| Rangers serve notice with sweep
The New York Rangers entered the 2007 Stanley Cup Playoffs as one of the bottom seeds in the East, but they also came into the postseason as one of the NHL's hottest clubs down the stretch, winning eight of their last 11 regular season games and posting a 13-3-4 record in their last 20. The Rangers finished up the 2006-07 campaign as one of only four NHL teams to earn 30 total points since the Feb. 27 trade deadline. .
Downtown hotel going state of the (glass) art
Gone is the fusty, fuddy-duddy downtown hotel Tacoma has long called home away from home. The swank of the Sheraton cooled long ago, and now rebirth is on the way. Come November, the hotel will change its name. By next year, all 319 rooms will have been remodeled. The Sheraton will become Hotel Murano, and its heart will turn to glass. Art glass. Related Video - Video - Downtown hotel going state of the (glass) artEach floor will profile an artist who works in the medium of glass, whether blown, strewn, molded or otherwise folded from liquid into solid. Glass will reign in the revitalized lobby, and a trio of glass Viking longboats – 16, 14 and 12 feet long – will soar as nods to a Nordic myth beneath the ceiling of the lower corridor. "The whole concept is about glass," said Portland freelance curator Tessa Papas, who has been hired by owner Provenance Hotels to bedeck the halls, rooms and other spaces with glass and related artwork.
Chinese Pro-Life Advocate Denied Appeal After Court Refused New ...
SHANGHAI, China, April 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Pro-life advocate Mao Hengfeng was denied an appeal for the two-and-a-half year sentence she received in January on charges of intentionally destroying property, New York-based Human Rights in China (HRIC) reported yesterday. Following a ten-minute session during which neither Mao nor her lawyer were allowed to present arguments or additional evidence, the Shanghai Municipal No. 2 Intermediate Peoples Court reaffirmed the sentence against Mao, after which she was forcibly removed. Repeatedly harassed by authorities for her protests against the governments forced family planning program, Mao has suffered detention, forced psychiatric treatment and Reeducation Through Labor. Detained in 2006 by Shanghais Public Security Bureau, Mao was formally arrested on June 30, 2006 on charges of deliberately breaking two table lamps in a detention room.
Steampunk Pipe Lamp Looks Good in Any Laboratory
So, you're a Victorian-era mad scientist, and you need more light in your cavernous laboratory. What better to provide it than this steampunk pipe lamp, crafted from brass plumbing and long-length incandescent bulbs? The creation of "Fzz (Prof.)," the wonderful finishing touch is the use of a valve as the power switch. "Following on from my previous Steampunk Lamp, here's something a little more minimalist this time. I wasn't aiming for it to look like anything in particular, but I vaguely had in mind the idea of water level gauges on steam locomotives." The contruction process was photojournaled here, revealing one happy coincidence that helped make it all possible: the bulbs used just happen to fit perfectly into the 15mm plumbing brass. Gallery [Fzz via Makezine] .
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