The new home-from-the-war movie, written by David Benioff and directed by Jim Sheridan, has been made with great devotion and sincerity, but nothing in it quite works.

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But to say that nothing works is wrong.

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"Today we have extremely sophisticated technological equipment that is extremely expensive to buy, but which contributes nothing to the financing of the works that circulate on that same equipment, " Culture Minister Aurelie Filipetti said following the release of the report.

BBC: French MPs use tablets in parliament (19 February 2013)

Government works projects may employ independent contractors, but such jobs are temporary, and this has nothing to do with creating jobs in the long run.

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Nothing in the documents tells me exactly how, or how well, this works, but it intrigues me, so I will look into for a future post.

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