Alphonse Maria Mucha La Dame aux Camelias painting

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Quite right, take another ten points for Gryffindor. Yes, it's a funny little potion, Felix Felicis," said Slughorn. "Desperately tricky to make, and disastrous to get wrong. However, if brewed correctly, as this has been, you will find that all your endeavors tend to succeed ... at least until the effects wear off."
"Why don't people drink it all the time, sir?" said Terry Boot eagerly.
"Because if taken in excess, it causes giddiness, recklessness, and dangerous overconfidence," said Slughorn. "Too much of a good thing, you know. . . highly toxic in large quantities. But taken sparingly, and very occasionally . . ."
"Have you ever taken it, sir?" asked Michael Corner with great interest.

Alphonse Maria Mucha Summer painting

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Oho," said Slughorn again. Harry was sure that Slughorn had not forgotten the potion at all, but had waited to be asked for dramatic effect. "Yes. That. Well, that one, ladies and gentlemen, is a most curious little potion called Felix Felicis. I take it," he turned, smiling, to look at Hermione, who had let out an audible gasp, "that you know what Felix Felicis does, Miss Granger?"
"It's liquid luck," said Hermione excitedly. "It makes you lucky!"
The whole class seemed to sit up a little straighter. Now all Harry could see of Malfoy was the back of his sleek blond head, because he was at last giving Slughorn his full and undivided attention.

Edward Hopper Soir Bleu painting

Edward Hopper Soir Bleu paintingEdward Hopper Railroad Sunset paintingEdward Hopper Corn Hill Truro Cape Cod painting And the steam rising in characteristic spirals," said Hermione enthusiastically, "and it's supposed to smell differently to each of according to what attracts us, and I can smell freshly mown grass and new parchment and -"
But she turned slightly pink and did not complete the sentence.
'May I ask your name, my dear?" said Slughorn, ignoring Hermione's embarrassment.
“Hermione Granger, sir."
"Granger? Granger? Can you possibly be related to Hector Dagworth-Granger, who founded the Most Extraordinary Society of Potioneers?"
"No. I don't think so, sir. I'm Muggle-born, you see."
Harry saw Malfoy lean close to Nott and whisper something; both of them sniggered, but Slughorn showed no dismay; on the contrary, he beamed and looked from Hermione to Harry

Salvador Dali Pierrot and Guitar painting

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Cant be long now, it's been a month," said Ron.
"Hang on," said Harry, as another part of last night's conversation came back to him. "I think Dumbledore said our OWL results would be arriving today!"
"Today?" shrieked Hermione. "Today? But why didn't you... oh my God... you should have said..."
She leapt to her feet.
"I'm going to see whether any owls have come..."
But when Harry arrived downstairs ten minutes later, fully dressed and carrying his empty breakfast tray, it was to find Hermione sitting at the kitchen table in great agitation, while Mrs. Weasley tried to lessen her resemblance to half a panda.

Carl Fredrik Aagard The Deer Park painting

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true," said Hermione. "I wonder what he'll teach you, Harry? Really advanced defensive magic, probably... powerful countercurses... anti-jinxes..."
Harry did not really listen. A warmth was spreading through him that had nothing to do with the sunlight; a tight obstruction in his chest seemed to be dissolving. He knew that Ron and Hermione were more shocked than they were letting on, but the mere fact that they were still there on either side of him, speaking bracing words of comfort, not shrinking from him as though he were contaminated or dangerous, was worth more than he could ever tell them.
"...and evasive enchantments generally," concluded Hermione. "Well, at least you know one lesson you'll be having this year, that's one more than Ron and me. I wonder when our OWL results will come?"
"Cant be long now, it's been a month," said Ron.

Unknown Artist Ford Smith Just Between Us painting

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She sat down on the edge of his bed again.
"We wondered, after we got back from the Ministry... Obviously, we didn't want to say anything to you, but from what Lucius Malfoy said about the prophecy, how it was about you and Voldemort, well, we thought it might be something like this... Oh, Harry..." She stared at him, then whispered, "Are you scared?"
"Not as much as I was," said Harry. "When I first heard it, I was... but now, it seems as though I always knew I'd have to face him in the end..."
"When we heard Dumbledore was collecting you in person, we thought he might be telling you something or showing you something to do with the prophecy," said Ron eagerly. "And we were kind of right, weren't we? He wouldn't be giving you lessons if he thought you were a goner, wouldn't waste his time... he must think you've got a chance!"

Winslow Homer The Gulf Stream painting

Winslow Homer The Gulf Stream painting
Winslow Homer Children on the Beach painting
　Voldemort did not laugh. His gaze had wandered upward to the body revolving slowly overhead, and he seemed to be lost in thought.

　　　"My Lord," Yaxley went on, "Dawlish believes an entire party of Aurors will be used to transfer the boy –"

　　　Voldemort held up a large white hand, and Yaxley subsided at once, watching resentfully as Voldemort turned back to Snape.

"Where are they going to hide the boy next?"

　　　"At the Home of one of the Order," said Snape. "The place, according to the source, has been given every protection that the Order and Ministry together could provide. I think that there is little chance of taking him once he is there, my Lord, unless, of course, the Ministry has fallen before next Saturday, which might give us the opportunity to discover and undo enough of the enchantments to break through the rest."

Johannes Vermeer The Concert painting

Johannes Vermeer The Concert painting
Gustave Courbet The Origin of the World painting
The two men took their allotted places. Most of the eyes around the table followed Snape, and it was to him that Voldemort spoke first.

"So?"

　　　"My Lord, the Order of the Phoenix intends to move Harry Potter from his current place of safety on Saturday next, at nightfall."

　　　The interest around the table sharpened palpably: Some stiffened, others fidgeted, all gazing at Snape and Voldemort.

　　　"Saturday … at nightfall," repeated Voldemort. His red eyes fastened upon Snape's black ones with such intensity that some of the watchers looked away, apparently fearful that they themselves would be scorched by the ferocity of the gaze. Snape, however, looked calmly back into Voldemort's face and, after a moment or two, Voldemort's lipless mouth curved into something like a smile.

Turner The Grand Canal Venice painting

Turner The Grand Canal Venice painting
John Singer Sargent El Jaleo painting
Chapter One

The Dark Lord Ascending

　　The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yards apart in the narrow, moonlit lane. For a second they stood quite still, wands directed at each other's chests; then, recognizing each other, they stowed their wands beneath their cloaks and started walking briskly in the same direction. "News?" asked the taller of the two. "The best," replied Severus Snape. The lane was bordered on the left by wild, low-growing brambles, on the right by a high, neatly manicured hedge. The men's long cloaks flapped around their ankles as they marched.

Godward Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder painting

Godward Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder painting
John William Waterhouse Echo and Narcissus painting
First inaugural Address(1)Franklin D. RooseveltMar. 4, 1933.President Hoover Mister Chief Justice, my friends:This is a day of national consecration, and I am certain that on this day my fellow Americans expect that on my induction in the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our people impeIs. This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly Nor need we shrink from honestly facing the conditions facing our country today This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper So first of all, let me express my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, un justified terror, which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In

Gustav Klimt The Kiss painting

Gustav Klimt The Kiss painting
Gustav Klimt Sea Serpents painting
1944, 1nuch has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940, 41. The united nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats in open battle, men to men. Our air offenses have seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Ourhome fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and ammunitions of wan and placed at our disposal, great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned, the free men of the world are marching together to victoryI have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory Good luck and let us all beseech the blessing of almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking

Johannes Vermeer girl with the pearl earring painting

Johannes Vermeer girl with the pearl earring painting
Gustav Klimt The Three Ages of Woman painting
I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday December 7, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire. Order of the DayDwight D. EisenhowerJun. 6, 1944.Soldiers, sailors, and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force, you are about to embark upon the great crusade towards which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you, the hopes and prayers oi liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.In company with our brave allies and brothers in arms on other fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine. The e1imination of Nazi t3'ranny over the oppressed people of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world. Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is wel1-trained, wel1-equipped, and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely But this is the year

Alphonse Maria Mucha The Judgement of Paris painting

Alphonse Maria Mucha The Judgement of Paris painting
Pierre Auguste Renoir Two Sisters (On the Terrace) painting
North Korea] in the near future to convey the views of U.S. President William Clinton directly to Chairman Kim Jong Il of the DPRK National Defense Commission and to prepare for a possible visit by the president of the United States,” the communiqué said.
The brain’s filing system may account for odd dreams. A new study finds dreams play a role in helping the brain sort through memories.
A study involving people with amnesia, a popular computer game and sleep experts may help explain why dreams are so weird and so important, experts said Thursday.They said people with amnesia who played the popular computer game Tetris dreamed about the images it invoked, but could not remember actually playing the game. And, unlike people with normal memories, they never really got any better at the game.

Thomas Kinkade HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS painting

Thomas Kinkade HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS painting
Winslow Homer The Houses of Parliament painting
visit to Washington by Jo Myong Rok, first vice chairman of the North Korea’s National Defense Commission, included talks with Clinton, Albright and Defense Secretary William Cohen.The communiqué said the two sides “have decided to take steps to fundamentally improve their bilateral relations in the interests of enhancing peace and security in the Asia-Pacific region.”The final paragraph of the communiqué raised the possibility of a visit by Clinton to Pyongyang, a step without precedent for an American president, one which would have been considered inconceivable just a few months ago.“It was agreed that Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will visit the DPRK

Gustave Courbet Plage de Normandie painting

Gustave Courbet Plage de Normandie painting
Thomas Kinkade HOMETOWN MORNING painting
returning to kick some alien butt. “The whole gang is back!” Smith crowed to TV Guide. “Oh, and how they bring Tommy’s character [Agent K] back … I can’t let it out, but it’s so brilliant.” The happy-go-lucky Smith said he’s ecstatic about the new script, which MIB director Barry Sonnenfeld is currently tweaking. “It’s great when a sequel can have a better script,” Smith said, “because it is so rare that the second film is better than the first one. But this one is ridiculous!” Just one caveat: MIB2 could be ankled by a possible strike of the Writers Guild of America next May, while a looming actors’ strike July 1 is also putting a dent in many blockbusters’ 2001 production schedule.

Rembrandt Susanna and the Elders painting

Rembrandt Susanna and the Elders painting
Rembrandt History Painting
He’s playing at a level rarely seen in the NBA,” Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss said at that time. The Lakers beat the Indiana Pacers in six games to win their first title since 1988 and the days of Showtime, and O’Neal became only the third player to be named MVP in the regular season, All-Star Game and NBA Finals. Jordan did it twice, in 1996 and 1998. Willis Reed did it in 1970.
Shaquille O’Neal, durning the NBA Finals, June 7. Shaq agreed to a three-year contract extension worth the maximum $88.5 million.
Shaquille O’Neal, who came within one vote of becoming the NBA’s first unanimous MVP last season, agreed to a three-year contract extension worth the maximum $88.5 million.

Guido Reni reni Aurora painting

Guido Reni reni Aurora painting
Francois Boucher The Toilet of Venus painting

Shaquille O’Neal, durning the NBA Finals, June 7. Shaq agreed to a three-year contract extension worth the maximum $88.5 million.
Shaquille O’Neal, who came within one vote of becoming the NBA’s first unanimous MVP last season, agreed to a three-year contract extension worth the maximum $88.5 million.The 28-year-old center joined the Lakers as a free agent in July 1996, signing a seven-year contract for more than $120 million.A 7-foot-1, 315-pounder who led the NBA in scoring and field-goal percentage last season, O’Neal received 120 of 121 votes from a panel of sports writers and broadcasters in the MVP voting, with the remaining vote going to Philadelphia’s Allen Iverson.

Rembrandt Samson And Delilah painting

Rembrandt Samson And Delilah painting
Guido Reni The Archangel Michael painting
Rep. James Traficant, an Ohio Democrat who has praised Hastert as "a man of the people," crossed party lines to vote for him as speaker. Consequently, House Democratic leaders said they would not give Traficant a committee assignment and he no longer was welcome in the House Democratic Caucus. A spokesman for Traficant said he had no plans of becoming a Republican, but may declare himself an independent. The Senate and House each held opening day sessions of several hours. The Senate reconvenes on Thursday. The House recessed until Saturday when the two chambers will hold a joint session to count the Electoral College votes that will formally make Bush the winner of the bitterly contested 2000 presidential race.

Francois Boucher The Rape of Europa painting

Francois Boucher The Rape of Europa painting
Michelangelo Buonarroti The Creation of Adam painting
Vice President Al Gore, who lost his White House bid to Republican President-elect George W. Bush, administered the oath of office to Mrs. Clinton and other senators elected in November, and wished each one well. Yet shortly before Congress convened Wednesday, Gore delivered a pointed message to the Congressional Black Caucus . "We all must respect and, wherever possible, help President-elect Bush," Gore said. "You ... have to do your best to reach across party lines, but you also have to know when to draw the line."Rep. Dennis Hastert of Illinois, re-elected as House speaker, told colleagues, "It is only in Washington where many still have a lingering animosity for the political parties. My friends, we need to get over it."

Michelangelo Buonarroti Creation of Adam painting

Michelangelo Buonarroti Creation of Adam painting
Thomas Kinkade The Rose Garden painting

House Minority Leader Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-MO) leads the newly-re-elected House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX) through cheering members as the House of Representatives opens the 107th Congress in Washington, January 3, 2001. For the first time since the 1920s, Republicans will be in charge of the House for a fourth straight Congress, even if narrowly -- 221-211 with two independents and an open Democratic seat.
WASHINGTON - The sharply divided 107th Congress convened, with Democrats and Republicans preaching bipartisanship yet acknowledging it may be tough to come together to pass many new laws. With outgoing President Clinton looking on from the Senate gallery, Hillary Rodham Clinton was sworn in as the new Democratic senator from New York, becoming the first first lady to hold elected public office.

Leonardo da Vinci The Last Supper painting

Leonardo da Vinci The Last Supper painting
Gustav Klimt Klimt Sappho painting

House Minority Leader Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-MO) leads the newly-re-elected House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX) through cheering members as the House of Representatives opens the 107th Congress in Washington, January 3, 2001. For the first time since the 1920s, Republicans will be in charge of the House for a fourth straight Congress, even if narrowly -- 221-211 with two independents and an open Democratic seat.
WASHINGTON - The sharply divided 107th Congress convened, with Democrats and Republicans preaching bipartisanship yet acknowledging it may be tough to come together to pass many new laws.

Aubrey Beardsley paintings

Aubrey Beardsley paintings
Andrea del Sarto paintings

Airline passerngers disembarked from a direct flight from London walk over germ-killing mats upon their arrival at New Tokyo International Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, Thursday, March 15, 2001 as Japan tightened its borders against the contagious foot-and-mouth disease. Any travelers who have visited farms in Europe and all passengers from London were ordered to sterilize their shoes after arriving at Narita, Kansai International Airport in Osaka, western Japan, and Nagoya Airport, central Japan.
Narita, Kansai and Nagoya airports now require passengers arriving on direct flights from Britain to walk over sterile mats in an effort to curb the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, officials from the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said Thursday

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professor, also featured several previously released classic rock tracks, including three other Dylan tunes, Neil Young's "Old Man," and John Lennon's "Watching the Wheels."Dylan, who had won only four minor Grammys until he snagged three in 1998 for Time Out of Mind, won a Golden Globe for "Things Have Changed" in December, but lost the Grammy in the film song category last month to Newman's "When She Loved Me," from Toy Story 2.Along with Dylan's rollicking, very close-up performance on Sunday, Oscar viewers were treated to a surprise duet between Newman and Bangles singer Susanna Hoffs on "A Fool in Love" (from Meet the Parents) and an inspiring rendition of "I've Seen It All" (from Dancer in the Dark) by Bj?rk, who wore the evening's most interesting dress - a stuffed white swan wrapped around her waist and neck.

Diane Romanello paintings

Diane Romanello paintings
Diego Rivera paintings
State Department spokesman Philip Reeker told reporters there was no change in change in U.S. policy toward Taiwan."We expect any dispute to be resolved peacefully. The president's said that. We expect, hope, believe that peaceful resolutions are possible. He said that the Chinese have to hear that we'll uphold the spirit of the Taiwan Relations Act," Reeker said Full Force of the U.S. Military?In the interview, which was taped on Tuesday, Bush was asked if the nation has an obligation to defend Taiwan."Yes, we do, and the Chinese must understand that," he said.Asked if his commitment would be backed up with the full force of the U.S. military, Bush replied: "Whatever it took to help Taiwan defend herself."In interviews with CNN and The Associated Press later Wednesday, Bush softened his stance, only saying military force is "certainly an option

Carl Fredrik Aagard paintings

Carl Fredrik Aagard paintings
Caravaggio paintings
order to reduce the risk of having a nonprofessional aboard, the station's crew will cancel or postpone a number experiments, NASA officials said. Paving the WayTito's flight will fulfill a long-held ambition. "I've had this interest in space ever since I was a teenager and I always was awed by the actual prospect of being in space," he said.And it could pave the way for other space tourists. Already, dozens of companies are trying to build ships that could fly regular paying passengers into space. "Once Dennis Tito has flown, people will know that it is possible for them to fly as commercial space travelers," said Gregg Maryniak, founder of the X Prize Foundation, which is offering $10 million to the first nongovernment team to fly three people into space twice within two weeks."The first is always the hardest," said Tito. "Call it breaking the ice. Once you can show people the way, I believe that there will be a lot more people willing to do this."

Claude Lorrain paintings

Claude Lorrain paintings
Claude Monet paintings
We'll welcome anyone who shows up at our hatch, and we'll invite them inside and treat them like we would any spacefarer," said U.S. astronaut James Voss in an interview transmitted from the station.But NASA officials have sent a clear message that they do not approve of his visit. A NASA task force today recommended that Tito be barred from American parts of the station unless he has an escort, and that he sleep near the Russian spacecraft in case of an emergency. They also said Tito had agreed to pay for any equipment he breaks aboard the station.NASA said the Russians should guarantee to the other space station partners that they take all responsibility for Tito's flight.In addition to Russian and the United States, the other partners are Japan, Canada and the European Space Agency. The five partners agreed Tuesday that Tito's trip could be an exception to regulations still being drawn up.

Charles Chaplin paintings

Charles Chaplin paintings
Douglas Hofmann paintings
He thinks he is well-prepared. "The training is what counts and I've had a significant amount of training. And that, coupled with my aerospace engineering background, I think puts me in a very strong position, as far as being able to function in space," he told ABCNEWS.When he takes off aboard the Soyuz craft, he will be a passenger, riding with two veteran cosmonauts. He will have no job to do. He said he just wants to take pictures and tell people what it's like out there."I'm not a fighter pilot, I'm a businessman, and I want to be able to absorb as much of this experience and relate it to as many people as I can," he said. You Break It, You Bought ItThe Americans already on board the station have said they will welcome Tito.

Guillaume Seignac La Libellule painting

Guillaume Seignac La Libellule painting
Claude Monet The Water Lily Pond painting
It's when you get into the breading and frying that you're courting trouble," Listfield said. The baked beans at KFC are surprisingly low calorie with just 190 calories and three grams of fat, and the corn on the cob is a healthy pick, too with just 150 calories and 1.5 grams of fat. Snacks to Tide You OverIn instances where you are hungry and the only eating establishment in sight is a convenience store, several healthy snacks can still be found. They include: fresh or dried fruit that contain at least 2 grams of fiber, but fewer than 20 grams of sugar or nuts that are not salted or cooked in oil. Fiber keeps you filled up longer, and sugar makes you hungry faster. Nuts provide protein and fiber, but Listfield suggests staying away from salted ones or those that are cooked in oil. Extra Tips: Stay away from mayonnaise or sauces. Try wiping them off with a napkin and replacing with mustard or ketchup.

Johannes Vermeer Girl with a Pearl Earring painting

Johannes Vermeer Girl with a Pearl Earring painting
Howard Behrens Bellagio Promenade painting
Hold the MayoMcDonalds, for instance, has a wide calorie range in its breakfast offerings. An Egg McMuffin is one of the lighter breakfast choices, with 290 calories and 12 grams of fat. But Listfield recommends that those watching their weight steer clear of the bacon, egg and cheese biscuit, loaded with 540 calories and 34 grams of fat. The lunch menu at the "Golden Arches" contains some surprises. For instance, McDonald's hamburgers (280 calories and 10 grams of fat) are a healthier choice than the fast food chain's Filet-O-Fish (470 calories and 26 grams of fat). Mayonnaise drives up the fat and calorie content of the fish sandwich, and others, Listfield said. "Anything fried or with mayo is bad because mayo has 100 calories per spoonful," she said. "Anything deep fried isn't great, but if you want to indulge in french fries, go for the small portion, because supersizing is where you get in trouble."

Guillaume Seignac The Awakening of Psyche painting

Guillaume Seignac The Awakening of Psyche painting
Eric Wallis Roman Girl painting
The tobacco maker followed up with a second campaign that appealed to women's new-found sense of independence. This time, the company convinced 10 debutantes to smoke in the Easter Day parade, calling its cigarettes "torches of freedom." By the 1930s smoking rates among women tripled. Over the next 20 years, cigarettes were romanticized in song, movies and television. Advertisements featuring glamorous celebrities like Rita Hayworth and Joan Crawford started appearing in print. Freedom to SmokeBy the 1960s, when the second wave of the women's movement had kicked into gear, one in three American women were lighting up. It was during this era when Virginia Slims, the first cigarette made just for women, was introduced with the slogan "You've Come a Long Way, Baby." Like in the 1920s, this campaign championed images of thinness and independence for women who smoked.

William Merritt Chase paintings

William Merritt Chase paintings
William Blake paintings
doubtful that XP can turn the computer industry around.I think it's a difficult upgrade," says Card. "You need a pretty hefty machine."Adds Smulders: "It's not going to create a hardware bubble in itself."Instead, he thinks the direction of the economy will determine how computer makers fare in the coming months: "There are bigger structural issues that will determine growth in the PC market."
After attacks with airliners and assaults with anthrax-laced mail, security experts are pondering when — and how — future attacks may come.
Nuclear bombs, biological warfare and other "weapons of mass destruction" are scary possibilities, but some experts offer a lesser-known potential threat: E-bombs.The good news about these so-called electronic bombs is they aren't directly harmful to humans or structures like buildings or bridges.

Vladimir Volegov paintings

Vladimir Volegov paintings
Vincent van Gogh paintings

With its big-budget launch of Windows XP, Microsoft is partying like it's 1995. But with the economy struggling and personal computer sales dipping, will consumers buy the new operating system?
"I'm not expecting it to have anywhere near as big an impact as Windows 95," says David Card, an analyst at Jupiter Media Metrix in New York, referring to the wildly successful operating system Microsoft introduced with a huge ad campaign six years ago.As in 1995, the software giant is rolling out its highly touted new operating system for personal computers with a public-relations blitz that compares — in expense, anyway — to any in corporate history.Microsoft is holding launch events in 63 cities, with the main rollout taking place in New York, where the company's co-founder, Bill Gates, is unveiling Windows

Tamara de Lempicka paintings

Tamara de Lempicka paintings
Thomas Cole paintings
middle school students and 58 percent of high school students reported they were not asked for proof of age when purchasing cigarettes.Ads and Other InfluencesAlthough the tobacco industry has altered its advertising, ads still lure teens into buying tobacco products, Pechacek said."Tobacco companies voluntarily stopped outdoor billboards, but have taken these advertising dollars and put them into local convenience stores," he said.The study also found one of the "major predictors" of tobacco use to be whether teens spend time with other people who smoke. In the week before the survey, half of the nonsmokers were in a room with someone smoking, and approximately 70 percent of middle school students and 57 percent of high school students who smoke live in a home with a smoker.Experts believe that more education about tobacco in schools could counteract the bad influences these students face at home."Overall, we're finding that many students are receiving some information, but the rate is far below what is recommended," said Pechacek.

Christ painting

Christ painting
church painting
Bannerman spent $1,500 last year on his lapdog, buying her everything from canine jewelry to handmade dog beds. Laci has a fur coat and a motorcycle jacket. Laci’s home and the floor is littered with dog toys. "Laci is definitely a kid substitute," says Bannerman, engaged to a woman who owns five cats. "I got Laci after I turned 40 and realized I wasn't going to have kids." Bannerman's feelings for Laci aren't an aberration but part of a social trend. Not only do more people keep an animal, but a lot of people treat them royally. Pet spending in the U.S. is estimated at $34 billion this year, up 68 percent net of inflation over the past decade. It's an industry apparently immune to recession and, though once thought to be mature, it is now expected to grow more than 6 percent a year for years to come. The fastest-growing groups of pet buyers, according to Consumer Products & Services Trend Report, are empty nesters and young professionals who postpone starting families but want a substitute.

building painting

building painting
Children painting

Michael Bannerman, 44, is a hardened criminal defense attorney. But when it comes to his 2-year-old Chinese dog, Laci, the man is extremely tender and mild.
Spas, Clothes and Health Food for PetsForbes.comMichael Bannerman, 44, is a hardened criminal defense attorney in Philadephia, United States. But when it comes to his dog, Laci, a 2-year-old Chinese Crested Powder Puff, the man is extremely tender and mild. Bannerman spent $1,500 last year on his lapdog, buying her everything from canine jewelry to handmade dog beds. Laci has a fur coat and a motorcycle jacket. Laci’s home and the floor is littered with dog toys.

City painting

City painting
Cottage painting

Do you want to make your Daddy's eyes light up with joy on this Father's Day? Though selecting a gift for a man particularly your father may seem almost impossible, you can get your father an extra present ...
Father's Day is celebrated on the 3rd Sunday of June. It becomes not only a day to honor your father, but all men who have acted as a father figure in your life - whether as Stepfathers, Uncles, or Grandfathers. Dads seem to be happy with just about anything you give them. He may never use the gift, or remember the actual gift, but they seem to appreciate getting the gift. However, You can get your father an extra gift that he can really enjoy by simply digging a little into a combination of his interest, history, your relationship with your father and his basic needs. Here are some guidelines or questions you may want to ask yourself.

Pino day dream painting

Pino day dream painting
Andrew Atroshenko Intimate Thoughts painting

A new human species is coming. They are only 3-foot-tall, but they may have been closely related to us and perhaps even shared their caves with our ancestors...
Scientists recently found the skeleton of a new human species, a dwarf. This discovery on a remote Indonesian island could really rewrite the history of human evolution.
Wireless technology is now helping researchers to protect the endangered animals living in the Wolong Nature Reserve. Researchers can communicate with one another ...
Researcher Wei Ming cares for a panda in a nursery at Wolong Nature Reserve, as a colleague records data on a laptop computer. Wireless technology is now helping researchers to protect the endangered animals living in the Wolong Nature Reserve. Researchers can communicate with one another as well as download and record data about the pandas' lives and movements — simple activities that were cumbersome and time-consuming in the preserve.

William Bouguereau The Virgin with Angels painting

William Bouguereau The Virgin with Angels painting
Gustav Klimt lady with hat and feather boa painting

Are you still looking for true love? Or do you feel frustrated by your lover's refusal to stay with you every minute? If so, you should gain some courage after you read this strange news. Two Buddhist monks...
Are you still looking for true love? Or do you feel frustrated by your lover's refusal to stay with you every minute? If so, you should gain some courage after you read this strange news. Two Buddhist monks abandoned their vows after they fell in love with a pair of teenage girls who sold beer around their temple in central Cambodia. The two monks, both 19 -- gave up their monastic lives after the chief monk at their temple accused them of secretly courting the girls in violation of Buddhist precepts.Ninety percent of Cambodia's 13 million people are Buddhist. About 60,000 monks live in more than 4,000 pagodas across the country.

Lord Frederick Leighton Leighton Idyll painting

Lord Frederick Leighton Leighton Idyll painting
Steve Hanks Comfort in Solitude painting

Toilets play a big role in China's future. As the host of the 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing is trying to improve the state of its bathrooms. Bathroom experts from 15 countries are gathering for...
Bathroom experts from 15 countries are gathering in Beijing for the World Toilet Summit in the hope of making every trip to a public restroom a more pleasurable experience. Toilets play a big role in China's future. As the host of the 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing is trying to improve the state of its bathrooms. Most public toilets in Beijing are squat-style pits that scare the daylights out of Westerners. Visitors are warned to expect a lack of running water and to bring their own toilet paper. Now, just as world leaders gather to discuss acceptable levels of pollution, toilet experts are gathering to bridge cultural gaps and answer one of the most basic questions of the human condition: What is a clean and decent bathroom? The three-day conference begins on Nov. 17 and ends on Nov. 19, which has been called "World Toilet Day."

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Guan zeju paintings
Gustav Klimt paintings
SCARLETT: How much more do we gotta pay?SERVANT: I heard the tax man say three hundred dollars.SCARLETT: Three hundred... Oh, my, just as well be threemillion. Well, we gotta raise it, that's all.SERVANT: Yes'm. How?SCARLETT: I'll go ask Mr. Ashley.SERVANT: Oh, he ain't got no three hundred dollars. MissScarlett.SCARLETT: Well, I can ask him if I want to, can't I?SERVANT: Asking ain't getting.(The Farm. Ashley is chopping wood.)SCARLETT: Ashely...ASHLEY: They say Abe Lincoln got his start splitting rails.Just think what heights I may climb to once I get the"knack.SCARLETT: Ashely. The Yankees want three hundreddollars more in taxes. What shall we do? Ashley, what's tobecome of us?ASHLEY: What do you think becomes of people whentheir civilization breaks up? Those who have brains andcourage come through all right. Those who haven't arewinnowed out.SCARLETT: For Heaven's sake Ashley Wilkes. Don't standthere talking nonsense at me when it's us who are beingwinnowed out.ASHLEY: You're right, Scarlett. Here I am talkingtummy-rot about civilization, when your Tara's in danger.You come to me for help and I have no help to give you.Oh, Scarlett, I'm a coward.

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Georgia O'Keeffe paintings
Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger paintings
SCARLETT: I'll tell Prissy to get an extra plate.(It's Ashley! Melanie opens her arms, running to him.)MELANIE: Ashley! Ashley!MAMMIE: Miss Scarlett! Don't spoil it. Miss Scarlett.SCARLETT: Turn me loose, you fool, turn me loose! It'sAshley.MAMMIE: He's her husband, Auntie.(Several days passed. One day, a servant comes toScarlett.)SERVANT: Miss Scarlett Ma'am...SCARLETT: High time you got back. Did you get the horseshod?SERVANT: Yes'm, he shod all right. Miss Scarlett Ma'am.SCARLETT: Fine thing when a horse can get shoes andhumans can't. Here stir the soup.SERVANT: Miss Scarlett Ma'am, I've got to know howmuch money have you got left? In gold.SCARLETT: Ten dollars. Why?SERVANT: That won't be enough.SCARLETT: What in Heaven's name are you talkingabout?SERVANT: Well, Miss Scarlett, I see that old no-accountwhite trash, Wilkenson, that used to be Mister Jerry'soverseer here. He's a regular Yankee now, and he wasmaking a brag, that his carpetbagger friends done runthe taxes way up sky-high on Tara.

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Filippino Lippi paintings
Francisco de Zurbaran paintings
Chapter 7 Ashley Back Home(Home from their lost adventure came the lattered Cavaliers. Grimly they came hobbling back to the desolation that had once been a land of grace and plenty.And with them came another invader, more cruel and vicious than any they had fought, the Carpetbagger.)SERVANT: Katie Scarlett! It's over! It's over! It's all over,the war! We surrendered!CORRINE: It's not possible.SUE ELLEN: Why did we ever fight?MELANIE: Ashely will be coming home.SCARLETT: Yes, Ashely will be coming home. We'll plantmore cotton. Cotton ought to go sky-high next year.MELANIE: Scarlett, what seems to be the trouble withMr. Kennedy?SCARLETT: More trouble than he guesses. He's finallyasked for Sue Ellen's hand.MELANIE: Oh, I'm so glad.SCARLETT: It's a pity he can't marry her now. At leastbe one less mouth to feed.(Scarlett, Melanie and Mammie stand in front of the door.A figure appears in the distance.)SCARLETT: Oh another one. I hope this one isn't hungry.MAMMIE: Oh, he'll be hungry

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Ford Madox Brown paintings
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SCARLETT: Don't tell me any more about what they did. (Scarlett goes into the room, finding her father in solitude.) SCARLETT: What's this , Paw? Whisky? Mr. O'HARA: Yes daughter. Katie Scarlett, that's enough. Your not knowing spirits, you'll make yourself 'tipsy. SCARLETT: I hope it makes me drunk. I'd like to be drunk. Oh, Paw...what are those papers?Mr. O'HARA: Bonds. They're all we've saved. All we have left. Bonds.SCARLETT: But what kind of bonds, Paw? Mr. O'HARA: Why, Confederate bonds of course, darling. SCARLETT: Confederate bonds. What good are they to anybody?Mr. O'HARA: I'll not have you talking like that, Katie Scarlett.SCARLETT: Oh, Paw, what are we going to do with no money and, ...and nothing to eat? Mr. O'HARA: We must ask your mother. That's it.

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Albert Bierstadt Autumn Woods painting
Alexandre Cabanel The Birth of Venus painting
WHAT was it that you heard about my brother's journey at Bamangwato?" said Sir Henry, as I paused to fill my pipe before answering Captain Good.
"I heard this," I answered, "and I have never mentioned it to a soul till to-day. I heard that he was starting for Solomon's Mines."
"Solomon's Mines!" ejaculated both my hearers at once. "Where are they?"
"I don't know," I said; "I know where they are said to be. I once saw the peaks of the mountains that border them, but there was a hundred and thirty miles of desert between me and them, and I am not aware that any white man ever got across it, save one. But perhaps the best thing I can do is to tell you the legend of Solomon's Mines as I know it, you passing your word not to reveal anything I tell you without my permission. Do you agree to that? I have my reasons for asking it."
Sir Henry nodded, and Captain Good replied, "Certainly, certainly."
"Well," I began, "as you may guess, in a general way elephant-hunters are a rough set of men, and don't trouble themselves with much beyond the facts of life and the ways of Kaffirs. But here and there you meet a man who takes the trouble to collect traditions from the natives, and tries to make out a little piece of the history of this dark land. It was such a man as this who first told me the legend of Solomon's

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Guillaume Seignac The Wave painting
Steve Hanks Interior View I painting
takes from four to five days, according to the vessel and the state of the weather, to run up from the Cape - to Durban. Sometimes, if the landing is bad at East London, where they have not yet got that wonderful harbor they talk so much of and sink such a mint of money in, one is delayed for twenty-four hours before the cargo boats can get out to take the goods off. But on this occasion we had not to wait at all, for there were no breakers on the bar to speak of, and the tugs came out at once with their long strings of ugly, flat-bottomed boats, into which the goods were bundled with a crash. It did not matter what they were, over they went, slap-bang! whether they were china or woollen goods they met with the same treatment. I saw one case containing four dozen of champagne smashed all to bits, and there was the champagne fizzing and boiling about in the bottom of the dirty cargo-boat. It was a wicked waste, and so evidently the Kaffirs in the boat thought, for they found a couple of unbroken bottles, and knocking the tops off drank the contents. But they had not allowed for the expansion caused by the fizz in the wine, and feeling themselves swelling, rolled about in the bottom of the boat, calling out that the good liquor was "tagati" (bewitched). I spoke to them from the vessel, and told them that it was the white man's strongest medicine, and that they were as good as dead men. They went on to the shore in a very great fright, and I do not think that they will touch champagne again.

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Guillaume Seignac L'Abandon painting
Claude Monet Woman In A Green Dress painting
Now I do not propose to narrate at full length all the incidents of our long journey up to Sitanda's Kraal, near the junction of the Lukanga and Kalukwe rivers, a journey of more than a thousand miles from Durban, the last three hundred or so of which, owing to the frequent presence of the dreadful "tsetse" fly, whose bite is fatal to all animals except donkeys and men, we had to make on foot.
We left Durban at the end of January, and it was in the second week of May that we camped near Sitanda's Kraal. Our adventures on the way were many and various, but as they were of the sort which befall every African hunter, I shall not - with one exception to be presently detailed - -set them down here, lest I should render this history too wearisome.
At Inyati, the outlying trading station in the Matabele country; of which Lobengula (a great scoundrel) is king, we with many regrets parted from our comfortable wagon. Only twelve oxen remained to us out of the beautiful span of twenty which I had bought at Durban. One we had lost from the bite of a cobra, three had perished from poverty and the want of water, one had been lost, and the other three had died from eating the poisonous herb called "tulip." Five more sickened from this cause, but we managed to cure them with doses of an infusion made by boiling

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Bartolome Esteban Murillo paintings
Berthe Morisot paintings
daffodils that were gleaming through the pale, silvery twilight like golden stars.
"And you have come home alone, Leslie?"
"Yes. George Moore's sister came to Montreal and took him home with her. Poor fellow, he was sorry to part with me--though I was a stranger to him when his memory first came back. He clung to me in those first hard days when he was trying to realise that Dick's death was not the thing of yesterday that it seemed to him. It was all very hard for him. I helped him all I could. When his sister came it was easier for him, because it seemed to him only the other day that he had seen her last. Fortunately she had not changed much, and that helped him, too."
"It is all so strange and wonderful, Leslie. I think we none of us realise

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Alphonse Maria Mucha paintings
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fortnight later Leslie Moore came home alone to the old house where she had spent so many bitter years. In the June twilight she went over the fields to Anne's, and appeared with ghost-like suddenness in the scented garden.
"Leslie!" cried Anne in amazement. "Where have you sprung from? We never knew you were coming. Why didn't you write? We would have met you."
"I couldn't write somehow, Anne. It seemed so futile to try to say anything with pen and ink. And I wanted to get back quietly and unobserved."
Anne put her arms about Leslie and kissed her. Leslie returned the kiss warmly. She looked pale and tired, and she gave a little sigh as she dropped

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Alexandre Cabanel paintings
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Well, I hadn't any reason to think he was, but it just appeared to me he must be. Now, Anne, dearie, the Lord knows I'm not a match-maker, and I scorn all such doings. But if I were you and writing to that Ford man I'd just mention, casual-like, what has happened. That is what I'd do."
"Of course I will mention it when I write him," said Anne, a trifle distantly. Somehow, this was a thing she could not discuss with Miss Cornelia. And yet, she had to admit that the same thought had been lurking in her mind ever since she had heard of Leslie's freedom. But she would not desecrate it by free speech.
"Of course there is no great rush, dearie. But Dick Moore's been dead for thirteen years and Leslie has wasted enough of her life for him. We'll just see what comes of it. As for this George Moore, who's gone and come back to life when everyone thought he was dead and done for, just like a man, I'm real sorry for him. He won't seem to fit in anywhere."
"He is still a young man, and if he recovers completely, as seems likely

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Douglas Hofmann dying swan painting
Rembrandt Christ In The Storm painting
They walked on in silence for a little while. Presently Anne said, "Do you know, Captain Jim, I never like walking with a lantern. I have always the strangest feeling that just outside the circle of light, just over its edge in the darkness, I am surrounded by a ring of furtive, sinister things, watching me from the shadows with hostile eyes. I've had that feeling from childhood. What is the reason? I never feel like that when I'm really in the darkness--when it is close all around me--I'm not the least frightened."
"I've something of that feeling myself," admitted Captain Jim. "I reckon when the darkness is close to us it is a friend. But when we sorter push it away from us--divorce ourselves from it, so to speak, with lantern light--it becomes an enemy. But the fog is lifting.
There's a smart west wind rising, if you notice. The stars will be out when you get home."
They were out; and when Anne re-entered her house of dreams the red embers were still glowing on the hearth, and all the haunting presences were gone.

Lord Frederick Leighton Nude on the Beach painting

Lord Frederick Leighton Nude on the Beach painting
William Bouguereau Birth of Venus painting
You were right not to go in, though, Mistress Blythe. Leslie wouldn't have liked it. She wouldn't have liked me going in with Dick, as I'd have done if I hadn't met you. I had Dick down with me all day. I keep him with me as much as I can to help Leslie a bit."
"Isn't there something odd about his eyes?" asked Anne.
"You noticed that? Yes, one is blue and t'other is hazel--his father had the same. It's a Moore peculiarity. That was what told me he was Dick Moore when I saw him first down in Cuby. If it hadn't a-bin for his eyes I mightn't a-known him, with his beard and fat. You know, I reckon, that it was me found him and brought him home. Miss Cornelia always says I shouldn't have done it, but I can't agree with her. It was the right thing to do--and so 'twas the only thing. There ain't no question in my mind about that. But my old heart aches for Leslie. She's only twenty-eight and she's eaten more bread with sorrow than most women do in eighty years."

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Howard Behrens Rue de St. Paul painting
Edward Hopper Reclining Nude painting
have Dr. Blythe coming home and finding that you walked clean over Cape Leforce in the fog. A woman did that once, forty years ago.
"So you've been over to see Leslie," he said, when he rejoined her.
"I didn't go in," said Anne, and told what she had seen. Captain Jim sighed.
"Poor, poor, little girl! She don't cry often, Mistress Blythe-- she's too brave for that. She must feel terrible when she does cry. A night like this is hard on poor women who have sorrows. There's something about it that kinder brings up all we've suffered--or feared."
"It's full of ghosts," said Anne, with a shiver. "That was why I came over--I wanted to clasp a human hand and hear a human voice.
There seem to be so many inhuman presences about tonight. Even my own dear house was full of them. They fairly elbowed me out. So I fled over here for companionship of my

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Lady Laura Teresa Alma-Tadema paintings
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satisfaction.
A few evenings later Anne went down to see Jane, but the latter was away in Charlottetown -- "getting sewing done," Mrs. Harmon informed Anne proudly. "Of course an Avonlea dressmaker wouldn't do for Jane under the circumstances."
"I've heard something very nice about Jane," said Anne.
"Yes, Jane has done pretty well, even if she isn't a B.A.," said Mrs. Harmon, with a slight toss of her head. "Mr. Inglis is worth millions, and they're going to Europe on their wedding tour. When they come back they'll live in a perfect mansion of marble in Winnipeg. Jane has only one trouble -- she can cook so well and her husband won't let her cook. He is so rich he hires his cooking done. They're going to keep a cook and two other maids and a coachman and a man-of-all-work. But what about YOU, Anne? I don't hear anything of your being married, after all your college-going."
"Oh," laughed Anne, "I am going to be an old maid. I really can't find any one to suit me." It was rather wicked of her. She deliberately meant to remind Mrs. Andrews that if she

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Jean-Paul Laurens paintings
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Anne felt that life partook of the nature of an anticlimax during the first few weeks after her return to Green Gables. She missed the merry comradeship of Patty's Place. She had dreamed some brilliant dreams during the past winter and now they lay in the dust around her. In her present mood of self-disgust, she could not immediately begin dreaming again. And she discovered that, while solitude with dreams is glorious, solitude without them has few charms.
She had not seen Roy again after their painful parting in the park pavilion; but Dorothy came to see her before she left Kingsport.
"I'm awfully sorry you won't marry Roy," she said. "I did want you for a sister. But you are quite right. He would bore you to death. I love him, and he is a dear sweet boy, but really he isn't a bit interesting. He looks as if he ought to be, but he isn't."
"This won't spoil OUR friendship, will it, Dorothy?" Anne had asked wistfully.

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Julius LeBlanc Stewart paintings
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am bad enough for not knowing my own mind, but you are worse," said Phil.
"_I_ DO know my own mind," protested Anne. "The trouble is, my mind changes and then I have to get acquainted with it all over again."
"Well, I suppose there is no use in saying anything to you."
"There is no need, Phil. I'm in the dust. This has spoiled everything backwards. I can never think of Redmond days without recalling the humiliation of this evening. Roy despises me -- and you despise me -- and I despise myself."
"You poor darling," said Phil, melting. "Just come here and let me comfort you. I've no right to scold you. I'd have married Alec or Alonzo if I hadn't met Jo. Oh, Anne, things are so mixed-up in real life. They aren't clear-cut and trimmed off, as they are in novels."
"I hope that NO one will ever again ask me to marry him as long as I live," sobbed poor Anne, devoutly believing that she meant it.

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Joseph Mallord William Turner paintings
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minute -- and then -- well, I just knew I NEVER could marry him."
"I suppose," said Phil cruelly, "that you intended to marry him for his money, and then your better self rose up and prevented you."
"I DIDN'T. I never thought about his money. Oh, I can't explain it to you any more than I could to him."
"Well, I certainly think you have treated Roy shamefully," said Phil in exasperation. "He's handsome and clever and rich and good. What more do you want?"
"I want some one who BELONGS in my life. He doesn't. I was swept off my feet at first by his good looks and knack of paying romantic compliments; and later on I thought I MUST be in love because he was my dark-eyed ideal."
"I am bad enough for not knowing my own mind, but you are worse," said Phil.
"_I_ DO know my own mind," protested Anne. "The trouble is, my mind changes and then I have to get acquainted with it all over again."

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William Bouguereau Birth of Venus painting
Douglas Hofmann dying swan painting
Harmon in the pew to Jane in the choir. Jane had resigned from the Avonlea school and intended to go West in the fall.
"Can't get a beau in Avonlea, that's what," said Mrs. Rachel Lynde scornfully. "SAYS she thinks she'll have better health out West. I never heard her health was poor before."
"Jane is a nice girl," Anne had said loyally. "She never tried to attract attention, as some did."
"Oh, she never chased the boys, if that's what you mean," said Mrs. Rachel. "But she'd like to be married, just as much as anybody, that's what. What else would take her out West to some forsaken place whose only recommendation is that men are plenty and women scarce? Don't you tell me!"
But it was not at Jane, Anne gazed that day in dismay and surprise. It was at Ruby Gillis, who sat beside her in the choir. What had happened to Ruby? She was even handsomer than ever; but her blue eyes were too bright and lustrous, and the color of her cheeks was hectically brilliant; besides

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Andrew Atroshenko Ballerina painting
Albert Bierstadt On the Saco painting
she was very thin; the hands that held her hymn-book were almost transparent in their delicacy.
"Is Ruby Gillis ill?" Anne asked of Mrs. Lynde, as they went home from church.
"Ruby Gillis is dying of galloping consumption," said Mrs. Lynde bluntly. "Everybody knows it except herself and her FAMILY. They won't give in. If you ask THEM, she's perfectly well. She hasn't been able to teach since she had that attack of congestion in the winter, but she says she's going to teach again in the fall, and she's after the White Sands school. She'll be in her grave, poor girl, when White Sands school opens, that's what."
Anne listened in shocked silence. Ruby Gillis, her old school-chum, dying? Could it be possible? Of late years they had grown apart; but the old tie of school-girl intimacy was there, and made itself felt sharply in the tug the news gave at Anne's heartstrings. Ruby, the brilliant, the merry, the coquettish! It was impossible to associate the thought of her with anything like

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Pino Restfull painting
Vladimir Volegov Yellow Roses painting
More alliteration. No, I don't want Alec and Alonzo when I have a cold in the head. But what has happened you two? Now that I look at you closely you seem all lighted up with an internal iridescence. Why, you're actually SHINING! What's up?"
"We are going to live in Patty's Place next winter," said Anne triumphantly. "Live, mark you, not board! We've rented it, and Stella Maynard is coming, and her aunt is going to keep house for us."
Phil bounced up, wiped her nose, and fell on her knees before Anne.
"Girls -- girls -- let me come, too. Oh, I'll be so good. If there's no room for me I'll sleep in the little doghouse in the orchard -- I've seen it. Only let me come."
"Get up, you goose."
"I won't stir off my marrow bones till you tell me I can live with you next winter."
Anne and Priscilla looked at each other. Then Anne said slowly, "Phil dear, we'd love to

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Vincent van Gogh Starry Night over the Rhone I painting
William Bouguereau The Abduction of Psyche painting
gossip. Sage heads were shaken over Marilla Cuthbert's rash step in asking Mrs. Rachel to live with her. People opined that they wouldn't get on together. They were both "too fond of their own way," and many doleful predictions were made, none of which disturbed the parties in question at all. They had come to a clear and distinct understanding of the respective duties and rights of their new arrangements and meant to abide by them.
"I won't meddle with you nor you with me," Mrs. Rachel had said decidedly, "and as for the twins, I'll be glad to do all I can for them; but I won't undertake to answer Davy's questions, that's what. I'm not an encyclopedia, neither am I a Philadelphia lawyer. You'll miss Anne for that."
"Sometimes Anne's answers were about as queer as Davy's questions," said Marilla drily. "The twins will miss her and no mistake; but her future can't be sacrificed to Davy's thirst for

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Thomas Stiltz BV Beauty painting
Theodore Robinson From the Hill Giverny painting
they're going to hurt a great deal. But it's best to go, I think, and, as Marilla says, there's no good reason why I shouldn't. I must get out all my ambitions and dust them."
Anne sent in her resignation the next day; and Mrs. Rachel, after a heart to heart talk with Marilla, gratefully accepted the offer of a home at Green Gables. She elected to remain in her own house for the summer, however; the farm was not to be sold until the fall and there were many arrangements to be made.
"I certainly never thought of living as far off the road as Green Gables," sighed Mrs. Rachel to herself. "But really, Green Gables doesn't seem as out of the world as it used to do. . .Anne has lots of company and the twins make it real lively. And anyhow, I'd rather live at the bottom of a well than leave Avonlea."
These two decisions being noised abroad speedily ousted the arrival of Mrs. Harrison

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Henri Fantin-Latour Flowers in a Bowl painting
James Jacques Joseph Tissot The Bunch of Violets painting
for me and she'll do for the twins what I can't do, so there's no reason in the world why you shouldn't go."
Anne had a long meditation at her window that night. Joy and regret struggled together in her heart. She had come at last. . .suddenly and unexpectedly. . .to the bend in the road; and college was around it, with a hundred rainbow hopes and visions; but Anne realized as well that when she rounded that curve she must leave many sweet things behind. . . all the little simple duties and interests which had grown so dear to her in the last two years and which she had glorified into beauty and delight by the enthusiasm she had put into them. She must give up her school. . . and she loved every one of her pupils, even the stupid and naughty ones. The mere thought of Paul Irving made her wonder if Redmond were such a name to conjure with after all.
"I've put out a lot of little roots these two years," Anne told the moon, "and when I'm pulled

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Gustave Courbet paintings
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Anne, "and for dessert, lemon pie with whipped cream, and coffee and cheese and lady fingers. I'll make the pies and lady fingers tomorrow and do up my white muslin dress. And I must tell Diana tonight, for she'll want to do up hers. Mrs. Morgan's heroines are nearly always dressed in white muslin, and Diana and I have always resolved that that was what we would wear if we ever met her. It will be such a delicate compliment, don't you think? Davy, dear, you mustn't poke peapods into the cracks of the floor. I must ask Mr. and Mrs. Allan and Miss Stacy to dinner, too, for they're all very anxious to meet Mrs. Morgan. It's so fortunate she's coming while Miss Stacy is here. Davy dear, don't sail the peapods in the water bucket. . .go out to the trough. Oh, I do hope it will be fine Thursday, and I think it will, for Uncle Abe said last night when he called at Mr. Harrison's, that it was going to rain most of this week."
"That's a good sign," agreed Marilla.

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Guan zeju paintings
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reach here about twelve. They will spend the afternoon with us and go to the hotel at White Sands in the evening, because some of Mrs. Morgan's American friends are staying there. Oh, Marilla, isn't it wonderful? I can hardly believe I'm not dreaming."
"I daresay Mrs. Morgan is a lot like other people," said Marilla drily, although she did feel a trifle excited herself. Mrs. Morgan was a famous woman and a visit from her was no commonplace occurrence. "They'll be here to dinner, then?"
"Yes; and oh, Marilla, may I cook every bit of the dinner myself? I want to feel that I can do something for the author of `The Rosebud Garden,' if it is only to cook a dinner for her. You won't mind, will you?"

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Georgia O'Keeffe paintings
Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger paintings
garden, where she and Dora had been picking peas. Dora was an industrious little soul and never happier than when "helping" in various small tasks suited to her chubby fingers. She fed chickens, picked up chips, wiped dishes, and ran errands galore. She was neat, faithful and observant; she never had to be told how to do a thing twice and never forgot any of her little duties. Davy, on the other hand, was rather heedless and forgetful; but he had the born knack of winning love, and even yet Anne and Marilla liked him the better.
While Dora proudly shelled the peas and Davy made boats of the pods, with masts of matches and sails of paper, Anne told Marilla about the wonderful contents of her letter.
"Oh, Marilla, what do you think? I've had a letter from Priscilla and she says that Mrs. Morgan is on the Island, and that if it is fine Thursday they are going to drive up to Avonlea and will

Guillaume Seignac paintings

Guillaume Seignac paintings
George Owen Wynne Apperley paintings
his mother went upstairs after it was all over to get her bonnet he asked her where heaven was that Jane Ellen had gone to, and she pointed right to the ceiling and said, `Up there.' Milty knew there wasn't anything but the garret over the ceiling, so that's how he found out. And he's been awful scared to go to his Uncle Simon's ever since."
Anne took Davy on her knee and did her best to straighten out this theological tangle also. She was much better fitted for the task than Marilla, for she remembered her own childhood and had an instinctive understanding of the curious ideas that seven-year-olds sometimes get about matters that are, of course, very plain and simple to grown up people. She had just succeeded in convincing Davy that heaven was not in Simon Fletcher's garret when Marilla came in from the

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Johannes Vermeer Girl with a Pearl Earring painting
Howard Behrens Bellagio Promenade painting
swept the stove and set the table, bringing the dishes out of the pantry. The state of that pantry horrified Anne, but she wisely said nothing. Mr. Harrison told her where to find the bread and butter and a can of peaches. Anne adorned the table with a bouquet from the garden and shut her eyes to the stains on the tablecloth. Soon the tea was ready and Anne found herself sitting opposite Mr. Harrison at his own table, pouring his tea for him, and chatting freely to him about her school and friends and plans. She could hardly believe the evidence of her senses.
Mr. Harrison had brought Ginger back, averring that the poor bird would be lonesome; and Anne, feeling that she could forgive everybody and everything, offered him a walnut. But Ginger's feelings had been grievously hurt and he rejected all overtures of friendship. He sat moodily on his perch and ruffled his feathers up until he looked like a mere ball of green and gold.
"Why do you call him Ginger

William Bouguereau The Wave painting

William Bouguereau The Wave painting
Pablo Picasso Girl Before a Mirror painting
to you. It looks good on top. I hope it's good all the way through."
"It is," said Anne, gaily confident. "I have made cakes in my time that were not, as Mrs. Allan could tell you, but this one is all right. I made it for the Improvement Society, but I can make another for them."
"Well, I'll tell you what, miss, you must help me eat it. I'll put the kettle on and we'll have a cup of tea. How will that do?"
"Will you let me make the tea?" said Anne dubiously.
Mr. Harrison chuckled.
"I see you haven't much confidence in my ability to make tea. You're wrong. . .I can brew up as good a jorum of tea as you ever drank. But go ahead yourself. Fortunately it rained last Sunday, so there's plenty of clean dishes."
Anne hopped briskly up and went to work. She washed the teapot in several waters before she put the tea to steep

Albert Bierstadt Autumn Woods painting

Albert Bierstadt Autumn Woods painting
Alexandre Cabanel The Birth of Venus painting
And I suppose you were scared to death to come here and tell me, after the fuss I made yesterday, hey? But you mustn't mind me, I'm a terrible outspoken old fellow, that's all. . .awful apt to tell the truth, no matter if it is a bit plain."
"So is Mrs. Lynde," said Anne, before she could prevent herself.
"Who? Mrs. Lynde? Don't you tell me I'm like that old gossip," said Mr. Harrison irritably. "I'm not. . .not a bit. What have you got in that box?"
"A cake," said Anne archly. In her relief at Mr. Harrison's unexpected amiability her spirits soared upward feather-light. "I brought it over for you. . .I thought perhaps you didn't have cake very often."
"I don't, that's a fact, and I'm mighty fond of it, too. I'm much obliged to