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Coffee Kiss | The Intersection
Tsang Cheung Shing is the ceramic artist who created this incredible pottery installation called “Ying Yeung.” The name refers to a Chinese beverage of mixed coffee and tea and also symbolizes the mandarin duck, a metaphor for marriage and love. Just amazing.
Submit your photograph or artwork to the Science of Kissing Gallery and remember to include relevant links.
February 9th, 2010 Tags: coffee, Tsang Cheung ...
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FOCUS: A HISTORY OF FORD’S C-SEGMENT WORLD CAR
More than 9.2 million Ford Focus vehicles have been sold across the globe since the nameplate launched in 1998
Focus
has served as the basis for popular multi-activity, crosssover and
performance vehicles like the European C-MAX, Kuga and Focus RS, plus
the North American SVT Focus
The next-generation Focus
moves to a truly global Ford C-car platform with only minor variations
between models sold around the world
With more than 9.2 million examples ...
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Skip Gates on Black History Month
Nowadays when people think Henry Louis Gates Jr., they think of the Beer Summit. But Gates is so much more than that—the Alphonse Fletcher University professor at Harvard University and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. Editor and author of countless books, including the African American National Biography, Gates is also the editor in chief of TheRoot.com. In ...
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Azul’s Fast Takeoff in Brazil
JetBlue founder David Neeleman is taking his dirt-cheap airline model to South America. Will it fly?
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David Neeleman is in a good mood. Fresh off a flight from São Paulo and gearing up for a round of TV interviews, Neeleman, 50, agrees to meet over lunch at a Così sandwich outlet in Greenwich, Conn., near his home in New ...
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Bliss
Molly here, writing from my first bloggers’ conference.
As I type, actually, I am sitting beside Debba Haupert of Girlfriendology.com. It was Debba who encouraged me to join her on the journey down to Nashville. (Let me tell you, she is a fantastic person to get to tag along with – lucky me, lucky us). Already we have set up shop with 498 other bloggers, and a select group of ...
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New Orleans filling up for Super Bowl
NEW ORLEANS – Mardi Gras falls on a Sunday this year.
The city of the Saints is filling up with ex-New Orleanians and others ahead of the Super Bowl, many looking to cast off a legacy of football futility and natural disaster — others just looking to party down in one of the world’s greatest party towns.
“We’re gearing up for ...
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Toyota Canada Inc. reports January sales
TORONTO, Feb. 2 /CNW/ – Toyota Canada’s (TCI) January 26 decision to delay deliveries of 8 select Toyota division models while it addressed the sticking accelerator pedal issue that may, in rare circumstances, occur in those models, resulted in softer sales in January – with 8,246 Toyota models sold (down 14.8% from January 2009).
Overall, TCI’s January sales were down 10.4% from January 2009. Lexus division ...
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In Hartford, More Than 1,000 Receive Medical Help At Free Clinic
HARTFORD — –
The insurance capital of America played host Wednesday to the uninsured, more than 1,000 of whom filled the cavernous Connecticut Convention Center for the chance to see a doctor.
They got their vitals taken, their eyes examined, their health inspected by professionals inside convention booths draped with blue curtains for privacy.
Some got diagnoses. Some got referrals for follow-up care. Some got taken out on ...
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When Press Releases Go Global, Timing Important: All Things Press Release Podcast
Timing is everything, especially when press releases go global, says Marianne Pohl, an editor in Business Wire’s London newsroom.
All Things Press Release launches a “Going Global with Your Press Release” podcast series today with an episode on timing. Marianne shares tips on what to consider when sending press releases across time zones around the world.
Simultaneous? Play to the local market’s time zone and work day? What about ...
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I Love What You Do For Me, Toyota!
It’s always nice to have one’s beliefs confirmed. I was traveling this week, and wasn’t able to follow current events closely, but as the bad news around Toyota continued to mount, I figured that someone at NRO would be flacking for the Japanese and suggesting that it was all part of a government plot to help GM. Sure enough, when I came home, I discovered ...