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Karma is an East Indian expression which suggest that all your thoughts, words and actions from one stage of existence determine the quality of your life in the next stage of existence.
There are various levels of the interpretation of karma. For example, some people limit its interpretation to this present life while others believe karma transcends ...more
Americans have an expression which describes something that is pleasing to the ear, sight or mind: how cool!
The Portuguese have a matching expression: que legal! (pronounced: keh lehgal).
In my home country, Guyana, people weren't so fond of my last name, Carpen. Perhaps it's not the most beautiful name in the book! And even I myself sometimes ...more
David was a biblical prophet and devout servant of God who lived many generations before the birth of Christ, the Messiah. He ruled over God's people for forty years and was buried in the city of David.
He is called the "beloved of God", "God's favorite" and "the chosen of God" because God loved him and called him ...more
In my article, God's mathematics, I wrote about a widow who cried out to the prophet Elisha for help when creditors came to take her sons away.
But what I didn't mention was that she said "you know that my husband was a man of God!"
The prophet Elisha agreed that her husband was a man of ...more
We as humans need nutrition for our bodies to function; and this nutrition comes in the form of food. We process this nutrition through our bodies by first taking it into our mouths. Next we mix it up saliva while breaking it up into smaller pieces during the act of chewing.
(Related: Humans chew their food)
The food ...more
I'll tell you why I hate the clock. I hate the clock because when you wake up in the morning, and you look at it, and it says, for example six-thirty, and you know you have to get to work at 8:00, but you're so tired, you just want to shut your eyes for a ...more
When I wrote a romantic letter some time ago to my girlfriend in Boa Vista, the first line in her response was "nossa!"
When I showed my book to my friend Djenifer, in Campo Verde, Mato Grosso, she said "nossa!" with her eyes widening and lighting up in amazement.
The Portuguese word nossa!, is an interjection which corresponds ...more
Silvana and the blade of Grass
While I was teaching English in Campo Verde, Mato Grosso, Brazil, at the Wizard School of Languages, Silvana, the owner of the school, asked me one afternoon to help her uproot some small shrubs in the front yard of the school.
I looked as Silvana struggled to uproot one small shrub, ...more
Science is the study of every thing in the world around us. These may include the laws of nature, matter and energy. People sometimes want to know why things work the way they do; what forces control the things in motion. The quest for these answers leads to the study called science.
Science branches off into many specialized ...more
Music can be a powerful tool in learning the Portuguese language. And what's more, its fun too. It's entertaining, relaxing, and "food to the soul". So let's sit back, relax and fatten our souls, all the while advancing our skills and understanding of the Portuguese language.
Here I'll introduce you to, and feed you with, my ...more
Mnemonics is important in learning not just Portuguese, but ANY new language. "Mnemonics" refer to any device or technique that aids information retention or helps to improve memory.
People have devised many and varied mnemonic techniques since the beginning of civilization. I once read a book that teaches the reader how to use bizarre images to ...more
During British colonization of Guyana, it was compulsory that religious education be a part of the school curriculum; but the Guyanese never liked to do this. They would report that they are teaching the bible to the students, but in practice, never did.
One day, the British sent an official to check. The official asked the ...more
The humans believe in "good" and "evil". A good human is a human who does or says things which promote peace, joy, happiness, prosperity and love in the lives of other humans.
An evil human is a human who does or says things which causes destruction, suffering and death to other humans.
The human must intentionally do these ...more
Let's say you are creating a page about elephants, you would write probably ten or twenty articles on the subject of elephants. Putting links between these ten or twenty articles is important for SEO. For example, let's say one article deals with the height of the elephant, and the other deals with the weight of ...more
Google Search Engine sucks and I am coming to that conclusion more and more every day. I'll give you a prime example.... I have been building my site, patrickcarpen.com, for about one year now and the keywords "patrick carpen", which is my name, is in the domain. I have also written 100% original articles all ...more
Books adapted by Patrick Carpen are books that were previously published by another writer and rewritten and perhaps even reformatted by Patrick Carpen.
The purposes of adapting books include presenting the book for a different age range, presenting the book in a different format and making the book more suitable to a more modern audience.
Books I've chosen to ...more
The humans are not immortal, they die after some time. The humans die by countless different means, but most humans die through old age.
The human body was programmed to live for a certain number of years - on average 70 - and then fail to function gradually, resulting in the eventual death of the human.
The ...more
The humans dream
The humans dream and they have two kinds of dreams. One kind of dream takes place when the humans sleep. After losing consciousness, all kinds of images and stories, sometimes bizzare, frightening, and ridiculous, play out in their minds.
Some of the humans believe that this is a result of the spirit leaving the ...more
When I first started observing the world around me as a child, I was a bit confused. And doubtless, the world confuses many people to the max.
There were vast differences between peoples and cultures, collosal gaps between rich and poor, educated and uneducated, nice and ugly.
Every day brought news of disasters, unfortunate accidents, rapes, murders, ...more
Trick Photography and Special Effects Courses by Evan Sharboneau.
Maybe you've owned a camera for a day. Maybe you've owned one for a year. Who knows. But what have you been doing with it? Simply point and shoot pictures? Then upload them to Facebook or send them by email? That's pretty interesting isn't it? That's what most ...more
The humans believe in God. They believe that God is a supreme being who created the earth and everything in it and watches over it. Some humans believe that God resides somewhere high above the earth, in some heavenly above while others think He is here, there and everywhere.
However, not all humans believe in God. ...more
The humans have divided all living things into two main categories or classes: the plant kingdom and the animal kingdom.
The humans are therefore classified under the category of animals, since they cannot be classified into the plant kingdom, but the humans consider themselves the highest class of animals: talk about EGO.
The humans distinguish themselves as ...more
May you're a guy or girl who likes to make joke. Maybe you're just gifted in making people laugh or maybe you just had a great dream of being a successful comedian. And when I say "successful comedian", I don't just mean someone who makes everyone in his or her home or work place burst ...more
There are many stories in the bible which happened before the birth of Christ, in the old testament, which are symbolic of Jesus, the coming Messiah, and help to prophesy and pinpoint God's plan for mankind's redemption. One such story of the serpent of bronze.
There was a time when the people of Israel, while being ...more
Balgobin Singh, a Guyanese by birth, somehow managed to migrate to the United States. He got used to the American lifestyle and soon found himself dozing off at the beach on an American-style beach chair. As he lay with his sunglasses and his hand behind his head, looking up at the sky, a white guy ...more
A scandalous story happened around 13th of May, 2014 in the United States of America that rattled the headlines of the major news corporations. It was a case where Mr. Donald Sterling was taped making racist comments against black people in America, and the recording was released to the public.
I was watching the news with ...more
When I was in Brazil some time back, and my friend Jerry Mill and I were driving on the road, he just mentioned by the way how some parents lay a good foundation for their children, start them off with every asset and give them all the love in the world, while others do not ...more
The encounter with the ragged man.
A bit of a ragged looking young man walked into the hotel where I was a receptionist one morning and asked in Portuguese language for breakfast. He explained that he didn`t have any money and that his boss would come around noon to make the payment.
I didn’t really know the ...more
The Platinum Recipes Collection
Home Page of the Platinum Recipes Collection
Genre: Cooking And Recipes
Languages: English And Portuguese
Number of Pages: 100,000 +
Date of Creation: 29th of April, 2008
Products: Cooking And Recipes Books and Ebooks
Learn ...more
A noun is the name of a person, place, thing or idea. Because of the high volume of words which fall under the part of speech of "noun" in the English language, many kinds of nouns exist.
In this article we will look at singular and plural nouns. The word singular means "one" and plural means ...more