Claude Monet Cliffs Near Dieppe paintingFabian Perez white and red painting
Hagrid!" cried Hermione, leaping up, hurrying around the table the long way to avoid the barrel of maggots, and putting an arm around his shaking shoulders. "What is it?"
"It's. . . him . .." gulped Hagrid, his beetle-black eyes stream-ing as he mopped his face with his apron. "It's . . . Aragog. ... I think he's dyin'. . , . He got ill over the summer an' he's not gettin' better.... I don' know what I'll do if he ... if he ... We've bin tergether so long. ..."
Hermione patted Hagrid's shoulder, looking at a complete loss for anything to say. Harry knew how she felt. He had known Hagrid to present a vicious baby dragon with a teddy bear, seen him croon over giant scorpions with suckers and stingers, attempt to reason with his brutal giant of a half-brother, but this was perhaps the most incomprehensible of all his monster fancies: the gigantic talking spider, Aragog, who dwelled deep in the Forbidden Forest and which he and Ron had only narrowly escaped four years previously.
"Is there — is there anything we can do?" Hermione asked, ignoring Ron's frantic grimaces and head-shakings.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Frida Kahlo Self Portrait with Monkeys painting
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last two years and escaped both times. And now they're calling you 'the Chosen One' — well, come on, can't you see why people are fascinated by you?"
Harry was finding the Great Hall very hot all of a sudden, even though the ceiling still looked cold and rainy.
"And you've been through all that persecution from the Ministry when they were trying to make out you were unstable and a liar. You can still see the marks on the back of your hand where that evil woman made you write with your own blood, but you stuck to your story anyway. ..."
"You can still see where those brains got hold of me in the Ministry, look," said Ron, shaking back his sleeves.
"And it doesn't hurt that you've grown about a foot over the summer either," Hermione finished, ignoring Ron.
"I'm tall," said Ron inconsequentially.
last two years and escaped both times. And now they're calling you 'the Chosen One' — well, come on, can't you see why people are fascinated by you?"
Harry was finding the Great Hall very hot all of a sudden, even though the ceiling still looked cold and rainy.
"And you've been through all that persecution from the Ministry when they were trying to make out you were unstable and a liar. You can still see the marks on the back of your hand where that evil woman made you write with your own blood, but you stuck to your story anyway. ..."
"You can still see where those brains got hold of me in the Ministry, look," said Ron, shaking back his sleeves.
"And it doesn't hurt that you've grown about a foot over the summer either," Hermione finished, ignoring Ron.
"I'm tall," said Ron inconsequentially.
Thomas Kinkade Sunset on Lamplight Lane painting
Thomas Kinkade Sunset on Lamplight Lane paintingThomas Kinkade Sunday Outing painting
Morfin let out a mad cackle of laughter. Gaunt screamed, "Mend it, you pointless lump, mend it!"
Merope stumbled across the room, but before she had time to raise her wand, Ogden had lifted his own and said firmly, "Reparo. " The pot mended itself instantly.
Gaunt looked for a moment as though he was going to shout at Ogden, but seemed to think better of it: Instead, he jeered at his daughter, "Lucky the nice man from the Ministry's here, isn't it? Perhaps he'll take you off my hands, perhaps he doesn't mind dirty Squibs. . . ."
Without looking at anybody or thanking Ogden, Merope picked up the pot and returned it, hands trembling, to its shelf. She then stood quite still, her back against the wall between the filthy window and the stove, as though she wished for nothing more than to sink into the stone and vanish.
"Mr. Gaunt," Ogden began again, "as I've said: the reason for my visit —"
Morfin let out a mad cackle of laughter. Gaunt screamed, "Mend it, you pointless lump, mend it!"
Merope stumbled across the room, but before she had time to raise her wand, Ogden had lifted his own and said firmly, "Reparo. " The pot mended itself instantly.
Gaunt looked for a moment as though he was going to shout at Ogden, but seemed to think better of it: Instead, he jeered at his daughter, "Lucky the nice man from the Ministry's here, isn't it? Perhaps he'll take you off my hands, perhaps he doesn't mind dirty Squibs. . . ."
Without looking at anybody or thanking Ogden, Merope picked up the pot and returned it, hands trembling, to its shelf. She then stood quite still, her back against the wall between the filthy window and the stove, as though she wished for nothing more than to sink into the stone and vanish.
"Mr. Gaunt," Ogden began again, "as I've said: the reason for my visit —"
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Tamara de Lempicka Dormeuse painting
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She looked inquiringly at one of the Aurors, who nodded briefly, seized Harry's upper arm, and attempted to steer him toward the barrier between platforms nine and ten.
"I can walk, thanks," said Harry irritably, jerking his arm out of the Auror's grip. He pushed his trolley directly at the solid barrier, ignoring his silent companion, and found himself, a second later, standing on platform nine and three-quarters, where the scarlet Hogwarts Express stood belching steam over the crowd.
Hermione and the Weasleys joined him within seconds. Without waiting to consult his grim-faced Auror, Harry motioned to Ron and Hermione to follow him up the platform, looking for an empty compartment.
"We can't, Harry," said Hermione, looking apologetic. "Ron and I've got to go to the prefects' carriage first and then patrol the corridors for a bit."
"Oh yeah, I forgot," said Harry.
She looked inquiringly at one of the Aurors, who nodded briefly, seized Harry's upper arm, and attempted to steer him toward the barrier between platforms nine and ten.
"I can walk, thanks," said Harry irritably, jerking his arm out of the Auror's grip. He pushed his trolley directly at the solid barrier, ignoring his silent companion, and found himself, a second later, standing on platform nine and three-quarters, where the scarlet Hogwarts Express stood belching steam over the crowd.
Hermione and the Weasleys joined him within seconds. Without waiting to consult his grim-faced Auror, Harry motioned to Ron and Hermione to follow him up the platform, looking for an empty compartment.
"We can't, Harry," said Hermione, looking apologetic. "Ron and I've got to go to the prefects' carriage first and then patrol the corridors for a bit."
"Oh yeah, I forgot," said Harry.
Thomas Kinkade Lombard Street painting
Thomas Kinkade Lombard Street paintingThomas Kinkade Light of Freedom paintingThomas Kinkade Key West painting
We've just developed this more serious line," said Fred. "Funny how it happened..."
"You wouldn't believe how many people, even people who work at the Ministry, can't do a decent Shield Charm," said George. "'Course, they didn't have you teaching them, Harry."
"That's right... Well, we thought Shield Hats were a bit of a laugh, you know, challenge your mate to jinx you while wearing it and watch his face when the jinx just bounces off. But the Ministry bought five hundred for all its support staff! And we're still getting massive orders!"
"So we've expanded into a range of Shield Cloaks, Shield Gloves..."
"... I mean, they wouldn't help much against the Unforgivable Curses, but for minor to moderate hexes or jinxes..."
"And then we thought we'd get into the whole area of Defense Against the Dark Arts, because it's such a money spinner," continued George enthusiastically. "This is cool. Look, Instant Darkness Powder, we're importing it from Peru. Handy if you want to make a quick escape."
We've just developed this more serious line," said Fred. "Funny how it happened..."
"You wouldn't believe how many people, even people who work at the Ministry, can't do a decent Shield Charm," said George. "'Course, they didn't have you teaching them, Harry."
"That's right... Well, we thought Shield Hats were a bit of a laugh, you know, challenge your mate to jinx you while wearing it and watch his face when the jinx just bounces off. But the Ministry bought five hundred for all its support staff! And we're still getting massive orders!"
"So we've expanded into a range of Shield Cloaks, Shield Gloves..."
"... I mean, they wouldn't help much against the Unforgivable Curses, but for minor to moderate hexes or jinxes..."
"And then we thought we'd get into the whole area of Defense Against the Dark Arts, because it's such a money spinner," continued George enthusiastically. "This is cool. Look, Instant Darkness Powder, we're importing it from Peru. Handy if you want to make a quick escape."
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Francois Boucher The Toilet of Venus painting
Francois Boucher The Toilet of Venus painting
Francois Boucher Madame de Pompadour painting
opened the door; a small man in a mauve top hat that was sweeping him a deep bow. "An honor as ever!"
"Thanks, Dedalus," said Harry, bestowing a small and embarrassed smile upon the dark haired Hestia. "It's really good of you to do this… They're through here, my aunt and uncle and cousin…"
"Good day to you, Harry Potter's relatives!" said Dedalus happily striding into the living room. The Dursleys did not look at all happy to be addressed thus; Harry half expected another change of mind. Dudley shrank neared to his mother at the sight of the witch and wizard.
"I see you are packed and ready. Excellent! The plan, as Harry has told you, is a simple one," said Dedalus, pulling an immense pocket
Francois Boucher Madame de Pompadour painting
opened the door; a small man in a mauve top hat that was sweeping him a deep bow. "An honor as ever!"
"Thanks, Dedalus," said Harry, bestowing a small and embarrassed smile upon the dark haired Hestia. "It's really good of you to do this… They're through here, my aunt and uncle and cousin…"
"Good day to you, Harry Potter's relatives!" said Dedalus happily striding into the living room. The Dursleys did not look at all happy to be addressed thus; Harry half expected another change of mind. Dudley shrank neared to his mother at the sight of the witch and wizard.
"I see you are packed and ready. Excellent! The plan, as Harry has told you, is a simple one," said Dedalus, pulling an immense pocket
Rembrandt Rembrandt night watch painting
Rembrandt Rembrandt night watch painting
Rembrandt Belshazzar's Feast painting
and Harry resumed, "You've got to go into hiding and the Order wants to help. You're being offered serious protection, the best there is."
Uncle Vernon said nothing but continued to pace up and down. Outside the sun hung low over the privet hedges. The next door neighbor's lawn mower stalled again.
"I thought there was a Ministry of Magic?" asked Vernon Dursley abruptly.
"There is," said Harry, surprised. "Well, then, why can't they protect us? It seems to me that, as innocent victims, guilty of nothing more than harboring a marked man, we ought to qualify for government protection!"
Harry laughed; he could not help himself. It was so very typical of his uncle to put his hopes in the establishment, even within this world that he
Rembrandt Belshazzar's Feast painting
and Harry resumed, "You've got to go into hiding and the Order wants to help. You're being offered serious protection, the best there is."
Uncle Vernon said nothing but continued to pace up and down. Outside the sun hung low over the privet hedges. The next door neighbor's lawn mower stalled again.
"I thought there was a Ministry of Magic?" asked Vernon Dursley abruptly.
"There is," said Harry, surprised. "Well, then, why can't they protect us? It seems to me that, as innocent victims, guilty of nothing more than harboring a marked man, we ought to qualify for government protection!"
Harry laughed; he could not help himself. It was so very typical of his uncle to put his hopes in the establishment, even within this world that he
Vincent van Gogh Starry Night over the Rhone painting
Vincent van Gogh Starry Night over the Rhone painting
Vincent van Gogh Irises painting
more remained of his godfather's last gift except powdered glass, which clung to the deepest layer of debris like glittering grit.
Harry sat up and examined the jagged piece on which he had cut himself, seeing nothing but his own bright green eye reflected back at him. Then he placed the fragment on top of that morning's Daily prophet, which lay unread on the bed, and attempted to stem the sudden upsurge of bitter memories, the stabs of regret and of longing the discovery of the broken mirror had occasioned, by attacking the rest of the rubbish in the trunk.
It took another hour to empty it completely, throw away the useless items, and sort the remainder in piles according to whether or not he would
Vincent van Gogh Irises painting
more remained of his godfather's last gift except powdered glass, which clung to the deepest layer of debris like glittering grit.
Harry sat up and examined the jagged piece on which he had cut himself, seeing nothing but his own bright green eye reflected back at him. Then he placed the fragment on top of that morning's Daily prophet, which lay unread on the bed, and attempted to stem the sudden upsurge of bitter memories, the stabs of regret and of longing the discovery of the broken mirror had occasioned, by attacking the rest of the rubbish in the trunk.
It took another hour to empty it completely, throw away the useless items, and sort the remainder in piles according to whether or not he would
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Edward Hopper Nighthawks painting
Edward Hopper Nighthawks painting
Frederic Edwin Church Sunset painting
secrets, which might have been thought undiscoverable. In art and literature and religion, some men have shown a sublimity of feeling which makes the species worth preserving. Is all this to end in trivial horror because so few are able to think of Man rather than of this or that group of men? Is our race so destitute of wisdom, so incapable of impartial love, so blind even to the simplest dictates of self-preservation that the last proof of its silly cleverness is to be the extermination of all life on our planet? ——For it will be not only men who will perish, but also the animals, whom no one can accuse of communism or anticommunism.I cannot believe that this is to be the end. I would have men forget their quarrels for a moment and reflect that, if they will allow themselves to survive, there is every reason to expect the triumphs of the future to exceed
Frederic Edwin Church Sunset painting
secrets, which might have been thought undiscoverable. In art and literature and religion, some men have shown a sublimity of feeling which makes the species worth preserving. Is all this to end in trivial horror because so few are able to think of Man rather than of this or that group of men? Is our race so destitute of wisdom, so incapable of impartial love, so blind even to the simplest dictates of self-preservation that the last proof of its silly cleverness is to be the extermination of all life on our planet? ——For it will be not only men who will perish, but also the animals, whom no one can accuse of communism or anticommunism.I cannot believe that this is to be the end. I would have men forget their quarrels for a moment and reflect that, if they will allow themselves to survive, there is every reason to expect the triumphs of the future to exceed
Friday, July 25, 2008
Michelangelo Buonarroti Creation of Adam painting
Michelangelo Buonarroti Creation of Adam painting
Thomas Kinkade The Rose Garden painting
was able to create po1itica1 chaos which until now has made economic recovery impossible. Greece is today without fullds to finance the importation of those goods that are essential to bare subsistence. Under these circumstances, the peop1e of Greece cannot make progress in solving their problems of reconstruction. Greece is in desperate need of financial and economic assistance to enable it to resume purchases of food, clothing, fuel, and seeds. These are indispensable for the subsistence of its people and are obtainable only from abroad. Greece must have help to import the goods necessary to restore internal order and security so essential for economic and political recoveryThe Greek government has also asked for the assistance of experienced American administrators, economists, and technicians, to ensure that the financial and other aid given to Greece shall be used effectively in creating a stable and self-sustaining economy and in improving its public administration
Thomas Kinkade The Rose Garden painting
was able to create po1itica1 chaos which until now has made economic recovery impossible. Greece is today without fullds to finance the importation of those goods that are essential to bare subsistence. Under these circumstances, the peop1e of Greece cannot make progress in solving their problems of reconstruction. Greece is in desperate need of financial and economic assistance to enable it to resume purchases of food, clothing, fuel, and seeds. These are indispensable for the subsistence of its people and are obtainable only from abroad. Greece must have help to import the goods necessary to restore internal order and security so essential for economic and political recoveryThe Greek government has also asked for the assistance of experienced American administrators, economists, and technicians, to ensure that the financial and other aid given to Greece shall be used effectively in creating a stable and self-sustaining economy and in improving its public administration
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Wassily Kandinsky Improvisation painting
Wassily Kandinsky Improvisation painting
Vincent van Gogh The Sower painting
Thomas Jefferson believed that to preserve the very foundations of our nation we would need dramatic change from time to time. Well, my fellow Americans, this is our time. Let us embrace it.Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. And so today we pledge an end to the era of deadlock and drift, and a new season of American renewal has begun.To renew America we must be bold. We must do what no generation has had to do before. We must invest more in our own people—in their jobs and in their future—and at the same time cut our massive debt. And we must do so in a world in which we must compete for every opportunity. It will not be easy. It will require sacrifice. But it can be done and done fairly. Not choosing sacrifice for its own sake, but for our own sake. We must provide for our nation the way a family provides for its children.
Vincent van Gogh The Sower painting
Thomas Jefferson believed that to preserve the very foundations of our nation we would need dramatic change from time to time. Well, my fellow Americans, this is our time. Let us embrace it.Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. And so today we pledge an end to the era of deadlock and drift, and a new season of American renewal has begun.To renew America we must be bold. We must do what no generation has had to do before. We must invest more in our own people—in their jobs and in their future—and at the same time cut our massive debt. And we must do so in a world in which we must compete for every opportunity. It will not be easy. It will require sacrifice. But it can be done and done fairly. Not choosing sacrifice for its own sake, but for our own sake. We must provide for our nation the way a family provides for its children.
Claude Monet La Japonaise painting
Claude Monet La Japonaise painting
Claude Monet Impression Sunrise painting
We are going to be rolling out a series of features over the next four to six months to incorporate other brands such as restaurant and movie information," John Borthwick, vice president of new product development at AOL. "The easiest way to think about it that we are looking at it as AOL on the phone -- replicating and extending our core services."AOL by Phone will be free until Jan. 31 at which point it will become a premium service and users will be able to use it for $4.95 a month. The launch coincides with the unveiling of AOL's latest upgrade of the software for its Internet service. AOL 6.0. focuses on supporting high-speed data access and services and the company's move to build on its "AOL Anywhere" strategy, which aims to let users access AOL services from a variety of devices beyond the computer.
Claude Monet Impression Sunrise painting
We are going to be rolling out a series of features over the next four to six months to incorporate other brands such as restaurant and movie information," John Borthwick, vice president of new product development at AOL. "The easiest way to think about it that we are looking at it as AOL on the phone -- replicating and extending our core services."AOL by Phone will be free until Jan. 31 at which point it will become a premium service and users will be able to use it for $4.95 a month. The launch coincides with the unveiling of AOL's latest upgrade of the software for its Internet service. AOL 6.0. focuses on supporting high-speed data access and services and the company's move to build on its "AOL Anywhere" strategy, which aims to let users access AOL services from a variety of devices beyond the computer.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Claude Monet Argenteuil painting
Claude Monet Argenteuil painting
Fabian Perez Valencia painting
It's a tough call, experts say, because e-mail can maintain relationships, revive them or doom them. But what is certain is electronic mail is changing the modern-day long-distance romance. E-mail has become the great facilitator for those far apart physically but only a heartbeat away emotionally, says Katherine Maguire, a University of Texas instructor and researcher who is writing her doctoral dissertation on how e-mail affects such relationships. "I hear repeatedly from couples, especially from military couples, that their relationships are forever changed with the advent of e-mail," she says from her Austin, Texas, laboratory. "It's letting that day-to-day talk back into their lives."Witness this couple: "Harland," a psychologist, and "Astrid," a photographer, both 26, were high school sweethearts who lived together in New York for two years before Harland moved to London. Now e-mail supplies the seemingly
Fabian Perez Valencia painting
It's a tough call, experts say, because e-mail can maintain relationships, revive them or doom them. But what is certain is electronic mail is changing the modern-day long-distance romance. E-mail has become the great facilitator for those far apart physically but only a heartbeat away emotionally, says Katherine Maguire, a University of Texas instructor and researcher who is writing her doctoral dissertation on how e-mail affects such relationships. "I hear repeatedly from couples, especially from military couples, that their relationships are forever changed with the advent of e-mail," she says from her Austin, Texas, laboratory. "It's letting that day-to-day talk back into their lives."Witness this couple: "Harland," a psychologist, and "Astrid," a photographer, both 26, were high school sweethearts who lived together in New York for two years before Harland moved to London. Now e-mail supplies the seemingly
Ingres Perseus and Andromeda painting
Ingres Perseus and Andromeda painting
Guido Reni Baptism of Christ painting
He was joking with lots of people. He was joking with a bunch of people before he went on the rampage," Stanley told reporters.McDermott was hired in March by Edgewater, an Internet software consulting firm located in a three-story renovated factory building in Wakefield. The suburb, some 15 miles northwest of Boston, is part of the high-tech corridor that rings the city.McEvoy declined to give a motive for the shootings except to say that it was "work-related."Coakley said investigators were looking into reports a U.S. Internal Revenue Service attempt to garnish McDermott's wages could have been behind the shooting spree.The massacre was the latest in a string of shootings in recent years in U.S. workplaces, schools and churches.
Guido Reni Baptism of Christ painting
He was joking with lots of people. He was joking with a bunch of people before he went on the rampage," Stanley told reporters.McDermott was hired in March by Edgewater, an Internet software consulting firm located in a three-story renovated factory building in Wakefield. The suburb, some 15 miles northwest of Boston, is part of the high-tech corridor that rings the city.McEvoy declined to give a motive for the shootings except to say that it was "work-related."Coakley said investigators were looking into reports a U.S. Internal Revenue Service attempt to garnish McDermott's wages could have been behind the shooting spree.The massacre was the latest in a string of shootings in recent years in U.S. workplaces, schools and churches.
Vincent van Gogh The Starry Night painting
Vincent van Gogh The Starry Night painting
Frank Dicksee La Belle Dame Sans Merci painting
But Boston was a close second with 234,800 high-tech jobs, followed by Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Dallas. Los Angeles, with 160,500 high-tech jobs, was ranked sixth in the 1998 figures. The "Cybercities" study named San Francisco the second-fastest growing city in high-tech employment, with 65 percent growth over a five-year period, trailing only Colorado Springs' 77 percent growth.The Bay area is "starting to slow a bit relative to other markets," said Mark Albertson, senior vice president for AeA. "There are some quality of life characteristics that may be putting the brakes on."Those include factors such as affordable housing, transportation, energy and education, said Michelle Montague-Bruno, a spokeswoman for the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group, who nevertheless touted the attractiveness of her region.
Frank Dicksee La Belle Dame Sans Merci painting
But Boston was a close second with 234,800 high-tech jobs, followed by Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Dallas. Los Angeles, with 160,500 high-tech jobs, was ranked sixth in the 1998 figures. The "Cybercities" study named San Francisco the second-fastest growing city in high-tech employment, with 65 percent growth over a five-year period, trailing only Colorado Springs' 77 percent growth.The Bay area is "starting to slow a bit relative to other markets," said Mark Albertson, senior vice president for AeA. "There are some quality of life characteristics that may be putting the brakes on."Those include factors such as affordable housing, transportation, energy and education, said Michelle Montague-Bruno, a spokeswoman for the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group, who nevertheless touted the attractiveness of her region.
William Bouguereau The Virgin with Angels painting
William Bouguereau The Virgin with Angels painting
Gustav Klimt lady with hat and feather boa painting
The president of Nintendo Co. Ltd., Hiroshi Yamauchi, said on December 27 there was no chance the Japanese video game maker would buy Sega Corp., denying a report that Nintendo was in talks to buy its rival for about $2 billion. This photo shows Yamauchi at a Tokyo hotel after announcing a merger with computer game maker Konami to be called , 'Mobile 21', September 2.
If there is a leading company in the video-game industry that may be open to acquisition offers, it would be Sega. The Japanese company, which released its Dreamcast game console in 1999, has not enjoyed much marketing success in recent years. Still, even if it may be an acquisition target, no deal is imminent, analysts say, despite a report yesterday that Nintendo was in talks to acquire Sega for $2 billion.
Gustav Klimt lady with hat and feather boa painting
The president of Nintendo Co. Ltd., Hiroshi Yamauchi, said on December 27 there was no chance the Japanese video game maker would buy Sega Corp., denying a report that Nintendo was in talks to buy its rival for about $2 billion. This photo shows Yamauchi at a Tokyo hotel after announcing a merger with computer game maker Konami to be called , 'Mobile 21', September 2.
If there is a leading company in the video-game industry that may be open to acquisition offers, it would be Sega. The Japanese company, which released its Dreamcast game console in 1999, has not enjoyed much marketing success in recent years. Still, even if it may be an acquisition target, no deal is imminent, analysts say, despite a report yesterday that Nintendo was in talks to acquire Sega for $2 billion.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Guillaume Seignac Nymphe A La Piece D'Eau painting
Guillaume Seignac Nymphe A La Piece D'Eau painting
William Bouguereau Evening Mood painting
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is sworn in as the new Democratic senator from New York, as her President Clinton and their daughter Chelsea hold the bible, during a re-enactment ceremony in the Capitol's Old Senate Chamber in Washington January 3, 2001. Vice President Al Gore presided during the ceremony.
WASHINGTON - First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton became a U.S. senator on Wednesday at the same moment that her husband became the first American president with a spouse in the Senate. Though she ranks 97th in the 100-member Senate in terms of seniority, Mrs. Clinton was plainly first among equals during the swearing-in ceremony in the ornate chamber on Capitol Hill. As the 10th senator to be sworn, all eyes followed her promenade from her seat in the rear of the hall to the desk where Senate president Al Gore
William Bouguereau Evening Mood painting
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is sworn in as the new Democratic senator from New York, as her President Clinton and their daughter Chelsea hold the bible, during a re-enactment ceremony in the Capitol's Old Senate Chamber in Washington January 3, 2001. Vice President Al Gore presided during the ceremony.
WASHINGTON - First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton became a U.S. senator on Wednesday at the same moment that her husband became the first American president with a spouse in the Senate. Though she ranks 97th in the 100-member Senate in terms of seniority, Mrs. Clinton was plainly first among equals during the swearing-in ceremony in the ornate chamber on Capitol Hill. As the 10th senator to be sworn, all eyes followed her promenade from her seat in the rear of the hall to the desk where Senate president Al Gore
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot paintings
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot paintings
James Childs paintings
Obviously the timing is a bit awkward ... but the Iraqis have confirmed that they are coming,”he told reporters at the U.N. headquarters. “So we will be able to pursue our attempts to break the impasse and pull them in to cooperate with the U.N.” Iraq has refused to allow the return of U.N. inspectors who must verify its claims that its nuclear, chemical and biological weapons have been destroyed before sanctions can be lifted. Annan's planned meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf have been seen as a chance to start a dialogue on the intertwined issues of sanctions and weapons inspections. Though a major breakthrough has not been expected from the meeting, the fact that Baghdad requested it and is sending a high-level delegation is seen as positive.
James Childs paintings
Obviously the timing is a bit awkward ... but the Iraqis have confirmed that they are coming,”he told reporters at the U.N. headquarters. “So we will be able to pursue our attempts to break the impasse and pull them in to cooperate with the U.N.” Iraq has refused to allow the return of U.N. inspectors who must verify its claims that its nuclear, chemical and biological weapons have been destroyed before sanctions can be lifted. Annan's planned meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf have been seen as a chance to start a dialogue on the intertwined issues of sanctions and weapons inspections. Though a major breakthrough has not been expected from the meeting, the fact that Baghdad requested it and is sending a high-level delegation is seen as positive.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
beach painting
beach painting
Boat painting
teen squeals and then shook hands with fans, reaching out to tousle a small boy's hair now and then. Teen girls in little AC/DC halter tops held up a "We Want BIG BALLS" sign, asking for an AC/DC song they didn't get. Everyone had a very nice evening, and left the arena whooping and hollering.If, as is the case with AC/DC, a rock band can no longer break new grou
Ethnic Chinese throughout Asia swelled with pride this week after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won four Oscars, calling it a sign of the greatness possible when Hong Kong, Taiwan and China pool their vast talent and resources.
Ethnic Chinese throughout Asia swelled with pride this week after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won four Oscars, calling it a sign of the greatness possible when Hong Kong, Taiwan and China pool their vast talent and resourcesnd, it can at least be proud that it has paved its own road seamlessly.
Boat painting
teen squeals and then shook hands with fans, reaching out to tousle a small boy's hair now and then. Teen girls in little AC/DC halter tops held up a "We Want BIG BALLS" sign, asking for an AC/DC song they didn't get. Everyone had a very nice evening, and left the arena whooping and hollering.If, as is the case with AC/DC, a rock band can no longer break new grou
Ethnic Chinese throughout Asia swelled with pride this week after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won four Oscars, calling it a sign of the greatness possible when Hong Kong, Taiwan and China pool their vast talent and resources.
Ethnic Chinese throughout Asia swelled with pride this week after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won four Oscars, calling it a sign of the greatness possible when Hong Kong, Taiwan and China pool their vast talent and resourcesnd, it can at least be proud that it has paved its own road seamlessly.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida paintings
Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida paintings
Joseph Mallord William Turner paintings
Threat of AIDSPrison rape is not only a public safety issue, but a public health issue.Former inmate Kendell Spruce is now being treated for HIV, with which he says he was infected after being raped in an Arkansas prison. Spruce is suing the warden for failing to protect him from a known predator who had AIDS. "They deliberately put me in a cell with him, knowing that he was a rapist in prison, knowing that he preyed on young guys," says Spruce, "because I was little and skinny. I looked like I was 16." The warden denies the allegations.Spruce, who had been convicted of a misdemeanor, says he left prison a doomed man. "I got a death sentence," he says. The vast majority of the people incarcerated in this country will be released. And, with the incidence of rape as high as it is, their problems will eventually spread beyond prison walls.
Joseph Mallord William Turner paintings
Threat of AIDSPrison rape is not only a public safety issue, but a public health issue.Former inmate Kendell Spruce is now being treated for HIV, with which he says he was infected after being raped in an Arkansas prison. Spruce is suing the warden for failing to protect him from a known predator who had AIDS. "They deliberately put me in a cell with him, knowing that he was a rapist in prison, knowing that he preyed on young guys," says Spruce, "because I was little and skinny. I looked like I was 16." The warden denies the allegations.Spruce, who had been convicted of a misdemeanor, says he left prison a doomed man. "I got a death sentence," he says. The vast majority of the people incarcerated in this country will be released. And, with the incidence of rape as high as it is, their problems will eventually spread beyond prison walls.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Leonardo da Vinci The Last Supper painting
Leonardo da Vinci The Last Supper painting
Gustav Klimt Klimt Sappho painting
interchangeable."You smile to yourself and see that deep inside we are exactly the same and all the conflicts are completely unnecessary," he told Israel Radio.But Lavie told Reuters it was disturbing to think some Palestinian families would donate organs to save Jews, while others would send their families to commit suicide, referring to the bombing last Friday that killed 20 people and the bomber. An Abundant SacrificeThe bombing was also the night Mazen Joulani's family decided to donate his organs, Lavie told Reuters. Israeli police are investigating Joulani's death, but they told Reuters they believe he was killed in a feud with other Palestinians.
Gustav Klimt Klimt Sappho painting
interchangeable."You smile to yourself and see that deep inside we are exactly the same and all the conflicts are completely unnecessary," he told Israel Radio.But Lavie told Reuters it was disturbing to think some Palestinian families would donate organs to save Jews, while others would send their families to commit suicide, referring to the bombing last Friday that killed 20 people and the bomber. An Abundant SacrificeThe bombing was also the night Mazen Joulani's family decided to donate his organs, Lavie told Reuters. Israeli police are investigating Joulani's death, but they told Reuters they believe he was killed in a feud with other Palestinians.
Pablo Picasso Family at Saltimbanquesc painting
Pablo Picasso Family at Saltimbanquesc painting
Alphonse Maria Mucha Winter painting
Minutes before embarking on the world's worst royal rampage since the Bolshevik killing of the Russian royal family, Nepal's Crown Prince Dipendra was reportedly tending bar at a traditional family dinner.
The chubby, bon vivant prince then is said to have left the weekly royal dinner party at around 9 p.m. last Friday, only to return, this time in military uniform and bearing two automatic weapons.His first victim was his father, King Birendra, according to an account told by an immediate relative of a witness to the killings. The king apparently fell to the ground with a look of "utter astonishment" on his face, the unnamed witness told British daily The Times and the Washington Post in a joint interview.
Alphonse Maria Mucha Winter painting
Minutes before embarking on the world's worst royal rampage since the Bolshevik killing of the Russian royal family, Nepal's Crown Prince Dipendra was reportedly tending bar at a traditional family dinner.
The chubby, bon vivant prince then is said to have left the weekly royal dinner party at around 9 p.m. last Friday, only to return, this time in military uniform and bearing two automatic weapons.His first victim was his father, King Birendra, according to an account told by an immediate relative of a witness to the killings. The king apparently fell to the ground with a look of "utter astonishment" on his face, the unnamed witness told British daily The Times and the Washington Post in a joint interview.
Andrew Atroshenko Ballerina painting
Andrew Atroshenko Ballerina painting
Albert Bierstadt On the Saco painting
Scientists have already had visible evidence that cloned animals are not normal. Nearly 98 percent of attempts to clone animals have failed and those that do survive often appear abnormal and grossly enlarged. Now researchers say they have new evidence to explain why.
By tracing specific genes in cloned mice, Rudolph Jaenisch, a biologist at Whitehead Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and colleagues, found that while clones showed no clear flaws in their genetic make-up, the animals did reveal problems in expressing their seemingly normal genes. The team traced this gene expression problem not to the cloning process itself, as scientists had suspected the problem might lie, but to the original stem cells that were used to help create the cloned mice.
Albert Bierstadt On the Saco painting
Scientists have already had visible evidence that cloned animals are not normal. Nearly 98 percent of attempts to clone animals have failed and those that do survive often appear abnormal and grossly enlarged. Now researchers say they have new evidence to explain why.
By tracing specific genes in cloned mice, Rudolph Jaenisch, a biologist at Whitehead Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and colleagues, found that while clones showed no clear flaws in their genetic make-up, the animals did reveal problems in expressing their seemingly normal genes. The team traced this gene expression problem not to the cloning process itself, as scientists had suspected the problem might lie, but to the original stem cells that were used to help create the cloned mice.
Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovsky paintings
Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovsky paintings
Il'ya Repin paintings
been - the U.S. Open final. ``Basically, it was my dad's dream, my mom's dream,'' said the 21-year-old Venus, 15 months older than Serena. ``They told us we'd be here playing each other in the final. That's why we believed it. If they had told us we would never make it playing tennis, I don't think we'd be here today.'' They smacked balls over the net together Saturday morning on a practice court at the National Tennis Center under the watchful eye of father and coach Richard. It was a less grueling workout than the up-to-seven-hour sessions they were put through as inner-city girls dreaming of this day. Richard Williams wasn't planning to see his daughters make history, however, saying he would head home to Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., and wouldn't even watch the final on TV. ``Venus, bye-bye. Serena, bye-bye,'' Richard, wearing a T-shirt
Il'ya Repin paintings
been - the U.S. Open final. ``Basically, it was my dad's dream, my mom's dream,'' said the 21-year-old Venus, 15 months older than Serena. ``They told us we'd be here playing each other in the final. That's why we believed it. If they had told us we would never make it playing tennis, I don't think we'd be here today.'' They smacked balls over the net together Saturday morning on a practice court at the National Tennis Center under the watchful eye of father and coach Richard. It was a less grueling workout than the up-to-seven-hour sessions they were put through as inner-city girls dreaming of this day. Richard Williams wasn't planning to see his daughters make history, however, saying he would head home to Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., and wouldn't even watch the final on TV. ``Venus, bye-bye. Serena, bye-bye,'' Richard, wearing a T-shirt
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Andrea del Sarto paintings
Andrea del Sarto paintings
Alexandre Cabanel paintings
The FCG doesn't create an EMP burst as strong or widely dispersed as a nuclear bomb exploded 30 miles above Earth. But an FCG could be built from commonly available electronic parts and reportedly for less than $1,000.Not in the Terrorists’Arsenal?The potential for such weapons to cripple the United States hasn't been lost on government officials. Less than a month after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush announced the appointment of Richard Clarke to a new position of Cyberspace Security Adviser.Clarke, along with members of the newly created Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, will seek ways to protect vital yet vulnerable information systems such as commercial communications networks.Still, some defense and security experts doubt that EMP bombs would be the weapon of choice for terrorists.
Alexandre Cabanel paintings
The FCG doesn't create an EMP burst as strong or widely dispersed as a nuclear bomb exploded 30 miles above Earth. But an FCG could be built from commonly available electronic parts and reportedly for less than $1,000.Not in the Terrorists’Arsenal?The potential for such weapons to cripple the United States hasn't been lost on government officials. Less than a month after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush announced the appointment of Richard Clarke to a new position of Cyberspace Security Adviser.Clarke, along with members of the newly created Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, will seek ways to protect vital yet vulnerable information systems such as commercial communications networks.Still, some defense and security experts doubt that EMP bombs would be the weapon of choice for terrorists.
contemporary abstract painting
contemporary abstract painting
painting idea
from the long, stiff narrow leaf of the pandanus tree.When animal psychologist Gavin Hunt analyzed the tools and markings on leaf remnants left behind after the crows had cut away their instruments, he was able to determine if the birds had used their bills to cut the tool from left to right or from right to left. As he reports in this week's journal of Nature, the vast majority of the nearly 4,000 leaves sampled indicated the birds cut much more often from left to right.To Hunt that suggests the birds mostly use their right eyes to guide their work as they carved out their instruments. And he points out activities carried out on the right are usually directed by the left hemisphere of the brain.That scenario rings familiar with people who are predominantly right-handed (and right-eyed and right-legged) and whose language speaking hardware is located in the left side of the brain.
painting idea
from the long, stiff narrow leaf of the pandanus tree.When animal psychologist Gavin Hunt analyzed the tools and markings on leaf remnants left behind after the crows had cut away their instruments, he was able to determine if the birds had used their bills to cut the tool from left to right or from right to left. As he reports in this week's journal of Nature, the vast majority of the nearly 4,000 leaves sampled indicated the birds cut much more often from left to right.To Hunt that suggests the birds mostly use their right eyes to guide their work as they carved out their instruments. And he points out activities carried out on the right are usually directed by the left hemisphere of the brain.That scenario rings familiar with people who are predominantly right-handed (and right-eyed and right-legged) and whose language speaking hardware is located in the left side of the brain.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
building painting
building painting
Children painting
To better handle cross-cultural affair, two major scenes (totaling over 15 minutes) were cut, including a romantic conversation between Chow and co-star Vicki Zhao. The other major cut is the locker room scene.All the Chinese street signs were also changed into English t
Mobile phones are in the hands of millions of people around the world. And increasingly, it appears, in the hands of terrorists.It means that you can step away some considerable distance...
Mobile phones are in the hands of millions of people around the world. And increasingly, it appears, in the hands of terrorists.The bombers who targeted commuter trains in Madrid on March 11 used the built-in alarm clock in mobile phones to set off explosives.In Jerusalem, it is believed a call to a cell phone in a rucksack set off a bomb at Hebrew University in 2002.David Claridge, of the Risk Advisory Group, said: "Mobile phones are relatively cheap, you can acquire them in relatively large numbers and place them and o make it easier on the audience.
Children painting
To better handle cross-cultural affair, two major scenes (totaling over 15 minutes) were cut, including a romantic conversation between Chow and co-star Vicki Zhao. The other major cut is the locker room scene.All the Chinese street signs were also changed into English t
Mobile phones are in the hands of millions of people around the world. And increasingly, it appears, in the hands of terrorists.It means that you can step away some considerable distance...
Mobile phones are in the hands of millions of people around the world. And increasingly, it appears, in the hands of terrorists.The bombers who targeted commuter trains in Madrid on March 11 used the built-in alarm clock in mobile phones to set off explosives.In Jerusalem, it is believed a call to a cell phone in a rucksack set off a bomb at Hebrew University in 2002.David Claridge, of the Risk Advisory Group, said: "Mobile phones are relatively cheap, you can acquire them in relatively large numbers and place them and o make it easier on the audience.
Still Life paintings
Still Life paintings
street painting
Indeed Mr. Jackson has realized "while a film experience for an audience is over after two or three hours, a successful game experience, if it captures the imagination, can last for days." In the United States alone, sales of video games and consoles generated $10 billion in revenue last year, surpassing box-office ticket sales of $9.5 billion.Computer games represent one of the fastest-growing, most profitable entertainment businesses. Making movies, by contrast, is getting tougher and more expensive. That is one reason that why those with power in Hollywood are involved into the games.John Woo, the director of "Mission Impossible 2" and "Face/Off," is also developing for Sega a video game. At the same time, he hopes to turn the game into a movie.
street painting
Indeed Mr. Jackson has realized "while a film experience for an audience is over after two or three hours, a successful game experience, if it captures the imagination, can last for days." In the United States alone, sales of video games and consoles generated $10 billion in revenue last year, surpassing box-office ticket sales of $9.5 billion.Computer games represent one of the fastest-growing, most profitable entertainment businesses. Making movies, by contrast, is getting tougher and more expensive. That is one reason that why those with power in Hollywood are involved into the games.John Woo, the director of "Mission Impossible 2" and "Face/Off," is also developing for Sega a video game. At the same time, he hopes to turn the game into a movie.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Eric Wallis Draped Room painting
Eric Wallis Draped Room painting
Vincent van Gogh Irises painting
A cartoonish painting of American President Bush in the nude has been taken down from the wall at the City Museum of Washington. The painting by local artist Kayti Didriksen, shows a caricature of Bush...
A cartoonish painting of American President Bush in the nude has been taken down from the wall at the City Museum of Washington.The painting by local artist Kayti Didriksen, shows a caricature of Bush, reclining in the nude on a chaise lounge, his head propped up by pillows. Instead of the female servant who stands behind the couch, a man in suit and tie resembling Vice President Dick Cheney stands nearby, holding a cushion with a crown and a miniature oil rig on top of it. The painting was part of a "living room art" show called "Funky Furniture" — a variety of painted furniture and other items that were set up in the museum last week. Expected to formally open this month, the show, including the Bush painting, was abruptly shut down after some of the artists' themes were considered unsuitable.
Vincent van Gogh Irises painting
A cartoonish painting of American President Bush in the nude has been taken down from the wall at the City Museum of Washington. The painting by local artist Kayti Didriksen, shows a caricature of Bush...
A cartoonish painting of American President Bush in the nude has been taken down from the wall at the City Museum of Washington.The painting by local artist Kayti Didriksen, shows a caricature of Bush, reclining in the nude on a chaise lounge, his head propped up by pillows. Instead of the female servant who stands behind the couch, a man in suit and tie resembling Vice President Dick Cheney stands nearby, holding a cushion with a crown and a miniature oil rig on top of it. The painting was part of a "living room art" show called "Funky Furniture" — a variety of painted furniture and other items that were set up in the museum last week. Expected to formally open this month, the show, including the Bush painting, was abruptly shut down after some of the artists' themes were considered unsuitable.
Rembrandt The Return of the Prodigal Son painting
Rembrandt The Return of the Prodigal Son painting
John Collier Lady Godiva painting
Excessive text messaging may be bad for you, or at least for your fingers. That's what some Italian doctors believe. They are telling people, particularly the young, that furious typing on mobile phones could lead to acute tendonitis. A 13-year-old girl in a northern Italian city needed treatment from an orthopaedic specialist after typing at least 100 short message services (SMSs) a day. She was prescribed anti-inflammatory medicine and ordered to rest her hands. According to a recent study, some 37 percent of Italian children are "cell phone addicts". Irritability and mood swings were other symptoms linked to very frequent cell phone use among the young. The message is clear: MayB U shd stop B4 its 2 L8.
John Collier Lady Godiva painting
Excessive text messaging may be bad for you, or at least for your fingers. That's what some Italian doctors believe. They are telling people, particularly the young, that furious typing on mobile phones could lead to acute tendonitis. A 13-year-old girl in a northern Italian city needed treatment from an orthopaedic specialist after typing at least 100 short message services (SMSs) a day. She was prescribed anti-inflammatory medicine and ordered to rest her hands. According to a recent study, some 37 percent of Italian children are "cell phone addicts". Irritability and mood swings were other symptoms linked to very frequent cell phone use among the young. The message is clear: MayB U shd stop B4 its 2 L8.
Gustave Courbet paintings
Gustave Courbet paintings
Guido Reni paintings
In a stinging rebuke from voters who elected him two years ago, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s efforts to reshape state government were rejected during a special election that darkened his prospects for a second term.
The Republican governor and former Hollywood actor, who likes to say he can sell anything, on Tuesday saw all four of his signature ballot proposals rejected.The election pitted the once-dominant Republican governor against two of California’s powerhouse political forces — public employee unions and Democrats who control the Legislature.The unions spent millions of dollars to beat Schwarzenegger’s propositions to limit the use of their member dues for political purposes, cap state spending, redraw legislative districts and restrict public school teacher tenure.It was a sobering evening for a man once considered among the
Guido Reni paintings
In a stinging rebuke from voters who elected him two years ago, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s efforts to reshape state government were rejected during a special election that darkened his prospects for a second term.
The Republican governor and former Hollywood actor, who likes to say he can sell anything, on Tuesday saw all four of his signature ballot proposals rejected.The election pitted the once-dominant Republican governor against two of California’s powerhouse political forces — public employee unions and Democrats who control the Legislature.The unions spent millions of dollars to beat Schwarzenegger’s propositions to limit the use of their member dues for political purposes, cap state spending, redraw legislative districts and restrict public school teacher tenure.It was a sobering evening for a man once considered among the
Edwin Lord Weeks paintings
Edwin Lord Weeks paintings
Frida Kahlo paintings
best way of getting what he wants because it leads to fighting and time-outs. The successful child will learn that he needs to negotiate a trade, to wait patiently, or to find something else equally fun to play with. Friends also provide emotional support, something that is part of the foundation of healthy adulthood. You can't be with your child on the elementary school playground or at the high school dance. Your child's friends will be the ones to stick up for her, to include her in games, and later, to tell her she looks great even if her lousy prom date wanders off instead of dancing with her. Friends also help your children learn. Friends solve problems together, imitate each other, and pass on knowledge (such as how to jump rope or speak pig-Latin). Some experts believe that the single biggest predictor of your child's success later in life is her ability to make friends. In fact, they claim it's even more important than IQ and grades.
Frida Kahlo paintings
best way of getting what he wants because it leads to fighting and time-outs. The successful child will learn that he needs to negotiate a trade, to wait patiently, or to find something else equally fun to play with. Friends also provide emotional support, something that is part of the foundation of healthy adulthood. You can't be with your child on the elementary school playground or at the high school dance. Your child's friends will be the ones to stick up for her, to include her in games, and later, to tell her she looks great even if her lousy prom date wanders off instead of dancing with her. Friends also help your children learn. Friends solve problems together, imitate each other, and pass on knowledge (such as how to jump rope or speak pig-Latin). Some experts believe that the single biggest predictor of your child's success later in life is her ability to make friends. In fact, they claim it's even more important than IQ and grades.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
John Singleton Copley paintings
John Singleton Copley paintings
Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida paintings
MAMMIE: No use to try and sweet talk me Miss Scarlett,I knows you ever since I put the first pair of diapers on you. I says I was going to Atlanta with you, and going I is!(Atlanta prison. Rhett Butler and the prison Major are playing cards at a table.)MAN: Sir, there's a lady to see Captain Butler. Says she's your sister.MAJOR: Another sister? This is a jail, not a "'harem, Captain Butler.MAN:No, Major, she ain't one of those. This one's got her mammie with her.RHETT: She has? I'd like to see this one, Major, without her mammie. MAJOR: Hmm...RHETT: Let's see, my losses for the afternoon come to what? Hmm... three hundred and fourty. My debts do mount up, don't they, Major?MAJOR: All right, Corporal. Show Captain Butler's sister to his cell.RHETT: Thank you, Major...excuse me, gentlemen.MAJOR: It's hard to be strict with a man who loses money so pleasantly.(In the jail. Scarlett appears, dressing in beautiful green velvet.)SCARLETT: Rhett!RHETT: Scarlett! My dear little sister. (to Corporal) It's all right Corporal, my sister has brought me now files or saws. Can I really kiss you now? SCARLETT: On the forehead like a good brother.
Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida paintings
MAMMIE: No use to try and sweet talk me Miss Scarlett,I knows you ever since I put the first pair of diapers on you. I says I was going to Atlanta with you, and going I is!(Atlanta prison. Rhett Butler and the prison Major are playing cards at a table.)MAN: Sir, there's a lady to see Captain Butler. Says she's your sister.MAJOR: Another sister? This is a jail, not a "'harem, Captain Butler.MAN:No, Major, she ain't one of those. This one's got her mammie with her.RHETT: She has? I'd like to see this one, Major, without her mammie. MAJOR: Hmm...RHETT: Let's see, my losses for the afternoon come to what? Hmm... three hundred and fourty. My debts do mount up, don't they, Major?MAJOR: All right, Corporal. Show Captain Butler's sister to his cell.RHETT: Thank you, Major...excuse me, gentlemen.MAJOR: It's hard to be strict with a man who loses money so pleasantly.(In the jail. Scarlett appears, dressing in beautiful green velvet.)SCARLETT: Rhett!RHETT: Scarlett! My dear little sister. (to Corporal) It's all right Corporal, my sister has brought me now files or saws. Can I really kiss you now? SCARLETT: On the forehead like a good brother.
Friday, July 11, 2008
William Bouguereau The Nymphaeum painting
William Bouguereau The Nymphaeum painting
Yvonne Jeanette Karlsen sisters painting
a person, I should perform my duty for the society. I can’t leave without doing it.Although my ability is limited, I will try my best.”
To me, I can’t say a word but admiring her. Because at this critical moment, what the young girl is concerned about isn’t her life but her duty and responsibility.
By comparison, how do we deal with our duty? Perhaps most of us ignore it. As we all know, with the development of the society, people are anxious to make money for the comfortable life. In their eyes, money is the most important. However seldom of them care for others. The similar phenomenon can be found in the campus too. Many college students spend most of their money and time and energy in enjoying themselves, they entirely leave their duty behind. So what’s the result, they will not do any contribution to the society after graduation. However, don’t you think a person who forgets his or her duty is more pitiful and deplorable than the one who is dying?
After thinking it thoroughly, I can finally make something clear, “I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty, I woke, and found that life was duty.”
Yvonne Jeanette Karlsen sisters painting
a person, I should perform my duty for the society. I can’t leave without doing it.Although my ability is limited, I will try my best.”
To me, I can’t say a word but admiring her. Because at this critical moment, what the young girl is concerned about isn’t her life but her duty and responsibility.
By comparison, how do we deal with our duty? Perhaps most of us ignore it. As we all know, with the development of the society, people are anxious to make money for the comfortable life. In their eyes, money is the most important. However seldom of them care for others. The similar phenomenon can be found in the campus too. Many college students spend most of their money and time and energy in enjoying themselves, they entirely leave their duty behind. So what’s the result, they will not do any contribution to the society after graduation. However, don’t you think a person who forgets his or her duty is more pitiful and deplorable than the one who is dying?
After thinking it thoroughly, I can finally make something clear, “I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty, I woke, and found that life was duty.”
Albert Bierstadt Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains California painting
Albert Bierstadt Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains California painting
Fabian Perez Tango painting
My Dad, a humorous “big Boy”, he loves me very much, and also my Mom. Although I’m 20 years now, he always calls me in a sweet voice. Sometimes I really couldn’t stand it, but if he didn’t call me in that way, I couldn’t bear much more, I think! Perhaps he seldom taught me a lesson, so I remembered the only four times he beat me, and I remembered very deeply. Every time I recalled these four times, he always said, “Oh, no! You still remember that, why do you have so good memory? But do you remember I was you “nianbu” in winter? Do you remember I enclasp you through the whole night just because you crying all the time? Do you remember…? “I’m afraid I can’t, Dad! “Oh, No!” I love my Dad, and I know that he loves me so deeply, because I’m his little princess. Everybody says that I have a warm family. We like friends but not like the traditional parents and children. Whatever, I like my family, I love my parentsmother always covered her five fingers in my arse. Now I’m an adult, I sometimes told my relatives that she used to be a cruel mother. And she explained that how mischievous I used to be, and she was so worried about me. Though, she was a bit
Fabian Perez Tango painting
My Dad, a humorous “big Boy”, he loves me very much, and also my Mom. Although I’m 20 years now, he always calls me in a sweet voice. Sometimes I really couldn’t stand it, but if he didn’t call me in that way, I couldn’t bear much more, I think! Perhaps he seldom taught me a lesson, so I remembered the only four times he beat me, and I remembered very deeply. Every time I recalled these four times, he always said, “Oh, no! You still remember that, why do you have so good memory? But do you remember I was you “nianbu” in winter? Do you remember I enclasp you through the whole night just because you crying all the time? Do you remember…? “I’m afraid I can’t, Dad! “Oh, No!” I love my Dad, and I know that he loves me so deeply, because I’m his little princess. Everybody says that I have a warm family. We like friends but not like the traditional parents and children. Whatever, I like my family, I love my parentsmother always covered her five fingers in my arse. Now I’m an adult, I sometimes told my relatives that she used to be a cruel mother. And she explained that how mischievous I used to be, and she was so worried about me. Though, she was a bit
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Michelangelo Buonarroti Creation of Adam hand painting
Michelangelo Buonarroti Creation of Adam hand painting
Dante Gabriel Rossetti A Vision of Fiammetta painting
Leslie was trembling and growing almost incoherent with the violence of her emotion.
"Don't, Leslie," implored Anne, "oh, don't. I understand-- don't talk of it any more."
"I must--I must. When I knew you were going to live I vowed that I would tell you as soon as you were well--that I wouldn't go on accepting your friendship and companionship without telling you how unworthy I was of it. And I've been so afraid--it would turn you against me."
"You needn't fear that, Leslie."
"Oh, I'm so glad--so glad, Anne." Leslie clasped her brown, work-hardened hands tightly together to still their shaking. "But I want to tell you everything, now I've begun. You don't remember the first time I saw you, I suppose--it wasn't that night on the shore--"
"No, it was the night Gilbert and I came home. You were driving your geese down the hill. I should think I do remember it! I thought you were so beautiful--I longed
Dante Gabriel Rossetti A Vision of Fiammetta painting
Leslie was trembling and growing almost incoherent with the violence of her emotion.
"Don't, Leslie," implored Anne, "oh, don't. I understand-- don't talk of it any more."
"I must--I must. When I knew you were going to live I vowed that I would tell you as soon as you were well--that I wouldn't go on accepting your friendship and companionship without telling you how unworthy I was of it. And I've been so afraid--it would turn you against me."
"You needn't fear that, Leslie."
"Oh, I'm so glad--so glad, Anne." Leslie clasped her brown, work-hardened hands tightly together to still their shaking. "But I want to tell you everything, now I've begun. You don't remember the first time I saw you, I suppose--it wasn't that night on the shore--"
"No, it was the night Gilbert and I came home. You were driving your geese down the hill. I should think I do remember it! I thought you were so beautiful--I longed
Johannes Vermeer Girl with a Red Hat painting
Johannes Vermeer Girl with a Red Hat painting
Theodore Robinson Valley of the Seine Giverny painting
sometime after I'm gone. I can't bear that her name should be forgotten by all living souls. And now nobody remembers lost Margaret but me."
Then Captain Jim told the story--an old, old forgotten story, for it was over fifty years since Margaret had fallen asleep one day in her father's dory and drifted--or so it was supposed, for nothing was ever certainly known as to her fate--out of the channel, beyond the bar, to perish in the black thundersquall which had come up so suddenly that long-ago summer afternoon. But to Captain Jim those fifty years were but as yesterday when it is past.
"I walked the shore for months after that," he said sadly, "looking to find her dear, sweet little body; but the sea never give her back to me. But I'll find her sometime, Mistress Blythe--I'll find her sometime . She's waiting for me. I wish I could tell you jest how she looked, but I can't. I've seen a fine, silvery mist hanging over the bar at sunrise that seemed like her--and then again I've seen a white birch in the woods back yander that made me think
Theodore Robinson Valley of the Seine Giverny painting
sometime after I'm gone. I can't bear that her name should be forgotten by all living souls. And now nobody remembers lost Margaret but me."
Then Captain Jim told the story--an old, old forgotten story, for it was over fifty years since Margaret had fallen asleep one day in her father's dory and drifted--or so it was supposed, for nothing was ever certainly known as to her fate--out of the channel, beyond the bar, to perish in the black thundersquall which had come up so suddenly that long-ago summer afternoon. But to Captain Jim those fifty years were but as yesterday when it is past.
"I walked the shore for months after that," he said sadly, "looking to find her dear, sweet little body; but the sea never give her back to me. But I'll find her sometime, Mistress Blythe--I'll find her sometime . She's waiting for me. I wish I could tell you jest how she looked, but I can't. I've seen a fine, silvery mist hanging over the bar at sunrise that seemed like her--and then again I've seen a white birch in the woods back yander that made me think
Monday, July 7, 2008
Sir Henry Raeburn paintings
Sir Henry Raeburn paintings
Thomas Kinkade paintings
Pacifique," said Anne faintly, "did you come from George Fletcher's this morning?"
"Sure," said Pacifique amiably. "I got de word las' night dat my fader, he was seeck. It was so stormy dat I couldn't go den, so I start vair early dis mornin'. I'm goin' troo de woods for short cut."
"Did you hear how Gilbert Blythe was this morning?" Anne's desperation drove her to the question. Even the worst would be more endurable than this hideous suspense.
"He's better," said Pacifique. "He got de turn las' night. De doctor say he'll be all right now dis soon while. Had close shave, dough! Dat boy, he jus' keel himself at college. Well, I mus' hurry. De old man, he'll be in hurry to see me."
Pacifique resumed his walk and his whistle. Anne gazed after him with out the strained anguish of the night. He was a very lank, very ragged, very homely youth. But in her sight he was as beautiful as those who bring good tidings on the mountains. Never, as long as she lived, would Anne see Pacifique's brown, round, black-eyed face without a warm remembrance of the moment when he had given to her the oil of joy for mourning
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Pacifique," said Anne faintly, "did you come from George Fletcher's this morning?"
"Sure," said Pacifique amiably. "I got de word las' night dat my fader, he was seeck. It was so stormy dat I couldn't go den, so I start vair early dis mornin'. I'm goin' troo de woods for short cut."
"Did you hear how Gilbert Blythe was this morning?" Anne's desperation drove her to the question. Even the worst would be more endurable than this hideous suspense.
"He's better," said Pacifique. "He got de turn las' night. De doctor say he'll be all right now dis soon while. Had close shave, dough! Dat boy, he jus' keel himself at college. Well, I mus' hurry. De old man, he'll be in hurry to see me."
Pacifique resumed his walk and his whistle. Anne gazed after him with out the strained anguish of the night. He was a very lank, very ragged, very homely youth. But in her sight he was as beautiful as those who bring good tidings on the mountains. Never, as long as she lived, would Anne see Pacifique's brown, round, black-eyed face without a warm remembrance of the moment when he had given to her the oil of joy for mourning
contemporary abstract painting
contemporary abstract painting
day, and poor Janet, between her excitement and her heavy black cashmere dress, looked as if she were being broiled alive.
"Old Mrs. Douglas would think it terrible frivolous and unsuitable, I'm afraid. John likes that dress, though," she added wistfully.
The old Douglas homestead was half a mile from "Wayside" cresting a windy hill. The house itself was large and comfortable, old enough to be dignified, and girdled with maple groves and orchards. There were big, trim barns behind it, and everything bespoke prosperity. Whatever the patient endurance in Mr. Douglas' face had meant it hadn't, so Anne reflected, meant debts and duns.
John Douglas met them at the door and took them into the sitting-room, where his mother was enthroned in an armchair.
Anne had expected old Mrs. Douglas to be tall and thin, because Mr. Douglas
day, and poor Janet, between her excitement and her heavy black cashmere dress, looked as if she were being broiled alive.
"Old Mrs. Douglas would think it terrible frivolous and unsuitable, I'm afraid. John likes that dress, though," she added wistfully.
The old Douglas homestead was half a mile from "Wayside" cresting a windy hill. The house itself was large and comfortable, old enough to be dignified, and girdled with maple groves and orchards. There were big, trim barns behind it, and everything bespoke prosperity. Whatever the patient endurance in Mr. Douglas' face had meant it hadn't, so Anne reflected, meant debts and duns.
John Douglas met them at the door and took them into the sitting-room, where his mother was enthroned in an armchair.
Anne had expected old Mrs. Douglas to be tall and thin, because Mr. Douglas
childe hassam The Sonata painting
childe hassam The Sonata painting
William Bouguereau The Broken Pitcher painting
Just one more week and we go back to Redmond," said Anne. She was happy at the thought of returning to work, classes and Redmond friends. Pleasing visions were also being woven around Patty's Place. There was a warm pleasant sense of home in the thought of it, even though she had never lived there.
But the summer had been a very happy one, too -- a time of glad living with summer suns and skies, a time of keen delight in wholesome things; a time of renewing and deepening of old friendships; a time in which she had learned to live more nobly, to work more patiently, to play more heartily.
"All life lessons are not learned at college," she thought. "Life teaches them everywhere."
But alas, the final week of that pleasant vacation was spoiled for Anne, by one of those impish happenings which are like a dream turned upside down.
"Been writing any more stories lately?" inquired Mr. Harrison genially one evening when Anne was taking tea with him and Mrs. Harrison.
William Bouguereau The Broken Pitcher painting
Just one more week and we go back to Redmond," said Anne. She was happy at the thought of returning to work, classes and Redmond friends. Pleasing visions were also being woven around Patty's Place. There was a warm pleasant sense of home in the thought of it, even though she had never lived there.
But the summer had been a very happy one, too -- a time of glad living with summer suns and skies, a time of keen delight in wholesome things; a time of renewing and deepening of old friendships; a time in which she had learned to live more nobly, to work more patiently, to play more heartily.
"All life lessons are not learned at college," she thought. "Life teaches them everywhere."
But alas, the final week of that pleasant vacation was spoiled for Anne, by one of those impish happenings which are like a dream turned upside down.
"Been writing any more stories lately?" inquired Mr. Harrison genially one evening when Anne was taking tea with him and Mrs. Harrison.
Claude Monet The Shoot painting
Claude Monet The Shoot painting
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rejection with the calmness of despair. She locked the story away in the garret trunk where the old Story Club tales reposed; but first she yielded to Diana's entreaties and gave her a copy.
"This is the end of my literary ambitions," she said bitterly.
She never mentioned the matter to Mr. Harrison, but one evening he asked her bluntly if her story had been accepted.
"No, the editor wouldn't take it," she answered briefly.
Mr. Harrison looked sidewise at the flushed, delicate profile.
"Well, I suppose you'll keep on writing them," he said encouragingly.
"No, I shall never try to write a story again," declared Anne, with the hopeless finality of nineteen when a door is shut in its face.
"I wouldn't give up altogether," said Mr. Harrison reflectively. "I'd write a story once
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rejection with the calmness of despair. She locked the story away in the garret trunk where the old Story Club tales reposed; but first she yielded to Diana's entreaties and gave her a copy.
"This is the end of my literary ambitions," she said bitterly.
She never mentioned the matter to Mr. Harrison, but one evening he asked her bluntly if her story had been accepted.
"No, the editor wouldn't take it," she answered briefly.
Mr. Harrison looked sidewise at the flushed, delicate profile.
"Well, I suppose you'll keep on writing them," he said encouragingly.
"No, I shall never try to write a story again," declared Anne, with the hopeless finality of nineteen when a door is shut in its face.
"I wouldn't give up altogether," said Mr. Harrison reflectively. "I'd write a story once
Eric Wallis Draped Room painting
Eric Wallis Draped Room painting
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Oh, I decided on the title long ago. I call it AVERIL'S ATONEMENT. Doesn't that sound nice and alliterative? Now, Diana, tell me candidly, do you see any faults in my story?"
"Well," hesitated Diana, "that part where AVERIL makes the cake doesn't seem to me quite romantic enough to match the rest. It's just what anybody might do. Heroines shouldn't do cooking, _I_ think."
"Why, that is where the humor comes in, and it's one of the best parts of the whole story," said Anne. And it may be stated that in this she was quite right.
Diana prudently refrained from any further criticism, but Mr. Harrison was much harder to please. First he told her there was entirely too much description in the story.
"Cut out all those flowery passages," he said unfeelingly.
Anne had an uncomfortable conviction that Mr. Harrison was right, and she forced herself to expunge most of her beloved descriptions, though it took three re-writings before the story
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Oh, I decided on the title long ago. I call it AVERIL'S ATONEMENT. Doesn't that sound nice and alliterative? Now, Diana, tell me candidly, do you see any faults in my story?"
"Well," hesitated Diana, "that part where AVERIL makes the cake doesn't seem to me quite romantic enough to match the rest. It's just what anybody might do. Heroines shouldn't do cooking, _I_ think."
"Why, that is where the humor comes in, and it's one of the best parts of the whole story," said Anne. And it may be stated that in this she was quite right.
Diana prudently refrained from any further criticism, but Mr. Harrison was much harder to please. First he told her there was entirely too much description in the story.
"Cut out all those flowery passages," he said unfeelingly.
Anne had an uncomfortable conviction that Mr. Harrison was right, and she forced herself to expunge most of her beloved descriptions, though it took three re-writings before the story
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Thomas Kinkade NASCAR THUNDER painting
Thomas Kinkade NASCAR THUNDER painting
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suppose, Anne, you must think it's funny I should like Fred so well when he's so different from the kind of man I've always said I would marry. . .the tall, slender kind? But somehow I wouldn't want Fred to be tall and slender. . .because, don't you see, he wouldn't be Fred then. Of course," added Diana rather dolefully, "we will be a dreadfully pudgy couple. But after all that's better than one of us being short and fat and the other tall and lean, like Morgan Sloane and his wife. Mrs. Lynde says it always makes her think of the long and short of it when she sees them together."
"Well," said Anne to herself that night, as she brushed her hair before her gilt framed mirror, "I am glad Diana is so happy and satisfied. But when my turn comes. . .if it ever does. . .I do hope there'll be something a little more thrilling about it. But then Diana thought so too, once. I've heard her say time and again she'd never get engaged any poky commonplace way. . .he'd have to do something splendid to win her. But she has changed. Perhaps I'll change
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suppose, Anne, you must think it's funny I should like Fred so well when he's so different from the kind of man I've always said I would marry. . .the tall, slender kind? But somehow I wouldn't want Fred to be tall and slender. . .because, don't you see, he wouldn't be Fred then. Of course," added Diana rather dolefully, "we will be a dreadfully pudgy couple. But after all that's better than one of us being short and fat and the other tall and lean, like Morgan Sloane and his wife. Mrs. Lynde says it always makes her think of the long and short of it when she sees them together."
"Well," said Anne to herself that night, as she brushed her hair before her gilt framed mirror, "I am glad Diana is so happy and satisfied. But when my turn comes. . .if it ever does. . .I do hope there'll be something a little more thrilling about it. But then Diana thought so too, once. I've heard her say time and again she'd never get engaged any poky commonplace way. . .he'd have to do something splendid to win her. But she has changed. Perhaps I'll change
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Steve Hanks Interior View painting
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cold water over her. "I suppose that's how it looks in prose. But it's very different if you look at it through poetry. . .and I think it's nicer. . ." Anne recovered herself and her eyes shone and her cheeks flushed. . ."to look at it through poetry."
Marilla glanced at the radiant young face and refrained from further sarcastic comments. Perhaps some realization came to her that after all it was better to have, like Anne, "the vision and the faculty divine". . .that gift which the world cannot bestow or take away, of looking at life through some transfiguring. . .or revealing?. . .medium, whereby everything seemed apparelled in celestial light, wearing a glory and a freshness not visible to those who, like herself and Charlotta the Fourth, looked at things only through prose.
"When's the wedding to be?" she asked after a pause.
"The last Wednesday in August. They are to be married in the garden under the honeysuckle
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cold water over her. "I suppose that's how it looks in prose. But it's very different if you look at it through poetry. . .and I think it's nicer. . ." Anne recovered herself and her eyes shone and her cheeks flushed. . ."to look at it through poetry."
Marilla glanced at the radiant young face and refrained from further sarcastic comments. Perhaps some realization came to her that after all it was better to have, like Anne, "the vision and the faculty divine". . .that gift which the world cannot bestow or take away, of looking at life through some transfiguring. . .or revealing?. . .medium, whereby everything seemed apparelled in celestial light, wearing a glory and a freshness not visible to those who, like herself and Charlotta the Fourth, looked at things only through prose.
"When's the wedding to be?" she asked after a pause.
"The last Wednesday in August. They are to be married in the garden under the honeysuckle
William Bouguereau Biblis painting
William Bouguereau Biblis painting
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announced that the northeast corner of Mr. John Kimball's pasture was red with early strawberries, and wouldn't Miss Shirley like to go and pick some.
"Early strawberries for tea!" exclaimed Miss Lavendar. "Oh, I'm not so old as I thought. . .and I don't need a single blue pill! Girls, when you come back with your strawberries we'll have tea out here under the silver poplar. I'll have it all ready for you with home-grown cream."
Anne and Charlotta the Fourth accordingly betook themselves back to Mr. Kimball's pasture, a green remote place where the air was as soft as velvet and fragrant as a bed of violets and golden as amber.
"Oh, isn't it sweet and fresh back here?" breathed Anne. "I just feel as if I were drinking in the sunshine."
"Yes, ma'am, so do I. That's just exactly how I feel too, ma'am," agreed
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announced that the northeast corner of Mr. John Kimball's pasture was red with early strawberries, and wouldn't Miss Shirley like to go and pick some.
"Early strawberries for tea!" exclaimed Miss Lavendar. "Oh, I'm not so old as I thought. . .and I don't need a single blue pill! Girls, when you come back with your strawberries we'll have tea out here under the silver poplar. I'll have it all ready for you with home-grown cream."
Anne and Charlotta the Fourth accordingly betook themselves back to Mr. Kimball's pasture, a green remote place where the air was as soft as velvet and fragrant as a bed of violets and golden as amber.
"Oh, isn't it sweet and fresh back here?" breathed Anne. "I just feel as if I were drinking in the sunshine."
"Yes, ma'am, so do I. That's just exactly how I feel too, ma'am," agreed
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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Don Li-Leger paintings
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down when the angels cut out holes for the stars to shine through. And the buttercups are made out of old sunshine; and I think the sweet peas will be butterflies when they go to heaven. Now, teacher, do you see anything so very queer about those thoughts?"
"No, laddie dear, they are not queer at all; they are strange and beautiful thoughts for a little boy to think, and so people who couldn't think anything of the sort themselves, if they tried for a hundred years, think them queer. But keep on thinking them, Paul . . .some day you are going to be a poet, I believe."
When Anne reached home she found a very different type of boyhood waiting to be put to bed. Davy was sulky; and when Anne had undressed him he bounced into bed and buried his face in the pillow.
"Davy, you have forgotten to say your prayers," said Anne rebukingly.
"No, I didn't forget," said Davy defiantly, "but I ain't going to say my prayers any more. I'm
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down when the angels cut out holes for the stars to shine through. And the buttercups are made out of old sunshine; and I think the sweet peas will be butterflies when they go to heaven. Now, teacher, do you see anything so very queer about those thoughts?"
"No, laddie dear, they are not queer at all; they are strange and beautiful thoughts for a little boy to think, and so people who couldn't think anything of the sort themselves, if they tried for a hundred years, think them queer. But keep on thinking them, Paul . . .some day you are going to be a poet, I believe."
When Anne reached home she found a very different type of boyhood waiting to be put to bed. Davy was sulky; and when Anne had undressed him he bounced into bed and buried his face in the pillow.
"Davy, you have forgotten to say your prayers," said Anne rebukingly.
"No, I didn't forget," said Davy defiantly, "but I ain't going to say my prayers any more. I'm
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Henri Fantin-Latour paintings
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Well, let's forget our troubles and think of our mercies," said Anne gaily. "Mrs. Allan says that whenever we think of anything that is a trial to us we should also think of something nice that we can set over against it. If you are slightly too plump you've got the dearest dimples; and if I have a freckled nose the shape of it is all right. Do you think the lemon juice did any good?"
"Yes, I really think it did," said Diana critically; and, much elated, Anne led the way to the garden, which was full of airy shadows and wavering golden lights.
"We'll decorate the parlor first. We have plenty of time, for Priscilla said they'd be here about twelve or half past at the latest, so we'll have dinner at one."
There may have been two happier and more excited girls somewhere in Canada or the United States at that moment, but I doubt it. Every snip of the scissors, as rose and peony and bluebell fell
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Well, let's forget our troubles and think of our mercies," said Anne gaily. "Mrs. Allan says that whenever we think of anything that is a trial to us we should also think of something nice that we can set over against it. If you are slightly too plump you've got the dearest dimples; and if I have a freckled nose the shape of it is all right. Do you think the lemon juice did any good?"
"Yes, I really think it did," said Diana critically; and, much elated, Anne led the way to the garden, which was full of airy shadows and wavering golden lights.
"We'll decorate the parlor first. We have plenty of time, for Priscilla said they'd be here about twelve or half past at the latest, so we'll have dinner at one."
There may have been two happier and more excited girls somewhere in Canada or the United States at that moment, but I doubt it. Every snip of the scissors, as rose and peony and bluebell fell
Hessam Abrishami paintings
Hessam Abrishami paintings
Howard Behrens paintings
seemed to chirp, "Mrs. Morgan is coming today." Anne wondered how Mr. Harrison could go on placidly mowing hay in the field across the lane, just as if nothing were going to happen.
The parlor at Green Gables was a rather severe and gloomy apartment, with rigid horsehair furniture, stiff lace curtains, and white antimacassars that were always laid at a perfectly correct angle, except at such times as they clung to unfortunate people's buttons. Even Anne had never been able to infuse much grace into it, for Marilla would not permit any alterations. But it is wonderful what flowers can accomplish if you give them a fair chance; when Anne and Diana finished with the room you would not have recognized it.
A great blue bowlful of snowballs overflowed on the polished table. The shining black mantelpiece was heaped with roses and ferns. Every shelf of the what-not held a sheaf of bluebells; the dark
Howard Behrens paintings
seemed to chirp, "Mrs. Morgan is coming today." Anne wondered how Mr. Harrison could go on placidly mowing hay in the field across the lane, just as if nothing were going to happen.
The parlor at Green Gables was a rather severe and gloomy apartment, with rigid horsehair furniture, stiff lace curtains, and white antimacassars that were always laid at a perfectly correct angle, except at such times as they clung to unfortunate people's buttons. Even Anne had never been able to infuse much grace into it, for Marilla would not permit any alterations. But it is wonderful what flowers can accomplish if you give them a fair chance; when Anne and Diana finished with the room you would not have recognized it.
A great blue bowlful of snowballs overflowed on the polished table. The shining black mantelpiece was heaped with roses and ferns. Every shelf of the what-not held a sheaf of bluebells; the dark
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Claude Monet The Road To Chailly painting
Claude Monet The Road To Chailly painting
Fabian Perez Flamenco DancerII painting
the supper table Dora behaved like a little lady, but Davy's manners left much to be desired.
"I'm so hungry I ain't got time to eat p'litely," he said when Marilla reproved him. "Dora ain't half as hungry as I am. Look at all the ex'cise I took on the road here. That cake's awful nice and plummy. We haven't had any cake at home for ever'n ever so long, 'cause mother was too sick to make it and Mrs. Sprott said it was as much as she could do to bake our bread for us. And Mrs. Wiggins never puts any plums in her cakes. Catch her! Can I have another piece?"
Marilla would have refused but Anne cut a generous second slice. However, she reminded Davy that he ought to say "Thank you" for it. Davy merely grinned at her and took a huge bite. When he had finished the slice he said,
"If you'll give me another piece I'll say thank you for it."
"No, you have had plenty of cake," said Marilla in a tone which Anne
Fabian Perez Flamenco DancerII painting
the supper table Dora behaved like a little lady, but Davy's manners left much to be desired.
"I'm so hungry I ain't got time to eat p'litely," he said when Marilla reproved him. "Dora ain't half as hungry as I am. Look at all the ex'cise I took on the road here. That cake's awful nice and plummy. We haven't had any cake at home for ever'n ever so long, 'cause mother was too sick to make it and Mrs. Sprott said it was as much as she could do to bake our bread for us. And Mrs. Wiggins never puts any plums in her cakes. Catch her! Can I have another piece?"
Marilla would have refused but Anne cut a generous second slice. However, she reminded Davy that he ought to say "Thank you" for it. Davy merely grinned at her and took a huge bite. When he had finished the slice he said,
"If you'll give me another piece I'll say thank you for it."
"No, you have had plenty of cake," said Marilla in a tone which Anne
Albert Bierstadt Westphalian Landscape painting
Albert Bierstadt Westphalian Landscape painting
Albert Bierstadt California Coast painting
but a lovely task before us," sighed Diana. "Why on earth did you offer to canvass this road, Anne? Almost all the cranks in Avonlea live along it, and we'll probably be treated as if we were begging for ourselves. It's the very worst road of all."
"That is why I chose it. Of course Gilbert and Fred would have taken this road if we had asked them. But you see, Diana, I feel myself responsible for the A.V.I.S., since I was the first to suggest it, and it seems to me that I ought to do the most disagreeable things. I'm sorry on your account; but you needn't say a word at the cranky places. I'll do all the talking. . . Mrs. Lynde would say I was well able to. Mrs. Lynde doesn't know whether to approve of our enterprise or not. She inclines to, when she remembers that Mr. and Mrs. Allan are in favor of it; but the fact that village improvement societies first originated in the States is a count against it. So she is halting between two opinions and only success will justify us in Mrs. Lynde's eyes. Priscilla is going to write a paper for our next Improvement meeting, and I expect
Albert Bierstadt California Coast painting
but a lovely task before us," sighed Diana. "Why on earth did you offer to canvass this road, Anne? Almost all the cranks in Avonlea live along it, and we'll probably be treated as if we were begging for ourselves. It's the very worst road of all."
"That is why I chose it. Of course Gilbert and Fred would have taken this road if we had asked them. But you see, Diana, I feel myself responsible for the A.V.I.S., since I was the first to suggest it, and it seems to me that I ought to do the most disagreeable things. I'm sorry on your account; but you needn't say a word at the cranky places. I'll do all the talking. . . Mrs. Lynde would say I was well able to. Mrs. Lynde doesn't know whether to approve of our enterprise or not. She inclines to, when she remembers that Mr. and Mrs. Allan are in favor of it; but the fact that village improvement societies first originated in the States is a count against it. So she is halting between two opinions and only success will justify us in Mrs. Lynde's eyes. Priscilla is going to write a paper for our next Improvement meeting, and I expect
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