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A fun idea for a Halloween costume this year might be to dress as a member of that most venerable of 1970’s rock and roll bands, KISS. Most people think of the crazy makeup and Gene Simmons’ tongue when they think of KISS, but there’s a little more involved in making a KISS costume work than just that. You can find a lot of KISS Halloween costume ideas at 70scostume.org.

For example, to get the makeup right, you’ll need to get both the makeup and a good quality picture of the band member you want to emulate. Almost everyone is going to want to go with the Gene Simmons makeup, as he was the most famous member of the band, but it might be fun to go with the Starman or Catman makeup instead. Luckily, the makeup that’s required is mostly just black and white, which is inexpensive and easily found.

The other aspect of a KISS costume that you’ll want to consider is the hair. All of the members of the band had long black hair. If you already have long hair, you might consider just dying it black. Another, less drastic and more temporary, option is to buy a wig of some kinda. I’m okay with either option.

The toughest aspect of the KISS costume to pull off is the black leather costume. Leather is hot, and honestly, it doesn’t look that good on most people. To pull off wearing a black leather outfit, you really need to be in reasonably good physical condition. Most of the people who remember KISS are too old to pull of the leather outfit well, but if you’ve taken care of yourself and can pull it off, you should go for it.

If you can find three more guys who are willing, you can dress as the entire band.

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1) Oyster card wallets are ordinarily mass-produced in PVC and obtainable in blue, red, purple or teak colors. They have pouches to accomodate a oyster card and also 2 complementary card expansion slots on the cover. You can also use them for keeping credit cards and photographs. You can create a great impression by passing them out to your fantastic guests, employees or acquaintances.

2) It is a fantastic value promotional item for your aimed audience and arrives in a outstanding range of different colors and blueprints. It is anti-fade and prepared of moisture repellent and water resistant textiles. Oyster card holders will make a fantastic impact, when handed out to your work colleagues, customers, relations or even acquaintances on their special social occasions.

3) Oyster wallets can assist you keep all of your important cards or train tickets together in one safe and convenient point. They are crafted from functional PVC plastic and accept charge plate slots and central note pocket. They look cool and glorious and grant a great chance to make an powerful stamp. You can either present them to your customers, admirers, designates or staff, for valuing them for their work. They will really make you leap out higher up the crowd and are perfect for your own private purpose, too.

4) They are graceful and cost effective objects, and are obtainable in a good range of colorings and sizings. Their brilliant colorings will make it favorable for you to find them in your handbag or breif-case. They also have a logotype embossed on the front. They are one of the most modern promotional wares and grant a great means of maximizing your merchandising budget.

5) They are used for all standard journey passes, a driver’s licence or an oyster card. These items can be welded to your own demands to allow for modification of the back or to bestow additional wallets. They can also be designed to fit the vogue and design of the ticket or oyster card and can be personalized to assist you fit your company’s demand and fulfill your customer’s demands.

Cuban artistry is a diverse multiethnic blending of African, European and North American aesthetic design mirroring the various demographic of the island. Artists from Cuba embraced European modernism and the early part of the 20th century witnessed an expansion in Cuban vanguardism movements; these movements were identified by an assortment of modern aesthetic styles. Illustrious Cuban creatives were likely to come from the earlier part of the 1900s.

Perhaps the most legendary piece of art to come out of the island of Cuba was THAT shot of Che Guevara (photo by Alberto Korda) which was to become maybe one of the most noted images of the last century.

The native Cuban art cause accumulated some pace after the opening of the art academy (San Alejandro) back in 1818, which was built to gratify the European taste of the bourgeoisie population of Cuba. Towards the end of the 19th century, landscape paintings were very popular within the art movement of Cuba and classicalism was still the preferred genre.

Nevertheless, the pioneering Cuban contemporary artists of the 1920s had estranged the theoretical rules of the national art academy of Cuba. During their genesis, numerous artists had lived in Paris, where they studied and ingested the founding rules of surrealism, cubism, and modernist primitivism. Once back in Cuba, they became dedicated to innovative artistic methods and were keen to blend this new artistic tendency with a Cuban influence. The vanguardia Cuban artists attained worldwide recognition only as recently as 2003 when the Museum of Modern Art exhibited the the Modern Cuban Painting show.

Records indicate that soap making began as far back as 2,800 B.C. Inscriptions discovered on the sides of clay cylinders excavated from the ruins of ancient Babylon describe the boiling of fats with ashes. Unfortunately the inscriptions do not describe the use of the mixture.

Ancient Egyptians are known to have bathed regularly, a medical Papyrus from about 1,500 B.C. describes the mixture of oils with alkaline salts to form a soap-like mixture used both for washing and treating skin conditions.

According to an ancient Roman legend, soap got its name from Mount Sapo, where the practice of animal sacrifice was carried out. It is said that the rain then washed the mixture of animal fat and ashes down through the clay soil into river Tiber, where women found that the mixture made their washing cleaner and did so with much less effort.

Today the chemical reaction resulting from the combination of fats or oils with an alkaline is still called saponification.

By the seventh century soap making had become an established craft in Europe. Trade secrets were closely guarded by soap maker guilds which developed during the period. Vegetable and animal oils were used with ashes of plants, and fragrances were added. Gradually more varieties of soap became available for bathing, laundering, shaving and shampooing.

Gary Everson is the Soap Business Guru. In his new e-book: “Soap Making for Profit” he describes in clear, step by step terms how to turn an enjoyable and creative hobby into a profitable business.

Copyright © 2006 Gary Everson

Poetry is very much an art. That means that writing poetry entails exploration and practice. More than that, though, the exploriation involved in writing poetry can be very enlightening. There are words that come easily to us, then there are those that take finesse, thought, and persistence to find. Those are the words that can oftentimes be burried beneath your skin, deep behind the emotional conext of a larger situation.

There are many shades to each word, just as there are shades of each primary color that a painter uses. Sadness, for examples, is a word that is so large, that it cannot possible mean the same thing for every situation. That is why a poet uses images, figurative language, and other poetic skills to slice away at adjectives and abstract language. The poet digs between the meaning of certain words, and looks to unearth a meaning that does not exist in conventional language.

Exploring ways to define the different shades of words is an experience that, whether you write poetry simply for therapy, or you write poetry in hopes of one day being published, will help you to reach a direct path to heightened awareness. You will become more aware of your own thoughts, how you perceive them, and you will learn to read the meaning of simple objects and situations in your every day life.

Here are some basic exercises to get you thinking honestly about your writing.

Rewrite a classical poem using your own point of view. Play with perspective. Write it from the point of view of someone you know, or write it as a response to the original author.

Write a poem about yourself, but don’t show it to anyone. Here’s a basic template. Feel free to rewrite the lines, and don’t answer the blanks by writing the obvious. You should come up with something that resembles a poem, and perhaps if you are clever enough with the manipulation of it, it could very well be a poem. This exercise isn’t designed to create a masterpiece, rather, it is designed to show you the kind of poet you are.

When you are finished with this piece, not only will you see some details about yourself in general, but you can look at the way you manipulated the exercise to see a certain style. Ask yourself these questions: What kind of metaphors did I use? Did I completely change the direction it seemed this exercise was supposed to take me? How did I restructure the lines? Did I add rhyme?

I Am: an exercise in poetic self actualization

My name is (first name).

When I was (child age) I […].

When I was (older age) I […].

I’ve always wanted to […],

but when I turned (age), I […].

My thoughts are like a […],

they [verb] like […].

My skin is […]

I’m wrapped in a […].

I ripped myself from […],

when I was (age).

Even when I turned (age),

I knew that […],

I know for sure that […].

Now I […].

I am […],

(Last name).

Write a letter to some object. Throughout our daily routines, there are objects that we see that have some kind of effect on us. Of course letters and special momentos have significant meaning for us, but have you ever been caught up in thought about a particular item that doesn’t fit into the momento category? That’s what you will write a letter to.

Again, this exercise isn’t designed to create a masterpiece. It is more of a self-defining process. As with the other exercises, you might end up with something that could be considered a good poem, but the idea is to make you see how you observe the things around you. Keep a notebook handy with you throughout the next day, week, or month. The next time you drive to work, take your kids to the park, or go to a grocery store, keep mindful of the way you percieve ordinary things.

In summary, there really is no such thing as good or bad poetry, only undiscovered poetry. Simply writing down what you think sounds poetic won’t reach the audience, and it won’t do anything for you. You do need to dig around, scratch your skin until it bleeds. Then and only then will a true poem surface.

The process of writing one poem may take you a day, or it may take you a year. Finding the rawness of your poetry is as enlightening as discovering the meaning of life.

Devrie Paradowski is the author of “A Ray Squeezed Through,” http://www.lulu.com/content/139977 a weird combination of dirt smudged poetry, failed attempts at self discovery, and awesome mistakes. Visit her literary website at http://www.literaryescape.com or chance a visit at the poetry exercise website, http://www.poetryexercises.org