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...opening shot of “Dan in Real Life,” the latest film from “Pieces of April” director Peter Hedges, focuses, naturally, on Dan. Dan wakes up, takes a moment to collect himself, sighs and says “O.K.” This is his first and last moment of tranquility for the day. Such thoughtful moments redeem what could be dismissed as yet another cliché romantic comedy, complete with an out-of-touch parent struggling to raise his children and have a personal life. Meet Dan Burns: a widowed...
...Iranians are convinced we are arming and funding the PJAK. Sources tell me that our military meets the PJAK to collect intelligence on Iran, particularly concerning Iran's meddling in Iraq. Money no doubt changes hands. But who knows whether it goes to the PJAK to buy bullets or snitches. Under Title X, the U.S. code that governs the war in Iraq, the military is not obligated to sort out what the money is used for. Anyhow, who really cares in the middle...
...with “a strange looking fowle,” as recounted in Pinto-Correia’s book. These dodos on display disappeared, leaving some to assume they had died in captivity.Many, including Berry, believe one of the birds surfaced—stuffed—in the collection of John Tradescant Sr., the former royal gardener to King Charles I. Tradescant Sr. continued to collect exotic plants and birds, helping to spawn England’s 17th-century “Cabinet of Curiosity” movement, a craze that would endure well into the Victorian...
...replace aging infrastructure, partnering with private players is the biggest idea to come along since the interstate highway system started ribboning the country with asphalt in the 1950s. The appeal: governments can stop worrying about roads, bridges and tunnels, and companies get lucrative leases that allow them to collect money from drivers for generations. The craze is being driven by investors who crave the steady cash flow of decades' worth of tolls. There are 71 projects worth $104 billion being considered for private development by state and local governments, according to the publication Public Works Financing. The proposals are feeding...
...treasury by $1.8 billion by selling a 99-year lease of the Chicago Skyway to Spanish roads operator Cintra and Australian bank Macquarie. At about the same time, Texas bagged $1.2 billion to let a Cintra-led consortium build the first part of the Trans-Texas Corridor and collect tolls on it for 50 years. In 2006 Indiana signed a 75-year lease for the 157-mile (253 km) Indiana Toll Road in exchange for $3.8 billion, funding the state's transportation needs for the next decade--and grabbing the attention of other budget-conscious states. "It was an earthquake...