LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Robert Zemeckis has been named Director of the Year by the Palm Springs International Film Festival, making the “Flight” director the latest awards hopeful to be honored by one of the two big January film festivals that double as campaign stops on the awards circuit.The announcement by Palm Springs organizers came one day after the Santa Barbara Film Festival declared “Silver...
Medicare Is Faulted in Electronic Medical Records Conversion
Label: HealthThe conversion to electronic medical records — a critical piece of the Obama administration’s plan for health care reform — is “vulnerable” to fraud and abuse because of the failure of Medicare officials to develop appropriate safeguards, according to a sharply critical report to be issued Thursday by federal investigators. Mike Spencer/Wilmington Star-News, via Associated PressCeleste...
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27 indicted in Mexican Mafia drug case in Ventura County
Label: World From a prison cell outside California, an inmate known as "Evil" was making himself known on Ventura County's streets.Martin...
Robotic Autobot Transformer Shows Other 3D-Printed Gear Who's Boss
Label: Technology Forget scale models of the Aston Martin DB5 or personalized action figures. This is what 3D printers were meant to do: create real, robotic Transformers.Or at least a version of a Transformer that would actually fit in your living room.Brave Robotics developed a 1/12 scale Autobot transformer using a custom 3D printer, and it will be on display at Maker Faire Tokyo...
Van Gogh, John Lennon letters coming to NY auction
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — An upcoming auction of over 300 historical documents includes rare letters written by Vincent van Gogh, George Washington, John Lennon and other iconic figures.The property of an anonymous American collector is being offered by Profiles in History in an online and phone auction on Dec. 18.Among the highlights is a two-page letter from Washington to an Anglican clergyman.Another top...
The New Old Age Blog: Doctor's Orders? Another Test
Label: HealthIt is no longer news that Americans, and older Americans in particular, get more routine screening tests than they need, more than are useful. Prostate tests for men over 75, annual Pap smears for women over 65 and colonoscopies for anyone over 75 — all are overused, large-scale studies have shown.Now it appears that many older patients are also subjected to too-frequent use of the other kind of testing,...
Ex-NASA Scientist’s Data Fears Come True
Label: BusinessIn 2007, Robert M. Nelson, an astronomer, and 27 other scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory sued NASA arguing that the space agency’s background checks of employees of government contractors were unnecessarily invasive and violated their privacy rights. Privacy advocates chimed in as well, contending that the space agency would not be able to protect the confidential details it was...
Munich Subway Photos Resemble Abandoned Kubrickian Spacecraft
Label: Technology Nick Frank likes to summarize his approach to photography with one phrase: “Reduce to the max.”Get to the point. Remove all distractions. It’s a framework that lends itself well to Frank’s series on subway stations in Munich, Germany, where he lives.“Pictures are often overloaded with information so what I’m doing is trying to flatten the image until you see the essence of the main subject,”...
New Zealand becomes Middle Earth as Hobbit mania takes hold
Label: LifestyleWELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand‘s capital city was rushing to complete its transformation into a haven for hairy feet and pointed ears on Tuesday as stars jetted in for the long-awaited world premiere of the first movie of the Hobbit trilogy.Wellington, where director Peter Jackson and much of the post production is based, has renamed itself “the Middle of Middle Earth“, as fans held costume parties...
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