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<title>Lipstick</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Circa 4000 B.C.: The first recorded use of cosmetics is in ancient Egypt, where women used red ochre mixed with fat to paint their lips.</p>

<p>1000 B.C.: Greek women paint their lips with a mix of ochre and red iron.  </p>

<p>100 AD: In Rome, Platus writes, "A woman without paint is like food without salt."</p>

<p>1200s: Wealthy European women wear pink lipstick as a sign of wealth.</p>

<p>1770: The British Parliament passes a law condemning lipstick, stating that "women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft."</p>

<p>1900s: During the Victorian period, women who wear lipstick and other makeup are shunned by society.  Men are allowed to divorce wives who paint their lips.</p>

<p>1915: The United States is the first to manufacture commercial lipstick. </p>

<p>1910s: American women in the suffragette movement fight for their right to wear lipstick and take charge of their appearance.  They wear red lipstick as a symbol of their independence from men.</p>

<p>1920s: Twist-up lipstick is invented and it becomes fashionable to apply lipstick in public.</p>

<p>1930s: Lipstick sales soar despite the Depression. </p>

<p>1940s: During WWII, women on the home front wear lipstick as a sign of patriotism.</p>

<p>1949: Hazel Bishop creates the first long-lasting lipstick.</p>

<p>1952: Writer Paul Gallico writes an article lamenting the fact that "the billions and trillions of kisses that never happened because of that confounded red paste that women have been taught to smear upon their lips." </p>

<p>1957: Gala releases the "Lipline," a combination lipstick/lip pencil.  Around the same time, Gala introduces unusual colors like silver and green.</p>

<p>1959: Connie Francis releases a song, "Lipstick on Your Collar," about a girl who finds another woman's lipstick on her boyfriend's collar.</p>

<p>1961: Pale lipstick comes into vogue.  Women blend their own lipstick at home.</p>

<p>1960s:  A weapon called the "Lipstick Pistol" is employed by Soviet spies during the Cold War.  It is a 4.5mm single shot weapon disguised as a tube of lipstick.</p>

<p>1970s: Women throw out their lipstick along with their bras in an effort to defy traditional beauty standards.</p>

<p>1996: Shisedo Cosmetics, Tokyo, conducts a survey in which 87% of American women admitted to having left traces of lipstick in unwanted places.<br />
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<title>Morris the Cat</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>1968: Bob Martwick rescues Morris, a huge orange tabby cat, from harsh streetlight conditions and constant bouts with Chicago animal shelters, which is where Martwick finds him.  Martwick adopts him and then proceeds to show him to 9 Lives cat food company. They instantly fall in love with him. Morris begins to appear in 9 Lives' commercials right away.</p>

<p>Jan. 1973: Stars alongside Burt Reynolds and Dyan Cannon in <em>Shamus</em>.</p>

<p>1980: Co-authors his first two books <em>The Morris Approach</em> and <em>The Morris Method</em>.  The first gives pet owners tips on cat care.  The second is offered to new pet owners as part of a cat adoption kit.</p>

<p>1983: <em>Time Magazine</em> names Morris "The Feline Burt Reynolds".</p>

<p>1986: Publishes a third book <em>The Morris Prescription</em>.  It gives tips on cat healthcare.<br />
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1988: Runs for President of the United States.</p>

<p>1991: Hosts his own primetime TV special <em>Salute to America's Pets</em>.</p>

<p>1992: Runs for President of the United States again but even though he is clearly ahead of most candidates both years he runs, he decides his heart is with the cat food business and withdraws himself from the race.</p>

<p>Aug. 25, 2004:  Del Monte Foods Co. brings Morris out of retirement in an attempt to boost deflating sales.  </p>

<p>Sept. 2, 2005: Receives the keys to the city of Rogers, Arkansas and donates $5,000 to a local shelter.</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2005 09:49:29 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>Aug. 4, 1997: TiVo, Inc. is founded by Michael Ramsay and James Barton, both formerly of Silicon Graphics.  Their idea is to introduce a product that will "revolutionize the consumer electronics market".   </p>

<p>1999: TiVo is first introduced on the market.</p>

<p>Jan. 2000: TiVo announces a partnership with satellite company, Directv.</p>

<p>May 2003: Marty Yudkovitz is brought on as President of TiVo.</p>

<p>June 4, 2004: Eddy Hartenstein resigns from the board of directors. </p>

<p>Sept. 24, 2004: Matt Wisk is named as Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer. </p>

<p>Sept. 30, 2004: TiVo and Netflix announce plans to develop a joint entertainment product.</p>

<p>Nov. 9, 2004: TiVo wins the "Television Technology of the Year" award at the first annual <em>Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards</em> in Los Angeles.</p>

<p>Jan. 12, 2005: Chairman and CEO Mike Ramsay resigns as CEO but plans to remain on as Chairman.</p>

<p>Jan. 31, 2005: TiVo President, Marty Yudkovitz, resigns.</p>

<p>June 27, 2005: Veteran media executive Tom Rogers is named as President and CEO of TiVo, succeeding Mike Ramsay.</p>

<p>July 1, 2005: Jeff Klugman is named Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Service Provider Division.</p>

<p>July 13, 2005: Several TiVo products and innovations are featured at a year-long exhibit at the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, VA.</p>

<p>Aug. 15, 2005: TiVo announces that some subscribers will be able to download Independent Film Channel (IFC) programming via broadband to their TiVo Series2™ DVRs.<br />
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<title>Pledge of Allegiance</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Aug. 1892: The Pledge of Allegiance is written by Francis Bellamy, a Christian Socialist and cousin of writer Edward Bellamy.  The pledge contains no mention of God.</p>

<p>Sept. 8, 1892: The Pledge is published in <em>The Youth's Companion</em>, a prominent family magazine.</p>

<p>1923 and 1924:  The National Flag Conference changes the Pledge's words, "I pledge allegiance to my flag," to "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America", despite the protests of Francis Bellamy. </p>

<p>June 22, 1942: The 77th Congress passes an eight-section act officially recognizing the Pledge. Section 7 codifies the pledge and the proper way it is to be recited:  "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."</p>

<p>April 1951: the Knights of Columbus adopt a resolution to amend the Pledge to include the words, "under God."  </p>

<p>April 1953: Rep. Louis Rabaut, D-Mich. introduces a bill to Congress proposing the alteration of the Pledge to include the words "one nation under God".  </p>

<p>February 1954: Rev. George M. Docherty, pastor of the Presbyterian church in Washington, gives a sermon while President Eisenhower is in attendance.  He argues that the phrase "under God" should be added to the Pledge so that the pledge might be differentiated from the one recited by the communist heathens in Moscow.</p>

<p>June 14, 1954, Flag Day: After signing the bill to include "under God" in the pledge, Eisenhower declares: "millions of our schoolchildren will daily proclaim in every city and town ... the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty."<br />
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June 27, 2002: A federal appeals court rules that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is unconstitutional and is an "endorsement of religion" because of the 1954 addition of the phrase "under God".</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 01:20:55 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Botox</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>1895: Belgian Professor Emile Pierre van Ermengem identifies the bacterium <em>Bacillus botulinus</em>.</p>

<p>1946: Edward J. Schantz purifies botulinum toxin type A in crystalline form, allowing researchers to study it more closely.</p>

<p>1950s: Dr. Vernon Brooks discovers that botulinum toxin type A blocks the release of acetylcholine from motor nerve endings, temporarily paralyzing the muscle.</p>

<p>2000: The FDA approves Botox for the treatment of the abnormal head position and neck pain in patients with cervical dystonia.  </p>

<p>2001: The UK approves Botox for hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating.) </p>

<p>2002: The FDA approves Botox for cosmetic treatment of browline wrinkles. </p>

<p>Jan. 1995: Donny Osmond admits to having tried Botox but says he won't do it again.  </p>

<p>Aug. 15, 2005: Teen star Michelle Trachtenberg defines "young Hollywood" on <em>Access Hollywood</em>: "I think that's the meaning of young Hollywood, we still don't need the Botox."</p>

<p>Aug. 31, 2005: Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan announce their findings that Botox relieves the symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (enlarged prostate).<br />
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2005 02:08:17 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Tinkerbell Hilton</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Oct. 31, 2002: This teacup chihuahua is adopted by <a href="http://www.twoop.com/archives/2005/09/paris_hilton.html">Paris Hilton</a> in Los Angeles, California.</p>

<p>Nov. 01, 2002: In less than a day Tinkerbell is subjected to two flights that have taken her from one US coast to the other, and along with Paris Hilton, crashes three parties neither was invited to.  </p>

<p>Nov. 2, 2002: Tinkerbell falls in love with meat in gravy, presented to her by her own personal servant.</p>

<p>Nov.4, 2002: Tinkerbell gets new clothes: a pink angora sweater topped up with a huge pink bow on her head.</p>

<p>Aug. 12, 2004: Tinkerbell is missing after Hilton's apartment is <br />
robbed. Paris offers a $5000 reward for her.</p>

<p>Aug. 18, 2004: Tinkerbell is found.</p>

<p>Aug.19, 2004: With the help of ghostwriter D. Resin, <em>The Tinkerbell Hilton Diaries</em> is published.</p>

<p>Dec. 1, 2004: Tinkerbell is protrayed on <em>Southpark</em> where she kills herself to escape Paris Hilton.  Tinkerbell is not amused.</p>

<p>Feb. 5, 2005: Plays herself on <em>Saturday Night Live</em>.</p>

<p>June 22, 2005: Attacks a US TV producer after she puts her hand in Tinkerbell's Louis Vuitton carrying case.</p>

<p>Aug.18, 2005: People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals comes to Tinkerbell's defense after they hear Paris Hilton has pawned off the teacup chihuahua to her mom, Kathy Hilton, because she has gained too much weight from gorging too much meat in gravy. Paris is now spoiling Tinkerbell's replacement, Bambi, a lighter chihuahua.</p>

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