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Alpaca News
Old MacDonald Had ... an Alpaca? (Washington Post)
Bleak economy among factors driving livestock producers to drastically cut, overhaul operations.
Martin Wainwright: Jilted by Victoria & Albert (Guardian Unlimited)
The Victoria & Albert museum has been a terrible flirt in the last few years, breaking hearts in suitor cities across the English regions. Take care then, Blackpool , the latest town to step out with the overloaded London treasure house. It might be worth sitting on Bradford's knee for a little cautionary advice. The Yorkshire city, perceived as down on its luck at the time just as ...
U.N. declares 2009 International Year of Natural Fibres (Bangor Daily News)
Happy new year. This is the year to keep the fleece. The General Assembly of the United Nations has designated 2009 as the International Year of Natural Fibres.
Warming to fashion (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Scarves are a hot fashion accessory.
Old MacDonald Wouldn't Recognize This Farm (Washington Post)
Jim Moore has slowly sold off the animals that once made up his St. Mary's County farm. First went nearly all of his 30 hogs. Then, late last year, he got rid of 17 of his 30 cows. In their place are more than two dozen long-haired alpacas, reminders that difficult times have forced him and other...
The Saturday Morning Post (DCist)
Although it often comes second or third in the news listings of current major world crises, the global food crisis has had profound effects on the way that we eat. The nation's corn crop has been diverted from livestock feed (and human food) toward ethanol production. Wheat from the nation's breadbasket — an important symbol for America, and once a source of food for the entire world ...
Rob 'pacs' in successful double (Hartlepool Mail)
A GO-AHEAD dad has knitted a double career for himself – as a theatre show director and the boss of an alpaca farm.
The English language is going to the dogs (The Japan Times)
On Friday nights, I teach private English lessons to five people and three dogs. The dogs are good students: They are very quiet and never bark or interrupt. They always come to class well-groomed, wearing smart looking T-shirts and dresses. Absenteeism is rare, with just one absence due to a veterinary visit. For the most part, the dogs sleep right through class, making it similar to teaching ...
Fashion Forward: Sift through the closet of a 'Shopaholic' (USA Today)
This week: Bluefly helps you re-create the looks of Rebecca Bloomwood, on-screen shopper extraordinaire
Killer dog mauls lambs in four month death-spree (Daily Liberal)
A suspected part-dingo has savagely mauled 300 lambs and injured many more to the horror of a local landholder who is now thousands of dollars out of pocket.
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