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Blackburn didn’t have the answer, but he pointed to a new website put together by the USDA and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which provides an online tool to evaluate one’s daily diet. The Interactive Healthy Eating Index allows users to list foods they’ve eaten—from alfalfa to zwiebek toast—and then enter in an approximate serving size. The website crunches the numbers to compare the users’ food intake to the USDA’s recommended guidelines (see related article, right...
...funny feeling to tool around town in a $20,000 family car and get noticed as though you were driving a Ferrari. But that's exactly what happened when I took the futuristic-looking 2004 Toyota Prius for a spin around New York City. The new, improved hybrid car goes on sale in mid-October, but it's already getting plenty of buzz...
...June 23, the Supreme Court handed down two important decisions on affirmative action policies at the University of Michigan. We applaud the court for upholding the constitutionality of affirmative action, which is an important tool used by universities to seek greater diversity. However, we believe that it should have upheld the systems at both the law school and the undergraduate program, rather than upholding only the former...
...part of his $15 billion AIDS initiative, Bush recognized the importance of low-cost AIDS drugs as a tool for fighting the global pandemic. Cheaper generic versions of brand name drugs make it possible to reduce the cost of treating AIDS patients from $12,000 per year to $300 per year. As Bush acknowledged, “seldom has history offered a greater opportunity to do so much for so many...
...prime example is LifeMatrix, a psychographic-marketing tool launched in December 2002 by market-research giants RoperASW and Mediamark Research (both owned by NOP World). LifeMatrix considers hundreds of personal variables, including religious affiliation and political leaning, and uses them to sort people into 10 basic psychographic categories with jargon-rich titles like "priority parents" and "tribe wired." To each category is attached a battery of personality traits and purchasing preferences. Are you a working mom trying to balance job, family and cultural activities? LifeMatrix assigns you to the category "Renaissance women." But that's not all. LifeMatrix makes some...