2006 - Page 29 of 269 - The Santa Barbara Independent

By Martha Sadler

Silicone Boobs Bounce Back

Goleta Corporations to Benefit from Cosmetic Implants’ FDA Approval

Goleta Valley will once again provide larger breasts for American women through the magic of silicone, after the FDA announced that it will lift a 14-year ban on the chemical gel implants for cosmetic use. Mentor Corporation and Inamed Corporation-the latter acquired last June by Irvine-based Allergan Corporation-both ceased production of silicone implants for the U.S. market in 1992, when the FDA ordered more product testing.

Uncategorized By Indy Staff

the Classified File

• Computer Macintosh. Best Buy, $1,250, 1 megabit, 800K drive, numeric keyboard, software. CAN’T AFFORD a new word processor? Buy

Uncategorized By Charles Donelan

Sustenance for Strangers

There are many reasons people have dinner parties, but how many are given for the express purpose of bringing together people of different faiths for an open dialogue about religious belief?

Opinion By Indy Staff, Sara Poot-Herrera

Timothy McGovern 1965-2006

Tim McGovern was the director of the language program for the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UCSB. An expert in 19th-century Spanish literature, he focused on Benito Perez Gald³s in his dissertation and in one of his first books. Tim was also an integral part of the intercampus focus group UC Mexicanistas, led in part by our own renowned professor Sara Poot-Herrera, whose eulogy to Tim follows.

Food & Drink By Emily R. See

Tidbits for November

The boy is back in town The Grapevine host and
all-around personality Gabe Saglie is returning to Santa Barbara
from his two-year sojourn in New York.

By Indy Staff

ELECTION AFTERMATH

The final tally for the Goleta City Council race still remains too close to call two weeks after the election.

Angry Poodle By Nick Welsh

Hot Dogs, Burnt Buns

SEEING SUN SPOTS: Timing, as they say, is everything. In this regard, Santa Barbara City Councilmember Brian Barnwell is probably more than a few days late, not to mention a couple million bucks short. Even so, his idea makes a ton of sense, and I’m hoping the powers behind the throne at Cottage Hospital ultimately decide to embrace it rather than hunker down and fight it, as they have so far.

By Shannon Kelley

Bachelorette Peeps

Looking for Love in Televised Places

In a world where every aspect of our lives can be played out on one screen or another-friends made and tallied on MySpace, career opportunities seized or blown on Project Runway and The Apprentice, and very personal, very dirty laundry aired, well, pretty much everywhere-who’s to say that true love can’t be found on a champagne-soaked TV game show?

By Brett Leigh Dicks

Project Unity

Music Legend Alan Parsons Teams Up with Unity Shoppe

Afew weeks ago, The Unity Shoppe’s food deposit was an empty vault. While the rest of the organization’s Chapala Street facility was buzzing with activity, the storage area lay ominously silent. Stacks of crates sat vacant. Signs labeled soup, vegetables, and fruit presided over barren pallets. With the holidays just around the corner, a hint of nervous resignation resided in the voice of Tom Reed, executive director of The Unity Shoppe.