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...recent years, Toronto has emerged as the launchpad of choice for producers with an eye on Oscar gold - There Will Be Blood and Juno in 2007, Slumdog Millionaire and The Wrestler in 2008 - and Precious now has the buzz of a sure-fire Oscar nominee, particularly given the Academy's decision this year to expand the Best Picture slate to 10 titles. The rollout of Precious seems to be following the familiar playbook: gaining momentum at three key festivals (Sundance, Cannes and Toronto) and looking to convert critical support into public intrigue and attendance when the movie hits theaters...
...also protecting their own interests in a region that, after all, extends into the infamous Golden Triangle. Starved of other economic means, some rebel armies have resorted to dubious funding schemes, like selling opium, illegal timber and methamphetamines. During the ceasefire period, the junta largely turned a blind eye to such businesses, which financed spacious villas and golf courses for some ethnic commanders...
...cases of UPS and Kroger, for instance, you've gone up to the CEOs and essentially ambushed them with advice. How has that worked out for you? I'm very passionate about what I do. I will approach the CEO directly, I'll look them straight in the eye and say, "You're doing this wrong." They're always taken aback initially, and the people around them freak out. But I have gotten more business by being direct and honest than I ever got being obsequious and sycophantic...
...type of person who keeps one eye open while washing your face (the better to catch ghostly reflections in the mirror, of course), here's another horrifying bathroom scenario you might not want to hear: every time you turn on your shower, you are sprayed with a heavy mist of millions of bacteria, which get inhaled deep into your lungs...
...avoid a face full of bacteria each morning (Pace's team identified more than a dozen microbes other than M. avium in the showers they tested), let the shower run for a while before getting in. And remember to keep one eye open for zombies...