WASHINGTON [url=http://www.boomjour.com/vans-old-skool-hvid-dk.html]Vans Old Skool Hvid DK[/url] , June 18 (Xinhua) -- Americans who have been out of work for a year or more are much more likely to be obese, which could lead to even longer stints of unemployment for workers applying for jobs that require hard physical labor, Gallup found in a poll released Wednesday.
Long term joblessness -- unemployment lasting longer than 27 weeks -- continues to be at crisis levels in the U.S. amid this most sluggish recovery from the worst recession in decades.
With the long term unemployed prone to sitting around the house with little to do but snack and watch TV, Gallup found the obesity rate rises from 22.8 percent among those unemployed for two weeks or less to 32.7 percent among those unemployed for 52 weeks or more.
One main concern is that employers in industries that require manual labor, such as manufacturing and construction, may be less likely to hire candidates who are clearly out of shape. If so, workers in these industries -- who already earn lower wages, on average, than those in knowledge-based sectors -- may be even more likely to be caught in a negative cycle of joblessness and poor health, Gallup found.
More broadly, private employers' high healthcare costs might lead them to avoid taking chances on those who pose greater health risks, particularly in this still weak economy. As a result, candidates who are obese and who have been out of work for 27 weeks or more may have two strikes against them even before they sit down for an interview, Gallup found.
Other risks more common among the long term unemployed are high cholesterol and high blood pressure. Gallup and Healthways, a global well-being improvement leader, also track the percentages of Americans who say they currently have or are being treated for health conditions such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
In both cases, the differences between the short-term unemployed and the long-term unemployed are striking, with those out of work for 27 weeks or more twice as likely to say they currently have high blood pressure or high cholesterol.
Over the longer term, one of the most worrisome implications is that many of those who have been unemployed for a prolonged period may suffer chronic health problems even if they successfully re-enter the workforce.
A 2009 study of Pennsylvania workers laid off in the 1970s and 1980s found that even 20 years later, these workers were 10 percent to 15 percent more likely to die in a given year than those who had not suffered a job loss, Gallup found.
BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump haswrapped up a two-day tour to Saudi Arabia that aimed to "reset"U.S. relations with the conflict-laden region, although hisstatements revealed more ambiguities than explicitness in dealingwith the spiny problems in the Middle East.
The visit came as the dynamics between the United States and theregion's major players are moving in unpredictable directions. Thefollowing listed some major highlights that have hit the headlinesin Trump's stay in Riyadh.
WHOPPING ARM SALES
Trump and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud signed defenseand business deals worth 280 billion U.S. dollars, which analystssaid eyes to shore up the U.S.-Saudi defense ties and representsthe most substantial gain of his first overseas trip since takingoffice.
According to local Al Arabiya news, U.S. defense contractorRaytheon announced partnership with Saudi military industries,under which Raytheon's Arab branch will help develop smart weaponsand air defense systems in Saudi Arabia.
Boeing Company also announced that Saudi Arabia has agreed tobuy Chinook helicopters, associated support services and guidedweapons systems, and purchase P-8 surveillance aircraft. Thecompany also said it will negotiate the sale of up to 16 widebodyairplanes to Saudi Gulf Airlines.
U.S. General Electric (GE) also signed 15-billion-dollar dealswith Saudi Arabia to boost the latter's non-oil economy.
However, the whopping military deals have sparked concerns bothin Israel and Iran.
Yuval Steinitz, an Israeli senior Cabinet minister and confidantof Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said Saudi Arabia is "ahostile country" and the deal was "definitely something that shouldtrouble us."
Meanwhile, in the first reaction to Trump's visit after IranianPresident Hassan Rouhani's re-election to a second term, IranianForeign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also tweeted on Sunday thatWashington may be "milking" Saudi Arabia, Tehran's Gulf rival, ofbillions' dollars.
"Iran -- fresh from real elections -- attacked by @POTUS in thatbastion of democracy & moderation. Foreign Policy or simplymilking KSA of $480B?" Zarif tweeted.
UNCERTAINTIES IN U.S. MIDDLE EAST POLICIES
In the just-concluded Arab Islamic American summit, Trumpdelivered a speech, the centerpiece of his tour, to leaders of 55Islamic countries, which many analysts said indicates hisambiguities on Middle East policy.
In his 30-minute speech, Trump called on Arab leaders to dotheir fair share to "drive out" terrorism from their countries. "Abetter future is only possible if your nations drive out theterrorists and drive out the extremists," he said.
"Drive them out! Drive them out of your places of worship. Drivethem out of your communities. Drive them out of your holy land anddrive them out of this earth," he added.
Trump's signature term "radical Islamic terrorism" wasreportedly not included in the speech. Instead, he used "Islamistextremism," which refers to Islamism as political movement ratherthan Islam as a religion, a distinction that he had frequentlyattacked his predecessor Barack Obama for making.
Trump had frequently attacked Muslims on the campaign trail lastyear and tried to ban many from entering the United States sincetaking office. But according to U.S. Secretary of State RexTillerson, he "is clearly in. [url=http://www.cheapjerseysdevils.com/]Cheap Devils Jerseys[/url] [url=http://www.cheapjerseyscanucks.com/]Cheap Vancouver Canucks Jerseys[/url] [url=http://www.cheapcapitalsjerseys.com/]Cheap Washington Capitals Jerseys[/url] [url=http://www.cheapbluesjerseys.com/]Cheap St.Louis Blues Jerseys[/url] [url=http://www.cheapparissaintgermainjerseys.com/]Cheap Paris Saint-Germain FC Jerseys[/url] [url=http://www.cheapliverpooljerseys.com/]Cheap Liverpool FC Jerseys[/url] [url=http://www.cheapleicestercityjerseys.com/]Cheap Leicester City FC Jerseys[/url] [url=http://www.cheapjuventusjerseys.com/]Cheap Juventus FC Jerseys[/url] [url=http://www.cheapjerseysrealmadrid.com/]Cheap Real Madrid CF Jerseys[/url] [url=http://www.cheapintermilanjerseys.com/]Wholesale Inter Milan FC Jerseys[/url]