Mindi Abair has been nominated two times for a Grammy. That is just how awesome she is. She is a American saxophonist, vocalist, author, and President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the organization that does The Grammys.
Mindi Abair was born in St. Petersburg, Florida and spent much of her early life on the road with her father's band, The Entertainers. Her father, named Lance Abair, played saxophone and keyboards, and her grandmother Virginia Rice was an opera singer, and piano and vocal instructor. Which is probally what inspired her to play the sax. Mindi started playing the piano at age five, and started playing alto saxophone at the age of eight. She was as drummer person in her high
Success in high school requires years of hard work and dedication to excellence. During her four years at Holy Trinity, Yasmeen Ettrick has proved herself to be a successful, and dedicated member of the Holy Trinity community. Yasmeen Ettrick
In the rough and tropical island of Papua New Guinea, lived an exceptional aggregation of individuals called, The Gebusi. In the 1980's, The Gebusi tribe was anything besides up to date and acculturated. The Gebusi had their own particular singular and special customs and conventions that they rehearsed and accompanied. The Gebusi tribe took part in custom homosexuality, divination or witchcraft was exceedingly respected and polished, and they partook in particular sister-trade relational unions. By 1998-99, The Gebusi tribe had made another lifestyle. The Gebusi had gotten accustomed with new social convictions, modernization due to “western ways” that had changed their lives until the end of time especially changing their ways and view on gender roles and sexuality.
The Yamabushi are a type of Japanese goblin, most commonly in the form of ascetic monks who live high in the mountains in seclusion. They are very powerful warriors with magical powers. Different forms of Yamabushi can be seen in various different cultures. Modern day Yamabushi are mountain monks who are followers of the Shugendo religion. The name Yamabushi literally means “one who lies/hides in the mountains”. The Yamabushi began as isolated clusters of mountain hermits and monks, who followed the path of Shugendo. Through the following of Shugendo, the Yamabushi searched for “spiritual, mystical, and supernatural powers.” (Yamabushi). They gained these powers through asceticism.
Aretha Franklin is a well known pop, R&B, and gospel singer. She has been nicknamed “The Queen of Soul” and is an internationally known artist and a symbol of pride in the African American community. Her popularity soared in 1967 when she released an album containing songs “I Never Loved a Man”, “Respect”, and “Baby I Love You.” Throughout her career she has achieved fifteen Grammy Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Legend Awards, and many Grammy Hall of Fame Awards. In 1987 she became the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Time magazine chose her as one of the most influential artists and entertainers of the 20th century. She sang at Dr. Martin Luther King’s funeral and at former President Bill Clinton’s inaugural party. Although she has all these accomplishments and awards there are other reasons that have driven Franklin to fame and landed her on the front cover of Time magazine on June 28, 1968. The reasons I believe allowed Aretha Franklin to become so successful are the following: Her family’s involvement with religion, the inspiring people that surrounded her, and the pain she suffered.
Albana Gallari is an Albanian Immigrant who moved to the United States on February 16, 1997. Gallari was born in communist Albania on March 4, 1974. Gallari lived under the reign of Communist Dictator Enver Hoxha throughout her early life. Gallari grew up poor with little to eat besides bread and cheese and had almost no material possessions besides 3 pairs of clothes along with 3 tattered dolls. Throughout her early life her mother took care of her alongside her job of working in a government factory and her father was a livestock veterinarian. Gallari faintly remembers going to her friend's house on Sundays to watch cartoons due to her family being too poor to afford a television. After the communist regime fell in 1992, Gallari became a
Demetris Jr., Leearah, and Miaza'a parents (Malik and Demetis Sr. are on drugs. Malik and Demetris Sr., smoke marijuana in the home. Demetris takes pills that are not prescribed to him by a doctor. Demetris Sr., sells crack, pills, and marijuana in the home. The children do not have access to the drugs. The drugs are not being manufactured out of the home. The parents are always high and sleep. The parents have other people (unknown) during drugs in the home. The parents are cussing at the children. Malik tells the children, "Sit your mother fucking ass down. Get the fuck out of my face." Demetris Sr. spanked and whipped the children with a belt or a switch. The children'shave no bruises or marks. The parents fight in front
Pre-Islamic Arabia indicates to the Arabian Peninsula prior to the rise of Islam in the 630s. One of the leaders prior to the Prophet Muhammad was King Abraha. King Abraha (Al-Ashram) (40 years before the Prophet). King Abraha was born in Ethiopia and was a general in the army. He achieved many victories in Southern Arabia and announced to be the King of Himyar. He ruled strongly the current areas of Hijaz and Yemen between the years 531-565 AD. King Abraha was reported to be a great leader. He was well known for his military campaign with 100, 000 armed men and hundreds of elephants to destroy the resistance and fight with the leader Dhu Nuwas of the Yemeni army. Then, King Abraha seized power and established himself at Sanaa in Yemen. He
Name is Sikiru Asifatu, born in Brooklyn NY, April 7th, 1994. Raised by Mr. Sikiru Asifatu Sr. & Bola Asifatu; both are natural born decedents of Nigeria. My family I then relocated to Houston, TX at the age of seven; going from Bonham Elementary to Welch middle School. I then attended Westside High school where I lettered in Varsity football, Track & field, and powerlifting. I then went on to attend College of the Desert located in Palm Desert, California; a two year junior college where I got recruited to played football coming out of High School. By sophomore year I received All- Conference Linebacker Honors, while maintaining a 3.2 GPA. Then went on to receive a full football scholarship to attend Texas Southern University in the middle
Meet Aqimioaz. She is an extremely beautiful girl with incredible intelligence and can do things with her brain that no other can. That hot summer day on June 18th 1908, Aqimioaz witnessed her own father abusing her mother right in front of her, she was horrified. Aqimioaz decided with all this power she has, she will help anyone in an abusive controlling relationship.
Aretha Louise Franklin also known as the Queen of Soul was born on March 25, 1942 in Memphis Tennessee. She is known for being a solo singer, and also a very talented pianist. Soul, R&B, Jazz, and Gospel are genres that she sings. Throughout her career she signed with Colombia Records, along with some others, and has released many popular singles that would now be considered classical. Aretha was the first female artist to be introduced into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame. She also had to grow up sooner than many other girls because she had her first child at a very young age. Up until this day Aretha is still alive living at age seventy-two and has won many Grammy awards and is considered one of the most honored artist.
Talking to Mina Amini who is 52 years old helped me more to realize how the women’s sport was about 40 years ago. She is a midwife and worked for more than 30 years in a hospital. She married once and has two daughters. One of them is a professional soccer player. Mina has never been a member of a professional sport team and she has never thought about being an athlete as a carrier but she finds Yoga very relaxing and interesting. She enjoys doing yoga because she believes that her job is very stressful and makes her nervous. So this sport can help her to manage and deal with the stress. Also her job required some good physical body. Natalie Nevins explains, “Yoga is a healing system of theory and practice. The purpose of yoga is to create strength, awareness and harmony
Eider, S. D. (1978). A Summary of Halachos of the Three Weeks. Lakewood, NJ: Rabbi Shimon D. Eider.
Along with inheriting the responsibilities of running Al Qaeda, Zawahiri inherited the problem of dealing with the difficult main Iraqi branch of Al Qaeda, ISI. ISI had a reputation of being problematic and disobedient. The group utilized Al Qaeda’s name and finances to carry out rogue acts without the permission of Al Qaeda leaders. When Osama and central command would plea for closer communication with the group, ISI would ignore them and operate however they pleased. Al Qaeda’s tolerance of the branch’s disobedience wore thin with the unauthorized appointment of a new ISI leader: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Al Qaeda had no prior knowledge to who this was, what he stood for, or where he came from (Malik).
Ibn Battuta, a world traveler, a writer, a lawyer. All of these occupations shaped the life and journey that we would share about in the rihla. The stories of his travels and why he started his journey in the first place are in this book, rihla. These journeys were not cheep and came with a very high price. Thankfully there were people along the way to give a helping hand to Ibn Battuta when he was in need. While some of these methods of traveling were dangerous it never seemed to stop him or slow him down.
...es this award not only because of the top hits she writes and performs, but also because of the person she is off stage too.