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May 16, 2007
World's Largest Bubble-Shaped Recording Studio in New York City : GlobalGiants.com
Epic Recording Artists Cartel to Call Bubble Home for Almost a Month.
NEW YORK, May 16 -- Construction on a 55,000 pound, approximately 2,000-square-foot bubble - the future site for the Dr Pepper Band in a Bubble multimedia event and MTV music special - is wrapping up at Hudson River Park's Pier 54 in New York City. Construction is projected to be complete early next week on May 21. Epic recording artists Cartel, a five- member Atlanta-based band, will be sealed in the bubble from May 24 to June 12 to record the follow-up to their breakthrough debut album, CHROMA. |GlobalGiants.com|
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Nepalese Mountaneer Summits Mount Everest for a World Record 17th Time : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: Nepalese mountaineer Appa Sherpa climbing. Appa, who goes by one name, broke his own world record May 16, 2007 by summitting Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, for a staggering seventeenth time. The mountaineers stayed at the summit of the 8,848-metre (29,198-foot) peak for around 15 minutes before beginning their descent, he said. Appa Sherpa is leading a team of seven "Super Sherpas" and one foreign climber who were scaling Everest to highlight the role of local mountain guides. (AFP) |GlobalGiants.com|
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Capitol/EMI: Blondie's Eat To The Beat Digitally Remastered for Deluxe CD/DVD Package : GlobalGiants.com
Companion Music Video Album Makes DVD Debut In Stores June 26, 2007.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 15 -- Blondie's platinum-selling 1979 album, "Eat To The Beat" has been digitally remastered for a deluxe CD/DVD package to be released June 26 by Capitol/EMI. The collection presents for the first time on DVD the 12-track music video album the band created as a companion to the release, and the package includes liner notes by the album's producer, Mike Chapman. |GlobalGiants.com|
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Reader's Digest: 12-Year-Old Matthew Evans Wins Top Prize in National Word Power Challenge(SM) : GlobalGiants.com
New Mexico Whiz Kid has the Last Word in America's Premier Vocabulary Competition.
ORLANDO, Fla., May 15 -- Matthew Evans, a seventh-grader from Albuquerque, New Mexico, took the top prize today in the fifth annual Reader's Digest National Word Power Challenge, America's premier vocabulary competition. The 12-year-old student, who is home schooled, was crowned Word Power Champion by quizmaster Al Roker of NBC's Today Show, who hosted the National Championship at the Renaissance Orlando Resort at SeaWorld and Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. A television special based on the national event airs on NBC stations this summer.
Hegira proved to be the magic word for Matthew, who chose the correct definition of the word - (a journey to a better place) - to win the national title and a $25,000 college scholarship from Reader's Digest. In contrast to a spelling bee that quizzes students on the spelling of words, the National Word Power Challenge tests students' understanding of what words mean. |GlobalGiants.com|
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MOTOROLA RAZR2 : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: Ed Zander, Motorola's chairman and chief executive officer, introduces a sleeker outside, more powerful inside next-generation RAZR, RAZR2, along with the company's comprehensive 2007 mobile devices product portfolio, Tues., May 15, 2007, in New York. The iconic RAZR2 debuts in July 2007, and new products including MOTO Z8, MOTO Q9 and ROKR Z6, will begin shipping in Europe and Asia in June 2007. (Motorola, Robin Weiner) |GlobalGiants.com|
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GM Chevy Sequel Drives Into History Books : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: TARRYTOWN, N.Y., May 15 -- General Motors Corp. made history today as its Chevy Sequel -- the world's most technologically advanced automobile -- became the first electrically-driven fuel cell vehicle to achieve 300 miles on one tank of hydrogen, in and out of traffic on public roads, while producing zero emissions. (General Motors Corp.) |GlobalGiants.com|
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MOTOROLA MEDIA MONSTER : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: Jeremy Dale, corporate vice president for Mobile Devices Global Marketing at Motorola, announces the debut of the company's "media monster," the MOTO Z8, along with its cutting-edge 2007 mobile devices collection, Tues., May 15, 2007, in New York. The world's first kick-slider phone, available in Europe and Asia beginning in June 2007, delivers mobile TV, video and music and comes pre-loaded with "The Bourne Identity." (Motorola, Robin Weiner) |GlobalGiants.com|
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SUBARU OF AMERICA 2008 TRIBECA : GlobalGiants.com
Photo: CHERRY HILL, N.J., May 15 -- Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that the restyled and more powerful 2008 Subaru Tribeca received the highest rating in the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) crash tests. The Subaru Tribeca received 5-stars in both the frontal and side- impact crash tests for both the driver and passenger seating positions. (Subaru of America, Inc., Greg Jarem) |GlobalGiants.com|
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