Waco native Tony Castro gives a sobering look at what growing up in
his hometown and the South of the 1950s was like in his new book, “The
Prince of South Waco.” For a young Chicano boy whose first real exposure
to Southern culture (and the English language) was kindergarten, Castro
paints a picture of a life that’s hard to find in history books.
Castro
began writing the book in the 1970s as a followup to his first book,
“Chicano Power,” per the request of his editors. He knocked it out but
they didn’t like it, and the only manuscript he had burnied up when his
car caught fire and blew up in 1977.
“I kept thinking I would
get back to that book some day, but quite honestly my heart was never
into doing that,” Castro writes in his author’s note. “I’m not sure why.
I suspect I was either refusing to be honest about some of the things
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Castro
alluded that maybe it was a good thing the original manuscript no
longer exists. The two stories really bear little resemblance to one
another, he said.
“That book was written almost 40 years ago,”
he said. “It also wasn’t a love story or, perhaps more accurately, set
around a love story.”
Castro’s story takes readers through the
journey of what may have been an ideal love story, but because of the
times and the segregated ways of the South, became a great source of
heartache instead.
Perhaps one of the most fascinating things
about the life that led Castro to a career as a writer is that in second
grade, he was nearly placed in special education.
“For all
their patriotism and avowed Americanism, my parents didn’t teach me
English and figured kindergarten at First Baptist had taught me. It
didn’t,” Castro said.
It was a student teacher who ultimately
suggested Castro be taken to the Baylor Literacy Center after school for
tutoring. A tutor would also come to Gurley Elementary to help him
during the day.
“She taught me to read English from the back of
baseball cards, to Sports Illustrated — where I worked years later — to
introducing me to the Waco Public Library, where I spent most of my
weekdays during summer as well as weekends and afternoons during
school,” he said.
“I devoured anything and everything that had
print on it, and I was pen-palling with an AP (Associated Press)
reporter in Dallas from the fifth grade on.”
As a 14-year-old at
University High, Castro got an internship at The Waco Citizen
newspaper, which led to relationships with the Tribune-Herald and the
Baylor journalism department. By the end of his senior year, he was a
sports writer at the Tribune-Herald.
Castro, a longtime
journalist and columnist in Los Angeles, has written two other books
about New York Yankee greats — “Mickey Mantle: America’s Prodigal Son”
and “Gehrig and The Babe: The Friendship, The Feud,” about teammates Lou
Gehrig and Babe Ruth.
All the while, Castro was a normal
Chicano teen dealing with the same things any other young boy would —
and a few things he’s certain that virtually no one else did.
Castro shared a story of having to help his seamstress mother with some of her jobs at home, which normally consisted of formal dresses
for girls his age. His part of the job? Posing as her model, because he
was tall and skinny with a build similar to most girls his age.
“My
younger sister was still too young and short, and my mother would
either shame me by saying that if she didn’t finish a dress, she
wouldn’t get paid or by bribing me with a commission off her sale,”
Castro writes.
“At times, I had to put on a full show for mothers who came alone to check on their daughters’ dresses. On those days, I would have to try on the dresses with satin high heels.”
Castro
tells his stories with a sensational ability to combine the humor of
anyone’s coming of age with the hardship of the times and the painful
happenings within his own family tree.
Castro said that “in the
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of things like chasing after revolutionary leader Che Guevara in Cuba,
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“What
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“The Waco you know today is dramatically different from the one I grew
up in.”
As told in “The Prince of South Waco,” it was an
unlikely friendship in junior high with Dick McCall, son of Baylor
University President Abner McCall, whom he met in Little League baseball
that became a transcending influence that would change Castro’s life.
Castro
writes: “Dick and I also didn’t realize how unique and isolated our
friendship was. It never occurred to us, I don’t believe, that we were
the only Hispanic and white kids who hung out together every day.
“We
didn’t even see the class differences between us, class differences
that apparently weighed heavily on the minds of many of the kids at
South Junior. With the exception of Dick and a maybe a handful of
students who were children of lawyers and other professional people,
most of us at South Junior were the sons and daughters of working class
parents.
“I was probably too naive or idealistic in believing in
the notion of equality that I failed to be class conscious. But for
some of my classmates, the differences were profound.”
Castro
said no one ever mentioned role models when he was young, and that he
never knew of any Latinos who went to college. The only identity he ever
knew was the notion drummed into him by his father: “Somos Americanos”
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2013年8月29日星期四
Las Vegas casino seeks to evict raunchy
It turns out that even in Sin City, some sins are hard to
overlook.The Palazzo hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip is trying to
evict a 10-month-old nightclub for shows it says are so raunchy that
they violate obscenity laws.Find everything from Wholesale Designer Wedding Apparel online, It says actors - some nearly naked - toss condoms into the crowd and simulate sex acts and bestiality on stage.
The club is seeking a restraining order to halt the closure, arguing that simulated sex acts don't constitute obscenity.Casino officials "were well aware of our brand," said Sean Dunn, special events director at The Act, in an email statement, adding that representatives of the hotel-casino have frequently attended shows and did not complain.
Las Vegas Sands, which owns the casino, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.The Act remains open for business while a district judge considers its fate, but the fight over its future has exposed an underlying reality in Vegas: While the city sells itself as a racy, no-holds-barred destination, there are limits.
"I think there's the perception that anything goes in Vegas - there's no boundaries, no lines," said Lynn Comella, a professor of sexuality and women's studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. "In reality, nothing could be further from the truth."That perception, in part, is fueled by what tourists see.
Trucks roll down Las Vegas Boulevard advertising "hot babes" delivered directly to hotel rooms, the phone book is full of come-ons for escorts and private dancers, and taxis and billboards feature scantily clad women who leave little to the imagination.
While Las Vegas is also rife with strip clubs, tourists won't find them along the Strip or in the city's hotel-casinos. They can take in a topless stage show or lounge at a European-style topless pool, but they have to catch a ride to a side street to see strippers.
"The goal for Las Vegas was to be naughty enough to attract you but not naughty enough to repel you," said Michael Green, a history professor at the College of Southern Nevada.The city - which rises and falls on the pocketbooks of its 40 million annual visitors - must balance the sexiness with the sensibilities of foreign tourists and large, multinational casinos.
"It's highly sexualized and gets a lot of mileage out of that, but it's a very particular version of that," Comella said.In The Act's case, Sands executives notified club officials on April 26 that they'd crossed a line with the show and were no longer welcome in the $15 million space.The best place to buy Wholesale Discount Prom Gowns Online for your big day. The casino giant wants to evict it, ending a 10-year lease.
The casino notified club officials after undercover security officers went into the venue in March. The details of the show were laid bare this week in court, when an investigator apologized for getting graphic and looked pained while describing some kinky scenes.
The club contends Sands "manufactured this 'breach' in an attempt to improperly evict" it.
"We believe we are on the leading edge of the next evolution of nightlife in Las Vegas and that The Act fills a niche for patrons looking for an alternative to the typical Las Vegas big-box club scene," Dunn said.
Those who stray outside the limits of what is considered acceptable in the city risk invoking the wrath of the state's powerful Gaming Control Board and losing their lucrative gambling permits.
The board smacked the Planet Hollywood casino with a $750,000 fine in 2009 amid accusations that employees at the independently owned Prive nightclub allowed toplessness, turned a blind eye to prostitution and physically and sexually assaulted patrons.
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The club is seeking a restraining order to halt the closure, arguing that simulated sex acts don't constitute obscenity.Casino officials "were well aware of our brand," said Sean Dunn, special events director at The Act, in an email statement, adding that representatives of the hotel-casino have frequently attended shows and did not complain.
Las Vegas Sands, which owns the casino, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.The Act remains open for business while a district judge considers its fate, but the fight over its future has exposed an underlying reality in Vegas: While the city sells itself as a racy, no-holds-barred destination, there are limits.
"I think there's the perception that anything goes in Vegas - there's no boundaries, no lines," said Lynn Comella, a professor of sexuality and women's studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. "In reality, nothing could be further from the truth."That perception, in part, is fueled by what tourists see.
Trucks roll down Las Vegas Boulevard advertising "hot babes" delivered directly to hotel rooms, the phone book is full of come-ons for escorts and private dancers, and taxis and billboards feature scantily clad women who leave little to the imagination.
While Las Vegas is also rife with strip clubs, tourists won't find them along the Strip or in the city's hotel-casinos. They can take in a topless stage show or lounge at a European-style topless pool, but they have to catch a ride to a side street to see strippers.
"The goal for Las Vegas was to be naughty enough to attract you but not naughty enough to repel you," said Michael Green, a history professor at the College of Southern Nevada.The city - which rises and falls on the pocketbooks of its 40 million annual visitors - must balance the sexiness with the sensibilities of foreign tourists and large, multinational casinos.
"It's highly sexualized and gets a lot of mileage out of that, but it's a very particular version of that," Comella said.In The Act's case, Sands executives notified club officials on April 26 that they'd crossed a line with the show and were no longer welcome in the $15 million space.The best place to buy Wholesale Discount Prom Gowns Online for your big day. The casino giant wants to evict it, ending a 10-year lease.
The casino notified club officials after undercover security officers went into the venue in March. The details of the show were laid bare this week in court, when an investigator apologized for getting graphic and looked pained while describing some kinky scenes.
The club contends Sands "manufactured this 'breach' in an attempt to improperly evict" it.
"We believe we are on the leading edge of the next evolution of nightlife in Las Vegas and that The Act fills a niche for patrons looking for an alternative to the typical Las Vegas big-box club scene," Dunn said.
Those who stray outside the limits of what is considered acceptable in the city risk invoking the wrath of the state's powerful Gaming Control Board and losing their lucrative gambling permits.
The board smacked the Planet Hollywood casino with a $750,000 fine in 2009 amid accusations that employees at the independently owned Prive nightclub allowed toplessness, turned a blind eye to prostitution and physically and sexually assaulted patrons.
The board isn't investigating The Act and is waiting for the lawsuit to play out, according to chairman A.G. Burnett.There's no doubt that Las Vegas markets itself as an adult playground,Formal Wholesale Cheap Designer Long Evening Dresses and gowns will have you looking your best. said Oscar Goodman, the larger-than-life former Las Vegas mayor who's often flanked by scantily clad showgirls,Searching for the Wholesale 2013 Celebrity Dresses to wear on your big night? martini in hand."We have standards and we're not going to advocate illegal activity," he said. "Unless the sex goes out of the line,Dresses for elegant Wholesale Short Homecoming Gowns and short formal dresses. we embrace it."For more information, please visit www.dressestmall.com/index.php/noble-beaded-a-line-straps-long-prom-evening-dress-447.html.
The beauty of Krakow
Waiting for a flight from Berlin to Krakow, I encountered a father
returning to his Polish hometown with his two adorable kids. Upon
hearing that I was a first-time traveler to Krakow, Poland's old capital
before the 16th century and a splendid cultural center today, the
father perked up, and with pride beaming from within, he remarked: "It
is a very beautiful city!"
Indeed, I was instantly struck by the beauty of Krakow. It's hard to put into words exactly what I was feeling when we stepped into the city, with its marvelous buildings and vivid streaks of color everywhere. But it was something of a sense of awe at the fabled scenery.
Krakow's old town is like a grand castle in fairy tale. It was a world of bright yellow mansions, gothic jade green bell towers of churches, and long, red-brick walls contrasted by gray stone paths. The weather was changeful. At one moment, there was wide expanse of clear, sunlit sky. And the next, a soft drizzle began dancing around us.
The city looks completely different in sun and in rain. When the weather is clear, wandering through the city in an open carriage is a pleasant experience for tourists. The large, white horses and spotless seats are reminiscent of 19th century novels like Pride and Prejudice, depicting the suburban life of girls in dresses making their way down the streets in horse-drawn carriages.
It was a passionate, 40-minute ride through the alleys of the city's old town. The most impressive part was not a bright street scene, but the azure sky framed by historic, royal roofs and moving shadows along the streets, which are outdone only by the imposing mansions that stand tall by their sides.
As we left an amber jewel shop, the scorching sunlight that had followed us in, on the backs of our necks, had already disappeared and in its place was a mild, comfortable breeze and ever sporadic tiny drops of rain.Doublting where to buy Wholesale Bridesmaid gowns online? Across the way, an old church, where a sweet wedding ceremony has just concluded, a striking lady, in a royal blue jumper and black high heels, was accompanied by a tall, young man holding out an umbrella for her. Dressed in their best attire, the others refused to scatter, chatting leisurely to one another in the square, by the doorstep of the church as the drizzle of rain pitter-pattered lightly.
Some time later, the rain stopped and we prepared ourselves for a night out on the town, where a grand music festival held beside the river surrounding this old, majestic-like city was celebrated with a brilliant display of fireworks.
The city had been immersed in melodic sounds since the afternoon, when a magical parade, with young people marching in matrix, wearing traditional costumes and playing an assortment of instruments, passed right in front of our eyes. A welcoming bunch, the young boys and girls were not shy, smiling confidently into our camera lenses.Formal Wholesale Cheap Designer Long Evening Dresses and gowns will have you looking your best.
Another group assembled into a small square nearby, where a temporary stage was formed, like those used for high-school graduations, performing a typical Polish dance. In pairs, they spun round and round again, linked together by their arms, kicking their legs high and stamping the ground with their feet - all to the beat of a happy-go-lucky-style of music.
Strips of fire engine red-colored ribbons were tied to the girls' hair and shiny, tall boots worn by the boys added a nice touch to the musical scene. And with the sun back out, BBQ stalls selling roast sausages and beer suddenly became very busy. It was a very merry and cheerful occasion.
The underground salt mine in Krakow is a must-see. Built in the 13th century and placed on the original UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites, the salt mine - more like a kingdom of salt sculptures - is pristine and graceful in an unexpected way.
Wooden stairways lead visitors down the 327-meter-deep mine, but tourists can only reach a depth of 130 meters.The best place to buy Wholesale Discount Prom Gowns Online for your big day. As we made our way down, I felt the chill of the mine reach into my bones.Searching for the Wholesale 2013 Celebrity Dresses to wear on your big night? Looking above or below was dreadful after we hit a depth of 70 meters as the stairways appeared bottomless at both ends.Find gorgeous mother of the bride dresses in Wholesale Cheap mother of the bride dresses.
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In this world of salt, there are churches, dining halls and stalls where horses lived hundreds of years ago, and even opera houses and sanatoriums. It is said that being a salt miner was a decent job back then, but also very risky. Miners prayed to the gods in underground salt churches and sought joy from making salt sculptures at leisure. My personal favorite was the main church. Full of vivid figurine-type sculptures, they help narrate the country's underground history.
The on-site salt museum, the perfect stop for families with young children, a series of sculptures illustrate what life in the salt mine was like. The sculptures showcase men with long beards because unlike professionals such as doctors at the time, miners stayed underground for lengthy periods of time, giving their beards a chance to grow considerably long, we learned from our tour guide.Read the full story at www.dressestmall.com/index.php/prom-evening-dress-1824.html!
Indeed, I was instantly struck by the beauty of Krakow. It's hard to put into words exactly what I was feeling when we stepped into the city, with its marvelous buildings and vivid streaks of color everywhere. But it was something of a sense of awe at the fabled scenery.
Krakow's old town is like a grand castle in fairy tale. It was a world of bright yellow mansions, gothic jade green bell towers of churches, and long, red-brick walls contrasted by gray stone paths. The weather was changeful. At one moment, there was wide expanse of clear, sunlit sky. And the next, a soft drizzle began dancing around us.
The city looks completely different in sun and in rain. When the weather is clear, wandering through the city in an open carriage is a pleasant experience for tourists. The large, white horses and spotless seats are reminiscent of 19th century novels like Pride and Prejudice, depicting the suburban life of girls in dresses making their way down the streets in horse-drawn carriages.
It was a passionate, 40-minute ride through the alleys of the city's old town. The most impressive part was not a bright street scene, but the azure sky framed by historic, royal roofs and moving shadows along the streets, which are outdone only by the imposing mansions that stand tall by their sides.
As we left an amber jewel shop, the scorching sunlight that had followed us in, on the backs of our necks, had already disappeared and in its place was a mild, comfortable breeze and ever sporadic tiny drops of rain.Doublting where to buy Wholesale Bridesmaid gowns online? Across the way, an old church, where a sweet wedding ceremony has just concluded, a striking lady, in a royal blue jumper and black high heels, was accompanied by a tall, young man holding out an umbrella for her. Dressed in their best attire, the others refused to scatter, chatting leisurely to one another in the square, by the doorstep of the church as the drizzle of rain pitter-pattered lightly.
Some time later, the rain stopped and we prepared ourselves for a night out on the town, where a grand music festival held beside the river surrounding this old, majestic-like city was celebrated with a brilliant display of fireworks.
The city had been immersed in melodic sounds since the afternoon, when a magical parade, with young people marching in matrix, wearing traditional costumes and playing an assortment of instruments, passed right in front of our eyes. A welcoming bunch, the young boys and girls were not shy, smiling confidently into our camera lenses.Formal Wholesale Cheap Designer Long Evening Dresses and gowns will have you looking your best.
Another group assembled into a small square nearby, where a temporary stage was formed, like those used for high-school graduations, performing a typical Polish dance. In pairs, they spun round and round again, linked together by their arms, kicking their legs high and stamping the ground with their feet - all to the beat of a happy-go-lucky-style of music.
Strips of fire engine red-colored ribbons were tied to the girls' hair and shiny, tall boots worn by the boys added a nice touch to the musical scene. And with the sun back out, BBQ stalls selling roast sausages and beer suddenly became very busy. It was a very merry and cheerful occasion.
The underground salt mine in Krakow is a must-see. Built in the 13th century and placed on the original UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites, the salt mine - more like a kingdom of salt sculptures - is pristine and graceful in an unexpected way.
Wooden stairways lead visitors down the 327-meter-deep mine, but tourists can only reach a depth of 130 meters.The best place to buy Wholesale Discount Prom Gowns Online for your big day. As we made our way down, I felt the chill of the mine reach into my bones.Searching for the Wholesale 2013 Celebrity Dresses to wear on your big night? Looking above or below was dreadful after we hit a depth of 70 meters as the stairways appeared bottomless at both ends.Find gorgeous mother of the bride dresses in Wholesale Cheap mother of the bride dresses.
Salt is everywhere. Walking through the neat passages supported by sturdy, wooden pillars, it was hard to believe that we were completely surrounded by salt. In mediaeval Europe, the management of salt was state-controlled - and it was as expensive as gold. If you look closely at the walls, you'll see marks created by tourists, who in disbelief of the cold, white sheet covering the side of the mine, carved out a tiny piece to taste-test the salt crystals. The massive salt stalagmites hanging from the high ceiling of the mine seem more like impressive whisks of magic under the dim lighting.
In this world of salt, there are churches, dining halls and stalls where horses lived hundreds of years ago, and even opera houses and sanatoriums. It is said that being a salt miner was a decent job back then, but also very risky. Miners prayed to the gods in underground salt churches and sought joy from making salt sculptures at leisure. My personal favorite was the main church. Full of vivid figurine-type sculptures, they help narrate the country's underground history.
The on-site salt museum, the perfect stop for families with young children, a series of sculptures illustrate what life in the salt mine was like. The sculptures showcase men with long beards because unlike professionals such as doctors at the time, miners stayed underground for lengthy periods of time, giving their beards a chance to grow considerably long, we learned from our tour guide.Read the full story at www.dressestmall.com/index.php/prom-evening-dress-1824.html!
Mum reveals dangers
Barbara Gallagher was diagnosed with high cholesterol aged just
11.But she never thought her hereditary condition would lead to a heart
attack at 31-years-old.Barbara, 51, said: “I have a condition called
familial hypercholesterolemia [inherited high cholesterol] that’s been
passed down through the genes in the family.“At 14, I was found to have a
cholesterol level of 11, which is outrageously high. Your cholesterol
should be below five.
“Back then, statins hadn’t been invented, so the advice was, ‘Skimmed milk, Flora and cut out the cakes’.“I hated the skimmed milk, never took to the Flora, and I soon graduated back on to full-fat milk and butter again.“It didn’t trouble me because high cholesterol is not something for which you are going to have noticeable symptoms.“My attitude was, ‘I know about it, no need to worry, it’s in the family and nobody’s ever died from it yet’.”
But Barbara, from Ardee, Co Louth, had cause to worry.At the birth of her second baby doctors warned her she could be in line for a heart attack by the age of 30.Barbara added: “In my 20s I was aware of it but I had this notion that no matter what I did diet-wise it would never work.
“And no one had ever had a heart attack in my family so I wrongly assumed we would all be fine.
“I got married and had both my children in the UK and during my second pregnancy a young doctor warned me I needed to do something about the cholesterol figure or I would have a heart attack.”
Barbara tried a drink-based medicine but it was so horrible she couldn’t take it.And then at 31 she fell ill and had a heart attack – which doctors initially diagnosed as the early menopause.
She said: “It was St Patrick’s weekend and I felt a chesty pain as if I had a chest infection.Find gorgeous mother of the bride dresses in Wholesale Cheap mother of the bride dresses. It really didn’t feel like what I had been led to believe was a heart attack.”The doctor gave her a letter to go to Beaumont Hospital for a chest X-Ray and also added in an ECG. Barbara drove herself to Beaumont where she was given an ECG and told a cardiologist would see her.
She said: “I ended up in the Cardiac Care Unit and the next day I was told I had a heart attack.”Barbara’s arteries had narrowed and she needed an angioplasty where a balloon is inserted to widen the artery but also needed a stent to keep her artery open.She said: “My daughters, Kelly and Grainne, were six and three-years-old then, and it struck me I might not live long enough to see them in their Communion dresses,The best place to buy Wholesale Discount Prom Gowns Online for your big day. let alone their wedding dresses.Searching for the Wholesale 2013 Celebrity Dresses to wear on your big night?”
By the time Barbara got home the cupboards had been cleared of all processed foods.Doublting where to buy Wholesale Bridesmaid gowns online?She began exercising and the family changed their diet.Barbara said: “The girls – now 25 and 22 – have the gene but they are aware of it and they take their statins and try and eat healthily.” Barbara was speaking to help launch the Irish Heart Foundation’s Face Fats campaign which aims to raise awareness about the risk of high cholesterol.
Every year in Ireland 100,000 new cases of heart disease and stroke are diagnosed and almost 10,000 families lose a loved one to these illnesses.Too much cholesterol in the blood is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease because it sticks to artery walls to form plaque which can cause potentially fatal blockages of blood flow to the heart or brain.Irish Heart Foundation dietitian Janis Morrissey said: “With four out of five adults over 45 affected by high cholesterol and two thirds of these untreated, it is time to ask, ‘Are you one of them’?”
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“Back then, statins hadn’t been invented, so the advice was, ‘Skimmed milk, Flora and cut out the cakes’.“I hated the skimmed milk, never took to the Flora, and I soon graduated back on to full-fat milk and butter again.“It didn’t trouble me because high cholesterol is not something for which you are going to have noticeable symptoms.“My attitude was, ‘I know about it, no need to worry, it’s in the family and nobody’s ever died from it yet’.”
But Barbara, from Ardee, Co Louth, had cause to worry.At the birth of her second baby doctors warned her she could be in line for a heart attack by the age of 30.Barbara added: “In my 20s I was aware of it but I had this notion that no matter what I did diet-wise it would never work.
“And no one had ever had a heart attack in my family so I wrongly assumed we would all be fine.
“I got married and had both my children in the UK and during my second pregnancy a young doctor warned me I needed to do something about the cholesterol figure or I would have a heart attack.”
Barbara tried a drink-based medicine but it was so horrible she couldn’t take it.And then at 31 she fell ill and had a heart attack – which doctors initially diagnosed as the early menopause.
She said: “It was St Patrick’s weekend and I felt a chesty pain as if I had a chest infection.Find gorgeous mother of the bride dresses in Wholesale Cheap mother of the bride dresses. It really didn’t feel like what I had been led to believe was a heart attack.”The doctor gave her a letter to go to Beaumont Hospital for a chest X-Ray and also added in an ECG. Barbara drove herself to Beaumont where she was given an ECG and told a cardiologist would see her.
She said: “I ended up in the Cardiac Care Unit and the next day I was told I had a heart attack.”Barbara’s arteries had narrowed and she needed an angioplasty where a balloon is inserted to widen the artery but also needed a stent to keep her artery open.She said: “My daughters, Kelly and Grainne, were six and three-years-old then, and it struck me I might not live long enough to see them in their Communion dresses,The best place to buy Wholesale Discount Prom Gowns Online for your big day. let alone their wedding dresses.Searching for the Wholesale 2013 Celebrity Dresses to wear on your big night?”
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Every year in Ireland 100,000 new cases of heart disease and stroke are diagnosed and almost 10,000 families lose a loved one to these illnesses.Too much cholesterol in the blood is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease because it sticks to artery walls to form plaque which can cause potentially fatal blockages of blood flow to the heart or brain.Irish Heart Foundation dietitian Janis Morrissey said: “With four out of five adults over 45 affected by high cholesterol and two thirds of these untreated, it is time to ask, ‘Are you one of them’?”
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2013年8月26日星期一
Supremes around Motown in blue jeans
She taught the Supremes how to get in and out of a car gracefully in a
tight chiffon skirt, coached Motown’s singers to smile and keep their
eyes open while singing, and is responsible for much of the polish
associated with Motown acts.
On Monday evening, the Motown Historical Museum and many of the label’s artists, including Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves, Duke Fakir of the Four Tops and Cal Street of the Velvelettes honored Maxine Powell at a reception for friends and supporters of the museum at 2648 W. Grand Blvd. in Detroit.
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Powell was a founding member of Motown’s famed Artist Development department. Berry Gordy Jr. heard about her through his sisters, who attended her finishing school, and pressed her into service to help polish his young acts in the early 1960s.
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Gordy laughed, clearly relishing some of his favorite “Mrs. Powell line,” that he delivered in her precise, impeccable diction. “Ladies, whatever you do, when you walk, do not move your buttocks.” And: “Do not confuse me with your parents. They’re stuck with you, I’m not!”
Powell would tell his Motown acts that someday, they would perform before kings and queens, Gordy recalled. “But she’d say, ‘in the meantime, we must make do on the circuit of the chitterling”.
Fakir and the Four Tops were veteran performers when they joined Motown, but they also learned from Powell.
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“I am still learning from Mrs. Powell,” he said. “A few years ago we were both at some affair at Bert’s in the Eastern Market, and I leaned over and said, ‘Mrs. Powell, how old are you?’
“She said, ‘Boy, did your mother not teach you anything? You never ask a lady her age.’ Well, my curiosity overcame my training.”
Fakir also remembered seeing the Supremes around Motown in blue jeans and flat shoes, until Powell got hold of them. “Then it was all dresses and ‘Oh hellooo Duke, how are you’” he said daintily. “She took girls from the schools and streets, and made them ladies.”
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On Monday evening, the Motown Historical Museum and many of the label’s artists, including Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves, Duke Fakir of the Four Tops and Cal Street of the Velvelettes honored Maxine Powell at a reception for friends and supporters of the museum at 2648 W. Grand Blvd. in Detroit.
“I respected what she stood for, and the way she helped the company,” Robinson said. “She particularly helped the girls, showing them how to walk, talk, Super dazzling Round Chiffon Round Neck Beaded prom dresses is on sale.stand.”
Not that Robinson escaped her notice, slouching down the hallway at Motown. “Oh, she would grab me and tell me, ‘stand up straight, get your tie straight!’” he laughed. Robinson is in town for a concert Thursday at Freedom Hill amphitheater, “and so I couldn’t miss this,” he said.
Powell was a founding member of Motown’s famed Artist Development department. Berry Gordy Jr. heard about her through his sisters, who attended her finishing school, and pressed her into service to help polish his young acts in the early 1960s.
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Gordy laughed, clearly relishing some of his favorite “Mrs. Powell line,” that he delivered in her precise, impeccable diction. “Ladies, whatever you do, when you walk, do not move your buttocks.” And: “Do not confuse me with your parents. They’re stuck with you, I’m not!”
Powell would tell his Motown acts that someday, they would perform before kings and queens, Gordy recalled. “But she’d say, ‘in the meantime, we must make do on the circuit of the chitterling”.
Fakir and the Four Tops were veteran performers when they joined Motown, but they also learned from Powell.
Fakir,you will find so many wonderful wedding dress 100%silk with high quality and low price. known for his dapper attire, revealed that it was Powell who told him to sharpen his look up when he went down to Motown. “Put your best clothes on, with all these pretty women down here!”
“I am still learning from Mrs. Powell,” he said. “A few years ago we were both at some affair at Bert’s in the Eastern Market, and I leaned over and said, ‘Mrs. Powell, how old are you?’
“She said, ‘Boy, did your mother not teach you anything? You never ask a lady her age.’ Well, my curiosity overcame my training.”
Fakir also remembered seeing the Supremes around Motown in blue jeans and flat shoes, until Powell got hold of them. “Then it was all dresses and ‘Oh hellooo Duke, how are you’” he said daintily. “She took girls from the schools and streets, and made them ladies.”
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The page had asked its followers to tell them about their experiences and re-posted some of the comments: “I went out at the morning in Dokki and Zamalek wearing a white, navy blue, and yellow dress; have a nice morning” said one follower.
Some women expressed their concerns one recounted her fears of walking in the streets while wearing a dress. The group urged her to go in the company of friends, saying that the aim of the event is to “regain the street.”
The movement garnered foreign attention as well, with comments even coming from Scandinavia. “I will wear a dress to support this. Love you all Egyptian Queens! Greetings from Svea in Sweden!” said one commenter. “I’ll wear a dress on the 24th in solidarity with the ladies in Egypt!” said another.
However, some also considered the initiative quite trivial, worrying that men would consider dresses as invitation to harass them. One Facebook user commented: “Dresses are not going to cure what ails Egypt now. It’s a shallow attempt.”
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“I hardly bought any quilts in the western states. They were all made in the Midwest or further east,” Castelli said.
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An Amish quilt that commemorates a barn raising in the late 1800s uses silk and a precursor to rayon fabric.
“The Amish liked quilts with blue, green, red and later lavender,” Castelli said. “They were not allowed to have buttons on clothing. They used pins.”
Castelli’s collection of framed samplers, smaller quilts or embroidered cloth, range from the instructive to the whimsical:
Castelli, 72, the manager of the Windsor Farmers Market between 2001 and 2012, and Nicole Cowlin, the owner of the Material Girl fabric store in the Old Downtown Windsor, got the idea eight years ago for an annual quilt show on the first Sunday in July. Today, it’s one of the largest quilt shows in Northern California.
Cowlin was looking for a way to raise money for her Relay for Life cancer fundraising team, “In Stitches with the Material Girls.”
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It’s the oldest sampler in her collection that she puts on display at quilt shows. It includes a Civil War-era red,Dresses for elegant Wholesale Short Homecoming Gowns and short formal dresses. white and blue quilt with an oak leaf pattern that she found in Iowa, where she was born.
“I’ve loved quilts all my life. I like the hand-made stuff that women made. They will be collectors’ items,” she said in the rural Windsor home where she lives with her husband,Find everything from Wholesale Designer Wedding Apparel online, Steve.
The couple traveled across the country in the 1960s and 1970s when Steve was racing cars professionally. Along the way they collected stuff. Lots of stuff.
Castelli found the quilts of various sizes and samplers made by Amish women of particular interest, and she became friends with the women when she and Steve were in Lancaster County in south central Pennsylvania.
“We were there when they filmed ‘Witness,’” she said. The 1985 movie starring Harrison Ford and Kelly McGinnis is about a detective who is trying to protect an Amish boy who has witnessed a murder.
The Amish adhere to simple living and plain dress and eschew modern technology. But the Amish women were known to exchange local gossip during their quilting sessions,long andWholesale Cheap Designer Short Evening Dresses in every length from classic ball. Castelli said.
The “hot” quilt in the 1970s was called “The Wedding Ring” with patterns of intersecting circles.
Castelli’s collection of more than 100 quilts — a fourth of them made by Amish women — includes a “Double Wedding Ring” from the Great Depression era. Such quilts were given as wedding presents.Buy and Wholesale Flower girl dresses from professional wedding.
Another Amish quilt contains the names of family members on blue cloth.
A blue-and-white quilt from the 1930s includes the names of the states. A red, white and blue quilt from the 1920s employs a pinwheel pattern.
“I hardly bought any quilts in the western states. They were all made in the Midwest or further east,” Castelli said.
Many of the quilts in Castelli’s collection are cotton, but some are “crazy quilts” that combine several fabrics, including pieces of handed-down clothing, in no discernible pattern.
An Amish quilt that commemorates a barn raising in the late 1800s uses silk and a precursor to rayon fabric.
“The Amish liked quilts with blue, green, red and later lavender,” Castelli said. “They were not allowed to have buttons on clothing. They used pins.”
Castelli’s collection of framed samplers, smaller quilts or embroidered cloth, range from the instructive to the whimsical:
Castelli, 72, the manager of the Windsor Farmers Market between 2001 and 2012, and Nicole Cowlin, the owner of the Material Girl fabric store in the Old Downtown Windsor, got the idea eight years ago for an annual quilt show on the first Sunday in July. Today, it’s one of the largest quilt shows in Northern California.
Cowlin was looking for a way to raise money for her Relay for Life cancer fundraising team, “In Stitches with the Material Girls.”
Castelli supplies 40 quilts from her collection each year to the show. Members of quilting guilds and clubs offer their finest work for sale.
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what brings these women back month
A city bus trip to the Dig and Save thrift store to pick up items like used clothing, a sheet and a curtain led to new dresses and other fashion created by elementary and middle school girls.
The girls were participating in Project FUNway, a weeklong camp at the Madison Children’s Museum that culminated in a fashion show for parents Aug. 2. The fee for the program, which ran four hours a day, was $130.
“I like to go thrift shopping, so when we went to the Dig and Save it was really fun,” said Maddie McQuin, 11, who will be a sixth-grader at Jefferson Middle School.
Maddie purchased a shirt and a skirt and sewed them together into a dress, adding embellishments and cutting off a sleeve and tying it back on with ribbon.
“I really like designing different clothes,” said Maddie, who has practiced her design skills on dolls at home.
Freya Lee, 9, who will be a fourth-grader at Marquette Elementary School, made a skirt out of a yellow sheet and attached it to the top of an existing blue dress.
Nell Neuens, 11, who will be a sixth-grader at Waunakee Intermediate School, took a huge coral-colored curtain to make a dress tied with a ribbon and decorated with a fabric flower — a skill taught at the camp.
“I am trying to make a braided belt,” said Sadie Cambray, 10, who will be a fifth-grader at Randall Elementary School, as she worked with leftover pieces of the yellow sheet.
The campers, who happened to be all girls, first learned about fashion design and drew in a journal. They also looked at magazine pictures for inspiration and made paper dolls to try out different looks with scraps of cloth.
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The girls were participating in Project FUNway, a weeklong camp at the Madison Children’s Museum that culminated in a fashion show for parents Aug. 2. The fee for the program, which ran four hours a day, was $130.
“I like to go thrift shopping, so when we went to the Dig and Save it was really fun,” said Maddie McQuin, 11, who will be a sixth-grader at Jefferson Middle School.
Maddie purchased a shirt and a skirt and sewed them together into a dress, adding embellishments and cutting off a sleeve and tying it back on with ribbon.
“I really like designing different clothes,” said Maddie, who has practiced her design skills on dolls at home.
Freya Lee, 9, who will be a fourth-grader at Marquette Elementary School, made a skirt out of a yellow sheet and attached it to the top of an existing blue dress.
Nell Neuens, 11, who will be a sixth-grader at Waunakee Intermediate School, took a huge coral-colored curtain to make a dress tied with a ribbon and decorated with a fabric flower — a skill taught at the camp.
“I am trying to make a braided belt,” said Sadie Cambray, 10, who will be a fifth-grader at Randall Elementary School, as she worked with leftover pieces of the yellow sheet.
The campers, who happened to be all girls, first learned about fashion design and drew in a journal. They also looked at magazine pictures for inspiration and made paper dolls to try out different looks with scraps of cloth.
After visiting the Dig and Save, the girls drew more sketches of what they wanted to create, took measurements of each other,buys and sells preloved designer Cheap 2013 mother of the bride gowns online, learned various sewing skills like darts and pleats, and practiced using sewing machines.
The snip of scissors, the huff of steam irons and the whir of sewing machines fill the room at the back of Atlantic Fabrics in the Woodlawn area of Dartmouth.
Nine women take a rainbow of fabrics — pinks, yellows,long and Wholesale Cheap Designer Short Evening Dresses in every length from classic ball. purples and blues — and work their magic to create dresses with pockets and shorts with drawstrings for children a world away.
Looking up from her sewing machine, Waneta Holmes says: “There’s a need — 18 million orphans with nobody to clothe them.”
This is what brings these women back month after month, and what they hope will bring new people into their group.You can find quality Wholesale Cheap Designer Prom Dresses Online and evening gowns.
“More sewers means more dresses,” Holmes says.
Holmes and the other women here on Friday,You can purchase Cheap Designer Celebrity gowns Online easily. most of whom are retired, make two styles of dresses: a sundress style tied at the shoulders or with a T-shirt top, and plenty of shorts for boys.
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