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Susan Boyle waits for release of debut album (REUTERS) LONDON: Scottish singer Susan Boyle, one of the biggest stars of the Internet age, seeks to turn global celebrity into record sales next week with the release of her debut album “I Dreamed a Dream”. Named after the song from the musical “Les Miserables” that made her famous, the 12-track album is a mix of pop covers like Madonna’s “You’ll See” and The Mon... |
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Korean supermodel found hanged in Paris (AFP) Paris: Twenty-year-old South Korean supermodel Daul Kim was found hanged in her central Paris apartment after an apparent suicide, the South Korean Embassy said yesterday, citing French police officials. Kim—a regular on the catwalks ... |
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A new Hawaiian bliss (LAT-WP) By Catharine Hamm Tell people you’re going to Niihau, and they invariably exclaim, “No way!” Or, “Do you know the Robinsons?” Yes, way, and I do not know the Robinsons. And even though now I’ve been to Niihau, I can’t really say I know it either. But I do know that there are few places that I have anticipated visiting for as long and from which I’ve come away so changed. Since my days as a child on Oahu, I’ve known Niihau as the Forbidden Island. It has been privately owned since 1864, when Elizabeth Sinclair bought it from King Kamehameha V. Her descendants, the Robinsons (brothers Bruce and Keith), continue to own it. Niihau is everything Oahu, Maui, the Big Island, even Kauai, are not. It has 130 residents, give or take, and they live in the town of Puuwai. They don’t have running water, and electricity is produced by the sun or by a generator, not by an electric utility. There are few cars. The people live off the land, hunting, fishing, growing their own fruit and vegetables. Sunday is reserved for church. Smoking and drinking are not allowed here. “Ohana” — family — is the center of life. Simple? Yes. But it is more than that. As Margit Tolman said after our trip here in Septe... |
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Simply delicious turkey – with a twist (LAT-WP) By Russ Parsons Thanksgiving is a holiday built on traditions. And, much to my surprise, I seem to have found a new one of my own -- writing about dry-brined turkey. After more than 20 years of Thanksgiving stories, I didn’t think there was much left to say about turkey. But three years ago I wrote about a new technique I’d fallen in love with. And judging from the hundreds of happy e-mails I received in response, readers shared that affection. I tweaked it a bit last year, to similar reaction, and now here I am writing about it again, with even more improvements. At first glance, the recipe is so simple it’s hard to believe there could be anything to add, but it’s in the nature of cooking (or at least of recipe tinkering) to always move forward. We’re li... |
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An elegy for summertime (LAT-WP) By Thomas Curwen The lake is deserted, and the forest is quiet at the far end of Huntington Lodge Road in California. A breeze combs through the pines and the firs. It strips a ready leaf or two from the willows that grow by the water. Fall has come to the Sierra Nevada, this third weekend in October, and the cabins on the cul-de-sac are vacant. Most are boarded up for winter, cenotaphs to a time just weeks ago when they were open and alive to the coming and going of vacationing families. Summer is a short season in the mountains — over, some say, before it begins — and for the owners of these cabins, a small resort known as Lakeview Cottages, the clock is running down. “George, you got any antifreeze?” “No. It’s down by the shed. You got any screws?” George Harper and Mark and Cindy Wiens have been working since Friday afternoon, completing chores begun more than a month ago, and now, late Sunday morning, with clouds pouring in from the north, they need to be done. Cindy walks around a cabin with a power drill, removing screens from the windows. Mark is about to plunge the toilet and pour in a cup of Prestone, and George is looking to fasten a sheet of... |
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