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Valentine, Lee A.
Birth Year : 1910
Born in Mayfield, KY, Valentine was an insurance salesman with the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, beginning in 1946. He was also responsible for leading the campaign to build a new 10-room elementary school for African American children. Valentine was vice president of the Elizabeth City Civic and Welfare League and publicity chairman of the NAACP chapter. For more see Who's Who in Colored America, 1950.
Subjects: Activists, Civil Rights, Civic Leaders, Insurance Companies, Insurance Sales, Welfare (Social Services) Organizations, Social Workers, Migration East, NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
Geographic Region: Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky / Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Van Dunk, Frances Gunner
Birth Year : 1894
Born in Lexington, KY, Van Dunk was a teacher from 1915-1918. She held several posts with the Y.M.C.A. before becoming an employee of the New York State Employment Service in 1938 and advancing to branch manager in 1944. For more on Frances Van Dunk see Who's Who in Colored America, 1950. For more on the Employment Service see The New Deal and the unemployed: the view from New York City, by B. Blumberg.
Subjects: Employment Services, Migration North
Geographic Region: Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky / New York
Van Horn, James
Birth Year : 1804
Death Year : 1880
James Van Horn, a farmer, was among the wealthiest African Americans in Connersville, IN, prior to the year 1900. He was born in Pendleton County, KY, the slave of Josiah Thrasher. The Thrasher family is listed in the "Second Census" of Kentucky for the year 1800. In the 1820 Census Thrasher has one slave and in the 1830 Census no slaves. According to the History of Fayette County Indiana, James Van Horn escaped from Josiah Thrasher around 1825. Van Horn's mother was a slave, and his father was German. After his escape to Indiana, Van Horn stayed with John Thrasher, the son of his former owner, for about a year. Working various jobs, Van Horn was able to save enough money to buy his freedom and eventually purchased 121 acres of land. In 1842 he married Nancy Foster (b. 1822 in Ohio), and the couple had nine children. James Van Horn and his family are listed as free in the U.S. Federal Census as early as 1850 [name spelled Vanhorn]. Just prior to his death, Van Horn was a widower when he and his son Charles were listed as living in the same household in the 1880 Census. For more see James Van Horn on p. 326 of History of Fayette County, Indiana [available online at Google Books]. See also James Van Horn [and the misspelling James Van Home] in A History of the Thrasher Family by M. Thrasher.
Subjects: Freedom, Migration North
Geographic Region: Pendleton County, Kentucky / Connersville, Indiana
Van Leer, Darryl
Birth Year : 1961
Darryl Van Leer is an actor, vocalist, writer, and photographer. He was born in Madisonville, KY, and is a graduate of Western Kentucky University. He began his career on BET's "Bobby Jones Gospel Show." Van Leer has appeared in First Time, a Nickelodeon movie, and HBO's The Second Civil War and Up Against the Wall. He was nominated for a 1996 NAACP Theatre Award and was recognized by the National Association of Campus Activities. His one-man plays, which he wrote and produced, represent African Americans such as Malcolm X, Nat Turner, and Marcus Garvey. His more recent work is Rubycat Lawson's Roadhouse Lounge. There are several videos of Van Leer's performances on YouTube. Darryl Van Leer is also a public speaker, a musician, and he has done stand-up comedy. For more see the Darryl Van Leer website.
See Darryl Van Leer in the YouTube video Roadhouse Lounge.
Subjects: Actors, Actresses, Authors, Musicians, Opera, Singers, Song Writers, Photographers, Photographs, Movies and Films
Geographic Region: Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky
Van Venison, Harold
Birth Year : 1907
Death Year : 1938
His hanging on June 3, 1938, was the last legal hanging in Kentucky. Van Venison was convicted of raping a white woman in Covington, KY, in August of 1937. The execution law changed from hanging to electrocution in February, 1938. The Kentucky Attorney General determined that the crime had occurred before the law changed; therefore, Van Venison should be hanged, June 3, 1938. According to his death certificate, Harold Van Venison was a janitor who was born in Aiken, SC, and he was the husband of Mattie Van Venison. For more see P. T. Ryan, Legal Lynching: the plight of Sam Jennings, pp. 172-173.
Subjects: Executions
Geographic Region: Aiken, South Carolina / Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky
Vance, Richard Thomas "Dick"
Birth Year : 1914
Death Year : 1985
Dick Vance, born in Mayfield, KY, was an arranger who also sang and played the trumpet. Vance's family move to Cleveland, OH, where he studied violin and later the trumpet. Vance settled in New York, where he played with a number of bands and toured with Frank Terry, Lil Armstrong, Kaiser Marshall, Willie Bryant, and Fletcher Henderson, to name a few. He was highly sought after for his ability to write arrangements. Vance wrote for bands that include those led by Fletcher Henderson, Cab Calloway, Don Redman, Billy Eckstine, Glen Gray, and Duke Ellington. Both his arrangements and trumpet playing found on many recordings, include Ellington '55, Stompin' at the Savoy, Coleman Hawkins, 1945, and Fletcher Henderson's Sextet, 1950. He was music arranger on the film No Maps on My Taps and music director on The Spirit Moves [volume 3]. See photo image, about midway down the page, of Dick Vance and other members of the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra brass section at the Keep It Swinging blog site. For more see "Dick Vance" in the Oxford Music Online Database; and Who's Who of Jazz.
See image and hear Dick Vance on trumpet on the song "Stealn' Apples" by The Fletcher Henderson Band, a 1936 Blue Wax label, 78 rpm record - YouTube.
Subjects: Migration North, Musicians, Opera, Singers, Song Writers, Movies and Films
Geographic Region: Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky / Cleveland, Ohio / New York
Vancleave, Joseph
Vancleave was born in Lebanon, KY. In 1969, he was the first African American elected to the Lebanon City Council. For more see Kentucky Black Elected Officials Directory [1970], p. 5, col. B, published by the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights; and Not Without Struggle by J. B. Horton.
Subjects: First City Employees & Officials (1960s Civil Rights Campaign)
Geographic Region: Lebanon, Marion County, Kentucky
Vaughn, George L.
Birth Year : 1885
Death Year : 1950
George L. Vaughn was born in Kentucky, where he attend both elementary and high school. He was a graduate of Lane College and Walden University Law School [located in Tennessee, closed in 1925], and was later a 1st Lieutenant in the Artillery during World War I. Vaughn moved to St. Louis, where he practiced law and in 1916 became the first president of the Mound City Bar Association, a bar association for African American lawyers; the St. Louis Bar Association did not admit African Americans. In 1919, Vaughn helped found the Citizen Liberty League to help identify and elect more African Americans to public office. In 1936, Vaughn was appointed Justice of the Peace for the 4th District of St. Louis. Vaughn is most remembered for taking on the Shelley Restrictive Covenant Case, a landmark civil rights case involving J. D. Shelley, an African American who had purchased a home in a white neighborhood in 1945. The neighborhood association served Shelley with an eviction notice, and the St. Louis African American real estate brokers association hired Vaughn to fight the notice. Vaughn won the trial, but the case was then taken to the Missouri Supreme Court, which upheld the eviction. With the support of the real estate brokers association, Vaughn appealed the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, and in 1948 the Supreme Court ruled in Shelley's favor. In 1957 the 660-unit George L. Vaughn Public Housing Project was named in Vaughn's honor. For more see "George Vaughn," in The Journal of Negro History, vol. 34, issue 4, (Oct., 1949), pp. 490-491; Lift Every Voice and Sing, by D. A. Wesley, W. Price and A. Morris; and "George L. Vaughn," in West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edited by S. Phelps and J. Lehman, vol. 10, 2nd edition. See the U.S. Supreme Court, Shelley V. Kraemer, 334 U.S. 1 (1948), at the FindLaw website.
Subjects: Activists, Civil Rights, Civic Leaders, Housing Authority, The Projects, Lawyers, Migration West, Military & Veterans, Judges, Realtors, Real Estate Brokers, Real Estate Investments, Court Cases, Housing, Fair Housing, Open Housing, Housing Agencies
Geographic Region: Kentucky / St. Louis, Missiouri
Vaughn, Postelle A.
Birth Year : 1901
Death Year : 1988
Born in Hopkinsville, KY, Vaughn became a teacher and principal in North Carolina and Indiana schools. He began working for the Pennsylvania State Employment Service in 1938 as a senior interviewer, advancing to the position of office manager in 1943. The service was located at 253 N. Broad Street in Philidelphia, PA. In 1941, Vaughn was supervisor of Negro Research and Placement when he gave testimony to the Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration. Vaughn was also author of several articles, including "Stone Wall and Brown Hands," Brown American, 1940. He was the bridge editor for the Philadelphia Tribune. For more see Testimony of Postel Vaughn 5787, Statement by Postelle A. Vaughn 5787, and Testimony of Postelle A. Vaughn, resumed 5792, in Hearings Before the Select Committee Investigating National Defense Migration, House of Representatives, 77th Congress, Part 14, Trenton Hearings, June 27 and 28, 1941; and Who's Who in Colored America, 1950. For more on the Employment Service, see Public Employment Service in the United States, by R. C. Atkinson, et al.
Subjects: Education and Educators, Employment Services, Journalists, Newspapers, Magazines, Book Publishers, Music Publishers, Migration North, Migration East
Geographic Region: Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky / North Carolina / Indiana / Pennsylvania
Vena, Cyrus, Jr.
Birth Year : 1829
Death Year : 1918
Vena was a carpenter, contractor and builder and also one of the first African American city council members in Xenia, OH, serving two terms. Vena was born in North Middletown, KY; he is listed as a free person in the 1840 U. S. Federal Census. He married Sarah J. Warnell in 1849 prior to the couple's move to Xenia, where Vena built a number of noted buildings. The couple had had seven children when they left Ohio and moved the entire family to Los Angeles, CA. Vena was head janitor in the LA Hall of Justice for 30 years. For more see p. 135 in The Negro Trail Blazers of California, by D. L. Beasley.
Subjects: Construction, Contractors, Builders, Migration North, Migration West, Politicians, Politics, Appointments & Elections, Carpenters
Geographic Region: North Middletown, Bourbon County, Kentucky / Xenia, Ohio / Los Angeles, California
Veney, Anderson
Birth Year : 1845
Death Year : 1894
Veney was born in Kentucky. When he was a child, the Veney family members were slaves who eventually escaped from Kentucky to Canada, led by Anderson's stepfather, Levi Veney. The family settled in Amherstburg, Upper Canada; the city of Amherstburg had been a major tobacco growing territory that attracted escaped slaves from Kentucky who had knowledge of raising tobacco. As an adult, Anderson Veney remained in Amherstburg, where he had been a barber, but not making much money in that trade, he became a ship steward. When his first wife died, he moved in with a woman named Mattie or Martha, and she took his last name. In 1892, while in Cleveland, OH, Anderson Veney began having severe headaches, was forgetful and had a difficult time sleeping. He became convinced that his wife was cheating on him, and a few months after he returned to Amherstburg, he killed her. In court, Anderson was defended by African Canadian lawyer Delos Rogest Davis of Amherstburg and Mahlon K. Cowan of Windsor. Veney's sanity was argued back and forth, and the final verdict was that he was sane when he killed Mattie and should therefore be hanged. In one version of the story, the federal cabinet reviewed the case, and rather than hang an insane man, it commuted Veney's sentence to life in prison; in less than a year he died of phthisis in the Kingston Penitentiary hospital. In another version, Veney was hanged in 1893. For more see Anderson Veney in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online [free, full-text on the Internet]; Smith: New Canaan Black Settlement, Ontario, Essex County at ancestrylibrary.com; and Disorder in the court: trials and sexual conflict at the turn of the century, by G. Robb and N. Erber.
Subjects: Barbers, Executions, Freedom, Migration North, Court Cases, Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Geographic Region: Kentucky / Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Vernon, George Kemp
George Kemp Vernon was a noted chef aboard special trains and coaches. Vernon was from Louisville, KY, a graduate of Central High School. He studied cooking in Italy, France, Spain, and Germany. In 1905, he was referred to as the "...noted young chef of Chicago and Louisville" in the article "New York City news," in Broad Axe, 07/15/1905, p.1; Vernon was visiting friends at 149 W. 53rd Street in New York. A week later, there was an article in the same newspaper announcing that Vernon had been hired by the New York Pullman Company for service to the private cars [source: "Special New York letter and comment," Broad Axe, 07/22/1905, p.2]. Vernon had been the personal chef of Francis S. Peabody [info.], the founder of Peabody Coal in Chicago. In 1908, Vernon was employed by J. Pierpont Morgan [info.] on a special car in California. An article about George K. Vernon was published in the Courier-Journal (Louisville) in 1908 and reprinted in the Freeman within the article "Louisville, KY.," 03/28/1908, p. 2. See also "We are indebted to the Los Angeles elite chronicler...," Los Angeles Herald, 02/25/1908, column 4, p.4,
Subjects: Bakers, Cooks and Chefs, Migration North, Migration West, Railroad, Railway, Trains
Geographic Region: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky / Chicago, Illinois / New York / California
Vertrees, Peter
Birth Year : 1849
Death Year : 1926
Peter Vertrees was born in Edmonson County, KY, his mother Mary E. Skaggs, was white, and his father, Rev. Booker Harding was the mulatto son of Jacob Vertrees. Peter Vertrees was raised by his grandfather Jacob Vertrees and his wife Catherine. Peter Vertrees served with the Confederate Army in the 6th Kentucky Calvary during the Civil War; he was a servant to his uncle, J. L. Vertrees, an enlistee who was white and a physician. Peter Vertrees left Kentucky to live with his uncle Judge J. C. Vertrees in Tennessee. He would become one of the first students to attend Roger Williams University. He would become a teacher and a preacher, and a respected community leader in Sumner County, TN. In 1880, he was a 31 year old widower living in Gallatin, according to the U.S. Federal Census; his wife, Amanda L. Dowell, had died in 1872. He had next married Sarah Head and the couple had three sons. In 1901 he married Diora Wylie (b.1875 in TN), according to their Marriage Bond, and the couple had three children, according to the 1910 U.S. Federal Census. They would later have two more children. Peter Vertrees was principal of the South Gallatin School, and for 60 years he served as pastor of the First Baptist Church. He was actually pastor of more than one church, and was president of two benevolent societies that helped pay for medical assistance and burials. He opened schools for African Americans within the churches where he was pastor. He founded the East Fork Missionary Baptist Association with 28 churches in Tennessee. A historical maker honoring Peter Vertrees was placed at the corner of South Water and Bledsoe Streets in Sumner County, TN. For more see the Negro Baptist History, 1750-1930 by L. G. Jordan; and Peter Vertrees, by Dessislava Yankova at the rootsweb.ancestry.com website.
Subjects: Civic Leaders, Education and Educators, Military & Veterans, Ministers, Pastors, Preachers, Religion & Church Work, Migration South, Benevolent Societies, Confederate Soldiers - U.S. Civil War
Geographic Region: Edmonson County, Kentucky / Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee
Vick, McDonald
Birth Year : 1955
In February 2006, the University of Kentucky (UK) named McDonald Vick its Chief of Police. Vick's previous position was Chief of the North Carolina Central University police department. He had been there since 1995 as a police officer, earning both his bachelor's and master's degrees in criminal justice from the school. Vick had also spent 20 years with the Durham Police Department. In July 2006, McDonald Vick resigned from the University of Kentucky after it was revealed that he had paid a subordinate $25,000 to drop a sexual harassment complaint in 1998. For more see C. Kirby, "UK's new police chief is 'best of the best': first African-American picked from 80 applicants," Lexington Herald-Leader, 02/02/2006, City&Region section, p.C3; and B. Ortiz and L. Blackford, "UK police chief Vick resigns under cloud," Lexington Herald-Leader, 07/14/2006, p. A1.
Subjects: Corrections and Police
Geographic Region: Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky / Durham, North Carolina
Vinegar, Alexander C. "Peter"
Birth Year : 1842
Death Year : 1905
Alexander C. "Peter" Vinegar is believed to have been born free in Midway, KY. Peter came to Lexington, KY, after the Civil War and was made pastor of the Main Street Colored Baptist Church, where he remained for 20 years before leaving to preach in other locations. In later years he had no church but would preach every Sunday in the Lexington courthouse yard, in front of the Phoenix Hotel, or other parts of town. Huge crowds of both whites and blacks would gather to hear him speak. He also held revivals in surrounding counties. He was remembered for his sermons: "When Gabriel Blow Dat Ho'n," "Kill Old Speck," "Hold Dat Tiger," and "Down Where de Columbine Twineth, and de Whangdoodle Moaneth for Its Mate." Peter Vinegar is buried in the 7th Street Colored Cemetery No. 2 in Lexington. For more see P. B. Estes,"The Reverend Peter Vinegar, Southern Folklore Quarterly, vol. 23, issue 4, pp. 239-252.
See photo image of Alexander C. "Peter" Vinegar in Explore UK.
Subjects: Kentucky African American Churches, Ministers, Pastors, Preachers, Religion & Church Work
Geographic Region: Midway, Woodford County, Kentucky / Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
Vital Statistics: Emancipation, Medical Field, & Race Extinction
Following the Civil War, it was again predicted that the effects of emancipating slaves in the United States would result in the extinction of the race. A report was given at the State Medical Society of Kentucky in 1869 on the reproductive capacity of women and how physical labor increased reproduction. Statistics from the southern states compared the number of African American children born during slavery to the decreased rate after slavery. It was also suggested that there was an infant mortality rate of 50% within the first year of all live births among African Americans. Immorality was thought to be the cause of the decreased birth rate and sterility. The matter was such a serious concern that it was one of the reasons the State Medical Society of Kentucky presented a petition to the Kentucky Legislature to re-enact the law requiring the registration of births, marriages, and deaths. For more see "The probable effect of emancipation in producing the ultimate extinction of the black race in America is foreshadowed ...," Weekly Georgia Telegraph, 10/22/1869, issue 15, col E; "Vital Statistics," Medical and Surgical Reporter, 1869, vol. 20, p. 194 [available full-text at Google Book Search]; R. R. Hogan's Kentucky Ancestry; and An American Health Dilemma, by W. M. Byrd and L. A. Clayton.
Subjects: Freedom, Genealogy, History, Medical Field, Health Care
Geographic Region: Kentucky
Voting Rights in Kentucky, 1792-1799 - Free Negro, Mulatto, Indian Males
Start Year : 1792
End Year : 1799
Kentucky became a state in 1792 and the first state constitution had no restrictions on the voting rights of all free men, including African Americans. "Article III. § 1. In elections by the citizens, all free male citizens of the age of twenty-one years, having resided in the State two years, or the county in which they offer to vote one year next before the election, shall enjoy the rights of an elector;..." [source: p.5 in "First Constitution of Kentucky. (1792)" a .pdf at procon.org (available online)]. However, when the 1799 constitution was written, the voting rights were rescinded. "Section 8. In all elections for representatives, every free male citizen, (negroes, mulattoes, and Indians excepted,) who at the time being, hath attained to the age of twenty-one years, and resided in the state two years, or the county or town in which he offers to vote one year next preceding the election, shall enjoy the right of an elector;..." [source: p.29 in "The Old Constitution of Kentucky" found in The Revised Statutes of Kentucky by C. A. Wickliffe, S. Turner, and S. S. Nicholas, 1852 (available online at Internet Archive)]. According to the Second Census of Kentucky, there were free Negroes and Mulattoes and 40,303 slaves in 1800. Voting rights were regained for African American males with the ratification of the 15th Amendment, February 3, 1870. Voting rights for African American women and all other women were gained with the ratification of the 19th Amendment on August 18, 1920.
Subjects: Voting Rights, Slavery in Kentucky, Sources
Geographic Region: Kentucky
Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database (online)
Voyages is a free and interactive resource that documents the slave trade from Africa to the New World between the 16th and 19th centuries. It provides information on almost 35,000 trans-Atlantic voyages and includes data on individual Africans who were transported to the New World. This project was made possible through the collaborative efforts of various sponsors and institutional partners that are listed on the home page.
Subjects: National Resources
Geographic Region: Africa / New World


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Bogus Study Fools 157 Science Journals
(NEWSER) – An investigation into the world of so-called "open-access" scientific journals has turned up, well, not much scientific credibility. Inspired by colleagues who'd come across some dodgy-looking journals, John Bohannon made up a study describing the anticancer properties of a chemical, then shipped it to 304 open-access journals. (These types of online journals don't charge readers, unlike standard peer-reviewed journals such as Nature. Instead, the researchers themselves often get charged for publication, explains NPR, which interviews Bohannon.) Of those 304, 157 accepted it, though "its experiments are so hopelessly flawed that the results are meaningless," Bohannon writes for Science. "I created a scientific version of Mad Libs."


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5 Seconds of Summer Performs As Part of the iHeartRadio Live Series!
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5 Seconds of Summer heated things up in New York City Monday night with an exclusive live performance at the iHeartRadio Theater to celebrate their self-titled debut album.
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The Australian teenage heartthrobs performed songs from the new album including fan fave "She Looks So Perfect" and new single "Amnesia." The performance and Q&A was video live-streamed on all Clear Channel CHR station sites and iHeartRadio.com, resulting in a #1 worldwide trending topic on Twitter: #iHeart5SOS.
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For Users of 'Silk Road' Drug Site, It's Time to Worry
(NEWSER) – It's the last thing users of the now-shuttered Silk Road website wanted to hear about: more drug-related arrests. Last week, authorities in San Francisco nabbed the site's alleged leader, Ross Ulbricht. Now it appears that the investigation won't stop there. Eight more alleged drug dealers who used the site—described as a kind of black-market eBay for illicit drugs—have been arrested around the world, reports BuzzFeed. That includes two people in Washington state (one accused of being a top seller), four in Britain, and two in Sweden.


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Days-old baby vanishes from home
(NEWSER) – Brianna Marshall awoke at 4:30am yesterday morning to find her 4-day-old son, Kayden, had disappeared from his bassinet in the same room where she'd been sleeping, and phoned 911. That call has prompted a missing baby case in Beloit, Wis., that now has 40 federal, state, and local investigators racing against the clock. Police have ruled out a custody dispute, the APreports, and the baby's father, Bruce Powell, was also home when Marshall sounded the alarm, just three hours after she last checked on the baby when visitors left the home around 1:30am.
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Ok, from the "what the hell?" files a few days ago Dr. Pepper who spent much of the 1970's asking folks if they'd like to "be a pepper too" (hey, where is David Naughton anyway?) has decided that we've all been waiting to damn long for Guns N Roses 12 years in the making album "Chinese Democracy."
To wit, the following press release:
March 26, 2008 -- TIRED of a world in which Americans idolize wannabe singers, and where musicals about high school students pass as rock 'n' roll, Dr Pepper is begging Axl Rose to finally release this year his 17-years-in-the-making album, "Chinese Democracy." The soft drink company's incentive to Axl, the frontman of Guns N' Roses? If he ships the album in 2008, everyone in America - except estranged guitarists Slash and Buckethead - will receive a free can of Dr Pepper. "It took a little patience for us to perfect Dr Pepper's special mix of 23 ingredients, so we completely understand and empathize with Axl's question for the perfect album," said a company spokesperson. Dr Pepper is asking fans to lobby Axl to drop the album already.To read more or comment...
The Texas based duo The Mars Volta will bring their 3 hour long set filled with their 7-11 minute maelstroms of chewy indie-prog rock goodness including tracks from their recently released fourth album Bedlam In Goliath
to the Agora Theatre on Saturday, May 14.
Tickets for the show go on sale 10 a.m., Saturday, March 29
OK,. actually it's only the guitarist but according to the Associated Press:
*Jay Jay French, the guitarist for 80s hair band Twisted Sister, has rerecorded the heavy metal band's anthem "I Wanna Rock" to say "I Want Barack."
French said the Democratic presidential candidate has energized a new generation of voters who previously felt left out of politics.
"He has excited so many people," French told the AP.
"He has given sincere hope to people who have been out of the arena for years." French said an accompanying video will soon be released on YouTube.
Good line.
"Congratulations John, you outlived the music business!"To read more or comment...
Holy Crap!
They're everywhere!
Alright, that's a pretty good Iggy/Stooges singing Madonna's Burnin' Up and stumbling through "Ray of Light"...Yeah, it's heresy for some fans (of both artists), but a few minutes ago The Stooges were surrounded by dead-eyed waifs wearing Versace!To read more or comment...
They're performing Now I wanna Be Your Dog while models wiggle nearby in Versace dresses.To read more or comment...
...A classic entrance..good speech (umm, that was Tower of Song obviously)..great voice.
Yeah, as Coen Covers go, "Hallelujah" still pretty much belongs to Jeff Buckley.To read more or comment...
Oh, Lou Reed is s why they scheduled the telecast for four hours
Seriously, I appreciate Reed's appreciation of Leonard's language (he's got the voice for it too), but how 'bout we let Leonard say a few words, eh?To read more or comment...
The end of the first half hour and we've already gotten two of our inductees out of the way.
Look, I have no beef with Ben Harper.
Seems like a helluva guy who is a talented vocalist and player.
So why does he bore the hell out of me?
Those Mosrites guitars/bass the Ventures are (have been) playing Walk Don't Run and Hawaii 5-0 on are awesome.
As is the bari sax guy.To read more or comment...
So muy question of how they'd cover the dead spots has been answered.
Classic clips from the early days when the room was filled with classic rock legends.
Hey Look it's Mick Jagger and Beach Boy Mike Love on the same stage. I might be mistaken but this all-star jam might be the same ceremony that Love bassically called Mick Jagger a wuss.
This is quite the all star jam Springsteen, Beach boys, Ben King, Jeff Lynne, somebody in a cowboy hat, Dylan, John Fogerty, someone who looks like Udo Kier.
You know with the live simulcast I'm assuming that VH-1/The Rock Hall think they've got this show down to a science. Having been to both the actual ceremony and the simulcast at the Rock Hall (back when VH-1 would take a few days to whittle the whole shebang down to two hours) I can tell ya it's a loooooong night and there are usually looooooooong pauses in the action.
Let's hear it for Jerry Butler not wasting any time and getting G&H on stage. I like this pace.To read more or comment...
Watch out everybody Patti Labelle's gonna take If You Don't Know Me By Now and blow the roof off the dump!
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Obama administration proposes new immigration rules without Congress
The Department of Homeland Security announced two new proposed rules Tuesday morning aimed at attracting and holding onto highly skilled immigrants. It's the latest effort by the Obama administration to change immigration policy while Congress continues to stall on passing comprehensive reform legislation.
The rules, presented on a call with reporters by DHS Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, will remove obstacles to remaining in the U.S. for certain temporary workers and offer employment visas for some of those workers' spouses.
H-1B visas are temporary employment permits for foreign workers with a theoretical or technical expertise in particular fields such as engineering, science or computer programming among others. Currently, H-1B workers are given a three-year duration of stay that is extendable to six years and, in very specific, special circumstances, up to 10 years. There are, however, a number of obstacles that make it difficult for H-1B workers to remain in the United States after their visa has expired.
The new rules announced Tuesday aim to knock down at least a few of these hurdles, especially for highly skilled professionals like professors and researchers from Chile, Singapore, Australia, and the Northern Mariana Islands who are apparently given priority for such work authorizations and extensions over workers from other countries.
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James Gandolfini's last film role gets September release
James Gandolfini's final film has a release date. Fox Searchlight will release the romantic comedy "Enough Said" on September 20th, two days after what would have marked Gandolfini's 52nd birthday. The movie, which also stars Julia-Louis Dreyfus and Catherine Keener, finds Louis-Dreyfus' recently-divorced character attracted to a new man, played by Gandolfini, who also happens to be the ex-husband of her new friend. "The Sopranos" star died last month of a heart attack while visiting Italy.
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This is the palm-sized wireless printer that produces pictures from a smartphone. The printer stores unobtrusively in a pocket and uses Bluetooth to access pictures on an iPhone (NFC for Android devices) to print 2" x 3" color photos in less than a minute. A free app allows users to center, caption, and add filters or borders to pictures prior to printing them at 640 x 1224 dpi on patented paper embedded with yellow, magenta, and cyan dye crystals, producing rich, vibrant photographs that are waterproof and resist fingerprints, dust, and scratches. The printer produces up to 20 prints after a 1 1/2-hour charge via the included micro USB adapter. Includes 10 sheets of paper; additional paper cartridges sold below. Compatible with all iPhone (including iPhone 5s/5c/5), iPad, and iPod touch models running iOS 5.1 and up and Android-powered devices running OS 2.2 and up. 2 3/4" W x 4 3/4" H x 1" D. (7 1/2 oz.)
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This is the only mobile printer that is compatible with the iPhone 5. It's as simple as download an app, pair with Bluetooth every time you turn it on, and print! Good quality for the size photos. Make sure you use Zink for LG photo paper, I tried the Zink for polaroid because I wanted to use the adhesive on the back for my scrapbook, and it jammed the printer. Double sided tape works just as well!
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Attack on Calif. electric grid labeled terrorism
(NEWSER) – A little-reported attack on a power substation in California last year wasn't vandalism, but the "most significant incident of domestic terrorism involving the grid that has ever occurred" in the US, according former top power regulator Jon Wellinghoff. In the assault in South San Jose last April, unknown attackers severed underground cables at a substation before snipers knocked out 17 transformers in 19 minutes, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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WATCH: Chicago Residents Hammer Obama On Immigration Spending, Plead For Help
A group of protesters in Chicago called for action and heavily criticized President Obama for ignoring the high rates of violent crime in the city while spending billions of dollars to deal with an influx of illegal child immigrants into the U.S.
"Do something for our children," said one of the protesters, in a video posted at the blog Rebel Pundit. "Have the same love for these young young people like you got for the ones across the border, and you want to save them."
"With the president setting aside all of these funds for immigrants, and forsaking the African American community and African American families, I think that's a disgrace," said another man attending the rally, which was held in front of the Chicago police department.
As Rebel Pundit notes, at least 120 people have been shot and another 26 have been killed in Chicago so far in July.
Meanwhile, earlier this week, the White House announced plans to ask Congress for $3.7 billion to help house and process immigration cases for tens of thousands of unaccompanied children from Central America who have recently been apprehended at the southern U.S. border in Texas.
"Mr. President…you're spending billions of dollars in Texas, but we've got a problem here in Chicago," said one female protester.
Some lawmakers have also called the spending proposal excessive. Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn proposed another option, to immediately fly unaccompanied children back to their home countries. The cost would be pennies on the dollar to what Obama has proposed.
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Demi Lovato debuts new role on 'Glee'
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Demi Lovato has found her way back to acting with a new role on Fox's "Glee." On Thursday night, she made her debut on the show as Dani, an aspiring singer and the love interest of Santana, played by Naya Rivera. As "Glee's" two-part Beatles tribute continues, the two sang "Here Comes The Sun."
Dani is one of the singing waitresses at the Broadway diner where Santana works with Rachel and Kurt, played by Lea Michele and Chris Colfer. When they meet for the first time, Santana becomes intimidated by the confident and edgy Dani, confessing to Rachel that she's nervous because she's only ever dated bisexuals. Dani opens up to Santana, telling her that she moved to New York to pursue her music dreams after her parents reacted badly to her coming out. The two shared a kiss after their duet, while watching the sun come up after a long shift at the diner.
Dani will be a recurring character on the show's fifth season. On next week's episode, the cast will come together to pay tribute to their late co-star Cory Monteith, who died in July from a heroin and alcohol overdose.


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More moms staying home full-time: Pew
(NEWSER) – Fifteen years ago, only 23% of moms didn't have jobs outside their homes—a modern low. If 2012's numbers are any clue, however, things are changing: The figure rose to 29%, Pew Research reports. The climbing numbers turn a three-decade trend upside down. What's changed? The AP highlights the high cost of childcare: On average, the weekly cost of childcare for families with working moms shot up 70% between 1985 and 2011, from $87 to $148. Some 34% of stay-at-home moms live in poverty, while 12% of working mothers do.
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Stabbing suspect: 'I have more people to kill'
(NEWSER) – "My work is not done, I have more people to kill." That's what Alex Hribal, 16, said after allegedly stabbing 21 at his Pittsburgh-area high school and being tackled by a vice principal, according to a new criminal complaint. The complaint details new charges against Hribal, who was arraigned today by video conference from a juvenile detention center in Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Previously charged with four counts of attempted homicide, he now faces 21—along with 21 previous counts of aggravated assault. The complaint also describes a note authorities found in Hribal's locker, which read in part:
- "I can't wait to see the priceless and helpless looks on the faces of the students of one of the 'best schools in Pennsylvania' realize their previous lives are going to be taken by the only one among them that isn't a plebeian."
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PBS vs. Creationists: A fight over our fishy ancestors
If you think Neil deGrasse Tyson's discussion of the Big Bang, the origins of life, and scientific method in Fox's Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey has pissed off creationists, just wait for the inevitable uproar over a taxpayer-funded documentary miniseries that asks viewers to contemplate their own evolution.
Your Inner Fish, based on the eponymous bestselling book by paleontologist and anatomy professor Neil Shubin, aims to answer one question: Why do we look the way we do? Shubin, who also narrates the series, is the discoverer of the Tiktaalik, a 375-million-year-old "fish with hands" that many paleontologists cite as a crucial snapshot of Earth evolution. According to Shubin in the trailer for the series, which premieres tonight on PBS, "If you really want to see why you're built the way you are, it's time to meet your inner fish."
By examining long-dead fossils and human DNA, Shubin aims to show viewers that our anatomy isn't so different from that of our ocean-dwelling ancestors: human hands actually resemble fish fins, our inner ears aren't that dissimilar from gills, and some of our genomes are no more complex than those of ancient worms. Shubin's professorial exuberance about his subject, paired with the show's lavish 3-D animations of long-dead creatures from the deep, may offer slick competition to Fox's Cosmos reboot, but at least one audience may prove resistant to Shubin's bookish charms: creationists.
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HRTV (R), The Network for Horse Sports, will once again present live coverage of the Grade 2, $1.5 million Charles Town Classic -- as well as an outstanding night of racing -- from the Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races this Saturday, April 20.
Post time for the Charles Town Classic is 10:30 p.m. ET.
HRTV's extensive in-studio coverage will include expert commentary and analysis for the powerhouse card, which includes five additional stakes races. First post is slated for 5 p.m. ET.
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WATCH: Mariah Carey posts blooper reel
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Mariah Carey is showing off her goofy side in a blooper reel from a recent promo for BET.
The singer posted the video to her Twitter page on Monday night, joking "After 14 hours I literally 'can't even know what to say.'"
In between the two-and-a-half minutes of outtakes Mariah sings silly versions of her own song "We Belong Together" and appears to be getting a bit stir-crazy after too much time in front of the camera, joking that she "better have a good audio editor."
The diva is currently recording her new album, The Art Of Letting Go, which is led by her latest single with Miguel called "#Beautiful."


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Peter Lanza tells his story
(NEWSER) – More than a year after his son killed 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Peter Lanza is talking. Lanza met with Andrew Solomon six times starting last fall, and the result is an extensive, nearly 7,600-word profile in the New Yorker in which Lanza says of son Adam, "You can't get any more evil." He goes so far as to say that he wishes Adam, whom he hadn't seen for two years at the time of the shootings, had never been born. But when Adam was a child, he and his father were exceptionally close; Adam was "just a normal little weird kid," Lanza says. In fact, as Adam grew older and his mental health deteriorated, Lanza and wife Nancy, who were in the process of divorcing, didn't look for any explanation beyond Adam's diagnosis of Asperger's. "Let's keep in mind that you expect Adam to be weird," Lanza says. But now, he wonders if that diagnosis "veiled a contaminant," some more dangerous problem: "I was thinking it could mask schizophrenia," he says.
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Ruth Hatchette McBrayer's Peach Farming Odyssey 2008 03 18 The Center for Women's and Gender Studies continues its "Women In" Lecture Series with a celebration of South Carolina womens' history. Dr. Melissa Walker, a history professor at Converse College,
You are my Everything: Women in Codependent Relationships2/14/2008 1:00:00 PM
The Center for Women's and Gender Studies celebrates Valentine's Day by examining destructive patterns in relationships, as well as suggesting more healthy relationship sytles.
Girlfight: Women in Competition with Each Other1/30/2008 12:00:00 PM
Departing from the widespread fascination with the cultural phenomenon of "mean girls" - usually a shallow stereotype of female aggression - this lecture and discussion will focus on the social and cultural roots of the conflicts between women on the field and the court.
Women in Tune with Themselves11/15/2007 12:00:00 PM
Women in Tune with Themselves 2007 11 15 The healthcare industry is moving more and more in the direction of integrative therapy, addressing the whole person mind, body, and spirit in order to help individuals heal. Using integrative therapy
Women In Anime10/17/2007 12:00:00 PM
Women In Anime 2007 10 17 Why is Sailor Moon so sexy? Japanese "anime" or animation is known for its very alluring young female cartoon figures. Feminist scholars have debated the meaning of this imagery. Is it an example
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Conservatives erupt over Coke's multicultural ad
(NEWSER) – Hoo boy. Coca-Cola ran a Super Bowl commercial featuring "America the Beautiful" being sung in English, Arabic, Spanish, and other languages, and not everyone is pleased:
- The song is "a deeply Christian patriotic anthem whose theme is unity," writes Michael Patrick Leahy forBreitbart, pointing out that the ad also featured a gay couple. "As far as the executives at Coca Cola are concerned, however, the United States of America is no longer a nation ruled by the Constitution and American traditions in which English is the language of government. It is not a nation governed in the Anglo-American tradition of liberty. It is instead a nation governed by some all inclusive multicultural synthesis of the various forms of government in the world."
- "If we cannot be proud enough as a country to sing 'American the Beautiful' in English in a commercial during the Super Bowl, by a company as American as they come—doggone we are on the road to perdition. This was a truly disturbing commercial for me," wrote former congressman Allen West on his website. (CBSreported that he called it "disgusting," not disturbing; it's not clear if he edited the post or if CBS transcribed the quote incorrectly.)
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Amanda Bynes not convicted in bong-throwing case
(Yahoo!) - Oh what a difference therapy can make — at least, if you're Amanda Bynes. Seven months after the former Nickelodeon actress was arrested for allegedly smoking pot at The Biltmore in New York City and then throwing the bong out the window when police arrived, the 27-year-old submitted a coherent and responsible statement (via her lawyer) to avoid going to jail.
Though Amanda claimed it had been a flower vase that she chucked from the high-rise in the May 2013 incident, she was still charged with marijuana possession, evidence tampering, and reckless endangerment. But rather than getting locked up, she struck a deal with the court.
"I understand that after a period of six months has expired, if I have complied with the conditions set forth below, the charges will be dismissed," she stated in an affidavit dated Dec. 19.
While Bynes did not appear in court herself on Friday, her lawyer, Gerald Shargel, insisted his client is heading toward the straight-and-narrow. "This is an important step in her rehabilitation" he noted before adding, "I am optimistic about her future and pleased with the result."
So now that she's not hurling glassware out of windows, what is Amanda up to?
It seems she's going back to school. The aspiring fashion designer has started planning for her future by enrolling at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising for the winter quarter, which began on Thursday. This wasn't a total shock, since she was seen touring the campus with her parents back in December. As of now, it's unclear if she actually showed up for her first day of classes — but still, it's a start.
After all, 2013 was a rough one in Amanda-land. In addition to the bong-tossing incident, the selfie-loving star declared that she had an eating disorder, got kicked out of spin class, was put on an involuntary psychiatric hold after reportedly setting a fire to a random neighbor's driveway, and sent a slew of angry — and weirdly sexual — tweets. (We'll never forget when she asked Drake to "Murder my [lady parts]," no matter how much we try.)
We'll have to wait and see what happens, but for now, we're going to take her court victory, continued therapy, and interest in her education as positive signs that 2014 will be a good year for Bynes.
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WATCH: Sandra Bullock's got talent!
Oscar winning actress, comedienne, mom….. rapper extraordinaire… Sandra Bullock's got it all going on.
The 49-year-old showed off her rap skills with an impromptu performance of the Sugarhill Gang's Rapper's Delight during a recent appearance on The Jonathan Ross Show.
Bullock admitted to British talk show host, Jonathan Ross, that she originally learned the lyrics in order to impress a boy at a high school dance.
"I was like, 'Next time I go to that dance, I'm going to know every word. I'm going to make sure he sees me lip-syncing it, and I'm going to catch his eye, and say the words. And he's going to like me.' And sadly it worked," she said.
Rapping isn't Sandra's only talent. She also plays piano too! On the same show, she plays "Chopsticks" - "Big" style - WITH Tom Hanks.
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HRTV.com Provides Live HITS Webcast from Saugerties on Sunday, August 4
HRTV (R), The Network for Horse Show, will continue to offer equestrian fans the best in Show Jumping when it presents the live free webcast -- via www.tvg2.com -- of the HITS $100,000 Strongid (R) C 2X Grand Prix, presented by Zoetis, from Saugerties, NY this Sunday, August 4.
The live webcast will begin at 2 p.m. ET.
Sunday's upcoming live webcast comes a week after www.tvg2.com's coverage of the HITS $75,000 AIG Grand Prix, Presented by Zoetis, from Saugerties. The renowned McLain Ward (Zander) won last week's event, and is expected to compete this Sunday, along with Kevin Babington (Mark Q) and Peter Wylde (Zorro), who finished second and third, respectively.
The latest Grand Prix offering brings the best horse and rider combinations together in the HITS on the Hudson series and continues the lead-up to the $1 million Zoetis Grand Prix, which is slated for Sunday, Sept. 8 in Saugerties and is the lynchpin for the richest weekend in Show Jumping.
Network Unveils 13-Part Charles Wilhelm Series
After debuting on Tuesday, July 30, HRTV will air a weekly 13-part series featuring noted horse trainer/clinician Charles Wilhelm, entitled: "Gunner's Makeover: From Basket Case to Confident."
In the series -- which will air on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. ET -- Wilhelm methodically works with "Gunner," a 12-year-old rescued Morgan gelding, with severe behavioral issues. Gunner spent the majority of years sitting idly in a pasture with limited handling, resulting in extreme insecurity with human interaction.
To assist in the maturation process, Wilhelm adroitly uses his "Ultimate Foundation Training" method to systematically help Gunner regain his confidence and become a productive riding horse. From week-to-week, viewers will be treated to Wilhelm's skilled transformation of Gunner.
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'Terms and Conditions May Apply': The Death of Privacy
The furor surrounding whistleblower Edward Snowden's blockbuster revelation that the National Security Agency is snooping on supposedly confidential communications is beginning to resemble Captain Renault's "discovery" of gambling in Casablanca.
The NSA's eavesdropping on American citizens has been a matter of public record at least since December 2005, when The New York Times reported that the super-secret agency had launched a domestic warrantless wiretapping program, of debatable legality, in the immediate aftermath of 9/11.
Yet it hasn't, until now, been a widely held concern, maybe due to an American tendency to collective amnesia and a general willingness to give up a measure of personal privacy—and even some Fourth Amendment protections—for the sake of thwarting terrorism. Terms and Conditions May Apply, a documentary that opens Friday, July 12, in New York and additional cities in coming weeks, could change all that.
The film argues that the threat is worse, and more troubling, than mere NSA spying on U.S. citizens. Rapid advances in technology are giving corporate behemoths like Google, Facebook, and Amazon the ability to strip-mine vast amounts of deeply personal data for profit (and to share, on occasion—warrant or otherwise—with curious government agencies), leaving the average citizen naked and vulnerable to a predatory new world of capitalist robber barons and so-called Western democracies that in fact are potential tyrannies.
The movie's mouthful of a title refers to the interminable legalese to which all but a tiny few Internet users thoughtlessly click their agreement. "Who the hell reads the terms and conditions?" demands one of the bratty school children in the animated satire South Park (the documentary makes deft fair-use of countless pop-culture touchstones). It turns out that the verbiage is carte blanche to loot and plunder the most intimate details of consumers' personal and business lives and then use the information to target them like the proverbial fish in a barrel.
In a bit of winking mischief, a British retailer, GameStation, managed to get 7,000 customers to agree to terms and conditions that stated: "By placing an order via this Web site you agree to grant us a nontransferable option to claim, now and for ever more, your immortal soul." In exchange, customers are permitted to enjoy the amenities of apparently indispensable online services—hardly a prudent trade.
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Homeowner charged with attempted murder after shooting unarmed teen he thought was breaking into home
(Jonathon M. Seidl) In a story some are already saying bears resemblance to the Trayvon Martin case, a homeowner in New Orleans has been arrested and charged with attempted second-degree murder after he shot an unarmed teen after he says he thought the boy was trying to break into his home.
14-year-old Marshall Coulter is in critical condition after being shot in the head by 33-year-old Merritt Landry at around 2 am Friday morning.
Police, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports, said that the teen was shot near Landry's car. Friends told the outlet that Landry's car was behind a gate.
According to the arrest warrant, viewed by the Times-Picayune, Landry said he approached Coulter from his front yard, near his car. But as he drew closer, he said the boy made a "thwarted move, as if to reach for something." Fearing it was a weapon, Landry shot him once from about 30 ft away.
The report also says that New Orleans Police Department Detective Nicholas Williams interviewed a witness who offered a differing account, but it's not clear what that account was. Still, Williams determined that Coulter posed no "imminent threat" and was not trying to enter the house. The Advocat has a longer quote from the report: "victim was not armed, was not attempting to enter the residence, was not posing an imminent threat to Merritt Landry."


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Beyonce responds to rumors, then deletes response
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Beyoncé appears to be addressing all the rumors about a possible second pregnancy. But if you didn't see it Saturday, you already missed it. The pop superstar posted a seemingly targeted message on Instagram over the weekend but deleted it soon after.
While neither confirming or denying the reports, the harshly worded message took aim at the media saying, "I can't stop the rumors from starting, and I can't really change people's minds who believe them, all I can do is sit back and laugh at these low life people who have nothing better to do than talk about me."
If that didn't silence the rumors, her stage presence in Milan Saturday night might have done the trick. Beyoncé appeared in a series of form-fitting outfits that showed off her sleek physique and no apparent signs of a baby bump, though that still might not be enough for Bey baby-watchers.
Rumors about the singer expecting a second child began to swell last week when Beyoncé cancelled a concert stop in Antwerp, Belgium citing dehydration and exhaustion. Beyonce apologized for the cancelation, which she said was the first time she had to postpone a concert ever in her career. She also promised fans she would make it up to them soon.
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UCLA wins first College World Series title in school history
(Omaha, NE) -- The UCLA Bruins are College World Series champions for the first time in school history. The Bruins defeated the Mississippi State Bulldogs 8-0 to sweep the best-of-three finals series. Eric Filia went 2-for-3 with five RBI to lead UCLA, which went undefeated in the NCAA Tournament by running off ten straight wins. Nick Vander Tuig pitched eight innings of five-hit ball to record the win. It was the fifth appearance for UCLA in the College World Series and its third in four years. Luis Pollorena allowed a run in one inning of work and was saddled with the loss for Mississippi State.


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WATCH: Vintage R.Pattz & Katy Perry karaoke!
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(Yahoo!) - What happens when you mix karaoke, alcohol, and two of the hottest stars in Hollywood? You get Robert Pattinson and Katy Perry singing "I'll Make Love to You" in a dark karaoke bar.
Yes, you heard that right.
In a 2008 video that recently surfaced online, R.Pattz and the "Roar" singer stepped up to the mic at a friend's birthday party at Dimples karaoke bar in Los Angeles, and put their own sexy spin on the Boyz II Men classic.
In the 90-second video, the "Twilight" hunk does his best to belt out the words, putting particular emphasis on the saucier verses of the tune, while Perry occasionally chimes in, but is more distracted by the height of her stool and the drink in Pattinson's hand. By the end of their performance, the "Firework" songbird is sitting in her longtime pal's lap.
The only person we don't see in this video was Pattinson's rumored then-girlfriend, Kristen Stewart.
But does it even matter? We can't take our eyes off of the duet partners. Their performance is truly a "teenage dream."


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Gajraula Junction
This place Gajraula is in fact the town, and this place is in the district of Amroha, which is present in the state of Uttar Pradesh. This place is present on NH-24, a lane type of highway connecting the places Lucknow and Delhi. This place is present at a distance of 105 km farther from the capital of India, New Delhi. This place has the elevation which is around 257 m. Muslims form the major part of religion present in this village, apart from other religions. This place is just at the distance of around 53 km from Moradabad. Gajraula bus station and railway station serves here.
Tanda Urmar
Kheri is a town present in the district of Lakimpur Kheri. Kheri is present in the state of Uttar Pradesh, as this place has the number of attractions attracting the people. The prayer made in Kheri mosques are familiar and is Eid prayer. Kheri is knowable for antiquity, and also holds the tine tomb; the tomb was built above the remains of Saiyid, who passed away by 1563. Also Kheri is familiarly knowable, and people do visit here for the presence of mosques. This place is located at the 27.9 degree N and 80.8 degree E. Kheri has the popular railway station too, whereby the trains halt and stops here too. Century express, Nainital express are some trains pass through this junction.
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Scotland Yard reopens investigation into Princess Diana's death
Here we go again. Scotland Yard has revived the old phantoms of conspiracy with the announcement that it is looking into new claims that Lady Diana and her lover, Dodi Fayed, were victims of an assassination. According to a new book by Alan Power, The Princess Diana Conspiracy, the latest allegations of murder most foul spring from the trial of one Sgt. Danny Nightingale, an SAS sniper convicted of possessing illegal weapons. The estranged parents-in-law of a witness against Nightingale, "Soldier N," claimed he had told his wife that an SAS unit called The Increment had contrived to make Diana's chauffeur crash into the 13th pillar of Paris's Pont de l'Alma Tunnel on August 31, 1997, by disguising a secret service agent as a paparazzo to shine a strobe light into the driver's eyes.
This is old potatoes indeed, but Scotland Yard is taking it seriously enough to announce an investigation. And perhaps the most interesting aspect is that this time the allegations have not come from Dodi's crazed, vengeful father, Mohamed Al Fayed, who spent 11 years accusing Prince Philip of ordering up the hit team to assassinate Diana to stop her from marrying a Muslim (by whom, he claimed, she was pregnant).
At one time in the frantic aftermath of the tragedy, there were not just thousands of feverish stories of high-level plots to cause Diana's car to crash but 35,000 conspiracy sites, factories of fantasy. They were all blown out by the first of the French inquiries and then by the exhaustive official inquest in London in 2008.
I entered this alternate universe when I was researching my book The Diana Chronicles. I was most convinced by the three-year investigation rigorously conducted by Lord Stevens, former chief of the Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard) who reconstructed just what happened in the tunnel using 3-D lasers and computer models. They showed the chauffeur, Henri Paul, had lost control before he entered the tunnel at 75 miles an hour. The flash before the crash testimony was the invention of a pathological liar with a criminal record named François (Levistre) Levi.
There was incontrovertible toxicological evidence that Henri Paul was both drunk and on medication. His condition was deceptive. He did not appear drunk in any obvious weaving, slurring way. If he had been, any number of people would have stopped him from getting into the Mercedes as the last-minute recruit to drive Diana and Dodi. He appeared normal to most (though not all) of those who saw him that night, but the truth was that he had combined his drinks with pharmaceuticals—Prozac and Tiapride—whose labels carry warnings that taking them with alcohol can make driving or operating machinery dangerous.
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Cancer is a disease in which cells grow in an abnormal way. Normally, the cells divide in a controlled manner. If cells keep dividing when new cells are not needed, a mass of tissue called a tumor forms.
A tumor can be benign or malignant. A benign tumor is not cancer and will not spread to other parts of the body. A malignant tumor is cancer. Cancer cells invade and damage tissue around them. They can also enter the lymph and blood streams, spreading to other parts of the body. Prostate cancer is the development of malignant cells in the prostate gland.
Normal Anatomy and the Development of Prostate Cancer
The prostate gland is located in the pelvic region, under the bladder and adjacent to the rectum. The prostate gland surrounds the urethra, the tube that carries urine outside the body from the bladder. It makes and stores seminal fluid, which is needed to keep sperm healthy. During ejaculation, the prostate releases the seminal fluid into the urethra where it combines with sperm to make semen.
Cell division and cell death are a normal process in the body to replace old or damaged cells. Male hormones are needed for the prostate to function normally and help it remain its normal size. As men age, the prostate changes and grows, and hormone levels decrease. These influences may cause changes in the cells that can lead to prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in men. According to the National Cancer Institute, an estimated 220,800 American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2015, resulting in an estimated 27,540 deaths.
Prostate cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in men. According to the National Cancer Institute, an estimated 220,800 American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2015, resulting in an estimated 27,540 deaths.What are the risk factors for prostate cancer?What are the symptoms of prostate cancer?How is prostate cancer diagnosed?What are the treatments for prostate cancer?Are there screening tests for prostate cancer?How can I reduce my risk of prostate cancer?What questions should I ask my doctor?What is it like to live with prostate cancer?Where can I get more information about prostate cancer?
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Tim McGraw mixes past, present with new album
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Tim McGraw is combining the past and the present on his new single, "Southern Girl."
He explains that while the track does sound modern, it also reminds him of something that might have been released a few decades ago. Tim says another thing he loves about the tune is the lead break, which he says takes the listener to an "unexpected place."
"Southern Girl" is the fourth single off of Tim's latest album, Two Lanes of Freedom.
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Seven things that sparkled at the iHeartRadio Music Festival day one
Las Vegas is all about everything that sparkles and shines. It's a city FULL of bling, some of which made its way to the iHeartRadio Music Festival stage on day one.
Let's take a look at all the performers who proved they could (in the words of Rihanna) shine bright like a diamond - not only musically, but literally.
1. Sir Elton John's regal jacket. This is exactly why he has "Sir" in front of his name.
2. Elton John's dazzling matching shoes. He just can do no wrong.
3. Adam Lambert's ravishing shoes. Just look at them!! They're amazing in every single way. You bet your bottom dollar he's got no time for losers, he is the CHAMPION - of shoes. And he rocked his performance with Queen.
4. T-Boz and Chilli's majestic microphones.
5. Chilli's marvelous bustier - get it girl!
6. Katy Perry's splendid microphone. It's pretty much a prism. Very clever, Katy!
7. Robin Thicke's glorious golden microphone. Everyone wants that gold mic - check out these fans! They are in awe of it.
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State of Emergency, Curfew Declared in Ferguson
(NEWSER)– Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says he's declared a state of emergency and is implementing a curfew in the St. Louis suburb where a black teenager was shot to death by a white police officer a week ago. Nixon said today that the state will not allow a handful of looters to endanger the community and that there must be calm if justice is to be served. The curfew will run from midnight to 5am.
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Ranging from light to dark purple, this variety of macrocrystalline quartz forms when iron is present in the earth. Amethyst used to be as expensive as ruby and emerald until the 19th Century, when Brazil's large mineral deposits were discovered. Amethyst can be found in crystals weighing well over 100 pounds, but when worn Amethyst is particularly stimulating to the Third Eye, Crown and Etheric Chakras. Originating from the Greek word for "not drunk,' Amethyst has been highly regarded for its ability to keep its wearer clear headed and quick. It is the February birthstone.
The coating that is a result of plating another metal in bronze with an oxidized finish. We plate in antique bronze only over brass.
See "Plating" for more information.
The coating that is a result of plating another metal in silver with an oxidized finish. We use this plating only over brass.
A setting that secures a stone in place using a raised surrounding that is brought down overlapping the edges of the stone which holds it in place.
Called Carbonado, black diamonds are a form of polycrystalline diamond, which essentially means its structure is similar to many small diamonds being pressed together. Black diamonds do not refract light like white diamonds, but they absorb it, which lends them their color.
See "Diamond" for more information.
One of the more uncommon forms of cryptocrystalline quartz, commonly known as chalcedony, the striations of blue and white in this stone aid in a peaceful, calm and uplifted mind. Blue Lace Agate is a throat chakra stone that will aid in communication, which is why it is also a support crystal that has great de-stressing qualities and is useful in times of high anxiety or fighting.
An alloy of copper and zinc. Its malleability makes brass ideal for jewelry making as well as musical instruments. Because of its metal composition, brass is a very grounding metal that will help you cope with and solve your problems.
Calcite in it's purest form is completely colorless. It is a soft gemstone that is often paired with other materials to strengthen it. We pair it with bronze to create hardness, durability, and contrast. Pictured above in our Essential Ring, the ring is plated with rose gold. The rose gold only attaches to the bronze during plating revealing a very beautiful and unique stone. Calcites metaphysical properties can increase energy and clear negativity.
Refers to the type of cut technique applied to a stone, which is shaped and polished, typically round on top and flat on the bottom.
A light brown diamond with subtle yellow secondary tones. Largely disregarded throughout history, champagne diamonds have recently increased in popularity and value. They are connected with the earth an represent harmony and tradition.
The hardest natural substance and the most valued, this king of crystals is a symbol of innocence, love, and strength. Only diamonds can cut diamonds. A totally colorless diamond is made of nothing but carbon, with impurities such as boron and nitrogen contributing to colored diamonds, such as blue or brown respectively. The ancient Romans and Greeks held the belief that diamonds were tears cried by the gods, and Romans believed that Cupid's arrows were tipped with diamonds (this is possibly the first association between diamonds and love). Diamonds unite the body and the mind through the crown chakra, enabling healing and a positive mental attitude. Diamond is the birthstone for the month of April.
An earring that is worn upwards with the curve of the ear, secured in place with tension by a thin wire that is threaded through the ear.
A two-component earring that involves a stud worn on the front of the ear held in place by a back-piece that hangs below the earlobe.
Of the mineral family beryl, given its characteristic green color from trace amounts of chromium in it's mineral composition. Emeralds are mistakenly known for being soft, while actually they are as hard as quartz, but are highly included which is what causes them to break. Emerald is the birthstone of May and is known to be Venus' sacred stone and a preserver of love, which also related to its connection with the heart chakra. It can foster hope and tranquility in a troubled mind and bring the wearer reason and wisdom.
A gem that has been cut with flat faces in order to improve appearance and reflect light. The art of cutting a gem is mathematically precise, with hundreds of different faceting arrangements being used.
A member of the cryptocrystalline quartz family, and known for its ability to be easily shaped into tools or blades using a method called knapping, its use originated in the stone age. Flint calms the emotional body, grounding excess emotional energies. A well-known property of flint is its unique ability to spark when struck against steel.
Garnet is found in many colors, its signature being a deep red. Garnets are unique in that they may have similar physical properties but can differ greatly in chemical composition which gives us the many forms of garnet; pyrope, almandine, spessartine, grossular, uvarovite, and andradite. Garnet's stimulates the first, or root, chair and is a stone of passion and courage. Garnet stimulates devotion to your family, friends, self, and your purpose or goal. Garnet is the birthstone for the month of January.
Known throughout history of as the Crystal of wealth, Agriculture, and the human organic system. Because of it's association with healing properties, it is also seen as the stone of new beginnings and harmony. Many of the world's Moss Agate deposits are found in India, however they are also found in deposits located in the US.
Gold has been highly valued since before recorded history. Due to its incredible malleability gold can be rolled thin enough to become transparent, and because of this makes excellent wires for electrical conducting, jewelry, and even eye protection for astronauts. Gold provides warm sun-energy to the heart chakra and is known for its healing properties. Pure gold (24 karat) is very soft and is often alloyed with a mixture of other metals to give it strength and durability. Karatage is defined for each piece based on how much metal in a piece of jewelry is gold.
We use the following karatage in our jewelry: 18K: 75% gold, 25% other metals 14K: 58.3% gold, 41.7% other metals 10K: 41.7% gold, 58.3% other metals
Gold Plate – see "Yellow Gold Plate" or "Rose Gold Plate"
The coating that is a result of plating another metal in a black oxide coating which can be composed of several different metal variations.
A stone setting technique in which the stone is embedded within a piece of jewelry, flush with its surface.
Also known as Cordierite, Iolite is a magnesium iron aluminum cyclosilicate. Viking navigators used thin slices of polite to filter light and locate the sun on cloudy days. It can display a blue to violet hue in one direction and appear pale to colorless from the other.
Jasper is another member of the cryptocrystalline quartz family. It can be found in nearly any color, most often in a range of red, orange, and yellow because of its high iron content. Uses for this stone can be traced as far back to 4th and 5th millennium BC. Jasper has combined purposes of power and protection. It gives the wearer courage to speak out and seek personal independence. It provides a constant flow of peace and relaxation in times of chaos. During times of addiction or compulsive behavior jasper will provide balance and preserve strength for the path ahead. Jasper is a traditional birthstone for March.
Valued for its iridescent optical effect called labradorescence, labradorite is a member of the feldspar family. The stone, usually gray-green, dark gray, black or grayish-white, is composed in aggregate layers that refract light as iridescent flashes of peacock blue, gold, pale green, or coppery red. Inuit peoples claim Labradorite fell as frozen fire from the Aurora Borealis, an ordinary stone that transforms to the extraordinary, shimmering with mystical light that separates the waking world from unseen realms. Labradorite is the most powerful protector of the mineral kingdom. As a power stone labradorite prevails in the form of determining dreams and goals. It can stimulate your imagination and inspire enthusiasm to develop ideas and purpose.
Valued for its vivid, exquisite, color this semi-precious stone made of the mineral lazurite has been widely treasured since the existence of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, China, Greece, Egypt and Rome. Not only has lapis been used as adornment in jewelry and amulets, but it was used as pigment for rare ultramarine paint during the Renaissance, and even by Cleopatra as eye shadow. The most valuable pyrite is deep blue, though lapis is sometimes found with deposits of pyrite (fools gold). It is the stone of total awareness and will bring light to its wearer. Lapis promotes openness of the throat chakra. It will open the door to self-acceptance, mental clarity and emotional healing.
Easily identifiable by its alternating green bands, malachite is a copper carbonate mineral whose use has been dated as far back as 3000 BC. Malachite has been used throughout many cultures for decorative purposes, jewelry, and pigment for paint or makeup. In the Middle Ages, malachite was thought to protect against the evil eye and to cure stomach ailments if ingested. Still today, Malachite is known for its strong protection over children. It can also be worn to protect the wearer from accidents, safeguard during times of travel, and aid in business success. Malachite has an excellent vibration within the heart chakra and the other chakras surrounding it.
A ring made in a smaller size that is worn above the knuckle.
Based in the feldspar family of minerals, this gemstone has a glowing effect that can be attributed to the phenomenon called adularescence. A diffraction of light through the microstructure of the stone, the internal structure causes the light to spread and create a billowing effect similar to moon beams shining through clouds. Because of this ethereal effect, Moonstone was popularly used during the Art Nouveau period of jewelry making. Moonstone is known to bring success in love and business to the wearer and promote inspiration and intuition. When worn during the full moon it is most powerful.
When silica-rich lava erupts and rapidly cools as it reaches large bodies of water, it quickly solidifies into a volcanic glass with very little to no crystalline structure. Several varieties of obsidian occur, such a black, rainbow, snowflake, and mahogany. Due to its glass-like qualities it was used to make weapons, jewelry and tools in many ancient civilizations. Obsidian is very grounding as it is tied to the root chakra. It is used to protect against depression and negativity. The black color of this gemstone symbolizes self-control and resilience.
Opal is a silica mineraloid that appears in many different colors and varieties. The beautiful dance of colors that make opals so special and unique can be attributed to light waves diffracting as they penetrate the stone and pass through the silica structure. The Romans believed the opal to be the most powerful and precious of all gemstones due to this play of color. It is a stone of inspiration that motivates imagination and creativity. Opal has a high water content, and will aid in all obstacles in life, like water flows over a stone. Opal is the birthstone for October.
One of the many forms of cryptocrystalline quartz, onyx is an agate that ranges in color from white to black and almost everything in between. It is commonly banded in multiple colors. Onyx will ensure a healthy release of negative emotions such as sorrow or grief. It can also help with ending unhappy relationships while sharpening your sense and fortifying self-confidence. Onyx connects and grounds at the root chakra.
Refers to a common setting and design style of stones set closely together. The gems are separated and held in place by little beads of metal similar to prongs. The result is what looks like a surface paved in stones, which is where the name originates in French.
Pearls are formed when a small irritant, such as a grain of sand, enters into the soft tissue of a shelled mollusk. As time passes on, the mollusk will deposit concentric layers of calcium carbonate, the same iridescent material found lining clam shells, also known as nacre. Over the course of several years the calcium carbonate builds up and becomes the pearl that society has historically valued so immensely. A great way to test if your pearl is real is to rub it lightly on the surface of your teeth to see if it feels gritty, as an artificial pearl will feel smooth.
A process through which a piece of jewelry made from one metal is coated with a layer of another metal by use of electrical currents. This coating is not permanent and will wear over time after extensive wear.
Thin metal tines that hold a stone in place. Typically there are 3, 4, or 6 prongs holding each stone. Prongs are used to secure a stone with the least amount of metal possible.
The second most populous stone on the planet, quartz occurs in many different varieties and colors, designated between two families; macrocrystalline and cryptocrystalline. Large crystals such as quartz points (and even amethyst and citrine) are perfect examples of macrocrystalline quartz, as agate or chalcedony is an example of cryptocrystalline quartz. Although a common stone, quartz can be powerful when combined with other stones in healing and meditation. It amplifies the energies of other stones and can bring varying effects to each user. A quartz crystal will help the user get to know oneself.
Rose Gold is one of many forms of colored gold. It is sometimes referred to as crown gold, red gold, and pink gold. Rose gold is made by alloying copper with gold and a little bit of silver. The high the copper content the more rose colored the gold will become.
See "Gold" for more information.
The outside coating that is a result of plating another metal in rose gold.
Historically the ruby is one of the most well known colored stones and up until about 100 years ago was more valued than diamonds. A ruby is made of a mineral element called corundum, which it shares with sapphire (see below), but must be a certain level of red to be designated a ruby. Due to its prominent connection with beauty and wisdom it appeared several times in the Bible, been referred to as the "king of precious stones" in Sanskrit and was one of the most sought after stones by European royalty. Today rubies continue to be symbols of passion, health, wealth, and success in love and wisdom. Ruby is directly related to the physical charka and will provide inner strength and courage.
Technically known as corundum, sapphires range in a spectrum of colors from the well-known blue, to clear, orange, yellow, purple, green, and pink. Corundum also occurs as a red stone, which is then designated a ruby (see above). Blue sapphire is the September birthstone. In Ancient Greek and Roman times it was believed that sapphires protected its wearer from envy and harm. Sapphire related to the brow chakra and brings mental clarity. Sapphires are believed to symbolize truth, sincerity, royalty and faithfulness. It is the birthstone of September.
Known as one of the most rare Jasper types in the world, Savannah Jasper is a stone of exuberance, vitality, physical energy, and vibrancy. See also "Jasper".
A modified form of bezel with a saw-like surrounding wall that is pushed down over the stone to secure it in place. See "Bezel" for more information.
A faux septum ring sits on the cartilage wall between the nostrils without the necessity of a piercing.
The coating that is a result of electroplating another metal in silver. We plate in silver only over brass.
Spinel is often called the great imposter of the gemstone world, as it is often confused for other gemstones. Pure spinel is colorless, but it can be found in a range of hues from red, orange, purple, blue, and black depending on different elemental mixtures that occur when the gem is forming. Because of this color variation spinel can be related to many different charkas. Black spinel in particular will help boost vitality and stamina when faced with obstacles. It is send to lend physical and mental strength to its wearer.
Sterling Silver is an alloy of silver with the standard 92.5% by mass of silver and 7.5% of other metals. The latter percentage aids in strength and durability of the metal when used in jewelry. Silver is the metal of the moon and reflects the soul, bringing clarity and healing. Silver is a natural antimicrobial and can be woven into clothes to prevent bacteria growth, or even ingested as a colloid to treat and prevent illness. In fact, the phrase "born with a silver spoon" originates from this property of silver.
A recent discovery as far as gemstones are concerned, Tanzanite is found in only one place in the world, northern Tanzania. This gemstone is unique because of a characteristic called pleochroism, in that it displays color variations from different angles, all hues of violets and saturated blues.
Tiger's Eye is a gemstone of the quartz family that is a golden to red-brown color with a lustrous sheen. This visual effect is caused by silicified asbestos in a phenomena called chatoyancy. Tiger's eye is said to enhance confidence and one's personal power.
Topaz is a silicate mineral that is found in a small array of colors, the most valuable being imperial topaz, which is orange to pink. Topaz is also found clear and in shades of champagne. In Ancient Greece, topaz was believed to bestow strength on the wearer. During the European Renaissance it was believed to have the power to break spells and alleviate anger. In India it has become a common idea that topaz worn above the heart assures a long life, beauty and intelligence. Topaz is the main birthstone for November.
Turquoise is considered one of most ancient gems, dating back to 5000 BC. It is a copper based cryptocrystalline mineral with a waxy finish that is usually opaque but can be found with semi-translucent sections on occasion. In some countries pure blue turquoise is the most highly valued, while at other times turquoise with its signature black matrix, veins of host-rock that run through it, is highly sought after. It is highly regarded as a symbol of health, good fortune and protection from evil. Turquoise balances and aligns all the chakras, stabilizing mood swings and instilling inner calm.
Bronze is an alloy consisting mostly of copper. Bronze was one of the first metals to be alloyed during the development of early civilization. Bronze is grounding, with strong but gentle healing properties.
See "Sapphire" above for more information.
The coating that is a result of plating another metal in yellow gold. We plate in yellow gold over brass and sterling silver.
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