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So much for entertainment Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 12:52PMBanning the “Bodies” exhibit from Seattle was only the first stepBanning “Bodies” was the right thing to do
DFM concludes the Summer Stock Game in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Community Development Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 6:29AMDubai Financial Market Dubai Financial Market ( DFM DFM ) announced today the successful conclusion of its Summer Stock Game in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Community Development, with 137 talented students participating in DFM DFM 's Stock Game competition, which ran from Monday 12 th July until Thursday 29 th July 2010.
MASS MoCA presents first major museum exhibition of Leonard Nimoy's photography Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 12:24AMMASS MoCA presents first major museum exhibition of Leonard Nimoy's photography MASS MoCA presents the first major museum exhibition of Leonard Nimoy's photography In ancient Greece, during one of Plato's symposiums, Aristophanes, the famous philosopher-playwright, came up with a fanciful notion of what caused human angst and restlessness. We had two heads, four arms and four legs, and we were ...
U.S. a Leader in Tension Between Adults and Their Parents Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 6:26PMParents in the United States are more likely to have conflict in their relationships with their adult children than are parents in European countries, a new study finds.
Blaska's Blog says let the people vote Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 5:06PMOpponents of the unelected Regional Transit Authority are asking municipalities to hold their own referendum on whether local sales tax should be increased in order to help support a commuter train running from Middleton to the Town of Burke.
We´re for Virg Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:01AMWho would have believed a year ago it would come down to this? That Lt. Gov. John Cherry — the runaway Democratic primary frontrunner, the presumptive nominee — would drop out eight months before election?
Art offer gets folks talking Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 4:53AMA piece of artwork proposed for Renaissance Square is generating considerable conversation among Quayside residents.
Ronning recalled Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 4:38PMNineteen years ago Wednesday, a search and rescue team discovered the body of a missing Camp Cayuga counselor at the bottom of an embankment off Tanner’s Falls road in Dyberry Township.
ARTINFO: FRANCOPHRENIA: A Digest of New York's Epic James Franco Profile Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:43PMAlthough these days quizzical mentions of actor-turned-student-turned-writer-turned-artist James Franco's name are frequently heard in art-world precincts, ARTINFO just recently discovered that the artist's multifarious productivity...
Off of Virginia, an annual pony swim Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 10:03AMFollowing in 'Misty of Chincoteague's' legendary hoof prints. Following in 'Misty of Chincoteague's' legendary hoof prints.
Francophrenia: A Digest of New York's Epic James Franco Profile Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 8:20AMAlthough these days quizzical mentions of actor-turned-student-turned-writer-turned-artist James Francos name are frequently heard in art-world precincts, ARTINFO just recently discovered that the artist's multifarious productivity is an even more significant topic than previously thought. The epiphany came from Sam Anderson, book critic for New York magazine, whose cover story in the latest ...
Images: 14 hot gadgets worth drooling over Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 5:57AMA sneak peak into 14 gadgets released recently: six in India and the rest worldwide.
Abu Dhabi public schools take a hi-tech leap Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 1:00AMEquipping students with the right tool to cope and compete effectively in this fast changing world is imperative, if they are to successfully evolve in this digital milieu.
Celebrate Sharks August 1 - 14 at Oregon Coast Aquarium Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 4:22PMSharks Exhibited at the Oregon Coast Aquarium are Species Native to Oregon's Coastal Waters By Cindy Hanson Newport, OR - The Oregon Coast Aquarium will celebrate Sharks August 1 - 14 with a variety of events highlighting the fascinating world of sharks. All of the sharks exhibited at the Oregon Coast Aquarium are species native to Oregon's coastal waters. Visitors will meet the sharks from ...
Progenra Receives Approval Of Novel Patent For Isopeptidase High Throughput Screening Platform Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 3:45PMProgenra, Inc., announced today their receipt of an Official Notice of Allowance, dated June 15, 2010, of U.S. Patent Application No. 11/156,707, "Diagnostic and Screening Methods and Kits Associated with Proteolytic Activity."
Progenra Receives Approval of Novel Patent for Isopeptidase High Throughput Screening Platform Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 1:06PMMALVERN, Pa.----Progenra, Inc., announced today their receipt of an Official Notice of Allowance, dated June 15, 2010, of U.S. Patent Application No. 11/156,707, “Diagnostic and Screening Methods and Kits Associated with Proteolytic Activity.” IP protection of this technology was also recently granted by the European Union.
Lifeclinic Health Stations Showcased in "BODIES…The Exhibition" Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 10:30AMLifeclinic health stations provide a teachable moment to exhibit visitors.
CytoSorbents Corporation to Exhibit at the Force Health Protection Conference and ATACCC Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 7:37AMMONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ--(Marketwire - July 26, 2010) - CytoSorbents Corporation ( OTCBB : CTSO ), a critical care focused company using blood purification to treat life-threatening illnesses, announced that it is exhibiting at two leading military healthcare conferences in August. The first is the 13 th Annual Force Health Protection Conference (FHP) at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix ...
Oman: Stem cell bank 'to open soon' Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 12:58AM26 July 2010 MUSCAT: Stem cell therapy has the potential to radically change the treatment of human disease. Stem cells are the natural repair kit of the human body.
A New Position Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 4:05AMValentine's Day 2001. This could be it, folks. The last Valentine's Day officially celebrated in the United States of America before George Dubya and the Christian Right contingency contingent cut off any expression that could lead to immorality. You know, the s-word.
Nimoy exhibit causes stir at Mass MoCA Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 3:56AMNORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Actor Leonard Nimoy’s new photographic work, "Secret Selves," peers into the hidden alleys of personal psyches in giant-sized prints bursting with color -- these are fantasies hidden no more, but screaming to the world from gallery walls.
Nimoy exhibit causes stir at Mass MoCA Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 3:44AMFriday July 23, 2010 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Actor Leonard Nimoy’s new photographic work, "Secret Selves," peers into the hidden alleys of personal psyches in giant-sized prints bursting with color -- these are fantasies hidden no more, but screaming to the world from gallery walls. Nimoy’s exhibit will open with a reception at Mass MoCA on Saturday, July 31.
Calendar 7/22 to 8/1/10 Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 11:25AMNelson White’s work Waterford Beach is on view at Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor beginning July 24. Outdoors SAT JUL 24 Scenic Bike Ride to Sagg Beach with the Southampton Trails Preservation Society. Meet at Mashashimuet Park, Sag Harbor, at 10 a.m. for an easy paced bike ride through Sagaponack ending at 2 p.m. BYO bike and [...]
The World of Ultimate Spider-Man Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 10:13AMToday Activision revealed that Ultimate Spider-Man is the fourth and final Shattered Dimension. In this handy guide we explore the setting and characters of Spidey's Ultimate landscape.
Unusually Fed Up Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 1:55AMFeeling besieged by the Welfare State? Tired of rising taxes, endless browbeating by unelected bureaucrats and insipid drivel in the news papers that passes for economic thinking? You're not alone friend. You're not alone. A big welcome to www.economics.org.au. We learned of the project when we were up in Sydney recently. If you're interested in economics and more ...
Is it art or just awful? Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 11:00PMHard to imagine what anyone could 'learn' from disrespectful exhibit
No metazoan is an island [Pharyngula] Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 4:07PMI'm one of those dreadful animal-centric zoologically inclined biologists. Plants? What are those? Fungi? They're related to metazoans somehow. Lichens? Not even on the radar. The first step in fixing a problem, though, is recognizing that you have one. So I confess to you, O Readers, that my name is PZ, and I am a metazoaphile. But I can get better. My path to opening up to wider horizons is to ...
When science meets art, it gets confusing Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 4:00PMIn 1959, British physicist and novelist C.P. Snow delivered an influential lecture titled "The Two Cultures," in which he claimed the divide between the sciences and the humanities was to the detriment of finding solutions to world problems. The Second Law of Thermodynamics was to science what Shakespeare was to the humanities, and each field was ignorant of the other's fundamental achievements ...
Ignatieff is 'the best guy for the job': Chretien Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 1:51PMLiberal Leader Michael Ignatieff was greeted during a stop in Shawinigan, Que., by the town's most famous resident: Jean Chretien.
Study shows how technology may improve treatment for children with brain cancer Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 1:35PM( American Institute of Physics ) A study presented today at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine shows that children with brain tumors who undergo radiation therapy (the application of X-rays to kill cancerous cells and shrink tumors) may benefit from a technique known as "intensity modulated arc therapy" or IMAT.
St. Lucie Community Calendar, update July 22 Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 10:18AMFind the latest in arts and crafts events, fundraisers, children and families events, dancing, exercise, music and more.
Reportlinker Adds Global Infrared Imaging Market for Surveillance 2009-2013 Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 7:44AMReportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
Long-term Benefits from Musical Training Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 6:04AMNew research may help parents when they write the monthly check for music lessons. After a review of a wide range of scientific literature, Northwestern University scientists believe the facts support a link between musical training and learning. According to the experts, musical practice improves skills including language, speech, memory, attention and even vocal emotion. [...]
Scientific Review Of How Music Training Primes Nervous System And Boosts Learning Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 5:27AMThose ubiquitous wires connecting listeners to you-name-the-sounds from invisible MP3 players -- whether of Bach, Miles Davis or, more likely today, Lady Gaga -- only hint at music's effect on the soul throughout the ages. Now a data-driven review by Northwestern University researchers published July 20 in Nature Reviews Neuroscience pulls together converging research from the scientific ...
Weekend Guide Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 11:19PMA list of things to do this weekend.
Sun Messenger Calendar of Events, July 22-29 Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 7:55PMTHURSDAY Gates Mills Library 1491 Chagrin River Road. Day and night of games, 1:30-8:30 p.m. Bring friends and family and challenge them to a game of Scene It?, Jr., Uno, Battleship and more. Free event for ages 11 and up. (440) 423-4808.
Taking Music Seriously Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 2:39PMScientific review of how music training primes nervous system and boosts learningThose ubiquitous wires connecting listeners to you-name-the-sounds from invisible MP3 players -- whether of Bach, Miles Davis or, more likely today, Lady Gaga -- only hint at music's effect on the soul throughout the ages.Now a data-driven review by Northwestern University researchers that will be published July 20 ...
Where the Dickens is our lost morality? Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 9:09AMCompeting for viewers last Sunday were Dickens's Little Dorrit, skeined through with exquisite moral twists, and Hawke the telemovie, which all agreed was adequate but unengaging. The essential difference, apart from outbreaks of pustulent advertising, was morality. Dickens makes moral choice his narrative spindle, as well as his thread, while the Bob Hawke story centres on narcissism. Has to ...
Mosquitoes with West Nile found in parish Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 12:59AMAccording to the St. Tammany Parish Mosquito Abatement District three mosquito samples sent to the LSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory have tested positive for West Nile Virus.
Is the Biblical Account of the Great Flood and Noah’s Ark True and Accurate? Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 11:13PMGenesis Chapter 6 through 9 documents the great flood and Noah’s Ark.. This article continues the narrative from an earlier article published on Ghanaweb. In this article the account of Noah and the Flood will be reviewed in a line-by-line manner.
Dating, With Science on Your Side Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 8:19PMIn honor of Tu B’Av, the Jewish dating holiday, let’s acknowledge that while the Internet has helped some single people to narrow the playing field, dating is still confusing. So it may come as some comfort that there’s another, less expected tool to help in looking for love: science.
Giving Blood Is Grossly Underrated Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 6:06PMMany people may think of blood as gross, but it is also a lifesaving gift. On July 27 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Blood Assurance’s Blood Mobile will be on Creative Discovery Museum’s Plaza hosting a special blood drive and encouraging people to give.
ArtScene: Top Current Exhibitions in the Southwest (July/August, 2010) Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 5:00PMIt's the hottest time of the year in the great Southwest. That means it's the high season in the unique cultural oasis of Santa Fe. Earlier this month the SOFA West art plus design fair and the decade-old Art Santa Fe presided over consecutive weekends.
How music training primes nervous system and boosts learning Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 4:29PMA data-driven review pulls together converging research from the scientific literature linking musical training to learning that spills over to skills including language, speech, memory, attention and even vocal emotion. The science covered comes from labs all over the world, from scientists of varying scientific philosophies, using a wide range of research methods.
Georgia Aquarium Announced Today the Addition of a Third Manta Ray Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 10:24AMThe Newest Female Manta Measures More Than 8 Feet Across and Weighs 230 Pounds By Francesca Allegra Atlanta, GA - The Georgia Aquarium announced today the addition of a third manta ray into the Ocean Voyager Gallery, built by The Home Depot. The new ray will join the Aquarium's existing mantas, Nandi and Tallulah, four whale sharks and dozens of other sharks, rays and fish into the exhibit ...
Horseshoe Bend leader prepares kids for fair, beyond Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 9:57AMLEXINGTON – People describe Bruce Rickertsen as extremely intelligent, kind, committed and caring.
10 things to do with Dad Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 3:17AMHave fun spending quality (read: non-TV) time with the kids
'Bodies' exhibit may be banned in Seattle Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 7:10PMSEATTLE - "Bodies the Exhibition" has twice come to Seattle, and while the exhibit has drawn plenty of people to see bodies of mostly Chinese people embalmed in plastic, the exhibit has also drawn protest. Charlette LeFevre has been saying for years it's time to ban the bodies. "When you knowingly import in human remains from another country that's desecration, pure and simple," she said. Now ...
'Bodies' exhibit may be banned in Seattle Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 7:09PM"Bodies the Exhibition" has twice come to Seattle, and while the exhibit has drawn plenty of people to see bodies of mostly Chinese people embalmed in plastic, the exhibit has also drawn protest.
Exhibit Review | Roy G Biv: Pairing produces disjointed presentation Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 4:41AMAlmost every month, the Roy G Biv gallery in the Short North pairs the works of two artists.