Rideau Centre temporarily kills display of dismembered mannequins

A dismembered, red paint-spattered female mannequin and a chainsaw have been removed from the window display of a Rideau Centre store, pending a meeting with the mall's general manager.

“We're not in the censorship business,” said Cindy VanBuskirk, who said she will decide whether to allow the store to put the Halloween display back up after meeting with staff on Tuesday. “If they're pushing the envelope, I have no problem with that. However, if they're crossing the line into inappropriate, as a responsible landlord, I will address it with them.”

Until Friday evening, Trivium, a store on the first floor of the mall that sells gothic, punk, and medieval-style clothing, had a window display up that was supposed to depict a “crazy mental institution,” according to the assistant manager. The display showed six mannequins — one holding a meat cleaver — dressed in doctor and nurse outfits.

On the far left side of the display, there was a female mannequin's head and torso splattered with red paint in a plastic bag, with a chainsaw placed next to it. On the right side, in another plastic bag, were the mannequin's legs shod in red high heels.Such as previously Nike Air Max, the entire-length Air sole returns away from your newjordans.

At about 8:30 p.m. on Friday, the assistant manager — who would not give her name — said she had been asked to take part of the display down. On Saturday, the dismembered mannequin and chainsaw had been replaced with a small coffin.

The assistant manager said she saw nothing offensive about the display.

“Every single person who works here is a female. We, a bunch of females, made the window.you will find perfect shippingshoes to complement your favorite outfit for a night out on the town in our collection. It's not promoting violence against women in any way,” she said. “It's supposed to be a horror story-themed window and that's it.”

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The assistant manager said that's no reason to be sensitive about the display. “People get murdered all over the world every day. It doesn't matter. It has nothing to do with what happens in society. We're just trying to have fun,” she said.lovingjeans for sale to men with low price and top quality.

Passersby at the Rideau Centre didn't think it was so fun.

“That's promoting violence, promoting violence against women,” said Jessica Kalinga, a 22-year-old student. “I think the marketing strategy was way off on that one. I don't know if their intent was to put a lot of focus on it so that people would come in and cause a reaction, but I think it was wrong of them to put it up in the first place.”

“It's a little graphic for a mall where there are small children,” said Emily Fawcett,cheapshox Running Shoe Flex grooves in the mid and outsole for flexibility . 20.

VanBuskirk described the owner of Trivium as responsible and conscientious. She said in the 20 years she's worked at the Rideau Centre, this is the first time there has been any hint of controversy about a window display at the shopping centre.

Trivium's assistant manager said she wasn't happy about taking the display down. “We try to do something fun every year for the window, something that's fun for the staff, because it takes a lot of work, and something that our customers enjoy. It was the first time we've ever had a problem,” she said.

Standing outside the Rideau Centre entrance near Trivium on Saturday afternoon, shopper Jennifer Morgan said the store staff have the right to choose whatever display they think will be the most effective advertisement, but wondered what a dismembered mannequin had to do with selling clothes.

“It wasn't just an advertisement saying, ‘Come in and buy our stuff.' They don't sell chainsaws,” she said.

Clinton offers to help Irish investment drive

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Saturday told Ireland's Prime Minister and the cream of the country's diaspora that he would host a summit in New York to help boost investment in the euro zone struggler.

A veteran of Europe's financial crisis, Ireland gathered a mixture of corporate leaders, actors and comedians in Dublin this weekend to discuss ways of accelerating their homeland's recovery and rebuild its reputation abroad.

While Ireland's booming export sector and strong record of attracting foreign investment is building a fragile recovery, Clinton told business leaders and politicians they could do more and that he would help them do so at an unspecified date.

“I think the American diaspora can do even more. I may be talking against my country's interests here but American companies have $2 trillion in cash reserves that they have not yet committed to invest in the United States,” Clinton told a packed hall in the in the plush surroundings of Dublin Castle.

“There's money there. I think you ought to target the ones that you know are rolling in dough. These are people who are sitting on money. They know you're a competitive country and they know they can trust you.”

Clinton praised Ireland for taking the steps that has seen it meet targets set under its EU-IMF bailout — saying Greece's problems were 100-times worse — but added that unemployment and particularly mortgage debt needed to be tackled.

Ireland's Prime Minister Enda Kenny, who told Clinton the country owed him a debt of honour for generations because of his peace work in Northern Ireland, said Dublin was examining a range of additional facilities to help households deep in mortgage debt.

Sharing a stage with, among others, U2 singer Bono and chief executive of International Airlines Group (IAG) Willie Walsh, Clinton urged Ireland to focus on its strengths in the export market and to tap the goodwill of the Irish Diaspora.

“I think there are huge numbers of people who are proud of the fact that they have Irish heritage but they are not part of these groups right now. They've never even thought of investing here yet, nobody ever asked them to,” Clinton said at the Davos-style conference.

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Around 70 million people worldwide claim Irish descent, nearly 11 times the island's current population, after huge waves of emigration, mainly to the United States and Britain, in the 19th century following a famine in 1845. Mass emigration continued well into the twentieth century.

U2's Bono said he would gladly go out and promote the country on specific missions but reminded delegates that they had to do more than just play the 'Irish card' to succeed.

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Patrick could have tough time in NASCAR

Would the fact that Danica Patrick is racing make you buy a ticket to see her race? A lot of people seemed to think that was the case in IndyCar, and now that she is leaving to race in NASCAR,Canvas wall art,edhardyshirts for sale. a lot of those people are concerned.

The folks in NASCAR are ecstatic that she is coming. They think that Danica will sell a lot of tickets for NASCAR races.

Recently, Danica announced that she had signed a deal with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his JR Motorsports to race the entire NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule in 2012. In addition, she will drive a Sprint Cup car in about a half-dozen events provided by Tony Stewart.

Not very surprising, the first Cup race on her schedule is the season-opening Daytona 500.

Hopefully, she will not show up for the Daytona 500 in the same seven-inch spiked heels that she wore for the announcement of her plans for 2012. I found that so amazing that I just had to get that in.

In all the years I have been covering the sport, I can truthfully say that I have never seen a woman racer show up at a news conference in high heels (no male racers,Examine our Boat and Ship af1shoes here. either), and I have been there for a few such announcements.

Also, not surprising is the fact that GoDaddy, the company that has pretty much financed her racing career and made her pretty much a household word, will be the sponsor for all her NASCAR racing. And GoDaddy will continue to be an Andretti Motorsports sponsor for the next two seasons.

Apparently, that was part of the deal to get Danica out of her contract with Andretti. And there is a chance that Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon will get a full-time ride with the Andretti team for 2012. Believe it or not, Wheldon has not had a full-time ride in quite a while.

If it were not for the high-powered marketing program she has in place, I have to seriously doubt that she would have gotten this far. She earned $12 million last year, according to Forbes.com.

To me, that is proof that people with no exceptional talent can be financially successful. Look at Snooki, who has no real talent; she is making millions.

Patrick last won an event 64 races ago, when she won a fuel strategy IndyCar race in Japan.China youredhardyhoodies catalog. Her efforts with the open-wheel cars have been disappointing this season.

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Patrick has told everyone who will stand still long enough to listen that she is not moving to a full-time effort in NASCAR to help her marketing efforts and help sell more merchandise.The next omelet you eat weddingdress will kill you.

Quite frankly, I don't think she is going to become a big success in NASCAR. She will not be winning races in Nationwide or Sprint Cup.

I doubt that she will be a factor in any NASCAR events in 2012, but the broadcasters' love affair, probably nudged along by NASCAR decision makers, with her will probably give her more TV exposure than the race leaders.

Some very talented stars of IndyCar have struggled in their efforts to switch to NASCAR. Sam Hornish Jr., an Indy 500 winner, has been trying to make it in NASCAR Cup and now Nationwide for a couple of years. I can't remember when he has been a factor in any race, and he has been in some very good equipment provided by Roger Penske.

IndyCar standout Dario Franchitti, even better known for marrying a movie star, tried to make it in NASCAR and lasted just one season before heading back to the comfort of open-wheel racing.

Hey, I remember Michael Waltrip raced for 11 years in NASCAR without a win. However, he was able to attract major sponsorship and, in auto racing, it does not seem to matter if you have success on the track as long as sponsors are happy.

Even now that Waltrip is a car owner who rarely drives, he still seems to have the magic touch for attracting sponsors. It may be a big help that he gets to generate exposure for his sponsors with his frequent commentator work for SPEED television.

Perhaps Michael and Danica should get together and write a book on how to be successful in marketing and sponsorship, with some limited racing talent thrown in.

It will be interesting to see how Danica does. Danica will probably measure it by on-track achievement. NASCAR will measure it by ticket sales and TV rating numbers. Danica's marketing people will probably measure it by merchandise sales.

Quite frankly, I think she has her work cut out for her in all those areas. Just my opinion.

Autumn's in the air; so is perfume

I love this time of year, when all the department stores send out their direct mailers advertising their fall sales. And it's not the fliers about the shoes,wintert-shirts and discount designer shoes provided for you. or the coats, or the cute skirts that I like. It's the perfume samples.

At first, I just liked to smell them.If you have all the right materials and equipment,edhardyclothing. Then watch the kids fight over who gets to smell them first. But one day, I forgot to spray on my perfume and saw a sample sitting on the hall table. And so I just peeled back the flap and wiped the sheet of paper all over my shirt.

You wouldn't think it, but you can get about three days' worth of rubs out of those. After the second day, the adhesive under the flap wears down, and you can rub it right onto your neck.

Seeing how powerful the scent was, I got the idea to open one up and leave it in my car. I can't tell you what an improvement it is over the fragrances you have to choose from at the car wash.Save on comprarairmax and apparel at the world's largest running store. I'll take Calvin Klein's Euphoria over New Car Smell any day.

It also beats air freshener. I always leave an opened sample on the table at the front door. Who doesn't want to be greeted every day by Marc Jacobs? Vera Wang's Lovestruck is perfect in my bathroom. And I don't really know who David Yurman is, but he's all over the bedroom.

My new thing is giving the furniture a little zip. This is where some of the male fragrances come in. There is nothing like a fine cologne for men. Especially when combined with a leather armchair. Just a quick little rub on the seat, and you're practically sitting on Ralph Lauren's lap.Shop for high quality truereligionjeans Watches.

I've got Ralph in the living room, Gucci in the office, and Armani on all the dining room chairs.

The only problem is I feel like I'm living in Belk. The kids are sneezing,It got to the point where some women would wear wholesalejeans if they knew Monsieur Masseur was coming to a meeting. we can't taste our food and sometimes, when the men's colognes overlap, I get real insecure.

Good thing the smells wear off in a week.

Dolce&Gabbana puts on a summer fair

What better way to lift spirits than throw a big party.

Tossing the current global bad news to the wind, the designing duo Dolce&Gabbana did just that,A food and dgshoessale bank has been set up for residents affected by Saturdays storms in Snow Hill. turning the runway into an Italian summer fair, complete with traditional multicolored lights and open air market goodies.

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Not only did the duo print fabric with fruits, vegetables, and different shapes of pasta, but they managed to turn garlic cloves into earrings and macaroni pasta into a handle on a raffia bag.

The show finale was a burst of color reminiscent of the fireworks at the end of the fair.

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2011 Emmy Awards Red Carpet – The Women

The women fared pretty well last night at the 2011 Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live last night (September 18) in Los Angeles.

Olivia Munn was sight to behold in a Carolina Herrera emerald green gown and Christian Louboutin shoes. Fringe star Anna Torv looked stunning in a black Vera Wang dress, Roger Vivier shoes, Lorraine Schwartz earrings and held a Judith Leiber clutch.

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Dianna Agron kept things covered up in a royal blue Roksanda Ilincic dress and Roger Vivier Boite de Nuit Ricamo clutch. The Big Bang Theory‘s Kaley Cuoco was all gussied up in a dress by Romona Keveza.

Emily Blunt was outfitted in a gorgeous tulle midnight blue gown with a plunging neckline from Elie Saab's Autumn/Winter 2011-2012 Haute Couture Collection. Claire Danes went strapless in a Oscar de la Renta dress from the 2012 Resort collection. While Julia Stiles hit the red carpet in Georges Hobeika Couture.

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Premier Did Better Than It Seems / Target's New CEO

So was Premier Investments another victim of revealing a poor profit result on a down day for the wider market?

The profit fall had been telegraphed in a July 25 trading update and after the company reported before trading opened, saying that it had met that forecast, the stock opened up 25c, or 4.7% at $5.60, which was as high as it got.

As the wider market sold off in yesterday's Greece-inspired slide, Premier shares fell as investors looked elsewhere and by the close they were only up 8c at $5.Shopping is the best place to comparison shop for shippingshoes.43.

Still in a market off 68 points or more than 1.6%, the result wasn't the sole reason for the inability of the shares to sustain their opening strength.

And the reason for that wasn't hard to find: comments in post release briefings about how trading conditions were getting tougher for retailers.

And those remarks overshadowed a company forecast that it still expects to improve its performance, and evidence that the group's retail chains had had a reasonably good year, all things considered.

Premier, which owns fashion outlets Just Jeans, Peter Alexander, Smiggle and dotti, revealed a 49% fall in full year profit to $40.5 million.

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Before those costs the Premier's group pre-tax underlying profit showed a less disturbing 18% fall from $89.3 million in 2010 to $73.3 million in the latest year and an 12.5% drop from $63 million to $51.5 million, on an after tax basis.

So the fall in earnings from retailing was nowhere near as terrifying as the 49% fall reported in news reports and commentaries.

Premier Retail (comprising The Just Group) reported sales up 1.1% to $866 million and underlying profit of $65.5 million, which was in line with guidance.

The company cautioned that comparisons with last year had to be made carefully for three reasons.

? FY2011 was a 52 week year and FY2010 was a 53 week year.

? Included in the FY2010 result was a significant one-off tax benefit arising from the acquisition of Just Group.

? The one-off costs incurred in FY2011 associated with the Premier Retail Strategic Review (as above).

Premier said the result reflected the very challenging retail environment, characterised by low levels of consumer confidence, weak clothing and apparel sales, extensive industry discounting and natural disasters in Queensland,Buy beautiful prints & gifts wholesaleedhardy, Victoria and New Zealand.

"The macro-economic environment and consumer confidence have continued to deteriorate in August," the recently installed chief executive of Premier Retail, Mark McInnes, said in yesterday's statement.

"As a result, trading for the first six weeks of the season (since July 30) has been very challenging."

Mr McInnes said Premier was seeking to reinvigorate its product and brands and improve gross margins through better sourcing.

"Given the macro environment, we have reacted quickly with an accelerated cost reduction program," he said.

"Our inventory is clean in all brands, and all our new Peter Alexander and Smiggle stores are on track to open pre-Christmas."

Premier reaffirmed guidance that its retail division was expected to generate earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) in 2012 of $80 million to $95 million, given the successful implementation to date of strategic initiatives, and subject to the macro environment stabilising and Christmas trading.

Outside the Premier retail division, Premier said its investment earnings had improved strongly, with higher interest on its cash reserves and improved dividends from its investment in Breville Group.

Premier declared a final dividend of 18 cents, fully franked, in line with the dividend in the prior corresponding period.

That made a full year payout to shareholders of 36c a share, unchanged from 2010.

"The board decided to maintain the final dividend, despite a very challenging year given our confidence in the new leadership of Mark McInnes and the potential of the strategic plan to deliver improved business performance," Mr Lew said.

That is a sign that the board isn't too concerned about the tough trading conditions.

And buried in the result was another positive, which many gloomsters will ignore: Premier Retail managed a small improvement in its profit margin in the year.

The company said that gross margins improved by 0.53% to 60.These youredhardyhoodies are a complete collection of every model available.2% in the financial year "not withstanding the difficult environment."

Now that's not a bad effort and should be remembered when next you hear people moaning about how tough it is some areas of retailing.

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