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► Woodland Wiggle. 'Woodland Wiggle' is a pioneering interactive game displayed on a television the size of a room. It allows children to enter into a storybook illustrated world enabling them to paint; play music; and trigger sun, rain, snow and rainbows with animated animal characters across a number of woodland scenes. O'Shea used the latest creative technologies, including custom software written in C++ using open Frameworks and an Xbox Kinect camera, to bring the unimaginable to life by reflecting the children’s video image within the scene in real-time, allowing them escape the reality of their daily treatment and interact with the exciting animated environment.
( Very inspiring! Well, take me away for a picnic. Where to? will we forever picnic? )
► Love of Musical Harmony Is Not Nature but Nurture - Feb. 14, 2013 — Our love of music and appreciation of musical harmony is learnt and not based on natural ability, a new study by University of Melbourne researchers has found.
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► Japan's Living National Treasure keeps kabuki alive
► Kabuki Theatre. Uploaded on Sep 28, 2009 by unesco :: Kabuki is a Japanese traditional theatre form, which originated in the Edo period at the beginning of the seventeenth century and was particularly popular among townspeople. Originally, both men and women acted in Kabuki plays, but eventually only male actors performed the plays: a tradition that has remained to the present day. Male actors specialized in womens roles are called onnagata. Two other major role types are aragoto (rough style) and wagoto (soft style). Kabuki plays are about historical events and moral conflict in relationships of the heart. The actors speak in a monotone voice and are accompanied by traditional instruments. The Kabuki stage is equipped with several gadgets, such as revolving stages and trapdoors through which the actors can appear and disappear. Another speciality of the Kabuki stage is a footbridge (hanamichi) that extends into the audience. Important characteristics of Kabuki theatre include its particular music, costumes, stage devices and props as well as specific plays, language and acting styles, such as the mie, in which the actor holds a characteristic pose to establish his character. Keshÿ, the particular make-up, provides an element of style easily recognizable even by those unfamiliar with the art form. After 1868, when Japan opened to Western influence, actors strove to heighten the reputation of Kabuki among the upper classes and to adapt the traditional styles to modern tastes. Today, Kabuki is the most popular of the traditional styles of Japanese drama.
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► Corruption trial of Israel's Lieberman begins
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► Yoani María Sánchez Cordero - Dissident blogger allowed to leave Cuba on tour
► Runners celebrate end of race in Guatemala
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► The Kolorfest race arises from an Indian tradition of painting with colors made with natural ingredients, to celebrate the good things in life.
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► McCain claims 'massive cover-up' on Benghazi
► Photos of ailing Chavez stir emotions in Venezuela
► Tens of thousands rally in Tunis to support Islamists
► Israeli premier defends Israel in prisoner scandal
► Gunmen shoot Sri Lanka investigative journalist
► White House: Leaked Immigration Bill Draft Is Plan B
► Mindy McCready Dead Of An Apparent Suicide
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► Pistorius, girlfriend were planning future - uncle
► Marriage Equality Activists 'Have Never Been More Hopeful'
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► Thousands wed in mass ceremony - The Unification Church founded by evangelist reverend Moon Sun-myung in Seoul in 1954, performed its first mass wedding in 1961 with 33 couples. Approximately 3,500 couples attended the mass wedding in Seoul on Feb. 17. (PHOTOS)
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► Ecuador president wins re-election
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa calls for "another four years of revolution" as he is re-elected for a third term with more than 50% of the vote.► Jessica Cox: Pilot born without arms proves the sky's the limit. 18 February 2013 - Jessica Cox was born without arms as a result of a rare birth defect. That has not stopped her from living her life to the fullest. In fact, Ms Cox has experienced and achieved more than most people do in a lifetime. She can drive a car, fly a plane and play piano - all with her feet. In 2012 she married Patrick, her former Taekwondo instructor (she has two black belts). They live in Tucson in the US state of Arizona. Ms Cox, 30, travels around the world as a motivational speaker, using her own life as an example of what one can achieve if one wants it enough. This month she visits Ethiopia to help promote disability rights. Produced for the BBC by Kenny Brown. Additional video footage courtesy of Nick Spark, director of an upcoming documentary on Jessica's life. Music by The Buzzcocks (Everybody's Happy Nowadays) and Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Amazing Grace)
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► Armless Rock Climbing. Published on Feb 7, 2013 by Jessica Cox :: With the help of professional rock climber and leg amputee Ronnie Dickson, armless pilot Jessica Cox and armless athlete Barbara Thomas climb an indoor rock wall for the first time. Jessica Cox is recognized internationally as an inspirational keynote speaker. Born without arms, Jessica now flies airplanes, drives cars and otherwise lives a normal life using her feet as others use their hands. She holds the title of the first person without arms in the American Taekwondo Association to get a black belt and the Guinness World Record for being the first armless person in aviation history to earn a pilot's certificate. Convinced that the way we think has a greater impact on our lives than our physical constraints, she chose to pursue a degree in psychology at the University of Arizona. Since then she has traveled to 17 countries sharing her inspirational message.
► Breastfeeding 'power hour' could save lives. 18 February 2013 - Save The Children says that more than 800,000 children could be saved each year if mothers breastfed immediately after birth. The charity, which has published a report Superfood for Babies, is concerned breastfeeding rates are stalling across the world and in some developing countries rates are declining. Jessica Shiddell reports.
* Breastfeeding up, but few persist
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(Breastfeeding makes me -- as a fiancée and as a mother -- to realize that my fiance (aged over 40 years) is the same as my baby (3 months old). Ow yesyesyes, we are a family of mammals. But when I'm too sleepy to breastfeed our baby, why still I can not say on our baby, "Suckling at your dad, please ...?"
If my partner can hear what my heart says, maybe he will simply say, "That's because you have mammary glands, honey ... while I also have breasts and nipples, but they are not producing glands for lactation."
Ah, I want to know what his answer is. I will ask this prank. Sucking on Dad. Can you feel these words? This could be a story's title, right?
► Mind mapping: Inside the brain's wiring. 17 February 2013 - Scientists are set to release the first batch of data from a project designed to create the first map of the human brain. The project could help shed light on why some people are naturally scientific, musical or artistic. Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital are pushing brain imaging to its limit using a purpose built scanner. The BBC's science correspondent Pallab Ghosh had one of the most detailed scans of the brain ever carried out to get a glimpse of what is going on inside his head.
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► Antarctica's volcanic ice caves
► Our favourite images of the week
Kris Williams captured this crystal blue heart-shaped lake looking over towards Snowdon from the Pyg Track.
(O Lord, my eyes filled with tears because I was so admire you. So many symbol of love could be found in your nature. So, it would be naive if love could not underlie this life. Including my love to you, from your creation, to your creation. It is a lie if there are atheists. Even the scientists, those who are familiar with science will be increasingly subject to "The Nothing" when they realize what they are learning in this universe.)
► Today's African Proverb : "Mountains never meet but people do" - Sent by Estar Nalwanga, Entebbe, Uganda
► Meteorite fragments found at Chebarkul Lake in Russian Urals – scientists
► 'Half-baked?' Obama bill could give citizenship to undocumented immigrants
► Fukushima kids have skyrocketing number of thyroid abnormalities - report
► Iran will 'never' shut down its Fordo nuclear facility – senior legislator
► Russia cautiously optimistic on upcoming P5+1 talks on Iran
► Russian strategic bombers 'spotted' near Guam amid US defense cuts threats
► G20 leaders to question austerity in Moscow
► Latvia to join eurozone in 2014
► Inside Story - Bangladesh's war wounds || Tensions rise over Bangladesh war crimes law
► Kosovo's unification flag reinforces division
► Bull market for beef prices in Indonesia
► Obama wants US cyber firewall against hackers
► US nuclear leak poses 'no danger to public'
► Karzai: Afghan forces banned from calling NATO air strikes || NATO vows to respect Karzai's air-raid ban
► Talk to Al Jazeera - Kasit Piromya: 'It's not black and white'
► When Locavores Are Nationalists: Hungary Is Pig-Proud
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► DRONE
* Opinion: Who's on the 'kill list'?► White House pushes back on GOP criticism of draft immigration bill
* Drones are taking to U.S. skies
* Opinion: What's the law?
* CIA program may shift to Pentagon
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► Metta World Peace signs on to congresswoman's mental health bill
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Chant to Bolivar
Our Father thou art in Heaven,
in water, in air
in all our silent and broad latitude
everything bears your name, Father in our dwelling:
your name raises sweetness in sugar cane
Bolivar tin has a Bolivar gleam
the Bolívar bird flies over the Bolivar volcano
the potato, the saltpeter, the special shadows,
the brooks, the phosphorous stone veins
everything comes from your extinguished life
your legacy was rivers, plains, bell towers
your legacy is our daily bread, oh Father.
Pablo Neruda
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Couples from around the world attend the mass wedding ceremony at the World Peace Cheongshim Crenter, Gapyeong, South Kerea on Sunday, February 17, 2013. The event - which was first performed in 1961 - was attended by about 3500 couples
(When I see so many people want to get married, I feel smaller and smaller. I feel I want to fly, become smaller in the small sky for ... whatever. Maybe I'll take a little star in my smaller sky. For him, but he never knew where I was.)
Performers entertain the crowds at the Chinese New Year parade in Sydney on Feb. 17, 2013. The parade featured more than 3,500 performers from Australia and China, including 120 performers from Shenzhen, Sydney's offical partner city for this year's festival. (AFP PHOTO/William WEST)
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