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Does the 25-gram World Health Organization suggested limit on sugar intake include sugar from fruit juices? Answer: It does.
/1 Comment/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillI recently was thirsty, on a hot day in July, and bought a fruit juice smoothie at a Shopper’s Drug Mart. On rare occasions, I buy such a drink. I noticed the bottle referred to 57 grams of sugar. The label said, and said it prominently: “No Sugar Added.” I was wondering, at that point, […]
John Stewart of Wiarton has shared some photos of the fire that destroyed the Long Branch Hotel in 1958
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Some Popular Posts - Past & Present, Toronto/by Jaan PillAn earlier post is entitled: John Stewart of Wiarton has added a comment to a previous post about the 1958 fire at the Long Branch Hotel John Stewart lived for many years on Arcadian Circle in Long Branch. I met with John in Long Branch on July 12, 2017, and had the opportunity to scan […]
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets, First U.S. Edition (2016)
/3 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThis post concerns three books: The Moth, First Edition (2014) Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin (2015) Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets, First U.S. Edition. (2016) Each of these books focuses – with a high level of skill and originality – on the context of people’s lives and formative experiences, and the context […]
Chapter 3: The War
/0 Comments/in Autobiography Stories - G. Decarie, Newsletter/by Jaan PillThis is Chapter 3 in Graeme’s Decarie’s Autobiography Stories, which he is writing for his children. Click here for previous posts regarding Autobiography Stories – Graeme Decarie > The War “Mrs. Danielson, what’s war?” It was September of 1939, and I’d heard the grown-ups and the man on the radio talking about this thing called […]
New 3-minute video from Heritage Mississauga features Small Arms Ltd. wartime munitions plant in Lakeview
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThis post – along with future posts featuring interviews that I recorded on Aug. 25, 2016 – is concerned with an impressive, engaging 3-minute YouTube video about the Small Arms Ltd. munitions factory that was located in Lakeview, Mississauga just west of Long Branch during the Second World War. The Small Arms Building along with a […]
Perceptions of warmth and competence drive our stereotypes: Cuddy et al. (2008)
/6 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThis post deals with bias and prejudice. I first highlight a recent Guardian article, after which I outline recent academic research related to the dynamics of bias and prejudice. An Aug. 16, 2016 Guardian article is entitled: “The dark history of Donald Trump’s rightwing revolt.” The subhead reads: “The Republican intellectual establishment is united against […]
Studies regarding mass killing during Guatemalan civil war
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA Jan. 6, 2015 Guardian article is entitled: “Ex-Guatemalan officials arrested over civil war killings and abuses” The subhead is entitled: “The suspects face charges of crimes against humanity involving massacres and disappearances of people by security forces under their command.” A Jan. 16, 2016 New York Times article is entitled: “Guatemala Arrests Former Military Officers […]