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"The audience will be treated to different music genres that create my storytelling journey," says Yvette. "The songs in my repertoire are very meaningful to me, such as 'Dreamgirls.' It was so pivotal to my career since I did the musical and the movie. Plus with 'My Funny Valentine,' 'Guess Who I Saw Today,' 'You've Got a Friend,' and 'I'm Every Woman,' there will be songs that speak to everyone. And I'll be showing off my comedic side."
A highlight should be the song "If" which Yvette will dedicate to her 11-year-old son, "who was the catalyst for me putting together the show. He said, 'Mom, I miss you up on stage.' So now to make him and my husband happy, and me happy, I'm back sharing my life through songs that have shaped me as an artist, performed in a cozy setting."
The must-see show is the latest in the popular cabaret series produced by Chris Isaacson, who has a knack for putting the spotlight on the best entertainers. It's at the Catalina Jazz Club located at 6725 West Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, (323) 466-2210. For tickets call (818) 736-5600 or visit UprightCabaret.com.


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The Guardian discusses the 200th anniversary of the Brothers' Grimm fairy tales being marked, which brings up the opportunity to analyze their place in German history in terms of the Grimms' influence on German cultural identity, including Germany's sense of nationalism and cultural attitudes since the Nazi era.
An entire year of celebrations kicks off this week in Kassel, Germany, informs The Guardian, as a tribute to the 86 stories being first published in Die Kinder und Hausmarchen.
"Even during their lifetime the Grimms' book became a huge bestseller among every section of society," said Claudia Brinker-von der Heyde, the congress president. "And so they became an indispensable part of our everyday culture and our national identity."
However, these German fairy tales were not always so beloved in Germany.
In a recent essay in Der Spiegel, Matthias Matussek, one of the country's leading cultural commentators, argued that the "most successful book in the German language" offered an unparalleled exploration into the people's "dark souls", but said that most ordinary Germans had long ago fallen out of love with the storytelling masters. They were more revered everywhere else, from Asia and India to the US and elsewhere in Europe than in their native land.
Some cultural commentators seem to believe that the tales had an adverse effect on cultural identity.
So just where do the Brothers' tales fit into history? This article is a comprehensive read on the subject, is well written and worth the time to find out.

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TOWN councillors in Darwen are looking at bringing a dance festival to the town.
The festival would add to the already sizeable list of council-run events in Darwen.
Whitehall town councillor Vicki Rothwell, who owns Dance Crazy Theatre School, based at Craiglands in Watery Lane, is behind the idea.
Coun Rothwell, herself a qualified dance teacher, said the idea was to set up an all-inclusive festival that would be aimed at people of all ages.
She said: "Bringing a dance festival to Darwen is my next big project.
"I am looking for vol-unteers from all over the borough to get involved to help try to run it.
"We want to involve as many people as possible, both old and young.
"There is a festival in Blackburn but it is just one show at King George's Hall that doesn't include everyone."
Plans for the event are still in the development stages and no date has yet been set. Coun Rothwell said the festival would take place over a weekend and include a number of venues across the town.
There would be an opportunity for people to get dance lessons, with the weekend culminating in one big live show. Coun Rothwell said: "I would like to see dance companies and schools coming down and utilising their skills to get people into dancing.
"They may even pick up a few extra customers while they were here.
"It will be completely all-inclusive, with things like ballroom dancing for elderly people and street dancing for the youngsters.
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Bob Marshall was worried about the missing tracksuit tops. Big Bob, a former ruckman, played his last senior game for Sturt 40 years ago. Since then he made himself useful, as a doorkeeper, sprigger, room steward ... anything the club wanted done.
He was a big, tough man and if trouble was brewing off the field, as it sometimes did after a game, he would wander over, knowing his presence would be enough.
He loved it: he loved the people and his link with the young men who played football.
"He was there when the club was at its lowest ebb," said his friend Doug Klar. "Then, to see it win a grand final ..."
On grand final day, Sunday, October 6, Bob was at Football Park just after midday. He was Sturt's property steward, in charge of equipment, jumpers, shorts and medical gear, making sure everything was in place for the players.
He would moan like hell but work damn hard, says Doug Klar. He would fuss around, making sure the players were comfortable, handing out chewing gum and complaining if a player came back for more. "You've already had one," he'd growl, then hand over another.
Sturt went on to the ground as underdogs. They hadn't won a premiership for 26 years. After the game neither Bob nor anyone else could wipe the smile off their faces for days.
The only hitch was the missing clothing. Amid the euphoria, Bob had to go around collecting the tracksuit tops the players wore on to the ground and the jumpers and shorts worn during the game. He had no hope. Management had warned him that everything had to be returned or the players would be billed, but "anyone who has played in premiership sides knows what it is to pinch jumpers and shorts," says Doug Klar, who was property steward before Bob.
The Thursday night before leaving for Bali, Bob rang Doug to tell him the bad news: the club was seven tracksuit tops short. Doug told him to forget it but Bob was still worried. "When I get home," he said to Doug, "I'll give you a buzz and we'll work out what to do about the ordering for next year".
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I got called into the assistant principal's office this morning after second period and was told that I wouldn't be invited to the next round of interviews.
The entire experience was surreal and more than a little insulting, really. "It's not YOU," the guy told me, "we had a very deep pool of candidates." A pool in which, apparently, I drowned.
His communication of my rejection felt a lot more like a bad teenaged break-up than anything I would expect in a professional setting. He kept stressing the fact that it wasn't ME, that there were a lot of other, equally qualified and impressive individuals who were also passed up, and that he'd be happy to personally recommend me to any other schools I might want to apply to (though he didn't say this, all I heard from that was "I don't want you, but someone else might"). Seriously, people; I was in the office, being subjected to this stuff, for about ten minutes longer than I felt was necessary. I get that I'm not in the running for the job, can we stop pretending that you feel badly about it so I can get out of here before I lose it?
Aside from the whole feeling of "it's not that we don't like you, it's that we don't LIKE you, like you," I'm feeling upset by a couple of things: 1) He didn't offer me any information about what successful candidates did, said, or had that I didn't. 2) He made a big deal about telling me that I had a lot of strong support from the panel (leading me to believe that he made an executive decision, in his ultimate wisdom, that kept me from the second round of interviews) and 3) neither he nor anyone else on the panel ever made any effort to come to see me actually TEACHING. I'm in the school every day – I teach classes by myself every day – I specifically invited both the assistant principal and the department head to come to watch me teach a class and no one availed themselves of the opportunity to see what kind of teacher I already am.
I'm sorry if I'm ranting; I'm still trying to get over the surprisingly painful sting of this day. I do have to say that several people, who were enthusiastic and supportive of my hope to be hired into the department, came to me to offer their continued support and encouragement over the course of the day. I am SO grateful to them, even if I was a little standoffish. It was difficult to accept such kindness and not lose my composure. Maybe by Monday I'll have enough distance from this to thank them properly.


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This B list celebrity/reality star offspring loves to tell people how she is sober. A weekend of boozing and massive coke use later, I wonder if she will still keep spouting that.
24 Comments on "Blind Item #8- Coachella"
Why wouldn't it say rock star offspring? I get they had a show, but she's the offspring of what many consider rock royalty not just reality stars.. Kendall Jenner was there also I hear..
One of the kardashians was there too.. Kendall I think I don't know much about her though.. Kelly o is probably it, i know she used to do heroin and was on Dr Phil once sharing with a couple of teen addicts about her sobriety..
The description fits Kelly, but I hope it's not. I've always liked her. I think she's cute and seems like someone I would get along with IRL.
Whatever. I still like KelllyO.
Good God, I just clicked on that link, too. Lainey is right. Coachella is chock full of douchiest celebrities on the planet. Gross!
This has to be most of them, right?
I have never seen or heard of Kelly O in any context other than Ozzy's kid outside of this site, but that outfit in the randoms the other day made me question why she's on some fashion. It was hideous! And the hair! Does drinking and snorting explain bad outfit choices?
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and thats how she kept the weight
Kelly Osbourne, and why is she still a "celebrity"? She has no talent whatsoever, like all the rest of reality TV, she has no career.
Got one minute into that video from the link Lady Heisenberg posted… Jesus Christ, I have never seen more douchebags in one spot before.
Kylie Jenner
Kelly Osborne, you are a douchebag.
Aww… let down. I like Kelly.
Lady H, that sounds really gross!
Absolutely NHR. Kelly thinks she's smarter and cooler than everyone else. But no one can really blame her for capping on Parisite. Guess she had to do lower grade coke because of it though.
Well, this is way more juicy if Kelly is coked out of her skull & tweeting to others "to grow up."
While yayoed up at Coachella. Kelly & Paris' drama documented in DAILY MAIL Case Closed.
Nah, mean spiritedness goes hand in hand with being the spawn of Sharon Osbourne!
Oh…Kelly O. She's the only B list offspring I can think of.
Lindsay isn't a celebrity offspring. Her parents are "famous" (ugh but not really) only because of Lindsay, not the other way around.
Ah, Lady H. Once again, I acquiesce to your supposition.
Kelly O sounds right. Didn't she tweet something really awful about Paris Hilton? Mean-spiritedness seems to go hand in hand with falling off of the coke wagon.
Yes Kelly O. She was there & beefing with Paris
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Mestizo (Portuguese, Mestiço; French, Métis: from Late Latin mixticius, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscere, "to mix") is a term of Spanish origin used to designate people of mixed European and indigenous non-European ancestry. The term has traditionally been applied mostly to those of mixed European and indigenous Amerindian ancestry who inhabit the region spanning Latin America: from Mexico in the north to Argentina and Chile's Patagonia in the south.
In other regions and countries previously under Spanish, Portuguese or French colonial rule, variants of the term may also be in usage for people of other mixtures. In the Philippines, the term Mestizo is a broad reference to individuals of any non-specific foreign admixture to an ethnic Filipino base stock.
Hispanic America and Brazil
The Mestizo/Mestiçocaste system of colonial Latin America and Spain, the term originally applied only to the children resulting from the union of one European and one Amerindian parent, or the children of two mestizo parents. During this era a myriad of other terms (castizo, cuarterón de indio, cholo, etc.) were in use to denote other individuals of European/Amerindian ancestry in ratios smaller or greater than the 50:50 of mestizos. Today, mestizo refers to all people with discernible amounts of both European and Amerindian ancestry.
Mestizos are thought to make up the majority of the populations of Colombia (58%), Ecuador (65%), El Salvador (90%), Honduras2 (90%), Mexico2 (60%), Nicaragua (69%), Panama2 (70%), Paraguay (95%) and Venezuela (67%).
In other American countries where mestizos do not constitute a majority, they nonetheless represent a significant portion of their populations; Argentina3 (approx. 3%), Belize (49%), Bolivia (30%), Peru (37%), and Uruguay3 (8%). In Brazil, the word "mestiço" is used to describe individuals born from any mixture of different ethnicities, not only Amerindians and European; individuals that fit this specific case are commonly known as caboclos or, more commonly in the past, mamelucos. In the Brazilian State of Amazon, in the North of the country, there is the "Dia do Mestiço" (Day of the Mestizo), on June, 27. In Chile1 and Costa Rica mestizos are combined with whites and accounted for as a single figure.Puerto Rico, an analysis of blood groups and protein markers determined that the Puerto Rican gene pool was comprised of 45% European contribution, 37% African, and 18% Native American.<ref>Hanis, C. L., et. al 1991. Origins of the United States Hispanics–Implications for diabetes. Diabetes Care 14:618-627.</ref>. Recent genetic research has revealed matrilineal Native American ancestry in roughly 61% of the population and patrilineal European ancestry in 75%, thus deeming most to be mestizos.
In Mexico and Peru, mestizo has also come to be used as a cultural label. In a cultural context, people are considered indígena (Amerindian) if they live following their traditional ways of life (clothing, customs and indigenous languages), otherwise they are also deemed mestizo, or what in Central America would be called a ladino, not directly related to the ladino people of Europe. Additionally in the Mexican case, most of the Afro-Mexican minority would also simply identify as mestizo by virtue of their cultural traits, rather than as black, mulatto or zambo by their ancestry. These cultural implications of "mestizo" can result in an overcount of the population - in the Mexican case, as high as 80% according to some sources - which would otherwise be mestizo on a racial level. Also, race is not recorded by the Mexican or Peruvian census, so that any calculations performed by government bodies or independent agencies are always estimates.
Furthermore, though Cuba and the Dominican Republic are recorded as primarily mulatto nations, evidence of Amerindian bloodlines exists and traces of indigenous Taino culture are ubiquitous.
Mestizos from Hispanic America in Europe
Martín Cortés, son of the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and of the Náhuatl-Maya indigenous Mexican interpreter Malinche, was the first mestizo to arrive in Spain, though he did so against his will after being exiled in punishment for leading a rebellion.
The first mestizos of whom there is verified evidence of willingly having set foot on European soil are the grandchildren of Moctezuma II, Aztec emperor of Mexico, whose royal descent the Spanish crown acknowledged. Of this family, the most publicized descendants are the Acosta family and the Spanish counts Miravalle, in Andalucía, Spain, who in 2003 demanded that Mexico recommence payment of the so called Moctezuma pensions the government cancelled in 1934. The interest alone of such pensions is said to be enough for every single one of Moctezuma's modern descendants to live comfortable lives.
From Peru also arrived the mestizo historian known as "El Inca" Garcilaso de la Vega, son of conquistador Sebastián Garcilaso de la Vega and of the Inca princess Isabel Chimpo Oclloun. He lived in the town of Montilla, in Andalucía, where he died in 1616.
Starting from the early 1970s and throughout all of the 1980s, Europe saw the arrival of thousands of Chileans, both mestizos and whites, seeking political refuge during the dictatorial government of Augusto Pinochet. Today, there is a growing number of mestizo immigrants in Western Europe, primarily from Ecuador and Colombia.
The Métis
In Canada, the Métis are regarded as an independent ethnic group. This community of descent consists of individuals descended from marriages of First Nation women, specifically Cree, Ojibway and Saulteaux with French Canadian and British employees of the Hudson's Bay Company. Their history dates to the mid 17th century, and they have been recognized as a people since the early eighteenth.
Their territory roughly includes the three Prairie Provinces (Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan), parts of Ontario, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories, as well as parts of the northern United States (including North Dakota and Montana).
Traditionally, the Métis spoke a mixed language called Michif (with various regional dialects). Michif (a phonetic spelling of the Métis pronunciation of Métif, a variant of Métis) is also used as the name of the Métis people. The name is most commonly applied to descendants of communities in what is now southern Manitoba. The name is also applied to the descendants of similar communities in what are now Ontario, Quebec, Labrador and the Northwest Territories, although these groups' histories are different from that of the western Métis.
Estimates of the number of Métis vary from 300,000 to 700,000 or more. In September 2002, the Métis people adopted a national definition of Métis for citizenship within the "Métis Nation". Based on this definition, it is estimated that there are 350,000 to 400,000 Métis Nation citizens in Canada , although many Métis classify anyoneas Métis that can prove that an ancestor applied for money scrip or land scrip as part of nineteenth-century treaties with the Canadian government.
The Métis are not recognized as a First Nation by the Canadian government and do not receive the benefits granted to First Nation peoples (see Indian Act). However, the new Canadian constitution of 1982 recognizes the Métis as an Aboriginal people and has enabled individual Métis to sue successfully for recognition of their traditional rights, such as rights to hunt and trap. In 2003, a court ruling in Ontario found that the Métis deserve the same rights as other aboriginal communities in Canada.
The United States
"Mixed-Bloods" and Mestizos
In the United States the term "mixed-blood" is more often employed for non-Hispanic individuals of mixed European and Native American ancestry, while mestizo is the term of choice for Hispanic individuals (whether U.S.-born or immigrant) of that same mixed ancestry.
Of the Hispanic Americans who have lived in the Southwestern United States for several generations prior to annexation and incorporation of that region into the United States, many have identified as racially white but many others have classified themselves as mestizo, particularly those who also identify as Chicano. See also Tejanos.
Of the over 35 million Hispanics counted in the Federal 2000 Census, the overwhelming majority of the 42.2% who identified as "some other race" ([1]) are believed to be mestizos. Of the 47.9% of Hispanics who identified as White Hispanic, many are thought to possess at least some Amerindian ancestry. Hispanics identifying as multiracial amounted to 6.3% (2.2 million) of all Hispanics and presumably included many mestizos.
Renowned mixed-blooded persons in United States' history are many. One such example is Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, who guided the Mormon Battalion from New Mexico to the city of San Diego in California in 1846, and then accepted an appointment there as alcalde of Mission San Luis Rey. His father, Toussaint Charbonneau, was a French Canadian interpreter, and his mother Sacagawea was the Shoshone guide of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He can be found depicted on the United States dollar coin along with his mother, Sacagawea.
The group of Americans in the Appalachia region known as Melungeons are another mixed-race population. See also Passing.
The Philippines
During the colonial period of the Philippines, the term "Mestizo" originally referred only to those of mixed Filipino and Spanish or Mexican ancestry. However, the term soon became generic and synonymous for "mixed race".
The term has since been freely used to refer to all Filipinos of physically traceable mixed ancestry, irrespective of racial combination or ratio, but typically including an ethnic Filipino base stock. A recent genetic study by Stanford University, indicates that 3.6% of the population have Spanish, Mexican or other European ancestries.
See also Demographics of the Philippines and Ethnic groups of the Philippines.
Modern day Filipino mestizos include Filipinos with Spanish ancestry or Filipinos mixed with Chinese, Japanese (those of mixed Filipino and Japanese descent) and/or American ancestry (those of mixed Filipino and American4 descent), et cetera. Although those Filipinos of Chinese, Japanese and other East Asian ancestry is also interchangeably referred to as "Chinito/a" (diminutive of Chino/a; Chinese) to specify the type of racial Mestizo background, this would more correctly be applied only to those mestizos of Chinese descent. More correct terms denoting Filipino-Chinese mestizos include Sangley and the vernacular "Tsinoy". That of Spanish and Chinese would be Tornatras.
Mestizo ascendancy
In contrast to Latin America, where mestizos (European/Amerindian) came to comprise a large part of the population, in the Philippines the combined number of all types of Filipino mestizos never accounted for more than 4% of a population which, apart from full blooded Spanish, Mexican and Chinese minorities which together numbered fewer than the mestizos, was mainly and predominantly native Austronesian Filipino. Upon the retreat of Spain and Mexico at the end of colonial occupation, people of mestizo ancestry were able to position themselves at the top of a caste-based social structure which the Spanish had previously established and dominated. As a result, mestizos held the greatest governing influence in the country, almost absolute control of commerce and industry, and an excessively disproportionate share of wealth.
During the late 19th century, Filipino mestizos initiated most movements and revolts against Spain. One such movement lead by the national heroes of the Philippines, Filipino-Spanish mestizo Andrés Bonifacio and Filipino-Chinese mestizo José Rizal, were among the leaders of the revolution. Although these movements failed to achieve their intended goals, Filipino mestizos also initiated the calls for Filipino revolt and, with the aid of the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American War, subsequently achieved independence.
Today, despite constituting one of the smallest minorities, mestizos continue to hold a monopoly over the country's economic oligarchic political systems.
East Timor
In the former Portuguese colony of East Timor, the term mestiço applied to those of mixed native East Timorese and Portuguese ancestry. They form 1% of the population. Prominent mestiços in East Timor include Prime Minister (formerly Foreign Minister) José Ramos Horta.
In the former Portuguese colony of Macau, a small territory on the southern coast of China, the name mestiço was applied to those of mixed Portuguese and Chinese ancestry. Today they form a small minority of 1% of the population [2]. They are also known locally as Macanese.
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In Goa - formerly Portuguese India - the term descendentes was applied to mestiços of Portuguese and Indian ancestry. Though their European lineage is not English, they are often called Anglo Indians, as a result of the legal definition of that latter term encompassing persons "whose father or any of whose other male progenitors in the male line is or was of European descent."
Portuguese-speaking Africa
São Tomé & Príncipe and Cape VerdePortuguese exploration and settlement of both São Tomé and Príncipe and Cape Verde, these islands were all uninhabited.
In both countries, the great majority of their current populations descend from the mixing of the Portuguese that initially settled the islands from the 15th Century onwards and the black Africans brought from the African mainland to work as slaves - mostly from Benin, Gabon, and the Congo.
Of São Tomé & Prícipe's 193,413 inhabitants, the largest segement is defined as mestiço [3], and 71 % of the population of Cape Verde is also classified as such. [4]
Currently, the most prominent and internationally known mestiço of São Tomé and Príncipe is president Fradique de Menezes.
Angola and Mozambique
In the other two Portuguese-speaking African countries including Angola and Mozambique, the term mestiço is also used to describe people of mixed European and African ancestry.
In both countries they constitue small but important minorities; 2% in Angola [5] and 0.2% in Mozambique[6]
French-speaking Africa
Métis (feminine Métisse) in French-speaking Africa is used to describe people of mixed European and native African ancestry.
In any French-speaking Africa country in which métis may be found, they constitute (1%) of the population.
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- Since the late 1990s, the term is also used for a new musical genre. Artist like Manu Chao, Amparanoia, and many other bands create a blend of Urban Spanish music Latin, salsa, Reggae, Punk, Ska and Rock.
- The sixth book of the popular Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was supposed to be titled "Harry Potter y el Príncipe Mestizo" in Spanish speaking countries, a translation which introduces connotations beyond the original meaning of the title in English. It finally will be titled "Harry Potter y el misterio del Principe", or "Harry Potter and Mystery of the Prince" attending to the publisher Company last minute decision.
Famous mestizos
- Benjamin Bratt, American actor, indigenous Peruvian mother and Anglo-German father
- Porfirio Díaz, Mexican president and dictator
- Danny Trejo, Mexican American hollywood actor
- "El Inca" Garcilaso de la Vega, Peruvian poet, writer and historian
- Jennifer Lopez, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and actress
- José Ramos Horta, East Timorese Prime Minister.
- José Eduardo Agualusa, Luso-Angolan author whose work revolves around the mixed history of Portugal, Angola and Brazil
- Enrique Iglesias, Spanish actor and singer, Spanish father and Filipina (Filipino-Spanish mestiza) mother
- Mario Moreno (aka Cantinflas), renowned Mexican comedian and actor
- Thalía, Mexican singer and actress
- Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian folk singer
- Q'Orianka Kilcher, American actress and singer, indigenous Peruvian father and Swiss-Anglo American mother
- Chayanne, Puerto Rican singer
- Isabel Preysler, Filipina journalist and model
- Diego Maradona, Argentinian soccer player
- Selena Quintanilla Pérez, Mexican American, singer
- Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player
- Jon Seda, Puerto Rican hollywood actor
- Mercedes Sosa, Argentinian folk singer
- The ethnic composition of Chileans is marked by a socio-genetic gradient where Amerindian admixture typically correlates to social levels. Amerindian contribution tends to be strongest in the lower echelons of society, and in the upper class and middle class, tend to register the lowest degree of Amerindian contribution. Almost the entirety of the population, however, presents a racially mixed origin, but is not uncommon to encounter unmixed European or with more than 3/4 of european ancestry. Only a small minority can truly are unmixed Amerindian. See also Demographics of Chile
- In Honduras, Panama, and to a considerably smaller and less prominent degree in Mexico, the mestizo population has absorbed some African ancestry, either in the form of Mulattos, Zambos, or directly via the African slaves who were taken there during the colonial era.
- American-mestizos in the Philippines may be of any race or ethnic origin which includes White American, Hispanic American and African American.
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- Amanye
- brown people
- Casta
- Colonial Mentality
- Creole
- Genízaro
- List of terms for multiraciality
- Mestiços (Sri Lanka)
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Blue Jackets deadline deal fuels Rangers resurgence
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NEW YORK - You can bet Glen Sather was grinning ear-to-ear while he chewed on his stogie Monday night.
Not only did the general manager of the New York Rangers watch his team get back into its series with the Washington Capitals after a 4-3 victory, but the players he brought over from the Columbus Blue Jackets in a pair of deals during the past year were all over the marquee.
The director of this Broadway Blueshirts' production had plenty of reasons to smile.
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Harry quickly went back to his favorite activity — having some good old-fashioned fun at a nightclub — upon his return to London. Looking dapper in a blazer, Harry was spotted out and about for a night on the town, but it wasn't really Harry's appearance that was the surprise. Also in tow was Davy, clad in a red dress and black tights, looking happy to see her pal Harry.
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Carrot-Corn Pancakes
Susan Feliciano
Just tried out my new food processor by finely grating a bunch of carrots. So I used them in this recipe for breakfast. I'm putting that it serves two, because I ate half of it (not something I normally do), but these were good with butter and sorghum on them.
- 1 c
- finely shredded carrots
- 1/4 c
- egg beaters (or 1 large egg)
- 1/2 c
- milk
- 2 Tbsp
- brown sugar
- 1/4 c
- plain corn meal
- 3/4 c
- whole grain pancake mix (i used bob's red mill)
- 1/2 tsp
- baking powder
- 1 Tbsp
- butter or coconut oil for greasing griddle
How to Make Carrot-Corn Pancakes
- 1Preheat flat griddle to medium heat.
- 2Mix together first 4 ingredients. Let sit for 10 minutes. Stir together the remaining dry ingredients. Make a well in the center and add in the carrot mixture. Stir until well-blended.
- 3Brush griddle with a little butter or coconut oil throughout the baking. Bake as for pancakes on the griddle, turning when bottom browns. Watch carefully to prevent burning. I had to turn my burner down to low after the first pancake.
- 4Makes about 6 six-inch pancakes. Very good served with butter and sorghum or maple syrup.
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Oftentimes, the mega-wealthy run out of ideas for their moolah. So, they buy a big, shiny new toy: a sports franchise. If the team is successful, the owner and his family are paid back not only at the box office but in untold multiples of public worship. No one is going to slap you on the back for selling sausage casings.
Glazer is no generic owner with self-indulgent goals. He is an empire builder. We've never seen a corporate sports raider the likes of this man. In fact, I've never even seen the owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, other than in a photograph. He is a recluse's recluse. You would have better luck finding, and interviewing, Howard Hughes.
Glazer is not into Spruce Goose ego-massages. He likes to make money. Lots of it. So, 10 years after buying the government housing of NFL franchises, the Tampa Bay Bucs, Glazer has purchased a controlling share of Manchester United, the Buckingham Palace of soccer clubs. It is a hostile takeover bid that would make T. Boone Pickens blush, complete with angry Brits burning the new majority owner in effigy and threatening to cancel ticket subscriptions and boycott sponsors.
Glazer now owns 75% of the corporation and is on the proverbial hook for nearly $1.5 billion — including borrowing nearly $500 million to fund the largest acquisition of a sports franchise in history.
Man U today ... Luxembourg tomorrow.
(Or, maybe a first-class office for Bucs coach Jon Gruden, who himself was purchased outright by Glazer from Al Davis for $8 million and four draft choices. I was in Chuckie's office last fall and I thought I was in a trailer park — a business Glazer made money on in the 1970s. The Bucs are building a new facility, but by the time they're finished, Gruden might be old enough to sweep Clearwater Beach with a metal detector.)
For several months, Glazer has shrewdly made various runs at the famous soccer club, beginning with a 2.9% share purchase two years ago. It's not his fault that the original owners decided to take the team public years ago.
The ramifications of such a deal remain unclear. Naturally, passionate European football fans wring their hands that the billionaire financier is in control of the New York Yankees of Europe. A Yank, no less. That alone seems to account for much of the antipathy.
Glazer, born in 1928, son of Lithuanian immigrants, grew up in Rochester, N.Y., and has demonstrated he will buy anything at the right price. But he seems to specialize in stuff that other people run from or can't afford. At one time, he tried to buy Harley-Davidson and Conrail. A couple of years ago, it was the Los Angeles Dodgers, a proposal that went nowhere.
In purchasing the legendary franchise that is Man U, Glazer has become the most despised man on the British Isles. He is about as welcome as an Argentinian field general in a Piccadilly Circus pub. There is much angst over his possible intentions, most notably that Glazer could transfer his debt load to a debt-free franchise, raise prices and gut the product. Traditionalists fear that he won't spend to preserve the team's heritage as a powerhouse. Indeed, Manchester United and its competition have no salary cap, as does the NFL.
It's hard to fathom that a man of Glazer's financial acumen would spend $1.5 billion to run a team into the ground for personal gain — but it has been done by other franchise owners. He did hold up Tampa city fathers for a new football stadium, but it produced a winning team and a cash register that doesn't stop.
Meanwhile, some Buccaneers fans wonder if the need to sign midfielders and goalkeepers might affect obtaining linebackers and cornerbacks. The Bucs franchise is worth an estimated $700 million to $800 million but, under NFL policy, is not allowed to be used as collateral. The team has assured locals the Bucs won't be sold to underwrite Glazer's new toy or interfere with the business at One Buc Place.
The Tampa Tribune columnist Martin Fennelly, a longtime Glazer observer, wrote, "It's hard for me to see how Malcolm won't siphon money from football to soccer, borrowing from Peter to pay Ronaldo."
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Faculty Advisor – Mr. Timothy Wanamaker
The Bishop Canevin Academic Team participates in the KDKA Hometown High-Q television show and also National Academic Quiz Tournaments held at the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and Duquesne University.
Any student may try out for the team. Students receive study assignments and practices are held in the morning before school once a week.
ART CLUB – Faculty Advisor – Mrs. Karen Kennedy
A newer offering at Bishop Canevin, the Art Club meets informally, allowing students to work on projects and experience different mediums.
BISHOP CANEVIN DIGITAL CLUB – Faculty Advisor – Mr. Nick Sinagra
The BCDC team is responsible for producing news shows and special programs. Students are involved in various areas of TV and streaming video and radio productions from script writing to the technology of TV/Web production. BCDC also supports the technology needs of all school activities. Students assist in the maintenance of the school Web site and the school's computers. Furthermore, students participate in developing new media and technology projects for the benefit of the Bishop Canevin High School community. Any student, regardless of media and technology experience, can join this club.
BOOK CLUB – Faculty Advisor – Mrs. Sue Rakaczky
Members meet after school in the library to discuss current and classic works that the group has chosen to read.
CAMPUS MINISTRY – Faculty Advisor – Mr. Mark Lang
Anchored in Catholic identity, the Campus Ministry Team provides an opportunity to express their Catholic Faith and develop lifelong leadership and stewardship skills through service projects for charity and justice. Diocesan events are such as Love Walk for the Poor, Silver Ring Thing, Hosanna and the Diocesan Youth Council are attended.
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS – Faculty Advisor – Mr. Michael Osiecki
Circle of Friends promotes increased socialization between students in the St. Anthony Program and Bishop Canevin. Friendships form through regular outside activities such as crafts, games, field trips and the Inclusive Games.
CRUSADERS FOR LIFE – Faculty Advisor – Mr. Mark Lang
Crusaders For Life students affirm that the right to life is an inalienable right. Members help to foster a society that respects and protects individual innocent human beings from conception to natural death. Events include the March for Life in D.C., Silent Day of Solidarity and a fundraiser to support Genesis House in Bellevue.
FORENSICS – Faculty Advisor – Mrs. Rita Yunker
The Forensics Club is an extra-curricular activity devoted to the fostering and perfecting of effective and persuasive oral communications skills. Open to all students, the club participates in a variety of speech related activities throughout the school year. Students compete in local tournaments in areas such as original oratory, dramatic interpretation, humor, prose, impromptu speaking, and poetry. Participants can qualify to attend State and National competitions.
FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA – Faculty Advisor – Mr. Timothy Wanamaker
The FBLA is a national organization of secondary school students enrolled in business and office education programs. FBLA is an integral part of the business education program and is designed to develop leadership abilities and competencies for business and office occupations. Members learn how to engage in business enterprises; how to hold office and direct the affairs of the group; how to work with representatives of other youth and adult organizations and how to compete with other FBLA members on the local, regional, state and national levels.
INTERACT CLUB – Faculty Advisor – Mr. Timothy Wanamaker
Primarily a service organization open to all students, Rotary Interact has as its purpose involving its members in a variety of community projects. Affiliated with the Greentree Rotary, the Bishop Canevin Chapter selects a variety of worthwhile activities and services to undertake during a given school year and stresses active participation in charitable and community benefits.
JUNIOR A.O.H. – Advisor – Mr. Tom Kennedy
The Junior Ancient Order of Hibernians is a group of young men of Irish Catholic descent committed to the preservation of Irish culture and heritage. The membership invites all young men of Irish Catholic descent to join and live their motto of "Friendship, Unity and Christian Charity".
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT – Faculty Advisor – Mrs. Marianne Reinhart
Since 1919, the Junior Achievement program mission has been to educate and inspire young people to value free enterprise and understand business and economics to improve the quality of their lives. Students from Bishop Canevin teach the JA program at several of our partner grade schools.
JUNIOR LADIES A.O.H. – Advisor – Mrs. Maureen Murray
The Ladies AOH Juniors is a group of young ladies that promote and preserve their Irish culture and heritage. The membership invites all young women of Irish Catholic descent to join. They contribute to several community service projects.
LEONID – Faculty Advisor – Mrs. Diane Finnegan
The LEONID, the school newspaper, is issued approximately six or seven times each year, and covers all current aspects of school life, as well as editorials, reviews and special interest columns. Numerous opportunities exist on the LEONID staff in the area of reporting, writing, layout and other phases of newspaper publication. Students interested in working on the LEONID staff are strongly urged to participate.
Faculty Advisor – Mr. Kevin Johnson
Faculty Advisor – Mr. Kevin Johnson
The Musicians, while primarily a course offering, has extra curricular activity requirements which include performing at football games, local parades, pep rallies, school assemblies, school dramatic and musical productions, the annual Spring Concert and other special events during the school year.
Advisors – Mr. Johnson & Dr. Meg Coldren
The Crusettes, which is our marching drill team performs with the band at all band activities. Stressing precision, uniformity and spirit, the Crusettes practice year round to insure excellence in performance.
THE CAVETTES – Faculty Advisor – Mr. Kevin Johnson
The Cavettes, which is the marching flag and sabre squad, serves as an integral part of and performs with the Marching Crusaders at all designated functions. Stressing physical and creative ability, the Cavettes also emphasize the social aspects of the Marching Crusader group.
In Mock Trial, students compete with other local schools in which they present a trial case (decided by a panel of lawyers) where the students act as lawyers, both prosecutors/plaintiffs or defense/defendants. Students will also act as witnesses for each side. Meetings begin in mid-October and are held after school weekly. The team will enter a tournament sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh. Actual competitions begin at the end of January. The BC team will participate in two trials, one as the defense and one as the prosecution.
Participants in this club join in a simulation of the United Nations, where schools representing various countries of the world, come together to debate current events and vote on diplomatic solutions.
MOSAIC – Faculty Advisor – Mr. Joseph Romano
The MOSAIC is the school's annual yearbook, providing complete photographic coverage of the school year, its activities, faculty and student body. The book is issued late each summer and is published by a student editorial staff under the supervision of a moderator. The MOSAIC provides opportunities for students to learn and exercise skills in composition, layout, editing, writing and photography, and welcomes all students.
MUSICAL – Faculty Advisor – Mr. Kevin Johnson
The Spring Musical production involves three months of hard work and rehearsal. Students may audition for chorus, acting or dancing parts or they may join one of the many backstage crews such as; stage crew, lighting, makeup, tickets, ushering, publicity or programming. The purpose of the school musical is to stimulate and develop the artistic, musical and dramatic talents of the students.
NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY – Faculty Advisor – Natalie Liptak
The purpose of the Bishop Canevin Chapter of the National Honor Society is to stimulate high scholarship, constructive leadership, meaningful service and worthy character. The National Honor Society brings the accomplishments of outstanding students to the attention of their classmates, their parents, their communities, and the colleges that they may plan to attend. In electing qualified juniors to membership in the society, the Bishop Canevin High School faculty honors the past and present attainments of those students and recognizes the promise that each of them holds to face the needs and the challenges of the future. Membership is based on outstanding scholastic achievement (4.0 cumulative weight-point average or above for the first five semesters), and character as evaluated by the faculty and administration. In addition, eligible candidates must have demonstrated during their initial five semesters significant service and leadership experience especially in terms of their school and community involvement. Continued membership in the society is contingent upon the student maintaining all of the standards which qualified him/her for admission.
PENNSYLVANIA JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE – Advisor – Peggy Evans
In PJAS the student designs and performs an experimental study of his/her choosing within the area of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Science, Psychology or Computer Science. The student presents his/her findings to the judges of the Western PA PJAS competition. Related programs are: Science Olympiad, Science Bowl, Super Bowl of Problem Solving, and Chemistry Olympics.
SIX STRING SONGWRITER'S GUILD – Faculty Advisor – Mr. Mark Lang
The Six String Songwriter's Guild provides guitar players with the opportunity to create, share and revise their original songs and lyrics at monthly meetings.
STUDENT COUNCIL – Faculty Advisor – Marianne Reinhart
The Student Council is a leadership organization that helps to further the welfare of the school by aiding the interpretation and implementation of administrative policies, while coordinating student activities. Membership is elective and open to any student who qualifies in ability and character for the office. Since the Student Council facilitates a most important aspect of the school program, only deserving and capable leaders should be chosen.
ORACLE – Advisor – Marian Doyle
Oracle is Bishop Canevin High School's Literary Magazine. It is a showcase for Bishop Canevin student writers and artists. Oracle is a yearly volume of poetry, prose, short stories, artwork and photographs created, compiled and edited by Bishop Canevin students. Oracle offers students the opportunity to share their voice and vision with the rest of the Bishop Canevin Community.
WORLD LANGUAGE CLUB – Advisor – Mrs. Cassidy Checketts
The World Language Club presents members with many opportunities to learn about and appreciate other cultures. Activities include field trips to restaurants, the Benedum Center, watching movies in other languages, writing to pen pals, Christmas caroling, decorating the school for foreign language week and listening to guest speakers.


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MOSCOW – No wall plaque honors the victims of Josef Stalin's purges, who met their end in the execution cells of headquarters of the feared Soviet security services on Lubyanka Square in Moscow.
Instead, the traffic races round a busy square and the building itself, known everywhere in Moscow as the Lubyanka, these days houses the Russian successor to the KGB, the FSB, as if the burden of history did not exist.
The lack of any hint of the atrocities carried out inside the Lubyanka — particularly but not exclusively in the mid-1930s at the height of Stalin's purges — is richly symbolic of the strangely ambivalent way in which the Soviet tyrant is remembered in Vladimir Putin's Russia.
When Stalin died 60 years ago on March 5, 1953, ordinary Soviet citizens cried real tears in the streets and anguished processions of officials marched by his open coffin at the House of Columns.
Statues and iconography lauding Stalin, however, disappeared in the 1960s, when his successor, Nikita Khrushchev, revealed the extent of his crimes to the Soviet elite and the process of de-Stalinization began.
Yet in a country where tough and autocratic rulers — from Ivan the Terrible to Nicolas I and arguably right up to Putin himself — remain admired rather than criticized, Russia never turned entirely against Stalin.
His greatest perceived achievement was leading the Red Army to victory in World War II, despite the almost ruinous hesitations and mistakes in the early part of the campaign, not to mention the loss of much of the military elite in the purges. The 1930s purges, the murderous collectivization of the peasantry, and the feared network of gulag camps under Stalin that together claimed millions of lives are largely absent from the public discourse.
At the end of the 1980s, during the perestroika reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev, Stalin's crimes were largely denounced. But by the mid-1990s, his image had already improved as liberal reforms provoked a surge in nostalgia for the Soviet era. "Stalin's image started to improve and this intensified with the arrival in power of Putin," who first became president in 2000, said Lev Gudkov, director of the Levada Center, an independent pollster. "Certain figures started overtly defending Stalin and this discreet rehabilitation reached its apogee in 2004 to 2005 with the 60th anniversary of the war victory when he was described as an 'effective manager' in a book approved by the ministry of education."
A 2012 poll by the Levada Center found that 37 percent of Russians know either nothing or almost nothing about the Stalinist repressions. The same year, Stalin topped a poll of great Russian personalities.
"Under Putin, the Russian authorities have taken an ambiguous attitude toward Stalin," said Maria Lipman of the Carnegie Moscow Center.
The current Russian political system is based on the same foundations as Stalin's — "a centralized authority based on the security services and a submissive population," she said.
The vice rector of the Moscow Plekhanov University, Sergei Markov, a political analyst close to Putin, says Stalin is still admired at a popular level as a symbol of a strong state. "The majority of the population consider that people want to destroy the Russian state under the cover of de-Stalinization and those who criticize Stalin want in fact to destroy Russia," Markov said.
It's usually not too hard at large bookshops in Russia to find words cataloging the horrors of the purges. But equally anyone wanting books eulogizing Stalin's achievements will be able to find them piled high. When Russia marked the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad this year, buses decorated with Stalin's face circulated in St. Petersburg and other Russian cities.
And those with a sharp eye can still find isolated monuments eulogizing Stalin in Russia. Look up in the entrance hall of Kurskaya metro station in Moscow and an inscription proclaims: "It's Stalin who taught us the loyalty to the people and who pushes us toward achievement."


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This might be C.J. Mosley's first time playing in the Southeastern Conference Championship, but he's treating it like any other game.
"We're just coming into this game treating it like it's the next week," he said. "We've got to make sure we don't worry about the small stuff and all the media and things like that. We've got to focus on doing our job and executing the game plan."
The 6-foot-2, 232-pound linebacker was playing his final season at Theodore High School when he watched the Crimson Tide beat Florida to win the SEC in 2009.
Now, as a junior, Mosley will get his first opportunity to play for the conference title in the Georgia Dome as the most distinguished player Alabama's top-ranked defense.
The Butkus Award finalist leads the unit with 92 total tackles, four sacks, two interceptions, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.
Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo said he is fully aware of the threat that Mosley can be, and is making sure his offense
accounts for him before each play.
"He's an athletic guy that can close space in a hurry," Bobo said. "He's a lot like our (Alec Ogletree) in his range on the field. He's a guy you can't squeeze a tight throw into a window. We've just got to know where he is."
Like Georgia, the Crimson Tide runs a 3-4 defensive scheme run by former Georgia player Kirby Smart.
Even though Smart has the unit at the top of nearly every statistical category on defense in the country, finding success with the scheme isn't as simple as putting talent on the field.
"(You need) players that are willing to work and willing do the right things and execute their jobs for the system to work," Mosley said. "The D-line — they have to hold blocks, they have to get certain guys. The linebackers have to play their roles and stop the run and pass. You have to depend
on and believe in the secondary to defend the pass when we blitz or when we're rushing. Overall, it's a great defense but we have to make sure we have guys that are very coachable and committed to doing their jobs."
The group isn't bulletproof, though.
Alabama's defense has given up more than 400 yards to opposing offenses twice this season — in its comeback win over LSU and in its loss to Texas A&M.
"Those two games we knew and the coaches knew … from a defensive standpoint that we didn't play our best," Mosley said. "Those games happened for a reason and they got those types of yards on those types of plays for a reason."
It took a return to square one for Mosley and his unit to refocus and get back to the level they were used to playing at.
"After the loss, we pretty much got back to the basics of doing what we have to do. (That meant) doing the little things every day in practice: wrapping up, finishing tackles, footwork and things like that because once you lose sight of those is when the big plays happen."
Now the Crimson Tide faces an explosive Georgia offense that averages 463.7 total yards per game.
The Bulldogs boast two true freshmen running backs, Todd Gurley and Kieth Marshall, who have combined for 1,906 yards on the ground this season.
"We haven't really faced a team that's got a one-two punch like that," Mosley said. "That's one of the reasons Georgia's offense is pretty explosive."
Despite the opposing threat, Alabama's defense has the benefit of squaring off against its own tandem backfield with T.J. Yeldon and Eddie Lacy every single day.
"We go against two great running backs each day at practice," Mosley said. "We've got to use that to
our advantage and make sure that we do our best to contain (Gurley and Marshall)."
With a national championship berth on the line, this SEC championship game against Georgia could not be any bigger. But for Mosley, the road to get to this moment meant a championship effort each and every Saturday.
"Why try to do so much more for the last game if you didn't for the first 12 games," he said. "If that's the case then you weren't
giving it your all from the get-go."


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The Caribbean lies roughly between 5° and 30° north latitude and so falls mostly within the tropical zone. Its climate is mostly tropical marine. It is uniformly hot all year, averaging about 27° or 28 °C in summer, and about 24 °C in winter. Temperatures and rainfall are influenced by the northeast and southeast trade winds and the zone of rising hot air between them. Annual rainfall averages from less than 100 centimeters in some areas to more than 200 centimeters in others.
Tourism is a major source of foreign currency in the region. Winter (December-March) is the main tourist season. More than 27 million tourists, mainly from North America and Europe, visit the Caribbean each year. The chief tourist areas are the Bahamas, Barbados, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and St. Martin in the Netherlands Antilles. Together, these territories account for nearly 75 per cent of visitor arrivals. Tourism contributes over 40 per cent of national income or gross domestic product in the Cayman Islands and U.S. Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, Aruba, St. Lucia, and Grenada. It employs more than 20 per cent of the labor force in Aruba, Barbados, the Bahamas, and the Cayman and U.S. Virgin Islands.
The warm Caribbean weather, lower taxes and low cost of living are seen as a healthy alternative for most retirees on a fixed income, and many are making the Caribbean lifestyle part of their Caribbean Retirement plan.


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HIP HOP NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW...KELLY ROWLAND: Estranged Dad Trying to Make Nice
KELLY ROWLAND: Estranged Dad Trying to Make Nice
Kelly Rowland's estranged father of 20 years is trying to get back into her life.
Kelly's 67-year-old father, Christopher Lovett, admits to Radar Online that he was an abusive alcoholic and, because of that, decided to leave Kelly and her mother, Doris, when Kelly was only seven years old. He says, "It wasn't physical between me and Kelly's mom, but there were many days and nights when Kelly would be bawling her eyes out, clutching my leg begging me, 'Please, Daddy, stop shouting at Mommy.' That image of her howling, begging me to stop will haunt me forever... I just pray she comes back into my life before it's too late."
Lovett says he's tried numerous times to reach out to his Grammy-winning daughter without any luck.
In an interview this past September with Essence, Kelly said, "I don't know what's stopping me [from talking to him], because I've had opportunities. But it really is time. I probably need to ask my therapist about it."
Source: AllHipHop
- A beautiful woman with daddy issues is the worst.
- 20 years is a long time to leave someone hanging.
- Let's just hope he's not trying to jump on the gravy train.


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The Relational Pastor
ndrew Root has a challenge for ministers: Stop trying to be a "self-help entertainer" and start focusing on building meaningful relationships where you share your life with others. Root explains that the church needs to redirect its emphasis from seeing people as "individuals" to "persons." The two main aspects of valued relationships among persons are empathy and transformation. Root encourages ministers to recognize that a person is a multi-dimensional human who can form bonds and interact with other persons in a caring, empathetic manner, just as Jesus did. An individual is someone often considered more of an object whom ministers tend to view as an asset to a ministry, but not particularly helpful in building a growing, Christ-like church body. Root strongly challenges church leaders to truly share themselves with their congregation, and emphasizes prayer as the driving force in relational ministry. Root gives compelling and well-reasoned arguments on the many benefits of minister's becoming "relational pastors."
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Born a Patriots fan, became a Raiders fan because my first SuperBowl was 1980 and had both pennants in my room growing up, which annoyed the heck out of my dad. I ride around with a Raiders license plate and hear about it daily, and I have the NFL package so that I don't miss one Raiders play. I basically sat catatonic during the Tuck Rule game because I was happy one of them was going, but as happy as I was for the Patriots, the Raiders were robbed.
Since I can't play anymore I now dominate the Fantasy Football world, which isn't a replacement, but it is something.


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Finding short cuts or cutting corners does not pay off in the long run. You must pursue strategic and disciplined steps toward the Spirit led direction of your calling. Variant moods and impulse choices can derail you off the wise and productive path to success. These choices are often a sign of impatience or poor self-discipline. But if you are willing to follow through the choices that only Wisdom can bring, you can achieve a breakthrough. Set up measurable and accountable standards to stay on … [Read more...]
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The Greek myth says that they were the most powerful women ever. In the ancient times, they were said to be a tribe of independent, mighty women who had rebelled against the men-dominated society. They used to live in isolate places, exclude men from their society and make wars against them. Today, we can call them as the first extreme feminists.Continue Reading: The Myths


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Say or tell?
Say and tell are irregular verbs. The past simple of say is said, the past simple of tell is told:
They asked if I was looking for work and I said yes.
Then he told me how he had got the job by lying about his age.
We use say and tell in different ways in reported speech. Say focuses on the words someone said and tell focuses more on the content or message of what someone said:
'Hello,' she said.
'Hello,' she told.
She told him they were going on holiday. (The focus is on the information.)
We use say with direct speech. We don't normally use tell in this way:
He said, 'I'm not paying £50 for that.'
See also:
Say and tell with objects
Both say and tell take a direct object. The object is most commonly the reported clause (the report of what someone said).
reporting clause
reported clause (direct object)
Tell normally takes an indirect object (one or more people = io) and a direct object (the reported clause = do):
The boy told [IO]us [DO]he didn't want any money.
However, we use tell without an indirect object with words such as the truth, a lie, a joke, a story:
You should never tell a lie.
Not: …
say a lie.
Come on Kevin. You're good at telling jokes.
Say does not take an indirect object. Instead, we use a phrase with to:
And then she said to me, 'I'm your cousin. We've never met before.'
And then she said me…
Tell + indirect object + to-infinitive
We use tell with an indirect object and a to-infinitive to report a command or an instruction. We don't normally use say in this way:
They told us to come back the next day.
They said us to come…
They told her to wait till the doctor arrived.
But in informal speaking, we sometimes use say + to-infinitive to report a command or an instruction:
I asked him if he wanted it today but he said to leave it till tomorrow.
Typical errors
We don't use an indirect object with say:
'I'm in a hurry,' he said to me.
Not: …
he said me.
We don't use tell without an indirect object when we report someone's words:
Then a loud voice said, 'Hello.'
Not: …
a loud voice told, 'Hello.'
She said she would wait for us outside.
She told she would wait…
("Say or tell ?" from English Grammar Today © Cambridge University Press.)
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Wellington (AFP) Aug 19, 2013
A new contamination scare hit New Zealand's multi-billion dollar dairy industry on Monday after it was revealed a milk product with excessive nitrate levels had been exported to China.
Both New Zealand's Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) and the company at the centre of the latest scare, Westland Milk, insisted the product called lactoferrin did not pose a safety risk.
But the timing could not be worse for the country's dairy industry -- which generates a quarter of New Zealand's exports -- as it struggles to recover from a botulism contamination crisis earlier this month.
Westland said two batches of lactoferrin totalling 390kg (860 pounds) were exported to China despite showing nitrate levels of 610 and 2,198 parts per million -- well above the New Zealand standard of 150 parts per million.
Chief executive Rod Quin said it appeared the contamination was an isolated incident caused when cleaning products were not properly flushed from a South Island processing plant before a new run of product was sent through.
"We immediately initiated a process to find and quarantine all of the product and it has been put on hold," he said.
The government said that by the time the product had been through the manufacturing process, nitrate levels would have been so diluted as to be harmless.
"MPI's technical experts have looked closely at this issue and believe any food safety risk to Chinese consumers is negligible because the quantities of lactoferrin used in consumer products was very small," MPI acting director-general Scott Gallacher said.
"The nitrate levels in those products would easily be within acceptable levels."
New Zealand's reputation for producing top-quality dairy products was damaged when Fonterra revealed earlier this month that some whey product used in baby formula was contaminated with a potentially deadly bug that can cause botulism.
The scare, blamed on a dirty pipe at a North Island processing plant, caused product recalls from Saudi Arabia to China.
New Zealand's dairy exports are worth more than NZ$12 billion ($9.7 billion) a year, according to government data, with China its largest market.
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Nailing the Nail Trouble
Homeopathic Journal :: Volume: 3, Issue: 11, Sep, 2010 (General Theme) - from Homeorizon.com
|Article Updated: Sep 24, 2010
Nail is a horn-like envelope made up of keratinized protein, covering the dorsal aspect of the terminal phalanges of fingers and toes. It consists of the nail plate; the nail matrix and the nail bed below it; and the grooves surrounding it. Its chief function is to protect the distal phalanx, the fingertip, and the surrounding soft tissues from injuries. It also helps to enhance precise delicate movements of the fingers.
In humans, nails grow at an average rate of 3 mm (0.12 in) a month (as they are a form of hair). Fingernails require 3 to 6 months to regrow completely, and toenails require 12 to 18 months. Actual growth rate is dependent upon age, gender, season, exercise level, diet, and hereditary factors. Nails grow faster in the summer than in any other season.
Healthy nails are usually smooth, consistent in color and free of spots or discoloration. Nail problems that sometimes require treatment include bacterial and fungal infections, ingrown nails, tumors and warts. Other than these some systemic diseases are also accompanied by nail problems like:
- Psoriasis: Other than skin complaints, there are nail complaints like Nail Pitting, Onycholysis, Subungual hyperkeratosis, Nail dystrophy, (Horizontal) Nail ridges, and Yellowish-orange discoloration.
- Diabetes: Nail manifestations in this disease are: Opaque white nails with a dark band at the fingertip, Yellowing of the nail bed, Terry's nail (half white, half pink nails), Onychomycosis, Slight blush at bottom of the nail, and frequent nail infections.
- Rheumatoid Arthritis: Longitudinal nail ridges, Clubbing Nail, nail beading, the Yellow nail syndrome, Isolated nail fold vasculitis (NFV).
Sometimes it is the other way round when certain nail changes suggest underlying diseases in the form of:
|Nail Change
|Beau's lines or grooves
|1 mm wide depression in the nail plate that extends horizontally from one lateral nail groove to the other
|Commonly develop following dramatic illness such as Cardiovascular complaints and periods of high fever or malnutrition
|Clubbing of nails (Drumstick fingers, Hippocratic fingers)
|Increased convexity of nail fold
|seen with chronic pulmonary or cardiopulmonary disease but also occurs with some tumors, especially those of the lung parenchyma
|White Banding of Nails
|Horizontal white banding or opacification
|hypoalbuminemia accompanying chronic hepatic or renal disease
|Brown banding of nails
|Horizontal or Vertical brown opacity or strips
|Vertical - secondary to nevus or melanoma Horizontal - Addison's disease, cancer chemotherapy
|Splinter Haemorrhages
|Thin dark red lines 1-3 mm in length, representing small hemorrhages at the junction of the nail plate and the nail bed. They move out as the nail grows.
|Seen with bacterial endocarditis, trichinosis, but frequently seen in normal individuals
|Spoon shaped nails
|Iron deficiency
|Common Nail Complaints:
Onycholysis means separation of nail plate from nail bed; it is often associated with Subungual hyperkeratosis or buildup of soft yellow keratin in the space created by the Onycholysis. It is most commonly caused by fungal Infection of nails previously traumatized or when nail involvement is part of tinea mannum. Great toenail is extremely prone to infection. It normally appears white or yellowish in color, and may also change the texture and shape of the nail. The fungus digests the keratin protein of which the nail plate is comprised. As the infection progresses, organic debris accumulate under the nail plate often discoloring it. Other infectious organisms may be involved, and if left untreated, the nail plate may separate from the nail bed and crumble off.
Paronychia infections of the nail fold can be caused by bacteria, fungi and some viruses. The proximal and lateral nail folds act as a barrier, or seal, between the nail plate and the surrounding tissue. If a tear or a break occurs in this seal, the bacterium can easily enter. This type of infection is characterized by pain, redness and swelling of the nail folds. People who have their hands in water for extended periods like dishwashers, bartenders and waitresses may develop this condition, and it is highly contagious.
|Tinea unguis or ringworm of the nails, is characterized by nail thickening, deformity, and eventually results in nail plate loss.
Ingrown Toenail
Onychogryposis are claw-type nails that are characterized by a thickened nail plate and are often the result of trauma. This type of nail plate will curve inward, pinching the nail bed and sometimes require surgical intervention to relieve the pain.
Vertical Split
in the nail plate
Onychorrhexis are brittle nails which often split vertically, peel and/or have vertical ridges. This irregularity can be the result of heredity, the use of strong solvents in the workplace or the home, including household cleaning solutions. Although oil or paraffin treatments will re-hydrate the nail plate, one may wish to confer with a physician to rule out disease.
Leuconychia, also known as white lines or spots in the nail plate; it is caused by tiny bubbles of air that are trapped in the nail plate layers due to trauma. This condition may be hereditary and no treatment is required as the spots usually grow out with the nail plate.
Brittle Nails are characterized by a vertical splitting or separation of the nail plate layers at the distal (free) edge of the nail plate. In most cases, nail splitting and vertical ridges are characteristic of the natural aging process. This nail problem is also the result of overexposure to water and chemical solvents such as household cleaning solutions. As we age, the nail bed's natural flow of oils and moisture is greatly reduced. This oil and moisture is the cement that holds the nail plate layers together and gives the plate its inherent flexibility. Re-hydration of nail plate layers with a good quality cuticle and nail oil that contains Jojoba and Vitamin E helps in such cases. Jojoba oil has a very tiny molecule which can penetrate the nail plate surface, open up the layers and draw the Vitamin E in after it. The molecular structure of Vitamin E is too large to penetrate the nail plate layers or the surface layer of the skin without the benefits of Jojoba oil. Oiling the nail plate and surrounding cuticle at least twice daily and wearing gloves whenever working with household cleaning solutions helps in preventing nail splits.
Tips to keep Nails Healthy
Most of the above troubles can easily be dealt with or prevented if we pay a little attention to our nails. This would keep them healthy, shiny and disease free; some of the common tips include :
- Don't abuse your nails. To prevent nail damage, don't use your fingernails as tools to pick, poke or pry things.
- Don't bite your nails or pick at your cuticles. These habits can damage the nail bed. Even a minor cut alongside your nail can allow bacteria or fungi to enter and cause an infection (paronychia).
- Keep your nails dry and clean. This prevents bacteria, fungi or other organisms from growing under the nail. Clean under the nails regularly and thoroughly dry your hands and feet after bathing. Wear rubber gloves when using soap and water for prolonged periods.
- Keep your nails short, square shaped and slightly rounded on top. Trim brittle nails after a bath or a 15-minute hand soak in bath oil. Then apply a moisturizer.
- Trim nails and file nails regularly. Trim nails straight across and file down thickened areas. Trimming and filing are easier and safer if done just after bathing or soaking the nails.
- Never pull off hangnails - doing so almost always results in ripping living tissue. Instead clip off hangnails, leaving a slight angle outward.
- Wear shoes that fit properly. Shoes that place excessive pressure on your toes or pinch your toes may cause your nails to grow into surrounding tissue.
- Moisturize your nails frequently. Nails need moisture just like your skin does. Rub lotion into your nails when moisturizing your hands. Be sure to apply a moisturizer after removing fingernail polish.
- Take a biotin supplement. Taking 2.5 milligrams of biotin daily may increase the thickness of nails.
- Watch for problems. If you have a nail problem that doesn't seem to go away on its own or is associated with other signs and symptoms, make an appointment with your doctor to get it checked out.
Homeopathic Remedies
Some Homeopathic remedies which help in Nailing the Nail troubles include:
Antim crud: Brittle nails, tendency to grow out of shape. Skin dry with scaly eruptions. Horny warts on hands and soles.
Graphitis: Finger nails thick, black and rough, matrix inflamed. Toe-nails crippled. Nails brittle, crumbling, deformed, painful, sore. Cracks o fissures in ends of fingers; offensive perspiration of feet.
Fluoric acid: Nails crumble; feeling as of a splinter under the nail. Nails grow rapidly. Profuse, sour, offensive perspiration.
Psorinum: Eruptions around finger nails. Fetid foot sweat. Pustules near finger nails.
Silicea: Affections of finger nails, especially if white spot on nails. Ingrowing toe-nails. Sensation in tips of fingers as is suppurating. Crippled nails.
Sabadilla, Mag. Pol. Aust, Nitric acid, Caust are some other remedies which also have good role in nail complaints.


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Tiger Woods has yet to play like Tiger Woods in his comeback from injuries and personal scandal. Greg Norman thinks Fred Couples blew it by using a captain's pick on the struggling Woods for the upcoming Presidents Cup in November.
Norman, captain of the international teams, believes his opposite number should have used the pick on younger PGA Champion Keegan Bradley, according to the Fort Myers News-Press:
I wouldn't have (picked Woods)," Norman said during a news conference Saturday to announce the field for the Shootout at host venue Tiburon Golf Club in North Naples. "I think Keegan Bradley was much more deserving. I can understand the name of a Tiger Woods and his history of what he's done on the golf course. But I pick the guys who I think are ready to get in there and play and have performed to the highest levels leading up to it.
Reid Cherner has been with USA TODAY since 1982 and written Game On! since March 2008.
He has covered everything from high schools to horse racing to the college and the pros. The only thing he likes more than his own voice is the sound of readers telling him when he's right and wrong.
Michael Hiestand has covered sports media and marketing for USA TODAY, tackling the sports biz ranging from what's behind mega-events such as the Olympics and Super Bowl to the sometimes-hidden numbers behind the sports world's bottom line.


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NASA captures giant solar tsunami on video
A massive solar tsunami was captured on camera by a NASA spacecraft, the space agency reported Friday. The Sun erupted with two prominence eruptions on Friday, November 16, 2012. The prominences occurred one after the other. The first sun eruption took place at 1 a.m. EST and the other solar event came right on its heels at 5 a.m. EST.
"The red-glowing looped material is plasma, a hot gas made of electrically charged hydrogen and helium," officials with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center wrote in a description of the event. "The prominence plasma flows along a tangled and twisted structure of magnetic fields generated by the sun's internal dynamo. An erupting prominence occurs when such a structure becomes unstable and bursts outward, releasing the plasma."
NASA noted that a prominence is a large, bright feature extending outward from the Sun's surface. Prominences can extend hundreds of thousands of miles into space but scientists still aren't sure exactly how and why they form.
NASA said that the solar tsunami was captured on camera by the space agency's Solar Dynamic Observatory in the 304 wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light. Despite the size of this eruption, the space agency confirmed that the particle clouds do not appear to be heading in the direction of Earth.
Although the particle clouds from this solar tsunami don't appear to be headed toward Earth, past solar storms have disrupted radio communications on our planet. In February 2011, an X-class solar flare, the most powerful type, sent a giant wave of charged particles toward Earth.
"There were immediate effects on radio communication and GPS systems right as this flare occurred," Phil Chamberlin, deputy project scientist for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, said at the time, according to Space.com.
Space.com noted that the sun is in the middle of an active phase of its 11-year solar weather cycle, which means that increased solar activity is likely for the time being.
A video of the giant solar tsunami can be viewed here.


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With more than 80 reproductions of his work, "Retrospective" is the first published overview of Michael Tice's career. The book spans over five decades from the 1970's to the present day. Tice's early works are rooted in a sort of domestic surrealism that evolves into a more complex exploration of male sexuality and gender roles. Many of his images can be seen as a critique of the "American dream." His enduring interests in the domestic space, childhood innocence, and cultural nostalgia combined with his masterful use of color and texture brings to light an American past that, perhaps, only existed within the surreal landscape of the viewers mind to begin with.
Features an introduction by painter Philip Mullen. Also available on iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/retrospective/id612621019
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- Fecha de publicación mar. 03, 2013
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bd is the art and publishing studio by luke kurtis. we publish artist's books and exhibition catalogs, organize exhibitions and performances, and more.
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