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Accent: Shaking Things Up: Lunch with the Arts showcases unique Indonesian musical instrument
mariel@communityartscenter.netVisitors to the Community Arts Center can take a trip to Indonesia and Asia without ever leaving their seats, thanks to Kuo-Huang Han, a recently-retired professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Kentucky. Indonesian music and culture has held a...Tags: Entertainment, Colleges and Universities, Music Theater, Arts and Culture, Music
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Christmas is time to find loved ones
While I was stuck in bed this week, I had lots of time to think about family and people who have been in my life. Of course, not all memories were perfect but there was one person who came to my mind that the memory of her was perfect and precious. This...
Tags: Religion and Belief, The Amazing Race (tv program), Religious Festivals, Holidays
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Herbert Lynn heads to Indonesia
Staff WriterCulture shock is a welcome challenge for Herbert Lynn. He has received a Fulbright scholarship to go to Indonesia for an English teaching assistantship where he will teach high school students conversational English. Indonesia is a southeastern Asian...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Iowa, Spain, Culture, Colleges and Universities
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GPS system can accurately predict post-quake tsunami, study finds
When the magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan more than two years ago, there were 1,200 global positioning system stations recording ocean floor movement in real time. None was linked to that nation’s tsunami warning system, which underestimated...
Tags: Research, Earthquakes, Science and Technology, Bodies of Water, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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Indonesia's Paluweh volcano from space: Green blob, plumes of ash
What does a volcano look like from 438 miles above the Earth's surface? Thanks to NASA and its new Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite (LDCM), you can see for yourself. On April 29, the satellite captured two images of the Paluweh volcano...
Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Volcanoes, NASA, Landforms, Satellite Technology
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Survey: Many Muslims want sharia, but differ on what that means
In Afghanistan, Iraq and many other countries across the globe, most Muslims support making sharia, or Islamic law, the official law of the land, according to a sweeping survey released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center. But sharia means different...
Tags: Iraq, Suicide, Southeast Asia, Pakistan, Malaysia
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Economy picks up pace despite deep cutbacks
WASHINGTON -- After nearly stalling in late 2012, the American economy quickened its pace early this year despite deep government cutbacks. The strongest consumer spending in two years fueled a 2.5 percent annual growth rate in the January-March quarter....Tags: White House, Career and Workplace, Gross Domestic Product, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Congress
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Inquiry finds Indonesia military unit was behind prison killings
Eleven members of an elite Indonesian military unit were behind the slayings of four detainees at the Cebongan prison last month, military investigators told reporters this week. Brig. Gen. Unggul K. Yudhoyono said the prison killings were a revenge...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons, Fidel Castro, Shootings
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Afghans seek their own exit strategy
KABUL, Afghanistan — Nabil Ahmad was at his desk at a logistics support firm last spring when an explosion ripped through the office. Windows shattered. The ceiling collapsed. "I thought it was an earthquake — or the end of the world," the...
Tags: Pakistan, Interior Policy, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Kabul (Afghanistan), Media Industry
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Indonesia: Maluku Islands offer an underwater wonderland
MALUKU ISLANDS, Indonesia — Perched on the edge of a skiff, I felt a trickle of sweat inch down my cheek. A heavy scuba tank pulled at my back as I adjusted my mask, feeling claustrophobic in all this gear and anxious about making this dive. How...
Tags: Travel, Trips and Vacations, Nutmeg, Joseph Conrad, Apple iPad
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Planning your trip to the Maluku Islands, Indonesia
THE BEST WAY TO THE MALUKU ISLANDS, INDONESIA From LAX, Cathay Pacific, Singapore, Virgin AustraIia, Malaysia Airlines, China Airlines and EVA offer connecting service (change of planes) to Denpasar International Airport on Bali. Restricted round-trip...Tags: Travel, Trips and Vacations, Los Angeles International Airport, Malaysia, Bali (Indonesia)
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Pictures in the News | January 23, 2013
FrameworkWednesday's Pictures in the News starts out in a winter wonderland, where visitors walk through the snowy landscape at Grosser Feldberg in Germany. Cold weather was on the menu across the Atlantic, where commuters bundled up against the cold on New York's...
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