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...Plug it in and you see, on your TV screen, a simulated iPod screen with all of your songs, and the familiar Playlists/Artists/Albums menu structure. Scroll through and play whatever you want, whether you bought it from iTunes or ripped it from CDs. The reason the Denon can play iTunes purchases is that it takes the analog audio straight from your iPod, unlike the Xbox 360, for instance, which digitally accesses your musical content...
...Gong Li (“The Emperor and the Assassin”), talented big-name producers like Steven Spielberg and Gary Barber, and the plot line of the bestselling novel by Arthur S. Golden ’78. The resulting expectations are completely satisfied by the screen adaptation. The film opens in a small fishing village of Japan, in which young Chiyo (Suzuka Ohgo) is sold to a geisha house in the city. There she begins her training in the arts of being a geisha—grace, dancing, smalltalk, pouring tea—while trying to survive the cruel...
...Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” recently arrived in theatres. If you read the book as a kid, or, like me, had it read to you, you would very likely be surprised by some of the ink that has recently been spilled over its screen adaptation. In a culture corrupted by filth and overflowing with movies whose artistic merit is alternately minimal or non-existent, it is odd that a film and a story as well-crafted and as beautiful as “Narnia” have been the target of such vitriol...
...into the most photographed street in Harvard Square.” Palmer Street, the cobblestone alley between either entrance of the Coop, is scheduled to be completed as part of Phase One of the project that will begin in the Spring. The street will include special lighting and a screen that will drop from the bridge between the two Coop buildings; essentially, the street will become a pedestrian-friendly plaza. This art project was funded by a group of private property owners including himself, DiGiovanni said. “The community has been terrific in the process...
...person calls 911 from a land line, the location from which they are calling and name to which the number is registered pop up on computer screen in the office. Dispatchers have access to a criminal justice database, which has a record of all the crimes committed in Cambridge, Mass., and in other states. If the callers have any infractions—from revoked driver’s licenses to warrants for their arrest—the dispatcher will know immediately and alert the police...