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The triathlon is about 1,973 years younger than Taekwondo, but that hasn’t hurt the popularity of this swimming, biking and running event. While the first triathlon was held in San Diego, Calif., in 1974, the sport started making waves in 1978 when the Hawaii Ironman contest was born. Three U.S. Marines dreamed up the Ironman as a contest to win bragging rights as best athlete. Read the rest of this entry »
The West Nile virus is spreading rapidly along the Atlantic coast and probably headed West, federal officials say.
The virus, native to Africa, made its first U. S. appearance in the New York City area in 1999, hitting the elderly particularly hard. About 60 people, whose median age was 71, were diagnosed with it that year; seven of them died.
According to the American Heart Association, more than 240,000 women die from heart disease each year — more than double the deaths from lung and breast cancer combined. Read the rest of this entry »
In photographs, DeRose, 36, conveys a shaven-headed, cold-stared toughness. In person, he’s soft-spoken, his dress ultracasual: jeans and a cream-and-forest-green baseball jersey. Back in the company’s New York office, he rambles a little, sounds bemused to find himself sitting in a cool cubicle in Lower Manhattan while the machine he built churns around him. Read the rest of this entry »
Clients who suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) may find relief in a regular exercise program, according to findings published in the September issue of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. CFS usually affects sufferers suddenly, with persistent symptoms including chronic exhausion, headaches, muscle and joint soreness, and swollen glands. Read the rest of this entry »
Asthma symptoms can have a number of causes, including exercise. In fact, most people who have asthma will at some time have symptoms brought on by exercise. People who have symptoms only during exercise are said to have “exercise-induced asthma.” Activities most likely to cause wheezing are those that are strenuous, such as running, bicycling and cross country skiing.
It is easy to set up a committee, put committee member’s names on letterhead, introduce them in the newsletter and then drop the responsibility as other things become more pressing. To take full advantage of your marketing opportunity, you’ll want to continually promote your committee to the local media, make them celebrities, acknowledge their expertise and contributions, and promote that they are unpaid supporters of a healthful lifestyle filled with exercise and good nutrition. This publicity will benefit your facility, your staff and the physicians and specialists on board. Read the rest of this entry »
In mild defense of Jed and Robb, the tribe didn’t seem to have much of a problem with leaving the net in the good hands of the team idiot and the team lazy-ass. Also, why didn’t anyone else help look for the net? If I were there, knowing how important the net was, I would’ve searched for the dang thing no matter who lost it. Read the rest of this entry »
Dr. David Satcher, the Surgeon General of the United States, says that US public health officials are anticipating an increase in depression as a result of the September 11 attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
Returning to Camp Skateboard, they are all asleep. Jed describes the scene to the cameras, “I wake up at the end of my little nap after I delegate my duties and there’s no fishnet to be found.”
(Note the words, “delegate my duties” which means I told other people to do my work because I’m a lazy-ass. Also notice the downplaying of nap to a “little” nap, thus trying to make it seem like napping wasn’t such a big deal.) Read the rest of this entry »