Theater Night Update 5-27-08

Hello Everyone -

Just a quick update. We should hear this week on Tank's case, it went to trial this past Friday. Please visit the www.freedomtoact.com website for additional updates. Also, Bugg's Place is having a fund raiser and I would encourage all of you to attend to show your support.

On with the Show!



Fund Raiser at Bugg's Place

JUNE 14TH SATURDAY IS BUGGS LEGAL AID FUNDRAISER...BAND STARTS AT 6 AND PLAYS TILL WHENEVER. PLEASE COME OUT AND HELP BUGGS WITH HIS FUNDRAISER. HE IS THE LITTLE MAN STANDING UP TO THE BIG MAN. ......FIGHT FOR YOUR FREEDOM TO SMOKE....PLEASE VISIT US AT WWW.MYSPACE.COM/BUGGSBAR FOR MORE INFORMATION.
BUGGS BAR
925 NORTH CONCORD
SOUTH SAINT PAUL, MN 55075
651-455-2195
THANK YOU,
Crystal Bentson




Unbelievable Article

Obesity contributes to global warming: study
Thu May 15, 2008 7:03pm EDT

By Michael Kahn
GENEVA (Reuters) - Obesity contributes to global warming, too.
Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat, and the problem will worsen as the population literally swells in size, a team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine says.
This adds to food shortages and higher energy prices, the school's researchers Phil Edwards and Ian Roberts wrote in the journal Lancet on Friday.
"We are all becoming heavier and it is a global responsibility," Edwards said in a telephone interview. "Obesity is a key part of the big picture."
At least 400 million adults worldwide are obese. The World Health Organization (WHO) projects by 2015, 2.3 billion adults will be overweight and more than 700 million will be obese.
In their model, the researchers pegged 40 percent of the global population as obese with a body mass index of near 30. Many nations are fast approaching or have surpassed this level, Edwards said.
BMI is a calculation of height to weight, and the normal range is usually considered to be 18 to 25, with more than 25 considered overweight and above 30 obese.
The researchers found that obese people require 1,680 daily calories to sustain normal energy and another 1,280 calories to maintain daily activities, 18 percent more than someone with a stable BMI.
Because thinner people eat less and are more likely to walk than rely on cars, a slimmer population would lower demand for fuel for transportation and for agriculture, Edwards said.
This is also important because 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions stem from agriculture, he added.
The next step is quantifying how much a heavier population is contributing to climate change, higher fuel prices and food shortages, he added.
"Promotion of a normal distribution of BMI would reduce the global demand for, and thus the price of, food," Edwards and Roberts wrote.
(Editing by Stephen Weeks)

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSL1572011320080515?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=22&sp=true



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