Posted: under "LOVE is LOVELY", "YUMMY FOOD FOR THOUGHT".
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Happiness is found in life itself!!!!
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“Happiness is inward
and not outward;
and so it does not
depend on what
we have,
but on what we are”
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– Henry van Dyke
May 02 2011
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW", "LOVE is LOVELY".
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Engagements of the Year … 2010!
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Prince William and Kate Middleton
After eight years of dating, Prince William popped the question during a Kenyan vacation in October. Middleton, who now wears Princess Diana’s sapphire engagement ring, will walk down the aisle April 29, 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London.
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Keith Britton and Zoe Saldana
After 10 years of dating, Britton popped the question in June — but Saldana prefers to keep their engagement private. “She doesn’t even introduce him as her fiancé,” a source said. “She likes to keep her personal life to herself and wants people to focus on her as an actress.”
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Simon Cowell and Mezhgan Hussainy
The former American Idol judge proposed to the makeup artist in February. “I’m smitten with Mezghan. I think she’s The One,” Cowell said before presenting Hussainy with an estimated $750,000 ring. “You know when you’ve found somebody very special.”
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Niecy Nash and Jay Tucker
The couple first announced their engagement at a small party with friends and family in September. “I cannot believe that God has been this kind that he would gift me this man,” Nash gushed of Tucker. The lovebirds will tie the knot in May 2011.
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Shannon Brown and Monica
The singer met her future fiancé when he played her love interest in the video for her song “Love All Over Me.” Engaged in October, Monica said she and the L.A. Lakers player are “realistic” about their future and “know who we are.”
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Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson
After the news of their engagement was broken in November, Simpson hinted that their wedding
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Apr 01 2011
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW".
Tags: actor, actress, Apollo, awards, beauty, bracelet, celebrity, concert, designer, diamonds, dinner, fashion, film, France, gold, gown, hairdo, hairstyle, Hollywood, Italy, jewelry, London, magazine, model, movie, New York City, Paris, party, pumps, show, smiles, style, time, woman
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Halle Berry
In Gucci at the Silver Rose gala and auction in Beverly Hills; in Kaufman Franco at the Golden Globes in Beverly Hills; in Reem Acra at Spike TV’s Scream Awards in L.A.
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Eva Mendes
In Salvatore Ferragamo at Variety’s 2nd Annual Power of Women Luncheon in Beverly Hills; in Atelier Versace at the Little White Lies premiere in Rome; in Prada at The Other Guys afterparty in London.
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Jennifer Lopez
In Gianfranco Ferré at an Apollo Theater benefit concert in NYC; in Zuhair Murad Couture at the Costume Institute Gala in NYC; in Gianfranco Ferré at The Back-Up Plan premiere in L.A.
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Jessica Alba
In Marc Jacobs outside the Late Show With David Letterman studios in NYC; in Balmain at the Machete premiere in L.A.; in
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Mar 30 2011
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Tousled hair and bright eyes
At a recent news conference, Michelle flaunts a wavy hairstyle and her famously sculpted brows, signature work of Grimes-Myles.
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Mar 11 2011
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", "LOVE is LOVELY".
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Writer Gary Jennings said this: “Love and time, those are the only
two things in all the world and all of life, that cannot be bought,
but only spent.”
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I love that. And HOW I spend my love and time is what it is all
about.
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My work and interests require me to spend probably an inordinate
amount of time in front of my computer. At least according to my
wife Bev.
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She and I were talking one day about death and funerals and what to
do with each other’s remains. I asked. “What will you do with my
body? Burial? Cremation?”
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She answered, “I think I’ll just have you stuffed and propped up in
your chair by the computer. That way when I walk through the room I
won’t even notice that you’re gone.”
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I got the point - too much computer time. And how I spend my time
and my love is all important.
. The question I ask myself is this: “Do I generously and freely give
love and time away - and especially to those closest to me?”
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Charles Francis Adams was the United States ambassador to Great
Britain during the Lincoln administration. He had the habit of
keeping a daily diary. He also taught his son Brooks the value of
journaling his activities in a diary.
. One memorable day, eight-year-old Brooks recorded, “Went fishing
with my father, the most glorious day of my life.” It must have been
a glorious day, for the next forty years Brooks repeatedly mentioned
it in his diary. It became a life-long memory.
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Dec 31 2010
Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish Korner", "Jazzy REGGAE ~ Irie Riddim".
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Tribute to the Reggae Legend
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Gregory dies at 59; Jamaican singer pioneered reggae style known as lovers rock
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One of the genre major stars in the 1970’s, the ‘Cool Ruler’ had a polished sound and lyrics that focused on tales of love. He was also known for his designer suits.
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Gregory Isaacs, the Jamaican singer who pioneered the style of reggae music known as lovers rock and became one of the genre’s major stars in the 1970s, has died. He was 59.
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Isaacs died Monday at his home in London, according to his manager, Copeland Forbes. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer last year.
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Known as the “Cool Ruler,” as he styled himself in the title of a 1978 album, Isaacs cut a dapper figure in his designer suits and silk shirts — an image suited to a style of music that emphasized romantic yearning over reggae’s more traditional themes of spiritual and political transformation.
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“I’d say he’s one of the three geniuses I’ve known in the reggae music business, and I’ve known everyone,” said Gary Himelfarb, who recorded several Isaacs albums for his Washington, D.C.-based RAS Records label in the 1990s.
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“Gregory was the kind of person who could walk through a room of 20 people and come out the other side and tell you what everybody was wearing,” added Himelfarb, whose professional name is Doctor Dread. “He could sit at a piano and compose incredible tunes. He was really brilliant. He was on a whole other level than your typical Jamaican artist.”
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Isaacs was born in Kingston on July 15, 1951, and grew up in Denham Town. In school, he enjoyed reading, composition and painting, and at home he listened to American R&B on his family’s radio.
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Gregory Isaacs
July 15, 1951 - Oct 25, 2010
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Oct 25 2010