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...public security and order?" he asks, adding that he has already convened about a dozen other nude-hiking aficionados to devise legal action. If the law passes, "we will sue Appenzell," he says, vowing to take the case all the way to the Federal Court - Switzerland's highest judicial authority...
...comforts of developed nations exist simultaneously on the subcontinent. And while those on the outside have been transfixed by its galloping economic growth for some time, the emerging global giant is full of paradoxes. It is the world's go-to destination for talent, yet has the world's highest high school dropout rate. Despite its robust economic growth, India is wracked by seemingly irreversible poverty. Capitalism is still, for all intents and purposes, a nasty word, corruption is ubiquitous and the relatively young democracy is saddled with inexperienced leaders. (See pictures of Saavn: Bollywood gets digital...
...analysis of more than half a million Americans between the ages of 50 and 71 found that men in the highest quintile of red-meat consumption - those who ate about 5 oz. of red meat a day, roughly the equivalent of a small steak, according to lead author Rashmi Sinha - had a 31% higher risk of death over a 10-year period than men in the lowest-consumption quintile, who ate less than 1 oz. of red meat per day, or approximately three slices of corned beef. Men in the top fifth also had a 22% higher risk of dying...
...cutting your processed meat or cutting your red meat," he says. He suggests framing the issue in real terms. A McDonald's Big Mac contains 7.5 oz. of red meat, Popkin points out. So if your diet consists of a Big Mac every other day - roughly equivalent to the highest quintile of meat consumption in the study; in other words, the typical American diet - you could cut back to one Big Mac a week and see dramatic health benefits...
...very pleased to have accomplished our highest finish since we won the title in 2006,” Harvard coach Peter Brand said. “It was also quite remarkable that we only sent nine fencers, and we were still able to compete and beat teams like St. John’s, who sent eleven. Doing that was special...