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Seems that every culture has its version of lucky New Year foods. For many Blount County residents, the felicity-inspiring foods of choice are those two Appalachian standbys — hog jowls and black-eyed peas.
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OCCCA announces an Open Call For Art. An all media national juried exhibition including video, installation, jewelry and craft media will be on exhibit from March 6 to April 18, 2009, in Santa Ana, CA, with an opening reception March 7, 6 PM to 10 PM. FASHIONISTAS! Fashion is a seductive powerhouse in contemporary culture, worthy of celebration and critique. From the earliest days of …
PDX Contemporary Art in Portland presents Nancy Lorenz: Rock Garden from December 20, 2008 through January 31, 2009. Nancy Lorenz combines mother of pearl, pigments, lacquer, gold and silver leaf to create paintings that reference the natural world. Her paintings have both an abstract expressionist approach and fine craft techniques. Lorenz’s imagery draws from Japanese aestheticism, chemistry …
Militant environmental campaigners said Monday they had prevented Japanese whalers harpooning any of the giant sea mammals for nine days by engaging them in a 1,000 nautical mile high seas pursuit.
Japanese Whalers Disrupted by Activists (Animal Planet)
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A screen at the Health Organisation headquarters displaying a 1918 picture of victims of the Spanish Flu. A US-Japanese research team announced Monday it had isolated three genes that explain why the 1918 Spanish flu, believed to be the deadliest infectious disease in history, was so lethal.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US-Japanese research team announced Monday it had isolated three genes that explain why the 1918 Spanish flu, believed to be the deadliest infectious disease in history, was so lethal.
A US-Japanese research team announced it had isolated three genes that explain why the 1918 Spanish flu, believed to be the deadliest infectious disease in history, was so lethal.
A banner on Kasga Publishing’s website has revealed that the Chinese-Japanese anime adaptation of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel classic has been re-scheduled for a Japanese broadcast next spring.
(By Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press) To get around the city, Yutaka Makino hops on his skateboard or rides commuter trains. Does he dream of the day when he has his own car? Not a chance. Like many Japanese of his generation, the 28-year-old musician and part-time maintenance worker says owning a car is more trouble than it’s worth, especially in a congested city where monthly parking runs as …