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• Five Questions for Elizabeth Kirrane, Curator of "Flora and Fauna: MAD About...

  

  Beginning of the Flora and Fauna exhibition with a Pedro Friedeberg "Butterfly" chair and Tim Harding's "Garden: Field of Flowers" kimono. I finally had the... Read more

  The 19 October 2011 by   Objectsnotpaintings
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• Jacques-Louis David, The Tennis Court Oath [1791]

  

  This pen and ink sketch by David was a precursor to a large scale painting that was left unfinished. It was to be painted on the basis of subscription and not... Read more

  The 19 October 2011 by   Thecleverpup
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• A Multilingual World

  

  by ConroyLanguage map of the worldThere are nearly 7,000 languages spoken in our world. Eighty-five languages have more than 10 million native speakers. At leas... Read more

  The 19 October 2011 by   Conroy
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• The Sweetest Thing by Christina Mandelski

  

  Summary: “In the world of Sheridan Wells, life is perfect when she’s decorating a cake. Unfortunately everything else is a complete mess: her mom ran off years... Read more

  The 18 October 2011 by   Tsbishop23
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• Aviation in Boulogne-Billancourt

  

  Sitting towards the western edge of Paris, Boulogne Billancourt is probably experienced by many of its visitors as a place of cheaper hotels and good Metro... Read more

  The 18 October 2011 by   Carolineld
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• Review: Mary Poppins (Broadway in Chicago)

  

  Disney’s aggressively buoyant movie musicalization soars into Chicago with Cameron Mackintosh’s all-singing, all-dancing tribute to P.J. Travers’... Read more

  The 18 October 2011 by   Chicagotheaterbeat
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• The Origin Of Frankenstein

  

  image credit The original Frankenstein's monster wasn't Boris Karloff. It was a character created by a 19-year-old author named Mary Shelley... more than 190... Read more

  The 18 October 2011 by   Gerard
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• The Discovery Of Luminescence: The Bolognian Stone

  

  image credit In 1602 Vincenzo Casciarolo, a cobbler by trade and dilettante alchemist who pursued transformation of humbler materials into gold, discovered wha... Read more

  The 18 October 2011 by   Gerard
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• Jane Austen, Prince Regent and Sanditon

  

  This series of documentaries was broadcast on BBC4 few months ago. "Elegance and Decadence: The Age of Regency" is a colourful series marking the 200th... Read more

  The 17 October 2011 by   Mariagrazia
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• The Seven Emotional Stages of Dealing with My Edited Manuscript

  

  My manuscript came back from the editor about a week ago. The process of revising the edits was a highly emotional one… Shock I was shocked to the point of... Read more

  The 17 October 2011 by   Fiafox
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