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In 2007 Mississippi was named the fattest state in the nation, according to calorielab.com. It is reported that two-thirds of Mississippi adults are overweight and 30 percent are considered obese. Mississippi recently introduced House Bill 282 on Jan. 25, 2007, which "prohibits food establishments from serving food to any person who is obese," as was stated on billstatus.

This past week I saw something that was absolutely disturbing - no, not the Phoenix Suns trade for Shaq (though that came in at a close second) - the advertising campaign by the Independent Women's Forum against V-Day. The advertisement features a group of women outside the opening of the "Vagina Monologues," with cupid in the foreground, held back by his ball-and-chain, presumably put on by these "radical feminists" at the play who have destroyed romance.

Chinese New Year is the most important festivity for the Chinese people. It is also called the Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year. Every year is assigned an animal's name: the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.