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...career got a boost with A History of Violence, a project, based on a graphic novel, that this total filmmaker joined as director only. The tale of a small-town businessman (Viggo Mortensen) whom some visiting thugs say is a mob enforcer back in the big city, and the effect this has on his family, A History of Violence earned a heap of critics' prizes and two Oscar nominations. Now Cronenberg is, for the moment, a helmer for hire. His new film, which opens this Friday in some U.S. cities, was written by Steve Knight, author of the multi-ethnic...
...obesity prevention programs, the study found a two-thirds decrease in self-induced vomiting and the abuse of diet pills and laxatives among girls at schools that implemented a two-year health program called “5-2-1-Go!” “The protective effect we found for girls was very strong,” said lead author S. Bryn Austin, an assistant professor at both Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). “It cut the risk for girls by two-thirds, that’s really quite...
...Phillips said that these first projects “are a way to generate some excitement, while offsetting some of the need to draw electricity off the grid.” If publicized correctly and actively, renewable energy projects such as these will hopefully have a much broader, twofold effect...
...Good, Clean Eating Asking if there are real benefits to organic fruits and vegetables, Dr. Sanjay Gupta said, "scientists have yet to document a definite, long-term negative effect of pesticides on our bodies" [Sept. 3]. Pesticides are poisons designed to kill living things. It is because pesticides are harmful that there are limits on pesticide residues. These limits assume that everyone eats an average diet. If you eat more than the average amount of any one food, you exceed the safe limit. Don Steinke, Vancouver, Washington...
...these protesters are asking." Even some of Burma's normally silent neighbors have piped up. In a landmark statement last month, lawmakers from ASEAN, of which Burma is a member, publicly castigated China for its continued support of the regime. (Beijing's economic patronage has blunted the effect of international sanctions imposed on the junta, punitive measures that many Burmese support.) "We know the world is on our side now," says Aung Zaw, a former student activist who lives in northern Thailand and edits a Burma-focused publication called the Irrawaddy. "That moral support is very important for the people...