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...Applied Sciences on July 1, he isn't finished with temporary positions just yet. The applied physics professor will serve as interim director of the Center for Nanoscale Systems, where his most visible responsibility will be the far-from-nano task of reducing the center's $6.1 million budget by as much as 20 percent while seeking to maintain the quality of its research opportunities. Colleagues praised Spaepen both for his administrative experience and his background as a material scientist. “I think he enjoyed being head of [Harvard's] Rowland Institute, but he has sort...
...million mark in domestic gross in only eight days, out-sprinting last year's Sex and the City by a day. What happens in Vegas, apparently, goes everywhere fast. And here's one more stat that should tickle the bosses at Warner Bros.: The Hangover's budget was about $35 million - less than a fifth of the Pixar film...
...Hyundai has a reputation for selling cars to the budget-minded. But last year, as U.S. auto sales plunged, incentives such as rebates and fancy financing schemes weren't moving wheels off the lots as they usually did. John Krafcik, chief executive of the American subsidiary of the South Korean carmaker, polled consumers to find out why. The answer: fear. "The root cause was not that the deals weren't good," Krafcik says. "So many of them said, 'I'm afraid of losing...
Endangered Forests. See California's state parks before they succumb to the state's budget crisis. Molera Horseback Tours will guide you through ancient redwood groves or for an amble along the beach at sunset in Big Sur's Andrew Molera State Park. You can stay nearby at Big Sur River Inn, where residents lounge in the shallows of the Big Sur River in comfy wicker chairs. Trail rides start at $40; room rates start at $125. Highway 1 at Pheneger Creek, Big Sur, Calif...
...Around Rockwell, and on a low budget, Jones has created a plausible environment - sterile on the inside, grungy on the lunar surface - that would drive anybody nuts. He guides the film at a tempo that is both measured and assured; here, it's clear, is a director who knows how to get the viewer on his pensive wavelength. Mass-audience action fans may plead for more stuff to happen, but they should attend to the tensions within the silences, in a place where no one can hear Sam scream...