I disagree. The EcoTank series from Epson are extremely cheap to operate and you can let the kids print to their heart's content. Provided the proper paper, you can also print photos. The ink won't dry, 'cuz the kids will print all the time for fun and it won't break the bank to refil the ink tanks.

I got fed up with HP's crappy business practices, an bought a new Epson Ecotank 2550 printer instead. No more cartridges to buy, just ink bottles ... and those last forever, it seems. The printer was more expensive yes, but now the family is back to printing without worrying about the cost of ink. Ah, and also, no more "dried up ink cartridges because it's been a while we printed" problem.

Yeah, I live in Quebec, and we do have corruption here. The difference is that here, it is still illegal, and we fight it. Since Citizens United, what we call corruption in Quebec is business as usual in the US ...

Meaning?

Possibilities:

1- Jean, tu es un terroriste : John, you are a terrorist
2- Jean, tu hais les terroristes : John, you hate terrorists

French is a very precise language. Screw up too many things, and you run the risk of saying the exact opposite of what you meant.

So, which is it?

This is the same state that sunk the Rainbow Warrior in the port of Auckland in 1985 because they didn't like Greenpeace opposing their nuclear tests. And they want a backdoor on all devices for strong encryption? Lemme think ... no, I'll pass, merci.

While it is undeniable that the current boost in business is coming from the PR, I think it will work long time. Most CEOs completely underestimate the value of workers that cumulate a deep knowledge as they cumulate years in the business. This is particularly true of programmers. I can't count the number of "genius" managers who tried to make sure everyone in the team can be replaced at will so they can fire whenever they wanted and keep wages as low as possible. In the end it hurts the company, but said managers hide this fact as much as they can because they are responsible for it. Then the company starts going down slowly because the good elements eventually leave with their knowledge. When the wages are generous, people in general tend to make sure they stay by working harder. I know I do. Turnaround kills knowledge-based companies more than anything else, I think.

Statistics are interesting, but they don't tell the whole story. Long life expectancy is nice, but we need data on the quality of life in the later years. Some interesting data about this can be found in The Blue Zones book, about the special areas where people live the longest, and healthiest. For me, the second thing to look for in a diet after health is sustainability. The Danes or the New Zealanders' diet might work now, but will be unsustainable for a planet with 11 billion humans on it. The oceans are getting empty fast, we are currently running out of land to feed all the animals we eat, the climate situation is dire and raising animals accounts for 17% to 50% of all greenhouse gas emissions, depending on who you listen to. The movie Cowspiracy is an interesting point of view on the subject ...

In Soviet Russia, the internet is searching you!

Now that the real innovator has paved the way, the metoos will be coming out of the woodwork. I'll give my money to Elon, thank you ... And I do hope he gets his volcano lair too.

This guy has a few clues on what can help, and he has done what your friend wants to do: http://www.ted.com/talks/sugat.... He might already have some project going on in India on which you can latch on to avoid re-inventing the wheel ...

I am not sure where you get your information and I would be interested to find out. After carefully reviewing my diet following the death of a few family members from cancer, I have found the only source of information I could trust on nutrition, the only ones that are completely science based, are all recommending the same thing: a whole food, mostly plant based diet. Some of the following doctors actually cure "chronic" diseases with this type of diet. They get results. Some of them get clinical results than can be replicated over and over again. All of them are science based and despite having worked decades the field, fighting multi million dollar lobbies, have never be discredited scientifically. Look it up, it's well worth it:

Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn
Dr. Neil Barnard
T. Colin Campbell
Dr. John A. McDougall
Dr. Michael Greger


Oh, I am sure you will find a few idiots that tried to discredit them, but as soon as you dig, you find the critics to benefit monetarily from the critic, and generally backed by poor science. Some of them (ex. Dr. Michael Greger) clearly have a vegan agenda, but they get the science right, which is more than I can say about the meat/milk/egg lobbies. Who would you rather trust with your health? A health system financed by drug companies that gets a bonus in keeping everyone sick, a bunch of lobbies dedicated to put profits above everything else, including you health, or a bunch of doctors who get results with some of them caring about animal welfare and the state of the planet? I am not a doctor, and I have no knowledge about your health issue, but I can attest that after switching to a mostly whole food plant based diet a year ago, my family and I are feeling much better. I now find that idea that you can only get satiated by meat is bogus, as the real feeling of fullness is directly proportional to the quantity of fibre I ingest.

It is interesting that you mention the morning bacon in your post, as that idea was sold to the US in the 20s by Mr. Edward Bernays, which was at the time a lobbyist for a packing company. I am sure you can trust this guy with your health, his only credential being in public relations and psychology. He managed to get some doctors of his times to say that a heavy breakfast was better that a light breakfast, an then used that to promote bacon in the morning ...

Production of the M.A.R.K. 13 has resumed after The Company has fixed the waterproofing process. 800 new jobs will be created as The Company enters full mass production of the unit ...

Just watched Mr. Robot season finale. Revolution looked fun when they were planning it, but then everyone's 401k disappeared with the debts ... just sayin' ...

Don't worry, we are doing everything possible to cultivate a bug like this. My money is on a modified version of the bird flu, as easy to catch as a cold, but with the lethality of H5N1 (59%). It's brother H1N1 was the cause of the 1918 pandemic, which only killed between 3 to 5% of it's victims. We are currently creating the ideal environment for this bug to emerge in the chicken CAFOs. I'd bet on China for the point of origin. A million chickens in a big barn, bathing in their own feces, away from the lethal (for the bug) sun rays. Now THAT is bioengineering at its best ...

FTA: "Microsoft has made an extensive submission on Google's alleged abuse of power, according to the report, seen by ET". Surprise, surprise ... I don't trust big companies in general, but I trust Microsoft + any country's justice system and even less than I trust Google ...