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Ming Dynasty Replica Junk Sails Across Pacific - San Francisco Gate
thursday, october 16, 2008 the boat is named princess taiping, and its crew of six men and one woman sailed it across the pacific in 69 days to make a point - that chinese sailed across the pacific to america years before christopher columbus sailed ...
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Dog Town Dickinson County
in 1867, the union pacific railroad had an excursion train on the completed railroad out to abilene, and past salina a short distance. the big attraction was the prairie dog town east of mud creek where de bruce grain is today.
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Welcoming The Rijksmuseum With Indian Miniatures In The Van Gogh Museum
a wild elephant, 1740-60, anonymous artist. rijkmuseum, amsterdam. amsterdam.- the rijksmuseum will show highlights from its collection of indian miniatures in the van gogh museum.
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Pacific 'princess' Sails Into S.f., Bringing Sense Of Chinese History - San Francisco Gate
wednesday, october 15, 2008 pacific 'princess' sails into s.f., bringing sense of chinese history 10.15.08 taking the kitsch out of japanese tea garden 10.15.08 a voice for affordable housing for middle class 10.15.08 people who lose assets to state ...
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Art News In Brief - Tehran Times
tehran -- sir colin lucas, chairman of the british library board visited the film museum of iran, the public relations office of the museum reported on sunday. accompanied by graham shaw, the head of asia, pacific and africa collections at the ...
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'india To Be A Developed Nation By 2028'
james laurence balsillie, founder and co-chief executive officer of research in motion, feels that in the next 20 years, india will reach the developed nation status with $20,000 per capita income in terms of purchasing power parity.
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Event Search Results
arms and the man it's hard to imagine that anyone still has the romantic image of warfare that george bernard shaw satirizes in his 1894 comedy arms and the man, in which a fugitive swiss soldier from the enemy serbian army disabuses a young bulgarian woman ...
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Art Prize Recognises Creativity In Region - Phnom Penh Post
t he inaugural asia pacific breweries (apb) foundation signature art prize was awarded to singaporean artist yeo chee kiong tuesday, with cambodian artist meas sokhorn being among the 10 artists short-listed for the prestigious award. the winning ...
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The Huntington Is Going 'greene & Greene' - San Gabriel Valley Tribune
there will be only one west coast stop for "a new and native beauty: the art and craft of greene & greene," an exhibit of the work of architects and designers charles and henry greene. it opens today at the huntington library, art collections and ...
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Art Galleries
"just suppose" new photographic works by maggie taylor and jerry uelsmann. on display are taylor's images illustrating lewis carroll's "alice's adventures in wonderland." also, uelsmann's black-and-white photo montages exploring the theme of meditative space.
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A Singapore Artist's Spilled Milk
the installation "a day without a tree" by the sculptor yeo chee kiong, is a beautiful, yet effective, indictment of the ravages of climate change. it won the asian pacific breweries foundation signature art prize.
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S'porean Wins Top Art Prize - Straits Times
singaporean artist yeo chee kiong has snagged the biggest art prize in the asia-pacific region, the first asia-pacific breweries (apb) foundation signature art prize. the 38-year-old sculptor was awarded the top prize of $45,000 for his conceptual ...
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World's Longest Insect Named After Malaysian Naturalist - Monsters And Critics
kuala lumpur - measuring over 30 centimetres in length, a new stick insect species found in a village in the eastern state of sabah has been named after a malaysian man, reports said saturday. officially named phobaticus chani, or chan's megastick ...
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Ming Dynasty Replica Junk Sails Across Pacific
a chinese junk, as small as a yacht and as brightly painted as a child's toy, is in san francisco this week at midpoint on the historical adventure of a lifetime. the boat is named princess taiping, and its crew of six men and one woman sailed it across the...
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Deaths & Funerals
martell, wayne april 2, 1939 - september 8, 2008 please join us to celebrate wayne's life on sunday, october 19, at 4048 century road, victoria, 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. 506298 jackson, james alfred living life to its fullest for ninety years, jim (jj) jackson went on to be embraced by his lord and savior on october 13, 2008. born at shaunavon, sask., jim spent his formative years in shell lake where he ...
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Travel Postcard: 48 Hours In San Francisco - Msnbc
6 p.m.: start your visit off with a meal at one of the city's hot dinner spots, zuni cafe. the restaurant sits in a glass-enclosed space overlooking market street and offers a menu of mediterranean-inspired dishes that change daily. sample fresh ...
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Dog Town Dickinson County - Abilene Reflector-chronicle
in 1867, the union pacific railroad had an excursion train on the completed railroad out to abilene, and past salina a short distance. the big attraction was the prairie dog town east of mud creek where de bruce grain is today. most could not spell ...
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Singapore Artist's Melting Museum Wins S$45,000 Signature Prize
yeo's mixed-media work greeted visitors to the building, built in 1887, with what looked like a large puddle of white paint dripping from the walls as the columns of the four-story- high atrium melted.
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Harley-davidson Reports 2008 Third Quarter Results
milwaukee, wi. october 16, 2008: harley-davidson, inc. today announced its results for the third quarter ended september 28, 2008. revenue for the quarter was $1.42 billion compared to $1.54 billion in the year ago quarter, a 7.7 percent decrease.
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Critic's Choice - East Bay Express
arms and the man it's hard to imagine that anyone still has the romantic image of warfare that george bernard shaw satirizes in his 1894 comedy arms and the man, in which a fugitive swiss soldier from the enemy serbian army disabuses a young ...
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