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Byron Underwater Festival Winners Announced: related news
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The event, which took place between 30 April and 3 May, offered more than $20,000 worth of prizes, with competitors in the photo and video section vying for six awards: Best Festival Portfolio (5 images), Best Festival Photograph, Best Festival Compact Camera picture, Best Festival Novice photograph, Best Festival Free-diving/Snorkel shot, Best Festival Video. In addition Neville Coleman Awards were presented to divers who photographed or videoed the most interesting organisms.
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via PhotoReview @ 21:24 8th May
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Astronaut Sally Ride Invites Girls to Explore Hands-on Science at Science Festival at Southern Methodist University Sally Ride Science Festival brings science to life and inspires upper elementary and middle school girls to think about the vast range of careers in science SAN DIEGO--(Business Wire)-- On April 26, Dr. Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, will touch down at Southern Methodist University in Dallas to inspire local girls to dig into hands-on science at the Sally Ride Science Festival. The festival, which is open to the public, runs from 11 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. and is presented by ExxonMobil. Ride, the festival's keynote speaker, is currently president and CEO of Sally Ride Science(TM), an innovative science content company dedicated to fueling students' interests in science, math and technology.
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via Reuters @ 7:15 9th Apr
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- MOLI, a social media community where members have greater control over their privacy, announced today the winners of its first "Starving Artist" Art Contest. Out of more than 75 entries from a variety of disciplines -- fine arts, digital art, music, writing and photography -- two winners were chosen: a stop motion animated film created with clay and puppets, by R.S. Cole, who was awarded the Judges Choice award; and a geometric tiger design created as digital body painting by Hanni B, which received the People's Choice award. The two "Starving Artist" winners will receive up to $2,000 to cover one month's rent. They will receive additional exposure by having their artwork featured on MOLI's home page, be the subjects of a written profile in the "MOLI View," the MOLI site's professional-content
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via Earthtimes.org @ 9:58 12th May
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The winners of the SC Magazine Awards for 2008 were announced last night at SC Magazine's presentation dinner in San Francisco, Calif.
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via SC Magazine @ 9:26 9th Apr
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TEHRAN -- The winners of the seventh edition of the Iran Contemporary Painting Biennial were announced here on Wednesday at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA).
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via Tehran Times @ 20:16 14th Mar
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TEHRAN, March 14 (Mehr News Agency) -- The winners of the seventh edition of the Iran Contemporary Painting Biennial were announced here on Wednesday at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA).
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via Payvand Iran News @ 18:39 15th Mar
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The Eclipse Foundation has announced the winners of its annual Eclipse Community Awards, which recognize the top individuals and products in the Eclipse community. Recipients were honored at an awards ceremony on the opening day of EclipseCon 2008.
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via Linux Electrons @ 11:11 20th Mar
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The winner, or winners, of the first ever science prize for outstanding achievement in nanosciences will be announced next month by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. The first winners of the new Kavli Prizeexternal , comprising three international awards for outstanding contributions in the fields of nanoscience, neuroscience and astrophysics, will be announced on 28 May 2008. The prizes, to be awarded every two years, will be presented in co-operation with the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Norwegian ministries for education and research and foreign affairs. They are worth $1 million each, which makes them comparable to the cash received by Nobel Prize winners. According to Professor Reidun Sirevåg, the Academy's secretary general, the prize is the first of its kind for nanoscience.
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via Nanotechnology.com @ 1:31 12th Apr
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When the World Ski and Snowboard Festival started 12 years ago at Whistler, the focus was on the competitive side of skiing and snowboarding. Today, the art and music aspect of mountain-sports culture has moved to centre stage. This year's festival (April 14-23), sponsored by Telus, will feature the artwork or performances of more than 700 artists. A highlight of the festival's cultural side is Brave Art, an international art exhibition in the Whistler Conference Centre showcasing over 30 artists in more than 150 installation. Art mediums include canvas, sculpture, skateboard decks, photography, film and graffiti.
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via Report On Business @ 13:11 2nd Apr
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Registration is open March 17-April 17, 2008, for the 27th Annual Flame Tree Arts Festival. Registration forms are available at the Commonwealth Council for Arts and Culture on Capital Hill, Saipan. Registration costs are $650/food and business vendors, $350/non-profit, $150/artists, and $100/information. The Flame Tree Arts Festival will be held April 24-27, 2008, at Civic Center and is Micronesia's largest annual arts and culture celebration. For more information about the Flame Tree Arts Festival, contact CCAC at 670-322-9982/3 or e-mail marianasarts@pticom.com.
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via Saipan Tribune @ 19:06 18th Mar
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SAN JOSE, CA -- 04/08/08 -- The City of San Jose's Office of Cultural Affairs has announced the winners of the 2008 Champions of Arts Education Awards. The 2008 winners are: Peter Gelfand, artistic director of the San Jose String Quartet ..
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via Earthtimes.org @ 10:28 9th Apr
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Bayreuth, Germany - Three female descendants of composer Richard Wagner battled Monday for the contract to run the Bayreuth Wagnerian opera festival in Germany, with the likely loser pleading to her cousin not to switch sympathies. Half-sisters Eva Wagner-Pasquier, 63, and Katharina Wagner, 29, have drawn into the lead after Katharina foretold a joint proposal to take over the festival from their father, Wolfgang, 88. The festival board meets April 29.
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via Earthtimes.org @ 19:21 14th Apr
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ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics is partnering with the Sonoma Valley Film Society as the "Official HDTV Sponsor of the 2008 Sonoma Valley Film Festival," which runs April 9 - 13. Showcasing the stylish new PG60 series of plasma HDTVs, LG Electronics will show festival-goers, ranging from independent filmmakers to movie and wine aficionados, how they can bring a true theater experience to their home. Complementing the Sonoma Festival's edgy, casual environment, the new plasma sets will be featured at VIP venues as part of stylish home theater settings, which also include LG's high-definition disc player (BH200) and a 700-watt home theater system (LHT799). As one of the first plasma series to attain THX Display Certification, LG's PG60 series assures consumers that these models will deliver exceptional i
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via Financials.com @ 2:22 3rd Apr
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Prime minister of pictures - Jessops have announced the shortlist winner of their Parliamentary Photo Competition, now it's your turn to vote for your favourite.
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via EPhotozine @ 20:29 23rd Apr
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MOORESTOWN, N.J., April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Just as the sun sets, dipping past the crystal blue waters of the ocean that was your host for the day, you playback all the spectacular scenes that came to life throughout the day's adventures. Mystical sea creatures and reefs full of vibrant life and color all captured on your SeaLife camera. SeaLife brings all the true colors of the water and the world to your photographs. Sleek, modern design meets high-tech functionality in SeaLife's new DC800 8-megapixel camera, producing ultra-clear images down to 200 feet underwater.
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via CameraTown @ 5:06 1st May
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The New York Photo Festival will host the awards to honour photographers from all over the world whose work breaks new ground 'visually, intellectually and aesthetically'. Submissions will be accepted through until 14 April, with the winners announced during the inaugural edition of the festival, running from 14 to 18 May.
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via British Journal of Photography @ 13:47 12th Mar
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Skoch Consultancy Services a leading market analysis and strategy consulting firm today announced the winners of its first "The World Is Open Awards". Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions was the presenting sponsor for these awards. The first of the annual awards set up to recognize the most impactful open source technology implementations in the country received 163 nominations and the winners include 24 open source technology projects implemented across the country (the names of the winners are attached in the addendum). Dr. B. K. Gairola, Director General, National Informatics Centre was awarded as the "Open Source Evangelist of the Year".
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via Agencyfaqs! @ 5:26 26th Mar
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announced the winners of its inaugural Open Source Hardware Innovation Contest, launched in June 2007 for engineering students at Chinese universities. The innovation contest is the first of its kind to establish an open source hardware community (OSHC) for senior undergraduates, masters and doctoral-level engineering students in mainland China designing with industry-leading FPGA platforms. (Photo:
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via Financials.com @ 12:50 24th Apr
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announced the winners of its inaugural Open Source Hardware Innovation Contest, launched in June 2007 for engineering students at Chinese universities. The innovation contest is the first of its kind to establish an open source hardware community (OSHC) for senior undergraduates, masters and doctoral-level engineering students in mainland China designing with industry-leading FPGA platforms.
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via Earthtimes.org @ 5:20 24th Apr
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Nairobi, 20 February 2008 - A weekend-long art festival will bring together 120 performers from around the world in Kenya to raise environmental awareness. The Earth Festival will take place on 22-24 February at the Laikipia Nature Conservancy, a nature and biodiversity oasis in Kenya's Rift Valley. The event is being organized by Kenya-based environmentalist Kuki Gallmann in support of the climate change awareness campaign of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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via UNEP @ 15:55 12th Mar
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SonySony W200 underwater housing review : I am in Dahab, Egypt and I am taking the Sony DSC-W200 to the seaside in an exclusive manner: on a camel. The diving spots near Ras Abu Galum are only accessible by camel from Dahab. The trip will take approximately an hour and a half. This is a good opportunity to try the camera on land before taking it underwater. We meet the camels at a famous diving spot; the Blue Hole. The camels are still having their meal as we arrive and they react somewhat irritated when I get closer to take pictures of them. When they finish their meal, the diving gear is loaded onto them. Some camels get to carry four aqualungs and other camels receive two bags and the remaining diving equipment. > Read our complete
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via LetsGoDigital @ 20:19 15th Mar
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A festival aimed at promoting disabled artists in Cambodia has just ended in the nation's capital, Phnom Penh. Despite having one of the world's highest rates of disabled people, social, political and economic discrimination against the disabled is widespread in Cambodia. Organizers say that the aim of the festival was to try to help change popular perceptions of disability in Cambodia by promoting disabled people's abilities rather than their disabilities. Rory Byrne reports for VOA from Phnom Penh.
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via VOA News @ 5:02 11th Mar
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A festival aimed at promoting disabled artists in Cambodia has just ended in the nation's capital, Phnom Penh. Despite having one of the world's highest rates of disabled people, social, political and economic discrimination against the disabled is widespread in Cambodia. Organizers say that the aim of the festival was to try to help change popular perceptions of disability in Cambodia by promoting disabled people's abilities rather than their disabilities. Rory Byrne reports for VOA from Phnom Penh.
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via Huliq.com @ 22:33 7th Mar
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MySpace Music announced, iTunes selling more than Walmart MySpace.com which remains the #1 most popular social network on the Internet has announced today a joint venture with three out of the four major music labels Sony BMG, Universal Music, and Warner Music Group, to offer "MySpace Music".
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via TechSpot @ 12:58 4th Apr
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Last year's Flame Tree Festival attracted at least 50,000 people to the event, according to the Commonwealth Council for Arts and Culture, and it is hoping that the 27th edition of the annual festival will attract a much bigger turnout.
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via Saipan Tribune @ 14:49 23rd Apr
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