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...same type of public schools that barred Catholics’ entry or went unfunded when Catholics were admitted have merely collapsed under the weight of today’s urban poor— which are disproportionately ethnic minorities. In their stead, more successful charter schools have been established and, more significantly, voucher programs have been proposed and in some places, established. And even while the Supreme Court declared last year that voucher programs did not violate the U.S. Constitution, the racist-inspired Blaine amendments of many state constitutions are now being wielded against the voucher programs of today...
...Nicole is emerging as one of our team’s leaders,” McAuliffe said. “She is one of the strongest kids and works so hard on the ice and in the weight room...
Cardiologists have long known that if you carry extra weight around your waist, which they liken to being shaped like an apple, you are at greater risk of heart disease. The other configuration, being shaped like a pear, with excess weight around the hips, doesn't eliminate your risk but seems to lessen it. Over the years it has become clear that apple-shaped folks have a certain kind of metabolism: they are more likely to be resistant to insulin, have high amounts of triglycerides (one of the fatty molecules you don't want too much of in your blood...
...Association's first clinical conference on metabolic syndrome in September, "right now there's no single drug that can treat the whole metabolic syndrome." Individual symptoms like high blood pressure still have to be treated separately. But your best bet for an overall solution is to eat better, lose weight and get more exercise...
...rest of the shoot wasn't much better. Though he had prepared technically--"I read stuff, watched stuff, lost weight and talked to people--most important my hair guy on the movie, who has lived with HIV for many, many, years, went through that time and watched his friends die"--Kirk kept doubting that he was ready to play in such a high-stakes arena. "You're sitting there knowing it's a dream come true," he says, "but you can't enjoy it because you're so racked with horror over the idea of playing this classic role...