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Jan Gehl: Cities for People (VIDEO)

Crane.tv | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Toronto, New York, Edinburgh, Design, Architecture, City, Urban Design, London, Melbourne, School, Danish, Professor, Royal Danish Academy, Jan Gehl, crane.tv, Moscow, American, Copenhagen, Fine Art, Video, Arts News

Architect and urban designer Jan Gehl has dedicated a significant proportion of his career to making cities better places for people by studying public spaces and their impact on civic society.

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PHOTOS: Wild Festivals Worth Traveling For

Kensington Tours | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Kensingon Tours, India, Festivals, Thailand, Venice, Edinburgh, Napa Valley, Brazil Carnival, Oktoberfest, Denmark, Running of the Bulls, Travel News

From the wildest street parties to time-honored cultural traditions, take a look at this collection of fantastic festival photos from around the globe.

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A Remembrance In Edinburgh

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Glasgow, Slidepollajax, Edinburgh, Burke and Hare, Whisky, Steven Campbell, Travel News

As my plane descended towards Scotland, I boasted to the guy next to me that the first thing I'd do in Glasgow was grab a meat pie and a pint of Tennant's 80 shilling ale.

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PHOTOS: 10 Worthy New Year's Destinations

BootsnAll | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Sydney, Travel, Thailand, New Year's Eve, Brazil, Las Vegas, New York, New Year, Edinburgh, Slidepollajax, 2012, Travel News

This list gives any traveler or adventure seeker a starting point for celebrating New Year's Eve in a unique and different way.

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Hunting Down My 'Auld Country' Scottish Roots

Peter Mandel | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Oatmeal, ScotlandsPeople Centre, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Genealogy, Bennachie Mountain, Family History, Inverurie, Travel News

One bird calls and calls. Then stops. It's silent when we get to a granite cottage. Ivy covers its walls and row after row of potted flowers guard its door. Marigolds. Just what my grandparents grew.

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Sean Connery's Childhood Home To Be Edinburgh Landmark

Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: UK, James Bond, Video, UK Travel, Scotland Travel, International Destinations, Globalpulse, Edinburgh, Scotland, Sean Connery, Destinations, Travel News

A developer is hoping to turn the low income housing site where Sean Connery spent his tender years into a tourist attraction devoted to the famous Sc...

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Planning A Cruise On The Holland America Eurodam? Check Out Our Guide First

The Huffington Post | Summar Ghias | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: South Queensferry, Cruise Ship Guides, Holland America, Edinburgh, Eurodam, Themed Guides, Video, Travel News

Holland America's Eurodam is a popular floating resort. The waters are crowded with sea-worthy vessels, so to make planning easier, we've done all the...

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Seaplanes, Bikes And City Life In Scotland

Lea Lane | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Scotland Travel, UK Travel, International Destinations, Glasgow, Scotland, Edinburgh, Travel, Travel Destinations, William Rennie Macintosh, Destinations, Travel Blogs, Travel News

Sitting up front and watching the pilot fly this Cessna gave me the illusion of co-piloting, but I preferred watching the panorama unfold below: mountains to the west, and lochs and rivers contrasting with green hillsides.

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Couture Crashpads (PHOTOS)

Black Tomato | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Milan, Slidepollajax, Edinburgh, Verona, London, Miami, New York, Paris, Hotels, Style, Hotel, Travel News

Check out our pick of the smartest couture crash pads where style drips from every door knob.

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Why Google's Eric Schmidt Is Only Partly Right About Science & Tech Education

Ewan McIntosh | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Computer Programming, Google, Scottish National Party, Speech, United Kingdom, England, The Guardian, Ewan McIntosh, Edinburgh, Mgeitf, Eric Schmidt, Scotland, Curriculum, Edinburgh Festival, Education Reform, Technology, UK Education, Education News

It's a shame that Eric Schmidt he didn't Google a little more on the education system of the country in which he was speaking. Scotland.

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Comedian Dressed As Gaddafi Is Attacked

AP | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: British Comedian Gaddafi, Jeff Mirza, British Comedian, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Fringe Festival Gaddafi, Jeff Mirza Gaddafi, Jeff Mirza Comedian, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Home News

EDINBURGH, Scotland -- A British comedian says he was attacked with a bottle at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival while dressed as Moammar Gadhafi. Jeff ...

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WATCH: Edinburgh Fringe Festival Kicks Off

Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Video, Fringe Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, Theater, UK Arts, Art Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2011, Arts News

The worlds largest art festival, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (The Fringe) kicked off today in Scotland, and as usual, theater lovers are everywhere....

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World's Most Pierced Woman Says 'I Do'

Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Edinburgh, Scotland, Most Pierced Woman, Elaine Davidson, Guinness Book of World Records, Most Piercings, World News

When you have almost 7,000 rings already, what's one more? Deemed as the "world's most pierced woman," Elaine Davidson married Douglas Watson, a co...

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Rosita Missoni On Fashion, Her Hotels & The Royal Wedding

Melanie Nayer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Edinburgh, Hotels, Missoni Hotels, Luxury Travel, Luxury, Missoni, Kuwait, Luxury Hotels, Slidepollajax, Travel News

The Missoni name is synonymous with luxury fashion and decor, so it's no surprise the Missoni-brand hotels embody both. The minimalist design perfecte...

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The World's Most Walkable Cities (PHOTOS)

Frommer's | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Boston, Munich, Sydney, Vancouver, Slidepollajax, Edinburgh, Dubrovnik, Melbourne, New York City, Florence, Walking, Cities, Transportation, Travel News

By design or purely by accident, each of these 10 cities beckons you to wander its boulevards, paths, and parks.

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Shane Danielsen: Among the Grifters

indieWIRE | indieWIRE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Edinburgh, Berlin-Germany, Germany, Home News

The river is turning into a place to drown. --Frederick Seidel, "I Do" Summer in Berlin brings many pleasures - and little incentive to stay indoo...

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SLIDESHOW: Fringe Festival Performers Hit The Streets

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slideshow, Fringe Festival, Opera, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Plays, Dance, Musicals, Music, Street Performance, Performance, Slidepollajax, Arts News

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival has been running since August 6th, but it hasn't lost any steam as it comes to it's final lap (the Festival ends August ...

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THEATER: The Inexorable Rise of Variety and Cabaret At Edinburgh Festival

guardian.co.uk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Variety, Cabaret, Edinburgh-Festival, Edinburgh, Theater, Performance Art, Musicals, Music, Edinburgh-Film-Festival, Arts News

Everywhere you look this year in Edinburgh there's cabaret and variety: the genres have been becoming more popular over the years, notably with the hu...

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Will Books Survive Digital Age In Traditional Form?

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ereaders, Multitasking, Digital Media, Print, Books, Traditional Books, Edinburgh, Ebook, Digital Books, Reading, Books News

Books may not survive in their current form as reading habits change during the electronic age, an expert has said. Dr Bill Bell, from the University...

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90 Tiny Books On Display In Edinbugh

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Edinburgh University, Books, Edinburgh, Miniature Books, Tiny Books, Miniatures, Books News

A display of miniature books created by contemporary artists from around the world has gone on display in Edinburgh....

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Where Do Writers Write?

Allison K Gibson | Posted 05.25.2011

I have asked a few writers whom I admire to talk about where they write. Here are their responses.

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Lockerbie Bomber To Be Released, Say Reports

AP | BEN McCONVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lockerbie, Lockerbie Bomber, Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi, Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi Trial, Edinburgh, Scotland, Pan Am Flight 103, Crime, Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi Released, Megrahi, Panam Bomber Released Abdel, World News

EDINBURGH, Scotland — A decision has been reached in the case of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi and will be announced Thursday, the Sco...

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World In Photos: May 1, 2009

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Edinburgh Scotland, Slideshow, France, England, World Photos, Swine Flu, Edinburgh, Lyon, Cricket, Fire Festival, Iraq, Lyon France, Hong Kong, Swine Flu Epidemic, World in Photos, World News

The HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. This Huffington Post World feature is available Monday t...

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Muna Abu Sulayman: Saudi Arabia's 'Oprah'

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Saudi Women, Oprah Winfrey, American University of Beirut, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Georgetown University, Muna Abu Sulayman; Al Waleed Bin Talal, Edinburgh, Harvard, Anti-Muslim Bias, Muslim, Cambridge, American-University-in-Cairo, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, World News

She has been called the Saudi Arabian version of 'Oprah', though the TV program she co-hosts, an all-women talk show called 'Kalam Nawa'im' on pan-Arab channel MBC, much more resembles ABC's The View.

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A People's Festival

Pablo Ganguli | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Sienna Miller Edinburgh, Keira Knightley Sienna Miller, Filmmaking, Keira Knightley, Edinburgh, Film Festivals, Edinburgh Film Festival, Sienna Miller, Kiera Knightly Edinburgh, Entertainment News

Anybody mildly interested in the arts in this country will tell you that Edinburgh is the king city of festivals. It's August programme dominates the galaxy of festival-making.

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