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...work in the little films. (Hi there, Brokeback Mountain! Bye-bye, Narnia!) But the resentment of cartoon veterans toward the CGI style that put them out of business could play a part. "A lot of animators are older, and computers have a stigma," says Tim Miller, creative director of Blur Studio, which copped a nomination last year for its short Gopher Broke. "I hate seeing political motivation influencing what's chosen." Perhaps the main reason no CGI film was nominated is that Pixar postponed the release of Cars--its only feature scheduled for 2005--to 2006. But the other...
...Lady, accompanied by her daughter Miss Barbara Bush, met His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI in the ultimate inner sanctum - the ornate, sun-splashed Papal Library in the Apostolic Palace, just off St. Peter's Square. The half-hour audience, all in the library, was so quick it was a blur for both participants and onlookers. It began with a greeting for the cameras among the Pope, Mrs. Bush, Miss Bush and Francis Rooney, the seventh U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See. The Pope, in a characteristic gesture, held both hands out and said, in English, "Welcome." Then the three visitors...
...increasingly disturbing. Personal information is posted about individuals at an alarming rate on blogs, online news media, and personal websites. The information is remarkably easy to access with a refined Google search. The veracity of the internet’s wealth of information, however, is often questionable. Ethical standards blur as the internet continues to grow as an almost unending source of raw information. Sensationalized and instantaneous gossip, available on blogs like Gawker and Jossip, highlight such trends in internet information. Facebook claims to be the industry leader in terms of the protection of privacy. “It?...
...sometimes soothing effects. Glenn Schellenberg, a psychology professor at the University of Toronto at Mississauga, built on Rauscher's study by comparing the effects of a happy-sounding Mozart piece to a sad-sounding Albinoni piece, and then testing to see if music by the British rock band Blur had a bigger impact. (The answer is yes, among 10- and 11-year-old boys). At one point he even did research that pitted Mozart's music against a Stephen King story. His conclusion: listeners who preferred Mozart performed better after listening to Mozart than to the story. Listeners who preferred...
...Arabesque suite featured a cool concrete tub and locally produced natural soaps and moisturizers. A splendidly fresh breakfast of crusty bread, Moroccan bread or Moroccan crepes with jam is included. With its sumptuous comfort and kaleidoscopic flair, the Riad Fes Baraka captures all the intense and colorful blur of the city outside. tel: (212-5) 5740584; www.riadfesbaraka.com