In Theory, to play the piano, all you have to do is push the right keys to make a beautiful sound. No matter who plays an F on a piano, the sound is identical. A piano key is ¾ inch wide which is nive because even a five year old can learn to play. Therefore, piano has been the instrument of choice for a child. Physically the musical process is very easy- Also adults find is easy as well.

Adults and children alike, can understand and learn to play a simple two-note chord, consisting of any white key, skipping one, and playing the next. With minimal effort a people can plunk out a tune that they recognize, giving them at least a preview of what playing music is actually like. For example, Mary Had a Little Lamb, is a matter of a few moments for any child to learn in Piano by Number. Don’t get me wrong, the piano takes a lot of time and patience to master, but once you do, it is worth it. The piano is one of the most versatile instruments out there and one of the most beautiful sounding.

Playing the piano was always a dream of mine. My mother put me in piano lessons as a child and for some odd reason, I wanted nothing to do with it. I felt that my hands were too small and I couldn’t reach the keys. I also becoming increasingly obsessed with sports so do you think I honestly wanted to sit down at a piano? Not so much, but today I look back and I regret that decision. My mother still sits down to play this beautiful instrument and it makes me envy her talent and the joy she has as she sings along. I love the sounds that echo through my parents home when I am visiting. It brings back memories of when I was a child and my mother would practice choruses and hymns before Sunday Worship. I love my mother- and I love her Piano.

One of these days I will sit down at a piano and try once more for me; for my mother.

Mick Jagger (66) is supposed to have slept with Angelina Jolie (34) while he was engaged to Jerry Hall, which still was married to Johnny Lee Miller. Oh Hollywood, your lovestorys should not be this confusing!

There are new speculations about Angelina Jolie’s, let’s be polite, “love life” every day. Now it’s Jenny Paul, who is set to reveal delicate insight into Jolie’s bedtime stories in her new biography “Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie: The True Story”.

First time both Jolie and Jagger are supposed to have met on the set of the Stones video “Anybody Seen My Baby”. Jolie caught a role in this production, the role to put her clothes off. She played a stripper who is being attacked by a band.

Now is Angelina the maneater the press is imputing her to?

There’s a rumor about her and Brad pitt (46) already had an affair while he was together with Jennifer Aniston. Both are denying this, but it was Angelina Jolie who disclosed that Brad and her was falling in love during the making of “Mr. And Mrs. Smith” in an interview. At that time he still was allied with Jen Aniston though.

It was after “Mr. And Mrs. Smith” was finished, when the Mick Jagger incident is supposed to have taken place.

Jenny Paul is reporting in her biography about Brangelina, that the Rockstar Jagger and Angelina are reputed to have had met even six years after their first romance, 2003 in Bangkok. Obviously Mick Jagger had a girlfriend back then already: L’Wren Scott, who still is with him.

The bio allegedly reveils even more affairs of Jolie. It’s said that she actually was getting close to Colin Farrell (33) during their shooting of “Alexander”, which was highly speculated through the press.

The end. You think so? The show must go on:

When Angelina and Brad finally got together in 2004, she is supposed to have maintained two sexual relationships with the Actor Ralph Fiennes as well es her ex husband Johnny Lee Miller.
Sigh. Come on Jenny Paul, this sounds crazy. Paul defends those storys as facts as she was researching those for over 6 years, talking to Jolies companions.

By the way, Jolie is shooting a new movie these days named “The Tourist” playing alongside nobody else but Johnny Depp. Be strong Vanessa Paradis!

Vincent van Gogh – Biography

“Vincent van Gogh was born near Brabant, the son of a minister. In 1869, he got a position at the art dealers, Goupil and Co. in The Hague, through his uncle, and worked with them until he was dismissed from de London office in 1873. He worked as a schoolmaster in England (1876), before training for the ministry at Amsterdam University (1877). After he failed to get a post in the church, he went to live as an independent missionary among the Borinage miners.

He was largely self-taught as an artist, although he received help from his cousin, Mauve. His first work were heavily painted, mud colored and clumsy attempts to represent the life of the poor(e.g., Potato-Eaters, 1885 Amsterdam), influenced by one of his artistic heroes, Millet. He moved to Paris in 1886, living with his devoted brother, Theo, who as a dealer introduced him to artists like Gauguin, Pissarro, Seurat and Toulouse-Lautrec. In Paris, he discovered color as well as the divisionist ideas which helped to create the distinctive dashed brushstroke of his late work (e.g., Pere Tanguy, 1887, Paris). He moved to Arles, in the south os France, in 1888, hoping to establish an artists’ colony there, and was immediately struck by the hot reds and yellows of the Mediterranean, which he increasingly used symbolically to represent his own moods (e.g., Sunflowers, 1888, London, National Gallery). He was joined briefly by Gauguin in October 1888, and managed is some works to combine his own ideas with the latter’s Synthetism (e.g., The Sower, 1888, Amsterdam), but the visit was not a success. A final argument led to the infamous episode in which Van Gogh mutilated his ear.

In 1889, he became a voluntary patient at the St. Remy asylum, where he continued to paint, often making copies of artists he admired. His palette softened to mauves and pinks, but his brushwork was increasingly agitated, the dashes constructed into swirling, twister shapes, often seen as symbolic of his mental state ( e.g., Ravine, 1889, Otterlo). He moved to Auvers, to be closer to Theo in 1890 – his last 70 days spent in a hectic program of painting. His died, having sold only one work, following a botched suicide attempt. His life is detailed in a series of letters to his brother (published 1959)”.

-From “The Buulfinch Guide To Art History”

The Globalization of Tourism

“The World Tourism Organization’s forecasts are on target, international tourist arrivals will climb from the present 625 million a year to 1.6 billion in 2020. By this date, travelers will spend over US$ 2 trillion, (against US$ 44.5 billion today), making tourism the world’s leading industry.
Electronic technology is facilitating this growth by offering access to fare and hotel information and online reservation service. Despite a modest annual growth rate (3.1%), Europe will remain, by far, the most popular destination (it can expect 717 million international arrivals in 2020, double the 1998 figure), though its market share will decline from 59 to 45%. Growth on the continent will be led by Central and Eastern European countries, where arrivals are expected to increase by
4.8% per year. At the same time, almost half the world’s tourist will be coming from Europe. Given this dominance, it is not surprising to find that six European countries count among the top ten tourism earners and spenders. The United States holds first place in both categories.
With a 7% per annum growth in international arrivals, the East Asia/Pacific region will overtake the Americas as the second most popular destination, holding a 27% market share in 2020 against 18% by the Americas. But the industry will also be doing its utmost to court the Asian traveler, since East Asia/Pacific is forecast to become the world’s second most important generator of tourist, with a 7% annual growth rate, pushing the Americas into third position. China is expected to become the fourth lagest source of tourists on the world market, while it is not even among the first twenty today. Both arrivals to and departures from Africa (and especially Southern Africa), the Middle East and South Asia are expected to grow by above 5% per year.
While France has held its place as the top destination throughout the 1990s, it will be dethroned in the next decades, with China ( excluding Hong Kong) expected to top the list by 2020 even though it is not even featured on it today. Also making an entry into the top ten are the Russian Federation, Hong Kong, and the Czech Republic.
Despite this growth forecast, tourism is and will remain the privilege of a few: WTO forecast that only 7% of the world population will travel abroad by 2020”.

Source: World Tourism Organization
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