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...world's largest plant collections, and is also famous for its groundbreaking greenhouses. "Gardens of Glass: Chihuly at Kew" runs until Jan. 15, 2006, so visitors can see the huge works embedded in summer's thick foliage, glowing in an autumnal nest of bare twigs or dusted with winter snow. Chihuly has shown in gardens before, but never in Europe...
...successful presidential election and a quiet winter had aroused hopes that the insurgency in Afghanistan might finally be waning. But that was until a recent upsurge in violence was punctuated by a suicide bombing last week that killed 20 people, including Kabul's chief of police, during a funeral procession at the Abdul Rab Akhundzada Mosque in Kandahar. The horrific attack was notable not only for its death toll: the funeral was for Maulavi Abdul Fayaz, a prominent anti-Taliban cleric murdered by suspected Taliban gunmen days earlier, and the bomb?a mixture of explosives and ball bearings?was more...
...world's largest plant collections, and is also famous for its groundbreaking greenhouses. "Gardens of Glass: Chihuly at Kew" runs until Jan. 15, 2006, so visitors can see the huge works embedded in summer's thick foliage, glowing in an autumnal nest of bare twigs or dusted with winter snow. Chihuly has shown in gardens before, but never in Europe. Some pieces are indoors, in the Palm House (built 1844-48), the Temperate House (1860-99) and the 1986 Princess of Wales Conservatory Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade...
...Western states that fire fighters could be overmatched. Last July alone, 40,000 acres were destroyed from eastern San Diego County to Yosemite National Park. This summer, experts say, the destruction could be even worse, with the Pacific Northwest suffering its worst drought in 28 years and record winter rains in the Southwest growing lots of grass, which can fuel flames when the grass dries...
...canal dug through the current athletic fields northwest of Harvard Stadium could manage surface water and provide a place for skating and hockey in winter, according the report. And if Houses are built near the athletic facilities or HBS, the report suggests that Soldiers Field Road could be rerouted underground to allow pedestrians direct access to the river...