Can A Goth Run A City?

Home of the Rose Bowl and a Gothic Mayoral Candidate

Aaron Proctor is making his first bid for public office as Mayor of Pasadena, California. He is a serious individual displaying professional and polished political views which is upsetting his rivals. He isn't your typical politician though. As a matter of fact he claims to be "anti-political." Aaron Proctor wears a leather jacket and eyeliner. He has a love for dark music and his appearance can be upsetting for the average suburban voter. But he is disproving the one-dimensional stereotypical notions about "Goths."

Egg Advertising

TOKYO, Feb 1 (Reuters Life!) - Which came first -- the chicken or the ad?

In a month-long campaign that began in Japan on Thursday, 1.8-cm (0.8-inch) advertising stickers touting chicken ramen instant noodles will be stuck on the shells of ordinary eggs, sold in packs of 10.

"The chance of people taking the ads directly into their hands is very high this way," said Takako Maruyama, a spokeswoman at public relations firm Sunny Side Up Inc.

Plans are to sell some 300,000 packs by the end of the month at certain branches of retailer Daiei Inc.

Although cost-per-egg figures are not available, she said the total cost for the campaign, whose sponsor is Nissin Food Products Co., will run some 7 million to 8 million yen ($58,000-$66,000).

The ad campaign, inspired by similar advertising in the United States, is the first of its kind in Japan, said to be the world's largest per capita consumer of eggs.

Dogs get own beach on holiday island

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Dogs are to get a beach of their own on the sun-kissed Mediterranean island of Cyprus.

Dogs are strictly prohibited from the holiday island's shoreline to keep the beaches clean for bathers, but Cypriot authorities have decided enough of the dog's life.

They are looking for suitable beaches where people and their pets can enjoy the sun and sea without falling foul of other beachgoers.

The Ombudsman, a commissioner usually tasked with upholding human rights, recommended to authorities last year that dogs should get their own bathing space, the daily Phileleftheros reported.

Bowing To The Bow Wow

Goth Runs For Mayor In the Pasadena, California Election

Aaron Proctor is making his first bid for public office as Mayor of Pasadena, California. He is a serious individual displaying professional and polished political views which is upsetting his rivals. He isn't your typical politician though. As a matter of fact he claims to be "anti-political." Aaron Proctor is a "Goth."

An Unlikely Political Candidate