Articles

[Balrog]

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of four through eight year olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:

"Love is that first feeling you feel before all the bad stuff gets in the way."

"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love."

"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth."

"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other."

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your french fries without making them give you any of theirs."

"Love is when someone hurts you. And you get so mad but you don’t yell at them because you know it would hurt their feelings."

"Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired."

"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK."

"Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."

"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate."

"When you tell someone something bad about yourself and you’re scared they won’t love you anymore. But then you get surprised because not only do they still love you, they love you even more."

"There are two kinds of love: Our love and God’s love. But God makes both kinds of them."

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday."

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well."

"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn’t scared anymore."

"My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."

"Love is when mommy gives daddy the best piece of chicken."

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day."

"I let my big sister pick on me because my Mom says she only picks on me because she loves me. So I pick on my baby sister because I love her."

"Love cards like Valentine’s cards say stuff on them that we’d like to say ourselves, but we wouldn’t be caught dead saying."

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you"

"You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget."

"God could have said magic words to make the nails fall off the cross, but He didn’t. That’s love."


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http://www.appleseeds.org/love-mean.htm

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[olinda]

There was a gentleman walking with two heavy suitcases in an airport terminal. Someone approached and asked him what time it was. The gentleman bends down to park the two heavy suitcases and stares at his watch. But this was no ordinary watch! He touches a tiny button and his
administrative assistant's face appears.

He asks her, "Mary, what time is it?" Mary answers instantly and with a smile!

The questioner is thoroughly impressed!!!

He asks, "What kind of a watch is that?"

"It's like a TV with two-way real-time communication," the gentleman explains. He adds that the watch is the latest technology with Intel's
brand new 128-bit chip with processor speed of 10 Gigahertz.

The onlooker is now quite impressed and wanted to know if he could buy this watch from the gentleman. They agree on a heavy price and the cash
was handed immediately. The gentleman takes his watch out and hands it over and then walks away.

The new owner stares at the two heavy suitcases and shouts, "Sir, you forgot your suitcases."

The gentleman stops, smiles, and replies, "No, they are yours now.
They are the modems you always need to carry for your new watch.

[olinda]

young and pretty lady posted this on a popular forum:
Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy?

I`m going to be honest of what I`m going to say here. I`m 25 this year. I`m very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above. You might say that I`m greedy, but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in New York. My requirement is not high. Is there anyone in this forum who has an income of $500k annual salary? Are you all married? I wanted to ask: what should I do to marry rich persons like you? Among those I`ve dated, the richest is $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my upper limit. If someone is going to move into high cost residential area on the west of New York City Garden (?), $250k annual income is not enough.

I`m here humbly to ask a few questions:
1) Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the names and addresses of bars, restaurant, gym)
2) Which age group should I target?
3) Why most wives of the riches is only average-looking? I`ve met a few girls who doesn`t have looks and are not interesting,
but they are able to marry rich guys
4) How do you decide who can be your wife, and who can only be your girlfriend? (my target now is to get married)

Ms. Pretty

[olinda]

Here`s a reply from a Wall Street Financial guy:

Dear Ms. Pretty,

I have read your post with great interest. Guess there are lots of girls out there who have similar questions like yours. Please allow me to analyse your situation as a professional investor. My annual income is more than $500k, which meets your requirement, so I hope everyone believes that I`m not wasting time here. From the standpoint of a business person, it is a bad decision to marry you. The answer is very simple, so let me explain. Put the details aside, what you`re trying to do is an exchange of "beauty" and "money": Person A provides beauty, and Person B pays for it, fair and square. However, there`s a deadly problem here, your beauty will fade, but my money will not be gone without any good reason. The fact is, my income might increase from year to year, but you can`t be prettier year after year. Hence from the viewpoint of economics, I am an appreciation asset, and you are a depreciation asset. It`s not just normal depreciation, but exponential depreciation. If that is your only asset, your value will be much worried 10 years later.

By the terms we use in Wall Street, every trading has a position, dating with you is also a "trading position". If the trade value dropped we will sell it and it is not a good idea to keep it for long term - same goes with the marriage that you wanted. It might be cruel to say this, but in order to make a wiser decision any assets with great depreciation value will be sold or "leased". Anyone with over $500k annual income is not a fool; we would only date you, but will not marry you. I would advice that you forget looking for any clues to marry a rich guy. And by the way, you could make yourself to become a rich person with $500k annual income. This has better chance than finding a rich fool.

Hope this reply helps. If you are interested in "leasing" services, do
contact me…

signed,
J.P. Morgan

[Sec Expert]

How do you think we can say I love you if your mind has locked so read this
You can say it with a gift ,with a kiss, with a hug and a smile, you can say it with words or emotion or just by being there when someone is sad ,you can hold a hand or put yours on a shoulder or say it in the bed or on the street or shout it from a rooftop in the rain or in a cave and listen to the echoes or underwater and say it loudly so the whales can laugh or in a store and ignore the stares and you can just do it when you feel like it not when you are asked and asked and asked because it's better when it is spontaneous and you can write lots of words in a row and not use any punctuation and no one will notice because it is love

well I hope you liked that,actually it was from a friend, an old one=Copy and Paste

[SPIRAL]

HIYA!!
Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Body's aching all the time
Goodbye everybody - I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth…

[heart land]

Styles of Art

Artists used many styles in their paintings and drawings. Here are some of the more common styles of art. Learn about each style and how to identify it. Next time you look at a painting, try to figure out what style it is! To see some artwork done in the different styles, check out the Art By Kids page

THE STYLES ABOUT THE STYLES THE ARTISTS Abstract Abstract artists felt that paintings did not have to show only things that were recognizable. In their paintings they did not try to show people, animals, or places exactly as they appeared in the real world. They mainly used color and shape in their paintings to show emotions. Some Abstract art is also called Non-objective art. In non-objective art, you do not see specific objects. It is not painted to look like something specific. Sonia Delaunay
Jackson Pollock
Cubism Cubism is modern art made up mostly of paintings. The paintings are not supposed to look real The artist uses geometric shapes to show what he is trying to paint. Early cubists used mainly grays, browns, greens, and yellows. After 1914, Cubists started to use brighter colors. Cubism was the beginning of the Abstract and Non-objective art styles. [ برای مشاهده لینک ، با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ] [ برای مشاهده لینک ، با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ] Georges Braque


Expressionism In Expressionist Art, the artist tries to express certain feelings about some thing. The artists that painted in this style were more concerned with having their paintings express a feeling than in making the painting look exactly like what they were painting. [ برای مشاهده لینک ، با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ]
Wassily Kandinsky
Ludwig Kirchner
Fauvism Fauvism was an art style that lasted only four years, beginning in 1905. The leader of this movement was Henri Matisse. The word Fauvism is french for "wild beasts". It got this name because the paintings had bright and unusual colors. The subjects in the paintings were shown in a simple way, and the colors and patterns were bright and wild. [ برای مشاهده لینک ، با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ] Impressionism Impressionism was developed in France during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These pieces of art were painted as if someone just took a quick look at the subject of the painting. The paintings were usually in bold colors and did not have a lot of detail. The paintings in this style were usually outdoor scenes like landscapes. The pictures were painted to look like they were shimmering. [ برای مشاهده لینک ، با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ]
Mary Cassatt [ برای مشاهده لینک ، با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ] Camille Pissaro


Pointillism In Pointillism, the artist uses small dots or strokes of paint to make up the pictures. From far away, these dots blend together to form the picture and give the impression of different colors as they blend together. Paul Seurat Paul Signac
Pop Art Pop art can be any every day item that is drawn in a brash and colorful way. Pop Art is short for Popular Art. It is inspired by comic strips, advertising, and popular entertainment. [ برای مشاهده لینک ، با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ]
Roy Lichtenstein
Claes Oldenberg David Hockney
Postimpressionism Postimpressionism began in the 19th century. It was mainly still lifes and landscapes. The postimpressionists liked to use lots of colors and shadows. [ برای مشاهده لینک ، با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ]
[ برای مشاهده لینک ، با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ] Paul Gauguin Paul Cezanne


Primitivism Primitive Art looks like art that is done by a child. Usually the picture is painted very simply, and the subjects are "flat", or two-dimensional. [ برای مشاهده لینک ، با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ] [ برای مشاهده لینک ، با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ]
Realism Realism is a type of art that shows things exactly as they appear in life. It began in the 18th century, but the greatest Realist era was in the mid-19th century. Most Realists were from France, but there were some famous American painters who were Realists also. [ برای مشاهده لینک ، با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ]
[ برای مشاهده لینک ، با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ]
Gustave Courbet
Honore Daumier

Thomas Eakins John Singleton Copley
Surrealism Surrealists paintings were generally based on dreams. Their paintings were filled with familiar objects which were painted to look strange or mysterious. They hoped their odd paintings would make people look at things in a different way and change the way they felt about things. They thought that their paintings might stir up feelings in the back of peoples minds. [ برای مشاهده لینک ، با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ] [ برای مشاهده لینک ، با نام کاربری خود وارد شوید یا ثبت نام کنید ] Max Ernst

[thorough]

? what are diference between hope and wish in applications?
(sorry if repetitive, I'm beginner)

[A r c h i]

Wish is most commonly used in hypothetical (or imagined) situations:

• I wish that I had a dog. (I don't really have a dog, but if I did, I would be happy.)
  I wish (that) you were here. (Unfortunately, you're not, and I miss you.)l

Sometimes wish is used in greeting and expressions of goodwill:

We wish you a "Merry Christmas."
They wished him "Happy Birthday."

Wish me luck. Hope can also be used in expressions of goodwill, but the grammar is slightly different:

• I hope (that) you have a Merry Christmas.
  I hope (that) you had a nice Birthday. (some time in the future)
  (some time in the past)l

Hope can be used to specify a desired outcome. For future hopes, the possibilities remain open, but for past hopes, the outcome has usually been determined already.

• I hope you can come to the party on Saturday.(future possibility)
  I was hoping that you would come to the party. (but you didn't make it)
  I had hoped to see you at the party on Saturday.I hope to get an A on the exam. (but I didn't)l(it is still possible)
  I hope it doesn't rain tomorrow. (although it might)
  He hopes to be elected President. (it could happen)
  She hoped you wouldn't find her. (but you probably did)l
  
  

Wish and hope are also used in certain types of requests and pleasantries. In such situations, wish carries a more definite and formal tone. I wish to see the doctor.I hope to see you again.
(right now)(anytime in the future)l

[A r c h i]

The answer is that the verb wish is used in a variety of different ways and hope cannot be used as a 'stand alone' verb in a sentence, other than in the expressions 'I hope so' or 'I hope not.'l

Let's look at wish first of all.

In your 'Merry Christmas' example, or when you wish someone good luck or Happy Birthday, you are expressing the hope that they will have good luck in the future, often in connection with a particular event, or that they will enjoy their birthday which is to come. Thus we have expressions like:

* 'I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.'
* 'Remember it's Sarah's birthday tomorrow. Don't forget to wish her many happy returns.'
* 'They wished me all the best in my new job.'
* 'I wish you good health and every happiness in the New Millennium.'


As you suggest, wish is also used when you wish that something were the case or you would like it to be the case even though you know that it is impossible or unlikely. In this sense, the verb which follows wish has a past tense inflection. Thus we have:


* 'We wish you could be here.'
* 'He wished he hadn't said that, for Fiona was terribly upset.'
* 'It rained every day. I do wish I hadn't gone there for my holidays.'
* 'I wish you didn't have to work so hard.'

Wish, as in 'wish to', is also sometimes used as a slightly more formal alternative to 'want to'. So we have:

* 'They were very much in love and wished to get married as soon as it could be arranged.'
* 'I don't wish to see him ever again,' she said, five months after they were married.'
* 'He could do most of his work from home, if he wished.'
* 'I don't wish to interrupt (your conversation), but the potatoes are burning dry.'
* 'I don't wish to be rude, but that red dress really doesn't suit you.'
Now let's take a brief look at hope. We speak of people's 'hopes for the future' and hope normally signals future intentions. If you hope to do something, you want to do it and intend to do it if you possibly can.

Like wish it can be used with to, plus infinitive. So we might have:

* 'I hope to be a millionaire by the time I'm thirty.'
* 'I was hoping to catch the 5.30 train and would have caught it, if Jennifer hadn't phoned.'
However, when a new subject is introduced, hope must be followed by a clausal construction. Thus, we would find:

* 'I hope (that) she'll like these flowers.'
* 'Her mother hoped (that) Judith would become a doctor, but her heart was always set on the stage.'
* 'I hope (that) you won't think me rude, but that red dress that you're wearing definitely doesn't suit you.'
* 'They were stranded on the side of the mountain and hoped (that) the rescue team would reach them before nightfall.'

Hopes and wishes! It is my hope and wish that all of you out there reading this column will enjoy good health and every happiness in the New Millennium. Or, to put it in two other ways: I wish you good health and every happiness in the 21st Century. I hope you'll enjoy good health and every happiness in the 21st Century.l