Friday, August 31, 2012

Mort Du Gilligan

For his time, William Shakespeare wasn't considered all that hot a writer. His plays were thought to pander to the vulgar masses being at the same time the modern day equivalent of either Soap Operas or Sit cons. Bob Denver's passing made me wonder if in three or four hundred years time Gilligan's Island won't be considered the pinnacle of the Dramatic Arts, much as the Bard's plays are considered now.

Think about it: In three or four hundred years time, no one will really understand twentieth century English, anymore than we understand Elizabethan English. We think Shakespeare is so great mostly because we don' t know what the hell they're friggin' talking about, you know, all those 'Hither's' and ' thee's' and 'yon's. So, we all pretend we do and nod solemnly and praise the 'beautiful' language when we really don't want to look stupid. Centuries from now it will be the same with Gilligan's Island. Our descendents will be 'oohing' and 'ahhing' over the beautiful language of this show.

As envisioned by creator Sherwood Schwartz, Gilligan's Island was meant to be Social Commentary using the metaphor of cast-a-ways trapped on an island, each one of the cast-a-ways was iconic of an American segment of society. The interaction between the characters would be symbolic of the interaction in our cultures. Thus, you have Mr. Howell and his wife representing the American Upper classes, The Skipper representing the working classes, The professor representing the intelligentsia, Ginger the entertainment sector, Mary Ann the rural Midwest and Gilligan ... all of us. Gilligan was the Ameri can Everyman.

As with The Tempest, the island setting represented the deep psychological underpinnings of the story. Here you have a world unto itself separated from civilization, a Hobbesian state of nature where life is nasty, brutish and short. Thus it is human nature itself.

By the way, if you're a High School or College student looking for stuff to steal for a term paper ... go ahead and steal this. None of these ideas are mine, anyways. And it's not really plagiarism if it's already been copied from somewhere else in the first place, so feel free to use this all you want. What's that? Just a second .....

Oh. I just found out it is plagiarism. I'm sorry. My Bad.

There also is the Religious interpretation of Gilligan's Island. This interpretation has each of the cast-a-ways representing one of the seven deadly sins in a sort of morality play. The Howells represent Greed, of course. The Skipper represents Gluttony, that one's obvious, too. Gilligan is Sloth ... I think. Ginger is Vanity. The professor is pride, because he's so pround of how smart he is and Mary Ann .... she doesn't seem so sinful, but I know there was one that was supposed to represent her.

Bob Denver by all accounts was a very intelligent and talented actor. You'd have to think that it would take a genius to play the part of such a boob to perfection. Denver's career, I have to believe, must have been forever crippled by brilliance of his character portrayal, such that he was never offered another acting role of merit because he had forever captured that one role to perfection, and was condemned ever after to live in that twilight world of Conventions and Super Market openings.

Now, please remove your hats and sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip

Steve Sommers is the author of Breakfast with the Antichrist. Visit his Website at http://www.breakfastwiththeantichrist.com


Author:: Steve Sommers
K eywords:: Bob Denver, Gilligan's Island, Gilligan, Shakespeare
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Musad alZarqawi: A Poetic Epitaph

Commander of Blood and Dirt

Zarqawis death: Im sure his people are claiming it was a quest to give his life for the blood and dirt he walked upon, while here on earthand to Allah, and his killing band, this sick, sick man: now will be in his hellish Islamic Paradise, one he created in his own little mind, somewhere, somehow, sometime, back when, when he and the beasts, sat down and had their little feasts. I suppose his followers are now all thinking hes got it nice; he entered Allahs presence with a blood soaked knife: he can claim he did Allah a favor, as if he needed his help. I think Allah led the US Army and Air Force to his little house, his nest, and did him in; thats the way it usually is.

Oh well, he will need no fingerprinting down there in hell; perhaps a little show and tell, to the men who will do him in, make love to him, he will have lots of time to boast and screwdemonic beasts he never knew; dont worry, theyll recognize him, he was the ma n, the man for a day, on the dirt and bloody land in the Middle East called Iraqi.

See Dennis' web site: http://dennissiluk.tripod.com


Author:: Dennis Siluk
Keywords:: Poetry
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Thumbs Up

Do you remember how sensitive you felt about being different in some way when you were kid?

Maybe you were shorter than your classmates. Or taller. Or had darker hair, or lighter hair. Or maybe you wore glasses.

Wellmy difference was Thumbs. That's right, Thumbs.

I know it sounds silly, but for a long time I envied the other girls who had petite Thumbs. And yet, it wasn't until we were completing a class project one day in elementary school that I realized just how different mine were.

The teacher had divided us into three groups, and each group was supposed to decorate a bulletin board with a winter scene.

My group had decided to make snowmen, and since every snowman needs eyes, nose and a mouth, we elected to use thumb tacks.

I had just pushed in the first tack when a girl from my group spoke up.

What happened to your thumb? she asked.

Thinking maybe I had cut myself on a piece of paper, I examined my thumb carefully.

< p>It looked fine to me.

Nothing, I said. Why?

She held up her thumb.

Put yours beside mine, she instructed.

So I did.

My thumb was about half the length of hers and twice as wide.

Look at this, she called to the others in the group.

They compared our Thumbs for a few seconds and then the questions started.

Did they get smashed in a car door?

Did they get hit with a hammer?

Did somebody flatten them with a rolling pin?

As far as I knew, nothing like that had ever happened.

No, I said. They've always been this way.

The other kids glanced back and forth amongst themselves.

Maybe you should ask your mom, one of them suggested.

So I did.

What do you mean, what happened to your Thumbs? my mother inquired after I had gotten off the school bus that afternoon. Nothing happened to them.

Which was what I had been afraid she would say. Somehow, I was hoping she would have a long, drawn -out story about a freak accident that I couldn't remember.

Are you SURE I didn't get them stuck in the car door when I was really little? I asked.

Mom shook her head. Nononothing like that ever happened. Then her eyes narrowed. Is that what the other kids have been saying?

I nodded.

Oh, for heaven's sake, she muttered.

Mom paused, brow furrowed. Okay, she said. What do you use your Thumbs for?

I considered the question.

Holding my pencil.

And what else? How about setting the table? Andtying your shoes?

I thought for a moment. And combing my hair.

Picking up a glass, Mom said.

Holding a book, I said.

Opening a door, she said.

Drinking from a cup, I said.

Buttoning a shirt, she said.

Pushing in thumb tacks, I said.

Zipping a zipper

We went on like this for several minutes until we both ran out of ideas.

So what's the problem? Mom asked finally. Don't YOUR Thumbs work ju st as well as everybody else's?

Now that she mentioned it, they did work just as well.

And haven't you ever noticed Dad's Thumbs?

I shook my head.

Well, you should. Yours are just like his.

And she was right. True, Dad's hands were much bigger than mine, but his Thumbs looked just exactly like mine.

After that I stopped envying all the girls who had petite, narrow, pretty Thumbs, and when anybody asked what had happened to mine I'd say, Nothing. They're just like my dad's.

My father was a farmer, and he used his Thumbs to do many things helping a calf be born, building hay wagons, overhauling the tractor, baling hay, planting crops, fixing fences. He also used his Thumbs while planting the garden, making ice cream from scratch, building a swing for me from rope from the hay mow, picking up newborn kittens so I could see them, teaching me how to drive the tractor, going fishing with me, showing me how to put a saddle on my pony. . .

As far as I was concerned, there wasn't a thing in the world Dad couldn't do or fix, so if those kinds of Thumbs were good enough for him they were good enough for me, too.

And you know what? They still are.

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About The Author

LeAnn R. Ralph is the author of the book, Christmas in Dairyland (True Stories from a Wisconsin Farm) (August 2003). She is working on her next book, Give Me a Home Where the Dairy Cows Roam, which will be available later in 2004. Share the view from Rural Route 2 and read sample chapters and other Rural Route 2 stories at http://ruralroute2.com; bigpines@ruralroute2.com


Author:: LeAnn R. Ralph
Keywords:: Thumbs,Differences,Individuality,Books,Fiction,Family,Entertainment
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Fantasy Art of Exotic Women My Quest To Find the Passions of Gustav Klimt & Lands Unknown

Beginning

I search for Klimt! the artist in me spoke spoke boldly.

Ahhh, then we must start at the Beginning!, said the Wind.

Pulling out oils, my canvas, poems and stories from an old wooden case, turquoise, silver leaf and jewels thrust past the lid and met the open sky.

The Wind confirmed my journey, Your fantasy begins now, paint freely beautiful women goddess art

And so I did.

Beginning is the first oil painting I did in my quest for the passions of Gustav Klimt. I wanted my fantasy art of exotic women to be full of energy and determination. Searching out the exotic meant distant foreign lands, birds not normally encountered, perhaps I would come across a magic swan? To search for Klimt meant to know emotion well and not to be afraid of what those emotions might tell me thus far unknown to science. I start my fantasy art woman paintings with music, usually Enigma; Dead Can Dance or something from Loreena McKennitt. The n I open my heart and the fantasy art woman inside of me begins. It feels like a daydream, a magical adventure. It is a dance and I become covered with all the colors seen in my oil paintings and on my palette. My imagining becomes so real that sometimes I can hear them breathing. It isn't the realism of the brushstroke on watercolor paper or canvas that I capture in this series, ahh no. It is something less tangible than a rendering.

Have you ever met an accomplishment you thought you couldn't? Then stand back and wonder where the energy came from and like lace and whispers you say, Did I do that, did this come from me alone? Sometimes feeling startled by the women and their presence, something imported from another time in space captures me. I pause from the dance, focus my eyes and I see life. I breath in the art of the exotic women I paint. It is all a dance waiting to surface.

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About the Autho r:

Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
Hawaii, United States
Aloha! I am a figurative artist and Illustrator. If you check out my website you will see that I am very prolific in oils. My paintings are collected worldwide. I also do sculpture; images available upon request. I have illustrated for Hay House Inc. , Neil Davidson, who was considered for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing, and several other publications. I also enjoy story writing and poetry. All of the paintings,stories and poems on my blogs and website are written by me.

Check out my website http://www.kathysart.com or one of my blogs at: http://kathysart.blogspot.com/

Aloha


Author:: Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
Keywords:: fantasy art of exotic women,beautiful women goddess art,fantasy art woman
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The Life of Joan Miro

Joan Mir, the legendary Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramist, was born in Barcelona in 1893. Mirs early life was nothing out of the ordinary, at age 14 he enrolled in the Escuela Superior de Artes Industriales y Bellas Artes where he studied for three years. After this he took on a job as a clerk In Barcelona but after suffering a nervous breakdown Mir decided that this wasnt the career for him so he returned to his studies, this time at Francesc Galis Escuela dArt where he studied for a further 3 years up until 1915. Mirs first real breakthrough came when he had an opportunity to display his art in 1917. Local art dealer Jos Dalman had shown an interest in the young artists early work and used his studio for the exhibition.

From this point on Mirs career as an artist really took off. He made his first visit to Paris in 1919 and moved there a year later to be part of the artistic community in Montparnasse. It was here as well that he met his fellow countryman Pablo Picasso, for the first time. After this Mir would spend the rest of his life dividing his time between Paris and Montroig back in his native Spain. His first solo show in Paris followed quickly in 1921. Paris was the place to be for a young artist at this time, it allowed Mir to meet many other great artists and in 1924 Mir joined Andre Bretons Surrealist movement. This gave Mir the opportunity to work with fellow surreal artists Andre Masson and Max Ernst and in 1926 he helped Ernst to pioneer his grattage technique. Despite his ties with the movement, it has been said that he was always something of an outsider; indeed Breton later went on to say of Mir that he was the most surrealist of us all. As Mir developed his new style he claimed that he wanted to assassinate and murder traditional painting techniques.

By the early 1930s Mirs own style was developing and he was starting to get recognised as one of the leading artists of his time. His vibrant colours and almos t amoebic shapes are reminiscent of a childs drawings. On the home front, Mir had also been married to Pilar Juncosa in 1929 and this period also saw the arrival of their first daughter in 1931.

Mir was an artist revered for his adaptability and his use of different media. In 1929 he started his first experiments with lithography and his first etchings and sculptures also date from around this period. These different forms of artistic expression would go on to form a huge part of his work and, like his peer Picasso; it would ultimately make him more accessible as an artist.

The 1936, due to the outbreak of the civil war, Mir decided not the return to Spain; he moved his wife and daughter out to join him in Paris. He would not return to his homeland for nearly five years. Mir continued to experiment with new mediums and in 1944 he produced his first ceramics piece. By now his renown was worldwide and he made his first trip to America in 1947. He returned again fre quently and had successful one-man shows at the MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) in New York in 1951 and 1959.

Some of the highlights in Mirs glittering career include receiving the 1954 Venice Biennial printmaking prize, in 1958 he was commissioned to do two murals for the UNESCO building in Paris which won the Guggenheim International Award for and in 1980 he received the Gold Medal of Fine Arts from his sovereign, King Juan-Carlos.

Undoubtedly Mir was one of the 20th centurys finest artists his legacy lives on today and a huge volume of his work can be seen at the Fundacio Joan Mir in Barcelona, a superb museum that is a fine showcase to this extremely talented man.

Mike McDougall has five years experience working as a travel writer and marketeer. He is currenlty working to provide additional content for Babylon-idiomas, a Spanish language school with an excellent presence in Spain and Latin America.

This work is covered by a creative commons licence
Author:: Mike McDougall
Keywords:: learn spanish, learn spanish in Spain, learn Spanish in Barcelona, learn Spanish in Costa Rica
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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Celebrity Autographs the Best and the Worst

I love collecting celebrity autographs like millions of other movie and TV fans.

Probably the autographed photo in my collection that I cherish the most belongs to Mr. Rodgers.

Sent to me just months before he passed away, Fred Rodgers always strike me as an almost extraterrestrial-like figure who continued to give love and hope to all children in an age where most parents are just too busy to do the same.

He was a surrogate father to millions of kids who grew up all alone in front of the tube.

His inscription in that careful gentle script reads:

For Ugur Akinci with kindest regards from your neighbor. Fred Rogers. 2002

He posed in his familiar sweater, with his arms folded over a small-scale replica of his Neighborhood Trolley.

How do you not cherish such a token of civility and kindness? God bless him and may he rest in peace.

I've got other great autographed pictures from Tom Selleck, Kathy Ireland, Vic Scully, Nancy Scran ton, Neil Sadaka, Mary Lou Retton, Hale Irvin and others.

I remember how quick Mary Lou Retton was to my request. I thank her again as a fan.

Johnny Depp is equally gracious with his autographs. Thank you too, sir.

And here is the worst list as far as autographs are concerned: Cameron Diaz, Halle Berry, Teri Hatcher, Joaquin Phoenix and Russell Crowe.

The celebrities I wish I had their autographs but don't is a very long list and include Gregory Peck, Burt Lancester, Tony Curtis, Liz Taylor, Katherine Hepburn and Sarah Vaughn.

Ugur Akinci, Ph.D. is a Creative Copywriter, Editor, an experienced and award-winning Technical Communicator specializing in fundraising packages, direct sales copy, web content, press releases, movie reviews and hi-tech documentation. He has worked as a Technical Writer for Fortune 100 companies for the last 7 years. In addition to being an Ezine Articles Expert Author, he is also a Senior Member of the Society for Techni cal Communication (STC), and a Member of American Writers and Artists Institute (AWAI).

You can reach him at writer111@gmail.com for a FREE consultation on all your copywriting needs.

You are most welcomed to visit his official web site http://www.writer111.com for more information on his multidisciplinary background, writing career, and client testimonials.

While at it, you might also want to check the latest book he has edited: http://www.lulu.com/content/263630


Author:: Ugur Akinci
Keywords:: ugur akinci,Copywriter,technical writer,Editor,celebrity autograph,Movies,TV,Hollywood
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CinematographyA Brief Historical Overview

Cinematography is one of the man's efforts to portray to others, through the use of techniques that combine motion pictures and text, the world and the messages it transfers as these are understood by the artist. With the term Cinematography, one today describes the discipline of making lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for cinema use. Based on two Greek words, Cinematography etymologically means writing in the movement and was introduced as a new technique to record images of people and objects as they moved and project them on to a type of screen. Combined with sculpture, painting, dance, architecture, music, and literature, Cinematography is today considered to be the seventh art.

It is very difficult for a researcher to find and pinpoint the one individual that could be named the father of Cinematography, accepting that the word symbolizes a technique used for motion pictures' creation. But, it is apparent that man has experimented, v ery early in human history, with different methods that would allow him to record the movement of images. Very closely related to still photography, which has been a catalyst to the development of Cinematography since the mid 19th Century, the technique that would allow images to be recorded while in motion has been extensively studied. One of the first attempts to analyze the element of movement with the help of photographic machinery was made by the British photographer Edward Muybridge in 1878. After successfully developing a new method of producing consecutive photographic images, he recorded the movement of a running horse. Through the motion pictures he produced, he managed to prove that there are instances when a horse is running that none of its feet touch the ground. Around the same period, the French physicist Etienne Mare managed to capture, also by using photographic machinery that could record 12 images per second, the movements of a flying bird.

Based on the developments of the early 1880s in exposing images on light sensitive elements, attributed to pioneers like Thomas Edison and the Lumiere brothers among others, the new art form of motion pictures introduced a new type of aesthetics that captured the attention of people wanting to explore its applications and create art. One of the first Cinematographers that decided to examine this dimension of moving images was the French Maries-George-Jean Mlis who became one of the first cinema directors. With his film, Trip to the Moon (Le voyage dans la lune) in 1901, he created a fantastic story of a trip to the moon using motion pictures. He was also the one that introduced the coloring technique in films by painting each one of the frames by hand.

During the infancy stage of motion pictu res, the Cinematographer had multiple roles, acting as the director and the person holding and moving the camera. As the years pasted, this new art form was further developed by the new technological tools introduced. New art-related professions emerged and due to cinema's ability to capture the attention of vast audiences worldwide, by appealing to more than one the five senses, Cinematography emerged to what is known today as a multi-billion dollar industry and one of the favorite art forms in the world.

Kadence Buchanan writes articles on many topics including Arts, Family, and Gemstones


Author:: Kadence Buchanan
Keywords:: Cinematography, Arts, motion pictures, Cinematographer
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How Do I Make My Dozen Roses Look Right?

When I first stArted to design Flowers I often heard how designers had difficulty making a dozen roses look nice. That it was hard to keep the roses in place. But it is really very easy to do if you know a few simple basics.

1)First prepare the rose by taking off the bottom half of the leaves and popping off the thorns (if they have them).

2)Cut the rose slantwise under water (so they dont get an air pocket that prevents them from drinking) and place in small bucket or vase that has warm water and flower food.

3)Make sure you have the right size vase. Too small and youll have them all standing up straight and it will look funny. Too big and youll have way too much space to fill in. This may sound common sense but believe me; all beginning designers have made this mistake.

Th ere are two ways that I have found to be the best:

a)Fill a vase with water of the way full.

b)Take your greens (usually leather leaf) and stArt putting them in the vase stArting from the outside all around and moving inward. The greens should be crisscrossing themselves. This gives a good stiff base for the roses to be able to stand without flopping. Or:

a)Take a dry vase and clear floral tape. You can get this at a craft store and it is very sticky and water proof.

b)Use this tape at the top of the vase by making a grid. You should leave enough room to allow the stem and greens to pass through.

c)Fill the vase with water and flower food and stArt putting your greens in, same as before, stArt inserting from outside towards the inside stems crossing each other. The advantage to using the grid is you can use less greens.

d)Now you are ready to place the roses in.

In most floral designing you design from the outside inward. Bu t for roses I prefer the opposite. I stArt with what I call the anchor rose. I take my longest stem and stick it right in the middle. If you have done your greening correctly, is should stand straight up. Place the next 4 roses in around the first rose but slightly shorter. Continue in this fashion until all roses have been placed. Now stand back and look at it to see if you need to make any adjustments. Then place in the filler of your choice such as babies breath. Finish with a bow and enjoy your creation.

There are many ways to place the roses but remember, keep it simple. Dont make it complicated. There is a beautiful motivational print called Beauty-White Magnolia that says, appreciate simplicity. Thats my motto.

Enjoy!

Willie Jones

Willie Jones is a freelance writer, researcher, floral designer, and Artist. When Art Inspires, Dreams can Become Reality. http://www.Artinspires.com Make sure you enroll in the free motivational poster dra wing. All winners receive a free framed print.


Author:: Willie Jones
Keywords:: motivational prints,motivational posters, Art, Artwork,floral pictures,Flowers,floral designing
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Curse of the Abyss Worm (Chapter 18: Genealogy)

18

Genealogy

[Dick Earnest is now sitting in his office going through the genealogy of the families involved with Anna Viper and recording it for Anna.

Dear Anna, on this 18th tape I am writing you, that is I mean, telling you, for I have already read and written what I need to for this report, I have put together a sort of genealogy for you, it may or may not leave open questions, but it also my answer, or close some old questions for you. Having said that let me explain:

There was a deep feud [quarrel between the Trials Family, and the Viper Family, I have found out. This goes back quite a ways. Sally really being a Viper was as we now know, adapted. And Thomas, now listen closely Anna, this is new informationThomas was born a Trials (Anna listening to the tape is in disbelief, re-winding it to play back, to replay it over again), but changed his name to Viper at his uncles request, which was within his Last Will. For doing this he received $600,000. Why, you may be asking? Yes, I know, you, you are asking this question for sure, I will let you know later. Anyhow, her father, Tyrone Viper, killed the brother of Dennis Trials in 1911 [Azaz; during a gang fight between the Irish [the Trials and the Polish [the Vipers feud and Dennis swore hed get to all his family one way or another. But Dennis father was really more the trouble-maker, so it turned out to be. He was the uncle that paid the $600,000 to Thomas to change his name so he could get revenge after Arthur himself died. (Anna now shaking her head listening to this tape, totally frustrated, yet coming to a more settled belief; she now finds a chair to sit down and listens, instead of pacing the floor.) Which was to infect the Viper family in the future, one being Sally, and you, Anna, to follow in such foot steps; --much too much information to digest, but nonetheless, I must shake out the blanket for you, it is old, very old scares. But trust me, I wil l provide you with all I know, I will be upfront, so you, and you alone can deal with your future.

Now, having said all that, let me add, the [a pause I cant think, I was about to say, the Trials family members were a cold bunch: selfish, reckless, cleaver, and without conscious, and very, very revengeful; --and so now Thomas Viper (whom really is a Trials)was looking for what he got paid for, to implement revenge, and Sally was the next in line for it. He knew many of Sallys moves because of a cult member called the Unbegotten [or Ghostit, I say, it was not by chance, or hand picking at random, it was all premeditated; and quite cleverly implemented if you ask me. Nothing was taken for granted, or given to chancethe Unbegotten had a powerful crystal and could see most every move she made, and could hear her at times planning her day, and would transmit this back to Thomas, via the Master of the Cult, or Vii. It was all planned out, step by step, or so I believe; on e may call it, if you will, simply a stepping stone to the next victim. And down the line it would be you I expect, they predictedyou. Everything seemed to be planned out long before Sally was born, or you were born, or others in the Viper family were born. And all of you were an incubator for the Virus Worm; or to be until the end of days.

Let me now take you Anna to another level of this diabolic scheme by the Trials Family. You see, Thomas gave to Sally, what would inspire her to come to Minnesota, a building. And of course, being a cousin makes it all family. Now they were living together, yet, she did not know he was a revengeful Trials family member, or if she was infected to the point of being immune to the germ of the worm, but was a carrier of the cursethe curse of course being equal to the disease of the virus worm inside her. I do hope this has become clearer for you Anna. I am leaving out some things for your benefit, and will explain them in the nea r future, should there be need for them.

Mr. Earnest has explained some information about the so called Ghost, of the 77-Day Cult, yet leaves out specific things. As he told her, hed talk more on The Unbegotten (the Ghost) of the Cult, if need be, at a later date. Yet the specific information left out was: the Executioner, whose job was to watch Sally, in particular, and to have reported on her dependency to the cult (in years past), and to watch Thomas, and report when his uselessness was declared, and finalized; and to let him die; and for Anna (for he: the Ghost is to insure that the cult is updated on such things as: when she is in need of feeling safe, and in need of trust

The Killing Level [The black circle

(Mr. Earnest, now all rested up after taking a long nap, goes back into his study room, sits on the floor, looking at his papers, makes a phone call to New Orleans, saying: Everything is going well, I got all the documents on the floor, and I rat her find this all, if not amusing and interesting, quite profound, I didnt expect to have to put so much time and effort into this project, but for the sake of science I shall, with a quiet laughter, he moves his eyebrows up and down a bit, clears his throat, then turns on the tape to record more data, and information for Anna.)

Dear Anna, here we go with another tape:

Just called New Orleans, family and friends to let them know Im still on this project, they are wondering why it is taking so long, I think they want me for some other developments; at any rate. No! We are not over with this yet, I mean with Sally or Thomas. In essence, Sally was born of Viper blood, and should have to tolerate the burden of it. It is the dimensional law of the curse.

No one ever knew what was in the back of the Trials minds (any of them)and most folks never would, to include me; but what I did find out was mysterious enough as it wasthat is, his rise and his fathers rise to unprecedented wealth. Not even hard times bothered the Trials, for the most part. But one hard fact was this: no Trials ever looked in the mirror when someone else was around. There of course was a reason for this. A black ring around their forehead would show up. Yes, it would appear as a ring that circled the forehead about one to one and a half inches wide; it was of a mysterious quality to say the least, a powerful impregnate-charcoal deep color, almost hypnotic if you stared at it long enough, or too long. The Trials had this curse, and now it went to the Vipers, as well as the Trials; --let me add to this, once the eyes of a person with this spell, or curse, once it gripped yours there was little flexibility left in the other person, that is will or effort, would not break the hypnotic-magnetic type trance it could put you into, --marking a moment of danger to anyone who was conscious to it.

His father (Dennis Trials) had it, as well as his fathers-father (Arthur Trials). But the curse was now on the Viper family for many generations to follow, and for Sally, and consequently, they would give the true cynical curse to all. It happened to be the 77-Day Cult, was not involved with this black magic curse, as some have thought, that was given at the time to the Viper family, but was well aware of Arthur Trials and his deeds and revengeful-ideas, and they had even taught him some black magic, but the Trials were intrinsically empowered with some demonic forces long before they knew the group, for the group never had such binding powers within themselvesthough Im sure they wished they would have. If anything, the group helped him use, abuse, and monitor his powers, along with reaping his powers to a more fulfillment status; I know this for a fact.

And so in one respect, there seemed to be a connecting-if not inextricable relationship with the four families, and the cult from New Orleans all links if I may say, that spread from England, to Erie, to Nashville, to New Orleans, and up to Minnesota. And from my understanding (continued Mr. Dick Earnest on the tape with a bothersome tone of voice at this juncture), the Vipers and the Trials curse can end, but only with the end of the original blood line; the other option I was looking at is an infusion, if not transfusion of blood.

The CorpseEaters

[Dick explains about the initiation into the Cult

To eat the remains of their victims, this is what they did Anna. I hate to tell you, but it is all part of the cults initiation. Yes, you are left with others in the basement of the mansion, and not given food for 77-days, and you are given corpses to eat; if you can make it out after 77-days, it is considered a deliverance, and they leave your arms and skulls, and feet to eat, and one another if need be, that is, if one finds out your heart is in the wrong place. Let me explain:

This is not the normal world [in the cult, and on e should not expect things to happen as one thinks or feels it should, while visiting this world, as expected in theirun-bizarre world. I have studied this Cult even before you hired me Anna. In any case, let me go on.

In this world, their world, it may start out familiar, but one will discover soon after, it is quite different. In this world, in its deep, deep chambers in its basements are bells ringing, colors of orange, purples and reds, pianos playing by themselves; black magic being reviewed. Everything marches slower in these basement chambers, of this mansion, of lost time; where the Corpse-eaters exist, and hunger and allegiance is measured by eating the corpses (Arthur was one of these corpses, as was many other members when they get old and die).

Sometimes the living is put there, yet they are too weak to fight, and wait to die, and the others are waiting for the warm bodies to turn cold; death and the dying. This is not an old dilemma for mankind, it has been practiced in Russia not so long ago, lets say, how about 1922; and even thereafter. So it was not formulated by the group alone, only borrowed.

In this world, like it or not, everyone secretly suspects each other of being (within their heart) a member of the upper real world, the common folk, which is of course forbidden. This is why they are in the tunnels of this great basement. And so locked up, down in this cool uncanny environment; each new member must prove to the elite members their loyalty to the group, thus becoming a citizen of this/his order, embodied in this league of elite beings, otherwise known as the 77-Day Cult.

The cult was formed in the 18th Century, and the mansion was built by a man, a man of mystery I am told, from Minnesota in the 19th Century, it could even be a Trials, no just kidding, how about a Viper, again Im just kidding; but Id give a $1000-dollars to tell you if I could. Anyhow, the order was less prominent prior to the building of the mansion they now live in, in New Orleans. Matter of fact, it was built in 1877, in 77-days. This is where the number seven comes in. Plus, the number for the group was selected because of other reasons, one being, God made the earth in 6-days, and rested on the 7th and so if it is good enough for Him, it is good enough for themso I am told. Plus, in the Bible, in Mt. 7:7, it says: Ask and you shall receive. Likewise in the Cult, they liked that verse so much they adapted it to their cannon, --hence, once you are a member, all you need to do is, Ask and you shall receive. And so Anna, I thought this little history would be of interest for you.

[He now turned off the tape: Should I have told her so much? Mr. Earnest now questions himself? --Then turns the tape back on.

I had to cough, so I turned off the tape, Anna, but lets go on with it. As I was about to say, and I am getting ahead of myself, yes, yes, leaping ahead I guess I am, let me back track a bit. The curse was handed down through the Trials family or the ability to give it, from his father Dennis, and from Dennis father Arthur. It all dates back to what was called the The Great Lie. One that was a promise to God, and not kept: the lie left the liar with a black circle around its owners forehead (in the form of a curse), when looking in a mirror the owner of the lie would see this; meaning, which you already know, is the stamp of disapproval. And so Dennis Trials, resembling his father, and Thomas both kept the Great Lie unresolved, alive, and lost the grace of Gods security along the way, or long ago, however you want to put it, and through the boys death (the brothers death that is), transferred it to the Vipers, yet, the Trials never lost it, that is, they never got rid of it, it only somewhat migrated, that is a portion of the liars curse and the new curse to the Viper family: these black circles did not appear on the Vipers women righ t away, but as time went on and only after the first lie; thereafter, by way of committing the deadly sin, of killing the first born, came the second curse, one might say, their curse, as it was transformed within the bodies of the Vipers, through killing the first born son of the Trials years ago. And so the test for the Vipers was handed out, to kill the first born of their sons as to keep the curse alive, or both curses alive one might add, in which, if reversed, meaning, if they would not kill their first born (this qualifying as a good deed), this would bring back their sanctification, not only by God to God, -but it would worsen the curse back onto the Trialswhich would possible rid the Viper family of the curse forever, but remember again, the first born was always as ugly as a rat, if not demonic in nature itself, and even possibly infected by the Worm. Until then, they, and I mean by saying they, up to this point anyway, the Vipers remained held by the curse, and sometimes, Viper adolescents, acquired the dark band around the forehead, again, upon their first lie, appearing in the mirroras I expect yours might have started, or possible you have not told a lie, and I know for a fact you have not conceived a child yet--; depending on these facts Anna, I hate to say, your sinful past, or infected pastor un-sinful past, be that as it may, all determines your outcome, or can; that is your future looks at your past; and if the Virus Worm is living in you now, it to will determine to a certain degree your outcome; another variable to add to all this data.

In addition to all this, holding the oncoming demons of this world at bay, such as Vii, who took over the 77-Day Cult, and his friend the Tiamat, and Lady Belinda, and the Executioner (or otherwise known as the Cult Master), all a race unto themselves, is or would be very difficult to a Viper should s/he try; and one must remember, I mean you Anna, these people I talk about would surely gain from your [Annas historical past. In a like manner, curses like the one you are exposed to, can have power, control, even influence over a persons death; some people like having this power.

The Viper family is not only open to the Trials, but to the new Vipers who now inherit the curse. But when the last Trials died, so did their curse for the Trials, as will be for the Vipers I expect, which is you Anna, unless you have a child, but if you do not have a child, and you do not have the black ring, you will be haunted and hunted for the rest of your lifefor the label of the curse in-essence is that you are one of the chosen from The Eldritch Tombs, the dark tombs and vaults of hell, where the henchman Agaliarept lives, and where the demons make account to (Lucifers dungeons if you will). The child might be the key, and also your death, and oh well many other things. And so again, they (the Viper family) were at the mercy of the demons: the Trials, the Cul t and in the future, possibly the Vipers after the Vipers.

I will send along a drawing of him I found in all this paperwork, of Agaliarept that is, if you wish to do some research on him, go ahead, help yourself:

Arthur was given gifts of money from the demonic forces to keep him in the committed realm of the Cult. That is why he never was lost for money; he sold his soul, as did Belinda for long life and beauty, a thousand years of long life, and the Trials such as Arthur for ongoing support. Plus, he liked being revengeful, as we all know by now.

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Author:: Dennis Siluk
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Disney Princess Party Facts and Trivia

There have been lots of Disney Princesses over the years, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Ariel, Jasmine, and many others. In recent years its become popular to have Disney Princess parties featuring party decorations and supplies with all the Princesses. Disney has released lots of such party supplies with the Disney Princess Theme. This party Theme makes a great Theme for girls parties, birthday parties, slumber parties, Halloween parties and just about any other party occasion you can think of, even just a party for the sake of having a party. If you can think of an occasion to have the Disney Princess party then you have a reason to use that Theme.

The Disney Princesses come from the Disney Movies. Some of them are really classic movies. Sleeping Beauty and Snow White were made way back in forties and fifties. Both are cartoon movies based on classic fairy tales. Sleeping Beauty was a Princess put to sleep with her entire kingdom for hundreds of years until a prince from another kingdom discovered her and kissed her thus breaking the spell on her. Snow White is a very beautiful Princess with a jealous stepmother who is also a witch. Her stepmother was so jealous of her that she tries to have her killed. Snow White survived and went to live with the seven dwarfs in the woods. Eventually her prince charming cam along and married Snow White saving her from the evil stepmother.

More recent movies from Disney have featured exotic locations and unusual Princesses. Ariel was a mermaid who sought the help of the evil Ursula to get legs so she could walk on land and meet with her human prince. Ursula turned the tables on Ariel and she almost lost her prince and her life, but in the end her prince helped save the day. Jasmine was an Arabian Princess and daughter of a rich Sultan. She fell in love with Aladdin and lived happily ever after. If you do the research youll find the stories behind all the Disney Princesses and hav e lots of party Fun.

Mrs. Party... Gail Leino is the internet's leading authority on selecting the best possible party supplies (http://partysupplieshut.com), using proper etiquette, and living a healthy life while also teaching organizational skills and Fun Facts. The Party Supplies Hut has lots of party ideas with hundreds of free coloring sheets, printable games, and free birthday party activities. Over 100 adorable Party Themes (PartyThemeShop.com) to fit your birthday celebration, holiday event, or just because parties is at the Party Theme Shop. Party Themes include cartoon characters, sports, movie, TV shows, luau, western, holidays, and unique crazy Fun Theme ideas.


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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

StreetFight: Larry and the Big Guy (Part I Donkeyland Cayuga Street Gang 1964)

[1964 With the corner of his eye he saw Larry, he carried a light coat, it was early summer, he looked as if he came from a baseball game, there were several of them that came down the stairs to the basement party, uninvited, to invade the party. Larry had punched out a wise guy earlier at the party and now he wanted his friends to get revenge for him. John saw them all coming down the stairs, and the big guy, the heavy one, asked, Where is Larry? but had saw Larry from the corner of his eye anyway, he knew him by instinct. Larry was half drunk, fumbling about, and he remarked, across the dance floor, softly, watching the man sidle past a few guys to get to him. John looked like he was ready to pass out but watched what was about to unfold closely, as I did, and was flinging his hands about. The party members were swaying with the music, flashing lights; the basement party was cramped, eager.

Ive seen what youve done to my nephew (whom was brushed badly, beaten li ke hamburger), said the big man about two inches taller than Larry, who was perhaps six-foot one inch tall, and the big man perhaps forty pounds heavier than Larry, whom was all of 190-pounds himself. Most of the kids at the party were part of the Cayuga Street, unofficial gang, part of what the Police called; Donkeyland.

Im Larry, said Larry to the big guy. A punch came from the big guys right hand, it stunned Larrythen he grabbed Larry like a wrestler and hit him again, but then Larry checked him, and with speed, a jerk here and there, he hit the guy four times, but the big guy absorbed the punches, and Larry could not dance and box like he wanted. Everything was too cramped, too hot, Larry was too drunk; as a result, the man hit Larry again, and his head jerked back. I had never seen Larry beaten in a fight before, and this was looking like a defeat in the makings.

I was at this time 16-years old, in three months, Id be all of 17, and my friend John, the sam e age, a relative of Larrys joined in on the fight, with one of the friends of the big guy, and got slaughtered in the corner of the basement: a puffy face to boot. A few others got involved with the fight, then Larry who had fell to his knees, got back up, his lightening punches did not put the man out only punish him to the point of using his bruit force to push him down again, but he was puffing like a train, losing his breath; but he anticipated, Larry anticipated this I think, said, Lets go outside and fight, I got more room there. And everyone, perhaps twenty kids, everyone from fourteen to twenty-five, went outside in the backyard, University Avenue was close by, a busy street, and behind that was the house were an alley divided the house and a bar.

Now outside, Larry waved the guy on to fight, and he started to and Larry got into his dance, like Clay, and the man before throwing a punch, trying to lift those heavy arms, received two from Larry; thus, Larry wa s now the aggressor, on longer on the protective side of the fight; hence, the big guy quickly picked up his coat from where he threw it on the ground, threw it over his shoulder, jumped in a car that had pulled up, jumped on the seat quick, as Larry picked up a long board, and chased the car, smashing the sides of it several times, but it got away.

The fight was over, Larry leaned back, caught his breath, Lets go back to the neighborhood, and we all left to get drunk down in Donkeyland, on what was called: Indians Hill; as usual.

Written 6/3/06 [Part One: Donkeyland; the Cayuga Street Gang of the 60s

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Author:: Dennis Siluk
Keywords:: Short Story
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The Incredible Works Of Mark Cater Pt.2

If youve been following these articles, this is Pt. 2 of 3. In the previous article about how I came across found and purchased two of 4 posted materials located on the Internet at www.lulu.com. The amazement of the first of these materials took me aback, due to the fact that Mark has found a means whereby Craps can be beaten on a consistent basis using a hedge-betting technique discovered by Cater that inverts the combinations of the Dice to 30 in favor of the player while the house only retains 6. In Pt.1 of this 3-part article, I stressed the importance that I cannot reveal the entire, due to copyright violations and other infringements. (See pt.1). As I discussed, in Pt.1, I purchased 2 items off the net, and the first literally stunned me. During the course of the next week I continued reading The Black Dice, and finished it - and thereafter began focusing on the second item. The second Book, is not really a Book at all its a paper, 19 pages to be certain. Thi s paper is just as important if not more than Cater`s first manuscript which I purchased, because it will scare the piss out of you! Now you might have asked yourself why a literary agent would go around and splatter information around about an author who is just like any author.

My reasons for doing this are my own and I feel convicted to do so because the information needs to be spread and not because the Books and papers that Mark promotes are publishable. The second product I picked up off the Internet is called: General Concepts of Space-time Automation. (GCSA abbr.) Without revealing everything in this paper, I should forewarn you that this paper deals with the concepts of Automated Space-time. When I started studying the paper, I found to my surprise that all energy is manually based with respect to the FULL automation of Space-time. Like Nanotechnology Cater identifies this fact as a flaw in nature due to all energy and matter constrained to an equidistant numb er of degrees of freedom. (df for short). In effect limitations that enable the energy and matter to be confined to probabilistic and permutative repeats within these equidistant degrees of freedom. Like Dice, or a lottery board. The result, of course is entrapment within space-time similar to that of the Matrix. Again like Nanotechnology Mark suggests that the more energy and matter are automated with respect to the FULL automation of Space-time the LESS it is affected by Space-time Automation. While inversely, the opposing condition of semi-or partial automations leads to cessation. Here`s the kicker and supposing this indeed is true it would mean that given the intent to bring about FTL, teleportation, and time travel, currently science is going about things all wrong because they are basing the indemnifications to achieve such only through manually based energies! In fact Cater goes on to explain that nothing short of automated energies can overcome the inhibitions of ma nual and partial energies can cause FTL because to go beyond the repetitive equidistant degrees of freedom we are confined in, cannot be done with manual and partial automations with respect to the FULL automation of space-time. This would enable New degrees of freedom that enable FTL and teleportation. When I finished studying Marks paper I was flabergastered! I was so excited about this News I was jumping through the house like a little kid with a New tricycle! I picked up the phone to try and call the local News station but my wife stopped me and said whom are you going to call? The News theyve got to know that teleportation and time travel are NOW possible! As I searched the directory for the right number my wife just stood there starring at me, and when I lookedwhat? I said. Do you know how silly that sounds? How on earth are they going to believe you? She was right! I would sound like a raving lunatic or a crackpot! I dont even have a teleporter! I slammed the phone do wn. This made me think about how all those contemporary scientists would take the matter as I discussed how I felt about what I had just learned. In fact they wouldnt! It would have to go through innumerable tests write-ups, New and developing stories and much debate and scrutiny just like Einsteins theories of relativity did. Even though Relativity came out in 1905 and 1911 it wasnt until much later that Relativity was accepted as absolute. This was a major let down and it slowly dawned on me that only if Cater`s paper became very popular that scientists would then begin to take notice of the paper. But why should these scientists control the semantics of how and why something this important-which can actually bring about interplanetary travel and trek-like transport be counterpoised by falling or be ridiculed by them and them alone? Wait a minute! Dont scientists work for the Government? Weaponry? No not that only, then I thought about the future and what it might be like with such technologies everywhere. It would of course change everything.

Great, just wonderful, how the hell would that happen? What happen? Said my wife. How would the world become advanced to the point where FTL and teleportation are common everyday occurrences? She thought about this for a moment and quickly came up with the answer. It wouldnt, not the way things are going right now. What` do you mean? I asked her. She replied, if FTL and teleportation were common, everyday occurrences, dont you think that it would be charged for? I leaped out my chair thats it! Money! But then it struck me that teleportation shouldnt be charged for. Like in a free-society, similar to the fantastical T.V. series star-bark. But that would mean that if FTL and teleportation were charged for, then they could also charge for physical immortality as well. Which kind-of sucks if you ask me. But what was the reason for this I wondered. Intuitively I went over to my DVD player and went thro ugh some of my old trek movie disks and put in a movie. I scanned through various scenes and got no feedback. Then I put in another and began scanning it too. A scene came up where the Genesis effect was being proposed to a dead moon. I paused it and looked at the cover of Marks paper Automation, automation yes that has to be it! Let me explain what I realized. Assuming that these things GCSA proposes are applicable to a real future where real transport like GCSA says are do-able, and they charged for it then it would mean that the world would remain in-between a partial and semi-automated state of affairs. And thus the world would not be FULLY automated. So Cater`s point is to actually change the entire world and make everything automated! Not just bring about FTL and teleportation, he literally means that the entire planet should be upgraded! Good god, I thought what if.

I went to find my wife and explain what the implications of what I had now understood were. Honey .

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Freezer Spells

For the most part, I think that Spells can be a valuable way to act out your anger, resentment, bitterness or jealousy. The very act of doing a spell can make a person who feels powerless or victimized, feel at least briefly, for at time that they are somehow in control of the situation again. I have found the following freezer Spells to be quite satisfying to do, if you find yourself somehow dumped, oppressed or just plain wishing for some kind of psychological torture to stop. I am not completely sure if these Spells or not, but when someone does me wrong, the first thing that pops into mind is the frosty insides of my refrigerator.

I love these Spells because they fall under the category of corny Spells, trailer trash wiccanary and because they originate from such an emotional, passionate and old style of witchcraft. Yet at the same time they are very modern because they make use of the fridge. Technically too, they fall under the category of black magic because they are revenge Spells, and represent the desire to control another person.

Being somewhat of a collector and connoisseur of corny Spells, trailer trash wiccanary and any ritual that allows you to act out your feelings without necessarily hurting anyone, I thought I'd share them with you because they are a few of my favourites. Some of them have been sourced from Lexa Rosean, author of the Supermarket Sorceress who is a master of Kitchen Witchery. Still I think the important thing about a freezer spell is to start with the basics and then make it your own. I know one natural witch, (a famous Canadian singer in fact) who knows nothing about freezer Spells, yet every time she gets mad at someone, she writes their name on a little piece of paper, twists it up and throws it in the freezer to make it stop! I discovered this one day when I was groping through her freezer for some ice cream and a flutter of little pieces of paper fell out to the floor. When I asked her about it, she told me her intuition had told her to put the people on ice.

The essence of a freezer spell is about time. The idea is to stop something in its tracks. Freezer Spells also fall into the category of binding Spells, as often their purpose is to paralyse an offender. They are used for protection, but mainly for REVENGE! Here are a few of my favourites.

THE BASIC ICE CUBE TRAY SPELL: This is all-purpose and what I like about it is that you can use magical ingredients to sweeten or sour the mix before you chuck it in the freezer. Basically, you take twelve small pieces of paper and write down the names twelve people or situations who have not been very nice to you or who have irked you or done you wrong. Think of twelve people who have been hostile to you, or who have a bad attitude towards you or who have behaved as obstacles to what you want in your life or career. Now stick these twelve pieces of paper in the ice cube tray compartments and add a little sugar, or honey to sweeten up their attitude towards you.

You could also add a few other things as well if you wanted - a little dill or parsley powder for improved communication, orange water for joy or rose water to increase loving vibrations. Then you fill the re st of the tray with water and stick in the freezer. I like this spell because it is relatively innocent and is persuading others to think of you kindly and not to harm you. A more vengeful version of this spell would be to add substances like vinegar (to sour their experiences) cigarette ashes (to cause depression) or horseradish (to cause arguments.)

If your resentment is directed towards a particular individual, perhaps a male who has dumped you for some one else you might consider doing this IMPOTENCE spell. While shopping for the cucumber at your local vegetable store, try and find one that resembles your ex-partner's actual member when it is erect. At the very least this will get you giggling. Then carve his name and his birth-date into the flesh of the cucumber and throw it into the freezer. It will start to go soft and wither after a few weeks, and while this happens, imagine him and the sweet young thing that he betrayed you having conversations like I swear th is has never happened to me before. It's ok. I understand.

The ultimate freezer spell however, in terms of sheer nastiness, is this BREAK THEM UP freezer spell in which you write the offending couple's names on a piece of paper (if you don't know the name of the person coming between you write unknown rival) You put the pieces of paper in a Tupperware container along with a piece of rotten fish, fill it with water and freeze it. Fish are symbols of fertility and happiness, so the ultimate purpose of this ritual is to have the two lovers become turned off from each other. One person, who tried this spell, told me she laughed her head off, when her boyfriend came back to her and complained that his new lover had terrible B.O. I haven't tried this one myself, but she says it worked. Lexa Rosean also boasts success with this one.

I can't guarantee these Spells work, but if you are too chicken to enact some real revenge (like turn the person into the I.R.S.) these little rituals at least satisfy a desire for petty revenge.

Samantha Steven's articles have been published in many high-standing newspapers and she has published several books. If you wish to buy Samantha's books about metaphysics click here http://www.insomniacpress.com/author.php?id=110 You can meet Samantha Stevens at http://www.psychicrealm.com where she works as a professional psychic. You can also read more of her articles at http://www.newagenotebook.com


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The Best of Amish Cooking

Informative Read ... Recommended ... 4 stars

The Review

This is not a story book, it is a Cookbook. Recipes include Traditional and Contemporary Recipes Adapted from the Kitchens and Pantries of Old Order Amish Cooks. Before directions for preparing dishes the author gives us an introduction into who the Amish people are, and tells us their Food Tradition in the New World. Recipes are groups into One-Pot and Mainstay Dishes, Soups and Stews, Meats, Vegetables, Salads and Greens, Pickled and Relishes, Sweets and Sours. There are also Recipe for Breads, Pies, Cakes and Cookies, Puddings, Dumplings and Desserts as well as Fruit Butters and Jams and Jellies. Cheese, Beverages and Candies round out the Recipe offerings. Before ending the book the writer provides Menus for Special Occasions. A Wedding Dinner, A Wedding Supper, Sunday Church Lunch and A Funeral Dinner are included in the Menu section. Endnotes, Readings and Sources, an Index and a bit about the Author round out the work. I particularly enjoy the Potato Soup, Baked Corn, Cinnamon Flop, Ginger Cookies and Cottage Pudding. The Recipes are easily prepared and are eaten by children and husbands.

A native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Author Good writes and edits books relating to the Amish and Mennonites. Considered to be a leading expert on Amish cooking, Good highlights traditional and contemporary Recipes adapted from kitchens of Amish cooks. Before beginning the work on The Best of Amish Cooking, Writer Good interviewed Amish women and prowled through old books, Recipe boxes and diaries. The Recipes offered in the book are those often served on Amish tables in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania area.

Writer Good offers the reader a peek into the Religion and day to day lives of a people who are often considered strange or odd by those who do not know them. She explains why Amish folk prefer to live close to the land and eschew many modern conveniences. Readers may be surprised to learn that Amish folk population is on the increase, they live in one Canadian province and many states across the United States and not only in Pennsylvania. The Amish developed and retained a food tradition that is identifiable and because they are a living group menus do continue to change over time.

The Best of Amish Cooking is a collection of dishes that go back as far as 80 year-old-members of the Amish church can remember or find in old hand scripted Cookbooks belonging to their mothers. Some Recipes are prepared in old fashioned method, while others are adapted to modern days and products available from the grocery store. The old handwritten Recipes were often only a listing of ingredients with no reference to measurement or procedure. Writer Good offers measurements and procedures for the Recipes found in this work. Historical notes and asides are included along with Recipes for specific dishes.

A good choice for a gift for Mom or Aunt, The Best of Amish Cooking is a must have for those who collect Cookbooks, as well as a nice gift for the Newlywed. The Best of Amish Cooking is a fine choice for the pleasure reading list of those who enjoy learning a little about other cultures. Social Studies and History Teachers will find a use for the work in the classroom when studying various ethnic groups here in the U.S.

The Best of Amish Cooking is a Cookbook, History book and social studies lesson wrapped into one. It is a book to be read for the enjoyment of learning about another culture and for using to make good wholesome dishes for the table.

Enjoyed the read, happy to recommend.

Genre: Cook Book
Author: Phyllis Pellman Good
Line/Publisher Good Books PO Box 419 Inte rcourse, PA 17534 http://www.goodbks.com/index.htm
Available as hard bound and spiral binding, Amazon and elsewhere $ 10 - $15
ISBN: 0 934672 70 9

Reviewed by: Molly Martin
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Toys The YoYo

The yo-yo. It may not be as popular as it was 40 years ago, but you can still get yourself a pretty decent one if you look hard enough. But how did the yo-yo craze get started? For that matter, when was the first yo-yo made?

The truth is, nobody really knows where the yo-yo came from. There are some who say that the yo-yo originated in China. But the first time the yo-yo was ever mentioned was in Greece around 500 BC. The old yo-yos were made out of various materials like wood and metal. Supposedly, when a kid got to be a certain age he was supposed to offer up his yo-yos to the gods.

The modern day yo-yo didn't actually come to be until the 1920s when a guy by the name of Pedro Flores brought one to the United States from the Philippines. In 1928 he began a toy company in California to start making them. His first yo-yos were very unique in that instead of having the string tied to the axle, the string was wrapped around the axle. This made it so tha t the yo-yo could hang, or what they called sleep at the end of the rope.

A year later, a guy by the name of Donald Duncan saw this yo-yo and was fascinated by it. Because Pedro was able to do quite a few tricks with his yo-yo, he drew large crowds by putting on exhibitions. Duncan saw this as a big money maker. So, not only did Duncan purchase the idea of the yo-yo but he bought the company from Flores himself. You know the rest of what happened.

Duncan yo-yos became a monster of a company. In 1946 they moved to Luck, Wisconsin, which became known as the yo-yo capital of the world. They were producing yo-yos there at an alarming rate of over 3,600 per hour. Back in the 40s the yo-yos were made out of wood, but when the 1960s rolled around they started making them out of a very hard plastic.

The early yo-yos were still pretty simple looking. Still, by 1962 over 45 million of these yo-yos were sold. That's not bad considering the country had only 40 million children at the time. Some kids were buying two or three different yo-yos. And that number began to increase when Duncan started making different styles of yo-yos.

But then the legal battles began. The Duncan trademark of the word yo-yo was being fought against. The word had become the toy itself. Well, finally, Duncan lost their battle with the courts and in 1965 Duncan was driven into bankruptcy. The Duncan name itself was purchased by Flambeau Plastics.

In spite of this, the yo-yo became more popular than ever. Yo-yo tournaments were being held all over the world. New tricks were being thought of including the popular walk the dog. There were even more styles of yo-yos than ever before. And then finally, on April 12, 1985, the yo-yo was taken into space.

The yo-yo may have lost some steam over the years, but it is still one of the most popular Toys to have ever been made.

Michael Russell

Your Independent guide to Toys


Author:: Michael Russell
Keywords:: Toys
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

How To Draw With Models Measurement and Proportion

Drawing by copying is useful for beginners. It lets one practice style and methods of drawing without being concerned about the exact subject matter. Accuracy in eye measurement comes with copying.

Copying also gives training to the eye by allowing one to correct mistakes in the estimates of lengths.

A second type of drawing, perspective or object drawing, gives a knowledge of form and construction. The relations and relative sizes of objects to each other are learned through drawing them.

Finally, imaginary drawings enable an artist to express thought and impart ideas.

These three types of drawing support and help the others:

-- Copying shows one how.

-- In object drawing one sees how.

-- With imaginative drawing one thinks how.

Eye Measurements Practice measuring by eye with this simple exercise:

-- Draw a line four inches long and divide it in half, just by looking at it with the unaided eye.

-- Draw another li ne and divide it into thirds.

-- Do it yet again, dividing the line into fourths.

-- Repeat this exercise with lines of different lengths.

To check your progress, measure the length of each segment after you've divided it solely by eye. Did you come close to halves, or thirds? Practice until you do.

Proportion Accurate eye measurement is required to draw figures in proper proportion. If the head is drawn twice as long as it should be, the whole figure looks out of proportion because the head seems unnatural.

Body sizes should be compared to each other, and made in sizes relative to their proportions. This takes practice, close observation and an ability to measure with the eye.

An effective exercise for learning to draw relative proportions is to use some ordinary object as a standard measure and draw it carefully. Then place other objects next to it and draw them. Use simple objects of different shapes and sizes.

For a more advanced exercise draw place two objects of different sizes together, such as a cardboard box with an apple on top. Draw these in relative proportion, or practice drawing them until you can. Then, from memory, add a third object to this scene, drawing it in relative proportion to the two objects already there.

Do this exercise over and over with the same starting two objects (box and apple) but add different third objects from memory.

How to Measure Hold a pencil up with your arm extended away from you. Mark the length, width or height of the object with your thumb on the pencil. Transfer this measurement to the drawing and use it as the standard measurement to which others will be gauged. For example, when drawing a house, hold the pencil out and line up the end with one corner of the base of the house. Put your thumb on the pencil at the point where the other side of the house is located. Transfer this to paper and use this measure, the width of the house, as a standar d for making other relative measurements.

Scale Of Drawings One of the biggest mistakes beginners make is to draw on too small of a scale. In copying pictures from magazines and books the beginner naturally copies it as is, at that size. The beginner usually does not know that the original drawing from which the picture was made was almost certainly much larger.

Varying the scale of drawings is good practice to keep measurement and proportion skills up. Repeat the same drawing at different sizes for a simple exercise.

Drawing from Models Use simple objects you find around you as models. Draw them singly at first and as you advance group them together. Use objects with dull surfaces. These have simple areas of light and dark shade on their surfaces. Shiny objects reflect light and cast complex shadows.

Models with a single color are best at first. The eye will focus on form, not color. Place your model objects against contrasting backgrounds. It is di fficult to discern form when there is no contrast. If the object is dark, place it on a white background. If it is white, place a dark background behind it.

Light And Shade Begin practicing drawing shadows and light by using simple objects as models. These should be objects with simple outlines and very little detail, such as a ball or brick. Place the object on a white piece of paper and direct light from just one source onto it. This will give a shadow from one source only. Practice drawing many objects like this, singly, before drawing more complicated scenes.

James Vincent, creator of a free online version of a drawing course used buy thousands of art students, invites you to Learn How To Draw Now.


Author:: James Vincent
Keywords:: how to draw proportion, how to draw models, how to draw
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The Green Sea of the Amazon Chapter One Part Two: the Village

We had not stopped for a half hour straight walking, and we seemed to have taken a little side trip, yet still in somewhat of the same direction of the campsite, or lodge; Avelino wanted to introduce us to the chief of a village, who seemed also to be a seer, unless I got it wrong, nonetheless, he greeted us and Rosa talked to him in Spanish. He gave us a tour of the village, then I asked Rosa, Tell him I want to take his picture, and she asked the chief.

But make sure, he said, to take my whole body, the spirits, the evil spirits are out for me, and want the chance to invade me, that would open a window for them, and I assured him the picture would be whole, I had a pilloried camera and so he could see it immediately, and he was happy about that.

Do you think he will let me blow that six-foot blow gun? I asked Avelino.

Sure, he said, and walked over a foot or two, to where the chief was, and said something to him, and brought the blowgun back to me. I s teadied it with my two hands, and blew the dart out with all my might and breath, it went about three feet, that was it. Then the chief looked at me, trying to hold his laugh in, blew it and it went I bet twenty-feet. I smiled at the older man; I was too embarrassed to try it again. I had stopped smoking fifteen-years prior to this event, but it didnt do much good for air capacity in my lungs, so I found out.

Then we sat in a big open enclosure, and he talked to us, saying something in Spanish to my wife: it was an invitation to stay in the village the night if we so wished, but I declined the offer, then Rosa asked him something about my illness, Multiple Sclerosis, and he asked questions about it, the symptoms: In the morning, he said, you come back here in the morning, I have some sap from a tree I will drain tonight, it will heal your illness.

Rosa translated this to me (what she had said): she had told the chief it was a neurological problem, that I was dro pping things and got tired quickly, and my eyesight was half-hazard half the time, and I got tired often, and I needed to sleep for long periods, so forth and so on, etc., and it was making me unstable: all true I suppose. And he added it would cost ten-soles, or about 3.5 dollars. I assured him I would try it and return in the morning for the bottle, and Rosa smiled at him, and we said our goodbyes, but drank some coconut juice before we started our journey in the dark, and now our guide, pulling out the flashlight he said he did need was saying, I guess I am glad we brought it along, he didnt look at me when he said it, just pulled it out of his back pocket, like John Wayne would in the cowboy movies pull out a gun, around his hip it went and flashed it straight ahead.

We would return in the morning for thewhatever it wassubstance the chief had for us, and I did use it for several months, and it did seem to stop the progression of the MS, not cure it, but slow it do wn, and stabilize me for the moment, I will perhaps have to go back there for more, I thought, after my return home. And after it was gone, it did get worse.

See Dennis' web site: http://dennissiluk.tripod.com


Author:: Dennis Siluk
Keywords:: Chapter
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A Chilly World Ahead Part II

There really isnt anythingthat is not obvious out therefor me to point out that is, but I feel I want to, if only for the enjoyment of writing. What lays ahead may not be anyones cup of tea, and everyday is a blessing, believe me; as I was reading the paper today, a few days ago listening to T.V., our president, Mr. Bush has stressed the only thing worse than using military force to have Iran to stop playing the Nuke game, is to allow Iran to have them. And of course, we know what Iran will do with them, as they said they would: eliminate Israel. But can we afford another war? What a loaded question, we cant afford this one, we have in Iraq.

Now, having said all that, it should be obvious what has to take place, or at least to me it is. Being a realist that is; this is not one of those things we do in the United States when our family members get old: by simply finding a nursing home and tucking them away, thusout of sight, out of mind, this is different, it can no t be allowed if we want to sleep late on Sundays or Saturdays. No indeed, for out of sight means: a deadly game we cannot see is developing. In any case, Israel will hit the nuclear reactors of Iran, or be buried by them. There is not much room left in this scenario. They will have no choice; it is not like the UN or EU can solve the problem; and if the US tries, we are the bad guys. So it willas alwaysfall on the shoulders of the Jew. So we should be prepared to hold our breaths for a moment at the end of March, 2006.

The world is ruled by economists and political dreamersin short, 90% madmen, and should this order be disrupted, chaos prevails, and it will. And Iran can be a big disruption, or a small one. If hit by Israel, it will be a small one, if Iran success in its ambition, the world will change drastically I do believe; oh it will change anyway, even after Iran is hit, but Israel will exist a while longer.

Of course these are my thoughts, and perhaps I could be completely wrong, but it would seem the arrow is pointing that way. It will come with a bang, as will the financial crisis ahead: foresight will be tucked under the rug, thus, comes change.

See Dennis' web site: http://dennissiluk.tripod.com


Author:: Dennis Siluk
Keywords:: Article
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Karl Brullov (1799 1852) Russia's first internationally recognized artist

The subject of this month's newsletter is a Russian artist most noted for his painting, The Last Day of Pompeii. This magnificent painting won Karl Brullov world fame and put Russian art on the world map as never before. Anyone who visits the Russian State Museum of Art must see this magnificent painting which was awarded a gold medal in Paris and brought further fame to Brullov.

Karl Brullov was a brilliant painter from the very beginning of his life, and he won the gold medal at the St. Petersburg Academy of Art upon graduation. Ironically, he never totally embraced the classical style taught at the Academy. After graduation Brullov left for Italy where he became an outstanding portrait and genre painter. In spite of his obvious talent, it was only when he ventured into the realm of historical painting that his true genius was recognized.

After The Last Day of Pompeii achieved such world success, Karl returned to St. Petersburg, where he was given a high post at the academy of Art. He became a favorite of the aristocracy and the intellectual elite of Russia and created a vast portfolio of magnificent works. His popularity continues to this day in his native Russia, and Brullov exhibits are among the most popular of any Russian artist.

His portrait painting was a combined fusion of romantic tendency with a classical simplicity and a flair for realism. The end results were portraits of psychological penetration that were colorful and appealing to the art lovers of Russia.

My own favorite painting by Brullov is Countess Samoilova Leaving the Ball. She was a beautiful aristocrat personally involved with Brullov and whom Brullov painted often. Her face appears in The Last Day of Pompeii several times. I like the pain ting because Brullov's appreciation for her enables him to make her appear as an ideal companion for any man who appreciates beautiful women.

A transitional figure between Russian neo-classicism and romanticism, Karl Brullov was the first Russian artist to achieve world fame. In Russia that fame shines as brightly today as ever.

Michael E. Donnelly Ph.D. Find more at http://www.mmarttravel.com


Author:: Michael Donnelly
Keywords:: Russian art, karl brullov, Russian academy of fine arts, Russian museum, Russian travel, Russia,
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Where To Find Contemporary Art Auctions

There are many choices available today if you are a contemporary Art collector. Whether online or offline, depending on your budget and preferences, there are a lot of places where you can buy contemporary Art

If you are a serious contemporary Art collector, pay a visit to your local fine Art auction house. They usually have a schedule of the list of contemporary Art to be auctioned on any day as well as some background information on the Art pieces being auctioned.

If you do not have the budget or can't find an Art auction house near your neighbourhood, get online and there are also many sites offering a wide range contemporary Art auctions.

There are many Art galleries who have taken their Art pieces online to help people decide whether a pArticular style of contemporary Art suits them. Just search for Art galleries on google bring up nearly 1000 different Art galleries from around the world showing their contemporary Art collections.

Another plac e I like to visit is online auction sites like Ebay.com and bidz.com. They have a wide variety of contemporary Art to choose from and their prices does varies from one seller to another but generally, it is pretty cheap.

I know many new Artists use Ebay and other auction sites as a way to get their contemporary Art seen by many people. Since their Art is still unknown, many Art galleries may not be willing to place their Art pieces on sale in their galleries.

However, I do advise caution on online Art auction sites since there are many fakes Art pieces on auctions. Some sellers are honest and acknowledged it is an imitation. However I brought some contemporary Art pieces which were not what the seller claims it is.

If you are a serious Art collector or collect Art for investment but do not have sufficient knowledge, I would advise getting a Art appraiser to help you. This is pArticularly so for expensive contemporary Art collections as you do not want the risk of buying a fake Art work. The extra cost is worth it.

The internet has opened a whole new way of buying contemporary Art, letting people choose and compare various contemporary Art collection from different Artists, new or famous in the comfort of their homes. You are also able to buy contemporary Art from other countries and cultures easily. Distance and language barriers are not a factor in today's world.

Ricky Lim runs an fine Art auction info site. To know more about Art auctions and early american Art, visit his site


Author:: Ricky Lim
Keywords:: Art, Artist, Art auctions, fine Art auctions, Art house, Art auction house, Christie, Sotheby, Ebay
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Monday, August 27, 2012

The Chinese Year of the Ox

If you were born under the Chinese sign of the Ox, you would make a great friend! Ox people are as honest as the day is long. They are instinctively trusted by others and rightly so. Straight forward and down-to-earth, the Ox says what he thinks and does what he says, disliking any form of deceit.

People born under this sign have strong emotional feelings but find it difficult to express these verbally. They don't rush into friendships, but once a friendship is established they are intensely loyal.

Ox people have an even temperament but if they do lose their temper, look out!

People born under this sign can be stubborn and they are reluctant to admit they are wrong. Their loyalty can work in reverse - they can be a friend for life but once they become an enemy, that too will be for life.

Ox people can be late developers, often finding success later in life.

There are twelve Chinese year signs in the Chinese Zodiac. Unlike in our western as trology, in Chinese astrology each sign lasts for a year. Legend has it that as Buddha was about to depart the earth he summoned all the animals to say goodbye. Only twelve turned up so, to show his appreciation of their loyalty, he vowed that from then on each year would bear the name of one of the animals.

Chinese astrology is based on the Lunar Calendar. This means the Chinese New Year does not fall on the same day each year and can vary by as much as 3 weeks. So for babies born in late January/early February it is necessary to consult the charts to determine the correct sign.

You will find a chart of the dates and signs below.

Chinese Years:
February 9, 2005 - January 28, 2006: Rooster
January 22, 2004 - February 8, 2005: Monkey
February 1, 2003 - January 21, 2004: Goat
February 12, 2002 - January 31, 2003: Horse
January 24, 2001 - February 11, 2002: Snake
February 5, 2000 - January 23, 2001: Dragon
February 6, 1999 - Februa ry 4, 2000: Rabbit
January 28, 1998 - February 5, 1999: Tiger
February 8, 1997 - January 27, 1998: Ox
February 19,1996 - February 7, 1997: Rat
January 31, 1995 - February 18, 1996: Pig
February 10, 1994 - January 30, 1995: Dog
January 23, 1993 - February 9, 1994: Rooster
February 4, 1992 - January 22, 1993: Monkey
February 15, 1991 - February 3,1992: Goat
January 27, 1990 - February 14, 1991: Horse
February 6, 1989 - January 26, 1990: Snake
February 17, 1988 - February 5, 1989: Dragon
January 29, 1987 - February 16, 1988: Rabbit
February 9, 1986 - January 28, 1987: Tiger
February 20, 1985 - February 8, 1986: Ox
February 2, 1984 - February 19, 1985: Rat
February 13, 1983 - February 1, 1984: Pig
February 25, 1982 - February 12, 1983: Dog
February 5, 1981 - January 24, 1982: Rooster
February 16, 1980 - February 4, 1981: Monkey
January 28, 1979 - February 15, 1980: Goat
February 7, 1978 - January 27, 1979: Horse
February 18, 1977 - February 6, 1978: Snake
January 31, 1976 - February 17, 1977: Dragon
February 11, 1975 - January 30, 1976: Rabbit
January 23, 1974 - February 10, 1975: Tiger
February 3, 1973 - January 22, 1974: Ox
February 15, 1972 - February 2, 1973: Rat
January 27, 1971 - February 14, 1972: Pig
February 6, 1970 - January 26, 1971: Dog
February 17, 1969 - February 5, 1970: Rooste
r January 30, 1968 - February 16, 1969: Monkey
February 9, 1967 - January 29, 1968: Goat
January 21, 1966 - February 8, 1967: Horse
February 2, 1965 - January 20, 1966: Snake

Author: Tony Luck who runs a website with advice for moms-to-be and new moms. The site includes the interesting chinese birth chart which is supposed to tell you whether the baby you are expecting will be a boy or girl, and a conception chart which estimates when the baby will be born.


Author:: Tony Luck
Keywords:: chinese astrology, Ox, star signs, Horoscopes,
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