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...ring around the passengers, the Loremo's frame consists of three steel girders running from front to back that transport the energy of a crash underneath the passengers. That innovation means Loremo's frame weighs only about 100 kg, compared to 300 kg for the frame of a similar-size conventional car. A crossbeam in the center of the car between the front and rear seats, which are arranged back-to-back, stabilizes the frame...
...seven-year study that for white women, being obese rather than of normal weight was linked to a 12% greater risk of dying. Women who were at least 100 lbs. overweight, however, had an 86% greater risk of dying. Other racial groups showed similar links between increasing body size and death rate...
...Whale of a Boat" [June 19]: Not only do behemoth cruise ships, such as Freedom of the Seas, clog ports and squeeze in huge numbers of passengers, they also dump city-size volumes of sewage and bilge water--some of it treated, but much of it not. Every day these vessels foul harbors and coastal waters with millions of gallons of filthy water and pollute the air with diesel fumes. Cruise ships are exempt from most U.S. pollution laws. Until Congress increases regulation, floating cities will continue to foul our seas...
Ellison plans to announce a new donation later this summer, Wynne said, but he added that he did not know the identity of the recipient or the size of the gift...
...Officially, force-feeding at Gitmo is done with a tube 3mm. (or about .1 in.) across, the same size used in American hospitals. In a sworn statement last year, Gitmo's top physician at the time, Dr. John Edmondson, noted that"smaller tubes which remained in the patient for longer periods were more comfortable [and] easier to manage for medical personnel...