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RT on DVD & Blu-Ray: The Hobbit, Zero Dark Thirty, and Les Mis�rables
Plus, Judd Apatow's latest, a foreign romance, a raunchy comedy, and more.
Three of this week's new releases on home video were recognized by the Academy with Oscar nominations this year, so that's already a pretty good start. The other three selections include two comedies that earned mixed reactions and one French import featuring some impressive performances, and those are followed by a number of notable rereleases. See below for the full list!
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
After the success of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings adaptations, it was impossible not to approach his interpretation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit with high anticipation. When Jackson announced that The Hobbit -- a single volume much shorter than the LOTR saga -- would also be stretched into a trilogy, however, some fans expressed a bit of concern, and Jackson's use of the higher frame rate was also met with mixed reactions. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey chronicles the first portion of the tale of young Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), who is swept up in a journey alongside thirteen dwarves to recapture their kingdom, which has been usurped by a fearsome dragon named Smaug. With Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen, reprising his role from the Rings series) in tow, their quest leads them into perilous encounters with all sorts of creatures, including Gollum (Andy Serkis), whose fate is intimately tied to Bilbo's. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was an "event movie," if ever there was one, and while most critics found it both visually spectacular and evident of Jackson's earnest affection, some also found that its pace was too deliberate and that it ultimately failed to meet the same standard for majesty and wonder that was set so high in Jackson's previous trilogy. At 65% on the Tomatometer, this is probably still a trip worth taking.
Zero Dark Thirty
Kathryn Bigelow took home a few Oscars for 2008's The Hurt Locker, and she's always had a knack for action flicks ("The FBI's going to pay me to learn to surf?"), so it's not entirely surprising that her gritty action/procedural about the search for Osama bin Laden, Zero Dark Thirty, garnered five Oscar nods (including Best Picture and Best Actress) of its own. The story follows fledgling CIA operative Maya (Jessica Chastain) over the course of her entire career -- which is dedicated to the capture of Osama bin Laden -- as she collects intelligence, pursues leads, participates in classified interrogations, and ultimately oversees the mission to raid bin Laden's compound in Pakistan. There was some controversy over the kinds of access that Bigelow and writer Mark Boal (who also wrote The Hurt Locker) were allegedly given to classified records, as well as some grumbling over whether or not the film condoned torture, but the vast majority of critics simply saw a gripping, intelligently crafted film with an eye for detail. Certified Fresh at 93%, it was one of last year's highest rated wide releases, so if you're looking for a solid thriller, this one comes highly recommended.
Les Mis�rables
Victor Hugo's classic novel of redemption has been adapted several times before on both stage and screen, so it's tempting to ask, "Is this a story worth revisiting again?" Most critics say yes, as did the Academy when it honored the film with eight Oscar nominations (it won three of them). Anyone who's taken high school English will be familiar with the tale: Ex-convict Frenchman Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is released from prison in 1815 at the end of a 19-year sentence, and after benefiting from an act of kindness by a local bishop, he vows to live an honest life. Thus begins a sprawling historical narrative that follows several characters in Valjean's life and culminates in the June Rebellion of France in 1832. Directed by Tom Hooper (The King's Speech), Les Mis�rables received some attention for its actors singing live on set (some better than others), and though its story was familiar, its accomplished cast (including Best Supporting Actress winner Anne Hathaway) helped to elevate the film.
This Is 40
Judd Apatow's been wearing his Producer hat more often lately, but he decided to jump back behind the camera again for This Is 40, the "sort-of sequel to Knocked Up," as its poster so proudly proclaims. Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann (Apatow's wife) reprise their roles from that previous film as upper middle-class married couple Pete and Debbie, who both celebrate their 40th birthdays. In the week between Debbie's actual birthday and Pete's party, audiences bear witness to the conversations, the arguments, the intimate moments, the public meltdowns, and everything in between that the couple experience with each other and their children (played by Maude and Iris Apatow, they of Judd and Leslie's loins). Unfortunately, there were a lot of critics who just didn't find This Is 40 to be a winning effort; while many conceded the film successfully made light of some hard truths, most also felt the story was unfocused and muddled, and that it appealed to too specific an audience.
Rust and Bone
We last heard from French filmmaker Jacques Audiard back in 2010, when his acclaimed film A Prophet was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards. Though his latest effort, Rust and Bone, failed to make it onto the Oscar list this year, it's received a number of accolades, particularly for its acting. The film stars Matthias Schoenaerts as unemployed single father and aspiring kickboxer Alain, who moves to Antibes to live with his sister and look for work. After securing a job as a bouncer at a night club, Alain meets Stephanie (Marion Cotillard), a whale trainer at the local marine park who forms a close relationship with Alain when she suffers a tragic accident that results in the amputation of her lower legs. A handful of critics felt Rust and Bone's third act could have been a little stronger, but most agreed that both Schoenaerts and Cotillard put in powerful performances here, and that Audiard's script succeeds in being sensitive without veering into melodrama. Certified Fresh at 81%, it's an unconventional love story that may move you if you give it a chance.
Much to the chagrin of its producers, Bachelorette was just about to start shooting when Bridesmaids hit theaters back in 2011, thereby snatching up the "female answer to The Hangover" crown. When it finally opened back in September of last year, however, its makers decided to take a chance and release it on Video On Demand a month ahead of time. The story centers around a group of friends who reunite when one of them (Rebel Wilson) announces she's getting married. What ensues is a series of mishaps as the bridesmaids (Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan, and Isla Fisher) accidentally ruin the wedding dress and attempt to fix the situation, all after having insulted the bride and ingested copious amounts of booze and drugs. Critics were relatively split on Bachelorette; some thought it was funny and well-written by Leslye Headland (who also directed), but others felt the film's leads were a bit too unlikable to fully earn the sentimental ending. It might be a risk at 55%, but the cast -- which includes Adam Scott, James Marsden, and Ann Dowd -- may win you over.
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zizou123, I'm with you. There is nothing wrong in having a vision, thinking big, doing it right.
what about this (there must be a pragmatic solution if we want to go ahead):
Lithuania does the double-naming of Polish minority-majority localities just as Poland handles similar things at home and convinces the Polish minority that the spelling is not an issue but a linguistic problem by itself. If this is not an alternative then tell us why.
After that both countries can progress to common projects like: energy provisioning, air and see defence, transportation, nuclear plants (that Poland has decided to do separately and Vilnius has more experience with) and we would not have to be working on these issues separately.
Quarreling on issues whithout making a step won't bring neither of the parties much ahead.
"such as occupation of the capital, Vilnius, during the interwar "
Wilno was a polish city before the war. THe majority of the population spoke polish and they felt polish. Just look how many of them left the city after the annexation to Lithuania.
I know Wilno is Lithuanian now and let it be, but please do not tell me that Poland has occupied it. Because it is like saying that Germany has occupied Stetin which was 600 years ago a Slavic land.
Thanks a lot for your thorough explanations. The only issue I see is that everybody who is Polish and discussing our relations to Lithuania is becoming very well instructed in the deepest mysteries of Baltic phonetics and alphabet but is still completely clueless about the way our relations should go on. Being only a junior expert in phonetics I have the impression that what Lithuanians would like us to do is to simply eradicate any track of polish past in Vilnius at all and this is something we cannot do. The other thing is that we are talking about a group of people (Lithuanian Poles) who should not be treated by us (Poles in the country) like items and it is not possible for us to make any arrangements concerning them directly without their consent. The politics of the past years in Poland was appeasing them saying "Wait a few years and all the issues will be resolved" but they still aren't. Forlana showed a picture of a Polish town with double names on an official sign and I have never heard a debate in Poland if that is OK or not. Therefore I just cannot believe that the spelling problem doesn't have a second meaning outside of spelling itself.
Can I offer a technical explanation for the mess that is the spelling of names in passports in Lithuania.
In Lithuanian, Latvian and most Slavic language (correct if I am wrong), the diacritics on a letter form a separate letter.
Therefore, as Tengri explained so well, Ć is a Polish letter as well as C, Ł is a letter as well as L. etc
However, in many Germanic and Romance language, a diacritic on a letter do not create a new letter. French has 26 letters, the same ones as English, even though French has accutes, graves, cedillas etc etc. The same with German.
The only exception I and Wikipedia know of is the Spanish n and ñ, and the Danish ø and o, a and å.
What this means is that there is no legal problem is dropping the accents from a ¨foreign¨ letter in German, French or British documents.
However, stricter rules apply in Lithuania, where spelling and the alphabet is the conerstone of national identity. The spelling of foreign loan words must be chagned to conform to Lithuanian spelling rules, unlike in French, Spanish or German where foreign spellings are accepted, especially in names. (Some German politicans over the years have had French names, with acutes and graves, and this have been included in German)
Lithuania's ¨founding fathers¨ of 1918 went through their lives seeing their names changed to conform to Lithuanian, Polish, Russian and German spelling rules. To be able to spell their names with Lithuanian letters was a major sign of an independent Lithuania.
I blame that Jonas Jablonskis, who changed Lithuanian spelling to the Czech from the Polish style (v not w) in the 1880s. If it he had not made the changes, we would not have his current mess and Lithuania would be known as Lietuwa, Vilnius would be Wilnius and Varšuva would be Warszuwa.
Unfortunately there is no such provision in passport register as "very close". A-Ž, and that is it :)
Let me repeat the facts:
There are 8 Polish letters missing in Lithuanian alphabet: ĆŁŃÓŚŹŻW.
It is currently not possible to use them in official Lithuanian documents.
There are 7 Lithuanian letters missing in Polish alphabet: ČĖĮŠŲŪŽ.
It is currently not possible to use them in official Polish documents.
I ment very closely of course (a spelling mistake)
Really you have no w? My suggestion is to spell it with 2 v's written veri closly one to another
Jan Kowalski - one non Lithuanian character. In official documents he is Jan Kovalski. :)
Miss Šleževičiūtė in in Poland in her case is more unlucky. :)
to tengri:
here it comes again:-)
How will Jan Kowalski be spelled in Lithuanian pass. At the same time I would like to ask any Jan Kowalskis who might happen to read this and carry a Lithuanian pass to enlighten us simultaneously. I am beginning to have the impression that if your goal is to decrease the non-Lithuanian part of the Lithuanian society your tactic is to kill them off by laughter.
I am sorry if you feel offended because it was not my intention and I feel strong sympathy to people who devote their time to explain their point of view to strangers....but I am thinking that before the day ends you will ask as to take a look at spacemen to justify the name-spelling issue.
You are saying, everyone has a right to his own name. Agree.
The Poles in Lithuania HAVE the right to their names. They just do not have the right to spell them in Polish characters in official Lithuanian documents.
Think bigger than your national ambitions:
Vietnamese in Poland are restricted to Polish letters only.
Poles in Iceland are restricted to Icelandic letters and names only.
Hungarians in Lithuania are restricted to Lithuanian letters only.
Lithuanians in Poland are restricted to Polish letters only.
Poles in Lithuania are restricted to Lithuanian letters only.
The above can change one day. Can we make it to be the same day in both countries?
Vydutis, how well said!
All the best to you, too.
Dear Tengri, the deal is fair, not a biased one. Same rights on both sides of the border. Everyone in the whole beautiful world has a right to his own name. The state is to serve the people, not the other way round. It is the clerks DUTY to put the correct name of a citizen in the ID. Polish citizens of Lithuania are exactly as much at home as Lithuanians. And Lithuanian Poles in Poland. Your government agreed to follow these obvious rights by signing the Polish-Lithuanian treaty. And fails to do so since 16 years. What I am afraid of is that such a tiny discrepancy will ruin the trust. There're signs of that in Poland, when even the most moderate, Lithuania-friendly politicians are starting the 'hard talk'. Zizou123 has brilliantly and openly said about it. Polonization, Żeligowski, Lithuanization, Ponary are in the long gone past. WE live now, in 21 century. And we are facing an enormous chance to go on farther - together. Let us not spoil it.
Take a look at the pictures in the link. Puńsk or Punskas is a town in Poland where some 70 percent of population is Lithuanian. Šalčininkai or Soleczniki is a town in Lithuania where some 70 percent of the population is Polish.
see the difference? And to think that this mutual mix should be our strenght not weakness...
I have to agree with you, formulations are never precise enough when intentions differ. Hopefully, a solution will be found soon.
I am glad there are people who don't give in to hysteria as a starting point when discussing such issues. Even if we agree that we disagree, it is already a sort of mutual understanding. I wish there was more of that on the level of official dealings and statements.
Spring greetings from Vilnius.
tell me please, do you really think Miss Šleževičiūtė living in Poland has to accept restriction to Polish letters only when spelling her name, and for Miss Łaszczukowska in Lithuania this is a major violation of her rights that you will fight against?
Hi again. I have just checked the document again. Polish version, of course.
The word used is 'brzmienie'. It does not stand for the sound, but for 'concord', 'unison'.
I don't think the problem is about the imprecise documents, they are more than precise. The problem is about lack of political will on Lithuanian side, I am afraid.
Best to you.
At the end of the day the matter of Polish spellings will be resolved by the European Court in Strasbourg and their decision could be: strong YES and that will probably freeze our relations for long time.
On the other hand it would be interesting for a Pole to hear how LT sees the future of the region politically; who will put gas in your (and ours as well to some extendt)homes and elctricity in your factories.
This is borring stuff I know (expecially if compared to Polonisation of the XVIII century) but it will have to be faced sooner or later. The anger about small unresolved issues has become so high in Poland that the common decision and opinion (and very wrong one in my sense) is that each country will have to resolve it by itself and Poland doesn't care about anything north of Sejny and it starts talking to Russia disregarding the opinion of smaller partners.
Countries of small size should not have unresolved issues everywhere around their frontiers.
That stuff with Polish signs should be solved by Lithuanian State language commission. They answer is predictable: strong NO.
the spelling problem is a wider one: English alphabet is a bare latin version with only 24 basic letters, but many other languages are using latin with some additional letters. It just happens that Lithuanians and Poles have extended it to the max:) and in quite a different way.
how to write Scandinavian or French names in UK? what about Vietnamese ones? how to write "k" in Italy- they do not have it?
the pragmatic way would be:
1) trying politely to incorporate all the special letters in any country
2) where it is difficult technicaly- strip bare to the latin base letter (and no offence).
to follow pronouncation would be a mistake, because it would lead to many legal identity disputes.
comming back to Poles in Lithuania- majority of them are second or third generation of colonists (hardly "natives") who settled there during 20 years of ocupation of Lithuanian capital Vilnius in between WWI and WWII. So no surprise tensions still remain.
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Willis Group Holdings' New York City-based North American unit announced Thursday it has agreed to acquire the assets of Montreal-based Avalon Actuarial Inc.
The terms of the deal were not disclosed but Willis stated in a press release it expects the transaction to close in the fourth quarter.
London-based Willis Group has 200 employees in Canada in offices in Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. It also owns Montreal-based Willis Corroon Aerospace of Canada Ltd., a risk services broker offering services to airlines, airports, manufacturers, refuellers, ground handlers, air navigation service providers and maintenance, repair and overhaul firms.
Avalon Actuarial, whose services include employee benefits consulting, group insurance, retirement and pension plans, will continue to serve clients from its Toronto and Montreal offices, Willis said, adding Avalon's 45 employees and leadership team will join Willis.
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"All Avalon employees will be staying," said Rick Hynes, president and CEO of Willis Canada. "We don't anticipate any change in the employee count."
In its press release, Willis announced new roles for three Montreal-based Avalon executives.
"Following the transaction, Avalon's Jean-Robert Elie will serve as Executive Vice President and Canadian Human Capital Practice Leader; Christine Panet-Raymond will serve as Executive Vice President, non-traditional covers; and Claude Emond will serve as a Consultant to Willis."
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All three will report to Hynes, who said in an interview that Willis will continue to use the Avalon brand name until Willis officials "decide otherwise."
"Avalon has a very solid brand," Hynes said. "There's no need to change it as this point."
Worldwide, Willis has about 17,000 employees in 400 offices in nearly 120 countries. It offers a broad range of services, including property and casualty, environmental, cyber, professional indemnity, executive risks, corporate governance and risk management.
"We have pretty much the same product offering in Canada that we have in the United States," Hynes said. "The piece that was missing was the human capital practice, or as we call it in Canada, the employee benefits and this acquisition in Canada will provide us with that practice group."
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Glue three Popsicle sticks together from end-to-end to make a single long stick. Slightly overlap the edges of the sticks to help them stick together better. Repeat this procedure once more and allow both sets of sticks to dry. These sticks will become the long walls of the longhouse.
How to Build a Longhouse Out of Popsicle Sticks
Longhouses were houses build by Native Americans. Reaching lengths of up to 100 feet, longhouses were used to shelter large families or even several families. Often associated with the Iroquois, longhouses are rectangular-shaped and generally had doors at both ends. When learning about Native American cultures it can help to engage in arts and crafts projects to give children a physical sense of the living quarters of these people. Building longhouses out of Popsicle sticks is a great activity that both engages students' hands and minds.
Things You'll Need
- Popsicle sticks
- Glue
- Brown paint
- Cardboard
- Scissors
- Brown construction paper
Glue three Popsicle sticks standing straight up on one of the long sticks from Step 1, one stick at each end and one in the middle. Hold the sticks in a perpendicular position to the long sticks and add glue. Continue holding them in place for several minutes until they've begun to dry. Repeat this process with the second long stick from Step 1. Let the glue dry.
Start building the longhouse wall by laying sticks parallel to the long stick. Glue the ends of each Popsicle stick the to vertical end stick and vertical middle stick from Step 2.
Continue gluing the Popsicle sticks in place until the entire frame of the longhouse is built. Repeat this procedure on the other side wall.
Paint the longhouse walls brown once the glue has sufficiently dried. Let the paint dry.
Using the short edge of the longhouse wall as a guide, cut out a square of cardboard, which will become the front wall and door of the longhouse. Cut a door along the bottom of the cardboard. Repeat this procedure to make another wall and door to be used on the backside of the longhouse.
Glue the cardboard walls to the long walls by placing glue along the cardboard side edges and pressing the longhouse walls against the glue. Your longhouse should now have all four walls in place. Let the glue dry well.
Cut out a piece of construction paper to fit over the top of the longhouse. Leave an extra 1/2-inch on the long sides of the paper so it can be domed when attached to the longhouse. Slightly roll the paper to make it more bendable and then glue the edges of the paper to the top of the long walls. Your Popsicle stick longhouse is now complete.
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Tips & Warnings
- Mount your longhouse on a piece of cardboard or other hard, flat, mobile surface to make it easier to move. The mounting board can then be decorated to represent landscape, like a diorama.
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Each month here at Guru3D.com we feature one of you guys, your PC, your DIY project. It is quite honestly amazing how much detail and dedication you put into an PC, and every now and then it really shows. This months entry shines in an all white design, once you lay your eyes on it, it will make an indistinguishable impression. For 2011 we upped the prize that you can win a little.
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Sulur Lake, 18 km from here, is known for the myriad birds which nest in its marshes.
There are fears that due to pollution and tourism, the numbers of these birds may decline. There are allegations that untreated effluent is let into the lake.
Sulur Town secretary of the CPI (M) S.V. Palanisamy says that the effluent treatment plant (ETP), in operation since 2003, has not been functioning since early this year. "About six months ago more than 1000 kg of fish washed up dead on the banks of the lake."
Sulur Town Panchayat Chairman S.S. Ponmudi (DMK) explains that small fish had died when the state highway was widened, before the World Classical Tamil Conference in June. "The water level had to be reduced while the walls beside the road were reinforced. The heat and lack of water killed some small fish, but the big fish are still thriving," he explains.
He adds that 10 lakh fish were brought to the lake last year, to promote fishing. Their population is now stable. Regarding the ETP, he says, that the Public Works Department (PWD) has been asked to repair it.
"We are introducing underground drainage for which a second ETP is needed. I was told by R. Ilangovan, Executive Engineer of the Water Resources Organisation (WRO), PWD, that the latest equipment costing Rs. 5 lakh is available. We've submitted a proposal to the Collector and expect the ETPs in a month," he adds.
"I had orally complained to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), a month ago, about industries dumping effluents in the lake. We are advising units not to dump," he stated.
Environmentalist C. R. Jayaprakash, an Assistant Professor in a private college, says that near- threatened species like Spot billed Pelicans, Painted Storks and the Oriental Ibis, come to the lake. They nest on the islets in the lake or the palms on its perimeter.
"Two islets were destroyed to facilitate boating activity in the western part of the lake. There are fewer pelicans now, compared to last year," he says. He adds that after palms were felled for widening the state highway between the eastern and western parts of the lake, Little Cormorants too have decreased.
Former chairman of the town panchayat S. R. Thangavelu says that the seasonal migration of certain birds to the lake reduces when the water level is high. "It is easier for them to fish in shallow waters. Birds now flock to some of the lakes in Coimbatore which have been cleaned up."
He adds that for the last 30 years, agriculturists of the area have voluntarily given up using lake water for irrigation. This has kept the groundwater levels high. No one hunts birds here either.
"We need to de-silt the lake. This will raise water levels which will improve boating and benefit 1000 acres of agricultural land around the lake. We will request the Chief Minister to grant this," states Mr. Ponmudi.
According to District Forest Officer I. Anwardeen, the lake is not the best place for wildlife. "Fishing and lotus cultivation disturb the wildlife. The lake is polluted, but the situation is usually better when it rains," he explains. He adds that migration of birds varies across years and, any shortfall in bird numbers cannot be linked to boating alone.
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I updated Firefox to the newest version 22. When I opened it afterwards, the top portion where the tabs and address bar are, is huge, as are the icons there. It's over three inches from top to bottom. Above the Taskbar is also quite large. My monitor is a widescreen, and I now have only about four and a half inches of viewing space. I can change the webiste font sizes, so that's no big deal.
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Outlet Park Pomme de Terre Lake
Hermitage, Missouri
Phone: (417) 745-2290
Sites: 21
Recent Rate: $16 6/2010
Latitude: 37.9019487139395
Longitude: -93.3285140991211
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Date of Stay: June, 2010 - $16.00
Awesome little spot just below the dam of Pomme de Terre Lake. We camp here in our 40' motorhome a lot. We think it's a hidden gem. There is lots of space between campsites and lots of big big trees. Has a newly finished nature trail through woods. The one bad thing I can tell you is that sometimes during warmer months the river smells very bad. It is usually when they are not pulling much water out of the lake. There is a playground, tennis courts, basketball goal, pavilions, baseball diamond, and group camp area. This is a Corps of Engineers Park. Only 14 sites are electric. And only about half would be good for a bigger rig. We camped at Outlet Park Pomme de Terre Lake in a Motorhome.Undo
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Here are a few of the things I have redone lately.
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Can we still be together?
I didn't have time to go on my Ipad so much and then the guy I was dating broke up with me and now when ever I see him he says: " Aren't we through?" Or "I'm not talking to you" but to make up it's 20 and I do have 25 charm but I don't want to use it. So my question is, is there anyway to get back together without using charms. Thanks if you respond :)
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Deviant Art
The BrushI fell in loveThe Brush4 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
with the pause
between your words
where I could almost hear you
lick your lips
in anticipation.
Don't tempt me
with an evil spirit
for knowing how I covet
the taste of wickedness,
acrid like the
wood-chip smell of autumn
and just as apt
to cloud my skyward eyes.
I reached for you despite,
and my outstretched fingers
only caught the air.
Rationem MaliI do not see the evil that they see.Rationem Mali4 years ago in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
Darkened thoughts have never manifested
on my soul or any place within me.
Never in my heart has poison rested
or has predisposition for revenge
tormented me for many sleepless nights,
sustaining me like water does a wenge,
enticing less than noble fancy-flights.
Ever-good, and ever a pariah.
That you, in fact, would claim to be so pure
herein is found to ambiguous.
Each baby born is birthed less than demure;
each man begins his life iniquitous.
Villains all began their time in youth, but
innocence in cognizance is fleeting
like your credibility for that what
tediously you continue bleating,
holy as a martyr or messiah.
At your insinuation, I confess
that my insistence I am only good
translates but to an ounce of truthfulness
however falls apart when faced with mood.
Eyes, once opened to the presentation
you have given me of wicked nature
serves to undermine my allegation.
Ever more I am a haunted creature.
Ever now unsure and a pariah.
DFC 13: My Strange DaughterMy strange young daughter is a crab.DFC 13: My Strange Daughter5 years ago in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
She dresses down in black and drab
attire so that all may see
she keeps her own self company.
I thought I understood her well.
When she was small she'd run to tell
if something caused distress or glee;
she keeps her own self company.
I've sheltered her from everything,
kept boys at bay, not let her sing
too loud for fear she'd go off-key
and now she keeps her company.
She holds emotions to herself
as though her heart were on the shelf
within a box, and all agree
she keeps her own self company.
I find myself antagonized.
She doesn't seem to realize
all that I've done, just drearily
she keeps her own self company.
And now I realize with a start
she's kept all matters of the heart
away from me in privacy
by keeping herself company.
I've had enough; I'll smack her face
for ever daring to disgrace
the good name of our family
by keeping herself company.
Our Last DaysI wasn't so naiveOur Last Days5 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
as to believe
you would be with me
(I guess,
in that respect anyway,
I've grown up a little).
Predetermined knowledge,
however, only makes the pain
all the more a tangible reality,
for some part of me
had deeply hoped
that our travels would
be ceaseless,
unending adventure;
you, playing music
for me to sing along,
and me, showing you
all the affection I am capable of.
In the end,
you protected me better
than my own family.
It's quaintly romantic to think
you gave your life for mine;
your sacrifice will not go
unremembered, old friend,
no matter who I ride with next.
DFC 12: DementedIf you are reading thisDFC 12: Demented5 years ago in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
I am most likely dead
and every inch of me
has vanished from your life
(I promise) thoroughly.
If you are reading this
you will find bitter words
denoting how you shut
me out or let me in
at your convenience, but
if you are reading this
and take away one thing
let it be that I still
loved you with my last breath
and know I always will.
If you are reading this
demented woman's rant
I must apologize;
the poor girl's gone quite mad.
Please disregard. Good-bye.
The Buddha BellyWhen the girl was youngThe Buddha Belly5 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
her first alliteration
was her parents crying
"Buddha belly!"
while blowing raspberries
on her tiny stomach
to make her squeal with delight.
If they'd had any inclination
would they have been so liberal
in their choice of phrasing?
No longer a girl,
thirteen now
and far too grown-up
for silly baby games,
she's sprouted
a critical eye
before all other ensuing developments.
Breasts are too small
but there's that Buddha belly
peeking shyly out
from angrily pulled-over shirts.
She tries her first diet
the next year
when the boy she's sworn
she'll love forever whispers
"You're cute; I like
chubby girls."
Buddha belly, Buddha belly
becomes her mantra
chanted rhythmically
to every pounding step
of the miles she runs.
She imagines the Buddha belly
as a family curse,
a doom called down upon her
like Atreus.
Buddha belly, Buddha belly,
diet pills...
she tries starvation first
but it gives her headaches;
she hates to vomit
but she hates the curse more.
A woman now,
she swe
DFC 17: Love AutopsyFoolish girl, do you not knowDFC 17: Love Autopsy5 years ago in Haiku & Eastern More Like This
that the way to a man's heart
is neither wit nor charm, but
point-blank through his chest?
DFC 4: To Cast A SpellYou were never really mine to love.DFC 4: To Cast A Spell5 years ago in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
You smile at me with empty eyes;
For better or for worse, I am victorious.
The love spell that I cast could never
Be the work of any sorceress.
You were never really mine to love
But the poison that I spread
Reached even your heart, now
You smile at me with empty eyes.
They call me a witch behind your back;
They say I've changed you
For better or for worse. I am victorious.
Mitten: DFC 6four all togetherMitten: DFC 63 years ago in Haiku & Eastern More Like This
wool-bound against the winter
one separated
Eaglemonarch of the skyEagle3 years ago in Haiku & Eastern More Like This
you are about to take flight
courageous vision
yellow cobbled feet
white mantle, cloaked august-brown
sunlight-dappled wings
victorious shriek
bouncing echo multiplied
make the mountains sing
crisp-smelling morning
dew-speckled fresh light of dawn
aromatic musk
sudden seizing fear
morsel writhing powerless
unfortunate prey
solitary plume
sharp needle and fragile air
downward jettison
courageous vision
you are about to take flight
monarch of the sky
Forever FleetingNow summer's song has come and gone;Forever Fleeting3 years ago in Songs & Lyrics More Like This
autumn's chill is hasting.
At winter's door we hunger for
something everlasting.
Oh, do not sing of fleeting things
like flowers, stars or love
that cause the heart and mind's depart
from prudency thereof.
Blooms exquisite and delicate
as maidens' youth will show
their spiteful ruse when their bright hues
shall wither with the snow.
Deceptive light of stars--so bright!--
that glitter in the sky;
on Earth we yearn for that which burns,
yet in their burning, die.
And love bears strife all throughout life
and ailments of the breath.
Yet should it live, all that it gives
shall surely cease with death.
Then what fiction in its diction
enduringly explores?
Is there a tale that will prevail
to tell of evermore?
Perhaps my song is sorely wrong
and we are meant to see
ordained duty of brief beauty
and there, eternity.
Then all hours I'll chance flowers,
conceding stars to move
my simple soul to be so bold
to wager upon love.
Sain x Lucius Support: FE clubSain and LuciusSain x Lucius Support: FE club5 years ago in Fan Fiction More Like This
A tragic tale of unrequited love in three parts
C Support
Sain: Ahhh .ahh!
Lucius: hello.
Sain: There is no question at all. You are indeed the fairest lady of our camp!
Sain: Oh, be still my heart! I see you blush with humble modesty. Exquisite!
Lucius: Sir Knight, I
Sain: Sain! How impetuous and rude of me not to introduce myself!
Lucius: Sir Sain, I'm afraid you are in error.
Sain: Nonsense! There can be no mistake in such peerless loveliness! And so I am off to gallantly defend you, sweet maiden, from whatever foe dares cross our path today! Yah!
Lucius: Oh goodness
B Support
Sain: Oh those eyes those sparkling sapphire eyes.
Lucius: Sir Sain.
Sain: That golden hair that voice! She haunts me even as
JanuarySeventy-six degrees.January2 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
We watch yesterday's ice
melt like the tears of winter
and pool in the divots
of the thirsty earth.
I want to go puddle-splashing
barefoot with hiked-up jeans
and you grin and tell me "Do it!"
You and the rain
are my best of friends.
We'll keep that our secret,
even when I catch a cold.
The Paladin: DFC2012 6By happenstance, a wayward knightThe Paladin: DFC2012 62 years ago in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
perceived one pathway bathed in light
and one beside it, black as night.
But which is right? But which is right?
Invitingly the lit path drawls
with canopy and mossy shawls
and dappled where the sunlight sprawls.
Contentment calls; contentment calls.
With calm resolve he chose the gloam
in lieu of placid fields of brome
to guide those who in darkness roam
and bring them home. And bring them home.
DeliveranceMy new beautifulDeliverance2 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
disenchanted soul
smells like dog
and damp cigarettes
puffed in the secrecy
of an abandoned room
so empty that the softest sound
echoes like a crash.
The electricity is shut off;
the only light
flares then glows
as you inhale
and for just a moment
your eyes shine
like you haven't been through hell--
then all goes dark.
In Excelsis DeoShe folds crimsonIn Excelsis Deo5 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
origami flowers nowadays
and tries not to think about
when she was queen.
She never makes noise anymore
when she sneaks out
to look at the moon.
"I was in the hedge maze,"
she tells her friends,
"but I think I lost my way."
Their eyes fill with
the sincerest of concern
as they pat her hands
by means of an apology;
and she is gracious,
as shown in liquid smiles
that have the tendency
to deliquesce
as soon as the spring
rains come.
Pomology: DFC1Adam's apple, newly notorious,Pomology: DFC13 years ago in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
Has outlived others more gainful and glorious.
Iduna's gift of innocent guise;
Discordia's aureate act of demise;
Classic contes now neglected
For fantasy properly protected,
Arresting apple's vie victorious.
On Stopping At The Bakery: DFC 2frozen breath and fragrance mingleOn Stopping At The Bakery: DFC 23 years ago in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
like lamination in the sky
bells above the store-front jingle
as if to tempt me now to buy
croissants and my spirits leaven
to hear the portly baker's cry
"manna fallen down from heaven!"
as if to tempt me now to buy
galettes stand silently alert
as they await to caramelize
profiteroles peek up and flirt
as if to tempt me now to buy
Storm Haikulow-hanging gray cloudsStorm Haiku5 years ago in Haiku & Eastern More Like This
break only for a moment
sunlight struggles through
DFC 2014 2: A Day at the BeachCome with me wherever I may choose to roam.DFC 2014 2: A Day at the Beach4 months ago in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
Trust me that the moon will always lead us home.
Take a walk with me on the Atlantic shore
like I used to with another once before.
Let us hunt for treasures in the ocean waves
singing songs of sailors lost to ocean graves
and of the ships that sought a destination
more pleasant than their briny termination.
Flowers to the dead who might be lingering;
I am not afraid of what the night might bring.
Come with me wherever I may choose to roam.
Trust me that the moon will always lead us home.
Take a walk with me on the Atlantic shore
like I used to with another once before.
Insubstantial castles never reach the sky
but if they're made of sand, we won't question why.
What should we care if the stars begin to fall?
The end of the cosmos, the world, one life--all--
it holds no meaning for us whatsoever.
Our minds are solely fixed on our endeavor.
Perhaps as we progress you'll take my hand,
paralleling our twin footprints in the sand.
Come with me wh
Sailor's Song"I must go down to the sea again,Sailor's Song3 years ago in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
to the lonely sea and sky,
and all I ask is a tall ship
and a star to steer her by."
Your face is carved like a memory
almost too difficult to sustain.
In order, then, to remember you,
I must go down to the sea again.
You had to go out sailing
with no time to say good-bye.
I watched your back retreating
to the lonely sea and sky.
I found I couldn't call to you
as your white sails began to dip
past the pale of the horizon,
and all I ask is a tall ship
though I cannot come aboard.
I will wave when land is nigh
from my battered little skiff
with your star to steer her by.
A VisitThe pomegranate wineA Visit4 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
is bitter,
but the motion is familiar
even if it gives no comfort,
like the markers standing at attention
to declare their cinereal names;
Williams, McCollum, Moore.
I will die here, too,
breathing in the dust
of a thousand corpses
who have long-since
stopped whispering.
DFC 2: Arch AngelDecember always leaves me wanting;DFC 2: Arch Angel5 years ago in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
Streets and people cold as stone,
Unfriendly as a church
That turns away the pagan non-believer
With peddlers beseeching "Angel,
Wont' you buy?"
I pass them by,
All of them lost in greed and wanting
And me in misery, a fallen angel
With a jaded heart of stone,
Unable to believe
In commerce, congress, or in any church.
My feet have brought me to the catholic church
(A place I rarely dare to tread by).
I was never really much of a believer;
Sermons I find empty and wanting.
The arch to the vestibule is polished stone
And beneath, with hands outstretched, an angel.
My eyes rest longing on the angel,
Silent guardian of the quiet church,
Wan with wide-spread wings of stone
That offer something more than one can buy
And I find I desperately want
To believer her.
She offers me, a non-believer,
A gentle smile, a smile so angelic
I cannot help but feel she is wanting
To impart some wisdom--"Though I guard a church
I see all passers-by,
And I love them all, tho
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February 25, 2012 in Sports
Focus shifts to Howard with All-Star game in Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. – Carmelo Anthony saw the wall of reporters and knew immediately who was being surrounded.
Back in New York, it would be Jeremy Lin.
But with All-Star weekend in Orlando, the focus is shifting back to where it was to start the season, to Dwight Howard's future.
That means Howard gets the same questions Anthony was peppered with last year during the NBA's midseason break, just before he was traded.
"Thank you, Dwight!" Anthony yelled. "It's your turn!"
The center has asked for a trade, but he's still here and there's no telling for how much longer. The Magic could deal him before the March 15 trade deadline, or hold onto him all season and risk losing him while getting nothing back in July.
Howard didn't want to discuss that.
"All the other stuff can wait," Howard said. "I just want people to have fun and enjoy themselves. This is All-Star weekend. This is a time of celebration for guys who've had great first halves and guys who have never even seen this."
Howard's table was between Anthony and LeBron James, two of the league's best-known stars. Yet neither had anywhere near the attention of Howard, and Anthony was glad to yield the spotlight after his status overshadowed last year's festivities in Los Angeles.
"I'm glad it's not me anymore," Anthony said.
Lin wasn't forgotten, even after James and the Heat on Thursday forced him into the worst game since he emerged as the NBA's biggest story. Many All-Stars were asked about the Knicks guard, who was playing only in Friday's Rising Stars Challenge featuring rookies and second-year players yet was given his own evening press conference to accommodate the large media interest. He scored two points in the game.
In the Rising Stars Challenge, Cleveland rookie Kyrie Irving made eight 3-pointers and finished with 34 points, helping Team Chuck beat Team Shaq 146-133.
Indiana's Paul George added 23 points for Team Chuck.
Cleveland's Tristan Thompson scored 20 points to lead Team Shaq.
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