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Galleries: Review of 'Spagnuolo Collection' photo exhibit at Georgetown U.

Oh, the lucky Spagnuolos! Boston-based collectors Richard and Lucille Spagnuolo bought heavily into the art world during some of its headiest days -- the late 1990s and early oughts. The couple parlayed their funds into a cache...

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Early origins for uncanny valley

Macaques find fake monkeys creepy Human suspicion of realistic robots and avatars may have earlier origins than previously thought. The phenomenon, called the uncanny valley, describes the disquiet caused by synthetic people...

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Subaru to Evaluate Quick Charge Electric Car with New York Power Authority

source: Subaru of America 50-mile Charge Costs Less Than $2 NEW YORK, March 20, 2008 – Subaru today announced that it would begin evaluating its R1e electric vehicle (EV) in the United States this summer. The Subaru R1e will be...

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Sports › Kawasaki to hand back Nabisco Cup cash after medal ceremony trouble

Friday 06th November, 04:47 AM JST KAWASAKI — J-League leaders Kawasaki Frontale decided Thursday to hand back their 50 million yen runners-up prize following criticism over player behavior during the Nabisco Cup final award...

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Peter Garland

String Quartets 1 & 2 Performed by Apartment House Blue Cloud Music This was my first acquaintance with Peter Garland, who I understand has a reputation in todays new music for being controversial and...

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CAS Colors of Chemistry - Yellow-dyed Silk

Yellow-dyed silk robes were so precious to ancient Chinese emperors that they permitted no one else to wear them. For the next 2,000 years, silk farming and dyeing remained a guarded secret in China. The amino acids comprising...

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Japan: Debating the fate of Shimokitazawa

Tokyo's neighborhood of Shimokitazawa is well-known for its complicated spaghetti-like web of shop-lined streets, train tracks and...

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Animated ink-blot images keep unwanted bots at bay

Captchas, the scrambled images used to separate humans from software bots online, could become harder for bots to solve – and easier for humans to handle – by animating them. That is the claim of computer scientist Niloy Mitra...

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Jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels sees Japan remaining crucial market

Luxury French jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels continues to view Japan as a key market and is confident sales will pick up once the economy recovers, its president and chief executive officer said in a recent interview. "I see brands...

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48 Hours in Tokyo

Reuters correspondents with local knowledge help visitors to the Japanese capital get the most out of a short stay. Time to head across town to another Tokyo landmark, the New York Bar at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Shinjuku...

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