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...snooker champion in 1993). As a sporting celebrity, Scheving was booked to deliver motivational talks across Europe. And it was while he was lecturing adults on the need to stay fit that Scheving spotted a gap in the market: "I realized that nobody was acting as a healthy role model for kids...
...Still, Scheving knows there's only so much a TV show can accomplish. "You can be a good role model for kids, but if there are no healthy, affordable products in shops, you won't change anything," he says. And so, whenever Scheving isn't filming, he travels the world, urging retailers, governments and NGOs to tackle the obesity epidemic. In March, he visited nine countries in 11 days, and held meetings with Wal-Mart execs, heads of state and health ministers. Cookie monster, your days are numbered...
Most physicians who offer concierge health care recognize the absurdity in paying so much to get the same kind of treatment - the non-medical perks aside - that used to be standard. But the model of the amiable country doctor who knows your kids and treated your grandparents has been replaced by a bureaucratic insurance behemoth that rewards physicians for seeing more patients in less time. "Thirty years ago, a family doctor could have had a panel of 1,500 patients and seen them each for enough time, given them personal care and met all their needs," says Dr. Robert Brooks...
...unusual step for a company that doesn't have much contact with normal consumers. Dassault is an industry leader in powerful modeling software, used by aerospace and automotive engineers to design parts and products. Its clients include Boeing, Airbus, Daimler and Ferrari. "Its core markets are fairly static. What it's trying to do is broaden its reach and find new markets," says Adam Shepherd, an analyst with investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort. In recent years Dassault has successfully branched out to many other industries, including fashion and consumer electronics. Cutting-edge architect Frank Gehry uses Dassault software to model...
...users, and its customer base doubled between March and April thanks to "word of mouth and viral" means, Wilson says. Even bigger growth could be ahead, since 3DVIA recently linked up with Facebook, where users can now make a 3D mashup. For instance, say you create a 3D model of Bart Simpson: you can then insert the model into a photo of yourself so it looks as if you're talking to it and post it on your profile. Dassault says similar arrangements with other social-networking sites, like MySpace and Bebo, are also in the offing...