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...Showtime president Robert Greenblatt told Ridley he wanted Barbershop to be a kind of urban-comedy M*A*S*H--a sitcom that would take a hit movie in a new direction. Before Greenblatt took over at Showtime, his production company made Ridley's UPN drama Platinum, a savvy look at the hip-hop business. Ridley also wrote Undercover Brother, a 2002 send-up of blaxploitation movies. "He's a really funny writer but also very intelligent," says Greenblatt. "I thought he would bring the right combination of humor and analysis to the series...
...much to suggest the immediate elimination of the hukou system, but the system should be changed: first to allow Chinese citizens to live where they want without excessive bureaucratic restrictions, and second to eliminate the distinction between rural and urban. Reform will mean more human mobility, which in turn means a freer labor force. Furthermore, large-city dwellers could move to other cities, giving middle-sized cities huge growth potential. Given the many social and economic advantages to hukou reform, it would be unwise for China's government to wait much longer...
Rounding out the slate of challengers is James Condit, a Libertarian; Andre Green, a 24-year-old Republican; Robert Hall, Sr.; Bill Hees, a second Libertarian; Robert La Trémouille, a longtime Cantabrigian who frequently denounces environmental destruction in the city; and Sam Siedel, an urban planner and 2001 graduate of the Design School...
...three remaining recipients were the SEED School in Washington, D.C., which enrolls about 320 urban students in grades seven through twelve; Youth Civic Engagement of the Hampton Coalition for Youth, in Hampton, Va., which offers extensive opportunities for teens to interact with city government; and the Systematic Code Enforcement Program in Los Angeles, a rigorous home- and apartment-inspection initiative...
...approximately 2 p.m. yesterday, the Cambridge Police Department (CPD) issued a radio alert describing two men suspected of shoplifting from the Urban Outfitters store in Harvard Square...