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...metaphors are up front: this is a movie as much about modern celebrity as about the Old West. Pitt carries himself with the ground-down grace of a star who's weary of fame. "Jesse is very conscious of his own mortality," says Dominik. "He's imprisoned by the weight of his own myth." The man is fixin' to die and waiting to see who'll be his executioner. Jesse could be Vincent Chase on HBO's Entourage, and the gang his posse. But instead of bathing in the overspill of his limelight, they're jealous, rancorous. Instead of partying...
...just a corporate problem either: the weight of retiree health-care costs could crush state and local governments. The largest employers in the U.S., state and local governments sign the paychecks for more than 16 million Americans, many of them with generous health benefits in retirement. Municipalities, unlike private companies, are not required to account for their unfunded retirement obligations, but they will be soon...
...last year, visits to the 624 websites that Hitwise tracks in the wellness category (which includes sites on weight loss and fitness) has increased by more than 20%. The Oprah effect aside - a Chinese weight-loss tea that she mentioned on her show is now the sixth most popular site visited in the category - television is playing an important role in our increased online awareness of the need to lose weight...
...bump in mid-September, a surge of interest online that coincides with the launch of the new fall TV line-up - including the premiere of NBC's hit reality show, The Biggest Loser, which pits teams of overweight contestants against each other to see who can lose the most weight...
Until a few years ago, says Sigal, American Diabetes Association guidelines recommended against weight training for diabetic people, particularly for older and longtime patients, "out of a fear that blood pressure may go too high and may cause problems - strokes or some kind of acute event - during exercise... That wasn't based on any real evidence." Today, the Association advises patients to exercise 30 minutes a day at least five days a week, and recommends routines similar to the ones Sigal studied: aerobic workouts (such as walking, swimming, biking), with weight training (with weights or bands) and practice in flexibility...