Sweetnam, Skye (Singer/Songwriter)

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Skye Alexandra Sweetnam (born May 5, 1988 in Bolton, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian pop rock singer of the early 2000s. She released her first single, “Billy S.”, in 2003; it appears on her first album, Noise from the Basement, which was released on September 21, 2004. This CD features 13 songs, including the singles “Tangled Up In Me” and “Number One”. Sweetnam has also guest starred on the television show Radio Free Roscoe, to which she sings the theme song. She also sings the theme song to The Buzz on Maggie, which is named “Just the Way I Am”. In 2006, Sweetnam was nominated for a Juno Award for new artist of the year.

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Real Life / Skye Sweetnam (Lyrics)

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Artist: Skye Sweetnam
Album: Barbie Diaries (2006)

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This Is Me / Skye Sweetnam (Lyrics)

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Artist: Skye Sweetnam
Album: Barbie Diaries (2006)
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Awakening / Skye Sweetnam (Lyrics)

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Artist: Skye Sweetnam
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Hypocrite / Skye Sweetnam (Lyrics)

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Artist: Skye Sweetnam
Album: Noise From The Basement (2004)

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Imaginary Superstar / Skye Sweetnam (Lyrics)

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Artist: Skye Sweetnam
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Sharada / Skye Sweetnam (Lyrics)

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Artist: Skye Sweetnam
Album: Noise From The Basement (2004)
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Smoke and Mirrors / Skye Sweetnam (Lyrics)

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Artist: Skye Sweetnam
Album: Noise From The Basement (2004)
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Unpredictable / Skye Sweetnam (Lyrics)

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Artist: Skye Sweetnam
Album: Noise From The Basement (2004)
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Just The Way I Am / Skye Sweetnam (Lyrics)

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Artist: Skye Sweetnam
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Just A Girl / Skye Sweetnam (Lyrics)

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Girls Can’t WHAT? Gear Is Here!

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The Girls Can’t WHAT?™ gear has finally arrived. The first products are now available in the online store. Products include T-shirts, hoodies, bags, stickers, hats, mugs, and more. Apparel is available in adult, junior, kids and infant sizes. Check it out! Read more

Fernandez, Lisa (Softball Player)

Posted by: gretchen on May 28, 2006 | 2 Comments |

Lisa Fernandez, born February 22, 1971, in New York City, is a renowned softball pitcher of Cuban-Puerto Rican descent who established an Olympic record in softball with 25 strikeouts as a member of the United States Women Olympic Softball Team. Read more

Osterman, Cat (Softball Player)

Posted by: gretchen on May 28, 2006 | 11 Comments |

Cat Osterman started playing softball in first grade before quitting to play soccer, but she eventually found her way back to the diamond in fifth grade; she is currently a senior psychology major at the University of Texas at Austin and starting pitcher for the Longhorns. Osterman holds the NCAA Division I career strikeout record with 2,134 strikeouts over her four year career, as well as the Big 12 record with 25 Pitcher of the Week awards and the Big 12 record with four Pitcher of the Year awards. Osterman has pitched 20 NCAA career no-hitters and 10 NCAA career perfect games. Read more

One Moment In Time / Whitney Houston (Lyrics)

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Artist: Whitney Houston
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Seles, Monica (Tennis Player)

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Monika Seleš (pronounced /sɛlɛʃ/; born 2 December 1973, in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia) is a former World No. 1 tennis player. During her career, Seleš won nine Grand Slam singles titles and became the youngest-ever champion at the French Open in 1990. She was the dominant player in the women’s game during 1991 and 1992, but was forced from the sport in 1993 following an on-court attack in which she was stabbed in the back by a spectator. She enjoyed some further success after returning to the competitive game in 1995, but was never again able to consistently reproduce her very best form.

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Navratilova, Martina (Tennis Player)

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Martina Navratilova PhotoMartina Navrátilová (b. October 18, 1956, in Řevnice, near Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former World No. 1 woman tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, she defected to the United States in 1975 and became a U.S. citizen in 1981. During her career she won 18 Grand Slam singles titles and 40 Grand Slam doubles titles (31 women’s doubles and 9 mixed doubles). She won the women’s singles title at Wimbledon a record 9 times. She is considered one of the greatest players of all time.

She was born Martina Šubertová in 1956. Her parents divorced when she was three, and in 1962 her mother Jana married Miroslav Navrátil, who became her first tennis coach. Martina then took the name of her stepfather (adding the feminine suffix “ová”).

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Evert, Chris (Tennis Player)

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Chris Evert PhotoChristine Marie Evert (b. December 21, 1954 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a former World No. 1 woman tennis player from the United States. During her career, she won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, including a record 7 at the French Open. She also won 3 Grand Slam doubles titles. Evert’s career win-loss record in singles matches of 1,309-146 (.900) is the best of any professional player in tennis history.

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Sunohara, Vicky (Hockey Player)

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Vicky Sunohara (born on May 18, 1970, in Scarborough, Ontario) is a female ice hockey player, playing for Canada’s national team. She is of Japanese - Ukrainian origin. Read more

Redeeming Love / Francine Rivers (Book)

Posted by: gretchen on May 26, 2006 | 1 Comment |

Author: Francine Rivers

In author Francine River’s beloved book Redeeming Love, the biblical love story of Gomer and Hosea is retold in a tale set against the exciting backdrop of the California Gold Rush. The heroine, Angel, is a young woman who was sold into prostitution as a child. Michael Hosea is the godly man sent into Angel’s life to draw her into the Savior’s redeeming love. This remarkable novel has sold more than half a million copies and is among the top twenty on ECPA’s fiction bestsellers list four years running. Powerful, life-changing!

Heart-Ann & Nancy Wilson (Band)

Posted by: gretchen on May 26, 2006 | 5 Comments |

Heart LogoHeart is a hugely successful female-fronted hard rock band of the 1970s; the band became an AOR outfit in the following decade and continued to produce big hits. The band, whose earlier sound fused elements of folk-rock and power ballads, was heavily influenced by Led Zeppelin — Heart’s drummer during the ’80s, Denny Carmassi later played with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page in Coverdale Page. In the mid 1980s, the band shifted to a power pop sound that would bring the band its greatest success yet. The group is most recognizable as being fronted by sisters Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson. Read more

Hero / Mariah Carey (Lyrics)

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Artist: Mariah Carey
Album: Music Box (1993)

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Lightner, Candy (Founded MADD)

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Candy Lynne Lightner (born May 30, 1946), was the organizer and founding president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). In 1980, Ms. Lightner’s 13-year-old daughter, Cari, was killed by a drunken hit-and-run driver as she walked down a suburban street in California. “I promised myself on the day of Cari’s death that I would fight to make this needless homicide count for something positive in the years ahead” Candy Lightner later wrote. In recent years, Lightner has broken with the organization, as it has become an advocate of neo-prohibitionism and the establishment of a so-called nanny state.

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Largest Publicly Traded Company Gets Female CEO

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In case you missed it, Archer Daniels Midland has chosen Patricia Woertz as president and chief executive officer of its agricultural processing company. She will be the eighth CEO in ADM’s 104-year history. Woertz, 53, was previously a long-time senior executive for Chevron Corp. Read more

Sostorics, Colleen (Hockey Player)

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Colleen Sostorics (born December 17, 1979 in Kennedy, Saskatchewan) is a women’s ice hockey player. Read more

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