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...school has evolved into a coeducational K-12 school, said to be the largest of its kind in the world, serving children from low-income families, particularly those in social need, which the school defines as coming from families afflicted with addiction, mental or physical illness, or incarceration. The majority of students on the 2,600-acre (1,000 hectare) campus are from Pennsylvania, although it accepts students nationwide...
...director's last movie had involved creating the largest and most meticulously detailed set ever made: a scale replica of the Titanic. By contrast, Avatar's performance-capture soundstage, which is called the volume, looked like a Saturday Night Live skit about postmodern theater. Instead of sets, gray-painted polygons and the occasional tree were moved around to create topography. For the computer-generated (CG) scenes, which make up about 60% of the finished film, the cast wore clingy Lycra bodysuits covered in markers that were recognized by the 102 cameras on the warehouse ceiling. They donned skullcaps rigged with...
Declaring a new "era of openness" in the nation with the world's largest HIV-infected population, President Jacob Zuma vowed to extend free antiretroviral drugs in 2010 to HIV-positive infants under 1 as well as pregnant women and patients with low T-cell counts who suffer from tuberculosis and AIDS. The move marks a break from former President Thabo Mbeki's denial of the HIV threat...
African Countries With Largest HIV-Positive Populations...
...avid lover of the outdoors, Paul J. Zofnass ’69 has made a $500,000 donation to the Harvard Museum of Natural History—the largest gift the Museum has received since its inception in 1998—for a new exhibit depicting the interactions that take place in a New England forest ecosystem...