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Lisa Bonchek Adams In Sickness and in Health What Is It Like for a Mother to Read Her Daughters Blogs About Stage IV Cancer
My mother, Dr. Rita Bonchek, is a psychologist who specializes in grief and loss. A career discussing death and dying, however, was insufficient preparation for hearing the words, "Mom, I have metastatic breast cancer." Mom and I have reacted very differently to the news of my stage IV cancer. I was online within days writing posts about the steps I was taking. I wrote immediately ...
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Danish designer finds inspiration in Ashanti empire
In their pursuit of an African voice, designers are often left stuttering when it dawns on them that simply being drawn to the continent, without substance, isn't quite enough. The mass clamour about how "so-and-so was inspired by Africa", together with a confusion between east and west African cloths and the question of whether it is a country or a continent, only adds to the ...
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Van Gogh takes on DiCaprio
painting style of the artist, so we don't just see photos harshly sutured on to paintings; in the portrait of Van Gogh as DiCaprio, the actor's face appears to have been painted in thick brushstrokes.This is the latest in an apparently boundless gallery - or, if you prefer, a bottomless pit - of online remakes of great art. You may remember ...
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Chapman brothers to film adaptation of The Marriage of Reason and Squalor
Art of the new ...Jake and Dinos Chapman will fund their film of The Marriage of Reason and Squalor using art world sources. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the ...
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Amelia Earhart - picture of the day
A photographic highlight selected by the picture desk. On this day in 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. She had meant to fly to Paris but bad weather and mechanical problems forced her to land in a field near Londonderry, ...
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Chuck and Smash stars head to Broadway
Levi, who will be in the film "Thor: The Dark World," follows fellow "Churck" alum Yvonne Strahovski to make his Broadway debut. She made a strong impression in the Lincoln Center Theater revival of Clifford Odets' "Golden ...
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Smartphones take center stage in two-factor authentication schemes
reviewed last year , but there are less expensive options that could also be easier to install. That's where two-factor authentication services come into play. Years ago, vendors came out with hardware-based two-factor authentication: combining a password with a token that generates a one-time code. But toting around tokens means that they can get taken, and in a large enterprise, hard ...
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Game of Thrones live chat
You got your "Game of Thrones" fix last night – but now you have questions or comments about the show. Starting at 12 PM ET, Game of Thrones ...
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Seattle Opera stages Wagner singalong on May 22
Seattle Opera invites the public to celebrate composer Richard Wagner’s birthday (and get ready for the "Ring" cycle) with a singalong, a costume contest, cake and other fun on May 22, ...
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Xbox launch Tuesday highly anticipated
It's almost time for a new Xbox. Eight years have passed since Microsoft unveiled the Xbox 360, double the amount of time between the original Xbox debut in 2001 and its high-definition successor's launch in 2005. With the next-generation Xbox expected to be revealed Tuesday, anticipation for the entertainment console's latest evolution is running high. "People get excited ...
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Halifax musicians rally behind guitarist Rick Edgett
A group of Halifax musicians are fundraising for local guitar player Rick Edgett, who's dying of cancer. Edgett was a member of a Halifax band called Pepper Tree in the 1970s. The guitar player went on to work with a number of well-known musicians. "He recorded with a lot of local artists like Doug Mallory, Frank MacKay and Ken Tobias. He was a session musician with the Doobie ...
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Jolie to play her mom in biopic
Angelina Jolie is set to celebrate the life of her late mother Marcheline Bertrand by portraying her onscreen in a planned biopic, according to U.K. reports. The Hollywood beauty is working on the project with her fiance Brad Pitt, who is said to be producing the film through his company Plan B next year, reports the Sunday Express. Details surrounding the movie are scarce, but it is likely to ...
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Rolf Harris Returns To Stage After Arrest
Entertainer Rolf Harris has performed his first live show since his arrest over historical sexual assault claims, and thanked fans for their ongoing support. The artist and broadcaster addressed the crowd at the event in Bristol on Saturday. He said: "You've no idea what this means, for you all to turn up with such support and such enthusiasm." The 83- year-old Australian ...
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VW tops the weeks CD reviews
Vampire Weekend Modern Vampires of the City "I’m not excited," worries VW frontman Ezra Koenig. "But should I be?" That’s up to him. But fans of the NYC indie-rockers have ample reason to be thrilled about their third release. While rooted in the perky, meticulous cleverness that typifies their sound, the Big Apple-themed disc ventures beyond that musical ...
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Ang Lee Graces Taiwan Cinema Party
TAIPEI, TAIWAN--(Marketwired - May 20, 2013) - Drawing more than 500 people, Taiwan Cinema Party held at Plage Royale in Cannes Film Festival on May 18 was a successful ...
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IACAD organises lecture on Arts and Educational Skills
WAM DUBAI, May 20th, 2013 -- Dubai's Islamic Affairs '&' Charitable Activities Department (IACAD) organised a lecture by Dr. Yousef Al Badr from Kuwait on "Arts and Educational Skills". Aisha Al Kash, Head of the Education and Religious Guidance Department, stated that the lecture, which was organised and supervised by the Department of Religious Consultations and ...
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Guardian Books podcast Rick Gekoski on First Editions Second Thoughts
As Sotheby's prepares to auction first editions of books annotated by 50 top authors, curator and antiquarian book-dealer Rick Gekoski explains how he got all the greats to join in - and some of the secrets they ...
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Pieces of me writers and artists share their favourite photographs – in pictures
Steve Pyke remembers photographing his children every day of their lives, Grayson Perry explains why digital took the fun out of his photography, and Katie Mitchell cherishes pictures taken before she was born ...
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Photography - share your most precious photo
writers and artists to tell us about what photography means to them , now we’d like you show us what it means to you. Share with us your most precious photograph with a line to tell what or who we are looking at and why the image is so special to you. It might be easier than ever to snap and share the moment using phone cameras and social media, but if you were to choose just one ...
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Cannes 2013 day 5 in pictures
Inside Llewyn Davis Production year: 2013 Country: USA Runtime: 105 mins Directors: Ethan & Joel Coen Cast: Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, Oscar ...
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Carla Bruni Talks About Reviving Her Musical Career Live-Streams Her New Album
Now that Carla Bruni is no longer France's First Lady, she might have expected the spotlight to be back on her music career with the release of her fourth album, Little French Songs. But her husband, Nicolas Sarkozy, is once more in the headlines, under investigation for financially taking advantage of France's richest woman as he thinks of running for president again. Bruni talks to ...
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Back to the lost garden
A poster for the musical The musical The Lost Garden will receive its world premiere in Shanghai. Adapted from the short story The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde, the production was developed over five years by South Korean director and musician Soh June-young and his creative team using suggestions garnered from 266 people in 26 countries. The result is a magical journey in which Wilde's ...
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The Syngenta photography award 2013 – in pictures
the winner of this year's Syngenta photography award, for his work documenting a stunning isolated region in the Icelandic Western Fjords. Here is a selection of the finalists' images, each on on the theme ...
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The power of photography
We take thousands of pictures nowadays, but do we still cherish them? We asked writers and artists, including Grayson Perry and Mary McCartney, to pick a shot they treasure - and tell us the role photography has played in their ...
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Visa violators stage sit-in to stay
Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest won this year’s Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune ';Only Teardrops,'; despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine. Juries and television viewers across Europe awarded the barefoot, ...
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Copenhagen leading the eco-charge
Copenhagen has, for many decades, been an extremely influential city in world affairs, most notably in the realm of environmental management and conservation activities. It is in Copenhagen that world leaders meet to agree on eco-friendly policies at the famous Copenhagen Accord, and the city will host mayors from around the world at the Copenhagen Summit. So what is the extent of the city’s leadership on such issues?
Copenhagen has long been considered one of the most environmentally friendly cities in the world. In 1973 Denmark was the first country in the world to implement a national Environmental Law, and this paved the way for a strong combination of national and municipal legislation aimed at limiting the cities carbon footprint. Read more
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