Saturday, February 20, 2016

A Maiden's Prayer

"A Maiden's Prayer" (original Polish title: Modlitwa dziewicy Op. 4, French: La prière d'une vierge) is a composition of Polish composer Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (born 1834 in Warsaw, died September 29, 1861 in Warsaw), which was published in 1856 in Warsaw, and then as a supplement to the Revue et gazette musicale de Paris in 1859. The piece is a medium difficulty short piano piece for intermediate pianists. Some have liked it for its charming and romantic melody: others have described it as "sentimental salon tosh." The pianist and academic Arthur Loesser described it as "this dowdy product of ineptitude."


乙女の祈り  Maiden's Prayer

A Maiden's Prayer Piano - Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska Synthesia 100% Speed

Gebet einer Jungfrau - Thécla Badarzewska - piano - Harry Völker


Our planet!

J email from JKS Weerasekera





 9 minutes

Get on Full Screen turn up the volume and Enjoy!!!! 




Treating infections in the pre-antibiotc era.

Marijuana laced coffee


PS
On the long lorry transport routes in Sri Lanka, there are way side boutiques called ' Rae Kadeys' - Night shops. Long distance drivers stop at these night shops to stretch their legs and have refreshments. Quite a few of  these shops have an item called 'Gun coffee' - Coffee laced with Ganja - Marijuana. These shops are more  prevalent in the Uva  and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka. Marijuana use is illegal in Sri Lanka. I have heard that the leaves of the Marijuana plant are crushed and sprinkled over an Omelette during its cooking. It is also used in a fruit drink called 'Sabji', prepared in some Muslim homes in eastern Sri Lanka. which is served to a couple on their wedding night.

Eating breakfast

Microbiome variations

Zika and the 'placental barrier'