Fwd: [LA-F] Behold the London Olympics’ Creepy ‘Brand Exclusion Zone’

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Behold the London Olympics' Creepy 'Brand Exclusion Zone'

Everyone knows the London Olympics is going to be an advertising shit-show. But a full understanding of the Olympics' all-enveloping corporate embrace requires a trip into the "Brand Exclusion Zone," a desolate region of London where only Official Olympic Sponsors can survive.

One of the key terrors of Olympic organizers is that a logo that doesn't belong to one of the Official Sponsors like Coca-Cola or McDonald's might sneak into the frame of a camera documenting the Olympics. These sponsors paid up to $100 million for the privilege of sponsoring the Games, and if Burger King manages to get advertising for free just because some moron happens to be wearing a Burger King T-shirt outside a stadium, well, it gives up the whole business model.

If it were economically feasible, organizers would physically seal off all Olympics venues in geodesic domes emblazoned with a million golden arches, for panoramic brand immersion. Instead, organizers are implementing so-called "Brand Exclusion Zones" around Olympic venues, wherein large chunks of London will be carefully monitored to ensure Brand Purity. The blog Kosmograd details the Brand Exclusion Zones:

The most carefully policed Brand Exclusion Zone will be around the Olympic Park, and extend up to 1km beyond its perimeter, for up to 35 days. Within this area, officially called an Advertising and Street Trade Restrictions venue restriction zone, no advertising for brands designated as competing with those of the official Olympic sponsors will be allowed. (Originally, as detailed here, only official sponsors were allowed to advertise, but leftover sites are now available). This will be supported by preventing spectators from wearing clothing prominently displaying competing brands, or from entering the exclusion zone with unofficial snack and beverage choices. Within the Zone, the world's biggest McDonald's will be the only branded food outlet, and Visa will be the only payment card accepted.

The Brand Exclusion Zone will be patrolled by "a crack team of branding 'police'" who have the power to scour even the logos from toilets in the bathroom, according to the Guardian. And the BEZ extends to cyberspace, too, where athletes are prohibited from tweeting or blogging about any brand that's not an Official Sponsor.

Expect running street battles between brand police and guerrilla marketers to rage throughout the Games.

http://gawker.com/5913175/behold-the-london-olympics-creepy-brand-exclusion-zone

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**JP** Think about it!!!

 

 

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**JP** Papaya for Uric Acid Problem

Just try it if you've got uric acid   This is a really effective, just mix green papaya cubes to the ordinary green tea, my cousin-brother tried and found it very effective.  I have also shared with a friend with gout to try this (his "toe joints" started to deform), after a week of drinking this formula there is significant improvement, and after two weeks the toe joints heal and revert to normal state. It is almost three years now, the joint pain is gone, but he maintains the intake between 1-3 times monthly to avoid relapse. Other friends suffering from years of gout problem have also recovered.  It is good for all, even those without gout. Good formula! Do share with the people in need! An improved sequence by Professor Lai from the China School of Pharmacy : Cut green papaya into small cubes, place into the water, bring to boil, then add tea leaves, similar to the tea-making process.  Clinical tests show that this brings better effects for treatment of gout, subject to frequent drinking of this formula. Mr. Liu Qing, Chief of the Rende Town in Tainan, was suffering for years from severe stomach pain around the posterior wall of stomach.  He used green papaya as a tea pot to prepare the family tea daily, after a month, his chronic disease condition was much improved.  His family members with high uric acid were also healed by the same papaya tea.  For this Mr. Liu planted a lot of papaya to share with relatives and friends with similar sickness. According to Mr. Liu, in selecting the green papaya as tea pot, pick those the shape of which is fat and short, with larger capacity.  Cut off the top part of the papaya, clear away the seeds, open a small hole at the upper side wall to facilitate pouring of tea.  Create a small ventilation hole at top cover, put in the tea leaves, pour in boiling water, place the top cover back onto the papaya, you may also use the toothpicks to secure the top cover.  Similar to normal process of preparing tea. Liu like to use Oolong tea as the taste is good.  He was pleasantly surprised that the stomach pains he suffered for many years was healed after a month of drinking tea from the green papaya pot, without taking any other medication.  He passed some green papaya leaves to a friend who worked at a Medical Center to test and analyse the content.  The tests confirmed that the healthy enzyme present in papaya is beneficial to human health.  Now as papaya in Mr. Liu's orchard is yielding suitable size fruits, he would share the fruits with family and friends. Xu Fuchang, an experienced papaya farmer, said green papaya means to unripe papaya, where the skin is still green in colour.  Generally, the papaya takes about four months to fully mature and ripen, but the healing effect would be lost after it is fully ripe.  Green papaya should be harvested when the papaya is approximately three months old, when the fruit is still firm, and the "papaya milk" contains high papaya enzyme and other healthy ingredients. Not only the green papaya can be used in tea drinking, you may also cut them into cubes, and boil with the ribs, or even slicing the green papaya into fine long pieces and fried with garlic, very tasty, and no adverse effects on the human body.

 

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