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Ma tenue coup de coeur du moment!

2012-01-31T07:30:00+01:00

Zoom sur ma tenue coup de coeur du moment! Je précise "du moment" car cela varie souvent avec les saisons, les nouvelles pièces dans la garde-robe, l'humeur... Mais en ce moment côté shopping, je suis très sage! Je préfère favoriser un voyage que de remplir mes placards! Je fuis donc au maximum les magasins pour ne pas craquer!

Cette tenue se compose donc d'un blazer Zara acheté en vide-dressing, d'une jolie blouse DKNY (cadeau de mon frère pour mon anniversaire), d'un short Etam acheté 15€ grâce à une réduction pour mon anniversaire, de chaussures Melissa achetées en soldes il y a un an, du vernis Hanadu d'Urban Decay et d'un headband à fleur de New York!

Je change de chaussures pour mettre cette tenue lors de différentes occasions: en journée avec mes Melissa mauves à noeuds et pour un dîner où je n'aurai pas trop à bouger avec mes nouvelles Miezko. Un look simple mais avec ce que j'aime: de la féminité, du rose poudré, du noir, des accessoires!

Allez, j'arrête de faire ma blogueuse mode (je crois qu'un total look c'est une première ici!). A vous de dire si vous aimez, mes cocoonés!

De retour de la chasse aux soldes

2012-01-30T22:10:44+01:00

Tant bien que mal j'ai réussi à faire les soldes. Si je dis ça c'est que ce n'est que samedi et un peu mercredi que j'y suis allée. J'aurais voulu y aller avant mais trop de travail ou flemme de sortir quand il pleut. Forcément quand j'ai enfin trouvé le temps de faire les magasins, il n'y avait plus rien ou presque. Grosse déception car je voulais m'acheter plein de trucs. J'ai quand même déniché quelques petite choses que je vais vous montrer maintenant :

La première trouvaille c'est ce sac chez Monoprix soldé à 50%. Je cherchais un sac qui aille avec mon manteau, en cuir et pas trop habillé. J'ai trouvé mon bonheur avec cette besace faussement militaire.

La meilleure affaire de cette saison : ces chaussures André soldés à 80% que j'ai donc eu pour la modique somme de 20 euros au stock André*. A ce prix là, j'en aurais bien pris d'une autre couleur. Je ne cherchais pas ce genre de chaussures à la base mais je ne regrette pas mon achat, elles vont avec presque tout et sont très confortables.

Finally, cette robe à Zara achetée pendant les soldes mais faisant partie de la nouvelle collection. Elle est top car je peux la mettre maintenant avec un pull ou un gilet noir façon rétro (je suis d'ailleurs en recherche du dit pull ou gilet) et ensuite cette été avec un blazer ou sans rien. Elle coûtait 30 euros ce qui reste raisonnable.

Pour le reste croyez le ou non, mais je me suis acheté de la vaisselle pour mes photos culinaires de Friendscooking. Et vous, les soldes c'était fructueux ?

* Pour info le stock André est situé avenue des Gobelins métro Gobelins dans le 5e, il y en a un autre métro Ricquet ou Crimée (je ne me rappelle plus exactement).

L'objet moche de la semaine

2012-01-22T14:12:59+01:00

Ces chaussures dénommées Alice chez Acne.

Des shoes hybrides, mi escarpins mi compensées (écrase merde dirait ma mère). Un bleu électrique qui pourrait faire l'objet d'un "C'est mon choix, je m'habille comme Michou. Un décoletté trop peu prononcé pour être charmeur.

Je déteste.

Ndlb : le prix ? 400 euros.

Benet. Chie Mihara

2012-01-20T12:59:00+01:00

Chie Mihara. Modèle Benet gris et argent. Taille 37. Portée une seule fois. Vendues 157,50€ sur Spartoo.

VENDUES 60€+ FDP. Remises en mains propres sur Strasbourg

Contactez-moi sur wafasblog@gmail.com

Kalili Chie Mihara

2012-01-20T12:45:00+01:00

Chie Mihara. Modèle Kalili. Taille 37. Portées une seule fois, une légère marque sur le talon. Vendues 178,50 € chez Spartoo.

VENDUES 65€+ FDP. En mains propres à Strasbourg.

Contactez-moi par mail: wafasblog@gmail.com

la vie des bottes

2011-12-27T12:32:00+01:00

Je ne sais pas si vous l'avez remarqué, mais en France, il est impossible de trouver des bottes pour les hommes!!!

Hormis les modèles caricaturaux style santiags, bottes cow-boy, bottes de pluie, ou bottes de neige, ou pire, les "bottines", ces trucs bas et laids, il n'y a RIEN. Le vide sidéral!

Pourtant, que ce soit en boutiques ou sur les sites de vente par internet, de nombreux modèles ont largement de quoi être "mixtes": Palladium, Dockers, 7 seconds et bien d'autres marques.

Ces modèles à talon plat ou de 2 à 4 cm ont d'ailleurs souvent la même base que les chaussures montantes (type Caterpillar ou autres) pour homme!

OSONS!!!

Zalando, Sarenza, 3 suisses et les autres, osez lancer la mode, osez placer ces modèles dans vos rubriques "hommes".

Il ne s'agit pas de "se travestir" avec des modèles à talons ou féminins, mais de proposer les modèles cités qui ont tout à fait un look de bottes mixtes.

Il y a quelques décénies, les bottes étaient d'ailleurs largement portées par les hommes.

De nombreux hommes aimeraient des bottes, mais ni des bottes de femmes, ni d'affreuses santiags ou bottes de cow-boy!

Ces 3 modèles (cliquez sur les photos pour agrandir) ont largement de quoi être mixtes ! Si vous cachez ta "tige", ça ressemble énormément à des chaussures vendues au rayon homme!

Pour l'instant on ne trouve ces bottes que jusqu'au 42... Espérons que les fabriquants et les magazines de mode se décident enfin à bouger!

Ce serait pas un peu too much ?

2011-11-24T11:21:00+01:00

Ces platform shoes signées Iris van Herpen.

Qu'importe la façon de mains de maitre, au diable les courbes pourtant si suaves, adieu tissage méticuleux, pour moi, vous n'en êtes que too much...

chaussures Les petites bombes noires

2011-11-19T16:49:40+01:00

Chaussure Les petites bombes noires

pointure 38 - Cuir

5 euros

Mode & Accessoires, Femme ETE 2012 par on aura tout vu

2011-11-18T18:52:00+01:00

Ribery a testé des nouvelles chaussures de foot ”intelligentes”

2011-11-16T10:56:00+01:00

L'été s'en est allé...

2011-09-23T08:33:06+02:00

Et oui, aujourd'hui, c'est l'automne! D'ailleurs le temps nous le fait bien savoir, les arbres se dénudent, la pluie tombe régulièrement, nous avons ressorti les vestes...

Bref, ça ne fait plus aucun doute, l'été est fini!

Avec les vestes, j'ai ressorti le combo socquettes + chaussures... Quelle étrangeté d'avoir tout ça dans les pieds après près de 4 mois passés presque exclusivement en ballerines légères et respirantes! Je me suis sentie enfermée toute la journée. En plus j'avais presque un pull. Je l'ai laissé sur mon bureau, pas envie de me dépétrer dans encore plus de vêtements.

Quel confort en été de ne porter que de petites affaires léfgères... Une robe, des ballerines et le tour est joué! J'ai toujours du mal à l'arrivée des mauvais jour, à remettre toutes les couches de vêtements nécessaires à la survie de l'espèce humaine en hiver.

Sérieusement, qui aime s'empêtrer dans des chaussettes, elles-mêmes enfermées dans des chaussures, dissimulées sous un pantalon, maintenu avec une ceinture, laquelle disparaît sous un T-shirt, qu'on ne voit d'ailleurs pas puisqu'il est sous en pull, qu'on recouvre encore d'une veste... Ajoutez à cela que pour sortir on s'engoncera bientôt dans un double combo écharpe + bonnet + gants... Et ma liberté de mouvement alors???

Ce serait pas un peu too much ?

2011-09-15T14:59:07+02:00

Chaussures à pois noir & blanc Sergio Rossi, automne-hiver 2011-2012

Point Mode #12

2011-08-17T06:30:00+02:00

L'autre jour, Muriel Gilbert du blog (presque) tout rose nous proposait une solution à la crise et à la météo pourrite : la résilience par le cadeau, en l'occurence, un bon de réduc chez Zalando.

Je suis un peu joueuse, et il m'arrive souvent parfois de gagner. Et en plus, là, c'était pas compliqué, il fallait aller sur le site et dire ce qu'on achèterait si on gagnait. Ben moi, c'est ça qui me plaisait, de vraies pompes de dame et de luxe (en solde à ce moment là, en rajoutant un peu "au bout" c'était jouable pour ma CB):

Et puis j'ai oublié que j'avais joué .... Heureusement, Muriel est une mère soeur pour moi, elle m'a envoyé un petit mail pour me prévenir que j'avais gagné.
Ni une, ni deux, hop sur le site ... Et là, comment dire ... Ben suffit de cliquer sur les jolies chaussures pour comprendre pourquoi ma CB a fait la gueule .... les soldes étaient terminées ...

J'ai quand même trouvé mon bonheur :

Tout aussi "madame", presque autant "luxe" (le cuir est superbe, l'intérieur de la chaussure est rembourré sous le talon, il y a une petite plaque "buffalo" en dessous, chaque chaussure est rangée dans son petit sac en intissé, et il y a une paire d'embouts de talons de rechange dans la boite !!) , et en promo, elles !!

Comme assez souvent avec les chaussures qui me plaisent, elles sont un peu serrées devant (j'ai hérité du hallux valgus de ma Mamie, en moins pire) ... alors je tente le "truc de grand mère" qui avait bien fonctionné avec mes chaussures de mariage : les porter à la maison avec une paire de chaussettes mouillées à l'endroit à assouplir ....

Et sinon, à mes pieds, ça donne ça:

Désolée pour la photo pourrite, mais ce n'est pas facile de se photographier les pieds soi même, dans un miroir, au flash, dans un couloir chichement éclairé !!

Zalando pour les 2 premières images.

DEPUIS LE MARIAGE DE KATE, VOUS VOULEZ EN SAVOIR PLUS SUR...

2011-08-14T08:28:00+02:00

...SON STYLE ET CE QU'ELLE PORTE ,

Salut !

Kate Middleton Style Blog a pensé à celles qui désirent un rapport précis et concis de ce que la duchesse porte et où le trouver: chaque article est illustré d'une photo de Kate, ainsi que de photos des vêtements, accompagnés de liens vers les boutiques. Le blog met très régulièrement à jour la disponibilité des articles.
katemiddletonstyle.org

What Kate Wore fournit un rapport détaillé du style de Kate et offre le détail de ses marques préférées (sac, chaussures, vêtements). Le blog comporte également une galerie des meilleures tenues de la duchesse.
whatkatewore.com

Duchess of Cambridge Style est fait pour les fans, les vrais. Si vous êtes de ceux-là, préparez vous à passer de nombreuses heures sur ce site interactif offrant un chat en temps réel pour commenter les tenues, des compte-rendus et le détail de l'agenda de la princesse.
duchessofcambridgestyle.com

BONNE LECTURE !

L'automne sera pointu.

2011-08-01T11:18:25+02:00

Et voilà, c'est reparti pour un tour : le retour des chaussures pointues. On a avait vu un retour de l'objet il y a quelques années mais le dernier gros boom que nos placards avaient subi était pendant les années 2000 : bottes en plastique et chaussures de maîtresse dominatrice avaient envahi jusqu'à la Halle aux chaussures de Tourcoing.

La tendance a déjà gangrèné les magazines féminins et je sens bien que ce n'est que le début de l'invasion de la chaussure pour vilaine sorcière de l'ouest.

J'avais senti le vent tourner quand Isabel Marant avait mis tout le monde au pas avec les escarpins rockabilly + petits noeuds. Mais le résultat était plutôt joli et stylé, très Mad Men rencontre Kate Moss (attention à la conso de whisky dans ce crossover). Mais là, arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh.

On a le droit à de la bonne vieille pompe pour botter le cul, de la grolle de gourgandine, de l'écrasseur intersidéral d'arpions (et je ne parle même pas des réactions potentielles chez les fétichistes/podologues).Et puis quoi encore? Le retour de la tong en plastique à talon l'été prochain?

Zigzag, Manolo Blahnik. Même Manolo va mal.

Très honnêtement, le soulier pointu ne passera pas par moi, même pas pour Halloween. Et vous?

Leçon de soldes

2011-06-22T18:01:00+02:00

Ce n'est pas parce qu'elles passent de 99 à 59 euros que ces pompes deviennent portables. C'est juste qu'on peut se prendre un gadin pour moins cher...

Bon plan Shoes chez La halle aux chaussures

2011-06-22T08:00:00+02:00

Lorsque j’ai déménagé, il y quelques semaines, les plus gros cartons étaient bien sûre ceux des fringues, pas mal de cosmétiques (bien plus que de livres, j’ai un peu honte), mais en volume, ce qui prenait le plus de place, c’était les chaussures.

Je suis un peu shoesovore je crois. Enfin, j’en suis plutôt sûre. Et bizarrement, de toutes les chaussures que j’ai, celles qui me récoltent le plus de compliments sont rarement les plus chères.

D’ailleurs, les N°1 de cette catégories sont des La halle aux chaussures. Vous vous souvenez, je vous les avais présentées là. (Ce sont les noires un peu lowboots).

Du coup, comme j’essaie de ne pas trop dépenser pour de prochains projets, je voudrais assouvir mes pulsions shoeseques sans me ruiner.

En ce moment, je suis un peu dans un trip 70’s. Ma tenue parfaite du moment, c’est une chemise d’homme rentrée dans un flare, une capeline sur la tête, et compensées aux pieds. Du coup, je fais mes repérages toujours chez La halle aux chaussures, et je vous ai fait un mix de celle qui me font le plus envie en ce moment :

1) En jaune et couleur cuir naturel 34,99€ (mes préférées)

2) En couleur cuir naturel et semelle liberty 37,99€

3) Semelle espadrille en tissus liberty, trop mignon : 29,99€

4) Un peu moins haute, pour tous les jours : 24,99€

5) Sobre en noir, chic avec un nœud en corde, très BB : 29,99€

6) Hyper confort avec les brides en tissus kaki : 32,99€

7) En bonus ce petit sac qui finira le look pour seulement 9,99€ (non ce n’est pas une blague).

Alors, ça vous plait. Moi, je pense craquer pour les jaunes, et le sac!!

Mais qui sont-elles?

2011-06-18T08:19:00+02:00

Elles se prennent pour des pin up et se cachent derrière leur éventail à plumes ...

Pour ma première commande sur le site Shoes.fr, je n'allais quand même pas opter pour des baskets. Même si les Converse Superman me tentaient bien, j'ai craqué pour les compenséesCubanas, modèle Piedra.

C'est une marque que je ne connaissais pas avant mais certains de leurs modèles sont jolis. Celui est le mieux, j'en suis sûre.

Une jolie paire féminine, rouge et un talon qui ne tue pas le pied, que demander de plus

Parce que avant de vous les montrer ici, je les ai bien portées. Pour conduire, pour marcher sur les pavés...en soirée aussi. Elles s'en tirent haut la main : tout cuir intérieur et extérieur et la semelle en caoutchouc souple en fait de véritable chaussons.

Et ce sont les chaussures que je vais porter pour ma soirée années 60 ! Bien sur je montrerai mes looks ^^.

J'ai connu Shoes.fr à travers un partenariat, c'est le début et j'espère que les prochaines chaussures et look vous plairont.

Pour cette paire j'ai été livrée en 2 jours, commande passée le mardi après midi et reçue en relais le jeudi matin, donc rien à redire.

Le site propose de belles marques mais on est quand même loin du choix des 2 autres géants de la chaussure en ligne. Il faut bien commencer non? D'ailleurs il y a souvent des promos et des sélection petit prix.

Actuellement Shoes.fr offre -15% pour 2 paires achetées avec le code 2PAIRES

PS : je ne devrai peut être pas le dire mais le même modèle est aussi chez ****oo en noir... mais ce serait dommage de ne pas oser le rouge avec le slogan révolutionnaire porté par les chaussures ^^

PPS: Oui j'ai mis en "scène" mes nouvelles chaussures(*). Osez dire que ça ne vous est jamais arrivé !!^^

*escarpins femme chez Shoes.fr

US computer pioneer IBM turns 100

2011-06-16T23:51:32+02:00

US technology pioneer IBM turns 100 years old on Thursday and while "Big Blue" is no longer the dominant player in the computer industry it remains a force to be reckoned with.

With a market capitalization of $197 billion, IBM is the world's 14th most valuable technology company, well behind California gadget-maker Apple's $304 billion but close to software giant Microsoft's $201 billion.

Thomas Misa, a history of science and technology professor at the University of Minnesota, credits IBM's longevity to its "mastery of getting information processing power into users' hands in a form that they need and want."

"They did this in the 1930s with punch-card tabulation machines and they are doing the same, essentially, with the post-1993 shift to information services," Misa said.

While its ancestry stretches back to the 19th century, IBM dates its birth to the June 16, 1911 merger of three firms: the Tabulating Machine Co., the International Time Recording Co. and the Computing Scale Co. of America.

Thomas Watson Sr., the man credited with building IBM into a powerhouse, joined the new company, Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. (CTR) in 1914 and renamed it International Business Machines Corp. in 1924.

Over the years, rivals have mocked IBM's corporate culture of conformity but that has not stopped the Armonk, New York, company from being at the forefront of technological innovation.

IBM claims to hold more US patents than any other company and five of its employees have won Nobel prizes for physics.

Dag Spicer, senior curator of the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, said IBM's success can be traced in part to its readiness to take "big gambles."

"During the Depression, Tom Watson kept making machines even though there was no market," Spicer said.

"In 1935, FDR (president Franklin Delano Roosevelt) passed the Social Security Act. The law passed and IBM was the only company that had the equipment ready to go," he said.

Thomas Watson Jr., who took over the presidency of IBM in 1952 from his father, embarked on a huge gamble of his own in 1964, Spicer said.

"Tom Watson Jr decided to bet essentially the whole company -- $5 billion, probably the equivalent of $100 billion today -- on a new computer system, the System/360," he said. "It made all of IBM's products obsolete.

"The System/360 was the most successful mainframe computer of all time, sealing the blue letters IBM in the public imagination," he said.

IBM was unable, however, to emulate its success with mainframe computers with personal computers and the company struggled in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

"Microsoft and Intel were the big winners in the personal computer market, which IBM defined but did not long dominate," Misa said.

IBM sold its PC division to China's Lenovo in 2005 for $1.25 billion.

IBM's comeback came with a strategic shift to software and services and the company posted revenue of $99.9 billion in 2010.

IBM also grabbed headlines earlier this year when an IBM computer called Watson handily defeated two human champions on the popular US television game show "Jeopardy!" in a triumph of artificial intelligence.

Watson's triumph came 14 years after an IBM computer named Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a closely-watched, six-game match.

Earthquake latest in natural disasters to hit Missouri

2011-06-12T22:17:25+02:00

Missouri suffered a small earthquake Tuesday that caused no deaths or injuries, a relatively minor blow for a state hit by a series of natural disasters this spring including tornadoes, floods, soaring temperatures, and even cicadas.

The quake struck about 50 miles southwest of St. Louis at 3:10 a.m. central time, registering 4.2 intensity and causing no injuries or damage, authorities said. The U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colorado said the city closest to the quake was Richwoods, Missouri, six miles northeast of the epicenter.

In nearby Sullivan, resident Darren Hildebrand told local television that he woke up when the quake hit. "It felt like a truck hit the house." he said, but reported no damage or injuries.

The Missouri region is part of the New Madrid seismic zone where three large quakes registering 7.5 to 7.7 in intensity struck December 16, 1811, January 23, 1812 and February 7, 1812, according to the Geological Survey. Contemporary accounts said the quakes were felt as far away as Washington, D.C.

Since then there have been smaller quakes, including a 6.6-magnitude quake in 1895 and a 5.4-magnitude quake in 1968.

The fault runs along the Mississippi River from Memphis to St. Louis.

Missouri's trouble with things natural has stretched through the spring, with the worst disaster in Joplin, where 141 people died in a May 22 tornado, the deadliest single tornado in the United States since 1947.

In April, a tornado hit St. Louis, destroying up to 100 homes and damaging the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport and causing its temporary closure. Injuries were reported, but no deaths.

The city is now struggling with a blazing heat wave that drove the temperature to a record 97 degrees on Monday.

By Tuesday 43 cooling centers were open in the St. Louis area to help residents beat the heat. Since Saturday emergency workers have responded to 12 heat-related cases, the St. Louis Department of Health reported.

And if that were not enough, the area is suffering through an infestation of cicadas, which are back in the area as part of the insect's 13-year mating cycle, making lots of noise, fouling pools and making any outdoor picnic an adventure. The bugs are harmless and should be gone in another two weeks.

(Editing by Mary Wisniewski and Greg McCune)

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EA Sports Shows Off New Madden, FIFA, and SSX Games

2011-06-10T17:06:46+02:00

Besides the mainstream, non-sports games at EA's press conferences, the company highlighted three major titles in its EA Sports division. EA Sports' stage show was even more impressive than the general EA presentation, with light gimmicks and celebrities galore.

The EA Sports games started off with SSX, the return of the long-running snowboarding series to the current generation of game systems. The theater filled with fog and lights as the main screen showed a snowy mountain getting closer and closer. It turned into a trailer for SSX (one name, not SSX Snowboarding or SSX Tricky or SSX Blur). The trailer showed a lot of massive stunts and snowy vistas, but it didn't include gameplay footage, so it can't be seen as representative of the game.

However, the following presentation did detail the upcoming title. The game will focus on three modes: Race It, Trick It, and Survive It. Race It and Trick It focus on races and trick-based scoring, like in previous SSX games, and Survive It seems to involve huge stunts in survival scenarios, like running from an avalanche. The biggest feature of the game is its scope. According to the demonstrator, SSX uses NASA satellite data to allow players to drop into every major mountain range on the planet. That's an ambitious snowboard run, and it's scheduled to come out January 2012.

Next was FIFA 12, the long-running soccer game series that, like soccer itself, seems much more popular abroad than in the United States. The highlight of that game was the announcement of the EA Sports Football Club, a cross-game service that will let players track their favorite soccer teams and earn experience for themselves and their favorite teams and leagues. The club will initially include FIFA 12, but it will expand into FIFA 11, FIFA Manager, FIFA Superstars, and other EA Sports FIFA games.

Finally, Madden NFL 12 eclipsed both previous games with appearances from pro football players Ray Lewis, Payton Hillis, and Clay Matthews. However, besides three NFL players showing up, an energetic trailer, and even an appearance of the Vince Lombardi trophy in person (well, in trophy), the actual game didn't show up much. There were quips about new defensive features and dynamic player animation, but that was pretty much it.

All three games are scheduled to hit stores later this year.

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LA Board of Police Commissioners Puts Money Before Safety by Voting to End Red Light Safety Camera Program

2011-06-09T06:21:51+02:00

WASHINGTON, June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Coalition for Safer Roads (NCSR) is condemning the regrettable decision by the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners to put money before safety in its vote to end the city's successful red light safety camera program.

"Ending this very successful and effective program will put innocent lives at risk," said David Kelly, president and executive director of NCSR and former acting administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). "There is a mounting body of evidence showing red light safety cameras change dangerous driver behavior saving lives and reducing injuries in Los Angeles and across the country. Los Angeles residents and officials need only look at the local and national results to see the positive effects of these safety programs."

In a February letter to the city's Board of Police Commissioners, Los Angeles Chief of Police Charlie Beck highlighted the "measurable safety improvements" that resulted from the city's Photo Red Light (PRL) Program.

"From January 2004 to December 2009, red-light collisions at PRL intersections have decreased by 63 percent," wrote Beck. "Additionally, there has been an overall decrease of 10 percent in all types of collisions, and no red light related fatalities since program activation (compared to five fatalities in the three years prior to PRL enforcement from January 2004 to December 2006)."

A recent study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) found that 676 people were killed and 113,000 were injured in crashes that involved red light running in 2009. Two-thirds of the victims in these crashes were pedestrians, bicyclists or occupants of vehicles hit by the red light runners.

The study also showed red light safety cameras helped save more than 150 lives in 14 of the biggest U.S. cities from 2004 to 2008. Had the cameras been operating in all 99 U.S. cities with populations more than 200,000, more than 800 lives could have been saved.

"It's unconscionable for the board to put money before safety in Los Angeles," said Kelly. "We must do everything in our power to protect innocent motorists, pedestrians and cyclists and prevent senseless deaths from reckless red-light runners. Red light safety cameras are proven to change dangerous driver behavior and reduce red-light running."

The issue now moves to the Los Angeles City Council for a final vote.

NCSR is a nonprofit advocacy organization that brings together industry leaders, community leaders and concerned citizens in support of red light safety camera technology.Coalition members include the National Safety Council, Child Safety Network, National Organizations for Youth Safety, America Walks, and Red Means Stop.NCSR receives funding from American Traffic Solutions.NCSR helps save lives and protect communities by demonstrating how red light safety cameras can improve driver behavior. For more information, visit, followon Twitter and on Facebook at .

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DC Plan Investment Council Launches Study to Research the Benefits of Doing Business with Professional Retirement Plan A

2011-06-09T04:12:23+02:00

In my opinion, a firm like this is a necessity if you have a 401(k) plan, anybody who has been given the fiduciary responsibility.I would refuse to serve on a committee that didn’t have that type of professional oversight.“ From the discussions, it is clear that many plan sponsors find comfort in the services their advisor delivers: “Our company feels a whole lot more comfortable with this relationship.As I said, we are not the experts at all.So, I just need someone to keep the administrator honest so we’re very comfortable.” says another plan sponsor.

Moving beyond focus groups, the study will survey 400 plan sponsors with $5 million to $500 million in plan assets to compare outcomes for plan sponsors who rely on a Professional Retirement Plan Advisor with a benchmark for other plans that do not utilize the services of an advisor at all or that prefer to do business with an advisor or consultant who does not specialize in retirement plans.The survey questionnaire will address a myriad of questions to identify areas where Professional Retirement Advisors do an outstanding job and other areas where they could stand to improve.It will be interesting to study whom various groups of plan sponsors contact first and as a second resort in the case of serious problems.

Five firms already support the DC Plan Investment Council commissioned this research.This research will allow them to better serve the community of Professional Retirement Plan Advisors just as a new wave of fee disclosures to participants and plan sponsors mandated by the Department of Labor hit the street.The Council is very pleased with the initiative Diversified, Franklin Templeton, John Hancock Funds, MFS Investment Management, and MassMutual Retirement Services have taken to collaborate on this landmark study.

Formed in May 2009, the Council includes Professional Retirement Plan Advisors, Practice leaders, Service Providers and Investment Management firms. “It is encouraging to hear how delighted plan sponsors who use the services of a Professional Retirement Plan Advisor are with their advisor, and the many ways in which they benefit. ” says Jim Robison of White Oak Advisors who has been involved with the Council since its creation in May 2009.Gregg Andonian of Baystate Fiduciary Advisors, Incadds: “When survey results come out later this year, we will be very interested to contrast outcomes for clients of Professional Advisors with a norm for plan sponsors who do not currently use the services of a specialized firm like ours.”

About the DC Plan Investment CouncilThe Council advocates for successful qualified plan and participant retirement outcomes through the collaborative efforts of experienced, qualified retirement plan advisors, investment firms and asset managers, and defined contribution plan service providers. The Council accomplishes this mission by its focus on:Identification of duties, responsibilities and attributes of the professional retirement plan advisor.Sharing our professional standards with plan sponsors who are responsible for the success of their plans.Providing collective thought capital to decision makers, product providers, legislators and the public.Giving voice to the retirement plan advisor community.Tools to evaluate advisors, ensuring the quality of services needed for successful retirement outcomes.

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Petits plaisirs de printemps ♥ #2

2011-06-07T07:30:00+02:00

Ca fait déjà trop longtemps que j'ai publié mes derniers plaisirs! Et pourtant le printemps étant ma saison (presque) préférée il y en a à la pelle!

♥ De nouvelles chaussures pour faire la belle

* Une paire de Mel by Melissa au prix imbatable de 29€! Ahetées chez Zalando.

* Une paire de compensées de la marque Texto!

♥ Des DVD pour des soirées girly

* Working love avec Katherine Heigl gagné chez Virginie!

* Secrétariat de Disney, gagné chez Ori!

♥ Du cocooning

* Des places pour aller se faire chouchouter au hammam (je vous en avais fait gagner 2 pour la fête des mères!) et je vais me faire un plaisir d'aller utiliser les deux restantes probablement fin juin!

* Une fleur Pylônes qui remue la tête et les feuilles grâce à une alimentation solaire! Je peux enfin avoir une fleur au boulot (il y fait très chaud) et elle ne demande aucun entretien (si ce n'est de lui parler un peu...).

* Un livre à lire sur la plage que je dévore depuis quelques jours: Blossom Street, merci à Shopgirl de m'avoir donné envie de le lire!

♥ Des spectacles grandioses à la pelle

* Les Naufragés du Fol Espoir d'Ariane Mnouchkine à voir absolument!

* Octopus de Decouflé programmé pour la semaine prochaine

* La trilogie Des femmes de Wajdi Mouawad à la rentrée! J'étais déjà tombée amoureuse de lui il y a quelques mois...

♥ De l'évasion au programme

* Le Guide du routard de Nantes et ses environs pour explorer la région nantaise. Merci à Nantes Tourisme!

* Mais aussi de vrais week-end prévus!

Pornic et ses alentours ce week-end, en espérant qu'il fasse un minimum beau...

Un week-end festivalier dans la belle ville de Guérande!

Le bassin d'Arcachon le week-end du 14 juillet avec nos amis Toulousains!

Un très long week-end voire une petite semaine à Paris du 27 juillet au 1er août! Les copines qui sont dans le coin du 27 au 29, faites-moi signe!

Et puis la préparation d'un enterrement de vie de jeune fille et un mariage qui m'occupent bien également! Il me reste des chaussures et une coiffure à trouver!

Comme vous l'aurez compris plein de jolis projets (et je vous épargne New York pour cette fois!). Belle semaine mes cocoonés!

NAACP Under Fire in New York Charter-School War

2011-05-28T18:49:16+02:00

New York parents are slamming the civil-rights giant for its role in a turf battle that could put 7,000 eager students out of classrooms. John Avlon on why the group is on the wrong side of history this time.

It was an inspiring sight: a protest rally 3,000 strong in the heart of Harlem. Students, parents, and teachers wielding signs and slogans, all standing up for their right to pursue a quality public-school education.

But the target of their anger was unexpected: the NAACP.

In a role reversal, the esteemed civil-rights organization—which helped secure equal access to education a half-century ago in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education—is now decidedly on the wrong side of history.

This past Friday, the New York chapter of thewith the United Federation of Teachers to stop the expansion of 19 charter schools across the City of New York. The alleged injustice? The failure of the charter schools to equitably share building space with traditional public schools when it came to facilities such as time in the gym. But instead of trying to solve the scheduling problem, the lawsuit simply seeks to stop the expansion of these schools, making them—and 7,000 students already accepted for the fall 2011 school year—functionally homeless.

As Geoffrey Canada, the Harlem charter-school pioneer featured in the hit documentary , explained, “A bunch of us in the charter world honestly believe the UFT is not interested in charter schools becoming a permanent part of the landscape in New York City. And the way they think they can stop that from happening is to block access to public-school buildings—which we need if we're going to grow.”

Leadership Prep Ocean Hill parent Kathleen Kernivan went straight to the heart of the issue while addressing the crowd:

“My child cannot be told that she's not going to get to go to her school in September,” she said. “I cannot look her in the eye, as a parent, and tell her, ‘Well, the problem is that this group of people that Mommy told you about during Black History Month, that did all those great things a long time ago—they want to stop you from doing great things.”

With the crowd roaring its approval, she : “NAACP, please, don't turn your back on my little girl. Turn your back on this lawsuit instead.”

These parents of charter-school kids are passionate about their child’s education—and the students are excited about the prospect of learning in a way that is positively idealistic compared to the inner-city dropout factories that are their alternatives.

Here’s Harlem Success Academy parent—and NAACP member—Tasha Keys explaining her enthusiasm for her daughter’s charter school: “We do have a very thick homework package and the uniform policies are very strict, but it makes the kids feel united. I’ve chaperoned a lot of field trips, and all the other schools look at us in wonderment because our kids are all in uniform and they’re all in silence together. We have little clapping codes that we do to get everybody back to attention. The school is the best, and the kids love it. They live to go to school every day.” You can’t make this stuff up. It should soften the heart of the hardest cynic and give you hope for the future.

But New York NAACP President Hazel Dukes—who pleaded guilty to stealing $13,000 from a friend and co-worker suffering from cancer while serving as —has dismissed the commitment of pro-charter-school protesters in arch terms without a hint of historic irony,they “can march and have rallies all day long… We will not respond.”

It’s rare to have athat is both cutting edge and really clear. This is not an issue of right versus left—it is a matter of right versus wrong.

“I cannot look her in the eye, as a parent, and tell her, ‘Well, the problem is that this group of people that Mommy told you about during Black History Month, that did all those great things a long time ago—they want to stop you from doing great things.”

Education reform is a civil-rights fight for our time. It pits a bureaucracy focused on byzantine work rules and pay packages against parents and students working to get an equal a shot at the American dream through quality education.

The status quo is both unfair and unsustainable, separate and unequal—kids divided by accident of birth and income, sentenced to failing schools that wealthier parents can bypass. Charter schools are oneto alleviate that inequality of opportunity.

That’s why there are 50,000 parents on the waiting list for charter schools in New York City. They are powerfully expressing their dissatisfaction with the status quo—and who among their critics would honestly be willing to trade places? School-overcrowding arguments don’t hold water as a way of keeping out charter schools, because there are 130,000 empty seats in public elementary and middle schools alone.

We know that more money is not the answer to the stagnation in public education. It is innovation and individual attention. In every aspect of American life we have learned that competition inspires improvement because it creates accountability, while monopolies resist it. Education is no exception.

The national NAACP should intervene and stop the group's illogical participation in this lawsuit before a miscarriage of justice occurs in their name, tarnishing its hard-won reputation for fighting on behalf of the rights of minority families. Rather than opening itself up to accusations of hypocrisy—and putting political interests over individual people – the NAACP should listen to the words chanted at the rally: “NAACP—Don’t Divide Us—Unite Us!”

With the new school year just three months away and 7,000 dreams hanging in the balance, Geoffrey Canada said he still hopes that cooler heads will prevail: “I think this could be settled in good faith by us sitting down together. But deciding to do a lawsuit is ratcheting up the rhetoric on this issue and making some children in the city seem like they are second-class citizens,” he said. “And I don't care whether it's public-school kids or charter-school kids - none of our children should ever be put in a position of feeling like they're second-class citizens.”

John Avlon's most recent bookis available now by Beast Books both on the Web and in paperback. He is also the author ofand a CNN contributor. Previously, he served as chief speechwriter for New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and was a columnist and associate editor for The New York Sun.

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'60 Minutes' report: Armstrong encouraged doping

2011-05-28T02:10:39+02:00

_Doping was going on inside the U.S. Postal team even before Armstrong joined in 1998;

_Performance-enhancing drugs, including EPO and human growth hormone, were handed out to cyclists in white lunch bags;

_Team members were met at the airport, driven to hotels, told to lie down and give blood that could be transfused back into their bodies at a later date.

Hamilton said he held onto the secret for a long time, but decided it was time to tell the truth. This was his first public admission that he doped throughout his career. He said he has provided the same testimony to a Los Angeles-based grand jury looking into the Armstrong case.

"I feel bad that I had to go here and do this," Hamilton said. "But I think at end of the day, like I said, long-term, the sport's going to be better for it."

Armstrong long has denied doping and has never tested positive.

His attorney, Mark Fabiani, released a statement chiding the CBS report.

"We have already responded in great detail at ," Fabiani said. "Throughout this entire process, CBS has demonstrated a serious lack of journalistic fairness and has elevated sensationalism over responsibility. CBS chose to rely on dubious sources while completely ignoring Lance's nearly 500 clean tests and the hundreds of former teammates and competitors who would have spoken about his work ethic and talent."

The "60 Minutes" report also used unidentified sources to report that another Armstrong teammate and close friend, George Hincapie, testified to the grand jury that he and Armstrong supplied each other with EPO and discussed having used testosterone to prepare for races.

Armstrong posted a statement in support of Hincapie on the website: "We are confident that the statements attributed to Hincapie are inaccurate and that the reports of his testimony are unreliable."

Hincapie released a statement Friday, through his lawyer, saying he did not speak with "60 Minutes" and didn't know where the show got its information.

He was not available to reporters Sunday at the Tour of California in Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Hamilton, meanwhile, described a systematic doping program run by Armstrong's U.S. Postal team. He said he offered the same testimony to the Los Angeles-based grand jury.

Federal prosecutors are investigating what essentially would have been a drug distribution network that was formed to keep Armstrong's teams running at the head of the pack.

The "60 Minutes" revelations, combined with recent requests from federal authorities for evidence in France, have fed a sense of growing trouble for the world's most famous cyclist, an international star and a cancer survivor who has raised millions of dollars to fight the disease.

In his interview, Hamilton said he saw Armstrong use the blood-boosting drug EPO during the 1999 Tour de France and in preparation for the 2000 and 2001 tours. He also described the transfusion protocol — from the pickup at the airport to the quick trip to the hotel to the time about halfway through the Tour when he and teammates had the blood put back into their bodies.

Armstrong won the world's most-revered race each year from 1999-2005.

But the case federal authorities are trying to compile won't be decided solely on whether Armstrong doped. It has more to do with a doping program allegedly run by the cyclist and his team — a program that could lead to fraud and conspiracy charges.

"He was the leader of the team and he expected for going in, for example the '99 Tour, (that) we were going to do everything possible to help Lance win," Hamilton said. "We had one objective, that's it."

Hamilton said it was a team effort, with Armstrong and the managers and trainers promoting the doping. One way he knew he was becoming important to the team was when he was handed one of the white lunch bags filled with doping supplies.

"In a way, it was also an honor that, 'Wow, like, they think I'm good enough to be with the A-team guys,'" he said.

The Associated Press reported last month that federal investigators asked French authorities to turn over evidence, including Armstrong's urine samples from 1999, the same year Hamilton said he saw Armstrong use the EPO during the Tour.

Armstrong's 1999 samples came under scrutiny in 2005 when the French sports daily L'Equipe reported that six of the samples had, in fact, tested positive for EPO when they were retested in 2004. An investigation by the International Cycling Union followed and concluded that the samples were mishandled and couldn't be used to prove anything.

But the samples still exist and are part of the cache of evidence authorities are seeking.

Those samples, along with bank and phone records and witness testimony about drug use, could be used to paint a picture of a doping program allegedly run by Armstrong and his U.S. Postal team.

Also in the "60 Minutes" report, Hamilton said Armstrong told him he had tested positive at the 2001 Tour de Suisse — a warm-up race for the Tour de France — but that he wasn't worried about it.

"He was so relaxed about it and he kind of just said it off the cuff and kind of laughed it off," Hamilton said. "It helped me sort of stay relaxed because, obviously, if he had a positive test, the ... team's going to lose the sponsorship, I'm going to lose my job. Not only am I going to lose my job but, you know, 50 to 60 other people are going to lose their jobs. ... There were a lot of consequences to a positive test."

Hamilton said Armstrong made a deal with the UCI, and they "figured out a way for it to go away."

The Tour de Suisse allegations are similar to those made by Floyd Landis, who had his 2006 Tour de France title stripped for doping. After years of denying he cheated, Landis came out last year acknowledging he used PEDs and alleged Armstrong did, as well.

The "60 Minutes" report referenced a letter provided by Armstrong's attorney that says UCI claims none of the positive samples belonged to Armstrong.

Armstrong's new website attacked Hamilton, who has been banned twice for doping despite his long insistence that he never cheated. Hamilton now admits he did use PEDs and has given his 2004 Olympic gold medal to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.

"Tyler Hamilton is a confessed liar in search of a book deal — and he managed to dupe '60 Minutes,' the 'CBS Evening News,' and new anchor Scott Pelley," the website said. "Most people, though, will see this for exactly what it is: More washed-up cyclists talking trash for cash."

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AP Sports Writer Greg Beacham in Thousand Oaks, Calif., contributed to this report.

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Ethnique c'est chic

2011-05-24T10:53:37+02:00

En me baladant sur le site Sarenza j’ai vu des petites chaussures massaï et j’ai complètement fondu, je les ai trouvé superbes mais après j’ai vu la photo d’une femme massaï entrain de confectionner des chaussures et je me suis dit: ouai enfaite ils l’ont exploité pour une poignée d’argent pendant que les revendeurs vont s’en mettre plein les poches.

Enfaite ERREUR (ouai c’est ça de regarder les reportages où l’on voit les sableurs s’abimer la santé pour un jean).

(j’arrêterai aussi de regarder une photo sans avoir lu le texte qui l’accompagne)

Les chaussures faites en collaboration avec les femmes de la tribu massaï sont faites en vue de soutenir le peuple massaï dans la préservation de leur culture et j’ai trouvé cette démarche touchante de la part de la marque Pikolinos (bon je me doute que la marque touche une commission et c’est normal) alors ces chaussures je les ai trouvé encore plus belles parce qu’elles racontaient une histoire, qu’elles n’avaient pas ce besoin d’être “vintage” pour vous raconter quelque chose.

Je ne suis pourtant pas fan des chaussures qui font trop “ethnique” parce que j’ai du mal à les marier avec le reste de ma garde-robe mais là pour le coup je trouve que même si elles font ethniques on peut quand même les mettre avec plusieurs choses, en plus je pense que pour cet été.

En plus de petites chaussures, les femmes du peuple massaï ont aussi créé des sacs…

Moi j’adore, je les trouve sublimes.

That’s all folks!

Concours: des baskets féminines les NewFeel OneMany

2011-05-21T08:04:00+02:00

Vous me connaissez, je suis plutôt du genre à porter des ballerines ou des escarpins. Mais j'ai récemment craqué pour une paire de baskets personnalisée, mignonne et confortable, parfaite pour les journées marche et découverte d'une nouvelle ville surtout pour mes pieds fragiles! Même Mr l'Amoureux en a choisi une paire mais d'une autre couleur!

Donc, j'ai acheté récemment une paire de OneMany argentée de la marque Newfeel et quand on m'a proposé de vous en parler et de vous en faire gagner une j'ai sauté sur l'occasion!

Alors le must avec ces chaussures c'est le prix! Elles sont composées de la One: une semelle confortable qui coûte 9€ et de la Many: les chaussures qui coûtent 10€! On peut donc se faire plaisir en achetant une paire de semelles et plusieurs chaussures pour alterner les coloris! Pour ceux qui veulent s'amuser il y a même un jeu facebook pour créer une chorégraphie avec ses chaussures!

Plusieurs solutions pour les acheter: chez Décathlon, en ligne ou en jouant ici pour en gagner une paire de votre choix et sa semelle! Il suffit de me laisser un commentaire en m'indiquant celle que vous aimeriez porter. Vous avez jusqu'à dimanche 22 mai minuit. Je vous laisse avec une vidéo qui pourrait vous aider à choisir! Je dis ça, je dis rien...

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Très chères tristesse et morosité de la pompe française,

2011-05-06T09:00:00+02:00

Celle qui m'a inspiré ce post se reconnaitra...

On me faisait part il y a peu du desespoir de certaines cherchant en vain des chaussures qui étaient ni noires, ni tristes à mourir. Et c'est vrai en un sens que la chaussure française bien qu'élégante (ne lui enlevons pas ça) donne un peu envie parfois de se suicider à coup de talon aiguille, ou de mettre fin à ces jours en faisant une overdose de "sous le soleil"

Alors si je reconnais volontier que nous sommes loin d'égaler dans l'originalité et l'excentricité, l'imagination de nos cousins Grands Bretons:

Notez au passage que j'adore littéralement ce modèle, on se prendrait presque pour Alice au Pays des Merveilles!!

Je me devais tout de même de montrer que nos boutiques françaises (qui n'ont d'ailleurs de français que le choix des tristes articles mis en vitrines, si si je vous jure, croyez moi, le H& machin chose Londonien regorge de fringues totalement improbables et bien evidement...importables...oui mais c'est le choix qui compte!!!), essayent de faire un petit quelque chose...

Bon ok j'avoue que deux paires sur cette photos n'ont pas été acheté en France (mais j'aurais pu alors zut!).

Tout cela pour dire qu'en cherchant bien parfois on arrive à dénicher des motifs (ne nous emballons pas tout de même) des couleurs que l'on ne trouve pas sur tous les pieds et qui ont en plus le merite de ne pas être du noir!!.

Cela étant:

UN JOUR ELLES SERONT MIENNES...OH OUI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

C'était un petit post, mais un post coloré, le tout pour vous souhaiter un excellent week end!!!

xxxx

La fée sa fillasse avec ses chaussures de toutes les couleurs

PS: D'ici lundi toujours en mode fillasse, j'aurai une nouvelle jupe et peut être aussi une nouvelle robe, grâce à deux autres petites fées (merci les filles!)!

Scholl Chaussures Baskets Starlit S206 : Collection Ete 2011

2011-05-04T10:31:33+02:00

Les Chaussures Scholl Starlit S206 Blanc sont des Baskets montées sur une semelle innovante unique. Ce modèle Scholl moderne et stylé fait de la marche un véritable exercice pour des performances prouvées scientifiquement. Cette semelle permet de réduire les pics de pression sous la voûte plantaire ainsi que les contraintes articulaires.

Caractéristiques de Scholl Chaussures Baskets Starlit S206 Blanc :

* Dessus : cuir
* Première de propreté : textile
* Largeur : 7
* Tailles disponibles du 35 au 42

Le secret de la chaussure Starlit réside dans sa semelle avec sa forme particulièrement incurvée.
Starlit de Scholl active la marche en tonifiant les jambes, favorisant la circulation sanguine grâce à une activité musculaire accrue. La semelle à bi-densité en polyuréthane absorbe les chocs et soulage les douleurs au pied.

Bin Laden's death draws cheers, relief, dismay

2011-05-02T10:50:17+02:00

Osama bin Laden's death drew a mix of celebration and relief from his enemies around the world, shock among his followers and warnings that his demise would not bring an end to terrorist attacks.

Spontaneous, celebratory rallies broke out in New York City at ground zero, where the twin towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001 and outside the White House where President Barack Obama made the historic announcement. Meanwhile, U.S. embassies across the globe were placed on high alert because of possible reprisals for the death of the man who masterminded the Sept. 11 attacks.

Filipino Cookie Micaller, whose sister perished at the World Trade Center, wept in the Philippine capital Monday when she heard Obama on the radio announcing the killing of bin Laden.

"This is justice," Micaller said, but added that terrorist attacks would continue: "I don't think this is going to stop."

"Hopefully, this will bring closure to the families of the victims, but you know, when somebody in your family dies in that way, there will never be any closure."

In Tokyo, small business owner Takuma Kajiura welcomed the news as a way of weakening terrorist groups, but expressed dismay at how Americans erupted in celebration.

"I'm surprised that there is no separation of politics and religion in the U.S. in the 21st century," said Kajiura, 39. "The U.S. acts as the international cop and plays the key role among the G-7 and G-8 developed countries. But it is still waging a war of religion."

Brian Deegan, a lawyer from the southern Australian city of Adelaide, lost his 21-year-old son Josh in al-Qaida-linked bombings on Indonesia's resort island of Bali in 2002. He said he felt a "cold shiver" when learning about bin Laden's death on a car radio.

"I don't gain any satisfaction in his death — nothing will bring Josh back to me," Deegan said, but added that Australians will share his relief over the news.

"It does show that persons who exact horrific crimes on others on such a mass scale, even in this enormous world of ours, they can run and they can hide, but eventually they will be found," Deegan said.

Hardline sympathizers of Bin Laden expressed shock and dismay at the news, with many saying it could not be believed until formally confirmed by the terrorist network.

"How, why, when? I don't believe it," said one dazed subscriber, Mullah Faisal, on popular Jihadi website Muslm.net. "I ask God to keep his servant safe and keep him away from the eyes of the infidels."

A spokesman for the Taliban in southern Afghanistan said the insurgent group was waiting for complete information on what happened in Pakistan before issuing any comment. "Wait for a bit so I can get the information," Qari Yousef Ahmadi told The Associated Press in a text message.

Bin Laden's death would not change the military strategy in eastern Afghanistan, where al-Qaida figures have operated, said Lt. Col. Patrick Seiber, a spokesman for U.S. forces in eastern Afghanistan.

In recent weeks, the U.S-led coalition has reported killing more than 25 al-Qaida leaders and fighters, including senior al-Qaida leader, Abu Hafs al-Najdi, killed in an April 13 airstrike in Kunar province. He was the coalition's No. 2 targeted insurgent in Afghanistan.

"This is welcome news, but it doesn't really change our mission here," Seiber said. "We're still fighting the fight here in Afghanistan."

In southern Afghanistan, where bin Laden once had his headquarters, U.S. troops were subdued. About 20 American service members gathered inside a large USO tent at Kandahar Air Field to watch a live broadcast of Obama's speech. There were no cheers or fist-pumps. When the speech was over, they switched the channel back to a major league baseball game.

"This kind of shows the American people that the soldiers here didn't die in vain," said Spc. Joshu Coffman, 30, of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, who watched the news at Bagram Air Field, about an hour's drive northeast of Kabul.

"It may give some families some closure."

Chairul Akbar, secretary general of the anti-terrorism agency in Indonesia — the world's most populous Muslim nation and a frequent al-Qaida target — expressed jubilation about the news. Attacks blamed on al-Qaida-linked militants have killed more than 260 people in Indonesia, many of them foreign tourists.

"We welcome the death of one of the world's most dangerous men and highly appreciate the United States' help in crushing this global enemy," he said. "He couldn't be allowed to live. He helped spread a dangerous ideology all over the world, including in Indonesia."

Said Agil Siradj, chairman of Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama, said bin Laden's death will help restore the image of Islam as one of people, not violence and radicalism.

"But I don't think terrorism will stop with his death," Saradj said. "As long as there is oppression and injustice against Muslims in Palestine it will continue."

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Associated Press writers Niniek Karmini in Jakarta, Indonesia, Rod McGuirk in Canberra, Australia, Hadid Diaa in Cairo, Egypt, Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo, Kristin Hall at Bagram, Afghanistan, and Amir Shah in Kabul contributed to this report.

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Pourquoi les filles ne portent-elles pas des Louboutins en permanence ?

2011-05-02T07:00:00+02:00

Tout d'abord petit lien afin de préciser (si necessaire), ce que sont les chaussures Louboutin. Cette fois-ci c'est Angélique qui va répondre à cette question existentielle que je me suis permis de lui poser.

(Petit rappel, vous pouvez participer en me contactant par mail ou sur Facebook... ou même vous poser une question et me faire parvenir votre contribution).

J'vais faire très court mon petit Shaker. A l'heure ou j'écris ces quelques lignes je viens de rentrer du travail, une petite vieille vient de me marcher sur les pieds dans les couloirs du métro, j'ai cavalé toute la journée dans les couloirs de la boite ou je travaille... et pour finir je dois me magner le popotin pour emmener ma fille à son cours de danse.

Et tu veux savoir si, moi, une princesse (attention je suis une véritable princesse, avec des fringues, du strass, du gloss et des sacs...), porte des Louboutins (en permanence) ?.

Alors oui je porte des talons hauts, car une princesse aime prendre de la hauteur, une princesse aime faire souligner sa silhouette, une princesse aime se sentir femme, mais je peux te dire qu'avec la masse de travail que je viens de t'annoncer plus haut je prefere nettement ma petite paire de ballerine (bah ouais je sais un fantasme s'écroule) !.

Si tu m'invites en voyage (attention pension complète) il se pourrait, j'ai dis "il se pourrait" que tu puisses profiter de la semelle rouge des Louboutins (euh nan je n'ai pas honte de cette dernière phrase), une princesse a tout les droits.

Luxology Ships modo for SolidWorks Kit

2011-04-30T00:54:16+02:00

users have been achieving stunning photorealistic images of their designs by leveraging theapplication, built with ® rendering technology. Today, Luxology is excited to announce a new tool that facilitates the use of the company's award-winning ® software for advanced visualization by SolidWorks users. The new modo for SolidWorks Kit simplifies the importation of SolidWorks models into modo while maintaining user interface conventions familiar to SolidWorks users.

The modo for SolidWorks Kit expands modo's native functionality with additional options for efficiently importing parts and assemblies while providing flexibility on how the model is organized for visualization purposes. Inside modo, users are presented with a familiar SolidWorks-style layout and navigation controls, along with drag and drop support for changing materials and selecting lighting environments.

A complete list of the new features in the modo for SolidWorks Kit is as follows:Enhanced SolidWorks Import: allows additional import options for bringing SolidWorks parts, bodies and assemblies into modo. Benefits include reduced memory usage for large files and the ability to use instances for ease of editing and reduced overhead.

PhotoView 360 Compatibility: models open in modo with the same appearance and decal information as seen in SolidWorks

Familiar Navigation for SolidWorks Users: user interface and navigation is similar to SolidWorks and PhotoView 360 so users have a comfortable and consistent set of controls

Efficient Tools for Selecting and Reorganizing Imported Models: help users with the complex task of re-organizing model data so that it is easier to apply materials. Imported data can be selected by appearance, part, body or face and new layers can be created in modo to highlight specific parts of the design.

Library of Additional Materials: 350 material presetsbeyond those included with modo let Kit users mimic real world surfaces like leather, carpet, tinted glass and mesh grills – or even “x-ray” materials that reveal interior portions of the designs

Studio Environment Set 1 Kit: set of 51 HDRI spherical images complete with ground planes for easily obtaining professional-quality studio lighting for product shots and engineering visualizations

Training Videos: prepared by experts in both SolidWorks and modo, these videos guide users in the SolidWorks-specific user interface, CAD tools, workflow and rendering creation

“The modo for SolidWorks Kit is an outstanding addition to my workflow. I use the importer every day in my work and it has totally streamlined the import process,” said Paul McCrorey, owner of McCrorey Digital, LLC. “With the modo for Solidworks Kit, the models imported into modo are logically arranged and maintain the same part, body, assembly structure, material assignments and decals that were created in SolidWorks. All of this will help those new to modo to quickly get up to speed and easily leverage modo’s amazing rendering and animation tools.”

A webinar detailing the highly-anticipated modo for SolidWorks Kit and conducted by SolidWorks expert and Luxology Registered Trainer Paul McCrorey, will be held on April 28, 2011 from 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. PDT.For more information and to register, please visit: .

Pricing and AvailabilityThe modo for SolidWorks Kit is available immediately for the price of USD $299. The Kit is available for the Windows version of modo 501 and is compatible with sldprt, sldasm files from SolidWorks (2009, 2010 and 2011). To learn more about modo 501, please visit Luxology’s website at .

About LuxologyBased in Mountain View, Calif., Luxology® LLC, a registered SolidWorks Solution Partner, is an independent technology company developing next-generation 3D content creation software that enhances productivity via designer-friendly tools powered by a modern underlying architecture called Nexus®. Founded in 2002 by Allen Hastings, Stuart Ferguson and Brad Peebler, Luxology is home to some of the top 3D engineering expertise in the industry. More information on the company, its licensable Nexus technology, its flagship product modo® and a gallery of product visualizations from the active modo community is available online at .

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Hall of Famer, former 49ers great Joe Perry dies

2011-04-28T12:11:12+02:00

Hall of Fame fullback Joe Perry, the first player with back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons and nicknamed "The Jet" for his sensational speed, died Monday. He was 84.

The San Francisco 49ers announced that Perry, also a World War II veteran, had died Monday in Arizona of complications from dementia.

Perry was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1969 following a 16-year NFL career, 14 years with the 49ers and the other two for the Baltimore Colts.

A three-time Pro Bowler and two-time All-Pro, Perry still stands as San Francisco's all-time leader in yards rushing (7,344) and touchdowns rushing (50). He led the 49ers in rushing on eight occasions, including seven consecutive seasons from 1949-1955.

"I was deeply saddened to hear of Joe Perry's passing earlier today," 49ers owner John York said. "He was a dear friend to my family and me and to the entire 49ers organization. He was also an intricate part of our rich history. A truly remarkable man both on and off the field, Joe had a lasting impact on the game of football and was an inspirational man to the generations of players that followed him. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to his wife, Donna, and his entire family. He will be sadly missed by all of us."

Perry finished with 9,723 yards rushing on 1,929 carries with 71 touchdowns in 181 career games. He also had 2,021 yards receiving on 260 catches for 12 touchdowns. He broke the NFL record for most career yards rushing, a total that was later topped by Jim Brown.

Perry, who also spent a stint in the Navy and served during World War II, became the first player with consecutive 1,000-yard seasons in 1953 and '54.

The 49ers retired Perry's No. 34 jersey in 1971.

Perry was a member of "The Million Dollar Backfield" featuring four future Hall of Famers in Perry, Hugh McElhenny, John Henry Johnson and Y.A. Tittle. For three seasons from 1954-56, they formed a fearsome foursome. The group remains the only full-house backfield to have all four of its members voted into the Hall of Fame.

Perry regularly attended enshrinement ceremonies at the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, supporting 49ers ownership and former players.

"All of us here at the Pro Football Hall of Fame are extremely saddened to learn of the passing of the great Joe Perry," said Hall president and executive director Steve Perry (no relation). "Joe was not only a key figure in the history of professional football, but he was a great friend to us here at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was a frequent visitor to Canton for our annual enshrinement ceremony as well as many other Pro Football Hall of Fame events. Our heartfelt sympathies go out to his wife, Donna, and the entire Perry family."

Perry and McElhenny also were teammates at Compton Junior College. Perry scored 22 touchdowns in his first season.

Perry was later discovered by 49ers tackle John Woudenberg while playing running back for the Alameda Naval Air Station Hell Cats. Woudenberg promptly told 49ers owner Tony Morabito and head coach Buck Shaw about Perry, the team said. Perry's first season with San Francisco was in 1948. He played for Baltimore from 1961-62, then wound up back with the Niners in his final season of 1963.

An undrafted free agent, Perry ran for 562 yards and 10 touchdowns as a rookie, averaging 7.3 yards per carry. He dominated again the next year with 783 yards, eight TDs and a 6.8 yards per carry average.

In 2007, the team established the Perry/Yonamine Unity Award as a way to celebrate the franchise's 65-year history of teamwork being a focus toward accomplishing goals. The 49ers honor an exceptional nonprofit agency, youth football coach and a current 49ers player who has demonstrated a commitment to promoting unity and giving back to the local community. The award is named for Perry and fellow former 49er Wally Yonamine. The winner in each category receives a $10,000 grant award to be donated to their represented organization.

"We are honored to be able to continue to pay tribute to him through the annual Perry/Yonamine Unity Award recognizing his and fellow 49ers alumnus, Wally Yonamine's barrier-breaking contributions to the 49ers," York said.

Perry was born Jan. 22, 1927, in Stephens, Ark. Memorial service arrangements were pending.

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Scholl Chaussures Mules Belgrave : Collection Ete 2011

2011-04-27T14:05:24+02:00

Les Scholl Belgrave Mules Blanc sont des chaussures en cuir et suède ornées de clous métal. Ravissantes et très confortables, leur semelle en gel permet de prévenir et de soulager les douleurs plantaires situées au niveau du talon. Elles vous permettront d'allier élégance et confort et se marieront parfaitement avec toutes vos tenues.

Caractéristiques des Chaussures Mules Belgrave Scholl Blanc :

Dessus : cuir + clous métal
Première de propreté : suède + gel
Largeur : 7
Tailles disponibles du 35 au 42

Google replants its garage roots in tech workshops

2011-04-26T14:48:03+02:00

Amid all the free food and other goodies that come with a job at Google Inc., there's one benefit a lot of employees don't even know about: a cluster of high-tech workshops that have become a tinkerer's paradise.

Workers escape from their computer screens and office chairs to weld, drill and saw on expensive machinery they won't find at Home Depot.

Besides building contraptions with a clear business purpose, Google employees use the shops for fun: They create elaborate holiday decorations, build cabinets for their homes and sometimes dream big like the engineers working on a pedal-powered airplane with a 100-foot wingspan.

The "Google Workshops" are the handiwork of Larry Page, who co-founded Google with Sergey Brin in a rented garage. Page authorized the workshops' opening in 2007 to try to reconnect the company with its roots.

Google, which has kept the workshops under wraps until Tuesday, gave The Associated Press an exclusive tour shortly after Page reclaimed his original job as CEO on April 4.

The workshops offer a peek into ways Page may try to make the Internet giant work with the verve and creativity of a garage-bound entrepreneur. Page believes the 13-year-old company needs to return to thinking and acting like a feisty startup as it faces competition from younger Internet stars such as Facebook, Twitter and Groupon.

"There is a feeling here at Google that all good things start in a garage," said Greg Butterfield, an engineering lab manager who oversees the workshops. "Larry wanted to create the same kind of environment he and Sergey had when they started Google — a sort of a playground or sandbox for pursuing their ideas."

Originally known as the "Pi" Shop, the geeky getaway is open only to a privileged few among Google's 26,300 employees. To gain entry, workers must pass a test that includes such questions as "When you are using a band saw, what speed would you use to cut through aluminum?"

There are four separate rooms — for metal, wood, welding and electronics — tucked into an isolated corner of Google's 4.3-million-square-foot headquarters in Mountain View.

Besides heavy-duty equipment that includes an oscilloscope, plasma cutter and miter saw, there's also some children's toys. One piece of gadgetry currently under construction in the shops partially consists of Legos — the same material that Page once used to build an inkjet printer, years before creating Google.

The projects that have emerged from the workshops include a giant tricycle that was designed to haul around 250 pounds of high-tech photo equipment. The trikes are used to supply the company's online mapping service with pictures of streets and other areas inaccessible by cars.

Engineers also have used the shops to work on early prototypes of smartphones that run on Google's Android software as well as other products still under development that the company declined to discuss.

Most Google employees, though, use the shops for personal purposes. The ideas percolating in the workshops are so unpredictable that employees are encouraged to drop off scrap metal or other detritus just in case the junk might suit someone's project. During the AP's recent visit, a couple of old wheel axles and the rusted tailgate from a truck were sitting in the welding shop.

"You never know what you are going to find in here," Butterfield said.

Google isn't the only place in Silicon Valley where computer-coding engineers can show off their industrial might. A venture called TechShops sells memberships starting at about $100 per month to use heavy machinery for wood, metal, plastics and textiles. Besides the San Francisco Bay Area, TechShops also operates in Raleigh, N.C.

Google's workshops are free to all employees, like virtually all the company's perquisites. But the workshops are much more exclusive than Google's other benefits.

All employees must be certified to run the machinery before they are issued a badge to enter. The screening usually falls to Rodney Broome, 63, a veteran machinist who teaches the craft at nearby San Jose City College when he isn't busy as the foreman of Google's workshops.

"I feel like I am running my own company within the company here," Broome said.

Just as they do when they are trying to get hired at Google, employees have to pass a test. About 300 Google workers have been certified so far. Most of them are engineers, although badges have been given to a few who work in ad sales.

Broome said there have been no injuries in the workshops so far.

The screening standards are so strict that a college degree in mechanical engineering wasn't enough for Google software engineer Ihab Awad.

He attended a local high school's wood shop class for a semester before earning Broome's clearance. Awad also won Broome's approval to use the welding equipment.

His biggest accomplishment so far: a rocket-shaped bar equipped with a keg to pour beer at the end of long days in the office.

"The workshops are my No. 1 perk at Google," Awad said during a break from a welding project. "They're the main reason I will be a Googler for life."

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Scholl Chaussures Mules Lampedusa Argent : Collection Eté 2011

2011-04-24T14:46:34+02:00

Les Chaussures Scholl Lampedusa Argent sont des mules en synthétique et suède montées sur une semelle en liège et en gomme souple fine et confortable. Elles s'adapteront parfaitement à votre anatomie grâce à leurs bride réglable et se marieront avec toutes vos tenues. Elles seront parfaites pour vos moments de détente.

Caractéristiques de Scholl Chaussures Mules Lampedusa Argent :

* Dessus : synthétique
* Première de propreté : suède
* Largeur : 7
* Tailles disponibles du 35 au 42

La Semelle Bioprint (semelle Adapta optimisée) enrobe les contours naturels du pied afin de soutenir le talon et la voûte plantaire. Cette semelle respectant la forme anatomique du pied, réduit le risque de dommages au niveau de la cheville.

Pic nic parisien

2011-04-22T21:22:00+02:00

Suite à l'article de Fressine, qui faisait sa maline avec son 1er Pic-nic, moi aussi j'ai tapé du pied, et suis sortie déjeuner au soleil.

Bon, comme je suis encore un peu en travaux, et que mon frigo ressemblait plus au désert de gobi qu' à celui de Bree, j'ai profité d'une journée de vacances pour tester Mitsou : une cantine asiatique super kawaï (mais ouvert uniquement le midi) Ils proposent des menus vapeurs, bo-bun et salades de fruit apétissantes pour un prix résonnable pour le quartier (le 8eme). En tout cas, je n'ai jamais mangé de vapeurs aussi savoureuses (Exit les trucs élastiques et sans goût) et leur carte d'été qui arrive dès la semaine prochaine donne l'eau à la bouche.

Bref. Me voilà parti, mes vapeurs, mon Elle, mon kikoi, et mon chéri sous le bras, affalée dans l'herbe.

L'occasion pour moi, de vous montrer ma dernière acquisition très "Color block" - et surtout très soldée de chez Sandro. Je n'arrive pas à ne pas passer par la rue de sévigné lorsque je traîne dans le marais pour jeter un oeil au Stock Sandro. Je fait ma rebelle en ce moment, et refuse de payer plein pot des marques qui baissent leur niveau de qualité, nous resservent les même collections d'une année sur l'autre sans l'originalité qu'on est en droit d'attendre, et finalement mise tout sur une communication douteuse à base de mannequin squelettique (cf The Kooples and co).

Top Sandro (Stock 24 rue de sévigné Paris 3eme) * Pantalon Zadig et voltaire * Escarpins Chanel * lunette H&m

Bon week end de Paques

Life is unfair...sometimes.

2011-04-15T11:11:17+02:00

Argh (sous-titrage = râle de douleur) je viens d'apprendre une nouvelle atroce ! Riccardo Tisci aka "Dieu de la mode" vient de signer une collaboration avec Converse aka "le roi de la pompe indémodable qui te fait puer des pieds avec style". Alors oui, bon ok, ce n'est pas atroce en soit (comment ça j'ai tendance à exagérer?). Sauf que les splendides bestioles, qui reprennent à la fois les codes Givenchy et Converse, ne sont disponibles qu'au Japon. Ah ! Le voilà le hic. Dans le c.. Lulu. En vente à partir du 27 avril prochain dans les magasins Converse et Givenchy à Mitsukoshi, Isetan et Hankyu. Argh. La vie est difficile. Alors les fashionistas extrémistes, seriez-vous prêtes à braver les tremblements de terre, Godzilla et les poissons à 3 yeux de Fukushima tout ça pour des chaussures??

...ou attendrez-vous qu'elles arrivent chez Colette...à cinq fois le prix boutique???

C'est triste les addictions.

Collants optionnels.

China's Baidu Extracts E-commerce From Youa in Overhaul

2011-04-14T12:14:17+02:00

s largest search engine Baidu is shaking up its e-commerce services, migrating all of the merchants from its Youa platform to its other Chinese e-commerce partner sites.

, launched in 2008, has been the company's effort to combine its search engine service with e-commerce. Part of the site operates as an online retail business, allowing users to buy a range of different products.

But even as Baidu has 75.5 percent of China's search engine market, the company's Youa site has not taken a major share of the country's e-commerce market, according to Beijing-based research firm Analysys International. Baidu Youa only has 0.1 percent share of the online retail market, with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group's Taobao site sits firmly in the lead with a 73.8 percent share.

Baidu is transferring the merchants to its new , a joint venture between the search giant and Japanese Internet company Rakuten that launched in October. Merchants will also be moved to the Chinese e-commerce site Yaodian100.com, which Baidu has invested in.

Baidu believes that Youa's existing merchants will be better served by migrating to the two sites, said company spokeswoman Betty Tian. Rakuten is designed to be a comprehensive shopping mall, while Yaodian100.com mainly focuses on selling womens' products.

Baidu Youa, however, will still operate. The site already works as a , offering users information on restaurants, karaoke venues and even where to take wedding photos.

The company says its Youa team is also developing a new platform combining both search and e-commerce elements. But Baidu declined to comment how the new platform would operate and when it would launch.

"We are still going to have a strong presence in e-commerce," Tian said. "We don't intend to retreat at all."

Cao Junbo, chief analyst at iResearch, said Baidu Youa did not have more success in the online retail market partly because it was launched fairly late. Alibaba's Taobao site was launched five years earlier.

"Even with Baidu's investment in this area, it would have been very hard for them to see a major return," Cao said.

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DC's treatment in fed budget angers local leaders

2011-04-12T20:22:23+02:00

The budget deal lawmakers struck to avoid a government shutdown was greeted by some with relief, but it has one city already reeling: the capital itself.

City officials say Washington was used as a pawn last week's budget bargaining, with new restrictions part of the price of a deal. Under the budget agreement reached Friday, the details of which are still uncertain, the city will likely be unable to spend city dollars on abortions for low-income women. It may also be banned from spending city money on needle exchange programs believed vital to curbing the spread of HIV in the city, where the disease is considered an epidemic. Also back: a school voucher program favored by Republicans.

Angry that Congress appears ready to take away autonomy granted to the city in the last several years, Mayor Vincent Gray and six Council members including the chairman were among 41 people arrested Monday outside the Capitol while protesting the changes that might be inevitable.

The news is considered a setback for the city that is unique in that it's a city government but its budget and laws are overseen by Congress. The city had enjoyed more freedom in the past four years when both the House and Senate were controlled by Democrats, the party traditionally more friendly to pleas of autonomy from the heavily Democratic city.

When Republicans took control of the House in January, the city readied for changes. Still, city leaders said they are outraged that Washington appears to have been used as a bargaining chip.

Gray said in a statement Saturday after the deal was announced that he was "angry and terribly disappointed that the District of Columbia suffered collateral damage amidst partisan bickering."

He held up a paper bill Monday before more than 150 fellow protesters and said, "The city should be able to spend its own money."

"If this isn't taxation without representation, I don't know what is," the mayor said. He and Council members, dressed in business attire, sat down in the street outside a Senate office building. U.S. Capitol Police arrested them, cuffing their hands behind them with plastic loops, and loaded them into police wagons to cheers from the crowd.

They were cited for blocking the street with an unlawful assembly, a misdemeanor that can be resolved by paying a $50 fine.

Gray became the second D.C. mayor to go to jail while advocating for home rule. Sharon Pratt Kelly was arrested during a statehood protest in August 1993.

Ilir Zherka, the executive director of D.C. Vote, a nonpartisan group that lobbies for more independence for the district, said his group doesn't intend to let the budget pass this week without a fig.

"We're not going to accept that they decided to throw the District of Columbia under the bus," Zherka said.

But while the news is considered a setback for the capital city and its 600,000 residents, the restrictions wouldn't be new.

The city's ability to spend money on abortions for low-income women has seesawed back and forth over the last two decades. When Democrats have controlled both houses of Congress and the presidency, in 1993 and 1994 and again in 2009 and 2010, the city has been able to spend its own money to pay for abortions for women on Medicaid. When Republicans have controlled at least one branch of government that ability has been taken away.

The fact that Congress will likely re-impose the ban on abortion funding wasn't a shock to Tiffany Reed, the president of D.C. Abortion Fund, a non-profit organization that makes grants to poor women to pay for abortions, which can cost $300 to $500 or more. Reed said her group, which helped pay for more than 300 abortions a year, had expected the ban to be re-imposed, but she was angry Congress had stepped in again to local affairs just as the lifting of the ban was beginning to take effect.

"It gives me a lot of rage quite frankly," she said. "I'm really disappointed in our pro-choice president that he allowed this to happen."

As for a possible reintroduction of a ban on city money for needle exchanges, it would be a step back. Congress prohibited the city from using its own money for needle exchange programs for two decades beginning in the late 1980s. Other groups stepped in to provide the service with private dollars, but it is a widely held belief that the city's inability to pay for needle exchange programs led to an increase in the number of residents contracting HIV. Approximately 3 percent of city residents are currently living with HIV or AIDS, a level considered by health officials to be an epidemic.

When the ban was lifted in 2007, the city invested money in community programs that collected 300,000 used syringes in the last year. People who work at the city's three needle exchange programs say they aren't sure how they will cope if the city is again unable to provide money.

"It would be nothing short of disastrous," said Cyndee Clay the executive director of at HIPS, an organization that works with sex workers and drug users and is currently exchanging about 8,000 needles a month. "I don't understand why they're doing this to us."

In the past year the city has given HIPS $125,000 to buy syringes and pay for staff. If city funding is cut the organization may not have money to buy syringes, Clay said, calling a potential ban infuriating.

Eleanor Holmes Norton, the city's representative in Congress, said she has not yet seen the actual language in the budget but has been told that the abortion rider and school vouchers are in. Norton, a Democrat who is not allowed to vote on the House floor, said she doesn't believe needle exchange is part of the deal, but she said she won't be sure until she sees final language.

"We got bargained away," Norton said of the budget deal. "I don't know for what."

___

Associated Press writer Ben Nuckols contributed to this report.

Feet me

2011-04-09T08:01:00+02:00

J'aime, j'adore, Monoprix.

LES SOULIERS DE FÉES D'AXELLE DELAFOLIE

2011-03-29T20:43:00+02:00

Comment ? Moi, fétichiste des souliers à talons, des bottines de princesses, des escarpins fins ? Oh, si peu... Le rêve serait de pouvoir miniaturiser ma collection et la protéger sous verre comme les créations délicieuses d'Axelle. Et dire que ces petites choses si gracieuses sont réalisées en papier maché. Je m'attendris, je m'attendris. C.

Ce serait pas un peu too much ?

2011-03-17T10:48:00+01:00

Ces chaussures répondant au doux nom de Banana is my business et imaginées par Charlotte Olympia, jamais ô grand jamais je ne les porterai pour les simples et bonnes raisons que :

- Moi c'est plutôt la com que les bananes mon dada

- Je n'ai nulle envie d'avoir l'air tout droit sortie d'une chanson de Bourvil

- C'est un coup à avoir des boulets dans la rue qui se jettent sur vos pieds pour les dévorer

C'est too much non ?

Ndlb : tous les précédents objets too much là.

Féminisme et talons hauts

2011-03-15T01:59:12+01:00

Je m'interroge sérieusement sur ce qui a pu passer dans la tête du concepteur de cette paire de chaussures pour qu'il se dise qu'associer sabots et bottes fashion serait sans doute une bonne idée.

Nan mais j'ai beau être blonde, je ne suis pas bête à manger du foin, même si mes bottes disent le contraire.

A £1300 la paire, on a le droit de se sentir peau de vache, non?

et pour faire croire qu'on n'est pas du tout sexiste, on va faire les même pour homme!

source

PIERRE ALEXIS HERMET POUR BATA

2011-03-13T00:02:00+01:00

Mercredi, on se garde dans un coin de tête de passer faire un tour chez Bata, histoire de prendre le pouls de la collection créateur, confiée cette année à Pierre Alexis Hermet. Cette paire me plaît tout particulièrement, avec son mélange audacieux de marine et corail, mais j'ai déjà mal aux petons en scrutant la taille des talons... À voir... Bon début de semaine ! C.

For the Best Selection, Book Cape May Summer Rentals Now

2011-03-04T20:17:00+01:00

Cape May is a very popular summer destination and this makesvery much in-demand throughout the season,” says Broker/Owner Gail Wilsey Morrison. “If you want to get the best possible deals and have the widest range of choices, start your search early and don’t postpone booking.”

The Cape May area has been one of the region’s most beloved seaside resorts since the 19th century—the city of Cape May, in fact, has been dubbed “the Nation’s Oldest Seashore Resort.” Visitors from New York, Philadelphia, other parts of New Jersey, and numerous other areas have been regularly flocking to its beaches and boardwalks for generations.

“There’s no better place to spend the summer months than the Cape May Peninsula,” says Morrison. “Not only are the beaches here some of the best you’ll find anywhere in the country, there’s also a thriving cultural scene, a wealth of historic sites to visit, plenty of shopping and dining options, and numerous fun events.”

A Cape May native, Morrison has been specializing in Cape May homes for sale andfor more than a decade. She founded Wilsey Realty in 2005 and the firm’s office has the distinction of having won the Renovation Award from the Historic Preservation Commission.

To search for rentals in Cape May now and to learn more about the different communities in the area, visit the firm’s website ator contact Gail Wilsey Morrison and her team directly.

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Drug war dispute to dominate Obama-Calderon meeting

2011-03-04T13:26:50+01:00

President Barack Obama hosted Mexican President Felipe Calderon for talks on Thursday aimed at easing cross-border tensions over drug violence, trade disputes and illegal immigration.

Long-simmering problems between the United States and Mexico have slipped down Obama's agenda as he has been distracted by Middle East unrest, a budget fight in Congress, a fragile U.S. economy and his looming 2012 re-election bid.

With Calderon's visit a chance to refocus Obama's attention on bilateral ties, the leaders planned to announce an agreement on a way to resolve a cross-border long-haul trucking row that has hurt trade between the two countries, whose trade surpasses $1 billion a day.

Beyond that, however, there was scant expectation that their White House talks would yield major breakthroughs.

Calderon raised eyebrows in Washington last week when he accused the United States of damaging efforts to beat back drug cartels, just days after one of the worst attacks on U.S. officials in Mexico left one Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent dead and another wounded.

Calderon was expected to press Obama to do more to crack down on U.S. drug consumption and illegal arms sales to Mexican gangs, which the Mexican government says is fueling violence south of the border.

A senior U.S. official said Washington had already ramped up its efforts in those areas and played down Calderon's criticism, saying both governments have to "up their games" in the drug war.

Since Calderon launched a war on the cartels in late 2006, more than 36,000 people have been killed, putting pressure on Mexico and the United States to beef up their response.

The spiraling violence worries foreign investors and makes some tourists nervous about visiting Mexico, and drug-related abductions have spilled over to the U.S. side of the border.

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Intelligence sharing has increased but mistrust between security forces has hampered progress. Mexico's resources are stretched and the United States has limited options, needing to tread carefully in a neighbor mindful of its sovereignty.

Calderon's visit -- his first since an official state visit in May -- comes after a Mexican newspaper interview in which he uncharacteristically blasted the U.S. ambassador to Mexico as "ignorant", and lashed out at ICE, the CIA, and the Drug Enforcement Administration for their role in the drugs war.

"The reality is that they don't coordinate with each other, they're rivals," he told a Mexican newspaper.

The Obama administration has acknowledged some U.S. responsibility for the border chaos but it has its share of criticism for Mexico as well.

In diplomatic cables published recently by anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, U.S. officials said in January of last year that Mexican authorities were not working together to bring the cartels to heel.

U.S. officials have praised Mexican law enforcement cooperation in the investigation of the killing of ICE agent Jaime Zapata. But his death has also prompted calls from U.S. lawmakers that U.S. agents in Mexico should be allowed to carry guns.

Despite the roiled diplomatic waters, the two leaders are expected to paper over any differences at a joint news conference and again commit to battling the drug gangs, which are seen as cutting into U.S. investment and tourism in increasingly lawless border areas.

No major new initiatives were expected on issues like illegal immigration, a long-standing irritant in U.S.-Mexican relations.

Obama has vowed to tackle comprehensive immigration reform that would ease the plight of millions of undocumented Mexican workers in the United States.

But there are strong doubts he would launch any major new legislative effort on the hot-button issue as his 2012 re-election bid approaches.

(Additional reporting by Dave Graham in Mexico City and Jeremy Pelofsky, Doug Palmer and Jeff Mason in Washington)

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Heatley leads Sharks past Red Wings, 3-1

2011-03-04T09:57:15+01:00

Dany Heatley scored twice and Antti Niemi made 26 saves to lead the San Jose Sharks to their eighth straight victory, 3-1 over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night.

The win was the 17th in the past 20 games for the Sharks, who have moved from outside the playoff picture in mid-January to third place in the Western Conference, just three points behind second-place Detroit.

Niemi has started every game during this run with Antero Niittymaki sidelined by a groin injury and has been a big reason for San Jose's turnaround after a sluggish first half of the season.

Tomas Holmstrom scored a power-play goal for the Red Wings, who have lost on back-to-back nights after winning their previous six road games.

Joey MacDonald made 25 saves, including a tough stop on Devin Setoguchi early in the third and another on a deflection by Jamal Mayers later in the period that kept Detroit in the game.

But the Red Wings were unable to generate any strong scoring chances in the third before the Sharks put it away with a fluky goal. Patrick Marleau was chasing after a dump in when MacDonald came out of his net to try to clear the puck. But the MacDonald hit the puck off Marleau's stick and it deflected back into the Detroit net for Marleau's 25th goal of the season.

Heatley scored his first goal early in the first period as the Sharks jumped out early on Detroit. He added another on the power play in the second when he redirected a centering pass from Joe Pavelski past MacDonald to give San Jose a 2-1 lead with Holmstrom in the box for hooking. Heatley, who had scored just one goal in his previous 12 games, just missed a hat trick when he shot wide at an empty net with just over a minute left.

Heatley also contributed defensively, breaking up a 2-on-1 short-handed scoring chance in the first period with a strong backcheck. That's just the kind of two-way play from the forwards that has been so important during this recent stretch.

The Sharks got off to a fast start against a Red Wings team that lost in overtime in Anaheim the previous night. They had a 12-1 shots advantage midway through the first and led 1-0 when Heatley tipped a shot by Ian White past MacDonald.

After going 1-for-9 on the power play Wednesday and failing to convert their first chance this game, the Red Wings finally broke through on the man advantage late in the first after Justin Braun was called for delay of game for shooting the puck over the glass. Detroit had one goal waved off because Johan Franzen made contact with Niemi, but Holmstrom broke through when he tipped Mike Modano's shot past Niemi for the equalizer.

NOTES: San Jose won the season series 3-1. ... Detroit's Johan Franzen has not scored in 14 straight games since a five-goal performance against Ottawa on Feb. 2. ... Both teams were without star defensemen, with Dan Boyle missing his third straight game for San Jose with an upper-body injury and Brian Rafalski sitting a fourth straight game for Detroit with back spasms. ... The Red Wings spent Wednesday night in Anaheim after a 2-1 OT win over the Ducks because of the curfew at San Jose airport. They arrived in town Thursday morning instead.

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