A Solano County judge Wednesday afternoon ordered a Fairfield man to stand trial for the murder of Vallejo police Officer James Capoot during a chase after a bank robbery last November.
Henry Albert Smith, 39, has been charged with murder and several special-circumstance allegations including lying in wait and killing a police officer to avoid arrest. He is eligible for the death penalty if convicted.
The ruling was made by Judge Peter Foor at the conclusion of a nearly two-day preliminary hearing in Fairfield.
On Tuesday, Vallejo police Officer Peppino Messina testified that Smith looked directly at him as his Yukon Denali sped past his parked patrol car on Tuolomne Street at about 60 mph with Capoot in pursuit.
Messina also joined the foot chase but said he lost sight of the suspect and Capoot.
"I heard three shots. Two were one after another, then there was a two- to three-second pause and then the last shot," Messina said.
He said he saw the microphone that Capoot had been wearing on his uniform dangling over the top of a fence along the side yard of a home at 124 Janice St.
"I pushed the fence down to get to the backyard. I saw Jim lying face-down in the backyard. His arms were under his body," Messina testified.
Messina said he and his police dog searched the yard for the suspect then returned to help Capoot, who was unresponsive but making moaning sounds, Messina testified.
Messina and another officer who arrived took off Capoot's shirt and vest and began CPR, Messina said.
"I tried to get a carotid pulse, but didn't get anything," Messina said.
Capoot had been shot once in the back, and later died at a hospital.
The first witness to testify Tuesday morning was Jessica Arroyo, a teller at the Bank of America on Springs Road where the robbery occurred prior to the car chase.
Arroyo testified that she saw a man in the merchants' line covering his face with a bank bag, and that his skin looked strange. When he got to her station, she saw that he was wearing a mask, she said.
Bank customer Nabil Saleh testified that the robber walked to the door, then ran when a security guard shouted at him, "Hey."
Saleh testified that he saw the man get into an SUV. The security guard told him to follow the car to get its license plate number, Saleh said.
Horton said he ordered Smith -- who had opened the home's exterior security door and was standing between that door and the wooden front door -- to show his hands and get down on the ground. Smith slowly began to move to his knees, Horton said.
Officer Douglas Wilcox, who had also arrived at the scene, then pulled the security door away from Smith's body as Horton shot Smith twice with a Taser, without effect, Horton testified.
Wilcox also testified Tuesday, saying he grabbed Smith's arm after Horton Tasered him and pulled him to the ground, then handcuffed him.
He said he then pulled Smith to his feet and searched him, and found the handgun in the left front pocket of Smith's pants. The gun had a bullet in the chamber and several rounds in the magazine, Wilcox testified.
Vallejo police Detective William Badour testified that the jeans and tennis shoes Smith was wearing when he was arrested were similar to those worn by the bank robber, who was captured on surveillance video.
2012年11月28日星期三
2012年11月26日星期一
I had no intention of staying as long as I
It's the end of an era for the city of Odessa. After more than a decade, Larry Melton will step down as the city's longest serving Mayor and a new leader will take the reins.
For the last 11 years, Mayor Larry Melton has dedicated his time to the city he loves.
But come Tuesday night, Melton will be hanging up his hat as Odessa Mayor for good.
"We have mixed emotions," Melton said. "My wife and I have thoroughly enjoyed serving. We think we have been a part of some good things for Odessa."
NewsWest 9 caught up with Melton while he was busy preparing his 864th speech since taking office. He's the longest serving Mayor in Odessa's history.
Melton was sworn in after the death of then-mayor Billy Hext.
"I stepped into his shoes and I had no intention of staying as long as I did," Melton said.
He said his time in office was filled with many highs. One of his prouder moments was being able to work a change in the contract with the Colorado River Municipal Water District.
"We can look for our own water," Melton said. "We're not totally dependent on an outside source any more. We'd been operating under the same contract for 60 years now. That's a major accomplishment for the future of Odessa."
But there were also some lows for the city leader.
"I think the worst night I ever spent in my life was the night we had our three police officers murdered," Melton said. "We went to that area and to watch the efforts of the other first responders trying to get their peers out was very heartbreaking."
Melton said his favorite part as Mayor was representing the community.
"Doing things with every segment of the community," he said. "We've attended, I can't tell you how many different functions."
It's something he'll miss but now he'll focus on family, his job. He said he'll be around to offer Mayor-Elect David Turner any advice he needs.
Deals abound for people who want to walk through a virtual mall on Cyber Monday, in search of holiday season gifts. Just don't forget about that important report your boss is interested in.
Electronic goods top the nation's wish list, says Louis Ramirez, senior features writer, a bargain-focused website that tracks the shopping frenzy. But from clothing to vacation packages, many other items are available at enticing prices.
"There's definitely more deals this year than last year," Mr. Ramirez says. And for many items, the deals will continue past Monday as retailers try to make sure that their crucial season has big sales volume.
"Don't buy toys on Black Friday or Cyber Monday. They'll be a lot cheaper in the two weeks before Christmas," Mr. Ramirez says. The caveat to remember: If there's a particular must-have toy, you need to weigh the prospect that prices may fall against the risk that the toy may sell out.
For tablet computers, by contrast, he says some hot deals have already passed by. The chance to get Apple's older iPad tablet (version three) at lower prices has evaporated, so shoppers hankering for Apple's signature tablet are looking at starting prices of $499 (fourth-generation iPad without cellular access). Similarly, don't expect to find the Google Nexus 7 tablet in stock, in its 16-gigabyte version.
"For TV's, the availability is great," Ramirez says, with retailers moving quickly to match discounts by competitors.
For the last 11 years, Mayor Larry Melton has dedicated his time to the city he loves.
But come Tuesday night, Melton will be hanging up his hat as Odessa Mayor for good.
"We have mixed emotions," Melton said. "My wife and I have thoroughly enjoyed serving. We think we have been a part of some good things for Odessa."
NewsWest 9 caught up with Melton while he was busy preparing his 864th speech since taking office. He's the longest serving Mayor in Odessa's history.
Melton was sworn in after the death of then-mayor Billy Hext.
"I stepped into his shoes and I had no intention of staying as long as I did," Melton said.
He said his time in office was filled with many highs. One of his prouder moments was being able to work a change in the contract with the Colorado River Municipal Water District.
"We can look for our own water," Melton said. "We're not totally dependent on an outside source any more. We'd been operating under the same contract for 60 years now. That's a major accomplishment for the future of Odessa."
But there were also some lows for the city leader.
"I think the worst night I ever spent in my life was the night we had our three police officers murdered," Melton said. "We went to that area and to watch the efforts of the other first responders trying to get their peers out was very heartbreaking."
Melton said his favorite part as Mayor was representing the community.
"Doing things with every segment of the community," he said. "We've attended, I can't tell you how many different functions."
It's something he'll miss but now he'll focus on family, his job. He said he'll be around to offer Mayor-Elect David Turner any advice he needs.
Deals abound for people who want to walk through a virtual mall on Cyber Monday, in search of holiday season gifts. Just don't forget about that important report your boss is interested in.
Electronic goods top the nation's wish list, says Louis Ramirez, senior features writer, a bargain-focused website that tracks the shopping frenzy. But from clothing to vacation packages, many other items are available at enticing prices.
"There's definitely more deals this year than last year," Mr. Ramirez says. And for many items, the deals will continue past Monday as retailers try to make sure that their crucial season has big sales volume.
"Don't buy toys on Black Friday or Cyber Monday. They'll be a lot cheaper in the two weeks before Christmas," Mr. Ramirez says. The caveat to remember: If there's a particular must-have toy, you need to weigh the prospect that prices may fall against the risk that the toy may sell out.
For tablet computers, by contrast, he says some hot deals have already passed by. The chance to get Apple's older iPad tablet (version three) at lower prices has evaporated, so shoppers hankering for Apple's signature tablet are looking at starting prices of $499 (fourth-generation iPad without cellular access). Similarly, don't expect to find the Google Nexus 7 tablet in stock, in its 16-gigabyte version.
"For TV's, the availability is great," Ramirez says, with retailers moving quickly to match discounts by competitors.
2012年11月21日星期三
Mr Bowman went missing for a third and final time in June this year
An Alzheimer's patient who went missing from a "dementia friendly" ward drowned in a river near the hospital, his son has said.
Nick Bowman has accused Panteg County Hospital staff of not appropriately caring for his father Ronald, from Langstone in Newport, who died earlier this year.
He said that his family had been assured by healthcare professionals that his 74-year-old father was being well looked after, but after escaping the ward, which is especially designed for patients with dementia, Mr Bowman drowned in a river near to the hospital. The family believe that Mr Bowman was trying to cross the river so he could get home to his wife.
Mr Bowman was admitted to the Royal Gwent Hospital suffering with meningitis. He was later transferred to the Hafen Deg ward at Panteg County Hospital in Pontypool, South Wales. His family were told that he would be checked on by ward staff every 15 minutes. But Mr Bowman managed to escape from the ward twice, being found once in the hospital car park and in the reception.
"My family and I believe that in his confused state, he was trying to get back to my mother," his son said in a new Patients Association report. "He had been increasing agitated over the past few weeks and the state he was in when my mother left after visiting hours was getting increasingly worse. This was understandably distressing for my mother, but the constant reassurance from medical staff that she should not worry as he was being well looked after, calmed my mother down."
But despite the assurances, Mr Bowman went missing for a third and final time in June this year. Police found his shoes at the bank of a river near to the hospital. Three weeks later Mr Bowman's body was found four miles downstream from the hospital.
Aneurin Bevan Health Board, which is responsible for the hospital, wrote in the report: "Our thoughts remain with the family and friends of Mr Bowman following this tragic incident in July. When an inpatient leaves a ward unexpectedly an internal investigation will always take place and this case has therefore been the subject of a Serious Incident Investigation within the Health Board.
"We have maintained contact with Mr Bowman's family and have shared our investigation findings with them in a recent meeting. As this case is the subject of a formal complaint it would however not be appropriate to comment further at this time."
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt added: "The vast majority of patients get excellent care on the NHS but we will not tolerate occasions when the NHS fails its patients. That's why we are taking action to root out poor care in hospitals and care homes and make sure the quality of care is valued as highly as quality of treatment.
"These cases are shocking and tragic. That's why next year we will introduce new ways of measuring and publishing the experiences that patients have in hospital. By shining a light on those organisations which have problems, we will be able to drive up standards so that everyone gets the quality of care they should expect."
Nick Bowman has accused Panteg County Hospital staff of not appropriately caring for his father Ronald, from Langstone in Newport, who died earlier this year.
He said that his family had been assured by healthcare professionals that his 74-year-old father was being well looked after, but after escaping the ward, which is especially designed for patients with dementia, Mr Bowman drowned in a river near to the hospital. The family believe that Mr Bowman was trying to cross the river so he could get home to his wife.
Mr Bowman was admitted to the Royal Gwent Hospital suffering with meningitis. He was later transferred to the Hafen Deg ward at Panteg County Hospital in Pontypool, South Wales. His family were told that he would be checked on by ward staff every 15 minutes. But Mr Bowman managed to escape from the ward twice, being found once in the hospital car park and in the reception.
"My family and I believe that in his confused state, he was trying to get back to my mother," his son said in a new Patients Association report. "He had been increasing agitated over the past few weeks and the state he was in when my mother left after visiting hours was getting increasingly worse. This was understandably distressing for my mother, but the constant reassurance from medical staff that she should not worry as he was being well looked after, calmed my mother down."
But despite the assurances, Mr Bowman went missing for a third and final time in June this year. Police found his shoes at the bank of a river near to the hospital. Three weeks later Mr Bowman's body was found four miles downstream from the hospital.
Aneurin Bevan Health Board, which is responsible for the hospital, wrote in the report: "Our thoughts remain with the family and friends of Mr Bowman following this tragic incident in July. When an inpatient leaves a ward unexpectedly an internal investigation will always take place and this case has therefore been the subject of a Serious Incident Investigation within the Health Board.
"We have maintained contact with Mr Bowman's family and have shared our investigation findings with them in a recent meeting. As this case is the subject of a formal complaint it would however not be appropriate to comment further at this time."
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt added: "The vast majority of patients get excellent care on the NHS but we will not tolerate occasions when the NHS fails its patients. That's why we are taking action to root out poor care in hospitals and care homes and make sure the quality of care is valued as highly as quality of treatment.
"These cases are shocking and tragic. That's why next year we will introduce new ways of measuring and publishing the experiences that patients have in hospital. By shining a light on those organisations which have problems, we will be able to drive up standards so that everyone gets the quality of care they should expect."
2012年11月19日星期一
we have opened a new security checkpoint at Charlotte-Douglas
Nearly 2 million Carolinas residents will be on the go this Thanksgiving holiday weekend, and authorities say they are doing everything possible to make it a smooth trip.
The weather and gasoline prices will add to the ease of Thanksgiving travel.
The AAA estimates about 43.6 million people will travel 50 miles or more for the holiday, up 0.7 percent from a year ago. Similar numbers are forecast in the Carolinas, where about 1.24 million North Carolina residents and 611,000 from South Carolina traveled for Thanksgiving in 2011.
About 90 percent of the travel will happen on roadways, but about 100,000 people from the Carolinas will fly to their Thanksgiving destinations.
Mark Haught, federal security director in Charlotte for the Transportation Security Administration, says three changes in screening policy will make it easier for air travelers this year. He says the youngest and oldest passengers won’t need to take off their shoes at security checkpoints, and the start of a Pre-Check screening process will decrease the size of lines.
“And we have opened a new security checkpoint at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport,” Haught adds.
Still, he adds, large crowds are expected Wednesday and again next Monday at Charlotte’s airport. Passengers are encouraged to arrive two hours before their scheduled departures.
Those driving to their destinations will find that highway construction projects in the Carolinas will be suspended over the weekend. The N.C. Highway Patrol says it will step up enforcement of seat-belt and other laws, in an effort to keep the roads safe.
Weather is expected to be dry and mild across most of the United States, except for the West Coast. And gasoline prices have dropped about 35 cents a gallon over the past month, leaving this year’s prices lower than for Thanksgiving 2011.
More than 1.8 million Carolinas residents are expected to drive 50 or more miles. The busiest travel times will be Wednesday, especially from noon to 8 p.m., and again Sunday. Heavy travel also is likely Saturday.
“We want everyone to make it home safely,” N.C. Transportation Secretary Gene Conti says. That, he adds, is why police will have extra patrols throughout the weekend.
Average prices for a gallon of regular gasoline are $3.30 in North Carolina (down from $3.36 last Thanksgiving and $3.64 a month ago) and $3.11 in South Carolina (down from $3.16 last year and $3.43 a month ago).
Charlotte has some of the lowest prices in North Carolina, with the AAA reporting the average price for a gallon of regular at $3.26. That compares to $3.30 in Raleigh; $3.35 in Wilmington; and $3.40 in Asheville. As usual, South Carolina prices are lower – ranging from $3.05 in Myrtle Beach to $3.10 in Columbia and $3.18 in Charleston.
Once at the airport, the big challenge typically is dealing with security checkpoint lines. The new Checkpoint E gives Charlotte-Douglas International 20 security lanes at five checkpoints. A tip from the TSA’s Haught: “Use Checkpoint E. It’s in a more open area of the airport, and there are five (security) lines,” he says.
Haught says many travelers think they must use the checkpoint nearest their gate, but that is not the case. “If your flight is at Gate A or B, for example, you can still go through security at Checkpoint E, then walk to your gate,” he says.
The weather and gasoline prices will add to the ease of Thanksgiving travel.
The AAA estimates about 43.6 million people will travel 50 miles or more for the holiday, up 0.7 percent from a year ago. Similar numbers are forecast in the Carolinas, where about 1.24 million North Carolina residents and 611,000 from South Carolina traveled for Thanksgiving in 2011.
About 90 percent of the travel will happen on roadways, but about 100,000 people from the Carolinas will fly to their Thanksgiving destinations.
Mark Haught, federal security director in Charlotte for the Transportation Security Administration, says three changes in screening policy will make it easier for air travelers this year. He says the youngest and oldest passengers won’t need to take off their shoes at security checkpoints, and the start of a Pre-Check screening process will decrease the size of lines.
“And we have opened a new security checkpoint at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport,” Haught adds.
Still, he adds, large crowds are expected Wednesday and again next Monday at Charlotte’s airport. Passengers are encouraged to arrive two hours before their scheduled departures.
Those driving to their destinations will find that highway construction projects in the Carolinas will be suspended over the weekend. The N.C. Highway Patrol says it will step up enforcement of seat-belt and other laws, in an effort to keep the roads safe.
Weather is expected to be dry and mild across most of the United States, except for the West Coast. And gasoline prices have dropped about 35 cents a gallon over the past month, leaving this year’s prices lower than for Thanksgiving 2011.
More than 1.8 million Carolinas residents are expected to drive 50 or more miles. The busiest travel times will be Wednesday, especially from noon to 8 p.m., and again Sunday. Heavy travel also is likely Saturday.
“We want everyone to make it home safely,” N.C. Transportation Secretary Gene Conti says. That, he adds, is why police will have extra patrols throughout the weekend.
Average prices for a gallon of regular gasoline are $3.30 in North Carolina (down from $3.36 last Thanksgiving and $3.64 a month ago) and $3.11 in South Carolina (down from $3.16 last year and $3.43 a month ago).
Charlotte has some of the lowest prices in North Carolina, with the AAA reporting the average price for a gallon of regular at $3.26. That compares to $3.30 in Raleigh; $3.35 in Wilmington; and $3.40 in Asheville. As usual, South Carolina prices are lower – ranging from $3.05 in Myrtle Beach to $3.10 in Columbia and $3.18 in Charleston.
Once at the airport, the big challenge typically is dealing with security checkpoint lines. The new Checkpoint E gives Charlotte-Douglas International 20 security lanes at five checkpoints. A tip from the TSA’s Haught: “Use Checkpoint E. It’s in a more open area of the airport, and there are five (security) lines,” he says.
Haught says many travelers think they must use the checkpoint nearest their gate, but that is not the case. “If your flight is at Gate A or B, for example, you can still go through security at Checkpoint E, then walk to your gate,” he says.
2012年11月15日星期四
Sanchez also was ripped by unnamed teammates
Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow have talked since the spring about what a terrific relationship they have, despite being the focal points of the Jets' non-stop quarterback drama.
So here's the bright side to Wednesday's events: They now have yet another shared experience to help them bond.
Tebow was his usual upbeat self for the most part in his regular media session, despite the fact that the backup quarterback was ripped anonymously by teammates in a Daily News story that appeared Wednesday.
In the story, various unnamed sources in the organization, including players and team officials, said Tebow has not improved as a quarterback and is not a viable option to replace the embattled Sanchez as the starter for the Jets (3-6), who visit St. Louis on Sunday. Tebow was acquired in a trade with Denver in March.
"I've been in those shoes," Sanchez said. "So, if anybody knows what it feels like, it's me."
Sanchez also was ripped by unnamed teammates and members of the Jets' organization in a story in January, which portrayed him as pampered and coddled by the organization, and a player who is not a leader.
Tebow "is mentally tough enough to handle that, I know it," Sanchez said of the anonymous criticism. "He's smart, he's strong mentally and physically, and it really won't bother him. That's all you do in that situation: keep working hard, keep trusting the guys around you [and] keep playing."
In the story, one anonymous Jet said Tebow was "terrible" and another said "We don't look at him as a quarterback" but as a "Wildcat guy."
"I'm proud to be a Jet," said Tebow, who called his teammates "awesome dudes" and "great guys."
"You try to be stronger from it," added Tebow, who said he hadn't read the story but had been told about it.
"It doesn't really make me worry," Tebow said. "Negative things being said about you always can be a little frustrating or saddening, but at the same time you're always motivated to go out there and keep working. I've had to deal with a lot of negative comments and criticism in my football career, so it motivates me and pushes me to try and get better."
Earlier in the day, coach Rex Ryan was in major damage-control mode at his news conference, although for a change, the struggling Sanchez was not the subject. Ryan contended there is no fracturing on his team, which had serious chemistry issues down the stretch last season that contributed to a season-ending, three-game losing streak.
"I did address it" to the team, he said of the anonymous quotes. "It's a cowardly thing. ... If you put your name to it, people will respect you a lot more."
The one player who put his name on his comments was left guard Matt Slauson, who said the quarterback competition is "not even close. All the other quarterbacks know it. I have all the confidence in Mark. We don't really have a choice."
He also referred to Tebow as an "athlete."
Slauson said those comments weren't recent.
"It could have been Week 1," he said Wednesday. "It could have been training camp."
Still, he added, "I feel Mark is our quarterback. That's how I feel."
Tebow and Slauson said they talked and that they had no problems with one another.
Slauson "is an awesome guy and we have a great relationship," Tebow said. "He's someone you love having on your football team."
Ryan said he didn't agree with all of Slauson's comments, but added, "I have no problem with Matt Slauson because he put his name on it."
As for the chemistry of the 2012 locker room going forward, Ryan said, "This team, in my opinion, is not going to be pulled apart by outside people."
But the anonymous quotes came from within the team. Still, Ryan added, "I think this team is coming together."
Ryan also said he was on the board with the Tebow acquisition. People such as NFL Network analyst Steve Mariucci have said Ryan didn't want Tebow and that is demonstrated by Tebow not being utilized very often.
"I absolutely wanted Tim here," Ryan said. "I was very honest from Day One [about that], and I've never gotten off that."
So here's the bright side to Wednesday's events: They now have yet another shared experience to help them bond.
Tebow was his usual upbeat self for the most part in his regular media session, despite the fact that the backup quarterback was ripped anonymously by teammates in a Daily News story that appeared Wednesday.
In the story, various unnamed sources in the organization, including players and team officials, said Tebow has not improved as a quarterback and is not a viable option to replace the embattled Sanchez as the starter for the Jets (3-6), who visit St. Louis on Sunday. Tebow was acquired in a trade with Denver in March.
"I've been in those shoes," Sanchez said. "So, if anybody knows what it feels like, it's me."
Sanchez also was ripped by unnamed teammates and members of the Jets' organization in a story in January, which portrayed him as pampered and coddled by the organization, and a player who is not a leader.
Tebow "is mentally tough enough to handle that, I know it," Sanchez said of the anonymous criticism. "He's smart, he's strong mentally and physically, and it really won't bother him. That's all you do in that situation: keep working hard, keep trusting the guys around you [and] keep playing."
In the story, one anonymous Jet said Tebow was "terrible" and another said "We don't look at him as a quarterback" but as a "Wildcat guy."
"I'm proud to be a Jet," said Tebow, who called his teammates "awesome dudes" and "great guys."
"You try to be stronger from it," added Tebow, who said he hadn't read the story but had been told about it.
"It doesn't really make me worry," Tebow said. "Negative things being said about you always can be a little frustrating or saddening, but at the same time you're always motivated to go out there and keep working. I've had to deal with a lot of negative comments and criticism in my football career, so it motivates me and pushes me to try and get better."
Earlier in the day, coach Rex Ryan was in major damage-control mode at his news conference, although for a change, the struggling Sanchez was not the subject. Ryan contended there is no fracturing on his team, which had serious chemistry issues down the stretch last season that contributed to a season-ending, three-game losing streak.
"I did address it" to the team, he said of the anonymous quotes. "It's a cowardly thing. ... If you put your name to it, people will respect you a lot more."
The one player who put his name on his comments was left guard Matt Slauson, who said the quarterback competition is "not even close. All the other quarterbacks know it. I have all the confidence in Mark. We don't really have a choice."
He also referred to Tebow as an "athlete."
Slauson said those comments weren't recent.
"It could have been Week 1," he said Wednesday. "It could have been training camp."
Still, he added, "I feel Mark is our quarterback. That's how I feel."
Tebow and Slauson said they talked and that they had no problems with one another.
Slauson "is an awesome guy and we have a great relationship," Tebow said. "He's someone you love having on your football team."
Ryan said he didn't agree with all of Slauson's comments, but added, "I have no problem with Matt Slauson because he put his name on it."
As for the chemistry of the 2012 locker room going forward, Ryan said, "This team, in my opinion, is not going to be pulled apart by outside people."
But the anonymous quotes came from within the team. Still, Ryan added, "I think this team is coming together."
Ryan also said he was on the board with the Tebow acquisition. People such as NFL Network analyst Steve Mariucci have said Ryan didn't want Tebow and that is demonstrated by Tebow not being utilized very often.
"I absolutely wanted Tim here," Ryan said. "I was very honest from Day One [about that], and I've never gotten off that."
2012年11月13日星期二
From elegant English rose to Spanish siren
"I've never felt that I looked very British," she says. "Even so, Consuelo is a departure for me. I'd never wear what she wears – a lot of bling and a lot of make-up, probably the most make-up I've ever worn on a job. But playing a femme fatale is much more fun than playing a goody two-shoes."
For a star of her stature – she has a blockbuster, 2011's Captain America, under her belt – Atwell is distinctly unstarry. She talks frankly about her one-time resistance to red carpets. "I used to say that I didn't do them because I was a serious actress but I remember going to an event five years ago in flat ballet shoes, a skirt I got from a market and a black H&M top. I looked at the pictures after and saw how well turned out all the other girls on my table looked, and they didn't look superficial or vain, they just looked really good. I was so superior and righteous about the whole thing but I looked awful."
Since that experience, Atwell has reappraised her approach to glamming up for premieres. "You have to decide what level you're going to dress up to and what character you're being – because that's a character in itself. I always wanted to be an accomplished stage actress. I wanted to feel it was my currency. Have a craft, a feeling that I could be Helen Mirren when I'm in my sixties and still have sex appeal but it not be what I'm known for."
Shooting in Spain, she was spotted twice. "Well, I've had two people shout 'Colin Farrell!' at me. It took a moment to realise that that's because I was in a film [Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream] with him." Does the attention bother her? "People staring is a bit disconcerting. I'd much rather people came up to me than stare. Being stared at can make you feel a bit… lonely."
It annoys her when brilliant actors don't get the recognition they deserve. "I was really angry, really riled that Olivia Colman wasn't nominated for a Bafta for Tyrannosaur," she fizzes. "But it's not a fair world. There are brilliant actors whok will never really be known or shun the limelight and limit the choices they have. And then there are those who take huge blockbuster roles and that gives them huge power to go make smarter choices like Keira's done. It's a balancing act, a navigation. No one really knows anything so you make it up as you go along."
Part of Atwell making-it-up-as-she's-gone-along of course includes landing the leading lady role in Captain America (budget: $140m; box office: $369m). Was it an opportunity she found daunting? "I nailed the audition and I knew I had, so I felt I got the job off the back of what I did in the room and not how I looked. That was really empowering. Sometimes you hear horror stories of producers putting doughnuts in front of you to test you or fretting about how much weight you need to lose but I had two trainers who were there because it was an extraordinarily physically demanding part. I wasn't airbrushed in any of the pictures to look smaller. I loved that."
For a star of her stature – she has a blockbuster, 2011's Captain America, under her belt – Atwell is distinctly unstarry. She talks frankly about her one-time resistance to red carpets. "I used to say that I didn't do them because I was a serious actress but I remember going to an event five years ago in flat ballet shoes, a skirt I got from a market and a black H&M top. I looked at the pictures after and saw how well turned out all the other girls on my table looked, and they didn't look superficial or vain, they just looked really good. I was so superior and righteous about the whole thing but I looked awful."
Since that experience, Atwell has reappraised her approach to glamming up for premieres. "You have to decide what level you're going to dress up to and what character you're being – because that's a character in itself. I always wanted to be an accomplished stage actress. I wanted to feel it was my currency. Have a craft, a feeling that I could be Helen Mirren when I'm in my sixties and still have sex appeal but it not be what I'm known for."
Shooting in Spain, she was spotted twice. "Well, I've had two people shout 'Colin Farrell!' at me. It took a moment to realise that that's because I was in a film [Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream] with him." Does the attention bother her? "People staring is a bit disconcerting. I'd much rather people came up to me than stare. Being stared at can make you feel a bit… lonely."
It annoys her when brilliant actors don't get the recognition they deserve. "I was really angry, really riled that Olivia Colman wasn't nominated for a Bafta for Tyrannosaur," she fizzes. "But it's not a fair world. There are brilliant actors whok will never really be known or shun the limelight and limit the choices they have. And then there are those who take huge blockbuster roles and that gives them huge power to go make smarter choices like Keira's done. It's a balancing act, a navigation. No one really knows anything so you make it up as you go along."
Part of Atwell making-it-up-as-she's-gone-along of course includes landing the leading lady role in Captain America (budget: $140m; box office: $369m). Was it an opportunity she found daunting? "I nailed the audition and I knew I had, so I felt I got the job off the back of what I did in the room and not how I looked. That was really empowering. Sometimes you hear horror stories of producers putting doughnuts in front of you to test you or fretting about how much weight you need to lose but I had two trainers who were there because it was an extraordinarily physically demanding part. I wasn't airbrushed in any of the pictures to look smaller. I loved that."
2012年11月11日星期日
I need to be true with myself and know this is a serious situation
All around Nene, his Washington Wizards teammates were making their final preparations on Saturday for a game against the Indiana Pacers. A few were getting stretched out by trainers. Others were watching film of the opponent and some were reciting their favorite lines from comedian Dave Chappelle.
Left leg elevated on a folding chair as he received treatment on his injured left foot, and wearing a pair of oversized headphones, Nene closed his eyes and listened to Brazilian pagode music. He following the rhythms on the back of his iPad mini, tapping along as if were a percussion instrument.
With the Wizards (0-5) one of just two remaining winless teams in the NBA and John Wall also injured, Nene admitted he feels pressure to return and help on the court, not just serve as some cheerleader or sage veteran passing along wisdom. But the desire to fix a problem that has plagued him for nearly 11 months outweighs the temptation to rush back.
“I want that thing to heal 100 percent, because I don’t want to shrink my career,” Nene said. “I need to take care of it right now. I want to finish the pain, because it is still painful. I try sometimes, like, ‘Hurry up,’ when I have physical therapy. That could be a mistake. I need to be true with myself and know this is a serious situation.”
Nene, 30, visited Mark S. Myerson, the medical director at the Institute for Foot and Ankle Reconstruction at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, last week and said he was told that he was “probably three weeks away.” When asked to elaborate on whether that meant he would play or begin practicing in three weeks, Nene hedged off a specific timeline, simply explaining how he continues to deal with soreness as a result of plantar fasciitis near the heel of his left foot.
For the first time, Nene spoke at length about how the problem began and the frustration he feels about the injury and with outsiders who don’t understand its severity.
“They have no clue,” Nene said, adding that he actually tore a ligament in the bottom of his foot and that another is irritated and causing more problems. “They think it’s simple pain.”
Nene said he started feeling discomfort in his left foot last December in Denver, “because I worked real hard during the lockout.” The culprit may have been “bad shoes,” he said, but he also felt obligated to keep playing through it after the Nuggets gave him a five-year, $65 million contract in free agency.
Denver shut him down for a few games in January — including a win in Washington — with a “bruised left heel” and was forced to give him an extended break after he played 22 minutes in Indiana and the problem spread to his left calf. Nene missed 10 consecutive games to rest and said he also received a cortisone shot to numb the pain.
“That make my bone weak and I don’t take enough time to recover,” Nene said of the shot. “Usually, you’re supposed to take three weeks, four weeks, I just took like 10 days.”
Nene returned to play five more games for Denver before the Wizards acquired him in a three-team trade that shipped out JaVale McGee and Nick Young. But the 6-foot-11 big man admitted that during his final months with the Nuggets, he rarely practiced, choosing to tax his body — and his foot — in games instead.
Left leg elevated on a folding chair as he received treatment on his injured left foot, and wearing a pair of oversized headphones, Nene closed his eyes and listened to Brazilian pagode music. He following the rhythms on the back of his iPad mini, tapping along as if were a percussion instrument.
With the Wizards (0-5) one of just two remaining winless teams in the NBA and John Wall also injured, Nene admitted he feels pressure to return and help on the court, not just serve as some cheerleader or sage veteran passing along wisdom. But the desire to fix a problem that has plagued him for nearly 11 months outweighs the temptation to rush back.
“I want that thing to heal 100 percent, because I don’t want to shrink my career,” Nene said. “I need to take care of it right now. I want to finish the pain, because it is still painful. I try sometimes, like, ‘Hurry up,’ when I have physical therapy. That could be a mistake. I need to be true with myself and know this is a serious situation.”
Nene, 30, visited Mark S. Myerson, the medical director at the Institute for Foot and Ankle Reconstruction at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, last week and said he was told that he was “probably three weeks away.” When asked to elaborate on whether that meant he would play or begin practicing in three weeks, Nene hedged off a specific timeline, simply explaining how he continues to deal with soreness as a result of plantar fasciitis near the heel of his left foot.
For the first time, Nene spoke at length about how the problem began and the frustration he feels about the injury and with outsiders who don’t understand its severity.
“They have no clue,” Nene said, adding that he actually tore a ligament in the bottom of his foot and that another is irritated and causing more problems. “They think it’s simple pain.”
Nene said he started feeling discomfort in his left foot last December in Denver, “because I worked real hard during the lockout.” The culprit may have been “bad shoes,” he said, but he also felt obligated to keep playing through it after the Nuggets gave him a five-year, $65 million contract in free agency.
Denver shut him down for a few games in January — including a win in Washington — with a “bruised left heel” and was forced to give him an extended break after he played 22 minutes in Indiana and the problem spread to his left calf. Nene missed 10 consecutive games to rest and said he also received a cortisone shot to numb the pain.
“That make my bone weak and I don’t take enough time to recover,” Nene said of the shot. “Usually, you’re supposed to take three weeks, four weeks, I just took like 10 days.”
Nene returned to play five more games for Denver before the Wizards acquired him in a three-team trade that shipped out JaVale McGee and Nick Young. But the 6-foot-11 big man admitted that during his final months with the Nuggets, he rarely practiced, choosing to tax his body — and his foot — in games instead.
2012年11月7日星期三
When Javier Bardem was a young actor in Spain
Residents of Cochise County elected a new sheriff Tuesday. Mark Dannels will replace the late Larry Dever. Dever, the sheriff for 16 years, was killed earlier this fall in a drunk driving accident.
Dannels was the only candidate on the ballot, he beat write-in candidate and current acting Sheriff Rod Rothrock.
Dannels said he wants to preserve the legacy of Cochise County, "I plan on putting some actions forward to show the folks that I do care about Cochise County and those that choose to ignore our laws we're going to go after them," he said.
Dannels joined the Sheriff's Department in 1986 and said he learned a lot from Dever.
"I am who I am, who is who he was. His legacy I will safeguard for him and I will begin to build a legacy for Mark Dannels," he said.
The border is one of Dannels' top priorities, he wants to create a border team and a ranch patrol, Dannels talked about the murder of Cochise County rancher Rob Krentz.
"It's something that needs to be looked at. This was border violence and it sent a very negative message, it was a horrific crime and I think it needs attention," Dannels said.
Cochise County resident Matt Creegan agrees.
"The border is a very big thing here because people in the rest of the country don't quite understand the problems that we have here," Creegan said.
Creegan is the chair of the Cochise County Republican Party, he described scrambling to get a name on the ballot after Dever's sudden death.
"Trying to figure out what we had to do. Everyone admitted that this was rather difficult because it had never happened before."
Dannels campaigned for 46 days, though hard work he says now the real work begins.
"The biggest thing to do is earning the trust and respect of our citizens as their sheriff. I've got big shoes to fill."
Dannels will take office in January.
When Javier Bardem was a young actor in Spain, he had a powerful dream in which all of the characters he had portrayed were in the same room. Yet they had nothing to say to one another because they had so little in common.
It's a surreal concept that still motivates the 43-year-old Oscar winner, though he concedes that the idea of his growing list of characters never sharing traits is "impossible, of course."
"But chasing that idea is what gives me ...," Bardem says, struggling for the proper English, "what's the word? Inspired. It gives me hunger. It's my goal. I try to bring people to the screen that didn't exist before. When I see actors that do that, I go, 'Wow.' "
An international wave of moviegoers and critics has already been wowed by Bardem's newest addition to the room: the menacing yet quirky villain opposite Daniel Craig's James Bond in Skyfall, opening in U.S. theaters Thursday at midnight.
Dannels was the only candidate on the ballot, he beat write-in candidate and current acting Sheriff Rod Rothrock.
Dannels said he wants to preserve the legacy of Cochise County, "I plan on putting some actions forward to show the folks that I do care about Cochise County and those that choose to ignore our laws we're going to go after them," he said.
Dannels joined the Sheriff's Department in 1986 and said he learned a lot from Dever.
"I am who I am, who is who he was. His legacy I will safeguard for him and I will begin to build a legacy for Mark Dannels," he said.
The border is one of Dannels' top priorities, he wants to create a border team and a ranch patrol, Dannels talked about the murder of Cochise County rancher Rob Krentz.
"It's something that needs to be looked at. This was border violence and it sent a very negative message, it was a horrific crime and I think it needs attention," Dannels said.
Cochise County resident Matt Creegan agrees.
"The border is a very big thing here because people in the rest of the country don't quite understand the problems that we have here," Creegan said.
Creegan is the chair of the Cochise County Republican Party, he described scrambling to get a name on the ballot after Dever's sudden death.
"Trying to figure out what we had to do. Everyone admitted that this was rather difficult because it had never happened before."
Dannels campaigned for 46 days, though hard work he says now the real work begins.
"The biggest thing to do is earning the trust and respect of our citizens as their sheriff. I've got big shoes to fill."
Dannels will take office in January.
When Javier Bardem was a young actor in Spain, he had a powerful dream in which all of the characters he had portrayed were in the same room. Yet they had nothing to say to one another because they had so little in common.
It's a surreal concept that still motivates the 43-year-old Oscar winner, though he concedes that the idea of his growing list of characters never sharing traits is "impossible, of course."
"But chasing that idea is what gives me ...," Bardem says, struggling for the proper English, "what's the word? Inspired. It gives me hunger. It's my goal. I try to bring people to the screen that didn't exist before. When I see actors that do that, I go, 'Wow.' "
An international wave of moviegoers and critics has already been wowed by Bardem's newest addition to the room: the menacing yet quirky villain opposite Daniel Craig's James Bond in Skyfall, opening in U.S. theaters Thursday at midnight.
2012年11月5日星期一
Wonky-banana haters set sights on shoes
Not-so-glossy women’s title Frankie creamed the competition at last
week’s Australian Magazine Awards (AMAs). The indie craft bible
took out the coveted Magazine of the Year award, as well as trumping
its luxury rivals Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue Australia to win the
Women’s Fashion category.
Published by Gold Coast company Morrison Media, Frankie has held a
firm place in the heart of craft-loving Australians since its first
issue hit stands in 2004. It’s thick matte pages serve up a massive
bi-monthly serve of everything from indie art and fashion to under-
the-radar travel and all things eco-friendly, while its simple
covers keep things classy with a distinct lack of large-font
headlines and exclamation marks.
Frankie has gone from strength to strength in recent years despite a
drop in the sale of magazines in general. After trying their hands
at a recipe book, a diary, and a calendar, the editors released a
book dedicated to their love of interior design and crochet granny
squares, and in August last year unveiled their very first men’s
title Smith Journal. At the AMAs they revealed some pretty
impressive stats including a nifty 35.47% year-on-year readership
increase for the three months to June 2012. Frankie has just
released its 50th issue.
WHEN I hear the term "nanny state," I picture Penelope Wilton, the
rabbity British actor who appears in TV's Downton Abbey as the
interfering do-gooder Cousin Isobel.
Downton Abbey is set in Britain just before, during, and after World
War I - in other words, ages ago. But as the character Isobel,
Wilton's constantly furrowed brow and air of bossy concern seem to
characterize the modern approach to all sorts of issues. Interfering
in matters that, however disturbing, aren't actually your concern,
is strangely popular all over the Western World.
That trend persists, whether you're New York mayor Michael Bloomberg
fighting obesity by banning giant servings of pop, or Britain's
Department of Health weighing schoolchildren and sending a finger-
wagging note home to the parents of those deemed too fat. There are
some things that may bother you as a leader or as a ruling body, but
they really aren't any of your business.
Outcry from warped banana enthusiasts in France, Italy, Spain and
Greece saved the day, and 14 years later these yellow misfits were
finally allowed to reappear on produce stands with the rest of the
herd. One can only imagine the celebrations among European fans of
wonky banana splits.
Class 1 cucumbers also had to abide by strict rules that demanded
they be "practically straight . . . bent by a gradient of no more
than 1/10," according to a 2008 Guardian article. You could see the
issue there, though - traditional cucumber sandwich proportions
might have been decimated. The Queen and her cronies could hardly
have been expected to eat such hideously deformed tea offerings.
Eventually, the EU saw the light, realizing that it was wrong to
encourage food waste. Europe's fruits and vegetables once again
became figures of fun, and the Queen probably switched to
watercress.
Anyhoo, the latest astonishing move is that, under new proposals
being drawn up in Brussels, European hairdressers will be forced to
toss aside their chic footwear in favour of flats with non-slip
soles. These masters and mistresses of style will also have to
curtail the number of haircuts they do in a day to steer clear of
"emotional collapse," and will be told to participate in "social
dialogue" to ensure a workplace that's emotionally well vented.
Britain's Mail Online reports that EU Coiffure, an assembly of
European salon bosses, and UNI Europe Hair & Beauty, a union for
European hairdressers, will sign the decrees.
Implementing these rules will apparently cost the UK industry alone
three million pounds in "wasted time and red tape."
This news, of course, set off alarm bells. Not only is it bizarre
for strangers to decide what a woman puts on her feet, surely this
sets a broader precedent. What next - will the Association of Flat-
chested Designers insist that even buxom women wear tops with
ruffles? Will the International Union of Tattoo Artists decree that
its motley members pass spelling tests?
If umbrella organizations are trying to force trendsetting
hairstylists to wear sensible shoes, they might as well go one step
further and ban the blondification of matrons. "You're not fooling
anybody; we totally know you're grey," EU and UNI might announce.
When I was younger and more concerned with fashion, I'd go to
stylists who seemed au courant. While they may not have been
teetering about in stilettos, they certainly never looked as though
they'd dressed to work the midnight shift in an ER. Yet that's what
our poor European friends will have to endure: the snip of scissors
on their Brigitte Bardot bangs perhaps accompanied by the
grandmotherly squeak of Keds on linoleum. Can mandated Engelbert
Humperdinck on the sound system be far behind?
We have an hour or two per appointment to look them over and then,
if possible, copy them. Otherwise, over40s who don't subscribe to In
Style are stuck aping Whoopi Goldberg, Ellen DeGeneres, or Madonna.
Do you want the blame for that on your heads?
The aesthetic meddling is bad enough. But I predict a tidal wave of
rebellion when customers learn that beauticians are suddenly
supposed to guard themselves against stress.
"A friseur should not be entitled to her own feelings," the European
ladies will scoff. "Is she not merely a receptacle for my angst?"
I'm with them. I've always thought of stylists as spiritual air
purifiers: They take in whatever we feel like spewing, process it,
and return it to us, making it sound as reasonable as possible.
week’s Australian Magazine Awards (AMAs). The indie craft bible
took out the coveted Magazine of the Year award, as well as trumping
its luxury rivals Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue Australia to win the
Women’s Fashion category.
Published by Gold Coast company Morrison Media, Frankie has held a
firm place in the heart of craft-loving Australians since its first
issue hit stands in 2004. It’s thick matte pages serve up a massive
bi-monthly serve of everything from indie art and fashion to under-
the-radar travel and all things eco-friendly, while its simple
covers keep things classy with a distinct lack of large-font
headlines and exclamation marks.
Frankie has gone from strength to strength in recent years despite a
drop in the sale of magazines in general. After trying their hands
at a recipe book, a diary, and a calendar, the editors released a
book dedicated to their love of interior design and crochet granny
squares, and in August last year unveiled their very first men’s
title Smith Journal. At the AMAs they revealed some pretty
impressive stats including a nifty 35.47% year-on-year readership
increase for the three months to June 2012. Frankie has just
released its 50th issue.
WHEN I hear the term "nanny state," I picture Penelope Wilton, the
rabbity British actor who appears in TV's Downton Abbey as the
interfering do-gooder Cousin Isobel.
Downton Abbey is set in Britain just before, during, and after World
War I - in other words, ages ago. But as the character Isobel,
Wilton's constantly furrowed brow and air of bossy concern seem to
characterize the modern approach to all sorts of issues. Interfering
in matters that, however disturbing, aren't actually your concern,
is strangely popular all over the Western World.
That trend persists, whether you're New York mayor Michael Bloomberg
fighting obesity by banning giant servings of pop, or Britain's
Department of Health weighing schoolchildren and sending a finger-
wagging note home to the parents of those deemed too fat. There are
some things that may bother you as a leader or as a ruling body, but
they really aren't any of your business.
Outcry from warped banana enthusiasts in France, Italy, Spain and
Greece saved the day, and 14 years later these yellow misfits were
finally allowed to reappear on produce stands with the rest of the
herd. One can only imagine the celebrations among European fans of
wonky banana splits.
Class 1 cucumbers also had to abide by strict rules that demanded
they be "practically straight . . . bent by a gradient of no more
than 1/10," according to a 2008 Guardian article. You could see the
issue there, though - traditional cucumber sandwich proportions
might have been decimated. The Queen and her cronies could hardly
have been expected to eat such hideously deformed tea offerings.
Eventually, the EU saw the light, realizing that it was wrong to
encourage food waste. Europe's fruits and vegetables once again
became figures of fun, and the Queen probably switched to
watercress.
Anyhoo, the latest astonishing move is that, under new proposals
being drawn up in Brussels, European hairdressers will be forced to
toss aside their chic footwear in favour of flats with non-slip
soles. These masters and mistresses of style will also have to
curtail the number of haircuts they do in a day to steer clear of
"emotional collapse," and will be told to participate in "social
dialogue" to ensure a workplace that's emotionally well vented.
Britain's Mail Online reports that EU Coiffure, an assembly of
European salon bosses, and UNI Europe Hair & Beauty, a union for
European hairdressers, will sign the decrees.
Implementing these rules will apparently cost the UK industry alone
three million pounds in "wasted time and red tape."
This news, of course, set off alarm bells. Not only is it bizarre
for strangers to decide what a woman puts on her feet, surely this
sets a broader precedent. What next - will the Association of Flat-
chested Designers insist that even buxom women wear tops with
ruffles? Will the International Union of Tattoo Artists decree that
its motley members pass spelling tests?
If umbrella organizations are trying to force trendsetting
hairstylists to wear sensible shoes, they might as well go one step
further and ban the blondification of matrons. "You're not fooling
anybody; we totally know you're grey," EU and UNI might announce.
When I was younger and more concerned with fashion, I'd go to
stylists who seemed au courant. While they may not have been
teetering about in stilettos, they certainly never looked as though
they'd dressed to work the midnight shift in an ER. Yet that's what
our poor European friends will have to endure: the snip of scissors
on their Brigitte Bardot bangs perhaps accompanied by the
grandmotherly squeak of Keds on linoleum. Can mandated Engelbert
Humperdinck on the sound system be far behind?
We have an hour or two per appointment to look them over and then,
if possible, copy them. Otherwise, over40s who don't subscribe to In
Style are stuck aping Whoopi Goldberg, Ellen DeGeneres, or Madonna.
Do you want the blame for that on your heads?
The aesthetic meddling is bad enough. But I predict a tidal wave of
rebellion when customers learn that beauticians are suddenly
supposed to guard themselves against stress.
"A friseur should not be entitled to her own feelings," the European
ladies will scoff. "Is she not merely a receptacle for my angst?"
I'm with them. I've always thought of stylists as spiritual air
purifiers: They take in whatever we feel like spewing, process it,
and return it to us, making it sound as reasonable as possible.
2012年11月4日星期日
Wonky-banana haters set sights on shoes
WHEN I hear the term "nanny state," I picture
Penelope Wilton, the rabbity British actor who appears in TV's Downton Abbey as
the interfering do-gooder Cousin Isobel.
Downton Abbey is set in Britain just before, during,Find kids supra shoes for kids from a vast selection of Clothing, Shoes & Accessories. and after World War I - in other words, ages ago. But as the character Isobel, Wilton's constantly furrowed brow and air of bossy concern seem to characterize the modern approach to all sorts of issues. Interfering in matters that, however disturbing, aren't actually your concern, is strangely popular all over the Western World.
That trend persists, whether you're New York mayor Michael Bloomberg fighting obesity by banning giant servings of pop, or Britain's Department of Health weighing schoolchildren and sending a finger-wagging note home to the parents of those deemed too fat.Distributors and Wholesalers of Mens and Womens wholesale fashion shoes; There are some things that may bother you as a leader or as a ruling body, but they really aren't any of your business.
Perhaps you recall the European Union's great banana debate of 1995 through 2008. According to Wikipedia, that began when Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2257/94 decreed that all bananas must be "free of abnormal curvature" and no less than 14 cm. long.
Outcry from warped banana enthusiasts in France, Italy, Spain and Greece saved the day, and 14 years later these yellow misfits were finally allowed to reappear on produce stands with the rest of the herd. One can only imagine the celebrations among European fans of wonky banana splits.
Class 1 cucumbers also had to abide by strict rules that demanded they be "practically straight . . . bent by a gradient of no more than 1/10," according to a 2008 Guardian article. You could see the issue there,Distributors and Wholesalers of Mens and Womens wholesale fashion shoes; though - traditional cucumber sandwich proportions might have been decimated. The Queen and her cronies could hardly have been expected to eat such hideously deformed tea offerings.
Eventually, the EU saw the light, realizing that it was wrong to encourage food waste. Europe's fruits and vegetables once again became figures of fun, and the Queen probably switched to watercress.
Anyhoo, the latest astonishing move is that, under new proposals being drawn up in Brussels, European hairdressers will be forced to toss aside their chic footwear in favour of flats with non-slip soles. These masters and mistresses of style will also have to curtail the number of haircuts they do in a day to steer clear of "emotional collapse," and will be told to participate in "social dialogue" to ensure a workplace that's emotionally well vented.
Britain's Mail Online reports that EU Coiffure, an assembly of European salon bosses, and UNI Europe Hair & Beauty, a union for European hairdressers, will sign the decrees.
Implementing these rules will apparently cost the UK industry alone three million pounds in "wasted time and red tape."
This news, of course, set off alarm bells. Not only is it bizarre for strangers to decide what a woman puts on her feet, surely this sets a broader precedent. What next - will the Association of Flat-chested Designers insist that even buxom women wear tops with ruffles? Will the International Union of Tattoo Artists decree that its motley members pass spelling tests?
If umbrella organizations are trying to force trendsetting hairstylists to wear sensible shoes, they might as well go one step further and ban the blondification of matrons. "You're not fooling anybody; we totally know you're grey," EU and UNI might announce.
When I was younger and more concerned with fashion, I'd go to stylists who seemed au courant. While they may not have been teetering about in stilettos, they certainly never looked as though they'd dressed to work the midnight shift in an ER. Yet that's what our poor European friends will have to endure: the snip of scissors on their Brigitte Bardot bangs perhaps accompanied by the grandmotherly squeak of Keds on linoleum. Can mandated Engelbert Humperdinck on the sound system be far behind?
I beg international arbiters of workplace safety to back off. Where else do we go for ideas other than to fashionista hairdressers?
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The aesthetic meddling is bad enough. But I predict a tidal wave of rebellion when customers learn that beauticians are suddenly supposed to guard themselves against stress.
"A friseur should not be entitled to her own feelings," the European ladies will scoff. "Is she not merely a receptacle for my angst?"
I'm with them. I've always thought of stylists as spiritual air purifiers: They take in whatever we feel like spewing, process it, and return it to us, making it sound as reasonable as possible.
"You're upset that you can only spend two nights in Whistler because you have to come back to town for your doggy's meditation class? That blows," says perpetually agreeable stylist Tantrelle, or whoever.
Downton Abbey is set in Britain just before, during,Find kids supra shoes for kids from a vast selection of Clothing, Shoes & Accessories. and after World War I - in other words, ages ago. But as the character Isobel, Wilton's constantly furrowed brow and air of bossy concern seem to characterize the modern approach to all sorts of issues. Interfering in matters that, however disturbing, aren't actually your concern, is strangely popular all over the Western World.
That trend persists, whether you're New York mayor Michael Bloomberg fighting obesity by banning giant servings of pop, or Britain's Department of Health weighing schoolchildren and sending a finger-wagging note home to the parents of those deemed too fat.Distributors and Wholesalers of Mens and Womens wholesale fashion shoes; There are some things that may bother you as a leader or as a ruling body, but they really aren't any of your business.
Perhaps you recall the European Union's great banana debate of 1995 through 2008. According to Wikipedia, that began when Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2257/94 decreed that all bananas must be "free of abnormal curvature" and no less than 14 cm. long.
Outcry from warped banana enthusiasts in France, Italy, Spain and Greece saved the day, and 14 years later these yellow misfits were finally allowed to reappear on produce stands with the rest of the herd. One can only imagine the celebrations among European fans of wonky banana splits.
Class 1 cucumbers also had to abide by strict rules that demanded they be "practically straight . . . bent by a gradient of no more than 1/10," according to a 2008 Guardian article. You could see the issue there,Distributors and Wholesalers of Mens and Womens wholesale fashion shoes; though - traditional cucumber sandwich proportions might have been decimated. The Queen and her cronies could hardly have been expected to eat such hideously deformed tea offerings.
Eventually, the EU saw the light, realizing that it was wrong to encourage food waste. Europe's fruits and vegetables once again became figures of fun, and the Queen probably switched to watercress.
Anyhoo, the latest astonishing move is that, under new proposals being drawn up in Brussels, European hairdressers will be forced to toss aside their chic footwear in favour of flats with non-slip soles. These masters and mistresses of style will also have to curtail the number of haircuts they do in a day to steer clear of "emotional collapse," and will be told to participate in "social dialogue" to ensure a workplace that's emotionally well vented.
Britain's Mail Online reports that EU Coiffure, an assembly of European salon bosses, and UNI Europe Hair & Beauty, a union for European hairdressers, will sign the decrees.
Implementing these rules will apparently cost the UK industry alone three million pounds in "wasted time and red tape."
This news, of course, set off alarm bells. Not only is it bizarre for strangers to decide what a woman puts on her feet, surely this sets a broader precedent. What next - will the Association of Flat-chested Designers insist that even buxom women wear tops with ruffles? Will the International Union of Tattoo Artists decree that its motley members pass spelling tests?
If umbrella organizations are trying to force trendsetting hairstylists to wear sensible shoes, they might as well go one step further and ban the blondification of matrons. "You're not fooling anybody; we totally know you're grey," EU and UNI might announce.
When I was younger and more concerned with fashion, I'd go to stylists who seemed au courant. While they may not have been teetering about in stilettos, they certainly never looked as though they'd dressed to work the midnight shift in an ER. Yet that's what our poor European friends will have to endure: the snip of scissors on their Brigitte Bardot bangs perhaps accompanied by the grandmotherly squeak of Keds on linoleum. Can mandated Engelbert Humperdinck on the sound system be far behind?
I beg international arbiters of workplace safety to back off. Where else do we go for ideas other than to fashionista hairdressers?
We have an hour or two per appointment to look them over and then, if possible, copy them. Otherwise, over40s who don't subscribe to In Style are stuck aping Whoopi Goldberg,Shop for high quality Wholesale Fashion wedges products on DHgate and get worldwide delivery. Ellen DeGeneres, or Madonna. Do you want the blame for that on your heads?
The aesthetic meddling is bad enough. But I predict a tidal wave of rebellion when customers learn that beauticians are suddenly supposed to guard themselves against stress.
"A friseur should not be entitled to her own feelings," the European ladies will scoff. "Is she not merely a receptacle for my angst?"
I'm with them. I've always thought of stylists as spiritual air purifiers: They take in whatever we feel like spewing, process it, and return it to us, making it sound as reasonable as possible.
"You're upset that you can only spend two nights in Whistler because you have to come back to town for your doggy's meditation class? That blows," says perpetually agreeable stylist Tantrelle, or whoever.
Saddle makers hang on as their craft shifts
As an officer, board member,
attorney,Distributors and Wholesalers of Mens and Womens wholesale fashion
shoes; lobbyist, philanthropist and volunteer, he had his heart and hands in
dozens of agencies and nonprofits including:
The Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland Ballet, Cleveland Playhouse, Shoes and Clothes for Kids, The Temple, Jewish Family Service Association, Recovery Resources, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Maltz Museum, the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish Community Federation, Sisters of Charity Foundation, Western Reserve AIDS Foundation, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and Hough Area Development.
Bill loved Cleveland unconditionally.
He loved it with his wallet and his talents and his energy and his presence.
His life belonged to the whole community. As one rabbi said at his funeral, Bill did everything he could for as long as he could to improve this place we all call home.
I knew Bill as a friend who tossed homemade chocolate banana bread onto our doorstep in the middle of the night. We had to hurry to grab the bread before the skunks beat us to it.
No matter what was going on in his life, he met it with a smile or a shrug, even the cancer that roared through him in 10 short months. He was 66.
We couldn't really call ourselves mourners at his funeral last week. His life was a party, and we were all invited to celebrate how much he loved it and all of us.
We laughed as people shared how Bill was part of the Tuesday Club that met for dinner on any night except Tuesday. He loved clothes and owned hundreds of ties. Bill once gave a 30th birthday party for his yellow Mustang with the car parked on the lawn in front of his house. He once threw a 40th birthday party for himself that started at midnight.
He used to wake his son, Billy, in the dark to drive out to a wide patch of sky to watch Venus rising. His daughter, Robyn, loved waking up to classical music, fresh coffee and the sight of her dad sitting on the living room floor putting together scrapbooks.
In the weeks before he died, Bill shared his favorite quote with me, the model he based his entire life on. He carried these words from George Bernard Shaw:
"This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
"I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die,Distributors and Wholesalers of Mens and Womens wholesale fashion shoes; for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no 'brief candle' for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations."
Bill told me he wasn't afraid of dying, but he had embraced life so tightly, it was hard to let go.
When we stopped at his family's home to make a condolence call, Bill's ties were hanging all over the place like party streamers. The family asked everyone to take one.
They didn't want us to tuck them away in our closets as a memento, but to wear them to the symphony, to Columbus, to fundraisers in hopes that we might run into each other, smile and say, "Is that Bill's tie you have on?"
Yes, a light has gone out, but the torch hasn't. It was handed to everyone who loved Bill Joseph and everything he loved.
Montana saddle makers may work in one of the most tradition-bound industries around, but local craftsmen are as adaptable as anyone to changing markets and tastes.
Local saddle makers say there are fewer traditional tack stores today, but the number of pros or hobbyists building saddles at home has jumped to several hundred in the Billings area.Offer cheap supras shoes the latest new supra shoes for sale,
Next door to Swanke’s shop is Buckaroo Business where Scott and Staci Grosskopf sell traditional horse gear and custom saddles built for their customers by area craftsmen.
The heyday of saddle and harness making was the early 1900s when homesteaders flooded into Montana, all needing gear for a horse-powered economy. In those days, Butte had some 50 shoe repair shops, and Billings and Miles City each supported a handful of saddle shops.
“The Miles City Saddlery did over $1 million in 1918 dollars that year and had 14 to 15 people making saddles and harnesses,” local saddle maker Mike Witt said.
But horses gave way to cars,The classic purple supra shoes in purple and white. and riding and driving horses became more of a hobby than the way most Americans made a living, Witt said.
So in January, Witt closed the saddle and tack shop he ran for three decades on First Avenue North in Billings, and downsized to a smaller store at 407 E. Main in Laurel. Today he rides the Internet, filling orders for custom-tooled leather purses, briefcases and cellphone cases and occasionally building saddles.
Three generations of Witts have been gunsmiths, so Mike Witt makes some of his own metal tools, a skill he said he just picked up from his kin.
When he moved to Billings from the home ranch near Big Sandy in 1978, Witt said there were half a dozen saddle makers in town. Now there are probably 50 or so in the Billings area and 300 within a 200-mile radius of Billings, including northern Wyoming, Witt said.
The Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland Ballet, Cleveland Playhouse, Shoes and Clothes for Kids, The Temple, Jewish Family Service Association, Recovery Resources, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Maltz Museum, the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish Community Federation, Sisters of Charity Foundation, Western Reserve AIDS Foundation, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and Hough Area Development.
Bill loved Cleveland unconditionally.
He loved it with his wallet and his talents and his energy and his presence.
His life belonged to the whole community. As one rabbi said at his funeral, Bill did everything he could for as long as he could to improve this place we all call home.
I knew Bill as a friend who tossed homemade chocolate banana bread onto our doorstep in the middle of the night. We had to hurry to grab the bread before the skunks beat us to it.
No matter what was going on in his life, he met it with a smile or a shrug, even the cancer that roared through him in 10 short months. He was 66.
We couldn't really call ourselves mourners at his funeral last week. His life was a party, and we were all invited to celebrate how much he loved it and all of us.
We laughed as people shared how Bill was part of the Tuesday Club that met for dinner on any night except Tuesday. He loved clothes and owned hundreds of ties. Bill once gave a 30th birthday party for his yellow Mustang with the car parked on the lawn in front of his house. He once threw a 40th birthday party for himself that started at midnight.
He used to wake his son, Billy, in the dark to drive out to a wide patch of sky to watch Venus rising. His daughter, Robyn, loved waking up to classical music, fresh coffee and the sight of her dad sitting on the living room floor putting together scrapbooks.
In the weeks before he died, Bill shared his favorite quote with me, the model he based his entire life on. He carried these words from George Bernard Shaw:
"This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
"I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die,Distributors and Wholesalers of Mens and Womens wholesale fashion shoes; for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no 'brief candle' for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations."
Bill told me he wasn't afraid of dying, but he had embraced life so tightly, it was hard to let go.
When we stopped at his family's home to make a condolence call, Bill's ties were hanging all over the place like party streamers. The family asked everyone to take one.
They didn't want us to tuck them away in our closets as a memento, but to wear them to the symphony, to Columbus, to fundraisers in hopes that we might run into each other, smile and say, "Is that Bill's tie you have on?"
Yes, a light has gone out, but the torch hasn't. It was handed to everyone who loved Bill Joseph and everything he loved.
Montana saddle makers may work in one of the most tradition-bound industries around, but local craftsmen are as adaptable as anyone to changing markets and tastes.
Local saddle makers say there are fewer traditional tack stores today, but the number of pros or hobbyists building saddles at home has jumped to several hundred in the Billings area.Offer cheap supras shoes the latest new supra shoes for sale,
Next door to Swanke’s shop is Buckaroo Business where Scott and Staci Grosskopf sell traditional horse gear and custom saddles built for their customers by area craftsmen.
The heyday of saddle and harness making was the early 1900s when homesteaders flooded into Montana, all needing gear for a horse-powered economy. In those days, Butte had some 50 shoe repair shops, and Billings and Miles City each supported a handful of saddle shops.
“The Miles City Saddlery did over $1 million in 1918 dollars that year and had 14 to 15 people making saddles and harnesses,” local saddle maker Mike Witt said.
But horses gave way to cars,The classic purple supra shoes in purple and white. and riding and driving horses became more of a hobby than the way most Americans made a living, Witt said.
So in January, Witt closed the saddle and tack shop he ran for three decades on First Avenue North in Billings, and downsized to a smaller store at 407 E. Main in Laurel. Today he rides the Internet, filling orders for custom-tooled leather purses, briefcases and cellphone cases and occasionally building saddles.
Three generations of Witts have been gunsmiths, so Mike Witt makes some of his own metal tools, a skill he said he just picked up from his kin.
When he moved to Billings from the home ranch near Big Sandy in 1978, Witt said there were half a dozen saddle makers in town. Now there are probably 50 or so in the Billings area and 300 within a 200-mile radius of Billings, including northern Wyoming, Witt said.
which had been cordoned off for the show between P and S Streets
As a Philadelphia
native relatively new to the Washington metropolitan area, I am constantly
learning of new traditions and customs in the city. Most recently, I was
introduced to the High Heel Drag Race, an annual October event where men don
women’s clothing and their best heels and speed down 17th Street in Dupont
Circle, a neighborhood “synonymous with gay life” in the city.
This year’s 26th annual High Heel Drag Race,Dear Customer welcome to Lover women shoes manufacturer! which typically takes place the night before Halloween, was postponed to the following Thursday because of Hurricane Sandy. From the looks of it, turnout wasn’t affected at all by the changed date.
The actual event was set to start at 9 p.m., but a friend told me I should aim to be there three hours early. Feeling a little silly, I arrived at one end of what was to be the raceway at the corner of P Street and 17th Street at half past 6 p.m., dragging along my boyfriend, who learned somewhat belatedly that this wasn’t the kind of drag race that involved cars. He was a bit disappointed.
To my surprise, there was already a thin crowd gathered along the sides of the road, which had been cordoned off for the show between P and S Streets. The fenced-in outdoor areas in front of the bars were overflowing with people settling in for the race. By 7:40 p.m., the streets were starting to fill up. Around this time, I ducked into a busy McDonald’s for a quick snack, and when I reemerged 10 minutes later, the crowd was so dense that I was stuck three rows back from the street.
The most unexpected part of the whole event was the ever-present sense of calmness and normalcy. I honestly had no idea what to expect before the race — what the crowds would look like, what kind of people would be there or what kind of mood there would be. The entire event was tame and controlled,Combine comfort with style by wearing flat shoes for women. especially for something taking place outside at night on a city street lined with bars. Everyone seemed to know what to do, and I got the feeling I was the only one experiencing it for the first time. The demographic was surprising as well — I thought I’d only see young adults, but there were parents with toddlers and tons of grandparents, too.
The drag queens themselves were quite spectacular. The race itself lasted only four-and-a-half minutes, so the exciting part was beforehand — seeing all of the race participants strutting the street-turned-runway and striking poses for every willing camera, confident and seemingly oblivious to the sharp cold. Since the race was Halloween-themed, there were many in costume. The group outfits stole the show by far – four queens dressed up as the ladies from popular talk show The View and pushed around a table on wheels; a group of seven or eight donned long, thin rainbow-colored balloons and plastic fish decorations and went as “The Gay Barrier Reef.”
The race began promptly at 9 p.m. and with little warning. I was positioned in the middle, near the corner of 17th and Q Streets,Beautiful range of stylish footwear for women available with shoes for ladies. so I wasn’t close enough to the starting line at S Street to hear the starting signal.Offer cheap supras shoes the latest new supra shoes for sale, One minute, the streets were empty; the next, there was a quickly building roar of cheers that rippled down the street, and the first racer bolted past me, a blur of wig, dress and heels. It was impressive to say the least — as someone who is supposed to be comfortable in the tall, pointy death traps that are women’s dress shoes, I appreciate anyone who can walk gracefully, no less run, in heels.
CBS reported that this year’s winner was Inertia, a 26-year-old who once ran track for the University of North Carolina Wilmington, propelled to victory in her 4-inch stiletto boots.
In all, the experience was incredible — everything I had hoped for and then some. Even my boyfriend, who had come along reluctantly, said it was pretty exciting. I definitely plan to return for next year’s race, and I’m looking forward to making this quirky event a new Halloween tradition.
This year’s 26th annual High Heel Drag Race,Dear Customer welcome to Lover women shoes manufacturer! which typically takes place the night before Halloween, was postponed to the following Thursday because of Hurricane Sandy. From the looks of it, turnout wasn’t affected at all by the changed date.
The actual event was set to start at 9 p.m., but a friend told me I should aim to be there three hours early. Feeling a little silly, I arrived at one end of what was to be the raceway at the corner of P Street and 17th Street at half past 6 p.m., dragging along my boyfriend, who learned somewhat belatedly that this wasn’t the kind of drag race that involved cars. He was a bit disappointed.
To my surprise, there was already a thin crowd gathered along the sides of the road, which had been cordoned off for the show between P and S Streets. The fenced-in outdoor areas in front of the bars were overflowing with people settling in for the race. By 7:40 p.m., the streets were starting to fill up. Around this time, I ducked into a busy McDonald’s for a quick snack, and when I reemerged 10 minutes later, the crowd was so dense that I was stuck three rows back from the street.
The most unexpected part of the whole event was the ever-present sense of calmness and normalcy. I honestly had no idea what to expect before the race — what the crowds would look like, what kind of people would be there or what kind of mood there would be. The entire event was tame and controlled,Combine comfort with style by wearing flat shoes for women. especially for something taking place outside at night on a city street lined with bars. Everyone seemed to know what to do, and I got the feeling I was the only one experiencing it for the first time. The demographic was surprising as well — I thought I’d only see young adults, but there were parents with toddlers and tons of grandparents, too.
The drag queens themselves were quite spectacular. The race itself lasted only four-and-a-half minutes, so the exciting part was beforehand — seeing all of the race participants strutting the street-turned-runway and striking poses for every willing camera, confident and seemingly oblivious to the sharp cold. Since the race was Halloween-themed, there were many in costume. The group outfits stole the show by far – four queens dressed up as the ladies from popular talk show The View and pushed around a table on wheels; a group of seven or eight donned long, thin rainbow-colored balloons and plastic fish decorations and went as “The Gay Barrier Reef.”
The race began promptly at 9 p.m. and with little warning. I was positioned in the middle, near the corner of 17th and Q Streets,Beautiful range of stylish footwear for women available with shoes for ladies. so I wasn’t close enough to the starting line at S Street to hear the starting signal.Offer cheap supras shoes the latest new supra shoes for sale, One minute, the streets were empty; the next, there was a quickly building roar of cheers that rippled down the street, and the first racer bolted past me, a blur of wig, dress and heels. It was impressive to say the least — as someone who is supposed to be comfortable in the tall, pointy death traps that are women’s dress shoes, I appreciate anyone who can walk gracefully, no less run, in heels.
CBS reported that this year’s winner was Inertia, a 26-year-old who once ran track for the University of North Carolina Wilmington, propelled to victory in her 4-inch stiletto boots.
In all, the experience was incredible — everything I had hoped for and then some. Even my boyfriend, who had come along reluctantly, said it was pretty exciting. I definitely plan to return for next year’s race, and I’m looking forward to making this quirky event a new Halloween tradition.
Giving the department employees a lesson in discipline
This post comes at the
request of many of you for a focus on sweet flats for going out and the like.
Granted. I will grant most wishes, by the way.
I didn't know it was possible, but after a rootle around my favourite sites I found more than a few astoundingly chic pairs. Because they can be freakin' cute. As much as I don't like to reiterate what's bandied about the gossip rags, the obvious case in point on the subject of chic flats is Alexa Chung. And not because she's a skinny bitch - it's because she pulls off her flats with a nonchalant cool that even the best heel wearers cannot hope to claim. Her shoe choices become a part of her so much that one is hardly aware she ain't wearing heels.
And in that light of "let's get inspired by stylish flat shoe wearers" (we could also throw in images of Audrey,Offer cheap supras shoes the latest new supra shoes for sale, Carla Bruni and other widely used shoespirations but you've seen them before), here are some freakin' cool flats that are making me want to ditch the heels forever and go out and buy this whole set.
Also morphs into a loafer, which somehow morphs into a what-could-be-an-orthopaedic-nurse's-shoe-if-it-wasn't-for-the-red-snakeskin Stella McCartney-type shoe. These are the elegant flats. The wear-with-freakin'-cool-trousers and an awesome blouse and look a million bucks. Or make it known that you're cooler than everyone on the street and you don't even know it. Or something to that equation.
Elvis Presley’s ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ have just been turned blood red, as remix master Andy Rehfeldt has given the classic rock ‘n’ roll track a technical death metal makeover.
Originally written by Carl Perkins, ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ was taken to new heights by ‘The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ –Elvis Presley. Country legend Johnny Cash also had a hand in creating the concept for the ’50s track after telling Perkins a story about how a military airman, who Cash met while serving in Germany, had dubbed his military regulation air shoes as “blue suede shoes.” Shortly after, Perkins was playing a dance party when he saw a man lambast the girl he was dancing with for stepping on his blue suede shoes. Perkins began to write the classic track that very night.
‘Blue Suede Shoes’ certainly has a rich history, having been covered by acts such as Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, Helloween and the Beatles, but Rehfeldt is likely the first to turn the song into technical death metal madness. Rehfeldt, who has made viral ‘Radio Disney’ makeovers of Slipknot‘s ‘Wait and Bleed’ and Slayer‘s ‘Angel of Death,’ along with death metal versions of the Jonas Brothers’ ‘Paranoid’ and Justin Bieber’s ‘Baby,Combine comfort with style by wearing flat shoes for women.’ has created another hilarious remix spliced with video of Elvis Presley performing ‘Blue Suede Shoes.’
If you want to see Elvis Presley shred on his acoustic guitar and unleash demonic gutturals while shakin’ those morally corrupting hips like only he can, then check out this death metal version of the classic, ‘Blue Suede Shoes.’
In a state where a new multi-crore scam unfolds every few days, here's a unique story of model conduct that is leading to several raised eyebrows instead of loud applause. Creating a buzz in the state's commercial tax department a new diktat by the department's chief --to not come to the office wearing flashy clothes and sports shoes--has forced employees to do a quick rethink.
Giving the department employees a lesson in discipline and professionalism, Himanshu Kumar, commissioner of the commercial and trade tax department, which generates the highest revenue for the state government, has sent out letters to the additional and zonal commissioners of his departments asking them to ensure all employees turn to a new, exemplary leaf. Instructing them to exhibit disciplined behavior, a model conduct and turn up in officers in simple, formal clothes, The senior IAS officer has sent out word he is unwilling to put up with laxity in any form.
Taking exception to departmental employees turning up for work in what is believed to be "unkempt" conditions, Kumar, it appears, has said a laid back approach to personal appearance is reflective of employees' attitude to their work.Beautiful range of stylish footwear for women available with shoes for ladies.
In fact, though a public ban on the use of cigarettes, pan masala and paan is already effective in government offices, Kumar has reiterated that the use of these products is not permitted, at least in the state's commercial and trade tax department. In his advisory to the department officials, Kumar has said the habit is not only harmful to health, it also affects people's performances at work.Dear Customer welcome to Lover women shoes manufacturer! Advising people against the habit, Kumar has also said department employees should also act as good samaritans and advise others as well, against the use of any nicotine or carcinogenic substances.
I didn't know it was possible, but after a rootle around my favourite sites I found more than a few astoundingly chic pairs. Because they can be freakin' cute. As much as I don't like to reiterate what's bandied about the gossip rags, the obvious case in point on the subject of chic flats is Alexa Chung. And not because she's a skinny bitch - it's because she pulls off her flats with a nonchalant cool that even the best heel wearers cannot hope to claim. Her shoe choices become a part of her so much that one is hardly aware she ain't wearing heels.
And in that light of "let's get inspired by stylish flat shoe wearers" (we could also throw in images of Audrey,Offer cheap supras shoes the latest new supra shoes for sale, Carla Bruni and other widely used shoespirations but you've seen them before), here are some freakin' cool flats that are making me want to ditch the heels forever and go out and buy this whole set.
Also morphs into a loafer, which somehow morphs into a what-could-be-an-orthopaedic-nurse's-shoe-if-it-wasn't-for-the-red-snakeskin Stella McCartney-type shoe. These are the elegant flats. The wear-with-freakin'-cool-trousers and an awesome blouse and look a million bucks. Or make it known that you're cooler than everyone on the street and you don't even know it. Or something to that equation.
Elvis Presley’s ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ have just been turned blood red, as remix master Andy Rehfeldt has given the classic rock ‘n’ roll track a technical death metal makeover.
Originally written by Carl Perkins, ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ was taken to new heights by ‘The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ –Elvis Presley. Country legend Johnny Cash also had a hand in creating the concept for the ’50s track after telling Perkins a story about how a military airman, who Cash met while serving in Germany, had dubbed his military regulation air shoes as “blue suede shoes.” Shortly after, Perkins was playing a dance party when he saw a man lambast the girl he was dancing with for stepping on his blue suede shoes. Perkins began to write the classic track that very night.
‘Blue Suede Shoes’ certainly has a rich history, having been covered by acts such as Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, Helloween and the Beatles, but Rehfeldt is likely the first to turn the song into technical death metal madness. Rehfeldt, who has made viral ‘Radio Disney’ makeovers of Slipknot‘s ‘Wait and Bleed’ and Slayer‘s ‘Angel of Death,’ along with death metal versions of the Jonas Brothers’ ‘Paranoid’ and Justin Bieber’s ‘Baby,Combine comfort with style by wearing flat shoes for women.’ has created another hilarious remix spliced with video of Elvis Presley performing ‘Blue Suede Shoes.’
If you want to see Elvis Presley shred on his acoustic guitar and unleash demonic gutturals while shakin’ those morally corrupting hips like only he can, then check out this death metal version of the classic, ‘Blue Suede Shoes.’
In a state where a new multi-crore scam unfolds every few days, here's a unique story of model conduct that is leading to several raised eyebrows instead of loud applause. Creating a buzz in the state's commercial tax department a new diktat by the department's chief --to not come to the office wearing flashy clothes and sports shoes--has forced employees to do a quick rethink.
Giving the department employees a lesson in discipline and professionalism, Himanshu Kumar, commissioner of the commercial and trade tax department, which generates the highest revenue for the state government, has sent out letters to the additional and zonal commissioners of his departments asking them to ensure all employees turn to a new, exemplary leaf. Instructing them to exhibit disciplined behavior, a model conduct and turn up in officers in simple, formal clothes, The senior IAS officer has sent out word he is unwilling to put up with laxity in any form.
Taking exception to departmental employees turning up for work in what is believed to be "unkempt" conditions, Kumar, it appears, has said a laid back approach to personal appearance is reflective of employees' attitude to their work.Beautiful range of stylish footwear for women available with shoes for ladies.
In fact, though a public ban on the use of cigarettes, pan masala and paan is already effective in government offices, Kumar has reiterated that the use of these products is not permitted, at least in the state's commercial and trade tax department. In his advisory to the department officials, Kumar has said the habit is not only harmful to health, it also affects people's performances at work.Dear Customer welcome to Lover women shoes manufacturer! Advising people against the habit, Kumar has also said department employees should also act as good samaritans and advise others as well, against the use of any nicotine or carcinogenic substances.
We tried several different locations
Ireland still had a lot of “social capital”
that would stand it in good stead, economist and author of Economics for Dummies
Peter Antonioni told the Kilkenomics festival yesterday.
“One reason for Ireland to be optimistic is that it’s not Britain,” he said. “There’s actually social capital here. It doesn’t exist in a state of permanent rage, which is what’s going on all the time on the other side, permanent existential angst with everybody.”
Examples of social capital, he added, included being able to talk to a neighbour about a problem, engaging in conversation with people and remaining optimistic.
“You can’t really put a price on things like that.”
In Britain, Mr Antonioni said, people were more likely to “barricade themselves away from the rest of society”.
Investment banker Kiron Sarkar said tax receipts were picking up in Ireland, there was “a great demographic” of “highly educated and motivated” people and there was leverage in negotiations with Germany and other EU leaders as they did not want Ireland to default on its debts.
However, the founder member of the Rothschild International Privatisation team said going into negotiations with Germany trying to be a poster boy of Europe was a waste of time.
“Your Irish Government right now is not hard,” Mr Sarkar said. “They’ve taken a very, very soft line. You’re in a position to be able to extricate a good deal.
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Matina Stevis, a journalist with Dow Jones Newswires and former editor-in-chief of Greek newspapers City Press and Free Sunday, said Ireland had “no idea how important it is that you’re not Greece” as it still had leverage when dealing with the debt issue.
Stephen Kinsella, an economics lecturer at the University of Limerick, said more children were born in Ireland last year than in any year since 1891.
“We’re a much younger rich country than Germany. In 15 or 20 years, these kids are going to be way more educated if we change our education system to allow that to happen.”
Mr Kinsella also said there were signs the property market “might be restarting” here.
I was recently contacted by my old high school and I was delighted. For many people, their school years were fraught with a combo of not fitting in, bullying and bad papier-maché puppets. I'm pleased to say only the latter applied to me. I went to a small private Catholic girls' school, which is a sentence that usually ends in "and I couldn't wait to escape" or "and they were the worst years of my life", but I loved school.
I was one of those kids who couldn't wait for school holidays to be over, and I got so worked up the day before we went back I usually had instant-onset insomnia. One time I was so excited that I found myself having a shower at three in the morning so I wouldn't miss my 7.20am tram. So the phone call from the school alerting me to the fact I'd been nominated as an "alumni of note" was met with excitement and internal clapping, not horror and avoidance.
Part of this honour was that I would be featured in a coffee-table book showcasing the 125 years the school had successfully educated girls in the ways of needlepoint and hymn-singing, human rights and Shakespeare. It was,We provide high quality women shoes factory, and still is, a lovely school that turns out smart, independent women year after year. A few that come to mind are the brilliant comedians Jane Turner and Marg Downey, as well as High Court judges and innovative doctors. Apparently you can rub shoulders with these luminaries if you make a living talking about boozies, babies and big bottoms .Combine comfort with style by wearing flat shoes for women... but who am I to object?
I was invited to come to "the parlour", a room at the school that was strictly out of bounds to anyone in brown T-bar shoes and ponytails. I was met by two photographers, who told me they wanted me to take them to a spot in the school that held memories for me.
We tried several different locations, but all to no avail. The secret air vent that we would sneak up to whisper demonic messages to the bewildered class below was shut off. The timber box built to house an airconditioner but which doubled as an excellent place for 14 breathless 17-year-olds to cram in and hide, had been removed. The year 12 common room that we had eventually been banned from for too much smoking and a rat infestation had become a tasteful breakout area for what I imagine are much better-behaved girls than we ever were.
Eventually, I settled for a shot in front of the wall on which we used to play handball when we were nine years old. One of the only memories I had of school, apparently, that didn't involve breaking the rules!
"You were pretty naughty," the photographer said as location after location fell flat. I'd always thought I was a good student. I had a ball at school, but I had no idea I was so damned badly behaved. No wonder I didn't get the marks I needed for law! I was clearly too busy plotting mischief and thinking of new ways to crack up my friends. Shame on me.
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But maybe this is the sign of a truly remarkable school – I never felt like the bad kid. I was never defined by my naughtiness. Perhaps those nuns and teachers recognised that sometimes kids like me needed to be allowed to be a bit of a larrikin in order to survive in the world.
“One reason for Ireland to be optimistic is that it’s not Britain,” he said. “There’s actually social capital here. It doesn’t exist in a state of permanent rage, which is what’s going on all the time on the other side, permanent existential angst with everybody.”
Examples of social capital, he added, included being able to talk to a neighbour about a problem, engaging in conversation with people and remaining optimistic.
“You can’t really put a price on things like that.”
In Britain, Mr Antonioni said, people were more likely to “barricade themselves away from the rest of society”.
Investment banker Kiron Sarkar said tax receipts were picking up in Ireland, there was “a great demographic” of “highly educated and motivated” people and there was leverage in negotiations with Germany and other EU leaders as they did not want Ireland to default on its debts.
However, the founder member of the Rothschild International Privatisation team said going into negotiations with Germany trying to be a poster boy of Europe was a waste of time.
“Your Irish Government right now is not hard,” Mr Sarkar said. “They’ve taken a very, very soft line. You’re in a position to be able to extricate a good deal.
“Is your Government able to do that?” he asked. “I don’t think they’re there yet.Beautiful range of stylish footwear for women available with shoes for ladies. The goody two-shoes image is a complete load of rubbish.Offer cheap supras shoes the latest new supra shoes for sale,”
Matina Stevis, a journalist with Dow Jones Newswires and former editor-in-chief of Greek newspapers City Press and Free Sunday, said Ireland had “no idea how important it is that you’re not Greece” as it still had leverage when dealing with the debt issue.
Stephen Kinsella, an economics lecturer at the University of Limerick, said more children were born in Ireland last year than in any year since 1891.
“We’re a much younger rich country than Germany. In 15 or 20 years, these kids are going to be way more educated if we change our education system to allow that to happen.”
Mr Kinsella also said there were signs the property market “might be restarting” here.
I was recently contacted by my old high school and I was delighted. For many people, their school years were fraught with a combo of not fitting in, bullying and bad papier-maché puppets. I'm pleased to say only the latter applied to me. I went to a small private Catholic girls' school, which is a sentence that usually ends in "and I couldn't wait to escape" or "and they were the worst years of my life", but I loved school.
I was one of those kids who couldn't wait for school holidays to be over, and I got so worked up the day before we went back I usually had instant-onset insomnia. One time I was so excited that I found myself having a shower at three in the morning so I wouldn't miss my 7.20am tram. So the phone call from the school alerting me to the fact I'd been nominated as an "alumni of note" was met with excitement and internal clapping, not horror and avoidance.
Part of this honour was that I would be featured in a coffee-table book showcasing the 125 years the school had successfully educated girls in the ways of needlepoint and hymn-singing, human rights and Shakespeare. It was,We provide high quality women shoes factory, and still is, a lovely school that turns out smart, independent women year after year. A few that come to mind are the brilliant comedians Jane Turner and Marg Downey, as well as High Court judges and innovative doctors. Apparently you can rub shoulders with these luminaries if you make a living talking about boozies, babies and big bottoms .Combine comfort with style by wearing flat shoes for women... but who am I to object?
I was invited to come to "the parlour", a room at the school that was strictly out of bounds to anyone in brown T-bar shoes and ponytails. I was met by two photographers, who told me they wanted me to take them to a spot in the school that held memories for me.
We tried several different locations, but all to no avail. The secret air vent that we would sneak up to whisper demonic messages to the bewildered class below was shut off. The timber box built to house an airconditioner but which doubled as an excellent place for 14 breathless 17-year-olds to cram in and hide, had been removed. The year 12 common room that we had eventually been banned from for too much smoking and a rat infestation had become a tasteful breakout area for what I imagine are much better-behaved girls than we ever were.
Eventually, I settled for a shot in front of the wall on which we used to play handball when we were nine years old. One of the only memories I had of school, apparently, that didn't involve breaking the rules!
"You were pretty naughty," the photographer said as location after location fell flat. I'd always thought I was a good student. I had a ball at school, but I had no idea I was so damned badly behaved. No wonder I didn't get the marks I needed for law! I was clearly too busy plotting mischief and thinking of new ways to crack up my friends. Shame on me.
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But maybe this is the sign of a truly remarkable school – I never felt like the bad kid. I was never defined by my naughtiness. Perhaps those nuns and teachers recognised that sometimes kids like me needed to be allowed to be a bit of a larrikin in order to survive in the world.
2012年11月1日星期四
Brain cancer patient dresses as clown for treatment
Cancer has been trying to break Patricia Baker’s spirits for nine years, but it should be obvious by now that this is one fight the disease cannot win.
On Tuesday, the Clark County woman strolled down the halls of the Springfield Regional Cancer Center in floppy shoes and a rainbow wig, chatting with other patients who may have been surprised to see a clown getting treatment for brain cancer. But Baker, who has already fought off colon and breast cancer in recent years, said it was her way of cheering up other patients who are facing a similar fight.
“I almost called here and asked them if it was OK,” Baker said of the cancer center’s staff. “And I thought, no, I’m not asking. I’m just going to do it because that’s what I’m going to do.”
Brenda Lambers, a nurse at the center, has known Baker for several years.
“To see her walking in here in a clown suit for Halloween is adorable, but not terribly surprising because that’s the way she is,” Lambers said.
Baker’s fight with the disease began almost 10 years ago when she was diagnosed with colon cancer. Her mother had died of the same disease, and a different form of cancer also claimed the life of Baker’s father. Her sister, Lorette Rayburn, also died of cancer within the last year. Initially, Baker saw the diagnoses as a death sentence, but her doctor convinced her she would live.
“He said, ‘No you’re not. You’re not your mother,’ ” Baker said. “That knocked something in my brain and made me look at things a whole lot different.”
Since then, Baker said decided she would never let the disease dictate her attitude again. She said her faith in God has helped her stay strong.
“You’ve got to be happy because if you’re not happy, then you put everyone else down,” Baker said. “And I didn’t want to put anybody down. You’ve got to deal with what you have.”
Other patients, like Betty Schmitt, of Springfield, said Baker’s visit was a bright spot in the day.
“I was in the chair here when she came over and talked to me, and I was very surprised,” Schmitt said. “I think that’s really great.”
A positive attitude alone is not enough to beat cancer, Lambers said. But patients like Baker give Lambers hope.
“A lot of people ask me if working in oncology is depressing, and I see people going through the very worst times of their life with more dignity and grace than they ever thought they could muster,” Lambers said. “My patients amaze me every day.”
On Tuesday, the Clark County woman strolled down the halls of the Springfield Regional Cancer Center in floppy shoes and a rainbow wig, chatting with other patients who may have been surprised to see a clown getting treatment for brain cancer. But Baker, who has already fought off colon and breast cancer in recent years, said it was her way of cheering up other patients who are facing a similar fight.
“I almost called here and asked them if it was OK,” Baker said of the cancer center’s staff. “And I thought, no, I’m not asking. I’m just going to do it because that’s what I’m going to do.”
Brenda Lambers, a nurse at the center, has known Baker for several years.
“To see her walking in here in a clown suit for Halloween is adorable, but not terribly surprising because that’s the way she is,” Lambers said.
Baker’s fight with the disease began almost 10 years ago when she was diagnosed with colon cancer. Her mother had died of the same disease, and a different form of cancer also claimed the life of Baker’s father. Her sister, Lorette Rayburn, also died of cancer within the last year. Initially, Baker saw the diagnoses as a death sentence, but her doctor convinced her she would live.
“He said, ‘No you’re not. You’re not your mother,’ ” Baker said. “That knocked something in my brain and made me look at things a whole lot different.”
Since then, Baker said decided she would never let the disease dictate her attitude again. She said her faith in God has helped her stay strong.
“You’ve got to be happy because if you’re not happy, then you put everyone else down,” Baker said. “And I didn’t want to put anybody down. You’ve got to deal with what you have.”
Other patients, like Betty Schmitt, of Springfield, said Baker’s visit was a bright spot in the day.
“I was in the chair here when she came over and talked to me, and I was very surprised,” Schmitt said. “I think that’s really great.”
A positive attitude alone is not enough to beat cancer, Lambers said. But patients like Baker give Lambers hope.
“A lot of people ask me if working in oncology is depressing, and I see people going through the very worst times of their life with more dignity and grace than they ever thought they could muster,” Lambers said. “My patients amaze me every day.”
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