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Style: Shifting into high Ghea Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:15PMLOOKING like a celeb-beauty in her oversized dark sunnies and vibrant ethnic-inspired tog, Ghea Panggabhean, one of Indonesia’s talented veteran fashion designers, sweeps into the room, capturing the attention of those present with her contagious exuberance.
Campus Rec provides alternate means of transportation through bike rentals Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 5:42PMSenior Robert Wohner rented his bike from Campus Rec for the year. This is his second year with the bike, which he calls Elliott, and he relies heavily on it for transportation around Elon. Photo Submitted.
Google milks animated doodle mystery on Twitter Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 5:21PMFor a dozen years, Google Inc. has been occasionally swapping its everyday logo for a "doodle," a sketch celebrating holidays, inventions, artists and sporting events, and showcasing designs from contest-winning students.
Mysterious bouncing balls take over Google home page; doodle detectives do best to decode Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 5:12PMSEATTLE - For a dozen years, Google Inc. has been occasionally swapping its everyday logo for a "doodle," a sketch celebrating holidays,
Chef Sandoval sees global growth for Latin cuisine Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 4:28PMChef Richard Sandoval, despite tough economic times, believes there is plenty of enthusiasm worldwide for food from his native Mexico and other parts of Latin America.
Google milks animated doodle mystery on Twitter Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 4:20PMFor a dozen years, Google Inc. has been occasionally swapping its everyday logo for a "doodle," a sketch celebrating holidays, inventions, artists and sporting events, and showcasing designs from contest-winning students. Usually, Google makes it clear what's... Google - Animation - Twitter - Logo - Searching
Google animated logo (un)connects the dots Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 4:13PMUsers of Google's search page were greeted Tuesday with a screen of colorful, interactive dots, even though the company didn't immediately explain why.
Change agent eyes next big thing Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 10:30AMThe muscle days are gone. It's time for the brains to shine
In UAE, ambition wears an abaya Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 6:09AMEmirati women keen on fashionable abaya as people seek to look their best for Eid.
Cappadocia guide: packages, hotels and practical advice Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 5:44AMJohn Gimlette offers a practical guide to Cappadocia, Turkey, including the best package holidays, hotels and flights.
Innovation in footwear goes back ages Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 5:37AMArchaeologists working in Armenia recently said they had discovered what might be one of the world’s oldest shoes. That shoe, estimated to be 5,500 years old, shares many features with today’s walking shoes: a leather outer, laces and cushioning, according to news reports.
Fashion Competition: £500 worth of Kew clothing to be won Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 3:51AMTwo lucky visitors will win a Kew wardrobe worth £250 each to celebrate its fifth birthday.
Help for modern families: inexpensive bathroom additions Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 1:28AM(ARA) - As older adults age in place and more households make room for multiple generations, how will Americans respond to the home-improvement challenge?
Sometimes the old ways are the best Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 9:44PMOWASCO — For those interested in learning about a simpler timewhen everything was handmade and nothing was wasted, Ole ThreadsDay at the county’s agricultural museum was the place to be.
Kimberly Freeman Brown: On Labor Day, How We Can Give Both Workers and Our Environment a Chance Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 7:01PMThis Labor Day, America is facing a dizzying array of problems, none more acute than the twin crises of how poorly we treat our workers and how appallingly we treat our planet.
Keep under-aged children away from weaving Kente - Naadu Mills Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 12:27PMKpetoe, Sept 5, GNA - Mrs Ernestina Naadu Mills, the First Lady, has warned against using under-aged children for Kente weaving.
Indonesian fashion scores Ramadan hit Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 11:01AMJAKARTA -- This Eid al-Fitr Muslim holiday, Malaysian Sharifa Ahmad is determined to make heads turn in her Made in Indonesia outfit -- a black flowing chiffon robe with embroidered neckline and matching headscarf hand stitched with Swarovski crystals.
New twist in fixing scandal, 4th Pak player under probe Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 9:40AMFormer Pak opener Yasir Hameed claims his teammates were involved in fixing 'almost every match'.
New Orleans schools have chance to become centers of their communities Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 6:39AMHistoric $1.8 billion FEMA grant will finance grand master plan
Guide to Cappadocia, Turkey: Kingdom of caves Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 2:14AMJohn Gimlette heads for Cappadocia to explore a magical subterranean world.
The Last Secrets of the Forbidden City Head to the U.S. Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 12:28AMThough Beijing's Forbidden City has been open to the public for decades, parts of it remained off-limits. This month a new exhibition of artifacts from behind the gates heads to U.S.
Luminant’s Oak Grove Plant Named POWER Magazine’s “2010 Plant of the Year” Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 5:44PMIRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) announced today that the 1,600 megawatt (MW) two-unit supercritical power plant, designed and built for Luminant in central Texas, has been named POWER Magazine’s “2010 Plant of the Year.” Fluor provided engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning for the plant with the two lignite-fired supercritical units reaching ...
Luminant's Oak Grove Plant Named POWER Magazine's "2010 Plant of the Year" Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 5:39PMIRVING, Texas----Fluor Corporation announced today that the 1,600 megawatt two-unit supercritical power plant, designed and built for Luminant in central Texas, has been named POWER Magazine’s “2010 Plant of the Year.” Fluor provided engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning for the plant with the two lignite-fired supercritical units reaching substantial completion in December ...
Music On: Learning Piano Review Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 4:55PMMusic On: Learning Piano (DSi) The best edutainment game I've played in a long time.
Curtiss-Wright Breaks Ground for $36 Million Manufacturing Facility in Texas Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 4:41PMPARSIPPANY, N.J. -- Curtiss-Wright Corporation today announced that TapcoEnpro International , a business unit of its Flow Control segment, broke ground to officially commence construction of a $36 million, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Chambers County, TX.
Historic Bridge Study Needs More Time Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 4:33PMDOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The historic Sixth Street Viaduct is in such poor shape that authorities who have been studying the structure refer to its ailment as a form of concrete cancer.
Festival of manga, 'anime' opens in Kyoto Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 4:22PMKYOTO — An exhibition of the latest manga, "anime," art and the next generation of electronic entertainment technology from Japan and abroad opened Thursday in Kyoto. Since 1997, the Cultural Affairs Agency has sponsored an international festival of Japanese and foreign manga and anime artists, as well as those artists working on modern designs or involved in entertainment.
Please don’t call it a Fall Arts Preview It’s more like an Autumn Roundup, OK Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 3:16PMWhen Jerry Lewis succumbs to telethon tears during the last verse of “You’ll Never Walk Alone” — then everyone returns to work after that day that honors labor — you know it’s time to put the flip-flops away and make yourself presentable for autumn.
First Friday Roundup Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 1:36PMSuzanne Hackett-Morgan -- Four Corners
SuperClubs Launches Breezes Buzios Resort & Spa Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 12:16AMHOLLYWOOD, FL--(Marketwire - September 1, 2010) - Breezes Búzios Resort & Spa, the newest addition to SuperClubs' international family of Super-Inclusive resorts, is now open for business. Located in Brazil's popular beach resort town of Búzios in the famous state of Rio de Janeiro, the top all inclusive hotel boasts a spectacular beach, elegant accommodations, one of Latin America's largest ...
SuperClubs Launches Breezes Buzios Resort & Spa Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 12:13AMHOLLYWOOD, FL--(Marketwire - 09/01/10) - Breezes Bzios Resort & Spa, the newest addition to SuperClubs' international family of Super-Inclusive resorts, is now open for business. Located in Brazil's popular beach resort town of Bzios in the famous state of Rio de Janeiro, the top all inclusive hotel boasts a spectacular beach, elegant accommodations, one of Latin America's largest swimming pools ...
Changing course Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:03PMWalking down the elementary wing at Hillel School, you might see children perched on stools with Macbooks, curled up on cushions with books, balancing on exercise balls or making a mess in a studio.
New Exhibition at The Corning Museum of Glass Explores Exchange of Ideas and Styles Between European and East Asian ... Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:00PMA new exhibit opening at The Corning Museum of Glass November 18, 2010, explores the cultural exchanges of glass techniques and styles between East Asia and Western Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Nature inspires new designs Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:34PMThe fall collection from Deep Cove designer Jesse Smith, which includes T-shirts featuring tree prints, was inspired in part by the designer’s natural surroundings. Wraps, scarves and belts make use of pops of colour.
Picnic kicks off effort to plan parks Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:50PMLike a scene from a spring L.L.Bean catalog, a doe and a pair of fawns peeked from the trees along the creek bank in the fading light. The deer moseyed from the brush along Issaquah Creek just as the Aug. 26 meeting to plan the future of Tollë Anderson, Cybil-Madeline and Issaquah Creek parks came to [...]
A metropolis with best of all worlds Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:25PMGreater Kuala Lumpur hopes to add to the lure of the nucleus city as talent -- and retirees -- search the globe for the most livable places. Shuhada Elis and Alang Bendahara report.
Dubai to get three new glitzy bus stations Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:07AMDubai to get three new glitzy bus stations
Emmys 2010: Mad Men girls' hourglass silhouettes herald fashion trend for curves Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 4:04AMMad Men stars Christina Hendricks, January Jones and Elisabeth Moss all wore figure-hugging gowns that made the most of their famous curves.
Intel Buying Infineon's Wireless Business For $1.4 Billion Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 3:57AMChipmaker bulking up on wireless technology.
Emmys 2010: Kim Kardashian and Glee's Lea Michele gush over each other's dresses as stars hit the red carpet Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 3:49AMThe starlets started complimenting one another and swapped jewellery tips as they were interviewed on the red carpet by Ryan Seacrest outside the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles last night.
Leeds's civic architect to step down after 40 years Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 2:56AMHIS work has done much to shape modern-day Leeds and now civic architect John Thorp is preparing to step down from his influential role.
Learn about sustainable living and peacemaking at D-Q University Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:17AMLearning about permaculture and peacemaking is now only a college class away. From Sept. 3 to 18, D-Q University, a 640-acre Native American college on the outskirts of Davis, will be hosting a class to teach participants how to live a sustainable and peaceful lifestyle with nature and people.
India is a high-tech nation plagued by potholes Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 1:16AMCivil engineers needed to fix India's infrastructure
Neither pilot nor museum ready to give up - Corning, NY - The Corning Leader Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:20AMJim Poel sits at the controls of the Albany Flyer, a replica built by the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum’s restoration shop, during the construction process. The plane crashed during a June test flight, and Poel is now recovering from his injuries at Rochester’s Strong Memorial Hospital.
1001 Inventions: Science in Muslim lands Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:11AMFor generations, the lore of "One Thousand and One Nights" helped shape Western notions about Muslim culture. The collection of tales described an exotic world of harems and flying carpets, Sinbad and monsters, Aladdin and the jinn, Ali Baba and the 40 thieves.
Experienced director heads Waiata Awards again Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 5:03PMDirector Robert Hagen has worked on big music productions for all of the major networks but admits it’s a different kind of entertainment when it comes to producing the National Waiata Maori Awards.
Talking fashion with Giorgio Armani Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 2:30PMGiorgio Armani is one of the most famous names in fashion and design and 2007 marks the 10th anniversary of Emporio Armani Orologi. Europa Star's International Editor Keith W. Strandberg caught up with the legendary designer in his Milan, Italy office.
Army readies for China threat Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 1:03PMThe Chinese have escalated their aggressive designs on the country’s border areas and the Indian Army is prepared to face the threat.
Sitting pretty Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:53AMTHERES whimsical, and then theres whimsical you can sit on.
What's on Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 9:49AMLiteral Alley Books is a new bookstore/coffee house in downtown Chilliwack that for the month of May will be featuring the photography of artist Elizabeth Gillies. There is also live entertainment Friday and Saturday evenings, afternoon tea Sundays 1:30-3 p.m. by reservation.