tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65842700570884805172024-03-14T02:02:17.676-07:00My Lovely DreamsCaRizAngeLahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052650768931001854noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584270057088480517.post-37773053955070274522009-03-12T01:57:00.000-07:002009-03-12T02:20:00.057-07:00You And Me Videos<object width="480" height="295"><script type="text/javascript"><!--<br />google_ad_client = "pub-5248638765038339";<br />/* 728x90, created 3/12/09 */<br />google_ad_slot = "2303185431";<br />google_ad_width = 728;<br />google_ad_height = 90;<br />//--><br /></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"<br />src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"><br /></script><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dUi2gbhP_mU&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dUi2gbhP_mU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" 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height="344"></embed></object>CaRizAngeLahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052650768931001854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584270057088480517.post-42634811176482219562009-03-12T01:12:00.000-07:002009-03-12T02:01:24.771-07:00Love is Poem of our Heart<h1>Love Me with the Lights On</h1> <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Stay with me</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">I grow softer at your touch</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">warm eyes, warm skin</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">and heartbeats that rush.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">show me how</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">love should be shared</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">hands holding me close,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">tangling my hair,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">not asking much</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">no questions,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">just</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">breathing...</span><br /><br /><h1>A Story From the Heart</h1> <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">I once heard a story straight from the heart</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">About a girl and how her world began to fall apart</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">It all started when she met the boy that made her life complete</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Just thinking of him made her heart skip a beat</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">They were the couple everyone wanted to be</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">There were no imperfections as either one could see</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">As the weeks passed they fell more in love and were less aware</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Of how often life turns out to be unfair</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Until one day she finally gave in</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">She realized there was no way she could win</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">She said I'm sorry but i have to let you go</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">As he reached for her hand she pulled away whispering no</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">When she turned around a tear slid down her cheek</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">He just stood there speechless, forgetting how to speak</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">The next few days were the hardest at home</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">She truly felt she was all alone</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Her mom pushed in her face how she had won</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Her dad said "i knew he was just another one"</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Her sister said "come on you'll be ok"</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">And her brother just tried to stay away</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">At school it was like her friends weren't even there</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">None of them seemed to really care</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Her life had no more color, just black and white</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Even getting out of bed turned into a fight</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Despite their tries things just weren't like before</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Then he decided "i don't wanna try anymore"</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">At that she tried to cut him out</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">But the more she ignored him the more her feelings began to shout</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">When she saw him that day she could no longer just walk by</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">And before she knew it her mouth opened up and out came "hi"</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">He looked up and said "so now we're talking?"</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">She just smiled and join his walking</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Everyday they talked a little more</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">And everyday she began to like him a little less then before</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">As the months passed by she became more and more aware</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">About how its ok life's unfair</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Because eventually everything becomes your past</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">But your memories will always last</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">And with that i hope you see</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Not all love is meant to be</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">But hold on and don't give in</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Stand tall, hold up your chin</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">And believe me when i say</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">The right one will come one day</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">He'll open your eyes to things you couldn't ever see</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">I know this because..this is a story all about me...</span><br /><br /><h1>I love you<br /></h1> <p> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Sweet baby I</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">love you for real</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">I can't explain</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">just how I feel</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">You are to me</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">a special love</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">And the love I</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> feel is from above</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">To never hurt you</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">is my true desire</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Yet right now</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">my heart is on fire</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">It burn in away</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">I can't explain</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Completely different</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">from other pains</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">It's sadness</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">yet joyful too</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Devastated</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">yet hopes crushed</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Still strongly unbearable</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">yet copes</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Baby I love you </span></p><br /><h1>One Wish</h1> <span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">If I had one wish.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">If one desire could come true.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">If I had one wish.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">My wish would be you.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">If I could choose.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">I would stay in your arms forever.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Our hearts would fuse.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">And our love would become an endeavor.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">I would wish for you to stay with me.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">For you to be my love.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">You would be my hearts key.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Forever my angel, my dove.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Forever is a long time.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">To require in a single command.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">I will write our love in a rhyme.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">For it would be my demand.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">I would ask of this.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Only with your permission.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Lost in a kiss.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Our love is my ambition.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">So I wished upon the star.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">The star that reminded me most of you.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">My actions seemed bizarre.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">But this wish I had to pursue.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">If I had one wish.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">My wish would be you.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">And since I made that wish.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">My wish has come true...</span><br /><h1>To soon to say i love you...<br /></h1> <div id="content_box"><p> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Touch of your hand, look on your face.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Lets me know, you're not a disgrace</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Holding me close and never letting go,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Reminds me of feels, you would see in a tv show.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">This is right, I can feel it so pure</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">I"m just afraid you'll leave me here.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">We've gotten so close, than what we expected</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">You have showed me what it's like to be respected.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Kiss of your lips, is so nice</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Gives me chills, like I'm covered in ice.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">I'm starting to fall, but i know it's to soon</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">I guess i'll have to wait till a full moon.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Your hands on my body, so soft to the touch</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Makes me wonder is this love?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">But like i said, it's way to soon</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">I should wait, till a cow jumps over the moon. </span></p></div><br /><h1>Too Late</h1> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">The sun may raise tomorrow</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">And with it the feel of your lips depart</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Sadness may sweep down</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">And the jagged spikes will kill my heart</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">A hand may run through your perfect hair</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Perhaps it shall be the shadow of mine</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Where in that place we may have met</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">And kindly our souls did intertwine</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Stories may tell of a sacred love</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">And this could be an enchanted spell</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">That may captivate those who stay</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">And perhaps I shall be the last who fell</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Trapped in this single desire</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">A need that may need to be fulfilled</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">And as the moon comes back</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Perhaps the air will be stilled</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Maybe you shall return</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">To that place where we may have met</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">And we could hold each other</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">And our eyes could set</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Maybe there will be a fiery passion</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">To set all others to shame</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">And my icy heart</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Can perhaps melt in the flame</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">But maybe a touch that runs so deep</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Cannot quite be completed</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Maybe it is far too late</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Perhaps that part of us is defeated</span>CaRizAngeLahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052650768931001854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584270057088480517.post-60413174657450963522009-03-12T01:04:00.000-07:002009-03-12T01:12:12.488-07:00A History of Photography<h5><b>BEGINNINGS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, The </b> </h5> <p> First, the name. We owe the name "Photography" to <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/herschel.htm"> Sir John Herschel </a> , who first used the term in 1839, the year the photographic process became public. <span style="font-size:78%;"> (*1) </span> The word is derived from the Greek words for light and writing. </p> <p> Before mentioning the stages that led to the development of photography, there is one amazing, quite uncanny prediction made by a man called de la Roche (1729- 1774) in a work called Giphantie. In this imaginary tale, it was possible to capture images from nature, on a canvas which had been coated with a sticky substance. This surface, so the tale goes, would not only provide a mirror image on the sticky canvas, but would remain on it. After it had been dried in the dark the image would remain permanent. The author would not have known how prophetic this tale would be, only a few decades after his death. </p> <p> There are two distinct scientific processes that combine to make photography possible. It is somewhat surprising that photography was not invented earlier than the 1830s, because these processes had been known for quite some time. It was not until the two distinct scientific processes had been put together that photography came into being. </p> <p> The first of these processes was optical. The <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/cameraob.htm"> Camera Obscura </a> (dark room) had been in existence for at least four hundred years. There is a drawing, dated 1519, of a Camera Obscura by Leonardo da Vinci; about this same period its use as an aid to drawing was being advocated. </p> <p> The second process was chemical. For hundreds of years before photography was invented, people had been aware, for example, that some colours are bleached in the sun, but they had made little distinction between heat, air and light. </p> <ul><li> In the sixteen hundreds Robert Boyle, a founder of the Royal Society, had reported that silver chloride turned dark under exposure, but he appeared to believe that it was caused by exposure to the air, rather than to light. </li><li> Angelo Sala, in the early seventeenth century, noticed that powdered nitrate of silver is blackened by the sun. </li><li> In 1727 <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/schulze.htm"> Johann Heinrich Schulze </a> discovered that certain liquids change colour when exposed to light. </li><li> At the beginning of the nineteenth century <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/wedgwood.htm"> Thomas Wedgwood </a> was conducting experiments; he had successfully captured images, but his silhouettes could not survive, as there was no known method of making the image permanent. </li></ul> <p> The first successful picture was produced in June/July 1827 by <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/niepce.htm"> Niépce</a>, using material that hardened on exposure to light. This picture required an exposure of eight hours. </p> <p> On 4 January 1829 Niépce agreed to go into partnership with <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/daguerr.htm"> Louis Daguerre </a> . Niépce died only four years later, but Daguerre continued to experiment. Soon he had discovered a way of developing photographic plates, a process which greatly reduced the exposure time from eight hours down to half an hour. He also discovered that an image could be made permanent by immersing it in salt. </p> <p> Following a report on this invention by <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/delaroch.htm"> Paul Delaroche </a> , a leading scholar of the day, the French government bought the rights to it in July 1839. Details of the process were made public on 19 August 1839, and Daguerre named it the <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/daguerro.htm"> Daguerreotype. </a> </p> <p> The announcement that the Daguerreotype "requires no knowledge of drawing...." and that "anyone may succeed.... and perform as well as the author of the invention" was greeted with enormous interest, and "Daguerreomania" became a craze overnight. An interesting account of these days is given by a writer called <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/gaudin.htm"> Gaudin </a> , who was present the day that the announcement was made. </p> <p> However, not all people welcomed this exciting invention; some pundits viewed in quite sinister terms. A newspaper report in the Leipzig City Advertiser stated: </p> <blockquote> <p> "The wish to capture evanescent reflections is not only impossible... but the mere desire alone, the will to do so, is blasphemy. God created man in His own image, and no man- made machine may fix the image of God. Is it possible that God should have abandoned His eternal principles, and allowed a Frenchman... to give to the world an invention of the Devil?" </p> </blockquote> <p> At that time some artists saw in photography a threat to their livelihood (see <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/artists.htm"> Artists and Photography </a> ), and some even prophesied that painting would cease to exist. </p> <p> The <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/daguerro.htm"> Daguerreotype </a> process, though good, was expensive, and each picture was a once-only affair. That, to many, would not have been regarded as a disadvantage; it meant that the owner of the portrait could be certain that he had a piece of art that could not be duplicated. If however two copies were required, the only way of coping with this was to use two cameras side by side. There was, therefore, a growing need for a means of copying pictures which daguerreotypes could never satisfy. </p> <p> Different, and in a sense a rival to the Daguerreotype, was the <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/calotype.htm"> Calotype </a> invented by <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/talbot.htm"> William Henry Fox Talbot </a> , which was to provide the answer to that problem. His paper to the Royal Society of London, dated 31 January 1839, actually precedes the paper by Daguerre; it was entitled "Some account of the Art of Photogenic drawing, or the process by which natural objects may be made to delineate themselves without the aid of the artist's pencil." He wrote: </p> <blockquote> <p> "How charming it would be if it were possible to cause these natural images to imprint themselves durably and remain fixed on the paper!" </p> </blockquote> <a name="from_note"></a> <p> The earliest paper negative we know of was produced in August 1835; it depicts the now famous window at Lacock Abbey, his home. The negative is small (1" square), and poor in quality, compared with the striking images produced by the Daguerreotype process. By 1840, however, Talbot had made some significant improvements, and by 1844 he was able to bring out a photographically illustrated book entitled "The Pencil of nature." (See note <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/begin-note.htm">HERE</a>).</p> <p> Compared with Daguerreotypes the quality of the early Calotypes was somewhat inferior. (See comments on <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/claudet.htm"> Claudet)</a>. However, the great advantage of Talbot's method was that an unlimited number of positive prints could be made (see also <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/brewster.htm"> Brewster </a> ). In fact, today's photography is based on the same principle, whereas by comparison the Daguerreotype, for all its quality, was a blind alley. </p> <p> The mushrooming of photographic establishments reflects photography's growing popularity; from a mere handful in the mid 1840s the number had grown to 66 in 1855, and to 147 two years later. In London, a favourite venue was Regent Street where, in the peak in the mid 'sixties there were no less than forty-two photographic establishments! In America the growth was just as dramatic: in 1850 there were 77 photographic galleries in New York alone. The demand for photographs was such that Charles Baudelaire (1826-1867), a well known poet of the period and a critic of the medium, commented: </p> <blockquote> <p> "our squalid society has rushed, Narcissus to a man, to gloat at its trivial image on a scrap of metal." </p> </blockquote> <p> <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/talbot.htm"> Talbot's </a> photography was on paper, and inevitably the imperfections of the paper were printed alongside with the image, when a positive was made. Several experimented with glass as a basis for negatives, but the problem was to make the silver solution stick to the shiny surface of the glass. In 1848 a cousin of Nicephore Niépce, Abel Niépce de Saint-Victor, perfected a process of coating a glass plate with white of egg sensitised with potassium iodide, and washed with an acid solution of silver nitrate. This new ( <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/albumen.htm"> albumen </a> ) process made for very fine detail and much higher quality. However, it was very slow, hence the fact that photographs produced on this substance were architecture and landscapes; portraiture was simply not possible. </p> <p> Progress in this new art was slow in England, compared with other countries. Both <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/daguerr.htm"> Daguerre </a> and <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/talbot.htm"> Fox Talbot </a> were partly responsible, the former for having rather slyly placed a patent on his invention whilst the French government had made it freely available to the world, the latter for his law-suits in connection with his patents. </p> <p> In 1851 a new era in photography was introduced by <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/archer.htm"> Frederick Scott Archer </a> , who introduced the <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/collodio.htm"> Collodion </a> process. This process was much faster than conventional methods, reducing exposure times to two or three seconds, thus opening up new horizons in photography. </p> <p> Prices for daguerreotypes varied, but in general would cost about a guinea (£1.05), which would be the weekly wage for many workers. The collodion process, however, was much cheaper; prints could be made for as little as one shilling (5p). </p> <p> A further impetus was given to photography for the masses by the introduction of <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/cart-de-.htm"> carte-de-visite </a> photographs by <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/disderi.htm"> Andre Disdéri </a> . This developed into a mania, though it was relatively short-lived. </p> <p> The collodion process required that the coating, exposure and development of the image should be done whilst the plate was still wet. Another process developed by <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/archer.htm"> Archer </a> was named the <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/ambrotyp.htm"> Ambrotype </a> , which was a direct positive. </p> <p> The <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/collodio.htm">wet collodion</a> process, though in its time a great step forward, required a considerable amount of equipment on location. There were various attempts to preserve exposed plates in wet collodion, for development at a more convenient time and place, but these preservatives lessened the sensitivity of the material. It was clear, then, that a dry method was required. It is likely that the difficulties of the process hastened the search for instantaneous photography. Skaife, in a pamphlet, aptly commented (1860):</p> <blockquote> <p>"Speaking in general, instantaneous photography is as elastic a term as the expression 'long and short.'"</p> </blockquote> <p> The next major step forward came in 1871, when <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/maddox.htm"> Dr. Richard Maddox </a> discovered a way of using <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/gelatin.htm"> Gelatin </a> (which had been discovered only a few years before) instead of glass as a basis for the photographic plate. This led to the development of the <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/dry-plat.htm"> dry plate </a> process. Dry plates could be developed much more quickly than with any previous technique. Initially it was very insensitive compared with existing processes, but it was refined to the extent that the idea of factory-made photographic material was now becoming possible. </p> <p> The introduction of the dry-plate process marked a turning point. No longer did one need the cumbersome wet-plates, no longer was a darkroom tent needed. One was very near the day that pictures could be taken without the photographer needing any specialised knowledge. </p> <p> Celluloid had been invented in the early eighteen-sixties, and John Carbutt persuaded a manufacturer to produce very thin celluloid as a backing for sensitive material. George <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/eastman.htm"> Eastman </a> is particularly remembered for introducing flexible <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/film.htm"> film </a> in 1884. Four years later he introduced the box camera, and photography could now reach a much greater number of people. </p> <p> Other names of significance include <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/vogel.htm"> Herman Vogel </a> , who developed a means whereby film could become sensitive to green light, and <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/muybridg.htm"> Eadweard Muybridge </a> who paved the way for motion picture photography. </p> <p> Popular in the Victorian times was <a href="http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/stereosc.htm"> stereoscopic photography </a> , which reproduced images in three dimensions. It is a process whose popularity waxed and waned - as it does now - reaching its heights in the mid-Victorian era. </p>(*1) Well, actually, not quite. Whilst Herschel used the term first in a lecture before the Royal Society on March 14, 1839, he was in fact beaten to the post by an anonymous writer with the initials "J.M." a few weeks earlier, on February 25. Eventually a scholar was able to determine that this anonymous writer was in fact Johann von Maedler (1794-1874), who was an astronomer in Berlin. However, Hershel was undoubtedly the person who, with his fame and position, made the word "photography" known to the world.<br /><br /><h4> MUSEUMS of photographic interest </h4> <p> There is nothing quite like seeing the real thing! The following are a few of the major museums which display equipment and/or images relating to the history of photography; </p><p> Bath, Avon: <a href="http://www.rps.org/gallery.html">The Royal Photographic Society Museum</a></p><blockquote> <p class="style2">Since writing this work, the Royal Photographic Society has passed on the contents of its vast treasure to the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford. In the hands of an organisation better equipped to display and store the equipment and works of art, it will at long last mean that the many items donated to the Society over many years will become unlocked, and more generally available to people who are interested in the history of photography. </p> </blockquote> <p> Birmingham: The Reference Library </p><p> Bradford, Yorkshire: <a href="http://www.nmpft.org.uk/">National Museum of Photography, Film and Television</a> </p><blockquote> <p class="style2">This Museum also incoprporates the vast collection of the Royal Photographic Society. </p> </blockquote> <p> Edinburgh: Scottish National Portrait Gallery </p><p> Edinburgh: Public Library </p><p> Guildford, Surrey: <a href="http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/honor.m/visitors/museums/guildford.html">The Guildford Museum</a> (pictures by Lewis Carroll) </p><p> London: The <a href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/">Victoria and Albert Museum </a> </p><p> London: The <a href="http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/">Science Museum </a> </p><p> London: <a href="http://www.bfi.org.uk/momi/why.html">MOMI (The Museum of the Moving Image)</a> </p><p> London: <a href="http://www.iwm.org.uk/lambeth/lambeth.htm">The Imperial War Museum </a> </p><p> London: <a href="http://www2.kingston.gov.uk/libs/">Kingston-on-Thames Public Library </a> </p><p> Manchester: The Northwest <a href="http://www.msim.org.uk/">Museum of Science and Technology </a> </p><p> Oxford: <a href="http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/">Museum of the History of Science </a> </p><p> Lacock, Avon: The Fox Talbot Museum </p><p> Edinburgh: The Royal Scottish Museum </p>CaRizAngeLahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052650768931001854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584270057088480517.post-79178746964320851462009-03-12T00:52:00.000-07:002009-03-12T01:02:04.239-07:001 Littre Of Tears<h2> Details </h2> <ul><li><b>Title:</b> 1リットルの涙 <img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Kiki/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /></li><li><b>Title (romaji):</b> 1 Litre no Namida </li><li><b>Also known as:</b> Ichi Rittoru no Namida / One Litre of Tears / A Diary with Tears </li><li><b>Genre:</b> School, romance, family, human </li><li><b>Broadcast network:</b> Fuji TV </li><li><b>Related TV shows:</b> <a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Tears_of_Happiness" title="Tears of Happiness">Tears of Happiness</a> </li></ul> <a name="Renzoku"></a><h2> Renzoku <img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Kiki/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg" alt="" /></h2> <ul><li><b>Episodes:</b> 11 </li><li><b>Viewership ratings:</b> 15.31 </li><li><b>Broadcast period:</b> 2005-Oct-11 to 2005-Dec-20 </li><li><b>Air time:</b> <a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kayou_9_%28Fuji_TV%29" title="Kayou 9 (Fuji TV)">Tuesday 21:00</a> </li><li><b>Ending theme song:</b> <i><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Only_Human" title="Only Human">Only Human</a></i> by <a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/K" title="K">K</a> </li><li><b>Insert songs:</b> <i><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Konayuki" title="Konayuki">Konayuki</a></i> and <i><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Sangatsu_Kokonoka" title="Sangatsu Kokonoka">3/9</a></i> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remioromen" class="extiw" title="Wikipedia:Remioromen">Remioromen</a> </li><li><b>Drama OST:</b> <i><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Ichi_Rittoru_no_Namida_OST" title="Ichi Rittoru no Namida OST">Ichi Rittoru no Namida OST</a></i> </li></ul> <a name="Synopsis"></a><h3> Synopsis </h3> <p>15-year-old Ikeuchi Aya was an ordinary girl, the daughter of a family who works at a tofu shop, and a soon-to-be high schooler. However, odd things have been happening to Aya lately. She has been falling down often and walks strange. Her mother, Shioka, takes Aya to see the doctor, and he informs Shioka that Aya has spinocerebellar degeneration - a terrible disease where the cerebellum of the brain gradually deteriorates to the point where the victim cannot walk, speak, write, or eat. A cruel disease, as it does not affect the mind in the least. How will Aya react when told about her disease? And how will Aya live from now on? </p> <a name="Synopsis_by_Episode"></a><h4> Synopsis by Episode </h4> <ul><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Ichi_Rittoru_no_Namida/SynopsisEpisode" title="Ichi Rittoru no Namida/SynopsisEpisode">Synopsis by episode can be found via this link</a> </li></ul> <a name="Cast"></a><h3> Cast </h3> <div class="thumb tright"><div style="width: 352px;"><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Image:LitreChart.jpg" class="internal" title="Corelation chart"><img src="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/static/images/thumb/6/6a/350px-LitreChart.jpg" alt="Corelation chart" longdesc="/Image:LitreChart.jpg" width="350" height="144" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify" style="float: right;"><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Image:LitreChart.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"><img src="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/static/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="Enlarge" width="15" height="11" /></a></div>Corelation chart</div></div></div> <ul><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Sawajiri_Erika" title="Sawajiri Erika">Sawajiri Erika</a> as Ikeuchi Aya (15-20) </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Yakushimaru_Hiroko" title="Yakushimaru Hiroko">Yakushimaru Hiroko</a> as Ikeuchi Shioka (40-51) </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Nishikido_Ryo" title="Nishikido Ryo">Nishikido Ryo</a> as Asou Haruto (15-20) </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Jinnai_Takanori" title="Jinnai Takanori">Jinnai Takanori</a> as Ikeuchi Mizuo (45-56) </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Narumi_Riko" title="Narumi Riko">Narumi Riko</a> as Ikeuchi Ako (13-18) </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Fujiki_Naohito" title="Fujiki Naohito">Fujiki Naohito</a> as Mizuno Hiroshi (33-44) </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Koide_Saori" title="Koide Saori">Koide Saori</a> as Sugiura Mari (15-18) </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Sanada_Yuma" title="Sanada Yuma">Sanada Yuma</a> as Ikeuchi Hiroki (11-16) </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Miyoshi_Ai" title="Miyoshi Ai">Miyoshi Ai</a> as Ikeuchi Rika (5-10) </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Matsuyama_Kenichi" title="Matsuyama Kenichi">Matsuyama Kenichi</a> as Kawamoto Yuji (17) </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Matsumoto_Kana" title="Matsumoto Kana">Matsumoto Kana</a> as Matsumura Saki (15-18) </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Mizutani_Momosuke" title="Mizutani Momosuke">Mizutani Momosuke</a> as Onda Kohei (15-18) </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Hashizume_Ryo" title="Hashizume Ryo">Hashizume Ryo</a> as Nakahara Keita (15-18) </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Katsuno_Hiroshi" title="Katsuno Hiroshi">Katsuno Hiroshi</a> as Asou Yoshifumi (50-55) </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Oonishi_Asae" title="Oonishi Asae">Oonishi Asae</a> as Oikawa Asumi (16-17) </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/index.php?title=Hamaoka_Maya&action=edit" class="new" title="Hamaoka Maya">Hamaoka Maya</a> (浜丘麻矢) as Oikawa Kikue </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kato_Kazuko" title="Kato Kazuko">Kato Kazuko</a> as Fujimura Madoka </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Tonesaku_Toshihide" title="Tonesaku Toshihide">Tonesaku Toshihide</a> as Takano Kiichi </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Totsugi_Shigeyuki" title="Totsugi Shigeyuki">Sato Shigeyuki</a> as Nishino (homeroom teacher) </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Aoi" title="Aoi">Aoi</a> </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kawahara_Makoto" title="Kawahara Makoto">Kawahara Makoto</a> </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Endo_Yuya" title="Endo Yuya">Endo Yuya</a> </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Hoshino_Natsuko" title="Hoshino Natsuko">Hoshino Natsuko</a> </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Sato_Tomohito" title="Sato Tomohito">Sato Yuki</a> as Asou Keisuke </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/index.php?title=Umoto_Yuki&action=edit" class="new" title="Umoto Yuki">Umoto Yuki</a> (兎本有紀) </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kawaguchi_Shouhei" title="Kawaguchi Shouhei">Kawaguchi Shouhei</a> </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kurita_Yoko" title="Kurita Yoko">Kurita Yoko</a> </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Nakada_Yuya" title="Nakada Yuya">Nakada Yuya</a> </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Okumura_Tomofumi" title="Okumura Tomofumi">Okumura Tomofumi</a> </li></ul> <a name="Production_Credits"></a><h3> Production Credits </h3> <ul><li><b>Original work:</b> Kito Aya (木藤亜也) </li><li><b>Screenwriters:</b> <a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Egashira_Michiru" title="Egashira Michiru">Egashira Michiru</a>, <a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Oshima_Satomi" title="Oshima Satomi">Oshima Satomi</a>, <a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Yokota_Rie" title="Yokota Rie">Yokota Rie</a> </li><li><b>Producer:</b> <a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kashikawa_Satoko" title="Kashikawa Satoko">Kashikawa Satoko</a> </li><li><b>Director:</b> <a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Murakami_Masanori" title="Murakami Masanori">Murakami Masanori</a> </li><li><b>Music:</b> <a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/index.php?title=Ueda_Susumu&action=edit" class="new" title="Ueda Susumu">Ueda Susumu</a> (上田益) </li></ul> <a name="Episode_Titles"></a><h3> Episode Titles </h3> <ul><li><b>Ep 01:</b> The beginning of my youth </li><li><b>Ep 02:</b> 15 years old, sickness that steals up </li><li><b>Ep 03:</b> Why did the illness chose me? </li><li><b>Ep 04:</b> Solitude of two people </li><li><b>Ep 05:</b> A handicapped person's notebook </li><li><b>Ep 06:</b> Heartless glances </li><li><b>Ep 07:</b> The place where I am </li><li><b>Ep 08:</b> 1 litre of tears </li><li><b>Ep 09:</b> I live now </li><li><b>Ep 10:</b> Love letter </li><li><b>Ep 11:</b> Faraway, to a place where there are no tears left to cry </li></ul> <a name="Episode_Ratings"></a><h3> Episode Ratings </h3> <table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#ffcccc" width="100"> Episode </th><th bgcolor="#ffcccc" width="100"> Kanto </th><th bgcolor="#ffcccc" width="100"> Kansai </th><th bgcolor="#ffcccc" width="100"> Nationwide </th></tr> <tr align="center"> <td> 01 </td><td> 13.5 </td><td> ??.? </td><td> ??.? </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td> 02 </td><td> 15.1 </td><td> ??.? </td><td> ??.? </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td> 03 </td><td> 13.5 </td><td> ??.? </td><td> ??.? </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td> 04 </td><td> 12.3 </td><td> ??.? </td><td> ??.? </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td> 05 </td><td> 14.6 </td><td> ??.? </td><td> ??.? </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td> 06 </td><td> 15.2 </td><td> ??.? </td><td> ??.? </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td> 07 </td><td> 16.2 </td><td> ??.? </td><td> ??.? </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td> 08 </td><td> 15.4 </td><td> ??.? </td><td> ??.? </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td> 09 </td><td> 15.5 </td><td> ??.? </td><td> ??.? </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td> 10 </td><td> 16.6 </td><td> ??.? </td><td> ??.? </td></tr> <tr align="center"> <td> 11 </td><td> 20.5 </td><td> ??.? </td><td> ??.? </td></tr> <tr style="background: rgb(255, 222, 173) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" align="center"> <th> average </th><th> 15.31 </th><th> ??.? </th><th> ??.? </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>Source: <a href="http://www.videor.co.jp/" class="external" title="http://www.videor.co.jp/" rel="nofollow">Video Research, Ltd.</a><span class="urlexpansion"> (<i>http://www.videor.co.jp/</i>)</span> </p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/index.php?title=1_Litre_no_Namida&action=edit&section=9" title="1 Litre no Namida">edit</a>]</div><a name="Reviews"></a><h3> Reviews </h3> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/index.php?title=1_Litre_no_Namida&action=edit&section=10" title="1 Litre no Namida">edit</a>]</div><a name="by_Daemonneko"></a><h4> by Daemonneko </h4> <p>Based on a true story, One Litre of Tears is about the life story Kitou Aya (1962-1988) a girl who had an incurable disease called Spinocerebellar Degeneration Disease (also known as SCA type 2; <i>spinocerebellar ataxia</i> type 2)at a young age of 15. Although the girl in the drama - Ikeuchi Aya, lived in the 21st century, her character was based on Kitou Aya's life, how she struggled and fought her disease and how she wrote her deepest thoughts until the last day she could hold a pen. Before she died, her writings were published including the poems she wrote while she is staying in a school for the disabled. This gave new hopes to people who suffers the same disease as she did and soon Aya received letters of appreciation and thanks from those people. At the age of 25, she succumbed herself into a sleep where she could no longer feel any pain. </p><p>Ichi Rittoru no Namida is a heart-warming drama that will make people happy for the simple fact that they are alive, and will give hope to those who suffers from diseases and will make them think positive about living instead of giving up easily. </p><p>I give this drama two-thumbs up! </p> <div class="editsection" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/index.php?title=1_Litre_no_Namida&action=edit&section=11" title="1 Litre no Namida">edit</a>]</div><a name="Special"></a><h2> Special </h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div style="width: 222px;"><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Image:DVDcoverspecial1lot.jpg" class="internal" title="DVD Cover for 1 Litre of Tears Special"><img src="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/static/images/thumb/b/b6/220px-DVDcoverspecial1lot.jpg" alt="DVD Cover for 1 Litre of Tears Special" longdesc="/Image:DVDcoverspecial1lot.jpg" width="220" height="312" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify" style="float: right;"><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Image:DVDcoverspecial1lot.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"><img src="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/static/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" alt="Enlarge" width="15" height="11" /></a></div>DVD Cover for 1 Litre of Tears Special</div></div></div> <ul><li><b>Title:</b> 「1リットルの涙」特別篇‧追憶 </li><li><b>Viewership ratings:</b> 17.0 </li><li><b>Broadcast date:</b> 2007-Apr-05 </li><li><b>Air time:</b> 21:00 </li><li><b>Insert song:</b> <i>Umarekuru Kodomotachi no Tame ni</i> by <a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/index.php?title=Oda_Kazumasa&action=edit" class="new" title="Oda Kazumasa">Oda Kazumasa</a> (uncredited) </li></ul> <a name="Synopsis_2"></a><h3> Synopsis </h3> <p>This special is set half a year after the death of Aya. Her younger sister Ako is training to be a nurse, while Haruto has already become a neurologist at the hospital Aya was once treated at. The loss of Aya strongly affects Haruto, causing him to lose sight of himself. But after he meets Mizuki, a 14-year-old patient who has given up on living, he feels compelled to share with her the story of Aya's life. </p> <a name="Cast_2"></a><h3> Cast </h3> <ul><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Sawajiri_Erika" title="Sawajiri Erika">Sawajiri Erika</a> as Ikeuchi Aya </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Yakushimaru_Hiroko" title="Yakushimaru Hiroko">Yakushimaru Hiroko</a> as Ikeuchi Shioka </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Nishikido_Ryo" title="Nishikido Ryo">Nishikido Ryo</a> as Asou Haruto </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Jinnai_Takanori" title="Jinnai Takanori">Jinnai Takanori</a> as Ikeuchi Mizuo </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Narumi_Riko" title="Narumi Riko">Narumi Riko</a> as Ikeuchi Ako </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Fujiki_Naohito" title="Fujiki Naohito">Fujiki Naohito</a> as Mizuno Hiroshi </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/index.php?title=Morimoto_Sarasa&action=edit" class="new" title="Morimoto Sarasa">Morimoto Sarasa</a> (森本更紗) as Ikeuchi Rika </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/index.php?title=Okamoto_Anri&action=edit" class="new" title="Okamoto Anri">Okamoto Anri</a> (岡本杏理) as Nagashima Mizuki </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Komoto_Masahiro" title="Komoto Masahiro">Komoto Masahiro</a> as Takigawa Makoto </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/index.php?title=Iwahashi_Michiko&action=edit" class="new" title="Iwahashi Michiko">Iwahashi Michiko</a> (岩橋道子) as Sakurai Naoko </li><li><a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Matsumoto_Kana" title="Matsumoto Kana">Matsumoto Kana</a> as Matsumura Saki </li></ul> <a name="Production_Credits_2"></a><h3> Production Credits </h3> <ul><li><b>Original writing:</b> Kito Aya (木藤亜也) </li><li><b>Screenwriter:</b> <a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Yokota_Rie" title="Yokota Rie">Yokota Rie</a> </li><li><b>Producers:</b> <a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Ogura_Hisao" title="Ogura Hisao">Ogura Hisao</a>, <a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/index.php?title=Emori_Hiroko&action=edit" class="new" title="Emori Hiroko">Emori Hiroko</a> (江森浩子) </li><li><b>Director:</b> <a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/index.php?title=Murakami_Shosuke&action=edit" class="new" title="Murakami Shosuke">Murakami Shosuke</a> (村上正典) </li><li><b>Music:</b> <a href="http://wiki.d-addicts.com/index.php?title=Ueda_Susumu&action=edit" class="new" title="Ueda Susumu">Ueda Susumu</a> (上田益) </li></ul>CaRizAngeLahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052650768931001854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584270057088480517.post-72248178311240358302009-03-12T00:42:00.000-07:002009-03-12T00:46:20.526-07:00Latest Fashion Trends<div id="cgAr"> <div><a href="http://fashion.about.com/od/latesttrends/ig/Fall-2009-Highlights/index.htm" class="al" zt="18/1R4/Wa">Fall Fashion Highlights</a><br />Highlights from the Fall 2009 Fashion Weeks shows from Diane von Furstenberg, BCBG, DKNY and more.</div> <div><a href="http://fashion.about.com/od/fashionshows/a/spring2009.htm" class="al" zt="18/1R4/Wa">Spring Fashion</a><br />Yellow, harem pants, frou: all of these trends and more came down the runways of Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Diane von Furstenberg and the rest of your favorite designers. And we have all the pics for your fashion inspiration.</div> <div><a href="http://fashion.about.com/od/latesttrends/ss/worsttrends08.htm" class="al" zt="18/1R4/Wa">Worst Fashion Trends of 2008</a><br />The worst fashion trends of 2008 included black tights with everything, ugly shoes -- gladiators and shooties -- and maxi dresses.</div> <div><a href="http://fashion.about.com/od/latesttrends/tp/dressyholiday.htm" class="al" zt="18/1R4/Wa">Best Dressy Holiday Looks</a><br />You're invited! So now it's time to find a dressy holiday look: one that will work for most black tie, cocktail, business formal and formal holiday parties.</div> <div><a href="http://fashion.about.com/od/latesttrends/ss/howtowearscarf.htm" class="al" zt="18/1R4/Wa">How to Wear a Scarf</a><br />A scarf can add warmth, complete a look or define your style. Learn the Dos and Don'ts of wearing a scarf the right way.</div> <div><a href="http://fashion.about.com/od/latesttrends/tp/lsT3YTAu.htm" class="al" zt="18/1R4/Wa">Quick 'n' Cheap Update: Bows</a><br />Add a feminine touch to your Fall wardrobe by adding a bow look to everything from blouses to shoes.</div> <div><a href="http://fashion.about.com/od/latesttrends/ss/6trickytrends.htm" class="al" zt="18/1R4/Wa">6 Tricky Trends -- Would You Wear These Looks?</a><br />Overalls, chartreuse and harem pants may seem like a good idea, but would you wear these new trends from Spring 2009 Fashion Week?</div> <div><a href="http://fashion.about.com/od/latesttrends/tp/longerskirts.htm" class="al" zt="18/1R4/Wa">Longer Skirts</a><br />Hemlines take a dip to mid-calf and longer this fall. Add a longer-length skirt to your wardrobe to add a fresh perspective. Taller gals can go to near-ankle-lengths; shorter women look best in mid-calf lengths.</div> <div><a href="http://fashion.about.com/od/latesttrends/ig/Would-You-Wear-This-Trend-/index.htm" class="al" zt="18/1R4/Wa">Would You Wear This Fashion Trend?</a><br />Sure, it looks good on someone else, but are you brave enough to take on sky-high stilettos, bows, lace, studs and other trendy fashion looks? Browse through the fashion trend gallery and cast your vote on which fashion trends you would wear.</div> <div><a href="http://fashion.about.com/od/latesttrends/ig/Olympic-Fashion/index.htm" class="al" zt="18/1R4/Wa">Olympic Fashion</a><br />Photos from the 2008 Bejing Olympics, with an emphasis on Olympic fashion.</div> <div><a href="http://fashion.about.com/od/latesttrends/tp/Vests.htm" class="al" zt="18/1R4/Wa">Vests</a><br />Vests are a great way to add a wearable, chic finishing layer to outfits you already own. 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Don't be tempted to blow your budget on winter clearance items that you may never wear. Stick with timeless finds and you'll enjoy your smart picks for years to come.</div> <div><a href="http://fashion.about.com/od/latesttrends/qt/howtoweargray.htm" class="al" zt="18/1R4/Wa">How to Wear Gray</a><br />Gray may be the season's hottest hue, but that doesn't necessarily make it easy to carry off. Find out how to look great in gray.</div> <div><a href="http://fashion.about.com/od/latesttrends/ss/falltrends07.htm" class="al" zt="18/1R4/Wa">10 Fall Trends You'll Love to Wear</a><br />Menswear, cute swing jackets, rich jewel tones and easy knit dresses top our list of fall must-haves for 2007.</div> <div><a href="http://fashion.about.com/od/latesttrends/ss/10fallclassics.htm" class="al" zt="18/1R4/Wa">10 Fall Fashion Classics You Need to Own</a><br />Trends come and go, but classics should make up the core of your wardrobe to keep you going from year to year. Find out which 10 fall items you need to own to build a timeless wardrobe.</div> <div><a href="http://fashion.about.com/od/holiday/tp/lbd.htm" class="al" zt="18/1R4/Wa">Little Black Dresses</a><br />Make your special occasion worry-free with this classic pick for evenings, including reunions, cruises, weddings, dates and much more. Our seven favorite styles to buy online</div> <div><a href="http://fashion.about.com/od/handbags/tp/budgetbags.htm" class="al" zt="18/1R4/Wa">Designer-Look Bags Under $75</a><br />Get the high-fashion handbag look at a budget-fashion handbag price of under $75. Find the season's best shapes and colors at a price you can afford for a bag.</div> <div><a href="http://fashion.about.com/od/latesttrends/qt/htskinnyjeans.htm" class="al" zt="18/1R4/Wa">How to Wear Skinny Jeans</a><br />Love the new skinny jeans but not sure how they'll work for you? Find out how to make this new trend work for your figure.</div> <div><a href="http://fashion.about.com/od/latesttrends/tp/leggings.htm" class="al" zt="18/1R4/Wa">Leggings</a><br />Layering leggings under tunics and dresses is the hottest trend out there. Find the best leggings in all price and size ranges.</div> <div><a href="http://fashion.about.com/od/latesttrends/qt/wtwleggings.htm" class="al" zt="18/1R4/Wa">What to Wear with Leggings</a><br />Leggings layered under skirts and dresses are the hottest look out there. Find out how to wear leggings.</div> <div><a href="http://fashion.about.com/od/latesttrends/f/starttrends.htm" class="al" zt="18/1R4/Wa">Who Starts Trends?</a><br />Find out how trends get started and who decides what's hot or not.</div> <div><a href="http://www.fashion.about.com/od/latesttrends/a/trendover.htm" class="al" zt="18/1R4/Wa">Hot or Not? When Fashion Trends Die</a><br />If you're wondering whether that great low-waisted pair of pants you bought last year look, well, a little too last year, we'll help you decide when a trend has died.</div> </div>CaRizAngeLahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052650768931001854noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6584270057088480517.post-72426099354971255812009-03-12T00:26:00.000-07:002009-03-12T00:34:39.713-07:00First Loves: Why We Never Forget Them<strong>My first love? Mmmmm, that always puts tears in my eyes.</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>There isn't a day when I don't think about him and worry whether or not he's doing okay for himself in the world.</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>Do I remember my first love? You bet I do, like it was yesterday -- and it's been 19 years.</strong><br /> <br />Do you remember your first love? Almost a silly question! Of course we do, intensely, passionately, maybe just a little sadly. Whether he's still by your side or just a memory that causes a sweet ache in your heart when you think about him, iVillagers' first loves are treasured parts of their lives. Here's what you had to say about the guys who first made your world spin.<br /> <br /> <strong>He Still Lights My Fire</strong><br />After so many years, just thinking about our first loves seems to send our hearts a-flutter. What is it about our first loves that grips our imaginations, even five, ten, twenty years past the fact? Whatever the cause and whoever it was, the one we first loved seems to be a permanent part of our consciousness. We can't forget him -- and who would want to?<br /> <br /> "Oh yes, I remember my first love -- like it was only yesterday," <strong>Helma</strong> says. "It has been so many years, but I still remember what he looked like and how much I loved him. There was an age difference of about eight years -- I was 16 and he was 24 -- and he was afraid my parents would never go for it. To this day, when I feel a little melancholy, I find myself remembering his touch and his kiss. That's pretty amazing since I am soon going to be 42."<br /> <br />"We were passionate about everything -- loving each other, fighting with each other, even passionate when we were trying to hurt each other," recalls <strong>Mars.</strong> "I still think about him although I'm very much in love and completely happy with my husband. I saw him [my first love] several weeks ago, with his wife and baby. I looked at him and he looked at me and it was sweet for a moment. I hadn't seen him for a while; it was nice to see he's happy, too."<br /> <br /> "We were the definition of 'not meant for each other,'" says <strong>Sasa</strong> of her college boyfriend. "My parents and friends couldn't stand him; we bickered constantly, broke up more times than I can count. But there was this thing between us. If you put us in a room together, there was just instant heat, undeniable attraction. When we finally broke up for good, I felt like someone had ripped my heart out. I still have his love letters and the tapes he made for me stashed in the back of my closet -- and it's ten years after the fact."<br /> <br /><strong>Dira </strong>first met her true love when she was 13, but it took another five years before her crush turned into a relationship: "We danced one dance, he took me home and we dated for two years through college. He was stationed in California and the long-distance thing didn't work out," she relates. "He's still in California, with a lovely wife, and I'm still single in North Carolina. He's definitely the one who got away ... but he will always be my first love."<br /> <br /> <strong>When We Meet Him Again</strong><br />Like Bogie and Bergman in Casablanca or Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass, every once in a while we're reunited with our first loves, if only briefly. These meetings can be bittersweet (and maybe a little off-putting to our current partners), but who <em>hasn't</em> wondered what it would be like to see him again?<br /> <br /><strong>Nia </strong>had pledged to marry her first love, but, what with one thing and another, ended up with another man. Twenty years after last seeing Jeff, he arrived at her mother's funeral. But even after so many years, the fire burned as brightly as it did when they were teens: "We talked about how we had loved each other so much. He told me how heartbroken he was when I went off and got married.... I often think about him and the purity of our live. We had never gone any further than kissing, but the closeness I felt to him was more than I feel today for my husband of 26 years."<br /> <br /> <strong>Debbie</strong> was also recently reunited with her first love: "After 29 years," she tells us, "I just spent the night with my first love. We were just 14 when we first met at the swimming pool. Oh, it was true love, if there is such a thing at that age. Now, after all these years, we have found love again. This time, it's a different kind of love; we have had our past and now our present, and are looking forward to our future together."<br /> <br /> <strong>Shopperlover's</strong> reunion with her first love happened online. "I get online in February, and here I am totally new to the PC. I was doing some exploring and who pops in with an Instant Message. Yes, him. My heart started to pound -- and, of course, my son had just walked into the room and my husband was passing by when I said, 'Oh, my God! It can't be!' So I had to explain who it was.... We have talked back and forth ever since. My heart flutters every time I get an email from him -- it makes me feel almost guilty, but I do love to hear from him."<br /> <br /> <strong>He Was My First and Only Love</strong><br />Some of us were lucky enough to get things right the first time. Once we found him (in the words of that old South Pacific song), we never let him go.<br /> <br /> "My first love made my heart beat faster, gave me butterflies in my stomach and played the part of the bad boy," says <strong>Sela,</strong> "but he had a heart of gold underneath, which is what made me fall in love with him. In the end, he was the only one who could hold my heart. We've been together for eight years, married for six, and have an adorable little boy. My first love ended up being my forever love."<br /> <br /> "I've only had one true love," confesses <strong>Lisa,</strong> "and I married him. We started dating senior year of high school and got married six years later. I just knew from the beginning that he was 'the one.' I don't know why, but I believe we were meant to be. I guess you could say he's my soul mate."<br /> <br /> "The story of my first love is sort of an unusual one," says <strong>Jeny.</strong> "Believe me, I know how outrageous that sounds." After months of email courtship, Jennifer and her cyberboyfriend met in person early last year. "Soon after he arrived, any doubts we had about this relationship working out were gone. We've stayed in love ever since and do have plans for marriage in the future."<br /> <br /> <strong>It Made Me Older and Wiser</strong> Sometimes first love teaches us a thing or two -- and not necessarily lessons we wanted to learn.<br /> <br /> "He made me feel so wonderful," recalls <strong>Andri.</strong> "The 13 months we spent together were the happiest of my life -- until he broke up with me. Little did I realize he was cheating on me behind my back." On top of everything, her boyfriend had gotten her pregnant. "I was scared out of my mind and he wasn't much help at all. I finally gave in and told my mom, which was the best choice I ever made in my life. The experience made me grow up and I am such a better person for it. By the way, he got the other girl, with whom he was cheating on me, pregnant, then married and divorced her. He is single and has a 15-year-old son. Better him than me."CaRizAngeLahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052650768931001854noreply@blogger.com0