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Good morning! After many many inquires about advertising/sponsors on my blog I have decided to let a few carefully chosen sponsors place an ad on my blog. If you are interested all you need to do is email me with your information. I will send you the rates and details…and if we are a great match? made in heaven then your ad will appear within a few weeks. I will offer 1 month, 3 and 6 month subscriptions for ads. All ads will include a guest post on your brand, its a great way to get the word out about what you do, sell,etc……
I will be accepting ads that naturally are a great fit with my style and my readership, so anything having to do with all my favorite subjects including but not limited to interior design, bedding, cooking, fashion, online shops, high end etsy shops, decorating,etc……..I have so far, partnered with two wonderful companies? and will take another handful to start. Contact me here for more information…..firstname.lastname@example.com.
Moving along……
Some new store biz.….knee deep in starting to receive and process all the Annbel Ingall handbag orders! The first batch has arrived and I will be getting in bags all this week. I ordered some extras of some of the best selling colors so for today only am extending my special promotional pricing which is below. If you are interested don't miss out….they do not ever sell for these prices!
?The wonderful crossbody, Jojo retails for $320 and the special price is $255.00, very chic looking bag.
Then there is the new Coco, a great over the shoulder zippered bag (has three compartments) sells for $495 and I am selling it for $390.
Size is-
10″ x 16″
And the famous tote, comes in both large and med. Sells for $495 and 475, I am selling them for $385.00 for large and $360 for medium.
Sizes are-
Large tote? 13″ x 22″ Med tote? 12″ x 19″
Besides the things I sell day to day, there is also some? "behind the scenes" selling, like helping out with? peoples weddings, events and special occasions. I carry a lot of things not up on my shop, more like specialty items, such as very oversized hurricanes and candelabras.? So if you are ever looking for something special or hard to find, don't hesitate to contact me.
One of my readers/customers casually mentioned her plight in looking for affordable candelabras and I told her I had a line of them I could show her and it worked out so perfectly, they were far less than anything she had found and she said they came out incredible….cannot wait to see pictures! Also helped someone with 40 blue and white jars that all had to be under 10″ now that's one party I really cannot wait to see!! So below are a few things from the line (more for every day) as hurricanes and candle holders are items I get a lot of requests for…..these will soon be added to my online shop, but remember I have very large/oversized pieces too for special events! So if you are ever in need……
The beautiful alpaca wraps are sold as a seasonal item. And the alpaca products are only made in certain quantities per season,hand made on a farm upstate NY. The story is really quite incredible. As a final offer on the incredible wraps (I have had mine almost 10 years and it sill looks brand new) and is so much easier to wear than a big heavy coat. Normally these sell for $495.00 ? but I am offering them right now for $ 275.00. that an exceptionable price and almost HALF for such a high quality wrap. The colors they are available in are below (subject to availability)!
Colors in stock right now (down to 1 or 2 of each color so subject to availability)
The silver items are definitely one of my all time most popular items. These four planters are the best selling planters. A price increase from my manufacturer as of Jan. 1st means I too have to raise my price (marginally) so don't miss out if you have had your eye on any of these beauties!? They will be going up by the weekend. Click here to see all the silver items.
Also very excited to be adding a bunch of? beautiful new styles to the incredible "seeing is believing" line of statuary that looks just like old antique statuary but can lifted with on hand.? Seeing this line in person is the only way to fully appreciate how amazing (and well priced) this line is!? Almost every time a customer has received their order they have emailed me over the moon with how gorgeous they are. and the price point is incredible. Here are the new goodies (all available now) but will not be added to my shop until next week.
Gorgeous Florentine planter 18 x 18 x 25 $135.00
Another beauty, this urn measures 17 x 17 x 24 $130.00
A regal looking urn, 17 x 17 x 24
Stunning cherub planter 18 x 18 x 14 $140.00
They also carry some beautiful sconces/brackets that can be ordered in one of ten finishes, thinking of carrying them as I do get frequent requests, would love your thoughts!
Amazing line don't you think! This line is HUGE, there are hundreds of planters and garden accessories, so if you are looking for a particular item or size, contact me….chances are they have it!? Again all the urns will be up on my site hopefully next week but are for sale now, so don't hesitate to contact me. Share your thoughts on the brackets/sconces, yay or nay?
And very excited about these items due in next week………I am now taking orders on anything below as they are due in soon and tend to sell really fast.
Set of three wonderful vintage feeling flower boxes, but could see a million other uses too! $55.00 for 3
A pretty set of three elegant planters, always love to keep these on hand, they make gift giving even the simplest flower so much more elegant! $60.00 for 3
Love the set of three Anduze planters, in both white and the palest blue $50.00 for 3
Super excited about having gotten these gorgeous vintage feeling mirrored vanity pieces. I had carried the first two items which sold out right away, was thrilled to get my hands on more, am sure they will go fast!
Set of three gorgeous ornate silver lidded etched jars (Sm, med and large) $ 80.00 for set of 3
Get a lot of requests for art…… anyone who knows me knows I LOVE crests ( I must have been a royal in my former life lol). So I was super excited to discover this amazing line of crest prints and pictures. These are high quality and best part is there is a choice of 14 frames that it can be done in. So you get to completely customize your pictures, I hope to have all these goodies on my online shop by next week but they are available to order now if you cannot wait:)
This collection has a total of 16 framed crests in the collection so it would make a fabulous collage wall, whether you put just two or 16, these are amazing! They retail for about $400 each, I will be selling them for $255.00 each.
These are just three of the 16 available….all are exquisite and would make the ultimate gallery wall!
Love these and have already ordered a pair of my own (for my sons room) Think these are fabulous!
Showing them in two different frames…..
And last but certainly not least…a subject near and dear to my heart,? blue and whites! Got a bunch of new pieces,? but there is only one or two of each item so these will not be up on my site. Here are a few to entice you, to see the rest just take a look at the Pinterest board I created by clicking here. If you want to make an inquiry kindly refer to the row and picture order. So if its the second row, third picture, etc……I can send you info, sizing and pricing.
Some great mid sized planters in hard to find sizes ( about 11 x 12)….
And some gorgeous ginger jars and vases….
So that's whats happening over here! I have a bunch of exciting new things heading this way and I am super thrilled to be sharing it with you.
My new contest is called Kitchen Love. A subject near and dear to our hearts, the heart of the home. Send in your pictures of your kitchen or it can be a snippet of your kitchen, something that makes your kitchen special and beautifully yours. I cannot wait to start getting the entries! Rules are-


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Been waiting for it to warm up before hitting the pool or the sprinkler park? Wait no more as the weekend is expected to have plenty of sun and warmth.
The National Weather Service is calling for sunny skies today with a high near 87 degrees. Winds will be from the south.
Tonight skies will be partly cloudy with a low around 66 degrees.
Sunday brings a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Skies will be partly sunny with a high near 86 degrees.
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Lauren WilliamsJul. 24, 2013 5:33 PM
An Obama for America voter registration drive at North Carolina Central University in 2012
UPDATE, Tuesday, August 13: On August 12, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed the controversial voting ID bill into law. The measure—which former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described as "a greatest hits of voter suppression"--was immediately challenged by the ACLU in US district court.
For decades, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 required cities, counties and states with histories of discriminatory voting laws to seek federal permission—preclearance, in legal parlance—before changing their election rules. When the Supreme Court invalidated part of the VRA last month, that all changed. The high court's decision made it easier for jurisdictions with troubled pasts to enact restrictive voting laws. Now North Carolina is set to do just that.
North Carolina's GOP-led legislature has taken many controversial steps in recent weeks—sneaking anti-abortion measures into a motorcycle safety law and cutting unemployment benefits for 70,000 North Carolinians, to name two. But new revisions (pdf) to a photo ID voting bill, which passed the House in April and is up for a Senate vote today, might take the cake. The revised bill prohibits same-day registration, ends pre-registration for 16- and 17-year-olds, eliminates one week of early voting, prevents counties from extending voting hours due to long lines (often caused by cuts in early voting) or other extraordinary circumstances, scratches college ID cards and other forms of identification from the very short list of acceptable state-issued photo IDs, and outlaws certain types of voter registration drives.
It's quite possibly the most restrictive voter ID bill in recent years, says Denise Leiberman, senior attorney for Advancement Project, a nonprofit civil rights organization.
"The list of acceptable identification has been whittled away to such a small list, and that's really what makes it so repressive," she says. "The list is so small that many, many people in North Carolina aren't going to have an acceptable ID."
The bill's new provisions make it so that, with very few exceptions, a voter needs a valid in-state DMV-issued driver's license or non-driver's ID card, a US Military ID card, a veteran's ID card or a US passport. According to an April 2013 analysis (pdf) of state Board of Elections data by Democracy North Carolina, 34 percent of the state's registered black voters, the overwhelming majority of whom vote Democrat, do not have state-issued photo ID. The same study found that 55 percent of North Carolina Democrats don't have state-issued photo ID. Only 21 percent of Republicans have the same problem.
But ask the bill's Republican proponents, and they'll say that this isn't a partisan ploy to suppress voter turnout. It's all about fraud.
"People need to have confidence in the fact that everyone only votes once, and that their vote matters, and establish integrity in the electoral process," Sen. Bob Rucho (R-Mecklenburg) told the Associated Press. "I would hope we can pass this bill and re-establish a level of integrity and confidence in the electoral system.
The problem with the GOP's argument is that this voter fraud crisis is largely a figment of the right's imagination—or a convenient exaggeration. A Democratic analysis of the last six state elections found just two instances of in-person voter fraud.
Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act used to provide a check on certain jurisdictions—including 40 in North Carolina—that wanted to change election rules. If they wanted to get voting changes approved by the feds, state legislators presiding over Section 5 districts had to structure new laws so they wouldn't hinder the voting rights of any specific group. If the state legislators passed discriminatory laws, the Justice Department would strike them down and the legislators would have to go back to the drawing board.
With the VRA gutted, it's open season, Leiberman says: "Unfortunately, I think that states around the country are looking at North Carolina right now—particularly those former Section 5 states—to see just how brazen they can be."
Erika EichelbergerJul. 24, 2013 2:24 PM
President Barack Obama delivered a major address Wednesday at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, in which he laid out a wide-ranging plan to get the still struggling American economy raring again, and called on Republicans to drop their obstructionism and play along. Here are four takeaways from the speech:
Obama laid out a broad plan to create new jobs and train American workers: Obama said he will push initiatives to help manufacturers bring jobs back to America, and "continue to focus on strategies to create good jobs in wind, solar, and natural gas that are lowering energy costs and dangerous carbon pollution."
The president also emphasized the importance of education and job training in bolstering the American workforce. He said he would continue to push for universal preschool, and added that "federal agencies are moving on my plan to connect 99 percent of America's students to high-speed internet over the next five years." He also reminded the audience that Congress is closing in on a plan to lower student loan interest rates.
The president will circumvent Congress if he has to: In the face of an obstinate Congress, Obama said that he would reach out to the American people in speeches over the coming weeks to win them over to his side and get them to pressure their representatives. "Over the next several weeks, in towns across this country, I will engage the American people in this debate," he promised. Obama vowed to use his own executive authority, too, to push the economy forward, and said he'd also "pick up the phone and call CEOs, and philanthropists, and college presidents—anybody who can help—and enlist them in our efforts."
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Erika EichelbergerJul. 24, 2013 11:31 AM
The Dodd-Frank financial reform act of 2010 turns three years old this month. But because of intense Wall Street lobbying, only about a third of the provisions it requires have actually been made into rules by Wall Street regulators, and many have gaping loopholes designed by industry lobbyists. A new analysis by the Sunlight Foundation, a non-profit that advocates for government transparency, starkly illustrates why regulatory agencies are so swayed by industry: over the past three years, those whose job it is to police Wall Street have met with big banks 14 times more often than pro-reform groups to discuss proposed Dodd-Frank rules.
The Sunlight Foundation reviewed three years worth of meetings that banks, industry lobbyists, corporations, and financial reform advocacy groups had with the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve, and found that these regulators had met 2,118 times with financial institutions, and only 153 time with pro-reform groups. Here's what that looks like, via the Sunlight Foundation:
And here is how those meetings break down by agency:
Goldman Sachs, the top meeting-goer, had 222 consultations with regulators over the past three years. JPMorgan Chase met with the agencies 207 times, and Morgan Stanley 175 times. The topics at those meetings were most likely to be derivatives (financial products with values derived from from underlying variables, like crop prices or interest rates), which Dodd-Frank brought under regulation for the first time, and the Volcker rule portion of the law, which would limit risky trading by banks.
From the Foundation's report:
Regardless of how we cut the data, the same striking pattern holds: financial institutions, especially the big banks, are dogged and ubiquitous. Pro-reform groups are stretched thin. Lawyers and lobbyists are also active participants, primarily representing the banks. A number of other corporations show up frequently, most commonly in the energy and agro-business sectors, where derivatives and other market hedges are common practice.
Regardless of how we cut the data, the same striking pattern holds: financial institutions, especially the big banks, are dogged and ubiquitous. Pro-reform groups are stretched thin. Lawyers and lobbyists are also active participants, primarily representing the banks. A number of other corporations show up frequently, most commonly in the energy and agro-business sectors, where derivatives and other market hedges are common practice.
Because of the barrage of industry lobbying, "Regulators themselves have become overly concerned about finalizing rules," CFTC commissioner Bart Chilton told Yahoo News recently. "Over-analysis paralysis, fears of litigation risks, and the lack of people-power have all contributed to the slowdown."
Strong-arming regulators behind the scenes is just one tactic Wall Street uses to get its way. Litigation, and new legislation to gut the 2010 financial reform law play a part too. As a result, Chilton says, "Much of Dodd-Frank is dying on the vine."
Dana LiebelsonJul. 24, 2013 10:51 AM
KTVU, the San Francisco TV station that reported offensive fake names of pilots involved in the Asiana Airlines crash earlier this month, has found a way to make the embarrassing mistake disappear from the Internet: US copyright law. As Media Bistro reports, YouTube videos documenting the broadcasting error made by KTVU are being taken offline, replaced with a notice that says they are no longer available because of KTVU's "copyright claim." But even KTVU admits that copyright violation isn't the real reason that it's taking the videos down:
"The accidental mistake we made was insensitive and offensive. By now, most people have seen it. At this point, continuing to show the video is also insensitive and offensive, especially to the many in our Asian community who were offended. Consistent with our apology, we are carrying through on our responsibility to minimize the thoughtless repetition of the video by others," KTVU vice president and general manager Tom Raponi told the news site.
KTVU reported the names of the pilots involved in the San Francisco crash as "Captain Sum Ting Wong," "Ho Lee Fuk," "Wi Tu Lo," and "Bang Ding Ow"—which an intern for the National Transportation Safety Board mistakenly confirmed. The news station, which is a Fox affiliate, has since apologized.
The law that KTVU is permitted to take the videos down under is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)—and coincidentally, this week, a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee is kicking off hearings that will focus on reforming it. As Mother Jones reported last week in our roundup of outdated tech laws, DMCA—which was passed in 1998 with the aim of stopping copyright infringement—has been criticized by Internet freedom advocates as harmful to freedom of speech, because it allows companies to deliver take-down notices on any content that they don't like. Corynne McSherry, the intellectual property director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, says that the fact that KTVU is able to take down the YouTube videos shows how the law makes it "very easy to get [fairly used] content taken down, and much harder to have it restored."
"Here, the law is being abused to try to shut down a political conversation—and in the process, targeting clearly noninfringing fair uses," says McSherry. "It's always particularly disappointing to see a news organization abuse copyright law in this way—they, more than most, should know how important it is to protect fair use and free expression."
Kate SheppardJul. 24, 2013 9:58 AM
Earlier this year, Colorado lawmakers debated and passed the Crimes Against Pregnant Women Act, which allows prosecutors to press additional charges for "unlawful termination of a pregnancy" if an unborn child is killed in the course of a crime committed against its mother. But "personhood" advocates in the state are not happy with it.
The law was spurred by a 2010 case in which a pregnant woman was hit by a car and lost the baby. The law, which Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper signed last month, explicitly states that it does not recognize the unborn child as a separate person from the mother, nor can it be used to prosecute a woman for attempting to terminate the pregnancy.
Reproductive rights groups called the law "thoughtfully crafted." Many other states have passed laws in recent years attempting to deal with harm done to an unborn child that have treated the fetus as a separate person. As I've reported here before, those laws have resulted in a number of cases in which women are put on trial for harm or perceived harm to their fetus (like this recent case in Mississippi). Women's rights groups say that, by treating the fetus as a separate person, these laws actually do more harm than good for women and open the door to outlawing abortion. Colorado's law is written specifically to prevent it from being used for purposes other than its original intent.
But the new law does not go far enough for anti-abortion groups in the state—particularly the Colorado Personhood Coalition, as Jason Salzman reports. They want another law on the books that specifically designates "unborn human beings" as separate people in the criminal code and allows for homicide or wrongful death prosecutions on their behalf. Personhood advocates are currently petitioning to get that measure on the ballot in 2014.
Colorado was the birthplace of the "personhood" movement, so it's perhaps not surprising that it's where advocates are now trying yet again. In 2008, anti-abortion activists put a measure on the ballot that would have granted fertilized eggs all the rights of living humans, which would outlaw abortion at any point in a pregnancy. The measure failed by a 73 to 27 percent margin. Undeterred, anti-abortion advocates tried again in 2010. Voters again rejected it by a 3 to 1 margin. Now they're just using a slightly different approach to try to reach the same end.
Asawin SuebsaengJul. 23, 2013 12:52 PM
On Monday, April Ryan of American Urban Radio Networks posted a new list of famous recording artists who have supposedly joined Stevie Wonder's celebrity campaign protesting Florida's controversial Stand Your Ground law. In the wake of the not guilty verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman, Wonder announced a boycott of Florida and any other state that has a Stand Your Ground law on the books. The new list includes over 20 names, such as Usher, Rod Stewart, Madonna, Kanye West, Rihanna, R. Kelly, Wale, Jay Z, and the Rolling Stones. Ryan's original post, which has since been updated, cites a "source close to Stevie Wonder," and does not specify which artists are joining the Florida boycott, and which are opting for something lighter (protesting, issuing a statement, signing a petition, or whatever).
Ryan's report was picked up by various news outlets and websites (including The Hill, Us Weekly, TheWrap, and Alan Colmes' Liberaland), many of which interpreted this to mean that these artists had agreed to a boycott of the Sunshine State. But for now at least, it seems this roster of celebrities warrants greater scrutiny. Though some of the listed artists have indeed expressed outrage and support for Trayvon Martin's family, that doesn't mean they're necessarily blacklisting Florida. For instance, a source with knowledge of the situation has denied that Rihanna is joining Wonder's boycott. And when I talked to Fran Curtis, spokeswoman for the Rolling Stones, she said she was "not aware of this," and hadn't been until Mother Jones contacted her. When Curtis contacted representatives for the band in the UK, they responded by saying, "nobody's heard anything about this." (A number of industry sources also cast doubt on other portions of the list, but would not specify which exactly at this time.)
But even if the legendary British rock band isn't participating in a Florida boycott, that isn't to say that the Stones (mainly Mick Jagger) aren't political. Along with classics like "Street Fighting Man," the band has released recent politics-driven tracks like 2005's "Sweet Neo Con" and 2012's "Doom and Gloom," the latter of which riffs on fracking and US-led foreign war. Furthermore, when Jagger hosted Saturday Night Live, he performed a 2012 election-themed blues song with guitarist Jeff Beck, and sang about Mitt Romney and campaign finance.
Stevie Wonder's publicist has not responded to Mother Jones' request for comment. I have reached out to representatives of other listed artists and will update if I get any responses.
UPDATE (7/23/13, 11:34 p.m. ET): Mother Jones received the following statement from Alicia Keys' representative (Keys is one of the originally listed artists):
We question the validity of this list since Alicia's name along with many others has appeared erroneously.
We question the validity of this list since Alicia's name along with many others has appeared erroneously.
Also, PolitiFact has more denials from artists' representatives.
Stephanie MencimerJul. 23, 2013 12:36 PM
Boys with sisters grow up to be husbands who don't do housework.
Lots of people have been looking to science to explain the differences between Democrats and Republicans. Mother Jones' Chris Mooney has published a rundown of all the brain differences suspected in the gulf between liberals and conservatives. But a new study by researchers from Loyola Marymount University and Stanford University's business school suggests another factor may play a role in forming the political brain: the gender of one's siblings. According to the study, boys with only a sister were 15 percent more likely to identify as a Republican in high school, and they were 13.5 percent more conservative in their views of women's roles than boys who only had brothers.
The reason for this difference? Not genes or neural pathways, but something more mundane: housework. The researchers speculate that boys take their cues about women's roles from an early age, and that girls tend to be assigned more traditional chores when they have a brother. Watching their sisters do this housework "teaches" boys that washing dishes and other such drudgery is simply women's work. Boys with only brothers don't seem to have this problem because the chore load at home tends to be spread around more equally. The impact on men's gender perceptions is long term, but the stark partisanship fades somewhat as men get older, the researchers say.
Perhaps even more important than the impact sisters have on men's political views is the way sisters may influence how their brothers turn out as husbands. The study found that boys with sisters grow up to be men who don't help much around the house. The researchers' data show that middle-aged men who grew up with a sister are 17 percent more likely to say their spouses did more housework than they did compared with men who had only brothers. The study suggests this might mean men's views of gender roles are permanently affected by their childhood environment. Girls weren't affected by having brothers or sisters.
The results seemed to surprise the researchers, who thought having a sister would have a liberalizing effect on boys. Loyola's Andrew Healy said in a press release about the study:
We might expect that boys would learn to support gender equity through interactions with their sisters. However, the data suggest that other forces are more important in driving men's political attitudes, including whether the family assigned chores, such as dishwashing, according to traditional gender roles.
We might expect that boys would learn to support gender equity through interactions with their sisters. However, the data suggest that other forces are more important in driving men's political attitudes, including whether the family assigned chores, such as dishwashing, according to traditional gender roles.
Message to parents: If you want your boys to grow up to be good husbands or partners, make them wash some dishes and iron clothes when they're young!
Erika EichelbergerJul. 23, 2013 11:51 AM
In recent months, as Wall Street regulators and Congress debated how best to police American banks operating overseas, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) came under fire from financial reform advocates for the comparatively weak regulations it proposed. Financial reform advocates could have predicted this; when the agency's new chief Mary Jo White was confirmed in April, reformers warned she would be soft on Wall Street because she used to work defending some of the biggest stars in the financial industry. But a story in the New York Times Tuesday about a former SEC regulator who recently joined the dark side as a Wall Street defense lawyer, illustrates that the problem of murky boundaries between Wall Street and its overseers runs much deeper.
Six months after former SEC chief enforcement officer Robert Khuzami left his post at the agency, he took a job—which pays more than $5 million a year—doing white-collar defense at Kirkland & Ellis, one of the country's biggest corporate law firms. There, he will represent the same corporations that his former agency oversees, handling cases in which firms have violated SEC rules. (Khuzami will face a one-year waiting period during which he is now allowed to have contact with the SEC, and he is permanently banned from appearing before the agency in a case in which he was previously involved.)
This kind of cross-over, financial reformers say, undermines the ability of the SEC to do its job properly. Via the Times:
The revolving door at firms like Kirkland has alarmed some watchdog groups. The Project on Government Oversight, a nonprofit group, released a study this year highlighting a pattern of former SEC officials securing favorable results from the agency.
"It can really help a Wall Street bank to show they're represented by the former top cop on Wall Street," said Michael Smallberg, an investigator at the group. "It's not like you see an equal number of SEC lawyers going to represent shareholders and whistle-blowers."
The revolving door at firms like Kirkland has alarmed some watchdog groups. The Project on Government Oversight, a nonprofit group, released a study this year highlighting a pattern of former SEC officials securing favorable results from the agency.
"It can really help a Wall Street bank to show they're represented by the former top cop on Wall Street," said Michael Smallberg, an investigator at the group. "It's not like you see an equal number of SEC lawyers going to represent shareholders and whistle-blowers."
As provisions of the 2010 Dodd Frank financial reform act finally begin to go into effect, and banking regulators warn of a new wave of crackdowns on bad behavior on the Street, Washington insiders are becoming even more desirable for firms whose job it is to save the financial industry's hide. "You want a big name you can trot out before corporate boards," Peter Zeughauser, a consultant to big financial firms, told the Times.
Khuzami was hired to the SEC after the financial crisis and was charged with ramping up its enforcement unit. He creating new ways of tracking previously unregulated corners of Wall Street, according to the Times, and initiated a record number of actions, including lawsuits and civil penalties, against big banks.
So what's with Khuzami's change of heart? He argues that white-collar defense work is critical to a functioning justice system. "It's both aggressive enforcement and vigorous defense that are critical to justice and fairness," Khuzami told the Times.
He added that he'll be good at the job because anyone required to police Wall Street has to know how it works.
Kate SheppardJul. 22, 2013 3:08 PM
A judge has blocked the country's most restrictive abortion law from taking effect in North Dakota. The law, passed in March, would ban abortion at the point when a fetal heartbeat can be detected—which can be as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. The law is what earned North Dakota the championship in our Anti-Choice March Madness tournament earlier this year.
In his decision, US District Judge Daniel L. Hovland said the law would not pass constitutional muster:
The State has extended an invitation to an expensive court battle over a law restricting abortions that is a blatant violation of the constitutional guarantees afforded to all women. The United States Supreme Court has unequivocally said that no state may deprive a woman of the choice to terminate her pregnancy at a point prior to viability. North Dakota House Bill 1456 is clearly unconstitutional under an unbroken stream of United States Supreme Court authority.
There is only one abortion clinic in North Dakota, the Red River Women's Clinic in Fargo, and it has to fly doctors in from out of state to provide the procedure. Hovland's ruling notes that the law would basically make it impossible to get an abortion in North Dakota:
Typically only women who have regular menstrual periods, keep close track of them, and take a pregnancy test promptly after a missed period at four weeks LMP, will know they are pregnant by six weeks. Because the Clinic only performs abortions one day per week, and cannot safely perform abortions before five weeks [of her last menstrual period], [the law] will effectively limit a woman's ability to obtain an abortion to a single day during the pregnancy's fifth week.
North Dakota's law is the most strict in the country so far, but last week Texas lawmakers introduced a bill that would also outlaw abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected. Today's ruling in North Dakota is a preliminary injunction that stops the law from going into effect until the full case can be heard.
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Income inequality in America is has spiked in the past three decades, and has only worsened since the recession. But that's not the only factor contributing to the deepening divide between the rich and poor. Recent research has shown that Americans enjoy less social mobility than people in other industrialized countries—in other words, American kids are less likely than foreign kids to grow up to make more money than their parents. A new study by a team of economists at Harvard and University of California–Berkeley provides the most detailed look yet at patterns of upward mobility in the US, shedding light on why it's not so easy to pull yourself up by your bootstraps in the US of A.
The study's findings, which were first reported in the New York Times on Monday, are based on millions of earnings records. Researchers found that children born into the poorest 20 percent of households are least likely to end up in the top 20 percent of income earners (more than $70,000 by age 30) in the Southeast and the industrial Midwest. Upward mobility is particularly lacking in Memphis, Indianapolis, Atlanta, and Columbus. Poor children are most likely to be able to work their way to an upper-income life in the Northeast, Great Plains and the West, including in cites such as New York, Boston, Salt Lake City, Pittsburgh, and Seattle. Here's what that looks like, via the Times:
The researchers were surprised that what most contributed to social mobility wasn't heftier tax breaks for the poor or a stronger safety net. The difference between high-mobility and low-mobility communities has more to do with early education, family structure, and the physical geography of metropolitan areas. The Times explains:
The researchers concluded that larger tax credits for the poor and higher taxes on the affluent seemed to improve income mobility only slightly. The economists also found only modest or no correlation between mobility and the number of local colleges and their tuition rates or between mobility and the amount of extreme wealth in a region.
But the researchers identified four broad factors that appeared to affect income mobility, including the size and dispersion of the local middle class. All else being equal, upward mobility tended to be higher in metropolitan areas where poor families were more dispersed among mixed-income neighborhoods.
Income mobility was also higher in areas with more two-parent households, better elementary schools and high schools, and more civic engagement, including membership in religious and community groups.
Regions with larger black populations had lower upward-mobility rates. But the researchers' analysis suggested that this was not primarily because of their race. Both white and black residents of Atlanta have low upward mobility, for instance.
The comparison of metropolitan areas allows researchers to consider local factors that previous mobility studies could not—including a region's geography. And in Atlanta, the most common lament seems to be precisely that concentrated poverty, extensive traffic and a weak public-transit system make it difficult to get to the job opportunities. "When poor communities are segregated," said Cindia Cameron, an organizer for 9 to 5, a women's rights group, "everything about life is harder."
The researchers concluded that larger tax credits for the poor and higher taxes on the affluent seemed to improve income mobility only slightly. The economists also found only modest or no correlation between mobility and the number of local colleges and their tuition rates or between mobility and the amount of extreme wealth in a region.
But the researchers identified four broad factors that appeared to affect income mobility, including the size and dispersion of the local middle class. All else being equal, upward mobility tended to be higher in metropolitan areas where poor families were more dispersed among mixed-income neighborhoods.
Income mobility was also higher in areas with more two-parent households, better elementary schools and high schools, and more civic engagement, including membership in religious and community groups.
Regions with larger black populations had lower upward-mobility rates. But the researchers' analysis suggested that this was not primarily because of their race. Both white and black residents of Atlanta have low upward mobility, for instance.
The comparison of metropolitan areas allows researchers to consider local factors that previous mobility studies could not—including a region's geography. And in Atlanta, the most common lament seems to be precisely that concentrated poverty, extensive traffic and a weak public-transit system make it difficult to get to the job opportunities. "When poor communities are segregated," said Cindia Cameron, an organizer for 9 to 5, a women's rights group, "everything about life is harder."
Although location has a lot to do with whether poor kids in Indianapolis or Montgomery will be able to live better than their parents, for rich kids, geography doesn't really matter. The study found that the chance rich kids will grow up to be rich is pretty much the same across metropolitan areas around the country. Of kids who grew up one-percenters, for example, one out of three will be making at least $100,000 by the time they turn 30.
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Unlike many professionals who hate watching games they can't play in, Okore says he enjoys following the boys in claret and blue, home and away.
Okore says he'd obviously prefer to play - but he still gets a kick out of seeing his pals in action every weekend, including this Saturday at Old Trafford.
He said: "I watch all the games. I enjoy seeing the boys play in the matches. I see every game.
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Pat Baldwin's third goal in 268 Football League appearances set City on their way before John O'Flynn's double gave the visitors a 3-0 half-time lead.
Terry Gornell's brace reduced the scoreline to 3-2 before the on-loan Shrewsbury forward was sent off in stoppage time for a for a petulant kick at former Dale defender Kevin Amankwaah .
"It is the fourth time I have been here as Exeter manager and every game has been terrific," Tisdale said. "Both teams played an attacking formation in the first half and we had the better of it.
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Taco Bell may be emerging from taco hell.
It hasn't been easy. There was the E. coli outbreak in late 2006 that sickened 70 and closed dozens of restaurants. Then, the rat infestation at a New York City unit in 2007 that became an Internet must-see.
Wednesday, the image-challenged chain — which has slowly but methodically regained its footing — will detail a 2008 product game plan that could nudge folks to forget the past and instead drive into Taco Bell in droves: cheap eats.
We're talking really cheap.
The same chain that turned the fast-food industry on its head back in 1990 when it introduced cut-rate, 59-cent, 69-cent and 79-cent menu items is about to do it again. Taco Bell on Thursday is rolling out its "Why Pay More?" value menu with 10 products — four of them new — priced at 79 cents, 89 cents and 99 cents.
For Taco Bell, the timing could hardly be better. The battered economy has sent much of the $558 billion restaurant industry tanking. After staying above the fray for months, the fast-food industry finally succumbed in March, when sales at units open at least one year dipped about 0.5% compared with the same period in 2007, reports research firm Technomic. Taco Bell's move also comes just ahead of the frantic summer season, when fast food bags more sales than any other time of year.
There's never been a better time to brag — and to brag loudest — about selling cheap grub. McDonald's is hyping $1 Double Cheeseburgers in some markets. KFC is hawking 99-cent Snackers. Subway and Quiznos are waving $5 foot-long subs.
"The tough economy plays to Taco Bell's strengths like no one else's," says Dennis Lombardi, a restaurant industry consultant. "This gives them something to shout about."
It might force the rest of the fast-food industry to take a second look at their own value items. But it will be extremely difficult for burger-heavy McDonald's and Burger King to match cheese-heavy Taco Bell.
Marketing blitz
The chain's image of cheap eats will be all over the tube as it unleashes TV spots this weekend that feature folks hunting for loose change — under couches, inside car cup holders and in their pockets — to pay for food at Taco Bell.
"This taps into the fundamental problem that many families are facing: Do I put gas in the car or feed the family?" says Greg Creed, Taco Bell's president, in his first extensive interview with a national publication since he took over nearly 18 months ago. With Taco Bell's new value program, he says, families can afford both.
But Taco Bell's not stopping there. It's doing this in tandem with a new, $1.89 frozen-fruit drink, Fruitista Freeze, with all-natural flavors and sliced strawberries on top.
Instead of using corn syrup as a sweetener — an ingredient that concerns a growing number of consumers — the drink is sweetened with sugar. The goal is to lure consumers back into the store for snacks from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., when business is typically at a lull.
Taco Bell continues to roll out its Fresco Menu of nine mostly lower-calorie items, each with fewer than 9 grams of fat.
In total, this will be Taco Bell's largest product rollout — and its biggest marketing campaign, says David Ovens, the chain's chief marketing officer.
"They're coming out with their guns blazing," says David Palmer, restaurant analyst at UBS.
But by taking on so much in such a short time, Taco Bell could be playing with fire. "They are trying to do a huge amount very quickly," warns Barbara Brooks, a corporate consultant. "It could overburden franchisees with way too many new things at once."
Then, there's the issue of whether cheap eats cheapen a brand's image.
Steven Addis, CEO of Addis Creson, a brand consultant, says that's the risk with Taco Bell's new value menu. "It may produce short-term gains. But in the long run, it's a disaster to brand equity," he says.
The new value offerings:
•At 79 cents: Triple Layer Nacho — topped with red sauce, beans and nacho cheese sauce.
Melted Three Cheese Roll-Ups — flour tortilla with three cheeses.
•At 89 cents: Cheesy Double Beef Burrito — a warm flour tortilla filled with two portions of seasoned beef, Mexican rice and nacho cheese sauce. This is expected to be the top seller and will be matched up against McDonald's Double Cheeseburger.
•At 99 cents: Big Taste Taco — a flour tortilla with beef, lettuce, cheddar cheese and crunch strips.
The key to the program, says Creed, is that Taco Bell is separating itself from the other fast-food $1 menus. "Compared to us, the rest of the category is one dimensional."
Sales of the value items have been brisk in test markets, Creed says. Taco Bell executives sensed they had a huge hit after speaking with one female customer in Bakersfield who gushed: "This is the last affordable fast food."
He-man loyalty
But it's young men — not women — who are Taco Bell's target. Young, hungry guys — many of whom can barely grow stubble on their chins — are Taco Bell's repeat customers.
"These are guys who only care about getting their food quickly and cheaply," says Gene Grabowski, a crisis-management expert who knows the inner workings of companies trying to repair their images. These 16- to 20-something customers, he says, "will sacrifice food safety, nutrition or whatever just to save a buck."
Which may help explain why Taco Bell didn't suffer an even bigger hit after its two very visible black eyes over the past 18 months.
First, there was the E. coli virus in the Northeast in December 2006, which shut down dozens of restaurants after Taco Bell customers in five states got sick.
It took 10 days to finally determine that the problem was from a supplier whose lettuce was tainted. Taco Bell's parent company, Yum Brands (YUM), has since hired a third-party tester to verify lettuce quality at the farm, before it reaches the restaurants.
Then, in February 2007, a TV camera crew in New York City discovered rats at a New York City KFC/Taco Bell and filmed through the restaurant's window. In an almost surreal scene, a dozen huge rats were filmed racing around the restaurant.
More than 1.2 million You Tube viewers watched clips of the rats at play.
Creed says it was construction under the restaurant that stirred up the rats. In any case, the restaurant was closed and never re-opened. Taco Bell has since set up third-party audits not only for food safety but for pest control.
After the PR double-whammy, Taco Bell was stymied, but not knocked out. Taco Bell's same-store sales for the first quarter of 2007 fell 11%. But it could have been worse. More recently, Taco Bell has had a modest rebound. Sales are up for the past three months, Creed says, though he declines to say by how much.
Just days after the E. coli mess, Taco Bell's "brand favorability" with consumers fell to 68%, according to a national, online survey of 400 consumers done for Taco Bell by a third party. The number rose to 83% in a survey taken roughly one year later. And consumer "purchase intent" has risen from a low of 74% right after the E. coli issues to 83% in a survey taken in November 2007.
Why pay mo'?
Somebody's buying tacos. Yum, which also owns KFC and Pizza Hut, rarely breaks out Taco Bell's numbers from the overall restaurant group. But in the first quarter of 2008, same-store sales for the combined Yum brands were up 3%, the company reported.
Considering how rough things were one year ago at Taco Bell, "They're lapping easy comparisons," notes analyst Palmer. But even then, he says, "The brand seems to have found its footing."
There's money to be made in tacos. Even in a tough year. Taco Bell's U.S. sales exceeded $6 billion last year, up 0.8% from the year before, estimates Technomic. Both KFC and Pizza Hut posted U.S. sales declines last year, Technomic says.
For Creed, it's been one wild ride. The first E. coli incident took place just two days after the former chief marketing officer took over as president.
"It certainly was an interesting start," Creed says. Days after he was named president — and the E. coli mess became headline news nationally, "My job was to reassure shareholders, customers and employees that this great brand was capable of rebounding."
Then came the rats two months later.
"In life there are ups and downs," Creed says. "I decided that I'd have all my downs in the beginning of my presidency."
Now, Taco Bell is trying to come off as fast food's version of the white knight. "Value is the core of who we are," Creed says. "We decided that we needed to get ahead of this one."
The native Australian hired Ovens, another Aussie, as Taco Bell's chief marketing officer last summer.
Besides the ad campaign, Ovens is overseeing an online component that encourages consumers to customize rap songs via the "Why Pay Mo' Rhyme Generator" — and e-mail to friends.
In test markets, Ovens says, consumers didn't just buy the budget items. The "vast majority," he says, bought other items as well.
That's one reason the chain can afford to charge so little for its value items. The other reason, Creed says, is that Yum Brands buys more commodities globally, such as cheese and chicken, than just about anyone. So it can negotiate lower prices on key ingredients even with commodity prices at record highs.
For Taco Bell, it's a gamble, but one that might be worth taking. By hawking items for 79 cents, Taco Bell isn't only thinking outside the bun, it's arguably thinking outside the entire fast-food industry.
"When times get tough, you can build a moat and walls around yourself — or go on a massive land grab," Creed says. "We're going on a massive land grab."
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The film tax credits that have attracted blockbuster productions Game of Thrones and Iron Man to Britain are to be extended to theatres under Treasury proposals.
A consultation will be launched next year on tax breaks for Britain's theatres, with relief for commercial productions, including those touring to often cash- strapped regional playhouses, and theatres investing in new writing.
Creative industry leaders welcomed the latest round of incentives for their sector in the autumn statement, which include more generous tax breaks for films and a £5m investment for the National Film and Television School.
West End impresario Rupert Gavin, who is a shareholder in the Ambassador Theatre Group and whose productions of West Side Story and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert are currently touring the regions, welcomed the consultation. Also chairman of the Odeon cinema chain, Gavin has lobbied for tax breaks for the stage. He recently escorted George Osborne, an avid theatre-goer, to the opening night of his revival of Jez Butterworth's Mojo.
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Since film tax was reformed in 2007, relief has been claimed by a total of 1,110 productions, with budgets of £5.5bn, 73% of which was spent in the UK. Film Tax breaks are already contributing £1.4bn a year to GDP, according to the British Film Institute, and £430m a year to the Treasury.
In a move designed to lure more blockbuster films to Britain, both big- and small-budget productions will be able to claim back more of the money spent in the UK. Under previous rules, films with budgets of over £20m could only claim back 20% of UK costs, while smaller films could claim back 25%.
From April 2014, the first £20m of any film, no matter what size its budget, will get 25% of costs back, and credits will be at 20% after that threshold. The government is asking Europe for permission to offer 25% relief on all money spent in Britain, and to extend credits to the makers of videogames.
Ivan Dunleavy, chief executive of Pinewood Shepperton studios, said: "In a week where the prime minister promoted the UK's creative industries in China, today's announcement by the chancellor provides a further boost for UK film. The government continues to demonstrate its clear, consistent and ongoing support for this important industry and these new measures will build on the current successful system of film fiscal incentives, which create real value for the UK."


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February 28th, 2014 11:36 PM #36
Plus I'm asking opinions far less frequently on NB now anyway especially of the names I'm the most emotionally invested in, I guess I've just become more comfortable with my style over time and I just don't care if somebody is closed minded anymore.of smoke and embers in ancient woodland; much love & I are waiting for you.
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(Eilean = ay-lin / Iseabal = ish-bel ).
Names calm my soul. Nineteen year old filmmaker in London, future mama & current cat person to Shura. vote on my full list
February 28th, 2014 11:46 PM #38Senior Member
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-" Double or three barred names are going to be too difficult for the child to spell, since those are regulations to get into kindergarten, poor child won't know if they are coming and going." - My response, well, thanks for that unsolicited advice. If you want to set the bar so low for you child and have so little faith in your parenting skills as well as your child's learning capabilities, that is fine, but please do not expect others to agree with you or follow in your advice. This made me boil!
-" Who do you think you are giving your child two middle name?" - Really, who do you think you are questioning my choices?
- " The name is obsolete for a reason, why burden the child with an unusual name, fitting in is soo much easier than standing out, poor child." - Your that opposed to parenting and teaching your child a moral upbringing and to enforce them to be nice to people they meet with different names and backgrounds?
- " Were your parents hippies for naming you after a season/nature/animal?" - My personal favorite, a parent of "certain" era's are automaticlly typified as a Hippie thumper because they chose a seasonal name, can anyone say pre-conceived notion with out obtaining all the facts? Perhaps, if this is the reasonal logical & conclusion, then them Edwardians were some pre-hippies and we are the post-hippies?
- " I can't pronounce it, why would you choose a name that I can't pronounce, you know most people are like me, we live in the US, why torment the child?" - Just because your limited doesn't mean I should be or that my child should be as well. That is subjective and a chose, not a requirement.
These are just of few of my encounters and conversations from personal experience in life. Sorry if it comes across snappish, but it still makes me fussy!
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February 28th, 2014 11:47 PM #40Senior Member
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It seems this thread has turned into a venting session where people inaccurately twist the opinions of others just to vent about them. Most of these threads specifically solicit opinions. It's fine to disagree with those opinions, but I think there's something wrong with spinning it to mean something it doesn't (for example, I have never, ever read anyone who said that a girl with a unisex name can't become a doctor -- if such a thread exists, please direct me).
February 28th, 2014 11:51 PM #42
"The other kids will call him ________."
My husband is always saying this about names. That other children will call them something to do with the name that nobody apart from him has ever thought of. I've tried telling him that children don't really get bullied because of their names. That can be a factor, but a child with the coolest name will still be bullied if there are other reasons. And a child with a dorky name might be one of the most popular kids in school. I don't think names are that much of a factor in schoolyard bullying.~ Violet Elizabeth Rose ~
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How-To Paint Eyebrow on 2005-2007 2000-2004 ADDED!!!! Foci by Sn4ckm4st3r
How-To Paint Eyelids on 2005-2007 by Sn4ckm4st3r
1x Can of paint of choice (color match or a basic color)
1x Can of Sandable Primer
1x Can of Clear Coat
800 Grit Sandpaper
1000 Grit Sandpaper
Rubbing alchohol or cleaning solvent
Clear packing tape, or automotive masking tape (green)
Open hood of focus
Remove headlight if you don't know how refer to the how to archive for further inscrtuction.
Once headlights are removed take clear tape or automovtive masking tape and tape off entire headlight except the eyebrow area (see Below for instruction)
The Black outlined area on these headlights is the taargeted eyebrow.
You will actually tape off below that bottom edge and will fill the top part to achieve your eyebrow.
Once you have taped everything off prepare the surface by cleaning with rubbing alchohol or cleaning solvent.
Take your 800 grit sandpaper and use this to scuf the shiny surface up to leave nice are to lay primer on.
Clean scufed area with solvent or alchohol again.
Creating Eyebrow-
Spray a light even coat of sandable primer on the targeted area above.
Sand lightly with the 1000 grit paper after the first coat.
Continue this process for about 3 coats sanding each including the last and making sure to get dust off.
Take your paint of choice. After the primer has dried lay a even nice coat of you color on.
Repeat this process until desired look of eye brow has ben achieved.
Wait for the paint to set.
Take your clear coat and lay a even THIN coat. This will be the ground clear for the remainging coats.
I layed about 4-5 but lay clear in a even and thin manner until desired shine occurs.
Let sit over night in a temp controlled area.
Make sure all areas are even and correct.
Remove your tape and re-install the headlamps back onto your focus.
Enjoy your aggressive new look like others have!!
UPDATE!!!!! For 2000-2004 Owners
This is the target area on a 2000-2004 headlight for an eyebrow. I extend to the corner because i feel it finishes off the look better.
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Saving this one! Nice!
Thanks man maybe they will add it i will PM S2 still waiting to hear on the SVT lip How-To
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No problem same as an 00-04 different shape. Anytime though glad i could help.
^^ Added pics to the OP if thats alright?
no problem turn signals and parking lights are also visable with no light throw affected.
Thats what i had put above the pic of the light for people to know. Thanks bro appreciate the pictures still waiting to hear on the SVT lip thread and also this one if anyone is interested in it being archived?
snacky, would you paint over the chorme part of the 00-04 lights when doing eyelids?
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The sensor has two wires in, but the light comes on when the sensor touches the disk and earths through it.
So really you only need one wire to detect the pad wear.
What I think is that the two wires are a loop so that if it earths on the disk it puts the light on but if it detects a break in the loop it knows the sensor is broken or disconnected and puts the light on.
Now I guess that when it wears down a bit it separates the wires by wearing away the contact that joins them. Hence putting new pads on when a sensor is too worn leaves the light on.
I guess........ seems a logical way to do it.
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