| Danger comes with the scenery when you live in fire-prone area
Like most of his neighbors in the rugged Malibu hills, Frank Churchill has a healthy respect for Mother Nature. He might be even warier than most. He survived not just this weekend's fire, which surrounded - but ultimately spared - his family's home. As somebody who used to live in Walnut Creek, he also lived through the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 and the Oakland Hills fire of 1991. If he's learned one thing from his experiences, it's that he'll never really be fully ready to face off against nature. "You get smarter and smarter every time. But every time something like this happens, you realize just how unprepared you really are," Churchill said Sunday, standing in his driveway while the remains of his neighbors' homes still smoldered. "We had stuff packed up, and we thought that was what we needed.
Manson Expresses His Expressionism
And it turns out the goth rocker is just as shocking on canvas as in song. At a exhibition Monday night in Moscow, Manson caused jaws to drop as he unveiled his latest works, including "Elizabeth Short: You're Sure You'll Be Comfortable" (a gruesome depiction of a woman with genital-like wounds all over her body), and "Alice" (a nude blonde with a pig emerging from her left breast)."His artworks are just an extension of him," gallery owner Marat Guelman told The Moscow Times. "But they are slower and quieter and more subdued." Of course they are. "Evil Blooms In Watercolor" runs through November 30 at the M&J Guelman Gallery. It's a good idea to visit before having lunch. .
Blake Lewis looks to move beyond `Idol'
Blake Lewis checked an e-mail on his iPhone and gasped. "Rough cut of the video!" he announced, and quickly a half-dozen 19 Entertainment employees gathered around a computer screen at the "American Idol" production company's slick offices above Sunset Boulevard. Lewis watched himself singing in front of a wavy purplish background in the clip for "Break Anotha," the uptempo first single from his first album. "It's good!" somebody volunteered after the video played a second time. "For a rough draft," Lewis muttered. "The effects could be more stylized at the beginning." No, the 26-year-old beatboxer from Seattle is not another just-happy-to-be-here "American Idol" finalist. Given a long-awaited shot at a major label album release with his second-place finish (Jordin Sparks was the winner), he's trying to exercise as much artistic control as possible in the Simon Fuller-created machine.
Kofi Annan: Not that Great
Back then Annan was an immediate role model for millions of children worldwide, in Africa and particularly in Ghana. Not a bad achievement at all for a continent which has been known for all the dark stories of the world. But in the end Annan betrayed us all. Was he an awesome role model? Good but not that great. It was always going to be difficult for any Secretary General to deal with the Bush administration's defiance of the United Nations. But Annan's own indulgence or rather over indulgence with the American regime right from the start set him up in a tight position. Even before Annan was pro-American he was American. Nobody likes to admit it but I'll say it: Annan was a puppet of the United States. To date his opposition to the Iraqi war-though apparently his nemesis-stands as the most decisive decision he took as a leader.
Art Institute the place to get 'Hurt' this weekend
Rebekah Jacob MODERN and the Art Institute of Charleston present a night with artist Donna Hurt in celebration of the recently installed colored photography exhibition "Nobody Home." The reception will take place Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the new gallery at the Art Institute of Charleston, 24 North Market St. " 'Nobody Home' portrays the damage to the New Orleans community after hurricane Katrina, and in a broad sense, addresses community development in the shadow of tragedy, says Jacob, who is curator of the exhibit. "Six weeks after Katrina, Hurt returned to New Orleans, and the car ride from the airport to the city transported her into another world of lifeless gray debris. Being witness to the monotony of decay, rot and mud overwhelmed her senses. Out of necessity, her eyes began to seek out any color in the bleakness.
Missed field goal and opportunities bury Birds
The quarterback had time for one more play and completed a 13-yard pass to Brown, who managed to get out of bounds at the Giants' 39, setting up Akers' field-goal attempt. Akers missed what would have tied the longest field goal of his career, but nobody blamed him for this defeat. Nobody blamed the officials, either. "It's one of those things that if you don't execute early, you don't want to let the games fall into the hands of the officials," Avant said. "That play was huge, but we had a lot of opportunities that we didn't capitalize on. It's a classic example of not executing early." For the fourth time this season, the Eagles scored a touchdown on their opening drive, going 68 yards on six plays with McNabb completing all three of his passes, including an 18-yard touchdown to Westbrook.
FDA: Tattoos come with health risk
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration advised consumers Friday to think about health and safety concerns before getting tattoos, as it launched its own study of issues involved in the ancient body-art technique.
As tattoo popularity grows, so do concerns about potential risks, the FDA said in a statement. The potential to transmit infections through unsterilized needles has been known for years. Fewer investigations have looked into health effects linked to tattoo inks, which now will be an agency focus.
Michael Fenn, owner of Body Designs, a tattoo shop in Bay Shore, said he wonders why the FDA has developed a sudden interest in tattoos.
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