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Under these circumstances, these brands are going to have to work harder to differentiate their products if they want to win back consumers who have experimented with private labels during belt-tightening times.
The downturn has undoubtedly had a major effect on private label popularity, but this is not merely a recession-driven phenomenon. In many developed markets, private labels were already highly structured and sophisticated before the onset of the global economic crisis.
While brand owners can expect some consumers to migrate back to national brands when economic conditions improve, it is anticipated this will likely not be enough to offset the gains private label has made in many personal care categories.


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Dear CF: For all you know, you might have stepped into some dog doo-doo and your colleague was merely trying to scout out the source of the odour. At least that's the story I think you should stick with. "Hey, Bernard; I meant to ask you if my shoes were bothering you the other night -- I think I tracked in some dog poop -- sorry." It lets him off the hook but also sends the message that he's been seen. Yes, he may have a foot fetish -- the fragrance of footwear is a turn-on for some. If it makes you feel better, put yours in a bag instead of letting them hang in the hallway. Going up the corporate ladder is a bit heavy; you have only vague suspicions at this point.

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I am making a gumpaste swag that looks like a branch of fall leaves to go on a 4 tier wedding cake. what is the best way to attach it to the cake?
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'Something' happening to the climate
This is not how it was supposed to happen. The standard climate change predictions said that people in the tropics and the sub- tropics would be badly hurt by global warming long before the people living in the temperate zones, farther away from the equator, would be feeling much pain at all.
That was unfair, because it was the people of the rich countries in the temperate zone - North America, Europe and Japan, mainly - who industrialised early and started burning large amounts of fossil fuel as long as two centuries ago. That's how they got rich. Their emissions of carbon dioxide over the years account for 80 per cent of the greenhouse gases of human origin that are now in the atmosphere, causing the warming, yet they get hurt least and last.
Well, what did you expect? The gods of climate are almost certainly sky gods, and sky gods are never fair. But they have always liked jokes, especially cruel ones, and they have come up with a great one this time. The people of the temperate zones are going to get hurt early after all, but not by gradual warming. Their weather is just going to get more and more extreme: heat waves, blizzards and flooding on an unprecedented scale.
"In 2012 we had the second wettest winter on record and this winter is a one-in-250-years event," British opposition leader Ed Milliband said. "If you keep throwing the dice and you keep getting sixes then the dice are loaded. Something is going on."
The "something" is abrupt climate change. In Britain, it's an unprecedented series of great storms blowing in off the North Atlantic, dropping enormous amounts of rain and causing disastrous floods. In the United States and Canada, it's huge blizzards, ice-storms and record low temperatures that last much longer and reach much further south than normal.
Welcome to the "temperate" zone of the northern hemisphere.
There have been extremes in the "temperate" parts of the southern hemisphere, too.
Australia has just had the hottest year ever, with record- breaking heat waves and severe bush-fires. Argentina had one of its worst-ever heat waves in December, and parts of Brazil had record rainfall, floods and landslides. But that is probably just the result of gradual, relentless warming. The abrupt changes seem to be mainly in the northern hemisphere.
Geography may explain the differences. There isn't all that much land in the southern temperate zone, and the vast expanses of ocean that surround it moderate the land temperatures. Moreover, the polar jet stream in the southern hemisphere simply circles the Antarctic continent, and does not operate over land - whereas the northern polar jet stream flows right across North America and Europe. And it's the jet stream that matters.
The extreme weather trend in North America and Europe is less than five years old, so the science that might explain exactly what is happening is still quite tentative. The first hypothesis that sounded plausible, published in 2012 in Geophysical Letters, blamed a slowing of the northern hemisphere's polar jet stream.
The paper, titled "Evidence linking Arctic amplification to extreme weather in mid- latitudes", was written by Jennifer Francis of Rutgers University, and Stephen Vavrus, of the University of Wisconsin- Madison.
The authors' methodology has been challenged by other climate scientists, but I think that in the end Francis and Vavrus will turn out to be largely right. That is not good news.
They start with the fact that the Arctic has been warming faster than anywhere else on Earth, so the difference in temperature between the Arctic air mass and the air over the temperate zone has been shrinking.
Since that difference in temperature is what drives the jet stream that flows along the boundary between the two air masses, a lower difference means a slower jet stream.
Now, a fast jet stream travels in a pretty straight line around the planet from west to east, just like a mountain stream goes pretty straight downhill.
A slower jet stream, however, meanders like a river crossing a flood plain - and the big loops it makes extend much further south and north than when it was moving fast.
In a big southerly loop, you will have Arctic air much further south than usual, while there will be relatively warm air from the temperate air mass in a northerly loop that extends up into the Arctic.
Moreover, the slower-moving jet stream tends to get "stuck", so that a given kind of weather - snow, or rain, or heat - will stay longer over the same area.
Hence the "polar-vortex" winter in North America this year, the record snowfalls in Japan in 2012 and again this winter, the lethal heat waves in the eastern US in 2012 - and the floods in Britain this winter.
"They've been pummelled by storm after storm this winter [in Britain]," said Francis at the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in Chicago last week. "It's been amazing what's going on, and it's because the pattern this winter has been stuck in one place ever since early December." There's no particular reason to think that it will move on soon, either. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.
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Two American aircraft have attacked the city of Aleppo. The story carried by Syrian television and official media has not yet been fully confirmed.
If we can confirm this, it would be "smoking gun" evidence of a long suspected US Air Force move against the Obama presidency.
Conformation received from Syrian Intelligence, 5:40PM EST Sunday.
This bizarre story was initially carried in USA Today and by SANA in Damascus. 10AM Saturday morning, Damascus time, two US built F 16 aircraft crossed the Turkish border into Syria at low altitude. Their bomb loads were dropped on power plants east of Aleppo with collateral damage in a nearby neighborhoods killing up to 5 and injuring as many as a dozen more.
The aircraft flew from Incirlik Air Force Base, home to America's 10th Air Wing. This is the first coalition attack officially directed against civilian infrastructure targets. The US bombing campaign which began in 2014, has "accidentally" destroyed a number of key Syrian infrastructure projects including water purification and power facilities.
As with the recent bombing in Afghanistan that destroyed a Doctors Without Borders hospital there, American officials are giving out no information on the pilots who flew the aircraft or what unannounced policy change by the Obama government would allow what is a dangerous provocation. From SANA:
Damascus, SANA-Two F16 aircrafts belonging to the so-called US-led coalition violated the Syrian airspace on Saturday, targeting the infrastructure and destroying two power plants in al-Rudwaniya area to the east of Aleppo city, a military source said.
According to the source, the two aircrafts violated the Syrian airspace at 10:00 AM Saturday morning.
The source considered the incident a "breach of the international law."
The attack caused power outage in the targeted area, the source added.
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Day 3: Wake up the next morning and enjoy a full country breakfast. Visit the regional artist studios and historic sites. In the afternoon, depart for the Spa Your return to the Auberge includes a stop at the St-Benoit Monastery to sample some wonderful local cheeses and admire the spectacular grounds. (B) (D)
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Grenada to Trinidad
August 5, 2008
Aloha Captain Koo,
This is the first web update since March in Bequia. As I edited the pictures I realized that this 4 months say a little cruising life and a lot of boat repair and updating. I got new sails, new dingy and dingy davits in Grenada; new LP paint and bottom job in Trinidad. There were also a lot of repairs that won't get press here.From Bequia I dropped down into the Grenadines visiting a few islands and hanging around in the Tobago Cays a lot. The government of the Grenadines has made the Cays a park, mostly for yachts. It is a big area with gloriously beautiful waters. It was great for swimming and snorkeling but scuba diving is not allowed unless you are guided by a dive shop on Union Island to the south. I spent a week here then dropped down to Union Island to meet up with Francis La Ross (you and I met him in Australia) who arranged to stop a while on his way back to New York from Trinidad, where he had been for Carnival and the Trinidad Marathon. Union is a beautiful island with a number of nice dive sites including the reef that protects the harbor. The town is sadly a run down Rastafarian style mess that looks to have had little clean up or investment since the 70s. We did a lot of diving at sites on Union, Palm and Petite St Vincent Islands, mostly pretty good. There was a hop back to Tobago Cays for snorkeling and free diving for Francis. My aging body doesn't do well free diving past 20 feet or so. It was great having Francis around for the fellowship, more energetic water sports and food. He is a great cook! After a couple of weeks Francis headed north and I set off for Grenada after a few day stop at Tyrell Bay, Carriacou.Carriacou is a nice island in a lovely part of the Caribbean that manages to feel it has escaped from tourism. There are some resorts on the windward side where the anchorages are poor. Tyrell Bay is a safe harbor and the town of Hillsborough is charming. I had been trying to arrange for new sails over the Internet without success, so decided to head for the Spice Island, Grenada, where there are a number of marine services.I arrived the town, St Georges on April 8 after a brisk day sail past the famous "Kick em Jenny Rock". This is a nice plantation era city surrounding two good harbors called the Careenage and the Lagoon. I arranged to have sails made at Turbulent Sails, ordered a new RIB dingy from Budget marine and stainless steel dingy davits from Spice Island Marine. I cruised the nice south coast of Grenada, many nice bays, while waiting (forever) for those jobs to be done. This is a part of the world where almost nothing happens near when committed. The work I had done was good and reasonably priced, but to those following in my wake, I counsel patience. I also wanted to get a new Awlgrip topside and deck paint job as well as bottom work. I was not impressed with the work or prices quoted by the Grenada yards, so decided to save those jobs for Trinidad. Grenada took up 2 months of cruising and waiting time. All the south end bays were nice but visibility for diving was a disappointment.My favorite stop, other than St George's town was tiny Whisper Cove Marina at Clarks Court Bay in the town of Woburn. The Marina is a bargain, serving about 12 yachts and run by Luke, a fine French chef and great guy. The food was reasonable and gourmet. Luke is already to help offering a free ride for shopping 5 days a week. There is also an island bus about 1/8 mile away. Even one as restless as I am could easily get stuck at Whisper Cove. After 2 months on Grenada I rose in the dark June 8 to sail the 85 miles to Chagauramas Bay on Trinidad. I had a great fast sail in company with another west coast US boat passing through the Boca, or Dragons Mouth to the big bay. There are a group of small rugged islands that reach across the Gulf of Paria to within 7 miles of Venezuela. Paria is a large body of water, fed by tides and the Orinoco River delta about 50 miles to the south. For those reasons the currents between the islands were considered very dangerous during the age of sail. We had no trouble and picked up a mooring in busy Chagauramas Bay late in the afternoon. This is a busy place, known for yacht repair. It has 5 large repair yards and jams up with business in the summer months because of having competent and well priced yard skills and because it is south of the Caribbean hurricane season. It would be a beautiful jungle landscape but feels very waterfront-industrial. In addition to the repair yards, there are large dry storage areas where many hundreds of American and European Yachts are stored during the hot summer months while the owners go home for the summer. The idea of a Part time yacht, left on the hard for part of the year, was new to me. Owners seem to complain a lot about the difficulty of getting their yachts working on arrival. Surprise. I once calculated that I need to spend 1 ½ hours daily doing boat work. If I left the boat 5 months, that would be 225 hours of saved up workload. Nice vacation! I arranged to be hauled at the Power Boats yard and selected one of their contractors to do a new Awlgrip paint job, grind the bottom the bare glass, fill a few blisters, grind and fair the keel with epoxy filler, epoxy fill and prime the bottom and put on new bottom paint. It was to be a three-week job, took six weeks, was super frustrating, but the final result looks great as you can see from the pictures. Living at the top of a ladder in a dirty boat yard is not a lot of fun, but I believe that the job might have been finished in time for Halloween had I gone away. I did complete a long list of other work at the same time, keeping me involved with the workers. I probably got a better job as a result. Much of the tardiness was due to less than urgent attitudes, some due to the rainy season, which seems to take away at least part of each day. Trinidad-Tobago is a country of about 1,5 million, blessed with oil, beautiful scenery and a very high murder rate largely due to the drug gang problem. This means that a lot of people die from gang related murder (314 year to date on August 5) but mostly they are seen to just be thinning out the bad guys. Guns are all illegal here, but most all the murders are drive by shootings. Is there a lesson here??? The people are the descendants of African slaves and Indian indentured workers brought in when slavery ended in the 1830s. The population is about 40% each with the remaining 20% Caucasian and Chinese and a few others. Political leadership is racially oriented parties, but most people seem to get along without racial violence. The government is oversized, but supported by the oil and gas wells. 90% of exports come from oil wells. It was a plantation island, but that economy has gone away. The mountainous land and beaches are potential, but there is not much of it. I have done some mountain travel and gone through the swamps checking out the scarlet Ibis and other birds that help make this a pretty interesting place. Now I am at 10.4 degrees north and it is pretty hot and muggy here, better in the low islands off the coast of Venezuela to the west that are exposed to trade wind air-conditioning. I expect to sail in the next couple of days. More later mon. Love, Denny


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Thanks for being promt .Found them in front yard near mailbox of all places
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I have a small round blue/green pill, it is scored on one printed on the other side side and has Mylan 477? I think it is some type of muscle relaxer, can anyone identify it?
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When it was time for Jada Royal to enroll in college, Augusta State University was the obvious choice.
She liked the small classes, the intimacy of the campus and that she could earn her degree and still live at home.
Now that her liberal arts school is soon to merge with Georgia Health Sciences University, she said some students worry it could become something they didn't sign up for.
"I know for a lot of people, it will change the identity because they came here to go to ASU, not some new school," Royal said.
Though she questions the merger, which became official in a vote Tuesday by the University System of Georgia's Board of Regents, others have different views about a potential identity crisis, with some already missing the comfort of their small school and others taking pride in the possibility that ASU could become a nationally recognized institution.
Proponents for the merger say they envision the new school becoming a world-class university and a destination for students across the country. But yet to be determined is how that growth will affect the sense of home at ASU, where the Jaguars' golf team brought pride and national attention to Augusta by winning national championships in 2010 and 2011, and where a once primarily commuter school has invested millions of dollars in dormitories so students could actually call the school their own.
"As long as the change doesn't affect my money or my major, I don't see it as negative," said ASU communications sophomore Arthur Chapman. "So many colleges have the initials 'ASU' anyway. When I tell them I go to ASU they are like 'Oh, Albany State?' and I'm like 'No, no, no.' The change might give us more of an identity."
Others wonder how well a liberal arts school can blend with a medical college and whether ASU's strengths will be overshadowed by the health science areas.
ASU Spanish professor Jana Sandarg said the fear of losing identity is real. In class, she has overheard students talk about buying up shirts and hats with ASU logos at the bookstore so they can show off being the last generation of ASU.
"We are the Jaguars, we are like family," Sandarg said. "The fear is that when we get into a huge institution, we won't have that family anymore. … The fear is we're going to be swallowed up by the medical world."
Students pursuing health science-related degrees at ASU are the minority, at roughly 31 percent of the 6,741 students. When ASU combines with GHSU's current 2,442-student body, liberal arts will no longer have the same weight.
Former U.S. Rep. D. Douglas Barnard Jr., who attended the liberal arts school in 1940 when it was Junior College of Augusta and has a campus amphitheater named in his honor, said he worries the merger will remove some of the hometown pride it has built through the years. He's also concerned
about whether Augusta's interests are accurately portrayed on the Board of Regents given that the board has no Augusta-area members.
Of the 18 regents who approved the consolidation, none graduated from ASU or GHSU, previously the Medical College of Georgia.
"We've always had, up to now, a member of the Board of Regents from Augusta," Barnard said. "I think that we do not have the same advocacy as we used to, and I think that's a shame."
The last regent with Augusta ties was Timothy Shelnut, who left the board in 2007.
Someone who knows the importance of having representation on state-appointed boards is former Augusta Commissioner Bill Kuhlke, and he has a different take. Kuhlke, who served on both the Georgia Department of Transportation and Economic Development boards, said even if regents are not from Augusta, they often have ties to the area and interests in seeing the city improve.
"I think the potential opportunities it might open up from an educational and economic standpoint could be enormous," Kuhlke said.
Though there are alumni who are hesitant to let go of what they know as ASU, M. David Alalof, the chairman of ASU Foundation, the school's fundraising entity, said the alumni on his board are eager to see the university expand.
As the school changes, alumni can actually take more pride in that the merged institution is sure to get national attention, he said.
In reality, he said, it's about taking identity from the past and carrying it to what the school is gaining – not feeling like anything is being lost.
"Augusta College evolved into Augusta State, which is bigger and better, and ASU will evolve into this bigger institution that will be bigger and better," Alalof said. "We're not giving up our business college, we're not giving up liberal arts. … The identity of ASU will stay intact."


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The Terrible Gift: The Brave New World of Genetic Medicine
By Rick J. Carlson and Gary Stimeling
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Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution
The Terrible Gift: The Brave New World of Genetic Medicine
By Rick J. Carlson and Gary Stimeling
PublicAffairs, 305 pages, $26
Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution
By Francis Fukuyama
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 272 pages, $39.95
Redesigning Humans: Our Inevitable Genetic Future
By Gregory Stock
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In a harsh, cold room in London, 300 Fertilizers stood dressed in white, their hands covered by rubber gloves. They leaned over rows of human eggs, inspecting for abnormalities before plunging them into a vat of sperm. It was a time when embryos grew from test tubes instead of wombs; age no longer mattered, and subliminal messages, hormones and a drug called soma ensured universal happiness and cooperation.
This future, created by Aldous Huxley in his 1932 book "Brave New World," was free from disease, sadness, boredom and social conflict, but far from desirable. Its inhabitants, though happy, ceased to be human. They lived in a cold world, slaves to pleasure, with no concept of pain, inspiration, love or family. Today, opponents of such technological advances as in-vitro fertilization and drugs for treating depression lean on Huxley's new world as a metaphor for our future with such frequency that it has become a cliche.
In the 1970s, Leon Kass, the conservative bioethicist who now heads the advisory President's Council on Bioethics, mounted a campaign against in-vitro fertilization. He called it "a degradation of parenthood," demanding a ban on the technology, painting images of children conceived through the process as monstrous, unnatural specimens. Millions of children alive today were conceived through in-vitro fertilization; none is a monster as Kass predicted, and he has revised his stance on the issue. But now, he and other technological naysayers are repeating the warnings used against in-vitro fertilization, complete with invocations of Aldous Huxley. This time they're aimed at the burgeoning sciences of genetics and cloning.
Arguments about the dangers of rapidly developing biotechnologies aren't new. Since the birth of what's often called the genetic revolution in the '70s, we've heard arguments for and against everything from gene therapy to genetic enhancement to cloning. Bioethicists, scientists and policymakers grapple with enormous questions: Who should have access to our genetic information? Who (if anyone) should profit from our genetic material? Should people alter or select embryos to produce children with high IQs, green eyes or freedom from disease? If so, will it be universally available, or will it benefit only those with money? And how will we regulate it all?
Three new books have ventured into the debate over where biotechnology stands, where it should go and what we should do about it. These books, whose authors range from scientist to lawyer to economist, offer a frightening vision of the future of biotechnology, not by showing how science will cause our demise (though two certainly try) but by standing as examples of how political agendas, religious beliefs and finger-pointing are leading to a complete communication breakdown between scientists and those who hope to regulate them.
Two of these books follow Kass' lead by using "Brave New World" as an extended metaphor for what's to come. In "The Terrible Gift," Rick J. Carlson, a lawyer with socialist leanings, and science writer Gary Stimeling bring the art of apocalyptic prediction to new heights. In the near future, they warn, we may be struggling with questions like this: "[W]hen some superagency delivers its message digitized in proteins dissolved in your mouthwash, along with playback triggers to upload them into memory, how will you spit it out?" They see the potential outcomes of cloning ranging from beneficial to "incomprehensibly weird" to "unequivocally horrific." But they focus on the horrific: the potential for "a new undercaste of slaves and servants," "mindless Mafia muscle" and real live sex toys. "Would they be created with emotions or without?" they ask. "Would crucial mental functions be deleted to prevent organizing or rebellion?" They warn of "mass mind control," where genetics and pharmaceuticals allow doctors to "reach inside one's mind and twist the dials to their liking." Predictions like these may make for entertaining science fiction, but they do nothing to advance discussion of the tangible issues facing science today.


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The 52nd annual Northern Great Plains History Conference will meet October 4 - 7, 2017, here in Grand Forks.
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From the earliest days of the University of North Dakota, history faculty have played an important part in preparing students to be engaged citizens of their communities, the state, and the world. Today the department remains committed to teaching the past and developing in our students the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills necessary to contribute to an increasingly global world. Each faculty member is an active researcher in their respective fields, and bring fresh perspectives on different cultures and ideas into the classes they teach.
The department offers Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Arts programs, which are supported by a faculty whose research interests span periods of American, Ancient, European, and African history. Faculty approach their fields using different methods, with an emphasis on social, cultural, military, gender, and intellectual history. Faculty and student research draw upon textual analysis, the study of material culture, quantitative methods, and oral history to bring the past alive.
Both undergraduate and graduate students work closely with History faculty to complete independent research projects on topics of their choosing. The department also promotes engagement with the discipline through a regional archive with collections of national significance, the largest library between Minneapolis and Seattle, the history honor society Phi Alpha Theta, monthly informal workshops, and several annual lectures.
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Picking the President: Understanding the Electoral College (The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota, January 2017).
The 2016 presidential election has sparked an unprecedented interest in the Electoral College. In response to Donald Trump winning the presidency despite losing the popular vote, numerous individuals have weighed in with letters-to-the-editor, op-eds, blog posts, videos, and the like, and thanks to the revolution in digital communications, these items have reached an exceptionally wide audience. In short, never before have so many people had so much to say about the Electoral College.
To facilitate and expand the conversation, Picking the President: Understanding the Electoral College offers brief essays that examine the Electoral College from different disciplinary perspectives, including philosophy, mathematics, political science, history, and pedagogy. Along the way, the essays address a variety of questions about the Electoral College: Why was it created? How has it changed over time? Who benefits from it? Is it just? How will future demographic patterns affect it? Should we alter or abolish the Electoral College, and if so, what should replace it? In exploring these matters, Picking the President enhances our understanding of one of America's most high-profile, momentous issues.
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Congratulations to Dr. Albert I. Berger on the publication of his book, Life and Times of the Atomic Bomb: Nuclear Weapons and the Transformation of Warfare (Routledge, February 2016).
Life and Times of the Atomic Bomb takes up the question of how the world found itself in the age of nuclear weapons – and how it has since tried to find a way out of it. Albert I. Berger charts the story of nuclear weapons from their origins through the Atomic Age and the Cold War up through the present day, arguing that an understanding of the history of nuclear weapons is crucial to modern efforts to manage them. This book examines topics including nuclear strategy debates, weapon system procurement decisions, and arms control conferences through the people and leaders who experienced them.
Congratulations to Dr. Caroline Campbell on the publication of her book, Political Belief in France, 1927-1945: Gender, Empire, and Fascism in the Croix de Feu and Parti Social Français (Louisiana State University Press, December 2015).
In the interwar era, the rise of the largest political movement in modern French history, the powerful Croix de Feu (1927–1936), and its successor, the Parti Social Français, or PSF (1936–1945), led to a sharp rightward turn in France's political culture. Political Belief in France, 1927–1945 traces the central role of women in this shift, arguing that they transformed the Croix de Feu/PSF from a paramilitary league for veterans into a social reform movement that sought to remake the politics, society, and culture of the French Republic.
The first book on women of the French far right in the age of fascism, Political Belief in France, 1927–1945 contributes to the fields of French history, gender studies, the history of fascism, and the history of empire.


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Smaller public transport fare increase proposed
A smaller than usual increase in Metlink bus, train and harbour ferry fares this year has been proposed by Greater Wellington Regional Council.
Proposed fare schedule October 2013
Councillors decided this week to consult the public on a proposal to increase fare revenue by two percent rather than an expected three percent.
The fare increase will not be confirmed until after it has been consulted on as part of the Regional Council's Annual Plan process. Consultation will begin in late March. The increase will also depend on successful negotiations with public transport operators.
The smaller fare increase was proposed largely because of increasing concerns about the affordability of public transport.
Council Chair Fran Wilde says fare increases are needed to cover rising costs. "But we're also very aware of the need to ensure that public transport is affordable. We're concerned that this is becoming an issue for more people so a smaller increase is appropriate."
She says that an important aspect of the proposal is that the increase is in the total fare revenue rather than an increase in each individual fare. "Some fares will not increase at all, whereas most stored value card or multi-trip fares will increase by an average of about 2.5%".
Because cash fares need to be rounded to the next 50 cents, the percentage increase is always higher for these than smart card or multi-trip fares and this year it is proposed they will remain unchanged. The only cash fares that would increase are those for zones 8, 11 and 12. Multi-trip fares for these zones would increase by the average 2.5%.
A schedule of the proposed fare increase is attached. Harbour ferry fares are not part of the zonal fare structure but it's expected that ferry fares will increase by an average of 2.5%. This will be confirmed in June.
It's also proposed that the smart card fare for zone 1, which has not increased for three years, will increase from $1.60 to $1.66. The $2 cash fare would not change.
Fran Wilde says the zone 1 increase would require a temporary relaxation of the Council's current policy that all smart card or multi-trip fares provide a discount of at least 20 percent on cash fares. "We felt we needed to do this as a temporary measure to prevent a much bigger increase in this particular fare in the future, but we remain firmly committed to the 20 percent discount policy."
She says the smaller overall increase this year would still ensure that fares made up 55-60% of public transport costs. "The proposal still enables us to meet the requirements of our and central government's farebox recovery policy which ensures that public transport users pay their fair share of public transport costs. Ratepayers and taxpayers foot the rest of the bill.
The fare increase is proposed to take effect from 1 October 2013.
For more information, please contact the media team on 021 914 266 or email us.


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Washington: Bristol Palin is not giving her baby to her baby daddy Dakota Meyer and will be keeping her in Alaska.
Legal documents report that Meyer's DNA matches with two-month-old Sailor Grace, but Palin is still pushing back on his bid for a joint custody, reports TMZ.com.
Sources revealed that Bristol wants primary physical custody of her daughter. However, she is ok if Meyer gets visitation.
Apart from this, Bristol also wants child support and Meyer has filled documents saying that he is ready to pay. (ANI)


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Israel has delivered a message to the United States and France voicing concern over repeated anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli expressions in the Egyptian media, according to a report Sunday in Haaretz.
The message was delivered both by the Israeli Embassy in Washington to the State Department, and by Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir personally to the French administration during his recent visit to France.
"The expressions of animosity toward Israel in the Egyptian press has reached unprecedented peaks," Haaretz quoted unidentified political sources in Jerusalem as saying.
An advisor to the Egyptian Information Minister told Sawt AI-Arab radio station that Egypt regards the Shin Bet affair in Israel as "an expression of the aggressive and terrorist nature of Israel, which characterizes that country from its very beginning."
The pro-establishment weekly AI-Mussawar wrote the following with regard to the scandal involving Jonathan Pollard's spying activities: "Israel will not hesitate to betray her ally and sell the CIA to the highest bidder."
The weekly continued: "The Arab countries, and particularly Egypt, should learn a lesson that Israel does not distinguish between enemy and friend in its… stealing of secrets."
AI-Ahram wrote that the election of Kurt Waldheim as President of Austria on June 8 would open the way for the release of the West from the "complex of crimes which world Zionism and Israel has planted in it, and which was used for political, economic and psychological blackmail."
Ahbar AI-Yawn printed an article recently which said Zionism had the intention of taking over the world while AI-Gumhuriya wrote that Zionist leaders in Palestine collaborated with the Nazis.
Shamir instructed Moshe Sasson, Israel's Ambassador in Cairo, to express Israel's outrage over this trend in the Egyptian press. Shamir said that this trend conflicts with the efforts to educate the Egyptian public, and particularly the youth, to peace.


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Campus Admission-Specific Practices and Enrollment Resources
The Campus Admission-Specific Practice and Enrollment Resources (CASPER) website houses detailed information on admission, enrollment, and orientation at each of the 23 California State University (CSU) campuses. It is an especially helpful tool for high school and community college counselors, parents, and other advisers to prospective applicants to the CSU. Please visit campus websites for the most up-to-date information on admission-specific practices.
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Five Must-See Shows This Weekend
Suzanne Vega is scheduled to perform Friday, April 13, at the Musical Instrument Museum
If there's ever been a weekend you don't have to scramble for musical options, this is it. You've got a quadruple threat: Country Thunder in Florence, McDowell Mountain Music Fest in Phoenix, Way Out West Fest in Tucson, and that big party in Indio called Coachella. But are you not feeling the festival vibe? We've hand-picked five non-festival shows you can hit up instead.
Friday, April 13: Suzanne Vega at the Musical Instrument Museum
Remember the '90s, when all you had to do to sell records was pen an a capella pop song about sitting in Upper West Side diner, waiting for a cup of coffee?
Who knew New York singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega, she of the smash hits "Tom's Diner" and "Luka" (that child abuse pop ditty later covered by Evan Dando), would become an unlikely trip-hop superstar, inspiring Tupac and Weird 'Al' Yankovic to imitate her brilliant blend of folk eclecticism and dance industrialism? --Chandler Levack
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Friday, April 13: Them Jeans @ Bar Smith
Way back when Dim Mak was putting out Miracle Chosuke records, Steve Aoki, Franki Chan and Jason Stewart took the slo-mo Tuesday nights at Cinespace on Hollywood Blvd., added Red Stripe and an increasingly random and intense succession of celebrity presences, and created a legacy--if not a legend. Forever known as Them Jeans, Stewart developed into an electronic producer of growing note and an extremely well-traveled DJ, as well as something of an amateur-trending-toward-pro foodie who apparently hopes to one day open a sandwich shop. New track "Voodoo" (with Annie Lunoe) is sneaking up the Beatport charts, though, so perhaps the po' boys will have to wait. -- Chris Ziegler
Saturday, April 14: ACLU of Arizona Fundraiser featuring Repeat Offenders @ Rhythm Room
Dan Pochoda, the legal director for the Arizona chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, has spent the last 45 years fighting for the rights of the underrepresented both inside and outside the court room. It's a feat that deserves to be feted, which is what Pochoda's colleagues in the Arizona ACLU plan to do on Saturday, April 14, when they will honor him at the Rhythm Room. Pochoda's lengthy accomplishments and 70th birthday will be celebrated during the fundraiser. Local blues/R&B group Repeat Offenders will provide the grooves all night long as attendees celebrate, dance the evening away, and help ensure that Arizona has a strong ACLU. --Benjamin Leatherman
Saturday, April 14: Mike Doughty @ Cave Creek Coffee Co
If Mike Doughty had played his cards right, his 1990s alt-rock band Soul Coughing would be reuniting at Coachella right about now. At the very least, the New Yorkers would be co-headlining a tour with Blues Traveler or other HORDE Fest alumni.
Songs such as 1996's "Super Bon Bon" won a devout following for the band with an original, quirky sound that fuses jazz with a sample-driven blend of hip-hop, electronica and rock. Soul Coughing reached a degree of mainstream success in the mid-to-late '90s, highlighted by an arena tour with the Dave Matthews Band and gigs with Jeff Buckley. "Circles" climbed as high as No. 8 on Billboard's Modern Rock Chart and was played on alt-rock stations across the country. Even so, arguments over songwriting credits and publishing monies, compounded by Doughty's drug and alcohol addictions, led to the band to call it quits in 2000.
Now sober for 12 years, Doughty is going strong as a solo artist and, in January, released his autobiography, The Book of Drugs, which chronicles his drug-infused days and gives fans an inside look at the dysfunction that was Soul Coughing.
Having released six studio albums, three live albums and two books and conquered both professional demons, Doughty is in a better place, still growing as both an artist and songwriter. The success he's had as a solo artist has been much more rewarding than what he had with Soul Coughing, he says.
"Life is quite amazing. I feel like I'm a better artist than I've ever been; I have more friends," Doughty says. "Everything is much more dynamic, interesting, fascinating and romantic and poetic." -- Daniel Kohn
Sunday, April 15: Comeback Kid @ Nile Theater
Canadian act Comeback Kid has stuck around so long -- marking a full decade this year -- that it's managed to last until a renewed scene interest in more pure hardcore sounds came about. The quartet, despite forming at a time when posthardcore was in its trendy infancy, was never interested in softening up for any kind of scream-singing dynamic.
Instead, the Canadian act has always specialized in an unapologetically tough, loud, fast sound built around scream-along choruses, breakdowns, and no BS. The group recently lost a longtime member, guitarist Casey Hjelmberg, but this is par for the course for most long-running hardcore acts. For this tour, it's got a fill-in from Misery Signals and hopefully some new material -- it's been two years since the group's last full-length for Victory Records, Symptoms + Cures, though it is still touring behind it. --Arielle Castillo
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Debuting a bizarre new Toy Story set
Jul 24
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// Scarecroodle
Collecting toys by moonlight
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Mar 19
// Tianxiao Ma
Star Wars mash-ups aren't the only thing Tamashii Nations brought to the table; they had plenty of anime figures from their various Figuarts lines as well. Dragon Ball Z continues to have a large presence, featuring prom...
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Aug 17
// Soul Tsukino
The fine folks over at Groove are making your Sailor Moon collection look even better with their Pullip series Sailor Pluto and human Luna dolls. Both dolls are 37 x 20.5 x 11 cm in size and are fully articulated. They c...
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Jun 30
// Andres Cerrato
For gunpla, we will have three exclusive models that were previously only available at events in Asia. The three kits are all in 1/144 scale and are the HGUC Zeta Plus Test Type Image Color (Amuro's) for $25.00, the RG Gundam Exia Extra Finish Version for $48.00, and the HGBF Try Burning Gundam PP Clear Version for $22.00. Perhaps the biggest draw will be the S.H. Figuarts Goku Frieza Saga version. It's the Goku you've always wanted, with an actual belt and his symbols. It's almost like the standard Goku release, just now with an extra face and gi symbols! This limited edition of Goku will be available for $45.00 alongside an 18" statue of Goku from X-Plus for $65.00. Also available will be several Action Vinyls from The Loyal Subjects. There will be a set of black/white battle damaged Ninja Turtles, a crystal MMPR Pink Ranger, and a Transformers Construction set. There's one last group of releases for comic and movie fans. Iron Man will have two items, an Iron Man MkIII Magnetic Floating figure with a chrome paint job for $139.99 and a 1/12 Shotgun Iron Man Mark XL for $160.00. In case you're wondering about those prices, they're fully poseable with LEDs throughout. If you'd like another billionaire who fights crime, on hand will be Hero Cross' Hybrid Metal Figuration Batman for $80.00. Oh, there's also an S.H. Figuarts Nise (imposter) Sailor Moon, too. She looks mean and I guess that's kinda cool. Check out the gallery for what you can buy from Bluefin this San Diego Comic Con.
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Groove has opened pre-orders for the newest installment of their DAL line with Sailor Chibi Moon from the monumental anime Sailor Moon. The future daughter of Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask comes in her Sailor Scout uniform and ...
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// Soul Tsukino
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For Love and Justice!
Mar 06
// Soul Tsukino
We previewed Bandai's S.H. Figuarts Super Sailor Moon just a little while back, and now they've made the figure available for pre-order as well as released details of what will come included with the order. Super Sailor Moon ...
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Megahouse shoots for the Moon with 1/10-scale Usagi Tsukino
In the name of the Moon!
Feb 19
// Soul Tsukino
Megahouse is bringing you more Sailor Moon kawaiiness with its 1/10 World Uniform Operation Usagi Tsukino statue. This preposed figure stands at nearly 10 inches tall and features Usagi in her Juban Jr. High School uniform. I...
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Bandai announces S.H. Figuarts Super Sailor Moon for 2015
Make this the Holy Grail of your collection
Feb 17
// Soul Tsukino
During the Wonder Festival Winter 2015, Bandai previewed the newest addition to its Sailor Moon S.H. Figuarts collection by showing off Super Sailor Moon. By popular demand, the second manifestation of Sailor Moon will debut ...
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Wonder Festival 2015 Winter: MegaHouse
Sailor Senshi, swordsmen, and shinobi in here
Feb 13
// Jeremy Emerje Crocker
MegaHouse appears to have had one of the larger displays on the floor at Wonder Festival 2015 Winter. MH had no shortage of new figures to show alongside some figures they've been toting along for a few years now. While a lar...
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Wonder Festival 2015 Winter: Figuarts Zero Sailor Moon Crystal
Moon, Mars and Mercury show off their newer looks
Feb 08
// Brian Szabelski
Bandai doesn't think you have enough Sailor Moon figures in your life, because they're rolling out Figuarts Zero figures of Sailor Moon, Mars and Mercury in their Sailor Moon Crystal design. Seen at Wonder Festival, Moon...
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Wonder Festival 2015 Winter: MegaHouse Tsukino Usagi schoolgirl uniform
Schoolhouse rock!
Feb 08
// Lynnette Cantos
With the inner Sailor Senshi lineup complete, MegaHouse displayed the school uniform versions of Usagi, Ami and Rei at WonFes. The three figures are stand-alone and already posed, which is common for UFO prize figures so that...
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Sailor V joins S.H.Figuarts
Feb 08
// Oansun
If you're ready to complete the Outer Scouts/Sailor Senshi, Sailor Pluto is incoming. Bandai is providing an unpainted prototype (complete with staff and a serious face) and it looks pretty great. Super Sailor Moon was also s...
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S.H. Figuarts Sailor Venus coming back at ya
Love will find its way back to you
Feb 04
// Soul Tsukino
In case you missed it the first time, Bandai will be restocking their S.H. Figuarts Sailor Venus figure. The pvc figure stands at 140 mm (aprox. 5 1/2 inches) and is fully poseable. The Guardian of Love comes with 3 different...
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Sailor Mars goes chibi with Tamashii Buddies
Evil spirits BEGONE!
Feb 03
// Soul Tsukino
Pre orders are now open for Bandai's newest (and adorable) Tamashii Buddies Sailor Mars statue. Following previous releases in the series, Sailor Mars joins Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus from the Sailor Moon anime series...
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Sailor Moon Official teases Petit Chara figures of the Negamoon Sisters
Bring on the evil women!
Jan 21
// Vanessa Cubillo
By now Megahouse has a very large and cute collection of Petit Chara Sailor Moon figures. They've made a figure of all the Sailor Scouts, Tuxedo Mask, and even the cats. So they finally will be fulfilling my wishes by ...
Legend Studio reveals Sailor Moon S figure preview
Jan 07
// Lynnette Cantos
However, still no release date or price tag
After almost four months since the last update on Legend Studio's Sailor Moon series, their Facebook page showcased a mini gallery of the champion of justice. The Hong Kong-based company produced the Sailo...
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S.H. Figuarts Chibi Moon arrives in May
Pre-orders not open yet for her
Dec 15
// Brian Szabelski
Tamashii Nations' Sailor Moon site has just updated with a new post, announcing a release date and retail price for S.H. Figuarts Chibi Moon. The news? She's coming in May 2015 with a retail price of ¥4,536, making h...
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Still capturing women's hearts with a throw of a rose
Nov 14
// Vanessa Cubillo
At the recent Tamashii Nations event, they revealed many new exiting Sailor Moon figures that would be coming out in the next year. One of these exciting new figures will be S.H. Figuarts Tuxedo Mask. He has been one of chara...
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Figures from Ranma 1/2, Sailor Moon, Kamen Rider, Frozen, Dragon Ball Z, Star Wars and many, many more!
Nov 03
// Jeremy Emerje Crocker
At the latest Tamashii Nations event held over this past weekend Bandai blew the roof off the place with a staggering number of reveals! We're talking some 70+ S.H.Figuarts figures and accessories alone! There's way more than...
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Sailor Venus joins the Tamashii Buddies line-up
Moon and Venus slated for March 2015 release
Oct 20
// Brian Szabelski
Bandai's Tamashii Buddies line is getting ready to roll out in Japan, but before the first Dragonball Z Buddies arrive in November, we're getting another announcement. Sailor Venus is joining Sailor Moon in the Buddies line-u...
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Legend Studio's Sailor Moon series is still happening
Maybe we'll finally see them this year
Sep 11
// Vanessa Cubillo
Do you remember Legend Studio was supposed to come out with a series of Sailor Moon figures? It was announced and delayed massively, then the prototypes popped up last year, but again they were delayed massively. So now agai...
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Sailor Mercury is revealed as the next Sailor Moon series Pullip
Available for pre-order now!
Aug 29
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The brains of the Inner Senshi, Sailor Mercury, is joining Sailor Moon in the realm of Pullip dolls. This may just be me, but Mercury seems to look a lot better in this line than Moon does. Maybe it's the haircut. Groove also...
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Figuarts Zero Sailor Mars goes up for pre-order
Still a Tamashii Shop exclusive
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Bandai is releasing functional Sailor Moon transformation wands
And by functional I don't mean you can turn into Sailor Moon
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Still waiting on that Figuarts Tuxedo Mask
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Tamashii Nations enters the mini-figure realm
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// Scarecroodle
Let sleeping mermaids lie... or float... or whatever
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Get your preview of S.H. Figuarts Sailor Uranus and Neptune
Best scouts? Best scouts.
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// Andres Cerrato
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// Andres Cerrato
Figure Name: Proplica Sailor Moon Moon StickFigure Manufacturer: Bandai Tamashii NationsPrice: $94.99Available At: Amazon | Big Bad Toy Store | Entertainment Earth [Thanks to Bluefin Tamashii Nations for providing this sample for review!]
Won't make you a magical girl
You will do just about anything to feel like you're really there. Bandai has long made products to make you feel as if it were real to you and that's their goal with the new Proplica line. The first entry into the new series ...
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// Natalie Kipper
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Tomopop Review: Bandai's Figuarts Zero Sailor Moon
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// Brian Szabelski
Figure Name: Figuarts Zero Sailor MoonFigure Manufacturer: Bandai/Tamashii NationsRetail Price: ¥8,800Available At: HobbyLink Japan So, as usual, we start with the box and its pink overload. Lots of ribbons all over the place, which I'm pretty sure is meant to evoke Sailor Moon's iconic transformation sequence, but an otherwise nice box to look at. I'm not sure if I like the ribbons over the front of the window, and I'm a bit sad that Bandai didn't try to sneak a crescent-shaped window in here somewhere. Of course, none of that really matters too much once you get her out of the box since I doubt you'll be putting her back in it. Figuarts Zero Sailor Moon looks good from every angle I shot her in, and her sculptor deserves a nice bonus for that. The actual pose is also one that's a little familiar to fans (you can almost hear "In the name of the moon, I will punish you," can't you?) and definitely gives the sense of nostalgia I think Bandai was going for. The one curious choice for me was the decision to go with a shinier paint type for Sailor Moon instead of a flatter one. They did the same on the S.H. Figuarts figures and I wasn't so sure that I was a fan of it due to the metallic shimmer it gave those figures. I think it doesn't really matter too much on the larger-scaled Moon, though, because the most important thing is that the hues they used are damn-near perfect matches for the anime-style Sailor Moon they've chosen. For Sailor Moon's base, they've gone with the yellow crescent moon that's also featured in the series logo. It's very simple, but heck, are you going to tell me anything else fits better? I think not. Again, the sculptor for Figuarts Zero Sailor Moon deserves a bonus, Bandai: they've got everything in correct proportions, left no detail out, and made sure she's not posed at some inhuman angle, either. There's not much sense of motion outside of her hair and the skirt from the front view, but what is there is good enough that you won't have much to complain about. From the back, Miss Moon doesn't have a lot of detail, but you do get to see her uniform has more of that sense of motion I mentioned in the last paragraph. It's also a clean paintjob throughout, from the littlest stripes to the biggest parts of the uniform. Also of note: no distracting seam lines. Her face is based off the original anime appearance, and neither the manga appearance, or the new anime series (which is based off the manga's style). I think that this was the right choice to go with for an international release because it's the style we're going to be most familiar with — and more nostalgic about. I think the best thing I can say about Moon's face is it is pretty darn clean; only a tiny bit of inconsistent paint on the gem of her tiara is noticeable. Plus, her expression is perfectly suited for the pose she's been sculpted in. Figuarts Zero Sailor Moon comes with but one accessory, and it's a mighty fine one. The Moon Scepter is a part that fits into her right hand, and it's not that hard to get it to fit (though it does by design require you to pull a little bit on the hand to get it in there). The paint's alright on here and the use of translucent red PVC for the crystal parts works out very well. While you can display Moon without the scepter ... it just doesn't feel right to exclude it. I've given some pretty high praise for the S.H. Figuarts Sailor Moon line so far, but the Figuarts Zero Sailor Moon absolutely blows them out of the water in about every category. If you were a fan of the original anime series, do yourself a big favor and track down this figure. Yes, she's expensive, but for the first time in a long time about any figure I've reviewed, I can say Figuarts Zero Sailor Moon is worth it. [Thanks to HobbyLink Japan for sending Figuarts Zero Sailor Moon along for review!]
A somewhat expensive, but totally worth it trip down memory lane
So far, Bandai's put the Sailor Moon license to good use on their S.H. Figuarts line, as they've been very busy churning out the entire cast (sans Tuxedo Mask ... really, guys, come on). However, it's been years since we've s...
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Everyone's favorite Sailor Scouts that aren't cousins get Figuarts
They'll be exclusive to Japan, probably not you
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Now you can even smell like Sailor Moon with Miracle Romance Eau de Toilette
Smells like Sailor Moon spirit
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// Vanessa Cubillo
Bandai's Sailor Moon Miracle Romance makeup collection is still going. So far they've released shining powder, nail polish, eye liner, lipstick, and lip balm. Now, here we have a Miracle Romance eau de toilette. ...
PROPLICA Moon Rod
Become an even stronger magical girl with PROPLICA Sailor Moon Rod
Gain more powers with a bigger shaft
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// Andres Cerrato
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// Rio McCarthy
Swing that Venus Love-Me Chain attack!
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Megahouse is coming out with three new Sailor Moon Petit Chara series
We'll see these figures more this weekend
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// Vanessa Cubillo
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Yesterday, I blogged about Bob Basset, the Ukrainian steampunk leatherworker, discovering one of his designs in the Design Toscano catalog without credit or royalty. The publicity that the Internet gave to Basset's cause caused Toscano to contact Basset and offer him a royalty, and they blame an unscrupulous supplier who claimed the design as its own:
To clear up the issue on the Steampunk piece that has some of our customers questioning our motives we would like to explain.
The statue was produced and offered to Design Toscano as one of a portfolio of new sculptures to review. There was some confusion between Mr. Bob Basset and the factory that produced this piece for Design Toscano. Mr. Mike Stopka, president of Design Toscano, spoke directly with Mr. Basset and explained that Design Toscano had been mislead in the creation of this piece. Mr. Basset and Mr. Stopka have worked out a generous plan that the artist will get compensation for his work and Mr. Basset has graciously allowed Design Toscano to continue to sell his fantastic work of art. Design Toscano is appreciative to its customers who informed us of this oversight and as always we celebrate artists and their creative work
To clear up the issue on the Steampunk piece that has some of our customers questioning our motives we would like to explain. (Thanks, Seth!)


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College of Dentistry to use $2.5 million grant for student financial aid
Published: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 2:59 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 2:59 p.m.
The University of Florida College of Dentistry received a $2.5 million grant that will be used for financial assistance for disadvantaged students, according to a media release Tuesday.
Health Resources and Services Administration awarded the grant, which will be dispersed over four years at $645,000 each year. Forty-three students will receive a $15,000 scholarship every year.
The College of Dentistry is the only UF school that received the grant. Pamela Sandow, assistant dean for admissions and financial aid at the College of Dentistry, said the award will help the college recruit a diverse student body, according to the media release. Sandow said she also hopes it will help reduce student debt and encourage students to practice in underserved communities once they graduate.
A committee at the college will review applications and award the scholarships starting in the spring.
HRSA last month awarded the College of Dentistry another $2.5 million grant to support faculty education on ongoing curriculum changes that emphasize hands-on learning.
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The Hepsiburada app is a great shopping app if you're living in Turkey. It not only gives you access to over 500,000 products, but you can search through text, voice, or even by scanning the UPC code. For most places, the app claims to have same day delivery, some of which is even free. It does save your information, so once you've got the app set up, you can enable single click ordering to speed up the process. Hepsiburada also gives you its daily deals, shipping options, and installment options.
This app allows you to shop from home with just a click, and have it delivered to your door within 22 hours. Not too many online shopping apps offer that type of service. It has a huge range of products, so you can diapers, a dog bed, and a treadmill all in one order. The app has an user friendly interface.
Hepsiburada doesn't seem to consistently deliver on weekends, so the same day shipping option doesn't always hold true. The app sometimes crashes randomly.
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Jan. 5, 2011
The Fairfax County Human Rights Commission is accepting nominations for its 33rd Annual Human Rights Awards. The deadline for submitting nominations is Feb. 28. The awards recognize individuals, nonprofits and businesses that advanced human rights in Fairfax County last year.
To get a nomination form, call 703-324-2953, TTY 703-324-2900. Nominations can be submitted by e-mail to email@example.com; by fax to 703-324-3570; or by mail to the Human Rights Commission, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 318, Fairfax, VA 22035-0093.
Nominees should demonstrate accomplishments to eliminate illegal discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, marital status, age or disability in the areas of employment, housing, public accommodations, private education and credit. These accomplishments can be a single significant action, long-term activities or corporate equality programs of an extensive and outstanding nature.
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1990-1991- Formation of the Bloc Québécois
In July, 1990, a group of seven Independent Quebec MPs led by Lucien Bouchard present a manifesto to protect Quebec's interests in Ottawa. The next month, labour negotiator Gilles Duceppe wins a landslide by-election victory in the Montreal riding of Laurier-Ste-Marie under the Bloc Québécois banner. By February of 1991, Mr. Bouchard announces the group's intention to form an official political party, and in June, about 600 delegates gather for the Bloc's inaugural convention.
1995 - The question
Following up on an election promise by Jacques Parizeau, then-premier and Parti Québécois leader, the province of Quebec holds a referendum posing the following question to voters:
"Do you agree that Québec should become sovereign after having made a formal offer to Canada for a new economic and political partnership within the scope of the bill respecting the future of Québec and of the agreement signed on June 12, 1995?"
1995 - Quebec referendum
On October 30, federalists win a razor-thin victory over the "Yes" campaign in a referendum asking Quebeckers whether the province should become its own independent state. Despite then-Bloc leader Lucien Bouchard's attempts to ignite secessionist passions among francophones, the "No" side prevails 50.5 per cent to 49.5 per cent. Separatist leaders pledge that they will be back for a rematch soon.
1996 - Bouchard's replacement
Bloc Québécois leader Michel Gauthier succeeds Bloc founder Lucien Bouchard after he leaves the party to become premier of Quebec in 1996. During his time as leader of the Bloc, Mr. Gauthier is accused of lacking drive. Rumours fly that Mr. Bouchard is actually running the party from afar.
1997 - Gauthier's replacement
Mr. Gauthier's leadership is deemed lacklustre enough to prompt questions about whether the party has lost its focus and verve. Gilles Duceppe easily wins the race to become the party's next leader in March of 1997.
2006 - Back in the game
In the 2006 federal election, the Bloc Québécois under the leadership of Mr. Duceppe secures 51 seats in Parliament with 42 per cent of the vote in Quebec.
However, two years later, in the 2008 federal election, Mr. Duceppe and the Bloc only manage to secure 49 seats and the Bloc's share of the popular vote in Quebec falls to 38 per cent, its lowest result since 1997
2011 - Historic defeat
After 20 years with the Bloc Québécois, Leader Gilles Duceppe announces his resignation after his party is nearly obliterated during the federal election on May 2, 2011.
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This Graphic Print T-Shirt from the hit show "Duck Dynasty" has a great look and fit. The 100% ctton is comfortable and easy to care for. It has a screen print design of the famous women in the show with the line "The Real Duck Commanders." Perfect for work or everyday wear, this shirt is great for any woman who wants to show support for their favorite show.
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2011 SSA Carrot and Stick Project!
Dear Supporters,
We both know that we have only one life to live. Without belief in an afterlife, we want to make sure it's as happy and healthy a life as possible, making the world a better place in the process. That's why we invite you to participate in the 2011 SSA Carrot and Stick project!
Together, we can meet personal goals and help the secular students! It's an interesting play on motivation which connects personal improvement goals to larger ideals.
Click here to participate! Here's how it works:
1) Make a measurable self-improvement goal (how much weight to lose, how many push-ups to do)
2) Decide an amount to pledge
3) Choose an organization you would hate to give money to - this is your "stick"
4) Write out checks dated March 31st to both the Secular Student Alliance (this is your "carrot") and the organization you chose in step 3
If you reach your goal by March 31st, send the check to the SSA and rip up the check to your opposing organization. If not, you have to send the check to the 'stick' cause instead! It's more effective if you let us make the pledge public. It worked for me.
Of course I've tried dozens of times before to lose weight. By deciding to tie specific consequences to getting down to 175 lbs. by the end of the year, I was suddenly more motivated than ever before to make the hundreds of right choices, big and little, I needed to get there. After I made my pledge public, I knew I had only three choices: behave in such a way as to lose the weight (acceptable but hard), publicly admit that I was sending money to Campus Crusade for Christ (very painful), or lie (very, very painful). A friend of mine once told me that change doesn't occur until the pain of the change is less than the pain of the problem. By adding new pain to the problem, I made it less than the pain of the change.
Choose your own measurable personal improvement goal and organization that would motivate you the most.
Start the year off in a positive way - click here to help yourself and help the students!
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DoD Medical-Record System is Model for National Version
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Case Study: The world's largest electronic medical implementation is slowly reaching its goals, but isn't likely to be complete for several more years. Still, it serves as a model for the regional and national roll-out of EMRs.
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The 'Tie It Up' singer reportedly has obtained the marriage license with her beau in Sumner County, Tennessee on October 15.
Kelly Clarkson, 31, is walking down the aisle very soon. Various reports claim that the "American Idol" alum obtained a marriage license with her fiance Brandon Blackstock on Tuesday, October 15 at a clerk house in Sumner County, Tennessee.
Rumor has it, the "Tie It Up" singer and her music manager beau appeared in person to obtain the document. They signed it under their full names, Kelly Brielle Clarkson and Narvel Brandon Blackstock. The license is good for 30 days from the date of issue.
The couple got engaged in December 2012. Brandon proposed with a yellow canary diamond ring that he designed with Johnathon Arndt. Brandon is the son of Clarkson's manager, Narvel Blackstock, who married to country music icon Reba McEntire.
They initially planned a big "earthy" wedding that included 200 guests, sunflowers and yellow roses. They even confirmed earlier this year that Blake Shelton, who is managed by Brandon, would perform and officiate the ceremony. But they eventually scrapped the plan.
"I'm so over it," the bride-to-be told Ryan Seacrest this summer. "It's so overwhelming. We're just doing a lot. Touring, and the wedding, and the Christmas album...so I'm over the wedding part." She later tweeted, "We are eloping for one reason only. We both want an intimate ceremony."
When they finally made their decision for a more low-key wedding, the couple "sent out an engagement photo to everyone and said, 'Thank you so much for understanding, but it's just going to be me and Brandon and his two kids and the minister.' "
Her plan after the nuptials would be having a baby. "I want babies, like, right off the bat!" she said during an interview for "Elvis Duran and the Morning Show" recently. "I'm totally gonna have a girl. My first child will be a girl -- I know it in my soul."
Brandon himself is already a father to two children from a previous relationship. Of what type of mom she was, Clarkson said she's strict but caring. "I'm quick to go, 'I told you not to touch that!' " she once said. "We all work really well together, but I'm totally my mom. My mom was a hard mom. I'm probably that mom."


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King's Crown Cake
7" rounds (3 layers) carved into the shape of a King's Crown. The customer showed me a photo from cake girls but it was all fondant and she doesn't like fondant, so she wanted it done in buttercream. The gemstones are candy, and the red things on top are fondant, and the central thing that looks like a pond chess piece....well that's what it is lol. The rest is bc and it's airbrushed to emulate the wrinkles that were in the fondant...I thought it turned out horrendously but the customer was pleased!


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Big, big fight card tonight. Not sure if there are any other big boxing fans on the site or not, but I have had this marked on my calendar since it was announced and then I got really excited when they added Matthysse vs Garcia to it.
Mayweather over Alvarez - Decision
Mayweather over Alvarez - (T)KO
Alvarez over Mayweather - Decision
Alvarez over Mayweather - (T)KO
Matthysse over Garcia - Decision
Matthysse over Garcia - (T)KO
Garcia over Matthysse - Decision
Garcia over Matthysse - (T)KO
Big, big fight card tonight. Not sure if there are any other big boxing fans on the site or not, but I have had this marked on my calendar since it was announced and then I got really excited when they added Matthysse vs Garcia to it.
I will be upfront and say that I don't have a rooting interest in the fights. I would like Mayweather to win, but wouldn't mind if he lost at all either. I don't think Canelo has more than a punchers chance though. Fortunately for him, he is a puncher so it leaves open the chance that a shot stumbles Mayweather and Alvarez can pounce and put it away. Mayweather is likely to use movement and counter punching all night long though to get an easy win here. Alvarez doesn't have the speed (in either his hands or his feet) to grind a fight out against Floyd.
With the Matthysse vs Garcia match, it is the one I am actually looking forward to more. Matthysse, for those who aren't into boxing much, is nicknamed The Machine, and for good reason. The dude can flat out hit with heavy, heavy hands. His power is easily the best in the 140 pound divisions. He is a good, but not great boxer though, but when you mix in the power, it puts him at or near the top of the division right there with Garcia. Garcia is a little quicker, a better boxer and still has good power, but not in the same class as Matthysse (power). This fight could go about 10 different ways and not one of them would surprise me. The odds have Matthysse (the challenger) as a decent sized favorite (2.5 or 5/2 favorite depending on where you look). I would favor Matthysse in this fight, as the odds also do, but I do think it could be much closer than the books do at this point.
I've read that this Mexican dude is actually a bit of a chump and Mayweather won't even be really tested... Boxing desperate for a hyped fight, basically.
Would love to see him get knocked out (Floyd)
With that said, Floyd is the 2nd best fighter I have ever seen (Roy Jones Jr) and while Canelo is good, heck, he is very good, he isn't likely ready to beat one of the best boxers ever. Floyd isn't as good as he once was, but he still has elite skills and speed in the ring with less pop in his punches than he used to (hand injuries over the years have taken it away).
Wound up splitting the PPV with a good buddy of mine over at his place. Outstanding fight with Matthysse and Garcia. I had Matthysse winning the early rounds but Garcia took over in the middle and didn't let up. Once Matthysse had his eye swollen, it was all but over for him. That might be on his corner though. They were very unprepared and I honestly don't know how that happens.
Floyd did exactly what I expected him to do. He was too fast on his feet and with his hands. His jab was snapping back Canelo's head all night, whenever he wanted to get the jab through, it got through.
The fact that one judge scored that fight at 114-114 is a freaking joke and Joe Posnanski had it best when he tweeted out:
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Seventeen acquitted in Mecca Masjid blast case
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All the accused were acquitted on Wednesday by the seventh additional metropolitan sessions judge for lack of evidence.
The court found no incriminating evidence against them barring their confessional statements and evidence of the
police officials.
Earlier, the court had acquitted four persons, including one Shoaib Jagirdar from Jalna of Maharashtra, in
the same case.
The police had filed chargesheet against 21 people on charges of conspiring to wage a war against the state and
transporting explosive substances.
Nine people were killed and several others injured in a bomb blast triggered in the historic Mecca Masjid here in
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