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March 2, 2004, Holiday Inn Select, Bethesda, MD, Working Group: Social Environment
March 4–5, 2004, Holiday Inn Select, Bethesda, MD
March 21–22, 2004, Arlington, VA, Organized by: Special Committee of the Interagency Coordinating Committee, Advisory Committee, and Working Group members
Tentative: April 2004, Washington, DC area, Organized by: Interagency Coordinating Committee
Tentative: May 27, 2004, Orlando, FL, Working Group: Asthma
Tentative: Spring 2004, Location TBD, Working Group: Early Origins of Adult Health
Tentative: May 2004, Location TBD, Working Group: Fertility and Early Pregnancy
Date and Location TBD, Organized by: Interagency Coordinating Committee and Immunity, Infections, and Vaccines Working Group
Date and Location TBD, Organized By: Development and Behavior Working Group and Social Environment Working Group
Date and Location TBD, Working Group: Social Environment
June 2004, Location TBD
Information on these events will be posted on the National Children's Study Web site as it becomes available.
Since the November 2003 E-update was published, the following workshop was scheduled and held:
January 22–23, 2004, Austin, TX, Working Group: Social Environment
High levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or bad cholesterol, in adolescents can indicate an increased probability for artery wall thickening in adulthood, a condition which can lead to heart disease, according to two studies published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The studies were conducted in Bogalusa, Louisiana and Finland where researchers tracked children through adolescence and adulthood for more than 20 years. Researchers recorded adolescent risk factors such as LDL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglyceride levels, blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), and smoking. While both studies found LDL to be an adolescent risk factor for artery wall thickening, the Finnish researchers also found high systolic blood pressure, high BMI, and smoking to be associated with increased artery wall thickening in adulthood. The study found these risk factors to be significant regardless of current health indicators in adulthood.
Because of its size and scope, the National Children's Study can further evaluate relationships found in the Bogalusa and Finland studies and integrate a broad range of other factors that affect children's health and development to gather a more complete picture of cardiovascular health and disease across the lifespan. Looking at genetic markers in children for adult cardiovascular disease, National Children's Study researchers will expand on previous studies to develop and test new hypotheses to get a more complete picture of causal relationships involved.
Reach Out to American Communities, the fourth Study Assembly meeting for the National Children's Study, was held on December 17 in Atlanta with an audience of more than 300 participants from state and local communities, advocacy organizations, the science and medical communities, and industry groups. The goal of the meeting was to engage a broad spectrum of partners from the nation's communities in planning for the National Children's Study.
During 10 afternoon breakout sessions, meeting participants discussed the critical role of communities as partners to ensure Study success, the need for grassroots efforts to build community partnerships, how to engage and retain families as Study participants, and the importance of effective communication about the Study.
These sessions covered subjects such as recruiting diverse and high risk groups, the Study's priority theme areas, ethical issues, and building public and private partnerships. While discussing these issues, participants also shared case examples of local studies and grassroots efforts that have successfully engaged communities.
Highlighting preliminary studies and workshops that have taken place or are underway, poster session presenters answered questions on 20 topics including child sensitivity to environmental chemicals, non-invasive collection of DNA sources, and the parental reporting of childhood injuries.
Julie Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), opened the Assembly and called the National Children's Study "a giant step forward to lead us to a healthier future for our children." She stressed that while the Study is "a bold program that deserves the full support of federal agencies," it also needs support from all communities because "public health is local, and we need to engage at that level to change behavior and to change outcomes."
In his remarks, VADM Richard Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S., U.S. surgeon general, reiterated the need for the National Children's Study and urged the audience to "leave a legacy to our kids and their kids' kids." Dr. Carmona enumerated the child health challenges facing the nation today, including a better understanding of how health disparities contribute to problems like premature birth rates and higher rates of infant mortality. According to Dr. Carmona, "the National Children's Study benefits all of us, and the next generation will reap what we sow today. We need to be bold and send kids happy and healthy into a future that we will have helped to create through this Study."
Child advocate Elise Miller, M.Ed., founder and executive director of the Institute for Children's Environmental Health, described the National Children's Study as an extraordinary opportunity and added that the Study is "important to advocacy groups — to translate the best science for better public education and improved policies." She urged the participants to define the collective agenda to ensure that children are protected and asked the assembled group, "to keep focused and ensure community input throughout the process of bringing the Study to life...that experts, those with special interests, and local communities stay involved in the Study process."
In a review of the funding status of the Study, Duane Alexander, M.D., director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), explained how more effective strategies for prevention and intervention will help contain the burden of health care costs that currently rests on the government and insurance companies.
"The investment in the National Children's Study is sizable," he said, "but...it is not a lot of money for the promise that the Study holds."
Grazell Howard, J.D., CEO of the Libra Group and executive board member of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, urged the Assembly to share information about the National Children's Study with their greater communities. "Let the American public help to make the Study a success," she said. Ms. Howard is an active advocate for children's health.
Meeting participant Kike Ojo, M.A., environmental justice officer for the City of Atlanta Watershed Management, said, "the National Children's Study will work if every part of the community informs its structures, its goals, and its priorities." Kristine Suozzi, Ph.D., section manager at the Bernalillo County Office of Environmental Health, attended the meeting and said that examining the social environment of the Study participants "is so important to the success of the Study because the stressors that people face and are exposed to are in the communities where they live."
Several National Children's Study planners who spoke to the Assembly urged participants to keep the level of community involvement in Study development high by actively offering input via the National Children's Study e-mail, at email@example.com, and encouraging other community partners to participate in future Study Assembly meetings. These speakers included Peter Scheidt, M.D., M.P.H., director, National Children's Study Program Office; Diane Dennis-Flagler, M.P.H., health scientist, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, CDC; and Woodie Kessel, M.D., M.P.H., assistant U.S. surgeon general, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The National Children's Study Advisory Committee (NCSAC) met December 15–16 to discuss the major theme areas of the Study as well as the working hypotheses, the Study timeline, and protocol development. Before conducting breakout sessions focusing on a range of health outcomes, NCSAC members heard updates about the hypothesis tracking software, the status of pilot studies, the positive health framework, and sampling design.
Ruth Brenner, M.D., M.P.H., recently joined the National Children's Study Program Office as director of protocol development. Dr. Brenner is a pediatrician and epidemiologist. She previously worked within the Epidemiology Branch in the Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research at the NICHD where her research focused largely on the epidemiology and prevention of childhood injuries and on the identification of social and individual factors that influence parental health care practices for their young children. Dr. Brenner is responsible for leading the team of scientists within the Program Office in the development of Study protocol and procedures. The protocol team currently consists of an environmental epidemiologist, a behavioral scientist, pediatric epidemiologists, a developmental toxicologist, and an environmental exposure specialist.
Sarah Knox, Ph.D., recently joined the National Children's Study Program Office as a developmental and behavioral scientist. Dr. Knox is an accomplished psychophysiologist who worked previously in the Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Her work has focused mainly on large epidemiological studies and clinical trials, investigating the association between psychosocial factors and cardiovascular risks. At the Program Office, Dr. Knox will work on measures and protocol development for the National Children's Study with a special focus on the behavioral sciences. She will also manage pilot and methods development studies related to the social and behavioral sciences.
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text: tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77089354160206091712014-10-03T01:55:06.533-05:00Good People To Know; Good Places To ReturnCaution: Some Posts Are Real; Just Someda Puphttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-68582934641016588762012-06-23T15:04:00.000-05:002012-06-23T15:04:30.173-05:00Ok folks - as you can see by the date gap, I can no longer support this blog. We have not had web access at home for over a year and the browser at work cannot communicate with blogspot. So its been fun and this idea shall live elsewhere, but not at the paws of this PUP anytime soon! Sowwyda Puphttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-90351518810214724922012-05-11T12:55:00.000-05:002012-05-11T12:55:54.656-05:00Wow talk about lag time. I haven't been here sine mid LAST year - I mean that in itself is 'SO LAST YEAR" - Since we no longer have acccess at home, I will check in from time to time from "other" locations - as I can find 'em. The browser at work no longer supports thes eblogs, so posting from there will be a challenge. Sheesh!da Puphttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-12644530751796977312011-08-16T12:21:00.001-05:002011-08-31T15:51:29.876-05:00Orchid Thai FusionI do so love when I find a place that enjoys their customers, No make that enjoys their new friends. I have developed a real friendship with Anthony's Po-Boys and Sandwich on Westheimer over several months plus buying meals 2 to 3 days a week. At Thai Fusion I will have that same connection even sooner. Why.. ..you ask cautiously? Well there is a cable that runs from your electrical supplier's da Puphttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-51754387537072930842011-03-21T11:59:00.002-05:002011-03-21T11:59:39.582-05:00Four Nights of Just Sleeping.For five whole days, AND NIGHTS (its the nights that get to ya) we didn't have a fence on the East side. So we had to be escorted whenever we needed to go outside. Now the fence is finally complete and we both get to run EVERYWHERE within the confines of our yard! (I'll post some pics tomorrow!)da Puphttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-80500567461900448602011-03-02T18:15:00.001-06:002011-03-02T18:15:43.327-06:00brbda Puphttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-59009457905422145982011-02-24T13:13:00.000-06:002011-02-24T13:13:44.944-06:00Lettuce will NOW cost $50/box up from $18I am not sure of the company that serves us on Tuesdays and Thursdays but they will now have one less customer - da Pup. There are all sorts of signs in the Special Deli area with each one declaring $1.00 for lemonade, Cookie (not Cookies); Fruit Salad; and oh yeah EXTRA SALAD DRESSING. They offer tall plastic dispencers of three dressings; Italian - both the good fattening and Diet kinds and da Puphttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-65299655367774583262011-01-31T16:40:00.001-06:002011-08-16T23:45:12.010-05:00More Than a Bean Pole?If your waist is more than a bean pole, you are male and you enjoy Fuddrucker's food, then Stay away from the North Hwy 6 location (by McDonald's). The source of my grumbles is in the men's room. Only other complaint is they failed to put my name (or my Bodacious wife's) on the order, so when it was ready, they called in a loud voice - YOU!....Your order is ready! As everyone in the place da Puphttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-49412278670967924572011-01-24T07:31:00.000-06:002011-01-24T07:31:36.004-06:00There Has To Be A Better Way or PhraseIt has happened too many times to my Brothers in Fur, Some human that is too dang blasted hurried, to get into the Beautiful, almost Bodacious, Open-aired Bark Park, does his best (the female of the human species, also known as "owners - hehehehe yeah Right", opens one door to the "man-trap"{more on this in a second] and before that door has had a chance to close they are already thru the second da Puphttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-70550835928042883472011-01-20T10:15:00.000-06:002011-01-20T10:15:51.611-06:00Fuddruckers - They Have ImprovedIt has been several years since I was in a Fuddruckers. The great news is that they have improved many things, not the least of which is the hamburger itself. The sandwich is a manageable size, the condiments (in two places) are easy to get to with paper cups if you need them, the seating is vast and offering many choices. Long tables, round tables, booths, all with a fair amount of space betweenda Puphttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-88164091567983107982011-01-09T07:35:00.000-06:002011-01-09T07:35:46.797-06:00Volunteers - Cause They WannaThe nursing staff, the cleaning crew and the doctors are at the hospital because that's their workplace - but the VOLUNTEERS are there because they choose to be and their attitude stays SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO P...O...S...I...T...I...V...E...!...!da Puphttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-44834018293176569412010-12-15T17:06:00.002-06:002010-12-15T17:06:27.738-06:00InsteadI get to go in LATE tomorrow~! Instead of earlier than all that Lovely TRAFFIC! Am ever so glad its "The Holidays"!da Puphttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-33116433904110992682010-11-24T15:20:00.000-06:002010-11-24T15:20:38.947-06:00GJETOSTI have received an email asking if they can swap links - I will spend some time checking out their blog and seeking any complaints agin 'em. Wha? No Complaints? Great I'd love to brag on a Brit. Anyone know of a Norwegian business I can brag on?? Anyone have connection with Ski Queen - I loves GJETOST CHEESE - HMMMMMMMM good! i will get some pics of the cheese and show ya!da Puphttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-9667237683603863982010-10-20T06:25:00.000-05:002010-10-20T06:25:25.543-05:00My ApologyThere has been a marked decrease in the number of sensible posts here due primarily to the fact that while I was out lounging about at a hospital receiving bunches of IV meds, the work was building up and my co-worker can only be a Miracle worker for so many days. So I have been spending a bunch of time trying, repeat trying to catch up. Part of my problem is that while I am responsible for allda Puphttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-82569085015924793562010-10-10T13:35:00.000-05:002010-10-10T13:35:46.411-05:00CancyAs they offer me more & oh so many more ways to change the appearance of my blogs - the feeling of a child in a candy shop - comes to mind da Puphttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-53236357738923070822010-09-14T07:10:00.000-05:002010-09-14T07:10:17.878-05:00Not How It StartedI find it interesting that how so many people speak of an auto mechanic of doing low tech jobs when in fact he is more and more high tech every year. I think this will become more evident as they designers, planners, dreamers, and CEOs decide to add more and more not-so-automobile functions or dare I say it, Attributes to my car. We already have seat warmers, temperature control for each area of da Puphttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-85178676628422311122010-07-20T17:50:00.004-05:002010-07-20T18:23:34.902-05:00Tea...TeaI listened to Meet The Press - What a joke! No not the show, or even the basic concept that being put before the press might actually cause you to say something like the TRUTH. Who were the guests, I do not remember names, but they were either Democrats or Republicans and nothing else. They took their delight in finding fault in the Tea Party - leads one to think they are afraid.We need da Puphttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-47010408983632109792010-07-04T14:28:00.001-05:002010-07-04T14:28:49.394-05:00OuchMy Bodacious One had developed a skin condition similar to what da_pup had done many, many, oh so many times before. And what do we see coming down the hall - I do not know her title, tho she does resemb an E------r B-----y and I cannot call the name of the equipment by name but every once in a while she lets us hear that familiar "W-hooshing" sound. The W-sound is Great to hear for it is whetherda Puphttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-66716756408402481052010-06-23T14:13:00.002-05:002010-06-23T14:16:04.076-05:00I WriteI started these blogs to tell the world - how I thought, why I thought and if I thought - oh yeah and of the Great People and the businesses they Offer! Now I have been corrected. I am just not sure which part I can correct.da Puphttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-84631645506569054942010-06-23T13:56:00.003-05:002010-06-23T14:09:22.415-05:00Where Oh WhereWhere would you keep boxers and rings, rocks, necklaces, Chinese Emperors, opera divas, bumps in your car door, pictures of a Crosby, spare change, sonar sounds, lift and the energy to write in blogs?For the boxers and rings, perhaps in a Ringbox! All the unwanted bumps in your car door, stuff them into a Dingbox.For just the right size rocks, me thinks in a Slingbox. The priceless pictures da Puphttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-33627400785472153452010-06-20T21:39:00.003-05:002010-06-20T21:49:22.244-05:00Such A DietI realize that I neither watch enough news (cuz I work 10-12 hour days-by my choice) nor read enough articles on the web, but somewhere during the last few years they passed or rescinded or at least edited the laws that required a workplace to NOT warn a person or Pup that you might be observed via a security camera. I did notice that the signs informing you of the use of any such security deviceda Puphttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-82558744834313042262010-06-16T12:13:00.002-05:002010-06-16T12:13:57.543-05:002 SatsSoftball - she's ain't what I used to playActually the following is what they call Duck Soup - note THEY CALLwho are they - the company what makes the important decisionsAnyways1st: 1 PITCH ONLY-NO FOUL BALLS 2nd: PLAY WITH A KICKBALL–tagging includes normal rules and/or hitting the player w\the ball below the shoulders.3rd: ALL BATTERS HIT OPPOSITE HANDED AND RUN OPPOSITE DIRECTION (Run to 3rd da Puphttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-46084750772695715892010-06-16T11:33:00.004-05:002010-06-16T11:43:11.309-05:00Any Portal In A DreamWith the dreams I have been having over, or rather during the last few month's "sleepy-time", I think I will need to install a few exit signs. I would consider this, as an attempt at incorporating more of my insides of my home into my all too vivid dreams. In some of the episodes, I am totally outside. But even with those, I may 'start' outside, but I eventually head inside and get lost or stuck da Puphttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-91375108478277855862010-06-12T07:00:00.001-05:002010-06-12T07:35:09.511-05:00dear doctori am liking writing in all lower casei need to find a GOOD site about (wait, wait, its coming to me)da Puphttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-38984692358606017742010-06-12T06:30:00.004-05:002010-06-12T06:46:59.923-05:00Dont ListenWOW oh my goodness (sorry I dont say oh my G-- aka The Lord In Heaven)I wonder if someone, anyone, even Al Yankowhich (or something like that) could make a song about what we can catch.We can catch puppies and kittens.We can catch Mesothelioma and meaningful thoughts.We can catch colds and ideas - oh the Ideas i have caught in my few years. Ah a child in the making, a mere infant mind trying to da Puphttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708935416020609171.post-55137935641413169472010-06-11T22:18:00.001-05:002010-06-11T22:20:32.269-05:00Oh The OuchiesMyNeckHurts tooo much!da Puphttp://firstname.lastname@example.com

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Bernie Ecclestone's bribery trial could soon be over after his lawyers began talks with prosecutors.
Ecclestone's trial began in April in Germany and related to the sale of Formula 1 from BayernLB to CVC.
The F1 supremo is alleged to have bribed former banker Gerhard Gribkowsky to facilitate the sale to CVC, the Brit's preferred bidder.
Should Ecclestone be found guilty he could face up to 10 years in jail.
In a bid to avoid a possible jail sentence the 83-year-old's lawyers met with German prosecutors earlier this week to discuss a settlement.
"Public prosecutors and the defence are discussing the possibility of an agreement," a spokesman for the German authorities told Reuters.
According to reports, Ecclestone has also offered to pay bank BayernLB €25m to bring an end to the trial.
However, under German law, settling with the aggrieved party does not guarantee that a criminal trial will end, that will take the judge and prosecutors agreeing to it.
The trial will continue while the talks are taking place.


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Scattered showers in forecast for Central Florida
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After a soggy weekend, the workweek will begin with more scattered storms in the forecast, although rain chances vanish for the rest of the week.
Rain fell across parts of Central Florida early Monday, and chances increase to 70 percent Monday afternoon.
High temperatures will hover around 80 degrees.
The low will reach the low 60s.
On Tuesday, the high will near the mid-80s, with rain chances at 0 percent.
As the week wears on, temps will ramp up into the upper 80s, but as of now, there's no chance of rain from Tuesday through Sunday.
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I spotted these floating around some time back but never got around to making one myself. I thought the concept was pretty cool and think its kind of nice sharing with others the things that keep me inspired and motivated.
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EAU CLAIRE — Combining school with motherhood will be a little easier for 25 mothers attending the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, thanks to a gift challenge made by a UW-Eau Claire alumni couple.
Tom and Jeannie Flesch, Columbus, Ohio, issued a challenge honoring their mothers, Rozanne Flesch and Elizabeth Flock, through the UW-Eau Claire Foundation to match gifts for scholarships for UW-Eau Claire students who are mothers. As a result, 25 such students will receive $400 scholarships in fall 2009.
"You think a lot of your mother," Tom Flesch said. "This is a nice way to remember her. My mother was born on May 10, which Mother's Day often falls on, so it seems appropriate to honor her with this."
Rozanne Flesch, who died in July 2007, had five children and a degree in occupational therapy. She was a volunteer with the St. Mary's Hospital Auxiliary for more than 40 years.
"My mother graduated from the UW-Whitewater with a degree in English and business education," Jeannie Flesch said. "She taught between babies until after baby four, then she stayed home to care for her family, which eventually included seven children. At 86 she still enjoys baking, gardening and her grandchildren and is famous for her homemade dill pickles and sweet rolls."
Other Mother's Day gift donors and the mothers and grandmothers they honored were Randy Paulson honoring Eleanor R. Paulson; Sally Webb honoring Lou Etta Webb; Jill Muenich honoring Sharon Muenich; Randy Newton honoring Barbara Newton; Michele Olson honoring Carmen Ouimet; Kathy Now honoring Rita Ann Meyer; Margaret Stalka honoring Evelyn F. Skoug; Mark and Kate Bugher honoring Virginia Reagan Bugher and Mary Louise Larson Leinenkugel; Marcia Van Beek and Jack Kaiser honoring Dorothy Van Beek; Matthew Beasley honoring Norma Beasley; Jean Glanzman honoring Doris Ristow Stellner; BJ Farmer honoring Bea Farmer; Anissa Blanshan honoring Sharon Sandberg; Matthew and Stephen Levin-Stankevich honoring Debi Levin-Stankevich; Wayne and Carole Halberg honoring Alma Swan and Edna Holberg; Rob and Erin Gee honoring Pamela Anne Christopher; Don Mash honoring Christina Malena Mash; Lee Dahlgren honoring Judith A. Dahlgren; Amy Zimmer honoring Charlene Buttner; Matthew and Lori Rowe honoring Joan Rowe and Karen Loomis.
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The two new models represent an economical robot in the 9100 Sport and a top-of-the-line 9400 Sportrobot that adds ActivMotion Sensor intelligence technology. Both cleaners capture more than four times the debris of other cleaners and cost just pennies a day to operate, reducing energy consumption up to 90 percent. The award-winning and sleek Sport Robotic line of cleaners is designed after the look of high-styled sports cars.
The ActivMotion Sensor in the 9400 uses an accelerometer, much like those used in electronic stability control systems in cars, or in smart phone and tablet devices to align the screen vertically or horizontally depending on the angle in which the device is held; the accelerometer automatically senses cleaner position. It measures force to determine 3-dimensional position, such as deep, shallow, horizontal orvertical, and adapts the pool cleaner for maximum cleaning action. The technology also reduces cordtangling and optimizes the pool cleaning path, even vacuuming in reverse down pool walls, resulting in20 percent faster cleaning.
According to Kevin Braidic, Zodiac's director of product development, the Polaris 9400 Sport is the mostadvanced cleaner on the market. "The 9400 Sport continually senses where it is in the pool, optimizingthe operation and cleaning action. Pre-programmed cleaning cycles allow consumers to choose between floor-only cleaning or floor, wall and waterline cleaning, a necessary chore that many pool owners just don't want to do manually. And when out of the water, it shuts itself down, making it very safe," says Braidic. "Our innovation team used the newest technology available, making cleaning the pool so easy and energy-efficient that it is no longer any deterrent to owning a pool."


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Track Selector: Urulu
Urulu's been one of our favorite producers for awhile. The Amadeus label head and Let's Play House playmate has been churning out some of our favorite house music of the last year, as well as some of our most played tracks around the city. His Moon Unit EP dropped yesterday on Let's Play House and we can't be more serious when we say get it now as we've been having a steady love affair with the record for the last few weeks.
Urulu was nice enough to sit down and choose 10 of his favorite tracks of the moment. Take a look below and don't miss out on the Moon Unit EP.
1. Martyn – Two Leads And A Computer
Might be my pick of the litter from Marytns latest LP, The Air Between Words. Can't get over that little toy machine snare.
2. Alicia Myers – I Want to Thank You (Earl Jeffers Edit)
Earl Jeffers re chuck of an Alicia Myers classic.
3. Youandewan – FM Jam
Always been a massive fan of this guy and his productions. His latest on AUS definitely doesn't disappoint either. Andres mix on the flip is ace too.
4. Dennis Ferrer & Jerome Sydenham – Road To Calabar (Beats Mix)
Old Ferrer and Sydenham tune I generally just forgot about and re-found it in Mosca's Rinse mix a month or so ago. Have been banging this one around quite a bit lately. Big room pads wrapped around chugging hi hats and demented synth blips.
5. Loric – Under Sharer
Now this is a weird one I love to play out…. Pulsating percussion accompanied by a funk sample buried deep underneath the chaos of sequences. yup.
6. Cromie – Flan
Homie the Cromie on a new tip for the New York-based Peach label. Don't underestimate this dude, this EP is pure four to the flour sauciness. So much respect for the dude, making Los Angeles proud.
7. Pablo – Roxy
The first release from this Berlin-based label, LACK, that's really doing it for me at the moment. 606 hats and a sample and you've got me hooked, that easy. This one works nicely at an open-air, with a mojito in hand.
8. Oli Furness – Take Monday Off
Doof doof music to the max. Oli Furness done made a club banger your mother could dance to. Lad points to you sir.
9. Max Graef – Running (feat. Wayne Snow)
Easily my favorite track off Graef's debut album, Rivers Of The Red Planet. This syrup-y two stepper puts your subconscious at rest, all while accompanied by vocals from the exquisite Wayne Snow.
10. Art Crimes – Release
Can't go wrong with big piano house stabs and distorted percussion. This tune is euphoria wrapped in bacon.
Lost & Sound Charts
With Blisspop's Lost & Sound coming up this Saturday at Backbar, residents Chris Nitti and Lxsx Frxnk have put together a pair of charts to showcase some of the music they've been digging lately, including new material from Guy Gerber, Louie Fresco, Kate Simko and more.
Lxsx Frxnk's Lost & Sound Chart
Chris Nitti's Lost & Sound Chart
Don't miss Blisspop's Lost & Sound this Saturday (April 14) at 9:30 Club's Backbar with special guests Gingy & Bordello of Turbo Records. More details here. Come get weird with us.
Alvin Risk: Hit Parade
Painted Face – Undreamt (mp3)
One of my sisters debut tracks. The start of something great.
Zombies For Money – Sacanagem (mp3)
Gotta just pick one song at random cause I like all the stuff the
Zombies from portugal have been doing. Cannot loose.
Siriusmo – Einmal In Der Woche Schreien (mp3)
Hopefully this track inspires someone to create a video game based on
how good it is.
Uzi Octapus – Shantyman (mp3)
Cutting edge, fresh, musical AND street. Genius.
Four Four- The Eff We Do (mp3)
Why i LOVE soundcloud. Listen to this crazy shit!
The Radio Dept. - Never Follow Suit (mp3)
Their latest album 'Clinging to a Scheme' is excellent from beginning
to end. Not one bad note.
Niki Minaj ft. Sean Garrett – Massive Attack (mp3)
Motion sick. So much swing it makes some people feel queazy. When the
bridge kicks in i do the rocky pose.
Computer Magic – Running (mp3)
The subtle sounds of a robot and her computer. Awesome.
I Crave Paris – Aeroplane vs Friendly Fires vs Flight Facilities (mp3)
One day… i hope to be as cool as listening to this song makes me feel.
Polkadots 2010 – Oliver Twitz Remix (mp3)
Im putting this track in because it's responsible for the whole top
row of keys on my laptop no longer working. Never play this late at
night in a dark crowded room full of people.
Penguin Prison – Something I'm Not (mp3)
Dude's got the voice of Justin Timberlake but the production chops of the DFA crew, absolutely the best thing to come out of NYC in a longgg minute. We just released this track last week and his full length is shaping up to be the best thing you've ever heard, definitely someone to keep a serious eye on this year.
Gypsy & The Cat – Jona Vark (mp3)
Australians seem to do breezy synth pop better than anyone else, and Gypsy & The Cat aren't about to buck the trend. Summer never sounded so good.
Ellie Goulding – Starry Eyed (Penguin Prison Remix ft. Theophilus London) (mp3)
Three of our favorite new talents in music, all together on the same track. It's basically the Holy Trinity of AWESOME.
Forget the fact that Mr. Little Jeans is actually a Ms, she's one of the best new artists we've heard in 2010 and we fully expect "Angel" to be a bona fide underground hit by the end of the year.
We're not sure when Yeasayer became the best pop band in the world, but somewhere between "Ambling Alp" and "ONE" it definitely happened.
Don't know if this has been officially released as a single in the US yet, but it's tearing up the UK and for damn good reason. Biggest radio pop jam of 2010 by FAR.
I mean seriously, have you heard the synth riff in this song? It's the stuff legends are made of.
Alphabeat – Hole In My Heart (The Sound Of Arrows Remix) (mp3)
We were barely even casual fans of Alphabeat when we saw them at SXSW but they absolutely blew every other band we've seen this year out of the water with their live show, and then did it again last week in NYC. Here our dudes in the Sound of Arrows take their best track and make it even better on our favorite remix of the year so far.
Marina And The Diamonds – Oh No! (mp3)
Homegirl's album was already our favorite of the last few years when she turned it in to Atlantic last fall, then she went out to LA and recorded this smash with Greg Kurstin late last year. So good Atlantic went and repressed the album with "Oh No" included, and now it's set to be one of the biggest UK radio hits of the year. Someone said it sounds like Ke$ha with a conscience and a brain, and we're pretty down with that.
Miley Cyrus – Party In The USA (Yes Giantess Remix) (mp3)
Giantess went and took the most important song of our time and made it even more amazing, and we've been movin' our hips like yeahhhh ever since.
All Things Go: Hit Parade Part 1 & 2
Part 1
These guys are just starting to get some blog lovin', and after listening to "Go Outside" it's pretty clear the attention is deserved. Haunting, effortless, yet catchy, in the vein of Arcade Fire.
Two Door Cinema Club – "What You Know"
This song makes me do that goofy-white-guy-playing-drums-on-his-thighs-or-belly move, but I do so unashamedly.
Tanlines – "Real Life"
A grandiose cacophony of layered instrumentals. Yeah, I used a thesaurus.
I love this short and sweet ballad despite not understanding a word of what she's saying. In fact, I loved it enough that I put it on the latest edition of our Valentine's Day Mixtape.
The Temper Trap – "Sweet Disposition (Axwell & Dirty South Remix)"
I heard this dropped in multiple clubs in Acapulco last week on my Spring Break, and it absolutely SLAYED the crowd. Rightfully so.
Part 2
Apparently Fang Island was quite the buzz at this year's SXSW festival. Rightfully so. Their latest self-titled album is more than solid and "Daisy" is a straight kick in the balls.
Foals – "Spanish Sahara"
I think most people did a double take the first time they heard this song. It's more than a bit different from their dancier tunes, but this epic track is probably my favorite Foals song yet.
Minus the Bear – "Into the Mirror"
Everything Minus the Bear touches is gold. I am so god damn excited for their next album, and you should be too. Thankfully, we don't have to wait later than May. In the meantime, wet your whistle with this baby-making jam.
Crazy what three guys can do when armed with not much more than some acoustic guitars. With "Texas Blues" Good Old War puts their magical pop touch on, well, the blues. Their three-part harmonies make me melt inside.
It ain't no "Clint Eastwood" or "Feel Good Inc.", but it works. I've come to like "Stylo" and the rest of Plastic Beach more and more with each listen. Definitely one of those albums that works best when listened to in its entirety.


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|02 Aug 2010
Windows 7 64bit
Re-Appearing Icons ?
Not at all sure that this is truly a W7 related problem, but thought I'd ask anyway.
Sure is weird, though.
Have never bothered with .wav files before, but tried to download a few of them that had some radio stuff recorded on them.
I started the download, then quit, as they said it needed another 30 minutes for the download.
I guess .wav files are, or can be, really big.
Anyway, a few of these files that I terminated (while the download was going) have left icons on the desktop. If I click on them, Windows says it cannot open them up.
Fine, no problem. I don't want them anymore.
So, I put them in the Recycle Bin, empty the Recycle bin.
The Trash is now empty, as one would expect. Nothing in it.
But, upon re-starting the PC the next time, they re-appear on the Desktop.
Not when the PC is first turned on and the Desktop appears, but when I click to open up Google/Firefox. Then they come back to the Desktop.
What's going on, please ?
Is there some program that continually is trying to download them
(even after a restart)? Doesn't appear likely, I think.
So, what's happening ?
How do I delete these icons (and I guess a small downloaded portion before I quit the download), for good ?
Any thoughts would be most appreciated.
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Windows 7 X64 Bit
Can you right click the icon and open file location??,try delete the icon then delete the file from location,dont delete the file then the icon or "file not found" may appear, just an idea
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You probably can't find this offered at your local salon amongst the spa pedicure options, but one New York rabbi is setting a trend in nail couture. Every week Rabbi Yael Buechler paints her nails to be themed to that week's Torah portion, and on holidays–well, she takes it to another level. You haven't seen manicures until you've seen what she does with the 10 plagues at Passover!
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On the road again
Recently we had the itch to travel again and a cruise from Stockholm to Lisbon struck our fancy. So it was time to hit the road.
After arriving in Stockholm from New York, we checked into the lovely Crystal Plaza Hotel owned by Benny Anderson of the Swedish pop group Abba.
After a much needed nap, we met up with a Swede who had sold me an antique piece of Royal Doulton pottery on eBay some months ago. The shipping was going to be $75 from Stockholm to Louisville! I paid for the pot and asked him to keep it and told him I would get it in person.
We had dinner on the sidewalk at a local Korean barbecue restaurant in the middle of Stockholm.
Day three of our journey started with a fabulous Swedish breakfast smorgasbord at the hotel.
Then we went up to see the Royal Palace.
We started our visit with a trip to the Cathedral, next to the palace, where Crown Princess Victoria was married to her personal trainer, now Prince Daniel, on June 19, 2010. It is a charming old church with the usual hanging pulpit crowned by an enormous hand-carved, gold leafed crown with acanthus leaves, graves of long past rulers and an incredible choir. The ebony and silver altar was donated to the cathedral in the 1650s.
It was our luck to stumble in on the choir singing a cappella for a recording company. The acoustics in the church were phenomenal. We were held spellbound at the glorious sound for at least an hour.
Then we tore ourselves away and walked across the square to the official residence of H.M. the King. It was designed by Nichodemus Tessin the Younger in the style of the Italian Baroque. Completed in 1754, it is partly built on the remains of the former Tre Kronor Castle, which was destroyed by fire in 1697.
The Palace features a selection of furniture and interiors which date chiefly from the 18th and 19th centuries. We toured the Royal Apartments for visitors, the Hall Apartments of the Orders of Chivalry, the Treasury, the Tre Kronor Museum and the Hall of State.
We had a brief tour of the Bernadotte Apartments, the home of this dynasty of Swedish monarchs. If you know your history and can keep it straight, you know that Napoleon saw to it that General Bernadotte of France became King of Sweden (Bernadotte was married to a sister of Napoleon's brother Joseph's wife.).
Charles VIII of Sweden was childless and in 1810 he was elected Prince of Denmark. After his death the Riksdag elected Jean Baptiste Bernadotte who was a Marshall of France as heir. He was King Charles XIV of Sweden and Carl III Johan of Norway from 1818 till his death in 1844. The union of Norway and Sweden lasted till 1905. Charles XIV John of Sweden was adopted by Charles XIII of Norway. There is more to it but by now even I am confused!
After that, we headed to the little known Hallwyl Museum, an upper-class residence in the middle of Stockholm built in 1893-98. This magnificent residence was created by the Count and Countess von Hallwyl. It consists of 40 rooms built around an inner courtyard and is extremely art nouveau.
One of Sweden's foremost collectors, Wilhelmina von Hallwyl built the house to showcase her magnificent collections of art, porcelain, paintings, sculpture, furniture, you name it, and she had it in spades. Even her kitchen towels were monogramed.
All of the inner city of Stockholom is one art nouveau building after another – not flashy, more subtle, but still beautiful. There were no modern and glass skyscrapers. The archipelago with all that water helps make it one of the most lovely cities I've ever seen. There are bicycle lanes on all the sidewalks and in the streets.
The next morning we left our hotel after a hearty breakfast and took a cab to the dock, only a few minutes away. It was $30! Everything is expensive in Stockholm.
We boarded the Seabourn Pride, a small ship holding about 300 guests. It was a shock after sailing for so long on Regent with 600. But it was lovely and our stateroom was quite nice. The closet space was more than adequate, and we had lots of drawer space. We had the obligatory sofa, two chairs, coffee table, occasional table and fridge with bookshelves over it.
Our first full day at sea provided us with a fascinating lecture and slide show on the life and works of Carl Faberge, jeweler to the czars of Russia. Then surprise! We were given the opportunity to buy copies of some of the pieces.
At noon we arrived at Mariehamn Stad, Aland, one of the world's most beautiful archipelagos. It consists of some 6,500 islands, with only 60 of them inhabited and lies about 60 miles off the coast of Sweden. It was founded in 1861, during the reign of the Russian Czar Alexander II and named after his wife Czarina Maria Alexandrovna. It is an autonomous region, which "gives it the right to pass laws in areas relating to the internal affairs of the region and to exercise its own budgetary power."
Aland's autonomy is regulated by the Act on the Autonomy of Aland passed by the Parliament of Finland. It is confusing to the novice.
Aland pays taxes to Finland. In return Finland sends those taxes back to Aland. Aland is in charge of health and medical care, the environment, promotion of industry, internal transports, local government, policing and postal communication, radio and TV.
In these areas Aland functions practically like an independent state with its own laws and administration. Finnish State law applies to foreign affairs, most civil and criminal law, the court system, customs and state taxation.
All this and I had never even heard of Aland. Have you?
As far back as is known the people of Aland have spoken Swedish and had a culture that is similar to that in Sweden. Aland was also a part of the Swedish kingdom, enjoying periods of independence, up until the war of 1808-09, when Sweden was forced to relinquish Finland and Aland to Russia. As a result Aland became part of the Grand Dutchy of Finland.
When the Russian Empire began to fall apart in 1917, representatives of Aland's municipalities held a secret meeting at the Aland Folk High School, where they decided to seek reunification with their Swedish motherland. A delegation presented this request, which was backed by a mass petition signed by an overwhelming majority of the local adult population, to the Swedish king and government.
In 1917 Finland declared itself an independent republic, referring to the same principle of popular self-determination as had been invoked by the Alanders in support of their claim for reunification with Sweden.
Aland in the meantime went to the newly formed League of Nations. They presented a compromise decision which offered something to each of the three parties to the conflict, Finland, Sweden and Aland.
Finland was granted sovereignty over Aland, but was placed under an obligation to guarantee to the population of the Islands their Swedish culture, language, local customs and the system of self-government that Finland had offered Aland in 1920. The decision was supplemented with an agreement between Finland and Sweden on how the guarantees were to be realized. The League also decided that a treaty governing Aland's demilitarisation and neutralization should be drawn up to ensure that the islands would never become a military threat to Sweden.
On top of all that, Swedish is the official language and publications and documents sent by Finnish Government agencies to Aland must also be in Swedish!
Mercy! All that for a few dozen islands populated mostly with cows.
The next day we arrived in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It was sunny and we were berthed right downtown in sight of an open air market and a gorgeous church. We got on a bus for a short tour of the town.
Helsinki was a Swedish outpost until the early 19th century, when it became the capital of the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland, an event that triggered a building boom. More expansion came in the 1920s following Finnish independence.
Evidence of Finnish creativity and design sense is all around you, in Helsinki architecture, handicrafts, decorative arts and hundreds of pieces of monumental sculpture. Harsh winters, with up to 18 hours of darkness daily in December, may have encouraged these artistic talents; they certainly developed the Finn's legendary courage and endurance, which enabled them to survive while powerful neighbors fought over their land, exploiting or simply ignoring its people. The factor that sets them apart is their language, impenetrable to most outsiders. Like the Finns themselves, it is neither Slav nor Scandinavian, but came with their ancestors from central Asia.
Almost all of the architecture is classical. The neoclassical Luthern cathedral. Tuomiokirkko, was intended by architect Engel to have one great dome. But on his death in 1840, another Prussia émigré, Ernst Lohrmann, took over the project. Fearing that a single cupola might not be sufficiently monumental, he added four smaller domes spangled with gilded stars and lined the roof with copies of statues by Bertel Thorvaldsen in Copenhagen's cathedral.
Helsinki's Olympic stadium, built for the 1940 Olympic Games, which were canceled when war broke out, was eventually used when Finland hosted the games in 1952. Near there is the Sibeliuksen Park laid out on a hill overlooking the sea, in honor of the composer Jean Sibelius.
To one side of the park stands a massive steel sculpture resembling organ pipes or birch trees created by Eila Hiltunen and dedicated to the musical vision of Sibelius. Next to it is a relief portraying Silbelius at the height of his musical creativity.
Needless to say "Finlandia" was played on the bus for the rest of the trip as we returned to the ship. It was time to board the ship and leave for St. Petersburg.
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It's official, Natalie Massenet wants every last penny from my bank account. She wants to bankrupt me completely, force me to steal from my friends and family, and eventually end up living in the gutter behind St Martin's Lane, wrapped up in a ball of shiny shiny couture. Net-A-Porter just emailed me to point out which new collections they will be stocking for Spring/Summer, you see, and I have already started scraping cash together from my almost empty accounts to be able to afford some brand-spanking-new Peter Pilotto, Giambattista Valli, Valentino, Isabel Marant, and Alaïa. I know I may not be able to pull off some of the looks I'm about to discuss, but perhaps some of my willing friends could... And then I can feel special just by standing next to them. Now, I don't know exactly what Natalie's buyers have picked out, but if I were them I would have selected:
Yeah yeah I know this season is all about nudity and light and pastel etc, but right now I'm being drawn to the dark side. I think this sumptuous velvety, twisted dress by Peter Pilotto is divine, and totally suitable for Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. The gorgeous colours melt into one another and it shows just the right amount of leg without being slutty.
OK, so this Giambattista Valli number might err on the side of slutty, given that the top half is completely transparent, but with the right underwear/outwear I think this could be totally chic. I like the contrast between the ruffled textured skirt and straight lines and simplicity of the top. And the bling really sets it off. Wear with caution.
For Valentino I've decided to stay on-trend and pick a nice muted pastel pink colour. The kind of colour that could end up being sickly, but luckily hasn't. The oversized ruffles on the hem and the shoulder, travelling down one side, remind me of a girlier version of what Ricardo was doing over at Nina Ricci before he got the boot. Susie Bubble made a post about the use of the word "cute" in fashion, and I definitely think it applies here.
The transparency continues over at Isabel Marant, this time teamed with a multicoloured mini-skirt (on the cheaper/easier-to-wear side of Balenciaga) and a jacket a little bit similar (although better fitted) to one I coveted from Markus Lupfer's apparently final collection for Armand Basi One two seasons ago. Naturally, I gotta mention those boots that everyone seems to want... Sadly, the tassles just don't really do it for me.
Shame on you Style.com! (where all the previous photos came from) You don't have any pics from Alaïa's SS10 collection! (neither does Vogue.co.uk...). So we'll finish off with a classic shot of Cher explaining how Alaïa is a "totally important designer", or something like that...
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Press Release of U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer
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February 13, 2012
Washington D.C. Office (202) 224-3553
Boxer Calls on California Public Utilities Commission to Conduct More Frequent Safety Audits
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today called on the California Public Utilities Commission to conduct more frequent audits of pipeline operators after a recent audit of Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) revealed disturbing violations of pipeline safety regulations and the questionable use of millions in ratepayer funds. Senator Boxer also drew attention to the Commission's failure to detect any of these problems for over a decade.
Conducted after the 2010 San Bruno gas pipeline explosion, the PG&E audit found multiple federal and state pipeline safety regulation violations as well as a pattern by PG&E of collecting revenues above the CPUC-authorized level, which totaled $430 million over a decade. Some of those funds went to dividends, stock repurchases and bonuses, rather than testing and infrastructure upgrades.
In her letter, Senator Boxer wrote, "These findings highlight the CPUC's failure to provide sufficient oversight over pipeline operators' safety protocols and use of ratepayer funds. Therefore, as the CPUC reforms its oversight of pipeline operators in the state, I urge you to begin performing more frequent audits to ensure that problems are detected and addressed in a timely fashion."
The full text of the letter is below:
February 13, 2012
The Honorable Michael R. Peevey
California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
Dear President Peevey:
Thank you for the California Public Utilities Commission's (CPUC's) work to complete its audit of PG&E's safety practices and the causes of the 2010 San Bruno gas pipeline explosion. I was deeply disturbed by the audit's findings that prior to the San Bruno incident, PG&E consistently emphasized profits over safety, neglecting critical infrastructure upgrades while reaping surplus revenues above the level authorized by the CPUC. I was equally troubled by the CPUC's failure to detect these problems for over a decade.
The CPUC audit outlined serious flaws in PG&E's past safety protocols, including multiple violations of Federal and State pipeline safety regulations. Less than a week after this audit was completed, PG&E finalized a CPUC-ordered review of their pipeline records, revealing that 540 miles of transmission pipelines were previously misclassified, and 169 miles have been operating at excessively high pressures.
Meanwhile, the CPUC audit found that as PG&E continued to neglect critical safety testing and upgrades, they accrued $430 million in unspent ratepayer funds between 1999 and 2010. According to the audit, PG&E used at least some of these "savings" for dividends, stock repurchases, and bonuses – money that should have been invested in record verification, hydrotesting, in-line inspections, and infrastructure upgrades.
These findings highlight the CPUC's failure to provide sufficient oversight over pipeline operators' safety protocols and use of ratepayer funds. Therefore, as the CPUC reforms its oversight of pipeline operators in the state, I urge you to begin performing more frequent audits to ensure that problems are detected and addressed in a timely fashion. Also, I encourage the CPUC to develop policies to ensure that savings from safety programs are reinvested in future safety upgrades, removing any incentive to shortchange safety in order to increase profit margins.
I look forward to your reply and to working with you to ensure that the safety of our communities remains a top priority.
Barbara Boxer
United States Senator


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When celebrity stylist Andrea Lieberman resolved to design her own line of clothes, one of her inspirations was client and friend Shirley Manson, the lead singer of Garbage.
"She's just effortlessly cool and a little punk rock," says Lieberman in her downtown Los Angeles studio, home base for A.L.C., her new collection of T-shirts, jersey dresses, trousers, and cardigans, which hit Barneys, Fred Segal, and Harvey Nichols in February. Scotswoman Manson, her signature flaming red hair teased out, is modeling one of A.L.C.'s navy-and-white striped maxidresses that makes her look, as Lieberman describes it, like a "demented doll."
"It's so about the lady in the dress, the personality in the clothes," says Lieberman, who had a hand in such iconic fashion moments as Jennifer Lopez's plunging sheer green Versace dress at the 2000 Grammys and Gwen Stefani's Harajuku Girl look for the 2004 music video "What You Waiting For?" As Manson squeezes into a pair of A.L.C. skinny jeanlike pants, Lieberman looks on approvingly. "Shirley's just so supercool. You can't ever put her in a box," she says.
"You're mad, Andrea," Manson responds, a little chagrined by the attention. "But who doesn't want to be Andrea's muse?"
The two met at a trunk show in 2006, and Manson, who currently stars as a killing machine in Chanel heels on Fox's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, will likely be the first of many celebs sporting Lieberman's clothes on the red carpet. At the Scottish Style Awards last fall, she wore one of Lieberman's black Waterman dresses with bell sleeves. "I was nominated for Scottish Stylish Bitch," she jokes. (She was actually crowned Most Stylish Female.) "People thought my dress was effortless and fabulous." It's also relatively inexpensive. (Cotton knits start at $120, skirts and trousers at $345, and dresses at $195.)
"If you need a dress for dinner, it shouldn't cost you $3,000," Lieberman maintains. Though she's influenced by designers like Madame Grès and Azzedine Alaïa, Lieberman was mainly inspired by the ease of American fashion. As a teenager, she studied design at Parsons and was motivated to start her own collection after 10 years of chasing musicians and celebrities around the globe.


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Tony Dungy is the only NFC South representative to appear in our greatest coaches series that's been running over on our main NFL page. But today's featured coach once came very close to landing in the division. Joe Gibbs came in at No. 9 and that...Blog | June 03, 2013
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Time for a look at the top Tuesday morning headlines from around the division. Although there still is a lot of work ahead, New Orleans general manager Mickey Loomis sounded optimistic the Saints can keep potential free agents Drew Brees, Carl Nic...Blog | January 24, 2012
Clayton: NFC South becoming bestPat Yasinskas
I just got off the phone with colleague John Clayton. We were talking about some things that could happen after the lockout and I forgot to tell him something important before we hung up. I'm sure I'll talk to John again today. BreesWhen I do, I'm...Blog | July 11, 2011
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The upcoming season isn't big for Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan just on the playing field. It's also a huge one financially as he tries to get over a significant hump and win his first playoff game. According to Sports Illustrated, Ryan ranks No. ...Blog | June 17, 2011
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While driving to visit family Christmas morning, I came very close to running off the road. That's because I was listening to Sirius NFL Radio, the only station I listen to besides E Street Radio (think Bruce Springsteen), and a caller was ripping...Blog | December 26, 2010
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Our John Clayton is reporting the Bears and Julius Peppers are in the final stages of putting a contract together. My take on this one? There are no guarantees when it comes to Peppers, but I think he put himself in the best possible situation. ...Blog | March 05, 2010
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Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas It is a sad and tragic day here at the NFC South blog. My friend and former co-worker David Poole has passed away. Football is going to take a back seat the rest of today. The NFC South often is called the NASCA...Blog | April 28, 2009


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Jack Federson, a life-long atheist who campaigned against Christianity and other forms of theism, died in a car accident last Tuesday and promptly ascended into Heaven. "This is some serious bullshit," he said, communicating through medium/psychic Sarah Walker. "Not only am I dead, but it turns out God, Heaven, and those asshole spirit mediums are all real," Federson said via Walker's automatic writing.
Federson was well-known in the online community as a skeptic, debunker, and militant atheist. "God is an illusion force-fed to humanity in order to sell more wars," he tweeted on April 23rd. "Wake up, sheeple." Another tweet reads, "That show Medium is garbage. If the dead could talk, don't you think that could be proven with science? Nice tits, though."
When confronted with these past opinions, Federson caused a table to rise off the ground. "Yeah, I was wrong. Thanks for reading my tweets back to me in the afterlife. That's really fucking helpful," Federson said through Walker's mid-trance moans.
Christians in Heaven with Federson are reportedly angry at his inclusion. Hope Masterfield, who claims she speaks with angels daily, says the atheist's entry into the Kingdom of Heaven has upset many of the devout. "There are people who went to church every day, devoted their whole life to serving Jesus. They didn't think any atheists would get in to Heaven. It's turned everyone's faith upside down. I'm starting to wonder if my Precious Moments figurines even mean anything anymore."
"Yeah, they're pretty pissed off about it," Federson confirmed. "But not nearly as pissed as I am. I was looking forward to death being the end. Done. Black out. Fin. Instead I have to spend eternity in one long never-ending church service with the people I disliked most on Earth. Fantastic."
Panicked atheists are holding meetings to determine what to do now. "I've always been a good person, I didn't need any religious belief to steer my morality. But now I'm wondering if I should kill someone or something. I mean, everyone knows all the cool people will be in Hell. I certainly can't stand the thought of eternity with a bunch of Jesus freaks," said Mindy Larsen. "There's only so many times you can hear 'Amazing Grace,' you know?"


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This week has been a whirlwind of thinking, talking and doing. So much new and insightful information has come my way for which I'm truly grateful – feeling very nourished. And on top of it all a terrific concert last night with the very beautiful Mass in C (Beethoven) brilliantly conducted by Rufus Frowde. If that wasn't enough, I had a ball playing Mozart's Concerto for basset clarinet. I'd like to offer serious thanks to Joseph Sanders, John Kelsey, Diane Terry and especially to John Irving – each one of you made a significant contribution to that performance.
Return to Finchcocks
Thanks to Steven Devine, Katrina and Dick Burnett and to the 'behind the scenes' team (Alastair for tuning and Graeme for supper) at Finchcoks. We loved playing for you in the beautiful hall. Such a perfect setting for period chamber music!
Viva Vanhal!
MUSICWEB's review of Ensemble DeNOTE's Vanhal Clarinet Sonatas arrived today!
If these sonatas are still unknown to you then take note – the Sonata No.3 in E flat is a 'wonderful third work'. On the disc we preceded it with the Sonatina in E flat – 'this works so well I was actually startled'.
'For lovers of historical instruments and performance practices, this is a real treat….nobody will wish for a modern instrument in their stead.' Two nice reviews in one day, wonderful!
Gramophone Review for Ensemblef2
Very pleased to receive a review from Gramophone Magazine today, 'This is a wonderful match of interesting repertoire and classy musicianship.' Our approach seems to have hit the spot from the start of Danzi's lovely Quintet (Op.41), 'The brooding yet beguiling sonority of the Larghetto opening features softly sustained chords that are immaculately balanced by James Eastaway (oboe), Jane Booth (clarinet), Ursula Leveaux (bassoon) and Anneke Scott (horn); all are on scintillating form in this masterfully crafted and elegantly dramatic music'.The Fritz fortepiano from Finchcocks receives a special mention as does the wonderful Steven – 'Devine's alert sensitivity and Booth's cantabile expressiveness form a fine partnership in the Sonata in B flat for fortepiano and clarinet (Op 54)'.
A busy month
Following on from February, which included my first return to my alma mater, The University of Sheffield since 1991 (for a concert with Ensemble DeNOTE), March highlights included a concert performance of Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito at Cadogan Hall with Classical Opera Company (13 March) and a CD recording with DeNOTE (24-8 March) of Beethoven's self-arrangements of two of his most popular works, the Septet, Op.20 (arranged for clarinet, cello and piano) and the Piano and Winds Quintet, Op.16 (arranged as a Piano Quartet).
Clemenza includes two significant obbligato arias, 'Parto, Parto' (scored for obbligato basset clarinet) and 'Non piu di fiori' (scored for obbligato basset horn) – making 4 instruments in all for the principal playing the whole opera! I was thrilled to be playing alongside such wonderful singers as Helen Sherman and Gillian Ramm.
Working at St Martin's East Woodhay is a rewarding experience – the acoustic is ideal for chamber music, and supported by a great team including Adrian Hunter as Sound Engineer and Co-Producer and Ed Pickering as instrument technician, we were able to make the very best of this special place. We look forward to the CD being ready in time for Christmas!
How adrenaline can help…..
February 2nd 2014
Emerging from a heavy dose of flu to write this retrospectively, I can scarcely believe that I actually played the recent concert of chamber music by Mozart and Hummel with Fiori Musicale at Sulgrave Manor in Northamptonshire, home to ancestors of George Washington – First President of the United States. Fiori's intrepid Director, Penelope Rapson kept persuading me that I was 'looking much better now!' almost up to the moment I walked on stage. Thanks to my wonderful colleagues Malu, Kathryn, Jane and Poppy who even brought me back a cooked meal from a local hostelry (scoffed just moments before the start!) we got through. I have almost no memory of the performance itself….
A Northern Welcome
Returning to my roots today for a concert in the Sowerby Music series. Once again sporting three instruments (including basset horn and basset clarinet) for music by Beethoven, Mozart and Vanhal, I had the perfect opportunity to introduce unfamiliar repertoire (or familiar repertoire in unfamiliar guises in the case of Beethoven's "Basset Horn" Sonata and Mozart's "Grand Sonate") to a large and appreciative audience in the spacious and resonant acoustic of Oswald's, Sowerby – apparently the largest audience ever in their flourishing Sunday concert series masterminded by the ebullient Graham Merriam. Curious members of the audience used the interval to inspect our instruments at close quarters and one was able to offer a supply of boxwood for an instrument maker of my acquaintance.


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I started researching baby gear around 16 weeks and ordered our crib as soon as we got back from the anatomy around 20 weeks. Some cribs/furniture can take 10-12 weeks to be delivered, so the earlier the better. At least to have it picked out so you know if the store you are ordering from has a long delivery time.
Other then that, it's sort of your decision.
Personally, I'm nervous about going into early labor and not having everything ready, so my goal is to have everything done by 34 weeks. Other people are not as worried about that, and some people even finish after the baby arrives. You need to decide what works for you.
We started a couple weeks ago because I wanted to still be able to pitch in and help out. In a another month or so I would imagine I will be more limited. Also, we ordered custom bedding that takes up to 15 weeks to ship. I have heard that if you are ordering furniture for the nursery they can take several weeks to ship.
Really, there's no right time to start. If you don't care about doing much research into how you want to decorate the nursery and products you want to get, then it won't matter if you wait until the last minute. Otherwise, start making a list and looking for ideas whenever the urge hits you. There is so much inspiration out there. Go to google images and type nursery, there are so many cute ideas!
I say start now! Start researching car seats, cribs, etc. Get a registry together. If you're going to paint baby's room, I'd get to work on that before you have tons of baby stuff in the way. Also, you may be able to get some great deals on things with the holidays coming up.
You can put it all together little by little, but you don't want to wait too long when you're tired and just not up to it. Shopping for baby should be fun!
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In the past 3 years of family and friends giving birth, all were early (3 weeks to 2 months).... so that has prompted me to urge my mom who is hosting my shower to have it at least 2 months early.
Started Registry at 6 months, Will have shower at 7 months, Will complete nursery at 7.5 months just in case. My friend who was early regrets leaving things until the last month. She felt uncomfortable and tired and had too much to do and didn't have most of her to do list done by the time baby came (3 weeks early). Good Luck!


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Stein's Burger Wins Best Burger Contest
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Park City TV and Salt Lake Magazine teamed up to produce another episode of the Burger Bunch. This time they were in search of the best burger in the Wasatch. They visited the Glitretind Restaurant to enjoy the Stein's Burger prepared by Chef Zane Holmquist. Watch the video to hear their reviews.


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American Eagle Outfitters Reports 62% Increase In Second Quarter EPS
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE:AEO) today announced income from continuing operations increased 62% to $0.21 per diluted share for the second quarter ended July 28, 2012, compared to $0.13 per diluted share for the comparable quarter last year. Due to the closure of the 77kids business, results are presented as discontinued operations for all periods and are further discussed below. Net income for the second quarter, which includes a loss from discontinued operations, was $0.09 per diluted share, compared to $0.10 per diluted share last year.
Robert Hanson, chief executive officer stated, "While pleased with our results, and therefore raising our annual outlook, we continue to drive for long-term performance improvement through fortifying our brands, further strengthening our products, marketing and customer experience, enhancing operational disciplines and pursuing growth across North America."
Non-GAAP Second Quarter Results – Continuing Operations (Excluding 77kids)
The following discussion of second quarter results excludes Non-GAAP adjustments comprised of tax benefits and restructuring costs as presented in the accompanying GAAP to Non-GAAP reconciliation.
- Net sales increased 11% to a record $740 million, compared to $669 million last year.
- Comparable store sales, including AE Direct, increased 9%, compared to a 1% increase last year.
- Gross profit increased 17% to $277 million, or 37.4% as a rate to sales, compared to $236 million, or 35.3% as a rate to sales, last year. Decreased product costs and markdowns led to a 120 basis point improvement in the merchandise margin. Buying, occupancy and warehousing costs improved 90 basis points due to strong sales.
- Selling general and administrative expense of $178 million, which excludes $4 million of restructuring costs, improved 40 basis points to 24.0%, compared to 24.4% last year.
- Excluding restructuring costs, operating income increased 76% to $67 million. The operating margin expanded to 9.1% compared to 5.7% last year.
- Adjusted EPS from continuing operations of $0.21 compared to $0.13 last year, a 62% increase. Results exclude restructuring costs of $0.02 per diluted share, offset by $0.02 per diluted share of tax benefits.
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