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Calligraphy in Hiroshima exhibition calls for peace
HIROSHIMA — Hundreds of calligraphic works sending out a message of peace were unveiled Sunday as the 24th Hiroshima peace calligraphy exhibition got underway.
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Golden Gate in San Mateo? - Examiner.com
Golden Gate in San Mateo?
Examiner.com -Oct 19, 2006
… and arts museum would blend with the park’s mission and likely bring more visitors to facilities including to the struggling Coyote Point Museum — which is …
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Oct
Antique Whale Oil Provides Insights into Pre-Industrial Chemicals
From YubaNet.com
Sci/Tech
Antique Whale Oil Provides Insights to Origin of Pre-Industrial Chemicals
Author: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
Published on Oct 12, 2006, 07:18
One of the last remaining New England whaling ships has provided unexpected insights into the origin of halogenated organic compounds (HOCs) that have similar chemical and physical properties as toxic PCBs and the pesticide DDT. [...]
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Oct
North Vancouver Waterfront Development & Maritime Museum
CKNW NEWS
North Vancouver waterfront developmentOct, 22 2006 - 3:20 AM
NORTH VANCOUVER/CKNW(980) - North Vancouver’s waterfront will look drastically different thanks to a $500-million dollar make-over.
The old pier site at the foot of Lonsdale will soon be home to a large residential and commercial development - including a site for the proposed national maritime centre.
According to [...]
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Oct
Learning is Child’s Play: New Issue of UNESCO Courier Published
Learning is Child’s Play
The latest edition of the Courier is hot off the press!
This months issue focuses on early childhood care and education, which is the topic of the 2007 Education for All Global Monitoring Report. The major finding: while the first years of children’s lives strongly influence their future, efforts made to meet early [...]
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Oct
Berlin’s historic Bode Museum to reopen - China Post
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Berlin's historic Bode Museum to reopen China Post, Taiwan - Germany's historic Bode Museum is set to reopen this week after more than five years of renovation, displaying its original collection of paintings, furniture … Berlin's Bode Museum Opens in Next Step Toward `German Louvre' Berlin - After expensive facelift, Berlin reopens Kaiser-Era … 'Berlin's Louvre' opens to public |
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Cutting-edge art museum to be dedicated Oct. 25 - Washington University Record
| Cutting-edge art museum to be dedicated Oct. 25 Washington University Record, Washington - … The southern facades of the Kemper Art Museum and Earl E. and Myrtle E. Walker Hall. Also pictured is the Dula Foundation Central Courtyard. … Kemper Art Museum to open inaugural exhibitions Oct. 25 |
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Oct
Museum to acquire Oswald autopsy files - United Press International
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Museum to acquire Oswald autopsy files United Press International - 18 (UPI) — Recently discovered documents from the 1981 exhumation and autopsy on Lee Harvey Oswald appear headed for Dallas' Sixth Floor Museum archives. … Records of Oswald exhumation going to Kennedy museum Records of Oswald exhumation going to Kennedy museum Museum set to add Oswald documents |
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Sheffield museum reopens - BBC News
| Sheffield museum reopens BBC News, UK - Sheffield's Weston Park Museum was due to reopen in autumn 2005, but work was delayed because of major structural problems. Finally … A Power Lunch Fit for a Robber Baron |
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Chinese museum curators to be offered training residencies in US - People’s Daily Online
| Chinese museum curators to be offered training residencies in US People’s Daily Online, China - … a non-profit US cultural organization, pledged on Wednesday to resume and expand its study programs in the United States for Chinese museum curators in the … Foreign Curators Visit South Korea US Delays Rule on Limits to Chinese Art Imports |