Paywat makes it to Ravenna International Short Film Festival

Edit Indian Express 26 Apr 2016
A still from Paywat. PAYWAT — THE Road Less Travelled, according to Pune-based filmmaker Mithunchandra Chaudhari, is a story of almost every girl residing in India’s remote villages. This 15-minute short film, which is selected for 17th Ravenna International Short Film Festival, Italy, is one of the 68 short films selected from 1,800 submissions made by 27 countries ... Related Article ... She doesn’t have a proper bag, raincoat or a slipper....

Apparently I'm Living in the Slums....

Edit Huffington Post 25 Apr 2016
This latest post has been a long time waiting for launch. Working on my MA has kept me busy and considering it's my meal ticket to escaping Barry you'll understand why Shakespeare and Brecht (subjects for my most recent assignment), you'll understand the reasoning behind my unwavering focus ... Their findings included. ... I had to piss in my raincoat ... I had to piss in my raincoat and wellies to protect myself from getting soaked. ... ....

Rain pours during Perth's Anzac parade

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 25 Apr 2016
Maureen Hepburn has a good reason for attending the Anzac Day parade in Perth every year - her 86-year-old husband is always marching ... Advertisement ... Everyone at the parade seemed to agree that the rain - which lasted more than half an hour at the start of the parade - could not dampen their spirits and standing under an umbrella or in raincoats was the least they could do to honour the Anzac spirit ... Brendan Foster ... - AAP. ....

Prince's Fashion Legacy: How the Singer Broke Style Rules

Edit Newsweek 25 Apr 2016
From the top of his perfectly coiffured afro to the tip of his satin toes, rock legend Prince ’s immaculate appearance was as iconic as his musical virtuosity ... He never attempted to follow fashion, set trends or capitulate to the stereotypical, hyper-masculine marketing of black, male artists ... For most of us, our first image of Prince was from 1984 in that shiny purple raincoat, astride an equally provocative pumping motorcycle ... ....

Sunny days and myriad luxuries in Palm Desert, Calif.

Edit Nashville Tennessean 24 Apr 2016
Leave the raincoat at home and prepare to enjoy an oasis of relaxation and entertainment.        .   ... ....

Denis Potvin needs extra security, raincoat for Islanders' Game 6

Edit New York Daily News 24 Apr 2016
Dynasty captain Denis Potvin half-joked to another former Islander-turned-TV-analyst, Ray Ferraro, on Sunday morning to "wear a raincoat." ... ....

Wholesale drags on commercial trade

Edit Taipei Times 24 Apr 2016
The outlet expansion of convenience stores and large retailers, such as hypermarket chain Costco Wholesale Co’s new outlet in Taipei’s Beitou District (北投), also helped the overall retail sales growth, while strong demand for dehumidifiers, umbrellas and raincoats because of the rainy and humid weather, lifted businesses at online stores, the report said ... ....

‘I exited Prince’s Mayfair suite feeling like a mouse savaged by a particularly fiendish cat’

Edit The Guardian 24 Apr 2016
The late superstar was not amused when Barney Hoskyns called his Prince biography ‘Imp of the Perverse’. Here the veteran rock writer recalls the brilliant career of the Minneapolis maverick. • Prince ... An album of what can only be described as lo-fi new-wave punk-funk, with a monochrome cover shot of Prince in a studded raincoat and pervy posing pouch, it was an irresistible black-rock mashup ... The jury was still out, though ... Facebook ... ....

MIT's Open House attracts tens of thousands on Saturday (MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Apr 2016
(Source. MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology). On Saturday, around 20,000 visitors were expected to arrive on MIT's doorstep for a peek 'Under the Dome,' in the Institute's first open house since 2011 ... Instead, they turned out to be more than modest ... From 10 a.m ... 'It's very hard ... As a small crowd of visitors clad in ponchos and raincoats leaned in for a closer look at the barge, Magee scrambled for more pens and paper ... New ideas....

Prince live: five of his greatest moments onstage

Edit The Guardian 24 Apr 2016
The music legend made a surprise appearance with James Brown and Michael Jackson, dominated the Super Bowl, and wowed audiences at his last shows. The Capri Theater, Minneapolis, 5 January 1979 ... Prince wore jeans, leg warmers, a vest, a blouse, and a raincoat – not quite the Imp of the Perverse from his Dirty Mind tour of 1981, when he decked himself out in black high-heeled boots, leggings, and women’s underwear. Related. Prince ... ....

Lindsay Kemp: ‘I was destined for stardom… I’m still waiting for it’

Edit The Guardian 24 Apr 2016
He reimagined live rock performance and taught David Bowie and Kate Bush the art of movement. Ahead of his first event in Britain for 15 years, Lindsay Kemp talks about his incredible life ... So, what have we talked about? Well, David Bowie, obviously ... Then there’s his improbable background ... The next day he was sent in wearing a sober blue raincoat; as soon as he was unsupervised, he turned it inside out to display the scarlet silk lining....

What I saw crossing Alaska on the rough and tumble Dalton Highway

Edit Denver Post 23 Apr 2016
The Dalton is more washboard than road in many places. Flat tires are common. So are broken windshields. The Dalton Highway snakes its way up to Atigun Pass in northern Alaska, with the 800-mile Trans-Alaska Pipeline following at left. The remote Alaskan highway, named after the Arctic engineer James B ... The James B ... Oil road ... 21) ... Temps were in the 40s the next morning, so off went the light raincoat and on went the ski jacket and scarf ... ....
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