deru: say goodbye to useless

Maissa Toulet

Cabinet de sorcellerie...

MSG failz

Salmonella bacteria alert. Recalls for 'Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein'aka MSG.



Be aware of the recalls:

USA: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/HVPCP/

CAN: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/recarapp/2010/20100308e.shtml

CAN: http://inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/concen/2010salmonqueste.shtml

And P.S., MSG hides under many different names:
http://www.aspartame.ca/msg%20names.htm

In MANY different products :
http://www.msgtruth.org/avoid.htm

FUTURESTATES: beginning on March 8

A new fictional series called FUTURESTATES is set to broadcast exclusively online starting on Monday March 8, 2010.

ITVS (Independant Television Service) and 20+ emerging indie filmmakers have created 11 films in total, including "Plastic Bag" which is directed by Ramin Bahrani and narrated by Werner Herzog.

Check out the trailer:



Become a fan on Facebook to find out more.

Design outside the box

Jesse Schell presenting at DICE 2010 about the psychological and economic impact that Facebook games have, and future predictions for technology and human interaction. Amazing. A must watch...

Stop Animation - Neil Gaiman's 'Coraline'

An animated version of Gaiman's book 'Coraline' hits theatres on Feb 6. It's apparantly the first stop animation movie to be filmed in 3D and it's directed by Henry Selick of Nightmare Before Christmas fame.

They've created a really clever marketing campaign. 26 unique cards were given exclusively to 26 sites around the Web that contain different images, characters, and elements from the film. The challenge is for you to find them.

I've listed all of the sites that have the Coraline Alphabet Cards below for those of you who are interested in collecting them.

• A is for Adventures @ Ain’t It Cool News
• B is for Bobinksi @ Bullz Eye
• C is for Coraline @ Collider
• D is for Dad @ Dread Central
• E is for Entrance @ Eclipse Magazine
• F is for Forcible @ Fearnet
• G is for Ghost Children @ Geeks of Doom
• H is for Hands @ Happy News
• I is for Imposters @ IGN
• J is for Jump @ JoBlo
• K is for Knowledge @ KOL
• L is for Ladies @ Latinoreview
• M is for Music @ MTV
• N is for Needle @ Neil Gaiman
• O is for Otherworld @ Obsessed with Film
• P is for Palace @ Premiere
• Q is for Quick @ Quick Stop Entertainment
• R is for Ragdolls @ Rotten Tomatoes
• S is for Spink @ Scifi
• T is for Toys @ Twitch Film
• U is for Up @ UGO
• V is for Vehicle @ VFXWorld
• W is for Wybie @ Worst Previews
• X is the Spot @ X-realms
• Y is for Yum! @ Yahoo Movies
• Z is for Zanzibar @ Zap2it

Sustainable Dancefloor

'The Sustainable Dancefloor', developed for the Sustainable Dance Club in Rotterdam, harnesses the power of club-goers to generate electricity.



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Trouble in big brand land

Maple Leaf Foods, Inc. recalled over 200 products after discovering listeria bacteria at plant 97B in Toronto.


From: CBC.ca, Monday August 25, 2008

Maple Leaf temporarily closed one of its Toronto plants after the bacterium was found on some of its products.

Laboratory tests have conclusively linked some of the products to the deaths of four people, three in Ontario and one in B.C.

There have been 21 confirmed cases of listeriosis in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan, and 30 cases remain under investigation.

On Sunday, federal Health Minister Tony Clement said the number of cases is expected to rise, since people can be infected for a length of time before showing symptoms.

Symptoms of listeriosis — which include high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea — occur up to 70 days after consuming contaminated food, though the average incubation period is 30 days.


The CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) has issued a Health Hazard Alert and provides the full list of 220 products that are being recalled, as well as the ready-to-eat deli meats sold at other retailers. Look for '97B' next to the best before or packed on dates. The number will not appear on the sandwiches.

Maple Leaf supplies deli meats to over 3 dozen brands:
(including McDonald's, Mr. Sub and Tim Hortons)

Artisan Collection, Best Value, Bittners, Boston Pizza, Burns, Campfire, Compliments, Coorsh, Country Morning, Equality, Foodservice, Harmonie, Hickory Farms, Hygrade, Kirkland Signature, Maple Leaf, Mayfair/Marque, McDonald's, Mitchell's, Mr. Sub, No Name, Northern Best Value, Olympic, Overlander, Parma, Pizza Nova, Rouyn, Safeway, Schneiders, Shopsy's, The Butcher's Cut, Tim Hortons, Western Family and Westfair

For more information, consumers and industry can call the CFIA at 1-800-442-2342 / TTY 1-800-465-7735 (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday to Friday).