The Terra Cotta Warriors – Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
Jump to the full entry & travel map Xi'an, Shaanxi, China Today we visited the Terra Cotta Warriors which are in the process of being excavated on a farmland outside of Xi’an. The bus ride was about one hour, but it was worth it. The excavation has been made into a museum. Several of us opted for an English audio guide so that we would know what we were looking at. The warriors were supposed to protect the emporer who is buried near the site. Each of the warriors is carved in detail with appropriate garb to indicate his position or rank in the army. Their faces are all different, if you didn’t know better, you would think that each one had an individual who posed. As is the case in everywhere we go, the locals are impressed with our presence. I don’t know how many pictures I have had taken with Chinese people, but if I had a dollar for each, I could return home 1st class. Most of the time the pictures are with children and they ask permission, however, I did catch a lady trying to sit next to me so that her husband could snap a photo. I smiled at the camera so they would know I was aware of their actions. Maybe I should carry a photo that I could autograph!! After lunch, we visited the first national museum in China. It is a history museum displaying artifacts from pre-historic times until now. It was real interesting to see the development of civilization. Too much to see and so little time. In the museum, as I was glancing into an excavated tomb, a young Chinese boy (about 8-10 years old) asked me “Do you like this hole?”. Surprised by his nearly perfect English, I responded that I did and complimented him on his English. He told me that it is his native language, but he is not from New York. I is from China. He also speaks Chinese, Cantonese, and Spanish. When I asked him to speak Spanish, he had a problem with numbers. Before I realized it, we had an audiance listening to both of us. He was absolutely adorable!!! Dinner was at KFC, but I passed and went to the local convenience store. When I returned I ate at the hotel restaurant (spaghetti and meat sauce – my favorite). After a day of walking, my back needed a rest, so I retired early to watch HBO and read. Another wonderful day in China!!!!
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The Terra Cotta Warriors – Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
Every day I am amazed at the ingenuity of Iran’s cyber generation. Isolated from outside media, they transformed seemingly narcissistic and shallow, global networking sites (check out pics of my trip to San Francisco) into an unrestricted forum divulging political corruption. This generation is completely utilizing resources like Youtube, where millions of people are witnessing the violence erupt in the streets, and Twitter, where first-hand experiences are chronicled in a continuous feed.
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Coming Soon, Contemporary Iranian Art
While I should be focused on writing the paper I am presenting at the Arts in Society conference in Venice in exactly two weeks, I am continually side-tracked by what is becoming an all consuming concern of how does a relatively new small gallery survive in the new economy? I have watched three other galleries close in my east side neighbourhood over the past few months: Ninette Gyorody’s Studio Nine Gallery on Queen St East, Svava Juliusson’s LIST Gallery on the Danforth, and a gallery on Pape at Danforth
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Art Galleries in the New Economy
Rubies are the traditional birthstone for people born in July and the anniversary gemstone for the 15th and 40th years of marriage. Rubies are just one of the most highly sought after gems in history and symbolic of everlasting love. It was called “ Rajnapura ” or King of Gems by ancient Hindus and was said to ward off evil. The following selections from Blue Nile are sure to bring a smile to someone you love on her birthday or your anniversary.
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Radiant Ruby Jewelry for Her
Jump to the full entry & travel map Cairo, Egypt Sightseeing in Cairo & Luxor by flight from Hurghada 415 $ Day 1: Go Egypt Travel representative will pick you up by air-conditioned modern van from your hotel in Hurghada to Hurghada Airport for flaying to Cairo. Meet & assist at Cairo International Airport then transfer to visit Giza pyramids (Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinos), the Sphinx and the Valley temple. Refresh and have a Lunch at local restaurant then transfer to visit the Egyptian Museum, the largest of Egyptian antiquities museum all over the world, it houses around 250,000 antique pieces covering the whole history of ancient Egypt. Then to Khan El-Khalily for shopping, and at the evening transfer to the airport for flying to Luxor.
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Sightseeing in Cairo&Luxor by flight from Hurghada – Cairo, Egypt
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Posts about Social Studies as of July 15, 2009
Two weeks ago I had my annual physical with my family doctor . She asked me all kinds of questions about my family’s medical history (all things considered, pretty good), my activity level (very good), bad habits (the occasional adult beverage- no big deal, non-smoker, very good!), and my dietary choices …this is where things get sticky. Tests revealed that my blood pressure was perfection and my cholesterol levels were totally normal
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Osteoporosis and Calcium
Jump to the full entry & travel map Sofia, Bulgaria No, I did not meet a Sofia (ok, I do know a beautiful Sofia but it is back in Ukraine – another story for another time) – I am just trying to say that I spent a day in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, a country where people move their heads side to side to signal yes and nod their heads when they say no. Sofia doesn’t have a long history, but it also doesn’t have those ugly Soviet era apartment blocks either, so it was a pleasant place to spend a day or two in. most of the places worth visiting are churches or temples and they are located close to each other, so it didn’t take me too long to cover most of them, including the oldest, St.
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Sofia, please say yes and shake your head – Sofia, Bulgaria
A couple weeks ago I was laying on the couch, feeling miserable and sick, Doug had taken the kids out for the day and I get a phone call. It’s Doug, he’s at the thrift store down the street from our house and he has found an old kitchen hutch, with no back or shelves and needing some TLC but it was a great price and he thought we could restore it and try to sell it (and maybe make a little bit of money – imagine that). I didn’t feel like thinking about it so I just said “sure” bring it home and we’ll figure it out. So he loads this thing in the truck and brings it home. I finally drag my bum off the couch and peak out the window to see what we have gotten ourselves into……. it’s huge! Holy smokes – this thing looks like it’s been sitting in someone’s barn for the last 30 years! This is going to require some work. But as I get closer and I see the adorable (and original) green glass knobs, the wavy glass in the top cabinets ( I love old glass and mirrors – the wavy look of the glass or the darker look of the mirror – it just screams vintage) and the three dowels on the side for towels – I quickly fall in love! Fabulous eye Doug! But it just looks so big there is no way we could keep it. Our house is, well let’s say quaint, and we already have a lot of antiques we have restored and they all have their “spot” and I don’t want the house to feel crowded. We rope our neighbor into helping us bring it into the backyard to store it until we can start cleaning it up and restoring it. So there it sits, and there I sit in the sun porch eyeing it. I think it was on Tuesday morning when I finally went out there and started measuring it up, then I went inside and started measuring the wall in the kitchen that it would look GREAT on. According to my measurements it would fit perfectly, except there is already a beautiful antique buffet on that wall. Hmmm, so I start measuring up different spots to start moving pieces of furniture. Well, after about 30 minutes of measuring and checking and re-measuring I decide – that’s it we are keeping it and moving furniture around so it can fit in the kitchen.
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Co-innovation Focused on Increasing Customer Productivity from Design to Manufacturing Tektronix, Inc. and National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today announced that the two companies have extended their more than 20-year relationship by unveiling plans to co-innovate on new products that will improve productivity and lower costs for engineers and scientists working in design verification, manufacturing test, scientific research, and embedded test. The two companies will unveil specific details at NIWeek 2009 scheduled for Aug.
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Tektronix and National Instruments to Unveil Joint Product Initiative at NIWeek
WGSN, world’s leading fashion & style forecaster, today provided the business and strategic updates to efficiently partner with fast growing fashion & retail market in India. The company also announced their Global Trends Style Forecast for season 2010-2011. With its huge pool of local talent and market size, the Indian Fashion industry has potential to become a major player in global fashion market
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WGSN, the world’s leading fashion and style forecaster has aggressive plans for India
Filed under: Events: On the Scene Estelle in Louis Vuitton. Photo courtesy of Louis Vuitton Last night at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, legendary astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell sipped cocktails in the company of models ( Adriana Lima , Miranda Kerr), hip-hop darlings (Estelle, Cassie) and a gossip girl (Jessica Szhor)
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Singer Estelle Would Take Chicken, Asparagus and Sean Paul to Space
Jump to the full entry & travel map Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Sunday July 12 Seems we are always up at the crack of dawn heading somewhere. Today it is to Launceston, Tasmania. We got great deals with Jetstar who have cornered the direct flights from Brisbane to Launceston. We arrived at Brisbane airport about 6am while most of the city residents were still curled up under their doonas. How nice to get a quick straight run to the airport! However unfortunately the flight was slightly delayed, so we were able to get stuck into the books we had brought with us, me with Paul Theroux’s “Dark Star Safari” and H with Peter Robinson’s “The Hanging Valley.” I liked the quote from Vaubain “Travelling makes one modest – you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” In the waiting room I sat next to a little old lady who had been here to celebrate her younger brother’s 70th birthday at the Gold Coast. She had quite a cough, which I hope I will not take with me
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It’s raining in Launceston! – Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
During the just-concluded National Art Exhibition, Guangdong Eleventh selected entries in the selection of activities, with realism as the main characters sing featuring oil paintings , oil paintings of a group of young artists then come to the fore, created a dramatic landscape. Some people think that: This is the realism of Guangdong as a canvas, following the “Cultural Revolution” after the rise again.
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Probably the most provocative (and to my mind, best) museum show of the summer so far is nothing of the blockbuster variety, which, to me, signals how hard it is to cohere large-scale shows into something with resonance. No such problem with the AGO's recent installation of Sarah Anne Johnson's “House on Fire,” a chilling true-life history of government conspiracy, cover-up and abuse. In Johnson's case, it cuts close to the bone; it wasn't a story she became interested in from afar — her grandmother lived it.
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Sarah Anne Johnson: House on Fire at the AGO
Jump to the full entry & travel map Dayton, Ohio, United States In fashion to my other blogs of my international travels, here begins the extensive coverage of my Gap Adventure’s Egypt and Jordan Adventure in August 2009. The outline will be in chronological order and will include the Gap Adventure’s description of the day in bold for the days that cover my Gap tour. In the description from Gap, included meals are represented by (B), (L), and (D). I am departing on August 4th from Dayton, Ohio and will arrive in Cairo on August 6th, 2009 after a 12 hour layover in Athens, Greece on August 5th. The Gap Adventure’s tour begins the first day of sight seeing on August 7th and ends in Amman, Jordan on August 21st, with the departure day of the 22nd. I will be leaving at about 1am on the 22nd flying directly to New York City where I will have an 11 hour layover before returning to Dayton late in the evening on the 22nd. Day 1: August 4th, 2009: Dayton, Ohio Depart Dayton, Ohio at about 1pm with layover in Atlanta, Georgia and will arrive in Athens, Greece at about 10:30am on August 5th. Flying with Delta. Day 2: August 5th, 2009: Athens, Greece Planned sites are the Acropolis and ruins in the general area, and finding an authentic Greek restaurant to eat at before going back to the airport to catch an 11 pm to Cairo, landing at about 1am. Flying with Aegean Airlines Day 3: August 6th, 2009: Cairo, Egypt Waiting until morning in the airport to catch the public bus to the general area of the hotel. Dropping off the bags and hiring a taxi for the day to go to Saqqara and Memphis, while ending the night at the Pyramids and pre-tour meeting with Gap Adventures and meeting the tour mates.
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Itinerary: Egypt and Jordan Adventure ’09 – Dayton, Ohio, United States
Jump to the full entry & travel map Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, July 11 – Fort Nelson, BC Fort Nelson is just under 300 miles from Dawson Creek up the Alaska Highway. We arrived here around 2 p.m. We’re in the Westend RV Park, which is a sister park to the one we stayed at in Dawson Creek. That one was a dump. This one is a shithole. * Fort Nelson Heritage Museum Originally established as a fur trading post in 1805, Fort Nelson flourished with the construction of the Alaska Highway, making it the bustling community it is today.
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Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada – Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
It's a sports metaphor, the “old college try” is, an anachronism rooted, I would imagine, in the still-innocent, romantic era when schoolboy knickers and all-male literary societies were seen as more fraternal than fey. Which suits Jon Sasaki well enough, to be sure, as his practice of “romantic conceptualism,” as he's called it, often has a charming sheen of the elegiac. For Jessica Valentin, the title is a bit more literal, in that, until very recently, she was actually in college; a very recent graduate of the University of Toronto's Art History program (as well as Sheridan College's Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning), Valentin is this year's winner of the William Huffman Award for Excellence in Studio Practice, named for the Toronto Arts Council' s Associate Director
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The Old College Try: Sasaki + Jessica Valentin at Red Bull 381
Jump to the full entry & travel map Shangzhou, China Hey Hey and a Big G’Day toya, Yeah, it’s the Dragon Boat Festival! Three and a half days off to ride like the wind, sleep in, watch dvd’s (due to rain) and also squeeze as many delicious Zong Zi in as I possibly can! What does all this mean you ask? We’ll get to the Dragon Boat Festival a little later, first I’ll tell you about my huge bike ride today.
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Angels, Gut Instinct & The Dragon Boat Festival – Shangzhou, China
Jump to the full entry & travel map Kyle, Texas, United States We began the day in Lafayette where we went to Vermillion Ville, a historical village. The 19 buildings depicted early life in Southern Louisiana for the Native American, Cajun and Creole people who lived there. Several of the buildings and homes had guides, and we were able to listen to live Cajun/Creole music and hear more about the history of the area
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On to the Lone Star State – Kyle, Texas, United States