Emerging Paradigms in Critical Mixed Race Studies

Come join me at the 1st annual Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, Emerging Paradigms in Critical Mixed Race Studies , at DePaul University in Chicago, November 5-6, 2010. The CMRS conference brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines nationwide. Recognizing that the diverse disciplines that have nurtured Mixed Race Studies have reached a watershed moment, the 2010 CMRS conference is devoted to the general theme “Emerging Paradigms in Critical Mixed Race Studies.” Critical Mixed Race Studies (CMRS) is the transracial, transdisciplinary, and transnational critical analysis of the institutionalization of social, cultural, and political orders based on dominant conceptions of race

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Taoism festival held in Dujiangyan

The third Chinese Taoism Cultural Festival was held on Sep 16 at Mount Qingcheng in Chengdu, Sichuan province. It is the first time the festival is held following the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan in 2008. Alongside Taoist exhibits will be displays of reconstruction work.

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Failure doesn’t stop predictions of the apocalypse

The recent scare over a missing Palmdale church group reflects the continuing belief in the end times, especially amid feelings of desperation. Religious leaders prophesying a date for the apocalypse have always faced a unique challenge to their credibility: Everyone who’s tried that before has turned out to be wrong

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Failure doesn’t stop predictions of the apocalypse

 
Full Time Preaching at Bradford Church of Christ

Bradford Church of Christ Pomeroy , OH Preaching/ Full Time Bradbury Road :: Pomeroy , OH 45769 Average Attendance: 80 Contact Information (740) 992-5844 pharmboy69@frognet.net Position Description Position for full-time pulpit minister for a small, country church, outside of Pomeroy Ohio. Average attendance in the 70′s/80′s. Potential to easily grow beyond 100 and more! Debt-free

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Eddie Long Confirms for New Birth an Old Rumor – Sexual Abuse

(Oh, how I wish I had more time in my day to blog about breaking news like this…) For years in the “Chitlin’ Circuit”, wayfaring Christian soldiers have heard the eerie whispers of Bishop Eddie Long’s desire to create his own army that marched under a different flag – a rainbow one that wisped gently

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Dealing with Stress? Choose Peace of Mind.

It is considered as fact that a large percentage of disease is the direct result of stress. Add to stress, nutritional deficiency and lack of exercise, and disease is pretty much a certainty. Health starts in the mind, but the condition of our minds are so often out of our control.

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Vatican claims transparency amid laundering probe

The Vatican says it is ‘perplexed and surprised’ by a money laundering probe that resulted in the seizure of $30 million from the Vatican bank and an investigation of the company’s chairman.

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Taking it to Tumblr

Prompted by a Google Alert and a recommendation from my friend Carrie Ferguson Weir, I decided it was time for me to set up shop on Tumblr . below are some of my favorite Tumbls: Darja Bajagić Andria Morales In addition to my own Tumblr blog , I also started a Frida Kahlo FANATIC blog Obsessed with Frida Kahlo * . some of my Frida Tumbls: Yasumasa Morimura Jason D’Aquino * Obsessed with Frida Kahlo , is a project I initiated in 2007 with Mexican artist Brenda Hernandez

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God Sighting of the Month: Jesus is Calling

In this month’s ubiquitous and divine hallucinogenic moment in time, we have  our Savior dying for another cause – the cost of terrestrial phone usage. I know there are much bigger fish to fry, such as the price of gas and just what is “The Event”, it seems people have been praying to the heavenlies

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1,500 and beyond

“I’ll light the way fer ye!” A friend told me she discovered this blog this past week, and she wished she hadn’t, because it is taking a lot of valuable time from her at work! The ‘ Sunday in the South ‘ blog passed 1,500 posts this week, and it’s time for a few suggestions to help you get the most out of this blog without getting fired. First , you will not have to worry about missing a post anymore if you subscribe to ‘ Sunday in the South .’ Some of you read these posts on Facebook or in other places, so if you are not using a feed reader, simply go to the blog at http://genebrooks.blogspot.com , look on the top left and enter your email address to get one email a day with every post in the past 24 hours.

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