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...Another habit of obesity alarmists is to conflate those labeled as overweight with those classed as obese, and talk about them as a single group. For example, instead of saying that about 1 in 5 Australian and New Zealand adults is obese, many experts tend to say that more than half of both populations are overweight or obese. There'd be no problem with that if the two groups' different BMI classifications put them at equal risk of early death. But that's not the case. Indeed, there's compelling evidence that those defined as overweight (with a BMI between...
...Thai officials tend to assume that their status is inherently legitimate, not understanding that such legitimacy must derive from active popular consent on the part of citizens. In Bangkok, Thaksin is in office but not in power. In the deep south, the Thai state holds official control, yet in practice is unable to function normally. In both cases, the cause is the same: where office-holders lack legitimacy, they cannot exercise power effectively. Winning elections or occupying territory does not automatically mean you have respect and authority. Unless Thailand's next leader understands that distinction, the nation will remain...
...much more traditional. We had two TV channels. Now we have more than 80. The Internet, the media have changed so much," Mafatlal notes, although she adds that the retail scene is still underdeveloped. "We have no upmarket malls, no shopping streets. There is no Bond Street. Local designers tend to sell from their own villas...
Part of the problem, investigators believe, may be that girls usually mature more quickly than boys do, girls' knees tend to be a little looser and girls' quadriceps muscles (at the front of the thigh) are often stronger than their hamstrings (at the back of the thigh), destabilizing the knee. Many soccer coaches have learned to address the problem by spending more time drilling girls on how to land properly and encouraging them to build up their hamstrings...
Prosperity's defenders claim to be able to match their critics chapter and verse. They caution against broad-brushing a wide spectrum that ranges from pastors who crassly solicit sky's-the-limit financial offerings from their congregations to those whose services tend more toward God-fueled self-help. Advocates note Prosperity's racial diversity--a welcome exception to the American norm--and point out that some Prosperity churches engage in significant charity. And they see in it a happy corrective for Christians who are more used to being chastened for their sins than celebrated as God's children...