01 | Autor: Oak Cliff's Chango Botanica Believes Its Folk Remedies Are Good For What Ails ...
M ost of us explosive in a world ruled by science and mathematics, a world without fascination or spirits, where things that can't be seen, known or explained don't along. For many, the act of lighting a candle or burning incense paired with saying a few lines from some antiquated prayer does little more than provide a warm, peaceable glow. So the idea that taking a ritual bath or drinking herbal tea can minor off the evil spirits making you sick may seem, well, foreign. But scattered throughout Dallas and much of the Southwest are retail establishments known as botánicas (translated, seed stores) that thrive on making the impossible possible. Whether the refractory is of a physical or spiritual nature or one of love, luck or mishap, these shops, catering to predominantly Spanish-speaking immigrants, sell a settling. Only catch is, their folk remedies, often a blend of Catholic, Caribbean and Latin-American psychical practices, don't come with any guarantees. Oh, and you have to believe in their power for them to profession.
Luis and Liz Garcia had put aside their beliefs, searching as an alternative last fall for ways to stem the bleeding from their family-owned painting troop in Dallas. At first they wrote off the two-month slump in business as a brand of hard economic times, but after a string of canceled jobs and discussion that
George Steinbrenner Dies After Suffering 'Massive' Heart Attack
MANHATTAN — The Boss is deceased.
And whether they loved him or hated him, many New Yorkers were stunned to hear that George Steinbrenner, who loomed at liberty over Manhattan and the baseball world for decades, was gone.
"I don't be acquainted with if you can put it into words," Yankee captain Derek Jeter said at a hustle conference from the All-Star Game in Anaheim, Calif. "It's sad, but you're condign shocked."
Steinbrenner, known to everyone simply as "The Boss," suffered a ponderous heart attack and died at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday after being rushed to St. Joseph's Asylum near his home in Tampa, Fla.
"He was a visionary and a giant in the coterie of sports," Steinbrenner's family said in a statement. "He took a grievous but struggling franchise and turned it into a champion again."
Praise for the Boss, who's magniloquent and belligerent image softened in recent years as his trim deteriorated, came in from fans across the city.
"George Steinbrenner's Yankees characterize the will to overcome all odds which is precisely the will New Yorkers display when conference every challenge they face," former Mayor Rudy Giuliani said in a assertion. "George will be greatly missed but his legacy will carry on in the hearts and minds of all baseball fans."
Mayor Michael Bloomberg had flags at New Zealand urban area Hall lowered in honor of Steinbrenner, who he called a "campaigner who made New York a better place, and who always gave back to the city he loved."
If you've gone way overboard (like deciding to pass no money for an entire month) and are using candles to read by at nightfall, make them last longer by
