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...Festivals are usually dirty, muddy, nasty events with horrifying portable toilets that cannot be used by human beings, poorly cooked diarrhea-inducing refreshments that force concertgoers to renounce their humanity and use those horrifying portable toilets, frustratingly short sets, frustratingly long set breaks, public drunkenness, lewd behavior, bad weather, sunburn, hailstorms, plagues of frogs, herds of monkeys, unicorn attacks, tornadoes, oil spills, illegal medical waste disposal, meteor showers and, worst of all, bad acoustics. But that being said, festivals can be a lot of of fun. However, Rock in Rio - in part because of its sheer size - promises not only...
...feet and kept them there. Scallions, who came onto stage in cowboy hat and blue feathered jacket, had enough of an element of musical madness to keep the audience more than interested as the band played cuts from their new release, Something Like Human, and their platinum 1998 debut Sunburn. Guitarist/songwriter Carl Bell's enthusiasm for his music was particularly evident as he provoked the crowd into standing up and singing along with such well-known songs as "Bittersweet," off Sunburn. When the band played "Shimmer," their modern-rock staple, band members left much of the singing to the audience...
...problem is that not enough of us are following basic sun-exposure precautions, especially for our children. That's evident from the results of a new survey by the American Academy of Dermatology. It shows that 13% of youngsters age 12 or under have experienced at least one sunburn and that 24% of parents admit they have never used sunscreen to protect their kids...
Clearly, many parents aren't aware of the special sensitivity of youthful skin. In the course of a typical lifetime, 80% of the sun's damage to the skin occurs during childhood and adolescence. That makes it all the more important to keep youngsters from getting sunburned during these critical years. Never mind the myths about a healthy tan. As much as we may feel that a glowing, burnished look is a sign of health and vigor, sunburns are in fact direct evidence of damage to skin cells. And contrary to popular belief, one sunburn doesn't protect...
November 25-28, 1999 Elian Gonzalez is found on Thanksgiving Day, clinging to an inner tube three miles off the Florida coast. He's released from hospital the following day after treatment for dehydration and sunburn, and taken into the care of his father's uncle, Lazaro Gonzalez. Anti-Castro exiles make Elian the focus of their protests against Cuba's attendance at the World Trade Organization summit in Seattle...