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About Artist Paula Rego History and his Art Work at the Saatchi-Gallery

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:19:55 -0500

Paula Rego paints a world of dark fairy tale where childhood stories are thin guises for psycho-sexual intrigue and taboo, where magical realism rules, where nothing is certain except the witchy powers of feminism, and the underlying notion that nothing is as it seems.Paula Rego recalls that after the Second World War, German refugees turned up in Estoril in Portugal looking for work. Olga was taken on by a Portugese family to teach her native language to their daughter. They suspected that she had something to hide, but her secret was safe with them.Drawing from her own childhood memories, Paula Rego's work illustrates corrupted folklore, where fairytale and horror converge to portray feminine experience. Recalling childhood visits to the movies with her father, Rego's Snow White series appropriates the Disney story with unnerving fictional and autobiographical twists. In Snow White Playing With Her Father's Trophies, Rego uses the allegory of female vanity to underlie a familial pol...

The Secret Seduction Society Part II

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:34:42 -0500

What is the "Seduction community"?The "Seduction community" is a secret society of chiefly guys who have a mutual interest in improving their social, sexual and romantic skills with women. This improvement is based on a better understanding of social and sexual psychology and body language. This society exists mainly through the Internet and regional groups around the world called "lairs". Members of the these lairs meet up and go out and learn how to seduce women and reciprocate ideas with each other. These events are known simply as "sarges" and guys generally refer to themselves and each other not by their actual names but by nicknames or "handles". The secret society of seducers was started arguable in when the Internet newsgroup called alt.seduction.fast ASF was created. The more skilled members of the community refer to themselves as "pickup artists" PUAs or "master pickup artists" MPUAs and those less knowledgeable as "average frustrated chumps" AFCs. Notable MP...

Job Trend News

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:42:44 -0500

New job trends can make a huge difference in your careeradvancement. Staying on top of the latest job trends can mean afaster and more lucrative career move.For example, we're all familiar with the trend of working fromhome--at least for a few hours a week. Many computer-drivenbusinesses are seeing productivity advances by encouragingcertain types of work from home.Well there is another trend that can impact your job . . .bringing the advantages of home to the workplace.Many organizations are taking the best aspects of home andincorporating them into the workplace. They are recognizing thatwork is becoming home for many employees.For instance, of the best companies offer take-home mealsto liberate workers from having to cook dinner. Or how aboutthis: of those companies offer personal conciergeservices. This allows employees to outsource the details ofbuying flowers and birthday presents . . . or planninganniversary parties or bar mitzvahs.Why?Organizati...

The Secret Seduction Society Part I

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 07:43:54 -0500

If you're like me, and for most guys, being able to attract both beautiful and genuine women is an ability we would all love to have. If you search around the Internet looking for information on seduction theories and help on how to flirt with women. You can get lost among all the adverts and exaggerations of people all proclaiming to have the secrets of how to seduce women. So who are the real masters of seduction?With literally thousands of company's offers all sorts of advice, theories and what seem like outrageous claims. What do you do if you want to master your social skills with the opposite sex? Is there really a secret to how to seduce the woman of your dreams? Or is it all just based on luck, good looks and money?I started my own personal journey to learn and find the answer to the art of seduction many years ago when the Internet was young. Back in my day there wasn't anywhere near as many people offering advice. So the options were small. The mainstream advice of being ni...

The Tyranny of Experts (part II) - Experts and civil society

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:06:42 -0500

Experts are valuable, necessary contributors to our diverse and specialized society. But they cannot and should not be used to constitute or replace civil society. Indeed, the idea that anyone can claim to be a civil society expert is troubling. Civil society needs to be composed of a broad and diverse array of people throughout our societies. The internet offers us an opportunity to radically expand civil society, to debate all of the ideas and ideologies that shape the world, and to publish our speech around the world. We cannot abandon this field to experts, particularly not the much vaunted experts of civil society.What is an expert? Experts and expertise are usually recognized through degrees earned, publications, experience and notoriety. There are good reasons for each of these things. But each of them can also be troubling. If degrees and titles make experts, then we need to carefully, critically examine the curriculum, the quality, and the ideological biases of our degree off...

Japanese Pets

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:50:50 -0500

Literally translated as a "Lucky Bag" or "Fortune Bag", the Fukubukuro is Japan's version of the gift pack, or those food baskets given around the world at Christmastime and the New Year. Of course, as with all things Japanese, this time the humble gift pack or fruit basket has been taken to new heights, in true Japanese-style - bigger, better and well, just better. And, theres also an element of surprise, as the contents of the lucky bag are unknown.Usually out for the New Year, the Fukubukuro is wonderfully varied and comes in all levels of price. You can pick up one for your beloved dog or splash out on one of the "luxury" Fukubukuros. As most shops have it as a marketing and sales ploy in time for the January sales, all you have to decide on is the theme. The price range is usually uniform, but what's fun is that could get lucky and buy a Fukubukuro for ,, only to find that the goods inside your bag is worth more than ,!!!Here are some of last year's faves to giv...

The Freedom to Exist

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:48:03 -0500

The freedome to Exist This article will seem like just good oldplain common sense. Yet, most people in business of givingadvice in dating and seduction are not really addressing it andI know it is a problem for most men.I know it is a problem because I teach workshopseminars acouple of times a month and I see it first hand and this issomething that can save you a lot of time and wasted energy. Some of you have goals and objectives while learning this'Game.' Others just take it one day at a time.If you are going to set objectives in this game, make sure atthe very top is the freedom to exist. Well, what the heck does that mean?It means if you are going to set up goals for yourself, youreventual goal is to believe so strongly in yourself that you canwalk up to anyone and be comfortable. Sounds simple, doesn't it? And yet, it is so difficult.This is not a goal that is achieved over night. It takes timeand effort and you must work towards it. I have met and wingedwith so...

Can We Talk? I Mean Honestly? I've Got Some Good News and A

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:22:10 -0500

Dee Scrip ' All rights reserved..Have you ever found an incredible buy somewhere and couldn'twait to rush home and call all your friends to tell them aboutit? It is such great news and you know it will save them a tonof money. .Or have you ever been warned about a sinister personlurking under someone's car at night waiting for their nextvictim to arrive? You are so concerned that you feel impelled towarn all your friends as soon as possible so they won't become acasualty because of lack of knowledge.Well, if your answer is 'yes' to either one of these questions,perhaps you can relate to what I am about to tell you'You see, I've found the most awesome bargain since AlexanderGraham Bell first invented the telephone! And I can hardlycontain myself from sharing it with you because I know once youtry it out, you are going to absolutely love it, and especiallysince it will save you a ton of money.Well, here it is! Some ingenious person combined the featuresand convenien...

Vouchers --- Parents, Don't Depend On Them

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:54:30 -0500

Vouchers, which give tax money to parents to pay for tuition inprivate schools, sound good in theory. The problem is thatvoucher programs are few and very far between. The Supreme Courtdeclared vouchers constitutional in , but currently onlythirteen cities or states have created voucher or education taxcredit programs. Some of these voucher programs are tax credit programs, whetherpersonal or corporate, and cover only a fraction of tuitioncosts. The voucher programs have various restrictions that limittheir benefits to a relatively small number of children such asthe Florida programs that are limited to disabled students or toschools that get an 'F' grade. Also, many of these programs payonly part of the tuition costs. In the 'tuitioning' programs inMaine and Vermont, most eligible kids simply transfer to publicschools in other towns. In effect, these programs barely scratch the surface '- theyonly help a tiny fraction of the approximately million schoolchildr...

Vouchers --- Parents, Don't Depend On Them

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:19:56 -0500

Vouchers, which give tax money to parents to pay for tuition inprivate schools, sound good in theory. The problem is thatvoucher programs are few and very far between. The Supreme Courtdeclared vouchers constitutional in , but currently onlythirteen cities or states have created voucher or education taxcredit programs. Some of these voucher programs are tax credit programs, whetherpersonal or corporate, and cover only a fraction of tuitioncosts. The voucher programs have various restrictions that limittheir benefits to a relatively small number of children such asthe Florida programs that are limited to disabled students or toschools that get an 'F' grade. Also, many of these programs payonly part of the tuition costs. In the 'tuitioning' programs inMaine and Vermont, most eligible kids simply transfer to publicschools in other towns. In effect, these programs barely scratchthe surface 'they only help a tiny fraction of the approximately million school children ...