Teen takes fashion world by storm (Chicago Tribune)

December 29, 2009

13-year-old also penned piece for Harper’s Bazaar Tavi Gevinson sat in a west suburban cafe consuming cheese pizza, hot chocolate and a fruit roll-up — the type of meal you’d expect from a 13-year-old.

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Japan’s mobile phone marvels go back to the future (AFP via Yahoo! News)

December 29, 2009

In the Japan of 2020 a stressed-out salaryman may unwind from his hectic futuristic lifestyle by time-travelling back a few centuries and taking a virtual stroll through medieval Tokyo.

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Officials: Gunmen kill 5 Sunni guards in Iraq (MSNBC)

December 29, 2009

Gunmen killed five Sunni security guards — including one who was beheaded — in a gruesome predawn slaying at a village checkpoint in central Iraq, officials say.

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Grant Cardone: Virtual Sales Training Now Available (The Huffington Post)

December 29, 2009

Technological advances are now being utilized to provide sales training virtually and interactively to organizations replacing more traditional methods. Virtual sales training technology is…

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DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: JAMES CAMERON – ‘AVATAR’ (Post Magazine)

December 29, 2009

HOLLYWOOD — It’s been 12 long years since James Cameron’s last feature film, a little production called Titanic, lived up to its name and all the hype, conquering the world and every box office record in history. Now the visionary director is back with Avatar , a four-years-in-the-making 3D sci-fi epic featuring the world of Pandora populated by blue-skinned locals and human-engineered avatars.

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‘AVATAR’: INSIGHT FROM LEAD VIRTUAL CAMERA OPERATOR DAVID STRIPINIS (Post Magazine)

December 29, 2009

The recently-released, groundbreaking production of Avatar routinely required new techniques to be invented — sometimes on the fly — to fulfill director James Cameron’s uncompromising vision. In fact, says David Stripinis, lead virtual camera operator on the film, the blurring of boundaries between pre-viz, production and post led the crew to coin a new term: pre-pro-post.

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Best Canceled TV Shows of the Decade (Time Magazine)

December 29, 2009

Here’s a list of a dozen shows that could have been among the decade’s best, but lasted only a season or two (or less) before being snuffed out.

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Thousands mourn Pakistan bomb victims (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

December 29, 2009

Several thousand mourners attended funerals on Tuesday for victims of a suicide bombing that killed 43 people in Pakistan’s commercial capital, an emotional reminder of a raging Taliban insurgency.

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Thousands mourn Pakistan bomb victims (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

December 29, 2009

Several thousand mourners attended funerals on Tuesday for victims of a suicide bombing that killed 43 people in Pakistan’s commercial capital, an emotional reminder of a raging Taliban insurgency.

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Thousands mourn after bomb rattles Pakistani city (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

December 29, 2009

Several thousand mourners attended funerals on Tuesday for victims of a suicide bombing that killed 43 people in Pakistan’s commercial capital, an emotional reminder of a raging Taliban insurgency.

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