Fast Food Advertising is On the Rise — With a Focus on Minority Youth — While Kids Continue to Grow Fatter. What’s Wrong With This Picture?
February 4, 2011 No Comment
Image: FastFoodHealth.org via Babble.com It’s definitely not news that America’s children have an obesity problem and that it’s largely due to fast food and junk/snack foods —nor is it a surprise that fast food rest… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Dan Snyder—having possibly forgotten that his team is called the “Washington Redskins”—is feeling offended. Snyder is suing the Washington City Paper for $2 million for an unflattering story, which was accompanied by a picture of Snyder with added goatee, mustache, and devil horns, Gawker reports.
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We’ve been ribbing the Pre 2 lately for being so far past its prime that a launch of any kind on Verizon is starting to seem implausible — but it looks like these guys might still be willing to throw it out on shelves for a little while. The latest rumor, via an internal product page at a third party retailer, says that the phone will launch in “all channels” on February 17th… just in time for it to be made even less appealing by whatever new gear HP shows off at its event on the 9th . Wrong place, wrong time, wrong hardware — but hey, if you absolutely must have webOS 2.0 as soon as possible on a carrier-branded device on the States, this thing is still your only way to ride. [Thanks, anonymous tipster] Palm Pre 2 launching on Verizon February 17th? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The unemployment rate dropped sharply last month to 9%, the lowest level in nearly two years. But the economy added only 36,000 new jobs, the fewest in four months. The unemployment rate has fallen by eight-tenths of a percentage point in the past two months; that’s the steepest two-month…
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At a summit of EU leaders in Brussels, David Cameron warns the Egyptian president against the ‘hiring of thugs’ to attack protesters, and says the government must listen to its people
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Britain’s Egyptian community show their support for the uprising back home in a series of demonstrations this week John Domokos Christian Bennett Rajeev Syal
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There have been dramatic scenes in Cairo’s Tahrir Square as pro-Hosni Mubarak supporters clashed with opposition demonstrators. In the ensuing carnage, several people were killed and hundreds were injured. The country’s military is increasingly being criticised for standing on the sidelines and watching the bloodshed unfold. So what is the army’s role in this crisis and for how long can they stand aside and watch Egypt descend into chaos? Inside Story discusses.
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Compost tea and seedlings. Image credit: sleepynecko , used under Creative Commons license. When I posted a video on how to make compost extractions , and later on how to make compost tea it awakened my interest in this lesser-known subset of composting and organic gardening. I already knew that
Continue reading …Books, TV shows, radio gigs: The Palins are already a brand, so is it any surprise they’re looking to trademark the family name? Applications were filed last year by the Palins’ lawyer to trademark “Sarah Palin” and “Bristol Palin,” reports Politics Daily , but there are a few problems that need…
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