Health Canada has recalled the above slide distributed by Landscape Structures Inc with model numbers 156456 and 172627, as there is a potential fall risk when children move from the ladder to the slide, and when descending the chute.
Although there have been no reported incidents or injuries in Canada, Landscape Structures Inc. has received 16 reports of injuries to children under 8-years old in the United States, including one bruised arm, 14 fractures to arms and legs, one fractured collar bone and one bruised spleen.
Customers are advised to immediately stop children from using the slide and contact Landscape Structures for removal instructions. Customers will have the option of replacing the slide with another piece of playground equipment, receiving a refund, or receiving credit towards a future purchase.
For further information, customers may contact Landscape Structures at 1-888-438-6574 Monday through Friday between 9 AM and 4 PM CT, or visit the company's website.
Between January 2006 to December 2011, approximately 136 units of the slides were sold to schools and other facilities with playground equipment in Canada. Please contact school or municipal officials if a playground near you has a recalled slide currently in use.
So here's a chicken and egg quandary for you. Are more women reading kinky lit because there is something lacking in between the sheets, or does reading the kinky lit help hot things up between said sheets?
(One for our resident sexpert, Dr. Trina!)
In any case, if you haven't yet heard of E.L. James, then your sheets are in need of dusting. Her red-hot erotic trilogy 'Fifty Shades of Grey' has just been signed up by Random House and Vintage, and E-book editions are expected out in early April.
Already having sold more than 250,000 copies, the books—think Twilight but R-rated—explore the romance between a young billionaire, Christian Grey, and a college student, Anastasia Steele. Oh, and no vampires here, instead: a touch of S&M. Doesn't exactly scream stay-at-home, but go figure. Right now the first in the series ranked in the top spot for both Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Also, Shannon Tweed is reading it!
A former TV executive, James admits that what began as 'fan fiction' has "taken me on an extraordinary and wholly unexpected adventure." And she's not alone, more and more women are penning erotica and making a living doing so. One mom, 39-year-old Kay Jaybee began writing to while away the time when her youngest child started school.
"So I largely write in secret and take a salacious pleasure from sitting in my favourite coffee shop, notebook in hand, writing down words I'd never ever say, about things I'd never do. Everyone just assumes I'm either studying, or planning a shopping list."
Indeed the similarities between Twilight's lovers, Edward and Bella, are rubbing some critics the wrong way. But clearly sales haven't been affected by the homage to Stephenie Meyers. But James argued that the "innocent heroine" and the "dark, emotionally unavailable hero" are hardly new concepts, though these stock characters have a passionate following.
Looks as though James is set to fill the gargantuan void left by Meyers. But can 'Shades' possibly live up to the hype?
Do you read erotica? Is it because of the chicken or the egg...
If you happen to be on Twitter, then you'll know that it's full of parties. Not actual parties, but type-away as part of a staged dialogue on a particular topic to win prizes kind of parties.
Usually such parties are organized by corporate sponsors trying to generate buzz about their product. But few have been as controversial as this latest one, hosted by Mom It Forward known as Girls Night Out—that's #GNO to hashtag lovers. The problem: the sponsor of the March 6th Twitter party was an infant formula manufacturer.
The chat was supposed to be about safety and feeding tips for baby. Giveaways included a Kindle Fire and store brand formula (ARV: $250), but we'll never know because the party got curtailed when the 'cops' arrived.
Several vocal moms policed the party until organizers felt it would be best to call the whole thing off when it became clear to Mom It Forward founder Jyl Johnson Pattee "that we would be unable to have a supportive, balanced conversation, which would result in having participants not feel comfortable sharing their personal experiences."
One very vocal moms, Laura felt the party was in violation of World Health Organization’s International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes:
I do not support companies and businesses that market human breast milk substitutes. a.k.a. baby formula #WHOcodeviolation #sbformula—@Greek_Momma
For its part Store Brand Formulas claimed to support breastfeeding and wholly endorse it as the best means to feed a baby. However, not all moms can breastfeed, that's a fact. Are they not entitled to receive and share information about formula in a forum?
Was a Twitter party (with giveaways) an inappropriate means of promotion, or does freedom of expression not apply to those selling infant formula?
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