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...destroying the forest for agriculture. But with 120,000 households around Ulu Masen, even a multimillion-dollar sale of carbon credits might amount to only $100 to $200 a year per family, estimates Linkie. The money might be better pooled to build schools, bridges or other projects that would benefit the entire community. However it is distributed, a very clear message must be sent to the local communities, says Linkie: "You're getting this [money] because you're not cutting down the forest...
...agencies argue their efforts give them insights that can benefit their conventional customers. "We do a lot of learning this way," says Barnett of Brooklyn Brothers. "It gives us a greater understanding of clients' businesses." Another potential payoff, says Ruth Mortimer, associate editor at Marketing Week, is that collaboration can inspire greater creativity and risk-taking. For the launch of Relentless, Erasmus created a 30-minute surfing documentary to position the brand for the extreme-sports set. "It's a more sophisticated type of advertising than we're used to seeing with Coke," Mortimer says...
Although many regions of Africa could benefit from the establishment of a similar program, Elkins said that Harvard chose to set up the program in South Africa because of the University’s decades-long relationship with that nation and because Harvard administrators hope that the program might serve as a model for the region...
...it’s funny” is to misunderstand the extent to which this violent and confused baboon of a movie is “bad.” Though some might try to give this latest martial arts melodrama the benefit of the doubt and call it “ironic,” “Ninja Assassin” has few fleeting moments of conscious self-deprecation. Its only redeeming characteristic, its constant flow of gasp-inducing, gory fight scenes, is undermined and rendered largely impotent by the frailty of its plot and characters...
...purpose of this addition is ambiguous, but any intended benefit is undermined by a horribly overplayed performance from Theron. Her tearfully dramatic interpretation of domestic strife, which might work well in another context, falls flat when juxtaposed with the quieter but far more affecting despair that permeates the rest of the film. Mortensen nearly resorts to similar overacting in the flashbacks, but he redeems himself in the main narrative with a perfect balance of subdued hopelessness and occasional sparks of faith. Rarely raising his voice above a low mumble, the father is still as vibrant a character as Mortensen...