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NEW YORK (Aug. 27) – It seems the only nudes allowed at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art are the ones in the collection.
Police say they arrested a 26-year-old woman who was posing naked for a photographer, and in full view of visitors, in the museum’s arms and armor department on Wednesday.Model Kathleen “K.C.” Neill faces a charge of public lewdness.
Defense attorney Donald Schechter says the museum is full of nude art, and to call what the model and her photographer were doing obscenity “is ridiculous.”
Photographer Zach Hyman directed the shoot. He’s been getting some attention locally for photographing nude models on subways.
Hyman has said he’s inspired by nude paintings at the Met and his photos are not pornographic.
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Just a quick note about the previous entry, please be aware that I live in Melbourne, Australia these days and I can’t fly halfway across the world for a slice of cake. As much as I’m in it for the fun of it, I was hoping to for once make some money here to support my tours that I always lose money from. Basically, if you want to book me for a wedding anywhere outside of Oceania this upcoming year you should start sweet talking that rich uncle of yours right now.
Also, I want to set up as many shows as possible in Melbourne and Australia the next couple of months. And I noticed earlier this year that there’s a lot of small festivals in peoples gardens and living rooms, I want to do stuff like that. Small shows where I can try out new songs and new arrangments. Give me a shout if you got something !
No topic for this month, I still have a few hundred e-mails from the last months that I need to go through. So if you want to write, choose one of the previous topics.
Christian Post
The Chinese government has reportedly issued a secret directive to crack down on at least several major house churches in Beijing, a U.S.-based group reported Tuesday.
ChinaAid Association, a religious freedom group with a focus on house churches in China, was informed by sources inside the country that the public security bureau has ordered the Beijing Huajie Plaza to terminate its rental contract with the Beijing Shouwang house church.
The Shouwang house church is one of the largest house churches in the area with more than 1,000 members. For a few years now, it has rented two floors for worship service and Sunday school at the Huajie Plaza. Most of the members are intellects from nearby universities.
This is not the first time authorities have pressured the church. Last May authorities raided the church and most recently in April, government officials forcibly shut down Shouwang Church’s Web site.
Reports of similar pressure to prevent church gatherings at other Beijing house churches have also been reported this month, ChinaAid said.
Telegraph.co.uk
Earlier this week a British security guard claimed to have found the legendary creature using Google’s satellite mapping programme.
The image, which can be seen by entering coordinates Latitude 57°12’52.13″N, Longitude 4°34’14.16″W in Google Earth, depicts a large object resembling a sea creature clearly visible beneath or on the surface of the water
Adrian Shine, a researcher on the Loch Ness project, called the new images “really intriguing” and said they deserved further study.
Following the report Google announced that its specially-altered trike camera – which is able to take eye-level images of areas that are inaccessible to Street View’s camera cars – would be sent to Loch Ness on Thursday.
But it has now been suggested that the images are not of the mysterious creature but of the Ness Express, a boat which regularly tours the loch.
WASHINGTON — Darfur activists upset about President Barack Obama’s Sudan policy are launching a critical advertising campaign that urges him to step up pressure on Khartoum.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — After the mad rush of car sales sparked by Cash for Clunkers, dealers will now find they have plenty of downtime to count their money.
The popular program, which ended Monday, will leave many showrooms without cars to sell or customers looking to buy them.
What do you know? Cash for Clunkers was a great success in the short term, and now what? This doesn’t bode well for Washington’s other ideas for the economy.
Popeater.com
Lethal doses of the powerful anesthetic propofol caused the death of Michael Jackson, according to newly unsealed legal documents. Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray said the King of Pop Jackson was suffering from insomnia, and that he had been giving Jackson 50 milligrams of propofol nightly.
Also, an Associated Press source says the Los Angeles County coroner has ruled Jackson’s death a homicide.The Jackson family released a statement Monday afternoon commending the authorities on their hard work. “The Jackson family has full confidence in the legal process, and commends the ongoing efforts of the L.A. County Coroner, the L.A. District Attorney and the L.A. Police Department,” the statement said. “The family looks forward to the day that justice can be served.” Continue reading Whacko Jacko’s Death Ruled Homicide→
A $300 million cash-for-clunkers-type federal program to boost sales of energy-efficient home appliances, washing machines, and dishwashers, but it’s probably not enough to lift companies such as Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR – News) and Electrolux out of the worst down cycle in the sector’s history.
Beginning late this fall, the program authorizes rebates of $50 to $200 for purchases of high-efficiency household appliances. The money is part of the broader economic stimulus bill passed earlier this year. Program details will vary by state, and the Energy Dept. has set a deadline of Oct. 15 for states to file formal applications. The Energy Dept. expects the bulk of the $300 million to be awarded by the end of November. (Unlike the clunkers auto program, consumers won’t have to trade in their old appliances.)
For anyone who cares…the Boston Red Sox are having issues:
MLB.com
BOSTON — When his opportunity came to make the slow walk to the center of Fenway Park, CC Sabathia had the luxury of looking out to left field and seeing a run already on the board. It was pleasant, but certainly no surprise.
The Yankees made sure to give their left-handed ace all the support he needed to become the Major Leagues’ first 15-game winner, belting a career-high five home runs off Josh Beckett in an 8-4 victory over the Red Sox on Sunday.
Derek Jeter deposited Beckett’s first offering over the wall in right field for the 2,700th hit of his career, and Hideki Matsui crushed a pair of round-trippers as New York wrapped up a 10-game road trip with its seventh victory and the Bombers’ 15th series win in 17 tries.
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