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...blessing in the early scenes, which have as much peeing and belching as a PG-13 rating will allow, and where the strangely Shrekish-looking Hrothgar staggers about drunkenly in a toga that is ever in danger of slipping off his mammoth body. It also takes a while to grow accustomed to the faces of Hrothgar, his wife Wealthow (Robin Wright Penn) and the oily counselor Unferth (John Malkovich). The faces have lines and creases, but they don't look lived in. This quibble subsides when Beowulf appears. The political drama of the palace is instantly amped up to mythical...
...surprising success of Eden is also a sign of how green concerns have become a daily part of British life. London broadsheets follow global-warming news the way their tabloid counterparts cover soccer and missing British children. The country's growing environmental industries were worth more than $50 billion in 2005, a figure expected to grow to $94 billion by 2015. And politicians on both sides of the aisle compete to look greener - David Cameron, the young leader of the Conservative Party, even changed his party's traditional freedom-torch symbol to an oak tree to trumpet his environmental credentials...
Mauritius is the development darling of Africa. The IMF predicts its real GDP will grow 4.1% this year. Known for high-end tourism, Mauritius is making its mark as a hub of global business, with taxes at a uniform 15% for individuals and businesses, and regulations so streamlined it takes three days to set up a company and $200 a year in fees to run it. Woo's business, the Compagnie Mauricienne de Textile, founded in 1986, is part of that boom. Its Port Louis factory is so big that workers use roller skates to get around...
...general, says Sala-i-Martin, the data show that democracy in developing countries is a wash. "That doesn't mean democracy isn't desirable," he says. "It just doesn't help economic growth." As countries grow richer, though, many--like Chile, Spain and Greece--adopt democracy. "Democracy," says Sala-i-Martin, "seems to be what economists would call a luxury good." Demand for it increases as incomes rise...
...findings, published online this month in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may help explain why many children diagnosed with ADHD eventually grow out of it, as their brains slowly become more similar to those of their peers. The study will continue to track hundreds of adolescents to see if any of the ADHD kids ever fully catch up. More research is also needed to determine why half the kids with the disorder still have it as adults...