I'm fairly anti-soda, but I do not believe the government should start dictating people's personal habits. I am all for the government doing education campaigns to inspire people make better decisions.

The trouble with that idea is that private industry via the government is suppressing information.

I recently saw the documentary "FedUp", which didn't have much new to say about the evils of sweeteners and refined flour, but it had a lot to say politically.

At one point the U.N. was about to publish a report stating that to safeguard their health in addition to controlling their weight, people should limit their sweetener & refined flour consumption to no more than 10% of their calories a day ( 50 grams of sweetener in your food per day on a 2000 calorie diet. A bottle of grape Fanta soda has 80 grams of sugar, a cup of orange juice has 20 grams ).

In the documentary, it was described how the American food industry used its influence to get the George W. Bush administration to convince the U.N. to not publish that report.

While the grams of sugar might be on food labels, the percentage of the limit is not printed on there--- by conscious choice, making it harder for people to know when they are going overboard.

It could really be great if pee from livestock and people could become the precursor to people's fuel needs.

Thanks for the very interesting post!

If you are so smart why are you still single?

Seems to be on even slimmer psudeo-scientific ground.

What are the byproducts?

I was reading an exchange on reddit between someone posting for an anti-gmo event and pro-gmo people criticizing the guy.

The anti-GMO guy pointed out that he recognized the nicknames of the pro-GMO guys from earlier threads. He went on to say the he was suspicious that they were cranks or paid corporate astroturfers.

I'm not taking a side on the GMO thing, but I was shocked that everyone in that thread seemed naive about the existence of corproate astroturfers.

This post was good for reminding people that they exist.

1. Having to go to that weird app if I want a keyboard shortcut not included in the default list.

2. Not being able to change the name of a file or delete a file from a File > Save As dialog box

3. Having to do major hacking to make Monday the first day of the week in the calendar applet.

Authorities can also penalize officers who just happen to turn away from a police infraction being commited.

I enjoyed each of the Star Wars movies when they came out, but I can't get into them as an ongoing fan thing. Even the best things wear out with repitition and there are just so many Star Wars movies.

Star Wars was huge when it came out because it had next generation groundbreaking special effects.

Once the audience gets used to that all you have left is the story, writing and acting --- which just isn't there with Star Wars.

The article makes sense to me.

It does seem to require more "processing" to take notes by hand than type it all in.

My trouble in school always was that my handwriting was not all that great and some of my notes later on were slightly less useful. It would have been nice to have the notes typed on the spot.

Maybe the answer is to learn shorthand.

Even now, years out of school, when I start a new job I have to take notes.......and fast, and what I have left is sloppy and incomplete.

I have no idea how much effort is required to learn shorthand though.

I remember being taught that.....back in the day, at a study skills workshop my campus counseling center sponsored.

The recommended taking thorough book notes before the lecture, then going to the lecture with questions about the material, using the lecture as a time to think about the material.

Having a future for their children?