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...According to legend, Leonidas, King of the Spartans and the hero of Thermopylae, was a direct descendant of Heracles. For sure, 300 is a direct descendant of Le Fatiche di Ercole, the 1958 Italian sword-and-sandal epic directed by Pietro Francisci and starring California muscleman Steve Reeves. Entrepreneur Joe Levine bought the U.S. distribution rights to the movie (for $120,000), shortened the title to Hercules and booked it in more than 600 theaters - possibly the largest booking of that time, when films typically opened in a few big-city theaters, then slowly spread out to neighborhood bijous. Hercules...
...Many of the city's oil and gas companies have a long symbiotic relationship with the Middle East. Indeed, Emirates Airline announced last month that it would set up daily direct flights between Dubai and Houston by the end of this year. The flights will utilize several of the Emirates' 44 recently purchased Boeing 777s and will come equipped with eight private first-class cabins. But that still places top energy executives 17 hours away from what is becoming the new center of the oil industry. Lesar's move shows Halliburton is aware of business customs in much...
...There was confusion with the reporter,” Osburn said, adding that she was unfamiliar with Facebook. “He mischaracterized what I said.” NCAA rules apply to all student-athletes and athletic staff. In order to change them to include Facebook as a direct violation, the NCAA membership would have to submit a proposal to the Association itself. Osburn said the NCAA objects to bracket contests with fees or prizes because they promote gambling. The NCAA has launched an anti-gambling campaign under the slogan “Don?...
...latest filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the University still indirectly held $13.4 million in the three companies at the end of 2006. University spokesman John D. Longbrake said last month, before the students began collecting signatures, that Harvard’s divestment policy only applied to direct holdings. The divestment plan “does not extend to investment vehicles over which the University does not exercise direct control over composition and investment decisions,” Longbrake said. But Shapiro said HDAG still urged further divestment. “Either way, the money is still going...
...Asia is any indication, gaming addiction can extend far beyond childhood, and will soon require our direct attention. The South Korean government has had to fund more than 40 treatment programs that aim to deal with the huge problem of gaming and Internet addiction gripping its country. China too has been forced to deal with what it sees as an economic problem as well as a serious addiction. The government has decided to forcibly limit the playing hours of its more than 20 million daily gamers through a system of punishments within the virtual worlds themselves. Under a totalitarian regime...