| Santa Barbara's Best of Readers' Poll 2007
We love your barnacled beaches, especially the ones where we can walk our dogs (Hendry's). And while we are by the seaside, we love to dive (Anacapa Dive Shop), and surf (Rincon), and wear hot swimwear (Bikini Factory), too. We marvel at your mountains, purple and otherwise, and, as we stare up at their grandeur, we dream of camping (S.B. Outfitters) and buying cars (Milpas Motors) or renting them (Enterprise) to motor into the valley to visit wineries (Sunstone). If you had winter here, we would ski (Mountain Air Sports), too. Perhaps our wild infatuations run deepest, though, whilst mingling with your masses in thy teeming alabaster city. Here we tend to be enraptured by your restaurants (Hungry Cat), canoodle in your nightclubs (SOhO), and shiver expectantly in your many varied shops (Book Den, Lewis & Clark, or Glenda's Party Cove).
Greg Long Wins Mavericks Surf Contest
PILLAR POINT, Calif. -- A 24-year-old California surfer was awarded first place in the world's most perilous big wave riding contest Saturday that had competitors dropping into waves more than four stories tall. Greg Long of San Clemente was among two dozen elite surfers who took part in this year's Mavericks Surf Contest -- considered the Super Bowl of big-wave competitions -- in Half Moon Bay, about 20 miles south of San Francisco. After the contest was whittled down to six finalists, Long was crowned the winner, with Grant "Twiggy" Baker of South Africa coming in second and Jamie Sterling of Hawaii landing third. Baker won the event in 2006, the last time it was held. Long and other surfers said wave faces on some of the bigger sets Saturday reached 40 to 50 feet.
Sydney Local and Seven Time World Surfing Champion Layne Beachley to ...
Layne Beachley, a native of Sydney, Australia and the most successful woman in professional surfing history, is set to make a series of media appearances on behalf of Tourism New South Wales during G'DAY USA: Australia Week 2008. Highlights include an exclusive luncheon on Jan. 17 where Layne and the Hon. Matt Brown MP, Minister for Tourism for the State of New South Wales, will present a viewing of "Sydney - Life's a Beach", an inspiring visual journey into the lifestyle of this dynamic travel destination.
Layne, a Sydney resident, offers valuable insight into its unique urban beach culture. With more than 1200 miles of stunning beaches and legendary surf breaks surrounded by 600 national parks, Sydney, is one of the world's most visually appealing destinations.
According to Minister Brown, Layne is a wonderful ambassador for all things Sydney.
Web Site Archives the Dead of MySpace
Anyone with any insight tell me if it would be possible for 2 people to shoot each other in the heads at the same time?"
MyDeathSpace veers into the dark underbelly of memorializing, says Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, author of "Remember Me: A Lively Tour of the New American Way of Death."
"Some people rejoice in steamy details," Cullen says. "The unpleasant thing is that it's not fictional, it's not like watching CSI. These aren't concocted by some scriptwriters in Hollywood who wanted to get a thrill of seeing prostitutes get murdered on the strip."
For some users, death is just a starting point for discussions of their own lives.
"I just enjoy talking with other members," Brittany Oliver, 18, of Tucson, Ariz., writes in an e-mail. "I occasionally still read about the deaths, but more so, I enjoy chatting with fellow MDSers about life."
A subset of newspaper readers who turn first to the obituary page has long existed, explains Thompson, but sites like MyDeathSpace allow such people to interact with each other.
Ian McCann: Highland Park residents get 95-gallon trash bins
Crews will still pick up garbage twice a week, and recycling (in a new 18-gallon bin) will still be collected every Wednesday. "These are the size of three trash cans, so there should be fewer containers," said Ronnie Brown, director of parks and sanitation. "We're eliminating lost lids. You're getting a cleaner environment." To pay for the bins (which are town property), residents will pay an additional $1.23 a month, starting in March. As for people's trash cans and racks, they can do what they want with them. If asked, the town will cart them away, but people can keep them if they wish. Visit hptx.org for more details about the new containers. .
Circus denies its use of animals is ‘cruel’
For the reader I would like to explain the difference between ANIMAL WELFARE and ANIMAL RIGHTS. Animal Welfare concerns itself with ensuring animals live in the best possible conditions. Zippos has always promoted animal welfare. Animal Rights is more sinister and believes that the ownership of animals by humans is wrong and tantermount to slavery. AR hardliners dont care if animals are well looked after or not as their agenda is to free animals from human ownersip. Dr Gary Francione, current AR guru, has said that the first step towards AR is "to go vegan". see zipposcircus.co.uk/c ode .
Tardy Burress is standing by his early prediction
With media members chasing Hanlon, the search party was set loose, and finally, at 11:15, the 6-foot-5-inch, 232-pound Burress slid into his seat. He explained that he had been busy having breakfast with his family, and immediately, the questioning swirled around the prediction. "What I said is what I said. I believe in my guys, just as much as they believe in me," said Burress, who is in his eighth NFL season and third with New York. "It's very evident they stand behind me and what I say. We believe in each other." Asked what prompted the score he chose, Burress shrugged. It was the first thing that came to his mind, he said, but in no way was he looking to take it back. "My name is Plaxico Burress and I'm not ashamed of what I say. We have a job to do.
Placencia 's Part In Earth Day 2007
Placencia celebrated Earth Day 2007 in a big way with almost 50 children, 12 adult supervisor and 14 divers taking part in the day's activities. The group met at Placencia's main dock and soon headed out towards Laughing Bird Caye National Park. Armed with 40 large garbage bags the children with their supervisors swarmed across the cayes picking up all manner of debris most of which had washed up on shore. At the end of the scouring the caye was clean and picture perfect. In the meantime the team of divers headed out to Moho Caye to clean up a dive site there. The Team didn't have the success of the Children back at Laughing Bird due to the sheer size of their problem - huge tangled balls of cable. This cable seems to have been cut loose from shrimp trawlers and was the main source of the problem but there was other underwater debris.
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