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    Monday, November 9th, 2009
    uwaterloo
    [ kaytea ]
         		8:18p
    LOL Typos
     So... I just voted in the referenda (go and vote, by the way) and completed the survey that follows... And this is the message I received:

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    Thanks, Feds. I really needed to be severed today. :)

    (P.S. I post this merely in jest of hilarious typos and not as any sort of commentary on FEDS! Please don't start any sort of crazy arguments! We're just here for the laughs!)
    uwaterloo
    [ gregs_grotto ]
         		5:34p
    Hey everyone,

    I want to take my girlfriend out for dinner on Friday, and I'm looking for a decent restaurant (on a student budget). Nothing too fancy, just a place with good food and a nice atmosphere. Anybody know of anything?

    Thanks a bunch.
    Friday, November 6th, 2009
    uwaterloo
    [ arremmmdee ]
         		9:44p
    I know I read about it before today's Imprint, but I can't find it anywhere else so re:Calendar changes cause confusion on page 3 of the most recent Imprint. I don't understand how Feds and the Registrar work and god knows what else I just let them rape me for several thousand dollars at the start of each semester, but anyways the whole thing is rambly and confusing so is there anyone who can explain this?

    Like, why don't they just have frosh week occur the week before it would normally occur, rather than starting the semester off on a Thursday[?] in the middle of the week? Is the assumption that my parents will be able to ferry me and my suitcases to Waterloo in the middle of the work week, or that I'm going to arrive the weekend before and then either go back home and come back for Thursday (after giving Greyhound all my moneys..) or just sit around doing nothing from Monday-Wednesday? IE is the Registrar proposing something retarded, and if so what are the chances that this is going to take effect anyways?

    thx
    Monday, November 2nd, 2009
    uwaterloo
    [ ranma_92 ]
         		1:23p
    Social Group For Aspies?
     Hello there,

    I have been attending the University of Waterloo for some months now.  I am diagnosed at the high end of the autism spectrum, which, in short, means that I hold my friends to higher standards than most.  Despite meeting many people in my classes and residence, I have yet to meet one who is not a shocking example of alcoholic frat-boy/girl douchebaggery.  Please, is there any club or group on campus or in KW where I can meet others on the autistic spectrum?  It is the only way I'll ever socialise.  Girls are preferred but by no means necessary!
    Friday, October 30th, 2009
    uwaterloo
    [ echoblaze ]
         		7:58p
    Info on 3 CS courses
     Has anyone taken these courses and can compare them in terms of usefulness, workload, interesting-ness:

    CS442 (Programming Languages)
    CS486 (AI)
    CS456 (Networks)

    I'll have to choose one of them next term, and perhaps attend some lectures of the others because they all seem like good courses.

    Thanks!

    edit: 

    Thanks again for all the replies, they were all helpful! Emailed my advisor today and hope the situation gets wrapped up by the end of the week.
    Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
    uwaterloo
    [ mountolivet ]
         		7:30p
    ex-vegetarian
     There is now a Facebook group "Ex-Vegetarians". If you've been a vegetarian for any length of time and are not anymore, feel free to join and tell us why. We'll post some articles and compile a 10-reason list (sadly it might be much longer...) for which becoming a vegetarian is not a good idea.

    If you are not a vegetarian, but have reasons to believe such a diet is not healthy, do join us as well.

    The vegetarian/vegan movement is very aggressive and their literature is overflowing with vegetarian sources of proteins and how well they are absorbed by our bodies.

    Why is nobody researching the silent "dropouts" and the reasons for which they quit? You want an extreme example? I know of someone who developed symptoms of multiple sclerosis because of this diet. And no, it's not just B12.

    P.S. Regarding children: Raise Your Child's IQ With Adequate Amounts of DHA. As a side note, the best sources are fish. Flaxseed is the vegetarian source, but is NOT as good. I will quote:

    "The vegetarian food source producing the greatest amounts of DHA is flax. Other vegetarian sources include soybeans, walnuts and canola oil. It is important to note that the vegetable source of omega-3 fatty acid is ALA (alpha linolenic acid). ALA is not equivalent in its biological effects to DHA, which is more rapidly incorporated into plasma and membrane lipids and produces more rapid effects than does ALA."

    Also, what many people don't realize, is that the brain is largely made of cholesterol. I will quote from an article (in other words, lowering cholesterol, may protect your heart and thin out your brain)

    “The brain is largely cholesterol, much of it in the myelin sheaths that insulate nerve cells and in the synapses that transmit nerve impulses. Some doctors theorize that lowering cholesterol could slow the connections that facilitate thought and memory. Statins may also lead to the formation of abnormal proteins seen in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.”
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