Where's my home? No idea but this world feels like a cool place to call home.
Unfocused postings on whatever catches my attention, makes me think or demands that I point and shoot.
It looks like a typical crowded street except this is the Champs
Elysees and the complete champs is closed - converted in to a nature
park for two days.
It's rare to be surprised in hotels but last night I stayed in the
Westin, just off Place Vendome and found this great art exhibit in the
lobby. It's called the Clean Art Project and all the pixels are made
up of objects found in the oceans across the world.
Yes there's a well dressed guy in the fountain searching for coins.
The things we do to live in this city. Fond memories.
To hear that Air France is now considering charging more for obese passengers on their flights (as reported in Le Monde today) , I knew it was time to check in on the subject of obesity in France.
I had heard reports of the increasing problem last year and this article http://bit.ly/6fwgKi provides the meat behind the problem based on a study by TNS Sofres Healthcare with the Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Roche. Here are some of the facts that are concerning French politicians right now: Some 26% of French women are now considered overweight, and 15.1% are clinically obese. The average French person is packing on nearly 7 pounds a year for the past 12 years. 6.5 million French, 14.5% of the population, are now obese. And finally, it's a sociodemographic issue. The rate of obesity is higher, 22%, among those earning less than 900 euros ($1,343) a month. Among those who made more than 5,301 euros ($7,910) a month, the rate was just 6%. China and India are apparently going the same way. This is a major issue worldwide. If France is suffering so much, we now need to do something serious about it.
