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The Fall Heard Round The World: On her way to accept the Oscar for Best Actress, Silver Linings Playbook star Jennifer Lawrence tripped over the hem of her Dior Haute Couture gown. "What went through my mind? A bad word. That starts with F," said Lawrence of the faux paus. [VOGUE UK]
Pierre Bergé Backs Yves Saint Laurent Movie: The YSL co-founder has voiced his support for Yves Saint Laurent, Jalil Lespert's upcoming biopic about the French couture house that will focus on Bergé's love affair with the designer. The film will contend with Saint Laurent, another biopic directed by Bertrand Bonello. [WWD]
Kate Bosworth Teams Up with Topshop: Fresh off her turn in Topshop's musical Christmas campaign, Kate Bosworth is once again collaborating with the high street retailer. "'I'm working a little bit with Topshop so I'm excited for you guys to see what we come up with," Bosworth revealed. But no singing this time: "Maybe to myself," she joked. [Grazia]
Anne Hathaway's Nipples Join Twitter: À la Angelina Jolie's right leg, Anne Hathaway's nipples were the talk of the red carpet at last night's Academy Awards because of a pale pink Prada dress with structural darts at the chest. And, like the viral body part before her, Hathaway's nipples spawned a Twitter account: @HathawayNipple. "Anyone else feeling a little chilly?" read the first tweet. [Us Weekly]
Jenna Lyons and Courtney Crangi Pose for V: Jenna Lyons sent shock waves through the air when she divorced her husband for another woman in 2011, but she and girlfriend Courtney Crangi look happier than ever in their first-ever couples photo shoot in this month's V Magazine. "For me the best thing is knowing that someone really has your back. Like no matter what happens she has my best interests at heart," said Lyons about her new love. [Huffington Post]


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While Kristen Stewart's dumb friends keep trying to convince people that Rupert Sanders only put his tongue in her mouth and stayed away from her vagina which is only medium cheating and not total cheating, Charlize Theron supposedly wants to kick Stewart's ass. According to Radar Online, Charlize and Sanders's wife Liberty Ross are tight. And Charlize can't believe Kristen would betray her like this. Radar claims that Charlize is "furious" and somehow this is exclusive. Because otherwise you would have expected Charlize to be texting "YOU GO GIRL!" to Stewart from Namibia where she's been working on Mad Max.
As for Robert Pattinson, PEOPLE confirmed yesterday that he's moved out of the home he'd been sharing with Stewart. They say he's in seclusion. He's not been taking many calls either. A couple of directors he's worked with, including Francis Lawrence, have been ringing and he's not returning, obviously a wreck. It's hard when someone keeps lying to you.
Stewart's position is that what happened between her and Sanders was a "momentary indiscretion", consistent with the message her team has been trying to sell since the scandal broke, with words like "fleeting" and a "lapse in judgment", to suggest that this was a casual, insignificant, brief, and meaningless encounter (as if that's so much better). But when she informed Pattinson of it on Monday night, he hadn't yet seen the pictures.
The pictures and her version of the story, well, they don't really match up.
There's "momentary indiscretion" and then there's driving around, scouting multiple make-out locations and spending hours in the car. Any halfway analytical person would have a hard time with those answers, especially after examining the photos:
But then why did you go pick him up in secret, Kristen? If it happened just once, why did you keep circling around, doing it more?
But if the photographer is making up the story and it was only just a 5 minute situation and you regretted it, how come he's holding you from behind while the wind is in your hair?
If this was the first time it ever happened, and you had nothing to hide, and you didn't plan it, why didn't you two just go to a coffee shop and talk? Or why didn't you invite him home?
And it goes on, in circles, around and around in your head. In his head. Trying to find a way, any way, to explain away her deceit, wanting so desperately, to believe the I Love You, I Love Yous, but the relief never lasts, and the sleep never comes and instead he's imagining it over and over again and chain smoking and watching tv all night and trying not to call but really wanting to call only God, every time he almost does he sees her hand around another man's neck...
Jessica Biel got over it and was eventually rewarded with an engagement ring.
Victoria Beckham got over it and was eventually rewarded with two more children.
These two are so young and intense, they might actually be crazy enough to try and fix it with a wedding and a baby.
Any predictions?

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Day 5 – 169.0 (+.8)
This gain is no surprise to me. I have been taking a higher dose of HCG and was so hungry I couldn't help myself. Honestly, that kind of hunger is crazy. I feel like I would have died if I didn't eat anything!
Thankfully, I cheated with healthy foods, like extra helping of chicken and veggies. I skipped my shot this morning and will resume the shots tomorrow. I can't wait to get this rolling again. The 150's is in sight and I am so excited
Phase 1 (9/12/15) – 171.2
It was very hard for me to load. This is partly because I was already at a weight I was ashamed of (171.2). I didn't want to gain any more. The fatty in me was excited to load on pure crap regardless of the suggestion to load "clean".
I decided to do the injections this time around. The first time I tried HCG, I used the homeopathic kind. I tried it for 21 days and, if I remember correctly, I lost about 20 pounds. Phase three was a joke to


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Although you can't stop time, the right type and amount of physical activity can help stave off many age-related health problems.
More than half (59 percent) of Americans expect to still be living at home independently at the age of 80, according to a recent survey by the American Physical Therapy Association. However, the same study showed that at least half of the same population recognizes they will see a decline in strength and flexibility as they age.
Movement experts such as physical therapists can help aging individuals overcome pain, gain and maintain movement, and preserve independence – often helping to avoid the need for surgery or long-term use of prescription drugs.
These nine tips, provided by the experts at the American Physical Therapy Association, are keys to helping you age well:
1. Chronic pain doesn't have to be the boss of you. Each year 116 million Americans experience chronic pain from arthritis or other conditions. Proper exercise, mobility, and pain management techniques can ease pain, improving your overall quality of life.
2. You can get better and stronger at any age. Research shows that an appropriate exercise program can improve your muscle strength and flexibility as you age. Progressive resistance training, where muscles are exercised against resistance that gets more difficult as strength improves, has been shown to help prevent frailty.
3. You may not need surgery or drugs for your low back pain. Low back pain is often over-treated with surgery and drugs despite a wealth of scientific evidence demonstrating that physical therapy can be an effective alternative with less risk.
4. You can lower your risk of diabetes with exercise. One in four Americans over the age of 60 has diabetes. Obesity and physical inactivity can put you at risk for this disease, but a regular, appropriate physical activity routine is one of the best ways to prevent and manage type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
5. Exercise can help you avoid falls and keep your independence. More than half of adults over 65 report problems with movement, including walking 1/4 mile, stooping, and standing. Exercise can improve movement and balance and reduce your risk of falls.
6. Your bones want you to exercise. Osteoporosis, or weak bones, affects more than half of Americans over the age of 54. Exercises that keep you on your feet, like walking, jogging or dancing, and exercises using resistance such as weight lifting, can improve bone strength or reduce bone loss.
7. Your heart wants you to exercise. Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in the United States. One of the top ways of preventing it and other cardiovascular diseases is exercise. Research shows that if you already have heart disease, appropriate exercise can improve your health.
8. Your brain wants you to exercise. People who are physically active, even later in life, are less likely to develop memory problems or Alzheimer's disease, a condition which affects more than 40 percent of people over the age of 85.
9. You don't have to live with bladder leakage. More than 13 million women and men in the United States have bladder leakage. A physical therapist can help you avoid spending years relying on pads or rushing to the bathroom.
To learn more about the role of physical activity as you age, or to find a physical therapist near you, visit MoveForwardPT.com.


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Women with a severe form of morning sickness who take antihistamines to help them sleep through their debilitating nausea are significantly more likely to experience adverse pregnancy outcomes, including low birth weight babies and premature births, a UCLA study has found.
The findings, the first to link antihistamine use to adverse pregnancy outcomes, are important because babies born before 37 weeks often are hospitalized longer than full term babies, can experience problems breathing and feeding, are more prone to infection and can suffer from developmental problems. Women with this condition considering taking such medications should know the risks, said study lead author Marlena Fejzo, an assistant professor of research in obstetrics and gynecology at UCLA.
The severe morning sickness, called hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), is the same condition that Duchess Kate Middleton recently experienced. Its cause is unknown and the symptoms are intense – the continuous nausea and vomiting can be so violent that women in the study reported suffering from detached retinas, blown eardrums, cracked ribs and torn esophagi, Fejzo said. The symptoms can last for several months or the entire pregnancy.
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"It was surprising to find the link between antihistamines and adverse outcomes as these are over-the-counter medications that are used commonly by women with HG during pregnancy," said Fejzo, who had undiagnosed HG during her first pregnancy and nearly died during her second, losing the baby at 15 weeks gestation. "Women and their healthcare providers should be aware of the risk for adverse outcomes when deciding which medications to take to treat their HG symptoms."
The study appears June 10, 2013 in the European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology.
The six-year study compared pregnancy outcomes in 254 women with HG who were sick enough that they needed treatment for dehydration with intravenous fluids to 308 women who had normal or no morning sickness during pregnancy. Fejzo said they found women with HG had four times the risk of adverse outcomes. The link between HG and adverse outcomes has been shown in several previous studies.
Fejzo took it a step farther, comparing women with HG who suffered adverse outcomes to women with HG who had good outcomes. They then looked at more than 35 medications and treatments commonly used by women with HG to determine if any were linked to bad outcomes. She found that antihistamines, like those found in Unisom and Benadryl, were taken by more than 50 percent of HG patients who experienced adverse outcomes.
Fejzo also found that the medications were reportedly effective in less than 20 percent of the women that took them.
"Some doctors will suggest that their HG patients take Unisom to help them sleep through their nausea," Fejzo said. "Our findings show not only that the use of antihistamines is linked with adverse outcomes, but also that they're not that effective. Women with HG should be aware of that so they can make educated decisions on how to treat their HG symptoms."
Adrienne Downs of Culver City experienced some nausea and vomiting during her first two pregnancies, but nothing out of the ordinary. Her third pregnancy was not so run-of-the-mill. She soon began suffering from constant nausea, vomiting around the clock every 20 minutes or so. She was hospitalized twice, five days each time, to get intravenous fluids to treat her severe dehydration and malnutrition.
"I literally could keep nothing down for months," said Downs. "I couldn't even get up out of bed and take care of my family. It was horrible. I was very scared for my baby. How would it get any nutrition if I couldn't eat or drink?"
Downs lost 12 pounds in three weeks early in her pregnancy. Her mother had to move in to take care of Downs' sons, 4 and 2, and try to find something her daughter could keep in her system. Now at 21 weeks gestation, Downs' symptoms have subsided somewhat, although she still can only keep down fluids. She had gained back some of the weight she lost.
Downs said she did not take antihistamines to treat her HG symptoms, but she said the findings are important.
"As pregnant moms, we want to be the best 'house' for our babies that we can," she said. "I had never heard of this condition before I got it, so I'm glad that UCLA researchers are studying HG and may one day find the cause."
Fejzo said HG is diagnosed in 0.2 to 2 percent of pregnant women, although rates are higher in China. She said much more work needs to be done to study the short- and long-term outcomes of medication use during pregnancy.
She and her team currently are studying outcomes in HG pregnancies to determine if the violent nausea and vomiting have any effects on the children later in life.
"We desperately need support for research into HG to determine its cause so that medications can be designed that are safe and effective," Fejzo said. "The greatest risk factor for HG other than a previous HG pregnancy is having a sister who had HG, which increases the risk by 17-fold. This suggests a genetic component is at work."
Fejzo and her team are collecting saliva from women with HG and women with normal pregnancies and are studying the DNA extracted from the saliva to look for genes that may predispose women for HG. She hopes once a cause is discovered, drugs can be developed to either prevent or more effectively treat the condition.
The study was funded by the Hyperemesis Education and Research Foundation.
- The above story is reprinted from materials provided by University of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences, via Newswise.
- Note: Materials may be edited for content and length. For further information, please contact the source cited above.
- Disclaimer: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of the OB/GYN MD or its staff.
- Journal Reference: Fejzo MS, Magtira A, Schoenberg FP, MacGibbon K, Mullin P, Romero R, Tabsh K. Antihistamines and other prognostic factors for adverse outcome in hyperemesis gravidarum. European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, May28, 2013 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2013.04.017


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Bryanna's Almost Fat-Free Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt Cake
Recipe by Bryanna Clark Grogan
1 large bundt or tube cake or 18 cupcakes
This is a quite revolutionary cake recipe– no eggs, no oil, no butter, no dairy. But it comes out quite light and moist. The only fat comes from the tofu and the poppy seeds, so 1/16th of the cake ( a good-sized slice) contains about 2.25 g fat and a cupcake contains about 2 g. A variation without the poppy seeds would contain about 1.2 g per slice, or 1 g per cupcake. Using a fat-reduced tofu will lower it still further.
This batter can be made into 24 cupcakes (bake 20 minutes) or a cake roll (1/2 recipe for 10×15″ pan)– bake 10 minutes.
IMPORTANT NOTES: Use pastry flour (unbleached or wholewheat) and don't substitute more wheat flour for the oat or barley– you don't want too much gluten in this cake or it will be tough.
*Use a bundt or tube pan for even cooking in the middle. If you want frosting in the middle, you can slice it in half horizontally after cooling.
*Use a hot glaze on the warm cake, or cool it covered with a clean tea towel to keep the outside moist
* It is actually better in texture, and the crust softens, after a day in the refrigerator, well-wrapped with plastic wrap.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a bundt pan with non-stick spray, or grease and flour as usual.
Mix in food processor or blender until smooth:
1 lb. medium-firm tofu, drained
2 c. light unbleached sugar
1/4 c. lemon juice
2 T. lemon extract
1 tsp. vanilla
In a medium bowl mix (sift before measuring flour):
2 c. pastry flour (regular, unbleached or wholewheat)
2/3 c. oat or barley flour (oats can be ground in a dry blender)
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1/4 c. poppy seeds
In a small bowl mix with an egg beater or electric mixer until like softly mounded beaten egg whites:
2 T. plus 2 tsp. EnerG Egg Replacer
1/2 c. cold water
Pour the blended mixture into the flour mixture and mix as BRIEFLY but smoothly as possible, then fold in the beaten egg replacer mixture with a rubber spatula, folding it in thoroughly but GENTLY. Spoon it evenly into the prepared bundt pan.
Bake in the center of the oven for 45 minutes (cupcakes for about 25– check with a toothpick). Test for doneness. Let cool in the pan on a rack for 5 minutes, then loosen sides and invert on the rack. Cool, covered with a clean tea towel.
If you like, glaze the warm cake with a sweet glaze while still warm. With or without glaze, you can frost with a lemon icing, refrigerate until the icing is firm, then cover with Saran Wrap and refrigerate. Best a day later. Slice carefully.
VARIATION: Omit poppy seeds and lemon extract; use 1 T. vanilla– maybe a little almond extract– for a plain "white" cake. Or use orange extract. (Don't omit the lemon juice, though– it has to react with the baking soda.)
Or make it into a spice cake– consult cookbook for amounts of spices. Use this as a general basic cake recipe to experiment with.
FOR CHOCOLATE CAKE, use 2/3 c. cocoa instead of the oat flour, use 2 T. vinegar and 2 T. water instead of the lemon juice. Omit the lemon extract and use 2 T. vanilla. Omit the poppy seeds. Use Lean Cocoa Frosting. GOOD!
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Two years after state authorities vowed to safeguard youths in psychiatric hospitals from sexual assault, the Tribune identified at least 18 cases of reported rape or sexual abuse at some of the Chicago area's most prominent facilities.
Hospitals sometimes failed to properly supervise patients known to be dangerous or didn't notify police and state regulators of the attacks, government records show.
"These hospitals' apparent indifference to our children's safety is reprehensible and completely unacceptable," said Kendall Marlowe, spokesman for the Department of Children and Family Services, after learning of the Tribune's findings. "We accept responsibility for the children in our care and will not tolerate those who place profit over a vulnerable child's safety."
The alleged victims — all under age 18 and some as young as 7 years old — were among society's most defenseless citizens: youths with serious mental illness who were admitted in crisis to the taxpayer-financed institutions. In the 18 cases since July 2008, all but four of the alleged victims were wards of the state with traumatic histories of abuse and neglect, government records show.
DCFS, tasked with protecting children from abuse, frequently conducted only cursory investigations, the Tribune found. The Illinois Department of Public Health, which licenses and inspects medical facilities, was able to file reports and cite patient-safety deficiencies in only three of the cases. Both agencies said they are hamstrung by weak laws and inadequate resources.
In the end, no penalties were levied against the half-dozen psychiatric hospitals where the alleged sexual assaults took place, and not one of the alleged perpetrators was arrested or prosecuted, the government records and interviews show.
At Chicago Lakeshore Hospital on the North Side last year, three male patients allegedly sneaked into the room of a 15-year-old girl at night. She told police that she tried to push away one of the boys, but he grabbed her by her hair and raped her. When hospital staff finally entered the room, the boys refused to leave and fought staff, with one of them kicking a 60-year-old nurse, according to a court memo.
But a hospital employee told police that "taking into consideration victim's current mental state ... this is not (a) bona fide incident."
The Tribune identified three other reports alleging that youths had been sexually assaulted or abused at Lakeshore since July 2008.
In one case, state health inspectors cited Lakeshore after an 11-year-old boy alleged that two male patients sodomized him in a bathroom that should have been locked and supervised by hospital staff. Inspectors said the hospital failed to document that staff had made required 15-minute checks on the two alleged assailants, one of whom had been admitted with "special observations orders for assault precautions."
None of the hospitals would discuss specific cases with the Tribune because of medical privacy laws, but a statement from Lakeshore said it has responded to assault reports by making improvements in "patient safety and positive clinical outcomes." Lakeshore added that its patients "often behave in unpredictable ways" but said the hospital "believes it does a better job" of promptly reporting assault allegations to DCFS and other authorities "than any other facility in Illinois."
Experts say sexual assaults of youths in psychiatric hospitals are generally underreported — but the devastating events often reveal systemic shortfalls in staff levels or in monitoring and treatment practices.
On Trib Nation, reporter David Jackson describes the origins of this story.
Because many young patients are admitted to psychiatric hospitals with histories of sexual and physical trauma, "both exploitive behavior and being exploited are entirely predictable. ... One of the fundamental responsibilities of any clinical program is to keep the children safe," said Clarence Sundram, the former chairman of New York state's Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled.
Overall, the 18 cases uncovered by the newspaper involved five reported rapes. There were nine reports of sexual abuse such as molestation; in two of those, the alleged victims were 7 years old. In the remaining four cases, hospital or government authorities labeled the sex "consensual" — although that is a serious violation of standard clinical practice and DCFS policies, and even though the juveniles involved were as young as 12, records show.
"The fact that they are even able to have what some term 'consensual sex' is just abhorrent, because it says the system failed to keep kids safe and make them better," said Cook County Public Guardian Robert Harris.
In addition to the 18 cases the Tribune identified, records show two alleged rapes of mentally disabled DCFS wards who were 18 and 20 years old. The newspaper found several other assault reports that it did not count because the alleged victims gave contradictory statements, recanted, or did not appear credible based on police or other government documents.
In July 2008, after the Tribune exposed a string of reported sexual attacks of young wards at west suburban Riveredge psychiatric hospital, DCFS launched several reforms: the agency tightened reporting of assault allegations, hired two additional hospital safety monitors and assigned a team of University of Illinois at Chicago experts to investigate conditions at the psychiatric facilities. The UIC team is now completing an examination of Lakeshore's staffing levels and training as well as the alleged sexual assaults there.
"We continue to press this issue in every way we can," DCFS spokesman Marlowe said. But Marlowe added that DCFS would welcome new legislation to give the agency and the health department the staff and legal authority they need "to ensure safe, quality care in psychiatric hospitals."
The Tribune pieced together the 18 recent accounts using police reports, public health records, DCFS documents and court files. In some cases, the records were incomplete and hospital staff cast doubt on the veracity of the young patients. However, Marlowe said, the hospitals sometimes offered DCFS investigators "fronts, fabrications and flat-out lies."
The cases indicate breakdowns at every step of the investigative process.
In seven of the nine alleged sexual abuse cases, hospitals did not inform police of the alleged crimes, records show. In some cases when police were called, the officers were apparently impeded by medical privacy laws from learning the names of all the parties or witnesses involved.
DCFS and the health department, which also share responsibility for investigating the sexual assault allegations, don't get police reports and rarely coordinate their investigations with each other, records and interviews show.
The DCFS investigations into these incidents failed to find neglect or lack of supervision by hospital staff.
In one example, police were called to Hartgrove Hospital on the city's West Side when a juvenile patient alleged he was punched and forced to perform oral sex on a male patient, then raped when he tried to resist. The alleged victim was hospitalized with abrasions consistent with rape, a police report said.
DCFS' brief investigative report didn't mention a rape allegation or note the alleged victim's abrasions — but it extensively quoted a Hartgrove worker who said "he makes rounds every 15 minutes in the room of each patient to check to see if they are all right. He state(s) that patient safety is his first priority."
The neglect allegation was ruled "unfounded."
In a written statement, Hartgrove said it "takes the safety and well-being of its patients very seriously" and "complies with the reporting requirements mandated by the state agencies and all regulatory entities."
Another problem crops up because state laws enable DCFS to open neglect investigations only on individual hospital employees — and not on the hospitals or the top administrators who set policy and staffing levels, according to Marlowe. As a result, cases are "unfounded" even when DCFS investigators conclude the hospitals were negligent.
In another example from Hartgrove, a 13-year-old male patient performed oral sex on a 15-year-old DCFS ward in a day room crowded with roughly 14 other youths and only one hospital employee to monitor them, records show. The worker said he was distracted by trying to defuse a "conflict" among other youths in the room.
A DCFS investigation determined that "the level of supervision in the day room was inadequate" but concluded that "the institute Hartgrove is the perpetrator" of negligence, and not the lone employee. As a result, the case was "unfounded" and closed with no disciplinary action.
Unlike DCFS, the health department does have the authority to revoke a facility's license. But the health department says it lacks the authority and inspection staff to investigate all but a few of the alleged child sexual assaults. And it does not have the legal ability to levy fines on hospitals when it does cite safety infractions.
Health department spokeswoman Melaney Arnold conceded that her agency is "extremely limited under current law in enforcement action against hospitals that violate regulations."
Since a new state law took effect in January, hospitals have been required to notify the health department of assault or abuse allegations. But, Arnold said, none has done so.
In the past legislative session, the department proposed establishing a $30 bed fee from hospitals to hire additional inspectors, but the bill was killed by opposition from Republican lawmakers and the powerful hospital industry, said bill co-sponsor Rep. Mary Flowers, D-Chicago.


text: Justice Felix J. Aulisi was born in Laviano, Italy, in the province of Salerno, in 1901. During his youth, he lived with his mother in Italy because his father had come to America to seek the family's fortune. Justice Aulisi followed his father to the City of Amsterdam, Montgomery County, at the age of 12. He helped his father in his shoemaker shop. He graduated from Union College and Albany Law School and was admitted to the Bar on September 15, 1925. He began practicing in Amsterdam with the law firm of Conover, Myers and Searle. He continued with the firm for five years before beginning a solo practice. Following service as an assistant district attorney in Montgomery County, he commenced his judicial career with his election as Surrogate in 1932, followed in 1949 by his election as County Court Judge, and then, in 1952, his election to the Supreme Court (he was re-elected in 1966). He served on the Appellate Division from 1964 to the end of 1971, when he retired at the age of 70. He then returned to the trial bench as a certificated Justice. He finally resigned for health reasons in 1975. During World War II, Justice Aulisi served three years in the Army in North Africa, Sardinia, and Italy, attaining rare distinction as a much decorated military judge with the United States Army occupation forces in Italy as a captain and a major. In 1944, when his surrogate judgeship came up for election, he was returned unopposed for a third term in absentia, and the oath of office was administered to him in Rome. When Justice Aulisi volunteered for military service in February 1943, the 41-year-old judge was married, had three children, and held an exempt position as a judge of a court of record. Justice Aulisi died on September 20, 1976. His brother, Arthur, was a Fulton County Supreme Court Justice. His two sons-in-law, Michael Riccio and Gene Catena, have served as judges in Montgomery County.


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Oscar de la Renta is selling a $2,490 sequined sweater that looks like a baseball T-shirt. {NY Times}
Drew Barrymore is reportedly wearing Chanel for her wedding. {NY Post}
Nicole Kidman submits Zac Efron to a golden shower in the upcoming film The Paperboy. {Vulture}
Joshua Jackson bought Diane Kruger a $45,000 necklace, setting off engagement rumors. {People}
Emilio Pucci's designer Peter Dundas commutes to work in an airplane. {Fashionista}
Anne V is rumored to be dating Jared Leto. {NY Post}
Notoriously shy couple Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson were snapped kissing in Cannes. {People}
Kim Kardashian and Gwyneth Paltrow have been dressing alike lately. {Fashionista}
The nominees for this summer's most popular indie songs. {Vulture}
Christian Louboutin doesn't want to make painful shoes. {Styleite}


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Thursday, July 14, 2011
And this is how the cross-dressing started. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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LOL That's pretty funny. My mom dressed us pretty girl growing up and now I seldom ever wear dresses or skirts or put my hair up. I hate my hair pulled up and tied up. I'm girly more with make-up, purses, shoes and accessories but I prefer slacks or jeans over dresses.ReplyDelete
And by 'sports' do you mean climbing up the ladder for the slide and then going down?ReplyDelete
Hi. I meant sports like playing baseball or participating in some sort of organized sports team for kids with special needs. But if your child is young and sports for him means climbing, by all means, send!ReplyDelete
I dressed like a boy for my entire childhood.ReplyDelete
My mother insisted I wear a dress to my aunt's wedding and I bawled. There are many photos of me, probably around 10 or 11 years old, with my arms crossed, glaring at the camera in a blue and white floral dress with spaghetti straps.
What was she thinking?!?
I think that what Sabrina did was very cute and totally innocent. Maybe she was using Max to test out how pigtails look and now she will want to have them done for herself.ReplyDelete
Be patient - she will probably eventually decide to start wearing girls clothes.
In second grade, I got my hair cut very short. Then I started having my mom buy me boys clothes. (after I was wearing baggy clothing just because they fit over the back brace I had to wear.) When I stopped wearing the brace, I still would wear nothing but boys clothing. Heck, I even wore boxers as underwear. People used to mistake me for a boy all the time >_< haha.ReplyDelete
I think its cute what Sabrina did. I also think its great you let Sabrina wear clothing from the boys department.
In my opinion, if it makes them happy, let them wear it.
- AnonymousJuly 14, 2011 at 4:22 PM
My brother (now newly 23, happy birthday, CC!) loves to dress in girl clothes. Every once in a while he'll drag our mother or a caregiver into a store and insist on buying a skirt or necklace or something, and he usually gets Mum to paint his fingernails. (Actually he just got a bottle of nail polish for his birthday yesterday. Sparkly nail polish.)ReplyDelete
Though I'm not sure he has this whole boy-girl thing really figured out. He also keeps telling us that he wants to have a baby. Not his hypothetical girlfriend or wife. He himself. :)
I probably SHOULD comment something relevant to the rest of the post, but look at the tan and freckles on Max! Someone played in the sun A LOT at summer camp :)ReplyDelete
my 5 year old son concerns me some days...he wants his hair long, his favorite color is pink, he sneaks into his sister's nail polish to paint his fingernails. But he also likes matchbox cars and dirt and stuff like that. it'll all work out eventually...ReplyDelete


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Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Amazing Atlas website!
Just another short blog entry today to plug a website that is well worth a visit. Over at http://www.atlastales.com/ the webmaster has embarked on an attempt to catalogue all the Marvel (Timely / Atlas) comics from 1939 to 1960.
He's done an incredible job so far, (aided by numerous contributors) and the site features tons of information on the artists and stories, with over 4,000 cover scans. Some of the scans are "supersized", much larger than original size and at 300dpi to display every detail.
Marvel published a variety of comics back then: horror, romance, Western, humour, and of course superheroes. Some of the covers featured bizarre imagery (such as those above) compelling the reader to investigate the contents. (A far cry from today's fad of single character poses.) The standout titles of the 1950s though were the horror comics, and this site features plenty of them in their dark and disturbing glory. (Some interior pages are also featured!)
The website is well designed, and easy to browse. Well worth a visit for anyone with a genuine interest in comics history.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Lorna Miller's colourful characters
Just another short post today as I've used up all the pre-written material for the blog and I need to catch up on work after my recent / lingering illness. (Don't panic. It's just a severe chest infection.:)) However, I'd like to give a plug to an artist who makes my Team Toxic strip shine every issue: Lorna Miller, who colours the strip for Toxic magazine every fortnight.
Normally I'd colour my own work but Lorna was already colouring the artwork of the previous artist on Team Toxic before I took over the strip four years ago, so it was only natural and fair that she should continue with those duties. Not that I'm complaining, as Lorna does a fantastic job, often against the deadline, and I've never been displeased with her stunning work.
However, not only is Lorna Miller a highly proficient colourist, she's also a respected cartoonist / comic artist, from her self-published comic book Witch to exhibitions in Europe, the UK and the US. Her website is at http://www.lornamiller.com/ where you can view a great selection of her work. (Kids and "sensitive" adults take note: some of the strips are quite, "colourful" in their language and plots. Hey, you see what I did there? ;-))
As for Toxic, the latest issue (No.89, shown above) is out today, priced £2.25, bagged with a stack of free gifts. The official Toxic website is at
Monday, March 26, 2007
WAR! What is it good for? (Selling comics apparently)
Maybe the country's got war fever or preferably it's a thirst for nostalgia, because following the success of the two bumper Commando collections from Carlton Books, the company is now set to release two follow up volumes. These however originate not from DC Thomson, but from Commando's rival comic books Fleetway's War Picture Library and Battle Picture Library.
Although Commando is the sole surviving war digest being published today (8 titles a month) the original "picture library" comic in this format was War Picture Library, launched in 1958. The two £14.99 compilations from Carlton, Unleash Hell and Death or Glory each reprint 12 issues from War and Battle Picture Libraries respectively. Even better; the books will reproduce the artwork 25% larger than originally published, and Fleetway had some great artists on these stories!
More details can be found on the sites that broke this exciting news; John Freeman's excellent Down the Tubes website and Steve Holland's Bear Alley blog. (Incidentally, Steve is the editor of these collections and he knows his stuff. Check out that link for full front and back cover repros of the books.)
Friday, March 23, 2007
Britain's forgotten superhero: The Purple Hood
Blackpool, Tuesday 29th July 1969. Ten years old, I'm on holiday with my Mum and Dad and, being mad keen on comics, I'm looking through a seafront news stand for something to read. Holiday resorts were always good places to find comics that might not have good distribution inland. A comic catches my eye that I've never seen before: Purple Hood No.2. It's a British comic, similar in format to those Alan Class reprints, but the cover declares it's an "All Original Comic". The cover character looks intriguing; a superhero with a machine gun? The logo design is craggy and compelling. The strapline says he's a "Crime Fighter International". Sounds different and exciting. I buy it. It's too blustery to read it on the prom, so I wait until we get back to the "digs". The comic contains three long stories. The Purple Hood has no super-powers but is athletic and handy with his fists, being more like a British Captain America than anything. He's a Government agent and fights terrorists and mad super villains. The raw style of the artwork makes the comic look more like a mock up designed as a prop for a tv show rather than a genuine comic. Yet this unreal quirkiness is a quality in its favour because it is so different from comics I'm used to seeing. When I get home I look out for Purple Hood No.3. It never appears, nor do any subsequent issues. I store away the treasured unique comic, to ensure I didn't imagine it.
Almost 40 years later I'm no wiser as to what the story was behind the publication of this comic. The art throughout its 52 pages was by Michael Jay. To my knowledge, I've never seen his work anywhere else. As can be seen from the scans here, his style was quite crude and derivative, yet it had a simplicity and energy that propelled the story along. (The stories themselves were basic, to say the least.)
Several years ago I saw a copy of Purple Hood No.1 at a comic mart and snapped it up. Again, the entire contents were by Michael Jay. I also discovered a copy of Strange Stories No.5 at a mart; another Jay effort from the same era. Mark Tyme ("The Fantastic Time Traveller") was another of his comics, and I found a copy of No.2 of that in a newsagents, reissued with a 10p sticker covering the original 1/- price.
According to the indicia, these comics were published by John Spencer & Co, of London. The inside back cover of Strange Stories promotes three other titles: Macabre, Fantasy, and Spectre "Published at regular intervals". I've never seen them.
From what little information I could find, these undated comics were published in 1967 (so Purple Hood 2 had been hanging around the newsagents for two years before I bought it). Mark Tyme and Purple Hood never reached their third issues and remain Britain's forgotten superheroes. (According to Denis Gifford's Complete Catalogue of British Comics the mystery theme companion comics ran to six issues.) Presumably launched to rival American imports, these peculiar British comics never quite hit their target but they remain an interesting curiosity all the same.
Who was Michael Jay? (Was it a pseudonym?) What's the story behind John Spencer's comics? (Did he launch others?) If you have any information, or can remember these comics, (particularly the others in the series such as Macabre which I've never seen) please add to this article by leaving a comment below if you wish to.
UPDATE 27/3/2007: Comics historian Steve Holland has kindly solved the mystery of the John Spencer comics by providing background info and more cover scans of the comics line on his blog here: http://bearalley.blogspot.com/2007/03/john-spencer-comics.html
Thanks Steve! (And yes, Michael Jay's artwork may have been terrible, but as a ten year old I was mesmerized by its clunkiness. ;-))
Captain America Dead Again (for now)
It's been two weeks since Captain America was assassinated and at time of writing he's still dead. The death of the American super-soldier has been widely reported in the press, from the fictional newspaper the Daily Bugle (in reality a promotional freesheet for Marvel Comics) to the BBC News website.
It all makes for an entertaining story of course and hopefully sells comics to people who wouldn't normally buy Captain America. The issue where he pegs out is currently commanding high prices on eBay to speculators who think it'll appreciate in value in years to come. Maybe it would... if this situation was unique. What most media sources haven't mentioned, (preferring to run the PR piece without research), is that the Star Spangled Avenger has "died" at least twice before and returned no worse for wear.
For those who haven't followed recent events in the Marvel Universe, after a mission by a group of young superheroes goes tragically wrong, killing numerous civilians, the US government introduces the Superhero Registration Act. Basically this requires all superheroes to register with the government. The act fragments the superhero community into a "Civil War", leading to lots of excuses for Marvel to have comics showing heroes fighting each other.
Captain America, defender of liberty, is against the act, which eventually leads to fatal consequences for him. Although mainly a fight-fest designed to shift comics, the Civil War storyline has provided an interesting analogy to the real US Patriot Act and overall has been one of Marvel's better story arcs. (One interesting aspect has been the characterization of Tony Stark, Iron Man, developing him into a manipulative pro-registration character. One would imagine this would contradict his 40 year history, yet on reflection it all seems to fit.)
At the conclusion of Civil War Captain America surrenders when he realizes he's no longer representing what the people want. This led to outraged fanboys on the internet claiming "Cap's no quitter", ignoring the fact that the character had "quit forever" twice over the years, if not more. (See samples above.)
Anyway, Cap is currently dead. I say currently because we all know he'll be back. Marvel aren't going to let a property like Cap or his alter ego Steve Rogers fade out of copyright. Cap's "died" before, albeit only for a few issues. This time they'll drag it out longer, but, like Superman's "death" 12 or so years ago, nothing's ever final in superhero comics. (And if the Captain America movie gets the green light he'll definitely be back by then.)
After skipping a month (out of respect?) the Captain America comic returns in May to focus on the comics' supporting characters. So far this new run of Captain America (currently up to issue 25) by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting has been the best handling of the character in decades. The early issues from their run are currently being reprinted in Panini's Marvel Legends monthly, available from newsagents.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
115 Year Flashback: Ally Sloper
The first thing that struck me about the above April Fool's issue of Ally Sloper's Half Holiday was: Was sending someone a dead cat ever funny? Yet cruelty seemed to be commonplace in this publication, and racism too.
Those were different times of course. The year was 1892, a society which when compared to 2007 would seem like another world. One benefit of collecting old comics is that they give us a glimpse into the past, sometimes warts and all.
As every fanboy knows ;-) Ally Sloper is, according to the late Denis Gifford's International Book of Comics, the world's first recurring comics character. Although I must admit that within the pages of the two issues of Ally Sloper's Half Holiday that I have, Ally doesn't actually appear in a strip himself. Instead, he reigns supreme as the cover star, and there are some witty short text anecdotes about the character inside.
Ally himself was a somewhat bawdy, boozy character, his name deriving from Victorians who "sloped" off into an alley when the rent collector was due. (A sort of 19th Century Andy Capp in respect. Also, as you can see from these covers, Ally was accompanied by his dog, predating Dennis the Menace and Gnasher by decades.)
This was an adult "comic". I use the phrase in parenthesis because the amount of strip material is minimal. Most of the 8 black and white pages are taken up with social and political items in solid text broken up with cartoons and a few short strips (some shown above). Similar in a way to the ratio of strips to features in some of today's UK comics. That said, it's closest descendant today would be Private Eye rather than Toxic. Nevertheless, Ally Sloper's Half Holiday was a major player in getting the ball rolling for the British comics industry.
The strips shown here seem very basic compared to today's comics. Yet what they display is true sequential art, and slapstick situations that still influence UK comics to this day. (Comics are a perfect genre for slapstick.) You'll notice that the strip A Moral Tale for the Young ends with the two mischievous boys receiving corporal punishment; a conclusion that would be repeated countless times in British comics for decades after. Here, the administering weapon isn't the cane or slipper of 1950's Beano times though; "Mr.Puffy" and his daughter lay into the kids with a mop and broom! The punchline: "...a sound lesson in honesty upon the young innocents which will last them until they find themselves in a reformatory or on the gallows". Blimey! And they call Judge Dredd pessimistic.
Unlike today's British comics, there were no free gifts taped to the cover of Ally Sloper's Half Holiday. No free whoopee cushions or League Ladders. Instead, those fun-loving Victorians gave away... a Railway Accident Life Policy for £150. Great News Chums! If you have a fatal accident on a train, and your cold dead body is still clutching that week's copy of Ally Sloper your next of kin will receive £150. Fun-tastic! (Okay, it wasn't exactly phrased like that but this is for real. See the actual notice above which ran on page two of the issues.)
Anyway, enough from me. Relax and take a look at the 115 year old artwork above, at W.F. Thomas' fine pen work on the front page Ally cartoons, and at these early examples of the genesis of British comic strips.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Classics from the Comics
Classics from the Comics, which is published on the last Thursday of every month, seems to be one of D.C. Thomson's most popular secrets. Like Fun Size Dandy and Fun Size Beano it is rarely, if ever, advertised in the weekly Dandy and Beano comics and its distribution is patchy to say the least, yet it has still managed to survive for over ten years.
For those who have never seen a copy (for so few newsagents appear to stock it) Classics from the Comics is a 68 page monthly reprinting strips from Thomson's old funnies: Sparky, Topper, Beezer, Buzz, Nutty, Cracker, and of course Dandy and Beano. Most of the stories are approximately from anywhere between 1959 to 1987, which means the collections often include gems from Leo Baxendale, Ken Reid and Dudley Watkins. (The current issue, No.131, features Baxendale art on Minnie the Minx and The Banana Bunch, plus three pages of Ken Reid's Jonah.)
A few months ago Classics gained a new editor, bringing in a bold new logo and cover design and a chattier editorial page. Readers are also encouraged to send in their suggestions for reprints and, as I imagine many of its readers are nostalgic adults, it's little wonder that strips from the 1960s and 1970s dominate.
If there's a criticism I'd level at Classics it's that often serials aren't run in chronological order. For example, they'll be a Winker Watson strip one issue, which is part of a "Winker's brother on the run" story, but the next issue might feature a Brassneck story instead which comes in half way through a serial about the robot boy being controlled by the school sneak.
This is only a minor criticism as at least the individual chapters of those serials are complete stories in themselves. What is pleasing is that currently Classics from the Comics is reprinting the 1959 Black Sapper serial (by Jack Glass) from The Beezer in full, with three chapters per issue.
For just £2.00 an issue, Classics is a bargain. Within its pages are some of the finest slapstick comedy strips D.C. Thomson ever produced. Artists such as Davy Law (Dennis the Menace); George Martin (Greedy Pigg); Eric Roberts (Dirty Dick) and Tom Bannister (Colonel Blink) all in their prime. For older readers it's a trip down memory lane but for new readers it's an education into the history of British humour comics.
If you can't find Classics from the Comics in your area, click here to subscribe to it from the DC Thomson website.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Marvel UK: The early years
Reprints of US Marvel Comics for the British market had met with limited success prior to the 1970s. The 1950s had seen UK black and white versions of Human Torch and Captain America, the sixties had the Odhams "Power Comics" such as Fantastic (as well as the Alan Class titles such as Creepy Worlds) and even the latter issues of TV21 in 1971 had featured edited reprints of Silver Surfer, Spider-Man, Ringo Kid and the Western Ghost Rider.
After IPC published two annuals of Marvel reprints in 1971 and 1972 (called simply Marvel Annual) there was speculation that the company was about to launch a weekly. Whether this was true or not it never came to pass, as Marvel US was about to take charge of its own destiny where their British readers were concerned.
On Saturday September 30th 1972, the first issue of The Mighty World of Marvel took readers by surprise, heralding the start of Marvel's UK operation. (Even though, in those early days, the comics were actually edited in the USA by Tony Isabella but printed in England.) This 40 page first issue had real impact, kicking off with a cover by John Buscema and contents starting with the origin stories of The Hulk, The Fantastic Four, and Spider-Man its intention was clear, - forget the Marvel reprints of the past which were handled by others, this was a new beginning from day one with Marvel firmly in the driver's seat. To accentuate its authenticity it even contained an editorial from Stan Lee.
The comic only had four pages in full colour. The rest used spot colour (green, mainly for the benefit of the Hulk strip). It would be several years before full colour was used throughout Marvel UK comics. (By which time the original MWOM would be gone.)
Previous British comics featuring Marvel material had always used reprinted covers from US comics, but MWOM had the luxury of brand new covers, many, from issue two's powerful Hulk cover, were by a young Jim Starlin, who was also wowing his readers in the USA with his work on Captain Marvel. (Some of Starlin's covers for Mighty World of Marvel can be seen above.)
With the success of Mighty World of Marvel, Marvel UK launched their second weekly on February 10th 1973. Spinning out of the pages of MWOM , Spider-Man became the star of Spider-Man Comics Weekly, which introduced Thor as a back up strip. The first issue was also used to promote Marvel's new fan club F.O.O.M. (Friends Of Ol' Marvel) with a 50p subscription form. It was now clear that Marvel saw the UK as a lucrative base to recruit new readers.
The emphasis wasn't all American though. Keeping up the British tradition of free gifts in first issues of new comics, MWOM had given away an impressive iron-on transfer of the Hulk. Spider-Man Comics Weekly promised a Spider-Man Mask! Excitement was short lived though when the "mask" turned out to be... a paper bag, which when worn looked more like a Klan hood (see photo).
Daredevil filled the space left by Spider-Man in the pages of Mighty World of Marvel, as the plan to gradually introduce more characters to UK readers took shape. The fact that all of these strips had previously been seen in the Odhams comics only a few years earlier apparently made little difference to the sales of the two new weeklies. Why were MWOM and Spider-Man Comics Weekly succeeding where previous Marvel reprints had failed? Perhaps because readers knew these were "proper" Marvel comics? Perhaps because they had lively attractive covers? Or possibly because the time gap between origination and reprint was wider now and these weeklies were the only opportunity of obtaining the early Marvel material.
September 15th 1973 saw the third Marvel UK weekly appear. Simply titled The Avengers its format was slightly different to its sister papers. Unlike MWOM and Spidey it had glossy covers, although this was at the cost of having no interior colour pages. (Although by this time the other two comics were also losing their spot colour interiors.) The back up strip for The Avengers was Doctor Strange, whilst over in Spider-Man Comics Weekly the 20 page Spidey stories were about to be halved to accommodate reprints of Iron Man.
Soon, Mighty World of Marvel and Spider-Man Comics Weekly both adopted the same format as The Avengers: 36 pages including colour glossy covers. They would soon be joined by an onslaught of companion titles; Dracula Lives!, Planet of the Apes, The Superheroes, Savage Sword of Conan and many more. Some would fail (Conan lasted just 18 weeks) whilst others would triumph (Spider-Man underwent many title changes and restarts and still survives today in the form of The Astonishing Spider-Man).
The Mighty World of Marvel had a long run, swallowing up various flailing weeklies from diverse titles as Planet of the Apes to Fury. Eventually, its own dwindling sales required it to have a revamp and new editor Dez Skinn simplified its title to Marvel. Perhaps the changes came too late, and it folded, but was reborn as The Mighty World of Marvel volume two, a monthly, in the early 1980s. Sadly, that failed, but the title was revived again a few years ago and The Mighty World of Marvel volume 3 (now published by Panini, who handle all Marvel's UK output) has been successful. The impressive 76 page full-colour monthly is now up to its 53rd issue. Together with its group of companion comics, from Avengers United to the newest title Marvel Legends, it would appear that Marvel are once again firmly established in the UK.
To find out more about current UK Marvel editions visit the Panini UK website:
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Junk food and the comics
Currently there's a campaign to ban all junk food advertising aimed at children. Ofcom want no tv ads for such foodstuffs advertised on tv until after the 9pm watershed, and the Advertising Standards Authority are pressing for a ban on unhealthy foods in the pages of children's magazines (which would include comics). Apparently 21st Century parents can't explain to their kids that sweets in moderation are okay because their 21st Century kids have such addictive personalities that they'll stuff their faces with chocolate and sweets until they turn into Jabba the Hut, and even then they'll still put their parents "under pressure" to buy them more. (Mind you; who's going to argue with a 70 stone kid?)
I have to wonder if any representative of Ofcom or the ASA has ever visited a newsagent. If they had they'd see kids spending ages staring at the chocolate selection whilst stuck in an indecisive zombie-state trying to choose between Milky Way, Curly Wurly, those penny chews that dirty-fingernailed scruffy kids fumble through or any other primary coloured confectionery. Surely if advertising was so potent as the pressure groups claim those kids would be in and out of the shop with SAS precision, chomping on their purchase while the tv jingle was still fresh in their ears.
Still, best not to admit that advertising isn't as effective as people think or we'll have advertising executives in rehab. Personally I like the idea of advertising in comics, as long as it's not at the expense of too much comic material. For one thing they provide the comic with revenue, but in a historical and social context they present us with a glimpse of the culture of the times. Take a look at the ads here for example. These are just a few from 1950 to the early 1970s when advertising confectionery towards kids wasn't looked upon as the scheme of a James Bond super villain. Let's go through them...
1: Ice cream keeps you fit. This was the moral of the Tommy Walls strips which ran in the early years of Eagle. Sponsored by Walls, these strips originally featured artwork by Frank Hampson and were later illustrated by the likes of Harold Johns and Richard Jennings (who went on to draw The Dalek Book in 1964). These two examples are from 1950. The second strip has some particularly nice imagery of life in Britain at that time. Favourite unintentionally funny line: "He was carrying a handbag. He's got away with it."
2: Mars feeds you goodness. Well, I don't know about that but it might make you feel good for a short while. Mars was always promoted as being good for "work, rest and play" in those days. I'm sure Mick Jagger would agree with the latter.
3: How times change. Today's society is on the verge of treating chocolate like hard drugs but in 1959 that bastion of the establishment Eagle had its own Fry's Fun Page to promote Fry's range of chocolate. Fry's Five Boys bar had its pieces embossed with the facial expressions of five schoolboys. No. I never understood why either.
4: "Suck it and see, it's magic!" said Crackerjack's Leslie Crowther. He was talking about Wiz, which was a very tasty banana flavoured lolly with soft toffee inside. Look at the image in the ad though: someone's bitten into the lolly when Leslie clearly said they should suck! Bloomin' sixties hippy anarchists.
5: Sugar Smacks (like Sugar Puffs but, in my opinion, tastier) had their finger on the hyperactive pulse of every sugar-addicted kid in the land, and were always running free gift promotions like this one which tied in with contemporary tv shows. Those free Captain Scarlet badges were great, and are no doubt highly collectible today.
6: Kinky! Yes, it's 1968. How did you guess? Walls launched their newest lolly covered in hundreds and thousands. Dozens of which fell off as you ate it.
7: Super Mousse was regularly promoted in comics during the early 1970s. Hey kids, you could send away for Apollo badges. Apparently you could wear them and be the "envy of your friends". A kid at our school had some. They were alright I suppose. I wasn't envious though. I wasn't. Honest.
8: Golly's Fun Book. Yes, it's Robertson's Jam trying to distract the reader's attention away from the racial stereotype with the chance of winning a chopper bike. These were a big craze in the early seventies you know. Okay, jam isn't exactly junk food unless you eat a whole jarful in one go but you still couldn't get away with this advert in comics today for obvious reasons. And rightfully so.
9: "It's frothy man!" So said the Cresta Bear on a tv promo that turned into a 1970s catch phrase. Fizzy pop, basically. The fizz went out of the catch phrase when adults started using it.
10: The Gumslinger used a rather flatly drawn but active comic strip to promote Rowntree's Liquorice Gums. Only 4d a tube in the days when comics and confectionery were around the same price.
11: Count Dracula's Deadly Secret. Yes, it's a 1973 lolly that turns you into a vampire, going by the advert. No chemical reaction caused buyers incisors to grow, but it was a refreshing taste. They should bring it back. I'm sure a black ice lolly would go down a storm with Goths.
Chances are advertisements like these will not be appearing in comics for the foreseeable future. For better or worse? You decide... or rather you don't, as bodies like the ASA, under pressure from the government, are deciding it for you.
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_ The 15 Prayers as revealed to St. Bridget by OUR LORD
Saint Bridget prayed for a long time to know how many blows Our Lord suffered during His terrible Passion. Rewarding her patience, one day He appeared to her and said:
"I received 5480 blows upon My Body. If you wish to honor them in some way, recite fifteen Our Fathers and fifteen Hail Mary with the following Prayers, which I Myself shall teach you, for an entire year. When the year is finished, you will have honored each of My Wounds."
Our Lord grants these promises to all who devoutly recite
the 15 Saint Bridget Prayers every day for a year:
2. 15 souls of his lineage will be confirmed and preserved in grace.
3. 15 sinners of his lineage will be converted.
4. Whoever recites these Prayers will attain the first degree of perfection.
5. 15 days before his death I will give him My Precious Body in order that he may escape eternal starvation; I will give him My Precious Blood to drink lest he thirst eternally.
6. 15 days before his death he will feel a deep contrition for all his sins and will have a perfect knowledge of them.
7. I will place before him the sign of My Victorious Cross for his help and defense against the attacks of his enemies.
8. Before his death I shall come with My Dearest Beloved Mother.
9. I shall graciously receive his soul, and will lead it into eternal joys.
10. And having led it there I shall give him a special draught from the fountain of My Deity, something I will not for those who have not recited My Prayers.
12. I shall protect him from strong temptations.
14. I shall preserve him from a sudden death.
15. His soul will be delivered from eternal death.
16. He will obtain all he asks for from God and the Blessed Virgin.
17. If he has lived all his life doing his own will and he is to die the next day, his life will be prolonged.
18. Every time one recites these Prayers he gains 100 days indulgence.
19. He is assured of being joined to the supreme Choir of Angels.
20. Whoever teaches these Prayers to another, will have continuous joy and merit which will endure eternally.
21. There where these Prayers are being said or will be said in the future God is present with His grace.
First Prayer: Our Father - Hail Mary
O Jesus Christ! Eternal Sweetness to those who love Thee, joy surpassing all joy and all desire, Salvation and Hope of all sinners, Who hast proved that Thou hast no greater desire than to be among men, even assuming human nature at the fullness of time for the love of men, recall all the sufferings Thou hast endured from the instant of Thy conception, and especially during Thy Passion, as it was decreed and ordained from all eternity in the Divine plan.
Remember, O Lord, that during the Last Supper with Thy disciples, having washed their feet, Thou gavest them Thy Most Precious Body and Blood, and while at the same time Thou didst sweetly console them, Thou didst foretell them Thy coming Passion.
Remember the sadness and bitterness which Thou didst experience in Thy Soul as Thou Thyself bore witness saying: "My Soul is sorrowful even unto death."
Remember all the fear, anguish and pain that Thou didst suffer in Thy delicate Body before the torment of the crucifixion, when, after having prayed three times, bathed in a sweat of blood, Thou wast betrayed by Judas, Thy disciple, arrested by the people of a nation Thou hadst chosen and elevated, accused by false witnesses, unjustly judged by three judges during the flower of Thy youth and during the solemn Paschal season.
Remember that Thou wast despoiled of Thy garments and clothed in those of derision; that Thy Face and Eyes were veiled, that Thou wast buffeted, crowned with thorns, a reed placed in Thy Hands, that Thou was crushed with blows and overwhelmed with affronts and outrages. In memory of all these pains and sufferings which Thou didst endure before Thy Passion on the Cross, grant me before my death true contrition, a sincere and entire confession, worthy satisfaction and the remission of all my sins. Amen.
Second Prayer: Our Father - Hail Mary
O Jesus! True liberty of angels, Paradise of delights, remember the horror and sadness which Thou didst endure when Thy enemies, like furious lions, surrounded Thee, and by thousands of insults, spits, blows, lacerations and other unheard-of-cruelties, tormented Thee at will. In consideration of these torments and insulting words, I beseech Thee, O my Savior, to deliver me from all my enemies, visible and invisible, and to bring me, under Thy protection, to the perfection of eternal salvation. Amen.
Third Prayer: Our Father - Hail Mary
O Jesus! Creator of Heaven and earth whom nothing can encompass or limit, Thou Who dost enfold and hold all under Thy Loving power, remember the very bitter pain Thou didst suffer when the Jews nailed Thy Sacred Hands and Feet to the Cross by blow after blow with big blunt nails, and not finding Thee in a pitiable enough state to satisfy their rage, they enlarged Thy Wounds, and added pain to pain, and with indescribable cruelty stretched Thy Body on the Cross, pulled Thee from all sides, thus dislocating Thy Limbs. I beg of Thee, O Jesus, by the memory of this most Loving suffering of the Cross, to grant me the grace to fear Thee and to Love Thee. Amen.
Fourth Prayer: Our Father - Hail Mary
O Jesus! Heavenly Physician, raised aloft on the Cross to heal our wounds with Thine, remember the bruises which Thou didst suffer and the weakness of all Thy Members which were distended to such a degree that never was there pain like unto Thine. From the crown of Thy Head to the Soles of Thy Feet there was not one spot on Thy Body that was not in torment, and yet, forgetting all Thy sufferings, Thou didst not cease to pray to Thy Heavenly Father for Thy enemies, saying: "Father forgive them for they know not what they do."
Through this great Mercy, and in memory of this suffering, grant that the remembrance of Thy Most Bitter Passion may effect in us a perfect contrition and the remission of all our sins. Amen.
Fifth Prayer: Our Father - Hail Mary
O Jesus! Mirror of eternal splendor, remember the sadness which Thou experienced, when contemplating in the light of Thy Divinity the predestination of those who would be saved by the merits of Thy Sacred Passion, Thou didst see at the same time, the great multitude of reprobates who would be damned for their sins, and Thou didst complain bitterly of those hopeless lost and unfortunate sinners.
Through the abyss of compassion and pity, and especially through the goodness which Thou displayed to the good thief when Thou said to him: "This day, thou shalt be with Me in Paradise." I beg of Thee, O Sweet Jesus, that at the hour of my death, Thou will show me mercy. Amen.
Sixth Prayer: Our Father - Hail Mary
O Jesus! Beloved and most desirable King, remember the grief Thou didst suffer, when naked and like a common criminal, Thou was fastened and raised on the Cross, when all Thy relatives and friends abandoned Thee, except Thy Beloved Mother, who remained close to Thee during Thy agony and whom Thou didst entrust to Thy faithful disciple when Thou said to Mary: "Woman, behold thy son!" and to Saint John: "Son, behold thy Mother!"
I beg of Thee O my Savior, by the sword of sorrow which pierced the soul of Thy holy Mother, to have compassion on me in all my affliction and tribulations, both corporal and spiritual, and to assist me in all my trials, and especially at the hour of my death. Amen.
Seventh Prayer: Our Father - Hail Mary
O Jesus! Inexhaustible Fountain of compassion, Who by a profound gesture of Love, said from the Cross: "I thirst!" suffered from the thirst for the salvation of the human race. I beg of Thee O my Savior, to inflame in our hearts the desire to tend toward perfection in all our acts; and to extinguish in us the concupiscence of the flesh and the ardor of worldly desires. Amen.
Eighth Prayer: Our Father - Hail Mary
O Jesus! Sweetness of hearts, delight of the spirit, by the bitterness of the vinegar and gall which Thou didst taste on the Cross for Love of us, grant us the grace to receive worthily Thy Precious Body and Blood during our life and at the hour of our death, that they may serve as a remedy and consolation for our souls. Amen.
Ninth Prayer: Our Father - Hail Mary
O Jesus! Royal virtue, joy of the mind, recall the pain Thou didst endure when plunged in an ocean of bitterness at the approach of death, insulted, outraged by the Jews, Thou didst cry out in a loud voice that Thou was abandoned by Thy Father, saying: "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?"
Through this anguish, I beg of Thee, O my Savior, not to abandon me in the terrors and pains of my death. Amen.
Tenth Prayer: Our Father - Hail Mary
O Jesus! Who art the beginning and end of all things, life and virtue, remember that for our sakes Thou was plunged in an abyss of suffering from the soles of Thy Feet to the crown of Thy Head. In consideration of the enormity of Thy Wounds, teach me to keep, through pure love, Thy Commandments, whose way is wide and easy for those who love Thee. Amen.
Eleventh Prayer: Our Father - Hail Mary
O Jesus! Deep abyss of mercy, I beg of Thee, in memory of Thy Wounds which penetrated to the very marrow of Thy Bones and to the depth of Thy being, to draw me, a miserable sinner, overwhelmed by my offenses, away from sin and to hide me from Thy Face justly irritated against me, hide me in Thy Wounds, until Thy anger and just indignation shall have passed away. Amen.
Twelfth Prayer: Our Father - Hail Mary
O Jesus! Mirror of Truth, symbol of unity, link of Charity, remember the multitude of wounds with which Thou was covered from head to foot, torn and reddened by the spilling of Thy adorable Blood. O Great and Universal Pain which Thou didst suffer in Thy virginal Flesh for Love of us! Sweetest Jesus! What is there that Thou couldst have done for us which Thou hast not done! May the fruit of Thy sufferings be renewed in my soul by the faithful remembrance of Thy Passion, and may Thy Love increase in my heart each day, until I see Thee in eternity, Thou Who art the treasury of every real good and every joy, which I beg Thee to grant me, O Sweetest Jesus, in Heaven. Amen.
Thirteenth Prayer: Our Father - Hail Mary
O Jesus! Strong Lion, Immortal and Invincible King, remember the pain which Thou didst endure when all Thy strength, both moral and physical, was entirely exhausted, Thou didst bow Thy Head, saying: "It is consummated!"
Through this anguish and grief, I beg of Thee Lord Jesus, to have mercy on me at the hour of my death when my mind will be greatly troubled and my soul will be in anguish. Amen.
Fourteenth Prayer: Our Father - Hail Mary
O Jesus! Only Son of the Father, Splendor and figure of His Substance, remember the simple and humble recommendation Thou didst make of Thy Soul to Thy Eternal Father, saying: "Father, into Thy Hands I commend My Spirit!" And with Thy Body all torn, and Thy Heart Broken, and the bowels of Thy Mercy open to redeem us, Thou didst Expire. By this Precious Death, I beg of Thee O King of Saints, comfort me and help me to resist the devil, the flesh and the world, so that being dead to the world I may live for Thee alone. I beg of Thee at the hour of my death to receive me, a pilgrim and an exile returning to Thee. Amen.
Fifteenth Prayer: Our Father - Hail Mary
O Jesus! True and fruitful Vine! Remember the abundant outpouring of Blood which Thou didst so generously shed from Thy Sacred Body as juice from grapes in a wine press.
From Thy Side, pierced with a lance by a soldier, blood and water issued forth until there was not left in Thy Body a single drop, and finally, like a bundle of myrrh lifted to the top of the Cross Thy delicate Flesh was destroyed, the very Substance of Thy Body withered, and the Marrow of Thy Bones dried up. Through this bitter Passion and through the outpouring of Thy Precious Blood, I beg of Thee, O Sweet Jesus, to receive my soul when I am in my death agony. Amen.
O Sweet Jesus! Pierce my heart so that my tears of penitence and love will be my bread day and night; may I be converted entirely to Thee, may my heart be Thy perpetual habitation, may my conversation be pleasing to Thee, and may the end of my life be so praiseworthy that I may merit Heaven and there with Thy saints, praise Thee forever.
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DENVER (BP) — Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize the recreational use of marijuana Nov. 6, while voters in Oregon rejected a similar proposal.
Barrett Duke, a Southern Baptist ethicist, expressed disappointment that adults in two states used their votes to make marijuana more accessible to youth.
"Marijuana is a very dangerous drug. Its use cannot be effectively regulated," Duke, vice president for public policy and research at the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, told Baptist Press Nov. 7.
"Our nation's abject failure to keep alcohol out of the hands of our youth testifies to the failure of regulation as a means to block access. These states have just guaranteed that they will deal with even more drug-related problems in the years to come," Duke added.
Amendment 64 in Colorado led Wednesday afternoon with 54.7 percent voting yes and 45.2 percent voting no, The Denver Post reported. The amendment will allow people age 21 and older to purchase as much as one ounce of marijuana at regulated retail stores or grow up to six marijuana plants at home. Public use of the drug will remain illegal.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper opposed the amendment but said the voters have spoken and "we have to respect their will."
In Washington, Initiative 502 was winning 55 to 44 percent with support from more than half of the state's counties, both rural and urban, The Seattle Times reported.
"The vote puts Washington and Colorado to the left of the Netherlands on marijuana law, and makes them the nexus of a new social experiment with uncertain consequences," the newspaper said.
Like Colorado, adults in Washington will be allowed to possess an ounce of marijuana, but it will be illegal to drive while impaired by the drug.
Duke warned of the negative impact the new laws will have in the two western states.
"While the young people in these states will pay the highest price as their use increases, families and businesses will suffer as well. Intoxication by any means is destructive," Duke said. "These states will pay a high price for their decision."
Though the votes have been cast, opponents still can help prevent the further spread of liberalized marijuana laws and steer young people away from its lure, Duke said.
"We will do everything we can to point out the problems caused by legalizing marijuana to help other states avoid the same mistake. Parents and churches in these states will need to redouble their efforts to help their young people understand the dangers of marijuana," Duke said.
"It comes down now to how our federal government will respond. We will encourage the administration to intervene and enforce federal drug policy."
The votes in Colorado and Washington now have set up a direct challenge to federal drug law, which considers marijuana an illegal substance. Federal authorities have not said how they will respond to the new state laws, but one option is to challenge the measures in court based on federal supremacy.
In Oregon, where supporters were less organized, Measure 80 trailed by 10 percentage points. The Oregonian described the measure there as the least restrictive of the three. It would have allowed unlicensed growth and use of marijuana by adults and would have prohibited restrictions on the drug.
Before the election, 17 states and the District of Columbia had legalized medical marijuana, including Colorado, Washington and Oregon. On Tuesday, voters in Massachusetts approved a medical marijuana measure, adding another state to the list.
A study in Colorado found that among teenagers receiving treatment for substance abuse, nearly 75 percent had used medical marijuana that was recommended for someone else — something now called "diverted" medical marijuana.
"Many high-risk adolescent patients in substance abuse treatment have used diverted medical marijuana on multiple occasions, which implies that substantial diversion is occurring from registered users," lead author Stacy Salomonsen-Sautel said of the study, which appeared in the July issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
"Our results support the need for policy changes that protect against diversion of medical marijuana to adolescents."
In September, nine former heads of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder asking him to take a stand against the possible legalization of recreational marijuana.
"To continue to remain silent conveys to the American public and the global community a tacit acceptance of these dangerous initiatives," the group wrote, according to Reuters.
Holder opposed an effort in California in 2010 to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, and the ballot measure failed with 53.5 percent of voters rejecting it.
Advocates of marijuana legalization compare laws against marijuana to the prohibition of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933, Reuters noted, and they argue that society would benefit from the drug's regulation.
But opponents of legalization say no amount of tax revenue is worth its legalization. They warn legalization would endanger the public by leading to an increase in drugged drivers and marijuana users, especially among teens and young adults. Most studies — including one in the journal Nueropsychopharmacology in 2001 — show that marijuana usage significantly slows reaction time.
Marijuana has been illegal on the federal level since 1937, and states that allow its use even for medical purposes are in violation of federal law.
Duke, in a Baptist Press column, said God didn't intend for humans to use their freedom in destructive ways.
"He made us free so that we could choose to make the right decisions, glorify Him and realize our personal and societal potential on our own," Duke wrote.
"Those who use their freedom to engage in self-destructive behaviors are letting themselves down, depriving society of their very best contribution to its well-being and dishonoring the God who made them," Duke wrote. "Rather than encouraging such negative consequences by legalizing marijuana, we should be helping people to focus on the best of what they can be."
Erin Roach is assistant editor of Baptist Press. Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress ) and in your email ( baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp).


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Republicans' Voter Suppression Project Grinds On
June 22 (Bloomberg) — Mitt Romney was in Michigan this week trying to make it competitive in the presidential election. It's a steep climb for the native Michigander because President Barack Obama's auto bailout, which Romney opposed, has helped bring the state's unemployment rate down by 5.7 points since 2009.
But Romney has a strong ally there: legislation being pushed this month by his fellow Republicans aimed at preventing the nonpartisan League of Women Voters from undertaking the voter-registration drives it has sponsored for nearly a century.
Across the country, the Republicans' carefully orchestrated plan to make voting harder — let's call it the Voter Suppression Project — may keep just enough young people and minorities from the polls that Republicans will soon be in charge of all three branches of the federal government.
Yes, both sides try to change voting laws to favor their team. The 1993 "motor voter" law that made voting more convenient by extending registration to the Department of Motor Vehicles helped mostly Democrats. That was at least in the long American tradition of expanding the franchise.
The Republican effort to restrict voting isn't just anti- Democrat, it's anti-democratic. No fair-minded person believes the tall tales of voters pretending they were someone else, which have been debunked by the Brennan Center for Justice and others. What fool would risk prison or deportation to cast a single vote?
This isn't about stopping vote-stealing and other corruption, for which there are already plenty of laws on the books. It's about rigging the system to keep power.
First we saw the efforts during the George W. Bush administration by Karl Rove and Justice Department officials to get rid of U.S. attorneys who refused to pursue bogus voter- fraud cases. When Republican prosecutors complained, Rove and company ran for cover.
Then came Crawford v. Marion County, the 2008 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that mandatory photo-identification laws were constitutional on the basis of ballot protection. The evidence presented included not a single case of in-person impersonation fraud — the only fraud that photo ID laws can prevent. And the millions of Americans — mostly less-affluent seniors — without driver's licenses? Good luck.
The big Republican victory in the 2010 election was essential to the Voter Suppression Project. With the help of ALEC — a conservative lobbying outfit that spreads cookie- cutter bills to state legislatures — Republicans moved with lightning speed to implement their scheme. Since 2011, 18 states have enacted voter-suppression bills, with similar ones pending in 12 more.
In the presidential race, it's hand-to-hand legal combat, with almost every battleground state embroiled in a struggle over voter eligibility.
Michigan's bills attack the League of Women Voters by requiring some volunteers to attend state-approved training sessions before they can register voters. The catch is that the bill makes no provisions for such sessions. Ha! It does threaten them with penalties for registration offenses that aren't specified.
The bill is modeled on Florida's, parts of which a federal judge invalidated May 31 because he said they had "no purpose other than to discourage" constitutionally protected activity.
In Ohio, the Obama campaign helped collect enough signatures to put a referendum on the ballot repealing restrictions on absentee voting. Preferring not to face the voters directly on voter suppression, the Republican-controlled legislature repealed its own law, although it left intact a related measure that prohibits early voting on the three days before an election. That's designed to discourage the tradition in black communities of busing worshippers from church to the polling place.
Several battleground states have new photo-ID requirements. Pennsylvania's law allows valid student ID, but with a number of restrictions. Same in Wisconsin, which attached a series of bring-me-the-witch's-broomstick demands for students looking to use a school ID. Fortunately, a state judge ruled against the Wisconsin law, although it's being appealed.
Virginia's legislation allows multiple forms of photo ID but restricts registering for an absentee ballot in person. A New Hampshire bill that required those without photo ID to fill out an onerous affidavit was thankfully just vetoed by Governor John Lynch.
The Obama campaign is obviously concerned about these ballot-access issues for political reasons. But even those with no dog in this fight should recognize that a great democracy doesn't sully itself by suppressing the precious right to vote.
(Jonathan Alter is a Bloomberg View columnist and the author of "The Promise: President Obama, Year One." The opinions expressed are his own.)


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Getting the perfect body has never been easier! With Squats – Fitness Trainer you will not only build strong legs and burn fat but you will also feel healthier and stronger.
The creators of the widely popular Diet Assistant – Weight Loss application bring you this awesome fitness trainer app. Squats – Fitness Trainer will get you to do 50, 100, 200 squats in a row!
Take giant leaps on your quest towards your perfect body with Squats – Fitness Trainer. Simply tap in your target squats and sit back and allow Squats – Fitness Trainer to present you with a brilliant training plan that will boost your strength and health.
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• Set your goals
• Works as your personal fitness trainer
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1. Each time you squat you should hinge your hips so that your butt moves backwards during the downward phase of the squat, your knees will no longer protrude well over your toes (if you are tall, this may happen, but make sure it does not put pressure on your knees). Finally, the pressure of the squat will be on your heels instead of your toes and you will be able to get more depth to your squat.
2. One major mistake people make when they squat is rounding their necks, or looking down at the ground. The spinal alignment is automatically thrown off, which makes the squat a very dangerous exercise, especially if you are using a lot of weight.
3. A key theme with the squat is to make sure your spine is in proper alignment. By keeping your shoulder back and your chest out, your lower back will most likely have the correct natural curve. If you instead round your shoulders and sink your chest in, your spinal alignment will be thrown off.
4. Use an athletic stance for the squat so that your knees are slightly bent, feet are firmly planted on the ground, and toes pointed outwards slightly, which helps with stabilization. The wider you put your feet, the more it works your buttocks and hamstring (back of the leg), and the easier it will be to stabilize. The closer in you put your feet, the more your quadriceps will be emphasized (the front of the leg).
5. Breathing is very important for squatting in particular because it is a challenging exercise. Improper breathing can make you light headed, or nauseous, and in extreme cases, some people even black out.
As you are lowering yourself, remember to take a deep breath in, then as you are pushing up, breathe out forcefully. Always keep this breathing pattern. Towards the last few reps, you may consider taking a few extra breaths at the top of the squat position as you are standing for some extra energy.
6. The depth of the squat primarily depends on your hip flexibility. If your hips are very flexible, then you may be able to squat "below parallel" (hamstrings are below parallel with the floor) and if you have poor hip flexibility, then you will be above parallel.
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Tuesday, February 03, 2015
1930s Chanel Adaptation Dress and Jacket Ensemble
In the days before Chanel made ready-to-wear clothing, it was common practice for Mme. Coco to authorize American department stores and high end boutiques to make reproductions of her designs for women in the U.S. Buyers and designers for these stores would attend the Paris couture shows, then purchase the designs they wanted to reproduce here in America. Hence, the Chanel Adaptation label.
Chanel Adaptation label dress and jacket that I have dated to 1934. Even though adaptation garments are not original couture, they are still of the highest quality and were made specifically for well-to-do clients by the American stores that offered them. Remember, in 1934, America was struggling through the Great Depression, and the women that could afford to purchase garments like this were few and far between.
my website. It's a joy to behold!
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Leapster Explorer: Common Commands
Here are some changes to the LX's default setup that will make your life more easy.
Touching Things
Main App
I hate having the main app timeout and power down when. simply type:
touch /flags/main_app
to disable the main app on next start
You can also supply the name of an alternate main app like so:
echo /LF/djsm/djsm-start > /flags/main_app
Just note that /LF/Bulk isn't guaranteed to be mounted yet.
If your app isn't found, rcS will remove /flags/main_app to restore the default on the next boot.
Developer Mode
This turns on telnet and ftp by default, and switches to a static IP address.
touch /flags/developer
If you still want to have the automatic private ip:
touch /flags/avahi
And if you want a speedy boot (this eliminates a 6 second wait timer):
touch /flags/no8sec
Removing USB-boot-mode auto-shutdown
When USB booting, the script /usr/bin/recovery runs. On line 8 of that script is an instruction to do a forced shutdown after 600 seconds.
To remove that annoyance, simply comment-out that line:
#( sleep 600; poweroff -f ) &
To remove the 2nd boot logo, comment out line 76 of /etc/init.d/rcS:
#imager /dev/layer0 /var/screens/LEGAL.png
To remove the startup sound, comment out line 91 of /etc/init.d/rcS:
#oss -w /var/sounds/startup.wav & # & tim end "sounds/startup.wav" &
SFTP and You
SFTP is one of the easiest ways to copy files over to your Explorer.
Configure your Explorer
Now that sshd is enabled to start on boot up automaticly we need to make a few changes to the sshd config
cd /etc/ssh vi sshd_config
Now uncomment the fallowing and change them to yes
PermitEmptyPasswords yes PermitRootLogin yes
Once done editing, hit the ESC key, then type :x to save and exit.
now you are ready to start sshd for the first time and generate a key, type:
/etc/init.d/sshd start
This may take a minute or two for the key to be generated so sit back and relax.
To enable SSH and SFTP permanently, you will have to carefully modify /etc/init.d/rcS. Add the following line in the same location as the telnetd and vsftpd startup (~line 138), or optionally outside the check for /flags/developer (~line 136):
/etc/init.d/sshd start; ### tim done "sshd"
and optionally disable telnetd and vsftpd by adding a # before the first slash.
#/etc/init.d/telnetd start; ### tim done "telnetd" #/etc/init.d/vsftpd start; ### tim done "vsftpd"
Connect With your Linux Box
Aquire FileZilla
Right click your network icon thingy and configure your interface
Setting it to link only will prevent the Explorer from disconnecting randomly when you plug it in.
on your explorer run
to see what it's ip address is. Enter that address as the host in FileZilla and set the username as: root
Congrats you now have sftp access to your explorer :)
Using Explorer's Host Name
On Linux you may also use the Explorer's host name to access it, which will allow the Explorer to change its IP address, with out you having to change it in any of your program's profile settings. On bootup in the serial console the Explorer will show its host name, near the end of the bootup output it will be Explorer-<SERIAL NUMBER>. To use the host name you'll need to add .local to the end of it, so Explorer-<SERIAL NUMBER>.local will be the host name to use when accessing the Explorer.
New Kernel Copy
This may brick your Explorer and make it require a usb boot so only do this if your brave.
nandscrub -e /dev/mtd2 nandscrub /dev/mtd2 nandwrite /dev/mtd2 /usr/kernel.cbf
mtd2 is where the kernel is stored


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Do you know everything about RDMA?Monday, March 7th, 2011
As I mentioned on Twitter (by the way, are you following @rolanddreier?), I'll be speaking at the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit in San Francisco on April 7. My general mandate is to give an introduction to RDMA and InfiniBand on Linux, and to talk about recent developments and what might be coming next in the area. However, I'd like to make my talk a little less boring than my usual talks, so I'd be curious to hear about specific topics you'd like me to cover. And if you're at the summit, stop by and say hello.


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