Nov 09, 2009 -
Health reformers prepare for Senate hurdle
By Edward Luce in Washington
Published: November 8 2009 20:19 | Last updated: November 8 2009 20:19
The first thing Barack Obama did late on Saturday night following the passage of the healthcare bill in the House of Representatives was to phone the heads of three industry lobby groups to thank them for their support. Not included on the list was the largest insurance lobby group, American Health Insurance Plans, which doggedly continues to oppose Democratic reform efforts.
Amid all the late night celebrations after the razor-thin 220-215 vote for the bill, Karen Ignagni, head of AHIP, warned that it would be a much tougher battle to push reform through the Senate in the weeks ahead.
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Nov 06, 2009 -
RALEIGH -- The biggest long-term threat to U.S. national security might not be terrorists or weapons of mass destruction. According to a group of military leaders, it's homegrown obesity, ignorance and criminality, which together make seven of 10 target-age recruits ineligible to serve in the American armed forces.
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Aug 03, 2009 -
Cash For Clunkers is an economically unsound program that will only make the American economic situation worse. It transfers wealth from one group of people to another while simultaneously destroying real wealth and misallocating scarce capital away from its best use.
To understand why this is, you need only understand the Broken Window Fallacy.
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Apr 24, 2009 -
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Barack Obama to release up to 2,000 photographs of prisoner abuse
President Barack Obama is to release up to 2,000 photographs of alleged abuse at American prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan in a move which will fuel the uproar over CIA interrogation memos.
By Toby Harnden in Washington
Last Updated: 5:58PM BST 24 Apr 2009
The decision to make public the images sought in a legal action by the American Civil Liberties Union comes amid a political firestorm over alleged torture of detainees under President George W. Bush.
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Apr 17, 2008 -
Take this challenge and burn some fat while you do!
Here are the exercises to complete the BW 100:
20 Prisoner Squats
20 Push ups
10 Jumps
10 Inverted Rows
20 Alternating Forward Lunges
15 Close-grip Push ups
5 Chin-ups or Inverted Rows
Below you will find the video which explains all of the exercises if you are unsure of how to do them. You are to do it in less than 9 minutes...thats the challenge!
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Jun 08, 2007 -
I haven't had access to my gym for the last few weeks, and it has been difficult to get into an outdoor routine. This morning I took the dog for a 2.5 mile run. I actually managed to run 2 miles of it too ;-)
I'm beginning to lose definition so I really need to do some strength training or weight bearing exercises.
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Nov 23, 2007 -
Check Fergie´s interview on Allure magazine!
- Behold the Dutchess -
For pop star Fergie, life is good. A platinum album, movie deals, and a makeup contract.
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Sep 30, 2007 -
oooh, yay! I actually got in a good amount of working out on my days off the second shift/on working out! The only bummer is that I couldn't remember what this week's challenge move is while I was at the gym today.
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Aug 29, 2007 -
If you're looking at the date range and thinking this will be chockful of workouts . . .
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Jul 11, 2007 -
Remember Cedric Diggory.
Regrettably, I was not able to see the midnight opening of Order of the Phoenix last night. It was due largely to the movie unexpectedly being pushed up two days, and therefore having a midnight premiere awkwardly on a Tuesday night, but also because when I went to buy IMAX tickets last week they were sold out already.
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