Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Thomas Kinkade Lamplight bridge

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Hush," said Will, and asked his father's ghost, "What must I do?”
"Cut the short hair off right down to her scalp. Collect it carefully, every single hair. Don't miss even one. Then open another world, any will do, and put the hair through into it, and then close it again. Do it now, at once."
The harpy was on itself like a vast millwheel, and little fragments of stone began to fall from the roof of the tunnel. The ground lurched suddenly to one side. Will seized Lyra's arm, and they clung together as the rock under their feet began to shift and slide, and loose pieces of stone came tumbling past, bruising their legs and feet...
The two children, sheltering the Gallivespians, crouched down with their arms watching, the ghosts behind were crowding close. Lyra could see their faint faces in the dimness. Frightened and bewildered, she stood biting her lip while Will did as his father told him, his face close up to the knifepoint in the paling dragonfly light. He cut a little hollow space in the rock of another world, put all the tiny golden hairs into it, and replaced the rock before closing the window.And then the ground began to shake. From somewhere very deep came a growling, grinding noise, as if the whole center of the earth were turning

Sunday, January 18, 2009

William Bouguereau The Broken Pitcher

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great insects were fully alive and bright with beauty even in the clinging mist, shaking their filmy wings to dislodge the moisture; and the old man in his sacking robe leaned forward and back, forward and back, bracing his bare feet he, too, was looking ahead, trying to peer through the wet gray gloom and to hear anything other than the dank splash of the oars. And presently something did change: a cliff or an island lay ahead of them. They heard the enclosing of the sound before they saw the mist darken.
The boatman pulled on one oar to turn the boat a little to the left.
"Where are we?" said the voice of the Chevalier Tialys, small but strong as ever, though there was a harsh edge to it, as if he, too, had been suffering pain. Andy Warhol Mao 1972
"Near the island," said the boatman. "Another five minutes, we'll be at the landing against the slime-puddled floor.The journey lasted longer than Lyra wanted to measure. Though part of her was raw with anguish, imagining Pantalaimon abandoned on the shore, another part was adjusting to the pain, measuring her own strength, curious to see what would happen and where they would land.Will's arm was strong around her, but

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Jack Vettriano Birth Of A Dream

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anbaric spark; but she said nothing, and stroked his golden fur as she listened to the commanders.
Then Lord Asriel said, "Enough. That is a problem we'll deal with later. Now for the armory. I understand they're ready to test the intention craft. We'll go and look at it."
He took a Mrs. Coulter said humbly to the angel:
"Excuse me, my lady: your name is Xaphania?"
"Yes," said the angel.
Her appearance impressed Mrs. Coulter, just as her fellows had impressed the witch Ruta Skadi when she found them in the sky: she was not shining, but shone on, though silver key from his pocket and unlocked the chain around the golden monkey's feet and hands, and carefully avoided touching even the tip of one golden hair.Lord Roke mounted his hawk and followed with the others as Lord Asriel set off down the stairs of the tower and out onto the battlements.A cold wind was blowing, snapping at their eyelids, and the dark blue hawk soared up in a mighty draft, wheeling and screaming in the wild air. King Ogunwe drew his coat around him and rested his hand on his cheetah daemon's head.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Alphonse Maria Mucha Summer

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be thirty, maybe. But she was hot, like Paolo said, and she was carrying a big rucksack, much bigger than yours, this big..."
Paolo whispered something to her, screwing up his eyes to look at the priest as he did so. The sun was bright in his face.
"Yeah," said the girl impatiently, "I know. The Specters," she said to Father Gomez, "she wasn' afraid of the Specters at all. She just walked through the city and never worried a bit. I ain' never seen a grownup do that before, all right. She looked like she didn' know about them, even. Same as you," she added, looking at him with a challenge in her eyes., pointing at the square stone tower over the red-brown rooftops. It shimmered in the midday glare. "And the boy who stole it, he kill our brother, Tullio. The Specters got him, all right. You want to kill that boy, that's okay. And the girl, she "There's a lot I don't know," said Father Gomez mildly.The little boy plucked at her sleeve and whispered again."Paolo says," she told the priest, "he thinks you're going to get the knife back."Father Gomez felt his skin bristle. He remembered the testimony of Fra Pavel in the inquiry at the Consistorial Court: this must be the knife he meant."If I can," he said, "I shall. The knife comes from here, does it?""From the Torre degli Angeli," said the girl

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Thomas Kinkade Bridge of Hope

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waist and swung the rucksack over his shoulder.
"Well, are you ready now?" said that sarcastic voice.
"Yes. I'll explain if you like, but you don't seem very interested."
"Oh, I find whatever you do a source of perpetual fascination. But never mind me. What are you going to say to these people who are coming?"
Will looked around, startled. Farther down the trail, a long way down, there was a line of travelers with packhorses, making their way steadily up toward the lake. They hadn't seen him yet, but if he stayed where he was, they would soon.decided, he'd stop.
He'd heard little from the angel. From time to time Balthamos had said, "Not that way," or "There is an easier path to the left," and he'd accepted the advice; but really he was moving for the sake of moving, and to keep away from those travelers, because until the other angel came back with more news, he might as well have stayed where they were.Will gathered up his father's cloak, which he'd laid over a rock in the sun. It weighed much less now that it was dry. He looked around: there was nothing else he could carry."Let's go farther on," he said.He would have liked to retie the bandage, but it could wait. He set off along the edge of the lake, away from the travelers, and the angel followed him, invisible in the bright air.Much later that day they came down from the bare mountains onto a spur covered in grass and dwarf rhododendrons. Will was aching for rest, and soon, he

Monday, January 12, 2009

Thomas Kinkade Sunrise Chapel

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is dynamic - knowledge is static (see “The 3 C’s”). Last time I checked, Pluto was no longer in our solar system. Change!
In fact, in my mind, CHANGE could easily have been one of his three core principles, or four… or five… etc.
As both the educator or the educated intelligence. While his theories align very well to support all these principles - and vice-versa. I wonder if he may not be “over-thinking” it? As I mentioned above, who’s to say? Perhaps that is why he titled the book personal development for SMART people.evolve and “as the world turns” - the related lessons and even ‘laws’ must similarly evolve. Simply consider all the great physics ‘laws’ - that over time have changed. The ‘reality’ is they aren’t laws - they are theories. Which of course is what Steve Pavlina presents to us here. And here are his three core principles; truth, love and power. These support and spawn the four secondary principles; oneness, authority, courage and

Jack Vettriano The Missing Man I

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The world's thinnest television was unveiled on Tuesday measuring just 6.5mm
The wafer flat-panel television is to be displayed during the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas which opens on Thursday.

Global economic turmoil and diminishing demand for goods has intensified competition between global electronic companies battling to produce the world's thinnest, smallest and lightest products.
During the Las Vegas show, the Japanese company JVC will also unveil what it claims is the world's lightest 32-inch LCD TV, which is fractionally thicker than Samsung's creation at 7mm (0.28inches).thin television, which was created by the South Korean company Samsung Electronics, is being hailed as the world's slimmest television ever created.Its features include a LCD (liquid crystal display) screen as well as an LED (light emitting diode) backlighting system, to which its creators attribute its record slimline structure.A prototype of the new

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Edward Hopper Sunlight in a Cafeteria

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Here's an incredibly stimulating hand technique that your man will bethinking about for weeks.Here's What You Need:Just the two of you.Here's How You Do It:Get your man naked. Have him lie on his back with his legs spreadapart.Sit in your arms ninety degrees to one side). The rings you've createdwith your thumbs and forefingers should meet in the center of your man'spenis.Simultaneously slide the bottom ring toward the base of his shaft and thetop ring toward the head of his penis. Once they reach their respectiveends, bring both rings back to the middle. Do this slowly at first, thengradually speed up.In a matter of just a few minutes, your man will be in the throes of apowerful orgasm.between his legs.Form a ring with the thumb and index finger of one your hands. Yourother fingers should be splayed out (your hand should look like you'regiving the traditional "okay" sign).Insert your man's penis through the ring.Form the same ring with your other hand. Rotate your forearm so thatwhen you put this second ring around his penis, both of your thumbs aretouching (in other words, pretend that you were put in handcuffs, thenrotate

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Andy Warhol Portrait of Maurice

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sees than by his wife's kissing and caressing. The University of Chicago study found that 51 percent of 25- to 29-year-old men became excited when they watched their wives undress. By the mid-40s, the percentage dropped to 40. Once couples learn to pay less attention to what they see and more to what they do, says New York City sex and bringing the couple into closer balance. Men and women both produce testosterone and estrogen, but the proportion of each changes over the years. The male's shifting levels of estrogen and testosterone may make him more willing to follow than to lead, happy for his wife to set the pace. And as a woman's estrogen declines and her testosterone bmarital therapist Shirley Zussman, their sex lives improve dramatically. Balance the seesaw. When they were first married, the man remembered, he always took the sexual lead, pulling his wife close and whispering his desire to make love. But now, 20 years later, she often makes the first move. Again, hormonal changes are

Andy Warhol Mao Red

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fast enough; however, when you slow to 2 % from 6% that is 58%. Too much, too fast. What would happens if your company had 58% reduction in growth?
Money is the lifeblood of our economy. When you curtail the money flow it is like a person having congestive heart failure. Some people die economy must be increased and the quickest way to do it is for Greenspan to reverse his course and start lowering the rates. Most of this break in the stock market can be laid at the doorstep of Mr. Greenspan. His micromanaging can lead to a recession.
Al Thomas' book, "If It Doesn't Go Up, Don't Buy It!" has helped thousands of people make money and keep their profits with his simple 2-step method. Read and some Businesses go bankrupt, but both must slow down drastically.The amount of money flowing in our

Monday, January 5, 2009

Jack Vettriano Model at Mirror

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Children suddenly felt as if they were in their parents' cottage, where everything was so humble and peaceful. The faint light was very pure and clear, but always flickering and ready to go out at the least breath.
Next they came to the beautiful Light of the Poets, which they liked immensely, for it had all the colours of the rainbow; and, when you passed through it, you saw lovely pictures, lovely flowers and lovely toys which you were unable to take hold"Let's get on," said Tyltyl. "This is boring."
To tell the truth, he was a little bit frightened, for they were in a long row of cold and forbidding arches, which were streaked at every moment by dazzling lightning-flashes; and, at each flash, you saw out-of-the-way things that had no name as yet.
After these arches, they came to the Lights Unknown to Man; and Tyltyl, in spite of of. Laughing merrily, the children ran after birds arid butterflies, but everything faded away as soon as it was touched. "Well, I never!" said Tyltyl, as he came panting back to Light. "This beats everything!… I can't understand it!" "You will understand later," she replied, "and, if you understand it properly, you will be among the very few human beings who know the Blue Bird when they see him." After leaving the region of the Poets, our friends reached the Light of the Learned, which lies on the borders of the known and the unknown lights:

Andy Warhol Diamond Dust Shoes painting

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Take care!" cried Night, in a dreadful voice. "It's the Wars! They are more powerful than ever! I daren't think what would happen, if one of them broke loose! Stand ready, all of you, to push back the door!"
Night had not finished uttering her warnings, when the plucky little fellow repented his rashness. He tried in vain to shut the door which he had opened: an invincible force was pushing it from the other side, streams of blood flowed through the cracks; flames shot forth; shouts, oaths and groans mingled with the roar of cannon and the rattle of musketry. Everybody in the Palace of Night was running about in wild confusion. Bread and Sugar tried to take to door is shut!"
At the same time, he dropped on the steps, utterly exhausted, dabbing his forehead with his poor little hands which shook with terror.
"Well?" asked Night, harshly. "Have you had enough? Did you see them?" flight, but could not find the way out; and they now came back to Tyltyl and put their shoulders to the door with despairing force. The Cat pretended to be anxious, while secretly rejoicing: "This may be the end of it," she said, curling her whiskers. "They won't dare to go on after this." Dear TylĂ´ made superhuman efforts to help his little master, while Mytyl stood crying in a corner. At last, our hero gave a shout of triumph: "Hurrah! They're giving way! Victory! Victory! The

Friday, January 2, 2009

Hanks Beauty of the Hot Tub

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Eating green, leafy vegetables is a good idea year-round, but on January 1, it may bring you more than good the color and shape of certain greens is similar to money, many consume vegetables like kale, chard, and cabbage in the year. The color green is also often seen in many countries as epitomizing growth and abundance. Southerners in the U.S. prefer collard greens. In Denmark, a popular New Year’s dish is sweetened kale cooked with cinnamon. People in Germany eat their cabbage in sauerkraut form.
Black-Eyed PeasAny legume serves as a symbol of good luck for the new year, but black-eyed peas are the bean of choice for people in the southern U.S. This tradition’s origins come from the Civil War days. Vicksburg, a town in Virginia, was thought to be devoid of food during the battles until the people there found the peas. The legume has been considered lucky among Southerners ever since. They eat a dish called Hoppin’ John, which is comprised of black-eyed peas simmered with ham hocks, spicy seasonings, bell peppers, and rice. It’s usually served with collard greens and a side of cornbread, which is also representative of good luck, perhaps because of its golden hue.
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