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...easily among the fattest places on the earth - a distinction we've held for more than 20 years now - and it's no surprise as to how we got this way. Our cars, computers and 40-in. TVs have all conspired to take the physical exercise out of our lives and replace it with round-the-clock sitting. Combine sedentary living with cheap food and supersize portions (the U.S. now produces enough food every day for each of us to consume 3,800 calories, never mind that we need only about 2,350 for a healthy diet), and there...
...unlike the risks at the poker table, where your losses are just yours, in the larger world, you can take down a lot of other people with you. "Organizational malfeasance in general depends on this kind of risk analysis," says Siler. "Look at a place like Enron. People took a lot of small chances and won, then took big chances and lost big." Indeed, Siler points out, during the recent financial crisis, an entire nation - Iceland - went bankrupt in a similar way, trusting high-risk, high-reward investments that quit paying...
...best the USGS and other organizations can do is use the global web of seismometers and other instruments that are already in place and always being improved to build the best map possible of the planet's interior and at least narrow the predictive window of when quakes are likely to happen. They can also use these data to anticipate how severe the next tremor, whenever it comes, is likely to be. This can help drive policy decisions like improving building codes, reinforcing infrastructure and zoning some areas as unsuitable for development. That's hardly the same as precise predicting...
That Christmas, Nicholson offered Lewis a place to stay when Lewis' wife left him homeless. Nicholson's reason for letting a possible murderer into his home was simple: “When I die, I’m pretty sure I’m going to hell," Nicholson said. "But I didn’t want it to be because I let a guy who might be innocent freeze to death by the Charles River right before Christmas,” he added with a chuckle...
...meter dash, crossing the line in 6.98 seconds to take sixth. Brady, who qualified for the ECAC meet in his previous outing at the Jay Carisella Track and Field Invitational, continued his strong senior season, hurling the shot put 15.98 meters. His mark earned the co-captain fourth place overall...