Random links
- Quebec’s ‘pastagate’ PR nightmare: Story gets 60 times more coverage outside province than Marois investment trip
- "While most of the stories were in Canada, Pastagate was chronicled in 350 articles in 14 countries, as far away as Australia, when it broke last week." The PQ party seems to do a wonderful job of shooting itself in the foot.
- U.S. dairy industry petitions FDA to approve aspartame as hidden, unlabeled additive in milk, yogurt, eggnog and cream
- The subheading that the "Milk industry specifically asks to HIDE aspartame from consumers" seems accurate based on the information in the petition. Unlabelled ingredients seem bad for those with dietary issues - and these artificial sweeteners don't seem to be problem-free.
- Last Meals Of Executed Innocent Men
- "The ads are via Amnesty International in Puerto Rico. The starkness of the photography — including the standard issue prison food trays — makes for riveting advertising."
- What Housework Has to Do With Waistlines
- "'we need to start finding ways to incorporate movement back into' the hours spent at home. This does not mean, he said, that women — or men — should be doing more housework. For one thing, the effort involved is such activities today is less than it once was. Using modern, gliding vacuum cleaners is less taxing than struggling with the clunky, heavy machines once available, and thank goodness for that."