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...rises and an old bad guy assumes a position of great power. "This has only just begun," one of them says, explicitly promising or threatening a sequel. Will there be more of the same? It doesn't matter to me, or I to the filmmakers; my G.I. tract, in fact the communal contumely of critics, is irrelevant to box-office performance. G.I. Joe could be a Transformers-size hit, or it could be another The Golden Compass, the first episode of the His Dark Materials novels; that film cost $180 million and helped drive New Line Cinema out of business...
Ludwig gives parents tips on how to work with their kids, not against them, by reinforcing good habits instead of punishing bad ones. He tells pediatricians to relay a "message of hope" when they talk to families with overweight children. Obesity is not destiny, and in fact, because kids are still growing, they may have an easier time getting back to a healthy weight than adults do. "Most of the time, we're not talking about kids losing weight. Most of the time, we're talking about kids maintaining their weight while their height catches up," says Michigan's Davis...
...stay open unless so many children or staffers are sick that teaching becomes difficult. This is a change from the spring, when some school districts simply shut down for a week or more as students began getting symptoms. U.S. officials now believe wholesale shutdowns are unnecessary, given the fact that the bug is already so widespread, and potentially too disruptive. When schools close, many parents have to stay home from work, disabling an already fragile economy. Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, recommends that all families begin planning contingencies for handling a child who has to spend...
...move, which now appears likely, will be a decision by Washington to undertake potentially one of the largest and fastest public vaccination campaigns in U.S. history. Sometime in October and November, federal officials will probably recommend inoculating 160 million Americans who are most at risk of infection. Despite the fact that the shots will be free, the campaign will not be easy: last year only 40% of the U.S. population took the time to get a regular flu shot. And the H1N1 vaccine is going to require some commitment. Officials say health workers will need to administer at least...
...other nation on earth assimilates immigrants as successfully as the United States. There are those who argue that we can no longer afford to open our doors so wide, but in fact precisely the opposite is true. Beyond giving sentimental, self-flattering lip service to our history as "a nation of immigrants," the sooner we can agree on a coherent and correctly self-serving national immigration policy - that is, to encourage and enable as many as possible of the world's smartest and most ambitious and open-minded people to become Americans - the better our chances of forestalling national decline...