1. Three to four children die every day in the United States from child abuse or neglect according to a survey released yesterday by the Child Abuse Prevention Center in Baltimore.
2. Yesterday nearly 150 of the anti-abortion protesters were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct as they demonstrated outside an abortion clinic in Milwaukee.
3. A delivery driver for The Great Wall of China restaurant was robbed at gunpoint yesterday at the apartment complex at 718 S.W. Western Ave.
4. A fire at the 2300 block of Main Street caused $45,000 in damages and left homeowner Kathy Mahoney with minor burns before firefighters were able to put out the blaze.
5. Murders in Colorado are up 53 percent and violent crime increased by 2 percent according to a report released yesterday by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
6. The increasing damage to the ozone layer could lead to a 10 percent increase in skin cancer according to a report released yesterday by the United Nations Environment Program.
7. A Santa Ana woman was charged with attempted murder yesterday after she doused her wheelchair-bound husband with rubbing alcohol and set him on fire.
8. According to Neilson/NetRatings, more people now use broadband than dial-up, as 53 percent of residential users have now made the switch to broadband.
9. This school year, Princeton University put a cap on the number of A’s which can be awarded in order to stem down grade inflation.
10. According to the National Sleep Foundation, as many as 47 million adults may be putting themselves at risk for injury, because they aren't meeting their minimum sleep need in order to be fully alert the next day.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
In-Class Editing
PANORA, Iowa. – This small town welcomed home one of its soldiers Friday, but instead of jubilant well-wishers, there were 525 mourners who packed every corner of the United Methodist Church. Instead of a parade down Main Street, there was a stream of cars that stretched from the church to the West Cemetery outside of town.
There were flags at half-staff; there were red, white, and blue ribbons tied to flower sprays around the altar, and there were tears – of grief, not joy.
Army Spc. Michael Mills was one of 28 people killed Feb. 25 when an Iraqi suicide bomb exploded. To the rest of the country, he was one of 191 Americans killed in the war, but to the 1,100 people in Panora, Mike Mills was the 23-year-old hometown boy who carried on a family tradition by joining the Army.
His funeral Friday provided a somber contrast to the joyous reunions held for returning troops throughout the country.
There were flags at half-staff; there were red, white, and blue ribbons tied to flower sprays around the altar, and there were tears – of grief, not joy.
Army Spc. Michael Mills was one of 28 people killed Feb. 25 when an Iraqi suicide bomb exploded. To the rest of the country, he was one of 191 Americans killed in the war, but to the 1,100 people in Panora, Mike Mills was the 23-year-old hometown boy who carried on a family tradition by joining the Army.
His funeral Friday provided a somber contrast to the joyous reunions held for returning troops throughout the country.
O’Neill’s imagery magic provides an alternate look at the ordinary
“I begin films not really knowing how I am going to finish them,” said the soft-spoken filmmaker as he introduced himself to the audience.
Monday night, Pat O’Neill showed his films Water and Power, and Horizontal Boundaries as part of the University of Colorado’s International Film Series. After each piece, O’Neill fielded questions from members of the audience and described the processes and motivations behind his film production.
“When I run across things around me that I think have a different meaning, I like to use them again,” said O’Neill. “I like to work on many projects at once and allow them to influence each other.”
Water and Power, which presents an abstract portrayal of Los Angeles and its energy exchange, and has been added to the National Film Registry, proved to be the crowd favorite.
Once the applause subsided, O’Neill explained that he did not craft the film as a geo-political statement, but wanted to record what he observed and felt about a situation as an artist.
Pat O’Neill, a specialist in visual and special effects, even helping George Lucas in the making of The Empire Strikes Back, said his next project will be on paper as it makes more economic sense. He plans to take listing photos that people have posted on ebay, arrange them in multi-image photographs and release them as a book.
Monday night, Pat O’Neill showed his films Water and Power, and Horizontal Boundaries as part of the University of Colorado’s International Film Series. After each piece, O’Neill fielded questions from members of the audience and described the processes and motivations behind his film production.
“When I run across things around me that I think have a different meaning, I like to use them again,” said O’Neill. “I like to work on many projects at once and allow them to influence each other.”
Water and Power, which presents an abstract portrayal of Los Angeles and its energy exchange, and has been added to the National Film Registry, proved to be the crowd favorite.
Once the applause subsided, O’Neill explained that he did not craft the film as a geo-political statement, but wanted to record what he observed and felt about a situation as an artist.
Pat O’Neill, a specialist in visual and special effects, even helping George Lucas in the making of The Empire Strikes Back, said his next project will be on paper as it makes more economic sense. He plans to take listing photos that people have posted on ebay, arrange them in multi-image photographs and release them as a book.
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