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More Failed Banks Are Being Closed In US
by MrBernardLMadoff on May 22, 2011
May 22 2011 Press TV -- Across the nation consumers are finding it increasingly harder to get a loan from their local bank.
Consumers like Chris Baker. Part of the reason Baker feels like the little man is being left behind is because smaller banks that would typically lend money to them are slowly dwindling.


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BOSTON — The three-day break could not have come at a better time for the Boston Celtics, losers of three in a row.
It afforded players a chance to get away from the game and reflect on what's not working and what they can do to change things.
When it comes to describing the Celtics' problems of late, Jeff Green doesn't mince his words.
"Lately we've been (bleep) the past couple games; we've been giving up a lot of points," he said. "A lot of easy looks."
Boston comes into Saturday's game against Cleveland having given up 100 or more points in three straight games. Doing so again would tie the longest streak of the season.
Cleveland's defense has been even worse, with opponents cracking the 100-point plateau in each of their last seven games.
Green said the team's problems defensively stem from a lack of focus.
"That's all I can really say," he said. "Our focus wasn't there all the way, including me. We weren't locked in on the defensive end. We were more worried about offense at that point."
And that's a major problem for a team whose defense has been instrumental in their play this season.
Avery Bradley points to a lack of energy as being a main culprit in the team's slippage defensively.
"It's like night and day," he said. "It's obvious when you watch film."
And it's obvious that the Celtics see the three days away from the game as a chance to gather themselves for what they believe will be improved play going forward.
"It was an opportunity for us to get our rest," Green said. "It allowed us to really think about what we need to do to get back on the right track. Defense is the key."
Here are more keys to today's game:
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Generating points on mid-range jumpers will be huge for both teams. The Celtics are shooting 41.7 percent on mid-range jumpers, the eighth-best mark in the NBA. The Cavaliers (41 percent) aren't too far behind, coming in at No. 10.
MATCHUP TO WATCH: Avery Bradley vs Kyrie Irving: One of the first signs this season of Bradley's much-improved shooting touch came when he was 9-for-11 shooting and outscored Irving, 21-17, during Boston's blowout win over the Cavs on Nov. 29. Irving is coming off a 40-point, nine assist game and the Celtics will have their hands full, beginning with Bradley, in keeping Irving from putting up similar numbers.
PLAYER TO WATCH: If the Cavs stick with their most recent starting five, Jeff Green will have a longer defender to contend with in Earl Clark. Still, Green should still be able to make a major impact. Maybe not 31 points like he did in their first matchup in November, but he should have a better-than-average scoring night for Boston.
STAT TO TRACK: Boston's rebounding has taken a step back during its last three games, ranking 27th in the league during that span compared to their season ranking, which is 23. But the Cavaliers have been even worse. Although Cleveland ranks 12th in the league in rebounding this season, they are next-to-last in the category in the last three games.
Celtics-Cavaliers preview: Back to work
BOSTON — The three-day break could not have come at a better time for the Boston Celtics, losers of three in a row.

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©2012-2016 deilan12
Another old pic, a female Illidan
Hope you like it
Hope you like it
Do you do a lot of this rule 63 stuff?
I enjoy genderswapping a lot of characters, but I wouldn't say I do "a lot" of it
Ah see, now i'm worried about some of the pics I faved. I'm all for people enjoying whatever they're into, but I can't personaly get behind genderbends, with a FEW exceptions. Such as characters in games where you choose the gender, or Link from Legend of Zelda. I say him because Nintendo originally intended for Link to be the player's choice between male or female, but they didn't know how to make link look like a girl back then. Plus speaking lore wise, there has been a hundred incarnations of Link, there's bound to be a female version in there somewhere. I'd gladly play it if such a game existed, just to see how it turned out.
I love a badass girl. sexy
Wn ta bacan
This would have made for some awesome lore... >.< Tyrande would be much more confused I think. lol
A very specific part of my is very much prepared
Why am I reminded of loki...
Glowy spinny duo bladey thingies of death. xD
Also, nice tattoos you gave her. I can see how much you've improved.
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Manteca Police school resource officer April Smith had her hands full detaining one girl and performing first aid on a bleeding victim at Manteca High School Thursday morning.
There's a direct correlation between park vandalism in Manteca and school vacation.
Their possession of methamphetamine and fake ID card sent two Modesto men to jail Thursday afternoon. They were also placed on a hold by the U.S. Probation Department.
FRENCH CAMP - The third vehicle to be torched in less than a week in French Camp was an '80s Chevy in the 9800 block of Lockhart Road, according to Paul Tualla, assistant chief of the French Camp McKinley Fire Department.
An elderly Manteca man's hot rods, valued at some $250,000, were stolen from the garage of his home shortly after his death in his Louise Avenue residence.
Richard Daniel Breakfield, 21, the last of three suspects charged with attempted murder in a New Year's Eve beating, is in the county jail, police reported Wednesday night. All three were sought on million dollar warrants.
FRENCH CAMP - Two vehicles were torched in French Camp in the early morning hours Saturday and Sunday, according to Paul Tualla, assistant fire chief of the French Camp McKinley Fire District.
LATHROP - Three shots rang out from a gunman wearing a ski mask in the 12000 block of Harlan Road at about 9 p.m. Monday with one man being hit in the groin and the side of his body, deputies reported.
A regional auto theft task force officer got into a foot chase with two suspects during the noon hour Friday following the robbery of a 19-year-old man on the Tidewater Bike Path.
LATHROP – A newly remodeled house already in escrow was hit by vandals in Lathrop late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning.
Richard Daniel Breakfield and Erasmo Bugarin, both 21 years old, are being sought by Manteca Policefor questioning in the New Years Eve beating that left Miguel Valles in critical condition with severe head injuries outside a convenience store on North Union Road near the Union Pacific Railroad tracks.
Discharging a shotgun in a residential neighborhood sent a 20-year-old David Foster to county jail Saturday afternoon.
Regional auto theft task force officer Steve Schluer was taking a minute out to pick up a birthday card at Wal Mart Thursday afternoon when he got detoured by a suspect he noticed in the parking lot.
Manteca short-order cook Steven Garcia, 53, has been sentenced to state prison after pleading guilty to grand theft embezzlement charges in selling non-existent computers to several elementary school secretaries and others in Manteca.
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Jenn Sterger and a couple of friends decided to dress up in short shorts and cowboy hats to root on Florida State University's football team against the University of Miami on Sept. 5, 2005. The television cameras panned over the crowd and focused in on Sterger and her friends, affectionally dubbed the "FSU Cowgirls." ABC sportscaster Brent Musburger said on air, "I think 1,500 red-blooded American men just decided to go to FSU next semester."
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These Sonnet Grief poems are examples of Sonnet poems about Grief. These are the best examples of Sonnet Grief poems written by international PoetrySoup poets
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One need not read her horoscope to know
this woman's fate, and though wisteria
cascades sweet blooms of lavender like snow
outside her door, it's still Siberia
pervading the dimensions of her mind,
for not one fickle thought or patch of moss
can thrive where bleakest shadows are enshrined.
No bittersweet, no dew drops. . . only loss
surrounds her heart. She tries to reminisce,
but like a barren continent grown cold,
she can't perceive one particle of bliss.
She's clasping grief and cannot be consoled!
Wisteria's perfume is in the breeze,
but in her soul remains a winter's freeze.
Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2014
When pain hits hard, you might feel like your soul
is bleeding out, but there's no blood to see.
Your body is the part that takes the toll,
and physically you feel the agony.
Perhaps the pain goes to your heart as though
a knife has sliced right through it, or you feel
it in your gut as if you took a blow.
No cut or bruise is shown, yet it is real!
When both the body and the spirit seem
to reach their limit, tears are overdue.
You have to let those tears go! Let them stream
and carry out the bitterness for you.
An empty tissue box becomes the sign
that soon, and hopefully, you will be fine.
Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2013
I walk upon a green feathered hilltop
To find your soul, I lost long ago
Lay flowers where your grave says stop
and sit in silence till' the sun is low
I'll bow my head in search for loneliness
With hands trembling cradle tears that fall
And feel the sadness of emptiness,
while listening for the unanswered call
There is no time pain's loss can quell
No answer to quiet the question why
Life moves on and there is only hell
Searching for you, lost, my eyes still cry
I'll claim no noble dignity or deed
Find nothing alone on this hill, but need
Copyright © Frederic Parker | Year Posted 2014
The saddest sound in all the world,
The bagpipes weep as raindrop pearls
Land to take on grass-green hue:
Tears to mourn the loss of you.
Your boys line up with shaking lips
And breaking hearts to numbly grip
Your modest coffin; spirits brave,
They trek toward your dewy grave.
We follow you through wind and rain.
The pipes still croon their sad refrain.
We bury you with roses white,
A tragic yet tremendous rite.
And as you sleep beneath the ground,
The echoes of your life resound.
Copyright © Heather Ober | Year Posted 2014
Glowing Cloud On Mountain Top
I met you there, so very full of grace
single rose in your shining raven hair
Radiance beaming from your sweet face
couldn't stop myself, I had to stare!
Every moment since, forever treasured
nights glowed on, your smile a star
Everything since that night measured,
love raced in deep, like a speeding car!
Now time has given me such great sorrow
Heaven welcomed your spirit on in
Misery my food, heartache my tomorrow
forever gone my lover, my great friend!
Glowing cloud on mountain top now dances
I gamble that climb and took my chances!
R.J. Lindley
Oct. 16th, 1973
Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2015
Of all the sorrows that so govern her generous heart,
Her love is the most unfair thing breaks her apart;
In her life everything is already signed and sealed –
And she evermore solemnly griefs her soul appealed
To cheat, to relinquish, or to commit suicide and die
The death that shall liberate her of her perpetual cry.
Has providence deserted her, so unkindly in all facets of life
That she so feels old, unhappy and like a desperate housewife?
For alone she weeps, breathless with melancholy; her pouring tears
Desolate with bitterness, anger and incessant grief of discovered fears.
Her heart is weak, her soul is weaker –her life is a scornful jest;
No endless joy, or liberty of love (a nice little girl by love depressed.)
'Tis hard to dissever when love & pity have been merged in dim,
When all that she wants is to love and to be fairly loved by him.
Copyright © Choene Alley Semenya | Year Posted 2015
Mother, I pray for your forgiveness as it was me,
I had to let you go and it never leaves my mind;
It was me who made the decision to set you free,
I was the one they came seeking for papers to sign.
There was nothing I could do to change your fate,
I would have done anything even given my own life;
The decision was so difficult and it could not wait,
My heart was stabbed with a blood-soaked knife.
With each gasping, breath you took in this world,
I kept asking is there nothing that can be done;
Oh I hated what had to be, it still twirls and whirls,
I asked the Lord why, why did I have to be the one.
Can you forgive me mother, for letting you go,
You were so kind and sweet and I loved you so.
September 24, 2015
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Copyright © Broken Wings | Year Posted 2015
This Void
When the wind whispers your names in my ear
This void craves for a glimpse of your faces
Recalling times in a happier sphere
Now soured silently in empty spaces
And when drums pulsates your voices in force
This void yearns and grumbles for a tumble
As the teardrops fall, the mood changes course
While the resolve commences to crumble
And when the crescendo becomes unkind
This void hungers for specks of your being
To comfort the pain in this heart and mind
To make sense of this life without meaning
Though this bruised void accepts it is God's way
Each summer breeze begets thoughts that betray
Penned by: Ronald Zammit
Dated: 25.08.14
In Memory of Andrew and Timothy
The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord. Job1:21
Copyright © Ronald Zammit | Year Posted 2014
Deepest Cut Of All
Conjure up soothing visions to delight;
sweetest triumphs parading over there.
Wound of love deeper, epic pain now slight
and images of angelic face so fair.
Jewels on sword she used to cut my hand
seeing the flash, feeling the awful scare.
So deep, up to golden hilt as was planned
images of her angelic face so fair.
Anointed blade, poison laying on its edge;
such finer cuts, never a saddened tear.
No deep remorse for her broken love pledge
even so, hurting heart still wants her near.
Blade easily slides back into its sheath.
Stone heart dances on my heart's broken wreath.
Robert J. Lindley, 11-09-2015
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Total # Words: 103
Time, It So Cleverly Slips Away
Time slipped, slipped into the sunset mist
looking back, I saw only half done list
There was that trip to a green island shore
never arrived there, missed so much more!
Time raced, quickly raced so very far away
Looking back, heart sinks into dismay
There was her hand, that touch forever gone
never gotten, was her sweet love alone!
Time fled, fled into that bitterly dark sorrow
looking back, heartache eats tomorrow
There was love, gathered at such a dear cost
never gotten, greatest treasure now lost!
Time, time why ever did you dare race me?
The faster I chased, the faster you did flee!
R.J. Lindley
May 9th, 1990
Note- today found out she passed away. Never got to say goodbye
Time cheated me, it shall now pay..
Old note presented with old poem because it reminds me the insanely foolish battle
I wanted while still drunk on whiskey!
No Reprieve For The Lost, Battered Soul
Night comes on, like a wolf after sheep
dark and ravenous, at a rapid pace,
horrific shadow prevents peaceful sleep
grim echoes bounce all over the place.
Midnight hour, signals its coming call
evil whispers sing a death chant,
Candles burning low in the castle hall
gloom rises up to blackness enhance.
No retreat, this battle always rages
stabs and cuts both victims endure,
Shields fallen, damnation then engages
bruised heart, this life remains impure.
No reprieve for the lost, battered soul
past sins, eat in deep, take their toll
Robert J. Lindley, 09-03-2015
Note- Could not sleep, this sonnet started
and gnawed at me to finish it.
Past memories cry out to be satisfied...
When last they kissed, and passion's lease
bloomed brief and sweet, Sir Shakespeare's quill
would set in motion a deathly chill.
For Juliet, he could not appease
to win her smile and would not release
a tranquil tale...but did reveal
this tragic poem, where lovers fell
and would break our hearts with spellbound grief.
Behold, your eyes will weep for her,
and empty arms will flail, for him
Young lovers swept away, in love
Misguided youth that we hold dear
and through the years we pray for them,
as songs are sung by mourning doves
Their love, was a fever, sorely sought
Of passion's quest, she would requite
to bridge the wage of family strife
But, delusion, rides deceitful plots
To think him dead, she had no doubt
Despaired, beyond her wildest thought
Disquiet of the heart cried out
And death, would dim the stars that night
Their song still lives, as stories will
Upon two graves, we linger here
Such love divine, is ours to keep
A sonnet binds them, ever still...
A love that cannot be compared
While swollen hearts, with anguish, weep
Copyright © Carrie Richards | Year Posted 2014
Like Frankenstein, I, too, am loathed to death;
I walk this earth devoid of friend and hearth,--
devoid of joy from the time of my birth
and from the first draw of my infant's breath.
An outcast and a pariah among
the friended, I exist without the mirth
and glee of those born of happier worth,
esteem and prize,--O would that I belong!
Still, I am loved of my dear family
and most loved friends, my books, and by my God
and e'en by my most oft-read poetry.
These things I cherish, honor, and must laud
with gratitude and thanks religiously
and be content as worms in a blesséd sod.
Copyright © Ngoc Nguyen | Year Posted 2014
You didn't come that dreadful night
Or in the morning with the rain
Even through all my pain
You didn't come, with all your light
You didn't come to bring me might
And as though my loss were your gain
You didn't come, you did refrain
From coming to take away my fright
And now my heart is cold and bare
And now you may come and see
That no love could be harbored there
And this is what I will always be
Because you didn't come and didn't care
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Copyright © Glory Winzer | Year Posted 2015
you're somewhere dreaming, breathing, walking still
and in the world of living you reside
in hurting and in maiming is your thrill
you will not let the pain and grief subside
somewhere in this old world you have a place
your do your daily tasks and visit friends
there is no trail to find you, not a trace
yet poison cloud of hate on you descends
you live oblivious to heinous crime
the rape and plunder of a trusting heart
on satin sheets you left your putrid grime
mixed with my blood that flowed from poison dart
So to my heart you're dead and buried deep
My tears have crusted dry; I cannot weep
Eileen Manassian Ghali
Copyright © Eileen Manassian | Year Posted 2015
Oh pearl of the world, opalescent daughter of nacre
Venus borne up in a shell from the shimmering sea
Had I known your loveliness would be a trouble maker
So gladly, so happily, I would have let you be
A dream so richly rare to ignite a weak man's greed
A burning thirst that only having you could quench
By night we hide, they fire a shot and then my dirty deed
The thieves lie dead before me but still the pearl I clench
Juana keens a high and shrilling moan of deep travail
I rush to them.. What can it be that causes such distress?
My son, my Coyotito, so cold, so still, so pale...
I damn, I damn, this devil's jewel that I possess!
Ahead a life of emptiness, that no riches can restore
Into the sea, oh witch's spawn, your curse shall kill no more!
March 8, 2013. Based on John Steinbeck's novella "The Pearl".
Natural perfect pearls of good size are very rare and quite expensive.
Copyright © Roy Jerden | Year Posted 2013
Beautiful Lies
One beautiful lie , an unvoiced sonnet
Words veiled with a crime that steals my hearts last beat
Slow turn of your mood shows me disquiet
With kisses warm and vulgar with deceit.
One pulse stills, our love was not the one love,
Just remains of a lukewarm cup of tea.
You steep and brood, one pineing the lost dove.
My broken wing lame, I fall into the sea.
Beautiful lies, my heart begs for your fires
To hear the words forged my way by anvil
Beautiful lies, hope grows dim and expires
Waiting for judgment by divine gavel
Tremble my lips , tears fall dry from my eyes
Protect me from madness, beautiful lies.
Copyright © Brenda Atry | Year Posted 2012
Your sudden departure caused glum wonder
A blow that was sinking deep into core
Panic and tough refusal grew under
Death by the final course was to blame for.
Fidelity is dug from a soft spot
His bittersweet timeline has proven such
Makes to think if love is worth the long shot
Little bit of drama for a soft touch.
Yet too forlorn to accept selfishness
Detaching duties of a well-wisher
Comfort is given to a reticence
Ignorance to the acquired fresh blister.
My dear friend grilled upon reaching the cure
To after one's own heart that was thought pure.
Copyright © Maria Rheza Mae Rubio | Year Posted 2015
I Kiss the rain for it hides the tears
As they flow down my face
All the bottled up sadness and fears
They won't look out of place
For no one can tell that I'm in pain
How heavy my heart may be
When I stand up tall and kiss the rain
The drops will hide so no one can see
They say the rain will cleanse you
Just Like a shower or a bath
So I'll use the rain to renew
To Decide upon a new path
So kiss the rain when you need to
No one will know but you.
Copyright © Jennifer Marie Oliver | Year Posted 2013
The rain-god bursts in Himalaya regions
With snow-covered mountains and deep forests
There's Kedar temple for Hindu pilgrims
Coming to worship the god in thousands
Sanctum Sanctorum inside the temple
Of Kedar revered by millions of Hindus
A bleak picture of purses, bags and shoes
All personal things lay strewn in ample.
Outside the temple vandals had free hand
Houses, cars and what not flooding in
Thousands of people dead or stranded
Millions waiting to hear about their end
There's no right or wrong way to cope with pain
Time, can renew and permit you to mend.
Contest : Grief by Shadow Hamilton
9th place win
The Kedarnath temple, one of the four pilgrimage centre for Hindus world over, is in the Himalayas at the height of 13,500 feet. There was a cloud bursts and then heavy rainfall which was about 375 percent more than the benchmark rainfall during a normal monsoon. It is feared that 20,000 people have died. This happened around 14th to 17th June, 2013. There is a news now that the temple will reopen. On 1st of October i.e. after nearly 95 days. Surprisingly, there is no danger to the idols of the Deity Shiv or Nandi , the bull.
Please visit my blog, if you want to see the video clips on the tragedy
Copyright © Dr.Ram Mehta | Year Posted 2013
I look at her picture ... she'll never grow old.
A feathered headband on her small, downy head.
The pain will lessen, that's what we've been told
but we've so few memories of a babe , now dead.
Scarlett of name, a moniker bold,
for such a wee thing, fragile and young.
She won't grow into the name, will never grow old.
Won't learn to walk or talk or ever have fun.
I look at her picture, tears brimming my eyes.
She sleeps so peacefully in repose.
They say time will heal but I believe it's all lies.
The grief that we feel, no one really knows.
Her unbearable beauty left scars on our hearts.
On the day God reclaimed her ... we all fell apart.
Copyright © Francine Roberts | Year Posted 2014
Where were you when my world fell apart?
The Sun darkened and the Moon just fled.
All had been done and all had been said.
And ripped to shreds was my beating heart.
Even the Seas began to part.
And the Mountain tops spread.
I lay there completely dead.
Even the Stars I could not chart.
If only you knew,
If only you were there,
If only you had a clue!
If only life had been fair!
I'd turn the clocks back,
Still standing dead in my track!
Copyright © Ann Rich | Year Posted 2013
what makes the heart feel for something it can't touch?
his tears caused contractions for his heart to pulse
floundered, looking for loves heartache to clutch
whimsical solace of her essence startles his impulse
shouldering the bane of a kiss that foreshadowed trifles
kooky huh? how time unleashes emotions restrained behind pride
losing his beloved inamorata to an admirer she mollycoddles
his heart became friable to the echo of her suicide
It was the absence of a note that left his worries unverified
what makes the heart feel for something it can't touch?
Now alone and without; a lovers heart is mummified
he will never love another as much
the "ghost orchid" has become her epithet
the rules of this game have changed, misère ouverte.
I chose Bonnie Raitt "I can't make you love me" because when I listened to it it brought
back memories of my childhood feeling second to my fathers work. His physical presence was
always their, but his heart belonged to his work and still is. After listening to the song 5 or 6
times I thought of the question, what makes the heart feel for something that it can't
touch----like love, and went from there.
Copyright © Mark Taylor | Year Posted 2013
Now picking up the pieces,
From a heart full of bruises
Dementia, pain and depression,
Saturate my heart extension.
She was a walking rainbow,
I saw when the sun went low.
She was a rare specie around town,
Which I did not realize until now.
Just like a sugary fleeting vine,
Made she my life a tasteless wine.
Every night I sit and ask the moon,
Why did she have to leave so soon.
I wish I could turn back the clock to gain;
Her, I will be willing to take a bullet, through my brain.
Copyright © Jacob Osae | Year Posted 2014
(Poetry Form: Sonakit) - with Free Verse, or Blank Verse interspersed between the verses of the Sonnet.
I have been one brought low in grief
my bedfellow a monstrous thief
my spirit felled by thoughts of one
whose voice no longer sings the sun
Slow rain began, plopped on dead leaves
dripped on my shoulders through my hair
felt not the heavy rain drops there
yet felt the crush of darkness near
not darkness brought to us by night
nor dreary sky from lack of light
Warm memory pushed away the now
of how we strolled here hand in hand
I walked beyond the path we shared
and nursed the pain I'd not been spared
day unto day consumed with dread
at home awaits an empty bed
adverse to point my steps toward home
and haunting dreams of flashing eyes
now closed in silent death-mask font
forever blind to need or want
Copyright © Cona Adams | Year Posted 2015
To be innocent is to be entirely unknown, even to oneself.
- Djuna Barnes
I am free at last to be silent, to lap
In the quiet of your promise of promise
Like the pear tree in the garden which feels
But does not ask, why such beauty here?
On rainy monsoon days locked in
Wanting to explore the sea and the galaxy,
The tree beseechingly asking the rain,
That I may not be gauged from your gaze,
To be by one companion remembered,
Name scratched out on the asylum walls.
As I was cancelling out ideals
I saw in the forest the tumult of life.
The remorse of a nymph once a virgin,
The stars were there, but of accidental origin.
from IN MEMORY OF HER
Copyright © Rosemarie Rowley | Year Posted 2015
We buried her in a hole in the ground.
It was her final, resting place—poor Mom!
Shaken, I wept but my siblings were calm.
Only I appeared distraught and unsound,
overwhelmed at the sudden loss I found
too great to bear. It was like a huge bomb
had exploded in our lives—like napalm!
There I sat. My grieving tears were profound.
It had been an upsetting funeral.
We buried her on a cold, wintry morn—
all there knew their places on arrival.
Among them I wept, so tearful and torn
during the service and the burial.
In the end, I felt so dead and stillborn.
The glaring sneering Sun has
Beat me down to the pavement.
The hot the heat
The flaring has won.
The. Violent engagement beastly
Perspiration beseigement
Beaming steaming gleaming
Dazed AMAZED seeking shade
From deathly rays.
Prone to bemoan the scorching
Phase of days of UNFALLING RAIN
Nick named SMOKRD AND turned
Churned and burned
Copyright © VAL BROOKLYN Rogers BLK PANTHER | Year Posted 2015
In Memoriam
Black tulips adorn her favourite vase
At this dinner table set up for one.
Her face distorted as if hit by mace
As she displays the medals he had won.
A clowder of black cats wail on the wall,
Emulating Chopin's funeral march.
His parents just lie there and their eyes bawl
At the cenotaphs under the tall larch.
The thunderclaps join in the gun salute
For treasured sons returned in body sacks.
These are cold facts that one cannot refute
Unless on haunting stats we turn our backs.
With their memories embossed on a plaque
Those stars and stripes are all now painted black.
Contest: I love rock and roll
Sponsor: Kelly Deschler
Upon hearing of Peter Kassig's beheading
Paint it Black
The Rolling Stones are touring Sydney
The bottomless pit of time, days long past,
memories like tangled vines of a jungle,
rampant foliage, leafy ferns to grasp.
Rotting, flowering parasites struggle,
for life, like an unfinished masterpiece,
I thrust grief into the misty tangle.
Grasping for something beautiful, for peace,
in the inky shadows of yesterday
I dance with sorrow, crying for release.
Within this maze, this labyrinth, I pray,
mourning for yesterdays I cannot change,
I twirl, swirl, waltzing amongst trees, I sway.
I tremble in soundless silence of dreams,
only waking, do I hear my own screams.
July 9, 2013
Terza Rima
For the contest, Terza Rima Sonnet
Copyright © Broken Wings | Year Posted 2013


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One of the things I like to do each year is to post our live rookie draft as it unfolds, giving our readers a chance to see the rookie picks of a long running, competitive, dynasty league. At the end of each round I'll give a summary of the events as well as my "take" on the picks. This year, unlike previous years, I'll include team labels so that you can see the different picks by the individual teams.
Rather than bore you with a lot of further useless text, I'll assume that you understand what we're doing here, the benefits and the how you can use this information if you have your own rookie draft coming up.
Round 1
1.01 Team 1: A.J. Green, WR CIN
1.02 Team 2: Mark Ingram, RB NO
1.03 Team 3: Ryan Williams, RB ARI
1.04 Team 4: Daniel Thomas, RB MIA
1.05 Team 4: Julio Jones, WR ATL
1.06 Team 5: Cam Newton, QB CAR
1.07 Team 4: Mikel Leshoure, RB DET
1.08 Team 6: Kendall Hunter, RB SF
1.09 Team 4: Blaine Gabbert, QB JAX
1.10 Team 5: Shane Vereen, RB NE
First thing you may notice is that "Team 4" had four first round selections. I am "Team 1" and traded up to the first pick from 1.05, packaging it along with my 2012 first round selection to move up the four spots to 1.01. I believe that Green is far and away the best player of this draft and while I hadn't planned on moving up until I got the offer, I was happy to accept. Team 4 is in rebuilding mode and is looking to do so over the next two years. Looking at Team 4's selections, he is certainly happy with what has fallen to him (Thomas, Jones, Leshoure and Gabbert), all players that he coveted. Leshoure's situation is not a good one in my opinion, but Team 4's other picks make the Leshoure pick almost a luxury. Ingram is a clear second selection in my mind going to the Big Easy. Julio Jones doesn't play as fast as his combine time would suggest, but his situation is a good one. Matt Ryan owners should be rejoicing. I actually prefer Williams' skill-set over Thomas but it is hard to argue against Miami's situation for Thomas. In most all cases, however, I find that talent over situation pays off over the long run. The only other noteworthy pick is the selection of Kendall Hunter at 1.08. Hunter has 1.08 value, but given his situation, I thought it was a bit high. However, due to talent, it's hard for me to argue against that pick should you be looking for a running back and have the patience to wait out Hunter's situation. He's smaller than I like but he has starting ability. Vereen is a Swiss Army knife type of back and if not for landing in New England, I would be higher on his prospects. That said, I like backs that go into good offenses. Belichick likes to use upwards of three to four backs within his game planning, so patience will be required while we wait to see what Vereen's role really is.
Round 2
2.01 Team 4: Jake Locker, QB TEN
2.02 Team 7: Roy Helu Jr., RB WAS
2.03 Team 3: Colin Kaepernick, QB SF
2.04 Team 4: Greg Little, WR CLE
2.05 Team 1: Andy Dalton, QB CIN
2.06 Team 5: Jacquizz Rodgers, RB ATL
2.07 Team 5: DeMarco Murray, RB DAL
2.08 Team 4: Torrey Smith, WR BAL
2.09 Team 2: Leonard Hankerson, WR WAS
2.10 Team 5: Delone Carter, RB IND
Team 4 continues to have a dream draft by adding Locker, Little and Torrey Smith. Players just continue to fall to him due to roster needs by other teams. Being that this is the second round however, history suggest that only two of these players will be productive fantasy players. My money is on one of the QBs, either Kaepernick or Dalton, and Greg Little. There isn't much athletically that I don't like about Little. He's got a world of talent and if his head remains screwed on properly, he has a chance to be special. Kaepernick is probably my favorite quarterback of this year's class, I love his leadership, mobility and arm strength. His mechanics need a lot of work and his longer motion likely won't be "fixed" in the NFL, but it is not as elongated as many that have come before him. I selected Dalton at 2.05, I wanted Kaepernick. My gut feeling was that Dalton would be the better long term quarterback, but I still wanted Kaepernick. Dalton's arm strength is questionable and he throws an ugly ball much of the time. I'm not buying Rodgers or Murray although Quizz fell to a great situation. Hankerson is a prototypical boom or bust receiver. He's as gifted as he is frustrating. I believe he could be a productive fantasy player early on, but he could also be a bust just as quickly. Delone Carter is a fast riser after being selected by Indianapolis, but I stand by my analysis that he's going to be good for only occupying up a roster spot for three to four years on a fantasy roster before finally being released. Donabld Brown has been put on notice.
Round 3
3.01 Team 4: Jonathan Baldwin, WR KC
3.02 Team 7: Bilal Powell, RB NYJ
3.03 Team 3: Kyle Rudolph, TE MIN
3.04 Team 9: Alex Green, RB GB
3.05 Team 10: Randall Cobb, WR GB
3.06 Team 5: Titus Young, WR DET
3.07 Team 10: Greg Salas, WR STL
3.08 Team 6: Christian Ponder, QB MIN
3.09 Team 1: Johnny White, RB BUF
3.10 Team 9: Ryan Mallett, QB NE
Team 4 has a single pick in the round but the magic continues, with Baldwin dropping all the way to 3.01. Baldwin is a head case but will have an immediate starting opportunity in Kansas City opposite the enigmatic Dwayne Bowe. Bowe finally has a quality target starting on the other side and should eventually benefit. Good spot for Bilal Powell although I think most are a bit over-excited about his game. He's a big back with good balance and decent vision, but don't get carried away. Much the same for Alex Green. He was fun to watch run in Hawaii, but the holes that he ran through were as big as the big island itself. He does have great power and nice hands and could draw some short yardage and third down duty should Brandon Jackson depart. He's not a threat to Grant or Starks and don't believe what some other sites have said about Green being drafted to start. Could he develop into a starter, sure … but so could Mr. Irrelevant. You just can't count on it. Salas at 3.07 is a nice pick. Also from Hawaii, Salas is a good looking possession receiver that I think has upside for the Rams. Bradford needs reliable targets with reliable hands, Salas should be just that. Johnny White is one of my favorite picks in the draft and if you have our Dynasty Essentials Guide you already know that. I still believe he's the best back you've never heard of. Too bad his Buffalo situation is as bad as it can get. Ryan Mallet rounds out the third round and is a nice long term project. I was hoping to pick him five picks later.
There you have it! Hopefully our live draft (which is continuing) here will help you determine where the rookies will come off the board. Each coach evaluates things differently and the more drafts you view, the better idea of the trends you will have.
Have fun and good luck. If you have interest in other rookies that you don't see on this list, drop me a comment on this article and I'll let you know where he went.
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text: Comments (54) + Add comment Comments (54) Featured vishant101 + 968d ago If there was some sort of indication that games were cheaper because of drm microsoft could have come off a lot better. imagine what could have been if they said games would be $40 instead of $60. #1 Agree(38) | Disagree(2) | Report | Reply CaEsAr- + 968d ago I know right? They even didn't bother to give much details about the family share plan. And no, we (gamers) don't want this BS. #1.1 (Edited 968d ago ) | Agree(27) | Disagree(4) | Report | Reply NewMonday + 968d ago turns out the "family share plan" had a limit of one hour before stopping and getting asked to buy the game. that was the catch. a glorified "demo" plan http://www.neogaf.com/forum... #1.1.1 Agree(33) | Disagree(6) | Report Imalwaysright + 968d ago And to think some people were willing to give up their rights for that half-assed feature. #1.1.2 Agree(16) | Disagree(2) | Report BallsEye + 968d ago @newmonday That is simply not true. It has been said many times family members can play without any limits as long as they are online. If they go off game is blocked after an hour. Stop quoting guy from neogaff that was SO WRONG about his 100% sure e3 info. IT WAS CONFIRMED IT'S NOT LIMITED TO 1H so stop spreaidng fanboy crap. #1.1.3 Agree(8) | Disagree(22) | Report angryraptor + 968d ago Try this Link: http://www.heyuguysgaming.c... It appears that shared plan was more of a glorified demo plan. Just found this out myself. Makes me feel better knowing this as I perceived this as a great feature initially, but now not so much of a loss. #1.1.4 Agree(10) | Disagree(2) | Report The_Con-Sept + 968d ago I don't think developers would want to take such a loss when it comes to dropping the price of new games. Especially EA. Call of Duty 4 modern warfare is still 30.00 new. #1.1.5 Agree(2) | Disagree(1) | Report otakukidd + 968d ago @ballseye Actually they didn't. There was one very vague statement they made about it when they revealed there DRM plan. And couple of sentences which they said you could add anyone to it. The rest is just fanboy speculation. Developers would kill them if they did what people thought they were doing then same way they bashed Sony. Also that neogaf link is true. I was sceptical of the leaker at first but then he leaked everything Microsoft did at e3 4 days before it. So yeah credible. #1.1.6 Agree(5) | Disagree(1) | Report creatchee + 968d ago This whole "it was only one hour" argument only proves that people will believe a rumor if it serves their purposes. The rumor was from an anonymous poster on an anonymous posting board. I could write my own. Anyone could. It doesn't make it true. It could be true, but the fact that it is unconfirmable should be factored into the equation instead of the peanut gallery repeatedly quoting a rumor. #1.1.7 (Edited 968d ago ) | Agree(1) | Disagree(5) | Report The Meerkat + 968d ago That was the only strategy I could think of that made DRM palatable. If they had done that then Sony would be the ones on the back foot. But they way things are now I get the feeling MS have no idea how to drive their product forward, so I'll sit back and wait until I'm convinced they know what they're doing before I buy one. #1.2 Agree(4) | Disagree(5) | Report | Reply hellvaguy + 968d ago I was looking forward to the of drm where youd never have to load your game discs again. Woulda been nice. #1.3 Agree(2) | Disagree(3) | Report | Reply ashade + 968d ago there are no way they do that, i read somewhere who did some research said if they lower the game price (40$) their total income will lower by 10% which i think will hurt them more than get rid of DRM and keep the price at 60$ #1.4 Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply SIRHC13 + 968d ago Is this the new trend? To reflect and act like DRM is what we actually needed? #2 Agree(33) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply matgrowcott + 968d ago The problem here is that the people who were complaining about DRM have largely said "Good move Microsoft, now get rid of Kinect and drop the price and we'll talk." On the other hand, people who had pre-ordered based on features included in the Xbox One, now removed, are saying "so now what are we supposed to do?" From a general standpoint, it seems Microsoft have done a good thing, but I think people are generally unsure if it's had an actual payoff. #2.1 Agree(9) | Disagree(2) | Report | Reply BelieveinGhosts + 968d ago I was one of those people, i came back home at night to relax and catch up on the latest gaming news and BAM.....It hit me Microsoft have killed the vision of Xbox One. Think about it, how can you spend hours on two big conferences during the Xbox reveal on May 21st and the E3 briefing and just totally chicken out of your Philosophy. I couldnt believe it. Any way i believe that every thing happens for a reason. Surprisng now i took a second look at the PS4 and it is much more exciting to me. My only dissapointment is that Sony dont have many exclusives at launch and Infamous Second Son was pushed back till next year. Instead of buying 2 Xbox Ones's like i planned, i think i will just get a PS4 instead. #2.1.1 Agree(5) | Disagree(3) | Report iceman06 + 968d ago @BelieveinGhosts...don't worry, that is not the TOTAL exclusives list. We still don't know what the European and Japanese have in store for us at launch. Those bits will come at Gamescon and Tokyo Game Show as usual. All in all, there are supposedly 40 exclusive titles to be released in 2014. #2.1.2 Agree(1) | Disagree(0) | Report mmj + 968d ago It's like the escaped kidnap victim asking to go back. #2.2 Agree(11) | Disagree(2) | Report | Reply Veneno + 968d ago Lolololololololol! :D #2.2.1 Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report theDECAY + 968d ago Seriously? All this back and forth from both Microsoft and people is getting annoying. Can't we just agree this DRM stuff seems pretty crap? #3 Agree(21) | Disagree(3) | Report | Reply WeAreLegion + 968d ago No, you don't. #4 Agree(9) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply Cernunnos + 968d ago DRM is the consumers worst enemy. Kill DRM. #5 Agree(17) | Disagree(2) | Report | Reply Hufandpuf + 968d ago Kill Steam then. #5.1 Agree(6) | Disagree(3) | Report | Reply kayoss + 968d ago Steam and home consoles are two different things. People who choose steam over console already know that they can not resell their games, lend out their games, or own the phyiscal game. THats a given and they accepted that fact. People who own consoles want to own the physical games, lend out their games, and resell their games thats why the console gamers out number steam gamers. If you go with steam you have accepted DRM and the majority dont want DRM therefore they look towards consoles. #5.1.1 Agree(1) | Disagree(1) | Report iceman06 + 968d ago Steam is a subscription service, Xbox One is a console with the features "built in". For most, they knowingly go into the subscription with Steam. For consoles, not so much. If MS had so many issues explaining it's console, then imagine what Suzy Homemaker would have thought once she bought the console for 12 y/o Jimmy? He doesn't really know, she doesn't really know...now back to the store to trade. #5.1.2 Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report jivah + 968d ago steam lets me play offline and lets me install games as many times as i want on top of which it is heavily rumored that valve is checking out ways to properly implement game sharing. #5.1.3 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report Hufandpuf + 968d ago @Kayoss He said consumers, people that use Steam aren't consumers? @iceman Steam is not subscription based @Jivah You have to log onto Steam first in order to use it offline #5.1.4 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report tkato + 968d ago If MS wanted to say "Hey there's DRM now but games are gonna cost 1\4 less!" they would have, but I seriously doubt that was their plan. #6 Agree(12) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply matgrowcott + 968d ago You'd have seen unparalleled sales (for consoles, anyway). Reduction of new games isn't going to happen until we go full digital though. #6.1 (Edited 968d ago ) | Agree(3) | Disagree(4) | Report | Reply tkato + 968d ago Sorry but price reduction for digital material should have been announced even before the DRM, look at iTunes, do you think they'd get away with it just because it's more comfortable?, no, it's cheaper. look at Steam, do you think that it would have been popular if the only benefits were that you get to buy games online?, When you go full digital you completely dodge the whole publishing prices, packaging costs, shipping etc etc, this should have been reflected directly on the price, and should have been hailed from the get-go. I Know MS, I own a 360, it's the only console I have, they're just greedy. they'd love to set the price on 60$ and just drag the gamers kicking and screaming and soon enough some AAA game is gonna come along and all the gamers that weren't happy with the price before would've paid it anyway, and MS pockets more cash, because they sell a cheaper product. I don't buy the "no DRM will ruin the industry" argument either, the industry became an industry because people want to play, and are willing to pay, as long as people have interest in games, they will keep developing, restricting the gamer and not catering to his needs is the thing that can ruin an industry. #6.1.1 Agree(3) | Disagree(0) | Report matgrowcott + 968d ago @Tkato It's pretty well established by this point that publishers literally can't outprice themselves at retail. When GAME was on the brink of shutting down, several PC-only developers came out of the woodwork accusing them of threatening to not sell games that had Steam DRM because of the ability to drop the price so quickly and easily. I don't have stats readily at hand, but I'm guessing if that's a problem for a format that is 70% digital, it'll be a problem for a format where people are still fighting to have physical copies of everything they own. That's why PS3 games are £50 digitally and £40 in the shops. It's not a case of "OMG so greedy." It's a case of not being allowed to give themselves an advantage over brick and mortar stores. A full-digital console, with no disk-based counterpart, would have cheaper games. Until that though, expect full price regardless of where you buy it. With MS's attitude towards retailers with the Xbox One basically being "stick it," I honestly think they'd have tried to make up for the high digital price with great sales. That last bit is pure speculation, of course, and now we'll never know, but it'd certainly have been possible for them to do. #6.1.2 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report greenlantern2814 + 968d ago yup because they had already stated they would still be 60 dollars us. and if their DRM was so great why take it and all those features away from xbox live gold members #6.2 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply cleft5 + 968d ago Oh look a story from a site called Game One Daily, sure that site isn't biased at all. #7 Agree(2) | Disagree(9) | Report | Reply WeAreLegion + 968d ago It's Game On Daily. I still hate this article, but I had to let you know. #7.1 (Edited 968d ago ) | Agree(9) | Disagree(2) | Report | Reply yewles1 + 968d ago "Hey Microsoft. We want our Rights Taken Away After all. Please Treat us like Cattle." That's exactly how I read that title... #8 Agree(19) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply hellvaguy + 968d ago The ironic part is people still under the impression that they have rights under the new socialist America movement. #8.1 (Edited 968d ago ) | Agree(3) | Disagree(2) | Report | Reply iceman06 + 968d ago Nothing NEW about this. They only just got CAUGHT recently. #8.1.1 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report ashade + 968d ago but...but...but... the family sharing plan #8.2 Agree(5) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply ben_jamin0 + 968d ago DRM is something that will eventually have to deal with when physical copies become obsolete (whenever that ever happens) and digital downloads are the norm. I guess Microsoft wanted to go this way with consoles just like steam is for PC but there was no justification from them, if we were told that they would be cheaper I personally would of had no quarrel. The issue lies in digital vs physical, why buy digitally and not have the ability to resale when you can buy physical for the same price, lend it to a friend and eventually sell it on, Digital should be cheaper because of this. #9 Agree(6) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply Bhuahahaha + 968d ago lol so some people want m$ to do abother 180 after it goes 180 'coz of drm make sense now we can all call it xb1-360 #10 Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply Veneno + 968d ago Xbox Carousel #10.1 Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply Cam977 + 968d ago Guys, this author is ahardcore MS fan and sees good in everything they do. Look at the site name and other articles they've posted. Downvoted. #11 (Edited 968d ago ) | Agree(3) | Disagree(2) | Report | Reply coolasj + 968d ago It's all non-sense. If Microsoft was dedicated to lowering prices they should have shown a gesture of good faith and lowered their prices before the generation even started. Even $5 would have been enough proof. #12 Agree(3) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply Hicken + 968d ago Well, maybe YOU do. But I don't. And most gamers with any sense in their head don't. So you go have MS make you a DRM-laden console JUST for you; the rest of us are quite happy without. #13 Agree(0) | Disagree(3) | Report | Reply Kratoscar2008 + 968d ago Dont care for any of that, Digital games feel "soulless" to me, while a Phisycal copy has a soul and it really give a great sense of owning so this digital future is basically not a future i would like to experience. And not to mention in my country internet is so slow and erratic that this future would basically doom pretty much most of the population of this hobby here, so screw to that. #14 (Edited 968d ago ) | Agree(2) | Disagree(5) | Report | Reply Typical-Guy + 968d ago Stockholm syndrome.... #15 Agree(4) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply Veneno + 968d ago Masochism. #15.1 Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply iceman06 + 968d ago Oh my God he's beating me...yay I'm free...wait why isn't he still beating me? Excuse me...Mr...umm...could you beat me again...I miss that! LOL +Bubs for the HUMOR!!! #15.2 Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply tigertom53 + 968d ago why can't they still give us all these feature am sure their engineers can figure it out for at least digital downloads if you choice... come on Microsoft it you that can make this console and features rock..... #16 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply blib + 968d ago I love how all the perks that Microsoft were talking about are now being lumped together with DRM. This is called muddying the water. Fact. DRM is imposed on you. The second you offer the services as OPTIONS they become features, not DRM. The console manufactures are welcome to offer us any bells and whistles they think will attract us to their products. What is not acceptable is bottlenecking our game OS with DRM that limits functionality for no good reason other than control of our purchases. #17 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply Jat187 + 968d ago Having to keep your disc in to play is a definite backward step. No matter which way you look at it. Queuing up multiplayer sessions is such a great feature. But having to switch disc negates this. #18 Agree(1) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply MasterCornholio + 968d ago Why? Just for a glorified demo plan that limits your family members to an hour of gameplay? I really dont think its worth it due to the horrible conditions of the family plan. Did people really think that it wouldnt have some sort of limitation? http://www.heyuguysgaming.c... "The premise is simple and elegant, when you buy your games for Xbox One, you can set any of them to be part of your shared library. Anyone who you deem to be family had access to these games regardless of where they are in the world. There was never any catch to that, they didn't have to share the same billing address or physical address it could be anyone. When your family member accesses any of your games, they're placed into a special demo mode. This demo mode in most cases would be the full game with a 15-45 minute timer and in some cases an hour. This allowed the person to play the game, get familiar with it then make a purchase if they wanted to. When the time limit was up they would automatically be prompted to the Marketplace so that they may order it if liked the game." #19 Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply ger2396 + 968d ago @ ballseye, you really think publishers were going to allow one person to purchase one game. Then turn around and let 10 other people play it for free? Publishers would lose about $500 per share plan. 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Spring Field Trip to Croatan National Forest with Jeannie Kraus(2 - 4 P.M.)
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Come see the Croatan National Forest in early spring with Jeannie Kraus, former education curator of the NC Maritime Museum in Beaufort and author/illustrator of A Guide to Ocean Dune Plants Common to North Carolina and A Guide to Salt Marsh Plants Common to North Carolina.
Habitats seen on the Patsy Pond Trail include longleaf pine forest, isolated wetlands, shrublands and ponds. Millis and Pringle Roads cross floodplain forest, early successional habitat and Millis Road Savanna. To understand the ecology of the area, see Dirk Frankenberg's The Nature of North Carolina's Southern Coast: Barrier Islands, Coastal Waters, and Wetlands. It is well worth reading the section, "Beaufort through Bogue Sound", before the trip.
At Patsy Pond, we should see the rare shrub, Pondspice, Litsea aestivalis. The pitcher plants should be in full bloom in the Millis Rd. savanna. If you are a birder, bring your binoculars! These locations are all on the NC Birding Trail and we may spot the endangered Red-cockaded Woodpeckers.
Meet promptly at 2 PM at Patsy Pond trail parking lot located on HWY 24 midway between Cape Carteret and Morehead City, in the community of Ocean. From there, we will caravan into the forest and end near Hwy 58, just north of Cape Carteret.
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Ann M. O'Rourke 1942 - 2012 HOLYOKE - Ann M. "Nancy" (Stewart) O'Rourke, 69, of Holyoke died Saturday, February 4, 2012 at her home. She was born in Holyoke; daughter of the late James A. and Beatrice (Rennell) Stewart and John Smolen, was educated in the Holyoke School System and worked as a Pharmacy Technician for 12 years for Holyoke Hospital, retiring in 1998. Ann was a communicant of St. Jerome Church, was an avid Bingo player and was a member of the Holyoke Lodge of Elks, #902. She was predeceased by her husband James M. O'Rourke in 1996. Ann is survived by her children, Stewart R. Callahan and his wife Maureen of Holyoke, Jamie A. Seklecki and her husband Fred of Southampton, James M. O'Rourke and Timothy P. O'Rourke, both of South Hadley, her grandchildren, Brighid, Bevin, Brian, and Bronwyn, Rachel and Michael. She also leaves a brother James P. Stewart and his wife Carole of Hampton, NH and Eleanor S. Kerr and her husband George of Feeding Hills. The Funeral will be held Friday at 8:30 a.m. from the Barry J. Farrell Funeral Home, 2049 Northampton Street, Holyoke, followed by a Mass at 9:30 a.m. in St. Patrick Chapel of St. Jerome Church. Burial will follow in St. Jerome Cemetery. Calling hours will be held Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
IFR Strategies In Convective Weather
A tactical flight from coast-to-coast in a Columbia 400 from above the weather to underneath the overcast
A Garmin G1000 screenshot of the final part of the original route to Erie. Each of the red and white squares are individual cells with an arrow showing their direction of movement. Joe Shelton turned north to stay on the upwind side of this gauntlet.
With those criteria firmly in mind, we continued northeast. The scattered-to-broken undercast eventually became solid, and the tall and sometimes ominous lines of buildups to both our right and left became more imposing. The severity of the two lines was confirmed on the weather page on my Garmin G1000's MFD.
I comfortably punched through a few benign-looking clouds and asked for deviations around a couple of more ominous buildups. But unlike some days where you can watch the cumulus rise, on this day, the clouds we were passing didn't seem to have much instability.
At one point, I was looking at a buildup directly ahead and decided that while it looked benign, it probably warranted deviating. When I asked for a deviation, Center wondered why because their radar wasn't showing anything. An "aha" moment: Always ask for and use Center's radar eye and experience; they're there for you. But don't ever believe that they know more than your eyes tell you. It takes water droplets for radar to show anything, and this about-to-be thunderstorm wasn't mature enough yet. We received clearance for a deviation and skirted the buildup, but there was enough instability that we could feel turbulence even though we were miles upwind of it.
You've probably heard that you shouldn't rely on satellite weather for tactical guidance. Nothing I've seen disputes that fact, especially with fast-moving weather. But there are a lot of different types of weather information available, so when the weather is questionable, be sure to continually review everything that satellite weather offers. It's very useful for understanding the big picture and tracking weather patterns. I kept my eye on the Erie area weather throughout the trip, and periodically checked the current METAR, after verifying the reporting time, so I'd have a sense of whether we could make our destination.
I periodically turned on Cloud Tops and then Echo Tops to look ahead, so I'd have a sense of how long I could expect to stay at my cruise altitude. Technology aside, I knew it was going to be my Mark I Eyeball that provided the final weather navigation.
As we continued toward Erie, I continued to cycle through almost all of the weather information available through the G1000. My challenge was how to track the surface weather while continuing to monitor the rest of the weather picture. The G1000 has a feature on the weather page called METAR that displays a flag by each airport icon indicating whether that airport's last transmitted METAR was VFR, LVFR, IFR or LIFR. By turning on the METAR display and checking the actual reported weather at selected airports, I kept a running situational awareness on the weather below the overcast. I also kept Flight Watch active in the background, so I'd hear any information germane to my routing. In such a case, I listen for what the specialist tells others, but also listen for PIREPs for things like ice, turbulence, etc. (On a prior flight, I had once heard that my destination had gone below minimums over an hour before I'd have been in range to hear the ATIS, so I had plenty of time and fuel to plan a diversion.)
About this time, ATC offered that it looked like our clear route was beginning to close, and they recommended that we accept a deviation to the left to avoid the significant weather. That was an acceptable option because it would keep us out of the dual thunderstorm-line weather gauntlet and to the west of the more intense weather. It would also keep us upwind of all of the current cells. If you have the choice, always try to remain upwind of significant weather because the weather could move faster than planned or than SatWeather shows.
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