NEW YORK — Before the recession, Amie Crawford was an interior designer, earning $50,000 a year patterning baths and cabinets...
Dec
13
Smokestack victim: 'Everything he did, he had fun doing it'
Label: WorldThe man, 23, was trying to take a photo from the top of the Intercontinental Hotel on Michigan Avenue. (Posted Dec. 13th, 2012) ...
A Minute With: Director Peter Jackson on shooting “The Hobbit”
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – After bringing J.R.R. Tolkien‘s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy to life, filmmaker Peter Jackson is back in the world of Middle Earth with the author’s prequel, “The Hobbit.”The three-film series is due to open in U.S. theaters on Friday with “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.”The Oscar-winning director, 51, told Reuters about the 3D film, including the 48 frames per second...
World’s Population Living Longer, New Report Suggests
Label: HealthA sharp decline in deaths from malnutrition and diseases like measles and tuberculosis has caused a shift in global mortality patterns over the past 20 years, according to a new report, with far more of the world’s population now living into old age and dying from diseases more associated with rich countries, like cancer and heart disease. The shift reflects improvements in sanitation, medical...
Illinois foreclosures up for 11th month
Label: Business Foreclosure activity in Illinois posted the 11th straight year-over-year increase in November, but compared with a month earlier,...
Dec
12
Police: Oregon mall shooting victims identified
Label: World The gunman who killed two people and himself in a shooting rampage at an Oregon mall was 22 years old and used a stolen rifle...
‘The Hobbit’: Like One Bad Video Game
Label: TechnologyPerhaps the most exciting thing about Peter Jackson‘s landmark, blockbuster Lord of the Rings films was that they made fans, through a combination of stunning landscapes and intricate special effects and soaring music and dramatic spectacle, feel as though we were seeing an almost impossible elevation of the potential size and scope of movies. Here was a rich, dense, sprawling series of films that...
How “Life of Pi” animators visualized Ang Lee’s blank slate
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – “Life of Pi” is a movie that has the proverbial cast of thousands… of animals, that is. In one shot set on the ocean, there are 40,000 flying fish. In another one set on a floating island, there are 60,000 meerkats. And not one of them was living and breathing, of course.“No real meerkats were used,” senior animation supervisor Erik-Jan De Boer told the audience at an effects-themed...
Fed adds another $45B per month in stimulus
Label: Business The Federal Reserve ramped up its stimulus to the economy on Wednesday, expressing disappointment with the pace of recovery...
Dec
11
Michigan governor signs right-to-work legislation
Label: WorldRight to Work Protestors - Capitol Rotunda. (Posted: Dec. 11, 2012). LANSING, Mich.— ...
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