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Pittsburgh: Robot capital of America?
Robot 250, a festival celebrating the Steel City's "robotic ilk" in conjunction with its 250th anniversary, brings an old rivalry (with Boston) to the forefront.
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Nigeria: We Had the Support of National Assembly Because the DG Made a Strongcase - Tandoh
Dr Tandoh Kweku,Director, Planning Research & Strategy at the National Gallery of Arts, NGA was the team leader of Nigeria's contingent, that went for the sixteen man off site exhibition tagged; Naija: An Exhibition of Contemporary Nigerian Art held at the prestigious Hotel Sofitel, Dakar as part of the 8th DakArt biennial.
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Eighth Annual Mexico Beach Photography Contest
The Mexico Beach CDC, Inc. will sponsor the 8th Annual Mexico Beach Photography Contest. Submissions can be sent to the CDC, April 1st through July 25th.
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Aiza is millionaire twice over at 'Singing Bee'
Singer Aiza Seguerra won a million pesos for a second time on Thursday, after retaining the championship at ABS-CBN's "The Singing Bee", a game show that pits contestants against each other in guessing correctly a song's lyrics. Seguerra's total winnings now amount to P2,080,000.
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Strain and Temperature Sensor has up to 40 km sensing range.
Foresight(TM) Fiber Optic Distributed Strain and Temperature Sensor (DSTS) uses Brillouin scattering in optical fibers to measure changes simultaneously in both temperature and strain along length of standard optical fiber, with spatial resolution as short as 5 cm. By wrapping or embedding a fiber inside any structure such as oil pipeline or dam, users can detect when that structure is being ...
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News Briefs: July 10
The YSU campus will hold the all-alumni reunion on Saturday, July 12 where alumni from across the nation will gather. The reunion is held in conjunction with the YSU Summer Festival of the Arts and Forte on the Fifty. These events will have the alumni celebrate YSU's 100th year.
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Famed Museum Director Dies At 90
"Sherman Lee, who led the Cleveland Museum of Art from 1958 to 1983 and was hailed widely as one of the greatest art-museum directors of his time, died Wednesday in Chapel Hill, N.C... Lee did for the Cleveland Museum of Art what George Szell, the renowned conductor and music director, did for the Cleveland Orchestra: He cemented its reputation as an internationally famous institution."
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Hals & Turner Paintings Bring Millions
"Artist Frans Hals' painting, Portrait of Willem van Heythuysen, has exceeded its estimated price and sold for £7m ($13.8m) at a Sotheby's auction in London...
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Revered artist will showcase in Fremont
FREMONT --Nationally known clay artist Kent Follette of Ruston, La., creates pottery to make life a celebration. He'll showcase his artwork from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 19 at DaVinci's Gallery in downtown Fremont. from
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Second floor of 1916 museum building reopened
CLEVELAND — They’re back! That is, 19 refurbished galleries and 900 works of art at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA). These works from the museum’s permanent collection have been in storage since 2005, when CMA closed for an expansion and renovation project.
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Valuable Group acquires Disney founded MovieBeam
Disney spun-off MovieBeam in January 2006 and in March 2007 Movie Gallery, Inc. acquired MovieBeam. The Valuable group acquired MovieBeam through Dar Capital Ltd.
Deccan Herald |
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Izzie Voodoo Performing @ Pink Festival
Put one girl oozing theatre in a studio with guitars, heavy fuzzy basses, computers, keyboards effects, a tone of software, production equipment and a mic or two and what do you get? You get izzie Voodoo.
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Thursday
SANTUBONG, July 10 (Bernama) -- The Rainforest World Crafts Bazaar, which makes its debut this year, kicked off the 11th edition of the Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) with craftsmen and artisans from overseas as well as Sarawak and other parts of the country adding interest and cultural value to the world-renowned annual event.
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Pittsburgh Receives $1m In Art, Cultural Programs
"The city received a major birthday gift yesterday that includes a 20-foot steel and fiberglass sculpture named "Arch," a new symphonic work, artist-mentored programs for city teens and a print portfolio designed to appeal to collectors.
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NW Arkansas today
QUOTE OF THE DAY “The black rhino is actually the rarest animal this zoo has.There are less than 70 in North America and less than 3,000 in the entire world, including wild ones.” Britt Thompson, senior keeper/elephant manager at the Little Rock Zoo, which just welcomed a female black rhino Article, this page Today’s meetings Fayetteville Planning Agenda Session and Tour, 3:30 p.m. Rogers Museum ...
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At Sotheby's, exceptional Old Masters offerings lead to six records
In an extraordinary auction at Sotheby's in London, 69 Old Master paintings realized £51.49 million, or $101.53 million, and six auction records were set.
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Sidekick Gecco to be christened Sidekick 2008?
Filed under: Cellphones A number of shots have surfaced of an upcoming Sidekick that we've alternately known as the Gekko and Gecco, but the rumor du jour on the naming front is that we'll actually be calling it "Sidekick 2008" by the time it launches (later this month if we're lucky). The grainy photography shows a device looking roughly like what we expect the new model to look ...
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Calling all artists: Art show wants you
SUNBURY — The Susquehanna Art Society invites all artists in the Valley to participate in the annual Society Art Show. Membership in the Society is not a requirement.
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Farm League Softball
Harting Photography Studio is the Plymouth Youth Baseball & Softball – Farm League Softball Champion.
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Petrol 'may cost £1.50 by year end'
Road users could be paying nearly £1.50p a litre for petrol by the end of the year, a motoring group has warned. Crude oil price rises could lead to pump prices going up another 20p over the next few months, figures released by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) Trust said.
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The Welwyn and Hatfield Times
VILLAGERS flooded into a popular historical site to watch re-enactments of authentic Roman life. Almost 1,500 people took to the Roman Baths in Welwyn, as part of the village's annual festival.
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Ravilious, Bawden, Power And Nash Provide Gorgeous Things Online
Rare and exclusive limited edition artwork and prints are the province of online gallery Gorgeous Things Ltd which this week launches its new coll ...
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Ticket price hike at Osian's fest angers many
New Delhi, July 10: Watching movies at the 10th Osian's-Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema, offering almost 200 movies as part of its 10th anniversary celebrations, has become a costlier affair for audiences this year -- and left many fuming.
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Television - Entertainment
This evening the New Zealand International Film Festivals kicks off, hand in glove with its twisted mini-version, the Incredibly Strange Film Festival.
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Fox on Your Block - Loveland
Fox on Your Block made a stop in Loveland Thursday, July 10, 2008. Colorado's biggest early morning block party was held at Benson Sculpture Park from 6:00 - 10:00 a.m.
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