| EXPOSE: MY SKIN COULD KILL ME | | Posted Tuesday, October 10, 2006 2:59:55 PM by Blog57 Team | | This documentary follows four girls suffering from the incurable, genetic skin condition known as Harlequin Ichthyosis, where the continuous scaling of the skin causes facial features to disfigure. Babies born with Harlequin rarely survive, and these girls only do so thanks to a strict round-the-clock regime. .... | |
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| | | 2006 Woodward Dream Pre-Cruise: The 1956 Chevy Bel Air Nomad | | Posted Tuesday, August 29, 2006 9:07:56 PM by Blog57 Team | | We've left one Starbucks already this morning due to an ant infestation, and as we were on our way to a non-infested coffee shop / wifi spot to resume our bloggorhea-like coverage of the hoopla leading up to the 2006 Woodward Dream Cruise, we happened upon this little gem on the corner of 13 Mile Rd and Woodward Avenue. It's a beautiful restored 1956 Chevy Bel Air Nomad complete with an Edelbrock engine. Although the Nomad first appeared as a Corvette-based concept vehicle in 1954, the two-door wagon was assigned to the Bel Air series and given a unique body and trim specifically for the model. And oh, that trim -- especially the fins. As the owner explained to us: "...you can always tell the difference between the 1955, 1956 and 1957. The 1957's fins go much higher, but the 1955's...well...they look like a part of a woman's anatomy." Make a guess which piece of the female anatomy he meant.... | |
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| | | Sentinels Under Attack | | Posted Monday, July 31, 2006 2:59:38 PM by Blog57 Team | | Toxic algae that poison the brain have caused strandings and mass die-offs of marine mammals ? barometers of the sea's health. By Kenneth R. Weiss, Times Staff Writer July 31, 2006 After the last patient of the day walked out the front of Raytel Medical Imaging clinic, veterinarian Frances Gulland slipped an oversized animal crate through the back door. Inside was a California sea lion. The animal was emaciated, disoriented and suffering from seizures. A female with silky, caramel-colored fur, wide-set eyes and long whiskers, she was named Neuschwander, after the lifeguard who had found her six weeks earlier, comatose and trembling under a pier at Avila Beach near San Luis Obispo. Taken to the Marine Mammal Center near Sausalito, Neuschwander showed signs of recovery at first.... | |
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