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Apidra
I may have posted about this elsewhere in the past - apologies if so! Has anyone switched from Novolog/Humalog to Apidra and not gotten the results they wanted? I was excited about the switch but have found that it doesn't seem to work any more quickly than Novolog, I have to take more, and the bottle stopper destroys my…
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CSA membership
Is anyone a member of a CSA in the greater Houston area? (Community Supported Agriculture - http://www.localharvest.org/csa/) I'm actually more interested in meats but I'd be interested to know about any experiences/tips.
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third party medical supplies
Hi all - so I just got my insurance after three months of going without (scary!!) and my new insurance doesn't allow me to get test strips and syringes along with my insulin at the pharmacy (in my entire type 1 life - 22+ years - I've never had insurance like this). Anyway, I have to go through something else - like a…
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Boy Scout denied Eagle award
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/boy-scout-denied-eagle-award-coming-193454949.html So is it fair since the Boy Scouts make it clear they are anti-gay and not open to other beliefs about religion? Do they make it clear enough? Was he led on? He has been involved since he was six years old so I'm not sure it's fair to…
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Weighing meats - before or after cooking?
I asked about this in another thread and it got buried (and no bumping would bring it back to life!) so here it goes. Do you log the weight of your meats before or after cooking? The main reason I ask is because for one of the main foods I tend to eat, salmon, the USDA nutrient database has entries for raw and cooked and…
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Anyone on insulin and employed by the state of TX?
Oh, and enrolled in the ERS-related healthcare program? I am trying to figure out what copays (Caremark) will be for Novolog and Levemir (preferred brands) and it looks kind of crazy. I'd appreciate anyone's real life experiences with this...thanks!
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Chick-Fil-Anti-Gay
I mean, no surprise, but still yucky to read about: Chick-Fil-A Donates $2 Mil to Antigay Groups http://www.advocate.com/business/2012/07/02/chick-fil-donates-2-mil-antigay-groups
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Houston Pride Weekend
Anyone checking it out? Any recommendations of who to see/where to go?
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108
Is the heat index right now (10:20 AM) in my zipcode...nice! :sick:
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Funny food database entries
Sooooo I came across this gem - what have you found? I have a feeling upcoming searches for "poop" and so on will be interesting! Sea Gold - Seafood and Crap Dip
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Study: Edible "stop signs" remind us to eat less
Thought this was interesting - out of Cornell and Yale Universities: http://www.futurity.org/top-stories/edible-stop-signs-remind-us-to-eat-less/
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Science: Analytic Thinking Promotes Religious Disbelief
This just in from Science: full text: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/336/6080/493.full.pdf?sid=3c3e72bd-acc6-47e1-9b6c-2f1ec212b76f write up in the Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-religion-analytical-thinking-20120427,0,5374010.story
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North Carolina's big straight slap in the face
Sad - http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/08/politics/north-carolina-marriage/index.html
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Ron Paul in town
He's in Houston (at UH) on his continuing campaign for the Republican nomination. That's all. Well, that and I don't really know what to think of him...what do you guys think? (Oh, anyone follow Bad Lip Reading? It's worth a look :smile: ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=igQlbesF0zA
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Houston - healthy eating at restaurants
Where do you go? What do you get?
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Houston mayor harassed by pastor
There is a megachurch here (one of several) and the pastor is wanting our (gay) mayor to resign if she keeps backing marriage equality. I'm reaaaaally irked by this on more than one level and I'm embarrassed it's coming out of our large and diverse city.. :sick:…
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Free will?
I saw this earlier - I know it's a little snarky and you could insert any number of activities at the bottom but I'm curious about religious viewpoints on this or if anyone has better examples..
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Net carbs
Hi all, I was curious about your experience with counting carbs minus fiber - I hadn't even heard the term "net carbs" until fairly recently! While a lot of foods don't have enough fiber to make all that much of a difference in total gram consumption, I do eat things with enough to possibly make a difference. I've tried to…
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Taxing churches
Thoughts? Came across these lately - please post more if you find 'em.. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/21/cashstrapped-cities-look-_n_812400.html\ http://www.alternet.org/story/153448/how_we_all_pay_for_the_huge_tax_privileges_granted_to_religion_--_it's_time_to_tax_the_church/?page=entire
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Your religion/denomination and why
Hi all, I wanted to ask informally about your affiliation and how it came to be. Were you brought up with it? Did you find it later in life? Was it based on teachings or people? If you became religious as an adult, did you have any exposure to religion growing up? If there are subgroups within a larger group (maybe like…
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State collegiate coach salaries
I saw this recently and was floored - I'm using the University of Texas at Austin as an example because the figures are readily available. I'm probably too naive to make any true assessments (I don't know how much athletics actually pull in for the university as a whole) but still...is this discrepancy in salary common at…
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2012 candidates and same-sex marriage
First off, let me just put it out there that I can't believe this is still something fought against so hard by Republicans and social conservatives. Just like any other civil rights struggle in our collective past, this will eventually not be an issue on the larger level (of course there will always be individuals that…
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Brains and bias?
This just in from LiveScience - in short: from LiveScience: http://www.livescience.com/18132-intelligence-social-conservatism-racism.html and the Psychological Science article it references: http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/01/04/0956797611421206.abstract (I'm not sure if everyone has access to the full PDF…
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Copyright law outdated?
I just came across this opinion piece by William Patry about copyright - as someone who works with copyright issues on an almost daily basis, I feel much the same way (and for my own work, I license everything with Creative Commons). Do you think the disadvantages he mentioned about the multiple extensions of time outweigh…
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Sex & prejudice - an evolutionary psych perspective
Branching off of the "Brains and Bias" topic: http://www.futurity.org/society-culture/prejudice-sparks-anger-in-men-fear-in-women/ Evolutionary history shaping the human mind or false correlations of the evolutionary and biological roots of intergroup aggression?
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Lens recommendations
Hi all, Just a quick background - I mainly shoot small buildings and houses with either no planning or no set up, sometimes interior, and sometimes dirty/dusty/abandoned places. I have an old Kodak DCS Pro (Canon mount) and I need a new lens. I just sold a Canon EF 28-70mm f/2.8 L - it was very heavy and clunky, I could…
