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Four legs - and two legs - good There was more to George Stubbs than just horses and riders, says Michael Prodger
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IN 1780, GEORGE STUBBS spent three months with Josiah Wedgwood and
his family in Staffordshire. During the visit, the potter wrote to a
friend: "I find Mr S. repents very much his having established this
character for himself. I mean that of a horse painter, and wishes to
be considered as an history, and portrait painter.''
Poor Stubbs could wish all he liked, but in the popular
imagination, both in his lifetime and posthumously, he was saddled
with his reputation as an equine artist. It is safe to assume that he
would have had mixed feelings about the exhibition that has just
opened at the ...
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The ecologists suggest not using muddy water of Syr Darya.
News Wire article from: Times of Central Asia
; ...ASTANA, March 28, 2009 (TCA) -- Syr Darya river flow in the territory of Kazakhstan...suggested not using the water of Syr Darya river flow for irrigation purposes...regions, located down the stream of Syr Darya and Amudarya rivers, after the use...
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K.Bakiyev suggested directing funds for restoration works in Amu Darya and Syr-Darya basins.
News Wire article from: Times of Central Asia
; ...directing funds of International Aral Sea Rescue Fund (ASRF) for restoration works in the delta zone of the rivers Amu Darya and Syr Darya. The President of Kyrgyzstan stated during the summit of the leaders of the states - founders of the International...
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Kazakhstan -- World Bank supports improvement of environmental conditions, agriculture and fish production in the Syr Darya river basin.
M2 Presswire
; ...agriculture and fish production in the Syr Darya river basin (C)1994-2001 M2...has approved a USD64.5 million Syr Darya Control and Northern Aral Sea Phase...livestock, and fish production in the Syr Darya basin. It will also aid in securing...
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SYR DARYA RIVER TOO POLLUTED TO USE IN KAZAKH IRRIGATION: EXPERT.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News
; ...ASTANA, March 30 Asia Pulse - The Syr Darya river in Kazakhstan is absolutely...suggested not using the water of Syr Darya river flow for irrigation purposes...regions, located downstream of the Syr Darya and Amudarya rivers, and was contaminated...
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WORLD BANK PROCUREMENT - KAZAKHSTAN, SYR DARYA CONTROL/NORTHERN ARAL SEA PROJECT.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News
; ...and Development (IBRD) for the Syr Darya Control and Northern Aral Sea Project...agricultural and fish production in the Syr Darya basin, and (ii) secure the existence...construction of hydraulic structures along Syr Darya and in the delta area, and rehabilitation...
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Kazakhstan launches second phase of the Syr Darya regulation project.
News Wire article from: Times of Central Asia
; ...Launch of the second phase of the Syr Darya river regulation project, aimed...World Bank project manager for the Syr Darya river regulation project and others...been an increase in the capacity the Syr Darya River. Johan Jacob, the head of...
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Compliance and performance in international water agreements: the case of the Naryn/Syr Darya basin.(Report)
Magazine article from: Global Governance
; ...applies this metric to the Naryn/Syr Darya basin, a major international river...the main reservoir in the Naryn/Syr Darya basin, was internationalized in...performance, water management, Naryn/Syr Darya, Toktogul dam. The scientific literature...
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Hundreds of houses flooded in southern Kazakhstan
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...Dateline: ALMATY, Kazakhstan The Syr Darya River has flooded more than 340 houses...evacuated since last week when the Syr Darya flooded several roads in Kazalinski...Almaty. The water level in the Syr Darya River is expected to rise further...
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Uzbek president accuses Kyrgyzstan of raising flood risks
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...releasing too much water into the Syr Darya River, triggering recent flooding...from its power dams higher up the Syr Darya River, one of Central Asia's two...reduce the flood threat along the Syr Darya. Karimov said Kyrgyzstan's "uncontrolled...
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CENTRAL ASIA RALLIES TOGETHER TO TACKLE WATER CRISIS.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News
; ...rivers in Uzbekistan, such as the Zaravshan, Sokh, Syr-Darya, and Isfaramsai contain high percentages of copper...Agency, three major rivers in Tajikistan the Amu-Darya, Syr-Darya, and Vakhsh are of particular concern. Man-made...
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