Word: prized
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...company’s Native Client Security Contest, which begins today, challenges hackers to find weak points in its Native Client open source research technology. Glitches that impress the judging panel--including Harvard Computer Science Professor Greg Morrisett--will win cash in powers of two, with a top prize...
...turning point for Departures, which won the Grand Prix at the Montreal World Film Festival, may have been earlier this year, when the film won the audience prize at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in January. "For me that's a bellwether," says Japanese film critic Mark Schilling."A lot of the Academy members live in Palm Springs and go to that film festival. They liked what they saw. I thought they responded to the craft of [the film], and the quality of it." Sachiko Watanabe, a veteran film critic for 35 years, says Sunday's wins herald that...
...Hollywood nativists are rankled that the top prize and headlines went to a foreign movie, the feeling may be similar on the Indian subcontinent, where Slumdog's box office take hasn't even approached that of any robust local film. As pleased as they might be about the picture's international éclat, the folks in Mumbai also realize that the first "Bollywood" production to make a major impact at the Academy was written, produced and directed by Englishmen - subjects of the old Raj. In the 1980s, Gandhi, another film about Indians and made by colonialists, took Best Picture. This...
...Down. Best Western is offering its Rewards members double points if they stay at least two nights at any of the chain's locations between now and April 5 and register for the promotion online. Registering will also automatically enter you into a sweepstakes for a million-point grand prize, redeemable for gas cards, meals, airline tickets, or natch, nights at the chain. Booking your rooms online earns you another 250 bonus points, so you'll get something, even if you don't win the big prize...
...genome, and their canvass the brain. Lichtman and his colleague Joshua R. Sanes, both molecular and cellular biology professors at Harvard, are mapping neurons with a pioneering method, dubbed “brainbow” for its psychedelic appearance. Already, the technique—recently honored with a Nobel Prize in chemistry—is shedding light on the development of the human mind, and how disorders such as Alzheimer’s and even anxiety alter the brain.“To get an idea of how the wiring of the brain changes, we have to figure...