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To: Carolyn who wrote (568)	2/18/2005 10:00:11 PM
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"through prayer, fasting and meditation I will drop below 100 pounds, the dreaded three digits. I want to be 99 or nothing. want. did I say want? I shouldn't say want. I shouldn't say shouldn't. you're confused?... I'm trying to eliminate my ego but that action is ego itself. all action is ego. are you following me? I'm not here with my mirror and scale for the good of my health." – 'Tis by Frank McCourt Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you, and be silent. Epictetus (50 AD - 138 AD) bluedragonfly.org Anorexia Bracelets Reveal Secret Society Fri Feb 18, 5:48 PM ET Local - WDIV ClickOnDetroit.com They look like any bracelet you might buy at the mall. You probably wouldn't even notice if your child started wearing one, but these are not just any bracelet. They are a sign of membership in a disturbing world of underground Web sites, which connect people who share a dangerous passion. "They are encouraging people to be ill and it's like a secret cult, a secret society. Word spreads around and people have a lingo now," said Lynne Grege of the National Eating Disorders Association. The lingo includes nicknames like Ana and Mia. The cute names may sound innocent, but they aren't. Bracelets sell for about $20 on a web site called www.bluedragonfly.org and if you spot your child wearing one, you may have no idea what it means. Parents Local 4 spoke to said they thought the bracelets were just a teenage fad, but finding out what the fad was all about shocked them. They realized the teenagers were engaged in a practice that could be a matter of life and death. Local 4 discovered that the inconspicuous bracelets are actually a secret signal for people with eating disorders and other destructive behaviors. Red bracelets represent anorexia, purple is for bulimia and black and blue is for self injury, such as cutting and self mutilation. The nickname Ana is for anorexia and Mia is for bulimics. Eve Rosenblum, 18, owns one of the secret bracelets. The Royal Oak teenager has struggled with anorexia since she was 12 years old. She visits Web sites like Blue Dragon fly almost every day. "They understand. They don't think it's like horrible and they don't think you should get better," said Rosenblum. The Web sites don't discourage eating disorders. Lila's Good Health reports they encourage the behavior of people who want to keep starving themselves. The Blue Dragonfly Web site lists the first names and hometowns of girls who have ordered the secret bracelets. There's Kristina from Clarkston, Jessica from Inkster, Rachelle from Canton, and more. Visitors post messages encouraging each other's weight loss and even offer tips on how to purge quieter. The Web site features pictures of emaciated women. They call it "Thinspiration." They are pictures designed to inspire girls to lose more weight. Girls that Local 4 spoke to said the anorexia bracelets are more than a secret sign of membership. They use them to motivate themselves not to eat. "If you're going to eat something and you see the bracelet on your arm, you'll stop yourself and say I don't want that," said Rosenblum. news.yahoo.com

To: Carolyn who wrote (568)	2/21/2005 3:15:49 PM
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SA woman fears pharaoh's curse 21/02/2005 13:26 - (SA) Cairo - A South African woman and owner of a piece of jewellery believed stolen from the tomb of King Tutankhamen has asked the government in Cairo for help in breaking King Tut's curse after two members of her family suffered untimely deaths. In a letter to the ministry of culture, the owner of an antique scarab attributed the tragedies that befell her and a previous owner of the artefact to the so-called curse, a ministry official told the Cairo daily Al Akhbar. Several people linked to the 1922 discovery of King Tut's tomb have died mysteriously, giving rise to speculation about a pharaoh's curse. The scarab reportedly made its way to the shores of South Africa after a sailor passing through Egypt won it at a gambling table. Shortly after giving the item to his daughter, he was lost at sea. Then, just days after his body washed ashore, the young woman died of leukaemia. The sailor's wife, believing the item had brought her bad luck, gave it to the woman who now possesses it. The current owner lost her own daughter to leukaemia soon after taking possession of the scarab. Upon hearing about the mysterious deaths of several people involved in the discovery the tomb of King Tut, the woman found a buyer for the scarab. But tragedy was to strike again. The day before the transaction her husband suddenly passed away. Plunged into depression, she sought information about the traditions surrounding King Tut and came to believe that repatriating the scarab was the only way to break the alleged curse. She offered it to the culture ministry. Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said his organisation would send a delegation to South Africa to bring the scarab back to Egypt. King Tut, estimated to have died at the age of 18, ruled between 1319 and 1309BC during the 18th Dynasty. - Sapa-dpa news24.com