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Cannes 2013 day 5 in pictures
Inside Llewyn Davis Production year: 2013 Country: USA Runtime: 105 mins Directors: Ethan & Joel Coen Cast: Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, Oscar ...
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Carla Bruni Talks About Reviving Her Musical Career Live-Streams Her New Album
Now that Carla Bruni is no longer France's First Lady, she might have expected the spotlight to be back on her music career with the release of her fourth album, Little French Songs. But her husband, Nicolas Sarkozy, is once more in the headlines, under investigation for financially taking advantage of France's richest woman as he thinks of running for president again. Bruni talks to ...
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Back to the lost garden
A poster for the musical The musical The Lost Garden will receive its world premiere in Shanghai. Adapted from the short story The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde, the production was developed over five years by South Korean director and musician Soh June-young and his creative team using suggestions garnered from 266 people in 26 countries. The result is a magical journey in which Wilde's ...
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The Syngenta photography award 2013 – in pictures
the winner of this year's Syngenta photography award, for his work documenting a stunning isolated region in the Icelandic Western Fjords. Here is a selection of the finalists' images, each on on the theme ...
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The power of photography
We take thousands of pictures nowadays, but do we still cherish them? We asked writers and artists, including Grayson Perry and Mary McCartney, to pick a shot they treasure - and tell us the role photography has played in their ...
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Visa violators stage sit-in to stay
Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune ';Only Teardrops,'; despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine. Juries and television viewers across Europe awarded the barefoot, ...
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UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup
There will be no Triple Crown winner again this year, but Orb's defeat in the Preakness Stakes does tee up an interesting summer of racing. Meanwhile, some other potential stars, including Last Gunfighter and Fiftyshadesofhay, emerged from the weekend of racing at Pimlico. Hong Kong horses ran off with both of Singapore's International Group 1 races, Farhh provided a bright spot for ...
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Arts convention to draw 1000 in Pittsburgh
A nationwide arts convention is going to be drawing up to 1,000 people to Pittsburgh next month. The Americans for the Arts Annual Convention will be held beginning June 14 in Pittsburgh and hosted by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. The convention will be located in several parts of the city, including Lawrenceville, the Strip District, North Side and East End. Among the focuses will be ...
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Emir of Qatar Arab world is witnessing the most important stage in its history
WAM DOHA, May 20th, 2013 (WAM) -- H.H. Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar affirmed that the world has witnessed fast-paced changes, not only in the fields of politics, but also in the fields of economy, society, culture and humanitarianism. The Qatar news agency (QNA) stated that Sheikh Hamad, during his speech at the opening of the "Doha Forum and the Conference of ...
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McLaughlin Middle and Fine Arts Academy Offers Arts Major
Britney Woodman, 13, left, and Matthew Dean, 14, heat up strips of painted "Tyvek" in Betsy Reeves' art class at McLaughlin Middle School & Fine Arts Academy in Lake Wales in November ...
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Rahul Gandhi sad Opposition acting against interests of poor Indian
Kerala News: THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the opposition parties for stalling the Food Security Bill in Parliament, and asserted the UPA Government was determined to enact the legislation for the benefit of ...
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Alvarion acting CEO Were looking to raise equity
ALVR ), which provides wireless broadband solutions, released its first quarter financials today. Revenue in the first quarter of 2013 was $8.5 million, representing an increase of 4.5% from $8.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, and a decrease of 45.4% from $15.6 million in the first quarter of 2012. The company made a GAAP net loss from continuing operations in the first quarter of 2013 ...
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Pro Imaging Golf Classic Brings Industry Players Together For Networking Friendships
Tucson, AZ - After a long, cold winter for many east of the Mississippi, 23 teams soaked up sunshine and 80-degree weather to play in the 23rd annual Pro Imaging Golf Championship. This year the digital players traveled west to the magnificent Hilton Tucson El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort located in the Sonora Desert Terrain at the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains. The two-day ...
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SavePolaroid.com Co-Founder Creates Two Companies Will Develop New Polaroid-Compatible Film
Dave Bias, co-founder of SavePolaroid.com, announces the formation of two new Polaroid Corp.-related companies -- PolaPremium and The Impossible Project. Bias partnered with Dr. Florian Kaps, the proprietor of unsaleable.com, which has been selling Polaroid film and cameras for the past three years out of Vienna, Austria. The first new company, PolaPremium, is a partnership with Polaroid to ...
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Brand Loyalty Among Digital Camera Buyers Falls Significantly
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- As increasing digital camera model offerings challenge perceived product differentiation among consumers, only 26 percent of digital camera buyers say they would purchase the same camera brand in the future -- down from 35 percent in 2005, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2006 Digital Camera Satisfaction Study(SM) released today. ...
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IPC Announces 2009 Professional Photographer Leadership Awards
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, March 26, 2008 -- The International Photographic Council (IPC), a non-governmental organization (NGO) of the United Nations, has announced the recipients of its 11th annual IPC Professional Photographer Leadership Awards. The winners will be recognized at the IPC International Professional Photographers Month luncheon at the United Nations in New York City on Thursday, May 7, ...
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Phase One Invests in Mamiya Digital Imaging
TOKYO, Japan, March 26, 2009 -- Phase One A/S and Mamiya Digital Imaging, Ltd. are proud to announce that Phase One is making a significant financial investment in Mamiya Digital Imaging, thus becoming a major shareholder in the company behind the Mamiya brand of medium format cameras and lenses. Terms of the agreement are not being disclosed. The objective of Phase One's investment is to ...
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Western Digital Enters Solid-State Drive Market With Acquisition of SiliconSystems
LAKE FOREST, Calif., March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC), a world leader in hard drive storage for computing and consumer electronics applications, today announced that it has completed a $65 million cash acquisition of SiliconSystems, Inc., Aliso Viejo, Calif., a leading supplier of solid-state drives for the embedded systems market. Since its inception in ...
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ClearBags Releases Airsafe Product Line
El Dorado Hills, CA March 15th, 2009--ClearBags announced the launch of a new product line of Airsafe Art Boxes that meet the stringent product protection requirements of the largest shipping carriers. "Ever have a customer tell you they buy your products for the packaging you use? Well at ClearBags, we hear it all the time! Many artistic professionals are so impressed with our outer ...
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Judge Rules Polaroid Sale May Proceed
Mar. 27--The auction-like sale of Polaroid Corp. can proceed as scheduled next week after U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Gregory Kishel ruled Thursday that it's too late for the company's creditors to question company executives about the pending transaction and other financial matters. Kishel approved a motion by Polaroid's attorneys to quash recent subpoenas for the depositions of CEO ...
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98-Year-Old Photographer Captures L.A.s Vintage Homes
March 26, 2009 -- Magazines, newspapers, even family scrapbooks are full of photographs of houses -- graphic examples of the American dream. But pictures by the 98-year-old architectural photographer Julius Shulman are in a league of their own, so distinctive that they are consulted by movie designers, collected by museums and cherished by homeowners who commission them. [See link below for a ...
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Image Come to Life Woman Gets to Thank Firefighter Who Rescued Her in 1968
The firefighter crawled on his stomach through the pitch-black apartment, the smoke so thick he couldn't see his hand in front of his face. Somewhere inside was a baby and he had to find her.A window broke, light filled the room, and he saw her lying in her crib, dressed only in a diaper, unconscious. Soot covered her tiny nose. She wasn't breathing and had no pulse.He grabbed her and ...
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Bowden weds in New York
30 Rock star Katrina Bowden walked down the aisle with her rocker beau in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Sunday. The actress exchanged vows with musician Ben Jorgensen in a romantic ceremony at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a year and a half after they became engaged. The bride and groom and their guests braved the rainy Big Apple weather for the private nuptials, but the newlyweds have some heat to look ...
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Snipes on board for Expendables 3
Actor Wesley Snipes attends a news conference at Galaxy Air at the Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Florida, in this December 8, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Rick ...
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Jordan felt the eclectic beat with STOMP the world reknowned musical show
STOMP steps into Jordan (photo from STOMP Facebook page) The individuality and personality of the world-renowned STOMP groupEUR(TM)s members shone through their rehearsals of the choreographed percussion show ahead of their three-day performance at Amman's Palace of Culture.The British show has travelled around the world for over twenty years, with the 12 performers using brooms, lids, ...
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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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