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...machine, which can print a fully-bound book in five to ten minutes, allows authors to produce their work independently and according to Almond, has the potential to give authors total control over the content of a book. It also allows artist to artist interaction in the cover design process...
...Such concerns were not ones that Obama could address easily Tuesday night, though he did acknowledge that wars suck up lots of precious resources and promised to "work closely with Congress to address these costs." For the moment, he is content to do what he has done best - connect with his immediate audience. After the speech ended, he worked the West Point cadets like a campaign rope line, smiling for many a digital camera. The glad-handing won't help in Afghanistan, but it looked good on television, suggesting support from a military that will now be asked to sacrifice...
...related diseases costing Spain roughly $3.7 billion annually - or 7% of total health care costs - the government has decided to take drastic measures. If passed, the new legislation will prohibit schools from selling foods high in fat, sugar and salt, and require them to inform parents of the nutritional content of all meals served in their children's school cafeterias. Those measures are hardly unique - plenty of European countries place strict controls on what their children eat in school. Both France and England, for example, have banned vending machines selling junk food on school grounds. But the Spanish proposal goes...
...that the Happy Meal and its ilk pose a risk, pointing to a 2008 study by the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research that found obesity among American children could be reduced 18% if fast-food advertising was banned. "Many scientific studies have clearly established a connection between advertising content and increased consumption when it comes to children," he says. "And increased consumption leads to obesity." (See the 10 worst fast-food meals...
Zynga did not create the sketchy offers, which are outsourced, but neither did it have a handle on them. "We have always policed offers for content," says Pincus. "But there's thousands of offers and hundreds of new ones every week." Facebook and MySpace tightened their guidelines after getting complaints. Then a tech blogger confronted the CEO of a company that creates offers. She answered his accusations unwisely ("S___, double s___ and bulls___"), and it blew up online. Also on the Internet: footage of Pincus speaking at a University of California, Berkeley, event about how he funded his start...