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Take it from someone who grew up overweight—being fat is no fun. But it’s also not the fault of fast-food companies, whose greasy, salty, sugary offerings Americans have consumed in excess for decades. By suing and attempting to extract punitive awards from these companies, obese Americans shift ownership for a very serious health problem to restaurants and away from themselves. Not only is this transfer of blame mildly delusional (induced, perhaps, by over-medication), it also damages efforts at addressing America’s obesity epidemic, which only stands a chance of being...
...Green Alliance wants the government to make it easier for individuals to use these technologies. "For this to happen," says policy officer Tracy Carty, "the government needs to commit to planning, building and energy policies that can support microgeneration." Critics, including many in the nuclear industry, fault microgeneration as inefficient, uneconomical and overly romantic - too small-scale to power industry or to make much of a dent in greenhouse gas emissions. Many want a fresh look at the nuclear option, arguing that it is one of the cleanest ways to produce power. Microgeneration fans disagree. Jeremy Leggett, ceo of Solarcentury...
...brutality of my oppressors,'" I said. The young soldier cowering on the steps had been tasked with monitoring the detainee. When he heard me, he looked horrified. I could see he was blaming himself for the carnage, and I walked over to him. "This wasn't your fault," I said...
Swartz found that agents should be created in a way that leaves users feeling “in control” of their computer program and should follow “human rules of etiquette.” Clippy does neither. Its main fault, Swartz writes in his paper, is the pro-active letter-writing feature, which annoys users like Bo Meng ’06, who says he “learned how to write letters in grade...
...under its belt the council has worked remarkably hard for student causes, advocating in new and effective ways to work with administrators to effect real change on campus. But, in acknowledging these strong points and considerable achievements, we cannot turn a blind eye to that with which we find fault. The UC has finally encountered its first major setback. And it’s a significant one: despite months of promises that a major artist (which turned out to be Snoop Dogg) would perform, Springfest will not include a major concert...