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Therefore, the opinions and views expressed do not necessarily
reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies.
Norwegian newspaper looking for "Voices of Children"
The second biggest newspaper in Norway, Aftenposten, have a daily
page where young people between 13 and 18 years can write about
their opinions, thoughts, meanings etc.
On August 12th we want to celebrate the international youth day
by letting youth from all over the world tell us about their lives.
But we need to get in contact with young people writing us their
opinions. They can write whatever they like, but here are some ideas:
The letters will be translated into Norwegian - the texts must
not be longer than 800 signs. Pictures are also needed and should
not exceed 700 pk.
Send your submissions to firstname.lastname@example.com
before August 9, 2006.
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child - Day of General
On September 15, 2006, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
will hold a Day of General Discussion in Geneva. The topic of the
day is "The Right of the Child to be Heard"
More info
- PDF one-pager
In Aceh, Indonesia, children's video diaries document
their lives after the tsunami
© UNICEF video - A young boy in a camp
in Meulaboh, Indonesia learns how to tell his story using a video
camera in the UNICEF-supported 'Hello Video' project.
NEW YORK, USA, 13 July 2006 – At the sprawling Meulaboh camp
in Indonesia's Aceh province, Syahrul, 12, focuses his video
camera on a budding yellow flower. Syahrul is one of thousands of
Acehnese children living in camps for people displaced by the December
2004 tsunami.
Through a UNICEF-sponsored project called 'Hello Video',
Academy Award-nominated director Riri Reza and a team of young Indonesian
filmmakers are teaching children like Syahrul the art of film. So
far, 33 Acehnese children in eight UNICEF child centres in Meulaboh
and Banda Aceh have participated in workshops organized by the project.
Junior 8 Summit in St. Petersburg
the photo essay
New versions added
The Hindi version of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
has been added to the MAGIC resources. Also available are now child-friendly
versions in Russian and Turkmen.
G8 Leaders Meet Junior 8 Children and listen to their recommendations
© UNICEF Russia/2006/Svirid - Russian President
Vladimir Putin speaks with young leaders of the Junior 8 Youth Forum
outside St. Petersburg, Russia.
Week of Deliberations, Including Talks with Young People from the
Developing World Culminates in Half Hour Meeting with World Leaders.
ST.PETERBURG, Russian Federation, July 16, 2006: The children of
the Junior 8 today met the G8 leaders who heard their views on what
they think should be done to make the world a better place for children.
Young people 'demonised by media'
Young people feel "demonised" by politicians and the media,
a report by two youth charities suggests. Nearly 750 young people
completed an online poll for the British Youth Council (BYC) and
Eighty per cent believed unfair portrayal in the media led to strained
relations with older generations. The charities say the report is
the first step in a campaign to get across young people's views
on the government's "Respect" agenda.
The report by Lucja Wisniewska and Lucie Harris of YouthNet and
Clare Oliver of BYC will be debated at a seminar in London on Tuesday
attended by young people's representatives, politicians and journalists.
Invitación Especial - Niñez y Adolecencia en la
El Capítulo Infancia de Periodismo Social presenta este miércoles
19 de julio su segundo informe anual "Niñez y Adolescencia
en la Prensa Argentina", una investigación sobre la
cobertura de 12 diarios nacionales y provinciales basada en el monitoreo
de casi 30 mil noticias publicadas durante 2005.
Este segundo informe anual del Capítulo
Infancia responde estos
interrogantes. Los invitamos a la presentación, con la asistencia
de representantes de la prensa, de organizaciones, de Instituciones
públicas y de los socios estratégicos (UNICEF,Fundación
Arcor, Fundación C&A) y el sponsor principal (Repsol
YPF) que apoyan nuestro proyecto.
Los esperamos este miércoles 19, a las 14.00, en la sala
González Tuñón, del Centro Cultural de la Cooperación
(CCC), en Avenida Corrientes 1543.
Armenian Journal: Youth activist empowers peers through journalism
By Timothy Spence, Knight International Press Fellow
As a child living in Soviet Armenia, Arthur Ghazaryan read the weekly
newspaper for young communist Pioneers. Later, as a high school
student in the newly independent country, Ghazaryan and his classmates
started a newspaper - writing their copy by hand because there were
no computers available.
Today, the energetic 26-year-old youth leader is preparing to publish
the second edition of a tabloid-size newspaper geared toward young
people in the northeastern town of Dilijan. It is part of a larger
project sponsored by the nongovernmental Academy for Educational
Development, or AED, to create print- and Web-based information
outlets for youth groups in Armenia's rural regions.
Kids Press Club visits Modhesh City
Dubai Press Club (DPC) organised a day-long field trip to Modhesh
City as part of its summer media programme, Kids Press Club (KPC),
with the aim of providing children with enriching learning experiences
in an informal ambience.
MySpace to launch internet child safety campaign
MySpace, the youth social networking portal owned by News Corporation,
is to unveil an internet survival guide starring '24' actor Kiefer
Sutherland, aimed at parents to promote internet safety for children.
The centrepiece of the campaign, which was created by Common Sense
Media, features Sutherland urging parents to closely monitor their
children's internet usage.
Common Sense Media is providing a dedicated website, where parents
can access a downloadable guide to safe internet usage and safety
tip cards aimed at teenagers.
Graffiti against Drugs Abuse in Sofia
Young graffiti writers gathered in Sofia for a graffiti weekend
dedicated to the International Day against Drug Abuse - June 26.
The event was part of the youth initiative Teens for Teens
and is took place in Sofia's Borisova garden. Students from the
Hristo Botev school and the American College in Sofia organized
the event. They had invited students from Bulgarian cities Plovdiv,
Dupnits and Pernik as well as all volunteers from Sofia to join
them in writing against drug abuse.
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- March 7, 2012, 4:00 PM
Uniflight of Grand Prairie, Texas, has been awarded a repair station certificate by Mexico's Director General of Civil Aeronautics. "We have a team of mechanics that we can send to Mexico on short notice due to our proximity to Dallas-Fort Worth airport, and for any helicopter we're less than one fuel load from the Texas/Mexico border," said Manny Ortiz, director of maintenance for the MRO. "And many of our staff here in Grand Prairie are bilingual."

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The Impact of Portfolio Diversification on Trading Rules Profits: Some Evidence for UK Share Portfolios
This paper demonstrates how the autocorrelation structure of UK portfolio returns is linked to dynamic interrelationships among the component securities of that portfolio. Moreover, portfolio return autocorrelation is shown to be an increasing function of the number of securities in the portfolio. Since the security interrelationships seemed to be more a product of their history of non-synchronous trading than of systematic industry-related phenomena, it should not be possible to exploit the high levels of return persistence using trading rules. We show that rules designed to exploit this portfolio autocorrelation structure do not produce economic profits. Copyright Blackwell Publishers Ltd 1997.
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Jackie's Journal Oct. 13, 201012 Oct, 2010 By: Jackie Jones
Inc. 500 ranks Listen Up Español as one of the fastest-growing companies in America for business products and services.
Direct response and brand advertising agency Kre8 Media Inc. announces the hire of Eureka Davis as director of account services.
Undertone Networks, an online advertising network, announces the release of Undertone DirectConnect, a new product built upon Undertone's next-generation technology platform that integrates with agency trading desks.
Mobile marketing leaders Hipcricket and Scanbuy are partnering to enable brands and media companies to further engage consumers with mobile barcodes.
Marketing agency Rauxa appoints Ian Baer to the newly created position of chief strategy officer.
Vantage Media, an online performance marketing agency, announces that Patrick Quigley is joining the company as chief executive officer, taking over for Steve Jillings who will be continuing with Vantage Media as its chairman.
E-mail marketing services agency iContact announces that Jeff Revoy has joined the company as chief product, marketing and strategy officer.
Euro-Pro, a Boston-based developer and marketer of consumer products for the home and creator of the familiar Shark brand, wins the Electronic Retailing Association's (ERA) People's Choice Award for their long-form infomercial for the Shark Navigator vacuum.
Direct response media buying agency Zephyr Media Group announces the formation of a dedicated entertainment division to handle media planning and buying on behalf of the motion picture, television and home entertainment industries.
Virgin Atlantic Airways launches its first-ever global TV advertisement, which takes the viewer on a metaphorical flight dramatizing how it feels to fly to London.
Catalyst, a Rochester, New York-based direct and digital marketing agency, hires Ken Fitzgerald as the agency's new executive creative director.
Infogroup names Natalia Lorenzo as vice president of marketing.
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Chapter 1 (v.1)
My alarm rang. I looked at my clock.
I laid there for a good ten minutes just staring at my ceiling before grabbing my glasses and getting the will power to roll out of bed.
It was the first day of my freshman year and I couldn't have been any more unenthuisiastic. I had to endure about a hundred of my dad's high school stories the week before and just couldn't find the desire to have adventures like that. I had already survived band camp a week earlier and decided I hated it. Baritone just wasn't my thing. When it came to instruments, guitar was, because I was a rocker. I wasn't a classical player.
That was the only reason I had signed up for jazz band, a zero period class. Sure, it started at seven in the morning, but any chance I had to show off on the guitar was an opportunity I would take.
I brushed out my hair and brushed my teeth, barely awake, not caring. I stopped and blinked, just staring my my magnefied, bloodshot eyes in the mirror. I went over to my drawer and pulled out my favorite plaid shirt, then, smiling, trailed my hand to the back of the drawer and removing my favorite bong. I took a couple blows just to enjoy the high before school and went downstairs.
"Morning, Drew!" Mom's voice echoed through the room.
"Hey Mom. I'm kinda in a hurry. Do you really want me late for my first day of high school?" I asked blankly.
"Well," she chimed. "Just don't forget your lunch. Have a good day, sweetie. Try to make some new friends today." She handed me my old Power Rangers lunch box and I walked to the car to meet Dad. I sat beside him, istantly plugging in my old mp3 to zone Dad out. He didn't seem to notice.
"Son, are you excited for your first day of high school?" he asked, barely looking over his shoulder.
"I guess," I replied.
"You and Jake still good friends?" he asked.
"Dad, he was over for lunch every day of band camp."
"You've already had band camp?"
I cranked up my music. I couldn't deal with him today. We arrived at school ten minutes later and I grabbed my bag practically racing out of the car. Dad rolled down the window. "Have a good first day, son!"
I wasn't late for Jazz Band, but I wasn't early either. I sat down just as Mr. P sat down to start conducting and pulled out my Epiphone Les Paul Standard guitar. Henry French, the lead guitarist, sat down next to me.
"Yo, Drew. Welcome to jazz band. You pumped?" he asked, his typical slur a little more prominent than usual. He was a senior and he was hardcore. He couldn't care less about band, but when it came to guitar, he was a God.
"More tired than anything," I replied.
Mr. P's voice interrupted. "1,2,1,2,3,4!" he started. The trumpets sounded, followed by us, the bass, the saxophones, and the trombones. I bounced my head with the music. It was good. Henry sounded good. I sounded good. It went on like this for a few phraes. I bobbed my head, swayed with the music, and even tapped my foot, but it all fell apart.
"Let's try that again. It'll sound better when everyone is here," Mr. P announced. We started again in the same order. This time the song went farther. I even laughed a little.
But then, the door opened.
She walked in.
Like a bell in the night, the only thing I heard was her footsteps. The only thing I saw was the smirk on her lips anf the glisten of her eyes. I wanted to touch her hair as it seemed to blow through the wind, despite the fact there wasn't any wind there. My entire world stopped. I didn't even realize I was staring until-- BANG.
I dropped my guitar and finally blinked. Instead of fussing, Mr. P just laughed. "Checking out the Bari player?" he asked. I felt the heat rise to my cheeks, but she laughed it off.
"I doubt that," she said with a confident chuckle. Why?
She took her seat on the other side of the room and we started playing again.
"Where was she during band camp?" I asked Henry.
"Who, Dizzy? She was here. Junior. Total looker, don't you think?" he responded.
"Total babe."
"Weird as shit, though. Who gives a fuck, though? I'm sure the sex is good."
"Have you slept with her?" I asked, suddenly in panic.
"Nah, no. She doesn't sleep with people. She keeps to herself."
The rest of the class, I stared at her as we played. I just wanted to find a way to talk to her-- impress her, but I couldn't figure out shit. She was a junior. I was a freshman. The chances of her looking twice at me were next to none, but I just wanted her to look once.
Class ended, but I sat in the band room until everyone left, shredding as intensely as possible, but she just walked away with some girl that I had never seen.
It was at that very moment that I made a vow to myself.
No matter what, she's gonna love me before Marching Season ends.
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Diamond Bank Plc, one of the leading commercial banks in Nigeria has launched a first of its kind mobile banking truck in the country in a bid to take banking services to the door step of its existing and potential customers. With the service, customers can open new accounts, pay bills, save money, use ATM as well as make cash/cheque deposits and withdrawals. Dr. Otti, the Group's Managing Director/CEO describes the mobile truck as "a full-fledged bank in motion".
Also speaking on the new service, Mr. Steve Obiago, Head Information Technology Operations described it as a moving branch fortified with the latest technology. Obiago who said the initiative was part of the bank's strategy to drive the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) cashless policy, added that it could be moved anywhere and customers would be able to use it at any location.
The bank plans to acquire around 250 mobile units to expand the service nationwide, as part of the bank's plan to serve the country's unbanked population. With many Nigerians now conducting their banking operations via their phone it remains to be seen whether an alternative mobile banking service can be successful.


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A genius leaves this Earth1 too soon.
If you haven't yet read his brilliant 1996 Harper's essay "Shipping Out,"2 you might want to take the time to do so today.
After all, this is water.3
- jpt
1. Tragically taking his own life, having suffered from depression for years.2. Better known as "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again"3. A reference to the opening anecdote in the commencement address Wallace delivered at Kenyon College in 2005


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Lindsay Lohan Got Assaulted After Bringing A Stranger Back To Her NYC Hotel
In actual serious news, Lindsay Lohan allegedly got assaulted in her New York City hotel last night after bringing a stranger home with her. Even though she's currently competing with Amanda Bynes for who gets to be the poster child for banning child acting, this current event brings it to a completely different playing field.
Because this time Lindsay Lohan isn't at fault.
According to law enforcement officials, Lohan told police she got into an argument with a 25-year-old man she brought to her room after meeting him 1 Oak in Chelsea.
The argument was allegedly over photos the man took of Lohan on his cell phone while they were in her 15th floor room at the W Hotel near Union Square with some of Lohan's friends.
Police have identified the man as Christian LaBella, of California.
Yes, she allegedly brought a stranger home with her from a club, but that's standard behavior for a 26-year-old out in New York City. Sorry moms and Taylor Swifts of the world, that's the truth. This sometimes happens and if we want LiLo to act like a normal 26-year-old, we can't get upset when she actually does it.
Whatever the situation or the invitation, she shouldn't expect to get assaulted simply because she's a celebrity. She's lucky that her friend was there to help stop it.
Lohan ran out of the room and down the stairs of the hotel, but at some point decided to head back upstairs to her room. When LaBella saw her again, Lohan told police he attacked her, choking her, throwing her to the ground, and climbing on top of her.
A friend Lohan's who was with her at the time was able to pull LaBella off her, and Lohan then pulled the fire alarm for help.
The good news is that she's completely fine. She didn't even go to the hospital and according to TMZ she's fully cooperating with police.
Let's just hope Dina Lohan uses this as an opportunity to be a supportive mother and not a mouthpiece on TV this week for the perils of being LiLo in NYC.
(Photo: Anthony Monterotti, PacificCoastNews.com)


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While you sleep I tell you all of the things I keep inside throughout day.
Now that you can hear but not listen I find them much easier to say.
My hopes, my dreams, my fears, and everything in between
Your subconscious hears so keen, or so it seems.
My tongue is soft; I speak so sweetly
Knowing your reaction will never greet me.
Tonight will be different in what I want you to know.
It has everything to do with what I can't help but show.
I hold no claim to any religion but you've given me a place for my faith.
Somewhere it will never stale or lose its lavish taste.
You've shown me something I can see, touch, and feel,
And so before it I choose to kneel.
I know I don't say it but I miss you every day.
Sitting, thinking of the perfect words to be my choice,
Yet when you call I can't find any of the right words to say.
I'm just happy to finally hear your voice.
Even just a moment is enough to sooth my heavy heart;
Fearing the ends of conversations knowing we'll have to part.
I'll never be too far from you, always within arm's reach,
And in your days of darkness I'll be the light that you will seek.
I'll never let you leave too far from me, I'll stay close behind you in this world;
Secretly protecting what is mine, you will always be my girl.
I only want the best for you so the best of me I will employ.
Faithfully yours, I will always be your boy.
I close my eyes and kiss your soft sweet lips
And see the very best of you in loving bliss.
I see past the physical which makes you attractive
And focus on the things I can't see in which I'm attracted.
Your thoughts I'd love to hear them all.
Of the things you speak disinterest never makes its call.
My day will come, I know someday I'll be the only one.
And you I will pursue viciously,
Because I've given you the greatest gift I can give, to love unconditionally.
Yes our day will come, I know someday we'll be as one.
And you I will pursue viciously,
Because I've given you the greatest gift I can give… to love unconditionally.
Copyright © Kristopher Higgs | Year Posted 2012
My knees were the things that
kept me up and my skin is my
cutting board my eyes are the
rain clouds to the fire running
down my arms and my heart is
the fire place that keeps me
burning so calm
Copyright © brittney lopez | Year Posted 2013
Peace of nature shows
how relaxing life can be
and can show you truth
Copyright © Christian Childs | Year Posted 2013
A is for algae, red, green, blue cells, soaking up sun, sliming teeth
B is for bacterial mat, clumping underneath, earliest born, never asleep
C is for coral reef, the place we all find cover or the sand parrotfish chew and release
D is for diatom, all seeded calcium, all float free, all denizens barely seen
E is for eelgrass, nursery meadows of the anchovy, and other browsers of green
F is for fan worm, filter feeder like a flower, 8000 species on which fish feed
G is for giant kelp, floating on bladders of air they're forests of cold waters clean
H is for helmet, the royalty of snails who protect our feet, queen, emperor, king
I is for isopod, the chameleon crustacean, they color match what they eat
J is for jellyball, or cannonball jellyfish, not upside down or moon, avoid their heat
K is for keyhole limpet, favorite food of ochre stars, will erect its own wall
L is for laver, the sea lettuce of nori, it swirls red skirt as ocean falls
M is for mermaid's purse, the sack of the skate whose yolk keeps them alive
N is for nerite, the prisoner striped snail of the rocky zone as numerous as a hive
O is for oyster drills, the snails that slurp oysters and use them to lay eggs
P is for pleurobranch, a sea slug answer for oranges, with one active leg
Q is for quahog, the bivalve seaman who can survive eating the mud
R is for rove beetle, the one waiting to snatch the unwary beach hopper for good
S is for saxitoxin, those red tides produced by mating that can paralyze humans
T is for tubular sponge, they squish, bore and encrust as space lends
U is for urchin, those spiny skinned balls, no eyes or noses but dig food in sand
V is for Venus, Music Volutes dined or Vampire Squids skimming along land
W is for whelk, not the musically inclined, but the slow moving snail in a shell
X is for X and a half, the six rayed star, hungry for anything on the half shell
Y is for yucca, blooming on the beach, they bloom nice and tolerate the sand
Z is for Zostera marinara, the address of eel grass when they're feeling grand
All of this green life is what crunches, stinks, dries and slips underfoot
The rest that find the housing and dining compatible means someone's on the look.
Copyright © Sheri Fresonke Harper | Year Posted 2013
Things seems to be very clear,
When actually felt it is unclear,
What really seems to be clear,
May never ever be clear for ever.
Your help for others,
May be to be appreciated,
Or taken as what is called,
to be uncounted.
My question is clear,
Why the help for others,
Is sometime never appreciated,
However it is always delivered.
In response to ethics,
lingers in my mind the answer,
To help others is not to be recognised,
But it is to be called someone,
Who can be respected.
To all, continue to help,
Not to to be appreciated by others,
But to be respected by yourself.
Copyright © B S Sky | Year Posted 2013
''A friend once in his youthful flight
Had found a beauty delight
Though distance stretched them in mileage
But their love was destined to find a page''
A lark that sings in the morning bright
Ke-ke-li, O Kekeli! My beautiful light
The hanging garden upon my sight
Hands of fate has woven a happy home
A love of current, stronger than the Law of Ohm
Invigorating, a love connected at heart
Which God designed never to part
Where there is love,they say there is a way
Our love I believe is here to stay
Kekeli, my beloved, sing me a serenade
A song of an angel's grade
That in heaven's clime pervade
Sing it across space and time
And make it last like a rhyme
My beloved Kekeli! You're my light
You're my Hephzibah, my only delight
Thou art fairer than Friedan Betty
Thou art matchless in beauty
So calm and inviting like the blue sea
Beauty not to be told but for eyes to see
Behold my mistress of fair skin
Eyes of diamonds, pure and pristine
O Tell me, you whom I was made to love
One, unique in your choicest apparel
Lips of zebra stipes set with a berry
The hanging petals of a blossom cherry
Chief among all my thousands buddies
O Kekeli! The only ruby my finger shall find
And wouldn't be ashamed to be called uxorious
"For as a young man marries a virgin
so shall your sons marry you, and as
the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
so shall your God rejoice over you". Isa 62:5
Copyright © Gideon Foli | Year Posted 2013
Who am I?
Am I defined by what is near in sight?
Am I defined by what I have done,
Or am I defined by what I could become?
Perhaps I'm of no use.
To him, or her, or I, nor you.
Or perhaps I'm too misunderstood to be defined,
And it is something like understanding that comes in time.
And if to the world I'm never shown,
Yet in my own light I've grown and grown,
And so I can know no happiness but my own--
The reason for my smile, to you, will forever be unknown.
I do not pray for the world to know my name.
For it and verse; the letters are the same.
And if a man should find his sorrow in what he reads,
I pray his pain my words to keep.
Should his eyes rain on my page,
Better tears than storms of rage.
And if a man should find his sorrow in what he reads.
I pray his pain my words to keep.
And if to the world you're never shown,
Yet in your own light you've grown and grown,
And so you know no happiness but your own.
Let the reason for your smile, to you, only be known.
Copyright © Kristopher Higgs | Year Posted 2013
Love is a wonder
shared by one another
it's the only reason
I'm not six feet under
Love in which I believe
in a will to sustain
I give back to life, now
in dormant states of pain
The power of Love
may not alone be enough
locked inside my dreams
escape only from above
higher than any human being
has ever gone before
I must have evolved
rise above hate, great once more
My Father taught me wisdom
I am imprisoned no longer
now an beast not of burden
I am no lion, I am stronger
on my shoulder sits twin dragons
long awaiting the day
evil forces come forth to
take what Love is left, away
A Hero of Love light
are what the world needs
angels, not demons
exist where ever you believe
follow your heart's direction
and you shall achieve
objects of affection
rid of materialistic greed
My bright energy
has awakened to a fire
never consuming the source
as the flames just grow higher
that is the desire
of a product we call Love
Fear, the counterpart
what I was once made of
I am slowly learning
how to win when my peace
is harder to sharpen
so I have given my pen leave
the sword has its uses
I must say I believe
to vanquish the evil
in the minds too diseased
to serve any purpose
except their own selfish ones
tomorrow a new day
in the clarity of the sun
where we two are now one
and one done now does
bring about a great change
lit by the righteousness of Love.
Copyright © Bj Fard | Year Posted 2013
Did I not tell you, 'Do not leave, for I am your friend'?
For in this mirage of nothingness I am the Fountainhead of Life!
Even if in anger you leave Me for a hundred thousand years,
in the end you will return, for I am your true Goal!
Did I not tell you, 'Be not content with worldly form'?
For I am the fashioner of the tabernacle of your contentment!
Did I not tell you, 'I am the Sea and you are but a single fish'?
Do not be tempted ashore, for I am your Crystal Sea!
Did I not tell you, 'Do not fly like a bird to the snare'?
Come to Me, for I am the very Power of your flight!
Did I not tell you, 'They will rob you and leave you numb with cold'?
But I am the Fire and the Warmth and Heat of your desire!
Did I not tell you, 'They will taint your character,
until you forget that I am your Source of Purity'?
Did I not tell you, 'Do not question how I direct your affairs'?
For I am the Creator without directions.
If you heart is a lamp, let it lead you to your true path.
And if you are godly, know that I am your Lord!'
Mevlana, Divan-i Shams, Ghazal 1725
Copyright © Can Yucel | Year Posted 2013
Frothy frolic in deepest blue.
Darting, dashing, quicksilver flashing.
Blue shadowed flight.
Aquatic ballet in gentle waves,
pirouettes, twirling, gentle swirling,
Dolphin's diamond dance.
Diving down beneath dark depths,
dolphin's speak in ocean's deep.
Underwater symphonies.
Racing ships through salty spray,
abysmal tides, grey dolphin glides.
Graceful energy serene.
Copyright © Riss Ryker | Year Posted 2015
The Apple PASTURE
Oh how I long
To drift into the apple pasture.
Were once was and all well meet.
A pure and dear site.
Where silver reflection cover the still waters that holds the golden
grains of morality and the grazing souls lie young amounce no stars.
Oh how I long
To drift into the apple pasture
Were winds smell of melon and the trees whisper spring corals in the mellow dark and best of light and time creeps into no tomorrow.
Copyright © JAY JOHNSON | Year Posted 2011
At the fringe of low tide
the surf licks and laps
reshaping soft sand
as ripples and ribs
on wet of the flat
it's clean and pristine
some spirals of mud
from lug-worms unseen
caught up in brine pools
and snagged on rough rock
are emerald remains
of ripped bladder-wrack
sea creatures marooned
til return of the tide
and little lost crabs
that know they must hide
in the still of each pond
are broken shells shards
and barnacled rocks
like welded steel studs
late on in the day
return of the sea
those imprisoned crabs
will now be set free.
Copyright © Tony Hargreaves | Year Posted 2015
If we had ears to hear,
A tale of many a year-
Turtles travel, my dears,
Round the world all year.
What sights turtles do see,
Swimming the deep blue sea!
Turtles travel, my dears,
Round the world all year.
Turtles so clumsy on land,
In water, a graceful band.
Turtles travel, my dears,
Round the world all year.
Oh, I wish we had ears to hear,
Turtle tales over the years.
Turtles travel, my dears,
Round the world all year.
Copyright © Julie Grenness | Year Posted 2015
A green sweaty swampy land
Maybe no place for a man
But it is a home to many creatures
Such as our friend's the alligators
Now not so long ago,
In their steamy mysterious habitat
There was a fog so dim it almost made it black
and it had large limb's that hung low on the trees
And each slim blade of grass went an inch above your knees
All gators that lived here
seemed to be very ornary and mean
And it was considered ordinary
To attack their peers With bone crushing teeth
One could ask,
Why are they so mad?
But it's not their fault
It's just the way they were taught how to act
Ever since their speckled eggs hatched
And learned how to make their jaws snap
However, not all gators were like this
There was one who was filled with happiness
He wore a blue hat and a bright orange shirt
Everyone reluctantly called him Albert
Because Albert happened to be completely different
All the other gators kept him at an arm's distance
They called him names and spat in his face
But his joy just never seemed to fade
See Albert had a huge dream
His dream was to be with the humans
As they yelled and screamed
For the local school's winning football team
Out of nothing but sheer excitement,
Albert shared this with the others
But they all laughed even his brothers
So Albert decided right then
to not care about what anyone said
And to pursue his only dream
No matter how long or tough it may be
The next day Albert left that dreary swamp
On mission to prove the nay-sayers wrong
And when he left that dim fog grew so dark
You could not see or hear a big dog's bark
So he made his way to the nearby school
Where he saw not no one, not a single soul
Every building was empty
From the top to bottom floor
The all of a sudden, Albert heard a thundering roar
"Romp!, Stomp!, Chomp!, Welcome to the Swamp!"
He rushed to the football stadium
Where he was met with open arms
He finally felt accepted, safe from abuse and harm
So with his new friends, he rose up in exultation
His life was anew, he was the love of Swamp Nation
Copyright © Mike Conway | Year Posted 2012
I simply love being me
for I am so good at everything
step into my city and they
will tell you who is King
one day when I am hungry
I will swallow everything
then and only then shall I
inherit the stuff I dream
even then I promise
not to settle for satisfaction
at any instant half a second
I could spring into full action
so go against me? please,
you do not even measure
up to half of the goodness
that I hold tight like my treasure
still spreading rumors about me
to try and destroy my life
can't believe I let myself get beat by
a stripper and my self-intended knife
try and say I'm gay
even though we both know that isn't the truth
just ask any woman I been with
if they ever needed proof
they'll say I was the cream of the crop
as they took it all night knowing
I just may never stop
I own the status of a legend
now what you got left to say
when I bring it twenty-four seven?
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A pink fish travelling with a tea towel is neither in a rush or dirty. Gridlocked gorillas getting grapes gracefully glide. Seafront mystery in windswept hair carrying a carrot, a jar of mustard, and ten grains of multicoloured rocks. A tambourine on a sponge cake can be beating but not beaten. And a lamb cawl is not a call nor a front crawl so place the gate and door at a sixty degree angle. Many custard cups play hockey with wildebeests in tutus. In a fingerless glove place nine toes, and in a pocket watch place a turning tubular pin. The frost from a llamas horn is neither stagnant or perfumed, it is merely a tidal wave of porridge. Hahaha magniloquent magnolia magnitude making monkfish moussaka. Hahaha equality equals equipment eveningwear xxxxxxx hospitalities Z z Z z Z
Copyright © Taoi Chanan | Year Posted 2017
Master of the sea
Smells blood from miles away
Swims with dominance
Sharp serrated teeth devours
Naive humans viciously
Copyright © Dustin Craig | Year Posted 2013
A full moon night
to my delight
what is so wrong
with doing what's right
nothing is right
after so long
no use in complaining
time to move on
The Dream Water one day
might take me away
farther from the comfort
of familiarity
I float on my back
then shut my eyes
my body now sinking
into ocean arms open wide
Now swallow your son
back to his nature
when he is no longer
needed to stay here
the next generation
are dooming themselves
they need my experience
to guide them through hell
Why should I bother
on my own, I strive through
I turn my back on the thought
of bothering to save you
alone in this world
my, is it spacious
I'm finally smiling,
never so gracious.
Cascading baubles, from a breeching whale;
how they sparkle,
like diamond rain upon the sea.
I watch their ballet in awe;
breathless at their performance;
they do dance well, the whales.
Their generous performance,
a delightful display in a silvery sea;
the stage lighted by Old Sol,
against a backdrop of painted sky;
draws angelic applause.
Often taken for granted;
Mother Nature's opera house,
never closes its doors to any guest.
The greatest show of all, is free.
Copyright © M. L. Kiser | Year Posted 2015
Reflections in the mirror
were getting scary
I could not carry
the weight of my pain
it almost took my life
to learn to love again
for I have made a friend
somewhere along my long lost way
I hope that I helped him
just a fraction of how he helped me
maybe that single thought
is what finally gave me my peace
enough to release so much
stolen energy
Now I am not afraid
to walk where the streets are hot
for I thrive in Hell's kitchen
where the devil stirs my pot
for I now have him quiet tame
I sacrificed my dragons
at the alter of my name
and now you are my slaves
any time I need
I'll call upon my superhero's
to come and rescue me
like my Saint Toni
who swept me off that bridge
and showed my how a death can be
the greatest reason to live
for she was the seed to grow my Eden
then a man from a foreign land
gave me something in myself to believe in
the magik of Love.
Grass, trees, cool cars
My favorite color too
The color of life
Copyright © Smail Poems | Year Posted 2013
Awash by ripple of night's waves
the glittering starfish drifts
like an open flower on clay--
its plump flesh, a reddish lip
enchanting two lovers' soft kiss
through a glide of dusky sand.
Night Creatures: nette onclaud
Juaneco T posted 1.18.2015
No. 4--Starfish
Copyright © juaneco torrente | Year Posted 2015
A foggy night just tip-toes in
Like a whisper on a cloud.
And the haloed harbor lights above
Warmly welcome the sparse inlet crowd.
The briney salt air softly beckons me
To heed the seagulls' caw
My flip-flops rhythmically click and clack
Toward this Cinderella's ball.
My quest draws near so I slow down my pace
Aching toes sinking deep in the sand
Flip flops abandoned just like my cares
Nature's therapy right here where I stand.
I advance with caution, a wallflower I
At a party where I'm neither asked nor desired
So I make a small nest in the dunes out of sight
Heart racing, face flushed, voyeur wired.
And my wait for the show is not long at all
As they slowly emerge from the sea
Shells glistening wet, reflecting moon's glow
Each determined to fulfill destiny.
Their faces, though lined and cracked from the sea
Show dignity and wisdom and duty
And I think to myself there is nothing on earth
That can rival a sea turtle's beauty.
Together they stride, though they're built more to swim
And the sand feels like walking through tar
But the trek is an instinct, an honor, a rite
Each participant a humble star.
At last they reach an unmarked goal
And they pirate away tiny treasure
They tuck each one in with a warm layer of sand
Their faces betraying no pleasure.
Then each of these queens, neck extended, head high,
Must to return to her watery base.
And I thank my God for a glimpse of His work
In this model of beauty and grace.
February 14, 2017
Copyright © Cindi Rockwell | Year Posted 2017
spinning round and round till i fly up
and hit ground
turning into sea
pleasing me
i grab the bass fish gliding past
i dive into the eyes of the brown green scales
head first never fails
in the soul of the beast i sit
my locks float around the fish shell
his hearts beat started to move me
onto my feet
bend my knees
shake my hips
rattle my brain
clap my hands
the soul of the fish is where i spend the rest of my plans
Copyright © randi west | Year Posted 2013
Belugas sweet song
Rides the air waves of ocean
Rare and beautiful.
Copyright © M. L. Kiser | Year Posted 2014
As the heavens open to brighten the upcoming new day
Shades of torn yet frail species that vegetate around the everglades
In slight of hand when to understand from;
Under The Blue sky awaits the brand new day
Copyright © Mario Vitale | Year Posted 2012
Filled with my books and papers and secrets
I can't remember my combination
47 right 27 left and then what?
Am I locked out or are you locked in?
Copyright © Ryan Bradford | Year Posted 2014
I know a seagull named freckle head Sam,
he plays on the beach in the hot sand.
Likes Wildwood and Cape May too,
because there's always something to do.
Eats curly fries right from your hand,
that dirty seagulll freckle head Sam.
Pretzels, popcorn, and ice cream too,
he eats everything you know it's true.
So beware if your out on the beach,
keep your food out of reach.
For freckle head Sam is always close by,
ready to swoop down from the sky.
Copyright © Joseph Sergi | Year Posted 2013
I was sitting on the beach enjoying the dawn
When along comes a crab with two fierce pincers drawn
When I shifted off slightly to give him some space
He sat down beside me with pincers retraced.
This fellow was not of the cute well known kind
But a creature evolution had let lag behind
His shell was a tangle of shiny shellac
A dashed wall arrangement of polka dot black
I wondered to myself would he think it queer
If I asked him the question what are you doing here
Since I was the human who traveled the land
And he just out walking on a dry piece of sand
So we sat there in silence each in his own space
Yet somehow connected in the rising sun's grace
As he walked to the water with an eight clawed resolve
Was he thinking to himself would man ever evolve?
Retracing those steps made eons before
He paused where the waves became one with the shore
With a last look around taking time to regroup
He gracefully entered the primordial soup
Copyright © Joe Murphy | Year Posted 2014
foggy skies
a gentle rain falls down from heaven
birds sing a lullaby and animals sleep in their dens
it is a balmy day in paradise
through the green-filled woods
and past the murky swamp
around the tall oak tree
and into the cool pool of water
mysteries lie beneath it's gently churning waves
things grow and live in underwater caves
a community it hosts
an internet of animals
along the salty coasts
join me on a stroll through my glorious isle
where jackals dance and sloths loll
walk with me through the forbidden shadows
sit with me under the canopy of tall trees
enjoy the beauty of this mysterious place
before you have to leave
already the sun calls you
you slowly open your eyes
and leave your paradise
instantly forgotten
as you look out at the morning skies
Copyright © Ashley Wakefield | Year Posted 2014


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Harris: Vikings will 'get full dose of Tim Tebow'
Published: September 2nd, 2010 | Tags: Brady Quinn, Brett Favre, Denver Broncos, Frank Tadych, Josh McDaniels, Kyle Orton, Ryan Harris, Tim Tebow
You shouldn't expect to see Brett Favre in the Vikings' season finale against the Broncos, but you should expect to see quite a bit of Tim Tebow.
The word out of Denver is that coach Josh McDaniels will play his starters — for about a quarter — so the quarterback rotation is expected to go from Kyle Orton to Brady Quinn to Tebow. McDaniels has yet to settle on a No. 2 QB behind Orton, and Broncos RT Ryan Harris told the St. Paul Pioneer Press the Vikings will see quite a bit of the first-round pick everyone loves to talk about.
"You're going to get a full dose of Tim Tebow," Harris told Charlie Walters. "He'll be playing a lot."
Harris had plenty of good things to say about Tebow.
"He's a gamer, man," Harris said. "You can see why he was successful in college. And he's a very good guy — what you see is what you get. He's as true as you see on TV. That's how he is every day.
"He's got good leadership. But I think he's learning that leadership is a little different in the NFL than in college. He's doing a good job. He'll help us win."


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Child Survives Three Story Fall from Window
According to KRDO, a three-year-old boy recently cheated death as he fell out of three story window while his mother was preoccupied.
Details of the Near Fatal Accident
While she was cooking, the mother went to open a window to air out the smoke and proceeded into a different room in the apartment only to walk back out to see her child push the screen and climb out of the window. Fortunately, he wasn't seriously injured.
Authorities responded to the scene of the accident on the 300 block of N. Murray Boulevard in Colorado Springs. They found that the boy was fortunate enough to land in a patch of ditch.
Child Window-Fall Prevention
Thousands of children each year become injured due to falling out of windows. Though most injuries aren't fatal, a 10-foot fall is enough is to cause head injuries, spinal injuries, and paralysis.
The following precautions should be considered when supervising children:
- Install window guards while the children are young, especially if they are toddlers
- Windows should not be opened more than four inches.
- Moving furniture away from windows to prevent children from using it to climb out of windows.
- Don't underestimate your child's ability to climb through a window.
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November Ballot Asks: How Much Are You Willing to Pay to Fight Homelessness and to Buy Pot?
Taxes make the world go 'round
Angelenos who show up to vote this November will be met a very long ballot. The Vogue September issue-size booklet will open, astonishingly enough, with Donald Trump running for president (still can't believe it) and go on to include a cavalcade of ballot measures — at least 17 statewide propositions, three L.A. county ballot measures and two citywide measures.
"It's like the Bataan death march of the ballot," political consultant Mike Shimpock says. "It's a question of who dies on the way."
At least seven of these measures will seek to raise taxes:
• Proposition 55 would extend the extra income tax on people earning over $250,000 for another 12 years (voters passed that temporary tax as part of Prop 30 in 2012; the sales tax hike that was included in Prop 30 is not in Prop 55 and will therefore expire at the end of the year).
• Proposition 56 would add a $2 tax to every pack of cigarettes sold in the state.
• Proposition 64 would legalize recreational marijuana, but it would also levy a rather heavy 15 percent sales tax on pot.
• A countywide ballot measure would levy a 10 percent gross receipts tax on any business that produces or distributes marijuana. The revenue would help pay for homeless services.
• A small countywide property tax increase would raise $94.5 million for park improvements.
• A countywide half-cent sales tax hike would pay for public transit. This is by far the biggest ticket item on the ballot and would raise $120 billion.
• Lastly, there's the citywide property tax hike to pay for housing the homeless, via a $1.2 billion bond.
There are two dangers for the backers of these measures. One is that voters will think it's all just too much money. The other is that the sheer number of measures will frustrate voters, so much so that they'll vote no on everything. Shimpock, who's running the city's homeless bond measure, says he's more worried about the latter.
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"It's been my experience that voters tend to look at these discreetly, rather than as a package," Shimpock says. "People don't sit in there with a ballot box with a calculator. ... That being said, these are a lot of initiatives. If anything, it won't be voters rebelling against the money — it will voters losing patience to make it through the ballot."
That's bad news for the backers of the homeless bond measure, which will be on the last page.
There's also the possibility of voters being confused by the interconnectedness of some of the proposals. Voters will be asked to vote on two different marijuana taxes, only one of which will legalize recreational use of pot. Voters will also be asked to vote on two different taxes to pay for homeless services.
"A confused voter is a 'no' voter," Shimpock says. "That's an axiom of politics."
Polls show that Angelenos place homelessness at the top of their concerns. But whether or not they're willing to pay for housing the homeless remains to be seen. Unlike state bonds, which are paid for out of the general fund, the city's $1.2 billion bond would be paid for by a modest property tax increase.
"The average property owner will only pay about $44 [extra] a year," City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana says. "It's a reasonable investment to address an issue that impedes the economic development of the city. ... You can't solve homelessness without housing. I think everyone, after years of different approaches, has determined that the housing-first approach is the best approach."
Shimpock says that for the bond measure, voters may not even realize they're voting to raise taxes.
"For better or worse, I don't think that voters necessarily understand how bonds affect them financially," he says. "They often don't connect the dots between voting for a bond measure and seeing the money show up on their property tax bill. A sales tax is a much easier concept for them to get their heads around."
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Days of Atonement: A Mystery (Hardcover)
A Mystery
Minotaur Books, 9780312376444, 368pp.
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
"Be very careful, sir!" the young officer warned. "Colonel Lavedrine is a guest of this house, and this nation. I can hardly believe that any Prussian would be so foolhardy to doubt his word. Every man in Paris has heard of his capacities. I see no reason why this Professor Kant of yours should not have heard of them, too."
Lavedrine sat back in his seat, a thin smile on his lips, stroking his chin with his thumb and forefinger. He seemed to be scrutinizing me, curious to hear what my reply would be.
"If Colonel Lavedrine can prove the truth of what he says," I returned, glancing between my accuser and the man I had accused, "I will apologize with all my heart. And if that apology does not satisfy him," I added, leaning back in my chair, shrugging my shoulder, "the prison cells are waiting for Prussians such as me, who are obliged to have guests such as you!"
I suddenly realized that the room was silent.
It is 1807 and Napoleon's army has swept over Prussia, leaving in its wake a conquered land occupied by the French. Local magistrate Hanno Stiffeniis has retreated to his home in the countryside in the hopes that he can keep himself away from the scrutiny of the occupying forces. But when Serge Lavedrine, Paris's famed criminologist, requires his services, Stiffeniis has little choice but to accept.
Three children have been found massacred in their beds. Their mother has disappeared without a trace. Terrified by the gruesome murders, the local townspeople have become convinced that the crimes are the work of the local Jewish population. The ghetto has been closed off, but the crowds gathered in the streets are desperate for justice of any kind. The French authorities want nothing more than a quick resolution and an end to the hysteria that has gripped the town.
Stiffeniis has his own reasons for accepting the case. The victims' father serves as a soldier in remote Kamentz, where the resistance to Napoleon's occupation is already developing. If Stiffeniis cannot discover the whereabouts of the mother and the identity of the murderer in time, he risks exposing the Prussian rebellion to the French before it has the strength to succeed. To succeed he must once again put to use the powers of deduction learned from his late teacher, the famed philosopher Immanuel Kant.
Michael Gregorio's internationally bestselling debut, Critique of Criminal Reason, was hailed by critics across the world and named one of Playboy's Best Books of 2006. Now its sequel, Days of Atonement, marks the thrilling return of one the most talented new voices in historical fiction.
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"One of those literary thrillers that come along every year or two to provide both intellectual and visceral pleasures for readers who neither move their lips nor fear weighty concepts."---The Washington Post
"Readers who seek substance along with thrills in their mystery reading will enjoy Critique of Criminal Reason."---The Houston Chronicle
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Frisk Me (New York's Finest #1)
by Lauren Layne
After a photograph of Luc Moretti saving a tourist hits social media, he instantly becomes New York's most famous and beloved cop. When a major network decides to run a special on the "American Hero," Luc's boss gives him no choice but to cooperate in the name of good exposure for the department. Luc doesn't mind the celebrity status-what he does mind is the gorgeous brunette journalist who's been assigned to follow his every move. Especially since she also happens to be the same knockout that rejected him rather publicly the week before.
Ava Sims is a woman who gets what she wants. And what she wants is to be CBC's lead anchor-but to get there, she'll need to nail the fluff piece on the playboy cop. Luc Moretti is everything Ava knows to stay away from: a stubborn charmer with a hero-complex. But the more Ava gets to know Luc and his oddball family, the more she realizes that beneath the swagger and the blue uniform is a complex man who makes her heart beat too fast. Soon, Ava's doing the unthinkable, and falling for the best of New York's finest ...
Luc stifled the smile, letting his former scowl resettle on his face. If Lopez thought he was being played, there was no way he'd go for it.
"Hey, so Cap said the hot reporter would be doing ride-alongs with us. That'll be cool," Lopez said.
"Seriously? You hate ride-alongs," Luc said.
Lopez held up a finger. "No, I hate the dippy, I-wanna-be-a-cop-someday type of ride-alongs. Those stupid kids are always offering advice when they don't know shit about shit. But Ms. Sims will be a nice kind of ride-along. Just sitting, observing…looking fine…"
Luc withheld the snort. If Lopez thought Ava wouldn't be offering plenty of unsolicited advice, he had an unpleasant surprise. He doubted mind your own business was in her DNA, not to mention it was a blatant contradiction of her job description.
"Hot or not, same rules apply," Luc said, just to set the record straight. "She can come on the tame ride-alongs. That's it."
"Shit, and here I was planning to bring her to a shoot-out," Lopez mused.
Luc flung the paperclip back at his partner, nailing him in the forehead. "Hey. So, I need you to be my wingman."
Lopez rubbed the red spot to the right of his temple with a knowing grin. "Ah, so you do want a piece of Miss Media."
Damn it.
"Let me rephrase," Luc said, sitting back in his chair. "I need you to be my reverse wingman. Do whatever you need to keep that plastic, nosy diva away from me."
There was a light tap on his shoulder before a female voice spoke up. "Gonna be hard when this nosy diva is hell-bent on getting all up in your business."
"Nice job, Wingman," Luc said with a glare at Lopez, whose grin indicated that he'd definitely seen Ava approaching and had opted not to mention it.
Luc pivoted around in his chair so he faced Ava. Only he was sitting, and she was standing, which put him exactly at eye level with Ava's slim hips.
Generally speaking, Luc liked a little more curve to his women, but apparently his preferences were shifting, because he couldn't help his sex-starved brain from thinking that Ava Sims's hips were the perfect size for his hands to wrap around, his fingers holding her still as he prepared to plunge into her…
The fantasy dissolved into a million pieces when she opened her sassy mouth again.
"You know…" her voice was considering, her finger tapping idly against her lips. "I'd always heard that the whole man-in-uniform thing was supposed to be a turn-on. Guess it's an acquired taste."
I first read the blurb for Frisk Me months ago and added it to my TBR right away thinking it'd be right up my alley, and while I did enjoy parts of it, it wasn't exactly what I was expecting. That being said, Frisk Me turned out to be an okay read in the end.
Being a cop is in Luc's blood and while he loves his job, he doesn't enjoy all the attention he's getting lately. So, of course, you can imagine how much he doesn't want to cooperate with Ava, the journalist that's putting together a TV special highlighting his recent save that's dubbed him a hero.
Ava is gunning for anchorwoman at the network she works at and knows that Luc's TV special is her ticket. Rather than believing Luc is the hero everyone is making him out to be, Ava, being the jaded journalist that she is, thinks there's more to Luc than he lets on and she's determined to find out what it is.
The tension between Ava and Luc was palpable from the beginning and it was obvious where they were going to end up. Unfortunately they played the hot and cold game way too much for my liking which really ruined it for me. I understand a little back and forth, especially given the fact that they're working together, but the fact that they couldn't even admit their feelings to themselves was really the nail in the coffin for me.
Let me tell you though, when they were together it was great! The witty banter, the sexy times, and even the tender moments really had me rooting for them at one point. Then the betrayal that you could see coming a mile away happened and the way it was handled made me lose interest. Communication is key, and these two were severely lacking it.
While there's not a whole lot of love lost between me and the main characters, the side characters were great, especially Luc's grandmother, Nonna. I could just picture her running around with her purple lipstick and push up bra... That woman had me cracking up and was definitely the highlight of this book.
Frisk Me definitely set up the rest of the series nicely with the introduction of Luc's family and while it didn't exactly turn out to be the perfect read that I was hoping for, I'll definitely be checking out the next book in the series.
Lauren Layne is the USA Today Bestselling author of contemporary romance.
Prior to becoming an author, Lauren worked in e-commerce and web-marketing. In 2011, she and her husband moved from Seattle to New York City, where Lauren decided to pursue a full-time writing career. It took six months to get her first book deal (despite ardent assurances to her husband that it would only take three). Since then, Lauren's gone on to publish ten books, including the bestselling Stiletto series, with several more on the way in 2015.
Lauren currently lives in Chicago with her husband and spoiled Pomeranian. When not writing, you'll find her at happy hour, running at a doggedly slow pace, or trying to straighten her naturally curly hair.
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Flats Presbyterian
Religious Societies - Book A
Original Index is located in the vault at the Greene County Courthouse. This document found on page 49. Transcribed by Arlene Goodwin.
having been given according Same a Meeting of Sundry Persons was convened at the
Tannery of Capt. Timothy Edwards at 2 oclock P M for the purpose of forming a
Religious Society James Smith
& Wm A Bell were nominated to preside at the Election and Timothy Edwards,
Walter L. Barker and James Smith were chosen Trustees of the Soci9ety to be
known as the Lexington Flatts Presbyterian Society
February 16th 1830
Presence of
Smith LS
Bruce C. Smith Wm. A. Bell LS
of New York
Greene County SS On the 9th day of March 1830 Personally came before me Bruce C. Smith a Commissioner etc. in and for the County of Green the within named James Smith and Wm. A. Bell both known to me to be the persons who executed the within Certificate and Acknowledged that they executed the same for the for the uses and purposes therein mentioned Set the same to be Recorded
March 20th 1830
Bruce C. Smith
At 12 oclock at Noon Commissioner in and for the
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When My Country Helps Integrate Another Nationality - Poem by john tiong chunghoo
when integration becomes
another nation's task
my assamese friend talks
with my tamil nadu friend
in my country's language
to get to each other
It seems that the people in Tamil Nadu, southern india would only speak tamil though hindi is the national language. so when somebody from other parts of india meet with them, they have to either converse in english or in another country's language. quite a strange status quo isnt it?
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STAGE TUBE: Video Teaser of REAL MEN SING SHOW TUNES...AND PLAY WITH PUPPETS
Actors' Playhouse will cap off the 2011 – 2012 Mainstage Season with the world premiere of Real Men Sing Show Tunes...and play with puppets, with book, music and lyrics by Paul Louis and Nick Santa Maria. A song-filled comedy for mature audiences, about real men behaving like real men, this manly musical revue will hit the Miracle Theatre from July 11 - August 12, 2012. BroadwayWorld has a teaser of the show below.
A hilarious romp through manhood, Real Men Sing Show Tunes...and play with puppets offers an inside glimpse of what it takes to be a man in a modern world shared with women, children, and yes, even puppets. The story of Real Men, who make a habit of juggling their balls every day; fatherhood, mid-life crisis, dating, marriage, potency, sexuality, and the lack of it. Men will finally have a musical comedy that speaks to them, while their ladies can gather some comedic material to use against them.
Although puppetry is featured in this production, this risqué and witty musical is not suitable for children...only the childish and immature.
Actors' Playhouse Artistic Director David Arisco has worked closely with the playwrights throughout the past year developing this new work through a series of public and private readings. The playwrights will also be working closely on the production, with Paul Louis and Nick Santa Maria starring in the show. Actor Stephen G. Anthony will join Louis and Santa Maria on stage.
Directed by Artistic Director David Arisco, the creative team for Real Men Sing Show Tunes...and play with puppets includes Musical Director, Arranger, and onstage piano player Emmanuel Schvartzman, Set Designer Gene Seyffer, Costume Designer Ellis Tillman, Lighting Designer Patrick Tennent and Sound Designer Alexander Herrin, with puppets created by Paul Louis and Ellis Tillman.
Preview performances of Real Men Sing Show Tunes...and play with puppets will be held Wednesday and Thursday, July 11 and 12 at 8 p.m. The show will open on Friday, July 13 at 8 p.m. and play through August 12, 2012. Evening performances will be held Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m., with afternoon matinees on Sunday at 2 p.m. A special weekday matinee is scheduled on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 2 p.m.
Preview night tickets on the first Wednesday and Thursday are $35. Tickets for weeknights and matinees are $40, and on Friday and Saturday evenings $48. The theatre offers a 10 percent senior discount rate the day of performance and $15 student rush tickets 15 minutes prior to curtain with identification. Discounts are based on availability and exclude Saturday and Sunday.
Group discounted rates are offered for 15 or more through our group sales department. Single tickets may be purchased through the box office at 305-444-9293 or online at www.actorsplayhouse.org.
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Last summer, Dwight Howard decided to leave $30MM in extra earnings on the table in order to find a situation that gave him the best chance to win – a situation that Carmelo Anthony faces in July if he decides to opt out of his contract. Based on the Rockets' success this year, Sam Amick of USA Today says that there's no better blueprint for Anthony to follow than Howard's. Dwight, who says he spoken with Carmelo about that dynamic, offered some advice:
"I know he has just got to do what's best for him…I've been through it. I've seen it. The same people that love you one day, if you don't do what they want you to do, then they're going to hate you. You've got to always remember that you've got to do what's best for you at the end of the day. If people don't like you, you can't stop that."
Here's more of what we've gathered from the Atlantic Division tonight:
- Following a recent loss to the Hawks, Anthony told reporters: "It's definitely testing me…The frustration has definitely sunk in, just from the simple fact we're losing games the same way over and over and we're just not learning from that." After last night's crushing loss to the Mavs, he told Clifton Brown of the New York TImes, "You score 40, 44, 44, 44, all losses — you kind of ask yourself is it worth it."
- 76ers head coach Brett Brown says he isn't annoyed that Danny Granger would rather play for a contending team instead of Philadelphia, writes Tom Moore of the Bucks County Courier Times. Brown also discussed the team's rebuilding situation: "This is a very different rebuild than the others…It is completely at the bare bones. It just puts a pretty definitive timeline and set of reality checks on all of us that we have a lot of work to do."
- Brown added that he has plenty of faith in the front office: "I trust Sam Hinkie's judgment on the process that just happened and the process that's coming up…I can't wait to be a part of it, with all of our draft picks. Draft night is one of my favorite nights."
- Jimmer Fredette's family would be ecstatic if he could somehow find his way to the Knicks once he's bought out by the Kings, writes Christian Red of the New York Daily News.


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On his sixth solo album from Big Dada, Slime & Reason, Rodney Smith, a.k.a. Roots Manuva, Lord Gosh, and/or Hylton Smythe among other aliases, firmly points back to his Jamaican roots. Widely recognized for his critically acclaimed debut album Brand New Second Hand, which arguably pre-dated the advent of grime and other dub mutations, and also his song "Witness (1 Hope)", which forever branded him with the rhyme "witness the fitness", his latest effort has an overall brighter sound through pervasive reggae influences, but darkness is never far off.
The album starts with a Caribbean chorus sung in that classic indecipherable island-speak, over bright accordion-like synth production. Manuva raps, "I'm back at the drawing board / And I'm sketching out my plans with two crystal balls", but instead of looking forward the lyrics reminisce like the music's skanking carnival anthem.
Roots Manuva
Slime & Reason
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UK: 1 Sep 2008
Painting the most pastoral Jamaican scene on the record is "The Show Must Go On". Its melody and content are the components of an archetypal Rasta ballad but tinged with electro effects and a firmer beat.
The album's second track, "C.R.U.F.F.", meaning "a play on 'ruff' meaning 'good'", consists of Theremin-sounding samples that wobble through notes, mimicking the pioneering electronic instruments' phantom sonorities and preternatural sounds. Lines like "Chosen, living my life like it's golden / I'm rolling, spinning my dice like I'm bowling", are Biggie-esque in their syntax and snowballing rhymes. Manuva's flow, diction and delivery have always drawn from Notorious' lucid and weighted vocals. But in these situations Manuva also conveys his ideas with similar clarity and simplicity.
Because he's a British rapper such moments frequently get lost in translation. Take the line "Obligatory ragamuff rag enuff manic / I'm mangling, strangling, him or her" from "C.R.U.F.F" or the track "Do Nah Bodda Mi", whose title is more or less encrypted. During these moments the aesthetics of Manuva's vocals are all we have to go by. Luckily his baritone is one of hip-hop's most natural, maintaining an addictingly warm balance between bass, rhythm, accent and speed.
However, his voice is most adept at rapping, not singing—an advantage wise rappers exploit—so any attempts to sing a hook with his best R&B falsetto fall flat, and such missteps tend to stain. The Metronomy-produced "Let the Spirit" is musically the best track. Its electropop melody builds from just a faint pixilated stutter before a dub-inspired and resolute beat solidifies it and heavy arpeggiating synths make it dance floor-ready. But then background vocals enter, as layered by Manuva, and disaster ensues. It's the same perilous move that Ja Rule commits with shameful regularity and alacrity. (Ja Rule's singing is more severely offensive because it's generally paired with some saccharine diva.)
Manuva repeats the singing offense on "A Man's Talk", "It's Me Oh Lord", "2 Much 2 Soon", and many others with mixed results. "A Man's Talk", another solid Manuva-produced track that resonates with maturing and existential sentiment, isn't ruined because the hook is one part chant, one part song and one part rap. On the other hand, "It's Me Oh Lord" begins with a falsetto hook that immediately establishes the song's underlying, but shaky, melody. The problem is that Manuva, as a singer, limits the potential of every track on which he makes this attempt. What is great about him, his facile and buoyant flow, is precisely what gets compromised because this ridiculous vocal juxtaposition is presented.
"2 Much 2 Soon" is an interesting dilemma. Though Manuva again grossly mismanages the vocal hook, the song reverberates his serious and lightly sardonic writing. He simultaneously challenges the immaterial ethos ("So if I bling yes and rightly so / Bourgeois hippies wanna fight my flow") and cites his family's inspiring humble origins ("I came from this I gotta do better / My pen is my sword my pen is my Beretta"). At the same time Manuva also develops a hesitancy in his delivery, waiting until the last two beats of a measure to rap, at which point he sounds like he's freestyling or just unrehearsed. The jury is still out on which forces ultimately prevail on this track.
Manuva's incessant background singing is regressive in a musical way, not nostalgic as the rest of the album intends to be. Perhaps inseparable from his production and writing process, its addition can detract from his most stirring quality: effortlessly smooth delivery. Except for some profound philosophical shift, poorly sung hooks are here to stay given that Manuva's musical mantra reads, "You gotta sing like no one's listening. You gotta fart like there's no one there to smell it!" Well, we're there and it stinks.
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|[Ventricular assist device implantation as a bridge to cardiac transplantation in two adolescents with end-stage cardiomyopathy and heart failure as a result of anthracycline use]
|Berends, M. ; Bokhoven, M.M. van; Luijtgaarden, A.C.M. van de ; Bellersen, L. ; Hoesel, Q.G.C.M. van ; Herpen, C.M.L. van
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|Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, vol. 152, iss. 38, (2008), pp. 2088-2092
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In a adolescent women aged 15 and 17 years respectively, severe heart failure developed within a few months of anthracycline chemotherapy given for osteosarcoma. In the guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology, malignancy with a remission duration of less than 5 years is an absolute contraindication to cardiac transplantation. Neither patient was eligible to receive a ventricular assist device (VAD) as a bridge to cardiac transplantation in the Netherlands, but they were accepted in Germany. One patient received a cardiac transplant 13 months later and at the last follow-up check she was in good health with a remission of 3 years. The other patient developed bone metastases 6 months after the VAD implantation. Cardiac transplantation was not a treatment option for her. Dose-dependent cardiotoxicity is a serious complication of the use of anthracyclines. In severe heart failure the prognosis is often worse than in adjuvantly treated malignancies like osteosarcoma. VAD may therefore be a valid option for patients with severe heart failure after anthracycline use for a malignancy. In cases of sustained remission VAD may be the bridge to transplantation.


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This is one of the best things I've seen…maybe ever. Track bikes meet meet a cross between snowboarding and cross-country skiing in trip I could never dream up. Looks like a lot of work went into this and it's sure inspiring in where two wheels can take you. Definitely out for an adventure on this one…even a little pond skim there at the end!


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With pensions underfunded by as much as $300 billion and the main insurer of retirement plansâthe quasi-federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC)âunder enormous pressure, the pension sector might be the next to implode.
This week, the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) added PBGC's single employer insurance program to its High-Risk List an action that resulted from the recent failures of numerous large plans.
The defined-benefit pension programs, which pay a fixed sum with employers making investment decisions, are at the heart of the issue with shortfalls brought on by a sluggish stock market and falling interest rates.
The potential for breakdown is so great, Treasury Secretary John Snow said earlier this month that it could end up being another savings and loan-type crisis. Pension funds last reached the boiling point in the early 1990s and while there was no government bailout, there was reform.
"Defined-benefit plans are under more pressure than at any time in a decade," Steven A. Kandarian, PBGC's executive director, told Dow Jones. "Every aspect of the defined-benefit system is under scrutiny - the funding rules, the accounting rules, the proper way to discount liabilities, and financial health of the PGBC, the list goes on."
He told Dow Jones that the industry is in the midst of a major change. "Right now, I'd say it's an intense period of debate," he said.
Congress has joined the debate by looking at how to value future benefit entitlements. Big business has backed a bill that would allow them to stop using the 30-year Treasury bond as the benchmark for measuring obligation, replacing it with a higher-grade corporate bond. The change would save companies billions right now.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is also looking at requiring better pension fund disclosureârequiring some funds to report quarterly rather than annually as they do now.


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Chrysler claims a new ruling gives its rival Vehicle Production Group LLC on selling wheelchair-accessible minivans in the U.S. Bloomberg reports that a regulatory decision by the Federal Transit Administration requires companies that provide transit services to the disabled to use a the MV-1 van made by VPG, unless they can provide a compelling reason to use another van. Chrysler previously dominated the market; its Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan were routinely modified by aftermarket companies to accept wheelchairs.
The FTA's decision reinstates a "Buy American" rule that requires vehicles used by federally-funded transit agencies be assembled on U.S. soil. The rule was temporarily waived in 2010 because no wheelchair-accessible minivans were built on U.S. soil — the Chrysler vans are assembled in Ontario, Canada, for instance. However, VPG opened a production facility in Mishawaka, Indiana, so the FTA reversed the rule. That means that, going forward, the VPG MV-1 is the only wheelchair-transit van that federally funded agencies can legally purchase.
VPG told Bloomberg that the decision is "great news for us," as the company will now be the primary provider of vehicles to transit agencies for the disabled. Chrysler, meanwhile, feels the ruling locks the automaker out of such contracts, and reportedly told the FTA its decision gave VPG a "monopoly" on that business.
In March 2011, VPG won a $50 million loan from the U.S. Energy Department. About 25 percent of all VPG MV-1 vans will be powered by natural gas. The company has already started repaying its federal loan, and expects to sell about 6000 vehicles in 2013.
Source: Bloomberg


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Here's the place to share your meal ideas for the evening, post where you bought the ingredients frugally and even share a recipe if you would like. If you need some inspiration for your own dinner tonight, this may give you some helpful ideas.
What's on your menu tonight?
Our menu this week includes:
Monday - Italian chicken on farfalle with roasted asparagus and mushrooms (boneless chicken breast from HT meat case for $1.99/lb cooked in slow cooker, asparagus on sale at HT through 4/22, Farfalle pasta free from last HT SD, mushrooms in marked down produce rack for .57 yesterday at HT)
Tuesday - Bird's Eye Voila Beef Lo Mein, steamed broccoli, fruit (Voila on sale at HT through 4/22 for $2.50 with sale and coupon)
Wednesday - Salmon burgers, rolls, Mahatma saffron rice, salad (rice free with sale and .75/2 coupon at HT, salmon burgers bought on sale a while ago)
Thursday - Baked spinach and mushroom omelet, Sister Shuberts Hawaiian rolls, fruit (eggs on sale for .99/dozen at Walgreens last week, rolls on sale at HT through 4/22 for $1 after .75/1 coupon)
Friday - Pizza and salad (homemade veggie pizza using HT dough ball that was on sale a couple weeks ago)