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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Fat and Fashion
Crystal Renn once lost 70 pounds to achieve her dream of becoming a high fashion model. She got the big contract, along with a severe eating disorder. Eventually, she (and her body) rebelled against the pressure to be extremely thin. She's now the highest paid plus-size model working today. But her work hasn't been limited to Lane Bryant fliers. She's done editorial work in Vogue and Glamour, and she walked the runway for Jean-Paul Gaultier in an amazing couture dress designed specifically for her.
This book is a fast and compelling read, despite the gravity of some of the topics. I identified with Crystal quite a bit. While she obsessed over Elle Macpherson's workout tape and Oreos as a teenager, I have memories involving a Cindy Crawford exercise tape and a batch of peanut butter cookies. I've been a yo-yo dieter since my teens. I've always wanted to be super skinny, though it's gotten to the point where I'm not really sure why I want that anymore. At this very moment, my weight is at a high point on the yo-yo's arc, and now is, historically, the time I start running for diet books and new exercise classes. In fact, I bought a copy of The South Beach Diet just the other day.
There are very direct correlations between sewing, body image, and fashion. As I discussed in this post, sewing my own clothes has, to some extent, alleviated a lot of my body issues. But sewing is hardly a happy fuzzy land disconnected with the grim realities of fashion: in fact, they go hand in hand more often than I would like. Vogue Patterns relies on big name designers, and many of us follow the runways religiously so we can knock off the looks on our own. The point is: we're certainly not immune to the workings of the fashion industry, just because we make our own clothes.
And it's hard to ignore that there's something about the whole culture of fashion that makes most women feel bad about themselves (just check out this article for proof), and Hungry gets to this point in a concise way, exploring how the fashion industry employs a certain amount of victim-blaming and lack of humanity in their continued support of models with disordered eating. And to the people that automatically screech, "But being fat is unhealthy!" this book offers a lot of solid research on why health actually comes in many different sizes. I also found Crystal's take on health to be very refreshing; she's an organic food enthusiast and seems to eat more healthfully than many skinny women who, in our culture, appear to be the "picture of good health."
Health at Every Size is a book that Crystal recommends for replacing weight obsession with healthy habits. I think I've found the perfect book to replace my new copy of the South Beach Diet . . .
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A good blog for people who are new to FA (Fat Acceptance) is Kate Harding's Shapely Prose http://kateharding.net/. Their BMI Project REALLY opened my eyes and made me feel much better about ignoring my doctor when he kept telling me my BMI put me firmly in the high overweight category and my body kept rebelling my attempts to diet down the pounds.
ReplyDeleteThat book sounds very interesting, I would love to read it. Eating disorders is an ever important subject. Regarding body image, I wonder if this might be a cultural question, for although I like to keep in shape for my health (not for my appearance) I really can't see how she (or you) in any way would be plus size. Both of you have beautiful and healthy curves! I would automatically say that too big is not good, but I wonder if my idea of "big" isn't a great bit bigger than yours... (booking two seats on the airplane?)
But then I'm neither american nor very into fashion. Why is that important? The first part: swedish celebs would be considered fat in Hollywood. Second part: I don't watch top model or Project runway, and hasn't bought a fashion magazin since I was 13. I sew historical clothes, not fashionable vintage.
Anyway, thank you for bringin up an interesting and important subject!I keep looking at the photos of the model, and she's not fat by any means! She's looking great, if you ask me.
Actually, her curvy body reminds me of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Marilyn Monroe - who are/were both very handsome, sexy, yet not skinny ladies.
It is sad that many women try to put themselves into some stereotype of beauty, ignoring the fact that every body type can be pretty. I know many tall, short, chubby, skinny, curvy, hip-lees, busty, etc. girls that are pretty, attractive and handsome the way they are.
Sometimes I have a feeling people need a "uniform" to feel comfortable in their own skin. "Ideal" proportions, fashionable clothes, trendy haircuts, etc. As if no one has his/her own taste and sense of style anymore?I am glad you are feeling better! Sounds like you found an interesting read for your down time. At least you weren't too sick to appreciate the book.
I think we have become too sedentary in America. Plus, we rely too heavily on fast food. I am fortunate that I have never had to truly worry about weight. I exercise weekday mornings for 10 - 20 minutes depending on time, but I do that more because I like to get going that way and feel better. Overall, I try to eat a healthy diet, but I also like sweets at times.
I think we put too much emphasis on trying to be stick thin, but I also think we are a society where obesity is becoming much too prevalent. Look at the health issues we are now seeing here as a result of that.
We need to become health conscious, not size conscious.- AnonymousOctober 14, 2009 at 9:27 AM
She--plus size? Really? She looks healthy.
I've come to believe that all women are beautiful and if it's not readily obvious why any given woman is beautiful at first glance, we are not looking with the right eyes. I'm glad you're feeling better! Isn't it weird those little ailments that don't last very long?! I was feeling the exact same way Monday morning and afternoon, but was back to my perky ol' self by dinnertime. Odd...
She is so gorgeous--I just covet her hair and facial bone structure! ;)
As someone who has struggled deeply with body image for most of my life (I remember my first negative thoughts about my body cropping up around age 5/6), and having been anorexic at one point (which culminated in becoming seriously ill for several months!), I identify with a lot of what you said and what I've read elsewhere about image struggle. It's interesting to see how well she's done, but sad that she is characterized as "plus size", because all I see is one gorgeous gal!
Some days I have a real love/hat relationship with fashion and sewing, because so often these negative body thoughts are tied hand in hand with my love of both (as you pointed out). In some ways sewing has made it better, because I'm not attached to a size number (but rather fit). But more often than not, I have to separate myself from the contemporary fashion aspect in order to keep from falling into the negative body image issues I still wrestle with. (Is it any surprise when the spring and fall collections come out, and I cave and spend hours on style.com, those are the weeks I tend to slip back into my anorexic habits and stress over my body?!) Which is probably why I like historic and vintage style so much: to me it is somewhat separate from the current ultra-thin trend (until you get into the mid 60s in fashion. Even looking at gals in the 20s, they were not model-thin by today's standards.). To me, those looks aspire more towards fit, flattering and femininity: all things I try to aim for more than being thin. ;)
Anyway, sorry for a long rant. lol. Like I said, it's just something that is very personal and close to my heart.Crystal looks much more beautiful in her after than her before. I think that real, every day men are much more attracted to curvy women than women who are nothing but sticks. My grandfather used to say that he preferred women to have a little fat on the body. It makes us soft and cuddly.
And YOU are a beautiful woman. Curves are beautiful. Just look at pics of Marilyn Monroe versus Twiggy.
My family and I were just speaking of this same subject two nights ago about how sick the runway models look. It is not attractive at all. Their cheeks are sunken in, and their bodies look like sticks.
I think it's easier for the designers because they only have to make one size of clothing to fit all. They would rather not worry about having to make different sizes to fit different sizes and shapes of women.
These women are not women or people to them at all; they are machines, objects, robots that are for the sole purpose of showing off their work.
The designers have no feeling for the person, and are very snobby and self-absorbed. Their fame has elevated their self-images in their own minds. They feel that they are worshiped and can therefore poo poo on people and say whatever they want, and it doesn't matter who they hurt.- AnonymousOctober 14, 2009 at 10:44 AM
She's fat?
She's 'Rubenesque" and looks gorgeous...MUCH better than her 'big' contract days!
There is a difference between being fat and unhealthy and being comfortable with your body type. I think that if we listened more to our own common sense and less to the likes of...oh, I'll just say "fashion" people, magazines, designers...we'd be better of inside as well as out :) Well, if you're feeling the least bit ill, I recommend not reading this lovely article in which Karl Lagerfield hates on chubby women. What amazed me most is that, by the sound of it, he divides women into "skinny models" and "fat women." http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10602767
I've had similar struggles. And like Casey, I remember having negative body issues before I even hit puberty, which is just insane. I didn't even have a body to speak of! I don't think I ever had a full on eating disorder, but I did have disordered practices, for sure, and it's probably what led me to gain a lot of weight in my teens for a while.
I honestly think feminism saved me. I started reading books like The Beauty Myth and realized what a crock it all was, and that all women are beautiful in their variety. I also started getting really saddened by seeing my girlfriends hate their perfectly lovely, healthy bodies. I guess it made me a little angry, and that seemed to spur a change in my thinking. I focused more on health than looks.
Of course, I still have the desire to lose a few pounds, I still watch what I eat, and I still find myself wishing parts of me were different. Sometimes the line between "health" and "beauty" gets blurry for me. But I'm not nearly as crazy over it and generally I love my body and all the cool things it can do. I think it will always be a challenge for me, but I have come very far.- AnonymousOctober 14, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Thank you for featuring this! When my doctor said I was morbidly obese, despite running daily and eating a high protein organic diet, I knew something was up. I am so glad that I am not the only one who thinks BMI is silly. Plus size does not equal unhealthy. I may be fat, but I have perfect cholesterol levels, my blood pressure is awesome, and I am in no danger of diabetes. I hope more people pick up this book.
ReplyDelete First of all, it is shocking to me to look at the photo of Crystal Renn in a bikini and know that she is considered a plus size model. She is a normal, healthy, beautiful size. It is scary to see her rib cage in the other photo. Why is it that looking like you spent some time in a concentration camp is considered at all desirable?
The research shows that active people are healthier than sedentary people, regardless of their weight. Also, major swings in weight are dangerous because they put stress on the pulmonary system.
I wonder if this image of insanely thin models is part of why we have an obesity problem in the U.S. By obesity, I don't mean people with a high BMI, because BMI doesn't even consider the fact that muscle is denser than fat. I'm talking body fat percentage and the massive rise in bariatric patients. Anyway, I wonder if the increase in the bariatric population has something to do with the fact that the "ideal" female figure as portrayed by high fashion models has become so unattainable that people just give up entirely.
Of course, I also believe that the decline in quality of food and normal amounts of daily exercise has a major impact as well. I highly recommend Michal Pollan's book, In Defense of Food, which will totally rework the way you think about food and the worth of diets. It's all about eating healthfully in order to be healthy, like it seems that Crystal Renn does. I also recommend Jonathan Roche's Blogtalk radio show about exercise, because he's all about what is actually feasible to incorporate into your life.
The persistence of popularity of models with figures like heroin addicts is kind of amazing, considering that they are also totally androgynous, but I think Trudy Callan is spot-on when she says it is because they are easy to fit. Also, they put the *clothes* on display, rather than the clothes making the women more beautiful. When I wear clothes, I want them to make *me* look good. I don't want to be the figurative equivalent of a coat rack. How about you? I think you're a beautiful woman and a slender, but still healthy size.Well, even though Crystal Renn is a plus-sized model, that doesn't mean she's actually plus-sized. Just like 'regular sized' models are way thinner than 'regular' women, so are plus-size models much thinner than plus-sized women. But Crystal Renn definitely looks much much more beautiful in her new size. Her face (and of course her body, too) is just so gorgeous when it's not so bony!
I do think it's important to remember that there are real women who are naturally really skinny, and they're beautiful, too. Healthy is beautiful, whatever size that is for you. If you're a certain size - large or small - because you don't treat your body (and mind) right, that's not very attractive.- AnonymousOctober 14, 2009 at 2:21 PM
The book does sound like a great read, I think Crystal looks quiet perfect and praise Jean-Paul Gaultier for accepting and dressing such a womanly figure. He has shown that a true designer can make any shape of woman look amazing and I wish more would stand up and use curvy women.
Also has it ever been brought up before that most high fashion designers are male and some are gay, therefore their preferred body type is male, therefore the models chosen reflect this?
Just a thought... - Twill JillOctober 14, 2009 at 5:17 PM
I actually gave up sewing for a whole year because of weight. My thinking was why spend hours sewing an outfit if I'm just going to (hopefully) lose weight or (god-forbid) gain weight and the darn thing won't fit anymore anyway. After a year, my weight went unchanged and I realized how foolish I was for stifling my creativity and talent for a whole year. I'm so glad glad I found your site, Sew Retro, and other sites where real women model their work!! I can't tell you the number of times I've thought, "Holy cow! She's got my body type - and man~! does she look hot!" It's been such great motivation - both to keep on sewing and to love my curves.
ReplyDelete - HillaryOctober 14, 2009 at 7:55 PM
Gertie, I just wanted to weigh in (ha, no) by saying I don't think you could look any better at any other weight than you do right now: slender but shapely! My own body-image issues are revolting at the idea of anyone wanting to give that up, as much as I totally understand how hard it is for any of us to be happy with what we have.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousOctober 14, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Yes, health instead of weight, curves are beautiful, blah, blah, blah, everyone here is right. But here's the thing. We keep saying that there's this super skinny image that is pushed at women as desirable, but... is there? The ONLY time I see/hear about that scrawny look is when people are saying how awful it is, and isn't it terrible that women are being told to look like that. But..who's doing the telling? Yes, models are human clothes hangers. So? Nothing to do with me. Don't you think it's more likely our own insecurities telling us we're not good enough, as opposed to any actual outside pressure? Don't you think those girls have those thoughts too? Does that make sense?
-Sandra Emory is right - plus-sized models are usually a size 12, maybe a 14. Of course, when I think of plus sizes, I'm thinking of the 20/22/24-ish range.
So I'm wondering what that makes me (a size 10 or 12) - am I a fat "normal" gal, or a skinny "plus-size" woman? :-)
(Not that I give two you-know-whats about it, mind you.)Just today I read this article about Ralph Lauren firing Filippa Hamilton for being too fat (and Ralph Lauren photoshopping her image! Here's a link to the many articles out there:
It's ridiculous - no wonder our body image is so screwed up in the US! I'm a victim to some extent myself as I love to look fashionable and it is difficult with an average size 8-12. I'm always on some "diet."
I love those new Dove commercials - there are some videos on you tube - this one I especially like the evolution one - every young girl should see it.
I also attach a link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYfwIAWWH6M.After reading your post and pondering all day about it, I came to the same conclusion as Just_Fee--many models today look like boys, not women. Or if they are women, they are seriously estrogen deficient. Thanks for bringing this book to our attention. I want to read it! This is a cultural issue to some extent, but not just in the U.S. I have a Brazilian friend who says it is just as bad, if not worse in Brazil. I think that the fashion industry doesn't care how much they influence women and girls' self-image. It is deplorable that there aren't more ladies like Ms. Renn on the catwalk. If only there were women of all sizes and shapes, but I suppose as long as the fashion industry is the way it is, that is a pipe dream.
Just my humble opinion, but you, dearie, have an enviable figure. May I suggest to you and to others a book that revolutionized my eating habits and was instrumental in my gaining some health? "The Diet Cure" by Julia Ross. Go to www.thedietcure.com. I cannot say enough good things about this woman's practice. My nurse practitioner requires her patients to read it and a very dear friend is being successfully treated for her serious eating disorder by Ms. Ross.
The South Beach Diet worked to reduce my husband's triglyceride levels to a normal range (they were off the charts), but it was hard for us to maintain it long term. The principles in it are very good though and it did make me a more creative cook.
My best wishes to you for your health, gorgeous.It's not necessarily about the TALK of what is a healthy weight. It's the fact that the actual visual image that we are presented with clashes so much with the reality of that weight. For instance, though we may think that a 5'5" woman at 120 lbs is healthy (absolutely not overweight until about 140), the image of that woman comes as a surprisingly "fat" one. We may think that we are past it, but the way our eyes connect to these stereotypes is just as important as the way logic does. Many people would view that model as being quite slim according to the numbers, but when it comes to the IMAGES, that is where we lack in our visual/verbal connections.
And I believe that is where we should begin the unlearning.I think there is a thin line between fat acceptance and maintaining a healthy weight. I struggle with my weight. I'm small and should be quite thin but have rolls of fat around my abdoment. This is plainly unhealthy and needs to be dealt with. Kristel on the other hand is just plain delicious - no rolls just a gorgeous womanly body. I hate the Terry Hartcher skeleton look that US TV promulgates.
ReplyDeleteI have been thinking about this subject for a little while and I wonder: Is it really the fashion industry that makes women feel bad about themselves? yes, I know, these days many models look unhealthy skinny. But on the other hand: I think always there have been people who were seen as rolmodels, and people who wanted to try and look like them, even when this meant they were deviating from their natural body/face shape/look. The problem is, I think, first of all is that all these pictures of 'rolmodels' are so overal available. We get them pushed in our faces, so to say. But much more than that I think the problem is that the western culture is so focused on superficial appearance as a way of measuring ones value. And then especially an appearance that's thirteen in a dozen. Ofcourse, it would be great if designers chose to design for women all kinds of sizes. But would it really change anything? As long as youngsters learn that they have to look exactly like some rolemodel to be accepted, I think it won't change a thing. It would only replace one problem with a new one, because rolmodels will always exist and there will always be people who want to look the same, but just don't have that figure/shape/size.
Having said that (as if this comment isn't long enough already): I agree that BMI doesn't say that much. It is important to be healthy, and that number doesn't say everything. I do have to say though that when I read that someone is morbidly obese in the bmi scale I hardly can imagine that that can be healthy in any way. It is good to accept that we don't all have a size 0 and that a bit more weight and curves can be beautiful, but being really fat still isn't healthy. It just isn't.This discussion interests me very much, and I feel the need to respond to Sandra and Karin's comments.
While I agree with Sandra that there are few people who are literally saying to young girls, "You must look like this," I do not believe that the pressure is entirely internal. Sandra says:
"Don't you think it's more likely our own insecurities telling us we're not good enough, as opposed to any actual outside pressure?"
Setting aside all of the magazine and television makeovers, and the movies where the unpopular girl's life is turned around after a makeover, what is important in this discussion is what they are striving to become. What standard are they worried about not meeting? The question is, what is "good enough"? Where does the definition of "good enough" come from? I believe it comes from looking at who the movie, television, and fashion industries present to the culture as the "beautiful people".
Karin says that the people we strive to be like are those who are role models, and I agree. I think the problem lies in who is constantly put before us as role models, and who is selecting those role models. The celebrities whose lives the public is constantly scrutinizing are, by a large margin, the actors and models. The power to select these actors and models -- these celebrities, these role models -- lies entirely in the hands of casting agents, producers, etc. These people are able to choose the direction that the limelight will fall, and they continue to choose to prioritize women who are unhealthily thin. This is where my disagreement with Karin comes in. If the people cast as role models were of a healthy weight, I don't think it would be more of the same, I think it would be better.
I think that it is important for all of our mental health that we realize that this vision of beauty is a constructed thing, and that we should strive for a healthy beauty rather than whatever the current fad may be.Fat is not unhealthy, obesity is. Sometimes.
Crystal Renn is beautiful, and, from the picture that you post here, you seem to be beautiful, too. The blue "zipped" dress wouldn't be really interesting on a "size -4" model, clearly (and some other design would be more suited for very thin women, that's the point of fashion, isn't it ? If everyone has the same body, where is the challenge ? )
The key is to find clothes that flatter the body, no to torture the body to flatter the clothes (hey, however fabulous, they're fabric, we're human : we win, all the time !)It's funny (not that her story is funny, it isn't), in the left picture she's about the size I am (my healthy weight if I eat what my body orders me to eat), so to me that's a very normal/natural size, and yet in my eyes too she looks so much better in the picture on the right hand side. Conclusion: She's the most gorgeous when she's her own size.
I guess, simply, we all look the best when we let our systems decide our own healthy size (having said that, I don't believe you become obese if you eat what your body needs, I believe you become obese if you are ill or if you have an unhealthy lifestyle, for whatever reason).
Some are meant to be skinny, others "normal" and others even a bit chubby, and they can all be truly beautiful.
I really wish that more women would love and accept themselves the way they are. Most of us will never be models anyway...thin or not...I can identify with everything you have been saying, but particularly with your statement that 'health actually comes in many different sizes.'
I am short and wide, so my BMI puts me in "Morbidly Obese" despite the fact that my body fat percentage is normal. I am training for a marathon and two days ago completed over 13 miles running without stopping. For me, the scale number and the BMI number have no correlation with whether or not I'm healthy. I'm fit... not skinny, fit. It's a different perspective and one I have to embrace.- gigampfiOctober 25, 2009 at 6:54 AM
Looked at "Health at Every Size", because I suspect that health wise I could change some things in my nutrition. But why do I have to read through an introduction (the only thing I see on Amazon) about diet first ? I am not on a diet, I will never be on a diet and my main goal is not to loose weight, but to make sure to live till 90 in a healthy way. When I started at the fitness club, they had real mental problems with me not mentioning my weight or loss of it. If I can be healthy at my current weight, I let my body have it. Give me a book where the author does not assume every woman wants to loose weight please. I am not obsessed with eating, I do not go hungry, if I can avoid it. I just want some ideas beside carrot sticks of tasty, nutritional food. I love carrot sticks by the way. Maybe some ideas beside the Hollywood star regime of 1 hour training every day, what else a normal person could do. In short I want realistic ideas how to avoid dying young and being sick, which worries me much more than, if fashion can live with my body type. I emancipated myself from the fashion industry by learning to sew. Fashion as an art to look at is cool, fashion as an industry is doomed anyway, if they do not make things that customers want to buy, I say good riddance.
ReplyDelete - Heather C.October 30, 2009 at 10:38 PM
"Actually, her curvy body reminds me of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Marilyn Monroe - who are/were both very handsome, sexy, yet not skinny ladies."
At one point I thought that Zeta-Jones was overweight, but I came to realize that I had been brainwashed into thinking that anything over a size 2 was big. Monroe and Zeta-Jones are classical ladies. Z-J, in particular, is extremely talented. I could never say now that she's overweight.
And you, Gertie, are absolutely beautiful. I especially like your dark hair with your new red dress.
As for Crystal, what an absolutely GORGEOUS woman. Fab-u-lous. I hope that my acceptance of different body types and beauty (yeah to Dove commercials) will eventually translate to myself. AAhh, the yo-yo weight problem... I seem to be at my highest peak of the arc these days too... although I just found out I have hypothyroidism - so I've started taking the meds for that and feeling more energetic and hoping that my weight will start yo-ing in the other/better direction! LOL That book looks like a good read and I can totally relate to sewing connecting with the fashion world... seems like everything is geared to the "perfect size 6" with no butt, no hips, no thighs, etc... all of which I have plenty! LOL
Anyways, thanks for the honesty posts... I look forward to more! :)It's not necessarily about the TALK of what is a healthy weight. It's the fact that the actual visual image that we are presented with clashes so much with the reality of that weight.Nicoumalone For instance, though we may think that a 5'5" woman at 120 lbs is healthy (absolutely not overweight until about 140), the image of that woman comes as a surprisingly "fat" one.
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Experts find remains of England's King Richard III
Published 10:59 am Monday, February 4, 2013
LEICESTER, England (AP) — He wore the English crown, but he ended up defeated, humiliated and reviled.
Now things are looking up for King Richard III. Scientists announced Monday that they had found the monarch's 528-year-old remains under a parking lot in the city of Leicester — a discovery Richard's fans say will rewrite the history books and help restore the reputation of a much-maligned king.
Researchers from the University of Leicester announced that tests on a battle-scarred skeleton unearthed in the central England city last year prove "beyond reasonable doubt" that it is the king, who died at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, and whose remains have been missing for centuries.
"Richard III, the last Plantagenet King of England, has been found," said the university's deputy registrar, Richard Taylor, describing the find as "truly astonishing."
Few monarchs have seen their reputations decline as much after death as Richard III. He ruled England between 1483 and 1485, during the decades-long tussle over the throne known as the Wars of the Roses, which pitted two wings of the ruling Plantagenet dynasty — York and Lancaster — against one another.
His brief reign saw liberal reforms, including introduction of the right to bail and the lifting of restrictions on books and printing presses.
But his rule was challenged, and he was defeated and killed by the army of Henry Tudor, who took the throne as King Henry VII and ended the Plantagenet line.
Death was just the start of Richard's problems. Historians writing under the victorious Tudors comprehensively trashed his reputation, accusing him of myriad crimes — most famously, the murder of the "Princes in the Tower," the two sons of his elder brother, King Edward IV.
William Shakespeare indelibly depicted Richard as a hunchbacked usurper who left a trail of bodies on his way to the throne before dying in battle, shouting "My kingdom for a horse."
That view was repeated by many historians, and Richard remains a villain in the popular imagination. But others argue that the image is unfair, and say Richard's reputation was smeared by his Tudor successors.
Philippa Langley of the Richard III Society — which seeks to restore the late king's reputation — said for centuries Richard's story had been told by others, many of them hostile.
"Now, here today … it is Richard who has finally been able to reveal himself," she said.
"A wind of change is blowing, one that will seek out the truth about the real Richard III."
Langley, who helped launch the search for the king, said she could scarcely believe her quest had paid off.
"Everyone thought that I was mad," she said. "It's not the easiest pitch in the world, to look for a king under a council car park."
The location of Richard's body was unknown for centuries. Records say he was buried by the Franciscan monks of Grey Friars at their church in Leicester, 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of London. The church was closed and dismantled after King Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries in 1538, and its location eventually was forgotten by most local residents.
But last year a team led by University of Leicester archaeologist Richard Buckley identified a possible location of the grave through map regression analysis, starting with a current map and analyzing earlier maps to discover what had changed and not changed. Ground-penetrating radar was employed to find the best places to start digging.
The team began excavating in a parking lot last August. Within a week they had located thick walls and the remains of tiled floors. Soon after, they found human remains — the skeleton of an adult male who appeared to have died in battle.
He had been buried unceremoniously, without coffin or shroud — plausible for a despised and defeated enemy.
Researchers, could scarcely believe their luck, and set out to conduct a battery of scientific tests, including radiocarbon dating to determine the skeleton's age, to see whether, against the odds, they really had found the king.
They found the skeleton belonged to a man aged between his late 20s and late 30s who died between 1455 and 1540. Richard was 32 when he died in 1485.
Bone specialist Jo Appleby said study of the bones provided "a highly convincing case for identification of Richard III."
Appleby said the 10 injuries to the body were inflicted by weapons like swords, daggers and halberds and were consistent with accounts of Richard being struck down in battle — his helmet knocked from his head — before his body was stripped naked and flung over the back of a horse in disgrace.
She said some scars, including a knife wound to the buttock, bore the hallmarks of "humiliation injuries" inflicted after death.
The remains also displayed signs of scoliosis, a form of spinal curvature, consistent with contemporary accounts of Richard's appearance — though not the withered arm he Shakespeare describes him as having.
DNA from the skeleton matched a sample taken from a distant living relative of Richard's sister. Geneticist Turi King said Michael Ibsen, a Canadian carpenter living in London, shares with the skeleton a rare strain of mitochondrial DNA. She said combined with the archaeological evidence, that left little doubt the skeleton belonged to Richard.
Ibsen said he was "stunned" to discover he was related to the king — he is a 17th great-grand-nephew of Richard's older sister.
"It's difficult to digest" he said.
Mike Pitts, editor of British Archaeology magazine, said he found the evidence persuasive.
"I don't think there is any question — it is Richard III," said Pitts, who was not affiliated with the research team.
He said it was one of the most exciting archaeological discoveries in ages.
"The identification of the king is just the very beginning of a whole range of new ideas and research that will change the way we view this period of history," he said.
The discovery is a boon for the city of Leicester, which has bought a building next to the parking lot to serve as a visitor center and museum.
On Monday, the king's skeleton lay in a glass box in a meeting room within the university library. It was a browned, fragile-looking thing, its skull pocked with injuries, missing its feet — which scientists say were disturbed sometime after burial — and with a pronounced s-shape to the spine.
Soon the remains will be moved to an undisclosed secure location, and next year Richard will, at last, get a king's burial, interred with pomp and ceremony in Leicester Cathedral.
It is a day Gregory, of the Richard III Society, has dreamed of seeing.
"We have searched for him, we have found him — it is now time to honor him," she said

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With the London Olympics a few weeks away, a new study shows that women will be watching the Games, but that they will likely go back to tuning out from sports after the last medal is awarded.
Since Title IX was passed in 1972, requiring that girls have equal opportunities to participate in sports at federally funded schools, more women have taken advantage of the chance to join school teams or enjoy sports recreationally. Within six years of the law's passage, for example, the number of high school girls participating in sports jumped six fold. Marketers eager to tap into a new sports-enthused population willing to watch female athletes on television, however, has been disappointed, since this viewing audience has yet to materialize.
In a new study published in Communication, Culture & Critique, Erin Whiteside, an assistant professor in the school of journalism and electronic media at the University of Tenn., and Marie Hardin, at the College of Communication at Penn State University, explore why women may be participating in sports but not watching it on TV. The researchers interviewed 19 women aged 26 to 43 in small groups for about 90 minutes each. They asked the participants about what sports they watched on television, why they watched, and what factors influenced their viewing habits. Overall, it's clear that despite participating in sports, women still don't watch athletic events on television for a variety of surprisingly gender-based reasons.
(MORE: One Cure for Title IX Woes: Make Cheerleading a Sport)
"The public narrative that as more women play sports, more women are going to watch sports, is simply not happening," says Whiteside. "And one reason for that is the role that women have in the family unit. Their role as domestic caretakers trumps their role as fan."
In the interviews, the women, some of whom were stay-at-home moms, and others who worked outside the home, all acknowledged that household chores such as cleaning, and family responsibilities such as driving their children to school and after-school activities, took priority over watching sports on TV. And when they did watch sports, they rarely caught events in their entirety, catching sporadic bits and pieces instead. "Women's TV sports consumption habits were more mediated by their personal schedules than by team schedules or TV schedules," says Whiteside.
(MORE: Feminism: Girl Power)
That could explain why, despite high hopes for the Women's National Basketball Association when it debuted in 1997, broadcasters have been reluctant to air games and tournaments since the league hasn't found an audience yet that marketers can target.
Unanimously, however, the women said they preferred watching the Olympics, because of the way the programming is packaged and delivered in compressed and easy-to-follow narratives. The vignettes that bring viewers up to date on the athletes to follow, and the relevant highlights of their personal struggles during their journey to the Games, appeal to women who don't have time to follow athletes during an entire season, much less over several years.
(PHOTOS: Basketball Star Candace Parker)
But even with the Olympics, say Whiteside and Hardin, gender-based influences dictate what women watch. The participants in the study preferred the watching women in sports that featured traditionally feminine features, such as grace and elegance rather than sports in which more masculine characteristics, such as physicality and aggressive strategies drive the outcome. By far, the women said that if they watched female Olympic events, they watched sports such as gymnastics, figure skating and tennis, where a premium is placed on women's style over their aggressiveness.
While some of the women were able to take full advantage of Title IX changes to women's sports, the small size of the study may not reflect larger trends in how women watch sports on television, admits Whiteside. But, she says, "Thinking about the future of women's sports, and building an audience for women's sports, our study is not necessarily positive in that regard. The women in our study were still dependent on the father figure in terms of what they are watching."
(MORE: Where Are the Women Coaches?)
That means that while girls may be participating in sports at school, or even outside of school, they still aren't watching women's sports on television. Part of that has to do with the fact that women's sports don't receive the same prime time broadcasting that male sports do, but more than that, it may be that at home, viewing patterns still driven by male-dominated sports.
Alice Park is a writer at TIME. Find her on Twitter at @aliceparkny . You can also continue the discussion on TIME's Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIME.


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It's been a busy week for me. Even though Soeren was away the whole week I had a few photo and writing assignments to complete and used up the "free" time to finish these off. At work things are busy too. As the new semester has started there are a couple of workshops and seminars I am planning for the new PHD students. After the long summer break it's good to get things cranking again.
I have started to work-out more regularly again and trying to get back to a more relaxed routine. It's hard to admit but the fall out from the disruptive moving plans this summer are still noticeable. But we are ploughing ahead with optimism and forging new plans.
In the kitchen things have been more or less quick light meals as both Tom and I are planning ahead for the Holidays and the "fattening" season. So it's been lean meat and fish with lots of vegetables, stir-frys and light dishes for us. Besides for the little indulgence here and there we have been really good.
What I really love are dishes that use simple everyday ingredients prepared in a not everyday way. Like these timbales for example. I had spinach and ricotta cheese left over from the previous Daring Bakers' challenge and wanted to use them in a slightly different way. Both spinach and ricotta pair so well with each other.
Baked ricotta is something I make on and off and usually drizzle a bit of honey or maple syrup, which makes a great spread or dip for parties. A recipe I had seen in Maxine Clark's al forno (sent to me all the way from Canada by my favorite Cream Puff) brought me to the idea for the savory variation. I really liked the recipe as it uses simple ingredients to make such a spectacular tasting dish. The recipe below is an adaptation of the recipe from the book.
Baked Ricotta Spinach Kalamata Olive and Sun-dried Tomato Timbales
Printable version of recipe here.
230g fresh baby spinach leaves, stalks cut and washed
450g ricotta cheese, drained
10 sun-dried tomatoes in oil
small handful of Kalamata olives, pitted and coarsely chopped
3 eggs, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons basil and oregano, chopped
pinch nutmeg, freshly grated
sea salt and freshly ground pepper
melted butter for formsMethod
- Preheat oven to 190 degrees C. Generously butter 6 timbale or ramekin forms and spread one sun-dried tomato on the bottom of each form, then thinly slice the remaining. Set aside..
- Place the spinach leaves in a saucepan while they are still wet. Cook the leaves until they wilt then quickly plunge them into ice cold water. Drain the leaves, squeezing with your hands to make sure all excess water has been extracted. Gently loosen the leaves.
- Using a wooden spoon push the ricotta cheese through a fine-mesh sieve. This makes the ricotta nice and fluffy giving the timbales a perfect texture. Whisk in the eggs, then lightly stir in the drained spinach, remaining tomatoes, olives and herbs. Season with sea salt, pepper and nutmeg.
- Spoon the ricotta mixture into the prepared forms, leveling the tops with the spoon.
- Place the forms on a baking tray and bake in the oven for approx. 20 minutes. The timbales should be almost set and a little puffy. Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly, then invert the molds onto a plate. Serve warm or at room temperature.
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We love these timbales with an aromatic tomato sauce, like my roasted tomato sauce or a even tangy sun-dried tomato and tamarind chutney.
Add a side of fresh pasta and you have a complete vegetarian meal. For non- vegetarians try the timbales with fish like this fried fish Provencal or chicken, such as this Italian roasted chicken or veal, for example this Veal Vilanese.
These make a great dinner party starter or side as you can prepare them ahead of time and can serve them at room temperature.
While Soeren enjoyed the timbales with an additional side of pasta we had this with some steamed herbed fish. The flavor profile of spinach, ricotta, sun-dried tomatoes and olives is simply exceptional and paired with the roasted tomato sauce it was just wow!
The kitchen will be closed this weekend as we're off for a bit of r & r (rest and relaxation) and someone else will be doing the cooking. Hope you all have plenty of rest and relaxation this weekend too. To all my Indian readers I wish you a very happy and grand Diwali weekend! See you on the other side!
You might like these sides from WFLH:Red Cabbage with Pomegranate Seeds | Ricotta Vegetable Pot Pies | Szechwan Pepper and Ginger Mixed Sprouts |
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We owe a debt of gratitude to MSNBC host Rachel Maddow for pointing out the differing perceptions people have about the gender wage gap. In April, she invited me on her show to set the facts straight on the wage gap and I hope that I helped her to do that
By now, most Americans are likely familiar with the 77 percent figure, meaning that, at the median, women's wages equal only 77 percent of men's wages both for full-time, year-round work (in 2010, the most recent year for which data are available). This figure, provided annually by the U.S. Census Bureau, has come under criticism from conservative economists and others for a variety of reasons for the past several decades—so much so, that this simple and accurate figure is now viewed by many media outlets as suspect. One New York City newspaper even refused to allow an op-ed writer to include a number such as this provided by IWPR based upon government data.
On an April 30 broadcast of the Sunday morning television show, Meet the Press, Ms. Maddow pointed out that another guest on the show, conservative-leaning CNN commentator Alex Castellanos, seemed to deny that men's and women's wages are unequal. After first countering that wages were equal, Mr. Castellanos said they were unequal but that was due to good reasons such as women working in fields like science or math, or women taking time off to have children, and so on. Mr. Castellanos was echoing justifications provided by conservative economists over the years to ignore the size of the wage gap by imagining that it is really much smaller than the data show, or that it may reflect women's preferences—therefore, no government action to end discrimination is necessary.
While often those on opposite sides of an issue agree on facts but disagree on solutions, Ms. Maddow's point is that, in terms of the wage gap, there exists a major difference in belief about the facts. In such circumstances, it is impossible to come to a compromise and agree upon a solution. Just as conservatives have spent decades challenging the role of government in regulating pollution, banks, or big business, they have spent decades challenging the popular wage gap number, and for a similar reason—to avoid policy changes. Let's review what conservative economists have been saying.
Some economists challenge the 77 percent figure by pointing out it does not compare women's and men's earnings in the same jobs: in other words, the figure implicitly compares truck drivers, who are mostly male, with secretaries, who are mostly female, for example. Yes, the figure does compare women and men across the whole economy, but do we believe women should receive lower pay because they are any less talented, competent, or hard working than men? Given their equal competency, shouldn't both women and men be able to find jobs in the economy that pay them what they're worth?
When citing the wage gap, it may be more accurate to say, as President Obama often does, that women earn only 77 percent of what men earn for an equal day's work (rather than for equal work).
A second set of reasons economists give for challenging the 77 percent figure is that the women and men being compared are not identical. More women than men have likely taken at least a year off from work in the past to take care of children, even if they are working full-time, year-round now. Also, more working women than working men are single parents. More married working fathers than married working mothers have stay-at-home spouses, allowing them to focus on full-time paid work.
Critics who cite these issues suggest it would be more accurate to compare single workers without children in restricted age ranges, where time spent working and work life careers are presumably more similar. But does it make sense to consider only subsets of workers? Shouldn't women and men expect equal earnings when they provide equal effort and skill on the job whatever their age, marital, or parental status?
Yet another set of economists' favorite reasons revolves around women's choices. Perhaps women chose more family-friendly jobs that pay less, for example, because they provide more flexibility in exchange for the lower wages. Interestingly, data about the nature of jobs held by women and men cannot confirm this hypothesis. According to a recent survey IWPR conducted, single mothers have the least flexible jobs and college-educated white men the most flexible jobs.
Ms. Maddow was correct to point out that Mr. Castellanos is denying a reality that many women experience every day, lower pay than they deserve for the work they do. Many economists have been denying this reality for a long time. Let's hope women's voices and women's votes in this election season make it clear that women's lower wages must be addressed by stronger public policies.
Dr. Heidi Hartmann is the President of the Institute for Women's Policy Research.
To view more of IWPR's research, visit IWPR.org


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The Lakers were founded in Detroit as the Gems. After a miserable first season, the team relocated to Minnesota and became the Lakers. In 1960, the Lakers moved to Los Angeles. Over the years, Shaq and other basketball players have graced the franchise.
by Fifi McFeef October 27, 2007
The Greatest Team to ever play the game. From West, Baylor, and Wilt to Magic, Kareem and Worthy to Kobe and Shaq, the Los Angeles Lakers have the greatest team in sports history. And for all yoy laker haters out there, you're just jealous because your favorite team isn't as good as the Lakers.
by Jacobs June 22, 2004
In South-Central Los Angeles, wearing Los Angeles Lakers clothing and gear is generally considered gang-neutral. While wearing Lakers clothing won't necessarily guarantee your safety, it does make a statement to gang members that you're not looking for trouble.
Wearing Lakers gear in South-Central will buy you a little safety, but it is not guaranteed.
Red (Bloods) + Blue (Crips) = Purple (Lakers color)
Red (Bloods) + Blue (Crips) = Purple (Lakers color)
by D.L. Crosse March 4, 2007
One of sports' best and classiest organizations. The Lakers win championships like nobody's business. The team's leader, Kobe Bryant, is simply the league's best player. None of the Lakers fight with fans, wear massive bling or do rags, or speak out in the media and make fools of themselves like most other teams. Actually a humble group of players who deliver for their fans.
by 7620 November 28, 2005
by Kings suck March 27, 2004
1.(n)Lakers are people who come to the finger lakes region of new york in the summertime and totally make the lives of those who live there year round hell. They are disrespectful, ignorant, and are mostly old and incapable of driving well.
by ian July 22, 2005
Ice Hockey team from upstate New York's Oswego State University who won the division 3 nationals in 2007 after christening their brand new ice rink. Student fans, dubbing themselves the "zoo crew," have used such cheers as "sit down, bitch" to opposing team members entering the penalty box, and "It's all your fault," chanted at the opposing team's goalie after the Lakers score a goal. The mascot "laker" does not actually exist. It was probably thought up by someone who lives or works near one of the three local nuclear plants. There is, however, a slightly possessed miniature zamboni who shoots tee-shirts into the crowd. SUNY Oswego recently spent loads of cash to build the state-of-the-art facility, even though its students are forced to use hardly suitable internet.
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We put 14 ozs. of cooking oil in it. It has the same effect as Alli.
Any new family additions this year? Another baby(twins, perhaps?), or maybe a dog or a cat? 2008 will be gr8.
I'm considering getting a Chia Pet.
I do have one semi-serious question, but financially we are getting drained with one child and me staying at home (well sort of I teach at our Parent's Day Out/Preschool) how do you make financial ends meet, that is before the blog?
It's called "creative financing". That's when you go through your bills every month and decide who you'll pay and who will have to wait.
I need to know though what did you have on that all the kids including the younger ones were all sitting still? Or was that a split second thing?
The Simpson's Movie. Yes, I know. Good quality stuff there.
I do have a question for you though. My son got a rootbeer off of the shelf this evening, dropped it to the floor, and puncturing it so that it spewed. EVERYWHERE. My question is, HOW am I going to get all of this stinky stuff cleaned off of everywhere?
garden hose
When you all go out for pizza, how do you decide what to get on it?
Seriously? We ask everyone what they want. Crazy, I know.
If you were to do a Mayo Fountain, what would you use to dip into the fountain?
Enlighten me, How do you do the cross through when writing on Blogger?
A question for your Sunday sound off: Will there be a book tour when your book comes out in the near future?
Yep! :)
I know of 2 people who took these fat pills. Both had er...uh... "oily" accidents. One of them was at work and she had to go home to change. Her chair wasn't pleasant to walk by let me tell you! When she changed jobs we let her take her personalized chair with her.
Did it look like Jerry's couch after Poppy sat on it?
Go you for doing WW, but really, I've seen pictures and I have no idea why you're doing it?!?!!?
ROFL!!! That's pretty funny. BTW, you're my new best friend, Manic!
Have you tried watching that yo gabba gabba video again?
Duh! Why didn't I think of that! That's the best weight loss program out there!
My husband is skinny and does not get it either. I just had my 4th, 7 months ago and now weigh 180 pounds! I am trying to eat 2000 calories a day since I am nursing...You think 2000 calories is plenty, right? I am starving!!! I am only on day 4.. SO STARVING!!!! Any suggestions for a low calorie food that actually keeps you full?
I hear styrofoam fills you up pretty well. And, for what it's worth, I was always starved when I was nursing my kids too. I never lost an ounce while breastfeeding.
My husband even noticed how many diet comercials there are lately! LOL!!! I have been noticing all the other food ads. LOL!!! We are both trying to loose weight. Maybe your husband needs to "diet" with you. ;)
HA! My husband polishes off a half gallon of ice cream every two days. There's no way he'd give that up.
First of all, to your many readers, it's "lose" weight, not "loose" weight!
Thank you! I've really been biting my tongue on that one.
So I started focusing on good quality foods in smaller quantities and my hubby loves it. We'll go out and buy a $60 roast and make it the way they do on TV and find that there's plenty for several days and it's truly satisfying.
$60 for a roast?!?!?! For that price, Emeril had better come cook it personally!
As I was sitting here reading the blog again I had a great idea. You need/want motivation for loosing weight.........just think they are going to put your picture on the back of a book for the world to see!
That is one of the biggest things that's motivating me!
Do you ever suffer from insomnia and if so any good cures??
I never have until these past couple weeks. For days now I haven't gotten to bed until 3:00am or later and then I just lie there unable to sleep. When else am I suppose to write? I'm really getting crabby from the lack of sleep. It's a good thing I have such a nice, considerate husband who understands and tries to help me out instead of one who says that I don't have a real job and won't bother to watch the kids so I can write. <---- read with immeasurable sarcasm.
Want to come clean my room too? I'll provide the liquor!=)
Throw in babysitting and I'm there!
What's your opinion on children with siblings vs. only children?. Do you think your children are better off having siblings or do you wish they were only children so you could pay more attention and focus on only one child? Would your children be more cooperative if they were onlies, does it not matter, or are they actually more cooperative, working as a team?
Well, since I don't have an only child, I can't answer this. People choose the family size that's right for them. I can't imagine only having one kid in my family. I do know that parents of only one child never have to answer the question, "Who started it?" though.
Or is this one of those "if a monkey bit you" questions?
I love the wooden thing with the bins that slide in an out...did the hubster make this or something you purchased? And if purchased, from where?
Dawn, did I miss something. Did Julian pass?? I read all your posts but I haven't seen an update lately about Julian since the one where he was able to celebrate christmas.I hope he is okay and still fighting strong.
No, I'm sorry if I made it sound like that. Julian's still hanging on, sleeping a lot and having some seizures, but still giving smiles. :)
So, do all six of your kids have their own room? Wow, you must have a big house.
Ummm, not exactly. We have about a 1000 square foot house and the kids share rooms.
Speaking of...is Brooklyn expected to become an older sibling sometime soon...?I'm sure she'd love a younger brother(have to keep the pattern going...boy, girl, boy, girl, etc...)Speaking of the pattern, how did you manage to have six kids with an equal number of girls and boys AND going in alternating order? Quite a coincidence, I would say!
We planned it that way.
For a child with five siblings, Lexi sure does have a lot of stuff!
That mess was comprised of all three girls' belongings which are all stored in one little room.
I also remember he used to use his diaper as a pocket. Is this something I will get to look forward to or was Donny the odd one out?
I don't know. Phil and Lil do it.
I let her daddy convince me that Santa just had to bring her Moon Sand as well, which I am now convinced comes straight from the offices of some one that has never, nor will ever, have children. They probably have nice, white furniture and carpet up at Moon Sand Central, too. You know what they don't have there? Yep. Moon Sand.
My husband just asked me to buy some Scotch Guard so he could make his own moon sand. @@
If you could have only had ONE of your kids, and had less(hopefully!) of a mess, which kid would you have had?
Well, "anonymous", this is by far the dumbest question I have ever read. You obviously don't have kids.


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Although Bangalore is not a popular tourist destination, there are many sites worth taking a tour of. The legislative House of Karnataka, VidhanaSoudha, is one of the Chief attractions of Bangalore. It was built during the 1950s using granite in a neo-Dravidian style of architecture. Other places of historical interest include the Bangalore Palace, constructed by the Mysore Maharajahs and Tipu Sultan's Palace, built around 1790 as Tipu's summer retreat.
A tour of Bangalore must also include Lalbagh Botanical Gardens- built by Hyder Ali in 1760, and the Bannerghatta National Park- a 25,000-acre zoological park one and a half hours away from Bangalore City. Educational tours of Bangalore may include the Vishweshwaraiah Industrial and Technological Museum, the State Archaeological Museum, the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, the Venkatappa Art Gallery and the Karnataka ChitrakalaParishad. Religious tours of Bangalore cover the Bull Temple in Basavanagudi, the Maha Bodhi Society Temple- a replica of the Bodh Gaya Stupa, the ISCKON temple, the Maruthi Temple, the GaviGangadeshwara Cave Temple as well as many other temples, mosques and churches of historic significance.
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Jesus teaches about marriage and divorce—Eternal life is for those who keep the commandments—The Twelve Apostles will judge the house of Israel.
1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judæa beyond Jordan;
2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
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16 ¶ And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have aeternal life?
17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none agood but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into blife, keep the ccommandments.
18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no amurder, Thou shalt not commit badultery, Thou shalt not csteal, Thou shalt not bear dfalse witness,
19 aHonour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt blove thy cneighbour as thyself.
20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be aperfect, go and sell that thou hast, and bgive to the cpoor, and thou shalt have dtreasure in heaven: and come and efollow me.
22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had agreat possessions.
23 ¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a arich man shall bhardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a arich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
26 aBut Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are bpossible.
27 ¶ Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the aregeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, bjudging the twelve tribes of Israel.
29 And every one that hath aforsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my bname's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit ceverlasting life.
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SHAWNEE — The ninth annual Donald W. Reynolds Governor's Cup includes 48 student teams on 15 campuses across the state.
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