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• Srimathi Gina: A Life Devoted to Indian Classical Dance

  
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  One needs to only glance at the papers of Gina Blau (also known as the performer Srimathi Gina) to see that her study of Indian classical dance was truly her lifes passion. From the highly detailed (and copious) writings in her many notebooks, to the intricate drawings of various hand positions—or mudras—of ...
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• UNESCO Reports Damage To Timbuktu Worse Than Previously Reported

  
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  Filed under: Arts and Culture , History , Learning , Africa , Mali , News Emilio Labrador A team from UNESCO has visited Timbuktu in Mali to make its first on-the-ground assessment of the damage caused by last years occupation by the Islamist group Ansar Dine (Defenders of Faith). The group took over ...
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• Ask an Expert: Tips on Archiving Family History, Part 3

  
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  Bertram Lyons, an archivist, addresses the preservation of documents and video and the importance of passing along memories.        
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• Children’s Book Author Looking For A Collaborator – Freelance Children’s Book Illustration Job

  
  Pro Freelance Projects — Authority: 159
  I have written a few children’s book manuscripts that a publisher has agreed to publish, but I need an illustrator to bring them to life. I am looking to have them done in what I believe to be an… Go to Source
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• Saving Priceless Manuscripts from the Barbarians

  
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  3 June 2013 Last updated at 19:40 ET How Timbuktus manuscripts were smuggled to safetyBy Naveena Kottoor BBC World ServiceWhen Islamist rebels set fire to two libraries in Timbuktu earlier this year, many feared the citys treasure trove of ancient manuscripts had been destroyed. But many of the texts had already been ...
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• A Strange Jewel: The Morgan Library and a Sixteenth-Century Book of Hours

  
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  The Van Damme Hours They call this beautiful book The Van Damme Hours after its Flemish scribe, Antonius van Damme. It was illuminated by Simon Bering. Though no one knows for sure who commissioned the book there is ample documentation on the short lineage of who owned the book before it was acquired by ...
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• A Strange Jewel: The Morgan Library and a Sixteenth-Century Book of Hours

  
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  The Van Damme HoursThey call this beautiful book The Van Damme Hours after its Flemish scribe, Antonius van Damme. It was illuminated by Simon Bering.Though no one knows for sure who commissioned the book there is ample documentation on the sh...
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• UNESCO team says destruction to Mali’s fabled Timbuktu is more alarming that first estimates

  
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  UNITED NATIONS — A team of experts led by UNESCO said Friday it has found far more serious damage to Mali’s cultural heritage in the fabled city of Timbuktu than initially estimated, with 16 mausoleums totally destroyed and over 4,000 ancient manuscripts lost. Lazare Eloundou Assomo of UNESCO’s World Heritage ...
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• Digital Public Library of America Launches

  
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  Contribution: National Endowment for the HumanitiesName: National Endowment for the HumanitiesURL: link to the original postEntry: http://www.neh.gov/divisions/odh/featured-project/digital-public-library-america-launchesLanguage:... This is a content summary only. Visit ArchaeoinAction for full links, other content, ...
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• The Greatness Of Miniature Paintings In India

  
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  by Asian Art Museum There are factors to look by with minute paintings: The size, method and proportions of the issue of the painting. This kind of art ongoing in the Western humanity using illumination of manuscripts to bring the greatest on show of them. They are small machinery of art so as to include portraits ...
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• Writing-World.com – Helpful Articles on Querying and Submissions

  
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  In case you didn’t already know, Writing World has some helpful articles on querying and submissions on their Successful Queries and Submissions page, which you can find here: http://www.writing-world.com/queries/index.shtml. If you’ve got questions about how to format a manuscript, who to address your query ...
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• Mali 2012 -2013

  
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  See also CIA World Factbook Mali’s music is often called some of the best in the world, but its musicians are fleeing Islamist rule. If you haven’t heard the country’s soulful, catchy sound before, check out our guided listening tour of Mali’s best music . Hear the music now outlawed in its homeland. ...
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• Queen marking Coronation anniversary

  
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  About 2,000 people will join the Royal Family at Westminster Abbey later for a service marking the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation. See the rest here: Queen marking Coronation anniversary The post Queen marking Coronation anniversary appeared first on heave-ho.org | all the news thats fit to ...
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• Sotheby’s To Offer A First Edition Of The Great Gatsby

  
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  Once belonged to the critic and author Malcolm Cowley, First edition of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is on offer on 11 June 2013 at Sotheby’s sale in New York. The Books and Manuscripts sale among the others will offered a Fitzgerald’s masterpiece which expected to fetch $100,000-$150,000. The Great ...
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• Barristers attack legal aid plans

  
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  Plans to cut the annual criminal case legal aid budget in England and Wales by £220m would put its “world-renowned” justice system at risk, barristers say. Read more here: Barristers attack legal aid plans The post Barristers attack legal aid plans appeared first on heave-ho.org | all the news thats fit ...
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• NHS ‘misses A&E waiting time target’

  
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  The NHS in England missed its A&E target in the first three months of the year, with a sharp rise in those waiting more than four hours, researchers say. More here: NHS ‘misses A&E waiting time target’ The post NHS ‘misses A&E waiting time target’ appeared first on heave-ho.org | all the ...
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• Pictures of the Oldest Sefer Torah

  
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  Below are some pictures of what is possibly the oldest Sefer Torah. The pictures are from this article from the Huffington Post in Italian and the Ansa news agency. HT to the person who discovered the Sefer Torah, Mauro Perani, who posted a link on Facebook .
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• Refuting Myths Against Israel and the Jews Made Simple

  
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  There are an unbelievable number of lies, distortions and misconceptions about Israel, the Jews, the Palestinians and the histories of each. First thing that is needed to do is to dispel some of the most common myths. The Jews were given Israel as retribution made because of the Holocaust the biggest lie. The idea of ...
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• Archaeology Weekly Roundup! 5-31-13

  
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  Contribution: jennfitzName: jennfitzURL: link to the original postEntry: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAsorBlog/~3/o9HZYUBgUB4/Language: EnglishFormat: text/html   Parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls are up for sale – in tiny pieces.... This is a content summary only. Visit ArchaeoinAction for full links, other ...
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• Antiquity and perceptions of Chinese culture

  
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  What role does antiquity play in defining popular perceptions of Chinese culture? Kenneth W. Holloway confronted this issue recently with a set of bamboo manuscripts featured in the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Confucians have claimed these manuscripts while denying its relevance to the rest of early ...
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