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Vermont, which topped heavily favored four-seed Syracuse in the first round of the 2005 NCAA tournament, will offer the Crimson’s first competition when Harvard opens at home...
Changing industry dynamics, like the rapidly escalating costs of making a movie, caught DreamWorks off guard. Its $1 billion in seed money was perhaps a fifth of what was needed, says media investor Harold Vogel, author of Entertainment Industry Economics. But the backbreaker has been DVD sales, where many films now derive most of their profit. Moviemakers are so beholden to retailers like Wal-Mart and Best Buy that studio execs routinely confer with them before setting release dates. There are so many new releases that retailers afford each a much shorter shelf life. And with 80% of U.S. households...
...Latin al-Jazeera. Like the Qatar-based network, which since its debut in 1996 has become the broadcasting voice of the Arab world, Telesur (sur is Spanish for "south") aspires to be the medium through which Latin Americans see their news and culture. Some 70% of its $2.5 million seed money has been put up by oil-rich Venezuela and its flamboyant President, Hugo Chávez--whose leftist, often anti-U.S. agenda includes increased Latin American integration and a rejection of Yanqui-based TV like CNN en Español. "U.S. and European networks offer a good product, but they...
...evening, a resident chef prepares Western-style gourmet meals infused with local ingredients. Expect dishes like Nile perch poached in eucalyptus, and dessert such as wattle seed cheesecake. Members of the Titjikala community also make an appearance, regaling guests with stories from the Dreaming, the Aboriginal myth of creation. Later, tales are shared around a campfire, beneath a star-studded sky. Experienced like this, the vastness of the desert seems to resonate with the ancient traditions of a proud people?and the tourist traps of Sydney or Surfers Paradise couldn't seem farther away...
...charges against Zhu and Kimbara, Seed said he was not familiar with the details of the case and could not comment...