What is Feng Shui and How Does It Work?

Feng shui (say fung shway), often called the art of placement, could just as accurately be called the art of flow. This ancient Chinese practice, literally translated as wind and water, aims to maximize the beneficial movement of chi--the universal life force present in all things--through an environment.

Just as fresh air and clean water nourish our bodies, so does fresh, clean chi nourish our homes and our lives. When the flow of chi through our space is blocked, weak, or misdirected, our relationships, cash flow, creativity, health, and career can suffer. Chi wants to meander gracefully through a space, like a gentle breeze or a winding stream. When it flows too strongly, it becomes like a hurricane or flood. We are likely to feel tossed about by winds of change, unstable, prone to crises, struggling to keep our heads above water. Where chi is blocked it becomes stale and stagnant, like a pond choked with algae and fallen leaves. We may feel tired, run down, depre ssed, unable to focus, hampered in our efforts to move forward in our lives.

In a corporate environment, poor feng shui can result in miscommunication between managers and employees, conflicts among team members, and lack of support for key initiatives. Individuals may be overlooked for promotions or deserved raises, suffer damage to their reputation in the company, or even lose their job. The company may have difficulty attracting or keeping key customers.

In a retail store, feng shui problems can block the flow of customers into and through the store, contribute to theft and staffing problems, and have a negative effect on the amount and size of sales.

Feng shui provides tools and guidelines for analyzing and correcting the flow of energy into and through our space. It uses the arrangement of rooms and the placement of furniture to create a smooth pathway for chi through a home, office, or retail location. Blockages and other forms of negative chi are rem oved or counteracted in order to welcome in opportunities and encourage progress. Colors and shapes associated with the five elements-wood, fire, earth, metal, and water-are used to create movement, balance, or protection, depending on the needs of the client. Imagery and objects such as paintings, photographs, statuary and other accessories are chosen and placed to enhance and reinforce the client's intention.

Feng Shui reminds us that everything is connected, and that our physical surroundings have a significant impact on our mind, body, and spirit. It teaches us to be mindful caretakers of our environments, so that we may be mindful caretakers of our lives.

Copyright 2002 Stephanie Roberts

About The Author

Stephanie Roberts is a feng shui consultant in Maui, Hawaii, and the author of the best-selling Fast Feng Shui books (rated 5-stars by Amazon.com readers). To find out how you can use contemporary Western feng shui to help you achieve greater su ccess and happiness in your life, please visit http://www.fastfengshui.com or subscribe to the Fast Feng Shui newsletter at mailto:subscribe@fastfengshui.com and receive free feng shui tips by email.

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Author:: Stephanie Roberts
Keywords:: feng shui,chinese art,chinese belief,Peace,Harmony,Attraction,self improvement,Fortune,Luck,Prosperi
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Communism Is On The March

Many have said that Democracy is on the march and we now have 126 countries in the world; nearly half which have a democracy style of government. Decades the prior we were all worried about Beehive Syndrome and Communism, as the Domino Affect was to be prevented at all costs, including US countrymen and soldiers blood. But today we see a new trend towards socialism and communism in South America and one would have thought in watching all the national successes due to Democracy that indeed this would continue.

However, today we see Bolivia, conveniently stealing foreign business and taking over gas and oil companies in their country. Refusing to honor contract renewal arrangements and spitting in the face of capitalism, one of the main components of their economies strengths and of their Democracy. Why? Have we failed to show the best side of Democracy or are those entrusted by the people too short sided to see the benefits for the leadership and the whole of the peop le?

Are communism style dictatorships on the March in South and Central America? Is Democracy fading away and those nations who ditch this gift of freedom, liberty and rule for the people and by the people doomed to repeat the fall of past civilizations of mankind in this Hemisphere? Is the leader of Bolivia, busy taking advice from Castro, Red China, Venezuela? If so, doesnt the USA need to send out Video Tapes, manuals, visual presentations to all these nations to educate them on the reality of the flows of civilization and why Democracy is the best long term choice?

Lance Winslow

Author:: Lance Winslow
Keywords:: Communism is On The March
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Child Muay Thai Boxers

One Friday night in January I was in Hua Hin, Thailand with nothing to do so I decided to go and watch the Friday Night Muay Thai contest held at Grand Sport Hua Hin on Petchkasem Road. I had received a flyer earlier in the street promoting the event and decided that it might be worth checking out.

Apparently there are two Muay Thai venues in Hua Hin and this wasn't the real one, but if I wanted to go that night I didn't have much of a choice. It wasn't a stadium as such, more like a gym that had a ring in the middle and some chairs set up on two sides. I believe they have Muay Thai lessons there every day. There wasn't a live band there either so the music didn't get faster as the matches progressed, we had to make do with a taped loop.

The admission price was 500 baht, a little expensive I was informed by a local bar owner, but I wasn't complaining. Also any tuk tuk or taxi in Hua Hin will take you to the venue for free, just show them the flyer. That amazed me.

The first fight started at 9pm, if I remember correctly it was a couple of 12 year old or so boys. Interesting enough and I was amazed by their already ripped physiques, especially their stomach muscles. There were a number of other fights including a 16 year old girl versus a 19 year old girl that was stopped after the second round because the older girl sustained an injury. After a while a section on one side of the ring that didn't have any seats set up by it started to fill up with Thai patrons. A number of them had brought blankets and were sitting there watching the matches. I remember wondering at the time if they too had paid 500 baht to get in. Somehow I doubted it.

Anyway, to get to the point of this story, one of the main events that was being touted all night by the announcer was a match between a nine year old boy and a nine year old girl. This long awaited match finally got underway at 11pm. As they were entering the ring it was announced that the boy was so confident that he would win that he had bet 7000 baht on himself. This was announced several times over the loudspeaker. I pondered where a nine year old boy would get 7000 baht as I sat there looking up at the No Gambling sign posted to the wall (in English only) above the bar. The fighters came out to much excitement by the crowd, including myself and they were gorgeous, especially the little girl.

I may be mistaken but I believe the ceremonial dance that the boxers do before the match is called the Wai Klu. In each of the matches that night one of the boxers did the dance while the other stayed in his or her corner. For this match the girl was the one to perform the dance. Only this time she did something that I had not seen any of the other boxers do during their ceremonial dance s. I'll do my best here to describe it but I doubt that I can do it justice. Starting in her corner she would face her opponent who was standing in his corner on the other side of the ring. She would take one or two steps forward while twisting her body back towards her corner, then she would stomp her foot towards her opponent at the same time as sending an imaginary punch his way, which he would deflect with his hands, much to the delight of the crowd. This continued until she reached his corner, with him knocking away her imaginary punches each time. Then she would head back towards her ring, two or three slow steps at a time, looking back over her shoulder with each step, give him an appraising look, shake her head and take some more steps. Finally she looked satisfied that he was weakened enough and she concluded her dance. I don't think I can sufficiently explain how exciting this was.

Finally the match gets underway, and just like a mouse's heart beats a hundred times faster than the much larger dog, their movements seemed to be a lot faster than the previous boxers' movements. I was as excited if not more so than the rest of the crowd. Her arms were longer than his so she was getting in a few more punches than he was. Whenever she hit him I'd let out a roaring cheer, however when he kicked her I would cringe and have to stifle a cry of , Hey she's a girl! leave her alone!! I think I might have been a little too into it. The rounds were only two minutes each as opposed to the 3 minute rounds of the older fighters, but by the 4th round the girl's face was showing clear signs that she was getting tired. My heart broke. After a while though I started to have terrible misgivings about the whole adventure. Thoughts like What are you watching?! and You are paying people who make two little kids fight! ran through my mind. I was feeling very conflicted by the whole situation. I was able to put those thoughts to the back of my mind though when they announced that the winner was the girl. The whole place erupted and I am not afraid to say that I almost had a tear in my eye. I was so happy for her.

But then I started to feel a little sorry for the boy, who not only had to live with being beaten by a girl, but he had lost 7000 baht (if that story was to be believed.) After the fight both of the kids went around the audience and posed for photos and accepted money from the crowd. I gave her 100 baht and him 20. Now all he needed was another 6980 baht. When I posed for my photo with her I put my arm around her shoulder and I could feel her arm on the other side. It was rock solid. There was one more match after that, apparently a champion of the south versus a champion of the north, but I soon lost interest and went back to the hotel after the kids had gone.

In the songtaew on the way back I started to think about the whole night and had a number of questions. I wonder if they were really fighting or i f they were like a brother and sister and have that same fight for the tourists every week? I wonder if they go to school like other kids. I would imagine it takes a lot of training to get to that kind of level, plus the announcer had mentioned that typical Muay Thai boxers train for 12 hours a day. I wonder if they get to keep the money that they are given by the tourists or if unscrupulous event organizers pocket it. Or do their parents collect it?

Aaron Christe writes about Thai culture, people and experiences at www.christicles.com He will also show you how to fly cheaply to Thailand at Cheap flights to Thailand

Author:: Aaron Christe
Keywords:: Thailand,Muay Thai,child boxers,
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The Museum of Buddhist Art A Rare Collection of Buddha Statues

The Museum of Buddhist Art in Bangkok is reputed to have the biggest collection of Buddha statues, sculptures and figurines based on Buddhist Art work from kingdoms dating back to the 6th century AD. The exhibits reflect the cultural heritage of the various kingdoms in Thailand and neighboring kingdoms as well.

Visitors to the Museum of Buddhist Art are usually advised to stArt their tour in an annex to the main building that houses the Kuan Yin Palace and Museum which displays statues of Kuan Yin, the Goddess of Mercy. The courtyard outside this museum has six miniature wooden palaces housing Chinese deities.

The main theme of the Museum of Buddhist Art, however, is housed in eight rooms upstairs in the main building displaying Buddha statues, sculptures and figurines from the different kingdoms that had an impact on Thai Art and culture.

The various schools of Buddhist Art of each era blended with the previous and added its distinct touch. Detailed explanations are provided for the Buddha statues, their characteristics, different postures and subtle variations in the folds of the robes.

The museum is a useful source of knowledge for the scholar of Buddhist Art and Buddha sculptures. The casual visitor, seeking an overview of an important aspect of Thai culture, would find this museum interesting as well.

Buddhist Art from the various kingdoms displayed in the Museum of Buddhist Art

Dvaravati Art (6th 11th centuries AD)

Dvaravati Art is based on the culture of the United Kingdom of Dvaravati in Nakhon Phahom, Central Thailand established by the Mon from Burma. The Buddhist Art work of this period is based on the Southern India and Sri Lanka models.

Srivijaya Art (7th 14th centuries)

The Srivijaya kingdom covered Sumatra, Java, the Malay Peninsula and Southern Thailand, right up to Surat Thani and Nakhon Sri Thammarat. The Art form from this era had a rich mix of Indian, Khmer, Sri Lanka, Java and Sumatra cultures.

Khmer Art (11th - 19th centuries)

From 6th 14th centuries, the Khmer Empire in Cambodia ruled over Laos and northeastern Thailand (Isarn). Khmer Art was to have an enduring legacy on Buddhist Art work for centuries to come.

Burmese Art (11th - 19th centuries)

Burmese Art evolved from the various ethnic groups in the ancient Burmese kingdom of Pagan. The Burmese, Mon, Arakan, Tai-yai kingdoms developed Buddhist Art during their respe ctive reigns. All these groups had an influence on Thai Art.

Sukhothai Art (13th 15th centuries)

Art flourished in the Sukhothai Kingdom under the reign of King Ramkhamhaeng. Classic Sukhothai Art soon emerged from the Khmer influence and established its unique style.

Ayuthaya Art (1350 1767)

The exhibits on Ayuthaya Art in the Museum of Buddhist Art represents the longest period in Thai Art. Pre-Ayuthaya Art was a combination of Khmer Art of the Bayon period (the Bayon temples in Cambodia) and Dvaravati Art, a mixture which was known as U Thong Art.

The establishment of Ayuthaya produced a blend of Khmer and Sukhothai styles which gradually evolved into its own distinctive character in the 16th century.

Lanna Art (13th - 20th centuries)

The Lanna kingdom (Land of a M illion Fields) was established by King Mengrai in northern Thailand in 1296. Pure Lanna Art developed when the kingdom was independent. Lanna came under Burmese rule and later under Thai rule. The Buddha statues during these periods had their subtle differences.

Lan Xang Art (14th 18th centuries)

The Lan Xang kingdom (Land of a Million Elephants) was founded by King Fah Ngum in the 14th century after the fall of Sukhothai. The kingdom covered present day Laos and pArts of nor theastern Thailand. King Fah Ngum made Buddhism the state religion and so began an Art form that also left its mark on Buddhist Art.

Thonburi Art (1767 1782)

Thonburi Art had a brief period as the kingdom lasted for only 15 years.

Rattanakosin Art (1782 present)

What followed was Rattanakosin Art of the modern Bangkok era. The Buddha statues and sculptures during the reign of the Chakri Kings developed a distinct identity of their own.

The other eight rooms in the Museum of Buddhist Art are not directly related to the central theme but are equally interesting. These cover Artifacts from the pre-historic Ban Chiang cult ure, Yao paintings, stone sculptures.

An unusual set of exhibits in this museum is the room displaying statues of Jesus Christ and Mother Mary, a reflection of the religious tolerance in Buddhist society.

The Museum of Buddhist Art embodies not just the Art and culture evolved for more than a millennium through the rise and fall of several kingdoms. It symbolizes the philosophy of moderation and tolerance, values that serve as a beacon of light in these troubled times.

For more Bangkok Museums.

The Museum of Buddhist Art first appeared in Tour Bangkok Legacies a historical travel site on people, places and events that left their mark in the landscape of Bangkok.

The author Eric Lim, a free-lance writer, lives in Bangkok Thailand.

Author:: Eric Lim
Keywords:: Museum of Buddhist Art, Buddhist Art work, Buddha statues, Buddha sculpture, Buddha figurines
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Cultural Traditions In China

Unlike the United States which is 200 plus years old, China is an Ancient country and Civilization. This has led to long standing rules of conduct in society that are of great interest.

China is an Ancient country, with thousands of years of history which lay a rich basis for the lives of its inhabitants today. While some of the Ancient Chinese myths and cultural traditions have been forgotten or are no longer observed, many of them are still remembered and incorporated into everyday life. Taking a look into the cultural traditions of China can reveal a lot about the way that the people live.

One of the most interesting bits of Chinese lore can be found in what is known as the Jade Culture. Jade is a stone that was first identified in the first Chinese dictionary, known as Shuo Wen Jie Zi, in around 100 AD. There are two types of Jade: soft Jade, known as nephrite, which is native to China, and hard Jade (Jadeite) which was imported from Burma starting in the 1 200's. Jade is important in China not only because of its beauty, but also for its virtue and cultural significance. Confucius said that Jade had 11 virtues, some of which include the fact that it stands for beauty, purity and grace. The Chinese character for Jade, Yu, is often used in names and sayings to connote beauty.

Another of the many Chinese cultural traditions is the Bamboo Culture. Bamboo is one of four favorite plants seen in China they are Bamboo, Chinese plum, chrysanthemum and orchid. The characters of these plants are highly prized, so much so that Chinese people want to be like the plants in character. Bamboo is grown pretty much everywhere in China, with most people having gardens in which they grow Bamboo. Bamboo chopsticks are the most common form of tableware in China, and Bamboo is also the material out of which the Chinese flute is made. People often use Bamboo paintbrushes, and Bamboo Culture festivals are even held throughout the year.

A final cultural tradition can be seen in the dragon Culture. Dragons are an important part of Chinese tradition, so much so that people from China often consider themselves to be the descendants of the dragon. China's emperors believed that they truly were dragons, calling the beds they slept on dragon beds, and even their robes dragon robes. Dragons are also seen all over the imperial palaces, and dragon screens are seen as a symbol of the emperor's power.

Richard Monk is with Facts Monk - a site with facts about everything.

Author:: Richard Monk
Keywords:: China, Culture, Chinese, Bamboo, Jade, Civilization, Ancient, Asia,
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Can You Hear My Secret Calling

A true Love story

So, was it an eyes-meet-across-the-room-thing and you knew you were destined for each other instantly? I asked my Mom. No, she laughed, it was a swinging-door-thing and once we met, then we knew it was destiny.

It was 1946 when my parents met in postwar Oldenburg, Germany while working for British Intelligence. Dad (a.k.a. Peter Russell) had survived WW II after being in many challenging battles. He was a frightfully English chap who grew up in the south of England. Mom (Blanche Moore - a.k.a. Pat Russell) had experienced the war in a different way. One of the many bombing raids on Belfast, Northern Ireland had demolished her family home.

It only took Dad one week after he saw Mom going through the now infamous swinging door into the Intelligence Offices, to make sure he was introduced to her. Once they met, they were inseparable and spent many hours dancing at the Officers Club in Oldenburg. Mom and Dad were known for being fabulous ballroom dancers and other dance participants would frequently stand aside and watch them together as they swirled around the dance floor, eyes locked on one another.. Dad was a lean, good-looking man of 6' and he was handsome in his British Intelligence Uniform. Mom was and still is a petite 5' 2 pretty Irish woman with twinkly eyes and a penchant for laughing a lot.

As they danced together, Dad would sing (in German):

Do you remember the precious time when we came together for life, My heart sang a little melody for you day and night. Do you remember that beautiful time?

Even though youth will fade, songs of Love will always stay. Should fate ever darken your happiness, My song will always light it up for you.

They were the first British couple to be married in Oldenburg after the war. They were transferred to the village of Brake on the Weser River in Germany as a husband/wife team with British Intelligence specializing in political and counter intelligence. Dad had a network of agents under his supervision. He and his agents contributed to the break up of the Communist party in that area of Germany. Peter and Pats cover for being in post war Germany was the interrogation of returning prisoners of war from Russia.

But at night their real work would begin. Dad would direct and rendezvous with various agents in the field. Another agent, would cautiously make his way back to Mom with stolen documents. This home rendezvous would usually happen after midnight with Mom waiting nervously for the agent to arrive. She would then translate a nd type the information immediately, so that it could be sent to the head office of British Intelligence in London, England. It was a tense and nerve wracking time.

Do you hear my secret calling Open up your sweet loving heart, When you have longingly thought of me tonight. Then I will be with you in your dream Let me look at you once again Show me your much Loved face Then turn off the light My heart will not forget you Please go to sleep

Dad died in 1989 in Salmon Arm, seven years after retiring as a Special Agent for the Canadian National Railroad Police in Prince George. As well as being named Citizen of the Year in 1972, he was also the recipient of the Governor Generals award for his contribution to the youth of that city.

In the years since his death, Mom had searched for their s pecial song. She wrote to CBC radio, and she had asked people she met who were of German descent if they had heard of the song. She was nearly ready to give up until eight months ago. She was in Styles on Mane in Vernon having her hair done, when a gentleman came in to have his hair cut. As he had a German accent, Mom asked him if he had heard of the song. He said he hadnt, but promised to look into it for her. (His name is Julius and he is the neighbour and good friend of the owner of the shop, Cynthia Robertson)

One month later, Mom went to her weekly hair appointment. As she sat down, Cynthia turned to her friend Julius who was in the shop and said, Julius, I forgot to turn on the radio today. Would you turn it on for me please?

Soon the beautiful words of the song Do You Hear My Secret Calling were being played throughout the salon. Julius Topf had contacted friends in Germany and with the help of a popular newspaper columnist the song had been found on a CD of hit songs from 1934 to 1943. Mom was completely overwhelmed with happiness when she heard the song again after 50 years.

My parents shared the special kind of intense and enduring Love alluded to in this Lovely song. It was their heart song. Now she can close her eyes as she listens to the music and from her memory bank, imagine that she is back on the dance floor, being tenderly held in the arms of her beLoved as he sang to her.

Just as autumn and spring will always be, So will sorrow and joy forever change the earth. Every hour of sadness is followed by a day of sunshine, Every parting is followed by a new embrace. Storms in life will pass as long as we will understand each other. When your heart fills with sorrow, quietly sing my song again.

Carole Fawcett is a published free lance writer and owner of a stress management and laughter therapy business. http://www.afunnybusiness.ca She is the founder and trainer of therapeutic clowns in the beautiful Okanagan Valley, in B.C., Canada

Author:: Carole Fawcett
Keywords:: Love
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Babel vs. the PC

Imagine a time when mankind was young. Migration led many to the land of Shinar. It was during that time, that man came together and decided to build not only a city but a tower that would reach the heavens. Seeing the structure, the Lord was not very pleased. In fact, He knew what trouble this could lead to, so He confused mankind with different languages and scattered them across the face of the earth. Thus, is the story of Babel. (Babylon, the remains of an ancient city, is now located in Iraq.)

Eerily, times of a rich, historical past parallel today's society. The familiarity to modern civilization is uncanny. In the biblical tale of the tower of Babel, men came together with one language and one common goal: the desire to control the land and all that lay beneath the tower. Making the impossible - possible to Human nature.

The construction of the tower of Babel tells a story of man and its amorous lust for greed and power. To build such a massive structure that led directly to the heavens, what a marvel it must have been. Though the tale is simple, its meaning is vast. Herein lies the virtue of society itself. With the industrialized world at its peak and infinite Computerized technological advances, we have reached the brink of Babel. In this day and age, mankind has the means to communicate to the far outreaches of all the earth. With mere strokes upon a keyboard, we can speak with persons of different languages, cultures, race, religion and region. There are no boundaries to the human initiative.

What began as an oversized brain made of wires, metal and countless conductor boards, has evolved into the modern PC. We have at last designed the perfect mechanism to do our bidding. It thinks for us, supplies and stores information, and now with more and more Technology, we can even speak to other peoples by means of a Computer translator. The small screen that sits atop our office counters, our workbenches and our personal desks at home has become the brainchild of society's modernization, and has revolutionized the way we do and encounter most things.

Although it is just a machine, it has served a wonderful purpose. Through the use of Computer equipment, time is no longer a challenge. Messages, tests and reports can come back to us in a matter of seconds. Physicians, technologists, mechanics, archeologists, biologists, and so many other career paths have endless uses for this manmade tool. It has rewarded us richly with its knowledge, as we have enriched it with ours.

But, the question still remains: At what point does the tower of Babel (figuratively speaking) collapse? When has humankind reached its boundaries and at what interval will all be lost because of modern Technology? The world is our oyster - but what we must never forget is that the pearl of an oyster is created by disease. Just a thought to ponder.

06/2003

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Hello I Must Be Going: The Vanishing Twin

They walk among us. By the mid nineties, science had only smoked out a few dozen of them worldwide but there are undoubtedly many more. You may well know some of them. You may even be one yourself. Perhaps you're sometimes haunted by the sense that there is someone lurking very near, invisible and silent but sharing that odd thought, impression, or fear from time to time. A more solid clue might be found in the skin on your back. Sometimes you can see this plainly though they say it's usually only discernable under UV light.

I'm talking about what might be looked upon as the most extreme form of Siamese or Conjoined twinning, one in which both bodies have merged completely into a single individual. Scientists call the perplexing result a Chimera, after the mythological beast described by Homer and others that sported the head of a lion, the body of a goat and the rear of a dragon or snake. What happens is that you have two fertilized egg cells that converge very earl y in the gestation process. If the cells were Identical Twins there would probably be no way to identify such two-in-one individuals and the world may well be full of them. But if they're Fraternal, things can get more interesting.

If the two are of opposite sex you can end up with a true hermaphrodite, though this seems to be exceedingly rare. In January of 1998 doctors in Scotland reported the birth of a child, originally conceived through in vitro fertilization, who ultimately tested out to present both female (XX) and male (XY) chromosomes and corresponding equal-opportunity genitalia. Most of the time the consequences are much more subtle. In 1953 an English woman named Patricia McDonnell underwent some routine tests when she became pregnant and discovered she carried both Type O and Type A blood in a ratio of about 13 to 1. After considerable study her doctors concluded that the minority Type A was her own and the Type O was what was left of her twin brother.

Sometimes a Chimera will have a left and right eye of different colors (like Jane Seymour and Joe Pesci... hmm, do ya think?), while others as alluded to in the first paragraph may display marbling or streaking patterns on their backs, called Blaschko's lines, which suggest an imperfect blend of two differing complexions. Researchers call the latter individuals mosaics. They're intrigued with the phenomenon because they suspect certain afflictions may arise from it such as cancer, Alzheimer's, and autism. (Indeed, Susan Folstein of Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston reports that about one in ten autistics show Blaschko's lines. The inference is that there is an antagonistic mingling of chimeric brain cells that have trouble communicating with each other.)

Beyond all of this, surg eons and researchers can and do intentionally create interspecific Chimeras, where they combine tissues from different animal species. Considering that about five hundred prospective transplant patients die in the U.S. every month waiting for human donors, this can obviously be a very good thing. Pig and cow heart valve transplants are already quite common.

Here are two links at least tangentially related to Chimeras. This one deals with a rather eerie, way-out aspect in a book by Bill Chalker; while this one explores purported interspecific Hybrids involving domestic cats.

This article comes from the Curious Thing of the Week section of my site Sui Generis at http://www.CuriousNotions.com where you'll find only the world's rarest, best, oddest and most legendary. If you crave the exotic and march to your own drummer, please stop by!

Author:: Peter Blinn
Keywords:: Chimera, Siamese, Conjoined, Twins, DNA, Curiosity, Hybrid, vanished twin, Fraternal, < a href='http://www.amazon.com/rss/tag/Identical/new?tag=day2soft-20'title= 'Identical: Newly tagged products at Amazon.com' target='_blank' style='font-size: large'>Identical
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The Women of Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the most outstanding writers that the world has ever seen. His magnificent works are the reflections of the puritan society he was living it and all the defects of that society that were veiled so much. His works have faced a lot of criticism due to their dualism and sharp nudity. The images that were put in Nathaniel Hawthornes works were real-life images, inspired by real people which makes them very realistic and sometimes even frightening. He seems to posses the intention to show the changes that have occurred in people around him from the very puritan times.

Hawthorne emphasizes the fact that people were taught to hold everything negative they seemed to have inside themselves and perform an ideal citizen for the world around them. What Nathaniel Hawthorne writes fits the contemporary society, too. Maybe this is the reason it is so important to understand his description and attitude towards women. His books posses a large number of different women characters. Nevertheless, the all of them carry the message of the cost of being different for a woman. Nathaniel Hawthornes woman is strong and weak, charming and rueful, vivid and quiet but there is one thing that unites them all they throw a calling to the society around them. They are shown as rebels, they are shown as a great power of the humanity. Hawthorne clears the difference between women and men but through making this comparison he puts them on the same level and therefore considers a woman to a decent counterweight to a man. The lives of these women give us not a very pleasant portrait of a puritan society.

Characters of Hawthornes women

None of the doors of the society Hawthornes women live in leads to heaven. Everything and everybody in the world around them is closed and ungracious. His women are prominent; they possess enormous inner power to overcome difficulties. Being so different, but having so much more inside then the people around them, Hawthornes women are depicted not just like women. They also possess the courageousness that sometimes even a man cannot reveal. Hawthorne in his short stories shows the pride of the society around, the sins that the society is sinking into and the individual life tragedies of his women that seem to oppose this society. One of the most important things is that a woman in Hawthornes short stories is opposed to a man; is treated like being equal to a man.

The attitude of the 19th century society towards women and their behavior seems to be similar to ignorant. Hawthorne shows women as human being able to love, to trust and to sacrifice themselves, which he seems to value more than mens desire to achieve fame, converting the society into a vanity fair. For instance, the image of Hester Prynne in Scarlet letter is one of the brightest examples of how Hawthorne values women and how much he want to show that it is them who posses the qualities of decent human b eings. Hester accepts public her punishment and the scarlet letter, resists it and even more then that - she stands all the humiliations without revealing the name of her daughters father. It is possible to say that Hawthorne shows her as a hero and at the same time men are depicted with certain negativism, making Hawthornes works feministic.

The driving force of Hawthornes women

Women in Hawthornes stories are very dedicated and able to resist anything. The ability to love and to do anything for the beloved one makes the image of women in Hawthornes stories very impressing. Hawthornes Birthmark portraits Georgiana, the wife of Aylmer, a vainglorious man with a deeper and more sincere attitude towards science then towards his own wife, which seems to have a visible mark of imperfection for him [p.2225. To get his attention Georgiana decided to remove this birthmark from her cheek. Aylmers himself, makes the liquid to remove the mark but soon after she drinks it s he dies. All she wanted is to get rid of a crimson stain upon the snow, which imperfectly defined its shape amid the surrounding rosiness[p.2226. Aylmer gets what he wants no birthmark on Georgianas cheek, but there is no Georgiana anymore to adore him and to love.

Here, Georgiana is driven by the only desire she has to make Aylmer notice her and to fulfill his wish. Being so imperfect for Aylmer, she becomes a real perfection for the author. Her loving heArt was ready to do anything to be perfect for her beloved husband. Her heArt, full of love and her character reveals the difference between her and her husband. It reveals the abyss between the values of genders and the supremacy of the values of women. The driving force for Hawthornes women is love, dedication and trust; it has nothing to do with the rationalism depicted in the male characters in the stories.

Another example of Hawthornes perception of women is brightly observed in Rappaccinis daughter. Here, the females character name is Beatrice. She is the daughter of Doctor Rappaccini and at the same time she is just an experiment in his practice. He spoils her life by poisoning her with his plants, making her a poisonous human being not able to contact the people around her and therefore being lonely, poisonous as she is beautiful as he defines her [p.2251.

Doctor Rappaccini tries to do the same thing with a young man Giovanni in order to create a perfect match for Beatrice. When Giovanni reveals the vile plan of the doctor and get an antidote, he gives it to Beatrice. But, unfortunately it is too late for the young woman Her father has done such a great job in changing her that the antidote does not help but kills her. Here, Beatrice is shown as a victim of her fathers obsession on experiments. Though she herself is not the perfection in the authors understanding he shows her as a being able to be different but being a victim of a low person, a person who does not seem to possess human qualities. The selfishness of this man is opposed to Beatrices helplessness towards his influence. Beatrice trusts everything that her father tells her, believing in him and loving him with every single heArt-cell. In this story Hawthornes portrays a sensitive and devoted woman that is eager to follow her father and obey his every single word.

Hawthornes women suffer a lot and often die. Nevertheless, he reveals a lot of sympathy towards his women. He considers their spiritual worlds to be immense and profound, worth of respect and deep admiration. Society and men in pArticular pretend to be God and try to change these delicate, gentle, loving and pure human beings. Men in Hawthornes works are vainglorious and pride for their achievements is the only thing in this world that makes them happy. The authors definition of a woman

Analyzing Nathaniel Hawthornes works it is necessary to say that the image of women in them is distinctively positive. He outlines their strong ability to dedicate themselves and to truly love. The biography of the author has definitely influenced this point of view because a widowed mother raised him along with two sisters two and later on he married a great woman and grew up two wonderful daughters.

The examples of the suffering wome n have to go through to survive gave him the base of believing that women are spiritually stronger and posses the most important qualities for a human being ability to love unconditionally and to do anything in the name of trust and faith for the loved person. Nathaniel Hawthorne deeply respects women and proves it with his every single work. The drama of his works concerning women is that their actions are not meritoriously valued and stay imperceptible for the people around them. The definition of a woman by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a synthesis of all the virtues and extreme endurance for the actions taken against them.

Conclusion

Nathaniel Hawthorne made an outstanding work in depicting the character of a woman in his works. This makes it easy to assume that he was a loving father and husband. His interpretation of a woman is very deep and his sympathy to women is easily observed in his every single work. He reveals the real nature of women and tells the reader what is their power. He sees this immense power in the ability to stay true to their feelings, to trust and to love. For the first time a woman is shown as a force, as a power that opposes mens rationalism and perception of the world. The image of a woman in Hawthornes works is a calling to the men around. It is a calling to stop evaluating the world in terms of rationalism and stArt feeling and valuing what they have and all the things that women do in order to make them feel happy.

Here, men are shown weak and inflexible, ignorant and impassive. Could be this is only a unilateral point of view, nevertheless it is obvious that Hawthornes women are the ones that will sacrifice their lives for the people they love and dedicate every second of their lived to them.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the most outstanding writers that the world has ever seen. His magnificent works are the reflections of the puritan society he was living it and all the defects of that society that were veiled so much. His works have faced a lot of criticism due to their dualism and sharp nudity. The images that were put in Nathaniel Hawthornes works were real-life images, inspired by real people which makes them very realistic and sometimes even frightening. He seems to posses the intention to show the changes that have occurred in people around him from the very puritan times.

Author:: Aaron SchwArtz
Keywords:: The Women of Hawthorne
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Aristophane's The Frogs

World literature is rich with literal masterpieces and has to offer to a reader a lot of interesting works of any kind, theme, style and genre. Unfortunately we do not have access to that many ancient pieces of works, as most of them have not survived through centuries until present days. In the following article I would like to analyze and discuss such prominent work of Aristophanes as The Frogs.

As Aeschylus utters in the play Frogs, Schoolboys have a master to educate them, grown-ups have the bards. This seems to me to be a incredibly high-quality statement, because everybody likes to study and I think that is why Aristophanes work on the whole was so well-liked and especially Frogs because the play teaches the spectators.

There are two major subjects in the play, the first one being the position of the poet in Greek civilization. Aristophanes has Aeschylus ask Euripides what makes an excellent lyricist? The answer is practical skill and he should instruct a lesson, make people into improved citizens, and this is exactly what Aristophanes is doing with this poem but also adding an enormous deal of comedy into it. Aeschylus also says that the actually good poets have had helpful lessons to teach e.g. Musaeus (me dicine), Hesiod (agriculture) and of course Homer (the arts of warfare). The main solemn theme is Aristophanes continuance of his campaign for harmony; he attacks the present politicians who rejected the present of peace made by the Spartans after the battle of Arginusae in 406 BC (Cleophon and Cleigenes). On page 181, when the chorus address the listeners in the second parabasis, they say here sit ten thousand men of sense, a very enlightened audience, this source of in sequence has helped to estimation the size of the audience at the stage show festivals in the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens, however I think that this verdict also gives us a great deal of in sequence in the task that Aristophanes has to face to keep this great quantity of individuals amused and entertained.

This play is like no other of Aristophanes existing effort. In no other play did he persist so firmly on his commencement of the poets appropriate function in culture and in no other play did he endeavour so earnestly to realize it. Aristophanes takes every probable occasion to bring up the people he wants to point out, make an instance of and put down to a certain extent. Apart from politicians, orators and sophists, whom not a soul trusted, only one k ind of man was in a location to manipulate the ideas and attitudes of the community, this was of course the poet. For two hours or more at each theatrical carnival, each one competing poet had the exclusive consideration of his associate citizens of all classes, perhaps in greater numbers than would ever concentrate the Assembly on one particular day. The poet (not essentially the humorist poet, but poets as a general rule) had a lot of authority to manage how people feel about certain things, as a substitute of the Bible, public quoted Homer or Hesiod; everyone in this the world knew passages from the great poets from memory and had themselves been taught ethics by their aid.

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Books by William Aloysius Keleher

William Aloysius Keleher was a lawyer by profession. However, he did many other things besides practicing law since he did not want to limit himself to homogenous work. Instead, he chose to be different and versatile. He was a telegraph operator, newspaper reporter, city editor, even a counter clerk in his vivid life. Perhaps, the most significant extra-legal activity where he indulged himself was writing. There was no denying that he was an effective writer. Kelehers expertise as a writer was first unearthed in 1908 when he was appointed by a local newspapers authorities to work as a news reporter. They were very impressed by his wr iting abilities which were re-furnished while he was writing for the Albuquerque Journal and Albuquerque Evening Herald. Later on, he got the job of the city editor in both of them. One will be mistaken if he reckons that Keleher showed his full potential as a writer in those newspapers.

An avid scholar of the New Mexico history, William Keleher formally became an authoritative writer on the subject in the year of 1929 when he delivered a speech in a conference (arranged by The Texas Bar Association) that took place in Amarillo, Texas. The date was July 29th; the topic was Maxwell Land Grant (The largest grant ever made in the St ate of New Mexico that engendered more than its share of controversy and disputes over the years). After thirteen years, it would turn into his first book entitled The Maxwell Land Grant. The book consisted over an hundred and sixty pages and came out in hardcover binding. University of New Mexico Press, the publisher, brought out a revised version of the book in the year of 1964. Even today, one can avail this seventeen-chaptered book from online stores and libraries with an extensive collection.

Violence in Lincoln County: 1869-1881, written in the year of 1957, is considered to be a masterpiece by William Keleher. In this book, he described the 1870s scenario in details. The book tells the readers that the Lincoln Country War was an outcome of the conflict between partisan politics and business. Regarding the issue of land ownership, the cattle barons and the corrupt mercantilists clashed with each other. Big names like McSween, Turnstall, Chisum, Murphy, Riley and Dolan were mentioned. As a result of the clash, power was being threatened and people were being killed. However, peace was declared in the territory after the demise of Billy the Kid, an infamous outlaw, in the year of 1881. William Keleher provided sufficient information and first-hand reports in his book, for which it was perceived as a invaluable masterpiece on the western history.

In 1969, Rydal press published Memoirs 1892 1969, another book by William Keleher. In this book, he told readers about the events he witnessed in his lifetime. Mainly, the book contained biographical information. The authoer called the book a combination of autobiography, biography, narrative and memoir. He also said that this book was written especially for New Mexicans of good heart. The book was republished after several years.

In 1945, came The Fabulous Frontier, another quality work by Keleher. University of New Mexico Press brought out this 338-page book. In 1962, there was a re-print of The Fabulous Frontier.

William Keleher encountered enormous challenges in finishing Turmoil in New Mexico , 1846-1868, a study of truly professional quality. The book which was written in 1952 reflected the investigative skills he obtained through legal practice, sophisticated techniques and sheer love of the subject matter.

Kelehers expertise in literary works was also seen in his short writings. They mainly dealt with New Mexico history and included longer essays and newspaper articles.

What is most impressive about the writer William Keleher is that he did not show any negligence to either of his two most demanding tasks (practicing law and writing). William Keleher's law practice required regular office hours which he was always faithful. The research and writing of each of his books needed a discrete set of hours as he was careful not to let his literary work breach into his first profession.

William A. Keleher was not only a great lawyer but also an effective writer. His books are considered invaluable from historical perspective.

Keleher authored some of the premier works on the Southwest: Maxwell Land Grant,1942; Fabulous Frontier, 1945; Turmoil in New Mexico, 1846-196 8, 1952;Violence in Lincoln County, 1957; and Memoirs 1969. and New Mexicans IKnew. Purchase the Books of William Keleher in .pdf format online at http://www.williamKeleher.com

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Keywords:: Keleher, William Keleher : Seven Generations in America, Eight Generations in America
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About Culture and Rules

Culture will never be a category on what ever (ezine) directory. It is just too broad a subject. And it doesn't solve anything. In fact it is only causing problems. YET. it is so interesting...

Culture is difficult to describe, because there are so many elements and details that describe the Culture of a group or nation. But if you observe and watch you will learn a lot.

For example look at the international soccer league. This is an international Culture that is one of the most open Cultures that is available in the world. The main trademark of this soccer Culture is the TRANSFER. This transfer is in fact the symbol of the openness of the international soccer Culture. Transfer is all about going from team A to team B; going to a new contract to Real Madrid and bought from Barcelona.

So a Catalan team can and will (according to the international soccer profession) contract players from Brazil, the Netherlands, Cameroon and of course Spain itself. This is not different for any other Spanish team (like Real Madrid, Sevilla or Valencia).

Then there is the local Culture. For example, players in the Barcelona team are obliged to learn and (be able to) speak Catalan, which is the language that is spoken in the Catalan community in Spain. This (local) rule -- protects (conserves) the local Culture by compelling foreigners to learn the local language -- shows very much the difference with the international soccer league Culture (and Rules).

Another way in which cultural differences become clear is when we observe national soccer teams.

If we compare the international (soccer) Culture with local National Cultures we can also observe national Rules -- focused on openness. This is for example apparent if we take the Italian or the Spanish national teams and we compare them to the Dutch or the French and even the German teams (From the World Cup 2006). The Italian and Spanish teams had only local Spanish players, whereas in the French, Dutch and even the German teams, the influence from other Culture was present and visible.

This is only one single element in Culture; the way in which a group of people are open and used to cooperate with others, call them Third parties. This is only about awareness. A next step could be about international or global trends.

2006 Hans Bool

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Keywords:: Culture, Rules
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What Happened on June 21

June 21 is always the 172nd day of the year, unless it's a leap year in which it is the 173rd day of the year. This is on a Gregorian calendar, which leaves 193 days remaining until January 1st, where a new year begins. June 21 marks the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere. That means that June 21 is typically the day of the year year with the longest hours of daylight in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the south ern hemisphere.

You can tell already that June 21 is an important date to mark for several reasons. Here are several events that have happened on June 21 in the past:

524 - Burgundy triumphs over the French in the Battle of Vezerone

1749 - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada is founded.

1788 - New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution and as a result is admitted as the 9th state in the United States.

1798 - The British Army defeats Irish rebels at Battle of Vinegar Hill in the Irish Rebellion of 1798

1813 - Laura Secord(the person not the chocolate) sets out to warn British forces of an upcoming atta ck on Queenston, Ontario by the U.S.

1826 - In the Battle of Vergas Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha

1864 - The Tauranga Campaign ends.

1887 - Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.

1898 - Guam becomes a U.S. territory.

1919 - During the Winnipeg General Strike, Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans that kills two people

1945 - Battle of Okinawa ends in WWII.

1965 - Folk rock band The Byrds release their highly influential debut album Mr. Tambourine Man.

1982 - John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

1989 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Texas v. Johnson that flag burning is protected speech under the United States Constitution.

2000 - Section 28 repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.

2003 - J.K. Rowling's fifth book in massive ser ies of Harry Potter, Order of the Phoenix is published

2004 - SpaceShipOne launches and quickly becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight.

Feel free to reprint this article as long as you keep the article, this caption, and author biography in tact with all hyperlinks.

Ryan Fyfe is the owner and operator of The June Spot - http://www.Junespot.com, which is the best site on the internet for all June related information.

Autho r:: Ryan Fyfe
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Dutch and Aussies Formalise Visa Arrangement

It was 400 years ago that Dutch sailors first sighted Australian shores but left deterred by our rough exterior.

Today, however, rugged Australia appeals to the citizens of the Netherlands greatly. And just this year the spirit of a Dutchman-led Socceroos captured the attention of the world during their most successful World Cup campaign.

Arrangements between Australia and Netherlands that allow thousands of young Australian and Dutch holiday makers to work in each others countries were formalised at a ceremony today.

Australias Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Amanda Vanstone, announced that the Ambassador for the Kingdom of the Netherlands and her depArtment had signed a Memorandum of Understanding celebrating 25 years of working holiday arrangements between Australia and the Netherlands .

The arrangement with the Netherlands is a win-win for young people from both our countries, Senator Vanstone said.

The boost provided to the Australian economy by young Dutch travellers is welcomed by both our tourism sector and employers.

Senator Vanstone said it was also appropriate that the MOU was signed during the 400 th anniversary of first contact between Australia and the Netherlands .

The Ambassador for the Kingdom of Netherlands, His Excellency Niek van Zutphen also praised the arrangements.

In this year of bilateral celebrations, it is very fitting that we try to encourage even more young people to visit each others countries, Ambassador van Zutphen said.

This will ensure that our strong bilateral relations will continue in the future,

The Netherlands is the third largest source of European short-term visitors to Australia. Each year about 60,000 Dutch tourists and 3,000 young Dutch working holiday makers visit Australia.

The Working Holiday Programme allows young people (aged from 18 to 30 years) from pArticipating countries to travel and experience different lifestyles and cultures and to work to subsidise their holiday.

- DepArtment of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

Web site: http://www.nationalvisas.com.au
E-mail: webmaster@nationalvisas.com.au

Author:: Ryan Rebutica
Keywords:: australia travel,australia vacation,australia tourism,australian immigration,australia visa
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Read this Article if You No Longer Vote

Many Americans do not vote, which seems silly considering our democracy has proven to propel Us into the statUs of being one of the most Free countries on the Planet. Recently the world watched as Iraq was liberated and the citizens were able to vote and plot their own course for their future. With purple fingers as proof they made a choice to rule their own destiny. Again Iraqi citizens showed up in droves to ratify a new Constitution and set of rules they agreed to live by. It is truly inspirational and for them a turning point in the Middle of the Middle East.

As we watch these wonders our heart smiles and we understand and feel the raw emotion of their endeavors and their new found freedoms, yet in our Nation we have so many who do not vote. Some do not vote becaUse they are cynics others becaUse, they are not too worried about much and although not completely satisfied, they are content and happy to live in the United States and are not too concerned about any one issue.

Whatever the reason the lethargic displacement of the American voter is growing. And of those who do not vote a growing majority of them are in the cynical camp. Yet they are the very ones who could change it and swing the next election, if they really cared too. Often American Politics and modern bureaucracy is compare d to the frog you boil in a pot, turn up the water one degree at a time and the frog jUst stays their in the warmth, eventually very content and then as it gets too hot for him, he can no longer move to jump out.

Perhaps you should vote and think about yourself as that frog. Perhaps you are cynical and know it really does not matter as most people vote by what they hear on the TV or read in the newspaper and those who have surrendered their minds to the mass media hysteria far out way your one vote. Yet if all of Us decided to vote all at the same time and speak out loud, while Ill jUst bet we could not only swing the elections and get this Country back on track, but also swing the media into dumping some of this purported politically correct garbage and hokum that they inundate the populoUs with. What say you? Well, no need to answer now, but do think on it tonight.

Lance Winslow

Author:: Lance Winslow
Keywords:: american voter, Voting, purple fingers, Iraq, mass media, Politics, Nation, Country, Us, middle east
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Creating a Virtual Art Gallery

To the online Artist, it might seem a paradox, at first glance, to hear a recommendation to hold back work. The Artist on the Internet often overproduces and displays their entire body of work. In essence, by placing it for casual viewing, known as shopping the work, devalues its worth by defying the Law of Supply and Demand.

How can the Artist benefit by applying the advantages of the Internet with the successful business practices of the traditional gallery? Let's look at the tra ditional gallery's sales structure.

At the Preview, in an inner gallery, and by invitation only, previously unviewed works are presented to the gallery's selected collectors. The works are tagged as sold, but left for viewing. An aspect of human nature, wanting what one cannot have, has been accommodated as well as a relationship to supply and demand.

To paraphrase Israel A. Kirzner, the, almost, universally accepted theory of supply and demand shapes production and consumption, and is, not only the skeleton, but the flesh and blood of the economic system which determines the Artist's survival in the marketplace.

[The Law of Supply and Demand, by Israel Kirzner At the time of publication Kirzner was an economist at New York University. http://www.libertyhaven.com and The Freeman, a publication o f The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc., January 2000, Vol. 50, No. 1.

The show opens to the general public. As the show closes, unsold works are then considered shopped, since the public has viewed them. Then, they are placed in an outer gallery for the casual onlooker. Those traditions have held true, stemming from the basic nature of human beings and how market prices are determined.

This brings us back to the question of how might the traditional practices be adapted to the Internet? The Artist could, for instance, set up a number of galleries.

The Inner Gallery would contain works previously unseen. A collector might pay a one-time fee, the purpose of which is to discourage window-shoppers. The fee could then be applied to their purchase. Those who purchase are the collectors who go i nto your special Guest Book to receive Preview invitations, thus, eliminating the major pitfall of current Internet based galleries, the window-shopper.

How does one structure a Preview Page? Obviously, for your Preview Page you wouldn't want just anyone dropping in. This could be accomplished through a member login given only to your private collectors. By closely monitoring their login dates, you can determine when the Preview is over and it's time for the show to be opened to the general public.

A Middle Gallery is for works that didn't sell in the Preview, but are only available to those who have registered in the Guest Book and agree to receive future newsletters and updates. Finally, there is an Outer Gallery, that is for browsers and only contains images that have been sold, their price, but never to whom it was sold.

Although there will be many window-shoppers, as the exclusive nature and as the reputation of the site grows, the more exclusive colle ctor will come to the site, sign the Guest Book, and come to the Preview ready to collect.

Perhaps Museum Directors, Curators, Critics and Reviewers could be contacted as well. Given passwords, they could actually look at the work online, without the Artist having to physically move the works as in a land-based gallery. Their reviews could be then added to the Preview Page and the Artist's resume for future use.

Anyone with experience on the Internet knows you can't just create a web site and expect people to show up. The site must be properly marketed as well as have something the web surfer desires. Go to ARTNews and see how the ads are structured. Ask yourself what it is about that ad that makes you want to visit that gallery. What makes it desirable?

Look at the size of the images in the ad. Are they thumbnails or full-size images and details? Collectors want to see brush-strokes and have the monitors to do so. Remember, that the majority of the nation's assets lie in the hands of those over fifty years of age. Many of them wear eyeglasses. Accommodate their eyesight. Bigger is better.

Of course, not all Artists who put up a web site are going to be worth collecting, just as galleries will not find all Artists suitable. Not all collectors will want a given Artist's work. Without demand there are no sales.

Therefore, critical analysis of the web statistics should be carefully monitored. If you get a lot of hits and no sales then the problem is not in the marketing. Conversely, no hits, or very few, would indicate poor marketing. At some point you have to figure whether or not you're no good at marketing or the work is not collectible.

As for meeting with the Artist, the web cam, if not a personal visit, makes for an enjoyable time. With the development of Japanese graphic technology, one day soon the collector and others members of the Art community will view the minute details of the Artist's work in truly a virtual gallery without defying the laws of human nature which drives all mankind.

About The Author

Cynthia Houppert is an Art consultant in Atlanta, Georgia and the author of Art Gallery Safari: Bagging the Big One

(c)2003

cyndij@cowboyenterprises.com

Author:: Cynthia Houppert
Keywords: : Art virtual, Art gallery virtual, Art gallery online, Art online
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The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky was one of the people that make the literature world seem something extraordinary, deep, emotional and if it is possible to say vital. Through his works one can understand things through outliving them. The moment you read the last word of his work and your eyes slowly go up to the true reality and look at the walls of your room something very strange happens inside of you. It feels like you were in another world, on another planet for SO long, that now you do not recognize your own world and if you do it seems very different from what it did before. The tragedy of his works can fill the heArt of every human being and if after you read the book you feel like you have a heArt-ache close to the one you feel when you loose somebody very important in your life it means that the world of Dostoevsky with all its pain has become a pArt of you. His work The Brothers Karamazov touch to the very core and all the messages that you consciously and subconsciously got, begin living their own life in you heArt and mind giving stArt to thought, infernal conflicts and soul sufferings. It is very difficult actually to view anything from the The Brothers Karamazov apArt from the whole plot. Brothers Karamazov appear before us as a strong internal unity with complex plot directions penetrating each other. Therefore, resulting this comes the affectation of any kind of separations and reviews of separate themes from the general picture of the book. Nevertheless, we will try our best in tracking the theme that we are specifically interested in. Before talking about certain aspects concerning The Brothers Karamazov we want to put a little ascent on the author. What kind of a person can arouse all these emotional rebels in different people? This is very important in the further understanding of the issue discussed in this paper. The life of Dostoevsky was very hard and tragic and it is naturally to suppose that the experience he had deeply influe nced his works.

Dostoevsky did not simply know well the contents of the Bible; he spiritually penetrated it since his most early years. His novel is a tragedy. It is the result of his spiritual tragedy and a revelation of the deep mystery of his soul. Everything in The Brothers Karamazov is filled with duality and contradiction. There is also a conflict in his book. The theme of food and drink is also represented by a contradiction in it. The food or drink scenes appear in major scenes of the novel. Another thing that also needs to be mentioned before stArting our analysis is the understanding that Dostoevsky had his own imagery that was brightly denominated in this novel. This, we might say, encoded message may not be seen at once but is still very important. Food and drink appear as a background of the pl ot in the novel, but this background often says what the situation itself could not manage to say. It complements the episode perfectly and through this background Dostoevsky shares as much thoughts with the reader as he does through the plot line. As the religious topic is viewed throughout his whole novel the first example of the significance of food and drink in the novel we will examine from the position of the power of religion for we are going to talk about Alyosha Karamazov, an angel as Dmitri Karamazov would later call him (b.3/c.3). The themes of Dostoevsky in this book are so much connected with religion that a question about Dostoevsky and his belief in paradise on eArth stArts having a really deep meaning. Religion has had a great influence on the peoples traditions and ways in Russia back then and the way the Russians followed the prescription of the Christian church impressed, the way they believed in miracles, this can be seen in the scene of Father Zossima talking to all these women that came from far away to ask him to release their sins. All these traditions concerned food, too. Eating and drinking played a great role, because it was also a tradition that was followed. During the religious feasts people refueled their bodies, made them happy and glorifies God. Food in this case is viewed as a mean of communication of one believer with another believer or even with God. So food and drink are shown from the divine side, not as the things that lead to gluttony, but as an ability to show through the sharing of a meal their love to God and obedience. Alyosha, the youngest from the Karamazov brothers is shown in the book full of religious admiration and love to God, which he learned from Father Zossima. His perception of the outer world is very different. He has no business towards getting something for people and everybody that they like his unusualness in him. When in our contemporary world we see a person who is ready to take his last shirt off just to somebody else with can easily call him Alyosha Karamazov. No matter what he is going to do all his always intentions have a good beginning. He tries hard to bring kindness to people. Father Zossima was very important for him, not only because he was his pupil, but also because he identified himself with Father Zossima. Alyosha lives by the Christian laws Father Zossima teaches him, he followed them, without forgetting a single one. The imagery of food in Alyoshas description appears at a very critical moment for the young men. Father Zossima dies (b.7/c.1), a man that taught him so much that the world of religion to him, showe d that the human being should not be condemned and that to love means to love every single man, and not just the ones that make you good. The image of Father Zossima is something that he secretly, we might even say, worshiped and who was the brightest example for him. And yet death has taken him and stArts touching his body. The sense of the decaying body of his religious elder impressed Alyosha immensely. And here comes the moment when food and drink appears on stage. Alyosha is disappointed by what he sees, and he meets his so-called friend he steps on the wrong way. He feels that it is so unfair that such a man as Father Zossima after death has to go through such a humiliation, from his point of view. His desperateness and the destruction of his ideal make him turn to the human weaknesses. All the monastic vow s are forbidden, and though he still remains kind and loving inside he turns to the religious taboos. Through Rakitin he escapes in vodka and forbidden food. The imagery of food in this case is of a very high importance. Dostoevsky shows that the Alyoshas decline happens first by eating and drinking. Food represents the lightness of a moral fall. And how easy it is possible to achieve it through just eating and drinking. So it is one of the contradictions that Dostoevsky gives in his book The Brothers Karamazov.

The contradictions between the pure Christian view on food as a union with people and God on one side and food as a mean of self-destruction after the loss of ideals on the other. This moment of the book is very deep meaning that influences Alyoshas life entirely. Fortunately, he resurrects his belief in God through love. His love to people has been such so much unforgettable for his own heArt that finally he finds consent with himself. And even despises himself for having been weak. This failure made him strong for him future successes. And at the end we see another repetition of the imagery of food connected with his character. When he was at the wedding feast at Cana connected with the changing water into wine by Christ he felt the love of God as never before. This love overwhelmed him and filled him with something absolutely new and pure. At that very moment he had a vision of a feast in heaven, where God meet all the guests. Here, Alyoshas spiritual resurrection happens through water and wine and continues the food imagery role in the novel. This is one of the brightest and significant uses of the food and drink imagery in the book.

As many significant events in the novel are connected with eating or drinking we will keep focusing on the major ones.

Th e next moment connected with food and drink imagery is the scene when Alyosha comes to his father house in(b.3/c.6).The gathering of the brothers Ivan, Alyosha and their father Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov. Dostoevsky shows Alyosha coming to the house when the dinner is already over. A deep analysis of this aspect may be interpreted as the lack of care from the side of this house and his father in the first place. That he is not expected there. As soon as he comes he understand that his father has been drinking but is not drunk yet. The way his father talks, offers coffee and speaks of food in a manner that implies that it is very important to him. That he likes food and drinking which are physical pleasures. He offers Alyosha coffee from Smerdyakov and asks to tell before hand when he will come the next time so he would have the possibility to give him some fish soup (uha) to try. Though Fyodor Pavlovich is always telling that Alyosha is a good boy but he does not seem to car e about him at all. Instead of a real fathers hug he offers him some coffee and alcohol. On the background through all the conversation alcohol accompanies Karamazov senior. The way he enjoys drinking is seen throughout the whole scene. When alcohol stArts influencing him he stArts talking about things that very shock Alyosha, especially when he stArted talking about women and their mother. Later on he fails to understand that his wife was not only Alyoshas mother, but Ivans mother, too. F yodor Pavlovich is shown in the image of a degradating person, a person that lives only to eat good drink a lot and meet women, no matter how they look like. All of these manifestations are very much spiced by Dostoevsky with plenty of alcohol; it even seems to be floating in it. Drink, in this case is shown as a destruction power that leads to complete personality disintegration. When we ask ourselves the question why is he chose to be killed in the novel, the first answer that comes in mind he was nobody. Alcohol is very important here, for it shows that this man was very weak. And the alcohol that Alyosha chose when he was desperate, the same alcohol Fyodor Pavlovich chooses to make his everyday moments funnier. It is another confirmation of how throughout the satisfaction of physical needs a person looses even a hint to having spiritual values. The theme of alcohol seems to continue in Dmitris despair. Before entering the fathers house Alyosha meets Dmitri who by the i nfluence of alcohol, and being brave enough now tells all the 4,5 thousand money-issue to Alyosha. Here alcohol was a catalyst, such as was Grushenka for Alyosha, to reveal the truth, as Alyosha revealed that what he was doing was wrong. It was alcohol again for a certain reason. During all his life Dmitri his existance was about the struggle between behaving animal-like and decent. And it is possible to assume that Dostoevsky made this alcohol line to show that the son had common weaknesses with his father Fyodor Pavlovich, that he is still the son of his father. Nevertheless, at the end he takes the punishment of another person. Which means that the physical did not win in him and that the human traits did take court. He punished himself but for a better future. There are a lot of other examples that may be reviewed in details but in our opinion we got the main ones that go throughout the entire book.

The significance of the food and drink imagery in The Brothers Ka ramazov by Fyodor M. Dostoevsky has a deeper sense that it may seem form the first sight. As Dostoevsky is considered to be a real psychologist it is obvious that he made a great job in choosing the imagery that would contain encoded messages. This imagery is of a high importance for this book, because throughout the novel, he reveals the true nature of the scenes depicted in the novel. He often uses this imagery as a background, a background that sometimes carries more information that it usually does. The focus on this imagery is necessary if the book is to deeply understood and analyzed. Every single word said by Dostoevsky is not just a word but has a certain aim of using. As you see the example of the food and drink imagery usage is of a great importance for the understanding of the book. Minimizing its significance we minimize the meaning of the novel The Brothers Karamazov as a whole and underestimation of Dostoevskys world perception.

People providing themselve s enough food, and enjoying the spectacles deprive themselves from the main divine grant of a person the liberties of moral choice and possibility to live on their won will. It is shown in The Brothers Karamazov how much the physical aspect enslaves people, making them flabby. Through the food and drink in the novel Dostoevsky achieves the aim of showing how much the physical can destroy the spiritual. How can it worsen what already was bad? And we think this is why he keeps showing these scenes again.

In conclusion it is important to say that of course the novel would not have really lost its extraordinarity without the food and drink imagery, nevertheless without it the essence of the transmitted idea is not complete. The values given in the novel are brightly supported by the same food and drink imagery. The psychological Art of Dostoevsky is famous all over the world. He gets into the depths of subconsciousness of people and researches their emotional lives creating his outstanding characters in The Brothers Karamazov. Dostoevsky by using food and drink imagery in The brother Karamazov saved the initial sense of the novel for us. His analysis in the book the analysis is not limited by individual psychology: it gets into social, household and ethnic psychology. His idea of the possibility of the resurrection of high moral human values and union of the mankind are seen through the whole novel. Dostoevsky by using food and drink imagery in The brother Karamazov saved the initial sense of the novel for us. It is a great book with a great meaning for us, people, who live and love after Fyodor M. Dostoevsky and the imagery in the book is the confirmation that the best messages are not always offered as a plaintext.

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