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...state of Florida found that just a quarter of families in that state practice home schooling for religious reasons. The new home schoolers haven't completely given up on public education, at least not the idea of it. "The problem is that schools have abandoned their mission," says Luigi Manca, a communications professor at Benedictine University in Lisle, Ill., who home schools his daughter Nora, 17. "They've forgotten about educating...
...decades they have come to Loch Ness, camera-toting tourists and scientists with high-tech submersibles, all desperate for a glimpse of the world's most famous monster. Italian geologist Luigi Piccardi says they will never find Nessie, because she's an earthquake. He claims seismic activity in the Great Glen Fault, directly under the Scottish lake, coincides with the sightings, groaning noises and water-surface disturbances attributed to Scotland's favorite beast. Tell that to the tourist bureau...
...This fine film from a first-timer was matched by two excellent works by grand old Frenchmen. Jacques Rivette's Va savoir! (Who Knows!) is a romantic rondelay inspired by the plays of Carlo Goldoni and Luigi Pirandello, as six characters in search of adventure entangle themselves in a buoyant comedy of manners. At 73, Rivette seems younger, lither than ever. His new film seduces viewers into the belief that nothing has deeper meaning or feeling, or danger, than the wayward heart at play...
...Nintendo side, Luigi's Mansion is one of several new works from Shigeru Miyamoto, the man behind Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong and an inductee of the game designers' Hall of Fame. It features Mario's brother ridding his real estate of ghosts with the aid of a flashlight and vacuum cleaner; great game play aside, it's an excuse to show off the GameCube's spectacularly realistic lighting effects. Similarly, the hugely entertaining jet-ski game Wave Race has made an art form of virtual H2O; its foam and raindrops on the camera lens will have you reaching...
...first half ended with an excellent performance of Luigi Dallapiccola's Due Studi, an early serial work full of surprises, such as a major triad that appears to come out of nowhere. The second movement of the piece, "Fanfara e Fuga," served as a perfect vehicle for Schulte's dexterous playing...