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...Amping up the sport of sailing is the point of Extreme 40 racing - and fortunately nobody has died yet. Collisions and capsizes come with the territory (when a sail the size of a tennis court fills with wind, a 1,300-kg carbon-fiber boat feels like it could flip over in a trice). What are described as "close-combat races" are concluded in minutes instead of days, and take place not on empty ocean stretches but on courses close to shore, where thousands of spectators can crowd onto grandstands. Top sailors have joined the circuit, including British double world...
...that when this war began, we were united - bound together by the fresh memory of a horrific attack and by the determination to defend our homeland and the values we hold dear. I refuse to accept the notion that we cannot summon that unity again. I believe with every fiber of my being that we - as Americans - can still come together behind a common purpose. For our values are not simply words written into parchment - they are a creed that calls us together and that has carried us through the darkest of storms as one nation, as one people...
...cages, improving a goalie's ability to see the puck (a major criticism of Plante's original design) and extending the fiberglass to protect the top of the head and neck. Today's goalie sports a mask that includes protection for the throat and is fashioned often from carbon fiber or Kevlar for added protection against flying pucks. The design has even crossed sports: in the past decade many baseball catchers have begun sporting hockey-style masks behind the plate...
...case in the U.K., where junk food can't be marketed on children's television. "There is only one [children's] cereal brand in the U.S. that would be allowed to be advertised on TV in the U.K., and that's Frosted Mini-Wheats because of the amount of fiber," says Jennifer Harris, who spearheaded the Rudd research...
Cereal makers have responded to the obesity crisis by reducing calories, fat and sugar and boosting fiber and vitamins. Twelve of some of the country's largest food players - including Kellogg, General Mills and Quaker's parent company, PepsiCo - have promised to market only "better for you" foods to kids under 12. Of course, companies decide what counts as "better for you," ensuring that their products meet the standards. (Read "Watching TV: Even Worse for Kids Than You Think...