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Dolly Parton celebrates her roots
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The legendary Dolly Parton -- country and pop singing star,
actress, philanthropist, amusement park owner and many other
personas -- says her new album, "Backwoods Barbie," isn't just a
product of her trademark Southern wit and songwriting.
"Backwoods Barbie" and its matching song form the autobiography
of Parton's humble early life, when she was poor, ragged and rural,
she says. As a girl, Parton, who is known for her flashy physical
glitz and glamour as much as her music, fantasized about looking
like that.
"I think all country girls long to look like ... the Barbie
dolls, and even the ...
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Garden of Eden said to be in Turkey
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...to identify the four rivers as the Pison, the Gihon, the Hiddekel and the Euphrates. For years, biblical scholars have debated...that theory, the Tigris would match up with the Bible's Hiddekel River, the Karun River in Iran would correspond to the Pison...
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Beauty in Braids // Hairdresser Lobbies for Return to the Natural Look
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; Hiddekel Sara Burks remembers her grandmother braiding her hair. "It was a lovely time," she says. "We would sit and talk. It was...
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SOMEONE TO KNOW
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; WHO: Hiddekel Sara Burks WHAT: Braiding advocate and owner of the Braiders Corner, 5240 S. Harper. WHY: "Embracing the African culture...
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 "Sudan Tribune (Sudan)")
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Vive John Garang (5-6).
News Wire article from: Sudan Tribune (Sudan)
; ...and other minerals. The second river was Gihon and it passed through the lands of Ethiopia. The name of the third river was Hiddekel passing towards the east of Assyria. The fourth river was Euphrates. It does not demand too much intelligence to figure out...
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My passion about 'The Passion'
Newspaper article from: Michigan Chronicle
; ...of Eden and The Fall of Man occurred in the Garden and there existed four rivers in the Garden; the Pison, the Gihon, the Hiddekel and the Euphrates, then I conclude that the Garden of Eden was on the continent of Africa, not in Mel Gibsonis hometown...
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They're Fit To Be Tied // Braids Emerge as Cool Style for a Hot Summer
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...relaxing, that they let it rest (wearing braids)," says Sonja Sumlin, owner of Sonja's Beauty Salon in Los Angeles. Hiddekel Sara Burks, owner of The Braiders Corner in Hyde Park and founder of the National Braiders Guild, sees braids as part of...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Has a satellite spotted the original Garden of Eden in eastern Turkey?
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...describes a river which watered the Garden of Eden and then split into 'four heads.' The Bible calls these Pison, Gihon, Hiddekel and the Euphrates. Until now, scholars have identified these waterways with the head of the Tigris and Euphrates in the Persian...
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 "The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)")
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As violence ebbs, Baghdad revives a watery romance.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
; ...Tigris is the name known to the West, from ancient Persian and Greek. Iraqis call it Dijlah. In the Old Testament it's the Hiddekel.Aa The Tigris is said to have inspired a Muslim ruler 1,200 years ago to build Baghdad on its banks as the capital of his...
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Is 'Passion' as it was?
Newspaper article from: Michigan Chronicle
; ...fall of man occurred in that garden. There are four rivers listed in that Scripture. They are the Pison, the Gihon, the Hiddekel and the Euphrates. All of these rivers are in continental Africa. Did Jerusalem suddenly move to Europe? I watched this...
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DISCOVERING TORAH
Newspaper article from: Chicago Jewish Star
; ...been mourning and fasting for three weeks: "On the 24th day of the first month, I was next to the great river, which is Hiddekel [usually identified as the Tigris]. "I raised my eyes and saw, behold! One man [was] clothed in linen, his loins girded...
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