Big Brother

Not exactly an unbiased piece, but she makes some good points. I'm not sure that I'd support the Real ID initiative. Having all that information in one place is a tad risky for my liking especially if the necessary and proper security has not been implemented. Even after that no security measure is 100% impenetrable.

Improving Wikipedia

Quite an interesting idea. I like it. Although like the article states this is not a complete solution it is definitely a step in the right direction. I'm happy to say that my Wikipedia contributions have remained largely unchanged!

New School Year, New Menu

Interesting:

In a study last year, the Center for Science in the Public Interest graded the state nutrition programs. The highest grade, an A minus, was awarded to Kentucky. Twelve states were awarded B’s (New Jersey got a B, Connecticut a B minus), six states and the District of Columbia received C’s, eight states were awarded D’s (New York earned a D plus) and 23 states were graded F.

I hope that the proposed changes help make a difference in getting school-aged children to start eating healthier. I'm not sure however that schools should do a complete 180 on the health food though. I think that the menu changes should be gradually changed so that it won't be so much of a shock to the students. Healthy eating is only one part of the solution with the other being sufficient physical activity. As I've said before health education is also crucial.

Another One Joins the 54%

This time its Shaq. I think Shaq is getting mentally prepared for this upcoming season to reunite with former "protege/apprentice" Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway and didn't have enough brainpower to go around to juggle that, a wife, 6 kids, D-Wade, Pat Riley, and overweight kids on a TV show. By the way, do you remember Penny Hardaway back in his heyday? The guy was pretty good. Had all those TV commercials with Lil' Penny. Its a shame what injuries did to him. It kind of reminds me of Ken Griffey Jr. Those Ken Griffey Jr. baseball games for SNES and N64 were awesome. The Atlanta Braves was the team to be. I remember being able to outsmart the computer in the N64 game to be able to trade for all-star players. Basically all you had to do was come up with a trade package that would send 2-3 average players to the other team for one star. Keep doing this until you had 2-3 stars. Then repeat the process to trade for an all-star. My team was unbeatable. I think I scored 60-something runs in a game one time.

Video Game Simulation

Is this really a good idea? I'd be interested in seeing what the actual "game" looks like.

How Much is 0.9% ?

Apparently significant enough to warrant a story about it pertaining to DNA. I wish that article was a little more detailed.

How much would you pay for a high quality hamburger? An excellent article. Just don't read it if you're hungry.

School uniform debate. Back to school time so I guess that article is appropriate. I don't necessarily see why uniforms are a bad idea in schools. If you think about it uniforms are worn in pretty much every other line of work.

Traffic

Traffic was beautiful this morning. Absolutely a piece of art. I think I saw every traffic law imaginable being broken. Back to work and school time. Thought this was interesting:

What America's Top 15 Jobs Pay
Today's Best Entry-Level Salaries

Listing...

Just listing some interesting articles here:

• Proposal to privatize health IT advisory body spurs debate
• Lawmakers pursue more money to guard intellectual property
• Technology could bridge safety gap

• The Color of Health Care: Diagnosing Bias in Doctors

• EPA will ask BP to offset pollution
• The Threat of Climate Change

Pay Someone Else To Save The Environment

Interesting concept, but I don't think that its a good solution. It really does take the effort of every single person to help preserve the environment. As the article said the reduction is simply an estimate of the cost. There's no way that people should think that paying money instead of taking action will make the same difference.

Anyone Out There a Statistician?

I believe it, but I need someone who's better at statistics than I am to point out the flaws in the study. Please advise.