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Thermal Technology Produces Solar Grade Silicon from Rice Hulls Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:40AMSANTA ROSA, Calif., March 1, 2010 -- Thermal Technology has developed a process for the production of solar-grade silicon using rice hulls as raw material. Matt Mede, Thermal Technology president and CEO, presented his research at the Materials Challenges in Alternative & Renewable Energy Conference this month in Florida. To meet the growing market need, major producers of high purity ...
The end of the flashback Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 2:11PMIt’s been almost 30 years since Leena Shah watched Laawaris, a tear-jerker starring Amitabh Bachchan and Zeenat Aman, at the drive-in cinema at the Bandra-Kurla Complex.
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Green jobs grow slowly Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:19PMMany conversation projects are still waiting for federal funding to get off the ground. Last year, Randy Hagen, president of Solar Skies Mfg in Starbuck, Minn., laid off four of his 14 workers after orders stalled for the rooftop solar collectors he makes. Government rebates promised last year under the Obama administration's green jobs initiative never won final approval, so consumers didn't ...
Solar Gard® Announces Winners of European Architecture Awards for Energy and Security Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 4:11AMLONDON----Christophe Fremont, President of Bekaert Specialty Films LLC, the manufacturer of Solar Gard window films, has recognised the contributions made by leading European window film dealers at the inaugural Solar Gard® European Architectural Summit in Ghent, Belgium.
Preserving traditions Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 3:48AMEUREKA -- Piante Gallery, 620 Second St., is hosting an exhibition of work by Brian D. Tripp and George Blake through March 27. A reception for the artists will take place on Saturday during Arts Alive!
Taking the High Line: the art park that rivals MoMA Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:05PMIf exhibition attendance were the sole measure of curatorial clout, Lauren Ross, 39, would rank ...
Panoramic ‘Vision’ Back From Tour of Spain Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 5:13PMJoaquín Sorolla, the Spanish painter, sketched costumed villagers and arid roads around his homeland in the 1910s.
Met Show Completes Its Set of Bronzinos Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 5:13PMWhen the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened “The Drawings of Bronzino,” in January, it was able to secure 59 of this Florentine master’s 60 known drawings. Now it can boast it has them all.
Phase Technology dARTS Solves Acoustical Challenges in OSU-Themed Room Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 1:00AMWhen North Carolina system integrator Bill Eaton was asked to set up a custom home entertainment room for OSU fan Mike Radcliff, he was faced with some big challenges in making the audio sound its best. One wall had a lot of glass; another side of the room was open to another room. Eaton turned to Phase Technology and their Digital Audio Reference Theater System , or dARTS.
Bortolami Presents Third Solo Show by Michel Francois Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 9:28PMMichel François, Interface Pavillion, 2010. Glass, steel, Aquasoft modeling clay, 111 x 99 x 119 inches, 281.9 x 251.5 x 302.3 cm. Photo: Courtesy Bortolami Gallery.
Ideum Shows Off MT-50 Multitouch Table Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 9:14AMThis Ideum MT-50 table looks a lot like the video wall tech that is on NCIS: Los Angeles to me. Ideum is showing off its new MT-50 multitouch table and the thing looks really cool. The MT-50 is available for custom installations and has been installed in m...
Video: Acrobat performs in Leeds church Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 2:20AMTonight Deborah Sanderson hopes to make a holy show of herself.
To Be a Force of Nature Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 10:55AMWhat’s a natural force? Well, the news release for the new exhibit at Coral Springs Museum of Art will tell you: “the light of water on the sunset, the refraction of color through glass that forms waves, words engraved into stone.” But some artists take using natural forces a step fur...
Discount Light Bulb Retailer WholesaleBulbs.net Takes Environmental Protection Seriously with New Compact Fluorescent ... Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 1:01AMWholesale Bulbs, a leading retailer of wholesale energy efficient light bulbs, introduces LifeLamp, a revolutionary new energy efficient compact florescent light bulb featuring a unique, detachable ballast designed to be reused by replacing only the glass spiral tube portion of the bulb when it burns out.
Faith Hope Consolo: The Faithful Shopper: Unexpected Treasures -- Museum and Retail Dining Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 5:19PMIt's a well-kept secret that some of the best restaurants in any major city are located in its museums and department stores.
Follow in the footsteps of "Alice" author Carroll Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 11:52AMVisitBritain, the national tourist office for England, Scotland and Wales, is showcasing the British sites that inspired Lewis Carroll to create the dreamlike story "Alice in Wonderland," which has been made into a highly anticipated movie now playing in theaters, with Johnny Depp heading an all-star cast.
Student Lounge Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 11:17AMThe past week I decided to take a day trip upstate to Dia:Beacon museum, in Beacon, NY., a scenic train ride up the Hudson River from Grand Central. It was an intriguing journey for going to observe art. I was surprised by how sophisticated the museum was when I arrived inside.
Chalk-up and grab the triangle – Foster’s are offering you the fantastic opportunity to win a pool refit for your pub Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 3:38AMFoster’s will kit you out with a pool make-over, whether you’re catering for the local pool league or just very enthusiastic amateurs. Transform your outlet with pool lights, table re-baise, pool ball set and cue holder to improve your customers’ pool experience and increase their dwell time.
Venice Tile Founder Emphasizes Variety, Selection Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 12:06AMDavid Gicking, a tile setter, opened Venice Tile & Marble Showroom in 1988 because he was bored with the bland, generic materials available at mos....
New Works by the Danish-Icelandic Artist Olafur Eliasson at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 8:48PMOlafur Eliasson, Multiple shadow house, 2010, wood, metal, fabric, spotlights, color filter glass, halogen bulb, projection foil and transparent projection foil, 396 x 141 ½ x 532 inches; 1006 x 360 x 1351 cm.
A year after explosion, are Bozemanites safer? Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 11:30PMIn the moments after an explosion spewed debris out onto East Main Street on March 5, 2009, downtown Bozeman was eerily quiet.
McAllen officially unveils glass pulverizer Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 6:27PMMcALLEN — The city officially unveiled its new glass pulverizer Thursday, framing it as one of the many pieces in its effort to embrace new environmentally friendly programs and policies. The city began collecting glass in early October and is...
New show highlights works from MAM's permanent collection Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 1:26PMMiami Art Museum's new exhibition, Between Here and There: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, neatly encapsulates the institution's history, Miami's cultural wars and the city's future. Organized by senior curator Peter Boswell and drawn from some 623 pieces that comprise MAM's permanent collection, the show truly covers the waterfront from its perch in an unfortunate ...
Rune Olsen opens show in Hanes gallery Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 5:02PM“Eerie, disconcerting, fearsome.” (Art in America) “Freaky, intimate, underappreciated” (Sculpture Magazine).These are all adjectives used to describe the often-provocative and always-shocking work of Norwegian-born artist Rune Olsen. Dealing with themes as diverse as animal sexuality, love and the power of rumors, Olsen has created works that respond to “obsessive thoughts and questions,” as he ...
Armed police called after gun seen in Blackburn pub Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 5:40AMUPDATE: A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of firearms offences following an incident at The Jubilee pub, at just before 9pm yesterday.
Fire reminders Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 2:28AMEditorial State fire safety officials on Wednesday highlighted an unfortunate but preventable statistic concerning the month of February — chimney fires have been the top cause of fire fatalitie...
10 ways to get more money from your home Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 11:27PMIn a competitive market, sellers need to make every effort for their properties to appear more attractive so they sell for more. And it's the simple touches - not the big renovations - that often matter the most.
Artist of the week 76: Chiharu Shiota Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 10:03AMChiharu Shiota is a spider-woman – one who clambers around in the skeins of our unconscious. In her best-known installations she weaves black yarn into hectic webs that take over entire galleries and in which personal objects are found cocooned.
What's On: Galleries Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 5:19AMThe Contact Photography Festival looks "Between Memory & History" with the works of hundreds of artists on display at various venues around the city. Some of the exhibits are listed here, marked with CF . The festival officially ends May 31, but many of the exhibits continue beyond that. Full festival info at www.contactphoto.com
Eyesores to art Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:11AMHow empty shops are given a new lease of life.
Sweeney Art Gallery Closed for Move Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 7:57PMRIVERSIDE, Calif. – UC Riverside’s Sweeney Art Galley has closed its ArtsBlock location in downtown Riverside and will reopen in October in the Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts, also located in the ARTSblock in the 3800 block of Main Street.
ViewSonic(R) Delivers One-Stop Solution Portfolio at Digital Signage Expo Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 7:07AMViewSonic Offers One-Stop Digital Signage Solutions at DSE, Including Commercial Displays, e-Posters and Networked Media Players
ViewSonic(R) Delivers One-Stop Solution Portfolio at Digital Signage Expo Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 7:00AMLAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire - 02/23/10) - 2010 Digital Signage Expo, booth 2031 -- ViewSonic Corp., a leading global provider of visual display, computing and digital content solutions, today at Digital Signage Expo (DSE) 2010 announced eight digital signage products, further expanding the company's leading digital signage portfolio. "We make great efforts to ensure ViewSonic's signage solutions ...
Regina Hackett takes her Art to Go Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 2:22AMIn the West, even artists are rugged individuals who tend to go it alone. Although those who find strength in numbers are especially rare in Seattle, they're gaining ground.
Interiors Awards 2010: Environmental Winner Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 6:27AMSometimes the right building design can spur its occupants to a new, better way of working. That was Cannon Design's aim when it scouted out The Power House in St. Louis as its new, LEED Gold-certified office, seeking a more flexible, open, and sustainable way of working.
Art calendar Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 6:04AMCHINESE NEW YEARS FAMILY SUNDAY, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Feb. 21, Honolulu Academy of Arts; free; 532-8700:
LACMA Announces Three Inaugural Exhibitions for New Resnick Exhibition Pavilion Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 8:46PMSewing Box (Costurero), Late 17th-early 18th century. Incised mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell and painted wood, 6 1/2 x 13 3/8 x 16 7/8 in. Collection Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Caracas. Photo © 2008 Museum Associates/LACMA.
Speaking art Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 5:14PMHere’s an intriguing perspective on Kuala Lumpur.
Dallying around Darwin Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 9:24AMCycling down Gardens Rd., with sun-sparkled Fannie Bay beckoning on my left and the fountains and flora of George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens to the right. it's hard to think of this idyllic scene once blotted by mass destruction.[...]
Couple hope to lead others down green renovation path Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 11:36PMInstead of spending $500,000 to renovate his 80-year-old family home, Nathaniel Glosser could have moved or built a new house.
Oregon's solar future could hinge on copying Germany Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 9:50PMIn Germany, a decade of national policies and billions in government subsidies fuel a burgeoning solar industry, creating 230,000 jobs and putting it on track to lead the world's emerging - and lucrative - clean-tech sector.
Window dressing creates ambience Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 8:50PMThe time lag between what we are wearing and interior-decorating styles has almost disappeared. Travel experiences and global browsing on the Internet have collapsed the time between seeing a fashion on the runway and shopping at home.
Rescuer overwhelmed with attention Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 6:51PMThe man who helped rescue five people from the burning building has been receiving a lot of attention. Robin Dehaven demonstrated to KVUE News, how he helped rescue those five office workers. "This is wild!" Robin Dehaven said as he tries to describe his new-found attention. "I got two to three hours of sleep, then came back to work.” Since Thursday, he's received calls from all over the world ...
London beacon Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 3:38PMBBC London takes a trip to the city's only lighthouse
State of the Clean-Tech Union: Troubled Waters Ahead? Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 12:39PM"The nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy." -- President Barack Obama, State of the Union address, Jan. 27, 2010.
Ribbon Cut on New Philadelphia International Airport Terminal Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 12:30PMA ribbon cutting ceremony was held earlier this week to commence the opening of the new terminal at the Philadelphia International Airport.
Decorating the Night in Brooklyn Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 1:34AMIT was Valentine's Day at the House of Yes, an old ice warehouse turned event space in Bushwick, Brooklyn: The three-story "skybox" was swathed in red satin and velvet, and red aerialists' silks hung from the circus truss that spanned the ceiling. Kae Burke, 23, who runs House of Yes with her high school pal Anya Sapozhnikova, twined her way up and down the silks, while Marcie Grambeau, a 23 ...
Cop a feel of this art Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 10:38AMA new exhibition will have art haters feeling sick as they come over all arty-farty.
U.S. Energy secretary to tour Vestas Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 6:20AMWINDSOR - U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu will be in Windsor on Friday to tour Vestas Wind Systems' wind turbine plant and co-host a renewable energy forum there with Rep. Betsy Markey, D-Colo.