For the Record Oct 20, 2009
11 (Gordon Flaherty, Ann Dewey, Heidi Smith, David Smith, Lisa Sauer, Ron Barron). 2, Team Ray 47. (Honolulu Advertiser)
MRI, solar cells, aging work are Nobel favorites Sep 26, 2009
Physics contenders include John Pendry of Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, Sheldon Schultz of the University of California San Diego and David Smith of Duke University, whose work using negative refraction led to meta-materials, used to make "invisibility cloaks" to deflect various wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. Juan Ignacio Cirac of the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany, and colleagues are noted for work has making possible quantum... (MSNBC -- Technology)
Big sculptures superbly sited Sep 20, 2009
Here are displayed more than 100 large-scale sculptures by many of the most famous artists of the past 50 years, including Alexander Calder, David Smith, Henry Moore, and Louise Nevelson. In 1960, two businessmen purchased a Mountainville mansion for a museum devoted to landscape paintings. (Boston Globe)
Shining the light Sep 9, 2009
Nick Simonite David Smith at Envision Creative Group Inc. shares his company;s financial information with employees to foster a sense of ownership ... At Envision Creative Group Inc., an Austin-based graphic design company, President David Smith extended the commission to all employees, including three graphic designers, an office manager and an accounting executive. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
Johannesburg Jul 18, 2009
UN chief Ban Ki-moon marked the 91st birthday of Nelson Mandela by hailing the South African statesman as "a living embodiment of the highest values of the United Nations.". Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, turns 91 on Saturday with a call for community service and celebrations. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Urban gardens ease bills, brighten cityscape Jun 3, 2009
David Smith, left, his mother, Earlean White, center, and her daughter Katherine White pull weeds on a berm that will surround an urban garden near White's home in Detroit ... So on a recent sunny Saturday, White, 48, enlisted two of her kids Katherine White, 9, and David Smith, 13 and her grandson Robert Puritan, 8, to start planting for this year's growing season. (USA Today -- News)
Tuberculosis found in Rock County beef herd Jun 2, 2009
David Smith, an extension veterinarian with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said Michigan, Minnesota and California are already on the list of states with recently diagnosed tuberculosis cases. It s a very serious issue, one that we have a lot of interest in, Smith said. (Agri-View, WI)
Bankrupt Britain: 340 people go b... Apr 5, 2009
Jenny Davey and David Smith. BRITAIN is facing a bankruptcy timebomb with a record number of individuals and companies predicted to go bust this year. (New York Post -- Business)
House prices 'drop 1.9% in March' Apr 4, 2009
David Smith, Dreweatt Neate estate agents ... David Smith, senior partner at Dreweatt Neate estate agents, said: "The March Halifax figures are proof positive that you can't get carried away by a single set of figures from a single source. "There is an inherent volatility to house prices right now and because of this a sideways-moving market, with the odd spike up or down, remains the most likely course for the rest of 2009. (BBC News -- Business)
A peak inside studios of famous artists Mar 7, 2009
David Smith, a hard man to dwarf, nonetheless looks puny alongside the mighty appurtenances of the abandoned welding factory where he made his celebrated "Voltri" series. Conversely, the teacup from which Chaim Gross applies white plaster to his monumental sculpture "Harvest" looks hilariously incongruous. (Boston Globe)
