| Imax Parlays a Huge Screen and 3-D Tech Into an Experience You Can't ...
Today, Imax is also in the business of screening concerts, 3-D animation, and Hollywood blockbusters such as I Am Legend or the latest Harry Potter flick. The company is breaking out of museums as well: Soon, you're likely to see one of its supersize screens pop up at a nearby multiplex. Imax's towering images and stunning sound quality have always been an easy sell for audiences. But the enormous cost of producing that experience has long limited the company's growth. Now it's possible to convert a standard Hollywood film into the big-screen format, but just a few years ago, only Imax's Volkswagen-size cameras could produce an Imax film. In July, the company will take another leap and move from a film-based system to a digital format. Movies that were previously delivered in unwieldy, 600-pound film canisters (requiring a special forklift) will now arrive on a hard drive.
The Mexican government vs. you
He had mental problems, which did not prevent him from acquiring his weapon. In Kirkwood, Mo., a gunman, upset with civic leaders, stormed City Hall during a council meeting and killed two policemen and three others before lawmen fatally shot him.On Feb. 15, one did make the front page. Steven Kazmierczak, armed with three handguns and a shotgun, walked onto the stage of a packed lecture hall at Northern Illinois University and rapidly killed five students, wounded 16 and committed suicide. Two of his weapons, a Remington shotgun and a Glock 9mm pistol, were purchased Feb. 9 from a federally licensed dealer. ...Will the gunpeople repeat their argument that the victims were to blame for not carrying guns to defend themselves?Joseph GrantOceansideWe need to honor peace treaty
"There shall be firm and universal peace between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic, and between their respective countries, territories, cities, towns and people, without exception of places or persons." That is Article I of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican War.
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ATLANTA Federal inspections will be carried out at hundreds of plants where combustible dust is a workplace hazard, a top safety official said Monday at a sugar refinery where dust is suspected of causing a deadly explosion. Ed Foulke Jr., head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, announced the inspections while visiting the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, where a blast on Feb. 7 killed 12 workers injured dozens more. OSHA has not completed its investigation of that explosion but is sending letters to 30,000 companies that deal with combustible dust to discuss the dangers, Foulke said in a telephone interview. .
Best Buy and Fry's drop 80GB PS3 from online stores
What began as an allegedly leaked internal memo from Best Buy, announcing that the 80GB PlayStation 3 was to be removed from store shelves on January 28, appears to be coming true without official word from either Best Buy or Sony. Both companies were difficult to reach today, in the wake of the Tuesday news leak to PS3 Fanboy concerning Best Buy's discontinuation of the 80GB PlayStation 3. .
CORNER CUBE MONDAY 2/25: Thoughts on Mayweather and Big Show press ...
Updated throughout the day from the corner cubicle, Torch columnist James Caldwell's weekday blog focuses on hot topic current events and other items of interest from around wrestling. Updated Monday, February 25 - Mayweather press conference. I've determined I'm never eating at Jack in the Box again after sitting through the same JitB commercial for 30 minutes waiting for WWE to stream the Mayweather press conference on their website. That aside, it's clear that Mayweather is the heel in the program against Big Show unless it's strictly a pro-De La Hoya and anti-Mayweather thing in Los Angeles. But, Mayweather is a natural heel, so I believe the best dynamic here is to keep Mayweather cocky and arrogant, while keeping Big Show tough and the aggressor. Even with Rey Mysterio by his side, Mayweather created his own heel wrestling persona at this press conference by flashing dollar bills and flaunting that he's got money, mansions, cars, and girls.
Council enlists unified communications to kill 20-year bogie
Richard Bianco, manager of information and services for the council said the business case for replacing the archaic phone system sold itself (Compare Unified Communications products). "The old system needed huge resources to maintain it. There was no direct dialing, so calls came straight to the receptionist who dialed around extensions - which occasionally dropped-out," Bianco said. .
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