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Chambord is made from red and black raspberries, Madagascar vanilla, Moroccan citrus peel, honey and cognac.

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The raspberry is the edible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the genus Rubus of the rose family, most of which are in the subgenus Idaeobatus; the name also applies to these plants themselves. Raspberries are perennial with woody stems.

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Chambord Black Raspberry Liqueur is modelled after a raspberry liqueur produced in the Loire Valley of France during the late 17th century.
The liqueur was said to have been introduced to Louis XIV during one of his visits to the Château de Chambord.

Chambord is produced on the premises of a traditional Loire Valley chateau, using all natural ingredients.

Whole raspberries and blackberries are steeped in French spirits for a period of several weeks to produce a fruit infusion.
This infusion produces a distinct raspberry flavour and aroma.

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Chateau Chambord Loire Valley !!!!Travel…… This one of my passions in life. I’m glad I have an appreciation for architecture and history.
I’m a romantic person and at times nostalgic.

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The royal Château de Chambord at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France, is one of the most recognizable châteaux in the world because of its very distinct French Renaissance architecture which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures.

The building, which was never completed, was constructed by King François I.

Châteaux in the 16th-century departed from castle architecture; while they were off-shoots of castles, with features commonly associated with them, they did not have serious defences.
Extensive gardens and water features, such as a moat, were common amongst châteaux from this period.

Chambord is no exception to this pattern. Built in Renaissance style, the internal layout is an early example of the French and Italian style of grouping rooms into self-contained suites, a departure from the medieval style of corridor rooms.

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Kale or borecole (Brassica oleracea Acephala Group) is a vegetable with green or purple leaves, in which the central leaves do not form a head.
It is considered to be closer to wild cabbage than most domesticated forms.

The species Brassica oleracea contains a wide variety of vegetables, including broccoli, cauliflower, collard greens, and brussels sprouts.
The cultivar group Acephala also includes spring greens and collard greens, which are extremely similar genetically. Pieris rapae is one of the most well known pests of the plant.

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Kale is very high in beta carotene, vitamin K, vitamin C, and rich in calcium.
Kale is a source of two carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin.

Kale, as with broccoli and other brassicas, contains sulforaphane (particularly when chopped or minced), a chemical with potent anti-cancer properties.

Boiling decreases the level of sulforaphane; however, steaming, microwaving, or stir frying do not result in significant loss.

Along with other brassica vegetables, kale is also a source of indole-3-carbinol, a chemical which boosts DNA repair in cells and appears to block the growth of cancer cells.

Kale has been found to contain a group of resins known as bile acid sequestrants, which have been shown to lower cholesterol and decrease absorption of dietary fat. Steaming significantly increases these bile acid binding properties.

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*Nem desistir, nem tentar. Agora tanto faz.*
Legião Urbana

*É preciso amar as pessoas como se não houvesse amanhã…*
Legião Urbana

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Renato Russo (born Renato Manfredini, Jr., March 27, 1960 – October 11, 1996) was a Brazilian singer and songwriter.
The band then broke up and split in two different ones: “Capital Inicial” and “Legião Urbana”.
He was the formal founder and leader of Legião Urbana.

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*Nunca deixe que lhe digam que não vale a pena
acreditar nos sonhos que se têem
ou que os seus planos nunca vão dar certo ou que você nunca vais ser alguém…*
Renato Russo

*Enquanto a vida vai e vem
você procura achar alguém
que um dia possa lhe dizer:
Quero ficar só com você..*
Renato Russo

*Se lembra quando a gente chegou um dia a acreditar que tudo era pra sempre, sem saber que o pra sempre, sempre acaba.*
Renato Russo

*Se você quiser alguém em quem confiar, confie em si mesmo. Quem acredita sempre alcança.*
Renato Russo

*E é só você que tem
A cura do meu vício
De insistir nesta saudade
Que eu sinto de tudo
Que eu ainda não vi.*
Renato Russo

*É só você que me provoca essa saudade vazia
Tentando pintar essas flores com o nome De “amor-perfeito”
E “não-te-esqueças-de-mim”*
Renato Russo

$$$$$Geração Coca-Cola $$$$$

*Quando nascemos fomos programados
Pra comer o que vocês nos empurraram
com os enlatados dos USA
das nove às seis
desde pequenos nós comemos lixo
comercial e industrial
mas agora chegou a nossa vez
vamos cuspir de volta todo o lixo
em cima de vocês!

Somos filhos da revolução
Somos burgueses sem religião
Somos o futuro da nação
Geração Coca-Cola

Depois de vinte anos na escola
Não é difícil aprender
Todas as manhas do seu jogo sujo
Não é assim, que deve ser?
Vamos fazer nosso dever de casa
Aí então, vocês vão ver!
Suas crianças derrubando reis
Fazer comédia no cinema
Com as suas leis!*
Renato Russo

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Examine whether you treat the object of your interest as a person or a thing. You care for this person even knowing his or her faults.
You are committed to sticking together even through the most difficult circumstances.
You can tell this person anything about yourself, even if the truth doesn’t flatter you, and you know that your partner will accept you.

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Can You Tell the Difference Between Lust and Love?

Love is one of life’s most intense emotions, and when you are in lust it’s easy to think you are feeling love but the two are different.

*Lust is what first brings people together. It’s that initial desire to be with the person, while love is the desire to stay with him or her.

*Love commonly starts out as lust and the two might even have an overlapping stage at some point in the relationship or lust may never turn into love.Love develops more with time and separation.

*Infatuation is the state of being completely carried away by unreasoning passion or love; addictive love.
Infatuation usually occurs at the beginning of relationship when sexual attraction is central.
The foremost symptom of being infatuated by a person is wanting to be around that person.
This may sometimes also be sexual desire.

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Love Versus Possession

*The possession of anything begins in the mind.*
Bruce Lee

*Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.*
Rabindranath Tagore

*Possession it is when love exceeds its designated and demarcated boundaries that the element of fear and intensity of possession begins to take control in it and hence a stable relationship begins to turn corrosive.

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Son of Hair Guru Vidal Sassoon-Elan Sassoon Responds to The sale of the Sojourn Hair Care Company
January 15, 2014:

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Sojourn Hair care was started in January 2008 by Co founder Elan Sassoon the son of hair legend Vidal Sassoon. The Sojourn Company sells a high end product line to salons around the USA, Australia, Spain and Canada. Sojourn was reportedly sold to the Leyton House, a company based in the UK, with US offices in Salem Oregon. In a statement Elan Sassoon said, “I would like to say it was a great honor to travel around the world representing Sojourn and being able to interact directly with talented stylists and salon owners.

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I visited 2700 Salons in 3 years and loved every minute of it. I will miss that connection. I wish the new owners all the luck in the world with Sojourn.” When asked what Mr. Sassoon’s next project is going to be, he responded, “you will need to wait and see. There are very exciting announcements coming in 2014.”

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SOJOURN Official Website:

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Hydrangea (/haɪˈdreɪndʒ(i)ə/; common names hydrangea or hortensia) is a genus of 70-75 species of flowering plants native to southern and eastern Asia (China, Japan, Korea, the Himalayas, and Indonesia) and the Americas.

By far the greatest species diversity is in eastern Asia, notably China, Japan, and Korea.
Most are shrubs 1 to 3 meters tall, but some are small trees, and others lianas reaching up to 30 m (98 ft) by climbing up trees.
They can be either deciduous or evergreen, though the widely cultivated temperate species are all deciduous.

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How to Plant Hydrangeas

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Choose the perfect location for your hydrangeas to reach their full potential in growth and blooming.
The location should receive sun in the morning and shade in the afternoon.
There should be enough room for the plant to grow to dimensions of 4 feet (1.2 meters).
The soil in the location needs to well drained. The plant should stay moist, but not stand in water. Use mulch to compensate for heavy soil, if necessary.

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Wait for the proper time of year.
The temperature should not be too extreme. Hydrangeas do not do well when planting in hot temperatures or frost.
Hydrangeas thrive best if planted in the early summer or in the late fall. Study your climate for the best timing. Northern regions can usually plant hydrangeas later into the summer. Southern regions may can wait further into the fall.

Hydrangeas Decor

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The Cape Cod cottage is a style of house originating in New England around the 17th century.

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It is traditionally characterized by a low, broad frame building, generally a story and a half high, with a steep, pitched roof with end gables, a large central chimney and very little ornamentation.

Traditional Cape Cod houses were very simple: They were designed symmetrically with a central front door surrounded by two multi-paned windows on each side.

Homes were designed to withstand the stormy, stark weather of the Massachusetts coast.

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Modern Cape Cod architecture still draws from colonial designs.

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Colonial Revival Cape Cod houses are very similar to Colonial Cape Cod houses, but some have the chimney at one end of the living room on the side of the house.

High end replicas were designed by traditional architects, for example Boston architect Royal Barry Wills (1895–1962).

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The Perfect Beach with Fluffy White Sand

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Dark chocolate may not only help you shed those unwanted pounds, it provides a host of healthy benefits that puts other indulgences to shame.

Consuming an ounce of dark chocolate three days a week can help your body digest the food you consume, inhibit insulin resistance, reduce stress and cortisol levels and may prevent you from overeating. It is also proven to lower blood pressure, increase circulation, create a feeling of bliss and stimulate energy.

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A 100 gram bar of dark chocolate with 70-85% cocoa contains :

*11 grams of fiber.
*67% of the RDA for Iron.
*58% of the RDA for Magnesium.
*89% of the RDA for Copper.
*98% of the RDA for Manganese.

It also has plenty of potassium, phosphorus, zinc and selenium.

There are three types of fat in dark chocolate:

The good, monounsaturated fat called oleic acid, and two saturated fats, palmitic and steric acid.
The good news is that these fats do not affect your cholesterol levels and can be considered a healthy fat; this is essential for those who are trying to lose weight.

Losing weight requires that you consume fewer calories than you burn each day.
Nibbling on a few unsweetened cacao nibs before each meal may help you make healthier choices when it comes to meal time.
When combined with a healthy diet and exercise, dark chocolate can give you an extra boost toward reaching your weight-loss goals.

Raw cocoa

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Cacao bean (also Anglicized as cocoa bean, often simply cocoa and cacao; Mayan: kakaw; Nahuatl: is the dried and fully fermented fatty bean of Theobroma cacao, from which cocoa solids and cocoa butter are extracted.

They are the basis of chocolate, as well as many Mesoamerican foods such as mole sauce and tejate.

The cacao tree is native to the Americas. It may have originated in the foothills of the Andes in the Amazon and Orinoco basins of South America, current day Colombia and Venezuela, where today, examples of wild cacao still can be found.
However, it may have had a larger range in the past, evidence for which may be obscured because of its cultivation in these areas long before, as well as after, the Spanish arrived. It was first cultivated by the Olmecs at least 1500 BC in Mexico.

The cocoa bean was a common currency throughout Mesoamerica before the Spanish conquest.

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“The Essential Rumi”
by Coleman Barks with John Moyne

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RUMI

If anyone asks you
how the perfect satisfaction
of all our sexual wanting
will look, lift your face
and say,

Like this.

When someone mentions the gracefulness
of the nightsky, climb up on the roof
and dance and say,

Like this.

If anyone wants to know what “spirit” is,
or what “God’s fragrance” means,
lean your head toward him or her.
Keep your face there close.

Like this.

When someone quotes the old poetic image
about clouds gradually uncovering the moon,
slowly loosen knot by knot the strings
of your robe.

Like this.

If anyone wonders how Jesus raised the dead,
don’t try to explain the miracle.
Kiss me on the lips.

Like this. Like this.

When someone asks what it means
to “die for love,” point
here.

If someone asks how tall I am, frown
and measure with your fingers the space
between the creases on your forehead.

This tall.

The soul sometimes leaves the body, the returns.
When someone doesn’t believe that,
walk back into my house.

Like this.

When lovers moan,
they’re telling our story.

Like this.

I am a sky where spirits live.
Stare into this deepening blue,
while the breeze says a secret.

Like this.

When someone asks what there is to do,
light the candle in his hand.

Like this.

How did Joseph’s scent come to Jacob?

Huuuuu.

How did Jacob’s sight return?

Huuuu.

A little wind cleans the eyes.

Like this.

When Shams comes back from Tabriz,
he’ll put just his head around the edge
of the door to surprise us

Like this.

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Independent of fat percentage, weight or width, female body shapes are categorised in some Western cultures into one of four elementary geometric shapes, though there are very wide ranges of actual sizes within each shape:

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Banana, straight, or I shape (rectangular): The waist measurement is less than 9 inches smaller than the hips and bust measurement.

Body fat is distributed predominantly in the abdomen, buttocks, chest, and face. This overall fat distribution creates the typical ruler (straight) shape.

*Apple or V shape (triangle downward): Apple shaped women have broad(er) shoulders compared to their (narrower) hips.

*Apple shaped women tend to have slim legs/thighs, while the abdomen and chest look larger compared to the rest of the body. Fat is mainly distributed in the abdomen, chest, and face.

*Pear, spoon, bell, or A shape (triangle upward): The hip measurement is greater than the bust measurement.

The distribution of fat varies, with fat tending to deposit first in the buttocks, hips, and thighs.
As body fat percentage increases, an increasing proportion of body fat is distributed around the waist and upper abdomen. The women of this body type tend to have a (relatively) larger rear, thicker thighs, and a small(er) bosom.

*Hourglass or X shape (triangles opposing, facing in): The hip and bust are almost of equal size with a narrow waist.

Body fat distribution tends to be around both the upper body and lower body. This body type enlarges the arms, chest, hips, and rear before other parts, such as the waist and upper abdomen.

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Are you loosing your sleep because you think you should look like a 6′ tall model????

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Estrogens have a significant impact on a female’s body shape.
They are produced in both men and women, but their levels are significantly higher in women, especially in those of reproductive age. Besides other functions, estrogens promote the development of female secondary sexual characteristics, such as breasts and hips.

Testosterone is an anabolic steroid which helps build and maintain muscles with physical activity, such as exercise.
On the other hand, estrogens reduce muscle mass.
Muscle mass changes over time as a result of changes in testosterone and estrogen levels and exercise, besides other factors.

The aging process has an inevitable impact on a person’s body shape. A woman’s sex hormone levels will affect the fat distribution on her body.

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“Body shape is determined by the nature of The Body Fat distribution that, in turn, is significantly correlated with women’s sex hormone profile, risk for disease, and reproductive capability.” by Dr. Singh

Concentrations of estrogen will influence where body fat is stored.

So go back to sleep and start loving your beautiful healthy body !!!!