Legend of the Seeker - Filmed in NZ

The story takes place in the world author Terry Goodkind created in his The Sword of Truth fantasy novel series. The three main provinces are Westland, the Midlands and D'Hara. Westland is separated from the Midlands by a magical boundary, which was created to prevent any magic from entering Westland. On the other side of the Midlands is D'Hara, which is ruled by Darken Rahl. An ancient order of women known as Confessors oversee the welfare of the people of the Midlands.

The first season is loosely based on the first book of The Sword of Truth series Wizard's First Rule. Some of the stories feature events and characters not encountered in the books, while others loosely adapt events from the book. The story begins after the invasion of Darken Rahl's army into the Midlands. Kahlan Amnell (Bridget Regan), a Confessor, ventures into Westland in search of a wizard and the Seeker, who has been prophesied to defeat Rahl. Kahlan finds the wizard, Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander (Bruce Spence), and the Seeker, Richard Cypher (Craig Horner), who is forced to accept his destiny. Together, they set off on a journey to seek out Darken Rahl and his minions. They soon discover that in the process of defeating Darken Rahl, they unintentionally helped the Keeper of the underworld create tears between the veil of the underworld and the world of the living. Richard's quest in the second season is to find the 'Stone of Tears' to seal the rifts between the worlds and defeat the Keeper.* Wikipedia *

With show's production based in New Zealand and a writing staff based in Los Angeles, one of the biggest challenges has been dealing with the time differences and the communication issues.[15] Kenneth Biller noted that the biggest challenges the writing staff faced were to create standalone episodes while integrating the storylines and mythology created by Terry Goodkind, and to "honor the books without literally translating them".[15]

Hindu prayer and wish to universal love peace, prosperity and harmony for everyone irrespective of religion and location

This video is a hindu prayer and wish to universal love, peace, prosperity and harmony for everyone irrespective of religion and location.

Vasilopita - Greek New Year's Cake

Vasilopita – Greek New Year’s Cake
Serves 15-20 people.
4 cups flour, sifted
6 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
Grated lemon rind from 1 lemon
Confectioners Sugar
Silver or gold coin (soak in water and soap to clean. $1 coins are fun!)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Cream butter, add sugar gradually; beat together until mixture is light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in alternately until just smooht, flour mixture and milk. Add grated lemon rind from one whole lemon (2-3 teaspoons).
Grease a 12-inch round baking pan and line bottom with parchment paper. You can use a rectangle if you don’t have the large round pan. Put batter into the prepared pan. Drop in a silver or gold coin and bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool in the pan. Then, sift confectioner’s sugar over the top. Cut out of pan to serve.

Calanda

The word calanda stems from the Latin calenda, which translates as "the beginning of the month." It is believed that the history of caroling goes deep into the past and connects with ancient Greece. In fact, they have even found carols written in those distant past days which are similar to the ones sung today. In ancient times the word for carols was Eiresioni , and children of that era held an effigy of a ship which depicted the arrival of the god Dionysos. Other times they held an olive or laurel branch decorated with red and white threads, on which they would tie the offerings of the homeowners.
This Eiresioni song from the Homeric period can still be heard today - with small changes - in the carols of Thrace:

In this house we came of the rich-landlord
May its doors open for the wealth to roll in
The wealth and happiness and desired peace should enter
And may its clay jugs fill with honey, wine and oil
And the kneading tub with rising dough

http://www.explorecrete.com/traditions/christmas-carols.htm

Arvanitaki - Exe Geia

Zaira - Glykeria - Polu panou - Margaritis

Coffee Readings

Both tealeaves and coffee cup readings are known as Tasseography, or tasseomancy (kafemandeia in Greek). When I first moved to London, I met several women from different countries and cultural backgrounds who had the ability to read the future in a cup. The art was very much alive and practiced by these various seers from Greece, Persia, Russia, Armenia and Yugoslavia.

How to read a Turkish Coffee Cup

You will of course need to prepare your coffee in such a way that there

 are grounds to read. Use grounded, powdery soft Turkish or Greek
Coffee (the only difference between the two is the type of coffee beans and degree of roasting, the former is a darker roast, the latter a blonde, or lighter roast). Cafeterier, or percolators coffee is too course to form legible patterns. By the way, the residue from a cappuccino or espresso will work just as well. 

·        Enjoy your coffee while relaxing, and ask yourself: "What do I need to know about my
present situation?" or " What will be the important changes in my life in the near future?"

·        Now, take out a piece of paper and pen, and in a stream-of-consciousness style, begin
jotting down your thoughts as you casually meditate on the shapes you see there. Above all,
don't edit yourself.

·        Write what pops into your mind. If the first thing has nothing to do with the coffee, jot it down anyway. For example, if laundry is the first thing that pops into your mind - whatever it may be, write it down; however, continue to stare at your cup as if you were lying face up on your lawn (if you are fortunate enough to have one) staring at the clouds above.

http://www.psychicsahar.com 


Greek Coffee
A lot of people who come into our restaurant have no idea what Greek coffee is. When I ask these people if they have ever had Turkish coffee and they reply in the affirmative, I can simply say, "Well, it's just like that, only we don't say 'Turkish' much around here." If they reply in the negative, well, that's a different story. I explain that Greek coffee is made from a fine, powdery coffee grounds, that sugar is added to suit the drinker's taste and that, after it has come to a boil, the coffee-- grounds and all-- are poured into a little, white cup. And, of course, that it is an excellent beverage to consume if one has a lot of house cleaning to do in the immediate future or if one is about to go out dancing-- it's that caffeinated.
Fortune Telling
Apart from the caffeine, the best thing about drinking a cup of Greek coffee is knowing that, as you drink it, you are sealing your own fate-- from how you sip, to how you swirl the cup-- you are influencing the placement of the grounds that settle into a sort of mud at the bottom. It is from this mud that one's future can be divined. It's an old tradition that dates back to the Turks (who introduced their own, slightly darker-roasted coffee to the Greeks), of course, but one never mentions that.
http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2010/01/01/2010-the-future-in-a-cup-of-coffee/

Full Moon in Gemini

When the Sun is in Sagittarius we will find the Full Moon in Gemini. It is a time to be more open, meet
people and find humor in our lives. It is a mutable and air sign and is ruled by Mercury. During this time
we feel curious, adventurous, exchanging of new ideas and discussions.

Gemini sign is a very social and communicative sign. It is interested in all the facts and how things fit
together. Also, it tries to find the way that the universe works. Because Gemini is so oriented towards
communication and the sharing of experiences, this is a wonderful time to bring people together to share
new ideas and to learn more about each other.

This moon shows us how changeable we are. It has us to be more open minded and to see others views.
This has us learning by what we see and hear from what we experience.



Full Moon in Gemini theme:

Taking view from all sides

Being social

Finding fun and humor in life

The value of collecting ideas from others

Use this Full Moon in Gemini to:

Find ways to reduce stress

Seek out information

Communicate with others

Be more social
http://www.carlamary.net/Directory.html

“When you come to the edge of all the light that you know…and you are about to set off into the darkness of the unknown, Faith is knowing that one of two things will happen; there will be something solid to stand on or we will be taught to fly!” ~ Anon

Life is short. Break the rules. Forgive quickly. Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably. Never regret anything that made you smile. 

I always know…God won’t give me more than I can handle. There are times I just wish He didn’t trust me quite so much.

http://www.astroenlightenment.com/

Bruno Mars - Grenade " LIVE "

Southnode Astrology

By examining the South Node in your astrology chart you can explore how your emotional memory of love both "sabotages and saves" your life and influences your life direction and soul purpose (the North Node.) The South Node reflects the default patterns that you've brought over from childhood/previous lives that effect your life now. By understanding your old patterns and assumptions--partcularly in love relationships--you can make better and more conscious choices now...

What is Venus’ revenge for the suppression of beauty and joyful eroticism? What happens when sexuality gets twisted into pornography? This is when Venus goes down into the underworld with Pluto and erupts with a vengeance for our blatant disregard of pleasure and true relationship. She feels abused and she rebels, with perversion and pornography resulting—with all its emphasis on “power over another,” control issues, and disempowerment. Both men and women get caught in the illusions of control and pseudo-glamour, and unhappiness is often the outcome.

Astrologyweekly.com

 Sun conjunct South Node- The person was in authority
over you.(or father)
Moon conjunct the South Node – The person was
your child.(or mother)
Mercury conjunct the South Node – The person was
a brother or sister.
Venus conjunct the South Node – The person was
your lover in a past life.
Mars conjunct the South Node – The person was a
soldier you knew in a past life.
Jupiter conjunct the South Node – The person was
your benefactor.
Saturn conjunct the South Node – The person was
your teacher.
Uranus conjunct the South Node – The person was a
revolutionary who influenced you.
Neptune conjunct the South Node – The person was a
prophet or spiritual leader who influenced you.
Pluto conjunct the South Node – The person was in
control of a group in which you were a member.

To NHSI - Megatv - Spinalonga Crete

http://www.megatv.com/tonisi/default.asp

The island of Spinalonga (official name: Καλυδών Kalydon) is located at the eastern section of Crete, in Lasithi prefecture, near the town of Elounda. The name of the island, Spinalonga, is Venetian: spina lunga "long thorn", and has roots in the period of Venetian occupation. This location is also the setting for Victoria Hislop's bestselling novel The Island and Werner Herzog's experimental short film Last Words.

According to Venetian documents, the name of the island originated in the Greek expression στην Ελούντα stin Elounda (meaning "to Elounda"). The Venetians could not understand the expression so they familiarized it using their own language, and called it spina "thorn" lunga "long", an expression that was also maintained by the locals. The Venetians were inspired for this expression by the name of an island near Venice called by the same name and which is known today as the island of Giudecca.^{[citation needed]}

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinalonga

Tha Spaso Koupes - Glykeria and friends

Mantinada - Marina sings and dances

Ax more Smyrnaki - Fide koksal - bellydance - matomena Xomata

oh those eyes, how beautiful, when you smile you take my breath away, storms inside me, oh those eyes, how beautiful when you smile, come on come to me, take me into your embrace, wrap me in your embrace till the morning, oh my dark one, you my rose, my thorn my soul, my body, you're my poison, oh my izmir-ian my love, you're my fate oh your lips how beautiful they are, when you kiss my hearts flutters, grows wings, in heaven's hands, oh your lips how beautiful they are when you kiss

Aman aman o gözlerin Ne de güzel güldüğünde Aklımı başımdan alır Fırtınalar içimde Aman aman o gözlerin Ne de güzel güldüğünde Haydi gel yanıma, al beni koynuna Sar beni boynuna sabaha kadar Ah esmerim benim, sen gülüm, dikenim Ruhum, bedenim, zehirimsin Ah Izmirli yarim, ah Izmirli yarim Sen kaderimsin Aman aman dudakların Ne de güzel öptüğünde Kalbım uçar kanatlanır Cennetin ellerinde Ah aman dudaklarin Ne de guzel öptüğünde

Meno ektos - kokkino foustani - Mantinada - Arvanitaki

Labrynth of desire - Rosemary Sullivan - Why do women fall in love?

Why do women fall in love? More to the point: why do so many intelligent, accomplished women fall into obsessive infatuation with men who turn out to be shallow cads? Biographer Rosemary Sullivan has taken a break from probing the life stories of Canadian literary legends such as Margaret Atwood and Gwendolyn MacEwen to try to understand what drives us to hurl ourselves, like lemmings or stampeding buffalo, over the edge of that steep cliff called dangerous love.
"I have spent a good deal of time sitting in cafes with other women talking late into the night about romantic obsession," writes Sullivan (a romantic, obsessive activity in itself). Something in her personality and life experience has drawn her to this scorchy subject, which she explains is not husbandly affection but "the hot thing we fall into," the love of "torch songs and the tango."
Until now the only books available on this topic have been simplistic self-help tomes treating romantic passion like the disorder of the week. Sullivan refuses to pathologize the experience, insisting that it can be quite enlightening once the dust has settled and the players have gone home: "I have come to believe that falling obsessively in love is one of life's necessary assignments. It cracks us open. We put everything at risk ... And life, to be lived fully, demands desire."
That is, if it doesn't kill us first. "It is not a place to get stuck and is never a life solution," she warns, but something we must live through to gain insight -- and, perhaps, to help us eventually find the real thing.

By Rosemary Sullivan
http://januarymagazine.com/nonfiction/labofdesire.html
http://dir.salon.com/story/books/feature/2002/02/14/sullivan/index.html
http://books.google.ca/books

http://www.flickr.com/photos/justinbess/3030646994/

"Loxandra" (1980-81). The serial was about the life of a Greek woman living in Constantinople / Istanbul in the beggining of the 20th century.

Eleni Karaindrou, one of the most important Greek composers, is best known for her music for the films of Theo Angelopoulos. However, she has also written music for TV serials, like the popular one "Loxandra" (1980-81). The serial was about the life of a Greek woman living in Constantinople / Istanbul in the beggining of the 20th century.






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KONYALI - KONIALI Sxedon opos palia...(Almost like in the past...)

kitakseme mes sta matiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa - theodoridou

Kriti omorfo Nissi

Ζήσε εσύ με τις χαρές που σου προσφέρει η μοίρα
κι εγώ θα ζώ με τους καημούς που απο σενα επήρα

Fevgo gia mena - Mazonakis - To lathos mou to telefteo

Fevgo apo tin Zoi sou - Ithikon Akmeotaton

Den pirazi by Rallia... and Thathela by Despina Vandi

Tha se ksehaso oso pio grigora boro me osi floga iha anapsi gia na sagapiso