Daily Archives: May 11, 2012

Vidal Sassoon Dies at 84

May 11, 2012   Rebecca Welk   No comments

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This past Wednesday, Vidal Sassoon, a famous hairdresser and trendsetter, died at his home in Los Angeles at age 84. Although a spokesperson claimed Sassoon died of natural causes, it was believed that the hairdresser suffered from leukemia.

Mr. Sassoon came from a poor family, and partially grew up in an orphanage in London. When he was 14, his mother claimed that she had a vision that her young son would be a hairdresser, so Sassoon became an apprentice in a local shop.

The famous hairdresser opened up his first shop on Broad Street in London in 1954. After the shop became successful, Sassoon began more salons in New York City and Beverly Hills. Soon, he was operating 20 different salons, and was worth nearly $100 million between both the salons and his hair product line. He officially sold the company in 1983.

Sassoon was known for his geometric-shaped haircuts and celebrity clients. Many of his styles were short and low-maintenance and were meant to flatter the bone structure of the client’s face. Mia Farrow, Mary Quant, and many others were fond of Mr. Sassoon’s work.

Mr. Sassoon is survived by his wife and three children.

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Plane Disappears During Demonstration Flight

May 11, 2012   Rebecca Welk   No comments

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The Sukhoi Superjet 100, a Russian plane, disappeared on Wednesday during a demonstration flight over Indonesia. 50 people were aboard the jet at the time as a part of the promotional tour. 8 were a part of the crew, while 42 were potential buyers.

The plane lost touch with ground control 20 minutes after it departed from Jakarta, somewhere near the Mt. Halimun Salak National Park, according to the TV network Rossiya 24.

American, French, and Italian companies all helped build the Superjet along with a Russian company that was spun off of the Russian defense firm. It was certified and met Western standards at the time of its departure.

 

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Pettitte is Back in Pinstripes

May 11, 2012   Anthony Buchanan   No comments

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There are two ways to look at the return of Andy Pettitte to the Yankees pitching rotation come Sunday.  At the very best, the 40-year-old work-horse of a starter, who holds one of the best winning percentages in Yankees history, will re-invigorate a limping line-up.  He’ll sure up a rotation that past CC Sabathia is full of question marks, and give the skipper, Joe Girardi, a starting pitcher he knows he can pencil in every sixth day without trepidation.

At the worst, Andy Pettitte will struggle.  But no matter what, Pettitte will give that Yankee locker-room a much needed boost to moral with some key losses coming early in the season.

With key acquisition Michael Pineda sidelined with an injury for the year, and the recent devastating loss of the Hall-of-Famer Mariano Rivera to a torn knee ligament the addition of Pettitte, however suspect, is welcome.

There is only so far the flaming hot bat of Derek Jeter can hope to carry the Bombers, and perhaps only so much liquid left in this fountain of youth.  (Jeter is currently second in the league with a batting average of .376.)

As the debut of the once retired Pettitte draws closer one thing that is not going to weigh on the post-season vet is pressure.  With the nasty trial of Roger Clemons in his rearview mirror Pettitte is free to focus on baseball.  And with a resume that includes 38 post-season starts, 13 years of experience, and five World Championship rings Pettitte does not have anything to prove.

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That Croc Will Swallow You Whole

May 11, 2012   Anthony Buchanan   No comments

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New evidence about the remains of a behemoth crocodile discovered in the 1960s, in the Lake Turkana Basin in Kenya, have come to light paleontologists say.

Study leader Christopher Brochu cites this croc to be the largest known true crocodile that ever lived.  Other giant crocodyliforms may have grown up to 40-foot-long, but this fossil, a direct ancestor of the modern Nile croc could have reached lengths of 27-foot.

The scientists hypothesize that one of Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni’s main food sources was early man.  Smaller than modern man, our four-foot-tall ancestors would easily have been swallowed whole by these river monsters.

Crocodiles now and then have incredible digestive systems that would have devoured every bit of a skeleton leaving no fossils.  Alex Hastings, of the University of Florida, who discovered a prehistoric crocodile species in 2011, speculates that these crocs may have been apex predators.  And man was not always the most powerful animal in the jungle.

Brochu hopes, above all else, that evidence such as this new crocodile, puts the final bucket of water on a wicked witch of an idea that crocodiles are living fossils.  That somewhere they have escaped the usual evolutionary trail is simply not true.  Crocodile’s “evolution is just as complex and rich as [that of] any other group,” Brochu said.

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