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...plunging cardiovascular death rates are a stumbling block for those trying to push the obesity panic button, then type 2 diabetes-studies suggest it afflicts more than 7% of Australia's adult population, twice its prevalence 20 years ago-is a hitch for skeptics. A disease strongly correlated with obesity and once almost exclusively associated with ageing, type 2 diabetes appears to be striking more people, and earlier. For the N.S.W. Schools Physical Activity and Nutrition Survey 2004 (SPANS), researchers took blood samples from 500 Year 10 students and found elevated insulin levels-a precursor to the disease-in almost...
...need to get out the hot plates, though, now that Italian design firm Boffi is reissuing the Minikitchen, a full-functioning portable kitchen measuring just under 18 cu. ft. Designed in 1963 by Joe Colombo, the Minikitchen operates like a freestanding trolley, complete with swiveling wheels and block brakes. Updated in white Corian, it features such standard kitchen components as a mini-refrigerator, cutlery drawers, pullout counter and cooktop. Futuristic in design yet practical in performance, the Minikitchen is a welcome addition to any culinary-challenged apartment. For more information, visit boffi.com...
...Cheney spoke to GOP donors, all of whom had shelled out $2,500 to hear him speak, protestors stood a block away bemoaning the vice president’s presence in the city...
...tension between attendees and protestors increased as the group of approximately 200 hundred gathered a block down from the crimson and white flowerbeds of the club’s entrance. Protestors screamed, “Shame on you!” and “Murderers!” to those making their way to the fundraiser...
...really messed this one up,” he wrote in his Facebook blog on Friday. The news feed remains, but users can now block information about their actions from appearing in their friend’s feeds...