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...moment long awaited by NASA scientists, the unmanned orbiter Cassini will pass through geysers of ice, water vapor and dust erupting from the southern pole of the 310-mile-wide moon Enceladus, in hopes of collecting fine particles. The 465-mile-high plumes shooting out from fissures, or tiger stripes, in the moon's surface, were first discovered during a similar but much more distant flyby...
...series of 100 photographs in a 10 by 10 grid, is perhaps the most striking work in the exhibition. The exhibit’s curatorial notes suggest that these images are “like poisonous landscapes, aerial views of step mines, or shots of the surface of the moon.” From a distance, they do look like photographs of scrap metal or close-ups of aging ruins. In fact, each of the 100 photographs is a shot of a penny in various states of oxidation. In some of the prints, the penny is so rusted that...
There could be bigger battles to come. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert waved off calls of restraint from United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon who equally condemned both Israel for "excessive and disproportionate" use of force in Gaza and the militants for their unending barrage of rockets into southern Israel. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said, "We are not happy about civilians being hurt in Gaza. Hamas and those who fire rockets at Israel are responsible and they will pay the price." If anything, the Israeli assault has steeled Gazans' support for Hamas. As one housewife in Jabalya watched...
...Semi-Pro” referred to the amateur basketball team that Ferrell leads or the movie as a whole. It accurately describes both. “Semi-Pro” charts the fortunes of the Flint Tropics, the worst team in the American Basketball Association (ABA). Ferrell plays Jackie Moon, the player/coach/owner of the Tropics and former singer of the one-hit-wonder, “Love Me Sexy.” After a merger is announced between the ABA and the National Basketball Association, Moon realizes that his team must be one of the top three ABA teams...
...Yoko Ono. On “We Have You Surrounded,” they tackle more obscure songs: “Sherlock Holmes,” originally by Sparks, and “Fire in the Western World,” by the recently disbanded Portland band Dead Moon. On “Sherlock Holmes,” the synth flourishes of the original are replaced with a heavy guitar line while Collins showcases his impressive falsetto, transforming the glam rock tune into a darker affair. “Fire in the Western World” conveys less...