Google's home page logo on Friday featured an interactive tribute to American sculptor and innovator,Alexander Calder (1898-1976), who would have celebrated his 113th birthday on July 22.
Calder's cutting-edge work transformed modern art in the twentieth century. As a young man, Calder mastered the wire sculpture, which he describes as thus, according to a statement published by the Calder Foundation:
"I did not consider this medium to be of any signal importance in the world of art; merely a very amusing stunt cleverly executed. [...]...
Friday, July 22, 2011
Five Reasons You Need To See 'Captain America: The First Avenger'
"Captain America: The First Avenger" is the last of the big four Avengers to throw himself at the big-screen before next summer's major Marvel Studios event, and he doesn't disappoint. If you were worried about how the star-spangled superhero would translate from paneled page to live-action (especially after that '90s-movie-that-must-not-be-referenced-again), worry no more: the movie is great and absolutely worth the wait.
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Big Blast Hits Government Buildings in Central Oslo
A large explosion shook central Oslo on Friday and blew out the windows of several government buildings, including one housing the office of the Norwegian prime minister, according to local media reports. There were initial reports of several injuries.
The sound of the blast echoed across the city just before 3:30 local time, and a giant cloud of white smoke continued to rise hundreds of feet into the air over the city as a fire burned in one of the buildings. Reuters said the fire was in the building housing the country’s oil ministry.Initial...
Ridley Scott returns to sci-fi with 'Prometheus'
Because he's so synonymous with the genre, it may be hard to believe that it's been nearly 30 years since director Ridley Scott last visited science fiction with 1982'sBlade Runner.
Well, he's baaaaaack.
In the 20th Century Fox Comic-Con panel moderated Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof, Scott checked in by live video feed from Iceland, where he's filming next year's Prometheus. The studio also debuted a sizzle reel of footage, with space shots,...
Thursday, July 21, 2011
New Mexico sheriff faces possible jail term over eBay sales
(Reuters) - Santa Fe County's once ambitious and popular top lawman could get up to eight years in prison for selling county property, including used police body armor, on the Internet, authorities said on Thursday.Former Sheriff Greg Solano, 47, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in District Court as part of a plea agreement to five counts of fraud for embezzling county property and selling the items for his own gain on the popular online auction site, eBay.The plea deal came eight months after Solano resigned as sheriff and admitted auctioning...
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Pacquiao wins ESPY Best Fighter award
EXCELLENCE IN SPORTS PERFORMANCE YEARLY awards winners:
Best Fighter - Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao
Best Team - Dallas Mavericks
Best Male Athlete and Best NBA Player - Dirk Nowitzki
Best Coach/Manager - Rick Carlisle
Best Breakthrough Athlete - NBA rookie Blake Griffin
Pound-for-pound king Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao wins the Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award or ESPY Best Fighter Award.
Pacquiao beat out fellow nominees Bernard Hopkins, Sergio Martinez, Roy Jones, and George St. Pierre for the honor.
Pacquiao also won the award in 2009.
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NBA stars here vs Gilas, PBA
Former NBA Rookie of the Year Chris Paul is joining five-time champion Kobe Bryant in the starting five of the NBA selection playing Smart Gilas Pilipinas and a PBA selection in a dream two-game series set July 23 and 24 at the Araneta Coliseum.
MVP Sports Foundation officials Al Panlilio and Chot Reyes announced in a press conference last night that the blockbuster event is a go.
Dubbed the Ultimate All-Star Weekend, the event pits the NBA stars against the PBA team at 7 p.m. on July 23 and versus Smart Gilas at 1 p.m. the following...
Kobe-led UAAP All-Stars plays Exhibition Match against Smart Gilas Pilipinas National Team
MANILA, Philippines – NBA superstar Kobe Bryant gave the Nike-UAAP All-Stars the thrill of their lives when the 5-time NBA champion decided to team with the collegiate players against the Smart Gilas Pilipinas National Team.
JV Casio, Chris Lutz, Japeth Aguilar, Jason Ballesteros and Dylan Ababou of Gilas initially played a 10-minute exhibition game against Nico Salva, Kiefer Ravena, Arnold Van Opstal, RR Garcia and Aldrech Ramos of the UAAP.
The...
Army finds Mexico's biggest marijuana plantation
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican soldiers have found the largest marijuana plantation ever detected in Mexico, a huge field covering almost 300 acres (120 hectares), the Defense Department said Thursday.The plantation is four times larger than the previous record discovery by authorities at a ranch in northern Chihuahua state in 1984.The pot plants sheltered under black screen-cloth in a huge square on the floor of the Baja California desert,...
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Japan's Kan says nuclear clean-up could take decades
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said Saturday it will take decades to clean up and decommission the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant after the world's worst atomic accident since Chernobyl.
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Kan's comments marked the first time that Japan's government has offered a timeframe for the clean-up at Fukushima beyond the emergency measures now underway to shut down its reactors."It will take three, five, ten years, or eventually several...
Murdoch flies to London to tackle phone-hack crisis
Rupert Murdoch flies to London on Saturday to deal with the escalating phone-hacking crisis engulfing his British newspapers business, according to two people familiar with his plans.The arrival of the 80-year-old News Corp chief executive follows the shock announcement on Thursday that he is shutting down the News of the World, the 168-year-old best-selling Sunday tabloid newspaper at the center of the scandal.News Corp declined to comment...
