| Sun 20 May 2012 |
Is Facebook IPO a sign of tech bubble 2.0?
The Times Of India Tweet By: Bennett Voyles | Every economic system has its own cultural consequences. With communism, you get gigantic statues and an unusual volume of patriotic music, played at unusual volume. With socialism, you get swimming pools and depressing mov... |
Crawford Greenewalt Jr., Shed Light on an Ancient City, Dies at 74
The New York Times | Crawford Greenewalt Jr., an archaeologist whose work over half a century helped illuminate the lives of king and commoner in the ancient city of Sardis, died on May 4 in Hockessin, Del. He was 74. Connect With Us on Twitter | Follow @nytimesworld f... |
Machu Picchu, the city that was never lost
The Times Of India SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweetMachu Picchu, the city that was never lost (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images) Although US explorer Hiram Bingham achieved worldwide fame for having "discovered" the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, all historical evidence points ... |
'Snow White and the Huntsman' director wanted real feeling at its core
The Los Angeles Times | MARLOES SANDS, Wales — Nearly a hundred soldiers on horseback sprinted across the beach here last fall, dodging arrows and catapulted fire balls. Despite many casualties, the charging"Snow White and the Huntsman"army was determined to storm t... |
| Sat 19 May 2012 |
Celebrating Haitian history
The Miami Herald | Red, white and blue flags covered MOCA Plaza Friday night in North Miami in a celebration of independence. It was Haitian flags that were waving in the air, tucked into ponytails and presented on T-shirts. | Reynolda Nelson, 30, said she’s b... |
An all-round education at sea: You'll dig a voyage to antiquity on a history cruise
The Daily Mail | As a footman served me a glass of prosecco, I stood beneath the chandeliers in the ballroom where Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon took turns to whirl Claudia Cardinale round the floor in the 1963 film The Leopard. | I was in the baroque Palazzo Gang... |
The Great Pleiadian Eclipse Alignment
The Examiner | On May 20th a significant astronomical event will occur which is tied to fairy lore. Beginning early Sunday evening in the western U.S. there will be a solar eclipse and a Pleiadian alignment. The last time this alignment with a solar eclipse happe... |
California Science Center plays host to 'Cleopatra: The Exhibition'
The Examiner | Cleopatra is a woman known in both the history books and in the movie industry. She has fascinated people for years and it does not seem to be fading any time soon. According to the California Science Center, she came into power over Egypt in 51 B.... |
Culinary memoirs turn family recipes into keepsake heirlooms
The Examiner | Culinary memoirs family recipe heirloom workshops show how family food traditions affect our nutrition. When nutritionists offer workshops in writing and/or recording culinary memoirs, they usually focus on adapting traditional family recipes by su... |
Multiculturist Janine Jones Speaks At Ut
The Examiner The Austin School of Social Work sponsored a presentation entitled Multicultural Counseling: Culturally Responsive Approaches Within the Era of Evidenced-Based Interventions. Dr. Jone's, (Ph. D., NCSP) presentation was held at UT, Austin on May 11, 2... |
The history of the New York City Ballet
The Examiner | With Spring comes the New York City Ballet 2012 Spring season. This season includes old favorites like A Midsummer’s Night Dream and ballets by Jerome Robbins and Balanchine, as well as new performances by Peter Martins. The New York City Bal... |
A “Not So” Smiling Buddha
Axis of Logic | Rejecting the horrific specter of stunned, terrified, blackened and bleeding and suffering survivors, hands and arms aloft with patches of roasted skin flapping in the wind, and that swarmed towards the estuaries of the Ota River which had already ... |
50 years after start of Vietnam War, US presses to recover remains
Stars and Stripes | DANANG, Vietnam - Colleen Shine was only 8 when her father’s jet was shot out of the sky over Vietnam in 1972. | Lt. Col. Anthony Shine was declared missing in action after the A-7D reconnaissance jet he was piloting disappeared over jagged m... |
Traverse City Society & Culture
The Examiner Society & CultureNovember 16, 2010 Riding my "big two wheeler" (props to Bob Seger), has been part of me since my earliest days. At the time riding my motorcycle was a... Read more Crossing the Pond | Navy DeploymentApril 24, 2011 Cross... |
Call for accuracy and transparency at TAG Buffalo
The Examiner | Accuracy is the top requirement in the archaeological profession – from the field work to the final publication. Unfortunately, it is in fact the most critical issue for two reasons: often the leading archaeologists are not precise in their excav... |
Graphic film about female European tourists seeking out African gigolos for sex cheered in Cannes
The Daily Mail | A graphic film featuring a middle-aged woman traveling to Africa for sex with male gigolos has been praised at Cannes Film Festival. | In Paradise: Love, the first part of a trilogy, director Ulrich Seidl explores the subject of sex tourism a... |
Runners watch your step: Worthington
Toronto Sun TORONTO - | In any North American town or city, individuals running (or jogging) to stay fit or get in shape, is so common that hardly anyone notices. | What these individuals don’t realize is that regardless of the high-tech shoes t... |
Search for stolen masterpiece ends
Canberra Times | The statue of Entemena, stolen from the Iraq Museum in 2003, returned to the Iraqi government in July 2006. | Police have been unable to find answers to the whereabouts of a Dutch masterpiece stolen from the Art Gallery of NSW. | The police have gi... |
Cleopatra exhibit opens at California Science Center
The Examiner | Los Angeles – With more than 150 Egyptian artifacts, "Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt", makes its west coast premiere at the California Science Center on May 23rd. This exhibit features the largest collection of its kind ever ... |
Sacred space and landscape in the focus of archaeologists (TAG Buffalo 2012)
The Examiner | The archaeologists in the USA have been moving toward a great change in the general structure of theory in this field – from replicating big names and chaotic eclectic arguments towards individual self-provided theory based on most careful examin... |
A walk inside a Walled city
Sun Star | IT HAD had a taste of historically picturesque Vigan but minus the long land trip up north. | Still, the afternoon side trip to Intramuros from the recent United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) National Convention in Manila seemed to have boxed... |
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