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	ESPN.com - Family, Rumsfeld on hand for Parra's gold
		Parra won a speedskating gold medal with a world record in the 1,500 meters, then grabbed the Stars and Stripes that belonged to his late grandfather for the victory lap.
		Parra's grandfather, who died two years ago, was one of the first people he thought about after winning a surprising silver in the 5,000 on Feb. 9.
		Parra, a ferocious trainer whose specialty is the 1,500, showed in the 5,000 that he had plenty of endurance.
	sports.espn.go.com /oly/winter02/speed/news?id=1336624 (937 words)

	News & Events - Robert H. Smith School of Business - University of Maryland, College Park
		Parra urged students develop a cultural sensitivity to other customs: focus on globalization, get an internship overseas, be a student of cultures, and learn a foreign language, he said.
		Parra said that increased volume has caused some unexpected problems; they had to redesign the conveyer belts, add in some ramps and walls so the boxes wouldn't fall off the line, and with the increased volume going into the trucks so quickly, the rollers broke and had to be replaced.
		After his speech, Parra held a question and answer session with the audience and then stayed on to meet individually with students answering a variety of questions, stressing how important it is to keep a healthy balance between work and family.
	www.rhsmith.umd.edu /news/stories/2005/industryday.html (826 words)

	March 22, 2004 - Parra’s Military Family Relief Bill Passes First Hurdle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Parra, Chair of the Assembly Committee on Veterans Affairs and Chair of the Assembly Select Committee on National Defense, Technology and Jobs, has been working with Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante and other leaders to provide both financial and emotional support to California's civilian soldiers and their families.
		Parra and Bustamante are part of a national bipartisan drive to create Military Family Relief Funds in every state.
		The funds, modeled after the Illinois Family Relief Fund, are designed to help military families to cover essential expenses such as rent, utility payments and groceries.
	democrats.assembly.ca.gov /members/a30/press/p302004005.htm (337 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Parra skates into life as author
		Parra gets emotional when he refers to Tiffany and her strong emotional support for his Olympic goals.
		Parra began roller skating in 1984 at the age of 14, and by 1996 he was the most decorated athlete in the history of the sport.
		Parra, who spends a lot of time on the public-speaking circuit, is promoting his autobiography.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595052218,00.html (1322 words)

	Parra family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Members of the Parra family are noted contributors to Chilean culture with almost every member being a distinguished national artist.
		The family is not related to the Parra brothers, members of the Chilean rock fusion group Los Jaivas.
		Ángel Parra - Musician; member of Los Tres and the Angel Parra Trío
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parra_family (94 words)

	Sports: A man, a medal dream, and baby makes three
		Parra's daughter will be named Mia Elizabeth and is due Dec. 21 during the U.S. trials for the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City.
		Parra is waiting by the phone in Calgary, where he is competing in a World Cup event.
		Parra stood up and put his arms out as if he was holding his wife from behind, his hands on her abdomen.
	www.sptimes.com /News/120901/Sports/A_man__a_medal_dream_.shtml (844 words)

	Courts and Police
		The family of a 12-year-old boy who grew up in Yuma says they have received some closure with the sentencing of the California woman who killed him in a drunken driving crash more than a year ago.
		Rudy Parra Carranza, known as Little Rudy, died May 22, 2005, along with his soon-to-be stepfather, Dale Ellis Lemere, when the motorcycle they were riding was sideswiped by a vehicle driven by Ana Garibay of El Cajon, Calif., on State Route 94 near Jamul, Calif., according to the California Highway Patrol.
		Parra said he, his wife and his daughter, Little Rudy's mother Patricia, gave impact statements during the sentencing hearing.
	sun.yumasun.com /artman/publish/articles/story_24476.php (417 words)

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		For Parra, the gold was the ultimate payoff for his leaving behind a steady paycheck on the inline-skating circuit and spending months at a time separated from his wife, Tiffany, and infant daughter, Mia, in Florida.
		She was in the crowd Tuesday, and Parra said he could pick out her face from the center of a mob.
		Parra is much shorter than most of the world's top skaters, but he's a crowd favorite for his pre-race routine, waving and stirring up the crowd during his practice laps.
	www.cincypost.com /sports/oly2002/parra022002.html (546 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Emotional Parra makes Olympics
		KEARNS — Olympics or not, Derek Parra's friends and "family" on the U.S. Speed Skating team were there for him when he needed them most.
		Racing in the second-to-last pairing, Parra knew he needed to finish at least third to make sure he would be Torino-bound.
		Hedrick, who is Parra's roommate during the training months, has been providing emotional support over the past few months and is one of Parra's biggest cheerleaders.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635172914,00.html (560 words)

	Violeta Parra: Folklore y Pasion
		Considered by many as the initiator of the Nueva Cancion Chilena (Chilean New Song), Violeta Parra played a very important role in the resurgence of the traditional music in Chile, which pushed the old sounds, almost forgotten in her time, to a new dimension that was both poetic and rhythmic.
		Her mother supported the family by sewing and washing clothes, while her father buried his frustration in alcohol.
		Violeta and her brother Eduardo helped the family by singing and acting in trains, restaurants, and circuses, often creating the costumes themselves (sometimes out of paper).
	www.delcanton.com /Violeta_Parra_Folklore_y_Pasion_product_info.php?products_id=149 (853 words)

	Habitat For Humanity Northern Santa Barbara County, Inc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Elsa Parra stood with other residents of the 800 block of Barrett Street Friday morning and watched as a tiny house was transformed to rubble.
		Parra held her granddaughter as she watched a single excavator slice through the building that once housed her family.
		Parra and her family originally moved into the small two-bedroom, one-bathroom home on Barrett Street in 1985.
	www.habitatforhumanity-nsbc.org (953 words)

	Iphigenia Diary of a Young Lady Who Wrote - Parra’s Iphigenia, The Diary of a Young Lady Who Wrote Because She Was ...
		While reflecting upon her family’s attempts to prepare her for marriage she explains: “I thrashed in desperation on the bed, like a fish they’ve just pulled out of the water.” (“Y así pensando, daba saltos de desesperación sobre la cama, lo mismo que un pescado que acabasen de sacar fuera del agua.”; 62, 56).
		Splitting off from her family by going to Paris, confiding in and symbolically becoming the water, the green-world token, falling in love with Gabriel, the green-world lover, rebelling from her family, and engaging her unconscious bring her to the tip of self realization.
		But as a result of the influence of her family, María Eugenia accepts her family’s expectations as her own, that which is contrary to the desires she expresses in the process of her transformational journey.
	www.123helpme.com /view.asp?id=20711 (3539 words)

	PE.com \| Inland Southern California \| Sports \| Olympics
		Parra's marriage fell apart last summer, and he was so devastated that it affected his performance on the ice and nearly jeopardized his hope of defending his Olympic gold medal.
		Parra was gone 12 hours a day training and working at Home Depot, and his wife wanted to be closer to her family and friends in Florida.
		Even when Parra considered his feats in 2002 would be a personal high, returning to the Olympics this time seems like more of a reward for the faith shown by family and friends during a difficult time in his life.
	www.pe.com /sports/olympics/stories/PE_Sports_Local_D_oly_parra_10.109ee725.html (1648 words)

	Ladling up comfort at Escondido eatery \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Lourdes Mexican Food, the Parra family restaurant, is known for its home-style chicken soup – the kind Mom would make (if she were Mexican).
		The family, which is from the Mexican state of Sonora, bought the building, a former bakery, with $5,000 that family members saved while working at a tamale factory in Arizona.
		When the family had the restaurant's exterior painted in the early 1990s, Hector Parra knew the soup was becoming popular when a regular customer paid the painter an extra $30 to add the words "The Best Chicken Soup in Town" to the front.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20051228/news_7m28soup.html (856 words)

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		Parra was Parish Center Manager of Employment and Training Systems at the West Side Center.
		Because of the destruction of homes and buildings the Parra family was forced to move to Kansas City, Missouri.
		Parra has been re-elected for the third consecutive term President of the Guadalupe Parish Center a very cultural center.
	www.kclibrary.org /localhistory/media.cfm?mediaID=210389 (618 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Speed Skating - American Parra wins gold in 1,500 m - Tuesday February 19, 2002 ...
		Parra worked last summer at a Home Depot near the oval, assigned to the flooring and electrical departments.
		Parra was clearly relaxed as he warmed up.
		He was nearly 1 1/2 seconds under Uytdehaage's pace heading into the final lap of the 1,500, and he sent the crowd into a frenzy when he crossed the finish line.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2002/speed_skating/news/2002/02/19/mens_1500_ap (1072 words)

	Au pairs bring the world to the children in their care
		It was love of the children and the family she cares for that kept her here a year longer than she first intended.
		Her host family actually is one with a trio of languages.
		For her family, Parra cooks dinner twice a week, boasting of homemade noodles.
	www.hometownsource.com /2005/March/14aupairs.html (988 words)

	Chile - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Chile is an active member of the UN family of agencies and participates in UN peacekeeping activities.
		In the mid-1960s native musical forms were revitalized by the Parra family with the Nueva Canción Chilena, which became associated with political activism and reformers like Chilean socialist Salvador Allende and his Popular Unity government.
		During the military rule in the 1970s, all forms of public expression contrary to the junta were repressed, and protest songs, which were played and circulated in a clandestine manner.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/c/h/i/Chile.html (5494 words)

	Isabel Parra: The Chilean Folk Songstress
		Isabel Parra, daughter of Violeta Parra, began her musical journey in the shadows of her talented mother, who was at the time undeniably one of Chile’s most famous and publicly acclaimed writers, folk singers and artists.
		Daughter Tita Parra is also a singer, and now this rich musical tradition is being transferred to yet another generation of Parras, with grandson Antar Parra, representative of the fourth generation of musicians in the Parra family tree.
		Isabel Parra will be performing at the Playhouse, Victorian Arts Centre at 8pm, Thursday, October 28 and Saturday, October 30, and will be accompanied by her daughter, Tita Parra, and Tita’s son Antar Parra in a performance celebrating four generations of her family’s music.
	www.users.bigpond.com /apertout/Parra.htm (1553 words)

	ALN No. 46: Luna: Salvador Parra image file (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Salvador Parra and his family have been pioneers of organic farming in Mexico.
		Parra is standing in his mango orchard, "Partres Agricultores," in Guasave, Sonora, Mexico.
		The Parra family is currently the only family in Mexico to grow, harvest and pack organic mangoes (most other operations are jointly managed with larger distributors or packers.)
	ag.arizona.edu /OALS/ALN/aln46/luna2.html (86 words)

	2 years after going to war, America deeply conflicted \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		Parra is set to go back to Germany and also Iraq, if necessary.
		In what has become a familiar scene, the Parra family welcomed Sgt. Ernest Parra home from the war Thursday night while strangers at the airport teared up and offered their welcomes as well.
		For Ernie Parra, 25, a sergeant in the 1st Infantry whose armored division was sent to Iraq in February of last year, the answer is simple: "I think we're doing a real good job over there, as far as helping out the country," he said.
	www.azstarnet.com /dailystar/printDS/66409.php (993 words)

	IMPUNITY: About us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Enríquez Parras had an alliance with brothers Alfredo, Amberto and Carlos Beltrán Leyva, known as “Los Tres Caballeros” (The Three Gents), who came from Sinaloa state and were also involved in the drug trade, and with Joaquín Guzmán, a.k.a.
		Enríquez Parra’s body turned up on a plot of land in the Masiaca district of the municipality of Navojoa in the last week of November 2005, along with those of three others, all wrapped in blankets.
		His stories showed a linkage between the unlawful activities of the Beltrán Leyva and Enríquez Parra families, whose outcome is now known to be more than 70 executions in the state over control of the drug trade.
	www.impunidad.com /toplevel/fenixEn.htm (1361 words)

	Chile Information Project -- "Santiago Times" -- Political, Environment, Human Rights, Economic News; April 24, 1995
		The younger brother of the prodigious Parra family that produced folksinger Violeta and poet Nicanor, Roberto Parra was well-known as composer of traditional Chilean music.
		Parra would say that his musical career first got its start when his mother hired him out to pass the hat for a blind woman who played guitar.
		With cuecas, poetry and songs, another generation of musical Parras was joined by hundreds of friends to say good-bye to "Uncle Roberto" Sunday in the General Cemetery, where he was buried near the tomb of his sister Violeta.
	ssdc.ucsd.edu /news/chip/h95/chip.19950424.html (2310 words)

	Para Family Crest
		Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Early migrants to the New World bearing this surname mostly settled in the Caribbean and in Central America.
		In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...
		No families, not even the royal houses, can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is established through attested Genealogical records...
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.fc/qx/para-family-crest.htm?a=54323-224 (543 words)

	Parra Family Genealogy Forum (25 Latest Messages)
		Parra's provenientes de Delicias, Chihuahua - Perla Parra 9/08/03
		Parras in SW New Mexico - Henry Parra 8/04/03
		Re: adopted Parra in Nj - Tanya Doolittle 7/10/03
	genforum.genealogy.com /cgi-bin/latest.cgi?parra:::25 (206 words)

	Queries
		It was collected and submitted by a family history enthusiast just like you, and has not been verified.
		family has a very heavy Juaneño bloodline, so I am also working on this little puzzle as well.
		He served as corporal at Mission San Antonio 1778-79; sergeant of escolta at San Buenaventura 1782-87; alferez from 1788; and was founder of the younger Cota branch of the family.
	www.loscalifornianos.org /queries_171-180.htm (2000 words)

	JS Online:Parra adapting to life as ‘Average Joe’
		Parra, a California native, lived in Milwaukee from 1996-2000, when he split time training and working part-time.
		Parra admits that before the Olympic Games, he was viewed just like any other person who walked through the door trying to make a living.
		But the road to that Olympic glory and stardom was not the smoothest for the 34-year-old family man. Parra, who wrote a book called “Reflections in the Ice,” moved to Florida when he was just 17 to chase his dream of being an inline skater.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/etc/dec04/285426.asp (783 words)

	California Assembly District 30
		Assemblywoman Parra has most recently been honored with the Friend of Nursing Award and with the 2005 James S. Gilstar Legislator of the Year Award for her work in fostering a greater understanding between government and the petroleum industry.
		A resident of Hanford, Assemblywoman Parra was born in Bakersfield and attended Highland High School where her brother, Peter, now teaches.
		Her father, Pete Parra, was a Kern County Supervisor and former school board member; her mother, Yolanda, works for the Bakersfield Adult School.
	www.assembly.ca.gov /acs/makebio.asp?district=30&assoc=1 (539 words)

	GRANMA INTERNAtIONAL DIGITAL, CUBA ENGLISH
		Firstly because Parra’s characteristic "knowing what to say" meant that she established a rapport with the audience who, after a definite initial shyness, embraced the show little by little until the final song, "Gracias a la vida" (Thanks to Life), when everyone sang it with her.
		Including her grandson Antar in the lineup provided an air of familiarity shared by the other three musical guests: Samuell Aguila and Ariel Díaz (guitars) and Amanda Cepero (vocalist).
		Violeta Parra’s immortal anthem "Gracias a la vida" is a fundamental song in terms of Latin American expression.
	www.granma.cu /INGLES/2004/febrero/juev26/9parra.html (818 words)

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