‘Heroes’ star doesn’t know what his character is up to

Posted by john on February 26th, 2007 — in Clarityn News

Despite playing the leader of a shadowy government organization steeped in skullduggery on NBC’s Heroes, actor Jack Coleman swears he doesn’t know much more about what his horn-rimmed-glasses-wearing character is up to than the average fan.
“There are certain scenes, where you go, ‘OK, I really don’t know what I’m alluding to here.’ … But […]

A Year After the Stabbing

Posted by john on February 19th, 2007 — in Clarityn News

A year ago yesterday, Nathan Poffenbarger ’07 stabbed Charles Holiday, a visiting student from Union College, in front of Baker Hall near the intersection of University Avenue and West Avenue.
According to a voluntary statement given to the police by Jennifer Malvica ’07, who was with Poffenbarger at the time of the stabbing, Poffenbarger was at […]

Stick with scissors for trimming nose hair

Posted by john on February 19th, 2007 — in Clarityn News

I have been plucking my nose hair with tweezers for years. My brother just told me that you can get an infection that leads to the brain and you can die. Is this true?
A: When a hair is plucked, the tiny hole left in the skin can become infected easily, especially if the nostrils are […]

FamilyFun Recasts Ad Pitch

Posted by john on February 16th, 2007 — in Clarityn News

Like other family and parenting magazines, Disney Publishing Worldwide’s FamilyFun took a hit last year when packaged goods and automotive advertising beat a retreat from print. Ad pages in 2006 declined 5.4 percent for FamilyFun and 10.1 percent for the category overall, reports the Mediaweek Monitor.
FamilyFun is betting on a comeback in part by persuading […]

FamilyFun Recasts Ad Sales Pitch

Posted by john on February 13th, 2007 — in Clarityn News

Like other family and parenting magazines, Disney Publishing Worldwide’s FamilyFun took a hit last year when packaged goods and automotive advertising beat a retreat from print. Ad pages in 2006 declined 5.4 percent for FamilyFun and 10.1 percent for the category overall, reports the Mediaweek Monitor.
FamilyFun is betting on a comeback in part by persuading […]

Shock report reveals our nut allergy negligence

Posted by john on February 8th, 2007 — in Clarityn News

Ulster catering industry falls short in its service to sufferers
Thursday, February 08, 2007
By Lisa Smyth
Shocking new figures have revealed serious shortfalls in the service being provided by Ulster’s catering industry to people suffering with a potentially deadly peanut allergy.
Research carried out at premises across Northern Ireland found that 17% of samples sold to Environmental Health […]

Democrats likely to rein in drug ads

Posted by john on February 5th, 2007 — in Clarityn News

Drug companies spend lavishly to advertise drugs for insomnia, migraine headaches, dry eye, brow furrow, fungus, high cholesterol, irritable bowels, arthritis and dozens of other maladies.
But the huge advertising tide, worth about $4 billion a year, might be turning as a chorus of critics accuse the drug companies of using the ads to bring consumer […]

Democrats likely to rein in drug ads

Posted by john on February 2nd, 2007 — in Clarityn News

Drug companies spend lavishly to advertise drugs for insomnia, migraine headaches, dry eye, brow furrow, fungus, high cholesterol, irritable bowels, arthritis and dozens of other maladies.
But the huge advertising tide, worth about $4 billion a year, might be turning as a chorus of critics accuse the drug companies of using the ads to bring consumer […]