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Reblog This: The Oral History of Menswear Blogging
In less than 10 years, men's style on the web has gone from fashion also-ran to clickable powerhouse. How did it come so far so fast? Some pioneering street style, a few obsessed enthusiasts, and more than a few pairs of double-monks. Oh, and in their own words, all of these guys
_A mere half-decade ago, menswear web sites were about as hard to find as a rap album called I'm Gay. Yes, it's a brave new world: fire up your Tumblr dashboard right now and tell us you're not looking at Nick Wooster's mustache. In recent years, hundreds of menswear bloggers have helped teach a generation of sons with dad-jeans fathers how to dress along the way. Or at least, which American-made shoe brands to buy on eBay. _
_ In the early days of the menswear Internet, the conversation was born on Style.com, message boards such as Ask Andy About Clothes, and on streetwear and sneaker-centric sites such as Hypebeast—not to mention a little blog by a future GQ photographer you may have heard about. To celebrate approximately ten years of obsessive cataloging, we strapped on our double monks, rolled up our raw denim, and hit the blogosphere to track down the men who have made #menswear our favorite trending topic. _
Michael Williams (blogger, A Continuous Lean): I remember not having anywhere good to go. I remember when Style.com got their updated URL to include "men," and that was like a big thing. I don't think, until 2008, [men's style] was taken seriously.
Jesse Thorn (Photo: Noe Montes)
Jesse Thorn (blogger, Put This On): The one that I most enjoyed reading was A Suitable Wardrobe. In the early years of his blog, in 2006, what he was doing was taking the canon of basic classic menswear information that you might find in an Alan Flusser book or a G. Bruce Boyer book and putting it into blog form.
Will Boehlke (blogger, A Suitable Wardrobe): The Sartorialist was around. Styleforum wasn't very popular then and Ask Andy was the leading board. I was a, gosh, I don't remember the term—one of the guys who was keeping order on Ask Andy, and it was pretty obvious that there wasn't a source for men to get information about classic men's clothing. I just started writing about it.
**Michael Williams: **I knew Scott when he first started The Sartorialist. He did a little interview with me in 2006 on there. I went back and re-read it, I was talking about made in America then. I had that obsession.
**Michael Bastian (Designer): **We were lucky in a way because we were new when that whole phenomenon was new. So we've known nothing else. The Sartorialist, he became a buddy of ours. He actually shot one of our lookbooks really early on, that kind of started the whole thing.
**Mordechai Rubinstein (blogger, Mister Mort): **My Google, my everything was eBay, so I never really went online that much until I heard [of] The Sartorialist.
**Scott Schuman (blogger, The Sartorialist): **There was a blog called English Cut, by an English Savile Row tailor [Thomas Mahon] who was talking about his experience. What I thought would be great with blogs was this ability to live vicariously through other people.
**Lawrence Schlossman (blogger, Sartorially Inclined, How to Talk to Girls at Parties): **Men.Style.com was probably the first thing that I knew of and was exposed to. That was the first thing I saw on the Internet that spoke to me as a straight guy looking for information about menswear on the Internet. The main minds behind that were Tyler Thoreson and Josh Peskowitz—you had two guys who were speaking to an audience directly that seemed to have been neglected.
**Josh Peskowitz (Style Director, Gilt MAN): **My first magazine job was for a magazine here in New York called the Fader. I was the fashion person. They launched Fader.com and I was like, "What, are you kidding me, I'm not going to write anything for the web." But we started writing those things and they did get some response. While I was [at Men.Style.com], we went from writing one article a day to having more of a blog format.
**Cory Ohlendorf (editor-in-chief, Valet): **There were smaller sites starting to populate, Uncrate, Selectism, which were more product-driven sites.
Lawrence Schlossman
**Lawrence Schlossman: **It's funny because a lot of people ask me now about forums. A lot of times, I'll Google an obscure menswear thing or a technical term and the only thing that exists are these guys talking about it on Styleforum. I'm lurking there, I'm not a member, I'm not registered for any of those forums. I never was on the Hypebeast forums, which predates a lot of this stuff. [I] was never on Superfuture, was never on Ask Andy.
**Derek Guy (blogger, Die, Workwear!, Put This On): **Anyone who writes about men's clothing probably has an account on Styleforum. I was reading it in 2007 or so.
**Jesse Thorn: **Styleforum is interesting because it was a place where there was legitimate discussion of what you might call "fashion-y" menswear, and a legitimate discussion of what you might call "classic" menswear. Neither of those is a perfect description but it encompasses both selvedge denim and neckties. And that is unique because when I started Interneting, there was Superfuture, which was so, so masturbatory. It was jeans and high-fashion sneakers and things like that.
**Michael Williams: **Superfuture, I wasn't into that, I wasn't a streetwear guy, Ask Andy, especially because I worked at J.Press, I would spend a good amount of time in there. They were all obsessed with J.Press. Mark McNairy went on there and then got kicked off. Mark's kind of brash—he went on there and caused this uproar, just arguing with all these people. He started calling everyone names or something, I don't remember exactly. They banned him. It was really funny at the time.
_In 2008, the American heritage movement began to take off. Everywhere you looked— or, at least, in some very specific zip codes—men were sporting flannel, Filson, and Red Wings. And with the arrival of the heritage movement, along with it came a fleet of bloggers ruthlessly covering the scene. Thanks to the recession, "buy less, buy better," became a blogosphere mantra. _
**Michael Williams: **I think I started [ACL], on December 26, [2007]. I didn't know what the fuck I was doing, to be honest. I was in Ohio at my parents' house for the holidays, bored. It was snowing like crazy.
**Derek Guy: **Within 2008, there was a massive bloom in blogs and I think everybody was writing at Blogspot. Also around that time, the prep revival—Christian at Ivy Style, Unabashedly Prep.
**F.E. Castleberry (blogger, Unabashedly Prep): **I started Unabashedly Prep two and a half, three years ago. It felt like when I got there, I was pretty new. In the beginning stages, I was able to interview Sid Mashburn, he allowed me to photograph his shop—that was one of the first pieces of content that went live on my site.
When I started there was a big Americana movement. The prep style benefited from that as well as the Ivy and trad styles. American workwear, there was definitely this wave a lot of the sites focusing on [it] benefited from. Michael Williams is one of those.
**Michael Williams: **I have to admit that it was good for me but part of the reason why my thing worked is that that was going on already. I didn't invent the heritage thing or the made in America thing. I think that blogs magnified all these trends a lot.
**Bob Clark (Vice President, Alden Shoe Company): **I think there's some influence from the Japanese market. Japanese retailers and designers were early in connecting with and expressing a great appreciation for established American brands.
Cory Ohlendorf (Photo: F.E. Castleberry)
**Cory Ohlendorf: **That was really beneficial to menswear because it focused on pieces made with integrity, so it helped educate guys, it helped illuminate the process of how you got a really well-made shoe or the steps it takes to build a really well-fitting jacket.
**Jesse Thorn: **The streetwear crowd went from being concerned solely about intangibles—hype, aesthetics and trends— to having concern about "craft." And so when that started happening, that brought a lot of people toward a more classic aesthetic, where there were these people waiting for them on the Internet. [Laughs]
I think that Michael was the guy who said, it is possible to create a men's fashion/lifestyle blog that is something other than hot new sneaker releases for 19-year-olds or, "Let's all dress like Cary Grant." Something in between. And that was, I think, the thing that spawned 1,000 imitators.
**Derek Guy: **Starting in 2009 or so, Jesse starts Put This On, Lawrence starts Sartorially Inclined, and those are my two favorite blogs.
**Lawrence Schlossman: **When I originally started blogging, I was blogging about music, specifically rap. I had tried to get traction with this little joint I had and it wasn't happening, so at that point, I had been reading ACL and Valet… I thought, "Let me give this a try," so I shut down the music site and leaped over and haven't looked back ever since.
Valet for a long time has been a huge vehicle of the blogs. And because Valet is so professional and awesome-looking, when they were supporting a lot of guys like myself, it gave us a co-sign. For a lot of people, one of their big blog moments was getting on Valet's morning report.
**Cory Ohlendorf: **We really make an effort to constantly be looking for new sites. There's 75-100 sites that I'll check out a day.
_As the popularity (and personalities) of these sites grew, an industry began to take notice. And like the Alan Freed rock 'n' roll radio payola scandal of the 1950s, and, in more recent times, Mommy bloggers with thriving audiences, menswear labels learned how to, uh, sway the correspondents driving the conversation: Free shit! _
**Will Boehlke: **In 2008, people didn't pay that much attention. Advertisers were starting to come around but—I think when the industry started to see how much traffic would come out of favorable reports, it became a lot easier to get access.
**Kevin Harter (Vice President and Men's Fashion Director, Bloomingdale's): **I know from our own media buys in the last year and a half, we've started advertising on blogs and web sites. Even though it's still a small subscriber base, in a lot of cases, we have definitely seen a nice return on that.
**Eunice Lee (Designer, Unis): **As a small company, having my own web store, all of these things, you just realize how important it is to be accessible. …There is so much [more] information about smaller brands out there than there has been since I started 11 years ago.
**Cory Ohlendorf: **These brands, they started paying attention probably in 2009, 2010, when they realized there was a conversation happening. It took a little while to build up that steam but now it's so easy to speak to whoever we need to, to get the kind of samples we need.
"My father didn't teach me how to dress. Which left me severely sartorially disabled. I remember being in my mid-20s and not knowing the difference between a peak and a notch lapel on a jacket. I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio—my dad wore sweatshirts."—Michael Williams
**Lawrence Schlossman: **When Lands' End Canvas launched, they sent me a bunch of stuff to have and review. Whether or not you had bloggers taking it into their own hands and saying, "Hey, I could help you out," or the other way around and brands pushing it, it shows that these big companies realize there was a lot at stake in fostering these good relationships with bloggers. It wasn't just [reserved] for the big boys like ACL or Street Etiquette who have huge audiences. I definitely remember at some point being like, "Oh, damn, anyone could get free shit."
**Michael Williams: **I joke that menswear blogging now is second only to mommy blogging in terms of people trying to fucking scam companies out of free stuff. Every dude is like, "I can start a blog and scam Gant out of a fucking woven shirt."
**Michael Bastian: **We tried to quickly weed through that. It's not enough to just give us a big wet kiss every now and then. There's got to be something behind it, there's got to be some reflection and analysis. You can tell who takes it seriously.
**Derek Guy: **I had a very, very small company contact me when I was doing Die, Workwear!, and that was amazing to me. They were like Etsy kind of stuff. When I started writing for Put This On, bigger companies contacted me to do reviews and I realized, you write about a product for Put This On, it shows up on the front page of Google.
Soon brands themselves launched their own blogs, with retailers ranging from Brooks Brothers to Gilt Groupe developing editorial voices and hiring menswear writers. In 2011, digital men's retailers such as [GQ partner] Gilt's Park Bond and Mr. Porter emerged as dependable, innovative shopping tools. A generation of men searching for new ways to learn—and geek out—about style now had new options.
**Cory Ohlendorf: **It makes sense with these ecommerce sites to help bring that context to their setting. You want to see how you might wear it or how you might incorporate it with everything you already have. The more people you have getting into the space, it just raises the bar for everybody. People like Mr. Porter or Park Bond have really sharp editors.
**Derek Guy: **Brooks Brothers' site, it's trying to be like a blog that anybody would start up.
**Kevin Harter: **[In] most of the stores, men's is some of the strongest trending business out there. Men have been encouraged to change how they dress – tailored clothing, dress shirts and ties. They're dressing differently than they did five years ago. Is it as big as the women's? No, but are we closing the gap.
**Nick Wooster (Fashion Advisor, Gilt MAN): **As the roles of specialty stores and major stores are changing, the blogs have come in and fill that void in a new and different way. You're actually getting information for information's sake. I think it's just totally changed the dynamic of how guys shop.
**Tommy Ton (GQ contributor, Photographer, Jak Jil): **It's just better than going into a store and having to deal with a salesperson. You can learn from a visual perspective.
_Michael Bastian and Josh Peskowitz
(Photo: PatrickMcMullan.com)_
**Michael Bastian: **There are these guys in their 20s, straight guys in their 20s, who are very obsessive about their clothes. It's so fascinating to me because I never realized this group of guys existed, who follow designers and clothing like a lot of guys might follow baseball. And it's not an affront to their masculinity at all.
**Scott Schuman: **I think guys are feeling more comfortable. I think what helps is, these [blogs] are done by real guys, [readers] have a sense of who they are. It makes them more comfortable getting advice from bloggers.
**Will Boehlke: **It was Alan Flusser who pointed out, a whole generation of men in the '70s stopped getting dressed, so they didn't teach their children how to get dressed. More and more people have found, "Oh, I can go read about this stuff."
**Michael Williams: **My father didn't teach me how to dress. Which left me severely sartorially disabled. I remember being in my mid-20s and not knowing the difference between a peak and a notch lapel on a jacket. I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio—my dad wore sweatshirts.
**Lawrence Schlossman: **The most common question I would get is people wanting to know, "Where do I start?" And then other thing is, "Where do I get the most amazing thing—fill in the blank—for really, really cheap?" Even right now, there's like 2,000 questions sitting that I'm never going to answer. It's just impossible.
**Jesse Thorn: **People kept emailing me and saying, "I have a wedding in two days and I need a tudo, and I want it to be less than $300 and I want it to be perfect. "And I would say, "That is how you end up with a shitty tudo."
**Mordechai Rubinstein: **I get emails from 76-year-old men, asking me what type of hat they should buy, what type of haberdashery to go to. The emails that I get are what keep me alive, they wake me up in the morning [to] keep blogging. It's insane. It's a lot more older dudes. I'm shocked they even have emails.
I think a big problem with these blogs, they're making rules and breaking rules before they know what the rules are. It's not okay to mix a pattern with a pattern with a pattern. It's never okay to wear a tie over a tank top like Avril Lavigne.
**Aliotsy Andrianarivo (blogger, This Fits): **What's challenging to people who are just starting out [is] trying to pull off [Brunello] Cucinelli in a week—you see it in a lookbook and you want to buy all the pieces. I had a certain degree of that starting out. The blogosphere can encourage that.
**Josh Peskowitz: **On Men.Style.com there was a younger generation of brands that we championed—people like Rag Bone, Patrik Ervell, Billy Reid—that we gave a lot of credence to. Those brands form a baseline for kids doing the blogs and doing the Tumblrs.
[EDITOR'S NOTE: In 2009, Men.Style.com was folded into GQ.com.]
**Michael Williams: **A lot of guys were really into all the Bastian stuff and especially the stuff he's doing for Gant. Isaia is one that's more obsessed about now. Alden's managed to worked its way through all of these different trends. I know for a fact Isaia is not doing this on purpose, it's just happening to them. And some of the brands are doing a good job to encourage it, like Gant, and then some are oblivious like Alden.
**Bob Clark: **[As] a function of the exposure that we've received through blogs… a younger consumer has found us. We decided early on that… the best approach for us was simply to stay out of it and let those conversations develop as they would naturally. And in part by staying away from it, we get to concentrate on what we think we do best, which is just make shoes.
**Josh Peskowitz: **You could say the double monkstrap shoe is a blog phenomenon.
**Derek Guy: **People were really excited about double monks on Styleforum for a while. I think that translates to blogs.
**Will Boehlke: **Double monks? Only if you wear 'em unbuckled. That was a joke.
**Michael Williams: **Maybe I'm out of touch, but I never liked the whole double monk thing. I think a lot of this stuff has gotten out of control. At the Pop Up Flea [in 2009], some dude showed up in a henley and Carhartt overalls, seriously, with like a bandana in his back pocket. That shit looks weird at a truck stop in rural Pennsylvania. You can't be wearing that shit in SoHo. Now it's all these Italian unstructured garment-washed jackets.
Lawrence is like the leader of all these little things. He's the one that gets on bracelets and shit. I never subscribed to that either, the whole bracelet thing. I'll leave that to Man Repeller, I'm good on wearing 10 bracelets. I'm not at fucking summer camp.
**Lawrence Schlossman: **I think the age difference in bloggers determines how susceptible they are to experimenting style-wise. An older guy, such as Michael, has had more time behind the wheel and knows pretty quickly when he has absolutely no interest in something. I wear them because I saw Kanye West wear them at Coachella.
Just kidding, I wear a few—10 is a pretty fucking ridiculous amount—but all of them were gifts from friends who were traveling. I've got a few representatives from India and Sweden.
_As trends developed and the blogosphere continued to expand, a new player entered the game in 2007: Tumblr, the teen-friendly blogging platform that became home to long-form sites such as Put This On and Die, Workwear! and hundreds of reblog-fueled inspiration-board pages alike. Tumblr dashboards quickly became full of borrowed photography and iPhone shots of young bloggers on a budget. _
**Aliotsy Andrianarivo: **For a while there, Tumblr was very much the little kid at the table. If you were a serious blogger, you're on Blogspot or you're on Wordpress or you had your own domain. And I think that's shifted: if they didn't have a Tumblr, they started a Tumblr. It lowers the barriers to entry for getting a post out there. What added the respect level to the Tumblr is guys like Jesse and Derek, where they treated Tumblr as more than just an image board.
**Jesse Thorn: **Put This On has always been on Tumblr. And it's been really great for us. But there certainly are times when I wish we weren't, not just when Tumblr seemed to be down one day a week. It's easy to reblog an image that you don't own and it's difficult to write an article or take compelling editorial photographs. One of the reasons why I hired Derek Guy to work with me on Put This On was that on his blog, he was actually having ideas.
**Tommy Ton: **I find it most validating when I see my photos go on Tumblr. That actually just reassures me that I'm actually doing something right. I'm a Tumblr addict myself.
**Scott Schuman: **I just choose not to think about all the people stealing the photographs, what can you do? I'm honored that the photographs mean enough that they want to use them. I try to live a positive life and so I just try to think of it that way.
**Lawrence Schlossman: **I think Tumblr more than anything else has empowered a younger generation to start building their taste. The people that I'm seeing on Tumblr that I'm meeting, I do see them getting younger and younger. I don't think we're going to have a Tavi-like prophet blogging about menswear at 11 or 15, but I do see the median age is getting younger and younger.
F.E. Castleberry
**F.E. Castleberry: **Most of the people on Tumblr are teenagers. So there's a lot of junk out there.
**Michael Williams: **I think there are two types of bloggers basically, now. People that are on Tumblr and people that are not on Tumblr. Tumblr is its own little ecosystem, it's pretty amazing. I also think Tumblr is very problematic in terms of trying to monetize a web site. Having a lot of Tumblr followers doesn't mean jack shit when you're trying to serve ads and make money.
**Lawrence Schlossman: **I resisted [Tumblr] because I thought it was an easy way out. For a long time, [How To Talk to Girls at Parties] was just an image board and a way to expose more people to Sartorially Inclined, but because I got in at just the right moment, I was answering a ton of questions, giving out free style advice that I guess people thought was good, that soon ballooned into its own monster. It's the forefront thing, it's what people who work with me attach my name to.
**Jesse Thorn: **I like reading the Tumblogs of people who are sort of chronicling their ascent to power rather than shouting from on high what's on-trend, what's off-trend, what's having a moment this season. A lot of people in that community are just developing an interest in these things. I think that's really cool.
**Aliotsy Andrianarivo: **Something I'm seeing Tumblr is really good for is the What I Wore Today bloggers. Those are the blogs that are most interesting right now, the guys who don't have a pass to a fashion show or don't work in fashion. They definitely have their own distinctive flavor or personal style but have a nod toward classic menswear. They're able to do it with the mall brands or online shops or thrift stores that most men have access to.
_For all its amateur community, Tumblr soon became home to a number of budding—and baffled—Fashion Week-attending menswear icons. _
**Michael Williams: **Certain people have been singled out and obsessed over. Nick's one of those people.
Nick Wooster (Photo: PatrickMcMullan.com)
**Nick Wooster: **First, I was shocked, and then immediately flattered. I did not understand why there was interest in such a thing.
**Scott Schuman: **Nick [has] an extreme style. He's not on the fence.
**Lawrence Schlossman: **It's kind of awesome to see a new crop of guys that can inspire other guys. I think that for the longest time the biggest issue that the industry was having as a whole was a lack of icons. That's why you see things like Mad Men and Steve McQueen, even those resurgences now. We're looking for icons.
**Nick Wooster: **It continues to somewhat baffle me. But at the same time, if it's me or if it's anyone, it's good for menswear as an industry. There's a lot of people who benefit from that exposure.
**Aliotsy Andrianarivo: **I think it's kind of neat. Nick Wooster has a similar build to me so it's interesting to see what he does. I don't think I'd necessarily wear everything that he has but you see someone who has a master's grasp of texture and proportion and you can learn something from that, even if you don't necessarily mimic his style.
**Tommy Ton: **I think what's so great about them in comparison to celebrities is they're able to filter trends or looks that are seen in magazines or on the runway but they wear it in such an interesting way. They have so much fun with fashion and I think that's inspired people. It's a pleasure to be able to photograph them.
_Because every great blogging movement needs its satirist, 2010 saw the launch of Fuck Yeah Menswear: the Hipster Runoff of the menswear movement. He (or she? Them?) promptly got a book deal after drawing thousands of readers to impenetrably inside-baseball meme-speak poems. _
**Fuck Yeah Menswear (blogger, Fuck Yeah Menswear): **My favorite blog style trend has been people adopting slang that I created—it only reinforces how heavy in the streets I am.
**Lawrence Schlossman: **A lot of these dudes who are nerds about menswear are nerds about hip-hop, too. It's just a way of bringing two worlds together. Not to mention, it's hilarious to hear people use '90s rap terms when discussing a very beautiful sportcoat or an expensive umbrella. I think that's why Fuck Yeah Menswear is doing very well.
**Derek Guy: **The fact that Fuck Yeah Menswear got a book deal is pretty incredible. That's pretty amazing to me. I don't know how that book's going to do.
**Cory Ohlendorf: **When it first came out, I think we were all sort of taken aback. Everybody loved it, I don't think there was any ill will. Once we got name-checked, we knew we were in the consciousness.
**Lawrence Schlossman: **Some people think it's me, I have my own suspicions about who it might be. I think at this point, you just appreciate what it is.
**Cory Ohlendorf: **You hear names floating around here and there, I'm not really sure who it is. Or maybe it's a group of people.
**Fuck Yeah Menswear: **I'm not a blogger, somebody lied. I am a full-time gangster who goes where the paper is. I keep shit secretive because there are always gonna be snakes in the grass.
**Jesse Thorn: **I was talking to a friend of mine, Andrew Noz, who does the blog Cocaine Blunts and Hip-Hop Tapes—I was trying to explain that to him and why it frankly makes me uncomfortable [laughs]. As someone who grew up listening to hip-hop and is from the inner city— I'm obviously very white, but I come by my hip-hop enthusiasm legitimately. It feels like a form of race play and I don't like it. I actually grew up in a neighborhood where I had to be concerned about the colors that I wore and the way that I dressed because it was important to me to not be seen as the potential source of set tripping.
_ "Men's fashion doesn't move as fast. Men's is more about subtlety and the fit and women's is more about cut and newness. I like that difference—I hope men are never moving that fast."—Scott Schuman _
_ Crispy or not, in 2011, the menswear blogosphere continues to grow and influence. But can it crash the Man Repeller's arm party or will it settle for a few more well-dressed men? _
**Eunice Lee: **It's gotten bigger and bigger. At the same time, I think that you can be cool all day long on blogs but you still have to be legitimized as a brand in terms of mainstream media. You can't just do one.
**Lawrence Schlossman: **This past Fashion Week in New York, Tumblr downgraded the amount of people they took from 24 to 20, but they took more menswear bloggers. Which I think shows that we're dealing with something that's kind of a big deal.
J.Crew doesn't look the same as it looked four years ago. Look at a line like Lands' End Canvas. Would that even exist if it weren't for blogs and their readers being super-interested in this stuff?
**Michael Williams: **The way that women buy luxury handbags and shit, there's no parallel for that in men. What could it be? Like, watches? That's still pretty tough.
**Scott Schuman: **Men's fashion doesn't move as fast. Men's is more about subtlety and the fit and women's is more about cut and newness. I like that difference—I hope men are never moving that fast.
**Tommy Ton: **I think the way the men's market has been rapidly growing because of Tumbling and blogging and all that, it could be on par with women's in a couple years. When I speak to a lot of buyers, they tell me how business has really boomed for them.
**Eunice Lee: **The thing that men's blogs do that women's blogs don't is, it's kind of nerdier. Guys actually do homework on the Internet—if they see something a couple more times, then I think they're more comfortable with wanting to try something out. No guy wants to just go out on a limb on his own. [Laughs]
**Cory Ohlendorf: **Unlike four to five years ago, a man today is so much happier to buy a pair of beautiful, well-made shoes and know that they're only going to get better and more comfortable and look more lived in with every year. That's the way he wants to dress now.
We launched in late 2008 so we're not incredibly old by any means but we feel like anybody who would be interested in Valet would've found Valet by now. But each month, we grow between 15 and 20%.
**Bob Clark: **These discussions aren't about promotion, they're not about advertising, there's some meat on the bone. There's conversation about how products are put together. And about not only the features but the quality of workmanship, the quality of materials, the essence of what a product is. So the generation that is moving into a state of life where they're looking at products like ours is getting a great education in what to look for, and so we're very happy about that.
**Jesse Thorn: **We did an interview with Alan Flusser that got blogged on Hypebeast, right? [Laughs] That would've been laughable seven years ago. I know because I get emails from guys who tell me that their lives have been transformed, and that we are doing that for many people. And that's something we're proud of.
**Michael Williams: **I think it's going to get a lot bigger actually. I think bigger people are going to come into this now and you're going to see, in the next 12 months, some serious people come in and make investments in the men's style universe online. I think it's only going to grow from there.
**Jesse Thorn: **I would like to see Andre 3000's menswear blog. I think there are a lot of people with a lot of knowledge who are just starting to get engaged with new media. My hope is, as people get more comfortable with the medium, we'll hear more from whoever it is. Bruce Boyer. Alan Flusser.
**Derek Guy: **There will always be someone who's willing to hit reblog.


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Ultra Street Fighter 4 Mystery Character Rumored to Come From Comics
There are going to be five new characters in Ultra Street Fighter 4, but the identity of the fifth has remained a closely guarded secret. However, new clues help us narrow down the search for the final fighter.
We already know Rolento, Poison, Hugo and Elena will be in USF4 when it arrives, but we've all be wondering about this fifth character. Sources offered some clues to Siliconera, which narrowed down the potential candidates. It will be a Capcom character, but it won't be Asura or Mega Man. This is a character no one is expecting, and it will the character's fighting game debut. The character will be a great fit for the Street Fighter universe, she's a female from the comic books produced by UDON.
So, knowing she's appeared in comics, we can whittle down the search to a few select candidates we think it might be. It could be any number of the Shadowloo Dolls, but Decabre makes the most sense. Ibuki's ninja buddy Sarai also makes a smart choice, as she's actually appeared in the games before in the background or in story scenes, but never as a fighter. Lita Luwanda and Eliza Masters are also options, though maybe not as viable as the other two.
Ultra Street Fighter 4 will be out in a few months, so hopefully we won't be waiting long to see who this final female combatant is. If you've got another guess, let us know your theory.


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2010 Chevrolet Camaro ReviewThis car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale.
More horsepower and speed than muscle cars with 24 mpg.
The rear-wheel-drive Chevrolet Camaro looks new and it is, but it was built from existing hardware, starting with the chassis architecture of the impressive Pontiac G8. Its chief engineer, a true-blue car guy, had three instructions, to make it: 1 drop dead gorgeous; 2. high performance; and 3. affordable. The Camaro succeeds on all three counts and is a breath of fresh air for GM.
We found the handling, ride and brakes exceptional. The styling is stupendous. Inside, the the instrumentation slips back into GM's too-hard-too-break habit of trying too hard to be clever with gauges.
The Camaro LS and LT models use a potent and sweet-sounding Cadillac V6 that makes 304 horsepower, with a six-speed manual transmission standard and six-speed automatic (with semi-manual shifting) optional.
The SS has the killer V8, a 6.2-liter Corvette engine making 400 horsepower with the optional six-speed manual automatic, or 425 horsepower with the standard six-speed manual. It uses the same suspension design with firmer shocks, springs and anti-roll bars, producing the same result under more demanding circumstances: great handling, great ride.
The Camaro LS ($22,245) comes with the 3.6-liter V6. A six-speed manual transmission is standard and a six-speed automatic with manual shifting is optional. Not a bare-bones model, the LS is fully power equipped, including cruise control, telescopic steering wheel, six-speaker AM/FM/XM/CD/MP3 sound system, OnStar Safe & Sound plan for one year, limited slip differential, 18-inch steel wheels. (Prices are Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Prices and do not include the $750 destination charge.)
The Camaro LT ($23,880) upgrades with leather upholstery with six-way power reclining driver's seat; foglamps and integral front fascia; and 18-inch painted aluminum wheels; and OnStar Directions & Connections plan, offering turn-by-turn route instructions, both verbal and visual.
The Camaro SS ($30,245) features the 6.2-liter V8 with a six-speed automatic or six-speed manual gearbox. The SS has special exterior trim, a beefier suspension, 20-inch painted aluminum wheels, and four-piston Brembo disc brakes.
Option packages LT2 ($2,700) and SS2 ($3,185) include heated mirrors and seats, nine-speaker, 245-watt audio system, Bluetooth and USB port, leather shift knob and steering wheel with audio controls, remote starting, and console mounted gauges including oil temp and pressure, volts and transmission fluid temp; the LT2 package also includes 19-inch painted aluminum wheels. A sunroof ($900) is optional. Also available are 20-inch painted aluminum wheels and an RS appearance package.
Safety equipment on all Camaros includes electronic stability control with traction control, anti-lock brakes, frontal airbags, front side airbags, airbag curtains, and tire pressure monitor.
When you look down on the new Camaro from a balcony, you see the lines of the 1963 fastback split-window Corvette. This is as planned by its young designer, Sang Yup Lee, who came to the U.S. from Korea as a boy and grew up in the California car culture. There are subtle twin-cockpit humps on the hood, that can be glimpsed at the top of the steeply raked 67-degree windshield, helping to produce a 0.37 Cd in the LS and LT, and 0.35 in the SS.
But the long hood with its v-shaped shark nose and black wide mesh grille (with simple headlights intended to be reminiscent of a '69 Camaro) is what catches your eye, makes you sigh, and triggers your longing. That too is by careful design. Starting with the architecture of the impressive Pontiac G8, the rear wheels were moved forward six inches, the fronts forward 3 inches, the windshield back 3 inches, and for a final touch lowering the front suspension. (Balance and handling? Check.)
All models use an aluminum hood with a 2.5-inch power dome intended to look like cowl induction but actually having no function other than appearance.
The SS has an additional wide and thin black simulated intake on the nose, the easiest way to tell whether it's a V8 or V6. Otherwise, the V6 can pretty much pass, a bonus for $23k. Styling gills located just forward of the rear wheels add another nice touch. Even though the power dome, hood intake, cooling gills are not fuctional, they all work as styling enhancements, and don't come across as phony.
The new Camaro captures the look of the original '67, while not being seduced into retro clunkiness, virtually, and beautifully, there's no chrome. The 2010 Camaro is 5.7 inches longer and 3 inches wider than the '67 Camaro. The new one is 2.8 inches taller than the vintage model, that height coming largely from big tires. (All have the same outside diameter, whether with 18-, 19-, 20- or 21-inch wheels.)
The shapely strong hips stand out almost as much as the long hood, an edgy element the designer is most proud of, because they took so much work. He said it took 113 tries to get the one-piece sheetmetal right, from the doors and pinched beltline rearward. It was worth it.
The rigid B-pillar is blacked-out, thus creating a clean outline for the side glass, blending into a handsome hardtop roofline. The short rear deck climbs upward and looks hot, showing off the car's great butt. The twin taillights look like blinking red sunglasses in each corner. The rear spoiler is a small lip that could be integrated more smoothly. Ten exterior colors are available, including a Corvette yellow that promises that the car will gather many thumbs-up, like our test model did.
The interior materials of the new Camaro are good, but the design doesn't rise to the level of the exterior. The instrumention leaves something to be desired, with recessed speedo and tach stylized in square chrome housings, a nod to the classic Camaro interior. But that was 1967. However, back then they didn't have LED light pipe technology, an ambient light option that gives the cabin a warm glow.
The stitched leather wrap on the steering wheel is nice, although the three-spoke design doesn't make you say wow. The cloth bucket seats are comfortable, with decent bolstering, although we wonder if it's enough to keep an aggressive driver in his or her place during hard cornering. The front seat slides 8.5 inches and the steering wheel tilts and telescopes, so drivers of all sizes will fit; based on Camaro sales history, lots of women buyers are anticipated. The standard cloth upholstery is good, with excellent leather on available in black, gray, beige and two-tone Inferno Orange.
The climate control buttons on the center stack don't seem to be designed for ease of touch, but for looks. However we've touched worse. And those four gauges down on the center console forward of the shift lever are an affectation; they're optional, but most Camaros will probably have them. The center console and armrest is nice, solid, and handsome in leather.
Visibility through the windshield is good despite the long hood and raked windshield, thanks to careful location of the driver's seat. Rear visibility over the driver's shoulder isn't very good, but then it's impossible to make it good with a roofline this sporty. Ferraris don't have good rearward vision, either.
The trunk is deep but the opening isn't large and it's almost flat, but it's worth it for the handsome rear deck. Good thing there's a pass-through to the trunk behind the rear seat, which isn't easy to crawl into, and feels a bit like a pit.
The rear seat legroom measures 29.9 inches, a distinction, as few cars today break below that 30-inch mark. In other words, you'll want to avoid sitting back there.
Driving Impression
Like the Pontiac G8, the Camaro's chassis was developed in Australia, and the Ozzies again aced it. The structure is rigid, helping make the turn-in precise for a car this size; the grip is secure, and the damping is solid and supple, with both the V6 (FE2 suspension) and firmer V8 (FE3). The front suspension uses struts, and the rear is an independent multi-link that's rubber isolated. And we never encountered a harsh moment with the ride, in either car.
We spent half a day driving in the country east of San Diego, with the chief designer, Canadian Gene Stafanyshyn, riding shotgun and giving us the whole backstory. He's the guy you can thank for the true programming of the TAPshift manual automatic transmission. It does what you tell it to do, nothing more. We love that. Bully for GM, no corporate committee decisions, here. Stafanyshyn said he too hates manual automatic transmissions that shift on their own. One especially nice thing about this is that when you're in sixth gear on the freeway and accelerate, it won't kick down. It uses its sufficient 273 pound-feet of torque, as it should.
One small (but good) speeding problem with the LT is that the cabin is quiet, thanks partly to liquid sound deadener, so 80 mph feels like 70.
We chose the Camaro LT with its 3.6-liter V6 as our test model, because we think that's the shining surprise of the line. Sure, the throaty 6.2-liter, 426-horsepower SS will get front center stage, but the sweet-sounding, 7000-rpm V6 that gets 29 highway miles per gallon is the future. Its 304 horsepower is not only more than the 1967 Camaro SS (295 hp from a 350-cubic-inch V8), but more than last year's Mustang GT with a 4.6-liter dohc V8. The Camaro LT accelerates from 0-60 mph in 5.9 seconds, and will do the quarter mile in 14.4 seconds, which is hot in anyone's book. Stafanyshyn said the secret is the spark ignition in this one-year-old version of the Cadillac engine.
The LT will also stop from 60 mph in a superb 106 feet, as measured by Motor Trend magazine, or 128 feet according to GM. Surprisingly, the SS with its four-piston Brembo brakes doesn't do much better, being nearly 200 pounds heavier. Those big brakes will be more fade resistant, handy on a racetrack, but you'd be using the LT's brakes pretty hard to get them that hot.
Of course, you might be inclined to drive the LT that hard, especially with the six-speed manual transmission; this might be the most usable sporty combination. The gearbox is not exactly like butter, and Chevrolet says the throws are short but that's relative, and they are shorter than some. But overall it shifted nicely, including easily down into first gear for hairpin turns.
The SS is humongously fast, so if you're driving it hard, you're way into the danger zone with the law. It wins the 2010 muscle car battle with the Dodge Challenger SRT8 and Mustang GT, hands-down, say the enthusiast mags. And let's not forget that price, an absolute steal at $31k (almost matching the 1967 Camaro SS price of $26,800 in today's dollars). But we were surprised and a bit disappointed by the civility of the exhaust note, as well as the 6000-rpm redline (with the automatic), so low it felt like the engine was being prevented from working. However, it wasn't; because the horsepower peaks at 5900 rpm, that redline was right. The good news is that the SS with the manual transmission redlines at 6600.
The new Camaro succeeds on all the main fronts: drop-dead gorgeous looks, potent and efficient engines borrowed from Cadillac and Corvette, great transmissions, superb handling and ride, and great prices. The only area where GM might have missed is the instrumentation, as it lacks the tidiness of the rest of the car.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent Sam Moses drove the new Camaro models near San Diego.
Model Lineup
Chevrolet Camaro LS ($22,245); LT ($23,880); SS ($30,245).
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RS Package ($1750) includes 20-inch painted aluminum wheels, high-intensity discharge headlamps, unique RS tail lights, body-color roof moldings.
Model Tested
Chevrolet Camaro LT ($23,880).With design cues evocative of the legendary 1969 model, the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro combines the spirit of the classic American muscle car with the fuel efficiency, safety, handling, technology and build quality expected in a modern performance coupe. The Camaro is available in three trims: LS, LT and SS. The LS and LT are powered by a 304-hp direct-injected 3.6-liter V6 with a six-speed manual or an optional six-speed automatic transmission. The SS?s 6.2-liter V8 generates 426 horsepower with the standard six-speed manual, and 400 horsepower with the optional six-speed automatic with sequential shift control. Standard equipment on all Camaros includes independent rear suspension, StabiliTrak stability control with traction control, six airbags, air conditioning, OnStar and XM satellite radio. The LT adds fog lights, 18-inch alloy wheels and power driver?s seat, while the SS features unique front fascia, sport suspension, Brembo brakes, limited slip differential, a rear spoiler and heated leather seats. The available RS Package includes 20-inch aluminum wheels with performance tires, distinctive high-intensity headlights with a ?halo ring? display, rear spoiler and unique tail lamps. Optional equipment includes Bluetooth wireless connectivity, power sunroof, performance tires, Boston Acoustic sound system and a variety of exterior stripe packages. The Chevrolet Camaro is all-new for 2010.
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If you sometimes use old GTK1 apps (like xmms), you probably know they don't look nice. This is because they use ugly default theme. To change it, you need to:
- download and install some nice theme
- change the theme
Some nice themes are in [extra]. To install it:
# pacman -S gtk-smooth-engine
To change the theme you can use gtk-theme-switch:
# pacman -S gtk-theme-switch
then run it with 'switch' command. That's all. Isn't it better looking now? :)
For GTK2 apps (Gaim, Firefox, etc...) you can do the same with 'gtk2-theme-switch' or 'gtk2_prefs' (which is the one i use and recommend). So once you have made your mind do:
# pacman -S gtk2-theme-switch
# pacman -S gtk2_prefs
You probably would like to install some themes too:
# pacman -S gtk2-themes-collection-0
Now run either 'swith2' or 'gtk2_prefs', depending on what you chose before and change the theme to your liking.


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Professional magician Andy Field is a master of sleight-of-hand magic. Using regular cards but "trick hands" he will perform magic card illusions of world class status that are simply outstanding right under the noses of your soon to be stunned guests!
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Using slick and polished magical sleight-of-hand skills of twenty years combined with his powerful and thoroughly entertaining presentations he will give the audience of any wedding, party or event a magic performance they will not forget!
After welcoming and relaxing your guests with some ice breaking close up magic he will then take them on a roller-coaster ride of thrilling emotions starting from fun and amazement and ending up leaving them with a feeling of pure euphoria! Your guests will be left speechless with amazement due to Andy Field's amazing and jaw dropping close up magic sleight-of-hand skills! Magic that's once seen and never forgotten!
Magician For Parties In Chichester, Worthing & Crawley
Andy is a full time professional sleight of hand magic expert. He has been S.A.M's Magic Champion twice and is also a magic and technical advisor on television programs as well as a professional wedding and party magician.
Wedding and party magician Andy Field performs magic from Gloucester and all around the UK. He is the people's choice for weddings, parties and events. Using just a normal deck of cards, but his trick hands, he will perform some of the world's most breathtaking magic illusions right under your nose!
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However, be under no illusion, these are not the kind of magic card demonstrations you would have seen your uncle perform when you were younger. Some of Andy Field's routines have taken months, even years to perfect. To this day Andy must still practice two hours a day to maintain his high standard of card mastery.
Close Up Magician Shows in Chichester, Worthing & Crawley
Using magician Andy Field is a popular and great way to entertain your guests during your wedding celebrations. Using close up magic Andy can entertain your guests in ways that other performers can not. He is flexible and can move around freely to different areas or any location. Andy can attract large groups of people or can entertain one on one. This flexibility also enables him to entertain at moments of your wedding where their are natural lulls such as during the photos session, the wedding breakfast, the reception or any other appropriate moments including room changes or turnarounds. Andy can also start and stop performing at a moments notice.
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July 9, 2014
The Centrist Project Voice Endorses Susan Collins, Larry Pressler, Michelle Nunn,
Greg Orman and Jill Bossi for U.S. Senate
Candidates Focused on Core Issues of Broad Importance to Americans
Washington, DC — The Centrist Project Voice, the nation's first political action committee supporting candidates ready to set aside partisan politics and focus on the core issues of critical importance to all Americans, today announced that it has endorsed the following candidates running for U.S. senate seats this fall: Susan Collins of Maine, Larry Pressler of South Dakota, Michelle Nunn of Georgia, Greg Orman of Kansas, and Jill Bossi of South Carolina.
"The Centrist Project Voice is pleased to be able to support Susan Collins, Larry Pressler, Michelle Nunn, Greg Orman, and Jill Bossi in their bids to serve the American people by focusing on the critical and mainstream issues that face our country," said Centrist Project Founder Charles Wheelan, a senior lecturer and policy fellow at the Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College and the bestselling author of Naked Economics. "Each of these candidates embody the Centrist Principles, (fiscal responsibility, environmental stewardship, social tolerance, economic opportunity and a pragmatic approach to solving core policy challenges) as being the bedrock for how to approach public policy matters in the Senate in order to break the partisan deadlock that grips Congress and move America forward."
"Our nation needs different kinds of leaders—people [who] will fight to end the point scoring and political bickering that is going on right now in Washington," Nunn said. "We need more leaders who will bring common-sense and a collaborative sensibility to our broken political process."
"We are on the verge of something truly historic," said Larry Pressler. "It has been decades since this kind of reform-minded movement has organized. The fact that it is coming from both sides of the aisle makes it all the more remarkable."
The Centrist Project Voice is designed to empower the neglected but growing political middle by channeling the support of centrist Americans from across the country to a handful of key U.S. Senate candidates. With control of the Senate up for grabs in 2014, the election of but a few pragmatic moderates who band together as a coalition would have a disproportionate impact on the chamber as a whole.
"This is about fighting back against the extremists in both parties," said Wheelan. "Instead of throwing up our hands at the dysfunction and partisanship, we've found a way for Americans who are fed up with the extreme right and the extreme left to do something constructive about it."
About the Candidates:
First elected in 1996, Maine Senator Susan Collins is serving her third term in the United States Senate. Known for her work in facilitating bipartisan compromise, Senator Collins is a key leader in the U.S. Congress. She is respected by colleagues on both sides of the aisle. Her record demonstrates significant legislative accomplishments in such critical areas as homeland security, national defense, disaster response, education, business development, and health care. She helped lead the successful repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", helped repeal a $50 billion tax break from the tobacco industry, and worked on a major overhaul of our nation's intelligence community to make us safer from terrorism. She is a tireless advocate for education and a champion for small business.
After serving two terms in the House of Representatives, Larry Pressler served South Dakota for three terms from 1979 to 1997 as a Republican senator. During his service in the Senate, he was chairman of the Commerce Committee and authored the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which was the first overhaul of telecommunications law in more than 60 years. He is running as an Independent to break the partisan deadlock that grips Congress and to bring new approaches to the challenges we face as a nation in contrast to the established parties which he views as bankrupt of new ideas.
Michelle Nunn has more than two decades of experience in public service and community volunteerism. As the CEO of Points of Light Foundation, the non-profit founded by President George H. W. Bush, she leads the nation's largest organization dedicated to volunteer service. Nunn was a founder and Executive Director of Hands on Atlanta and later Hands on Network, which merged with Points of Light in 2007. Her candidacy represents an opportunity for moderates to gain ground in the Senate. Nunn is a pro-business Democrat running a campaign with bi-partisan appeal.
Greg Orman is running against incumbent Senator Pat Roberts to represent Kansas as an Independent and to offer solutions to a deeply flawed political system. After earning an economics degree from Princeton in 1991, Orman joined McKinsey & Company, a management consulting firm. Less than a year later he started Environmental Lighting Concepts (ELC), which designed energy efficient lighting systems for commercial and industrial companies. ELC rapidly expanded nationwide, and in 1997 Orman sold a majority stake of the company to Kansas City Power & Light. He would soon direct KCP&L's entire portfolio of competitive businesses, which he grew from $100 million to almost a billion dollars in annual revenue. In 2004, Orman co-founded Denali Partners, LLC, which provides capital and management services to help small businesses thrive. Orman co-founded the Common Sense Coalition in 2010 to give voice to the millions of independents and centrists across the country and to offer common-sense solutions to the nation's most pressing problems. As Mr. Orman is not accepting PAC donations, supporters can contribute at www.ormanforsenate.org/donate
Jill Bossi is running as the American Party candidate to fill the unexpired term of former South Carolina senator Jim DeMint. She is an experienced corporate executive who was most recently Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer of the American Red Cross. Bossi has also held senior management roles at companies such as Bank of America, Experian, and Verizon. She will bring her business experience to bear by advancing pragmatic and fiscally-sound legislation to address central policy issues.
Polls and other research have found that Americans are not nearly as polarized as the Congress that purports to represent them. Pew Research released a report last month confirming that Republicans and Democrats are moving further apart, and that politicians are listening to the most polarized segments of the electorate.
Yet the same report found that most Americans are not ideological warriors and would welcome pragmatic problem solving in Washington. The Pew analysis noted, "These [partisan] sentiments are not shared by all – or even most – Americans. The majority do not have uniformly conservative or liberal views. Most do not see either party as a threat to the nation. And more believe their representatives in government should meet halfway to resolve contentious disputes rather than hold out for more of what they want." The Centrist Project Voice is designed to provide an electoral outlet for that potentially robust political middle.
For more information about the candidates The Centrist Project Voice endorses and to support their campaigns visit www.centristproject.org/featured_candidates. Visit The Centrist Project at www.centristproject.org for updates on our progress to end gridlock in Washington and to join the effort.
The Centrist Project Voice is a separate segregated fund (SSF) of The Centrist Project. It is the first PAC to promote centrist candidates regardless of party affiliation. The Centrist Project is a 501(c)4 membership organization focused breaking the gridlock in Washington by changing political incentives and helping elect responsible leaders. Its Centrist Principles include fiscal responsibility, environmental stewardship, social tolerance, economic opportunity and a pragmatic approach to solving policy challenges. For more information about the candidates The Centrist Project Voice endorses and to support their campaigns visit www.centristproject.org/featured_candidates. Visit The Centrist Project at www.centristproject.org for updates on our progress to end gridlock in Washington and to join the effort.
To speak with Charles Wheelan or any of the endorsed candidates please contact:
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CORRECTION: This release has been updated to correct an earlier version that mistakenly indicated Senator Collins' support for the Affordable Care Act, which in fact she voted against. We regret the error.


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Mr Sakiusa Tuisolia (Saki) is the newly appointed Pacific Ocean 2020 Coordinator.
He has started work at the IUCN Oceania office in Suva this week. Saki is an indigenous Fijian and is 42 years old. He is an economist by profession. He has a combined Government and commercial working background. He is a former senior bureaucrat in the Fiji Government and served for 7 years as an economist in the Ministry of Finance and National Planning and 7 years as Deputy CEO and Chief Policy Adviser in the Prime Minister's Office. He was CEO for Airports Fiji Limited, a Government owned company that looks after all of Fiji's public airports between 2003-2006. He is also a businessman and operates his own company. He has extensive Government, development and commercial/business experience and skills.


text: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 HHS Releases Additional Rules on Exchanges Three proposed rules that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued on Friday aim to provide a simple, streamlined, and affordable path for consumers to purchase private health insurance through Health Insurance Exchanges ("Exchanges"). Specifically, the rules establish eligibility determinations for Exchange participation and insurance affordability programs and standards for employer participation in the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP). Small employers participating in SHOP will be able to offer their employees a choice of health plans and cut their costs with new tax credits. Additionally, individuals and families will receive premium tax credits to help defray insurance costs. The rules also propose coordinating Exchanges with Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program eligibility, making enrollment seamless for qualified Americans and reducing the administrative burden on states. Also on Friday, HHS awarded 13 states and the District of Columbia more than $185 million dollars in Exchange Establishment grants. To date, 49 states and the District of Columbia have received Exchange Planning grants, and 7 states received Early Innovator grants. A number of states have indicated interest for future rounds of Exchange Establishment grants. APTA will provide a more detailed summary of the proposed rule shortly. In July, HHS released the first of its proposed rules on the Exchanges. Comments on that proposal are due September 10. The Exchanges will become operational January 1, 2014. Comments Why are Physical Therapists in Private Practice (at least) not included in EHR Incentive Program??? Who is an Eligible Professional under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program? Eligible professionals under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program include: Doctor of medicine or osteopathy Doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine Doctor of podiatry Doctor of optometry Chiropractor Who is an Eligible Professional under the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program? Eligible professionals under the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program include: Physicians (primarily doctors of medicine and doctors of osteopathy) Nurse practitioner Certified nurse-midwife Dentist Physician assistant who furnishes services in a Federally Qualified Health Center or Rural Health Clinic that is led by a physician assistant. To qualify for an incentive payment under the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program, an eligible professional must meet one of the following criteria: Have a minimum 30% Medicaid patient volume* Have a minimum 20% Medicaid patient volume, and is a pediatrician* Practice predominantly in a Federally Qualified Health Center or Rural Health Center and have a minimum 30% patient volume attributable to needy individuals · Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) patients do not count toward the Medicaid patient volume criteria. Posted by Tim Thorsen on 8/19/2011 3:30 PM


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Throughout the 88 years that we have been providing superior pest control services in Westchester, Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, the Bronx, and Long Island; we have become specialists in many unique industries. From residential to commercial and even industrial, our technicians are not only well equipped with the latest extermination methods, they also maintain specific reporting, analysis and treatment scheduling for each individual client. We're adamant when we say that our services are completely flexible to fit your organization's needs. The most typical industries we service within the NYC metro area include:
Residential Pest Control
Unfortunately, your home can be a true source of happiness for pests. It provides food, warmth and shelter. As simple as it sounds, these are the three main factors that attract or encourage pest invasions and influence the growth of their population. However, with Standard's easy and convenient home pest management services, we can keep the bugs at bay. Our professional, friendly residential exterminators will be happy to answer any questions you may have and guide you through the entire process. Our monthly scheduled residential pest management programs are an affordable, wise investment to make that will give you peace of mind and prevention of future bug infestations.
Commercial Pest Control
A pest problem within your business or commercial property can become a huge liability. Not only can it negatively impact your company image or brand, but pests can be a threat to customers, employees and vendors. When it comes to commercial pest management or extermination services in New York City, Standard is very well suited to meet your every need. We take a flexible, modern approach toward keeping unwanted bugs, rodents or wildlife off your commercial premises.
Industrial Pest Control
Within warehouses and large storage facilities, bugs or rodents are often difficult to eliminate because they find clever hiding spots within hard-to-reach spaces. When our industrial exterminators visit an industrial client, we usually find pests that hide away inside shelving, tall ceilings, and even inside product boxes. Since they're looking for food, water and a cozy place to nest, they will look for the hardest to reach areas from your perspective to hide away.
Bed Bug Removal & Control Services
Have a bed bug problem? We feel your pain! Standard Pest Management specializes in the complete elimination of all bed bugs from your home, office, or facility. We provide residential and commercial services and they are kept 100% confidential. In our experience on the job killing bed bugs in NYC, we have developed time tested techniques combined with the latest in cutting edge technology. Our technicians provide steam chemical treatments, full visual inspections, bed bug dog K-9 inspections and a whole slew of other modern methods to keep them away from you and out of your location.
Bird & Pigeon Control
Our bird and pigeon control experts will help protect your customers, staff or family from the health hazards that come associated with birds. After a thorough evaluation, our technicians will provide a completely customized, flexible solution to keep the birds away from your property. Nesting birds can spread disease from their droppings so we take this matter quite seriously. We have a large array of solutions designed to control, remove or deter the nesting of birds on your property.
Cockroach Control & Removal
There are really few pests out there that mortify people the way cockroaches do. They are persistent and always come back despite your best efforts. With a quality exterminator like Standard, we'll make sure your roach problem is dealt with in a discreet, professional manner. Our team of experts will work with you on a plan to rid these roaches out of existence and then keep the problem from coming back. We use a variety of solutions for extermination and will work with you to discuss a flexible schedule for roach control.
Fly Control & Removal
Unfortunately, swatting flies with a newspaper is only a temporary solution to a far more persistent problem. The only way to get rid of them is by making sure their presence in the home of commercial facility is being managed by an experienced pest management company. You're not just looking at a nuisance, but possible health issues when it comes to flies. Standard will help remove and prevent further infestations of the common house fly, drain flies, fruit flies, blow flies and gnats so you can go about your day in peace.
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Rodent Removal and Control
The control of rats and mice within your home or facility can be tough unless you've got the right pest management partner by your side. They prove to be a nuisance year round looking for shelter, water and food. Our protection plan offered to residential and commercial customers will prevent and control the population of rats and mice. We use sophisticated technology, plenty of analysis and reporting as well as Integrated Pest Management Techniques to keep these filthy predators out of your establishment.
Termite Control Solutions
There is no pest present which is more destructive than a termite. Don't freak out, it takes an average colony years just to eat a pound of wood. However, they have the potential to wreak havoc and ruin your house completely unless you decide to do something about it. In their natural habitat, termites will eat logs and wood that lye on the forest ground. Within your home, they will eat away at the very equity you have built up. Standard's exterminators provide a wide array of solutions for termite removal including thorough inspections, soil treatment and more.
Ant Control & Removal
Ants are a very common pest we deal with when it comes to residential or commercial service. They are easily able to penetrate home, buildings or facilities through cracks in the foundation. There are plenty of times where DIY (Do It Yourself) products have only made the infestation worse. We exterminate all types of species include odorous ants, carpenter ants and fire ants.
Wildlife Control & Relocation
If you think you have any sort of wildlife problem within your property, then don't hesitate to give us a call. We provide animal removal, wildlife prevention, and control services throughout Westchester, New York City and Long Island. Standard Pest utilizes the latest humane trapping techniques that are custom to animal size, species and where they happen to be gaining entrance into your property. Some of the most common animals we help remove or relocate include squirrels, raccoons, birds, bats, skunks, moles, woodchucks and much more.
Food & Beverage Processing
Standard offers only the most effective, well documented, professional food processing pest control services within the New York City Metro area. We strictly follow a number of guidelines that are constantly updated by the National Pest Management Association. We utilize I.P.M or "Integrated Pest Management" protocols to get the job done properly for food processing plants or warehouses.
Food Retail (Supermarkets, Grocery Stores)
We are partnered with many supermarkets and grocery stores within the NYC metro area for pest management. Although management of pest activity can be a trying experience, our consistent visits, technology backed monitoring, and focus on sanitation always keeps rodents or insects away. Eliminating pests from groceries and supermarkets is a vital necessity because their number one goal is a place to find food and shelter. Establishments that stock food night and day are open targets and require the necessary treatment and prevention techniques to maintain a clean environment for their customers, staff and vendors.
Restaurants & Bars
Operating a restaurant,bar, cafe, cafeteria, dining hall, or any other type of establishment that serves food daily can be a real challenge from an operational stand-point. You have to make sure seats are filled daily and pay attention to dozens and dozens of other details to make sure things are running smoothly. On top of all of this is the perception you give to customers or reputation you've worked so hard to earn. In New York City, Long Island or Westchester, all it takes is the sight of cockroaches, rodents or flies, to wreck the reputation of your beloved food or beverage service establishment.
Government Municipalities
Productivity is the main focus at any workplace, especially a government office. Just like any other establishment throughout the New York Metro area, government buildings are vulnerable to pest invasions. The key toward keeping the government office running at maximum efficiency is to make sure that employees are fully comfortable with their surroundings. This means ensuring your facility is free of any rodents or pests like ants, roaches, flies, bees, birds and even bed bugs that may spread from a particular employee.
Health Care & Pharmaceutical Pest Management
Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Assisted Living, Hospices and other healthcare facilities require the most effective in on-going integrated pest management programs that meet New York's regulatory restrictions. The most important concern that comes to mind is the spread of disease from pests in a healthcare facility. This is followed by variables such as structural damage and of course, reputation problems. Standard Pest Management has an enormous, experienced background when it comes to Integrated Pest Management standards. We live by them and our staff of friendly, discreet technicians follow them, day in and day out.
Hospitality Industry | Hotel & Motel Pest Management
From the perspective of customers staying at hotels or motels in the New York metro area, we understand that nothing can be more disturbing than coming into contact with pests at a hotel, motel or lodging establishment. You may be on vacation with family or on a business trip, the last thing you wanted was to book extra pests or rodents to stay with you! At Standard Pest, we have a zero tolerance policy toward pests in the hospitality industry
Office Building Pest Management
You invest every week in the best-in-class employees and with that you should have a best-in-class pest management partner. We take a proactive approach toward keeping all types of pests and rodents out of your office building(s). Cockroaches, rats, mice, flies, and even bed bugs are common intruders throughout offices in New York's metro area. If your office property is not regularly maintained or protected, pests can easily find their way inside via building cracks, crevices and from underground.
Retail Stores
In this day and age of Facebook, twitter, youtube and other social media sites, your retail shop can't afford a pest sighting uploaded to the web for the masses to see. It can damage your store's reputation and keep potential new customers from purchasing goods needed to help you stay in business and grow to new heights. However, you'll be happy to know that our retail pest control programs in New York City are customized to fit ever business owner's needs.
Schools, Universities & Day Care Centers
Using highly trained technicians, discreet service and cutting edge pest management services, we can safely manage the spread of pests at any school, university and day care center. A pest-free environment where students learn should be mandatory in any school. There are already more than enough distractions children and other students have when in comes to education that teachers need to penetrate. Why should the presence of pests be another one?
Our approach when it comes to Pre-K, elementary, middle, and high schools as well as universities or day care centers all falls back on preventative measures. We will also provide your school with inspection reports that include custom recommendations from our entomologist and technicians. These include information on behavioral or environmental modifications that can greatly reduce the percentages of pest population growth and infestation.


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LAS VEGAS (AP) ? Cain Velasquez finished his UFC heavyweight title defense in just 81 merciless seconds. Junior Dos Santos waited until the last minute to end his own bout in spectacular fashion.
LAS VEGAS (AP) ? Cain Velasquez finished his UFC heavyweight title defense in just 81 merciless seconds. Junior Dos Santos waited until the last minute to end his own bout in spectacular fashion.
The UFC's top two heavyweights both arrived at the same place, however. They're headed for a third fight before the end of the year.
Velasquez knocked down Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva with a combination and finished him on the ground in the first round Saturday night, briskly defending his belt for the first time at UFC 160.
A few minutes earlier, former champion Dos Santos stopped Mark Hunt on a spinning kick to the head with 42 seconds left in the third round at the MGM Grand Garden.
With the preliminaries out of the way, Dos Santos and Velasquez are eager to meet in the third fight of their entertaining series. Each has beaten the other once, and UFC President Dana White plans to let them tangle again in the next six months.
"It's a no-brainer," White said. "If there was ever a trilogy, that's it right there."
Velasquez (12-1) made his first successful title defense with authority, rocking Silva in the opening minute before connecting with a right hand to Silva's chin and pummeling him on the ground until referee Mario Yamasaki stepped in.
"I want the best fights against the best guys, and this just comes with it," Velasquez said, indicating the championship belt around his waist. "The belt, keeping it, defending it, that's my main goal right now. Just happy with that."
Although Silva (18-5) was a heavy underdog, he was furious after Velasquez stopped him in the first round for the second straight year in the UFC's annual Memorial Day weekend show in its hometown.
Silva claimed Yamasaki had stopped the bout too quickly, and he insisted Velasquez hit him with "several illegal blows to the back of the neck."
"The ref came in, and he told me they had been connecting to the ear," Velasquez said. "It's all good."
There was no doubt about the finish by Dos Santos (16-2), who dispatched the tenacious Hunt with a risky, acrobatic kick in the final minute of a fight he appeared to be winning. Hunt was taken to a hospital after the bout, but Dos Santos left with respect for the New Zealand-born, Australia-based knockout artist.
"It was way harder than Cain's punch," Dos Santos said. "He has very heavy hands. I knew that. I respect him a lot, but I believe so much in myself and my striking skills. I believe I can knock anybody out."
Velasquez agreed that a third bout with Dos Santos "makes sense," and Dos Santos can't wait.
"I want that so bad," Dos Santos said. "Because, man, I really believe I can be the champion again, and I'll do my best to get there."
Earlier on the pay-per-view card, Brazilian light heavyweight Glover Teixeira (21-2) needed only 2:38 to submit James Te Huna with a guillotine choke for his 19th consecutive win, and Nova Scotia's T.J. Grant (21-5) earned the next shot at Benson Henderson's lightweight title with a dynamic first-round stoppage of Gray Maynard.
Although Velasquez didn't get much of a chance to show off his comprehensive skills against Silva, he still proved why he might be the first UFC heavyweight champion to stick around for a while.
The heavyweight belt has been historically difficult to defend, with champions winning only about 50 percent of their fights while lower-weight champions such as Anderson Silva and Georges St. Pierre have reigned uninterrupted for years. Velasquez lost his first defense to Dos Santos, who defended the belt just once before Velasquez took it back.
Silva earned this unlikely title shot with two upset victories in the past year since his first fight with Velasquez, who battered him in a bloody first-round stoppage victory a year ago in the same arena.
Dos Santos hadn't fought since Velasquez reclaimed the belt with a comprehensive beating at UFC 155 in the same MGM Grand Garden cage. The fight left Dos Santos with a badly injured jaw and a discolored, swollen face requiring a few months to heal.
He had a difficult matchup against Hunt (9-8), who had won four straight fights after six consecutive losses to burnish his reputation as a fearsome puncher. He nearly didn't even make it to Las Vegas after getting into visa trouble while trying to leave Australia, apparently because of an old arrest.
Dos Santos and Hunt largely stayed on their feet, trading huge shots and showing off admirable chins in a crowd-pleasing display of striking. Dos Santos knocked down Hunt with an overhand right in the first round, but Hunt bounced right up and kept coming forward despite taking considerable punishment.
"Junior Dos Santos proved himself big-time tonight," White said. "I wondered what would happen if he stood in front of Mark Hunt and took those big shots. Much respect to Junior Dos Santos, he stood in there and exchanged punches."
Dos Santos likely had a comfortable lead on the scorecards against his bloodied opponent, but he kept trying for a knockout ? even by unusual means. Moments after Dos Santos stunned Hunt with a left hand, he spun and launched a wheel kick that caught Hunt squarely on the top of the head, sending him backward in a heap.
Dos Santos pounced and landed one big punch before the fight was stopped. The former champion said he had never tried a spinning kick like that in a fight.
"I train that a lot in my gym," Dos Santos said. "All the time I train kicks. I never felt very confident to do that during the fights because normally my hands work. Tonight I saw the moment to throw the kick, and I did."
Velasquez's win was another impressive performance by the former Arizona State wrestler who won the heavyweight title with a first-round knockout of Brock Lesnar in October 2010. He lost the belt 13 months later to Dos Santos, getting stopped 64 seconds into his first title defense.
Velasquez's first fight back was against Silva, whose face was cut open by Velasquez's elbows in the opening minute. Silva survived just over 3� minutes, but left a sickening amount of blood on the canvas by the time Velasquez finished.
The rematch wasn't much more competitive, despite Silva's protests of an early stoppage.
Grant pulled a mild upset with his first-round win over Maynard, a longtime title contender coming off an 11-month layoff. Grant knocked Maynard backward with a big right hand and never let up, chasing the stumbling Maynard around the cage until the fight was stopped just 2:07 in.
"I've been working that exact combo, and it was just beautiful," Grant said. "I practiced that for like the last eight weeks straight, and it worked. ... Gray is not a guy I wanted to go to the ground with, and I saw he didn't move his feet too well, so I knew there were openings."
Grant has won five straight fights since moving to lightweight.
Earlier, lightweight Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone won every round in a bloody decision over K.J. Noons, the former Strikeforce fighter making his UFC debut. Cerrone earned his seventh win in nine UFC fights.


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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway moved to acquire H.J. Heinz for $23.3 billion Thursday in a move Whitney Tilson of T2 Partners called a winner.
"I love the deal," Tilson said.
On CNBC's "Fast Money," Tilson noted that to the untrained eye, Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital Group buying outstanding Heinz shares at a price equal to 20 times earnings might appear expensive, but that was not the case.
"Buffett's sitting on, easily, more than $25 billion of excess cash – and that's earning nothing right now – so putting a lot of cash to work in a very high-quality business," he said.
Another key element of the deal lies in who would be purchasing Heinz along with Buffett, the Brazilian 3G.
"It's the investment vehicle for three Brazilian billionaires who I think are, bar none, the world's best operating business managers out there," Tilson said. "The names Jorge Paulo Lemann, Marcel Telles and Carlos Sicupira are names every investor should know."
While the Brazilian investors were involved in railways and banks, Tilson added, "Their main signature deal was building Anheuser-Busch Inbev."
(Read More: Warren Buffett: 'I'm Ready for Another Elephant')
Tilson lauded their investment track record and predicted that this deal was a winner.
"I think history will repeat itself here," he said. "It makes me slightly more bullish on Berkshire here."
Tilson said that Berkshire Hathaway stock accounted for "slightly more that 10 percent" of his portfolio.
Trader disclosure: On Feb. 14, 2013, the following stocks and commodities mentioned or intended to be mentioned on CNBC's "Fast Money" were owned by the "Fast Money" traders: Joe Terranova is long VRTS; Joe Terranova is long SJM; Joe Terranova is long MJN; Joe Terranova is long AXP; Joe Terranova is long JPM; Joe Terranova is long DIS; Joe Terranova is long FB; Joe Terranova is long BRKB; Joe Terranova is long GS; Joe Terranova is long SWN; Joe Terranova is long XOM; Stephen Weis is long TBF; Stephen Weis is long WLT; Stephen Weis is long BAC; Stephen Weis is long C; Stephen Weis is long AIG; Stephanie Link is long AAPL; Stephanie Link is long GS; Stephanie Link is long CSCO; Stephanie Link is long SBUX; Stephanie Link is long AIG; Simon Baker is long BAC; Simon Baker is long GOOG; Simon Baker is long KRFT.


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Look cool when it's cold: instant layering tricks
There should be a degree for layering, right? It always sounds good in theory, but when we attempt it... well, it's a little trickier to pull off.
It also doesn't help that we're bombarded with images of stylists, fashion editors and bloggers layering more clothes in one outfit than we have in our whole wardrobe... and looking fab! If we could just master the secret art of layering, it would take our winter wardrobe to a whole new level. Not only does it keep us toasty warm under all those layers, but it looks effortlessly stylish and like we didn't try too hard (when really, we did).
But layering doesn't have to be hard. In fact, it can be easy! Here are four super-quick ways to layer, using the clothes already in your wardrobe. Try one of these combos tomorrow and up your style cred in an instant!
Button-up + dress + coat + beanie
Pictured: Decjuba Luxe Structured Coat, Sportsgirl Cord Pinafore, Trenery Delave Linen Spot Shirt, Glue Store Belle Bobble Beanie, Oxford Pembla Leather Brogue.
Vest + knit + skirt + scarf
Pictured: Country Road Spaced Stripe Knit, Forever New Annabelle Suedette Sleeveless Trench, Sportsgirl Mono Tassel Snood, Tony Bianco Amani Boots, Marcs Rebel Leather Mini Skirt.
Dress + jeans + top + bomber
Pictured: Sportsgirl Velvet Bomber Jacket, Wanted Shoes Calvin Heels, Country Road Satin Slip Dress, Forever New Rosie Low Rise Skinny Jeans, Portmans Animal Metal Stretch Belt, Witchery Sheer Ruffle Knit.


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Wonderful World of Art Camp
A summer art camp for grade school children will be held from July 22 through 26. Registration is required (www.art-ed.org/children/summer-art-camps). Contact the Center for Art & Education for more information at 479-474-7767 or email them at email@example.com.
Gipson Family Reunion
There will be a Gipson Family Reunion at the Farmers Bank Community Room on Saturday, June 15. The Hospitality Room will open at 11 a.m. for coffee and soft drinks as well as a look at family history and a map of family sites in Greenwood. There will be a "Show and Tell" from 2-4 p.m. Anyone wanting to share stories or get more information, contact Donna at firstname.lastname@example.com or 713-515-0075. A Pot Luck Dinner followed by the traditional White Elephant Exchange starts at 5:30. For more information or directions, please Call Donna at 713-515-0075 or Joel at 715-515-6545.


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