Contemporary Sparring Matches

The Folded Napkin (The early a.m. A thin coat of  ice had formed on the Lake after temps. dropped at night. This resulted in ice designs. ) Have you met Madi? Yesterday, she entered the house, not her's, or the one  where we catch a moment of repose and reflection among family or friends, beyond the sparring matches of our own lives. The rest on soft cushions intricate in their...

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John Masters " Venus of Konpara" is a lovely Statement of Sexuality and Life in British India

John Masters was an Anglo Indian writer who brought the Raj alive in many of his books. A master story teller he would pick diverse themes and illustrate them by his stories. Venus of Konpara was his last book on India and the Raj and was published in 1960. In this book John recounts a masterful tale and brings out the clash between the old and the new. He also differentiates between Dravidian culture...

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Hillside water slide in Switzerland

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Tourette Syndrome- The Intruder

    Tourette Syndrome is a silent intruder disrupting a persons life until death. Imagine what happens  when your brain doesn’t work quite right and it is not regulating your body's movements, when we lose  control of our speech and involuntary sounds such as barking, screaming, grunts, and even words spew out.    Tourette Syndrome is the disorder- it is not a disease but a chemical imbalance in the brain. It is misdiagnosed and many people go  untreated through out their life usually deemed “weird, strange, or odd”.   Tourette ‘s is the second most common genetic disorder producing involuntary tics and  behavioral problems. Depression, sleep disorders,...

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Beware of Paul Ryan's Budget

  Hours ago House Republicans pushed through a horrible and with hope ill-fated budget proposal called “ The Path to Prosperity” by Paul Ryan for 2015.  Ryan, is chairman of the House Budget Committee since 2011 and ...

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Alterations

 Alterations: Metarealism Explored in this digital image. Entering the new place, a town in this case,  is like trying on the latest outfit that boasts an original style and a careful, creative combination of designs. The "garment" is hand stitched with a colorful repertoire of silken threads along the cuff and or over the heart for a decorative and poignant sense of town spirit....

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Deadly Ebola Outbreak

  The Ebola outbreak has claimed over 100 lives and maybe more in the counties of Guinea and Liberia in the Western Countries of Africa. Ebola is a deadly virus that causes hemorrhagic (bleeding) fever and has been thought to be present in animals, the first Ebola virus was discovered in humans during an outbreak in Zaire in 1976.  Ebola is usually spread via the blood or secretions of an infected person.    The symptoms of a person being infected are hemorrhagic fevers, are flulike with headache, nausea,  fatigue, vomiting, diarrhea and internal bleeding. the symptoms may be mild and taper off after a  few days or may become increasingly severe. Not all cases progress to the hemorrhaging stage and  the death rate varies with the disease. Treatments are maintaining body fluids, and blood pressure. The death rate of Ebola can be as high as 90%. ID...

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Remedies for Sinus Infections

The nasal sinuses are connected to the nasal cavity, and a common cold can spread into the  nasal sinuses causing inflamed mucous membranes that can lead to an infection.   The nasal passageway that connects the sinuses to the nasal cavity is narrow and is easily obstructed   ...

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Halle Berry, Controversy, Swordfish and Nudity

Halle Berry deserves her place in the sun, for the simple reason that she is a woman with Negroid blood. I say this only because for a hundred years of Hollywood, the Negro actress never got her due. All the roles that were given to her were of a maid or a nanny on a plantation in the deep south. Good roles never came the way of negro actresses. Halle did well and from Bond girl to other roles like...

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An Engma: How did the Czar Nicholas II and Family Die and did any Survive

Mystery of the Murder of the Romonofs and role of Lenin One of the mysteries that have fascinated me is the killing of the Russian Tsar and his family at the hand of the Bolsheviks. I am intrigued that whether Lenin himself had ordered the execution or not. Did he have a hand and did the Bolshevik firing squad act on the orders of Lenin? We do know that Tsar Nicholas was an incompetent man and his...

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