modern silent wall clocks

How film restorers brought The Apu Trilogy back to life

We don't have to watch a clock or have a lab say that we've used up the 36 hours that we've paid for, meaning pay more or quit. It can be a blessing and a curse to It depends on the quality. We're doing The French Lieutenant's Woman right now, and ...

The Stacks: The Deadpan Genius of Buster Keaton

In his seminal Life magazine essay on the silent film comics, “Comedy's Greatest Era,” Agee wrote, “Very early in his movie career friends asked him why he never smiled on the screen. . For instance, in Keaton's fifth full-length film Seven Chances ...

FORT KOCHI

I am standing at the water's edge where gargantuan Chinese fishing nets that look like giant spiders, erected in teak wood and bamboo poles with a network of pulleys, stand silhouetted against the setting sun, making for a brilliant photo-op....

Gov. Mitt Romney's Jacksonville University keynote address

Of course, there's a lot not to like about a job: the early alarm clock, the rush hour traffic, the stress. But work engages you in life. You come to know more people, to understand their motivations and values, and to learn the intricacies of the ...

Lake County's Geysers provides electricity, jobs — and tours

Around the clock, seven days a week, its 15 plants hum quietly and efficiently, cranking out 6 million megawatts of natural, clean energy a year, enough to supply 39 percent of the United States' geothermal generation, and 18 percent of California's ...

Calendar: Fiction Authors Showcase at North Haven Library, Maxine Hong ...

GALLERY ONE ART: “Uncas Pond” by Catherine Christiano is part of the Gallery One exhibition at the Guilford Art Center's Mill Gallery, 411 Church St., through May 9. Gallery One's 11 artists include David Brown, Old Saybrook; Ashby Carlisle, Old Lyme; ...

UVU Commencement

She went on to explain that her job had required more of her than she had imagined: she was psychologist, tutor, counselor, scoutmaster, coach, nurse practitioner, nutritionist, budget director, and more. When she sat down, the class was silent for ...