A century of eternal fascination Nov 21, 2009
At the museum, the mummies are securely stored beneath Plexiglas cases, kept under low illumination and maintained with climate and humidity control. Even after a century in town, the so-called "Albany mummies" have yet to yield all their secrets. (Albany Times Union)
A secular God for all, apply when needed! Nov 20, 2009
Do you share Joe's version of illumination. Comments. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Signs of the times are a-changing in Berkeley Nov 11, 2009
" The ordinance may have elicited grumbles from business owners, but no litigation, Cowan said. Nearly all signs in Berkeley are subject to the sign ordinance, which is enforced by the design review staff. The ordinance regulates nearly every aspect of the sign's appearance, with varying rules depending on the neighborhood, whether it's on the business property and general aesthetics. Obvious traffic hazards are banned, such as blinking lights and bright illumination. City Councilwoman Susan... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Urban acrobatics Nov 6, 2009
A Cirque Dreams Illumination performer displays his hand-balancing act. Cirque Dreams Illumination, a Las Vegas-like spectacle, comes to the Butte Civic Center at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10 ... Journey with fascination into the depths of a city that ignites with illumination when Cirque Dreams imagination, suspense and theatrical innovation turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. (Montana Standard, MT)
Community altar Nov 4, 2009
Local artist Jim Callahan's elaborate metal altar sculpture lit the front lawn of the Sonoma Community Center with orange lights, a full moon and yellow flames, offering eerie illumination to photos of prominent Sonoma Valley personages, including Jack London, Big Alma Spreckles, and the late Index-Tribune publisher, Robert Lynch ... Local artist Jim Callahan's elaborate metal altar sculpture lit the front lawn of the Sonoma Community Center with orange lights, a full moon and yellow flames,... (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Press release Carlos Amorales, Navid Nuur & San Keller Oct 30, 2009
He describes the process as leaving more and more emotional marks on the rational block". Furthermore, the work Citysoil, the lightbox work Vibes, a new Polaroid series and the neon work Tentacle Thought No. 5 will be shown. The way in which the latter work is integrated into the Kassel concept puts new relations between light and material up for discussion, as the artist explains: With this work light is viewed as a complex totality and not only as illumination that highlights an artwork. We... (AbsoluteArts.com)
‘Paintings From the Ellen Frank Illumination Arts Foundation’ at Holy Cross Oct 27, 2009
Paintings From the Ellen Frank Illumination Arts Foundation at Holy Cross - The Boston Globe ... Cities that have suffered enormous trauma are the subject of Cities of Peace: Paintings From the Ellen Frank Illumination Arts Foundation, a visual tribute by Frank and her students. (Boston Globe)
How White Is A Paper? Oct 24, 2009
This is exactly the effect that comes from being blinded by a glossy commercial that is held in the "wrong" direction - nothing of the image colour is visible, only the mirror reflection of the illumination and some contrast from the paper surface. (Credit: Image courtesy of Swedish Research Council). (Science Daily)
Theyve been watching Red Dawn again Oct 21, 2009
In this post, I have strived to avoid ad hominem discourse and to provide copious reference links for the illumination of all. Still, I m confident that this post will be attacked. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Pink is the colour of purpose Oct 12, 2009
BREAST Cancer awareness month kicked off to a grand start with the illumination of Menara Kuala Lumpur ... This unique illumination initiative was the first of its kind in Malaysia and was part of Estee Lauder Companies Global Landmarks Illumination Initiative ... This is the 10th year for the company to celebrate the illumination and the company has illuminated hundreds of famous buildings, monuments and landmarks in glowing pink lights in over 10 countries. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Light installation rains down library walls Oct 6, 2009
I plugged it in and was instantly fascinated by its shape, continuous steady illumination, color, and energy efficiency ... The estimated lifespan of the ones used in Bluerain are 50,000 hours of continuous illumination. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Video: Vegas' CityCenter Opens Doors to World's Most Spectacular Offerings in One Singular Setting, December 2009 Sep 17, 2009
ARIA's casino approaches the gaming experience in a new light; natural light, to be specific, which streams onto the gaming floor in pools of illumination. Offering 150,000 square feet of gaming, ARIA's unique layout and design elements will allow guests to enjoy the energy and excitement of their favorite selections in a more personal and intimate setting. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Dan Brown's new novel The Lost Symbol capitol-izing on success Sep 16, 2009
(" 'Actually, Katherine, it's not gibberish.' His eyes brightened again with the thrill of discovery. 'It's ... Latin.'") It's all in a day's work for Langdon to ponder "a single solitary image that represented the illumination of the Egyptian sun god, the triumph of alchemical gold, the wisdom of the Philosopher's Stone, the purity of the Rosicrucian Rose, the moment of the Creation, the All, the dominance of the astrological sun" and so much more in that cosmically mystical vein. The Lost... (FOX59, IN)
Sept. 11 commemorations planned for Friday Sep 11, 2009
Mount Rushmore National Memorial will extending the evening illumination of the sculpture through the evening Friday. After the regular evening program that begins at 8 p.m., the carving will remain illuminated until sunrise Saturday, Sept. 12. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
JAKKS Pacific Unveils New and Improved EyeClops® Night Vision Goggles, Handheld Mini Projector, and Stellar Electronics Line-Up for Holiday 2009 Aug 28, 2009
The EyeClops Mini Projector is pocket-sized and lightweight, so you can take it anywhere indoors, outdoors and on-the-go, and it uses high powered LED illumination to project movies, television shows, video games and more up to 60 inches in size from any multi-media device: DVD players, MP3 and video players, digital cameras, video game consoles including JAKKS own Plug It In TV Games products. You can even route your cable or satellite box through the Mini Projector and watch the big... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
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The Elite Keyboard, on the other hand, is based on the Cyborg keyboards line and will have all sorts of bells and whistles, including multi-color keyboard backlighting, adjustable brightness controls, Tru-Vu illumination for ambient lighting with colors ranging from red to amber to green. Additionally, the Elite Keyboard will have a touch-sensitive dashboard for media controls, and independent illumination settings for the WASD, cursor, and number pad keys for added visual recognition. (IGN PC Games)
Antique Hand-Colored Botanical Prin... Aug 22, 2009
In the 500 years prior, botanical drawings were idealized with illumination rather than with scientific accuracy and methodology. However, according to Jane Grigson's forward to The Englishman's Flora, the pharmacopoeia recorded by the ancient Greek physician, Dioscorides Anazarbeus, was still being used by apothecaries and botanists in the time of Queen Elizabeth 1. (Suite101.com)
$100 bulb latest in efficient options Aug 22, 2009
At normal use, the LED bulb should provide 10 years of illumination, says the manufacturer, though the warranty is good for three years. The manufacturer says the GeoBulb saves 87 percent of the electricity used by a 60-watt incandescent bulb and more than 40 percent used by a 13-watt (60-watt equivalent) compact fluorescent lamp. (AZCentral -- Business)
Judge: No legal ground for neighbors' objection to dealership display Aug 8, 2009
" Because a group of objecting neighbors resides across the Bypass and are not by definition "adjacent" neighbors, they failed to prove the lighting is objectionable to adjacent properties, the judge wrote. The judge's order also instructs the planning director to endorse Boyle's site review agreement. In closing, Nadeau denied Boyle's request for attorney's fees because, she wrote, there is no evidence that the Planning Board acted in bad faith. City Attorney Bob Sullivan said Friday it was too... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Festival of Contemporary Music at Tanglewood opens Aug. 7 Jul 31, 2009
In between come the driving post-minimalism of David Lang s Illumination Rounds and the whispery expressionism of Matthias Pintscher s Lieder und Schneebilder. Works by Pierre Boulez, Beat Furrer, and a premiere by TMC composing fellow Cynthia Lee Wong round out the program. (Boston Globe)
Chase Gallery set to open in its new surroundings Jul 29, 2009
That moment of illumination is a metaphor for inspiration that races through the entire exhibit. Submersions, David Olsen s video and installation in the Mills Gallery s EXIT Room, directly links to Joseph Beuys s view of the artist as a shaman. (Boston Globe)
Breaking the code Jul 13, 2009
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Lighting studio sees bright future ahead Jul 9, 2009
The staff works directly with architects, builders, designers and their clients to accomplish their goal of bringing concepts to life through illumination. Some of the builders or architects LBD has worked with include Burdick Custom Homes, Ray Stadler Custom Homes, A-Design by and Catherine Nored Architecture. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
Works from the masters hand Jul 6, 2009
All these, presented in supersize, high resolution prints, were only possible with the infrared technology and intense illumination of Cottes special camera. Normal cameras use the principle of combining the three primary colours red, blue and green to capture the colour spectrum. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Computer Recognizes Archaeological Material And Fake Van Goghs Jul 4, 2009
Another major challenge was the variation of images resulting from changes in illumination, rotations or changes of scale of the object. Van der Maaten was able to alleviate these problems by testing new techniques in visualisation experiments and then extrapolating those techniques and re-testing them in a number of variants. (Science Daily)
PRI Welcomes Marguerite Steed Hoffman to Its Board of Directors Jul 1, 2009
Hoffman says, "I am honored to serve on the Board of an organization that I have long admired. For years, I have benefited from PRI's outstanding programs. Serving on the Board is a way that I can repay the many moments of education, illumination and pure enjoyment that listening to PRI has afforded me and so many others, helping us chart a personal road map in our challenging and ever changing world.". Hoffman's civic and community service is extensive. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Sonnets of love May 1, 2009
I remember the feeling of sudden illumination when a friend of mine showed me the character for sun and demonstrated how it had evolved from a drawing of the sun. Okay, that was kind of cool. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
PCC Names Art Show Winners Apr 29, 2009
Photography went to Emily Malone of Winter Haven for her three-piece grouping entitled Tranquil/Rusty Weather/Sources of Illumination. For more information call 297-1050. (Bartow Polk County Democrat, FL)
Duke physicists see the cosmos in a coffee cup Apr 15, 2009
"As with any illumination pattern, some areas will be brighter than others," Petters said. "And the brightest parts will be along these caustic curves.". (EurekAlert!)
A Metropolitan Museum curator “illuminates” the Claverack Library Mar 30, 2009
CLAVERACK - Timothy Husband, a part-time resident of Kinderhook and Curator of the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloister at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, gave a presentation entitled The Art of Illumination at the A.B. Shaw Fire Station in Claverack on Sunday. The presentation was the seventh in a series of art-related programs sponsored by the Claverack Library, and was based around Husband s book, titled The Art of Illumination and the Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry ...... (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Indie game awards showcase future Mar 27, 2009
Just something I had to do," Mr Rohrer explained to the BBC. Point and click The second winner, Machinarium, is a point and click game that consists of hand drawings. "My inspiration were all those old movies and animated movies, old adventure games and mother nature itself, the best muse," said Jacob Dvorsav from the Czech Republic. "This was a tough category and shows just how the industry is blooming and really experimenting with new ways to do games," he said. Excellence in Audio Sound is... (BBC News -- Technology)
Canon Digital SLR Camera Shoots HDTV Video Clips Mar 26, 2009
Moreover, the new camera offers support for Peripheral Illumination Correction for up to 40 different Canon lenses. Slated for delivery by early May, the camera body for the EOS Rebel T1i will have a retail price of $799. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Endure Medical Redefines Ophthalmic Surgical Microscopes Mar 20, 2009
The principal component of this concept is true optically co-axial, collimated, stereo illumination ... This allows the illumination beams to maintain parallelism (no convergence) and eliminates any back glare or reflections originating from the objective lens ... The Reflex Plus projects over-lapping circles instead of the traditional single circular spot of illumination projected onto the target field (see side picture). (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Renaissance Art Exhibitions 2009 Mar 15, 2009
The Art of Illumination: The Limbourg Brothers and the Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry. On view are all of the illuminated pages from the (1405-1408/09) created by the Limbourg Brothers for Jean de France, Duc de Berry. (Suite101.com)
Ailing Cuban Writer Is Returned to Castro's Fetid Jail After Hospital Stay Mar 5, 2009
It is without potable water, without illumination and the heat is unbearable. . (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Bloomin' Arts Sprouts In Bartow Saturday Mar 5, 2009
Himel will demonstrate her calligraphy and illumination on March 7 from 1 to 3 p.m. Gullage will paint a story in oils from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. the same day. Just three blocks south of Main Street, at Bartow Elementary Academy, visitors will find a pet rally on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The school is at 590 South Wilson Avenue and the rally will be on the playground, at the corner of Stanford Street and Wilson Avenue. (Bartow Polk County Democrat, FL)
Bloomin Arts Weekend Filled With Activities Feb 28, 2009
Himel will demonstrate her calligraphy and illumination on March 7 from 1 to 3 p.m. Gullage will paint a story in oils from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. the same day. On Friday, March 6, live music and food will be available at Fort Blount Park for Festival Friday. (The Fort Meade Leader, FL)
HP announces company-wide pay cuts to avoid layoffs Feb 22, 2009
The technology reduces the dependence on a backlight and instead draws on nearby light from both human-made and natural sources to create the illumination itself, potentially extending a portable's run time by letting the backlight stay off in a brightly-lit environment. Pixel Qi estimates that a notebook with three hours of battery life today would get about 4. (Electronista)
Dimensions Art Exhibit Begins At Historical Museum On March 3 Feb 15, 2009
March 7, 1 to 3 p.m., Kate Himel will demonstrate calligraphy, illumination and both flat and raised gilding techniques. Article Rating. (The Fort Meade Leader, FL)
Americans choosing sides Feb 10, 2009
The cowards scurry away at the very prospect of illumination. By CommunistAJC. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
