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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Top 100 Biomechanical Guidelines: #4 Understanding that the Levels of Treatment Range from Simple to Complex
There were no protocols other than I move from simple to complex based on the patient feedback and preferences. I find some patients are only presented more simple approaches to a problem and some patients are only presented with surgical solutions to their problems (definitely more complex).
The second part of this is that each aspect of a treatment has many complexities normally ranging from simple approaches to more complex approaches. Surgery on this bunion could have been done many ways, but in this instance my partner close a more complicated approach since this is what she felt was necessary. If you look at any treatment modality, there is an extremely wide range of options covering the spectrum of simple to complex. Orthotic devices range from very simple to very complex, treatment of short legs varies from heel lifts to shoe lifts, strengthening exercises range from simple range of motion exercises to complicated functional multi-directional tasks supervised by a trainor or therapist, and so on and so on. Along the course of treatment each aspect of treatment must be evaluated and decide if the treatment level is appropriate for the injury at that point. Is it the right orthotic device? Are the strengthening exercises the right ones, or do they need to need tougher or easier, or work on a different part of strengthening (more power, more endurance, more eccentric firing, etc.)? Are the anti-inflammatory measures appropriate for right now, or do they need to be changed? And on and on.
This series of blog posts dealing with 100 principles of careful treatment hopefully will help you and your family and friends to be part of the team dedicated to your health by active participation in all aspects of the treatment.
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It was Lebanese bibliophile community The Cube's first anniversary last night and many people did gather at charming little drinking spot Knock On Wood in funky Hamra for a meet-up, book-swap and readings from myself and Lebanese poet and writer Pascal Assaf.
I gave a quick talk about how publishing works and why I spent years banging my head against the brick wall of conventional publishing before taking matters into my own hands, then gave a reading from the book (the scene where Aisha takes Paul house hunting). Standing around chatting afterwards was a pleasure that segued nicely into a slightly later evening than I had planned as a number of reprobates from Dubai visiting for ArabNet joined us and proceeded to demonstrate quite how much fun Hamra can be.
Coincidentally, The Cube's review of Olives - A Violent Romance went up yesterday as well.
A great big thank you from the bottom of my heart to the Cube Crowd - lovely people with a passion for reading they share on the website and in their meetings, which manage to circumvent the 'traditional' book club format of 'dicatating' what people should read for each meeting.
And now it' off to Librairie El Bourj in Beirut's Place Des Martyrs for the 'official launch' of Olives in Lebanon. There's been quite a bit of interest in the book, particularly in face of the little controversies around the book's content, each of which is no controversy at all, but people do love a little drama, don't they?


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Fashion Insider: Real, Raw And Margiela
Fashion news, trends, topics and images straight from the desk of yours truly.
1/ Books make fabulous gifts, so when I stumbled across Refinery29's list of 40 suggestions from fashion industry experts, I was furiously adding several to my own personal wish list. Take a look if you are looking for some gift suggestions or just need to stock up on your reading material before the long Midwest winter. My top picks include: "The Collected Poems" by Sylvia Plath, "Chic Savages" by John Fairchild and "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: the Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing" by Marie Kondo.
2/ If you have been anywhere near the internet for the past few days you have most likely seen the exciting launch of the new Pirelli Calendar which has taken the reigns as one of the most exciting departures from the norm of the season. Formerly exclusively reserved for the world's top models (since 1964!), photographer Annie Leibovitz took a stand that has women and men rejoicing by featuring 12 real women who are not oversexualized, but rather REAL, raw and successful in their respective careers. "It shouldn't be a big step," says Leibovitz, " but it is."
3/ Martin Margiela is one of the top influences in fashion, and there's no greater a decade where he shined than in the '90s. Style.com takes a look at 14 of his most influential shows during the years where fashion was daring, fresh, innovative and always a sight for sore eyes.


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Do you like winter? My answer: yes I do. But it is just not that magical for me after New Year's Eve. Snowing and melting, those beautiful lights are removed, dark days, cold...
I was hesitating a lot what kind of wreath should I make for this month. There are hearts everywhere, blogging world is preparing for Valentine's, but we don't celebrate that day, since it doesn't have tradition in our community.
So I decided to leave some pieces of our Christmas decoration to decorate our home longer. That's why I have the colorful Christmas lights all year in our living room. It is so pretty at any night of the year when we want a bit more cozy feeling :)
Before Christmas I made dozens of snowflakes, some tiny trees and a snowmen couple. The trees are already in the Christmas ornaments' box, but a few smaller snowflakes and a snowmen stayed. I wrapped around the syrofoam wreath with leftover yarns. I chosed those ones, from which I don't want to use for crochet or knitting.
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Friday, October 15, 2010
International White Cane Safety Day – 15 October
Today is International White Cane Safety day. It is recognized to honor the white cane used widely by the blind and visually impaired people in many countries.
It is a symbol of the blind citizens in our society.
Throughout history, the cane, staff, and stick have existed as traveling aids for the blind and visually impaired.
Thanks to the Braille system, a blind person can read and learn too. Helen Adams Keller was the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Braille is a system of making raised dots on paper to form letters and words that are read by the blind with their fingertips. The basic Braille "cell" consists of two columns of three dots. The dots are numbered 1-2-3 from top to bottom on the left side of the cell and 4-5-6 from top to bottom on the right side of the cell. Each Braille letter, word, punctuation mark, number, or musical note can be made up using different combinations of these dots.
Let us endeavour to respect and increase, the awareness of this 'Symbol of Independence'and for the blind people around the world ! For more information and to render help to the blind people, please visit the site, www.nabindia.org
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. - Helen Keller
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I'm finally done with college! I'm slowing getting back onto DA and social media. I had over 1,000 deviations in my in-box and a lot of journals to read. I'm still sorting through them, so if I didn't reply to anything I should have let me know.
I have a lot of art to post here, some of it is pretty cool, some of it is just plain weird(you can decide which is which).
Since I have graduated from college, and do not have a job my main concern is making a living so I have decided to start making clothing for sale. I will have pre-made clothing and also fully customizable clothing that is made to a person's measurements. I'll be posting pictures here of finished clothing and also post a link to my etsy site once I have things for sale.
I will still be posting sculptures here as well, just not as many.
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Autumn is here, and it brought along many tasty vegetables to keep us happy and warm all winter. How could we survive winter without squash or leeks? Part of the fun of roasting them is turning on the oven and warming the house up in the process. It's all about multitasking. Also, the eating part is a lot of fun too.
This recipe is a really general guideline. You can use any variety of vegetables, herbs and seasonings you wish. The one thing to keep in mind is that different vegetables have different cooking times, so you'll want to cut them accordingly.
For example: leeks cook at a much faster rate than butternut squash, so you'll want to cut the leeks chunky, or you can add them half way through cooking if you want them smaller in size.
These vegetables go well with fish and rice or you can eat a big bowl of them on their own. Once you know the technique, you can get creative with flavoring it how you like. Maple and balsamic is nice, or you can roast some garlic cloves and potatoes along with it. Anything is possible. Happy eating!
- 1 small Butternut Squash or ½ larger squash, peeled and cut into cubes
- 2 Leeks cut into 1" thick rounds
- 3-4 Medium Carrots peeled and cut on an angle
- 1 Apple medium diced
- 12-15 Brussels Sprouts *see note
- 3-4 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 tsp Oregano
- ½ tsp Black Pepper
- 1 tsp Sea Salt
- Zest of a Lemon
- Few sprigs of Fresh Thyme
Heat your oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. You may need two to avoid overcrowding.
Peel the squash and cut into 1" cubes. Peel the carrots and cut on an angle. Cut the carrots a bit bigger than the squash. Place in a large bowl.
Cut the leeks. Core the apples and dice (no need to peel). Add to the bowl with carrots, squash and sprouts.
Combine oil, oregano, salt and pepper to the bowl and toss to coat.
Roast on the baking sheet(s) for 30 minutes, then stir the vegetables and rotate the pan(s). Continue cooking another 15-30 minutes until tender.
After you remove it from the oven, sprinkle with lemon zest, fresh thyme and more salt if desired.
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Monday, March 22, 2010
You can recycle almost anything nowadays, and get rewarded for it!
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AJ-21 AM Tuner
With the exciting new styling of charcoal grey enamel on its steel cabinet and ivory-colored bezel and lower front panel, the Heathkit AJ-21 AM Tuner proudly awaits display in any room in your home. This superb successor to the AJ-20 brings you high fidelity AM reception at a budget price and in a size convenient to everyone...for bookshelves, tables, etc.
This self-powered unit has three tuned stages for high sensitivity and a full wave voltage doubler detector for lower distortion. The "fidelity" switch gives you a choice of maximum selectivity or maximum fidelity. One of the two outputs is the variable level cathode follower type for the direct driving of power amps, regardless of cable length...the other output is fixed for use with preamplifiers. Has built-in rod antenna and provision for external antennas. Flywheel tuning and edge-lighted slide-rule dial.
SPECIFICATIONS—Tuning range: 550 kc to 1600 kc. Intermediate frequency: 455 kc. Sensitivity (for 20 db quieting IHFM standards): 1000 kc—8 uv. IF bandwidth (6 db down): NORMAL—2 kc.; MAXIMUM—18 kc. Output impedance (cathode follower): 5000 ohms. Input signal for 1 volt output: 2.5 uv—30% mod, 1000 kc. Image ratio: 1000 kc—50 db. Harmonic distortion (750 uv 95% mod.): Less than 1%. Hum and noise (500 uv—30% mod.): 40 db. IF rejection: 1000 kc—35 db. Tube complement: 2-6BA6, RF amplifier-IF amplifier, 1-6BE6, Oscillator-mixer, 1-12AU7, AF amplifier-Cathode follower, 2-Crystal Diodes, Audio Detector, 1-Silicon Diode, Rectifier (Power Supply), 1-No. 47 Pilot Lamp (Dial Illumination). Power supply: Transformer operated (fused). Power requirements: 117 V AC, 50/60 cycles at 19 watts. Dimensions: Overall—including cabinet and feet, 4-15/16" high x 13½" wide x 6" deep. Shipping Weight: 9 lbs.
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Are you the type of person who do not want to be the always sexy get up? Youre looking for an easy halloween costume? Fret no more cause I have something for you... Tadah! It's the modern Tuesday Adams, presenting Mavis Dracula from the movie Hotel Transylvania. Did you know that Selena Gomez was the voice behind this character?
And now to the DIY version:
Find a sleeve little black dress. It doesn't have to be super fancy or super fashionable, as long as it is sleeved then it's good to go. The hard part probably here are the red tights. However if you can not find a red and black stripes type then you can go red all the way. Now if you have red chucks on your shoe collection then your look is finished! Red ankle boots are also good.
Makeup: The makeup part is super easy! Mavis have a pale complexion, so you have to use a lighter foundation or pile up on powder. Next are false lashes and heavy black eye liner. Lips are also black so you have to find a black lipstick. But if you can not find one, then used black eyeshadow mixed with petroleum jelly to create a black lip stain.
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Chronic pain and tragic irony…
Paul: "For three years I kept my faith that relief had to be just around the corner, but my disappointment is now as chronic as my pain. Hope has become a distraction."
Paul Ingraham is quite important in the Science-Based Skeptics movement and in my becoming involved in it. He emailed me after a long spell without contact. He wanted to explain how he had been out of touch. His life had been devastated by as-yet medically unexplained pain and other mysterious symptoms.
Paul modestly describes himself at his blog site as "a health writer in Vancouver, Canada, best known for my work debunking common myths about treating common pain problems on PainScience.com. I actually make a living doing that. On this blog, I just mess around. ~ Paul Ingraham (@painsci, Facebook)."
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Paul offered me invaluable assistance and support when I began blogging at the prestigious Science Based Medicine. See for instance, my:
Systematic Review claims acupuncture as effective as antidepressants: Part 1: Checking the past literature
Is acupuncture as effective as antidepressants? Part 2. Blinding readers who try to get an answer
I have not consistently blogged there, because my topics don't always fit. Whenever I do blog there, I learn a lot from the wealth of thoughtful comments I received.
I have great respect for Science Based Medicine's authoritative, well documented and evidence-based analyses. I highly recommend the blog for those who are looking for sophistication delivered in a way that an intelligent lay person could understand.
What's the difference between Sciencebased medicine (SBM) versus evidence-based medicine (EBM)?
I get some puzzlement every time I bring up this important distinction – Bloggers at SBM frequently make a distinction between science-based- and evidence-based- medicine. They offer careful analyses of unproven treatments like acupuncture and homeopathy. Proponents of these treatment increasingly sell them as evidence-based, citing randomized trials that do not involve an active treatment. The illusion of efficacy is often created by the positive expectations and mysterious rituals with which these treatments are delivered. Comparison treatments in these studies often lack this boost, particularly when tested in in unblinded comparisons.
The SBM bloggers like to point out that there are no plausible tested scientific mechanisms by which these treatments might conceivably work. The name of blog, Science-Based Medicine calls attention to their higher standards for considering treatments efficacious: to be considered science based medicine, they have to be proven as effective as evidence-based active treatments, and have to have a mechanism beyond nonspecific, placebo effects.
Paul Ingram reappears from a disappearance.
Paul mysteriously disappeared for a while. Now he's reemerged with a tale that is getting a lot of attention. He gave me permission to blog about excerpts. I enclose a link to the full story that I strongly recommend.
A decade ago I devoted myself to helping people with chronic pain, and now it's time to face my ironic new reality: I have serious unexplained chronic pain myself. It may never stop, and I need to start learning to live with it rather than trying to fix it.
I have always been "prone" to aches and pains, and that's why I became a massage therapist and then moved on to publishing PainScience.com. But that tendency was a pain puppy humping my leg compared to the Cerberus of suffering that's mauling me now. I've graduated to the pain big leagues.
For three years I kept my faith that relief had to be just around the corner, but my disappointment is now as chronic as my pain. Hope has become a distraction. I've been like a blind man waiting for my sight to return instead of learning braille. It's acceptance time.
Paul describes how is pain drove him into hiding.
… why I've become one of those irritating people who answers every invitation with a "maybe" and bails on half the things I commit to. I never know what I'm going to be able to cope with on a given day until it's right in front of me.
He struggled to define the problem:
Mostly widespread soreness and joint pain like the early stages of the flu, a parade of agonizing hot spots that are always on the verge of breaking my spirit, and a lot of sickly fatigue. All of which is easily provoked by exercise.
But there was a dizzying array of other symptoms…
Any diagnosis would be simply a label, not an explanation.
Nothing turned up in a few phases of medical investigation in 2015 and 2016. My "MS hug" is not caused by MS. My thunderclap headaches are not brain bleeds. My tremors are not Parkinsonian. I am not deficient in vitamins B or D. There is no tumour lurking in my chest or skull, nor any markers of inflammation in my blood. My heart beats as steadily as an atomic clock, and my nerves conduct impulses like champs.
Paul was not seriously tempted by alternative and complementary medicine
I am not tempted to try alternative medicine. The best of alt-med is arguably not alternative at all — e.g. nutrition, mindfulness, relaxation, massage, and so on — and the rest of what alt-med offers ranges from dubious at best to insane bollocks at the worst. You can't fool a magician with his own tricks, and you can't give false hope to an alt-med apostate like me: I've seen how the sausage is made, and I feel no surge of false hope when someone tells me (and they have) "it's all coming from your jaw, you should see this guy in Seattle, he's a Level 17 TMJ Epic Master, namaste." Most of what sounds promising to the layperson just sounds like a line of bull to me.
Fascinating how many people clearly think Paul's story was almost identical to their own.
All these seemingly "identical" cases have got me pondering: syndromes consist of non-specific symptoms by definition, and batches of such symptoms will always seem more similar than they actually are… because blurry pictures look more alike than sharp and clear ones. Non-specific symptoms are generalized biological reactions to adversity. Anxiety can cause any of them, and so can cancer. Any complex cases without pathognomic (specific, defining) symptoms are bound to have extensive overlap of their non-specific symptoms.
There are many ways to be sick, and relatively few ways to feel bad.
Do check out his full blog post. http://www.paulingraham.com/chronic-pain-tragic-irony.html


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Jessica Simpson
Jessica Simpson first made her mark in the world of contemporary Christian music. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, Jessica was sharing bills with gospel great Kirk Franklin and Ce Ce Winans while still in junior high. Word of the then-teen's phenomenal voice and stage presence soon filtered out of the Christian circuit and, in the late 90's, Jessica signed with Columbia Records. Sweet Kisses, her major label debut, was released in 1999 and spawned the smash singles "I Wanna Love You Forever," "I Think I'm In Love," and "Where You Are." Following the release of her debut, Jessica hit the road, wowing audiences worldwide with her soaring emotion-packed vocals and high-energy stage presence. "It was an amazing time for me," Jessica recalls. "I was 17 and seeing the world, doing what I loved and doing it in a way that felt right." Listen to Jessica Simpson's In This Skin, and you will hear many things: Love. Romance. Sexuality. Sweetness. Maturity. Peace of Mind. Yet chief among the things you will hear is the sound of a woman becoming her own person and staying true to her heart. Cowritten by Jessica -- with contributions from Fran Gold, Damon Elliott and Trina Harmon, and production by Ric Wake and Rob Fusari, In This Skin shines a light on a side of Jessica that she's never had the opportunity to let free. "I've been searching my soul for things I wanted to sing about and things I wanted to say and so I came up with this record, "Jessica explains. "When people listen to this record it will make them happy." That's because the songs on In This Skin reflect the happiness and growth that Jessica has been experiencing. Now married to long time beau Nick Lachey (of 98 Degrees) and firmly in control of her life and creative output, Jessica has reached deep inside to come up with an album that may well be most personal of her career.
In This Skin might be Jessica's third collection but, in terms of emotional honesty and stylistic range, it is, in a real sense, the first album that's truly her own. That's because In This Skin marks Jessica's debut as a songwriter and her lyrical and musical influences fuel the album's thematic journeys. "I've wanted artistic control for a long time but in the past I wasn't able to get it," she confesses. "Being in charge of your creative destiny is beautiful for any artist, especially someone like me who wants to sing about positive things and to inspire others. This time I really wanted to make an album that was real and organic and that you could listen to all the way through and maybe be inspired to fall in love or follow your dreams. "
That sense of liberation is abundant on the album's first single "Sweetest Sin." Written by hit maker Diane Warren and produced by Ric Wake, "Sweetest Sin" is unabashedly carnal and, as Jessica notes, a marked change from the giddy teen pop that launched her career. "I'm not dancing around this time," she laughs. "I'm not wearing that head set mic ever again in my life!"
A celebration of love, her marriage, and making love, "Sweetest Sin" signals a new artistic direction for Jessica. "You'll definitely know I'm a woman after hearing this song," she offers. "It's a deeply sensual song but it's also romantic and recording it was one of the most natural things I've done. It's so great to be able to sing about things you're going through because it makes you relate even more to the music which makes that music beautiful."
In This Skin is filled with both beauty and love, with lyrics drawn from personal experiences and journal entries to create an album resonating with a captivating reality. Just listen to the bittersweet ballad "You Don't Have To Let Go." "I wrote that song for my dad," Jessica says. "It was so hard for him to walk me down the aisle and for him to handle the idea that I was getting married and, in his eyes, leaving. So I wrote this song for him about our relationship and all that he sacrificed for me."
"Underneath," an emotional ode to the ups and downs of romantic love, was penned during a turbulent period in Nick and Jessica's relationship when the pair embarked an ill-fated separation. Jessica cites the love and support of her fans as the motivation behind the album's title track's message of determination. Set to a gentle acoustic-laced groove "In This Skin" is, according to Jessica, about "...being comfortable in your own skin, being worthy and feeling beautiful. I wrote in the liner notes that this is for all the fans. I want them to listen to the song and let the lyrics serve as an inspiration."
Inspiration and spirit have always been crucial to Jessica. From the beginning of her career she has aimed to be more than just some cutie pie teen star: she's always invested her songs with positive outlooks and lived her life in a manner that stays true to her beliefs.
The title track to Irresistible, her 2001 follow-up, was a crossover smash, charting on the Hot 100 (#15), the Rhythmic Top 40 (#12), Top 40 Mainstream (#3) and Top 40 Tracks (#5).
Since the release of Irresistible, Jessica's been working on her acting résumé. In addition to her recurring role on "That 70's Show," Jessica can be seen in an episode of UPN's "The Twilight Zone." Meanwhile, Jessica and new husband Nick Lachey will share their lives with fans in an upcoming reality TV series on MTV.
But music remained one of Jessica's truest loves and, when it came time to make In This Skin, she was ready for this vital next stage in her career. "I knew the sort of songs I wanted to sing and write," she says. "Songs that are uplifting and real."
With her new album, Jessica Simpson comes into her own as a woman and refines her ever-evolving voice as an artist. Collaborating with a crop of up-and-coming writers and producers, Jessica has created an album that sounds fresh and rings absolutely true. Her message? "It's about love and confidence and loving where I am in my life."
Jessica & Nick's secret 2nd Honeymoon in Hawaii
Nick Lachey's romantic getaway plan seemed so simple: He recently decided to whisk his wife of two years, Jessica Simpson, 24, off to Paris for some muchneeded alone time.
"Nick felt like a quiet, romantic -- and private -- trip to Paris could help them reconnect," says a friend of Nick, 31. "He feels like he and Jessica have had no time alone together as a couple for the past two years, and it's taken a toll on their marriage."
Unfortunately, the plan fell apart fast when Jessica's father and hands-on manager, Joe Simpson, got wind of it -- and added his own commercial twist. "He thought this could be a great idea for an MTV special, like, The Newlyweds Take a Honeymoon," says Nick's friend. The pal also says Joe hoped that by televising the Paris trip, he'd have a chance to show how popular Jessica is in Europe.
According to the friend's report, what Joe didn't seem concerned about was his daughter and Nick's privacy, something that's been in short supply since the duo married in October of 2002. Back then, they honeymooned at Fiji's Turtle Island Resort (also the honeymoon spot for Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, and Trista and Ryan Sutter). Much of that honeymoon was caught on tape and used as promotional material for the couple's Newlyweds show, which premiered almost a year later.
This time, Nick wanted a real honeymoon as a couple, without Joe Simpson and the cameras -- and it couldn't have come at a more crucial time. The marriage already looked like it was showing signs of stress in October, when Nick attended a bachelor party with nude porn stars. More recently, the couple has been living apart while Jessica films The Dukes of Hazzard movie in Louisiana and Nick remains home in Calabasas, Calif.
So after the Paris plan fell to pieces, Nick took matters into his own hands, secretly booking an exclusive villa at Hawaii's Fairmont Kea Lani Maui, where the best ones cost $3,300 a night. It's the same luxe resort where Britney and Kevin frolicked this summer, and Hawaii has romantic significance for Nick and Jessica: Nick proposed to Jessica on a yacht off the islands.
When Jessica arrived home from Louisiana, Nick was ready to immediately whisk her to Hawaii, but "Jessica wanted to invite her sister, Ashlee, and Ashlee's boyfriend, [Ryan Cabrera]," says a source close to the couple. "Nick held his ground, telling her: 'Baby, this is just for us. I want you all to myself.' "
"Nick & Jessica's Family Christmas"
America's favorite young married couple, Nick Lachey & Jessica Simpson, multi-platinum artists known from their hit MTV series, "Newlyweds," star in a fun-filled family Christmas variety hour of comedy and music celebrating the holidays. With the success of their first variety special, the beloved Nick & Jessica return to celebrate the holidays with friends and family, while showcasing their singing and comedic talents in a series of sketches and musical performances with such guests as Brian McKnight, a magical rendition of "White Christmas" with Bing Crosby, Ashlee Simpson joining sister Jessica and singing their first televised duet of "Little Drummer Boy," and Nick's group, 98 Degrees, reuniting to sing "I'll Be Home for Christmas." All of Nick and Jessica's wishes come true in their magical cabin, where snow can fall at the flip of a switch or presents can appear under the tree in an instant. The famed couple open the show with a singing and dancing number to the tune of "Baby It's Cold Outside," from Jessica's new Christmas album entitled "Rejoyce: The Christmas Album." Members of Nick and Jessica's family share special memories of them growing up and spending the holidays together. And the Simpson and Lachey families unite (35 in all) to close out the show with a performance of "Silent Night."
Now fans can get their Jessica Simpson Fix legally
As lawsuits continue to be filed against illegal file-sharers, three major music labels housing artists including Green Day, Jessica Simpson and Ashanti have signed on to supply their music to a legal downloading service.
Warner Music, Sony BMG Music Entertaiment and Universal Music Group (Black Eyed Peas, Eminem, Bon Jovi) have come to licensing agreements with the forthcoming Peer Impact network, the company announced on Wednesday (November 24). The fourth major label, EMI, has yet to sign on.
Peer Impact, scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2005, will be a peer-to-peer legal digital file-sharing network. The service will also make sure that artists and rights-holders receive compensation for each file shared on the network. The labels that have signed on to participate will allow Peer Impact's users access to their entire catalogs of music.
"Our goal is to populate Peer Impact with the greatest, and most diverse, collection of digital content anywhere," Greg Kerber, chairman and CEO of Wurld Media, the company developing the network, said in a statement.
"We're excited and proud to gain the cooperation of leading record labels," Kerber added, "and we look forward to concluding even more agreements in the coming weeks."
Jessica Simpson's Lickable Fragrances Won't Get In The Way Of A Perky Butt
Though she doesn't really need to, Jessica Simpson is counting calories for her two latest projects. The singer introduced her new line of lickable fragrance products this week, and she's also become a workout fiend to prepare for her upcoming feature-film debut.
At the Rockefeller Center Sephora Simpson said that she co-created Taste, the latest offshoot of her Dessert body-care line, to smell and taste like her favorite smells of childhood — especially the cake batter in the kitchen that signaled something tasty and decadent was on the way.
The newest scent, Delicious, is a combination of Tahitian vanilla, white chocolate, apricot, coconut and honey — it smells a bit more like food than fragrance. That's intentional, Simpson said, so that the product could be interactive. Sephora staffers made the point by shooting Taste's whipped body cream into people's hands, loading them with sprinkles, and encouraging them to taste away.
"It's low-calorie," Simpson said. "It's like having dessert without the calories, so if you're on a diet, it's a good thing to just kind of lick off every now and then. Or have someone else do it — that's even better" (see "Nick Lachey Likely To Start Kissing Jessica Simpson's Tummy More").
Luckily for Simpson, all the taste-testing she did with husband Nick Lachey to determine which flavors and fragrances work best didn't put a dent in her other project: preparing to squeeze into Daisy Duke's hot pants for the big-screen remake of "The Dukes of Hazzard" (see "Jessica Simpson Scores Daisy Duke Role"). Besides working on thickening her Southern accent with the aid of best friend Casey Cobb, Simpson said she's now spending two and a half hours a day to get her butt in gear.
"I'm trying to get my butt perky, and I'm trying to actually get a butt," she said. "I have a white-girl bootie, so I'm doing all my squats to lift it a little bit and get some junk in my trunk."
Meanwhile, Simpson has also recorded two duets with Lachey recently, one for the special-edition DVD of Disney's "Aladdin," which was released on Tuesday ("A Whole New World") and another for her forthcoming Christmas album, due November 23 ("Baby It's Cold Outside").
"We both love those songs so much," she said. "We're very excited about the Christmas song, because that's an old Dean Martin song. It's a classic, fun, flirtatious song to do together."
Jessica Simpson To Turn On 'MTV 44 1/2' MTV's Giant Times Square Billboard
Billboard will broadcast music videos, MTV News breaks, weather updates and other info.
The MTV 44 1/2 HDTV screen in Times Square was first used during MTV's Spankin' New Music Week 2004.
The billboard, wich is 25 feet high and 40 feet wide, will stand out among the bright lights andbig screens of Times Square byJessica Simpson To Turn On 'MTV 44 1/2' — MTV's Giant Times Square Billboard broadcasting music videos, MTV News breaks, MTV.com content and simulcasts of exclusive events. It is located on Seventh Avenue between West 44th and 45th Streets, across from MTV's offices, and was first used to project Destiny's Child's live performance on "TRL" early in November.
For the benefit of the estimated 1.5 million people who pass "44 1/2" every day, the billboard will also feature a ticker along the bottom of the screen with concert and Broadway theater information, weather updates, sports scores and more, beginning in January.
The billboard, which is wrapped in a gold picture frame and was designed by Mitsubishi Electric, will also act as the world's largest video screen, allowing passerby to play games on their mobile phones. Pedestrians whose phones have text-messaging capabilities will be able to play along with programs, including trivia games and simple-command games, from the street by following text-messaging instructions on the screen. Xbox and PlayStation2 consoles will be hooked up to the screen as well, allowing celebrities visiting the studio to engage in very public video-game competitions with one another. The billboard's gaming function is expected to launch in January.
Nick and Jessica's Porn Christmas?
It would probably take a team of psychiatrists and economists to find out the appeal of Jessica Simpson and her husband, Nick Whatever, so we're not going to tax ourselves on that. But reader David Eckstein points out that after the heat left the hot kitchen that was the Terrell Owens-Nicolette Sheridan set-to on "Monday Night Football," nobody said anything about another locker room scene involving Ms. Simpson's smarter half (OK, so we did watch part of their "Newlyweds" series, so we know that much is true). Anyway, Mr. Eckstein -- who admitted he might have been the only person with taste in the entire country who watched "Nick & Jessica's Family Christmas" -- says that Nick had his own locker room scene. Now, mind you, we apparently have a lower threshold for pain than Mr. Eckstein does, so we didn't watch this special. In fact, we'd rather chop off our own (hey you can't print that) than watch such a soul-killing special. It could have been "Nick and Jessica's Porn Christmas" -- still, a nonstarter. Anyway, Mr. Eckstein said Nick entered the skit wearing only a towel, desperate househusband that he is. Nick then puts on deodorant. (Perhaps the brand was flashed?) Then, in a succession of scenes we can only imagine as woeful and insipid, a woman wearing a towel proceeds to lick Nick's armpit.
That's what the e-mail says. She's followed by a "burly man" who licks Nick's other pit.
OK, everybody take a 30 or 40 second break here. Put the paper down. Breathe. Think about a beautiful field in Ohio. Good. Breathe out. It's morning in America and ... d'oh!
So a guy in a towel gets a bisexual (that counts, right?) armpit licking on a "Family Christmas" show and nobody phones the FCC? What the hell is wrong with this country? We've got your moral values right here, pal.
Anyway, who knows. Maybe Mr. Eckstein made this up. We were too busy gouging our eyes out to watch. Then again, it could be things were far more heinous. Maybe Nick and Jessica sang. We don't care what kind of woman you are. If you sat at home and watched that Christmas special alone, that's no kind of happy. That's just pathetic.
Jessica Simpson is planning workout videos
Jessica Simpson started getting in the holiday spirit a little early this year, but now that she's finished both her Christmas album, ReJoyce, and her Christmas special for ABC, she can't wait to take a small break before heading back to juggling multiple projects. On the singer's plate for the new year? The usual stuff, like filming movies, writing music and getting her Jane Fonda on.
"I'm going to be doing an exercise video, just because it's fun, and why not?" Simpson said. "Exercise is such a huge part of my life after the role of Daisy, so I just thought it would be cool."
Since landing her first movie role as Daisy Duke in the upcoming "Dukes of Hazzard," Simpson has been working her butt off, so to speak, spending upwards of two hours a day doing squats and lunges (see "Jessica Simpson's Lickable Fragrances Won't Get In The Way Of A Perky Butt"). Her new regimen gave Simpson the idea to team up with her longtime personal trainer — and childhood friend — Mike Alexander from Sports Club/L.A. They plan not only to develop her own how-to video, but to get in the branding game with exercise equipment as well.
"There's a treadmill I'm going to be putting out," she said. "And Mike's going to be giving me good tips for the video. He's a great guy, and he really keeps me focused, which is hard to do down in Baton Rouge, [Louisiana,]" where she's midway through shooting "Dukes" and where "everything's fried, Southern, Cajun."
Perhaps some of that Southern feel will end up seeping into her next album, Simpson said, since she's toying with experimenting with other genres in order to make more timeless music. "I want to still keep it pop," she said, "but steer left a little bit. Maybe I'll put a little bit of country in there, maybe a little bit of jazz."
Though she's been listening to Björk for inspiration, Simpson doesn't want to overplan what she does next, lest the tunes sound forced. "I'm not going to put a lot of thought into it," she said.
In the meantime, she's content with getting that timeless sound by covering classic carols for Christmas, singing "O Holy Night" with Brian McKnight; "Little Drummer Boy" with her sister, Ashlee; "Baby It's Cold Outside" with her husband, Nick Lachey; and "Silent Night" with the 35 members of the Simpson-Lachey clan on the finale of "Nick and Jessica's Family Christmas," airing Wednesday (December 1) at 9 p.m. on ABC. (Click for photos from "Nick and Jessica's Family Christmas.") Part of the reason they did this variety special, the couple's second for the network, was to reunite relatives who hadn't seen each other since their wedding; she's transforming her old family tradition of gathering around the piano and singing together during the holidays into a new tradition involving the whole extended family. "I'm so excited, now that I'm married and looking to start a family one day, that we can create new Christmas memories of our own," she said.
One of those memories — if they go through with it — could also involve a new home. She said she and Lachey are talking about going in together on a second residence in New York as their Christmas gifts to each other so that they don't have to stay in hotels every time they hit the Big Apple. "I don't know where in New York," she said, "but I just love the vibe of New York, and it would be very fun for us."
"Nick and Jessica's Family Christmas" will re-air on MTV beginning December 15 at 10 p.m.
Jessica and Nick sing in Rockefeller Center, New York
A bright symbol of the holiday burst to life in Rockefeller Center Tuesday night as Mayor Michael Bloomberg and three Olympians turned on the 30,000 lights decorating the center's famed Christmas tree. Three Olympic gold winners ice skater Sarah Hughes and gymnasts Paul Hamm and Carly Patterson joined the mayor to light the tree at the annual ceremony in midtown Manhattan.
"It's amazing," said Jessica Mendelsohn, 20, who viewed the lighting ceremony from the crowd. "It's gorgeous." This year's tree, a 9-ton, 71-foot-tall Norway spruce found on the property of a Suffern, N.Y. family, boasted a star at its top for the first time in its 72-year history. The star is covered in 25,000 crystals and is 9 1/2 feet in diameter.
Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey of "Newlyweds" fame sang a duet before the lighting ceremony, and Hughes, who won first place in women's figure skating in Salt Lake City in 2002, performed on the rink adjacent to the tree.
The festivities which included musical performances by Hilary Duff, Clay Aiken, Chris Isaak and Vanessa Williams were broadcast from Rockefeller Center and hosted by Al Roker of NBC's "Today" show. Also on hand were the Radio City Rockettes and the band Chicago.
With temperatures in the 40s, thousands of people stood bundled inside police barricades for the ceremony. "Christmas in New York is all about Rockefeller Center, the Christmas show, the skating and the lighting of the tree," said Bridget Cagney, of Queens. "It wouldn't be Christmas in New York without that."
The 40-foot-wide tree was lifted into place Nov. 11 and adorned with colored lights on five miles of wire. The tree is to remain illuminated until Jan. 6.
The first Rockefeller Center tree was put up in 1931 by workers helping to build the complex, and the first formal tree-lighting ceremony took place in 1933.
Jessica Simpson to Star in ''Room Service''
Variety reports that Jessica Simpson is set to star in Room Service, an adaptation of the novel by Beverly Brandt. The film is a romantic comedy about an heiress, Katya Morgan, who is disinherited and loses everything – her money and cushy life. She wants it all back and certainly not the job as a maid or the bucktoothed Boxer or even to fall for Alex Sheridan, the general manager of the swank Royal Palmetto hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona. But the girl soon learns that getting what you don't want can sometimes be the best reward of all.
Simpson's father and manager, Joe Simpson will produce the film with Gale Ann Hurd, Randall Emmett and George Furla. Janus Cercone will adapt the screenplay.
Jessica Simpson is a very sensitive person
Simpsons, who plays the role of Daisy Duke in the movie, is said to have grown tired of Johnny Knoxville and Seann William Scott's constant teasing about the size of her butt.
An Ananova source reports, "Johnny and Seann have been saying her butt looks big compared to the original Daisy. They know she's sensitive about it."
"In one scene, Johnny and Seann are in the car as Bo and Luke talking to Daisy and then leap out. But in one take they leapt out naked from the waist down. Jessica freaked out and told them to grow up."
Jessica Simpson ready to start in the new romantic comedy ''Room Service''
Though she's currently in the midst of shooting her first film role, playing Daisy Duke in the big-screen version of "The Dukes of Hazzard," Jessica Simpson has already lined up her second. The singer will star in the riches-to-rags romantic comedy ''Room Service'' to work as a hotel maid when she's disinherited.
In this adaptation of Beverly Brandt's book of the same name, Simpson will play Katya Morgan, a Paris Hilton type who's always getting into trouble — until she gets the news of her father's death. In short order, the character goes from luxuriating in a villa to cleaning toilets and making beds to pay off her bill in the Scottsdale, Arizona, hotel where she stayed during her father's funeral.
As she works to pay off her tab, she finds love with the hotel's general manager. At the same time, she manages to pass tests secretly laid out in her father's will — such as staying gainfully employed and not appearing in the tabloids more than three times in a year — thus earning back the inheritance she thought she'd never receive. Janus Cercone, who wrote "Ed" and "Leap of Faith," will adapt the screenplay, which Brandt says she won't have any input on.
"I'm hoping there's a few scenes they won't change," Brandt said, "like when Katya is at her stepmother's house five miles away from town, and she won't let her in, and she has to pee. She can't walk in to town in time, so she's squatting with the scorpions when the police come to arrest her. Or when she's at a charity benefit, and she doesn't realize at first that they're auctioning off her belongings. When she does, she starts stuffing her shoes down her shirt. They end up tackling her on the stairs, and the shoes go everywhere."
Brandt said Simpson is the perfect choice to play Katya, since her character also "doesn't really know how to do things normal women know how to do," such as cooking and cleaning. "I don't want to say she's clueless, but she's not in the reality most of us are in," Brandt said. "She's sort of innocent."
Simpson's father, Joe Simpson, will co-produce the picture along with Emmett/ Furla Films and Valhalla Motion Pictures. He is also serving as an executive producer for "Wannabe," which features Jessica's sister, Ashlee (see "Ashlee Simpson Trades Spotlight For Supporting Role In 'Wannabe' ").
"Room Service" isn't the only upcoming release about a rich girl forced to fend for herself. "Material Girls," starring Hilary and Haylie Duff as sibling heiresses who lose their fortune, is scheduled to begin shooting in January.
Jessica Simpson's father Joe criticised by Christians
JESSICA SIMPSON's manager dad JOE was accused of selling his soul to the devil by his Christian friends when he turned his pop star daughter into a sex symbol.
The former youth minister in Texas once tried to sell the idea of his then-teenage daughter to Christian record labels, but he quickly realised her look and her sizeable bust was making her more than just a pop singer.
He says, "Her chest is ahead of her by about two or three feet. It gets there before she does."
Simpson then quit his job to become a full-time manager when bigger record companies became interested in his daughter, upsetting the elders in his church.
He recalls, "I was accused of, 'Your daughter doesn't love God anymore; you've forsaken the church. All of that. "I was like, 'You don't even know me or know my family. How can you say that?'"
But Simpson does admit that he does regret some of the racy photoshoots that his daughter has appeared in over the years: "Part of this is a learning process. When we started we weren't equipped with how to say no."
Jessica Simpson will star in a romantic comedy ''Room Service''
Variety reports that Jessica Simpson is set to star in Room Service, an adaptation of the novel by Beverly Brandt.
The film is a romantic comedy about an heiress, Katya Morgan, who is disinherited and loses everything – her money and cushy life. She wants it all back and certainly not the job as a maid or the bucktoothed Boxer or even to fall for Alex Sheridan, the general manager of the swank Royal Palmetto hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona. But the girl soon learns that getting what you don't want can sometimes be the best reward of all.
Simpson's father and manager, Joe Simpson will produce the film with Gale Ann Hurd, Randall Emmett and George Furla. Janus Cercone will adapt the screenplay.
Jessica Simpson's own fashion line and cometics
The pop diva has signed a $10 million licensing deal with Andrew Sports Club to develop her own fashion line, the New York Daily News reported. Sports Club CEO Andrew Kirpalani said his company would develop a line of kids' clothing, dresses, hats, watches, jewelry and underwear under JS Brand Marketing. The duds will be sold under the Jessica Simpson and Sweet Kisses brand names and are due to hit fine stores such as Federated, Sears and JCPenney in time for next year's back-to-school shopping season.
The "With You" singer also plans to introduce the clothes on the third season of her hit MTV reality show, Newlyweds. Both Simpson and her mother, Tina, reportedly intend to get involved with designing for the line, which will feature casual clothes with undertones of the popster's preferred styles, according to Kirpalani, who flew to California to meet with the Simpson family. "Jessica loved our knit tops and the way we use beading and rhinestones," he told the Daily News. "She's crazy about long ponchos. And especially jeans." Kirpalani said his company was also in negotiations with Reebok to develop a line of Jessica Simpson shoes.
The enterprising Simpson already has her own line of edible beauty products, dubbed Dessert, which includes products such as Deliciously Kissable Body Shake and Deliciously Kissable Sugar Scrub in flavors such as caramel and sweet butter. However, it seems that Simpson's Dessert has left a bad taste in a cosmetics company's mouth. Last month, California-based company Cosmojet sued Simpson, Dessert Beauty and cosmetics retailer Sephora, claiming that it produced nearly $1 million worth of products for the Dessert line, but was paid for only about $800,000, according to documents posted on Celebrity Justice's Website.
According to Cosmojet's suit, lack of payment caused "irreparable harm" to the company's cash flow and it is seeking funds in the amount of $189,077.71, plus interest and court fees. Simpson released a statement through her publicist denying any knowledge of the matter and vowing to take legal action in return. "Jessica Simpson is a spokesperson for Dessert products and has no involvement in the day-to-day operation of the company's business. Ms. Simpson has no knowledge whether Cosmojet's claim has any basis, nor does she have any responsibility for the company's accounting and billing procedures or payment obligations," the statement read.
"Ms. Simpson does intend to vigorously dispute Cosmojet's meritless claims against her and to take legal action against Cosmojet for involving her in this matter." Apparently, Simpson works hard for her money—and she wants to keep it.
Jessica's new release of a Christmas CD and a live DVD of her Reality Tour just in time for holiday
Her Christmas CD, ReJoyce The Christmas Album, is dedicated to her late grandmother (who was named Joyce, get it?), and features duets with her husband, Nick Lachey and sister, Ashlee. The Jessica Simpson Reality Tour Live DVD features one of her performances from her successful 2004 nationwide tour. Both the DVD and the CD will be available in stores on Nov. 23.
Meanwhile, Simpson continues to expand her exposure on both the small and big screens. She and Lachey are currently filming a third season of Newlyweds, despite the fact that they just celebrated their second anniversary and she also snared the role of Daisy Duke in the upcoming remake of The Dukes of Hazzard. The popster has been nominated for two People's Choice awards: Favorite Remake for her single "Take My Breath Away" and Favorite Reality Show for Newlyweds. She's also nominated for two American Music Awards—Favorite Female Artist and Favorite Album for In This Skin.
And, just when you thought she couldn't saturate the market any further, Simpson will return to ABC with Lachey on Dec. 1 for the couple's second variety hour, titled Nick & Jessica's Family Christmas.
Jessica Simpson Is Sued Over Cosmetics!
November 7, 2004.
Pop star Jessica Simpson has been sued by a California cosmetics company that claims it is still owed nearly $US200,000 ($262,430) for products it supplied for the "Dessert" beauty line the singer endorses. In a lawsuit filed, Cosmojet claims Simpson and Dessert Beauty Inc failed to pay the full $US1 million ($1.31 million) it was promised for products it made for the line. Cosmetic retailer Sephora was also named in the suit. Simpson maintains she was simply a spokeswoman for Dessert and was not responsible for the company's accounting and billing procedures. Randi Shinder, president of Dessert Beauty, acknowledged receiving almost $US1 million ($1.31 million) in products made by Cosmojet, but said his company refused payment on a portion of the shipment because it did not "meet the company's high product standards and specifications."
Jessica Simpson presents new Christmas Album
Poor Jessica Simpson. The oft-pouting blonde only began selling serious quantities of records after her documentary-turned-sitcom Newlyweds took off, leaving her best known for a lack of basic everyday knowledge rather than her ability to belt out a song. Then her little sis Ashlee upstaged her, getting tons of press and sales with her own pop debut.
Well, Jess is working hard to bring the focus back to her music. Two upcoming releases will showcase her vocal talents just in time for the holidays.
The Christmas Album marks Jessica's first foray into holiday record territory, and is named for her late grandmother, Joyce Adams "Nanny" Simpson. The record is a famous-family affair, featuring two fairly expected duets — hubby Nick Lachey joins Jess on a cover of the classic, "Baby, It's Cold Outside," while Ashlee helps out on "Little Drummer Boy."
Jessica and Nick even take the co-writing reins on one song, "It's Christmas Time Again."
Hitting stores alongside the CD will be another stocking stuffer: a live DVD from Jessica's 2004 Reality Tour (perhaps named for her starring role in a reality show? She's big on the wordplay titles, this one). The disc features Jessica's July 30 performance in L.A. — a show that apparently earned the starlet the best reviews of her career. DVD bonuses include clips from both Newlyweds and Nick and Jessica's variety show, a photo gallery and other surprises.
Meanwhile, the couple have their second variety hour in the works: Nick & Jessica's Family Christmas, which will air December 1 and feature songs from ReJoyce. Jess is also jumping on the personal fashion line bandwagon, with plans to release a junior miss clothing line next year, and will also be making her cutoff-adorned movie debut as Daisy Duke in the upcoming Dukes Of Hazzard movie
Jessica likes Pepsi and Coke more
Jessica Simpson dumps 7-UP for Pepsi or Coke!
London: Pop star Jessica Simpson has reportedly turned down a lucrative contract to advertise soft drink 7-UP as she doesn't wants her chance to endorse either Pepsi or Coca Cola to get blocked.
"If you do 7-Up, you can't ever do Coke or Pepsi. You've got to hold out for the best deal possible.It's about me being a smart businesswoman as well as a musician," she was quoted by the Female First, as saying.(ANI)
New Fashion Line by Jessica Simpson
Pop diva Jessica Simson is now all set to make a mark in the fashion world, after inking a 10 million dollar deal with the Andrew Sports Club to develop her own fashion line.
According to the New York Daily News, the club's CEO, Andrew Kirpalani, has said that his company would develop a line of kids' clothing, dresses, hats, watches, jewelry and underwear under JS Brand Marketing.
"Jessica loved our knit tops and the way we use beading and rhinestones.She's crazy about long ponchos. And especially jeans," the paper quoted Kirpalani as saying.
The line is expected to hit the stores in time for next year's back-to-school shopping season.
The "With You" singer reportedly also plans to introduce the clothes on the third season of her hit MTV reality show, Newlyweds. (ANI)
Simpson and Lachey report happy marriage
Pop star couple Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey claimed they are happily married, despite new tabloid reports that he has threatened to walk out. "Our relationship is better than it's ever been. We are absolutely not breaking up," Simpson said. The couple admits they have arguments like every other couple, but say communication is the key to success. "What married couple doesn't [fight]?" said the 24-year-old singer. "You don't want to marry somebody who's just like you. So there are always going to be conflicts. That's what compromise is all about. It means that we're communicating." The couple, who celebrated their second wedding anniversary on Oct. 26, is keeping busy taping the upcoming season for their hit MTV reality show, Newlyweds, as well as an ABC variety show expecting to air in December. Jessica is also starring as Daisy Duke in the upcoming Dukes of Hazzard movie expected to hit theatres in July of 2005. When asked about younger sister Ashlee Simpson's latest lip-synch fiasco on Saturday Night Live, Jessica said, "Ashlee is an amazingly talented person. She's already sold 3 million records, which is more than I sold in two years. She's proven herself."


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Diversity is gaining more attention among biotech investors and companies alike. At entry level, 50% of workers are female, but by the functional leader stage, that number tapers off to 30% and continues to fall to 16% at the CEO level. Ethnic representation in executive roles is just as bleak. As an industry, leadership that is more reflective of the people it serves will drive innovation and produce better business results. The #BIF17 Business Panel, "Practical Approaches for Improving Leadership Diversity" tackled the issue and discussed ideas for getting diverse candidates prepared for the C suite. The panel was moderated by Helen Torley, President and CEO of Halozyme, who leads BIO's Workforce Development, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee. Panelist included:
- Sabrina Martucci Johnson, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Daré Bioscience, Inc.
- Nina Kjellson, General Partner, Canaan Partners
- Ted W. Love, MD, Chief Executive Officer, Global Blood Therapeutics
- Robin Toft, President & CEO, Toft Group Executive Search
The panel focused on two key themes—mentorship and sponsorship. Women and minorities in leadership roles need to help others get through the door. The women on the panel recommended that successful women should support, guide, and motivate other women. Young women and girls should be encouraged to strive for the CEO position, not just CFO or COO. The same goes for minority leaders and minority youth. Everyone must think about how culture, policies, and workplace norms can be conducive to the advancement of diverse candidates. In many cases, organizations are unaware of the benefits of being intentional—a key to building diversity.
An organization must create policies that reward performance and recognize potential. This might mean redefining position profiles differently than the way they've historically been done. Current leaders must say, "Diversity is a quality we need" and be sure everyone knows it. These ideas must be infused into a company culture. Dr. Ted W. Love, CEO of Global Blood Therapeutics, has found success in his organization by "thinking outside of the box". If the only way to be CEO is by being nominated by the board, and the board is full of white men, there will never be sufficient progress. Choose "non-traditional" people for the board, even if they are outside of the industry. Choose someone who has held immense leadership positions, and has demonstrated experience in creating diversity and working with women and minorities.
Women and minorities are also lacking within the board network. Nina Kjellson, General Partner at Canaan Partners, gave two recommendations for ensuring the ability to diversify a board. The first is term limits which give flexibility and the opportunity for change overtime. The second is writing diversity and inclusion into term sheets. Investors have begun to pay more attention and score companies based on their governance. Investors must step-up themselves and be committed to backing female-founded and female run companies. Discussion about diversity should begin at the seed-investment stage. Ask questions about how the company envisions the board evolving and have dialogue about expectations.
Finally, an organization must hold itself accountable. Report on diversity statistics to see where there has been improvement, and where there is still room to grow. Diversity begets diversity. The first is hard, the second is a little easier, and so on. Companies with more diverse leadership have the potential for greater success because a team who has interchange and different ideas will be better at innovating new products.
"Diverse candidates can win if they can get the interview."
Robin Toft, President & CEO, Toft Executive Search
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Today at 4 AM, Diana slipped out of this life. She had scheduled 15 April as the day she would accept morphine for the unbearable pain she was suffering. On 4 April, she asked for morphine, knowing that after all these years, her poor body would not tolerate it easily. I am told that she was lucid yesterday, and died in peace and dignity.
Her funeral service is likely to be on Monday at 11 AM.
(This note contributed by Rachel McAlpine.)
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Diana has died
Posted by Diana Neutze at 1:03 AM
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So soon after her last humour and life filled post. Very sad, despite the inevitability of this post. It's been a privilege to be following Diana's blog, just a shame I got to it so late; I'm going to miss her presence, words, wit, and the light in that walnut tree. Condolences to Diana's family, and yourself, Rachel, obviously her close friend.ReplyDelete
Thank you for this news, Rachel. Godspeed Diana. Godspeed.ReplyDelete
Thank you Rachel.ReplyDelete
Peace to you Diana from your neighbours in Bunyan St.
My sister Susan McGreal passed away last July after a fifteen year fight with MS. Bless you all, bless all the caregivers who care for people with MS and most of all, bless Diana.ReplyDelete
Regards, Paul McGreal.
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The Entrada Group, a leading shelter operator providing services to international manufacturers, has just released a whitepaper explaining why the credibility of Mexico's manufacturing sector has moved up in global ranks and why increasingly more European manufacturers are using Mexico as a manufacturing platform to service north America. Paul Pilkauskas, a former Foreign Service Officer in the US Department of State, is its author.
According to the report, Mexico has become an increasingly attractive destination for automotive, aerospace, medical devices, electronics, and other industrial goods manufacturing.
The 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States, Mexico and Canada eliminated a majority of tariffs, customs charges and import and export restrictions on the movement of goods traded among the three countries. Furthermore, Mexico's labor force is relatively inexpensive though highly experienced in manufacturing.
As a result, hundreds of international companies have made big investments in Mexico. For instance, Germany's Volkswagen produces its Jetta model exclusively in its Mexico plant. Electronics manufacturers such as LG have set up operations in Mexico due to rising wages in China, and the latest trend in foreign investment has been from the aerospace industry, where 238 aerospace companies have taken advantage of the highly skilled labor force by establishing operations in the country.
"Smaller European suppliers to larger OEMs in the North American market are also taking advantage of Mexico's strengths by using reputable business models, such as 'Shelter Services' providers who manage all administrative and legal infrastructures, and recruit a skilled and dedicated workforce, while also providing production facilities and managing all aspects of the industrial park," explains Pilkauskas.
The report also points out that Mexico's proximity to the US is a significant and growing advantage to those who are supplying to the North American market, as it allows for the immediate landing of a product and just-in-time delivery, which is much harder to implement from Europe, China or India. Producing in Mexico therefore allows European companies to establish a manufacturing presence in North America at a lower cost, in a US dollar cost zone within an established local supplier base.
"Orders can be filled in half the time that is generally experienced when sourcing from China," adds Pilkauskas.
On 29 September, Paul Pilkauskas will present the insights shared in this whitepaper at the 12th European Automotive Congress in Madrid Spain.


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On Monday, news broke that University of Iowa student, Marcus Owens, who earlier this month claimed he was the victim of an anti-African American hate crime, has admitted his assertions were untrue. I blogged about Owens back on May 8 and posted why I was suspicious of his claim to victimhood. (See: https://ridethebomb1.wordpress.com/2016/05/08/why-i-suspect-the-recent-iowa-hate-crime-might-be-a-hoax/) This new development in the Owens' story is worthy of a new blog post.
Why I Cannot Forgive Marcus Owens
Owens did not reverse himself because he realized it was the ethical course of action. He only acknowledged the truth only after being confronted by the Iowa City Police with the evidence of what really happened to him on April 30 and May 1.
I wish I could write that I was young and stupid once and so forgive Owens. I cannot do so as a consequence of how he has handled the situation since being shown to be a liar.
What Really Happened to Marcus Owens
Owens did not, as he had maintained, step outside of Eden Lounge at around 10:45 PM on April 30 and thereafter suffer a beating at the hands of three white men who singled him out because he was black. Security camera footage and eye-witness statements tell a different story.
Owens first stepped through the door of the Eden Lounge at 11:45 PM. At 1: 35 AM his blood-alcohol level was about.175, or over twice the legal limit. It was also at 1:35 AM that Owens was a participant in a large bar fight that had nothing to do with race. As a consequence of his role in this conflict, he was kicked out of the bar. Next he tried to reenter. (We all know the type of person who gets drunk in a bar, gets into a violent encounter, is ejected from the premises and then tries to force his way back in.)
At 1:41 AM Owens was out on the street near the bar and throwing punches in yet another fight. At 1:44 AM he was punching in a third fight. According to one media source: "All the [security camera] footage [from both the Eden Lounge and the public street] show Owens acting aggressively, shoving and pushing and yelling." Iowa City police Capt. Troy Kelsay stated: "Marcus was not the victim of an assault. Marcus was an active participant, and even an instigator, in three separate physical confrontations or assaults that occurred at [or near the time of the] bar['s] close."
All three conflicts arose from disputes between members of the Pi Kappa Alpha and Kappa Sigma fraternities. Race had nothing to do with anything that occurred during those early morning hours.
The Truth Comes Out
Before going public with the findings of their investigation, the police reported what had been learned to Owens' lawyer, Leon Spies. (I am sure the fact that Owens hired a lawyer right after having made his false hate crime report was a red flag to law enforcement.)
Owens had made public statements to numerous media outlets in support of his tale of having suffered a racially motivated attack. Once his statements had been shown to be untrue, he should have been man enough to make a public admission of his untrue remarks and made public apologies to the Iowa City Police, the people of Iowa City, the F.B.I. (which became involved in the case) and University of Iowa. Instead his lawyer issued a statement on behalf of the Owens family.
Statement from the Owens Family
It read: "Marcus Owens and the entire Owens family would like to issue their deepest apologies to Marcus's friends, the Iowa City community, the University of Iowa, and the Iowa City Police Department [the F.B.I. should have been mentioned but was not] for the misunderstandings and anxiety stemming from Marcus's involvement in a violent incident [the reader will recall that there were actually three incidents] in downtown Iowa City on May 1." To refer to Owens' dishonest claims as a "misunderstanding" is outrageous.
The statement continued: "Upon learning more details of the case, and while racial slurs served to fuel the violence, Marcus now knows that his account of events was inconsistent with police findings, in part due to alcohol being involved, his embarrassment at his behavior, as well as the injuries he sustained." According to Iowa City police, a single racial slur was uttered during one of the three fights in which Owens "was an active participant, and even an instigator…." This means that one of the white people that Owens was trying to beat up while in an intoxicated rage became angry at him and used an ugly word. By claiming that this ugly word "served to fuel the violence" the Owens family is blaming one of Marcus' victims in this case. In referring to "alcohol being involved" the family is seeking to partially absolve Owens by saying he was drunk. This is complete nonsense. It is not uncommon for a person who is very intoxicated to forget something that happen to them. However, I do not believe there has ever been a case of a person getting drunk and incorrectly recalling they had been the victim of a hate crime. The phrase "his embarrassment at his behavior" begs for an explanation. According to one news report: "Multiple witnesses told police Owens was worried about how he would explain his injuries to his family." I can only assume that the "injuries he sustained" passage is meant to suggest that Owens' memory might have become fogged about what occurred on May 1 as a result of them. To this I say b.s.!
The statement continued: "In light of this, it was concluded that this incident was not a hate crime as originally believed, but rather a case of excessive underage drinking and extremely poor judgment on the part of many people, Marcus included." The implication here appears to be that Marcus himself legitimately believed that he had been the victim of a hate crime until the police told him this was not the case. This is a cowardly and sickening remark. The reference to "excessive underage drinking and extremely poor judgment on the part of many people" represents a further attempt to blame Marcus' victims for what he is responsible for doing.
The last part of the statement read: "Again, we would like to apologize and thank the University (especially President Bruce Harreld and his staff) and the Iowa City Police Department [the F.B.I. is again left out] for their attention, sensitivity, diligence in investigating this matter, and in thoroughly addressing our many concerns. Just as we have learned many life-changing lessons, we hope too that the community will continue to examine the many issues raised by this unfortunate incident. – Marcus Owens and The Owens Family" I do not know what "issues [have been] raised by this unfortunate incident" other than to reinforce the notion making false claims about hate crimes has become commonplace.
Black Privilege and the "Blond, Blue-Eyed White Female"
Iowa City authorities and the Iowa City police have stated that Owens will not be prosecuted for filing a false police report, underage drinking, public intoxication, disorderly conduct, being the aggressor in the fights and, in the words of the police, "beating the snot out of" another person. He will likewise not be pursued in civil court to recoup expenses incurred during the investigation of his false claims. (Did Marcus lie to the F.B.I.?) I chalk this up to Black Privilege.
When speaking to the media during the first week in May, Marcus' uncle, Darrell Owens, complained about the fact that when Marcus contacted the University of Iowa police to file his false report he was referred to the Iowa City police who had legal jurisdiction over the area in which Marcus claimed he was assaulted. Darrell argued that if a "blond, blue-eyed white female [had] come in after being assaulted, I think there would be zero chance that they would have given the same response." If a "blond, blue-eyed white female" had committed all of the misdeeds Marcus has you can be sure she would now be facing criminal prosecution and be forced to repay Iowa City for all costs incurred investigating her spurious claims.
The Moral of the Story Is…
The next time you read a story about a member of a minority group claiming to be a victim of a hate crime remember that they only very rarely happen in today's United States. Remember, also, Marcus Owens, Tawana Brawley, the University of Albany bus case, the anti-gay cake hoax…
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Resigned to the fact that the chilly weather's here to stay, we're finally taking stock of our woolly winter things -- and shivering at the thought of trotting out those dark, boxy coats for yet another season. This winter, it's hard to resist a flurry of luscious red, camel, beige, and tweed coats -- all in refreshingly classic shapes (remember how quickly you tired of the sashed-leather look last winter?). Here's what we're cozying up to, for less than $300 per.
Tweedy fabrics -- on everything from shells to shoes -- are this season's most obviously trendy choice. Club Monaco's boxy brown-and-white-herringbone version has chic leather trim ($279 at Club Monaco stores). For a sleeker look, snap up Zara's skinny lightweight-houndstooth version with a black vinyl belt ($189 at Zara stores).
Solid colors can be just as stylish, especially in warm neutral colors. A dark-ish camel coat from H&M is a steal ($89 at H&M); J.Crew's paler version with tortoiseshell buttons is even softer ($248 at J.Crew stores). For that sharp-edged belted look, check out a cream-colored style from A|X Armani Exchange ($275 at A|X Armani Exchange stores). And, though strong colors have a reputation for going stale quickly, it's hard to imagine ever tiring of a crimson coat from United Colors of Benetton ($258 at Benetton stores).
H&M, 640 Fifth Ave., at 51st St. (212-489-0390).
Picks of the Week
Broadway Panhandler is clearing huge amounts of cookware, kitchen tools, and cutlery at up to 65 percent off. Brands include All-Clad, Calphalon, Le Creuset, and KitchenAid. 477 Broome St. (212-966-3434); A.E., M.C., V.; Wed-Fri. 10:30-7, Sat. 11-7, Sun. till 6; 10/18-10/22.
Columbus Avenue's old-fashioned block party means refreshments, raffles, and entertainment at many stores on the avenue, between 67th and 82nd Streets (the American Museum of Natural History is even setting up "Movable Museums" in vans on the street). Many shops have promised discounts on stock as well. Tues. 6-9; 10/17.
Devereux-Ferguson's decorative throw pillows in luxurious, traditional fabrics (by companies like Clarence House, Donghia, and Brunschwig & Fils) are 60 percent off at the sale, from $45 to $150. 304 W. 90th St., Suite 1F (212-362-3761); A.E.; Fri. 11-8, Sat. 9-5; 10/20-10/21.
Tufi Duek's glam, Brazilian-made clothes -- slinky tie-neck blouses, photo-printed pants, and loads of neutral-toned leather -- are on sale for less than half price, from $40 for jersey tops to $250 for a leather jacket. 530 Broadway, at Spring St., tenth floor (212-925-8277); A.E., M.C., V.; Wed.-Thurs. 10-6; 10/18-10/19.


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