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Re: News
« Ответ #7 : 16 февраля 2014, 21:37:46 »
We have news about Olympic Games all day long on TV - are you watching?

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Re: News
« Ответ #6 : 16 февраля 2014, 09:32:53 »
     No news is good news.

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Re: News
« Ответ #5 : 14 февраля 2014, 09:04:23 »
What a pity indeed! He is still a Hero anyway, against all odds!

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« Ответ #4 : 13 февраля 2014, 23:24:15 »
In Pain, Evgeni Plushenko Withdraws From Figure Skating Competition

SOCHI, Russia — Evgeni Plushenko, 31, the four-time Olympic medalist from Russia, withdrew from the men’s figure skating short program Thursday night before an expectant home crowd, apparently because of back problems.

In warm-ups, Plushenko stumbled out of a triple axel and seemed pained. He bent over along the boards and a look of resignation crossed his face. He spoke with his longtime coach, Alexei Mishin, then, when it was his turn to perform, he informed the judge that he was withdrawing.

At center ice, he patted his heart and took a bow.

After the long program of the team competition Sunday, which Plushenko won in helping Russia to a gold medal, he complained of problems with his spine. He has said he still has screws in his back from an operation.

His withdrawal left Russia in the embarrassing position of having no skater in the men’s competition, just after it had won gold in the team and pairs competitions.

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Maxim Kovtun, 18, defeated Plushenko to win the Russian national championship, but skating officials chose Plushenko for the lone spot in the Sochi Games because of his experience and charisma. Kovtun, who struggled to fifth place at the European championships, was not considered a medal candidate here.

Many wondered before the Games whether Plushenko would withdraw after the team competition. But he entered the men’s singles event and said he was determined to skate. Still, he has performed through repeated injury in his career and has said he needed a dozen operations to persevere until the Sochi Games.

His reputation as one of the greats of the sport is likely to remain secure despite his awkward withdrawal. He won gold at the 2006 Winter Games and here in the team competition. He took silver in 2002 and 2010 in men’s singles.

Only Gillis Grafstrom of Sweden, the men’s Olympic champion in 1920, 1924 and 1928, and the silver medalist in 1932, can match Plushenko’s total of four medals.

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Re: News
« Ответ #3 : 13 января 2014, 00:01:52 »
Museums are places which help us to really understand who, what we are and where we are heading!

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Re: News
« Ответ #2 : 11 января 2014, 23:16:04 »
New York City's Museum of Modern Art announced big plans Wednesday for a sweeping redesign, including an admission-free first floor and the demolition of the American Folk Art Museum. Museum director Glenn D. Lowry revealed the news after six months of working with architecture team Diller Scofidio + Renfro.



The preliminary vision for the redesign consists of expanding the museum to encompass what are now three floors of an adjacent residential tower being developed by Hines and the site of the former American Folk Art Museum. The destruction of the latter space, a beloved 13-year-old architectural feat designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, is especially heartbreaking. MoMA has owned the Folk Art Museum since it experienced financial troubles in 2011, and the mammoth institution has, throughout the year, debated whether the building could be spared in the process of MoMA's redesign.

Eventually, MoMA's architects resolved that even saving the building would undermine its architectural strength. "The analysis that we undertook was lengthy and rigorous, and ultimately led us to the determination that creating a new building on the site of the former American Folk Art Museum is the only way to achieve a fully integrated campus," Lowry said in his statement. Liz Diller of Diller Scofidio + Renfro explained the decision further to the Wall Street Journal: "Here, there’s a kind of ethical problem that to save the building … you end up losing so much of it that in the end, the integrity is gone."



The good news is, MoMA's redesign will massively increase accessibility, opening the entire expanded first floor and Sculpture Garden to the public for free. Insiders also hope the expansion will alleviate the crowds that make hit museum shows feel like nightclubs. (Ahem, Munch's "The Scream.") Yet even considering the perks, many think it's sad that New York has lost one of its greatest architectural underdogs.

"If a commercial developer were to tear down a small, idiosyncratic and beautifully wrought museum in order to put up a deluxe glass box, it would be attacked as a venal and philistine act," Justin Davidson wrote in New York magazine earlier this year, when the possibility of razing the building was first announced. "When a fellow museum does the same thing, it’s even worse — it’s a form of betrayal."

Paul Goldberger from Vanity Fair said it well, writing, "The Williams and Tsien building is also the last remnant of something approaching reasonable scale on West 53rd Street, a block that seems ever bigger, ever more corporate, ever less diverse. Tearing down the folk-art museum may make sense by MoMA’s measure of things, but it is hard to see how it makes New York a better place."



MoMA did not state a time frame or budget for the redesign. Check back for updates on the upcoming expansion.

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« Ответ #1 : 11 января 2014, 17:35:29 »
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