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'Breakfast With Scot' miscast
Like almost all controversies, there is less to Breakfast With Scot than the headlines that preceded it. "The gay hockey movie" -- a nickname it received after the Toronto Maple Leafs made some kind of history by allowing their logo to be used in a movie with a same-sex theme -- is not really about hockey at all. It is, in fact, a minor domestic fable, awash in good intentions, in which the "gay" characters are the straightest in the movie (a repressed and closeted couple of men who are taught how to free their spirits by the "flamboyant" 11-year-old they adopt). It wouldn't be out of place as a Disney TV movie, so thoroughly do people learn lessons in its last act. It is also thuddingly miscast. Professional nice guy Tom Cavanagh (ex of TV's Ed and the cruelly underappreciated Love Monkey) is far too benign for Eric, the jock-turned-broadcaster and jerk he's called upon to play.
Boots gain comfort with updated heel and toe shapes
Comfort is the watchword in boot fashions this season. "They look good and feel good," said Suzanne Bishop, owner of Frankie & Julian's boutique on Frazier Avenue. "Many styles are featuring heel heights and shapes that don't hurt your feet and a mixture of comfortable fabrics that fit legs of all shapes. I call them hybrid boots." The heels range from wedges to cone shapes. For the daring, five-inch heels are available, Ms. Bishop said. "I wouldn't called the high-heeled boots comfortable, but a lot of women, particularly younger women, love them," she said. Boots with a new toe character also are prominent this season, said Arlene Goldstein, vice president of trend merchandising and fashion direction at Belk. "Not only do you have new heel shapes, but there's also new shapes in the toe ranging from a rounded, more boxy toe to an oval shape.
The best ever images of the Milky Way
Emerging Technology Trends Latest Post | Last 10 Posts | Archives Previous Post: Looking inside our skin Next Post: Conversations between bacteria The best ever images of the Milky Way Posted in: Space & Aerospace Science & Nature The Science and Technology Facilities Council in the UK reports that an international team of more than 50 astronomers from Europe, the U.S. and Australia has released the largest digital survey of the Milky Way, composed of some 200 million unique stellar objects. The IPHAS (INT Photometric H-alpha Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane) will soon include 800 million objects. And this survey will be available from a Virtual Observatory interface allowing an easy access to all the Milky Way stars and other objects.
U.S. pilots can fly until 65
Ending an airline industry controversy that has smoldered for a half-century, President Bush signed a bill Thursday that raises the retirement age for commercial pilots to 65 from 60, a standard observed by the rest of the world.
Pilots say the new law reflects the reality that today's 60-year-olds are physically fit enough to continue flying, and their experience shouldn't be taken out of the cockpit.
The new law doesn't come a day too soon for Southwest Airlines Captain Paul Emens, 59, who has spent more than a decade trying to persuade members of Congress to rewrite federal rules that require pilots to retire by their 60th birthdays.
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Livestock trailer proposal rankles 2 commissioners
The same day the Hamilton County Commission unanimously approved a $3.5 million contract for 128 new jail cells at Silverdale Detention Center, commissioners debated spending $26,000 for two livestock trailers. "I just think this is a waste of money," Commissioner John Allen Brooks said of purchasing the two trailers, which would be used in the 10 counties in Hamilton County's Homeland Security district. Mr. Brooks and Commissioner Warren Mackey voted against the measure at Wednesday's commission meeting, arguing the money could be spent better elsewhere. The resolution was approved 7-2. Ray Burden, director of the University of Tennessee Extension Service for Hamilton County, said having the trailers would bring the county into compliance with state and federal emergency management regulations.
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