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Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE - Germany
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Composer Ludwig van Beethoven moved the masses with his music and still does today. As the 2010 Beethovenfest gets underway, DW asks what is it about the composer that draws people back to his works decade after decade.
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Characters uprooted, a search for home and glimpses beyond German borders characterize each of the novels that made the German Book Prize shortlist. Have a peek at some of the year's best writers.
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The western Czech city of Pilsen has been chosen by a panel as one of the holders of the European Capital of Culture 2015 title. The city will share the honor with Mons in Belgium, which was selected earlier this year.
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A low-budget film released in Germany this week takes a look at that quintessentially Berlin phenomenon, the late-night corner shop known as the "Spaeti."
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Tourists flock to Germany, in part for its old architecture. But as the buildings age, Germany continues to be faced with a difficult question: rebuild them just as they were, or put something new in their place.
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A photographer in Cologne has taken female inmates as the subjects of his work - a tall order, given penitentiary security. The artist asked the women to describe what "beauty" meant to them in everyday prison life.
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Eurozine - the netmagazine publishes original texts on the most pressing issues of our times. We also present articles and reviews published in our partner magazines. The articles are available in several languages to open up a new public sphere for communication and debate.
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When financial and economic systems fail, trust in the state and its institutions pays the price, writes Geoffrey Hosking. After the economic crisis and its exposure of the irresponsibility of global capitalism, the first step to restoring social trust is understanding what went wrong.
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"New Humanist" sees no humanitarian solutions to political crises; "Fronesis" asks who the People are; "Osteuropa" examines the gaffe-prone politics of European identity; "Dilema veche" says leaving Romania is the most effective form of protest; "L'Homme" revisits 19th-century arguments for the abolition of prostitution; "Arena" questions the impact of the Swedish Sex Purchase Act; "Le Monde diplomatique" (Oslo) avoids another story of western selflessnes; and "Studija" welcomes a timely exhibition of Soviet-era painting.
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According to the conventional view, the far-Right in Europe is antithetical to the values of liberal democracy. New research showing that far-Right ideology is a radicalization of mainstream values has a major impact on how rightwing populism is understood, writes Cas Mudde.
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Humanitarian activists' refusal of politics, combined with their willingness to identify with politics, elicits doubt and even scorn from human-rights critics. Susie Linfield evaluates the controversial debate on the future of humanitarianism.
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Feminist icon, anti-Catholic fabrication – or just a woman battling in a man's world? The German film "Die Päpstin" has already been written off by the Italian Bishops' Conference as a hoax. Sally Feldman explores reasons for the power and tenacity of the myth of Pope Joan.
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When I was 22 I wanted to find a different way of writing about being a man, says Norwegian novelist Geir Gulliksen. It should be possible to be as gentle as a boy or as reckless as a girl. But gender stereotypes have not changed as radically as we think.
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The memory of socialism in Georgia is a contradictory one. Some romanticize it as a golden age of stability, others construe it as foreign rule. The textbook has become the link between politics, pedagogy and history. How the past is construed is in flux.
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The attraction of opera -- the sanctuary of bourgeois culture -- to critical artists has to do with its formal strictures, argues Diedrich Diederichsen. Opera's high degree of "definition" provides a counterpoint to the variety of non-European-white-heteromasculine perspectives.
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It is not the Internet that is responsible for the "crisis of the press", but subordination of journalism to the market, writes the political editor of the "Süddeutsche Zeitung". For the first time since 1945, German journalism risks becoming trivialized. [Polish version added]
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9/11 organizer Khalid Sheikh Mohammed exploited his trial to remind the court of its human rights obligations, while Osama bin Laden's statements include appeals to religious pluralism. Al-Qaeda's use of liberal categories is central to its rhetoric, writes Faisal Devji. [German version added]
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Articles published by guardian.co.uk Culture about: Culture Vulture
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Sherman Cymru, Cardiff The Sherman's festive shows are always a treat, but Gary Owen's new version of A Christmas Carol is an impressive adaptation for our times. Best of all, the modern touches ? references to MPs' expenses, hedge funds and the war in Afghanistan ? are subtly done in a production that streamlines and updates the original for a younger audience while keeping its moral core intact. This is a rousing family show, with belly laughs and cheering songs, yet it also presents the dark side of Dickens's tale with tremendous boldness. The depiction...
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Win tickets to a Soulmates (500) Days of Summer screening
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The Guardian Unlimited Music team is home or on its way home. For a round-up of the weekend, visit our Glastonbury special report. For all the reviews from this weekend - the Who and the Kaiser Chiefs have been added, with more to come - click here. And for all the music blog posts - new ones by Jack Penate and the Rakes have been added - visit the music blog. Oh, and here's editor Alan Rusbridger's Flickr set of the National Youth Orchestra. Everyone pitches in during Glastonbury here. |
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Latest news and features from guardian.co.uk, the world's leading liberal voice
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Immigration minister Damian Green announces intention to 'minimise' detention of children rather than end practice The government was yesterday accused of abandoning its promise to end the detention of children in immigration centres in a climbdown that will be a severe embarrassment to Liberal Democrat ministers. Two months after Nick Clegg told MPs the coalition would deliver on its pledge to end the controversial practice, Damian Green, the immigration minister, has revealed that the government only intended to "minimise" the number of child detainees.
Vitamin B could delay Alzheimer's
Some participants in Oxford University trial see their neurological decline reduce by as much as 50% after using vitamin B tablets Taking daily supplements of B vitamins may delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease, scientists have claimed. The discovery that people in the early stages of failing memory can retain more of their mental faculties for longer if they take the tablets regularly could lead to treatments for the condition. Some participants in the Oxford University trial saw their neurological decline reduced by as much as half after using...
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Deputy PM is worried that public sector managers might take the easy option and slash jobs to meet cuts rather than reconfiguring services The biggest risk facing the government in next month's spending review is panic, with civil servants slashing budgets across the board, Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, said today. Six weeks before 25% cuts in departmental budgets are unveiled, Clegg said departments should be asking "imaginative questions about how you reconfigure services" rather than simply slashing jobs. He said the debate about the future shape of public services was the big issue being...
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Critics accuse crèche of creating feelings of suspicion and anxiety in an attempt to save costs on staff With its generous benefits and subsidised facilities, France's childcare system is one of the most admired in the world. But psychologists and unions were up in arms today over proposals they believe would turn crèches into "Big Brother-style" surveillance zones. From next year, a crèche in Paris is planning to introduce a system to monitor children's movements using tracking chips in their clothing. The centre, understood to be the first in Europe to use the technology, hopes...
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Despite its sporty image, the country is 'slowly eating itself to death' says drug firm as research is published It is renowned for surfing, rugby and the great outdoors, but South Africa is among the fattest countries in the world, a survey has found. The rainbow nation is "eating itself slowly to death", according to the drug and healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), which says 61% of South Africans are overweight, obese or morbidly obese. Despite the country's sporty reputation and the prevalence of gyms in cities such as Johannesburg, the research found that 49% of South...
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Morphine, as a narcotic, has such a bad reputation in many poor countries that doctors cannot obtain it for their patients. A new report from Human Rights Watch describes the suffering of children in pain in Kenya Morphine is an essential medicine. The World Health Organisation says so. It is on the list that every country should stock and because it has been around a long time, it's not even expensive. In developed countries, it is vital for easing the suffering of those with terminal cancer and other agonisingly painful conditions. But in too...
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A government consultation on how to evaluate the extent of rough sleeping has drawn a telling response from Islington Council, which has been back in Labour hands since May's elections. The Communities and Local Government department proposes changes to its guidance to local authorities on how to quantify the problem on their patch. It's looks very Big Society and localist. The CLG wants making formal counts of rough sleepers by councils to become voluntary rather than mandatory when it believes it has more than ten rough sleepers on its patch. In an...
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Climbdown on child detention, how charities are being affected by the cuts; and the sniffer dog on Twitter Follow Society Guardian on Twitter Follow Patrick Butler on Twitter Sign up to Society Daily email briefing Today's top Society storiesGovernment climbdown over detention of immigrant children Osborne's cuts will hit the north hardest "Superhead" defends academy plans Failed social housing firm in "goodwill" plea to councils Cath Elliott: could Norwich be the first green-run council? Datablog: how are charities being affected by the cuts?
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Cuts to voluntary sector grants are being monitored closely in a new crowdsourcing experiment. See what it's found so far
? Get the data The National Council for Voluntary Organisations is asking its members to assess the impact of spending cuts on the voluntary and community sector. Since the government announced an initial £6bn package of cuts back in May, the organisation has been running a crowdsourcing exercise to gather data on cuts. By entering their details in a survery form, members and other voluntary and community organisations have been able...
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From Jennifer Thompson to Belle de Jour, attitudes about breeding and education have polluted the prostitution debate So what turns a middle-class public schoolgirl into a £1,200-a-night escort? That's what the Daily Mail wanted to know when Jennifer Thompson made her large claims about Wayne Rooney. I couldn't at first work out the question ? what's a public school education supposed to inoculate one against? Escorting people for money? Fraternising with Rooney? Or charging such a lame amount? (You should charge in round thousands if you want to look classy. That's what...
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In an interview at his festival in Japan, the conductor Seiji Ozawa spoke about his health and plans for the future.
 
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The National Capital Planning Commission reviews all plans concerning the National Mall in Washington, where everyone wants their memorial to be.
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?The Warmth of Other Suns,? Isabel Wilkerson?s book about the Great Migration of blacks in America, took 15 years and much hands-on research to finish.
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?Skippy Dies? by Paul Murray has a lot on its mind: M-theory, lost youth, Irish history and parallel dimensions, not to mention sex, drugs and schoolboy humor.
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The actress Florencia Lozano of ?One Life to Live? has written ?underneathmybed? ? an Off Broadway play about Argentina?s ?disappeared? ? that is anything but soapy.
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He is praised as a great journalist and friend of France.
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Some suggestions -- for artists and for parents -- to help create a meaningful theatergoing experience for kids.
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Roc Nation has signed a recording deal with 9-year-old Willow Smith, whose debut single, "Whip My Hair," has become a viral sensation.
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Sean Wilentz?s ?Bob Dylan in America? touchingly conveys its author?s nearly lifelong reverence for his subject.
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Two Icelanders have challenged traditional scholarly thinking about the 800-year-old Norse Lewis Chessmen, suggesting they were made not in Norway, but in Iceland.
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Beverly Hills, Los Angeles and West Hollywood have hundreds of shopping events planned for the Vogue-sponsored celebration next Friday.
Last year's first installment of Fashion's Night Out, an effort to jump-start a sagging industry with an evening full of shopping events in major cities all over the world that was brought to us by New York-based Vogue magazine and the Council of Fashion Designers of America, was, not surprisingly, very Manhattan-centric. Southern California was barely represented, with a few local scattered efforts staged at Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills and the Fred Segal Center on Melrose Avenue.
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Think ladylike: longer skirts, figure-hugging sweaters and floral cocktail dresses. Camisoles, leopard prints and fun jewelry and scarves add a modern touch.
Fashion is having a bit of an identity crisis this fall. The military-tough, almost street-warrior vibe is still going strong with cargo pants, utility jackets and tailored coats, while fur (both real and faux) is aggressively adorning almost everything from boots to anorak collars. But on the flip side of this heavy, edgy approach to fall dressing is the season's pulled-together 1950s aesthetic, inspired by the ladylike look of that decade.
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Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's, JCPenney, Loft, Express and Gap: Retailers at all levels are bringing out affordable versions of 'Mad Max' military-inspired fashions.
This fall, fashion is a bit schizophrenic. On one hand, you have "Mad Men" beauties in retro full skirts, tight sweaters and kitten heels. On the other hand, you have "Mad Max" beasties in cargo pants, shaggy fur vests, animal prints and tough-looking boots.
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As girls return to school, the pressure is on for them to look their best. Celebrity make-up artist Joanna Schlip offers tips on helping them do it right.
Whether it's their first Bonne Bell Lip Smackers or playing dress-up with their mothers' lipstick, many girls start experimenting with makeup early. For tweens and teens, one of the rituals of back-to-school time is the fight with Mom over what is and isn't age- and school-appropriate.
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The orthopedist's luxury shoe line Haute Footure is exclusive to Neiman Marcus. A less expensive line, High Heel Power, is available on the Home Shopping Network.
Two years after selling her original namesake company, Taryn Rose is back in full force. The orthopedist/shoe designer, who made her name crafting fashion-forward designs that are as comfortable as they are pretty, has debuted a luxury line that is available at Neiman Marcus, with new designs rolling out this fall. A less expensive division is featured on the Home Shopping Network. And with new partners the Schottenstein Group, Rose will have a midrange line...
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The TV host says the clothes are for women her age 'who like to be comfy but also like to look chic' or 'anyone who likes to dabble in hot pants.'
Like fellow Brits Kate Moss and Sienna Miller before her, model and TV host Alexa Chung is known as much for her enviable personal style as she is for her professional accomplishments. And her penchant for boyish, effortless-looking getups makes her a fitting collaborator for Madewell, a brand steeped in classic casual clothes tweaked slightly for the trendy set.
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Organizers of the annual musical show to benefit breast cancer research teamed up with 'beer chicks' Christina Perozzi and Hallie Beaune for a night of beer pairing and fund-raising.
Organizers of the annual musical show to benefit breast cancer research teamed up with 'beer chicks' Christina Perozzi and Hallie Beaune for a night of beer pairing and fund-raising.
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The businesswoman (POM Wonderful, Fiji Water) and LACMA arts patron favors a 'relaxed Southern California matron' look.
The businesswoman (POM Wonderful, Fiji Water) and LACMA arts patron favors a 'relaxed Southern California matron' look.
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It has a new barbershop, Baxter Finley Barber & Shop, on La Cienega Boulevard, special merchandise and redesigned packaging.
It has a new barbershop, Baxter Finley Barber & Shop, on La Cienega Boulevard, special merchandise and redesigned packaging.
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Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Paul Smith, Armani Exchange, Code C and Noni are among the retailers displaying artworks for sale among the fashions. The art-fashion relationship has grown stronger in recent years.
When Louis Vuitton's 20,000-square-foot flagship opened on New Bond Street in London this spring, the coveted fashions and handbags weren't the only things on display.
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In an interview at his festival in Japan, the conductor Seiji Ozawa spoke about his health and plans for the future.
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The National Capital Planning Commission reviews all plans concerning the National Mall in Washington, where everyone wants their memorial to be.
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?The Warmth of Other Suns,? Isabel Wilkerson?s book about the Great Migration of blacks in America, took 15 years and much hands-on research to finish.
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?Skippy Dies? by Paul Murray has a lot on its mind: M-theory, lost youth, Irish history and parallel dimensions, not to mention sex, drugs and schoolboy humor.
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The actress Florencia Lozano of ?One Life to Live? has written ?underneathmybed? ? an Off Broadway play about Argentina?s ?disappeared? ? that is anything but soapy.
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He is praised as a great journalist and friend of France.
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Some suggestions -- for artists and for parents -- to help create a meaningful theatergoing experience for kids.
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Roc Nation has signed a recording deal with 9-year-old Willow Smith, whose debut single, "Whip My Hair," has become a viral sensation.
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Sean Wilentz?s ?Bob Dylan in America? touchingly conveys its author?s nearly lifelong reverence for his subject.
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Two Icelanders have challenged traditional scholarly thinking about the 800-year-old Norse Lewis Chessmen, suggesting they were made not in Norway, but in Iceland.
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Catalonia has voted to outlaw the traditional sport. What will this mean?
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One of Daron Eichenlaub's customers is a woman who has come in every year for five years, ordering the same thing: a batch of shirts memorializing her deceased daughter.
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Just as the September playbills paying full-color tribute to Mayor Richard M. and Maggie Daley hit Chicago's theater aisles and other major arts venues, the city's cultural leaders reacted with surprise and horror at the impending loss of a rare political leader who dares to speak frequently and passionately about the crucial importance of the arts to the soul of a city.
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In Skellig, David Almond's first and still most popular children's novel, Mina is the nine-year-old William Blake-loving girl who lives opposite the boy hero Michael and shares his knowledge of the decrepit angel found living in his garage. Now she has a story to herself, in what passes for her handwritten journal, breaking off at intervals into dramatically different type faces for extra ...
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The livable cities movement has caused a dramatic increase in bicycling across the country. Public Bike?s Rob Forbes on the stylish, female riders that are leading the charge.
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It is quiet in Jon Clinch?s lightly Faulkneresque novel ?Kings of the Earth? ? quiet in the village of Cartersville and the small town of Cassius, in central New York, a world of distant tractor drones, farms and long roads with not much beside them except fields, the occasional deer, and mailboxes and signs peppered with holes from .22s.
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IT was one of the most controversial artistic additions to any historic building in the country.
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Editor's Note: Nothing has challenged our notions about what it means to "know" or "meet" someone? Camera Lucida - Roland Barthes - Sophie Calle - Georg Simmel - Paul Auster
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Bill Russell-Shapiro gave San Francisco's Hayes Valley a taste of France when he opened Absinthe in 1998. Now, he's ready to give the neighborhood a dose of New Orleans flavor. Louisiana native Justin Simoneaux - a 2009 Chronicle Rising Star, last seen at the... San Francisco - Absinthe - France - New Orleans - United States
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School Reform Commissioner Johnny Irizarry said that keeping black and Latino youths from dropping out of school is the most important work he can do as a board member.
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Online since 1999, zoomata is powered by freelance journalist Nicole Martinelli.
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The Italian government recently passed a series of strict new driving laws that will affect locals and tourists on the roads in the Bel Paese. A few of the new rules to keep in mind: DUIs. No more jail time for drivers with a blood alcohol level (BAC) of 0.08 to 0.05 (already stricter than [...]
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It won’t be able to change the contested calls in the World Cup, but scientists at Italy’s National Research Council are working on a host of non-invasive solutions that would help referees judge games. In Bari, at the Institute of Intelligent Systems for Automation (Issia), researchers are perfecting a prototype system that has already been [...]
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Inspired by Sara Rosso’s video of Italians dancing with their hands, I took my Flip HD out to Milan’s Piazza Duomo to capture a bit of hand jive for practice. A couple of random observations: most of the pairs, for as much as they vary in age, sex, etc., have one person doing the talking [...]
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To combat food fraud, Italians have developed new laser techniques to determine whether that extra virgin olive oil is really as pure as the label says. Researchers at Florence’s Institute of Applied Physics teamed up with the photonics researchers at Vrije Universiteit Brussel to devise a series of high-tech tools that can also be applied [...]
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCU0RcoxKxE Italy’s Justice Minister used an iPhone to cite a wiretapping law during a prime-time talk show. Minister Angelino Alfano, best known outside Italy for a controversial immunity law meant to save the bacon of beleaguered Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, pulled out a iPhone clad in a patriotic tricolor sticker to consult an app called [...]
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