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...filmmaker and subdivided into films, Guest said, and the HFA has decided to keep that system. The gift continues more than a decade of Lothar Just’s philanthropic relationship with Harvard, who began working with Germanic Languages and Literature Professor Eric Rentschler in the 1990s to help obtain several hundred 35-millimeter German feature films for Harvard’s collection from the Film and Television Board of Bavaria in cooperation with German directors and producers. Just approached Rentschler around 2005 to offer donating his film collection, Rentschler said. “This is going to be seen...
...crusade for more page views and the advertising revenue that accompanies additional eyeballs. While big dailies like New York's Newsday and the Chicago Tribune have caught on to the trend, mug-shot mania is especially prevalent in Florida, where liberal public-records laws make it easier to obtain these photos. "It's a huge traffic driver for us," says Roger Simmons, digital-news manager for the Orlando Sentinel, where mug shots garner about 2.5 million page views a month, 6% of the site's total. The Palm Beach Post estimates its online police blotter, which streams...
Israel controls the Palestinian population registry, and according to Al-Mezan, it is nearly impossible for Palestinians like El Frani to obtain an ID card. "There is only one mechanism, which is family reunification," says Mahmoud Abu Rahma, the group's communications director. "It's very complex and it takes years of trying to obtain this ID card...
...Angeles attorney specializing in the electronics industry and digital media, "you could easily see a doubling of energy consumption. That is the impetus behind these regulations. Most industry people think they will be adopted." The state's Energy Commission reports that the voluntary Energy Star program would "only obtain 27% of the calculated $8.1 billion in potential energy savings for consumers" that would result from the proposed standards...
Both Hujar Orr and Matteson agree that the term has outlived its usefulness in the Le case. When an investigation of an individual reaches the point that police are able to obtain search warrants for DNA evidence, they argue, it's time to stop dubbing someone a person of interest - and start calling the person a suspect...