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Tending to the Tree of Life in Spring

Donna Henes | Posted 05.06.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Arbor Day, Celebration, Mother, Goddess, Tree of Life, Roots, Vernal, Spring, Growth, Nourishment, Healthy Living News
Donna Henes

The tree supports and centers our relationship with the earth and reminds us of our own connection to the sacred life source. In the tall and stately tree we can see a projection of our own best selves. We aspire to stand strong like the tree.

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Family Tree Mockumentary Series Coming to HBO & BBC

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 03.19.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Family Tree, Christopher Guest, Bbc, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley Jr., Hbo, Roots, Fred Willard, Mockumentary, Genealogy, Michael McKean, Chris O'Dowd, Irish, Video, Entertainment News
Megan Smolenyak

You know you've arrived when you've been mocked by Christopher Guest. Guest, who has a gift for putting peculiar subcultures under a microscope, has set his sights on genealogy with Family Tree, a series coming to HBO and BBC2 shortly.

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WATCH: How To Make Microbrew-Braised Rutabagas

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 05.07.2013 | Taste
Read More: Video, Farmers Market, Cookbook, Recipes, Healthy Winter Food, Cooking, Food Market, Roots, Roots: The Definitive Compendium, Diane Morgan, Taste News
Rebecca Gerendasy

Winter root vegetables are some of my favorite ingredients.

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Remembering The Best Miniseries Of The '70s And '80s

Next Avenue | Posted 02.10.2013 | Fifty
Read More: Downton Abbey, Pbs, Roots, Best Miniseries, Downton Abbey Pbs, Miniseries, Best Miniseries Golden Globe, Fifty News

SPECIAL FROM Next Avenue By John Stark The golden era of the TV miniseries lasted from the mid-1970s to the late 1980s. They couldn’t go on mu...

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'Roots' Revisited In Upcoming SirusXM Special

Posted 02.04.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Sirius XM, Roots, The-Roots-Film, Roots Film, SiriusXM Town Hall, SiriusXM?S Roots Town Hall, Black History Month, Black Voices News

With Black History Month underway, SirusXM Radio announced a special airing of its Town Hall series this week that will pay homage to Alex Haley's gro...

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Getting My Groove Black: Rediscovering My Roots in Puerto Rico

James Sanders | Posted 02.03.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Puerto Rico, San Juan, San Juan Pr, San Juan Puerto Rico, Roots, Black Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican, Ancestry, Black Voices News
James Sanders

As a black man, one of the last places I thought I'd find some roots was in Puerto Rico. But I did.

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How to Make Rutabaga Carrot Ginger Soup (VIDEO)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 01.27.2013 | Taste
Read More: Kathryn Yeomans, Cooking From Scratch, Homemade, Cooking, Roots, Comfort Food, Market Chef, Carrots, Rutabaga, Soup, Video, Taste News
Rebecca Gerendasy

Winter is the season for eating fresh root vegetables, and Kathryn Yeomans of The Farmer's Feast shows us how to make a hearty vegetable soup to warm the soul and fill the belly.

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My Father's Silence, a Kind of Grace

Heidi W. Durrow | Posted 01.12.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Roots, Alex Haley, African American Literature, Books, Slavery, Coming-of-Age, Black Literature, Black-Literary-Canon, Alex Haley Roots, Roots Alex Haley, Black Voices News
Heidi W. Durrow

I was about 10-years-old when I tried to read Alex Haley's Pulitzer Prize winning book, Roots.

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Oranges and Apples Comparisons: The Roots of the Problem

Colm Mulcahy | Posted 01.09.2013 | Science
Read More: Fractals, Volume, Area, Hypervolume, Size Comparisons, Tesseract, Logarithms, Hypercube, Fourth Roots, Cube Roots, Square Roots, Roots, Dimension, Science News
Colm Mulcahy

Can you think of a shape that occupies three times as much area on a page as it used to, when it's doubled in size?

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10 Things You Didn't Know about Rachel Maddow's Roots

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 12.02.2012 | Politics
Read More: Scott Brown, Elizabeth Warren, Lithuania, Netherlands, England, Heritage, Holland, Ireland, Catholic, Ukraine, Canada, Rachel Maddow, Jewish, Roots, Genealogy, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ellis Island, Politics News
Megan Smolenyak

Without further ado, here are some snippets of Ms. Maddow's family history.

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Do You Have an Identity?

Ruzan Sarwar | Posted 12.01.2012 | Impact
Read More: Change, Roots, Upbringing, Childhood, Third-Culture Kid, Home, International, Tck, Impact News
Ruzan Sarwar

Being a Third Culture Kid signifies a malleable identity. It means that my identity is much like the interwoven, interconnected society before us today.

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Which Countries Could You Be President Of?

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 11.28.2012 | Politics
Read More: Passports, Bill Clinton, Slovakia, France, Heritage, Roots, Ireland, European Union, United States, Genealogy, Piers Morgan, President, Politics News
Megan Smolenyak

Being of half-Irish heritage and having been born in France, Ireland and France are the most promising for me to become president of another country. Again for reasons of heritage, Slovakia is also a candidate.

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Building Non-Profit Resilience: Strong Roots in a Harsh Climate

Kathleen P. Enright | Posted 11.20.2012 | Impact
Read More: Roots, Foundations, Geo, Capacity, Grantmaking, Nonprofits, Climate, Funders, Building, Grantee, Impact News
Kathleen P. Enright

Capacity building, at its most basic, strengthens non-profit's strategy, processes and leadership in ways that enhances their ability to achieve results.

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Ground-Breaking Actress Leslie Uggams On Six Decades Of Performing

Dustin Fitzharris | Posted 10.02.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Roots, Apollo Theater, Broadway Musicals, Leslie Uggams, Mitch Miller, Alex Haley, Leslie Uggams Uptown Downtown, Uptown Downtown, Slideexpand, Fifty News
Dustin Fitzharris

"This career has been so wonderful to me. I've gotten to meet people. I've gotten to travel all over the world. I'm doing what I love to do, and I've been managing to do it since I was 9 years old."

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Invisible Roots

Carol Hoenig | Posted 09.15.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Trees, Poetry, Dad, Mom, Siblings, Roots, Upstate New York, Family, Mindful Living, Healthy Living News
Carol Hoenig

Now we have to let go of another part of our history; however, we will always have the roots, my siblings and me, even if they aren't visible.

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Never Forget Your Roots

Kate Thomas | Posted 08.18.2012 | Travel
Read More: Roots, Heritage, Lebanon, Kate Thomas, Travel, Beirut, Danny Thomas, Travel News
Kate Thomas

Beirut seemed to me to be a place of contradictions.

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Folk Music for Young and Old: New Releases From the Carolina Chocolate Drops and The Chieftains

Stephen D. Winick | Posted 08.08.2012 | Home
Read More: Banjo, Fiddle, Bluegrass, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Roots, Folk Music, Music, Blues, Old-Time, Chieftains, Bagpipe, Roots Music, Americana, Home News
Stephen D. Winick

In the United States and around the world, roots music is thriving. You can see it at the highest levels of the global music scene, in the work of Grammy-winning artists such as the Carolina Chocolate Drops and the Chieftains, both of which have new albums very much worth hearing.

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Michelle Obama's Ancestors: 'American Tapestry' Has Holes in It

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 07.31.2012 | Books
Read More: Cory Booker, Dolphus Shields, Flotus, Michelle Obama, Melvinia Shields, Heritage, Rachel Swarns, Native Americans, Obama, Virginia, History, Dna, First Lady, Alex Haley, Ancestry, Slavery, Roots, Genetics, Genealogy, Family History, Great Migration, African Americans, North Carolina, American Tapestry, Books News
Megan Smolenyak

As the genealogist who initially researched the first lady's family tree (four to five generations on all branches), I wanted to love American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White and Multicultural Ancestors of Michelle Obama, but found myself disappointed -- mostly due to what's missing.

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Michelle Obama's Ancestors: The First Lady's Multicultural, Great Migration Past (VIDEO)

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 04.30.2012 | Celebrity
Read More: White House, Flotus, Michelle Obama, The South, Heritage, Multicultural, Family Tree, Black History Month, History, Video, Melvinia Shields, Ancestors, First Lady, Ancestry, Chicago, Slavery, Roots, Genealogy, Family History, Great Migration, African Americans, Celebrity News
Megan Smolenyak

Several years ago, I conducted extensive genealogical research into the heritage of Michelle Obama. A few of my discoveries -- particularly those per...

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Michelle Obama's Ancestors: Purnell Shields

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 04.25.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Birmingham, White House, Purnell Shields, Dolphus Shields, Flotus, Michelle Obama, Heritage, Alabama, Marian Robinson, Georgia, Obama, Melvina Magruder, Black History Month, History, Ancestors, David Patterson, South Carolina, Slavery, Chicago, Ancestry, Roots, Desegregation, Genealogy, Melvina Shields, Marian Shields, Family History, Spartanburg, African Americans, Great Migration, Chicago News
Megan Smolenyak

D.T. lived in hopeful expectation, but even today, it's stunning to think that the life of this one-time slave overlapped with that of his great-granddaughter, Marian, who now resides in the White House.

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Michelle Obama's Ancestors: Rebecca Jumper (aka Coleman)

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 04.22.2012 | Celebrity
Read More: Purnell Shields, White House, Flotus, Michelle Obama, Native American, Rebecca Coleman, Chicago, Heritage, Indian, Multicultural, Marian Robinson, Obama, Virginia, Emancipation, Ancestors, First Lady, Freedom, Ancestry, Slavery, Roots, Rebecca Jumper, Genealogy, Family History, Great Migration, African Americans, Tuscarora, North Carolina, Celebrity News
Megan Smolenyak

Michelle's maternal grandmother, Rebecca Jumper, did an admirable job of keeping her past a secret, but that's probably because she didn't know much about it herself. That's unfortunate, because hers is an intriguing history.

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Artist Spotlight: Dunn The Signtologist Talks Street Sign Art

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 02.14.2012 | Denver
Read More: Video, Dan Ericson, Denver News, Roots, Hip Hop Culture, Dunn the Signtologist, Denver Art, Black Thought, Hip Hop Inspired Art, Denver Colorado, The Signtologist, Denver Hip Hop, Denver Culture, Colorado, Denver News

Dan Ericson, also known as "Dunn The Signtologist," got his unique nickname for his unconventional brand of street art -- painting monochromatic faces...

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Michelle Obama's Ancestors: LaVaughn Johnson

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 04.09.2012 | Celebrity
Read More: Flotus, Michelle Obama, St. Louis, Burr Oak Cemetery, Heritage, LaVaughn Johnson, Barack Obama, History, Bud Billiken Parade, First Lady, Pullman Porters, Chicago, Roots, Fraser Robinson, Genealogy, James Preston Johnson, Family History, Phoebe Moten, Great Migration, Celebrity News
Megan Smolenyak

Of Michelle's grandparents, LaVaughn Johnson was the most like her. A native Chicagoan, she was an early product of the mixing effect of the Great Migration with parents of radically different histories.

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Michelle Obama's Ancestors: The Great Migration

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 04.02.2012 | Celebrity
Read More: Civil Rights Movement, Flotus, Michelle Obama, Heritage, Underground Railroad, Civil Rights, History, Jim Crow, Chicago Defender, Ancestors, Chicago, Ancestry, Roots, Genealogy, African Americans, Great Migration, Celebrity News
Megan Smolenyak

This is the second in a series about the ancestry of the First Lady. The introduction can be found here: Michelle Obama's Ancestors: Chicago Beginni...

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Michelle Obama's Ancestors: Chicago Beginnings

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 03.31.2012 | Celebrity
Read More: White House, Michelle Obama, Heritage, Multicultural, Marian Robinson, Grandparents, LaVaughn Johnson, Ancestors, First Lady, Ancestry, Chicago, Roots, Fraser Robinson, Genealogy, Family History, Great Migration, Celebrity News
Megan Smolenyak

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama's presence in the White House is historic. A hundred years from now, scholars and school children will still be stud...

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