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All Blog Posts Tagged 'OF' - liveIreland 2015-10-07T19:35:44Z http://my.liveireland.com/profiles/blog/feed?tag=OF&xn_auth=no VARIOUS BY ME: NEIL DOYLE O'DONNELL. tag:my.liveireland.com,2009-12-20:957489:BlogPost:148277 2009-12-20T12:30:00.000Z Neil Doyle O'Donnell http://my.liveireland.com/profile/NeilDoyleODonnell

 SPACESHIP EXPATRIA.

 Days pass so quickly here on Spaceship Expatria.

 As it winds slowly away from planet Home.

 Through opaque veils of days, weeks and nights.

 Becoming years, memories first created by honest priorities now gradually decrease in clarity.

 These silent honeycombs of present and past subconsciously relegated to the mind's baggage compartment.

 To be replaced by the need for relationships due to the demise of loved ones feelings and…

 SPACESHIP EXPATRIA.

 Days pass so quickly here on Spaceship Expatria.

 As it winds slowly away from planet Home.

 Through opaque veils of days, weeks and nights.

 Becoming years, memories first created by honest priorities now gradually decrease in clarity.

 These silent honeycombs of present and past subconsciously relegated to the mind's baggage compartment.

 To be replaced by the need for relationships due to the demise of loved ones feelings and thoughts.

 Priorities driven by an increasing amount of self.

 Love for loved ones on planet home now less in vogue.

 Not caused by an uncaring heartlessness but by troubled sprite.

 Goodness leaking away to be dissipated as memories.

 As stardust in 'Mind Space'.

 TREASURED ISLE.

 Hello 'Old Friend' may I rest beneath your shaded bough.

 Have you travelled far for my journey has taken many days.

 Yes, I have journeyed a lifetime to this day.

 It's beautiful so restful a magic secret you have found.

 A magical place in deed but only if you wish to find embrace.

 Many stories told by those who wish to seek and find.

 May they search and ponder less.

 The sought after treasure this grail we find.

 A haven safe from all that offers harm.

 Within ourselves this treasured isle we find.

 A fairy charm children's minds it pleases well.

 To men so gullible a mantle urging dreams and follies.

 This need for light so bright that time has lost in warm dark hollows.

 Answers sought for ages speak.

 Blinded men so wrong in where they madly seek.

 For we who search for the hidden Shangri-La.

 May well it be in our hearts and minds.

 To view each morning the glorious light in our sky.

 That surrenders to the evening at the end of each and every day.

 If only to look to see to allow our heart run free.

 BLOOD STREAMS.

 Dreams raised in clouds in sun blessed days.

 Some of merriment and sometimes grey.

 These are the bloodstreams of my life.

 Traveling rivers that keep me sane.

 Remember young boy before turning teen.

 Colours, tin soldiers, bright with light time to play.

 Memories of times that must not fade.

 From here to look back so sweet those days.

 Perfidious I view this present age.

 As I reflect on memories of childhood ways.

 Long before a mother's cold sad grave.

 A BAR IN DERRY.

 Back home for a pint and no one knows.

 Last night an Arabian airport, gun totting guards and flowing robes.

 Back in my dear old city and once more on my own.

 A quiet bar early morning, no questions asked.

 I look like a tourist, have the tan no tales to tell.

 The pint quietly pulled I sit down to take in the past.

 Across the room three men, two of them look so bored.

 The third to them a pain.

 Nervous twitching, chattering antics falling on ears so deaf.

 The companion's thick shouldered, heavy browed small talk just between two.

 Peed off, with a look that could turn milk sour with a single glance.

 The third man now familiar his Fatwa a curse in Persian verse.

 Thick brows even more peeved look at watches to check the time.

 Bar door opens to the skies, a shift change time occurs for a heavy to make his escape.

 This man finally smiles relieved of his burden of the little man and his bloody

 'Satanic Verse'.

 REALIZATION.

 This moment in life to awaken.

 Understanding the needs to endure.

 With realization gained curing me of doubts and fears.

 Fears from the politics and ways of childhood.

 Fearful clubfooted monsters and goverment bogeymen that cast dark shadows so unreal.

 Now cast aside allowing doors to open to the world and its realities.

 Windows viewed by many but never really understood.

 However to another as simple as A.B.C.

 No longer to adhere to the dictates of self.

 I free to follow the steps to guide me on my chosen path.

 So sensible as yet not understood by me.

 PRAYER FOR THE TUBE.

 Campfire prayers and poetic dreams.

 From the spit of old men's blunted sharpened tongues.

 Reciting long lost stories of poetic victories.

 Men washed on prayer but misled to worship.

 Watched over by the bearded greyhound face reflected on campfire flames.

 Young men now filled with complex hate listen in awe.

 The words of home lost in fervour.

 So cold here in the stone heart of this distant madrasa.

 This world so removed from the poetic mosque.

 Where the words of 'The Holy Book' are turned to stone.

 AIRPORT LOUNGE.

 A book for the train is what I need.

 Onto my knees on Heathrow's floor to find a book for journeys end.

 That's a good one I heard her say.

 Raising my eyes I view an angel.

 "Hi" she said," Hello" said I.

 "I've read it", this girl her skin as soft as peaches and cream.

 We stand and talk for that moment in time.

 Then she turns for journeys end, turns once more and smiles goodbye.

 I watch as if in a film from long before.

 Years have passed I still think of that pretty blonde girl.

 My beautiful American: Pretty Blonde, Peaches and Cream.

 CRAMPING MY STYLE.

 Passion mounts.

 Waiting for the earth to shudder.

 Breathless poundings in the heart.

 Movements all a flutter.

 Onwards rising to reach the pinnacle.

 Legs so lilt, so long and slender strike out to me.

 "Darling was that a pleasure so sublime".

 The reply to suit the words of the strong women of ' Merriman's Midnight Court'.

 "No! It was Bloody Cramp".

 CORK.

 Cork old girl with your constant rain.

 Washing away times of history on cobbled stones.

 Small streets wind away to smaller ones.

 The second city only in size.

 In the heart of your own dear people you are the first.

 Cork girls shinning in the rain, flower petals reflecting the sun.

 Warm in winter the people your fire.

 Spring is the clash of ash and sporting youth.

 Summer is radiant with glorious hope.

 DESERT HEDGEHOG.

 Useless you sit in the sand on a cold hard runway.

 Dormant brimming with teeth and iron.

 Wings sadly droop in the early morning sun.

 Gone that arrogant pride as you sit so forlorn.

 Filled with anger your lungs choked with sand and stone.

 Ha! Your rider lost his way or so he says.

 Later his king will give him a medal to cover his loss of face.

 Young men from the desert fear in their eyes, fingers tight on triggers.

 Stand and wait for I to fill your belly with power.

 A hunger for flight a famine in your entrails.

 This power needed to fill your carnivorous stomach for war.

 To bear gifts of destruction to wide eyed children below.

 TUNNEL FOUR.

 Television useless and foul.

 Content nil but violent thrills.

 Lions and Christians replaced by Trolls.

 Cringing Celebes slaves to egos.

 Offered onto the alter of modern day Caesars.

 Attracted by lights as moths to bright staged delights.

 By a plundering partnership of suits and secret orders.

 Masons who lay building blocks of decrepit soulless kingdoms.

 A partnership of 'Tory and Born Again Ruthless Core'.

 Firing the pyres of modern nonsense.

 Bloodless culture and gangster rap.

 Attempting to rebuild the Coliseum and it's jaded past.

 Hailed as jumped up Nero's by fawning hordes.

 In the hope of replacing long cherished culture with instant thrills.

 By fitting something so vile in a screen so small.

 Apart from Bart, Lisa, Frazier and one or two more.

 MEMORY POND.

 On meadows bank in the peacefulness of a shadowed afternoon.

 A line cast on a pond's surface recreates the rippling waves of life.

 It whips as it dances to pull a wished for token once more to shore.

 Dancing light reflecting to gleam on water's edge.

 A memory pool shimmering back and forth bringing sough after memories home once more.

 Thoughts of long lost loves and innocent days come to mind.

 So important all consuming never really understood.

 Suddenly a blue-black monster goes rushing by.

 A crash of metal and hissing steam on a line by Foyle's shore.

 This black oiled spectre of clattering steel and wonderful speed.

 At the head of the beast it's driver 'Big Bill Barton' waving his shinny black cap high in the air.

 Off to a place called Portadown crashing up the line to some far off land.

 I cast my line once more so simple those days.

 As I reflect on memories before my journey from this dear and bitter shore.

 OCTOBER 5 ON THE BRIDGE.

 The son of a woman a wonderful, wonderful woman.

 I suppose I'm the son of not a bad dad too.

 I wished someday to reach above the clouds to a bright blue sky, but poor old me I had to climb and slip every step of the way.

 The glue on my shoes laid by an insidious Tory flock.

 Storment with its schemes trying each day to stop the sun reaching my spot.

 Trapped in a school system and asked what your father would do.

 "He's a docker sir."

 "A doctor, Hmmm! I've never heard of Doctor O' D".

 "No sir, he's a docker".

 The look of interest now none gone from this teachers face.

 We sons of dockers and fathers on the dole pushed to the back.

 To allow country boys and others to walk on grass.

 Little 'Neil Farran's in his palace his plan an aspiration for a catholic middle class.

 We would laugh "Aspiration don't you get that in a bottle to cure a headache".

 October on the bridge we stood together docker's sons, fathers on the dole, country boys and others.

 Battered by 'Orwellian Thugs' dressed as cops clubbing us to vent 'Old Brookeborough's' spleen.

 On this bridge I view these thugs my fathers, father's father was once one of them an old 'RIC' where am I from.

 I must have had heroes from those days as I climbed the metaphorical barrackcades in my teens.

 Yes I do the men and women, the 'Teachers' from my old school.

 The two big Bills: Connaghan and Sharkey.

 Miss Burns who made certain that we learnt to read and write.

 Kelly with his math's, Mc Laughlin, Harkin, Paddy Doherty and the lovely Mrs. Carson to name a few.

 Let's not forget the great 'Donaldson' who taught us to believe in ourselves and win a medal or two.

 He believing that inspiration wasn't to be found in a bar or bottle but in a book: or even in a bit of badly attempted verse or two.

 IN HOC SIGNO VINCES.

 This island mist and mystic blend of time.

 Torn by bloodlust for religious power.

 Power wedded by Norman and Tudor Horde.

 A dance set in new time to ease their desires.

 Footsteps a heavy thud upon our graves.

 An island once a dream.

 Now trampled by the leaded heels of malice themes.

 We now old before our time find this dream, is just a dream within a dream.

 We different in so many ways.

 Fate decided not by where we are born but by the shabby empire served.

 The die caste hand of fate leads in its own cold way.

 Allowing others reason to comply.

 Honour blinded by prejudices carried by small large hurts of desire.

 Therefore indifference must occur.

 This crazy world of rights and wrongs.

 Dictates of families, politics for empires to endure.

 To allow the theory of chaos to assist the 'Horsemen' in their everlasting brooding tasks.

 Time to awaken to witness what has gone.

 The sorrowful events and history have passed replaced with stepping-stones and wished for bridges to pave the way.

 The people of the Islands still different in many ways ponder to find understanding to their own thoughts and ways.

 They with gracious intent lead with honest hearts.

 Undermined by a vicious belief dressed as sheep in wolfs clothing.

 The lust for power and blood salivating from its carnivorous grave.

 Hidden under a mask of righteousness as from times before.

 This evil just as cruel with intent as any.

 Veiled under false modesty and purchased collar dictate from the sands of time.

 Determined in its will to destroy and undermine goodness and free will.

 This lesson to be learned carried by a son of 'Connell'.

 A curse from the flat crowning stone and its 'Battle Book' to be laid on the heads of the masons of destruction.

 Time will come when the masters of deceit will fall to the hand of fate.

 A GENTLE SHORE.

 New tide washing gently on a shore.

 Pictures ebb and flow into the mind's colourful memory picture book.

 The fall of evening with its dropping sun waving goodbye to the hills and tiring day.

 The darkness of greens and wind bush set deep within those dark and silent highs.

 A beautiful land blessed each day on its Atlantic shore.

 I feel a wish to walk again that special place.

 A gift of soft gentle lapping waters washing on a young boy's feet as he carries his bucket and spade.

 His trusty friend his brother in tow to search for the perfect elusive deepest rock pool and its tiny creatures.

 Not knowing that one day they would wear another's uniform and not come home.

 Let this place so precious never to be spoiled by the hungry hounds of progress and stealth.

 For they will surly steal it away.

 BLUE SKIES.

 I loved you then I lost you.
 She sat in silent profile so pretty beside a desert compound pool.
 In a haughty mood I dictating the importance of security to a couple of drunken ex-patriot fools.
 This pretty girl under the stars by the silvered moon pool.
 Later to become the beautiful barb in my heart one day soon.
 A number of years together that I will never regret.
 Remembering the blue skies of the days to the cool soft breezes of the nights.
 Heartbreak was in our parting and you had to fly home.
 I knew you were leaving as we would all one day soon.
 Time has passed I know you were right.
 Life forever turning to another stage.
 Not all players on life's stage can experience a part in 'Blue Skies and Soft Gentle Breezes'.
 I played to skies, gentle breezes and to the beauty of the nights.
 Today I turn to another role on this forever revolving stage.
 Alas! This scenery not as sweet as the one we played

 SHARK ATTACK FROM DESERT SKY.

 Mary, Mary never contrary fear from her eyes as the crescendo of the sirens grows.

 The unearthly sound of wailing Banshee invades every cell of our brains.

 I view again this old photograph from January 'Ninety One'.

 Mary the girl from Carrigferrgus, eyes shine bright peering back with a worried smile.

 Dear friend never usually bothered now looks slightly stirred.

 Mary and her nursing friends who never faltered.

 With friends like this who could ask for more.

 Then the blast from the falling warhead causing a massive, brilliant radiant rainbow glow that ends our nervous laughs to fill the air with stifled screams.

 Doors blow open and plate glass rattles to bellow stopped from breaking by masses of crisscrossed tape or was it 'God's Own Hand'.

 The unending silence as we wait for the all clear to go.

 Area declared free of particles and gas, helping to ease our nerves.

 Time for breakfast and lots of coffee and off to work we go.

 To relieve friends and colleagues from a nightshifts of horrid fear.

 THE RELUCTANT AIRMAN.

 An escape route offered from 'Derry Dole'.

 Fancy uniform; sport, some adventure and a life of your own.

 Just leave the love for your country and values behind.

 Never a normal return to your land and add a new word to your life book, such as pariah.

 Controlled leaves, precious holiday times spent in 'Ebrington Barracks', sometimes a laundry van for a taxi.

 Live in a world controlled by racist right wing idiots, disliked: the reason that your people protested wishing for their 'Civil Rights'.

 Murdered like dogs in the street by red-capped uniformed killers from a gene pool found swilling in the bottom of a bucket of brock.

 I this joke, trained to fight the 'Russian Might', whilst a school friend Jim Wray lies dying in the street.

 A best friend's brother 'Paddy Doherty' shot twice in the back.

 Jim, Paddy and others lie dead and dying to satisfy 'Old Brookeborough's Spleen'.

 Allowing the 'Masters of Deceit' to quench and sup at their evil feasts as they feed scraps to the 'Horsemen' to fuel never ending evil deeds.

 WORDS SOUND SO SIMPLE.

 Things seem crazy and you think you are going mad so just stop thinking.

 If life is bad and sometimes mad, stop thinking.

 Life can be bright so let's start from here.

 It's just as well as we need to renew our thinking.

 Our world ruled by consumer gods, we pushed through doors to suit others plans and thinking.

 Days brushed aside by soft rough hands of smooth collared stinkers.

 Life bound by consumer choice, stealth and meaningless thinking.

 Let's rise each morning with no cross to bear, believing we can achieve our own horizons.

 As we reach out to touch life with the powerhouse we find within us.

 SPURIOUS THINKING.

 Can the poet really describe what the artist will see.

 Capturing beauty within a drawing or painting with such ease.

 They look to see a tree, flower or a hidden face.

 Can I do that, "never in a month of Sundays"?

 Now there's a saying for you.

 Hidden in its lyrical frame is thinking as clear as day.

 Euphemisms such wonderful tools.

 Helping to explain our day and many a situation.

 Sometimes used to belittle a foe with a stinging hidden attack.

 "He's a right tight arsh he wouldn't give you the wind of his fart"

 As a child my son in tears, overhearing that a friend had gotten 'The Sack'.

 In his young mind a vision of a dear friend carried away on the back of a giant or some dark and evil freak.

 At other times the quaint use of words can make the day.

 This in a greeting accompanied with a bright smile from a stranger when met on a morning walk.

 "Hi! Great to see again, you Old Goat".

 As you reply to this greeting, searching your memory to think, "Who the Hell was that".

 What I must watch is not to mix my metaphors and euphemisms.

 So please forgive if I do.

 Let's not forget my problem with a thing call an anagram.

 A title for this poem maybe.

 Poems by a Pi** Poor Poet, slightly rude but understood.

 THERMAL RUNAWAY.

 The enigma of events told in ultra speak.

 From the sky great nimrod's soaring comet falling to the harsh lands of poppy fields.

 Fine blue men cut down and laid to sleep.

 A mysterious hot spot resigns them to this everlasting deep.

 This aging eye soaring in the sky, spraying aerial life blood through bulkhead leaks.

 Misting cloud falling on charging glow on life's battery they normally depend, now to become their foe.

 This vicious cycle starts again, heroes never to return to the glens.

 Over looked once more in blue skies above the searing heat of hot desert lands and poppy fields.

 PEOPLE AND THOUGHTS.

 People, places and things as the words of the song go.

 My words, your words and everyone else's, do they matter.

 All words matter but mostly it's how they are said.

 Words are sounds created by others thinking, carrying other's thoughts.

 It is the power of the spoken word and what it can do.

 The power to move mountains and topple the foundations of the once great and mighty.

 Through the dust of fallen cities come other words, some good and others not so good.

 The latter usually from the hand that wields the sword.

 They shout from loud brazen emboldened mouth.

 To force tyranny on the helpless women and child.

 This evil of men, high and mighty incredulous to their own evil selfish thoughts and beliefs.

 To feed to fuel many an ignoble deed.

 CORPORATE SCHEMES.

 Colourful palette of memories of summers and wholesome days.

 Retained treasures filled with thoughtful views and life shared in many ways.

 Love returned through trust and caring minds.

 Partnerships of friendship and those who wish to walk a common path.

 Hands locked to steady one another on the way.

 A gift to follow this vision of love and understanding.

 Relationship guided by sprite and one another.

 Not by addled brain and youthful foolish balls.

 In contemporary times life bludgeoned by corporate sting and over swing.

 Overblown view to manacle us to a dearth of spin and political ways.

 Trumpeted by they who wish to bow to the scatology of decisions blown to fill our ears.

 Common sense overlooked to suit the cosmetics of demigods to fulfill boasting egos and corporate dreams.

 This new 'Sodom and Gomorrah' or is 'Sod Them For Tomorrow'.

 The people no longer interested in a choice slumber in a media trance, sleepwalking to the next available mall.

 Tasked to build new mountains wrapped in gloss as they tread and stumble along this carbon path.

 FLOODED FIELDS.

 Flowers so blue from the golden pool not by man's hand.

 We unable to view where this eyes delight comes from and whose hand created its first seed.

 A secret lost to modern man, blinkered by his vain supercilious mind and madcap plans.

 Structured, complex, beautiful, and so blue.

 Delicate to the touch a magical presence season upon season on shore, hill, lane and glen allowing us to view its rebirth

 Appearing each spring to bring forth beauty time and time again.

 Depending on the cycles and the secrets of 'Mother Nature'.

 She so kind with understanding changing often to undo the follies of her sons.

 In modern time short of patience frustrated by her stupid foolish child.

 They not able to tend the land and understand its water flow.

 Gone those days when men dug around fields to allow trapped water its voice.

 Trench to trench it would travel escaping from field to field.

 Channeling water to reach again river's mouth and freedom flow.

 THOUGHT'S CANAL.

 I sometimes walk in misty fields.

 Through blue grey trees, shadowed by hidden silent hills.

 Dreams, maybe, maybe not, have I walked these in times before.

 Memory curtain falling, masking once lost times to ignore.

 Are they realities, subliminal imaginary or fleeting daydreams.

 Times that may have gone, but never really seen.

 Experienced one time in memory lore.

 Within a circle I stand to face my hidden peers accused of falling short.

 My failures they dictate to me.

 I beg them to understand that I am just a mortal man.

 No! They cry, have not I broken trust and failed to understand.

 My fate they ponder as I await the destiny of this outcome.

 One more chance I cry! An inborn fear to fall.

 Pondering on another plain does modern man carry into time and gene some memories of once before.

 Or this a fear of 'Hell', church lore brainstormed into child's mind's eye.

 Memory now felt as pain as I travel a dark warm canal to find the bright light of day.

 BROKEN HEARTED AUNT.

 A brokenhearted lady dear old soul.

 Memories of her sitting sadly sipping sherry in the old fashioned way.

 Whispers around the table in case young years may hear.

 "She died of a broken heart, it's said".

 A heart split in two by some condition or mysterious fall.

 To die of a broken heart what a fearful end, I hope that never happens to me.

 What a way to go, surely the doctors will have a cure.

 This to look forward to when I grow old is this part of life to come!

 Contemporary days and I've grown in most ways.

 Experienced the symptoms and survived.

 So relieved it doesn't tear your heart in two.

 As I'm still alive and kicking and living this life each day.

 JOURNEY TO THE BRIDGE.

 A life's journey when I was quite young.

 In the past with family and friends.

 A travel in time with many highs and a few times low.

 In early days easier with the love of a mother and father who wished for me the best.

 Finding my way through life and its tumbles not always knowing the way.

 Chased up 'Hogg's Folly' to get to school.

 A young mind sensitive to the political follies of the day.

 Asking why I didn't get to the 'Brothers' the school of my father.

 The teachers at the 'Tower' the best, crippled by the antics of church and state.

 Storment controlling creating its insidious divides as they played with people's minds.

 Using the now discarded dull boring testaments of extreme mentality, set in the cesspool of archaic reactionary philosophies

 The incredulous antics of politicians and perfidious ways.

 I then wishing one day to reach above the clouds to a bright blue sky.

 This sky hidden from me by a mindset of dubious evil political ways.

 The monsters as vile as any of their 'Cold War' chums.

 Political highwaymen with schemes trying each day to stop the suns' rays reaching my spot.

 GARRISTOWN TIME.

 This is not a poetry page but an inability to describe what I may have seen.

 One Sunday past in Garristown time lost in Barbara's bar with nothing on my mind.

 I watch as light reflects off mirrors, bottle top glass as the sun dips behind the hill.

 Where Mèabh's fort stands high amongst the centuries of Celtic Gaelic lore.

 The old graveyard and ruined church this post card picture view.

 Battle graves from times of Celtic kingship infighting spreading myths

 over hills and shadowed lanes.

 Stones circles, megalithic tombs attracting gatherings at 'Winter Solstice'.

 An explosion of light to my right as I nurse a pint in the eve of this late summer afternoon.

 Clouds and mysterious white light billowing beauty from another world.

 Tall white radiant visitor, wonderful this magnificent visible porthole view.

 He taller and more graceful than anyone I've ever seen.

 I stand to greet the vision in this wondrous light.

 Four others from the bar watching I now conscious of their viewing.

 Allowing the doubt within me to pretend this visitor imaginary and not there.

 Today in another world memory reawakened.

 Remembering the phantasmagorical view that redirected truth and personal light.

 THE FISHER KING.

 Forgiveness is a gift of the heart, mind, and soul.
 The supposed vision of time to come.
 Imagined water bursting from a mountain stream.
 The sound of 'Mother Nature's' wonders she so generous in her giving.
 Flowers found between desert stone.
 The gift of times to come.
 Memories of bells heard in the late of an afternoon.
 Thoughts of yesteryear and journey's away from home.
 Ringing laughter amongst flowers in a meadow.
 Simple happy memories of salad days.
 Allowing words said in hast to be wrapped in cotton wool.
 Personal thoughts and a need to try to understand.

 Past events laid aside with honest heart for us to hear again.
 Life's truths and double speak.
 As we listen to the sound of water from a mountain stream.
 Symphonies heard again in the late of an afternoon.
 Memories to pull on heartstrings.
 Bird song from a summer's meadow.
 Heartfelt thanks to smile again.
 Allowing the angry child within once more to clasp the wonder of a flower found between desert stone.
 What rubbish it's dangerous to be too nice.
 It will only open the door again to Albion's perfidious ways.

 WALKS IN SECRET WOODS.

 Remembering walks in secret woods.

 Days of amber light and dreamtime filled days.

 To dwell with memories of kindness and secret ways.

 You so pretty beautiful and sublime.

 Time together so important, distant priorities never defined.

 Behold that is life as such it is, wonderful, wonderful times.

 When in dreams to savour that so missed in life these days.

 A wish to visit the secret fairy grove again.

 The spot where we found such delights.

 Bright blonde meadow so refined this well kept grove.

 There to lie below blue-black starry skies.

 Alas! My wish to visit the perfumed secret garden once more.

 WORK THIS ONE OUT.

 Close my eyes to greet the silent dark.
 Many dimensions await me in deep filled journeyed sleep.
 Covert messages guiding with steady wings.
 A sprite carried off in dreamtime to a place with no time no space.
 Faces new and old set their many varied puzzles in a slumbering dimensioned space.
 Proposed actions to change unraveled thoughts and collusions never reached in endless tunneled dreams.
 Sought after footsteps still not found in sand with paths with no end.
 These slumbering steps tread each evening seeking wished for insight.
 Journeys too far as they twist and turn on dream filled tales.
 Still seeking the wished for key to open doors to enlightened self.
 This needed to open the door to an 'Aladdin's Cave' containing the grandiose plans of mice and men.
 I awaken in dreamtime to the fresh breeze of life to enhance a simplistic life.
 Our real time days mundane and complex, sprung from the minds of devious market schemes and television screens.

 HIGHER PLANE.

 My foolish private ego, easy on paper but not for Joe Public's view.
 This kettle of babble I write to control and keep it from over spilling.
 The world, this world that I never really touch.
 Views out of step with the norm but still within the pale.
 Radical thought for others but I follow this line of fate.
 In love with the day but to renege on proposed thoughts and called for actions.
 Rejected by my island born and cast aside by the other.
 Snubbed by perfidious Albion's ways.
 Swimming in dreams to find again an island shore.
 In and out of step to keep on side and skip out on the next.
 Well that's me, the more I write the more I understand myself.
 On life's plane travelling onwards to crash every so often.
 Each morning my Phoenix arises to meet again a brand new day.

 HIDDEN SECRET PLANS.

 Hi! To you my fellow man.
 Why doth thee smirk and conceal thy hidden past.
 The path of usurper's cruel and merchant's disingenuous plans.
 This cruel and wanton journey by ancestors man.
 An unwelcome plague on people's lands forever repeated to this present day.
 The people of the land kind to the traveller not to view his devious plans.
 Welcomed to the hearth and offered the hand with friendship in its palm.
 Then to suck the lifeblood from the land.
 Hidden depths masked by merchant's gile and beaming smile.
 Gentle mind's blocked by devil's brew and opium.
 The gifts of the merchant wizards mind this pot of empowering corrosive plans.
 This no God given enlightened path but from the depths of darkness.
 Pulled from the bowls, of infernal Saxon's Teutonic cauldrons deepest boiling pans.

 HAIL TO THE USERPERS.

 Hail to the usurpers triumphant in their killing and stealing.
 No need for stealth someone else's land up for grabs in full media glare to snatch with both hands.
 The new Nazis Order, no gas chambers these days they just deliver high tech phosphorous bombs.
 Who plays the sad farewell violin while boasting of murder?
 Triumphant to the world as people fall.
 Hail to the grim and great new order, 'George W.' their dear and dreadful subservient brother.
 Under cruel Zion's thin veneer, they trumpet loudly of self-centred hurt.
 Wringing blood stained hands in front of full-blown media stare.
 Comforted by their friend 'Old Albion' who drew their boundary lines in sand and blood.
 To allow the false tribe wish for other people's lands.

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My daily practice has shown me a fearlessness within myself that I never knew existed. The patterns that exist on my mat are directly mirrored in the patterns of my life. If I can recognize those patterns within the asana, I can then apply those lessons to my relationships and behavior off the mat.
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Below is a roster of organizational NCTSN members arranged by state. This list includes current grantees as well as affiliated members—former grantees who have maintained their ties to the Network. For each site the funding period(s) by Federal fiscal year, abstract, and contact information are listed. This roster will change as the funding status of these sites changes.View a map (PDF) of Network members and affiliates.
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The transactions subject to this chapter are entered into regularly in interstate and international commerce and are affected with a national public interest by providing a means for managing and assuming price risks, discovering prices, or disseminating pricing information through trading in liquid, fair and financially secure trading facilities.
(b) Purpose
It is the purpose of this chapter to serve the public interests described in subsection (a) of this section through a system of effective self-regulation of trading facilities, clearing systems, market participants and market professionals under the oversight of the Commission. To foster these public interests, it is further the purpose of this chapter to deter and prevent price manipulation or any other disruptions to market integrity; to ensure the financial integrity of all transactions subject to this chapter and the avoidance of systemic risk; to protect all market participants from fraudulent or other abusive sales practices and misuses of customer assets; and to promote responsible innovation and fair competition among boards of trade, other markets and market participants.
Source(Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, § 3, as added Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(5) [title I, § 108], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–383.)
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A prior section 5, acts Sept. 21, 1922, ch. 369, § 3,42 Stat. 999; June 15, 1936, ch. 545, § 2,49 Stat. 1491; Pub. L. 97–444, title II, § 203,Jan. 11, 1983, 96 Stat. 2298, stated legislative findings, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(5) [title I, § 108], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–383.
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Police Conduct Further Arrests In Operation Yewtree
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Update Your Sandals With This Easy DIY Stone Embellishment
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Inspired by Etro's Stone-Adorned Leather Flat Sandals ($1360, 212.317.9096), the oh-so crafty Erica Domesek of P.S. I Made This came to us with the idea of upgrading a pair of strappy sandals with agate embellishments. Naturally, we were excited about the project, as the results exude that global wanderer vibe we love. Bonus: it's incredibly easy too! Keep reading for Domesek's step-by-step instructions and don't miss the how-to video!
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Etro Stone-Adorned Leather Flat Sandals ($1360, 212.317.9096)
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I began my association with Laurier as a tentative part-time student in 1998. I was hooked from the very first course and went on to complete a degree in Global Studies and Biology. This double major proved to be a perfect match for my interdisciplinary interests. Upon graduation, I was fortuitously given the opportunity to fill a position in the Admissions Office a position created to assist international applicants and expedite the admission process. I have been connected to international admissions ever since. As a result, I have had the privilege of working with some pretty amazing and intrepid global scholars in the truest sense - and the payoff has been the many opportunities to connect with our international students from before the point of admission straight through to convocation, and beyond. It is doubly rewarding to work with many of the truly special people across departments who make Laurier what it is - next to our students, they are its greatest resource!


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Wright doesn't want to be a burden
David Wright specifically requested that he earn the bulk of his money in the middle of this new contract, so the team has more money to spend now, and so he's not a financial burden at the end of his career, WFAN's Ed Coleman told SNY this morning.
Matthew Cerrone, Lead Writer
Thats awesome! Seriously. Wright idolizes Cal Ripken, not just for how he played the game, but because he played his whole career with one team. This was one of Wright's goals from the start of these negotiations, and he actually helps that happen by limiting the chance of being way overpaid in years when he'll probably be less productive.


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Roman Numerals
When do letters act like numbers? When they're Roman numerals! In this BrainPOP movie, when Tim and Moby accidentally end up in Ancient Rome, Tim calls on his knowledge of Roman numerals to get them back home. Discover the symbols for 1, 10, 50, 100, 500, and 1,000 and find out how those six letters can combine to make any number you can count to! You'll also learn how to read Roman numerals as Tim introduces you to the rules of subtractive notation, as well as which numbers you can and can't subtract from each other. Arabic numbers might be easier to recognize, but Roman numerals are like a whole new language of math!
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Our Top 10 of 2013. No. 9: Clemency Burton-Hill watched Gustavo Dudamel at work from LA to Milan
From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, March/April 2013
SOUTH GRAND AVENUE in downtown Los Angeles, on a sunny Sunday in October. The steel abstractions of Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall are gleaming under a deep blue sky. About 3,500 miles away, millions of Venezuelans are going to the polls for a presidential election. Inside this emblematically American hall, their compatriot Gustavo Dudamel is about to take a bow. Sunday-afternoon symphony concerts tend to be muted affairs, popular with older subscribers. But the reaction to this all-Beethoven bill, which includes the Eroica Symphony, is electric. As applause breaks over the hall, Dudamel leaps off the podium and embeds himself within his orchestra. Throwing his arms around a rank-and-file viola player and a cellist, he takes the bow with the whole ensemble. The audience rise to their feet, enraptured. It is three years since Dudamel took up the post of music director at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, aged 28, with an opening gala in front of 18,000 fans at the Hollywood Bowl, where the Beatles famously played. That five-hour extravaganza, which sold out in an hour, also involved fireworks, booze, giant plasma screens, hundreds of free tickets for the local Latino community, and a live HD webcast. Today's concert, by contrast, is just an ordinary Sunday-afternoon offering. Nothing special; no fanfare. Except that there is now no such thing as a Dudamel concert without fanfare.
The applause feels visceral. Rather than leading the musicians in another regular bow, Dudamel motions for them to swivel and face the $17 seats known as "orchestra view". The noise climbs another few decibels, and in our brightly coloured seats in the stalls, here in the music hall that Gehry intended to be a "living room for the city", the CEO of the LA Phil, Deborah Borda, leans in towards me.
"That was something he did instinctively, first time he ever performed here," she says. "Now you think about it, it's obvious, to turn the orchestra around and include all the people behind them. But it had never occurred to any conductor to do it before." Dudamel, a surprisingly short figure for a towering presence, remains planted within the ranks of his orchestra. Much in demand around the globe, he is only in LA for about 15 weeks a year. Have any visiting conductors learned from his approach? "Not a single one."
A little later, Dudamel is in his office backstage. His face, ever brimful of life, seems newly animated. "It is crazy, no?" he exclaims as he flops into a chair, wiping sweat from his brow. "It is just crazy, crazy music!" He has been conducting the Eroica, which Beethoven supposedly dedicated to Napoleon, since he was a teenager in Venezuela, yet he appears struck by some fresh revelation. "It is just a symphony," he remarks in his heavily accented English. "It is not history, there is no subject. But at the end, you have the death of the hero, and wow, it's a lot…" He shakes his head, a mass of black curls, in seeming wonder. "This huge, humanistic man, Beethoven, the way he have this genius, to use the power of the music for a message of humanity…It is ah-mazing! At the end, it's like the revolution of the man. The revolution of the people..."
There is an impatient knock on the door. Before his admirers are let in, I'm tempted to ask about a possible revolution in his country, although I know that Dudamel will not be drawn into politics. Hugo Chávez's socialist government is just the latest of seven Venezuelan administrations since 1975 that have richly supported the national programme of music education and social action, El Sistema. Dudamel, a graduate of the programme, is now its music director. "It is impossible for me to talk about politics," he has said in the past. So I ask instead about that communal bow: is it a conscious decision not to enjoy a moment of individual glory? "I don't see another way!" he says, with a wide smile. "The conductor is just a person who is part of the team. Imagine I was just 'conducting' here, now: you would receive nothing. You'd think I was just some crazy guy waving my arms around." Then the man who has been labelled the Musical Messiah points out something most conductors have either forgotten or never believed. "The thing is, you need the orchestra. You need them much more than they need you."
GUSTAVO ADOLFO DUDAMEL RAMIREZ was born in January 1981 in Barquisimeto, capital of the state of Lara in western Venezuela. His father, Oscar, was a trombonist in a local salsa band, Sucre y Gaitas, and his mother, Solangel, gave singing lessons. As a boy, Gustavo was dismayed to discover that his arms were too short to take up his father's beloved instrument, but he began learning the violin aged five. Lessons took place at the local nucléo, one of the hundreds of free music schools across Venezuela that make up the El Sistema network, which now teaches some 400,000 children every day, around 90% of them from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Dudamels, though not wealthy by Western standards, were comparatively comfortable: Gustavo grew up in a small, simple apartment with his extended family. He remembers going to a concert at the age of eight, with his grandmother, Engracia, and being transfixed by the conductor. Back home, so the story goes, he stuck an LP on the record player, lined up his Fisher Price toys, and pretended to conduct them.
A movie-obsessed, baseball-crazed kid who loved football and salsa dancing, Dudamel also showed reasonable promise in the local El Sistema orchestra—although he is fond of saying now that he was a "terrible" violinist. But one afternoon, aged around 12, he did something that would change the course of his life. The conductor, Luis Giménez, was late to a rehearsal, so Dudamel grabbed the baton and began conducting his friends. "I remember very well how it felt to hold a baton for the first time," he tells me when we meet again in LA, a few days after the Beethoven concert. "Like the most natural thing in the world."
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NUMBERS GAME: Was Saturday the first time two Fire players scored against their former team? Sort of...
Every season I like to take in a few away matches as a fan and with a Toronto away date finally coming on a weekend again, I did so on Saturday.
The ups and downs of that match are easily memorable and even though the team didn't walk away with three points, the fighting spirit displayed to earn a point at a bolstered TFC side gave positive feelings as we walked away from BMO Field.
During that maze of an exit through the carnival going on at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Section 8 Chicago chairman Pattrick Stanton pointed out to me that both Robert Earnshaw and Quincy Amarikwa scored against their former side Toronto FC and said, "That has to be the first time two players have ever done that for the Fire."
While I fancy myself a "stat man", i honestly couldn't rifle through the previous 520 matches in my head to confirm. With the help of a small bit of free time, I can confirm that Pattrick is right.... sort of, with an asterisk*
Technically on August 25, 2001 Ante Razov -AND- DaMarcus Beasley scored in a 3-1 victory over the LA Galaxy at The Rose Bowl. The reason this stat was asterisk worthy was because while Beasley, who scored a second half brace in that match was originally allocated to the LA Galaxy in 1999, he never played for the side that year.
- PERUSE: TrueCar Player Registry
Instead the Fort Wayne, Ind. native played a couple games with the Project-40 team (a precursor to Generation adidas) and the bulk of his time that year with the U.S. U-17 National Team that finished fourth at the World Championships in New Zealand. At that tournament, DMB was awarded the Silver Ball, as second best player of the competition behind teammate Landon Donovan.
In other words, while Beasley was part of the Galaxy, a lot of his time was spent away from LA before being traded to the Fire for the club's natural first round SuperDraft selections in 2000 and 2001... HISTORY SIDE BAR: The Galaxy selected Danny Califf (2000) and Isaias Bardales, Jr. (2001) with those picks.
So with that in mind I'll make up a new stat...
Saturday's goals from Earnshaw and Amarikwa were the first from Fire players in the same game who actually played for the former team they scored against. A mouth full for sure, but certainly noteworthy.
In my research, I also found three instances where a player scored a brace against his former side. All of these are listed below.
|Goal Scorer(s)
|May 22, 1999
|3-1 W vs. Kansas City
|Diego Gutierrez 27' 75'
|August 25, 2001
|4-1 W at LA Galaxy
|Ante Razov 5', DaMarcus Beasley 64, 93'+
|June 12, 2004
|2-3 L at LA Galaxy
|Ante Razov 28', 67'
|October 12, 2008
|2-2 D vs. Columbus Crew
|Brian McBride 13', 79'
|August 23, 2014
|2-2 D at Toronto FC
|Robert Earnshaw 70', Quincy Amarikwa 90'
Prior to Saturday's friendly vs. Tottenham Hotspur, Fire players Patrick Ianni and Matt Fondy joined Spurs counterparts Zeki Fryers and Tom Carroll to pay visits to patients at the University of Illinois Children's Hospital.
A look at some of their stops:
Highlights from the first stop on Tottenham Hotspur's North American Tour vs. the Seattle Sounders.
It had been a long-time coming and put off a bit by Gonzalo Segares' ankle injury earlier this season but the Costa Rican's appearance in the Fire's 1-1 draw at Sporting KC had a ring of history to it.
With the 90 minute shift, Segares played his 216th regular season game for the club, moving him past goalkeeper Zach Thornton for third all-time on the club's MLS regular season appearance list, joining current Fire assistant coach CJ Brown (1st, 296) and teammate Logan Pause (2nd, 279).
Fire kitman Charles Raycroft worked a little magic and made the trio these jerseys to commemorate the occasion...
Congrats to Gonzalo on joining the club and thanks to all three of you for your 791 regular season matches and 35 years of combined service to the Fire!
For your reference, here is the club's Top 15 MLS Appearance List:
|Games Played
|C.J. Brown
|Logan Pause
|Gonzalo Segares
|Zach Thornton
|Chris Armas
|Jesse Marsch
|Chris Rolfe
|2005-2009, 2012-2014
|Justin Mapp
|Patrick Nyarko
|Diego Gutierrez
|1998-2001, 2006-2008
|Ante Razov
|Jim Curtin
|Sean Johnson
|Peter Nowak
|Marco Pappa
See more historical Fire player stats in the TrueCar Player Registry.
Chicago Fire vs. Toronto FC
MLS Regular Season
Toyota Park – July 2, 2014
Chicago Fire Head Coach and Director of Soccer Frank Yallop
On team's overall performance
"I thought we did enough to win the game. When it is eleven men against ten, we should win the game. We had our chances. It's frustrating, I've said it a few times; we've tied and maybe deserved to win the game, but we haven't. That's our problem right now: we can't seem to win a game. We haven't lost a ton, but we haven't won many. It's a weird situation, it's frustrating; we can't get over the finish line with a win. The guys are frustrated in there, we are, as a staff, and me as a head coach. It's not from lack of effort, which is important, it's just lapses of concentration at the wrong time. They had one or two chances and scored one goal; we probably had five to six, seven, eight chances and scored one. It's the story of our season so far, so it's been frustrating."
On issues with low number of shots on goal
"We'll have to look at them again. I thought we had enough chances to hit the target. I'm not out there, I can't remember all the chances we had. I think the one cross that went in, if we just get a nick on it, we score; Joe Bendik made a very good save, he traps it. [We had] one on a good volley; the offside goal, I haven't seen whether it was offside or not, so it was another good chance. You can't always tell if you're hitting the target is the right thing; if you try to bend it around the keeper and it just goes wide, sometimes that's unlucky too. But we had enough looks in the final third and in their box to get more than one goal; but we didn't, so that's the story of our season if you like, and our theme tonight."
On the performance of midfielder Harry Shipp
"Good. On a positive note, Harry's starting to blossom into a good player. I think he's starting to play with a lot of confidence, and he knows he's a good player. He's maturing nicely, and I think that it's no surprise that he does well. He's in a lot of the good stuff that we do going forward. So, very happy with his development. Good goal again; I think he's at six goals already, a great tally for any player, let alone a rookie coming into a brand new, professional league. He's done fantastically well."
On the performance of forwards Quincy Amarikwa and Mike Magee
"It was difficult. I thought the two center backs were physical and strong, and I spoke to the boys to play a little quicker and try to separate them a little bit. I think, in the second half, we did a better job creating chances. I know it's against ten men, but still, the same back four, or back eight if you like, they got one up front in Jermaine Defoe. I think we created enough opportunities to do better with what we had, and I haven't spoken to either guy yet, but both of them had pretty good looks tonight; just that final, last, little piece was just missing. But I'm not going to fault them for effort, I think that they worked well. They tried to do the right things, moved the ball pretty sharply for us, passed it well. Again, it's a little easier against ten men, but I still think we did the right things to create enough chances, but we just didn't get our final touch."
On the second center midfield position
"We're looking. It's a spot where Alex has been injured a lot this season; I don't know how many games he's played, it's not been many, he's not played a league game for a good nine weeks or so. Once they went to ten men, I felt we needed something more offensive, and Alex obviously has more of an offensive mind than Chris [Ritter]; Chris had a pretty good bang on his eye, so I think it was a smart move to do that. If you look at the game as a whole, with Alex in there, we did create enough chances to get something out of it. Whether he played really well himself, he didn't play for a while, so he was going to be a little rusty. But I think that the formation was fine, and it gave us enough chances to get into the game or win the game."
On going for it by substituting forward Juan Luis Anangono for defender Greg Cochrane
"I tend to think, for me, if we're tying, we need to win games. If we had lost 2-1, it didn't really change too much (the points) so we're trying to get three points. We went to three in the back, but it didn't quite work, so I put Jeff [Larentowicz] back. So we were going to go with Jeff, Baky [Soumare], and Patrick [Ianni], but we decided to just go with four and just push Lovel [Palmer] and [Grant] Ward, playing right back, he's really a right wing, forward. We possessed the ball enough, did enough to get something out of it, so we were definitely going for it to try and get a win."
Chicago Fire Midfielder Jeff Larentowicz
On the break:
"It's disappointing. We talk about the little things. There's one chance in this game for the other team and they took it. We were second best."
On the team's reaction Yallop's comments at training:
"What he said was taken in by everybody. There's time left, however. We can't hope to hang our hat on ties at the end of year, especially home games and conference games. We've got a lot of work ahead of us."
On the substitutions:
"In other games, earlier in the year, Frank has shown he wants to win and puts on players that are going to make a difference. Last week Juan [Luis Anangano] did that for us in the game."
On the difference between ties and losses:
"There's always a difference. However, when you have so many ties that feel like losses, it's tough."
Chicago Fire Midfielder Harry Shipp
On his goal:
"I think someone played it out to Mike [Magee] off a corner kick, and I was actually jogging over to take the corner when I saw it go out and I sort of slipped along the endline. I think Mike made the pass, I took a few touches then took the shot and scored."
On not being able to get the win playing a man up:
"It's really frustrating, it sucks and it feels like a loss. We should have scored about four goals in the second half. I think we all need to figure out how and what we can do better to not fall behind in the game, that's the key I think. We started getting into the game, up a man, they scored a goal and that kind of killed us going into halftime."
On the possibility of Rookie of Year Honors:
"It's not even on my mind. When you're on a team like this with two wins all year, you're focusing everyday on trying to go in and get a win and to learn how to get better. I'd rather not score a goal all year and be on a winning team than score however many goals I score and be on a losing team. So, Rookie of the Year is not really on my mind."
On the substitutions:
"We had the ball pretty much the entire second half. Being up a man obviously helps that, but we can't afford to tie at home. We came in to this game knowing that we needed a win, we kind of billed it as a game to turn our season around, which hopefully gives us momentum heading into the second half of the year. It didn't happen, so we have to look toward Kansas City on Sunday."
Toronto FC Head Coach Ryan Nelson
On surviving with a point on the road:
"Yeah, any point on the road is a very good point, especially when you go down to ten men. The guys were absolutely fantastic. Really in control of the game, up until the decision, and even then I thought we looked like we were going to get one on the break. They [Chicago] did very well in the second half, as they would, Frank's a very good coach, and pushed us high and we kind of sat back and we didn't have the confidence to maybe press a little higher, and force them into making mistakes. They kind of trapped us in a wee bit, but we had to defend. We defended very well. When you're down to ten men, you need a lot of organization and a lot of character and a lot of strength, and I think the boys showed that in abundance."
On Jackson's goal:
"We worked on that potentially but our wide guys would have a lot of influence running in behind their defenders and it just happened to be that he got himself into that position and it was a perfect cross. Really good finish."
On the team holding its defensive shape for the duration of the second half:
"They had every excuse to lose it. Away from home, and Chicago desperate for a win, absolutely desperate for a win, and Frank's done a great job with them, they are a great team. Obviously with then me, we had to sharpen our steel; this point is very valuable. It proves now that at six unbeaten that when we are away from home, and being down to ten men twice, we've managed to get something out of the game. That's extremely important."
Toronto FC Defender Nick Hagglund
On fighting through being down to ten men for over 60 minutes:
"I was pretty proud of the guys and how we responded with that red card. A lot of times, people go down, especially when you go early in the game, you're down and out. Usually a red card towards the end of the game is a little different, and you push a little bit more. I thought we being zero-zero, I thought we did well."
On what Coach Nelson said at halftime:
"He said just to stay organized. We knew that they were going into halftime, they were going to change their plan a little bit more and figure us out with ten men versus eleven men, but I thought we made sure we were tight and made it difficult for them to score."
On coming away with a point:
"I think in the locker room we were pretty disappointed. I think the goal was soft. Could have been deflected. Joe got a hand on it. I think everyone here is disappointed that we didn't get the three points, because we were up. I think it's a step in the right direction. To be disappointed with getting a tie and not three points [especially on the road]."
On going into the three game home stand coming off the World Cup break:
"We are pretty excited to get Mike [Bradley] back in the lineup. Being at home, we are tough at home. That is where we thrive. We still have two or three games in hand on most teams so there's an opportunity for us to jump up standings."
Toronto FC Midfielder Jackson
On earning a hard fought point:
"We weren't expecting to play with ten men. However, this team is a strong team, and we fought through it. As a whole we played really together and we got that point that we needed."
On his goal:
"At training we talk a lot and we practice it and we communicate constantly. Fortunately, I was at the right spot at the right time. We continued to fight and continued to be a team as whole and get ahead."
On taking advantage of the space on the flanks to utilize on counterattacks:
"I was fully aware of the space I had so I was just waiting for that one spot, that one time, and I got it with myself and Dom [Oduro]. Unfortunately, the goalkeeper got a hand on it and I was happy with that touch but I want to reiterate again that we have to continue working strong as a team, whether we have ten men or eleven men."
Mexico has every right to celebrate after today's 3-1 victory over Croatia pushed them into the Knockout Round in Brazil.
No doubt frustrated after another dubious call, Mexico eventually unleashed three goals in 10 minutes from Rafa Marquez (72'), Andres Guardado (75') and Javier Hernandez (82').
Even if you're a U.S. supporter, you have to appreciate that Mexico is through to the next round if only because of the possibility of more celebrations like this from manager Miguel Herrera. Go on, Mexico!
Rafa Marquez goal
Holland wasn't supposed to be "up" for this World Cup and early on in their tournament opener vs. Spain, that seemed like it might be true.
Then Robin van Persie score this goal to level things just before halftime...
Braces from RVP (44', 72') and Arjen Robben (53', 80') as well as another goal from Stefan de Vrij have the world in shock as Holland has found payback from their World Cup finals defeat four years ago, defeating Spain 5-1 today in Salvador.
Let's just say I'm feeling pretty good about my Fire staff World Cup pool team right about now...
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As the Chicago Fire and Seattle Sounders clash Saturday at Toyota Park, more than a few players will be lining up against their former teammates. A photographic trip down memory lane...
Drafted by the Chicago Fire in 2005, Chad Barrett made 82 Regular Season appearances for the Fire before being traded to Toronto FC in exchange for the rights to Brian McBride in mid-2008. Barrett has bounced around the league, playing with TFC, LA Galaxy and New England Revolution before settling in Seattle this season.
The former Fire first round draft pick has performed well in Clint Dempsey's USMNT absence, scoring a goal in each of the last two games for Seattle.
Marco Pappa makes his first return to Toyota Park since being sold to Dutch Eredivisie side Hereenveen in August 2012. Things didn't work out for Pappa in Holland and he returned to MLS this season where Seattle grabbed him via allocation (though the Fire did make inquiries into bringing him back to Chicago). Pappa sits tied with Piotr Nowak for fourth on the club's all-time goal list (26) and is best remembered for some absolutely highlight reel strikes during his time in Chicago, one of which won the 2010 MLS Goal of the Year.
The Fire's first round selection in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft, Anibaba was a starter nearly his entire time in Chicago, appearing in 96 MLS matches over the course of three seasons. The defender was traded to Seattle the night before this year's MLS SuperDraft but has appeared in just five matches for the Sounders so far this season.
Though he's a Sounder now, we will always remember his 2011 Chicago Fire Goal of the Year strike, "THROUGH THE GUISE OF SMOKE!"
Prior to being one piece of the deal that came to Chicago in the Anibaba trade, Patrick Ianni spent five seasons in Seattle after being acquired from the Houston Dynamo in 2009. The UCLA product made 83 MLS appearances and won three straight U.S. Open Cup titles with Seattle prior to January's swap. Ianni has provided depth for the Fire in defense this season and likely would have a few more appearances if not for a bout of sickness this past week.
The other piece to the Anibaba trade, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado is the only Fire player other than Sean Johnson to play every minute of every game and has likely been the best on the back line in 2014. Like Ianni, Hurtado joined Seattle in 2009, appearing in 108 matches, helping the Sounders to three straight Open Cup titles -- he even played 90 minutes in Seattle's 2-0 defeat of the Fire in the 2011 final.
"I'm excited to play against my former team," Hurtado told Chicago-Fire.com Friday. "I have only words of gratitude to the people at the Sounders, the fans, my friends back there. I spent five happy years there, my boys were born in Seattle, so it is a special place. Tomorrow is a new change. I'm here in Chicago, I play for the people here, the fans that live and die with us and we have an important game against Seattle before the World Cup."
After picking up a second draw in four days, the Fire head back from Denver with their heads held high after collecting a good road point. The last match before the World Cup break will offer a considerable challenge as league-leading Seattle Sounders, a team in good spirits after a 4-0 drubbing of RSL last weekend, come to Toyota Park Saturday night (LIVE on My50 at 7:30pm CT). Here are some things to keep an eye on from a tactical perspective…
Limiting the involvement of Chad Barrett – stopping the supply to the former Fire striker
In the absence of Clint Dempsey, former Fire striker Chad Barrett has stepped up and performed extremely well for the Sounders. Despite his size and the fact the club have Kenny Cooper in their ranks, coach Sigi Schmid has deployed Barrett as a target striker in recent matches to great effect.
Barrett seems to have modeled his new found role after San Jose Earthquakes striker Steven Lenhart, often using his head or chest to cushion the ball in the direction of his fellow attackers such as Obi Martins and Lamar Nagle. Barrett has also chipped in with two goals in his last two matches for the Sounders.
Barrett is deceptively good in the air too, and with players like Brad Evans and Marco Pappa putting in crosses, the Fire need to be aware of where Barrett is on the field at all times. Against RSL last week, Barrett often found space by peeling off and making runs to the back post undetected. He was almost found a number of occasions and but for some better crosses/through balls, he might have a lot more than one goal.
Similar to players like Marco Pappa and Justin Mapp, the Fire fan base is openly divided about Barrett's contributions as a Fire player. One thing's for sure, he would like nothing more than contributing to the Fire's downfall on Saturday night.
Limiting the Sounders set piece opportunities – not allowing Pineda and Pappa to put in dangerous deliveries
Though the Fire have improved greatly at defending set pieces, the Sounders will give them a stern test on Saturday evening.
With the twin threats of Gonzalo Pineda and Marco Pappa, Seattle posses two of the best dead ball takers in MLS. The Fire will also need to deal with players like Brad Evans, Zack Scott and Chad Marshall, defenders who are very good in the air.
On set pieces, the Sounders usually have two routines. The first is to whip the ball into the box and look for someone like Marshall or Barrett to get a head on it. The second is to float the ball into the box and look to attack the second ball after a Sounders player heads it back across the box in the direction of where the free kick came from.
The Fire gave up 13 fouls in Colorado and were very aggressive against Robbie Keane last Saturday at Toyota Park. The Men in Red have made a number of mental mistakes on set pieces this season so limiting the number of fouls in the Fire's defensive third will be critical on Saturday night.
Targeting Seattle's central defensive pairing – keeping the ball on the ground and using our attacking pace
With what the Sounders central defenders have in experience and aerial ability, they certainly lack in pace – something the Fire should be looking to target on Saturday night.
Marshall, Scott and Djimi Traore are all very accomplished defenders but aren't always comfortable in 1v1 situations, especially against an attacker with pace. With this in mind, I wouldn't be surprised if Frank Yallop goes with a lot of pace and trickery when choosing his attacking players for this match.
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An attacking midfield trio of Benji Joya, Harry Shipp and Grant Ward with Quincy Amarikwa playing ahead of them would be very difficult for the Seattle defense. All four players are very good in 1v1 situations and Ward and Amarikwa aren't afraid to take players on.
On Saturday night, the Fire should be focusing on attacking Seattle centrally and if the players mentioned can pick up the ball in the space between Osvaldo Alonso and the Sounders central defenders, it could result in the breakthrough.
Prediction: The Fire head into the World Cup break with another point – 1-1 with a goal from Benji Joya.
Stephen Piggott is a contributor to Chicago-Fire.com. Follow him on Twitter @irish_steve.
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Nautilus: Dynamic Craniotomy; New Surgical Technique and Preliminary Results
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Being the craniostenoses sutural basically a disease, the fact that the brain being trapped in an enclosure that does not have complacency required to accompany their growth constitutes the challenge of treatment, which aims to restore the complacency of the suture and correct the stenotic compensatory cranial deformity.
This paper proposes the combination of a helicoid osteotomy distraction osteogenesis provided by the use of springs distracting.
Children With Craniosynostoses
Procedure: dynamic craniotomy
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|Nautilus: Dynamic Craniotomy; New Surgical Technique and Preliminary Results
- Nautilus: dynamic craniotomy; new surgical technique and preliminary results [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]This study proposes to analyze the cranial remodeling achieved through the use of a dynamic craniotomy, without detachment of the dura mater in cranial deformities caused by craniosynostosis.
- cranial remodeling [ Time Frame: Up to 3 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Quantify the results of cranial remodeling by osteotomy helicoid-shaped Nautilus by clinical and CT in 6 months after the procedure, by 3 surgeons at different times - The skull shape, postoperatively, will be assessed independently by four surgeons, who will use the following scale results: insufficient when there was no attenuation of preoperative deformity, partial, when the correction happened, but was not able to capture all the characteristics of the deformity; appropriate, when there was complete remission of cranial deformity.
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|June 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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children with craniosynostosis
children with craniosynostosis aged 6 months to 13
Procedure: dynamic craniotomy
Surgical technique of craniotomy spiral without detachment of dura mater
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As demonstrated by some authors, the curved shape of the helix fits perfectly the remodeling of a curved surface as well as the skullcap. If you do not receive fixation, however, trace the helicoid of the bone osteotomy can turn on a spring that can expand or contract depending on the direction of the force that is received. This form of osteotomy was therefore chosen by the authors to induce bone compliance areas of secondary defect that should expand or compress indirectly during the process of dynamic remodeling of primary defect with springs.
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|6 Months to 13 Years
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children with craniosynostoses
Inclusion Criteria:
- age between 6 months to 13 years
Exclusion Criteria:
- absence of clinical conditions for the surgical treatment
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01672619
|Hospital Beneficencia Portuguesa de São Paulo
|São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 01321000
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|Nucleo de Plastica Avancada
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|NCT01672619 History of Changes
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|npa - 777 - 12
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|August 18, 2012
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|August 22, 2012
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|Brazil: Ethics Committee
Keywords provided by Nucleo de Plastica Avancada:
Osteogenesis Distraction
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Bone Diseases
Bone Diseases, Developmental
Congenital Abnormalities
Craniofacial Abnormalities
Musculoskeletal Abnormalities
Musculoskeletal Diseases
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The Miracle Water Village – Water Harvesting in India (video)
As the world reels under the threat of unrelenting climate change, erratic monsoons and fast depleting groundwater reserves, The Miracle Water Village narrates the inspirational story of impoverished farming community in India that reversed its fortunes through its visionary model of water management. Lying in one of the worst drought-prone regions of India, the village… Read more »
Water Retention Landscape Techniques for Farm and Garden
As the effects of climate change pursue, the necessity to build resilient communities and farms becomes ever more apparent. Often farmers are stuck dealing with incessant rainfall, hurricanes, floods and droughts. Many innovative water conservation methods have emerged and are being practiced all over the globe — some have been practiced for centuries and others… Read more »
Climate Change Adaptation Technologies – Permaculture Design Brings Results
Climate Change Adaptation technology: Stone Lines (The Sahel)(More videos below) It's uber exciting to see simple design solutions bringing yields, low-carbon prosperity and health, to people who would otherwise suffer needlessly. Watch the excellent videos below to see how permaculture land management techniques are spreading across Africa and beyond, and giving communities an insurance against… Read more »
Rocky Resources
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Ridge to Valley – a Holistic Watershed Perspective
This excellent little 20-minute video does a great job of covering the basics of watershed management and landscape rehydration. You won't hear the words 'permaculture' or 'swales' once, but it's clear that both are in use here, to great effect. If we can get these simple but profound concepts driven into social consciousness, and applied… Read more »
Fascine, Revetments, and Wattle Hurdle
by Daniel Halsey This year I have been in Haiti after a downgraded hurricane, and then in New Jersey a week after Sandy. While in New Jersey two tornadoes passed by my old house. What do they have in common? In each case water was being limited in its flow by developement or the removal… Read more »
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Jordan Valley Permaculture Project Update: Post IPC Happenings
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Sandot Sukkaew explains the difference between his own organic rice paddies and the chemically-treated ones in the background. As the forests were felled, the life-giving water disappeared – Thai farmer Sandot Sukkaew made that critical connection decades ago while laboring in the mud of his father's rice paddies, and he's spent the past 20 years… Read more »
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The Battle of Lake Okeechobee, re-enacted in this image, was fought on Christmas Day 1837 and was the biggest battle of Florida's Seminole Wars. Even more deadly was the Battle at Great Swamp, near Kingston, R.I., in 1675.
Matt Taylor of Vero Beach, shows a black powder pistol used by his ancestor, Col., later President, Zachary Taylor at the Battle of Lake Okeechobee. Matt Taylor will be at the weekend ceremonies in Okeechobee.
Jack Williamson, a former Martin and Okeechobee counties commissioner, has portrayed Col. Zachry Taylor since the re-enactment of the Battle of Lake Okeechobee began in 1987.
OKEECHOBEE -- Infantrymen demonstrate firing their single-load rifles at the Okeechobee Battlefield Historic State Park on Saturday. Re-enactors from throughout Florida were joined by members of Florida's Seminole Tribe to restage the 1837 Christmas Day Battle of Lake Okeechobee.


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Meat soon could be added to a bare-bones plan to establish a business park at the Watertown International Airport, as officials hope to secure $75,000 to fund a feasibility study.
The Jefferson County Industrial Development Agency plans to apply for a $75,000 Rural Business Enterprise Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to map out preliminary work needed for the park, planned for vacant property east of the taxiway. The board of directors will consider approving the application for the grant Thursday, which will include a $5,000 agency contribution. If the grant is approved, the agency would have to complete the study in one year.
JCIDA, Jefferson County and town of Hounsfield began meeting in February to form a strategic business plan for the corporate park. They each pitched in $10,000 to hire professional consultant David L. Mosher to guide the four-month process.
JCIDA CEO Donald C. Alexander said Monday that the $75,000 feasibility study would provide a clear vision of preliminary work needed at the site, where the agency owns 37 acres of land and has secured a purchase option on an additional 44 acres. A consultant likely would be hired, for instance, to evaluate what land surveys are needed there.
Were going to need to drill down and start some serious planning, Mr. Alexander said. It may require getting some consulting, or some surveys and (land) samplings. Its certainly going to require a lot of additional effort before we start turning dirt out there.
The multimillion-dollar project is going to require multiple years of planning before any deals with businesses are made, Mr. Alexander said. Environmental testing will be needed, and engineering studies to plan for a sewer system and roads.
Infrastructure is the most important, he said. We have to understand what infrastructure is needed, how that would be designed and built, who would pay for it and where it would end up going.
And although the agency has control over 81 acres, Mr. Alexander said, its seeking to purchase two additional parcels that would boost the total acreage over 100 to make room for businesses. If we can get a little over 100, I then have what I consider an area where we can sink infrastructure in and spread the cost over a large enough area, he said.
Two companies already have expressed interest in the site, Mr. Alexander said, and JCIDA will reach out to more business owners who might be attracted to it.
County Administrator Robert F. Hagemann III said officials plan to push the project forward soon because other local business parks are running out of development-ready space.
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You used to stay up late to watch Phil Hartman be a Caveman Lawyer. If anyone asked you for change of a dollar you would go into a long Mr. Show inspired ³Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.² You could probably recite the whole Dead Parrot sketch without error. We¹re there with you. And so are many of Austin¹s comedians.
So Asaf Ronen of The Institution Theater has thrown the comedy gauntlet down and challenged a number of our best homegrown sketch troupes perform live covers of their favorite skits from SNL, THE STATE, MR. SHOW, MONTY PYTHON and who knows what else.
We¹ll go from classic to obscure to everything in between with a channel-changing pace.
Scheduled to appear: including The Encyclopedia Show, Esther¹s Follies, Every Girl's Annual, Ghetto Sketch Warlock, Hot Property, Stag Comedy, There's Waldo and Your Terrific Neighbors.
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