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Getting personal with the St. Petersburg Clay Company
“You have to be taught,” said Sean Manning, St. Petersburg Clay Company owner. “That’s what this is all about, and you have to be willing to be taught and have some fun with it.”
Enter the historic train station, and meet the artists and owners who are helping people get their hands dirty in the world of ceramics. “You have to be taught,” said Sean Manning, St. Petersburg Clay Company owner. “That’s what this is all about, and you have to be will... more -
Tea with dad
Jon Lowndes longed for one last cup of tea with his late father Ian - and found a way to make his dream come true.
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French muck: Is this the new penicillin?
MRSA is the scourge of the country's hospitals, but now the discovery in France of a volcanic clay with miraculous healing properties raises the prospect of a cure for it, and to other dangerous superbugs.
Scientists have discovered a new and highly effective weapon against deadly superbugs like the MRSA sweeping through Britain's dirty hospital wards green French muck.
The dramatic antibiotic success of agricur, a clay made from ancient volcanic ash found near the Massif Central, marks it out as a potential rival to penicillin, the wonder drug of the 20th century. In experiments, the clay killed up to 99 per cent of superbug colonies within 24 hours. Control samples of MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) grew 45-fold in the same period.
The clay has a similar effect on other deadly bacteria tested, including salmonella, E. coli, and a flesh-eating disease called buruli, a relative of leprosy which disfigures children across central and western Africa. It has been classed as "an emerging public health threat" by the World Health Organization (WHO).
.... MRSA is the scourge of the country's hospitals, but now the discovery in France of a volcanic clay with miraculous healing proper... more -
16 Shadows
After feeling numbed by the media as to the reality of war, artist Kathleen Crocetti began a three year project to create a clay figure for every person who has died in Iraq since the war began. Four thousand pounds of clay and 150 volunteers later, she continues to expand the project as more lives are lost.
More information on the exhibition can be found here: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/06/04/18269021.ph... After feeling numbed by the media as to the reality of war, artist Kathleen Crocetti began a three year project to create a clay figur... more
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