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...Spanish heritage but says he also felt a spiritual connection "to Israel and the chosen people." Although he was raised Catholic, his mother followed many Jewish traditions, such as covering mirrors in the house when someone died. But it wasn't until Sanchez took a test from Family Tree DNA in Houston that he learned he had inherited genetic markers for the Cohanim, Jewish high priests said to be descended from Moses' brother Aaron...
LAURIE BERKNER: UNDER A SHADY TREE If you're Sting's or Madonna's child, you want Mom or Dad to play at your birthday party, right? Wrong. You want toddler-set diva Berkner. A kind of sippy-cup Sheryl Crow, Berkner inhabits a kid's curious perspective in her lyrics and pens folk-pop melodies that bear repeated-- very repeated--listenings...
...ATHENA Named after the Greek goddess credited by mythology with planting the first olive tree, Athena is located in the heart of the tranquil Waipara Valley, an hour north of Christchurch. Owner Helen Clausen gives tours of the farm, but restive visitors seem more interested in the tasting than the talking-and with good reason. Athena's first-pressed, extra-virgin oil is as green and viscous as a fruit nectar, and quite exquisite. Flavored oils (including lemon and pepper) are also available. International shipments can be arranged at www.athenaolives.co.nz...
...body is to be flown to London for a private funeral in Windsor Castle and then buried alongside her husband under a spreading tree in the royal burial ground at Frogmore in Windsor Home Park. Buckingham Palace announced that the royal family would observe four days of mourning...
...film is copied onto video and broken down into gradations of gray. An "art director" sits at a console and chooses the colors for each face, dress and prop, which the computerized "paintbrush" adds frame by frame. (Cost per film: about $180,000.) Voiląh! Jimmy Stewart's Christmas tree in It's a Wonderful Life is as green as greenbacks...