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PART I:
Violent protests across the Middle East:

-movie producers antagonize religious sensitivities

-extremists manipulate anger

-politicians exploit events to fit their own agendas
-internet companies address legal restrictions and security concerns.

Greece: the cost of an extension:

-more time maybe, more money no.

tough talks and 4 more bn euros in cuts

Showdown in Chicago:

Mayor Rahm Emanuel against teachers and their union

Plus, in PART II:

Corporate accountability (induced):

-listing the calories in burgers and fries

-embargoes and Coca-Cola

The debates of the week:

-NYC's ban on big, sugary drinks: improvement or intrusion?

-endangered species: priceless or worthless?

-nursing mothers.at work and breastfeeding dads: what are the norms now?

The stigma of obesity and boozy milkshakes

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Ta Yp’Opsin (Consider These) weekly podcast with Greek Chicago journalists Elena Spilioti and George Zorbas. Discussion, analysis and great music!

An interview with Antonis Samaras

http://m.washingtonpost.com/opinions/an-interview-with-antonis-samaras-greek-...

"Unfriending" and "unfollowing"

"Unfriending" someone on Facebook feels like delivering a slap in the face (and not even a well-timed slap, since you can't be sure when they'll find out). Facebook itself hates unfriending, for commercial reasons, and thus makes it easy to hide updates from tiresome contacts without their knowing – a deeply unsatisfactory arrangement that leaves you at constant risk of meeting someone face-to-face who assumes you must already know they've got engaged, or had another baby, or been dumped, or fired, or widowed.

http://m.guardian.co.uk/ms/p/gnm/op/sWcJzBPNo-gh0XkxrBkdEvQ/view.m?id=15&gid=.../2012/sep/14/unfollow-unfriend-on-facebook-twitter&cat=lifeandstyle

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Is NYC's ban on big, sugary drinks at restaurants a groundbreaking attempt to curb obesity or a blatant intrusion into people's lives?
Tell us what you think; join the discussion on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/taypopsin) or send us your opinion at taypopsin@gmail.com.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg rejected suggestions that banning the sale of supersized sodas and other sugary drinks constitutes an assault on personal liberty. "Nobody is banning anything," he said, noting that restaurant customers can still buy as much soda as they want, as long as they are willing to carry it in multiple containers.
The regulations, approved easily by the city Board of Health, apply to any establishment with a food-service license, including fast-food places, delis, movie and Broadway theaters, the concession stands at Yankee Stadium and the pizzerias of Little Italy. They will be barred from serving sugary beverages in cups or bottles larger than 16 ounces.(AP)

'Pink Slime" defamation suit

Beef Products Inc. sued ABC News, Inc. for defamation Thursday over its coverage of a meat product that critics dub "pink slime," claiming the network damaged the company by misleading consumers into believing it is unhealthy and unsafe.
Although several news organizations used the term "pink slime," Dan Webb, BPI's Chicago-based attorney,  said ABC was being sued for attacking the company "night after night." The "defendants engaged in a monthlong vicious, concerted disinformation campaign against BPI," the lawsuit claims, citing 11 TV and 14 online reports from March 7 to April 3.
"The lawsuit is without merit," Jeffrey W. Schneider, ABC's senior vice president, said in a brief statement Thursday. "We will contest it vigorously."
The lawsuit filed in a South Dakota state court  names several individuals as defendants, including Kit Foshee, a former BPI quality assurance manager who was interviewed by ABC.
The Food Integrity Campaign, a whistleblower advocacy group that has worked with Foshee, said in a statement Thursday that Foshee was fired from BPI because he refused to participate in the company's "misrepresentation of the product's safety to the USDA and to consumers."
"Thanks to ABC News, Kit Foshee and other whistleblowers shared their concerns about BPI," said Amanda Hitt, the group's director and former counsel to Foshee after he was fired. "Doing so took enormous courage for which they should be honored, not attacked. We believe that this product is questionable."
Critics worry about how the meat is processed. Bits of beef are heated and treated with a small amount of ammonia to kill bacteria, a practice that has been used for decades and meets federal food safety standards. Webb said that ABC ignored that information, instead giving the impression "that it's some type of chemical product ... some kind of repulsive, horrible, vile substance that got put into ground beef and hidden from consumers."
The name "pink slime" gained traction after The New York Times quoted Gerald Zirnstein, the USDA microbiologist who named the product "pink slime" in a 2009 article on the safety of meat processing methods. In the following years, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver began railing against it. McDonald's Corp. and other fast food companies stopped using the product, and major supermarket chains vowed to stop selling beef containing the low-cost product. An online petition calling for it to be banned from school menus, attracting hundreds of thousands of supporters.
Source: AP
 

Alzheimer's could be the most catastrophic impact of junk food

http://m.guardian.co.uk/ms/p/gnm/op/sPYeefhBcjkzrrz3VgWirMw/view.m?id=15&gid=.../2012/sep/10/alzheimers-junk-food-catastrophic-effect&cat=most-read

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