Ryoji Tanaka’s photographs may look like alien landscapes, but they are very much of this world. The organometallic chemist at Sagami Chemical Research Institute in Kanagawa, Japan, snaps pictures of everything from iodine to silver using a system of Nikon digital SLR cameras with macro and ultra macro lenses.
To see more of Tanaka’s work visit his website and Flickr.
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Born. To Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Brandreth McAlpin Jr. of Greenwich, Conn., eldest son and daughter-in-law of Col. B. B. McAlpin (hotels, law) of Manhattan; a son (first grandson), 7 Ibs. 9 oz. Name: B. B. McAlpin III. Engaged. James Cash Penney Jr. of White Plains, air amateur, son of the chain store tycoon, Prohibition patron and Hoover intimate (TIME, Jan. 28); to a Miss Elinor Snyder of Manhattan. Engaged. Edward Estlin Cummings (e.
Rudolf Bing, general manager of New York’s Metropolitan Opera Company, is not given to discussing his dreams, but it has been whispered that he is haunted by a recurring nightmare. In the dream he is Prince Paris, lost atop a papier-mâché Mount Ida on the Met’s stage. He is surrounded by three goddesses who insist that he choose the fairest of them by handing her an apple (Golden Delicious, supplied by Sherry’s Restaurant).
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Soldiers and civilians in Nigeria’s restive northeast joined forces to kill 150 Islamist militants and rescue 36 female and child prisoners on Tuesday night, the Associated Press reported.
The assault is a rare victory against Boko Haram, the Islamist terrorist group that over the past six years has claimed over 20,000 lives in Nigeria and neighboring countries. The Nigerian military has pledged to subdue the extremists, assembling with Niger, Chad, and Cameroon a transnational task force of nearly 9,000 soldiers to fight them.
The actor, in his heartfelt write-up, expressed his heartbreak, saying, "REST IN PEACE, Nwanyi oma. I’m shattered beyond words. The fact that I was about to pay for your flight ticket to come finish what we started only to hear you went to be with Lord just last night is one of the toughest things I’ve ever had to deal with in recent times." ADVERTISEMENT
Okechukwu eulogised the actress, whom he had known for over 20 years, expressing his shock over the news.
It would be recalled that on Friday, April 7, 2023, some DSS operatives intercepted the couple as they were disembarking from their 9 am Ibom Air flight from Lagos to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and arrested them. Before they got arrested, the cleric and his wife were expected to minister at the RIG Abuja branch. Narrating his ordeal with DSS, Arayomi said the secret police took their personal information without informing them of the reason for their arrest.
It’s hard to remember any performer who been so on top of the world who has gone to such lengths to convince us he’s bottoming out as Post Malone does in “Twelve Carat Toothache,” his fourth album. It’s a common lyrical trope that success breeds discontentment, and Malone has already trod some of that territory — four years and two albums ago, already he was telling us he was “Rich & Sad.
Berlin-based sales agent M-Appeal has boarded queer Brazilian sex worker tale “Streets of Glória,” and will present the film to buyers during the upcoming European Film Market. The project is described as “an uninhibited portrayal of passion and sex work, and a journey toward self-acceptance.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama took to the Democratic National Convention stage in Chicago on Tuesday night, calling on supporters to “do something” to ensure Kamala Harris wins the November election against Donald Trump.
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Roy Budd, 46, jazz pianist and composer who scored more than 50 films, died Aug. 7 in London of a brain hemorrhage.
Film score credits include the 1971 Michael Caine starrer “Get Carter” and 1978’s “The Geese.