Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Comic Books

Even with the advent of electronic gaming and high technology alternatives, comic books still have the same appeal as they did thirty years ago collectors of all ages go crazy buying and preserving them, and fans still love their uncomplicatedness. Read on to find out more about how the comic books we know today came to be, and see why millions of comic collectors just cant get enough.

Origin of comic books

The comic book story has two versions: some say that the first comics were made by Egyptians in the early days through wall art and other paintings, while other comic historians say the first comics were comic strips those three to four frames of short skits we see illustrated in newspapers.

The United States first saw comic books in 1896, around the time that publishing houses started pulling together comic strips from different newspapers and putting them into one book. The sales of these rather primitive comic books skyrocketed, prompting publishe rs to come up with fresh stories and characters in a comic format.

The comic book as we know it today a soft cover glossy magazine type gained popularity in the 1930s, when Action Comics introduced Superman to the world. Superman did so well that different publishers eventually created many other comic book characters, some are very popular to this day.

Types of comic books

Comic books today cover an assortment of subjects there are even different genres, such as horror, sci-fi, fantasy, crime and real life. The format of comic books has changed over the years, and continues to change. There are now graphic novels, that are thicker and more heavily bound. Graphic novels are comics with more mature content. Graphic novels can also be compilations of comic series.

Web comics are gaining popularity. This refers to both comic strips and comic books found on the Internet.

Comic Books provides detailed information on Comic Books, Comic Books For Sa le, Vintage Comic Books, Comic Book Stores and more. Comic Books is affiliated with How To Draw Caricatures.


Author:: Jennifer Bailey
Keywords:: Comic Books, Comic Books For Sale, Vintage Comic Books, Comic Book Stores
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The Wild Dove (a Sonnet to Elvis)

The wild-Dove (a Sonnet to Elvis)

I saw now, a wild-dove with no mate

Pass me by, as I walked my path of life;

So high, so high he flew, in the skys light, Boundless and quick, unblocked and elate, Happy, I thoughtHe must be, knowing his fate;

For he, like Solomon, had sipped lifes lusts;

(found the golden-seeds) perhaps for all of us, While as for me I watched, waited, and wished!

And thou, Ofair one, in thy stormy quest, Thou, too art lonely, gazing at us less.

O yes, O yes, my wild-dove, from up above,

Like Solomon of old, your hunger grew, And we all watched, gazed upon you: Lost somewhere, between heaven and below.

#942 12/5/05 Note: It has been said Elvis couldnt hold it all together any longer. You could see it in his face, displaced, mentally distorted, at the end of his lifes journey.

Im sure he was tired, and troubled as if snow had covered him, froze him where he stood. It was in his smile, his eyes, a nd his face: the fear of it plundering to the ground. And I seem to sense there was a moment, he didnt care, he wanted to let it all go, and thus, the struggle was over. This of course is an artist view, not perhaps the real thing.

I, like so many grew up with him being around, its seems he was everywhere I was during those far off days (I was in the Army, studied Karate, so forth and so on: sometimes I sense I may have even copied him, who didnt in someway or fashion?); myself being 58-years old now, and had Elvis lived, hed be seventy I think. Some 12-years my senior; the first time I heard his voice, was going to a boys club in St. Paul, Minnesota, it was Heartbreak Hotel, I had head of him, but not a full record of his yet, it was back in l958 I heard the song.

I was eleven years old back in l958. And so with all respect intended, I leave a sonnet for him, in my name, not because he was so great, but rather, because he left a message for me: you need to be r eady for what you ask for.

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Author:: Dennis Siluk
Keywords:: Poetry
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Poggi and the Cannibals Part 1 of 3: Poggi and Nelly In English & Spanish

It is not a matter of choosing a time when the psyche of man (usually because of aging) goes haywire, and during this gap in a mans life, or call it his changing of life, likened to the changing of seasons, he looks at opportunities; hoping to escape for one more run down youths lane. The man knows there is perhaps only one more chance to appear in the unrepentant world of youth; thus he must face fight or flight. Most do not leave the homestead, or comfort of the campsite to journey to the unknown, or unsafe areas, save they have plan A and B in place. Henceforward, he escapes, calls it what he wants, perhaps Indian summer, and goes astray, like a woman in menopause. Goes astray and does strange things. His body is changing, he wants to be young again (and he thinks he can), and like the young characters he watches on TV, the sports in particular: smooth bodies, muscles popping out: he can do it, just once more, this is the time, the one and only chance, if he is going t o take it, it must be now or never.

Nelly, Poggis wife (a good woman, and hard to find), and even Poggi is unaware he is going through this stage of life. Who wants to admit it even if you know it, it is a launching pad for escapism, to live in the forbidden, the imaginary world; thus, in Lima they live a happy life, or as happy as they can make it. He once was a prominent psychologist, not so prominent nowadays, but surely infamous for his past exploits. And so this is where our story begins.

2 Poggi and the Cannibals

3 Rescue From the Jungle

In Spanish Translated by Nancy Penaloza

Poggi y los Canbales

1

Poggi y Nelly

Esto no es un asunto de escoger un tiempo cuando la psique de hombre (por lo general debido a la edad) va torcido, y durante este espacio en la vida de un hombre, o llmelo a ello su cambio de vida, comparada con el cambio de estaciones, l ve en ocasiones; esperanza de escaparse por el sendero de su juventud ago tada. El hombre sabe que quizs hay solo una posibilidad ms para aparecer en el impenitente mundo de la juventud; as l debe afrontar la lucha o el vuelo. La mayora no abandona la casa, o la comodidad del campamento para viajar a las reas desconocidas, o inseguras, salvo que ellos tengan un plan A B en su lugar.

De ah en adelante, l se escapa, llama lo que l quiere, quizs el veranillo de San Martn, y se equivoca, como una mujer en la menopausia. Se equivoca y hace cosas extraas. Su cuerpo esta cambiando, l quiere ser joven otra vez (y l piensa que l puede), y como los caracteres jvenes l mira por la TV, los deportes en particular: cuerpos lisos, msculos que revientan hacia fuera: l puede hacerlo, solamente una vez ms, este es el tiempo, la primera y nica oportunidad, si l va a tomarlo, debe ser ahora o nunca.

Nelly, la esposa de Poggi (una mujer buena, y difcil de encontrar), y hasta Poggi es inconsciente que l esta yendo a travs de esta etapa de su vida . Quien quiere admitirlo incluso si usted lo sabe, esto es una almohadilla de lanzamiento para la evasin, vivir en lo prohibido, el mundo imaginario; as, en Lima ellos viven una vida feliz, o tan feliz como ellos pueden hacerlo. l alguna vez fue un psiclogo prominente, no tan prominente hoy en da, pero seguramente tristemente clebre para sus proezas pasadas. Y As esto es donde nuestra historia comienza.

2 Poggi y los Canbales

3 Rescate de la Selva

2 Poggi y los Canbales: Los Canbales

Ellos te comern, dijo Vctor, a Poggi, as la esperanza desilusionada de ser liberados de los canbales en las selvas profundas de Atalaya (por la Selva de Satipo, en Per) lo abrumaron, pero De dnde vendra esto?

Qu podemos hacer? Dijo Poggi (casi listo para correr ahora, correr Dnde?-en esta oscuridad profunda de la selva era una pregunta retrica trada delante de l mismo; esto desde luego sera la pregunta sin contestar; pregunta de aclaracin).

Haba quizs, 200 canbales nativos en la tribu, el Ashaninca. Ahora para ser comidos hasta su piel y posiblemente sus huesos, su carne, por estos monstruos, no pareciendo correcto; sin embargo el dejo a su familia por un capricho, idiosincrasia, excentricidad, solo un poco mas all y salio, y termin en la selva, viaj a esta tierra por cualquier motivo, esta tierra horrible de hombres que comen primates, siniestro como era, lo fue: por qu, pues esto tiene sus propias motivaciones, como lo he dicho en la primera parte de esta historia.

Entonces aqu el estaba, en la profundidad de la selva (lo profundo), el ao era 1994, esto podra ser un ao largo de verdad; sus fosas nasales llenas del aire de selva; cadas de agua corriendo salvajemente como pasillos interminables por todas partes; los sonidos del agua y pjaros por todas partes. Era algo as, ello era un nuevo mundo extrao sin lugar a dudas.

Excntrico, quizs fue l, no es un pecado ser as; valiente, de verda d fue l, para quien abrigara tal sueo; entonces Vctor dijo, estando de pie delante de los lderes tribales, susurrando a Poggi, dijo en una voz baja, muy baja, con un pequeo pjaro en sus manos [que l sostena, Usted debe matar este pjaro delante de todos, no sea que, usted les d el tiempo para comerle, verdad?

Este era un pjaro diminuto seguro, silbando una meloda sin embargo, y un pjaro tan dulce como ese, sin embargo produca miedo en los nativos mas fuertes, era conocido elegir cuidadosamente, y arrancar hacia fuera los globos oculares de sus amados. Quizs el amor era una palabra fuerte aqu: sus compaeros.

Poggi mir alrededor, los nativos estaban riendo (l aprendera en el siguiente ao que ellos se rean todo el tiempo, como el mono, todo el tiempo, movindose, riendo j!, j!, j! ellos lo gritaron hacia fuera constantemente, con lanzas en la mano, ri el uno con el otro, no seguro de que se rean ellos, solamente rindose como almas perdidas, como idiotas; pinta dos como diablos, como l estara en algn tiempo.

Ahora todos ellos miraban a Vctor y Poggi (Vctor haba demostrado ser un amigo temeroso, y no estaba en ningn peligro, como estaba Poggi).

Comer los globos oculares de la gente, verdad? Pregunto Poggi, como si para tenerlo claro (una pregunta retrica de lo mejor).

Crack! fue el cuello del pjaro; Poggi lo haba torcido, rompi su cuello, y salv su vida en las manos de estos diablos cadavricos de la selva. l mir el pjaro, como si este silbara otra vez, pero desde luego no era as, y l saba esto. Y todos los nativos lo miraron, l era uno de ellos ahora. l se pint comparado con su clase, y vivi con ellos durante un ao.

Salvado de la Selva

Avance: Jaime Bayli: El comentarista de TV, y Nelly, la esposa de Poggi, fueron buscando a Poggi, queriendo encontrarlo, rescatarlo va helicptero. Bayli quiso una entrevista con l, y pag los gastos para encontrarlo.

Saliendo una vez mas dentro de la luz de pleno sol, estaba Poggi, despus de un ao en las entraas de la selva, comparada con un encarcelamiento largo, l ahora fue rescatado por helicptero - Nelly, su esposa Nelly y Bayli haban alquilado a un piloto y haban discrepado en el rea de campo, haban obligado devolver a su alejado marido a regresar a casa en Lima; l pareca salvaje, cuando ellos lo vieron, acostumbrado a como se vea hace un ao eso es: l haba cambiado.

El follaje de las cosas crecientes de la selva desapareci mientras el helicptero ascendi entre la espesura de las nubes, en su camino de regreso a Lima. l estaba ahora en el mundo superior Usted podra decir. Recapturado por el comentarista y su esposa. l limpi sus ojos para mirar a Nelly; ella era realmente la nica que pareci entenderlo.

Debajo de ellos un bosque poderoso se hizo historia para ser escrita (esta historia quizs)) aun ms quizs para ser escrito)), una entrevista en grabacin. Mientras ellos se acercaron a Lima, uno podra ver la n eblina de Ocano Pacfico, y a media distancia estaba lima, extendido como un cndor. Nelly apunt hacia la ciudad, inconscientemente la felicidad era casi completa para ella, y Jaime podra ver esto en sus acciones, en su constancia.

[Vacilantemente T no vas a tratar de volver a la Selva verdad? ella pregunt a su marido.

Mira, grit l, sus ojos encontraron su figura, Dios me dio a ti, l exclam (entonces lleg a perderse por palabras), y mientras su voz era un susurro, l se abalanzo a sus brazos [rpidamente.

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INVASION: It is Science Fiction at It's Best!

Back in the mid 1990s, I was presenting a series of UFO seminars all across North America. As part of the promotion process, I was booked as a guest on a number of top-rated talk and music radio programs in each town. While I was in Texas, one of these radio interviews happened to have been heard by Shaun Cassidy. At that time, he was involved with American Gothic, a television series that I enjoyed watching. After speaking with my wife back at home, I was excited to hear that Shaun had called and I looked forward to speaking with him. Opportunities like these give me a chance to influence both science fact and science fiction.

It was a pleasure to speak with Shaun about my investigative work. Thats because he didnt seek to have me validate everything I believed. Instead, he listened politely and attentively. I sent him a couple of the many VHS videos I had produced by that time. I encouraged him to watch the videos and consider how much information about UFOs and A liens was being held back from the average television viewer. Even when factual information surrounding the paranormal was presented on television, it was delivered with a built in censorship of what media types felt viewers could or would accept as the truth.

Shaun Cassidy said he was working on several different entertainment projects at that time involving paranormal themes, including some music. It was easy to understand from speaking with him that Shaun was very creative and had an insight that was more intense then the usual suspects who create fictional UFO shows, movies and the like. While I would have liked for him to have called me back for some sort of collaboration, I also knew my plate was full at that time. I was already involved with consultant and publicity work for Fire in the Sky, Men In Black, Independence Day, The Fifth Element and a few other films and television projects.

Having grown up in the 1960s, I was and remain in awe of the legacy th at the Cassidy Family represents within the entertainment world. I had seen Jack Cassidy in more then a few television shows and films. David and Shaun Cassidy have become a permanent part of American pop culture through their roles in The Partridge Family and The Hardy Boys, not to mention the music they have given us. However, Shaun has also become an important mover and shaker when it comes to television. Watching the premiere of Invasion explains why.

The series takes place in Homestead, Florida. This is a place not completely alien to weird happenings. It was rumored that alien bodies from a UFO crash had once been stored at Homestead Air Force Base. There are also accounts of secret underground facilities that do or did once at the base. The series concept seems to be that aliens are replacing the people in Homestead. Anyone who has ever visited the place (which is somewhat creepy), can easily believe that.

I liked the first episode and thats probably no ac cident. Shaun and I are almost the same age. People tend to create for or within their peer group. I can only hope that the series moves fast enough for a younger generation of viewers whose attention is constantly divided between any number of television channels, DVDs, computers, I pod selections and cell phones. If INVASION is like any of the other shows that Shaun Cassidy has brought our way, we can expect plenty of plot twists and surprises.

The thing I like most about INVASION is that its science fiction trying to be like UFO fact, not UFO fact pretending to be science fiction. This is where most other fictional UFO films and entertainment projects turned in the wrong direction. They tried to do the truth as fiction. As someone who has forgotten more about UFOs and Aliens then most people will ever learn, I can say that the truth is far more interesting and frightening then any science fiction ever created. When it comes to UFO fact verses fiction, its better for the two to have a wide and comfortable separation.

One of the videos I sent to Shaun was entitled, ALIEN INVASION. Although there was enough factual information in that one tape to inspire a dozen fictional television or film projects, Shauns Series and my tape bare no resemblance. That suits me fine and is another reason that I like his work. Shaun is one of the few people out there who are creative enough to build a fictional UFO show without stealing material from hard working paranormal investigators who often have to choose between making a car payment and investigating something that most people dismiss out of hand.

INVASION is science fiction done right and a Series we can all enjoy. Although creepy, its not too scary for those sensitive to the subject. Best of all, the beer-guzzling weirdo character who believes in all that UFO, alien and conspiratorial stuff is the one who finally gets to be right!

Author: Bill Knell

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Author:: Bill Knell
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CNN's Number One Cities of the World Biased in English and Spanish

Out of five cities CNN claimes to be the best cities in the world to live, Ive been in four. One city in Switzerland, and three in Germany. Ive lived in Germany for four years, and Ive been in Switzerland, Zurich, one of the five cities or #2. Their criteria was based on transportation, safety (and Id say none of Europe is safe, not even Switzerland today). A few more areas of criteria were, entertainment, culture, etc.

If you can afford to visit nowadays, you surely cant afford to retire in Europe, unless youre Johnny Deep (who lives in France in a millionaire villa), or someone like him. Somehow I think the airlines, or the cities, or the EU paid CNN for such a survey slant.

Ive been to 60-countries, been to Munich, lived in Germany for four years, been to Europe a dozen times, London twice, Paris four times, Spain (several cities), etc. I admit, Switzerland and its cities may seem safe, but Id not live there thinking they are not being spotted for a futu re terrorist attack, all of Europe is ripe for it. I like Kyoto, Japan, but Id have to be a millionare to live there. I like Seville, Spain, but they do not have much of anything that would provoke me to pick up roots and move. I like Lisbon, but again, they are ripe for terrorism, and could not sleep a night.

So where is the safest city in the world to live: cheapest city, warmest city for foreigners, and where you can get culture, tradition, cheap transportation, parks, and mountains, and beautiful woman, and where terrorism is nil, and the only crimes you get is someone digging into your pocket for a dime? Huancayo, Peru. What more can I say. I dont think they (CNN) travel enough yet.

Versin en Espaol Traducido por Rosa Pealoza

Las Ciudades Nmero en el Mundo segn CNN (Parcializado)

De las cinco ciudades que CNN indica son las mejores en el mundo para vivir, he estado en cuatro. Una ciudad en Suiza, y tres en Alemania. He vivido en Alemania durante cuatro aos, y he estado en Suiza, Zurich, una de las cinco ciudades o nmero 2. Sus criterios estaban basados en el transporte, la seguridad (yo dira que ninguna ciudad en Europa es segura hoy, ni siquiera Suiza). Otros criterios ms eran, la hospitalidad, la cultura, etc.

Si puedes permitirte visitar hoy da esas ciudades, seguramente no puedes permitirte radicar all en Europa, a menos que seas Johnny Deep (quien vive en Francia en un chalet millonario), o alguien como l. De alguna forma pienso las lneas areas, las ciudades, o la Unin Europea pagaron a CNN para hacer una encuesta tan parcializada.

He estado en 60 pases, he estado en Munich, he vivido en Alemania durante cuatro aos, he ido a Europa una docena de veces, a Londres dos veces, a Pars cuatro veces, he estado en Espaa (varias ciudades), etc. Admito, Suiza y sus ciudades pueden parecer seguras, pero yo no vivira all pensando que ellos no estn siendo marcados para un futuro ataque terrorista, toda Europa esta lista para ello. Me gustan Kyoto, Japn, pero yo tendra que ser un millonario para vivir all. Me gustan Sevilla, Espaa, pero ellos no tienen mucho de algo que me provocara mudarme all. Me gusta Lisboa, pero una vez ms, ellos estn listos para el terrorismo, y no podra dormir una noche.

Entonces: Dnde est la ciudad ms segura en el mundo para vivir, la ciudad ms barata, la ciudad ms cariosa para extranjeros, y donde puedes conseguir cultura, tradicin, transporte barato, parques, montaas, y mujeres hermosas, y donde el terrorismo esta anulado, y los nicos crmenes que puedes obtener es alguien rebuscndote los bolsillos por una moneda de diez centavos?: Huancayo, Per. Que ms puede yo decir. Pienso que los de CNN no han viajado todava lo suficiente.

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Author:: Dennis Siluk
Keywords:: Travel Article
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Tales of Poseidonia: Lesbian's Villainess' Dagger

Port of Poseidonia: the Lesbians Villainess Dagger [Memories of Ais

Let us not all believe Atlantis and the underworld with its demonic forces did not have its secrets, and dark powers beyond, for it surely did. And this sketch will bring forth, some of them.(Part X)

1 Relationships

Tame, she wasntthought Ais.

Remember the scribe Anases? Well his wife, Alexandria was a lover to General Marcus wife Juliana; a somewhat conflicting if not bewildering love circle of sorts, except the men didnt know, or at least Anases didnt know of the ongoing affair, and if the General knew, he was silent about it, and was mostly absent [gone for the most part.

A pulse in her temple throbbed sickeningly as if in a daze, pacing about the landscape of the watery grave of Atlantis, remembering the many battles Atlantis had in the Mediterranean: its island and coastal areas. For years the Atlantians had beaten the crumbling walls of the Greek cities to submission. O h, yes, they held out long, but not long enough. Egypt fell early on during its history with Atlantis and Crete was an outpost, sort of you could say, during this time.

In those far off days there were many traitors in the cities, some with sinister anticipations, and others in despairing fears. The General, General Marcus a hairy muscular bruit of a man with broad-shoulders, big headed man, with a dervish temper, was in Africa doing what he liked best, did best, loved to do: the kill, the hunt, for in many a warrior, it becomes a high, and at times hard to settle the internal mood for blood drown. He was like a wild saber-tooth tiger, as his wife was quite the opposite, yet Alexandria was more toward his style [Anases wife, funny how opposites attack. But it was similar to how they all met: Alexandria being attracted to Anases whom was more sedate, was obviously attracted to Juliana, and had made her move early on after their first meeting. And Juliana being at tracted to Marcus was subdued by Alexandria, as she was by Marcus [with a little blackmail possibly. In both cases of Anases and Juliana, one might say they were if anything: passive-dependent. And through many of such meetings, between husbands and wives, a love affair came about with Alexandra and Juliana. What was it that made them stay to gather: Juliana had once said?

My insides play games when Im with Alexandria; sometimes she takes my hand, only my hand for a very long time, yes, for a long time we remain silent, then something creeps inside of me, it starts out to be a feeling deep down inside I cant shake; sometimes my hands tremble. It is what men do not understand, the soft voice of a woman, with a caress, a kind of sincerity too. We get each other in a more subtle way. It last longer you know. It takes longer to understand also. There is something colorless, white and fine about it. Possibly it is something like: Ive longed for this.

But Alexandra was changing, what seemed to be love, was lust, a Satanic kind of lust, a lust that craved like a bull, a lust that took at will, and a hunger for something even more stimulating each time, like a drunk caught in a never ending cycle.

2 Eco

It was one summers day in the Port of Poseidonia when Ais was walking with two Royal Archeguards, one, the Captain of the Guards, by the name of Eco, passed a flat-roofed house with barred windows, as he was always a step ahead of the Queen on her right-hand-side, just a foot ahead, no more no less, to insure no harm would befall her. There, from the alley came another scream, a female screamhigh pitched. The sound that cried was not for help, but out of pain, out of panic, for she had twisted that kind of scream herself, the queen told herself; so it was unsuccessfully familiar, she had produced such a scream twice in the past, once because of the king, and the second time because of the long ordeal with Aon [love making or so that was what it reminded her of: both times selfish love, love that demanded of her, not with her.

As they approached, came to the door the screams were seeping out of them like flies whizzing around in circles: Eco opened the front door, and the queen followed him in, as the other guard followed behind, sword in hand. The Queen blinked her eyes several times to adjust to the comparative darkness. Now she could hear a struggle beyond the curtain divider where a bed was, a portion of it was visible. Light through the window behind the bed illuminated the area from the darkened hall.

There lay on the bed a young Ethiopian woman, at closer view it was Juliana, the wife of General Marcus, and on top of her was Alexandra, the wife of Anases, whom had a dagger in her hand. Alexandra was of a burnished bronze skin and Juliana was of a dark silk like skin; Juliana several years younger than Alexandra. The black girls face was wet with angry sweat, and tears; the Egyptian dagger but inches away from her throat.

The Villainess

The victim, to be, her clothing had been torn off, exposing her fully, as Alexandra had her wrap opened, exposing her upper portion of her body. At that moment, Ais commanded Umbert, the second royal guard, to grip the womans hand and stop the violence, and thus do with her as he pleased, which was really, to get rid of her, once and for all. At that point the dagger dropped out of her hands, as Umbert escorted her out of the house by the hair, and threw her in the street, telling her never to be seen again in the city, for she was an embarrassment to the Royal Family.

The black girl tried to put her torn clothing back on, unspeaking, yet devouring everybody with her dark deep eyes. There was an innocent charm about her no doubt, thought the queen, a young bride at seventeen to the crude and gruesome general, General Marcus, whom was three times her age. She had never told her husband of her affair with Alexandra, nor had Alexandria told Anases [all secrets within the love circle; as the queen had never told her husband of her lustful affair with the nymph, Aon.

It was told to the queen later on (some months after this event took place) that Alexandria had run off with a Hippokamp, in fear shed be killed, or starve to death on her own in the city, but the queen knew it wasnt Aon, or hoped it wasnt for some hidden jealous reason. Its funny, we dont want to leave our nest, nor do we want anyone other than us, in our old nests, those we left far behind that is.

3 Juliana

Whowho are you? asked Juliana looking up from the bed meeting the Queens eyes directly, with her squeaky high pitched voice, young tearful voice, as if trying to get out of a trance.

Ais, Queen of Atlantis, she replied with a majestic countenance.

I was, wasAlexandrias lover, as you could see, and she, she became lost in some kind of spell. She has whipped me and oth er things and I think she became desensitized and the next level of lustfulness was beyond sex, rather watching me die.

She didnt know the word, but what she was trying to say, and what she really didnt need to say was she became desensitized to simple love making and its other highs; that is to say, she needed a higher high. She needed to be drugged.

Ah, but even the Queen was taken in a bit back by her silk firm and tight body, youthful body with its curves, as if she had taken care of herself royally to achieve what every lover desired, male or female. As she had to turn about to examine her, she noticed lacerates that seemed to be made by long finger nails; then the examine stopped and Juliana involuntarily fell to her knees by the Queen, touching her legs saying:

Oh, please forgive me for such foolishness, for I have enticed her in the beginning, I just didnt think it would go this far; lust has its cravings does it not.

She then ordered lotion for her, and Eco went to get it while the other Umbert stood guard by the door; the Queen then covered her up gently, slowly, putting the covers with her fingers over her fatigued body as if they were feathers, soothing her wounds.

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Indian Classical Dance Classes Bharatnatyam Teacher

Namaste,

Indian culture today has a distinct identity enlivened through Temple traditions. Indian Dance forms associated with the evolution and development of Temple arts speak volumes of the great cultural endeavour. Indian Dance forms as practiced today have captured global attention sensitising the Indianness in all the cultural vistas of the world.

India offers a number of Classical Dance forms, each of which can be traced to different parts of the country. Each form represents the culture and ethos of a particular region or a group of people. The most famous Classical forms are BHARATANATYAM of Tamilnad, KATHAKALIand MOHINIYATTAM of Kerala, ODISSIof Orissa, KATHAK of Uttarpradesh, KUCHIPUDI of Andhrapradesh and MANIPURI of Manipur.

Dance forms were nurtured with a purpose in the sacred premises of temples. Temple dancing had a mission: to take art to the people and conveying a message to the masses. The monotony of the life of commonness as well as t he elite was equally shared in the premises of a Temple. True religion sanctified every element with a touch of beauty.

Art was an effective means to suggest the cosmic truth touching the hearts of the devotees through Dance, music, sculpture, architecture or a piece of jewellery, when compared to the effect created by rigid ritualistic practices

Sheetal, founder of Shital Arts, has been a Bharatnatyam Dancer since she was 5 years old. She has been performing and teaching this traditional Dance form for almost 6 years now. After having a huge success in India, Sheetal has now moved to LA where she continues to share her tremendous knowledge of this Dance. She has a diploma in Dance from the most renowned Dance Institute of India called Nalanda University. She finished her Arangetram (the final mastery of Bharatnatyam) at the age of 16. She conducts classes in Canoga Park and also does private lessons. Besides dancing she also teaches Yoga and is an awesome Henna tattoo artist.

Sheetal just did a performance at the California State University Northridge (CSUN) for their International Open Market Festival to spread more awareness about this gracious Dance. This was featured in the Sun Dial Magazine - http://sundial.csun.edu/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/11/21/4381fe76b3090

Classes are located in the following locations:

1. Canoga Park, San Fernando Valley

2. Los Angeles, Culver City (Pico + La Brea) close to Korea town, Hollywood

If you are looking to learn about this awesome Dance form or need an artist for performance - please call us on the numbers below and we will be glad to help you.

Blessings!

Sheetal Menon, academically has finished her Bachelors Degree in Science from the Mumbai University, India. Her passion for Dance from early childhood has made her blossom into a graceful Dancer and has proved herself many times at festivals like 'Malhar' and not once but thrice at the University level festivals and has done proud to her guru (The Teacher - Mrs. Rajeshwari Damania) and her parents.

She has been professionally trained in athletics and has won various awards at the State level. She has been learning and practicing Bharatnatyam since 17 years. And not only on Nritta (pure Dance), but she has amazing command on her Nritya (facial expression) that creates Rasa in all the Rasik (the audience) whom she entertains. She completed her Arangetram in 2002. ('Arang' is stage and 'Atram' is entry - The first entry on the stage of the disciple artist and an occasion for giving a grateful gift to the Kalaguru is Arangetram. It marks the completion of the Dance training and blossoming of the Dance into a full-fledged art exponent) Also teaches Yoga and a gifted Henna Tattoo Artist

Contact d etails:
Hiron Menon
Manager, Shital Arts
Cell - (818) 744 0022
Off - (818) 772 5581 or 818 274 4791
Website: http://home.socal.rr.com/shitalarts/


Author:: Sheetal Menon
Keywords:: Bharatnatyam, Bharatanatyam, India, Dance, Yoga, Henna, Mehndi, Classical, Teacher, los angeles
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