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Jiranan Phedsri confesses that she has "one true friend." The 51-year-old Thai housewife strokes the object of her affection, caressing its cool curves. The recipient of the devout Buddhist's ardor? A .38-caliber Smith & Wesson pistol Jiranan carries wherever she goes in Thailand's troubled deep south, where a Muslim insurgency has resulted in roughly 4,000 deaths since it gained momentum in 2004. The handgun, though, isn't Jiranan's only trusted companion. As a volunteer in the Iron Ladies, an all-female civilian militia designed to protect Buddhists from Islamic extremists, she received military training...
...what you love doing. Even if it's something different and it's not considered cool, if you love doing it, you will thrive in it and eventually you'll be happy because you continued to do it. I was the youngest of four, and by the time I came around, my dad had seen it all. So he was just like, "Go, just do it. Whatever it is." He was really supportive, and I was lucky in that. That's the same kind of approach I have with my kids. If they love doing it, I don't care...
...traveled between cities on a bus. And let's just say that when I think back on those hulking motor coaches--from sullen rides to sleepaway camp to a terrifyingly fast tour abroad with an unpleasant-smelling driver--none of the memories are very nice. So when my ultra-cool 29-year-old cousin started raving about her regular bus trips from New York City to Philadelphia, where her fiancé is in grad school, I figured maybe it was time to review my old bias...
...specializes in urban planning and transportation. He recently published a study on intercity U.S. bus travel that showed a nearly 10% jump from 2007 to '08. "As Amtrak and the airlines have struggled with incorporating wireless, we think that's a big part of why it's suddenly cool to jump on the bus," he says...
Rebecca J. Vitale ’10 agreed. “It was cool to have an artist last year, but it was a concert, not a pep rally,” she said...