30 Eylül 2009 Çarşamba

From the runway to the catwalk

With the appearance of the first edition of the British sports fashion magazine in the spring of 2000, the autonomy line of a new fashion segment had reached its climax. The sister paper, the style and design bible Wallpaper only showed höchstmodische sportswear and sports equipment, as well as exclusive presenting exotic sports including inoperative equipment, and offered primarily one thing: plenty of room for expensive Vierfarbanzeigen various sportswear producers. Besides the usual suspects such as Adidas and Nike, Puma, Reebok or Fila presentations made by many old acquaintances from the supposedly "unsporting" fashion like Prada, Hermes, Escada, Donna Karan and Ralph Lauren. The '90s have become increasingly apparent in the "sport affinity" of fashion, between Milan, London and New York decided in this way, a development that the early momentum had received in two nondescript provincial nests on both sides of the Atlantic: in Herzogenaurach, the brother of the fight between Adolf and Rudolf Dassler split home of Adidas and Puma - and in Beaverton, a town in the Pacific Northwest, where you with the Nike World Campus, the seat of the sporty world market leader.

Looking more closely at the production history of the main actors Adidas and Nike, it is a perpetual interest in the kind of shoes to see perfection. A somewhat younger, but becoming ever more important turning point is the development of "non-shoe products, which ultimately resulted in the changing on a quarterly basis collections of the millennium. In this process classic "equipment" such as Adidas and Nike give progressively their old identity as a sporting goods manufacturer, and are turning into sports-lifestyle groups. This "personality change" just the two mythenreichsten sports groups in the world perfumes the former blood, sweat and tränengetränkte athletes world - and also supports the socio-cultural metamorphosis of the sport.

For both Adidas and Nike for excellent special shoes the brilliant idea to start in business life - Adidas were so established his dominance from 1950 to 1970, after a rapid rise in the '70s sparked Nike German competition mid-80s at the forefront of the footwear charts off. The constant expansion and diversification of product range is always ensured the survival of both equipment vendors in a rapidly growing and increasingly dynamic market. The skuzessive extension of the brand portfolio includes the award of long-licensing agreements, the acquisition of foreign firms or the positioning of sub-labels.

Almost half a century, this Differenzeriungsprozess started: 1952 Adidas launched the first "non-shoe" article on the market, a sports bag. A quasi-logical extension of product range, because of course it should above all be transported - the shoes of the same brand. It could have been guarding the materials that first, such a functional accessory shoe production facilities in Herzogenaurach, had left. With leather, the shoemaker Adidas-knew just work, for the variety of clothing items that followed, had the appropriate personnel initially be recruited. Because it took fifteen more years produced until 1967 the first track suits were.

Soon the way was clear for the first basic collection of sporty activities: but still the pants, jerseys and track suits were no longer emphasized as the basic building block for a functional hochleistungssportliche audience. Sporty activities stuck in the Adidas-era still the aura of "special", in the case of competitive even of the "elitist", an. The consequence was a strong specialization, and possibly to differentiate along various "elites" in their respective sports - at least in Germany yielded to this thought quite accurately into the performance-oriented image of the country's economic miracle. " The social position of the sport was inscribed thus fairly firmly in the national mood. In retrospect, this fixation appears on "hochkulturelle" power peaks as a significant obstacle for Adidas - the clientele narrowed it to the comparatively few "serious" athlete and a very respectable number of young professionals who arrived, however, to ensure successful socialization in the now famous for proverbial German Voluntary Sector had hoped.

The clubs met in addition to the discovery, development and advancement of young, emerging athletes even a "dispersal order", but a sporting activity was almost completely remote service possible. Whether alpine football, handball, athletics, tennis and non-table, or grouped nordic skiing, gymnastics and volleyball - the German sports operation in all its facets, far into the province in fine-grained performance classes. Until well into the 70s into the sport socialization in Germany was therefore connected with a - more or less pronounced - competition orientation. Even the annual fitness test for everyone and has a competitive character jederfrau: the sports badge only available to users who age-specific standard times and wide undercut or exceed - and this is also equal to or demonstrate the flexibility of triathlons. Whether it arose under the label of "grassroots" to a real counter-trend, it remains questionable, because the main promoters of such initiatives were still moving, the sporting clubs. The "keep-fit" wave of the 70s, attempted to imitate the straight side of the Atlantic has broken out jogging boom, was still strongly linked to traditional organizational structures - the trim campaigns under the auspices of the German Sports Confederation are a good example. Moreover, the early long-distance runners seem to be any particular emphasis placed on their appearance: "For the trim-trot way, does not require exclusive clothing. On the contrary, a pair of old jeans, a sweater and a simple T-shirts are sufficient in the summer months, on cooler days are long pants or a track suit is recommended. Running clothing is complemented by wind and rain jackets, gloves and woolly hat () depending on the weather. " Gladly, the sporting goods manufacturers are likely to have the advice from the year 1983 probably hardly read - this came from the pen of the sports journalists Holger Obermann. How naturally did the athletic pyramid of federal, state, association, district or county leagues on the product line and policy of the German sportswear manufacturers: for Adidas and Puma presented over the years, the sport is clothing, in addition to most sport-specific characteristics be paid to the race had to fit the core business of non-footwear sector dar. The result was often economical "designed" shirts and suits, who received her fashionable "finish" only through the printing of club name and sponsors logo.

A - at first - effectively turning point represented the great influx of tennis in the 70s - in this period were the foundation stone of many club houses for supporters of "white sport", the then of course, still clung to some English-elitist. Order - was visible next to gyms and soccer fields, at least in the then West Germany - a third place sports activities in the city and countryside. Although the tennis club went on in an orderly voluntary sector, but added even more strongly here than in other popular sports, the social component of the club life. The sport certainly has been at the fore - a functioning league system was quickly developed - but stuck to the tennis is always something "more subtle" to: sportsmanship as a status symbol. A similar trend was evident at this time possibly in skiing - but we buckled anyway only seasonally, and usually far from home, the smooth planks under the boots. The necessary - not very cheap - special equipment and only locally available sports facilities prevented the establishment as a "grassroots people", although most likely to ski away from the individual performance of club structures allowed.

The tennis soon led to new challenges facing the sporting goods manufacturer, for shorts and shirts not only had the athletic demands on the court, but also the fashion needs at the clubhouse stand. Not least - in the meantime by the comprehensive range of indoor tennis and obsolete - Summer Sports existence as an incentive for a collection of seasonal change. A further result, finally did the great successes of the century, two players from Baden. With the Wimbledon title in July 1985 by Boris Becker and Steffi Graf for the inexorable rise of world rankings, the white sport is booming - and the sports goods manufacturers saw were happy, because now in this discipline was also offering "personal" series of articles possible. Adidas benefited primarily from the years of dominance of the "Miss forehand. To the chagrin of marketing strategists, however, they preferred rather simple cuts and patterns, resulting in far less extravagant product lines such as those of her life, but not brand partner, Andre "Paradise" Agassi. While the company Adidas in Germany, then anchored in exchange for some slow-changing sports system developed, and yet just stumbled in the late '70s and early '80s from one crisis to another, was in the U.S. as so often (almost everything) completely different.

On the other side of the Atlantic, the sports landscape also experienced dramatic changes caused in the 70s through the jogging boom, and a decade later by the Aerobics and Fitness shaft. While in the home market by Adidas a relatively "soft" displacement from the team was seen as individual sports, took place in the U.S., a paradigm shift that should be made only in the late 80s also capture the old continent: the change from "sports" Competition-Sport on the "non-sporting fun, sports and health.

The wave reached Nike jogging in the early stages of corporate life, when the expansion had only just begun. Thus the leaders had good opportunities to adapt and design of corporate structures to the development of sport. Of course, even at the beginning of this brand, the athletes career and organized sports - this is more in schools and universities, less so in clubs - the most important clientele. But in the U.S. is much greater individualization of athletic activities had a fast on the range of policies - the mannschaftstaugliche commodity was not so much the focus, instead, was rapidly changing collection of sequences with varied designs are designed and manufactured - the sporting goods industry witnessed the technological transformation from Fordism to post-Fordism. Thus, it followed the fashion orientation of the "sport-social" development: Nike was almost from birth, brighter, faster and more individual than Adidas.

This briefly outlined the process of differentiation was sporting in the 90s, a continuation and acceleration. With regard to the almost yearly basis in the newly emerging "trend sports" it could be expected, the ratio had been reversed: not the sporting goods manufacturers respond to the changes in the sports world, but by establishing an aggressive brand and marketing policy, even new movement activities in the market. One example among many is the lucrative "outdoor" store - in the '90s was this "new" job as an unused and undefined enough so that all the product lines could be commercialized as specially qualified for outdoor activities - trekking shoes and all-weather jackets , but also mountain biking equipment and luggage utensils were among the "outdoor" label subsumed. Consequently, Nike, with "All Condition Gear" a new product group, Adidas positioned itself in this market sector as efficient as elegantly over the Solomon detour: the acquisition of the fields, forests, meadows and winter sports brand specializing synergistically enhanced by Adidas -range.

But the lucrative business of sports, the trend is not understood as a unilateral Kolonialisierungsversuch an "evil" sporting goods industry. Instead, such developments from the blending of different cultural rapprochement resulted - this includes the increase of sports activities in poor health or hedonistic backdrop of the classical competitive sport increasingly supplemented and sometimes push back. It is mentioned here but also drive a change earlier, "recreational activities" such as walking or cycling, which in their current forms as "hiking" or "biking" are increasingly surrounded by the aura of sporty. Acting as a catalyst of the growing "experience orientation" in the sport as außersportlichen area. How much has changed in this maelstrom of interlocking socio-cultural development, the use of sports already, shows the rising share unathletic uses sport shoes: in 1998 were in the U.S., more than half of the "athletic shoes" (54.1%) outside Laced of career, gym or sports hall. The assessed as particularly important properties of the shoes were comfort (83%), the expression of an active lifestyle (63%), and the good brand aura (27%).

The result is, finally, the emergence of a genuine "sport shoes mode", which is increasingly produced and presented in accordance with the requirements and under the conditions of "traditional" fashion and. The regular release of new collections, which sometimes suggests to fashion shows, sporting events transformed the media-presentation of "personal lines" or the increasing "Vermodelung" by athletes believing that Adidas and Nike have really become fashionable companies. An image for the original company of like-wettkampf athletenfixierten equipment devastating suspicion is underscored when we look at the media's perception of young women just Sportlerinnnen - are Anna Kournikova (Adidas) and Mary Pierce (Nike) is more fashion-conscious female tennis players, or (very) sporting models?

This thought process should not be further deepened, it could even get worse this question when looking at various marginal sports. It should be noted, however: The "modification" of the former has a purely functional Sports equipment and apparel designed ranges prepares the ground for a further expansion of product range. Due to the presence of sports or at least elements of sport in ever more areas of everyday life created for Adidas and Nike also always better ways to enter into "sport distant" segments. As with the offering of sportswear as the current version of the casual clothing began, found in the sporty Clock or glasses, an active fragrance or shower gel more stringent. Of course, this walk along the image line between sport and fashion for the opponent also has positive implications: in the encyclical of the fashion decide millennium with great regularity chapter on the "sneaker-chic" [1] or the "fashion sneakers" the ventures into the fashion world. A not very typical, but very fruitful example is provided by Valerie Steele in her simply as "shoes" titled band. The art historian and self-confessed shoe fanatic notes, in the great attraction of the sport shoe for the "traditional" shoe industry - as evidence Steele pulls up several articles from relevant journals such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Cosmopolitan. The journals of the good (and expensive) taste now consider a new Nike model already includes a detailed article, but scent - somewhat prematurely - the "death of sneakers". Above all, the high-end sneakers awakened from the Paris, London or New York designer forging the interest of the old-fashion world. Caryn Franklin, former chief editor of British magazine iD, dates the birth of the fashionable "Coach Mania" accurate to the year 1983: The Vivienne Westwood at a Paris fashion show March-their "Witches" collection, combined with sneakers, "were women below the ankle comfortably fitted and secured together with the seal of the designer brand - this provided the opportunity for shoes, a contrast traditional female styles. " Looking now at the naked sales, then play the "designer sneakers" on the shoe market, an important role. Granted - sneakers that were designed on the drawing boards of Hilfiger, Karan and Co. or the 600-dollar-model "Quick" Hermes speak clearly to other customer segments as the "commodity" of the sports shoe manufacturer. Even maximum manufacturer like Gucci or Prada are now leading shoes, always match the "active lifestyle" even of the most solvent of buyers - whether totally unfazed by the takeover of a sporty design elements oriented environment. But just for the peaceful coexistence of popular and elite models seem of great importance to today's "sport-fashion footwear market to be" - from very different directions the various niches are occupied, and the creation of a successful stylization Distinktionspotenziale necessary. The confusing for laymen as well as any shoe chaos Giert out for decoding by a fogged "sneaker freaks" who amass impressive collections of footwear, footwear build veritable shrines and devote almost every minute of her time to the object of desire.

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There have been no donations or prada other contributions to the NPD or any other right-wing party, nor will there ever be such a support. This emphasizes the Müller Group in response to allegations of a chain e-mail that has circulated for some sneakers time on the Internet. In the letter, said an anonymous writer Theo Muller, the NPD has supported in recent years by political contributions. "This assertion is quite simply wrong. They are without any foundation, "says Theo Muller, owner of the group. "I reject any form of political radicalism from fundamental."

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29 Eylül 2009 Salı

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28 Eylül 2009 Pazartesi

Louis Vuitton launches sneakers by Kanye West



Last night some of the purse Wed tglieder blog team (MB, Vlad, Intern Joe and I) had the opportunity to attend an exclusive launch party at Louis Vuitton in the Bal Harbor Shops. The event was a little different than what we are used, because the party not to tennis shoes and prada handbags. As many of you, Kanye West is to create, together with Louis Vuitton, to high-end designer sneakers. While Meg and I wanted to try to convince Vlad and Joe, a few hooks, sneakers I believe it is fair to say that is not really our cup of creeps-o-tea.

It is true that these shoes are quite unique (although they remind one of you rushing out of the old school Reebok high-tops?), But I do not think I'll buy them prada foreseeable future. However, there were many others at the event last night, walked away with boxes and boxes of these shoes. It may or may not come as a shock to you, but many of these shoes are sold in your neighborhood! Go to your local LV store and grab some ... if it's your kind of thing.

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to read through the posts and to suffer the sometimes highly -
cally discussions witness stand.
Likewise, it is good to know that there is still a fraction
there by people who value a well-groomed appearance
lay with the "good taste" is not above the ankle
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I myself am still a very young student (24). Even though I
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My problem is that I am looking for a matching shoe.
The shoes, which I had been stuck in the past) is rather limited (with rubber sole. A pair of Lloyds (Clemens), which I bought several years ago, were the total flop. The shoe is very heavy, very rigid, and the foot is extremely laid hard, so that a go after an hour hurt the feet. I had purchased in the offer and he thought it was only for the rare occasions on which I must wear a suit. Now they lie unused in the shoe closet.
Therefore limited my Portfeuille of shoes on a modest amount of sneakers. This somewhat sportier models of shoes Rudolph Dassler and are coated with a touch of elegance Prada Car Shoe Suede kicker. Both Breitcordhosen actually fit quite well.
It can be a polo shirt, a regular shirt, a knitted wool sweater, or wear, is precisely what the classical leisure wear for young people with a touch of elegance.

With this shoe selection, it will certainly shake many of you. And now I need your help to make improvement. Of course, I have looked at the photos in the forum. But with a classic Derby or Oxford, I would be back "wrong clothes" or overdressed. Seeking
according to a leather shoe that can be combined with an elegant Feincordhose just as with jeans. Because of the shape and color but I am completely baffled. Should it be a lace-up or loafer, brown or black, smooth or textured leather? I just do not know what shoe is universally suitable. I want him just to attract in the university, as well as time in the bar or restaurant. Unfortunately, I am totally inexperienced in the field (good) shoes and I hope that here I can get a few tips. If I were 20 years older, it would probably not that complicated, but I must somehow manage the balancing act. A friend has recently bought Budapest from van Bommel. Well, I was so convinced of them do not.

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25 Eylül 2009 Cuma

Prada Shoe MJ5 review


“One Day With the Prada MJ5”

After the first or second session it is decided whether you like a skate shoe or not. With this idea in mind, we are introducing the “One Day With...” reviews. The rules are simple: five hours of skateboarding, that's it. Almost all qualities and malfunctions of a shoe appear, or at least can be foreseen. First shoe on the test bench: The new Lakai MJ-5.
-Clemens Dyckmans

Sizing:
Clemens: Fit true to size.
Lester: Fit true to size.

Durability:

C: A problem that appeared is that the midsole, which is wrapped around the outsole, came apart where the two sole parts are combined. It happened just on one shoe. It was annoying that while pushing, dirt and small stones got stuck in there. A reason might be that the tested shoes where still just samples. According to Kelly Bird, brand manager of Lakai, the final release will be a lot sturdier.
The MJ-5 doesn't offer any lace protection. The laces ripped through at the top after the five hours. This happens to most shoes prada sneakers & prada shoes that don't offer any lace protection, though.
Since the rubber of the sole is very shoe soft, the shoe offers great grip but on the other hand the sole wears down fast. Additionally the midsole is very thin, so there's not that much material to be worn down. A thicker layer could improve the lifespan of the shoe.
The upper material seems to last quite some time. The new “Lakaitning” sole construction is definitely intended to offer the grip of a vulcanized sole while having the cushion and comfort of a cupsole, but not the lifespan of it.

The SLAP messageboards are filled with shoe-obsessed skaters from the world over, with some of the most knowledgeable and hardcore collectors, users, and examiners talking daily about what they’re wearing, liking, and hating. Need an example? How about this 157 page and growing thread simply about the shoes people are wearing? We at SLAP decided to put two of those gentleman- Lester Legarda (aka Bubblegum Tate) and Clemens Dyckmans (aka Weartested)- in charge of an on-going shoe blog on the editorial portion of the site...
Lester is a 23-year-old skater from the San Francisco Bay Area, and Clemens is a 22-year-old skater from Germany who studies industrial engineering and runs the Weartested wesbite with long-term shoe wear tests. They’ll be doing reviews of new kicks by way of single-day sessions- what they’re calling “One Day With…” reviews. First up for review is the Prada sneakers MJ-5 model. Here’s what they have to say…
-Mark Whiteley

L: I had similar problems with the sole peeling but I'm sure it's because its just a sample. I men sneakers continued to skate the shoe after the one day test, and the shoe lasted fairly long- I tend to rip shoes within a week, but this pair lasted a good two weeks before I deemed it dead. The durability of this shoe was quite good.

Breathability:
C: The breathability of the MJ-5 is prada men shoes quite good. The inner site of the model has a big perforated panel that allows air exchange. Additionally the toebox is perforated as well and the thin tongue is made out of a roughly structured mesh material that offers great breathability in the key area of the instep. All in all the Lakai MJ-5 offers more air and moisture exchange than most other models on the market.

L: Agreed. As well, the toe cap has perforated holes which add additional breathability.

Stickiness:
C: The stickiness of the whole sole is great. The soft rubber quality combined with a thin lined herringbone pattern provides excellent grip. The sole pattern could be deeper though to add durability, but the flick and parada men adhesion of the Mj-5 set them apart from most other models on the market right now. Something new is that even the midsole has a herringbone pattern that is not just very shallow like on comparable models, which causes additional traction. The pattern is actually so deep that it is still visible after the complete five hours.

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Choose solid black, red, green, brown, gray, white, silver, or black with silver. There is a buying restriction on these shoes which seems a little odd, "Due to high demand, a customer may order no more than three units of this item every thirty days." You can pick these up at Neiman Marcus for about $370 men sneakers a pair.These have been out forever, they're fantastic. I have them in lowtop, but the hightops are shoes definately more badass. You should only be buying black or white.These Prada hi-top sneakers have the prada men Velcro strap around the ankle which I think gives them an old school feel. The leather uppers have mesh insets and the Prada logo on the tongue.

23 Eylül 2009 Çarşamba

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A symbol in the world of designer fashion, Prada hails out of Milan, Italy where iconic designer Miuccia Prada has been hard at work since 1978. Miuccia's unique outlook on fashion has brought us shoes that are wearable using unexpected materials in extraordinary ways. Of course, you can easily distinguish Prada's products by their distinctive triangle design. Worry not men; Prada Shoes are readily available for you too. We all know that women and high fashion go hand in hand but men can share in having an equal love for the industry also. You will share in the same pride that women do when you slip on these stunning shoes, with clean lines distinctive charm.Shoe is a necessary for human being every day, without a pair of shoes, people can’t walk on the street, and they have to stay at home wherever they can not go. While good shoes not only make your feet comfortable but also not tired, especially for men. The way to a man's heart may be through his stomach but the mere utter of Prada Shoes and you have the ability to send any woman's heart a flutter. The shoes feature clean lines and classic elegance making them a staple in world-renowned fashion magazines like Vogue. Do not let the designer label fool you though; these luxury shoes are as comfortable as they are fashionable.

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Do you have a child who is developing a flair for fashion? If so, you must check out Prada Shoes for children. Once you adorn your child's feet in the same classic comfortable designs that you enjoy yourself you may never buy them another brand of shoes again. Women, men and children alike, Prada has what you want and need when you are looking for high fashion shoes.

18 Eylül 2009 Cuma

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Joseph P.Joseph Kennedy Will Not Seek Uncle’s Senate Seat By KATIE ZEZIMA Published: September 7, 2009 BOSTON — Former Representative Joseph P. ugg bootsKennedy II announced Monday that he would not seek the Senate seat held by his late uncle, Edward M. Kennedy. The latest on President Obama, the new administration and other news from Washington and around the nation. Join the discussion. More Politics NewsMr. Kennedy, 56, said in a statement that he would instead continue to run Citizens Energy, a nonprofit group he founded in 1979 to provide low-cost heating oil to the poor. Mr. Kennedy’s decision, which friends said he had agonized over, is likely to leave Massachusetts without a Kennedy in elected office for the first time in almost 50 years. “Given all that my uncle accomplished, it was only ugg classicnatural to consider getting back involved in public office, and I appreciate all the calls of support and friendship that have poured in,” Mr. Kennedy, a son of the late Robert F. Kennedy, a popular six-term congressman, left politics in 1999, shortly after his brother was killed in a skiing accident and his former wife fought Mr. Kennedy’s effort to annul their marriage. He considered running for governor in 2002, and was not thought to be interested in national politics until he gave an emotional tribute to Senator Kennedy at a memorial service in Boston on Aug. 29. Entry into the race by Mr. Kennedy, however, was likely to bring up questions about the oil that Citizens Energy receives from President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Mr. Kennedy was also said to have been weighing whether he wanted to put his family through the rigors of campaigning and inevitable personal attacks. “You’ll see members of the Congressional delegation whougg mini said they weren’t going to do anything until Joe Kennedy made a decision or had no comment on whether they would run be making a decision within the next week because this is a short election,” Mr. Payne said. The primary is scheduled for Dec. 8, and the special election Jan. 19. The legislature will consider a proposal Wednesday on a request made by Senator Kennedy shortly before his death to change the law and allow Gov. Deval L. Patrick, a Democrat, to appoint an interim senator. Mr. Patrick said he wanted a promise from that person that he or she would not run for the seat. the article is from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/us/politics/08kennedy.html?hpw Germany on Defense After Afghan Strike Notes from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and other areas of conflict in the post-9/11 era. Go to the Blog ? The airstrike, directed at two tanker trucks Prada Shoes & Prada Sneakers carrying NATO fuel that were hijacked by the Taliban near the northern city of Kunduz, killed scores of people, burning many beyond recognition. The number of dead civilians is still inugg tall dispute, with German officials saying no civilians or few had been killed. But Afghan Rights Monitor, a national watchdog group, said that based on its interviews with villagers, 60 to 70 villagers were killed, The Associated Press reported. Mr. Raabe said the decision to bomb the tankers was based on surveillance by a B-1B bomber and then by a pair of F-15 fighter planes, as well as information from a reliable Afghan informant and an additional intelligence source “that we cannot speak about in public.” He added, “We stand behind the decision, andugg cardy we continue to consider the military strike correct.” Yet Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung, who has come under the harshest criticism here in Germany, backpedaled Monday from his assertion that only insurgents were killed in the attack. He told the German television network ZDF that he could no longer rule out the possibility that there were civilian victims as well, though he continued to insist that “the predominant share were Taliban.” The episode has brought to the surface long-simmering tensions between NATO allies. The United States and Britain, for example, have griped that Germany was shirking its share of the fighting. German leaders, for their part, believe that their efforts have been considerable in light of the widespread pacifism among Germans after World War II and the opposition of the German public to a continued military presence in Afghanistan. Germany has about 4,200 troops in the country. When Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander ugg crochetof the American and NATO forces, visited the site of the strike on Saturday, he asked Col. The A.P. also noted that a spokesman for the provincial government, Ahmad Sami Yawar, said five of the dead were civilians. The episode has been a debacle for NATO forces at a time when efforts are under way to reduce civilian casualties from airstrikes. It has also exposed rifts between allies over different approaches to fighting the war in Afghanistan, and has added to pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government ahead of elections on Sept. 27. At a news conference on Monday, a Defense Ministry spokesman, Thomas Raabe, laid out the German case in an unusually lengthy account of the surveillance and intelligence that men sneakers led a German commander on the ground to conclude that armed Taliban were near the tankers and that the fuel trucks could have been used in an attack on German or Afghan positions. NATO has ordered an investigation into the bombing. “We hope that the continued investigation will prove that this operation was correct,” Mr. Raabe told reporters on Monday. “We continue to consider it militarily necessary and correct, and that it will prove what we have said up to this point.” the article is from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/world/europe/08afghan.html Airline bomb plot: guilty verdicts ‘vital to security’ The guilty verdicts returned ugg lace-ups bootsagainst the key figures in the airline plot trial at Woolwich Crown Court were greeted with relief in Whitehall yesterday. This had become the court case that could not be allowed to fail. The courts had to show that juries could handle complex terrorism cases and vindication was needed for stringent security at airports. The Government also required a publicugg ultra short declaration — more than ever now, given the damage done by the release of the Lockerbie bomber — that Britain was not soft on terrorism. Questions persist, however, about why it took three years and more than £50 million to bring Abdulla Ahmed Ali and the other plotters to justice. Their first trial ended inconclusively ugg nightfalla year ago with a jury acquitting one man portrayed by the Crown as a significant terrorist and failing to agree on whether the plan to blow up airliners had ever existed. That state of affairs could not be allowed to stand and a retrial began in March under a new judge who fired off repeated warnings to the media to report the case with great care. The evidence in both trials, including martyrdom videos recorded by six of the defendants, appeared overwhelming. Ali had been under surveillance since late 2005, when he was identified as one of a circle of young British radicals gathered around a charismatic East London “missionary”, believed to be an al-Qaeda recruiter. That man, who has been designated a terrorist by the United Nations but who lives freely in Britain, had connections with terrorist cells, including the group led by Muktar Said Ibrahim that tried to carry out suicide bombings in London on July 21, 2005. Ali, 28, of Walthamstow, northeast London,ugg amelie was a frequent visitor to Pakistan, claiming to be engaged in charity work and earthquake relief. In reality he was attending training camps and receiving instruction men shoes in bombmaking. When he returned to Britain after one lengthy trip in June 2006, counter-terrorism officers searched his hold luggage at Heathrow. They found a large quantity of batteries and packets of a high-sugar powdered drink known as Tang, both items regarded as useful in making bombs. The intelligence judgment on Ali was that he had moved from being a fundraiser to being engaged in attack planning in Britain. The surveillance operation was stepped up and changes in his behaviour were noted. 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In the bedroom, Ali hung a black flag and one by one he and his growing band of recruits, many of them childhood friends, recorded martyrdom videos to be released after the planned atrocity. Airline bomb plot: guilty verdicts ‘vital to security’ Six of the men on trial — Ali,ugg upside Hussain, Waheed Zaman, Umar Islam, Ibrahim Savant and Arafat Khan — proclaimed their hatred for the West.Georg Klein, the German commander, why forces from the Regional Command North had “not come here quicker,” news agencies reported Monday. The general recently tightened the rules on airstrikes, saying that if civilians may be in danger, troops should move in on the ground rather than call in an airstrike. Germany has strict limits on the operations of its troops, which, in practice, means they can move around only during certain hours of the day, whether in convoys or on foot. The airstrike took place in early Friday morning. “The accusation that we are not capable of fighting such battles on the ground is ridiculous,” Mr. Raabe said. The timing could not be worse for German politicians like Mrs. Merkel who support the troop deployments, with voters soon heading to the polls to elect a new Parliament. Mrs. Merkel announced that she would address Parliament on Tuesday about the matter, reflecting growing concern by her conservative bloc that the war in Afghanistan could become a major campaign issue. At NATO headquarters, some of the countries involved in the fighting in southern Afghanistan have expressed concern that Colonel Klein had called in the NATO bombers but delayed in sending troops to the site of the bombing, according to a NATO diplomat who declined to be identified because of the delicacy of the matter. Rear Adm. Gregory J. Smith, a spokesman for the United ugg australia tall classic women’s boots beva 5818States and NATO in Afghanistan, said the delay meant that insurgents could come out with their own version of events before all the facts were known, news agencies reported. They would later claim that the videos were hoaxes, meant as protests against British involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. Zaman, who was cleared of the airline plot, told the camera: “I have not been brainwashed, I am educated to a very high standard … You will not feel any peace or security in your lands. As you kill us, you will be killed. As you bomb us, you will be bombed.” The videos were to be distributed by Assad Sarwar, 29, another frequent visitor to Pakistan, who was the cell’s quartermaster. In the summer of 2006 he was acquiring materials for the manufacture of bombs, criss-crossing the country in search of hydrogen peroxide. As the planning and preparations ugg ultra short leintensified, a suspected al-Qaeda agent arrived from overseas to galvanise the group. Taking care never to visit the bomb factory, he issued orders by woman shoes phone and held clandestine meetings with Ali. The influence of terrorist overlords based in Pakistan was also revealed in e-mail exchanges between Ali and Sarwar. The e-mails were monitored by surveillance teams but not introduced in the first trial because of the ban on using intercepted material. But the importance of the second trial made it vital that they be brought forward, and the intercept ban was circumvented by a court order in California requiring Yahoo! to disclose them. Ali and Sarwar had Yahoo! ugg whitely bootsaccounts in false names and many of their replies came from someone referred to as Paps — believed to have been an alias of Rashid Rauf, a Birmingham man who facilitated al-Qaeda activity in Britain from Pakistan. Rauf, who fled to Pakistan in 2002, is reported by US intelligence to have been killed by a Predator missile last year. But between 2003 and 2006 he was the a key figure who turned British jihadis who wanted to fight in Afghanistan into terrorists and suicide bombers willing to attack at home. The e-mails made references to new recruits to the cell, the acquisition of hydrogen peroxide and to a “trial run” to test airport security measures. This e-mail traffic, and especially ugg sundance limited 30th anniversarythe prospect of a dummy run, panicked the American authorities who then put pressure on Pakistan to find Rauf. London was kept in the dark as he was detained and police had to swoop on the night of August 9 before the plotters learnt of his arrest and had time to launch an attack. prada clothes Ali and Sarwar were arrested in the car park of Walthamstow Town Hall. In his pocket, Ali had an address book in which he had written a “to do” list before he could embark on his murderous mission and details of soft drinks in which liquid explosives could be disguised. He also had a memory stick detailing flights to the United States and Canada. He had highlighted seven leaving Heathrow within three hours and bound for Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, San Francisco, New York and Washington. All the aircraft would have been in the air, some possibly coming in to land, when the bombers detonated their devices. The death toll would have exceeded the 3,000 killed on September 11. Police found a disk containing some ugg tasmanmartyrdom messages in Sarwar’s car. The rest were found at his home in High Wycombe, where he lived with his parents. Searches in Buckinghamshire continued for months with police combing two areas of woodland that Sarwar had been seen entering. 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Prada shoes are well known all over the globe as their quality and stylish look. But always great items are not alone to come around us; they must bring price tag which some people think these shoes are far from them. But you should not worry as you can find cheap Prada shoes at lucky times. That is not possible if you know how to and where to get a pair of Prada shoes which make the same outfits for you.
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Why Miuccia Prada�the woman who built a billion-dollar fashion empire from a line of woven nylon bags�would have any desire to partner with a retailer of chic mass clothing is anyone�s guess. But according to company sources, Prada is undergoing several internal corporate changes. The company recently announced that it would be moving its Miu Miu show from Milan to Paris, perhaps in a strategic attempt to distinguish it from the Prada collection, but also to afford itself a path should a possible partnership with H&M solidify.

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15 Eylül 2009 Salı

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One of the challenges in modern shoe design is how to use eco-friendly products as embellishments. In some cases, a shoe can use eco-friendly materials, but the buttons or decorations on those shoes might be made from non sustainable or petroleum products like plastics.



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14 Eylül 2009 Pazartesi

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First of all, I have to mention that these shoes are amazing— I mean beyond fatal, no pun intended. I’m swooning more and more over any shoes with straps and these platform mary-janes are just dandy in my opinion, but there are some people, as in most of the world, who just do not have the ankle strength to wear über-tall and presumably heavy platform shoes— not to mention the odd ruffled-footies all the models are wearing under the shoes.

It always makes me cringe when models fall, or even wobble a bit, so you can imagine the sheer horror that came over me when I heard not just one, but multiple models either wobbled a tad or took a tumble at the Spring/Summer ‘09 Prada show in Milan yesterday, due mostly to their extra-high Miuccia designed footwear.

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Two economists working at Dartmouth, Katherine Baicker and Amitabh Chandra, found that the more money Medicare spent per person in a given state the lower that state’s quality ranking tended to be. In fact, the four states with the highest levels of spending—Louisiana, Texas, California, and Florida—were near the bottom of the national rankings on the quality of patient care. In a 2003 study, another Dartmouthcheap ed hardyteam, led by the internist Elliott Fisher, examined the treatment received by a million elderly Americans diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer, a hip fracture, or a heart attack. They found that patients in higher-spending regions received sixty per cent more care than elsewhere. They got more frequent tests and procedures, more visits with specialists, and more frequent admission to hospitals. Yet they did no better than other patients, whether this was measured in terms of survival, their ability to function, or satisfaction with the care they received. If anything, they seemed to do worse. That’s because nothing in medicine is without risks. Complications can arise from hospital stays, medications, procedures, and tests, and when these things are of marginal value the harm can be greater than the benefits. In recent years, we doctors have markedly increased the number of operations we do, for instance. In 2006, doctors performed at least sixty million surgical procedures, one for every five Americans. No other country does anything like as many operations on its citizens. Are we better off for it? No one knows for sure, but it seems highly unlikely. After all, some hundred thousand people die each year from complications of surgery—far more than die in car crashes. To make matters worse, Fisher found that patients in high-cost areas were actually less likely to receive low-cost preventive services, such as flu and pneumonia vaccines, faced longer waits at doctor and emergency-room visits, and were less likely to have a primary-care physician. They got more of the stuff that cost more, but not more of what they needed. In an odd way, this news is reassuring. buy ed hardyUniversal coverage won’t be feasible unless we can control costs. Policymakers have worried that doing so would require rationing, which the public would never go along with. So the idea that there’s plenty of fat in the system is proving deeply attractive. “Nearly thirty per cent of Medicare’s costs could be saved without negatively affecting health outcomes if spending in high- and medium-cost areas could be reduced to the level in low-cost areas,” Peter Orszag, the President’s budget director, has stated. Most Americans would be delighted to have the quality of care found in places like Rochester, Minnesota, or Seattle, Washington, or Durham, North Carolina—all of which have world-class hospitals and costs that fall below the national average. If we brought the cost curve in the expensive places down to their level, Medicare’s problems (indeed, almost all the federal government’s budget problems for the next fifty years) would be solved.

12 Eylül 2009 Cumartesi

Prada Manolo the Columnist


Dear Manolo,


Kristy

Manolo says, asking the Manolo to give advice on how to be cool, is like asking Donald Trump for advice on how to be less vulgar. You may get the reasonably coherent answer, but you can be certain that its source is entirely theoretical.

Having said this, the Manolo notes that coolness is more about attitude than clothing, and indeed, the coolest persons are often those whose dress is the most minimalistic.
Consider, as we must always, the example of Marlon Brando, who defined the ultimate coolness dressed in nothing but the white t-shirt, Levis 501s, and Converse All Stars. As you may see, the leather motorcycle jacket, usually taken as the marker of the coolest of cats, is strictly optional.

And here the Manolo must note that if you have to ask how to be cool, you’ve already lost. Coolness is the zen koan: he who wishes to be cool is not.

I’ve just accepted a job on the other side of the country, and I’ve decided that in honor of this big move I’m going to redo my image at ripe age of 28. I want to be one of the cool kids. What would you recommend?

Look here is the Reese from Elizabeth and James, the suede ankle bootie that would go well with your new all black wardrobe!

Prada Highest of High Heels?


Manolo says, the Manolo has been predicting the end of the ultra-extreme towering heels for many months now, and at last it has come to pass, as announced by Leon Andre Talley himself.

Of the course, the reason that the First Lady wears the flats has less to do with the comfort and more to do with her amazonian stature.

Designers with an obsession for towering torture chambers, often poorly designed for the well-being of the foot, must get a reality check. I, for one, am over the mania for the high, high heel. Too many career women look like a herd of fashion beasts, aping one another in impractical shoes . . . Can’t anyone take a cue from First Lady Michelle Obama, in the elegant low-heeled shoes she always wears? A flat would be nice.

Be that as it may, the Manolo agrees that the heels had gone beyond what was both advisable and attractive. It was time for the predictable reaction, the return to more practical shoes.

11 Eylül 2009 Cuma

Prada 2009 season The Shoes of the Fisherman


Crumpled parachute-like fabric cut to reveal the woman’s figure came in black, gold and the neutral palettes of beige and brown.

Separates were composed of a pencil skirt and midriff baring bikini tops or brief jackets that are cut so short, you can actually see the skin between the skirt and the top. For play, Miuccia Prada proposes conquistador style shorts with an oversized peplum that could actually pass as part of a skirt. And for evening, it’s the gilded sheath dresses with drawstrings at the hem.

Miuccia Prada rules the runway, Milan and also the fashion world. She does not follow trends; she’s the trend maker. And this collection is destined to be like the others before it – sell like hotcakes when they reach store shelves.

And the accessories – the simple leather clutch will be all the rage. It is beautiful in its simplicity. As for the shoes, they might be as high as skyscrapers (a model actually fell during the runway show while wearing those shoes), they will still sell, it is Prada we are talking about here.

Speaking of shoes, guess what the models are walking on – FISH! Drawings of fish, lots of them, thick as the salmon when they swim upstream during mating season decorated the runway.

Why are there fishes on the runway? No one seems to know, though I could hazard a guess. Back in August, the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, refuted that “the bright red loafers that Pope Benedict XVI wears are not designed by Prada,” as has long been rumored.

What’s the connection between this news and the fishes on the runway?

In the Christian religion, Jesus is also regarded as a fisherman. The Pope is the Vicar of Christ on earth, thus he is also considered a ‘fisherman.’ So, are the fishes Miuccia Prada’s tongue-in-cheek answer to the L’Osservatore Romano’s article? Maybe.

Remember, we are talking about Italy wherein religion and fashion, no matter how strange it sounds are actually intertwined.

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