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The U.S. likely experienced another month of slow hiring in February, and as usual, harsh weather is getting some of the blame.
But is there more to the drop-off in hiring than just cold and snowy conditions? After all, a raft of economic indicators have softened in early 2014, and some evidence appears to suggest growth has slackened off for reasons other than the weather.
The only way to find out for sure, however, is by waiting. Unusually poor weather often undercuts gross domestic product in the first quarter and exaggerates growth in the second. But investors can still dig deep into the details of economic reports such as employment to discover more clues.
— Jeffry Bartash
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How many new jobs expected
The U.S. is forecast to add 140,000 jobs after preliminary gains of 113,000 in January and 75,000 in December, according to economists polled by MarketWatch. A second straight increase sounds good, but the economy added an average of 194,000 jobs each month in 2013.
What's more, the current forecast could be on shaky ground. Payroll processor ADP said earlier this week that the private sector only added 139,000 jobs in February. And an employment gauge in a closely followed business index contracted in February for the first time in more than two years.
Bad weather has clearly weighed on hiring, but just how much, nobody precisely knows.
A worker freezeout?
One way to get a handle on the effect of winter is to look at the number of employees who said they could not make it to work because of bad weather. The number surged in December when job creation fell to its lowest level in two years, but it subsided to more normal levels in January.
The number of employees unable to get to work has averaged 393,000 in February over the past 10 years, but the average was skewed by a 1.12 million spike in 2010 when large winter storms slammed into much of the country.
Strip out 2010 and the average is 313,000. If the number is that high or higher for last month it would suggest a strong weather impact. Not coincidentally, the U.S. lost 50,000 jobs in February 2010. That was followed by a gain of 151,000 in March.
Arc of unemployment
The unemployment rate has dropped to its current five-year low of 6.6% from 7.5% last summer much to the surprise of economists and the Federal Reserve. The quick drop is a source of controversy, with skeptics arguing the rate has mainly fallen because fewer people are looking for work.
Whatever the case, the jobless rate could drop again in February in no small part because of the expiration of extended unemployment benefits at the end of 2013. Some of the 1.35 million Americans who lost benefits may have also dropped out of the labor force and so they would not be counted in the unemployment statistics. And still others may have been forced to find a job, which would also cut the unemployment rate.
White-collar woes
The biggest source of hiring since the recession ended are professional jobs — white-collar workers in office suites or fields such as high tech. Yet growth in these jobs appears to have fizzled over the past few months. They increased by just a combined 40,000 in January and December after averaging 44,000 a month since mid-2009.
These kind of jobs should be less affected by the weather. So a big rebound in professional hiring in February as well as upward revisions in prior months would help ease concerns that the labor market is softening again. Another weak reading, however, would be an unsettling sign.
Building blocks
The construction trade is more susceptible to bad weather than most industries. Builders can't dig or frame houses when the ground is frozen, snow is falling and a cold chill is whipping about.
A cold snap in December seems to have stunted builders, but hiring snapped back in January and economists are at a bit of a loss to explain why. The guess now is that employment construction fell again in February as the weather took another turn for the worse. Builders themselves say they probably won't see a pickup in hiring until the early spring when the temperature warms.
What would another drop in construction jobs tell us? Only that the impact of weather is real.
Health care less healthy
The health-care industry, like professional services, is not hiring as rapidly as it was just a few months ago. Indeed, the government said employment actually fell in December for only the second time since it began keeping records in 1990.
While there's no hard proof yet, some industry executives and economists blame the rollout of Obamacare. The law has raised some health-care costs and pushed providers to accelerate a trend already long underway to merge and reduce their expenses.
"The Affordable Care Act is creating significant financial uncertainty to health-care organizations. With little warning, the negative impact on revenue has been unprecedented," an executive told the Institute for Supply Management in a monthly survey of business conditions.
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In response for the Army's request for a large, multiengine bomber, the B-17 (Model 299) prototype, financed entirely by Boeing, went from design board to flight test in less than 12 months.
The B-17 was a low-wing monoplane that combined aerodynamic features of the XB-15 giant bomber, still in the design stage, and the Model 247 transport. The B-17 was the first Boeing military aircraft with a flight deck instead of an open cockpit and was armed with bombs and five .30-caliber machine guns mounted in clear "blisters."
The first B-17s saw combat in 1941, when the British Royal Air Force took delivery of several B-17s for high-altitude missions. As World War II intensified, the bombers needed additional armament and armor.
The B-17E, the first mass-produced model Flying Fortress, carried nine machine guns and a 4,000-pound bomb load. It was several tons heavier than the prototypes and bristled with armament. It was the first Boeing airplane with the distinctive -- and enormous -- tail for improved control and stability during high-altitude bombing. Each version was more heavily armed.
In the Pacific, the planes earned a deadly reputation with the Japanese, who dubbed them "four-engine fighters." The Fortresses were also legendary for their ability to stay in the air after taking brutal poundings. They sometimes limped back to their bases with large chunks of the fuselage shot off.
Boeing plants built a total of 6,981 B-17s in various models, and another 5,745 were built under a nationwide collaborative effort by Douglas and Lockheed (Vega). Only a few B-17s survive today; most were scrapped at the end of the war. Some of the last Flying Fortresses met their end as target drones in the 1960s -- destroyed by Boeing Bomarc missiles.
First flight: | July 28, 1935 (prototype) |
Model number: | 299 |
Classification: | Bomber |
Span: | 103 feet 9 inches |
Length: | 74 feet 9 inches |
Gross weight: | 65,000 pounds |
Top speed: | 287 mph |
Cruising speed: | 150 mph |
Range (max.): | 3,750 miles |
Ceiling: | 35,600 feet |
Power: | Four 1,200-horsepower Wright R-1820-97 engines |
Accommodation: | 2 pilots, bombardier, radio-operator, 5 gunners |
Armament: | 11 to 13 machine guns, 9,600-pound bomb load |


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Condolence Book for Former President Leslie Manigat
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The Embassy of Haiti Launches Fellowship Program for Haitian-American Collegiate Students and Young Professionals
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Ambassador Altidor at Universite Quisqueya in Haiti
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Temporary Protected Status Re-registration Period Extended for Haitian Nationals
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Deadline May 2, 2014, for Haitian Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Re-registration
The Embassy of Haiti to the United States reminds the Haitian community, that the deadline for re-registration of Temporary Protect Status... -
Announcement - Passport Unit will be closed April 11-21, 2014
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April 7, 2014 - Commemoration of the 211th Anniversary of the Death of Toussaint L'Ouverture
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Ambassador Altidor at Enarts and Facultes des Sciences in Haiti
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Young Haitian Professional Networking Event
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The Contribution of Women in The Francophone World – FSI Panel
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The Embassy of Haiti honors Dr. Michael Eric Dyson
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Les Petits Chanteurs and The Chamber Ensemble of Holy Trinity Music School, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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Discover Haiti's Entrepreneurs & Businesses - Daphnèe K. Floreal
Discover Haiti's Entrepreneurs & Businesses:
Daphnèe K. Floreal, Owner & Chief Jewelry Designer of Bijou Lakay
Daphnèe K. Floreal first designed her own jewelry as a hobby after falling in love with pieces she saw in an art gallery made from bull horns. "I received lots of compliments for them and that's how the business really started," Ms. Floreal said.
In 2005, while still a university student, she formally started her business, Bijou Lakay. By 2007, Ms. Floreal created her own line of jewelry and now frequently participates in artisan shows in Haiti and abroad. Her pieces are made from bull horns that she buys from Haitian farmers. The jewelry is designed with women ages 18 to 65 in mind. "My focus is style," Ms. Floreal said. "With the first sample, I test comfort and quality. Then naturally, I fix what should be fixed."
Her design inspiration comes from geometric shapes, nature, museums and art galleries. "A cartoon can inspire me or a period in world history."
"Designing is like my oxygen, I cannot live without it," Ms. Floreal said. "When things go wrong, I create a piece, and when things are great I create even more."
Bijou Lakay is based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
509- 3425-3204 / 3747-4578
Discover Haiti's Entrepreneurs and Businesses, a feature developed by the Embassy of Haiti, introduces readers to the many talents that Haiti offers. The Embassy will regularly highlight Haiti's entrepreneurs and businesses. Inclusion in this feature does not imply an endorsement of the person, business or service. If you would like to nominate a Haitian entrepreneur for this feature, please submit their name and bio along with your contact information using the comment section of our website feedback form. Thank you for your continued support.


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Twisting and turning on tides of laughter, we rise and roll with wild abandon. Through sparkling sheens of summer rain, those gentle gems of glistening, gleaming drops, we fly freely upon this flamingo feathered carpet. Happily we ride along the heights of heaven, Gazing deep into galaxies that glow far beyond. Saturn's seductive rings slowly pull us forward, When suddenly we drop, diving low, dipping back into the darling glow of our moon. Then sweeping past the stars, smiling with delight, we sail off in the distance, shouting our goodnight. Now all the sights that we've seen shall swim within our dreams. Come take my hand as I take yours and we'll fly off toward tomorrow. Tanya Harrington © 07-30-2012 Inviting ~ Poet~Destroyer, Let's ride! For Skat's Magic Carpet Ride Contest
I try to be a poet, turning everything I feel into the magic dusted fairy phrases that I steal from scattered, peeling pages of a strybook within the cluttered combination of my unforgotten sins. I pen forsaken fallibles surrounded by a word or sometimes sweet soliloquy the likes you've never heard to transfer tiny twinkles of my heartbeat intertwined unraveling vocabulay's voiceless valentine. I write to make the parchment sing in choired harmony between the soured notes that echo of a diff'rent me I bang upon the beggar's door and scratch a little while to softly offer spices to my peppered paper pile. I scribble, tearing barriers belonging to us all with scripted scenes cascading over turbid waterfalls pouring metered movements in a liquid sea of motion washing over thirsty souls who drink my clear emotion. I try to be the treasured tome as written by my muse expressing me uniquely through these hands she likes to use composed in crying chords of sorrowed laughter's ecstasy, I try to be a poet, but that choice is not for me.
No tears as we scoop up the moon, zip up dirt statues that dance in the sky, and pour out the sea of stars. We laugh as we boil to pull closer the sun, turn our night song into the whistle of a soothing wind, and blanket mountain tops with snow. We sip blueberry flowers as we clip birds to trees, turtles to seas, and playful dogs to shoes; then we lean in and candle the dawn. No tears as we scoop up the moon, snag the sun, and slice the sky. No tears, Unless, As morning rain they fall.
Threw two trees a heart was seen Two trees bent, shaped by time and wind Threw these trees the truth can be gleaned Hards times shape, make, and blend (Threw in this instance means strategic place.)
Hoot! Hoot! Came the call In silence I listened,heard Nothing. Suddenly, hoot! Hoot! Came the cry,tree Branches rustling,wings Flapping. Seems the world was in Oblivion-the absolute Silence. Went I to the window and Looked into the empty Darkness. As I lay down,I Knew somewhere I would Hear that sound again.
Bullying Berty Beaver, he was quiet He never said too much Yet Molly, Berty's little wife She mouthed off just a touch She'd always threw her weight around And poor old Tiny Tim He got a slap most every day And times his days felt grim Molly, well she was his mum And though she loved him so She always had to nag someone And give them a cuff or blow Tim became a poor young man And shrunk from every one And as the bully's hung around More evil did get done His mum she says 'now that's not on They don't do this to my son!' And she goes running to the school Oh, she's an angry one She glares the teacher up and down And lets her know who's boss Teachers try hard to placate her Though, they only suffer loss. Then Tiny Tim, comes running in And says right to his mum [Frustration snatching fear away No more his mouth hangs numb] 'Look Mum, at what you always do!!!' He says with voice stern 'If you're a bully too, then how Will us kids ever learn. 28 June 2013 @ 1727hrs.
A pig in peplum and pearls under a pergola twirls. Pendulous petunias sway while percussion plays. Whispering spring breezes, a tickle in my nose, i sneezes.
Popcorn Kernels of kindness Incandescent kindling A climbing, curling Conversation or Creative cloud kisses Expressive grins emerge Like kites of curiosity Candles of eloquence Keeping us warm
Welcome to our flawless future, where everything is bright and beautiful. This is our home- a priceless picture of our world so wide and wonderful. The day we met was a date with destiny the skies sang and the Sun did smile. My heart was placed on a special scrutiny, your love made the waiting worthwhile. Safety is having you always by my side, peace is knowing that you will never leave. Joy is a feel of your arms at eventide, Love is the cord to which our soul cleave. We count not day and hours but moments; time melts on the platter of pure love. We do not count errors but exquisite events, knowing we both have a point to prove. Sickness and death cannot do us part, you are me and I am you; we are one. Heaven is the hills of love, sweetheart, we will meet there in the glorious morn. (c) 2013 Adeleke Adeite
Enter, Exuberant, Exciting Red, Royal, Rolling Beautiful, Baby, Blues Tight, Tan, Tempting Straps, Safely, Stored Magnetic, Mesmerizing, Masochistic Liquid, Leaking, Legs Pleasing, Pleasant, Plight Contain, Control, Conceal Never, No, Nah Desire, Does, Draw Okay, Opening, O
I know an old Town. Older than the River Nile, Romantic like Rome, Undeafetable like Israel , Fearless likr a Lioness, Rubust than a cotton tree, Enormous than an ocean, I know that Town that i am talking about That has no Culture or tradition, Which enable them to be free-minded people. I know that Town, That people don't shed tears. Sojust imaging how that Town will Look like in your imagination.
pitter patter acid rain waxing hi-gloss smoky sky-scratching monster coup fearless hue self-out stabbing acrylic nails' bond to black market sale-deal rape indian tears too few to cleanse the polluted hearts under the stitch-held stars of a blood-whipped flag in you is a flood after drought in you is a pestle fitting crucible somewhere in your rash, there's a place called sensible our common meeting place coming out ten-speed riding sunshine girl smiling wide and high as her cheeky-powdered rock-washed shorts cellular towering, nerve-shock stroking man dodge-wrecking his impersonal laptop-orgy maverick hopping additive, lasso-steroid from steak-rustling warrior pinning-the-tail-on- a-steel-wheel-heart when picking up metal armor in you is a flood after drought in you is a pestle fitting crucible somewhere in your rash, there's a place called sensible our common meeting place coming out toro, taxi-driver toro, weightless astronaut toro, steaming sailor it's all in us wear it's knot
I am diaphanous, dappled and dimpled in sunlight. A lady of the lake waiting, my spirit graced by vigor. Smiling, romance tickles my nose. I am giddy and dance in this oasis of brightly colored blossoms, veiled in the pollen of love.
. Soft sighing of tall Georgia pines Simmering stew bubbles on stove Sounds_scents envelope combine Sabotaged sage while she so strove To complete cleaning sandcastle Built in sand, shuttle there now scantle In honor of John Freeman's Alliteration Poems Please
lizards black tar sweats, squabbles, shakes in the glare of the ocean of blue. white light engulfs the sky. stealing the heat we grip the ground with our claws. scan the black tar with our yellow eyes. our blood begins to warm. her hair is melting to soft green scales and mine to black blending into the ground. we are lizards, we laze in the sun, it cannot scare us with its glare we are lizards, silent strong quick predators, unnoticed yet still there. we stalk a flying bumble bee; shattered glass, yellow string buzzing it moves anxiously, falling, rising in the wind she moves too slowly to catch it it glides higher in the sky we watch as it soars to freedom we should have learnt to fly black tar engulfs my vision cradles and crushes my head white noise of harsh invasion her cry consumes my dread our scales snapped they tear from our skin without amour to shield the attack a stampede of torn and dirty shoes feast upon the remains they dig and dive into my stomach with intent to play their games teeth of bound dark leather snouts of practiced malice souls etched with childrens patterns dirt and gum now printed on our bodies with one more laugh and a jolt of pain they leave my eyes are blue now and hers are drowning the sky is blue the day pleasant the floor warm but the trance has gone our reality mangled we are no longer lizards we cannot pretend anymore we are children weak, shy, yet far too noticed labelled, bruised and saw. by Jess Tizard
Wordless worries wander wearily working wayward, Towards thoughts transgressing truth's textured tide. As always acknowledging agnosticism's appeal, Essence easily evaporates, exeunt Emile. Very virtuous violent vowels vociferously validate, Sanctimonious sessions some subtly sacrosanct. Is it in incrementally immense ingenious imaginations, Or ontology's omniscience overcoming oceanic oratory? Roughly rallying rage's recessive righteousness, Quickly quartered queens quietly quiver qualities quoi. Under unctuous undeniably Umbrian utterances, An astute and acute awareness as always arose. Placing plausibly proverbial prevaricating predications, Many morose morally myopic manly mighty men, Eulogize everlasting ephemerally entertaining evocations. Insinuating incredible implications, insomnia initiates, Notably nullifying notoriously negligible nihilistic necessities. Lies lay low, linking lofty linguistic lessons like laws, Of optional opportunities oscillating on occult overtures Until underlying unctions unify ubiquitous unknowns. Joyless Joseph's joyful Joy just jumped, just jumped! Killing killjoy knuckle kosher korma koranic krap. And announce another anonymous anodyne appointment? (Empiricism's emphatic emission, enter erotic Eloise). Having Heidegger helps, hope's homunculi hunting human. Get gone ginger guesses, go grope Ginger's grapes! Immaculately ironic inquisitions instigate immediate impositions. Once onto opaque ominous orbs, obey Oracles open orders. Framing funny fractions, flaming far flung frivolous fictions, Death defies dollar damnations, deliciously done devaluations. Usually uncle umpire understands useful underlying ululations, Also affirming apples avuncular altruistic assumptions. Creeds crave caves, charms calm cause, come conquerors, Be belligerently bad, betray birth's beginning, balance budgets. Entreating entirely empty, emphatically elusive, existential entelechy, Is, importantly, incommensurably idiotic, inexplicably impractical indeed.
< Banana ~ boat ~ Bob ~ is ~ a ~ slippery..... Boob Thought ~ that ~ this ~ town ~ lost ~ it's .... groove No ~ spice ~ no ~ life ~ no .... nothing Little ~ lost ~ boy ~ now ~ looks ~ for ~ his ~ Lucy's .... ring When ~ where ~ what ~ or ~ even ...... why I'll ~ inquire ~ insist ~ innovate ~ or ~ even ..... lie His ~ history ~ of ~ having ~ such ~ big ....... hamstrings Maybe ~ even ~ mighty ~ magical ~ musical ~ fruits ~ and .... greens Or ~ having ~ big ~ over-sized ~ onions ~ olives ~ and ..... Kiwi screw ~ this ~ he's ~ scum ~ skewered ~ tossed ~ back ~ to ... sea Poor ~ precious ~ pretty ~ Lucy ~ got ....... pranked Cause ~ curious ~ Bob ~ couldn't ~ control ~ love ~ so ~ he .... sank All ~ alone ~ and ~ now ~ very .... angry Drowing ~ deep ~ in ~ own ~ do-do ~ droppings .... whopie Luscious ~ Lucy ~ now ~ can ~ look ~ long ~ and ...... hard For ~ another ~ fast ~ floating ~ free ~ salemens ~ not ~ selling.... lard Entry For Linda Marie's Luscious Love Lingers Contest G.L. All
The top of the terrace trembles With worshiping warlocks sit wondering So stupendous the sky seems surreal I inquire intelligently inside Thinking that time throws what troubles Colorful chrysalis shines and climbs courageously Lovely light lays on lowered layer Perfect and powerful portrayal presents pleasure Of outrageousness opened only so often Never kneeling now or noticeably feel Sky's superiority spits my soul's special sight I enjoy every encased enlightenment Full of fascinating floating essence finally Enveloped within enigmatic enlisted joy The sky spreads its light superiorly shared Remembering recreation watching the real sky Russell Sivey Entered into Nathan A.'s "alliteration alliteration, nothing but sweet alliteration (must have alliteration in the title)" contest 3/12/2013
Fireflies flicker and flutter beneath dancing trees exotic breezes whisk and whisper through limbs and leaves The Golden Goddess of Garden Glen breaths evergreen Her elfish essence is magic and Her spirit gleens for it's merely a moment at the wonder She whiles She wiggles and giggles and then She snickers and smiles. She's not really a Goddess nor is She a Princess She's more of a mystical, magical Enchantress She is The Garden's gleaming, glistening Governess a caldron song singer, a spell casting Sorceress She starts with Her essence then stirs Her spirit divine She adds dragon teardrops, then mixes with sweet sunshine. Simple solution of spellbound myth and mystery secretly sublime not found, hidden in history not mountain high, valley low nor places in between is the glowing gleen of The Garden Glen's evergreen it is just East of the sun and Southwest of the moon in a place where clouds and castles float and stars are strewn
Winsome Wendy walked in winter's white Wondering when her window box wisteria would grow. Wintry wisps followed by winter's windstorm Wiped out her wonderful window work. Winsome Wendy wanted to whine "Without the wisteria, could winter be fine"? While still walking, Wendy happened upon Woeful Will Who worked without reward. Winsome Wendy withstood the wisecracks that Woeful Will had witlessly worded to her. Wendy's withdrawal, spurned the wishy-washy Will Which was witnessed by Watchful Ward. Winsome Wendy went to the windbreak Which Watchful Ward had wrought. Wincing in the wind of winter's weight Watchful Ward worded a simple warning to Wendy... "Watch out for the windchill".
. Soul-mates Sara and Steve share Times of titillation, while tasting Sweet scarlet shaded smiles. Their reaching fingers find fruit, As aroma arouses their appetite. They're helpless against a hearty hunger, Yet, yearning is part of the yielding. Planted for pleasurable picking, The stem, still pliant secures temptation. Softly, Sara squeezes juicy secretion While sensations slowly spiral. Steve licks lightly at the edge of her lips, Sampling and savoring freckled spots. Then, he drops downward to devour What was offered to him without restraint. The mouthwatering morsels make him eager, But, patiently he puts Sara's preferences first. This is the way it should be, taking their time, Lingering; as two lovebirds share lunch Of strawberries, sweet and succulent. Contest; "LUSCIOUS LOVE LINGERS" ALLITERATION CONTEST Sponsored by: Linda-Marie The Sweetheart of P.S.
He swifts on by like a moon lighted night. He shines bright for a moment in time. His arm's always open with warmth. His smile always bigger then everyone elses. His heart of rage and fire. He swifts on by, he swifts on by. Who will know the true man within. The man thats full of sin. No one can, no one can, for we are all just man...
< Betty Boop bought boyfriend Bimbo some basketballs to bounce But being blind her boyfriend Bimbo bounced Betty Boop Boy Betty Boop did boldly bounce bad This Little Lady Is After My Own Heart For No matter What She Does Wrong Her Eyes Seem To Capture The One She Loves LOL And Also One Of My Favorite Cartoons
My mind is experiencing a fastidious flatulence; slightly fiendish, and not for the finicky or fainthearted. I fidget amidst it's fanatical far-fetched farce yet stand fearless, watching it's face flounder in a foolhardy feeble-minded foible. With fervor I say farewell forever to it's festering, feverish fetish, as it's frantic fiasco foams, flails and finally fails. http://lovestruehome.com/
Beautiful baby Bella Grew into a greatly gifted girl. She sang songs solely for soldiers, Homesick for hugs from their honeys. But Bella fell fast for a friendly fella, So now she sings solos solely for him. For Alliteration contest 9/7/11
Tonight, tables took teapots "Lumiere Lights" lit Pleasantly, people pondered Plates placed Across appetites awaiting anxiously To try the Top Ten Delicious Dishes
Sweetest starling, stand astounding. Sleeping soundly, seasons passing, Stay the startling sounds. Outstanding Music sung, silence surpassing. Sweetest starling, sight is sparkling. Saturn stunned and Venus spiteful! Scarify the sinful darklings, Stillness of your style insightful. Sweetest starling, swift as sunlight. Sprawling, spreading luminousness. Scraping stratosphere and space height, Sponsoring salubriousness. Sweetest starling, swaying sadness. Stripèd sails, they soar sublimely, Seizing sovranty with broadness, Sealing it so secretively. Sweetest starling, seeming stronger, Kiss me soft and set out flying. Though supposed to strive for longer, Sweetest starling's slowly dying.
. Lovely Livid love Lachrymiform Light lanky lucky girl Leggy
Whether I will wither in the warmth Or wilt with the weather, I worry wildly! For I'd rather, Weep with wounds when wrapped into a wreath Than Get wrenched (plucked) away worthlessly!
In a pick pack boom a wonderful light in the sky Beaming gleaming screaming people out in the street Watching the parade of light danced, glanced tranced Happy sappy snappy to watch the firecrackers so beautifully Amazing as it make the sky lively sparkly wonderfully It shone in the dark out in the park making the mark A sign of celebration in a cloud nine look so divine Graces in the space a part of beauty to embrace 22/9/07
Sweltering sun on your tea stained skin such a sensual aphrodisiac, pungent wafts of fresh worked soil scorching my sandy soles, brackish trickle between ample breasts now heavy bellied with desire, brooding for but a single kiss bestowed by burnished brow. Let loose your laborious implement, languidly lie with me my love, where last autumn's littering lingers still, liberate my lustful lips. Carelessly where the cornflowers crown, cast all caution to the wind, as coppery caresses wantonly crave, a covering of common nakedness. Deny me not this delicious deluge of self indulgence, as I dare, to demand away the doldrums, by day dreaming in the dirt.
~*~ ============== queen's countless quoted queries - revealed...remains real raw waiting while worrying - weird so sick,seeking,seizing nothingness - no knocks birth bleeds, life's lost ~ =================================
A mariners alms and a sirens song A siren sings of solace in solitude Sighing, a sailor steadies the sail Certain resolve tested in a song Swayed by a sense of homesickness Tears of loss stream, alms paid Seagulls soar as a fish jumps Simplicity rests in the waves of the sea A sweet disposition whispers balms Ancient mariners passed this way Always wistful of the sirens serenity song
On this pavement walking in the cold,dark night.. In my mind theres a man edging on a fight, but when I come back to life its just a battle withen myself..... As I walk on this pavement everyday and night, thinking theres a man edging on a fight...
I see myself first class relaxing in my own plane Having my own estate walking with pride down my own lane With fields and servants working on my plantation of sugarcane Then all will bow to me even that silly boy in my class....Lexy Kane My siblings are at it again, they just shouted "dream on!" I wish i was a Sheiks first son No siblings at all...OK to play with maybe just one With maids and bodyguards till even after the sunlight is gone Again they said it! "dream on!" That i will definitely do At some point,some place, possibly the zoo I'll figure out a way To ensure come what may My dreams are realized And my company will be prized Important things discussed and spoken on Instead of my sisters irritating "dream on!"
Peace performs paradise Living loving never leaving Singing soothing speaking Happy hopeful harmony Collectives circumvent corruption Zealously zippy zesty
In France, on Friday the fourteenth of February a famous French family flamed fires in a faulty fireplace causing a frightening fire. Fresco street friends fretfully watched as fifty fabulous firemen fought furiously the ferocious flashing flames. Finally, at four o'clock in the afternoon the fatigued firemen finished fighting the frightening flames and the filthy firetrucks fled off to the fire station.
Strolling southern seashore in mists of September searching for something set to stay, her mind that meanders, remarkable meters, perplexing the phantoms at play. Voices validating vague vagrant vocations of poetry placed in parade, with words waged in warring, warning of the wheighman, who knew you had dues left unpaid. Before the seashore became her domain, she'd wandered the wayside of pain, locked in psychotic box Doctor's ticking clocks, saying drain her poor brain once again. Prefer sleep on the street keep her beat from defeat she found sound vocation once more, tourist response sterling, shape sand to her seeing, she sells sea shells, by the sea shore.
The form is not in the list. This form is Ae Freislighe Calliope tutelage "There be tales from times not told, brought back through your lineage, dreams dredged from dark days of old" Animate lost Anima place a new thinking cap on hang up hero's panama parlay phrases till past dawn Here sit I, laptop clicking chickens chiding privilege wrapped in writing, clock ticking Calliope tutelage.
bound beautifully in blossoms bossom bend backwards in in time the blissful nature nutures the negative turning on the glow positive energy endeavoring everyone and goodhearted gladness gathering goodness from within the kiss planted on your heart heals all hurts the blessed kiss from an angel angles the blessing to heal all from within the time to spread such joy is everyday of the year the hope abound from a common cause causes all good cheer from year to year caressed carefully in caual curiosity the candles glow brightens away the shadows the goodness in us all shines thoroughly thru the bliss of life is overwhelming and leaves us giddy with hope eternal and brings spring early into our lives to liven up the spirits the have darkened over the years our days shall always have a halo of hope we just need a little bliss to illuminate it
1. Walk In Divine Where ever I am is heaven Heaven is within me And the support of heaven 2. Walking in divine I am heaven Where ever I am Within me I am heaven Where ever I am 3. Walked in divine Heaven supports me I am supported by heaven Where ever I am Heaven supports me Within me Heaven supports me Where ever I am
Interconnected insight I see clear, Intimate in illiteration so pure. I'm on an illusion island of passion, Learning lengths limb on the curve as fashion. Listening as I lean close, lighting as I go, Mysterious make money; shot far out of a bow. Mind mingling master mistakes given afar, Noise never needing to glance at a star. Nestled numbers nicely set out, Outstanding oranges; our tree starts to sprout. Out on the ocean with no special needs, Perfect poition pulls as the cave man feeds. Prime parts piece as the destiny can wait, Nothing matters; not even the date. Keep the beauty close, for not always near, As for the rest will come with faith alone; and appear.
Personal purification propels people producing prestigious positive perspective… Embrace emotions energetically engineering equilibrium entering earth's enlightenment… Compassion cleanses criticism creating caring communities constructing centers… Feeding famine frenzied families flowing fortune fluidly… Helping humanity have harmony harnessing happiness… Love lasts limitations liberate low level living lending luminous light…
A boy named Bill began boiling the blood of a black cat A cat called Claudia who came for his food Fiesty and ferocious was the feline that was famished And generous and glorious was a girl named Greta Who gave good guidance, and made good feta For the family, and the feast, and the feline she fed But behold, Bill, her brother became belligerent and beastly Who wallowed in his whiskey, and went as wild as western warriors Went for the knife, and knew that he could kill the kitty Who meowed and mourned for the milk in his mother's oh my To tell the truth, Tommy the tiny toddler took a tormenting turn from Bill and begged him to stop Stop the staggering stunt of a stupid man A man who mainly managed to make a mistake with the putty tat Who purred and persuaded poor people to provide its dinner daily Devilish and demanding and greedy was the glistening ghoul With evil eyes and ebony fur that fluttered up when frightened for Bill blacked out, and butchered the bad stray Startled were his sisters, and sobbing were their sons Bad Bill became bluntly crazy and crashed the cozy party Partly for the poison he pumped in his brain A bottle of brandy, and a bottle of whiskey Willing to worship the wit of a worm Shameful and shattered was his share To be continued.......
Shadow-stalking, skulking scourge Deadly demons divide, diverge Boiling, bubbling, broken brine Making muddy my morbid mind
What'll I Write... he Muses, surveilles the nil Wind, windowy visage, & gateswayed key-pad, like a cyber abacus to touch & stroke, counted- on to reveal it's whilom Mysterlex, vener- able... Sunday, a small gaggle of Ibis, like a short-stack @ the Pamcake House, gather to beak the night-sogged sand & soil - Yes, it is Raining, & what'll I Write onto this Sky heavy with no sound, Divemy - to Alpha-Bet- souper-bowl-Day to score & yield 1st-touch-Words, off-costume, aplenty like Muskmelonseeds al centro, resplendent like an occasion, of the Yes-twoDay's a mazed Prosetrycopia!, huh! - What shall I Write, In- Deed!?, but Linnear... and Quantumescent, A Sirge in Time to the Muse of Rhyme, I Am...
Dandy daffodils delight Dainty Dames dining Complimenting the crispy crossiants Making their meal magnificent
They say Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder. ur beauty is a magnificent bright.A strong sight. & yet it gets bolder. Each glance of ur extravagant beauty. I shudder wit an uncalled duty. An uncontrollable effect of prescence & assets,I squirm into the pits,into the depts. I appreciate a beauty as fine as urs,its above the rest,its of an Eagle,it soars. I can't compare thou beauty,with anything less great, a lesser beauty shall not participate. Its damn near unapproachable,but extremely noticeable. A blind woman can see ur beauty.Without eyes,u can't mistake the beauty of the Earth's sunrise. Oh its no surprise,wats in thy eyes,a one of a kind beauty,that never dries. Ur beauty is pure,wit no additives. Rare is ur beauty, its hard 2 find. Its way beyond the surface,its ur heart,its ur mind. .
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Zesty zippy zombie sat checking out the Yummy yuppie Yankee that was wiggly wishy washy but wealthy as he could be. And even so vary vainly vaguely unfree. Till one day, a Tuesday I believe, the tiny twiggy twenty year old named Tracy Tori Tory was watching the toothy toughie trickster zombie sitting under the thistly thorny thickly ugly tree, watching our Yankee. Now strangely she was a strongly sturdy sweetie, and sweetly but swiftly suavely went to see the Yankee to let him know of the scummy squirmy spooky zombie checking him out under the seedy shaggy shabby little tree. Now to show his appreciation he was really ready to rarely ask this queenly quirky quaintly lady to promptly go purely proudly puddle popping on their way to a preppy peachy pearly pastry bar with oddly the only oldie oozy pastries in the nutty nightly nearly neatly town of Nietzsche where monthly a mystery mushy movie played. Since they were both loony lofty lefty laddie and lady and lastly the lengthy lively lovely movie was about to play, he keenly kindly knightly ask her in a jolly jiggly juicy way if she was iffy itchy interested in this imaginatively happy haughty history movie. Well in her giggly giddy goofy funny funky flirty easy earthy earthly duly dizzy ducky cutely cuddly crazy bubbly briskly bravely aussie arty amply way, said …….. NO!
Herald Hermit is a man Who for see's the future fast As his eyes are envelopes Diaries of distant past As a Hermit he is this As a Hermit loneliness In a dark descriptive room Watching the decay of day Talking to his thoughts in time Married moon-and he the groom As a hermit loneliness As a Herald Hermit is
All clowns do have a trick to give a laugh although their hearts are sick, Upon their faces gleaming grins are glued with miles of smiles all hued, And lofty laughter's just their frozen forte from books of circus' sort. And mourners whimper, wail and weep although their tears are fast asleep, And when the tears are found, the mourning mob gives its so-called sob, While others cry, the rest just sigh, no chance to try to question why. And on the stage of life they act with every grace and care and tact, While limelight streams across the stage as fingers flip a book's first page, The music starts, the voices fade and soon begins the pride parade. The clowns do stunts and show some tricks with great delight, with clever flicks, But one of them laughs much too loud, much more than what is just allowed, His laughter chokes him till he dies with pools of tears that flood his eyes. The mourners' chance to steal the show has come, it's crying time they know They soak the dead clown with their tears and hope their wails the audience hears But then their weeping drones too much, the viewers frown, their scalps they scratch And now the clowns they dance no more, their brother's corpse still on the floor Down on their knees they make no sound, they feel they're lost, they look around And whent they weep and wailed at last, the crying clowns disband their cast. And so the mourners get the right to own the stage, to make the sight, They sing and cheer, their faces bright, they tease the clowns with much delight, And there upon the stage they dance the merry-making mourners' dance. Well, what a sight, and such a scoop, while mourners prance, the clowns just stoop The audience laughs at such a joke, they say the chick swallows the hawk A change of roles, a change of souls, the lights go out, down crash the walls!
Ok I have never heard of alliterations…….. And was wondering if words like abbey, acme, and acne would go along with alliterations … and just maybe the meaty mossy messy mold at the mucky muddy murky waters of the slightly slippery sloppy backwaters were on the right track of this choicely choosy classy way of expressing earthlings eating elephants in the early evening with a beautiful sunset easily edging ending a really nice time and how do they all come together and not torture the toddler that is tougher than the trader tracking the tractor up the tower with the trainer trotting with the trooper right behind looking for the treasure and the traitor trekking with the trucker loosing his trousers while trolling in the backwater. , I thought even if it isn't it is different.
So we're going on a picnic with the pygmy, Pixie Poggly, being the quirky queenly quaintly quickly person she is and her friend a raunchy rascal reverently named Andy Bailey. As you remember he was in the Aussie army association, barely battling the banshee that were bawdy blackly bloody in the boggy boundary briefly in the outback, and lets not forget pixie's perky prominent pal that is a bossy, bluntly, brainy, bookie, breathing brashly, balmy, bits of boogie bookie chatter to all the cheery, choicely, chunky crowd around his choosey, cheesy, cheaply choice of chummy spots, and in his coarsely cocky way, he coyly clamors crafty creepy words that really don't say what they needs to say, but confuses even the gentle, ghostly, gaudy, gawky, gabby, gypsy genie down in the gaily, gabby, ghastly valley town called Gatsby. I hear even Fatty Fannie the fancy, fleecy, flimsy, flowery, and foxy maiden that has her doggie, "Dotty" watching her dreamy, dressy, downy, dowry. And to make things easier Pixie's dumpy daffy deafly, dinky donkey named Dixie is going to carry all the supplies, and we are going to the daffy damply dainty little dairy where the daisies grow daily in the deeply densely droopy grasses next to the hay, and it sounds like it will be a giddy, giggly, goodly, goofy, goosey, grabby good grammar in all its Grammy award wining grandeur day. Parts of this poem were copied from another poem that I cannot display here, but that I did write, it is called "The Picnic" and I thought this would be some fun reading for all here.
Tomorrow they tell tales Bring back bright boyhood Dumped deeply in dales Forest fled for fickle food Could you clamour clean Till tomorrow throw them Last lingering lines lean We wont wait to weft them Around ancient anxieties Ego esconced, embattling Dull days dead drunk deities Some senses seared still screaming.
The Looking Glass I look into the mirror,but it's a looking glass instead. Visions start to grow,from inside of my head. I seem to break free,from my hold with the past. Uncetainty grows,wonder how long will it last? The reflection,becomes the mirror to my soul, I seem to find a ladder,to climb up from this hole. The day starts to slow,yet continues to grow, Then things just disappear,wonder where they go? Sailing off,to some distant shore, Seeing the other side,because I wanted it more. Although I feel like a stranger,in a strange land, I feel quite at peace,I can see who I am........ Sometimes the visions begin to sour, The sky turns gray,it looks like a shower? The rain starts to fall,I'm getting rather wet, There's seems to be so much,just riding on a bet. But the sun soon returns,to bring hope back to the day. The things I saw before,I see a different way. I look back at the mirror,but there's just me. When you look in the mirror,you never know what you'll see..........
Twenty-seven nightmares rolling through the caverns of my mind, dark and gruesome creatures crawling, aged faces deeply lined. When the waxing moon has settled, sunk into the southern swamp, thirteen demons manifesting, I can hear their black hooves stomp. Howling hounds of Hell are mating, devil dogs inflicting pain, sixteen banshees spinning, swirling, blood is falling like the rain. Broken brethren banned from Heaven, six and six and six are they, slyly shifting shapes to fool me, begging me to come and play. Heed the wizard's words of warning, look not into the evil eye, when the bell tolls one times three now, ask questions not, nor wonder why. Watch the ill wind toss the treetops, lashing limbs with lethal rage, feel the cold rain sharp as needles, pine cones nature's hand grenades. Cherry-red eyed Chupacabra, hissing hot breath on my nape, phantom footfalls far behind me, nineteen omens taking shape. Twenty-seven nightmares rolling, you wonder why I work at night? Sleep for some is much more mellow when the room is filled with light.
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Can you feel the awe in the air caressing all with it's range catering to the joys of this earthly paradise created in the mind of it's author care free children frolicking to and fro capturing the sun in a tall glass of juice to sweeten it more cranbery floats are best on these days
Distant thunder rolling over and over causing all within range to shudder. Shaking the very air itself a prominent entity entitled to eternity evolving the neighbors in this fray. Churning the skies from dawn to dusk black and protruding with prowess of a dark storm. Swallowing whole its prey of innoncents rolling them in pain over and over, raining on them forever and a night. A weaking seam in a seamless sky drenching the trenches of all who fight it. The dark storm of evermore with its thunder rolling over and over, ripping the armor of honor, and forever degrading the hordes of minions and spitting down utterances of filth forever more with its deep pounding voice rolling over and over forevermore.
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Black is the sky in big sky country. Black is the charred boar, with blackberry jam. Black is the flavor of choice, the speaker of colors the one with voice. Black is the tea and the liqour to apease. Black is the current that washes away the moment. Black is the priest, that the congregation elects. Black is the tide and the ties that bind.
Poor beautiful yellow snail just enjoying sitting on the railroad rail So sleek in God's design Moving so slowly just sliding, slipping along Here comes the morning train Well, it won't be very long
You're the god send, You're often lost in your own thoughts, For something bigger. Don't have to be the leader, but your often the one that's sought more often than not you ask the question, what if it were true? The appropriateness that truly, truly defines you You long to get out of the darkness And into the light God of your dreams God of your domain the truth will set you free Hope is all that remains It's not literal movement Only a state of mind Subtle of the myth The gods stood looking at the light But not from the window It's the brightness of the night To find that one inside It's a gift that you can't buy This is what belongs to me This is where I fit in We're right they're wrong That's the way it's got to be Make the most of the dream Make the most of the night Just because there's darkness Doesn't mean there's no light It's the ever changing longing From here to where we go


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AQIP Core team members at a recent planning meeting: front from left, David Tom, Bruce Massis, Antoinette Perkins, rear from left, Polly Owen, Ingrid Emch and Greg Goodhart.
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Bruce Massis, Director of Library Services, was recently named the new accreditation liaison by President David Harrison. Massis succeeds Dr. Polly Owen who is retiring. Massis has been involved in accreditation for many years and was an early proponent of AQIP, the quality improvement pathway.
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Miley's makeover is a drastic example. She shocked everyone in Sept. 2012 when she ditched the country girl look for something edgier by chopping off all of her hair, shaving the sides, and dying it blonde. She's also upgraded her fashion, adopting a partly couture, partly punk, partly hip-hop style.
Selena Gomez's transformation has been a little more gradual, but her style has grown as she does. No offense to the younger Selena, but as a Wizards of Waverly Place star, she looked like a sweet, sort of boring, little kid. Fast-forward to 2013, when the actress/singer started hitting red carpets looking like the HBIC. Just look at her outfits from the Spring Breakers press tour, or the sexy, gorgeous dress she wore to the MTV VMAs. She's a style icon now.
But if we're going to make fun of girls' past looks, we have to talk about Kristen Stewart. Before Twilight, we're not even sure she owned a mirror! Just look at her as a teen — blue jeans and a weird shirt on a red carpet?! K-Stew has really made some improvements. She may dress down as much as possible these days, but when she attends events — like Paris Fashion Week — she always makes the Best Dressed list.
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