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Lower sale prices aren't just a bummer for indie filmmakers; the prices also undercut the economics of American filmmaking, denying investors the sale price needed just to break even. Hope says some sales do happen for less money but they are not true business deals. "The international films can sell for low six figures to what buyers remain here precisely because they are subsidized by their local governments...
...Schwarzenegger called it "an historic agreement" and promised to sign into law. "Water is the lifeblood of everything we do in California," Schwarzenegger said. "Without clean reliable water, we cannot build, we cannot farm, we cannot grow, we cannot prosper." (See a story about the water crisis in the American west...
...American health care ranks really high in terms of the effectiveness with which way we can treat people,” Cohen said. “But it doesn’t necessarily rank high in terms of its comprehensive care, how we handle long term care, or whether—after we do something acute to try and help—we then continue to help...
...media loves epidemics. Every year the public is bombarded with headlines that leverage scary acronyms like SARS, MRSA, and H5N1 to capture our attention. This alphabet soup of pandemics is part and parcel of a perennial American diet consisting of hype and overreaction to illnesses with miniscule mortality rates...
...Administration official tells TIME that "the key goal [is] to avoid confusion among American ambassadors and foreign partners as to who on the U.S. country team is responsible for intelligence. Clarity and consistency count. For that reason, among others, there won't be any change in the role of CIA station chiefs, who have managed the nation's overseas intelligence system for well over 60 years." The official adds, "Since the DNI was established, station chiefs have also served as DNI representatives, and that arrangement, too, will continue...