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She simply got wrapped up in the lives of her two children, the local school board and her career as a real estate agent; she stopped making time for exercise."You kind of get complacent and you don't realize that the weight comes on, 20 pounds a year, 15 pounds a year," said Jacobs of Derry, N.H.Two years ago, when she realized she had reached 300 pounds, she decided something had to change. Diet programs hadn't worked and she was contemplating weight-loss surgery when a friend recommended a personal trainer at Training Effects gym in Londonderry. Jacobs called the gym and asked if she could come in for an appointment the following week. Trainer Bill Eacrett talked her into coming that day."I was a big girl," Jacobs said. "To walk into a gym, this is a training facility. There aren't a lot of 300-pound people.
Manufacturing expands moderately in November
NEW YORK — U.S. manufacturing expanded in November as new orders and production improved, but the pace of growth was a touch weaker than the prior month. The Institute for Supply Management, a Tempe, Ariz.-based trade group, said Monday that its manufacturing index registered 50.8 last month, down from 50.9 in October. A reading above 50 indicates growth; below that spells contraction. The results were slightly stronger than the 50.1 expected by analysts polled by Thomson/IFR Markets. ‘‘Manufacturing continued to grow during November, a trend that is now in its 10th month,’’ Norbert Ore, chairman of the institute’s business survey committee, said in a statement. ‘‘While other segments of the economy are struggling, manufacturing continues to grow due to continuing strength in new orders, and a recovery in production from last month,’’ he said.
A-Rod Close to Being Yankee for Life
After all the back and forth we've listened to in recent weeks, it looks like Alex Rodriguez is headed back to New York after all. As first reported on the Daily News Web site this morning, A-Rod and the Yankees have been talking behind the scenes about a deal to bring him back to the Bronx, and it looks like it will happen in the very near future. This is the right move for the Yankees. They bring back the best hitter in the game, at the price they wanted to pay him to begin with. The deal should be in the range of 10 years and $275 million, which gives them back the $21 million they lost from Texas when A-Rod opted out. For Rodriguez, it's the first step for him to restore his image, which has taken a beating since the opt out was announced during the World Series.
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