Thursday, April 17, 2008

Appleton Nutrution Report

Sports drink for breakfast. And now there are no dropouts, not at-risk children, because they're eating healthily. We need an epidemiologist, someone, please define causation and correlation.
And check the relative nutrition facts of gatorade and soda.
Also, "there's no too much seasoning or nothing like that." Wisconsin school-children: dropping out because the food's too hot.

Challenging Dogma Blog

The namesake blog has launched. Next week's seminar is public judgment, though that may have already begun.
Also, there should be adsense on this page - public health would probably have some fantastic content-related ads, and it could add to the candy fund.
Statcounter reveals Saudi Arabia, a search for irrational decions and car insurance. Have you seen this?

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Wrap-Up

We need to do something, even if this doesn't solve everything.
1. We should listen to the rebellious kids. If we don't let them drink Coke, they'll drink beer. They should rebel against the fast food industry. Are all kids by nature rebellious? Or do they just rebel against those things they don't respect or don't believe, or test limits they can overstep?
2. Something? Amendments?
3. Physical activity is important.

Fabulous Prizes! - In their correct seminar colors.

Best info of the day - Orange Seminar is always the "bad" group, solely as part of Siegel's antagonism towards Christina, the TF.

Seminar Results and Town Hall Meeting

We're officially promoting the "Coke Cares, but not that much" position. Our corporate identity is unshakable.
Also, someone is trying to injure our panel, by dropping the screen on them. Consternation abounds. It's like a really, really, slow guillotine that'll give a nasty bump.

These are always so stilted.
Public Health Advocacy Institute: Think of the children, especially the obese children, who shouldn't be allowed to drink soda at school. (Just at home.) "Nutritional justice for our children."

A group is playing children? Please, let there not be acting. Gaffes, though, we have those. And anti-authority positions, and stereotypes of disobedient, rebellious kids! Nickelodeon is against the bill.

PTA: School system and higher taxes for rich town to support food in underclass area.

Teachers Association: Wrong cause, losing that good vending machine money. Also, how many people here don't realize Coke sells juice and water? Snark from legislators - are teachers implying they don't know how kids work?

Also, I don't ever take real notes anymore. Is it because there's very little learning happening? This whole "experience" isn't working.

Coke: Sell our juice and water. We still make money. And we "abstain," like those other public health initiatives, and like kids should based upon their individual choice.

Vending Machine Association: Yeah limiting choice, no limiting sales! They're going to have to pick something, and it won't be a nalgene unless we can sell those too.

BUSPH Students: Enlightened. Bill is the wrong approach (both), loses revenue, support to schools, and juice is expensive. (And not really any healthier? There's as much sugar in 100% juice as a Coke.) Micromanages nutrition, other approaches to health are necessary...and how much more dogma? Isn't this a step in the right direction?
And happy birthday...fabulous prizes!

BU Buys Alcohol for Siegel?

To protect him from angry bartenders. BU also buys alcohol for multiple graduation events, senior dinners, scholarship program dinners...

Town. Hall. Meeting. Welcome to Session 12!

Fabulous prizes denied! Apparently you can't have more than one t-shirt.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

John Auerbach

Fabulous Prizes!
A Red coffee mug, Red BU hat, and a Gray Challenging Dogma Shirt! We make it worth your time.

Thank Prof. Siegel for what he didn't say...regarding his role in tobacco control. Interesting grammatical construction.

Welcome to Session 11

The Doll video! Next up, the Implicit Test.
We need more than two examples of internalized racism.
Not to play the inappropriate stickler, but is there any possibility that young children see this difference as stemming from the treatment they receive from adults? White adults, in a hyper-PC world, treat young black children as pleasantly as possible, not daring to scold another person's child (especially one of another race) whereas they are scolded by people within their own community, who are more likely to be black? They may similarly see reticence on the part of their own parents to scold white children, and therefore unless they are privy to white children being scolded by their white parents, have a limited frame of reference. I can't imagine a white parallel experience, so this seems pretty unlikely, but maybe.