Elle Decor is a magazine published by Hearst Magazines, who bought Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. in 2011, that focuses on home decor.

Among the designers frequently featured in Elle Decor are Michael S. Smith,, whom it named Designer of the Year in 2003.

Matthew C. Patrick (born April 1, 1952 in New Brunswick, New Jersey) is a Democratic politician who served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He represented the 3rd Barnstable District from 2011-2011. He lives in Falmouth, Massachusetts. He was unopposed for re-election in the 2006 elections. He was defeated by Falmouth Town Moderator David Vieira in 2010.

Patrick was a Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana from 1977 to 1979.

A local wind developer "investigated the possibility of running underground electrical cables to other nearby businesses within the Falmouth Technology Park. This approach was found to be too costly, and impractical ... In 2007 Representative Matt Patrick introduced new state legislation for virtual net metering that would resolve this problem and facilitate renewable energy projects state-wide. The Green Communities Act, signed into law by Governor Deval Patrick in 2008, included the net metering provisions increasing the maximum allowed capacity..."

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Ralph Lauren (born Ralph Lifshitz, October 14, 1939) is an American fashion designer and business executive; best known for his Polo Ralph Lauren clothing brand.

Ralph Lauren was born Ralph Lifshitz in the Bronx, New York, to Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants, from Pinsk, Belarus: Fraydl (née Kotlar) and Frank Lifshitz, a house painter.

Ralph attended the Salanter Academy Jewish Day School followed by MTA (now known as the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy), before eventually graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School in 1957. In MTA Lauren was known by his classmates for selling ties to his fellow students. In a moment of spontaneity, when asked what he wanted to do in his Clinton yearbook he stated under his picture that he wanted to be a millionaire. During the summer, Ralph attended Camp Roosevelt (Monticello).

At the age of 16, Ralph's brother Jerry (who was his guardian) changed their last name to Lauren to avoid the unfortunate obscenity reference Lifshitz has in English (although Ralph's brother Lenny retained the name). Apparently Ralph was teased about it in school. “My given name has the word shit in it,” he told Oprah Winfrey. “When I was a kid, the other kids would make a lot of fun of me. It was a tough name. That's why I decided to change it. Then people said, "Did you change your name because you don't want to be Jewish?" I said, "Absolutely not. That's not what it's about. My cousins who lived in California had changed their last name to Lawrence. So I just thought, "I'm going to pick a nice last name"—it wasn't particularly connected to anything or anyone."