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Hello all! I am so very sorry for the lack of blogging as of lately, I have been so busy and so many changes so if you'd like to know why just keep reading on :)
So as most of you all know I have started up my own business with Forever Living! I always heard about this and seen people joining it, etc. I am going to be 100% honest here I really never saw the big deal with it and thought the same as most people, too good be true etc.. However when I met with Sinead from Cullentra Heath and Wellness and she went through the business with me I really thought to myself, "I need to go for this" it is so simple and it is the best job you can have if you want to be a stay at home mammy.
What is Forever Living?
Forever Living products were founded in 1978 and the business was designed to give people a business opportunity, more wealth and a better lifestyle. It is now a multi billionaire company and is in over 150 countries world wide!!! They manufacture and sell dozens of products produced with pure Aloe Vera. Over 9.5 MILLION people have discovered the beauty of this business and truly see how it works and how amazing of an opportunity it really is.
Apart from the amazing products they produce, this business is honestly so clever and creates business opportunities for people who may be made redundant from their own job, for people like me who are full time parent and can't afford to work/or want to be at home with their babies and also perfect for people working who just want to make some extra money too. It is a business opportunity for all!!
They do not lie when they say all these things. Of course this isn't going to happen over night but it is like anything, if you want something good you have to put the work in. You need to be focused, you need to be determined and most of all you have to want this. If its something you're quite unsure of right now then maybe the time just isn't right for you. But trust me when the time is right you will just know. It could be because you met a nice person through it, it could be because you love the products. For me it was both those reasons, I think if I didn't click with Sinéad like I did, I would not have considered it. And also the products are just incredible!
I really do feel like I have grown as a person in the last 2 weeks. I have this drive in me that I have never felt towards any job in my life. I think because it lets me be at home with Lucy everyday makes me that more determined as to why I want this so much!! I am going to work my ass off in order to get the life I want for my family and that my family deserve. :)
|All that matters :)
So that is the main reason why I have been so side tracked as I have been to meetings and coffee meets ups. The social aspect and support network of this job is just fantastic. You meet some amazing people on your Forever journey and that alone makes it so worthwhile. I know myself that I have made life time friends from this already, which is not something I normally do haha!! If this sounds like something you would be interested in please do not hesitate to contact me for more information, I would not go on about something if I felt it wasn't going to work. I can just feel this in my heart that it is going to be amazing!!!!
I am also ding the Clean 9 detox which is going absolutely super!! In 3 days I have lost 5lbs!!!! can you believe that?? I couldn't when I stepped up on the scales this morning! I am full of energy, Feeling healthy, and overall feel fantastic! I am loving life again!! I will be doing a full blog post of this when I am finished so keep an eye out :)
So that's all for now, I will be back soon with the make up post too :D
Thank you all so much for reading
Please do not hesitate to contact me on any of the links below
Until next time
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Biography Annamaria Popescu
Annamaria Popescu is a Canadian-born mezzo-soprano who has graced the operatic and concert stages of Europe, Asia and North America. A native of Montréal Canada, Ms. Popescu studied at McGill University in Montréal, Canada, at the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia and the Atelier Lyrique de l'Opéra de Montréal. She is best known for her refined technique in singing, the warm and velvety quality of her tone and her ability to communicate with the audience.
Highlights of her career include over 13 productions at the Teatro alla Scala. She has sung under the baton of Riccardo Muti, Sir Colin Davis, Bruno Bartoletti, Charles Dutoit, Andrew Davis, Michael Tilson Thomas, Christoph Eschenbach and many others. She now devotes much of her time to teaching Voice and Italian Diction for Singers in Montreal at McGill University's Schulich School of Music.
- Made her début in the role of Anna in Les Troyens in London in 1994 and performed the same role at Teatro alla Scala in 1996.
- Subsequent performances at La Scala followed as Meg Page in Falstaff and Dialogues des Carmélites both conducted by Riccardo Muti, Pierotto in Linda de Chamounix, the Page in Salome by Strauss and Suzuki in 3 productions of Madama Butterfly.
- Geneviève in Pelléas et Mélisande at Teatro Regio di Torino,
- Suzuki in Madama Butterfly at Teatro Sao Carlos of Lisbon and made her debut in Spain in Santander, Madrid, Altea and Córdoba in the role of Suzuki.
- Sang the role of Erika in Vanessa for the French premiere of Samuel Barber's opera with the Opéra-Théâtre de Metz
- Rai broadcast of Fenena in Nabucco in Genoa
- Returned to the Scala to sing Suzuki conducted by Myung Whun Chung
- First appearance at the Festival Puccini, Torre del Lago, with Suzuki in July 2008
- Oratorio and Sacred works such as Handel's Messiah, Bach's St. Matthew Passion, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, a work which was conducted by Agnes Grossmann with whom she also performed the Missa Solemnis by Beethoven and Verdi's Requiem.
- She was then invited by the Radio Svizzera Italiana in Lugano to perform the role of Juditha in Vivaldi's seldom-performed masterpiece Juditha Triumphans.
- Collaborated with British pianist Howard Shelley on a recording of the Complete Songs by Rachmaninov, released with international success on the Chandos label.
- Recorded The Garden of the Heart by R. Murray Schaffer conducted by Mario Bernardi with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa.
- Appears as Fenena on DVD on a live recording of Nabucco at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa.
- With a special interest in Symphonic works Ms. Popescu has performed and recorded The Garden of the Heart by R. Murray Schaffer conducted by Mario Bernardi with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa and with Jacques Lacombe and the CBC Vancouver Orchestra.
- She sang Sir Michael Tippett's Crown of the Year with the Toronto Symphony and Andrew Davis and The Mask of Time with Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra, where she returned for Beethoven's Ninth Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas.
- Annamaria Popescu sang in two ballet productions, Les Noces with the Grands Ballets Canadiens and Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream with the Balletto del Teatro alla Scala.
- Ms Popescu returned to Montréal for a Radio-Canada broadcast of Les Noces, Berceuses du Chat and Pribaoutki by Stravinsky with Charles Dutoit and the Montréal Symphony Orchestra.
- On her first trip to Taiwan, she sang Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer, Schoenberg's Lied der Waldtaube and Schnitke's Faust Cantata under the direction of Agnes Grossmann.
- Ms. Popescu along with accompanist Michael McMahon, has performed at various festivals in Canada and recorded recitals for the CBC and the SRC.
- She collaborates with Janine Reiss in France, James Vaughan in Milan and Michael McMahon in Canada in preparation for various roles.
- This fall Ms Popescu will perform Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle with the Moscow Chamber Choir and she will be in Montreal to continue her teaching of Voice and Italian Diction for Singers at McGill University's Schulich School of Music.
Annamaria Popescu
- Citizenship:
- Canadian, Italian
- Residency:
- Italian
- Email:
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She has sung under the direction of:
- Riccardo Muti
- Sir Colin Davis
- Bruno Bartoletti
- Charles Dutoit
- Andrew Davis
- Michael Tilson Thomas
- Christoph Eschenbach
- Alberto Zedda
- Riccardo Frizza
- Christian Badea
- Agnes Grossmann
- Mario Bernardi
- Jacques Lacombe
- Vladimir Jurowski
- Myung-Whun Chung
- Mother tongue:
- French, English
- Fluent:
- Romanian, Italian
- Working knowledge:
- Russian
She performed in various theatres including:
- Teatro alla Scala
- Teatro Regio di Torino
- Carlo Felice Genova
- Teatro Massimo Palermo
- Teatro Bellini Catania
- l'Opéra de Montréal
- Opera Lyra Ottawa
- Pacific Opera Victoria
- Teatro Sao Carlos Lisbon
- Palacios de Festival Santander
- Opéra-Théâtre Metz and Toulon
- Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
- London Symphony Orchestra
- National Arts Center Orchestra
- CBC Vancouver Orchestra
- Contemporary Music Ensemble Taipei
- Orchestre Symphonique de Québec
- Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana
- Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
- Toronto Symphony Orchestra
- Orchestre Métropolitain
- Teatro Campoamor Oviedo
- Festival Puccini Torre del Lago

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In the United Kingdom, for every young woman in the age range of 16 -24 who commits suicide, four young men do so. Bridges was written with the express purpose of dealing with this difficult subject matter and encouraging openness and discussion of the subject by the audience.
It was commissioned by the director, John O'Brien of the St Laurence Theatre in Education Company - a professional Theatre in Education Company that was specifically formed for this particular project.
It was supported by the Wiltshire Health Promotion Service and gained financial backing from the Arts Council of England. Bridges toured schools, colleges and youth centres in Wiltshire, Bath and Bristol in January and February 2004
To accompany the performances of Bridges, I also produced a 60+ page resource pack. This pack provides teachers and youth workers with additional background information about young male suicide and gives clear advice on how to approach the matter with students. A number of workshop activities were also included to extend the involvement and understanding of the audience.
In addition we included a workpack provided by the Samaritans which looks at a wide range of issues that effect both young men and women. Members of the audience were given "credit cards" at the end of each performance with helpline telephone numbers for organisations that help young people in distress.
Although the play is focussed on young men, it also had a strong impact on young women in the audience and the supporting activities provide opportunities for both sexes.


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Important Program Application Information:
Applications to the sonography program are available July 1 to August 31 of each year and must be submitted in person to an academic advisor at one of Polk State College's four locations by August 31. Applications will NOT be accepted until all six (6) prerequisite courses have been completed. Please review the application checklist with an academic advisor before submitting your final application. If you have any questions about the application process, please contact the sonography program director.
Welcome to the diagnostic medical sonography program at Polk State College. Sonography (also known as ultrasound) is a specific imaging modality that utilizes specially designed equipment to direct high frequency sound waves into areas of a patient's body. Sonographers are the highly trained professionals responsible for operating the equipment that collects these images for interpretation and diagnosis by a physician.
The diagnostic medical sonography program is located at Polk State's Airside Center in Lakeland. Classes and clinical assignments are schedule Monday through Friday.
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February 13, 2018 • Tech News Today
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Hello, teachers!
I'm currently preparing for my summer English camp and made this roleplay for a "summer"-themed day. I think this is a good 40-minute activity for grades five and six. My idea is to have students use spray bottles or put their fingers in cups of water to get the cat wet during this activity. I think it will be really fun.
You can copy and paste this into a word processor that supports emoji (like Google Drive) and print it out to use in your own class!
The Korean reads (roughly): "at the swimming pool", "the cat falls into the water", "at the pond", "the fishing pole is moving furiously", "the cat is dragged into the water", "in the woods", "everyone is wet"
If you like this activity, follow me here or on Twitter @wordbirdesl for more.
"Kitty, Stay Dry!"
🐶 Doggy, 🐸 Froggy: Hello Kitty!
🐱Kitty: Hello Doggy! Hello Froggy!
🐸 Froggy: Kitty, let's go 🏊 swimming.
🐱 Kitty: I can't.
🐶 Doggy: Why not?
🐱 Kitty: I don't like to get 💦 wet.
🐸 Froggy: You can catch 🐭 mice next to the pool.
🐱 Kitty: Really? I like 🐭 mice! Let's go!
🐶 Doggy: Wow! The weather is perfect for 🏊 swimming!
🐸 Froggy: Look! It's a 🐭 mouse!
🐱 Kitty: Come here, 🐭 mouse!
🐶❕🐸❕ 💦🐱❕ (고양이가 물에 빠지다)
🐶 Doggy: Kitty, let's go 🎣 fishing.
🐱 Kitty: I want to go home!
🐸 Froggy: You can catch 🐟 fish next to the pond.
🐱 Kitty: Really? I like 🐟 fish! Let's go!
🐶 Doggy: Wow! The weather is perfect for 🎣 fishing!
🐸 Froggy: Kitty, hold my 🎣 fishing rod please.
🐱 Kitty: Okay.
(낚싯대가 맹렬히 움직이고있다.)
🐱 Kitty: Oh, no! It's too big!
🐶❕🐸❕ 💦🐱❕ (고양이가 물속으로 끌려 간다.)
🐶 Doggy: Kitty, let's go 🏕 camping.
🐱 Kitty: I want to go home!
🐸 Froggy: You can catch 🐤 birds in the forest.
🐱 Kitty: Really? I like 🐤 birds! Let's go!
🐶 Doggy: Wow! The weather is perfect for 🏕 camping!
🐸 Froggy: Kitty, did you bring a 🏕 tent?
🐱 Kitty: Sorry. I don't have a 🏕 tent.
🐶 Doggy: Oh no! It's ☁ cloudy!
🐸 Froggy: Oh no! It's 💨 windy!
🐱 Kitty: Oh no! It's 🌧 raining!
💦🐶❕ 💦🐸❕ 💦🐱❕ (모두 젖어있다.)


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LJ Interests meme results
- belief systems:
I'm not religious, but I'm interested in why people are, and that extends to wanting to know about the different types of Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, etc etc. What draws a person to it?
- creation:
I'm happiest when I'm creating something...it really has nothing to do with "the" creation.
- dvds:
Mostly because I like movies, but good DVDs are tight.
- honesty:
Probably the single most important aspect I would ever ask of someone who intended to be part of my life. Without honesty, there's no trust, and without trust, there will never be a real relationship.
- john petrucci:
Dream Theater's godly guitar player. I love listening to his work, whether it be Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, or random one-offs.
- making movies:
A hobby that I don't make enough time for - gaming movies, or machinima, to be exact. I've made 4 counter-strike movies, and have a million plans for more. I also am working in the game The Movies which has a fantastic tool for creating films.
- nevermore:
Seattle, WA-based heavy metal band.
- reading:
Not much to say here...I've been reading forever. It always surprises me when people don't like to read for pleasure.
- spirituality:
see #1 - I'm not completely anti-spirituality; personally I have my own beliefs, they just generally don't involve a higher power. I'd like to learn more about people's experiences, as I see it as a valuable learning experience.
- vitalij kuprij:
A keyboard prodigy from somewhere in Eastern Europe. I first heard of him on Launchcast when "Improvisations on a Theme by J.S. Bach" came on randomly, and I about blew my load...it was unreal. I only have one CD of his work, but it contains that song.
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Kerala Information Technology Secretary, Shri P.H. Kurien, inaugurated the website on August 17, 2005. The website designed and developed by NIC-Kerala would be maintained by PIB, Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi offices. News releases, features in English and Malayalam, photos, etc. can be downloaded from the website.
I would like to know if the bureau is in need to hire freelance Malayalam translators. I have been doing it for years with CDAC Hyderabad for their website www.indg.in on contract basis. My contact is email@example.com
I would like to draw your kind attention that the page should be also in English language format, so that outsiders can retrive thje matters.
Kranti Kumar Saxena,
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Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India.
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It's well-documented that we here at Manhunt Daily have the collective hots for Dirk Caber, the hunky, blue-eyed Bostonian who's starred in such classics as Stepfather's Secret, Donkey Dick Daddies and The Boy Who Cried DILF. (You may sense a theme.)
We talked over the phone last week, and Mr. Caber filled me in on his summer plans, a Viennese operetta that he's currently reconstructing, and what it's like being penetrated by two dicks at once. There was a lot to cover, clearly.
– Lawrence
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Read what Dirk had to say and watch a sneak peek of his double-penetration clip below:
You're in Atlanta! What brings you there?
I'm here filming for MEN.COM. I fill their daddy quotient, and they seem to like me. This is turning into pretty steady work, and the scenes that they've released so far have done really well. I had good friends here, but they moved to San Diego right when I started coming here. I'll be filming somewhere up in the mountains tomorrow, but they haven't told us where yet.
Any idea who you'll be fucking?
No, actually. They'll tell me if I remember to ask, but I don't always remember… I'm also running on three hours of sleep, I should mention, in case any of my answers don't make sense.
The Stepdad series you did for MEN.COM looked really good!
It did. I've worked with studios where there's just so much setup involved in the production. This was much less formal, but they produce fairly polished results. I'm actually surprised how well they looked. But they produce a scene a day, basically. It's kind of amazing how much content they produce. They've been fun to work with.
Do you have a lot of other work lined up?
Not at the moment, but a lot of production slows down in the summer. Most of the studios have some backlog of content, so they slow down on actual filming in the summer to give post-production time to catch up. By late August, the calls will start coming in again. I'm looking forward to spending some time at home with Jesse for a change.
Any personal travel plans this summer?
We've got a couple of little weekend things set up. The first weekend of August we'll be in Ogunquit with Steve Dupont, Mr. New England Leather. I'm from Maine so that's kind of a homecoming for me. And then later in August, we'll be in Key West. Then in September, I'll be in Europe. London for the first week, and then in Berlin to film with Cazzo…
You're quite the traveler!
It's been kind of awesome. I get to see places that I really didn't know before. The amount of time that I actually spend in airports is getting to be a little much, though. Oh, and Jesse and I will be catching Pride in Providence this year. We're missing New York, but I love the night parade in Providence. There's so much art and creativity going on, too. It really is a splendid city.
I'll also be going to Dore Alley in San Francisco at the end of July. Jesse's not sure if he can make it yet, but that Thursday night they're premiering a short film called Tryst that I made with David Graham. It's about fifteen minutes long, and it's basically a hotel hookup that goes hilariously wrong. My character is kind of the reason that it goes wrong, but he doesn't get it.
Is this your first time acting in something that's not porn?
I acted all through high school and college, so it's not a completely new venture. It's my first film acting, but I got some good advice from friends. Act about one quarter as much as you would on stage, and it will come across on camera. Whenever you're supposed to feel an emotion, just think the emotion, and it will come across.
Was this a one-off, or do you want to do more mainstream work?
I'm hoping it leads to more. This fellow Justin Costello did an unstaged reading of a screenplay he adapted from John Preston's novel Mr. Benson, and there's talk of there being funds to make a film. Mr. Benson is kind of Preston's magnum opus, and it's a description of the seventies S/M scene.
But take those trappings off and you have a potboiler. It's not his best book, actually. It was originally written as a serial for, I think, Drummer Magazine, and I think Preston himself got a little tired of it by the end. Having met him a number of times in Maine, I know that he was much more likely to talk about his journalism and his later sci-fi stuff that he wrote towards the end of his life, but Mr. Benson is the book he's best known for.
I guess being on airplanes a lot also gives you plenty of time to read…
I read a lot, yes. I'm about to embark on Sacrament by Clive Barker, but I just finished going through a pretty thick musical treatise by Albert Schatz. I've been doing a lot of music reading lately.
I know you're a classical musician. Are you playing much these days?
Not as much as I'd like. I'm still looking for a brass group in Boston, like a brass quintet. Singing's slowing down a little bit, too. But I've been working on the reconstruction of an operetta that was found in an attic in Vienna about a year ago. The score's sort of war-beaten and missing pages, and I've been trying to reconstruct it.
It'll be performed for the first time in August at Bard College. It's been occupying a lot of my time for the past two months. I'd like to go for the performance, but I just can't. They don't actually need me in attendance, once I send it off to them, it's in somebody else's hands to worry about.
Do you worry ever about your porn identity and your non-porn identity interfering with each other? How do you deal with that?
Well, Jesse and I like to show we're not just figures in a box that get taken out and put back when the cameras are off. We're both doing that on our blogs, and we both write about finding a balance between our real life and our popular life.
Jesse posts nonstop, and he's always looking for material to write about. We're constantly stopping so he can take pictures, and he does it really well, which is why he's got five times as many followers as I do.
I tend to take a lot more time writing longer things, and as a result, I post a lot more rarely. And I tend to write much less about promoting an appearance or filming with so-and-so, and more just saying "These are the things the interest me," or "If you're interested in joining the industry, here are the things you need to know."
Jesse talks about his real job and his family, and he talks about porn. Every once in a while, we'll post videos of us having sex at home.
Yeah, we've seen the two of you having sex a lot… Is it weird fucking on camera with the person you go home to at night?
We have a ball with that, but it's a different set of challenges. We've filmed four scenes together for Titan, which is a lot, since as a rule they don't film real-life couples at all. Because it's not about having fun together, it's about looking like you're having fun together, which is not the same thing.
Back in January, we shot two different scenes in three days. It probably speaks a lot about how Titan feels about how marketable we are as a couple. We get told we bicker like an old married couple on set, and I think we raise a few eyebrows occasionally with people who don't know us well. We touch each other's nerves occasionally.
Conversely, though, we know what works for each other, and we feel comfortable with each other.
I think the last scene we saw you in together had a lot of pissing, which made me very happy.
Kissing or pissing?
Pissing! But our commenters were all pretty anti-watersports. What do you think makes that one act so polarizing?
Oh, I don't know. Do people hate it? I think it's one of those things that people either love or just don't see the point of. There are people who think it's dirty, I guess, although it's not. Of all the effluvia of the body, it's probably about as innocuous as it gets.
It doesn't do a lot for me in my own life, but knowing that it turns somebody else on is really hot to me. And for the Titan Rough line, it's a big part of that. For a lot of the scenes I've done for Titan, there's an awful lot of pissing. You know, it's a part of the "men are dogs" aesthetic that they're selling.
You're no stranger to fetishes in your personal life, though.
Oh, definitely. It's because of my background in the New York BDSM scene that I got into porn in the first place. I had a reputation for knowing my stuff, and a director from Titan noticed. He said it's rare to find somebody who knows their stuff enough to be a dom but who also looks the part. They made me an offer, and it took me about two years to say yes. The first scene that I filmed with Titan, I pissed on a guy and poured wax on him. I have an awful lot of fun with that.
It looks fun.
I do love the S/M, because you have to be so much more creative. It's more than just finding a scenario where two guys end up fucking. Why are you tying this guy up? And how? You can't just beat the shit out of somebody.
Conversely, on set that amount of setup can be frustrating, because you spend all your time setting up the rigging. It takes a long time to tie somebody up. Watching bondage is slow, so the viewer never sees the whole process. Bound Gods is famous for having the guy already tied up at the start of the scene.
Anything you haven't done in porn that you'd like to do soon?
That's a hard thing to say… I've probably done more already than most people in the industry! I checked off another box recently, my first double penetration.
On top?
No, I was the bottom.
Yeah. I'm not sure I'm in any great hurry to do it again. It's hard to get a camera and a light in that small space. It's really, really challenging to make something that the viewer can actually see.
Have you ever done it before without the cameras there?
A couple of times, yeah. Not often. The stars need to be aligned. This particular scene was going one way, and all of a sudden something wasn't working out, and I said well, why don't we try… And they said good idea! But to answer your question, I guess I'd like to get some of my own bondage work on camera. In bondage scenes it's always the director that does all of the rope work, and the guys that I've worked with—Van Darkholme, Christopher Weston—are masters of their art. But so am I! It's a real skill that I have.
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Happy New Year! 2014 has arrived and we have started a whole new year.
Regardless of how last year went and this year started, we have a reason to celebrate and be glad. Each day is new because of Jesus. Do you realize that? Do you believe it?
I believe that it is true, but I often struggle to live with that kind of optimism and hope and joy.
As we begin 2014, we will focus on trusting God and his word to lead and direct our lives. Last week we renewed some vows by looking at the first five Guidelines from God for 2014. This week we will see the other five.
These guidelines represent some godly resolutions that can transform us each and every day.
Looking forward to Sunday… and 2014!
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Western Affect on Indian Fashion Put on
Because of British colonialism in India, India's culture continues to be considerably impacted by free airline. With globalization, Indian fashion today does reflect the Western influence. Halter tops, handkerchief-cut kurtas etc are typical today and also have be a part of a person's wardrobe. With 28 states, 7 union territories and multiple 'languages', India is really a land of effective diversity and every condition features its own unique fashion.
Conventional sarees, blouses, salwar kameezes and necklines have gone through great changes. The most recent Indian fashion trend has a little free airline. Indian designers will work day in and day trip to satisfy the brand new demands from the market. Let's see a few of the Western influences on Indian dresses.
Short- Style Kurtis
A couple of years back, traditional kurtis with bold prints were well-liked by everyone. Though they still continue being sought after, yet short-style kurtis with halter necklines are giving their traditional counterpart a difficult competition. Earlier, kurtis were worn together with chudidars, however nowadays putting on on them jeans may be the latest Indian fashion. From a high profile, towards the girl nearby, short-style kurtis really are a rage. Floor length anarkalis will also be very popular nowadays.
Casual Crinkled Crepes & A-Lined Skirts
Lehengas will always be preferred among ladies of all age ranges. The standard embroidered lehenga is among the best Indian bridal wears. However, lehengas have become an informal crinkled crepes along with a-lined skirts that are considered well suited for a celebration, supper party or perhaps an informal meeting.
Half-Lehenga Style Saree
Saree is easily the most traditional Indian put on. Sarees would be the perfect put on during weddings, religious functions and parties. However, the most recent Indian fashion has witnessed the evolution of the new style saree which mixes both saree and lehenga right into a single put on. This really is recording everyone's attention. This kind of saree is called half-lehenga style saree. This really is pretty comfortable for individuals who aren't well-knowledgeable about the standard hanging saree.
Strap & Halter Neck Blouses
Earlier as well as now, short-sleeved or lengthy-sleeved blouses are extremely much well-liked by ladies. However, today blouses with straps and halter neck styles also have began making inroads. These kinds of blouses have grown to be common and therefore are in great demand.
Denims are very popular among women and men in India. Earlier in parties, formal put on would be a common sight. Though situation, yet today in lots of parties as well as offices, there's no dearth of individuals putting on denims. There are many worldwide brands of denims obtainable in India as well as every day the marketplace is witnessing arrival of recent designs.
There will always be new styles that are developing every so often. The western affect on Indian clothes are which makes them trendy and stylish. A brand new design can evolve anywhere. It can be us to adjust to the alterations based on our very own style, convenience, preference and selection.
The Best Wedding Photographers
A marriage professional photographer isn't just any professional photographer who arrives to take a few photographs they will be able to connect inside a friendly and assured manner, using the bride, groom, parents, grandma and grandpa and then any children in the wedding and often, your pet dog too. The professional photographer should feel all of the feelings and explore a full day, what i mean is they should comprehend the feelings of those attending the marriage, in the end, how else can the marriage professional photographer capture these feelings on camera, when they do not feel and understand them.
The romance, excitement and also the final realisation of several weeks, possibly even years, of planning that one day and it is the marriage photographer's job to capture these feelings inside a realistic yet, beautiful way. The wedding couple is going to be nervous, the mother and father wishing everything runs as easily because they have planned for and also the kids, trying to not look too bored with the fuss around them. I frequently capture some good photographs from the children at weddings. The pictures should reflect the occasions during the day in a way that, searching back, when you are a classic husband and wife, it'll appear such as the wedding was just yesterday.
Every detail have to be photographed, such as the church or venue for that ceremony not to mention, the reception. Like a wedding professional photographer, I contemplate it part of my work, to reach early, become familiar with design of wedding venue, pick a qualified positions and angles for that shots that I wish to capture, throughout the ceremony and make an effort to produce incredible photos.
Regrettably, you may still find many people who'll not permit the religious ceremony to become photographed that is one more reason I love to arrive early, to provide myself the chance to talk using the minister, priest or official who definitely are performing the ceremony and when possible, obtain a little compromise, in such instances. A great wedding professional photographer will be familiar with all of the areas to think about for each occasion. The wedding is going to be unique as well as your wedding photographs ought to be unique.
I selected to concentrate on photography, initially since i did not possess a photography studio however, as i operate a photography business, I additionally get a lot personal enjoyment from photographing weddings, and that i wouldn't get it every other way.
My method of photography is extremely relaxed I favor the marriage photojournalism approach, since many top professional wedding photographers do. My wedding portfolio is filled with photographs of relaxed couples enjoying their big day and getting together with buddies and family not, the professional photographer. These photographs are much more enjoyable to check out as well as assistance to capture the wedding's occasions because they unfold, naturally.
In a nutshell, photography is extremely a specialised area and photography ought to always be left towards the professional. Weddings can not be re-photographed inside a photography studio. The professional photographer who decides to photograph weddings, ought to know precisely what they're doing and then understand it properly, each time. It is a huge responsibility and needs an accountable wedding professional photographer.
The Music and Art of the Philippines
Filipino music and art have both been affected by the cultures which have migrated for this nation. The very first kind of music that coded in the Philippines was indigenous music introduced here by native tribes that migrated from Taiwan. You will find three fundamental categories of indigenous music styles: southern styles, northern styles along with other styles. The southern type of music usually involves five different instruments such as the kulintang, the agung, the gangdinagan, the dabakan and also the babedil. The northern types of indigenous music reflect Asian gong music. Their music usually features the unbossed gong known as the Gangsa. Additionally towards the instruments utilized by southern and northern music styles, other instruments utilized in the Philippines include log drums, flutes, bamboo zithers and also the Kudyapi.
Hispanic cultures from The country and Mexico have greatly influenced the introduction of Filipino music. These cultures have introduced musical forms such as the Harana the Kundiman and Rondalla. Many of these music forms developed because of the fusion between tribal music styles and traditional Spanish and Mexican music. Today the influence of The country and Mexico continues to be contained in modern Filipino music. Modern popular music within the Philippines continues to have a Hispanic flavor.
Filipino Art has its own roots in indigenous traditions and colonial imports. Like the majority of cultures, the Philippines their very own type of plastic arts like sculpture and painting. However, they likewise have their very own type of movement arts like dancing. Probably the most notable artists in the Philippines include Fernando Amorsolo, David Cortes Medalla, Nunelucio Alvardao, Juan Luna, Felix Hidalgo and Rey Paz Contreras.
The Pros and Cons of Travelling Alone
Among the primary purpose of travel would be to gain encounters that let us develop and grow as individuals and it's important that individuals travel the way in which bests suits them in a particular time. For instance, I love to continue adventure holidays which almost always features a select few and expert guide, and that i frequently take part in writing retreats all over the world with like-minded people. But also for me, the actual pleasure of travelling happens to be to consider off by myself and merely 'see' what comes on the way. Evidently this can often be fraught with frustrations, difficulties as well as dangers.
Benefits of travelling alone
Many people who travel alone generally cite freedom because the great motivating factor: freedom to impress themselves, go when and where they need, change their plans on impulse once they learn about something that's a 'must' to determine, and also to accept spontaneous invitations by locals.
No compromises
This really is connected using the previous point. Even when travelling with another person, whether it is friend, friend, lover or spouse, there'll always be some compromises needed. Not everybody has got the same interests or even the same levels of energy, many people have to be emotionally supported constantly, other medication is apathetic, some have different attitudes to time. With solo travel, there's no pressure from peers over finances, the unspoken have to divide up restaurant bills equally, or guilt journeys when you wish to visit off by yourself for some time.
Meeting people
Travelling solo does not necessarily mean that you'll always be alone. Actually, it enables you to definitely meet more and more people because other vacationers and locals locate an individual traveller more approachable than individuals inside a tightly-knit group. Also, individuals groups have little have to achieve to others for communication. I've met more and more people, had more interesting conversations and invitations making more lengthy-term buddies while eating alone in foreign restaurants or sitting alone at bars. However I'm gregarious. Travelling alone enables you to select the folks you want to spend more time with instead of getting to manage your day-after-day annoyances from the inevitable clowns and whingers present in any large group.
There's a genuine feeling of discovery involved with travelling by yourself, including self-discovery. It's not necessary to depend with an frequently ill-informed help guide to help you around on the leash, and there is the surprise and thrill whenever you find something were not expecting, such as the time I grew to become lost and wound up in a tiny Bavarian village having a monastery that contained a library with thousands of Medieval manuscripts. Travelling alone enables you to definitely uncover much more about yourself while you overcome simple challenges for example missing a bus or boat and realizing there's not one other for any day or perhaps a week. Then there's a feeling of feat when solving a lot more challenging problems like ending up lost inside a strange town at night time or not having enough money on a journey weekend without any ATM around the corner and also the banks closed.
Disadvantages of travelling alone
The only supplement
For individuals who choose in which to stay decent hotels, there's the unfair single supplement that may add thousands to the price of your vacation.
Insufficient help
There's nobody to look at your luggage while you want to the restrooms at airports or train stations, nobody to assist with persistent touts, nobody to become there for you personally when you get sick or so if you are stalked or harassed with a determined male on the street.
You will find occasions when I must have experienced more taken of myself in a few places, but there again, there will always be people prepared to snap a couple of for you personally.
I understand you will see occasions later on after i will travel included in an organization from choice because I wish to visit places that it is only difficult or sensible for any lady alone, or because If only to get along with family or like-minded people. However, because of my particular character traits, my preference would be to travel alone. I suppose it truly does not matter how people travel, however that they travel.
Health and Fitness Boom
As the worlds of sports and fitness are intertwined, it wasn't before the 1970s that popular culture was prepared to take fitness as eagerly because it had recognized sports. Fitness hadn't yet adopted its importance for improving health, and popular opinion likened fitness to operate and hard physical work. Within the 1940s and 1950s, couple of took part in fitness voluntarily. Among individuals who did were Jack LaLanne, Victor Tanny, Frederick Gold, Frederick Weider, and L'ensemble des and Abbye "Pudgy" Stockton. These fitness pioneers, amongst others, came individuals to the shore in Santa Monica, California-the initial Muscle Beach. Visitors found watch their feats of strength and acrobatic displays. Increasingly more viewers grew to become participants, which people, initially around the fringe, grew to become an element of the cultural mainstream. Jack LaLanne, Vic Tanny, and Joe Gold all began gym chains with bodybuilding his or her primary focus. Due toPage 602 the influence of Abbye "Pudgy" Stockton, women were brought to the muscularity and strength that included bodybuilding. No more restricted to only for "strongmen," bodybuilding introduced about a general change in the mindsets of individuals who visited Muscle Beach.
In the seeds grown in the Santa Monica came Venice Beach, the house to bodybuilding legends Arnold Schwarzenegger, Frank Zane, and lots of, a lot more. Venice Beach within the 1970s introduced by using it an exercise explosion around the world. Not just did bodybuilding become mainstream, however the popular opinion of fitness altered dramatically. Americans within the 1970s consider using any means to enhance their physical fitness.
Sports and athletics increased within the 1970s too. Women grew to become more and more more curiosity about taking part in sports however, hardly any funding was available to add mass to woman's athletics. A landmark law was passed in 1972. A part of a number of educational amendments, "Title IX," legislated gender equity in athletics. Not just were women increasingly active and much more in good physical shape, legislation now existed that known as for equal funding and equal chance for female athletes. On 21 September 1973, female tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs within the first-ever champion-take-all "Fight from the Sexes" tennis match. The hoopla surrounding the wedding-and it is outcome-provided much more incentive for ladies to get associated with sports and fitness. By 1977, an archive 87.5 million U.S. adults older than 18 claimed to engage in some kind of sports activity.
The fitness industry ongoing its growth in to the 1980s. Gym proprietors tailored their facilities to draw in customers and new gyms opened up round the U . s . States and round the world. The kitchen connoisseur was becoming part of popular culture. No more could it have been unfashionable to become sports, strong, or healthy. With the introduction of new technology, physical fitness could make their distance to homes. Fitness tapes grew to become available in early 1980s and then encourage individuals with whom a fitness center or health facility might not be accessible. Innovators for example Jane Fonda and Richard Simmons could bring their exercise programs to a different population. Joe Weider grew to become a substantial pressure in getting health, fitness, and bodybuilding as near because the mailbox through his magazines and pamphlets. Due to fitness pioneers for example Weider, Gold, Fonda, and Simmons, fitness is constantly on the play a substantial role in society. The significance of being in good condition and in good physical shape makes and retains an effect.
Six Ways They Differ From Dogs
Many people are enchanted by the thought of having a pet fox. They are charming, intelligent creatures, and there's lots of appeal in getting a "special" animal that does not lots of people have. While foxes could make decent pets for somebody using the some time and sources to look after them, many people result in the mistake of purchasing a dog fox thinking it will be as being a dog.
1. Foxes Take Time And Effort to coach
Dogs are born having a quite strong pack mentality. Your dog sees you since it's alpha, and it is hard-wired to wish to obey the best choice. They live to impress you. A fox, however, lives to impress itself. While they're very intelligent, the main motivation of the fox differs from what dog. Your dog really wants to make you happy thus making you happy, the fox wants the treat.
2. Foxes Stink
Foxes possess a strong odor. While your dog may take a couple of days with no bath to operate up a effective stink, foxes smell skunky 24/7. This strong, musky odor could be lessened somewhat by getting the fox neutered, however it can't be eliminated entirely.
3. Foxes Are Shy
Lots of people picture a fox being an awesome pet that they'll showcase for their buddies and neighbors. Regrettably, the truth more often than not falls far lacking this. While foxes frequently become very attached and affectionate using their families, they continue to be impossibly shy around visitors and other people.
4. Foxes Have Particular Needs
Foxes have particular nutritional and workout needs outdoors what dog. They're very energetic, and wish lots of exercise every single day. A sizable, carefully-built outside enclosure is essential. That can bring me to my next point…
5. Foxes Are Escape Artists
Foxes tend to be better at getting away from enclosures than the most determined dog. They are able to leap six ft in mid-air, ascend fences, as well as cling upside lower to climb along a series link ceiling for brief distances. Any enclosure that is supposed to keep foxes mustn't simply be large, but impossible to seek out of and also have a full roof.
6. Foxes Are Destructive
Lots of people purchase a fox underneath the mistaken impression that it may be stored being an indoor pet, and playing free run of the home while they're away at the office. Nothing might be further away from the reality, particularly using the bigger species like red foxes. They'll steal and conceal anything sufficiently small to allow them to carry, and shred almost everything they are able to obtain teeth directly into. It's extremely difficult to interrupt every-trained fox of those behaviors. Your dog could be trained to not chew things, a fox are only able to be trained to not chew things while you are watching. While a fox is loose in the home, it takes constant supervision.
To conclude, foxes could make fascinating pets for those prepared to look after them. If you are looking at a dog fox, get into it together with your eyes available, seek information, and realize that taking care of a fox isn't like taking care of your dog.
The History Of Italian Culinary
Even though some most widely used dishes connected using the Italian culture incorporate a tempting slice of pizza along with a heaping plate of pasta, there's a lot more to everything about Italian cooking. Through the many regions in Italia, the distinctive cuisine from the Italians shines through inside a wide-selection of eating routine, types of cooking, and choice of local ingredients. The altering from the occasions has additionally influenced Italian food, because the meals offered within the pre-Roman era possess both similarities and variations within the cuisine nowadays.
The culinary good reputation for Italia established a status greater than 2,000 years back, including an illustrious movement throughout the Roman Empire. Culturally, preparing food was quite important previously where flashes of significance happen to be taken within the only surviving cook book (Apicius), which goes back towards the first century BC.
Multiplication of Italian food diversity started after nov the Roman Empire when individual city states started to uphold separate identities and traditions. Each region started to show its very own unique method of cooking, right lower towards the formation of the meatball towards the characteristic cheeses and wine created inside a locale. Its northern border developed Tuscan beef, while black truffles were extremely popular in Marches. Provolone and mozzarella cheeses coded in the south, in addition to a host of interesting citrus fruits.
Diverse kinds of bread, variations in pasta, and different preparing food techniques also differed based on region. The southern parts of Italia embrace hard-steamed spaghetti, as the north frequently prefers a gentle egg noodle. Milan is renowned for their risotto, while Bologna includes a deep history regarding tortellini, and Naples is known for their pizzas.
Through the years, Italian cuisine has greatly evolved partly due to a insightful outdoors influences which have put into its characteristic flavor and appeal. At first, ancient greek language cookery grew to become a built-in a part of Italian cuisine. Eventually, an abundance of imports found their distance to the kitchens of early Italians, who sent Roman ships to gather a number of important foods, including wheat, wine, exotic ingredients, and fine spices from around the globe. Some ships even traveled to faraway locations, for example China, to recover edible sources that catapulted the depth and number of Italian cooking styles.
Seaside regions provide developments in scrumptious fish and sea food dishes. For instance, the area of Sardinia supplies a classical and straightforward type of cuisine, which frequently incorporated delicacies, connected using the ocean. Swordfish, lobster, anchovies, sardines, along with other Mediterranean treats represent Italian cooking from the area. In Sicily (another island region), a lot of the cooking came heavily from North African influences. An Arab influence also affected cuisine around the island and within all of those other south, particularly with the development of various spices and sweets, like the Sicilian frozen treats cake known as cassata.
For probably the most popular Italian dishes, as the history books frequently condition that pasta would be a product from the Chinese introduced back by Venetian merchant, Marco Polo, it had been really a rediscovery of the food eaten during Etruscan and Roman occasions. It's thought that the very first pasta in Italia is made like the noodles nowadays – in the same durum wheat – that was cooked in ovens rather of steamed in water.
Today, the variations in Italian cooking still surface within the distinctions between your north and also the south. Each region still carries their very own traditions in cooking that reflects deep culture and history with an endless way to obtain primary courses, appetizers, and desserts that continuously tempts the flavour buds.
The history of the Culinary Arts
Want to know some interesting facts about culinary arts? Well, as most people know, the culinary arts revolve around culinary arts and food, and they include everything from restaurant management and hospitality management to food science and food safety. Someone who works in any of these areas is called a "culinarian," and that includes everyone from food service workers to creators of the fantastic pastry arts.
Historical Facts
The history of the culinary arts is a rather long one. Some historical facts about culinary include these interesting facts about culinary arts. In the U.S., the first culinary school opened in the 1800s, but culinary arts were well under way in Europe from Medieval times onward. There were many cookbooks published or handwritten from Medieval times to more modern history, and Le Cordon Blue Schools, one of the most renowned in the world, opened in Paris in 1895, after a long history of collecting recipes and publishing a food recipe magazine. Cookbooks and cooking schools have continued to be popular into modern times, and there is a surge of interest in the culinary arts right now.
Cooking Schools
One of the best places to learn interesting facts about culinary arts include some of the nation's best cooking schools. They can prepare a student for a career in food and beverage, as everything from a chef to a practitioner of pastry arts, and they offer many different opportunities for learning, as well. They offer classes to the home cook to make them more accomplished, and offer classes online and in the evenings, so students can still hold down a job while they learn a new career. Some of the most well-known and respected cooking schools include Le Cordon Blue Schools, the Culinary Institute of America, (CIA), and Johnson & Wales University.
A Career in Culinary Arts
If you want to learn more interesting facts about culinary arts, try watching the Food Network, or attending a class at your local cooking school or community college. They offer instruction at every level, and you can begin to see if a career in culinary arts is really what you're looking for. Remember, a career in this area can be much more than a career in food and beverage. Today, America's top chefs host their own cooking shows, write cookbooks, and even travel the world in search of culinary adventures. They create reality TV shows, endorse their own lines of cookware, and far beyond, so today, a career in culinary can mean more than working with and loving food, it can mean fame and fortune, too.
A Recipe for Success
What do you need for a career in the kitchen? A great love of food helps, and of course, you should like to cook! A good palate for tastes and textures is important to the budding chef, and if you want a career in pastry, you should love to bake and understand the science of cooking. A good cooking school specializing in the culinary arts can help you discover just what type of cooking and cuisine suits you best, so choose your school wisely. A career in the culinary arena can lead to great success, and for many chefs, that culminates in opening their own signature restaurants. Are you the next Wolfgang Puck or Mario Batali? You'll never know unless you check out the culinary arts as a step on your career ladder.
Four Effective Ways of Animal Communication
Are you currently a pet lover? Would you talk with your pet? For those who have lengthy time experience with keeping pets then you definitely most likely understand their language. We all do hold the skills which help us to have interaction using the creatures. Because of this , why we people tend to be not the same as another creatures. To talk with creatures you are able to take the aid of these pointers.
• Start with your personal pet- Your dog parrot can provide you with an excellent start. The very best reason is you already have a very good reference to it and can get to know. Take notice of the pet acutely about how exactly it behaves. This gives you advisable regarding their behavior.
• Watch for their response- Allow the pet respond whenever you say them anything. The fact is important so watch for their response and don't continue to talk to them. When they reply their behavior could be examined in an easy method. Provide them with time to know and apprehend. Obviously, you don't be prepared to talk back. They'll respond you in their own individual way. It's really a word, a whistle or perhaps a gesture.
• Give proper responses- Always answer your pets call as if you do whenever your buddies phone you. If you don't focus on them they'll become inattentive for you. If you're ignoring it this is the greatest mistake you're making. If you think that your pet isn't responding enough then you've to consider these to a dog psychic to revive remarkable ability to talk again.
• Talk to other creatures- As soon as you'll be able to interact with your dog you need to provide them with additional time. Always treat them well with care. When alone sit using the pet and decide to try them. You'll enjoy greatly when they're surrounding you. At this time of your time, you're also prepared to talk with other sorts of animal.
To summarize it may be stated the more you engage with your pet and observe their response the greater you'll be researching them. In this manner, you can study to talk with other creatures. To find out more you are able to take the aid of the internet where there is also a large amount of details about pet psychics, animal talk, and animal communication if you are looking at the topic.
The Diet Plan Of Costa Ricans And Just How It Keeps
Located between Panama and Nicaragua in Guatemala, Panama And Nicaragua , has a proud culinary heritage. Many scorn Panama And Nicaragua , food options for being full of fatty foods, however in actuality Costa Ricans are much more active than other cultures.
Costa Rican's, in your area known as Ticos, never eat excessively. Restricting their portions is an excellent method they stay so healthy. Also, lunch is an essential meal of the day. Actually, like many Latin nations, companies and schools close lower for a few hrs at lunch to ensure that employees and students will go home and also have a leisurely meal using their family. This enables both a powerful concentrate on family existence, but additionally on slowing lower meals. In The Usa, an average school lunch lasts only 20 minutes for the most part and work breaks are often an hour or so tops, a lot of must get your meals at their desk or machine. A Costa Rican's lifestyle is totally different.
Panama And Nicaragua , food frequently involves grain and beans, for example Gallo Pinto, a dish that means "Spotted Rooster". Gallo Pinto is really a dish which includes black beans in a three to 2 ratio to grain. Also added are onions, garlic clove, and salt. Meats are eaten sparingly, while beans give a high-content of fiber. Fiber might help combat the fatty foods. Panama And Nicaragua , diet rarely include dairy or cheese.
As Panama And Nicaragua , has water on sides using the Off-shore towards the west and also the Caribbean towards the east, fresh sea food is definitely available. Regrettably, the sea food can also be very costly because the country exports the majority of its sea food. Chicken, pork, and beef would be the popular meats. Panama And Nicaragua , food supplies use organ meat too so anticipate finding dishes involving stomach, brains, along with other organs around the menu. Other staples of Panama And Nicaragua , diet include vegetables for example tomato plants and a number of beans, fruits, including plantains, and grain.
Costa Rica's capital, San Jose, comes complete with outstanding cafes and restaurants. In San Jose, it's possible to experience bold foods and beverages. Staple beverages for example sugarcane drenched in serious trouble are second simply to the country's scrumptious Costa Rican coffee. Drinks mixing corn meal and milk will also be common. Plantains act like bananas to look at, however they can't be eaten raw. Plantains are pounded flat, battered, and fried tender.
As you travels with other regions, the options for Panama And Nicaragua , food also decrease and be classical using the beans and grain dishes. Beans and grain dishes are often offered alongside a carrot and cabbage or lettuce and tomato salad. Sometimes Arroz, (fried shrimp or chicken), are located on the table rather of beans and grain. The salads are usually bigger compared to part of beans and grain which helps the Ticos to remain fit.
It's possibly to select healthy different amounts of Panama And Nicaragua , food. Stay with lots of fresh vegetables and fruit and relish the wonderful mixture of culinary flavors.


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Ricky is a self-taught artist born in Johannesburg South Africa in 1984. Having lived and worked in Cape Town he moved to LA in 2016 to study classical painting. He is well known for his large-scale murals that can be seen in cities all over the world, from New York to Istanbul and Madagascar to Kathmandu. Ricky has been inspired by his experiences in meditation and Buddhist Dharma (law of nature) and therefore now his paintings explore the nature of non-duality and interconnectedness focusing on bringing to light relevant social issues and universal truths. His intention with his murals is to create artwork that has a connection to the people and place in which he is painting. Ricky only started painting full time in 2014 having his first solo show in 2015. Before this he was focused on curatorial and creative activism; founding /A WORD OF ART gallery and artist residency in addition to the Colour Ikamva school rejuvenation project. His studio work has become the antithesis of his public murals as it allows for a more meditative environment to create and allows for him to explore deeper into his ideas without compromise. Sometimes his work is abstract and deconstructed and sometimes straight forward and didactic; collaging two images together adding bold poetic text to create a union between the dreamlike stories. His achievements in public art have made it on CNN, Mail & Guardians 200 young people in SA who make a difference, Winner of the International Art and healing network award for 2011 and National Geographics list of 11 street art greats alongside the likes of Banksy.
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Jason and Lynda Heron were radically saved in this church almost 30 years ago and now pastor a 450 strong church in Northampton. You will be blessed and inspired by their testimony and a great pearl of wisdom at the end.
The Bible is absolutely amazing, not least because it contains the words of Jesus, but it is only of value if we read it. In fact, this sermon highlights how essential it is for Christians to read the Bible if they want to grow in their Christian walk.
Looking at Matthew 7:24-29 we examine the transforming power of hearing and obeying the words of Jesus. First we need to have the foundation of being born again and then we see how the word transforms us. One section of this sermon examines 'effective filters' which are things that's stop us hearing Jesus' word.


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Umami – the basic tastes of meat is, curiously enough, is not just present in flesh. Veg too can, apparently be meaty and very Umami. In my search for dishes very high on the Umami meter, I found mushrooms. Specifically truffles.
Truffles are curious beasts. They grow under the soil and tend to look like mummified unmentionables. They are however extremely valuable. Just to give you an idea 500 grams of the stuff can set you back by more than $750, which is around Rs.50000.
Why are they so expensive? Well, they are very difficult to produce. They grow in the wild near the roots of old oak trees, under the soil. Because of this they are very difficult to cultivate. Some people did manage to do so in France in the 1900, but that required planting of orchards of oak trees, waiting of them to grow big, and then waiting for truffles to be comfortable enough under the oak roots to actually grow. As we know, oaks don't grow fast. The whole process took many years, and soon after, world war II came and went, and so did the truffle farms.
If this makes the truffle seem like a terribly pampered, ever so brattish member of the fungus family, you don't know the whole story. They are difficult to locate. In fact the only creature that can detect them are pigs. Specifically female pigs called truffle hogs.
Well, its very simple actually. That musky, pungent , meaty aroma so unique to a truffle – essentially smells the same as a very virile male boar in heat. At least, now we have a solid correlation between the mushroom and meat. We have the Hog-Shroom.
Truffle ravioli with black butter sauce was the dish I tried at Serafina in Quest Mall. It is a must-go if you like Italian food. The ambiance is great and they have a perpetually burning pizza oven visible from outside.
Truffles are not used like regular mushrooms, as stuffing or sauté . It is used instead as fine shavings, which are sprinkled. That might initially seem like a cop- but it's not. That single shaving on each ravioli packet is so strong, you can practically smell the dish before it is brought to your table.
Word of caution – while extremely suitable in all its pungency for the meat eating pallet, the initial blast to the olfactory nerves will come as a surprise. In fact, the odour will be unlike anything you exerienced before, and will take a few mouthfuls to reconcile to. But when you do get over that initial surprise, you will be addicted.
Suffice to say, our plate of ravioli was polished off sooner than you could say "truffle hog". The whole package – the ravioli pasta packets, the mature cheese filling, the black butter sauce that formed the slightly burnt, salty background for the dish and of course the truffle, which bought all the ingredients together brilliantly.


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Dear Bug,
Got your letter this morning. That sure was fast. Was so good to get it, and to talk to you the other day. I've missed you so much.
We were going to go pick up a car today but the guy we were going to get it from had a death in the family and is out of town. If he isn't back by tomorrow we'll have to wait until Tuesday because everything will probably be closed Monday (Labor Day).
Charlotte called me the night I talked to you and she and Mike and the kids are coming out Sunday and Buddy's going to barbecue some steaks. It's been ages since I've seen them. She sounds like she's happy. I hope so.
I called David and they said he's been gone from there about ten days. He's moved in with "someone" but they didn't know who. They still have the letter for him that your daddy sent hoping that he'd come back to get it. Just don't know about that kid. You just can't keep track of him.
We got a lot of good rain the last few days and we sure needed it. Helped my flowers a lot. As soon as I get some more film I'll send some more pictures so you can see the flowers and back yard, etc. Keeps me pretty busy keeping all the weeds hoed up and all, but I enjoy it.
When you get your school pictures this year, be sure and save me one (the same size as the last one) and I'll pay Patty for it, okay?
There's a lot of things we're planing [sic} on doing to the trailer as we get the money. Like I said, Buddy's had this place for about four years but only used it on the weekends and stuff. It'll be fun fixing it like we want it. It's got three bedrooms and two baths so we have plenty of room. First thing we're going to do is get some new furniture. All that we have in it now is second-hand.
Well baby, I guess this is all for now. By the way, what do you want for your birthday? Be thinking about it and let us know. Write me whenever you can and call anytime. I love you very much.
Mother & Buddy
The visit with Charlotte and the kids won't go so well. You'll get drunk and Buddy will put his hands on kids, etc. On 10/24/78 you'll purchase a .45 caliber revolver from Weatherford Finance & Pawn with a hot check in the amount of $288. I can only imagine your intent. On 11/3/78 you'll try to sell it back to the pawn shop again. On the original Seller's Bill of Sale is the following information about you: Age - 39, Weight - 125, Height - 5'2. I can tell from the Polaroid of you enclosed in this letter that you're thin. On the back of the photo you wrote that Buddy took the picture while you were talking to me on the phone so in a way, the picture is of us.
It's almost been a year since Jimmie died. I never knew he was only 54 when he died. He looked 100. There was a 17 year age difference between the two of you. On his certificate of death it listed his parents, Elmer and Virgie, both deceased. Jimmie served in WWII. His cause of death was listed as "Medullary Failure/Cerebrovascular Accident". That's the long way to say, "Stroke". He was buried in Greenwood Cemetary in Fort Worth. On 9/22/77, the day after his death, you used a Mastercard to pay for his burial and plot, etc. You lived on that same Mastercard and a Wards credit card until at least Christmas. I can tell from the three-digit codes on the back of your Wards receipts what sorts of items you purchased. There was the $30 pant suit, lots of gas and auto repairs, some pharmacy items and lunches. The credit cards were in Jimmie's name. I guess when you could no longer use the cards and couldn't afford to pay the balances (I read your letter to Wards apologizing for being so delinquent and explaining about your recent hospital stay), you began to write hot checks. You wrote a hot check to your attorney, Frank Coffey, on 10/3/77 in the amount of $100. Many followed that one and soon you were receiving letters from Tim Curry, the Criminal District Attorney in Fort Worth (1/12/78). That didn't stop you. In shaky handwriting you wrote a $110 check (#175) on 2/31/78 to Dr. L.H. Luck Optical on Camp Bowie in Fort Worth. That check was written on a closed bank account. There were also checks written to Big Daddy's Package Store, Safeway and Skaggs. All hot. You opened a joint checking account with Buddy, aka Nathan Graves, and went on a hot check-writing spree from mid-October to November, 1978. Then something happened. Maybe it was Buddy knocking out your front teeth or the barbecue incident with Charlotte, but you'd had enough and finally left Buddy. Then you began paying for all those checks to stay out of jail. I found all the receipts for the cashiers checks and money orders you had to use, and all your lists of check numbers, amounts and recipients. Your loyal attorney, Frank Coffey, would have his secretary (also a Charlotte) write on May 10, 1979:
Dear Rogene,
I paid the money orders to the district Attorney's Office this morning and got the enclosed list of checks (Skillern's Drug Store, Daniel's Drug Store, Early Drug x 3, Eckard's Drug, Montgomery Ward x 4, Buddies Supermarket x 4, Skaggs, Safeway x 3, Piggly Wiggly, Krogers, Pantex foods, Majestic Liquor x 4, Kings Liquor x 3, Land Mark Liquor = $900.95). The money you have sent will pay these off. However, there have been two additional checks to Chicotsky's totaling $58.70 still out there. That will clear up the ones at the main Court house. Frank said there were some out at the Northeast branch Courthouse that total about $300-$400, but those have not been turned in to the main courthouse yet. I can call out there and find out what they have and the total of them if you want me to. I am gald [sic] that you are still doing okay. don't give up.
I also found some medical bills which fill in some blanks. You were admitted to All Saints Hospital after visiting the ER on 9/1/77. The diagnosis is 1. Overdose 2. Depression. You were held for three days. On 1/17/78 you were treated by Dr. James Brooks, our family doctor for as long as I can remember, for a respiratory infection, hormone insufficiency and a vitamin deficiency. Then on 1/28/78 you were admitted to All Saints Hospital with a diagnosis of 1. Acute alcohol withdrawal and 2. Depression. They kept you until 2/1/78. On 2/5/78 you visited Harris Hospital where I was born for x-rays of your forearm, nose, skull, chest. On 2/28/78 you were admitted to All Saints Hospital again with a diagnosis of 1. Alcoholism with delirium tremors, 2. Depression and 3. Fractured nose. You were released on 3/7/78. Since you were Jimmie's widow, Champus/Champva paid for most of these services. These hospital visits and injuries took place during the early days with Buddy, and now I remember the cheap paper on which you wrote me a letter with no return address. You wrote that you were no longer with Buddy. You wrote it from the hospital. All this and you'd not only go back to this monster but marry him. You called yourself "stupid" for ever being with him in the first place. You said it.
Patty and Dad will be getting a divorce soon. I remember feeling bored one evening, wishing a bomb would go off in the yard or the sun would melt. Any change at all. Then a fight broke out between Patty and Dad. The fight was over something stupid, a broken glass and a rip in the upholstery of a new chair they'd bought themselves for their fifth wedding anniversary. Anyway, Dad punched Patty in the face and it was over. Honestly, she had it coming. So your next letter will be sent to my new address in Arlington, Texas. I'm moving in with Dad's sister, Charlene. There are legal documents I didn't learn about regarding this move until after my fortieth birthday, but more about that later.
Once you left Buddy for good there's a letter you saved from Dad written just after Christmas, 1978. He writes:
Dear Rogene,
Hope this finds you well. I noticed your letter the other day at Charlene's and got the address off it. I probably shouldn't be writing to but I get tired of talking to myself sometimes. I often remember the night we had together. It was nice. I won't write much. Don't know if the address is current. Write if you can.
My best,
I don't think he ever stopped loving you.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Conversations With The Dead: September, 1978, Weatherford, Texas
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I am left thinking that your mother must have had something that kept you and your father keeping coming back to her. I think I would have run by now, and kept running; I do know I lack compassion.ReplyDelete
As ever it is the tone of what you write that packs the hidden punch.
This is so very rich and you've been waiting a lifetime to write it. Keep going, keep going, keep going!ReplyDelete
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Go ashore to visit the bazaar in Matiari, known for manufacturing beautiful handcrafted brass items, created using traditional methods that have been passed down for centuries. Continue the journey upstream and sail past the battlefield of Plassey, where Robert Clive of the British East India Company defeated the Mughal Nawabs in 1757. The rulers of Bengal and their French allies established the company rule in India, which spread through much of south Asia for the next 190 years. (B, L, D)
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