Aug 24
Woman throws cat in bin
A woman from Coventry, UK, was captured on CCTV gently stroking a kitten before opening the lid of a wheelie bin and pushing the cat inside.
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Aug 24
A woman from Coventry, UK, was captured on CCTV gently stroking a kitten before opening the lid of a wheelie bin and pushing the cat inside.
Aug 22
Here’s a range of 72 awesome lego creations by professional Lego builder Sean Kenney. Art with bricks…
Aug 18
When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and
said, I’ve got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly.
Again I observed the hurt in her eyes.
…
Suddenly I didn’t know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know
what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly.
She didn’t seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly,
why?I avoided her question. This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man! That night, we didn’t talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer; she had lost my heart to Jane. I didn’t love her anymore. I just pitied her!
With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company.
She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman who had spent ten years of her life with me had become a stranger. I felt sorry for her wasted time, resources and energy but I could not take back what I had said for I loved Jane so dearly. Finally she cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected to see. To me her cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of divorce which had obsessed me for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer now.
The next day, I came back home very late and found her writing something at the table. I didn’t have supper but went straight to sleep and fell asleep very fast because I was tired after an eventful day with Jane.
When I woke up, she was still there at the table writing. I just did not care so I turned over and was asleep again.
In the morning she presented her divorce conditions: she didn’t want anything from me, but needed a month’s notice before the divorce. She requested that in that one month we both struggle to live as normal a life as possible. Her reasons were simple: our son had his exams in a month’s time and she didn’t want to disrupt him with our broken marriage.
This was agreeable to me. But she had something more, she asked me to recall how I had carried her into out bridal room on our wedding day.
She requested that every day for the month’s duration I carry her out of our bedroom to the front door ever morning. I thought she was going crazy. Just to make our last days together bearable I accepted her odd request.
I told Jane about my wife’s divorce conditions. . She laughed loudly and thought it was absurd. No matter what tricks she applies, she has to face the divorce, she said scornfully.
My wife and I hadn’t had any body contact since my divorce intention was explicitly expressed. So when I carried her out on the first day, we both appeared clumsy. Our son clapped behind us, daddy is holding mommy in his arms. His words brought me a sense of pain. From the bedroom to the sitting room, then to the door, I walked over ten meters with her in my arms. She closed her eyes and said softly; don’t tell our son about the divorce. I nodded, feeling somewhat upset. I put her down outside
the door. She went to wait for the bus to work. I drove alone to the office.
On the second day, both of us acted much more easily. She leaned on my chest. I could smell the fragrance of her blouse. I realized that I hadn’t looked at this woman carefully for a long time. I realized she was not young any more. There were fine wrinkles on her face, her hair was graying! Our marriage had taken its toll on her. For a minute I wondered what I had done to her.
On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I felt a sense of intimacy returning. This was the woman who had given ten years of her life to me.
On the fifth and sixth day, I realized that our sense of intimacy was growing again. I didn’t tell Jane about this. It became easier to carry her as the month slipped by. Perhaps the everyday workout made me stronger.
She was choosing what to wear one morning. She tried on quite a few dresses but could not find a suitable one. Then she sighed, all my dresses have grown bigger. I suddenly realized that she had grown so thin, that was the reason why I could carry her more easily.
Suddenly it hit me… she had buried so much pain and bitterness in her heart. Subconsciously I reached out and touched her head.
Our son came in at the moment and said, Dad, it’s time to carry mom out. To him, seeing his father carrying his mother out had become an essential part of his life. My wife gestured to our son to come closer and hugged him tightly. I turned my face away because I was afraid I might change my mind at this last minute. I then held her in my arms, walking from the bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway. Her hand surrounded my neck softly and naturally. I held her body tightly; it was just like our wedding day.
But her much lighter weight made me sad. On the last day, when I held her in my arms I could hardly move a step. Our son had gone to school. I held her tightly and said, I hadn’t noticed that our life lacked intimacy.
I drove to office…. jumped out of the car swiftly without locking the door. I was afraid any delay would make me change my mind…I walked upstairs. Jane opened the door and I said to her, Sorry, Jane, I do not want the divorce anymore.
She looked at me, astonished, and then touched my forehead. Do you have a fever? She said. I moved her hand off my head. Sorry, Jane, I said, I won’t divorce. My marriage life was boring probably because she and I didn’t value the details of our lives, not because we didn’t love each other anymore. Now I realize that since I carried her into my home on our wedding day I am supposed to hold her until death do us apart.
Jane seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave me a loud slap and then slammed the door and burst into tears. I walked downstairs and drove away.
At the floral shop on the way, I ordered a bouquet of flowers for my wife. The salesgirl asked me what to write on the card. I smiled and wrote, I’ll carry you out every morning until death do us apart.
That evening I arrived home, flowers in my hands, a smile on my face, I run up stairs, only to find my wife in the bed – dead.
My wife had been fighting CANCER for months and I was so busy with Jane to even notice. She knew that she would die soon and she wanted to save me from the whatever negative reaction from our son, in case we push thru with the divorce.– At least, in the eyes of our son— I’m a loving husband….
The small details of your lives are what really matter in a relationship. It is not the mansion, the car, property, the money in the bank. These create an environment conducive for happiness but cannot give happiness in themselves. So find time to be your spouse’s friend and do those little things for each other that build intimacy. Do have a real happy marriage!
Jul 27
Pioneer telephone service offers very cheap long distance call rates. This video tutorial shows you how to quickly sign up and start using this great service.
Jul 15
San Alfonso del Mar in Chile. A one kilometre long swimming pool in Chile has set the world record for the world’s biggest outdoor swimming pool.
http://www.worldrecordsacademy.org/
Jun 28
According to FIFA the cost of goal line technology would be too much to implement, therefore the game will continue to suffer as it did yesterday when England had a goal disallowed against Germany in the 2010 World Cup.
FIFA, a billion dollar industry, cannot afford a few webcams and hook them up to a laptop with the fourth official on the sidelines. What a shame, yesterday was a bad day for the sport, as in another second round tie, Argentina had a goal stand when their scorer was at least a yard offside. This was seen by everybody in the ground on the replay on the big screen, yet the referee isn’t allowed to change his mind. Go figure?
Shame on you, FIFA!
Jun 26
A friend recently asked the question where he could find some decent financial quotes. He wanted to post a new facebook status which was related to the current financial crisis, and his own money worries. So here it is, a short collection of financial quotes.
I believe that I was lucky to have suffered. Some people don’t realize that in suffering there is great potential, because if you are deprived for any reason.. politically, financially, socially or otherwise.. and if you set your mind in the right direction, you will find that the only way to survive is for you to excel, by being better so you can be treated better.
~ Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
Financial education needs to become a part of our national curriculum and scoring systems so that it’s not just the rich kids that learn about money.. it’s all of us.
~ David Bach
Before you can really start setting financial goals, you need to determine where you stand financially.
~ David Bach
The basic prescription for preventing deflation is straightforward, at least in principle: Use monetary and fiscal policy as needed to support aggregate spending, in a manner as nearly consistent as possible with full utilization of economic resources and low and stable inflation. In other words, the best way to get out of trouble is not to get into it in the first place.
~ Ben Bernanke
The sources of deflation are not a mystery. Deflation is in almost all cases a side effect of a collapse of aggregate demand.. a drop in spending so severe that producers must cut prices on an ongoing basis in order to find buyers.
~ Ben Bernanke
There’s no denying that a collapse in stock prices today would pose serious macroeconomic challenges for the United States. Consumer spending would slow, and the U.S. economy would become less of a magnet for foreign investors. Economic growth, which in any case has recently been at unsustainable levels, would decline somewhat. History proves, however, that a smart central bank can protect the economy and the financial sector from the nastier side effects of a stock market collapse.
~ Ben Bernanke
Mr. Greenspan did a very good job in the early 1990’s. But recently he’s fallen prey to this crazy theory that prosperity causes inflation. So they’re trying to slow the economy down by raising interest rates. It’s like a doctor saying you’re in great health, so we have to make you sick a little bit. It’s a bizarre theory. It’s going to hurt our economy.
~ Steve Forbes
I’m quite worried about the fiscal imbalances that we’ve got and what that might mean in terms of financial crisis ahead.
~ Bill Gates
It has been my experience that competency in mathematics, both in numerical manipulations and in understanding its conceptual foundations, enhances a person’s ability to handle the more ambiguous and qualitative relationships that dominate our day-to-day financial decision-making
~ Alan Greenspan
Any informed borrower is simply less vulnerable to fraud and abuse
~ Alan Greenspan
To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education–literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills.
~ Alan Greenspan
The reason I entered the election race was to promote reforms. For us who engage in business, we will be severely affected if financial and structural reforms don’t proceed.
~ Takafumi Horie
A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life.
~ Suze Orman
Owning a home is a keystone of wealth.. both financial affluence and emotional security.
~ Suze Orman
After you marry, every asset either of you acquires is jointly held. That’s why you both need to be in sync on your long-term financial goals, from paying off the mortgage to putting away for retirement. Ideally, you should talk about all this before you wed. If you don’t, you can end up deeply frustrated and financially spent.
~ Suze Orman
In all realms of life it takes courage to stretch your limits, express your power, and fulfill your potential.. it’s no different in the financial realm.
~ Suze Orman
A weak currency is the sign of a weak economy, and a weak economy leads to a weak nation.
~ Ross Perot
Given the current state of our finances, we could sure use a quarter of a trillion dollars a year recycling through the U.S. economy rather than through the economies of Iran, Russia, and Venezuela.
~ T. Boone Pickens
Debt has become a part of who we are.
~ Dave Ramsey
The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit.. a reputation, character.
~ John D. Rockefeller
Business is not financial science, it’s about trading.. buying and selling. It’s about creating a product or service so good that people will pay for it.
~ Anita Roddick
The pace at eBay was frantic and urgent. We knew that if we didn’t move fast, somebody would come into the market and quash us. Participant doesn’t make a lot of sense from a financial investment perspective, so it’s unlikely that other people will be approaching the business in the same way. So you see less urgency; you see a thoroughness and willingness to spend extra time to get things right. Which I think is really important.
~ Jeff Skoll
If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and his commercial importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of his bulk. His contributions to the world’s list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine, and abstruse learning are also away out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers.
~ Mark Twain
People ask me, how is managing in the New Economy different from managing in the Old Economy? Actually, it’s a lot the same. It’s about the financial discipline of the bottom line, understanding your customers, segmenting your customers by their needs, and building a world-class management team.
~ Meg Whitman
We also need to reduce corporate tax rates. This applies to small, medium and large businesses. At 35 percent, we have the second highest corporate rates in the world. It restricts the growth of small enterprises that need to plow capital back into their businesses and forces companies and jobs to move overseas.
~ Meg Whitman
Financial crisis, it is always the banks that get hit.
~ Gordon Wu
May 06
Not the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, but leader of the Buddhist southern region of Kalmykia, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, has claimed to have been abducted by aliens in the past. But now MP Andre Lebedev has asked the Kremlin to investigate President Ilyumzhinov, amid fears he may have disclosed state secrets whilst on board the aliens’ spaceship.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov claims that the aliens abducted him whilst he was on a visit to Moscow and conversed with him telepathically, took samples from him and chose him as they wanted to prove that the existence of Aliens and UFOs were real.
Somewhat of an eccentric figure, Ilyumzhinov is best know as the former President of The World Chess Federation, where he has transformed the region of Kalmykia into the chess capital of the world. His alien abduction claims have long been the source of ridicule, but now that the Kremlin is investigating could it be that there is some truth in his stories?
Jan 30
The class project was to draw a picture of what the children wanted to be when they grow up. This was one little girl’s vivid depiction – she wanted to be just like mommy…
Here’s the letter that followed from mom to teacher:
Dear Ms. Davis,
I want to be very clear on my child’s illustration. It is NOT of me on a dance pole on a stage in a strip joint. I work at Home Depot and had commented to my daughter how much money we made in the recent snowstorm. This photo is of me selling a shovel.
Mrs. Harrington