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Sarah Curran, Founder, My-Wardrobe: My 5 Tips for Fashion ...

Sarah Curran, launched online retailer my-wardrobe.com in April 2006, which has become the UK?s premier destination for ?everyday luxury? designer womenswear and menswear fashion.??

With a 100-strong team and international offices in Sydney, Dubai and Norway, my-wardrobe.com offers beautifully edited collections from over 180 leading womenswear and menswear designers including Marc by Marc Jacobs, Anya Hindmarch, 3.1 Philip Lim, Camilla Skovgaard, Paul Smith, Burberry and Acne.?

my-wardrobe.com was recently awarded Best Online Retailer at the Grazia Middle East Style Awards 2012 in Dubai and Best Customer Experience at the WGSN Global Fashion Awards 2011 in New York, as well as Best Customer Experience at the Drapers Etail Awards 2010, which followed Gold: Overall Winner and Best Innovation at the 2009 Drapers E-Tail Awards.?

Prior to launching my-wardrobe.com Sarah started her career at News International as a sub-editor for The Times Online.? It was here that Sarah developed an understanding and passion for internet publishing, which would take her to launch her business in the online space. ???

In August 2003 Sarah opened Powder, a designer fashion boutique in Crouch End, North London, which offered ?everyday luxury? womenswear designers such as By Malene Birger, Paul & Joe and Marc by Marc Jacobs. ??

After a move to the South of France and the birth of her first child, Sarah decided to explore and expand the business online. Anticipating the rapid growth of the online fashion industry, Sarah launched my-wardrobe.com in April 2006, offering ?everyday luxury? designer womenswear brands and most recently menswear with the January 2009 launch of the menswear site.?The rapid growth of the business brought Sarah back to the UK, where she set up the base of my-wardrobe.com in Nottingham and the HQ in central London. ?

After appointing a Global CEO to drive the international expansion of the business, Sarah now acts as Founder of my-wardrobe.com attending fashion shows around the world and regularly comments on trends and designers for leading print and broadcast media, as well as speaking at key events including the British Chamber of Commerce Annual Conference, the Drapers Fashion Summit, Fashion Business Club and the 2010 L?Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival.?

In recognition of Sarah?s entrepreneurial skills and expertise in the fashion sector, she has been made a fellow of the RSA (The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce).

TNW:?Tell us a little about life post my-wardrobe. What are you currently working on?

Since appointing David Worby as CEO, it?s given me the opportunity to focus on getting the work/life balance back and spending more time with my son Jake.? I?m still very much a part of overseeing the direction of the brand and business but it was time to bring someone in with David?s expertise to propel the global growth of the business.? I have given a lot of focus to working on charity projects as I?m involved in the Prince?s Trust and I work on a number of mentoring schemes.?? This month sees the air date of a special Channel 4 TV project called the Intern, which gave three young adults the chance to win a three month internship with my-wardrobe. It?s going to be really exciting to finally watch it.

TNW:?What was the hardest aspect of stepping down as CEO of your business, and what did you most enjoy about the transition?

my-wardrobe has been my life 24/7 for almost 7 years and that?s hard to step away from.?

You have to readjust your priorities and refocus your energy, releasing control and not wanting to immediately jump in when decisions are being made.? You have to have absolute trust in your team and allow them to do their job.? The best thing has been having more time to spend with my son Jake.?? Jake has grown up with me focusing my energies on growing the business and I always knew a time would come when I could make that change.

TNW:?How did your experience as a sub-editor for The Times Online help you to launch and lead an online business?

My time at the Times Online gave me an insight into internet publishing all those years ago when the print team would look at us thinking what are they doing in their corner tucked away in the New International office.? It allowed me to gain an understanding of the brand consistency and tone and also the power of the internet when it came to editorial. ??

I knew the future was in the internet and it wasn?t just about publishing; our lives would be focused around this medium.

TNW: my-wardrobe owes some of its huge success to the high level of customer service, which aims to give customers the same emotional experience as shopping in the real world. What advice would you give to entrepreneurs with online businesses looking to give their customers a ?real world? experience when shopping online?

Every retailer should focus on the customer.? The customer should be at the heart of everything that you do and it?s something we have always placed a huge importance on and it?s runs through our brand DNA.??

Entrepreneurs should focus on looking at their target customer, their lifestyle, their behavior, the media they consume and what they expect from a retailer and how to apply your own brand to it.??

The customer has huge expectations and more so than ever and you can?t do things by half.? In what is now a very competitive market, you have to go the extra mile and you have to deliver something quite unique.

TNW:?What challenges did you encounter as my-wardrobe expanded internationally and how did you overcome these?

The biggest challenge for us was creating a local yet global business and experience retaining that personal touch which we have always been known for. ??Our approach was to find a local expert to lead and run the business.? It?s enabled us to have a local understanding of our markets, an insight into the customer, the media landscape, the marketing calendar and a local, relevant voice for our editorial and social media.

TNW: my-wardrobe has raised several million pounds in investment over the years. What are your tips for female founders looking to raise funds for their business?

Have an absolute understanding of your business, your market and your sales plan.? ?

It?s not enough to go into a boardroom with a big smile and knowledge of your industry and product;you need to know your numbers and the opportunity for your investors.?

Also make sure you are in front of people who understand your business and industry.

TNW:?Which upcoming fashion entrepreneurs do you most admire?

There have been some amazing businesses launching. One of the most inspirational has to be the Cambridge Satchel Company. The story of the mother and daughter founders and their passion for the business is incredible.

TNW:?At one of our recent pitch events, a very high proportion of the pitching companies were fashion brands. What kinds of fashion startup do you think will flourish in the coming years, and which will fall by the wayside?

It?s those businesses which bring something new or innovative to the market, which is going to add to the consumer?s lives.?? If it?s another fashion etailer, it needs to offer a different edit or a new innovation in shopping.?

It?s such a crowded market place now, so you need something very unique to cut through.

TNW:?What five tips would you give to someone considering becoming a fashion entrepreneur?

Understand your market, your product and your customer
Understand the potential market share and opportunity
Hire the best.? You need experts in every area as you can?t do it all.
Control your cash flow.? Fashion businesses are often very cash dependent.
Put the customer first and focus on creating an exceptional experience.

Source: http://www.thenextwomen.com/2013/04/16/sarah-curran-founder-my-wardrobe-my-5-tips-fashion-entrepreneurs

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Calif. Democrats push wide-ranging gun control bills

California lawmakers took their first step toward moving a gun control legislative package Tuesday, following similar tough firearm and ammunition restrictions enacted in several other states in the wake of recent shooting rampages.

As dozens of supporters and opponents packed the committee room, Democrats in the state Senate began to use their majority to advance a group of seven bills that would further tighten California's strict gun laws.

One of the proposals would prohibit the sale of any semi-automatic rifle that accepts detachable ammunition magazines, prompting activists on both sides of the debate to say the plan goes beyond bans in other states.

"We simply can't wait until the next tragedy before taking action," Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told the Senate Public Safety Committee.

The proposals come in the aftermath of mass shootings in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo. Some of the measures, including a ban on possessing ammunition magazines holding more than 10 bullets, would apply to current gun owners as well as those who buy weapons in the future.

Also, bills in the package would:

? Make it more difficult to rapidly reload weapons with high-capacity magazines.

? Add a combination shotgun-rifle to the state's list of prohibited weapons.

? Require background checks for all gun owners.

? Require ammunition buyers to undergo a background check and get a permit.

? Require more training for gun buyers.

? And add new crimes to those that disqualify California residents from owning weapons.

New York, Connecticut and Colorado have passed restrictions on firearms in response to recent mass shootings.

The new bills in California are among at least 30 gun control measures introduced in the state this year, and they come as state Assembly members also debate the topic.

The Assembly Public Safety Committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would make it a crime to negligently store a loaded firearm or leave it in a place where a child is likely to access it. Current law makes it a crime only if the child uses the weapon.

The same committee also rejected a pair of gun owners' rights bills ? one that would have made it easier to get a concealed weapons permit and another allowing the open carry of firearms.

Given the makeup of the California Legislature, the Senate gun control package stands a fair chance of becoming law. Democrats hold two-thirds majorities in both the state Assembly and Senate. Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown's office, however, declined comment on the pending legislation.

Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, author of the bill to outlaw rifles with detachable magazines, said the proposal would close "loopholes and gaps that the manufacturers have exploited" to sell military-style assault weapons in the state.

The Sacramento Democrat estimated that about 355 California residents and 3,300 people nationwide have died from gun violence since the Connecticut elementary school shooting in December.

However, gun rights advocate Jake McGuigan said few assault weapons are used in homicides in California, citing state Department of Justice statistics.

"We don't look for the loopholes," said McGuigan, a National Shooting Sports Foundation spokesman. "We only look to comply with the legislation."

Steinberg and other supporters acknowledged that California laws can be skirted by those who travel to other states to buy weapons, underscoring their desire for federal gun control legislation. However, Steinberg said, California lawmakers should not wait to take action.

Gun control activist Rick Jacobs echoed the notion, saying that California lawmakers are acting, "while unfortunately those folks in Washington are watching."

Jacobs, chairman of the Courage Campaign, said his group helped collect more than 31,000 signatures backing the gun restrictions.

Meanwhile, opponents testified that the ban on future sales of rifles with detachable magazines would outlaw firearms that don't generally qualify as assault weapons and would sweep up Californians who would inadvertently be breaking the law.

"Filling our jails with normal, everyday law abiding citizens," said Sen. Joel Anderson, R-Alpine, as he voted against Steinberg's bill, "makes absolutely no sense to me."

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Boston Marathon bombing kills 3, injures over 140

Medical responders run an injured man past the finish line the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

An unidentified Boston Marathon runner is comforted as she cries in the aftermath of two blasts which exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Medical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

People react to a second explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, John Tlumacki)

People react as an explosion goes off near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions went off at the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, David L Ryan) MANDATORY CREDIT

BOSTON (AP) ? Two bombs exploded in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 140 in a bloody scene of shattered glass and severed limbs that raised alarms that terrorists might have struck again in the U.S.

A White House official speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still unfolding said the attack was being treated as an act of terrorism.

President Barack Obama vowed that those responsible will "feel the full weight of justice."

As many as two unexploded bombs were also found near the end of the 26.2-mile course as part of what appeared to be a well-coordinated attack, but they were safely disarmed, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity because of the continuing investigation.

The fiery twin blasts took place about 10 seconds and about 100 yards apart, knocking spectators and at least one runner off their feet, shattering windows and sending dense plumes of smoke rising over the street and through the fluttering national flags lining the route. Blood stained the pavement, and huge shards were missing from window panes as high as three stories.

"They just started bringing people in with no limbs," said runner Tim Davey of Richmond, Va. He said he and his wife, Lisa, tried to shield their children's eyes from the gruesome scene inside a medical tent that had been set up to care for fatigued runners, but "they saw a lot."

"They just kept filling up with more and more casualties," Lisa Davey said. "Most everybody was conscious. They were very dazed."

As the FBI took charge of the investigation, authorities shed no light on a motive or who may have carried out the bombings, and police said they had no suspects in custody. Officials in Washington said there was no immediate claim of responsibility.

WBZ-TV reported late Monday that law enforcement officers were searching an apartment in the Boston suburb of Revere. Massachusetts State Police confirmed that a search warrant related to the investigation into the explosions was served Monday night in Revere but provided no further details.

Police said three people were killed. An 8-year-old boy was among the dead, according to a person who talked to a friend of the family and spoke on condition of anonymity. The person said the boy's mother and sister were also injured as they waited for his father to finish the race.

Hospitals reported at least 144 people injured, at least 17 of them critically. The victims' injuries included broken bones, shrapnel wounds and ruptured eardrums.

At Massachusetts General Hospital, Alasdair Conn, chief of emergency services, said: "This is something I've never seen in my 25 years here ... this amount of carnage in the civilian population. This is what we expect from war."

Some 23,000 runners took part in the race, one of the world's oldest and most prestigious marathons.

One of Boston's biggest annual events, the race winds up near Copley Square, not far from the landmark Prudential Center and the Boston Public Library. It is held on Patriots Day, which commemorates the first battles of the American Revolution, at Concord and Lexington in 1775.

Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis asked people to stay indoors or go back to their hotel rooms and avoid crowds as bomb squads methodically checked parcels and bags left along the race route. He said investigators didn't know whether the bombs were hidden in mailboxes or trash cans.

He said authorities had received "no specific intelligence that anything was going to happen" at the race.

The Federal Aviation Administration barred low-flying aircraft within 3.5 miles of the site.

"We still don't know who did this or why," Obama said at the White House, adding, "Make no mistake: We will get to the bottom of this."

With scant official information to guide them, members of Congress said there was little or no doubt it was an act of terrorism.

"We just don't know whether it's foreign or domestic," said Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security.

A few miles away from the finish line and around the same time, a fire broke out at the John F. Kennedy Library. The police commissioner said that it may have been caused by an incendiary device but that it was not clear whether it was related to the bombings.

The first explosion occurred on the north side of Boylston Street, just before the finish line, and some people initially thought it was a celebratory cannon blast.

When the second bomb went off, spectators' cheers turned to screams. As sirens blared, emergency workers and National Guardsmen who had been assigned to the race for crowd control began climbing over and tearing down temporary fences to get to the blast site.

The bombings occurred about four hours into the race and two hours after the men's winner crossed the finish line. By that point, more than 17,000 of the athletes had finished the marathon, but thousands more were still running.

The attack may have been timed for maximum carnage: The four-hour mark is typically a crowded time near the finish line because of the slow-but-steady recreational runners completing the race and because of all the friends and relatives clustered around to cheer them on.

Runners in the medical tent for treatment of dehydration or other race-related ills were pushed out to make room for victims of the bombing.

A woman who was a few feet from the second bomb, Brighid Wall, 35, of Duxbury, said that when it exploded, runners and spectators froze, unsure of what to do. Her husband threw their children to the ground, lay on top of them and another man lay on top of them and said, "Don't get up, don't get up."

After a minute or so without another explosion, Wall said, she and her family headed to a Starbucks and out the back door through an alley. Around them, the windows of the bars and restaurants were blown out.

She said she saw six to eight people bleeding profusely, including one man who was kneeling, dazed, with blood trickling down his head. Another person was on the ground covered in blood and not moving.

"My ears are zinging. Their ears are zinging," Wall said. "It was so forceful. It knocked us to the ground."

Competitors and race volunteers were crying as they fled the chaos. Authorities went onto the course to carry away the injured, while race stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site.

Roupen Bastajian, a state trooper from Smithfield, R.I., had just finished the race when he heard the blasts.

"I started running toward the blast. And there were people all over the floor," he said. "We started grabbing tourniquets and started tying legs. A lot of people amputated. ... At least 25 to 30 people have at least one leg missing, or an ankle missing, or two legs missing."

The race honored the victims of the Newtown, Conn., shooting with a special mile marker in Monday's race.

Boston Athletic Association president Joanne Flaminio previously said there was "special significance" to the fact that the race is 26.2 miles long and 26 people died at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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Associated Press writers Jay Lindsay, Steve LeBlanc, Bridget Murphy and Meghan Barr in Boston; Julie Pace, Lara Jakes and Eileen Sullivan in Washington; and Marilynn Marchione in Milwaukee contributed to this report.

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New homes to get the green light in just 10 days | Realestate | Real ...

NEW homes could be approved within 10 days under radical changes to planning laws that are tipped to spark a construction boom in Sydney.

In a bid to address the state's housing shortage and affordability crisis, councils will be forced to give the green light to 80 per cent of all suitable NSW buildings in just 25 days, according to a state government white paper to be released today.

As long as new homes and renovations are under two storeys and do not affect neighbours with overshadowing or privacy issues, authorities will have to give their rulings within 10 days or risk losing decision-making powers on major projects.

Suitable apartments in town centres, developments of up to 20 townhouses, new shops and land subdivisions will also get the go-ahead in less than a month.

Councils currently take an average of 71 days to decide on new development, from garages to subdivisions, and more than eight months on developments worth more than $5 million, such as apartment blocks.

"If you put in a DA for a new house that meets all the requirements, you shouldn't have to wait for up to two or three months to get an approval like you do now," Planning Minister Brad Hazzard said.

"We expect our changes to the DA system will generate savings for the community and industry of up to $1.7 billion over the next 10 years."

Councils will also be forced to spend millions of dollars of infrastructure levies they have been hoarding - with the 43 Sydney councils accumulating $760 million paid by developers, earning $40 million in interest last year. Under the changes, authorities will only be able to charge infrastructure fees for essential roads, drainage and parks, instead of saving for decades for pet projects.

The state government has rejected calls to bring in a flat tax of $160 on every ratepayer in the state to fund $1.2 billion of infrastructure a year for new urban growth.

Instead, it will make dramatic changes to council taxes on new properties, forcing new apartments in the affluent east to pay infrastructure levies to stop western homebuyers copping up to $40,000 on the cost of their houses, while $2 million properties in the east pay just $5000.

At the moment, a $450,000 new house in Camden will cost homebuyers more than $40,000 in combined local and state infrastructure contributions, while the owners of a new three-bedroom, $2 million apartment in Double Bay would pay just over $5000 in local contributions.

"Whether you are in Camden or Collaroy, if your new development creates demand for infrastructure, you should make a modest contribution to the cost of new or upgraded infrastructure to support growth," Mr Hazzard said.

The white paper will allow NSW councils the chance to keep their powers to determine the fate of DAs worth up to $20 million.

However, they will be encouraged to appoint independent hearing and assessment panels in an effort to depoliticise local government decision making and "remove any potential corruption risks".

Source: http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/realestate/new-homes-to-get-the-green-light-in-just-10-days/story-fncv6x1p-1226621123968

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Meet MTV Movie Awards Host Rebel Wilson

The 'Bridesmaids' and 'Pitch Perfect' funny lady follows in the footsteps of Russell Brand, Jason Sudeikis and Aziz Ansari.
By Todd Gilchrist

Rebel Wilson
Photo: John Shearer

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1705604/movie-awards-rebel-wilson-host.jhtml

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Freezing nerves knocks pain out cold

Apr. 14, 2013 ? Using a tiny ball of ice, a minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment called cryoneurolysis safely short circuits chronic pain caused by nerve damage, according to data being presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 38th Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans.

"Cryoneurolysis could have big implications for the millions of people who suffer from neuralgia, which can be unbearable and is very difficult to treat," said William Moore, M.D., medical director of radiology at Stony Brook University School of Medicine in Stony Brook, N.Y. "Cryoneurolysis offers these patients an innovative treatment option that provides significant lasting pain relief and allows them to take a lower dose of pain medication -- or even skip drugs altogether," added Moore, an interventional thoracic radiologist at Stony Brook.

More than 15 million Americans and Europeans suffer from neuralgia, in which nerves are damaged by diabetes, surgery or traumatic injury, Moore noted. Sufferers often rely on pain medications, which have side effects and may not provide enough relief. Cryoneurolysis uses a small probe that is cooled to minus 10 to minus 16 degrees Celsius, creating a freezer burn along the outer layer of the nerve. This interrupts the pain signal to the brain and blunts or eliminates the pain while allowing the damaged nerves to grow over time, explained Moore.

In the study, 20 patients received cryoneurolysis treatment for a variety of neuralgia syndromes and were evaluated using a visual pain scale questionnaire immediately after treatment during one-week, one-month and three-month follow-ups after the initial procedure. Prior to treatment, patients' pain plummeted from an average of 8 out of 10 on the pain scale to 2.4 one week after treatment. Pain relief was sustained for about two months after the procedure. Pain increased to an average of 4 out of 10 on the scale after six months due to nerve regeneration, Moore said. He recommends repeat cryoneurolysis treatments as needed per patient, however, some patients will receive up to a year of pain relief from a single treatment, he said.

In the treatment, an interventional radiologist makes a nick in the skin near the source of pain and inserts a small probe about the size of an IV needle that is used to draw blood. Under imaging guidance, the probe is advanced through the skin to the affected nerves. Cooled with pressurized gas, the probe creates ice crystals along the edge of the nerves. "The effect is equivalent to removing the insulation from a wire, decreasing the rate of conductivity of the nerve. Fewer pain signals means less pain, and the nerve remains intact," he explained. Additional comparative studies are needed, said Moore.

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Will Ferrell Is A Comedic Genius -- Even When Fending Off Aubrey Plaza

Ferrell keeps things funny during MTV Movie Awards acceptance speech, despite an unscripted bit with 'Parks and Recreation' actress.
By Todd Gilchrist

Will Ferrell introduces his "family" as he accepts his 2013 MTV Movie Awards
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