The Summer Palace was created in the 1700s as a retreat from hectic city life for China’s royalty. It’s famous for its traditional gardens and numerous temples that punctuate Kunming Lake and Longevity Hill. In fact, Longevity Hill was created out of the...
Commuting, Beijing-style.
The imperial palace housed 24 successive emperors, beginning in the 1400s and lasting through the Ming and Qing Dinasties. With 900-plus rooms (9 is a lucky number in China), 79 halls, and enough room to house 3,000 concubines (aged 13 to 17, and often executed at the...
Not everybody enjoys silly photos quite so much as we do. So we posed like many of the people (especially men) were posing in their photos today. Stern. Authoritative. And not so deep down, FOS.
Deirdre Timmons
An accomplished writer and filmmaker, Deirdre Timmons is a native Northwesterner who leads a busy life between working and spending time with her family. In the spring of 2013, Deirdre was caring for her mother with Alzheimer’s in addition to her normal routine. So when she began feeling tired and forgetful, she chalked it up to her busy schedule, age, and possible early symptoms of Alzheimer’s. It wasn’t long after that she began experiencing regular dizziness, lack of concentration, unexplained weight loss, and extensive bruising. This combination of symptoms seemed odd, so Deirdre sought the advice of her doctor and subsequently began physical therapy for dizziness. When the symptoms worsened, she pursued further investigation.
After MRIs, x-rays, blood tests, a CAT scan, and a brain biopsy, her brain surgeon diagnosed Deirdre with a malignant medulloblastoma brain tumor. Her prognosis: one month to live. That was five years ago.
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