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...airline used some of the money to accelerate the transformation it had already begun. Hal Heule, an industry veteran who began as an apprentice engineer at Pan Am in 1967, had been hired in 2000 to orchestrate the turnaround. Over eight months the airline added 40% more mechanics (to reach a total of 779), fired underperforming vendors and brought vital maintenance work back in-house...
...Shining blows all three of them out of the water). There’s no denying, though, that this is Kubrick’s most influential film. But its famously obtuse story still enthralls and its effects work still holds up remarkably well. And then there’s HAL... Monday at 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. Brattle Theater...
Logitech's QuickCam Orbit ($130), with its unblinking camera eye and ominous red LED, evokes the HAL 9000, though its quirky, jerky movements suggest the work of Jim Henson. The motorized webcam uses facial recognition to stay locked on your mug, even as you move side to side or up and down. It doesn't always get things right--busy backgrounds can confuse the Orbit, and it may stop following you if it spies something of greater interest. (Hint: Keep any giant Tiki-god statues out of sight.) While videoconferencing or taking pictures, you may find it more practical...
...today's students more emotionally fragile than their predecessors? No one can say, though some point to grueling pressures to succeed in an era of economic uncertainty and heightened parental expectations. Hal Pruett, director of student psychological services at UCLA, recalls a tense freshman who became so distracted by inner turmoil that he couldn't study. "He kept saying, 'I can't afford to get a C.' I asked why, and he said, 'I won't get into medical school, and my parents will disown...
...things have changed within the VES film department: this year a handful of senior theses involve fictional themes, and the department has benefited from luminaries like visiting lecturer Hal Hartley, who is well known for his work on narrative film...