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READER SUBMITTED: Five Trinity Students, Alumni Win Fulbrights For Research Or Teaching
HartfordTrinity College reaped a bounty of Fulbright awards for the 2013-14 academic year, with two graduating seniors and three alumni being awarded fellowships to conduct research or teach. In addition, three others -- two members of the Class of 2013 and an...Tags: Trinity College, High Schools, Research, Schools, New York City
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Cannes Notebook 2013: A hotbed of criminal activity too?
CANNES, France — Visitors exiting the Carlton hotel's front door on this city's beachfront main street this week can't help but see a giant map of France with Cannes listed as being a "Safe Zone." "This Is the Safest Place to Be," one poster...Tags: France, Film Festivals, Lifestyle and Leisure, Festive Events, Entertainment
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Stolen-artifacts case has cost much, yielded little, critics say
When hundreds of federal agents raided four Southern California museums early one January morning in 2008, it set the art world ablaze, suggesting that even amid an international looting scandal, museums had continued to do business with the black...
Tags: UNESCO, The Getty, Justice System, University of Miami, Museums
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Myanmar frees dissidents before leader's U.S. visit
NEW DELHI — Myanmar President Thein Sein released some 20 political prisoners Friday, days before a historic summit with President Obama in Washington early next week, according to officials and prisoner rights groups. The ex-general's...
Tags: Prisoners and Detainees, Cheese Corn, Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, Barack Obama
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Cannes Film Festival projects cross-cultural cinema
— Invariably, the Cannes Film Festival chooses a striking image for its official annual poster. But the 2013 version can be seen as a particularly apt metaphor for the dual nature of the world's most essential cinema event. Paris-based graphic...Tags: The Artist (movie), France, Film Festivals, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (movie), Lifestyle and Leisure
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News to use
Here are some of the more interesting deals, websites and other travel tidbits that came across our desk recently: Go-Today.com's Classics of Turkey escorted tour starts at $1,599 per person double occupancy. It includes round-trip air from New York,...
Tags: Celebrity Cruises, Today.Com Incorporated, Cruises, Vietnam, Travel
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The incredible, edible cicada
Ever wonder what cicadas taste like? Outside the Western world, insects are considered an accepted food source for people. "If you travel to places like Thailand or Vietnam, you'll see food carts that have fried insects," said Dan Nortman, entomologist...Tags: Recipes, York County (Virginia), NPR, York (York, Pennsylvania), Allergies
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In Thailand, a resort for the greater good
MAE WANG, Thailand — As we sat together on a long, narrow raft of bamboo, Alexa Pham dipped her hand into the quickly moving river. "It's the really simple things," she said with a long breath, "that make it beautiful here in Mae Wang." Two wiry...
Tags: Refugee, Prostitution, Sex Crimes, Burma, Manhattan (New York City)
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If you go: Chai Lai Orchid in Mae Wang, Thailand
If you go THE BEST WAY TO CHIANG MAI, THAILAND From LAX, Thai Airways, Korean, Singapore and Cathay Pacific offer connecting service (change of plane) to Chiang Mai. Restricted round-trip airfare begins at $923, including taxes and fees. Chai Lai...Tags: Los Angeles International Airport
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The vagabonds: No home, just travel
Working as a night-life photographer had its perks, but Matthew Karsten was tired of life in South Florida. Looking at a friend's pictures from a trip through Southeast Asia, Karsten yearned for a bigger world. So he set out to discover it. There are...
Tags: Southeast Asia, University of California, Berkeley, Medical Procedures and Tests, Travel, Rentals
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Scholarship Awards Breakfast: Corona del Mar
Troy Bolus GPA: 4.5 School Activities/Clubs: track, Photography Club Community: peer tutor, Illumination Foundation Awards/Honors: Most Valuable Player varsity track 2012, Best Varsity Jumper 2010-11 Hobbies/Interests: guitar, golf, skiing,...Tags: American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), University of California, Santa Barbara, Brown University, Financial Aid, National Government
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“The Impossible” with Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor
Channel Guide MagazineThe Impossible is based on the true story of a Spanish family of five, the Alvarez Belons, who faced one of the worst disasters in recent history, the tsunami that struck the western coast of Thailand on Dec. 26, 2004. In the movie, the family is English,...
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