national flag of the Dominion of India between 15 August 1947 and 26 January 1950, and has served as the flag of the Republic of India since then.

Stop Kebiasaan Anak Menghisap Jempol

Kebiasaan menghisap jempol sebenarnya adalah tindakan natural bayi. “Sangat umum bagi mereka menggunakan jari atau jempol lainnya untuk mendapatkan kenyamanan,” ujar dr. Robert Anderson, seorang dokter anak asal Iowa, Kanada.

Di bulan pertama kehidupannya atau bisa jadi lebih cepat, anak bisa mulai paham kalau menghisap jari membuatnya nyaman. “Bisa membuat mereka tenang atau hanya karena memang itu menyenangkan,” tutur Anderson lagi.

Namun jika dibiarkan sampai anak mulai tumbuh besar, kebiasaan itu bisa menghambat perkembangannya, seperti kemampuannya bicara. Kapan batas toleransi untuk anak menghentikan kebiasaan menghisap jempol itu?

“Biasanya saat anak berusia 2-4 tahun akan mulai melatih kepintaran lain, selain menghisap jari, seperti kemampuan bicara,” imbuh drg. Mary Hayes asal Chicago.

Tapi tidak semua anak dengan mudah menghentikan kebiasaan menghisap jempol itu. Jika kebiasaan itu terus berlanjut sampai anak berusia 2 tahun lebih, ini bisa membuat perkembangan dirinya terhambat.

Menurut Hayes, jika dibiarkan gigi anak dapat menjadi maju atau saat rahang dikatupkan gigi depan atas dan bawah tetap terbuka. Masalah lain yang bisa timbul terjadi perubahan bentuk langit-langit mulut karena tekanan jempol di daerah tersebut.

Tak hanya itu saja, anak juga punya masalah dalam artikulasi jika terus menghisap jempol. Anak sulit mengucapkan huruf T dan D dengan benar atau huruf lainnya.

Lantas bagaimana caranya agar anak bisa menghentikan kebiasaannya tersebut? Psikolog keluarga asal California, Jenn Berman dan dr. Robert Anderson, memberikan beberapa sarannya:

1. Usahakan Anda membatasi waktu anak menghisap jarinya. Misalnya hanya boleh melakukannya di kamarnya atau di rumah, tidak saat berada di tempat umum. “Katakan pada anak kalau ini hanya boleh dilakukan menjelang tidur atau saat tidur,” jelas Berman.

2. Jangan jadikan masalah ini sebagai bahan pertengkaran. “Jangan bilang pada anak, kamu tidak boleh menghisap jempolmu lagi,” ujar Anderson. “Ketimbang memberinya kritikan, ketika anak tidak menghisap jempolmu, berikan dia pujian,” tambahnya.

3. Komunikasikan pada anak soal kebiasaannya itu. “Katakan pada anak, kapanpun dia siap menghentikan kebiasaannya itu, Anda siap membantunya,” ujar Berman. Cara ini bisa membuat anak termotivasi dan akhirnya datang pada Anda untuk minta bantuan Anda.

4. Bangun kesadaran anak. “Saat anak menghisap jempol, ingatkan padanya kalau dia sedang menghisap jarinya,” jelas Hayes. Jika anak tidak menyadarinya, bantu dia dan cari cara adakah hal lain yang bisa membuatnya nyaman selain jari.

5. Lakukan cara-cara kreatif untuk membuat anak paham kalau mereka sedang sudah besar dan suatu hari nanti tidak akan menghisap jarinya lagi. “Tanya pada anak, apakah menurut kamu Barney atau Bob the Builder menghisap jarinya?” ujar Hayes. “Pertanyaan itu akan membuatnya berpikir apakah mereka masih mau terus menghisap jari atau tidak,” tambahnya.

Ava Sambora

Ava Sambora (born October 4, 1997) is a young model and she is the daughter of actress Heather Locklear and rocker Richie Sambora. Ava Sambora, 13-year-old daughter of Heather Locklear and her now-ex-husband, Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, has landed her first film role.

The stunning teen — who has already dabbled in modeling, walking the runway for her father’s clothing line, White Trash Beautiful — will appear in Judd Adatow’s “This is Forty.” Ava will play best friend to Sadie (played by Apatow’s 13-year-old daughter, Maude) in the upcoming comedy, Variety reports. “This Is Forty” is being hailed as a spin-off/continuation of Apatow’s blockbuster 2007 hit, “Knocked Up,” and will once again feature Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann (Apatow’s real life wife of 14 years) as Pete and Debbie.

Back in January, Apatow told HitFix.com that while the movie isn’t a “Knocked Up” sequel per se, it will continue to the lives follow Rudd and Mann’s characters. “It is just a story from Pete and Debbie’s current life,” he told the site at the time. “People really responded to their characters and problems. I felt like there was a lot of ground I could explore with them… There are some fun details yet to reveal but I will let them come out slowly.” “This Is Forty” is slated for theatrical release on June 1, 2012.

In related Locklear family news, Ava’s gorgeous mom is set to walk down the aisle with a former castmate – in real life. The former “Melrose Place” actress is engaged to her former co-star, and longtime boyfriend, Jack Wagner, her rep confirmed to Access Hollywood on Friday. The couple has been dating since 2007.

Most hated person

Who's the most hated person in America? Alas, this a nation with some mommy issues, as a new poll shows mothers Casey Anthony and "Octomom" Nadya Suleman flanking Spencer Pratt, the mother of all reality TV jerks, in a big, juicy "overall dislike" statistical sandwich.

Anthony topped the list, which make sense given that it was only June when she was found not guilty of the abuse and murder of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, and America, being America, perhaps needs a few more minutes to heal. Or at least enough time to figure out where Ms. Anthony has club-hopped off to since her release from jail.

More than half the people surveyed knew of Anthony, and 94% of those who knew of her disliked her. Heck, even the ubiquitous Kim Kardashian felt free to bag on Casey when the not-guilty verdict came down — at least until some folks on Twitter brought up some little trial Kimmie's dad was involved with back in the 1990s.

Ditto in the no-surprises category for No. 3, Octomom, whose ill-behaved and nearly impossible-to-count children reminded America only recently on the "Today" show of the many reasons she should be banned, generally, from the public arena. In case we forgot about the video she did where she was flogging an adult radio personality who was dressed in a baby diaper.

Less predictable though not surprising: Pratt and O.J., two dudes with staying power, only one of whom has been involved in a double-murder trial. If nothing else, they are clearly woven into the fabric of the uber-loathed, with Simpson popping back on the radar at the end of Anthony's trial, with the help of — you got it — Kim Kardashian.

Coming in fifth was heiress Paris Hilton, which was a tad surprising, because the convicted drug offender, boyfriend-slapper and repeat stalker-bait hasn't reproduced or been accused of causing the death of another human being. Heck, she even ended her feud with Kim Kardashian, which has to count for something.

Though Paris and Spencer do have that irritating reality-TV thing in common. OK, 'nuff said.

E-Poll Market Research asked the questions in a survey that tracks, among other metrics, public awareness and the appeal of 6,000 celebrities. The goal apparently is to help clients "make informed decisions for endorsements, casting and product development."

As if all those people considering hiring Casey Anthony, the Octomom, O.J., the "One Night in Paris" star or the hairier half of Speidi as a spokesmodel — Why is Larry Flynt the only name that comes to mind? — don't already know to think twice?

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was initially published in serial format starting in autumn 1910; the book was first published in its entirety in 1911.

Its working title was Mistress Mary, in reference to the English nursery rhyme Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary. It is now one of Burnett's most popular novels, and is considered to be a classic of children's literature.

Mary Lennox, a nine-year-old girl, is born in India to British parents. She is unwanted by her mother and taken care of primarily by servants, who pacify her as much as possible to keep her out of the way. Spoiled and with a temper, she is unaffectionate, angry, rude and obstinate. A cholera breakout in the manor kills her parents and many servants, and she is discovered alone but alive after the house is abandoned. She is sent to England to live with her Uncle, Archibald Craven, who is a hunchback.

At first, Mary is her usual self and is sour, disliking the large house, the people within and most of all the vast stretch of moor, which seems scrubby and gray after the winter. She is told that she must stay to her two rooms, and that nobody will bother much with her and she must amuse herself. Martha Sowerby, her good-natured maidservant, tells Mary a story of the late Mrs. Craven, and how she would spend hours in a private garden growing roses; an untimely accident kills her, and Mr. Craven has the garden locked and the key buried. Mary is roused by this story and starts to soften her ill manner despite herself. Soon she begins to lose her disposition and gradually comes to enjoy the company of Martha, Ben Weatherstaff the gardener, and also that of a friendly robin redbreast to whom she attaches human qualities. Her appetite increases and she finds herself getting stronger as she plays by herself on the moor. Martha's mother buys Mary a skipping rope in order to expedite this, and she takes to it immediately. Mary's time is occupied by wondering about the secret garden and a strange crying that can sometimes be heard around the house which the servants ignore or deny.

While skipping around the walls housing the various gardens, Mary comes across a badger hole and finds a key. Thinking it must be to the door of the secret garden, she spends days wandering around the outside wall looking for the door. Finally by chance she finds it, and steps inside the garden nobody has tended for over ten years. She chances to ask Martha if she can have some garden tools, and Martha suggests that Dickon, her twelve-year-old brother, deliver them. Mary and Dickon meet and immediately take a liking to each other, as Dickon has a soft way with animals and a good nature. Eager to absorb his gardening knowledge, she reluctantly lets him into the secret of the garden, which he agrees to keep.

That night, Mary hears the crying again. She follows the noise and to her surprise finds a small boy her age, thin and weak. They introduce each other and she finds out her uncle has a son, Colin. Colin is in deep fear of becoming a hunchback and for years has heard whispers of him dying, and he's come to believe it. Mary quickly convinces him otherwise and visits almost every day that week, distracting him from his troubles with stories of the moor, of Dickon and his animals and of the garden, though she doesn't admit that she's found it yet. When he throws a tantrum after she refuses to be ordered by him, she throws his attitude back and surprises him out of his fit. They reconcile and it is decided what he needs is fresh air and the secret garden, which Mary finally admits she has access to. Colin is put into his chair and brought outside into the garden, the first time he's been outdoors in years.

While in the garden, the children are surprised to see Ben Weatherstaff looking over the wall on a ladder. Startled and angry to find the kids there in his late mistress' garden, he starts to yell at Mary when he notices Colin. Taken completely by surprise he accidentally lets slip that he thought Colin was a cripple, with a hunch back and twisted legs. Colin stands out of his chair to prove him wrong and finds that his legs are fine, though weak from misuse.

From then on, Colin spends every day in the garden and gets stronger. The children conspire to keep Colin's health a secret so he can surprise his father, who is still away traveling and mourning over his late wife. As Colin's health improves, his father's mood does as well, and he has a dream of his wife calling him into the garden that makes him immediately pack his bags and head home. He walks the outer wall in memory but hears voices inside, finds the door unlocked and is shocked to not only see the garden in full bloom with children in it, but his son running.

The servants watch as Mr. Craven walks back to the manor, and all are stunned that Colin runs beside him looking happy.

Lactobacillus, Bakteri Baik untuk Mengatasi Diare

Lactobacilli adalah bakteri yang biasanya hidup dalam usus dan vagina manusia. Lactobacillus acidophilus sering dianggap bermanfaat karena memproduksi vitamin K, laktase, dan zat anti mikroba seperti acidolin, acidolphilin, lactocidin, dan bacteriocin. Percobaan pada manusia membuktikan manfaat L Acidophilus dalam mengobati infeksi vagina.

Ada banyak spesies lactobacillus yang berbeda. Bakteri ini cukup ramah dan biasanya hidup di sistem pencernaan, saluran kencing, dan kelamin tanpa menyebabkan penyakit. Lactobacillus juga ditemukan dalam beberapa makanan fermentasi seperti yogurt dan makanan suplemen.

Namun akhir-akhir ini muncul kekhawatiran mengenai beberapa kualitas produk lactobacillus. Beberapa produk dilabeli mengandung Lactobacillus acidhopilus namun ternyata tidak mengandung sama sekali atau mengandung jenis lactobacillus yang lain seperti Lactobacillus bulgaricus. Bahkan beberapa produk terkontaminasi dengan bakteri yang tak bersahabat.

Lactobacillus digunakan untuk mengobati dan mencegah diare, termasuk jenis infeksi seperti diare akibat virus pada anak-anak dan diare pelancong. Juga digunakan untuk mencegah dan mengobati diare yang berhubungan dengan penggunaan antibiotik.

Indikasi

1. Efektif mengobati diare pada anak-anak yang disebabkan virus.
Anak-anak yang mengalami diare akibat virus seringkali diobati dengan lactobacillus lebih cepat sembuh sekitar setengah hari lebih cepat dibanding diobati tanpa lactobacillus. Dosis yang lebih banyak akan lebih efektif. Setidaknya 10 miliar unit coloni selama 48 jam pertama harus digunakan.

2. Untuk mencegah diare pada anak-anak disebabkan oleh antibiotik.
Memberikan Lactobacillus GG bersama dengan antibiotik nampaknya dapat mengurangi diare pada anak-anak yang umumnya muncul jika hanya mengkonsumsi antibiotik saja.

3. Mencegah diare pada orang dewasa yang dirawat inap.
Meminum minuman yang mengandung Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, dan Streptococcus thermophilus dua kali sehari selama perawatan dengan antibiotik dan seminggu setelahnya secara signifikan menurunkan resiko mengalami diare.

4. Mencegah diare karena perjalanan.
Diare pelancong disebabkan karena bakteri, virus, atau parasit yang belum pernah dikenai sebelumnya. Mengkonsumsi Lactobacillus rhamnosus dan Lactobacillus GG nampaknya dapat mencegah diare pada para pelancong. Efektifitas Lactobacillus GG dapat beragam tergantung pada tujuan wisata karena terdapat bakteri yang berbeda di lokasi yang berbeda.

5. Mencegah diare akibat pengobatan kanker (kemoterapi).
Obat kemoterapi yang disebut 5-fluorouracil dapat menyebabkan diare yang parah dan efek samping pencernaan yang lain. Lactobacillus rhamnosus dan Lactobacillus GG sering dipakai untuk mengatasinya.

6. Meringankan sakit perut pada bayi dengan mengkonsumsi produk Lactobacillus reuteri.

7. Mencegah infeksi paru-paru dengan susu yang mengandung lactobacillus GG atau kombinasi tertentu yang mengandung Lactobacillus acidophilus dan Bifidobacterium.

8. Mengobati penyakit usus yang disebut ulcerative colitis atau radang usus. Mengkonsumsi kombinasi tertentu produk yang mengandung lactobacillus, bifidobacteria, dan streptococcus dapat mengatasi gejala.

9. Membantu mengobati pouchitis (peradangan pada kantong bagian akhir usus kecil) yang kronis, komplikasi pembedahan radang usus. Pengobatan berkelanjutan selama setahun dengan formulasi tertentu lactobacillus, bifidobacterium, dan streptococcus nampaknya yang paling berkhasiat.

10. Mengobati sindrom iritasi usus. Lactobacilus dapat mengurangi gejala sindrom iritasi usus seperti kembung dan sakit perut.

11. Mengobati infeksi vagina yang disebabkan bakteri (bacterial vaginosis). Penelitian klinis menunjukkan bahwa jenis tertentu dari Lactobacillus dapat membantu mengobati infeksi vagina jika digunakan di dalam vagina. Peneliti menemukan bahwa supositori Lactobacillus acidophilus dan tablet vagina paling efektif. Peneliti juga menemukan bahwa kapsul Lactobacillus gasseri dan Lactobacillus rhamnosus dapat memperpanjang waktu antara infeksi.

12. Mengobati dan mencgah ezcema (pembengkakan pada kulit) pada bayi dan anak-anak yang alergi terhadap susu sapi. Kombinasi Lactobacillus rhamnosus dan Lactobacillus reuteri beku kering nampaknya dapat mengurangi gejala eczema pada anak berusia satu hingga tiga belas tahun.

13. Membantu pengobatan terhadap infeksi Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) yang menyebabkan maag atau radang perut.

14. Mengobati diare yang disebabkan bakteri Clostridium difficile.

Dosis

1. Kekuatan produk Lactobacillus ditunjukkan pada jumlah organisme hidup per kapsul. Dosis umumnya dalam rentang dari 10 miliar organisme hidup yang diminum harian dalam 3-4 dosis terpisah. Dosis berikut telah diteliti dalam penelitian ilmiah.
2. Melalui mulut:
- Untuk anak-anak yang mengalami diare akibat virus: 5 - 10 miliar lactobacillus GG hidup dalam larutan untuk menggantikan air yang hilang.
- Untuk mengobati bayi dan anak-anak yang mengalami diare: 10 hingga 100 miliar Lactobacillus reuteri hidup setiap hari selama lebih dari 5 hari. Dosis di bawahnya mungkin tidak efektif. Kombinasi Lactobacillus rhamnosus dan Lactobacillus reuteri 10 juta miliar sel hidup pada tiap jenis dua kali sehari selama lima hari.
- Untuk mencegah diare diakibatkan antibiotik pada anak: Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus GG (Culturelle) yang mengandung 20 miliar organisme hidup setiap hari. Minuman tertentu yang mengandung Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, dan Streptococcus thermophilus (Actimel, Danone) 97 mL dua kali sehari juga dapat digunakan.
3. Mencegah diare pada vayi dan anak-anak berusia 1 hingga 36 bulan: 6 miliar Lactobacillus GG hidup dua kali sehari dan susu fermentasi yang mengandung Lactobacillus casei strain DN-114 001 dalam dosis 100 gram, 125 gram, atau 250 gram sehari juga digunakan.
4. Untuk mencegah dan memperpendek durasi diare pada bayi yang abru lahir pada tahun pertama kelahirannya di daerah pedesaaan di negara berkembang: 100 juta Lactobacillus sporogenes hidup telah diberikan setiap hari dalam setahun.
5. Untuk mencegah infeksi pernapasan pada anak-anak di tempat penitipan: 260 mL susu dengan 500,000 hingga 1 juta unit koloni Lactobacillus GG per mL. Suatu produk susu yang mengandung masing-masing 5 juta unit koloni Lactobacillus acidophilus dan Bifidobacterium dalam 120 mL susu dua kali sehari juga digunakan.
6. Untuk mengobati diare yang disebabkan Clostridium difficile: 1.25 miliar Lactobacillus GG hidup dalam dosis terpisah selama dua minggu.
7. Untuk sakit perut (ulcerative colitis); kombinasi produk yang mengandung bakteri beku-kering hidup termasuk lactobacillus, bifidobacteria, dan streptococcus (VSL#3) 3 gram dua kali sehari digunakan untuk membantu terapi.
8. Untuk mencegah diare pelancong: Lactobacillus GG 2 miliar organisme per hari.
9. Untuk diare karena kemoterapi: Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus GG yang mengandung 10-20 miliar organisme hidup harian.
10. Untuk mengobati atopic dermatitis: Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus GG. Lactobacillus reuteri 100 juta bakteri hidup perhari, atau Lactobacillus sakei 5 miliar bakteri hidup dua kali sehari juga digunakan.
11. Untuk sindrom iritasi usus: 10 miliar Lactobacillus acidophilus yang dipanaskan hingga mati dua kali sehari selama enam minggu. Suatu kombinasi prebiotik yang mengandung lactobacillus, bifidobacteria, and streptococcus 450 miliar dua kali sehari. Minuman tertentu yang mengandung Lactobacillus plantarum 299v diminum dua kali sehari.
12. Untuk mencegah pilek pada orang dewasa: campuran Lactobacillus plantarum dan Lactobacillus paracasei, 1 miliar bakteri hidup perhari.
13. Untuk sakit perut pada bayi: produk Lactobacillus reuteri 100 juta unit koloni sekali sehari 30 menit setelah menyusui.
14. Untuk mencegah gejala necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) pada bayi yang lahir prematur: Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG 6 miliar bakteri hidup sehari.
15. Untuk mencegah infeksi paru-paru pada orang dewasa:Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG 2 miliar bakteri hidup dua kali sehari.

Makanan yang Perlu Dihindari Pasca Operasi

Proses operasi atau pembedahan biasanya memerlukan masa pemulihan yang panjang. Beberapa operasi memerlukan diet khusus untuk mempercepat pemulihan dengan menghindari beberapa makanan pasca operasi. Apa saja?

Meski ada operasi yang tidak memerlukan diet modifikasi, tetapi beberapa operasi seperti operasi di bagian perut, kantung empedu, gigi dan bariatrik (penurunan berat badan) membutuhkan diet khusus untuk membantu mempercepat penyembuhan, mengurangi rasa sakit dan menjadi terjadinya komplikasi.

Berikut beberapa makanan yang perlu dihindari setelah operasi :

1. Operasi perut
Diet modifikasi setelah operasi perut memungkinkan perut dan saluran pencernaan untuk beristirahat. Washington Hospital Center menunjukkan bahwa Anda harus mengikuti diet rendah residu selama dua minggu setelah operasi.

Makanan yang mudah dicerna dan meninggalkan residu kecil dalam usus dapat membantu pemulihan. Hindari makanan tinggi serat, makanan pedas, makanan berminyak, minuman bersoda dan alkohol. Hindari juga makanan yang dapat menyebabkan gas, kram dan diare.

2. Operasi kantung empedu
Kantong empedu membantu untuk mencerna lemak. Tanpa kandung empedu, tubuh harus bekerja lebih keras untuk mencerna lemak. Akibatnya, Anda mungkin mengalami gejala seperti diare atau kembung setelah operasi kantung empedu.

Pasien usai operasi kantung empedu perlu menghindari makanan yang tinggi kolesterol, lemak, makanan yang digoreng dan makanan yang disiapkan dalam mentega atau minyak juga harus dihindari. Anda juga harus menghindari makanan olahan termasuk roti putih, kue dadar dan nasi putih. Anda mungkin juga perlu menghindari margarin, mayones dan lemak lainnya.

3. Operasi bariatrik
Operasi bariatrik juga disebut sebagai operasi penurunan berat badan atau operasi bypass lambung. Operasi ini juga memerlukan perubahan dalam diet. Operasi ini membuat perut lebih kecil sehingga makan lebih sedikit. Bypass lambung juga mengubah cara tubuh menyerap makanan, yaitu dengan menyerap lebih sedikit kalori setelah operasi. Untuk 2 sampai 3 minggu pertama setelah operasi, Anda perlu menghindari makanan padat.

Diet akan terdiri dari cairan dan makanan bubur. Anda harus menghindari popcorn, kacang-kacangan dan makanan berserat seperti jagung dan seledri, karena dapat menyebabkan ketidaknyamanan di lapisan perut. Ketika makan makanan padat, hindari minum karena cairan akan mengisi perut lebih cepat.

4. Operasi gigi
Operasi mulut sementara dapat mengubah cara Anda makan. Pencabutan gigi, pembedahan rahang atau implan gigi dapat membuat sulit untuk makan makanan tertentu. Sehari setelah operasi gigi, Anda harus diet cair. Selama 2 minggu pertama setelah operasi atau sesuai kebijaksanaan dokter, Anda harus makan makanan lunak, seperti kentang tumbuk atau selai kacang. Anda harus menghindari makanan yang keras dan renyah, seperti kacang-kacangan, biji-bijian, keripik, apel, jagung rebus dan sayuran mentah.

Met Office

The Met Office (originally an abbreviation for Meteorological Office, but now the official name in itself), is the United Kingdom's national weather service, and a trading fund of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. Part of the Met Office headquarters at Exeter in Devon is the Met Office College, which handles the training for internal personnel and many forecasters from around the world. The current chief executive is John Hirst.

The Met Office was established in 1854 as a small department within the Board of Trade under Robert FitzRoy as a service to mariners. The loss of the passenger vessel, the Royal Charter, and 459 lives off the coast of Anglesey in a violent storm in October 1859 led to the first gale warning service. In 1861 FitzRoy had established a network of 15 coastal stations from which visual gale warnings could be provided for ships at sea.

The development of the electric telegraph in the 1870s led to the more rapid dissemination of warnings and also led to the development of an observational network which could then be used to provide synoptic analyses. In 1879 the Met Office started providing forecast to newspapers.

International Friendship Day

International Friendship Day is a day use to celebrate friendship. The day has been celebrated in several southern South American countries for many years, particularly in Paraguay, where the first World Friendship Day was proposed in 1958. 

Initially created by the greeting cards industry, evidence from social networking sites shows a revival of interest in the holiday that may have grown with the spread of the Internet, particularly in India, Bangladesh, and Malaysia. Digital communication modes such as the Internet and mobile phones may be helping to popularize the custom, since greeting friends en masse is now easier than before. Those who promote the holiday in South Asia attribute the tradition of dedicating a day in honor of friends to have originated in the U.S. in 1935, but it actually dates from 1919. The exchange of Friendship Day gifts like flowers, cards and wrist bands is a popular tradition of this occasion. 

Friendship Day celebrations occur on different dates in different countries. The first World Friendship Day was proposed for 30 July 1958. On 27 April 2011 the General Assembly of the United Nations declared 30 July as official International Friendship Day. However, some countries, including India, celebrate Friendship Day on the first Sunday of August.

Friendship Day was originally promoted by Joyce Hall, the founder of Hallmark cards in 1919, and intended on first sunday of august to be a day where people celebrated their friendships by sending cards. The first Sunday in August was chosen as the centre of the largest lull in holiday celebrations. Friendship Day was promoted by the greetings card National Association during the 1920s but met with consumer resistance - given that it was rather too obviously a commercial gimmick to promote greetings cards. By the 1940s the number of Friendship Day cards available in the US had dwindled and the holiday largely died out there. There is no evidence to date for its uptake in Europe, however it has been kept alive and revitalised in Asia where several countries adopted the tradition of dedicating a day to friends. Today, Friendship Day is enthusiastically celebrated in a number of countries across the world. 

In honor of Friendship Day in 1998, Nane Annan, wife of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, named Winnie the Pooh as the world's Ambassador of Friendship at the United Nations. The event was co-sponsored by the U.N. Department of Public Information and Disney Enterprises, and was co-hosted by Kathy Lee Gifford. 

Many friends acknowledge each other with exchange of gifts and cards on this day. Friendship bands are very popular in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and parts of South America.^[3] With the advent of social networking sites, friendship day is also being celebrated online.^[4] The commercialization of the Friendship Day celebrations has led to some dismissing it as a "marketing gimmick".But Nowadays it is celebrated on First Sunday Of August, Dropping the 30th July Celebration.