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Gauguin's famous picture Christ in the Garden of Olive-Trees was painted in Brittany in 1889. Christ's features do not any doubt, that painting is the artist's self-portrait in which he wanted to express his state of prostration and despair. Simultaneously with his bitter feeling that nobody understood him, grew his conviction that he was the "Saviour" of modern painting, one who could find the source and truth of art on an island in Oceania where lived good and happy people unaffected by European civilization. He wanted to go there at any price, but he was penniless and without prospects for help. In his picture he identified his life and suffering with the Passion of Christ. The composition is conceived as a diptych divided by a tree trunk. The half figure presentation of Christ pushed in the left corner of the painting seems to intensify his humiliation and grief. The figure of Christ is in a folk-naive style and the unnatural red of his hair symbolizes the Saviour's human suffering. The landscape is mysterious and enigmatic. While being fairly true to the description in the Gospel, it portrays neither the environs outside the walls of the holy city of Jerusalem nor the Breton landscape. It is identical with the landscape of an island of Polynesia with its fairyland colour and peaceful atmosphere. However, Gauguin has painted Christ in Britanny in such a setting before his trip to Tahiti. This was only his genial preconception and vision of a lost paradise, which, as he then believed, he was not destined to reach. In this way, the Breton Christ, depicted in the imaginary Tahitian setting, as Christ in the Garden of Olive-Trees, became a mystical and artistic connection between the two worlds created by Gauguin - the Breton and Tahitian mythologies.
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Because so little has been written about Soutin's methods of spatial representation one gets the impression that he was completely ignorant of the principles of perspective. However biographical evidence as well as the paintings themselves show that this was not the case. Although he was familiar with the rules of conventional perspective he developed an individualistic mode of pictorial representation which being based on the empathetic experience of reality rather than on its visual perception may be defined as "Haptic Perspective".
The paintings of Francis Bacon embody his passionate and determined challenge of "fate" in its various guises. His marked fascination for Aeschylus' Orestes or Christ rests with their having questioned fate, while the Eumenides or Furies of Greek mythology, first presented in Three Studies for Figures at the Base of Crucifixion (1944), became a leitmotif in the English painter's work. Even the manner in which Bacon approached the canvas was described by him as a struggle between the artist's will and the "inevitability" of the paint. But what is fate for many of us Bacon preferred to call chance or accident. The distinction for him rested with the artificial explanations or beliefs we impose upon life. Bacon attacked these relentlessly because they engender an unquestioning and destructive acceptance of the vagaries of life, or, simply put, they result in a fantastic approach to life.


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Through direct observation the past week or so, Alex has hacked the game, allowing him to erase his activity reports. His parlor visits don't show up on the Crime page - just all of a sudden a player is protected. The Rankings page will show him online (as in at Home) when he's really in the Cafe lurking. I have my suspicions that perhaps other activity, such as fires, alarms, Yangs, etc. are also being erased. I know of at least one other player he's also teaching these secretive ways, and suspect a couple others, as well as some players' secondary accounts.
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the title of this post is kiters being a danger to others. This video was from kite beach(no others around) also he tried to walk a way over powered kite up onto land ( a huge mistake) because their was no one around. The sle(depowerable kites) instantly depower in a gust unless you are unhooked. when a giant gust hits the bar is yanked away from you depowering the kite.
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Kite tecnology has progressed so fast like computer technology. That would not happen these days with so many ways to depower kites. Kites today are power on demand (and stop on demad too).
Could you list off some brands/models of kites that perform this way? Particularly ones like Gorgekite says, where if you let go of the bar, the kite immediately depowers, I'd really like to know in case I end liking kiting after I take some lessons. Someone said the Carbinha Omega was really good.
I don't think this issue is about kiting/windsurfing. I think the issue is about how it is not cool to go out and be jerk on the water. It seems a little more prevelant in kiteboading because the manufactuers have taken a sort of in your face/punky/anti-social attitude to promote their sport, which is too bad. You just have to keep it real. If you go out there buzzing someone thinking its fun, maybe their idea of a good time is working you on the beach. If that happens, you can't complain because you're subscribing to an "anything goes" philosophy, and thats an issue that I see with kiting. It's "anything goes" meaning kiters get to do what they want, but the moment something doesn't go their way, they howl like a petulant teenager. All the whining about the Event Site this year really illustrated that point.
I like the take that "Person" has, and I consider it proactive. I rarely sail the Event Site for the very reason he/she talks about. I also think kiters could sometimes do better acting upon the same idea. If you come to site where people are windsurfing and enjoying the beach, don't just take the place over like a gang of hoods. That does nothing but darken the reputation of the sport. The coolest thing I saw a kiter do was paddle a little kayak with his kite all bundled up, to Wells Island. Somehow, this guy had figured out how to use the beach there and launch on his own, away from the crowds and hassles.
Anyways, I would like to know more about those depowering kites. Flying a trainer is fun, I can only imagine how fun it must be to fly a big kite, then have it pull you through the water.
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most of the sle or bow kites depower to very little pull by the bar moving all the way out. You still have to be carefull to have them set up right use a reasonable sized kite and not have a stopper ball moved down. As one of the few people who really tries to avoid crowds I love the ability to pack a kite down. I almost never kite in a crowd but some people love the audiance. I have herd sailors ask why kiters need to be at the hatch it is the same reason people sail their to be seen.
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Wow Tweeky,
You must have figured out our little secret about Well's Island!!! Please keep that between us
That may have been me and some of my friends that you saw. We had three big guys and kite gear for 5 people in a 2- man kayak. Two people swimming in tow, and a dog swimming as well. It's kinda like our own little tropical adventure in the Gorge. When the water is low, there is a perfect place to kite from there. If you notice, there are many jet ski runs by the instructors up there. I have taken many friends there to teach them. It's shallow enough so the can drag around until they are ready to get out in the main part of the river. The we can do downwinders to the spit.
I agree with you about the attitudes of SOME kiters, but it is a small portion that make it bad for the image of the sport. I know there are also some very aggro windsurfers too though. I have sailed all of the "double black diamond" spot throughout the Gorge, and beyond. I can now kite SAFELY at any of those sites as well. I have NEVER, however launched from places like the Hatch, Doug's, Rowena, but I have kited at those places. I just launch from somewhere else and kite there. If the Hatch does not look to busy as I approach with my kite, then I may come in there to enjoy the great swells. If it is crowded, there are many other place on the River that can be too much fun to kite/ sail, so I do not need to come in there. Since I often do launch at the spit/ Event Site, I must pass through those windsurfers/ kiters, but I try to be as respectful to them as possible. I know that most are learning there, so I go AWAY from the crowds. We were all lthere at one point, right!
In sailing, you have the "gybe-atorium" at the Hatch, and I don't usually go in there when I'm sailing. I'll leave that for people like Wyatt, Rob, Nick and those guys. In kiting, there is an area similar to that where people show off the crazy new tricks. I avoid that too. There is so much room on the River if you know how to sail/ kite properly.
Oh yeah, many kites do depower amzingly well today. I do ride a Cabrinha, but I'm sure it's just a matter of preference.
One last comment. Four years ago, I had the honor of meeting who else but Mr. Robby Naish himself on the spit. He was ther kiting. I asked him if he was kiting a lot more than he was sailing. He said "no way, I can nearly everyday, and I sail when the winds and/ or waves are good". I thought how cool wsa that, he's awesome at both sports. A well diversified open minded man. My kinda person.
OK, gotta go. It's gonna be another 30- knot day!!!! Yahooo!!! What should I do, kite or sail? Boy life's rough living in the Gorge!!!
See you on the river!
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I don't often tread into the world of Pharma, but the story of Martin Shkreli is too unreal to not talk about it. Especially since today it came to a head with Martin Shkreli being arrested on charges of Fraud.
For those not familiar with Martin, he was blasted by social media and the regular media (you can guess which one came first) after his company Turing Pharmaceuticals AG raised the price of an anti-parasite tablet more than 50-fold. That's taking the drug Daraprim from $13.50 a tablet to $750.
After the outcry he later said he'd cut the price of the drug as much as 50% to hospitals. He also said that there were lots of programs for people to get the drug if they weren't financially able. That didn't appease most people who still saw Martin as taking advantage of the health care system and vulnerable patients who needed the drug to survive. Some even called him "the most hated man in America."
The story doesn't end there. At the Forbes Healthcare Summit Martin Shkreli admitted that he messed up when he raised the Daraprim drug price over 5,000% overnight. "I would have raised prices higher," Shkreli vowed on Thursday, after being asked how he would re-do the past three months. "That's my duty." So, he reneged on his promise to lower the price of the drug and wishes he'd raised the price higher.
As if that weren't enough, Martin Shkreli was planning to do the same with another Leukemia drug owned by the almost dead company KaloBios. Martin bought up shares of the company and brought $3 million of investment to save the company. It seems he was looking to do the same thing with KaloBios as he'd done with Turing Pharmaceuticals AG.
You can imagine the outcry over Martin doubling down on his approach to raising the price of pharma drugs. However, many are claiming that karma caught up with Martin Shkreli (and lots of other claims including him "paying" for ripping Taylor Swift and other odd and hilarious comments) as he was just arrested on fraud charges. The charges are unrelated to the stories above, but instead go back to his time as manager for the hedge fund MSMB Capital Managment and Chief Executive of biopharmaceutical company Retrophin Inc. On news of the arrest, KaloBios stock feel 50% before trading was halted, losing Martin over $25 million.
It's hard to ignore a story like this. It's just kind of unbelievable and the public outcry to what Martin has done. He sees himself as the public enemy and for many he is just that. While I think what Martin is doing is despicable, I personally don't think there's that much value in vilifying his actions if we don't ask the tough questions that his actions raise. I'm no pharma expert, but I can't image that Martin is the only one employing these practices. Was he just the one that got caught and the one that caught the public eye?
Here's some questions that I think Martin's story raises that are worth discussing:
What do we do about pharma companies that have a monopoly on a niche drug? Should their be price controls on them?
What price is fair for them to charge to make a return on their admittedly risky investment? Is there a calculus that makes sense for the patients who depend on the drug and the drug maker who needs to make a profit off their investment?
Is it ok to overcharge for a current drug in order to reinvest that money to develop new drugs? Will the overcharge actually be used to develop new drugs and not just line the pockets of the investors? Maybe they reinvest in research for a few cycles of new drugs, but at what point does the excess stop being reinvested?
Martin calls this the "dirty truth" of pharma. They're in it to make money. Let's start a conversation about this dirty truth then and find reasonable solutions for patients and pharma companies. Maybe there's some good that could come from Martin's actions.
Update: If you'd like a good laugh, read this piece by Andy Borowitz called "Lawyer for Martin Shkreli Hikes Fees Five Thousand Per Cent." Brilliant!


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Pumpkin Seed Brittle Recipe
The following recipe is from the October 14 edition of our weekly recipe newsletter. To receive this newsletter in your inbox, sign up here!
Last week we had the pleasure of sharing some of our favorite recipes from acclaimed pastry chef Karen DeMasco's The Craft of Baking, but we couldn't resist squeezing in just one more for Pumpkin Baking Week.
DeMasco's recipe of cashew brittle came from her grandmother, Grandma Rankin, who made 150 pounds of the stuff each holiday season to share with her friends and family.
- Yield:one 1 3/4 pounds batch
- Nonstick cooking spray
- 2 cups sugar
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 1/3 cup light corn syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 tablespoons kosher salt
- 1 1/2 cups (6 ounces) toasted pumpkin seeds
Lightly coat a rimmed baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray; set it aside.
Combine the sugar, butter, corn syrup, and 1/2 cup of water in a large saucepan. Stir together so that all of the sugar is wet. Cook the mixture over high heat without stirring until it turns a dark amber color, about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat. Carefully whisk in the baking soda, followed by the the salt; the caramel will rise and bubble. Using a wooden or metal spoon, fold in the pumpkin seeds. Pour the brittle onto the prepared baking sheet, and using the back of a spoon, spread it out into a layer about 1/2 inch thick. Let it cool completely. Break the brittle into bite-size pieces, using a mallet or the back of a heavy knife.
The brittle can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 weeks.


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I wasn't sure who we were playing tonight then I see the schedule and dang: the Celtics. Over the years Celtic game threads have been classics around KO.COM and I look forward to seeing tonights thread. I am stuck working so doubtful I will get to post, which is why I posted this thread. Any pre-game thoughts???? This is a huge one in my book. Must win is a little over-used, but I think it applies here. Key matchup: Woodson vs. Doc. Our KNICKS enter the game outmanned and outgunned as usual, but Woodson can equalize that as he matches with Doc, one of the premier coaches in the league today. True test for our Knicks tonight on TNT!!! Another Tuesday night classic and hopefully Hubie is doing the game!!!!


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Volvo C30 Electric 2012
Volvo has brought good news for car and environment lovers alike with the introduction of the 2012 Volvo C30 Electric. The use of electricity as the main source of propulsion gives this three-door hatchback a whole new extension. The car and its engine has been designed in such a way that even with electric propulsion, the car shows excellent stability at high speeds, thus ensuring a smoother long drive experience.


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Just because a product is on a grocery or hardware store shelf does not make it safe. We are lulled into thinking that the hundreds of chemicals that we are exposed to each day are harmless. If they were dangerous, they would not be sold in the United States, right?
Wrong. There are approximately 80,000 chemicals that have been approved for commerce in the U.S. that are found in pesticides, household cleaners, plastic food containers, clothing flame retardants, cookware, cosmetics, personal care items and more. The vast majority of these chemicals have not been tested for safety.
According to Ken Cook, president of the nonprofit Environmental Working Group, when the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was passed, approximately 62,000 chemicals were already on the market. All were grandfathered in and assumed safe. TSCA does not require health or safety studies before a new chemical is released onto the market.
Once a chemical is approved, the burden of proof to show the chemical is hazardous is on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which does not have the resources to review the tens of thousands of chemicals on the market. The logical order would be to have the chemicals proven safe before they are approved, especially since it is near impossible to get a chemical taken off the market.
The nonprofit group Earthjustice provides legal support to enforce environmental laws. In a March 13 teleconference, Earthjustice managing attorney Marianne Engleman Lado said the U.S. has a broken regulatory system for monitoring chemicals that is endangering public heath. Many of the chemicals are associated with endocrine disruption, reproductive toxicity, developmental disorders and cancer. Nearly 15,000 chemicals are considered "secret" and there is no public information on these chemicals.
One chemical that has been a public cause for concern is BPA, bisphenol A. BPA has been on the market since the 1960s. It is a ubiquitous compound used in epoxy resins and plastics. It is often used for food and beverage containers and is known to leach into the contents of the food containers. According to the EPA, releases of BPA into the environment exceed 1 million pounds. Numerous studies have shown low-level BPA exposure linked to serious health problems, from cancer to type 2 diabetes to obesity and attention-deficit disorder.
The Union of Concerned Scientists reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) relied heavily on two industry-funded studies in declaring the BPA safe for humans, while ignoring more than 100 scientific studies linking BPA with adverse health effects. Food packaging is under the jurisdiction of the FDA.
Groups are working to strengthen TSCA, but it is tough to gain ground against the millions of dollars spent on lobbying by the chemical industry.
The FDA did eventually ban BPA in plastics used for children�s products, because of the public outcry. Now new studies are showing that the BPA chemical alternatives are no better than the BPA.
The chemical industry representatives say the chemical exposure is in doses too small, parts-per-billion, to have a negative effect on humans. Cook disagrees , pointing out that equivalent sized parts-per-billion doses are used in medicines such as anti-depressants and birth control with strong effects on humans. There is also the cumulative effect of being exposed to hundreds of chemicals each day from the air, water and in the products we use daily.
A new study from the Harvard School of Public Health and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, reports that there may be a link between toxic chemicals and the recent increases in neuro-developmental disabilities among children, such as autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and dyslexia. A recent study from the University of Illinois links early-life BPA exposure and prostate cancer. And the list goes on.
There are many steps we can take to reduce our exposure. One is to buy fresh, unpackaged organic produce. Buy products in containers, such as glass, that do not leach chemicals. Use containers at home made of glass, porcelain or stainless steel. Avoid cleaning products where most of the "secret" ingredients are not listed on the label. Use organic gardening and lawn care methods so your children and pets can play without fear of contact with harmful chemicals. The Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition has suggestions of more ways to avoid chemical exposure. Visit www.saferchemicals.org to learn more.
Make your voice heard. The current bills before Congress, the Chemical Safety Improvement Act (S. 1009) and Chemicals in Commerce Act DO NOT improve the safety of chemicals. To take action, visit www.earthjustice.org/action
Anne Mazar is an environmental advocate and a member of the Mendon Land Use Committee.
Down to Earth: Concerns about 80,000 chemicals
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For a couple of years young upstarts Rebus have been playing live and loud in small venues around the south. The self-financed release of their third EP sees the band in energetic and assured mood. Lead track 'Style' is fast and frenzied and wouldn't sound altogether out place on Radio 4's Gotham album. Second song 'My Acute Pain' has a killer bassline and is a more subdued affair, but the passionate vocals differentiate it from just another punk/rock indie track.
There's a definite Clash influence lying amongst the pounding drums and guitar riffs that run throughout the EP and there is enough here to convince me that something really promising is happening. The EP closes with the storming and typically cocky 'Adventures in Taxi'. "You talk to much/You're losing touch/But I don't really give a fuck", Alex sings in the chorus.
With this kind of attitude and sound, there's no reason to suggest that Rebus aren't moving in the right direction.
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CBS' Bad Teacher adaptation has found its Cameron Diaz: Ari Graynor will play the titular role in the comedy pilot, TVGuide.com has learned.
Based on the Diaz film, the pilot stars Graynor as Meredith Davis, an unapologetic trophy wife. But when her husband leaves her without a dime, she gets a job teaching after hearing that there are a lot of rich single dads at a local middle school. (David Alan Grier plays the principal.)
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Graynor has appeared in the films Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Whip It and Celeste and Jesse Forever, and is known for small but important roles on The Sopranos and Fringe.
Happy Endings scribe Hilary Winston will write and executive-produce the project with Bad Teacher producers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky.


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Why visit Barcelona?
Buildings by the celebrated architect Antoni Gaudí, food inspired by super-chef Ferran Adrià, and beaches by the Mediterranean.
Local hotspot
The Born barrio has the charm of the old town without the crowds, and with one of the city's most beautiful churches, Santa Maria del Mar. It's home to some of the best bars and boutiques in town.
You probably didn't know
Barcelona giftshops sell "caganers": small figurines, sometimes of celebrities, depicted squatting with their trousers round their ankles. They're hidden in nativity scenes to represent God's earthier side.
Suggested reading about Barcelona
The Shadow of The Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafón, 2001)
Things to do in Barcelona
At the exuberantly decorated bar and restaurant Tickets in the Poble Sec barrio in Barcelona it's all crazy paving floor and waiters dressed as ushers. The passionfruit-flavoured marshmallow worms are served on the leaves of a pot plant, peeling away with a satisfying slurping sound.
Bodega 1900
Just over the road lies the more classic vermouth bar of Barcelona Bodega 1900. The "olives" here are actually gelatine spheres of olive juice that explode wonderfully in the mouth. Both Tickets and Bodega 1900 come from the imagination of ex-El Bulli chefs, Ferran and Albert Adrià.
In pastry and confectionary shop Caelum in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter the jam jars, cakes, biscuits and handmade candles give the place the air of a church fete. Downstairs there's a basement cafe, in what was once the city's Jewish baths. Here a more seductive, gothic ambience reigns among candle-lit tables and stone arches.
With its red-and-white spotted toadstool lightshades and large choice of toys and books, the coffee shop Pudding in Eixample might seem like it's aimed at children. In fact its philosophy is that if children are happy, then the adults, snacking on rich carrot cake or cheese muffins will be, too.
Torre de Alta Mar
250-feet above sea-level, clinging to the top of a cable tower as part of the funicular railway that climbs up Montjuïc, restaurant Torre de Alta Mar has the best panoramic views of Barcelona. On one side is the Gothic Quarter and the other the sea. Equally appealing is their luxurious herring caviar served with grape vinaigrette.
Dry Martini
Like an English gentleman's club, Dry Martini in Eixample is all oak and leather furnishings. Surroundings that naturally lend themselves to that lip-stiffeningly dry drink. Suprisingly, owner Javier de las Muelas is also a big fan of Sangria. He argues that, with the right ingredients, it can be more than just sticky holiday hooch.
The wall outside Bharma in Poble Nou bears the glowing, octagonal logo of TV series "Lost". It's fitting, because this bar attracts "frikis", the Spanish term for "geeks". Inside they show screenings of classic sci-fi TV such as "Star Wars" episodes as well as more modern series like "Game of Thrones".
Casa Battlo
If you've seen the beautiful Sagrada Familia cathedral, Casa Battlo is the place to take in the architect Gaudí's swooping arches and curvaceous, brightly coloured windows on a more human scale. Designed for a real family to live in, it combines fantasy with a practical sense of what makes the perfect home.
Palau de la Música
If you want to visit the Palau de la Música, here's a tip. It can be cheaper to take in a concert at this grandiose, gold-leafed concert hall (from €10) than it is to pay for a tour of architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner's fabulous, modernist interior (guided tours €18).
Magic Fountain
When it was built in the 1920s, the Magic Fountain must have seemed amazing with its 2,600 litres of water a second jetting into the air, in time to the classical music. Even today, it's still an impressive spectacle.
Fundació Joan Miró
Take the funicular railway up to Montjuïc Park and Barcelona is laid out below you like an abstract painting. At the top sits the Fundació Joan Miró. The museum devoted to Barcelona second most famous 20th-century artist, Joan Miró, is a peaceful haven after the hugely popular Picasso Museum.
The Temple of Augustus
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- Festa de Sant Medir – Sweet Festival (March)
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- Catalan National Day (11 September)
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I have to learn to move on! not get caught by one person! not get caught up by one person.
But its scary and hard! Im very weak, and Im just starting, and its an admission that my parents are gone! and the other person only thinks about themselves. And Ive been told, Im only thinking about myself! and I ready to leave and find others. and Im so scared to leave and find others. I have to trust God. I don't like being alone! I hate it! I have to keep working at things... I don't understand!
I have this girlfriend that wont be my girlfriend... she keeps on waiting, wanting to get to know me, get to know my condition before she goes out with me! I guess this is OK! I just wanted a girlfriend! I do not want my time waisted with this nonsense. I want to go out and have fun! instead Im dealing with this stupid ######6 baggage of; are you a serial killer thats going to cut me up when were alone! $#%^ like that.
F#ck, who in there right mind is going to waist there time with someone like this/ "me" so far! How long will it last.
The problem; she's getting used to stringing me along, knowing Im not going anywhere...
I get frustrated every time Im around her! I hate being around this f#cking b#tch! Everything was fine until this safety stuff pops up!
I know what will happen! sooner or later, she will be gone! she's never been interested in me! this whole thing is a joke! and I will continue to be strung along until it stops..
if I was smart, I would find other girls to go out with! hook up with them, and leave this nut case be!
I told her I liked her! what else does she need...
I want to go make out, then get ice cream, go to the lake and throw her in, then have her throw me in! go mountain biking! play frisbee in the park! cook stuff on an old barbecue ! Go to a drive in movie theater and see a horror movie!
Have her Sleep in my arms and wake up in the morning!..
Hip hop dance, go to a camp out! Go, to an old style store at an old lake resort and have a snow cone.
Sit at a local outdoor swimming pool, and have a picnic in the sun, then jump in with the other thousand kids...
Go for walks all over the place!
Am I missing something!
I want to hold hands and get close to each other as Im sitting with her at a meeting! kiss on her, and hold her!
I don't get it!
I suppose I have to find the right people! I didn't understand that some people are not like this! but thats not my problem!
Some people you have to let go of! say goodbye, They don't count!
I have to stand up to people and make my decisions and stick to them!
ITs really about creating other options.. I have the potential for other options, but I don't have any other options at the moment! This will take work!


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Foursquare Launches 'Foursquare for Business' App
Foursquare continued its efforts to monetize its service with Foursquare For Business, an app designed to let business owners manage specials and view analytics.
The app, introduced on Tuesday, promises to let businesses attract customers by posting "beautiful photo updates," view recent check-ins to their establishment, share Foursquare updates on Facebook and Twitter, drive traffic to their store and learn more about their customers.
Foursquare's new app — its second — comes as the company has been busily trying to wring some cash from its popular service. In July, Foursquare introduced Promoted Updates, its first ad product, which let business owners send local updates like their daily specials, to users. Even with that effort, Foursquare reportedly posted just $2 million in revenues last year.
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On this day, St. Matthew the Poor departed. This father was the Abbot of a monastery in Aswan Mount. He had great virtues. The Lord granted him the gift of healing the sick and casting off of evil spirits.
Once they brought him a woman with an unknown sickness, which the doctors failed to cure, but he knew her problem through the Holy Spirit. He asked her to confess before those who were present. She confessed that she was married to two brothers at the same time, as a result, she was afflicted by that illness. The saint prayed for her and she was healed instantly.
He reached a degree of piety to the point that the beasts did not fear him and ate their food from his hand. When he finished his course, he departed in peace.
His prayers be with us and Glory be to our God forever. Amen.
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The Great Bank Bailout of 2008 appears to be winding down — or at least some of the money is flowing back to the U.S. Treasury where it came from. So when the books are finally closed, how much will all this have cost taxpayers?
The short answer: It looks like we'll get a lot — but certainly not all — of the $700 billion back.
The latest installment came from Bank of America, which said last week it was paying off the $45 billion borrowed from the Treasury. And it won't have to pay a late fee.
You'll recall that the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, originally was set up by the Treasury to backstop the Federal Reserve, which began bailing frantically when the banking system started melting down in September 2008. After more than doubling its lending commitments to shore up the financial system to more than $2 trillion the Fed cried "Uncle."
Uncle Sam responded by dipping into the Treasury's cash hoard. Some bankers resisted taking the money for fear it would make them look weak, so Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson summoned the CEOs of the nation's biggest banks and persuaded them to borrow billions so there would not be a stigma associated with it. Now many of those banks are beginning to pay pack the funds, in part to get out from under the government's oversight on executive compensation and other matters.
Regarding the government bailout of several "too big to fail" banking institutions. Can you please explain where all of the money these companies have "paid back" to the government went? Or how it is being used? Is it paying back the American taxpayers who are footing the bill? Where did this money originally come from? And is the money these banks are paying back to the government being used to pay off this loan?
- Mike T., Carrollton, Texas
The ultimate tally for taxpayers is a moving target even by government accounting standards because there are still so many things that could go right (or wrong) with the TARP program. In August, the Treasury estimated that roughly $341 billion of the $700 billion would never come back. On Sunday, a Treasury official was quoted as saying the Obama administration now figures it will get back at least $200 billion more than previously estimated, largely because the banks that took loans did better than expected and some of the spending on rescue programs won't be needed.
But Congress and the White House still have plenty of ideas about what to do with the money. One of the latest ideas is to spend $70 billion of it on a new program to create jobs. One package under consideration would include funding for new transportation and infrastructure projects, new tax credits to prod small businesses to hire workers and additional aid to state governments to blunt the budget cuts that are forcing layoffs of public workers.
President Barack Obama suggested Monday that whatever's not spent of the $700 billion could be used to help reduce unemployment and cut the record $1.4 trillion budget deficit. But Republicans countered that legislation blocks any use of TARP funds for nonfinancial or infrastructure projects.
One of the most optimistic estimates of how much money we'll get back form TARP came from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke last week. During withering questioning at a hearing on his renomination, the chairman told a skeptical Senate panel he thinks taxpayers will do pretty well.
"If you look at the money that was put into financial institutions specifically, I think overall we're going to end up pretty close to break-even, maybe somewhat in the red, but not too much," he said.
Bernanke noted that his assessment doesn't include the more than $20 billion spent to bail out automakers Chrysler and General Motors. That money is probably lost for good, according to a report last month from Neil Barofsky, special inspector general for the TARP program.
No one will know for sure until General Motors is out of the repair shop and back on the road to profitability. Until the company goes public again and investors buy shares on the open market, it's pretty tough to put a value on Uncle Sam's majority stake in GM.
That leaves the money handed out to the "financial institutions" Bernanke cited. Those include AIG, the company generally referred to as an "insurance giant." AIG is now quite a bit smaller, despite the government's commitment of up to $180 billion in return for 80 percent of the New York-based company. It's hard to see how the government will ever break even on the AIG bailout.
In his report, Barofsky wasn't all that happy with how the AIG bailout money was spent. Much of it went to banks, including Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch, to cancel AIG's debt insurance contracts with them. Barofsky said the government wound up paying billions more than it needed to in that deal because at least one of the banks had agreed to take less than full payment. (Bernanke told the Senate panel the banks that agreed to take less would only do so if everyone went along; government officials couldn't get them all to agree, he said.)
Then there's the $50 billion that was set aside to pay a bounty to mortgage companies for each bad loan they agree to rewrite to help stop an estimated three million to seven million more foreclosures in the next three years. There's no provision to get that money back. But since mortgage companies have been dragging their feet working with borrowers, only a few hundred thousand have been helped, it's a safe bet that only a fraction of that money will be spent.
Though they didn't have to pay late fees, the banks that borrowed your tax dollars did have to pay interest and dividends, and they had to give the government stock that can be sold. So far, those proceeds come to about $13 billion. (The interest payments amounted to about 8 percent. Imagine how much better off taxpayers would be if the Treasury had charged banks their own credit card rate of 29.99 percent.)
When you add it all up, said Barofsky, the TARP program will "almost certainly" bring a loss for taxpayers. But no one can say how much yet.
When the money comes back, it goes back into the U.S. Treasury. Unless paid out again to other ailing banks, it can then be used for its original purpose — paying the bills to keep the government going. Congress wasn't all that clear about how many times the money can be recycled.
And it's not clear when the program ends. It's supposed to expire at the end of this month, unless Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner decides to extend it.


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Los Angeles (CNN) -- Comic actor Dick Van Dyke and his wife escaped unhurt when their car caught fire on a Los Angeles-area highway, California state police said Monday.
Good Samaritans helped the 87-year-old Van Dyke and his wife, Arlene, from his Jaguar after he pulled the car over to the side of the Ventura Freeway in Calabasas, California Highway Patrol spokesman Saul Gomez said. The fire occurred about 2 p.m. Monday, Gomez said.
Arlene Van Dyke posted video online of the burned-out car and the actor talking with police. Publicist Bob Palmer said Van Dyke was "fine" but "slightly embarrassed" and was "appreciative of the instant help he got on the road."
Van Dyke's melted car @iammrvandy He's fine thank God!!<
Van Dyke won three Emmy Awards for his self-titled comedy show in the 1960s, won a Tony for his role in the musical "Bye Bye Birdie" and shared a Grammy with Julie Andrews for the soundtrack to the children's classic movie "Mary Poppins."
He won another Emmy for a 1976 variety special and starred in the long-running mystery series "Diagnosis: Murder" in the 1990s.
CNN's Tory Dunnan and Denise Quan contributed to this report.


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Richard Allenby-Pratt is a Dubai-based photographer who works for the advertising and design industries, but sometimes uses his camera and design talents toward more personal and editorial work. In this series, Abandoned, he removes the people from the usually bustling city, replacing the crowds with the occasional point of displaced wildlife. Each of his photos features a different animal, often not at center stage, a witness to the relics of humanity. See the rest on Allenby-Pratt's website.
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The Bellagio now occupies the site of the Dunes, which opened in 1955.
The city has plenty of unique-to-Vegas museums. The Burlesque Hall of Fame is one of them.
Outdated and discarded neon signs from now-closed casinos and hotels are displayed at the Neon Museum.
Conventions of all sizes and stripes (porn, electronics, etc.) do big business in Vegas.
The unfinished Fontainebleau resort has been languishing in the sun for five years. The recession halted construction on some major casino projects.
While the Tangiers was the setting for the movie "Casino," pictured, and often referenced in the TV drama "CSI," it's a fictional place.
Las Vegas has had a recent surge in development Downtown. Fremont Street Experience, a pedestrian mall and concert venue, is a mid-'90s precursor to the latest wave of investment.
It's not unusual to bump into an Elvis impersonator at the gas station or convenience store.
Not every old haunt of Vegas past has been torn down. Some gems are still around. The El Cortez inhabits a 1940s building decked out with vintage neon.
Editor's note: World-renowned chef, best-selling author and Emmy-winning television personality Anthony Bourdain has returned for the third season of "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown." The series, shot entirely on location, airs on CNN on Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Follow the show on and .
Las Vegas (CNN) — Not many cities evoke as many instant associations as Las Vegas.
Maybe you think of the Rat Pack, showgirls and mobsters sipping martinis. Or perhaps it's bachelorettes and bros on a bender that everyone hopes won't end up on Facebook.
It's a town whose story has been told thousands of times, in books such as "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," movies such as "Casino" and televisions shows from "Vega$" to "Vegas."
But there's much more to the city than just sin.
More than half a million people live here — about 800,000 if you include the adjacent suburb of Henderson. Plenty of slots and cocktails still abound, but the arts and cultural scene is blossoming and a tech boom is building.
There's a lot about Vegas you might not know — and we don't just mean magic tricks, personal secrets or those holes in the desert you see in gangster movies:
1. Down with the old, up with the new
No town turns over real estate like Las Vegas. The Wynn inhabits the site of the storied Desert Inn; the Bellagio has totally obliterated the Dunes. Planet Hollywood still has some of the Aladdin buried inside, while the Sahara is being gutted and repurposed as the SLS.
There's still a Flamingo, but Bugsy Siegel didn't run rampant there — the final remnant of the original hotel was torn down in 1993.
A small plaque in the garden indicates the location of Siegel's personal suite, which had bulletproof glass, earthquake-proof walls and a trapdoor in the closet leading to escape tunnels.
2. City of culture
Las Vegas is a big museum town — in its own way.
We have the Neon Museum, a dazzling pile of obsolete signage, from vast casinos such as the Stardust and Moulin Rouge to roadside motel dice or the smiling shirt advertising a dry cleaner.
At the Mob Museum, you can see Kefauver's courtroom, where mafiosos testified before senators, as well as the bullet-riddled brick wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
The National Atomic Testing Museum has history, science and bombs. At the Pinball Hall of Fame, you can admire (and play) hundreds of games.
Dream of driving the 1932 Rolls-Royce Phantom II at the Auto Collections or check out Gypsy Rose Lee's g-string at the Burlesque Hall of Fame or visit the brand new Polaroid Museum, which is set to open Thursday.
3. Downtown
When people think of Vegas, they think of the Strip, but recently, the older Downtown area has been pulling focus.
Online retailer Zappos moved in, and CEO Tony Hsieh started the Downtown Project, aimed at revitalizing the neighborhood through investing in real estate and small businesses (and a huge music festival).
A number of the older casinos are getting facelifts, while new bars and restaurants open at an ever-accelerating rate.
For entertainment, the has high-end offerings — ballet, Broadway shows, the recent world premiere of Shakespeare's "The Tempest," redone by Teller (of Penn & Teller) and Tom Waits.
Conversely, the Fremont Street Experience offers classic rock-themed light shows, concerts of cover bands (or the occasional original artist) and plenty of frozen drinks in souvenir cups.
Somewhere in between is the Inspire Theater's edgy variety shows and bar-with-a-view, as well as touring band venues like and Backstage Bar & Billiards.
4. Conventioneers!
There are thousands of conventions in Vegas every year, from 150 people for the Nevada Court Reporters Association to almost 150,000 for the Auto Expo.
There are the well-known ones such as CES (premiering the newest technology, from smartphones to spoons that post your calorie count on the Internet) and the AVN (the porn convention).
We welcome the movie stars of Cinemacon and the messengers of Interbike, the Bar & Nightclub Expo and the National Hardware Show, the Renfaire fans and the Trekkies.
Even if you're not here on business, be aware that a major gathering can affect hotel availability, restaurant reservations and the security line at the airport.
5. Skeletons in our midst
The Las Vegas Strip runs glitter and overkill all the way through town, but at its center stand two enormous, unfinished structures, incongruous in rust and darkness.
There's the Fontainebleau, kin to the famous Miami hotel: 68 stories high, 70% completed, $3 billion spent, five years vacant and rotting in the sun.
Across the street was the legendary Stardust, busy until the day it was closed in 2006. Local casino corporation Boyd Gaming bought it up and tore it down, intending to build an ultraluxurious megaresort with Mondrian and Delano hotels, shopping, convention space, multiple theaters …
They got as far as the girders before the recession hit in 2008. Eventually another gaming group purchased the property and plans to finally turn it into a megaresort.
6. The famous casino that isn't
The Tangiers was the setting of "Casino," perhaps the best movie made about Las Vegas; the Tangiers is also a recurring plot point/location on "CSI."
However, the Tangiers doesn't exist.
"Casino" was inspired by events at the Stardust but, for legal reasons, the name was changed in the film, a name that was then picked up for the TV show. Some folks assume it was torn down, when actually it never existed to begin with.
7. Everyone plays Vegas now
The Vegas headliner is no longer a crooner in a toupee and pinky ring, as an increasing number of more contemporary artists give Sin City the long run.
The pediment of Caesars Palace is adorned not with the visages of Jupiter, Apollo and Venus but Elton John, Rod Stewart and Celine Dion.
The Hard Rock works a similar format within its own theme, with intermittent extended stays by hair-metal lords Def Leppard, Motley Crue and Guns n' Roses.
Britney Spears bumps and grinds at Planet Hollywood, while Boyz II Men brings harmony to the Mirage. Even hipper venues such as the Brooklyn Bowl do extended runs, in this case funk/jam bands such as Galactic, Primus and String Cheese Incident.
8. More than slots and dice
Gambling is no longer the main motivator of a trip to Vegas.
The nightclub is one of the new draws, as lavish megaclubs seem to open every month with over-the-top decor, four-figure bottle service and a roster of superstar DJs. (Of course, dropping the price of a used car on a night out can make the rest of the trip a five-to-a-room event with Budweiser and Hot Pockets.)
A more mature crowd is lured by the city's status as a foodie destination.
The classic steakhouse and coffee shop offerings have expanded into a dazzling array of restaurants, from exquisitely prepared tasting menus with meticulously paired wines surrounded by museum-quality art to comfort food of all cultures, served under bright lights to finger-licking crowds.
Celebrity chefs from Thomas Keller to Gordon Ramsay have resort-property eateries (Wolfgang Puck has six and Emeril Lagasse and Mario Batali each have four).
Even if big names above the door don't mean much to you, they have given many a local chef a career boost. Beloved local restaurants such as , , Eat and the soon-to-reopen Rosemary's were all created by chefs who got their training on the Strip.
9. Halloween every day
There are many people in Las Vegas who make their living pretending to be someone else, meaning you might see "Michael Jackson" in hat, glove and shades waiting at the bus stop.
Elvis impersonators work big showrooms, casino lounges and wedding chapels, so it is not uncommon to see a man in white jumpsuit and full sideburns buying kitty litter or pumping gas into his Honda.
Other fake famous folks do tribute shows, parties or just stand around hoping someone will tip for a photo with "Marilyn." Or "Tupac." Or Barney.
Where Vegas is still "Vegas"
There are still some spots that retain the mojo of when Dino was at the Sands and Dietrich was at the Sahara.
The Golden Steer Steakhouse has been velvet wallpaper and sirloin since 1958, and you can still sit in Elvis' booth, sipping a martini while the veteran waiter creates your tableside Caesar salad or cherries jubilee.
The Huntridge Tavern and the Hard Hat Lounge are both Kennedy-era dive bars, the first with an attached drugstore and lunch counter, the latter with glorious pulp-art murals.
Frankie's Tiki Room has a new interior, but the retro-Polynesian style is pure throwback.
A few casinos still retain their original style.
The is in the original 1941 building, with vintage neon on the roof and an Elvis impersonator in the lounge; the may have go-go dancing dealers and a British pub, but it's still got the smoked mirrors and brass trim of its '70s prime.
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Japanese Kanji "Younger Sister"
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