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North American birds made from Lego – in pictures
Here is the latest collection of birds from Lego enthusiast, avian admirer and professional tree surgeon, Thomas Poulsom. He hopes to persuade the toy company to make his birds into official Lego kits - vote for him ...
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Gay Mormon Characters In The Arts Step Out Of The Shadows
By Kellie Kotraba Religion News Service (RNS) Twenty years ago, a gay Mormon character stepped onstage for the first time. His name was Joe Pitt, and he was in Tony Kushner's "Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches." Pitt lived in New York with a good reputation and a bad marriage to a woman addicted to Valium. As colleagues dealt with the devastation and ...
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Verification a GuardianWitness guide to making great video
Now everyone with a smartphone has the potential to be a video news reporter, how do we know who to trust? Claire Wardle from social news agency Storyful offers some advice on how to ensure your footage is findable, traceable and (hopefully) ...
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Update-MoodysNo rating impact on notes issued by StaGe Mezzanine CDO following amendment of Trust Agreement
Fri May 24, 2013 6:29am EDT StaGe Mezzanine 2006 For the full text of this story please click the following ...
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‘Cheaters’ Premieres Tonight At Silverbird Cinema
Jackie Appiah All roads are expected to lead to the Silverbird Cinema in Accra on Friday evening as the latest romantic comedy starring top actors, Omar Sheriff Captan, Adjetey Anang and Jackie Appiah among others, hits the big screens. The movie would be unveiled at a red carpet grand premiere Friday evening. In past weeks, various casts have been talking about their roles on various media ...
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Foreign preacher takes rare turn on Vietnam stage
The 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to Communist-ruled Vietnam to ...
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A blending of dance and music
When Sabrina Jaafer told her friend from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York that she and the Nai- Ni Chen Dance Company were going to perform at the Publick Playhouse in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, her friend gushed. "Oh, you're going to love it!" the friend told Jaafer. "They have the best audience." After a stringed prelude by the Ahn Trio, ...
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Giro stage called off after heavy snow overnight
PONTE DI LEGNO, Italy (Reuters) - Heavy snow has forced Giro d'Italia organisers to call off Friday's mountainous stage 19 from Ponte di Legno to Val ...
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3D printers give rise to desktop manufacturing
Digital technologies such as 3D modeling software and 3D printers have grown cheap and accessible enough for ordinary people to make prototypes of objects that could, until recently, only be made by people who owned factories. (Emily ...
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Electronic dance concert Moonrise Festival canceled
A new electronic dance concert termed the Moonrise Festival which was expected to draw thousands to South Baltimore, has been canceled after organizers failed to obtain the necessary permits, city officials said Thursday, as reported by the Baltimore Sun. Planned for the weekend of June 8-9 in Port Covington, the festival had been promoted as a successor to the long-running Starscape Festival, ...
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Fast and Furious 6 The high-octane action flick as soap opera
franchise is still going strong. To borrow a bit of stunt-car parlance made famous by Quentin Tarantino, we might say that the brand is Death Proof. How else to explain the presence in Justin Lin's film of Michelle Rodriguez, last seen taking a fatal bullet two sequels ago? The sudden resurrection of a fallen heroine- and the fact that she's been saddled with a convenient case of ...
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Snow wipes out Giro dItalia stage
Heavy snowball has forced the cancellation of stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia on Friday.Organisers announced a modified route for the stage on Thursday to avoid the risk of riders cycling through snow and ice, but the adverse weather ensured no action would take place.There has been no word yet on whether Saturday's stage 20, which is also at risk, will go ahead."Due to adverse ...
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Giro dItalia stage cancelled due to snow
The 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race has been cancelled, further hurting Aussie Cadel Evans' fading hopes of winning the overall ...
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Theater classical music dance and cultural stage events Muppets Cant Stop Singing in Sesame Street Live show in T.O.
Sesame Street Live in Thousand Oaks, L.A. and Long Beach Sure, your kids know that Bert from "Sesame Street" has only one eyebrow. But do they know that in Denmark, Bert is called "Bent," and his sidekick Ernie is known as "Erik"? Here's some other Muppet trivia to wow your toddler, preschooler or spouse with when you go see Sesame Street Live's ...
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What Exactly Is a Burlesque Musical
Matthew Bugg finds that when people hear the word burlesque, they tend to picture something different than what he's got in mind. In particular, they picture the 1950s variant - the cheesecake bumping and grinding that is essentially ...
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Dipson Theatres will no longer operate North Park Theatre
May 23--It was the news that Buffalo's informed movie audience both long dreaded and long expected: Dipson Theatres announced today that it will no longer be operating the North Park Theatre on Hertel Avenue after June ...
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Families brace themselves for dance festival EGDAILYThe kids are all right in Nottingham for the next couple of weeks as Lakeside Arts Centres...
Families brace themselves for dance festival ; EGDAILYThe kids are all right in Nottingham for the next couple of weeks as Lakeside Arts Centre's annual children's theatre and dance festival Wheee! returns. Oonagh Robinson finds out what's ...
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Snow forces Giro stage cancellation
Giro d'Italia has been cancelled due to snow along the route, leaving only one more difficult leg to navigate for the overall leader Vincenzo Nibali.Organisers say there are "adverse weather conditions and, in particular, snow on the stage route in its entirety".The 19th stage in the 21-leg race had already been altered because of avalanche threats and sub-zero temperatures. With ...
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Groups look for next step in delicate immigration reform dance
By Carrie Dann, Political Reporter, NBC News After clearing the first hurdle in some of the most delicate legislative jockeying in recent memory, advocates of a comprehensive immigration reform bill are already looking to the next stage of the legislation’s progress as it heads toward a high-profile airing in the full Senate.While some groups aligned with Democrats failed to secure their ...
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I am trying to extend the definition of commercial cinema Irrfan
A maverick of off-beat films that inevitably move a sea of emotions within, acclaimed actor Irrfan Khan has shown that success also belongs to those who choose the path less trodden.His film Lunchbox, which is directed by Ritesh Batra, has won the Grand Rail d'Or Award at the International Critics' Week, a sidebar of the Cannes film Festival. Irrfan who has played an important role in ...
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Bynes allegedly threw bong out window
NEW YORK – Amanda Bynes was arrested in New York City on Thursday after she allegedly threw a bong out the window of a midtown Manhattan apartment building, a police official said. New York police received a call on Thursday night from an employee at the 47th Street high-rise building where Bynes lives, said NYPD spokesman Detective Brian Sessa. The employee reported that someone was ...
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Acting Emerson principal named to permanent post
An acting elementary school principal in West Mifflin Area School District will hold his post in an official capacity next school year due, in part, to parents who spoke up on his ...
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British police knew about London hacking death suspects
British law enforcement was under fire Friday after conceding it knew for almost a decade about the two men who allegedly butchered a British soldier. Prime ...
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Epic has nothing much for adults
Epic is simplistic. It is an animation for children, especially pre-teen girls who enjoy adventure fairytales. A nine-year-old girl might think it is absolutely amazing. But, unlike movies such as those in the Shrek and Ice Age series, there is nothing much for adults here, except for pretty pictures. Even though it is a morality tale, Epic does not work on multiple levels and there certainly ...
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Fast 6 delivers the thrills
Vin Diesel and friends are back behind the wheel, defying death, tossing off quips, flexing their muscles and revving their engines to warp speed. Fast & Furious 6 is a guaranteed summer hit. This fan-friendly action movie is the best this franchise has had to offer since the 2001 original. It is funny. It is absurd. And it is relentless. The big action scenes are spectacular, even though ...
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Morocco recieves aid as part of EU ties
Morocco has taken another step forward in its several years long pursuit of closer ties with the EU, receiving a vote of confidence from the continent’s organizing body in the form of aid, which will be used to pursue areas of development needed to modernize and reform the country.
Morocco is to receive Euro 580 million (roughly MAD 6 billion) from the European Union over the next four years, according to a joint agreement that was signed between Morocco and the EU recently, which it is hoped will provide the country with the means to further integrate itself with the European economy. Read more
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