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  • Corps beefs up fitness standards to help portly Marines slim down

    08/28/2008 9:58:53 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 42 replies · 215+ views
    San Diego Union - Tribune ^ | 8/27/08 | Craig Gustafson
    Put down that bag of chips, maggot, and give me 50! Gen. James Conway, commandant of the Marine Corps, didn't say those exact words when he issued a shape-up-or-ship-out message to all Marines, but he might as well have. The nation's top Marine has created a rigorous fitness test to gauge combat readiness and has ordered strict enforcement of body-fat standards that he said have become lax in recent years. “Tendencies toward increased weight have become a dangerous trend over the last decade in our American society. But Marines are different,” Conway wrote in an Aug. 8 message. About 100...
  • Housing agency works to accommodate 772-pound tenant

    11/17/2003 9:53:58 AM PST · by mansion · 80 replies · 799+ views
    Cleveland.com ^ | 11/17/03 | The Associated Press
    CLEVELAND (AP) -- The city's public housing agency is trying to resolve a lengthy dispute by accommodating the needs of a 772-pound tenant immobilized by her weight. Carmen Bowen, 44, has been involved in a two-year dispute with the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority over how much work must be done to help her move around her apartment. The agency is about to provide her with a handicapped-accessible apartment with extra space to allow an oversized wheelchair to turn. Bowen lives with her 19-year-old son and a caregiver. Still, Bowen filed a discrimination complaint, saying the agency took too long. Housing...