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...fact, almost nobody was happy with the rule—not the large South Korean contingent who claimed they were being discriminated against because of their frequent wins; not the number one women’s golfer in the world, a Mexican who despite speaking fluent English called the rule “a little drastic”; not the numerous socially conscious citizens across the country who blogged about the rule’s unfairness for foreign players and questioned why the rule only applied to female golfers. Their perplexity is understandable. As reported by the press, the rule...
...City Council is likely to pass the recommendation during its September 22 gathering. According to Karen M. Klinger, a reporter at Cambridge Community Television, the Council has passed almost every CPAC recommendation since the committee’s inception...
...Obesity is a major public health crisis in the land of the free, and it brings with it a host of undesirable complications and hidden costs. In 2007, almost two-thirds of all American adults were either overweight or obese, and about 30 percent had a body mass index (BMI) of over 30, generally considered the threshold for clinically significant obesity. This epidemic has been associated with a wide variety of high-risk side effects, including ischemic heart disease, congestive heart failure, high blood pressure, and diabetes. Medical obesity leads to a 200 to 300 percent increase in the risk...
...American labor force’s productivity—Californians with a BMI greater than 40 took twelve times as many days off as their thinner counterparts in 2005. It also creates a large economic burden on all of American society—a recent study demonstrated that almost 10 percent of all medical expenditures can be directly attributed to obesity. And in an era where military recruitment is suffering from two very real wars on the ground, it’s truly depressing to note that the leading cause of early discharge from the armed forces is excess weight...
...collegiate career. “Last year [Mann] got banged up a little at the end of the season, and no one was ready. We don’t want to do that again, and Laura has improved so much.“We’re almost treating [Mann] like a baseball player,” Leone continued. “We’re playing so many games, and you need one off every once in a while. She was a pinch-hitter [Wednesday].” After witnessing the transition of a very large freshman class last...