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Drilling was one of the animators working earlier this year as the shooting of Were-Rabbit raced to its close in the Aardman sound stage, a huge warren of 30 curtained sets, some that could fit on an office desk, some about the size of the model-train layout in your loner uncle's basement. Following each of the 24,000 hand-sketched storyboards that illustrate the scenes, the animator dresses the set, puts in props (tomatoes made of wax, teddy-bear fur painted green for grass), gives each character the subtlest facial makeover and takes the picture. Animators must...
Turner is a model of the modern American officer, a wry, boyish-looking West Point graduate equally versed in the works of Clausewitz and St. Augustine. As he waits for help to arrive, he directs his men not to shoot wildly at the shadows flitting through the battle chaos. "Dammit! It's civilians mixed with enemy," he shouts into his radio. "Make sure they're carrying guns before you engage." The Air Force has responded to his distress call by sending over a B-52 bomber, which could flatten the entire village, killing plenty of civilians. Turner gets...
This summer, Harvard Printing and Publication Services (HPPS) went under, blaming its failure on an unsustainable business model and leaving behind many unemployed workers. The closing left precious few months to find an alternative solution for courses using HPPS to print their coursepacks, so Harvard’s Procurement Management Department (PMD) chose XanEdu, a division of ProQuest Information and Learning, as the new printer and the Harvard Coop as the new distributor. For succeeding so quickly, all parties involved deserve praise. But in light of nagging cost-related questions, we hope that the PMD ensures that it made...
...their comments on the future of relief.Michael VanRooyen, associate director of the Program on Humanitarian Crises and Human Rights at HSPH, said the hurricane exacerbated the vulnerability of many people in the Gulf Coast.“In response to Katrina...we ignored vulnerable people...This cannot be our model for a successful response,” VanRooyen said. “What separates us from less stable countries is our ability to provide protection for our population.”Daniel Curran, director of the Humanitarian Leadership Program at Harvard Business School, emphasized the need for future plans...
...save percentage all year, made 12 saves on the day, her career high for a single game. "Coming out of this game, I think our team will focus on increasing our speed of play and working on our execution," junior forward Gretchen Fuller said. "Duke was a good model for both of these elements, and having had the opportunity to play them will only help us raise our level of hockey." The Crimson will next square off against neighborhood nemesis No. 12 Northeastern on Wednesday at 4 pm in Boston, the first of four New England road games Harvard will...