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Census worker Bill Sparkman's death in September set off a rush of speculation and commentary about right-wing extremism. On Tuesday, police ruled the death a suicide.
A middle-aged census worker hung naked from a tree in the woods of Kentucky, the word "FED" scrawled on his chest.
That image, of course, turned out to be too neat to be true: Census worker Bill Sparkman staged his suicide to look like a murder by some rural antigovernment extremist, so his family would benefit from his life insurance policies. But even before the police had begun investigating the incident, the scene prompted a wave of commentary about right-wing extremism, with one prominent blogger talking about the spectre of "Southern populist terrorism."
The rush to judgment was found mostly on partisan websites but also in mainstream media outlets, which some commenters say shows that paranoia about political insurrection and violence is no longer restricted to the fringes of American politics.
"It was a spooky scene and a bizarre episode ... but the way in which people rushed to assume it was [political murder] showed that they were so eager to connect the dots that they ran ahead of what the evidence was," says Jesse Walker, managing editor of the libertarian Reason magazine. "The takeaway from the Kentucky story is that the establishment is just as capable of making that mistake as the fringes."
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Lifetime prevalence of mental health disorders and delay in treatment following initial onset: evidence from the Northern Ireland Study of Health and Stress.
Summary of "Lifetime prevalence of mental health disorders and delay in treatment following initial onset: evidence from the Northern Ireland Study of Health and Stress."
The current study provides the first epidemiological estimates of lifetime mental disorders across NI based on DSM-IV criteria. Risk factors, delays in treatment and the experience of conflict are also examined.MethodNationally representative face-to-face household survey of 4340 individuals aged ⩾18 years in NI using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Analyses were implemented using SAS and STATA software.
Lifetime prevalence of any disorder was 39.1% while projected lifetime risk was 48.6%. Individuals who experienced conflict were more likely to have had an anxiety, mood or impulse-control disorder. Treatment delays were substantial for anxiety and substance disorders.
Results from this study show that mental disorders are highly prevalent in Northern Ireland. The elevated rates of post-traumatic stress disorder in relation to other countries and the association of living 'in a region of terror' disorders suggests that civil conflict has had an additional impact on mental health. Given substantial delays in treatment, further research is required to investigate the factors associated with failure and delay in treatment seeking.
Psychology Research Institute, University of Ulster, Magee Campus, Northland Road, Londonderry BT48 7JL, UK.
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Preach! The time has come! A revolution is here. Playfairs are going to take over the world. You know how happy everyone would be if you could hang out with your wife, make a couple kids, watch TV together on Sunday nights, and fuck internet chicks on the side? That would be the happiest life of all time. Ladies too. This is a 2 way street. Actually this probably works out best for you. You can marry the fat funny guy. The "nice" guy. The lovable teddy bear. And get your brains F'd out by some European jiggalo on the side. Thats a dream come true.
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More fascinating and thoughtful debate about the Google Book Settlement in Mike Wilken's comment thread.
I want to add just a bit more about it.
I think Ryan Shaw's assessments are spot on in this discussion. We're left perplexed by the Settlement and concerned about ambiguities and scenarios where these ambiguities (or defects) in the Settlement can lead to bad outcomes.
Mike asks where the animosity toward Google comes from, and I think that's a harder issue. Ryan responded that people had "Google on a pedestal" and are disappointed that Google didn't fight harder for the public interest. There may be something to that. I've followed the "Access to Knowledge" movement for some years, and Google has often been seen in a very positive light – "Look you can make a profit and dramatically widen information access and use".
However, I think the scale of the book corpus, together with Google's other information services make people rightfully concerned about Google, its future actions, and the power it wields. Even if the current leadership at Google is relatively enlightened, will it always be that way? Will the Google Books service and corpus someday be sold to Elsevier or NewsCorp? Would we still like the settlement then?
Some of the skepticism also comes from how this settlement changes Google's profit and incentive models. The settlement makes Google a content provider, one that sells access to books. This is a very different position than its familiar role of providing search and discovery services. This issue links to the debate about Google's "Knol" service, where Google aims to host user-generated articles in a manner similar to (or in competition with) the Wikipedia. Several have argued that this creates a conflict of interest, and people worry that if Google becomes a content provider it will face pressure to bias search results to its own content. So I think there are some legitimate worries about Google shifting from information discovery to becoming a publisher promoting its own content.
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and Flappers, his designs overlaid the harder silhouettes with a more fluid romanticism in detailing and construction, most evident in his predeliction for evening dresses and afternoon clothes often admired at Court Presentations and many lavish Society weddings, then held in London. Hartnell's success in London, Paris and New York ensured continual press coverage and growing business with those no longer content with 'safe' London clothes derived from Parisian designs. Hartnell became popular with younger stars of stage and screen, and went on to dress such names as
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, two French stars impressed by the young Englishman's genius.
Hartnell's more business-like sister Phyllis insisted on the design of practical day clothes for the bread-and-butter of the House and he achieved a subtlety and ingenuity with British woollens, scarcely imagined in British dress-making, but investigated by the Parisian
Chanel S.A. is a French fashion house founded by the couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, well established in haute couture, specializing in luxury goods . She gained the name "Coco" while maintaining a career as a singer at a café in France...
. She also showed a keen interest in his designs, when he showed in Paris in 1927 and 1929. He emulated his British predecessor
Charles Frederick Worth
Charles Frederick Worth
Charles Frederick Worth , widely considered the Father of Haute couture, was an English fashion designer of the 19th century, whose works were produced in Paris.-Career:...
, by taking his designs to the heart of world fashion, Worth being the closest Hartnell came to having a hero. Hartnell rapidly specialised in expensive and often lavish embroideries to heighten his designs and create a distinction between mundane or wholesale clothes with his own distinctive form of luxury. The in-house embroidery workroom became a Hartnell speciality and remained so until his death. It even produced embroidered and prized Christmas cards during quiet August days, a practical form of publicity at which Hartnell was always adept. The originality and intricacy of Hartnell embroideries were repeatedly publicised by press reports of highly original wedding dresses designed for socially prominent young clients during the 1920s and 1930s, a natural extension of his designs for them as debutantes, when they wore his equally innovative evening dresses.
26 Bruton Street Mayfair 1934–1940
By 1934 Hartnell's financial success ensured his acclaimied move to the glass and mirror art moderne interiors designed by young innovative architect Gerald Lacoste (1909–1983). within the large late 18th century town house at 26 Bruton Street, Mayfair. These are now protected as one of the finest examples of moderne pre-war commercial design and through the years the mirrors reflected royalty, famous mannequins {later models}, such as Margaret Vyner, and a galaxy of society names and stars such as
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer.Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself, professionally and characteristically. In the Berlin of the 1920s, she acted on the stage and in silent films...
Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon was an Indian-born British actress best known for her screen performances in The Scarlet Pimpernel and The Cowboy and the Lady . She began her film career in British films as Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII . She travelled to the United States to make films for Samuel...
and amongst the post-war stars,
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor, DBE was a British-American actress. From her early years as a child star with MGM, she became one of the great screen actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age...
. At the same time he acquired his beloved Lovel Dene, the small foresters lodge remodelled by Gerald Lacoste as an oasis of contemplation and inspiration in Windsor Forest. Berkshire. He also lived in The Tower House, Regents Park, when in London.
Hartnell soon received his first royal orders at 26 Bruton Street and designed the wedding dress and trousseau of
Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester was a member of the British Royal Family, the wife and then widow of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of George V and Queen Mary.The daughter of the 7th Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry, Scotland's largest landowner, her brothers Walter and...
, a daughter of the
Duke of Buccleuch
Duke of Buccleuch
The title Duke of Buccleuch , formerly also spelt Duke of Buccleugh, was created in the Peerage of Scotland on 20 April 1663 for the Duke of Monmouth, who was the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II of Scotland, England, and Ireland and who had married Anne Scott, 4th Countess of Buccleuch.Anne...
, engaged to
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
The Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester was a soldier and member of the British Royal Family, the third son of George V of the United Kingdom and Queen Mary....
, third son of
George V
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
. Two bridesmaids were Princess Elizabeth and
Princess Margaret
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon was the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II and the younger daughter of King George VI....
, daughters of the Duke and Duchess of
York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...
George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...
Queen Elizabeth
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was the queen consort of King George VI from 1936 until her husband's death in 1952, after which she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, to avoid confusion with her daughter, Queen Elizabeth II...
). Both
George V
George V
George V was king of the United Kingdom and its dominions from 1910 to 1936.George V or similar terms may also refer to:-People:* George V of Georgia * George V of Imereti * George V of Hanover...
Queen Mary
Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....
approved the designs, Queen Mary also becoming a client. The future Queen accompanied her daughters to the salon to view the fittings and met Norman Hartnell, whose dresses had been seen at varied Royal or social events for over a decade.
Although Hartnell's designs for the Duchess of Gloucester achieved worldwide publicity, the death of her father and consequent period of mourning led to the cancellation of the large state celebration of a wedding in
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey
The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English,...
. The substitution of a small private wedding in the chapel of
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace, in London, is the principal residence and office of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality...
meant that the full theatre of a royal wedding and display of the Hartnell wedding dress amongst the uniforms and dresses of the guests was cancelled. However much Hartnell regretted this from as personal and business angle, his Society, stage and film commissions soon included those of other members of the Royal Family and he was patronised by all the many Royal ladies until his death. Vast crowds did at least see Princess Alice leave in her Hartnell going-away ensemble.
On the accession of King George VI as King, his consort Queen Elizabeth ordered the dresses of her
Maids of Honour
Maids of Honour
Maids of honour were the junior attendants of a queen in the royal households of England and later of the United Kingdom. Anne of Brittany is said to have instituted the queen's maids of honour at the court.-Role:...
from Hartnell, remaining loyal to Madame Handley-Seymour for the creation of her Coronation dress, as she was a client of long standing. Thereafter, Hartnell soon received most and then all of the major orders from Queen Elizabeth. He created the streamlined fitted look for her day and evening wear, this together with his all-over sequinned evening wear worn by his wealthier clients, was expertly created by Mademoiselle Davide, the French workroom magician said to be one of the highest paid experts in the business. This was augmented by the re-introduction of the
Crinoline was originally a stiff fabric with a weft of horse-hair and a warp of cotton or linen thread. The fabric first appeared around 1830, but by 1850 the word had come to mean a stiffened petticoat or rigid skirt-shaped structure of steel designed to support the skirts of a woman's dress into...
to fashion, after the King showed Hartnell the
Winterhalter is a surname, and may refer to:* Albert G. Winterhalter , admiral in the United States Navy, commander in chief of the U.S...
portraits in the
Royal Collection
Royal Collection
The Royal Collection is the art collection of the British Royal Family. It is property of the monarch as sovereign, but is held in trust for her successors and the nation. It contains over 7,000 paintings, 40,000 watercolours and drawings, and about 150,000 old master prints, as well as historical...
with the suggestion that the petite Queen would gain stature and incorporate a visible symbol of updated continuing tradition for the monarchy worldwide, following the uproar over the
abdication crisis
Edward VIII abdication crisis
In 1936, a constitutional crisis in the British Empire was caused by King-Emperor Edward VIII's proposal to marry Wallis Simpson, a twice-divorced American socialite....
Mrs Simpson, subsequently the Duchess of Windsor, had also been am elegant Hartnell client and the creator of her wedding dress,
Mainbocher is a fashion label founded by the American couturier Main Rousseau Bocher , also known as Mainbocher. Established in 1929, the house of Mainbocher successfully operated in Paris and then in New York...
, was credited by Hartnell with sound early advice ,when he showed his 1929 summer collection in Paris. Then a
Vogue (magazine)
Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
editor, Main Bocher told Hartnell that he had seldom seen so many wonderful dresses so badly made. The advent of 'Mamselle' Davide and other specialists was soon accomplished to visible effect. But Hartnell's long evening dresses, after a decade of rising hems, made the Parisian silhouette outmoded overnight and all French designers then followed his lead. He opened a House in Paris.
Within a decade Hartnell again changed the silhouette of fashion worldwide as the crinoline line worn by the Queen created a sensation on the
State Visit
State visit
A state visit is a formal visit by a foreign head of state to another nation, at the invitation of that nation's head of state. State visits are the highest form of diplomatic contact between two nations, and are marked by ceremonial pomp and diplomatic protocol. In parliamentary democracies, heads...
to Paris in 1938. The death of the Queen's mother Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, wife of the
Earl of Strathmore
Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, KG, KT, GCVO, TD, was a landowner and the maternal grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II....
, shortly before the visit led to Court Mourning and a complete re-creation of the colourful wardrobe designed by Hartnell. With the bitter experience of the Gloucester wedding in his mind, he was intent on success and knew the history of dress, so was able to suggest that black and shades of mauve were unnecessary for the July State Visit, as white had also been used for Court Mourning. The sparkling designs for day and evening created in slim and crinoline silhouette were recreated within two weeks of continuous work, led to huge acclaim and Hartnell was decorated by the French government.
Christian Dior
Christian Dior
Christian Dior , was a French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, also called Christian Dior.-Life:...
, creator of the full-skirted post-war New Look, publicly stated that whenever he thought of beautiful clothes, it was of those created by Hartnell for the State Visit in 1938, which he viewed as an ingenue in the fashion world. The crinoline fashion for evening wear influenced world fashion and the French designers contributed their own take on the influence of Hartnell and the Queen's ancestry by creating day clothes featuring plaids or tartans in their next seasons designs.
The Queen was provided with another extensive wardrobe created by Hartnell for The Royal Tour of Canada and Visit to North America in the worrying days of 1939.
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
termed Queen Elizabeth "the most dangerous woman in Europe" on viewing film footage of the successful tour with which Hartnell had been involved as designer. This is captured by
Cecil Beaton
Cecil Beaton
Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE was an English fashion and portrait photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre...
in his 1939 portraits of the Queen wearing her Hartnell dresses in and around Buckingham Palace. Hartnell received a
Royal Warrant
Royal Warrant
Royal warrants of appointment have been issued for centuries to those who supply goods or services to a royal court or certain royal personages. The warrant enables the supplier to advertise the fact that they supply to the royal family, so lending prestige to the supplier...
in 1940 for his accomplishments.
By 1939, other young designers such as Victor Stiebel had also set up their own Houses in London.
Redfern (couture)
Redfern was a British couture house with branches in Paris and the United States which operated between 1881 and 1929. It was founded in London in 1855 by John Redfern. His designs were often featured in La Gazette du Bon Ton....
House of Worth
The House of Worth is a Haute Couture fashion house founded in the 1850s by Charles Frederick Worth. Today the house is owned by Shaneel Enterprises, entrepreneurs of Indian descent, based in the UK...
Jeanne Paquin
Jeanne Paquin was a French fashion designer, known for her resolutely modern and innovative designs.Born in Saint-Denis in 1869, Paquin trained as a dressmaker at Rouff and later opened her own fashion house in 1891, the first woman to ever do so...
already had London salons, when Hartnell began in 1923, but were safe rather than innovative.
Elsa Schiaparelli
Elsa Schiaparelli was an Italian fashion designer. Along with Coco Chanel, her greatest rival, she is regarded as one of the most prominent figures in fashion between the two World Wars. Starting with knitwear, Schiaparelli's designs were heavily influenced by Surrealists like her collaborators...
Edward Molyneux
Edward Henry Molyneux was a British fashion designer whose fashion house in Paris was in operation from 1919 until 1950.- Overview :Born in London to Justin Molyneux and Lizzy Kenny, Edward Molyneux attended Beaumont College, a Roman Catholic preparatory school...
were two amongst others opening branches in what had become a viable fashion centre attracting overseas buyers, especially from the USA. There were also tax implications involved in this.
Edward Molyneux
Edward Henry Molyneux was a British fashion designer whose fashion house in Paris was in operation from 1919 until 1950.- Overview :Born in London to Justin Molyneux and Lizzy Kenny, Edward Molyneux attended Beaumont College, a Roman Catholic preparatory school...
also had a favourite royal client, Princees Marina, who married
Prince George, Duke of Kent
Prince George, Duke of Kent
Prince George, Duke of Kent was a member of the British Royal Family, the fourth son of George V and Mary of Teck, and younger brother of Edward VIII and George VI...
26 Bruton Street Mayfair 1940–1952
During the Second World War (1939–1945) Hartnell was subject to the daunting government trading and
Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, or services. Rationing controls the size of the ration, one's allotted portion of the resources being distributed on a particular day or at a particular time.- In economics :...
restrictions; apart from strict rules on the amount of fabric allowed per garment, the number of buttons, fastenings and the amount and components of embroideries were all calculated – and rationed. He joined the Home Guard and sustained his career with government sponsored collections for show and sale to overseas buyers, competing with the Occupied French and German designers, but also a growing group of American designers. Private clients ordered new clothes within the restrictions or had existing clothes altered. This also applied to the Queen, who appeared in her best possible clothes in bombed areas around the country. Hartnell received her endorsement to design elegant and innovative clothes in the government Utility scheme, mass produced by Berkertex with whom he entered a business relationship that continued into the 1950s. He became the first world-famous designer to design such clothing on a large and varied scale. Together with other prominent designers, he founded The Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers, known as INCSOC, early in the war, to promote British fashion design at home and abroad. Hartnell was also commissioned to design women's uniforms for both army and medical corps during the war and subsequently designed others, including those for the women's
Metropolitan Police
Metropolitan police
Metropolitan Police is a generic title for the municipal police force for a major metropolitan area, and it may be part of the official title of the force...
in London.
In 1946 Hartnell took a varied and successful collection to South America, where his clients included
Eva Peron
Eva Perón
María Eva Duarte de Perón was the second wife of President Juan Perón and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita.She was born in the village of Los Toldos in...
Magda Lupescu
Magda Lupescu
Elena Lupescu , better known as Magda Lupescu, was the mistress of King Carol II of the Romanians and later , his wife.-Parents and siblings:...
. In 1947 he received the Neiman Marcus Award for his influence on world fashion and in the same year created an extensive wardrobe for Queen Elizabeth to wear on the Royal Tour of South Africa in 1947, the first Royal Tour abroad since 1939. Both slimline and
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styles were included. Hartnell also designed for the young
Princess Elizabeth
Princess Elizabeth
-People:* Elisabeth of Bohemia, eldest daughter of Frederick V* Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, wife of future Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor* Elisabeth of Hungary, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary, and Saint...
and Princess Margaret,
Edward Molyneux
Edward Molyneux
Edward Henry Molyneux was a British fashion designer whose fashion house in Paris was in operation from 1919 until 1950.- Overview :Born in London to Justin Molyneux and Lizzy Kenny, Edward Molyneux attended Beaumont College, a Roman Catholic preparatory school...
also designing some day clothes for the Princesses.
Although worried that at 46 he was too old for the job, he was commanded by the Queen to create the wedding dress of Princess Elizabeth in 1947 for her marriage to Prince Philip (later the
Duke of Edinburgh
Duke of Edinburgh
The Duke of Edinburgh is a British royal title, named after the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, which has been conferred upon members of the British royal family only four times times since its creation in 1726...
). With a fashionable sweetheart neckline and a softly folding full skirt it was embroidered with some 10,000 seed-pearls and thousands of white beads. He subsequently became one of the Princesses main designers and so gained a new worldwide younger generation of clients, as the Princess began to take on more duties and visits abroad. The younger Princess Margaret became the obsession of the press and her Hartnell clothes were similarly given huge publicity and received much newsreel coverage.
26 Bruton Street Mayfair 1952–1979
Following the early death of George VI in 1952, Hartnell was commanded by the Queen Elizabeth II to design her 1953 Coronation Dress. Many versions were sketched by Hartnell, and his new assistant
Ian Thomas
Ian Thomas (dressmaker)
Ian Thomas was a British dress designer who worked for Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.-References:...
. These were then discussed with the Queen. The final design chosen had the similar 'sweet-heart' neckline used for the wedding dress in 1947, the fuller skirt with heavy, soft folds of silk embellished with varied embroideries, including the depiction of the national botanical emblems of the
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and the
Commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has sometimes been synonymous with "republic."More recently it has been used for fraternal associations of some sovereign nations...
countries, echoing earlier Coronation Dresses. The complicated construction of the supporting undergarments is described by Hartnell in his autobiography, the weight of the dress having to be perfectly balanced to give a gentle forward swaying motion rather than the lurching list of the prototypes. This was the work of his expert cutters and fitters, as he could not sew a stitch, although he understood construction and the handling of various fabrics.
Hartnell designed not only the
Maids of Honour
Maids of Honour
Maids of honour were the junior attendants of a queen in the royal households of England and later of the United Kingdom. Anne of Brittany is said to have instituted the queen's maids of honour at the court.-Role:...
dresses, but also those of all the major Royal ladies, creating a tableaux in the setting of Westminster Abbey. He also designed dresses for many clients and his summer 1953 collection of some 150 designs was named The Silver and Gold Collection, subsequently used as the title for his autobiography, illustrated largely by his assistant
Ian Thomas
Ian Thomas (dressmaker)
Ian Thomas was a British dress designer who worked for Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.-References:...
. Together with
Hardy Amies
Hardy Amies
Hardy Amies, Ltd. is a British-based fashion house specialising in modern luxury menswear.-Sir Edwin Hardy Amies:Sir Edwin Hardy Amies, KCVO , was a British fashion designer, best known for his official title as dressmaker for Queen Elizabeth II, from her accession to the throne until his...
, Thomas subsequently shared the large task of creating wardrobes for The Queens many State Visits and Royal Tours abroad and endless events at home, all three maintaining flourishing Houses. During 1954 Queen Elizabeth II made an extensive Royal Tour of most of the countries forming the British Commonwealth. The Coronation Dress was worn for the opening of Parliament in several countries, her varied and enormous wardrobe gained press and newsreel headlines internationally, not least for the many cotton dresses worn and copied worldwide, many ordered from a specialist wholesale company Horrockses . The Hartnell designs were augmented by a number from
Hardy Amies
Hardy Amies
Hardy Amies, Ltd. is a British-based fashion house specialising in modern luxury menswear.-Sir Edwin Hardy Amies:Sir Edwin Hardy Amies, KCVO , was a British fashion designer, best known for his official title as dressmaker for Queen Elizabeth II, from her accession to the throne until his...
, her second designer from 1950 onwards.
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s the name of Norman Hartnell was continually found in the press. He was always available for publicity events, whether they involved making a dress of pound notes or creating sensational, evening dresses for celebrities such as the pianist
Eileen Joyce
Eileen Joyce
Eileen Alannah Joyce CMG was an Australian pianist whose career spanned more than 30 years. She lived in England in her adult years....
or the TV cookery star
Fanny Cradock
Fanny Cradock
Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey , better known as Fanny Cradock, was an English restaurant critic, television cook and writer who mostly worked with her then common-law husband Johnnie Cradock, adopting his surname long before they married. She was the daughter of the novelist and lyricist Archibald...
. All the female members of the Royal Family used Hartnell's skills at one time or another, not only for personal wear within the United Kingdom, but also for their own visits abroad. Hartnell fashion shows travelled the UK and were shown on publicised trips abroad.
Hartnell's design for the wedding dress of HRH
Princess Margaret
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon was the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II and the younger daughter of King George VI....
in 1960 marked the last full State occasion for which he designed an impressive tableau of dresses for his many Royal clients. It also marked the swan-song of lavish British couture. The bride wore a multi-layered white Princess line dress, totally unadorned, but demanding in its construction, utilising many layers of fine silk, and requiring as much skill as the complexities of the Coronation Dress, which it echoed in outline. The Queen wore a long blue dress of similar design with a slight bolero jacket and a hat adorned with a single rose reminding everyone of the Princess's name, used in full only when she was a girl, Margaret Rose.
Victor Stiebel
Victor Stiebel
Victor Frank Stiebel was a South African-born British couturier.Born in Durban he arrived in Britain in 1924 to study architecture at Jesus College, Cambridge. Having designed for theatre wardrobe at university, he worked as a dress designer for the House of Reville for three years beginning in...
made the going-away clothes for The Princess and the whole wedding and departure of the couple from the Pool of London on HMY
Britannia is an ancient term for Great Britain, and also a female personification of the island. The name is Latin, and derives from the Greek form Prettanike or Brettaniai, which originally designated a collection of islands with individual names, including Albion or Great Britain. However, by the...
received worldwide press and television publicity; the design of the wedding dress had clear references to the Coronation Dress of the Queen worn in the same building only seven years previously.
Fashion rapidly changed in the 1960s and by the time of the Investiture of The Prince of Wales in 1969 the Hartnell clothes worn by The Queen and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother were short day clothes ingeniously reflecting their own styles. Royal clothes designed by Hartnell created a style for each client and the style was made fashionable without being a high fashion statement. This exemplified his genius and was practised to a sophisticated level, as he became increasingly pre-occupied with the large number of royal orders, many worn for Tours and State Visits. In this he was helped by
Ian Thomas
Ian Thomas (dressmaker)
Ian Thomas was a British dress designer who worked for Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.-References:...
, who left to create his own business, and the Japanese designer
Yuki, Yuuki, Yuhki or Yūki are romanizations of various Japanese given names or words...
(Gnyuki Tormimaru), who similarly left to create his own highly successful business.
At the time of the
Queen's Silver Jubilee
Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II
The Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II marked the 25th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and other Commonwealth realms...
in 1977, Hartnell was appointed KCVO. On arriving at Buckingham Palace to receive the honour, he was delighted to find that The Queen had arranged for it to be given by Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, a loyal client of Hartnell beyond his death and until the House closed. Hartnell was termed by the press The First Fashion Knight. Only the late Sir Hardy Amies was similarly honoured and it is unlikely that we shall witness another in this reign.
Hartnell was still designing collections at his death in 1979. Although much quieter, the enormous House also sold ready-to-wear, introduced in the 1950s, and was the source of merchandising,the many products ranging from scent to stockings, bags to costume jewellery and Hartnell mens-wear – also found in stores around the globe. His career truly began around 1920 up at Cambridge and so spanned six decades. It is unlikely that there will ever be such a House in London again, employing at its peak in the 1950s some 550 people in-house and many thousands more employed in allied ancillary trades.
Hartnell was buried on 15 June 1979 next to his mother and sister in the graveyard of Clayton church,
West Sussex
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
A large memorial service in London was led by the then Bishop of Southwark,
Mervyn Stockwood
Mervyn Stockwood
Arthur Mervyn Stockwood was Anglican Bishop of Southwark from 1959 to 1980.Mervyn Stockwood was born in Bridgend, Wales, to a middle-class family. His solicitor father was killed during the First World War. He was introduced to Anglo-Catholic worship at All Saints' Church, Clifton, which...
, a friend, and was attended by many clients including one of his earliest from the 1920s, his life-long supporter
Barbara Cartland
Barbara Cartland
Dame Barbara Hamilton Cartland, DBE, CStJ , was an English author, one of the most prolific authors of the 20th century...
and from the 1930s the former Margaret Whigham, whose marriage in a Hartnell dress stopped the traffic in Knightsbridge, when she became Mrs Charles Sweeny, latterly still a client as Margaret, Duchess of Argyll. The service brought together not only former clients, but a large number of his models and employees.
The business continued after Hartnell's death, HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother remaining a loyal client with many others. For a short time John Tullis, a nephew of Molyneux, designed for the Hartnell business. A consortium headed by Manny Silverman, formerly of Moss Bros., acquired the business and after some guest collections designed by Gina Fratini and Murray Arbeid, the building was renovated under the direction of Michael Pick and the original art moderne splendours designed by Gerald Lacoste for Norman Hartnell were brought to life, the famous glass chimney-piece retrieved from the V&A as the focal point of the grand mirrored salon. The House re-opened with an acclaimed collection designed by
Marc Bohan
Marc Bohan
Marc Bohan is a French fashion designer.In 1945, he worked as a design assistant for Robert Piguet. In 1949, he left the Piguet couture house and worked as a design assistant for Edward Molyneux. From 1954 until 1958, Bohan worked as a designer for Jean Patou.In 1958, he joined the Christian...
. The Gulf War and subsequent recession of the early 1990s killed the venture and the House closed its doors in 1992.
On 11 May 2005, the Norman Hartnell premises and his rare British genius were commemorated with a
blue plaque
Blue plaque
A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person or event, serving as a historical marker....
at 26 Bruton Street, Mayfair, London, W1, where he spent his working life from 1934 to 1979.
Norman Hartnell designed costumes for the following films ( list incomplete ):
Such Is the Law
Aunt Sally
A Southern Maid
That's a Good Girl
Give Her a Ring
Princess Charming
The Church Mouse
The Return of Bulldog Drummond
Brewster's Millions
Two's Company
Jump for Glory
Non-Stop New York
Climbing High
Sailing Along
Design for Spring
Making Fashion
He Found a Star
He Found a Star
He Found a Star is a 1941 British musical film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Vic Oliver, Sarah Churchill and Evelyn Dall. A frustrated stage manager quits his job and sets up a theatrical agency with the help of his secretary.-Cast:...
(1941) (dresses for
Sarah Churchill
Sarah Churchill (actress)
Sarah Millicent Hermione Tuchet-Jesson, Baroness Audley, usually known as Sarah Churchill , was a British actress and dancer.- Early life :...
Evelyn Dall
Evelyn Dall
Evelyn Dall was an American singer and actress.-Career:Born in The Bronx, New York City Dall began her career in short films and in supporting roles on Broadway. In 1935, she was invited to become the female vocalist for Bert Ambrose and his Orchestra, in the UK, where she remained until 1946...
Ships with Wings
The Peterville Diamond
This Was Paris
The Demi-Paradise
Maytime in Mayfair
The Passionate Stranger
(1957) (gowns for
Margaret Leighton
Women in Love
Suddenly, Last Summer
(1959) (costumes for
Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Houghton Hepburn was an American actress of film, stage, and television. In a career that spanned 62 years as a leading lady, she was best known for playing strong-willed, sophisticated women in both dramas and comedies...
Never Put It in Writing
The Beauty Jungle
A Double in Diamonds
(1967) (TV episode:
The Saint
Theatre Designs
Norman Hartnell first designed for the stage as a schoolboy before the First World War and went on to design for a least twenty-four varied stage productions, after his initial London success with a Footlights Revue, which brought him his first glowing press reviews. ( List in compilation).
External links
Norman Hartnell
- Norman Hartnell website
Norman Hartnell at Fashion Encyclopedia
Fashion Designer Norman Hartnell dress
- Norman Hartnell's filmography as a costume designer
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Calories | 120 |
Total Fat | 6g |
Saturated Fat | 3g |
Cholesterol | 39mg |
Sodium | 100mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 17g |
Dietary Fiber | 1g |
Sugars | -- |
Protein | 2g |
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Total Time: 35 min
Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 20 min
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- 1/2 cup(s) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup(s) unsweetened cocoa
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) salt
- 6 tablespoon(s) butter or margarine
- 1 cup(s) sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup(s) mini chocolate chips (optional)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 8-inch by 8-inch metal baking pan. On waxed paper, combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt.
- In 3-quart saucepan, melt butter on low. Remove saucepan from heat; with spatula, stir in sugar, then eggs, 1 at a time, and vanilla until well blended. Stir in flour mixture. Spread batter in prepared pan; sprinkle with chocolate chips, if using.
- Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in brownies 2 inches from center comes out almost clean. Cool brownies completely in pan on wire rack, about 2 hours.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A 63-year-old woman has been killed in storms moving across the northern Plains and Upper Midwest.
Hamlin County, S.D., Sheriff Chad Schlotterbeck said the woman was hunkered down in the bathtub in her trailer on the east side of Lake Poinsett when a storm lifted the structure and dropped it to the ground. The storms brought tornadoes, strong winds and hail the size of golf balls.
Schlotterbeck said his county of about 6,000 residents was entirely without power Friday evening. The fire department was door to door to assess the extent of damage.
The storms moved into Minnesota and then were expected to hit Wisconsin.
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Social Justice Week is:
- A question and a challenge posed to Merrimack College students, faculty, and staff. (What is Social Justice for each one of us? How engaged do you want to be in practical terms with the idea of contributing to build a more just world?)
- An open invitation to everyone at Merrimack College to come together in order to: define what Social Justice means for each one of us, and for our college community, and decide what place the idea and the practice of Social Justice should have in everyday life, as well as in academics.
- A de-centered, grassroots initiative, born from the convergence of concerns and interests of faculty, students, and staff.
- An umbrella for a series of events that will take place all over campus on March 11-15th, 2013, and that will bring a variety of opportunities to inform yourself about issues related to Social Justice, and about what you can do to help different local, national, and global causes.
- An opportunity to share with the others your own understanding of what Social Justice means, bring attention to particular problems that you are concerned with, and create networks and initiative that will work to put an end to those problems. This is a great chance to make other members of our campus community aware of many different issues and problems related to Social Justice, and to meet other people to work together on those issues.
- The hope that we can all work together, overcome the barriers that separate us, and share our concerns, creativity, areas of expertise, and volunteering experiences in order to work together to become more aware and committed to building together a more just world.
- A challenge to embrace your faith and/or beliefs and discover what it means to live in a truly just world.
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FCBD Followup
- Posted by Johanna on April 1, 2008 at 7:17 am
- Category: Comic News
A couple of notes following up on my failed attempt to get more information about how Free Comic Book Day works.
I mentioned there that retailers pay for the comics, but I was reminded that they're not the only ones who contribute financially to the event. A knowledgeable source says that "Diamond loses money on this every year… the publishers break even at best." They also mentioned that the publishers reserved approvals but Diamond handled all the administration, which often meant delays as the people doing the ground-level work had to wait for sign-offs. Diamond has responsibility without the power, in other words.
That also explains why the content issues are handed off to the retailers — for legal reasons, the publishers and distributor don't want to make those decisions. Given that setup, I was told that the "all ages" content decision had to have been made by retailers, not Diamond, although it was understandable that no one wants to take credit for it.
The good news is that retailer surveys do show that the event works and is a success, with both increased sales and new customers attributable to FCBD.
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- thekamisama Says:
April 1, 2008 at 3:26 PMYikes, did they really use the words "loses money"? Most other businesses consider advertising and promotion to be costs, not a loss.
I wonder if that was a error in speaking or a subtle hint.
- Bill Williams Says:
April 1, 2008 at 4:10 PMI'm not exactly sympathetic to Diamond's claims of poverty. They assume a chore, but no risk on FCBD.
I participated in the FCBD from both sides. As a retailer, I paid for books to give away. As a tiny publisher, I paid to have some books distributed (which was on top of the cost to have the books produced).
If Diamond loses money on the FCBD deal, it may be made up by the terrible discount that the retailers who buy my books get.
- Johanna Says:
April 2, 2008 at 7:43 AMI think the contrast was between retailers (who have the opportunity on FCBD itself to recoup the costs they've spent on free books and advertising through increased sales to new customers) and the distributor, who has no such direct, immediate opportunity. Obviously they feel that it's worth it, or they wouldn't keep doing it. There's also a perception that it costs Diamond nothing to do it, which isn't true.
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April 2, 2008 at 10:34 AMMy LCS is not participating this year, at least not actively. The owner allowed me to order FCBD titles that I will give away in my school, with the store's name and address stamped on the comics. He has participated in FCBD ever since it started, through last year. Did not get a single new customer for all his efforts and costs. He can't afford to lose several thousand dollars when there's not a smidgen of return for him. He only started making a profit after five years of running the store; that was a couple years ago. Since then, rising costs (shipping, utilities, etc.) have eaten up the tiny sliver of profit margin he had. He's barely breaking even now, so a couple thousand dollars is a huge expenditure for him. We're hoping that my little push at my school (I'm going to be sending home a "letter from the librarian" promoting comics reading as legitimate recreational reading during the summer vacation) by sending kid-friendly comics home will result in a few new customers. For us (LCS and me, the school librarian), having mostly all-ages FCBD titles is a big boon. Just another perspective here.
- WBM Says:
April 5, 2008 at 1:01 PMI agree with Kat Kan. Holding FCBD exclusively at comics shops is preaching to the converted.
You want NEW customers? Get those free comics into non-fans hands & let the stories draw them in.
- Johanna Says:
April 6, 2008 at 7:11 AMBut without the promise of bringing new bodies in the door of comic shops, they have no incentive to participate. And if only Diamond and publishers teamed up for an event that didn't include the direct market, you'd hear lots of screaming.


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Guys my Razr Maxx has been devastating me lately. First of all, my YouTube videos take forever to load even if the videos are :10 seconds and before my phone would be able to open those videos immediately and start them playing. Second of all, my Google browser is getting much slower and the page is never ever fully loaded when the search goes through and when I say that, I mean that the loading bar is not fully blue because the search is not fully complete. Now today, I was in for a real surprise. My YouTube has stopped working and so is my Google browser and all of my internet searching. Now I am not able to use my WIFI because my internet browsing will not work. I do reset my phone everyday but what the hell is this? Can someone please explain how to fix it or tell me whats going on.
Personally I see this as a Verizon issue. If it works on wifi then it more than likely isn't the phone. There's a possibility that your usage is being throttled, what data plan do you have and have you checked your data usage?
I have 2G of Data but the thing is, I have never went over the 1.5 mark. It's for sure a problem with the phone.


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This year I would hope the government would stop bullshitting and give these people the cure for AIDS. They've got the cure already. And I hope the community here in South Florida can live more closely together than they've been living in the past year.
Juan Cejas
Director and actor, ACME Acting Company
I'm a potential lottery winner, so I've got that going for me. I think that's my strongest asset at this point.
ACME is once again looking for a space, but we're not frantically looking. The next definite production we have will be in July at the Colony Theater (we're still negotiating for the rights, so I can't say what it is). If we find a space, we'll be producing another work; if we don't, we won't. I think the best thing that's happened this year is that people have become more aware that there is a lack of venues. The number of arts organizations has grown a lot faster than the number of facilities -- so hopefully this year it will encourage various municipalities to cough up some dough to convert their dead spaces into useful spaces. Although I've become more certain that there is an audience for what we're doing, it is a limited audience. But it isn't limited to a degree that we can't survive. There is enough of an audience to consistently work a 100- or 150-seat theater.
I'm going to run with the bulls in Pamplona in July, the day before my 30th birthday. I've already got my ticket. I've been waiting 30 years to do that.
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I'm going to be editing this film, Miami, and writing my next movie for Sarah Jessica Parker.
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I'm doing a lot of international teaching for the American Dance Festival, in conjunction with the U.S. Information Agency and the Rockefeller Foundation. In January I'm going to be teaching in Manila, in April I'm teaching in Poland, and in May I'm teaching in Estonia, which is my second trip to Estonia. International teaching is something I've been doing more and more of, and I'm really enjoying it a lot. These countries have their own traditions in terms of folk dance and ethnic dance, and they're more familiar with ballet, but they really don't know what modern dance is about. And they're very curious. We're trying to encourage them not to make dance like what the Americans are doing, but to use that information to make their own modern dance and do dance connected to their own music, traditions, and history.
Locally, I'm continuing to work with my company. We'll be at the Colony May 13 and 14. We'll be doing some old works and a brand-new piece. I'm working a lot in a collaborative way with the dancers. I have a classical background; I was trained at Juilliard, so I'm trying to go a little more into something not quite as familiar to me.
Roberto Juarez
New York/Miami-based painter affiliated with the Robert Miller Gallery in Manhattan
I've been awarded a grant from the Tamarind Institute to go to India and make prints in a print shop in New Delhi. That's the most exciting news of the year. This is also the year I'm finishing the ceiling and a terrazzo floor of a new junior high school in Brooklyn. I'm painting on aluminum for the ceiling, and the subject is a celestial calendar. The floor will be laid in April. The planning and building of the school have taken a long time. It's a big thing. There's plans for me to go to Mexico and make some glass sculpture in Monterrey. It's still up in the air, but I've done some really beautiful designs. It's not mass-produced glass. It will be art glass, handblown.
I just finished doing a painting show at Jaffe Baker Blau in Boca. I showed a series of large paintings that were about the best I've ever done. They wouldn't have been possible if I wasn't in Miami. The ocean's a big influence on me. Miami's enlightened me in a different way than New York. I like the community and the mix of people. It's very colorful.
I'm looking for a new studio in Miami. I'm on Washington Avenue now, but my lease is going up from $640 to $3000. So I can't afford that. They're trying to price the artists out of South Beach. It's becoming less artist-friendly because the bottom lines are financial and not artistic. In New York I live in a building that we bought from the city and developed. The city felt it was important to keep artists there. Miami Beach isn't interested in that. There is no real art support. Mickey Rourke is not going to support artists.
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First comes love. Then comes marriage. Then comes...a baby carriage? Isn't that what all women want? Not so for Claudia Parr. And just as she gives up on finding a man who feels the same way, she meets warm, wonderful Ben. Things seem too good to be true when they fall in love and agree to buck tradition with a satisfying, child-free marriage. Then the unexpected occurs: one of them has a change of heart. One of them wants children after all.
This is the witty, heartfelt story about what happens to the perfect couple when they suddenly want different things. It's about feeling that your life is set and then realizing that nothing is as you thought it was - and that there is no possible compromise. It's about deciding what is most important in life, and taking chances to get it. But most of all, it's about the things we will do - and won't do - for love.
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"Try the version read by Cynthia Nixon"
Characters seem overly trite and shallow due to the flat affect of the narrator. I'd like to hear the abridged version read by Cynthia Nixon because I have been a fan of Giffin's "Something Borrowed" and "Something Blue" as well as the audio version of "Heart of the Matter" read by Cynthia Nixon. Normally I prefer Unabridged audio books to abridged, but Cynthia Nixon is a talented actor and I bet it makes a big difference.
"Least fav of all her books, but still ok."
Story was just not as good as her others, but it is not something you want to skip over.
"Unlike me but had to stop listening"
The reader's voice grated on my nerves........the story skipped around too much and did not make much sense. I LOVE my audio books so it is highly unusual for me to actually stop listening to one without finishing it but that is exactly what I did with this one. The cover of the book says narrated by Cynthia Nixon....NOT!!! She narrated Hear of the Matter and I loved it, this reader was awful!
"Not my favorite, but still very good"
I chose this book because I read "Something Borrowed" and liked the idea of the plot because I was in a similar situation to the main character. The book was good and brought up a few points about conflicting child-having views that I had never thought about before.
I love audible, because honestly I don't have the time or the attention span to sit and read! I love true crime, and romantic comedies most
"Not my favorite."
I didn't finish this book, I love Giffin normally but this one just couldn't keep my attention.
The story was really slow.
I thought she was fine.
Emily Giffin's writing is normally great. I will continue to buy her books, this one just wasn't for me.
"Good Read!"
This book was exactly the type of book I was looking for and right on par with her other novels. I would definitely read this book again.
I probably would not recommend this book to anyone except others that read Emily Giffin's books. It was predictable and slow.
This is not one of her best. But I liked the Darcy/Ethan update.
I like listening to Christine. She was good.
"Claudia is a refreshing character!"
I really enjoyed the fact that the main character was definite on her child free position. This is so refreshing. I surprisingly enjoyed this book and that may be the reason why. It was very real... very life-like. Not a traditional chick-lit, more melancholy. Being 30 years old, I am encompassing all the scenarios in this book, it really hit home. Glad I listened to it! Not sure about the ending, but overall... a good read!
"Another Great Book"
Emily Griffin once again writes a great story that tugs at the heart strings. The story is both sad and hopeful at the same time. I cannot imagine how many people in the US alone have been in the same predicament.
A Great Read and Cynthia Nixon makes it even better.
"Baby Proof" feels like chick-lit-with-bite."
It's quite a brave topic to tackle - women who don't want children. In this day and age, I think it's almost the last taboo. But it is the topic that author Emily Giffin addresses in "Baby Proof".
Knowing that the story would focus on this issue, I worried it would end up being black and white with a watered down and easily digestible ending but Emily Giffin kept to her usual high standard as I read my way through a messy, emotional, complicated and realistic story.
Despite such a sensitive and emotive topic, there were plenty of lighter moment "Baby Proof" feels like chick-lit-with-bite. It's simply more than humourous fluff. Enjoyable and recommended.
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ToyBlocks the OpenGL / physics engine playground
Wanting to update my knowledge on modern OpenGL a while back I started working on a piece of software which later turned into ToyBlocks the software .. And as a Qt coding competition came along at a nice time, I ended up finishing this project and now its found in the Nokia store for the N9: http://store.nokia.com/content/218094/
Basically its a bunch of toy blocks piled on top of each other. You can push them and see the physics engine (Bullet Physics) in action. That is it. :)
Next version shall get:
- lighting – shadows – probably more complex block stacks – better surroundings (ie. skybox)
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Version 1.1. is out (although at the moment of writing has not yet passed Nokia Store QA but will before xmas :)). New features include:
- per-pixel dynamic lighting
- dynamic shadows with depth texture shadow map
- parallel physics calculations for extra kick on multicore devices
- fences!
- completely redone textures
- Android port (all hail Necessitas!), not yet in store though but coming real soon: http://777-team.org/~matti/software/ToyBlocks/
New Harmattan + Android (tested on HTC Desire Z + Galaxy S2) binaries available on the site.
- Matti
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