Random links
- 'You can't bring that axe on a plane' politician told
- "'It was not a real axe, rather it was for a live role-playing game and improvisational theatre,' he said later. It was not even his own, he added hastily – rather, he was bringing it from Berlin to Stuttgart for a friend. "
- Could nursery rhymes cause violent behaviour? A comparison with television viewing
- "Television has 4.8 violent scenes per hour and nursery rhymes have 52.2 violent scenes per hour."
- 33-year-old man has 30 kids by 11 different women
- Surprise, surprise... apparently he doesn't have enough money for child support.
- Ageing and asset prices
- A paper from the Bank for International Settlements: "demographic factors affect real house prices significantly. Combining the results with UN population projections suggests that ageing will lower real house prices substantially over the next forty years. The headwind is around 80 basis points per annum in the United States and much stronger in Europe and Japan. Based on the analysis, global asset prices are likely to face substantial headwinds from ageing."
- Minute Maid wins 'Pomegranate Blueberry' case
- "Minute Maid can keep labeling one of its beverages 'Pomegranate Blueberry' even though it's made up almost entirely of apple and grape juices and contains only 0.3 percent pomegranate juice and 0.2 percent blueberry juice."