the Economy or Destabilizing Neighborhoods?”A report by the New York attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, released last fall, found that three quarters of Airbnb listings in the city were illegal.It also found that commercial operators – not the middle-class New Yorkers in the ads – were making millions renting spaces exclusively to Airnbnb guests (mainly in Lower Manhattan, Williamsburg and Greenpoint).In a letter sent to elected officials last week, Airbnb said that most of its local hosts – 87 percent – were residents who rented their spaces infrequently “to pay their bills and stay in their
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Last year, ‘password’ topped the list so I guess we can find some small progress in the fact that most people are just typing integers as their passwords as opposed to robotically typing in the worst password you could ever use. Heck, we’re even using ‘dragon,’ a symbol of strength and fiery vengeance that is, sadly, also a horrible password.
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Tilikum measures 22.5 feet (6.9 m) long and weighs 12,000 pounds (5,400 kg).[4] His pectoral fins are 7 feet (2.1 m) long, his fluke curls under, and his 6.5 foot (2.0 m)-tall dorsal fin is collapsed completely to his left side. He is the largest orca in captivity. Tilikum's vocals are higher than other male orcas his size.[citation needed]
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human stories than animal rights; maybe 20 Feet From Stardom took the Best Documentary Feature category’s only “commercial hit” spot; maybe a majority of voters believe SeaWorld’s side of the story.Regardless, Blackfish is as breathtaking as a killer whale leaping into the air — and it certainly deserved the Academy’s consideration.
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deployed. Her filmmaking itself is remarkably restrained, especially considering both Blackfish‘s subject matter and the gimmickry that often comes with agenda-pushing docs. (See: Moore, Michael.) Cowperthwaite and her team should also be commended for convincing so many former orca trainers to speak on the record, which can’t have been easy.
Nominated for Nothing: 'Blackfish' | PopWatch | EW.com
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back against the revelations in Blackfish in e-mails to film critics, op-eds lauding SeaWorld's rescue and conservation work, and full-page newspaper advertisements.Despite this counter-offensive, the Blackfish effect could get a major boost this week, on January 16, when Academy Award nominations will be announced. The film has been shortlisted for a Best Documentary nomination and a formal nomination would bring it another blast of publicity. Already, Blackfish has been viewed by millions of people in
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on LinkedIn Share on Tumblr Resize Text Print Article Comments 9 By Roberto A. Ferdman December 12, 2014 The troubles of SeaWorld are once again on public display — and so, too, is the power of a single documentary. Jim Atchison, the chief executive of SeaWorld Entertainment, which operates SeaWorld theme parks, resigned Friday morning. Atchison's departure comes on the heels of what has been a terrible year
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