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...Worthington Industries was an early convert. The $3 billion metals manufacturer opened a gym at its Columbus, Ohio, headquarters in 1985, later adding free yoga, step and cardio classes. In 1995, it built an onsite wellness center with three full-time physicians, a lab and pharmacy. But with the company's health-care premiums still soaring, CEO John McConnell decided to get serious. In 2003 Worthington hired an outside vendor to implement a program called Healthy Choices that would track and improve workers' health. Workers who participate get cash credits of up to $50 a month toward their share...
...began with doughnuts and ended with pizza." After a heart attack in January 2006, McGee embraced the wellness program, which has since helped him quit smoking, change his diet and start walking four miles every day. His two daughters quit smoking too. Thanks to success stories like McGee's, Worthington saved $2.5 million in claims over the past two years, more than double what it has spent on the program, says Kay Cooke, director of benefits. That makes McGee proud: "We're a profit-sharing company, so I figure every dollar we save is a dollar in my pocket...
...While employers like Kaiser Permanente dangle cash incentives for workers who submit to health evaluations, others, like AstraZeneca, threaten higher premiums for not taking part. Scotts Miracle-Gro has gone so far as to fire a worker for smoking; he has since filed a federal lawsuit charging discrimination. Worthington CEO McConnell says he would never fire a worker for poor health, maybe because he's no Lance Armstrong himself: 6 ft. and 230 lbs., at 54, he is a lapsed jogger who sneaks a smoke some evenings and whose risk assessment is only moderate. Even for bosses, wellness doesn...
...future is capable of injecting a human's intelligence into a remotely located body, a biological body. It's not an avatar in the sense of just existing as ones and zeroes in cyberspace. It's actually a physical body. The lead character, Jake, who is played by Sam Worthington, has his human existence and his avatar existence. He'll be shown using live-action photography in 3-D and computer-generated imagery...
...character is a former Marine. The actor Sam [Worthington] is one of these young Australian guys who's gonna be the next Mel Gibson or Russell Crowe. It was about being able to stand up and lead men in battle. A lot of these up-and-coming guys don't have that strength...