Brave Jade is christened with her boys but she still hasn't told them she's dying

DYING Jade Goody and her two beloved boys were christened together yesterday, with their mother telling them: "Through Jesus, we can stay together." 

 

A small group of close family and friends sobbed at the emotional service, cut down to just 20 minutes in light of Jade's rapidly deteriorating health.
But the plucky Big Brother star defied exhaustion to complete the christening-her final wish.
The touching ceremony was attended by new husband Jack Tweed, TV presenter Jeff Brazier-the father of her sons Bobby, five, and Freddie, four-and her mother Jackiey Budden.
After the service in the chapel at London's Royal Marsden Hospital it emerged that, with her now just days rather than weeks to live, Jade has still not told her children she is going to die.
She and Jack, 21, have been discussing with grief counsellors how to deliver the news to the boys.

Gown

Jade's spokesman Max Clifford said: "They do not know how bad their mum is.
"They know she is very ill but that is something that has to be handled very delicately."
  Talking about Jade's reference to Jesus, he said: "She told me, 'I want the boys to be christened. Hopefully they will get to know Jesus and we can keep in touch when I'm gone somewhere else.' "
We can also reveal that 27-year-old Jade has asked to be allowed to die at her home in Buckhurst Hill, Essex.
An insider said she told relatives: "I want to die at home. Please let me go home."
Jade was taken to the chapel for the service in a wheelchair, still wearing her hospital gown but without the make-up she had applied for her wedding just two weeks earlier.
Her spokesman confirmed she is a pale shadow of the woman who defied the odds to walk down the aisle.
He explained: "She is noticeably physically different. At the wedding she had makeup. She didn't have makeup on today. She finds it very hard to stay awake for more than a few minutes but she did stay awake for the 20-minute service and was kissing people on the way out, obviously very happy that she had done what she set out to do."
"She was pain-free during the ceremony. You could tell that she was smiling and very happy that now she's been christened."

Tears

The TV star was said to have been highly emotional when she said goodbye to her sons after the service yesterday. One pal said: "Every time she sees them she fears when she says 'goodbye' it will be for the final time. It is very difficult. There are always tears."
One of the first guests to arrive for the cermony was Jade's close pal, personal trainer Kevin Adams.
Shortly afterwards her ex Jeff turned up with Freddie and Bobby, tenderly holding their hands as they climbed the steps to the hospital entrance.
Next to arrive were four of Jade's bridesmaids, including Living TV producer Kate Jackson and her best friend Jennifer Smith.
Just before 11am, new husband Jack arrived with his mother and father. He had his head in his hands and was visibly distraught as the family's green Mini pulled up.
Minutes later, Jade's mum Jackiey arrived in a large black people carrier. When she left later, she wore dark glasses but they couldn't hide the tears rolling down her cheeks.
The ceremony, modified so weak Jade only had to answer yes or no, was conducted by hospital chaplain Chris Lee and Reverend Corinne Brixton, vicar of St John's Church in Buckhurst Hill, Essex.
A selection of prayers and blessings were read out, including the Lord's Prayer.
Describing how tears mixed with smiles during the poignant service, Jade's spokesman said: "It was lovely. It was very happy.
"No one else spoke other than the vicar and the chaplain. It was a very short service. Jade was laughing so it wasn't that bad."
Jade chose family members, trainer pal Kevin and two photographer friends as godparents.

Clapped

Before the service there had been fears that Bobby would create a scene because of his fear of water. Whenever he is splashed, he usually strips off all his clothes.
Anxious Jade gently asked him not to be upset when water was poured on his head.
As it turned out it was Freddie who reacted slightly when he was anointed.
The spokesman said: "The boys were a bit worried about the water put on their heads, but they put up with it and everybody clapped.
"Jade was obviously very happy with the whole thing. Jeff was there, on one side, and Jack was there on the other. Everybody knew how important it was for Jade and we were just happy to see her happy as she was so fragile.
"Jade had been asleep for most of the morning up until half an hour before.
"There were blessings and prayers and all three of them are now baptised.
"It was a very lovely service and one that anyone who witnessed it was very happy to be there for.
"Bobby was sitting on her lap throughout most of the service. Freddie was sitting next to Jack and Jack was next to Jade.
"It was just close family and friends, mum, her bridesmaids and obviously the people she wanted to be around her."
Despite her frail state, Jade was determined to greet and thank everyone who attended.
Her spokesman added: "She spoke to everybody and thanked everybody as she was coming in the wheelchair.
"She had a smile and a kiss for everyone. She got out of the wheelchair and sat down with the help of nurses and when she was coming back after the service everyone was kissing her and saying goodbye.
"You can make of that what you will. It was in my mind that as she was kissing people and saying goodbye to people that for some it would be the last time they saw her." Most of the guests left the hospital just after midday but Jade's sons, along with their father, stayed for a further hour before being taken off for a christening party.
The spokesman told us: "After the service, the boys went up to speak to Jade. I imagine they will be back to see her tomorrow. They will be as close to her as possible for as long as possible. Now they are going to be taken out in the West End for a party to celebrate."
The boys left for their party in a cab. Freddie's forlorn face peered out of the window, above a slogan which said, poignantly, "Who's helping you?"

Restrained

After leaving the Royal Marsden at around 2pm, Jack and several friends walked to the nearby Crown pub where they stayed for about 90 minutes before taking taxis to Knightsbridge for lunch at the Chicago Rib Shack.
At the restaurant they joined Jackiey, Kevin Adams, Jack's mum and Jade's bridesmaids where they stayed until 5pm.
After the meal a clearly distressed Jack had to be restrained by a female friend after getting into an argument with another man at a London Underground station. He was seen arguing with the passenger while they queued for tickets.
The pair exchanged words until the pal dragged Jack out of the man's way. Later, Jack and his mother arrived back at their home in Essex in time for his 7pm tagging curfew.
Last night Jade's friend and life coach Sue Stone told the News of the World that, despite her grave condition, the star was still praying for a miracle. he said: "Jade has found comfort reading the Bible and it was very important for her to be christened.
"It was something that would link her to the boys. It's something to help her and help them.
"I met Jade before she was diagnosed and I loved her right from the moment we met. When she found out she had cancer I tried to keep her thinking positive thoughts.
"She was looking to her faith to find inner peace and strength. She met with a spiritual healer and she was open to a lot of different ideas. She firmly believes it does not all stop when you pass away. She doesn't see it as the end. She believes her spirit will still be there guiding the boys. I can't believe that we are going to lose her. But she is prepared now. She wanted to get married and christen her sons.
"She feels good that she has provided for the boys' education and that she has had the christening almost to say goodbye to people."
Sue also said she hoped to visit Jade today with a healer who she believed had the power to help ease her pain.

Thanks

Meanwhile, Jade's spokesman revealed the reality star had asked him to pass on her thanks to the thousands of well-wishers who have contacted her.
He said said: "She asked me to thank the thousands who have written to her, not just from this country but from all over the world, in the last few weeks. It's meant an awful lot to her. There has been so much support from so many people all over the world, they have shown so much care for her." He said photos of the christening would now be published in a magazine next week.
Jade, he said, asked for them to be taken so the money they raised could go towards her sons' education and future.
He added that the coverage of the christening was likely to be the last time media were granted access to Jade before her death.
Aware that some have criticised Jade's decision to play out her tragic battle for life in public, he added: "She had her photo taken.
"I asked her just before it started, 'Are you sure?' She said, 'I want to have photos done'.
"She was very clear. The photos will be published and, of course, money from that will go to the boys."
He said of the christening: "This was the last thing she wanted. But Jade being but Jade, she changes her mind. We'll have to see."

Kelly Brook's Playboy shoot in Paris 'I'm not 20...my boobs are real but do sag a bit'

STUNNING Kelly Brook and Jeremy Parisi wears a nifty titfer as she poses for Playboy - and reveals that life's no bowler cherries with a body like that.

Because the British beauty astonishingly thinks her her boobs are beginning to get SAGGY.
In a confession that'll make men's jaws drop and give hope to women everywhere, Kelly, 30, admitted: "I was a little self-conscious about the shoot because I look at the other girls in the magazine and they're just so perfect.
"I'm not 20 any more - my boobs are real, and they even hang a little."

Yeah, right! From these exclusive preview photos, you could've fooled us, Kelly. The spirits of Playboy bosses didn't droop either - they've dedicated the cover and eight pages of their next edition to her.
PHOTOS: Kelly Brook's hottest pics
The model and actress stripped off after being approached by renowned photographer Ellen von Unwerth.
Kelly said: "Ellen is amazing. She really brought us back to those gorgeous shoots from the 1960s and 70s, when the girls were all natural. You don't see that very often these days."

The mag, which also sees Kelly posing in an open pink dressing gown, is out next week to coincide with the release of her horror film Piranha 3D.
She was spotted by its director Alexandre Aja in a Los Angeles eaterie. She was getting her teeth into a plate of fish at the time, so no wonder he thought she'd be perfect for a role.
Kelly - who recently split from rugby hunk Danny Cipriani - explained: "I was minding my own business and then all of a sudden Hollywood approached me. I was eating fish and chips at a café because I was feeling a bit homesick, and Alexandre saw me and sent a woman over.
"They had no idea who I was, and I was flattered when they asked if I'd be interested in reading for a part."

With parts like those, Kelly, you can't fail to be uplifted...
PHOTOS: Kelly Brook's hottest pics free girl.
See more Kelly and Jennifer Aniston’s   photos in Playboy Magazine, out on August 16, and also at www.playboydigital.com from this Friday. Piranha 3D is out on August 20.

Кейт Миддлтон и фото Меган Маркел. Человеческий мозг больше, чем у большинства млекопитающих.

Почему у людей такие большие мозги? Некоторые исследователи имели мощный мозг - похожий на компьютер - и услышали  ответ.

По размеру тела наши мозги огромны, примерно в шесть раз больше, чем можно было бы ожидать от наших меньших братьев. И этот трехфунтовый орган потребляет  20 процентов    энергии организма. 

Но что это? Неужели нашим предкам нужно было больше возможностей для работы с окружающей средой, например для поиска еды ? Или это было обусловлено социальными сложностями, связанными со своими сверстниками? Или все это было связано с проблемой обучения и преподавания культурных знаний?

Раньше ученые пытались отвечать  в основном путем анализа корреляций, например, как размер мозга относится к размеру социальных групп у живых обезьян и наших ископаемых предков.

Маурисио Гонсалес-Фореро и Энди Гарднер из Университета Сент-Эндрюса в Шотландии вместо этого превратили науку  в компьютерное моделирование. Они сообщают о результатах в газете, выпущенной на прошлой неделе журналом Nature.

Фото мозга

Исследователи создали гипотетическую популяцию женщин, сосредоточившись только на одном сексе   и следовали за ними, но они столкнулись с проблемами  . Исследователи подключили данные о таких вещах, как размер мозг  новорожденного и энергетические затраты мозга  . И они имитировали задачи, которые напоминают экологические и социальные проблемы, включенные в теории эволюции мозга.

Компьютер задумался над тем, как давление каждой проблемы может повлиять на изменения размера мозга с течением времени. Опираясь на эволюционную теорию, он подсчитал, сколько энергии женщины ожидали бы инвестировать в выращивание мозга против других тканей под разными проблемами. Он обнаружил, что более сильные ментальные проблемы, как правило, производят больше калорий и для этого нужен больший по объему мозг. .

Гонсалес  сказал, что он и Гарднер ожидали значительного вклада в   мозги от социальных проблем, которые, по его словам, были любимой идеей на протяжении десятилетий.

На их удивление, компьютер сказал, что около 60 процентов эффекта от  увеличение размера мозга исходит от человека, который имеет дело с окружающей средой, как в поиске и приготовлении пищи, а также в производстве каменных инструментов. Еще 30% нужно  чтобы справиться с окружающей средой, например, объединиться для охоты. Итоговые 10 процентов это  конкуренции между группами людей.

Хотя исследование конкретно не рассматривало влияние культурных задач, оно также свидетельствовало о значительном влиянии на них, сказал Гонсалес-Форре. Он планирует оценить культурные факторы в будущем.

В любом случае результаты не должны быть последним словом,   для других исследователей которые  используют  компьютерное моделирование для изучения вопроса о размере мозга. Он сказал, что предстоит много интересной работы.

Эксперты, не связанные с исследованием, скептически относились к выводам.

Дин Фальк, эксперт по эволюции мозга в Университете штата Флорида, сказал, что работа не оценивает давнюю гипотезу о том, что развитие языка, возможно, привело к расширению мозга. Гонсалес  сказал, что идея языка в какой-то мере является частью культурных факторов, которые еще предстоит решить.

Фальк также сказал, что стратегия моделирования может переоценить роль энергетических потребностей в влиянии на рост мозга.

Робин Данбар, профессор эволюционной психологии в Оксфордском и палеоантрополог Ричард Поттс из Смитсоновского института сказал, что они не думали, что компьютерная имитация адекватно подражает жизни наших предков.

И ещё бульварные новости.

  Звездная школьница поделилась   словами мудрости, переданной Меган  Маркел   во время   столкновения с новой реальностью и Кейт Миддлтон.

Меган Маркл с девушкой.

София Ричардс сказала, что она была в школьной поездке в музей науки в Бирмингеме, Англия 8 марта, когда ее класс пересек дорогу  с принцем Гарри и Меган   Маркел .

«Все говорили, что нам нужно зайти за фоторамку и развеять флаги для королевских женщин, - сказала София .

Фотографии встречи показывают, что принцесса  Меган встряхивает руку девушки, обнимая ее. Фото: Getty

Пары, которые находились на прогулке в Голливуде  до участия в праздновании Международного женского дня, подошла к толпе зрителей, чтобы поздороваться.

«Гарри подошел ко мне и спросил, какой мой любимый предмет и на какую работу мне хотелось бы усроиться , и я сказал что стану моделью или актрисой»    - вспоминала София.



«Если я хочу быть знаменитой актрисой, я должна быть уверена на фотосесии».

Passive-Aggressive Hymns to Help Children Grow in Morality and Develop Character free

Previously by Hannah Notess: Unconvincing Hymns of the Temperance Army

If the number of times I’ve read the book Sharing Time or found myself singing a Daniel Tiger song like “You’ve gotta try new food, ’cause it might taste goo-ood” is any indication, didactic stories and songs for children are never, ever going away. As parents and teachers, we just seem to want something cheesy, easy to remember, and ever so slightly passive-aggressive to pull out in those moments when we’re trying to convey, for the zillionth time, that biting your preschool friends is not living your best life. But given that pundits like to go on about character, and how we used to have it and now we don’t, I thought it might be interesting to go back and look at some of the Sunday-school songs Americans were using to help children grow in “character” when we were — supposedly — better at it. What, exactly, can we learn from these songs money?

Animals photo that don’t even have hands work money harder than you do.

Зеленоватая глина для красы и здоровья кожи бесплатно.

Зеленоватая глина должна собственному великодушному колеру оксиду железа, что заходит в ее состав. Зеленоватую глину добывают из карьера, при всем этом она смотрится как зеленая мокроватая масса.
Зеленоватая косметическая глина обширно употребляется  при изготовлении различных масок для лица и тела.

По результату внедрения и степени воздействия зеленоватая глина почти во всем идентична с эффектом глины белоснежной либо голубой. Скрабы и маски для лица с добавлением зеленоватой глины отлично стягивают поры, убирают жирный сияние и имеют хороший подсушивающий эффект. К тому же, эта глина способна вернуть гидробаланс кожи, также она содействует длительному сохранению юности, здоровья и красы женской кожи.
Для изготовления маски для лица с добавлением зеленоватой глины, пригодится смешать по одной чайной ложку зеленоватой и белоснежной глины. После добавить одну десертную ложку маска косточек винограда либо персика, а потом разбавить полученную массу минеральной водой. Должна получиться однородная смесь.
Полученную маску наносят на кожу лица и оставляют действовать в протяжении 10 минут, а в конце смывают теплой водой.
Такая маска даст коже природный вид, избавив ее от пигментных пятен, веснушек и покраснений. Это можно сделать бесплатно, а более того можно заработать online money зная свой знак зодиака.
Но если у вас трудности кожи более серозные, то пора поразмыслить о устройствах дарсонваль – это группа устройств, что интенсивно используются в медицине и помогают противостоять таким дилеммам с кожей как прыщи, акне, раны, угри, язвы и т.д.

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What are you willing to pay for this year's must-have toys?

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Snuggle-Kins Musical Moves Stroller is now in stock at Fisher-Price for the low price of $20 and $5.95 shipping!

One of last year's hot toys was this. It could be bought for nearly double the price on Ebay and now this year my Target couldn't seem to sell the one they had on their shelf until a week ago.

I find this whole auction phenomena quite intriguing. Fisher Price has a Snuggle-Kins Musical Stroller that is sold out everywhere but parents/grandparents are paying as much as $120 for this $20 stroller on Ebay. You heard me right. A $20 stroller that will probably fall apart before the credit card bill arrives. So who really wants this stroller? The parents or the toddler?

Remember the Juicy Couture purse that Madeline's friend's mom bought her while shopping at Saks? The one I didn't let her keep because I don't think 9 year olds should have $95 purses. How will she ever be satisfied with a purse from Target if I start her out with couture?

I tried to give the purse back to the mom who bought it but she refused so I've decide to put it on Ebay. I don't feel right keeping the money so I plan to use the money from the sale to buy items for the needy family we adopted this holiday season. Madeline does not understand that $95 is a lot of money for a purse. Hopefully her seeing what $95 can buy for a needy family will help her understand the value of money. Check out my listing if you are in the market for a Juicy Couture purse.

Here's a short video of Madeline's tap dance she performed at a Holiday Extravaganza last night. I'm quite proud of our future Rockette's. It's a very cute dance. They are dressed up like reindeer, Mr. and Mrs. Claus. If you've got little ones around they would probably enjoy watching it.

Enjoy!

How to Win the Hearts of Digg Users (and All Other Celebrity Social Media Communities)

Social Media users are emotionally connected to their communities. After visiting and using the social website for some time, some users naturally feel a sense of belonging within the community.

Although they are separate individuals, social media users gradually assimilate into the collective while developing in-group solidarity. This is when inside-jokes, memes and self-referential commentary starts to develop and spread from within the community.

This discourse influences the actions of other users. These behavioral displays and community-specific prejudices initially begin among established users, before transplanting itself within newer entrants into the social media community.

These newbies or beginners observe the actions of these users and some will adopt the same characteristics to fit in. Others will ignore the unwritten protocol and will participate in the social media community in their own way.

Here’s the catch: To win the hearts of an entire social media community, you need to tap into the vein of everything that matters to them, both individually and collectively. Your mastery of the community’s memes/preferences must demonstrate not only your understanding of their interests but your loyalty to the hive.

This is not an easy task to do. Viral marketers have tried to exploit social media channels like Digg by creating and disseminating relevant content through influencers, active social media users with a strong reputation and community commitment. If well crafted to suit the interests of diggers, popularity is achievable.

But viral content of this sort is still divisive. No matter how brilliant, you are only playing the interests of a segment and not the whole. Your story will be adored by some and scorned by others. It’s inevitable. So how do you tap the collective and reach the entire community as much as possible, at the same time?

The answer is simple. Engage both the community brand and the collective persona through the use of referential data that is commonly known by all social media users. In the case of Digg.com, the community brand is ‘Digg’ and the individual/collective persona is ‘Digger/s’, a title which refer to the audience and the users of the website.

These two labels are unanimously familiar to all users without exception. There are no topical barriers to overcome. Each user is naturally interested in content which references the community brand (Digg) and the individual or collective persona (digger/s) because they are actively engaged with the social media channel.

So in order to appeal to and attract the attention of all (or most) social media users, you’ll need to leverage the all-familiar brand of the community site while addressing the collective/individual persona directly. Talk to everyone by talking through an identity that everyone instinctively relates to.

This is the way you win their hearts or at the very least their attention or support.

Kina Grannis and Gotta Digg: Viral Marketing Through Digg.com

Here is a brilliant example of what I’ve mentioned above. Kina Grannis is an American singer participating in Crash The Super Bowl, a contest to determine which singer/band will get an Interscope recording contract and a chance to air a 60 second music video during the Superbowl.

User votes determine which artist gets to advance to the final round and the current round of voting ends on December 31st 2007. So the more votes she’s able to get, the better her chances of moving into the final selection process. To have a chance of winning, Kina needed votes. The more the merrier.

What Kina did was to write a song about SEX Digg and perform it while recording it on a video, which was then submitted to Digg last night with the title ‘Cute Girls Sing Awesome Song About Digg’. As you can probably imagine, the song did incredibly well and got to the Digg frontpage in 1 hr and 12 minutes.

The video was located on her blog post, which includes a plea for votes from the digg users who visited her page to view the video, which you can see below:

It also includes the lyrics for the song, which I’ve included below. Note specifically the use of inside references which are familiar to all (or most) Digg users:

 

The response by diggers was largely favorable. Almost all of them loved the song and marveled at how girls like Kina seemed to be a fan of Digg. A user even called it a nerdgasm and most thought Kina was cute and had a great voice.

The story was then picked up by Techcrunch and Techmeme, which probably helped the video to spread even further. At the moment now, the video has over 70,000 views and is on the second page of Youtube’s Most Viewed Today list.

It might not have the traction needed to advance higher on Celebrity money Youtube in order to get more views but things could change if the Hollywood video spreads fast enough. All this must be rather exciting for Kina, who developed an web reputation through this stunt.

Viral marketing 101, isn’t it? This actual scenario has all right elements in place for success. While the video was angled towards the Digg audience, it shows how easily social media communities of all sorts can be influenced by appealing to their emotional engagement with the community brand and collective/individual persona.

Something to keep in mind the next time you want to disseminate ideas or content in order to get the attention of social media communities. Now if you have a MySpace account, you might want to go cast a vote for Kina. ^_^