Topshop NYC Opening Thursday

New York City’s Topshop store will be opening in SoHo tomorrow, after several months of construction delays. The four-story store, which closely resembles the Flagship store on Oxford Street in London, is the first Topshop location in the United States, though the retailer has hundreds of other stores around the world.

One of the biggest appeals of Topshop opening in New York is that the store will carry Kate Moss’ fashion line for the store, making the clothing available to American shoppers for the first time in a retail location. Also coinciding with the opening of Topshop NYC is the global launch of the new Spring collection of the Kate Moss Hearts Topshop line.

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Life on Mars' Series Finale Explains it All

Producers promised that all questions would be answered on the series finale of Life on Mars. The show definitely delivered, but it wasn’t in the most exciting way. It was definitely a happy ending for Sam though.
Life on Mars, “Life is a Rock”

Sam has been having dreams of the future. In the dreams he is in his apartment in 2008, but he is watching himself as a child and his father.

At the station Sam received another phone call from the male voice. The voice told him if he wants to go back to 2008 he needs to do three things. He told him the first thing is to save himself, then hung up. Seconds later Rose ran in to tell Sam that Vic had stolen little Sammy.

While on patrol, Sam told Gene that he was a cop in 2008, and he was transported to 1973 after a car accident. Gene didn’t believe him, but he thought it was funny and simply said, “That explains everything.”

Rose had told the detectives Vic might be in this little basement in town, but Vic found Sam before Sam found him. He knocked him out, and he and a friend dragged him away.

Back at the station Gene and the other detectives interrogated Rose. They believed she had something to do with Sam being taken away, and she made things worse when she called Sam Luke Skywalker. Annie was able to talk to Rose alone, and she learned that Sam reminds Rose of what her son will be when he is grown up. She also told Annie about a memory she has of her family at a small summer town named Hyde. Annie told the detectives about it, but they didn’t believe her.

Sam escaped after the men left. He walked outside on to Hyde Avenue, and he saw the man from the funeral and the little girl who rode the bike in the beginning episodes. He also saw the robot, which made him flash through pieces of his life in 2008. He tried to call the station, but the voice interrupted, telling him to duck because gun fire was coming his way.

Sam eventually found Vic and Sammy on a boat. Sam and Vic wrestled off the boat, and Sam told him he was his son. “I know,” Vic said. Just as Vic is about to slice Sam’s throat, Gene shoots him.

When Rose is reunited with Sammy, Sam told her his real name is Sam Tyler.

Annie was promoted to a detective.

Sam saw a flash forward to New Year’s Eve 2010 on his television. In the scene he was reading to an elder Annie. Windy saw it too and told Sam she was the one. He rushed to her, and they finally kissed.

Sam received the final phone call, but before we could learn the third thing he told the voice he didn’t want to go home because he liked 1973 and hung up the phone.

Gene and Sam hugged, which sent Sam “home.” “Home” for him was a space ship in the year 2035. The other detectives were there too. They were all astronauts on a gene hunt on Mars. Windy was their computer, and the man they arrested last week who claimed to know everything about Sam was their leader. Gene Hunt was actually Major Tom, and he was Sam’s father. Everyone had been on a neurological stint, and there had been a glitch with Sam’s, which is why he was in 1973 with memories of 2008.

The last scene was the entire group stepping out on to Mars.

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Mary Lou Henner on April 24 Tonight Show with Jay Leno (Video)

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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Top 25 fittest and fattest cities in the U.S.

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Sure, obesity is a problem in this country, but when you think fat, you probably don't think Miami. So you may be surprised to find Men's Fitness magazine ranks Miami as the nation's fattest city in its annual survey. The fittest? Salt Lake City.

So what about the South Beach Diet… and all those buff bodies you always see in the ocean-side metropolis? Even though Miami has a high number of health-food stores per capita, Men's Fitness found it also has nearly three times the fast-food restaurants as the average city. And while there are 79 percent more gyms and health clubs than average, residents are less likely to regularly use their memberships. Not many residents take advantage of outdoor activities, either.

On the other end of the spectrum… Salt Lake City got top marks for being the fittest city because of its abundance of park space, athletically motivated residents, and below- average obesity rates. It ranks highest in the survey in the number of people who take part in activities like beach volleyball, racquetball, aerobics, hiking, basketball, yoga, tai chi, swimming, cycling, running, and kickboxing.

As for the rest of the country, here are the top 25 fittest and fattest cities according to Men's Fitness:

Top Fittest Cities

1. Salt Lake City, UT
2. Colorado Springs, CO
3. Minneapolis, MN
4. Denver, CO
5. Albuquerque, NM
6. Portland, OR
7. Honolulu, HI
8. Seattle, WA
9. Omaha, NE
10. Virginia Beach, VA
11. Milwaukee, WI
12. San Francisco, CA
13. Tucson, AZ
14. Boston, MA
15. Cleveland, OH
16. St. Louis, MO
17. Austin, TX
18. Washington, DC
19. Sacramento, CA
20. Oakland, CA
21. Atlanta, GA
22. Fresno, CA
23. Tampa, FL
24. Nashville-Davidson, TN
25. Pittsburgh, PA

Top Fattest Cities

1. Miami, FL
2. Oklahoma City, OK
3. San Antonio, TX
4. Las Vegas, NV
5. New York, NY
6. Houston, TX
7. El Paso, TX
8. Jacksonville, FL
9. Charlotte, NC
10. Louisville-Jefferson, KY
11. Memphis, TN
12. Detroit, MI
13. Chicago, IL
14. Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
15. San Jose, CA
16. Tulsa, OK
17. Baltimore, MD
18. Columbus, OH
19. Raleigh, NC
20. Philadelphia, PA
21. L.A.-Long Beach, CA
22. Phoenix-Mesa, AZ
23. Indianapolis, IN
24. San Diego, CA
25. Kansas City, MO

How did your city do? (Mine's #18 on the FATTEST list)

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FASB Vote Relaxes Mark To Market Accounting Rule

The FASB, pressured by U.S. lawmakers, voted to relax fair-value mark to market accounting rules banks say don’t work when markets are inactive. The question is when does the FASB Mark to market rule apply.

FASB rule changes on mark to market take pressure off the banks on accounting for mortgage-backed assets. It gives firms more leeway in valuing assets.

The thing is that Bloomberg says fair value can be applied to Q1, AP on Yahoo finance says new rules apply to Q2. FASB site says nothing.

According to this Twit from Jim Cramer Citigroup Gets a Lease on Life From FASB: The change in mark-to-market might bring the short-squeeze of a lifetime.

Her is the summary of FASB's April 1 board meeting.

"Summary of Board decisions are provided for the information and convenience of constituents who want to follow the Board’s deliberations. All of the conclusions reported are tentative and may be changed at future Board meetings. Decisions are included in an Exposure Draft for formal comment only after a formal written ballot. Decisions in an Exposure Draft may be (and often are) changed in redeliberations based on information provided to the Board in comment letters, at public roundtable discussions, and through other communication channels. Decisions become final only after a formal written ballot to issue a final standard."

FASB board made the following decisions.

The proposed disclosures would be updated to reflect the results of the Board’s redeliberations of FSP FAS 140-4 and FIN 46(R)-8, Disclosures by Public Entities (Enterprises) about Transfers of Financial Assets and Interests in Variable Interest Entities.

The scope of the proposed sensitivity analysis disclosures would be finalized as proposed and would not be expanded.

The Board previously decided to require specific disclosures for securitization and asset backed financing arrangements where a transferor has continuing involvement with transferred financial assets accounted for as sales. The Board decided to expand those requirements to all transfers of financial assets accounted for as sales where the transferor has continuing involvement with transferred financial assets.

All disclosure requirements would apply to both nonpublic and public entities.

An entity would disclose the nature of any beneficial interests received as proceeds from a sale of financial assets, and also disclose the inputs and valuation techniques used to value those beneficial interests.

An entity would disclose the maximum exposure to loss arising from its continuing involvement, except in the case of a secured borrowing.
Further guidance on how to consider materiality or significance in relation to continuing involvements would not be provided.

The reporting entity would not be required to disclose standardized categories of transferred financial assets in standardized tabular formats.

An entity would not be required to disclose an analysis of the maturity of its repurchase obligations.

An entity would not be required to disclose the amount of transfer activity (that qualifies for derecognition) in a reporting period when the transfer activity is not evenly distributed throughout the reporting period.

Based on the information provided by FASB


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Bruce Pearl to Memphis?

DETROIT - Jeff Goodman of FoxSports.com is reporting that Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl has emerged as the leading candidate to replace John Calipari at Memphis.

Memphis AD R.C. Johnson “is expected to ask for permission” to speak with Pearl on Thursday and will offer him a deal worth $3 million a year, Goodman wrote.

Asked for a comment, Tennessee men’s basketball spokesman Tom Satkowiak said: “To my knowledge, at this point, Memphis has not contacted our director of athletics, Mike Hamilton, to request permission to speak to Coach Pearl.”

Said Memphis spokesman Lamar Chance: “I have not heard anything official on that.”

Bringing in Pearl would be a strong move for Memphis, which lost Calipari and could loose a slew of recruits, including Xavier Henry, DeMarcus Cousins and potentially John Wall.

Henry will likely end up at Kansas or Kentucky, Cousins could follow Calipari to Kentucky and Wall remains open and is considering several options.

It remains unclear what two other Memphis commits — Will Coleman and Darnell Dodson of Miami Dade College — will end up doing.

Miami Dade coach Matt Eisele said his program would keep that information “in house” for now.

Perhaps Pearl could stem the tide and keep some of the recruits from leaving.


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Katherine Olson's Murderer, the 'Craigslist Killer,' Sentenced to Life Without Parole

Michael Anderson — who became known as the Craigslist killer after he lured a 24-year-old woman to her death by posting an ad for a babysitter — will spend the rest of his life behind bars. And, no, the 20-year-old will not be receiving parole.

Katherine Olson’s heartsick family was in tears when the judge sentenced the young man — who killed Olson and disposed of her body in the trunk of her own car. The tragedy happened 17 months ago in Minneapolis, but her death made a long-lasting impact globally by raising awareness of the often-anonymous Internet’s dangers.

According to reports, Olson arrived at Anderson’s home in response to an ad she found on the website Craigslist.org, which operates largely on classifieds. When she tried to leave, he pulled out his father’s gun and shot her.

The victim’s father, a Lutheran pastor, and mother, Nancy Olson, were in tears in the courtroom. Her father, Rev. Rolf Olson, told ABC News in 2007 that Katherine was "larger than life" and, "unfortunately, too trusting."

"She had found benefits on Craigslist," he said, "but in her trusting nature, she fell into this trap."

Click here to read the Minnesota Star Tribune for more on the trial.



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