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Hello, All: <br>
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The "No on 37" campaign is saying in part, "Dog food with meat
requires a label, but meat for human consumption does not. It makes
no sense." <br>
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This is deliberately misleading. A more understandable
statement is, "Dog food with meat (and GMO corn or soy) requires a
label, but meat for human (or animal) consumption does not." Now it
makes sense. <br>
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Monsanto and others are spending over $1 million per day
disseminating this kind of message, and Prop 37 (GMO labeling) may
be defeated. You can help pass GMO labeling by tweeting or emailing
everyone you know in California with something like, "Confused by
anti-Prop 37 ad? Dog food with meat (and GMO corn or soy) requires a
label, but meat for human (or animal) consumption does not." (140
characters) <br>
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This corrects a deliberate deception on "<a
href="http://www.noprop37.com/">www.noprop37.com</a>". (For a
copy of this page with annotations, see "<a
href="https://files.pbworks.com/download/djdB7SF1ui/occupy/60654211/No37.pdf">https://files.pbworks.com/download/djdB7SF1ui/occupy/60654211/No37.pdf</a>".)
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The movie "Genetic Roulette" was screened at the Peace Center
last night. On balance, I felt the movie was gross propaganda but
not nearly as bad asthe "No on 37" campaign. If the movie were
true, accurate, and balanced, I think that the opposition to GMO
foods would have been much greater much sooner, fewer GMO foods
would actually be on the market, and the law would require GMO
labeling. <br>
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WIKIPEDIA AND SOCIAL CHANGE <br>
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In the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas last year, the
Wikipedia article on SOPA got a million views: Editing Wikipedia is
potentially one of the highest leverage activities anyone can engage
in. <br>
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I'd be happy to teach people how to edit Wikipedia -- both
their markup language and their rules for appropriate content and
editing. (I've made over 500 edits.)<br>
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If people are interested, we can schedule a place to meet and
get to work. <br>
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For example, there is a huge gap between the Movie "Genetic
Roulette" (<a href="http://geneticroulettemovie.com/">http://geneticroulettemovie.com</a>;
<a
href="http://academicsreview.org/reviewed-content/genetic-roulette/">http://academicsreview.org/reviewed-content/genetic-roulette</a>)
and the information available on Wikipedia.
Whether Prop 37 passes or fails on Tuesday, the issue will still be
active. It would be good to check the sources cited in the Genetic
Roulette book, see if they say what the book claims, find counter
arguments, and describe both from a neutral point of view in
appropriate Wikipedia articles. Doing that could have a huge
impact, I think. However, I can't do it myself. <br>
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Best Wishes, <br>
Spencer <br>
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Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Technology Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San José, CA 95126
ph: 408-655-4567
web: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.structuremonitoring.com">www.structuremonitoring.com</a>
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