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How I Became a Dove Girl (in Life)
I'm no cover model, but this ad campaign I joined. By Shannon Melnyk Published: August 24, 2007 TheTyee.ca Last year was my grandmother's 90th birthday. As a homage to her, I had a photo taken in the garden green raw silk dress she wore over 50 years ago, when she was my age. She was my model for beauty, back then a woman had an ensemble. Matching, fitted, very Jackie-O with a Ukrainian prairie twist. She was a poor farmer girl whose solution to pale cheeks was mischievously kissing her two fingers with freshly painted lips and spreading the love to her naked apples. I still see her in my mind's eye giggling as she passed along her secret to my mother when she was still in ponytails, and then to me. This morning I found myself dabbing my cheeks as I have been every day for almost 37 years.
Energy, textile drive shares to new high
BEIJING -- China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index has broken the 5,300-point mark for the first time on Monday after hovering at a high level over expanded turnover in the morning session to 5,317.44 points, up 98.61 points from previous close. The Shenzhen Component Index covering China's smaller stock exchange rose by 297.28 points from Friday's close to 18,169.39 points. Dealers attributed the parallel rises to market confidence following the weekend report on tightened overhaul of securities companies by regulators and the absence of sell-off. Vice President Xi Xiaoming of the Supreme People's Court of China was quoted by the Caijing Magazine on Monday that law markers were deliberating upon the revision of the Securities Law, requiring those who engage in insider trading and price rigging to bear civil responsibility.
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