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September 24th, 2010

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Why am I not surprised...

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U.S. has highest obesity rate among rich countries, report says
The U.S. ranked first in terms of obesity rates among the 33 richest countries in the world, according to a new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Unless industry, the public and the government work together to address the issue, three in four Americans will become overweight or obese by 2020, resulting in higher disease rates and health costs, the OECD said. USA TODAY (9/24)
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They needed to do a research study to find this out?!....

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Air conditioning helps minimize risks linked to heat
A California study found people with air conditioning at home were less likely to develop serious heat-related illnesses during extreme temperature hikes than people without air conditioning. The researchers found that increased hospitalization rates -- for pneumonia, stroke, diabetes, heat stroke and other conditions -- typically associated with temperature spikes were mediated by the use of air conditioning. Reuters (9/23
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Conan Doyle on writing

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From Conan Doyle's letter to his mother, summer/autumn 1883:

"...I must hurry on and write something larger & more ambitious. I want some three figure cheques and shall have them too. Why should I not have a future before me in letters. Surely no one ever went through a more successful novitiate. It is seldom indeed that my yarns have come to grief. James Payn had 20 refused in a year--I hardly ever have one now. I am conscious too of a well marked style of my own which should single me out among the crowd for good or for evil, could I only get my head above water & cry quack! quack! to the public."