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...Cash of the Titans The rush to 3-D began in earnest early last year, with much tub-thumping about how A-list directors like Steven Spielberg and James Cameron were testing the format. The box office verified that interest: four of the top dozen domestic hits of 2009 were shown in 3-D. Three were animated features: Up, Monsters vs Aliens and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. The fourth film: Avatar. James Cameron's eco-epic, which quickly became the No. 1 moneymaker in movie history, proved a couple of things about 3-D. In the right hands...
...crops and helped farmers sell them. One crucial problem, he says, is that the roads in southern Afghanistan are too dangerous for farmers to drive their crops to local markets. Groups of armed drug traffickers, meanwhile, travel through the countryside, buying opium and cannabis at the farm gates for cash. For many farmers in the area, making a living and staying alive - sadly - go hand in hand...
...meet with anyone or get any tips before the chase started? I had some obvious advice like, "Don't use your cell phone," and some then some really cool advice like, "Don't take tons of cash because you might lose it all. Instead, use an ATM, but only use it right before you travel." The other people I met were victims of the database state, people who had suffered as a result of details being lost or misappropriated. I met a girl who couldn't get a job because she's on some criminal database as a shoplifter...
...technology-savvy, there is also a Green Video contest. The winner, according to advertisements, will receive an impressive $700 in prize money—plenty of cash to spend on a shopping spree, in the Square, or even on late-night coffee (but only with recyclable cups) in Lamont Caf?...
Meanwhile, in Marjah, Mangal was telling the local elders that he didn't want them growing poppies next year. He will offer them cash incentives not to. "When you cultivate poppies, you are not contributing to life," he told them. "You can produce food and build our country." A few of the elders raised their eyebrows and nodded at each other; a few others smiled...