June 22, 2011
--My case was dismissed
My case was dismissed.
I hope that people who think that I've worried excessively about some things will consider that my writing about what's going on when something happens is probably what prevents some of the things that I've written about from getting worse. When my writing contributes to preventing something bad from happening, or when it contributes to something good happening, I think that maybe it's because what I've written helps people who were being unreasonable to become more reasonable or appeals to reasonable people enough that they take steps to stop the unreasonable people from doing what they were planning to do.
I hope that people who might think that I can solve any problem by writing about it realize that I can't. I don't have that kind of power.
--The Aldrich Library
As I walked on the sidewalk through the center of town and past the Aldrich Library today, I saw a sign in the lawn that said “Author Here ! @ 6:00 p.m.” I wonder if all of the authors who are listed on the Aldrich Library's authors' series poster know how their involvement in the library's summer schedule is being used by the library to promote sexual harassment and pedophilia.
@6:08 p.m.
--Magnum ice cream
The other day, I heard an ad on TV for “Magnum ice cream.” The ad said that the ice cream was “finally available in the United States.”
I know (not from ever having known anyone who needed to use one, but from having worked in a pharmacy) that “Magnum” is also a brand of extra-large condom, so, even though I'm not watching much TV these days, I heard that part of the ad from the other room and remembered it.
Yesterday, I talked on my blog about how ice cream has been part of the pedophilia situation.
Today, I looked up Magnum ice cream. Its website is completely tied in with Hollywood and fashion. It also has some kind of Internet game called “Pleasure Hunt.”
Magnum ice cream is owned by the Unilever corporation. According to its website, Unilever owns “more than 400 brands focused on health and wellbeing.”
On the first page of the Unilever website, there are a series of pictures that link to pages within the website. The picture that shows a mother and her baby says: “Vaseline celebrates skin stories: From a first kiss to a fond hug, Vaseline's Facebook fans are sharing stories of the link between skin and emotions. Find out more about Vaseline's Facebook campaign.”
Two pictures away from that one, there's a picture of a little girl. The caption for that pictures is “Can low-salt food taste good? New research shows that the aroma of salt may hold the key to reducing sodium in food and improving consumer health. Read about our research into low-salt diets.”
I followed the link from where the sentence “Read about our research into low-salt diets” is highlighted. It went to a page that again showed the picture of the little girl. Next to her, it said:
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"Can low-salt food taste good? (large, highlighted title)
Too much salt in our diet is linked to serious health problems such as hypertension and cardiovascular disease. But removing salt from food can affect its flavour. (highlighted title)
Improving the taste of low-salt food (a highlighted title)
Which is why recent research has given us an important breakthrough. It shows that the enjoyment of reduced-salt food can be improved if the product smells saltier.
This is an exciting discovery because it might just point us to the answer to this age-old problem. If we can reduce the salt content of our products without impairing their taste, we’ll make a significant contribution to improving the health of our consumers.
Associating smell with taste (highlighted title)
The study’s experiments were designed to understand whether people’s perception of the saltiness of food could be affected by their sense of smell.
Participants were asked to rate the saltiness and taste intensity of cheese cubes which had been flavoured with different but tasteless aromas. The first two aromas are usually associated with salt – sardines and the French cheese, comté. The third was the non-salty smell of carrot. All samples contained the same amount of salt.
The research found that participants rated the cheese which had been flavoured with the sardine or comté cheese odours as significantly more salty and taste-intense than the cheese in its original state. The sample which had been flavoured with carrot odour was reported to taste less salty than the original.
Helping consumers keep below 5 grams per day (highlighted title)
For several years we’ve worked hard to successfully reduce the salt content of our food products. But it’s a delicate balance to ensure that consumers don’t ultimately turn their back on the product because they don’t like the new lower salt taste.
Since 2003 we have reduced the amount of salt across our food portfolio by up to 25%. Now, as part of the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan, our ambition is to help consumers not to exceed the recommended level of 5g of salt per a day – based on globally recognised dietary guidelines. We aim to do this by reducing salt levels in our products by a further 15–20 % by 2020.”
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In the above quote from the website, I indicated the phrases that were highlighted titles on the website with parantheses; those are my notes.
Magnum condoms are made by the Trojan condom company. The Trojan condom company doesn't seem to be owned by or affiliated with the Unilever corporation. However, I doubt that the tie-in of the arrival of Magnum ice cream to the United States with Hollywood, fashion, and an Internet game called "Pleasure Hunt" is a coincidence to everything else that's been happening over the past year. The first thing you see when you go to the website for Magnum ice cream says "For Pleasure Seekers.....discover our many pleasures."
@6:59 p.m.
--The Trojan condom company
It may be that the Trojan condom company isn't directly affiliated with the Unilever corporation, as far as being part of the same company. However, the first page of the Trojan website has something on it that says: "Pleasure Discovery Lab Has Now Arrived."
@7:14 p.m.
--My case was dismissed
My case was dismissed.
I hope that people who think that I've worried excessively about some things will consider that my writing about what's going on when something happens is probably what prevents some of the things that I've written about from getting worse. When my writing contributes to preventing something bad from happening, or when it contributes to something good happening, I think that maybe it's because what I've written helps people who were being unreasonable to become more reasonable or appeals to reasonable people enough that they take steps to stop the unreasonable people from doing what they were planning to do.
I hope that people who might think that I can solve any problem by writing about it realize that I can't. I don't have that kind of power.
--The Aldrich Library
As I walked on the sidewalk through the center of town and past the Aldrich Library today, I saw a sign in the lawn that said “Author Here ! @ 6:00 p.m.” I wonder if all of the authors who are listed on the Aldrich Library's authors' series poster know how their involvement in the library's summer schedule is being used by the library to promote sexual harassment and pedophilia.
@6:08 p.m.
--Magnum ice cream
The other day, I heard an ad on TV for “Magnum ice cream.” The ad said that the ice cream was “finally available in the United States.”
I know (not from ever having known anyone who needed to use one, but from having worked in a pharmacy) that “Magnum” is also a brand of extra-large condom, so, even though I'm not watching much TV these days, I heard that part of the ad from the other room and remembered it.
Yesterday, I talked on my blog about how ice cream has been part of the pedophilia situation.
Today, I looked up Magnum ice cream. Its website is completely tied in with Hollywood and fashion. It also has some kind of Internet game called “Pleasure Hunt.”
Magnum ice cream is owned by the Unilever corporation. According to its website, Unilever owns “more than 400 brands focused on health and wellbeing.”
On the first page of the Unilever website, there are a series of pictures that link to pages within the website. The picture that shows a mother and her baby says: “Vaseline celebrates skin stories: From a first kiss to a fond hug, Vaseline's Facebook fans are sharing stories of the link between skin and emotions. Find out more about Vaseline's Facebook campaign.”
Two pictures away from that one, there's a picture of a little girl. The caption for that pictures is “Can low-salt food taste good? New research shows that the aroma of salt may hold the key to reducing sodium in food and improving consumer health. Read about our research into low-salt diets.”
I followed the link from where the sentence “Read about our research into low-salt diets” is highlighted. It went to a page that again showed the picture of the little girl. Next to her, it said:
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"Can low-salt food taste good? (large, highlighted title)
Too much salt in our diet is linked to serious health problems such as hypertension and cardiovascular disease. But removing salt from food can affect its flavour. (highlighted title)
Improving the taste of low-salt food (a highlighted title)
Which is why recent research has given us an important breakthrough. It shows that the enjoyment of reduced-salt food can be improved if the product smells saltier.
This is an exciting discovery because it might just point us to the answer to this age-old problem. If we can reduce the salt content of our products without impairing their taste, we’ll make a significant contribution to improving the health of our consumers.
Associating smell with taste (highlighted title)
The study’s experiments were designed to understand whether people’s perception of the saltiness of food could be affected by their sense of smell.
Participants were asked to rate the saltiness and taste intensity of cheese cubes which had been flavoured with different but tasteless aromas. The first two aromas are usually associated with salt – sardines and the French cheese, comté. The third was the non-salty smell of carrot. All samples contained the same amount of salt.
The research found that participants rated the cheese which had been flavoured with the sardine or comté cheese odours as significantly more salty and taste-intense than the cheese in its original state. The sample which had been flavoured with carrot odour was reported to taste less salty than the original.
Helping consumers keep below 5 grams per day (highlighted title)
For several years we’ve worked hard to successfully reduce the salt content of our food products. But it’s a delicate balance to ensure that consumers don’t ultimately turn their back on the product because they don’t like the new lower salt taste.
Since 2003 we have reduced the amount of salt across our food portfolio by up to 25%. Now, as part of the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan, our ambition is to help consumers not to exceed the recommended level of 5g of salt per a day – based on globally recognised dietary guidelines. We aim to do this by reducing salt levels in our products by a further 15–20 % by 2020.”
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In the above quote from the website, I indicated the phrases that were highlighted titles on the website with parantheses; those are my notes.
Magnum condoms are made by the Trojan condom company. The Trojan condom company doesn't seem to be owned by or affiliated with the Unilever corporation. However, I doubt that the tie-in of the arrival of Magnum ice cream to the United States with Hollywood, fashion, and an Internet game called "Pleasure Hunt" is a coincidence to everything else that's been happening over the past year. The first thing you see when you go to the website for Magnum ice cream says "For Pleasure Seekers.....discover our many pleasures."
@6:59 p.m.
--The Trojan condom company
It may be that the Trojan condom company isn't directly affiliated with the Unilever corporation, as far as being part of the same company. However, the first page of the Trojan website has something on it that says: "Pleasure Discovery Lab Has Now Arrived."
@7:14 p.m.