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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|14 Jul 1992
|Filing date
|1 May 1991
|Priority date
|1 May 1991
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Robert Braun, Gary Grunauer
|Original Assignee
|Insta-Foam Products, Inc.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (11), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (44), Classifications (9), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The present invention relates generally to disposable nozzles for mixing and dispensing a multi-component foam, and more particularly, to nozzles for mixing and dispensing two component foam systems using reduced chlorofluorocarbons (CFC), chlorofluorocarbons (CFC), hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC), hydrofluorocarbons or water or any combination of the above as foaming agents.
The use of urethane and similar expandable foams has increased over the years for numerous applications. Urethane foams are well known as having desirable characteristics useful for many applications, such as insulation. Urethane foams are also well known for their compatibility with low cost blowing agents which allow such foams to be applied by way of pressurized containers as well as their natural adhesive qualities which allow such foams to bond excellently to any number of substrates. Typically, urethane foams are the reaction product of two individual components, one being a foaming agent and the other being a resin. These two individual components when reacted together, give the resultant foam various chemical compositions, each such composition having significant utility in a particular application. Thus, urethane foams may be specially formulated to provide a final foam which is rigid, semi-rigid or flexible.
Closed cell urethane foams are best used in building and structural insulation while open cell urethane foams are best used for packaging or non-insulating purposes. Regardless of the cell structure, the urethane foam is formed by mixing the two or more individual foam components together when the components exit their respective containers by way of individual supply tubes leading to a foam application gun. The components can be provided in small containers such as aerosol cans, containing up to 1 or 2 pounds of each component, or can be large cylinders, containing up to 1000 or more pounds of each component.
The foam component containers are connected to a dispensing tool or gun whereby each component is conveyed from the container by a distinct supply tube into the dispensing gun, the two or more components are mixed together in a disposable member and the reacted foam is applied through a nozzle of the gun. The dispensing gun typically includes an inlet assembly having tubes or other supply means from the foam component containers, a body portion having a dispensing trigger or other suitable mechanism to dispense the foam, and a nozzle assembly having an opening from which the foam exits. In operation of such dispensing guns, the separate foam components exit from their respective containers and enter a mixing chamber to form the final desired urethane foam. During mixing, the separate components are blended to form the urethane foam which then exits the spray nozzle at the outlet opening. Such foam dispensing guns and spray nozzles therefor are disclosed in assignee's patents, U.S. Pat. No. 3,784,110, U.S. Pat. No. 4,603,813 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,925,107. For the most part, these patents describe nozzles which are disposable and insertable into a foam dispensing gun body to establish an area where the separate foam components may be thoroughly mixed together before exiting the gun through the spray nozzle. Such nozzle assemblies are inexpensive and may be ejected or thrown away when the foam application is completed.
The urethane foam components used in these spray guns and nozzles therefor are maintained in their separate containers often in a pressurized state, using common foaming agents such as chlorofluorocarbons. Chlorofluorocarbons, or CFC's, are fully halogenated hydrocarbons which have been demonstrated as being detrimental to the ozone layer of the atmosphere. These liquids and gases provide excellent dispersal of liquids in aerosol applications because of the back pressure developed thereby, but nevertheless are detrimental to the environment. In recognition of this problem, federal regulations are now mandating a forced reduction by industry in the amounts of CFC and other related, atmosphere-damaging propellants used in aerosol applications. The overall goal of these regulations is to totally eliminate the use of these propellants in the aerosol application industry.
In order to comply with these environmental regulations, the industry is reducing the amount of CFC used as a propellant in aerosol applications. The industry is also utilizing water-blown systems wherein water is contained within one foam component and reacts with another foam component, typically an isocyanate, to form carbon dioxide which, as it expands, provides the frothing agent. However, water-blown and reduced CFC foam spraying systems do not always develop a proper or optimum back pressure required to propel the mixed foam out of the spraying nozzle of the gun onto the substrate in an even pattern. When the back pressure is insufficient, the foam tends to drip from the spray nozzle of the gun and when the back pressure is too great, the foam tends to exit the nozzle unevenly which results in the formation of a generally non-uniform pattern on the substrate.
The present invention overcomes the above disadvantages by providing an improved foam spraying nozzle for use in spraying foams with reduced CFC or with non-CFC foaming agents, the nozzle having an internal mixing chamber disposed between a nozzle portion and an inlet portion and wherein the nozzle portion includes a tip member having a generally cylindrical sidewall which is interrupted by an angular re-entrant portion in the form of a V-shaped notch, which nozzle configuration permits a generally uniform spray pattern without heavy spots or dripping. The nozzle tip may also be provided with an internal bore having two distinct diameters, wherein the diameters of the nozzle tip decrease as they approach the V-shaped re-entrant portion.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved, disposable spray nozzle for use on foam dispensing equipment in which the nozzle has a nozzle tip with an angular re-entrant portion.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a spray mixing nozzle for use on foam dispensing systems which utilize low CFC foaming agents in which the spray nozzle has an angular re-entrant portion at its nozzle tip which overcomes the spraying disadvantages associated with low back pressures.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a foam dispensing gun for use with either non-CFC, CFC or reduced CFC foam systems in which the gun has a disposable spray nozzle having an inlet end, an outlet end, an intermediate internal mixing chamber disposed therebetween, the outlet end including an elongated nozzle extension, the nozzle extension having first and second diameters, the first diameter portion being disposed forwardly of the mixing chamber and the second diameter portion being disposed forwardly of the first diameter portion, the nozzle extension further having an expanded outlet opening in the form of an angular re-entrant portion which expanded opening modifies the flow of foam out of the nozzle to effect a desired deposition pattern of the same.
It is yet a further object of the present invention to provide a spray nozzle for foam dispensing systems in which the foaming agent is a reduced CFC and in which the spray nozzle has an elongated outlet passage having two internal foam passages, each passage having a distinct diameter leading up to a re-entrant portion, the upstream section having a greater diameter than the downstream section which increases the velocity of the exiting foam as it passes through the downstream section, the downstream nozzle section having an angular re-entrant portion which contains an angle of between approximately 40� and approximately 120�, such that the expanded foam is sprayed out of the nozzle in a consistent, generally uniform application without the occurrence of "heavy" spots.
These and other objects of the present invention will become more readily apparent from a reading of the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein like reference numerals indicate like parts.
In the course of this detailed description, reference will be made to the attached drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a foam mixing and dispensing nozzle constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 2--2 of the nozzle of FIG. 1;
FIG. 2A is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the nozzle tip of FIG. 2;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a mixing and dispensing gun assembly showing the mixing and dispensing nozzle of FIG. 1 in place within the gun;
FIG. 4 is a fragmentary view, partly in section and partly in elevation showing the mixing and dispensing nozzle and the nozzle latching and ejection, element(s) in the unlocked position;
FIG. 5 is an enlarged frontal end view of the nozzle extension of the nozzle of FIG. 2;
FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a second embodiment of a nozzle constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is an enlarged frontal view of the nozzle extension of the nozzle of FIG. 6; and
FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a third embodiment of a nozzle constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention.
Referring now to FIG. 1, a foam mixing and dispensing gun nozzle 10 constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention is shown. The nozzle 10 has an inlet portion 12, an intermediate body portion 14 and an outlet portion 16. As best shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the nozzle 10 is adapted to fit into a gun assembly, generally designated 100, which includes a number of principal components such as a handle portion 102, a central body portion 104, a supply tube component passage housing 106, a nozzle receiving portion 108, and a trigger assembly 110. The gun body portion 104 may also include a nozzle latching and ejecting assembly 112 which holds the nozzles 10 of the present invention in place in the nozzle receiving portion 108 of the gun body 104. The gun body supply tube component passage housing 106 is adapted to receive and hold in place, a pair of supply tubes 5 which extend rearwardly from the gun body to separate foam component containers (not shown). These separate containers store the liquid components of the urethane foam in a pressurized or non-pressurized state. These two containers may be located within a carrier, also not shown, which may be easily carried by the user. The urethane foam components separately lead to the spray gun body 104 by the individual supply or connector, tubes 5 where the components are mixed and are then discharged or sprayed as a urethane foam.
In the following description, the terms "upstream" and "downstream" will be used to define the orientation of either one component of the spray gun or portion of the spray nozzle 10 to another gun component or nozzle portion. These terms refer to the direction of the flow of the foam component liquids through the spray gun 104 and the spray nozzle 10. Thus, the spray nozzle 10 is said to be downstream from the gun body 104 and the nozzle tip 51 is downstream of the nozzle body portion 34.
For controlling the flow of each separate foam component into the spray nozzle 10, one or more primary valves 125 may be located in the gun body 104 and disposed between the supply tube housing 106 and the nozzle receiving portion 108. These valves are normally biased into a closed position such as by valve springs (not shown) or other suitable means. The valves 125 are opened when the operator depresses the trigger assembly 110. When opened, the valves 125 permit the flow of the separate isocyanate components and resin solutions to enter the spray nozzle 10 through the inlet ports 22, 23 explained in greater detail below.
Turning now to the particular details of the nozzle 10, as shown in FIG. 2, the nozzle and in particular, the nozzle body portion thereof, can be seen to possess a generally cylindrical shape. The spray nozzle 10 of the present invention may be easily inserted into and removed from the nozzle receiving portion 108 of the spray gun 100 by way of the nozzle latching and ejecting assembly 112.
The nozzle assembly components include a generally cylindrical, central nozzle body portion 34 defined by an axially extending outer sidewall 35 extending between the nozzle inlet portion 12 and the nozzle outlet portion 16. The nozzle body portion 34 is assembled into a similarly generally cylindrical rear cap portion 24 which closes off the nozzle inlet portion 12. The rear cap portion 24 has two inlet ports 22, 23 which extend through the end wall 27 of the rear cap portion. The rear cap portion 24 is preferably dimensioned so that the outer sidewall 35 of the nozzle body portion 34 is contactingly and preferably, snugly, received within the rear cap portion 24. The interior wall 29 of the rear cap portion 24 is sealed to the outer surface 36 of the nozzle body portion outer sidewall 35 during assembly of the nozzle 10 such as by suitable adhesive means or plastics welding, to ensure that the nozzle body 34 will not become dislodged therefrom during use of the spray gun 100.
The nozzle 10 includes four internal chambers which are generally designated 20, 30, 40 and 50. The first chamber 20 is disposed within the rear cap portion 24 and defines an entry or inlet chamber 20 into which the two inlet ports 22, 23 open. These two inlet ports 22, 23 may have interfitting ribs 28 arranged on two exterior projections or nipples 25, 26 of the nozzle endwall, which projections are coaxial with the inlet ports 22, 23. These projections 25, 26 are adapted to be indexed into registrations with corresponding openings 110 in the nozzle receiving portion of the gun body 104 (FIG. 4) to establish a liquid and gas-tight relationship between the nozzle 10 and the gun 100. This fluid-tight relationship ensures that the mixing of the two liquid foam components entering the nozzle 10 through the inlet ports thereof will occur exclusively in the interior nozzle chambers. As such, the disposable spray nozzle is the only component of the spray gun 100 in which the foam components are mixed together. In this regard, if the operator of the spray gun 100 should cease spraying the gun 100 for any time substantially longer than the setting time of the mixed foam (typically one minute or less) without purging the mixed foam components from the nozzle 10, the foam contained within the nozzle body will harden and render the nozzle useless. In such circumstances, the nozzle 10 may simply be ejected from the spray gun 100 by way of the ejecting assembly 112 and a replacement nozzle may then be inserted into the gun body. Accordingly, the presence of a self-contained inlet chamber 20 and mixing chamber 30 is significant when the present invention is compared to spray nozzles which have no separately defined inlet chamber, but rather are screwed into a spray gun body cavity. In these screw-in type nozzles the liquid foam components may enter the nozzle and gun body portion in a mixed state and thus will harden, rendering removal and replacement of the nozzle an extremely difficult and arduous task.
An intermediate passage or mixing chamber is disposed generally downstream of and adjacent to the nozzle inlet chamber 20 such that the inlet ports 22, 23 and the inlet chamber 20 are in direct fluid communication with the mixing chamber 30. The mixing chamber 30 preferably includes a baffle unit 31 contained in place within the nozzle body portion outer sidewall 35 and which baffle unit 31 may include a helical member 32 axially extending around a center shaft 33. The baffle unit 31 imparts a controlled helical swirling or mixing action to the two liquid foam components entering the mixing chamber 30 from the separate component containers (not shown) which are linked to the inlet chamber 20 by way of supply tubes 5 and their associated inlet ports 22, 23. This baffle unit 31 also assists in properly blending the two liquid components which enter the inlet chamber 20 into a fully mixed liquid foam prior to passage from the mixing chamber 30 to the expansion or pre-discharge chamber 40. Typically, the baffle unit 31 may be a separate element which is inserted into the mixing chamber 30 prior to assembly of the rear cap portion 24 onto the nozzle body portion 34. In this regard, the interior surface of the nozzle body portion mixing chamber 30 may contain an internal circumferential wall 39 which provides a ledge or stop against which the baffle unit abuts so that the passage of liquid foam components through the nozzle does not cause the baffle unit 31 to shift forwardly in the nozzle 10. Alternatively, the baffle unit 31 may be integrally molded into the nozzle body portion 34.
A pre-discharge chamber 40 is disposed generally downstream of and adjacent to the mixing chamber baffle unit 31. This expansion chamber 40 is defined by the nozzle body portion sidewall 35 and a front endwall 41. This endwall 41 includes an opening 42 disposed generally centrally therein. The opening 42 typically has a reduced diameter when compared to the diameter of the mixing chamber 30. This opening 42 defines the beginning of a nozzle chamber 50 disposed in the nozzle tip 51, through which the mixed and expanded foam passes as it travels from the expansion chamber 40, out of the nozzle 10 by way of the nozzle tip 51. The portions of the endwall 41 which surround the opening 42 may be rounded as at 44 such that they possess a preselected radius to reduce the likelihood that the transition at the created at the opening 42 presents any obstructions to the flow of the foam as it passes from the chamber into the opening 42.
The nozzle tip 51 includes an elongated, axially extending nozzle member 52 having a generally cylindrical sidewall 53. The nozzle member 52 extends forwardly from the mixing chamber endwall 41 to a nozzle tip outlet 60 and the nozzle sidewall 53 thereof defines a central nozzle foam passage 55. In an important aspect of the present invention, the nozzle tip 51 has a generally angular re-entrant portion 64 proximate to and in contact with the nozzle tip front end 65. This angular re-entrant portion 64 begins at the outermost endwall 63 of the nozzle tip 51 and extends rearwardly along a longitudinal axis of the nozzle foam passage 55.
As shown best in FIGS. 2 and 5, the nozzle re-entrant portion 64 may include a pair of V-shaped grooves 67 which are generally aligned together along their vertices 68. Each of the V-shaped grooves 67 which constitute a re-entrant portion 64 includes a pair of opposing sidewalls 71, 72 which extend generally rearwardly of the endwall 63 and can be considered to terminate or meet at a common re-entrant portion vertex 68. The re-entrant opposed sidewalls 71, 72 thereby define a nozzle angle θ (FIGS. 2A and 5) therebetween which begins at the vertex 68 and extends away from the longitudinal centerline C of the nozzle tip 51. As shown in FIGS. 2A and 5, the two interior vertices 68 of the V-shaped grooves 67 are preferably aligned such that a line L drawn through them intersects the centerline C of the nozzle tip 51 and its associated foam passage 55. However, it will be understood due to manufacturing tolerances, especially those encountered in plastics molding, that the location of the vertices 68 may deviate partially from strict alignment with the centerline. In embodiments where the foam passageway 55 is generally cylindrical, such as the nozzle 10 shown in FIGS. 1-5, the configuration of the nozzle foam passage 55 taken in section along the face of the opposing sidewalls, will generally be elliptical.
Similarly, in embodiments wherein the nozzle foam passage 255 is tapered or conical, such as that shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the configuration of the foam passage 255 taken in section along the face of each of the opposing sidewalls 271 and 272 of the re-entrant portion 264 will be generally parabolic in shape. (FIG. 7)
During development and testing of the nozzle 10, the shape and dimensions of the re-entrant portion 64 were varied in order to obtain optimum performance of the nozzle 10 whereby the foam was discharged in a desirable pattern. It has been found through such testing that the nozzle angle θ chosen should be from between approximately 40� and approximately 120� to obtain desired results. Particularly, re-entrant portions having included angles between approximately 50� and 90� give preferred results. The angle chosen to define this re-entrant portion serves to enhance the flow characteristics of the foam as it exits out of the nozzle tip 51 as distinguished from nozzles in the art which contain one or more notches in which the purpose of the notch is to direct the flow exiting from the nozzle sideways for application of foam in tight spaces. In order to obtain re-entrant portions having these angles, the axial or longitudinal depth D of the V-grooves 67 should be approximately 0.082 inches. Similarly, the V-shaped grooves 67 will then also have a preferable width or opening dimension W between the open ends of the opposing sidewalls 71 and 72 thereof which vary between approximately 0.059 inches and approximately 0.284 inches. For the angular re-entrant portion having a preferred included angle of 50�, the D dimension should be approximately 0.082 inches and the W dimension should be approximately 0.076 inches, while for an angular re-entrant portion having a preferred included angle of 90�, the respective D and W dimensions should be approximately 0.082 inches and approximately 0.164 inches.
During operation, as the mixed fluid foam components pass into the nozzle passage 55 are mixed in the mixing chamber 30 and pass through the expansion chamber 40 into the nozzle chamber 50, it encounters the re-entrant portion(s) 64 of the nozzle tip 51. A sufficiently large back pressure builds up in the nozzle foam passage 55, and the reduced diameter portions thereof which cause the foam to properly exit the re-entrant portion 64 and disperse in an acceptable desired pattern. While it is not known exactly why such a reduced CFC and non-CFC propellants work effectively with the re-entrant nozzle 10, and the invention is not intended to be limited to any particular theory or method of operation, it is believed that the desired dispersal of the foam obtained from nozzles of the present invention are attributable to the re-entrant portion(s) and the sidewalls thereof which compel the foam to exit the nozzle 10 forwardly and angularly thereto.
Additionally, the nozzle foam passage 55 may be generally non-uniform, in that it may include two separate internal portions 80, 85 which have differing diameters. The rearward portion 81 of the nozzle passage 55 typically may have a first diameter, D1, which is significantly less than the diameter of the nozzle body mixing and/or expansion chambers 30, 40. A portion 85 of the nozzle passage 55 ahead of the rearward nozzle portion 80 may have a second nozzle diameter D2, which is less than the diameter of the first nozzle portion 80. The nozzle foam passage 55, which extends through both different diametrical portion 80, 85 of the nozzle may be either generally cylindrical as shown in FIGS. 1-2, 2A and 5 or approximately conical in configuration (FIGS. 6 and 7).
In actual practice it has been found that where the first nozzle diameter D1 has a dimension of approximately 0.170 inches, a reduction in cross-sectional area between the nozzle first diameter 80 and the nozzle second diameter 85 of approximately 34% which yields a second nozzle diameter D2 of approximately 0.112 inches and which gives acceptable results. The use of such a reduced diameter portion is particularly advantageous in that the reduced cross-sectional area of the forward portion 85 of the nozzle passage 55 will impart a greater velocity to the foam, passing through the nozzle passage as compared to the first nozzle portion 80. This increased velocity assists the re-entrant portion 64 in substantially atomizing all of the exiting foam to impart the desired fine mist pattern of deposition desired.
As shown best in FIG. 2A, the nozzle second diameter portion 85 may terminate in a rounded or "bullet"-like front end portion 120, the radial dimension, R, of which is located upstream of, or behind, the vertex 68 of the re-entrant portion 64. This rounded portion 120 further constricts the foam passing through it and may thus be considered as a third diameter portion D3 of the nozzle. In this regard, the internal radius R may be set back approximately 10% of the width of the nozzle opening, or approximately 0.017 inches when the re-entrant angle id approximately 90 and the width of the same is 0.170 inches.
As shown in the nozzle embodiment 210 illustrated in FIGS. 6, the nozzle foam passage 255 may also have a generally non-cylindrical configuration, such as a gradual taper. In such instances, the foam passage 255 is generally conical. In this regard, the nozzle foam passage 255 will have a first diameter D11 proximate to its nozzle tip 251 which is significantly less than diameter, D12, of the nozzle body mixing and/or expansion chambers 230, 240. Additionally, as illustrated in FIG. 8, the nozzle 300 may have a first axial passage 310 which is generally cylindrical and a second axial passage 320 downstream of the first passage which second axial passage is generally conical or tapered.
It will be appreciated that the embodiments of the present invention that have been discussed herein are merely illustrative of a few applications of the principles of the invention. Numerous modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the true spirit and scope of the invention.
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Owner name: INSTA-FOAM PRODUCTS, INC, ILLINOIS
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNORS:BRAUN, ROBERT;GRUNAUER, GARY;REEL/FRAME:005696/0566
Effective date: 19910430
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The Florida barrier island known as Little Gasparilla was the
place they found freedom as 27 Cuban refugees stepped safely on the
shore at approximately 5:30 am today. The group consisted of men,
four children and four or five women - one of them pregnant with a
three or four-year-old girl in tow. One was a doctor, one a
dentist, one a hairstylist - all were ecstatic. They said they came
to escape the dire political environment which kept them
They arrived by motor boat in the darkness of the early morning underneath a starry sky and were dropped on the shore of this island of about seven miles, which is not connected to the mainland. Many years ago through storms and shifting sand the island became connected to two smaller islands, Don Pedro (a Florida state park) and Knight Island, home of the Palm Island Resort. At the writing of this story, it was unclear who organized the effective flight.
The boaters appeared to believe they were on the mainland when they were let off on the south end of the island. They began walking as a unified group down the beach, covering over a mile, and at some point, turned toward the interior of the island. The group contineud until they ran into their first American, Lowell McElroy, who was headed home from his dock on the bay at approximatley 6:50 am. "One of them stepped forward and said something in Spanish. I told them they have to speak in English if they want to talk to me," McElroy said. "Another stepped forward and asked me in broken English to call the authorities. They were all very friendly."
Mr. McElroy called the local sheriff who arrived via boat in about an hour. Other officers sped down the beach via ATV from the state park to investigate the landing point. As the Cubans waited for the officials to arrive for processing, word of their presence spread through this island of mostly private vacation homes. Islanders came to Lowell's house with clothes, food and water. The joyful demeanor of the Cubans was infectious, with home owners and vacationers alike laughing and becoming instant friends. David Tagle, an 18-year-old graduate of Yorktown High School in Arlington, Virginia (soon to be a freshman at Brown University) is fluent in Spanish and became the interpreter for the group. An instant bond formed as the refugees chatted excitedly with David.
"I asked them why they came and it was clear they are here seeking freedom. Most of them seemed to have family in the United States and borrowed cell phones to call family members in Miami and Cape Coral," said Tagle. "'The political situation is not very good,'(s one of them told me."
By 9:12 am the last of them were escorted off the island via various government boats, including Lee County, Charlotte County, Coast Guard and Fish and Wildlife state boats. As they left the docks the islanders waved goodbye. One local offical who remained behind said, "Good luck."
Luck, it seems, is already on their side.
Hagelin, a WND columnist and vice president of The Heritage Foundation was
vacationing on the island this morning and filed the story after
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You have the opportunity to consolidate these 3 loans into a single loan with an APR of 8.5% and a term of 20 years.
- What will be your monthly payment if you consolidate?
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- What will your total payment be over the life of the loan? What are the pros and cons of doing this consolidation?
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These Ballad Angel poems are examples of Ballad poems about Angel. These are the best examples of Ballad Angel poems written by international PoetrySoup poets
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If you could step into my shoes
Would you see the things I see,
Would your head feel dizzy like mine is now
Or would you still walk easily?
If I resisted like you do
Would I be this wreck of a girl,
Do you think I'd have turned out stronger?
... A lighter step, a happy twirl
If I was as white as you are
(Or as you seem to be)
Would I be someone's angel too?
Like the angel you are to me.
If you could step in my shoes
Would you understand my pain,
Would you have fallen just as hard
Or do you think it was all in vain?
Take a look through my eyes
And tell me what I'm doing wrong
Tell me how to fix it all
Whether the situation be short or long.
If you could step in my shoes
You'd see much better than I
Your beauty, wisdom, pure intent
Is enough to make me cry
If I could step in your shoes
I wonder what I'd see,
Would the world become more beautiful;
Does it all depend on me?
Copyright © Juli- Michelle | Year Posted 2013
Stuck in a world, she can't find her place
Feeling like noone cares,
looking for away out of this evil crule place she calls home
her mother pretends like nothing is happening
she pretty much raises her 7 year old brother and her 9 and 10 year old sisters
she thinks that she isn't brave anymore
that all happyness is gone
she tries, so hard, she ends up with a fork in the road
noone sees it coming
she can't leave her brother and her sisters behind,
they are the only things keeping her alive,
her father is crule, sick, twisted, so many ways to discribe him
she's afraid that if she tells, she'll be taken away from her siblings
she's tries to hide behind her walls, she paints up her walls
she tries and tries and yet...
She's still stuck in a world where she can't find her place
Copyright © Caity Lynn Bain | Year Posted 2012
I love the way you lie to me
And laugh and cry and smile to me-
Would want and wish to die with me;
I spare no love on you...
In grade school I had acted out,
And picked on kids until they'd pout.
In recess I would run and shout,
But I'd not yet met you...
Well, one night I had a crazy dream;
Can't quite remember, though it seems
That soon I would, and it be seen.
No clue it was of you...
Next day, the dream came soon to light
As butterflies inside caused fright.
Love came, when came a pretty sight-
My girl, that sight was you...
Copyright © Luke Haymons | Year Posted 2015
Embracing with thy Heavenly Father, there's no better feeling, feeling that warm, soft, hold in a sisters arms,
Embracing with Thy Heavenly Father, only a true sister, child of God would understand, no words needed, just two spirits joined together in His Holy name, no two people are ever the same.
Having a dear friend, care about you, with asking nothing in return, time stands still, for life is beautiful again, pray, He is listening, speak, HE is there, He made you for this very reason....
Embracing With Thy Heavenly Father, where ever two or three are gathered, There I will be, it's o.k to let go, for I see your tears softly falling, It's my Spirit filling your Heart, fear not, for I will Never Depart...
Copyright © Jennifer Donnay | Year Posted 2016
God is a poet,
his blessings in rhyme
Salvation unmetered,
inspiration divine
His voice calls us inward,
temptation now gone
Where the wings of an Angel,
carry words into song
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
Copyright © Kurt Philip Behm | Year Posted 2016
I know love with you...
The sea in violent wave
will not submerge our hearts,
The fires of fast fury
cannot finish the poetry of our tender touch,
The gales that gust grimly
will not wear away the warmth of our eyes,
The stubborn earth in it's shifts
shall not quake and crumble the structure of our love's monument...
Dedicated to my Love Muse...the future knows our pulse...
Copyright © Justin Bordner | Year Posted 2014
There is a tale I can relate to you
And I can guarantee that it's true
It's about a battle just north of Hue
On a hot and sultry summer's day.
VCs were in control and we had laid back
But today was the day we chose to attack.
Some said we didn't stand a ghost of a chance
Nevertheless we chose to advance.
The fighting became heavy and loses were fierce.
Charlie had defenses we just couldn't pierce.
I looked and could see troops falling beside me
From flashes of enemy fire I could see.
Things became blurry and eerie around me
And I sensed firing coming from behind me.
I saw VC troops falling like flies –
I could hardly believe what I saw with my eyes.
The firing behind me kept finding its mark
As the battle continued almost till dark.
A sense of victory soon became ours
As Charlie continued to lose firepower.
As I waited for enemy fire to find me
I could sense the fire grow heavy behind me.
The enemy continued to fall before us
Things began looking good for us.
We continued advancing and soon left no doubt
The victory was ours, and it was a rout.
I was in some kind of a daze
Everything was covered by some sort of haze.
The firing that saved us was a real mystery
It was heavy and deadly and brought victory.
I turned back to see and all that was seen
Was an angel standing there with an M16.
Written by John Posey
Copyright © John Posey | Year Posted 2015
As I go through my day, they are by my side,
Following me, watching me and also being my guide.
These are the angels of my loved ones that passed,
When I know their near me, I want this feeling to last.
I never had much family, separated by distance,
Sometimes I felt like my world was of non-existence.
The few I loved so much and held so dear,
My grandfather, grandmother and father are no longer here.
But when I smell my dads cologne or hear grandmas voice in my ears,
I hold in my heart their near me and it rids me of fears.
I certainly must say there is not a day that goes by,
That I do not think of them and softly cry.
I always pray that they will visit me while I sleep,
Dreaming of them is a wonderful feeling that goes so deep.
I'll miss you everyday until I am no longer on earth,
When I see you all again, it will be like a rebirth.
Copyright © Debra Baviello | Year Posted 2015
Memories Linger
Soft and sweet, so little and tender,
I pray again someday we'll meet.
Memories that seem so far away, replay in my mind again today.
Giggles sound as your tender touch is felt!
Then and there to here and now prayers form;
bringing memories back into sight.
Soft and sweet, my little angel plays.
Breathe it in; smells' baby soft from memories past,
unfold and bloom!
Until we meet again, memories forever linger of my little angel.
Debbie Knapp
Copyright © Debbie Knapp | Year Posted 2013
Through each window I am bestowed to see
The path that lies before them is clear
Most are leading no where
The day is theirs
Lost in the moment where time stands still
Centered on their chosen Thrill
A journey that I have to watch
For what reason
Has not been told
I will trust in the Spirit
To keep me on course
And follow this path
Into Thy Lords Wrath..........
Copyright © Ninette Carey | Year Posted 2015
So the night has gone
And the air is comin' cold
And the melancholy falls
Like snow upon my soul
So cold.
(I'm still here, by your side, dry your tears our love survives)
I still hear your name
Like an echo in some hall
It still burns this flame
Like snow upon my soul
So cold.
(I will wait, here for you, by the gate we all pass through)
You used to say
In this world of fear and alarm
You'd always stay
Here within my arms
Though my life goes on
I'm frozen in my role
In an avalanche at dawn
This snow upon my soul.
So cold.
(Hold life dear, wear that smile, I'll be near all the while).
So the night has gone
And the air is comin' cold
And the melancholy falls
Like snow upon my soul
So cold.
Copyright © Louis Spence | Year Posted 2010
Constellations in my eyes;
Windows they're said to be.
Look into them now, and tell me what you see.
Calling every angel born in Hell:
"A child of the stars looking for his soul to sell.
So few are left to be birthed of Orion's Belt."
Soon they came; rulers of every layer.
Each to make their offer,
And leave their summoning prayer.
"Centuries of wisdom, and a mind that holds no time.
The past, present, and future are all close friends of mine,
And the Titans of the Universe I stand so close behind."
They opened all my wounds to taste how I have suffered,
Shamed me for my scars and all that I've recovered.
Then mocked me for my weakness, known only as 'The Lover'.
"It is forbidden for us to deal a soul of the cosmos,
And you taunt us for what you wish to sell.
But we've found something in you to make us heroes down in Hell."
You are protected by forces greater than your own.
Should any God or Demon make you bow before him,
Death would surely find his throne.
It's your heart that we desire, and the love that you still hold.
Grant us this purity and surely you'll have more than this world can hold.
Let it be known that your heart is the heaviest to hold.
Surely it is quite the burden to bear.
So strange in it's nature, let us free you from it's wear.
Success will quickly follow and embrace you in it's care."
Yes! Take from me all that you desire!
No longer will I suffer in it's muck and it's mire!
Do with it what you will in the cold and the fire!
With their prize, they left with no hesitation.
Legion upon legion; Hells' United Nations.
All for their Master and all in celebration.
Lowly creatures is what they're cursed to be.
They know me by many names, they know me by many faces.
And my heart I've sold on every occasion.
Fools! Surely they must know!
That every heart I give away
Brings me the love that stays.
Copyright © Kristopher Higgs | Year Posted 2013
Tears of Diamonds are swarming with love
With foams of rays from heaven above.
A message hidden in each tear is a mystery to know
Where pain and laughter comes as the wind blows.
A name unknown with roses torn and scorn
Where love is concealed in the heart of Gold.
And with time dwindling like a dry grain yield
The fields of Vivacity will dry once again.
Then the reflection of the tear will tell a story that's old
So pure like a Diamond that was never to be told.
And while the story of life leisurely unfolds
Tears of Diamonds fall from the heart of Gold.
With a echo of hope filled with light
The fields of life will yield over bright.
Just as Tears of Diamonds are full of love
The foams of rays come from heaven above.
With faith in return to win the steeplechase
The tears of Diamonds are the reflection of your face.
- Sherwin Fernandes
Copyright © Sherwin Fernandes | Year Posted 2015
Oh, do you know the finest road
That leads to my desire?
Nobody walks that trail but me,
My dreams will set to fire.
That one heart I was looking for,
The heart of Anthony,
The purest heart I've ever seen,
Someone perfect for me.
A dream occurred while I'm asleep
We're walking hand in hand,
We sat down, I lean on his chest
Down there on fine, white sand.
Another night, another dream
It made me feel in awe
"I'm weary of this journey, love,
I want to be with you"
My tears fell down but I smile,
The feelings were the same
So when he turned and looked at me
I said "I want your name"
Copyright © Daisie Vergara | Year Posted 2014
The town was beautiful,
even the people too.
Flowers and joy,
and the sky was ice blue.
The people of the town were together,
they all felt at home,
apart from one little girl,
who was nothing but alone.
She looked at her reflection,
she stood and she stared,
there was something great inside her,
but nobody cared.
Then the skies opened up,
just as she had planned,
the evil inside her grew,
as fallen angels filled the land.
The people were in panic,
they shouted and they cried,
but the little girl stood calm,
as she watched the people die.
'Oh, lord have mercy upon their souls'
The little girl said with a grin,
she knew what she had done,
'Let the chaos begin'
The sky closed up,
she was once again alone,
but with all the angels gone,
she now felt at home.
The town was destroyed,
the people were gone,
ashes and flames,
and the girl's evil had grown long.
Copyright © Megan Lote | Year Posted 2015
I remember the night
some time ago
that we were happy
my brother was coming home
I remember that he said
that he'll be back some day
well that day has came
and I can no longer wait.
but I had to wait
he didn't show
only the men
who were below
they said to me
in a way
that made a mess
swept away
my brother went away
and died
he was fighting for us
to save our lives
he was a soldier
like marines, airmen, and coast guards
that was it
the whole nine yards
but they are strong
and they always are
because they are men
with the purple heart
there gave there everything
there is never a fail
they stand strong
a strength we hale
hale our love and
hearts to all
to those who fly and those
who fall
Copyright © jessie conner | Year Posted 2015
This beautiful spirit comes to me in my dreams
It's always the same the ora she displays just gleams,
Some times I can see her so clearly
And other times I can see her bearly,
She floats in mid air and signals me towards her
Wanting to let me know that miracles do occur,
The silence is all I hear
And for some reason it all seems so clear,
This spirit I speak of is my beloved sister
It has been 6 years and we still miss her.
Written By: Unique Poetry 2015
Copyright © Michelle Born | Year Posted 2015
Copyright 2014 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
THE DIFFERENCE.........BETWEEN.........E=MC squ!ared.........
AND.........R squared.........IS......94 to the 27th minus 5x TIMES 13 to the
Rth.........IS THIS TRUE?
(X x Y) to the 14th power OVER 2z times R to the 40th power TIMES Rsphere
[ELLIE GOULDING, HALCYON, Track No. 11]
Copyright © Thomas Hsi | Year Posted 2014
Read that
Aw, made me blush
You didn't got my way to write a poem
Same thing I did to Lontie
That's why I kept on asking you
Read here
Sulu Sail there
Indeed, you read it?
Yes, you know what?
I don't know, what is it
You know the entire time that I was mocking you
And yet you still have cornered me with your charm.
What do you think of that poem?
Charming, you really know your way to my heart no?
I love the poem I wrote because someone is inside it.
Was there any poem you have written without anyone in it?
Yes, but in this poem is only you is that someone
One poem of me then
Indeed this is the poem for you
Who has the most numbers of poems who have written about?
I mean, you have written about
No one except my life and journey
And right now this poem is you
What contains in my poems is my journey in life
But personified by moment
So to whom is that ilyimy line then?
Iloveyouimissyou that is for you!
Go, you're a flirt!
Isn't it cute?
Lost for words as always
What do you mean?
No one has ever written a poem about me, but you.
My pleasure!
1:53AM, 9 March 2013
Sandakan, Sabah Malaysia
Copyright © Neldy Jolo | Year Posted 2013
Is it quiet enough here in your head? The chaos of the mind has subsided to a dull roar. The battle with self has come to a stalemate. Both sides have withdrawn, not in retreat, but in an attempt to resupply.
The rancid smell of past thoughts permeate your senses. Memories are left strewn across the war-zone, their death stark upon your emotions. It is time to recruit new dreams to send into the fight, to become heroes; or be left for dead on the battlefield in your head.
That the battle could be won says nothing of the war in your soul. It is here that the conflict escalates to nuclear proportions. Even though you hold your fingers over the button, your resolve is smashed. You bring those trembling fingers to your face, wipe the tears, and know you have failed again.
Or is it failure when you live to fight another day? A simple foot soldier in the trenches of yesterday never believes they are the future General of tomorrow. Often you live in the present fight, with tunnel vision focused on the enemy surrounding you. It is hell when you realize that the enemy is only you. But your back is against the wall and you are not accustomed to losing.
And the battle rages on, dreams are shattered against the front lines of reality. The masses engulf the weak; will is broken. The once barren plains now run red with the blood of hope. The skies are clouded with the mists of loss and the scent on the air induces the desire to stop breathing forever.
The last sounds you hear are screams. You never realize that the screams are your own.
Copyright © Evets Pordlaw | Year Posted 2014
The sound that stirs my inner soul hath no comparison to the beauty in you I
behold. My heart though it longs to be bathed in your grace, I yearn much more
to hear you speak my name. For your words are like gold more precious than life
that to hear your spoken word would bring peace in this night.
Copyright © Leaha Pohlman | Year Posted 2014
Fourteen-thousand years ago, a devil played a game
In his garden with an angel whom I shall not name.
The angel won or so he thought, "Now you must pay what's due"
I'll take your mirr', your favorite one, and break the thing in two.
The mirror was a magic one of evil dark and black
"The beauty of a perfect world, now what's the fun in that?
This one's far better, it twist, it pulls it shrinks before my eyes.
Instead of showing true reflections, this one shows me lies"
"I'll tell you what, you won it fair, it's yours but let's do more;
I'll help you break it here and now and it will be no more."
The angel smashed it into two, his hammer in his hand.
"But why stop there?", the devil said and smashed it into sand
The Devil grinned, "Good work my friend. See, I don't even care"
He scooped a handful of the dust and blew it in the air.
Among the people of the earth, the grains of mirror blew.
The angel warned them "Close your eyes!" and blew his trumpet too
"What gift is this?" some people thought, Eve's lesson was not learned.
and soon awoke with crusty eyes that itched and teared and burned.
"I see it now!" the faithless said "I am no longer blind!"
"Don't be cross" the devil said, "Their eyes see now like mine".
Some were seized with a panicked fear, "The enemy is nigh!",
and with cruel rocks marched on their neighbors and sentenced them to die.
Others were charmed by shiny stones "Supplies are running out!"
The simple gifts that God had given were left to lay about.
Some saw themselves with grandeur high "I'll wear this mighty crown",
I'll be the King, you be the serf, and bow when I'm around.
The other ones yoked to the plow, "These types aren't men at all".
I'll tolerate your presence if you're at my beck-and -call.
Of arrogance and fear and greed the mighty nations grew.
And men would starve and wars would rage for these unfaithful few.
So hear me now you righteous ones whom the devils would refuse:
In the game of life Good always wins, but bad will never lose.
Copyright © Yort Watson | Year Posted 2014
wind windy, windy shore,
wind with affectionate lonely hug of soul
from whence comes the wind
if not from thence prank
The long-shore winds
wind blowing so long
wind came into the forest
taken by sea goblin
kota kinabalu
Copyright 2014 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
White America hates me (as well as most of the world)...BUT JANINE HOOPS
(TURNER) HAS ALWAYS LOVED ME...like it or not...whether you believe it or
not...I WAS NOT BORN OF THIS WORLD...BUT I WAS 'DELIVERED' BY URSULA
THE WHITE WITCH...who came in the form of the actress...Ursula Andress! I was
'delivered' to Priscilla Lai ("Lily of the field") Fong ("Fairest of the land") Lam ("The Lamb of God")...who was wedded to Hwei ("The Devil")Yang ("Yellow")Hsi (FuHsi)...on April 23, 1959 at 1:01 am (Gena Rose Pahucki, as the 'delivering nurse'...the actual Gena Rose Pahucki died in a car accident on April 22, 1959...Gena ("For there will be an actress, Gena Davis")...Rose ("For your first girl-friend will be Rose Smead")...Pahucki ("For you will meet in law school as Pachefsky")...I was a glorious 'white' baby (Caucasoid)...with blue eyes...and hair with actual gold filaments! The Ancient Grimories picture the "Golden-Haired-Child of Destiny of China"...my posted internet photo! The fifty-five yearcurse broke on April 23, 2014...and I reached a height of five feet and eleven inches in the second week of (My final form will be six feet tall and I will weigh two-hundred-and-twenty-five lbs.!) July 2014...and 'beat' the 'Strongest Man in the World' at his 933 lbs. of bodyweight...I was 126 lbs...at Sam's Club (Honolulu, Hawaii)...involving a three-hundred-twenty-three lb. 'marine' battery! BUT...The Original...The Last...and...The Eternal Source of Life...HAS GIVEN ME THE HAND OF THE ROYAL WHITE WITCH RENATA...Princess Renata Andress Zeiss...of the Royal House of Zeiss...under the King and Queen of Germany! I AM STUNNED AND OVERJOYED BY YOUR SUCCESSES JANINE! In an 'alternate' universe? (COINCIDENTALLY, I WILL NEVER BE AN ADULTEROR!)
Colepatra kissed and shrunk me down to microscopic size
please believe this phenomena cuz these lips refrain from lies
metamorphosis transformed mine human manly guise
while strolling one spring day me vision turned to compound eyes
unfettered vesicles uttered pleasant shrieks and cries
she danced with a feverish spring and stepped as if in the air
no worries existed for whose well being she did care
with eyes of sparkling emeralds with a shimmering flair
amber waves brought serenity from her flowing glistening hair
attracting like a magnet every person she that came near
spreading infectious contagion of happiness every where!
tossed out the fashion boutique on a cushion squarely led
this lady in red
with her snug outfit against her slim body did wed
pizzazz and personality that bred
this well healed nanny with high street cred
made sure charges looked spiffy and well fed
she danced with a feverish spring and stepped as if in the air
no worries existed for whose well being she did care
with eyes of sparkling emeralds with a shimmering flair
amber waves brought serenity from her flowing glistening hair
attracting like a magnet every person she that came near
spreading infectious contagion of happiness every where!
atop shoulders bounced a well coiffed and adorable head
drawing followers wherever she led
and listened to her sexy voice no matter what she said
she danced with a feverish spring and stepped as if in the air
no worries existed for whose well being she did care
with eyes of sparkling emeralds with a shimmering flair
amber waves brought serenity from her flowing glistening hair
attracting like a magnet every person she that came near
spreading infectious contagion of happiness every where!
Copyright © matthew harris | Year Posted 2016
I ask all to be open minded as I tell the story of my friend, William .
There are so many prejudice in this World , from color to sex
To me it has always been the soul , the person inside
For one that is shallow will not experience life in true blessing
William my friend was African American , he was fun and personality full of 'I am here "
William was Gay , William disowned , William called "A queer "
Well this is a lesson for all to know
God does not care what color , but the heart , what color it shows .
I had left my 1st Husband , with 2 children I had to support .
I was depressed , felt alone in the civilian World of a sort
For when I got to Monterey bay , I was on a Military base
Very shy and recluse , not leaving the perimeter of the land
I opened such a big door when I left that abusive Man
I had the tiniest apartment with 2 little rooms , probably 550 sq. feet I presume .
I will never for get the night He came to my door , William ," Girl, lets go dancing
Let's go explore ! He called me 'The platinum Blonde "
We went out together and danced , he was amazing ! William energized any room . He Lit it Up !
For he had something inside his beautiful soul , no money could buy, nor silver or gold.
Well years went by in Monterey bay , I had fallen in love with a man , Lost so much time .
Time went by , after the man broke my heart ,I remember "where is William "
I missed something that lies deep in my heart . The true Love and friendship of he I craved .
Now this story is long so go to "William part 2 "be patient , be brave .
Copyright © Shanity Rain | Year Posted 2013
i dreamt
i moved into a apartment
with an old brick wall
and its decaying face
the old light hanging from a thread
swings on the open breeze
from the window
time seems to slow down to a crawl
so i can see each and every flaw
so i can feel each and every thing she wanted me to feel
so i can know each and everything she saw
and so i see the the moment captured in ink
on her sketch pad
a drawing of the wind in the trees
a image of the smell of the fresh cut grass
the thoughts of the passer-by
who looked with such stark wonder
at this open display of what we have all taken
for granted we could never achieve
the old brick wall
leaned into the wind
and held
for one more day
kept safe the world she held so dear
safe for one more stormy night
the old brick wall
with its spray painted messages
like how joe loves daisy
and how we should make love not war
the old brick wall
holds back the world
from coming into her quiet soul
into the paper flowers and lace curtains of her life
the old brick wall
was once the west most piece of
the boxers rebellion
he was sad all his life
torn from his violent profession
and forced to retire
and his fists lay idle
with objections written on them like scars
but after years he came to terms
with the reasons great and small
with the rationalizations made up and real
and found peace
he found his fists could be hands
and hands can pet a cat
hands can paint a masterpiece
write a love poem
hands can touch another person without hurting them
and he suddenly he didn't want to hurt anyone ever again
because he loved having hands
and all the beautiful things they could do
he would never have fists again
and that change in him
was so profound that it became magical and
part of the old brick wall
so it will endure past its years
to protect her little scavenged world
her delicate life
her frail thoughts
because beauty isn't always
what the world thinks it is
a boxer can tell you that
Copyright © mark junor | Year Posted 2014
Copyright © MICHAEL EDISON | Year Posted 2016
Mild wind touches my hair from the back in a ponytail.
I removed the tie then start flying.
The wind of Putrajaya sisshing in air
Beneath the silence,
The country's flag swinging near the lake-river,
Upon it's a proud being.
Looking at the bridge I am seeing,
It is like a flower in the middle morning.
The tourists of different nations here coming,
Taking Cruise Tasik roaming around the lake,
The man was making.
I also can see the palace of the king,
The state Selangor flag is also flying.
I love you lake. Layag Sug!
With Asree Sug. He is doing the caricature here.
Copyright © Neldy Jolo | Year Posted 2014
There's an angel crying in the dark
Watching a young man, as he falls apart
Nothing to do – Nothing to say
The only comfort is that help is on the way
There's an angel crying by the stream
That came from the river that is a beast
Everyone watching, talking, and crying
Until they rode up with his body there lying
There's an angel crying in the clouds
As they say his name out loud
Joy is filled, Love is true
Angel is smiling, For he knew the truth
-Sometimes in Life
it takes a tear to overcome
Death, Sin, and Hatred
of my brothers and sisters in love
and the Angel cries
and the Angel feels
watching and realizing that our life is real
Our Life is Real
It's not make believe
It's not Fantasy
It is not your Dreams
It is what you feel
Our Life is Real
Our Lives are Real -
Copyright © William Curlee | Year Posted 2015


text: Cowboys endure new year grief Tue 07 Jan, 2014, 11:20am By Tony Webeck, Chief Queensland Correspondent, NRL.com @TonyWebeck Tweet Email Print Gavin Cooper was frank in his assessment of the Cowboys' first session for 2014. Credit: NRL Photos Copyright: NRL Photos Gavin Cooper doesn't like Malcolm.In fact, no member of the North Queensland squad is particularly enamoured by the conditioning drill meted out by new coach Paul Green for a sub-standard performance on the training paddock.With the 36-degree heat that enveloped Townsville on Monday making it a brutal start to 2014 for the Cowboys squad, spending too much quality time doing 'Malcolms' at the end of the session left every player in no doubt that it was time to get back to business.To complete one 'Malcolm' players start in the middle of a 20-metre grid by lying on their stomach. When the coach says 'Go' they run backwards 10m, hit the deck, get up, run through the 20m, hit the deck again and run the 10m back to the middle.And repeat."I don't know if you were watching the last little bit there but that was all on us, too much dropped ball for the first session back," said a frank and slightly over-heated Cooper."It was some under-12s stuff. We stuffed up but hopefully that little blowout at the end, everyone will learn from it and we'll get better."It's Monday-itis we've got. It happened a few Mondays last year, I think we had too big a weekends but this time we've had two weeks and I think the boys were looking at getting into it at the end of the week. Hopefully that's sparked us up. I know it's made me a little bit more tired and hopefully we're better for it."Perhaps even more dreaded than any further meetings with Malcolm in future is the fact that with more extensive video analysis under Green Cowboys players will be able to watch back just how poorly they performed on day one of their 2014 campaign.It's part of the new regime under Green and Cooper believes that even though World Cup stars such as Johnathan Thurston, Matt Scott, James Tamou and Brent Tate are not back on deck for a further week, the squad is well placed just a month out from their first trial game."Everything has got a purpose," Cooper said of the changes under Green thus far. "We do a lot more video now, we video our sessions, nearly every session has had some part of it taped so we do a lot of learning on the run."Everyone's buying into it and I think our opposed session against the 20s before the break really showed where we've taken big steps forward."Rather than lamenting the absence of the side's biggest stars during the toughest period of the pre-season, 28-year-old Cooper believes it has given other players in the squad the chance to assert themselves and take a prominent role within the squad."Having the World Cup boys away, it's hurt us in some areas but it's made a lot of the other boys stand up and take control of a position that they wouldn't normally get a crack at," he said."Hopefully when the Aussie boys get back next week our boys lift instead of just waiting for those boys to fill in their spots." Tweet Email Print Send to a friend: Your Name: Your Email: Friend's Name: Friend's Email: Close Submit loading image needs to go here


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Pokemon X and Y Code Includes Character to Be Featured in Upcoming Film
Three mysterious Pokemon appear in Pokemon X and Y's code and one of them will be a character in the upcoming movie based on the series.
The latest issue of Japanese magazine CoroCoro reports that a Pokemon known as Diancie will be in the new animated film "Cocoon of Destruction & Diancie." This pocket monster is a rock-fairy type and there is no word on how it will be distributed at this time. A tie-in event with the movie will most likely be the adopted strategy to make this happen.
The other two Pokemon found in X and Y's code are Volcanion and Hoopa. They could also make an appearance in the movie.
A new guide for Pokemon X and Y that discusses transferring Pokeman using Bank and the Tranporter apps is now available.
IGN.com recently updated this guide and details the Pokemon Bank app, which was released recently. See it here.
The application allows users to upload and store up to 3,000 Pokemon to the internet, manage them and download them to any of the Pokemon X and Y games. The service requires an annual $4.99 fee and a free trial period for Pokemon Bank will be available from Feb. 5 until March 14.
The app can be downloaded onto the 3DS and can be used on any physical or digital copies of Pokemon X and Y at any time after users obtain their Pokedex in the game. Users can then use Pokemon Link to receive Pokemon in the game.
Pokemon Bank will come with another app labeled Poke Transporter that allows users to upload Pokemon from Black, White, Black 2, and White 2 to the Pokemon Bank. This transfer can only be done by bringing Pokemon from older games to X and Y, not vice versa. Users will not be able to download Poke Transporter without Pokemon Bank.


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Egyptians are facing a major test in their selection of a presidential candidate. With fewer than four weeks until the deadline to register candidates, Islamic movements are becoming increasingly concerned, as they have not yet resolved the issue. There are two reasons behind the Islamists' concerns: first, they have not yet agreed upon a consensus candidate worthy of their confidence, who would live up to their expectations. They look for someone who would not turn against them, as this has happened many times throughout their history. Second, they fear that they may choose a candidate who would not be approved by their supporters, which could lead to organizational divisions and damage their image and popularity.
Islamists have not fielded a candidate from their ranks because they are studying the situation in Egypt painstakingly, which is further proof of the degree of their pragmatism and political realism. This indicates that they are not dogmatic movements, making their decisions based on ideologies or to please the Egyptian street, as has been accused of doing.
Over the past three months, Islamists have had fluctuating positions with regard to their presidential candidate. They first required that the presidential candidate must have an Islamic background — whether formally or intellectually — as argued by the Salafists. Then, they favored a "consensus" candidate (consensus regarding political interests). Later, they said they would prefer a "technical" or "technocratic" president, who could manage the country during the next phase without being affiliated with a particular ideological party or movement.
As the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafists are among the best-organized Islamist movements in Egypt, it is useful to review their positions on the issue, and the nature of their political calculations to solve this matter, before things slip through their fingers.
Before ousting Mubarak, the Brothers refrained from pushing one of their cadres or members toward the presidential post. It was part of their strategy in the post-revolution period to alleviate domestic and foreign fears, having pledged to compete for only 30% of the parliamentary seats.
However, following the overthrow of the president, Mubarak's party was banned, causing a void in power. The Islamist movement, in coordination with some other political forces, changed course to compete for the majority of the parliamentary seats. Indeed, Islamists managed to dominate half of the seats in the parliament and the Islamist Freedom and Justice Party won the overwhelming majority.
As for the presidential issue, it was difficult (though not impossible) for the movement to change its position for many reasons. First, Islamists are trying to preserve their image, damaged by the movement's positions, especially toward the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and the revolutionary forces. Second, Islamists lack a significant figure within their ranks to run for presidency. However, their main choice remains Khairat al-Shater, a prominent Islamist engineer and businessman. The Islamist businessman seems to be under a lot of pressure with regard to the presidential issue, according to leaked information.
Talks of an al-Shater presidencial run were an attempt by the Islamist group's leaders to divert attention away from Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a former senior Muslim Brother who was expelled for his bold decision to run for presidency. Aboul Fotouh does not only raise concerns among Muslim leaders because he enjoys wide support from mild Islamists. He also attracts liberals and leftists, especially following the withdrawal of Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei from the presidential race, giving the impression that Aboul Fotouh was the number-one candidate of the revolution.
However, the candidacy of Aboul Fotouh may cause many problems for the Islamist movement. First, this candidacy would harm the movement's credibility, as it had previously declared that it will not field a presidential candidate from its own ranks. Second, this decision could add fuel to conflicts within the organization, given the increasing support of the younger members for Aboul Fotouh, who is seen as the victim of a "double standard" imposed by the group's cadres and leaders. Third, Aboul Fotouh is by nature a dour person who does not like to be placed under the spotlight, but prefers to manage things from behind the scenes. In other words, he tends to play the role of the "kingmaker" rather than being the "king" himself.
In order to find a solution to this impasse, the Islamic group was left with only one choice, which is to resort to the movement's institutions to make a decision. It seems that the "dilemma of Aboul Fotouh" has revived the anemic role of the Muslim Brotherhood's Shura Council, which has been convening for a week to decide on a solution to the candidacy issue.
However, some believe that the Islamist movement has already chosen its presidential candidate, but is trying to give the impression that its choice was based on an institutional decision. Should the candidacy issue remain unresolved, it is likely that it would be referred to the Brotherhood's Guidance Office, which will settle the matter and select a candidate who will be supported by the group during the elections.
Moreover, it is not likely that the Muslim Brotherhood's blocs would support as many candidates as they want to, as allegedly happened in the 2005 elections. The movement will not risk missing a historic opportunity to support a candidate that might actually become the president, who would later on declare his allegiance to the group for the support it offered him. Moreover, it is in the best interest of the Muslim Brotherhood to support a candidate, even if he was chosen according to the will of the Egyptian street. The organization could then use him to maneuver with the rest of the political forces, especially with the military, which is keeping a watchful eye on the movement's decision. Also, refraining from fielding a Muslim candidate would be deemed by some a weakness within the movement's ranks, which could affect its image and its negotiating weight with the new president or the military. Also, of course, it would not be in the interest of the Muslim Brotherhood if the future president were not supported by the group.
There are many reasons behind the delay in resolving the presidency matters. First of all, the group is holding discussions and negotiations behind the scenes with some of the presidential candidates and ruling elite. The Islamic movement is also "checking the pulse" of the Egyptian street, so that it makes a safe bet. Moreover, the Muslim Brotherhood is trying to set the stage to absorb the reaction of the public in the event it chooses a candidate with an Islamic background but with no organizational ties to the movement, such as Salim al-Awa, Hazem Salah Abu Ismail or Bassem Khafaji, who has recently emerged on the Islamist map. However, choosing an un-Islamic candidate to run for presidency would raise many questions about the movement's ideological and doctrinal commitment. Finally, the Islamic group is attempting to reach an agreement with other Islamic blocs, in particular the Islamic Salafists.
It is in the best interest of the Islamic movement, whether at the political or moral level, to support a candidate who is accepted by all Islamic stripes.


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February Week One Results!
So far…you've read 125 books this month! Wow! Awesome start!
Announcing the winners:
Winner of the $25 Amazon Gift Cards: Angelina Bao
Winners of the $10 Amazon Gift Card: Tracey Mooney & Elizabeth Peacock
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Welcome to the February KU Challenge.
The rules of the challenge are simple:
1. Select a book from the table of participating books.
Prizes will be rewarded as follows:
1. Drawings weeks 1-3 for one $25 Amazon Gift Card and two $10 Amazon Gift Cards.
One winner will receive a Kindle Fire.
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Effective Date: 06/01/1997, Docket: RP97-339-000, Status: Effective
First Revised Sheet No. 169 First Revised Sheet No. 169 : Effective
Superseding: Original Sheet No. 169
company or intrastate pipeline; or
(iii) The gas is delivered at some point to a Shipper that
is either located in a local distribution company's service
area or is physically able to receive direct deliveries of gas
from an intrastate pipeline, and that local distribution company
or intrastate pipeline certifies that it is on its behalf that
Transporter is providing service.
If Shipper is requesting service under Section 311 authority, then an
"on behalf of" certification or agency agreement signed by the local
distribution company or intrastate pipeline on whose behalf service is
being performed must be attached.
Subpart G of Part 284 (i.e., Order 500, Section 284.222) transportation
by an interstate pipeline for interstate pipeline.
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by an interstate pipeline for any other shipper.
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ServicePoint.ConnectionName Property
Gets the connection name.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
If the ServicePoint object was constructed with a Uri object (the FindServicePoint or FindServicePoint methods, for example), then the ConnectionName property represents the Scheme property of the Uri object used.
If the ServicePoint object was constructed from a network host and port, the ConnectionName property contains a string that represents the host and the network port. If the ConnectionName property is set when constructed from a host and port, only WebRequest objects with the same ConnectionGroupName value can use this ServicePoint object.
Console.WriteLine(("ConnectionName = " + sp.ConnectionName)) ' Display the maximum number of connections allowed on this ' ServicePoint instance. Console.WriteLine(("ConnectionLimit = " + sp.ConnectionLimit.ToString())) ' Display the number of connections associated with this ' ServicePoint instance. Console.WriteLine(("CurrentConnections = " + sp.CurrentConnections.ToString()))
Console::WriteLine(S"ConnectionName = {0}", sp->ConnectionName); // Display the maximum number of connections allowed on this // ServicePoint instance. Console::WriteLine(S"ConnectionLimit = {0}", __box(sp->ConnectionLimit)); // Display the number of connections associated with this // ServicePoint instance. Console::WriteLine(S"CurrentConnections = {0}", __box(sp->CurrentConnections));
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC
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Social and historical context
Vernon Scannell (1922–2007)
Vernon Scannell was born in 1922, in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, with the surname Bain.
Scannell left school at 14 and got a job in an accountant's office, but his real interests were boxing and literature. He was a very good boxer at school and loved reading.
In 1940, when he was 18, Scannell joined the army and saw action in North Africa and then the Normandy invasion.
His Times obituary reported that war had a profound effect on him and subsequently appeared as a theme in much of his writing (either overtly or as an undertone). In Tunisia, Scannell deserted after seeing the consequences of a massacre and was then sent to prison in Alexandria. After he was released on a suspended sentence, he was wounded while taking part in the Normandy landings.
Scannell was then shipped back to a military hospital. While convalescing, on an impulse, as the end of the war in Europe was announced, he deserted and went on the run, changing his name from Bain to Scannell to avoid arrest. He earned money from a variety of jobs including teaching, writing poetry and professional boxing bouts (he fought successfully for Leeds University).
In the end his desertion caught up with him – in 1947 he was arrested and court-martialled. After he was released he continued his writing career.
Scannell won many awards for poetry, much of it dealing with his wartime experience. In 1961, he won the Heinemann Award for Literature and in 1974, the Cholmondeley Poetry Prize. He also received a special award from the Wilfred Owen Association, 'in recognition of his contribution to war poetry'.
Vernon Scannell died in West Yorkshire in 2007.
The poem 'Nettles' first appeared in New & Collected Poems 1950–1980 (Robson Books, 1980).
'Nettles' would appear to focus on a real incident involving one of Scannell's sons. It demonstrates an intense empathy with the suffering of the child (and indeed children everywhere).
It could be argued that there's a sense of strong personal tragedy in Scannell's work. Of his six children, we are told that 'one handicapped son died as an infant (movingly written about in The Tiger and the Rose), and another son much later died in a motorcycle accident' (independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/vernon-scannell-400943.html).
Scannell, Vernon, Of Love and War: New and Selected Poems (Robson Books, 2002) – a very accessible anthology of Scannell's poetry which touches on the main themes of his work


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since you so adeptly indicated in a past post how Kerry is all over the map depending on the situation.
Bush is against campaign finance reform; then he's for it.
Bush is against a Homeland Security Department; then he's for it.
Bush is against a 9/11 commission; then he's for it.
Bush is against an Iraq WMD investigation; then he's for it.
Bush is against nation building; then he's for it.
Bush is against deficits; then he's for them.
Bush is for free trade; then he's for tariffs on steel; then he's against them again.
Bush is against the U.S. taking a role in the Israeli Palestinian conflict; then he pushes for a "road map" and a Palestinian State.
Bush is for states right to decide on gay marriage, then he is for changing the constitution.
Bush first says he'll provide money for first responders (fire, police, emergency), then he doesn't.
Bush first says that 'help is on the way' to the military ... then he cuts benefits
Bush-"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. Bush-"I don't know where he is. I have no idea and I really don't care.
Bush claims to be in favor of the environment and then secretly starts drilling on Padre Island.
Bush talks about helping education and increases mandates while cutting funding.
Bush first says the U.S. won't negotiate with North Korea. Now he will
Bush goes to Bob Jones University. Then say's he shouldn't have.
Bush said he would demand a U.N. Security Council vote on whether to sanction military action against Iraq. Later Bush announced he would not call for a vote
Bush said the "mission accomplished" banner was put up by the sailors. Bush later admits it was his advance team.
Bush was for fingerprinting and photographing Mexicans who enter the US. Bush after meeting with Pres. Fox, he's against it.
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For One: Unfortunately, Padre Island was a 'No Brainer.' The mineral rights were possessed a long time ago for that very purpose. It's unfortunate, but true! It was No Secret...
For More: I'm sure others more informed can comment...
Do your homework before posting these negativities (obviously political & 'bent' left or right)...
You can't even post your real name. How do we know what YOU say is true? I have done my homework. How bout you?
You'd best check it out before wasting space here! Padre Island is on my Local News on a regular basis... also educated (degrees included) on related topics and this particular area...
No need for copy and paste. Anyone who follows politics and isn't biased toward the right can come up with this list.
However, you give nothing to back these "flip-flops" up. You are just staing them. I can give you a hundred cases of DOCUMENTED Kerry flip flops.
For God's sake don't you follow the news? Besides, if I post a link or copy and paste it will just be pooh poohed.
We don't listen to CNN like you do. We listen to Fox or we DON'T LISTEN. It's obvious to ALL OF US that you've been brain washed and that's giving you the benefit of actually HAVING ONE.
Wasn't it YOUR boy Kerry that not one month ago accused Bush of being in bed with the saudies, and therefor keeping the price of gas DOWN! Now gas is way up, and Kerry wants to know why Bush is not jawboning with the saudies? Come on people, pay attention. Kerry screws himself everytime he opens his mouth. lAST MONTH Bush was sleping with the saudies, now hes not but should be? AAARF!
Hey Wet...Actually last month, when Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Bob Woodward's book came out, he said bush and the saudis, who are very deeply in bed with each other, thats a well known fact, made a deal so that the saudis would drive the cost of fuel up now, and then around november/election time,they would start pumping more and make the price come down, making it look like bush did somthing to help us all out, by getting the price lowered/ and trying to get your vote. The thing is, that we are paying out the nose now. The average price for unleaded regular is at an all time historic high of just under $2 a gallon. There is widespread call for investigations into price gouging, and calls for the government to release some of the strategic fuel reserves. The idea that this is all a plan to get your vote should make your blood boil. Woodward is not some kook conspiracy theorist either. He is the guy that broke the Watergate story, that brought down the Nixon administration. He is a also conservative replublican by the way. Do you remember , back when bush was running the first time,he said that he knew how to talk to the saudis, and that he could make sure our supply of gas & oil would flow freely from the middle east...well how about that..another thing that bush got wrong....will wonders ever cease? VOTE KERRY!
I find it so laughable that "educated folks" claim the media is so biased and liberal and blah, blah, blah and yet good ole George ADMITS that he listens only to FOX news which is the only media outlet that admits it has political bias and reports accordingly.
As a member of the media, I can assure you that Fox News is the laughingstock of the journalistic world. Try attending a Society of Professional Journalists conference some time (sort of the NTA for journalism) and see what you hear about the clowns at Fox.
So go ahead, keep tuning in to Fox. You're certainly getting a "story" out of them.
Tony, as a member of the "News Media" it's no surprise that you would find Fox news laughable, since you're part of the problem the "News Media" has. Until the rest of the "News Media" gets back to reprorting news that is equally reported without editorial undertones and regains credibility, Fox news will be the leader that many who don't fall for liberal news trashing will follow and listen to.They may not be perfect, but at the moment they are at the head of the credible crowd.
We've already established HIS idiocy. Bob Woodward has never EVER written anything that wasn't slanted against conservatism. Pulitzer Prizes mean diddly as they're awarded BY liberals. How else can you explain some of their "winners". When Colin Powell says that he was misrepresented and that Woodward lied, I don't have to guess who you'll believe, but the rest of us have IQ's higher than your 60.
Now for you Tom, think about what you just said. "Fox is the laughing stock of the journalistic world". That's emotions talking. Sensibilities would reflect that if YOUR analysis was correct, they'd stand #5 or 6 on the viewerships and ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC and CNBC would be rated above them. Ain't happening. And WHY would those outlets be scrambling to find wastrels like Al Franken to host THEIR shows to compete with Fox. Chris Matthews "Hardball" with John Kerry was enough to make even liberals a little sick, don't you think? He should have been hired for Kerry's publicist. Ridiculing Fox doesn't change the cold hard facts and though you want to believe what you're saying, I feel sorry for your loss. Even CBS with Dan Blather has softened his liberal leanings with Fox's popularity. I really feel Brokaw has the least bent on his own, but Peter Jennings is nothing more than Peter Arnet in disguise for ABC. You just wish you'd bought stock in Fox, right? You have stop using "facts" not in evidence. If you don't, you'll end up sounding like Cecil.
If that damned singing catfish imported from China outsells any taxidermied fish does that make it better quality and more accurate> I don't think so. Look at the "Reality" crap that is promoted now. It's very popular but anyone with a brain knows it garbage.
Accuracy counts George. My name is TONY not Tom. But then again facts and accurate truths often don't matter.
The news media has no problem with bias.. Only FOX has problems. They are indeed the laughingstock of the journalistic world. Just do a quick search on them and see what some of the most respected media voices in the business are saying about the. To come out and admit that you have a bias is the worst sin in the world of journalism. They are not journalists, they're entertainers. And there's a big, big difference. You perceive a bias because much of what you hear/read you don't like because it makes your boy Bush look like an idiot. Truth is, he is. And he's to blame. The international media has no reason to lean for one party or another. And they are all painting America as a bunch of clowns. Because we're led by one.
I imagine your first respone will be something along the lines of "Why should we listen to what the media leaders say" just as you blew off the Pulitzer awards. So I ask this: When it comes to taxidermy, why should we listen to those who have won awards, tons of experience, etc? Because they know the business. Same goes for the media. You're no expert in it, not even close. And FOX is a joke. Period. They don't have great ratings compared to network broadcasts. Not even close. The only ones who compare the two and trying very, very hard to skew reality.


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(Oh darn-it, I went and put this log under the wrong company and didn't catch my error before at least a couple of you read it. Oh well. It's where it belongs now.)
What a neat looking tea. The pearls are much bigger than I thought they would be. I wasn't sure what an appropriate serving size would be, so I just went with a default teaspoon which fit about 5 pearls. I steeped them for 3min30sec and it made a very strong smelling cup. It smelled like a black tea alright, and a bit earthy too. Something about it was even reminiscent of a pu-erh, but not quite. The flavor is quite malty, but not quite as sweet as other malty blacks (like the Hong Jing Luo also from thepuriTea). It's a good robust cup of black tea nonetheless.
EDIT: as I near the bottom of my cup, I can't help but think that this tea really could use some sugar or honey. I prefer my tea straight, though, and would rather drink a cup that doesn't ask for extra frills.