| Haggerty Gallery Captures A Moment
If you have a moment, and can pardon the pun, come see Capturing a Moment, an exhibit running through May 6, until 5pm daily. The exhibit features the work of artists Ellen Berman, Isabelle du Toit, Catherine Maize, and Gary Schafter in the attractive Haggerty Gallery, located on the east side of campus inside the art village.
Berman's works are still-lifes of brightly flowered or patterned tablecloths, whose wrinkled surfaces and reflect a strong light source. The paintings are oil on canvas and resemble photo-realist artwork. On closer inspection however, there is evidence of pencil marks, strong expressive brushwork, and places where the paint does not reside within the lines. Step back several feet and the imperfections vanish in a satisfying transformation.
Du Toit's paintings feature flying creatures, such as bats, butterflies, and birds, set against a solid black or neutral background.
Badminton complex in broken-down state
KUBANG PASU: What was to have been a state-of-the-art facility to produce badminton players in the mould of the famous Sidek brothers is now in a broken-down state.
The building housing the "Tapak 1001 Gelanggang Rakyat" here is just a step away from caving in.
Two years ago, when the New Straits Times first highlighted its sorry state, there were hopes that the complex would be salvaged and that the programme to groom world-class players like Misbun, Razif, Jalani and Rashid Sidek could be revived.
"Not any more. The complex is now condemned," said Abdul Majid Mat Noor, the chairman of the Kampung Binjai village security and development committee.
"It is a waste of public funds considering it was set up to produce a pool of good badminton players for the country."
The facility was built at a cost of RM200,000 and it was opened by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mo- hamad 12 years ago.
It all Started with Edison!
(CSRwire) CONSHOHOCKEN, PA - April 10 2007- Flick on. Flick off. The magic of the light bulb is simply amazing. Clearly, Thomas Edison's incandescent light bulb discovery was a landmark 19th century invention. And now, more than 100 years past, we are still filling our shopping carts with this everyday necessity. Yet times have changed. People are questioning old habits and creating new lifestyles with a charge to be environmentally responsible; everyday in some simple way! And conscientious individuals are trading in their incandescent bulbs for the energy-saving compact florescent light bulb (CFL); a light bulb that can last up to ten times longer. In these times of environmental responsibility, this translates into better everyday energy practices and big cost savings. IKEA, the world's largest home furnishings retailer, understands the value of CFL lights, as well as the need for recycling them.
Fire victims' fatal error
AN elderly couple who died when flames ravaged their home near Buntingford declined the fire service's offer of a free smoke detector just two months before the blaze. An inquest into the deaths of Denys and Muriel Winsor, both 86 and married for 57 years, also heard that paramedics visiting the couple on the morning of the fire smelled smoke in the home but were told it was nothing. The Winsors died on December 14, 2006, unable to escape the blaze at The Homestead, Chipping. At Wednesday's inquest it emerged that the couple had been visited by fire safety officers from Papworth, Cambs, in October 2006 and were offered a free smoke detector but refused. At 5.55am on the morning of the fire, paramedics visited the couple, who were described by the coroner Edward Thomas as "living a very reclusive life".
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