Emergency landing for Ryanair plane hit by birds Nov 11, 2008
from The Independent & The Independent on Sunday. By Chris Green Tuesday, 11 November 2008. (Independent)
Zoinks! It's the Portsmouth Comic Book Show Nov 10, 2008
Or, if you're of a more practical bent, picture Leonardo da Vinci doing the diagrams on a Bob Villa do-it-yourself project. There's something for everyone. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Children with Asperger's: A 21st Century Brain Trust Nov 4, 2008
Then my son mentioned the persecution of famous figures such as Galileo, or the variety of gifts exhibited by Leonardo Da Vinci, and how so much of what they hypothesized has been realized today. Out-of-the-Box Thinking. (BusinessWeek)
Talking Dirt Oct 29, 2008
As Leonardo da Vinci observed, "We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot." It's only in the past couple of decades that soil ecologists have systematically applied microbiological techniques to learning more. Page: 1 | Constance Casey, a former newspaper editor, was a New York City Department of Parks gardener for five years. (Slate)
Test your art history Oct 25, 2008
Leonardo da Vinci; 8. "American Gothic"; 9. (Montana Standard, MT)
Fears of mould in Da Vinci collection unfounded Oct 23, 2008
The Codex Atlanticus, the largest collection of drawings and writings by Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci, has tested negative for mould, officials said Tuesday, allaying fears that the Codex had suffered damage. The Biblioteca Ambrosiana, a historic Milan library, said tests showed no mould in the roughly 1,120-page Codex. (CBC.ca)
Op-Ed: Don’t call me mister, please Oct 19, 2008
The residents dubbed this flying menace "turdzilla." This story certainly brings about a smile and maybe a laugh, but true artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Fredrick Remington, and Irving Berlin might find it troubling. On a more serious note, we soon will be given the opportunity to rescue the meaning of a most important word marriage. (Appeal Democrat, CA)
Birmingham is for arts lovers Oct 18, 2008
Through Nov. 9, the Birmingham Museum of Art is showcasing a small but significant exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci drawings, on loan from the Biblioteca Reale in Turin, Italy ... Through Nov. 9, the museum is showcasing a small but significant exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci drawings, on loan from the Biblioteca Reale in Turin, Italy. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Sustainable economy Oct 15, 2008
He is a consummate storyteller with two one-man shows that tour the Pacific Northwest annually Leonardo da Vinci and Salmonpeople. Some folks may remember Donaldson s performance of Salmonpeople at Little Theatre on the Bay two years ago. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Political parody Oct 15, 2008
This can be just a trick of perception, but the art comes from connecting physical characteristics to character, the way Leonardo da Vinci did in his human-animal hybrids. For a great caricaturist, physiognomy is a reflection of the hidden soul: By showing us something exaggerated, something overlooked is revealed. (International Herald Tribune)
NJIT professor's research suggests changes in underwater data communications Oct 15, 2008
In the 15th century, the celebrated artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci conducted the first underwater communication trial. By hearing the sound of distant ships, Da Vinci discovered the possibility of long-range underwater sound propagation. (EurekAlert!)
Babes In Brainland Oct 13, 2008
"Leonardo: 500 Years Into the Future," which is being billed as the "biggest exhibition ever devoted to Leonardo da Vinci and other artist-engineers of the Renaissance," is now open at the Tech, its only stop in the United States ... Note: Admission to the Leonardo da Vinci exhibit is $25 for adults, $15 for youth (3-17) and $20 for seniors (62 and older. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Art mystery solved: The Ugly Duchess had Paget's disease Oct 13, 2008
It had long been thought that Massys' painting of 1513 was a copy of a 1490 work by Leonardo Da Vinci. Previous experts have noted how similar it is to two Leonardesque drawings which were supposed to reflect a lost original by Leonardo. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Mimicking a master Oct 11, 2008
The students will learn about artists like Claude Monet and Leonardo da Vinci in future lessons. Special options are available to registered members. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Ten Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci T... Oct 10, 2008
Ten Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci Tour U.K. Exhibition of Works on Paper from Royal Collection at Windsor Castle ... Ten Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci Tour U.K. ... Ten Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci Tour U.K.. (Suite101.com)
Welcome to the 'Esozone,' if you can understand it Oct 7, 2008
Pell compares Lafolley to Leonardo da Vinci. "It's almost impossible to describe how he presents. He starts off talking about his paintings, and then he's on how he went to Woodstock and then how he met Rael of the Raelian cult, and how Elvis' body is buried at the North Pole, and that there's an exiled English noble family who is looking over his body and remains frozen until 2126 or so.". (OregonLive, OR -- Living)
Viewing the Renaissance through the Medicis' eyes Oct 6, 2008
The Medici family, whose massive wealth was based upon its banking empire, might pay men like Leonardo da Vinci or Michelangelo to respond to the Pazzis' artistic challenge. Miles Unger's highly absorbing "life and times" of Lorenzo de' Medici provides a mesmerizing microscope for viewing the entire Italian Renaissance. (Boston Globe)
Deus Ex 3: First details Oct 5, 2008
The art direction is a beautiful meld of the renaissance and cyberpunk (tying into the game's Leonardo Da Vinci motif) and is going for a lot more stylised look than the sort of game that comes from the Unreal Engine cookie-cutter. It sounds like Eidos Montreal isn't leaving anything to chance; a "powerful, layered" plot is promised for the third game - which has been confirmed as a prequel set in 2027- and the dev has even drafted in the consultative talents of original writer Sheldon Pacotti,... (CVG Online)
Saint Athanasius the Great presents Hibelfest Oct 5, 2008
The 91-year-old artist, whose style critics have compared to that of Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci and the American Impressionist Mary Cassatt, is the first American woman to win the covetedLeonardo da Vinci World Award of Art. She is well known for her oil paintings, stone lithographs, serigraphs and work on portraying themes ranging from florals and landscapes to family oriented images, in particular those of mother and child. (Arlington Advocate, MA)
Da Vinci sketches coming to the High Oct 4, 2008
Leonardo da Vinci s got a room at the High Museum this fall ... Leonardo da Vinci and the Art of Sculpture: Inspiration and Invention, the first exhibition to explore his interest in and influence on sculpture, will premiere at the High in October 2009. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Council on Aging Events Oct 3, 2008
Pablo Picasso was the Leonardo da Vinci of the 20th century. Whether you swear by him, or at him, he was undeniably the most successful and influential artist of the 20th century. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Leonardo's Last Supper: Eel Meal th... Oct 3, 2008
In Winter 2008's issue of "Gastronomica," John L. Varriano conjectures that the repast on the table of Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper " includes eel and orange slices ... Leonardo da Vinci is known to have composed at least one dozen grocery lists that included eel, bread and fruit ... Once again, despite scientific restoration and intense study, Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper has managed to elude precise interpretation by modern scholars of Italian Renaissance art and culture. (Suite101.com)
Machines> Oct 3, 2008
From the doodlings of Leonardo da Vinci and the penned fantasies of Jules Verne to the tangible. Spacecraft and automobiles could benefit from a new NASA technology that protects the insides of. (FirstScience.com)
Human nature at its best Oct 3, 2008
On the one hand, having amassed the world's foremost collection of Elvis decanters may not seem quite on the same plane as Leonardo da Vinci or Michael Jordan, but there is something delightful about it nevertheless - for its sheer exuberance and zaniness. Someone in Arkansas has the largest Pez dispenser collection in the world. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Queens’ ‘Rocket Thrower’ needs restoration funds Oct 3, 2008
Friday October 03, 2008. Queens Rocket Thrower needs restoration funds , Managing Editor10/02/2008. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
San Diego see & do Oct 3, 2008
Staff builders also replicated the work of such artists as Leonardo da Vinci, Grant Wood and Vincent van Gogh, said spokeswoman Julie Estrada. On Dino Island, a new part of the park, is Coastersaurus, which rumbles up to 18 mph, Estrada said, and is intended for kids of most ages. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Mary effective in reducing pain Oct 3, 2008
A similar looking non-religious picture by Leonardo da Vinci, Lady with an Ermine, had little effect on either believers or non-believers. Researchers suggested this was because, for pain relief to occur, the picture had to trigger deep spiritual feelings. (CathNews)
Italy police: 'Da Vinci Code' inspired stabbing Sep 25, 2008
They also found various references to the novel by Dan Brown in Luzi's apartment, including a print of the "The Last Supper" fresco by Leonardo Da Vinci. One note read "I, the Antichrist.". (MSNBC -- International)
Museum to open da Vinci exhibit Sep 25, 2008
COLUMBIA -- An unprecedented traveling exhibition of the inventions of Leonardo da Vinci will open at the South Carolina State Museum on Saturday, Sept. 27. "Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion" will bring from Florence, Italy, the world's largest exhibition of machine replicas, constructed according to da Vinci's manuscripts, which were collectively called the "codices." ... "'Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion' takes museum guests of all cultural backgrounds and ages to the world of one... (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
MacArthur awarded to Walter Kitundu Sep 24, 2008
"The nearest person I can think of that would give people a sense of the breadth of his interests and talent is Leonardo da Vinci," said David Harrington, artistic director and founder of the Kronos Quartet, reached Monday by phone in London, where the band is touring, without its arsenal of phonoharps. Next, Kitundu is building Kronos a set of four trumpet violins. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Student Spotlight Sep 23, 2008
Who I would like to have a conversation with (living or dead): Leonardo Da Vinci. "He was an amazing man, learned in numerous fields, from science and engineering to the arts. I, too, am very interested in all of the above areas and would greatly relish the opportunity to talk with him about it.". (Florida Times-Union)
Organizing A Group Bike Trip On The C&O Canal Sep 23, 2008
Along the way: 74 locks with massive wooden gates patterned on the designs of Leonardo da Vinci, 11 aqueducts and dozens of white brick houses where gatekeepers tended locks and gardens until the canal went bust in 1924. The human imprint is frozen in time here. (W-USA News, DC)
Berlusconi: nobody wants Alitalia Sep 20, 2008
One of Berlusconi's coalition allies, the Northern League, lobbied heavily against Air France, worried that it would favor Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport at the expense of Alitalia's operations in Milan. One worry is that Alitalia won't have any money soon for fuel. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Can Silvio Berlusconi save Alitalia? Sep 19, 2008
Workers gathered at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport erupted in cheers and chants of joy Thursday upon receiving news that the offer had been withdrawn. The premier suggested that the unions were politically motivated. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
> Beyond the checkbook: NetApp's volunteer program is a winner Sep 19, 2008
NetApp is helping The Tech gear up for its next major exhibit, Leonardo: 500 Years into the Future, which will feature more than 200 works by Leonardo da Vinci and his contemporaries. We re very fortunate to have them back, Garcia said. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Art can be the best painkiller Sep 19, 2008
The research team headed by Professor Marina de Tommaso at the Neurophysiopathology Pain Unit questioned a group of men and women to pick the 20 paintings they considered most ugly and most beautiful from a selection of 300 works by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli. The volunteers were then asked to contemplate either the beautiful paintings, or the ugly painting, or a blank panel while the team zapped a short laser pulse at their hand, creating a sensation as if they had... (India Times, India)
Bankrupt Alitalia cancels 40 flights Sep 18, 2008
At Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport, Alitalia workers marched holding banners against the plan, which is backed by the government, and shouting "Shame! Shame!". Alitalia's nine unions have been divided, with pilots and flight attendants among the most opposed. (MSNBC -- Travel)
New Music Software Can Create Accompaniment To Any Melody, In Style Of Any Artist Sep 18, 2008
5, 2007) A new program enables computers to "know" if an artwork is a Leonardo da Vinci original or the work of a less well-known artist. Using computer vision the computer is able identify the artworks of. (Science Daily)
News Advisory: Press Conference and Media Preview of "LEONARDO: 500 Years into the Future" at The Tech Museum in San Jose Sep 18, 2008
What: The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose invites the news media to a press conference and media preview of Leonardo: 500 Years into the Future, the world premiere and only U.S. showing of the largest, most comprehensive collection of the innovative art, science and engineering works of Leonardo da Vinci and his Renaissance contemporaries ... Following the news conference, media will be escorted on a pre-opening tour of the exhibition, featuring the innovative art, science and... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Travel briefs Sep 14, 2008
-- The Birmingham Museum of Art is preparing for an exhibit of Leonardo da Vinci drawings that will be shown later this month for the first time in the United States. The exhibition, "Leonardo da Vinci: Drawings from the Biblioteca Reale in Turin," opens Sept. 28 and runs through Nov. 9 in Birmingham. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
U.K. Partner Charged in $54 Million da Vinci Art Theft Case Sep 13, 2008
property partner David Boyce has appeared in court charged with conspiracy to rob and extort money in connection with the theft of a Leonardo da Vinci painting worth some 30 million pounds ($54 million). Boyce is the latest person to become involved in the case and joins a group of men, including former HBJ Gateley corporate partner Calum Jones who was arrested at the Anglo-Scots firm's Glasgow office last October. (Law.com)
Investors walk out of rescue plan talks Sep 13, 2008
On Thursday, protests by Alitalia workers forced the cancellation of some 50 flights at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport and the delay of scores of others. Another protest was held by a couple hundred Alitalia workers at the Labor Ministry, where the talks were going on, with some 200 workers for a maintenance company at the Naples airport joining the demonstration. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Alitalia union talks enter critical phase Sep 12, 2008
A protest by Alitalia workers at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport forced the cancellation of about 50 flights and delayed several others, Italian news reports said. Separately, a few hundreds Alitalia workers including flight attendants, pilots and ground personnel protested outside the Welfare Ministry. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Who's playing the cute card: Obama or McCain? Sep 9, 2008
Those measurements, Schmid said, were devised from neoclassical definitions of beauty, including instructions handed down by Leonardo da Vinci on how to draw the perfect face. She said they hold up well against personal opinions of who's hot and who's not. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
> Tech Museum is banking on da Vinci exhibit's modern-day appeal Sep 2, 2008
Vicki Thompson The Sforza Horse statue is based on a 15th-century design by Leonardo da Vinci. Six tons of bronze to make up the Sforza Horse arrived in San Jose from Italy this week. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Unpredictable makes predictions a waste of time Aug 31, 2008
Centuries ago, Leonardo da Vinci thought man would fly, but instead of airplanes, he figured we would flap through the clouds in individual hand-powered gliders. Thirty years ago, journalism's fearless forecasters predicted you would soon look at your home TV screen, review a menu of available news stories, then push some buttons that would print out your customized newspaper. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Ryanair flight makes emergency landing in Rome Aug 30, 2008
The Leonardo da Vinci airport said the plane, despite the warning light, did not have any problems with the undercarriage during its landing Friday. It says the plane from Bergamo, near Milan, had been scheduled to land at Rome's Ciampino airport, but changed its plans because the Leonardo da Vinci airport was closer. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Death Report Is Premature Aug 29, 2008
Steve Jobs has figured out a lot of things simply by working harder at them and being driven by his desire to be thought of as a Leonardo Da Vinci. Well he may have almost succeeded but not because he is a genius but because he works harder than everyone else. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
The story that should be left to tell itself Aug 22, 2008
This doc by Robin Benger gets a bit cutsey with a bunch of comparisons to crazed crusaders such as Don Quixote or visionary futurists such as Leonardo da Vinci, but mainly it tells us precisely where we stand: just waiting helplessly for the next big one to blow in from the Atlantic. Check local listings. (Globe and Mail)
Leonardo as matchmaker? Aug 17, 2008
Born 500 years too early to put her photo on an online dating site, this young woman tried a different matchmaking approach: a portrait by Leonardo da Vinci. Images. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Da Vinci: Artist, inventor, matchmaker? Aug 16, 2008
APExperts say a little-known portrait of a young woman, previously attributed to an anonymous German artist, is likely a drawing made by Leonardo Da Vinci ... ROME - Born 500 years too early to put her photo on an online dating site, this young woman tried a different matchmaking approach a portrait by Leonardo Da Vinci. (MSNBC -- News)
Immigrant Punk: Eugene Hutz Aug 16, 2008
People are always asking, he says, why he jumps from project to project, why his life is "such a nonstop thing. But then I'll read something about Leonardo da Vinci or Charlie Chaplin or Michelangelo and I think to my self, f___ I better start rocking. Those guys were really tearing it up. I better get on it!" In the coming months, he'll keep touring nonstop, appearing everywhere from New Orleans to the Netherlands. Hutz is officially tearing it up. (Time.com)
Leonardo now as a matchmaker? Aug 15, 2008
ROME: If you were born 500 years too early to put your photo on a dating site, your best bet for a dream match would have been getting your portrait done by Leonardo Da Vinci. Experts say a little-known portrait of a young woman, previously attributed to an anonymous German artist, is likely a drawing made by Leonardo for a long-distance marriage proposal. (India Times)
Albrecht Dürer: A Renaissance printmaker with visions for the ages Aug 15, 2008
rer was more alive to the complexities and contradictions of his time and place than any other artist of his day, including Leonardo da Vinci. The beauty of his art is not only in its aesthetic brilliance but also in its wildly pluralistic range of imagination. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Alitalia rescue plan would keep it Italian Aug 9, 2008
An Alitalia jet by a sign saying "Land owned by Alitalia - Entry forbidden" in Rome's International Leonardo Da Vinci airport. Under a possible salvage plan much of the airline's debt would be placed into a separate entity that could sell some assets - like the land surrounding Fiumicino airport in Rome. (International Herald Tribune)
Latest Ted Bell Book Comes in the Nick of Time Aug 8, 2008
Along the way, Nick finds a time machine fashioned by Leonardo da Vinci. He uses it to go back in time to 1805 to help Lord Nelson and the British from an ambush on their way to the Battle of Trafalgar. (Newsmax)
A conversation with Upek CEO Alan Kramer Aug 6, 2008
Person most interested in meeting: Leonardo da Vinci. Greatest fear: Feeling stuck doing something that bores me. (East Bay Business Times, CA)
Guilford man aided Mafia, Italian police say Aug 3, 2008
Panno, 47, arrived in Italy on July 12 and was immediately arrested at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport, police said. He remains in custody in the Italian capital. (New Haven Register, CT)
Brightest, Sharpest, Fastest X-ray Holograms Aug 3, 2008
1 was of Leonardo da Vinci s famous drawing, Vitruvian Man, a lithographic reproduction less than two micrometers (millionths of a meter, or microns) square, etched with an electron-beam nanowriter. The hologram required a five-second exposure and had a resolution of 50 nanometers (billionths of a meter). (Science Daily)
Leaders & Success Aug 2, 2008
Investor's Business Daily: Leonardo Da Vinci's Brilliance ... Leonardo Da Vinci's Brilliance ... The cryptic handwriting, from right to left and reversed away from the reader, is only one glimpse into the mind of Leonardo da Vinci, a mind so extraordinary, so nimble and boundless, that it has taken centuries to catch up to it. (Investors Business Daily)
Leonardo Da Vinci's Brilliance Aug 2, 2008
The cryptic handwriting, from right to left and reversed away from the reader, is only one glimpse into the mind of Leonardo da Vinci, a mind so extraordinary, so nimble and boundless, that it has taken centuries to catch up to it ... Leonardo da Vinci was the original artist-genius ... "We no longer think of him as a scientist, but as a man who has learned a secret of creation," the eminent art historian Kenneth Clark praised in his book "Leonardo da Vinci.". (Investors Business Daily)
Heart Robot: red hot date at the Science Museum Jul 31, 2008
Leonardo da Vinci was a pioneer of robot theory and his diaries of 1495 contain sketches for a humanoid figure capable of waving its arms, opening and closing its mouth and moving its head around on a flexible neck. Complex mechanical robots were built by the French inventor Jacques de Vaucanson in 1738. (Times Online)
Ary Sutedja: Offering imaginary, real arts fest Jul 31, 2008
Ary Sutedja had a serious look in her eyes as she spoke of the upcoming Jakarta Arts Festival 2008, which, she said, would feature works by world-famous painters such as Andy Warhol, Van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci. The JakArt festival, established in 2001, will also feature world-class music concerts, including a performance by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Five ways to do better thinking Jul 30, 2008
"A minimum of two a day." "Leonardo Da Vinci had a bed in his studio and when patrons accused him of wasting time, he said 'If I don't do this, you don't get the work.'". If your boss might raise an eyebrow or more at the sight of you installing a futon in your cubicle, you can still capture a little of the Leonardo spirit by dedicating time to avoiding the incoming memos, texts and Post-It notes - and the same goes for the homestead, says Hodgkinson. (BBC News -- UK)
Doubts about da Vinci? Jul 30, 2008
LONDON Leonardo da Vinci's drawings of machines are uncannily similar to Chinese originals and were undoubtedly derived from them, a British amateur historian says in a new book ... Models of a wing, inspired by the wings of a bat, and consisting of a jointed framework covered in a single layer of cloth and a hang glider are seen at an exhibit 'Leonardo da Vinci: Man, Inventor, Genius' at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. (Globe and Mail)
