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Julie and Julia - the movie
Posted 11 August 2009 - 08:52 AM
It is a brilliant film!
Posted 11 August 2009 - 04:22 PM
And if the result is a new printing of her books, and (dare we hope?) a new emphasis on cooking, we'll all be the better for it.
It was reported in Publishers Lunch that Knopf has had to order another 75,000 copies of MAFC because of the movie. Not bad for a book that's already been continuously in print for almost 50 years.
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Posted 12 August 2009 - 08:42 AM
And once the temps dip below 100 I am going to make Boeuf Bourguinon. Haven't had it in years and I don't know why.
Posted 12 August 2009 - 05:35 PM
Cook from it! Join the thread here in which we're cooking from her various books on August 15 to celebrate her birthday. Scroll to the mid/end of the thread to pick up the current discussion.Saw it Saturday night and absolutely loved all of it. Of course, as a huge fan of Julia Child, I'm biased. Yesterday, I pulled volume one out and make Coq au Vin and a lemon tart. Pulled out volume two and made her French bread. It's good to discover her again.
I'm looking forward to seeing the movie this weekend. It's probably no coincidence that our local PBS stations are broadcasting old episodes of the French Chef during their current fundraising campaigns.
As an aside, I also think it's fabulous that Hollywood, TV, newspapers, blogs, etc. are all talking about her--what does that say? A rock star, even after her death.
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Posted 14 August 2009 - 01:31 PM
And if the result is a new printing of her books, and (dare we hope?) a new emphasis on cooking, we'll all be the better for it.
It was reported in Publishers Lunch that Knopf has had to order another 75,000 copies of MAFC because of the movie. Not bad for a book that's already been continuously in print for almost 50 years.
If you head over to ebay the sales of MAFC are through the roof! Several booksellers have been savvy enough to save their first editions for this week.
"Did you see what Julia Child did to that chicken?" ... Howard Borden on "Bob Newhart"
Posted 14 August 2009 - 07:56 PM
If you head over to ebay the sales of MAFC are through the roof! Several booksellers have been savvy enough to save their first editions for this week.
My wife and I saw it last night and enjoyed it. It was good entertainment and, being a gourmet kitchen store owner, I loved seeing all the copper pans and Wusthof knives in use. I'm not a fan of Le Creuset myself (much prefer Staub) and I chuckled to myself that, when she slept through the timer going off for the Boeuf Bouguignon, Julie would have been facing a written-off casserole as well as the contents.
I am hoping that the movie encourages lots of folks to start cooking seriously and they all rush out and buy new knives and cookware. We need some sort of stimulus and have had no help from Washington on our Main Street.
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Posted 15 August 2009 - 06:09 PM
I think the Julia story is more compelling inherently, so it isn't surprising that some people find it unbalanced. Julie's issues seem more personal and Julia's are more world historical, taking place over a longer period of time, across continents, in contact with international and US domestic politics and major characters in the publishing world, and tracking the developing role of women outside the home before the 1960s. Julie's story is interesting, but she isn't the groundbreaking figure that Julia was.
Had dinner afterward at Balthazar, and my wife couldn't help but order the braised shortribs, which was essentially boeuf bourguignon made with shortribs.
Edited by David A. Goldfarb, 15 August 2009 - 06:14 PM.
Posted 15 August 2009 - 10:11 PM
Every copy of MTAOFC was sold in seconds, together with all the other Julia Child themed books.
We had mimosa salads and - Boeuf Bourguignon. The food was great and we toasted Julia's birthday - followed by beautifully iced birthday cupcakes filled with lemon curd and topped with a birthday candle.
It was a terrific way to both see the movie and salute Julia on her birthday.
Posted 21 August 2009 - 04:10 AM
Dinner with a good friend at a lovely French BYO restaurant, followed by a showing of Julie & Julia was my entertainment this past Friday evening. Couldn't have been better! We snuck our leftover wine into the theater in my oversized handbag, bought an overpriced $3.50 bottled water with two plastic cups and enjoyed our wine as we laughed our way through the film. A tad naughty, very Ab Fab, but loads of fun. Meryl Streep was fabulous, as was Stanley Tucci as her husband Paul. What a great love they shared. And Amy Adams does a great job as Julie Powell. The parallels between the two women's lives are both poignant and unexpected, given the difference in the times in which they live(d). Yet, in the end, their love of food/cooking and it's enduring place in their lives is what binds them together. It's a shame Julie never met her object of adoration, and vice versa. I suspect they'd have gotten along famously despite the difference in their ages.
Hee hee. I also bought the overpriced bottle of water so that I could get a cup with some ice, but I had a wee flask of St Germain.
I liked the movie very much - Meryl Streep was even better than I expected. I'm still not entriely sure how I feel about the whole Julie project. It's an interesting idea and literary construction, but somehow I keep finding it a bit creepy.
I would definitely say that I'm kind of baffled by anyone who has trouble following Julia's recipes - you couldn't possibly ask for better, more clear instruction.
I also wished hard for more of Julia and Paul and their life in France.
[edited to add] It's pretty wonderful to recall that one extraordinary person with a huge creative dream could change the world - Julia made our world a far better, more delicious, more joyful place. Many of us here, I suspect, are here at eGullet because of her influence.
Edited by violetfox, 21 August 2009 - 04:31 AM.
Posted 23 August 2009 - 09:35 PM
Some additional thoughts, also responding indirectly to some of the thoughts in this thread: No, it wasn't "Gone With The Wind," nor meant to be; words more like "charming" and "delightful" come to mind. I think Streep did a terrific job portraying Julia -- goodness knows the grande dame was so larger than life (literally as well as personality-wise) that the risk of falling into caricature looms large; and goodness knows that Streep's incredible technical skills at mimicking voice/accent/gesture made the risk of falling into caricature even greater; but Streep avoids that by going beyond impersonation to successfully inhabiting the character and making her live. This was especially apparent to me when her Julia was interacting with people she loved, such as her husband -- wonderful performance by Stanley Tucci; they really made you believe that they were absolutely mad about each other. The scenes where Julia interacts with her visiting sister (played by Jane Lynch) also grabbed me this way; as I say in my blog review, the actresses and the script quickly capture in word and deed the fact that these sisters were allies in dealing with a world that viewed women of their height as social misfits -- without preaching or nagging. There's another little bit that I loved that I didn't mention in my blog review, a short, deftly acted scene in which Paul comforts Julia when she has a flash of grief over her inability to have children. Now that's some fine acting.
I confess Julie's half of the movie just couldn't grab me with the same level of engagement as Julia's -- it was finely done, with many cute moments; and of course as a food-obsessed blogger myself I'm not too proud to admit that I totally identified with all of Julie's reasons for blogging, including the self-affirmation bit. Hmmmm ... maybe it was because Julie's story was more in the conventional chick-flick genre, and all other things being equal, I'm normally not a chick-flick kinda gal. I did, however, get a hell of a kick out of the lobster-in-the-kitchen scene, including the choice of soundtrack song. Okay--maybe that was just way too easy, but again, I'm not too proud to admit it cracked me up.
Interestingly, while there was definitely gorgeous and evocative food going on, I was much more captured by the drama of Julia's story -- and Paul's, too, as he runs afoul of the McCarthy era. I am embarrassed to admit that I have not read Julia's memoir. I need to get my hands on that thing. I'd known the basics of her life story before, but now I really want to know all the details. That woman kicked butt.
Posted 23 August 2009 - 10:23 PM
THAT scene broke my heart, several times over. I had tears in my eyes. It's glossed over in a way in Julia's book, which I think is in keeping with her character, but that scene was brilliant...."There's another little bit that I loved that I didn't mention in my blog review, a short, deftly acted scene in which Paul comforts Julia when she has a flash of grief over her inability to have children. Now that's some fine acting."...
You must read it. If you loved and respected Julia at all before, you will do so 1000 times more after reading it. She was a Great Broad ! And *that* is the highest compliment I can give another woman...."I am embarrassed to admit that I have not read Julia's memoir. I need to get my hands on that thing. I'd known the basics of her life story before, but now I really want to know all the details. That woman kicked butt."...
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Posted 24 August 2009 - 07:25 AM
Now I can't help wondering, if Nora Ephron were to make a movie about Escoffier, staring George Clooney, would everybody rush to buy "The Escoffier Cookbook and Guide to the Fine Art of Cookery: For Connoisseurs, Chefs, Epicures Complete With 2973 Recipes" ?
Posted 24 August 2009 - 08:20 AM
Edited by David A. Goldfarb, 24 August 2009 - 08:20 AM.
Posted 24 August 2009 - 11:57 AM
Now I can't help wondering, if Nora Ephron were to make a movie about Escoffier, staring George Clooney, would everybody rush to buy "The Escoffier Cookbook and Guide to the Fine Art of Cookery: For Connoisseurs, Chefs, Epicures Complete With 2973 Recipes" ?
"Did you see what Julia Child did to that chicken?" ... Howard Borden on "Bob Newhart"
Posted 24 August 2009 - 02:11 PM
A little off topic, but worth saying: Jacques Pepin's autobiography has as many wonderful moments as Julia's. I won't even attempt to compare the two, for they are very different stories, but I would still highly recommend it.
Posted 24 August 2009 - 03:50 PM
Yikes! Yet another repackaging of the Guide Culinaire. In the fad for switching titles with author names, a publisher put out an edition titled "Escoffier: etc etc" instead of Guide Culinaire (its traditional title, under which the English translation has been sold, and cited, the longest). Title skipper10 gave looks like a thinned-down version of Escoffier's full 5012-recipe Guide Culinaire, available (under that title) in English for decades....I can't help wondering, if Nora Ephron were to make a movie about Escoffier, staring George Clooney, would everybody rush to buy "The Escoffier Cookbook and Guide to the Fine Art of Cookery: For Connoisseurs, Chefs, Epicures Complete With 2973 Recipes" ?
More in the separate Book Thread (last entry 2007) on the various titles under which the GC now appears in English. (Earlier link, "Guide Culinaire" above, is to the traditional version, on Amazon, including my comments.)
But I agree with David Goldfarb: Ranhofer might make the better biodrama. (Escoffier codified French cooking -- interesting to cooks and historians. Ranhofer, among other things, fought with the Delmonico family and published their recipes in reprisal. That'll sell more tickets. Maybe with Armin Mueller-Stahl ...)
Posted 24 August 2009 - 05:07 PM
My daughter loved the movie and she was almost as interested in the Julie saga as she was in Julia's life. She's a very busy thirty-something blogger herself, and she thought the Julie bits were amusingly accurate.
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Posted 24 August 2009 - 07:18 PM
Though you might assume otherwise from the two viewings, I'm going to be the contrarian here and say that while I was entertained I was also disappointed. The whole film was too light and fluffy for its subject matter. Julia Child's story was not very well served by the romantic comedy genre, in my view. So much of substance and depth glossed over in quick, superficial scenes. Fine for the Julie side of the movie but a completely wasted opportunity for the more compelling tale of Julia and Paul Child. Marrying the two stories was a clever story-telling device but, let's face it, Julie Powell's story didn't deserve equal billing. Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci stole the show, not only because of their excellent performances but because of the raw material of Julia and Paul's story. Oh, what I wouldn't have given for two hours of THAT...
Streep's performance was superb, despite a few scenes which came uncomfortably close to caricature. Still, there were more than a few moments when I felt like Julia was there. That's what made me go back the next day.
Posted 25 August 2009 - 02:58 AM
While Julia Child's desire to have a child (as it were) appears in a subtle way in the film, it's a major topic of Julie Powell's book (but not the blog, as far as I've read) that is left out of the film. I can see why it is left out, because it would have changed the focus of the story and could have added a potentially confusing plotline, but in terms of understanding the reality behind all this, as opposed to the story, it's worth knowing about.
The thing I found interesting about the blog is that, after skimming the first few months entries, she's figuring out a new genre of storytelling. Of course there is a long history of public diaristic writing, but the immediacy of the interactive component of the blog is something new. A writer could publish a kind of diary/editorial in a weekly and read select responses to it over time in other publications, but the possibility of anyone sitting down and writing a blog and anyone responding to it at once is new. Her first posts are mechanical and almost perfunctory, but eventually a personal voice breaks through, and it's about her own quirks and neuroses and struggles that are manifested through her writing about the cooking project. That isn't something that's easy to translate into film, but is interesting, at least to me, on its own terms.
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Posted 09 October 2010 - 10:22 PM
I hated that Meryl Streep played Julia Child. Her voice was too high anyway.
Julia Child disliked her for her role in the alar scare in the 80s, and they had very different views on food....which would be fine other then the fact that streep sits on her high horse telling people to eat organic even though many americans still eat processed foods constantly, not even fresh foods at all. So cant we start with helping people to eat fresh food?
Jamie Oliver is the closest thing we have to Julia today, telling and helping people to eat fresh foods and foods in moderation.
Posted 10 October 2010 - 09:18 AM
I hated that Meryl Streep played Julia Child. Her voice was too high anyway.
I wondered about that, too. But then read Russ Parson's comments in the L.A. Times. Russ knew Julia pretty well and he had this to say:
"Meryl Streep is astonishing. The way she captures Julia Child is something special. Streep inhabits her in a way that is eerie. Watch her move: Pay attention to the way she holds her elbows and cocks her head. That's Julia.
"More important, while Streep certainly gets Julia's sometimes loopy enthusiasm, she also gets the deep seriousness that was obvious only to those who knew her fairly well. This is no Dan Aykroyd skit; this is Julia Child with gravitas, which is to say the real Julia Child. In fact, leaving the theater and looking at the poster, I had to remind myself that Julia Child did NOT have Meryl Streep's face."
Not only was Streep's portrayal the main thing I liked about the film, she and Tucci were pretty much the only thing I liked about the film. Amy Adams is likable enough so her bits were at least watchable. But, for me anyway, they were not intriguing or particularly enjoyable. As Russ went on to say, likability was very important as Amy was playing a role about a woman whose main literary achievement was "one long whine," but I don't think that likability was enough to lift the Julie portions to the same level as the Julia. For those that find Julie an intriguing character and point out that her blog (or book) gained wide interest, I say that the only reason her blog gained much interest at all was because she was cooking her way though an iconic book from an iconic woman. Had Julie not attached herself like a barnacle to this particular star, nobody would have paid her the slightest bit of attention. She's already fading fast from public view. She's still writing, but nobody cares. We'll remember Julia forever. Julie not so much.
Back to Streep. If her performance was good enough for Russ Parsons, it's good enough for me. I'd like to see an entire movie about Julia's amazing life with Streep playing the whole thing.
Edited by Jaymes, 10 October 2010 - 10:17 AM.
Posted 10 October 2010 - 09:52 AM
I think it is fascinating how her show went from fairly local interest to a country-wide and the world-wide phenomena.
I have all of her books, all of the episodes of "The French Chef" available on DVD and have several of the videos of Julia cooking with other chefs; and an older VHS tape with Graham Kerr is signed by both of them.
And I recently pre-ordered "As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto" - it's due out December 1.
I loved the movie and just a few minutes into it, totally forgot that was Meryl Streep on the screen. She totally captured the essence of Julia in her early days.
I remember watching The French Chef when it was actually being produced and it was her enthusiasm for food that came across every time.
This was the persona that Meryl Streep presented, right on the dime.
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Normally I pull on my glasses, open up the spreadsheets, and go to town. If you've ready any of my work you know that I love numbers, the universal language as they call it, and I sprinkle them liberally through most of my work. Sometimes I also toss in a pulp culture reference or two, I'm always fond of dropping a Jessica Alba or Britney Spears reference, and sometimes I even attempt to draw out a laugh or two with my quirky sense of humor (you can hear more of that each day, Monday through Friday, on the Fanball.com podcast that I co-host with Kyle Elfrink at 8-9 AM, PST). As a result of all of that, I usually avoid outright opinion pieces, but with some of the goings on in the NFL of late I felt it would be worth my time to address some things.
With everyone in the world freaking out about performance enhancing drugs and how their presence has tainted basically a decade worth of accomplishments in major league baseball, it seems to me that football has largely been getting a free pass by fans and the media, and I'm not quite sure why that is. Not to dwell on the negative, but here are a few NFL stories that have made the rounds of late.
The Tragic Death of Steve McNair: It appears that McNair, married with four kids, was having an affair with a 20 year old woman who, it appears, shot him while he slept four times before turning the gun on herself. It does little good to harp on a man who has lost his life, but what he heck was a married man doing running around with a gal who could have almost been his daughter (McNair was 36 years old)?
The DUI/Manslaughter Case of Donte Stallworth: Donte Stallworth was drunk with a blood alcohol level of .126, well above the legal limit in Florida of 0.08, when he struck and killed a pedestrian (there are also unconfirmed reports that he may also tested positive for marijuana). He was forthcoming with the police from the start, a fact that played into the court sentencing him to just 30 days in jail for his crime (he was released six days early for good behavior). I have no idea what kind of penal system we have in the United States these days when you can be drunk and kill someone in your car yet get less time in jail then some months have days, but at least the NFL got it right when commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Stallworth indefinitely, especially since this is not his first run in with the league and its substance abuse policy.
The Buffon – aka Travis Henry: Former star running back Travis Henry is currently awaiting sentencing for his involvement in a cocaine trafficking venture he was busted for being a part of. He likely faces years in jail, potentially up to 10, for his crimes. His lawyer is claiming his client was "duped" into joining the drug ring and therefore should be given a light sentence. Maybe he was also "duped" into having nine children with nine different women as well? Henry is a disgrace to humanity.
The Suspension of Calvin Pace: The Jet's linebacker tested positive for violating the league's performance enhancing substance clause – i.e. he got popped for steroids. As a result he was suspended for four games. Of course his defense was the usual – it wasn't steroids but a tainted over the counter supplement that got him in trouble. Will anyone ever step up to the plate and just admit the truth? You think this excuse would work in baseball?
And that's kinda the whole point of this rant today. In baseball a player suspected of once upon a time taking steroids is thrown to the wolves. Guys like Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa have all likely had their legacies tarnished to the point that they will never recover, regardless of the fact that none of them ever tested positive for steroids. Yet in the NFL we have a guy suspended for steroids and he'll be back and playing soon enough with no one giving a rat's ass as long as he makes plays on Sunday's. Even worse, the NFL has become a stomping ground not just for cheaters but drug addicts, spousal abusers, womanizers and worse – a place where the on the field violence has seeped into to pretty much every aspect of these players lives to the point where many of them no longer seem capable of making rational, adult decisions. Maybe all you football lovers out there should think of that the next time you down a baseball player for possibly ingesting a PED, because in comparison to what is common place in the NFL anymore, my get-up-out-of-my-seat-outrage at baseball players just doesn't exist.
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Although Gabby's Gold has only faced the starter twice since he came down from Woodbine Racecourse in Canada late last year, he has left such an indelible impression on fans that they are expected to come out in their numbers for his re-appearance.
The American-bred son of Johannesburg had made a very impressive debut with a five-length triumph in the Imported Juvenile Sprint Challenge during the inaugural Caribbean Nation's Challenge Day on December 3.
Gabby's Gold was then seen on Boxing Day (December 26) when he toyed with the opposition to win the Juvenile Sprint by a commanding six lengths over Saturday's 1,200-metre distance.
The Derick Mosca-trained colt reportedly suffered a set-back since and it would be very interesting to see how he performs in his first race in three months.
If Gabby's Gold is not at his best, his unbeaten record could be in danger as the field of ten 85-65 rated horses also contains the vastly-improved Smart American.
This son of former Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Smarty Jones also used to race in Maharaj's colours until he was claimed from the champion owner by veteran Harold Chadee for $20,000 after his first career victory on January 2.
This could very well turn out to be the bargain purchase of the year as Smart American, who had failed to find winners' enclosure in his first seven outings, has comfortably won both times in Chadee's colours and will be attempting to complete a beaver-trick of victories.
Two of his three wins have been over today's trip and the American-bred four-year-old defeated 85-65 rated horses by almost three lengths when he last faced the starter just over a month ago.
Although there are nine other involved, it looks like a two-horse race between Secret American and Gabby's Gold as the others are not up to scratch.
Becquerel, who is a two-turn horse anyway, and Mighty Splash have clearly been struggling, while Treasure Hunt has not been close to his best since he finished in the money in all three legs of the 2010 triple crown and the Jamaican-bred five-year-old was a disappointing seventh of eight in the Starlight Stakes last Saturday.
Handsome Warrior is talented, but not sound, while Invictus has not finished in the money in his last five starts.
Raging Thunder struggled to beat 70-50 rated horses last time out and Luca's Gold is coming back after a break, but they still may be able to finish on the board.
King Whistler might be the best option for third place as this American-bred four-year-old relishes the distance and is in decent form.
After tremendous payouts last Saturday, punters will have to start back from scratch in both the Pick 6 and Place 8 wagers.
Punters solving the Pick 6 puzzle walked away with over $20,000, while one person was successful in the Place 8 and took away over $41,000.
This amount was about eight times more than had ever been paid out in this bet before.
Since we have an eight-race card, the Place 8 will obviously start with the first, a 1,350-metre handicap at 1 p.m. with seven West Indian-bred four-year-old maidens.
The Pick 6 will get going two races later and 11 horses, rated 40 & lower, have been declared to compete over the same distance at 2.15 p.m.
The first of three HI-5 betting events will follow at 2.53 p.m., and the field of ten locally-bred maidens for the 1,200-metre handicap includes five newcomers – Red Cloud, Blame It On Me, Blackfoot Beauty, Stroke Of Luck and Naughty N Nice.
There will also be HI-5 wagering in the sixth and curtain events. A grand total of 16 horses, rated 60-40, have been declared to do battle over 1,100 metres on the turf at 4.09 p.m. in the sixth race.
The curtain event has attracted 13 and the 55-35 rated horses will be doing battle over 1,750 metres at 5.25 p.m.
Let's not forget that the HI-5 payout in the final race of last Saturday's programme was almost $50,000.
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True Blue Spa 60-Second Manicure Hand Scrub
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Nuance Salma Hayek Flawless Coverage Mineral Foundation
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Physicians Formula Instant Skin Calming Spray
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Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure
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Specific Beauty Professional Moisture Complex
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Almay Clear Complexion
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Dial NutriSkin Extra Dry Lotion
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Demeter Fragrance Library Dirt
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Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair Night Moisturizer
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NP Set Eye Shadow Duos
Take the guess work out of color-matching with shadow duos paired by a professional makeup artist.
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Goody Doublewear 2-in-1 Ponytailer and Bracelet
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Boots No7 "The Magic of Lipstick"
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$9.99 each; shopbootsusa.com
Nicole by OPI The Gold Shoulder
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Lumene Sensitive Touch 5 Min SOS Cream
Those with sensitive skin have found their secret weapon. Organic linen extract will help calm irritated skin in 5-minutes, flat. We call that priceless.
$19.99; drugstore.com
Dove Active Clean Dual-Sided Shower Tool
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Nature's Gate Pomegranate and Sunflower Cleansing Bar
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Clearasil Perfectawash
Avoid over-cleansing with this motion sensor activated dispenser, providing the perfecta amount of face wash.
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Avoid excess digging around in your makeup bag with this smart double-sided pick. One end is a crayon liner, and the other is a spongy shadow applicator that'll double as a smoky eye smudger.
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Kiss My Face Green Tea & Bamboo Moisture Shave
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China Glaze 3D Nail Lacquer
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Calgon Ageless Bath Pearls
A mix of collagen, vitamin E, and pearl powder is encapsulated in these little beauties to help your skin glow.
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L'Oréal Elnett Satin Strong Hold Hairspray
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John Frieda Large Thermal Brush
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Clean & Clear Morning Burst Charge Body Wash
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Pixi Wakeup Concealer
Banish darkness and fine lines with a brush-on gel formula. Bonus: The waterproof formula will keep you looking fresh wherever they day might take you.
$18; target.com
Burt's Bees Facial Cleansing Towelettes
One little wipe does the work of giants, cleansing, removing makeup, and toning at once.
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Boots Extracts Olive Wonderbalm
Soothe dry skin with extra virgin olive oil and shea butter sourced from a women's cooperative in West Africa.
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Bath & Body Works Select-a-Shimmer
Whatever side of the sparkle debate you're on, this double barreled tube lets you mix your own combo of lotion and glitter. Glam as you see fit!
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Nutra Nail Gel Perfect
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Essence Colour & Shine Eye Shadow
Get some shimmer along with your color via this marbelized pick, available in neutrals and bold picks alike.
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Bioré Steam Activated Cleanser
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Dr. Scholl's For Her Sole Expressions
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Avon Skin So Soft Perfecting Oil
This vitamin-packed oil fights uneven skin tone and does a number on scars and stretch marks, to boot!
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Alba Botanica Creamy Piña Colada Body Wash
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Aveeno Positively Radiant Eye Illuminator
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Wet N Wild Fast Dry Nail Color
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CoverGirl + Olay Tone Rehab 2-in-1 Foundation
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Schick Intuition
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Modella Train Case
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Matrix Total Results Amplify Conditioner
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$9; matrix.com
Aubrey NuStyle Organic Detangler & Shine Booster
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ImPress Press-On Manicure
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Maybelline Color Tattoo 24HR Cream Gel Shadow
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$6.99; drugstore.com
Mark Super Flip Color Kit
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$20; avon.com
Hard Candy Undercover Agent
Fight dark circles and fine lines with a concealer tip that screws off to reveal a brightening lotion. Genius!
$6; walmart.com
GeoGirl Feather Lash Mascara
For a touch of definition that won't feel too made-up, try a weightless mascara that adds length without clumps.
$4.29; drugstore.com
Kanshi Instantly Refreshing Foot Spray
Pamper your feet after a long day with this triple mint spray. It's good for keeping 'em clean, too: Lemon myrtle is antimicrobial to protect against funky stuff.
$10; amazon.com
Sonia Kashuk Instructional Eye Palette
Score makeup and a professional lesson for less than 20 bucks with this smart pick. Twelve eye shadows come with a trio of step-by-step instructions for makeup artist-approved style.
$19.99; target.com
Rimmel Fix & Perfect Pro Primer
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$6.89; drugstore.com
Motions Hold & Shine Styling Spray
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$6.29; amazon.com
Reach by Design Toothbrushes
Brush fashionably with a colorful limited edition pick created by designer Shoshanna Gruss.
$8.98 for two; amazon.com
Salon Perfect Nail Lacquer
Give glitter a break and try a new kind of shine with chromed polish.
$2.98 each; walmart.com
Gold 'N Hot 1 1/4" Curling Iron
Take a salon essential home with you for cheap. This gold-plated curler, beloved by stylists, is the easiest route to perfect spirals.
$14.99; folica.com
Pantene Pro-V Nature Fusion Moisture Balance Shampoo & Conditioner
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$4.99 each; drugstore.com
NYX Color Lip Balm
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$3.75; amazon.com
Bodycology Enchanted Forest Shower Gel
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$3.99; target.com
Pure Silk Dry Skin Therapy Shave Cream
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This is a original unique art work,has made on Original ancient page of Rubens Story book of XIX Th Century ,100% hand painting
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With the futures community still reeling from the MF Global debacle, the PFG fraud sent tremors through an industry that could no longer call MF Global a one-off event. In the middle of the storm was the National Futures Association (NFA), PFG's self-regulatory organization. The NFA had escaped much of the blame that swirled following MF Global, but the PFG fraud raised questions regarding its competence and the function of self-regulatory organizations. Futures sat down with NFA President and CEO Dan Roth to discuss the improved safeguards in response to MF Global and PFG to keep seg funds safe and restore public confidence in the industry.
Futures Magazine: What changes did the NFA institute in the aftermath of MF Global to better protect customer funds?
Dan Roth: After MF Global we formed two committees: A committee of [self-regulatory organizations (SROs)] with the CME and a special committee of our public directors. The first rule changes that came out had to do with trying to impose safeguards regarding firms' use of excess segregated funds to guard against an inadvertent use of excess funds that ends up costing customers money. We had a whole set of rule changes regarding immediate notification to regulators if the firm draws down its excess by a certain amount along with authorizations for that drawdown by principals of the firm, [as well as] certifications by the firm that they remain in seg compliance. The second thing we worked on … is to try and ensure greater transparency about [futures commission merchant (FCM)] financial information for customers. We will have posted on websites information about how customer segregated funds are being invested. That information was previously filed with regulators, now it also will be posted on our website along with other financial data from the FCMs regarding their capital requirements, their excess capital and their seg requirements, and their excess seg and whether they [engage in] proprietary trading and a raft of information. So in the immediate aftermath of MF Global the initial focus of those two committees was greater transparency of FCM financial information and additional protections regarding the ability of firms to draw down their excess funds.
FM: Have you reaped any tangible benefits from those changes?
DR: The FCM transparency issue was approved in July and that data will be posted on the NFA web site on Nov. 1. The rules regarding drawdown of excess funds have been in effect since Sept. 1.
FM: Given what happened at PFG was there an appropriate amount of urgency in the industry's and NFA's reaction?
DR: From our perspective there was a sense of urgency on the part of all regulators: The CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) and the SROs, which is why within a matter of weeks after MF Global we formed these committees and both of those committees had their recommendation of rule changes ready in March. Relatively speaking, that was a rapid response. Everyone felt a tremendous sense of urgency.
FM: What about after PFG?
DR: Before PFG happened, the SRO committee began looking at ways to make greater use of technology to monitor firms for seg compliance, which is where the idea of the online, view only access for regulators to customer seg bank accounts came up. We were developing that rule before PFG happened. Once PFG happened we took that initial concept and went further and said we have to be able to confirm all seg balances on a daily basis. … We started using the e-confirmation process as part of the annual audit process and that is what uncovered the fraud at Peregrine. So number 1, using the e-comfirmation process; number 2, moving beyond the confirmation process out of the annual audit and making sure SROs have the authority to go in and check at any given time; number 3, developing the system so that all seg depositories — bank, broker/dealers, money market accounts — will report to regulators on a daily basis the funds that they are holding on behalf of FCM customers so we can compare that information with the daily reports we are getting from the FCMs to identify any discrepancies. If there is a depository that won't file that information with regulators, it is an unacceptable seg depository.
FM: Will this process be automated?
DR: Both accumulation of data and the analysis of data will be automated.
FM: Why wasn't the PFG fraud caught during the spot audits of FCMs following the MF Global bankruptcy?
DR: The CFTC directed the SROs to go in and perform examinations of certain FCMs for seg compliance. We specifically asked the CFTC whether they wanted those examinations to confirm balances to outside sources and they told us "no." The directions we were given by the CFTC to conduct those examinations did not include confirmation of balances to outside sources.
FM: In May 2011 US Bank had reported only $7.2 million in its PFG customer segregated account and later altered that number to $221 million. Why was the PFG fraud not discovered at this point?
DR: We should have followed up on that; we could have uncovered this fraud a year earlier.
FM: What did NFA learn from those failures to identify what was going on?
DR: Post MF Global we recognized that we have to have greater use of technology as a means of monitoring firms' compliance with segregation requirements, and we were moving in that direction. Peregrine just upped the stakes. It wasn't just the May incident by itself, it was MF Global and Peregrine together, which moved us to having daily confirmation of all seg balances.
FM: While having both cases occur in one year has been embarrassing for regulators, they are distinct. Describe the differences between the two.
DR: Both situations involved the misuse of customer segregated funds by an FCM. The nature of the misuse is different in that one involved outright theft; the other one involved a theft as well, but a theft to fund the firm's ongoing operations and investments. One involves excess segregated funds where the firm is drawing down its excess segregated funds and in the process misused customer funds; the other is more of a blatant outright theft.
FM: Are you frustrated with the investigation of MF Global and the fact that there have been no charges filed?
DR: I have been around for a long time and I have seen numerous instances where the complexity of a criminal investigation and all the demands on the resources of the Federal prosecutors very often result in criminal prosecutions not being brought until the eve of the expiration of the statute of limitations. They are nowhere near that.
FM: There has been a lot of debate regarding creating an insurance fund to protect segregated customer accounts. IN 1985 the NFA studied this. Are you reexamining this? Do you think an insurance fund is necessary?
DR: That question has to be reexamined. The 1985 study examined various methodologies already in place to safeguard customer segregated funds and talked about various possibilities including insurance, but it did not attempt to calculate the actual cost of implementing an insurance program. You cannot intelligently discuss the issue of whether there should be some form of an insurance program without having precise data about what the cost would be. You can't talk about insurance in the abstract; you have to know what you are buying and what you are paying.
FM: Can you design a compliance strategy that gives end users confidence that customer segregated funds are appropriately protected so that such a fund is unnecessary?
DR: We are talking about public confidence here. One question is: Will an insurance fund bolster public confidence? We are assuming you are talking about a fund modeled after other programs where there are caps on recovery. When you are talking about an institutional marketplace like we have, those caps would need to be sufficiently low that for a large portion of the marketplace that insurance program would do little to bolster their confidence. That is why this has to be studied to figure out where you could draw limits that would impact public confidence. The other part of this [is] what can you do from a regulatory point of view to bolster confidence, with or without insurance. The answer that we have been trying to develop is this concept of daily confirmation of segregated balances so that we are confirming on a daily basis from outside sources that the funds that the FCM claims it is holding, it is actually holding. That doesn't address all the risk involved in customer segregated funds — there is always fellow customer risk — but regarding potential misuse of customer segregated funds by an FCM, daily confirmation of seg balances should go a long way to providing customers with assurances along with greater transparency about FCM data.
FM: Besides the specific measures to monitor movement of customer funds, have you looked at your general approach to self-regulation?
DR: We have the Berkeley Research Group conducting an examination of the NFA's audit practices regarding Peregrine, and we look forward to any recommendations they have for how the audit process can be strengthened. We are hoping to get that in November. Another thing that we are doing is that we always have had a number of our staff go through a certified fraud examiners certification process. We have a class of 30 of our staff that are starting that program in the next week or two, and we will continue to send staff to the program on an ongoing basis.
FM: Did complacency play a role in these failures? Did the fact that there had not been breeches in customer seg funds provide a false sense of security? If so, how do you avoid this once things begin to calm down?
DR: I wouldn't use the word "complacency." I don't think anyone in the industry has even been complacent about customer segregated funds; it has always been a core principle. But regulators tend to focus their attention on known weaknesses in the system and that is where you tend to allocate your resources, that is where you tend to spend your time. The failure of those two firms has certainly heightened awareness of those weaknesses but I don't think we were ever complacent about customer segregated funds.
FM: For several years the types of investments in which FCMs could park customer money have grown. Those investments recently have been restricted under Rule 1.25. Did that go far enough? Should the industry look at the concept of the "float"? Is it proper for brokers to earn interest on excess customer finds?
DR: FCMs are profit-making ventures and they have to be able to earn a reasonable return on their investment. To the extent that you restrict their ability to make money by investing customer seg funds, that may be the appropriate thing to do, but it will increase fees and may ultimately further reduce the number of FCMs. When you further reduce the number of FCMs you reduce competition, increase fees and concentrate systemic risk.
FM: How has the relationship between the NFA and CFTC changed since MF Global? Have your individual roles and how you communicate change?
DR: Nothing has changed. There is not a day that goes by where we are not in contact with the CFTC — regulatory issues, enforcement issues, etc. I can say one thing is changing, it is the manner in which the CFTC performs it oversight for SROs because even before MF Global they moved away from annual enforcement reviews.
FM: When you first began to look at additional responsibilities in the OTC swaps world, the record of futures SROs appeared strong. Have the problems at MF Global and PFG forced you to alter your approach to regulating swaps? Where are you in regard to preparing for these additional responsibilities?
DR: Our regulatory role in respect to swaps falls into several different categories: The first is the registration process. We have been focusing on hiring the staff and training our other staff and preparing modules for our staff to follow regarding the submissions and preparing to review them when they come in December.
FM: You have said these failures have been more about enforcement than not having appropriate regulations. Have enforcement procedures improved?
DR: What I said was you can have all the rules that you want, but at the end of the day it comes down to enforcing them. Writing rules is not a cure for anything if you are not enforcing them. Fraud is fraud. It is not like there was not a rule saying you can't steal customer seg funds. There are three components to any enforcement program: You have to have good rules on the books, you have to be able to detect violations of those rules and when you detect those violations you have to take appropriate enforcement action. The breakdown here was in detecting the rule violations, and we used standard audit practices including written bank confirmations that did not detect the fraud that was going on in Peregrine. That is why we have moved toward the daily confirmation process of seg balances. It wasn't failure of the rules; it was failure to detect violations of the rules.
FM: The concept of self-regulation has come into question since both these failures occurred. What services does the NFA provide as a SRO — both in terms of education and enforcement — that would be more difficult for the CFTC (or some other more centralized regulator) to deliver?
DR: It certainly would be resource-intensive for anyone to duplicate what we are doing. Just this week we have done workshops for firms that will now be required to be registered as CPOs in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and London. We did a workshop for swap intermediaries, CPOs [commodity trading advisors]…that will have to become registered as result of their swap activities. We have done webinars for those categories explaining the registration process; we have had hundreds of firms participate in those. We will have in the next eight weeks a number of workshops for swap dealer firms to familiarize them with the registration process. Those are all different types of educational programs we have put on for members or perspective members to try and get them ready for these changes. That would be difficult for the CFTC to try and duplicate. It is easier for an SRO to work through that process than a government agency.
When you work for a self-regulatory body you have two jobs: For the overwhelming majority of members that want to comply, make sure they understand what they have to do and how they can do it; and two, for those members who don't want to comply, your job is to identify them as quickly as you can and get rid of them. The former job is more in the nature of a membership organization than a government regulator.
FM: Have you added staff?
DR: Our budget for this fiscal year calls for a 27% increase. A lot of that is driven by swaps. You can't build these systems without additional IS resources. Our current staffing levels are at 320.
FM: We speak with CTAs all the time who introduce customers, who are pretty unfamiliar with futures, to the industry. Up until a year ago, they would hold out the regulatory structure of the industry — customer segregated funds in particular — as a selling point. What can you say to those investors weary of what has occurred in the last year?
DR: The two things that I can tell them [are] by all means, [perform] due diligence on the FCM [with whom you are choosing to do business. We are putting as much information on our web site as we can to help them with that due diligence process to try and make the FCMs' financial condition as transparent as possible. Number two, I would remind them that as we move toward the daily confirmation of customer segregation balances from all types of depositories [it] will be a tremendous enhancement to guard against any potential misuse of customer funds by an FCM.


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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, once considered a possible 2016 Republican presidential candidate, continues to see his poll numbers decline amid a deepening gifts controversy.
According to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday morning, McDonnell's approval rating among Virginia voters now stands at 46%, down from 49% in May and 53% in March. And his disapproval rating has jumped from 28% in May to 37% now. The 46% approval rating for McDonnell is an all-time low in Quinnipiac polling, and is down dramatically from his all-time high of 62% back in October 2011.
McDonnell, who was under consideration last year as a potential running mate to GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney -- and who many considered would make his own run for the White House in 2016 -- has been under investigation by the FBI for his relationship with a certain donor who provided multiple gifts, including large financial contributions, to the governor and his family.
The latest allegations, reported by the Washington Post last week, revealed the donor, Jonnie Williams Sr., had given $70,000 to a corporation owned by McDonnell and his sister, and a separate $50,000 check to McDonnell's wife. Williams owns a dietary supplement company that the McDonnells have promoted in recent years.
The FBI has not made any announcements about the investigation, nor has it given any indication that the governor will be charged.
For his part, McDonnell maintains the company has not received special state support, such as state benefits, economic development grants, targeted money from the budget, or board appointments.
By a 41%-30% margin, Virginia voters say they aren't satisfied in the way their governor is handling the controversy surrounding him, with 27% saying they think the wrongdoing is serious, 5% saying it's not serious, 16% saying he's not involved in any wrongdoing and nearly half of those questioned saying they haven't heard enough to make a judgment.
McDonnell sharply tamped down on rumors last week that he may be resigning as part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors.
"I don't know where these things come up. Some of the press accounts have just been completely out of control about rumors, about resignation, so forth," he told CNN affiliate WTVR in an interview that ran last Tuesday.
McDonnell said the scrutiny has been disappointing.
"Thirty-seven years -- no one's raised questions about my integrity or my character," he said.
According to the poll, only 16% of Virginia voters say McDonnell should resign, including 4% of Republicans, 29% of Democrats and 13% of independent voters. More than six in ten say the governor should not resign, with nearly one in four unsure.
"The lofty levels of 2-1 job approval that Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell once enjoyed have slipped away with six months left in his term. He's under 50% for the second poll in a row, with just a 9-point net approval after substantial media coverage of his relationship with a campaign donor and associated problems," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
"Almost 80% of voters are aware of the controversy and seem to be somewhat concerned. The bottom line seems to be that they view him as just another politician, but at this point they are not clamoring for his scalp," adds Brown.
Virginia law prohibits governors from serving consecutive terms, so McDonnell is not running in this year's gubernatorial election. This year's GOP gubernatorial nominee, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, also has connections to Williams which have come under scrutiny.
The Quinnipiac University poll was conducted July 11-15, with 1,030 registered voters in Virginia questioned by telephone. The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.


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did you ever watch a bogart
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when you kill 5,000 americans.
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Dr. Williams will oversee Ashford University's academic plans and operations
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Ashford University has announced the appointment of Dr. Lori Williams as the University's new provost. Dr. Williams will assume the duties of provost beginning Oct. 1.
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As the provost, Dr. Williams will be responsible for the University's academic plans and operations, including programs, accreditation and assessment, the academic mission, and the academic experience for students.
"We conducted a months-long search for an ideal candidate who will move us forward and uphold the academic integrity of our institution," said Dr. Richard Pattenaude, president of Ashford University. "I look forward to Dr. Williams' contributions in ensuring a superior academic experience for Ashford's students."
Dr. Williams arrives at Ashford University with 25 years of experience in education. Most recently, she served as the vice provost of curriculum development and innovation at Kaplan University. Before that, she was the executive director of the center for student success at Walden University. Previous positions include vice president of product strategy and development at Laureate Online Education, executive director of Laureate's eLearning Group, and director of instructional technology at Union Institute & University. Throughout her career, Dr. Williams has also taught extensively, serving as a professor, thesis advisor, and mentor.
Dr. Williams holds a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies from Union Institute & University, an M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from Saint Michael's College, and a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University.
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Achievement belongs to all of us at Ashford University. By offering a traditional college campus as well as online degree programs, Ashford meets the diverse needs of individuals pursuing integrity in their lives and in their communities. Students may earn an associates, bachelor's, or master's degree online, while campus students in Clinton, Iowa may earn a bachelor's degree. Whether on campus or online, Ashford students enjoy the same supportive community. For more information, please visit ashford.edu or call Shari Winet Rodriguez, Vice President of Public Relations, at 858.513.9240 x2513.
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