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SanDisk Extreme Flash Memory Cards Rated Fastest in Card Performance Review of Top Pro-Level DSLR Cameras
SanDisk Extreme(R) flash memory cards swept performance ratings in seven of the current top professional-level digital single lens reflex cameras from Canon and Nikon, according to the latest tests conducted by Rob Galbraith, renowned imaging consultant, digital photography trainer and photojournalist. The SanDisk Extreme CompactFlash(R) and SD(TM) cards outperformed all competitors in the tests.
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Rand McNally Names America's Top Road Trips in Annual Best of the Road(R) Series
Marshes crawling with tangled grass and sunbathing alligators make Florida's Everglades a tourist favorite. But fascinating wildlife isn't the swampy region's only draw. Nestled among the cypress trees, the Big Cypress Gallery invites travelers to delight in the black-and-white landscape photography of southwest Florida photographer and author Clyde Butcher.
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Rio Tinto Alcan sponsors free outdoor program and offsets carbon emissions for the 2008 Festival International de Jazz ...
Rio Tinto Alcan is pleased to co-present the free outdoor program for the 2008 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal for the third consecutive year. Rio Tinto Alcan will also contribute to offsetting the carbon emissions of the Festival, making it carbon neutral for the first time.
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Bleu Cotton Photography Voted Best Photographer in Orange County
COSTA MESA, Calif.----Bleu Cotton Photography , a leading wedding, portrait, corporate and social events photographer based in Costa Mesa, California, announced today they have been voted Best Photographer in Orange County by FoxLA's Hotlist out of 50 photographers.
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Stronger than ever
He is hip-hop music’s Renaissance man—a producer, arranger, composer, guitarist, keyboardist and the country’s most authentic soul singer. His name, Artstrong J. Clarion, fits him perfectly.
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Anne d’Harnoncourt dies
Anne d’Harnoncourt, chief executive of the Philadelphia Museum of Art since 1982, died unexpectedly this morning at age 64.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art Director Dies
CBS 3 has learned the first female director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art has died.
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XJTAG: Exhibitors And Organisers Urge Whole Industry to Support National Electronics Week (NEW)
Exhibitors and organisers are urging everyone involved in the electronics sector to support National Electronics Week (NEW) (www.nationalelectronicsweek.co.uk), the UK's premier electronics industry exhibition, which holds its inaugural event at London's Earls Court from 17-19 June 2008.
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Quotes from Yves Saint Laurent
Mon, Jun 2, 2008 (7:17 a.m.) _ "I participated in the transformation of my era. I did it with clothes, which is surely less important than music, architecture, painting ... but whatever it's worth I did it." (2002)
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Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
When I warbled my new old standard, Auctions in New York , last November, I suggested that my first singing podcast would probably be my last. I have no doubt that my resolve to abort my career as a cabaret crooner met with general approval.
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City tuning up for musical event
As young people gear up for summer's many festivals, concerts and parties into the night, the Brookhaven-Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce is preparing an afternoon of music and fellowship specifically for the city's older generation.
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IN BRIEF
The Jackson Area Youth Council is soliciting entries for a logo contest aimed at reflecting its mission statement of giving youth a voice in the community.
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Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Present "Like Breath on Glass"
This exhibition at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute , in Williamstown, Massachusetts, features 40 paintings by such artists as James McNeill Whistler, George Inness, William Merritt Chase, and John Twachtman, and focuses on "painting softly," a style of painting in which artists obscure the evidence of their brushstrokes.
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Limo to Lunch contest drives school
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Fine art experts in Turner U-turn
Art experts revise their view that a Turner painting long thought to depict a Scottish scene is, in fact, of the Mew Stone off Plymouth Sound.
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Tacoma hall of fame to enshrine 92-year-old Renaissance man
Marshall Perrow was a Stadium High School student when his dad – co-owner of a sporting goods store – received a shipment of thin, sleek boards with foot straps.
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Known for his abrasive style, Marlins President David Samson may help save baseball in South Florida
he next item in the Make-A-Wish Foundation auction was a weekend with the Florida Marlins in New York.
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SOUTH WOODFORD: Going under in George Lane
THE art of hypnotism can be traced back to the ancient Greeks, but is now more popular than ever before and is enjoying a renaissance on television at least, in programmes by Derren Brown and Paul McKenna.
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artnet Online Auctions Announces Prints Sale
From June 2-20, artnet Online Auctions will offer 100 modern and contemporary prints by 45 artists including Marc Chagall, Joan Miro, Pablo Picasso, Banksy, Robert Indiana and Andy Warhol with estimates between US $1,000 and US $55,000.
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Location sought for mural
The Color Fairfield mural, like a large, attractive puppy, is looking for a good home with lots of space. The mural is a 60- x 30-foot painting of a family working on a jigsaw puzzle of the Fairfield Square. It is being made in squares of long-lasting quality.
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Yves Saint Laurent says
Quotes from legendary fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, who died Sunday: _ "I participated in the transformation of my era. I did it with clothes, which is surely less important than music, architecture, painting ... but whatever it's worth I did it." (...
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Remarks by the First Lady in Recognition of the 2008 IMLS Grant Awards
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
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Renaissance Festival
Ever wanted to travel in time? Maybe escape the $4-plus per gallon gas or the overanalysis of the presidential election? How about just breaking away from the everyday stresses of life? Then Castle Farms has just that opportunity for you this weekend with its first Charlevoix Renaissance Festival.
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Alcoa and Chinalco Partner to Sponsor Concert Marking 35th Anniversary of the Renewal of Relations Between the U.S. ...
BEIJING----Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation announced today they have partnered with the Aluminum Corporation of China to sponsor The Philadelphia Orchestra's 35th Anniversary Tour of Asia through collaboration with the China Association for International Friendly Contact and Beijing Music Festival Arts Foundation.
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Yves Saint Laurent says
— "I participated in the transformation of my era. I did it with clothes, which is surely less important than music, architecture, painting ... but whatever it's worth I did it." (2002)
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