The Compass Rose (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Emmet Gowin [1941-] was originally a student of Harry Callahan's, and the presumed association seems apt, judging from the work alone. From the beginning, Gowin displayed the same reverential regard for family and a self-contained, attentive interest in immediate surroundings that had characterized his master's oeuvre. His first major monograph, Emmet Gowin Photographs [Philadelphia Museum of Art,...
Death By 1000 Papercuts (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
25 Most Memorable Movie Quotes WHAT ARE THE 25 MOST MEMORABLE MOVIE QUOTES of ALL TIME? IN 2005, the American Film Institute announced the 100 most memorable movie quotes of all time. The jury was composed of 1,500 film artists, critics, and historians. Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes is a list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema. The American...
Sky News (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
A man leapt from the dock of a court and escaped custody just minutes after being convicted of rape.
Sky News (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Scarlett Keeling's mother has slammed the Indian authorities after the two men allegedly involved in the 15-year-old's death avoided murder charges.
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
PRINCETON, NJ.- After thirty-six years of teaching at Princeton University, photographer Emmet Gowin retires at the end of 2009. To mark the occasion, to honor Gowin's generosity as a teacher and perpetual student, and to celebrate his artistic legacy, the Princeton University Art Museum will present Emmet Gowin: A Collective Portrait, on view October 24, 2009, through February 21, 2010. The exhibition...
Lesa's Book Critiques (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
If you think mysteries featuring teddy bears are just sweet cozies, think again. John J. Lamb is a retired homicide detective, and his Bear Collector's mysteries combine expert knowledge of murder investigations with teddy bear collecting and shows. The False-Hearted Teddy , the second book in the series, is another example of excellent characters, an interesting case, and teddy bears. Retired San...
"Let's Not Talk About Movies" (Free subscription) | 04/10/2009
The Story: The thing is it's comedy. " Dirty Harry " is a police procedural based on the true-crime " Zodiac " killings in San Francisco with a slant against lenient criminal rights in favor of victims' rights (which is why liberal Don Siegel agreed when his buddy Clint Eastwood asked him to direct it). Bad things happen. But there's a gallows humor that runs all the way throughout,...
Sky News (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
The majority of Europe will be watching 3-D television at home in five years, leading researchers have told Sky News Online.
Photo Business News & Forum (Free subscription) | 21/09/2009
In a sign that photography is being accepted by the art world as, well, art, Sotheby's is holding an auction of an amazing collection of photographs, with details and an online catalog available for browsing here . Below are the details, and it's an interesting browse, as well as what the valuations are estimated to be. Click on the individual photograph to see the dollar figures. Sotheby's NYC Fri,...
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 20/09/2009
via upload.wikimedia.org "Dirty" Harry Callahan had his own analysis of luck. It turns out the Astros ' hitters have not been lucky this year, and their season, as a result, has been shot full of holes. I'll explain more about the Astros' luck (and no, not any more about Dirty Harry) in this article. An analsyis of luck in baseball often starts with Batting Average on Balls in Play (BABIP)....
mAss Backwards (Free subscription) | 20/09/2009
Well, I'm all broken up over that man's rights ! Convicted shoe bomber Richard C. Reid claimed in a handwritten federal lawsuit in Colorado that the government violated his First Amendment rights by restricting his access to books, TV, phone calls, letters and religious activities. In June, the Department of Justice - without explanation - lifted those restrictions. [...] Below are some of the limits...
Sky News (Free subscription) | 14/09/2009
Mortgage lending for house purchase was 19% higher during July - but a separate report has warned that prices will take five years to hit 2007 levels.
World Affairs Board (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
TRACI: Telemetry sighted, Railgun propelled, Absolute Superiority, Individual (weapon) (TRASI:=="TRACI"). A hand held Gausian kinetic energy gun that fires a 50 caliber mixed iron round with neglible recoil at such speeds that a line of sight trajectory occurs. There is no brass or a chemical...
Pajiba (Free subscription) | 31/08/2009
After 26 years on the air, "Reading Rainbow" is getting shut down because no one will put up the money to renew broadcast rights. At least we still have "Between the Lions," or there'd be a rumble. In my pants....
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 24/08/2009
Through the years, Alec Baldwin has flirted with the thought of one day running for any number of political positions , including mayor, governor, congressman, and senator. But in a recent Playboy interview, he specifically mentioned the possibility of challenging Independent senator Joe Lieberman, whom he has "no use for." Is Lieberman trembling at the thought of facing the actor, who doesn't...
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