FBI Investigates String Of Related Robberies Sep 20, 2008
The first suspect was described as a light---skinned black male, 5'6 to 5'8, wearing a blue ski mask, a blue and white bandanna covering his mouth, a blue sweatshirt, and gloves ... During the robbery, the white male suspect pulled up his mask as he confronted the Loomis driver, which was briefly captured by a bank surveillance camera ... Two male robbers wore body armor under their clothing, masks and gloves, and used duct tape to cover any insignias on their clothing. (WTKR.com, VA)
Estate sale rich in collectibles Sep 19, 2008
Like the hand-made African masks carved from ebony at the turn of the century, Friedman says. You have to be careful of masks, Jackson says, explaining that superstitions surround reusing a mask from a ceremony. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Stop infectious diseases -- Wash your hands! Sep 18, 2008
"Dealing with infectious diseases is a fulltime job for professionals at every hospital, Rothwell said. As the infection control manager, she is the nurse manager who does the surveillance within the hospital, educates hospital staffers on infections control practices, isolation practices, hand hygiene and the like.Blood-borne pathogen practices came into play in the 1980s, she noted, when health care workers found themselves exposed to HIV and some developed AIDS. This came through exposure to... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Ryanair raises outlook as oil price falls Sep 18, 2008
O'Leary's presentation was interrupted by a lone heckler who was wearing only a pair of trousers and a mask and had scrawled "Exposing O'Leary's Lies" on his bare chest. He identified himself as Rob Mack from an environmentalist group called Plane Mad that opposes the growth of airline travel on the grounds it is a disproportionate producer of climate changing-emissions. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
* [ART JOURNAL] Art for the masses? Sep 17, 2008
Kortun pointed out that an artist like Bbrother (who wore a mask at the press conference and will not reveal his real name) does not need shows like the Biennial to bring this works to public notice. In an interview with the Taipei Times, Bbrother said he hoped that by creating works for a museum space, he might bring his work to the attention of a different public. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Newman Is Against Women Singers Sep 17, 2008
If you take the time to listen to the lyrics on his just released record, "Harps and Angels" (his first proper CD in nearly a decade), it's clear why he's been honored with four Grammys, as well as an Oscar for his music for the film "Monsters, Inc." Newman - who supports "Harps" with a rare New York performance Friday at Carnegie Hall - spoke with The Post from his home near LA about the art of timeless American music, staying behind the mask of a song and, of course, how he really feels about... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
DC Universe Online Interview Sep 16, 2008
When you go into the game, that's your mask. I want to make the world where the story makes sense, where new characters, new heroes and villains are coming into the DCU. Our focus was this first step into the game and this universe, making that user experience something that's familiar to fans of the DCU.. (IGN PC Games)
Portraits of Michelangelo over the ... Sep 14, 2008
They are two paintings (one by Giuliano Bugiardini dating from 1522, the other by Jacopino del Conte dating from 1535, see picture no. 1), a medal by Leone Leoni (1561) and the well known bronze bust (circa 1564-66, see picture no. 2) lovingly made by Daniele da Volterra, Michelangelo's favorite pupil, and based on the great master's funeral mask. To the best of our knowledge, only few additions can be made to Vasari's list, notably a watercolor by the Portuguese Francisco de Hollanda, a... (Suite101.com)
Beyond recognition Sep 13, 2008
Real life camouflaged by coiffure, manicure and a war-paint mask ... He has, as Yang's portrait caption says, "in his time, played a clown, a madman, a pirate, a pianist, a count, a drug dealer, a dog, an alchemist; and now he is putting on the mask again, to play a king who dies" ... Here Yang has given us a man masked and unmasked, naked and not naked. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Genius meets genuineness in Missoula Sep 13, 2008
Her Venice and Vivaldi depicts a Venetian canal, bridge and gondolier on the front in oil and a sheet of Vivaldi music with a Venetian mask rendered in paper and acrylic on the back. She even carved the Rialto Bridge of Venice in miniature for the bridge of the violin. (Missoulian, MT)
Other nature: Moose Hill photo exhibit all about perspective Sep 11, 2008
Resembling a shaman s mask, Trophy consists of deer antlers set atop the broken chassis of a toy car. Resting atop a jeweler s anvil, a speckled egg seems about to crack open, releasing a new hatchling. (Medfield Press, MA)
Tricky makes it all look easy Sep 9, 2008
Stereotyped as a tough guy back in his mid-'90s heyday, Tricky has in fact always been something of a softie, and prefers to mask it by importing a feminine touch. "I feel like some of my vocals are from a female point of view," he notes. (Boston Globe)
Will The 'Bare Below The Elbows' Rule For Doctors Cut Infection Rates Or Just Patient Confidence? Sep 9, 2008
Polish surgeon Johannes Von Mikulicz-Radecki (1850-1905) was probably the first to use a face mask and William Halstead (1852-1922) is said to be the first surgeon to use rubber gloves. He commissioned them from the Goodyear rubber company for his theatre sister who developed a skin irritation caused by repeatedly immersing her hands in antiseptic solution. (Science Daily)
CSUN students produce winning Ford commercial Sep 9, 2008
The masked men dip their brushes into the can and suddenly green is everywhere ... "The guys in the mask? That actually was one guy, reproduced over and over," he added ... The gas mask was rented, the coat worn by the male actor (team member Mike Rogers, doing double duty) was on loan and Oneill's own wardrobe was used for the rest of Rogers' costume. (Los Angeles Daily News)
Number of private school pupils at Cambridge University at 27-year low Sep 6, 2008
I can't even begin to mask my contempt for anyone who claims that public exams have not been dumbed down over the past 20+ years. The simplest proof of this is in the contrast between recent GCSE papers and the old O-levels, most of which presented a greater academic challenge than today's A-levels. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Revamped Google Photo Site IDs Faces Sep 3, 2008
One excusable error: it thought a mask in a mural was a face, though for some reason it didn't bother with a couple of real humans in the same mural. "Our face-matching technology works best when a person is looking at the camera," Horowitz said. (CBS News)
Virgin to become Absolute Radio Sep 2, 2008
2 Smooth Radio in London is launching a multimillion-pound marketing featuring well-known album covers being used to mask parts of peoples bodies. . (guardian.co.uk)
* PLANET POP Sep 1, 2008
Recent pictures of Jackson in Las Vegas showed him dressed in pajamas and slippers, and one had him sitting in a wheelchair, wearing a surgical mask. Long-time Jackson family friend and lawyer Brian Oxman said the singer sometimes used the wheelchair to get around unobserved. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
How to swim with (whale) sharks Aug 30, 2008
When the tunnel vision of my dive mask went from great, blue marine habitat to white-spotted shark skin, they were just making it clear: I was in their space ... I grew up splashing around shallow, rocky beaches in Michigan, where putting mask to water is a fruitless exploration of mud and minnows. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Arts and entertainment Aug 30, 2008
The last two artists for the summer are, from Aug. 30 to Sept. 5, Sarah Petite, a painter, and Edward Ned A. Bear, who specializes in mask carving and Native American flutemaking. 151. (Daily Gleaner)
Forced landing Aug 27, 2008
Regular fliers can probably recite it by heart: "The oxygen mask will drop down, pull it down and towards you, fit yours before helping an infant..." ... Experienced airline cabin crews say that in depressurisation situations passengers tend to make two complaints - that the oxygen masks were not working, and that they were not told anything by the crew ... Generally the oxygen flow through the masks is very light, which can confuse passengers into thinking there is something wrong. (BBC News -- UK)
Archaeologists unearth 1,300-year-old mummy in Peru Aug 27, 2008
Flores described the find as "a multiple tomb in which three funeral bundles were found. One has an impressive mask with the human characteristics of a woman." ... The mask has an aquiline nose, narrow lips, large eyes with white iris and round black pupils ... Flores said the Waris commonly attached funeral masks to the mummies of noble women. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Raccoon breaks into judge's office Aug 26, 2008
Paw prints in judge s office spell end for masked bandit ... Now, extradition awaits the masked intruder, a young raccoon ... My theory is, because he had a mask on, he got through security, said Judge Paul W. Bonapfel, a federal bankruptcy judge who reported the crime last week. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Death Race gets the job done Aug 25, 2008
When popular favorite Frankenstein, who wears a mask over his disfigured face, dies, Warden Hennessey (Joan Allen, slumming in stiletto heels) needs someone to wear the mask. Enter former racing champion Jensen Ames (Jason Statham), a hard-working family man with a prison record. (Sunday Paper)
Death Race: Worth a Test Drive Aug 25, 2008
One of the inmates, a masked mystery man known as Frankenstein, is a four-time champion, hence the pay-per-view audience's favorite roadster ... She needs a new guy to put on the mask and slip behind the wheel of the Frankencar. (Time.com)
Louise Bourgeois exhibit reveals two sides of artist Aug 24, 2008
Some commentators have suggested that the so-called "creation myth" - the family drama involving the English nanny - and Bourgeois's subsequent symbol-mongering amount to a sort of mask, an elaborate decoy. There may be some truth to this. (Boston Globe)
Critical View Aug 20, 2008
In Rome tonight, Brutus' mother, Servilia, is distraught on receipt of her son's death mask and invokes a bitter curse on the devious Octavia, which appears to have immediate and amusing results. Meanwhile, Octavia's Jewish toyboy, Timon, becomes involved in a plot to assassinate King Herod. (The Age, Australia)
Trenton's painter Aug 20, 2008
His watercolors don't mask the urban scene but rather illuminate it and incor porate it into the natural beauty of trees, leaves, clouds, shadows and light. He loved New Jersey's capital city, and that love was re turned. (NJ.com -- Times)
New Southbury Tack & Gear Owner's Dream Come True Aug 20, 2008
Hanging on the walls are leather halters, quick release halters, bits, stirrups, saddle pads, Perri's Leather products, Cashel products, Weaver Leather products, treats, chafe-less girths, quiet ride fly mask, Tuff Rider Fly Sheets with or without hoods, quality head gear, comfort ears, which get rid of gnats, and riding gloves. Nearby are a wide range of leg wraps, antiseptic, sponges and gels. (Voices, CT)
Artists set for Bayonne show Aug 19, 2008
"One of my mask sketches came out to be a fish - and I don't even like fish.". MORE BAYONNE. (NJ.com)
Can Webb counter the Manny Effect? Aug 15, 2008
The large, tattooed presence of Jon Rauch was added in July, but that only helped mask the problems of Tony Pena, Brandon Lyon and Chad Qualls in a decent-at-best bullpen. Strikeout artist Juan Cruz also could have an impact down the stretch after missing nearly a month. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Super-size your style with industrial stencils Aug 12, 2008
Mask off the area around the stencil using Kraft paper or newspaper and protect floors with a drop cloth. Use palette knives or paint spatulas to apply paints. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Chinese art market in a bubble? Aug 11, 2008
Jonathan Crockett standing next to a painting by Zeng Fanzhi from his Mask Series. It is estimated to sell between RM3mil and RM5mil at the Sotheby's Oct 5 auction in Hong Kong. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Bush: NKorea has work to verify denuclearization Aug 6, 2008
"I don't have anti-U.S. sentiment. I'm just anti-Bush and anti-Lee Myung-bak," said Uhm Ki-woong, 36, a businessman who was wearing a mask and hat like other demonstrators in an apparent attempt to conceal his identity from authorities. Lee, a pro-American leader who soared into office in February with the nickname of "The Bulldozer," has seen his approval ratings tumble after lifting a ban on U.S. beef imports despite public fears about its safety. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
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However, I have to say, China is a big country, with large population, it is not easy to set up some rules for only small type of people, the government has to apply some strict rules to all the citizens, which might seems to put on an untrust mask. But that might be the only way to ensure the security during the GAME. For the big population like China, of course there will be discontents, but there is no simply way to judge right or wrong. (International Herald Tribune)
Artifacts to effect change Aug 5, 2008
Other items include ivory snow-goggles, an Inuit whaler's pail of ivory and whale baleen, a carved bentwood chest from the Northwest Coast, a Blackfoot warrior's shirt, a Sioux bandolier bag, a Mohawk water drum and a haunting stone mask from the Tsimshian people of the Northwest Coast. It also features five videos on the contemporary life of aboriginal people, including a West Coast potlatch ceremony and an Inuit whale-hunting expedition. (Globe and Mail)
Police in S. Korea fire water cannons at Bush protesters Aug 5, 2008
"I don't have anti-U.S. sentiment. I'm just anti-Bush and anti-Lee Myung-bak," said Uhm Ki-woong, 36, a businessman who was wearing a mask and hat like other demonstrators in an apparent attempt to conceal his identity. Twelve demonstrators were arrested, along with another 12 at an earlier attempted demonstration near the military airport where Bush landed, police said. (Sioux City Journal)
Mystery maven welcomes RV women Aug 4, 2008
Several of the pieces are mask forms created using caribou skin. Governor wants your nominations. (Anchorage Daily News)
'Andy Warhol for the Psychologically Disabled' Aug 3, 2008
The image of a soup tin repeating across a canvas, a row of Elvises, guns drawn, all are classic symptoms, say those who -- His social ineptitude, his linguistic mask of monosyllables, difficulty recognizing friends, all are classic symptoms, say those who. His obsession with the uniformity of consumer goods, his always buying green cotton boxers, all are classic symptoms, say those who. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
At Bayreuth, a 'Parsifal' that revels in its novelty Jul 31, 2008
Postwar ruin, gorgeously imagined, then morphs in the finale into the Bundestag in Bonn, with torpid knights as politicians, and Wag- ner's death mask, projected, floating in a ghostly ether. By this point, it's hardly worth troubling yourself to parse how, precisely, Parsifal - having gone on his quest of sacrifice and knowledge, to return weathered and wise and save the day - serves the metaphor of a reunited German democracy and a refreshed Bayreuth. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Nancy Drew: The Phantom of Venice Review Jul 31, 2008
Remove the Commedia dell'arte mask from this ringleader and close the case. If you've played any of these Nancy Drew games, you'll know the drill very well. (IGN PC Games)
Miley Cyrus' Breakout Bows At #1 But Doesn't Come Close To Lil Wayne's Million Jul 31, 2008
Hell Rell's Black Mask, Black Gloves: The Ruga Edition debuts at #131, thanks to 5,400 scans. Sky Eats Airplane's self-titled offering fills the #172 slot with 4,000 copies snatched up. (VHI.com -- Music News)
New DVDs: 'Tammy Wynette,' 'Steel Trap,' 'Beau Brummell' Jul 30, 2008
"Steel Trap" presents the usual deranged killer, this time in black mask and jumpsuit. His victims are guests at a New Year's Eve party in a high-rise. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Young students try out classes at WSU’s College for Kids program Jul 30, 2008
Amy Pospichal-Heuvlein, 11, paints an art history mask to resemble a Monet painting Thursday at Winona State University during a College For Kids class ... About 300 students entering grades four through nine took classes such as photography, mask making and writing for news. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Holy rock star Jul 28, 2008
A hulking man stands in a field, respirator mask strapped to face, as he jams a power drill into a huge block of brownstone. His finely chiseled features are highlighted by a pointed beard. (Albany Times Union)
Fort Payne, Ala., is scenic, cheap fun Jul 26, 2008
And pack a diving mask and snorkel. The water is clear enough to see the river bottom and see all the finny critters swimming between you and there. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
More of this story Jul 26, 2008
Claudia Parducci's giant gas mask with the word "peace" painted on it is actually a miniature theater wherein visitors can watch a short video called "Breathless." Elizabeth Tremante's painting is in the background ... Claudia Parducci's giant gas mask with the word "peace" painted on it is actually a miniature theater wherein visitors can watch a short video called "Breathless.". (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Tight Three-Way Firestone Indy Lights Championship Battle Coming to Kentucky Speedway Jul 25, 2008
On a road course, you can mask that, you have lefts and rights and different characteristics on the track, so you can break up the rhythm. Basically we have had two top-twos, three top10s and then two top-16s. (WKRC.com, OH)
Stellar results for Christie's mask deep fault lines in market Jul 25, 2008
Stellar results for Christie's mask deep fault lines in market - International Herald Tribune ... Stellar results for Christie's mask deep fault lines in market. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Local designers make art of the old cotton standby Jul 24, 2008
The concept behind Dance Party Massacre, which features tees with images such as a knife through a high-top sneaker and the infamous "Halloween" hockey mask, was cemented during Dakoulas's senior year at the Massachusetts College of Art. In his studio apartment, he hosted screenings of horror movies, followed by dance parties. (Boston Globe)
'Golden Girls' actress Estelle Getty dies Jul 23, 2008
Getty went on to play mothers to , and in "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot," "Mask" and the TV movie "Copacabana.". "She was loved throughout the world in six continents, and if they loved sitcoms in she would have been loved on seven continents," her son, of , , said Tuesday. (New York Daily News)
Cowboys & Indians Magazine Celebrates Willie Nelson: Still on the Road at 75 Jul 22, 2008
Wolf Schneider offers an introduction to seven contemporary Native American ledger artists, Emily Sacher interviews Cherokee mask maker Roger Cain, and Cributor David Hofstede goes on location for the filming of "Mile Post 398," the first feature-length movie produced by Native Americans using an all-Navajo cast and crew. And speaking of movies: Actor Josh Brolin talks about his upcoming role as President George W. Bush in "W," Oliver Stone's bound-to-be-controversial film about the 43rd... (PR Newswire)
There's no place like home Jul 22, 2008
ruins of Mycenae, thought to be where the Mask of Agamemnon was discovered. The next day we visited the ancient theatre in Epidaurus, which is still in use and is known for its astounding acoustics. (The Augusta Chronicle)
TapouT taps into mixed martial arts craze Jul 22, 2008
Started by Mask, whose real name is Charles Lewis Jr., and Caldwell in 1997, TapouT originally sold only on the Web and had reached sales of about $29,000 by 1999. "We were basically just pouring the money back into the business to buy new inventory," Caldwell said. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Masks are highlight in exhibit that lacks focus Jul 21, 2008
Detail of a mask by artist Aakatchaq in her show at Alaska Native Arts Foundation Gallery ... "It still comes out," she says, "no matter what the medium. Her latest work consists of a series of caribou skin masks. The skin "erupts," she says, "into a moving and painful being. (Anchorage Daily News)
It's back to the '60s for a new 'Mad Men' season Jul 20, 2008
His leading-man-handsome face is freed from Draper's nearly constant mask of guardedness. Similarly, his jeans, open-collared white shirt and baseball cap (for his hometown St. Louis Cardinals) are in marked contrast to his character's sartorial style: the Brooks Brothers suits, the wingtip shoes, the sheen of Draper's slicked-back hair. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
The chef with no taste Jul 20, 2008
They burned me so bad I had to wear a burn mask,' he says. The therapy also destroyed his sense of taste. (Guardian Unlimited)
Neighbors briefs Jul 18, 2008
The EWG was instrumental in the purchase and transfer of private land along the flanks of the Elkhorns known as the Iron Mask to the BLM.. This was an effort to preserve the cultural, traditional, and natural heritage of the landscape. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Feature story: A painter's touch Jul 18, 2008
Nearby, a series of intriguing masks from 2007 fills a glass display case ... One mask is done in three finishes: red, terracotta, and yellow ... His artistic sense led him to hollow out the backs, creating the masks. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Eclecticism and calm in 'authentic' Madrid Jul 18, 2008
Wooden shutters with iron clasps salvaged from Calabuig's village outside Madrid mask the windows. One wall of the room is covered by floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, filled with old books, photos, art and sculptures. (International Herald Tribune)
Showdown in Gotham town Jul 18, 2008
Ledger, his body tightly wound but limbs jangling, all but disappears under the character's white mask and red leer. Licking and chewing his sloppy, smeared lips, his tongue darting in and out of his mouth like a jittery animal, he turns the Joker into a tease who taunts criminals (Eric Roberts's bad guy, among them) and the police (Gary Oldman's good cop), giggling while he-he-he (ha-ha-ha) tries to burn the world down. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
GUT INSTINCT: THE SCIENCE OF EAT Jul 17, 2008
WD-50 is a spare, muted eatery filled with high-backed booths and hip music kept murmur-quiet to facilitate conversation and mask my gasps upon spotting prices. Twenty-nine dollars for Wagyu beef with coffee gnocchi. (New York Press)
Review: Zorro in London Jul 17, 2008
Donning the black mask of Zorro, he fights for justice and liberates the people from the tyrannical rule of his childhood friend, Ramon. Zorro is often likened to Robin Hood. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Batmobile Describes Colorful History Jul 17, 2008
"After that it went to the black fastback sedan with a fin on the roof and the mask on the fenders. It sort of looked like a Ford, depending on what reference photos the artists were looking at.". In the 1950s, the Batmobiles' look shifted gears to mimic the popularity of science fiction. (Click2Houston, TX)
Dorm Room Cool Jul 17, 2008
Search the District, Virginia and Maryland. WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- If your college freshman is worried whether they'll fit in, don't worry. (W-USA News, DC)
