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...worst toys are the opposite: overdesigned, overengineered, the product of so much imagination on the part of the toymaker that they require none from the child. The ancient Egyptians played with dolls, but today's dolls are practically self-sufficient: they talk, walk, dine, dance, do long division. Why bother setting up the play schoolroom when they already know more than we do? Among the Huffington Post's "15 Toys Not to Buy" this holiday season is Baby Glutton, a doll made in Spain that makes sucking sounds and comes with a halter top for little girls - with flowers...
...says Marlene Schwartz, deputy director of Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. For Schwartz, the dairy industry's campaign is one as concerned with market share as it is with nutrition. "The real issue is a food-industry segment saying, "We want to market our product to children. So we are going to add extra sugar that is completely unnecessary to improve the taste so that kids will drink more of our product." And since more than half of all flavored milk in the U.S. is sold to children in schools, she says, there...
...Mexican cartels subcontract Honduran groups to move drugs for them - sometimes "executing" those accused of stealing the product, Gonzalez alleged. And they have also been buying up real estate and businesses to launder money and provide bases for operations. "We found one huge hacienda bought by Mexicans with landing strips for major aircraft," he said, showing the photo of a concrete runway built in a seized jungle property. The traffickers have also been unloading an increased amount of crack onto the Honduran market, which is sold on corners by street gangs like the Mara Salvatrucha, he said...
...Electronic Arts A company like EA, a videogame maker, is in a much more precarious position, since it actually makes a Tiger-branded product. The company's Tiger Woods PGA Tour golf game, which features a virtual Woods walloping 300-yd. drives, has been a popular franchise, generating more than $110 million in sales. So if EA gives Woods the hook, it will have to totally change the face of the product. Somehow, a Phil Mickelson game just doesn't carry the same cachet. "They are not going to drop the product line," says Ganis. "They've got too much...
...ZACAPA: CENTENARIO 23 This Guatemalan delight is a blend of 6- to 23-year-old rums, which are distilled from the honey-like first press of the sugarcane. (Many other producers use molasses, the tarry end product of the sugarmaking process.) Take a sip and your taste buds will be swaddled in rich caramel, fig and tobacco notes. Visit ronesdeguatemala.com for more information. (See 50 essential travel tips...