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...value of hounding populations to lose weight. "In general, we just don't know what the long-term consequences of rising obesity are going to be," says N.S.W. academic Michael Gard, coauthor with Jan Wright of The Obesity Epidemic: Science Morality and Ideology (2005). "But is it the looming, drop-everything health catastrophe that we're told it is? We say no." One thing highlighted by the obesity issue is how far apart the pronouncements of parts of the scientific community and the gut feelings of ordinary people can be. The ABS's National Health Survey tells us that most...
...would think that after an initial burst of blogging enthusiasm, there’ll be a big drop-off,” Bradley wrote in an e-mail...
...year history, London's Evening Standard has been hit by strikes, walkouts and even a World War II bomb. But the mischievous, opinionated tabloid has also fought off numerous foes to become the capital's only afternoon read. Still, the challengers keep coming. Already suffering from steep drops in circulation (currently 301,000), the Standard now has to face two new free papers that could challenge its evening dominance. One, London Lite, is published by the Standard's own parent company, [an error occurred while processing this directive] Associated Newspapers. Launched last week with 400,000 copies daily, London Lite...
...every employer who lets his staff know they're on watch, there are plenty who snoop on the sly. A general manager at a computer outfit in the Northeast wondered about a worker's drop-off in productivity. Using software called SurfControl, the manager saw the man was spending an inordinate amount of time at an innocently named website. It turned out to feature hard-core porn. The worker was conducting market research for his escort service, a venture for which he soon had plenty of time after he got canned. "I don't give a rat's rear what...
...Jacuzzi seems to be the starter amenity. Mikvah Mei Menachem in Mequon, Wisc., for instance, features Roman columns and post-bath strawberries or chocolate truffles. At Mikvah Shulamit in Plantation, Fla., the immersion fee is a standard $20, but at the adjoining Contour Day Spa, a patron can drop significantly more experiencing hot stone massage, hydrotherapy, or even a botox consultation from the resident...