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Elizabeth Arden Britney Spears - Fantasy
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on 1/8/2017 11:44:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Other
Eyes: Hazel
There are so many gourmand scents (well, all scents really) around this time of year, particularly sweet/gourmand scents. This is a very sweet fruity like scent, despite the fact this was a christmas present that i would not usually buy for myself, (not usually into celebrity perfumes) i have to say i am very impressed that such an inexpensive perfume has such good sillage. Better than a lot of designer brands. And i like that it contains kiwi, a nice touch. Reasonable perfume, considering the price. I'd think it'd be best for mid to late teenagers, blooming into adulthood. I won't be repurchasing but I'd recommend as very reasonable based on the low price for a bargain.
on 8/3/2016 12:49:00 AM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Medium, Warm
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Coarse
Eyes: Brown
On about my fourth bottle since this came out .. I did at one time like midnight fantasy better and paused on wearing this for a while but now midnight fantasy smells like so many body washes now days so I'm back to wearing fantasy .. As far as sweet scents this one and pink sugar are in my regular rotation and why because fantasy has that sweet but fruity note and pink sugar is pure cotton candy with that one harsh note of whatever it is .. Two different aspects of sweetness and fantasy lasts long and smells better as it wears.. I like the fact that it's cheaper to purchase now but I don't think the popularity has slowed down because someone was buying this at a fragrance stand at the mall the other day and I wanted to tell the person that it can be bought cheaper online but didn't want to blow a sale for the lady at the fragrance stand ..
on 7/22/2016 12:18:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Dark, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
Love this fragrance ! Just wished it lasted longer
on 7/17/2016 5:19:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Olive, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Brown
What's not to like about this? A love potion locked inside a beautifully Swarovski adorned, hot pink bottle.
I wore this all throughout my teens and now I'm still religiously wearing it in my adulthood. Sweet? Yes. But well done.
Opens with a blast of kiwi fruit, this can off put a lot of people who try Fantasy. It can be sour, but trust me.. wait for it. The white chocolate appears and then cupcake.. with orchids lingering in the background ever so slightly. This is when the magic happens, this is heavenly.
Forever love, love, love. A celebrity scent that catapulted so many others into the gourmand spectrum. Perfume has no age limit, remember that.
on 6/18/2016 12:08:00 AM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Red, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I am 45 years old. I own some very serious classic perfumes, as befits a lady of my vintage and professional standing.... But damn if I don't LOVE Fantasy, and have for years!
I love Fantasy with my lizard brain, the deep-seated childlike portion that squeals, "OMG!" when it sees a hot-pink bottle with green crystals all over it, and "YUMMM!" when it smells cupcakes, white chocolate, kiwi-strawberry candy, and baby powder in equal measures.
Yes, Fantasy is a common fragrance and smells
a lot like something that would be piped into teen clothing stores to induce euphoria (and spending). It is the quintessential Mall Perfume, unabashedly synthetic and riding high on the fruity-floral celebu-scent trend train.
But it's still pretty great stuff. It's instantly recognizable and enjoyable
from start to finish, from the initial
burst of tart fruits through the choco-vanillic heart and on to the quite pretty and balanced powdery-orris finish. In fact, it's kind of perfect for what it is. Fantasy is to fragrance what Sbarro pizza is to the food court: iconic, junky yet irresistible, with a comforting familiarity. Fantasy is to fragrance what Justice is to fashion: silly, sassy, overtly loud and juvenile, yet oh so cute.
I've smelled other Britney flankers and other scents in this category, and not liked them nearly as well, even if intellectually I knew some of them were more elegant and mature compositions (like Jessica Simpson Fancy Nights). In the end, I can't not have that PINK!!! SPARKLY!!! bottle on my dresser and I can't not sometimes spray on its SWEET!!! YUMMINESS!!! And btw I get tons of compliments when I do. Fantasy is wearable
candy, and just plain wearable.
on 5/24/2016 7:54:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Medium, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Curly, Fine
Eyes: Brown
This perfume is very...middle school teen girl. It's very powerful and a deep scent, very heavy. The packaging is cute and the price is great, however, if I had to wear it the lotion form is much more tolerable and wearable. I'm all for a deep and heavy perfume but this one is quite overwhelming and has caused others to have headaches.
Overall: good perfume for a teenage girl, packaging is cutesy albeit impractical at times and its a true heavy scent.
on 3/9/2016 11:18:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Tan, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
I am very lucky to own a few Full Bottles Of The Original
**Pre Re-formulated** Fantasy (From before 2009).
and even though i am a male (but a Gay one lol)....
I Am Simply Addicted To The Original And Delicious Formula Of "Fantasy"!
Fantasy was born as a **MASTERPIECE** - a magical love potion.
a masterpiece that was the pioneer in its floral-fruity-gourmand category.
a masterpiece that so many fragrances tried to be.
she is the queen of all fruity-gourmand fragrances
she is the queen of all queens,
Listen, i know this will sound over dramatic to some...
and some will think i should relax and stop being a drama queen,
but in times when i felt sad or sick or when i went through hard times,
this perfume always cheered me up right away.
i would spray this on,and my mood would dramatically change.
suddenly everything would seem happy,pink,yummy and beautiful.
just like white chocolate,exotic fruits and delicious cupcakes would make anyone feel better.
And besides that,
My Boyfriend Loooves It On Me,
Everytime I Have It On, He goes crazy and Just Cannot Take His Hands Off Of Me.
It's Like What Catnip Is to Cats! LOL
He Always Says That When I Put This On, Then All He Wants Is To Jump On Me, Take Me To Bed And Eat Me Up, Hehe.
I Love It When My Strong Handsome King Puts On His Strong Masculine Bad boi Scents And I Put On This Grliy,Sweet,Fruity,Feminine Pretty Boi Scent lol.
This Makes Me Feel So Feminine ....I Love It!
this little gem makes me feel so sexy and yummy it makes me wanna go on romantic dates on a breezy fall evening and french kiss my man.
There Are Two (Materialistic) Things I'm Proud To Have and Own.....
1 - My Stunning,Ultra Rare,Super Luxurious Collection Of Iconic Vintage Gianni Versace Sunglasses (mostley from the 92 -96 collections).
2 - All The Stock of Bottles I Have Of The Original pre re-formulated Fantasy Perfume.
because from the moment i knew that this perfume has been re-formulated,
i went on a hunt to search for a store here in my country that still had the old formula.
i was full of hope because i knew that it was being importaed here so there must be a store that still had some old stock of the old formula.
i looked in Every fancy dipartment store here but no one had the old formula!
i almost sadly gave up....
until one day i came across this OLD perfume store with this cute little old lady she had the old formula!!! i felt i won the jackpot! lol
she said she had bought some of them a few years prior to that and that nobody bought it because most of her clients were old ladies that dont use these kind of sweet fruity perfumes.
she was soooo over the moon happy that she found a buyer to those "cheap" perfumes she had been stuck with....
that she told me if i buy all of the stock she had,
then she would sell me a 3.3oz bottle for 20$ a piece!
and knowing that i will not let this Treasure get away from me....
i bought Every Single Bottle she had in stock (11 in fact!) Lol.
and now i understand what a Bargain it was cuz today i would have HAPPILY paid so much More if i had been stuck without the old formula.
(im such a pre re-formulated fantasy SL*T...ugh,it's pathetic lol).
plus....men (as i found) go C-r-a-z-y for this fragrance.
it just really motivates them or something.
they respond really strongly to it (at least the kind of bad boiz i normally go for lol).
and if you would have told me a few years ago that i would be so much in love with such an overly-syinthetic cheap celebrity perfume,
i would never have belived it!.....but i am!
Guys, you really need to undersatnd....i have perfumes ranging anywhere from 300 dollars (Ramon molvizar and creed) , to 800 dollars (joy) and all the way to about 2000 dollars (Clive Christian and cijar),
and to say the truth (even though Shocking to addmit it),but if i HAD to choose only ONE fragrance to take to a deserted island, then it would be this perfume!
if i had to give-up all my perfumes and choose only one perfume to use for the rest of my life.....it would be Fantasy.
it is my FAVORITE fragrance that i own.
and thats why i dont care anymore what others think!
i simply dont care anymore if my snobby up-tight know it all "high-end" perfume loving friends say that its "cheap" or "childish" or "un-complexed" or WHATEVER!
I Love It! ....... And that is the **Only** thing that counts!
it is the only fragrance that everytime i spray it on me...i have this HUGE smile on my face hahaha, i just cant help it! :)
yes the bottle looks tacky and a bit cheap,
and yes its weird for me to say that what i have on is a "britney spears" perfume...but it just smeels sooo damn good.
to me...the old formula is 10X superior to the new re-formulated version.
the new formulation has soooo much more of the musky and tart kiwi tones to it.
the kiwi notes (in the old formula) steps aside alot more in order to give room to the super creamy white choloate-cupcake bliss.
i think the re-formulated version is no where near as amazing as the old formula is.
i mean the new formula is not "disgusting" or anything...
but i just like the old formula a Hell lot more.
and this perfume lasts and lasts and lasts....it has amazing longevity.
i can actually take a shower and still smell traces of it on my skin..
this perfume is so Magical,
what i love about fantasy is that even though it is very sweet, it also has airy fresh tones to it and i can use it on a hot summer day as well as on a cold winter morning.
every time i put it on...it makes me feel so happy :-)
i urge every gourmand scent lover to try this (old or new formula),
you WILL Fall in love .
Enjoy :-)
on 1/30/2016 8:14:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Warm
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Blue
I've owned lots of perfumes...
some make me feel sick like prada candy, jessica fancy, pink sugar, midnight fantasy... but never been commented on them. Other perfumes like angel, lolita lempicka just smell like a weird sweet detergent on me... I did not want a perfume to smell like a perfume either... I am 21 yet I still HATE with a passion those "sophistication strong perfumes" for example like Black Opium. I am looking for a perfect mix of yummy sugar mixed with a perfume smell that goes along with it. blech. I was ready to give up.
Until I wore this, my boyfriend swears that this stuff is intoxicating on me! I love it too, because at first I can't smell it much, but as the day goes on and the more I party.... the SEXIER the smell gets! It lasts all day. The end stage is like blowing out the candles of the cake. Kind of chocolatey too! I love the smell, and it just works so well with my chemistry and I don't even get a headache! I regret not stocking up on these. I love this perfume so much that when I see them in store again... I'm gonna buy atleast 3!
on 12/22/2015 10:19:00 AM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Other, Other, Warm
Hair: Other, Other, Other
Eyes: Other
It surprises me greatly that this smells like a slightly milder Euphoria by Ck with a dash of vanilla. I never got along with Euphoria, so what a shock it was for me to smell Euphoria because I was expecting to smell delicious cup cakes. I waited forever for something to change to cup cake but it never happened, then it dawned on me that this is not a usual kind of cup cake. It's a floral concoction with vanilla and fruit to wear not eat.
I was expecting a delicious edible like cup cake, silly me. Now that I know what to expect from this my expectations have changed and I accept this scent for what it is. It's long lasting and when you know what this is all about its a good one.
on 12/1/2015 3:01:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I don't have many emotional connections to perfumes, but I do to Fantasy. I bought it in highschool, my friend loved it so much she bought it too and I wore it religiously. I explored the other scents in the Fantasy line (e.g. Midnight Fantasy, Hidden Fantasy, Island Fantasy) but the original is the best, and the one I keep coming back too. I have repurchased this fragrance around three times. I really love this scent. It is a very sweet scent, with fruity notes and notes of vanilla and cupcake and there is even some floral in there. It is a modestly priced scent but does not smell cheap or chemically. It is a young, fun scent which boosts your confidence and will be noticed by those around you. I always receive compliments on this scent. I am 21 years old, but this is a scent I would continue to wear throughout my 20s. It is my favourite day-time scent. It makes you feel flirtatious and fun and sexy and sweet. The bottle is beautiful to display on your vanity too, it is pink with green rhinestones studded into it. I love Britney and her perfumes, and will continue to repurchase this beautiful, sweet fragrance.
Top Notes: Kiwi, Red Litchi, Quince.
Heart Notes: White Chocolate, Jasmine, Orchid, Cupcake.
Base Notes: Musk, Orris Root, Woodsy Notes.
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PRINCETON, N.J. -- Down the stretch they come! With one more weekend before the Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championships, the Ancient Eight is revving up for what should be an exciting day of running.
The 2012 Ivy League Cross Country Championships will take place at Princeton's West Windsor Fields on Saturday, Oct. 27, at 11:00 a.m. (women) and Noon (men). The awards ceremony will take place at 1:00 p.m.
The big event last weekend was the Wisconsin adidas Invitational. Seven of the eight teams competed in the prestigious race and the final standings on both sides showed the Ivy League standing tall.
The men's side featured 316 individual runners and 45 teams, including 19 of the nation's top-30 ranked squads in the latest United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
Leading the way for the League was Columbia, which placed four runners in the top-70, earned 308 points and tied for fifth with No. 19 Arkansas. The Lions trailed only No. 8 Stanford (first, 135), No. 5 Iona (second, 145), No. 4 Oklahoma (third, 166) and No. 22 Texas (fourth, 267). Columbia finished ahead of 14 ranked opponents including No. 10 Syracuse (11th, 402), No. 5 Portland (12th, 407) and No. 1 Wisconsin (17th, 489). Senior Mike Murphy's led the way with a 22nd-place finish (23:47) for the Lions.
The first Ivy runner to cross the line was Harvard junior Maksim Korolev, who placed 18th with a time of 23:44. Fellow classmate James Leakos finished 13 seconds behind Korolev to take 36th. As a team, the Crimson finished in 28th place with 655 points.
Princeton took 14th with 449 points, and for the third time this season the Tigers were paced by junior Alejandro Arroyo Yamin. His time of 23:52 was good enough to put him in 29th-place. Rounding out the rest of the Ivy squads was Dartmouth (32nd, 732), Yale (40th, 1,042), Cornell (43rd, 1,159) and Brown (44th, 1,237).
On the women's side, Cornell placed fifth out of 48 teams with 262 points and senior Katie Kellner came in 15th overall out of 327 runners with a time of 20:04. On her heels was junior Rachel Sorna, who crossed in 20:06 to take 22nd.
Yale tallied 469 points and tied with No. 15 Toledo for 13th-place, while Harvard placed 23rd with 608 points and Princeton took 25th with 626 points. Brown junior Heidi Caldwell placed 57th with a time of 20:33 as the Bears took 26th overall, while Columbia came in 36th (826) and Dartmouth placed 44th (1,078).
Several of the teams also competed in the Princeton Invitational, which was held on the very same course that will host the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships on Oct. 27.
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Each month we bring you a recipe or two – something seasonal to tickle your taste buds – and sometimes we seek inspiration from our friends. We've had Lamb from Ballymaloe, Crème Brûlée with Golden Glengoyne from Monachyle Mhor, Peach & Almond Cake from Genevieve Taylor and today we bring you a couple of herby whoppers from Anna Lamotte and her Aunt, Gillian Booth, at Scotherbs.
Scotherbs are a family herb farm close to Dundee – the largest grower of fresh herbs in Scotland. They sell to the usual big name supermarkets, so chances are high that you've torn a few of their basil leaves to scatter over your tomatoes, or perked up your Thai curry with a smattering of their coriander.
Like many good ideas, the seeds of Scotherbs were sown over a glass, or two of wine one long memorable evening, when Anna's Grandmother, Sylvia Wilson- an accomplished home cook in the Elizabeth David tradition – made the unlikely, yet prophetic suggestion that her husband grow and sell herbs. It was to her husband, Robert Wilson's great credit that he acted on Sylvia's somewhat radical idea. At the time, in the mid-80s, it was a far from obvious move for a fifth generation dairy farmer.
Today, Scotherbs is a 250acre operation growing a huge variety of culinary herbs, outdoors in the fields, or in the 72 polytunnels. The business is overseen by Anna's mother, Shona Lamotte and remains steadfastly a family enterprise.
Anna's involvement is implicit, as a child she rolled around in the farm delivery van, and today as a trained cook and graduate of Ballymaloe Cookery School she leads cookery workshops and herb Masterclasses. She also assumes responsibility for Scotherbs many educational outreach programmes, including a project with Perth High School to create a Market Garden where pupils can grow produce to sell at the local farmers market.
Thanks to Anna and her Aunt, Gillian Booth for these delicious, herby creations, seasonal treats for low key autumn dining.
Meatloaf with Porcini & Bacon
Meatloaf seems to have fallen from favour, which is lamentable considering how delicious it can be. As children we used to have it with mash potatoes and overcooked carrots these days I'd serve it with something zesty like a root vegetable winter slaw or the Ottolenghi salad we featured a couple of months back.
Ingredients, Serves 4
70g of white bread
25g of Dried Porcini Mushrooms
2 Medium-sized Leeks
30g Butter
A handful of Chopped Parsley
400g of Ground Beef
75g Smoked Bacon
2 Cloves of Diced Garlic
Handful of grated Parmesan
You will need a loaf tin or terrine approximately 10 x 12cm and a sheet of greaseproof paper.
Pre-heat oven to 200ºC/Gas 6.
Tear the bread into rough chunks and place in a dish with enough milk to cover. Leave till the bread is thoroughly saturated with milk. Put the mushrooms in a small bowl and cover them with warm water. Slice the leeks in half lengthways and then into small dice. Wash thoroughly in a colander with cold, running water.
Melt the butter in a deep pan; add the leeks and the chopped parsley. Leave them to soften over a low heat. The leeks should not colour. You can prevent this by placing a disc of greaseproof paper over the leeks, so that they partially steam.
Remove the leeks from the heat; add the beef and the bacon, diced into small pieces. Leave the meat to brown nicely on the underside before stirring. Add the chopped garlic and the mushrooms, drained of their soaking liquid and roughly chopped. Wring out the breadcrumbs and stir into the mixture with plenty of salt and pepper and the grated Parmesan.
Push the meat into the lined tin and smooth the top flat. Fold the paper over the top and place the tin in a roasting tin. Pour hot water into the roasting tin, to come halfway up the meatloaf. Place the roasting tin in the oven, and leave for an hour until fully cooked through. Leave to settle for 10 minutes before turning out and carefully slicing.
Rosemary and Blueberry Madeira Cake
The rosemary's warm aroma is an extraordinary addition to this cake, bringing out the blueberry's subtle sweetness.
250g Soft Butter
200g Sugar
3 Large Eggs
300g Flour, sifted
2 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
3 tsp Fresh Rosemary Needles, chopped finely
4 tsp Milk
A Handful of Frozen Blueberries
2 tsp Demerara Sugar
A pinch of cinnamon to top
Preheat the oven to 170oC/Gas Mark 3.
Cream the butter adding the sugar slowly until it is pale and light in texture
Measure out the flour and baking powder in a separate bowl. Beat in the eggs one at a time, adding a tablespoon of the flour after each egg to stop the butter mixture from separating, and then add the vanilla. With a wooden spoon or spatula, fold in the rest of the flour mixture and chopped rosemary needles before thinning the mixture out with the milk.
Finally, carefully fold in the frozen blueberries attempting to not turn the whole mixture blue as they defrost! Pour into a greased and floured loaf pan and sprinkle the Demerara sugar and cinnamon over the top before putting it in the oven. Bake for 1–1¼ hour, until a knife comes out clean and the top is a lovely, cracked, golden brown.
This cake will keep well – if it lasts!
* Try swapping the Rosemary for Fresh Mint and Blueberries for Chocolate Chips ~ a delicious Chocolate & Mint alternative *
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Please let us know your experiences of respite care for disabled children(38 Posts)
Just in case you hadn't seen, Mumsnet has partnered with Every Disabled Child Matters to urge Local Authorities to tell us how much money they will be spending on short breaks for families with disabled children in 2010/11.
So, if you're caring for a disabled child, or know someone who is, do please use this thread to keep us up to date with their stories, so that we can see whether or not money earmarked for respite care is getting through.
Thank you!
I actually found out its not 16,000 its 25,00 per month ...250,000 per yr
Never accept that what they are giving you is enough, people who care for severe children should be getting a 24 hour provision over the wkend for their human rights...relationships/friendships etc will fail if you dont get provisions and we wo care for severe autistics actually save 250,000 per yr in caring for our kids at home. I know that very severe autistics get 2 nights per week and 3 in holidays, the kids need constant supervision and self harm, they take their nappies off including specialist suits and smear at any god given opportunity, they also dont sleep at times and make high pitched sounds...We deserve a social life and our human rights, flintshire social services are a disgrace, no respect for what carers do. We dedicate our lives to our kids and save the govt a packet, Raymond dickson of flintshire social services just laughed at me when i said i cant cope alone, masonic a**hole
I have got a human rights solicitor for my very severe autistic girl...I am on my own with no help and she smears day and night despite having to wear specialist clothing, she soils all over herself, placing it in her own hair and all over her body (even have to clean it out of her fingernails). raymond dickson manager of flintshire social services will not give me the 2 days per week respite in which i deserve yet there is evidence he gives this to other parents, almost 3 yrs and i am still fighting this masonic scumbag. Day and night my daughter smears, self harms, strips clothing, refuses at times to eat, needs constant supervision and lives in nappies often shredding them. I cant take her out of the house for very long as she is 11 and when she goes out she uses a wheelcdhair (very heavy to push). Social services want kids in care as if they didnt then they would give parents the respite we deserve. It costs 16,000 pounds a month and more for them to live in full time care and this isn't including clothing and transport costs yet they come out with government cuts rubbish..they just want kids in care..Only One word that describes them from me and that is MASONIC!!
I asked for 1 day a fortnight of respite from ds to spend doing something with dd and just got told a flat no. No reason and wouldnt even listen to me explain why, I was just told I could go to other places or look for somewhere that I can ds with me as well as DD.
Respite- what respite?
Just lost ours.
Having to go through the rigmarole of trying to get DP now. It's a farce.
I have a severely autistic nearly 8 year old.He is aggressive and still in nappies etc etc... We get 5 hours a week of direct payments in term time and 8 hours a week in holidays. We also get about 7 days a year (in the holidays)(which we have to contribute towards although heavily subsidised) when he can go to a playscheme from 9.30-4pm.
No after school or weekend clubs offered to us. We live in Kent.
Looking at what other people get it seems as if its not great here but I suppose it could be worse.
my son is 9 years old has downs syndrome and as he gets older his behavior has become more challenging, i receive 2 hours every two weeks in respite care which is not long enough.
he attends a a special needs school and has an extended day on a Wednesday which is a big help and i just big told the funding is in place for another year ( thank goodness ).
i not sure how i wud cope without it .
Hello all
Quick update just in case you hadn't seen: our Respite Care campaign has had universal backing from all the major charities who work with disabled children and their families. Have a look at the full list of all the organizations supporting us over here.
This campaign's going to be a slow-burner, for obvious reasons - but we'll make sure we update you as a full picture emerges of how the money allocated for respite care is actually being spent. And just in case you haven't emailed your local authority to prod them (or
insisted politely encouraged your friends to do so), here's the link.
Thanks again for your input, it's much appreciated. Please do continue to let us know how things are going.
It was really interesting to see the David Cameron quote from 2007 talking about the need for parents of disabled children to have lots of breaks and to remember that parents are not volunteers. I wish he would repeat this to Warwickshire County Council as I have just left a meeting of anxious parents who are having to make a very difficult decision by this friday 4th March. Our children all attend a fantastic respite group TIME OUT which is currently councilrun and provides parents with a 3 hr break (minus the travel to and from the centre) every fortnight. The children have challenging difficulties but the staff are so skilled they are returned to us after the sessions well looked after and having been given opportunities to be part of a peer group doing activities in the local environment. The problem is that it has been suggested to parents that they might like to form a charity so that they can run and fund the group themselves. To help them on their way and presumably off the councils books, they have been offered a grant which will keep them going for 9 months. There have been no replies on whether there would be any further funding and even more worrying no positive response about what will happen to TIME OUT if parents decide against a charity. There will be no further information on this but yet parents have to decided by this friday whether to go down the charity route. I am really struggling with the idea of using any respite time to run and fund my respite? Am I mad? or just very tired? Maybe I will be mad enough to accept the volunteering opportunity?
What would you do in this situation?
All these posts make upsetting reading and I have been following this since the Riven story first broke. Part of the problem here seems to be that so many LAs are faceless blundering box-tickers, and I wish that all the cuts that are being discussed would weed out the employees who are like this. I do not need respite care, but my experience of it is that it is being given for 6 hours a week to a mother I know well who has a 16 year old daughter who attends school from 8.30 - 4.30 each day and who has a low iq. She has no other discernable issues other than being very quiet most of the time and having the odd tantrum, and the mother does not need to work having private income. So, why does she get this money? Because, "the council are offering it, so why would I say no?". Parents like this are in the minority I am sure, but the box-tickers ought to provide the care where it is needed most, first.
I am a new respite carer (link family type set up)for children with a disability.
This is something that as a family we had wanted to do for a long time, so were therefore pretty dedicated to the idea.
We had to jump through many hoops and basically go through the same process that a 'regular' foster carer would go through.
I have no problem with being throughly assessed; children are obvioulsy the priority, but I coudln't help but feel that the process was v flawed and not exactly relevant to caring for a child with a disability for one weekend a month.
Panel was gently initimidating and there were 14 people on it. They asked us various personal questions, but I couldn't help but feel that we could have given them any old nonsense and still got through (we didn't but that isn't the point).
The best bits of the process were being assessed as a hands on carer in a respite unit.
I am so glad that we have gone through the process to get where we are but think what I am trying to say is the process is long, (must be costly) intrusive and yet I can still see that it is flawed. That combined with the quite poor financial expenses that we are given would surely put a lot of people off, which is shame because it is such a fab thing to do for so many reasons.
I also agree it should be about ALL carers, including those who are children themselves.
I have 2 children with ASD.
Both are severe enough to have access to specilaist education, one will need lifelong care and the other is violent.
We get access to a holiday club for whcih I am grateful but as the boys cannot access the same place (one would injure the other) that in itself is hard work: both resources require car use to access, and are 5 miles apart. One has 10.30 - 3.30 for teh give days of hal term, the otehr has 10.30- 3.30 two days, and 12.30 - 3.30 three days; my two other children and I may as well live in the car!
Of course should we lose DLA the car will vanish.
All children in our borough get access to a holiday club: 10.30 - 3.30, only the support is specialised.
My eldest turns 12 next year and will then lose all the help we get; as he is so aggressive I have no idea how we will manage, but no club exists after 12. To put it in context I have had to restrain him three times this week, and due to school moves I expect that to get worse- ASD and transition issues etc.
The other will also lose support at 12; our request for DPs was quite literally laughed at.
We would like to move closer to family as they would help but the cuts home are some of the worst around wrt to SN and we feel we have been effectively exiled from our home County by these: we cannot risk ds3's long term needs in the hope of a break whilst my parents can still help.
We are currently paying someone for a day a month respite but again, that's only as long as DLA is recieved and other cuts mean the child who is next up for assessment gets no professional support outside school now which in turn makes dla harder to get.......
DH has a history of severe depression and I dread to think how I will cope if he gets ill again and we lose respite as it is.
I have a severely autistic 12 year old
We get 1 night a week respite. And 2 days a week playscheme (sometimes on a Saturday which helps our other kids but not my attempts to work!) during school holidays. Plus 15 hours a week direct payments in school holidays. I use that to pay for people to help me so I can get all three children out (it's a 2 person job). I also try to work full time.
Actually our package is good now - and we all really benefit (including ds1 which is important). The respite centre he goes to is absolutely brilliant and they have taught him a lot - he loves going there. We were meant to get a 2 night short break once a year but my son can't cope with that ('wrong' day for respite doesn't work - respite occurs in the pattern he knows, changes cause great anxiety) so I told them not to bother. We tried it once and it was disastrous, with the fallout lasting several weeks. And we couldn't enjoy ourselves knowing ds1 was upset at being in respite on the 'wrong' day (he loves respite, but it has to be on the 'right' days).
They keep trying to cut our direct payments. A few years ago they did, which meant my son got very bored as I couldn't get him out of the house every day. He ended up covered in bruises (self injurous behaviour) and i ended up covered in bruises. I emailed SS told them I held them responsible for the bruising, they came out and had a look (within 24 hours) and it was after then we started getting sensible provision.
I have a meeting with them in April and have been warned they want to cut my package (not just mine - everyone's). They are trying to replace respite with clubs - seemingly failing to understand that my son cannot attend clubs unless he has 1:1 and is contained within locked doors. I am digging out the photos of bruising and we shall see where we end up.
I have been disabled since birth and my parents were refused the help they required from all our local authorities and told to get on with it!
I am now 64-years-old and nothing has changed over the years and Ive been treated like a clinical junky and registered as mentally subnormal. This is a clear infringement upon my human rights and need help to have this stigma revoked. I also feel medical professionals should now be more disability awareness instead of ticking us in a box where we dont belong.
Message withdrawn at poster's request.
Pls note, Mumsnet has another thread on this topic called 'RESPITE CARE FOR DISABLED CHILDREN'. I find having two threads on the same issue confusing.
what's respite care? i live in staffordshire and my daughters told me she's your daughter get on with it. and the other one is why do you need respite care? you get paid £53 a week to look after her 24/7. i'm so tired and because the lea can't find my daughter a isp for schooling she gets 6hrs home tuition a week this isn't enough to get child benefit.oh and btw if you don't get child benefit your not elligable to claim any other benefit,we are expected to live on £53 a week and i'm at the end of the road.
Hello everyone.
Thanks for your posts so far - please do keep them coming.
The good news is that Scope and TreeHouse, the national charity for autism education, have all agreed to support our joint campaign with EDCM, which urges LAs to tell us how much money they will be spending on short breaks for families with disabled children in 2010/11.
We'll keep you updated as more organisations join us!
I agree 2shoes, carers should be supported. Without us the welfare state would go bankrupt as we save billions of pounds every year for what in return? £50 a week carers allowance if you are lucky and don't have any ambitions to go to work in amenaingful job. My mhusband gave up his professional career 12 years ago completeley because we did not have any support at home to care for our severly disabled son. Social Service said he was too disabled, Health said his needs were not severe enough to meet continuing care - because he was under 4 st!
Professionals used to say: 'Oh, you are coping so well! You are such a nice family!"
They dismissed our plea for help regardless that we were saying that we were at breaking point. The immense stress and physical exhaustion lead to my first mental breakdown and finally we were granted some home support and later some short break days. In order to enable me to go out to work in part time, my husband stayed at home since. This year he is 65 so he will lose the Carers Allowance which means he will be looking after our son and his frail 91 years old mother for NOTHING! Without the short break support I would not be able to work and we would lose our house, our youngest son's future would be severely compromised. Having some quality breaks is only a tiny contribution to our son's life if you compare with all the human and financial sacrifice we had to make in the past 16 years. All which will result in a poor pension, health and a very worrying bleak future. Short break provisons should be seen as long term investments! No money could match the benefits of the right and timely support.
must just add that I thing this campaign should not just be about "children" it should be about respite for all families with a disabled person, as children do become adults.
my dd is now nearly 16 and is severely disabled(CP) and is Dependant on others for all her care and help in doing most things.
we are lucky that we have had respite since she was about 6, before that we had a link family which was ok, but relied on their good will way too much.
dd goes away for respite and that suits us as it gives us a proper break and as her respite is based at her sn school it gives her a chance to hang with her peers as a teen should.
we have a good respite package now, it has been increased over the years to meet our needs. but It won't be increased again due to the cuts.
sadly there is never enough money and the respite budget is all ways over budget in about may each year as SS are never given enough money.
I do worry that all this talk of short breaks and changing the way respite is provided will affect us and we will lose this life line and have it replaced by a cheaper daytime youth scheme or something like that,
people should be able to choose what respite suits them and their families.
Hi MummyNadine! The Short Break Campaign is for YOUR DAUGHTER too! The money provided to local authorities also to cover for your family's support at home NOT just for those who are accessing short breaks away from home. Pls write to your Cllr and ask them how they going to use the money to support you at home with your daugther!
I understand you very well as we were in a very similar situation few years ago. Unfortunately, 3 years ago we had to place our son (then 13 years old) into a residential school Monday to Friday, because the local authority couldn't meet his Special Educational Needs in its local special schools AND Social Service withdrew the 3 hours per day home support. Our son is profoundly disabled with complex needs and the intense care and the constant fight with Social Service, Education, Health, Housing etc. had taken its toll on our physical and mental health. We are simply unable to care for him without support now.
The more support you get now the longer your daughter can stay at home. Good luck!
I live in Kingston,South West London and I have a severely disabled 14 year old daughter, as well as 3 other children. I am not sure what support is around in other areas, but we receive family support through our local social services - and I can't commend the family support side of our social services enough!(Sadly I can't say that about all SS in our area in general!) They provide a trained support worker who comes into the home and cares for the disabled child, while you can get on and do other things! In my case, being a mum to my other 3 children the youngest being my 4 year old son, as well as teaching in the afternoons. I was referred to the service by the deputy head of my daughter's special school, after my youngest son was born and I was finding it really difficult to cope with 4 children. I had never before had any help or support, and it took about 18 months for all the assessments to go through, so it was not until my disabled daughter was over 11 years old, that we received any help. But it has seriously turned my life around! We receive 6 hours a week - so basically 2 hours after school 3 times a week, and while I would dearly love more hours, it is enough for me to just get a break. We have a regular support worker, who has become like part of the family, and the times when she has been unable to come in, all the other workers we have met have been really fantastic. I just thought it might be of interest, and also to know if anyone else receives this type of support. The worry is that a campaign has started for respite care - when that does not necessarily suit all families.I would be really keen to see this campaign supporting different kinds of respite care, not just short breaks! My daughter has never been away from home, or indeed from me, and having someone come into the home and provide help and care for a disabled child, for me personally has been far preferable to sending my child away!
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I recently finished watching Planet Earth, the award-winning BBC nature documentary series narrated by David Attenborough. As its title implies, Planet Earth is an effort of considerable ambition: the filmmakers set out to produce a series that would provide a survey of our world's natural grandeur and biodiversity. To a remarkable extent, I think they succeeded. Of course the full richness of Earth's biosphere could not be exhaustively chronicled, but this series touches on many of the high … [Read more...]
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After months of silence on its CPU improvements, Intel's programming and reference guides have told us what the company didn't disclose.
Intel's upcoming Goldmont architecture is promising a significant performance upgrade for Atom's CPU and GPU.
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The Intel Compute Stick is up for preorder, but the Asus Chromebit won't be around until this summer, according to Google. Clearly there's a showdown in the making here.
Intel is detailing its 2015 plans for mobile at Mobile World Congress this year. The company's low-cost 3G phones will break into emerging markets while Cherry Trail pushes into tablets and low-end laptops.
Intel has rebranded its Atom product line to simplify its offerings — while Cherry Trail benchmarks have leaked at the same time. Will 2015 be the year that Atom finally competes?
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How do you know if your significant other is "the one?" Some people may be satisfied with the typical "when you know, you know," but others need more proof – much more proof.
In Valerie Weiss' "Losing Control," lead character Samantha (Miranda Kent) sets out to find just that – solid, rock-hard evidence that her would-be fiancé Ben (Reid Scott) is the perfect match for her.
In this original romantic comedy, the quirky – but surprisingly relatable – Samantha is a scientist at Harvard working on what could be a groundbreaking experiment. Always searching for perfection and truth, she refuses to accept Ben's proposal until she has all the facts at her disposal.
With a colorful supporting cast and well-developed characters – along with a stellar soundtrack – the film's subplots and chaos keep a solid pace throughout the film.
Weiss' believable script allows the audience to truly relate to Kent's stubborn, neurotic Samantha. For Weiss, creating an accurate depiction of the academic science world was her primary goal. The film draws on her own experiences as a PhD student at Harvard Medical School while also serving as Filmmaker-in-Residence.
"I was fully immersed in the academic science world, and it was such an interesting, quirky, untapped world, which is why I wanted to make this movie," Weiss said. "There are so many funny aspects of that culture that most people wouldn't have access to, or wouldn't believe if they saw it. So it was really important to me to give an accurate portrayal of this culture on-screen."
Although Weiss started acting at a young age, she developed a love for science after taking her first biology class in high school. She put acting on the backburner in college, and decided to major in biology with a minor in theater at Princeton. "I thought I had found something that I loved, which could also be a more reliable profession," Weiss said.
But, when she took up directing for the first time, she found many similarities between that and the science world. "It's the director's job to ask the question 'why' and figure out how scenes work," she said. "It's the same sort of process of discovery that a scientist goes through. If something doesn't work in a scene, we change the variable and try again."
Weiss takes a very scientific approach to the script-writing process, as well. "I look at my writing as I would an experiment," Weiss said. "I gather all the information and, once I have my hypothesis, I'll start writing. I won't even begin until I've exhausted all the possibilities."
The process clearly works, and created a wildly entertaining, hilarious comedy with a unique look into the undiscovered world of academic science. Watch out for the film's theatrical release in early 2012 but catch a screening of "Losing Control" at the Grand Cinema Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. during the Tacoma Film Festival. Weiss will be in attendance for the screening, which will play with the 16-minute short "The Secret Friend." For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.tacomafilmfestival.com. The Grand Cinema is located at 606 S. Fawcett Ave.


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(Reuters) - The U.S. Mega Millions jackpot jumped to an estimated $550 million on Friday, after no winning ticket was sold for the multi-state lottery's second-largest top prize.
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Hey guys
I just installed my boost gauge this past weekend. I am wondering if i am getting correct readings.
Idle: is around 16-18 mm Hg vacuum
Normal driving/cruising (holding speed constant): 10 mm Hg vacuum
Hard acceleration seems to be right boost levels, 1st and 2nd gear around 10psi and higher boost in 3-5 gears (up to 15psi).
Downshifting: goes down to 20 mm Hg vacuum.
Do these values seem right? are they similar to what you guys get? Also, what is boost spike and boost creep and how do i identify them on my boost gauge?
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Malavita EST vs Cartel EST vs Genisis EST
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All on a 152 Easy Livin. 150lbs, 22 wide, 18/-12, size 9 Flow Hylites.
After riding all three back to back the Malavita is the overall stiffest. The frames of the Mala and Gen are the same and a littlse softer than the Cartel becaue of the Hinge. But with the way the Hinge works, though it softens them up a bit tip to tail, they're both still a little more responsive. The hinge lets you direct more energy to the tips.
The best way I can find to decribe the highback is all the benefits of a urethane back without any of the faults. You dont feel it on your boot but its there 100% when you drive into it. When you push through the side it does give, so compared to its "predecessor" the Prophecy it is not as aggressive or responsive. With the way Burtons Flying V works this isnt too much of an issue though. With the extra bit of rocker outside the camber zone you're really directed more towards driving the board with centered weight. So you aren't really driving into the outside of the highback much since when you try you just sort of wash out unless your super on top of it and in grippy conditions. So, these are a comfy responsive all mountain freestyle binding. On a cambered deck or something you can really drive into the tail on the highback will be more of a factor.
It rides softer. Like with the Genesis it isnt really different driving through turns on Flying V. Where you feel the softness is playing around on your tips. In my opinion for Burtons direction this is exactly what they needed to do with the Cartel. The last couple years its been more an all mountain/freereide feel, giving it just a bit of softness to the inside brought it back to the all mountain/ freestyle killer it used to be. In my opinion it is the best Cartel yet. Without the hinge it just felt like a more precise ride and for a higher end jumper the hingeless frame I think makes more sense. Its just a bit more accurate.
The whole idea of riding your ankle strap a click or two looser because of the hammock is sound. I felt more comfortable in the binding that way and felt like it rode more the way it was designed. In reality this was the stiffest of the three. The highback just makes that difference. Again, on Flying V you really only notice it when playing around. It's stiffer to the inside and makes for manipulating the board more powerful. For the higher end park rider that likes a bit more of a skate pop these are money. Otherwise they are a great do anything binding with a good chunk of response and a dash of playability with the Hinge.
This changes some things. I didnt ride the ReFlex version, but the Mala and Gen have the same baseplate. So in realtion to each other they just both get an equal amount stiffer. Not much, just a hair really. But with the Cartel since it doesnt have Hinge in EST the overall feel of the binding is more or less just the difference between EST and ReFlex. So since the Mala and Gen get a bit more precise and the Cartel basically stays the same, the relation between the three changes between EST and ReFlex.
Overall how I'd categorize the three:
Malavita EST-High end park rider that likes a little more skatey pop or a general all mountain comfy ride.
Malavita ReFlex-High end parkk rider, solid comfy all mountain ride.
Cartel EST-park destroyer who knows what they're doing and wants some precison.
Cartel Reflex-Park destroyer who likes some more play in the highback.
Genesis EST-Rides everything, long days, and not afraid to spend $$.
Genesis ReFlex-Responsive binding for someone that liked the idea of a urethane highback but thought they were just a bit too loose.
For matchups with decks I think the Cartle and Gen depend on how the board is meant to be ridden. They'll feel softer on boards you drive into the tips more with and "stiffer" on boards you stay more centered on. Straight back the response between the two was minutely different with the Gen being just bairly more relaxed. The two part back and all.
awesome review Nivek.. I'm sure many people here will appreciate the reviews and help them pick a binding
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Sorry about the typos. I know there are probably a lot. I typed it on my phone at work during a dead spell.
good reviews. one thing though, the hinge was just brought in to mimic the natural flex disc bindings provide, I'm not sure there is a noticeable difference between a hinge est binding and a reflex binding.
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I don't know whether or not that's true, but they ride with a little more flex tip to tail than ReFlex. That's always been clear to me. I rode this years ReFlex Missions R's all last year with the 30% short glass frame. I can feel the bit of give in the Hinge on the Mala and Gen compared to the solid frame Reflex.
Awesome review man. I've been waiting for a comprehensive review of these three bindings. The 'Vitas used to be more park and now they seem to be the stiffest? The lineup is a bit murky (spec and purpose wise) and I suspect they will make things more clearcut next year.
How did you feel about the durability of the genesis highback?
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Not great. It's two parts are fairly thin, so it will be more prone to snapping if you forget to kick it down. If you've broken a fair share of highbacks I'd be wary. Only time will tell with these. They are comfy and very enjoyable to be in.
I have the 2011 cartels and they are great for freeride and have enough play for a little freestyle. I do very little park so mostly 3s and tweaked grabs of natural hits, a few presses too.
I am looking to get some new bindings and thinking 13 cartels.
I realize they will be a lot more freestyle in flex but can they can still be stable and responsive enough for some more serious freeride?
Also considering NOWs.
Any thoughts Nivek?
very nice review! Thank you.
Where does the Cartel Restricted stack up? Seems to have the "Asym React Strap" like the Malavitas! So I'm guessing it's more comfort!
I got the Cartel Restricted to mount on my Travis Rice mainly for park jumps and playing around tricks, trees and stuff. That and the occasional speed runs when I see open trails (not much of a rails/boxes guy anyway).
Burton web site lists the Malavitas as more park oriented and the Cartels as an all mountain!!!! But by hand flexing both I got the feeling the Cartels were more flexi vs the Malavitas and not the other way around!
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Though the site lists the Cartel as stiffer, they aren't. The EST versions are fairly comparable as the hinge gives the Malavita a little more play in the base and the softer highback on the Cartel gives more play up top. But when you move to ReFlex the Malavita gets "stiffer" by losing the hinge, and the Cartel doesn't change. So for Reflex I'd have to say the Malavita will perform stiffer than the Cartel.
On a T.Rice you won't notice too much of a difference. It's a twin and center rocker so you aren't driving REALLY hard into the corners of the top of the highbacks. Cartels are lighter. So boom.
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Published by Rocket, Developed by Climax
Genres: Racing
US release date: Jul 2nd, 2013 | EU release date: May 9th, 2013
Prices: $19.99 (US) | £17.99 (UK) | €19.99 (EUR)
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At some point, every kid has probably imagined being a super cool spy. Wearing expensive suits featuring all the greatest high tech gadgetry and, of course, driving a tricked out spy car. This is the advertised premise of the 3DS title Crash City Mayhem (which is a much more accurate summary of the game).
In Crash City Mayhem, the player takes on the role of a former spy turned driver-for-hire operating in a city where cops barely bother chasing bad guys and nearly every object in sight is designed to be run over with a car. The player, after suffering through a tutorial more thoroughly mundane than my actual Driver's Ed course, is tasked with various missions, such as retrieving valuable commodities or acquiring items from around the city, usually by the 'men in black'. And no, not the alien hunting kind.
These missions are generally very simple, often complicated only by a strict time limit. Or the occasional geographic annoyance: roads that abruptly end with a straight drop into a body of water or apparent shortcuts which do not actually take you where you need to go. The objective of the mission is (theoretically) secondary to the opportunity to drive around causing massive amounts of... well, mayhem. Every object destroyed while driving is given a monetary value, added to a cumulative total which greatly affects the overall score. These objects can range from something as simple as a bench or window to a fast-moving semi truck or even a stationary helicopter.
The game's incredibly nanny-esque menu/guide system encourages the player to go all out and have fun racking up as much of this kind of damage as possible to attain a high score. Which is convenient, since the delicate controls and prevalence of sharp turns makes it nearly impossible not to take out a few lamp posts or news stands on your way to the rendezvous. This idea, if a bit of an odd addition to an apparent secret agent type racing game, can actually be fairly enjoyable. However, the game completely contradicts itself by including a damage meter, which quickly fills with every hit to the vehicle and ends the mission upon reaching the damage limit. The player can choose a free-for-all mode which removes the damage meter, but that only makes me wonder what the point was of including it.
Within the main story (for lack of a better term), players can unlock bonus items and upgrades for the vehicles, though most of these adornments have no discernible effect on gameplay. The missions, while enjoyable and even challenging at times, give very little satisfaction upon completion. The game sometimes even requires you to return to previous missions and complete them again on a higher difficulty - which is to say within an even stricter time limit - in order to unlock new ones.
While the goals of the missions vary somewhat (again, in theory), the actual gameplay is rather dry. Follow the green arrow to the target. Ram it with your car. Follow the green arrow to Location A. Follow the green arrow to Location B. One advantage to the strict time limits is that they keep the missions fairly short; driving around smashing into things is only fun for so long, especially when your joyride is punctuated by the constant honking and repetitive (though unrealistically clean) yelling of other drivers. I'm not usually one to encourage profanity, but it may have actually been beneficial to this game, if only for the sake of some small amount of variety.
Everything about this game - its design, gameplay, graphics, dialogue, and even sound effects - is overwhelmingly bland. This is a game with little substance that is meant to provide some mindless entertainment in life's random dull moments. And, in that capacity, and only that capacity, it more or less succeeds.
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Vintage Fur Coats
Nothing telegraphs decadent, luxurious glamour like fur. During the Golden Era of Hollywood, fur coats and stoles draped the shoulders of every major star, from Rita Hayworth and Marilyn Monroe to Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn.
Among the most coveted furs are mink, sable, ermine, and chinchilla. Part of their appeal is their shiny, silky, velvety texture. Sable and ermine were so prestigious in the Middle Ages, laws in certain countries decreed only royalty could wear them. And these furs are expensive, requiring as many as 55 minks, 100 chinchillas, or 125 ermines for a single coat.
Fox furs, which generally have much longer hair, were particularly popular from the 1930s to the 1950s. The 12 species of fox range in color from red, brown, and beige to blue, silver, and white, and it takes anywhere from 11 to 18 fox pelts to make a coat. Fox coats and stoles, particularly those produced before World War II, may have heads, feet, or tails intact. Fox is also a popular fur on coat collars.
Rabbit furs tend to be less expensive because rabbit is so common; before the 1970s, rabbit furs were often dyed to imitate more expensive furs like mink. Some rabbits are even bred to resemble the fluffy feathery pelts of chinchilla, a rodent native the Andes Mountains. Other rodents, like muskrats and opossums, are also used to imitate mink.
Certain furs, such as leopard, ocelot, margay, tiger, cheetah, bear, and otter, are restricted in the United States by the Endangered Species Act of 1973, which bans the trade of any product from one of the 2,000 animals on the endangered species list. Sellers can face fines up to $100,000 and possibly jail time.
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