Monday, September 29, 2014

這種水果竟然能「甜」死癌細胞!


研究人員發現,飯後吃個梨或喝杯熱梨汁,積存在人體內的致癌物質可以大量排出。調查結果顯示,吸煙或者吃烤肉等在體內聚集的強致癌物質多環芳香烴,在吃梨後會顯著降低,特別是喝了加熱過的梨汁。專家建議,在人們熱衷於吃煎烤食品、快餐類食品的今天,飯後吃個梨不失為一種值得推薦的健康生活方式。

梨子自古被推尊為“百果之宗”。味甘微酸、性寒、無毒。可以止咳、潤肺涼心、消炎降火、解痰毒酒毒之功效。梨子含有充足水分、及一些葡萄糖、蔗糖和維生素A、B、C、D、E並能提供纖維素和鈣、磷、鐵、碘、鉀等微量元素。還有一定量的蛋白質、脂肪、胡蘿蔔素、維生素B1、B2和蘋果酸等。能維持身體細胞的健康狀態,幫助器官排毒、淨化機體,軟化血管,促進血液循環把血中的鈣質運送至骨骼,增強骨鈣質。但是吃梨子必須細嚼慢嚥才能更好的被消化道吸收和利用,起到應有的效果。

飯後吃梨有益健康
研究人員對吸煙者進行了試驗,讓他們在4天內連續每天吃750克梨,並測定吃梨前後尿液中多環芳香烴的代謝產物1-羥基芘含量。結果發現,吸煙6小時後吃梨,人體血液內1-羥基芘會經尿液大量排出;如果不吃梨,1-羥基芘排出很少。而加熱的梨汁含有大量的抗癌物質多酚,給注射過致癌物質的小白鼠喝這樣的梨汁,白鼠尿液中就能排出大量的1-羥基芘毒素,從而有效預防癌症。

另外,梨雖然很甜,但其熱量和脂肪含量很低,中老年人多吃些梨,可以幫助人體淨化器官,軟化血管。吃梨還對厭食、消化不良、腸炎、慢性咽炎等疾病有一定的輔助療效。不過,專家提醒,梨雖然是佳果,也不宜多食,風寒咳嗽、脘腹冷痛、脾虛便溏者以及產婦都要慎食。梨還有利尿作用,夜尿頻者睡前要少吃梨。梨含果酸多,胃酸較多的人,也不可多食。

第一、潤肺清燥、止咳化痰、養血生肌
梨汁味甘酸而平,有潤肺清燥、止咳化痰、養血生肌的作用,因此對喉乾燥、癢、痛、音啞、痰稠等均有良效。

第二、促進胃腸蠕動
梨汁富含膳食纖維,是最好的腸胃“清潔工”。飯館裡的飯菜大都以“味”取勝,食物多油膩或辛辣,吃後容易誘發便秘。而飯後喝杯梨汁,能促進胃腸蠕動,使積存在體內的有害物質大量排出,避免便秘。

第三、保護肝臟、適合飲酒的人
梨含有較多醣類和多種維生素,對肝臟有一定的保護作用,特別適合飲酒人士。

第四、低血壓、養陰清熱
梨具有降低血壓、養陰清熱的功效,患高血壓、心髒病、肝炎、肝硬化的病人,經常喝些梨汁大有益處。

第五、有助腎臟排泄
梨有助於腎臟排泄尿酸和預防痛風、風濕病和關節炎。

第六、促進食慾,助消化
梨能促進食慾,幫助消化,並有利尿通便和解熱作用,可用於高熱時補充水分和營養。

第七、養陰潤燥消風
梨具有潤燥消風的功效,在氣候乾燥時,人們常感到皮膚瘙癢、口鼻乾燥,有時干咳少痰,每天喝一兩杯梨汁可緩解乾燥。

第八、緩解咽喉刺激
吸煙的人喝梨汁,可以減輕香煙中有害物質對咽喉、呼吸道的刺激。

Sunday, September 28, 2014

千人坐滿旺角與銅鑼灣


Hong Kong's unprecedented protests and police crackdown, explained
http://www.vox.com/2014/9/28/6856621/hong-kong-protests-clashes-china-explainer

【現場直播】
和平佔中:http://occupycentral.appledaily.com
YouTube:http://bit.ly/occupycentral

【23時57分消息 00時47分更新】
防暴警察多次在中環和金鐘施放催淚彈驅散手無寸鐵的市民,不但未有嚇怕港人,反而觸發更多人自發上街抗爭。晚上在銅鑼灣崇光百貨對出,以至旺角朗豪坊一帶,都有大批市民佔據馬路靜坐抗議。

《蘋果》記者在旺角現場觀察,有約2000名市民坐滿旺角朗豪坊外近亞皆老街位置。此外,截至晚上11時許,已有約二百人集結。幾名警員一度到場了解,未有進一步行動。

有圖有片有真相 佔中我主場:
http://occupycentral.appledaily.com/live.html


傳中共放話:48小時不完成佔中清場 軍隊要上
http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/b5/2014/09/29/a1142030.html

Instagram 'blocked' in China
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/hong-kong-protests-instagram-blocked-in-china-as-candid-images-expose-reality-of-rallies-9761375.html

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Nu Skin 夸大利益,金字塔传销

vedeo: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=700105913393618

《人民日报》三揭“如新”骗局:在美国屡遭处罚【Nu Skin】

【因虚假宣传,夸大利润,和金字塔式传销多次受罚】
在美国曾被六州司法机关调查,多次被处以罚款;擅自使用研究人员姓名,被知名大学断绝联系。本报和人民网驻美国记者调查发现,如新公司在发展过程中,始终存在着违规操作、违法经营的问题。

15、16日,本报连续刊发报道《看“如新”怎样编织谎言》《看“如新”怎样攻陷人心》,揭露如新公司虚假宣传、涉嫌传销及利用大型集会“洗脑”,引发关注。 记者通过多方调查,发现不仅在国内,如新在海外也曾因传销屡遭处罚。

http://finance.people.com.cn/n/2014/0117/c1004-24144511.html



司法指控:

  记者调查发现,如新公司自从1984年创建于美国犹他州之后,对于其经营模式的质疑和调查就没有间断过。据了解,在美国,运用金字塔式的多层发展经销员模式是违法的,美国各地司法机关不断对如新公司提出指控。

  1991年,美国有6个州的司法机关对如新公司展开调查,内容包括其对产品进行虚假宣传、夸大销售利润以及多层发展经销员。1992年初,如新公司赔钱平息了5个州的指控,包括向经销人员退还90%货款、改正宣传方式等。但康涅狄格州总检察长不愿意就此了结,他对如新公司误导经销人员、进行违法传销的做法提起公诉。这位总检察长在接受采访时表示:“以金字塔层级形式吸收会员,将盈利主要建立在收取会费、抽成,而不是销售产品上的经营手法,就是违法传销。”这种模式需要不断吸收会员以支持在金字塔顶部的高级成员,直到整个系统最终分崩离析。在康州,加入“如新”每月平均只能赚到38美元,而如新却宣称,成员加入后就可以“经济独立”。

  为平息指控,如新公司不得不承诺:以九折价格无限期回购产品;必须如实告知成员,并不是所有人都能通过销售产品获得收入;严禁基于发展下线的奖励制度;新成员可以在30天内退出并获得全部退款等。

1997年,宾夕法尼亚州总检察长指控如新公司通过一家名为QIQ的分支机构开展传销。最后,如新公司不得不关闭了QIQ,但将会员转到了另一家名为分支公司,业务实际上如出一辙。这家公司的人员结构是传销机构中典型的金字塔形,从上到下依次为钻石、祖母绿、红宝石、青金石、黄金及普通会员共6级。

  美国联邦贸易委员会(FTC)也一直对如新公司以传销手段进行销售展开调查。1994年经FTC调查,如新公司夸大产品功效和经销商利润,如新公司宣传资料说,销售人员年收入“超过6万美元”,很多人可以获得超过16万美元的年收入。但实际上,70%的销售人员只获得300美元年收益。最后,如新公司承诺如实宣传销售人员实际收入,并支付了123万美元罚款。1997年,FTC指控如新公司对其减肥、促进肌肉生长等产品进行不实宣传,如新再次向美国联邦贸易委员会交付150万美元罚款。

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高校决裂:
【研究并无进展,禁止如新盗用名号 】

记者查实,2012年8月,斯坦福大学发出一封禁止函,要求如新公司停止在宣传材料中使用其研究人员姓名,因为该研究人员与如新公司没有任何关系。

  在如新公司ageLOC产品线的宣传中,斯坦福大学科学家斯图尔特·金被列为合作伙伴,并称ageLOC是与斯坦福大学共同研发的产品。如新公司宣称该产品可以通过“基因重设”技术延缓人类衰老,该产品占销售总额的四成。这名科学家表示,确实曾与如新开展过合作,但由于研究没有进展,双方合作关系已经在2011年终止。

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弃车保帅:
【把责任推给销售人员,称将配合调查,予以处罚】

  15日,如新公司通过官方网站发布声明,称“今天发表于《人民日报》的文章包含了不准确和夸大的信息”,但并未明确哪些内容不准确和夸大。 美国东部时间1月15日下午,记者向如新公司的美国总部发去采访邮件,如新公司发言人卡拉(Kara Schneck)回复邮件说:“我不确定公司负责人能否接受采访,因为他们中有人在国外出差。请把具体问题发过来,我们将尽力在邮件中回答。”记者随后发去采访提纲,但到截稿时没有得到回复。 声明中,如新表示,“我们将公开地与监管层沟通,来处理由这篇文章引起的疑问”,“我们对旗下销售团队进行积极教育,以便使他们遵守一切监管规定及公司政策和程序,任何违反地方法律或公司政策的销售团队成员都将受到处罚”。

  对于如新想把责任推给一线团队的做法,北京市岳成律师事务所主任岳运生告诉记者,对于一个公司来讲,可能存在多种经营模式,如设立分公司,甚至借助更低层次的经营团队等。但他表示,由于分公司不具有独立法人资格,因此分公司的所有经营后果和法律责任由总公司承担;而对于经营团队来说,只要其归属于总公司或总公司下属的分公司,且以总公司或者分公司的名义拓展业务,那么这个经营团队的经营后果和法律责任都应由总公司承担。

  专家表示,只要经营主体不具备独立法人资格,那么它的经营行为均属于职务行为,都该由总公司来承担责任。

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Malaysians need to start putting their children in child car seats when travelling in their cars

While browsing my social media news feeds during the Raya break, I saw a rather sad news piece posted by someone I know about a five month old baby who died in a car accident in Dungun because the baby was flung out of the car as there was no proper restraining done. The baby was being held by the grandmother in the rear seat of the car, instead of sitting in a baby chair.

There are no such thing as child seat laws in Malaysia. Even the requirement to use rear seat belts was only introduced in 2009, and adoption as well as enforcement remain poor. Forget airbags – the primary safety feature in the case of a car accident is the seatbelt. Airbags are only meant to be a supplementary restraint system, hence the acronym SRS. But a seatbelt is meant to safely hold an adult body in place – it will not work for the small body of an infant, toddler or a small child.

It’s been proven time and time again – the statistics show that a child who is in a vehicle that gets into an accident will face the possibility of significantly more injuries or even fatality than a child who is in a child seat. A recent crash test conducted by MIROS shows an adult passenger will not have the required strength to prevent an infant or a child from being thrown forward during a collision at any speed applied.

Yes, no matter how strong you think you are, your arms are not as good as proper belts. According to AAM, an unsecured infant weighing 7 kg a crash speed of just 50km/h will be thrown forward at a force that’s equivalent to an adult falling from a five-(5) storey building!

However, obviously there are many who simply still do not use chlid seats. Why do parents and guardians continue to let their loved ones travel in an unsafe manner?

There are a few reasons for this. Here are some of the usual suspects.

1. Child seats are too expensive

With the rising cost of living these days, some parents choose to forgo child seats. However, should we really compromise on a child’s safety?

Child seats can be had for as low as RM150 these days. I even saw one going for RM97 after discount recently. That’s cheaper than most people spend on cigarettes in a single month. For these more affordable “Made in Malaysia” child seats, just make sure they are SIRIM approved.

An alternative would be to look on local classifieds websites or even parenting forums or Facebook groups to buy good condition used ones. You also need to check if the child seat has been in an accident before as the structure might be damaged. Don’t buy something too old as the plastic may no longer be structurally sound. And give it a good wash, of course.

Whatever you do, DON’T buy the item below thinking that it is a low cost solution! It may be cheap, but it’s just a bunch of straps and fabric stitched together to appear like a makeshift “child seat”.

2. Child seats take up too much space (i.e. my car is too small)

Unfortunately this is a real problem for many and it is a problem that runs much too deep to be able to fix easily. Unlike a lot of the other reasons here that are ‘first world problems’, this one is not. In a nutshell, a safe mode of transportation is basically still out of each for many.

A child seat will take up an entire adult’s seating space, and a lot of people can only afford a car that can seat five max. In fact, getting roofed transport like an old Kelisa or Kenari instead of going around on a motorcycle is already a big upgrade. Our public transport system is not really up to the mark yet, so you have to bring your kids around with a car – if you’re lucky enough to have a car in the first place. Otherwise it’s a balancing act on the motorcycle for you.

Interestingly, the government actually wants people to have more kids. Women, Family and Community Development Minister, Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim told the press recently that the government was studying proposals to give incentives for Malaysians to have more kids in order to address a rapid decline in births.

The 2012 number is 2.1 children per woman compared to 3 per woman in 2000, and Rohani says this will cause problems with a shortage of workforce in Malaysia in 20 to 30 years. But how are we going to fit all these kids into the small 5 seater sedans or hatchbacks that a lot of people are limited to in terms of affordability?

A search for 7 seater cars on CarBase.my reveals that the cheapest 7 seater in the country is the Perodua Alza 1.5 Standard MT, which costs RM50,837.50. But the cheapest 5 seater is the Perodua Viva 660 BX MT, at an incredibly low price of RM21,144.80. That’s a massive, massive price difference!

3. I don’t need it, I drive really carefully when my child is in the car

Anyone who really believes this needs a reality check because no matter how carefully you drive, you are sharing the road with plenty of other motorists and not everyone is as careful and conservative as you.

Imagine you’re driving with your family on a rainy day, the roads are wet, and a car spins out right in front of you. Everything happens so fast that you’re unable to react and you cannot avoid slamming into him. I bet at that moment you’ll wish you’d have put your child in a child seat.

4. My child does not want to sit in a child seat

This would not even be an issue if the government makes child seats a legal requirement. As a result, many parents who don’t face any of the problems above still choose to carry their child in their arms.

I believe that this is just a matter of the child getting used to sitting in a car seat from the very beginning. My son is 20 months old now and he has always been in a car seat. He graduated from a rear facing Maxi Cosi Pebble to a rear facing Britax Max-Fix before he turned one year old and still sits in his car seat until today.

What we do is try to cap car journeys to 45 minutes max, and if he really gets agitated we’ll stop somewhere for a break. We’ve done KL to Penang and KL to Singapore journeys with him completely sitting still in the car seat.

5. Who needs child seats? I got child bed!


There are also parents who want the best for their child and misguidedly decide that a child seat is too restrictive and uncomfortable for the child. The comfort of their child is the number one priority for them. As a result, ridiculous things like this “car bed” sell like hot cakes on online shops.

I don’t want to even begin to imagine what would happen to a child lying down on this type of “car bed” in an accident. The shocking thing is that it seems to getting massive amount of shares, likes and ‘interested’ comments this item is getting on social media, this means there are a lot of people interested in buying it.

6. My wife’s arms are as good as the belts in a car seat

Like we said earlier, tests show that an adult passenger will not have the required strength to prevent an infant or a child from being thrown forward during a collision at any speed applied.

It’s simple physics. Trying to hold a small baby in a car crash at 50km/h would be like trying to lift 8 bags of cement at the same time. It’s simply not possible.

7. My child is big enough not to sit in a car seat

Like we said earlier, seat belts in cars are designed for adult bodies. Even if it appears that your child can wear a seatbelt properly, the seat belt could be sitting on areas like their tummy or neck, which are not the strongest parts of their bodies, instead of where seat belts are supposed to lie – their hips, chest and shoulder.

In the UK, there are legal requirements in place where a child has to first use a Group 0+ seat (up to 13kg), then move to a Group 1 seat (9-18kg), and then use a booster seat up to 12 years old or taller than 135cm. We do not have such laws but this would be a good guideline. If you want to save money, you can go for ‘convertible’ seats that combine both Group 0+ and Group 1 sizes in one seat.

This is of course just the minimum. Since everyone’s body is different, if adult seat belts don’t seem to rest on the right places on your child even after the thresholds, continue to use your booster seat.


Do I need ISOFIX?

No you don’t need ISOFIX. You can use a child seat that is secured by a seat belt too. But a child seat is only safe if it is secured properly, otherwise it will just become a projectile in a car crash.

AA surveys show that child seats that are fitted with the adult seatbelts are typically 70% to 80% misfitted with around 30% being seriously misfitted.

ISOFIX’s purpose is to fix this problem. It minimises installation errors, but if your car does not have ISOFIX points, you just need to make sure you learn how to secure your child seat properly.

For your next car, use CarBase.my’s advanced search feature to look for cars with ISOFIX points.

This is what a child goes through in an accident







I think watching what happens in these videos would say it best. Once you’ve decide to put your child in a car seat where he or she belongs, you might want to read up on front facing versus rear facing child seats – these videos will help show you the difference. A child should be kept in a rear-facing child seat for as long as possible before graduating to a front-facing one.

I believe in something called “extended rear facing” where I intend to keep my child in a rear-facing position for as long as possible. I went through a lot of hassle parallel-importing the Britax Max Fix that I use myself because no one carried it locally – it is pretty huge, supports ISOFIX, and fits a toddler up to 18 kg in a rear-facing position, which is longer than usual. You can keep a child rear facing up to 4 or 5 years old, if the situation is right.

I hope that this article helps raise some awareness on the importance of child seats in Malaysia. If you know someone who has a child and doesn’t use child seats, please share this with them.

source: http://paultan.org/2014/09/20/child-seat/

Friday, September 5, 2014

TW 衛福部提供:使用地溝油完整廠商名單

黑心地溝油全台流竄,衛福部今(5日)早上開記者會,公佈使用香豬油的下游235家業者名單,共計有5萬181桶全統香豬油流出,包括知名廠商味全、奇美、台糖、玉珍齋、廣真香、味王、五花馬、李鵠都受到波及。

使用地溝油完整廠商名單:

Updated 09/09/2014
餿油橫掃 受害遽增至1209家
http://www.appledaily.com.tw/appledaily/article/headline/20140908/36071914/
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●新北市
◎呷七碗:呷七碗炒米粉
●桃園縣
◎昇陽肉鬆行:
.業務用肉鬆(5斤)
.海苔肉鬆(260克,密封鋁蓋塑膠瓶)
.海苔肉鬆(260克,散裝塑膠瓶)
.原味肉鬆(260克,散裝塑膠瓶)
.特純肉鬆(260克,散裝塑膠瓶)
◎中壢劉媽媽菜包店:店內產品使用全統香豬油
●苗栗縣
◎美廚食品:
.肉燥(供應基隆市億元食品化工行,億元轉賣其他業者,製成7-ELEVEn國民炒米粉、冷凍三鮮燒賣、關東煮「阿給」;供應虎牌米粉宜蘭廠製成油蔥肉燥)
.紅蔥油(供應誠芳公司,製成八方雲集咖哩水餃及咖哩鍋貼所用之咖哩醬)
●台中市
◎太陽堂:台中市東山路一段146巷46-1號太陽堂食品公司,製成太陽餅供應不同店家
●南投縣
◎裕國
.磨菇醬(2.7公斤罐裝)
.豬肉口味磨菇醬(2.7公斤罐裝)
.玉米濃湯(20公斤罐裝)
●嘉義縣市
◎朴子阿榮火雞肉飯:店內產品使用合將香豬油
◎嘉義三雅火雞肉飯:店內產品使用合將香豬油
◎鬍鬚黃魯肉飯:店內產品使用合將香豬油
●台南市
◎五花馬:
.蔥油餅
.香酥抓餅
.胡記香酥抓餅
◎品味軒食品行:
.麻善橋肉脯
.麻善橋原味肉鬆
.麻善橋海苔肉鬆
●高雄市
◎有味珍:蛋黃酥
◎欣冠:碳烤玉米棒
●屏東縣
◎陳啟宗:炒小魚干
◎簡炎輝:
.魚鬆
.肉鬆
◎陸仕食品:
.精緻魯肉油包
.香菇肉燥油包
.美濃板條-肉燥乾麵油包
.美濃板條-肉燥湯麵油包
.頂好香菇肉燥油包
●花蓮市
◎老松蔥油餅:蔥油餅

註:表列昨公布新增產品,劉媽媽菜包店、太陽堂、嘉義縣市業者尚未列入食藥署清單(goo.gl/uQESHN,點選「問題產品清單」)。


Thursday, September 4, 2014

露西背後真正的意涵

今天終於去看了露西了,因為去看之前,完全沒有做功課,也沒看過預告。
只聽說是一部科幻,但卻又不是科幻的哲學電影?

好吧,反正我就是去看了。看到一半的時候,我就完全理解了這部片背後最深最深的意涵。

不是人類被賦予的命運、不是細胞的演進、更不是什麼未來世界的可能性。
那些都是打嘴砲,也許腦部運用 20% 的海豚可以控制聲納,但我絕對不相信腦部強力開發可以強到讓自己變成超人。

而事實就是,這部片其實在描述的是吸毒後的迷幻世界
最大的意義就是告訴我們,吸食毒品後你將會...!

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整部片大致分成 10 個部分,分別是 10%~99% 及 100%

10 %
首先,是一開始露西不小心被踢爆肚子,而吸收到了毒品!
開始幻想自己輕飄飄~~~輕飄飄的,好像在飛一樣。
這就是吸毒最常見的症狀,然後習慣了毒品的感覺之後,露西開始想辦法要逃離牢房,因為吸毒後,腦袋變得清醒。
露西也順利了讓自己脫身。


20%
露西開始不會感覺到疼痛,這也是毒品所帶來的好處。
為什麼我說是好處呢?
這就是止痛效果啊!醫院在用的止痛藥也是毒品,只是用在醫學用途,則稱為【管制藥品】。
所以他才能在不麻醉的情況下,開刀取出藥袋。


30%
可以開始控制一些特殊波?
如果你相信了,那就大錯特錯了。

事實上毒品已經開始發威了,這階段的露西開始進入自己的幻想世界
她幻想自己跟世界上最聰明的人通電話,開始胡言亂語。
以為自己懂得中文,還印了一份中文的藥單給室友。


40%
露西準備前往巴黎。
幻想自己不是自己,而是另一個人,幻想自己頭髮變成黑色。
坐在飛機上,他開始幻想自己一個人可以使用兩台電腦,但那兩台電腦根本當機了阿= =  http://ppt.cc/KW9q
旁邊的人都看傻了,他還自顧自的在玩電腦...
最後毒癮退了,他開始感到痛苦難耐....
跑去廁所,偷偷吸毒.......

這時的露西已經沒救了,因為,她 上 癮 了


50%
露西離開醫院後,駕著警車,這是她第一次開車...
恩,跟很多毒犯、酒駕犯一樣,無照駕駛。
跟很多毒犯一樣,成為交通毒瘤!
開始逆向狂飆,跑給警察追,無視其他用路人的安全!


60%~99%
這時候,因為已經吸太多毒了,開始幻想他自己是超人
活在自己的世界,幻想他自己可以用念力讓別人無法動彈等等...
口無遮攔的到處訴說別人的隱私。
誇張踰矩的行徑,已經讓別人受不了她了...


100%
看到這裡,我直接笑噴了.....
他一口氣吸了3包半的毒品。
 最後.....最後......最後..............

居 然 幻 想 自 己 是 一 顆      隨 身 碟...


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心得:

看完的想法就是,這就是一部反毒宣導影片。

用了很誇張的科幻手法,讓大家印象深刻

電影最後一句話:「你知道怎麼做了嗎?」

我第一瞬間的反應就是「絕對不能吸毒= =」阿某ㄟ起校....

配上最近很夯的房東事件,很巧妙的告訴大家 不能碰毒!否則,你原本美好的人生,最終變成(隨身碟!?)。

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Hello Kitty is NOT a cat

Hello Kitty is in fact not a cat, or a British schoolgirl, but a combination of both.

In the midst of speculation surrounding her identity (Is she a cat? Is she a human?), Japanese creator Sanrio has confirmed that the global phenomenon worth an annual $5 billion, is in fact a mixture of the two.



Sanrio recently revealed that she is a British schoolgirl named Kitty White and lives just outside London.

However, when RocketNews24 asked further about Hello Kitty's identity, the company's response was: "We never said she was a human."

Sanrio explains that Hello Kitty in an example anthropomorphization i.e. attributing human characteristics to things that aren't human, in this case a cat. Still with us? Good.

In this way, Hello Kitty is a mix of both human and cat characteristics, just like Mickey Mouse is a mix of human and mouse characteristics - simple!

Sanrio was also asked why Hello Kitty had no mouth, to which the company replied: "We never said Hello Kitty doesn't have a mouth", going on to reveal that she does have a mouth, but it is not depicted most of the time.

Hello Kitty不是貓

歪腰~Hello Kitty不是貓,是少女?