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Does General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) still owe taxpayers?
Officially speaking, the answer is a pretty clear "no." GM has satisfied the terms of the $49.5 billion bailout that gave the giant automaker a new lease on life in 2009, paying back the debt as agreed — with a mix of cash and stock.
The U.S. Treasury Department is in the process of selling off the last of its GM stock holdings. Once that's completed — early next year, most likely — GM's bailout repayment will be a done deal.
Officially speaking.
But the truth is, even once all that stock is sold, GM's "repayment" will be well short of that $49.5 billion. And that could turn out to be a big problem for General Motors Company (NYSE:GM).
Why does GM still owe us?
Here's the problem in a nutshell: Unless GM's stock price goes way up, and soon, the amount of money ultimately recouped by the Treasury is likely to fall short of that $49.5 billion — probably about $12 billion short.
How is that possible? Let's take a look.
As of the end of February, GM had "repaid" a little less than $30 billion:
$6.7 billion in cash, per the terms of the original bailout. The last of it was paid in April 2010, when then-CEO Ed Whitacre famously declared that General Motors Company (NYSE:GM)'s debt had been "paid in full" — and promptly heard about it from angry taxpayers.
$13 billion to the Treasury in GM's IPO, in which the government sold about 45% of the GM stock it had received after the bailout.
$2.1 billion when GM bought back some preferred stock from the Treasury in late 2010.
$5.5 billion directly from GM, when the company bought back 200 million of the feds' remaining 500 million shares last December.
$646.3 million in sales of GM stock on the open market by the Treasury in January and February of this year, part of Treasury's plan to slowly sell down its remaining shares over the next year or so.
The remainder in interest and dividends on loans and preferred stock.
Plain and simple, that leaves about $20 billion outstanding. As of the end of February, Treasury still had roughly 277 million shares of GM to sell. To make that math work — to make taxpayers whole — Treasury needs to get roughly $72 a share for its remaining GM stock.
As I write this, General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) stock is trading for a little over $28. If it sold all of its remaining stock at that price, the Treasury would still be about $12 billion short.
And while GM has done everything it was required to do to pay back the bailout, that shortfall is likely to be a big PR problem.
Value received for the government's investment
Of course, GM would probably argue that it has already made good on the government's "investment" in a number of different ways. Speaking to dozens of lawmakers on Capitol Hill Thursday, GM CEO Dan Akerson pointed out that, since 2009, GM has created or retained more than 23,000 U.S. jobs and has invested $8.1 billion in 34 U.S. factories.
That's all true. While General Motors Company (NYSE:GM)'s turnaround is arguably still a work in progress, the company is in pretty good shape today. It is solidly profitable, has plenty of cash, and carries minimal debt, and its recent products have been good ones — in some cases, very good.
GM isn't the world's greatest automaker, at least not yet. Its profits still trail those of its two biggest rivals, Volkswagen and Toyota Motor Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:TM), by a wide margin. But it is doing well, thanks to much-improved products, management that is working to resolve the company's remaining issues — and the new lease on life it received from American taxpayers in 2009.
So will GM pay us back?
General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), like rival Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), holds a big cash reserve as a sort of insurance policy — $26.1 billion as of the end of last quarter. The cash allows the company to continue funding product development in the event of a tough recession that crushes profits. The hope is to emerge — as Ford did from the economic crisis, thanks to cash it had borrowed beforehand — with strong new products to drive sales as the economy recovers.
Right now, the U.S. economy is in decent shape — at least decent enough that GM is making money. GM can probably afford to spend some of that cash to make taxpayers whole. Will it? We'll find out.
The article Why "Government Motors" Still Owes You originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by John Rosevear.
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Yesterday was a fairly awesome day. And so, in order to try and keep the goodness going, I decided to start today off with some of one of my favorite teas. I love this tea. It's got the bergamot-y citrus, the cream of the vanilla and the tea behind it all, supporting it and enfolding it.
I slightly oversteeped it today, but you can't tell because I'm serving it with FF half and half and splenda. It's wonderful.
May all of your days out there in Steepsterland start off so nicely! :)


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This Day In Cat History: January 10
1. 1810: This cat, Napoleon Bonaparte, divorces his first wife Joséphine (also a cat).
He slept all day for years afterwards, a trait he passed on to his children and his children's children, until one day all cats were known for their excessive nap habits.
2. 1863: The London Underground, the world's oldest underground transportation for cats, opens.
Soon thereafter, the city's government realized that cats had no where to go that they couldn't dart to themselves, and allowed humans to use the Underground as well.
3. 1945: Rod Stewart, famous for hanging out with cats in bed, is born.
His biggest hits as a musician include "Tonight's The Night (For Cats)," "I Don't Want To Talk About Dogs," and "Do Ya Think My Cat Is Sexy?"
4. 1946: The United Nations assembles for the first time to address the threat of a giant flying cat.
The cat showed up and ruined everything. To this day its whereabouts are unknown.
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The Digital Millennium Copyright Act has never been popular amongst free internet thinkers, largely because of its ghastly provision making subverting digital rights management a crime even if done for lawful purposes, but at least that only applies to individuals in the United States… for now. That's why it is alarming to see a secret copyright treaty, which Obama's administration has refused to disclose for "national security" issues, seem ready to roll the DMCA out across the entire world.
According to the Internet chapter of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, ISPs will have to proactively police copyright on user-contributed material with a three stikes policy. Among other things, that means that it would be impossible to run a service like Flickr or YouTube, since there would be no way to police the content. This is a weird provision, since the DMCA itself actually protects services like Flickr for being liable from most copyright lawsuits.
It also suggests that ISPs will have to cut off Internet access of accused copyright infringers, or face liability themselves. Furthermore, the whole world must adopt "notice and takedown" rules that require ISPs to remove any material accused, even if it is fair use or actually the property of the person who uploaded it. And, of course, that pesky DRM rule is in the treaty as well, making it mandatory for DRM breaking to be prosecuted, even for legal use.
It's hard to say what other governments think of all this, but there are numerous international countries already getting more Draconian with their Internet laws, France notably among them. There's no reason to panic yet, but let's all hope, for the Internet's sake as well as our own, that this never makes headway.
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The Lord said to Moses: "Speak to Aaron and his sons and tell them: This is how you shall bless the Israelites. Say to them: The Lord bless you and keep you! The Lord let His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you! The Lord look upon you kindly and give you peace! So shall they invoke my name upon the Israelites, and I will bless them."(P) The word of the Lord.
May God have pity on us and bless us; may He let His face shine upon us. So may your way be known upon earth; among all nations, your salvation. (R)
May the nations be glad and exult because you rule the peoples in equity; you guide the nations on earth. (R)
May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you! May God bless us, and may all the ends of the earth fear Him! (R)
Brothers and sisters: When the fullness of time had come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to ransom those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. As proof that you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!" So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son then also an heir, through God.(P) The word of the Lord.
The shepherds went in haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this child. All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them by the shepherds. And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart. Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them. When eight days were completed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.(P) The Gospel of the Lord.
In today's gospel we read of the shepherds' visit to the newborn Jesus in Bethlehem. Prior to this passage, Luke narrates that an angel appeared to the shepherds on the night of Jesus' birth. It was a night like any other night - dark, quiet and peaceful. Some shepherds were in the fields resting and keeping watch over their sheep. And suddenly the skies were no longer dark. A bright light shone around them. As the shepherds were in shock, fear and awe, an angel of the Lord appeared and told them not to be afraid and comforted them with the joyful news that "a Savior had been born to them in David's town and He is the Messiah and the Lord" and that they would find their newborn Messiah "wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger". As they were listening to the angel's message suddenly a whole host of angels appeared singing praises to God, "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests." Yes. The earth was given a declaration of peace and graciousness.
Imagine the shepherds' joy when they heard the good news of the Savior's birth. Like all the Jews, the shepherds also had been waiting for the Messiah for centuries, and finally when He came, He did not choose to reveal Himself to people living in royal palaces nor to a large crowd of people during the daytime in a public place but to the marginalized, ordinary, simple and poor shepherds at night. As soon as the shepherds heard the message, their fear turned to joy. They felt blessed to be the first ones told about the Savior's birth and were compelled to act. They believed the message recorded in their scriptures concerning the Messiah had been fulfilled and wanted to see this for themselves. So after the angels had left them, they said to one another, "Let us go to Bethlehem and see this event which the Lord has made known to us."
Today's gospel begins by telling us that the shepherds immediately left their sheep and hurried off to see the child. As they hastened to witness the fulfilment of God's promise, they talked to one another and recalled the stories of the Messiah that were passed down from their families. When they had finally arrived and saw the child, they were filled with joy and could not keep the events of the night to themselves. They told Mary and Joseph what the angel had told them about the child. Then they returned to their flock, rejoicing and praising God for everything they had seen and heard.
As for Mary, after the shepherds had departed, she "kept all these things, and reflected on them in her heart." Surely Joseph too must have wondered in awe as he remembered the comforting words of the angel who had instructed him in a dream to take Mary as his wife and the words of the prophet Isaiah (7:22-23), "The virgin is with child and will give birth to a son whom they will call Emmanuel, a name which means "God-with-us." And then Mary and Joseph did everything according to the Law of Moses. The Law required that every male child be circumcised on the eighth day, Leviticus (12:3). Circumcision was the sign that a child was part of God's covenant with people, Genesis (17:10-12). A rabbi or a priest or even the child's father could perform the circumcision.
So, in keeping with the Law, Mary and Joseph on the eighth day after his birth, took Jesus to the Temple and he was circumcised. Bethlehem was near the Great Temple in Jerusalem, and the Temple would play an important part for Jesus and his parents in the weeks that followed his birth. On this occasion they also, as told by the angel of God, officially named the child, "Jesus", in Hebrew Yeshua which means "He saves". In this way, Mary and Joseph willingly obeyed God's Word and joyfully fulfilled their religious duties.
What is the message for us?
The birth of Jesus was the beginning of a new age in which, on the one hand, people would hope for the salvation of the world, and on the other they would enjoy this salvation already present. The shepherds are models for those who are seeking salvation. Let us, therefore, respond as the shepherds did to this good news of great joy.
God offers all people the wondrous privilege of having a personal encounter with Him. He manifested Himself to the lowly shepherds and wanted them to know that He came for them personally. The message was simple and direct - "Do not fear, a Savior is born and He is the Messiah, the Lord." The shepherds hurried off to find the Savior, even though they did not fully, or even partly, grasp the significance of all this. After seeing the child, they had an understanding of the word that had been spoken to them concerning Him.
So too, God wants us to have a personal encounter with Him. It is not enough, therefore, just to know that Jesus Christ was born for us and He dwelt among us. If we, as the shepherds did, value God more than all else and make an effort to personally receive Him, we too can have the heavenly experiences like the shepherds did.
I wish you and your families a Blessed and Happy New Year!
God Bless You!
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Japanese motion-picture director whose 9 1/2-hour trilogy, Ningen no joken ( The Human Condition: No Greater Love, 1959; Road to Eternity, 1959; A Soldier's Prayer, 1961), a monumental criticism of war, constitutes the best example of his films of social concern.
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...Japanese filmmakers was mainly composed of Kobayashi Masaki, Ichikawa Kon, and Shindo Kaneto. Kobayashi is best known for Ningen no joken (1959–61; The Human Condition), his three-part antiwar epic set during Japan's brutal occupation of Manchuria, and the beautiful ghost film Kwaidan (1964). Ichikawa's major...


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In the middle of Silicon Valley's most important week of the current earnings season, Google (GOOG) and Apple (AAPL) gained on Wall Street as Tuesday's encouraging tech earnings gave investors hope that Wednesday's highly anticipated reports would also exceed expectations.
Google was one of a handful of tech companies to top analysts' projections for earnings in the holiday quarter Tuesday, as CEO Larry Page heralded the company's work in mobile advertising and said the Mountain View search giant is getting closer to turning around Motorola Mobility, which it aquired for $12.5 billion.
"We're serving our users with amazing products that are getting even better," Page said in Tuesday's conference call. "Our mobile business is going very well."
Analysts rushed to increase their price targets for Google after the strong report, with Reuters reporting that at least 12 increased their projections for the best price at which to sell Google stock. The largest of those increases came from Cantor Fitzgerald, which added $80 to its price target, pushing it to $900.
"Fourth-quarter results highlight very healthy performances in both search and display, confirming Google's position as one of the best global plays on secular growth in online advertising and e-commerce," Cantor Fitzgerald analysts wrote in a note Wednesday morning. "Motorola remains a show-me story, but one that seems on track for a turnaround, with only modest expectations."
Google gained $38.63, or 5.5 percent, to close at $741.50 Wednesday.
Other valley tech companies that released results Tuesday also gained in Wednesday trading: struggling Sunnyvale chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices advanced 11.4 percent to $2.73 after confirming that its losses were not as great as analysts expected; Intuitive Surgical, also based in Sunnyvale, gained 9.4 percent after its earnings report revealed strong demand for the medical device company's da Vinci surgical robots; and San Jose's Super Micro Computer increased 18.6 percent after announcing a record quarter for net sales.
Elsewhere in the tech world, IBM increased 4.4 percent after growing profits year-over-year for the 40th consecutive quarter. The lone dark spot was Texas Instruments, which dropped 1.1 percent after warnings that demand in 2013 is unclear.
Analysts said the wave of strong reports Tuesday reflected well on the tech industry in general, which had been expected to be a ballast on overall earnings for the holiday quarter. A Thomson Reuters analysis of projections earlier this month showed that analysts expected profits to shrink 1.1 percent year-over-year for tech companies, despite expectations of overall earnings growth.
"Tech companies are really shattering expectations, which is obviously helping markets. There doesn't seem to be an end to this rally," said Todd Schoenberger, managing partner at LandColt Capital, told Reuters.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
IN 1992, Mike Huckabee, then a candidate for U.S. Senate from Arkansas, urged the "isolation" of "carriers" of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. His exact words were: "If the federal government is truly serious about doing something with the AIDS virus, we need to take steps that would isolate the carriers of this plague. . . . It is difficult to understand the public policy towards AIDS. It is the first time in the history of civilization in which the carriers of a genuine plague have not been isolated from the general population, and in which this deadly disease for which there is no cure is being treated as a civil rights issue instead of the true health crisis it represents."
Now, as a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, Mr. Huckabee said he might phrase it differently but otherwise stood by his 1992 statement. He explained in a Dec. 9 interview on Fox News that the comment was made at a time "when we didn't know as much as we do now about AIDS, we were acting more out of political correctness than we were about the normal public health protocols that we would have acted -- as we have recently, for example, with avian flu. . . . There was also the case of Kimberly Bergalis, who testified before Congress in 1991. She had contracted AIDS from her dentist."
Actually, in 1992, the year after basketball star Magic Johnson made the dramatic announcement that he was HIV-positive, it was already widely understood -- and widely publicized -- that HIV could not be spread by casual contact or even through close physical contact short of unprotected homosexual or heterosexual sex. It was also widely understood that the virus could be spread through blood transfusions or intravenous drug use involving needles shared with an infected person. There was nothing "politically correct" about this.
Mr. Huckabee's proposal would have required a strong, and scary, element of coercion: Who would voluntarily be tested knowing that the price of a positive result could be "isolation" from society? Small wonder that, at the time, Mr. Huckabee's impulse to segregate victims of HIV from the general population was shared only by those on the fringes of the American right and, ironically, in Cuba, where Fidel Castro's dictatorship was pursuing a policy of mandatory testing and quarantine.
Though trumpeted by some conservatives as an example of the disease's imminent breakout into the ranks of "innocent" middle-class Americans, the Bergalis case, involving an HIV-positive dentist in Florida, proved a tragic aberration. Mr. Huckabee's invocation of this cause celebre simply underscores the panicky medical illiteracy of his 1992 view. Nor can his view on AIDS be separated from Mr. Huckabee's animus toward homosexuality, which at the time he called "an aberrant, unnatural and sinful lifestyle." In 1992, Mr. Huckabee also opposed increasing federal support for AIDS research, sarcastically suggesting that "multimillionaire celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor and Madonna" pay for it.
Mr. Huckabee has given up that mean-spirited approach to research and now advocates ample federal funding. A spokeswoman told us last night that his views have evolved, though she didn't say how, and that Mr. Huckabee "is trying to walk the line between compassion and honesty." He endorsed the Supreme Court's 2003 ruling striking down state anti-sodomy laws. But in refusing to "recant," as he put it to Fox News, his 1992 views on AIDS and on homosexuality as a "lifestyle," he fails to lay to rest legitimate doubts about his objectivity and fairmindedness when it comes to the rights and interests of gays and lesbians, and the public health concerns of everyone.
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Glasgow's Holyrood Sports Centre was the base for local table tennis competitors and fanatics alike as they united under one roof to engage in the fiercely competitive sport.
Diversity of age, culture and background culminated in creating a wonderfully focused atmosphere as I visited a match practice session for players from a range of clubs across the West of Scotland. There was something distinctly refreshing about seeing this level of sporting talent and pride exercised through the majestic "art" of table tennis. As soon as I entered the sports hall, I was assured by Sinclair Houston, who is part of the West of Scotland league management team, that table tennis is a "sport for life." This is something which became increasingly apparent as I intertwined myself between each table, quizzing each player as I went along.
Table tennis truly is a sport of longevity, especially local level. With most players having been introduced to the sport through family members, it really was unique to perceive the same level of enthusiasm and skill radiated amongst players from 16 to 79 years old.
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A testament to this was father and son duo Vincent and Tony McGreth. Tony, 79, has been playing the sport both competitively and recreationally for 64 years. He stated that game has "speeded up since then" as it has become increasingly more competitive and difficult to gain recognition in the evolving table tennis world. For many, table tennis represented more than just a simple leisure activity to engage with once in a while as this was a game which had been passed down through generations, spurring a sense of sentiment and long term commitment.
There was obvious sincere devotion and dedication to table tennis. Therefore, to be considered as a minority sport is something which instils a huge burden on the repute and credibility of the sport as a whole in Scotland. Thomas McGrotty suggested, "TV doesn't do it justice." He furthered that the tense and lightening speed nature is one which is only encapsulated through live experience. This has lead to alterations being made in order to the widen the length of rallies during a match and hopefully encourage better viewing on TV screens.
Precision is key to successful performance in table tennis. That may seem a little obvious considering that precision is a core aspect of most sports but in the reflex controlled world of table tennis, a flick of the bat in an incorrect angle may administer the largest of faults. Comments such as "move your feet man" and "you stepped in too quick" emphasised the extraordinary level of concentration required by players to make split second judgements during gameplay. "They play like magicians" was an accurate statement made in reference to the professionals who are able to able to control the ball both swiftly and elegantly with a simple touch.
The scale of the sport is immense. Although in Scotland it may be deemed as a minority sport, I began to comprehend just how tough it is to gain prominence in the world rankings. For local league players, it would be a dream to participate in the sport at such a high level - but the harsh reality is that within countries such as China and India the sport is an ingrained part of culture and heritage in comparison to Scotland's football orientated focus. Nowadays, this often leads to the sport being abandoned by young players as some league players suggested that particularly girls become self-conscious and disinterested as they approach their teenage years.
Nevertheless, the future of Scottish table tennis maintains optimism as fans remain confident that a Scottish gold medal will generate an uprising of enthusiasm and loyalty to the undermined sport. A Glasgow 2014 medal win would be the ultimate spotlight for table tennis.
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USD/CHF (a 4 hour chart)
General overview
The Swiss franc rose slightly after the FOMC minutes publication. The Switzerland government reported that Jordan can hold intervention in the currency market. According to his words, negative rates lead to the overvalued franc.
The price is finding the first support at 1.0100, the next one is 0.9960. The price is finding the first resistance at 1.0190, the next one is at 1.0280.
There is a confirmed and a strong buy signal. The price is above the Cloud and it is above the Chinkou Span. The Tenkan-sen and the Kijun-sen show a horizontal movement. The upward movement will be until the price is above the Cloud.
The MACD indicator is in a positive territory. The price is correcting.
Trading recommendations
We advise to long with the first target – 1.0190. When the pair consolidates above the first target, we can open deals to the level of 1.0280.


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Sales quotas are said to be one detail being examined
The European Union (EU) has received complaints about
anticompetitive practices carried out by Apple
, and its administrative department -- the European Commission -- is closely monitoring the situation.
Carriers throughout Europe (but mainly French carriers) have sent information regarding their contracts with Apple to the European Commission saying that Apple's rules for carrying the iPhone are anticompetitive.
While Apple's terms are different from carrier to carrier, a major complaint from the European carriers is that Apple forces them to sell a certain amount of iPhones over a determined amount of time. If the carrier does not meet this quota, then they must pay Apple for the unsold devices.
The carriers say that this forces them to focus more on selling the iPhone each month than competing devices.
What does Apple have to say about this?
"Our contracts fully comply with local laws wherever we do business, including the E.U.," said Natalie Kerris, an Apple spokeswoman.
The European Commission hasn't opened a formal antitrust investigation yet because it hasn't received a formal complaint of anticompetitive practices. The Commission wants evidence that Apple's actions have hurt consumers and it wants to make sure that this is an issue it can solve.
However, the European Commission is monitoring the situation. It will have to speak to the carriers before launching a full investigation.
The carriers said they must agree to Apple's quota or they won't receive the iPhone at all. This is an issue, considering its one of the best-selling smartphones that customers regularly ask for. Having the iPhone draws many customers to carriers in the first place.
If Apple were to be subject to an investigation (and said to have been anticompetitive by the European Commission), the fine could be as high as 10 percent of the company's most recent annual sales worldwide.
This isn't Apple's first run-in with the European Commission. In December 2011,
Apple and book publishers
Penguin, Harper Collins (News Corp., USA), Simon & Schuster (CBS Corp., USA), Hachette Livre (Lagardère Publishing France) and Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holzbrinck (owner of inter alia Macmillan, Germany)
were under the microscope when the EU found out about their selling practices. The EU saw this as
anticompetitive against the likes of Amazon
, and launched an investigation.
Apple and four of the publishers (all but Penguin)
submitted a settlement proposal to the EU in August 2012, saying that the publishers will not restrict or limit an e-book sellers' ability to set, change or reduce e-book prices for two years. They also won't interfere with an e-book retailer's choice to offer discounts
, and added the five-year suspension of the
"most-favored nation" contract. The investigation was settled later in the year.
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"There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance." -- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
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Beginning in April and May, OIT will launch a new service powered by Microsoft Lync 2010. This powerful service offers a variety of features designed to help streamline and facilitate communication and collaboration. Although the software offers a wide range of functionality, the following three components will be available for faculty and staff: Enterprise IM, Presence and Desktop Sharing.
Next to each email address or display name in Outlook, Inside.SMU and Webmail, a small colored sqare will appear. The square will change color depending on information from your calendar as well as computer activity. A green icon indicates that you are online and available. A yellow icon indicates that you are inactive or Away. A red icon means that you are busy. This presence indicator allows your SMU colleagues to quickly determine the best way to communicate with you at that moment. The presence indicators can be changed quickly at any point through the Lync client.
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"Mine all Mine!"
A thief I long to be
Your eyes original like the moon and sea
A lover in the world............
An Anthology, you walk and talk like the word "AMOR."
The words you send, I nicely tuck under my pillow
Every note every line you left behind
I memorized till they became all mine
Unauthorized I scrape the concrete calluses off the tongue
Pirating the perfect dramatic monolog look,
Basking through the passage around your Bio,
Lost in the musky scent -around the sonnet of your aura light
Epic enough, I reach inside to feel every idyllic rhyme
A strong iambic meter curse, conjuring up the perfect verse
In you I lift a copy paste from your lips,
No need to credit the sources in your bliss
The sweetest undamaged sensual memorandum book
A moment I stole and sealed without copyright proof
My dearest Poet,
When you move across the room
I see a thousand arrows that follow from behind,
Indulged when you speak and point out a verse per verse
I am a victim pampered by your words,
Sponging every line, adding them to my crib notes
Improved wordplay that infringed my everyday diary
A haiku so tangible, it sets the perfect images in my dream,
Hypnotize after I read your first love poem
A printed feeling--
Borrowed from the sun
Copyright © Poet Destroyer A | Year Posted 2013
Tiptoeing towards the edge of the towering cliff
I flap my wounded wings and fly
over tall two hundred year old oak trees
up to the top of the highest of mountains
scanning a never ending sovereign sky
I glide effortlessly in the strong southern trade winds
watching the fawn and her doe in the wilderness
My heart starts to beat, and I write
I write of the fragrant fancy free daisies growing unrestrained
of the sun smiling down
reflecting in the fast flowing babbling brook
of the doe munching on the savory green and yellow grasses
oblivious to her surroundings , the fawn firmly within her sight
I hear the songs coming from the red breasted baby Robin
calling to her mother wondering when she'll return with dinner
my heart beats lovingly and I write
I soar higher and higher heading for the heavens
past the mammoth yellowish orange coloured moon
through the mysteries of the milky way
all along thinking of the mysteries lying inside you
I open my eyes, imagine I'm with you and I write
Copyright © Tim Smith | Year Posted 2015
This song is for my mother
Let her hear me cry
I couldn't bring myself to write it
'Til this darkened day arrived
A song about old promises
Made so long ago
Created and cremated
Ashes of the words I spoke
Long separated by the miles
Distanced from her golden smiles
Memory of a mother
Shared my dreams and really cared
Long separated by the miles
Distanced from her golden smiles
I know I wasn't there……
For you
Would have placed
A magic carpet
'neath your weak and shaky legs
Would have raised
A strong west wind
Let you breathe with ease again
Would have bribed
God's venal angels
Come and soothe your endless pain
Would have vanquished
All the demons
And bring peace to you again
Be the child
I never knew
In a land
We won't grow old
Be the light
I always loved
Warmed my dark
And lonely soul
Be the girl
Playing games
In a world
The sun won't set
Be the laughter
Calms my heart
I never will forget
I won't forget, won't forget
This song is for my mother
Let her hear me cry
Couldn't bring myself to write it
'Til this darkened day arrived
Song about old promises
Made so long ago
Ashes of the words I spoke
I broke my promises, oh mama
Now you've gone away
I'm broken
Drowning in the pain each day
I'm drowning…drowning...drowning…drowning
This song is for my mother
Let her hear me…….
Copyright © Catman Cohen | Year Posted 2011
If I was to write of love, then from my
nib your heart would flow. Dreams
would be the parchment on which I
scribe, and your fragrance the sentence
formed. A desire and passion would
flood my page, with intermittent kisses
instead of punctuation. Chapters of
grace would fill your eyes, the contents
feelings spill your soul. The ink from
deep and pulsing veins, would secrete
the validity of my emotions. I see and
do not see, for with your absence my
page is blank, yet in your thought reams
I write. Let this page be a blanket on
which those eyes could sleep, and
realize my love is not a dream, but
reality in reaching words.
Copyright © Daniel Cheeseman | Year Posted 2010
Where cradled canyons sing
Of ebony wood in the forest
There lies a gurgling spring
Where cockcrows sing their chorus
To the melody of singsong birds
There I've concealed my sensuous words
Filled with befitted signs
The saccharine whiff of my designs
Come to me my mortal youth
To the wild realm of your truth
Where nymphs and gnomes abound
For the earth is filled with weeping
And only your tears be found
Where the fogs of night are fountains
Spills of glistened moon ignite
By distant silhouette mountains
We dance with passion of fight
Entwining ancient stance
Mingling hand in hand we dance
Till the mountains smile on high
Near and far we spring
To pursue the realest of dreams
While the world cries at its seams
Anxious in trouble to cling
Come to me my mortal youth
To the wild realm of your truth
Where nymphs and gnomes abound
For the earth is filled with weeping
And only your tears be found
To where the ridges merry make
From the beaks of wooden bright
In sparkly pools the ghouls awake
That scarce to stir our night
We watch for seekers down under
Muttering secrets in their soul
We bid them lucks of shivers
Dipping gently in
From reeds that hide a tear of a foal
Under the gentle rivers
Come to me my mortal youth
To the wild realm of your truth
Where nymphs and gnomes abound
For the earth is filled with weeping
And only your tears be found
Far away she shall ever churn
The taciturn eyed
She'll listen no more to turn
To the working mills beside
Or the scrubbing of the barn
May peace weave in her song
She shall wave in the yarn
To a haven known as Belong
Come to me my mortal youth
To the wild realm of your truth
Where nymphs and gnomes abound
For the earth is filled with weeping
And only your tears be found
For she comes, the mortal youth
To the wild realm of her truth
Where nymphs and gnomes abound
For the earth is filled with weeping
And only her tears be found
Copyright © Laura Breidenthal | Year Posted 2013
What, Where, Who
If I where asked the what, where, who
That drives me to write poetry
I'd say that if I only knew
I'd leave right now this misery
But I'm afraid I'm not the sort
To answer in straight fashion
I have to offer my retort
With words of heartfelt passion
For just the other day I found
Encounter gave me food for thought
Soon the words they were outbound
Jumbled as they rushed and fought
Though ne'er the less inspired me
To battle on my way
Look toward the end and see
Which words I could display
Confess do I quite openly
That I am ignorant
Of poetry's technology
Coz grasp it I just can't
I wouldn't know a what's it called
From a what's its name
In my mind won't stay installed
Confusion is its game
But I somehow, find I can
Muddle through at best
Organise a crafty plan
And set my brain the test
For out there I see loneliness
Suffering and pain
A world in turmoil and distress
That cannot stake its claim
I look for every trait in man
Into the soul I stare
At his betrayal and flim-flam
Also the ladies fair
Dear love will always be there
And so will Demon war
And my thoughts on these I'll share
Of that you can be sure
Laughter I would hope to bring
Sadness sometimes to the fore
Of natures forces I will sing
The list goes on galore
Yes I will write throughout the night
With hope to de-confuse
I'll try to offer some insight
By giving up my muse
So now you know the what and where
But what about the who
Inspiring people are out there
Who knows - it could - be you
And what about that misery
I spoke of up above
Well, I gave that up for music
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Copyright © Richard D Seal | Year Posted 2013
I was inspired once a long time ago
By something that I read
I never knew such amazing things
Could fill the inside of my head
I always thought that poetry
Was about love or romance,
I never knew it could be dark
Suddenly I was entranced.
A whole new world had opened up
And I could write about it all;
Anything that crossed my mind,
Anything I could recall.
And it was all because of a poem
I read one day at school;
The poem was entitled "The Raven"
And it was just so incredibly cruel,
I fell in love with the poem
And craved others that were the same;
But there was only one author that captured me
Edgar Allan Poe was his name.
Every poem or story that he wrote
Was like a beacon showing the way;
I never knew I could write about death
Without worrying what others would say
And so I took leaf out of his book,
And wrote about what I feel;
I was always afraid to express myself
But now it holds only appeal
Copyright © Tirzah Conway | Year Posted 2010
It was on a Christmas Eve
early in the morn
into a world so often cold
a little girl was born.
Her parents, they did love her,
the way that it should be
but her father, who's a good man,
had been raised with cruelty.
When he doled out punishment
for all her childish ways
the lessons that he taught her
would stay with her all her days.
Growing up was never easy
and she grew up so confused.
Other kids did more than tease her
and at home she was abused.
But she grew up all the same
then came to that time of life
when she thought she was ready
became a mother and a wife.
They faced a lot of hardships
but tried to love anyway
and her husband, who does love her,
has been so mean along the way.
Yes, life is hard for everyone
this woman surely knows.
Hate and misunderstanding
seems to follow where she goes
with so many quick to tell her
that she is always wrong
so many times she has been shown
that she just don't belong.
She tries so hard to understand
the reasons for her tears
and is punished for her feelings
as she has been all her years.
She knows that there is more to life
than what always seems to be.
All she wants is to be loved
without the cruelty.
Note: My dear friends, this is not an easy write for me but a necessary one. I was at a very
low point in my life and I prayed for God for direction or to let it end. I wrote the poem I Am
then joined PoetrySoup. I know God led me to this wonderful site for a reason. I may still
have a long way to go but I am starting to move forward. I want to thank you all for your
encouragement and kindness. Being able to write again is helping me and as fellow writers,
I know you understand. Thank you for sharing with me and teaching to become a better
writer. God bless you all and Happy Holidays! Love, Robin.
Copyright © Robin L. Gass | Year Posted 2008
I fell in love with you the second you were born
With light brown hair and sapphire blue eyes
I thought you were perfect!
Over time it became evident that there was a problem
Test after test showed that you had profound autism
You didn't reach your milestones like other babies
There was no babbling; no social smiles
only a vacant look in those huge sapphire blue eyes
You were locked in your own little world
just content lying in your cot playing with your fingers
As you grew older you found comfort sitting rocking on the floor
You hated physical contact; if anyone tried to hug you you'd go rigid
Arms remained straight by your side like a soldier on parade
It's been so difficult to come to terms with the fact
You will never say "I love you momma" or let me into your heart
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Copyright © JAN ALLISON | Year Posted 2017
A love poem
How do you write a love poem
First of all:
You need inspiration
The best inspiration
Is a person
to love
Or to hate even
Yes, even hate or jealousy
can be an awesome prompt
to write about
you once felt
Or perhaps puppy love
for that little boy with braces
two blocks down the road
from where you lived
Or even secret love for that
stud that never saw you
because you're that wussie
that nerd that stutters
So how DOES one write a love poem?
Never EVER use the word 'love'
it's a cliche
all critics in the world agree
on that one
also never use:
"kissing your moist lips"
'kissing' is a gerund
'your moist lips'
is a cliche worse than 'love'
Then how to write a love poem?
How would I know?
I've never written a decent one!
August 5, 2017
Copyright © Darren White
Copyright © Darren White | Year Posted 2017
Your love flows through my veins
like the Nile River flows through
the sands of Eygpt.
Love flows through my veins
like rivers that break off into endless streams
and water the gardens of the green stems
of torn covered rose bushes.
In my veins, you flow, as a sparrow
flies through the blue skies in beauty.
You are the blood that flows through my veins
and later settles deep in my heart
and embraces me with a hug of intimace.
Love flows through my veins
like endless notes played by the sweetest composer
along with his private orchestra playing a lovely melody.
Rivers, streams break off and flow into lakes and oceans,
Like my veins that lead to my heart,
you are always there flowing through my veins.
Your love flows through my veins.
Copyright © Chris Boskovski | Year Posted 2013
A solitary piece the diamond
precious rare gem most treasured
by those lucky enough to hold
Once in possession it is rarely out of grasp
Like the gemstone the mother
requires very specific conditions
in holding fast her (family/) childrens love
Treasured forever in her heart
she will go out of her way
to preen and protect them
holding them dear to her
deep within her maternal safe – the heart
closely guarded by the mind
Her infatuation of all treasures to her
are totally understandable
especially when you think to the complexity
of structure and process taken in creation
Just as from the 'unbreakable' in ancient greek
this allotrope of carbon
with strength of bonding between atoms
is representative of that strong love
between mum and child
The maternal being could be compared
to the superlative physical qualities of the stone
Even the characteristic luster
of this gem so prevalent from its ability
to disperse light and colour
compared to the many strengths
roles and qualities of the mother
seen by the many she deals with daily
A most high pressured job
versus the high pressured temperature
within the Earths mantle
that forms the delightful rock it gives birth to
Infants delight and ignite the forbearer
just as the jewel would dazzle the room
a mother's love encaptures the magical luster
of those she's birthed and nothing
stands inbetween this richest of cargo's
Copyright © Anna-Marie Docherty | Year Posted 2013
Oh my darling the news is so bleak
I saw the consultant only last week
Think we better start making plans
See the vicar; hear the wedding banns
All I've ever wanted was to be your wife
For better for worse, through trouble and strife
The consultant confirmed I'll not last the year
Oh kiss me my darling; just hold me so near
Wedding plans float around in my head
My dying wish is that we should wed
Time is running out so we mustn't linger
I want your wedding ring upon my finger
A simple ceremony, just as quiet as can be
All I ask my darling is that you stand by me
01~14~ 2015
Copyright © JAN ALLISON | Year Posted 2015
And I love you
Like a dog's first date
With a fire hydrant
No, that's not right.
I worship you
As if you were a wine collection owned by Jesus
Minus the prerequisites
Wait, it's you again, my yesterday.
Why are your eyes seducing my stanzas?
You linger in my mist
Equivalent to a bipolar lighthouse
Blinking rapidly for hope to notice your sadness
While your light bulb remains cracked
Go away!
Ok, back to it.
No longer do I need careless whispers.
I just want to hold your hand
Swinging life away from skeletons' demeanor
Be my sun, as I rise
I'll be your sun, as we set
Damn it, I smell your unwashed lyric again!
Why do your illiterate, colored eyes remain atop my mountain?!
I tossed your heart off my peak
That humidified night in June
When God's tornado told me to stay away from your fallacy!
You've become a rejected stranger, stranger.
Sigh, ok, one last try.
You want me to be your diamond
On platinum band
But, I just want to be an "I miss you", tomorrow.
I can ask no more than this.
To be a chorus in your daily songs,
I request
You continue glazing my thoughts
Hang gliding your way through my handsome vernacular
You were an exclamation point
Turned into closure's period
Now, my fortitude shall delete your dialect
With whimsical laughter compiled
From shattered dreams of old
An illuminated solstice
Waving goodbye
To onyx, cotton puffs in my Ionosphere
My Angel, I'm sorry I drifted against my sea of distant memories.
Love does not frighten me.
But, it tries.
I can only be certain of today.
I will sacrifice my pride
To become a pauper in your royal presence
If it means our eyes can become a correlated breath
I implore,
Be my tomorrow
These stanzas were only ever gifted for you
Be my tomorrow
For I've dishonorably discharged my yesterdays
©Drake J. Eszes
Copyright © Drake Eszes | Year Posted 2013
I don't write about beauty very often
Maybe that's because with one eye
I see a blurred pillow
And one corner of your mouth
Your hair resting on the side of your face
Your left eye closed
In sleep
I don't write about beauty very often
Maybe that's because with one hand
I can reach beneath the sheets
And touch your smooth skin
Run my hand along your side
Over your shoulder
Up to your face
I don't write about beauty very often
Maybe that's because with a word
I can call on you
And rouse you from slumber
To receive your sincerest regards
As I bid you farewell
Before an unwelcome day
I don't write about beauty very often
Maybe that's because it's become so familiar
I live with you every day
And have grown to expect it
Maybe even treat it too casually
Should learn to appreciate it
And be thankful for it
As it's you
I'm away now for 5 weeks. Upon my return regular transmission will resume. Enjoy, enjoy.
Copyright © scott thirtyseven | Year Posted 2013
Love poems are not written by poets in love;
They are written by poets infatuated with the concept of love.
Poets write of their dreams;
Poets write with their imaginations;
Poets write of hope and fantasy.
Only poets who dream of love, write love poems;
Only poets who imagine ecstasy and passion, compose love sonnets;
Only poets who hope to love and fantasize about love's allure, pen lyrics of love.
Poets who are in love write poems of butterflies, bubbling streams and blooming blossoms;
For, when you are in love, butterflies fluttering by fulfill your dreams;
Bubbling brooks of cool, effervescent water engage your imagination;
Fields of flowers in bloom with rainbow hues and fragrant bouquets are what you hope for and fantasize about.
Poets in love, live love and write about other wonders;
Poets dreaming of love; imagining love's splendor; hoping and fantasizing about being paid a visit by Cupid's arrow,
And, only those poets,
Write love poems.
Copyright © Joe Flach | Year Posted 2014
I've Scribbled This Song For You...
I'm wasting my days,
my empty nights too,
I should have held on,
but I simply lost you,
now I stagger along,
wearing broken smiles,
in between hell and you,
there's a million miles,
yes, I should have kept,
you close to my skin,
soaking your warmth,
but you were laughing,
at my foolish grin...
now I'm all broken,
and torn apart,
but what the hell,
I was always late,
for the tolling of the bell,
and now...
now I stagger along,
wearing broken smiles,
in between hell and you,
there's a million miles,
so kiss me now like you once did,
I'm tired of being so carefully hid,
la laa laa la laa laa laa...
(repeat to fade)
Copyright © Scribbler Of Verses | Year Posted 2013
With my words I love to play
rhyming everything I say
inside my head words squawk and rage
'til they're released upon the page.
It fills my heart with pure delight
to watch them growing as I write.
Oh how I love to make words rhyme
arranging them in metered time
until I have a perfect line
it sends chills up and down my spine
and I am blessed with endless joy
to use this gift that I employ.
Some of the things I write about
I know must leave some minds in doubt.
"Not good enough" some must claim
but that's ok I feel no shame.
I'll still write the way I do
and to my heart I will be true.
My knowledge of great works is small
in fact I don't know much at all
and I would never dare profess
to be a gifted poetess
'cause when it comes to poetry
I write just what comes naturally.
Born to rhyme, that is my game
and that is all you'll hear me claim.
To me this game is so much fun
it is my picnic in the sun.
It may sound lame or even sappy
but that's all right it makes me happy!
Copyright © Robin L. Gass | Year Posted 2009
Hounds from Hell take their toll on your soul
as you walk the mainstreet of mainstream
and watch Saturn and Neptune dance to a simple tone
of silence in the outer space.
As you sit in the middle of the world
free yourself from the sense of hopelessness,
only see yourself in the mirror of deception
as your reflection laughs at you and looks right through you,
and doesn't have remorse for what it says or does to you.
Hounds from Hell take your soul,
chock you, cut of your air,
the smog and fog blind you in the city of ash.
Hear the hounds from hell howl for your soul,
go now, barracade your soul behind sins and temptation,
Alone, listening to your soul die away,
watch love go away from you, with suitcase in hand,
picture frames broken and collect dust through the sands of time.
Till the cleaning lady comes on Monday, to clean the mess
that you left behind.
You are gone, without a trace of ever returning.
Looks of the Hounds of Hell came for you and stole you from
comfort and warmth,
till the sorrowed heart cracks and pain spills out
and you look at it all spill out over the floor.
The Hounds from Hell have paid a consumable harmage to you,
and your rich soul of sorrowness burns away... slowly.
Fear darkens souls,
innocent souls burn with a new day,
a slumber that has no end
with nightmares haunting every light of hope
there is left in this desolate Wasteland.
Fear and darkness tears a hole in the darkened universe
and we all go to hell to see the Hounds,
who come for us all.
The graveyards fill,
and death guards the tombstones of the dead,
and the flowers burn away on the feet of the dead.
I could chisel my love into a mountain
But mountains errode away
If I carved my love in solid ice
It would only last a day
I could write my love up in the sky
But the wind would soon displace
I could write my love into a book
But letters can be erased
I could shout my love into the air
Sound waves expand and fade
I could sing my love in melody
A fleeting serenade
I could express my love with a simple glance
Even though my eyes can't see
For if they could, I'd have realized
That you do not love me.
Copyright © Joe Inca | Year Posted 2005
Into your Hideout
The ruins of my mind
The bombed out places so so unkind
Lost you in the haze of hells fire
Bombs making humanity expire
I have dreams they call out as nightmares
You are running away from your fears
Amongst such destruction and horrors
A borrowed bicycle your only escape
Yet here I am, and you know not the truth
I am alive, and running, just as you
Through the ruins of this city so destroyed
I am chasing you, and screaming, stop my love
Stop, arête no more need to run
The enemies and nightmares ran out of guns
That day when the sky rained barrels and bombs
Wounded, I survived, our love kept me alive
In the deepest of dreams, I hear your screams
Love please know soon, we will be in the sun eating ice-cream
I will never stop my endless pursuit
Of finding you my love, my wife, my meaning of this strife
I shall find your hideout in the depths of hells fears
We two shall resuscitate our hearts, humanities fools
For all the terror, the war and hate
One day me and you shall smile at lovers garden gates
My blood is yours, my veins joined to your soul
No soldier shall stop us, from our hopes and loves ultimate goal
When I sit caressing your hair in the shelter of hidden despair
The hideout no longer needed
Us lovers, together, finally in gods sun and the fresh air
Dedicated to all the innocent victims of the horrors in Syria
I would like to thank a fellow poet, for her support, encouragement and exchanging of ideas, Casarah Nance. I was discussing how often music inspires my writing, and was sharing some favorite songs with her, when this idea came up.
At the same time, tonight we had a workshop on www.baffn.biz #Poetry room, and I would like to also thank Tim, Casarah, Jan, Maverick, Halil, Samantha, Armand, Keith and Joe for the wonderful comments and suggestions. Great to see poets encouraging other poets. That's how it should be!
Copyright © arthur vaso | Year Posted 2016
I'm inviting all of you here on Poertrysoup
To come and join the party, we'll be a wonderful group
Not a drink and dance rave that's no good at all
A political party we won't be too small
We could oust the governments and dictatorships
When we get our act together they've had their chips
For we could write a manifesto in verse
We'll tell the truth but would that be a curse
As I read the words of all my friends out there
I know that we could show a lot more care
President and Prime minister we have them both
All ready to stand and take the oath
The poetry party has many women candidates
Who could hold their own in any political debates
So why not do it join forces hand in hand
Make the world a better place by what we planned
With all our wisdom, love and peace to offer
We could fill every last country coffer
Stop the starving from dying due to government greed
All together we soupers could succeed
With a depth of poets who could make people smile
Under our banner a better world by a mile
For we who write see the problems ahead
We can lead through the maze instead of being led
So come on guys shall we give it a go
Show the lying politicians what we know
Turn the world from hate and war
To love and peace we could I'm sure
Copyright © Owen Yeates | Year Posted 2012
When the weary, weighted day is done,
And swollen eyes surrender
To the sandman's sweet serenity,
I drift towards your wonder.
For there's the place we're sure to meet,
And there, we verse and ponder,
Reliving caresses, sensual and sweet:
In dreams, with you, I wander.
A nirvana, where you can voice my name,
And I fervently unite with you,
No sea, no land or rule divides,
My foolish heart no more askew.
Here is where our souls' intrepid dance
Leaves wolves powerless to subdue,
I can gaze up at your cloudless aspect:
In dreams, my life's with you.
But when the rising sun claims dawn
And you must say goodbye,
Awakened, I find your touch has gone,
But intricate thoughts of you shan't die.
My pen recalls your love's rebirth:
Running gold, with thoughts of eyes I knew.
If Heaven has its place on earth,
In dreams, it lies, with you.
Copyright © Nicola Byrne | Year Posted 2016
if he were to write me a love poem, would it breathe
like the quintessence of begin? would it live
as the moon to the sea – as precise as the art
of expanse along kismets journey, and all horizons linear?
would it wind-wash and rush my untouched
expanse, as a field soft and wild, exhaling through hair?
would you hear all of my hurt as it crashes to floors; crashing
through my glass floors, formed by years of perfected neglect;
(reverberating through centuries of cause and effect)
or would it die in my hands;
turn to dust
at your
to read his undying words, such as my deepest imaginings
can conjure, would be as if the very sun had come to rest beneath
my bosom, shining exponentially forth every wish and dream i have
ever harbored within the safe haven of my yearnings, since long
before the birth of time itself!
o', words given from the depths of my hearts deliberate daydreams,
from the vastness of your perpetual being,
would surely render my mind useless, striking my fluttering
body numb, and alive all at once!
if my love ever wrote me a love poem, i would answer
by way of warm lips on eyelids, (weary from longing
and unrequited need) gliding them
down his fair face, kissing years of spent tears into the oblivion that is
no more (the culmination of death and the sweet realization
of answered prayers), and yet
i would no sooner ask him to write me a love poem, then I would
expose my longing to receive one.
Copyright © Kristin Reynolds | Year Posted 2008
How shall I write for you tonight
when the words don't seem to flow?
I could write about the moon and the stars
and how, to you, they don't compare
to those starry caramel eyes
that look deep inside of me
wrap around my sated heart
and fill my life with glee
I could write about your killer smile
that brightens my every thought
that gives me strength to carry on
when sad or when distraught
I could write about your compassion
your powerful soul or your caring heart
I could tell you how much I love you
and how we'll never be apart
I could verse a poem about
how I admire who you are
your virtues, values, giving of your time
what you stand for or
how I'm proud to call you mine
I could write a song that would praise
your love of God
the less fortunate,
His children
and all of those in need.
How can I possibly write
a worthy poem that sings
praises high enough of you
when all you do
seems right and just
and your intentions are so true.
Tonight I'll try to write my sweet
of one who strives to rid the world of hurt
So I'll close my eyes and picture you
and hope I find the words
I am the Blue Poet.
The uneasy man.
Who longs to be loved,
or just to have a friend.
My heart whisphers a low melody
on a faint, cool evening
thinking of her.
Once in my arms,
laying on my bed of roses.
Now she is gone.
I cannot think anymore!
It is hard, to love again,
When all your love has been taken away.
... I am the Blue Poet.
I am the Blue Poet,
That walks the bluish, dawn and dew covered streets
in the the October evenings and nights.
But I tell you, I wasn't always so blue.
No! I was once alive... happy... romantic,
... till Love went away!
Now I sit in the wayward poetry clubs,
drinking club soda and snapping my fingures
to a finished performance on a poem about love.
Written by a soft, spoken seventeen year old girl.
Soon, it is my turn to give my poem a read.
I stand on a lone stage, with a spotlight drownding me in blindness.
I face the faces, who look at me and smile.
A clap, and a cough, bring my head up.
I look out upon the sitting crowd.
To see that one face
that speaks to me,
without the movement of the mouth.
The face never showed though, and my head fell back down.
I start to read.
A vase of emotions kill me and swallow me up.
I try to hold back tears, but no more could I halter.
I finished, with a salty tear, rolling down my rough and oiled cheek.
I leave the crowd at ovation
and leave the women, all with tears in their eyes.
I come down from the stage, leaving the bright spotlight.
I shake hands, give hugs,
and collect my pay, and have another round of club soda.
Then, I go down the midnight alleyways of sprinkled city streets
finding myself a cozy room.
I think of her for a moment,
then off to sleep.
I dream of one time laughs, and hugs and kisses.
I cry in my sleep,
...For I am the Blue Poet.
I thank you always sun and moon, but is his warmth that makes me move
My hands stay lingered in his palm, and trace the lines to write a song
His eyes they whisper: you still do know, of how my love will always grow
And with four lips they form hello, for goodbye they'll never know
My hands stay lingered in his palm, and trace the lines to write a song;
For each line has read, " hold on " that's why fingers clench so strong
And with four lips they form hello, for goodbye they'll never know
I love you more than can be known, and hopefully we'll find that's shown
For each line has read," hold on " that's why fingers clench so strong
His eyes they whisper: you still do know, of how my love will always grow
I love you more than can be known, and hopefully we'll find that's shown
I thank you always sun and moon, but it's his warmth that makes me move...
Copyright © Jessica Arteaga | Year Posted 2010
Once again I'm alone with the moon
in her light I gracefully swoon
with thoughts of a passionate night
to my love, I endear this sweet write
soft tender wind blow
caress the tip of her wings
drift free sleepless night
Drift cautiously out into the wind
and take with you my heart
for not alone you shall be
when inside, is held, a part of me
Hear my heated breath in every breeze
and feel my racing heart when you are still
For when life turns and we fall into our waning days
To you I will find my way and together we will forever stay
Copyright © Tim Smith | Year Posted 2016
My darling
Time is no longer on our side
Since your car crash we have no money
For you are no longer able to work
If I can't find a job I may have to go on the run
The debts are piling up so high they almost reach the sky
Brain damage has taken its toll on you
I wish you were able to speak to me
But all as long as you can still breathe …
That is the most important thing
I still visit you every day
Talking to you about our once happy life
Trying to jog your memory
Do you remember the time we saw the total eclipse
Together we saw the dark side of the moon
Oh what memories it conjures up
Don't give up the fight
It's not your time to go to the great gig in the sky
Babe, its you and me not us and them
If you should leave me my darling
I will remember your request …
No black at your funeral
You said wear any colour you like
No matter what happens I will love your forever
Contest:- Album Tracks Tell Stories
Sponsor:- James Fraser
18th August 2015
Album 1 chosen ~ Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd
TRACKS used: Speak to Me/ Breathe, On the Run, Time, The Great Gig in the Sky, Money, Us and Them, Any Color You Like, Brain Damage, Eclipse
Kiss me under autumn leaves
Protection from the falling rain
A feeling of warmth is what I need
Don't ask, just kiss.
I see your eyes and what they say
You know mine, now don't be coy
A writer, in love with words, needs none
Hush now, just kiss.
In your arms is where I long to be,
A taste of lips will help me breathe
It's action time, don't you know,
Hold me, let's kiss.


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USB drives, old hard drives and the laptop left in the front seat of a car all pose huge risks. Home Depot, Pfizer and the VA all ran into trouble when laptops holding confidential information were stolen. Without preventing sensitive data from ever getting on these portable devices in the first place, it's nearly impossible to secure against an opportunistic thief or simple forgetfulness.
Nightmare four: Blabber-blogs - Internal blogs are great, unless employees start spilling company secrets
Web 2.0, VoIP, and other new technologies are driving security pros crazy - at least at those organizations on the ball enough to pay attention to them. Take something as simple as blogging.
At Microsoft, the blog Mini-Microsoft has stirred up a bunch of controversy. According to the blog's author, a Microsoft employee who wishes to remain anonymous, the blog was started as a forum for "exposing lunch-time conversations of a lot of people going over the issues and concerns they had about Microsoft."
In our e-mail interview with Mini-Microsoft's author, he says, "You see a lot of deep, well-thought-out, constructive criticism from the inside. I can't say this goes anywhere, even today. . . Two years ago, when a lot of the concerns became public, something got done. Would it have happened without the blog? Maybe. Probably not, though."
Aberdeen's Baroudi has a problem with anonymous corporate blogs. "Anonymous blogs are irresponsible. If you feel that strongly and you're unwilling to put your name to it, it loses credibility. If you put your name to it, there's a dialogue."
Could Mini-Microsoft be as effective minus the cloak of anonymity? "Absolutely not," Mini-Microsoft wrote. "If I had started this blog under my real name then I would be shut down quickly by people who would just question how a person working on XYZ could possibly have a say about [an unrelated] project.
"There'd be more criticism for who I was and what my responsibilities are. 'Hey, why don't you blog about how your feature bar is broken?' That's human nature. The mystery allows an assumption of knowledge and provides permission to ponder. And I can't say it would be seen as career empowerment for the leadership up the chain from me."
Advocate blogs pose a serious dilemma for IT security. The anonymous soul-of-the-company ones like Mini-Microsoft are highly valued by employees. Whistle-blower blogs like those from Los Alamos National Labs are even more valuable because they exposed the dysfunctional practices that threatened national security.
However, these blogs do pose risks. If confidential data is leaked, for instance, management has a valid reason to worry. PR and marketing executives tear their hair out figuring out how to respond to the bad press that often accompanies these blogs.
Most organizations, though, simply have no idea how to handle these blogs, and, as a result, most either ignore them or make the mistake of trying to shut them down - which usually worsens morale and generates more bad press.
Other new technologies present equal quandaries. Take IBM's Many Eyes, which is essentially a mashup application for visualizing data. "There is a lot of data there that probably shouldn't be," said Forrester's Young. "You can find sales forecasts and corporate income statements." Many Eyes doesn't always show where the data is coming from, but much of it isn't hard to figure out.
There is even data from government agencies, including the CIA. If the Secret Service can't be trusted not to send out unencrypted itineraries, it's not a stretch to worry about what it's posting on Many Eyes.


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Twitter followers of Egyptian hottie Amr Diab [2] can now post on his page in peace after his account had been hacked by someone trying to cause trouble [3] for the trusted singer. The hacker had gotten into Amr's page and posted harsh political statements on his behalf.
A furious superstar assured his fans that he respects the political opinions of everyone who loves Egypt and would never write such statements against his co-patriots. Followers were warned to not believe anything they read and to not post anything until the situation was totally cleared. It looks like the moment has arrived at last, and his fans can get back to stalking his every social media move and believe to all be true!
According to Laha Magazine, the administrators of Amr's official Facebook account [4] confirmed the news by posting a message "Access has been regained for the official Twitter account of Egyptian superstar Amr Diab [5], you can now follow him and interact with him, Thank You."
[1] http://www.syndigate.info
[2] http://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/amr-diab-bushra-548255
[3] http://www.albawaba.com/entertainment/amr-diab--547697
[4] https://www.facebook.com/AmrDiab
[5] https://twitter.com/amrdiab
[6] http://www.albawaba.com


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Wayne Rooney is centre of attention as United amble past Galati
Manchester United 2 - 0 Otelul Galati: No wonder Sir Alex Ferguson was so reluctant to lavish £35m on Wesley Sneijder. No wonder he was so convinced he could replace Paul Scholes from within that he eschewed matching the Dutchman's extravagant wages.
Most assumed Tom Cleverley would proceed to the dais reserved for Manchester United's conductor.
That, though, was before Wayne Rooney picked up the baton.
So long and glorious has been his 25-year reign – an anniversary marked this weekend – that it should not, perhaps, be any surprise that Ferguson's knowledge is now so deep that he sees things others will never see. He even appears to know his players better than they know themselves.
Few managers, when faced with depleted resources in midfield, would choose to deploy their talismanic striker there, even against opponents as limited as Otelul Galati, even in a competition as processional as the opening exchanges of the Champions League. But that is Ferguson: the vindicated risk-taker. Rooney helped create the first, and unofficially scored the second, casting his spell on a game distinctly lacking in magic.
"He was our best player," said his manager. "He has all the qualities you need in a central midfielder: he has great awareness in that role. His selection of passes was very good, he had great energy and great determination. It was a really good performance. The way he received the ball was very good, and he should take great credit because Otelul were very aggressive in defending and he handled that part very well.
"We have got injuries, and that is one of the reasons we played him. Tom Cleverley and Michael Carrick are injured and it is better for Darren Fletcher if he plays on Saturday, so Wayne was an option, and a good option. It is only a short-term thing, I think, for the moment."
With performances like this, though, that may change. Even those who have followed Ferguson's strokes of bold genius over the last two and a half decades would admit removing Rooney from the frontline is particularly daring, but there is no question it is a role which suits the 25-year-old.
He was at the heart of all of the hosts' attacks, covering more ground than any other player on the pitch and completing more passes, too. He dictated tempo, he defined play. The game orbited around him. Some things never change: Rooney has long been United's shining sun.
He seemed to enjoy it, too, admitting it is a position he filled regularly as a youngster and displaying no particular haste to bring his busman's holiday to an end. "I played there a lot when I was younger," Rooney said. "You get a lot of the ball and here we had to defend at times, too. It is down to the manager whether I play here again, but without being big-headed I feel I am a good enough player to play anywhere on the pitch. If the manager wants me in midfield, then I'll play there."
Play there and excel, it seems. Rooney starring seems as inevitable as United nervously edging past Champions League underlings and Michael Owen trotting off injured just as he seems to be hitting form. It was a thigh problem which did for him here, after just 12 minutes.
At least by that stage he had played a part in United's opener. Rooney too, crafting the smoothest of balls to pick out Dimitar Berbatov on the right flank. The Bulgarian checked inside, hesitated, and languidly played in Phil Jones, galloping past on the outside.
The 19-year-old is in a makeshift phase, too, of course, though his performances are so thoroughbred that it is hard to tell. He spent his evening here hugging the touchline, heading for the byline. Not bad for a converted centre-back.
Nor was his ability to readjust his body to Berbatov's heavy pass and pick out a cross – fortuitously deflected off the lunging Silviu Ilie – which Owen, always alive in front of goal, diverted past Branko Grahovac. Antonio Valencia merely had to tap home.
It is in the nature of United these days, though, that they should not be able to press home their advantage. Otelul might have drawn level immediately, Marius Pena heading wide. The hosts did not heed the warning. Rooney prompted and probed, Jones raided time and again – almost skating through, past two, three challenges, before Cristian Sarghi's head denied him at the last – but this was lacklustre stuff.
True, Anderson had an effort cleared off the line and Javier Hernandez, replacing Owen, headed over a Jones cross, but the Romanian champions grew in courage and conviction as the game wore on, encouraged by the generosity afforded them by Rio Ferdinand and Jonny Evans. Suddenly, it was not just Rooney playing as a midfielder. Berbatov was back there too, though to rather less effect.
Better sides than Dorinel Munteanu's would have punished the Premier League champions. Ferguson, after the game, could barely conceal his relish at the prospect of the visit of Benfica in three weeks, a fixture replete with history in which victory would seal United's passage. If his defence plays like this, he may regret that enthusiasm.
At least he has Rooney. The England international deserved his decisive contribution, even if Sarghi, excellent all night, did not warrant the slice of ill fortune which saw his outstretched leg deflect a speculative attempt past the stranded Grahovac.
Rooney had the decency to look slightly ruminative, at least. He might have added an emphatic third, loitering with intent as Valencia chipped a cross to the edge of the box. He met it on the full volley. In the stands, Scholes would have recognised the pivot, the swivel of the hips. He scored a few like that, in his day. Rooney did not – the ball soaring over – but other than that, the impression was convincing, the impersonation uncanny. Ferguson might have found his new conductor, in the unlikeliest of places.
Match Facts
Booked: Man United Evans. Otelul Galati Costin.
Man of the match Rooney.
Referee M Strahonja (Croatia).
Attendance 74,847.
Group C
Results so far Basle 2-1 Otelul Galati, Benfica 1-1 Manchester United; Manchester United 3-3 Basle, Otelul Galati 0-1 Benfica; Basle 0-2 Benfica,
Otelul Galati 0-2 Manchester United; Benfica 1-1 Basle, Manchester United 2-0 Otelul Galati.
Remaining fixtures: 22 November Manchester United v Benfica, Otelul Galati v Basle. 7 December Basle v Manchester United, Benfica v Otelul Galati.
Huggel clips Eagles' wings
Manchester United moved level on points with Benfica at the top of Group C after the Portuguese side were held 1-1 at home by Basle. Spanish striker Rodrigo had given Benfica the early advantage, opening the scoring in the fourth minute with a half-volley from a Nicolas Gaitan nod-down. However, Switzerland defender Benjamin Huggel equalised midway through the second half after being set up by Scott Chipperfield.
Belfast Telegraph