Word: backgrounders
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...years after she began filming in Pine Flat, Lockhart set up a studio where the children could have their portrait taken. As posing is what many children do best, Lockhart aptly provided them with an open invitation to do so. All of the photographs have the same black background, gray concrete floor, and vertical dimensions. Some of the photographs—such as “Sierra”—are interesting for the props they include, and others—such as “Dakota”—are captivating because of the expressions...
...Pearl Harbor,” where war is eclipsed by the tearful tale of a pretty boy military man and his gal? The bittersweet romance is definitely there, but rather than commandeering the plot, it is one of several distinct elements that subtly blend into the background of an intense and commendable portrayal of World War I combat. The film is based on the true stories of Americans who joined the Lafayette Escadrille in the French military to train as pilots, before America officially entered the World War I. It focuses on an endearing motley crew including a black professional...
...projects to pique your interest and your pocketbook. That's why Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen gathered a bunch of the country's top neuroscientists back in 2002 and asked how he could help to improve our understanding of how the brain works. "If you come from a background in computer science, it's always fascinating to think about the human brain, and to try to figure out and understand how the brain works," Allen told TIME recently. "It turns out we know so little about...
...live in a Google world. A campus newspaper and its digital archives are far more accessible than any public record. In fact, to access any public record, one would need to exert a considerable degree of effort—the easiest course of action might be to hire a background-checking service to examine a specific individual at one’s own cost, approximately $50-60 per name. Moreover, a public record of an arrest can be purged, whereas online archives afford a permanence that is difficult to ignore...
...later? The "me to you" model of news gathering--a professional reporter, attuned to the fine distinctions between "off the record" and "deep background," prizing factual accuracy in the narrowest sense--may well give way to some kind of "us to us" communitarian arrangement of the sort that thrives on the Internet. But there is room between the New York Times and myleftarmpit.com for new forms that liberate journalism from its encrusted conceits while preserving its standards, like accuracy...