Fabian Perez Full Moon Empty Heart paintingFabian Perez For a Better Life III painting
"Oh, all right then, I did it," she whispered. "But you should have heard the way he was talking about Ron and Ginny! Anyway, he's got a nasty temper, you saw how he reacted when he didn't get in — you wouldn't have wanted someone like that on the team."
"No," said Harry. "No, I suppose that's true. But wasn't that dishonest, Hermione? I mean, you're a prefect, aren't you?"
"Oh, be quiet," she snapped, as he smirked.
"What are you two doing?" demanded Ron, reappearing in the doorway to the Great Hall and looking suspicious.
"Nothing," said Harry and Hermione together, and they hurried after Ron. The smell of roast beef made Harry's stomach ache with hunger, but they had barely taken three steps toward the Gryffindor table when Professor Slughorn appeared in front of them, blocking their path.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Frida Kahlo The Suicide of Dorothy Hale painting
Frida Kahlo The Suicide of Dorothy Hale paintingFrida Kahlo The Frame painting
We've got to go and explain," said Hermione, looking up at Hagrid's huge empty chair at the staff table the following Saturday at breakfast.
"We've got Quidditch tryouts this morning!" said Ron. "And we're supposed to be practicing that Aguamenti Charm from Flitwick! Anyway, explain what? How are we going to tell him we hated his stupid subject?"
"We didn't hate it!" said Hermione.
"Speak for yourself, I haven't forgotten the skrewts," said Ron darkly. "And I'm telling you now, we've had a narrow escape. You didn't hear him going on about his gormless brother — we'd have been teaching Grawp how to tie his shoelaces if we'd stayed."
"I hate not talking to Hagrid," said Hermione, looking upset.
We've got to go and explain," said Hermione, looking up at Hagrid's huge empty chair at the staff table the following Saturday at breakfast.
"We've got Quidditch tryouts this morning!" said Ron. "And we're supposed to be practicing that Aguamenti Charm from Flitwick! Anyway, explain what? How are we going to tell him we hated his stupid subject?"
"We didn't hate it!" said Hermione.
"Speak for yourself, I haven't forgotten the skrewts," said Ron darkly. "And I'm telling you now, we've had a narrow escape. You didn't hear him going on about his gormless brother — we'd have been teaching Grawp how to tie his shoelaces if we'd stayed."
"I hate not talking to Hagrid," said Hermione, looking upset.
George Frederick Watts Charity painting
George Frederick Watts Charity paintingFrancisco de Goya Clothed Maja painting
large, cracked, black stone.
"Sir," said Harry, staring at it. "That ring—"
"Yes?" said Dumbledore.
"You were wearing it when we visited Professor Slughorn that night."
"So I was," Dumbledore agreed.
"But isn't it... sir, isn't it the same ring Marvolo Gaunt showed Ogden?"
Dumbledore bowed his head. "The very same."
"But how come — ? Have you always had it?"
"No, I acquired it very recently," said Dumbledore. "A few days before I came to fetch you from your aunt and uncle's, in fact."
"That would be around the time you injured your hand, then, sir?"
large, cracked, black stone.
"Sir," said Harry, staring at it. "That ring—"
"Yes?" said Dumbledore.
"You were wearing it when we visited Professor Slughorn that night."
"So I was," Dumbledore agreed.
"But isn't it... sir, isn't it the same ring Marvolo Gaunt showed Ogden?"
Dumbledore bowed his head. "The very same."
"But how come — ? Have you always had it?"
"No, I acquired it very recently," said Dumbledore. "A few days before I came to fetch you from your aunt and uncle's, in fact."
"That would be around the time you injured your hand, then, sir?"
Thomas Kinkade Light of Freedom painting
Thomas Kinkade Light of Freedom paintingThomas Kinkade Key West painting
So!" said Gaunt triumphantly, as though he had just proved a complicated point beyond all possible dispute. "Don't you go talking to us as if we're dirt on your shoes! Generations of purebloods, wizards all — more than you can say, I don't doubt!"
And he spat on the floor at Ogdens feet. Morfin cackled again. Merope, huddled beside the window, her head bowed and her face hidden by her lank hair, said nothing.
"Mr. Gaunt," said Ogden doggedly, "I am afraid that neither your ancestors nor mine have anything to do with the matter in hand. I am here because of Morfin, Morfin and the Muggle he accosted late last night. Our information" — he glanced down at his scroll of parchment — "is that Morfin performed a jinx or hex on the said Muggle, causing him to erupt in highly painful hives."
So!" said Gaunt triumphantly, as though he had just proved a complicated point beyond all possible dispute. "Don't you go talking to us as if we're dirt on your shoes! Generations of purebloods, wizards all — more than you can say, I don't doubt!"
And he spat on the floor at Ogdens feet. Morfin cackled again. Merope, huddled beside the window, her head bowed and her face hidden by her lank hair, said nothing.
"Mr. Gaunt," said Ogden doggedly, "I am afraid that neither your ancestors nor mine have anything to do with the matter in hand. I am here because of Morfin, Morfin and the Muggle he accosted late last night. Our information" — he glanced down at his scroll of parchment — "is that Morfin performed a jinx or hex on the said Muggle, causing him to erupt in highly painful hives."
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Pablo Picasso Three Women painting
Pablo Picasso Three Women paintingPablo Picasso Three Dancers paintingPablo Picasso Seated Bather painting
Madam Malkin's. She didn't touch him, but he yelled and jerked his arm away from her when she went to roll up his sleeve. It was his left arm. He's been branded with the Dark Mark."
Ron and Hermione looked at each other.
"Well..." said Ron, sounding thoroughly unconvinced.
"I think he just wanted to get out of there, Harry," said Hermione.
"He showed Borgin something we couldn't see," Harry pressed on stubbornly. "Something that seriously scared Borgin. It was the Mark, I know it… he was showing Borgin who he was dealing with, you saw how seriously Borgin took him!"
Ron and Hermione exchanged another look.
"I'm not sure, Harry..."
"Yeah, I still don't reckon You-Know-Who would let Malfoy join..."
Madam Malkin's. She didn't touch him, but he yelled and jerked his arm away from her when she went to roll up his sleeve. It was his left arm. He's been branded with the Dark Mark."
Ron and Hermione looked at each other.
"Well..." said Ron, sounding thoroughly unconvinced.
"I think he just wanted to get out of there, Harry," said Hermione.
"He showed Borgin something we couldn't see," Harry pressed on stubbornly. "Something that seriously scared Borgin. It was the Mark, I know it… he was showing Borgin who he was dealing with, you saw how seriously Borgin took him!"
Ron and Hermione exchanged another look.
"I'm not sure, Harry..."
"Yeah, I still don't reckon You-Know-Who would let Malfoy join..."
John Collier Spring painting
John Collier Spring paintingJohn Collier Priestess of Delphi paintingJohn Collier Lilith painting
Guaranteed ten-second pimple vanisher," said Fred. "Excellent on everything from boils to blackheads, but don't change the subject. Are you or are you not currently going out with a boy called Dean Thomas?"
"Yes, I am," said Ginny. "And last time I looked, he was definitely one boy, not five. What are those?"
She was pointing at a number of round balls of fluff in shades of pink and purple, all rolling around the bottom of a cage and emitting high-pitched squeaks.
"Pygmy Puffs," said George. "Miniature puffskeins, we can...t breed them fast enough. So what about Michael Corner?"
"I dumped him, he was a bad loser," said Ginny, putting a finger through the bars of the cage and watching the Pygmy Puffs crowd around it. "They're really cute!"
"They're fairly cuddly, yes," conceded Fred. "But you're moving through boyfriends a bit fast, aren't you?"
Guaranteed ten-second pimple vanisher," said Fred. "Excellent on everything from boils to blackheads, but don't change the subject. Are you or are you not currently going out with a boy called Dean Thomas?"
"Yes, I am," said Ginny. "And last time I looked, he was definitely one boy, not five. What are those?"
She was pointing at a number of round balls of fluff in shades of pink and purple, all rolling around the bottom of a cage and emitting high-pitched squeaks.
"Pygmy Puffs," said George. "Miniature puffskeins, we can...t breed them fast enough. So what about Michael Corner?"
"I dumped him, he was a bad loser," said Ginny, putting a finger through the bars of the cage and watching the Pygmy Puffs crowd around it. "They're really cute!"
"They're fairly cuddly, yes," conceded Fred. "But you're moving through boyfriends a bit fast, aren't you?"
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Peter Paul Rubens The Judgment of Paris painting
Peter Paul Rubens The Judgment of Paris painting
John William Godward Dolce far niente painting
Harry looked up at his uncle and felt a mixture of exasperation and amusement. Vernon Dursley had been changing his mind every twenty four hours for the past four weeks, packing and unpacking and repacking the car with every change of heart. Harry's favorite moment had been the one when Uncle Vernon, unaware the Dudley had added his dumbbells to his case since the last time it been repacked, had attempted to hoist it back into the boot and collapsed with a yelp of pain and much swearing.
"According to you," Vernon Dursley said, now resuming his pacing up and down the living room, "we – Petunia, Dudley, and I – are in danger. From – from –"
"Some of ‘my lot' right?" said Harry
"Well I don't believe it," repeated Uncle Vernon, coming to a halt in front of Harry again. "I was awake half the night thinking it all over, and I believe it's a plot to get the house."
John William Godward Dolce far niente painting
Harry looked up at his uncle and felt a mixture of exasperation and amusement. Vernon Dursley had been changing his mind every twenty four hours for the past four weeks, packing and unpacking and repacking the car with every change of heart. Harry's favorite moment had been the one when Uncle Vernon, unaware the Dudley had added his dumbbells to his case since the last time it been repacked, had attempted to hoist it back into the boot and collapsed with a yelp of pain and much swearing.
"According to you," Vernon Dursley said, now resuming his pacing up and down the living room, "we – Petunia, Dudley, and I – are in danger. From – from –"
"Some of ‘my lot' right?" said Harry
"Well I don't believe it," repeated Uncle Vernon, coming to a halt in front of Harry again. "I was awake half the night thinking it all over, and I believe it's a plot to get the house."
Fabian Perez Flamenco painting
Fabian Perez Flamenco painting
Fabian Perez Flamenco Dancer painting
Three years after we had started at Hogwarts, Albus's brother, Aberforth, arrived at school. They were not alike: Aberforth was never bookish and, unlike Albus, preferred to settle arguments by dueling rather than through reasoned discussion. However, it is quite wrong to suggest, as some have, that the brothers were not friends. They rubbed along as comfortably as two such different boys could do. In fairness to Aberforth, it must be admitted that living in Albus's shadow cannot have been an altogether comfortable experience. Being continually outshone was an occupational hazard of being his friend and cannot have been any more pleasurable as a brother. When Albus and I left Hogwarts we intended to take the then-traditional tour of the world together, visiting and observing foreign wizards, before pursuing our . However, tragedy intervened. On the very eve of our trip, Albus's mother, Kendra, died, leaving
Fabian Perez Flamenco Dancer painting
Three years after we had started at Hogwarts, Albus's brother, Aberforth, arrived at school. They were not alike: Aberforth was never bookish and, unlike Albus, preferred to settle arguments by dueling rather than through reasoned discussion. However, it is quite wrong to suggest, as some have, that the brothers were not friends. They rubbed along as comfortably as two such different boys could do. In fairness to Aberforth, it must be admitted that living in Albus's shadow cannot have been an altogether comfortable experience. Being continually outshone was an occupational hazard of being his friend and cannot have been any more pleasurable as a brother. When Albus and I left Hogwarts we intended to take the then-traditional tour of the world together, visiting and observing foreign wizards, before pursuing our . However, tragedy intervened. On the very eve of our trip, Albus's mother, Kendra, died, leaving
Friday, July 25, 2008
Pablo Picasso The Old Guitarist painting
Pablo Picasso The Old Guitarist painting
Pablo Picasso Girl Before a Mirror painting
public still thinks in terms of the obliteration of cities. It is understood that the new bombs are more powerful than the old and that, while one atomic bomb could obliterate Hiroshima, one hydrogen bomb could obliterate the largest cities such as London, New York, and Moscow. No doubt in a hydrogen-bomb war great cities would be obliterated. But this is one of the minor disasters that would have to be faced. If everybody in London, New York, and Moscow were exterminated, the world might, in the course of a few centuries, recover from the blow. But we now know, especially since the Bikini test, that hydrogen bombs can gradually spread destruction over a much wider area than had been supposed. It is stated on very good authority that a bomb can now be manufactured which will be 25,000 times as powerful as that which destroyed Hiroshima. Such a bomb, if exploded near the ground or under water, sends radioactive particles into the upper air. They sink gradually and
Pablo Picasso Girl Before a Mirror painting
public still thinks in terms of the obliteration of cities. It is understood that the new bombs are more powerful than the old and that, while one atomic bomb could obliterate Hiroshima, one hydrogen bomb could obliterate the largest cities such as London, New York, and Moscow. No doubt in a hydrogen-bomb war great cities would be obliterated. But this is one of the minor disasters that would have to be faced. If everybody in London, New York, and Moscow were exterminated, the world might, in the course of a few centuries, recover from the blow. But we now know, especially since the Bikini test, that hydrogen bombs can gradually spread destruction over a much wider area than had been supposed. It is stated on very good authority that a bomb can now be manufactured which will be 25,000 times as powerful as that which destroyed Hiroshima. Such a bomb, if exploded near the ground or under water, sends radioactive particles into the upper air. They sink gradually and
John William Waterhouse The Lady of Shalott painting
John William Waterhouse The Lady of Shalott painting
Leonardo da Vinci The Last Supper painting
Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
Leonardo da Vinci The Last Supper painting
Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Fabian Perez Flamenco Dancer painting
Fabian Perez Flamenco Dancer painting
Fabian Perez christine painting
Americans feel better about themselves. It was splendid and necessary but also unreal — an action-adventure that, like most movies, was divided into three chapters, with decisive turning points: 1)the Iraqi invasion and the buildup of coalition forces; 2)the onset of the air war; and 3)the ground war and its denouement. The victory came with such merciless ease that on the winners’ side, the deeper levels of experience (nobility, sacrifice, endurance and so on) were not engaged. The victors now celebrate mostly their relief that they have escaped what might have been. By the fourth of July, the glorious moment will seem a long time ago.The prospects going into the war were horrifying: the fourth largest army in the world, commanded by a thug whom we thought cunning at the time and even invested with satanic powers. Saddam was armed with chemical weapons and was working on the nuclear kind. All those dark possibilities gave the coalition, in effect, a license to kill. The killing was very well done. I hope it does not give us too much pleasure.
Fabian Perez christine painting
Americans feel better about themselves. It was splendid and necessary but also unreal — an action-adventure that, like most movies, was divided into three chapters, with decisive turning points: 1)the Iraqi invasion and the buildup of coalition forces; 2)the onset of the air war; and 3)the ground war and its denouement. The victory came with such merciless ease that on the winners’ side, the deeper levels of experience (nobility, sacrifice, endurance and so on) were not engaged. The victors now celebrate mostly their relief that they have escaped what might have been. By the fourth of July, the glorious moment will seem a long time ago.The prospects going into the war were horrifying: the fourth largest army in the world, commanded by a thug whom we thought cunning at the time and even invested with satanic powers. Saddam was armed with chemical weapons and was working on the nuclear kind. All those dark possibilities gave the coalition, in effect, a license to kill. The killing was very well done. I hope it does not give us too much pleasure.
Salvador Dali The Crucifixion painting
Salvador Dali The Crucifixion painting
Salvador Dali Les Elephants painting
They did in fact access the source codes,” Ballmer said from Stockholm, Sweden. “You bet this is an issue of great importance. I can also assure you that we know that there has been no compromise of the integrity of the source codes, that it has not been tampered with in any way.”But malicious hackers don’t need to tamper with the source codes to use them to create destructive software, experts said. (The source code is the basic blueprint of a piece of software, allowing programmers to disassemble it and use its parts elsewhere.)Owners of current Microsoft products have nothing to worry about, but the break-in may make future products more vulnerable to attacks.
Salvador Dali Les Elephants painting
They did in fact access the source codes,” Ballmer said from Stockholm, Sweden. “You bet this is an issue of great importance. I can also assure you that we know that there has been no compromise of the integrity of the source codes, that it has not been tampered with in any way.”But malicious hackers don’t need to tamper with the source codes to use them to create destructive software, experts said. (The source code is the basic blueprint of a piece of software, allowing programmers to disassemble it and use its parts elsewhere.)Owners of current Microsoft products have nothing to worry about, but the break-in may make future products more vulnerable to attacks.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Wassily Kandinsky Farbstudie Quadrate painting
Wassily Kandinsky Farbstudie Quadrate painting
Gustav Klimt The Bride painting
bring about clashes among people," Jakarta police spokesman Superintendent Anton Bahrulalam said. "We will be on full alert when people come to pray on Christmas Day."There were four explosions outside one church in the exclusive Jakarta suburb of Menteng, police said.In east Jakarta, a man was killed in an explosion at a bus stop outside a church and an adjacent Christian school, Supono said.Four of the dead today were police officers who tried to disarm a bomb in Pekanbaru on Sumatra island, the official Antara news agency said. One civilian was also killed there.Antara reported blasts outside of churches in Medan on Sumatra island. Police there later found nine unexploded bombs.Two people were killed in a blast at a Christian-owned house in Bandung west Java, Indonesia's main island, police said.
Gustav Klimt The Bride painting
bring about clashes among people," Jakarta police spokesman Superintendent Anton Bahrulalam said. "We will be on full alert when people come to pray on Christmas Day."There were four explosions outside one church in the exclusive Jakarta suburb of Menteng, police said.In east Jakarta, a man was killed in an explosion at a bus stop outside a church and an adjacent Christian school, Supono said.Four of the dead today were police officers who tried to disarm a bomb in Pekanbaru on Sumatra island, the official Antara news agency said. One civilian was also killed there.Antara reported blasts outside of churches in Medan on Sumatra island. Police there later found nine unexploded bombs.Two people were killed in a blast at a Christian-owned house in Bandung west Java, Indonesia's main island, police said.
Winslow Homer The Gulf Stream painting
Winslow Homer The Gulf Stream painting
Winslow Homer Children on the Beach painting
S. Senator-elect first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates flank student Nyasia Bowles at a Harlem Boys and Girls Club in New York. Microsoft is donating some $100 million to the group over the next five years.
NEW YORK, Dec. 5 — Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, described by one congressman as a "modern-day Andrew Carnegie," has announced a donation of $12.3 million and $88 million in software by the computer giant to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America."It's a great time to be a kid," the billionaire businessman and philanthropist told youngsters Monday in the gymnasium of a Harlem Boys & Girls Club. "Working together, Microsoft and the Boys & Girls Clubs are committed to bridging the digital divide and providing all our children with the technology skills to succeed
Winslow Homer Children on the Beach painting
S. Senator-elect first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates flank student Nyasia Bowles at a Harlem Boys and Girls Club in New York. Microsoft is donating some $100 million to the group over the next five years.
NEW YORK, Dec. 5 — Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, described by one congressman as a "modern-day Andrew Carnegie," has announced a donation of $12.3 million and $88 million in software by the computer giant to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America."It's a great time to be a kid," the billionaire businessman and philanthropist told youngsters Monday in the gymnasium of a Harlem Boys & Girls Club. "Working together, Microsoft and the Boys & Girls Clubs are committed to bridging the digital divide and providing all our children with the technology skills to succeed
Michelangelo Buonarroti Creation of Adam painting
Michelangelo Buonarroti Creation of Adam painting
Thomas Kinkade The Rose Garden painting
Wednesday. An interest-rate cut is bullish for stocks because it lowers borrowing costs and spurs economic activity. The Nasdaq Composite Index surged 324.83 points, or 14.17 percent, to end at 2,616.69, its largest gain in both point and percentage terms since the market was founded in 1971. The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average climbed 299.60 points, or 2.81 percent, to 10,945.75, its eighth- largest point gain ever and its strongest close in two months. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index jumped 64.29 points to 1,347.56, for a gain of 5.01 percent. The Fed action came only a day after the market got off to a dismal start for the New Year when tech stocks plummeted 7 percent. The selloff had followed Nasdaq's weakest yearly performance ever -- down nearly 40 percent in 2000.
Thomas Kinkade The Rose Garden painting
Wednesday. An interest-rate cut is bullish for stocks because it lowers borrowing costs and spurs economic activity. The Nasdaq Composite Index surged 324.83 points, or 14.17 percent, to end at 2,616.69, its largest gain in both point and percentage terms since the market was founded in 1971. The blue-chip Dow Jones industrial average climbed 299.60 points, or 2.81 percent, to 10,945.75, its eighth- largest point gain ever and its strongest close in two months. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index jumped 64.29 points to 1,347.56, for a gain of 5.01 percent. The Fed action came only a day after the market got off to a dismal start for the New Year when tech stocks plummeted 7 percent. The selloff had followed Nasdaq's weakest yearly performance ever -- down nearly 40 percent in 2000.
Pino day dream painting
Pino day dream painting
Andrew Atroshenko Intimate Thoughts painting
them better suited for the road than for the living room or office.The cyber frames, which come with a built-in modem, are probably the most user-friendly. Once you're set up with service, the devices do the work for you.But required monthly subscription fees that let you upload, store and download pictures online can add up. The fees range anywhere from $50 to $120 a year and cover features from photo editing tools to print services. Expect premium services to cost extra. Unfortunately, there appears to be no cap on what these fees can cost, and if the company goes out of business or stops providing service, you'll have a very nice frame which won't be able to display much. As with all Net appliances, speed counts. Downloads are reliant on the frame's internal 56K modem, but you can upload pictures to your online digital frame
Andrew Atroshenko Intimate Thoughts painting
them better suited for the road than for the living room or office.The cyber frames, which come with a built-in modem, are probably the most user-friendly. Once you're set up with service, the devices do the work for you.But required monthly subscription fees that let you upload, store and download pictures online can add up. The fees range anywhere from $50 to $120 a year and cover features from photo editing tools to print services. Expect premium services to cost extra. Unfortunately, there appears to be no cap on what these fees can cost, and if the company goes out of business or stops providing service, you'll have a very nice frame which won't be able to display much. As with all Net appliances, speed counts. Downloads are reliant on the frame's internal 56K modem, but you can upload pictures to your online digital frame
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Albert Bierstadt Westphalian Landscape painting
Albert Bierstadt Westphalian Landscape painting
Albert Bierstadt California Coast painting Track world body, the IAAF, said midway through the games that her husband, e 1999 world shot put champion C.J. Hunter, had tested positive for the steroid nandrolone four times after the U.S. Olympic trials. The disclosure came two days after Jones' victory in the 100, meaning she had to compete in four events with that distraction. She affirmed her status as the world's fastest woman, winning the 100 at 10.75 seconds, her victory margin of 0.37 seconds the second-largest in Olympic history. She won the 200 at 21.84, her victory margin of 0.43 seconds the largest behind Wilma Rudolph's in 1960. Jones' 100 and 200 times were the fastest in the world this year. She helped the 1,600 relay team to victory at 3:22.62 with a powerful third leg of 49.4, the same as Australia's Cathy Freeman, the 400 gold medalist. No one
Albert Bierstadt California Coast painting Track world body, the IAAF, said midway through the games that her husband, e 1999 world shot put champion C.J. Hunter, had tested positive for the steroid nandrolone four times after the U.S. Olympic trials. The disclosure came two days after Jones' victory in the 100, meaning she had to compete in four events with that distraction. She affirmed her status as the world's fastest woman, winning the 100 at 10.75 seconds, her victory margin of 0.37 seconds the second-largest in Olympic history. She won the 200 at 21.84, her victory margin of 0.43 seconds the largest behind Wilma Rudolph's in 1960. Jones' 100 and 200 times were the fastest in the world this year. She helped the 1,600 relay team to victory at 3:22.62 with a powerful third leg of 49.4, the same as Australia's Cathy Freeman, the 400 gold medalist. No one
Henri Fantin-Latour paintings
Henri Fantin-Latour paintings
Horace Vernet paintings
But Wahid said that despite demands he return to Indonesia, he would continue his trip because of assurances from chief security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the national police chief. Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri planned to visit the area soon, Yudhoyono said. Highlighting Indonesia's many headaches, the US State Department said that the country's human rights situation steadily worsened in 2000, mostly through ethnic, social and religious strife in the country's most unstable provinces. Despite Wahid's efforts to build on Indonesia's democratic transition of 1999, violence by security forces and separatist groups resulted in widespread human rights abuses, it said.
Horace Vernet paintings
But Wahid said that despite demands he return to Indonesia, he would continue his trip because of assurances from chief security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the national police chief. Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri planned to visit the area soon, Yudhoyono said. Highlighting Indonesia's many headaches, the US State Department said that the country's human rights situation steadily worsened in 2000, mostly through ethnic, social and religious strife in the country's most unstable provinces. Despite Wahid's efforts to build on Indonesia's democratic transition of 1999, violence by security forces and separatist groups resulted in widespread human rights abuses, it said.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Hunting paintings
Hunting paintings
impressionist painting
disease, Wood also proposed a blanket ban on pig swill. Foot-and-mouth disease does not normally affect human health. It can, however, be fatal for hooved animals such as cows, sheep and pigs. Meanwhile in Brussels, Belgium, today, EU veterinary experts agreed to maintain a ban on livestock exports from Britain until April 19. On March 14, the U.S. joined a growing list of countries that have banned imports of livestock and meat products from Britain. The highly contagious livestock disease has devastated Britain, spreading panic and quiet desperation in the country's farming community. Anger among British farmers has spread as thousands of apparently healthy cattle have been slaughtered in a bid to create a "firebreak" around heavily infected sites.
impressionist painting
disease, Wood also proposed a blanket ban on pig swill. Foot-and-mouth disease does not normally affect human health. It can, however, be fatal for hooved animals such as cows, sheep and pigs. Meanwhile in Brussels, Belgium, today, EU veterinary experts agreed to maintain a ban on livestock exports from Britain until April 19. On March 14, the U.S. joined a growing list of countries that have banned imports of livestock and meat products from Britain. The highly contagious livestock disease has devastated Britain, spreading panic and quiet desperation in the country's farming community. Anger among British farmers has spread as thousands of apparently healthy cattle have been slaughtered in a bid to create a "firebreak" around heavily infected sites.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Jacques-Louis David paintings
Jacques-Louis David paintings
John Everett Millais paintings
They say Beijing has too much to lose — for example, U.S. support for its bid for entry to the World Trade Organization, and for its bid to host the 2008 Summer Olympics.Beijing also wants the Bush administration to abandon plans for a National Missile Defense system. It doesn't want to see the United States back a U.N. resolution condemning its human rights record, and it certainly doesn't want to lose its favored trading status. Goals for the DelegationIn addition to obtaining the return of its spy plane, the U.S. delegation says it intends to convince Chinese officials that their pilot swiped the U.S. plane while flying too close. Beijing maintains the American pilot "rammed" the Chinese jet, and is demanding an end to all U.S. intelligence-gathering flights conducted near its coastline.
John Everett Millais paintings
They say Beijing has too much to lose — for example, U.S. support for its bid for entry to the World Trade Organization, and for its bid to host the 2008 Summer Olympics.Beijing also wants the Bush administration to abandon plans for a National Missile Defense system. It doesn't want to see the United States back a U.N. resolution condemning its human rights record, and it certainly doesn't want to lose its favored trading status. Goals for the DelegationIn addition to obtaining the return of its spy plane, the U.S. delegation says it intends to convince Chinese officials that their pilot swiped the U.S. plane while flying too close. Beijing maintains the American pilot "rammed" the Chinese jet, and is demanding an end to all U.S. intelligence-gathering flights conducted near its coastline.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Guillaume Seignac La Libellule painting
Guillaume Seignac La Libellule painting
Claude Monet The Water Lily Pond painting
An Unsettled PopulaceMeanwhile, police in Nepal have imposed a 4 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew after angry and grief-stricken crowds stormed the streets, demanding to know the truth behind the killings. "Do not go out of your houses or you can be shot," state-run radio announced. Earlier today, police fired bullets and tear gas at rioting youths. Two people died and at least 19 were injured, doctors told the media.Many refused to believe that Crown Prince Dipendra had killed his family and then himself, as officials say. Thousands of people marched, chanting "Dipendra is innocent" and "Punish the real murderers." Others yelled: "We don't want Gyanendra."There were also press suggestions that Gyanendra may have killed them, but
Claude Monet The Water Lily Pond painting
An Unsettled PopulaceMeanwhile, police in Nepal have imposed a 4 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew after angry and grief-stricken crowds stormed the streets, demanding to know the truth behind the killings. "Do not go out of your houses or you can be shot," state-run radio announced. Earlier today, police fired bullets and tear gas at rioting youths. Two people died and at least 19 were injured, doctors told the media.Many refused to believe that Crown Prince Dipendra had killed his family and then himself, as officials say. Thousands of people marched, chanting "Dipendra is innocent" and "Punish the real murderers." Others yelled: "We don't want Gyanendra."There were also press suggestions that Gyanendra may have killed them, but
William Bouguereau The Abduction of Psyche painting
William Bouguereau The Abduction of Psyche painting
Thomas Stiltz BV Beauty painting
A U.S. Navy sailor who disappeared during a tour of the Philippines' Mount Pinatubo after rebels shot at his group Tuesday has been found.
"He made his way out of the jungle on his own, and met a very friendly Filipino who called authorities, who called the embassy in Manila," Defense Department press officer Lt. Cmdr. Terry Sutherland told iCanSay.com.Sutherland said that Navy Lt. Scott Alan Washburn, 33, was in the Pinatubo area, 55 miles north of Manila, and would soon be retrieved by authorities from the U.S. Embassy there. Embassy officials told iCanSay.com that they talked to him and he was fine.
Thomas Stiltz BV Beauty painting
A U.S. Navy sailor who disappeared during a tour of the Philippines' Mount Pinatubo after rebels shot at his group Tuesday has been found.
"He made his way out of the jungle on his own, and met a very friendly Filipino who called authorities, who called the embassy in Manila," Defense Department press officer Lt. Cmdr. Terry Sutherland told iCanSay.com.Sutherland said that Navy Lt. Scott Alan Washburn, 33, was in the Pinatubo area, 55 miles north of Manila, and would soon be retrieved by authorities from the U.S. Embassy there. Embassy officials told iCanSay.com that they talked to him and he was fine.
Pino Sweet Repose painting
Pino Sweet Repose painting
Johannes Vermeer The Kitchen Maid painting
While the results of cloning remain mysterious, the process is now well practiced. To clone an animal, scientists insert a cell from an adult into an egg with its genetic material removed. The egg then reprograms the adult cell to develop into an embryo and, eventually, a genetic identical to the owner of the inserted cell. Tests have shown that inserting embryonic stem cells (which have only been isolated in mice and people) rather than any adult cell, leads to a 10 percent to 20 percent improved cloning rate in mice. Scientists think this may be because it's easier for emptied eggs to reprogram stem cells to develop into embryos.Researchers have suspected that the process of reprogramming a cell in the emptied egg leads to flaws in clones. But this new research shows, the stem cells, themselves, may be flawed.
Johannes Vermeer The Kitchen Maid painting
While the results of cloning remain mysterious, the process is now well practiced. To clone an animal, scientists insert a cell from an adult into an egg with its genetic material removed. The egg then reprograms the adult cell to develop into an embryo and, eventually, a genetic identical to the owner of the inserted cell. Tests have shown that inserting embryonic stem cells (which have only been isolated in mice and people) rather than any adult cell, leads to a 10 percent to 20 percent improved cloning rate in mice. Scientists think this may be because it's easier for emptied eggs to reprogram stem cells to develop into embryos.Researchers have suspected that the process of reprogramming a cell in the emptied egg leads to flaws in clones. But this new research shows, the stem cells, themselves, may be flawed.
George Frederick Watts paintings
George Frederick Watts paintings
Guercino paintings
were evacuated. The Federal Aviation Authority grounded all planes in the United States, an unprecedented step.``It's clear that this is terrorist-related, we're not sure who is responsible,'' one official said of the Pentagon attack.``There was no advance warning of this,'' the official said on condition of anonymity.One of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center was American Airlines' Flight 11 from Boston to Los Angeles, said Lori Bassani, spokesperson for American's flight attendants union.Bassani said if full, the flight on the Boeing 767 would carry 158 passengers. That would include two pilots and nine or 10 flight attendants, she said.She said she did not know how many people were on board.``Terrorism against our nation will not stand,'' Bush said before
Guercino paintings
were evacuated. The Federal Aviation Authority grounded all planes in the United States, an unprecedented step.``It's clear that this is terrorist-related, we're not sure who is responsible,'' one official said of the Pentagon attack.``There was no advance warning of this,'' the official said on condition of anonymity.One of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center was American Airlines' Flight 11 from Boston to Los Angeles, said Lori Bassani, spokesperson for American's flight attendants union.Bassani said if full, the flight on the Boeing 767 would carry 158 passengers. That would include two pilots and nine or 10 flight attendants, she said.She said she did not know how many people were on board.``Terrorism against our nation will not stand,'' Bush said before
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Berthe Morisot paintings
Berthe Morisot paintings
childe hassam paintings
It's was an opportunity to come in at a reduced rate and a good reason to do something for themselves and for a good cause," he adds.Zeitgeist of the NationThough all of this touchy-feely pro-American sentiment in the name of sales and promotion of one's charitable efforts strikes some, like Garfield, as a little too self-congratulatory, others note that advertising is usually the first medium to jump on national trends. Only in this case, the trend is patriotism."Whenever you've got everybody focused on one event or one new cultural and social phenomenon, it is also inevitable that Madison Avenue would focus on it," says Robert Thompson, director of Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University.
childe hassam paintings
It's was an opportunity to come in at a reduced rate and a good reason to do something for themselves and for a good cause," he adds.Zeitgeist of the NationThough all of this touchy-feely pro-American sentiment in the name of sales and promotion of one's charitable efforts strikes some, like Garfield, as a little too self-congratulatory, others note that advertising is usually the first medium to jump on national trends. Only in this case, the trend is patriotism."Whenever you've got everybody focused on one event or one new cultural and social phenomenon, it is also inevitable that Madison Avenue would focus on it," says Robert Thompson, director of Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University.
canvas painting
canvas painting
The passengers chose to give their lives — a sacrifice that became apparent first to their families, then to the world. Early, the men who hijacked Flight 93 allowed the passengers to use air phones, which allowed their families to join them in the crucible of their last minutes. Through those last shattering phone calls, officials were able to piece together what happened.Plans to Fight Back"There were three guys who had taken over the aircraft and they said they have a bomb," said Alice Hoglan, whose son Mark called her from the plane.The passengers' loved ones told them of the destruction that the terrorists had already done. The passengers knew their flight was meant to be the fourth in a quartet of suicide attacks. But three passengers told their loved ones that they wouldn't let it happen.
The passengers chose to give their lives — a sacrifice that became apparent first to their families, then to the world. Early, the men who hijacked Flight 93 allowed the passengers to use air phones, which allowed their families to join them in the crucible of their last minutes. Through those last shattering phone calls, officials were able to piece together what happened.Plans to Fight Back"There were three guys who had taken over the aircraft and they said they have a bomb," said Alice Hoglan, whose son Mark called her from the plane.The passengers' loved ones told them of the destruction that the terrorists had already done. The passengers knew their flight was meant to be the fourth in a quartet of suicide attacks. But three passengers told their loved ones that they wouldn't let it happen.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Village painting
Village painting
wine painting
If we can gorge on fatty bacon and still lose weight, how else can we beautify ourselves? Simply go ahead and be a lazy slob. Here are some fitness plans for exercise haters.
If we can gorge on fatty bacon and still lose weight, how else can we beautify ourselves and still remain lazy slobs? Here are some fitness plans for exercise haters:"Soda Stretches," an arm-strengthening workout, in which you use soda cans as barbells. This is designed to loosen joints, increase circulation and, ultimately, inspire more vigorous activity. Toilet Training: Use bathroom fixtures as gym equipment. Hang your legs over the side of the tub and you're ready for stomach crunches. For upper body strength, do push-ups with your hands on the toilet seat and your feet put on the tub. Shop Till You Drop: Walking is the easiest way to stay in shape, and a mall is a large area that's safe and temperature-controlled.
wine painting
If we can gorge on fatty bacon and still lose weight, how else can we beautify ourselves? Simply go ahead and be a lazy slob. Here are some fitness plans for exercise haters.
If we can gorge on fatty bacon and still lose weight, how else can we beautify ourselves and still remain lazy slobs? Here are some fitness plans for exercise haters:"Soda Stretches," an arm-strengthening workout, in which you use soda cans as barbells. This is designed to loosen joints, increase circulation and, ultimately, inspire more vigorous activity. Toilet Training: Use bathroom fixtures as gym equipment. Hang your legs over the side of the tub and you're ready for stomach crunches. For upper body strength, do push-ups with your hands on the toilet seat and your feet put on the tub. Shop Till You Drop: Walking is the easiest way to stay in shape, and a mall is a large area that's safe and temperature-controlled.
Boat painting
Boat painting
building painting
Something that would change to your different needs during a marathon, or whatever you were doing, was always the fantasy."After thousands of hours of testing, Adidas is confident the computerized shoe will endure the wear-and-tear of running in almost any condition — from hard pavement to dirt trails, and dry streets to wet beaches. The microprocessor is located in the arch of the shoe, and drives a tiny screw and cable system that adjusts the heel cushion depending on the signals sent back by an electric sensor coupled to a magnet. It is powered by a battery that conserves power by adjusting the shoe while it is in the air during a runner's stride, avoiding resistance from the ground.The entire assembly weighs no more than 40 grams — just 10 percent of the 400-gram total weight of the shoe, to keep it light enough for distance runners.The shoe, named 1, is expected to be in stores by December and will cost $250.
building painting
Something that would change to your different needs during a marathon, or whatever you were doing, was always the fantasy."After thousands of hours of testing, Adidas is confident the computerized shoe will endure the wear-and-tear of running in almost any condition — from hard pavement to dirt trails, and dry streets to wet beaches. The microprocessor is located in the arch of the shoe, and drives a tiny screw and cable system that adjusts the heel cushion depending on the signals sent back by an electric sensor coupled to a magnet. It is powered by a battery that conserves power by adjusting the shoe while it is in the air during a runner's stride, avoiding resistance from the ground.The entire assembly weighs no more than 40 grams — just 10 percent of the 400-gram total weight of the shoe, to keep it light enough for distance runners.The shoe, named 1, is expected to be in stores by December and will cost $250.
Guan zeju gzj10 painting
Guan zeju gzj10 painting
Gustav Klimt two girls with an oleander painting
She can become your virtual girlfriend but she will be more demanding than the real thing. For guys who have been striking out in the love department, a Hong Kong company has developed a ...
She can become your virtual girlfriend but she will be more demanding than the real thing. For guys who have been striking out in the love department, a Hong Kong company has developed a virtual girlfriend for new cell phones with video screens. To hook up with the virtual girl, phone users have to subscribe to Artificial Life, which is an animated figure on the so-called third generation, or 3-G, cell phones. But, love isn't always easy, and neither is this one.Users need to shower their virtual girlfriend with lots of attention, including sweet talk in the form of text messages and virtual gifts like flowers, candy and diamonds. If you don't, she'll let you know — in an animated voice — where the relationship stands.
Gustav Klimt two girls with an oleander painting
She can become your virtual girlfriend but she will be more demanding than the real thing. For guys who have been striking out in the love department, a Hong Kong company has developed a ...
She can become your virtual girlfriend but she will be more demanding than the real thing. For guys who have been striking out in the love department, a Hong Kong company has developed a virtual girlfriend for new cell phones with video screens. To hook up with the virtual girl, phone users have to subscribe to Artificial Life, which is an animated figure on the so-called third generation, or 3-G, cell phones. But, love isn't always easy, and neither is this one.Users need to shower their virtual girlfriend with lots of attention, including sweet talk in the form of text messages and virtual gifts like flowers, candy and diamonds. If you don't, she'll let you know — in an animated voice — where the relationship stands.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Michelangelo Buonarroti The Creation of Adam painting
Michelangelo Buonarroti The Creation of Adam painting
Thomas Kinkade almost heaven painting
That's because they attract paying tourists — up to 200,000 a year — and support themselves from their share of the entrance fees — a monthly salary just for wearing the rings. They also earn money from the sale of dolls, weavings, postcards and from posing for photos with tourists.Ma Da, 23, is the village star. She has been wearing the rings since she was 5. She says it gets hot wearing the rings, but she doesn't mind. It may be just a matter of getting used to them. Teen girls in the village seemed comfortable with their collars, even played volleyball. It's not clear how the custom originated. According to one legend, the rings made the women look like the dragon from which the tribe descended. Another says the rings protected women from the teeth of a tiger. Still another version says the rings were meant to show off a family's wealth and once were made of gold.
Thomas Kinkade almost heaven painting
That's because they attract paying tourists — up to 200,000 a year — and support themselves from their share of the entrance fees — a monthly salary just for wearing the rings. They also earn money from the sale of dolls, weavings, postcards and from posing for photos with tourists.Ma Da, 23, is the village star. She has been wearing the rings since she was 5. She says it gets hot wearing the rings, but she doesn't mind. It may be just a matter of getting used to them. Teen girls in the village seemed comfortable with their collars, even played volleyball. It's not clear how the custom originated. According to one legend, the rings made the women look like the dragon from which the tribe descended. Another says the rings protected women from the teeth of a tiger. Still another version says the rings were meant to show off a family's wealth and once were made of gold.
Claude Monet The Road To Chailly painting
Claude Monet The Road To Chailly painting
Fabian Perez Flamenco DancerII painting
Oprah Winfrey celebrated the premiere of her 19th season by surprising each of her 276 audience members with a new car. "We're calling this our wildest dream season, because this year on the Oprah show, no dream is too wild, no surprise too impossible to pull off," Winfrey said on the show.Winfrey said the audience members were chosen because their friends or family had written about their need for a new car. Making sure the audience was kept in suspense, Winfrey opened the show by calling 11 people onto the stage. She gave each of them a car — a Pontiac G6. She then had gift boxes distributed to the rest of the audience and said one of the boxes contained keys to a 12th car. But when everyone opened the boxes, each had a set of keys. "The Oprah Winfrey Show," which debuted in 1986, is syndicated to 212 domestic markets and 109 countries
Fabian Perez Flamenco DancerII painting
Oprah Winfrey celebrated the premiere of her 19th season by surprising each of her 276 audience members with a new car. "We're calling this our wildest dream season, because this year on the Oprah show, no dream is too wild, no surprise too impossible to pull off," Winfrey said on the show.Winfrey said the audience members were chosen because their friends or family had written about their need for a new car. Making sure the audience was kept in suspense, Winfrey opened the show by calling 11 people onto the stage. She gave each of them a car — a Pontiac G6. She then had gift boxes distributed to the rest of the audience and said one of the boxes contained keys to a 12th car. But when everyone opened the boxes, each had a set of keys. "The Oprah Winfrey Show," which debuted in 1986, is syndicated to 212 domestic markets and 109 countries
William Bouguereau The Wave painting
William Bouguereau The Wave painting
Pablo Picasso Girl Before a Mirror painting
Across rural America, angry skirmishes are increasingly common between property owners and off-roaders squaring off over dwindling open space.
Across rural America, angry skirmishes are increasingly common between property owners and off-roaders squaring off over dwindling open space. Long accustomed to battling environmentalists for access to public lands, off-roaders now find themselves at odds with farmers, ranchers and a flood of new residents moving to the country for peace and quiet. As Bob Buster, a county supervisor in Riverside, Calif., put it, "You have these two clashing visions of the countryside." Nationally, millions of acres have been developed in recent decades. At the same time, use of off-highway vehicles — a catch-all term for four-wheelers, dirt bikes and dune buggies — has exploded, up 700% to 36 million users since 1976.
Pablo Picasso Girl Before a Mirror painting
Across rural America, angry skirmishes are increasingly common between property owners and off-roaders squaring off over dwindling open space.
Across rural America, angry skirmishes are increasingly common between property owners and off-roaders squaring off over dwindling open space. Long accustomed to battling environmentalists for access to public lands, off-roaders now find themselves at odds with farmers, ranchers and a flood of new residents moving to the country for peace and quiet. As Bob Buster, a county supervisor in Riverside, Calif., put it, "You have these two clashing visions of the countryside." Nationally, millions of acres have been developed in recent decades. At the same time, use of off-highway vehicles — a catch-all term for four-wheelers, dirt bikes and dune buggies — has exploded, up 700% to 36 million users since 1976.
Henri Fantin-Latour paintings
Henri Fantin-Latour paintings
Horace Vernet paintings
Noll points out that the odds of success improve with better basic social skills. The advice to "hold your head high" isn't just figurative in this case. Your child could look like an easy target if she walks with her head and shoulders down, speaks meekly, or doesn't make eye contact. You can enlist your child's teacher as an ally. If your child isn't finding friends right away, the teacher can give advice about suitable playmates. You can work with other parents to set up play dates for your kids. You might even set up really fun regular outings. One suggestion I came across was "Wednesday afternoon at the park," with open invitations to everyone in your child's class. Throughout all of this, talking with your child is crucial. If he tells you he's fearful about a new situation because he won't know anyone, remind him of times he's triumphed in similar situations. If your daughter comes home from Valentine's Day at school crushed because she didn't get any cards, talk to her about those
Horace Vernet paintings
Noll points out that the odds of success improve with better basic social skills. The advice to "hold your head high" isn't just figurative in this case. Your child could look like an easy target if she walks with her head and shoulders down, speaks meekly, or doesn't make eye contact. You can enlist your child's teacher as an ally. If your child isn't finding friends right away, the teacher can give advice about suitable playmates. You can work with other parents to set up play dates for your kids. You might even set up really fun regular outings. One suggestion I came across was "Wednesday afternoon at the park," with open invitations to everyone in your child's class. Throughout all of this, talking with your child is crucial. If he tells you he's fearful about a new situation because he won't know anyone, remind him of times he's triumphed in similar situations. If your daughter comes home from Valentine's Day at school crushed because she didn't get any cards, talk to her about those
Eric Wallis paintings
Eric Wallis paintings
Edmund Blair Leighton paintings
Even at young ages, obesity is not just a cosmetic issue. Almost two-thirds of overweight youth have at least one additional risk factor for heart disease, including high blood pressure or high cholesterol. Overweight kids also may suffer with sleep apnea or bone and joint prob
We will never know, of course, what Rocket could or could not forgive. Rocket probably didn't attack the new dog out of anger at Harry. He was more likely protecting his food or pack position.
The creature in the household with the most to lose from a new arrival, he probably simply fought for what he had. Then, once aroused, he was more dangerous. As trainers know, dogs under pressure have two options: fight or flight. Rocket decided to fight and paid for it with his life. Had his owner known more about dogs' true nature, he might have introduced the new dog more gradually, or not at all. And there might be one less bitten child. But this is all a guess. We will never know.lems, according to the CDC.
Edmund Blair Leighton paintings
Even at young ages, obesity is not just a cosmetic issue. Almost two-thirds of overweight youth have at least one additional risk factor for heart disease, including high blood pressure or high cholesterol. Overweight kids also may suffer with sleep apnea or bone and joint prob
We will never know, of course, what Rocket could or could not forgive. Rocket probably didn't attack the new dog out of anger at Harry. He was more likely protecting his food or pack position.
The creature in the household with the most to lose from a new arrival, he probably simply fought for what he had. Then, once aroused, he was more dangerous. As trainers know, dogs under pressure have two options: fight or flight. Rocket decided to fight and paid for it with his life. Had his owner known more about dogs' true nature, he might have introduced the new dog more gradually, or not at all. And there might be one less bitten child. But this is all a guess. We will never know.lems, according to the CDC.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Julius LeBlanc Stewart paintings
Julius LeBlanc Stewart paintings
Jeffrey T.Larson paintings
SCARLETT: Why don't you say it, you coward? You're afraid to marry me. You'd rather live with that silly little fool who can't open her mouth except to say "yes", "no",and raise a houseful of mealy-mouthed brats just like her! ASHLEY: You mustn't say things like that about Melanie. SCARLETT: Who are you to tell me I mustn't? You led me on, you made me believe you wanted to marry me! ASHLEY: Now Scarlett, be fair. I never at any time... SCARLETT: You did, it's true, you did! I'll hate you till I die! I can't think of anything bad enough to call you... (Ashley leaves. Scarlett throws a vase to the wall in anger. The crashing of the vase startles Rhett Butler. He rises up from the couch in a dark corner of the room.) RHETT: Has the war started?SCARLETT: Sir, you...you should have made your presence known.RHETT: In the middle of that beautiful love scene? That wouldn't have been very tactful, would it? But don't worry.Your secret is safe with me.SCARLETT: Sir, you are no gentleman.RHETT: And you miss are no lady. Don't think that I hold that against you. Ladies have never held any charm for me.SCARLETT: First you take a low, common advantage of me, then you insult me!RHETT: I meant it as a compliment. And I hope to see more of you when you're free of the spell of the elegant Mr. Wilkes
Jeffrey T.Larson paintings
SCARLETT: Why don't you say it, you coward? You're afraid to marry me. You'd rather live with that silly little fool who can't open her mouth except to say "yes", "no",and raise a houseful of mealy-mouthed brats just like her! ASHLEY: You mustn't say things like that about Melanie. SCARLETT: Who are you to tell me I mustn't? You led me on, you made me believe you wanted to marry me! ASHLEY: Now Scarlett, be fair. I never at any time... SCARLETT: You did, it's true, you did! I'll hate you till I die! I can't think of anything bad enough to call you... (Ashley leaves. Scarlett throws a vase to the wall in anger. The crashing of the vase startles Rhett Butler. He rises up from the couch in a dark corner of the room.) RHETT: Has the war started?SCARLETT: Sir, you...you should have made your presence known.RHETT: In the middle of that beautiful love scene? That wouldn't have been very tactful, would it? But don't worry.Your secret is safe with me.SCARLETT: Sir, you are no gentleman.RHETT: And you miss are no lady. Don't think that I hold that against you. Ladies have never held any charm for me.SCARLETT: First you take a low, common advantage of me, then you insult me!RHETT: I meant it as a compliment. And I hope to see more of you when you're free of the spell of the elegant Mr. Wilkes
Friday, July 11, 2008
Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Painting painting
Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Painting painting
Claude Monet Venice Twilight painting
Outside the cave we halted, feeling rather foolish.
"I am going back," said Sir Henry. "Why?" asked Good. "Because it has struck me that - what we saw - may be my brother."
This was a new idea, and we reentered the cave to put it to the proof, After the bright light outside our eyes, weak as they were with stating at the snow, could not for a while pierce the gloom of the cave. Presently, however, we grew accustomed to the semi-darkness, and advanced on to the dead form.
Sir Henry knelt down and peered into its face.
"Thank God," he said, with a sigh of relief, "it is not my brother."
Then I went and looked. The corpse was that of a tall man in middle life, with
Claude Monet Venice Twilight painting
Outside the cave we halted, feeling rather foolish.
"I am going back," said Sir Henry. "Why?" asked Good. "Because it has struck me that - what we saw - may be my brother."
This was a new idea, and we reentered the cave to put it to the proof, After the bright light outside our eyes, weak as they were with stating at the snow, could not for a while pierce the gloom of the cave. Presently, however, we grew accustomed to the semi-darkness, and advanced on to the dead form.
Sir Henry knelt down and peered into its face.
"Thank God," he said, with a sigh of relief, "it is not my brother."
Then I went and looked. The corpse was that of a tall man in middle life, with
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot paintings
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot paintings
James Childs paintings
Ford is in Four Winds, and those old cats up at the Glen won't get the chance to meow, as they would if she was living over there alone and Owen going to see her. They are doing enough of it as it is, because she doesn't put on mourning. I said to one of them, `If you mean she should put on mourning for George Moore, it seems to me more like his resurrection than his funeral; and if it's Dick you mean, I confess I can't see the propriety of going into weeds for a man who died thirteen years ago and good riddance then!' And when old Louisa Baldwin remarked to me that she thought it very strange that Leslie should never have suspected it wasn't her own husband I said, `You never suspected it wasn't Dick Moore, and you were next-door neighbor to him all his life, and by nature you're ten times as suspicious as Leslie.' But you can't stop some people's tongues, Anne, dearie, and I'm real thankful Leslie will be under your roof while Owen is courting her."
Owen Ford came to the little house one August evening when Leslie and Anne were absorbed in worshipping the baby. He paused at the open door of the living room, unseen
James Childs paintings
Ford is in Four Winds, and those old cats up at the Glen won't get the chance to meow, as they would if she was living over there alone and Owen going to see her. They are doing enough of it as it is, because she doesn't put on mourning. I said to one of them, `If you mean she should put on mourning for George Moore, it seems to me more like his resurrection than his funeral; and if it's Dick you mean, I confess I can't see the propriety of going into weeds for a man who died thirteen years ago and good riddance then!' And when old Louisa Baldwin remarked to me that she thought it very strange that Leslie should never have suspected it wasn't her own husband I said, `You never suspected it wasn't Dick Moore, and you were next-door neighbor to him all his life, and by nature you're ten times as suspicious as Leslie.' But you can't stop some people's tongues, Anne, dearie, and I'm real thankful Leslie will be under your roof while Owen is courting her."
Owen Ford came to the little house one August evening when Leslie and Anne were absorbed in worshipping the baby. He paused at the open door of the living room, unseen
John William Godward Nu Sur La Plage painting
John William Godward Nu Sur La Plage painting
Gustav Klimt The Kiss (Le Baiser _ Il Baccio) painting
Well, you have got one on me at last, Jim Boyd, I'll admit. Just look how pleased he is, Anne, dearie, grinning like a Chessy-cat. As for the robins' legs if robins have great, big, bare, sunburned legs, with ragged trousers hanging on 'em, such as I saw up in my cherry tree one morning at sunrise last week, I'll beg the Gilman boys' pardon. By the time I got down they were gone. I couldn't understand how they had disappeared so quick, but Captain Jim has enlightened me. They flew away, of course."
Captain Jim laughed and went away, regretfully declining an invitation to stay to supper and partake of cherry pie.
"I'm on my way to see Leslie and ask her if she'll take a boarder," Miss Cornelia resumed. "I'd a letter yesterday from a Mrs. Daly in Toronto, who boarded a spell with me two years ago. She wanted me to take a friend of hers for the summer. His name is Owen Ford, and he's a newspaper man, and it seems he's a grandson of the schoolmaster who built this house. John Selwyn's oldest daughter married an Ontario man named Ford, and this is her son. He wants to see the old
Gustav Klimt The Kiss (Le Baiser _ Il Baccio) painting
Well, you have got one on me at last, Jim Boyd, I'll admit. Just look how pleased he is, Anne, dearie, grinning like a Chessy-cat. As for the robins' legs if robins have great, big, bare, sunburned legs, with ragged trousers hanging on 'em, such as I saw up in my cherry tree one morning at sunrise last week, I'll beg the Gilman boys' pardon. By the time I got down they were gone. I couldn't understand how they had disappeared so quick, but Captain Jim has enlightened me. They flew away, of course."
Captain Jim laughed and went away, regretfully declining an invitation to stay to supper and partake of cherry pie.
"I'm on my way to see Leslie and ask her if she'll take a boarder," Miss Cornelia resumed. "I'd a letter yesterday from a Mrs. Daly in Toronto, who boarded a spell with me two years ago. She wanted me to take a friend of hers for the summer. His name is Owen Ford, and he's a newspaper man, and it seems he's a grandson of the schoolmaster who built this house. John Selwyn's oldest daughter married an Ontario man named Ford, and this is her son. He wants to see the old
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Jacques-Louis David Male Nude known as Patroclus painting
Jacques-Louis David Male Nude known as Patroclus painting
Claude Monet Regatta At Argenteuil painting
off dead? I don't believe it is better for a child to die at birth than to live its life out--and love and be loved--and enjoy and suffer--and do its work--and develop a character that would give it a personality in eternity. And how do you know it was God's will? Perhaps it was just a thwarting of His purpose by the Power of Evil. We can't be expected to be resigned to that."
"Oh, Anne, don't talk so," said Marilla, genuinely alarmed lest Anne were drifting into deep and dangerous waters. "We can't understand--but we must have faith--we must believe that all is for the best. I know you find it hard to think so, just now. But try to be brave--for Gilbert's sake. He's so worried about you. You aren't getting strong as fast as you should."
"Oh, I know I've been very selfish," sighed Anne. "I love Gilbert more than ever--and I want to live for his sake. But it seems as if part of me was buried over there in that little harbor graveyard-- and it hurts so much that I'm afraid of life."
"It won't hurt so much always, Anne."
Claude Monet Regatta At Argenteuil painting
off dead? I don't believe it is better for a child to die at birth than to live its life out--and love and be loved--and enjoy and suffer--and do its work--and develop a character that would give it a personality in eternity. And how do you know it was God's will? Perhaps it was just a thwarting of His purpose by the Power of Evil. We can't be expected to be resigned to that."
"Oh, Anne, don't talk so," said Marilla, genuinely alarmed lest Anne were drifting into deep and dangerous waters. "We can't understand--but we must have faith--we must believe that all is for the best. I know you find it hard to think so, just now. But try to be brave--for Gilbert's sake. He's so worried about you. You aren't getting strong as fast as you should."
"Oh, I know I've been very selfish," sighed Anne. "I love Gilbert more than ever--and I want to live for his sake. But it seems as if part of me was buried over there in that little harbor graveyard-- and it hurts so much that I'm afraid of life."
"It won't hurt so much always, Anne."
Monday, July 7, 2008
Martin Johnson Heade paintings
Martin Johnson Heade paintings
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asked me to go home with her and I had not known it was wrong to go. And now I was to be whipped for it. When we got home my sister dragged me into the kitchen where mother was sitting by the fire in the twilight. My poor wee legs were trembling so that I could hardly stand. And mother -- mother just took me up in her arms, without one word of rebuke or harshness, kissed me and held me close to her heart. `I was so frightened you were lost, darling,' she said tenderly. I could see the love shining in her eyes as she looked down on me. She never scolded or reproached me for what I had done -- only told me I must never go away again without asking permission. She died very soon afterwards. That is the only memory I have of her. Isn't it a beautiful one?"
Anne felt lonelier than ever as she walked home, going by way of the Birch Path and Willowmere. She had not walked that way for many moons. It was a darkly-purple bloomy night. The air was heavy with blossom fragrance -- almost too heavy. The cloyed senses recoiled from it as from an overfull cup. The birches of the path had grown from the fairy saplings
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asked me to go home with her and I had not known it was wrong to go. And now I was to be whipped for it. When we got home my sister dragged me into the kitchen where mother was sitting by the fire in the twilight. My poor wee legs were trembling so that I could hardly stand. And mother -- mother just took me up in her arms, without one word of rebuke or harshness, kissed me and held me close to her heart. `I was so frightened you were lost, darling,' she said tenderly. I could see the love shining in her eyes as she looked down on me. She never scolded or reproached me for what I had done -- only told me I must never go away again without asking permission. She died very soon afterwards. That is the only memory I have of her. Isn't it a beautiful one?"
Anne felt lonelier than ever as she walked home, going by way of the Birch Path and Willowmere. She had not walked that way for many moons. It was a darkly-purple bloomy night. The air was heavy with blossom fragrance -- almost too heavy. The cloyed senses recoiled from it as from an overfull cup. The birches of the path had grown from the fairy saplings
Decorative painting
Decorative painting
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rack again. Without a word he turned and strode down the road.
"Stop! Stop!" Anne called wildly after him, not caring in the least for the other dumbfounded onlookers. "Mr. Douglas, stop! Come back."
John Douglas stopped but he did not come back. Anne flew down the road, caught his arm and fairly dragged him back to Janet.
"You must come back," she said imploringly. "It's all a mistake, Mr. Douglas -- all my fault. I made Janet do it. She didn't want to -- but it's all right now, isn't it, Janet?"
Without a word Janet took his arm and walked away. Anne followed them meekly home and slipped in by the back door.
"Well, you are a nice person to back me up," said Janet sarcastically.
"I couldn't help it, Janet," said Anne repentantly. "I just felt as if I had stood by and seen
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rack again. Without a word he turned and strode down the road.
"Stop! Stop!" Anne called wildly after him, not caring in the least for the other dumbfounded onlookers. "Mr. Douglas, stop! Come back."
John Douglas stopped but he did not come back. Anne flew down the road, caught his arm and fairly dragged him back to Janet.
"You must come back," she said imploringly. "It's all a mistake, Mr. Douglas -- all my fault. I made Janet do it. She didn't want to -- but it's all right now, isn't it, Janet?"
Without a word Janet took his arm and walked away. Anne followed them meekly home and slipped in by the back door.
"Well, you are a nice person to back me up," said Janet sarcastically.
"I couldn't help it, Janet," said Anne repentantly. "I just felt as if I had stood by and seen
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John William Waterhouse Waterhouse Narcissus painting
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great mysteries of life here and hereafter, superseding her old childish conceptions, and it was hardest of all to speak of them to such as Ruby Gillis -- "I think, perhaps, we have very mistaken ideas about heaven -- what it is and what it holds for us. I don't think it can be so very different from life here as most people seem to think. I believe we'll just go on living, a good deal as we live here -- and be OURSELVES just the same -- only it will be easier to be good and to -- follow the highest. All the hindrances and perplexities will be taken away, and we shall see clearly. Don't be afraid, Ruby."
"I can't help it," said Ruby pitifully. "Even if what you say about heaven is true -- and you can't be sure -- it may be only that imagination of yours -- it won't be JUST the same. It CAN'T be. I want to go on living HERE. I'm so young, Anne. I haven't had my life. I've fought so hard to live -- and it isn't any use -- I have to die -- and leave EVERYTHING I care for." Anne sat in a pain that was almost intolerable. She could not tell comforting falsehoods; and all that Ruby
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great mysteries of life here and hereafter, superseding her old childish conceptions, and it was hardest of all to speak of them to such as Ruby Gillis -- "I think, perhaps, we have very mistaken ideas about heaven -- what it is and what it holds for us. I don't think it can be so very different from life here as most people seem to think. I believe we'll just go on living, a good deal as we live here -- and be OURSELVES just the same -- only it will be easier to be good and to -- follow the highest. All the hindrances and perplexities will be taken away, and we shall see clearly. Don't be afraid, Ruby."
"I can't help it," said Ruby pitifully. "Even if what you say about heaven is true -- and you can't be sure -- it may be only that imagination of yours -- it won't be JUST the same. It CAN'T be. I want to go on living HERE. I'm so young, Anne. I haven't had my life. I've fought so hard to live -- and it isn't any use -- I have to die -- and leave EVERYTHING I care for." Anne sat in a pain that was almost intolerable. She could not tell comforting falsehoods; and all that Ruby
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Gustav Klimt lady with fan painting
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," muttered Davy.
"You look pale. You'd better keep out of the sun this afternoon," admonished Mrs. Lynde.
"Do you know how many lies you told Mrs. Lynde?" asked Dora reproachfully, as soon as they were alone after dinner.
Davy, goaded to desperation, turned fiercely.
"I don't know and I don't care," he said. "You just shut up, Dora Keith."
Then poor Davy betook himself to a secluded retreat behind the woodpile to think over the way of transgressors.
Green Gables was wrapped in darkness and silence when Anne reached home. She lost no time going to bed, for she was very tired and sleepy. There had been several Avonlea jollifications the preceding week, involving rather late hours. Anne's head was hardly on her pillow before she was half asleep; but just then her door was softly opened and a pleading voice said, "Anne."
Anne sat up drowsily.
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," muttered Davy.
"You look pale. You'd better keep out of the sun this afternoon," admonished Mrs. Lynde.
"Do you know how many lies you told Mrs. Lynde?" asked Dora reproachfully, as soon as they were alone after dinner.
Davy, goaded to desperation, turned fiercely.
"I don't know and I don't care," he said. "You just shut up, Dora Keith."
Then poor Davy betook himself to a secluded retreat behind the woodpile to think over the way of transgressors.
Green Gables was wrapped in darkness and silence when Anne reached home. She lost no time going to bed, for she was very tired and sleepy. There had been several Avonlea jollifications the preceding week, involving rather late hours. Anne's head was hardly on her pillow before she was half asleep; but just then her door was softly opened and a pleading voice said, "Anne."
Anne sat up drowsily.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Gustav Klimt The Friends painting
Gustav Klimt The Friends painting
Steve Hanks Beauty of the Hot Tub painting
Aunt Atossa sighed heavily, as if all forebodings upon the occasion of George Barry's marriage had been amply and darkly fulfilled.
"Going, are you?" she inquired, as the girls rose. "Well, I suppose you can't find much amusement talking to an old woman like me. It's such a pity the boys ain't home."
"We want to run in and see Ruby Gillis a little while," explained Diana.
"Oh, anything does for an excuse, of course," said Aunt Atossa, amiably. "Just whip in and whip out before you have time to say how-do decently. It's college airs, I s'pose. You'd be wiser to keep away from Ruby Gillis. The doctors say consumption's catching. I always knew Ruby'd get something, gadding off to Boston last fall for a visit. People who ain't content to stay home always catch something."
"People who don't go visiting catch things, too. Sometimes they even die," said
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Aunt Atossa sighed heavily, as if all forebodings upon the occasion of George Barry's marriage had been amply and darkly fulfilled.
"Going, are you?" she inquired, as the girls rose. "Well, I suppose you can't find much amusement talking to an old woman like me. It's such a pity the boys ain't home."
"We want to run in and see Ruby Gillis a little while," explained Diana.
"Oh, anything does for an excuse, of course," said Aunt Atossa, amiably. "Just whip in and whip out before you have time to say how-do decently. It's college airs, I s'pose. You'd be wiser to keep away from Ruby Gillis. The doctors say consumption's catching. I always knew Ruby'd get something, gadding off to Boston last fall for a visit. People who ain't content to stay home always catch something."
"People who don't go visiting catch things, too. Sometimes they even die," said
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Albert Bierstadt Yosemite Valley painting
Albert Bierstadt Yosemite Valley painting
John William Godward The Delphic Oracle painting
Everything's ready, Miss Shirley, ma'am, and nothing dreadful has happened yet," was Charlotta's cheerful statement as she betook herself to her little back room to dress. Out came all the braids; the resultant rampant crinkliness was plaited into two tails and tied, not with two bows alone, but with four, of brand-new ribbon, brightly blue. The two upper bows rather gave the impression of overgrown wings sprouting from Charlotta's neck, somewhat after the fashion of Raphael's cherubs. But Charlotta the Fourth thought them very beautiful, and after she had rustled into a white dress, so stiffly starched that it could stand alone, she surveyed herself in her glass with great satisfaction. . .a satisfaction which lasted until she went out in the hall and caught a glimpse through the spare room door of a tall girl in some softly clinging gown, pinning white, star-like flowers on the smooth ripples of her ruddy hair.
"Oh, I'll never be able to look like Miss Shirley," thought poor Charlotta despairingly
John William Godward The Delphic Oracle painting
Everything's ready, Miss Shirley, ma'am, and nothing dreadful has happened yet," was Charlotta's cheerful statement as she betook herself to her little back room to dress. Out came all the braids; the resultant rampant crinkliness was plaited into two tails and tied, not with two bows alone, but with four, of brand-new ribbon, brightly blue. The two upper bows rather gave the impression of overgrown wings sprouting from Charlotta's neck, somewhat after the fashion of Raphael's cherubs. But Charlotta the Fourth thought them very beautiful, and after she had rustled into a white dress, so stiffly starched that it could stand alone, she surveyed herself in her glass with great satisfaction. . .a satisfaction which lasted until she went out in the hall and caught a glimpse through the spare room door of a tall girl in some softly clinging gown, pinning white, star-like flowers on the smooth ripples of her ruddy hair.
"Oh, I'll never be able to look like Miss Shirley," thought poor Charlotta despairingly
Steve Hanks Reflecting painting
Steve Hanks Reflecting painting
Douglas Hofmann tapestry painting
came long ago, but in a foolish moment went away and wandered afar and forgot the secret of the magic pathway to the enchanted castle, where the princess was weeping her faithful heart out for him. But at last he remembered it again and the princess is waiting still. . .because nobody but her own dear prince could carry her off."
"Oh, Miss Shirley, ma'am, what is that in prose?" gasped the mystified Charlotta.
Anne laughed.
"In prose, an old friend of Miss Lavendar's is coming to see her tonight."
"Do you mean an old beau of hers?" demanded the literal Charlotta.
"That is probably what I do mean. . .in prose," answered Anne gravely. "It is Paul's father. . .Stephen Irving. And goodness knows what will come of it, but let us hope for the best, Charlotta."
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came long ago, but in a foolish moment went away and wandered afar and forgot the secret of the magic pathway to the enchanted castle, where the princess was weeping her faithful heart out for him. But at last he remembered it again and the princess is waiting still. . .because nobody but her own dear prince could carry her off."
"Oh, Miss Shirley, ma'am, what is that in prose?" gasped the mystified Charlotta.
Anne laughed.
"In prose, an old friend of Miss Lavendar's is coming to see her tonight."
"Do you mean an old beau of hers?" demanded the literal Charlotta.
"That is probably what I do mean. . .in prose," answered Anne gravely. "It is Paul's father. . .Stephen Irving. And goodness knows what will come of it, but let us hope for the best, Charlotta."
Pino Mystic Dreams painting
Pino Mystic Dreams painting
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a result the Andrews household was not exactly a model of domestic happiness.
"I see that the Charlottetown call to Mr. Allan is up before the Presbytery," said Mrs. Bell. "That means we'll be losing him soon, I suppose."
"They're not going before September," said Mrs. Sloane. "It will be a great loss to the community. . .though I always did think that Mrs. Allan dressed rather too gay for a minister's wife. But we are none of us perfect. Did you notice how neat and snug Mr. Harrison looked today? I never saw such a changed man. He goes to church every Sunday and has subscribed to the salary."
"Hasn't that Paul Irving grown to be a big boy?" said Mrs. Andrews. "He was such a mite for his age when he came here. I declare I hardly knew him today. He's getting to look a lot like his father."
"He's a smart boy," said Mrs. Bell.
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a result the Andrews household was not exactly a model of domestic happiness.
"I see that the Charlottetown call to Mr. Allan is up before the Presbytery," said Mrs. Bell. "That means we'll be losing him soon, I suppose."
"They're not going before September," said Mrs. Sloane. "It will be a great loss to the community. . .though I always did think that Mrs. Allan dressed rather too gay for a minister's wife. But we are none of us perfect. Did you notice how neat and snug Mr. Harrison looked today? I never saw such a changed man. He goes to church every Sunday and has subscribed to the salary."
"Hasn't that Paul Irving grown to be a big boy?" said Mrs. Andrews. "He was such a mite for his age when he came here. I declare I hardly knew him today. He's getting to look a lot like his father."
"He's a smart boy," said Mrs. Bell.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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Benjamin Williams Leader paintings
Bartolome Esteban Murillo paintings
watering for some more of your grandma's delicious shortbread ever since I had tea here before."
Paul looked very sober.
"If it depended on me, teacher," he said, standing before Anne with his hands in his pockets and his beautiful little face shadowed with sudden care, "You should have shortbread with a right good will. But it depends on Mary Joe. I heard Grandma tell her before she left that she wasn't to give me any shortcake because it was too rich for little boys' stomachs. But maybe Mary Joe will cut some for you if I promise I won't eat any. Let us hope for the best."
"Yes, let us," agreed Anne, whom this cheerful philosophy suited exactly, "and if Mary Joe proves hard-hearted and won't give me any shortbread it doesn't matter in the least, so you are not to worry over that."
"You're sure you won't mind if she doesn't?" said Paul anxiously.
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watering for some more of your grandma's delicious shortbread ever since I had tea here before."
Paul looked very sober.
"If it depended on me, teacher," he said, standing before Anne with his hands in his pockets and his beautiful little face shadowed with sudden care, "You should have shortbread with a right good will. But it depends on Mary Joe. I heard Grandma tell her before she left that she wasn't to give me any shortcake because it was too rich for little boys' stomachs. But maybe Mary Joe will cut some for you if I promise I won't eat any. Let us hope for the best."
"Yes, let us," agreed Anne, whom this cheerful philosophy suited exactly, "and if Mary Joe proves hard-hearted and won't give me any shortbread it doesn't matter in the least, so you are not to worry over that."
"You're sure you won't mind if she doesn't?" said Paul anxiously.
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Raphael paintings
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wasn't so stingy with her jam I believe I'd grow a lot faster."
"Marilla is not stingy, Davy," said Anne severely. "It is very ungrateful of you to say such a thing."
"There's another word that means the same thing and sounds a lot better, but I don't just remember it," said Davy, frowning intently. "I heard Marilla say she was it, herself, the other day."
"If you mean economical, it's a very different thing from being stingy. It is an excellent trait in a person if she is economical. If Marilla had been stingy she wouldn't have taken you and Dora when your mother died. Would you have liked to live with Mrs. Wiggins?"
"You just bet I wouldn't!" Davy was emphatic on that point. "Nor I don't want to go out to Uncle Richard neither. I'd far rather live here, even if Marilla is that long-tailed word when it comes to jam, 'cause you're here, Anne. Say, Anne, won't you tell me a story 'fore I go to sleep? I don't want a fairy story. They're all right for girls, I s'pose, but I want something
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wasn't so stingy with her jam I believe I'd grow a lot faster."
"Marilla is not stingy, Davy," said Anne severely. "It is very ungrateful of you to say such a thing."
"There's another word that means the same thing and sounds a lot better, but I don't just remember it," said Davy, frowning intently. "I heard Marilla say she was it, herself, the other day."
"If you mean economical, it's a very different thing from being stingy. It is an excellent trait in a person if she is economical. If Marilla had been stingy she wouldn't have taken you and Dora when your mother died. Would you have liked to live with Mrs. Wiggins?"
"You just bet I wouldn't!" Davy was emphatic on that point. "Nor I don't want to go out to Uncle Richard neither. I'd far rather live here, even if Marilla is that long-tailed word when it comes to jam, 'cause you're here, Anne. Say, Anne, won't you tell me a story 'fore I go to sleep? I don't want a fairy story. They're all right for girls, I s'pose, but I want something
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Steve Hanks paintings
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imagination, was only puzzled and disgusted.
"Anne, I believe you're just talking nonsense."
"Of course, I was, dear boy. Don't you know that it is only very foolish folk who talk sense all the time?"
"Well, I think you might give a sensible answer when I ask a sensible question," said Davy in an injured tone.
"Oh, you are too little to understand," said Anne. But she felt rather ashamed of saying it; for had she not, in keen remembrance of many similar snubs administered in her own early years, solemnly vowed that she would never tell any child it was too little to understand? Yet here she was doing it. . .so wide sometimes is the gulf between theory and practice.
"Well, I'm doing my best to grow," said Davy, "but it's a thing you can't hurry
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imagination, was only puzzled and disgusted.
"Anne, I believe you're just talking nonsense."
"Of course, I was, dear boy. Don't you know that it is only very foolish folk who talk sense all the time?"
"Well, I think you might give a sensible answer when I ask a sensible question," said Davy in an injured tone.
"Oh, you are too little to understand," said Anne. But she felt rather ashamed of saying it; for had she not, in keen remembrance of many similar snubs administered in her own early years, solemnly vowed that she would never tell any child it was too little to understand? Yet here she was doing it. . .so wide sometimes is the gulf between theory and practice.
"Well, I'm doing my best to grow," said Davy, "but it's a thing you can't hurry
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Smile painting
Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Smile painting
Yvonne Jeanette Karlsen Eva painting
against her wishes. He saw it when it was all explained out. . .he's really a very reasonable little fellow. . .and he said I could call him St. Clair but that he'd `lick the stuffing' out of any of the boys that tried it. Of course, I had to rebuke him again for using such shocking language. Since then I call him St. Clair and the boys call him Jake and all goes smoothly. He informs me that he means to be a carpenter, but Mrs. Donnell says I am to make a college professor out of him."
The mention of college gave a new direction to Gilbert's thoughts, and they talked for a time of their plans and wishes. . .gravely, earnestly, hopefully, as youth loves to talk, while the future is yet an untrodden path full of wonderful possibilities.
Gilbert had finally made up his mind that he was going to be a doctor.
"It's a splendid profession," he said enthusiastically. "A fellow has to fight something all
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against her wishes. He saw it when it was all explained out. . .he's really a very reasonable little fellow. . .and he said I could call him St. Clair but that he'd `lick the stuffing' out of any of the boys that tried it. Of course, I had to rebuke him again for using such shocking language. Since then I call him St. Clair and the boys call him Jake and all goes smoothly. He informs me that he means to be a carpenter, but Mrs. Donnell says I am to make a college professor out of him."
The mention of college gave a new direction to Gilbert's thoughts, and they talked for a time of their plans and wishes. . .gravely, earnestly, hopefully, as youth loves to talk, while the future is yet an untrodden path full of wonderful possibilities.
Gilbert had finally made up his mind that he was going to be a doctor.
"It's a splendid profession," he said enthusiastically. "A fellow has to fight something all
Guillaume Seignac Psyche painting
Mark Rothko Blue Green and Brown 1951 painting
Guillaume Seignac Psyche painting
That's my contribution to painting the hall," she gasped. "I'd like to give you a dollar but I don't dare take more from my egg money for Eliza would find it out if I did. I'm real interested in your society and I believe you're going to do a lot of good. I'm an optimist. I have to be, living with Eliza. I must hurry back before she misses me. . .she thinks I'm feeding the hens. I hope you'll have good luck canvassing, and don't be cast down over what Eliza said. The world is getting better. . .it certainly is."
The next house was Daniel Blair's.
"Now, it all depends on whether his wife is home or not," said Diana, as they jolted along a deep-rutted lane. "If she is we won't get a cent. Everybody says Dan Blair doesn't dare have his hair cut without asking her permission; and it's certain she's very close, to state it moderately. She says she has to be just before she's generous. But Mrs. Lynde says she's so much `before' that generosity never catches up with her at all."
Anne related their experience at the Blair place to Marilla that evening.
Guillaume Seignac Psyche painting
That's my contribution to painting the hall," she gasped. "I'd like to give you a dollar but I don't dare take more from my egg money for Eliza would find it out if I did. I'm real interested in your society and I believe you're going to do a lot of good. I'm an optimist. I have to be, living with Eliza. I must hurry back before she misses me. . .she thinks I'm feeding the hens. I hope you'll have good luck canvassing, and don't be cast down over what Eliza said. The world is getting better. . .it certainly is."
The next house was Daniel Blair's.
"Now, it all depends on whether his wife is home or not," said Diana, as they jolted along a deep-rutted lane. "If she is we won't get a cent. Everybody says Dan Blair doesn't dare have his hair cut without asking her permission; and it's certain she's very close, to state it moderately. She says she has to be just before she's generous. But Mrs. Lynde says she's so much `before' that generosity never catches up with her at all."
Anne related their experience at the Blair place to Marilla that evening.
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