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As the Chief Executive Officer of GEP, Subhash has been instrumental in guiding GEP into one of the fastest growing technology, consulting and outsourcing companies in the U.S. by building a...
Abhishek manages large-scale global procurement transformation programs. He is a seasoned supply chain professional with a strong focus on strategic sourcing, optimization of supplier network, low cost country sourcing, procurement process outsourcing and procurement organization restructuring. He has worked across multiple domains (including CPG, pharma, and industrial products) and across continents. Prior to joining GEP, Abhishek worked with Capgemini, Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
He has an MBA degree from Wake Forest University and an engineering degree from IIT Roorkee. He also holds a CPIM certification from APICS.
Al has two decades of experience building and leading successful global marketing teams in the B2B arena, including IT products and services, professional and business services, financial services, business process outsourcing and cloud-based software (SaaS). He comes to GEP from Innodata Isogen, where he was Vice President, Marketing, and Chief Marketing Officer for nine years. His areas of expertise include brand strategy and positioning, marketing communications, public relations, web and digital marketing, as well as demand and lead generation.
Al graduated from Northwestern University with a MSJ in Marketing and Media Management, and Vassar College with a BA in History.
Badri is the Global Vice President (Shared Services), managing the Human Resources function for GEP. He has over 15 years' experience across the areas of Business Consulting, Sales Support, Business Operations, Resource Management, HR advisory, HR operations, and Process management and control.
Prior to joining GEP, Badri served as a Vice President in Accenture's HR organization, responsible for the Planning & Forecasting function for the Company. Earlier, he also served in various capacities in Accenture's India HR team, and earlier still, in their Consulting and Technology businesses.
Badri holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering from BITS Pilani, and a Business Management degree from XLRI Jamshedpur.
Biju is a Vice President of consulting at GEP. Based out of our NJ office, he has led several large scale strategic sourcing programs. He is currently leading the consulting engagement for one of the largest biotechnology companies in the world.
Biju has over 15 years of management consulting experience having worked with clients across industries located in US, Europe and Asia. During this time, he has led and managed large supply chain transformation projects for several organizations in the consumer goods and retail sector.
Prior to joining GEP, Biju was a Senior Manager in the strategy consulting practice at A.T. Kearney responsible for managing several large scale engagements with multiple clients in India. Earlier, he also was a manager with Accenture in their consulting group.
Biju has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and a BS in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai.
As one of the key members of the Consulting team, Binayak is responsible for large-scale strategic engagements, delivering sustainable cost savings and process improvement across various industries. He has extensive experience working with many Fortune 500 corporations. He is a seasoned professional in the field of supply chain and indirect spend management and is a recognized leader in procurement transformation, change management, and people development. Bin is based out of Clark, New Jersey. Prior to joining GEP, he was a Market Maker in the transportation and corporate services verticals at FreeMarkets Inc., where he focused on strategic client engagements in the US and in Europe. Before FreeMarkets Inc, he worked at Smith Barney. He was recently selected as a "2009 Pro to Know" by Supply and Demand Chain Executive magazine for demonstrating leadership during times of economic crisis. Bin has earned his B.A. in Economics from Franklin and Marshall College.
Bruce is a Vice President at GEP and an expert on sourcing and procurement strategies in the information technology and telecommunications sectors.
With over 30 years of experience, Bruce served in executive positions at several private companies and has been a leader at A.T. Kearney and EDS. Bruce has led global consulting assignments across multiple industries and in all areas of High Tech & Communications including procurement strategy/design, strategic sourcing, customer service, sustainability and M&A activity. Former Fortune 500 clients include: AT&T, Becton Dickinson, Bell Canada, FedEx, Lucent, New York City Transit Authority, Queensland Rail, Telstra, Time Inc., and Verizon.
Prior to joining GEP, Bruce served as a Vice President/Sr. Principal at A.T. Kearney. Bruce earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of New Hampshire. He has authored several articles on outsourcing telecommunications operations. Bruce has volunteered substantial time to youth and church activities and has served in many leadership positions.
As a Vice President for Consulting at GEP and part of the Global Leadership Team, Chetan is responsible for leading key strategic accounts. He has managed multiple, large scale supply chain engagements for many private sector clients and brings in more than 15 years of consulting and industry experience. Chetan has spent most of his consulting career delivering cost-reducing transformation projects in retail, manufacturing and automotive industries. He has extensive experience in helping clients with working capital and cost-driven improvements.
Chetan's specialties include large account management, strategic sourcing, category management, ERP/procurement systems, and procure-to-pay process design. He has also authored several papers focused on procurement transformation.
Chetan is a Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) and an alumnus of Ohio University with degrees in engineering and business. He also serves as a board member and special advisor to MG Charities.
As Vice President of Technology, Dhananjay drives Integrated eProcurement platform roadmap, development & operations at GEP. He leads the development of innovative, simple and intuitive platform, delivered as subscription based "Software-as-a-Service". Prior to joining GEP, He was Core Team Leader for Intel Corporation, responsible for delivering IP / Telco servers based on latest Intel processors. During his ten years at Intel, he assumed various roles developing and delivering cutting edge solutions in telecommunications, voice-over-IP and speech processing. Prior to Intel, Dhananjay led the development of Intelligent Network framework for Telecom switches at Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), India's premier R&D company.
Dhananjay earned an MBA from Cornell University with specialization in General Management. He holds Master of Technology in Electronics from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics from Visveswaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur with top rankings. He also holds two US patents for his work at Intel.
As GEP Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Jagadish "JT" Turimella leads the consulting practice and manages the company's operational functions. Under his leadership, the company has grown into a leading procurement consulting, outsourcing and technology firm that has won many industry accolades for growth and great client work. For his leadership within GEP and in the broader supply chain field, JT has been named one of the "Pros to Know," a list of top industry professionals, by the Supply & Demand Chain Executive.
Prior to joining GEP, he was a senior manager within the operational and pharmaceutical practice at A.T. Kearney. JT has held various management positions at the Option Clearing Corporation and Intergraph Corporation. At Intergraph Corporation, he was responsible for creating new software products and developing and executing go-to-market strategies.
JT received his MBA with high honors from the University of Chicago. He also holds an M.S. in Computer Science and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, both from Clemson University. He also serves as an Advisory Board Member at Clemson's Department of Computer Science.
As a Vice President of Technology at GEP, Mahesh leads product engineering, quality assurance, deployment and support of GEP's upstream product suite.
Mahesh has over two decades of extensive experience in developing solutions and frameworks in the BFSI, telecom and ecommerce space. He has successfully led many large system integration and outsourcing programs for several multinational clients across diverse geographies like USA, Europe, ASEAN and India.
Prior to joining GEP, Mahesh was a Managing Director with Accenture's Financial Services practice for its India delivery center.
Mahesh holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Mumbai University.
As Vice President and Head of Market Intelligence, Center of Excellence at GEP, Marcy looks after GEP's Advisory Services to support strategic decision making for clients. She has managed over 100 supply chain and procurement intelligence assignments in her career so far, ranging from business process improvement and effectiveness to strategic supply chain design for multinational clients.
Marcy's areas of expertise include procurement intelligence and integration of procurement intelligence with sourcing. She also has experience in business process reengineering, performance improvement and sourcing excellence, supply chain design and optimization, strategic cost reduction across various industries.
Prior to joining GEP, Marcy was working with Beroe, where she developed the firm's go-to-market strategy for industry specific intelligence services and established its global business development organization. Before Beroe, Marcy has worked at Gartner and IBM Global Services in executive roles.
Marcy has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Information Systems and an MBA from Pennsylvania State University.
Matthew manages strategic global accounts headquartered in Europe. He has deep experience of supply chain strategy, operations and change management as well as procurement, both as a consultant and within industry.Matthew has worked with blue-chip clients across the commercial, financial and public sectors. Prior to GEP, he worked at BearingPoint and Celerant Consulting in London and across Europe. He has specific experience in automotive, chemicals, FMCG, life sciences, manufacturing, paper and print, and retail industries, as well as retail banking and healthcare.
Matthew has a Ph.D. in Medieval Literature and Philosophy from Cambridge University. He speaks French, German and Spanish.
As Vice President of global business development, Mita is responsible for the strategy and growth of GEP's end-to-end services business. She brings deep experience in business process transformation, procurement and growth strategy. Prior to joining GEP, she was part of the co-founding team and general manager at Procurian, where she had P&L responsibility for key client services and she led large business development initiatives to build the business globally. In prior roles, Mita was a consultant at A.T. Kearney, and senior project manager at Strategic Management Group.
Mita earned her MBA from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and her BS in marketing and multinational management from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
As Executive Vice President of Business Development at GEP, Neha guides the company's growth initiatives by building and managing relationships with strategic customers and leading full-scale consulting engagements. Prior to joining GEP, Neha was a consultant at Accenture where she worked on a variety of sales, marketing and R&D engagements for Fortune 100 companies. She also assisted in the development of Accenture's Pharmaceutical and Medical Practices' eCommerce venture strategy. Before that, she was an associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Neha received her MBA with a concentration in Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with distinction. She also has a Bachelors degree in Finance from the Wharton School.
Roopa's role as the President of GEP involves overseeing the company's day-to-day activities, as well as managing the company's public sector practice. Prior to forming GEP, Roopa served as the director of business development for Novo Nordisk, identifying, assessing and negotiating new business opportunities. Before that, as a management consultant with A.T. Kearney, she led strategic sourcing and spend management engagements for Fortune 100 companies. A licensed pharmacist, Roopa has held various positions in R&D and technical sales at Rhone Poulenc (now Rhodia) and at Hoechst, spanning various aspects of manufacturing, packaging, and quality assurance.
Roopa earned an MBA from the University of Chicago, an M.S. with highest honors in Industrial Pharmacy from Long Island University, and a B.S. in Pharmacy from Bombay University.
As Vice President of Technology at GEP, Santosh leads the Spend Analysis and Asia Technology Operations. Prior to joining GEP, he was instrumental in setting up the CP Ships' Asia-based Global Delivery Center. Before moving to Asia, he held various management roles at CP Ships in the US and was responsible for product engineering, cross-platform integration and lead the engineering development centers in US and UK. Previously he worked on technology strategy and product development for Supply Chain, Telecommunications and Financial Industries at organizations such as Archents, Verizon, Kforce and Decision Consultants.
Santosh received his MBA with top honors from University of South Florida. He also holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from USF and a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Bangalore University.
Santosh is a Vice President for Client Services & Innovation at GEP. He has over 12 years of experience in managing large-scale procurement transformation engagements for leading Fortune 500 companies, including advisory and implementation services. He is adept at setting organizational priorities with CFOs, analyzing current state and gaps, developing potential solutions, building internal consensus and managing program execution.
Santosh also leads the Innovation function at GEP, developing new products & services to meet client needs by incorporating complex aspects of mobile interfaces, social media, cloud computing and big data.
Santosh has an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and a bachelor's degree in engineering.
As a Vice President for Global Delivery at GEP, Shankar manages delivery of consulting and procurement outsourcing services to all our clients. Shankar has over 21 years of global delivery experience, working with several multinational banks, financial services and consulting organizations in leadership roles. He has worked in diverse geographies like India, Japan, UK, USA & Germany, focusing on delivering business outcomes across lines of business.
Prior to joining GEP, Shankar was a Managing Director with Accenture's Global Delivery Network based out of India, and was leading large and complex delivery portfolios. He has driven the creation of industry-focused offerings for clients and organization-building activities focused on developing global talent. Shankar has been a speaker and panelist in several industry and campus events on risk management, outsourcing and other related topics.
Shankar holds a degree in Engineering with a specialization in Computer Science.
Steve Bucalo provides specialized supply chain advisory services, formulates business strategies and implements change which creates competitive advantage for many Fortune 500 companies and leading public sector enterprises. He leads client consulting teams that have produced over $5 billion of strategically sourced contracts for materials, equipment and services.
Prior to joining GEP, Steve was a Vice President of AT Kearney and a Partner with Ernst & Young. He holds an MBA from Long Island University and a BS in Economics from Manhattan College.
As the Chief Executive Officer of GEP, Subhash has been instrumental in guiding GEP into one of the fastest growing technology, consulting and outsourcing companies in the U.S. by building a cohesive global leadership team, simplified technology and a list of Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies as customers. Prior to co-founding GEP, he led strategy, supply chain, procurement and global outsourcing engagements at Accenture. Before joining Accenture, he worked at Hoechst Celanese.
Subhash earned a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Polytechnic University, an MBA with highest honors from the University of Chicago, and an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island. His undergraduate degree is from the University Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT), Bombay. He also holds three US Patents.
As Global Vice President of Sales, Suresh leads GEP's global sales organization for technology as well as services. He is responsible for building and retaining GEP's customer base for the procurement technology solutions.
Suresh joins us from Zycus, Inc. where he was Regional Vice President of North America Sales. He has 20 years of sales experience in the Enterprise Software, Telecommunications and IT Industries in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific in which over 10 years has been in the Procurement Technology business in US and Europe. He's also worked at Parametric Technology Corporation and ADC Communications.
Suresh graduated from the University of Madras with a B.E. in Electrical and Electronics and also has an MBA in Marketing from India.
Based in North America, Tom serves as a Vice President for Consulting services with a focus on delivering significant client savings on MRO and Capital projects. In his current role, he is focused on the sales and delivery of Procurement Transformation solutions to clients in a wide range of industries and is also leading multiple client projects on indirect material and strategic sourcing.
An operations executive with extensive government, industry and consulting experience in the Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Steel and Chemical industries, Tom's areas of expertise include Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement Outsourcing, Supply Chain Management and MRO Management.
He has more than 35 years of experience and has worked in various roles with companies like EDS, A.T. Kearney, Grumman Aerospace and the U.S. Navy. Tom has a BA in Economics from the DeSales University and an MBA in Organization & Management from the Temple University.
Tom is also the Author of a white paper "MRO Procurement: A Primer for Success".
As Vice President Tony Tringale helps clients achieve real savings through delivery and adoption and procurement best practices and technology.
He has more than 20 years of procurement transformation experience working for clients in a variety of industries including telecommunications and media, high tech, as well as several clients in the public sector.
Tony earned a BS in Engineering from VA Tech and his MBA from Fayetteville State University. He worked with Accenture prior to joining GEP.
Tunir leads GEP Consulting operations in India. He spearheads strategic client management, and sourcing and operations improvement program delivery at key clients in India and other geographies. Additionally, he coaches and mentors consultants and promotes learning and thought leadership within the firm.
Prior to joining GEP, Tunir was with Accenture's Chicago office where he led strategy and transformation engagements across industries at Fortune 100 corporations. Before joining Accenture, he spent several years with Siemens Healthcare in the US in the company's R&D and Product Development functions.
Tunir holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and an undergraduate degree in Computer Science & Engineering.
Abhishek manages large-scale global procurement transformation programs. He is a seasoned supply chain professional with a strong focus on strategic sourcing, optimization of supplier network, low...
Al has two decades of experience building and leading successful global marketing teams in the B2B arena, including IT products and services, professional and business services, financial services...
Badri is the Global Vice President (Shared Services), managing the Human Resources function for GEP. He has over 15 years' experience across the areas of Business Consulting, Sales Support,...
Biju is a Vice President of consulting at GEP. Based out of our NJ office, he has led several large scale strategic sourcing programs. He is currently leading the consulting engagement for...
As one of the key members of the Consulting team, Binayak is responsible for large-scale strategic engagements, delivering sustainable cost savings and process improvement across various...
Bruce is a Vice President at GEP and an expert on sourcing and procurement strategies in the information technology and telecommunications sectors.
With over 30 years of experience, Bruce...
As a Vice President for Consulting at GEP and part of the Global Leadership Team, Chetan is responsible for leading key strategic accounts. He has managed multiple, large scale supply chain...
As Vice President of Technology, Dhananjay drives Integrated eProcurement platform roadmap, development & operations at GEP. He leads the development of innovative, simple and intuitive...
As GEP Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Jagadish "JT" Turimella leads the consulting practice and manages the company's operational functions. Under his leadership, the company has grown...
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Residence HallsThe college has five residence halls: Arnold, Huston, Long, Woodlee‑Ewing and Robinson. Each residence hall contains a computer lab which is linked to BryanNet. In addition to the residence halls, the college has two townhouse buildings for upper-classmen and off‑campus housing is available to single students who are at least 22 years old and to all married students.
The H. D. Long Residence Hall and Huston Residence Hall both were built in 1963‑64. They each have 52 student rooms which are individually climate controlled. Each student room has a sink and is furnished with built‑in beds, wardrobes and study desks. Each hall has a lounge, kitchen, residence director's apartment, bathrooms, laundry rooms, and storage areas.
Arnold Residence Hall, with a capacity of 104 students, was built in 1972. The 52 rooms are "suite style," with a connecting bathroom for every two rooms. The building is carpeted throughout with a lounge, kitchen, laundry rooms, and storage facilities. All rooms are individually climate controlled.
Woodlee‑Ewing Residence Hall, with a capacity of 174 students, was built in 1984. The building is designed in "suite style" to accommodate two students per room, with every two rooms having a connecting bathroom. Each room's built‑in furniture is arranged to provide two private study centers. All rooms are tiled and individually climate controlled. Lounges, a kitchen area, storage facilities, a laundry room, and a resident director's apartment complement the 87 student rooms.
Robinson Hall, which was constructed in 2006, has 60 student rooms which are individually climate controlled. Each student room has a sink and is furnished with modular beds, wardrobes and study desks. Robinson also has bathrooms and a lounge on each floor, a kitchen, residence director's apartment, laundry rooms, and storage areas.
The first phase of Townhouses at Bryan Commons was completed in the summer of 2010 and occupied during the 2010-2011 school year. The first phase incorporated two buildings with a total of eleven units for students and one unit for a resident director, each split between two floors. Each student unit houses six students and is made up of a kitchen, living room, three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Each bedroom is designed to accommodate two students; the upstairs bathroom is equipped with two showers and two sinks so that, when combined with the downstairs bathroom, up to three students are able to get ready simultaneously. Phase two calls for two additional townhouses to be built on the same site, and that construction process will begin whenever the need for student housing arises.


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OSAKA, Japan -- Laughing is said to be good for the mind and body. Taking that advice to heart, a number of seniors are flocking to laughter yoga — an exercise that encourages people to laugh while practicing yoga.
Despite its name, laughter yoga does not require practitioners to bend and contort their bodies into difficult poses. Developed in 1995 by an Indian doctor and his wife, the exercise only requires people to take deep breaths while doing simple poses.
The exercise trend has spread to more than 70 countries around the world, including the United States, China and Germany. According to Laughter Yoga Japan, a nonprofit, the exercise can help refresh the mind and body, ease stress and improve the lymphatic and circulatory systems.
Bright and early on a spring day, about 30 members of a laughter yoga group gathered in Osaka Castle Park in Chuo Ward, Osaka. "Imagine you're an airplane flying to Hawaii," Rikako Ueda, the group's organizer, told participants.
The group then stretched their arms wide open to mimic airplane wings before bursting out into laughter while running around.
After a while, the group began clapping before saying in unison, "Eeyan, eeyan . . . " or "It's good" in the local dialect.
"If you can't laugh properly, just let out a loud 'hahaha,'" said Ueda, a 58-year-old certified laughter yoga teacher.
The exercise continued as members were prompted to imagine themselves picking up gold bars or peeling huge bananas. They also mimicked swimming strokes, such as freestyle and the dog paddle.
The group continued the laughing exercises for about an hour.
In a survey of 2,471 people conducted by Tetsuya Ohira, a professor at Fukushima Medical University, more than 60 percent of female respondents under 50 said they laughed almost every day, compared to just 43 percent for those 70 or older.
For men, the figure stood at 36 percent for those 70 or older, significantly lower than the 58 percent recorded for those under 40.
"The less people laugh, the more likely they are to develop memory loss or other symptoms," Ohira said.
Hiroshi Inoue, professor emeritus at Kansai University, also said, "Laughing is an excellent ability that humans have."
"As people get older, they tend to laugh less and don't talk to others as much. But that would be a regretful waste of such an excellent ability," said Inoue.


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In order to prevent log jams, lumberjacks had to be quick and accurate when logrolling to ensure their lumber made it safety to its destination, but today, park goers are turning it into a sport.Made of the same material as a kayak, logrolling is made easy with "trainers" on the end of each log to slow the spin, allowing beginners to get a solid footing. The surface of the log is etched for traction -- no shoes required.M.A. Rosko grabs a preview of logrolling classes set for Sunday, Aug. 18 at French Regional Park in Plymouth, Minn.
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The lawn area, where private cabinas could be hired for a fee, seemed to take up space which could have been used to provide another quiet pool area fro adults. We found the Solarium to be too cold even in August and the depth of this adults' pool was a joke.
The constant music on deck was irritating and we soon tired of the limited repertoire of the reident singers.
On the plus side, our cabin was the best we have experienced. The bathroom was spacious with a beautiful corner shower cubicle.The shows were excellent and the cruise director was very engaging and a talented singer and entertainer.
Overall we enjoyed the cruise as much as our holidays on Princess and Royal Carribean. The sunbeds were certainly more comfortable than on Princess, but that is another story!


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Sometimes devices are left pending in the QA process and these are then not available for customers when the item gets published.
Sometimes the devices are left pending because there were problems or devices are not available yet for public but sometimes devices just get "stuck" in the pending state without reason. How can we force to get these devices approved? Resubmit the content item again without changes so that the QA process is triggered again?


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Let me start by saying that this is an English ship and we have never cruised on an English ship before but being Australian we thought their cuisine should be somewhat similar. The food quality, quantity, variety and preparation were below an acceptable standard.
Main Dining Room: We had 4 couples at our table, 2 of whom were English, and we were all struggling to remain cheerful when faced with, on many nights, inedible dishes. For example - Vegetables such as broccoli and beans were so rubbery that they could not be cut with a steak knife, likewise hard carrots etc. Soup was either canned or unidentifiable if you had forgotten what you ordered. Pasta and Salad choices were almost nonexistent and Desserts in the main were horrible - no chance of putting on weight here. Example - menu said Pears lightly poached in White Wine. Reality - canned peaches in syrup. The really said part of this was that the dining service was 5 star and deserved 5 star meals.
Buffet: Breakfast was the only decent meal in the buffet and then it was severely limited. For instance, no omelettes at all and all fried eggs were cooked in advance and sitting on warming platters. Fresh fruit was in very limited supply, quality was poor and bananas had to be requested. Lunch was pathetic, curries appeared to have been made with last night's leftovers, pasta was pre-cooked and sitting on a water laden platter which was then topped with a watery sauce; not a crumb of parmesan in sight!
On a happier note, the fact that the ship was child free was a definite plus.
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SAO PAULO (AP) -- Brazilian authorities say the pace of construction has improved significantly at the delayed World Cup stadium in Curitiba and are optimistic the southern city will still be able to host games.
A local government commission monitoring the work is expected to issue a report next week, but a city official told The Associated Press on Wednesday he doesn't think there will be a reason to drop Curitiba as a host city.
Curitiba Urban Planning Secretary Reginaldo Cordeiro says "work is progressing" satisfactorily at the Arena da Baixada.
FIFA said local officials have until Feb. 18 to show the city will be able to finish the stadium in time for the World Cup in June. Football's governing body will make its own evaluation to decide whether to keep games in Curitiba.


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Seen at the Movies: With the release of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, George Lucas' galactic saga is supposedly at end, and it's none too soon for my endurance. This installment, which prepares the way retrospectively for the first three to be released (a long, long time ago, in the cinematic dark ages of 1977-83), has considerably more punch and forward momentum than the last two. It's undeniably satisfying to see the final metamorphosis of Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader, and to see the pieces laid in place for the continuation of the story in Episode IV A New Hope—which many of us persist in referring to simply as Star Wars. Yet the problems that have plagued this round of digitally driven chapters (starting with The Phantom Menace in 1999 and continuing through Attack of the Clones in 2002) remain. As the heroine Padmé, Natalie Portman is equally encumbered by massive hair rolls and deadening dialogue, while Hayden Christensen's Anakin is fatally insipid. There's a fundamental disconnect between this snit-fit-throwing boy and Darth Vader—is it just the mask, for example, that transforms Christensen's adolescent vocalisms into the booming cadences of James Earl Jones? Anakin's transformation is confusingly and unconvincingly motivated, which is real letdown for the entire series.
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He just posted it on his Facebook page saying him fighting Roberto is just a rumor....thank god, I have been waiting for some words from him for the longest! I am never paying any attention to who is he going to fight unless he himself announces it.
However I believe we will know the name soon as January closes down and if he is to fight on May 4th, his training camp and promotion should commence at the end of February or maybe even sooner. I think I'll be as surprised as when he announced hes fighting Ortiz. Didn't see that one coming!
Can you think of any other unlikely names that could end up in the mix?
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I think he's already the best of his generation, I mean realistically who can challenge him in any weight class for that title
Very true, but I think a legit win over Martinez would put him over the top. I'm thinking one of the atgs, especially if he surprisingly goes for the middleweight title.
Here we go again...giving Floyd the W for fights that haven't even happened. Trout has the same arm length/reach as Floyd...something Floyd hasn't faced in a while (if ever). A Trout fight for Floyd would be somewhat of a nightmare.
I believe that as much as you chels. Cotto looked physically bigger and stronger than Floyd in their fight and trout was bullying cotto the whole fight. A big southpaw at his natural weight with ring smarts and athletic ability would be bad for Floyd especially at his age. Why do you think the Martinez fight is so interesting dolomite?!? Lol
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The Dallas Stars' minor-league affiliate will look to improve on a last-place 2011-12 campaign.
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Montreal Quebec, Canada will be invaded by the World's largest Mixed Martial Arts organization as the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) brings it's big dogs, and most popular Canadian athlete since Wayne Gretzky to the Bell Centre in Montreal on December 11th. To help you get into the mood I have once again decided to do the predictions column in a slightly different then normal fashion, as I broke down 2 fights a day from the PPV card leading to Friday (today), in which I will now break down how I feel the Main Event between Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre, and the very vocal challenger Josh Koscheck will play out.
Today is the final installment, therefore we will be focusing on the fight that we've all been talking about for almost a year since we found out Josh Koscheck would coach opposite Georges St. Pierre on season 12 of The Ultimate Fighter. So let's jump right in to this one shall we?
GEORGES ST. PIERRE vs JOSH KOSCHECK
Josh Koscheck has done a great job at trying to get people to believe he is less of an underdog then one may have first thought. He did this by using one of his biggest tools (other then himself) which is his mouth. Dan Hardy also had great success using the same tactics to make believers out of some. We all know how that one went. Koscheck is better then Hardy, so my intentions are not to compare the two on a fight style level. The problem lies in the fact that this is a 'Been there, done that' type of fight for Georges, who is yet to lose a rematch, winning back to back bouts over Hughes in incredible fashion, and avenging the loss that Pierre haters still point to on a daily basis against Matt Serra.
Is there reason to believe that Josh will take Georges' 20-2 record and make it slightly less impressive after tomorrow night? Of course there is reason, but that chance is low. Many, including Koscheck himself point to Josh as 'coming a long way' since the first bout between the two. This is true. Koscheck now seems a lot more comfortable on the feet, and one could argue what little time he spent on the feet with Anthony Johnson and Paulo Thiago (pre KO), that Koscheck was in fact getting the better of the exchanges. So he has certainly evolved. No denying that.
But hold on a minute.
Georges St. Pierre would probably tend to think he too has evolved since then. And who are we to argue? He has looked absolutely flawless for quite some time now. In fact St. Pierre's style is slightly reminiscent of that of his opponent Josh's when Josh is fighting at his smartest. Think about it. Josh knew better then to stand with 'Rumble' and 'Semtex' since the two are heavy handed, and he had just been KO'd by Thiago before that. So what does Koscheck do? He wins the quick jab game, and takes it to the mat where he knows he has the advantage. Sound familiar? Well it should because Georges St. Pierre not only uses a similar gameplan, he perfected it.
I feel you can look at Josh as a slightly lesser version of Georges St. Pierre. And the majority of that comes from the mental aspect. Pierre simply has no shame in learning, and never stops. He seems to take all his weaknesses from one fight, and diminish them the next. When Pierre says 'You'll see a new and improved Georges St. Pierre the next time', he means it. Georges really wanted those sub attempts against Hardy, and you could tell he was disappointed to not get the win by submission. He won't let that happen again. It's not, in his mind, acceptable.
So, how will this fight go you're asking? Shut up and get to the fight break down you say? Fine, fine.
I feel Georges is really fired up, and I think Koscheck did truly get to Pierre. With most fighters you could argue that getting in their heads can throw them off. With Pierre however, we have seen no evidence of this being true. Look for Koscheck to keep a smile on his face in the midst of inner fear, as Pierre smiles back while quickly taking control. Don't be surprised to see Pierre looking comfortable on his feet, and getting to the punch faster then Koscheck is able to.
Will this one go to the mat? Of course. And it will be when Georges wants it to. The thighs of Pierre's resemble that of one Mirko Crocop's welded on to a Welterweight. When Koscheck shoots and we see that single leg fail due to the hopping sprawl of the large piston like leg below Pierre's frame cease the forward movement of Josh, we will fast see a new gameplan from Koscheck. Survival. As we have seen many a time, Georges sets a miraculous pace, and quickly takes opponents mindsets from trying to win, to trying to survive.
Once Georges gets Josh out of his element, look for the impossible to stop double leg takedown from Pierre. From there it's a matter of rinse, cycle, repeat. That is, until Pierre spots an opening. It takes a lot to get to Pierre, but the fans, and Koscheck seem to have done just that with the 'not finishing' part of Georges fight game. Pierre will be a lot more ruthless on the ground as he pounds away at Josh forcing the limbs of Koscheck upward in defense. It is then that Mr. Pierre will seek out a limb or look to make Josh force to give his back. Once this occurs the long reigning Welterweight Champion will make certain to put Koscheck away with a fight ending submission.
***Georges St. Pierre by way of that armbar he wanted on Hardy so bad***
Well that does it for me. Hope you enjoyed my take on this fight, and the priors from the past few days that will also be on tomorrow's card. Make sure to let me know how you see this fight playing out, and I'd love to see some comments here as well as on the Mania fanpost page.
Thanks for your time boys. Looking forward to your response, and tomorrow's night of hopefully great fights.


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SPEEDWAY — On May 10, Main Street in Speedway will be the site of the Festival on Main, presented by the Indy Family Foundation (IFF).
The festival runs from 6 to 10 p.m., with activities for people of all ages.
Heather Carpenter, president of the IFF, highlighted some of the main attractions.
"We'll have a car show (and) we're going to have a huge kids' zone," she said. "(There will also be) a beer garden with local breweries, and we'll have eight food trucks … Dallara is going to be open with the two-seaters running and a lot of other racing experiences. We're going to have a local celebrity/IndyCar driver dunk tank and we're working on having music."
She added that registration for the car show may be done online at the foundation's website at www.indyfamilyfoundation.com for $25, or the day of the show at $35. Prizes include Bronze Badges for the entire month of May or suite passes.
Carpenter said the foundation would like the festival to be the kick-off event for one of Speedway's busiest months.
"We're hoping it's a good kickoff festival to continue for years (for) the start of the month of May," she said.
Carpenter said the idea for the festival started at the beginning of the year.
"Back in January, our group got together and we were trying to come up with fundraisers and we kind of decided this would be a fun one for … not only racing fans, but the community to come and enjoy themselves," she said.
She said the festival will benefit the foundation and touched on what the IFF offers.
"It raises money for the Indy Family Foundation," she said. "We are all volunteers and basically anyone who's ever been in any type of racing, or their family members, if they were to get injured, or an illness … they can apply to us for help. They can remain anonymous through our group; we have an outside social worker deal with them. We can help them with pretty much anything, whether it comes to medical bills, bankruptcy filing, food and groceries, you name it, we can help them."


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CATEGORIES Movies, News/Reactions, Sci-FiYesterday, when I wrote about Peter Sarsgaard joining the cast of the upcoming Green Lantern, I pondered "What of Sinestro?" Question answered. Drew over at Hit Fix says he's in the script. He also says that the studio only wants one guy for the role: Jackie Earle Haley.
Ah, another chapter in the tale of Mr. Haley, whose recent Hollywood comeback truly feels like the stuff of legends. From child star, to absolute nobody, to surprise Oscar-nominee for Little Children, to landing iconic roles like Rorschach in Watchmen and Freddy Krueger in the upcoming A Nightmare on Elm Street remake, Haley has justified his comeback with a slew of incredible performances, proving that this guy is the real deal. This is a career resurgence damn well earned.
Now, Haley as Sinestro is not a sure thing yet. It looks like the studio wants him and only him in the role, but nothing has been signed. However, seeing that Haley has previously embraced the superhero genre with open arms and unbridled enthusiasm, I'd be surprised if he didn't take the role. Drew also notes that this would certainly be a two or three picture deal, since Sinestro is an ally in this film and won't go bad until the sequel.
As superhero movie fan and Jackie Earle Haley cheerleader, color me excited. My limited knowledge of the character keeps me from saying anything definitive, but I love the thought of Haley playing an interstellar supervillain.
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SAN LUIS, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities have launched an investigation after a small Arizona city says it was ripped off by scammers posing as concert bookers for the Mexican rock band Mana.
The Yuma Sun reports that San Luis officials say the city was swindled out of $50,000 in 2012 when it wired money to what they thought was a concert booking agency in Mexico.
The money was to pay for the Grammy-award winning Mana to play at the city's Barrier 2 Bridge conference. But Mana never showed up for the conference.
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After one of the deadliest months in years, City leaders went door to door to calm Richmonders' fears.
They're trying to figure out how to stop the violence that claimed the lives of 11 people in the month of September. Police say there's no common thread among the murders. There are no gang ties or major drug activity, which means there's no one focus for police. So, City leaders and officers hit the streets Tuesday night to get ideas from the people most affected by the killings; the people who live in the neighborhoods.
Even after a press conference with strong words from the Mayor, Police Chief and Commonwealth's Attorney, the people in Oak Grove, Blackwell and Hillside Court, where much of this violence has gone down, were still talking about crime. Almost everyone has a story.
"I had two people park their cars in front of my door sitting out there smoking weed," one man told us.
"They tried to rob him up at the corner right there," another recalled. "He was going to the store. They pulled a gun on him. Now they're moving out."
There is an overwhelming theory among residents; a feeling that because their neighborhoods are among the poorest in the city, they're targets for crime.
"It's the broken window theory that says ok you got an abandoned house, you got weeds, you got lights out, you got trees that need to be trimmed, what does it say: We don't care about this neighborhood," said Councilwoman Reva Trammell who represents much of this area. "Yes we do we care about every neighborhood."
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Miuccia Prada
A nylon backpack isn't the first thing you'd expect from a luxury-goods house that dates back to 1913 and was best known before the nineties as a purveyor of fine-leather luggage—as well as walking canes, vanity cases, and tortoiseshell hairbrushes—to the Italian royal family (and Grace Kelly). Then again, the woman who created that famous accessory, Miuccia Prada—the Communist-leaning, Yves Saint Laurent–wearing reluctant heiress of a fortune amassed by her grandfather, Mario Prada—isn't what you'd expect a designer to be, either. A privileged member of the Milanese cognoscenti, Prada was described in 2000 by The New York Times as "a woman who is not a natural designer, yet who has become a seer."[1] She is a feminist, first of all. She holds a doctorate in political science. And spent several years at the Piccolo Teatro studying to be a mime.
In the late seventies, Prada took charge of the aging and ailing family business and, with the help of Patrizio Bertelli, a Tuscan businessman who would later become her husband, engineered a revival that would far exceed anyone's expectations. Prada's most rare gift is an extraordinary prescience for predicting cultural shifts. She designs what she wants to wear, and what she wants to wear just happens to have incredible currency. Whether her interest of the day is uniforms, chinoiserie, the sixties, glamour, or vintage brooches, she has often led like the Pied Piper, with the fashion pack zigzagging tightly behind. Her work, she told Vogue in 2009, is "about what I like, but also analyzing what is and isn't trendy and why people like something, trying to find a way to look at it from outside, researching new ideas on beauty and femininity and the way it is perceived in contemporary culture."[2]
While generally very wearable, her collections strike an intellectual contrast with the less concept-driven output of American sportswear designers or Parisian couturiers. "I always believe in doing new things and using new materials that I have never used or that I didn't like for a long time,"[3] she has stated. So while a beautiful jeweled coat might represent desire to a customer—and dollar signs to a knockoff artist—it might also, to Prada, be an experiment with ideas of propriety or an exorcism of a bête noire. For instance, no fan of lace, she took on Alençon and Chantilly for spring 2006, creating a subversive—and much lauded—season that explored sexuality, decorum, and the reveal/conceal dichotomy.
Prada's success, however, is as tied to her instincts as it is to her intelligence. Critics avidly apply philosophical, political, and feminist filters to everything she does, but she herself has stated, simply: "I love clothes. Maybe I can say I don't love fashion, but I love clothes completely."[4]For the past decade or more, the Prada brand has most been identified with ladylike dressing, and it's this air of womanliness—drawn from the designer's class and her past—that is the common grain of sand from which Miuccia has created, in myriad and unexpected iterations, many a beautiful pearl.
Miuccia Prada born in Milan. Along with assorted members of her extended family, she will—as a youth and adult—live in the same building in which she was born, eventually raising her own two sons there.
Mario Prada (Miuccia's grandfather, who had founded the family firm in 1913 with his brother) dies. Although the patriarch had felt strongly that a woman's place was in the home—forbidding his female relatives from even entering the shop—he had come to recognize his daughter-in-law, Luisa, as the best possible steward of his empire. "Even now," Miuccia will say in 2004, "my mother will grab a dress I make and rub it and say, 'This silk is horrible. It's nothing your grandfather would even have been willing to sell.' "[5]
At fifteen, Prada—whose strict Catholic mother mandated she wear only no-nonsense brown shoes—was dreaming of "pink shoes, red shoes, pink dresses. Anything with color. Exciting underwear," she will later tell The New Yorker. She begins to rebel. "I would wear Saint Laurent, Pierre Cardin, and then some strange English clothes, all in a weird way. I always had to be first. That was the most important thing."[6]
Graduates from the University of Milan with a degree in political science. Like many young members of the Italian middle class, is a member of the Communist Party. Argues issues and passes out party leaflets at protest marches. The "aristocommunist,"[7] as she will later be called, favors vintage dresses and Courrèges over the traditional "revolutionary" uniform of jeans and tees.
Having received her Ph.D., in political science from the university, studies to be a mime at the Piccolo Teatro. ("It was an excuse not to talk."[8]) She will continue to hone her craft for several years, quitting only when her parents intervene.
Having worked in the family store, takes over the business from her mother. The now-prominent Communist party member is reluctant to enter a career in fashion. "Being so involved in the women's movement then, and in everything that it was trying to accomplish, I thought that making bags or shoes or dresses was the worst way I could spend my time," she will later tell London's Evening Standard. "Let's face it, fashion is not really very important. It's a bit silly and frivolous. I mean it's only skirts and a few bags." She goes on to add: "I never actually decided to become a designer. Eventually I found that I was one."[9]
Meets Patrizio Bertelli, owner of a Tuscan leather-goods factory, who has been making handbags since his teens. He offers his expert advice. "I was searching for my direction," she will later tell Forbes. "When I met Patrizio, Prada started in a more serious way."[10] He becomes her mentor, and she grants him an exclusive to manufacture her bags. Soon, the two become romantically involved and move in together, and Prada later appoints Bertelli CEO of her company. May: Prada stages a theatrical Stateside launch for her luggage line, on the set of the Broadway musical On the Twentieth Century. The New York Times runs a photo of cast members cheerfully clutching lightweight Prada duffels and overnight bags.
Introduces women's footwear.
Releases the simple black backpack—made with the same heavyweight nylon used by the Italian Army—that will eventually launch the craze for all things Prada. Though the bags don't sell well at first, by the early nineties, they will top every fashionista's wish list, and by 1995, will be the ultimate It accessory, retailing for a staggering $450 a pop.
August: Vogue profiles the Milanese designer and her historic maison in "A Passion for Prada." September: America's first freestanding Prada boutique opens on Fifty-seventh Street in New York. The space—a former piano factory—is designed by architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron.
Prada and Bertelli finally tie the knot, on Valentine's Day. "Miuccia was such a first-rate worker and designer," Bertelli has since been quoted as saying. "I knew it would be cheaper in the long run to marry her."[11] For her wedding, Prada commissions a dress from Milan's premier childrenswear tailors, the Ferrari sisters. Then and now, Prada and Bertelli reportedly have a tempestuous, though loving, relationship. "He has a lot of energy, and she is more tranquil," Christina Ortiz, Prada's head of womenswear in the nineties, will later observe to The New York Times. "She is always looking for something strange and eccentric to do, and he is always looking toward the commercial. He is earth, she is air."[12]
Son Lorenzo Prada is born. Prada debuts womenswear at the company's headquarters. "It was the only thing to do," she will later say of her decision to launch an apparel line. "Any businessman knows that if you stand still, you go backwards. So forward was the only way to go."[13]
Son Giulio Prada is born. "I am a wife and a mother," Prada will later say, when the boys are teenagers, "and I have many more interests than fashion. Fashion is just my job."[14] April: In "Pride of the Pradas," Vogue visits the family at home in both their Milan apartment and country farmhouse.
March: Vogue takes a look at Prada's designs for spring, inspired by fifties and sixties haute couture. Fall: She introduces a secondary line, called Miu Miu (Miuccia's own nickname). "It's about the bad girls I knew at school, the ones I envied,"[15] she will later tell Time.
Receives a CFDA award for accessories. June: A men's line, Collezione Uomo, is introduced. PradaMilanoarte, an exhibition space for showcasing "the most profound, thought-provoking art projects of our times"[16]—Prada's words—opens in Milan.
February: Receives the CFDA's International Award. April: Vogue takes a look at her secondary line, Miu Miu. November: She is profiled in the Vogue story, "Primo Prada."
January: Joins nine international designers for a Vogue debate on whether or not the fashion industry is out of touch with today's woman. March: Fondazione Prada (formerly, PradaMilanoarte) is established with the aim of granting artists the opportunity to create their dream project. December: Several Prada outfits hit the runway at the first-ever VH1 Fashion Awards.
Enormous Prada flagship store opens on New York's Madison Avenue with much fanfare.
Prada Linea Rossa launched. An informal counterpart to Prada's designer line, it will grow to encompass activewear and denim. Miuccia Prada is photographed by Annie Leibovitz for a Vogue story on five women currently shaping fashion.
September: Introduces Prada Sport, a sportswear line. October: Designs this year's VH1 fashion trophy, a book encased in a see-through polycarbonate case that gives the illusion of a hologram when hit by a light source. At the awards ceremony, Prada picks up the prize for Menswear Designer of the Year. "What can I say?" WWD quotes her as saying. "I already won the award twice and this makes the third time. I am very flattered."[17] December: Prada cohosts the Met Costume Institute's 50th-anniversary benefit.
May: Prada and fellow Italian designer Donatella Versace dress Britain's star soccer team, Manchester United (led by Posh Spice's hubby, David Beckham), for the FA Cup Final. July: First pre-fall collection shown.
Named to Forbes's list of the World's Richest People.
February: In "Miuccia Takes Manhattan," Vogue columnist André Leon Talley details the gala opening party at the new Prada store in SoHo. December: Miuccia Prada outfits the men and women of the orchestra at Milan's famed La Scala opera house.
May: Receives the André Leon Talley award for Lifetime Achievement from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia.
June: Receives the CFDA's International Award. "I'm really happy and really moved," she says. "And I will work hard to get maybe another one." At the after-party, Sean "Diddy" Combs yells out, "You're the queen!" (Shortly after, Prada comments, "Eh, I was surprised he knew who I am!")[18] August: Vogue writer Sarah Mower pens "The Thinker," a profile of Miuccia Prada. "All my life, I never looked in the mirror a lot," Prada tells the magazine. "Actually, I never dress according to how beautiful I look, but always on my imagination."[19] September: At the Milan shows, Vogue editor Anna Wintour says to The New York Times, "I told Miuccia today, You're the only reason we all come to Milan," adding, "She has become the lifeblood of the city."[20] Vogue "Life with André" columnist André Leon Talley covers the opening of Prada's new flagship on Rodeo Drive.
Forbes lists the Prada family as one of the richest in the world, estimating its worth at $3 billion. April: Miuccia named in Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. September: Included in the roundup of Vogue's "Magnificent Seven" innovative designers of the day. Vogue writer Mark Holgate explores the Miuccia mystique. "Prada's pronouncements come down—a bit cryptic, sometimes puzzling—like utterings of the Delphic Oracle," he notes. October: In a talk at London's British Museum, she shares the secrets of her success with prominent Sunday Times Style fashion writer Colin McDowell.
April: Interview editor Ingrid Sischy chats with her on the PBS talk show Charlie Rose. The interview marks the designer's first U.S. sit-down television interview. "Waist Down," a traveling exhibit featuring 100 of Miuccia Prada's skirt designs from over the span of her career, opens in SoHo. July: Vogue's Mark Holgate explores the rise of the "demi-couture" practiced by designers including Prada.
August: Named one of Time's Style & Design Visionaries. October: The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles honors her for her contribution to art through the Fondazione Prada. She does costumes for Appleseed: Ex Machina, the sequel to a popular Japanese animated film. "Watching the previous Appleseed, I thought that the expression of contrast in man and machine, violence and love was wonderful," Prada is quoted as saying. "I designed something contemporary that matches the movie's feelings."[21] The effort is her first foray into costume for film.
February: Premieres her own animated short, Trembled Blossoms, featuring characters clothed in pieces inspired by her spring 2008 collection. The movie is made in collaboration with artist James Jean and directed by James Lima. September: Vogue writer Sarah Mower talks with Prada about her trendsetting use of lace.
April: Comedienne Tracey Ullman does a send-up of Miuccia on her cable comedy show State of the Union. November: The designer celebrates an upcoming comprehensive book on her brand, Prada: Creativity, Modernity, Innovation.
February: Designs costumes for Pierre Audi's production of Giuseppe Verdi's Attila, premiering at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Also lends her costuming talents to Lady Gaga, fashioning an 18th-century-hoop-like get-up for the singer-provocateur's Monster Ball tour. May: The American Academy in Rome designates Miuccia Prada as this year's McKim Medal Laureate for her contributions to the arts. December: She presents Britain's prestigious Turner Prize to singer and sound artist Susan Philipsz at the Tate Britain.
January: Tells WWD that she would seriously consider a career in politics. "Probably, yes," she says. "Politics have always been a little of my passion. And now I [could] use my work as a tool to do things other than fashion."[22]
Celebrated at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala and exhibit "Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations." The evening is hosted by actress Carey Mulligan, Anna Wintour of Vogue, Miuccia Prada, and honorary cochair Jeff Bezos of Amazon.
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