Muriel Oxenberg Murphy; co-founder of the American painting and sculpture department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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NEW YORK—Muriel Oxenberg Murphy, the co-founder of the American
painting and sculpture department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
died two weeks ago of cancer, Artnet reports. Murphy, 82, joined the
Met in 1949 and helped establish the department under the guidance of
Robert Hale. In the 1970s, she became known for her New York salon,
which brought together many important literary and art world figures.
She edited the collected writings of the novelist William Gaddis, who
was her companion for more than 20 years starting in the '70s, and a
collected volume of her writing, Excerpts: from the Unpublished Files
of Muriel Oxenberg Murphy, was published in July.
Help The Poor & The Needy People
New Creative Helping Hand In Pakistan Development Organization
Pakistan earthquake affects 108,000 people, half of whom are children
With temperatures dropping, N.C.H.H.I.P is concerned about the urgent
needs of children and women
In Balochistan province, Pakistan, quake leaves children vulnerable
Survivors sit near their collapsed house in Ziarat after a powerful
earthquake hit the south-western Pakistani province of Balochistan on
29 October, flattening mud-walled homes and triggering landslides.
By N.C.H.H.I.P ( NEW CREATIVE HELPING HAND IN PAKISTAN DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATION)
BALOCHISTAN, Pakistan, 30 October 2008 – The death toll from a 6.4-
magnitude earthquake that struck the south-western province of
Balochistan, Pakistan, yesterday has risen to at least 700
The toll is expected to rise even further as bodies are found under
the remains of mud houses that have been reduced to rubble. More than
15,000 mud-walled and timber homes reportedly have been severely
damaged or destroyed.
The quake left between 10,000 and 15,000 people homeless when it
struck the remote area early Wednesday morning – and there seems to be
no respite from more tragedy.
"There have been many aftershocks following the initial earthquake,
and this stops our teams reaching the affected areas," said New
Creative Helping Hand In Pakistan Development Organization Chief of
External Relations, Jamil Bhatti, in Islamabad.
Relief for the most vulnerable
Some 128 schools were partially damaged in the earthquake, many roads
are impassable, health care centres have been destroyed, and food and
water supplies are at risk. As always in such emergencies, women and
children remain the most vulnerable.
The onset of the winter represents another hurdle for relief efforts.
As temperatures drop, particularly at night, many homeless families
are left out in temperatures that are already close to the freezing
point.
Balochistan, located near the Afghan border, is the largest province
in Pakistan but one of its least populated. A 7.5-magnitude quake in
the provincial capital, Quetta, killed an estimated 30,000 people in
1935. More recently, in October 2005, a quake in northern Pakistan
killed 70,000 people and left more than 3 million homeless.
Death Toll Rises from Pakistan Quake
Pakistani rescuers pulled 160 bodies from the rubble of hundreds of
mud-walled homes in the southwestern province of Baluchistan on
Wednesday after a powerful earthquake struck, government officials
said. Photo: REUTERS/Rizwan Saeed, courtesy alertnet.org
New Creative Helping Hand In Pakistan is rushing medical aid and
emergency supplies to isolated villages affected by yesterday's 6.4-
magnitude earthquake in western Pakistan, which killed at least 700
people and destroyed about 1,500 homes in the remote province of
Balochistan.
Your Support Will Send Critical Aid
Balochistan early on the morning of October 29, triggering landslides
that instantly buried hundreds of homes. The initial earthquake has
been followed by at least 20 aftershocks — some as large as 6.2 on the
Richter scale — causing even more damage.
Survivors Struggle in Frigid Temperatures
Temperatures are very low in the region — and even more extreme
temperatures are expected as winter approaches — so the primary
material needs reported are blankets, warm clothes and sturdy tents.
New Creative Helping Hand In Pakistan will continue and expand
emergency assistance while further assessing the population's needs.
Additional medical and emergency support staff is on its way to the
affected area to strengthen the operation.
Your support is critical as we focus our efforts in some of Pakistan's
poorest and most isolated areas.
For Donations:
Account No:-(01-1545234-01) New Creative Helping Hand In Pakistan.
Standard Chartered Bank Abbottabad Branch Pakistan.