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Intelligence: American Apparel Ads Are Too 'Gratuitously' Sexy for Britain Again

2013-04-10 19:29:46| Apparel - Topix.net

American Apparel might love sexy basics, but they hate learning lessons. For the third time this year, Britain's Advertising Standards Authority has banned the retailer's ads thanks to complaints that models appear "vulnerable and overtly sexual, with the photographs objectifying women," according to the Huffington Post UK .

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US Moves Toward Teaching Climate Change; Britain Does the Opposite

2013-04-08 08:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: New science teaching standards in the United States will include extensive lessons on human-made climate change. Expected to be unveiled this week, the guidelines will bring the subject to classrooms in up to 40 states, in many cases for the first time. Eighth-grade pupils should understand that "human activities, such as the release of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, are major factors in the current rise in Earths mean surface temperature (global warming)," according to the Next...

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The 15 WORST drinks in Britain: Orange juice with as much sugar as 11 ...

2013-03-31 03:57:35| Beverages - Topix.net

A single serving of so-called healthy fruit juice has been found to contain the same amount of sugar as three-and-a-half doughnuts or 13 hobnob biscuits.

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