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WATCH: Pace Gallery's Breathtaking Parachute Installation

VernissageTV | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: The Pace Gallery, Carsten Nicolai, New York Art Openings, Contemporary Art, Pioneer, Parachute, New York, Art Exhibitions, Pionier, Noto, Alva Noto Art, Alva Noto, Arts News
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The German artist Carsten Nicolai is known for his works that are located between art and science. At The Pace Gallery in New York he presents two wor...

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How a Dog Breeder, a Blind Man and a German Shepherd Changed the World in 1929

Kate Kelly | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Blind, Dorothy Eustis, Blindness, Morris Frank, Guide Dogs, Disability, First Seeing Eye Dog, Pioneer, The Seeing Eye, Education News
Kate Kelly

In the early twentieth century, those without sight were marginalized members of society. A series of circumstances on two continents was to change all that, and in the process, provide dignity and independence to those with visual impairment.

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Summer Genealogy Reads

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Dorothy Wickenden, History, Netsuke, Medieval, Ian Mortimerm Colorado, Jewish, England, Books, The West, Genealogy, Pioneer, Family History, Edmund De Waal, Books News
Megan Smolenyak

I'm constantly telling anyone who will listen that there's no such thing as a boring family, and many writers are discovering that their own families are a surprisingly rich source of material.

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The Kibbutz Comes to South Sudan

Danna Harman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israel, Kibbutz, Dreams, Pioneer, Refugees, Theodore Herzl, South Sudan, World News
Danna Harman

JUBA, South Sudan. The Kibbutz movement is dying? Don't tell that to Emmanuel Logoro. "I have a dream," he says, sitting in his hut near a plastic C...

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Actor Hilary Swank Becomes a High Flying Aviator in Amelia

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ewan McGregor, Kansas, Aviatrix, Aviator, Amelia Earhart, Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Pioneer, Mira Nair, Entertainment News
Brad Balfour

Between the big smile, mouth full of teeth and unique vocal cadence, Swank fashioned such an uncanny facsimile of Earhart that Amelia is garnering awards talk even while still flying into theaters.

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Pioneer Cutting 10,000 Jobs, Abandoning Plasma TV Business

AP | SHINO YUASA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pioneer TVs, Pioneer, Pioneer Plasmas, Business News

TOKYO — Japanese electronics company Pioneer Corp. will cut 10,000 jobs globally to cope with sinking sales of car audio equipment and flat-scre...

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