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IRD began working in Lebanon in 2006, providing assistance to poor rural households in the south affected by the July War. Since then, our work has expanded to encompass resilience assistance to refugees from Palestine, Iraq, and Syria, as well as Lebanese host communities supporting large refugee populations. The estimated 1.3 million refugees in Lebanon comprise more than 25 percent of the country's total population. IRD Lebanon's programs help maintain the country's stability in the face of the increased refugee burden on host communities. Assistance encompasses a variety of legal assistance services, health systems strengthening, vocational training, and job placement.
With support from UNHCR and the US Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (BPRM), IRD Lebanon works through a partner network of 650 Lebanese businesses that provide job training and employment opportunities, local refugee registration and birth registration authorities, and the Ministry of Public Health. IRD Lebanon also work with UNICEF and the World Health Organization to bolster public health services in communities hosting large numbers of Syrian refugees.
Entrepreneurship for Refugees in Lebanon (EfR): The number of Iraqi refugees in Lebanon spiked after the 2003 war, and currently number 30,000–100,000. The crisis in Syria has led to an influx of twice-displaced Iraqis, those who fled from Iraq to Syria and who have now been forced to flee their adopted homes. Supported by BPRM, EfR aimed to improve the resilience of vulnerable Iraqi refugees. The program developed relationships with Lebanese businesses in a variety of fields who offered vocational training to Iraqi refugees and who then sponsored successful graduates for paid apprenticeships, providing them with a secure income to support their families while reducing the load on the strained public support services of the Lebanese government. The vocational training focused on skills that responded to market needs – in Lebanon as well as in third countries where many of the refugees will eventually resettle. Businesses that host apprentices received a modest business development grant and salary subsidies for the first three months of the apprenticeship. More than 2,100 Iraqis completed vocational training with more than 80 percent being offered employment following their training.
Securing legal refugee status, visas, and work permits were among the legal and protection services EfR offered. Legalizing refugee status in Lebanon allows individuals to build their own support systems. Lebanon's dynamic political environment can make navigating the legal networks challenging. With support from BPRM, close to 1,000 Iraqis renewed their visas and work permits, and over 2,000 Iraqi families received psychosocial counseling and information on refugee rights. IRD will continue to provide protection and livelihood support to Iraqi refugees in Lebanon in 2015 under the PRM program.
Protective Support to Syrian Refugees in Lebanon (PSSR): Due to its strong ties to Syria, Lebanon has maintained an open-border policy for Syrians fleeing conflict. By the end of 2013, 1 million refugees had registered with UNHCR, equal to nearly one-quarter of Lebanon's total population, and many expect the number to reach 1.5 million by the end of 2014. Lebanon's public structures were weak prior to the Syrian conflict, and the open-border policy has further strained this capacity.
PSSR provides legal assistance and support for Syrians in Lebanon as well as works with local Lebanese municipalities on small-scale community improvement projects needed to alleviate the strain the refugees place on public systems. Birth registration, marriage registration and legal protection services, including protection from gender-based violence are provided by a legal team in Akkar and Tripoli. In the first half of 2014, over 2000 Syrian refugees have benefitted from legal services and over 150 births have been registered. In areas surrounding Tripoli, the project funds community support projects such as construction or repair of school classrooms in areas with a significant refugee population. PSSR also funds additional solid waste removal services in municipalities strained by refugee populations. Supporting local municipalities in these ways helps dissipate resentment host communities may harbor toward refugees.
Instrument for Stability (IfS): The Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon has noted a 40 percent increase in the use of its health and social programs since early 2013. The influx of refugees has contributed to this increased demand, which has created a shortage of health workers, including specialists and nurses, and possibly compromised access to and quality of healthcare for Lebanese citizens and refugees alike. Working with the Ministry of Public Health and IRD, UNHCR started IfS in April 2014 to improve delivery of basic health services while providing clear support to public structures in Lebanon, thus reducing tensions while bridging humanitarian aid and development assistance. IRD works with UNHCR and the MoPH to engage and deploy health professionals and support staff in public hospitals and clinics throughout Lebanon. Selected public hospitals and laboratories will be refurbished and upgraded with infrastructure improvements and equipment purchases.
IRD's Lebanon programs are made possible with funding from the US Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (BPRM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Emergency Relief and Employment Project
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IRD's Legal Support Gives Freedom to an Iraqi Refugee
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Refugee Newborn Syrians Get Birth Certificates
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From Detention to Legal Status and Job Placement
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Legalization: Sweet as Chocolate
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Helping Refugees Navigate Life in Lebanon
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Vocational Training for Iraqis in Lebanon
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IRD Provides Farming Equipment in Southern Lebanon
Wehbe Darwish is Moukhtar, or mayor, of Al-Bayyad, a village of 1,200 people in cen... more
Training for a Better Career Through the Community
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Students in Lebanon Prepare for Their Graduation
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Fri, Feb 27th 2015 11:55 am
Elderwood at Grand Island celebrated the retirement of longtime employee Jean Peters Friday.
Conservatives host leadership celebration
Fri, Feb 27th 2015 11:55 am
The Conservative Committee of Grand Island presented the Conservative Leadership Celebration Feb. 5 at Ellden's Grill & Banquet at River Oaks.
St. Timothy Evangelical Lutheran Church: Groundbreaking of facility upgrade at child care center set for April
Sat, Feb 21st 2015 02:50 am
It's a familiar Grand Island landmark - that pretty brick church at the corner of Staley and Stony Point Roads. Soon to upgrade its appearance, St. Timothy Evangelical Lutheran Church will add more space to its well-loved child care center, expanding a ministry to Grand Island children and their families that began in 1991.
Islanders Bailey, Sugar wed
Sat, Feb 21st 2015 02:30 am
Carissa M. Bailey, 26, and Robert E. Sugar, 28, were joyfully united in marriage Jan. 2, 2015, at Westminster Presbyterian Church of Buffalo, witnessed by close family and friends.
Before the Bridges: When ferry boats plied the river
Sat, Feb 21st 2015 02:30 am
Shirley Kreger Luther was with the first group to walk over the North Grand Island Bridge on wooden planks during the final phase of construction in 1934, before the bridge was even open to traffic.
Grand Island High School: 'Shrek the Musical' is ogre the top
Wed, Feb 4th 2015 12:35 pm
Grand Island High School will present a more modern musical when it stages "Shrek the Musical" for three performances Feb. 5, 6 and 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the new Grand Viking Theater at GIHS, 1100 Ransom Road.
History of Niagara River islands retold at Launch Club presentation
Wed, Feb 4th 2015 12:25 pm
As a boy, Gary Kenline spent his summers on Motor Boat Island, an island that his grandfather had purchased in 1930.
The DeGlopper Air Assault School dedicated at Fort Bragg
Wed, Feb 4th 2015 12:25 pm
Pictured are the family and friends of Pfc. Charles DeGlopper at the Iron Mike Statue at Airborne and Special Ops Museum in Fayetteville, N.C. The group was in North Carolina for the dedication of The DeGlopper Air Assault School at Fort Bragg, which took place Jan. 22.
Bob Weaver Motorsports wins 2014 Battle of the Bolts
Wed, Feb 4th 2015 12:20 pm
Bob Weaver Motorsports of Niagara Falls Boulevard in Wheatfield has won the 2014 "Battle of the Bolts" contest, winning out over 39 entries entered in this year's contest.
Grand Island High School: Paddle board project demonstrates STEAM learning
Wed, Feb 4th 2015 12:20 pm
Grand Island High School's Engineering Tech Club showcased its handcrafted paddle board to 20 school districts at a collaborative STEAM meeting.
Marc Scibilia featured in Jeep Super Bowl commercial with 'This Land Is Your Land'
Tue, Feb 3rd 2015 02:35 pm
Sunday night, Marc Scibilia was featured in a Super Bowl commercial as his take on the Woody Guthrie song "This Land Is Your Land" played during a high-profile, 90-second spot for the new Jeep Renegade campaign branded "Beautiful Lands."
Island of Hope: Relay For Life kicks off 2015 campaign
Fri, Jan 23rd 2015 12:25 pm
Grand Island residents came ready for action at the kickoff of Grand Island's 13th annual Relay For Life on Wednesday, Jan. 14.
Bible Presbyterian Church: AWANA Winter Picnic held
Fri, Jan 23rd 2015 10:35 am
More than two-dozen children took part in traditional outdoor activities during the AWANA Winter Picnic, held by Bible Presbyterian Church at the Family Life Center on Love Road.
Grand Island Fire Co.: Island residence severely damaged by major fire
Fri, Jan 23rd 2015 10:30 am
At 4:24 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 9, Grand Island firefighters responded to a report of heavy smoke coming from the Baseline Road residence of Brian Wylke, which had been discovered by an alert neighbor.
Island of Hope: Luke Gworek named honorary survivor of GI Relay
Fri, Jan 23rd 2015 10:30 am
The 2015 Grand Island Relay For Life held its annual kickoff ceremony with the theme "One World, One Hope ... Imagine Our World with a Cure."
St. Stephen R.C. Church: Altar Society officers named
Thu, Jan 15th 2015 03:20 pm
The St. Stephen R.C. Church Altar Society has named its officers for 2015. From left: Ann Dlugokinski, secretary; Ann Hegarty, vice president; Karen DeGlopper, treasurer; and Jo Klock, president.
Thank you, volunteers
Thu, Jan 15th 2015 03:20 pm
Volunteers from the Golden Age Center stuffed more than 4,000 envelopes containing the county and town tax bills to be delivered to Grand Island residents this week.
Grand Island Fire Co. firefighters rescue driver from frigid Niagara River
Thu, Jan 8th 2015 03:40 pm
At 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 29, Grand Island Fire Co. personnel responded to a motor vehicle accident involving a passenger vehicle that veered off East River Road near the intersection of Ransom Road and ended up about 100 feet out into the Niagara River.
Huth Road Elementary School annual Heritage Luncheon held
Thu, Jan 8th 2015 03:40 pm
From Peruvian spaghetti to Chinese nan gao, fourth-graders at Huth Road Elementary School had the opportunity to sample ethnic dishes from around the world at the annual Heritage Luncheon held last week.
Island of Hope: GI Relay For Life team, Bottle Junction fighting cancer one nickel at a time
Wed, Dec 31st 2014 03:00 pm
Grand Island Relay For Life team Billy's Buddies has been raising money with a bottle and can return drive for six years, but the fundraising has never been easier since the opening of the Island's Bottle Junction redemption center.
Happy 100th birthday, Hazel Smith!
Wed, Dec 31st 2014 02:55 pm
The Grand Island Town Board issued a town proclamation to Elderwood at Grand Island resident Hazel Smith, who celebrated her 100th birthday Sunday.
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Wed, Dec 31st 2014 02:40 pm
Diane and Tom Brady, owners of Ellden's Grill & Banquet at River Oaks Golf Club, hosted a pancake breakfast Sunday.
Scouts donate to Code Blue Relief Mission
Wed, Dec 31st 2014 02:40 pm
A van full of warm clothing is bound for the streets of Buffalo thanks to donations by Boy Scout Troop 630.
Grand Island Town Board ordinance to preserve historic Island buildings in discussion stage
Wed, Dec 31st 2014 02:30 pm
The Historic Preservation Advisory Board is hoping to have an ordinance passed by the Grand Island Town Board in the next few months that would establish regulations for the preservation of buildings that have historical significance.
St. Stephen School students take part in mission project
Wed, Dec 31st 2014 02:30 pm
The St. Stephen fifth-grade religious education class participated in a Christmas mission project.
Grand Island High School: Lending a hand
Wed, Dec 31st 2014 02:30 pm
Twenty-nine students from Grand Island High School, members of Student Council and DECA, the high school business club, helped the Grand Island Neighbors Foundation sort 11 pallets of donated food as part of the Share Your Happiness drive.
Kaegebein Elementary School: 'Yes, Virginia' plays to packed house
Wed, Dec 31st 2014 02:30 pm
Students in all grade levels at Kaegebein Elementary School staged two performances of "Yes, Virginia The Musical," an original production based on a true story of 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon, who wrote a letter to the New York Sun newspaper in 1897, inquiring about the existence of Santa Claus.
St. Stephen's Mission Club sends cards to elderly
Wed, Dec 24th 2014 07:00 am
St. Stephen's Mission Club students were recently busily preparing Christmas greeting cards for the elderly residents at Our Lady of Peace Skilled Nursing Facility.
St. Stephen School students offer hope to those in prison
Wed, Dec 24th 2014 07:00 am
Members of St. Stephen School's upper grade decorated special placemats to be given to incarcerated men and women through the Kairos prison ministry, offering words of hope and encouragement from the children in the community.
NOCO Express holds ribbon-cutting
Tue, Dec 23rd 2014 07:00 am
The new NOCO Express is another in a series of improvements at the Island's busiest intersection, business leaders said Tuesday.
Grand Island High School: Casey's Corner gives back
Tue, Dec 23rd 2014 07:00 am
Once again during this season of giving, Casey's Corner school store at Grand Island High School held a fundraiser to benefit those less fortunate.
Food drive assists patrons of St. Luke's
Tue, Dec 23rd 2014 07:00 am
Students of St. Stephen School and their families enthusiastically collected nonperishable foods to donate to the St. Luke's Mission of Mercy in Buffalo.
C.J. Spiller makes Grand Island stop
Tue, Dec 23rd 2014 07:00 am
Buffalo Bills running back C.J. Spiller visited the new NOCO Express store at the corner of Whitehaven Road and Grand Island Boulevard Dec. 16.
St. Stephen School: Religion class lifts spirits of Utah girl
Mon, Dec 22nd 2014 12:55 pm
St. Stephen students from Michele Fusco's religion class made Christmas cards for a little 6-year-old girl named Addie from Utah.
Grand Island Moose Lodge 180: Niagara Cerebral Palsy receives donation
Mon, Dec 22nd 2014 12:00 pm
Niagara Cerebral Palsy is the beneficiary of money raised by Grand Island Moose Lodge 180 from a fall fundraiser.
NOCO's major expansion offers Islanders more
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Demolition of the NOCO kiosk at the intersection of Grand Island Boulevard and Whitehaven Road is nearly complete, and its bigger replacement is open for business.
Islanders, Jickster work to aid Food Bank of WNY
Fri, Dec 12th 2014 07:00 am
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Huth Road Elementary School: First Thanksgiving celebrated
Thu, Dec 11th 2014 11:50 am
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Thu, Dec 11th 2014 11:35 am
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Thu, Dec 11th 2014 11:35 am
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10 February 2015
VDay. Ruining Good Chocolate Via Stress for at Least 147 Years
STRESS! But a few days left until #VDay2015! What to do, to do, to do, etc. The whole 24 hours are supposed to be about "love" … and not (in polite society anyway) the kind between mother and child. The love we're talking about is fed by CHOCOLATE!
The tradition is a fairly long one. Richard Cadbury began to mass produce the "chocolate box" 147 years ago. The first one featured a picture of daughter Cadbury's daughter cuddling a kitten and the success led to first Valentine Day candy box — for what it is worth, VDay and Candy begins 496 CE when Pope Gelasius I claims 14 February for St. Valentine and then meanders its way through history. Paradoxically, Cadbury's time was Victorian, so in keeping with the age the giving of purpley-wrapped candy was a way both to suggest and sublimate sexual urges.
If perchance you want MORE…
29 January 2015
Not Just VDay Junk Food
Ironically and regrettably, Valentines Day has become a day not so much to celebrate chocolate as to debase it as a commodity, a mostly forgettable but expected token. Transformed cacao pods gift wrapped in the celebration of a saint (or perhaps a massacre depending on how you are feeling about love this 14 February) is an expected part of the background for the holiday much like tinsel on a Yuletide tree. The result is that for most of the media and holiday participants, chocolate receives the same respect whether the offering is the drugstore staple, a $4.99 Whitman sampler, or an artisanal aspirer like the $260 To'Ak chocolate bar. (Not to insist or suggest that price defines the brown stuff, just that there are recognizable differences in both the quality and meaningfulness between these two particular chocolate offerings.)
It's a sad state of affairs as, whatever one's taste, chocolate MORE…
18 January 2015
Too Much Chocolate?
Portland bean-to-bar maker Woodblock announced that 24 January will be the date when it holds the championship of chocolate chomping. Possibly a world record may be at stake.
As a public service (?) for potential contestants they posted training videos
10 January 2015
What Could Make 2015 the Winter of Chocolate Poetry?
Winter's chill, somehow, seems the perfect weather for thinking about the intersection of poetry and chocolate. The elaborating wordplay of the genre, its ability to suggest so much in content while hacking away at excesses in form, should be a perfect match for the sublime sensuality of creatively developed and enhanced cacao.
Sadly, often it is not.
There is the oft cited Rita Dove's Chocolate noted in previous posts, but given how beloved the subject, there is surprisingly little chocolate poetry of note. A recent Google found MORE…
13 December 2014
Happy (Chocolate) New Year…soon
Skipping over holiday pieces (at least for the time being) let's talk 2015 and chocolate trends.
This fruit of the gods is a tried and true pleasure, a long-time luxury with an incredible history that has its ups and downs (as in "white" chocolate).
Still, somehow, great is not good enough. The search is always on for the new, the trendy, the tomorrow. Why? Something about human nature not worth trying to understand here. MORE…
22 November 2014
Someday It Won't Be Thanksgiving Without Chocolate
Turkeys be damned, or at least brought down a peg. Thanksgiving turns out to be a holiday of a lamb … as in Mary Had a Little Lamb …
As in, we don't have the 1621 Pilgrims and Wapanoag (who together likely savored venison, and certainly not the pictured chocolate turkey) to thank for the upcoming onslaught of overdoing both food and shopping. We should actually thank Godmother of Thanksgiving, Sara Josepha Hale, who is more famed as progenitor of the rhyming tale of the young miss and her wooly pet.
Hale, an editor of early 19th century magazines for New England gentlewomen, made it her mission to lobby for a national holiday for giving thanks, which President Lincoln decided in 1863 would be a useful way to mark the third year of America's Civil War.
Regrettably, we can't MORE…
29 October 2014
Halloween & National Chocolate Day DIY
Why is today National Chocolate Day? It just is, so have a bite (or two, at least) and celebrate! And consider this your three-day warning to Halloween, which also is celebrated with something of a chocolate patina.
Regrettably, H-Day is filled with tricks on kids, provided "alleged" treats that are "fun sized" drugstore chocolate bars. The adult who cares about kids — and we don't imagine any other kind of reader — is caught between Scylla and Charybdis, either knowingly pandering with choco-crap or not satisfying kids, who don't know better.
Admittedly, Cupid Alley Chocolatieres does not exist or aspire to anyone out of that moral conundrum. So, let us first distract MORE …
14 October 2014
Funeral Cakes, Death, Chocolate & More
October is National Dessert Month, and also in its build up to Halloween, a celebration of death in various but still appetizing forms. What could be a better time than to talk about the choice between cake and death, as Eddie Izzard does,
or a touch more soberly to discuss (Chocolate) Funeral Cakes?
Not yet completely soberly. We note that serving a chocolate skull cake might work for some, but is for most people a goober of MORE…
28 September 2014
Beginning with Charlie and Chocolate
A new Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory book cover appears gratuitous, not least because the book biz is hurting enough without shooting itself in the face with artwork.
But maybe it is genius?
Perhaps it's a diabolical plan to spend a bit for a new, outrageous cover in the British market that is so off-putting as to inspire worldwide publicity and drive book buyers to pony up for other copies of Charlie? It may be the fiftieth anniversary of the title, but that doesn't mean it can't use a bit of push to get off the shelves. (Maybe instead of the ugly cover they should have made more of the lost chapter?)
In that spirit, MORE…
16 September 2014
Perhaps the best piece of business wisdom — certainly an item from the Top 5, and yet usually ignored — is that a customer who presents a problem is one ready to buy more stuff and gives the company a chance to cement greater loyalty.*
In that spirit, and with the hope that #BitterChocolate will soon apply only to actual high-percentage-cocoa-solid and low-percentage-sugar "baking" chocolate, noted here are some current, saddening challenges for the world of chocolate. MORE…
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having been released a few weeks back, the GNOME development community is slowly beginning to ramp up work on the next release, which will be known as GNOME 2.28. The release schedule for GNOME 2.28 is out, along with a tentative schedule for
! GNOME 3.0 will take off where GNOME 2.30 would have been, and will come with some significant improvements to compete in the age of
First though, with the GNOME 2.28 release schedule, its first unstable release (v2.27.1) will be out later this month on the 29th. For the next few months will be several more development releases in the GNOME 2.27 series and also minor bug-fix releases in the 2.26 series. Come this September, GNOME 2.28.0 is planned for release on the 23rd. Among many other features and changes to come, GNOME 2.28 will complete the migration from Mozilla/XulRunner to WebKit for its web rendering engine.
A month after the release of GNOME 2.28 will be the first GNOME 2.30 (3.0) development build and that will continue on in the usual GNOME development fashion until March of 2010. GTK 3.0 and Glib 3.0 are scheduled for release on the 22nd of February in 2010 while GNOME 3.0 is scheduled to be out on the 31st of March. In other words, we are just shy of being one year out from GNOME 3.0!
Landing in late August during the GNOME 2.28 development cycle will be the gnome-shell beta release. Throughout the GNOME 3.0 development cycle, various libraries will be stripped away such as libgnomeui, libglade, etc. The feature freeze for GNOME 3.0 will go into effect in late January.
The release schedule for GNOME 2.28 and GNOME 3.0 can be found on their
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. Additionally, new details regarding GNOME 3.0 were also published today. From the revamping of the GNOME user desktop experience to streamlining of the platform to the promotion of the GNOME desktop, those details can be read about in detail
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It has been 9 months since your sudden disappearance. That Hallowed night when your 5'11" nerd aura Handed me my early birthday gift A cold shoulder wrapped in a velvet bow Made in Sri Lanka, sold exclusively at the Dollar Store That was your appraised value. But, today, revival's whisper enters my gently waxed earlobes. Candy coated revelations For my allergic blood "I said yes!", as she flashed Cracker Jack ring Filled with Monopoly dollar signs and "Go directly to Jail" Chance cards I almost applauded, my hands sarcastically never connected While my eyeballs rolled in epileptic banter We scream in misguided nerd joy As if we witnessed Monty Python & Darth Vader having a make-out session Sudden urges to watch movies about Traveling Pants & Sisterhood And PSing my I Love You While we eat Dark Chocolate Klondike bars and Chipwich Ice Cream Cookies My ovaries were bursting with INSANITY'S JOY! But, WAIT, I quickly realized I didn't have such parts! It was then, reality crashed As if Spider Man ran out of web during mid-air leap My essence now halts at crossroads' throat. To my left, "celebration" To my right, "other" I chose to be a human this night. Current time- 9:15pm Current location- Reception Hall A 5 course meal, Including dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets Smiley face French fries And 3 glasses of Tang Surrounded my space on the dinner table Heavenly echoes of forks & glass, Ringing in ignorant unison, Give birth to Tinnitus in my drums In their 9 months of togetherness, They kiss with forcible ease, Frogs refusing to show their true form It is then, ignoring listless stares from guests, I stood up holding my half-empty Tang glass Which MIGHT have contained a smidge of Grey Goose At the TOP of my LUNGS, I whispered. "Friend, I should be so proud of you. I would. I could. You never responded to my open-hearted palm. You left my vulnerabilities dangling at half-mast, as if I lost our final game of Hang Man. But, TONIGHT, it is I & this delicious Dinosaur nugget that will HAVE a final say! You are impeccably flawed, like I. But, I still wanted you to be a part of my tomorrows. Yet, you turned me into a muted yesterday. So, I will wish congratulations on your new slav…um, husband, Pouring this glass of yummy Tang onto this stapled dance floor in a straight line Each drop will be a symbol of how many tears he will shed, before that line is crossed." As silence slapped each other in its face Across candle flame blanketed, marble dance hall, With children pointing & laughing hysterically, "Security" enters the room As I hold hands with Cuban female rent-a-cop, her head warming my shoulder, "Thank you for these 9 months. For now, I have given birth to a new me. The Best Man that you will never hold again." ©Drake J. Eszes
Disappearing: A List • Leave for no destination in particular. • Plastic surgery. • Burn my wallet and shoes. • Buy or steal an identity; become another. • Run into the forest, wear a wolf's skin, look and smell wolfish downwind. • Yield my being in an intimate exchange, to the thrall of scotch or peyote or cocaine or intense pleasure or pain. • Be subsumed into the collective mind of a cult or the Secret Service or the Carthusians • Become young rather than old. • Die, just because. It's just a list of possibilities. Nothing more. Not a complete one at that.
This time never seem to come but right from the beginning it stood by the door and never knocked. Nearer it comes but acting like a mirage allowing me privileges, opportunities, experiences and Life itself. Is it the Joy of having new friends and family? Or drinking from the cup of new acquaintances? Is it the adventure of a different environment? And its ability to create a new personality in me? I'll surely miss them all and all that took part in making my completeness a reality. I divide my heart into six portions to my friends, who are a bridge to where I am today and served as the paddle for my sail to greatness. to my instructors, both great and small who showed me the path with less thorns and stones and opened my eyes to see beyond the hill. to my 'dears' who balanced my Life and made my manly wholeness an actualization. to simple familiarities who shared the fruit of life from a distance and protected our respect like a new born child. to critics who trippled the magnitude of my consciousness and are always down the cliff when I'm about to fall. Irrespective of their motive have kept my reputation as strong as the toughest compounds of carbon. To haters, you make me stay in the right path and refrained me from crossing the thin line between fantasy and reality. Notwithstanding your contempt my love for and to you remains bountiful and pure. Goodbyes are the hardest words to say. But your smiles are in my genes, your helping hands, make up my memories. And your love is what I see when my eyes stay closed. Though we say goodbyes now I'll always carry you along wherever I go. In tears, I say.................. I MISS YOU SO DEARLY.
This morning when I woke up in an unfamiliar place, dark and empty. There were no doors, no windows I was trapped. No light, I could not see. No air, I could not breathe. I cried out for help, no one could hear me. Alone and smothering as the rhythm of my heartbeat grew weak until there was no beat. The glimpse of my soul once filled with vibrant life now fades away as dark as the place I find myself. Wait this in not a room, Wait this is not a place. But, this is my world without you. Dark, empty, alone and hurting. I am alone in the dark A shadow covers the beam that once lite up my life, My heart is empty, My dreams shattered, This is my world without YOU!
YOU SLY DOG I saw you standing there all alone. I came over to see where you ready to move on. You said you were just shooting the breeze. I left without thinking that you probably were deceiving me. You arrived home about ten. You pull yours shoes off as you were kissing me. Never did I expect that you had not been doing anything but what you said. I told you to get you something to eat so that we could go to bed. Morning came and nightfall and this behavior continued. We would spend time together and talk. Wednesdays were your night for personal space. If I came across you, I found you always standing in the same place. Today I found you out. You are a sly dog and contrite. You are a cheat. I want you out of my life. You sly dog. You ain't lucky at all.
I am what you call a hopeless romantic, But im also a lost lovers cause, my heart belongs to another Yet in my head a love triangle starts to form, the girl I love doesn't love me She holds the heart to another and mine caged to the floor, She isn't afraid to fight for what she wants, not even when it comes to leaving another man torn Trust me she's happy, as that boy holds her heart ever so close Seeing what I shouldn't I smile as I wear my blind fold, Blind to everything around, lifeless staring into air My train of thought running so fast, the second I stop you'll hear a crash Derailing my hope, for ever finding a love so pure & rare Wishing I could hold the hand of the lover who stole my flame, Wish I could change the last days in which we parted ways, Realizing now that we can never be the same Finally saying it out loud as tears run down my face You stole my happiness, as I walked away that day But it's because as of what you said I guessed I changed, Now every relationship has just be the same, No one can seem to bring back that flame, Because a love likes ours comes once in a lifetime Well at least it does to me, But I mean you're happy with who your with I mean I only wrote this as I heard exchanging "I love you" flow from each of your lips.
over you am hurt too this i can say i love you anyway hard to carry own you did me wrong my love can;t stop my eyes or like RAIN DROPS
Limb of my domain To sing of crying pain Clouds fill the sky My heart does fly Wisps of cool wind The ground full of sin Let me leave my limb Floating on air prim. 3/23/2014 JOE POEWHIT JESUS SAVES
Here I am thinking again about how our life should of been But it's to late cause you are gone the love we shared can't go on Wishing we had more time before the clocks started to wined Time has stopped since you went away I really wished you could of stayed You have moved on far away but my love for you has never changed When I die someday soon we will meet again pass the moon Far away in an unclouded sky we will never say goodbye As I look back on our life I realize time was not on our side.....
What am I supposed to think? What am I supposed to say? All these lies you bottled up come sweeping, crashing with the tides. My footing's gone, the ocean real, but how am I supposed to feel? And here I am, a drowning mess, a loveless lie, I do protest. And here I am a drowning mess. So all those things you said to me? Where they just lies out of pity? So all those things you said to me? Or am I lost in salty waves? Yes I know my future's grave. Or am I lost in salty waves?And now the panic in my head, when I should be tucked up in your bed, reels and reels right here instead.I'm going down, a sinking ship, funny what name drips off my lips. It is not God, or Angles plenty, or even that I'm just damn ready To let go of the hell and the lies. I'm wishing for your gentle eyes. Or at least the way they always seemed, but perhaps that's just this salty dream. I have no clue what I'm to do! A drowning hopeless mess, for you-- think it's cute, and oh so funny, but here's the bitter truth now honey. I'm going down. There is no help. I can't be saved by God himself. I put my life, my whole world of trust, and you've thrown it away for lust. Well what the hell's a girl to do? I'm just so entranced by you!
Poet: Ken Jordan Poem: It's Over Edited by: Sparkle Jordan written: December/2014 Child don't choo know, You kain't make someone be what choo want dem to be (?) You just kain't change who they are - It is what it is..... Either you be who you are - Or Lose yo/self inside someone else - Child don't choo know, once an egg is cracked, You kain't put it back together again (?) It's Over
Screaming in my head not able to hear nothing else. the screaming is Me saying come back so I can say goodbye. but the screaming goes unnoticed due to only me hearing them. I wish I could have you one last time to say one last goodbye. Before you go but your already gone, never even got to say goodbye. Maybe one day soon I will get to say goodbye and hello, as I will be dead to with no regrets. the screaming in my head goes silent as I finally get to say goodbye forevevr. the screaming in my head is because I never got to say goodbye.
Call the lost cause, call out the Guard, because I'll say drowning is hard. You realize that you're all alone, to view pearly or fiery thrones. And when it hits, your mind's been blown. There's nothing you can do for me. I'm at the mercy of the sea. A kinder mistress than your she. Nothing's real! Nothing's fake! We don't realize the choices we make Come back to us in the oddest way. Such as where I am today. With what I found, could I stay there? And play pretend like there's no care? Of course I could, of course I would, if it meant I'd have you like I should. But there you go, I see you now, walking the beach holding your cow. But wait... the cow, not she, is me! So who am I supposed to be!? Am I the wife, or mistress here? All I feel is rising fear. Her wedding ring.. glowing so clear. The sea has given me her mercy. I have but yet one final plea. Give to her what you'd give to me. One of us should be happy. The surface breaks and here I go. I thrash, but halt. It's cold as snow. Now comes the part that we all know. The Guard has come, the day's been saved. But of those glimpses was I crazed? And where's the man who I so craved? Well, give him freedom, and give him much, but never lose your lady's touch. His love for you will grow to such Great amount's he'll never go, and leave you here to drown like so. Was it a dream? I'll never know. Ah look, it's Death In form Of crows...
Goodbye hey you! In front the blade of fear My words so weak to pass, through my throat. I am afraid they'll grant you stigma If I didn't mention your names I have no light While the movements of your shades Flowing from stone to another You who in front of me Stumbled Had let me down The luck, the mind and the heart which was lost In deserts I became! Afraid of dance, Your voices are sharp and Without my voice, my soul Pours and drink the bitter in cup. In my tears there are thorns, Tingle my face and There is no lap to calm. Your hands are daggers Your words hurt my lips. Your faces fake and My kisses become sour, Bitter and sad My lungs are lacking the air now, Goodbye and au revoir
I say goodbye a lot—not in an "I'll see you later" or "until next time" sort of way—but in a "goodbye for good" and "never speak to you again" sort of way. I've always been all right with it, accepted it, and embraced it, even. You know, people come and go; they serve their purpose and even though sometimes it's worth it, they go away. I'm guilty of it myself. Just leave. Get out. Go. Don't stay. I've said goodbye so many times to so many people in so many ways, but you posed a problem that my brain, mind, soul, body can't escape. I just want to be back inside your arms, your bed, your life, your heart, you. Instead, I ran off, 9 thousand miles away to wake up as you go to bed, to play in a giant sandbox. I do not want to stay here; June cannot come quickly enough. March, April, May—three more months of this living in your tomorrow, you in my yesterday. I miss you. I fear you. I long for you with intensity as deep, as overwhelming, as powerful and dominating as the sky's infinity. I love you. I want you. I yearn for you in every single way; the tears I've bled for you are insurmountable. I wish for Home; I wish for the West. Even greater than my desperation for friends, family, familiar faces, familiar places, is my ache to have you near; if wishes were horses, and if horses had wings, I'd have one to take me there.
PREFACE TO A JAMAICA FAREWELL When I'm gone remember me in tamarind season reflecting the bitter sweet of life we shared Raise eyes to the ambers and blues of Caribbean skies Listen to the thunder and hear my soul soaring In the searching winds of time look for me in the ebb and flow of the tides: Frothing the shores with salted memories.


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Manitoba needs to beef up conflict-of-interest laws
Throughout his tenure as mayor of Winnipeg, conflict-of-interest allegations have dogged Sam Katz over dealings between the city and various friends and business associates of Katz. In the past few weeks, fresh finger-pointing has followed the disclosure of Katz's purchase of Duddy Enterprises LLC from City of Winnipeg CAO Phil Sheegl for $1.
The media coverage was intense but Manitobans should not think conflict-of-interest issues are a problem unique to Winnipeg. A search of media reports and court records reveals such allegations are made against elected officials throughout the province with surprising regularity.
A cursory online search finds judgments rendered by Manitoba courts in cases involving conflict of interest in the rural municipalities of Glenwood, Clanwilliam, Cornwallis and Whitehead in the past decade.
Each of these matters has raised the public's awareness of the ethical challenges faced by our politicians. They have also exposed the inadequacies of conflict-of-interest legislation that currently governs the conduct of Manitoba's municipal and provincial representatives.
Two provincial statutes are relevant here. The Municipal Council Conflict of Interest Act applies to all councillors, reeves and mayors who serve on various municipal councils throughout the province. The Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Conflict of Interest Act applies to MLAs, provincial cabinet ministers and senior public servants.
Though the two laws are largely identical in standards of conduct and enforcement procedures, it is difficult to understand why one law would include the conduct of senior public servants, but not the other. Neither statute prohibits elected officials from doing business with their staff, as in the Katz-Sheegl transaction.
A Free Press editorial Sept. 13 correctly complained "the municipal conflict rules are skeletal, relating narrowly to financial interests, prohibiting politicians from taking part in municipal decision-making that may affect those interests.
"They do not speak to the broad, complex matters of ethics, influence peddling and unbecoming conduct of politicians or senior officers and administrators."
The same could be also said regarding the rules governing the conduct of MLAs and cabinet ministers, but the flaws in both statutes go far beyond the narrowness of their scope -- to the point where it is appropriate to ask if the provincial government seriously wants to promote ethical conduct by our elected representatives.
If the province is committed to ensuring the actions of our elected representatives are not influenced by conflicting interests and other ethical impediments, it would amend the applicable legislation to prohibit all forms of conduct in which a representative's private interests may compromise the public interest.
It would expand the law's scope, by including senior officers and administrators working at both the provincial and municipal level. They are the people who often exercise the real decision-making power in government.
Under the current legislative scheme, individual citizens bear the burden of gathering evidence of a breach of the conflict-of-interest laws, and of seeking a judicial remedy in instances when a municipal council refuses to act. This is a difficult, time-consuming and expensive process -- so onerous as to render the laws effectively unenforceable. In fact, lawsuits that have been launched were filed by councillors against other councillors, not by ordinary citizens.
Manitoba needs a government-funded agency tasked with the enforcement of tougher, broader conflict-of-interest laws. That agency must be independent, with sweeping investigative powers, including the ability to compel the production of evidence.
Legislation creating the agency should also impose the obligation on all elected representatives and government employees to report conduct that may violate the legislation, and serious penalties for failing to make such a report.
Rather than expecting municipalities to each hire the services of a commissioner, Manitoba should have one adequately funded agency to prevent a patchwork quilt of varying standards and enforcement schemes.
This would go a long way to constructing effective conflict-of-interest laws that protect all Manitobans and build confidence in the decisions made by our elected representatives.
Deveryn Ross is a political commentator living in Brandon.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition September 20, 2012 A11
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"For devices running iPhone OS versions 1.1.3 to 3.1, Apple relied on (and still relies on) databases maintained by Google and Skyhook Wireless ("Skyhook") to provide location-based services," Sewell wrote. "Beginning with the iPhone OS version 3.2 released in April 2010, Apple relies on its own databases to provide location-based services and for diagnostic purposes."
However, the default Maps application within iOS still reads "Google" in the lower left corner, showing that Apple continues to on the search giant for the maps themselves. In addition, all iOS devices still rely on Google's Street View feature as well.
But the change in iOS 3.2 means that Apple now controls its own location services, through GPS tracking, and could signal that Apple plans to rely solely on its own technology in the future.
Such a move wouldn't be completely unexpected, as Apple has made a number of key acquisitions related to mapping. Last year, it acquired Google Maps competitor Placebase, and this month it purchased Poly9, a Canadian company that creates interactive 3D maps.
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Over at the Cazenovia College Art Gallery in Reisman Hall, more than 25 community vendors, college students and staff set up their wares for display and purchase as part of the school's second annual Craft Fair from 5 to 8 p.m. Residents were able to find bargain deals on handmade items, art and special gifts for the upcoming holiday season. After last year's inaugural sale, those who set up tables were eager to have another chance at selling their goods.
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Want a better smile and cavity-free teeth? Brushing and flossing are merely the beginning. Turns out there are a host of incredible edibles that fight bacteria, attack plaque and build enamel with every bite, says Wendy Bazilian, a registered dietitian and author of The Superfoods Rx Diet. Here, her surprising foods for a camera-ready smile.
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They're not just good for your eyes; carrots are packed with beta-carotene, a powerful antioxidant that is key to building and maintaining strong, healthy teeth. Sweet potatoes and pumpkin are also excellent sources of this wonder nutrient.
Better Smile Food No. 3: Celery
Water-rich vegetables — like celery — cleanse the teeth, washing away sugar and starches that can cause cavities and plaque. In addition, munching on crunchy veggies massages your gums, which increases circulation and can help remove bacteria.
Better Smile Food No. 4: Dairy Products
Dairy products such as yogurt, low-fat or nonfat milk and cheese are all rich in calcium, a mineral that is essential for preserving and rebuilding tooth enamel. Calcium also aids in saliva production, which helps kill the bacteria that cause cavities and gum disease.
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