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The 82nd International Brotherhood of Magicians Annual Convention came to a close Saturday, July 10, at the Town & Country Resort in San Diego, California. After five days of dawn-to-moonlight magic, the convention ended as it started, with magicians everywhere in small groups, telling stories, sharing moves. and just talking and doing magic
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Convention closes on a high note
Christopher Null – Consumers have historically had two choices when it comes to digital cameras: Get a cheap pocket camera that takes iffy pics, or pony up the big bucks for a DSLR that takes nearly perfect ones.
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Hands-on camera review: Fujifilm’s FinePix HS10
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book now Event Dates: 18-19 Oct 2010 Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car… On the Road, Jack Kerouac. A new programme from Yorke Dance Project for 2010 – An evening of great entertainment: Four dance works capture the history, culture and icons that are Americana
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Yorke Dance Project: Americana
book now Event Dates: 8 Oct 2010 In his new show, the triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and co host of ITV2′s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here NOW! explores self, family, and the consequences of his Dad buying his own council house. Sociological silliness and high energy contortions guaranteed. read more
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Russell Kane – Smokescreens & Castles
AP – Honda Motor Co. said a labor dispute at a parts plant that crippled the automaker’s production in China has been resolved after a wage increase of 24 percent, and the affected assembly plants would be running again Saturday
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Honda says Chinese labor dispute has been settled
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Manoj and Hansika from Vrushali and Mayuresh ke Dhum-Dhadake win Kya Baat performance of the week in the June 4 episode of Dance India Dance Little Masters aired on Zee TV.
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Dance India Dance Little Masters June 4 Episode Video, Kya Baat Performance of the Week
Jeetumoni and Ruturaj from Dharmesh Ke Dhinchak perform to the title song of Heyy Babyy in the June 4 episode of Dance India Dance Little Masters aired on Zee TV.
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Dance India Dance Little Masters June 4 Episode Video, Jeetumoni and Ruturaj Perform
Hansika and Avneet from Vrushali and Mayuresh ke Dhum-Dhadake perform to the song Chale Jaise Hawayein from Main Hoon Na in the June 4 episode of Dance India Dance Little Masters aired on Zee TV.
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Dance India Dance Little Masters June 4 Episode Video, Hansika and Avneet Perform
Papiya and Vatsal from Jai Ke Jhatang-Fatang perform to the song Pehla Nasha from Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar in the June 4 episode of Dance India Dance Little Masters aired on Zee TV.
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Dance India Dance Little Masters June 4 Episode Video, Papiya and Vatsal Perform
Manoj and Hansika from Vrushali aur Mayuresh ke Dhum -Dhadake perform to the song Suraj Hua Madham from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham in the June 4 episode of Dance India Dance Little Masters aired on Zee TV.
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Dance India Dance Little Masters June 4 Episode Video, Manoj and Hansika Perform
For the past 19 years, the Art Centre of Plano has provided an escape to the arts in downtown Plano. Today, the gallery is continuing its success and currently has a new exhibit just in time for summer.
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Art center shows artistic side of nature
Anurag and Khushboo from Amrita Ke Aflatoon perform to the song Ore Kanchi from Asoka in the June 4 episode of Dance India Dance Little Masters aired on Zee TV.
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Dance India Dance Little Masters June 4 Episode Video, Anurag and Khushboo Perform
Head Master Farah Khan’s mother and brother Sajid Khan speak about her in the June 4 episode of Dance India Dance Little Masters aired on Zee TV. Karan Johar, Anil Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Geeta Kapur, Ritesh Deshmukh, Shekhar Ravjiani, Raju Sathe and Sajid Nadiadwala also speak about Farah.
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Dance India Dance Little Masters June 4 Episode Video, Farah’s Family and Friends Speak
Vaishnavi and Ruturaj from Dharmesh Ke Dhinchak perform to the song Tumse Milke Dil Ka from Main Hoon Na in the June 4 episode of Dance India Dance Little Masters aired on Zee TV.
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Dance India Dance Little Masters June 4 Episode Video, Vaishnavi and Ruturaj Perform
Atul and Diyvam from Jai Ke Jhatang-Fatang perform to the song Chaiya Chaiya from Dil Se in the June 4 episode of Dance India Dance Little Masters aired on Zee TV.
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Dance India Dance Little Masters June 4 Episode Video, Atul and Divyam Perform
Head Master Farah Khan performs with her mother and aunt in the June 4 episode of Dance India Dance Little Masters aired on Zee TV. Farah’s mother and aunt speak about her childhood.
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Dance India Dance Little Masters June 4 Episode Video, Farah Khan and Family Special
AP – A swell in temporary government hiring for the census drove almost all the job market’s gains last month — a huge disappointment to Wall Street and a sign that private employers aren’t yet confident enough in the recovery to start adding workers with gusto.
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Private employers hold back on hiring in May
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Playbill – Rue McClanahan, who gained fame as the star of two long-running sitcoms, “Maude” and “The Golden Girls,” died June 3 of a massive stroke, People reported. She was 76.
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Rue McClanahan, Star of Stage and Television, Dies at 76
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Playbill – High school and college drama programs will be able to present their own low-budget versions of the big-budget international musical hit, The Phantom of the Opera, starting this fall.
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‘Phantom of the Opera’ Will Be Licensed to High Schools and Colleges
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Playbill – Transport Group will present the New York City premiere of See Rock City & Other Destinations, the award-winning collection of musical vignettes about people traveling – in both the tourist sense and the emotional sense – July 17-Aug. 8 at The Duke on 42nd Street.
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Champlin, Wilfert, Bahorek, Hammond and More Will ‘See Rock City’ in NYC Premiere of Musical
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Playbill – Roundabout Theatre Company will present Kneehigh Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of Noël Coward’s Brief Encounter – adapted and directed by Emma Rice, who infused the staging with music, dance and film projections – on Broadway. A casting notice revealed the plan.
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Acclaimed U.K. Production of Coward’s ‘Brief Encounter’ Will Play Broadway
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Playbill – The price of success just got a little higher in New York’s musical theatre.
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Tempers Rise Over Rising Cost of New York Musical Festival; NYMF Wants a Chunk of Shows’ Future Profits
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Playbill – Carrie Fisher’s Broadway and touring biographical comedy Wishful Drinking is being reimagined for television as a feature-length documentary by HBO and World of Wonder Productions.
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HBO Will Expand Carrie Fisher’s ‘Wishful Drinking’ for Documentary
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Playbill – Will Chase, Adam Heller, Jeffrey Schechter, Eric Schneider, Amy Spanger and Kelly Sullivan are among troupers to star in the world premiere stage musical Robin and the 7 Hoods – A New Musical at The Old Globe this summer.
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Schneider Snags Sinatra Role in ‘Robin and the 7 Hoods’ Musical; Old Globe Announces Cast
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A second humanitarian aid ship is heading toward the Gaza Strip in the latest attempt to defy a three-year Israeli naval blockade. For ordinary Gazans, life remains difficult: Most people rely on food aid and are living below the poverty level, and a sense of hopelessness pervades.
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As World Focuses On Gaza, Grim Lives Go On
Reuters – Bankrupt financial group Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc plans to sell about 450 works by contemporary artists including Robert Rauschenberg at an auction in September, according to court documents.
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Lehman plans contemporary art sale at Sotheby’s
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Pressure is mounting on Israel to lift its long siege of the Gaza Strip, following the Israeli commando raid that left nine pro-Palestinian activists dead on a ship attempting to deliver relief supplies to Gaza. The Netanyahu government insists the blockade must remain in place, and the Israeli prime minister has strong domestic support for that stand.
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Pressure Mounts For Israel To Change Gaza Policy
More than 400 works from the corporate contemporary art collection once displayed at Lehman Brothers will be auctioned this fall to help pay creditors of the failed investment bank, Sotheby’s announced Friday.
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Sotheby’s plans auction of Lehman Bros. art works
More than 400 works from the contemporary art collection once displayed at Lehman Brothers will be auctioned this fall to help pay creditors of the failed bank, Sotheby’s announced.
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Sothebys to auction Lehman Bros. art
Sci-fi flick Splice bursts onto screens, grafting a bloody horror vibe onto a brainy biotech story, while Get Him to the Greek gives rock ‘n’ roll madman Russell Brand a chance to crank up the volume on his Forgetting Sarah Marshall character. Watch trailers, and read reviews about this weekend’s best theatrical offerings.
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Weekend Movies: ‘Splice’ for Chills, ‘Greek’ for Laughs
NEW YORK — More than 400 works from the corporate contemporary art collection once displayed at Lehman Brothers will be auctioned this fall to help pay creditors of the failed investment bank, Sotheby’s announced Friday.
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Sotheby's To Auction Lehman Brothers Art Valued At Over $10 Million
Fund firm Castlestone Management is betting that late Picassos and paintings by U.S. pop artist Robert Indiana will help revive performance, after a tough first year in which its art fund fell more than 20 percent.
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Art fund bets on late Picassos, pop artist Indiana
Five years ago, novelist Ayelet Waldman sparked a controversy — and wound up on Oprah to defend herself — when she wrote in an essay that she loved her husband more than her children. Her memoir about that experience, Bad Mother has just been released in paperback.
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Ayelet Waldman: On Feeling Like A ‘Bad Mother’
Finding the Art Cottage in Bonita Springs was a bit like kismet for art student Barbara Winston. Three years ago, Winston, 66, had an epiphany about what to do with the fronds and parts of the trunk that fell from the palm trees of her North Naples home. Her husband helped her create shapes out of what most people consider trash
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Our World: Theres no wrong or right in art
Reuters – In a glass case at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute two fragments of papyrus feature the handwriting of Cleopatra, the last Egyptian pharaoh whose legendary beauty has inspired artists and film makers.
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Cleopatra show unveils new archaeological treasures
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It was 2007, we had a Labour government and things like Twitter hadn’t fully taken hold of the nation’s consciousness. That was when Les Savy Fav released their most recent album, Let’s Stay Friends , but the good news now is that there’s a new one on the way, hopefully sooner rather than later, too. NME.com reports that their next album is being pencilled in for a September release, as the band are currently working with Chris Zane, who also did production work on Inches , as well as more recent stuff with Passion Pit and a few others
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New Les Savy Fav album in September?
Numero 47, featuring Villagers, Refused, Pixies, David Bowie, Sia and a few more, to boot. Click here to listen to this week’s playlist and read the blurb below. Or don’t, it’s surplus to requirements in all honesty.
Wembley Arena is an aircraft hangar of a venue – and one that’s dedicated not to flight, but to commerce. Pretty much every aspect of the supra-gig experience is dedicated to parting each of the 12,000 punters from as much of their cash as possible – whether that’s through one of the countless bars, the extortionately-priced food, or the enormous merchandise stalls.
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Flight Of The Conchords at Wembley Arena, London, Tue 25 May
AP – Derrick Bird killed his twin brother and the family lawyer, then traveled the roads he had worked as a taxi driver, shooting people mdash; apparently aiming for their faces mdash; killing 12 in all and wounding nearly a dozen before committing suicide.
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Cabbie shot twin brother, aimed for faces in spree
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Does anyone know of any similar brokerages that offer the same pricing structures as the likes of TraderDealer and PariTrade were you can round trip multiple times during one day and only be charged for the buy and sell order? Is there a name for this style of pricing structure
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Multiple line brokerage for intraday trading?
Last month we had the premiere, if you will, of the b-side for the new Pains Of Being Pure At Heart single, ‘Say Not To Love’ backed with ‘Lost Saint’. It was quite popular as you’d imagine. The single itself was streamed over on Pitchfork but now both are available to download entirely for free, which is good news on a day like today.
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Listen: Download Pains Of Being Pure At Heart single and b-side
Now in its sixth year, the Dot To Dot Festival has outstayed many of its rivals purely on the basis of its unerring frequency at discovering many an up-and-coming artist, not to mention its location in two largely ignored cities on the festival circuit in Nottingham and Bristol. This year saw a third city added in the shape of Manchester, and despite ticket sales not being as quick off the mark as with previous years, no lesser time was had by DiS’ man in Nottingham, Dom Gourlay. Indeed, the lack of queues which in previous years has seen revellers forced to take their place in some of the smaller venues several hours before the headline act to guarantee entry was something of a Godsend.
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Dot To Dot 2010: The DiS Review
Mr. Taddei was a distinguished Italian baritone who made his Metropolitan Opera debut to glowing notices in 1985 at the astonishing age of 69.
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Giuseppe Taddei, Latecomer to the Met, Dies at 93
And we’re back. Please note: this podcast, if you haven’t figured it out, is profane and not safe for consumption by children or animals
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Your Weekend Justice #69: From the House to the Lounge
Rachel Colombini needs your help By Bobby Warren Rachel Colombini’s attitude is positively infectious despite battling what can be a deadly infection. The magic performer, creator, manufacturer and retailer has an array of talents, but she has not yet figured how to make $200,000 appear out of thin air. This is where you come in.
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Rachel’s Story
It is often being heard these days that email web hosting owing to its inherent features (with embedded proficiency) can better the destiny of any private enterprise. Is it so? Let’s find out the real story, it may elucidate some secrets (if there is any) and you may have a good experience as well
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vip news : Email web hosting improves business prospects
The Irish Repertory Theater stages an early work by Sebastian Barry, focusing on an outlaw with a burdensome past.
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Theater Review | ‘White Woman Street’: Sebastian Barry’s Play at Irish Repertory Theater
The Christian family in Samuel D. Hunter’s play grapples, often confusedly, with questions about God’s will and adorable ceramic figurines.
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Theater Review | ‘Jack’s Precious Moment’: At 59E59 Theaters, a Drama About a Family’s Faith
Andrew Dinwiddie recreates Jimmy Swaggart’s glory days, at the Chocolate Factory in Queens.
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Theater Review | ‘Get Mad at Sin!’: Andrew Dinwiddie as Jimmy Swaggart at the Chocolate Factory
“Year Zero,” by Michael Golamco, is a tenderly observed play about Asian immigrants in the United States.
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Theater Review | ‘Year Zero’: Michael Golamco’s Play Opens at the McGinn/Cazale Theater