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Could the steam engine be on its way back? The romance of the steam train has never gone but is the old technology with a few tweaks possibly the new technology?"In 1946 Paul Kiefer, chief mechanical engineer of the...New Beck album out this week
Beck's latest, Modern Guilt, graces North American ears on July 8. I've had a chance to listen to it once through, and it's a slightly darker, moodier affair than what we're used to from Beck. The album is produced...'Ondel-Ondel': An almost extinct Betawi legacy
" For over 23 years Andi Suwandi has devoted his life to the nearly extinct ondel-ondel, gigantic Betawi "human puppets", witnessing their popularity dwindle in modern Jakarta."
London council paints over street artist Bansky's graffiti murals - worth mil...
A piece of Banksy's work was painted over by London council just a little while after it was first displayed, saying it was worth worthless graffiti. Some of Banksy's previous works have fetched up to a million... A waxwork of Hitler to be displayed at Berlin Tussauds
The new Madame Tussauds in Berlin has defended its decision to include a waxwork of Adolf Hitler among the famous faces.Although you will not be allowed to have your picture taken with it apparently. Who would want... Casulo: A Home in a Small Box
Imagine as a mobile young professional, having all the furniture you need for your apartment in one small portable box that you travel with. Casulo is an ingenious new concept for those who live a mobile... The South has a Good Story to Tell
"The fast-changing modern world is raising the living standards of billions in the South – China alone has lifted 400 million people out of poverty since the 1980s - but it is also risking the loss of many rich cultural traditions. One of them is storytelling. Oral... Death of the garden gnome
The days of little fat men in funny hats decorating our lawns seem to be numbered. Sales of outdoor ornaments are down by 36 per cent in a year.I have to admit, some gnomes are creepy, while others are just cute and... Law Makes Noose Display a Felony
The new New York governor David Patterson has signed legislation to make displaying a noose, a symbol of the lynching of African Americans common during the reconstruction era, illegal in New York state."Gov. David... Superheroes Invade Met's Costume Institute
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is about to be filled with a superheroic, couturiered assortment of capes, spandex, and transformative suits, as its new Costume Institute exhibit, "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy"... Paddington Bear is back 50 years on
I love Paddington Bear, and I still have all the books on tape that I used to listen to as a child to help me get to sleep. It has been 50 years since Michael Bond asked people to 'please look after this bear'. To... An eloquent argument about the upcoming Olympics in Beijing
"An eloquent argument about the upcoming Olympics in Beijing As nearly everyone who even occasionally watches the news, listens to the radio, or glances at a newspaper knows, there is quite a bit of controversy... Chickens and T. rex are Relatives?
Which came first – the chicken or the egg? How about T.rex! Scientists are now saying chickens have descended from the colossal meat-eating dinosaur."Scientists are fleshing out the proof that today's... The geography of power - how communication has become a global currency and w...
A fascinating article appeared in a recent edition of Newsweek called Emotional Connections. The article describes an installation at the New York Museum of Modern Art called New York Talk Exchange. Here, MIT... “Nha Trang rendezvous 2008” supports poor families
The Nha Trang tourism and culture festival in Khanh Hoa province openedwith the “Nha Trang rendezvous 2008” – “Rass – words of love” musicalperformance on April 17 in Nha Trang’s 2/4 square."Former Deputy President Truong My Hoa, representatives of Ministry of...
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