At the Library: Brooks offers Halloween fun for all ages Oct 30, 2009
Similarly, many people this year are turning to home-made costumes, or opting for face paint instead of a more expensive rubber mask. The library can help in this area as well. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
* Sarkozy junior following in dads footsteps Oct 25, 2009
A man wearing a mask of French President Nicolas Sarkozy joins a Pre-Revolutionary France Revival protest by the Sauvons les riches (Rescue the Rich) association near the Hauts-de-Seine region general council on Friday in Nanterre, France ... Outside the building, activists wearing powdered wigs, aristocrats feathered hats and Jean Sarkozy masks, rallied to denounce his stellar rise. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Breast cancer awareness group launches calendar Oct 25, 2009
Dyed-in-the-wool revelers will want to try their hand at creating a mask for Friday's Halloween Masked Ball. There will be a $1,000 cash award for the best mask ... Even the worst mask will win $500. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Leaders weigh in on gift options Oct 23, 2009
Anne Tamalavage (freshman - geobiology) tries on a mask at Gift Adventures, 137 E. Beaver Avenue, on Thursday evening. The local store is one of two that students can visit to get their Halloween costumes this year. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Only dummies poach Oct 23, 2009
A piece of two-by-four created shoulders, a hot glue gun attached gloves at the end of shirt arms, and kept a pair of glasses attached to a mask. Twine connected a pair of boots to pant legs, and she used any spare pieces of clothing, rugs and towels, to provide stuffing. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
McFadden exhibit mixes and matches perfectly Oct 22, 2009
McFadden audaciously groups her own 1978 Pendant (Archaic Ax), a gold-dipped, hand-forged brass number that resembles an inverted mushroom, alongside a gold, fourth-century Colombian death mask and a pair of 17th-century Tibetan turquoise earrings. They come together perfectly: The gold forms gently echo one another, as do the dangling shapes of the pendant and the earrings. (Boston Globe)
In Exhibit, Louis XIV Makes Great Return Oct 21, 2009
An 1665 marble bust by Italian master Gian Lorenzo Bernini shows the king, his rough features smoothed into an idyllic mask, his eyes locked in the coolly appraising stare befitting an absolute monarch. Still, the exhibit goes well beyond the idealized image, tracing Louis XIV's physical evolution from a child king with a shock of blond curls to a decrepit, toothless old man. (CBS News)
Dia de Los Muertos celebration set Nov. 1 (264) Oct 20, 2009
A mask-making workshop, taught by Susan Heeringa Pieper, will be held this Saturday, Oct. 17, from 9:30 to 12:30 p.m. at the center, for those who wish to create a personalized mask honoring a loved one or a member of Sonoma's rich heritage. Then on Sunday, Oct. 18, Rachel-Anne Palacios will teach an altar adornments class from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at SCC where people will learn to make folding paper that includes flowers, butterflies and other objects containing personalized messages within the... (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
I am a card-carrying Pollyanna Oct 20, 2009
"Fine," she heavy-breathed through her mask. "You can skip bookkeeping and shorthand but you'll still learn to type and blow up planets*.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Stitch for a niche Oct 17, 2009
Kelley's costumes and masks are part of the store inventory. Material, a mask, ribbon and pattern sit on one of two sewing tables used by Stacey Kelley to create her hand-crafted costumes in Coos Bay ... Hand-crafted costumes and masks mix in with the other merchandise at The Mossy Rose. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
The diagnosis? Hypochondria Oct 15, 2009
In the wake of Freud, however, hypochondria seemed merely to mask more deeply seated neuroses ... This latter theory - that hypochondriacs are too well attuned to bodily sensation and mistake normal feelings for morbid ones - was overtaken by Freud's conviction that hypochondria masked another neurosis: melancholia, narcissism, even homosexuality. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Ana Tzarev Gallery Presents Grace of Africa Oct 15, 2009
The exhibition also includes a group of paintings of African masks which Ana Tzarev interprets in a two-dimensional abstract style, capturing the individual spirit of each mask. Starvation, genocide and AIDS plague the continent of Africa, and many people struggle with the consequences of these trials. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
NSW planning Oct 14, 2009
A lobbyist register will not curb the corruption it will simply mask it and make the legislators feel good about themselves. Capping donations. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
READ MORE: Meet the characters Oct 13, 2009
"I've always like the power of the music and also the epic storytelling of the lyrics and the insane visuals on the album covers. They are really uninhibited. They never worried about, 'Do these mythologies go together? Is it awesome-looking and cool? Can I put a gas mask on a Druid?' Yes.". READ MORE. (USA Today -- Life)
James Wood on Lydia Davis Oct 12, 2009
ve tone is often revealed to be a mask, a public fiction, behind which a person is flinching. What is omitted or suppressed becomes highly charged, and the hunger strike of the spare, lucid words on the page can take on a desperate aspect. (New Yorker)
Great Pumpkin Festival is Saturday at Gregory Park Oct 11, 2009
Crossing Arts Alliance/Flip Side will offer mask making, sidewalk art, haunted landscape crafts and creative creatures crafts. The Deerwood Lakes Lions Clown Club will have clowns roaming the grounds and making balloon art. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
* France agrees to return Egyptian relics Oct 11, 2009
Hawass also cut ties with the St Louis Art Museum after it failed to answer his demand to return a 3,200-year-old golden burial mask of a noblewoman. Hawass also wants the return of the bust of Nefertiti X wife of the famed monotheistic Pharaoh Akhenaten X and the Rosetta Stone, a basalt slab with an inscription that was the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Readers:The Aztek wins Oct 10, 2009
I asked the person at the Avis counter if they gave me a mask with it. She was perplexed until I explained that I didn't want to be seen in it, writes boto. (MSNBC -- Business)
Trick 'r Treat DVD Oct 10, 2009
Tying all these stories together is a little figure in a round, burlap Halloween mask who makes increasingly menacing appearances throughout the film ... At once cute and subtly threatening, the reveal of the true face underneath the mask is one of the best and most horrible moments in the entire film (a moment that is unfortunately spoiled by the DVD cover). (IGN FilmForce)
Climate change is making us sick Oct 9, 2009
The Government has not justified why Australia is departing from the international standard, could it be a statistical ploy to mask the real achievement made by Tasmania that is normally the target not the hero for the environmental movement. Cinders | Tasmania - October 09, 2009, 10:00AM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Egypt severs ties with Louvre over artifacts Oct 8, 2009
He took a similar step against the St. Louis Art Museum after it failed to answer his demand to return a 3,200-year-old golden burial mask of a noblewoman ... In one of the most acrimonious fights, Hawass has repeatedly requested the return of a 3,200-year-old golden mask of a noblewoman from the St. Louis Art Museum and has since cut ties with the museum and called on people to boycott its collection. (Florida Today)
New coffeehouses bring a taste of West Coast culture Oct 7, 2009
With single-origin, it s harder to mask defects, but you can bring out lively, more complex flavors, he says. He has a Marzocco machine that is almost fully manual. (Boston Globe)
Scientists Try to Debunk Shroud of Turin Oct 7, 2009
The cloth was then placed on a student, who wore a mask to reproduce the face, and rubbed with red ochre, a well known pigment at the time. The entire process took a week, Repubblica said. (CBS News -- Sci/Tech)
Get into autumn and Halloween at Eleanor’s Home & Garden, owned by Eleanor Chandler. Skinny Leg Figures by Lori Mitchell are among the favorites. Photo by Ellen Sussman | Special to the Green Valley News Oct 7, 2009
Boys can play pirate as Captain Hook, cowboy, solder and skeleton (complete with sound chip) and add a half- or full-face mask ... Plan on a night of haunted fun, games, surprises and guessing who s inside that fun costume or behind that scary mask. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Behind the lines Oct 5, 2009
Page last updated at 19:59 GMT, Sunday, 4 October 2009 20:59 UK. Secret agents' memorial unveiled. (BBC News -- UK)
'My own woman' Oct 5, 2009
Gas mask bra traps Ig Nobel prize. Flash moves on to smart phones. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Stars make refugee cash protest Oct 5, 2009
Page last updated at 03:32 GMT, Monday, 5 October 2009 04:32 UK. Actors, authors and screenwriters have signed the letter. (BBC News -- UK)
Flaherty: Good-bye to the summer of 2009 Oct 4, 2009
Practically all of the people shown in the newscast had white masks covering their mouths and noses ... Some people maintained that wearing white masks and preparing for the worst was an excellent way to practice for a national emergency ... The practice of wearing masks reminded some older Americans of how, as children, they were taught to get under their desks in the event of a nuclear bomb explosion. (Medfield Press, MA)
Preserving the faces of the Holocaust Oct 4, 2009
Shine and Lyon are among dozens of Holocaust survivors from across the country who have let Sutz create three-dimensional life masks of them - masks that will serve as another form of documentation to the murder of Jews by the Nazis ... "My documentation is a little bit different," said Sutz, 79, who has completed the masks and heard the stories of 62 survivors, with dozens more interviews planned ... With each mask, Sutz - whose father's family perished in Auschwitz and Treblinka - does a video... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Children Need Seasonal Flu Vaccine, Experts Say Oct 2, 2009
Meanwhile, a new study published early in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that surgical masks are just as effective as respirators at protecting hospital personnel from infection with the flu. The study included 446 nurses at eight hospitals in Ontario, Canada, who were randomly assigned last fall to wear either a surgical mask (225 nurses) or a fitted respirator (221 nurses), which they were to use when caring for patients with respiratory illness and fever ... 6 percent)... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Stars donate to Darfur aid sale Oct 2, 2009
Gas mask bra traps Ig Nobel prize ... Gas mask bra traps Ig Nobel prize. (Yahoo News -- Philanthropy and Volunteerism)
Deaf audiences can 'see' dialogue Oct 2, 2009
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Hirst 'gives up pickled animals' Oct 2, 2009
Page last updated at 11:27 GMT, Thursday, 1 October 2009 12:27 UK. Hirst 'gives up pickled animals. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Full Story » Oct 2, 2009
AMORC Unmasked Explores Secrets Of Mind Control Cults - Yahoo ... AMORC Unmasked Explores Secrets Of Mind Control Cults ... After chronicling his 24 years of subjugation to a Mind Control Cult called AMORC (the Ancient and Mystic Order of Rosae Crucis) in a book called The Prisoner of San Jose, Pierre S. Freeman now exposes more details of its secret, hypnotic protocol in a new book, AMORC Unmasked. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
AMORC Unmasked Explores Secrets Of Mind Control Cults Oct 2, 2009
After chronicling his 24 years of subjugation to a Mind Control Cult called AMORC (the Ancient and Mystic Order of Rosae Crucis) in a book called The Prisoner of San Jose, Pierre S. Freeman now exposes more details of its secret, hypnotic protocol in a new book, AMORC Unmasked ... "It is hard for people to understand the depths of my anger," says author, Pierre S. Freeman, "I literally lost my soul for over twenty years. Although my last book talked a great deal about the effect of Mind Control... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Boarding Mount Mayhem Oct 1, 2009
"It's a huge adrenaline shot. You forget everything in the world, it takes away your stress and worries," said the 22-year-old from under his red ski mask. Walking up the madness mountain. (iAfrica.com)
Costumes from 'The Lion King' musical donated to Smithsonian Sep 26, 2009
Costumes from The Lion King, including Simba's stylized lion mask and headdress, were donated to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History which will display them in its Broadway exhibit ... On Thursday, museum officials are accepting Simba's mask and the costume for tribal shaman and show narrator Rafiki to be placed in the entertainment history collection. (USA Today -- Travel)
Rogers Ramblings Sep 22, 2009
You wear a mask and it forces air into your lungs to keep you breathing non-stop ... Part of the study requires you to wear a mask and use a C-Pap machine ... The mask is not unlike that you see worn by fighter pilots in the movies. (Alva Review Courier, OK)
Lady Dai tomb among richest finds in China history Sep 19, 2009
Her family wrapped her in 22 dresses of silk and hemp, bound her with nine silk ribbons and covered her face with a mask. All the clothes filled the coffin and it was perfectly sealed, keeping air out. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Fine, Call Me An Elitist Sep 18, 2009
When I see a headline like "", I tend to follow the written instructions, which in this case meant digging up " that inspired Ann Powers. I'm billing the LA Times for the dental work to fix my newly popped cavities, right after I put Sticky Fingers on my turntable to wipe out the memory of this travesty. Now, I don't hate everything that achieves a certain level of popularityI'm a fan of Lily Allen and think Beyonce's a pretty good singerbut I'm still an adherent to the old-fashioned... (Slate)
Highlights of the annual Tamejavi Festival Sep 18, 2009
Headlining artists: Bay Area musical group Rupa pril Fishes, the Iranian dance group Ballet Afsaneh, poet ShadoKat, Palestinian hip-hop artist Abeer, Mexican mask maker Alejandra Vera and two members of the dance group Urban Bush Women. Theater highlight: Devoya Mayo and Stephen Mayu's "Semblance: Notes from the Promised Land" (4:30 p.m., Bonner Auditorium, Fresno Art Museum). (Fresno Bee)
Memo to Dems: Spare Us the Phony Wilson Outrage Sep 16, 2009
So please, Democratic high officials, spare us the phony sanctimony in your transparent attempt to mask your own policy outrages, about which the public has been awakened and duly mobilized. Mr. Limbaugh is a nationally syndicated columnist and author of , and. (Human Events Online)
West outburst rains on Swift's MTV parade Sep 14, 2009
Lady Gaga - who arrived at the show wearing a gold mask right out of "Phantom of the Opera" and Kermit the Frog as her date - gave a typically eccentric performance of her song "Paparazzi.". Beyonce and Lady GaGa led all artists with nine nominations each. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
MTV Video Music Awards: List of video music award winners Sep 14, 2009
Lady Gaga - who arrived at the show wearing a gold mask right out of "Phantom of the Opera" and Kermit the Frog as her date - gave a typically eccentric performance of her song "Paparazzi.". It started off with Lady Gaga dressed in white, on the floor, and seemed to recall Madonna's famous VMA wedding-dress performance. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Taylor Swift Light Up 2009 VMAs Sep 14, 2009
" She strutted to the edge of the stage and was joined by her two dancers for the signature "Ladies" shimmy. Echoing the , B, now surrounded by more than two dozen dancers wearing similar, though less bejeweled, gray unitards, did the signature hand flops, karate punches and hair flips that made the video one of the year's most striking clips. Speaking of striking, , played their new single, "Uprising," to a sweaty crowd of 700 of their biggest fans. The rousing glam-opera call to victory,... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Lady Gaga's Shocking 2009 VMA Fashion Choices Sep 14, 2009
From a gold neck brace to a white head-wreath, we give you a rundown of the 'Poker Face' singer's interesting outfits (VHI.com -- Music News)
Fashionable and ethically correct Sep 10, 2009
The models attire will also include body paint, copper masks, and metallic cuffs, and even chunks of cotton from the Boott Cotton Mills Museum in Lowell, which has working power looms ... In addition to cuffs, neckpieces, pendants, and earrings, Schwartzman, a metalsmith, has a fondness for masks, which she began making as a student at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design ... Among the masks that she s lending to the Fashionably Fair show, the one named Ghost is the most visually... (Boston Globe)
AP News in Brief Sep 10, 2009
Dressed in a hospital gown, he wore a surgical mask over his mouth and nose and a traditional embroidered cap ... Al-Megrahi was rushed to the hospital 11 days later, and TV images at the time showed him breathing through an oxygen mask. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Not giving this up Sep 9, 2009
Freshly ground dried elderberries are added to the exfoliant and dried elderberry flowers to the mask. A cup of elderberry tea with honey finishes the service. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Travel » Sep 5, 2009
Wake early enough for breakfast, then take MARTA to the W1 stop (one west of the central station Five Points downtown) to see what mask Lee Corso will wear during the live broadcast of "College GameDay," at beginning at 10 a.m.. Afterward, consider two options to fill the afternoon. (ESPN -- College Football News)
Committee prepares for H1N1 Sep 4, 2009
She comes in with a mask, gets her stuff and then leaves. She said that her friends have made this tough experience a lot easier for her. (The Maroon, LA)
Man butts heads with town over bare-bottom statue Sep 3, 2009
Did any of the three humans think of outfitting their black labrador, Velvet, with a sweater, jackets, snow shoes and face mask. Dogs' lungs get cold, too, when they breath freezing temperatures. (Fresno Bee)
Potter continues tradition Sep 2, 2009
WHAT: A clay face mask workshop for kids ages 7 to 12, including a tour of a pottery and kiln. WHEN: 9:30 to 11 a.m. or 4 to 5:30 p.m. Sept. 22. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Los Angeles-area wildfire doubles in size, threatens 12,000 homes Sep 1, 2009
He wore a heavy-duty filter mask. Drobner, an artist and ceramist, said he and his wife and their cat had spent the previous night at a motel. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Dr. Marc Nelson to the Black Rock Desert - stat Sep 1, 2009
"There could be rave bands going all night long. I always come up with earplugs and a sleep mask to sleep at night.". Nelson says he loves the community feeling at Burning Man. (San Francisco Chronicle)
To the Mall ... and Beyond Aug 29, 2009
You ever get tired of wearing that silly mask ... Perhaps "The Art of Vintage Marvel" with 100 collectible postcards will catch your eye at Paper Source, along with the bag of Luchas caped superhero dolls: Atlantis, Mascara Sagrada and Pierrot Jr. Or perhaps a thumb-wrestling mask to adopt the identity of El Sancho. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
UK says illegal downloaders may lose Web access Aug 26, 2009
TalkTalk said disconnecting alleged offenders "will be futile given that it is relatively easy for determined filesharers to mask their identity or their activity to avoid detection.". The Open Rights Group, which protects civil liberties in the area of digital technology, said any suspension would "restrict people's fundamental right to freedom of expression.". (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Wacky infomercial creates a stink Aug 26, 2009
It s designed to stop odors before they start, not just mask them, he says. The product is licensed. (Boston Globe)
The Skinny on Spermine: Not Exactly Snake Oil Violet Blue: Straight guys... Aug 20, 2009
She applies a chamomile mask infused with more Spermine. Hallelujah. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
11 Things: Librarians not to mess with Aug 20, 2009
Tsui Chik ("Black Mask"). Jet Li thinks he's a librarian, but he's actually a government-trained supersoldier. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Hollywood is showing a reel interest in hard-hit Michigan Aug 17, 2009
Phillips had planned to make a living using makeup artistry skills he learned in Los Angeles years ago to beautify brides on their wedding days and models for headshots, and by making the occasional special-effects mask. His basement, he thought, would suffice as office space. (USA Today -- Money)
Magical Massage hosts grand opening Sunday (16) Aug 17, 2009
As the mask settled in, my legs enjoyed the weight of a hot stone massage. The entire treatment ended with a cup of lemon cucumber water, leaving this intrepid reporting feeling blissfully relaxed. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Racial Fear's Ugly Face Aug 8, 2009
What had been a mask, with the clearly delineated lines of a carnival character, became simply war paint, and not very well applied. The visual change signaled a change in the Joker's inner mechanism. (Slate)
Inside the Fight Against a Flu Pandemic Aug 7, 2009
By Thursday, Aug. 06, 2009 A boy going to school wearing a surgical mask to prevent being contaminated by swine flu. Photograph by Art Streiber for TIME. (Time.com)
No Funhouse now: promoters at odds Aug 7, 2009
"We were approached by Arena Management and offered a set of terms. The terms were mutually agreed. We didn't go with a mask and gun and push a ransom note across the desk.". The deal came during the low season for major artists touring Australia and at a time of fierce competition between the Sydney Entertainment and the larger and more modern Acer Arena at Homebush. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
