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By Ihor Dlaboha; Photography by A.J. Weiner
Successful, consultative DSRs regularly demonstrate a high degree of dedication to their customers’ prosperity. Promptly helping operators in good and bad times is part of the sales rep’s routine behavior. It’s like they’re regarding them as their own children.
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Bhutan on the Border: Festival Celebrates University's Ties with Last Shangri-la
Visitors to The University of Texas at El Paso often are surprised and awed by the campus architecture. In the middle of this city at the far west edge of Texas, the buildings are modeled after Bhutanese dzongs, or monasteries. UTEP's unique connection to Bhutan will be celebrated during Bhutan Festival 2008.
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Three Goya drawings sold for 4 mln pounds: auctioneer
Three drawings by the Spanish master Francisco de Goya that experts feared lost for 131 years sold for more than four million pounds Tuesday, auction house Christie's said.
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WSU to display artwork from Minnesota native
WINONA -- Winona State University will display the artwork of George Olson through Aug. 8 at the Darrell W. Krueger Library. "Plant Studies from the Tallgrass Prairie" will consist of original watercolors and drawings by O
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Louvre exhibit of carefully selected works brings French flavour to Quebec
QUEBEC - Quebec City's 400th birthday celebrations are attracting flocks of tourists for massive fireworks spectacles, street performers in garments of yore and a lineup of aging A-and B-list rock stars.
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But is it deaccessioning?
This morning MAN reported that AAMD was looking into the unusual arrangement between the Denver Art Museum and local billionaire businessman Philip Anschutz. Continuing discussion thereof...
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Sotheby’s office displays pastels
Marshfield resident and art teacher Donna Rossetti-Bailey carts her pastel class around the South Shore to draw on location whenever possible.
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BBC raises come despite of scandals
A year of scandals did not stop the British Broadcasting Corp. from awarding senior executives hefty pay raises, observers said.BBC's Director of Vision Jana Bennett's salary increased 24 percent from $851,000 per year to $1.05 million in 2007 despite a scandal involving a trailer for a documentary that wrongly suggested the queen angrily left a photography session with celebrity photographer ...
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Goya sketches sell for $8 million at Christie's auction in London
LONDON - Three sketches by Goya, presumed lost for 130 years, sold Tuesday for about $8 million.
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Atlanta Supercon Announced for November 21-23, 2008 In Atlanta, GA - Comics, Anime, Animation, Video Games, Cosplay & ...
ATLANTA SUPERCON A FESTIVAL OF COMIC BOOKS, ANIME, ANIMATION, COSPLAY , VIDEO GAMES & MORE! SET FOR NOV. 21 - NOV. 23, 2008 ATLANTA, FL - The weekend of November 21 - November 23, 2008 will mark the debut of the first annual Atlanta Supercon, a festival for fans of comic books, anime, animation, cosplay , video games and more in downtown Atlanta, GA. The show will include celebrity guests, ...
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Goya sketches sell for millions
(AP:LONDON) Three sketches by Goya, presumed lost for 130 years, sold Tuesday for $8 million. Christie's says the sketches first went up for sale in Paris in 1877 and were presumed lost until a private Swiss collector contacted the auction house about them.
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Harley-Davidson Museum Roars To Life Saturday
Harley-Davidson riders and fans will soon be able to learn all about the history of their favorite motorcycles.
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Art quilts on display at GAR Hall
Upon entering the North River Arts Society’s GAR Hall in Marshfield, the visitor first sees “Arena Farms, Concord, MA,” the feature piece of this month’s exhibit — “Cloth is Our Canvas III.”
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Habib Koite plays Malian melodies at Oregon Zoo
PORTLAND - Lance and Morgan, the Oregon Zoo's slender-snouted crocodiles, should feel right at home, as West African music drifts from the concert lawn to their exhibit in the zoo's Bamba du Jon swamp.
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New exhibition space debuts with works of Audrey Bottrell
Audrey Bottrell will be the first artist to display artwork in the newly-created exhibition area of the Greene County Administrative Building located at 933 N. Robberson.
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Wildwood looking for great local photos for contest
Wildwood area residents, get out your cameras. The city will start accepting photos Monday, July 14, for its amateur photography contest to select pictures as the centerpieces of its 2009 city calendar.
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Williamsburg the Sequel: SI's St. George?
With its own music festival , budding arts community, and plenty of backlash...is Staten Island primed to become the next hipster haven? One tipster sent in these photos taken in the St. George section of SI last week. Yuppies and hipsters and street art, oh my! It will be like New York City's very own island of misfit toys...toys with neon accessories and a breathtaking air of ...
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Party in Pamplona
The San Fermin festival, held since 1591 in Spain, attracts thousands of visitors each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights.
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Lecture on women artists at Cape Ann Museum on July 10
The Cape Ann Museum presents “Drawn to the Light: Women Artists of Cape Ann 1900-1950,” a lecture by Janet Comey, on Thursday, July 10, at 7 p.m. in the museum’s Folly Cove Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public.
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Rocky Neck hosts 'Night on the Neck' on July 10
The Rocky Neck Art Colony will host the next in the series of Nights on the Neck, an evening of gallery receptions and entertainment, on Thursday, July 10, 5-9 p.m.
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Spy : Seen at Two Rooms Gallery
WHAT Artists Julia Morison (from NZ) and Kevin Appel (from the States) exhibited at Two Rooms Gallery on Tuesday night. WHERE Newton. WHO Art lovers.
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Artist Mark Lavatelli to speak on Rocky Neck on July 9
Mark Lavatelli, an encaustic painter, will be the third artist in residence for the Rocky Neck Art Colony.He will give a presentation about his work on Wednesday, July 9, at 7 p.m. at the Bryan Gallery.
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Priceless surprises for some at roadshow: Collectors bring treasures
This year’s annual Antique and Folk Art Show in North atley lured in hundreds over the weekend. Some came to sell, some came to buy, and many came to have their heirlooms and conversation pieces appraised by Knowlton’s Brian Davies.
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Lord Ashcroft donates Victoria Cross collection to Imperial war museum
The owner of the world's largest collection, Tory peer Lord Ashcroft, donates his 152 Victoria Crosses to the Imperial War Museum. The Victoria Cross is the hardest military or civilian honour to come by.
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Bolivia releases Che Guevara's final diaries
With Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara enjoying a renaissance on the silver screen, Bolivian officials have unveiled his original journals dating from 1966-67.
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