From sky-high platforms to flaming wedges, these attention-grabbing shoes were meant to be seen!
Category: pittsburgh pirates Tony Gonzalez Tomas Hertl scarlett johansson Cristy Nicole Deweese
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Stars' Funky Footwear: Guess Who Wore the Shoes!
Category: pittsburgh pirates Tony Gonzalez Tomas Hertl scarlett johansson Cristy Nicole Deweese
Eminem's Daughter Is Homecoming Queen? Yeah, We Feel Old
Remember how Eminem has a cute little daughter named Hailie? At the height of his fame, she was frequently mentioned in his songs, occasionally appeared on his records, and was at the center of a vicious custody battle with his ex-wife, Kim Scott. Critics of the rapper's lyrics loved to raise the question: "What effect will these words have on his daughter?" Well, now we can ask her. Because she's 17 years old.
Related Topics: Ed Sheeran today show amber alert detroit tigers act
Eminem's Daughter Is Homecoming Queen? Yeah, We Feel Old
Remember how Eminem has a cute little daughter named Hailie? At the height of his fame, she was frequently mentioned in his songs, occasionally appeared on his records, and was at the center of a vicious custody battle with his ex-wife, Kim Scott. Critics of the rapper's lyrics loved to raise the question: "What effect will these words have on his daughter?" Well, now we can ask her. Because she's 17 years old.
Related Topics: Ed Sheeran today show amber alert detroit tigers act
Monday, August 5, 2013
ESPN: NCAA investigating Manziel over autographs
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) -- ESPN says the NCAA is investigating whether Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel was paid for signing hundreds of autographs in January.
Citing unidentified sources, ESPN's "Outside the Lines" said the Heisman Trophy winner signed items in exchange for a five-figure fee during his trip to Miami for the BCS championship game.
ESPN said sources told "Outside the Lines" that Manziel signed photographs, footballs, mini football helmets and other items at the request of autograph broker Drew Tieman.
Reached at his home Sunday night in Pembroke Pines, Fla., Tieman declined to make any comment or take any questions from The Associated Press.
ESPN reported that a source said James Garland, the NCAA's assistant director of enforcement, contacted Tieman and at least one person associated with the signings in June.
"We cannot comment on current, pending or potential investigations," NCAA spokeswoman Emily Potter told the AP in an email statement Sunday night.
Texas A&M also declined to comment.
"It is Texas A&M's long-standing practice not to respond to such questions concerning specific student-athletes," the school said in an email statement to the AP.
It's unclear what level of involvement the NCAA has at this point. When a player is believed to have broken rules, it's not uncommon for a school to declare that player ineligible, then ask the NCAA to investigate and reinstate the athlete's eligibility.
Nate Fitch, a friend of Manziel's, posted several tweets at that time saying he was with the Heisman winner in South Florida for the BCS title game. None of Fitch's tweets around the dates of that trip suggested anything about meeting with Tieman, or any memorabilia signings.
Tieman's Facebook page was taken down Sunday night, but cached images collected from the page included a photo of him and Notre Dame's Manti Te'o, which was purportedly taken Jan. 3, less than a week before the BCS game.
George McGovern braxton miller braxton miller Whitney Heichel Tippi Hedren Big Tex Sweetest Day
At church, a growing emphasis on charity beyond passing the plate
From the back seat of their Toyota SUV, Tracy Scott's children spotted the woman.
She was standing near a highway entrance ramp on the North Side, apparently homeless, and the Scott kids wanted to say hello.
But they were in the wrong lane. So Scott steered her Sequoia back onto the interstate, went up two exits and looped around so they'd be able to present the woman with a paper bag stuffed with snacks, water, a McDonald's gift card and a note.
"She just kind of reached out and grabbed my hand and said, 'Thank you,'" said Scott, a member of Park Community Church. "I said, 'It's our pleasure.' Then the light was green, so off we went."
That gift ? and the 15 or so similar ones Scott and her three children passed out this past spring ? originated with a $2 bill, an envelope and a pastoral charge to go forth and do good. It also reflects what at least one expert sees as a growing commitment to Christian philanthropy that moves beyond passing the plate on Sundays.
In January, the Tribune wrote about Park's decision to give worshippers back a portion of their tithes. Everyone at the Near North Side sanctuary that weekend received at least $2 and heard a sermon that focused largely on the violence endemic in Chicago. Leaders sent members out to invest that money somewhere it might make a difference.
For thousands of years, worshippers have made offerings and supported charities and evangelism efforts. But as Christians try to reconcile Chicago's shootings, poverty and homelessness with their religious duties, more churches are sending their faithful out to minister on an individual level.
Scott Thumma, a Hartford Seminary professor, said such calls for Christians to address pressing needs within their communities are becoming more common across the country. In just over a decade, the percentage of large churches he surveyed that said their congregations were "working for social justice" increased from about 1 in 3 to about 6 in 10.
Such work fulfills a clear doctrinal purpose, Thumma wrote in an email: It answers the Bible's mandate that believers "serve others, offer a cup of water to the thirsty and food to the hungry."
On Sunday, another example of boots-on-the-ground giving took place at Chicago's Willow Creek Community Church, which launched its Luminocity project that encourages members to go out into the city to make a difference.
"Look at our city," said the Rev. Jon Klinepeter, Willow's pastor. "It's falling in on itself. People are killing each other at a rate that's shocking."
He then urged the mostly young congregation that packed into the Loop's Auditorium Theatre to figure out the "village" that makes up their sphere of influence and to pray about how to make a difference there. With everyone's participation, he said, the church could have a meaningful, citywide impact.
"We're waiting for someone else to fix the problem," Klinepeter said. "What if it's your job to be an agent of change in your village?"
Klinepeter told his church that it's about giving boldly instead of just giving. While all offerings are appreciated, he said, it's the ones that require actual sacrifice that demonstrate the truest sort of generosity.
"You can't leverage your influence in your world if you don't hurt a little," he said. "Sometimes I have to put my agenda on hold for the purpose of someone else's need being met."
For Scott, the Park Community member who distributed provisions to homeless people, such intentional, person-to-person ministry produced powerful results. After she worked with her kids to choose the treats, decorate the bags and compose notes, the family spent an afternoon scouring the city for people who looked like they needed some help. As she drove away from the homeless woman her kids spotted on the entrance ramp, the giver and the recipient were in tears.
"For me, personally, it just makes it much more real," Scott said. "I can give money to Park. I know who they're giving money to and completely trust them with that. That is an entirely different process than the messier, grittier thing we went through with our kids saying, 'We live in this city. What's something we want to help with? And how can we take $2 and make it mean something?'"
mitsmith@tribune.com
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChicagoBreakingNews/~3/Aij7xkF9-U4/story01.htm
bobby brown arrested the happening black panthers mauritania obama open mic jefferson county colorado extenze
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Stamkos, St. Louis invited to Team Canada camp
Tribune staff
Published: July 22, 2013
Steven Stamkos and Marty St. Louis of the Tampa Bay Lightning were invited to an orientation camp for the Canadian national team, Hockey Canada announced Monday.A total of 47 players were invited to the camp, the first step in assembling the team that will represent Canada in the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russa. The camp is Aug. 25-28 in Calgary.
Stamkos and St. Louis were among 25 forwards invited. St. Louis played for Canada in the 2006 Olympics.
Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Stve Yzerman is Team Canada's executive director.
"I would like to congratulate the players being invited today to our orientation camp," Yzerman said in a statement. "This marks an important step for this program, as it is our only opportunity to be together as a group before Sochi."
The team will be coached by Mike Babcock, coach of the Detroit Red Wings.
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tbo/bolts/~3/cMZ0rFkjc6A/
Kevin Clash Walmart Black Friday 2012 Paula Broadwell Tilted Kilt Barbara Palvin Yahoo Fantasy Football Nick Foles
World Citizen: Turkey and Israel, Still No Happy Ending
It was the phone call heard around the world: The conversation between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was hailed as a major diplomatic breakthrough, a triumph for U.S. President Barack Obama, who in the last moments of his trip to Israel last March nudged the two leaders to end their festering disagreement.
Reconciliation, however, is yet to come. ...
mos def Chris Pratt ramadan rick perry iOS 7 Beta 3 Chris Kaman Tropical Storm Chantal
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)