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Pick up lines from classic movies

I like older men. They’re so grateful, Karin – in “Two-Faced Woman” with Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas
Let’s go somewhere we can be alone. Ah, there doesn’t seem to be anyone on this couch, S. Quentin Quale in “Go West” with Groucho Marx and June Maccloy
Marry me, and I’ll never look at another horse, Dr. Hackenbush – in “A Day at the Races,” with Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont
What’s the matter with me? I’m gay, I’m loveable, and I’ve got good teeth, Carey in “June Bride” with Robert Montgomery and Bette Davis
Give me a kiss ort I’ll sock you, Frank in “The Postman Always Rings Twice” with John Garfield and Lana Turner
Let’s go in my room and talk the situation over, Otis. What situation? Mrs. Claypool. Well…what situations have you got? Otis in “A Night at the Opera” with Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont
I’d love to kiss you, but I just washed my hair, Madge in “Cabin in the Cotton” with Bette Davis and Richard Barthelmess

A osim krvi...ko zna?

U posljednjih trideset godina u nekoliko navrata američki istraživači su uzimali krv indijanskog plemena Karitiana (Brazil, zapadni Amazon) obećavajući u zamjenu za krv lijekove. Dolaskom interneta na područje plemena Karitiana, šokirani su saznali da su uzorci njihove krvi i DNA bili prodati naucnicima sirom svijeta po 85$ po uzorku. Karitiana pleme koje preživljava baveći se lovom, ribolovom i poljoprivredom sada zahtijeva da se distribucija uzoraka prekine i da dobiju kompenzaciju od Coriell Cell Repositories, naucnog centra s najvećom kolekcijom ljudskih uzoraka DNA. Brazilska vlada je zatražila pomoć Interpola da intervenise u prodaji ilegalno dobivenih uzoraka krvi i DNA materijala. Karitiani smatraju da su bili prevareni. Američki istraživači su iskoristili njihovo neznanje o zapadnjačkoj civilizaciji i kapitalističkoj ekonomiji. Male, izolirane i čvrsto povezane zajednice koje su vijekovima živjele neometane s malim prilivom novog genetskog materijala su upravo zbog tih činjenica savršeni za istraživanje genetskog materijala i praćenje bolesti koje se pojavljuju kao i istraživanje zašto su indijanska plemena otporna na razne bolesti koje pogađaju ljude u ostatku svijeta (?).

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Lots of good paintings being sold in London recently...Claude Monet's Nympheas sold for $28 mil, Francis Bacon's self-portrait $18 mil, and big surprise - the 1992 portrait of Lucian Freud's friend Bruce Bernard (left) - estimated to fetch $8 mil, was sold for almost $12 mil. and was part of a sale of post-war and contemporary art.