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...Genres. Would 3-D be a help or a hindrance to more intimate films - to the buddy comedies that are among the most reliable of Hollywood moneymakers, or to those prestige dramas, the high-minded equivalent of TV movies, that keep getting nominated for the Best Picture Oscar? These films don't want to establish a hyper-reality, just a familiar reality that brings the viewer immediately into the lives of their characters. Paul Blart, or the kids from Slumdog Millionaire, would not have benefitted from the in-your-lap urgency...
...ever seen in my life," says Ross Wheeler, CEO of Albury.net.au, a regional ISP, referring to the web-filtering plan. "Every ISP that I know of has either publicly or privately said it's technically and practically impossible." The leak was further black icing on the cake. Among the list's more than 1,000 entries were URLs for child porn, rape and bestiality sites as well as online gambling (some forms of which are illegal in Australia) and gay and straight pornography. But many sites appeared to have been blacklisted almost at random. A dentist from Queensland, whose website...
...reasons in favor of Geithner's proposals are too numerous to mention. Among them, and perhaps at the top of the list, is that proper regulation would have prevented all of the events which caused the credit crisis, and, perhaps in turn, the recession. It is impossible to say whether that is true, but it sounds true, which is even better. (Vote for the 2009 TIME 100 Finalists...
Viswanath added that the economic crisis has disproportionately affected certain groups, like the poor and disenfranchised, which leads to heightened public health concerns among these demographics. He said that when people lose jobs, they lose access to insurance and can no longer afford medication—another timely issue that Koh will have to address...
Ware said that Koh spearheaded a tobacco prevention program that led to a dramatic decline in smoking rates in the state, particularly among young people...