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European Retail Briefing - November 2011
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Table of contents
Analyst Comment
- European retailers hoping for a Merry Christmas
- What we've seen
- Consumer confidence
- Figure 1: Comparison of consumer confidence in the major European economies, January 2007-October 2011
- Germany
- Figure 2: Non-seasonally adjusted real terms retail sales growth, January 2010-September 2011
- France
- Figure 3: Non-seasonally adjusted real terms retail sales growth, January 2010-August 2011
- Figure 4: Non-seasonally adjusted real terms retail sales growth, January 2010-October 2011
- Italy
- Figure 5: Non-seasonally adjusted real terms retail sales growth, January 2010-August 2011
- Spain
- Figure 6: Non-seasonally adjusted real terms retail sales growth, January 2010-September 2011
- What it means
- European retailers hoping for a Merry Christmas
Retail Sales Review
- Key points
- France
- Figure 7: France: Retail sales trends, 2010-11
- Inflation
- Figure 8: France: Inflation, 2010-11
- Germany
- Figure 9: Germany: Retail sales trends, 2010-11
- Inflation
- Figure 10: Germany: Inflation, 2010-11
- Italy
- Figure 11: Italy: Retail sales trends, 2010-11
- Inflation
- Figure 12: Italy: Inflation, 2010-11
- Netherlands
- Figure 13: The Netherlands: Retail sales trends, 2010-11
- Inflation
- Figure 14: The Netherlands: Inflation, 2010-11
- Spain
- Figure 15: Spain: Retail sales trends, 2010-11
- Inflation
- Figure 16: Spain: Inflation, 2010-11
- Figure 17: Retail sales trends, 2010-11
- Inflation
- Figure 18: UK: Annual percentage change in Consumer Price Index for selected product groups, 2010-11
- Key points
Headlines for the Month
- Grocers
- Clothing retailers
- Footwear retailing
- Multi-sector retailing
- Department stores
- DIY retailing
- Electricals retailing
- Furniture retailing
- Home shopping
- Health and beauty retailing
- Grocers
News Analysis
- Grocers
- Bulgaria: Delhaize to expand Piccadilly chain
- France: Carrefour cuts profits forecast again
- France: Casino
- …in C-store deal with Post Office
- …opens Cdiscount Outlet in Paris
- …reveals strong Q3 growth
- France: Leclerc unveils ethical label
- Germany: Aldi Nord to remodel itself
- Germany: Lidl changes criteria for expansion in Germany
- Germany: Penny to shut local stores
- Hungary: Aldi reveals short-term expansion plans
- Italy: Billa Italia sold
- Netherlands: Spar opens in the Middle East
- Portugal: Continente and Worten lead retail ranks
- Portugal: Jeronimo Martins Q3 profit up 21%
- Romania: Delhaize rebrands all Red Market outlets
- Russian Federation: X5 Retail cuts forecast despite Q3 rise
- Spain: Eroski to add franchise outlets
- Sweden: Ahold names new CEO at ICA
- UK: Morrisons, Waitrose and the discounters lead market share rises
- UK: Asda and Morrisons cut pricing as grocery war continues
- UK: Asda Income Tracker: Families £15 a week worse off in September
- UK: Asda
- …£5 'thank you' offer hailed success
- …outperforms market for first time since 2009
- …partners Farmfoods for Iceland bid
- …partners with cookery school Leiths
- …price war to target Argos next
- …reviews the future of four Living stores
- UK: Booths
- …eyes 10 new stores in Northwest
- …reveals flat sales
- UK: Iceland
- …bids fall short of asking price
- …chief in talks with Blackstone over bid
- UK: Morrisons
- …ad banned for encouraging pester power
- …like-for-likes rise 2.4%
- …uses pop-up restaurant to trial M Kitchen range
- UK: Sainsbury's
- …acquires online entertainment business
- …launches 20 by 20 scheme
- …profits rise
- …reveals paralympics branding
- …to extend Brand Match across UK
- UK: Tesco
- …Big Price Drop claimed to be misleading
- …former boss returns with bid for supplier
- …incurs the wrath of hairdressers
- …launches in-store beauty boutiques
- …launches second Big Clubcard Voucher Exchange
- …to launch beauty offer online
- UK: The Co-op plans to launch online
- UK: Waitrose
- …introduces loyalty card
- …to install self-service in stores
- Food specialists
- UK: Greggs to trial motorway services
- UK: Thorntons FD to leave company
- Off-licences
- UK: Adnams increases retail offering with 2 new stores
- UK: Oddbins plots comeback strategy
- Clothing retailing
- France: PPR to acquire menswear brand Brioni
- Germany: Puma reports strong Q3
- Spain: Abercrombie & Fitch to open Spanish store
- Sweden: H&M like-for-like sales fall 7%
- UK: Alexon to rebrand as Irisa Group
- UK: All Saints full year profits fall
- UK: Aurora launches first multi-brand international website
- UK: Austin Reed sees losses widen
- UK: Bastyan to open in West End
- UK: Bonmarché to expand internationally
- UK: Burberry sales up 30%
- UK: H&M brands Monki and Cheap Monday open first UK standalones
- UK: Hobbs profits rise on record sales
- UK: Jack Wills sees profits rise as it focuses on US expansion
- UK: Jaeger launches first menswear standalone store
- UK: Karen Millen to expand in China
- UK: La Senza to open four stores in October
- UK: M&Co builds wind turbine to power stores
- UK: Matalan
- …downgraded
- …remains cautious after falling profits
- UK: Mothercare chief executive to leave
- UK: Next Directory Q3 sales offset weak store sales
- UK: Primark
- …launches in Selfridges
- …launches new flagship in Metrocentre
- …profits fall 8%
- UK: River Island
- …launches international shipping
- …to open first accessories-only store
- UK: SuperGroup sales slow with warehouse glitch
- UK: Topshop to launch mobile site as mobile sales rise
- UK: USC puts third of stores up for sale
- Footwear retailing
- UK: Clarks' profits fall due to rising costs and promos
- UK: Jones plans click and collect service
- UK: Kurt Geiger reports rising EBITDA
- Multi-sector retailing
- France: LVMH reports 18% rise in sales
- France: Marks & Spencer launch French site
- Germany: Metro Group
- …boss to exit next year
- …hit by another departure
- …reports increased earnings
- …suspends Media Markt's chief
- UK: Marks & Spencer half-year profits fall
- UK: Home Retail profits dragged down by Argos again
- Mixed goods retailing
- UK: Argos
- …launches kidswear range with Emma Bunton
- …launches TV shopping on Freesat
- UK: 99p Stores reopens former Hub store
- UK: Poundland
- …-owner eyes Nordic counterpart
- …profit up
- UK: Poundstretcher sees profit after six years
- UK: Wilkinson launch premium range
- UK: Home Bargain profits rise
- Miscellaneous specialists
- UK: Halfords profits fall 20%
- UK: Jollyes profits up
- UK: Kiddicare plans superstore roll-out
- UK: The White Company opens its first travel shop
- UK: Mothercare chief executive to leave
- Department stores
- Germany: Kaufhof receives bid from shipping investor according to reports
- UK: Debenhams
- …acquires Bhs managing director
- …launches its first catalogue to drive online sales
- …profits rise 10%
- UK: Fenwick reports pre-tax profit rise
- UK: Harrods passes £1bn sales barrier
- UK: House of Fraser launches .com store
- UK: John Lewis
- …launches £6m Christmas campaign
- …launches 'Made in UK' product push
- …opts out of regeneration scheme
- UK: Liberty first half sales rise as it plans major revamp
- DIY retailing
- Germany: Praktiker
- …posts €26m Q3 net loss
- …reveals revenues fall
- UK: Robert Dyas sale put on hold until after Christmas
- UK: Wickes like-for-likes fall 2%
- Electricals retailing
- Switzerland: Metro's Media-Saturn plans web-shop
- UK: Best Buy UK to close big box stores
- UK: BrightHouse profits up 22%
- UK: Comet
- …could see Peter Jones join as chairman
- …sold for £2
- UK: Richer Sounds beats high street squeeze
- Music and video goods retailing
- UK: Blockbuster UK reports falling profits
- UK: Game launches new payment system
- Furniture retailing
- Sweden: Ikea to stop stocking branded foods
- UK: Carpetright sales continue to fall
- UK: DFS profits rise 11.4% as sales fall
- UK: Multiyork chairman and CEO to exit
- UK: Mydeco.com to launch transactional site
- UK: The Range revamps website
- Home shopping
- Norway: Komplett reports rising sales
- UK: Amazon
- …given go-ahead by OFT for Book Depository acquisition
- …Black Friday campaign is back
- UK: Asos
- …half year profits up 66%
- …reports slowing UK growth
- …sales affected by high street bargains
- UK: BrandAlley reports rising sales
- UK: Chain Reaction seeks out-of-town locations in UK
- UK: Ebay predicts surge in m-commerce sales
- UK: N Brown reports rising profits but warns of consumer wariness
- UK: Ocado
- …profit margins 'could beat big four mults'
- …to launch savings pass card as shoppers look for bargains
- UK: QVC opens pop-up in London
- UK: Shop Direct
- …hires former Clarks finance director
- …plans to launch Very overseas
- …sets up discount website
- UK: Wiggle to appoint UBS ahead of potential float
- UK: Feelunique.com reports rising sales
- Health and beauty retailing
- Germany: Celesio CFO to resign
- Germany: Schlecker expects further losses
- Russian Federation: Pharmacy 36.6 reports wider first half loss
- UK: Alliance Boots
- …considers acquisition of care firm
- …first half sales rise
- UK: Lush considers London for biggest ever store
- UK: Primark launches new flagship in Metrocentre
- Book and stationery retailing
- UK: Clintons suffers profit loss
- UK: WH Smith
- …like-for-like fall
- …reports higher profits from travel performance
- Sports and leisure goods retailing
- UK: Blacks like-for-likes fall
- UK: JJB reports falling profits
- UK: Sports Direct reports rising profits
- Jewellers
- UK: Watches of Switzerland launches transactional website
- Toys and games retailing
- UK: Toys R Us
- …prepares for Christmas
- …sees profits fall at end of year
- Economy
- Germany: German retail sales rise slightly
- …calls on Chancellor to tackle 2012 business rates in pre-Budget statement
- …October retail like-for-likes fall 0.6%
- …Retail sales improve marginally in September
- UK: Consumer confidence falls in October
- UK: Food prices in Britain rise by second most in EU
- UK: Inflation
- …falls due to supermarket price wars
- …rises to three-year high
- UK: Online grocery market to double in five years
- UK: Online retail searches rise 35% in Q3
- UK: ONS: Retail sales rise 5.4% in value in September
- UK: Scottish retail sales improve slightly in September
- UK: Westfield Group plans third London shopping centre
- UK: Capital Shopping Centres warns of slow growth
- Grocers
Clothing Retailing in Europe
- H&M Hennes & Mauritz
- Figure 19: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: European sales as share of clothing specialists' sales in Europe, 2006-10
- Strategic evaluation
- Recent history
- Financial performance
- Figure 20: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Group financial performance, 2005/06-2009/10
- First half 2010/11
- Store portfolio
- Figure 21: H&M Hennes & Mauritz: Outlet data, 2005/06-2009/10
- Retail offering
- e-commerce
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Hundreds of injured patients have filed proton pump inhibitor lawsuits, claiming the popular heartburn drugs can increase the risk for severe kidney damage. Most pending proton pump inhibitor lawsuits are now consolidated in the US District Court of New Jersey, a federal court in Newark.
Prevacid, Prilosec and Nexium Settlements
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A growing body of medical research has shown that Nexium, Prevacid, Prilosec and other stomach acid-reducing medications are linked to higher incidences of acute kidney failure, chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease, or kidney failure.
Multidistrict Litigation
On August 2, 2017, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation decided to transfer nearly 200 proton pump inhibitor claims, which were scattered in federal courts across the country, to New Jersey. In Newark, the lawsuits were centralized to become a Multidistrict Litigation, or MDL.
The Honorable Claire C. Cecchi has been selected to preside over the litigation, which is now known as In re: Proton-Pump Inhibitor Products Liability Litigation.
How MDL Promotes Settlement Agreements
MDL is a legal mechanism in which multiple similar lawsuits are sent to a single court for more efficient proceedings. In most cases, the process of consolidation only applies to pre-trial proceedings – the things that have to happen before any one case can go before a jury. In particular, the all-important discovery stage, in which the plaintiffs and defendants gather evidence from each other, will be conducted in New Jersey.
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Weighing The Odds
The results obtained in a bellwether trial allow the other plaintiffs, along with the defendants, to learn a little more about where they stand in general. Was a jury swayed by your arguments? Did they find the evidence you presented convincing? And, in the event that the jury awards a monetary judgment, how much did they value the injuries alleged in the case?
All of this information goes to inform the settlement conversations that have been occurring simultaneously. A defendant who loses several bellwether trails may be more likely to settle the entire litigation, rather than risk the uncertainties of more court dates. Likewise, plaintiffs who fare poorly at trial will have to temper their expectations for a settlement agreement.
Can New Plaintiffs Join the MDL?
As of March 2017, the New Jersey federal court is home to nearly 700 of these lawsuits, which level similar allegations of wrongdoing against numerous pharmaceutical manufacturers, from AstraZeneca and Takeda Pharmaceuticals to Wyeth. Going forward, plaintiffs who have yet to file a proton pump inhibitor lawsuit are now allowed to file their cases directly in the US District Court of New Jersey, as provided by Case Management Order 7, issued on January 17, 2018.


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December 18, 2013
Xinhua Guangzhou, December 18 (Reporter Xiao Sisi) According to the Guangdong Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission on the 18th Bulletin, Yangjiang City, Guangdong then add 1 confirmed case of human infection with H7N9 avian influenza. At present, Guangdong Province, people infected with H7N9 bird flu confirmed cases reach five cases, including one case in Huizhou, Dongguan, two cases, Yangjiang two cases.
According to the briefing, the patient Yijun, male, 62 years old, who lives in Yangjiang City, is currently in critical condition. Guangdong Province, epidemiologists and clinical experts have assisted in Yangjiang conduct epidemiological investigations and guide patient treatment.
It is learned from the 18th Guangdong Provincial prevention of human infection of bird flu H7N9 leading group sent five inspection teams will go to the province to carry out inspection work. Inspection team will be listening to the reports and on-site inspections by the way, for poultry farming and management, the medical institutions of human infection with H7N9 avian influenza situation supervision.


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A brain hemorrhage is bleeding in and around the brain. Weak blood vessels, high blood pressure, trauma, brain injury and drug abuse can cause brain hemorrhage.
What are the symptoms of brain hemorrhage?
The symptoms of brain hemorrhage are similar to that of stroke like numbness in hands and legs, weakness in the body, especially on one side, trouble speaking, walking, and difficulty in performing normal activities. Nearly about 10% of brain strokes fall under this category of strokes.
The symptoms of brain hemorrhage depend on the area of the brain that is affected. If the part of the brain that controls vision is involved, then there will be problems with vision; if the region that controls balance and coordination gets affected, then there will be numbness or weakness in the arms and legs. Bleeding in the lower brain (brain stem) that controls most of the body functions, may lead to coma. Sometimes, the symptoms may come abruptly and become prominent and sometimes may progress very slowly.
Bleeding inside the brain does not cause any symptoms as the brain doesn't have the ability to sense itself, but when bleeding occurs within the coverings of the brain – a very severe headache is eminent.
What are the types of brain hemorrhage?
Based on the position of their occurrence in brain, hemorrhages are of these types: intracranial – inside the skull; intracerebral – within the brain; sub-arachnoid – between the brain and its covering, and subdural or epidural – below or above the dura (covering of the brain).
What are the causes of brain hemorrhage?
There are many causes of brain hemorrhage including high blood pressure, weakening of arterial walls and formation of blood clots, brain aneurysm, arteriovenous malformations (AVM) and cancers that are metastatic. In addition, the deposition of amyloid proteins in the blood vessels in the elderly may lead to hemorrhagic stroke. Similarly, some prescription drugs and drug abuse can also increase the risk of brain stroke.
How is a brain hemorrhage diagnosed?
The physician after suspecting stroke evaluates the patient medically and if the examination reveals any sort of loss of sensations, disturbances in speech or weakness in the limbs, then radiological examination (CT or MRI) is advised to determine the location of bleeding.
Once the bleeding inside or around the brain is noted, the exact cause of bleeding needs to be determined – for which, additional tests may be recommended to know the presence of any abnormal blood vessels. Next, based on the diagnosis, treatment is planned.
What is the treatment?
The patients are monitored expeditiously and as an initial treatment modality, breathing and blood pressure is stabilized and monitored. To provide enough oxygen to the brain, a ventilator is used and intravenous fluids are given along with medications to the patient. As a special treatment measure pressure inside the skull, blood oxygen levels and heart rhythms' monitoring is done. After stabilizing the patient, subsequent measures to address the bleeding are taken very rapidly after thorough due diligence. Based on the size and location of the hemorrhage, surgical intervention may be decided.
During the course of the treatment several medicines are given to the patient to control swelling around the affected area, to reduce pain, to control blood pressure and to prevent seizure.
Dr Vikram Sharma
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US President Donald Trump has explicitly condemned hate groups as "repugnant" and declared racism to be evil.
Last night he moved to denounce the likes of the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis - two days after a woman died during racial violence in Virginia.
The delay in calling out the far right groups has led to much criticism and President Trump was greeted by protesters on his arrival in New York overnight.
At a news conference at the White House on Monday, Mr Trump said: "Those who spread violence in the name of bigotry strike at the very core of America.
"Racism is evil. And those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans."
Mr Trump said anyone found to have acted criminally would be held "fully accountable", adding that: "No matter the colour of our skin we all live under the same laws, we all salute the same great flag, and we are all made by the same almighty God."
Delayed condemnation
At the weekend, Mr Trump had claimed "many sides" were involved in the violence, but stopped short of condemning white supremacists.
The US President has been at his New Jersey golf club on a "working vacation," but returned to Washington on Monday to sign an executive action on China's trade policies.
On Monday, US attorney general Jeff Sessions said the death of paralegal Heather Heyer, 32, who was killed when a car ploughed into a group of counter-protesters in Charlottesville, "does meet the definition of domestic terrorism in our statute."
He told ABC: "You can be sure we will charge and advance the investigation towards the most serious charges that can be brought, because this is an unequivocally unacceptable and evil attack that cannot be accepted in America."
The man arrested over Ms Heyer's death - 20-year-old James Fields - appeared in court on Monday on a second-degree murder charge. He was held without bail.
Presidential response
It comes as Merck chief executive Kenneth Frazier - one of America's most prominent black executives - quit the US President's American Manufacturing Council over Mr Trump's response to the violence.
In a tweet announcing his resignation, Mr Frazier said: "America's leaders must honour our fundamental views by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy, which run counter to the American ideal that all people are created equal."
The US President hit back, saying that now that "Ken Frazier of Merck Pharma has resigned from the President's Manufacturing Council, he will have more time to lower rip-off drug prices."
Now that Ken Frazier of Merck Pharma has resigned from President's Manufacturing Council,he will have more time to LOWER RIPOFF DRUG PRICES!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 14, 2017
Several executives from top US companies have stepped down from a number of presidential advisory councils in protest over Mr Trump's policies.
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk and Walt Disney chief executive Robert Iger quit the Strategic and Policy Forum in June after Mr Trump announced the US would withdraw from the Paris climate accord.
Mr Musk has also left the manufacturing council.
Former Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick left the President's business advisory council in February amid pressure from his company over the Trump administration's immigration policies.


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I had some new craft items I wanted to play with - the Clearly Besotted 'English Rose' stamp set, the Taylored Expressions 'Corrugated' embossing folder, the MFT 'Label Maker Sentiments' stamp set and matching dies - and the MISTI. I have a money box in my craft room and I save up for significant crafty items. So I was saving up for a MISTI and some accessories but circumstances meant I had to keep raiding my money box so it took longer than anticipated to fill up the box! I finally got there and I was able to have a nice crafty splurge! I am now the very happy owner of an original MISTI - what a great tool, it's brilliant for multi step stamping sets like the 'English Rose' set!
I used SU! Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Primrose Petals, Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive inks to stamp the roses and leaves and I fussy cut them all out. I made a 5 1/2" square white card base using SU! Whisper White thick CS and I die cut the stitched square layer from Pear Pizzazz CS. I die cut the rounded corner square from Primrose Petals CS, embossed it with the 'Corrugated' folder and glued both layers to the card front. The 'Corrugated' folder is fab for adding texture but isn't too fancy - a very useful addition to the stash I think! I die cut the white rounded corner rectangle and a Blushing Bride scalloped strip and glued those elements in place. I arranged the cluster of roses and leaves, popping up each rose and then I adhered the stamped and die cut sentiment strips. I completed the card front by adding a few silver sequins.
Here's the inside of the card...
...and here's the envelope. Yeah, you can tell I was enjoying playing with the Blueprints 14 dies, the MISTI and the rose stamp set can't you?!
Stamps: Clearly Besotted 'English Rose' set, MFT 'Label Maker Sentiments' set, Hero Arts 'Everything Wonderful'
CS: SU! Pear Pizzazz, Primrose Petals, Blushing Bride, & Whisper White (regular & thick)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU! Blushing Bride, Flirty Flamingo, Primrose Petals, Pear Pizzazz & Old Olive
Tools: Taylored Expressions 'Corrugated' embossing folder, MFT Die-namics 'Blueprints 14' & 'Label Tape' die sets, MISTI
Embellishments & accessories: silver sequins, SU! Dimensionals


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Perhaps. The BSD daemon is copyrighted by Marshall Kirk McKusick. You will want to check his Statement on the Use of the BSD Daemon Figure for detailed usage terms.
In summary, you are free to use the image in a tasteful manner, for personal use, so long as appropriate credit is given. If you want to use him commercially, you must contact Kirk McKusick. More details are available on the BSD Daemon's home page.


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Highway Café
Highway CaféJul 28
Some pictures from one of my performances this summer. The party drew a big crowd, not only because Highway Café was open one-night-only but because it was the celebration of Mona-Lisa's 60th birthday. (Though I must say that that last part is hard to believe.)
The venue before the guests arrived.
The short stage performance was a surprise since I was booked to do a walk around performance for the guests.
Right before their eyes the guests could see the laws of nature apparently being broken.
Interacting with the audience means something different in mentalism when the unexplainable happens in their own hands.


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A Short OS based on tomorrow's precap (When Khushi and NK leave to get Ghee from Gupta house)
Arnav is
fuming..Where is Khushi and why is it taking them so long...Why the hell did NK
had to go with her..His blood is boiling and after talking with Anjali, he
decides to go check on why they are taking so long..
He takes his
car keys and starts walking out of the home..Seething in anger, he does not pay
much attention to where he is walking and bangs into Khushi. Khushi also is
lost in thoughts and not paying attention to where she is walking and collide
with Arnav and some of the ghee she is carrying spills on Arnav's clothes.
A: what the
K: Hey DM,
What have I done, Please forgive me Arnavji...
A didn't say
anything and just kept staring at Khushi
K: Sorry
Arnavji, I...I was not looking where I was going..I am sorry she says in a
flustered tone...I can help you clean it. NK can you take this Amma and Buaji,
Hum abhi aate hai..
NK: It's OK
Khushiji..I can wait for you...
K: No, No
they need the ghee for jiji, they will worry otherwise..please take it to them.
NK takes it and leaves
K slowly
looks at Arnavji, a little nervous and a little fearful..Arnavji, If you give
this to me, I will clean it, otherwise it will stain.
A: does not
say anything, just takes Khushi's hand and takes her to his room.
K: Arnavji
what are you doing...
A: still
does not speak, and keeps on walking to his room and takes her to his
K: Khushi is
more nervous now..Arnavji yeh aap kya kar rahe hai? Her heart's going kaboom,
beating really fast, being in this small confined bathroom with Arnav. His
presence seems to dominate the room and the environment.
A: You said
you will help me clean it right, so clean it..
K: But but..
can you remove it for me, so I can clean it.. she stammers nervously
A: So, you
are saying you want me to start stripping my clothes in front of you..he smirkingly
K: Blushes
and says nahi, nahi, I am not saying that.
A: I thought
not..so clean it..I am waiting
K: nervously
opens the tap on the wash basin and with shaky hand starts rubbing Arnav's
jacket. She can feel his muscular chest underneath, she can feel his heart
thudding underneath and her hand visibly trembles.
A: At the first
feel of Khushi's hand, his heart skips a beat and sings out with joy. It feels
so right. She is so near, that he can smell a sweet jasmine fragrance emanating
from her, if he breathes in deep. He can
see her milky hand against his suit material rubbing frantically trying to
remove the ghee stain. He just wishes, that there was no damned suit or shirt
or anything between her hand and him..
K: is
feeling very aware of Arnav's proximity, and it's creating havoc on her senses.
She can't seem to think straight. "Arnavji, this stain is not going, I think it's
best if you wear something else.." she mutters
A: is thoroughly
enjoying himself. He not letting the opportunity of being touched by Khushi go
so easily...and makes some on the spot excuse. Di, told me this is the
auspicious suit I need to wear for Akash's havan. You know how Di is..and I don't
want to to upset her..
K: is
unaware of the stuff going in Arnav's mind and says but Arnavji, this is not
going...hum kya kare..
A: In that
case, you need to have a payback..
K: Kya???? You
will spill ghee to my dress..Hey DM..you know I didn't do this intentionally. I
don't even have any dress to change into..what will I wear...she rambles on.
Arnav's mind
is going haywire listening to Khushi. Delicious images of her undressing, having
nothing to wear and maybe wearing his shirt and only his shirt and nothing else
pops into his mind. He swallows and then says in a gruff voice. Shut up KKG! I
meant pick another set of clothes for me and when di asks, you figure out what
to say
relaxes and breathes a sigh of relief. This does not seem so bad..They both
walk out of the bathroom and Khushi opens Arnav's closet and asks him what he
would like to pick.
A: I told
you Khushi, you pick. You are responsible for what I wear and what you will
tell Di.
K: Khushi
looks around Arnav's clothes and starts feeling very conscious. This seems such
a personal thing, looking through his
clothes and choosing something for him, just like a wife would do for her
husband. She blushes at the thoughts going through her mind.
A: smirks
and in the mean time starts divesting himself of the suit, tie, vest and in the
process of un buttoning his shirt when Khushi picks something and turns around
to hand it to him.
K: gasps and
says hey DM..Arnavji yeh aap kya kar rahe hai...
A: nonchalantly
replies ' removing these clothes so I can wear the ones you picked..
K: very flustered
now...Nahi par hamare samne, I mean I am here..she is looking everywhere around
except for looking him.
A: Haan toh?
I don't mind and I am just changing my shirt..not my pants..
Arnavji!!!! Looks up at him and really really embarrassed...But he is standing
there without his shirt and process of wearing the one she handed to him. She
cant remove her eyes from him..he is looking so very attractive and she just can't
help but look at him and wonder how it would be to touch him..her desire clearly
visible in her innocent eyes..
Arnav is
watching Khushi closely, observing the range of emotions that are going through
her face and visible in her eyes. Heslowly walks over to Khushi lifts her hand
and places it on his chest..
Arnavji,,,what are you doing???? She yells, jumping back
A: just what
you want to do but don't have the courage to...Are you going to deny it...
K: I..I..I..she
starts to speak and then snatches her hand and runs away from the room...
Arnav smiles
to himself, good she didn't deny it..next time I get her alone...I will make
her admit it and with that he follows Khushi and walks out of the room.
Hope you enjoyed!! Please comment! Motivates me to write more..
Saturday, February 11, 2012
OS - Opportunistic Arnav
Posted by Wanderlust at 4:35 PM
Labels: Misc OS
6 comments:
- AnonymousFebruary 23, 2012 at 4:00 PM
Cute! But a little more detailed and not so fast!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for the comment..Delete
Will do.
- AnonymousFebruary 27, 2012 at 2:56 PM
Soo cute! Loved it as always :)ReplyDelete
Thanks Sharna for your generous comments...as always ;-)Delete
Very sweet, cute and my dear innocent khushi.ReplyDelete
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Peter Martin, Senior Research Fellow
Peter is Lecturer in Applied Statistics at the Department of Applied Health Research at University College London. As a statistician, he has been involved in the evaluation of child and adolescent mental health services, the analysis of Hospital Episode Statistics, as well as survey design and analysis.
His research has traversed a variety of areas, including life course studies; social attitudes, racism and prejudice; child mental health; and research methodology. He is interested in the social and family determinants of child mental health, health inequalities, as well as in research on treatments and services for children and families.
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Martin, P., Davies, R., Macdougall, A., Ritchie, B., Vostanis, P., Whale, A., & Wolpert, M. (2017). Developing a case mix classification for child and adolescent mental health services: the influence of presenting problems, complexity factors and service providers on number of appointments. Journal of Mental Health, 1-8. Read more
McMunn, A.; Martin, P.; Kelly, Y. & Sacker, A. (2015) Fathers' Involvement: Correlates and Consequences for Child Socioemotional Behavior in the United Kingdom. Journal of Family Issues. Read more
Wolpert, M.; Deighton, J.; De Francesco, D.; Martin, P.; Fonagy, P. & Ford, T. (2014) 'From "reckless" to "mindful" in the use of outcome data to inform service-level performance management: perspectives from child mental health'. British Medical Journal: Quality and Safety 23 (4): 272-276.
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First, let's cover the most important group of all... Perfume! Maybe I should have written that as my most important group of all... 2011 was pretty average for the techno trio with two singles, some promotion and an album but it wasn't that exciting either. I think it was because everyone was cooling off from all the hype of the Tokyo Dome concert and everyone was just sort of left thinking "Now what?" I know I was! Not to say 2011 was a terrible year for Perfume but in comparison to 2012, it was much more boring. The biggest thing that happened to the group this year was their transfer from Tokuma to Universal Music Japan, a move that I think was brilliant. Nothing against Tokuma but they're kind of... closed off. To international fans, at least! Not to say that an agency should go out of their way to promote to a foreign country but you know... would it have killed you to give the songs an iTunes release? But that's in the past now because with the transfer to UMJ, we got iTunes releases among other things... One of the most talked about aspects of the transfer was the possibility of international expansion for Perfume and just how far that expansion would go. Would it be possible to see the group in a different country, or even a different continent? Towards the end of the year Perfume embarked on a global tour... that only toured throughout Asia. Nice advertising, UMJ!
I admit I wasn't that pissed off about the severely misleading tour title (even though I got excited for a moment) because I convinced myself a long time ago I was never going to see Perfume live. But that's okay! Because they did other stuff besides go on a tour! The group's debut single under UMJ was Spring of Life and it was a pretty awesome and energetic A-side to show how the girls were springing to life with a new agency! I was excited to see how the next single under the new label would sound! But then... Spending all my time was that next single. Yeah, I've said numerous times I'm not a huge fan of that song but I don't hate the song. And the B-sides were my two favorite songs this year! Still, I'm looking forward to whatever the girls release next and I'm even hoping a little bit that they'll release three singles this year instead of two. We know Mirai no Museum is going to be released but we don't know if it's going to be an A-side, B-side, part of a double A-side, anything! I'm hoping it's a B-side so I'll keep my fingers crossed until more information comes out!
Another idol group (or maybe I should say idol groups under one umbrella company) that had a pretty exciting year was none other than Hello! Project! Mainly because 2012 was the year that things got... electrifying for H!P. Starting with One Two Three by Morning Musume, a lot of H!P songs were electropop, a genre that you didn't really see a lot in the group. So yay! They finally got caught up with the times! I've personally been pretty okay with the new electropop direction along with a lot of other fans, although there are a few fans who are still a little skeptical to embrace the new direction. 2012 also showed some new marketing tactics for groups in H!P. Morning Musume in particular had their sales shoot up into the 100,000s thanks to the new marketing strategy of releasing multiple editions and more songs, allowing fans and wotas alike to buy more edition thus increasing the sales. C-ute also saw some better promotion this year and their two singles, Kimi wa Jitensha Watashi wa Densha de Kitaku and Aitai Aitai Aitai an, have become their best selling singles ever, even beating Tokaikko Junjou! That's another achievement I'm pretty happy about because I like C-ute a lot and I feel like they totally deserve all the success they're getting!
For Berryz Koubou, the biggest success they had was their Cha Cha Sing cover and it probably helped that two of the three songs on the single were covers of popular Thai songs! Want! also did decently for Berryz and it had the same electropop style that One Two Three and Wakuteka Take a chance did! I predict that in 2013 we'll see more electropop songs coming from H!P and I hope that the style doesn't grow old too fast! I think it's a fun style of music and when done right, it can work really well and have a variety of styles! Just look at Perfume! They're amazing! The two groups in H!P that had pretty lackluster years were S/mileage and Buono! It's pretty obvious S/mileage was hit hard by the loss of Yuuka and Saki; the sales this year were pretty low, with Samui ne not even breaking 20,000 copies. Buono! didn't really do much either other than release a single and an okay-ish mini album. I give them another year or two before they halt activities all together.
Musically, AKB48 was pretty lackluster this year. Give Me Five! was a decent song but nothing special and Manatsu no Sounds good! is also on the same level of quality as that song. I loathe Gingham Check and Eien Pressure for their blandness and Uza's pretty forgettable too. But the PVs this year have been pretty creative! Manatsu, Gingham Check and Uza all had really high-budget and well-done PV with a lot of great costumes, storylines, special effects, the whole works! It must be nice having so much money to make such good PVs... Speaking of sales, 2012 proved to be yet another million-selling year for AKB48 despite the loss of A-chan after Gingham Check. Something to point out though is that the sales did drop but not by much. Through the use of some pretty desperate marketing maneuvers, Aki-P managed to keep AKB48's million-seller status solid but I think 2013 will be the make-it or break-it year for them. I think either the sales will stabilize or slowly but surely the group's sales are going to go on a very slow decline. And when I say slow, I mean really slow.
I still think the group has about three or four years left in them but it's like what Perfume sings in edge: everyone has to die someday. Aki-P also said he intended to disband the group after 10 years so... who knows? The future of AKB48 is uncertain but I hope next year will be pretty interesting! SKE48 saw an increase in sales, with Kataomoi Finally selling about 600,000 copies! I'm happy about that because it truly is a great single with a great concept! Their other singles did pretty well too and it's nice to know that the group has stabilized themselves so well with sales! NMB48 also had a bit of an increase in sales too, though they didn't sell as much as SKE48! Overall, it was a pretty good year for them with a nice variety of different singles. HKT48 and JKT48 did nothing to interest me and that's all I have to say about them. And then there's Nogizaka46. Ugh, this has got to be the shittiest rival group I've ever laid eyes on. Their sales didn't even reach the numbers that NMB48 had although in perspective they did sell pretty well this year. Still, for a rival group I remain thoroughly unimpressed.
As for other groups I follow outside of those big three, Tokyo Girls' Style had a pretty interesting year. 2012 started off pretty normally for them with the releases of Rock You! and Tsuioku, two singles that had the same mature tone as their other material. Then they up and went on a brief hiatus to train more with Avex and improve their skills. They bounced back in the fall with the release of Bad Flower and an announcement that they be performing at the Budokan this year! The group ended up becoming the youngest female group to perform at the honorable Budokan, a pretty impressive feat! Bad Flower was also a very strong single and you could tell their was a lot of improvement in each girl, especially Hitomi! It's also their highest selling single which is another great thing that happened this year to TGS!
Another girl group that I don't really follow that saw a lot of success this year was Momoiro Clover Z! This weird and wacky idol group has really started becoming increasingly popular as their songs and PVs just get stranger and stranger. Mugen no Ai was on charts for a long time and Otome Sensou and Saraba, Itoshiki Kanashimi-tachi yo both broke 100,000 copies. For a group that doesn't have the legacy that H!P groups or AKB48 does, that's a pretty amazing feat! I respect MomoClo a lot for making a name for themselves and who knows? Maybe in 2013 they'll become a mighty force to be reckoned with! I think it'd be pretty awesome for another idol group to rise up and challenge the AKB48-dominated idol industry! If I had to pick a group to do that, I'd either go with MomoClo or BiS! Speaking of BiS...
2012 was the year I got into two main groups: Passpo and Brand-new Idol Society. Okay, so I'd been interested in BiS during the latter half of 2011 mainly thanks to the infamy of My Ixxx. While I'm not a huge fan of the PV, I enjoy the song and I also really love Primal! Even though I was side-eyeing their gimmicky image a little bit, I was still interested to see where this strange idol group was going to go next. They were definitely more fascinating than just about every other idol group on the market! Unfortunately, finding information about them was incredibly hard so they just sort of drifted to the back of my mind while I wrote about Perfume, AKB48, Hello! Project, etc. Luckily, the unconventional idol group bounced back into my attention when it was announced that they were debuting under Avex! That definitely got me interested since I was trying to figure out what the hell Avex wanted to do with an idol group like BiS. Well... they did some pretty awesome stuff! I love PPCC and its PV and Idol is Dead is an amazing album and you should totally buy it if you have the means to do so, especially if you're a fan of alternative/rock-ish music. Seriously, it is fucking amazing. I don't use that term lightly!
Another group that finally started piquing my interest was Passpo, that stewardess group I couldn't give a shit about in 2011! I actually went back and watched their major debut single and I can see why I didn't really gravitate toward the group. The song was okay but didn't stand out to me and unfortunately stewardesses only make me think of the pains of airplane travel. Needless to say, an idol group based around a stewardess concept was not so appealing for me. I did try to get into the group towards the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012 but I just didn't have the enthusiasm to look into them. Not until Next Flight, that is. I've sung praises for The Airline Trilogy and will probably continue to do so in 2013! Next flight, Natsuzora Hanabi and Wing are all great songs and those three songs are ultimately what lead me to become a fan of the group. I also listened to their One World album and that was a pretty good album too! It was nice to listen to it as a new fan since it had a lot of B-sides on there and some new songs too!
Of course, 2012 was also the year where I lost interest in one particular idol. As much as I hate to admit it, but looking back on this year, I realized that I hadn't really followed Kikkawa Yuu. In 2011, I was so excited for her solo debut and I actively followed her solo activities, even reviewing the Konna Watashi de Yokattara PV! I love that song and I liked Kikkake wa You! as well. Hapirapi ~Sunrise~ is god-awful but then Kikka released a very nice and interesting album that I reviewed in early 2012! I think One for You! was a very well-done album with a nice variety of music styles in it! It wasn't as groundbreaking as Battle and Romance or Idol is Dead but for an idol album, it was still pretty good! Then after that, I suppose UMJ decided that somehow the direction Kikka's music was going in wasn't working so then... I guess they turned her into a Vocaloid. Kikka's fourth single was in the vein of electropop music with Autotune and sound effects that wouldn't be out of place in a Vocaloid or even a Perfume song. I don't hate electropop or the Koko Kara Hajimarunda! single but my reception to it wasn't anywhere near as warm as Konna Watashi de Yokattara or the One for You! album. My reaction to the direction was more of why? Why did Kikkawa Yuu, this idol with a beautiful voice, have to go in a direction of music that required little to no vocal talent thanks the heaps of Autotune piled onto the vocals?
What I'm trying to say is... I think Kikka could handle better than what UMJ is giving her. Again, Koko Kara Hajimarunda! isn't a bad song or even a bland song and if it had been given to someone like Watanabe Mayu or Naaboudoufu@nana, I might have even liked the song more than I do. But it was given to Kikkawa Yuu and I didn't really warm up to this Vocaloid direction she was going in. When I thought that style would be just a one-time thing, Darling to Madonna came out. That wasn't quite as Vocaloid-heavy as Koko Kara Hajimarunda! but I wasn't really that happy-go-lucky about the song either. Then the Vocalist? album came out which was filled with Vocaloid-style covers and that was when I realized this electropop direction wasn't going away for Kikka anytime soon. So instead of sucking it up and reviewing her material, I just... stopped looking at it. I still kind of follow Kikka but not anywhere as enthusiastically as I did in 2011. Who knows? Maybe her next triple A-side single will grab me like Konna Watashi de Yokattara did. But I won't be terribly disappointed if it doesn't because I've simply lost the interest I had for Kikkawa Yuu.
Graduations were pretty heavy this year, especially in terms of numbers. The group that was hit the hardest -well, I should say the groups but they're all under one franchise- was the 48 family. In total, AKB48, SKE48, NMB48, JKT48 and HKT48 had 45 graduations total. That's a huge number even for such large idol groups! Granted, a lot of the graduations were from Kensyuukei but they're idols too! Sure, they get shafted a lot and probably won't ever become front girls but they're still idols in the group! And there were also more prominent faces that also graduated this year... I think you know which face I'm really talking about. Yes, without a doubt the biggest graduation of the year was most definitely Maeda Atsuko. Even I was shocked when I found out; I thought she'd stick around for maybe three or four more years! I wasn't devastated but the graduation was still a huge shock to the infrastructure of AKB48 and ever since then, the group has been in a frenzy with changing lineups, pushing of certain girls, and a frantic search for an Acchan replacement.
Other than Acchan, none of the other front girls have departed yet but who knows? I predict another curveball graduation in 2013... I'm just can't pinpoint who's going to leave yet. Some of the other prominent graduations from the AKB48 were Sato Natsuki, Masuda Yuka (someone I liked in the group), and most recently Kasai Tomomi. This one was also pretty out-of-nowhere considering she's just debuted as a soloist but perhaps focusing on a solo career is her reasoning for graduating. In other 48 families Jo Eriko, one of the faces of NMB48, graduated and Yokoyama Yui quickly took her place in the group and from SKE48 another face named Y K graduated. You can't help but wonder what goes on behind the closed doors of that famous AKB48 theater when all the fans are gone to make so many girls want to graduate... and how many of them do so willingly. Then again, I could go on and on about idol graduation conspiracy theories all day!
Hello! Project, while not having as many graduations as AKB48 did, was also hit with some pretty impacting graduations. Starting off the year was Niigaki Risa's graduation in May and that left a huge impact on the vocal quality of the group and unfortunately allowed the ascension of Sayashi Riho to the front. Whether this was a blessing or not is... debatable. The biggest punch for me about Gaki's graduation was not only the fact that her amazing voice would be gone from the group but also the fact that it was revealed that she originally wanted to go out with Ai but UFP basically made her stay so that she could lead the newbs of the group before departing. Think of how sweet it would have been for the last two girls of the 5th Generation to go out together as the best friends they are... it's sad but it happened. However, Gaki did manage to get a double graduation, just not with the person she'd hoped for. Yep, the next graduation was Mitsui Aika's aka The Graduation I Didn't Give a Shit About. Yeah, Aika was always sort of that... person in the group that was filler for the back row to me and her graduation didn't affect me in the slightest. Besides, she's still in Hello! Project doing god-knows-what so she's not gone for good. She was in one of the Satoyama sub-units which proves she's doing something productive!
And that was it for H!P... for 2012! In 2013, two more members are going to be graduating, the first one being Mano Erina. Now this graduation was more surprising to me since I'd actually started to like her songs a lot more, especially Song for the Date. But with her last single being released and a best-of album in the works, I can't deny it's coming... leaving no more soloists in H!P. Will Mano's graduation take the concept of a soloist with her or will her departure leave a neat little spot for someone else? Like Miyamoto Karin. We won't know until next year! Just like we won't know who the graduation of Tanaka Reina will affect Morning Musume. Personally, I'm excited, interested and a little bit scared to see what her leaving will do to the group. What I hope is for more even vocal distribution but then I remember that it's UFP and promptly shove any hopes of that happening out of my mind.
2011 may have been the year I started this blog but I think 2012 was the year things really started picking up! This year I wrote 48 different reviews: 42 PV reviews, 3 singles reviews, and 3 album reviews. That's a lot! Almost 50 actually... I took a little break from March to July to focus on schoolwork and life in general but I think the break actually helped! I look at my writing pre-break and post-break and I think there's definitely some improvement in my writing style and structure! My paragraphs somehow got longer than before... how did that happen? Since when did I find so much stuff to say!? Still, I think I really developed a better style of what I review and how to review it; I talk about major news (i.e. graduations) review PVs and sometimes singles or albums if I have a strong opinion about it and occasionally I do editorials. I really like doing my editorials and next year I'd like to do more, especially if I can find more material to analyze and pick apart!
I think my favorite editorials to write were the more rant-y ones simply because ranting is unhealthy but fun to do! I also liked writing about lip-syncing simply because it's a topic I have very strong opinions about and I felt capable of writing it with the ability of backing up said opinions. And of course, the most infamous editorial I made was probably the post I wrote about Youtube idols and the decision to link it on Tumblr was like kicking a hornet's nest with a giant Doc Marten boot. I will say, I put a lot of time and effort into writing that one as nicely as possible and even thought about not posting it considering the sensitive topic it was covering. However, in the end I am glad that I wrote it and despite the backlash it received I stand by what I said. If you, Beckii Cruel or any of your minions are reading this, I do apologize for being scathing, narrow-minded, vindictive, and cruel but I'm a writer and pissing off people comes with the job of being a writer. I figured I couldn't last forever without pissing at least one person off...
So in December last year, I also released my own personal hopes and dreams for 2012 about the groups I followed. I'd written a variety of things about a variety of groups with hopes ranging from possible to highly unlikely. Now this year, I'm going to put on some nostalgia goggles and see what did and didn't happen in 2012! So hop in my time-traveling fish and let's take a look at what I hoped and dreamed for in 2012!
AKB48 Blows Me Away
- Didn't happen. In hindsight, I'm not terribly surprised that AKB48 didn't "blow" me away; they pretty much stuck to their music formula this year and didn't take any huge risks. I can see why; that formula's helped make them the best-selling idol group in Japan right now. Why risk that success by changing the song formula? Still, I don't think there was one song that really impressed me this year except for Show fight! That song is flipping awesome. But yeah, Give Me Five! was okay, same for Manatsu, I can't stand Gingham Check and its blandness, Uza's forgettable, and I hate Eien Pressure as much as the past two Janken singles. Some of the B-sides were okay but not enough to be huge standouts in my book. I will say although AKB48 was lacking to me in terms of musical content, they had some pretty damn awesome PVs. Manatsu no Sounds good!, Gingham Check, Uza, Show fight!, and Kodoku na Hoshizora were all amazing PVs even if their respective songs ranged from forgettable to great. This was just a boring year overall for AKB48 in terms of music. In terms of everything else this was a crazy year for the group. Anyways, I will say though one of their sisters groups did blow me away: SKE48! Kataomoi Finally is probably my favorite single of 2012, or one of them at least! Their other songs were pretty nice too but wow, Kataomoi Finally... and the PV is probably my favorite PV of 2012.
Berryz Koubou Doesn't Graduate
- Yay! This happened! And I also think 2012 was just a better year for them and C-ute. They released Chou Happy Song which is such a great collaboration and Berryz released some covers of Thai songs and those also proved to be very successful in both quality and finances. Cha Cha Sing sold over 30,000 copies and that may be little for a group like AKB48 but it's a lot more than Berryz has been selling lately (for comparison Be Genki could only sell around 17,000 copies). Want! is also a pretty hopping electropop song (even if I strongly dislike the costumes for it) and that managed to sell a pretty decent amount too!
Morning Musume Finds their Style
- Wow... this actually happened! Of course, it didn't really look like it was happening when the year first started. The 10th Generation debuted with the much-reviled PyokoPyoko Ultra and its ultra-hideous chicken suits and I've already given that song enough flack as it is. For me, it was a terrible start to 2012 and made me uneasy of Momusu's future singles. Was this what was going to happen from now on? Were we doomed to get nothing but childishly annoying songs with this newer group of girls? After Gaki's graduation, the 50th single was released and with that single things got... electro. Like, really electro. Yep, the electropop style of One Two Three was met with (mostly) positive reception and UFP's perspective on life must be "If ain't broke don't fix it! And it is broken, keep using it until it magically works again!" After the success in sales of One Two Three, Wakuteka Take a chance followed with another heavy dose of electropop and the group's 52nd single, Help me!!, is also an electropop song. Of course, it's too early to predict whether this trend will grow stale and overused with the fans or triumphantly prevail but nevertheless it is a style that I think Tsunku and UFP are ready to invest in. Now if only they could do electropop with more than two girls getting solo lines! Reminds me of my next hope I had for 2012...
One of the Momusu Members Pulls a Chisato On Us
- Haha, no. When I say "Pull a Chisato" I mean an underrated, underused member of a group suddenly gets a huge push to the front and stays there, like Okai Chisato did in 2011 for C-ute. So Oda Sakura can't pull a Chisato because there's already a lot of attention and anticipation about her future position in Morning Musume. Eripon's been getting a slight push on the B-sides but not enough that I would say she's getting a lot of attention. Same with Masaki, she's been getting a push that's a little bigger than Eripon's but in the long run it's not the level that Riho's gotten. Mizuki also has a mild push with minor vocals and being forever paired with Sayu and Ayumi's getting a decent amount of attention too. Zukki and Haruka have gotten squat, especially Zukki. I suppose someone getting such a great push that Chissa did is only something that happens once every blue moon for UFP... It's just really frustrating when the person being pushed is one of the front girls you're not okay with! I feel like all the people I really want in the front are forever doomed to be shafted by UFP... but who knows? Reina's graduating and with that vocal crutch gone someone has to take her place. It's shaping up to be survival of the fittest for Morning Musume and I hope Haruka comes out on top.
Perfume Releases Something Edgy
- Unfortunately this did not come true; Perfume's music remained pretty light this year. That's not to say their music wasn't good, it was just very light. Point, Hurly Burly and Spring of Life were all very nice songs but not anywhere near as hardcore as Perfume can get. For a long time (well not really a long time but about two years now) I've really wanted Nakata to dabble into a harder-sounding more techno song like edge, GAME, or Fake It. I still do but I don't think this hope is as strong as it was in 2011. In fact, with the preview of Mirai no Museum, I'm starting to give up the idea of Perfume doing another hardcore song. It feels like their releases are getting lighter and happier in terms of sound and again, that's not a bad thing but a turn back to that direction would be really, really awesome. Two of their most popular songs are edge and Fake It and they're also two of the hardest songs the group has released. Who knows? Maybe their Japanese fans don't like harder and edgier type songs and since foreign fans aren't who the group particularly caters to, we're forever doomed to get stagnant singles that all have the same tone... That's so bleak though! I'm still going to cross my fingers and wait for another darker song even if I have to wait for five more years! Or FOREVER!
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Tokyo Girls' Style Gets Even Awesome-r
- I'll say semi-true. None of the group's material got to Limited Addiction levels of awesome but it was a pretty decent year for TGS in terms of music! The group also released an album titled Limited Addiction and that was pretty decent too but probably not my favorite album of the year. The only single that didn't jazz me was Tsuioku but Rock you! was a pretty cool single and Road to Budokan 2012 ~Bad Flower~ was without a doubt the strongest overall single the group released this year. That's probably because after releasing Tsuioku, the girls went on a three-month break, training some more with Avex and polishing their skills for the next single. That training really showed in the Road to Budokan single and you can tell how much the girls have improved, especially Hitomi! Oh my god, Hitomi sounds so good in Bad Flower and... everyone else does too but Hitomi when did your voice lose its squeak!? I think with that training, the girls really grew as idols and what I'm hoping is in their 2013 singles that we can see more of that improvement. Of course, I also want the songs to be good as well but ability of the group plays a part in that!
I Write More in This Blog
- Well, considering this post I'm writing write now is my 130th post and my 115th post for 2012, I can happily say this came true! I honestly can't believe I've written this much over the course of a year and managed to keep my grades afloat but somehow... I did! I really did! I even managed to pick up a few more readers this year and I recently broke 30,000 views! 30 flipping thousand! How crazy is that!? I'm hoping that next year I can continue writing on my blog and maybe I can even expand to talk about a few more groups like I did this year! I already have a few ideas of what I'm going to do next year and it's... well, I'll let it be a surprise! I'll just say that I think you guys are going to find it very interesting!


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I love this month! Not only is it the month of birth of all 3 of us siblings, which really isn't the only reason behind my fondness for it. But the change in weather is beautiful. In France, apart from temperatures dropping and going up, other seasonal changes are also so visible. People on the streets, the colour of their clothes, the vegetables in the market, the skies. I am pretty sure that even if I were born during one of those hot summer months, I would have loved October.
I have let a couple of months pass by without blogging about it. July was different this year. The summer wasn't as intense as last year. And I feel these past few months have really flown by. I remember vignettes, but feel like it all occurred ages ago.
In August, my sister and her little family visited. I went to Paris to look after my niece so that my sister and her husband can roam around the beautiful city on their own time. It was a lovely and different experience, looking at Paris through a toddler's eyes. Short trips to Barcelona and Madrid followed. Barcelona is a very lively city, very youthful and colourful. Madrid is a sophisticated, charming city. My sister and I had the best experience one day in Madrid, when we treated ourselves to an evening of Flamenco. It is such a rustic yet classic style, with live music and singing. The style of singing reminded me of Raï.
A couple of friends we made last year moved to another city. In September, I had the pleasure of having them over for dinner. They are from Romania and their former flat mate, who attends drum class with me, is from Latvia. I cannot begin to tell you the amount and openness of our political conversations. For some reason, they are well aware of India's continued issues of control with her many neighbours. And we draw similarities from across the world, especially from across Europe.
Yesterday, at Claudio's place for Hindi class, we had just finished reading an extremely formal letter of application asking for leave of absence. I told him nobody speaks so formally like that anymore. Perhaps, they still write like that in the government where you have to sound like you will remain forever obliged to your superior if they grant you leave!
This led us to talk about 'monsieur' and 'madame', which literally is 'my-sir' and 'my-dame'. He said in the great old times, the royalty used to address their queens and kings like this. So, you are 'my-sir' or 'my-dame'. And that continued as it is.
THAT led us to talk about the origin of the word 'ciao'. In Italy it is 'hello'. In France, it is 'bye', although I feel it is more an outside influence than an original term in French. It turns out the Latin for 'I am your slave' (used during the Roman Empire) lends itself to 'schiavo', which is Italian for 'slave'. 'Ciao' is a version of that.


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Uzi Mahnaimi and Sarah Baxter of www.TimesOnline.co.uk are reporting that Israeli defense officials have assured Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Saudi Arabia would look the other way if Israeli warplanes flew over the Kingdom on their way to Iran.
Or, at least, they might have. Now that the information has been leaked, it is doubtful that the Royals would risk the backlash from their fundamentalist base:
Earlier this year Meir Dagan, Mossad's director since 2002, held secret talks with Saudi officials to discuss the possibility.
The Israeli press has already carried unconfirmed reports that high-ranking officials, including Ehud Olmert, the former prime minister, held meetings with Saudi colleagues. The reports were denied by Saudi officials.
"The Saudis have tacitly agreed to the Israeli air force flying through their airspace on a mission which is supposed to be in the common interests of both Israel and Saudi Arabia," a diplomatic source said last week.
Although the countries have no formal diplomatic relations, an Israeli defence source confirmed that Mossad maintained "working relations" with the Saudis.
John Bolton, the former US ambassador to the United Nations who recently visited the Gulf, said it was "entirely logical" for the Israelis to use Saudi airspace.
Bolton, who has talked to several Arab leaders, added: "None of them would say anything about it publicly but they would certainly acquiesce in an overflight if the Israelis didn't trumpet it as a big success."
Arab states would condemn a raid when they spoke at the UN but would be privately relieved to see the threat of an Iranian bomb removed, he said.
Bolton is absolutely correct. The Saudis would not mind at all if Iran's nuclear threat were to disappear. The same goes for any other sane regime in the Middle East. No one wants Iran to get the bomb — not with that crew in charge in Tehran.
But it is now an open question whether the royal family could actually allow such overflights. It would certainly rile the Wahabbists [sic] who wield great influence with ordinary Saudis and that might endanger the family's hold on power. If the overflights had occurred without advance warning, they could have feigned surprise. That option is now out the window.
Still, the threat is so great they may yet allow the Israeli air force to traverse their air space without saying anything.


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Vancouver got on the board early as Traber scored 49 seconds into the game, knocking home the rebound of a Dalton Thrower shot to put Vancouver ahead. The Cougars would answer with two goals in an 18 second span later in the period to take the lead as Marc McNulty beat Vancouver goalie Jared Rathjen on a two-on-one before Tate Olsen found the net with a long shot through traffic. Hamilton quickly pulled the Giants back to level terms, hammering home a one-timer from in close, and Volek gave Vancouver the lead again with his first goal as a Giant, beating Prince George goalie Ty Edmonds cleanly with a wrist shot from just inside the Cougars' blue line. Ronning put the G-Men ahead by two when he netted his fourth of the year, and Edmonds was given the hook after conceding four goals on 13 shots. The Giants added one more before the intermission as Mason Geertsen beat net minder Adam Beukeboom with a drive from the point, and Vancouver led by three after 20 minutes.
The Cougars fought back in the second period and scored twice to pull to within one. First, Zach Pochiro found the net on a five-on-three power play after receiving a cross-ice pass from Troy Bourke, and Klarc Wilson tallied his 18th of the season after beating a number of Giants to a loose puck right off the face-off and tucking the puck past Rathjen.
Houck turned the momentum back in the Giants' favour early in the third, scoring his team leading 24th goal of the season less than a minute into the stanza. The game remained 6-4 for Vancouver until the late stages when Wilson netted his second of the evening after the Cougars had pulled the goalie, but they wouldn't find another as the G-Men closed out their 22nd victory of the season.
The season series between Vancouver and Prince George is now in the books with the Giants posting a record of 6-1-0-1 against the Cougars.
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Date Added: 03/30/2018
New boots, great service I ordered a pair of fitflop boots. They were a good price and they arrived very promptly. I had them on my feet within 3 or four days of ordering them!
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars]
by Christopher Wild
Date Added: 03/30/2018
Great website and service offeredThe website was good, but the after service and way they helped me was fantastic
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars]
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Running A Blog is so simple, it's no wonder everyone is getting in on the fun. It seems like everyone has a blog these days. However, if you want to create a successful blog, you need to plan carefully. Apply what you've learned by reading this article to create a unique, successful blog.
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As was stated at the beginning of this article, running a blog seem to be an easy feat, at first. Every person has some type of message that they want others to read. However, you then realize that you need a plan and to start making decisions. This article's tips can assist you in making your dream blog.