A writer no matter what Nov 15, 2009
Pig iron, scrap metal and cold roll steel were the deities of our household. They represented value stripped down to its zero point, tangible and unadorned. (Boston Globe)
Thompson: 'Public art' could be oxymoron Nov 15, 2009
The fork, with a steel skeleton, is anchored in 2 feet of concrete at the fork of St. John and Pasadena avenues. Marshall and his friends donned fake transportation department uniforms and hard hats to install the sculpture. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Italy opens new contemporary arts museum Nov 14, 2009
The building itself a sleek, windowed box on top of a box is made of cement walls, steel stairs and a glass roof, giving the galleries a neutral backdrop illuminated by filtered natural light. "I see Maxxi as an immersive urban environment for the exchange of ideas, feeding the cultural vitality of the city," she said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
New Italian museum has eye toward arts future Nov 14, 2009
The building itself a sleek, windowed box on top of a box is made of cement walls, steel stairs and a glass roof, giving the galleries a neutral backdrop illuminated by filtered natural light ... Pier Paolo Cito / APThe building itself a sleek, windowed box on top of a box is made of cement walls, steel stairs and a glass roof, giving the galleries a neutral backdrop illuminated by filtered natural light. (MSNBC -- International)
Chattanooga artist loans sculptures to Columbia State Nov 14, 2009
To this end, he uses stainless steel for its reflective qualities ... He has loaned two of his stainless steel mega-sculptures to the college for two years. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Nanotube secrets of Damascus steel blade Nov 13, 2009
For hundreds of years, some of the keenest minds searched in vain for the secret of how blacksmiths in the ancient Middle East fashioned a tough and flexible metal known as Damascus steel ... Damascus blades are thought to have been forged from small cakes of steel known as "wootz", probably produced in India ... A sophisticated treatment was then applied to the steel, but details of this were lost in the 18th century. (Yahoo News -- Nanotechnology)
Anderberg creates metal wildlife artwork Nov 13, 2009
Over the past 16 years, Anderberg has perfected his craft of wildlife artwork using sheets of steel ... The process brings out the color in a simple sheet of steel. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
Special Town Meeting to take up Danvers High School Nov 12, 2009
The Holten-Richmond was built during a construction boon, when there were steel shortages, labor shortages and higher prices. Yet, the town still managed to keep it within budget, Trask said. (Danvers Herald, MA)
New Mayan Murals Give Rare View of Life Nov 11, 2009
Carbon fiber may replace steel in next-gen planes, and improve fuel efficiency. Super-tough laptop survives soakings, drops and kicks in FOXNews. (Fox News)
Body Piercing and Jewellery Nov 11, 2009
Navels are happy wearing surgical steel, gold, titanium and niobium ... Body piercing jewellery can made from stainless and surgical steel, titanium, nickel-free gold, platinum, amber, Lucite (clear colour for those who need to be discreet about their piercing), glass, wood or more elaborate semi-precious gemstones. (Suite101.com)
M H Khan, country head (sales and development), Rolex Nov 11, 2009
How else do you explain a 8-year waitlist for a Rolex Daytona Steel in boutique 00004000 s across the world. M H Khan Rolex' country head (sales and development) in India talks about their plans in India and gave a ET a peek into the mystic of Brand Rolex. (India Times)
Quail Creek to host crafts show Nov 10, 2009
Crafters of jewelry, fused glass and gourd art will complement steel garden art, copper fountains, hand-carved walking sticks, and wood and copper furniture. Smith said he doesn t overbook art or craft categories so that every artist has the best chance in having great sales. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Transforming a small garden with a big problem Nov 9, 2009
A black basalt stone patio, edged in a crescent of Cor-Ten steel, was laid adjacent to the kitchen to create an outdoor eating area ... Sand-colored pathways created with crushed decomposed granite, and edged in steel, lead visitors seamlessly around the beds to the home's different entrances ... A few of the garden's highlights include a chartreuse gooseberry hybrid, Senecio mandraliscae with its distinctive curved finger-like leaves, a Melianthus major with its spiked reddish-brown blooms and... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Review: 'Visual Acoustics' a tribute to Shulman Nov 8, 2009
The Southern California school documented by Shulman was an attempt to use clean, dramatic lines and steel frame construction in a way that diminished the distinction between indoors and out. The glass walls, flat roofs and sliding doors the architects employed would become cliches in lesser hands, but Shulman captured them when they were fresh. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Behind their crafts are the high arts Nov 8, 2009
And Bradford Smith from Pennsylvania will showcase his furniture, including a white-washed cherry bed with steel birds perched atop each post. As with last year, there will be almost a dozen emerging artists, including Tami Rodrig from Lexington, showing her painted, bezel silver jewelry. (Boston Globe)
State and county agree on JDC Nov 7, 2009
Sheriff Mark Benton didn't like that, saying the adult jail built in the mid-1990s used cheaper materials such as steel doors that were thinner than what jails should have. The county had to replace all those doors 10 years later, he said. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Sierra's Truckee campus earns LEED gold Nov 7, 2009
The two-story structural steel building has asphalt composite roofing, with fiber cement siding and a natural stone exterior. It houses lecture classrooms, science and chemistry labs, art classrooms, a mechatronics laboratory, a library, a student eating and gathering area, and administrative offices. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Hits and misses Nov 7, 2009
County Executive Brian M. Hughes ordered it closed Thursday after findings by an independent engineering firm determined the steel stringers supporting the bridge have deteriorated and require repair and replacement. HIT: A new exhibit of sculpture, decorative tile, drawings and photographs, and other art at Roma Bank headquarters in Robbinsville. (NJ.com -- Times)
Carrie Underwood looks for something different Nov 6, 2009
"Play On" is still very much country - there's banjo, pedal steel and mandolin - but Underwood has added different musical textures, which points to her maturation as an artist ... "I love what I do. And let's say 'Cowboy Casanova' crosses over, it's going to cross over as it is _ fiddles, steel and all. Growing up I never liked it when people would have a country song and then change it for a different format.". (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Bridging the gaps between genres Nov 5, 2009
"Play On" is still very much country - there's banjo, pedal steel and mandolin - but Underwood has added different musical textures ... "I love what I do. And let's say 'Cowboy Casanova' crosses over, it's going to cross over as it is - fiddles, steel and all.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Nov. 5 letters to the editor Nov 5, 2009
When we got to a river or a blown bridge or obstruction, we would call the Corp. of Engineers and within 24 hours they had a Bailey or a bar joist steel bridge higher than what you would need at the Concord Rotary, enough for 80 ton tanks to go over. I see by a recent news article they are using the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to assist with the Sagamore by-pass. (Littleton Independent, MA)
Newsom's exit from race came down to cash Nov 5, 2009
Although the pieces are already nearly a year overdue, Metropolitan Transportation Commission Executive Director Steve Heminger tells us, "We are not going to bring that steel over here until we make sure everything is right.". In January, we reported that inspectors hired by Caltrans to monitor the fabrication in Shanghai of steel girders that will support the tower's roadway had found cracked welds ... "No steel structure is completely free of imperfections," Heminger said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Solitary splendour: Leh's colourful festival amid beauty of Ladakh Nov 5, 2009
Mr Punkaj Kumar Bajaj has taken over as the new managing director of Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) from November 1. He succeeds Mr V Shyamsundar who retired from service on October 31, 2009. (India Times)
New factory in Pittsburg is no pipe dream Nov 4, 2009
Sparks flew at a new factory in Pittsburg on Monday, where a skeleton manufacturing crew christened a state-of-the art assembly line designed to shape and weld massive steel pipes used to transport oil and natural gas ... Inside that vast expanse, giant machines twist long sheets of rolled steel into spiral cylinders that resemble the cardboard tube at the core of a toilet paper roll ... Only the steel can be up to one inch thick and the finished pipes measure about 2to 5 feet in diameter. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Billionaire Hirst Collector Victor Pinchuk Plans New Arts Center for Kiev Nov 3, 2009
The steel billionaire is one of the worlds leading contemporary-art collectors, owning works by the most expensive living artists such as , and German photographer ... He built his wealth over the past decade on Interpipe, Ukraines biggest producer of steel pipes for oil and gas companies, whose clients include , the worlds largest natural gas producer. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Press release Nov 14th: EVENTS CALENDAR: LIVE MUSIC: ART HOUSE GALLERY & Cultural Center Nov 3, 2009
Ray Obiedo - guitar Jeff Narell- steel pans & drums Phil Hawkins - steel pans & drums Marc van Wageningen - bass. Saturday Novemeber 14th 2009 7pm door 8pm show 18+ $10. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Underwood stretches her country boundaries Nov 3, 2009
AP"Play On" is still very much country there's banjo, peddle steel and mandolin but Underwood has added different musical textures ... "Play On" is still very much country there's banjo, peddle steel and mandolin but Underwood has added different musical textures, which points to her maturation as an artist ... "I love what I do. And let's say 'Cowboy Casanova' crosses over, it's going to cross over as it is fiddles, steel and all. Growing up I never liked it when people... (MSNBC -- Music)
New age art creates a stir Nov 3, 2009
New media art, which involves art products from varied materials including 00004000 metals, wood, glass, steel, fibre glass concrete, stone and the like and video and digital art is slowly carving out a niche of its own and drawing a segment of genext buyers. Said artist Manjunath Kamath, Although I dont make any distinction between different forms of art, I have been creating a lot of digital prints, video art and installations recently. (India Times)
Bicycle shop looks to put rack out front Nov 3, 2009
Bavineau said he wants to have a Montserrat College of Art student create and produce the rack to have it done as an artistic silhouette of a bike made out of steel that s painted black with highlights of red on the end. Loading commenting interface. (Beverly Citizen, MA)
After 11 years of renovation air terminal opens Nov 2, 2009
Its floors are now tiled with shiny red, black and gray granite, with pillars of polished steel extending to the vaulted ceiling ... 9 million Pounds of structural steel installed. (Anchorage Daily News)
A diverse spectrum Nov 2, 2009
He was making his labor of love - a Malegaon version of "Superman." This man of steel is rather puny, floats down the river in a tire and shares screen time with goats. "In Malegaon most people work in power looms," Khan says. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Taking shape Nov 1, 2009
"She was sight-seeing, and in her pursuits she was walking down a lot of empty streets, taking in the blocky communist architecture by herself. The juxtaposition of Berlin itself and Berlin's people was like flint on steel for her."After returning home, I began to obsess over the idea of oppression, the isolated form in a composition, two forms struggling in a composition, how they related to each other, a feeling of aloneness or struggle or even anger," she said. "I had never painted these... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Man of quirks is Allegheny County's doctor Nov 1, 2009
He's spent 25 years restoring a 116-year-old former steel baron's mansion (it's still not finished) and he collects rare skipper butterflies in the wilds of North Carolina and elsewhere -- in a white shirt and tie, no less. He plays piano and pipe organ. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Esquire looks to energize print with 3-D animation Nov 1, 2009
With all the dazzle in the December issue shown off, Granger rests back in his chair, the view of midtown Manhattan behind him out of the 21st-story window of Hearst's glass and steel tower on 8th Avenue. "I just hope it starts coming back soon," he says. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Archive Architecture: Setting the Spin in Stone Nov 1, 2009
EVERY day, a worker climbs to the roof of the Clinton Presidential Center here and hoists three seven-foot-high numbers onto a steel frame. The numbers tell drivers on Interstate 30, just west of the site, how many days remain until Nov. 18, when Bill Clinton is expected to open the $175 million project that embodies his postpresidential ambitions. (Yahoo News -- Architecture)
Archive Architecture: Setting the Spin in Stone Oct 30, 2009
EVERY day, a worker climbs to the roof of the Clinton Presidential Center here and hoists three seven-foot-high numbers onto a steel frame. The numbers tell drivers on Interstate 30, just west of the site, how many days remain until Nov. 18, when Bill Clinton is expected to open the $175 million project that embodies his postpresidential ambitions. (Yahoo News -- Architecture)
Hunters Point plan unveiled Oct 30, 2009
The condominium development is to hold 66 townhouses and 93 flats designed with glass, corrugated steel, stucco and wood features. Roofs sport solar panels, garages are mostly in back to make sidewalks feel pedestrian friendly and maximize street parking. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
New MoMA tower gets go-ahead Oct 30, 2009
Paris-based architect Jean Nouvel, whose previous work includes the Arab World Institute in Paris, will design the soaring steel and glass tower. The museum, founded in 1929, called the approval "a major milestone". (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Full-Service Development Oct 28, 2009
Gourmet kitchens provide Wenge wood-textured cabinet doors with stainless steel hardware, stainless steel sinks with designer faucets, Gallo granite countertops and state-of-the-art appliances from such high-end names as Bosch, Sub-Zero and Fisher l, while master bathrooms offer sumptuous appointments, cast-iron Kohler tubs, enclosed stall showers and marble bath fixtures and vanity tops. Residents will also have full access to The Beacon's existing incomparable amenities which include Club Aqua... (RealtyTimes)
‘Sacred Monsters’ at Tufts explores the mythical powers of beasts Oct 28, 2009
It s an undulating, two-size monolith of steel mesh painted in black and white, with deep holes containing surprises inside - one interior looks like the cross-section of an intestine, another looks vaguely fetal, but milky white. It s as if the microscope slide has become gigantic, and we re still squinting at its mysteries. (Boston Globe)
Fingerprint Technology Beats World's Toughest Tests, Including Hundreds Of Builders' Thumbs Oct 27, 2009
26, 2009) Technology developed by the University of Warwick that can identify partial, distorted, scratched, smudged, or otherwise warped fingerprints in just a few seconds has just scored top marks in the world's two toughest technical fingerprint tests. The technology is also being rapidly taken up by the UK building trade who are delighted to have fingerprint technology which can cope with the often worn and ravaged builders' thumbprints. (Science Daily)
White....SHHHH Don't Say That Word Oct 26, 2009
Chell wrote on Oct 15, 2009 12:29 PM:" It's like black people are the only race that got screwed in the history of America. Ask the Cherokees how they liked their hike and special blankets or the Irish how they liked non union steel mills. It is time to just all be AMERICANS. Give me a break!!! There is a reason Americans are falling behind in everything and it started with trying to be politically correct about everything. ". ccp wrote on Oct 14, 2009 11:16 PM:" yippee its not only me that... (New Iberia, LA)
Recyclers face crush of Clunkers Oct 26, 2009
"True recycling is using something to its fullest potential and then recycling it over again by making it into steel and sending it out to become another engine or transmission or car," said Jeff Cantor, an auto recycler in Candia, N.H. "We're breaking that circle here by crushing good quality parts. We can't process them quick enough in six months.". Consumers bought nearly 700,000 new vehicles in late July and August through the program, taking advantage of rebates of up to $4,500 on new cars... (MSNBC -- Race)
From a ballot item to a palace Oct 26, 2009
I just figured it would never get built until I saw dirt pushed, concrete poured, steel beams erected and walls and a roof and everything that goes with a building. I took tours, but still couldn't see the place as the city and the architects could. (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)
USU sculpture gets a $20,000 tune up Oct 25, 2009
The 20-foot steel structure had been in pieces since 2006 a victim of wind and cold that caused the welds to fail ... This upper part (of the sculpture) is stainless steel they would be pulling that out of the pyramids if they had had it back then, he explained. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
$1.4 million bid approved by Fulton council Oct 25, 2009
Ken Vaughn wrote on Oct 24, 2009 7:26 AM:" Hooray! Now if we could just get smart (like Austin) and use pervious concrete with no steel reinforcement we would avoid future deferred maintenance and better control drainage. ". Submit a Comment. (Rockport Pilot, TX)
IM INDIAN I DONT HAVE TO EXCUSE IT OR DECLARE IT Oct 24, 2009
There is a work made of Corten steel and its doing what steel does. Greyman has an informal presence. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Ghana's economy strong from cocoa and gold exports Oct 24, 2009
The second protocol including credit facilities worth 60 million euros were utilised to finance projects in the energy, water, health, irrigation, communication and fishing sectors and the supply of steel bridges. Mrs Romero said under the second protocol, Spain provided five million euros, to finance feasibility studies for strategic projects and programmes. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Thanksgiving Day travel options Oct 23, 2009
It s called the Iron Bowl because it used to be played in the former steel capital of Birmingham every year and the name stuck. Now this intrastate college football rivalry alternates each season between the campuses of the University of Alabama and Auburn University. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
JonWertheimViewpoint Stadium? Yes. Owner? Check. Now Los Angeles needs a team. Oct 23, 2009
Air quality, traffic and water run-off have all been taken into consideration, and because the stadium will be built into the side of a hill, it won't require as much steel and other material. The stadium is the crown jewel of a 600-acre complex that will also house movie theaters, retail shops, a concert hall and maybe even a branch of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NFL)
College to break ground on career center Oct 22, 2009
Richter said foundation work and hopefully the steel beams for the frame of the building are to be installed before the end of November ... He said if the foundation gets done and some of the steel beams are installed the project should be in good shape. (Williston Daily Herald, ND)
"State Legacy" moves to Shenzhen from Manchester Oct 22, 2009
His photographs, "The Shuicheng Iron and Steel Works," detail the development of an iron and steel plant first established in the mountains of Guizhou Province as a product of the so-called "Third Line Construction Projects" in the 1970s. Sui Jianguo's video piece, "Raising Speed on the Railway," is a multi-screened projection of a high-speed train as it travels around a circular testing track. (Xinhuanet, China)
Pull up a chair and have a whinge Oct 21, 2009
Then, when the hosing is complete, he takes to banging his hammer with some type of steel pipe which he bangs into the ground endlessly, in order to build some kind of support for his vegie garden. All this happens from 5am to midday, you never hear from him again for the rest of the day. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Toluca Editions: 6 Projects Oct 21, 2009
The perfectly smooth steel sheet echoes the cold architectures photographed by Ruff ... Andres Serrano insists the corpses do not represent death "To me they are very present, almost alive. There's a strong, natural force hat comes forth in this series, its skin breathes." The container by acclaimed Finnish designer Harri Koskinen (known internationally for his lamp Block made of a glass block surrounding a bulb) is made of two stainless steel hulls with a double strap, evoking the sliding boxes... (AbsoluteArts.com)
* In the black: London art exhibit claims first victim tqG` Oct 21, 2009
The installation is a steel box, resembling a giant shipping container. Accessed by a ramp, it measures 30m long, 13m high and 10m wide. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
‘Lock ’n Load’ looks at trigger-happy America Oct 21, 2009
She s nothing like Wayne, but like him, she likes the feeling of cold steel in her hands and a trigger in her finger. This, Showtime viewers, is America, too. (Boston Globe)
Japan's Samurai art on show in New York Oct 20, 2009
" onclick="Next();" src="/images/butt_next. as well as painted screens and scrolls," some of which have never left Japan. "This is the most comprehensive exhibition of Japanese arms and armour ever to take place in the world," including Japan, the museum boasted. The Bushi or Samurai, Japan's military elite, for seven centuries dominated the politics, economy and society of their country. The exhibition displays the evolution of the Samurai's "omote dogu," or exterior equipment. Military... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Donald Kaufman, 79; amassed valuable toy car collection Oct 19, 2009
Mostly, they were made of cast iron, tin, and pressed steel. A white, windup Gordon Bennett race car, made around 1910 by Guntherman in Germany, had a small bellows connected to the rear axle on the underside, so that it could still emit a rumble nearly a century after it was made. (Boston Globe)
Billionaire Wilbur Ross helps in economic recovery Oct 19, 2009
The ultimate contrarian investor, Ross built his reputation after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the resulting economic downturn that pushed dying companies into bankruptcy in the steel, coal and textile industries. His most famous transaction was making a $325 million investment in bankrupt steelmaker LTV in 2002 and turning it into a $4. (USA Today -- Money)
China News 2009.10.16 Oct 18, 2009
The six sectors include steel, cement, plate glass, coal-chemical, polycrystalline silicon and windpower equipment. Chen said Thursday that overcapacity could lead to bankruptcy, unemployment and bad bank loans. (Xinhuanet, China)
EU launches digital library at Frankfut Book Fair Oct 18, 2009
The library's oldest document is a speech by Jean Monnet to inaugurate the High Authority of the Coal and Steel Community, the EU's precursor. From four official languages at its start, the union now counts 23, but some publications are also available in Chinese, Russian and around 20 other languages. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
• School wake up call: John Henry and the iPod Oct 18, 2009
The old song tells us how he drove steel until his heart gave out and he "laid down his hammer and died, Lord, Lord." School wake up call: John Henry and the iPod 101809 NEIGHBORS 7 Gimme a Smile Remember John Henry, that American folk hero who stood up to the steam drill with nothing but his hammer ... The old song tells us how he drove steel until his heart gave out and he "laid down his hammer and died, Lord, Lord.". (Juneau Empire)
See Jayne move. Move, Jayne move: How do you move 90 tons of house? Oct 18, 2009
Once the workers arrive at the site, they ll knock holes in the foundation and run two steel H beams from the front of the house to the rear. Each beam is so large it weighs 145 pounds per foot. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Home decor gets back to the '60s Oct 18, 2009
Kenneth Wingard;s powder coated steel Op Art Sculpture is available at inmod. com for $125. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Wake up to hitsleeper games Oct 17, 2009
Certainly its the art work that is most immediately arresting landscapes of rusted nuts, bolts and steel, of wayward steam pipes and wonky satellite dishes, all of it intricate and alive in its metal decay. But its not just the games pretty pictures that enchant its Machinariums elegant, entrancing music, so perfect and so subtle. (MSNBC -- Technology)
