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Opera for Android exits beta -- new Webkit engine new features
the first beta was released, Opera announced that its new WebKit-based browser for Android is now available as a "final version". This is just one step towards a Presto-free Opera as, in mid-February, the Norwegian company revealed that it will ...
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New theatre in Cambridge Ont. stars in multiple roles
Nestled into an incline overlooking the Grand River in Cambridge, Ont., the Dunfield Theatre opened in March. Diamond Schmitt Architects gave the $14-million building a simple exterior of limestone and two types of metal panels - white defines the public areas, charcoal grey covers a fly-tower that rises nine metres above the lower roof line. (Tom ...
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Cambridge raises cultural profile with Diamond Schmitt-designed theatre
Nestled into an incline overlooking the Grand River in Cambridge, Ont., the Dunfield Theatre opened in March. Diamond Schmitt Architects gave the $14-million building a simple exterior of limestone and two types of metal panels - white defines the public areas, charcoal grey covers a fly-tower that rises nine metres above the lower roof line.(Tom ...
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A last dance with Kenneth Waltz
By Sreeram Chaulia The death on May 12 of one of the father figures of the theory of international relations (IR), Professor Kenneth Waltz, resonated with every academician who follows world politics. The founder of a dominant school of thought known as neorealism, Waltz, who died aged 88 from complications with pneumonia, was essential reading for generations of students and teachers who ...
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Youths with disabled peoples stage flashmob in Baku - VIDEO
Baku residents have witnessed another interesting show arranged by flashmobbers on 19 May. A group of young people together with dancers and athletes with disabilities danced under well-known hits: Psy - Gentleman, Black eyed peace - Let's get it started and Usher - Yeah. Flashmob left a vivid impression on passers-by who were surprised to see the dancers in wheelchairs who despite the ...
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Opera queens night of celebration
opera doyenne Joanna Wong when she was 15 and still in school. Seated on a wooden stool in the cosy Chinese Opera Teahouse in Smith Street, See Too is warm and animated. "Of course, I'm very excited. I do a lot of shows throughout the year, but this is different because it is specially in my name so I feel the pressure of having to work harder, so that I can perfect as much as I ...
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Yahoo revamps photo-sharing website Flickr
awesome again," said the new site will showcase "bigger images" and create a user experience that is "more immersive, more expressive." Mayer's announcement of the Flickr makeover came only hours after the company announced it was ...
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Edgy indie films among summer crop
It is David vs. Goliath, brains vs. brawn, art vs. commerce. I am talking about alternate movie programming vs. Hollywood's summer blockbusters. It looks bleak for David, but now is not the time to surrender. Okay, okay, I realize that cinephiles despair seeing the boxoffice results already posted this month, as well as trailers for the 2013 summer fare. It all seems so overwhelming. Iron ...
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Abrams a fan of text-based games
The visual effects in Star Trek Into Darkness leave very little to the imagination. And that's the whole point of special effects, right? Through the use of elaborate sets, stunts and computer-generated imagery, director J. J. Abrams transports us from the surface of alien worlds to the inky void of space to the bridge of the USS Enterprise herself. The same can be said for video games. As ...
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Antarctica exhibition shows off architects ice work
Antarctica , shaped like caterpillars or icebergs, on stilts or stubby legs, will look like science-fiction illustrations - the storms, blizzards, extremes of temperature, darkness and howling winds they have been designed to withstand are so extreme that conditions have been likened to those on ...
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Online radio and TV station Soundpond plan arts hub for East End
ONLINE radio and TV station Soundpond is planning a major expansion on Rundle St with an art gallery, photography studio, co-working space for entrepreneurs and pop-up shops. Founders Adam Daze and Todd Skipper plan to take over the space above the Alfresco restaurant, next door to Soundpond's current home. They have launched a crowd-funding campaign to raise $15,000 for the move after an ...
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Tsar to Lenin to be shown at UK’s National Media Museum and at Cornerhouse cinema
is to be screened by two major independent cinemas in the UK, the Cornerhouse in Manchester May 27, and the National Media Museum in Bradford, June 1. First released in ...
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Cinema imagination and object perception questioned in Cairo art display
Cairo's Contemporary Image Collective (CIC) is collaborating with the UK's Tate Modern in a collective video art exhibition entitled 'Objects in Mirror are Closer than they Appear', which raises questions about the nature of cinema and moving images, and the role played by the audiences' imaginations and perceptions in constructing narratives.The exhibition features ...
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Netflix and the rise of binge TV watching
Netflix has been giving viewers the opportunity to watch entire new seasons of TV shows in one sitting and -- for better or for worse -- many have been doing just that. When Netflix premiered its first original ...
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Walters daughter arrested for DUI
Journalist Barbara Walters arrives for the Time 100 gala celebrating the magazine's naming of the 100 most influential people in the world for the past year, in New York, April 23, 2013. (REUTERS/Lucas ...
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Jay-Z denies pregnancy rumours
Jay-Z and his wife Beyonce watch the New Jersey Nets play the Phoenix Suns in the second quarter of their NBA basketball game in Newark, New Jersey, February 28, 2011. REUTERS/Ray ...
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Theater Review The Master Builder at the Harvey Theater at BAM
Halvard Solness, the driven title character in ...
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Its Official Kelly Rowland Paulina Rubio Joining X Factor
, Fox has announced. Said Cowell in a statement: "It’s taken more than a decade but I’m delighted to finally be on a panel with three girls (I think!). Paulina and Kelly both have great taste and massive experience in the music industry and together with Demi, this is going to be a fun panel. It just feels like the time to do something ...
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Lease to Broadways biggest theater sold
Britain's biggest theater group has reached across the Atlantic Ocean and bought the lease to Broadway's largest theater from Live Nation Entertainment for about $60 ...
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DWTS live chat The final 4
They came, they saw, they tangoed. In the final week of "Dancing With the Stars," it all comes down to these four: Zendaya, Kellie, Aly, and Jacoby. Who knew they had these kind of moves? Join Marianne Dowling for some of the final dances of Season 16 starting at 8 PM ET. Click the "Comment Now" button to join in the conversation. The mirror ball trophy is in ...
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Spider-Man Broadway venue sold to Britains Ambassador Theatre
Mon May 20, 2013 7:58pm EDT May 20 (Reuters) - British theater company Ambassador Theatre Group's subsidiary Lyric Theatre LLC has purchased Foxwoods Theatre, currently home to the "Spider-Man" musical, from Live Nation Entertainment Inc, the companies said on Monday. Lyric Theatre paid about $65 million for Foxwoods, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The Foxwoods ...
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Vancouver link to Hadfields space guitar
A Vancouver company says it will re-start production of a guitar used by Chris Hadfield in space, prompting dozens of new orders. The Canadian astronaut gained worldwide attention when he performed David ...
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The Doors star Ray Manzarek dead at 74
The Doors star Ray Manzarek has died following a secret battle with cancer. The keyboard player, who co-founded the band with Jim Morrison, passed away at a clinic in Germany, according to a post on the band's Facebook.com page. He was 74. Bandmate Robby Krieger has released a statement which reads, "I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of my friend and bandmate Ray ...
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Broadways biggest theatre sold
BRITAIN'S biggest theatre group has reached across the Atlantic Ocean and bought Broadway's biggest theatre from Live Nation Entertainment for about $US60 million ($A61.81 ...
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Books of The Times And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Khaled ...
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Copenhagen leading the eco-charge
Copenhagen has, for many decades, been an extremely influential city in world affairs, most notably in the realm of environmental management and conservation activities. It is in Copenhagen that world leaders meet to agree on eco-friendly policies at the famous Copenhagen Accord, and the city will host mayors from around the world at the Copenhagen Summit. So what is the extent of the city’s leadership on such issues?
Copenhagen has long been considered one of the most environmentally friendly cities in the world. In 1973 Denmark was the first country in the world to implement a national Environmental Law, and this paved the way for a strong combination of national and municipal legislation aimed at limiting the cities carbon footprint. Read more
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