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posted by HectorHeritage on Dec 3

Many art historians consider Mel Ramos a part of the pop art movement, grouping him with Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Tom Wesselmann, and James Rosenquist.

His nudes first caught the public eye in the 1960s when pin-ups were a popular part of American culture. In recent years, original pin-up art by artists such as Gil Elvgren, Earl Moran and Enoch Bolles have attracted attention from collectors, and auction prices for their images of scantily clad women have shot up.

But Ramos doesn’t consider himself a pin-up artist. “No,” he says from his California studio. “I’m not part of that group.”

Ramos, 74, says his inspiration was another art form. “I was attracted to comics back then, because of the eroticism before the Comics Code was imposed,” Ramos says. “After that, comic books got kind of boring. The drawings in those early comics books of Sheena and all those sexy comic queens, that’s what attracted me. Originally, I was just doing comic book images the way they appeared and then I decided I wanted to make them look more realistic, so I started adding the faces of celebrities, which I still do.”

Superman, Wonder Woman and the Green Lantern all got the Ramos treatment. His Sheena, Queen of the Jungle — like many of his images — features vivid colors within sharp contour lines, with the subject’s name spelled out in big letters. A private collector recently consigned Ramos’ classic Sheena painting to Dallas-based Heritage Auctions.

The New York Times has pointed out that modeling comic-book bodies on those of real women — movie stars like Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe — was Ramos’ innovation. “So despite their nonrealistic comic style,” the Times said, “Mr. Ramos’ women had an erotic presence that comic-book women of the day never had.”

His later works combined nudes with well-known brands, including images of women, for instance, inside a Baby Ruth candy wrapper or kicking back on a giant roll of Lifesavers. He’s also known for his “peek-a-boo” paintings, where women are visible through keyholes. Ramos says he’s working on such a painting for actress Pamela Anderson.

Although he owns an original Elvgren painting, Ramos says he’s never been particularly inspired by the work of America’s great pin-up artists. “The [Spanish painters], Joaquin Sorolla, Diego Velasques, those were the main influences when I was younger,” he says. “I aspire to those kind of heights.”

As for contemporary artists, Ramos is more likely to identify with his colleagues and friends Tom Wesselmann and Allen Jones. “Most of my career, I have received the brunt of criticism from nudity in my work. It’s controversial. I’ve been the target of feminists over the years. Not so much anymore. But Tom and Allen, we’ve suffered the same abuse because of the erotic implications of the work.

“When Picasso or Matisse did a painting of an undraped model, a nude model, they were called nudes,” Ramos continues. “When I do it, they’re called pin-ups. Somebody has a pre-occupation with this. I certainly don’t. I consider myself a painter.”

Hector Cantu is editorial director at Heritage Magazine (www.HeritageMagazine.com), where this story originally appeared. For a free subscription, visit www.HeritageMagazine.com.

posted by articlelogin on Dec 3

A recent study has proved that more and more people are facing hair loss problems. Even though it is natural that most of us will lose our hair when we become older; this problem has been found in young individuals too. There are many reasons why people face this hair loss problem, such as hectic lifestyles, stress, worries and also because of poor dietary practices.

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One of the main reasons for the popularity of this solution is that it is made by using one hundred percent natural ingredients. As there are no side effects, it is not surprising that this product is preferred over the many artificial drugs offered for hair loss. If you read the reviews, you will come to know that this is one of the best treatments that you can give your hair. This product will not only help you to stop hair loss, but also help you re-grow new hair.

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posted by ChrisChew on Dec 3

Breaking up a relationship can be a an emotionally heart wrenching affair. Break ups can be violent unhappy separations or simple cold agreements between couples. Either way, the emotional and psychological anguish can be devastating at times and will usually leave a lifelong impressions.

It is a fact that almost everyone has experienced a break up sometime during our lives, and most of the time we just learn how to cope with it and move on. Life goes on, isn’t it?

What if you are one of those who refused to believe that breaking up a wonderful relationship is inevitable and want to win your ex lover back? Is there such a possibilty that you win your ex lover or spouse back to you even after a violent breakup?

The good news is that if you want your ex lover, girlfriend or boyfriend back and are willing to take some effort to make it happen, then it is very likely to succeed. The problem is that most people do not know how to go about it.

Do you know that about 90% of all breakups can be prevented or even reversed! That is, if you know the steps you need to take to win back your ex lover.

The first step in learning how to get back together with your ex girlfriend, boyfriend, lover, wife or husband is to determine why exactly the break up occurred. Although you cannot possibly go back into the past to change the reasons the breakup, you can learn from the mistakes and try to grow from there.

Most breakups occurred because of one specific incident, or from a behavior that your ex did not want to deal with anymore. Whatever the reasons for the breakup, you need to go down to the specifics so that you can learn how to deal with it. So at least the first step is taken.

The next step of affirmative action is to make sure you don’t make yourself seem needy. Although you may feel the need to express to your ex that he/she is the most important thing to you in the world, there is no point in telling him/her that. Instead be strong, let him/her see that you are okay by yourself and show him/her that you have high self esteem and that you are happy with yourself. Yes, I know this is going to be rather difficult for many of you, but it is just a mental condition that can be done if you choose to!

Being needy and desperate will only push your ex lover further away, so make sure to maintain your confidence to get him/her to admire your courage. If you are a man, she will respect you even more. Then you must also learn what to say and how to say in your communication either personally or through letters or emails.

Many heartbroken people will try to spite their ex with flings and try to arouse the element of jealousy in their ex. This is a serious mistake! Trying to make your ex lover jealous is one of the worst things you can do if you want to get your ex back with you. This is because all it is going to do is to show your ex that you have moved along and are open to new relationships and that your ex should do the same.

So, you should want your ex to think that he/she was the best thing in your life subtlely. By boosting your ex lover’s confidence in you without seeming needy, he/she will soon realize that the two of you were a wonderful couple despite the small fights or differences.

Setting up a meeting and chat with your ex is the best way to sort out the problems the two of you are having. If ex refuses to meet you, then get some expert advice on how to get her to meet you for a patching up discussion.

Expert guidance is important because if you go into the meeting unprepared or do what most people do, it will probably wind up making things worse and the consequence may well be a calamity!

Therefore if you are serious about winning your ex lover back after a break up, then you must be well prepared and make sure you succeed the very first time.

May your new relationship be a happily blessed one!

Chris Chew is a fitness, health and relationship consultant. Read his free articles at Save Marriage Stop Divorce and Sexual Attraction Pheromones

posted by ChrisChew on Dec 2

Prescription medicines rarely work perfectly and many may cause bad side effects to patients under treatment for various ailments. This is one of the reasons why you can only get them with a medical doctor’s prescription. Male impotency pills such as Viagra, Cialis and Levitra are no exception to this fact.

The reason why almost all prescription drugs has certain side effects is because the medication is flowing throughout your body and may affect other parts of the body that are not intended for the pill’s active ingredients to treat.

Therefore, it is better for patients to know about the drugs side effect so that they can take correct actions when the side effects surface.

The very popular male impotency drug Viagra has several side effects of which sexual patients taking them should be aware of. This little blue pill blocks PDE5 (PDE 5 inhibitor), but it also has an effect on PDE6. PDE6 is used in the cone cells in the eye retina, so Viagra can have a negative effect on certain people’s color vision.

Many erectile dysfunction or ED patients who take Viagra notice a change in blue and gree colors. Some may see a bluish hue for several hours. This is the reason why pilots are not permitted to consume Viagra within 12 hours of a flight.

The next, but rather dangerous side effect of viagra are patients who are taking other medications such as nitroglycerin for angina (heart problem). Nitroglycerin works by increasing nitric oxide and helps with angina by opening up the arteries that supply the heart with oxygen. If you are a heart patient taking nitroglycerin and Viagra together, the increased nitric oxide plus the blocking of PDE5 can lead to serious medical emergencies.

Other side effects of Viagra may include little things like minor headaches, blured vision, muscle aches, palpitation and even heart attacks in extreme circumstances. The possibility of getting heart attacks is perhaps the most important reason why Viagra is a prescription drug and cannot be bought over the counter.

Your doctor will have to study your medical history to be certain that you are not susceptible to heart attacks when you take Viagra.

Sometimes, Viagra patients even get painful, long lasting erections and have to see their physician to undo the unwanted painful erections. Then there are also concerns that patients who are not suffering from erectile dysfuntion who consume Viagra for recreational purpose may end up with the drug dependency. That means that they may become really impotent without taking Viagra.

So what about the side effects of Cialis and Levitra impotency pills? Well, because Cialis and Levitra block the PDE5 enzyme, they work the same way as Viagra do. These prescription pills help erectile dysfunction men who have difficulties in maintaining an erection because of blood flow conditions. Just like Viagra, they only work when the patient is sexually aroused or stimulated. Although Cialis and Levitra also block PDE5, their side effects measured against Viagra are almost similar with some slight differences.

So how to avoid the bad side effects of these male sexual stimulant pills? The short answer is to avoid them all together because the risk of having a heart attack is too high to take.

For some, a changing of lifestyle habits such as quitting smoking, stopping alcohol abuse, reducing weight and reducing stress may just bring their pecker back to its full glory.

The good news is that there are alternatives to presciptive sexual stimulant pills. For centuries, from tribal traditions to Imperial Courts of China, physicians of old were already prescribing natural herbal remedies to treat kings, emperors and noblemen fromm the scourge of male impotency with very good results.

Today, aided with modern science, these herbs are identified and scientifically blended into pills to treat men with erectile dysfunction and as an alternative to Viagra, Cialis and Levitra.

This class of natural herbal sexual stimulant pills are commonly referred to as natural herbal Viagra. Because of its natural and safe herbal ingredients, generic Viagra pills are available without prescription because they have no or very little side effects and are generally much cheaper than their prescription counterparts.

However, don’t underestimate these natural Viagra alternative for they are also very effective in treating erectile dysfunction. They have to be or else, the imperial ancient physicians who treated kings and emperors of old with these herbal remedies would have been in very serious trouble back then.

If you want to avoid the hassles and the side effects of prescriptive impotency pills, then give natural herbal viagra a try. To be on the safer side, look for generic herbal Viagra that are manufactured by FDA approved labs so as to acertain the quality control of the pills.

Chris Chew is a fitness, health and relationship consultant. Read his free articles at Herbal Viagra Erection Pills and Testosterone Increase Libido

posted by ChrisChew on Dec 2

The first time you approach and try to have a conversation with a girl you fancy can be very intimidating for most men. So why are you so fearful of approaching girls you like, especially if the girl of your desire is in a group of women? The fear of ridicule and rejection?

In this article, I will show you how shore up your confidence to approach and chat with beautiful girls in a group.

Most men think that the best place that you can pick up girls is at the bar. Actually, you can approach and pick up girls pick up girls anywhere, not just at the bar. If you think that you can approach and talk to girls only at the bar, then you are secluding yourself from many other opportunities to meet women.

However, for the purpose of this article, we will use the bar scene as an example. We all know that women do not usually go to bars alone. They go in groups of friends and usually those friends are of the same sex as well. Approaching and striking up a conversation with a group women can be extremely daunting and if you don’t know what you are doing, you can be embarrasingly rejected. Just like a school of sharks in a feeding frenzy, they can tear you apart.

I am not trying to scare you because I have seen unfortunate men being cussed at, being ignored totally and even having drinks splashed over them. Have I frigtened you further?

Well, the scenario above happens only to guys who have not prepared their appraoch well or the victims are wussies.

The good news is if and this is a big capital IF, you approach the girls correctly, then your success with a group of women can yield you exhilirating results. This is because you not only be able to make friend with the girl you fancy, but the entire group as well.

In my consultations with my clients about picking up women in groups, whenever I suggested to them about approaching groups of girls, they often looked at me as if I am a raving lunatic. This made me realized that lots of guys probably don’t have the initial confidence to simply walk up and talk to beautiful women they don’t yet know.

So let’s start with some confidence building exercises. Now, go take a leisurely stroll around your neighborhood shopping mall and when you catch a lady’s eye, smile at her. Most of the time, she will reciprocate and smile back. If you are in doubt, just go give it a try and you will be pleasantly surprised.

For starters, you can practise this with the sales staff in the shops. Even if they don’t want to smile, they probably will and you may also brighten the day for them. You can also be sure that you will not get any negative reaction.

Once you have practised smiling and are confident enough, you can proceed to the next step which is start making eye contact and give friendly smiles to women shoppers in the mall.

I am certainly not suggesting big weird freaky Mr Bean smiles but just natural friendly ones. You will be pleasantly surprised by how many women will smile back at you courteously.

As you gain more confidence, just say “hi” with a smile to women and even men if you like, for the purpose of the exercise. I know, it will be a horrible feeling at first, but it will get easier and easier as you see people reciprocating your friendliness.

After you’ve smiled and said “hi” to dozens of girls, you should start feeling good as long as you don’t give up on your first negative response. Negative responses you are bound to encounter in the way that people do not respond to your greetings or looking at you as if you are a weirdo, but they is rare occurences.

One of my clients did the “smile at ladies routine” that he actually ended up meeting the girl of his dreams and a year down the road, they got married! Therefore don’t belittle this amazing exercise.

Now, let’s assume that you have built up your confidence or at least have the courage to approach women you don’t know in a bar.

So let’s suppose two girls are seated together at the bar. One is the “ugly duckling” and the other is the hottie whom you want to pick up. You know what, with the confidence you have built with the above exercise, just go up to her and say “hi” with a genuine smile and confident eye contact.

If you see and like her, it is better not to think too much about the approach or you will be more likely to work yourself into such a state that your approach will be ineffective or you just chicken out altogether!

The question is what to say next after you have confidently approached a group of women and starting to talk to them? Well, you can visit my website for many free articles on this subject.

Chris Chew is a fitness, health and relationship consultant. Read his free articles at Increase Sex Drive Libido and Get Attractive Male Swimmers Body