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FDA says walnuts are drugs. (fda.gov)
1 points by lylebarrere 13y ago|1 comments
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by lylebarrere 13y ago
This is much better than the other FDA story today where the FDA declared walnuts a medicine because a manufacture made the factual statement "Omega-3 Fatty Acids found in walnuts have been shown to have health benefits." http:&#
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by lylebarrere 13y ago
Most of the US position has been set by large lobby groups. They're the only one who have been allowed access to the negotiations or draft text until this leek.
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by lylebarrere 13y ago
This is probably more high level academic analysis than the TPP has had in the previous two years of negotiations, and it shows why open access to the treaty can provide great benefit to both the people negotiating it and the people who wil
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by lylebarrere 13y ago
Another example of why all previous versions of software should be made available to customers.
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by lylebarrere 13y ago
T-mobile has been doing a lot of interesting things. They don't default to 2 year contracts anymore, they offer 200 mb free data per month for tablets, and their phones are SIM unlocked. It appears that most of these things aren'
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by lylebarrere 13y ago
Because locking the phone to their SIM card means that the carriers can charge international travelers enormous rates for minutes and data rather than just putting a local sim card into the phone in each country.
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by lylebarrere 13y ago
Using potential energy to store electricity is nothing new. Many hydroelectric damns pump water to a high reservoir when there is excess electricity generated to store it, and let it fall to a low reservoir when more is needed. EDIT: See w
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by lylebarrere 13y ago
Hopefully a positive step in the right direction, but I am reticent to believe that the Re-Education camps will actually be abolished. I'll believe that when all current prisoners in the labor camps are released.
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by lylebarrere 13y ago
This treaty has been in secret negotiations for years and only the large content companies have been able to be part of the negotiations. Information about the treaty has been shared with negotiators for the member states and large content
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by lylebarrere 13y ago
I was encouraged by the headline, until I read why McCain wants him fired. Not for ignoring the 4th amendment; not for repeatedly, knowing lying to congress —a felony— and destroying their ability to provide any oversight; not for his tact.
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by lylebarrere 13y ago
The distinction is that the cleaning fee is per stay; I'd agree that it would be smarmy if the fee was per night. So if you stay one night you pay $35 and if you stay seven nights you still pay $35. Raising the per night rental fee wo
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by lylebarrere 13y ago
>> Tech site CNET has speculated that it might be a floating data center, while the local CBS TV affiliate points to a floating store for Google's wearable Glass computer. << A giant floating store to sell Glass, that is ma