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I see the wrinkles in your suntanned brow,
You carried burdens then; you see them now.
You've heard the cries your people who in pain,
Have shed their tears two hundred years like rain.
Your sad brown eyes, reflecting now the sky
I see the wings of eagles flying by
Beside you stands an Appaloosa mare
Her spirit one with you now over there.
You hear the drums, they bid you to come near,
Your spirit drawn the beats they ring so clear.
Song like prayers are chanted through the night,
Calling you come, and help them end their plight.
You've heard sad cries and now stand at their side,
You join the prayers with both arms open wide,
United spirits sing until the dawn,
When in the fire's flames a golden fawn.
Remembering a smile crosses your face,
When tribes were one with Mother Nature's grace.
The lakes and streams flowing with waters clear,
Flow sadly now, the planet lives in fear.
The weightless feathers that adorn your head
Your tribes grey future weighed you down instead.
Now breathing deep you smell the winds of change
While here on earth your people rearrange.
Written by Brenda Meier-Hans
Giorgio A.V. Contest
Iambic Pentameter
1st place
Copyright © Brenda Meier-Hans | Year Posted 2014
Written for the Avebury Gorsedd, 24th September 2016
I wish you well...
I'm here, again…
Come riding in, upon the western wave
My hair all wove with golden leaves, my breast
As pale as moonlight on a hidden grave
And all the sins of summer long confessed
I come, again…
In sweeping skirts, with white swan feathers strewn
To brush the summer dust from weary grass
Make ash of aspen, damp the flame of noon
Before the frost freeze water into glass
I bring, to you…
Windfallen apples, berries from the hedge
Long shadows on the barrows, and the chalk
Wild winds to stir the willows and the sedge
And mist, and myth, down every path you walk
I'm here, again…
The promise of the harvest to fulfil
The energy of autumn, streaming through
The swirling springs that spiral round the hill
To drench the land in red and russet hue
I come, again…
Between the longest day and shortest night
To fill the blood and marrow of your bones
With all the orange glory of the light
Before the dark descend upon the stones
I bring, to you…
A cornucopia of ripened fruit
Dark juices of the vine in bottles bright
To nourish soul and body, to transmute
Your thought to dream, your dream to second sight
For I am She…
Am Autumn writ, in every field and tree
Am mistress of the Owl and running Hare
So yield unto my kiss, and blesséd be
And dance with me, oh Druid, if you dare…
@ Gail Foster 23rd September 2016
Copyright © Gail Foster | Year Posted 2016
I wander in the nature's green, trees in rows the birds preen
Like a gem glimmers the morning dew, with a precious diamond's hue
And flowers bloom as I gaze anew, eggs hatch to welcome lives in queue
I can smell the wondrous earth, the distant flow of water in mirth
It's a new dawn another day thereof, wherein I sense his breath of love.
As I prod on the old man smiles, he delivers milk by cycling miles
Passing the farmers sweet abode, the cry of new life reaches the road
A child wails by the neighbour's door, with a sweet candy her eyes adore
Roaming the street is a hound grown, pups trailing behind unknown
A jocund street undreamed of, wherein I sense his breath of love.
My dearest rush out sighting me afar, without whom my life is a war
The tiny tots in their cradles lie, as we sing a lullaby
This is the world I am part of, wherein I sense his breath of love.
© (4 Feb '15)
* Honourable mention in the contest 'Enter a poem #1' by Poet Destroyer
Copyright © poesy relish | Year Posted 2015
Rays of sunlight awaken and skies of sapphire inspire, when mother lies back with eyes veiled, breathing out life and breathing in spirit. She is the fertile earth and boundless sky. She glides through eternity, rising and falling. Her hair, once the color of midnight, now shines silver like beams from the full moon, and the stars encircling her, illuminate creation, igniting dreams and enchanting sleepless nights. As we, who no longer walk barefoot upon the earth, busy ourselves, forgetting to lift our eyes in witness to her majesty and her beauty and her grace. Our hearts still beat in unison with her essence. Beneath the stars, we walk upon the same dusty earth as our ancestors. The sky rumbles all around us with echoes of the past, and in stillness, she feels the knees of the forgotten pressed against her chest giving thanks for her nurturing breath.
spirits veil her eyes -
drifting through sapphire sky
constellations align
*Haibun form inspired by Susan Seddon Boulet's Gaia
(for Debbie Guzzi's Free Verse, Prose, Haibun Contest, 11/1/2014)
Copyright © Rhonda Johnson-Saunders | Year Posted 2014
Enchanting melodies call me to the lush green forest, the
calls of soprano birds singing to my spirit, heart, soul, blissfully.
Sweet rhapsodies enthrall me to dwell within this intoxicating forest.
Trancelike and enraptured, I fall into the emerald and the lovely wildflowers,
and the forest has a magical spell on my beauty. I dwell in this green dream.
Stillness, you will find with me in the lush, do not be afraid, just step into rapture.
You will find euphoria and peace, now take my hand and you will be transported . . .
June 28, 2016
Acrostic Free Verse
For the contest, Ecstasy
sponsor, John Hamilton
Third Place
Copyright © Broken Wings | Year Posted 2016
A void of Facebook
Creativity dies here...
Copyright © Dan Keir | Year Posted 2013
The Color Missing
Red, black, and blue are the colors of our work pens. Red is the color of the blood we spill on other people's mistakes. Blue is the color of the songs we sing on tax forms or pay stubs- every page has a secret melody. Black is the color of the streets we fear most. Black is the color of our signature of approval. Black is the color of our death.
'But what about the Green pens?' I ask. They say 'the ink is too hard to see.'
Copyright © Jacob Reinhardt | Year Posted 2013
The tall
Weeping willow
Waves majestically
Somehow she seems to be haunted
She's merely airing her branches
In the windy meadow
Being heard by
Written by Brenda Meier-Hans
Fall 2012
This is know as a Mirror Cinquain
5 Lines + 5 Lines
Syllables 1-2 2-4 3-6 4-8 5-2 6-2 7-8 8-6 9-4 10-2
The sweetest sounds of burning trees
A gentle stroking in the breeze
The calm has lasted past the storm
Cloudy visions, Satan's roar
Too many sights have passed my way
A time found only in the haze
The softest screams are running bare
My aching bones creak as I stare
You walk a distance towards me
The fall's eternal, can't you see?
I'm a memory in your heart
I whisper to you in the dark
The battle's started at the end
No one is coming to repent
The sinners grab their wine from prey
No judgment calling here to stay
The sport is reckless to be told
The one is laughing at his souls
It falters nowhere to be sure
The power grows forevermore
Like a spirit in the wind
I have no say in where you've been
But cross the line to come to me
And pay the price for ecstasy
You walk a distance towards me
The fall's eternal, can't you see?
I'm a memory in your heart
I whisper to you in the dark.
Copyright © John Paluszek | Year Posted 2013
A listening sky overhead,
hears whispers of our words, unsaid.
And though, sometimes, we feel alone,
that mere existance matters not,
or that one life will be forgot,
a chain links us to the unknown.
A listening sky overhead,
hears whispers of our words, unsaid.
We are a part of earth and sky,
as one with nature, when we die.
And though, sometimes, we feel alone,
a chain links us to the unknown.
A listening sky overhead,
hears whispers of our words, unsaid.
For Dr. Ram's Contest: Sonnetino Rispetto "Respect"
Copyright © Carrie Richards | Year Posted 2014
Peaceful Waters
Peaceful waters;
flow through my mind.
Helping me;
to leave worries behind.
Peaceful waters;
stir my soul.
Taking me;
Closer to my goal.
Peaceful waters;
heal my heart.
Calming me;
While we're apart.
Peaceful waters;
where the Creator abides.
Connecting me;
As a spiritual guide.
Peaceful waters;
restoring my gleam.
Soothing my spirit;
Carrying me to dreams.
Darlene Doll Smith
Copyright © Darlene Smith | Year Posted 2015
I've startled a frog, who leaps in flashes.
He and a grasshopper zig-zag away.
The lawn whispers mildly, in tune with the sun,
Yet something's amiss--the air is unsettled.
Squirrels and I stash away seeds,
salvaged from spent, rain-ravaged beds.
Bees are now torpid and cling to the mums.
Bedraggled zinnias give up the ghost.
It's a mixed-up magic--Sleeping Beauty
spies the Grim Reaper, who's eyeing the wheel.
She tries to distract him with colorful swirls,
but the spokes are pre-programmed; the sickle's in hand.
What becomes of the Grim Reaper's harvest,
of creatures who cannot withstand the strain?
The mystery hides in an infinite point--
the one in the center of The Great Hub--
the crux of a myriad transformations.
Copyright © Carol Mays | Year Posted 2015
She's the first image of God
the Alpha the Omega
the beginning NO end
the highest evolution of God
God sent
the Black woman is God
nappy nappy
the master
the servant
still happy happy
the first image of God
strength that cannot be broken
soul that cannot be bought with a
silver or gold token
she's the first image of God
Mother of the rainbow children
Lucy Auset Isis Virgin Mary
I know
sounds scary scary
the Black woman is God
skin as brown as dirt
divine flower sprung from the earth
she's the first image of God
Original descender
return of Christ
Nibiru ascender
the universal womb of God
divine womb divine wombman
holding the knowledge of God
the Black woman is the mystery of God
Isis Genesis
genealogy of God
Copyright © Nailah Baniti | Year Posted 2016
4 White Horses called to me
from across their field on that 1 day
They called my mind to come and see
their everyday scene so...overlooked
The gazes were steady the hearts true
as innocence pulled us together
Their knowledge of my soul was a wondrous feeling of trust...
their warm soft muzzles like velvet in my hands
Though fence between us...
I could feel their wild hearts racing across the plains
Massive white clouds rode the wind past the sun
sweeping shadows over the land like prehistoric birds
The scene calmly arouses memories of peace...of youth...of freedom
I feel a oneness with this land...with this moment...with this dream
I feel a oneness with these creatures so Majestic and Serene
Time could never change their hearts
or even taint their souls
and I could not tear myself away when it was time to go
Deep breath in... Deep breath out
I wished silently that all creatures could be at such peace
on that 1 day
-hope you enjoy this inspiration of a creature that changed my heart
Copyright © Chris Hagy | Year Posted 2016
The Epitaph of Earth may soon be writ
Upon the memory of a glory gone
For all things bright and beautiful, that inter-fused with death
Like harmony and breath have fled as one
-Suzanne Delaney
A Question in the Sky
There's a desert some place, where the sky fell through,
as the monsoons of March fervently proclaim, Must it be?
And there's a gardener some place (looking just like you)
whose heart now floats on what can only be called Hydrangea Sea.
And there's a question in the sky, that makes me wonder why,
we think for a moment, we can do better than this our planet.
For if we're made from Dust, why not share some love,
for the ground beneath you (do you see what's peeking through?)
For love is a fragile seed and if we don't care for it
the Epitaph of Earth may soon be writ.
... and what an elegy it would conjure! But I will weep just like a songbird,
for these tears, they carry a rebellious sheen,
taking me to the place of dandelions dreams,
that grow all the more because of it - watch as they glide
into skies unwritten - avenues forbidden ...
... but forget not your roots on the summer lawn
where malachite grass bid you good cheer,
green with envy at your escapade into azure folds.
Now only the voice of cicadas touch the dawn,
upon the memory of a glory gone.
But we will wait for you, Oh Gossamer King,
though we be tickled by twilight's tender touch,
intermixed sweetly with a hard kind of love.
If I must fall, knock me onto my back, Oh Life!
Onto the dew-laden blades, gazing up at stars,
so I might come to grips with smallness, like Biblical Seth
once did, ushering in future glory, though just a man.
"Appointed" just like the monsoons, that forged tombs, and summer blooms;
make merry the streams of laughing tears that Yeshua wept,
for all things bright and beautiful, that inter-fused with death.
And though often we may not know the reason
we must hold onto the hope there is a season!
A purpose for this downtime... purpose for this rhyme
For we all have things we must overcome
(just look at the rose who bears a dagger on her dress)
Even she lives in the night, awaiting the rise of the Son.
May there be no requiem composed for my passing,
for I follow the crowd, with eyes on the clouds.
Let us leave to proclaim, in triumph, "It is DONE!"
like harmony and breath have fled as one.
NOTE: If you'd like to read the flip-side of this, where I write the quatrain and Suz expands the thought, please check out her informative blog on this intriguing form, Glosa, as well as her beautifully personal poem, "Living in the Middle".
P.S.S. The name "Yeshua" is the Hebrew reading of the name "Jesus". The reason I put "Appointed" in italics is because the name "Seth" means "appointed", so it's somewhat of an attempt at wordplay.
Copyright © Timothy Hicks | Year Posted 2016
Enhanced by peaceful solitude, in twilight, crimson crowned
There, in tensile grace she stood, enchantment in disguise
Lightly splashed in backlight, where the tender grass had grown
A monumental moment, as she stood before my eyes
First stabbed by startled fear, new trust came pouring down
There, in tensile grace she stood, enchantment in disguise
Caressed in beauty, and sun embraced, revealed for me alone
Dare I break the silent calm, with breath or just a sigh?
First stabbed by startled fear, new trust came pouring down
A white tailed doe, was grazing there, aware and keen of eye
She perked up ears, alert for sound, yet, still she had not flown
Dare I break the silent calm, with breath or just a sigh?
Or take a step, in chance my foot could rustle twig or loam?
This stance of wills...intense and poised, a fleeting chance to flee
She perked up ears, alert for sound, yet still she had not flown
Eyes made of glass, as windows are, in which the iris tongue
We made no move...each one transfixed, no air in lungs to breathe
So inter-laced, with life force crossed, in universal one
Our spirits twined against the sky, beneath the copper trees
Whisper Of Your Soul
(Soul Listens On A Whisper)
Murmurs soft are sensed, mimic nature, diaphanous clouds spread wide
Settle softer than a translucent butterfly on spring light snow
It is the moon flirting in ebullience, fog rising on a thin film on winds side
Lifting skirts or is it veils? Unknown in this muted light of whispers glow
Mist rolls across the bog, pulls along reluctant virgin night
By golden glow, that holds the sky in humble hush, abeyance in a trance
Tracking down the birth of morning, bursting full of light
Barely able to mutter the words, "the light of day", the endless dance
You feel the vibrant tones, fold over meadows as you go
A vestigial tiny vessel of a virgin's secret opens here
Chasing dark away along the marsh with pounding heart to know
The open glen is near, fills up in brilliant colors clear
Soft luscious sounds fall silent on the morning air and then
Listen, it whispers on the minutia of the moment something true
Holds on to quiet in the silent glen
Waiting on a whisper Imbued with truth, soft thoughts of you
Created on 12/16/14 for "Whisper Of Your Soul" Poetry Contest Sponsored by Gail Angel Doyle
Copyright © Earl Schumacker | Year Posted 2014
I go to the woods, to the woods I go;
To sit and be alone.
To listen to the voice of above;
to feel, to know, his great love.
I go to the creek, to the creek I go;
To cleanse in the waters pure.
To renew as I was at birth;
To pay homage to Mother Earth.
I go to the fields, to the fields I go;
To welcome each new harvest.
To be grateful for blessings bestowed;
For all who is born, and all who grows.
I go to the sky, to the sky I go;
One day when my journey here be o'er.
Until that day, I walk my road;
Where it takes me, I shall go.
May all your journeys be blessed ones.
Darlene Doll Smith
Listen to the subtle sounds,
surrounding Mother nature.
And you'll hear water chuckling,
as it gurgles over rocks.
The drone of a humming bird,
or song of a humpback whale.
And the sonic squeaks and clicks,
formed by a chatty dolphin.
A cicada competing,
with the chirp of a cricket.
And the wailing winds whistling,
within the weeping willows.
Laugher riding white water,
careening off canyon walls.
And you'll hear the voice of God,
you merely have to listen.
Copyright © Emile Pinet | Year Posted 2015
Oh how beautiful the day you gave to me
A new and bright glorious day your mercy is new and your love is fresh
Lord I desire your ways and your rest to see your hand touch my life
Is great and peaceful and keeps me right
I stand and look inside my soul
The way you make things unfold
The little things Lord they make me new
The touch of the wind gives me life from you.
The flowers and there fragrance are lifting me up
I love you Lord your precious to me even though I fail and wander you take me in and make me humble
Your ways are glorious why can't the world see the light you give inside me take my hand Lord help me be
The woman you made when you set me free.
Written by:©Betty Bolden
All poems are copyright!©
Copyright © Betty Bolden | Year Posted 2013
Observe how the ants labor without a peep;
Note the fine artistry of the spider's web-spinning;
Who will wake the bear from his long winter sleep?
Stand in awe of the hummingbird flapping its wings;
Listen to the lovely melody the songbirds sing;
Watch the majestic hawks leave their nests and soar;
Bask in the rising sun's heat at the ocean shore.
An invitation into God's presence
comes from the sun, the creatures, and much more.
All of His creation emits His essence.
Copyright © Kim Bond | Year Posted 2014
As dawn's early mist rises
its wrapped lovingly with care
Blanketed in silence
its sheer beauty is rare.
Muted and glowing
the sun delicately peeks through
It's presence a heavenly
palette of pale earthly hues.
With the whispering wind
swaying amongst fragile limbs
It is transformed like no other
a melodic blissful hymn.
As a soft breeze caresses
the mist gently clears
It is here she has found
a serenity to hold dear.
reworked 08-11-2016
Copyright © Lynn Marie | Year Posted 2016
Beauty, like Truth,
speaks eternal promise
yet timeless decomposition.
Flexing Grace
with impacting empathic Truth
optimize promised prophets past
reiterating Golden Mythic Creation Stories.
Many have mentioned strength of compassion
and tenacious flexibility of mutual mindfulness
as Two Horses to effective political-economic
natural-spiritual sufficiency.
Most dominant Yang encultured poli-economic operators
require less YangTruth voice
and more cooperative listening Yintegrity,
less powering over by opting first for powering cooperatively
WinWin toward truly engaging, multiculturally embracing, outcomes.
Yang speaks integrity of fertile passion,
often urgent.
Yin is aptic-optic-empathic,
yet also can step up to polypathic,
mindful selfless, and too spineless, flexibility
for more competitive deductive-reductive exercises.
Too Yin oppressing cultural feelings,
absence of Yang SelfPassion singing in harmony with CoPassion,
brings depression
about oppressive Yang's nondual pouting doubting absence.
Passionate integrity Left
with grateful flexibility Right,
can bring mindfully optimal strength
to face conflict,
even climatic boundary issues and situations,
tipping toward nutritional doors needing further opening,
tipping away from toxic possibilities
currently trending toward more monoculturally closed-door competitive stink.
Love's strength is coordinated integrity,
cooperative flexibiity,
promising mutually mindful gratitude outcomes
for endless generations of Earth's Tribes.
Balanced together,
truth and beauty as passion with multiculturing flexibility,
both universalist Yang and unitarian Yin
synergetically square-dancing bilateral capacities
for receiving love
and for loving influence, production,
articulation within co-arising Now's invitations
into further evolving Grace.
Optimal health/wealth strength in each Eternal Moment
dynamically balances integrity and flexibility,
confluence and yet also the glad-joy memories
of dissonance lost, with gratitude, for strengths of flexibility,
curiosity, empathy.
Old School gut polyculturing wisdoms.
New Economics politically ecotherapeutic optimization,
EcoConscious ReGenesis.
A new (0)-Core PostMillennial health/pathology ruddered threshold
establishing to pursue and play further WinWin deviance
into ecological norms
re-membering evolutionary/revolutionary calibrations past,
more deductively inclusive of other organic polynomials,
balancing positive with double-negative variables,
moments equivalently between past and future
co-evolving systems;
political power positives,
economic co-investment in ecotherapeutic futures
with long-term slow-growth
nutritionally cooperative positive (0)Riginal Health EnCulturing Intent.
Prophesying Evolutionary Outcomes among still-emergent PolyCulturing EarthTribes,
to date,
save for those already passed entirely away,
harbingers of what we are invited to cooperatively change.
Copyright © Gerald Dillenbeck | Year Posted 2016
May the wisdom of the serpent be thine,
Close to the earth as it lives underground,
Into the forest, we follow the hind,
Knowledge surrounds all, waiting to be found.
Secretly I sit, silently in awe,
Captivated by all the breathing trees,
Esoteric in nature, I see more,
Against my face, I feel the warmest breeze.
Time stands still when you,re sitting on a hill,
I drift off into a deep calming spell,
Thy soul is replenished, it's gained its fill,
As if I've taken a drink from youths well.
Thou secrets that fall from heavenly heights,
No matter to me if it's days or nights.
(10 syllables per line)
Copyright © Rick Keeble | Year Posted 2016
I first met Autumn when I was very, very young,
she was just a shy, quiet girl, but so very bright.
These maple trees were our favorite to play among,
as our laughter faded away with the falling sunlight.
I can still see her brown sweater, and reddish-orange hair,
blowing around her smiling face, like a flickering flame.
Her innocent voice still whispers on October's cool air,
near the place, where our lonely swing remains the same.
As the summer days said goodbye, and welcomed September,
the death of my dear, young friend came all too soon.
Autumn was one of those whom you'd always remember,
her soul was as beautiful as the shining, harvest moon.
She was here, then gone, leaving words that were never spoke,
to this day, I have never understood why Autumn had to leave.
Her presence lingers on the wind, like drifting wood-smoke,
as once a year, her playful spirit arises on All Hallow's Eve.
August, 4th, 2014
Copyright © Kelly Deschler | Year Posted 2014
Sometimes I admire the littlest things
A simple rock. A blade of grass.
They need no future goals, no tax exemptions
They don't need to go anywhere or be anything
They just are.
Sometimes, especially when I'm reading life insurance policies,
I envy the rocks and the grass
And try to be like them for a moment.
I sit perfectly still and give myself to the wind-
And it whispers in my ear:
Just be.
And for that moment I don't need to go anywhere or be anything.
And at the snap of my fingers,
All the complex widgets and gizmos that make up my life
Fold into paper airplanes and fly off in the wind.
Jacob Reinhardt
I know its the summer time because of how naturally
Your beauty compliments the caress of a summer breeze
As I watch the world from beneath a shady tree
I take in the delightful comfort of everything I see
But in the same breath I am holding up my hands
Lord will you please give me back the things I no longer have
They are even more a part of me now that they are gone
As the sun falls below where the horizon is still holding on
Somewhere between the falling light and a star lit night
Is a dream that last forever and will never say goodbye
As the wind gently blows through the brush and shakes the leaves
It begins to hum a melody that I want to sing
At that very moment I smile for all the joy I have
Its so uplifting for me to see melancholy dance
Soon the morning sun will rise and capture my eyes
As I watch the hand of God paint a brand new sky
With every stroke of color I swallow all my pride
And I find a new place to dream of endless times
If I should ever get to the place I left my broken heart
Only then will I believe this brand new day will start
Again Im reminded of why my heart beats so restlessly
Only the speed of thought and my soul beneath this tree
Copyright © Jesse James Forster | Year Posted 2013
After I thought a while it seemed clear
it wasn't the yap, yap, buzz, ring, chat
that drove him away from the city.
Nor the police alarm yaw-yahing
saying danger or someone hurts.
It was the hands. Hands reaching
to touch his face, his hands, head.
Hand to rub his belly or grip his shoulder.
Hands coming from above, or below,
little squirts tugging at his clothes.
Once away into the hidden places
where no one lives the animals peeked
so further he went, seeking grit
to rub against, hard stone for bed,
the cold of stars above in the night.
A place where lizards basked from afar--
other survivors looking for a drink of water,
a drink of alone to coil within breast,
for weariness to weight the legs
heart pumping alone, be still, find grace
with the end of the tolling bells.
Where self is a light to breathe upon
let flare into true soul, the space
where heart flares out like a beacon
for all to hold and when you're ablaze
there's none to say they are you they.
Just peace. Belief. Tomorrow rising
with a hunger that goes beyond feed
goes beyond trust, goes beyond life
to a beauty amazed to find where once
having found blaze it never goes out
ready to hand out and hand out.
Copyright © Sheri Fresonke Harper | Year Posted 2013
Beauty of nature
Why condense it down to God?
Isn't life enough?
Quiet, peaceful, erect in the morning light
glorifying creation in silent praises.
The night wind blows in a sacred dance
and whispers heavenly praises to you.
The earth below you holds you in a firmament
and sustains its life with praises for you.
Your bow bends as enchanted echos
resound in praises to you.
As your skin sheds and falls
It rejoices in praises for you.
For you are life,
the beginning and the end
the source and flow
of all that exists.
And for all these miracles
praises don't suffice;
but just the same from all our kind,
forests large and orchards small,
saplings new, and trunks quite tall,
we thank you in praise everlasting.
CAK 9-2012 Revised 9-16-2013
Copyright © Allan Koven | Year Posted 2013


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At the very end of May, we left Buffalo for Florence via Philadelphia and Brussels, Belgium, to spend our summer vacation in Italy. I have been looking forward to this trip. After a year far away from my native country and my hometown, together with my husband Alex and our daughter Sofia, we will spend a couple of months in my beloved Tuscany, surrounded by family, friends, and certainly good food!
For the first time, I traveled to Italy with my new blue passport, since I became US citizen in November of 2011. In my purse, I also had my red passport, testifying that I am still an Italian and European citizen, which is important for my identity. As my late father wrote in his dedication to the three volumes of the Divine Comedy by Italian and Tuscan medieval writer and poet Dante Alighieri, I will always carry my Italian roots with me, wherever I will be and wherever I will live.
For sure, I recognized my roots as soon as I arrived to Colle di Val d'Elsa, where I was born, grew up, and lived until 2006, when I moved to the U.S. Now, a few days after our arrival, I am still adjusting to few little things, such as the fact that Italians generally don't greet you on the street, unless they know you personally. However, my co-citizens have a very positive image of Americans, who always greet the locals with courtesy and big smiles.
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Oberdan Street with a delicatessen cart.
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Arnolfo di Cambio Square in Colle di Val d'Elsa with clothing carts.
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, and I certainly have missed the local markets here. I know that many American tourists are enamored with our local markets (mercati), which are comparable to Fredonia's Farmers' Market, but with some notable differences. Italian markets are not seasonal, but run throughout the year. Each village or town has at least one, while the bigger cities can have several.
The market is organized once a week, in the morning. People start preparing their carts with the merchandise around 6:00 in the morning, already disassembling everything around 1 p.m. Smaller towns are often networked so that their markets operate on different dates, allowing the merchants to travel and sell their goods in different markets on different days. For instance, Colle di Val d'Elsa has its own market on Fridays morning, Poggibonsi (3 miles away) on Tuesdays, the tower city San Gimignano (5 miles away) on Thursdays, and Siena (10 miles away) on Wednesdays. These days were decided on far back in history and have never changed. The markets are hosted in squares, streets, and parking lots, which are cleared for those days.
The market size is based on the number of inhabitants of the towns. Siena, the capital of our province, has the biggest market with merchants traveling there from throughout the region, and has the biggest and most well-stocked market. Conversely, where my mother lives, namely in a frazione (hamlet) called Gracciano, which is administratively still part of my hometown, a local market was established quite recently on Wednesdays morning to cater to those who face difficulties in visiting the other markets.
What can people buy in these mercati? Everything! You can find carts full of veggies and fruits from local farmers, exactly like our local Farmers' Markets, but you can also find food products such as cheese (formaggio), cold cuts (affettati), butchered meats, fish, oil, wine, chocolates, or other candies. You can see roasted chicken (polli arrosto) slowly turning on a spit, but also kebabs (spiedini), sausages, our famous porchetta, namely a spit roasted pig flavored with seasonings with a very thick skin, French fries (patatine fritte), potatoes baked in the oven (patate arrosto), croquette potatoes (crocchette di patate) or lasagne. Certainly, food differs from region to region, so one would find different food and pre-prepared dishes in different parts of Italy.
The local markets also offer other everyday goods, including leather goods such as purses, bags, and belts, clothing and shoes, toys, kitchen utensils, flowers (fresh and fake) and plants, or fabrics. Each cart is very specialized, only carrying particular wares. Prices can be very competitive, but one often needs to pay attention to the quality! Markets are always full of local buyers, who treat them as much as social events as for making purchases.
As one can imagine, Italians excel at making small talk and being social. During the summer months the markets exact an even greater pull, and one sees more teenagers around the markets as well as an influx of tourists, who really enjoy the authentic Italian market experience. You can see many of these tourists leaving the mercati full of white plastic bags, certainly indicating that they embraced this special, Italian tradition. So, if you travel to Italy, make sure to visit our mercati!
Chiara De Santi is a professor of Italian Studies at SUNY Fredonia. Her travel series will be running Sundays on the Travel page. Send comments on this column to firstname.lastname@example.com

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October 25, 2006
9:00 a.m.
Commissioners' Conference Room
Commissioner Bill Dwyer presided with Commissioners Bobby Green, Sr., Anna Morrison, Peter Sorenson and Faye Stewart present. County Administrator Bill Van Vactor, County Counsel Teresa Wilson and Recording Secretary Melissa Zimmer were also present.
There will be an 11:00 a.m. time certain Executive Session. Item 15 c. is not a public hearing.
John Dodge stated he was interested in vacating Templeton Road. He said last week the Board discussed this item and it came to a tied vote. He stated he lives on Templeton Road and wants the road the way it is. He said he knows everyone who lives on this road. He presented the Board with a petition from people on Templeton Road. He noted the options to rectify the situation are to either open the road or vacate the road. He said having a gate for limited access for a few chosen individuals didn't sound right to him. He said no one uses the road as no one knows where the road is.
Larry Reed, JRH Transportation, Eugene, represented the Swans. He said they were present about the vacation of Brown Road. He indicated it is a deadend road and they are asking that 50 feet at the end of the road be vacated. He said the road goes 17 feet to the Swans' house. He stated the road will never go through, or it would run between her house, garage and barn. He added it would also go into Elijah Bristow State Park. He said in looking at the master plan for the state park, it would be counter productive to ever put a road through the park as it would compromise their security.
Cindy Land, Eugene, continued talking about maintaining the livestock arena for the fairgrounds. She said the $100,000 in gross revenue that is currently being proposed by the YMCA is a gross number. She said if they subtract the tangible expenses, she calculated about $96,000 per year for the first year. She wanted the Board to consider that the $100,000 was really about $4,000 per year in revenue to the livestock arena. She said there was an incorrect amount given to the Board in the minutes from the Lane County Fair Board. She indicated they said there was only $2,275 in revenue that was generated in 2006. She talked to the Eugene Kennel Club and they received a bill for $6,138 for their use of the livestock arena for the dog show. She thought there could be additional funds that could be generated from a livestock arena.
Peter Ferris, Walport, stated he is a statewide advocate regarding the disclosure issue. He indicated there have been 13 mobile home parks closed in Washington County and 600 people in Bend were displaced. He said in Lane County they are trying to declare a moratorium until they get help for people. He said given the law, if an owner closes a park and gives a year's notice, most of the people will lose their investment. He added there are no places where they can take their mobile home even if they can take it. He said they want a moratorium until January 2008 in order to get the cities to enhance an ordinance or to get the legislature to act. He asked the Board to recommend to the cities in this county to pass a moratorium until January 1, 2008.
Dwyer thought there were ways to fix the problem. He thought Ferris should go to the people who have the authority and ask them directly.
Mary Jacobs, Junction City, expressed her concern about the public income measure. She said the wording of the proposal was voter blackmail. She indicated that she and her husband will pay over $400 per year if the tax goes through. She said that was $400 less that would go into local businesses each year. She asked if local businesses would not pay as much tax. She asked why they were enacting a tax that has to go through the state to be collected. She asked to put a tax on restaurant meals, collected locally and paid by visitors to Lane County. She thought it would spread the payment to a wider base. She thought the Board needed to declare what would happen if the income tax measure doesn't pass.
Paul Spain, Eugene, stated he has property on River Avenue. He said the City of Eugene is going to spend $2.2 million on improving River Avenue Road, designated as a major collector street. He indicated information from Ollie Snowden, Public Works, said they would close the River Avenue on and off ramps. He said Lane County Public Works is suggesting that that be eliminated. He thought they were looking to find an alternative to help improve what is already a terrible traffic situation. He suggested working closer with ODOT to move up on their schedule and reallocate the funding that was taken away. He wanted to make sure that the River Avenue onramp remains open.
Dwyer commented they were being used by the process. He said someone wants to have a traffic design to allow the pending hospital to be able to use different mechanisms. He said the estimates and impacts are unknown as to the traffic solutions to be considered.
Spain encouraged the Board to do what they can to help mitigate what is trying to be ramroded down the community's throats.
Green said they took action in May to withhold funding. He said they have a serious problem with the Delta Beltline issue. He wanted to deal with the problem independent of any hospital building. He participated in the River Avenue process. He asked the engineer to convene a group of problem solvers. He said they have the option of doing nothing. He wanted to solve the traffic problem in that area. He was disappointed that ODOT didn't do the technical analysis.
Spain indicated the River Avenue project was modified significantly.
Morrison noted that Lane County had no money in the River Avenue project. She thought the city put a hold on the project.
Spain said the project will begin in 2007.
Rob Handy, Eugene, discussed transportation issues. He said what is on people's minds is potholes and dealing with existing facilities. He said they are not talking about building new facilities as a new priority. He wanted to see the $17 million from the failed West Eugene Parkway project be kept in the community for other projects. He said given the unpredictability of the Secure Rural School Act funding, he suggested that with Division Avenue Bridge the Board consider Option 6, creating a safety net reserve with transportation funding.
Chris Orsinger, Eugene, represented Friends of Buford Park and Mt. Pisgah on the item related to a fire contract with the Oregon Department of Forestry. He thought it was an excellent idea. He proposed that a fire plan be incorporated into a broader habitat and vegetation plan that been called for in the master plan for Parks but had never been developed. He said prescribed fire is being used in the park not only to reduce fuel loads and the hazard of a wildfire in the future but as a tool to manage habitats. He said Friends of Buford Park, the Oregon Department of Forestry and Lane County collaborated to implement prescribed burns in the park. He said with the idea of a habitat management plan that incorporates fire as a tool, they could identify regions within the park that could burn safely. He indicated that Friends of Buford Park has allocated $10,000 in their budget for next year to try to move forward with assessments that are the preliminary steps in a habitat management plan. He wanted to move forward with the habitat management plan and the fire plan as one and not break the plan off.
a. DISCUSSION AND ORDER 06-10-25-1/In the Matter of Responding to the LUBA Remand of the Decision Enacting Ordinance No. PA 1229 and Supporting that Ordinance by Adoption of Additional Supplemental Findings to Further Show How Modifications to the Lane County Coastal Resources Management Plan Comply with Statewide Goal 16 [LMD File No. PA 05-5506, City of Florence and Shelter Care Homeowners Association].
Kent Howe, Land Management, reported in February 2006 the Board co-adopted a portion of the Florence City Ordinance that amended the Coastal Resources Management Plan. He indicated the amendment was to recognize changes that have occurred in the Siuslaw River Estuary and change the designation from natural to conservation for sub area ( c)(1) management unit. He noted that action was appealed to LUBA. He said LUBA issued a decision that upheld the County's action on most of the issues raised by the petitioners but remanded the action based on the Goal 16 requirement that the County consider and describe in the plan the potential cumulative impacts of the alterations and development activities envisioned. He said Oregon Administrative Rule allows that such description may be general but shall be based on the best available information and projections. He indicated that County staff has worked with the applicant and the City of Florence staff to respond to the remanded issues. He said the proposed order explains the responses and describes the evidence in the existing record. He thought responding to the remand issues does not reopen the record for additional evidence. He said the supplemental findings and description of the evidence in the record established that the amendments to the Coastal Resources and Management Plan did not affect compliance with Goal 16 because there is a considerable body of evidence in the record that addresses the cumulative impacts that may occur as a result of the change in the management unit designation. He added that evidence in the record analyzes the cumulative impacts already considered, described and acknowledged in the Coastal Resources Management Plan and shows that the cumulative impacts of the change to the management unit for sub area (c) (1) is consistent with the overall cumulative impacts anticipated in the acknowledged Coastal Resources Management Plan.
Howe explained that evidence in the record shows that due to changes in the ecological condition of the area, the change in designation for sub area (c)(1) is consistent with Goal 16 requirements for comprehensive plans. He said since they presented the original agenda cover memo, two items came in: one suggesting language to be added to the board order, and comments about the proposed order. He thinks the record shows that due to changes in the ecological condition of the area, the amendment to the Coastal Resources Management Plan is consistent with all of the Goal 16 requirements for comprehensive plans, and with those amendments the Coastal Resource Management Plan reflects sufficient consideration of the potential cumulative impacts of the alterations and development activities envisioned by the amendments. He noted the proposed board order does cite evidence in the record supporting the additional text, but explains how the redesignated area buffers other more productive areas and connects the language to the impact analysis to address the shortcomings identified by the LUBA remind decision. He said for those reasons, adoption of the original proposed order is recommended.
Dwyer stated their decision is based upon the record that shows it doesn't relate to Goal 16 directly and any additional action will require subsequent review.
Vorhes said the two issues that LUBA focused on indicated that the decision previously adopted didn't have adequate findings to describe the things this order will do. He indicated they went back through the record and pulled out the parts that were the substance of the analysis that lead to the Board's decision. He said it wasn't articulated clearly and specifically directed to what evidence in the record was indicating what the impacts might be. He said this order with the proposed findings attempts to do that. He added for this area specifically, there are code provisions the City of Florence adopted to show what could be done in these areas. He indicated that these provisions include a long impact assessment that leads to a lengthy cumulative impact analysis. He said they looked at all the studies and facts that were presented to the Board through the course of the proceeding and this Board proposed in the findings a basis for the action previously adopting the ordinance.
Sorenson asked if they were under any timeline for making a decision.
Vorhes responded that remand proceedings are left to the governing body in the remand because they have not adopted in their code any specific timelines or processes for addressing remands. He said in this case there is a statutory provision that says they have to act on a remand within 90 days. He said the applicant asked them to move so they are moving within that period of time. He said in this case they have reviewed what the remand said and what the options were. He said their recommendation is to do the action without reopening the record or holding any public hearings. He said they think all of the evidence is in the record that is necessary to address.
Sorenson wanted an expanded process. He thought there was a mistake made in the material presented and that was why LUBA reversed it.
MOTION: to approve 06-10-25-1.
Green MOVED, Morrison SECONDED.
VOTE: 4-1 (Sorenson dissenting).
a. Announcements
b. ORDER 06-10-25-2/In the Matter of Authorizing Submission of a $50,000 Grant Application to the Oregon Economic and Community Development Department and Authorizing the County Administrator to Sign the Grant Application Documents.
Dwyer explained that this was an application for a study grant.
Mike McKenzie-Bahr, Economic Development, noted that the application required the attachment of a board order to the application showing the governing body has approved the application submission. He said the cost is $50,000 for a feasibility study for ethanol, a major component of alternative fuel. He said it would fund three studies statewide.
MOTION: to approve ORDER 06-10-25-2.
Stewart MOVED, Morrison SECONDED.
Morrison was concerned about the outcome. She said she has seen a lot of dollars wasted to this point regarding this type of activity and wanted to be cautious as to who will get the contract to produce the study.
Stewart said he was supportive of them doing whatever they can for development in the area. He thought it would be a good idea if they could take the product and create an alternative fuel and make money for the County.
McKenzie-Bahr stated he brought this to the Economic Development Standing Committee and there was a unanimous vote to submit the application.
a. ORDER 06-10-25-3/In the Matter of Ratifying Agreements With the Eastern Lane Forest Protective Association For Fire Response Services For the Howard Buford Recreation Area (HBRA), Armitage Park and Hendricks Bridge Park.
Todd Winter, Parks, noted that this is for three of their facilities outside of the fire protection districts. He indicated the Five Year Armitage and Hendricks Bridge Parks Agreement were executed by the Public Works Director on August 22. He said the five year HBRA and Mt. Pisgah agreements were executed by the county administrator on September 16. He explained that ratification of the agreements by the Board is appropriate for consideration with a catastrophic fire. He said a catastrophic fire could result in unforeseen expenditures to fire suppression equipment and fire crews. He indicated if there is a fire at Howard Buford Recreation Area under the current contract, the unit will use all of its resources to fight the fire at no additional cost to the County. He added if the unit needs to call in a helicopter or an additional fire fighting crew, they would pass the cost along to the County. He stated if there were no contracts in place and a major fire were to spread, it could be possible the County could have civil liability for the fire spreading to other properties.
Winter explained that annexation within the unit's district boundary would possibly eliminate the additional cost of resources beyond the unit's capacity, if the County had a mechanism for paying full district membership fees or taxes. He added the boundary changes and annexations cannot occur until the state completes a study, and the Oregon Department of Forestry estimates this should be completed within a year. He indicated at that time, Public Works will request that the Oregon Department of Forestry consider including Howard Buford Recreation Areas and Mt. Pisgah, Armitage and Hendricks Park and Short Mountain within the fire district's boundaries. He said they do prescribed burns and the Oregon Department of Forestry uses it as a training exercise. He said it also reduces a fuel load to prevent a catastrophic fire. He noted in extreme fire danger where it is dry, they work with the Oregon Department of Forestry to close the park. He indicated they had not called the HBRA within the last two fire seasons. He noted they did close the park in 2002 and 2003 for about six weeks.
Winter stated they do have fire protection in place for the facilities. He said if a bad fire broke out at Mt. Pisgah, they might have to call a helicopter that might exceed the delegated authority of the county administrator or the Public Works director.
Dwyer asked about the cost.
Winter said the cost is $3,419 per year or about $1.41 per acre. He noted that the Goshen Fire Department covers the structures.
Wilson said these were three year agreements so they would need to change the board order.
Snowden stated the cost falls within his and the County Administrator's authority, but there is no upper limit to their liability.
Dwyer stated that they need to look at capping their liability.
Stewart recalled that Chris Orsinger spoke and wanted to make a management plan that allowed some areas to burn. He was concerned because when a fire starts, they don't know where the prevailing winds are coming from, the weather conditions and who it is going to affect. He didn't want to make a document that would open them up to potential problems in the future.
MOTION: to approve ORDER 06-10-25-3 with the correct year on the contract.
Green MOVED, Morrison SECONDED.
b. REPORT BACK Delta/Beltline Interchange Funding. (NBA & PM 5/17/06)
Dwyer said the reason this has come back was because they were approached for a bridge that doesn't exist for prospective traffic studies that would foster someone's application for a hospital.
Snowden indicated they came back to the Board because the Board asked them in May to get together with ODOT to look for a way to spend County money to make substantial improvements. He said they knew at the time that Triad had a process going on with a metro plan amendment on River Ridge. He recalled when the Board set up this process, the direction was Lane County's process would run parallel to Triad's but if there was some opportunity to partner with Triad, they weren't going to shut them off without coming to the Board first to discuss it. He noted at one time McKenzie-Willamette came to them to use the Division Avenue Bridge in their traffic impact analysis. He said in order to do that, as part of their mitigation measures of their application, they would need something from MPC that would take the Division Avenue Bridge out of the future list and put it in the regional transportation plan. He sent out e-mails and had a work session planned to discuss the possibility. He added in the meantime McKenzie-Willamette decided that they didn't want to have to rely on Division Avenue Bridge as part of the mitigation strategy. He said on September 16 they submitted a revised traffic impact analysis to the city that didn't consider Division Avenue Bridge, but back to ramp metering on the Beltline ramps. He said that was under review. He said that McKenzie-Willamette was going to add more information today.
Tom Stinchfield, Public Works, stated he was going to Salem and it was his understanding that McKenzie-Willamette was going to submit additional materials that revise their September 15 study. He said the application is in process but they are still revising their materials and no hearings have been scheduled.
Snowden commented that a couple of months ago it looked like the County and Triad process might converge, but they are separate. He reported the County staff met with Eugene and ODOT staff and they looked at three alternatives: a split diamond, auxiliary ramp lanes on westbound Beltline, and the Division Avenue Bridge. He said ODOT's high level analysis concluded that of those three projects, only the Division Avenue Bridge is one that would provide some significant traffic relief and could be separated from the ODOT process. He said ODOT starts with a corridor study in the Area 5 planning budget (a two year program). He indicated that in FY 09 they would start with the environmental process that would lead to a NIPA document. He thought after talking with ODOT, the soonest for any construction to start would be 2013, if they had money for the project. He added that they don't have any money for construction. He asked the Board what they wanted to do with any unallocated County money from the County road funds regarding Division Avenue Bridge. He recalled this past year they eliminated 10 positions out of the road fund and engineering because they didn't have enough CIP work to keep the positions busy. He added they are planning on eliminating another six jobs the next fiscal year because if they don't eliminate more positions, the $4 million or $5 million in reserves might not be there. He asked the Board to take the money to see if they could find partner money to build the Division Avenue Bridge, but their revised estimates are $28 million. He said they could take direction to take the money for other CIP projects, or to put it aside to wait to see how the Secure Rural Schools legislation plays out before they decide to reallocate the money. He recommended holding the money aside.
Morrison thought in the longer term, they need to make a note that they have to remove the corridor study money from their United Front package. She said in looking at the state, the bonding with the Connect Oregon project is on hold. She noted nothing is moving forward until after the election. She said they have to look into the longer term picture. She thought they should put the money into a reserve.
MOTION: to approve Option 6.
Morrison MOVED, Green SECONDED.
Green supported reserving the money. He was disappointed that ODOT didn't do anything substantive and no scoping had been done. He commented that they aren't getting any relief from ODOT and this is the biggest traffic problem they currently have. He said many accidents have happened.
Snowden indicated that ODOT is saying if Lane County wants federal money to provide relief for the Beltline corridor, they have to play by the federal rules, including a corridor study and a NIPA process. He said if there is no federal money, the Division Avenue Bridge could be a local project that wouldn't involve federal money. He noted they would still have environmental constraints but they wouldn't be bound to the federal process.
Stewart asked if the traffic speed could be lowered through the area to make the area safer.
Stinchfield indicated they are reviewing the speed zones based on a public request. He said it is actually 45 miles per hour. He said they have a request to extend the zone on Delta Highway south of Goodpasture. He stated they hadn't reached a conclusion on that.
Green thought the easiest solution was to have a dedicated exit lane on both sides of the highway.
c. ORDER 06-10-25-4/In the Matter of the Vacation of a Portion of Brown Road (Co. Rd. 1196), Located in the Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) of Section 6, Township 19 South, Range 1 West of the Willamette Meridian, in Lane County, Oregon, Without a Public Hearing, and Adopting Findings of Fact (19-01-06).
Bill Robinson, Land Management, stated there was public comment this morning from Mr. Reed on the property. He said the area is 50 feet in length, 60 feet in width and Mrs. Swan is the owner on both sides. He said she petitioned so she could have better use of her property and wanted to reconfigure part of it. He added that she also wants to sell off one of the preconfigured lots. He said she would get the barn, shed, the well and the house on the same property and move the end of the road from where it is now 17 feet from her house, another 50 feet further.
Dwyer stated he has a philosophical opposition to vacating any public land without a public hearing.
Robinson said they notified the neighbors about this and they gave six weeks for the neighbors to respond. He received one call back.
MOTION: to approve ORDER 06-10-25-4.
Green MOVED, Stewart SECONDED.
Sorenson asked if this was approved what the impact would be on the land use of the properties in the area.
Robinson said it wouldn't trigger any land use issue as she currently has multiple legal lots.
VOTE: 3-2 (Dwyer, Sorenson dissenting).
d. ORDER 06-10-25-5/In the Matter of the Vacation of a Portion of Lamb Road, Co. Rd. 517 (Originally Demming Road), Located in the Southwest Quarter (SW 1/4) of Section 7, Township 17 South, Range 5 West of the Willamette Meridian, in Lane County, Oregon, Without a Public Hearing, and Adopting Findings of Fact (17-05-07).
Robinson noted there is about 1500 feet of road being petitioned. He said it came about because the owner of tax lot 1001 found out the ten acres they had couldn't be partitioned because they didn't have enough square footage. He recalled in 1902 when the road was laid out, it began at Territorial Highway and ran less than a half mile to the quarter section line and jogged up to the north. He couldn't find in the petition why the road was jogged up to the section line. He said in 1975 there was a dedication for another 30 feet along the site. He added in 1947 there was a subdivision along the south side of the section line creating a 60 foot road. He noted the road as physically built and located was on the south side of the section line. He said they sent notices out. He stated if they could get 15 people to sign the petition, they could do it without a public hearing. They received 16 signatures.
MOTION: to approve ORDER 06-10-25-5.
Morrison MOVED, Stewart SECONDED.
Dwyer was against passing this without a public hearing.
VOTE 3-2 (Dwyer, Sorenson dissenting).
e. FIRST READING AND SETTING SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING Ordinance No. PA 1235/In the Matter of Amending the Rural Comprehensive Plan to Redesignate Land From "Forest" to "Marginal Land" and Rezoning That Land From "F-2/Impacted Forest Lands" to "ML/Marginal Land", and Adopting Savings and Severability Clauses (file PA 04-6308; Dennis) (Second Reading & Public Hearing: November 8, 2006, 1:30 p.m.).
MOTION: to approve a First Reading and Setting a Second Reading and Public Hearing on Ordinance No. PA 1235 for November 8, 2006 at 1:30 p.m.
Green MOVED, Stewart SECONDED.
a. ORDER 06-10-25-7/In the Matter of Ratifying the Tentative Agreement Between Lane County and the Federation of Oregon Parole and Probation Officers (FOPPO).
Frank Forbes, Management Services, explained that this was the new bargaining unit. He indicated that this is a two year agreement in keeping with the similar patterns of the other bargaining units. He said the money is available in the existing budget He recommended approval. He added they will be bargaining again next spring.
MOTION: to approve ORDER 06-10-25-7.
Green MOVED, Stewart SECONDED.
a. WORK SESSION/Animal Control Code Issues.
David Suchart, Management Services, said they worked with County Counsel and to list items for Board input on how high each priority is. He said they have resource issues and they are two officers short. He indicated he would bring the issues the Board supports back in a board order.
Pet Food Tax
Suchart stated it was their recommendation not to do anything but to defer until later.
Sorenson thought the department needed revenue. He didn't want to pursue a pet food tax.
Wilson recalled when the Board received the Animal Control Task Force Report, they gave staff direction to implement the items. She said these were the remainder of the list and they are ready to be taken to the next step.
Dwyer said he wouldn't oppose a pet food tax at the wholesale level. He wanted someone to review where the tax could be implemented at that level and what the success could be.
Green didn't want to work on this as they are still working with the public safety issue. He commented that he didn't want confusing issues with the public.
Morrison recalled there was an Eco Northwest study dated 2002 that gave that information. She supported Suchart's recommendation.
Suchart said he could come back with a follow-up memo.
Suchart said there had been discussion about cat licenses and vaccinations for the regulation of domestic and feral cats. He said it is recommended that an ordinance be developed requiring cats to be licensed.
Green supported it.
Dwyer didn't support it. He commented that it was not fair to have something apply in the rural area that doesn't apply in the city. He indicated he would support it if the City would follow the same ordinance.
Suchart said the City of Eugene would look closely to what Lane County does with the different regulations. He said when they bring this back they will gave a status of the cities.
Morrison thought this was a way to address the subject.
Stewart asked if they had looked into a surcharge of rabies vaccinations. He said if the goal is to generate money, it might be a legitimate way to do it. He added the reason they have people license their animals is to get them back in case they get lost. He thought they should sell this as a service to people.
Suchart said they are trying to generate revenue because cats are a major resource problem.
Sorenson asked what other communities had for cat licensing.
Suchart said they hadn't done the research yet. He said if the Board wants them to move ahead with this, they will bring back the detailed information on implementation and cost. He said they will bring this back as a piece on cats.
Mike Wellington, LCARA, responded that other cities that have cat ordinances are Gresham, Portland, Multnomah County, Spokane, Oakridge, Lowell and Seattle. He said they are trying to recover some costs but their main charge is to get the cats back out. He added they do it with a microchip registration.
With regard to regulation of domestic cats, Suchart said they are recommending moving forward to bring it back to the Board.
Under Cats, Suchart said there is a recommendation that the person providing the care be deemed the owner of a feral cat.
There wasn't consensus to bring this back.
Morrison said she had problem with livestock animals.
Green was against enforcing laws with livestock animals.
Suchart asked if they wanted Animal Regulation involved in the fining of livestock animals. He said these were recommendations from the task force.
Sorenson wanted to move ahead with the idea of a livestock ordinance but put it in the context of being civil instead of criminal so they would have the discretion to issue citations.
Suchart indicated that he would bring this back to the Board.
Minimum Requirements for Pet Shops and Breeders and Other Organizations based on Housing Standards
Suchart recommended rejecting it and letting the housing still stay under Land Management.
There was consensus to reject it.
Unsafe Transportation Regulations
There was consensus to leave it with the Sheriff and Police.
Suchart said they will prepare a memo in which they state what they believed was said at this meeting. He added they will put together an outline and a timeline and send it back to the Board.
12. EXECUTIVE SESSION as per ORS 192.660
There being no further business, Commissioner Dwyer recessed the meeting at 11:55 a.m.
Melissa Zimmer
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oh! ok, thank you.
So if i get my Wii on release date, i don't have to pay for Opera. Sweet
they are saying u can download the software free until june 2007 if u have the wii and if you by it after june 2007 then to get opera u will have to pay a small price then not pay after that. its just a bonus for people who buy the wii before june 2007
oh! ok, thank you.
So if i get my Wii on release date, i don't have to pay for Opera. Sweet
me too... hopefully
why won't the wii shop work for me??
exactly, u got about 3 weeks to check out opera on the wii. its not a bad browser on PC.Originally Posted by COLDshiver
Yeah, i've heard good things about it. I currently use Firefox and have heard Firefox and Opera used together (good sign) in forums and such.
Wow.. Everyone needs to calm down!
And great find i0n.. You have given me no more worries.. this is definatly on my list for the wii if i still get one... My parents are narking on me (nagging, bugging, for those of you who don't know the expression) to go get a new snowboard or something.. But my board is fine.. So i want the wii... Oh well... I'm trying my hardest!
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OK, so about the free thing... Does it mean that you can use it free until June 2007, then you have to pay for it or does it mean that if you own a Wii and download it before June 2007 then it's yours?
... but what do I know?...
Not currently accepting friend adds.
Jshaw is right....
No, Nintendo will not delete it from your Wii after June '07. They are offering the browser as a free download until June. If you buy a Wii system after June '07 and want Opera, then you will have to use Wii Points to purchase it. Basically, buy the Wii and get online to download the browser before next June and you get it (to keep) for free. It's a reward for 'early-adopters' of the system. Those who chose to wait and see if the Wii is successful (which it will be, of course) before buying, will have to pay for Opera if they wait until after June of next year. Hope this helps.
uhhhh, how do you type in letters? No one has answered exactly how that will be done. Does anyone know?
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I might get it, only have dial-up right now though, dsl/cable not available here, I am using opera right now, its a great browser and is free for the desktop, if you don't have it, definitely try it out, goto opera.com and download the international one, for some reason the domestic one doesn't have as much support it seems, I downloaded both and tried, but it has great features, much better then IE or firefox.
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Call me crazy but I still think Derrick Williams will be a player. Just not yet.
What bothers me is Favors' +/- of -2 over 16 minutes. And 0 rebounds for Millsap in almost half and hour?
check out the jazzbros.com blog for more on the jazz.
Just saw that Favors dunk, it was nice.
Guess I could look for the dunk on youtube or someone could just post it since it looked nice in person.
The Four were great in this game. Favors was BEASTING. So...why on earth did Corbin sub him out for Millsap in the 4th when we were up by 15? We had to be showcasing him for a potential trade partner.
Favs' foot, braugh.
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31 May 2011
Realism chucked...
I ran across this drawing I had done a couple of years ago... she was originally destined to be turned into a three dimensional needlepoint, and may still eventually be some day, but until then, she seems the perfect candidate to paint. You should be warned, all of my mermaids are painted naked (the mermaids... not me) so you are likely to see boobs (the mermaid's... not mine)...
I very lightly transferred the original drawing to the 140 lb cold press watercolor paper (11" x 15"). And then I just dove into the painting...her first, then the background. The gouache colors are very pretty and bright, but I also needed some colors that I didn't have in the gouache palette, so I pulled out the watercolors too. They worked very well together.
Lots of layers of color, some applied to wet paper, some more dry... oranges over yellows, reds over oranges, right now everything is an experiment. I like the layering process (seems to be a recurring theme with me, doesn't it?). It's all an experiment at this point, and that's probably what makes it so much fun for me.
Once I was happy with the colors I let it dry it very, very well (aren't you proud of me?), and then I added some finishing touches...
My trusty very fine tip Sharpie marker to add outlines... and since mermaids are sparkly and magical creatures it seemed a wee little metallic gold was in order. I don't want her to be too outrageous after all... so I just added pattern to her tail.
Maybe not high art, and certainly not realistic, then again, I haven't seen too many mermaids lately... but I like how she turned out. Now on to the next experiment!
7 comments:
- Char said...
Love this mermaid! Don' t care if she is realistic. She is a bright and pretty fantasy :D
- 31 May, 2011
- Char said...
I meant not realistic....oy! I should read before I hit the post button. Either way she is fantastic!
- 31 May, 2011
- Mary Helen-Art Saves Lives said...
You can never have too many bodacious mermaids.....simply lovely womanly forms and i know what she is! Imagine and Live in Peace, Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart
- 31 May, 2011
- Judy said...
Here is to the self-taught artist sisterhood!
Love your stuff :D
La Paix!
- 01 June, 2011
- Kim said...
I think one of the reasons I am drawn to your art is the color- she is just fabulous!
- 01 June, 2011
- Eileen Bergen said...
You are too funny, June! I can't get the image of you painting in the nude out of my head.
She is gorgeous. Thank you for sharing so many tips. I've been trying to get back into watercolor painting. It's hard to know where to begin.
- 04 June, 2011
- Cherie said...
I'm with Kim, the colors really get me, too. Love the tips, also.
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Pokemon X
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NightWatch177 4 years ago#1
If you mosey on over to pokemon.co.jp, there's a familiar image showing Eevee and all it's evolutions, including Sylveon.
With each Eeveelution, it shows the corresponding type, except Sylveon, which has ???, encased in a NEW colour, a pale red, like it's darker colour.
This is likely the colour for whatever new type is being introduced, logically, and if we follow the pattern of the image, it will either be SE or NVE (or immune to/from) Electric.
The colour, the new 'friend' mechanic and Sylveon's appearance seem to lean towards some kind of Fairy/Love/Empathy/Spirit type, further linked to by the connotations of 'Sylv-', where a Sylph is a caring spirit.
Of, and to play Devil's Advocate with myself, Flying would also fit in (weak to Electric), aside from the new type's colour, which could just be a Sylveon specific reference, but if that was the case, why all the hype for it?
Alas, this dispels my personal theory of the Eeveelution types all being resistant to themselves, which would have meant Poison and Steel eeveelutions being the only two remaining.
So, if we do assume there is a new type, what other pre-existing pokemon could fit it? All we POTENTIALLY know is that it is fairy/feeling based, and likely resists itself.
I'm thinking any/all of the Fairy egg group, so Clefairy line, Snubbul line, etc (new chihuahua evo for Snubbul to fit in with it's 'handbag dog' thing it has going for it in it's Pokedex?), among others. Might also include:
Gardevoir line
Gothitelle line
Other possible Psychics
Anything I've missed? Got a point to argue? Step up and discuss.
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KingTumbleweed 4 years ago#2
Obligatory: No.
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Oh, yeah, the color must indicate the color of the type! That's why the color for the Psychic icon is pink, but why Espeon's color is purple! Or why Fire gets an orange icon, but Flareon's is more red-orange!
It's totally inconceivable that it could just be the color of the Pokemon.
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sumuthergamer 4 years ago#4
Goddammit, stop abusing the word "confirmed". It doesn't deserve this.
sumuthergamer = some other gamer. Get it?
Call me "gamer", not "sumu"...
on the top of my head
clefairy line
togepi line
the pixie trio uxie, mesprit and azelf
maybe the chansey line
somehow only snubbull (not its evolution)
shaymin (hedgehog form)
whimsicott (not the prevo)
pokemon456 4 years ago#6
Okay hello people i am a Pokemon fan but if you think about it it's more likely for sylveon to be flying or either magic type just look at how elegant her or his body structure is anyway i will be creating a website that will be up and this will be a Pokemon website for Pokemon fans
MidnightCrew 4 years ago#7
pokemon456 posted...
Okay hello people i am a Pokemon fan but if you think about it it's more likely for sylveon to be flying or either magic type just look at how elegant her or his body structure is anyway i will be creating a website that will be up and this will be a Pokemon website for Pokemon fans
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I don't understand how people can say it is either a flying or a bug type.
Look at it. There is nothing 'fly' about it. Nothing. The only way I can see it flying is with either psychic abilities, like Mew, Mewtwo, Munna or whatever, or with repulsive electromagnetic abilities like magnemite. But if that's the case it is either psychic or electric. (Gyarados is a chinese dragon, like Rayquaza, they fly with their mythical powers)
And bug... I don't even know where to start with that one. Ribbons that look like butterflies? Really? They apparently are like antennas? antennas out of the left ear and the neck? glassy eyes? like Yveltal glass? Bug type is just... uncomrehensible.
neither are rock, ground, dragon, steel, fighting, ghost
I would say, with all the current types going on, 'normal' is the most fitting type. But with keeping it secret and hyping it, 'normal' would be the biggest letdown in the history of eeveelution.
that's why a new fairy/pixie/magic/whatever type is the most fitting idea with at least some sort of basis
Kitschgardener 4 years ago#9
From: fuzi11 | #008
There is nothing 'fly' about it. Nothing.
Unless it's based on this:
NextGen_TB 4 years ago#10
A "Spirit" type? Huh, never considered that.
Of course, they are pulling A LOT of surprises this gen. A new type is perfectly conceivable.
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|7th April 2010, 07:06 AM
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Choice between Futura 93 or Kode 94
I believe that I own too many boards and want to reduce my quiver to 3.
The largest board that I have is a Futura 122 which I intend to keep. The two middle boards are S-Type 104 and 90L F2-Max2Air. The smallest one I have is 75L Exocet wave. My type of riding is generally free riding choppy waters but not much experience with wave riding. Also I enjoy occasional jump here and there but far from looping.
My plan is to sell the two mid boards and get the replacement in the size around 90+ which should fit well between 122 and 75. Based on my research, I found that Ftura 93 and Kode 94 are very close boards and I am not decided which one would suit me better.
I would appreciate any feedback with helpful hints.
|7th April 2010, 02:05 PM
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I had my first go on my Futura 93l and it was incredible. Going from my AHD -> JP SuperX was already a big improvement but going from the SuperX -> Futura was just insane. The thing jibes by itself, it's retarded. It doesn't bounce out or demand good technique. It also rides super high on the water and it feels like you're flying. Turns super well too, responds so much better to footsteering than the JP.
If you're not going to get into waves, go for the Futura.
(Haven't jumped mine yet, the conditions weren't good today but the guy I bought it from said it was really good at jumping)
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|8th April 2010, 12:30 AM
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Difficult one as I own both boards myself............... If you want a more manoeuvrable looser board for waves then go for the kode. However, I did say it was a difficult one as I have used my futura in some light wind wave conditions to great success........ My next board down is a EVO 75. Next board up is Isonic 111, but also have a Futura 122.
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|8th April 2010, 01:15 AM
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Thank you "agrelon" and Allan for you valuable input. After reading about your experiences and also experience by former owner of "agrelon's" F93 I am more inclined toward F93 rather than K94. Besides, the F93 fin box is Tuttle and I will have couple of True Aims weed fins from my S-Type 104 that would fit this box after I sell this board. With K94 I would have to shop for the new fins.
Manuvribility is not really that important to me as I do not intend to do free style tricks or true wave sailing.
I think that the Futura 93 it is. I will buy it as soon as I sell my S-Type 104 which should be not a problem as it is in immaculate shape.
Allan, since you have F93 between the 122 and 75 (same as mine F122 and Exocet 75) , would you say that the choice of the size of 93L board is right?
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I know surfers who have the futura 122 and the futura 93, but they find the gap between those two too big. Sot think about this before changing your quiver.
If I were you, I'd keep a three board quiver, for instance a F122, F101, small wave/ freestyle board
BTW, why not get rid of the F2max air, and keep the F122+stype104+75liter... it's also a three board quiver and not a bad one at all
|8th April 2010, 03:19 AM
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kvda, thank you for your feedback. I am actually surprised that some of the windsurfers experience the recommended by Starboard manufacturer sail size not comfortable.
My reasoning was as per below info but I think I should reconsider based on your input. For F122 I use 6.5 and 8.0 Sailworks Retro where the spec is 5.5 to 9.0. For F93 I intend to use 5.2 and 5.8 Sailworks Revo while the spec calls for 4.0 to 6.5. I thought that it would be well within the range of this board. The 101 spec calls for 4.7 to 7.5 which I believed it would be more overlap in the high range than needed and no overlap for my 75L. I read about opinions that the F93 sails comfortably with 7.0 so I would expect that 5.8 should be plenty good.
My 75L takes 3.7, 4.2 and 4.6 while 5.2 already feels too big for it.
Based on the above, my reasoning was if I go with 93L, I should be OK with the gap between 122 and also 5.2 sail should feel perfectly for it.
|9th April 2010, 07:23 AM
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I, sadly, have to put my Futura (which I got 2 days ago) away from the beach for the next month until I pass my final exams. It's going to be a tough month.
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|8th April 2010, 07:03 AM
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I weigh 175#s have the Futura 93 and 133. For the 93 I have used 4.5, 5.0, 5.5 & 6.5 sails. With the 133 I use 6.5, 7.6 & 8.5. I have a 9.8 but that is saved for formula sailing. For me the 93 works great with the 5.0 & 5.5. It is also ok with the 6.5, not a problem at all. With the 4.5 the board felt a little on edge so no way would I use a 4.0 with the 93. I span the 93 and 133 quite easily with the 6.5 overlap. If the 6.5 conditions is flat water I use the 133, if the 6.5 is rougher water because of tides I use the 93.
I don�t see why you couldn�t span a 93 & 122.
|9th April 2010, 01:08 AM
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Thank you COACHG for shearing with us your experience.
I think I will go with the 93L after all. I weight 165LBS (75Kg) so based on your information I should be OK with this size.
Thank you all for your valuable input. Also as a new member I would like to thank the funder(s) of this site to make it possible!!
|9th April 2010, 08:22 AM
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Thanks again Agrelon for reinforcing my decision. I have no intention to sail it with anything bigger than 5.8.
Good luck on your exams and after you successfully pass them all, lots of fun on your new board
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South Alabama bounced back from its 12-1 Friday night loss to No. 24-ranked Arkansas in a big way Saturday, sweeping a doubleheader from the Razorbacks on their home field. The Jaguars won first game Saturday 2-1, then took the second game 5-3 to win the series.
"They battled hard today, we got two great starts and then we battled hard out of the bullpen,'' South Alabama head coach Mark Calvi said.
"I think we only walked two when (Friday) night, we walked six or seven. And when you allow walks to a good team like Arkansas you really pay for their hits. That's what happened the other night. (Saturday), I think we only had a couple of walks (in each game) ... and in the second game with Kevin Hill, I think he rolled two or three double plays which negated those walks. All in all, the pitchers were very good in the doubleheader.''
The win improved the Jags' record to 5-5 on the season. It marked the first two losses of the season for the Razorbacks, who fell to 7-2.
Locke St. John pitched a career-best eight and one-third innings in the first game, getting the win while allowing eight hits and one run with two walks and three strikeouts. Brandon Hallford picked up the save, pitching the final two-thirds of an inning, allowing no hits. In the second game, starter Kevin Hill threw eight innings, allowing seven hits and three runs while striking out five. Again, Hallford closed the game, getting the save.
""It's huge,'' Calvi said of the wins. "It showed a lot of character. We didn't lose 5-2 (Friday) night, we lost 12-1. It was very interesting. I was watching to see how they were going to bounce back. I think we left (Friday's) game at the field last night. It was good. We got some guys who haven't been playing a lot some playing time and a couple of at-bats and we ran some pitchers out there, and Arkansas did as well.
"We did a very good job of leaving (Friday's) game at the field when we left and (Saturday) was a new day and they knew they had to bring it. That's what they did. They competed really, really hard and I think it was huge for them, with so many new guys. It was an identity game really, in my opinion.''
In Saturday's first game, Adam Ballew singled in the fifth inning, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and to third on a groundout, then scored on a Cameron Cummings single. In the seventh, the jags added a second run, Erik Hindmon walked, was moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, went to third on a passed ball and scored on an error on a grounder by the Razorbacks' shortstop. Arkansas scored a run in the ninth but Hallford shut them down after that.
The second game found the Jags scoring four runs in the third. Drew LaBounty led off with a single but was forced out at second on a grounder by Cummings. A pop out left the Jags with two outs and a runner at first. Cummings went to second on a balk and Hayden Jones' single put runners at first and third. Matt Wojchiechowski singled, scoring Cummings. A Hindmon double scored a pair of runs and Hindmon moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a Cole Gleason single.
Arkansas added two runs in the fifth, but the Jags came back with another run in the sixth. Again, the Razorbacks threatened in the ninth, scoring a run, but again Hallford shut them down for the save.
The Jags scattered five hits in the first game and had eight hits from seven players in the second game.
South Alabama plays at Jackson State University on Tuesday at 6 p.m., followed by a road game at Mississippi State Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.


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|By Calgone421 (Calgone421) on Friday, August 01, 2003 - 08:25 pm: Edit
Do you people really spend weeks working on these college admissions essays?!?! I find that hard to believe, and a little bit ridiculous. I personally think 3 drafts would be more than enough...and this could simply be done over one weekend...
|By Serene (Serene) on Friday, August 01, 2003 - 08:27 pm: Edit
Two drafts. at least 5 people proofread mine. =)
|By Clickspring (Clickspring) on Friday, August 01, 2003 - 08:44 pm: Edit
I wrote my college essays far in advance of their due date so that I could spend weeks rereading it and refining it.
|By Thedad (Thedad) on Friday, August 01, 2003 - 09:22 pm: Edit
Yep, you could do it in a weekend. Many people do.
For something involving four years of your life and $100K-$175K of someone's money, you might think it was worth a little more effort than, say, shopping for a new car or getting dumped by your bf/gf.
I made a decent living as a writer for a number of years. The value of letting a draft cool for several days and then coming back to is not to be dismissed lightly; this particularly would apply when you are trying to showcase *yourself* the best way possible.
I've sweated two weeks and five drafts just considering and discarding possible *points of entry* for a piece. I'll get some of my best insights for revision after my subconscious has had time to work and I'm doing something mindless like taking a shower or driving...too bad I seldom have a pen at hand in the shower.
|By Momof2 (Momof2) on Friday, August 01, 2003 - 10:28 pm: Edit
As I pointed out to my son last year, shooting for scholarships worth up to $112,000, even if you spend 100 hours on essays, your best rate of return would be $1120 per hour. Bet none of us here will ever see that in the real world.
Like most of life, a little more time spent in reflection can't hurt.
|By O71394658 (O71394658) on Friday, August 01, 2003 - 11:34 pm: Edit
I haven't written one word in any of my essays yet. Yet I've already spent countless hours formulating (and refining) them. Probably countless more when I finally get them down on paper...
|By Sunshine916 (Sunshine916) on Saturday, August 02, 2003 - 08:41 pm: Edit
essays do take a long time. i'm the kind of person who, for school, writes them the night before, proofreads for grammatical errors, prints, and turns in, usually getting a solid A.
ever since these college essays came about, i've spent countless hours thinking about topics, refining every sentence, getting it proofread, and changing things over and over again.
i'd say for such an important decision in your life, it's really important to do your best work on college essays.
|By Calibaby_2003 (Calibaby_2003) on Monday, August 04, 2003 - 01:21 am: Edit
It really depends on the person. However, I really think that some of the best essays have been written in a short time - some ppl just write in a very natural, great style - and please the adcoms, too.
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Crawl this way to pixierock.com.
The Run-DMC shirt will inspire you to write kid-friendly versions of the group's classic rhymes: "I am the king of blocks/There is none higher/ Sucker babies/Should call me sire."
Happily, "Peter Piper" needs only minor revisions. The tee is $18 and comes in size 3 to 6 months and 18 to 24 months.


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We're all totally geeking out. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, stars of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, are in town promoting the latest film in a sort of trilogy with director Edgar Wright, The World's End. They stopped by to chat with us about their new film.
The film follows a group of 5 childhood friends 20 years after attempting a pub crawl called "The Golden Mile" that culminates at a pub called The World's End. Simon Pegg's character Gary tries to get the gang back together for another try, but they encounter an unexpected obstacle that might mean the world's end might be closer than than pub itself. The World's End opens in theaters August 23rd.
Pegg and Frost were great fun to have in studio, and we even got Nick Frost to participate in our Vine challenge today. Nick raced John in bid to see who could eat a donut in 6 seconds!