tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85249922450446705902024-02-07T08:45:21.401-08:00 Darren Power ArtDarren Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045712095045094737noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524992245044670590.post-78786491028919876442018-09-22T06:56:00.044-07:002023-06-25T12:20:46.432-07:00<b>Artists Biography</b><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #666633; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Darren Power is an Irish artist, and has worked for many years in the animation and computer games industry in Europe, USA, and Asia. Born in Waterford, Darren was drawn to art from a very young age and became involved in community and commissioned painting projects in
public spaces. He is self-taught and sold and exhibited his solo work through the Harrison Gallery
in Dublin. After several years of living in Europe he moved to Vietnam in 2000 where he currently lives with his family.</span><br />
<span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #666633; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Influenced by the rich history, sculpture and
architecture of Asia, Europe and South America, Darren has produced a large collection of acrylic paintings that explore the iconic figures that pervade
myths and legends. Most of his work depicts stone and wood, and the 3-Dimensional quality inherent in the paint is produced by this attention to texture and form. </span></span><div><span style="color: #666633; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666633; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">The series </span><b style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">‘Fragments’</b><span style="color: #666633; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> is rooted in the history of Angkor, particularly the destruction, looting and rebuilding of the temples. These mixed media paintings are situated in the hiatus between construction and deconstruction and explore the cyclical nature of development through a variety of textures, images and sections of paint which appear to be almost pieced together.</span><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="background: white; color: #666633; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">He has exhibited internationally at
The Private Collector Gallery, Cork, Ireland (2007-8), The Private Collector
Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus (2008), Q Bar, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2008), The
Deck, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2008), L'entete Gallery, Ho Chi Minh
City,Vietnam (2009), The Living Room Gallery, Ho Chi Minh
City, Vietnam (2009), FLOW, Ho Chi Minh
City, Vietnam (2010). VinGallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
(2012-2013), Instore Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2013-2014), Oisín
Gallery, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2016-2017).</span></span></div><div><span style="color: #bf9000;"><span style="background: white; color: #666633; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #bf9000; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3s5Ofelz6-8T7S7KNdNSOHi81MKKAlWL1cX38d6DzF5-58XkLwgOFXV9LkAeWaUaklJGsU7s6ERJqPxEKkp9xdor35SEAJZGQ_THgwrwWEqUt3q9J-vi8xRnbxd2QZ313rgUctpjz_UY2/s1333/forestdvd+++.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1333" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3s5Ofelz6-8T7S7KNdNSOHi81MKKAlWL1cX38d6DzF5-58XkLwgOFXV9LkAeWaUaklJGsU7s6ERJqPxEKkp9xdor35SEAJZGQ_THgwrwWEqUt3q9J-vi8xRnbxd2QZ313rgUctpjz_UY2/w640-h338/forestdvd+++.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><span style="background: white; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #bf9000; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Over the years I have
had the pleasure of having my paintings chosen to be featured on the
covers of DVD's by Prof. B. Alan Wallace. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #bf9000; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666600; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
Dynamic lecturer, progressive scholar, and one of the most prolific writers and
translators of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, Prof. B. Alan Wallace
continually seeks innovative ways to integrate Buddhist contemplative practices
with Western science to advance the study of the mind.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #bf9000; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666600; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dr. Wallace, a scholar and practitioner of Buddhism since 1970,
has taught Buddhist theory and meditation worldwide since 1976. Having
devoted fourteen years to training as a Tibetan Buddhist monk, ordained by H.
H. the Dalai Lama, he went on to earn an undergraduate degree in physics and
the philosophy of science at Amherst College and a doctorate in religious
studies at Stanford.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #bf9000; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666600; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With his unique background, Alan brings deep experience and
applied skills to the challenge of integrating traditional Indo-Tibetan Buddhism
with the modern world.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #bf9000; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
For more information on B. Alan Wallace and his teachings, please visit</span><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="color: #666600; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.alanwallace.org/"><span style="color: #3333ff; text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.alanwallace.org/</span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVbmSmHpo74SztV6UNMQu1mJ_4ZCQIOL_D5DTQWvt8LgkCiLNr4vWziJXG1GgtIgqrFzq-Bvzxh7z9Njq8PkVF2Fo3wDQUlmmSoBgWFozmzNKoEpeHCWbNPW9Sj6GgKKcHJBZmekZqJhGC/s1600/dvdd.jpg"><span style="color: #666600; text-decoration-line: none;"> </span><span style="color: #274e13; text-decoration-line: none;">and</span><span style="color: #666600; text-decoration-line: none;"> </span></a><span style="color: #3333ff; text-decoration-line: none;"><a href="http://www.sbinstitute.com/">http://www.sbinstitute.com/</a></span></span></p>
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<span style="color: #bf9000;"><br /></span><br /></div></div> Darren Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045712095045094737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524992245044670590.post-23051815734963336612018-09-20T22:55:00.025-07:002022-05-08T00:14:47.323-07:00<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8BZK8AwYPOAuSvn3MGcDpvFQrlm28a0LHjWnV3z0QDbfgHn6_sZDO_8_MAssQKrNKfqA4U9lwcN5wfdfg7UY63bnrp-ifpiSw5hFw1rIYiyr_lmubRH47zDViONyRutoeB5A-niHHyGMA/s2048/IMG_0578+.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1415" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8BZK8AwYPOAuSvn3MGcDpvFQrlm28a0LHjWnV3z0QDbfgHn6_sZDO_8_MAssQKrNKfqA4U9lwcN5wfdfg7UY63bnrp-ifpiSw5hFw1rIYiyr_lmubRH47zDViONyRutoeB5A-niHHyGMA/w442-h640/IMG_0578+.JPG" width="442" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div><strong>H'MONG WOMAN I</strong></div><div><span style="color: #b45f06;"><strong style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 400;">$1,300</span></strong></span></div><div><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #b45f06;">130cm x 110cm</span></div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; text-align: center;">Acrylic paint & plaster on canvas</span></div>
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<div><span style="background-color: white; color: #666600; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">The H'mong people are part of the San Miao (Tam Miêu) of South China. Around the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, they emigrated to Vietnam and built hamlets in the highland regions of Hà Giang and Lào Cai provences.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #666600; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">The H'mong people believe they have a common ancestor so they really value unity in their community. They have a very extraordinary culture and usually wear their self-woven clothes made by linen, decorated with unique technique to express their strong ethnic characteristics.</span></div>
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<div><span style="background-color: white; color: #666600; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">The H'mong people are part of the San Miao (Tam Miêu) of South China. Around the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, they emigrated to Vietnam and built hamlets in the highland regions of Hà Giang and Lào Cai provences.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #666600; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;">The H'mong people believe they have a common ancestor so they really value unity in their community. They have a very extraordinary culture and usually wear their self-woven clothes made by linen, decorated with unique technique to express their strong ethnic characteristics.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999900;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: #666600; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;">Most likely an ancestor of K'inich Janaab' </span></span><span style="color: #666600;">Pakal</span></div></span></div><div><div style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999900; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;">(pictured below). </span><span style="color: #666600; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;">The ancient sculptor who moulded this meloncholy portrait for Palenque's Temple Of The Sun achieved a moving naturalism, whereas the artistic expression of the sculpture below is more traditional.</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666600; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;">The ornament linking the bridge of the nose to the forehead con</span><span style="color: #666600; font-size: 14.85px;">forms to the Mayan</span><span style="color: #666600; font-size: 14.85px;"> canons of beauty.</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666600; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666600; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" div="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKj4pewuaJ-PKV90Rl_apu5nzDRaD7OMLfDdbxvPrdZNko-H3vqcto2ev6ENckCx-atWJWNiQSxxU9PehQbSFulX9WDBlyjAg4zUROP3EzJSXHn-cJjuVtOw4_DodFmc1O-MIiOcnyFjt_/s1597/Pacal+Votan-+%25281%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1597" data-original-width="1135" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKj4pewuaJ-PKV90Rl_apu5nzDRaD7OMLfDdbxvPrdZNko-H3vqcto2ev6ENckCx-atWJWNiQSxxU9PehQbSFulX9WDBlyjAg4zUROP3EzJSXHn-cJjuVtOw4_DodFmc1O-MIiOcnyFjt_/w454-h640/Pacal+Votan-+%25281%2529.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></strong></div><div><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: lora, serif; font-size: 16px;">K'INICH JANAAB</strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjschoMDsGFwOa2fa-yIetsU0R1xe8wVQzzrep1G25-YJgJehyphenhyphenn5qap1VEl6GNmn1-9NZDX60CFeD49MjfBxVMyXkVng141zjvR6UpCml6a4iqecFIMW0gHeR7-CS3p9L823W8IRIuzt54K/s1600-h/09.Pacal+Votan.jpg" style="background: transparent; color: #3361b0; font-family: lora, serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-decoration-line: none;"></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: lora, serif; font-size: 16px;">' </span><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: lora, serif; font-size: 16px;">PAKAL</strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Orig. $1,100 </span><font color="#f4a900" style="font-weight: 400;">Sale $490</font></span></div><div><br /></div></strong></div></div><div style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666600; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><div style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #999900;">acrylic on canvas 120cm x 85cm</span><br /><span style="color: #666600;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: lora, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #666600;">K'inich Janaab' Pakal, also known as Pacal the Great<br /><span style="color: #999900;">(603-683)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">During the height of the classic Maya civilisation Lord Pacal ruled the empire of Nah Chan Palenque (in present day Chiapas Mexico) for 52 years. He is revered as the chief engineer who guided the Mayan mission of inscripting stone monuments with precise astronomical and astrological information during the 10th Baktun (435-830AD).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pacal saw expansion of Palenque's power in the western part of the Maya states, and initiated a building program at his capital that produced some of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_civilization" style="background: transparent; color: #3361b0; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Maya civilization"><span style="color: #666600;">Maya civilization</span></a>'s finest art and architecture.</div></span><span style="color: #666600;"><div style="text-align: justify;">After his death, "Pacal the Great" was worshiped as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God" style="background: transparent; color: #3361b0; text-decoration-line: none;" title="God"><span style="color: #666600;">god</span></a>, and said to communicate with his descendants. He was buried within the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Inscriptions" style="background: transparent; color: #3361b0; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Temple of Inscriptions"><span style="color: #666600;">Temple of Inscriptions</span></a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQApGpx6shPuNZztE5UG_KIw-L-sE9o94s1_ThaHOihyphenhyphenL93_rupTrNTGuuh0tylo11p0xADMup5Kgkkloj-GyNbCNeUJSyyHg-Rd_uNLiX5olFe4FQLcG5hE5LNZqF-EwC0BsxQOze7Vs/s1317/May.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="1317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQApGpx6shPuNZztE5UG_KIw-L-sE9o94s1_ThaHOihyphenhyphenL93_rupTrNTGuuh0tylo11p0xADMup5Kgkkloj-GyNbCNeUJSyyHg-Rd_uNLiX5olFe4FQLcG5hE5LNZqF-EwC0BsxQOze7Vs/s320/May.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZ1V08S-AR3p5FjH4jgGIgAZ1FkmP6MImVU6wdKxjf4kD6w9sxiVJ3_xBfsry6z_jehKH9zGNshnS5gHFU8jSoj-LJfHHEtJNCFbmrvvz-KEbv3caLLFfKzJt_R8POGwgOKl3kOR7aL0z/s2362/May+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="2362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZ1V08S-AR3p5FjH4jgGIgAZ1FkmP6MImVU6wdKxjf4kD6w9sxiVJ3_xBfsry6z_jehKH9zGNshnS5gHFU8jSoj-LJfHHEtJNCFbmrvvz-KEbv3caLLFfKzJt_R8POGwgOKl3kOR7aL0z/s320/May+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666600;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Buddha (Indian design)</div></span><span style="color: #666600;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666600;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #666600;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Khmer civilisation was influenced by it's Indian counterpart. The portrayal of the facial features in this seventh/eight century Buddha from the period of Dvaravati, a Buddhist kingdom in the Menam Delta, is inspired by Gupta art, which flourished in India between the fourth and sixth centuries.</div></span></span><div><span style="color: #666600;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666600;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666600;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666600;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #666600;">Siddhartha Gautama<br /><span style="color: #999900;">(563 BC - 483 BC)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666600;">Religious leader, founder of </span><a href="http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Buddhism"><span style="color: #666600;">Buddhism</span></a><span style="color: #666600;">, born at Lumbini in Nepal, and raised in his father's palace at Kapilavastu. At the age of 29 he left his wife and son and a life of luxury, to resolve the problems of existence. After six years of austerity he realized that asceticism, like overindulgence, was futile, and chose the Middle Way of meditation. He became enlightened under a bodhi tree near Bodhgaya in Bihar, India. He began teaching at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, and founded the </span><a href="http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Sangha"><span style="color: #666600;">Sangha</span></a><span style="color: #666600;">, or order of monks. He spent the rest of his life travelling around northern India, and died at Kusinagara.</span></div></span><span style="color: #666600;"><div style="text-align: justify;">His first teaching took place at the Deer Park in Benares. It was there that he expounded his "Four Noble Truths," which are the foundation of all Buddhist belief:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">1.) All human life is suffering (dhukka ).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2.) All suffering is caused by human desire, particularly the desire that impermanent things be permanent.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3.) Human suffering can be ended by ending human desire.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">4.) Desire can be ended by following the "Eightfold Noble Path": right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0f-Zj_Q4IR7SGfQqTsGxYwE7yV_qtYw2DUss2a89Xf7X5TW0dMrVhVtGmYeY42-Do8G7TQ3Blqc7xqR8mhbWJ0Cw8hmE4Gewx-lBzyb2QhEcEY2ln0m11kG_Djh_stzvyXGyz98nXsW2/s2101/smil+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1098" data-original-width="2101" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0f-Zj_Q4IR7SGfQqTsGxYwE7yV_qtYw2DUss2a89Xf7X5TW0dMrVhVtGmYeY42-Do8G7TQ3Blqc7xqR8mhbWJ0Cw8hmE4Gewx-lBzyb2QhEcEY2ln0m11kG_Djh_stzvyXGyz98nXsW2/s320/smil+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5aMdMHOzZiuk83EFx57p-_tGKxeiXVavwjolV33SH2nieq6S_uA2q1H_XfRbY-PWnrsSmYdJr1j-TAmyZqcDZ50-XMFEwpg93kKlauvoU6b8quFv9o2e8qOWZEjvGy-fpVABKWDesD4HS/s1951/smil+1a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1951" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5aMdMHOzZiuk83EFx57p-_tGKxeiXVavwjolV33SH2nieq6S_uA2q1H_XfRbY-PWnrsSmYdJr1j-TAmyZqcDZ50-XMFEwpg93kKlauvoU6b8quFv9o2e8qOWZEjvGy-fpVABKWDesD4HS/s320/smil+1a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></span></div></div>Darren Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045712095045094737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524992245044670590.post-86491844023717272092018-09-19T04:30:00.027-07:002022-05-08T00:15:46.075-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666600; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="color: #999900;">(100-44 BC)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Roman military and political leader</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Caesar is remembered as one of history's greatest generals and a key ruler of the Roman empire. As a young man he rose through the administrative ranks of the Roman republic, accumulating power until he was elected consul in 59 B.C. Over the next 15 years he led Roman armies against enemies abroad, especially in Gaul, while fighting Pompey and others for political control at home.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In 45 B.C. he reached his ultimate success, being named dictator of Rome for life. That rule was short-lived: the next year he was stabbed to death in the Senate by a group led by his follower Marcus Junius Brutus.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZhc3EtyjAi8uQS98_BGXfXQtdZlNwBBHdWtDfwIPlf-9tBxV0UYL62BQ9pHZjv0y87xfimbsKxPPImkLpqFyvZOWUgXsPWq4DWu7tpnn-CkP-S4wTE48AJpVZJL2Im7QFXQwquFKrzab/s2287/caes+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="2287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZhc3EtyjAi8uQS98_BGXfXQtdZlNwBBHdWtDfwIPlf-9tBxV0UYL62BQ9pHZjv0y87xfimbsKxPPImkLpqFyvZOWUgXsPWq4DWu7tpnn-CkP-S4wTE48AJpVZJL2Im7QFXQwquFKrzab/s320/caes+.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigBuQ3trojzT7R68gNR6MRznhzlxTZlaL3aFYRH_I8c2S8Vji4n9aPx21JVs06vIY5PQVzqL_w05n0z9KfJthNNyBhFyddr9M0ZSfpRGrdoSEkHt3mip2tZuaXYsuMyodiLexl70H7fqOn/s1554/Caes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="1554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigBuQ3trojzT7R68gNR6MRznhzlxTZlaL3aFYRH_I8c2S8Vji4n9aPx21JVs06vIY5PQVzqL_w05n0z9KfJthNNyBhFyddr9M0ZSfpRGrdoSEkHt3mip2tZuaXYsuMyodiLexl70H7fqOn/s320/Caes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></span></div>Darren Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045712095045094737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524992245044670590.post-88522785911309627672018-09-19T03:30:00.012-07:002020-06-17T21:22:50.347-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666600;"><span style="color: #666600;">Siddhartha Gautama<br /><span style="color: #999900;">(563 BC - 483 BC)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666600;">Religious leader, founder of </span><a href="http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Buddhism"><span style="color: #666600;">Buddhism</span></a><span style="color: #666600;">, born at Lumbini in Nepal, and raised in his father's palace at Kapilavastu. At the age of 29 he left his wife and son and a life of luxury, to resolve the problems of existence. After six years of austerity he realized that asceticism, like overindulgence, was futile, and chose the Middle Way of meditation. He became enlightened under a bodhi tree near Bodhgaya in Bihar, India. He began teaching at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, and founded the </span><a href="http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Sangha"><span style="color: #666600;">Sangha</span></a><span style="color: #666600;">, or order of monks. He spent the rest of his life travelling around northern India, and died at Kusinagara.</span></div></span><span style="color: #666600;"><div style="text-align: justify;">His first teaching took place at the Deer Park in Benares. It was there that he expounded his "Four Noble Truths," which are the foundation of all Buddhist belief:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">1.) All human life is suffering (dhukka ).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2.) All suffering is caused by human desire, particularly the desire that impermanent things be permanent.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3.) Human suffering can be ended by ending human desire.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">4.) Desire can be ended by following the "Eightfold Noble Path": right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLJ_afDq8d_7qPUp4kozrEdtD_C0zyCodszE2VE7uMQ6JtRfnvK1kgBS5WflJGHN4kiCk5EWBPf_gxq4Py1Euag4oEtbJQ2X8ER8ITpbfJYyk4IRb2FjTr3ZkhVt8sdnzxhGblelu7GH2/s964/paintigss+7f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="964" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLJ_afDq8d_7qPUp4kozrEdtD_C0zyCodszE2VE7uMQ6JtRfnvK1kgBS5WflJGHN4kiCk5EWBPf_gxq4Py1Euag4oEtbJQ2X8ER8ITpbfJYyk4IRb2FjTr3ZkhVt8sdnzxhGblelu7GH2/s320/paintigss+7f.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></span>Darren Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045712095045094737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524992245044670590.post-53057780842505705342018-09-19T03:00:00.011-07:002020-06-07T23:34:10.853-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #999900; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">(c. 1120/25 —c. 1215/19)</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666600; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">King of the Khmer Empire</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666600; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The Khmer Empire reached the height of it's glory under the rulership of Jayavarman VII. In his late fifties he led his people in a struggle for independence after their subjugation by the Cham. He was crowned king of a reconstituted Khmer empire at 61. He ruled more than 30 years and brought the empire to its zenith in terms both of territorial extent and of royal architecture and construction. Champa, southern Laos, and portions of the Malay Peninsula and Myanmar (Burma) came under his control. He built temples, hospitals, and rest houses, and rebuilt the city of Angkor (now called Angkor Thom). His dedication to both the spiritual and physical needs of the people has made him a national hero to modern Cambodians.</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666600; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Most statues show his features to be a blend of both his and Buddha, always seen meditating yet radiating charasmatic power.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666600;">Achilles, in </span><a class="qv" href="http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761570116/Greek_Mythology.html"><span style="color: #666600;">Greek mythology</span></a><span style="color: #666600;">, greatest of the Greek warriors in the </span><a class="qv" href="http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761556458/Trojan_War.html"><span style="color: #666600;">Trojan War</span></a><span style="color: #666600;">. He was the son of the sea nymph </span><a class="qv" href="http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761569269/Thetis.html"><span style="color: #666600;">Thetis</span></a><span style="color: #666600;"> and </span><a class="qv" href="http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761564007/Peleus.html"><span style="color: #666600;">Peleus</span></a><span style="color: #666600;">, king of the </span><a class="qv" href="http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761569318/Myrmidons.html"><span style="color: #666600;">Myrmidons</span></a><span style="color: #666600;"> of </span><a class="qv" href="http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761572831/Thessaly.html"><span style="color: #666600;">Thessaly</span></a><span style="color: #666600;">. When the </span><a class="qv" href="http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761561731/Fates.html"><span style="color: #666600;">Fates</span></a><span style="color: #666600;"> prophesied that Achilles would die in the Trojan War, Thetis attempted to make her infant son immortal. In one version of the story, Thetis rubbed Achilles with ambrosia and placed him in the hearth fire to make him immortal. According to a later legend, she bathed him in the River </span><a class="qv" href="http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761558566/Styx.html"><span style="color: #666600;">Styx</span></a><span style="color: #666600;">. The waters made him invulnerable except for the heel by which his mother held him.</span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAQCtcvg2kbx6cMSJamqTHdu4hULC_tV4a-roxazF1whN8NIj6jNPAuG7aUb63z08ZLnXWiOVp1ihMF2eyK8qH4hbWIl3T10ymY0XrBgk5EJWsRhkv268m-tofzlIBmaoPd3yeHalKopF/s2301/ach1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="2301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsAQCtcvg2kbx6cMSJamqTHdu4hULC_tV4a-roxazF1whN8NIj6jNPAuG7aUb63z08ZLnXWiOVp1ihMF2eyK8qH4hbWIl3T10ymY0XrBgk5EJWsRhkv268m-tofzlIBmaoPd3yeHalKopF/s320/ach1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #666600;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666600;"><span style="color: #666600;">Aphrodite</span><br /><div style="color: #666600; text-align: justify;">Goddess of love and beauty in Greek Mythology</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666600;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #666600;"><div style="text-align: justify;">According to Hesiod when Kronos (Cronos) had cut off his father’s genitals, he tossed them into the sea. The immortal flesh eventually spread into a circle of white foam... from this foam, Aphrodite was created. Her name literally means foam-born. She was attended by Eros (the primal god of Love) and Himeros when she was first born but when she stepped ashore on the island of Kypros (Cyprus) she was a “modest and lovely Goddess”, since known as the Lady of Kypros.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKvnyIYnJvkhYHTD8rJgt7fEpVn8ZESyiZrvCO5fP4I6Qe0ePPyumiD1sIzFIy-cxuQpsmVPj1BWc94oF7GtLIuTnYMw1TVoBWm4iAnOsB4XwZfJXrmlUnKpoP-PaA__oEYCZFjYrAfAI/s2362/aph+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="2362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAKvnyIYnJvkhYHTD8rJgt7fEpVn8ZESyiZrvCO5fP4I6Qe0ePPyumiD1sIzFIy-cxuQpsmVPj1BWc94oF7GtLIuTnYMw1TVoBWm4iAnOsB4XwZfJXrmlUnKpoP-PaA__oEYCZFjYrAfAI/s320/aph+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></span></div>Darren Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045712095045094737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524992245044670590.post-14647870816579703292018-09-19T02:00:00.029-07:002022-05-08T00:16:42.129-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666600;">Chinese soldier of Qin Shi Huang the First Emperor of China dating from 210BC</span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUi1ZHVYSk2eDH6kCHUsuqPeGIAInmE5bZgksLBnB9CaHoExhGG4qAmNov8b5TdYfhD-US-Bag6lUm5h06fsoEdjItvATHpOLyJbuwabeD2yW9NdR2DDd5NbO7t5G0ziP3PlMFF9bO00TY/s2038/akh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="2038" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUi1ZHVYSk2eDH6kCHUsuqPeGIAInmE5bZgksLBnB9CaHoExhGG4qAmNov8b5TdYfhD-US-Bag6lUm5h06fsoEdjItvATHpOLyJbuwabeD2yW9NdR2DDd5NbO7t5G0ziP3PlMFF9bO00TY/s320/akh.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoCZ4trSzGi-q0k7buPfDKO025EF2dtajhmTSrHsrqz8LWBoeLgHKRYkrhalEiFLpeFeEKLK8G0hDmvqX1qCxWp2AXC4HyDGOPI69LRfGfZ9P8PECUNzKdYYw763Fs-9R5Z2NNsAtktM4c/s1388/akh+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="1388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoCZ4trSzGi-q0k7buPfDKO025EF2dtajhmTSrHsrqz8LWBoeLgHKRYkrhalEiFLpeFeEKLK8G0hDmvqX1qCxWp2AXC4HyDGOPI69LRfGfZ9P8PECUNzKdYYw763Fs-9R5Z2NNsAtktM4c/s320/akh+.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #666600;"><br /></span></div>
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<strong>SENUSRET I </strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">$1,900</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666600;">Senusret I<br /><span style="color: #999900;">(1971 BC to 1926 BC) </span><br />2nd pharaoh of the 12th Dynasty of Egypt<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666600;">Senusret I ascended to the throne after the murder of his father, </span><a href="http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/amenemhet1.htm"><span style="color: #666600;">Amenemhet I</span></a><span style="color: #666600;">. For the first time that we know of in Egyptian history, Senusret I was made a co-regent in the 20th year of Amenemhet I's rule, and so was by the time of his father's death firmly established as the heir to the throne. Therefore, regardless of the intentions of the conspirators, he managed to ascend the throne with little difficulty.</span></div></span><span style="color: #666600;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Senusret I is responsible for a building programme in which many temples all over the country were for the first time rebuilt in stone or at least decorated with stone elements, with inscriptions and images of the king.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">He also had two, massive 20 meter (66 foot) red granite obelisks erected on the occasion of his jubilee celebrating his 30th year in office. These monoliths would have weighed 121 tons each. One of the pair remains the oldest standing obelisk in Egypt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqyKvMAp16ZGSVIgH-uOB_RwWkc2ZELp1IvYWodZbaBOHGfXee2y5K8d-bmRivRak8GOI_zNvHfS1SdwHrI2p-M09FIsaqmSaf7Zo-L5agSLgUC8ePL-rpuxx9iporYC6XzVrj4214assH/s1413/sen+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="1413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqyKvMAp16ZGSVIgH-uOB_RwWkc2ZELp1IvYWodZbaBOHGfXee2y5K8d-bmRivRak8GOI_zNvHfS1SdwHrI2p-M09FIsaqmSaf7Zo-L5agSLgUC8ePL-rpuxx9iporYC6XzVrj4214assH/s320/sen+.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBu4Ix7epWNRkjCBeOzqV59AkMsvaH4qkN5vszR7bWQFesxRvYt304QN0ukSxg-HtvEATMAjrqluLyiKUPbnzAnkl6-SwnJsTJ_KpWf0w-wwUk0gH9C7JeyUX-bkG3dpDHXBQFYPDl7Y3O/s1588/sen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="1588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBu4Ix7epWNRkjCBeOzqV59AkMsvaH4qkN5vszR7bWQFesxRvYt304QN0ukSxg-HtvEATMAjrqluLyiKUPbnzAnkl6-SwnJsTJ_KpWf0w-wwUk0gH9C7JeyUX-bkG3dpDHXBQFYPDl7Y3O/s320/sen.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span>
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<span style="color: #666600;">Alexander<br /><span style="color: #999900;">(356BC-323BC)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, single-handedly changed the nature of the ancient world in little more than a decade.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Alexander was born in the northern Greek kingdom of Macedonia. His parents were Philip II, King of Macedon, and his wife Olympias. Alexander was educated by the philosopher Aristotle. Philip was assassinated in 336 BC.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Against overwhelming odds, Alexander led his army to victories across the Persian territories of Asia Minor, Syria and Egypt without suffering a single defeat. The young king of Macedonia became Great King of Persia at the age of 25.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Over the next eight years in his capacity as king, commander, politician, scholar and explorer, Alexander led his army a further 11,000 miles, founding over 70 cities and creating an empire that stretched across three continents and covered around two million square miles.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Alexander was acknowledged as a military genius who always led by example, although his belief in his own indestructibility meant he was often reckless with his own life and those of his soldiers. The fact that his army only refused to follow him once in 13 years of a reign during which there was constant fighting, indicates the loyalty he inspired.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">He died of a fever in Babylon in June 323 BC.</div></span>Darren Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045712095045094737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524992245044670590.post-6157650917422817992018-09-19T00:00:00.005-07:002020-06-08T02:03:49.376-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666600;"><span style="color: #666600;">Siddhartha Gautama<br /><span style="color: #999900;">(563 BC - 483 BC)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666600;">Religious leader, founder of </span><a href="http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Buddhism"><span style="color: #666600;">Buddhism</span></a><span style="color: #666600;">, born at Lumbini in Nepal, and raised in his father's palace at Kapilavastu. At the age of 29 he left his wife and son and a life of luxury, to resolve the problems of existence. After six years of austerity he realized that asceticism, like overindulgence, was futile, and chose the Middle Way of meditation. He became enlightened under a bodhi tree near Bodhgaya in Bihar, India. He began teaching at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, and founded the </span><a href="http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Sangha"><span style="color: #666600;">Sangha</span></a><span style="color: #666600;">, or order of monks. He spent the rest of his life travelling around northern India, and died at Kusinagara.</span></div></span><span style="color: #666600;"><div style="text-align: justify;">His first teaching took place at the Deer Park in Benares. It was there that he expounded his "Four Noble Truths," which are the foundation of all Buddhist belief:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">1.) All human life is suffering (dhukka ).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2.) All suffering is caused by human desire, particularly the desire that impermanent things be permanent.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3.) Human suffering can be ended by ending human desire.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">4.) Desire can be ended by following the "Eightfold Noble Path": right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.</div></span>
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<span style="color: #666600;">Siddhartha Gautama<br /><span style="color: #999900;">(563 BC - 483 BC)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666600;">Religious leader, founder of </span><a href="http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Buddhism"><span style="color: #666600;">Buddhism</span></a><span style="color: #666600;">, born at Lumbini in Nepal, and raised in his father's palace at Kapilavastu. At the age of 29 he left his wife and son and a life of luxury, to resolve the problems of existence. After six years of austerity he realized that asceticism, like overindulgence, was futile, and chose the Middle Way of meditation. He became enlightened under a bodhi tree near Bodhgaya in Bihar, India. He began teaching at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, and founded the </span><a href="http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Sangha"><span style="color: #666600;">Sangha</span></a><span style="color: #666600;">, or order of monks. He spent the rest of his life travelling around northern India, and died at Kusinagara.</span></div></span><span style="color: #666600;"><div style="text-align: justify;">His first teaching took place at the Deer Park in Benares. It was there that he expounded his "Four Noble Truths," which are the foundation of all Buddhist belief:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">1.) All human life is suffering (dhukka ).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2.) All suffering is caused by human desire, particularly the desire that impermanent things be permanent.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3.) Human suffering can be ended by ending human desire.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">4.) Desire can be ended by following the "Eightfold Noble Path": right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration.</div></span><br /></div></strong>Darren Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045712095045094737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524992245044670590.post-71635614355256650662018-09-18T10:00:00.018-07:002022-05-08T00:17:57.968-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTUvrWhbVh-PP4cuWPQvekv52SxMyvO6a8CfsH1sJTXxyJSjyDGYxdnxAbbOLiVzJ5ACXf6clxvLlSXOhebNAKzGcZhsA7P-5arEWEf3Yha-NXCubP1Fu_-dY5819hNp-XlgTXki5SHpdE/s4030/4+piece+Big.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4030" data-original-width="2884" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTUvrWhbVh-PP4cuWPQvekv52SxMyvO6a8CfsH1sJTXxyJSjyDGYxdnxAbbOLiVzJ5ACXf6clxvLlSXOhebNAKzGcZhsA7P-5arEWEf3Yha-NXCubP1Fu_-dY5819hNp-XlgTXki5SHpdE/w458-h640/4+piece+Big.jpg" width="458" /></a></div>
<div><strong><br /></strong></div><div><strong>BUDDHA TETRAPTYCH</strong></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">$715</span></div><div>
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<strong><br /></strong><div><span style="color: #999900;"><span style="color: #999900; text-align: justify;">Acrylic paint, modeling paste on canvas</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span>60cm x 90cm</span><br /><span style="color: #999900;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="color: #999900;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAFS9-OxkeQbbLCq9iZGVMT9_dWDKsafmSoRNiSVQdFr5tw75BCo917BWzd2_8-Q7lEiqI-s0ZFNozLeYGiGcYdSq_zN5Ua55Q6pg570Gq1D365BW8Q_6_nja-vr4qU0yaG0jZ4E3_72RD/s2064/wwood++.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="2064" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAFS9-OxkeQbbLCq9iZGVMT9_dWDKsafmSoRNiSVQdFr5tw75BCo917BWzd2_8-Q7lEiqI-s0ZFNozLeYGiGcYdSq_zN5Ua55Q6pg570Gq1D365BW8Q_6_nja-vr4qU0yaG0jZ4E3_72RD/s320/wwood++.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKhA57bXs_nULdCaqc0QE0xKvbYMx9AetwtUgULoDk7Tfj_8J07ByE3qHiokw_c9foAYupPdGi5rhjm1uNKPsWXSIe0X4JBZ_hmRnBd0GkVgGRZJ4bZC9EeU0xfOxs4FoovnzkYWbuwP2w/s2064/wwood.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="2064" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKhA57bXs_nULdCaqc0QE0xKvbYMx9AetwtUgULoDk7Tfj_8J07ByE3qHiokw_c9foAYupPdGi5rhjm1uNKPsWXSIe0X4JBZ_hmRnBd0GkVgGRZJ4bZC9EeU0xfOxs4FoovnzkYWbuwP2w/s320/wwood.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #999900;"><br /></span></div>
</div>Darren Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045712095045094737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524992245044670590.post-5731152340054028842018-09-18T09:00:00.009-07:002020-06-08T23:44:22.376-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxgJbP7OnrV4Qor7gOF2o-l43YTF3WOcvbvOEewvdvPo_MG9xMwhUUE5Vpy00tm4yDRcFlypHRI17vqX62X2iRrv8-iVo8XEyzNzYfFo1Q76D6UXnmdHEQ5fs2uecOIM1CbjCUc9a0akKM/s1466/fragment+2.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1466" data-original-width="1100" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxgJbP7OnrV4Qor7gOF2o-l43YTF3WOcvbvOEewvdvPo_MG9xMwhUUE5Vpy00tm4yDRcFlypHRI17vqX62X2iRrv8-iVo8XEyzNzYfFo1Q76D6UXnmdHEQ5fs2uecOIM1CbjCUc9a0akKM/w480-h640/fragment+2.JPG" width="480" /></a></div> <strong><br /></strong><strong><br /></strong><div><strong>FRAGMENT</strong><br />
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<span style="color: #999900;">Acrylic paint, pencil, modeling paste and sand mortar on canvas</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999900;">Acrylic paint, pencil, modeling paste and sand mortar on canvas</span></div><div><span style="color: #999900;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOgF94HCMbFl1wzSJfH_QQoBMY2iTZNXuIiA8D_D1-g9ughgCcop3iVU4w85eUMG0QsEs2FsNVXOnN63lKcOomecGNwBgThpsIw2FOU7Vys2R9MxTMyj-uCGQI1Ym_fIOkqfrm8yaRV9f/s2323/fra1+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="2323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOgF94HCMbFl1wzSJfH_QQoBMY2iTZNXuIiA8D_D1-g9ughgCcop3iVU4w85eUMG0QsEs2FsNVXOnN63lKcOomecGNwBgThpsIw2FOU7Vys2R9MxTMyj-uCGQI1Ym_fIOkqfrm8yaRV9f/s320/fra1+.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Bat9Uswg3BjssbjjIHWIKNqQ2yYtxKeHfHwbCRu4OCkk7HYZ7uiG6Z5fmVRuLlanm4kAINULaASa1IIMjmCaSBNQ6e7vkBhoJkzNi8GaFEzxg0xaJtS_M2gxRq1zL_u9i1SeaZOqliL9/s2311/Fra1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="2311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Bat9Uswg3BjssbjjIHWIKNqQ2yYtxKeHfHwbCRu4OCkk7HYZ7uiG6Z5fmVRuLlanm4kAINULaASa1IIMjmCaSBNQ6e7vkBhoJkzNi8GaFEzxg0xaJtS_M2gxRq1zL_u9i1SeaZOqliL9/s320/Fra1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #999900;"><br /></span></div>
</div>Darren Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045712095045094737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524992245044670590.post-73000214629827100612018-09-18T07:30:00.014-07:002022-05-08T00:19:17.043-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-BSE50n43zTwf1Shm47j3ubySNrD-_OIWGRsDZS44w9UszAVSoa893UNDGEPtk-wbWi3bMGLkw6iZdwgencsl67USXA5_3BEJBTD2ubw-ucmUJxNBcAbQ5aj9oxts-C3jfwDZsMBUsC8/s2048/iIMG_0007.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-BSE50n43zTwf1Shm47j3ubySNrD-_OIWGRsDZS44w9UszAVSoa893UNDGEPtk-wbWi3bMGLkw6iZdwgencsl67USXA5_3BEJBTD2ubw-ucmUJxNBcAbQ5aj9oxts-C3jfwDZsMBUsC8/s2048/iIMG_0007.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu436G_zFGQ4dND0R1cDuRBvblMxFxasvqoWUI13ASy6bhhkVbCAMRO0Of_1BxA-z0uBvd-FYwWIKiQ0R_6a-J1Nl5HUwnCOKLtGLA8hvzkfJhDhsd-zZwI-KWxTtDUCpW0NNqL8_wNHfS/s2048/iIMG_0007.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu436G_zFGQ4dND0R1cDuRBvblMxFxasvqoWUI13ASy6bhhkVbCAMRO0Of_1BxA-z0uBvd-FYwWIKiQ0R_6a-J1Nl5HUwnCOKLtGLA8hvzkfJhDhsd-zZwI-KWxTtDUCpW0NNqL8_wNHfS/w480-h640/iIMG_0007.JPG" width="480" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI-BSE50n43zTwf1Shm47j3ubySNrD-_OIWGRsDZS44w9UszAVSoa893UNDGEPtk-wbWi3bMGLkw6iZdwgencsl67USXA5_3BEJBTD2ubw-ucmUJxNBcAbQ5aj9oxts-C3jfwDZsMBUsC8/s2048/iIMG_0007.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><strong>FRAGMENT <span style="color: #ffa400;">SOLD</span></strong></div><div>
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<span style="color: #999900;">60cm x 80cm</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999900;">Acrylic paint, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999900; font-family: lora, serif; font-size: 16px;">photo insert, </span><span style="color: #999900;">modeling paste and sand mortar on canvas</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #999900;"><br /></span></div>
</div>Darren Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045712095045094737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524992245044670590.post-39327605850240980462018-09-18T07:00:00.015-07:002021-02-01T23:19:47.128-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5PVpjaH1fhvlgZXts7-ljKC9RidjOHktobbB7EU_lcWVWqg7A9iXxp6Fp7jmRf1jSRF9x96ajg2vIimnyzc6IQPFr1hvGnM7HJpLmg1Ka-VJOixYRhBi6fMGUoCoUb2ACjsaVzKGv7cp/s2048/iIMG_0015++.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1450" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN5PVpjaH1fhvlgZXts7-ljKC9RidjOHktobbB7EU_lcWVWqg7A9iXxp6Fp7jmRf1jSRF9x96ajg2vIimnyzc6IQPFr1hvGnM7HJpLmg1Ka-VJOixYRhBi6fMGUoCoUb2ACjsaVzKGv7cp/w454-h640/iIMG_0015++.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div><strong>FRAGMENT</strong></div><div><font color="#f4a900" style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14.85px;">SOLD</font></div><div><font color="#f4a900" face="georgia, utopia, palatino linotype, palatino, serif"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span></font>
<span style="color: #999900;">120cm x 85cm</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999900;">Acrylic paint, pencil, modeling paste and sand mortar on canvas</span></div></div><div><span style="color: #999900;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnuegzTGWkPQQCJgzGfdrDETabFmX7tWs-chPXsXbhEmmQb6ONK8jAOpYCJTwwMey020nO6P9BndGuODGoUEQFjC6Thgmnw0Qgjx4jLL31ytg32CV1IGa0bvr1qVZRhQ6nwHC4zEVJk31i/s2004/fra3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="2004" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnuegzTGWkPQQCJgzGfdrDETabFmX7tWs-chPXsXbhEmmQb6ONK8jAOpYCJTwwMey020nO6P9BndGuODGoUEQFjC6Thgmnw0Qgjx4jLL31ytg32CV1IGa0bvr1qVZRhQ6nwHC4zEVJk31i/s320/fra3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcRy4BVU8l0R1r4W2bvQ8xq0rjlURYFLSIAsvM1bdstC8LYojMzymsRmZOCNgXWeD3A2CpXxm7dnK8_mYq0i4L5WNlTlG-6C-lunATsRCQRPJ9RP3iXWhwHsAjgJ42BTJdeEPafoA4OW-/s1912/fra3a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="1912" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcRy4BVU8l0R1r4W2bvQ8xq0rjlURYFLSIAsvM1bdstC8LYojMzymsRmZOCNgXWeD3A2CpXxm7dnK8_mYq0i4L5WNlTlG-6C-lunATsRCQRPJ9RP3iXWhwHsAjgJ42BTJdeEPafoA4OW-/s320/fra3a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #999900;"><br /></span></div>Darren Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045712095045094737noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524992245044670590.post-56521302963524182932018-09-18T06:09:00.028-07:002020-06-09T00:20:33.689-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnJu51ETwZ9bKVT0-rl7qNuSjoOThKpP71jhGtHdSgHibVIwllL4i7phIbeTChsD2vwpS4nVLEChddLgTU1g9pzZuCXQZvHcTnrBE81oWork-1TFm2KqYAsGQXCv3FrCAlvkcmPzbyRxq/s2246/IMG_0010.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2246" data-original-width="1872" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnJu51ETwZ9bKVT0-rl7qNuSjoOThKpP71jhGtHdSgHibVIwllL4i7phIbeTChsD2vwpS4nVLEChddLgTU1g9pzZuCXQZvHcTnrBE81oWork-1TFm2KqYAsGQXCv3FrCAlvkcmPzbyRxq/w534-h640/IMG_0010.JPG" width="534" /></a></div> <strong><br /></strong><strong><br /></strong><div><strong>FRAGMENT</strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong><span style="color: #999900;">80cm x 96cm</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999900;">Acrylic paint, photo insert, modeling paste, and sand mortar on canvas</span></div>
</div>Darren Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10045712095045094737noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524992245044670590.post-60686305001820628662018-09-18T05:58:00.013-07:002020-10-11T19:54:47.401-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRqUawb8JeOQlHK9scX5a71EAmUhGORnqPsUk6oh_hejnL_9ltg9qoaWjaYGCRACmXYBQ0p-13V1J_eU_jxb_AfxGcMdslCXZMvrRtyo6nUIeDTx6wp7KQao9zq9YIinydlaqtyHANbLpB/s2048/iIMG_0018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRqUawb8JeOQlHK9scX5a71EAmUhGORnqPsUk6oh_hejnL_9ltg9qoaWjaYGCRACmXYBQ0p-13V1J_eU_jxb_AfxGcMdslCXZMvrRtyo6nUIeDTx6wp7KQao9zq9YIinydlaqtyHANbLpB/w480-h640/iIMG_0018.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br />FRAGMENT</strong></div><div>
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<span style="color: #999900;">60cm x 80cm</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999900;">Acrylic paint, photo insert, modeling paste, and sand mortar on canvas</span></div><div><span style="color: #999900;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #999900;"><br /></span></div>
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