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LOS ANGELES (WOMENSENEWS)– Four years ago Hollywood marketing exec Seth Matlins had a rude awakening that prompted him to scrutinize the industry to which he’d devoted most of his career.

“When my daughter was 4, I began to look at the world through the eyes of a girl, and I was horrified,” said the former executive for the Creative Artists Agency and Live Nation. “All I saw were the human-made obstacles to her happiness . . . so I left these fairly high-powered lucrative jobs. (Addressing) sexualization and objectification of girls and women is where I first started.”

In 2010 Matlins founded FeelMoreBetter.com, his company to promote girls’ self-esteem through an online forum, lobbying industry and media to change “the beauty culture” and selling T-shirts with the slogans “Not Photoshopped” and “Suck it Barbie,” among others.

Matlins’ organization, which carries the tagline “leading the fight against whatever hates on your happy,” was instrumental in crafting the Article source: http://womensenews.org/story/crime-policylegislation/140818/bill-targets-weapons-mass-perfection-advertising

Hank Bullock

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    Harold (Hank) Edward Bullock passed away unexpectedly Aug. 11, 2014, surrounded by his family.
    He was born in Corning, Iowa, on Feb. 5, 1927, the youngest of four boys, where he lived until the family moved to San Diego, Calif., in 1935. After high school, he entered the Air Force and was stationed in the Philippines. He married Barbara Campbell in 1949 and they had two children, Mike and Chris. The family then moved to Oregon in 1958 when Hank joined a new business called Tektronix. He worked there 25 years as a tool and die model maker.
    In 1975, he married Judy Hanson, and was lucky enough to be stepfather to four more girls, Vickey, Della, Wanda and Lori. In retirement, Hank restored antique airplanes. Some of the parts were impossible to find, so Hank would just create the needed part on his die machines. He was very talented! He restored a 1947 British Auster observation plane from World War ll and flew it to many antique airplane shows all over the country. He won numerous awards for his Auster. It is permanently housed at the Evergreen Air Museum in McMinnville, Ore.
    Hank enjoyed visiting the Wood River Valley and especially spending time at his son’s cabin at West Magic. Always up for a good time, he loved participating in the many activities at Magic.
    Hank is survived by his beloved wife Judy, his children, stepchildren, 10 grandchildren and

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TSCA/FIFRA/IRIS/EPCRA

IARC Classifies Dichloromethane, Other Substances As Human Carcinogens: In June, an expert panel of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded that dichloromethane, a chemical substance used to make plastics, synthetic fibers, photographic films, and solvents, is a probable human carcinogen (Group 2A). IARC classified 1,2-dichloropropane (1,2-DCP), a solvent primarily used to make other chemicals, as a human carcinogen (Group 1). The expert panel based that conclusion on human studies from workers in a small Japanese printing plant. Two other chemicals considered, tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) and 1,3-propane sultone, were also classified as probable human carcinogens (Group 2A). Another chemical, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), was classified as a possible carcinogen (Group 2B), according to IARC.

National Academies’ National Research Council Concludes Formaldehyde Causes Cancer: On August 8, 2014, the National Academies’ National Research Council (NRC) upheld the listing of formaldehyde as “known to be a human carcinogen” in the National Toxicology Program (NTP) 12th Report on Carcinogens (RoC). The Committee that wrote the NRC report found that the listing is supported by sufficient evidence from human studies that indicate a causal relationship between exposure to the chemical and at least one type of human cancer. The Committee reached the same conclusion after conducting both a peer review of the RoC and an independent assessment of the formaldehyde literature. In its independent assessment, the Committee considered human, animal, and mechanistic studies published through November 8, 2013, that focused on nasopharyngeal cancer, sinonasal cancer, and myeloid leukemia. It reportedly found sufficient

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Subhead:  Critics raise free-speech concerns about a bill seeking to limit Photoshopping and other alterations in ads. Supporters argue that advertising is a special form of media since it exploits anxieties with harmful public health consequences for girls and women. Byline:  Elizabeth Zwerling

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LOS ANGELES (WOMENSENEWS)– Four years ago Hollywood marketing exec Seth Matlins had a rude awakening that prompted him to scrutinize the industry to which he’d devoted most of his career.

“When my daughter was 4, I began to look at the world through the eyes of a girl, and I was horrified,” said the former executive for the Creative Artists

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This artist’s illustration depicts the Skylon concept vehicle.
Credit: Adrian Mann

Engine technology being developed for a British space plane could also find its way into hypersonic aircraft built by the U.S. military.

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory is studying hypersonic vehicles that would use the Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE), which the English company Reaction Engines Ltd. is working on to power the Skylon space plane, AFRL officials said.

“AFRL is formulating plans to look at advanced vehicle concepts based on Reaction Engine’s heat-exchanger technology and SABRE engine concept,” officials with AFRL, which is based in Ohio, told Space.com via email last month. [The Skylon Space Plane (Images)]

A bold British space plane concept

SABRE and Skylon were invented by Alan Bond and his team of engineers at the Abingdon, England-based Reaction Engines.

SABRE burns hydrogen and oxygen. It acts like a jet

Article source: http://www.space.com/26838-air-force-hypersonic-skylon-space-plane.html

Earlier today we told you about a very special display of all six Bugatti Legends editions at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The company is now using this rare event to promote their lifestyle collection called Capsule, which includes fashion and accessories pieces for men and women inspired by Les Légendes de Bugatti models.

Each of the six Bugatti Legends model is represented with a corresponding design in Bugatti Capsule Collection. What’s more, the material used in making the collection – such as buffalo, deer, calf and cordovan leather and precious metals – rival the exotic material Bugatti uses in their cars.

The unique six outfits in Bugatti Capsule Collection are available exclusively for owners of the respective vehicles, with stylistic elements and materials from this collection gradually becoming available in the company’s general lifestyle collection lines. Each line consists of leather jackets, pants, T-shirts, gloves, belts, hats, scarfs and bags.

Details of each design can be found in the press release after the pictures. As for the cost of the items in this collection… well, if you

Article source: http://www.motorward.com/2014/08/legends-inspired-bugatti-capsule-collection-launched/