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Wednesday, March 27, 2002
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US officials warn of widespread 'pre-diabetes' [Reuters Health eLine] "Experts estimate that the actual number of at-risk Americans is substantially higher, since obesity, the number-one risk factor for diabetes, remains rampant in young adults, adolescents and children."
Soon the fast food joints will be saying, "Would you like a shot of insulin with your super size value meal?"
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6:40:12 PM 
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Steelmakers say they have had to ration to their customers and raise prices because demand is outpacing supply, even as steep tariffs prepare to lock out millions of tons of imported steel. [Wall Street Journal]
Why does this situation remind me so much of Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand?
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10:33:23 AM
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Is life without television cruel and unusual punishment? A 60-year-old man was sentenced to house arrest without television "in order that he have ample opportunity to reflect on the ways of harm he has brought to his family." The defendant was willing to go for the deal rather than face prison, but his lawyers were outraged. "Given the state of the world and these dangerous and uncertain times, television is the primary way we get news," his attorney explained. The defendant's wife agreed: "A television is sort of like your umbilical cord to life," she said. [via EarlyToRise]
Without the TV, my wife and son are reading like mad. They are staying up to all hours reading, and are sometimes totally zonked the next day. That's the problem with a good book; it has a pause but you are not forced to wait until the next episode to see what happens. I've been reading to the kids nearly an hour a night, too.
I still spend too much time lusting over a Hitachi 53SWX12B 53" Digital 16:9 HDTV Monitor/Projection Television with anti-reflective screen. BUT! I've committed to waiting until my birthday to re-consider purchase. Or at least near my birthday. Or at least in the same year as my birthday. Yeah, it one of those kinds of commitments.
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10:22:36 AM
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Rick@Leaders.net.
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