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The Japanese Golden Week and Koinobori Festival or Boy Festival.
By, Uwe Paschen. As it goes here in Japan we have yet another holiday. This time it is the Golden Week, (ゴールデンウィーク), Wish is also known as Ōgata renkyū (大型連休) or even as Ōgon shūkan... DC: Kite Festival 2009
Washington, DC - The Smithsonian Kite Festival captured the meager wind to power many kites around the Washington Monument in 50 degree weather with overcast skies. This year's theme was going "green". Rare British species get their own wood to thrive in
There are at least 45 rare or protected species of British wildlife that will benefit from their own woodland area at what will be known as the Sunday Times Wood in Hertfordshire. One of the species that will... Puns on strings at the Washington International Kite Festival
Tens of thousands of kite fans and kite fliers are gathering at Long Beach this week for the Washington International Kite Festival. You may have already missed Monday's Most Beautiful and Most Unique European... Rain inundates central Indiana, threatens dams
Storms today have dumped as much as 10 inches on an already soggy Indiana, and the rising water has threatened dams, roads, and forced the Coast Guard to rescue residents from swamped homes."Flooding was also a... Zap! Scientists use Lasers to Cause Lightning Storms
This is the coolest thing I've heard in a while, scientists have used lasers to trigger electrical activity in clouds. I can just imagine a team of scientists in white gowns firing a big cannon into a cloud....No Kites Fly: Basant Canceled
Basant, Pakistan's famous kite-flying festival, will not be taking place this year due to increased political violence. "The Basant festival brings a springtime buzz to eastern Pakistan and its regional capital,... Want To Go Green?, Go Fly A Kite! :: Oblate Spheroid
"Kite Runner has a new definition. A movie by the same name recently was released in December 2007 and the term Kite Runner referred to the kite retrieving member of a kite flying team in Afghani culture that...
created by Edmund Jenks | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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960 views | 24 recommendations | 4 comments
"G.I. Joe" Movie Gets More Cast Members
I've got to say, considering how well Transformers turned out, I can't wait for this movie to come out. "The "G.I. Joe" brigade is growing larger. Rachel Nichols ("P2"), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ("Lost") and Said...Studio to delay release of Kite Runner to protect Afghan actors
"The report said Paramount Vantage, the distributor of the movie, made the decision to delayed the release by six weeks to allow time for the film's three schoolboy stars to leave Kabul with their families. The move comes after increasing concerns about how the movie will... Computers to fly kites and produce energy
As the race to cool down the globe heats up expect to see more of these types of inventions or so called inventions. "A new way to harness wind energy may take off now that computers have learned to kite... Pakistani kite festival kills a dozen people
In what is supposed to be dubbed a family friendly festival--the Basant Kite Festival in Lahore, Pakistan--over a dozen people have died and hundreds have been injured during an annual kite festival. The kite...
created by Victoria Revay | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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1047 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
Eagle or Kite
"Eagle or Kite Even if I continue staying in my house, I will lose the view I have and I will also lose magnificent birds like this who will not come here once there is another row of buildings separating their...
created by Picturejockey | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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272 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The Pleasures of Medicine
"Whether chatting with grateful patients late at night or witnessing the mysterious healing powers of the human body, a physician's job can be a real high The whole world was green. My driver's-side window let in the 3 a.m. buzz and click of a traffic signal and the...
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