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Field Museum to Return Human Remains to New Zealand (Popularity:  )
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A delegation from New Zealand will arrive in Chicago on September 3, 2007, to collect the human remains of at least 14 Maori individuals (native New Zealanders) and repatriate them to New Zealand. The delegation will return to New Zealand with the remains on Sept. 6, accompanied by two Field Museum curators and seven representatives of Chicago's American Indian Center. "The Field Museum is doing this not because we have ...
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24 Writing and Illustrating Careers Launched at the California Institute of Technology Athenaeum (Popularity: )
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Over 300 fans, along with two-time Emmy nominated actress Lee Purcell (Due South, Valley Girl) and Latina singer/songwriter Carina Rico, attended the 23rd L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards ceremony this past weekend at the Athenaeum situated at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena to honor the 24 winners of the international Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests and cheer the release of Writers of the Future Volume 23, ...
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Music Plus Television Goes Live With Limelight Networks' Global Content Delivery Network (Popularity: )
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Limelight Networks (Nasdaq: LLNW), a leading content delivery network (CDN) for digital media, announced today that Music Plus Television Network, Inc. (MusicPlusTV.com) has completed its second year broadcasting live, original music videos and television content around the world over the Internet, powered by Limelight's high-performance CDN. MusicPlusTV.com has grown rapidly into one of the world's top Internet destinations for music, currently drawing more than five million unique users and generating ...
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Tix Corporation Acquires Exhibit Merchandising LLC (Popularity: )
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TIX CORPORATION (OTC Bulletin Board: TIXC) is pleased to announce that it has acquired Exhibit Merchandising LLC. Under the terms of the acquisition, Tix Corporation purchased all of the assets of Exhibit Merchandising LLC for a total of approximately $11,450,000 in cash, (including approximately $3,450,000 for inventory), and 5,000,000 restricted shares of Tix Corporation common stock. Based in Akron, Ohio, Exhibit Merchandising LLC was formed to handle the affiliated merchandising ...
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The Merry Karnowsky Gallery presents D I S E A S E D, Paintings by James Marshall (Popularity: )
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Merry Karnowsky Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by James Marshall, formerly known as Dalek. Born in 1968, the Brooklyn-based painter has made a reputation with a distinctive and innovative style, unlike any other Pop-Inspired painter working today. Stylistically synthesizing the American traditions of still animation and cartoons, his remarkably complex compositions resemble a direct lineage to the expressive Japanese Superflat movement, and the zany everyday ...
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L.A. Based Artist Dianna Cohen Continues Her 'Greening of Fine Art' With Wearable Artworks Made From Recycled Plastic Bags to be Worn by Alt-Rock Duo The Ditty Bops at Their July 28 Show at Henry Fonda Theater (Popularity: )
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Los Angeles-based multi-media visual artist, painter and curator Dianna Cohen is best known for her two-dimensional and three-dimensional works using recycled plastic bags, ranging from small hanging pieces to room-sized installations. Most recently, she applied her creations to surfboards via the acclaimed group show FLOW -- fine lines on water (which she also curated), presented in L.A., Laguna Beach and Pacific Grove, CA last year, and currently at Santa Barbara's ...
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Mark Your Calendar! Smithsonian Magazine and Hyundai Motor America Present Third Annual Museum Day (Popularity: )
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Declaring September 29, 2007 "Museum Day", Smithsonian magazine is proud to announce Hyundai Motor America as the presenting sponsor, with additional support from CITGO Petroleum Corporation and, for the third consecutive year, TIAA-CREF. A day when participating museums and cultural institutions nationwide open their doors free of charge to Smithsonian magazine readers and Smithsonian.com visitors, Smithsonian's Museum Day reflects the spirit of the magazine, and emulates the free- admission policy ...
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Platform International Animation Festival 2007 Competition Award Winners (Popularity: )
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PLATFORM International Animation Festival announces competition award winners during closing ceremonies of a six day long program in Portland, Oregon. Awards were given in categories covering commercial and independent films, student animation, installations and films for new platforms, including cell phones and the Internet. In total, more than $50,000 was awarded to the winning artists. "We truly feel that we have accomplished our goal in creating a literal platform for ...
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Student Loan Company Aims to Stop the Deception (Popularity: )
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Before various lawsuits and complaints regarding deceptive student loan advertising came to light earlier this year, Student Assistance Foundation launched a new Web site to deflect deception and offer students a place to get their questions about student borrowing answered honestly. Stop the Deception is the nonprofit student loan company's latest effort in giving students straight and truthful answers when it comes to the often-confusing subjects of student loan debt ...
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Utah Business: Katie Hoffman Abby is a Woman to Watch VISTA's Executive Vice President Receives Top Honor (Popularity: )
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Katie Hoffman Abby, a founder and executive vice president of Salt Lake City's VISTA Staffing Solutions (http://www.vistastaff.com), the physician staffing division of On Assignment, was named one of 30 Women to Watch by Utah Business magazine on May 1, 2007. On Assignment, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASGN), one of the largest healthcare, scientific, IT and engineering staffing companies in the US. The Women to Watch program recognizes female business owners or high-level ...
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