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Foolish Passion of My Youth Poetry was the foolish passion of my youth, forsaken for twenty years to raise a family. Now I've returned to poetry and miraculously, my foolish passion raises me. Time Time's a thief with wings, stealing more than it brings. Laureates Not all laureates are wreathed, not all honors are bequeathed. War There is no war without the shedding of blood, Which begins with a scratch and ends with a flood. Nature's Prayer Trees gesticulate in morning prayer; wind circulates with cleansing air. Diana Sporting a Remington Sendero SF II Over one shoulder hung a rifle, over the other swung a brace of pheasants; She was a no-nonsense breed of sniper, a viper with no time for fangs of conscience. Harlem P.O.V. Everything outside Harlem's the boondocks, where hayseeds opt out of Nikes for Reeboks. Time vs. Eternity I measure time by your absence; timelessness by your presence. Let's Revive the Couplet Loosen your tie, unbutton your doublet, Let's toast to the spirit and wit of the couplet. Romantic Couplet I swear, only this I know to be true, Who needs the fair promise of heaven when I have you. or let's take it a notch more Shakespearean: I swear'st, I know only this and cannot disavow, Who needs heaven's fair promise when I hast thou. or let's take it a notch more Brooklyn: Yo damn, bitch, yous be fine, Don't need no crack if yous be mine. or let's take it a notch more Twitter/Texting: is2g, no b.s. dnt nd 8v3n, wen ive gt ua Mystery New places travel to me, Because to the world I remain a mystery. Atheism Knowing there was a bit of God in every man is how atheism all began. Pervert People often mistake for perversity A predilection for sexual diversity. Schmuck Show kindness to a schmuck, it's guaranteed you'll get fucked. What's Hot We incorrectly assume what's hot is becoming what we're not. Wit vs. Wisdom Wisdom derives from contemplation; wit simply demands keen observation. Family vs. Friends Friends come, friends go; Family remains in life's tidal flow. Nomad When your roots grow from the outside in, home becomes whatever place you're in. Preserving Beauty Preserving beauty is futile; even Cleopatra returned to the Nile. History History must be made, not read; live not vicariously, act instead. Peony Take, my love, this peony, that transformed sun into honey. Ageing Ageing starts with childhood's end, Despite the perpetuity we pretend. New Poetry is fashion; its new arrivals are simply just revivals. Scorn Neither money nor love scorn, being of this world born. Loss Wisdom feels woe; grieve loss, yes; indulge in it, no. Pervert People often mistake for perversity a predilection for sexual diversity. Thick-Skinned Poets who claim they're thick-skinned have lost the sensitivity within. Innocence Love never loses its innocence whence I'm the jury and you're the evidence. Prayer Prayer need not be lengthy; just ask God, 'Help me.' Boasting vs. Toasting What many call boasting to my success I call toasting, nonetheless. Window Sometimes you must break a windowpane to glimpse beyond the rain. Rhyme Nowadays poets seldom rhyme because they often haven't the time. Death New journeys set sail with a final heartbeat and exhale. Ingenuity I count ingenuity among the greatest gifts God's given me. Fearless Live your life without chronology; Swing your cock without apology. Endless Childhood Put off summer's end And adulthood's vexing burdens shall suspend. Sharing Know that when you share yourself, most will take, So only share yourself, for sharing sake. Rub It In You were right, I was wrong; how often will you repeat this song? Shine 'Aye, it's good to be king, ' I groan, Taking me place on the bootblack's throne. Jolly vs. Folly What seems man's folly on this sphere, Makes angels jolly way over there. Fragile You'll find no greater fragility Than a heart lacking accessibility. Shtup 'Yo' bro, wassup with dem skanks you love to shtup? ' Internet Most unfortunately the Internet's prevailing sensibility is irony or ennui. Read & Write Great writers are masterful borrowers; read everything to gain followers. Present Our present is the dissipating despair of our past mingled with the promise of our future we hope will last. Love Leads Ask not where your love will lead; Let fate ordain, let will concede. Creating Distance 'Hasten not to alienate me, it shall come by naturally.' Post Garden Ever since Eden, Adam has been trying to get even. Fascinating Adults Childhood shouldn't frivolity dispense; Fascinating adults are nurtured by nonsense. Religious Confession Priests have obsessions for confessions of transgressions in succession. Forgetting vs. Recollection There's bloodletting in forgetting as there's lingering affection in recollection. To Become One In bed our bodies integrate, the lines between us obliterate. Enemies Ne'er shall man's enemies been drawn so near, then when he seeketh to compare. Fools Fools rush in before we can notify the next of kin. Consolation If at first you don't succeed, be consoled by weed. Imagination No ideal can turn real without imaginations spinning wheel. Unwitting Measure 'You I love and treasure in an equal, unwitting measure.' Teaching Poetry Teachers cannot teach students to kindle imagination beyond their reach. Without Love 'My world without love still remains a world about love.' Wildflower Poetry Prose blossoms through cultivation, poetry by stretches of the imagination. Twitter Fame Twitter's fame's purely lame ~ bottom line, we're all the same. Ripe Every fruit ripens in its own time; Gather not in Autumn what's due in Springtime. Fools Of all the fools that tread our land, there are few more self-deluded or dangerous, than the self-righteous brand. Definitions Definitions create false boundaries around reality so we can act smug with our small familiarity. Sham, I Am Dr. Seuss is an damn looser sham that I am. Spirochetes Even amongst the spirochetes, there are the privileged and elites. Mended If the recently mended heart, breaks again, it shall not start. Stigma Withal there's remains our enigma, why homosexuality's such a stigma. Lies Politicians, spies and wives tell lies; they couldn't survive otherwise. Keep Your Day Job Bitch If you've guessed that I'm blessed, augury ain't your strawberry. Chlorophylia Few things amaze as the palette of the autumn blaze. Frippery Imagination is ostentation quite slippery, conjuring up novelty and frippery. Happiness The happiness mankind seeks, it will never find, But happiness unsought, can fulfill a blissful mind. Write! Write! Write! Write! Though everything you've written can disappear overnight. Roses Wither Roses wither, violets wilt, Death unstitches the threads of life's too brief quilt. Social Media In social media we reveal what prudence dictates we conceal. Ten Words It takes wisdom beyond nerds to pontificate in ten words. New Year Cheer Despite the wear and tear let's cheer the New Year. Love Me Not Love me, love me not. love's knot's a long shot. My Ex There are no ex wives. There are just wives, and ex lives. Lost Love Lost love's the season of mists, Though they are gone, memory persists. Spring The gleeful gatherings of Spring Makes all the other Seasons sing! Epiphyte Wisdom's goal's to become an epiphyte, drawing nutrients from the light. Poetry is Found Poetry's equally found in tangerine moons as in baboons playing bassoons. Amiable 'Look at me. Tell me what you see? What secrets hide behind my mask of feigned amiability? ' Lynchings Prisoners appear sallow upon the gallows, until death's ash soaks through their tallows. Dust We must dignify what our smallness signifies, For what is man, but so much dust in disguise. Rhyme Rhyme is the angel's song; Sometimes God even plays along. Time Can there be more callous crime than unkindly killing time? Fate Despite our best intent, we'll wind up where we're meant. Mirror Mirror, mirror on the wall, mere reflections makes me small. Death When memories cease to be, what forges on is facsimile. Explosive Heart A heart that's been played can become a hand grenade. Love vs. Bliss If love were perfect we'd call it bliss. What make love love is it's so hit and miss. IQ vs. Duncedom Once a confederacy of dunces couldn't contest with IQ's purview. Wit vs. Levity Brevity's the soul of wit; levity's just for talking shit. What Poets Do Poet's manifest what isn't there; Imagination's conjurings from thin air. Missed Childhood Adolescence spent upon a cross, regrettably is childhood's loss. Unspoken Your love unskoken, your words unsaid, Have left me broken, given up for dead. Hard Cocks and Relativity Imagining Einstein won't make you smarter Any more that thinking about your wife will make you harder. Clown Retirement Skin liver-spotted brown, you're too old to be a clown. Frivolousnessness No glowing life, no life of quality, Can ignite without a spark of frivolity. This Poem Rocks! Poems hewn from stones too serious, Leaves no pebbles for the mysterious. Galileo The Church declared Galileo Galilei, 'a Peeping Tom led astray.* Excuses Every excuse subsumes a lie; truth's avoided by squeezing by. Without You 'Without you, all beauty's dead, radiant rose drained of its red.' Heartfelt Poetry Poetry makes a heartfelt cry, compelling God's mercy to comply. Death's Communion Only death's tender communion Can engender the parent child reunion. Brief Candle There's both brevity in art and affairs of the heart. Love's Reward Love repaid is love's reward; recompense fair towards being adored. Counting Words I dream not of sheep, but 10 word poems, counting my articulated fingers to the bones. Shaboinkin' Poetry Poems should sing Like women shaboinkin' on a mattress spring. White Clouds White clouds mask rains torrential; Never underestimate an enemies potential. Snapchat Poetry On poetry sites poems are dead as soon as they're read. Taking Turns 'Children learn to take turns, or stand in a queue; but I won't take turns when it comes to loving you.' Gone to the Texas Cakewalk The dead don't know the meaning of the word, 'no'. Faith Happy-endings lie in wait to believers clinging to their faith. New Year's Promise Disprove the doubting Thomas; turn year's ending into beginning's promise. Resonance At second glance, what makes a poem a poem, ain't the chime of rhyme, but the elegance of resonance. Dragons In the benighted landscape of your symbolic dreams, Slaying an escaping dragon is not what it seems. Single vs. Married Men Bachelors love bachelorettes; married men love anything they can get. Poet's Dress Code Poetry is an absolute pursuit; You can't pose as a poet wearing a business suit. Wisdom vs. Beauty Wisdom's attainable, beauty is not; some like it wise, but most like it hot. Tone of Love Half of love is in its tone; the better half is in the laugh. Wisdom vs. Beauty Wisdom's attainable, beauty is not; some like it wise, but most like it hot. Boredom Sometimes every new day looks like the one that's passed; boredom poses the question, 'How long will this shit last? ' Forget Let's lift our goblet of regret, forgive, forsake and forget. New Year's Bells The New Year's bell's knell yells farewell to raising hell. Polar Bears Polar bears adapt to the warming global, Sweet, threadbare, dead and noble. Manhattan Streets 10,000 crossing footsteps, not a pair of eyes that meet; that's how anonymity builds its hive, on cold Manhattan streets. Sex vs. Love The difference between man's pleasures is: sex measures, love treasures. Prayer and Sincerity When driven to despair, know sincerity's the heart of prayer. The Universal Poet The poet should be homeless universally; his fealty pledged internally. The Poet and Seclusion Poetry creates the illusion that poets are clever beyond seclusion. Rain and Shine With raindrops heaven weeps; Sunshine's sweep reaps smiles to keep. Speak to the Head Tis of no fucking avail To speak to the tail. Forgive and Forget The fulfilling life, filled with little regret, Comes from learning to forgive, then as quickly forget. Night Sky Stars are a shimmering quilt of light, That tucks the moon into the night. Confession 'Remind me, Padre, of my sins, with tact, That I may confess to them, after the fact.' Hoping vs. Death If hoping prolongs the dying's death, Is it not more merciful to pray They quickly exhale their final breath? Heartless Heartbeat In great poetry can you find the lungless breath, the heartless heartbeat of our living, secret innermost mind. Sunup One cannot know love when the heart dries up, or know the depth of darkness until sunup. Give Me Poetry Give me poetry filled with oddness, beauty and wit, As for all the rest, I don't give a whit ;) Afterglow My heart skips a beat for love to flush, anchored in afterglow of love's heady rush. Satire vs. Parody Satire hides an education; Parody makes no attempts at rehabilitation. Broken 'His gifts have become broken things, hidden from my view, Sitting on a shelf, above my shoes, like exterminated Jews.' Poetry's Expiration Date No poem older than a day, has anything truly timely to say. Wedding Veil A wedding veil's of no avail because virginity's a fairy-tale. Madly Deeply Love deeply, love madly, love for today, That no one may say, you lived halfway. Qualms If the ills we've wrought We come to regret, Perhaps the good we've done Ought these sins offset. Comet A comet's the white whale of discarded moons, Frail tails steered by by the whims of gravity's harpoons. Posthumous The anonymous may claim their fame posthumous; But let my words be my stake, while I'm still awake. Seeing vs. Envision We see nothing more than we bring to it; heavenly orchards lie in an apple's pit! Government Intrusion America's biggest illusion is the belief they're free from government intrusion. Alzheimer's I've half-forgotten what I forgot; memory's become my Gordian knot. Natural Whatever comes natural's a matter-of-course; we should hump without remorse. The Seasonal Complainer Winter's too cold, summer's too hot, Spring's too rainy, autumn's full of rot. Rhyme vs. Reason Do not try to make rhyme of reason, nor reason of rhyme; For the former's too systematic, the latter's too sublime. Sexsmithing for Authenticity For love to ascend to the next spiritual level, it must have the sex beaten out of it by the devil. The Poet's Touch See little and remember much, that's the poet's special touch. Flirting . She smiles from across the bar. ¬ 'Here I am. There you are.' An Iconoclast Having a Blast I could what I should; rather do what I would. The Poet's Job Trigger memory, explode an emotion; the poet must create commotion. Change of Fortune When fortune's change, so does the man; Some becomes saints, and others, less than. I ♥ Central Park A stone's throw from Bergdorf's, With the Hudson curling up. Settling "I meant what I said and I said what I meant. Don't gamble of love when you can be content.' Spiritual Kinship An unerring marker of a kinship spiritual is two people sharing love for the same poetry miracle. What Might Have Been Dwell not upon what might have been, Within such idle spin, you can never win. I've Got a Prescription Opiates are inappropriate, so is meth in excess, stick strictly to weed, and you'll convalesce. Slacker's Motto Given the cultural rage for productivity, the best fuck-you's non-activity. Immortality Death is part of God's plan for the universe; to yearn for immortality is heresy, to acquire it, a curse. Flame of Love Couplet The flame of love, both bright and brief, Burns hot and white in gain and grief. Knowledge vs. Action Knowledge and action are just the right mix To get things done, or if we must, perform a quick fix. Ravens and Larks An unkindness of ravens sat in the Cimmerian dark, envying the light and exaltation of larks. Antsy I've been cataloging life since infancy and getting quite antsy; I can't distinguish a pansy from a dandy or chimpanzee. Zen and the Poet A poem's the poet's kōan, reassuring us we're not alone. Poetry is Dirty Dancing Dancing's poetry of the street in iamb, trochee, dactyl feet. Sublime Milestones of Nature A heron swallowing a fish, or me deepththoating a knish. Ought to Be We cannot say about reality with irrefutable certainty, The way things are, aren't the way things ought to be. Rules Not every poet is a fool, not every drunkard drinks, But of this rule I can be sure, every asshole stinks. Parrots vs. Heroes {Couplet) The parrot learns to squawk before he dances, So the hero must learn to obey, before he takes chances. Safety We teach our kids to play it safe, But the game goes to the wayward waif. Gauntlet Couplet 'Dude, you ain't fit to mow my lawn, So come on bitch, just bring it on.' Sentimentality vs. Reality To be a reliable witness you must write without sentimentality; But isn't writing without sentimentality a distortion of emotion's reality? Poet's Dreams The poet dreams up things lying upon a bed of birds, the wind beneath their wings unceasingly rearranging words. Maternal Deprivation (Haiku) Intro. to Psych (1.1) : to a monkey a terry cloth mother is better than none. Line You're like my favorite passage in a dog-eared book, you've caught me by line, wink, and kept me hooked. Rain Whenever it rains when I visit a cemetery's shrine, I feel heaven's compassion in joining its tears with mine. The Poet and the Tangential In poetry what's essential is what others regard as tangential. Cloudy with a Chance of Romance Against blue skies, scudded clouds sail, reading weather like braille. Who We Are See me. Acknowledge me. Love me. That's all what human beings crave from the cradle to the grave. Chlorophyll I love the thrill of chlorophyll when hiking through evergreens. Pine needles wheedling their bouquet between fifteen shades of wintergreen. Shadows are only Neutral at Noon Whose side shadows fall upon, tis' ordained by reigning sun. An Atheist's Prayers They also pray who come to God assassinate; For few there's redemption, for most it's too late. The Evolution of Identity Admittedly, my past me is not attractive company, but we're still on nodding terms, just to maintain continuity. Bagels vs. Bullets A bagel with no hole is a roll; A body with a bullet hole's a soul. Giggles Don't you love it when grandma giggles like a schoolgirl? Don't you love it when grandpa gives grandma a twirl? Death Death, forfeit not your patience, your prodigal son's coming home. From incarnation to reincarnation, from sunrise spark to twilight's gloam. Sun vs. Moon Couplet The harvest moon glowed orange, spilling OJ in the sky, The sun would best her drunken rhapsody in daylight's battle cry. Soul {10w] Bodies are such silly things for beautiful souls to inhabit, Like the mitre and pontifical vestments worn by the abbot. Egyptian Poets and the Word Once poet's master the hieroglyphical, Nothing's left than become prolifical. Snark vs. Insult Snark remarks are passive aggressive; insults are put-downs impudently impressive. Sparks Every Jew to his pine box, Every Buddhist to his urn; Their sparks ascend to Heaven Except for those who burn. Afghanistan In ye olde Afghanistan. the glocken be rockin on the Hummer caravan, whilst our soldiers dream of sleigh bells ringin, while they slay the Taliban. Frosted Flakes vs. Serial Killers 'Count to ten before blood's spilled to minimize collateral overkill.' Sometimes Magic is What Disappears Love's tragic, not ecstatic; with finespun change, disappears the magic. Tidal Love Love moves us like the tides, It draws us close and then subsides. Emotional Detachment Sometimes I feel so numb inside, so of feelings deprived, That I've pretended to feel another's anger, just to feel alive. Genesis God spoke the world into existence, reifying an abstraction. Now the Creator's had second thoughts and wishes to utter a retraction. Prosperity's Curse Prosperity's a gilded curse, misdirecting our poor souls from the higher purpose of life's fire, to mindlessly rake over old coals. The Poet from the Poem Know the poet from the poem despite their shared paternity; the former spits and shits, while the latter breathes eternity. Grave Dancing for Dummies They danced at my grave when I was buried at sea; with my haters drowned, I'm now totally free. Luck of the Irish 'This joy, too, shall pass. When does good luck ever last? ' Fall to the Fringe How the surface of our bare nerves tears and singe When the dear people we love fall to the fringe. Lies We lose some scrap of ourselves with every lie told, A shard, a sliver, a snippet, of our kindly mold. Smell the Roses We must give ambition pause to feel the breeze of bliss, For when pursuit's invariable, we'll miss all happiness. Rain and Glass Rain can best be appreciated when observed behind glass, for nature's element is felt keenest when framed by contrast. Herd Instinct Sniff at a newcomer to gather the scent of their intention. 'Are you one of us, or is your semblance just pretension? ' Luck vs. Fate Who's to say what is lucky and what's not. When man's fate's tied up in a double knot. The Drug Dealer's 10w Spiel Don't trust lust; if you must just trust angel dust. Who Will Star in My Next Dream? Eyelids, black velvet screen, auditioning images like a casting machine. Fleeced Don't you love the fleecy fashion of a wolf in sheep's clothing? That rakish lupine lilt like a Scottish kilt is quite presupposing. River Mountain Ocean Rivers delight in their flow; Mountains savor their snow. But oceans are in concurrence their contentment comes from recurrence. Cuddling In sleep you pull me into your arms like the tide, a gentle unseen force from which no lover may hide. A Chuck Yeager Moment There's a sonic boom resonating in my head as I break through the 2000 HP follower watershed. GPS I have been warned and humiliated by my Nazi GPS; getting from here to there shouldn't be like a test. Ghosts in the Graveyard The dead shall join you soon in song, in ghostly choruses of ten. Man's fate points straight unto his grave, whilst the choristers intone, 'Amen.' Soulmate Barometer The choice of topics being raised or not raised at a first date is an accurate barometer as to whether the person opposite you is your soulmate. How Much Space? Give a lover space enough to rejoice in their choice, but not enough room for their doubts to give voice. Who'll Stop the Rain? I tried in vain to stop the rain; now I allow my umbrella to unsheath its disdain. Deadbeat Daddy Despite the belief of small children raised by single mothers, a deadbeat dad is not just another kind of father. Shrug Off We can't shrug off love's failure in high style; we can only shift the wretched pain, and smile. MMA vs. UFC 'I'll wrestle with any angel any time, any day in the MMA. But please, Sweet Jesus, keep that fucking UFC octopus away.' Stomp Don't let a poet tell you what you already know; the poet's place is to stomp, not tippy-toe. Women and Books Women often sniff the pages of an old secondhand book; Scent alone determining whether they're worth a second look. Ferdinand VII of Spain He who can false loyalty feign shall sit twice upon the throne of Spain. Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright eliminated the confining wall, so now when your wife screams at you it sounds like you're in Tammany Hall. Still No Cure to Endure There are seventy remedies for the common cold, But not a single cure for growing old. Verrazano-Narrows Bridge A procession of souls cross the bridge, some headed for Jersey and some for Bay Ridge. Holographic Poetry A great poem is a hologram containing the whole in every part, you can purge from it every line, and never rip the poem apart. How to Kiss It's not the summer breeze we take pleasure in, but its sudden contact upon our skin. One moment hot, next moment cold; a kiss best thrills when it's felt twofold. Should I Use aYoung Aggressive Stockbroker? 'An old-geezer miser would be far wiser as your investment-adviser.' New Year's Wishes In this New Year may we steer clear of fear. And may our only tears come after joy and laughter. IndeterminateSex When forms inquire my gender, To perplex marketing techs, I just fill in 'indeterminate sex', Dispatching them on a bender. Plentitudes of Platitudes There are plentitudes of platitudes masquerading as poetic truth Like the prophetic emphatic caveat: 'Don't give a thirsty platypus a fifth of dry vermouth.' Don't Mess with the Queen The first man harnessing the secrets of fire Cannot compare with the revelation of your sovereign ire. Heavenly Laughter Only on the wings of laughter Can we ever reach the hereafter. Solemnity will weigh you down like stones; Your gravity's best interred with your bones. Death When we learn first-hand that life is brief, and have become fluent in the language of grief, that is when we become men, dispelling undying belief. Ethnic Oak Jokes The breeze fills with non-PC trees cracking ethnic jokes about species of scarlet, ring-cupped and chestnut oaks. Broken Heart Couplet I thank thee for my broken heart, the pain, the rain of tears, Twas a work of art about reality, that would train me through the years. Time Time shall pass, whether you chill or work your ass. Echos of Love Your love reverberates in me like an echo in the volcano's recess. It glissades off my caldera, stilling my heart's eruption by noble bequest. Sleight of Mind In the roar I hear the silence, in night I can see daylight. On what we focus, becomes our reliance, the sleight of mind will sets things right. Drama Queen If you cheat on an actress they make a scene; that's what you get when you marry a drama queen. The Mariner's Last Vision I see the deep green lift up to greet me; Now I am the sea and the sea is me. Sharing the Burden We need God to share the burden of our reality: The finality of it's mortality, the banality of it's brutality. The Necessity of God We need God if only to empty our rancor into Him, That 'Him' that presides over our tragedies with His apathetic grin. Promises to Keep I sink in sleep and cannot keep what eternal promises I made. At dawn's first yawn, my love's redrawn, as faithless dreams begin to fade. Alzheimer's Alzheimer memories lie in mason jars, with loosened lids beneath the stars. I see my childhood swing tied to a spruce; yesterday's sway free; today's a noose. The Queen Bee Putting-Down the Drones Honey, you're out of your league and look quite fatigued. Venite, Adoremus O Come, All ye Faithful, Discounted Heaven Awaits ye All! Black Friday Bells are Ringin' At the Ole Shopping Mall. Eclipse Apollo cock-a-doodle-dude, 'The sun's a bitter pill to swallow.' Selene reflected, 'I just did, bitch. I'm the tougher act to follow.' The Mafia Taught Me Don't stash the dead in a trunk at the foot of the bed; dispose of the body of your wrath in an acid bath. A Winter's Tree A tree does not tarry lightly upon the winter's frost; its heart gathers deep into its roots, before all vigor's lost. When Your Time Has Come For the man whose time has come, Life's as sweet as a cherry plum. But if it isn't your time yet, Your toil and sweat will become a threat. A Winter's Tree A tree does not tarry lightly upon encroaching winter's frost; its heart gathers deep into its roots, before all vigor's lost. What Makes a Terrorist Tic 'If you want to glimpse how dark I really am, Place me beside the brilliant words of our Holy Qur'an.' Family For my misery, family brings relief, tripling my joy, halving my grief. This aesthetic arithmetic's quite poetic, an accounting surmounting odds unsympathetic. Now there seems no hardship I cannot withstand, accompanied by my exponential, familial band. The Nonconformists are Coming Out of the Woodwork I just another nonconformist treading this megalopolis, not the Pharaoh of Egypt, just another sarcophagus. Shakespeare vs. Keynesian Economics If 'Neither a lender nor a borrower be', investments would dry up, economies stagnate, and off to the poorhouse go you and me. The Meaning of Life The meaning of life is that unacknowledged miracle which is wrought Between the quest of the seeker and what is being sought. Erotic Poetry for Dummies If a mountain was a molehill I'd appreciate your cock, Yada, yada, yada, yada, yada, yada, hard as a rock. How to Treat Your Lover If you want to learn how your lover best to treat, Pretend each time is the last time you'll ever meet. The Color of Crows The poet espies the bluest of blues in the blackest of crows, a petrol iridescence only keenly observed beyond the end of one's nose. Pain vs. Pleasure Pain and pleasure are nearly identical, the difference lies in their temporal perception. Pleasure feels fleeting, pain feels unending; both jolt us at the nerve's first inception. You're Just My Type Too; Dia Betes 'How undisciplined minds ache for sugar-dusted lemon glaze cake.' Love, love, love... Love, love, love... this is rather getting stale. Perhaps the tell tale of its worn veneer is your words now seem as queer as braille. Leave No Turd Unturned When life deals you shit, make the most of it. Life's arcade won't always give you the option of lemonade. The Descent of Man Poetry's first ascent came to be with a monkey's descent down from a tree. Now cruelty drives man back up the tree and poetry shall thrive as mere memory. Despair on the Eastern Front {Couplet) It matters not how many frozen bodies you throw in the fire to keep me warm and fed. It is a long Russian winter and I, too, will be dead. New Year's Revolving Door Revolution commences with the overthrow of New Year's resolution. Seek not absolution for our weaknesses immune to evolution. Poor Excuses for Men Every now and then good ink flows fluent from my playful pen, Causing jealous minds to moulder in these poor excuses for men. Las Vegas and a Hard Place We're all in this greedy wasteland stuck, running out of time, running out of luck. Reality Check It matters little how many poems I've written, I'll never beat that viral You Tube kitten. Snore Like an Eagle One day I shall spread my winglets, and like an airmail eagle sore, But for now my muscles are rather small, I'll have to exercise some more. What Parents Are Scared to Tell Their Teen-Agers 'I've been far too reticent; Your piercings are an embarrassment! ' Burning your Bridges To live your life with no retreat, burning your bridges behind you, Is to be young again, never admit defeat, hormones raging, without a clue. Just Needs a Spritz of WD-40 The gates of hell are never jammed, their creaks and groans always welcome the damned. Frangible vs. Fungible No matter how hardened the heart, love's loss will bring it to submission; our frangible heart is the Achilles heel of our fungible human condition. Dawn at Brooklyn Bridge White-capped waves paint the dawn in pivoting strokes of white, the ashen sky a canvas to reflect East River's light. Beyond the Broken Bend What's the point of telling the heartbroken to 'move on', when they believe they're at journey's end? 'Heartbreak' becomes the final destination, when you can't conceive a world still exists beyond the broken bend. Trial and Error If you neatly get it right on your first try, you'll never learn things deeply by not asking 'why? ' The Phenomenon of Life The potter's some man of clay who's molding clay, a robot making an automaton; Every day we recreate ourselves from what bricks we're made, how wondrous life's phenomenon! The AP Stylebook is Useless I can't abbreviate abbreviation nor know how to initialize an acronym, I can find the contraction for contraction nor the précis for a homonym. Poetry Should Be Poetry should be a commission atoning for life's acts of omission. Poetry should be advertent invention to contend with a world of contention. Poetry should be an undermining of that clichéd, overplayed silver lining. As Long As It Has a Fast Internet Connection I need a cozy den to winter in, a hibernaculum away from the city's din. The Sanctus Bells of Hell I am compelled by altar bells to live a holy life, but temptation wells and my penis swells, so fuck the afterlife. The British Are Not Coming ''Twas not the stench of the French wench that caused me to retrench; 'twas how she cussed about our Queen with rancour, that caused me to pull anchor.' So What Did You Think of His Poetry? He was a humdrum poet who left his Hallmark upon the world; in his poems an umbrella never opened, they all magically unfurled. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori 'It is sweet and right to die for your country's glory.' That's getting stale, bro; time to rewrite the story. The Poet The poet's a court jester, permitted to lament our blatant inconsistencies, bullshit and discontent. He's a canary coal mine tester, descending into the unknown, dying in the darkness, all yellow and alone. Planning the Future I play along as she plans our future family, in the intimate moments before we sleep. Am I a liar to indulge her dreams with smiles? Would I be more honest if I'd just weep? Kinky Valentine Dwarf Sex You won't need sex toy widgets to fidget a midget; just give the girl a twirl on your index digit. Moroccan Last Supper Cous cous, faded Berber pallete, Raisins drizzled on Christ's salad. Burnt offering, paschal lamb, 'Eat my body, here I am, Disciples, Drink my blood! Tomorrow drag me through the mud.' Sephora's Psychoactive Fall Line Sephora has a new Krazy-Glue to hold together the mind's fragmentation, and a firming cream to deal with the stretch marks of imagination. Fantasy World 'I live in no fantasy world as you unjustly claim, so insult not my dragon by proclaiming him an iguana, or I'm gonna make it my quest to stick my sword up your ass and thusly achieve Nirvana.' Advice for Poets II Though vague thoughts may seem by plague besieged, My liege, you must not let your mind's fount be breached. Though shit the whirl of your words may be, Twirl on those coil'd turds unto infinity. Curse of the Ageing Woman I'm a wallflower, bluestocking, left on the Shelf, When you're beyond one's sell-by date, you've left by yourself, Poet and the Fool The fool does his ego inflate, much like a poet does his oeuvre overrate. But the truth of the matter is that neither shit matters; harsh reality shall both nitwits deflate. The Minimum Wages of Sin I've been thinkin' about Lincoln and America's antebellum way. What the abolitionists called slavery, we call minimum wage today. Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. ~ King James Bible 'Tis truth in this ~ In faith man sows everlasting bliss. Fall in Love in Fall It would be more befitting to fall in love in the fall, for the leave's colorful dance of death, augurs the long haul. Play the Odds of Love What are the odds we'd meet inside a needle's eye? Perchance, should either of us die before we've said goodbye, Let's make solemn vow that we shall meet again In the haystack that was the needle's den. 'We Need your Prints and DNA to Eliminate You as a Suspect' If you believe naught is naughty in this world, Why is every crook's fingerprint uniquely whorled? Don't Dismiss the Devil's Bliss I dreamt a snake reminisced then purred with a hiss, and kissed me in my cradle above an abyss. I woke up and yelled, 'What the hell's this? ' Because I was the Devil and for me this was bliss. There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. Network TV's insistent stupidity to the Outer Limits pushes me. Tony Soprano's Bada Bing of Conscience While I waited for the church bells to ring, my conscience chimed in with a pang, bada bing! The yin and yang of what was right or wrong, became clear as a bell as I played along. Creating Poetry I'd rather labor at my own poems than consume the ones existing, Enlisting images here and there from classics, choosing only those that are worth persisting. Then I twist them into something new, create an arc to catch a spark, To illuminate the place I'm in, with paper lanterns in the dark. Breadth and Depth of Love Is it really so hard to love this man Which to your siren's calls been lured? Cannot his kiss traverse the oceans depths Piggy-backed upon his word? Neither frigate, freighter nor chariot, Hitched to Hermes's heels, Can convey the breadth of purest love That this heart truly feels. You Are the Light You are the light within stained glass windows, sacred shimmering in the dark. You are the words that give my life meaning, reassurance between the quotation marks. You are the dream that dreams its dreaming, tremulous glimmerings of ambrosial hope. You are the love that keeps my heart gleaming, removing all limits to its boundless scope. Beware the Clock Tower in the Square Implacable hands of time, You are no friend of mine! Your tower strikes twelve, or one, or five, Chiming, 'What is it to be alive? ' If I delve deep within your works, Shall I find elves wound up like clerks? There's something diabolic In all things mechanistic, A fatalistic reckoning, Ciphering us into statistics. Steady Bridges Won't Get You There [10w] You must cross shaky bridges to go where few dare. What is the Purpose of Poetry? Let's agree to disagree, Poetry sites are about egos, not camaraderie. A Good Death to Lament What humanity so desperately needs is a good death to lament; Which only begs our predicament, that all great souls have been spent. I don't give a damn to mourn a lamb of God so easy sacrificed. Nor give a shit or half-a-whit to crow elegies to crowds so easily pacified. That leaves me nothing else to lament but my impending death, and a good death I shall make it, leaving humanity in debt. Muzzle I kissed a woman in my muzzle; How she got there remains a puzzle. Poetry Poetry was the foolish passion of my youth, forsaken for twenty years to raise a family. When I returned to it, miraculously, my youth was returned to me and now poetry raises me. Applecart Who upsets the applecart, should vend fruit twice as smart. Love and the Tax Man If my pen hath virtue, so does your smile, Let us then wed in haste and jointly file. Secrets Secrets spoken in a whisper Have gossip as a sister. Brewing Poetry Comma sips between the lines, insights percolate into a 10w, a latte sonnet here, a cappuccino couplet there. A few smartass epiphanies, and something new in every brew. One final fix, voilà, the poem is fixed! I adore this caffeine, that alchemizes the extraordinary into the routine, and vice versa with the unforeseen. It turns blue aquamarine, and words into Mexican jumping beans. Truths Truths esteemed most high either clarify or unmask a lie. Adults Defined Complicated creatures full of quirks, 50% lovely and 50% jerks. Ambition Look into humility's eyes and witness ambition's most cunning guise. Dragon's Head Pry not secrets from the dead, better bid goodbyes instead. Chutzpah Chutzpah puts the balls in fearless and schmaltz in careless. Time 'Time's a healer' just ain't true; in time all diseases will kill you. Limits Act as if limits didn't exist, and you'll either be kissed or be slapped on the wrist. Crapehanger When a crapehanger dies without forewarning, who'll hangs crepe paper as a sign of mourning? Marriage Decoded Couples bear the scars of aborted dreams and slurs; she fucked mine, so I fucked hers. Dancing Stars with Too Many Pockets If you want the stars to dance, Remove those silly cargo pants. Counting Sunshine Like misers who measure their wealth in sheckels, redheaded children count sunshine in freckles. Now Whether you Hurry up! or P r o c r a s t i n a t e, the NOW doesn't discriminate. Love and Distance 'Distance cannot do us harm, Home's always in your arms.' The Poet as Enchantress The poet is an enchantress, with or without a dress. Improvise A word to the wise, to be demur is forfeiture. So when in doubt, improvise, acting as if you're cocksure. Love and Distance 'Distance cannot do us harm, Home's always in your arms.' Brownie Mix Betwixt hell and the River Styx, I'll be shitting bricks. A Love for All Seasons Take heart, beyond sad winter lies the spring, Whose rains heal and wash away most everything. That come summer, good tidings shall past bad undo, As lovers sing and bring their love anew. Hope and Desire Youth's hopes and desires retires in age's forsaken funeral pyre. Poetry and Balance Poems must straddle the line Between popularity and being fine. Military Fashion Statement 'Tin lid covered in scrim, ain't no para, just wanna look like em.' I'm Sorry Your 'I'm sorry's, they drizzle, too many, too late. Would it not have been wiser, not to kiss Kate? Finitude Finitude is what all creatures share, human, pigeon, turtle, bear; We all die, we all die! Give or take a fearful year. Bucket List Your foes, your banes, your enemies, pardon every one, This must be wrought before you die, and can't be left undone. God's Deicide When God decried man's prideful stride, the Creator committed suicide. Time How time takes wing when we're having fun, then ticks, and tocks, and clicks, and clacks, when we're undone. Poetry is a Ladder The poet's job is to create a ladder for the reader to enter his imagination and once they've climbed u¬p to the top remove each rung by grad¬ation Passion Passion's the one true metric by which to measure man; when all our facades crumble, tis' only passion that shall stand. Viral vs. Bacterial Death AIDs is a stigma, Ebola a fear, death's the only pandemic, by which means, I don't care. Onward Ho Status Quo! Satire's a sermon, parody but a game; whatever poets poke fun at, remains just the same. Whoreson Bar sinister, bend sinister, bowed cock Bastards slither, born out-of-wedlock. The Stink of Hate When haters write they raise a stink; must be the venom coursing through their ink. Moonlight I'm soaked in moonlight that's wrung out with the tide. I'll glow now like a saint until the iridescence subsides. Pun vs. Puny 'His penis was a pun, judging by the predictable groans. The hours set by innuendos, the seconds by the moans.' STD: Sexually Transmitted Disease Players, playboys and pricks all must Pick at their STDs of lust. Mint Julep I've had more than a hint of a tulip or two, after treating them to a mint julep, or two. Childhood Memories My childhood memories seem etched in stone: rabbit antennas, fallout shelters, mom's laugh, a rotary phone. Meaning of Life Life's but the love and laughter we've amassed, the friendships forged that shall outlast possessions, station and renown, the make-up palette of a clown. Love's End Love's end is as if an angel closed his wings. The dying heart sings silence to which it gravely clings. Pearls of Wisdom Pearls of wisdom should be well strung, With a play of words and well hung. Love to Tide You Over In an errant sea the tide stirs with perverse pride; embrace her wayward currents as you would a runaway bride. Fuck Me Again My heart's uprooted like a tree; I come before the count of three. But before the count of thirty's tallied, The remainder of my loins have rallied. Valentine's Day It's quite near crystal clear that I love you, dear ~ Light years more than that queer elephant's ear from Zaire. Pigging-Out in Heaven Heaven is an endless feast, to say the very least. You can eat all you want and forever be gaunt. Peep... Peep... Peep You can feed breadcrumbs to a pigeon, but an eaglet needs flesh to soar. And so it is with sustaining all consummate carnivores. Endangered Language Three thousand languages will disappear in the course of the next seventy years. Billions of words never to be heard again shall like incense arise to fill page after page of empty skies. Getting Naked with Strangers Getting naked with strangers shows we're trusting fools at heart, More concerned with whims of pleasure than with being smart. Global Financial Crisis in Newspaper Headlines Everything Must Go! Economy Ails. Massive Unemployment. Blowout Sales. New York City In fast-paced New York City even the bubbling brooks babble. The Hudson and East River run rabid, skirting the rabble Oprah in a Muumuu Looks Like a Yurt Nudity fits the body, graceful as a glove; loose fashions only obscure our perfect frame of love. An Anschauung Meringue for Debaters You cannot adequately argue your point of view, unless you can persuasively argue your opponent's position. Every position must conceive its petition to carry weight in the meringue rhetoric of debate. Spring in Winter She was Spring in Winter, an unseasonable love that stood in ravishing denial. We can not measure love by the shadow it casts, but by the way it ignites the face of the sundial. Wouldn't It Be Great Wouldn't it be great To make heads or tails of mermaids tails or the mislaid dreams of heads of state. Dance of the Seven Veils 'You've unveiled your seven veils, but still you hide you heart. I'm waiting for you the eighth to bare, for our intimacy to start.' Accurs'd McDonalds, I Bite my Thumb at Thee! Let vex'd heavens rant and rage, This here shackled slave ain't workin' for no McMinimum wage. Angel Star Couplet Stars gently beat their silky wings In galaxies far from everything. Seraphim bejewel the darkest night For God's amusement and man's delight.[Beryl Dov the Smartass Rabbi]
Chan Mongol :
My name is Chan Mongol; To live and let live is my call! ! I am trying to be an ideal Canadian; A spokesman, a humanitarian! ! So is my basic introduction, I always survive in worst situation! ! I been using a pen, not a gun! I am a polite, normal human! ! I write the parody, poem and folklore! The nature, the creator, I always adore! ! Did you ask what my country is? Did you enjoy and like to keep on tease? ? Did you ask me what religion I practice? Did you plan to separate and categorize? ? Do you like to play that game, that card? To push me to disrespect and knock me too hard! ! My physique is my land and my only identity! My body with pulse and heart, my only country! ! Outer me, my body and outer my existence! Nothing is the matter, all are distance! ! My CHARACTER, what my only religion is! My personality my manners are to live in peace! ! In your data bank, you stored my soul, my all! My private life, past, present, fate, spring, fall! ! You chained my feet with metallic bar! You are my owner, sire, slave master! ! My identification was sacred, very personal! To reveal or not to reveal was optional! ! But today, I can run but cannot hide! From your guards, guide worldwide! ! You can call me names, alright! You can tell me to get out of your sight! ! Do you know what is the main thing? That, I am as same as you are breathing? ? I know you, I know your type! You are the ugliest, a real low life! ! You are the meanest and jealous! So you are scared of me, and nervous! ! I know how to fight back! I can break your evil neck! ! Just be careful, what you say? At the end, you have to pay! ! I am not just what you are to see! Those people and tribes are in me! ! People of the North, White Horse, Yellow knife! Amish, Mohawk, Cherokee, Chinese are my type! ! Full lips with those two Afro, Chinese eyes! Orientals, Mongols, aboriginals in countries! ! My comfort with Irish music band! The nature, culture of that nicer land! ! I am a six feet and 1 inch tall man! I am like those British and German! ! I am the history of Persian and Hindustan! My father was Sree Md Ismail Khan! ! I share the blood of my grandmother! Whose ancestors had the Sassanian empire! ! They had the red hair and white skin! So! Please! Don't dump me in a dustbin! ! For African farmers I have pity! My soul, sympathy and solidarity! ! My hair is black, straight and plain! Many say if I am a native Hawaiian! ! I respect all but hazardous are exceptions! I try to find ways for peaceful protections! ! I hold plough in the country like Cambodia! I grow rice in Philippines, Bengal, East India! ! Sweet smell of Harvest, in East-West! Highways, mountains, all are my best! ! Deltas, plains, deserts, jungles, trees! Snow showers and rains in prairies! ! I am not just what you re to see! Those people and nations are in me! ! People of Yellow knife, White Horse! Amish, Mohawk, Cherokee, Indians! ! When someone in that galley to die? Or in a death line or row and cry! ! I feel myself as your neighbor! Bless all who want to breathe air! ! But I am a patient with so much pain! I feel that hardship again and again! ! Saddam and Qaddafi whom people tortured! I am with victims for whom cruel death occurred! ! I never get pleasure on someone's misery! When hunger, disease and death strike a family! ! I am with victims of tribes, Buddha, Jesus! Mohammad, Ram, First nations and Moses! ! Sweet smell of Harvest in East-West! Highways, mountains, all are my best! ! Deltas, plains, deserts, jungle, trees! Snow showers and rains in prairies! ! Did you ask what my country is? Did you enjoy and like to keep on tease? ? Did you ask me what religion I practice? Did you plan to separate and categorize? ?[Humanity, sociology, natural law, individuality, educational, political and various civil and judicial matters.]
William Shakespeare :
My love is as a fever, longing still For that which longer nurseth the disease; Feeding on that which doth preserve the ill, The uncertain sickly appetite to please. My reason, the physician to my love, Angry that his prescriptions are not kept, Hath left me, and I desperate now approve, Desire his death, which physic did except. Past cure I am, now reason is past care, And frantic-mad with evermore unrest; My thoughts and my discourse as madmen's are, At random from the truth vainly express'd; For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, Who art as black as hell, as dark as night.[William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British poet. My love is as a fever, longing still (l. 1-14). . . The Unabridged William Shakespeare, William George Clark and William Aldis Wright, eds. (1989) Running Press.]
Woman's Party :
Having achieved political liberty for women this organization pledges itself to make an end to the subjection of women in all its remaining forms. Among our tasks we emphasize these: 1. To remove all barriers of law or custom or regulation which prevent women from holding public officethe highest as well as the lowestfrom entering into and succeeding in any profession, from going into or getting on in any business, from practicing any trade of joining the union of her trade. 2. So to remake the marriage laws and so to modify public opinion that the status of the woman whose chosen work is homemaking shall no longer be that of the dependent entitled to her board and keep in return for her services, but that of a full partner. 3. To rid the country of all laws which deny women access to scientific information concerning the limitation of families. 4. To re-write the laws of divorce, of inheritance, of the guardianship of children, and the laws for the regulation of sexual morality and disease, on a basis of equality, equal rights, equal responsibilities, equal standards. 5. To legitimatize [sic] all children. 6. To establish a liberal endowment of motherhood.[Woman's Party. "Alice Paul's Convention," The Liberator (April 1921). As quoted in On Women and Revolution, part 1, by Crystal Eastman (1978). Paul (1885-1977), formerly a leading suffragist, was founder of the feminist Woman's Party. Women had won suffrage in 1920, when the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution took effect. Attempting to articulate new feminist goals, this "minority resolution" was introduced, and buried, at the 1921 Convention in Washington, DC. Interestingly, of the six recommendations, only numbers one, three, and four have been implemented.]
William Shakespeare :
I prithee, daughter, do not make me mad. I will not trouble thee, my child; farewell: We'll no more meet, no more see one another. But yet thou art my flesh, my blood, my daughter Or rather a disease that's in my flesh, Which I must needs call mine.[William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Lear, in King Lear, act 2, sc. 4, l. 218-23.]
Philip Larkin :
Adder-faced singularity Espouses a nailed-up childhood, Skin-disease pardons Soft horror of living, A gabble is forgiven By chronic solitude.[Philip Larkin (1922-1986), British poet. "Marriages."]
Ben Jonson :
A new disease? I know not, new or old, But it may well be called poor mortals' plague: For, like a pestilence, it doth infect The houses of the brain ... Till not a thought, or motion, in the mind, Be free from the black poison of suspect.[Ben Jonson (c. 1572-1637), British dramatist, poet. repr. In The Complete Plays, vol. 1, ed. G.A. Wilkes, 1981). Kitely, in Every Man in His Humour, act 2, sc. 3, l. 55-67 (performed 1598, published 1616).]
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James Thomson :
Thus Winter falls, A heavy gloom oppressive o'er the world Through Nature shedding influence malign, And rouses up the seeds of dark disease. The soul of man dies in him, loathing life, And black with more than melancholy views.[James Thomson (1700-1748), Scottish poet. Winter (l. 71-75). . . Treasury of English Poetry, The. Mark Caldwell and Walter Kendrick, eds. (1984) Doubleday & Company.]
John Donne :
Love was as subtly catched, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure sweet, Which to defend is harder than to get: And ought not be prophaned on either part, For though 'tis got by chance, 'tis kept by art.[John Donne (c. 1572-1631), British divine, metaphysical poet. The Expostulation, last lines.]
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John Donne :
Love was as subtly catched, as a disease; But being got it is a treasure sweet, Which to defend is harder than to get: And ought not be profaned on either part, For though 'tis got by chance,'tis kept by art.[John Donne (c. 1572-1631), British divine, metaphysical poet. repr. In Complete Poetry and Selected Prose, ed. John Hayward (1929). The Expostulation, Elegies (1633). Last lines of poem.]
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Audrey's Farmhouse
2188 Brunswyck Road
New York 12589
Sweeping manicured lawns, stately trees, an outdoor pool, Jacuzzi, and sundeck, a central location to an array of other activities, and known to be very doggy friendly, make this 1740′s country inn an attractive destination for both owners and their dogs. Pets also like the many hiking trails in the area. Dogs of all sizes are allowed for no additional pet fee. Dogs must be well mannered, leashed, and cleaned up after.
DogFriendly.com, with tens of thousands of places listed to take your dog to, will be releasing on it's Dog News blog, Facebook page and on Twitter a list of 200 Top Places that you can take your dog in the U.S. and Canada. This list, while intended to highlight top places that are especially pet-friendly, is not designed to be the absolutely top 200 places that we could find, but a sampling of the top places so that all regions, types of attractions, hotels, B&Bs, vacation rentals, parks, beaches, shopping and more can be considered. No doubt each of you will find many other places not on this list or our full list of dog-friendly places at http://www.dogfriendly.com. Please let us know about them by commenting on the blog or emailing us at email@example.com. You can also let us and our readers know if you agree or disagree with the selections, or your experiences there. Please keep in mind that places often change their policies regarding dogs and thus may have different policies at any time in the future.
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SAN MARINO >> The stench of the giant "Corpse Flower" may have caused Homer Simpson and all of fictional Springfield to flee for their lives, but it is expected to lure loads of people to The Huntington as the stinky inflorescence is expected to bloom by the end of next week.
The Huntington attracted international attention in 1999 when about 76,000 visitors came to see the first-ever Titan Arum bloom in California. It was the 11th one recorded in U.S. history. The upcoming week will ring in The Huntington's fifth massive stinker.
"If I were to tell you how would you like to go down to the dump and smell a fresh load of garbage, you'd say you're nuts," Docent Bob Maronde said. "However, if you say there's a plant that smells like a fresh dump of garbage, people will come by the hundreds to see it."
Curator Dylan Hannon said if he were a betting man, he would place his wager on a Tuesday or Wednesday flowering inside the Rose Hills Foundation Conservatory for Botanical Sciences at 1151 Oxford Road. But one can't control nature, he said.
About 20 Corpse Flower blooms have been recorded in American history, according to The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens. The putrid plant holds the record for the largest unbranched inflorescence and, according to Guinness World Records, it is the world's smelliest plant.
"It smells like a dead animal," Hannon said. "It peaks at night. When it smells its strongest is at night when it's in its female stage for basically one or two nights (after it flowers)."
Although the odor diminishes significantly when the plant's male reproductive system comes into play, Hannon said the stinky flower's beauty could regale audiences for up to four days after it begins blooming.
The reason the Titan Arum, a rare, tropical plant native to Sumatra in Indonesia, smells like rotting flesh is because it is literally in heat. The Titan Arum warms up when it blooms to spread its heady scent further and attract carrion beetles, sweat bees and flesh flies who will help in the pollination process.
The soon-to-bloom Corpse Flower at The Huntington was about 3 feet 4 inches Thursday afternoon, but it is expected to grow about half an inch a day. It should grow to be about 5 feet, Hannon said. The largest recorded Titan Arum was almost 11 feet, he said.
The stinky flower, more properly Amorphophallus titanum, draws in huge crowds, yet The Huntington's Conservatory also houses about 200 other similar species whose flowers smell like dead animals, rotten fish, rotten fruit or a natural gas leak.
"I can show you a plant that is this big," Hannon said indicating about four inches, "And equally smelly, and nobody will come."
Maronde said he witnessed moving lines of about 300 people enter the Conservatory in June 2010 when The Huntington witnessed its fourth Titan Arum bloom. Some people wore surgical face masks and, in 2009, a 10-year-old wore a gas mask. But Hannon said the smell isn't expected to drift too far even in the enclosed, humid space.
Maddie Webster, a 10-year-old from Chicago, said she was disappointed her nose wasn't accosted Thursday. She was looking forward to inhaling the worst smell in her life: rotten eggs or skunk spray.
The Corpse Flower is still a spadix, an upright column. The putrid flowers are hidden at the base of the plant and is enclosed in a spathe or petal-like outer covering. Soon, though, people will be able to behold a velvety maroon interior.


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Weekly merger, acquisition, deal update: September 21
This week Morrissey Goodale tracked three international transactions. This maintains the total year-to-date deal count in the United States at 128, still up 8% over the 119 domestic deals tracked through the same period in 2011. Including the U.S., the total global deal count is now 235, down 2% to the 240 global deals tracked through the same period last year.
This week Morrissey Goodale tracked three international transactions. This maintains the total year-to-date deal count in the United States at 128, still up 8% over the 119 domestic deals tracked through the same period in 2011. Including the U.S., the total global deal count is now 235, down 2% to the 240 global deals tracked through the same period last year.
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M&A Transactions
International engineering, consulting and project management services firm AMEC (London, UK) signed an agreement to acquire a 50-percent stake in Kromav Engenharia (KROMAV) (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), a 200-person offshore oil and gas and marine engineering firm specializing in offshore platforms, FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage & Offloading) vessels and other marine applications. The investment will contribute towards AMEC's Vision 2015 strategy to develop fully integrated service capabilities in Brazil. Moving forward, the company will do business as AMEC KROMAV. Link to details
Full-service consulting engineering firm Ted Jacob Engineering Group (Oakland, CA) expanded its Middle East operation by acquiring a 100-percent interest in the Dubai-based engineering division of international architecture practice RMJM (Edinburgh, United Kingdom). Through the transaction, Ted Jacob takes on approximately 120 staff in the region. Ted Jacob specializes in the planning, design and construction of healthcare, science and technology, higher education and mixed-use facilities and currently features Middle East offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Erbil (Iraq), Bahrain and Beirut to complement domestic offices in Oakland, Los Angeles and Chicago. Link to details
Infrastructure support, asset management, design and project management consultancy Amey (Oxford, United Kingdom) acquired a 100-percent equity interest in Nationwide Distribution Services (NDS) (Rugby, United Kingdom) a 130-person independent lighting connections provider. The acquisition further enhances Amey's capability in planning, design, installation, management and maintenance on street lighting contracts and also makes Amey one of the first firms in the UK authorized to self-deliver its own main connections for street lighting plans. Link to details
In an interesting note (though not considered a deal for the purposes of this update), Sembcorp Marine through its wholly-owned subsidiary and leader in the engineering and construction of offshore production platforms and floating production facilities SMOE (Singapore) acquired from Smulders Group the entire share capital of SLP Engineering (Lowestoft, United Kingdom), a leading supplier of minimum facility platforms, accommodation modules, process decks and PAUs to the oil and gas markets and of offshore substations for wind farms, meteorological weather masts and tidal energy projects to the renewables markets. Moving forward SLP Engineering will do business as Sembmarine SLP. Link to details
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Featured News - Current News - Archived News - News Categories
The third annual "Billiards for Books" benefit for the Youngstown Public Library will be held Saturday, Oct. 19, at Brennan's Irish Pub, 418 Main St., in Youngstown. The pool tournament-fundraiser starts at 4 p.m.
"This is a great opportunity for people to show their support for the library and have a good time," said Angelo Sarkees, a Lewiston resident and commissioner of the pool tournament.
Two-person teams - women, men or coed - will be featured and competition will be single elimination eight ball. Prizes include gift cards and donated items.
Tom Patrick of the Friends of the Youngstown Free Library is helping organize the event. Donation for the pool teams is $25 and $10 for patrons. Wristbands will be provided, as will refreshments.
"Support for the event grows every year," Sarkees said. "We have raised more than $1,200 with the pool tournament and private donors, especially Youngstown merchants. The board members and library staff have given great support, along with the owners and staff at Brennan's."
Proceeds from the event will go toward book purchases and other library needs.
"The library is a wonderful asset in our community and I want to thank all involved in making Billiards for Books a success," Sarkees said.


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Top 4 Indoor Recycling Bins
Bon Appétit just posted their top recycling bins over on their Conscious Cook blog, and we saw at least one of our favorites. See the full list below the jump:
1. Premium All-in-One Recycling Center by Mode ($270)
2. Front Load Recycler by Simplehuman ($30)
3. "Two Step" Can Recycler by Umbra ($27)
4. "Knodd" Bin by Ikea ($15)
See more at The Conscious Cook.
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text: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 Google Forum Search Much like Google Video, Google Groups expanded its index from the Usenet discussion boards and the Google-hosted groups to almost all discussion boards from the web. The results show the same enhanced snippets that were added to the web search last month. It's interesting to notice that Google's help forums for different services are moving to a new platform initially created for a Yahoo Answers-like Q&A service. Some of the forums have already migrated (Google Talk, Chrome, AdSense) and the benefits are clear: the new forums clearly delimit answers from questions, answered questions from unanswered questions and they encourage people to answer more questions. After migrating its own help forums, Google might make the platform code-named Confucius available to the public. hxxp://googlesystem.blogspot.c0m/2008/11/google-forum-search.html


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We believe that Jesus is God. We take him at his word. Because of this, everything we do is all for Jesus. We invite you to learn more about this man who is God and how you can find forgiveness and new life in him.
Visiting a church for the first time can be nerve-racking. But having an idea of what to expect and who we are can help. There are three main parts to every service: preaching, worship, and kids. To learn more about each of these and find out what is going on within the church, click the links below.
"They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching, to fellowship, to the breaking of bread, to prayer, and to the serving of tables." Acts 2:42, 6:2
Here at Calvary we have organized our ministries into five categories. Teaching to learn more about Jesus, fellowship with other believers, bring requests and thanksgiving to Jesus through prayer, serving others like Jesus served and outreach by telling others about Jesus.
There is nothing better than the gathering of the saints, but we understand that there are times you will travel, be ill or you just can't make it. You can still join us with our live video stream from wherever you are.
We provide a number of resources to help you grow as a disciple of Jesus. You'll find videos on a number of topics and from various teachings.
"Follow the trail of your time, energy, affections, and money, and there you find a throne. And whatever or whoever is on that throne is the object of your worship." - Louie Giglio
The Book of Esther, in the form of a short story similar to the Book of Ruth, has its setting in the palace of Shushan, or Susa, one of the three capitals of the Persian Empire. The story gives us a vivid picture of the Jews in exile, of the hostility of their non-Jewish enemies in Persia, and of how Esther became the queen of Ahasuerus (Xerxes), subsequently risking her life in order to save her people, the Jews, from total destruction. God's providential care of His people is magnified throughout, though the word "God" never appears in the book.


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Actresses Angela Bassett (right) and Alfre Woodard (center) get interviewed by WGN News reporter Jackie Bange (left) at Obama's rally. "We've gone from big towns to small towns," Bassett told WGN about campaigning for Obama. "The enthusiasm, passion, energy -- it's just crazy. ... You get tired, but you keep going on. It's a fight we have to win, not just for ourselves, but for all of America."
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Laboratory bench scale flotation test work is routinely conducted using either Galiger "Agitair" forced air cells or Denver flotation cells. Rougher through cleaner flotation uses a combination of 2000, 1000, 500 or 250 gram cells. Larger scale flotation tests (up to 20 kilograms of material) can be conducted in a 1.3 cubic foot Agitair cell.
Process development tests generally use a series of tests to establish the grind size, a reagent series and/or a cleaner series (regrind) to characterize ore response. Locked cycle tests can then be run to recirculate water and intermediate products. Our laboratory has had extensive experience with different mineral separation procedures. Frequently, non-selective bulk sulfide flotation tests are used to recover precious metals that can be associated with pyrite or other sulfides. Gravity pre-concentration can also be incorporated into the test program. Selective flotation tests can be conducted to separate different mineral combinations such as copper from pyrite or copper from molybdenum. Other mineral separations that have been conducted at our laboratory are: copper-lead-zinc-pyrite, silver-lead-zinc-pyrite, silver from sulfosalts, enargite-pyrite, lead-zinc-pyrrhotite, nickel-pyrrhotite and cobalt-pyrrhotite. Bench scale flotation tests can also target the recovery of industrial minerals such as cassiterite, potash, phosphates, talc, barite, coal, resin-coal and tar sands
Gravity concentration can be conducted by hand panning (for smaller samples) or by using a Diester ¼ deck shaking table. A Mozley mineral separator is also available with two (2) decks, a "V" deck and a slimes deck. A larger scale cylindrical Mozley multi gravity separator (MGS) can also be set up. We also have a laboratory Knelson Bowl type gravity concentrator.
Sample preparation is conducted by FLSmidth's experienced team of technicians. FLSmidth's Dawson Metallurgical Laboratories technicians apply their experience and attention to detail to every step of your sample testing. Our team prepares your samples with all of the equipment needed to ensure your accurate results.
Grinding equipment at FLSmidth Dawson Metallurgical Labratory includes: laboratory (8x8 inch) ball mills, rod mills and a stirring grinding mill for ultra fine applications. Also available are pebble mills or ceramic mills for specialty products. Our laboratory is currently in the process of adding larger sized laboratory ball mills.
Classification is routinely conducted by settling and decantation over an appropriate sized sieve screen. Other classification equipment includes: a three (3) inch cyclone-pump-and sump combination as well as a half inch cyclone for ultra fine desliming applications. Wet screening laboratory test products or plant samples are routinely conducted for mineralogical, metallurgical or Qem-Scan evaluations. Sized fractions can also be gravity concentrated using a Mozley table with a slimes deck in preparation for release analyses.
FLSmidth's Dawson Metallurgical Laboratories in association with the SAG Design Consulting Group offers SAGDESIGN test work and consulting. The new SAGDESIGN test is perfomed using a specially designed laboratory SAG mill and uses 7 to 9 kg (depending on ore specific gravity) of minus 38mm ore. The SAG product is then used as feed to a Bond ball mill work index test. The combined results are used to determine the SAG (or AG) and ball millenergy requirements.
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Individuals or collaborative groups are invited to submit abstracts using the link below for sessions that relate to the theme of The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners' Annual Conference and/or Quality Symposium.
The theme for the 2017 conference is:
Whakamanawatia. Ma te mahi ngatahi, ka whakatutuki.
Inspire. Invent. Intertwine.
Working together we can do great things.
This conference is unique in that it is presented by GPs, for GPs. It is an opportunity to share your practical knowledge, experience, and thinking with your colleagues about the challenges facing primary health care in terms of equitable access to care, recruiting and retaining a high quality GP workforce, and setting quality standards for general practice.
The theme for the one-day Quality Symposium that precedes the main conference is:
E-health: Technology is changing – are you?
We encourage and welcome all in-practice and external healthcare providers, customers and other stakeholders to consider sharing their experiences and expectations.
How to submit your abstract
We welcome abstracts that look towards the future and explore how to create and sustainably deliver high-quality, patient-centred care. The programme committee is willing to embrace innovation in your choice of delivery method as well as your topic/s for presentation.
- equity in health care outcomes
- teams: managing complexity
- non-communicable diseases
- workforce demographics and the changing the face of general practice
- the patient journey
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PlayStation4 (PS4), the gaming console on which Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) has pinned high hopes, is expected to evoke a 'very positive' response in Qatar, a senior official said in Doha yesterday.
"PS4 will be released in at least one region across the world during the Western holiday season this year," Robert Fisser, general manager, SCE (Middle East, Africa, Turkey and India), stated. But he declined to confirm if PS4 will be available in Qatar in Q1 2014.
"We are ahead of all our competitors, in terms of PS3 sales, whether it is in the region or in Qatar," Fisser claimed, though he did not reveal any statistics in support.
The SCE official explained that PS4 is 'not a successor' to PS3, which has sold 70mn units globally, including 30mn in the PAL region comprising Middle East and North Africa, and there is 'still a long future for PS3.'
"PS4, an addition to the PS family, like PSP and PS Vita, will offer a completely new gaming experience," Fisser said.
"'...innovative second-screen features.'"
Am I missing something?
Edit: Finished reading article, was talking about Vita/PS3 connectivity.
I don't see it getting a positive response at all. Don't get me wrong.I am certain it will be an awesome console and I am excited for it and it's games but if all it takes is PSN being a little late to rile PlayStation owners up I am sure the PS4 will get just as many attacks against it as the PS3 did. Not because it necessarily deserves it but because of the number of people ready to see it fail.


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Roasted squash stuffed with a super creamy mac and cheese made with cheddar and cream cheese.
When I see a squash my mind races with all the different ways I can stuff it and turn it into an edible bowl. Just about any type will work but I like acorn or kabocha best for this. They are the perfect shapes for stuffing and their mild flavor pairs well with anything you want to throw their way.
The squash gets roasted first halfway to done while you make the stovetop mac and cheese. One of the creamiest, easiest mac and cheese's you will ever make from scratch. It comes together quickly with minimal ingredients including milk, cheddar cheese, cream cheese and an optional touch of mustard for flavor.
In case you didn't know mustard and cheese love each other.
(If you don't believe me try adding a very thin layer of yellow mustard to one slice of the bread when you make your next grilled cheese. It's life-changing. One of the best things in the universe. Do it even if you don't really like yellow mustard all that much. Just try it. For me.)
The squash gets filled with the mac and cheese, topped with bread crumbs and baked again until soft and tender with golden crunchy tops.
Serve them as a side or a vegetarian entree.
Either way they will wrap around you like a warm and cozy hug.
Roasted squash stuffed with a super creamy mac and cheese made with cheddar and cream cheese. A hearty and delicious side dish or vegetarian entree.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Cut the squash in half and clean out the seeds and pulp. Dot the butter over top and season with salt and pepper. Bake 25 minutes cut side up in a large roasting pan.
- Meanwhile cook the pasta in plenty of salted water according to package directions.
- While the pasta cooks in a small saucepan warm the milk over medium heat, when you see whisps of steam rising off it turn heat down to medium-low and add cream cheese. Break the cream cheese apart and whisk until melted and smooth.
- Stir in mustard then add cheddar. Stir and/or whisk until cheddar is completely melted. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few cracks of black pepper. Remove from heat.
- Add the drained pasta to the cheese sauce and stir until pasta is completely coated. Divide evenly among the squash and sprinkle bread crumbs over the top.
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SELAH, Wash. (AP) — Farmers across the Yakima Basin depend on a network of canals to deliver water for their crops. Now, scientists believe the canals could provide another resource to the region: renewable energy.
Capturing the energy contained in the water flowing in the Northwest's rivers is nothing new — hydropower dams have been doing just that since the 1930s. But new turbine technology can create electricity without using dams or reservoirs, which carry environmental impacts.
A Canadian company is testing out a turbine in the Roza Canal, just south of the Yakima Canyon.
"We are creating power from moving water without the need for damming or diversions," said Shannon Halliday, the director of business development for Instream Energy Systems. "The testing we're doing in Roza will help us develop our next-generation technology."
Vancouver, British Columbia-based Instream Energy Systems worked with BAE Systems on the turbine design. They first installed their equipment in the canal last August for a monthlong test. Engineers will be back this week to put their turbine back in the canal and set up monitors to track it all summer long.
The company chose to test its technology here because the Roza canal is a good example of the canal systems found around the West, where the technology could be deployed. The Bureau of Reclamation was happy to cooperate.
"We're promoting the research. There's a directive from (Washington) D.C. to look into these technologies," said Chuck Garner, the Yakima project manager for the reclamation bureau. "But, we don't really have anything to do with it except they are putting it in our canal."
The turbine looks like a giant single eggbeater, which spins slowly as the water pushes past it. All of the electronics that run it are kept well above the water.
To install it without interfering with water delivery operations, the company built a large steel structure stretching across the top of the canal, which includes a walkway for the engineers. The turbine is mounted on this structure and the blades are rotated into the water.
The turbine is designed to produce 25 kilowatts, but at normal canal conditions it's expected to produce enough electricity to power eight to 10 homes when the canal is running. For now, however, that power is just used on site by the engineers to run computers and data-monitoring equipment.
Eventually, Instream Energy hopes to build commercial turbine farms through canal systems that could power hundreds or thousands of homes, Halliday said.
Existing canals are ideal for this technology because the environmental impacts are minimal. But the company is also considering using the turbines in rivers.
Instream Energy's first test site in British Columbia was in a river used by bull trout and rainbow trout, Halliday said. Studies found that the fish easily navigate around the turbine blades. The fish can sense the change in water movement similar to other in-stream obstacles.
The Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Department of Energy are supporting the study of this turbine technology. It's part of a larger initiative to encourage development of innovative technologies to capture energy from moving water in tidal estuaries, rivers and canals, which is known as hydrokinetic energy.
"This canal is a great test facility," said Jesse Roberts, a scientist with the water power program at Sandia National Laboratory, based in Albuquerque, N.M.
"It's challenging to make measurements in rivers or tidal channels, where you need to work from boats. The canal allows us to test the technology carefully."
Roberts is the lead on a Department of Energy-funded study to look at how this turbine affects the water in the canal.
The turbine both changes the water level slightly and changes the speed of the water temporarily, Roberts said. The water that goes through the blades slows down, but the water that goes around the blades speeds up slightly, so downstream from the turbine, the water eventually returns to its previous speed.
All these impacts are very small, Roberts said. But, since the plan is eventually to install a fleet of similar turbines, those small impacts could add up to something significant.
His team plans to use a computer model to predict the effects of multiple turbines.
Similar data can also be used by Instream Energy to improve the efficiency of its turbines and figure out how far apart turbines should be spaced to maximize energy production, Halliday said.
For Roberts and his National Laboratory colleagues, this is their first canal hydropower project. More often, they work on marine projects, such as when a company installed underwater turbines in New York City's East River, near where it meets the ocean.
In 2012, it was the first commercial project permitted to use tidal energy.
but projects are planned along the Pacific Coast as well.
Hydrokinetic energy research and development focused on the ocean first because of the vast amounts of potential energy, Roberts said. Researchers are now looking at the hydrokinetic power opportunities in rivers and canals as well.
However, these systems are less efficient than traditional hydropower.
"If you can block the canal or the river and force all the water through your turbine, that's a much more efficient way to produce energy, but it has a higher environmental impact," Roberts said.
Increased interest in more environmentally friendly energy spurred development of these new turbines, and they could be producing commercial power soon. Instream Energy hopes to start work on a commercial project within the next two years.
Halliday said that once the company builds a turbine farm, it should produce electricity at prices comparable to other renewable sources, such as wind and solar. Plus, the canals would produce a consistent, reliable supply of power, unlike some renewables.
The technology could also be used to meet local power needs along a canal, such as an irrigation district's, Halliday said. Or the system could be used to replace a diesel generator for remote communities or military outposts if there's flowing water nearby.
The data gathered this summer in the Roza canal is the next step toward those potential power production options.
The company is investigating locations in North America and Europe to find its first commercial site, Halliday said, and the Yakima Basin, with 416 miles of federally managed canals, could be an attractive option.
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For most of Ken Niumatalolo's first four years as coach at Navy, the references to the past were nearly all positive reminders of how the program had kept up the standard set by his mentor and predecessor, Paul Johnson.
Even last year, when Niumatalolo suffered his first losing season and Navy had its first losing record in nine years, there seemed to be a feeling that the Midshipmen weren't very far off, with five of the seven losses coming by a total of 11 points.
This season is different — a painful flashback to what Navy football was like when Johnson first arrived in 2002.
A 12-0 defeat Saturday to San Jose State at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium was the third in four games for the Midshipmen in 2012 — matching their worst start since Johnson's first year, when Navy won its first and last game in a 2-10 season.
It was also the first shutout defeat for Navy (1-3) since a 34-0 loss to Rutgers in 2006.
While the defense held the Spartans, who had averaged 41 points in their past three games, to four field goals by freshman kicker Austin Lopez, the Navy offense was limited to 144 yards — its lowest output since gaining just 82 yards in a 38-0 loss to Connecticut in 2002.
Junior quarterback Trey Miller, plagued by turnovers in his first season as a starter, fumbled away Navy's best chance on the game's opening drive and helped seal his team's fate when an underthrown pass resulted in an interception in the fourth quarter.
"Defensively, we did a good enough job to win," Niumatalolo said. "Offensively, you can't win if you don't score any points."
Miller's continued problems resulted in his ninth and 10th turnovers of the season, and will renew discussions about making a change at quarterback. Freshman Keenan Reynolds came off the bench for the third time this season, but didn't play as well as he did two weeks ago at Penn State.
"I have to take better care of the football," Miller said, in what has become a familiar refrain for a player once compared favorably to former Navy star Ricky Dobbs. "I feel like I'm not catching a break, but it is on me."
Asked whether he will consider making a change at quarterback going into next Saturday's road game against bitter rival Air Force, Niumatalolo said, "We're definitely going to look at that and do what's right for the program. We've got to find a way to get this corrected or make a change."
The game started with promise for Miller and the Midshipmen.
Navy drove from its own 25 to the San Jose State 12 before Miller was stripped as he came close to a first down on third-and-5. Navy never got past the Spartans' 33 again, with the help of a penalty late in the game with Reynolds at quarterback.
"I think we got a little discombulated out there," Niumatalolo said about Miller's first turnover. "I thought we were on track on the first drive. It took so much steam out of us and offensively we weren't able to bounce back."
Said senior slotback Bo Snelson, "We are not a team that turns the ball over a lot. It is not characteristic of us. But that has become a problem this year."
But Snelson also credited San Jose State's much improved defense causing some of Navy's offensive struggles. The Spartans, who came into the game ranked fourth in the country in sacks, put a lot of pressure on Miller and Reynolds, sacking them five times.
"They were well-disciplined compared to last year," Snelson said. "They were dialed in."
After losing at San Jose State by three points last year — a game that cost Navy a shot at its ninth straight winning season and corresponding bowl appearance — the Midshipmen seemed to get beat at their own game of ball possession Saturday.
In winning its fourth straight game since a season-opening 20-17 loss at Stanford, San Jose State had five drives of more than 10 plays, including a 14-play, 73-yard drive that ate up more than seven minutes to start the second half. Spartans quarterback David Fales completed 29 of 34 passes for 274 yards.
"It's extremely tough to ask the defense to play lights out the entire game when the offense keeps going three and out," Snelson said.
The loss was costly for Navy in terms of the team's experience and depth. In a matter of six plays in the first quarter, Navy lost senior slotback John Howell with what appeared to be a serious knee injury and senior rover Tra'ves Bush with a concussion.
Freshman cornerback Quincy Adams also left the game with an injury in the fourth quarter.
The Midshipmen now have to regroup for Saturday's game against Air Force. They'll try to beat the Falcons for the first time in three years and bring the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy back to Annapolis.
"There is a trophy case in our locker room that is empty because of this game," Snelson said.
That too is a reminder of what the Navy program was like when Johnson first arrived.


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Gov. Beshear: State to Pursue Appeal in Same Sex Marriage Case
FRANKFORT, Ky. – "General Conway has advised me that he will no longer represent the Commonwealth in Bourke vs. Beshear. The State will hire other counsel to represent it in this case, and will appeal Judge Heyburn's decision to the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and ask the court to enter a stay pending appeal.
The question of whether state constitutional provisions prohibiting same sex marriage violate the U.S. Constitution is being litigated across the country. Here in Kentucky, Judge Heyburn has ruled that Kentucky's constitutional provision does so to the extent that same sex marriages legally performed elsewhere are not recognized in Kentucky. Judge Heyburn also currently has under consideration the broader question of whether Kentucky's provision prohibiting same sex marriage in Kentucky violates the U.S. Constitution, and I anticipate that decision in the near future.
Both of these issues, as well as similar issues being litigated in other parts of the country, will be and should be ultimately decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in order to bring finality and certainty to this matter. The people of this country need to know what the rules will be going forward. Kentucky should be a part of this process.
In every other appeal currently in process, a stay has been entered maintaining the status quo until a final decision is reached on appeal. The reason is obvious. Without a stay in place, the opportunity for legal chaos is real. Other Kentucky courts may reach different and conflicting decisions. There is already a lawsuit underway in Franklin Circuit Court, and other lawsuits in state and federal courts are possible. Employers, health care providers, governmental agencies and others faced with changing rules need a clear and certain roadmap. Also, people may take action based on this decision only to be placed at a disadvantage should a higher court reverse the decision.
I understand and respect the deep and strong emotions and sincere beliefs of Kentuckians on both sides of this issue, but all Kentuckians deserve an orderly process that will bring certainty and finality to this important matter."
– Governor Steve Beshear


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AS Roma are being sued by kit sponsors Kappa.
Roma have terminated their contract with Kappa due to "serious defects," but in turn the kit sponsors announced they will take the club to court.
"In consideration of the serious defects found in the technical material and the line of clothing produced by BASIC ITALIA S.p.A. for the 2012/13 season, the A.S. Roma S.p.A. board of directors has decided to cancel the contract with the technical sponsor with immediate effect due to BASIC ITALIA's non-performance of contractual obligations.
"The board of directors reserve the right to pursue A.S. Roma's best interests through the appropriate channels.
"The A.S. Roma team will continue to wear the technical material with the Kappa brand until the end of the current season."
However, this evening President of BasicNet S.p.A. Marco Boglione, which includes Kappa, gave a statement to the ANSA news agency.
"For over a year the Americans now in charge of Roma have declared their intention to terminate the contract with us.
"The reasons they gave with regards to the quality of material are nothing more than excuses which will be torn apart by the judges.
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The olive tree is a symbol of the Mediterranean, and not unjustified. It's connected with the mediterranean alimentation but anyone can say that it's related with the survival of natives. So, these agricultural-humble buildings, that in the language of the people are called liotrivia, were an inextricable piece of their lives. In Naxos there are 90 counted olive press buildings. Not many are saved from time, or their use has been altered (they have become residences). Most of which are located in the central and mountainous Naxos, as the olive oil production there is bigger. In the lowland the olive press is called "tri(g)os" as in the mountainous "fabrika". Our Olive Press is situated in Eggares Village on the main road, easy accessible.
The owner is Nikoleta Antoniou Lianou and the grounds have been fully restored with the help of the civil engineer Gianni Sp. Protonotario. Today is operating as a museum. The building is made of stone, 100,00m2 that consists of 2 rooms, the traditional with all the stages of olive oil production as well as an exhibition with olive products.
It's dated back to 1884, from its press indication, but according to the hearsay of the locals, it's dated before that, probably at the start of the century.