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Blogger gets four years in Egyptian prison.
Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman, Egyptian blogger, was sentenced to three years in prison this week for "inciting hatred of Islam" and an additional year for "insulting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak" on his blog, where he wrote under the pseudonym of "Kareem Amer". Suleiman's blogs regularly criticised the government's religious and authoritarian excesses. He also criticised Egypt's highest religious institutions including the Sunni university of Al-Azhar, where he studied law. His father has reportedly taken the step to disowning Abdel Kareem, stating that he would like to see Sharia Law applied to his son, in which he would have three days to repent at the end of which if he is not repentant, he would be killed. Dreadful things happen when medieval beliefs meet the modern world.

26 February 2007



Sipahh milk flavor straws
New product adds even more sugar to kid's diet.
We got an e-mail to Smart Stuff the other day asking if we accepted products for possible review. We answered in a positive manner as we always do, but stating our submissions policy just to make things crystal clear. So, a couple of days later, the packages above arrives, along with a photo CD and a press release. The product is called Sipahh and consists of a plastic straw filled with flavored granules. The idea is you sip cold milk using the straw thus adding flavor to the milk. Sort of an instant milk drink if you like. Now, while I do find the straw thing pretty clever, that does not help. This thing adds 1.8 grams of sugar to every glass of milk your children, or mine, drink through the flavored straw. Total carb content is 3.0 grams per straw (chocolate). More than 50% of the product is sugar, 85% is carbs (92% in the strawberry variant). Ten glasses of this Sipahh flavored milk adds 18 grams of sugar. Sugar our kids don't need. I know kids need milk, but do they really have to add sugar to make kids drink it?

21 February 2007

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