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America is not good enough?
NEW YORK He's an all-American movie star, but Tom Cruise said his children will be making All the Right Moves —
by moving out of America.
"I think the U.S. is terrifying and it saddens me," he told the British 
paper the Daily Express.
"You only have to look at the state of affairs in America."
At the Minority Report premiere Cruise, who is known for his role in the Mission Impossible flicks as a slick superagent for Truth, Justice and the American way, said his adopted children Isabella, 9, and Connor, 7, will grow up outside the United States. They will probably be raised in Australia, his ex-wife Nicole Kidman's homeland.
Cruise, whose character became similarly disillusioned with America in Born on the Fourth of July, said
raising children in the U.S. is a risky business. He said he could no longer keep his 'eyes wide shut' to America's terrorism threat, crime, faltering financial status and corporate corruption.
Who is this person?
(A) Someone who has to act like someone else to impress us..
(B) Someone Who has made BIG $ from the U.S.A. (You & I)
(C) Someone Who has the High Morals of a Wet Mop and
shouldn't be allowed out of
Hollywood without a nurse.
Just my opinion of course..
8/12
Underwear Thief Strikes Apartment Complex
Police are warning female residents to beware of the underwear burglar.
South Park Police said a suspect or suspects have stolen women's undergarments from laundry rooms in the Linden Brook Apartments.
Also, two apartments in the complex were burglarized and the only items taken were women's underwear.
A window was broken to gain entry into at least one of the apartments.
Anyone with information may call Pittsburgh police at (412) 833-1000.
Corsets,
The early years
Corsets have existed for centuries and can be traced back to Greek and Minoan times. However, when the subject of corsetry is mentioned many people immediately think of the tight lacing that is associated with the Victorian era, and the horror stories of practices that took place at that time in order for women's shapes to be molded to the accepted norm. Stories abound of daughters being forced into tight laced corsets, in order for them to have a slim waist, and of the severe corseting that took place. Examples include girls having to lie on the floor whilst their mothers tightened their corsets, and of corset lacing breaking under such pressure. Stories of figure training have been reported, with girls being laced into tighter and tighter corsets in order to achieve the figure that was demanded by society. Anecdotal stories abound of women being so tightly laced that they fainted, and in addition there are stories of women having ribs removed surgically so that their corsets could be fastened even tighter. I have also read that the rule of thumb was that a girls waist measurements before she was married and had children should be the same as her age in years.
Whether these stories are true is unclear, and many of them are
probably the result of male sadomasochistic fantasies that were associated
with this period. This hypothesis is supported by the finding that the
garments found in costume museums rarely have waists less than 20 inches.
Tight lacing is in itself difficult to define, but a working definition
appears to be any distortion of the natural waist over two inches.
Whether tight lacing was commonly practiced is unclear even though
there are photographs that clearly show the practice did take place on
occasion. These extremes were probably very rare and and there is some
evidence that the practice has also been exaggerated. Extreme tight lacing
e.g. reducing the waist to less than eighteen inches was probably
practiced by very few people and was not as common as the fetish oriented
literature from that time would suggest.
However what is certainly true is the observation that the corset was
viewed as an essential garment for women to wear, and teenage (and even
younger girls) were also forced to wear such garments as a matter of
propriety. In some cases women were expected to wear these garments at all
times, and the concept of figure training discussed earlier, could mean
that a girl would sleep in her corsets, to have them tightened the
following day and into the desired figure was obtained.
Selling Americana: Is it for patriotism or profit?
During the Vietnam War, clothes bearing the American flag could land you in jail. Now, they're the biggest hit in fashion since polyester.
Walk into almost any store and shelves are bursting with Americana.
Besides the standard flag-emblazoned T-shirts, hats and ties, there are jewelry, pajamas, bikinis, underwear, flip-flops, toothpaste, wreaths, candles, clocks, coat racks, birdhouses, bread baskets, beach toys, fishing lures, picture frames, salt and pepper shakers, peppermint nougat and flag balls for your car antenna.
The displays anger some who think marketers are trying to make green off the red, white and blue. Others question how long it will last.
Woman Faces
time For Selling Dirty Underwear
A Central, S.C., woman pleaded guilty this week to federal charges of mailing
soiled underwear and other items that she sold over the Internet.
According to a release from South Carolina U.S. Attorney Strom Thumond Jr., 21-year-old Christine Vetter
admitted in federal court that she operated a Web site offering the items for sale.
Vetter said that, from November 2000 to March 2002, she sold and mailed about $9,000 worth of soiled underwear and other used hygiene and sex-related items on the Web site while she was a student at Clemson University at the time.
The woman faces up to five years in prison or a $250,000 fine on charges of "mailing indecent and filthy substances."
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Sex Sells!!!
Leading lingerie and sex toys retail chain Ann Summers on Tuesday announced a 28 per
cent year-on-year jump in annual sales and said it expects to record a net profit of around £9.5
($15.6) million.
The operator of 62 stores and owner of the Knickerbox lingerie chain said turnover rose to £85m in the year to June 30, with internet sales up 71 per cent.
Chief executive, Jacqueline Gold, said: "2000/2001 has been one of our best years ever and is proof that the British people just can't get enough sex.
"There is not just one reason (for the increase). First is the overall increasing brand recognition, we are to a degree being driven by our own success. But it is also changing attitudes - people are more relaxed about spicing up their sex lives."
She added she believes there is scope to expand the chain to between 100 and 150 stores in the UK alone. Ann Summers will open its first store in Spain in the next couple of months
"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
-- Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of
science, 1949
Chilly in Chile
Thousands of volunteers pose naked for New York based
photographer Spencer Tunick at the Forestal Park in Santiago Chile,
Sunday, June 30, 2002.
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their
home." -- Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital
Equipment Corp., 1977
"Ask Andy"
Andy Weinstock has been in the fabric and textile business all his life, but
professionally since 1969.
"I love what I do, selling fabrics around the globe. I've met lots of interesting, creative, dynamic
folks; some have become dear friends. I love to help new businesses find the things they need to become successful. It works for everyone."
You can ask Andy questions about Fabrics at
Andy@mcpetesez.com
The "Ask Andy" Column is an opinion Column and may
not necessarily reflect the views of
McPete Sez
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