This is not a solution - things like crunches, pushups, etc., burn, compared to aerobic exercise, VERY few calories - take a look at any calorie calculator on the web and you will see this is true.

Insoluble fiber, that "flush" calories don't count as calories, and soluble fiber contains calories that "count". Protein, on its own, does nothing at all to build muscle - protein is part of what allows the body to build muscle, but only exercise actually builds the muscle, and you have to build a lot of muscle to burn fat, so simply upping protein intake is not a real solution either. The small snacks thing, and the proper breakfast, do help though. And exercise is basically the best cure - take a look at the national weight loss registry - people who were successful at losing and keeping weight off (>30 pounds, off for >1 year) worked out at least 5 times a week, at least an hour each time.

If any other news "event" has ever caused there to be such a massive amount of searching - it worries me that it is a celebrity causing this and that people aren't this into any "real" news that actually impacts them.

With no delay at all? Somehow I don't believe it - there is always delay, but I wonder if it is "significant" enough to be noticed by an end-user.

There are a couple of options - you can set hibernate to be the default behavior (here is a good article about it: http://www.macworld.com/article/53471/2006/10/sleepmode.html) OR even better, you can leave it on the default for newer Macs (hibernatemode 3) which allows you to sleep/suspend/standby and use this program to force an actual hibernation - http://blog.kaputtendorf.de/2007/08/17/hibernation-tool-for-mac-os/ (I have seen other scripts and stuff, but this one has worked the best for my on our iMac and Macbook).

I think this isn't true though - there are stark differences on issues like the rights of women and minorities, how to tax and spend, etc. While I agree they are very similar, to say that "their policies are often nearly indistinguishable" is a bit of an exaggeration.