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In the once rarefied fishing village of Saint-Tropez, the 300-foot super-yachts and private jets of the new-nouveau riche were gassed up and fruit-of-the-month-vodka-stocked, the Estonian "special-events models" booked, the guest lists of bold faces edited to meet gossip-column requirements.
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Pirelli will launch its 2005 edition at a Nov. 18 party in Rio de Janeiro, to which several hundred special people, including models Naomi Campbell and Marija Vujovic, are invited.
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Del Toro had filled the house with dozens of monster maquettes from his films scale models created by special-effects shops during the early design phase, allowing the imaginary to become palpable.
NEWYORKER: Show The Monster
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Until now, Viewpoint's strategy has been to place itself at the bottom of the feeding chain: film studios and special-effects houses customise its models before Steven Spielberg and his ilk weave them into their story lines.
ECONOMIST: Three-dimensional imaging
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The initials "CI" (for Custom Integration) in the three models noted above emphasize the inclusion of special features and capabilities geared specifically toward professional custom integrators.
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Unlike previous models, curved edges are now smooth and require no special sanding or finishing.
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All models have the ability to upgrade to Garmin navigation via a special app (available on the Apple iTunes Store), which downloads the mapping database directly onto an iPhone 4 or 4s and allows for instantaneous routing and re-routing without the need for continuous 3G, 4G or LTE service, avoiding long download times and high data charges.
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And somehow despite everything that's going on in your lives, military families still find the time to serve others -- coaching Little League, running the PTA, making Christmas special for kids with Toys for Tots, volunteering at churches and hospitals, mentoring young people, being role models in your own right.
WHITEHOUSE: The First Lady Announces New Funding for Military Families
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After Hubble published his findings in 1929, he, Einstein, British astronomer Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington, and Dutch astronomer Willem de Sitter, all gathered at a special meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society and pondered how they could account for such developments based on static universe models that Einstein and de Sitter had derived with General Relativity.
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