Novak Djokovic dumps Sergio Tacchini for UNIQLO -
(via cnbc)
I’d say this is a good move considering the outfit Tacchini put him in this past Saturday…
Sources tell CNBC that Tacchini was able to sign Djokovic by offering him a smaller guarantee than the larger companies would pay, but promised bigger should he do well. When Djokovic kept winning, the company fell behind on payments to the tennis star.
Multiple Serbian publications are reporting that on Wednesday Djokovic will sign with Japanese clothing brand Uniqlo, who already has Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori on its roster.
Uniqlo FTW!
"Bachelorette" Ali: a would-be Facebook millionaire screwed by "love" -
Remember Ali Fedotowsky from Season 6 of “The Bachelorette”? Well, let this be a lesson in what happens when you follow your heart… (via WSJ)
Ali Fedotowsky gave it up for love. She left her job in Facebook’s ad-sales department in 2010 to star in her own reality TV show, “The Bachelorette.” Ms. Fedotowsky left behind her unvested, restricted Facebook stock units, says her spokeswoman, who says Ms. Fedotowsky isn’t available to comment.
In an interview at the time with the Associated Press, Ms. Fedotowsky said “I decided I wanted to do what’s best for me, and that’s putting love first.” She apparently didn’t strike gold in love, either: Last fall, she publicly split with Roberto Martinez, the fiance she met through “The Bachelorette.”
LOSE-LOSE.
The businessman who ran up £203,948 bar bill is revealed as 23-year-old City financier -
(via Mirror Online)
Models and bottles…
The businessman who blew £203,948 on bubbly in a single night as he entertained celebrity guests at a top hotel was a 23-year-old City whizkid.
Young financier Alex Hope splashed out £125,000 alone on a giant bottle of one of the world’s most exclusive champagnes.
His Twitter profile is filled with lavish descriptions of his wealth and comes under the self-styled title “Alex Ace Of Spades”.
Photos on the website show him partying with reality star Katie Price, enjoying luxurious holidays in Dubai and driving a yellow Lambourghini convertible.
Another image shows a bar receipt from Dubai bar Cirque Du Soir, where he spent 217000 Emirates Dirhams – approximately £39,000 – on champagne.
A caption says: “Cirque du soir last night went off! Ace Heaven! Because I can! 200k Dirhams.”
Perhaps selling your soul to the devil is worth it. Would like to see him do some good with all that money…
Mainland Chinese Flock to Hong Kong to Give Birth -
(via NYTimes)
HONG KONG — For years, Hong Kongers have nursed complaints about the growing parade of visitors to their city from mainland China. The mainlanders spit, litter, jaywalk and cut in line, the locals grouse; they talk too loudly, eat on the subway and otherwise flout Hong Kong’s more refined standards of public behavior.
Those are quibbles, though, compared with the uproar over the latest mainland invasion: pregnant women flocking here to give birth….
Billionaire Lawyer Offers Investment Advice: Cocaine Is Less Dangerous than Hedge Funds -
“I always look for price returns rather than income, because I make enough f——— money out of this sue shop—my law office.”
Erin Burnett's "8 Ways to Impress Me" can be applied to any woman. -
Thought I would follow-up with my July 21st post on Danielle Chiesi. Today, she will be checking-in to a federal prison for a 30-month stay. Here’s some “insider info” from Dealbreaker:
This afternoon, Danielle Chiesi will report to a West Virginia prison for a 30-month stay, for her role in the Galleon insider trading case, wherein she passed valuable tips on to Raj Rajaratnam after the tech execs she worked closely with passed her a few of their own. Chiesi will be bunking at Federal Prison Camp Alderson (former home of Martha Stewart, where “women hide sugar packets and crackers in their socks and conceal larger items like eggs under their shirts”), and whileBloomberg reports that the former beauty queen/Newscastle analyst won’t be living alongside‘sadistic crack-selling lesbian rapists‘ (“It’s more college campus than Chained Heat, the 1983 exploitation film about women in jail” we’re assured), there may still be a few aspects of prison life about which D-Chi (“they give each other nicknames,” says one former resident) will be less than thrilled. Such as:
The no cleave or red fishnets rule.
Chiesi, a former teenage beauty queen who would show up at technology conferences wearing form-fitting clothes and low-cut tops, will have to make do with a uniform of khaki pants and shirt and steel-toe boots during her stay. The only other clothes allowed — pajamas, sneakers and athletic clothes like sweatshirts, shorts and t-shirts — can be bought in the commissary.
The godawful tan lines.
Prisoners are required to wear bras and underwear except when sleeping or showering. They can sunbathe on the lawn during their leisure time, but must wear mid-thigh length shorts and cannot apply tanning lotion to one another. They can’t roll up sleeves of their t-shirts.
The carbs.
The meals, primarily chicken-based, are heavy on the starch and light on the vegetables.
The fact that she may very likely suffer a beat down on weekend one as a result of striking up an innocent conversation with the wrong gal.
Conjugal visits are prohibited…[and] touching among inmates is not allowed, though Myers and the other former inmate say that sexual relationships do take place. Most of the fights that the unnamed prisoner saw were caused by jealous friends or lovers, including one incident when an inmate threw hot coffee at another woman.
Having said that, there are some pluses to this working vacation, like the aforementioned opportunity for a street name, as well as the chance to try her hand at a new line of work.
Inmates can also apply for limited spots in vocational classes where they can be trained as welders, electricians or cosmetologists — the most sought-after option.
So, not all bad.
(via Dealbreaker)
Herman Miller “Eames Lounge Chair & Ottoman” – Limited 2011 Asia Edition -
ALL BLACK EVERYTHING.
Pinoe’s impression of Abby Wambach. Laff @mPinoe Megan Dennis-the-Menace Rapinoe (via fuckyeahmpinoe)
The LeBron James headband timeline (via TBJ) -
http://blogs.thescore.com/tbj/2011/05/27/the-lebron-james-headband-timeline/
A very scientific examination of LeBron James’ rising headband… aka his receding hairline.
Year: 2003
Exposed forehead height: 3/4 inch
Estimated headband angle, relative to eyebrows: 5 degrees
Year: 2004
Exposed forehead height: 1.5 inches
Estimated headband angle, relative to eyebrows: 12 degrees
Year: 2005
Exposed forehead height: 1.6 inches
Estimated headband angle, relative to eyebrows: 12 degrees
Year: 2006
Exposed forehead height: 2.5 inches
Estimated headband angle, relative to eyebrows: 27 degrees
Year: 2007
Exposed forehead height: 2.25 inches
Estimated headband angle, relative to eyebrows: 24 degrees
Year: 2008
Exposed forehead height: 3 inches
Estimated headband angle, relative to eyebrows: 34 degrees (in honor of Paul Pierce)
Year: 2009
Exposed forehead height: 3.2 inches
Estimated headband angle, relative to eyebrows: 37 degrees
Year: 2010
Exposed forehead height: 3.48 inches
Estimated headband angle, relative to eyebrows: 39 degrees
Year: 2011 (via Jose3030)
Exposed forehead height: 4.22 inches
Estimated headband angle, relative to eyebrows: 47 degrees