) exclamation attributed to Archimedes|Eureka (word)}} Heureka is a science center in Vantaa, Finland, north of Helsinki. Its purpose is to facilitate the access to scientific knowledge and to develop the methods of scientific education. Its exhibits are largely hands-on. It also includes a planetarium capable of displaying digital panoramic films.

History

The planning of the center started in the main building of the University of Helsinki in 1982, and the decision to found the center was made the next year.

In 1984 the Tiedekeskussäätiö ("The Finnish Science Centre Foundation") was registered and Vantaa elected as the location. An architectural competition for the center was held between April and October 1985 and was won by an entry by Heikkinen - Komonen Architects.

Planning was completed in 1986. The cornerstone was laid in October 1987 and the construction ended a year later. The center opened its doors to the public on 28 April 1989.

Outdoors

The front of the entrance is tiled in Penrose tiling.

The surrounding grounds include a science adventure playground and a rock garden, displaying large and small samples of Finnish minerals found in nature, grouped by their appearance in different regions of Finland.

There is also a spring which supports a huge floating perfectly round granite monolith which can be made to roll even by the touch of a toddler, also providing an architectural echo of the concrete dome housing the Vattenfall Planetarium.

Facts about Heureka

The center is a member of three associations of science centers:

ASTC (Association of Science-Technology Centers)

ECSITE (The European Collaborative for Science, Industry and Technology)

NSCF (Nordisk Science Centerförbundet)

References

Douglas E. Graf, "Heureka: Formal Analysis", Datutop 18, Tampere, 1996.

External links

The homepage of Heureka

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Name	Jean Tinguely
Caption	Jean Tinguely portrait by Lothar Wolleh
Birthdate	May 22, 1925
Birthplace	Fribourg, Switzerland
Deathdate	August 30, 1991
Nationality	Swiss
Field	Painting, Sculpture

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Jean Tinguely (22 May 1925 in Fribourg, Switzerland – 30 August 1991 in Bern) was a Swiss painter and sculptor. He is best known for his sculptural machines or kinetic art, in the Dada tradition; known officially as metamechanics. Tinguely's art satirized the mindless overproduction of material goods in advanced industrial society.

Tinguely grew up in Basel, but moved to France as a young adult to pursue a career in art. He belonged to the Parisian avantgarde in the mid-twentieth century and was one of the artists who signed the New Realist's manifesto (Nouveau réalisme) in 1960.

His best-known work, a self-destroying sculpture titled Homage to New York (1960), only partially self-destructed at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, although his later work, Study for an End of the World No. 2 (1962), detonated successfully in front of an audience gathered in the desert outside Las Vegas.

In Arthur Penn's Mickey One (1965) the mime-like Artist (Kamatari Fujiwara) with his self-destructive machine is an obvious Tinguely tribute.

In 1971, Tinguely married Niki de Saint Phalle.

Public works

Le Cyclop outside of Milly-la-Forêt.

The Stravinsky Fountain (fr: La Fontaine Stravinsky) near the Centre Pompidou, Paris (1983), a collaboration with Niki de Saint Phalle

Tinguely Fountain (1977) in Basel

Lifesaver Fountain on Königstrasse in Duisburg, Germany, a collaboration with Niki de Saint Phalle

Jo Siffert Fountain (commonly called Tinguely Fountain), Fribourg, Switzerland

Noise music recordings

1963 ‘Sounds of Sculpture’, 7”, Minami Gallery, Tokyo, Japan_[Tinguely’s sculptures recorded by avant-garde composer Toshi Ichiyanagi during Japanese exhibition]

1972 ‘Méta’, book+7_, Propyläen Verlag, Stockholm

1983 ‘‘Sculptures at The Tate Gallery, 1982_, Audio Arts cassette

1983 ‘Meta-Harmonie H’ incl. in ‘Meridians 2_ compmqenan ate a pie

2001 ‘Relief Meta-Mechanique Sonore I’ incl. in ‘A Diagnosis’ compilation, Revolver-Archiv Für Aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

See also

New Realism

Rube Goldberg—Conceptual pioneer of excessively complex machinery

Further reading

chapter on Tinguely in Calvin Tomkins' The Bride and Her Bachelors.

K. G. Pontus Hultén; Author of Jean Tinguely "Meta" (English translation published in 1975 by New York Graphic Society Ltd., Boston) Large hard cover, 519 Illustrations. Translated from German by Mary Whittall. Original German version published 1972.

External links

Tinguely-Museum in Basel

Biography by the Tinguely Museum in Basel

Art Cyclopaedia: Jean Tinguely

http://www.art-public.com/cyclop/cyclop_g.htm

videos: Tinguely's kinetic fountains in Basel and Paris

Métamatic Research Initiative

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Name	Gary Miller
Birth date	October 16, 1948
Birth place	Huntsville, Arkansas, U.S.
Alma mater	Mt. San Antonio College
Occupation	Real estate executive
State	California
District	42nd
Term start	January 3, 2003
Predecessor	Joe Baca
State2	California
District2	41st
Term start2	January 3, 1999
Term end2	January 3, 2003
Predecessor2	Jay Kim
Successor2	Jerry Lewis
State assembly3	California
District3	60th
Term start3	1995
Term end3	1998
Predecessor3	Paul Horcher
Successor3	Bob Pacheco
Party	Republican
Religion	Protestantism
Spouse	Cathy Miller
Residence	Diamond Bar, California, U.S.
Branch	United States Army
Serviceyears	Early September – October 1967

Gary Gene Miller (born October 16, 1948) is the U.S. Representative for , and previously the 41st, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Early life, education and career

Miller was born in Huntsville, Arkansas, attended Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, California, and served briefly in the United States Army in 1967.

Miller has backed the development of a rail link between Ontario, California and Anaheim, part of a proposed line between Orange County and Las Vegas. "Once completed, there would be no need for an airport in south Orange County, and the Inland Empire will reap the economic benefits as a true transportation hub," Miller said.

Miller, a history buff, has become involved in the preservation of Civil War battlefields, after he played a bit part in the 2003 movie Gods and Generals.

Miller has signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge.

Committee assignments

Committee on Financial Services

*Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity

*Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade (Ranking Member)

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

*Subcommittee on Highways and Transit

*Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials

*Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment

Caucus membership

Chairman of the Building a Better America Caucus

Controversies

In September 2006, the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released its second annual report on the most corrupt members of Congress, titled "Beyond DeLay: The 20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress (and five to watch)". Miller was one of the 20. The organization said "His ethics issues stem from his relationship with Lewis Operating Company and the sale of property." CREW has filed a complaint with the IRS concerning what it says is Miller's "failure to report or pay capital gains taxes."

Sheltering profits of real estate sales

2002

Miller sold to the city of Monrovia in 2002, making profit of more than $10 million. Normally, he would have had to pay state and federal taxes of up to 31% on that profit.

Instead, Miller told the Internal Revenue Service and the state of California that Monrovia had forced him to sell the property under threat of eminent domain. That allowed him to shelter the profits from capital gains taxes for more than two years before he had to reinvest the money.

But Monrovia officials say that Miller sold the land willingly and that they didn't threaten to force him to sell. A videotape of a February 2000 City Council meeting shows Miller asking city officials four times to buy his land. Another, earlier videotape confirmed Miller's position that the city had refused to let him develop the land and threatened "condemnation" of his property for public use. Although all early drafts of Monrovia's sales contract with Miller included the phrase "friendly condemnation," it was deleted when the final deal was made. Miller and his wife signed an amendment to the escrow instructions on August 1, 2002, saying, "condemnation deleted," or no longer in effect.

2005 and 2006

Miller took an exemption again in 2005 when he sold the 10 lots to the city of Fontana and again in 2006 when he sold a building to Fontana, claiming both were compulsory sales. The lots and building had been purchased in late 2004 with proceeds from the Monrovia sale. Such exemptions give him another two years after each sale to reinvest the funds without paying capital gains taxes.

In each of those cases, those involved in the purchases say eminent domain was neither used nor threatened.

Response

Miller declined to comment on the sales.

December 2006 Allegations

In December 2006, the Los Angeles Times reported that Miller had used "congressional muscle" for "personal business matters." This included having congressional staff do Miller's personal errands, collecting nearly $25,000 a year in rent from his campaign committee, using the offices of his real estate development firm as his campaign office, and ordering an aide to find a way to get a city business-friendly council member on the National Park Board who was involved in a city purchase of Miller's property. Burum, his company, and his wife donated more than $30,000 to Miller's campaign for what CREW alleges is over a million dollars in congressional earmarks kicked back to Burum's non-profit Hope Through Housing Foundation. A request has been made to the San Bernardino County District Attorney's office to investigate.

Military record

In June 2010 allegations were made that Miller inflated his military service, stating that he had served from 1967–1968 and implying he served in Vietnam when he only spent 7 weeks in boot camp and then was discharged. The Harper's Magazine article recounting these allegations also included this quote from Miller spokeswoman Jessica L. Baker: “Congressman Miller volunteered to the U.S. Army and was Honorably Discharged due to medical reasons within a matter of months.”

Notes

External links

Official website

Profile at SourceWatch

Associated Press profile

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Name	Claudie Haigneré
Type	CNES/ESA Astronaut
Status	Retired
Nationality	French
Birth date	May 13, 1957
Birth place	Le Creusot, France
Occupation	Rheumatologist
Selection	1985 CNES Group 21999 ESA Group
Time	25d 14h 22m
Mission	Soyuz TM-24/TM-23,Soyuz TM-33/TM-32
Insignia

Claudie Haigneré (formerly Claudie André-Deshays; born 13 May 1957 in Le Creusot, Saône-et-Loire) is a French doctor, politician, and former astronaut with the Centre National d'Études Spatiales (1985–1999) and the European Space Agency (1999–2002).

Background and training

Born in Le Creusot, France, Haigneré studied medicine at the Faculté de Médecine (Paris-Cochin) and Faculté des Sciences (Paris-VII). She went on to obtain certificates in biology and sports medicine (1981), aviation and space medicine (1982), and rheumatology (1984). In 1986 she received a diploma in the biomechanics and physiology of movement. She completed her PhD thesis in neuroscience in 1992.

Political career

Following her career as a astronaut, Haigneré entered French politics. She became minister for European Affairs in Jean-Pierre Raffarin's government and minister delegate for research and new technologies.

References

See also

List of married couples among space travelers

Category:1957 births Category:Living people Category:People from Le Creusot Category:Politicians of the French Fifth Republic Category:French women in politics Category:European astronauts Category:Female astronauts Category:French spationauts

Alan Leshner is a scientist, educator and public servant from the United States.

Education

He received an undergraduate degree in psychology from Franklin and Marshall College in 1965. He earned an M.S. in physiological psychology from Rutgers University in 1967, and a Ph.D. degree in physiological psychology from Rutgers in 1969.

Academia

He spent 10 years at Bucknell University, where he was Professor of Psychology. He has also held long-term appointments at the Postgraduate Medical School in Budapest, Hungary; at the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center; and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.

Dr. Leshner is the author of a major textbook on the relationship between hormones and behavior, and has published over 150 papers for both the scientific and lay communities on the biology of behavior, science and technology policy, science education, and public engagement with science.

Public service

Dr. Leshner served as Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) from 1994-2001. One of the scientific institutes of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, NIDA supports over 85 percent of the world's research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction.

Before becoming Director of NIDA, Dr. Leshner was the Deputy Director and Acting Director of the National Institute of Mental Health. He went to NIMH from the National Science Foundation (NSF), where he held a variety of senior positions, focusing on basic research in the biological, behavioral and social sciences, science policy and science education.

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Dr. Alan I. Leshner has been Chief Executive Officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Executive Publisher of the journal Science since December 2001. AAAS was founded in 1848 and is the world's largest, multi-disciplinary scientific and engineering society.

Honors

Dr. Leshner is an elected fellow of AAAS, the National Academy of Public Administration, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and many other professional societies. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science.

George W. Bush appointed Dr. Leshner to the National Science Board in 2004.

Dr. Leshner has been nominated by the American Association for the Advancement of Science to be one of the USA Science and Engineering Festival's Nifty Fifty Speakers who will speak about his work and career to middle and high school students in October 2010. Leshner is also a member of the USA Science and Engineering Festival's Advisory Board. He also serves on the Society for Science & the Public's board of trustees.

He also has been awarded six honorary Doctor of Science degrees.

See also

American Association for the Advancement of Science

National Science Foundation

References

Category:Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Category:Living people