* The X-plicit Players performance piece "The Rite of Clarification" at People's Park, Berkeley, CA in 2000. [source X-plicit Player's website]
* The Freedom to be Yourself is founded by Vincent Bethell in England in early 1999
* Terri Sue Webb "More naked activity in Eugene." Jan 2000 [source: Terri Webb]
* Terri Sue Webb "Apprehension leading to civil commitment, judged danger to myself due to not appreciating the risks of hypothermia or sexual assault. 1 month hospitalization, total 6 months commitment (continuing as Lane County outpatient)." Jan 30, 2000 [source: Terri Webb, more info in stopsegregation post "uniforms"]
* Down to Earth Co-op's "ConFest" Easter 2000 (April), Australia
* June 2000 Fremont Summer Solstice Parade in Seattle, WA, USA: Again, naked cyclists attended a bodypainting party at current host's house and they all bicycled naked together from the house to the parade. This year, internationally acclaimed bodypainting artist Steven Bradford joins the bodypainting team and paints bodies at the host's party.
* Terri Sue Webb "more naked activity in Eugene. Several arrests and release without charge, numerous encounters with police. My first naked bike rides. Participation in anarchist "Festival of Resistance" activities and organisation, often topfree, sometimes naked. It became clear that Eugene police will not interfere with topfreedom--this is not against the law. Went all over the place topfree, kicked out of some business establishments. Went top-free to city council meeting on proposed prostitution ordinance, was told I could stay and speak if I put a shirt on, why must I wear a shirt? "Legislature" was the reply. I simply went ahead and voiced my opinion--mayor and others were already present, then departed. During part of this time I was employed as a live-in caregiver for mentally handicapped at state-sponsored Moon Meadow Farm. I put in my resignation after a few months as I could not justify my employment as an agent of human repression. Shortly thereafter I was barred from further contact with clients due to partial nudity (topfreedom) in the home." Spring - Summer 2000 [source: Terri Webb]
* 2000 Burning Man, Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA. Participants: 25,400 This year's theme is "The Body"[source: burningman.com]
* Terri Sue Webb "Fountain incident in Portland, [Oregon] other naked activity in Portland, [Oregon] and Long Beach, [Washington]." August 2000
* Terri Sue Webb "Arrest (on a number of criminal charges including a felony charge of attempted burglary and "public indecency". This later charge was justified by the falsified report of one of Eugene's finest who said that I spread my legs and mastrubated during the arrest. I was not able to see the report until several weeks later, and was quite shocked. In the meantime I had been judged 'incompetent to proceed w/ trial' and transported to Oregon State hospital. This was due primarily to my reluctance, and sometimes refusal to wear clothes while in jail. I'm sure the arresting officer's report helped as well! the decision to send me to the hospital was made in my absence, i was not allowed into the courtroom, the judge merely entered the side room where I was being held, asked me one question and it was over. I was in OSH 6 months + a month of surrounding jail time. September 2000. [source: Terri Webb, more info in stopsegregation post "uniforms"]
* Down to Earth Co-op's "ConFest" Summer (end of 2000/early 2001), Australia
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Jeans
Jeans are trousers traditionally made from denim, but may also be made from a variety of fabrics including corduroy. Originally intended for work, they became popular among teenagers starting in the 1950s. Historic brands include Levi's, Jordache, and Wrangler. Today jeans are a very popular form of casual dress around the world and come in many styles and colors.
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The earliest known pre-cursor for jeans is the Indian export of a thick cotton cloth, in the 16th century, known as dungaree. Dyed in indigo, it was sold near the Dongarii Fort near Bombay. Sailors cut it to suit them.
Jeans were first created in Genoa, Italy when the city was an independent republic and a naval power. The first were made for the Genoese Navy because it required all-purpose pants for its sailors that could be worn wet or dry, and whose legs could easily be rolled up to wear while swabbing the deck. These jeans would be laundered by dragging them in large mesh nets behind the ship, and the sea water would bleach them white. The first denim came from Nîmes, France, hence de Nimes, the name of the fabric. The French bleu de Gênes, from the Italian blu di Genova, literally the "blue of Genoa" dye of their fabric, is the root of the names for these pants, "jeans" and "blue jeans," today.
Riveted jeans
In the 1850s Levi Strauss, a German dry goods merchant living in San Francisco, was selling blue jeans under the "Levi's" name to the mining communities of California. One of Strauss's customers was Jacob Davis, a tailor who frequently purchased bolts of cloth from the Levi Strauss & Co wholesale house. After one of Davis's customers kept purchasing cloth to reinforce torn pants, he had an idea to use copper rivets to reinforce the points of strain, such as on the pocket corners and at the base of the button fly. Davis did not have the required money to purchase a patent, so he wrote to Strauss suggesting that they both go into business together. After Strauss accepted Davis's offer, on May 20, 1873, the two men received patent #139,121, a patent for an "Improvement in Fastening Pocket-Openings," from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Jeans in popular culture
Blue jeans
Copper rivets for reinforcing pockets are a characteristic feature of blue jeans.
Copper rivets for reinforcing pockets are a characteristic feature of blue jeans.
Initially, blue jeans were simply sturdy trousers worn by workers, especially in the factories during World War II. During this period, men's jeans had the zipper down the front, whereas women's jeans had the zipper down the right side. By the 1960s, both men's and women's jeans had the zipper down the front. In the United States during the 1950s, wearing of blue jeans by teenagers and young adults became symbolic of mild protest against conformity. This was considered by some older adults as disruptive; for example, some movie theaters and restaurants refused to admit patrons who wore blue jeans. During the 1960s the wearing of blue jeans became more acceptable and by the 1970s had become a general fashion in the United States, at least for informal wear. Notably, in the mid-1950s the denim and textiles industry was revolutionized by the introduction of the stone-washing technique by GWG (Great Western Garment). Entrepreneur, importer and noted eccentric, Donald Freeland of Edmonton, Alberta pioneered the method which helped to bring denim to a larger and more versatile market. Denim suddenly became an attractive product for all age groups and Freeland became one of the most important innovators in the history of denim and denim products. It should be noted, also, that Freeland contributed to a variety of other denim textile developments throughout his career with Great Western Garments (GWG)Acceptance of jeans continued through the 1980s and 1990s to the point where jeans are now a wardrobe staple, with the average North American owning seven pairs [citation needed].
Being imported American products, especially in the case of the Soviet Union which restricted hard currency imports, jeans were somewhat expensive. In Spain they are known as vaqueros or "cowboys" and in Chinese, jeans are known as niuzaiku (SC: 牛仔裤), literally, "cowboy pants" (trousers), indicating their association with the American West, cowboy culture, and outdoors work.
Jeans can be worn very loose in a manner that completely conceals the shape of the wearer's lower body, or they can be snugly fitting and accentuate the body. Historic photographs indicate that in the decades before they became a staple of fashion, jeans generally fit quite loosely, much like a pair of bib overalls without the bib. Indeed, until 1960, Levi Strauss denominated its flagship product "waist overalls" rather than "jeans".
Blue jean insulation
Recycled blue jean is becoming a popular insulation material in the construction of houses. Due to its low relative synthetic chemical composition and because it is made of recycled materials, it is gaining prominence in green building circles. Like conventional insulation, it moderates temperature and reduces sound transfer between floors or rooms.
Jeans are trousers traditionally made from denim, but may also be made from a variety of fabrics including corduroy. Originally intended for work, they became popular among teenagers starting in the 1950s. Historic brands include Levi's, Jordache, and Wrangler. Today jeans are a very popular form of casual dress around the world and come in many styles and colors.
Contents
[hide]
The earliest known pre-cursor for jeans is the Indian export of a thick cotton cloth, in the 16th century, known as dungaree. Dyed in indigo, it was sold near the Dongarii Fort near Bombay. Sailors cut it to suit them.
Jeans were first created in Genoa, Italy when the city was an independent republic and a naval power. The first were made for the Genoese Navy because it required all-purpose pants for its sailors that could be worn wet or dry, and whose legs could easily be rolled up to wear while swabbing the deck. These jeans would be laundered by dragging them in large mesh nets behind the ship, and the sea water would bleach them white. The first denim came from Nîmes, France, hence de Nimes, the name of the fabric. The French bleu de Gênes, from the Italian blu di Genova, literally the "blue of Genoa" dye of their fabric, is the root of the names for these pants, "jeans" and "blue jeans," today.
Riveted jeans
In the 1850s Levi Strauss, a German dry goods merchant living in San Francisco, was selling blue jeans under the "Levi's" name to the mining communities of California. One of Strauss's customers was Jacob Davis, a tailor who frequently purchased bolts of cloth from the Levi Strauss & Co wholesale house. After one of Davis's customers kept purchasing cloth to reinforce torn pants, he had an idea to use copper rivets to reinforce the points of strain, such as on the pocket corners and at the base of the button fly. Davis did not have the required money to purchase a patent, so he wrote to Strauss suggesting that they both go into business together. After Strauss accepted Davis's offer, on May 20, 1873, the two men received patent #139,121, a patent for an "Improvement in Fastening Pocket-Openings," from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Jeans in popular culture
Blue jeans
Copper rivets for reinforcing pockets are a characteristic feature of blue jeans.
Copper rivets for reinforcing pockets are a characteristic feature of blue jeans.
Initially, blue jeans were simply sturdy trousers worn by workers, especially in the factories during World War II. During this period, men's jeans had the zipper down the front, whereas women's jeans had the zipper down the right side. By the 1960s, both men's and women's jeans had the zipper down the front. In the United States during the 1950s, wearing of blue jeans by teenagers and young adults became symbolic of mild protest against conformity. This was considered by some older adults as disruptive; for example, some movie theaters and restaurants refused to admit patrons who wore blue jeans. During the 1960s the wearing of blue jeans became more acceptable and by the 1970s had become a general fashion in the United States, at least for informal wear. Notably, in the mid-1950s the denim and textiles industry was revolutionized by the introduction of the stone-washing technique by GWG (Great Western Garment). Entrepreneur, importer and noted eccentric, Donald Freeland of Edmonton, Alberta pioneered the method which helped to bring denim to a larger and more versatile market. Denim suddenly became an attractive product for all age groups and Freeland became one of the most important innovators in the history of denim and denim products. It should be noted, also, that Freeland contributed to a variety of other denim textile developments throughout his career with Great Western Garments (GWG)Acceptance of jeans continued through the 1980s and 1990s to the point where jeans are now a wardrobe staple, with the average North American owning seven pairs [citation needed].
Being imported American products, especially in the case of the Soviet Union which restricted hard currency imports, jeans were somewhat expensive. In Spain they are known as vaqueros or "cowboys" and in Chinese, jeans are known as niuzaiku (SC: 牛仔裤), literally, "cowboy pants" (trousers), indicating their association with the American West, cowboy culture, and outdoors work.
Jeans can be worn very loose in a manner that completely conceals the shape of the wearer's lower body, or they can be snugly fitting and accentuate the body. Historic photographs indicate that in the decades before they became a staple of fashion, jeans generally fit quite loosely, much like a pair of bib overalls without the bib. Indeed, until 1960, Levi Strauss denominated its flagship product "waist overalls" rather than "jeans".
Blue jean insulation
Recycled blue jean is becoming a popular insulation material in the construction of houses. Due to its low relative synthetic chemical composition and because it is made of recycled materials, it is gaining prominence in green building circles. Like conventional insulation, it moderates temperature and reduces sound transfer between floors or rooms.
Single Women
"Single Women" was a song, written by Saturday Night Live writer Michael O'Donoghue. The song, which depicted a number of women looking for love in a singles bar was originally performed during an SNL sketch by Christine Ebersole on the October 10, 1981 broadcast. The song later provided a top-ten country hit for Dolly Parton from her 1982 Heartbreak Express album. Released as the album's first single, it reached number 8 on the U.S. country singles chart in April 1982.
Japanese Women Don't Get Old Or Fat
Japanese Women Don't Get Old Or Fat is a book written by Naomi Moriyama and co-written by her husband William Doyle. The book tells briefly about how an obesity epidemic is taking over. It goes into detail about the facts on how Japan has the lowest rates of obesity in the industrialized world and how Japanese people have the longest life expectancies of any country in the world.
The book also teaches home style Japanese cooking and provides information about essential everyday ingredients in a typical Japanese home, along with recipes. Naomi Moriyama also states how Japanese women have, in general, a healthy outlook on food.
The book also teaches home style Japanese cooking and provides information about essential everyday ingredients in a typical Japanese home, along with recipes. Naomi Moriyama also states how Japanese women have, in general, a healthy outlook on food.
Playboy Special Edition
Playboy Special Editions (formerly known as flats, then Newsstand Specials[1]) are a spinoff series of Playboy magazine devoted entirely to softcore nude photographs of the Playboy models that are found sporadically scattered in the monthly Playboy magazine.
Unlike the monthly magazine, which features a variety of articles, opinion columns, and works of fiction, the only texts found in the Special Editions are captions of the photographs and readers' letters. Approximately two issues are published each month. In addition, the models that appear in the Special Editions are not necessarily former Playmates of the Month, though such Playmates also appear in them.
Early issues, beginning in 1983, featured approximately 100 pages of old reprint and outtake photos of Playmates with no specially-commissioned photos. Issues from the early 1990s began to include a number of "one-shot" models purchased in bulk from glamour photographers. By the mid-1990s, Playboy had established a unique identity for the line by mixing new shots of recent Playmates with new models, some of whom soon became as popular as the Playmates themselves.
Unlike the monthly magazine, which features a variety of articles, opinion columns, and works of fiction, the only texts found in the Special Editions are captions of the photographs and readers' letters. Approximately two issues are published each month. In addition, the models that appear in the Special Editions are not necessarily former Playmates of the Month, though such Playmates also appear in them.
Early issues, beginning in 1983, featured approximately 100 pages of old reprint and outtake photos of Playmates with no specially-commissioned photos. Issues from the early 1990s began to include a number of "one-shot" models purchased in bulk from glamour photographers. By the mid-1990s, Playboy had established a unique identity for the line by mixing new shots of recent Playmates with new models, some of whom soon became as popular as the Playmates themselves.
League of Women Voters
League of Women Voters of the United States
League of Women Voters Logo
Type Nonpartisan Political Organization
Founded 1920
Headquarters Washington, D.C.
Key people President: Mary G. Wilson
Website http://www.lwv.org
The League of Women Voters is an American political organization founded in 1920[1] by Carrie Chapman Catt during the last meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association approximately six months before the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution gave U.S. women the right to vote. It began as a "mighty political experiment" aimed to help newly-enfranchised women exercise their responsibilities as voters. Originally, only women could join the LWV; but in 1973 the charter was modified to include men. The LWV is a grassroots organization with chapters in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The LWV has approximately 150,000 members (as of 2006). [2]
The LWV is nonpartisan, meaning it does not endorse or oppose political candidates or parties at any level of government. The LWV does support or oppose many political issues after studying them and coming to a consensus on a position. The LWV works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and to influence public policy through education and advocacy, as well as through political lobbying of Congress.
The LWV is organized into two complementary halves: Voters Service and Citizen Education; and Program and Action.
League of Women Voters Logo
Type Nonpartisan Political Organization
Founded 1920
Headquarters Washington, D.C.
Key people President: Mary G. Wilson
Website http://www.lwv.org
The League of Women Voters is an American political organization founded in 1920[1] by Carrie Chapman Catt during the last meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association approximately six months before the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution gave U.S. women the right to vote. It began as a "mighty political experiment" aimed to help newly-enfranchised women exercise their responsibilities as voters. Originally, only women could join the LWV; but in 1973 the charter was modified to include men. The LWV is a grassroots organization with chapters in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The LWV has approximately 150,000 members (as of 2006). [2]
The LWV is nonpartisan, meaning it does not endorse or oppose political candidates or parties at any level of government. The LWV does support or oppose many political issues after studying them and coming to a consensus on a position. The LWV works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and to influence public policy through education and advocacy, as well as through political lobbying of Congress.
The LWV is organized into two complementary halves: Voters Service and Citizen Education; and Program and Action.
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets athletic logo
University Georgia Institute of Technology
Conference ACC
NCAA Division I
Athletics Director Dan Radakovich
Location Atlanta, GA
Varsity Teams 15
Football Stadium Bobby Dodd Stadium
Basketball Arena Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Mascot Buzz & Ramblin' Wreck
Nickname GA Tech
Fight Song Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech & Up With the White & Gold
Colors White and Old Gold
Homepage www.RamblinWreck.com
The Yellow Jackets is the name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that play for the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. The teams have also been nicknamed the Ramblin' Wreck, Engineers, Blacksmiths, and Golden Tornado. There are 8 men's and 7 women's teams that compete in the NCAA Division I athletics and Division I-A football. Georgia Tech is a member of the Coastal Division in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The official school colors for Georgia Tech are old gold and white. Black and navy blue are often used as secondary colors and for alternate jerseys.
The traditional rival, in all sports is in-state University of Georgia. This rivalry is often referred to as Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate. There are also rivalries with out-of-state Auburn and conference foe Clemson.
The athletic department is run by the Georgia Tech Athletic Association, a private organization located on campus. The department dedicates about $53 million per year to its sports teams and facilities. Since 2005, the athletic director of Georgia Tech has been Dan Radakovich.[1] Most athletic teams have on-campus facilities for competition, including Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field for football, the Alexander Memorial Coliseum at Cremins' Court for men’s and women’s basketball, and Russ Chandler Stadium for baseball.
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets athletic logo
University Georgia Institute of Technology
Conference ACC
NCAA Division I
Athletics Director Dan Radakovich
Location Atlanta, GA
Varsity Teams 15
Football Stadium Bobby Dodd Stadium
Basketball Arena Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Mascot Buzz & Ramblin' Wreck
Nickname GA Tech
Fight Song Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech & Up With the White & Gold
Colors White and Old Gold
Homepage www.RamblinWreck.com
The Yellow Jackets is the name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that play for the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. The teams have also been nicknamed the Ramblin' Wreck, Engineers, Blacksmiths, and Golden Tornado. There are 8 men's and 7 women's teams that compete in the NCAA Division I athletics and Division I-A football. Georgia Tech is a member of the Coastal Division in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The official school colors for Georgia Tech are old gold and white. Black and navy blue are often used as secondary colors and for alternate jerseys.
The traditional rival, in all sports is in-state University of Georgia. This rivalry is often referred to as Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate. There are also rivalries with out-of-state Auburn and conference foe Clemson.
The athletic department is run by the Georgia Tech Athletic Association, a private organization located on campus. The department dedicates about $53 million per year to its sports teams and facilities. Since 2005, the athletic director of Georgia Tech has been Dan Radakovich.[1] Most athletic teams have on-campus facilities for competition, including Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field for football, the Alexander Memorial Coliseum at Cremins' Court for men’s and women’s basketball, and Russ Chandler Stadium for baseball.
League of Jewish Women
The League of Jewish Women is one of the leading voluntary Jewish women's service organisations in the United Kingdom. Affiliated to more than 30 other national and international organisations, membership is open to all Jewish women.
The voluntary work of the League ranges from hospital and home visiting to working in prisons or running day centres for older people. Many members also work in schools, baby clinics and contact centres. The type of work members do is as varied as the members themselves and much of it is organised locally.
The League is the UK affiliate of the International Council of Jewish Women.
The current President of the League of Jewish Women is Penelope Conway.
The voluntary work of the League ranges from hospital and home visiting to working in prisons or running day centres for older people. Many members also work in schools, baby clinics and contact centres. The type of work members do is as varied as the members themselves and much of it is organised locally.
The League is the UK affiliate of the International Council of Jewish Women.
The current President of the League of Jewish Women is Penelope Conway.
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