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Over the course of the regular season, the teams go head to head almost 20 times, to the point that the games and their broadcasts seem self-aggrandizing and out of touch. Ultimately the games become a spectacle for television networks and other commercial interests to milk. A Southern Californian told me just last night how he cheered for the Yankees as a young child simply because they were in the most publicized games...

Author: By Alexander R. Konrad | Title: Cutthroat Sports Culture | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

...adds that moms whose pregnancy fare was less than stellar can make up for lost ground until a child is about 2½. One way is through breast milk, which contains the good nutrients mothers are eating and provides the variety of flavors that will predispose a child to try new foods, says Greene. Commercial formulas, by contrast, are designed to deliver the same flavor profile day after day. (See the top 10 food trends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Good Food Habits in Kids from the Womb | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

...been for William Yang to grow up Chinese and gay in Cairns during the 1950s [Sept. 14]. Even today, this sun-kissed city with sultry sea breezes has dark undercurrents of prejudice and homophobia. Just recently I witnessed several of its citizens stage a walkout during a screening of Milk, the biopic about homosexual politician Harvey Milk. Not for nothing is this part of Queensland sometimes referred to as the "Deep North." Garth Clarke, Sydney

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

During the event, each winner or winning team gave the audience insights into the logistics and implications of their research.Projects ranged from the effect of naming cows on their milk production to determining whether it is better to be hit with a full bottle of beer or an empty bottle during a fight...

Author: By Amira Abulafi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ig Nobel Winners Explain Research | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...reality, after the signing of the Philippines' own National Milk Code, "the implementation was spotty, irregular, not done consistently," says Health Undersecretary Alexander Padilla. Held up by legal complaints from milk companies who saw the code as an unlawful affront to their industry, the domestic law went through 12 drafts over 19 years. "We went through public hearings, consultations; we even tried to process the complaints of the milk companies - until when we couldn't agree on anything anymore, they brought the case to the Supreme Court," says Padilla. The milk companies' efforts finally lost the case when the Supreme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Philippines Kicks Off Global Mass Breastfeeding | 10/2/2009 | See Source »

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