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When I was starting out in digital marketing, Friendster was the social network of the time. With exponential growth rates and a new format for interaction, it was the buzz of the industry. Now go to Friendster.com. Take a minute. Do it. It's a little different from what we remember from yesteryears. The business model has obviously changed. Friendster is more focused on casual/social gaming, having clearly stepped away from the social network of the past.
Change continues to happen around us, yet we as developers, marketers, and digital practitioners are wed to current models. The truth, however, remains that the word "current" is one of the most fleeting and transient terms of today. What will remain "current" will only do so for a short period of time. Technology lifecycles change so quickly that it's often hard for us to remember what was common just a few years ago.
One thing I do remember: A few years ago people were obsessed with Second Life. It was a platform that allowed consumers to create and customize the world of an online avatar. Even Dwight from The Office had an avatar, Dwight Shelford. American Apparel built a Second Life store. Intel had a massive Second Life command center. We as marketers reacted to the current platform of the day and built on top of it without any clear rationale. To this day, I still don't understand the return on investment (ROI) of building on Second Life (other than the potential PR value). Yet we did it – we entered the fray because that was what was common. That was the platform of the day.
Life and the way we interact with technology in our lives can change overnight. TV, radio, and traditional media outlets took years, often decades, to receive significant audience or reader traction. Facebook took only nine months. The human capacity to flourish has never before encountered the amount of acceleration that we see today. Yet it is conditioned in human interactions to only react to what's "current." Human nature tends toward tunnel vision. We react to current conditions because that is all we know.
So what do we do in this world of constant change?
Within this sea of change, there is a constant force. Though platforms change and modes of interaction iterate, themes around human behavior and sentiment shift at a slower rate. People will always aim to find love, we will seek unbiased information, we will yearn for community and create stages for self-expression. The platforms in which we perform these functions may shift, the speeds at which we deliver this information may shift, but the basic human need is not shifting at the rates dictated by Moore's Law.
When engaging, we need to look at the root of our digital strategy. Are we planning against a fleeting platform or are we planning against the human need? Many of the brands I interact with every day start their planning process against platforms: What is our plan for Twitter strategy? What is our Facebook strategy? What is our app strategy for Apple? What we should be doing is planning against need states. The questions should be: What is our plan for helping consumers find the information they are looking for? How are we helping people build interpersonal relationships around our brands?
Planning around need-states and not platforms seems simple and obvious, yet very few brands actually do it because they are so focused on the current means and not the reason. If more brands planned around need states it would shift focus from current condition. It would force brands to explore new mediums of interaction. Brands should experiment with how human behavior and sentiment may be expressed in the future.
What we must come to terms with moving forward is the practice of predicting and planning against needs not platforms – more so now than ever. We need to build on behavior and use this knowledge to plan for what's possible vs. constantly reacting to what is directly in front of us.
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Eliana always ran to the beat of her own drum. Which always made it impossible for her and Milintica to get along. They were too alike, yet at the same time, far too different. This was one of these instances where they were far too different to be in the same room. She wanted to go investigate now, while the gossip was still fresh, but Milintica wanted to wait. Once she heard Milintica enter his room, she waited a few minutes before sneaking out through her window and jogging into the forest. She would be back by the morning, she had done this several times before, at least, to get food to save Milintica the worry of having to do it himself. He worried about every little detail-which was a good thing given their situation, but she saw the toll it took on him. He rarely got any sleep when he did, then his nightmares would come back; she'd ask him about it, but he didn't want to relive the night he lost practically everyone.
Part of Eliana was glad that she never got the chance to actually get to know her family. She didn't have to worry about missing them like her brother did, she didn't have to worry about any memories that might have been created, nor did she have to worry about which night she'd be forced to relieve their deaths. The other part, wished that she at least had one memory of her parents. She wanted to know if she looked like her mother or her father more, she wanted to know whose temper she had acquired; she wanted to know that and more. Sadly, not even Milintica could provide that much information, he was only nine when it all happened. She figured that he didn't have much to tell-or if he did, he was starting to forget. Either way, she wasn't going to learn much about her family. She spent several sleepless nights imagining how her family would interact with her, she figured that she'd be teased for being the only female member to have blonde hair. Would she have had a younger sibling if her parents had stayed alive? She'd never know.
She did know that most of the women in the family had red hair, any direct member of the Flintix line had a name that related to fire. She had curly-or wavy, depending on the day-blonde hair that cascaded to her shoulders, a pale complexion, and blue-green eyes. The only thing that made her stand out as a Flintix, according to Milintica was her hair. Her name had several meanings, but what seemed to fit the Flintix pattern was, "daughter of the sun". Her brother said it fit her personality and looks, she didn't see it when it came to her personality, the sun was bright and warm and inviting, and she couldn't visualize herself being anything like that.
Eliana was eighteen, but somehow, the forest during the night always managed to scare the living hell out of her. It wasn't like what a forest should look like in the middle of the night: dark. This forest was covered in trees that canopied over moon, giving the entire forest an odd blue-ish, green tint, something that just sent chills up and down her spine. She also knew that she didn't know exactly what lurked in the forest during the night, she knew what was around during the day, but during the night? Eliana just knew to sprint out of the forest as fast as possible. And as silent as she could be. She didn't care that she was tired, that she could take her time and still be back by the morning, she wanted to be in the town now.
Most of the people of Loretannia seemed to live rather nocturnally. Yes, people would go outside during the day, they weren't vampires, but they all knew that Loretannia's night life was far more interesting than its life during the day. They were more awake somehow, they would run around cheering, the parties, and everyone was less guarded-partially due to the fact that they'd all be drunk with rum, wine, whiskey. She knew where she had to go, so there wasn't much of a need to aimlessly wander around the town in hopes that someone would find her.
Once she got there, she let sighed softly, glad that she managed to avoid suspicious eyes. "Where's your brother?" a voice questioned, making her jump slightly. Stupid back alley meetings. She tried to get a good look at her helper, but they hissed, quickly turning around. "Don't look-only he's allowed to look at me!" This wasn't new. Most of the time, they only trusted Milintica because he was a face they had seen since he was a child. Some of their supporters thought that Eliana had died the night her family was killed, so they were always skeptical. "What do you need? More supplies?" they asked her hastily.
This was odd. Normally, they were at least calm when she talked to them. "We have enough to get us through a few more days, thank you." Eliana replied slowly and calmly. "That's not why I'm here." She added quickly, trying to see if her eyes would adjust to the dark alley. They normally did, this time, they weren't, all she could see at the moment were silhouettes, and that scared her. "I wanted to know why there were knights in the forest today." She stated calmly, trying to seem oblivious to the fact that her senses were practically useless. What would Milintica do? She thought, trying to visualize what he'd do in a situation like this one. Keep calm, get the information, and get out of there as quickly as possible without a fight.
"Knights? We haven't heard anything." There. A slight rise in her voice's pitch.
"Who are you?" Eliana demanded, glaring at the figure, trying to figure out how they looked. No answer. "Anafistier." She hissed, a flame appearing on her hand. What she saw next made her gasp shortly before biting her tongue in fear of aggravating her. It was a Kelpie, well, not her true form. But still a Kelpie. Her black hair covered her face and she was soaking wet. She had a greenish complexion, she wore a white dress that clung to her skin. Underneath the Kelpie's hair was a pair of burning red eyes. Kelpies weren't supposed to look like this. "What happened to you?" Eliana asked, her breath caught in her throat.
The girl tilted her head, chills ran down Eliana's back. She could physically feel the demented smile on her face. "I placed my trust on you and your brother." In a matter of seconds, the girl threw her head back and let out an ear shattering shriek. "A Flintix! A Flintix! She hurt me." She threw herself in front of the fireball that idly sat on Eliana's hand, she pressed her stomach to her hand, another shriek. "Help! She's killing me!" she shrieked, crumpling to the ground, ragged sobs leaving her lips. She had been set up.
Eliana stood there frozen for a second before she heard several footsteps running in their direction. She forced herself to move, breaking into a sprint, leaving the alley before anyone could come. Just as she turned the corner, two large men came out of nowhere, stopping her. She stopped herself short before running in the opposite direction. Eliana roughly weaved through the crowd, not caring that she had caused several people to fall. The forest. She could make it if she headed into the forest. Why didn't she listen to Milintica?!
Her pursuers were getting closer and closer, she could hear it. She didn't want to use her powers, she didn't want to solidify the fact that they were alive by using her powers. The second she heard the sound of grass crunching underneath the sole of her combat boots, a quick sigh left her lips. She'd be able to get home or find a beast and have that rip her pursuers' bodies to shreds. Just as she pushed past two branches that were practically glued together, she had to stop and close her eyes. Daybreak. Eliana took a deep breath, she placed her hands on her knees, trying to catch her breath. "Need to keep moving." She panted, straightening up.
Just as she was about to move forward a jolt of electricity slammed into her lower back. She let out a cry and dropped to the ground, her entire body struggling against the electric shocks coursing through her body. Eliana couldn't scream, her throat had become dry and the only way for her to show that she was in clear pain was her wide blue green eyes. She tried to force herself to her feet, she had approximately five seconds before her pursuers would be there. The second she got back up to her feet another stronger shock coursed through her system, she shrieked before crumpling to the ground. "She's pretty. She doesn't look like a Flintix, she doesn't have the red hair." One of them bent over and touched her cheek, she tried to move away, but she felt another shock, she cried out and flipped away.
"Let's take her back to Lamia. I'm sure she has something to prove that she's a Flintix." He rubbed her cheek with his thumb and was trying to take deep breaths in an attempt to get the pain to ebb away.
"Did you see the burns on that girl?" the second one said. "She's definitely a Flintix. There's no way someone could replicate those burns." He pulled his leg back and slammed it into her rib cage, she heard the sound of bones crunching underneath his boot. She squeezed her eyes shut, a pained cry leaving her lips, when she opened her eyes again, she watched dots dance around in her vision. That was the definition of unnecessary. Eliana tried to move again, only to have a crippling shock slam into her body once again, she let out a weak whimper, just wanting to be taken to Lamia at this point, and not just be watched like they were currently doing.
Then, she heard it, one voice. A voice that was filled with so much anger and worry. A voice that she had heard all her life, her entire body relaxed the second she heard it. So many words ran through her mind as she continued to hear his voice. Help. Home. Brother.
"Eliana!" He was looking for her. He was worried-and angry that she had disappeared. He had seen them and was sprinting towards her, the rage clear on his face. ""Anafistier!" He shouted, and she watched as balls of fire appeared on his hands.
The tears filled up her eyes quickly, she wanted to burst into a full sprint, crying his name, then just throw herself into his arms. She wanted to cry and tell him that she was a horrible younger sister and how sorry she was. But her body was unable to move without getting shocks running through her courses. "Milintica!" She managed to scream, her voice cracking. Shocks continuously ran up and down her body, she let out a series of shrieks, her nails digging into grass as she gasped for air. Eliana watched as her brother's face contorted into something that she had never seen before, one of pure rage. She let out one more cry before falling to the ground unconscious.
Milintica saw Eliana drop to the ground unconscious with her body giving out spastic reactions to any lingering electric shocks that ran through her body. He started to see red. Without thinking, he stopped throwing fireballs at them that they kept dodging, knowing that he could do something worse. Something to make them feel just as horrible as his sister was feeling at the moment. Thankfully this one didn't need a spell-shorthand or otherwise. He gripped both of their shoulders and let go.
The surge of energy felt better than it did eighteen years ago. Then, it felt as if all of his energy had been sucked out of him, now, he felt just a little drained, empowered. He didn't feel weak at all. He still had left over power surging through him, the adrenaline continued to pump through his system. When he stopped seeing red, he looked down at Eliana. "M-Mili…" she said weakly, trying to sit up. Milintica knelt down and picked her up, careful not to touch her where her skin might have been tender from that spell that sent high powered electrical currents through her body. "I'm sorry." She mumbled.
He quickly shushed her, praying that this was enough to teach her a lesson to listen to him. "Don't worry about it." He mumbled, occasionally taking deep breaths to get his breathing to even out. "Let's just get you home and get you cleaned up." He added softly, rising to his feet. When he started to walk, he heard an attempt at concealing a sniffle. "Does it hurt?" he asked stupidly.
Eliana shook her head, her blonde hair falling in front of her face. She quickly pushed it behind her ear. "I should have listened to you." She mumbled, furiously wiping at her eyes. "I didn't know why I didn't." he sighed, placing a rather parental peck on her head. "What was that for? You should be screaming at me." She mumbled, in obvious pain. He forgot that he was a lot of things to Eliana: a brother, a father figure, a friend, her confidant, her only family.
Milintica shrugged. "I just don't see the point. You're clearly hurt and yelling at you isn't necessary. If you did this again, then I'd be yelling." A small chuckle. They were almost home, if he squinted his eyes he could see the disruption of trees where their house and where the glamor was. It was moments like this where he wished his mother was still around so when he brought Eliana home, she'd be the one to clean up and take care of his sister. He could have handled his father screaming at him for being irresponsible and allowing his sister to get hurt. In fact, that was what he was imagining while he carried Eliana.
He was suddenly thrown off his feet. Eliana flew out of his arms and she let out a shriek of surprise. "Milintica!" she cried, surging forward. An arrow had pierced leg, the arrow's head poking out of the exit point. He was giving out small little hisses while he was curled into a ball. Whatever had shot the arrow was a high powered one to have had Milintica throw off his feet. "H-Hold on, I'll get it out." She said, her voice wavering.
When she reached for the arrow, he smacked her hand away. "N-No." he stated. "Go." He seethed, her eyes widening. "They're not very far and you can't touch the arrow." Her blue green eyes widened again. The arrow was poisoned, and it was the poison that could seriously harm one of the three houses of Loretannia.
"I'm not leaving you." Eliana stated firmly. "I-I can fight them off." Her voice was weak and unsure of herself. Milintica could feel his body start to go numb.
"Eliana go!" he growled, his crystal blue eyes no longer crystal blue. He was trying his absolute hardest to keep his human form as the poison coursed through his veins, trying to change his appearance, trying to affect his way of thinking. She jumped up and stared at his eyes which was now a coal black and looked somewhat demonic. "Find Andromeda. Go."
She looked at him with wide eyes. "Who?"
His breathing was coming up short. "Nistfirr." He hissed, watching as her eyes became blank for a second before she stared at him with wide eyes. "Now go." She shook her head in an attempt to protest but he let out a growl. "Eliana Siobhan Flintix go!" He commanded, his voice sending shivers up and down her spine. She gave him one more fleeting look. "I'll be fine." He said softly, watching as her eyes filled with tears. Milintica gave her a small smile, without a second thought, she wrapped her arms around her brother's shoulders, letting out a choked sob. "I'll see you soon okay, Eli?"
She nodded before breaking into a sprint. "That's a promise." She said shakily.
He squeezed his eyes shut and prepared for the worst. "Where's the girl?" a man asked, giving him a nudge-kick-with his boot.
"What girl?" Milintica questioned, forcing himself to his knees. He tried not imagining snapping their necks or just touching them and watch as their bodies lit up in flames. No, he wasn't going to do that, because then that would only confirm that Eliana was out there.
The man looked at his friend who was walking over to them. "Release the dogs." He commanded. Milintica's eyes widened, and he opened his mouth to just light them all on fire but his friend ran up to him, pulling his head back and slamming into Milintica's chin. He saw black before falling unconscious.


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The weight-for-age championship of Australia boasts a roll call of most of the greats of the turf, so should be a great race for favourites.
But that logic has been turned on its head in recent years, with four double-figure odds winners - Shamus Award at $21 last year, Pinker Pinker ($26 in 2011), So You Think ($13 in 2009) and Maldivian ($11 in 2008).
The last two favourites to win are two of the modern-day greats - So You Think at $1.50 for his second win in 2010 and Makybe Diva at $2 in 2005. Shamus Award made it three wins for three-year-olds in the past decade but this year's crop of Almalad, Sweynesse and Wandjina seem out of their depth.
Might And Power (1998) is the last horse to win a Cox Plate after winning the Caulfield Cup the previous year, a feat favourite Fawkner is out to emulate. For Fawkner fans, his last-start Caulfield Stakes win is a good pointer as Ocean Park (2012) and So You Think (2010) completed the double in recent years.
Barrier draws have proved crucial in recent years, with just one double figure barrier winner (Pinker Pinker from 11 in 2011) since Sunline won from alley 13 in 2000.
With gun colts of recent years such as All Too Hard, Pierro and Shamus Award whisked off to stud, and Atlantic Jewel and So You Think retired, the ranks of genuine weight-for- age stars is thin.
No internationally trained horse has won the race, with Adelaide poised to change that.
The son of Galileo is by far the best-credentialled international to compete since Godolphin's Grandera ran third to Northerly in 2002.
Thin race with only two chances under the weight-for-age conditions - Speediness (1) and Trust InAGust (5). Speediness is genuine and ran second in this race last year, but the fact is he hasn't won in his past 12 starts since a win at Flemington in September last year. By contrast, Trust In A Gust is a winner.
My number: 5
Potentially tricky race with interstate visitors Duccio and Gouldian muddying the waters. Of the locals, Chivalry has the best form with a strong finishing fifth in the Caulfield Guineas. The only group 1 winner in the field is one of the fillies, Go Indy Go, who has the racing style to suggest she will relish the 2040m.
My numbers: 2,6, 10, 13
COX PLATE The Cleaner's presence takes out of the equation any discussion on the pace of the race - it's a given it will be hot. This is his ultimate test and it's hard to envisage him holding off some high-class closers such as Fawkner and Irish raider Adelaide. Stamina will count, so include Royal Descent and Criterion, who are group 1 2400m winners.
My numbers: 2, 8, 10, 11
Two main chances, Tango's Daughter and Suavito. Preference for Tango's Daughter despite the weight penalty. She has the open company form and makes her own luck on pace; Suavito seems to find trouble.
My number: 2
For a $20 outlay you would receive 125 per cent of a $1 dividend.
Feature race markets
Moonee Valley, Saturday
$5 Fawkner
$7.60 Adelaide
$7.80 Criterion, Sacred Falls
$12.50 Royal Descent
$13.50 Happy Trails
$19 The Cleaner, Silent Achiever
$21 Sweynesse
$30 Side Glance
$34 Almalad
$36 Foreteller, Wandjina
$95 Guest Of Honour
Moonee Valley, Saturday
$3.40 Opinion
$5.80 Precendence
$6 Au Revoir
$6.80 Le Roi
$9 Epingle
$10 Prince Of Penzance
$15 Mr O'Ceirin
$17 Albonetti
$34 Anudjawun
$100 Black Tycoon
Moonee Valley, Saturday
$5.60 Chivalry
$6.20 Atmosphere
$6.60 Go Indy Go
$7.20 Gouldian
$8.80 Moonovermanhattan
$9.40 Duccio
$9.60 Bondeiger
$15 San Padre
$24 Zululand
$30 Royal Standing
$55 Coram, Miss Interiors, Prentice
$65 It's Thyme
Flemington, November 1
$4 Hampton Court
$4.70 Preferment
$12.50 Atmosphere
$14.50 Bachman
$15.50 Magicool
$16 Bondeiger
$17 Nozomi
$18.50 Gouldian
$20 Light Up Manhattan
$22 Moonovermanhattan
$26 San Padre, Firehouse Rock
$34 Lotion
$40 Cuban Fighter
$55 Verreaux, Zululand
$60 Miracle The Second
$85 Turbo Street
Flemington, November 4
$6 Admire Rakti
$8.80 Lucia Valentina
$9.80 Protectionist
$13.50 Mutual Regard
$14 Fawkner
$30 Red Cadeaux
$32 Who Shot Thebarman
$34 Cavalryman
$36 Willing Foe
$44 Brambles
$50 Caravan Rolls On
$55 Royal Diamond
$60 Opinion, Seismos
$65+ others
Odds: Betfair
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Palin will appear Saturday on the show hosted by actor Josh Brolin, who plays President Bush in director Oliver Stone's new movie, "W."
A John McCain campaign spokeswoman, Jill Hazelbaker, on Friday confirmed Palin's appearance but offered no details about what the Alaska governor will say or do.
"SNL" is a popular stop on the entertainment circuit for presidential candidates and their running mates. Obama has appeared briefly on the show, and Republican presidential candidate John McCain once hosted it.
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Shamed Hearts footballer Thomson released by club
Craig Thomson is to leave football club Hearts following his conviction for inappropriate behaviour towards two young girls on the internet, the Scottish Premier League club has confirmed.
The 20-year-old defender was suspended last month following a conviction for "lewd, libidinous and indecent behaviour".
In a short statement on their official website yesterday, Hearts announced Thomson's time at the Edinburgh club would come to an end in the near future.
"Craig Thomson will leave Heart of Midlothian Football Club imminently," it said.
"The club has considered all implications surrounding the issue and has decided to find a solution for the player to leave the club over the forthcoming days."
The announcement completes a U-turn by the club, who had originally announced they would stand by Thomson after he pleaded guilty, was fined and placed on the sex offenders' register last month in relation to his inappropriate conduct towards two underage girls over the internet.
That decision prompted a huge outcry, with many people calling on Hearts to sack the player while one of the club's backers — MacB Water — withdrew their support as official water sponsor of the Jambos, a deal worth more than £5,000.
Hearts manager Jim Jefferies also expressed his concern at the furore engulfing the club, while former defender Alan McLaren said he hoped Thomson "will not pull on a Hearts shirt again".
The Tynecastle club responded to the criticism by suspending Thomson two weeks ago, before yesterday confirming their intention to release the full-back.
A club statement at first put Thomson's misconduct down to "naivety and possible wrong outside influence" before owner Vladimir Romanov released a bizarre tirade against the football "mafia" and "maniacs" who he claimed were conspiring against the club.
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Chapter Eight Cont.Mature
"Who are you?" a voice I recognised asked. I looked up, my hair falling away to show my face and saw Matt, one of the fellow soldiers I assumed had died in the attack.
"Nicole, now can I get into some dry cloths?" I asked with a raised eyebrow. He stared at me in shock and then his arms were wrapped around.
"Nicole! I'm so glad to see you," he whispered the last part by my ear and kissed my forehead.
"Glad to see your ugly mug too," I replied, ruffling his hair. He pushed my hand away and shook his head. I followed him into the den, most of the previous damage had been repaired. I found myself being passed about the place with hugs and exclamation of my survival.
"So, how did you live?" Stan asked, leaning forward in the table, the old fart ever eager for a good story. He'd been the first one to find me abandoned, had he known my father? I pushed away the intrusive thoughts and sat down.
"Well, the vampires kept me their prisoner, but I outsmarted them of course," I said with a grin, showing off a little. Stan shook his head at my vague description and Matt sat down next to him.
"Did you kill any?" he asked. I hesitated and shook my head.
"I was lucky to get out," I finally admitted. Making everyone around me sober up a little. I saw Matt glance at my neck, seeing the marks. No one would comment, I'd been away so long they thought me dead.
"You didn't tell them anything did you?" Matt asked. I scoffed and shook my head.
"Of course not," I said. But I saw the others studying me and knew what they were thinking. I had bite marks and looked healthy, I hadn't been mistreated. And suddenly I was back.
"I'll tell you the whole story later, in private," I said to Matt and Stan. They both nodded. I could already sense that in my absence Matt had become their leader and I had to respect that fact. And everyone trusted Stan, though not in a fight.
I went into my old room, and dumped Cain jacket on my bed and crossed my arms glaring at it. If I kept it would be a constant reminder of him. But if I threw it out it'd be a waste of a good thing. And a small part of me wanted the reminder, a part that grew from the memories. But Lyra was a separate person. Her life ended when Sergio had her taken away. I was still Nicole as far as I was concerned. I still hated vampires and wanted them dead. The only one worth sparing could never be allowed to live, he was their prince. There was no way we could take out Sergio and not get him in the crossfire.
"Nicole, you ready to explain?" Matt said from my doorway, he had sensed my seriousness earlier and ehcoed it now. I nodded mutely and followed him into one of the war rooms. Stan was there too, looking eager. I didn't have a very good story to tell him. I explained, telling them about the capture, how I overheard Cain's plan and went along with them. And what I uncovered. I skipped the parts about our time spent together, or that we'd known each other children. Only telling them what had to be known.
"So his family killed yours?" Matt asked, his face pale from shock.
"Yes," I replied, glancing at Stan who sighed.
"I knew your father. But when you woke up with no memories I thought it better that way. You can slap me if you thought that was poor judgement," Stan said, pulling off his glasses and cleaning them with his top. I shook my head, smiling at him.
"I could never slap you," I said with a laugh and turned back to Matt. I could tell he was thinking.
"Did you get close to this Cain guy?" Matt asked.
"No Matt. I'm sorry but I'm not going back there," I said, sensing Matt's frustration instantly. I held my ground despite his many attempts to sway me. He threw up his arms in defeat and stormed off angrily. He told the others I was safe and they believed him without question. But they could tell something had happened between us.


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The "Imperial" six-litre bottle of 1982 Pétrus was bought by a Hong Kong collector through London based wine merchants Bordeaux Index.
It is believed to be the most ever paid for a single bottle of the 1982 vintage. The buyer is thought to have acquired the wine as an investment rather than to drink.
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Audi's new A3 three-door hatchback is now on sale from £19,205, with first deliveries in September. The new five-door variant dubbed as 'Sportback' is scheduled to make its world debut next month at the Paris Motor Show.
As you can see from these new spy shots the wheelbase has been stretched slightly compared to the three-door variant to create more passenger space.
The prototype is heavily disguised, but you can still see the rear doors and the small rear side window.
Engine range is expected to carry over from the three-door variant. Meaning here in UK, we get from launch 121bhp 1.4 TFSI and 178bhp 1.8 TFSI petrol units and 148bhp 2.0-litre TDI.
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I'm fortunate enough to liveand work just a couple of minutes from the ocean. I'm there every day, either jogging, surfing or just meditating. love it
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I'll Make It There One DayI am absolutly in love with the ocean. I have never personally been but ill make it there one day and feel the sand between my toes. Its a place where you can go to escape from all your worries. A tropical paradice you always want to go to, but never wanna leave. Its always...
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Looking Out To " See "The ocean is this lover's dream. Wave after wave of perpetual motion crashing and then retreating but always powerful and in control.
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This was the worse mistake I've made, The zipper and the door and windows broke the first day i used it. the rain tent didn't keep rain out what so ever, my bed was soaked. there was black stuff all over the outside of the tent it looked like it was ran through oil. I'm returning this ASAP.
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Noise of an airplane in delta of Llobregat. Recorded with a Zoom H1 recorder.
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Luggage being handled via an automatic, mechanized conveyor system to bring baggage to the arrivals. (1:08) Extracted from a video ...
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The Reynolds exhibition at Tate Britain has a section devoted to women of a certain reputation. But there's a significant gap between what the labels on the wall tell us, and what we read in the catalogue. Of "Kitty Fisher as Cleopatra" the label tells us: "In this sexually-charged image Kitty Fisher, a high-class prostitute, is shown as Cleopatra suspending a large pearl over a goblet of wine ..." But the catalogue, by Martin Postle, tells us Fisher was a "courtesan" rather than "a mere prostitute".
Postle quotes a contemporary source as observing that there was "a gradation of whores in the metropolis: women of fashion who intrigue, demi-reps, good- natured girls, kept mistresses, ladies of pleasure, whores, park-walkers, street-walkers, bunters, bulk-mongers". Clearly there are discriminations to be made. It's an interesting subject.
Did Kitty Fisher really eat a £100 banknote on a slice of buttered toast, or was this just a good story? Was she really established in her lodgings by a subscription from "Arthur's, an exclusive gentleman's club on St James's Street", as a contemporary source quoted by Postle avers, or is this just gossip?
"Mrs Abington as 'Miss Prue'", one of the loveliest pictures in the show (it comes from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale), shows a young woman with black silk bracelets leaning on the back of a chair, gazing attentively and, to my eye, seriously at the viewer. The thumb of her left hand is so placed as to obscure part of her lower lip. Her mouth is slightly open, which is one way a portraitist can create the illusion of the sitter being about to speak.
The label tells us that Mrs Abington had worked in a brothel before making her name on the stage. The catalogue says that she began working selling flowers and singing ballads in Covent Garden (the market, that is, not the opera house), and that she was known as "nosegay Fan". It goes on: "Subsequently, she lodged in the household of a certain Mrs Parker, evidently a courtesan. There, as well as being schooled in the arts of seduction, she received lessons in etiquette and possibly also in French and Italian, before Mrs Parker's jealousy apparently forced her back onto the street." And that "shortly afterwards" she went on stage.
So what are we talking about here - a talented and beautiful young girl who is taken off the streets into some kind of geisha household and there trained to entertain, before getting out of that line of business and onto the stage? Or someone who has "worked in a brothel" as per the label on the wall (implying for all that we know that she would be obliged to submit to any punter)?
The answer affects the way you are going to read the painting. Do you agree that "Her thumb is poised suggestively before her slightly parted lips, a gesture which is at once vulgar and sexually charged"? That is to say, is she "coquettishly" hinting at fellatio? It seems to me wildly improbable that Reynolds would consciously have painted the sitter in such a way. If, as the label tells us, Mrs Abington was at the time the mistress of a wealthy Irish MP, it seems even less likely.
Postle tells us that, although the portrait is traditionally supposed to show the actress in her role as Prue in William Congreve's Love for Love, "Reynolds did not attempt to illustrate a particular moment in the play." I wonder why he says this. There is indeed a moment in the play when the silly country girl, Miss Prue, is left alone with an unattractive suitor, Ben - a rough sea-dog. Ben offers her a chair: "Come, mistress, will you please to sit down? For an you stand astern a that'n, we shall never grapple together. Come, I'll haul a chair; there, an you please to sit I'll sit by you." Prue replies: "You need not sit so near one; if you have anything to say I can hear you farther off, I an't deaf."
In other words, there was some kind of comic business with a chair. The awkward country girl, shown leaning on the back of a Chippendale chair in a way that is unique in female portraiture of the period, knows that she is about to have to fend off a proposal (which indeed she does). She has been taught earlier in the play that a woman should always tell lies, but in this scene she decides to tell the absolute truth: "I'm too big to be whipped so I'll tell you plainly I don't like you, nor love you at all, nor never will, that's more; so, there's your answer for you; and don't trouble me no more, you ugly thing!"
These are the thoughts that are welling up inside Miss Prue, as she sits awkwardly on her chair. Her suitor ends up calling her a sea-calf and a cheesecurd, and vowing he'd as soon marry a Lapland witch. She replies: "I won't be called names, nor I won't be abused thus, so I won't. If I were a man [Cries], you durst not talk at this rate; no, you durst not, you stinking tar-barrel."
Evidently this was Mrs Abington's big moment.


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