| Davidson Calendar: Feb. 22- March 3
Scholastic Art Gold and Silver Key Winners' Exhibit: The competition is the oldest and one of the most prestigious student art competitions in the country with past winners including such noted artists as Red Grooms and Andy Warhol. The exhibit remains on view through Feb. 24. For further information call or visit www.cheekwood.org. 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Feb. 22 - 23; 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Feb. 24, Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art, 1200 Forrest Park Drive; $10, $8 ages 65+, $5 ages 6-17, active military with I.D. and college students with I.D., free ages 5-under; $1 admission in January. William Edmondson: The Hand and the Spirit: Hailed as one of the most outstanding self-taught carvers of the 20th century, William Edmondson paved the way for many African-American artists.
Station Leaders Talk About WISC-TV
Some years ago, our vice president and general manager David Sanks was addressing a company meeting after months of work on the station's mission and vision statements. At the end of his presentation, Sanks summed up the most important goal, indeed the only goal that really mattered: "Keep Liz happy!" Sounds like something you'd say about a tyrant, but no. Elizabeth Murphy Burns -- Liz, to all -- is simply one of the most respected executives in broadcasting and one of the best-liked employers in any industry. "She's the perfect television station owner, in my opinion," says a national industry observer. "She's got her eye on the bottom line and her mind engaged on the whole panoply of business, and she lets her managers do their jobs." We couldn't agree more.
FA Cup Fifth Round draw
The two league meeting saw the Baggies run out 4-0 winners at the Ricoh Arena before the Sky Blues turned the tables, winning 4-2 at The Hawthorns. FULL DRAW Bristol Rovers v Southampton Cardiff City v Wolves Sheffield United v Middlesbrough Liverpool v Barnsley Manchester United v Arsenal Preston v Portsmouth Coventry City v Albion Chelsea v Huddersfield Town Give us your views on the draw below • Congratulations to frankthegas who successfully predicted a 3-0 win for Albion at the weekend. Have a go at predicting the score with our match previews before every game. No prizes on offer just pride. .
Frantic Films Adds Magic to Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
Frantic Films Adds Magic to Mr. Magorium?s Wonder Emporium Zach Helm-Directed Release Features VFX-Packed Finale DMN Newswire--2007-11-13--Award-winning VFX company Frantic Films has been tapped by writer/director Zach Helm to Adobe Macromedia Contribute 4.0 PC BUYBARGAINDEALS-$137.00 ');" onMouseOut="setTimeout('hideLayer()',500);" class=hotlink2>contribute a number of visual Click for the lowest price on dmnobieblankeffects');" onMouseOut="setTimeout('hideLayer()',500);" class=hotlink2>effects shots for the forthcoming Walden Media and Mandate Pictures feature film release, Mr. Magorium?s Wonder Emporium. Frantic Films was a key VFX provider for the movie?s final, most fantastical sequence, completing extensive post-viz on the Natalie Portman, Dustin Hoffman and Jason Bateman-starrer. Mr.
Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1 takes on iPhone, HTC Touch
A 3.2 megapixel camera also comes standard with the phone, which offers 30 fps VGA video recording and playback. Onboard memory is only 400 MB, but can be expanded with Sony and SanDisk's proprietary Memory Stick Micro memory up to 8 GB. The X1 will face tough competition in the market from HTC's successful Touch line of Windows Mobile phones. .
What Laura Bush said about Condi.
Probably because she is single, her parents are no longer living, she's an only child. You need a very supportive family and supportive friends to have this job." Yikes. Single women can't be president! Move over, Barbara. ... P.S.: Does Laura Bush's intra-party sneer get Sen. Barbara Boxer off the hook? Or--by suggesting some powerful subconscious urge of married mothers to condescend to single women--does it make it even clearer that Boxer is guilty? Bush's comment certainly doesn't make the Boxer incident seem like a better episode for feminism. ... 1:04 A.M. Against the War, For the Surge: I was throwing out some newspapers and came across something I'd forgotten: Michael Gordon's November 15 NYT piece describing how General Anthony Zinni, a trenchant and consistent critic of the decision to go to war in Iraq and of the prosecution of the war, supports something that looks an awful lot like President Bush's surge: Anthony Zinni, who used to head the U.S.
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