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(Andrea---Can't you see she's going places?)
Where she's From: Well let one of her biggest fans tell you. "Andrea Lamadora of House of Mamasan was the first stylist and designer that I worked with in the Bay Area when I began my musical career,� recalls Columbia artist Goapele.
"Her major in ethnic studies brings an influence from cultures around the world that she incorporates into her new school fashion ideas. When I'm wearing her innovative and chic Asian-inspired designs or when she's styling me for music videos, album covers or photo shoots there's an edge, substance, and sex appeal that I enjoy.�
House of Mamasan was founded in 2001 by Lamadora and her older sister Kila. Both women had always been great at style forecasting and assembling eclectic yet sophisticated looks, with closets full of custom, vintage and high-end designer finds. But it was the younger Lamadora that channeled her days as a fashion specialist at prominent cult labels like BCBG and make-up artist at Bare Essential, as well as serving as a personal shopping specialist that cemented her position as creative visionary while the older Lamadora focused on the business behind the seams.
Everything about a House of Mamasan design is unique. Each piece is a potent mix of cultures, ethnicities and textiles hence the term urban ethnic couture. Andrea, the company's 25 year-old designer is a deliciously gorgeous cocktail of Filipino, Spanish, French and Chinese descent, which embodies the essence of the House of Mamasan brand.
Where she's at: Born and raised in San Francisco, California, but currently residing in Oakland, Lamadora is a highly visible ambassador of fashion in the culturally diverse Bay area. Known for crafting dramatic, statement-making pieces using a rich palette of bold, bright colors, every look from her collection has a streak of global influence. "The community I live in rich with multi culture. I try to visually expose people to various backgrounds through my designs," explains the style chameleon. "By using different types of storytelling ethnic fabrics. I wanted to incorporate the influence of history and heritage in my line. It was important for me to communicate that while we all come from different places, every place has its own unique beauty.�
Constantly inspired by her exotic roots and world travels—Bali, Hong Kong, Thailand, Cuba, the Yucatan and Hawaii—Lamadora creates a trend setting, fashion-forward aesthetic that expresses a sexy urban attitude with ethnic flavor. The results of which can be found in her collection of discreetly sexy, quintessential Kimono tops with exaggerated sleeves and dresses made of sumptuous, fluid fabrics trimmed in silk embellishments or leather obi details. Her visually unconventional prints are not only influencing fashion amongst Northern California night lifers and event goers, but her celebrity clientele also feed off of her avant-garde glamour.
Where she's heading: Having styled Goapele and other artists for music videos, fashion spreads, concerts and album cover shoots, she's also been the styling force behind celebrities seen in a myriad of magazines from Essence to Vibe. In addition, Lamadora styled Goapele as she graced the cover of San Francisco Magazine as well as styling her sophomore album cover, "Change it All.� More recently, she designed the batik outfit for Goapele's music video "First
Love,� currently in rotation on VH-1 Soul. Lamadora says, "When Goapele's record made it to radio and she started attending red carpet events, everyone wanted to know who her stylist was.� It was the critically acclaimed singer that encouraged Lamadora to launch her own line after receiving high praises from fans about her tailor-made clothes.
The innovative pieces from Andrea's soon to be launched Winter 2006 collection are in high demand—complete with long sleeve kimonos, ethnic batiks and Mandarin high collar neck pieces in an amalgam of Burnt Mustards, Forest Greens, Mocha Chocolates, Deep Royal Purples and Honey Cognacs.
Andrea's Secret Of success: "It lies in my ability to connect art, nature and fashion without losing my customer. I have an ability to predict and set trends without being trendy—my love of visual communication and passion for learning.�
She adds: "I am influenced by Alexander McQueen, Valentino, Roberto Cavalli and Christian LaCroix. Gwen Stefani, Outkast, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Kahn, Ludacris, The Roots, Bjork, Common, Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu are great fun to watch as well, because like me, they are fearless when it comes to experimenting with different styles and really go against the grain. But they also manage for their personalities to stand out."
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Gaucher's disease(redirected from Acute cerebral Gaucher's disease)
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Gaucher's disease(gōshāz`), rare genetic disease involving a deficiency of an enzyme, glucocerebrosidase, which normally breaks down certain body glycolipids (i.e., lipidslipids,
a broad class of organic products found in living systems. Most are insoluble in water but soluble in nonpolar solvents. The definition excludes the mineral oils and other petroleum products obtained from fossil material.
..... Click the link for more information. (fats) that have a sugar molecule attached). There are three types of the disease. In all three types, the enzyme deficiency results in a buildup of the glycolipid glucocerebroside in the bone marrow, liver, and spleen, resulting in anemia and other blood disorders, bone pain and pathologic fractures, and enlarged liver and spleen. In Type II, the central nervous system is also affected. Patients are severely mentally retarded and have difficulty controlling their muscles. The disease progresses quickly from birth and usually is fatal by the age of two. In Type III disease, the course is chronic and central nervous system involvement begins later on. The symptoms are the same as those of Type II. Type I disease occurs most often in Ashkenazi Jews of Eastern European origin, Type III in people of Swedish origin.
There is no cure for Gaucher's disease, but in 1991 an enzyme replacement drug, Ceridase, was approved and allowed people with Type I disease (the most common) to live nearly normal lives. Ceridase was extracted from human placental tissue in very small amounts and the supply was limited. In 1994, a genetically engineered version of the drug (Cerezyme) was introduced. Both were developed as orphan drugs and were controversial because of their costliness.
Gaucher's disease[gō′shāz di'zēz]
A rare chronic, probably hereditary disease in which cells loaded with cerebrosides become localized in reticuloendothelial tissue and eventually cause tissue destruction; manifestations include enlargement of the spleen, bronzing of the skin, and anemia. Also known as cerebroside lipoidosis; familial splenic anemia.

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Here is the current status of the Diamondback Fitness 1100El model:
- Status: Discontinued
- Parts Available: You may be able to find parts and service for this discontinued fitness machine at EES Parts or Fitness Repair Parts. If they don't have them, unfortunately, they no longer exist.
- Manual Available: Yes
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This traditional health resort Bad Kissingen is an approved mineral and mud spa and has a long history as a spa.
Bad Kissingen is located in Bavaria on the south-east edge of the Bavarian Rhön nature reserve, The Bad prefix to signify its official spa status was added to Kissingen's name as far back as 1883 and has since evolved into a state-of-the art health resort.
Top class for health and wellness
Bad Kissingen specialises in therapeutic mineral and mud baths, which are renowned for their healing powers. In its time, the Bavarian state spa's excellent reputation has drawn a host of prominent figures, including Empress Sisi, Gioachino Rossini, Otto von Bismarck, Theodor Fontane and Theodor Heuss. In addition to the extensive range of high-quality health treatments on offer, much emphasis is placed on fitness and well-being at Bad Kissingen, which boasts magnificent parks complete with mediterranean hydrotherapy areas, historical buildings and a high-calibre cultural scene – in short, everything that visitors could ask for.
KissSalis thermal baths
Especially recommended is a trip to the KissSalis thermal baths. In this light-filled wellness complex covering 1,000 square metres and served by the Schönborn mineral spring, guests can swim, relax and unwind. Cares simply melt away under the waterfall and in the highly concentrated saline baths. Visitors can also try out the various therapy and massage pools, have a go at saltwater inhalation, or relax in the glass steam room and the mud room. Bad Kissingen's extensive range of health and fitness treatments is rounded off by the sauna complex.
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More than a decade ago, Ray Nagin was elected mayor of New Orleans on a vow to root out corruption in a city plagued by decades of it. On Jan. 18, the former mayor was indicted on charges he lined his pockets with bribe money, payoffs and gratuities while the chronically poor city struggled to recover from Hurricane Katrina's punishing blow.
The federal indictment alleges that city contractors paid Nagin more than $200,000 in bribes and subsidized his trips to Hawaii, Jamaica and other places in exchange for his help securing millions of dollars in work for the city.
The charges against Nagin are the product of a City Hall corruption investigation that already has resulted in guilty pleas by two former city officials and two businessmen and a prison sentence for a former city vendor.
The case also punctuates the reversal of political and personal fortune for Nagin, who had what New Orleans Magazine editor Errol Laborde called "rock star status" soon after his election in 2002.
Nagin, a former cable television executive, took office with an image as a largely apolitical businessman ready to root out corruption. "The media bought into that 100 percent. They used the term 'crackdown on corruption,"' Laborde said.
But Nagin's popularity and support waned in the years after Katrina. The federal investigation of his administration was mushrooming by the time he left office in 2010.
Rafael Goyeneche, head of the nonprofit watchdog agency the Metropolitan Crime Commission, remembers Nagin entering office with a call for the public to let authorities know about corruption.
"To go from the mandate that he was elected with to reading this indictment today and finding out that he was in many respects, if these allegations are true, a complete fraud, is eye-opening," Goyeneche said on Jan. 18.
In inauguration remarks May 6, 2002, Nagin promised a City Hall "where permits and licenses are provided quickly, predictably and honestly; where contracts are awarded based on what you can do, not who you know."
Soon afterward, his administration's probe into alleged corruption in taxi cab regulation resulted in numerous arrests.
"We're basically trying to send the signal … that what has happened in the past, and the way people played in the gray areas, is no longer acceptable," Nagin said at the time. "We need to get in step with what's done in the rest of the country."
The indictment accuses Nagin of accepting more than $160,000 in bribes and truckloads of free granite for his family business in exchange for promoting the interests of a local businessman who secured millions of dollars in city contract work after the 2005 hurricane. The businessman, Frank Fradella, pleaded guilty in June to conspiracy to commit bribery and has been cooperating with federal authorities.
Nagin, 56, also is charged with accepting at least $60,000 in payoffs from another businessman, Rodney Williams, for his help in securing city contracts for architectural, engineering and management services work. Williams, who was president of Three Fold Consultants LLC, pleaded guilty Dec. 5 to a conspiracy charge.
The indictment also accuses Nagin – who now lives in Frisco, Texas – of getting free private jet and limousine services to New York from an unidentified businessman who owned a New Orleans movie theater. Nagin is accused of agreeing to waive tax penalties that the businessman owed to the city on a delinquent tax bill in 2006.
From several city contractors, Nagin is accused of accepting free travel and vacation expenses for trips to Hawaii, Chicago, Las Vegas and Jamaica while in office.
The alleged bribery plot isn't limited to Nagin's tenure as mayor. Prosecutors say Nagin, a Democrat, accepted monthly payoffs from Fradella totaling $112,250 after he left office.
In 2010, Greg Meffert, a former technology official and deputy mayor under Nagin, pleaded guilty to charges he took bribes and kickbacks in exchange for steering city contracts to businessman Mark St. Pierre. Anthony Jones, who served as the city's chief technology officer in Nagin's administration, also pleaded guilty to taking payoffs.
Meffert cooperated with the government in its case against St. Pierre, who was convicted in May 2011 of charges that include conspiracy, bribery and money laundering. The indictment says Nagin accepted bribes from St. Pierre, including free travel and lodging, cellphone service for relatives, and campaign funding.
Nagin's attorney, Robert Jenkins, didn't immediately return cellphone calls seeking comment on the indictment. No one answered the door at Nagin's home in Texas on Friday afternoon.
Nagin was a political novice before his first term as mayor in 2002, buoyed by strong support from white voters. He cast himself a reform-minded progressive who wasn't bound by party affiliations, as he snubbed fellow Democrat Kathleen Blanco and endorsed Republican Bobby Jindal's unsuccessful gubernatorial campaign in 2003.
Katrina elevated Nagin to the national stage, where he gained a reputation for colorful and sometimes cringe-inducing rhetoric.
During a radio interview broadcast in the storm's early aftermath, he angrily pleaded with federal officials to "get every doggone Greyhound bus line in the country and get their asses moving to New Orleans." In January 2006, he apologized for a Martin Luther King Day speech in which he predicted New Orleans would be a "chocolate city" and asserted that "God was mad at America."
Strong support from black voters helped Nagin win re-election in 2006 despite widespread criticism of his post-Katrina leadership. But the glacial pace of rebuilding, a surge in violent crime and the budding City Hall corruption investigation chipped away at Nagin's popularity during his second term.
Nagin could not seek a third consecutive term because of term limits. Mitch Landrieu, who ran against Nagin in 2006, succeeded him in 2010.
Aaron Bennett, a businessman awaiting sentencing in a separate bribery case, told The Times-Picayune that he introduced Nagin to Fradella specifically to help the mayor get Home Depot granite installation work for a business that he and his sons founded. Fradella's company received more than $4 million in city contracts for repair work at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and in the French Quarter after Katrina, the indictment says.
Some of the allegations in the indictment have been the subject of state ethics complaints.
In April 2010, the Louisiana Board of Ethics charged Nagin with two possible violations of state ethics law. One charge involved Nagin's "use of a credit card and/or gifts" from St. Pierre. In the other charge, the Ethics Board said Stone Age LLC, the Nagin family's business, was compensated for installation services provided to Home Depot while the home improvement retailer was negotiating tax breaks from the city.
The indictment doesn't mention Home Depot by name but says Nagin approved a 2007 ordinance that allowed city property to be sold to an unidentified "major retail corporation" at the same time he was soliciting the retailer for work for his granite business.
Nagin has largely steered clear of the political arena since he left office. On his Twitter account, he describes his current occupations as author, public speaker and "green energy entrepreneur." He wrote a self-published memoir called "Katrina's Secrets: Storms After the Storm."
A few hours before his indictment, Nagin retweeted a post by Texas megachurch pastor Joel Osteen that says, "You are closest to your victory when you face the greatest opposition."
Landrieu, Nagin's successor, called Friday a "sad day" for the city.
"Today's indictment of former Mayor Ray Nagin alleges serious violations of the public's trust," he said in a statement. "Public corruption cannot and will not be tolerated."
Nagin's indictment is another blemish on the reputation of the city, which has been plagued by decades of corruption.
"I was really disappointed in him," said Norlita Parker Wells, a city employee. "I expected more from him. I think it's funny only because when he was entering office he said he was going to run such a tight ship. What happened?"
Associated Press writers Danny Robbins in Dallas and Kevin McGill and Chevel Johnson in New Orleans contributed to this report.
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Facebook has made it easier for developers to test apps they create for the ginormous social-networking mega-site.
"Today we are announcing the ability to create and add Test Users to your apps from the Developer Site," writes software engineering intern Chris Dentel on Facebook's Developer Blog.
Devs have been able to create Test Users, which Facebook describes as "invisible user accounts associated with an app created for the purpose of testing the functionality of that app", since November, but doing so required writing code.
Tuesday's upgrade allows devs to create those invisible app-testing friends, Dentel explains, through "a simple user interface within the Developer App."
This latest developer-tools addition is part of Facebook's Operation Developer Love program, announced last October, which intends to address dev's needs and concerns about the social-media site's developer program. ®


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