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...iconography of consumerism. This is, after all, an animation-crazed culture in which characters like Doraemon, Hello Kitty and Pikachu adorn everything from refrigerators to boxes of seaweed sprinkles. Consumers, especially the key youth segment, prefer splashing out on recognizable icons?an almost Pavlovian response to a society awash in symbolism. No surprise then, that one of the details that Takizawa is most proud of in his collaboration with Champion is the way he reinterpreted the sweatshirt maker's embroidered "C" monogram into a tricolor abstraction. Shoemaker Mihara, too, stamped his sneakers with a cartoon rendition of Puma's feline...
...Uncertainty over the future (particularly among the Sunnis), the humiliation of occupation and the breakdown in security and services that has accompanied it has created fertile ground for the insurgency to grow, and the country is awash with weapons distributed by the old regime. An independent assessment commissioned by the Pentagon (downloadable from the Center for Strategic and International Studies warned that defeating the insurgency and winning the peace depends on the coalition very quickly turning around the security situation and restoring normalcy to the lives of ordinary Iraqis. "The 'hearts and minds' of key segments of the Sunni...
...Revolution: A Stand-Up History of the French Revolution. Rather than regale readers with jokes, Steel aims to present the history of a serious subject leavened with irreverent observations and quirky tidbits. Infused with an unabashedly political viewpoint, it's a surprisingly informative read. Sure, the airwaves are awash with an endless parade of history programs, but for Marxist comedian Steel most of the dons lecturing us about the Tudors or lamenting Britain's lost Empire "reek of pomposity." Steel's approach is to focus on things you don't find in the textbooks. Like the titillating contention that...
...novices alike, Noosa?s waves beckon irresistibly. Sunshine Corner offers the most consistent waves throughout the year, while the waves at Boiling Point and Tea Tree are formidable to behold, luring more experienced surfers. Meanwhile, Noosa?s reputation as a culinary mecca is another draw?its restaurants are awash with upscale visitors from Sydney and Melbourne, particularly in the high season when the chattering upper classes of Australia?s largest cities seem to relocate north en masse. Whether it?s Mediterranean-influenced cuisine on the seafront terrace of Bistro C or outstanding seafood at the ?ber-trendy Saltwater, the culinary...
...village of Herto, in the Middle Awash region of Ethiopia, is surrounded by sparse patches of dry, scrubby vegetation, barely enough to sustain the sheep, cattle and goat herds of the seminomadic Afar people who live there. But 160,000 years ago, conditions were far different: a shallow lake sat here, teeming with hippos, crocodiles and catfish. The lush grasslands that surrounded its pebble-strewn shores were filled with lions, zebras and antelopes as well as another creature, which traveled on two legs rather than four. Our distant ancestors had walked the earth for millions of years by this time...