I love sea and shells

Make Women Laugh

It's not only what you say that makes women laugh,
but how and when you say it.

14/2: World Marriage Day & Valentine's Day

Each year World Marriage Day is celebrated on the Sunday closest to Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14). This year, the two coincide. Of course, you’re interested in how you can improve your own marriage.

Once you’ve exchanged flowers and candy, try one to take a Marriage Quiz. Are you and your spouse soul mates? Do you make good traveling companions? Can you read your spouse’s moods? These quizzes make great discussion-starters.

Good luck! ;)

Piece of mind

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 - 1799)

NOBU ATLANTIS - Award wining resto

Nobu is one of the most important restaurant in New York and not only, as there are Nobu's all over the world. Of course, Nobu NY, has become a Manhattan institution and a gold standard for Japanese-fusion cooking.
The Tribeca location is the flagship of the Nobu New York trio. Its soaring, zen-inspired dining room, modern and innovative take on Japanese food, and high-wattage clientele are perfect for a power lunch.

Nobu restaurant opened lately also at the hotel "Atlantis The Palm" in Dubai. Have a look at the picture below and leave your imagination fly with your taste!

Letting Go...

“The love of liberty is the love of others.
The love of power is the love of ourselves.”


- William Haslett

Beginner Tips for SEO

Have a look at the below videoclip to learn how your Web site will come out at the top of the search engines!

Cancer survivor Kathleen speaks of her Mary miracle

JACQUELINE MALEY - January 11, 2010 - 3:05PM
(photo from here)

The middle-aged Maitland mother whose cure from cancer was attributed to the miraculous intercession of Mother Mary Mackillop today spoke about her experience for the first time.
Kathleen Evans, 66, whose anonymity has been zealously guarded until now, spoke at the Mary MacKillop chapel in North Sydney this afternoon about her incredible survival.
Surrounded by her husband Barry, family members and sisters from the Josephite Order, the mother of five, grandmother of 20 and great-grandmother of two, told how she had smoked since the age of 16 but had given up in 1990, three years before she got the devastating news that at 49 she had cancer.
The tumour, in her right lung, was particularly aggressive and quickly spread to her glands. Within a few months a secondary cancer was found on her brain.
She was told it was inoperable and that chemotherapy and X-ray treatment were considered pointless.
"Besides," she said, "the odds were just not worth it.
"‘I was only given a couple of months at the most to live so I said thanks but no thanks.
"All I had left was prayer."
A friend in the Hunter Valley gave her a picture of Mary MacKillop and a piece of her clothing, so Ms Evans, her family and her parish all began praying.
"I'm not one to be on my knees all the time or think I'll go to hell if I miss Mass," she said. But she is a regular churchgoer.
Far from getting worse, her condition improved and after four months her doctor called for more tests "because, as he said, I just shouldn't be here".
Ten months after her original diagnosis, she was told there was no sign of any cancer - just some scarring where the tumours had been.
She left her home town five years ago and has been travelling around Australia to keep a low profile while the canonisation process takes its course.
She said she talks to Mackillop all the time and hopes to go to Rome for the ceremony.
In December her recovery was formally recognised as MacKillop's second miracle, clearing the way for her canonisation, which is expected to occur in Rome this year.
The campaign for MacKillop's canonisation began in 1926, 17 years after her death.
In 1995 her first miracle - the cure in 1961 of a woman with terminal leukaemia - was accepted by the Vatican and she was beatified.
Several other high-profile victims of illness or accident have attributed their recovery at least in part to MacKillop's help.
The Catholic family of burns victim Sophie Delezio credits her medical progress to MacKillop.
When Irishman David Keohane woke from an eight-month coma following an assault in Sydney, his family attributed his recovery to months of prayers to MacKillop.

9 warm wishes for Merry Christmas & a happy new year

9 is the number of all numbers. In order to understand 9 universal effect, add together the numbers from 1 to 8: (1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8). The answer is 36. Add the 3 and the 6 together, and you have 9. Add 9 to 9 and you have 18. Then add the 1 and the 8 together, and you’re back to 9. This is the only number that works in such a mysterious way.

So, for the new year my wishes are 9 xxxxxxxxx

David Guetta feat. Estelle - One Love

Leona Lewis set for No1 album

Leona Lewis is on course to claim her second No1 album.
The singer sold more than 50,000 copies of Echo when it was released on Monday.

JLS and Robbie Williams are the next best sellers. Then QUEEN are doing well with their compilation Absolute Greatest, which shifted 25,000 on Monday - partly thanks to an X Factor weekend in their honour.

The X Factor juggernaut is steaming ahead in the singles chart too. The cover of Michael Jackson's "You Are Not Alone" - performed by all 12 of the talent show finalists on last Sunday's show - has sold more than 82,000 copies after just one day.

Read more: here

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1 in 6 people on the planet don’t have access to safe, clean drinking water

Right now, 1.1 billion people on the planet don't have access to safe, clean drinking water. That's one in six of us.

Watch this video here
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Keeping Up with the Kardashians

After a whirlwind romance Khloe Kardashian walks down the aisle with LA Laker star Lamar Odom.

The nudist colony

A man joined a very exclusive nudist colony in Oklahoma . On his first day he took off his clothes and started to wander around the area. A gorgeous petite blonde walked by, and the man immediately got an erection. The woman noticed his erection, came over to him and asked, 'did you call for me?'
The man replied, 'No, what do you mean?'
She said, 'You must be new here. Let me explain. It's a rule here that if you get an erection, it implies you called for me.' Smiling, she led him to the side of the swimming pool, laid down on a towel eagerly pulled him to her and happily let him have his way with her.
Later, the man continued to explore the colony's facilities. He entered the sauna and as he sat down, he farted. Within seconds a huge, hairy man lumbered out of the steam room toward him.
'Did you call for me? ' asked the hairy man.
'No, what do you mean?' replied the newcomer.
'You must be new.' answered the hairy man, 'It's a rule that if you fart, it implies that you called for me.' The huge man easily spun him around, put him over a bench and had his way with the newcomer.
The newcomer staggered back to the colony office where he was greeted by a smiling, naked receptionist, 'May I help you?' she asked.'Here's my membership card.. You can have the key back and you can keep the $500.00 membership fee..'
But, Sir,' she replied, 'you've only been here a few hours. You haven't had a chance to see all our facilities.'
'Listen lady, I'm 68 years old. I only get an erection once a month, but I fart about 15 times a day.
I'm outta here.'

Making Money Takes Practice

Making money takes practice, just like playing the piano takes practice. No one expects anyone to be any good at the piano unless they’ve put in lots practice.
Same with making money. The more you practice the better you get. Eventually making money is as easy for you as piano is for someone who’s been playing for 10 years.

The World’s Fastest and Most Convenient High-Capacity USB Flash Drive

The Voyager GT 128 breaks through with a spacious 128GB of storage and blazing speed. Using a unique dual-controller design, the Voyager GT delivers read and write speeds near the limits of the USB bus. Nearly 75% smaller than a typical portable USB hard disk drive, the Flash Voyager GT 128 is the most convenient way to transport huge amounts of data, including high-resolution photos and artwork, HD video footage, massive databases, or even entire music collections.

Price: $400

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- The Voyager GT 128 has no moving parts, making it virtually shockproof

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Ladurée Royale & Les Macarons

Ladurée Royale in Paris
This tea salon created in 1862 and decorated with wainscoting and frescos depicting angelic pastry chefs and voluptuous ladies, became a favorite address for people from all walks of life. Since then the tea room’s habitués have rubbed shoulders with tourists and personalities from the world over.

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Blue roses to debut in Japan

The rose has a very long history; it was first cultivated by ancient civilizations 5,000 years ago, and more than 25,000 varieties have been produced since then, in such colors as red, pink, white, and yellow. One color that had proved impossible, however, was blue. The pigment that makes some other flowers blue is called delphinidin, but roses lack the genes to produce it.

Santory makes it true at 3 November 2009 in Tokyo.

Summer 2008

At this picture, you can see my hands placing the Greek salad and feta cheese at the table of a taverna. It was taken by my boyfriend in a seaside view restaurant at Agia Marina in Attica.

You see: Summer without ouzo... isn't a Greek one! Cheers!!!

Ben Gunn, a prison blogger that won't be silenced

BEN'S PRISON BL0G is the only blog by a serving British prisoner. Ben is in prison for 30 years for a crime that he had commited when he was 14 years old. Ι wonder... wasn't it enough? Now, he is a 44 years old mature man that he has become a writer, a blogger, a reasearcher!

Looking stupidity and ignorance in the eye whilst attempting to inject some neurons into the criminological debate. As British prisoners are denied internet access, I post via the Royal Mail and the kind efforts of friends.

That the Ministry of Justice and Prison Service have embarked on a course of activity in an effort to disrupt my blog only reinforces my view that I was right to intrude on the public. That the MoJ and the HMPS have the brass neck to portray themselves as guardians of the law while traducing it reveals the very underbelly of criminal justice morality that my blog wishes to illustrate.
Ben Gunn, Guardian. Monday September 14th, 2009

Please do read below what was written by a friend of his for his personality :

Ben Gunn is a widely recognised face on the prison landings, having wandered through the prison system for 30 years. Pleading guilty to the murder of a friend at the age of 14, he has consistently fought for the recognition of the inherent dignity of all human beings. As a result, he has served decades longer than expected. Ben chose the route of education to alter his life and empower himself. He specialises in conflict resolution and jailhouse law on the landings. At present he is engaged in research towards a PhD, focused upon the role of Human Needs Theory in prison conflicts. Ben writes regularly for the prisoner’s national newspaper Inside Time (http://www.insidetime.org/) and is well known for his challenging views.He is also a proponent of non-violent political activism, having spent a lifetime resisting the worst excesses of State abuses of prisoners. He recently became General Secretary of the Association of Prisoners, arguing that change in the penal system rests in the hands of prisoners themselves.

"A little rebellion now and then is a good thing" - Thomas Jefferson.