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[Carrie McLaren <temporary181 AT stayfreemagazine.org>]

Howdy. Here are some highlights from Stay Free's blog that I've 
waited way to long to send out. For full text, images, and many more 
articles, see:http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org.

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SEEKING YOUR FAVORITES FROM SF! MAGAZINE

If you have any favorite articles or interviews that you remember 
from past issues of Stay F---, please let me know. I'm compiling 
selections for a "best of" book and am incapable of being objective 
about such things. You can either comment on our blog:
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2007/03/seeking_your_fa.html

Or email Carrie at temporary181 AT stayfreemagazine.org. Much thanks!


PRANK OF THE MONTH: FAKE GUCCI AD

A guy in Switzerland, pretending to be a representative from Gucci, 
called up a weekly paper and reserved a two-page ad spread. He then 
sent in a fake ad of himself half-naked, flanked by a bottle of Gucci 
fragrance. When the bill went to Gucci, as he requested, hilarity 
ensued....
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2007/03/gucci_fake_pran.html


P&G BUILDS A MARKET FOR EATING DISORDERS

 Just saw this ad from a new campaign [see blog for image] promoting 
the laxative Metamucil and nearly lost my lunch. Procter & Gamble, 
which markets Metamucil, has repositioned the brand and is now 
pitching it with the slogan, "Beautify Your Inside." Now, I'm not the 
gambling type but if P&G isn't targeting anorexics, bulimics, and 
other weight-obsessed women with this campaign, you can have my 
house...
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2007/03/metamucil_anore.html


GAY GAZE

Thanks to BoingBoing for pointing us to this amazing study 
demonstrating that, while both men and women concentrate on faces 
when looking at pictures of men, men's eyes naturally wander south... 
just a touch below the equator...
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2007/03/thanks_to_boing.html


DOES TV CONTRIBUTE TO AUTISM?

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article about a Cornell 
economist who has done some fancy math linking TV use to autism...
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2007/02/tv_autism_kids.html


MURDERERS, BANK ROBBERS AND... XBOX MODDERS?

Jason Jones used to run the Acme Game Store out here in Los Angeles. 
When Acme closed, I assumed it was because Jason simply wasn't 
pushing enough games to afford his lavish space. But no. Jason was 
arrested by federal agents for allegedly selling "modded" Xbox 
consoles. He is now serving time in a halfway house with decidedly 
more violent offenders. That's your Digital Millennium Copyright Act 
at work, folks!
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2007/02/murderers_bank_.html

SOLVING NEW YORK'S TRAFFIC PROBLEMS

My new favorite blog, Streetsblog, recently posted a fantastic video 
interview with transit guru Sam Schwartz. Do wider roads create less 
congestion?  How reliant are New Yorkers on cars? How much traffic 
congestion does closing roads create? Schwartz punctures a lot of 
myths in just under a half hour.
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2007/02/new_york_transp.html


RECYCLING IN NEW YORK: URBAN LEGEND?

At a Super Bowl party yesterday, a highly unscientific poll of 
attendants revealed that the vast majority of these New Yorkers 
worked in offices or lived in apartment buildings where recycling was 
essentially a ruse. That is, offices would have clearly marked bins 
for paper, plastic, metal, and trash, but at the end of the day the 
cleaning staff would come and mix everything together. A similar 
thing was recorded in large apartment buildings...
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2007/02/recycling_nyc_n.html


THE MESSAGE IS THE MEDIUM

In response to the ubiquitous public advertising in New York City - 
including illegally posted advertisements - the Anti-Advertising 
Agency (run by Stay Free! blogger Steve Lambert) and the Graffiti 
Research Lab have collaborated on a project to appropriately label 
the MTA's grating video ads. You can read about the project here....
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2007/01/sabotaged_adver.html


ABBOTT TO AIDS PATIENTS: THANK YOU FOR NOT DYING

Abbott Laboratories has come up with an ingenius way of screwing AIDS 
patients. Here's how it works: Abbott sells two AIDS drugs, an older 
drug called Norvir, and a highly profitable newer med, Kaletra. The 
older Norvir works only in combination with other protease 
inhibitors; essentially, it boosts other drugs' effectiveness. 
Kalectra, however, includes Norvair and therefore works alone...
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2007/01/abbott_to_aids_.html