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Front row: Hala Reda at Zuhair Murad show.
By Liliya Tippetts
The Zuhair Murad Haute Couture spring-summer 2023 Collection draws inspiration from the dexterous architectural details from the Belle Époque—paired with the reckless spirit of the seventies. The show notes stated, "The mood of the collection is centered around nights on the streets of the most mythical bay in the world, young women frolic on Vespa's,..., hair disciplined in straw hats or large silk scarves,... sometimes floating in the wind...". Bringing the breeze of contemporary looks and the rich and dramatic color palettes of Cote d'Azur sunsets, the collection goes from bright pink to flame orange, with statement pieces in pale green, Caribbean blue, and fading yellow.
Zuhair Murad Spring-Summer 2023 Couture collection. All show images courtesy of Zuhair Murad.
Murad's collection is made with carefully chosen materials and textiles. The finest silk is used throughout the collection. Looks in cady, tulle, chiffon, taffeta, satin, jersey, or chiffon create flowy, yet constructed silhouettes, adorned with intricate cuts and embroidery on daywear and eveningwear for a woman who is ready for triumph.
Zuhair Murad transports us to another universe of mysterious hidden sun-soaked bays, picking up on last spring's maritime explorer theme and the grandeur of the age of navigating the high seas. The designer has envisioned the spring/summer 2023 collection as a heroine of the Art Deco style with defined bold silhouettes and, often, extremely sparkly and sequined looks.
As the show progressed, the Belle Époque theme became more evident in the majestic dresses fit for grandiose chateau events. Notably, Murad's Mariee appears to be an homage to the epoque of grandeur, when the centuries collide. The macramé-adorned wedding dress is unlike anything the designer has previously shown, and its purity is in contrast to many other highly embellished outfits, nevertheless, it got a well deserved applause.
Reflecting on the history of macramé-style knots , known from the carvings of the Babylonians and Assyrians, the finale underlines the designer's masterful touch; paying hommage to the tradition while keeping his mind in the present. This seemingly effortless pairing is the reason for Zuhair Murad's international popularity and the reason why his dresses are so well-suited for red carpets in LA, French Riviera parties, or wedding ceremonies of dynasties.
Murad's couture looks do not replicate history; rather, his couture proposes casual elegance that captures the freedom and all the modern opportunities of the contemporary era. Titled "Exquisite Dynasty," the collection is the ultimate lineup of looks that invite a comeback to the dance floors. After the past few years of navigating restrictions, we are ready to make summer 2023 full of celebrating events that don't get canceled.
Guests attending Zuhair Murad show: From right Ms Samanzar Khan, Mrs Keke Olisemeka, Mrs Ella Peters, Mrs Fawzia Khan, Ms Ayesha Khan
LTR: Liliya Tippetts, fashion designer, and @gessicakayane Brazilian actress and comedian, she was featured on the Brazilian edition of Forbes' Under 30 list for 2020.
LTR: Maja Malnar and Liliya Tippetts.
Valentino ends the day with sustainability angle
Images courtesy Valentino.
On the occasion of its Haute Couture SS23 show, Valentino Le Club Couture, the Maison collaborates with La Réserve des Arts, a French nonprofit organization founded in 2008 with the aim of supporting the circular economy applied to the creative sector, with its many facets and interlocutors. At the heart of the work of the organization is the salvaging of sets, props and visual merchandising products to which it gives new life, offering them to a Community made up of over 10,000 members, students and art professionals who can buy them for their own creative work.
The impossibility of Haute Couture - an expansion of the imagination, a space beyond reason. Couture is a sphere of fantasy and freedom, of the unique and exceptional, where craft is not a fetishistic reflection of value but a means and methodology to achieve improbabilities, to challenge perceptions, to create bold new realities. Fabric becomes a chiaroscuro across the body, volumes float, cuts are imperceptible, a ribbon of chiffon may suspend a ball gown. The unbelievable becomes material, imagination becomes real.
Harnessed to this fundamental virtue of Haute Couture, Creative Director Pierpaolo Piccioli conceives an impossible rendez-vous, between the universes of Couture and the club. Perceived polarities can provoke dialogue, another impossibility: a synergetic, spontaneous language is found between the lexicon of Couture and the world of nightclubbing. Their shared values: mutual gestures of extravagance, the notion of clothes as tools of transformation, crafting a true self, a dichotomous yet dual vocabulary of display and revelation, performance through life. And, above all, a plurality of beauty, beauty as individuality, a heroic expression of inner truth made outer. Fashioning a dream - the opportunity to become.
Shifting perception and perspective, context is altered - Couture is presented within new environs, as emphasis to this essential exchange. There is a symbiosis between the characters of the club and the imprimatur of Maison Valentino, boldness conveyed through colour and graphic pattern, embellishment and volume. Volant ruffles invent new architectures around bodies, polka-dots and stripes are reinterpreted through cut, forming two dimensions from three. Couture tropes are challenged through their celebration, embroideries and hand-drapes, pale pink feathers knotted with black satin bows. A play with scale magnifies details, to resonate. The glamour of Valentino is resignified, reflective of the self-expression of a new generation.
And within the egalitarian arena of the club, Couture itself transmutes ideologically: here it may become democratic, a proposition of universal enjoyment, a symbol of emotional resonance. The sign value of Haute Couture is thus transformed - Couture becomes an emblem of uniqueness, personality, identity and character, and an evocation of the purest human joy of dressing and dressing up.
Rami Al Ali
All images courtesy of RAMI AL ALI.
On the same day, Rami Al Ali unveiled his spring/summer 2023 couture collection, imbued with timeless Hellenic aesthetics and proposing his collection of contemporary femininity against the background of inspiration taken from Greek mythology and one of its oldest fables, "The Golden Fleece," the fleece being a symbol of authority and kingship.
The Hellenic inspiration is also seen in the majestic draping that the designer pairs with his signature palette of pastel tones. Softest shades of blue, mist green, lavender, champagne beige, and blush pink are tastefully adorned with details in silver and gold.
Rami Al Ali's vision of ancient Greek art and splendor is transformed into a spectacular line-up of one-of-a-kind couture creations in silk organza, satins, mousseline, and brocade. To add even more vitality to his silk sculptures as he enriches them with historical Greek references, the designer adds intricate, embroidery motifs, handwoven with the finest gold and silver threads, and even gold embossing. The effect of these on the observer is dazzling.
Rami Al Ali's extraordinary vision becomes clearer as the collection progresses, with his signature couture techniques allowing for more room for movement and dancing, as well as less constrained silhouetting.
Rami Al Ali in Paris.


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Skip to comments.Trump just exposed America's dirty little secret: Schiff
Posted on 05/08/2016 5:20:55 PM PDT by RayofHope
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump just revealed an inconvenient truth about U.S. debt, the outspoken and often controversial Peter Schiff told CNBC in a recent interview.
Last week, Trump joined CNBC's "Squawk Box" last week to discuss a wide range of topics including U.S. debt, interest rates and replacing Fed Chair Janet Yellen. It was Trump's comments about potentially renegotiating the more than $19 trillion in U.S. debt and the sensitivity surrounding higher interest rates that raised eyebrows.
While some observers argued that Trump's approach could be tantamount to a debt default, Schiff told CNBC the GOP nominee was fundamentally correct in his observation.
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Yabbut, what does Paul Ryno say about this?
Since the Ryno’s are beholding to the big holders of our Treasuries I doubt you will hear a peep out of them..
Asking for debt holders to take a haircut when they are getting one or two percent on their investment is a pretty tough sell.
If we by-pass spending cuts and fiscal restraint, all debt restructuring will do is encourage more debt. Since Trump is a known debt restructurer (he goes bankrupt too often), this doesn’t sound good.
Yabbut, what does Paul Ryno say about this?>>> i think he’s trying to figure out how to spell “creditors”. He can’t yet pronounce it.
If Trump plays hardball with the Chinese, Japanese and others over their currency manipulations, then that implies the value of those currencies must rise vis a vis the U.S. Dollar.
This is, in effect, a dollar devaluationreally good for U.S. manufacturing and other exports, because it makes our prices more competitive around the world as well as here at home.
Of course, the price of stuff made other places will rise . . . but, if all goes as planned (including changes in corporate tax code), the manufacturing capacity will rapidly build up again in America to replace that supply, and of course Americans will have a far stronger economy. A little pain for a lot of gain.
BUT HERES THE POINT: A dollar devaluation also means that all debts can be paid off with cheaper dollars.
THIS IS NOT A DEFAULT . . . but it has some of the same effect. I think this is the strategy behind Trumps claim the national debt can be paid down in a reasonable number of years (along with removal of regulatory burdens in energy, healthcare, education; and restructuring of Pentagon budget favoring vets but eliminating pork-barrel programs like F-35).
So the answer is part growth, and part restructuring, together with allowing the dollar to get cheaper.
IT IS REALLY THE ONLY WAY THAT MAKES SENSE FOR AMERICA!!!
Interesting since the us debt is owed to the federal reserve bank
Does the question become: “how big a discount is the fed willing to take?
Would this be something similar to the “short sale” of real estate after the 2008-2009 recession?
Sounds to me like Trump has America and her people covered...
RINO RYAN is out in the cold....
I think inflation will eventually rear its ugly head. In the past raising interest rates was the solution. Can we continue to service the debt at 4%, 5%, 6% or more?? I doubt it......
>>Interesting since the us debt is owed to the federal reserve bank <<
The Fed is a globalist institution. They will be the major obstacle to a dollar devaluation to help the economy and pay down the debt,
Meanwhile The dollar continues to be devalued fairly rapidly, anyway.
We pay about 230 billion a year on the debt with T bonds averaging about 2%. If interest rates on T bonds rise to a level of 4%, interest on the debt will be about 500 billion. At that point the USA is Purto Rico.
...and Odungo responded, “ah ah ta...ah err..as..
and you know what?”
>>RINO RYAN is out in the cold....<<
As will be Janet Yellen if Trump is elected.
This has probably hair-lipped the uniparty behind the scenes more than anything. The FED is the crown jewel of the globalists on American soil—probably even more than the U.N,
Exactly! In the past it was not uncommon to see these rates at 7% or 8%. Before Reagan took office and after Carter’s fiasco they were 20%.............
All the gravy trains are going to stop...around the world...oh how sad for those poor people who have fed off of us for years and years...what ever will they do?/s
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Project Prom gown giveaway begins March 26
Last updated 3/22/2022 at 7:51am
The Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS) will hold its annual Project Prom giveaway of prom attire for eligible high school students beginning Saturday, March 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Project Prom Shop, 10 Duff Road, Penn Hills.
The gown giveaway continues Monday, March 28, from 3 to 7 p.m., Thursday, March 31, from 3 to 7 p.m., and Saturday, April 2, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. In an effort to limit the number of people in the shop due to pandemic concerns, guests are asked to register in advance for an available timeslot.
To be part of Project Prom, high school students must live in Allegheny County and qualify for a free or reduced school lunch. A student is also eligible if a household member is on active military duty or a veteran.
There will be an assortment of free, currently styled dresses of all sizes and colors available. Teens will be able to select from brand-new and gently used gowns. Dresses have been made available thanks to donations from residents, local dress shop One Enchanted Evening in Zelienople, online store Sydney’s Closet, and the 2021 Netflix movie, Sweet Girl.
There will also be a selection of shoes and accessories to accompany the dresses. Volunteers will be on hand to assist with the shopping experience.
For more information about Project Prom or to register for a timeslot, visit: http://www.AlleghenyCounty.US/ProjectProm.


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The official music video for “How the Wicked Live” by The Slants’ album “Pageantry”
This music video is a Queen Jayate Productions project and was shot on location in Oregon and Washington. It pays homage to the iconic Koushun Takami novel, “Battle Royale,” which was later adapted into a film and manga series. Battle Royale is one of the most controversial and best-selling stories in Japan, which depicts a ruthless program run by a totalitarian government that forces students to pit against one another until only one remains. Students are forced to wear special collars that track their movements as they kill each other while Kitano, the head of the program, watches.
Guest appearances include: Takohachi Taiko members Yumi Torimaru and Kohei as well as local Portland rapper Mic Crenshaw. The Battle Royale replica collars were created and provided by Goddess Boutique (www.goddessboutique.net), who specialize in cosplay attire.
Check out Mic Crenshaw at: www.miccrenshaw.com/


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The current channel depth causes marine interests to use less efficient methods to service the offshore oil and gas facilities located in the Gulf of Mexico.
Large vessels will not be able to pass through the channel efficiently. This will result in increased waterborne transportation costs.
Houma, Louisiana, is a large center for shipyard work for the offshore marine sector for the construction of new vessels and for regular repairs of licensed vessels. It also serves as a hub for service and supply for the offshore oil industry. With exploration activities occurring in deeper waters of the Gulf of Mexico, large vessels with more capacity are needed. As such, a deeper waterway is needed to reduce current waterborne transportation costs to allow the use of fully loaded larger vessels, as opposed to more trips with smaller vessels or light loaded large vessels. This would also allow for the efficient passage of large oil and gas sector barges, new vessels built or repaired at the Houma shipyards.

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Hottest Senior Overall health News
TUESDAY, March sixteen, 2021 (HealthDay News)
This calendar year, COVID-19 has designed selections all around surgical treatment tougher than ever for individuals who may possibly want one. But one important professional medical team can support give some solutions.
Best on their listing: Is it safe to have surgical treatment suitable now?
“It is extremely safe to have surgical treatment, specially with all of the safeguards in place,” explained Dr. Beverly Philip, president of the American Culture of Anesthesiologists (ASA).
“Surgeons, doctor anesthesiologists, and other vendors caring for people don intensive personalized protecting tools (PPE) and assess every individual to assure they receive the safest and most correct care,” she explained in an ASA news launch. “Clients should really sense safe and protected that they can have surgical treatment when they want it.”
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But non-urgent surgical treatment people with no coronavirus signs or symptoms should really have a adverse polymerase chain response (PCR) COVID-19 examination ahead of their course of action, the ASA advised.
You can find no proof that both COVID-19 or the vaccine interferes with anesthesia. But surgical treatment briefly places additional pressure on your immune method, so the ASA recommends waiting right until you are entirely recovered from COVID-19 or are entirely immunized after vaccination ahead of getting an procedure.
If you’ve analyzed beneficial for COVID-19, you should really hold out involving 4 months (if you experienced no signs or symptoms or only delicate signs or symptoms) and 12 months (if you experienced been admitted to the intensive care device) to have any surgical treatment, the ASA recommends.
If you’ve been vaccinated, your surgical treatment should really be at minimum two months after your remaining vaccine dose, they observed.
If you’re eligible for vaccination and are getting non-crisis surgical treatment this kind of as hip or knee replacement, the ASA indicates that it may possibly be wise to get vaccinated very first. If you’re not however eligible for the vaccine, request your health and fitness care vendors about the best time to have this kind of surgical treatment.
Most services have added time involving surgical procedures for enhanced cleansing, so your course of action may possibly come about later on in the day than it would have previously, or choose for a longer time to plan.
The American Faculty of Surgeons has much more on COVID-19 and surgical treatment.
Supply: American Culture of Anesthesiologists, news launch, March fourteen, 2021
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Latest posts by Salam Aleik from May, 2016
Russian Citizen Imprisoned for Filming Police Detaining Hijab-Wearing Women in Tajikistan
"Then they are surprised, when people go to join ISIS."
In Tajikistan, Shoots of Hope Spring from a Tale of Woe
Dilbar Gurgova was ostracised and driven into poverty after her husband was detained on extremism charges. Compatriots working in Russia were eager to help.

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7 health benefits of quinoa:
1) Quinoa is a complete protein, which means your body gets all the essential amino-acids it needs to build things like antibodies, enzymes, neurotransmitters, etc. Many people think we must eat meat or chicken in order to get enough protein in our diet, which is simply not true.
2) Quinoa is great for energy and wound healing. In fact, historically quinoa was eaten by the Inca warriors to boost stamina and quicken recovery time.
3) The saying “you become what you eat” is true regarding Quinoa as well. It is a high endurance food, and when we eat lively foods eventually we become like that food. If you experience energy crashes during the day, notice what you have on your plate next time you eat. Are the foods natural, alive and good quality? If not, then this might be the reason behind your energy crashes. If you get used to eating quinoa your energy level will go up for good!
4) Quinoa is GLUTEN FREE! The less wheat in your diet the smaller tuches you’ll have, do I need to add more?
5) Quinoa will help you to get rid of toxins.
6) Quinoa has a high dietary fibre, which helps you poop! We need tons of soluble fibre in our diets so that our bowel movements are regular.
7) Quinoa is super healthy for baby! Add it to their soups, fruit, veggies, milk or formula. It is a great first food, instead of processed white rice, barley or oats.
If you have bloating issues soak your quinoa 2-4 hours prior to cooking it and make sure to wash it thoroughly before you cook it. Soaking makes the quinoa more digestible and easier to break down in your stomach.
In my household we often have cooked quinoa in the fridge. It is a lifesaver for me when I simply don’t have the time to make something else. I make cakes, veggie burgers, pancakes, and even sushi with this amazing seed! Last week I shared a recipe for quinoa sushi on my blog and it was a big hit, so Jane asked me to share it with you ladies as well.
I made these delicious quinoa sushi last week and it was a big hit in our household. Kids absolutely loved it, they didn’t even notice that I put quinoa instead of white sushi rice.
Here is how I made it:
For quinoa base:
1 cup quinoa cooked
1 tbsp mayonnaise (preferable home made)
1 package of sushi wraps (nori)
Pepper (red, yellow, green)
* You can put whatever you or your kids like! This is where you hide those veggies if your kids refuse to eat them raw, so be creative!
Spread the quinoa on the sushi wrap, put veggies on the edge of the wrap and roll. The process is exactly the same as you make sushi, just substitute rice with quinoa.
Here is a photo of my daughter, Sheli, eating quinoa sushi, so cute!

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While male men may come in most size and shapes, many take pride in looking after on their own and their body. This often creates appearing and dressing a specific means.
Standing directly, strolling and going with certainty, staying in form and well-groomed and dressing stylishly all are reflections of who you really are internally and they do issue.
“The greater you look after your self, the greater number of
the organic masculinity will come on.”
Certainly my friends has been doing a wheelchair his life time due to a degenerative bone tissue disorder. Because he consumes right and workouts everything he is able to, they are popular with most ladies he fulfills (and it is today hitched) despite having a human anatomy that is far from “perfect.”
Therefore although you won’t need to end up being the next “Ahnold” become masculine, watching health, hygiene and personal design are likely to make a giant difference between exactly how attractive you happen to be to women.
2. Genuine guys are rude and hostile.
Masculine men perform go after what they want â however at the cost of other people. If some dude is performing like a jerk, then it’s very possible he could be insecure and overcompensating when you’re deafening, intense and manipulative.
Despite the myth, women can be not attracted to jerk behavior. If a lady is actually matchmaking a jerk, it really is likely she is mistaking his bravado for real masculinity (ladies can find into the misconception that violence equals manliness, too) due to her very own insecurities.
Truly masculine the male is leaders, not dictators that increase to power by instilling worry in other people (simply put, when it is a jerk, or worse, when it is violent or coercive) but by inspiring others to want to follow along with their own lead.
Aforementioned is only accomplished by becoming sort and cooperative with other people.
Assertiveness belongs to becoming masculine, but it is not about getting mean or benefiting from other individuals. It is more about advancing and seeking what you need, while respecting other people’s boundaries in the process of achieving personal achievements.
3. Genuine males cannot take in fruity products.
Or eat salad, put on red or enjoy romantic comedies.
As soon as I happened to be away with a group of men and women at a dance club in Hollywood, and one from the guys in our class and that I went doing the bar collectively to order beverages.
The guy purchased an alcohol and that I purchased a Cosmopolitan. Once the bartender passed me personally my nice, red cocktail, my buddy looked over at it longingly and stated, “That is what I really wish. I do not actually like beer, but i cannot be viewed in pub ingesting something which seems like that.”
He’s most certainly not the initial man i have recognized who’s shown a failure to accomplish anything (whether it is order a specific drink, enjoy a specific film or put on a particular types of design) because it’s as well “girly.” This kind of self-inflicted misogyny will get you no place.
True maleness just isn’t about installing into a preconceived stereotype. It’s about articulating your authentic self without worrying that other people will assess you for your tastes.
a male guy can purchase whatever drink the guy desires, and performing this are sensuous because he’s the main one carrying it out.
Regardless if some lady sees him and teases him about this, it wouldn’t bother him. Actually, however probably utilize it to his benefit in order to begin flirting together.
Here’s the good news: Any guy could form the type of manliness that renders a female melt in this manner. The main element is always to establish your self generally speaking.
The greater number of you take care of your self as well as your body, the greater number of the natural masculinity will come out and ladies will require see.
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Regional boost for SCU
THE bid to turn Southern Cross University into Australia's largest regional university got a kick along yesterday with a $2 million grant to study the feasibility of the plan.
The study, funded by the Federal Government, will examine the proposal to form a new national university, with SCU and Charles Sturt University as the foundation partners, and one or more other universities also joining.
“It could be the largest university in Australia in five years, depending on who joins,” SCU Vice-Chancellor Paul Clark said from Canberra yesterday.
He said that for the people of Lismore it meant a lot of courses could be offered that were not available before. The university may be able to offer new disciplines like live veterinary science and dentistry, he said.
Students trained in their new professions in the region were more likely to work locally, he said.


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BUNDLING CULTURAL FORCES - BUILDING BRIDGES.
Literary, musical and cinematic events as well as lectures and courses demonstrate the vitality and openness of the Rhaeto-Romanic language, art and culture. It also offers outstanding contemporary art and is committed to an open and modern Romansh language, art and culture.
The 'maisa raduonda', the round table, brings together locals and guests two to three times a year to discuss cultural themes of the Val Müstairs.
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Laurens County is accepting applications for a full-time Fixed Asset Accountant. The desired candidate will Under limited supervision, assist in ensuring that the County’s goals are achieved and assists the Finance Director with all functions related to Fixed Asset management. The Fixed Asset Accountant position is accountable for recording the cost of newly acquired fixed assets (both tangible and intangible), tracking existing fixed assets, recording depreciation, and accounting for the disposition of fixed assets. Establish and maintain policies and procedures related to fixed assets. Provides assistance to various departments throughout the organization to ensure the recording of Fixed Assets and Capital Projects following General Accepted Accounting Principles. Manages Federal, State and Local Grant Programs to include preparation of reports based on program guidelines. Assist the Finance Department with other duties as needed. Reports directly to the Director of Finance
Minimum Training and Experience: Requires an Associate degree or higher in financial management or public administration with emphasis in accounting, finance or related field, and a minimum of four years of work experience in accounting preferably in a government agency or equivalent. Bachelor’s degree in Business or Accounting preferred.
The successful applicant is required to pass pre-employment background check, drug testing, and are subject to random testing. Compensation includes salary and a full health, retirement, vacation, sick leave and benefits package.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled with special consideration to those submitted prior to 4:00 PM, Friday, September 2, 2022.
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Laurens County Administrative Office, Human Resources Suite, 100 Hillcrest Sq., Laurens, SC 29360


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David Attenborough In His Own Words (Attenborough, David)
David Attenborough discusses his life and achievements in this collection of BBC radio and TV interviews.
Includes interviews with Michael Parkinson on his chat show Parkinson.
Profile, featuring Kathleen Cheesmond
Desert Island Discs, with Roy Plomley
Desert Island Discs, with Sue Lawley
Mark Lawson Talks to David Attenborough
Desert Island Discs, with Kirsty Young
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Bowes Art & Architecture Library
Located on the second floor of McMurtry, the collections, services, and staff of the library support teaching and research in the history and practice of the visual arts, architecture, film, and design. Its 170,000 volumes, including over 500 active journal titles, cover the history of architecture, sculpture, painting, drawing, graphic arts, design, photography, experimental media, performance art, video art, and decorative arts.
Cantor Arts Center
The Cantor Arts Center's diverse collections span continents, cultures, and 5,000 years of art history and include one of the largest presentations of Rodin bronzes outside Paris. Come see a wide range of changing exhibitions and take advantage of docent tours, lectures, gallery talks, symposia, classes, and special events.
Anderson Collection at Stanford University
The Anderson Collection is one of the world’s most outstanding private assemblies of modern and contemporary American art. The collection is a gift from Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson and Mary Patricia Anderson Pence, the Bay Area family who built the collection over the last 50 years. The addition of this remarkable art collection strengthens Stanford’s growing commitment to the arts and the connection between the study, creation and experience of art.
Vice Presidency for the Arts
The Vice Presidency for the Arts (VPA) is dedicated to increasing the visibility and impact of the arts at Stanford. The VPA offers extracurricular and interdisciplinary student programs, public exhibitions and performances, and central resources for navigating the arts within the university.
Institute for Diversity in the Arts
The Institute for Diversity in the Arts (IDA) is an interdisciplinary program in the humanities that involves students in the study of culture, identity, and diversity through artistic expression. Their mission is to create, support, and advance powerful, collaborative, and transformative arts practice and arts leadership.


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Famous Spiry Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Spiry poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous spiry poems. These examples illustrate what a famous spiry poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
by Pope, Alexander
And only vocal with the Maker's praise.
In these lone walls (their days eternal bound)
These moss-grown domes with spiry turrets crown'd,
Where awful arches make a noonday night,
And the dim windows shed a solemn light;
Thy eyes diffus'd a reconciling ray,
And gleams of glory brighten'd all the day.
But now no face divine contentment wears,
'Tis all blank sadness, or continual tears.
See how the force of others' pray'rs I try,
(O pious fraud of am'rous charity!)
by Thomson, James
Perhaps from Norwood's oak-clad hill,
When meditation has her fill,
I just may cast my careless eyes
Where London's spiry turrets rise,
Think of its crimes, its cares, its pain,
Then shield me in the woods again....Read More
by Bryant, William Cullen
...es his speed and faces it again,
To seek the shepherd's hut beside the rushy plain.
The boy, that scareth from the spiry wheat
The melancholy crow—in hurry weaves,
Beneath an ivied tree, his sheltering seat,
Of rushy flags and sedges tied in sheaves,
Or from the field a shock of stubble thieves.
There he doth dithering sit, and entertain
His eyes with marking the storm-driven leaves;
Oft spying nests where he spring eggs had ta'en,
And wishing in his heart 'twas summ...Read More
by Cowper, William
Slides ineffectual down the snowy vale,
And, tinging all with his own rosy hue,
From ev'ry herb and ev'ry spiry blade
Stretches a length of shadow o'er the field.
Mine, spindling into longitude immense,
In spite of gravity, and sage remark
That I myself am but a fleeting shade,
Provokes me to a smile. With eye askance
I view the muscular proportion'd limb
Transform'd to a lean shank. The shapeless pair,
As they design'd to mock me, at my side
Take st...Read More
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After all this time, I finally found the guts to watch the last two episodes of Merlin. Thanks to Tumblr, I already knew what would happen with Arthur and the other characters and how the story ended, so I didn’t know if I could cope with watching it without submerging in a sea of tears and depression.
For a long time, I couldn’t. But today, I did it. I watched and suffered a lot and my brain is still crying and I don’t know what to do. But I guess that “thank you” Arthur said to Merlin in the end was not only from him, but from all of us. Well. I hated that he died and that Gwaine died and that Morgana and Mordred died, but I liked the story, in the end.
Anyway, I wrote a post (in portuguese) in my blog dedicated to the show. It’s mainly for those who have never watched it before, so I try to convince them to do so. But my impressions are in it too. There are no spoilers and I tried to sound funny.
My heart is broken and I’ll never be the same after this show.


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The Upper East Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has reiterated its commitment to ensuring peace and security that will enable all to live and work in freedom in the Region.
It also pledged to work hard to push the development agenda of government forward.
This was contained in a press release from the Upper East Regional Coordinating Council and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Bolgatanga, after REGSEC had held its maiden meeting with the Regional Minister, Mr Rockson Ayine Bukari.
The Council met with the Minister for the first time to debrief him on the state of security affairs in the Region and the way forward.
The release said, “Government and REGSEC would continue to place the security of Ghanaians high on the agenda of development so that people can live and work in freedom”.
It expressed gratitude to the people for helping to keep peace and security in the Region and commended the traditional authorities, religious groups, community and political leaders for supporting the conduct of peaceful and successful elections in December, 2016.
The Council however, entreated the public to recognize that there were still some fragile situations and urged all to restrain from inflaming passions related to chieftaincy, politics and land issues.
It urged the public not to be complacent with the current peace enjoyed but exercise greater responsibility in keeping the peace and called on stakeholders to continue to preach tolerance, unity, forgiveness and brotherhood among all and to acknowledge the importance of peaceful co – existence which was critical in attracting investment into the Region for job and wealth creation.
The Council also assured security agencies of Government’s commitment to enhance the capacity and living conditions of all security officers in the Region through appropriate motivations to enable them give off their best for the nation.
It noted that continuous education and sensitization of the public on the principles and practices of cohesion, and harmony were crucial, saying the appropriate collaboration would be made with stakeholders to deepen it at all levels.
Therefore it promised to organize regular fora to sensitize communities and groups on technical decisions of the security.
In order to get rid of criminals and miscreants, it said the security agencies were mobilizing intelligence on their hide outs and would soon smoke them out of the Region.
Members of the REGSEC include the Regional commanders; Ghana Police Service, Bureau of National Investigation (BNI), Armed Forces, Immigration Service, Fire Service, the Ghana Prison Service and Customs.

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My brother and I had one of those little spools with pegs sticking up. We were taking some kind of weird yarn that changed colours every foot or so and wrapping it round. We knit a little tube, I don’t think we made anything out of it, we were just making a colourful tube. I have no idea how old we were, my brother’s three years younger, it was probably in grade school. My mother did not knit. In the summers, our vacation was over to Pennsylvania to a cabin that a great grandmother had purchased to keep the family together. It worked for several generations, though not really now. An aunt would come over from Washington DC. She was knitting a long strip of white that I think was going to be bandages or something. I don’t think it was during a war, but at any rate she was knitting a thing about 2” wide. She taught me how and I knit about an inch but of course she had to rip it all out as my hands were all grubby and it was not very sanitary looking.
I did a little with needles after college. I don’t think ever in high school. The first garment that I knit was a big white poncho, there was no real pattern, no sleeves. I never really learned how to use the pattern books. I tried a sweater for my husband that came out way, way too large; though a sweater for me came out alright and it actually had a little bit of cable in it. My husband’s two sisters knit and I know the one who lives in Hong Kong does great knitting. She knit garments, hats for poor people in the winter; she knit little toys – little stuffed animals to give away. She felt like she could be of some use to the community that way.
I got into working with wire the way I do because I was a metal smith and when I was at metal school I took a fibres course. We learnt how to set up a loom, several kinds of weave and to deal with colour. We had to choose an off-loom project and I chose macramé, but after my first macramé things like earrings and a necklace I knew that this technique wasn’t good to do as you’re bending the entire lengths of each wire each row when you tie knots. I liked the look of the half-hitched knots on edge, so I started wrapping every wire around a group of other wires and every once in a while bringing an interior wire out. You get it much more crisp and controlled looking but you get a taper as you run out of interior wires. I needed to figure out what to do with the clipped off ends. I was using fine silver as I knew I needed something softer than brass. I’d only started with macramé in brass wire as that was what I had on my bench but that was really hurting my fingers. I hit on the idea that if I had a lot of ends that I clipped off together and hit them with a torch you get a beautiful ball rather than shrinking back. I did a whole lot of pieces that explored all these silver balls. My tutor gave me the assignment to make 2 pairs of earrings a week before I went on to do anything else, not to do a whole bunch of samples. So from late November I made 2 pairs a week until I graduated in August and each week I tried something different. I did twisting, I went through a number of different kinds of braid, I went through flat weaving or plaiting, I tried soumak but I did not knit. By the time I finished up I had gone through a lot of fairly simple kinds of textile processes.
When I started knitting in wire it was in the mid-seventies. I graduated in ’67 so it was a few years later. I had been travelling a lot in ’73 and I had started my exploration of wire work as my project in Grad school. I lived in Taiwan from ’71 to ’73 and I came back to the US through Asia and Europe and I was always looking in museums for historical precedents on wire work looking for pieces that I could afford. I got this slightly broken Tibetan piece (as I say in my lectures, when a piece is broken you can tell more about it), I didn’t know too much about it, and I didn’t know if it was knit. When I traced what a wire does in this system I found that it was a loop and loop, and each time it goes round one row higher and that is the definition of knitting. So the first thing I tried with wire was back to my first experience of yarn and pounding some nails into a spool; but that really didn’t work to my satisfaction. Yarn stretches and then springs back and so gets dense that way. Wire doesn’t do that. It was open, spidery looking, not good looking at all. I noticed that in the Tibetan pieces the loop goes through three loops, three rows back and pulls up a long loop that sticks up beyond the last row, so you get this diagonal. I figured that’s how you get dense with wire, you overlap it. So I tried pre-bending all the loops and then just go round and stick one in, but it wouldn’t go in. I needed something to pull it through so I tried a crochet hook. Even though I’d never tried crochet there were some in my Grandmother’s sewing box that my mother now had. I went and got those, and that worked. That’s how I did my knitted wire. I was corresponding with Oppi Untracht and I asked him if you name a process by the tool or the stitch and he said absolutely the stitch, so I call it knitting.
I was exploring what I could do with these tubes, I found that I could pull the wires out so the loop was a bit bigger and shape the loops. I never went larger like Ruth Asawa did, I kept small; jewellery and little creature scale. I did a series of exploration once I’d found out that it went back three rows, so I did four little tubes, all with six loops, same gauge, same size crochet hook. I went through each row back one, back two, back three and back four rows. I could see how it got more dense in the overlapping of the wires and I liked that. I found that the knitted samples that I’ve seen from other cultures are always three back, not two and not four. I felt that it’s because it gives you the density that you want without problems of counting back. Three your eye sees right away which speeds your work up. Then I thought it would be nice if the whole thing curved. I found that I could just bend it and it would stay there as it was in fine silver so didn’t spring back. I could make it grow back and out, following whatever direction the little loops were pointing in. I thought I would do masses of these and do a Hawaiian hairnet, but it was boring. Knitting is not what I chose to push and explore.
I found twining in about ’74 by looking at baskets that I found in my Dad’s house. Most baskets are made of many short elements and I don’t like to deal with the ends so I wanted to see how I could work with longer elements. When I was looking at a North West coast basket, I was looking at the structure of how it was made (as it was a little broken) so I could see the two weft elements twisting around the warp element which gives a slight slant. I love that slant. Once I found that; from ’74 to now; that’s what I do, I twine. Most of the basket elements that I do use flat elements, strips of bamboo or birch bark. I had made a rule for myself to use only round elements to give me flexibility to work in any direction. To get a flat element which really showed that slant, that angle, I wound two round elements together; after trying both one and not liking it and three and getting twisted up. I stuck with two to get the visibility. That’s been my system since ’74.
The stuff I buy is often broken because it’s cheaper. I’m an artist, I don’t have a lot of money. I’d rather get several samples that aren’t museum quality because I can learn from them. Any sample that I have; first I try to do it how it was done, then I change it and I do it more and less to see what happens. Herbert Maryon’s book on wire had several pages in the middle with examples of twisted wire. I would try what happened if I twisted more and it would break, or less and find it would be not that interesting. I would find out why the example was that way and the rules were as they are. Now, when I’m doing my twining I’m not starting with an example anymore. Quite a few of the major projects have been designed as challenges or something that would teach me something. Can I get the wire to do this? One woven piece early on was with two colours of wire, silver and a magnet wire. I knew that when weavers wove coverlet patterns that they would draw it out on graph paper to show where they float over and where they don’t, where the weft shows and where the warp shows. So I did a pattern woven piece to teach myself how to draft out patterns. When I am twining now, I am either working with form, keeping it plain; or I would do a very simple form where I could play with pattern and use this drafting method.
When I went to Undergrad and Grad school our thesis project had to be technical experimentation. I’m a product of the fifties/sixties when we were learning what we could do with these materials and tools. A lot of exhibitions in the seventies were contemporary American jewellery and I was a wire person so I got into a lot that way as they wanted something of all the different processes. Then there was a shift and suddenly you had to have some kind of deep concept whether it was personal angst or political and that wasn’t me. I wasn’t going to jump on that band wagon and invent a concept. What I like to do is teach myself stuff, each piece still was pushing my abilities. Could I make the little insect look like an insect, could I make the animals read like an animal? Could I actually twine these little pieces so precisely the same that when I soldered them together all the wires lined up? It was still pushing my ability to work with the material.
I’ve done one narrative piece. A fellow called me up and said he wanted to commission a nice piece for his wife now their children had all grown up, the last of the four was getting married and he had had a wonderful life with this woman. I did a bracelet and started out with a series of warps of 20 gauge and a couple of 14 gauge which are bigger wire that represented the husband and wife of the household. I twined back and forth then a little bit later I incorporated a wire that went from narrow up to big that wandered around on top of the woven plane. Then a little later up came another one and then two at once as the third pregnancy was twins. Those wires were all wandering round on top. Then I asked him that now they’re all married and grown up where do they live, and he said that one’s in the same high rise building and one’s around the corner. So all of these wandering wires all came back down and then you had six of these heavy wires making up the household. It was a little story of their family, just going around the wrist. I told him what he was and wrote it down for him so on the rehearsal dinner when he presented the piece to his wife he read this out and she cried with joy. I had a big solo show in 2012 and the museum was trying to borrow back pieces but she wouldn’t let it go. That was really great, I want my pieces to be loved and used.
The last piece I finished was also a concept piece (Choker #96). I was invited to an exhibition of jewellery in the age of Covid exploring how this affected your work. I wanted to participate as friends were running the show but truth be told it really hadn’t affected me much. I’m able to go out and work in the garden, I just ordered my groceries without going to the store. I’m sort of a hermit, I don’t go to movies, I don’t go to clubs. I could still talk to friends over zoom or email. So I was feeling anguished. Then, when January 6th happened, when Donald Trump’s supporters went into into the Capitol and tried to overturn our democracy that really did affect me. The next morning I woke up and I knew what I was going to do. You might say that we were playing with fire. We’d carefully built up our system of government over 200+years and it could so easily be totally ruined. So I carefully twined a section of material, of sheet, and then took a torch to it. My last piece is forms that were sort of floral or leaf like but instead of soldering all the wires down to end it off I just torched it. It was so easy to destroy it; I do have a little junk pile of ones that I torched a little too much. That’s where my work is now.
When I give lectures or workshops I don’t want to produce a lot of clones. I try to show them all the different kinds of things I explored briefly. I’ve not seen someone really go wild with soumak for example. So if someone would want to take that and spend 20 years at it I think they could do something wonderful. You could do that with knitting, especially with wire; look what Ruth Asawa did. Depending on the kind of material that you use, its strength or its beauty; using it for its vibrant colour or its silhouette; a lot can be done. Try to find something that just seems to click with you, each one of us has something different in our makeup that gives patience for some things and not others. My eye does not see colour though I’m not colour blind; I can appreciate colour. My eye always follows line. I was the kid on the block that could always untangle the kite string. I could find 4 leaf clovers because it’s an X in a field of Y, I could find pattern immediately. Try to learn what you’re inborne native strengths are your interests are as you’re going to spend a lot of time at it and then push that.
Mary Hu has won numerous awards for her metalwork and her pieces are in many major collections such as the V&A and the American Crafts Museum. Mary has no modern media accounts, but putting her name in a search engine will give you plenty.

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Focus Jarifa2 Ex Pro eMTB
The Jarifa2 Ex Pro eMTB is a premium hard tail eMTB from German giant Focus. It boasts a plethora of features and performance.
As an inexpensive, top of the range hard tail eMTB, the Jarifa2 Ex Pro is hard to beat on both price and components. Bosch’s Performance CX motor powers the Jarifa, and couples with a huge 500Wh battery. The Ex Pro is ready for anything! It’s 27.5″ Continental X King 2.4″ tyres provide huge amounts of grip on even the toughest surface. They’re light, fast, and give consistent handling at all times. This sturdy and reliable wheel copes with heavy off road terrain, yet is agile enough for canal tow-paths and railway cuttings too.
SR Suntour XCR suspension forks provide a smooth ride on all terrain. The 15 x 110 mm thru axle with quick release makes for easy access wheels. A super light alloy 6061 frame ensure reliable and resilient handling together with a high degree of maneuverability. The Shimano XT Deore 10-speed derailleur provides ultra smooth gear shifting on a Sunrace 11-40T cassette. More than ample for every climb. Shimano hydraulic disc brakes offer powerful and controlled braking actions.
The all new PURION display from Bosch features on the Jarifa2 Ex Pro, and sits unobtrusively on the left-hand side of the handlebar, totally out of harms way. Its large, no fuss crystal clear display is easy to read and provides all necessary information for the rider.
Focus certainly have a real winner in their high spec, ultra-competitively priced hard tail eMTB. Bosch’s most powerful motor is at the heart of the Jarifa2 Ex Pro, and as a result, this 27.5″ eMTB is a great all round performer. Furthermore, the huge 500Wh battery ensures the Ex Pro is an eMTB that’s at the top of its game.


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Playing a dangerous game
If you visit the House of Commons to sit in the public gallery, they hand you a leaflet that emphasises the majesty of the procedure you are witnessing. The ‘mother of parliaments’, it tells you, is the cradle of modern democracy and the gold standard for government of and by the people.
The tone of the leaflet suggests that it’s aimed at foreign tourists, which is just as well, because anybody living in the UK would be well within their rights in reporting our parliamentary mother to social services.
Firstly, to get it out of the way, having a king is plainly at odds with democratic values. Abolishing the monarchy, though, requires more than tweeting #notmyking 23 times a day and buying a Guy Fawkes mask.
You’re paying for him, so until you organise a revolution, he #isyourking.
Similarly, independence might bring a better democratic model for us here in Wales, but we face immediate problems around fundamentals like housing and healthcare that cannot wait for that outcome.
Even in these reduced circumstances, however, we are supposed to have some mechanism for influencing the decisions made on our behalf.
Most of us, of course, never influence Westminster politics with our votes. The first-past-the-post system means that casting a ballot in safe constituencies is largely symbolic. Again though, changing that would be the work of decades.
What I’m addressing here is the system as it is sold to us: the monarchical, Anglocentric, gerrymandered farce of democracy that we are too apathetic to overthrow. How’s that going; on its own terms?
Well, by my reckoning, we haven’t received even the appearance of a democratic outcome to an election since 2005. Tony Blair’s victory that year came with the caveat that he’d finally be handing over the reins to Gordon Brown, because leadership of the nation is the sort of thing decided in an Islington restaurant, rather than a General Election.
At least we knew about that, though. In 2010, after the financial crisis had turned Brown into Admiral Doenitz, we greeted the Conservative/Lib-Dem coalition.
The creation of this government involved the hasty drafting of a programme of government for which nobody at all had voted. Laughably, it included provision for a referendum on electoral reform which David Cameron’s party was not required to support.
2015’s election brought a Conservative majority at the cost of the Brexit referendum which swiftly saw off Cameron. Then we had Theresa May with no mandate, Theresa May with the DUP, Boris Johnson with no mandate, Boris Johnson in coalition with Covid-19, Liz Truss with no mandate, and Rishi Sunak with no mandate.
In the midst of all this, some people clung desperately to the Brexit vote as evidence of democracy enduring. Even for them, though, it must be a stretch.
To keep that show on the road, the UK government has effectively reunified Ireland and created so many vocational exceptions to the restriction on freedom of movement that you could be forgiven for suspecting they’re not quite as averse to immigration as they make out.
All of this means that Keir Starmer’s anxiety to demonstrate caution in the run-up to next year’s election may prove to be reckless in the medium term.
So far, we have had three Keirs. There was the enthusiastic Europhile of Jeremy Corbyn’s Shadow Cabinet, the sensible radical who ran for the leadership, and now the Brexit convert who eschews left-wing economics, cleaves to Government foreign policy and is scaling back commitments on the environment and constitutional reform.
Labour enthusiasts tend to nod and wink that he’ll pivot left again once he’s safely elected. How do they think that will go?
People have been voting for governments that bear no relation to what they offered for nearly 20 years. Brexit not only failed to deliver economic results, but hasn’t satisfied those voters who wanted, for whatever reason, to stem immigration and assert UK sovereignty. Democracy is seemingly divorced from the mechanism of Government altogether.
The starkest UK example of this was the defenestration by the bond markets of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng. Although only tangentially connected to an election result, they did, at least, hold offices of state in a country that claims to be democratic.
Those responsible for their removal, necessary as it was, were faceless speculators.
Abroad, meanwhile, Russia and China have ceased to pay lip service to democracy at all, whilst the ruling families of the Gulf prosper with little internal dissent.
Finally, we face the prospect of Donald Trump returning to power in the USA having openly incited insurrection and baldly promising to override any democratic institutions that hinder his will.
Next year’s general election will, paradoxically, be our most acrimonious, whilst offering the narrowest ideological choice we have ever seen.
Fury will erupt around gender and immigration issues, but the major parties offer no meaningful change to the economic status quo. Democracy has become low-rent entertainment.
Voters get to vent their frustration on carefully ring-fenced fringe issues while the juggernaut of international finance motors on regardless, stripping our public services and administering our lives by stealth.
It may be that democracy has exhausted itself. Perhaps we are too mistrustful and cynical to demand vibrancy from it anymore. But as the Welsh Labour Party prepares to offer its members a choice between two versions of Drakeford Lite, and Keir Starmer surveys the car crash of 2023 Britain only to prescribe an aspirin, they’d be unwise to rely on our apathy lasting forever.
The Trumpish overtures of Reform UK have their own TV channel in GB News and the Tory press at their service once Sunak is defeated. They will be reminding everyone that along with Powellite rhetoric on race, they promise to raise the threshold for income tax to £20 000 per year.
In its wariness, the left across the UK is playing a dangerous game.
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Some advice on what to do with your retirement in lean times from Forbes.
If you’ve lost your job–and the 401(k) plan that went along with it–you may be tempted to put your retirement contributions on hold for awhile. But you shouldn’t. Stop saving for even a few months and it can be tough to get back into the habit, and it can be even tougher to make up for the lost contributions. “Even when you get a new job, it’s easy to tell yourself you can’t afford to contribute right away, or to contribute much, and then you’ll really fall behind,” says certified financial planner Annie McQuilken, founder of Kintyre Financial Advisors in Lexington, Mass. – From Forbes
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By: Cynthia | December 27 2010 | Category: Science History, Science News, Tidbits for Teachers
Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health, an exhibit by the National Library of Medicine |
As we wrap up the old year and ring in the new this week, many of us share wishes for good health, prosperity, and peace with family and friends around the world. It seems like the perfect time to visit the National Library of Medicine’s latest exhibit, Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health. It’s rich with heart-warming stories about the sometimes challenging but rewarding global efforts to improve the health and well-being of all people.
At the online exhibit,
The physical traveling exhibit is scheduled for various sites around the country through May of 2013. Check the schedule to find out if it’s coming near you.


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Large format. Dark blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0091637406. Some light wear to corners. Page edge browning with a few foxspots. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some edge-creasing and a couple of tiny tears.
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THE INGENIOUS MR FAIRCHILD THE FORGOTTEN FATHER OF THE FLOWER GARDEN
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Observer book no. 84. Glazed pictorial boards. With 130 Colour photographs and 12 line drawings. ISBN: 0723216061. Small knock to top of spine. Browning to covers.
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF GARDENS OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND & WALES
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THE LARGER SPECIES OF RHODODENDRON
Written by Peter A. Cox. Illustrated by Margaret Stones.
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Devoted to the larger species of Rhododendron and covering every aspect of cultivation, as well as botanical descriptions. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos & illustrations. Top edge green. ISBN: 0713417471. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Minor foxing to text block and endpapers. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is slightly edge-creased.
Observers Series No. 7. Revised edition. From previous editions, edited by W.J. Stokoe and A. Laurence Wells. Describing over 100 species. ISBN: 0723215332. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut and creased to front flap. Foxing to verso of wrapper spine and a few foxspots to rear panel.
THE HERITAGE OF THE ROSE
Written by David Austin. Illustrated by Susan Cooper-Willis.
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Published by Antique Collectors' Club. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Describes over 900 rose varieties, examines the historical development of the rose, and discusses its place in the garden scene. Large format. Colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 1851490205.
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A WOMAN with terminal cancer who was given just weeks to live over a year ago has published a recipe book to raise money for research.
The Secret Cookbook by Jenny Cooch, from Great Brington, has already raised more than £3,000 for pancreatic cancer research before it is even officially launched.
Mrs Cooch, 61, said: “I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer a year ago, and was given a few weeks to live.
“The fact I’m still here is unusual for the disease. I’m extremely lucky that I’ve got through a year.”
Mrs Cooch has just started her third bout of chemotherapy.
She said: “Pancreatic cancer is something you don’t hear much about and it’s one of the deadliest cancers. I realised there was very little research being done into it.
“Six months ago I thought I wanted to do something to raise money for research into the disease. I was a caterer myself and I’ve always loved cooking, so creating a cookbook seemed the natural thing.
“I went out and collected secret recipes from people – the kind of special recipes people don’t like giving away the secret of. The book has 200 recipes covering all aspects of cooking.”
An official launch for the book is being held at the Saracen’s Head, Little Brington, from 6.30pm on Wednesday, where Mrs Cooch will be signing copies.
Mrs Cooch said: “We’ve also had someone very kindly donate the paper, and someone else made a large donation to fund the printing costs, so every penny goes to charity.
“I thought it might be popular because I know people locally have their favourite dishes from their friends that they want the recipes for, but we’re on our second print run and looking at a third.
“It’s wonderful to see it being so well supported. I’d like to thank Sarah and Duncan at the Saracen’s Head too.”
The book will be available for sale at Great Brington Post Office.