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For Thursday, July 28, 2011
POSTED: 1:30 a.m. HST, Jul 28, 2011
LAST UPDATED: 7:56 p.m. HST, Aug 5, 2011
Alleged burglars caught after fumes clear
Police arrested two men Wednesday who apparently tried to burglarize a Lusitana Street home that was tented for fumigation.
Officers called to the home at 3 a.m. found a 21-year-old man leaving with property from the house and arrested him on suspicion of burglary. His companion, a 25-year-old male, refused police commands to leave the tented house.
The Honolulu Fire Department hazardous materials team and the fumigation company opened the tent and vented the home until it was safe for police to enter. Officers went in the home at about 6:15 a.m. and found the suspect hiding in a bedroom and arrested him on suspicion of burglary. Paramedics took both suspects to a hospital, where they were examined before being taken to the police cellblock.
Officers investigate fatal 2-vehicle crash
One person died in a crash Wednesday night on Kawaihae Road in South Kohala on the Big Island.
The two-vehicle crash happened about 6 p.m., police said. The victim was in one of the vehicles.
Police urged motorists to avoid Kawaihae Road near the 63-mile marker until midnight while officers investigated.
Helicopter snatches hikers from mountains
Two men who became stranded overnight while hiking in the hills above Kaaawa were rescued by Honolulu firefighters late Wednesday morning.
Honolulu fire Capt. Terry Seelig said a Honolulu Fire Department helicopter took aboard two hikers, ages 32 and 19, who were then set down on flat ground about 10:10 a.m. They appeared unhurt but one complained of nausea, he said.
The two hikers spent Tuesday night along a cold, wet ledge above Kaaawa Valley after cloudy weather made it impossible for firefighters to reach them, Seelig said.
Stabber on the loose after attacking cyclist
Police were looking Wednesday for a person who stabbed a bicyclist in an unprovoked attack in Waikiki.
The incident happened about 3:10 p.m. Wednesday near Ena Road and Kalakaua Avenue.
According to emergency dispatch reports, a 48-year-old man was riding his bicycle when an unknown person with a 4-inch pocketknife stabbed him. Paramedics took the man to the Queen's Medical Center in serious condition with a deep wound to his right chest.
Juvenile arrested in robbery of tourist
Police arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with the robbery of a Japanese tourist Tuesday night in Waikiki.
Police said the teen approached a 15-year-old boy on Liliuokalani Avenue about 8:40 p.m., showed a 6-inch knife and demanded money. The robber ran away after the victim gave him some cash.
An employee of the ABC Store on Liliuokalani Avenue said the robber was harassing an employee in the store just before the robbery. He left, but about 10 minutes later, the victim came into the store and said he had been robbed. Officers located the suspect about 30 minutes later on the beach, and the victim identified him, the employee said.
Montana fugitive arrested in Kahului
Officers with the U.S. Marshals Service Hawaii Fugitive Task Force arrested in Kahului on Wednesday a Montana man wanted on various sex offenses.
The marshal's office said Joseph Lee Guseman, 31, of Glendive, Mont., had posted bail after his arrest on three counts of criminal obscenity June 21 at a Glendive home.
He left Montana before investigators could arrest him on more serious charges tied to allegations that he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl. In that case, authorities charged him with four counts of sexual intercourse without consent of a minor, and four counts of sexual abuse of a child.
U.S. marshals tracked Guseman to Maui. At 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, he was arrested by deputy U.S. marshals, Maui police officers and state sheriffs at a Kahului home without incident.
He was scheduled to be sent back to Montana after an extradition hearing.
Chief to volunteer till new one hired
HILO » Hawaii island's fire chief is retiring soon but will continue leading the department as a volunteer.
The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported Wednesday that commissioners for the Hawaii County Fire Department voted unanimously to keep Darryl Oliveira on as a volunteer chief until a permanent replacement is found. But before commissioners could appoint him, the county had to make sure state law allows for a retiree to lead the department without pay and that doing so wouldn't have a financial effect on Oliveira's retirement status, said Corporation Counsel Lincoln Ashida.
Serving as a volunteer chief will be "like nothing has changed," Oliveira said. "I'm still accountable for everything in the department and responsible to you and the community for operations in the department." He said he's willing to be a volunteer so that commissioners can select a replacement "without any interruption, without any controversy, to provide you the opportunity to do a fair and aboveboard process."
Fire Commission Chairman Toby Taniguchi said he didn't want to give job applicants an advantage by approving someone else for an interim position.
The job vacancy is being advertised in Hawaii island and Honolulu daily newspapers. The minimum qualifications for the job are five years training and experience in fire control, at least three years administrative experience, U.S. citizenship and Hawaii residency for at least a year prior to the appointment. Human resources staff will screen applicants and provide a list of qualified candidates to the commission.
Oliveira is to begin serving as a volunteer chief Monday. He will step down when his successor is sworn in.


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Randy Johnson caught this 3-pound slab.
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It's is time to get serious about this fishing business at Ross Barnett Reservoir, because it's on.
Below the Spillway, the water has been dropping at an estimated rate of about a foot a day for several days. This means slabs on ice, and some of the guys out there Wednesday were catching 'em. Crappie up to 3 pounds were being caught on double-rigged jigs fished about 10 feet deep just outside the current. Now, before you head out thinking you're going to load the boat, be aware that no limits were reported - just good messes of solid fish. A few brute stripers have moved in as well, feeding in the eddies ...


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You asked me to forgive you
Still you would cause me pain again
Your words rained down like daggers
Soaking my soul with so much pain
I know i was taught to forgive
It became harder every day
All the ways you had to hurt me
I was the game you loved to play
You had quite an imagination
The ways you would describe my demise
Thankfully I chose not to follow
Yours was a pathway paved with lies
In my mind I reinvented
Chose a future that was worthwhile
Yes I took a few steps backwards
Still moving forward all the while
As the gap between us lengthened
God took my heart and made it whole
Yes beginnings are important
I learned forgiveness plays a role
It was not so much about you
Or all the things that you had done
My healing could not be complete
Without knowing God's only Son
There is light beyond the darkness
Perhaps one day I will see your face
I hope you asked God for forgiveness
Your sins will be gone without a trace
If my Savior can forgive you
The way he has forgiven me
There is more to who you were
Than what I was able to see
I forgive you dad
Copyright © Richard Lamoureux
His daddy is fighting in Iraq.
His mommy is fighting tears.
His brother is fighting death.
He is fighting his desolation and fears.
Friends are but a dream
and companions are an illusion.
School is a concentration camp,
but he stands, though alone, in the midst of confusion.
His training school is loneliness.
His milestones are fears, thrust in lies.
His only weapon is faith
and his bullets are soft "hallelujah" cries.
Strength left his fragile body
and he lost the fight in life so coy,
yet on his knees he conquered agony
and I call him the little soldier boy.
Copyright © Robyn Thomas
My affirmation deceitfully severed
forever robbed by selfishness
Left to tackle life alone
Tumbling in the wake of my dad's mess
He left when I was three
The crevasse has increased for 33 years
Traded his life with us
For another woman and a couple of beers
He wasn't there to pick me up
When I fell off of my bike
To teach me how to fish
Or enjoy a nature hike
Now I'm a father to my son
Hoping not to make the same mistake
Living day to day on this lake of life
My son in tow through my own wake
It's been nine years and we're going strong
Six more years with my son
That's more with him than I had with mine
My son I guard in a web I've spun
A web of love, discipline, and nurture
Full of "I love you's" and "see ya in the morning"
A kiss before school and one before bed
Lots of playing, talking, reading, and singing
My son doesn't know the pain I feel
To not know my dad in intimate ways
No hands to comfort me or words to heal
No dad in sight for 12,045 days.............................(and counting)
My son and I have a great relationship and for this I am thankful......
Copyright © Abe Lopez
That's not my elephant! my father said to me
Mine is pink with wings, funnily, he likes to eat spaghetti
I think I'll call him Ella, named after a girl I knew
We danced at the 2nd graders ball, her dress was so see through
My father was once a politician, until his marbles began to set
I visit him as often as I can, introducing as if we'd just met
But somewhere in his confusion, he can recite The Bill of Rights
And once he does he smiles, to me he can still delight
As I turn to leave, to wave goodbye, in his eyes I see a tear
Still reciting The Bill of Rights, smiling from ear to ear
With Ella from the 2nd graders, he smiles in self triumphant
As he points towards the window, it's not pink, that's not my elephant!
Copyright © James Fraser
Being the shortest in my high school gym class
Attempts to play basketball brought no success
Broke my finger while trying to catch a pass
Leaping to take balls from tall girls? What a mess!
Always loved football, baseball and soccer too
But in basketball I succumbed to defeat
Just couldn't get into it, that is true
Till Dad took me to see the Miami Heat
Startled he was, watching me jump up and down
Although my enthusiasm was contrived
The cheers of other fans my loud voice did drown
This was the last time I saw my Dad alive
I'm so thankful now that I went to that game
Dad was so grateful for these moments we shared
When I watch basketball now, it's not the same
It was Dad and not the sport for which I cared
*Entry for Deb's "Play Ball" contest
Copyright © Carolyn Devonshire
I dreamt my father came to me
From beyond the grave words spoken
He held my hand and said to me
Your life cycle has broken
Mom sent me here to fetch you
And take you home to heaven
I rejoiced and hugged my Dad
Eager to see my late folks and husband
But before I could get dressed to leave
My father had departed
Does he still wait to take me home?
Answer, Dad, I'm broken hearted
To join all my loved ones in the afterlife
Brings great joy to me, no fear
So I will sleep lightly again tonight
In hopes Dad will reappear
*Entry for the "Dream Land" contest. (Based on a real dream.)
Once again, the powers that must
In rise again in what we trust
An overseas conflict, another war
Just what in the hell are we fighting for
Families are asking, Korea has just passed
Generations again reft, how long will it last
A country in need, to rebuild again
Flags at half mast, in wind and rain strain
Once again into war, sent by the Washington Post
To send back reports to hit home the most
Military observers were the first to be sent in
Another chapter of man entering existing sin
I'm witnessing our ariel power, Lam Son 719
US planners determine their incursion, saying all will be fine
Along the Mekong River, we'll carpet bomb their supply trail
Tons of munitions and napalm, this spread surely cannot fail
Many sorties are being flown, for the wounded and the dead
Whilst Nixon and his cronies, aren't thinking with their heads
The news of losses has reached me, nineteen have been killed
Eleven missing, fifty nine wounded, more American blood spilled
Seven fixed wing aircraft, more sons in action loss
Whilst back at home more protests, fading the dyeing's gloss
To to this job that I do, I was never prepared for this
To witness such bloody scenes, and ignore that life is bliss
How can I write about a soldier, whose name I'll never know
Killed at nineteen years old, his family he'll never see grow
Or even explain to his parents, when carried from the AH-1
His body bullet riddled and limp, when lifted it bloodily run
I never went back to the theatre, called the Vietnam War
Having witnessed the wanton killing, what were we fighting for
This colonial conflict that started, us on the side of France
So many came back as strangers, many to live in trance
James Fraser's entry into the contest " WORLD OF WAR: VIETNAM "
Sore to the bone
Running on a drop of energy
Just gotta push through
I'll rest eventually
My shoulder has gone numb
But my body feels her weight
As if she's gotten heavy
Since her unconscious state
If I could, I'd stop right now
But who knows how safe it is here
And if I could even start again
I may fall asleep I fear
Soon my body will give up
But I'll make it as far as I can
And hopefully haven isn't too far
And I can put her in helping hands
Walking all day and night
It's hard not to think on past
And any thought I come up with
Has me struggling to hold sobs back
I've kept my ears open
Trying to focus on only sounds
But all I keep on hearing
Is my shoes crunch on foreign grounds
Bang. I hear it softly.
So far but still so near.
Bang. Another gunshot sounds
And I've collapsed in fear.
I close my eyes but another goes off
This time in a memory
And now I'm filled with rage
At how repulsive humans can be
My thoughts turn to my baby
Slipping off of my shoulder
I set her down and examine her
Bloodstained gown and skin colder
My worst nightmare but it can't be true
I listen in for her sweet breath
No. No No. No No. No No.
What's this silence? This isn't death.
This time I don't close my eyes
I see a sight that makes me sob
Memory of the last I saw my wife
And now my baby's with her mom.
Each one of us left covered in crimson
By a monster, a gunshot, a blow
Their death is the death of me.
This is as far as I can go.
May 2010
Inspired by Morris Gleitzman's novel "Once," a historical fiction about a boy in Poland
during the Holocaust.
Copyright © Destiny Budd
The last great snowflake standing
Little snowflakes fell swiftly
All around the house they fell
Eight male flakes_three little girls
House was lively in winter
As they all warmed by the fire
Boys' boistour tales, girls brush long hair
Then silence all rested heads
At four A.M. each morn_chores
Breakfast, lunch packed off to school
Walking that long mile was rule
School was important dad said
Soon the oldest snowflake wed
As life goes all followed him
Leaving the warm hearth behind
Some of them to produce twins
As life goes_death visited
All their humble doors sadness
Some had children die at birth
And some at very young age
What they saw in their lifetime
Changes that took place_cars_planes
Atom bomb that ended war
None their warm family disgraced
Death started visiting doors
One above middle went home first
Then slowly they all went home
But dad was the last snowflake
Copyright © Sara Kendrick
When I look into your eyes
I see right through
To the back of your mind
What's bothering you
Everyday you carry guilt
Never bother to pick up the phone
Just to straighten it out
But it seems you want to be alone
You say you want to make up
The lost birthdays and years
For destroying our family
For the dreaded tears
Over a year no letter in the mail
Over year there's no call
Over a year no sign of life
Over the years you never cared at all
You only want to get it out
Just so you don't feel bad
Only for your benefit
So your life is no longer sad
Y say you want to be close again
By buying me anything I desire
But love you can't buy
So all you are is a liar
I know you have regrets
But you'll eventually pay
You might be happy again
When you grow up one day
You let the pain stand in your way
You tried to block us out
But you only put distance between us
Now your own kids you know nothing about
You never know what to say
Being selfish and covering up the pain
Never saw what it did to us
Tired of losing now you want to gain
Over the years I forgot how you hurt me
I forgot to call you dad
I forgot you all in all
I forgot everything bad
Copyright © A Rambling Righting Riley - Shauna Riley
In the darkening room I stood:
tears welling in my eyes:
by the windowed-wall, looking out,
my small chest full of sighs.
Headlights bright white and tail lights red,
paired, meandered down the street,
yet the white headlights that I sought
seemed only to retreat.
Cold, calm, singular, tear drops fell,
soon reaching down turned lips;
as in the house across the street,
the living room was lit.
A Father held his baby high.
He hugged that toddler tight.
I wiped the corner of my eye,
and gazed into the night.
Above the darkened woodland near,
beneath a cobalt sky;
the highway brought their Fathers home.
alone again stood I.
Horns blared out in drives near by
sweet laughter filled the air,
and, in the drive across the street,
their Fathers did appear.
The children ran out slamming doors,
on small unshodden feet,
with tiny squeals, and upturned cheeks,
their Father they did greet.
Where was the father who I sought
our lives incomplete
a traveling man, my Father
did nothing but retreat.
*A memory from when I was 8.
Copyright © Debbie Guzzi
I laugh as I think of it now, the dire warnings of hell
Nothing could scare me it didn't matter, on this teaching I never did dwell.
I wondered why one dark night, again begging for sleep.
No fear of death of dying no foolish promises to keep.
It was then I found the answer as I slipped down through the floor
Could this be a dream or am I now no more.
Has death come upon me, I feel the air exude from my chest
Through eons of time yet seconds, maybe days or years at best.
Before me an evil thing but there are no brimstone and flames
"Now we will see this hell you mocked and you will know my name.
You never flinched about the hell threat but you are now here
Not only that I am your father and now you will know real fear."
He breathed in deep; my skin scorched, it left my body in one piece
The agonies, I must be dead my skin floating in front just like a fleece
My muscles sinews and skeleton were all that I now had
"I thought you were my father I screamed you can't treat me this bad."
A thousand legions of devils all came round mocking me
Each breath they turned my way seemed to rip parts off of me
"You will learn to master them but until then you have to pay
You start at the bottom in this work." then the hounds of hell did bay.
"To inflict the tortures required to give me the satisfaction
You must first suffer them all, that is my attraction.
When you have suffered them all you will know what to do
My work will be in your hands this is my legacy to you."
"But how can you be my father?" I screamed as the hell hounds tore at me
"My mother was the sweetest woman on earth and all around could see."
"Ha! I am the devil why would I want a whore,
They are already down here; it was sweetness I searched for."
"Your mother scorned me, she did not believe in all the hellish games I play
So I showed her my powers and you are with me from this day.
You should have listened to the teachers teaching of my home called hell."
He waved his finger at me and the screams I could not quell.
Now I wish I had listened and taken an earthly fear
It could have made a difference, I may not now be here.
I take delight in dismembering and gouging out the eyes
Flaying the skin off the ungodly, yet I do it for a prize.
One day I will rule this place then my turn will come
I'll leave this underworld one day and do what my father has done
I'll take a woman for my wife the sweetest there ever walked
And pass on my inheritance to the offspring that hell balked.
Copyright © Mandy Tams The Golden Girl
Bless me Father, for I have... sinned?
Stained glass window filters sun, beauty snares my eye.
Mother Mary watches me, I want to ask her: "Why?"
Jesus on the cross benign, always looking sad.
This has been my church for years, since I was a lad.
Memories I long suppressed now appear so clear.
Father was so good to me, quick to dry my tears.
Cared for duties faithfully, tried to do my best.
Giving to the church my all, believing I was blessed.
I was Father's favorite one, obeying all his rules.
He said I had an angel's face, the others simply tools.
"Come with me young Seraphim, follow me to glory."
His words still taunt to this day, I've never changed my story.
Shame and guilt's relentless pangs haunt my later years.
Therapy and numbing drugs cannot suppress these tears.
I long to excise hurtful thoughts, revenge would taste so sweet.
Instead I stay here in my room, my lonely safe retreat.
I want to feel emotion, something more than pain.
I want to have a family, be normal once again.
I want to be productive, contribute to the world.
I want to find my faith again, let love for Him unfurl.
But for now I watch the news and cry each time I see,
another victim's tragedy, I weep for silent pleas.
My life is mired in misery - have I done something wrong?
This seems to be my lot in life, a sad and mournful song.
Stained glass windows filter sun, beauty snares my eye.
Mother Mary watches me, I want to ask her... W
when all the brokenhearted people
living in the world agree
there will be an answer, let it be
and when the night is cloudy
there is still a light that shines on me
shine on until tomorrow, let it be (Beatles)
Copyright © Tommy Boy
From my perch in front of the TV
I give the night's first shout
"Are you kids listening to me?
Please, turn your lights out!"
"I want some water." "I have to pee."
"I didn't brush my teeth."
I try so very disparately
To not let my anger seethe.
"You have been up there for over an hour,
What exactly have you been doing?"
The peaceful night starts to sour
The ogre inside is brewing.
"It's past your bedtime, now get to sleep
And turn those lights out!"
I hear the little one start to weep
I'll be going up there I have no doubt.
"It's too hot." "I'm afraid of the dark."
"I cannot find my Teddy."
I restrain my next remark
Going up there I am ready.
When silence finally does arise
I wonder if all is okay
I go up and find a sleeping surprise
Turning out lights along the way.
Copyright © Joe Flach
When crashed to earth that mightful Oak
O'er that long. a'frighted night,
His tears did so high homage speak
As to slumber passed his Light...
Shoulders small, no more host to hands
Whose tender firmness helmed
Their little lad, and life, and joy
In eternal love enrealmed.
Trudged he stoic, that deserts waste
With heart beset and stormed,
His soul a stone-turned edifice
Then from parched dreams was formed
A kind but spectral silohette
Up from the nighted sands,
As boyish eyes enlivened gazed
Once more upon old hands...
They held a heart which yet did beat,
"For you, my bonnie Dan!
I'll love you from Forever, boy,
And in Love, live as a man..."
Ah, but dream, for now he wakes-
But so curious a thing!
For in his grasp there rests some sand
Which waking did not bring!
Copyright © Michael Grugan
I'm sure you think I'm crying.
You think it hurts so bad.
The only thing that truly hurt,
was when I lost my dad.
He really wanted me to know
the way life was meant to be.
He always tried to help me out.
He truly cared for me.
I pray one day I'll see him
laughing once again.
He was so much more than people knew.
He was part of a bigger plan.
Now he's gone to heaven
and I hope he's looking down.
I need him still to guide me
when I laugh and when I frown.
Copyright © Mary Nagy
He was the bard from Stratford, and as a teenager
he helped his father in his trade; he married and had children
and became the most popular and admired play writer
in all England...acting was also his other pleasurable passion.
Curious Queen Elisabeth was one of the thousand spectators,
who came to see him in the Globe theater...she shed tears,
and was stunned by the performance of his timeless plays,
and yet, some of his fellow-poets criticized him for his writings!
I wish I had lived in that Victorian era so intellectual and refined,
and had met him in person and had showed him my ample admiration;
I would have asked him the secret, which made him so legendary and loved...
and he would have whispered it to me, to make me revel in that revelation!
I have read his inspiring works, and tragedies rampantly occur
from " Romeo and Juliet"...the Verona's immortal lovers, through" Hamlet "
whose insanity was undoubtedly caused by the specter of his father;
and why didn't Shakespeare choose less dramatic plays not ending in death?
He wanted to teach us indelible lessons to show us how the human spirit
can be passionate, adamant, loveless, envious, cruel, unfair and treacherous...
to outline all kinds of guilt: from murder to envy so well-expressed with eloquence;
it's no mystery to anyone how he conjured up such plots with grief, madness and wit!
Shakespeare was no ordinary kid, and he played with his siblings on Henley Street,
neighbors saw him trot to his grammar school, later he would make everyone weep;
early in adolescence, did his prodigious mind envision one from a vague thought?
It's no wonder that he is widely read even today...hear his speak, he'll impart worth!
Entered in Amy Green's contest, " Wow Me With Inspiration "
Copyright © Andrew Crisci
I have fallen victim so many times
To nobody's fault except only mine.
I will ask for forgiveness and have faith,
Even though I feel like I am not saved.
Copyright © Kevin C. Martin
I have some choices to face,
But these are not my decisions to make.
God told me what He wants me to do;
He said, "Listen, Son, I have a plan for you."
Eternal faith;
Love in His name.
Saved by grace;
Never erased.
Happy Father's Day Mom,
Without you this day would be,
Completely non-existant;
This day just would not be.
Dad is great, don't get me wrong,
I think that he is grand.
He's always there to play some game,
Spend time or lend a hand.
He taught me how to cast a line,
When we go out fishing.
He taught me how to speak my mind,
That there's no gain in wishing.
I don't think I'll e'er repay,
All that he's done for me.
I know for sure in all the world,
There's no one just like he.
I'd like to give him something,
To show there's none like he;
But you already did that,
On the day you gave him me.
Copyright © Judy Ball
My hero to me, was just a simple man
He was ill throughout his life, but he raised two sons
Two jobs he held down until he couldn't anymore
Then fate took it's turn, and turned his heart sore
First was the youngest, on a broken bottle he fell
His artery slashed, was the start of his hell
I recovered from my trauma, nearly losing my life
But my accident increased, his ill health into strife
Over the next two years he was hospitalised
His sons fostered out, in fatherless cries
To children's homes they went, from pillar to post
Yearning for the person, who loved them the most
He gradually recovered, we became a family again
Once again fate took it's turn, returning life's pain
On a Monday night back in nineteen sixty nine
What every parent dreads, returned him to ill health decline
His two boys excited, joining the local Boy's Brigade
Running as fast as they could, for time to be made
The older was faster, he ran well ahead
The younger lagging behind, his little legs so delayed
On turning the corner, all I could see
Was my older brother, running well ahead of me
Without looking left or right, onto the street he ran
A split second later, he was hit by a van
My life entered slow motion, whilst I witnessed it all
To see your brother knocked down, a sibling to fall
He was caught under the van and dragged down the street
At seven years old, too terrified to greet
Over the next six years, his heath gradually became worse
He was more in hospital, in illness immersed
That's why he is my hero, to my lost brother and me
He's the kind of man that I've turned out to be
He had no quality of life, but what he gave meant more
The love for his two boys all through his life's sores
Holding down two jobs through illness and strife
Admirable, that's just a word, he gave me my life
My entry for Crystal Wilkins contest 'My Hero'
Who is Bigfoot's Great-grand Daddy?
Whether living in a city or on the mountain side,
People from the world around astound us with their views.
He's nine-feet tall, a hairy thing, uprightly he flees astride.
Only tracks are left behind and the mystery accrues.
They say that Big Foot does exist and for eons has survived.
A humanoid of greatest size a hairy manlike beast.
Is he really all they say, or are the stories contrived?
And if he lives, tell me, are our imaginations fleeced?
(Genesis 27 … paraphrased…)
Jacob goes to get two goats and steal his father's blessing.
Their mom prepared a feast of goat, delicious, to Isaac's taste.
Then, tied goatskin to Jacob's neck and hands, realizing.
Jacob dressed in Esau's clothes calmly goes to his father with haste.
Meanwhile, Esau, far away was hunting for venison as asked.
Traipsing around through the scrubby woods tracking.
Moving quickly with his great might to fulfill his father's task.
A man with hair like that of a goat, his birthright was loosing.
Jacob smelled like Esau and the fields, but his voice…
Isaac questioned, so he felt Jacob's goatskin clad hands.
Satisfied by the goatskin disguise, destiny made its choice.
Jacob received a blessing of wealth and all of his father's lands.
When Esau returned with the venison feast, deceit was revealed.
But it was too late his birthright was gone; he was very mad.
"Give me a blessing, father please." He begged as he kneeled.
You shall live on the fat of the earth…unyoked…his father said.
I wonder –
Is Bigfoot, like Esau, a hunter-gatherer with hands as hairy as a goat?
Does he live independently, a type of man, a scary giant beast?
Wandering upon earth, too and fro, with life barely afloat.
Brothers separated by that ancient deceit filled feast.
Is Bigfoot the hunter-gatherer living on the fat of the land?
Has he since the day of Rachael's scam lived secluded and beastly?
Have generation upon generation descended that ancient hunting man?
Could Isaac in the Bible be Big Foot's ancient Great-grand Daddy?
Copyright © Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
The Orchid
As the orchid blooms its long beautiful flower
The perfume of which fills the air hour by hour
The strength in its leave when open from bud
No decay just a little wrinkle as in age it should
If Orchis the son of the nymph and satyr
Had not drunk of the vine and showed his desire
As he drank long and hard at the feast of Dionysus
His eyes fell on a priestess and caused all the fuss.
He wanted her, was his drunken decree
And he didn't care if she didn't want he
He coveted the priestess as he drank by the hour
Determined he was soon her going to deflower.
His advances she said she would not take
But he did not listen and her he would make
But for this insult to a revered priestess
The gods were determined he'd pay for her distress
He would not go unpunished this was THEIR decree
And ripped limb from limb they decreed he would be
The bacchanalians did tear him apart and justly so
He should have accepted the priestess she said NO!
The father of Orchis prayed the Gods would restore
The son that he loved and would for evermore
After they listened to the prayers of a father distraught
The Gods returned Orchis not as a man but as a flower they thought.
Orchis became the flower with the strange sounding name
Whose beauty enchants and its perfume does the same
The orchid, the bulbs shape we will recognise today
The part under the body, where a man likes us to play.
When we talk, he calls me Gal
and it always warms my heart
Especially when we're on the phone
cuz we're so far apart
I've never told him this
how much it means to me
That no one else has ever
used this warm metonymy
So tenacious all his life
In his ways he's very set
No matter what he does
It's right, on that you can bet
Do what you think is right
To us he's always told
Our decisions were always backed
My father's loyalty is GOLD
I hope he knows I love him
I tell him every time we speak
Don't ever quit calling me Gal
And I'll always kiss your cheek
Copyright © Wendy Beaudoin
I'm captured in a fantasy
a prison so it seems...
A never ending search for you
each night within my dreams...
I can't escape the way I feel
no matter how I try...
This longing deep within my soul
sometimes I sit and cry...
Oh come and take me in your arms
and hold me all night long...
Whisper words I long to hear
and stay where you belong...
Copyright © Jon Arno
I've had so many moments in life
full of love, loss, hope and strife,
never have I fully lived as I do now
with loneliness my only pal.
I feel the earth as it moves on
toward the setting of the sun,
when all of life has gone away
no more night only the day.
God the Father on the throne
never more to be alone,
heavenly angels sing above
always peace, hope, and love.
Copyright © Sena Slaughter
Scene One
I trembled at the sight of her, the large mouth Queen that told our lore
With strong hands firmly round my back, we walked right into her
She soaked my memories intrusion, as we threw away the ores
My hero-friend drank in the sea we bobbed, as he fathered me galore;
He had me braced upon his shoulders & we ran right through the sea
Little feet clutched round his neck and my hands were clinging strong
The pursed lips the foam sprayed lashes, the salty eyes so full of glee
We whooped the morning with our laughter, dad and I we did belong;
Final Scene
Then came the fatal day when dad was dying & here's his last request,
"Take me through the ocean child, and let's run from death, let's free!"
So I wheeled him down the shore again, I saw him donning on his best
As we raced right through the sea, the hourglass of time just let him be,
Cause every grain of sand, was another memory
Another chance for dad I, to bath in God's big sea
Cause every breath he took my eyes stung bitterly
Another day in paradise, now I had to set him free
So we lay down in the sand like two oysters rocking still
Another precious moment and another test of will
And while the sun was setting, an eagle flew on high
I felt his cold hand slipping, it was time to say goodbye
The End…
May 13, 2015
Copyright © Mystic Rose
(English translation below original French)
Rappelez-vous les petits fils
Qui ecoutaient leurs grand-peres
Raconter des histoires d' infanteries
Et de battailles de la premiere guerre.
Rappelez-vous des braves garcons
Qui s'imaginaient etre des soldats,
Qui plus tard servaient le drapeau American
En tant que veritables soldats.
Rappelez-vous des pauvres parents
Qui ont recu des telegrammes et des lettres,
Et qui apres ont place indefiniment
Des etoiles d'ors aux fenetres.
Rappelez-vous de chaque petite amie
Qui esperait un jour se marier
Avec son beau voisin-ami
Qui ne va jamais plus rentrer.
Rappelez-vous des nouvelles jeunes veuves,
Avec ses petits orphelins des peres,
Qui devaient subir les enormes epreuves
D'elever leurs enfants sans l'aide des peres.
N'oubliez pas les anciens jeunes garcons—
Les chanceux qui ont survecu
Et regardent souvent les horizons lointains
Cherchant leures ami-fantomes qui ne sont jamais revenues.
Remember the grandsons
Who listened to their grandfathers
Tell stories of infantries
And battles of the first war.
Remember brave boys
Who pretended to be soldiers
Who later served the American flag
As real soldiers
Remember the poor parents
Who received telegrams and letters
And who afterward indefinitely placed
Gold stars in their windows.
Remember each girlfriend
Who hoped to marry someday
Her handsome neighbor/friend
Who will never come back again.
Remember the new young widows,
With their little fatherless children
Who had to undergo the enormous ordeals
Of raising children without a father's help.
Don't forget the former young boys-
The lucky ones who survived,
And often look at the far horizons
For their phantom-friends that never returned.
Copyright © Mark J. Halliday
White Rain
Carly Button
They say they wanna live my lifestyle but is that what it's about?
smoking in the kitchen as I kiss my mommas mouth
haven't seen dad in a week now he's passed out on the couch
only opens eyes to watch my sisters titties bounce
I grab him by the cheeks and he doesn't reply
is it true, did you lie, bitch look in my eyes
moneys gone faster than you can say hi
Daddy's locked up in the cellar, no way he's getting better
Left me and my mom and one single letter
A kingdom of powder where now I was the queen
and a field of subjects notorious for getting mean
I was the heir to a throne where I couldn't say no
And a job that even if I tried I couldn't let go
cocaine had suddenly became the lead on the stage
the key to a game that he had left me to play
hiding secrets and lies like a fugitive in my mind
A dark chapter unfolding in the book of my life
I had dreams of one day becoming an author
now i'm sitting in my kitchen cooking crystals in a saucer
you wanna live my lifestyle, try living in fear
that one day a pop
will be the last thing you hear.
Copyright © Carly Button


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St. John's Wort Users Who Also Have Cataracts or Macular Degeneration (Blindness) May Be Eligible to Participate in Lawsuit
For centuries, St. John's Wort has been used as an herbal anti-depressant. New information has just come to light from various sources including a recent study that links St. John's Wort to the development of CATARACTS and PREMATURE MACULAR DEGENERATION (BLINDNESS).
How Could Taking St. John's Wort Cause Cataracts?
In a study published in the October 2009 issue of Current Eye Research, researchers John N. Booth, III, and Gerald McGwin, Jr., of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, reported on an association they found between the use of St. John's Wort and the growth of cataracts.
In a study, Booth and McGwin analyzed data from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey and reviewed self-reported data on St. John's Wort use and cataracts. Their study determined that participants who reported having cataracts were 59% more likely to report using St. John's Wort.
A 1999 study published in NewScientist by Joan Roberts and colleagues found that hypericin, an active component of St. John's Wort, can react to visible and ultraviolet light to produce free radicals. This process damages proteins in the lens of the eye and can lead to the growth of cataracts.
How Could Taking St. John's Wort Cause Macular Degeneration (blindness)?
For many years, medical and scientific studies have noted a correlation between St. John's Wort and macular degeneration (blindness).
Does the ingestion of St. John's Wort cause premature Macular Degeneration?
This question has been of great interest to both the medical and scientific communities prior to October of 2009 researchers believed that St. John's Wort does, in fact, cause premature macular degeneration. The studies, which were the basis for their belief, involved laboratory animals. The question still remained… What ingredient in St. John's Wort causes this eye damage?
The study recently published in Current Eye Research may have answered this question.
Researchers John H. Booth, III, and Gerald McGwin, Jr. quoted a 1999 study published in New Scientist. This study found that an active component in St. John's Wort reacts to ultraviolet light to produce free radicals. This process damages protein in the lens of the eye.
What You Need to Know:
- Cataracts are a vision problem where eyesight has diminished. When a person suffers from cataracts, their eye lenses have become cloudy.
- If you have developed cataracts and also use St. John's Wort, there is a chance that those two things may be related.
- You may take St. John's Wort in tea or tablet form.
- St. John's Wort has been used to treat depression, anxiety, and sleep disorders. If you have been taking herbal supplements or herbal teas to deal with any of the above ailments, there is a chance St. John's Wort may be included among the herbal remedies you use.
- St. John's Wort is also referred to as hypericum, Klamath weed, and goat weed. Check your herbal supplements to see if you are taking St. John's Wort under any of these names.
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So far, we know the game will feature both Father-Mother and Ghat, but this time around it looks like Zeno Clash 2 will feature an open world to explore. This nice to hear as the strange surreal-ness of the original game always begged for such a game world, but instead went for fairly small, linear areas that players could wander around in. The game is currently slated for a 2013 release.


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USA goalkeeper Dan Kennedy, who has made seven appearances (six starts) for the
club this season, posting a 1.22 goals against average, will undergo surgery
tomorrow for an arm injury suffered in last Saturday's match against
Toronto FC.
Kennedy suffered a tear of the long head tendon of his left
biceps in the 62nd minute of the match against Toronto FC on Saturday, August
7, and was able to continue playing in the match. Tests this week showed the
extent of the injury, and Kennedy will undergo surgery tomorrow by Team Doctor
Michael Gerhardt MD at the Surgery Center of the Pacific in Santa Monica. An
estimated time loss will be determined after the procedure, but Kennedy is
expected to miss the remainder of the season.
Kennedy, 28, joined Chivas USA prior to the 2008 season and
has made 16 appearances (14 starts) in three seasons, making 45 saves and
posting a 1.11 goals against average. Prior to joining the Red-and-White,
Kennedy had played for Municipal Iquique of Chile and the Puerto Rico
Islanders. Born in Fullerton and raised in Yorba Linda, Kennedy also starred
for four seasons at UC Santa Barbara.
Chivas USA faces the Seattle Sounders in a critical Western
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I have a jean muslin that I have been working on for weeks. I took a break for a couple of weeks to go south for some much needed sunshine (although I suffered sm withdrawals ). I'm getting back into the saddle and pushing forward with that project.
What about you? What are you sewing this weekend?
Btw, it doesn't have to be creative sewing, I just didn't know where to put this thread (pun intended )
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Universal Deluxe Zig Zag from the 60's
Singer Quantum Stylist 9960
Singer Treadle 127 Egyptian
Juki MO 735
I will be finishing up a sleeveless tunic-kaftan from italian linen fabric. Cannot wait for tomorrow to sew!
------Irina Grace
English is my Second Language
I am waiting for fabric to arrive so I can continue on the pattern stash contest. Until then, I may work on my tailor's ham and a giant poofy skirt ^__^
Eta: I just realized I have had this tailor's ham pattern for a long time....yes! :D -- Edited on 4/6/13 7:41 AM --
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I'll try anything once :)
Please excuse my typos...sometimes it is harder to go back and edit on mobile than it is worth!
Piano cover No. 2, underwear for a client, spa bags for another client. And hopefully, if it warms up enough, I'll be trading my presser foot for a shovel to dig out my raised vegetable beds.
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On the business side of things -- prepping 2 ballroom projects for their next fitting.
On the personal side of things -- finishing up DGS's sleep shorts.
Given the weather (more snow projected for the whole weekend), there will be lots of sewing time.
"sewing very slowly to fill an empty closet"
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Another gymnastics leotard for my granddaughter.
There is snow in our forecast too. Uck.
Ruckertt's Law; There is nothing so small that it can't be blown out of proportion.
Bernina 1230 Bernette 007D
Brother CS6000i Brother 2340 CV
New Home L372
Singer 221K (off white)
U.S Blindstitch, Model SL 718/2D
Simplicity SE2
Brother 700II
This morning I did the sewing equivalent of spring cleaning. Fixed pants, a t-shirt, belt, bag, etc. and cleaned my craft room. I've already made 2 dresses and 2 tops for Spring, but I have tons more I want to make. I think I'll start on a cute Spring bag next, then maybe take a break and knit something.
Jeans. I have 3 pairs in varying stages of completion from just needing hemming to barely started.
Also, I really need a new wallet, and a new handbag big enough to hold a standard notebook.
But the jeans need to be done first, since that's what the machine is threaded for.
Prom dress for a client ,mob for a client .for me some jeans
Wedding gown, 5 bridesmaids dresses assembly line style, and I took a break to make a couple of hooded baby towels for a baby shower next week. Was so fun to do a mindless, quick reward project with no fitting requirements! Now back to alterations. Oh well, it pays the bills.
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Toni Bisbee of East End, Arkansas (Saline County) went to be with our Lord on October 8th, 2012. She was born on January 21, 1951 in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by her father, Wayne Dickey; sister, Bettye Bateman and granddaughter, Jenna Grace Bisbee.
She is survived by her husband, Russell Bisbee of East End; mother, Willie Mae Dickey of East End; brother, Don Dickey (Beth) of Malvern; brother, David Dickey (Kathy) of Sherwood; sons, Pat (Chantelle) of East End, Brian (Carrie) of Strasbourg, France; Matthew of East End; daughter, Brittany Summer Bisbee of Little Rock; grandchildren, Kylie, Drew, Leah and Nolan and a host of nieces, nephews, church family and friends.
Toni was a Christian and a very active member of East End Baptist Church. She led the Women's Ministry and taught the Sisters of Christ Sunday School class. She had worked at the East End Elementary School and Sheridan Schools for over 27 years. She loved to spend precious time with her family, especially her grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers Toni requested that donations be made to the East End Baptist Church Crisis Closet.
A celebration of life service will be held at East End Baptist Church, 4701 East End Rd. Hensley, AR 72065 on Saturday, October 13th, 2012 at 2:00 pm with Bro. Ron Sanders officiating. There will be a time of visitation from 1:00 pm until service time also at the church.


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MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Drunken drivers who injure someone would have to spend at least 30 days in jail under a bill up for a vote in the Wisconsin state Senate.
Under current law, judges can sentence a drunken driver who injures someone from between 30 days and one year in jail. The bill up for a vote Tuesday would require that the person be sentenced to at least 30 days behind bars.
The bill would also make clear that anyone convicted of drunken driving for a seventh, eighth or ninth time must spend at least three years in prison. That was the intention of a bill passed in 2009, but a court ruled last year that the law actually gives judges discretion on whether to impose any prison sentence.


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Western Westmoreland Municipal Authority to hike rates for work
Projected rate increases totaling at least another $10 per month — and staying on the books for at least 25 years — are coming down the pipeline to Western Westmoreland Municipal Authority customers to repay the debt for a state-mandated project.
When all of the costs add up, customers probably will end up paying $15 or $16 per month toward debt service for a project that's estimated to cost $56.5 million, Brad Boddy, a consulting engineer for the authority, said last week.
Like the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority and some other sewage-treatment entities, the Western Westmoreland authority, or WWMA, is being forced under federal Clean Water Act regulations to eliminate releases of untreated wastewater into streams during heavy rains.
"You can have (a) Noah's Ark (situation); it can rain for 40 days and 40 nights, and if you have an (overflow), it's illegal," Boddy said.
The authority is proposing to build a new pump station across from the treatment plant along Route 993 in North Huntingdon, install a new 5.2-million-gallon storage tank and replace 85 percent of the authority's 7.1 miles of interceptor lines with larger pipes.
The storage tank won't be needed as part of the daily operations for the treatment plant but would become important during the wettest times, when a deluge of groundwater gets into the sewage pipes and overwhelms the existing facilities. Officials estimate 40 to 60 percent of the extra inflow comes from property owners' private lateral lines.
Because both Manor and Irwin have separated their combined sanitary and storm-water sewers in recent years, the authority now is focused on the remaining 10 to 15 times a year in which there is an overflow because of overwhelming sanitary-sewer lines.
Residents in the authority's service area whose wastewater is treated at the North Huntingdon plant already are paying more because of the upcoming project. A $5-per-month increase — creating a base rate of $25.35 per month — took effect in January 2013 specifically for the project.
Depending on the bids the authority receives for its three-phase project, the authority's board might have to raise rates by another $10 or $11 per month to repay a state loan or revenue bonds, according to Boddy.
Officials estimate it would cost the authority $2.8 million per year over 25 years to repay low-interest loans from the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority, or PENNVEST. The cost to repay revenue bonds over 34 years would be about $3 million annually.
The project isn't expected to affect the rates for the 285 customers in North Huntingdon and Penn Township who are in the Cavittsville-Ardara district, which is served by a separate pump station.
Authority officials also are looking at long-range growth in the service area, estimating that the number of customers served might increase by as much as 26 percent to more than 20,000 by 2035.
"If we're going to spend this amount in capital improvements, we don't want to have to turn around and do the same process again," Boddy said.
Construction of the pump station and storage tank is scheduled to begin by March 2016. Work on the five interceptor systems would wrap up by May 2020.
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And this is what an examination of the archaeological record shows.
Around 4,000 to 5,000 years ago Mohenjodaro and the Indus Valley were in full bloom; the megaliths of Britain and the great pyramids in Caral, Peru, and Giza were newly constructed; the ziggurats, gardens, dams and great water systems of Mesopotamia were fully functioning.
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Centascope's glorious combination of 60's psychedelia with 70's punk and 80's britpop creates a musical experience that is highly listenable and allways engaging. It's the solo work of Dally, lead guitarist with UK premiere rock/punk band Phil Murray and the Boys From Bury. Centascope's extensive radio play around the world has already built a loyal following amongst fans of this form of classic British pop/rock.
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Members of The Church in Murfreesboro will be giving away free gas on Saturday.
With the assistance of Kangaroo Market and Monster Xpress Carwash, The Church members will be on hand to pump $2,000 worth of gasoline between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Kangaroo market, 2610 S. Church St., for low-income families and single moms.
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DC's titles are also available from Amazon's Kindle Store, as well as the Barnes & Noble Nook Store. The company's lineup includes characters and series such as Superman, Batman, Justice League, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern.
The move makes DC the only major comic publisher to offer its entire periodical lineup across all major e-bookstore platforms. Since the launch of its "New 52" lineup, DC's comics have been available digitally on the iPad day-and-date through its own application run by ComiXology, but Wednesday's announcement marks the first time the series have been available on Apple's iBookstore.
"As e-readers and tablets continue to explode in popularity, it's important for us to offer consumers convenience and choice in how they download digital comics and graphic novels, and these new distribution deals with the top three e-bookstores do just that," said Jim Lee, co-publisher, DC Entertainment. "We're very excited to work with Amazon, Apple and Barnes & Noble to bring bestselling DC Comics and Vertigo periodicals to their e-bookstores."
The addition of DC titles further expands the offerings on the iBookstore well beyond its initial start of mostly e-books. Since then, Apple has also placed considerable focus on offering digital textbooks through the iBookstore to push the use of the iPad in classrooms.
While new titles will be available going forward on the iBookstore, some back titles are not yet available on Apple's digital storefront. DC Entertainment Senior Vice President of DIgital Hank Kanalz told CNet that their current absence is a "bandwidth issue," and that older titles should be available on the iBookstore in due time.
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Terrill L. Gibson, Ph.D.
is a diplomate pastoral psychotherapist, an approved supervisor for the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, and a diploma Jungian analyst who practices individual and family therapy with Pastoral Therapy Associates in Tacoma. He lectures and writes widely on the basic theme of the integration of psychotherapy and spirituality. He has been a frequent consultant, faculty, supervisor, and facilitator for a variety of Pacific Northwest universities, social service agencies, corporations, and religious congregations. He has a passion for film, sea kayaks, and the blues.In 1997, a book he co-edited with Laura Dodson, Ph.D., Psyche and Family, was published by Chiron Press. Most recently, he has written two book chapters:
He is now working on a collaborative project in Jungian Psychology, Film, and Spirituality. This culminates a long-held central analytic interest in cinema and psyche. He has taught regional and national psychology-and-cinema seminars and used film in graduate/post graduate psychotherapy training courses for over twenty years.
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The attorney for Deborah Smalley, Fairfield County's clerk of courts, said Wednesday that his client does not plan to resign in the immediate future, despite calls for her to do so from her own party's leadership after she was charged with a third-degree felony count of theft in office.
On Thursday, a day after Smalley was charged, Ohio Auditor of State David Yost said his office was examining whether to use a little-known legal process to suspend her.
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This lady is not telling the truth
eklendiI was actually on this flight on Friday evening from ORD to DCA. I have been a reader of this forum for a long time but seeing this all over the news made me sign up so I could tell you what really happened here and hopefully stop this liar in her tracks....As many on this forum suspected we were not getting the whole truth. (www.flyertalk.com) Daha Fazlası...
50 pound slab of blue ice falls off Air Force One narrowly missing "Occupy Las Vegas" protesters
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Amazing tale of a desperate WWII US pilot's encounter with a German flying ace
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Inside Gaddafi's Private A340
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'Obsolete' Warthogs head to Iraq
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How to thwart a gunman at 29,000 feet, by the only pilot who ever did
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Air France plane grounded after technicians noticed 30 screws were missing from wing... after FIVE days of flights
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VE Day: 92-year-old Second World War veteran flies Spitfire for first time in 70 years
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Southwest Airlines passenger restrained and arrested after refusing to turn off his cell phone.
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Dana Rohrabacher, U.S. Congressman, Endorses Regulate Marijuana Like Wine Act
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"I don't believe that you protect people by throwing them in cages," Rohrabacher told attendees. "For us to be taking people for smoking a weed and putting them in prison or jail for that is a travesty. It's against everything our founding fathers believed in and somehow we got away from that."
Rohrabacher has long acknowledged that he frequently smoked weed in his younger days, and that he's grateful he was never busted, given that back in the late 1960s simply possessing a joint could land you in jail for six months. To even qualify for the Nov. 2012 ballot, supporters will have to gather 10,000 signatures and raise at least $1 million to get on the average Californian's radar screen.
Unlike Prop. 19, which would have legalized recreational pot use for adults but failed at the polls last year, however, Gray's bill doesn't contain any language adding new criminal penalties for providing pot to minors, nor does it add new limits to how much weed you can grow, which explains why most Northern California residents opposed it.
In any case, the fact that a prominent and popular Republican lawmaker is lending his name to a bill that would effectively legalize weed--and do so at a well-attended fundraiser at a mainstream and respectable establishment like the Newport Beach Vineyard & Winery--suggests that maybe, just maybe, this is an idea that, like a fine wine, has finally reached its time.
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I know I was supposed to blog as I went along on my trip to Ireland, but it was very difficult to get computer access at times. Although we stayed in 5-star accommodations, none offered in-room complimentary wi-fi so I was competing with others to share one or two hotel computers. However, since I was there on vacation, I can't even complain since the whole point was to try to detach from life back in the States.
Having said that, this was a spectacular trip! We stayed in 3 high quality castles/hotels in 3 cities (Shannon, Kilarney, & Dublin). This was definitely a first-class trip, starting with our airplane flights, and I am so thankful to my mother for including me.
As my first post stated, we stayed in Dromoland Castle in Shannon for the first 2 nights of the trip. The castle and country club sit on 410 acres. One photo is of Mom taking pictures and the second is a small portion of the impressive limestone castle. Ireland doesn't mine gemstones or gold/silver, but limestone is plentiful throughout the country and many of the castles and homes are still standing or partially standing after hundreds and hundreds of years because of the limestone. In fact, the cows prosper and do very well there because of the amount of limestone they ingest through the grass and water.
As a very small token of my appreciation, I surprised my mom with a gift certificate to the castle's spa for her to pamper herself with a facial and massage. We arrived in Ireland on Mother's Day and she received her GC when we checked in at the front desk. Of course, she got me a facial as well, which I enjoyed very much.
By the way, we were with a tour company, Tauck Tours, and there were 34 in the group. Most were couples, but there were a couple of single travelers, some women on girlfriends getaways, a family of four, and a group of 4 friends. I'd estimate the median age of the group to be somewhere in the 60s, so nobody my age, but not an issue anyway.
On our first full day there, the group traveled to the Cliffs of Moher and then we drove through the rugged Burren in County Clare. Very few people live in that area due to the rocky, rocky landscape. In fact, when Oliver Cromwell was going through Ireland taking the land from the indigenous Irish, he declared that the Burren should be left alone because he thought it was uninhabitable. Still, we saw many, many, many cows and some homesteads in the area. The photos below show the Cliffs.
Below is the rugged Burren area. The photo of the stacked rocks is called Poulabrone Dolmen. This structure is (if I recall correctly), 2200 years old (that makes it Neolithic) and it shows the entrance to an underground tomb which held over 20 bodies of adults and children. The opening is facing north, but the dead would not have been placed there all at once, but would have been buried within the cavern over time.
While driving towards the Burren, we passed a small town called Lisdoonvarna which has the disctinction of hosting a Matchmaking Festival every year. It was featured in a small movie about the same thing and starred Jeanine Garofalo. Too bad we couldn't make a pit-stop and see if the town Matchmaker couldn't set me up.
After our second night, we left Dromoland Castle and headed toward Killarney, but we made a side trip to the Molanna View Dairy Farm to see a real dairy farm. The owners, Paddy & Margaret, welcomed the group and served us lunch in their home. Before working with the tour company, their home was opened as a bed and breakfast for about 16 years. One of their sons now runs the dairy farm and they are semi-retired, but very sweet people. I was amazed at the number of B&Bs we saw every day. It seemed like every other house had a Bed & Breakfast sign out front. Unfortunately, we did not stay in any B&Bs or get to go inside any on the trip so I was not able to compare Irish B&Bs to American B&Bs. Oh, well.
Part II of the Post Mortem will discuss our time in Killarney and our stay at Hotel Dunloe Castle in County Kerry.


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Students and faculty in the departments of Biology and Geography at Memorial University are researching the sensitivity of tundra and treeline ecosystems to climate change in highland areas of Newfoundland and Labrador. The aims are to better understand these ecosystems in relation to their local climates and to determine how they evolved in the past and to predict what will happen to them under a future, perhaps very different, climate.
Climate Change
Climate is the characteristic weather at a place - its average and extreme conditions. Variability and change are normal for climate. In the past, Earth's climate has fluctuated naturally between glacial cold periods and tropical hot periods. Climate changes have usually taken many thousands of years, although rapid changes have also been recorded. Today, because of human activities, climate is changing faster than it has for thousands of years. On average, Earth is heating up. But this warming is not uniform. Whereas most of the planet has become warmer, some regions have become cooler - while some are becoming wetter, others have become drier. For example, over the past 50 years, while the western Arctic warmed, the northwest Atlantic Ocean, coastal Labrador, and West Greenland became colder.
A Warmer Future?
Using computer models, climate scientists predict warming of mid-latitude continental areas by more than 5 degrees Celsius over the next 100 years. Warming in Newfoundland and Labrador may be less than that. This is because the Labrador Sea, which cools our climate, may become colder. With temperatures rising slightly, especially in the winter, this region is expected to become wetter, with more of the winter precipitation falling as rain or freezing rain. What effects will such changes have on highland ecosystems in our province?
Climate Change and Highland Ecosystems
Ecosystems are made up of plants and animals and their environments. Climate is a key environmental control. As the climate changes, so do the kinds and numbers of plant and animal species, and how they interact. In highland areas, differences in climate and therefore of vegetation communities occur over short distances because of the normal decrease of air temperature with altitude. A climb of only a few hundred metres takes us from boreal forest to alpine tundra. In these central Labrador highland areas some arctic-alpine species are at their southern limit of occurrence and are therefore rare provincially. These plants are particularly sensitive to climate change. Highland plant communities are important to the animals, as they provide food for caribou and other herbivores. Other changes are occurring which affect these highland ecosystems. For example, moose are appearing in the Mealy Mountains, as they expand eastward across central Labrador. And coyotes have recently invaded the highlands of western Newfoundland's Gros Morne National Park and have begun to prey on caribou there.
Some of Our Research Questions
How do highland plant communities respond to a change in climate? For example, if there is warming will the tree limit simply move upslope, or will vegetation changes be more complex? What will happen to tundra plant species and the animals they support?
What will be the effects of vegetation changes on the birds, mammals, and insects that are part of this ecosystem? In particular, what will happen to already threatened woodland caribou populations, such as the Red Wine and Mealy Mountain herds?
How will climate change affect the expansion of invasive and introduced non-native species of plants, and insects and other animals?
How will these changes affect the overall biodiversity of the region?
How will these changes affect the people who benefit from highland ecosystems in terms of food, employment, and spiritual values?
How can we best communicate what we learn about climate change to the public and to industry and government agencies, as plans are made for local resource development and utilization?