Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW", "LOVE is LOVELY".
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Aretha Franklin is engaged….
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Aretha Franklin is engaged to longtime friend William “Willie” Wilkerson.
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The Grammy-winning singer said in a statement Monday that she and Wilkerson are considering a summer wedding, perhaps in Miami Beach, Florida. The Queen of Soul wants to follow the ceremony with a reception on a private yacht.
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The 69-year-old jokes: “No, I’m not pregnant.”
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Franklin and Wilkerson became engaged over the holidays.
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Jan 03 2012
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW", Advice & Tips.
Tags: accessories, accessory, actress, advice, beauty, body, bride, celebrity, chic, color, cosmetics, crown, designer, earrings, eyes, fashion, fun, hairdo, hairstyle, Hollywood, jewelry, lips, lipstick, make-up, money, roots, sexy, skin, smiles, star, style, summer, tips, tool, tools, youth
Hot Beauty Trends to Try This Summer
Bronze Glow
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Get a sun-kissed look like Jenna Dewan-Tatum by “swiping bronzer where rays
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Season 10
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Top 3 finalists: Lauren Alaina (aka the Chosen One) and Haley Reinhart wowed their way to the top in fabulous style and fashion……
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Haley Reinhart performs “Beautiful”
by Carole King
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Lauren Alaina performs “Flat on the Floor”
by Katrina Elam
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Haley Reinhart performs “Bennie and the Jets”
by Elton John
and also
“You’ve Really got a Hold on Me”
by The Miracles
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Naima Adedapo performs “Summertime”
by George Gershwin
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Ashton Jones performs “Love All Over Me”
by Monica
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May 13 2011
Posted: under "LOVE is LOVELY", Inspirationals.
Tags: action, admiration, aid, care, elderly, example, family, gratitude, helping, hug, husband, inspiration, kindness, life, love, moment, others, role model, smiles, summer, surprise, thankfulness, woman, world
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Helping A Lady
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Last summer, on an extremely hot day, temps in the 3 digits, my
son, who is 12, and I were sitting in our truck waiting for my
husband to come out of the grocery store.
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We had been shopping and forgotten to buy milk. As we sat there
with the a/c running, I noticed an elderly woman crossing the
street. She was quite over-weight and laboring to walk and
looked very sad.
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As she made her way to sit on the bench in front of us, I jumped
out of our truck, with my son asking what I was doing. I told
him to wait just a minute I would be right back.
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I went to the woman, who wore no shoes but did wear the stains
of the over warm day, and I asked if I could help her.
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She looked so surprised and kept looking around me, asking me
why I did that?
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I told her I thought she may need some help and I was worried
about her. She just kept smiling at me and hugging me over and
over again. At least seven or eight times.
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I then asked her if she was sure, that I could help her with her
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Mar 28 2010
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", "LOVE is LOVELY", Inspirationals.
Tags: athlete, attitude, challenge, courage, essence, faith, family, flowers, friends, Games, gladness, glory, heart, humor, inspiration, journey, joy, life, love, motivation, music, needs, Olympics, peace, power, race, season, smiles, soul, sports, stadium, strength, success, summer, sunshine, torch, truth, winter, wishes, world
Today we are proud to share a chapter from The Power of Attitude by Mac Anderson. In honor of the Olympics, we would like to share a story about an athlete who did not win his event. However, he finished, despite great difficulty…and, as you’ll see, sometimes finishing against great adversity can be a bigger challenge than finishing first. Sometimes, true courage is revealed through completing the race.
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Please enjoy an inspiring story about Derrick Redmond.
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Olympic Torch
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The Derrick Redmond Story from
The Power of Attitude
by Mac Anderson
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August 1992. Derrick Redmond from Great Britain was favored to win the 400-meter race during the summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, but as he powered around the backstretch his hamstring snapped. Derrick tried desperately to finish the race, but he still had half the distance to go. Because he couldn’t walk, he
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Jamaican-born scientist making strides in nerve research
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Who would have thought that a little girl from Darliston in Westmoreland would turn out to be a First World scientist who may have discovered a new way to repair damaged nerves?
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Now living in Canada, Jamaican-born Dr Patrice Smith and her colleagues at Harvard have discovered a way to repair damaged nerves by allowing the adult brain to respond to repair signals that are induced after injury.
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Dr Smith explained to Flair in an interview, that as we get older, we