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Her smile was lopsided, crooked And her eyes had lost their shine In a wheelchair bound and broken Sat this mother dear of mine Once the one that they called "Sunshine" Now was bowed with grief and care Garbled speech and eyes unfocused Made the people stop and stare Yet in this woman there was hidden Beauty of the rarest kind Love for God and for her family Love for words all graced her mind She was brave and she was noble Took the falls and burns and smiled Knowing that her child, a daughter Lived with fear so justified People did not see the beauty Hidden in her crumpled form All that they could show was pity Perhaps that is just the norm But in her dear withered body MS had so brutalized Was a mother's lasting beauty That her daughter eulogized Once a flower brightly blooming In the garden of my home She remains my flower ever In the memories where I roam Eileen Manassian I grew up knowing my mother was ill and that she would eventually die due to MS. I lost my Mama on March 19, 2000. I still miss her...Her name? Angel. That was my Mama's name. When she was younger, they used to call her Sunshine because of her dazzling smile.... More poems I've written about my Mama: http://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/may_17_429673 http://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/my_mothers_daughter_480741 http://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/march_19__464436 http://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/i_remember_you_443028 http://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/the_hypochondriac_429384
Copyright © Eileen Manassian | Year Posted 2015
The amber light, through window glass like time itself, shines much the same Some things change, but some remain Tonight's full moon still knows her name Her silken hair, her porcelain neck a strand of pearls, a diamond clasp I find them now, within my grasp They bask within the timeless past With envy now, the night is awed Covetously, it fondles rows of tiny orbs, which, one by one are miracles, with moons, within I hold the pearls within my palm and think of old Glenn Miller songs and mother dancing long ago She wore them like another skin back, long before my life began A grain of sand, then pearls become A part of her, .... a part of me So fragile, weak the thread is bare as if the sun might gaze too long a tarried glaze, the string would fray and pearls would fall and roll away Perhaps such things meant to be Each miracle, has just a while Glenn Miller songs have come and gone I'll put away the pearls for now so moon can own the night again _2013___________________________________________ A 1st in PD's Contest: 101 In A Row ...Contest Finalized 7/23/16.... Resubmitted For Laura Loo's Contest: Any First Place Poem To hear Glenn Miller's rendition of "String of Pearls" click on the following youtube site:... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY4gUhFVNfE
Copyright © Carrie Richards | Year Posted 2013
What if Mother Nature retired, and I applied for her position? How would I dare to assume, her un-ending cycles; her secret duties? Could I invoke such power, or must I simply become her? Spin myself into a cocoon of natural faith. Let the atoms of the cosmos transform my light into spirit. Would I then emerge, complete with every force of mystery? Awaken each day with pink mist, and burn each evening sky with crimson? Command each leaf, each breath and every symphony of living? Would I wear her gowns of argent, lavender and aqua; step lightly on mossy stones, and dance upon silvery meadows? Grace the heavens in cloud-white glinting wings and in the depths of darkest night bear stars, filled with the promise of every beginning? Suzanne Delaney
Copyright © Suzanne Delaney | Year Posted 2013
She is learning young Pure genteel pleasures of a garden Amid the fragrant roses and towering lupines That give the winter pardon. Sweet feminine echo of her beautiful mother She holds up her watering can a tiny version of the other. Now she mimics to perfection The sprinkling of flowers as she giggles with delight At birds in secret bowers. She can't wait for the 'morrow Her duties to employ She is mother's little helper And Daddy's little joy For Isaiah Zerbst -Gordon Dunlop Leslie Contest http://www.pasionporlapintura.com/art-gallery/george-dunlop-leslie-painter/leslie-gd-the-young-gardener-oil-painting-reproduction/
In the beginning it is just a lovely cloud Collin comes across her in the coffee house One of his friends calls his attention Look, your mom is here, let's go elsewhere A descent of birds pecking at his brain The cloud he keeps looking at for quite a while The face and the figure look like his He goes to the toilet to look into the mirror The semblance he sees is a puzzling wonder The birds dance and sing in tumultuous chorus His friend confounded when he is told Collin does not know who his mother is He had been adopted when he was just two The lady too looks at them off and on When a bridge comes up none can say The next few hours he passes in a daze Is the quest for four years going to succeed Is the cloud preordained for the sudden rain Or it is just a fortuitous resemblance But then isn't it an exactly mirror image Returning home Collin scrutinizes himself again In the mirror he finds the same chiseled face The same desirous dreamy eyes, head full of hair He recites poems and talks to himself Same grace radiates from the daffodils The plant with the flowers hangs in the air The charm and the fragrance are irresistible He craves to rush forward and hug it tight And flood the flower with crimson kisses The scented air stays elusive nonetheless Collin says everything to his adopted parents They are very glad and cooperate to get to the truth There would be no problem in living all together Collin laughs and says very forcefully The twenty two years old son is no more an introvert When the magnet works in the very stem cells The eventual fusion is inevitable obviously She takes him to her apartment She lives alone her husband dead No shadow of children nowhere in the rooms Thousand wasps biting inside his head The pain is traumatic for the hidden truth Light and dark interchange day after day Poems of love keep churning the two hearts Drama outside and a flood within The day DNA test confirms the gene The two intermingle to a river serene ______________________________________________________________ August 8, 2016: For the Contest: Long Lost Family Sponsored by Silent One
Copyright © Probir Gupta | Year Posted 2016
A solitary piece the diamond precious rare gem most treasured by those lucky enough to hold Once in possession it is rarely out of grasp Like the gemstone the mother requires very specific conditions in holding fast her (family/) childrens love Treasured forever in her heart she will go out of her way to preen and protect them holding them dear to her deep within her maternal safe – the heart closely guarded by the mind Her infatuation of all treasures to her are totally understandable especially when you think to the complexity of structure and process taken in creation Just as from the 'unbreakable' in ancient greek this allotrope of carbon with strength of bonding between atoms is representative of that strong love between mum and child The maternal being could be compared to the superlative physical qualities of the stone Even the characteristic luster of this gem so prevalent from its ability to disperse light and colour compared to the many strengths roles and qualities of the mother seen by the many she deals with daily A most high pressured job versus the high pressured temperature within the Earths mantle that forms the delightful rock it gives birth to Infants delight and ignite the forbearer just as the jewel would dazzle the room a mother's love encaptures the magical luster of those she's birthed and nothing stands inbetween this richest of cargo's
Copyright © Anna-Marie Docherty | Year Posted 2013
on this special day I doest say that thy mother is of graceful sort it hath been said she is devine and I do holdeth this to be true now dearest mother may I be so bold to tell you the sun still shinest on one so old as true as this be you still grasp your faith like the roots of a tree tis said you are wise and this I have found true the eye doeth grow deceived when it is drawn upon you as your thoughts become known only then your age is shown
Copyright © brandy wassam | Year Posted 2014
Dancing butterflies and laughter without a care. A day full of sweet smelling blossoms fill the air. Sister's golden hair glistened in the Summer sun's glow, as Mother blew colorful bubbles that bounced off her little nose. Mother's heart was always full of love to share and the day of blossoms, and bubbles will forever in my memories be kept with loving care. Precious and few are moments shared together. This wonderful day of blossoms and bubbles, in my heart will last forever. April 6, 2015
Copyright © Sharon Gulley | Year Posted 2015
She was plain of face and form Someone noticed by very few Of quiet voice and few words Inner beauty hidden from view A tender heart so full of love Her soul as pure as driven snow My mother, with work worn hands As beautiful as anyone I know
Copyright © Barbara Gorelick | Year Posted 2015
A most beautiful little green frog swims quietly and so gracefully While his eyes gaze gently on a mountain looming in the distance. He's at ease as he swims in a deep forest pond warmed by the sun. Lost catching flies inside the shadows as an echo holds on to a Certain gentle stillness within him humming with burning sighs. This little green frog was called "Froggy" by Mother Nature, And he was her little precious star-light promise of pretty colors. Froggy was the Gem of Her Eyes: handsome, funny and intelligent With kindness so overwhelming and a soft-touching tenderness. He was talkative, and quiet princely by his apparent noble mien. Froggy had a divine hope and destiny to wish for a dream princess. Mother Nature knew that "Her Froggy" was indeed so magical as His golden fingers of light painted a rainbow array of new born life. "Her Froggy" was much more than a mere amphibian in this life, Although he was dark green and sprinkled with light black spots. Froggy lay on a lily leaf faraway as his thoughts sailed freely into Another world, where his most infectious and funny smile made him Quite popular and noticeable to a beautiful young fairy princess who Was smitten instantly with his looks and his princely correct behavior. For the young fairy princess it was love at first sight—and so precious! Froggy was slowly changing and love became his desire and passion. With a purity shone silver in streaming beauties of light pure gold At the rainbow's end was a bridge of his loving tears as he sang a Melodious song of love with a supreme confidence for the princess. Upon meeting his princess their mutual fate was woven now as one. Mother Nature's enchanted wish for "Her Froggy" and his princess Was now at hand for their love and emotion were now blended as one. All that remained was that magical kiss to make them both human. When these two beings of wondrous beauty kissed—the very stars And comets in Heaven above shone so brightly that night became day! With love and the omnipotent and majestic whisk of God's divine hand, Froggy and his princess metamorphosed into complete human form! This was truly a sight in Heaven itself to behold and cherish for eternity! Now they were a royal pair: A prince and his princess in love—reflected In the radiant colored light of a mystical rainbow of heavenly direction. Mother Nature cried joyous tears of hope and happiness at this splendid Occurrence, making the very rivers on Earth flow in a great abundance With the sweetest and purest mountain spring water one could imagine! Now as "Her Froggy"—a real prince now—kissed his princess again, God's angels anointed them with heavenly star dust shining so brightly! The new prince now known as "Frederic," and his princess took their Royal places in human society with no one ever suspecting or knowing From whence or where they came, and their divine relationship to Mother Nature herself, which was her secret and their secret shared Together and forever to the very end of time! Gary Bateman and Liam McDaid – A Collaborated Poem, Copyright © All Rights Reserved (July 5, 2015) (Narrative)
Copyright © liam mcdaid | Year Posted 2015
Mother Nature's Little Prince A most beautiful little green frog swims quietly and so gracefully While his eyes gaze gently on a mountain looming in the distance. He's at ease as he swims in a deep forest pond warmed by the sun. Lost catching flies inside the shadows as an echo holds on to a Certain gentle stillness within him humming with burning sighs. This little green frog was called "Froggy" by Mother Nature, And he was her little precious star-light promise of pretty colors. Froggy was the Gem of Her Eyes: handsome, funny and intelligent With kindness so overwhelming and a soft-touching tenderness. He was talkative, and quiet princely by his apparent noble mien. Froggy had a divine hope and destiny to wish for a dream princess. Mother Nature knew that "Her Froggy" was indeed so magical as His golden fingers of light painted a rainbow array of new born life. "Her Froggy" was much more than a mere amphibian in this life, Although he was dark green and sprinkled with light black spots. Froggy lay on a lily leaf faraway as his thoughts sailed freely into Another world, where his most infectious and funny smile made him Quite popular and noticeable to a beautiful young fairy princess who Was smitten instantly with his looks and his princely correct behavior. For the young fairy princess it was love at first sight—and so precious! Froggy was slowly changing and love became his desire and passion. With a purity shone silver in streaming beauties of light pure gold At the rainbow's end was a bridge of his loving tears as he sang a Melodious song of love with a supreme confidence for the princess. Upon meeting his princess their mutual fate was woven now as one. Mother Nature's enchanted wish for "Her Froggy" and his princess Was now at hand for their love and emotion were now blended as one. All that remained was that magical kiss to make them both human. When these two beings of wondrous beauty kissed—the very stars And comets in Heaven above shone so brightly that night became day! With love and the omnipotent and majestic whisk of God's divine hand, Froggy and his princess metamorphosed into complete human form! This was truly a sight in Heaven itself to behold and cherish for eternity! Now they were a royal pair: A prince and his princess in love—reflected In the radiant colored light of a mystical rainbow of heavenly direction. Mother Nature cried joyous tears of hope and happiness at this splendid Occurrence, making the very rivers on Earth flow in a great abundance With the sweetest and purest mountain spring water one could imagine! Now as "Her Froggy"—a real prince now—kissed his princess again, God's angels anointed them with heavenly star dust shining so brightly! The new prince now known as "Frederic," and his princess took their Royal places in human society with no one ever suspecting or knowing From whence or where they came, and their divine relationship to Mother Nature herself, which was her secret and their secret shared Together and forever to the very end of time! Gary Bateman and Liam McDaid – A Collaborated Poem, Copyright © All Rights Reserved (July 5, 2015) (Narrative)
Copyright © Gary Bateman | Year Posted 2015
Since first I saw you, it was your eyes, mesmerizing, your gaze transporting me to a realm, not of fantasy, real, where young men go when cupid's arrow takes root. Since first I saw you, it was your lips, captivating, holding me frozen in anticipation of our lips brushing for the first time. Since first I saw you, it was your voice, a crescendo, light, invigorating, each word you speak intensifies my hearing, enveloping each note, time ceases as I hang motionless savoring, memorizing. Since first I saw you, it was your hair, long, flowing, gently rising above your shoulders as a slight breeze passes through sending waves of your essence my way. The sun magnifying each strand, highlighting the minute variances of invigorating color, creating a halo effect, a portrait of your beauty forever imprinted. Since first I saw you, It was you, my love forever more for you, only you.
Copyright © Mac McGovern | Year Posted 2010
Can you see the beauty in a newborn child Whom a mother will always protect Wishing her child every star in the sky The strength of her love she would forever project ~ The Natures Law 03.11.2016 Sun :) - A-L Andresen :) Copyright © All Rights Reserved
Copyright © Sunshine Smile | Year Posted 2016
The shining sun rose Freedom's spirit opened wings It flew from heart's core - 12.03.2017 - Sun :) - A-L Andresen :) - Copyright © All Rights Reserved - www.howmanysyllables.com - Haiku 5-7-5
Copyright © Sunshine Smile | Year Posted 2017
The highlights in your hair, so familiar Rays of sunshine, rays of love I can't remember a time without them I don't want to remember a time without you. The smile on your face is genuine, and Mother, I'll miss it so The smile of my own, quite similar; But I want you to know that I love you Just as much as I know you love me, So in the next year In the next two Please don't forget, ever, That I really love you. When I look into the brown of your eyes, And the soft growing wrinkles in your cheeks, (yet still that beautiful, youthful glow, leading people to believe you are my sister) Brings tears to the blue of my own. Mother, time is racing faster Though I'll miss you, I have to do this. I know in whom I have trusted I know in whom I'll trust forever. He looks over us, you taught me that, He will look over us, forever. I will miss your tan and freckled arms Reaching out to me before I walk upstairs, But for these next years, I have to do this. For these next years, I will be thinking of you. In the next year In the next two Please don't forget, ever, That I will always love you.
Copyright © Julie- Michelle | Year Posted 2014
While holding frail roses close to the breast, I think of a dawn, so perfect and fair, ardent with sunlight and warm on the crest I watched from the window, you were recessed, deep in thorn bushes, gold in your hair, while holding frail roses close to the breast You seemed like a child, barefoot, at best, pulling a weed, as the breeze stirred the air, ardent with sunlight and warm on the crest You looked to the sky, your thoughts off somewhere, as if you knew time was fragile, at best, while holding frail roses close to the breast I think you knew then, how moments, compressed must fade like the rose, when autumn prepares, ardent with sunlight and warm on the crest I've learned through the years, how timeless and blessed are keepsakes we hold, like roses, once pressed, while holding frail roses close to my breast, ardent with sunlight, and warm on the crest __________________________________________________ 6/15/16 Contest: Villanelle Me A Flower or Flowers Sponsor: Broken Wings
Copyright © Carrie Richards | Year Posted 2016
A beauty of the finest splendor…captivating Seizing the rooms attention on the inhale Now a shrinking shell of her former self Caught in a chemical coma to ease her pain Murmuring fate in silences void…foreboding Her eyes not seeing the milieu's approach Those illusory walls protection now ravaged She stands naked before bereavements eyes As the nights pass I sit at her bedside…steady No corollary thought as the clock keeps pace I allay the fear by a whisper looking for lucidity While her random gasps for life squeeze within me Soft regrets for the misery I've caused…repentant Adrift in the words I bellowed in toxic anger Yearning to drink of the venom washed over you To share one moment in the clarity of forgiveness The scent of a spring dawn's beauty fills the air…mocking Stroking your hair I stutter out my final goodbye Ready to be chained to the morose you absolve me Taking with you my weighted anguish with simple words Mom opened her eyes one last time and said…I love you too…
Copyright © Charles Fuller | Year Posted 2007
Time Runs On Past Every Bend Down new trail with purpose and gentle ease chasing hope and new morn's glowing smile. Flowing along with a sunrise breeze heart stopping awe, every once in a while. Branches overhead wrapped in deep forest green bird songs filling this emerald isle. Sun gracing the screaming sky blue sheen above this leaf carpeted aisle. Hoping time here never dares to end as wanting heart finds its needed glow. Yet find that time runs on past every bend and brings Nature's all, along in tow. Down new trail with purpose and gentle ease spirit flows along with a sunrise breeze. Robert J. Lindley, 7-05-2016
Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2016
Bells summoned as they tolled the sad departure Of my poor mother's sudden demise. I led the short funeral procession Towards her eternal resting sepulchre. Before her black ebony casket was closed, I looked intently down at her, still beautiful. Her dress, her favourite, all lace in black. That was her last and final wish. They laid her in a damp black tomb Surrounded by tall dark cypress trees, A breeze sighed and soughed softly in sorrow While I stood head bowed down in grief. Lifeless leaves fell in yellow red bunches And covered up her ghostly grave No tears streamed down my face, heart broken, Strewed instead black roses, fragrant and sweet. Placed 4th
Copyright © Victor Buhagiar | Year Posted 2016
Rain sprung a leak from heaven, falling, falling, gently falling bathing an Osprey nest, upon a tall mountain crest, Mother Earth will guide this quest. Her beauty surrounds the woodlands best. Rainbow prisms ever glow, lighting the stage that's set, for a day forest winds blowing free, ribbons of light and dark greens, around winding shady crystal streams. Bald eagle shrieks resounding, with delightful sounds of this kind, Mother Earth will share in your dreams, Come now, alive inside her mind. Mother Earth beheld a secret garden, dressed in her finest sacred apparel. She came into being as a Goddess, brought forth in light from heaven, pure love at her core evolves to heal, while souls touch her essence so real. A spirit palace; a marriage of hearts, co-joined to share love's healing grace, A word, a touch, a smile bestowed, blossomed love buds betwixt as one place, blessings tendered upon human petals, scarred by wounds received over time each gift of life brought here to cherish beloved of the gardens divine Tree of Life in Gaia's gardens midst to those who find themselves love entwined nurtured peace through her roots planted deep no greater love has been known so divine Mother Earth sows seeds as we sleep Pond ripples flow in gentlest of wakes Bearing graceful blessings borne of love, Birds singing quietly until she awakes Sacred flowers growing in gardens well kept Bringing peace to all as Gaia Goddess slept
Copyright © Cheryl Koko Koomoa | Year Posted 2016
Mother Nature's Mistake Hills that go on for miles Pines, oaks and maples reach for the sky Their leaves casting a cooling shade on a hot summer day Animals of all kinds dance in the gentle breeze Flowers fill in the green blanket of meadow grass Added beauty from a gracious Mother Nature You sit among this beauty Glowing in the late evening's golden sun Mother Nature watches as her work fades She sees you and knows that she cannot match your beauty So she created the night to try and hide you But your beauty cannot be hidden You were made to be beautiful That was Mother Nature's one mistake She created one being more beautiful than anything she could create And for that she should be praised And thanked for giving you to the world
Copyright © R. e. taylor | Year Posted 2011
(W)- A real woman knows that the wages of sin is death so she is not concerned about the wages of a real man, because money comes and goes like day and night; but true love comes just every blue moon. A real woman isn't loud and doesn't have to be the center of attention. Money is a gold-diggers virtue, while patience is a real woman's virtue. A real woman is always wary of the image she displays to the world because she knows her children are watching her every move. A real woman's wisdom comes from the teachings of her elders and the experiences and hardships life brings. A real woman is the wings that help a broken man learn to fly again. When you become the object of a real woman's affection, winning is the only option. (O)- A real woman's main obligation is to better herself, before she attempts to become someone's better half. A real woman is very obliged with all that God has blessed her with. When a man takes a real woman for granted, she makes up her mind to put him away into oblivion. A real woman is use to jumping hurdles because overcoming obstacles in life keeps her on the right track. A real woman doesn't spend her time worrying if failure is around the corner, because she occupies her freedom chasing her dreams in her most comfortable running shoes. A real woman is a hopeless romantic ready to be wooed with an odyssey of love with a real man by her side. (M)- A real woman's presence is magnanimous and captures attention because of the poised and elegant stature of her classy nature. A real woman is like the magnet of ecstasy. All women don't attend college or hold prestigious employment, but for many being the Valedictorian of mothers everywhere is the major of their lives. A real woman respects the art of marriage and believes in monogamy. A real woman's life is the motion picture of sophistication. The mythology of a woman began within a man's ribs and ends in the beat of his heart. (A)- A real woman sticks to her man like glue and never abandons his side. A real woman has the ability to do anything a man can. A real woman has the power to fill the abyss of a man's pains with joy. A real woman prays with her other half because faith is the key of remaining on one accord. A real woman will amaze you with the way she adapts to changes in her ambiance. A real woman is the architect of her own destiny. (N) A real woman needs a man to understand and love her for everything she is and for everything she is not because a good support system is a leading factor in longevity within relationships. A real woman is the nexus between love and happiness. When you converse with a real woman you will realize that she is nimble with her every response. No man can ignore the nymph of a real woman, because it is in her D.N.A to be notable.
Copyright © Tay Reid | Year Posted 2013
The rose bud is small and the smell is so sweet And no other flower in the garden quite so unique When the petals unfold it makes a beautiful rose and the fragrance of that flower fills the air Take the thorns from that beautiful rose and the beauty can no longer to be found When the morning dew falls softly on the rose it's like a tear on a woman's face when she cries And when a woman's pride is taken away like the rose her beauty is faded and gone So never make a woman cry and men be very aware her beauty may be hidden but the thorn is still there
Copyright © Oma Bennett | Year Posted 2007
Have you ever written anything without sub combing to tears ? My Family portrait in my mind , 2 older sisters , 2 brothers My Mother caring about all five in different ways Just with Mom & Dad there having the best of Holidays My sisters laying out on the deck of river bank for 4th of July ~ Listening to " Honkey Chateau " and all by Elton John. music a great memory ~Disco , Donna summer , Grease ~ Jaws ! Dad's records to Tony Bennett , Hank W Sr. , Count Basie & Louis Armstrong. The music takes me home in a wagon filled with children and a dog "Lucky " My Older brother , athletic , always fishing & hunting. My younger , my Rock , Swimming and netting for fish, feeding our Fat cat Perch off the rocks patiently awaits her food the yelling , slamming of doors , tempers Flare , passion Our Parents , passionate love yet passionate Hate . After being a Family of Seven , Divorcing their fate .. Why did that show " Dallas " bring out the Divorce in all ? Scottish ~ Irish ~ French Iroquois ~ Cherokee No matter what the mix ..Our curse Alcohol ~ the Screaming , Drinking , this memory I wish to shut the door on . Going to A & W or making Cheerleading ,The Bears of course~ Excited in Chicago ! seeing Elton John in the Summer of 1976 ~ Cubs , museum of Wax , Museum of science & History , Pizza ! Expeditions of discovery ,little brother & I finding arrowheads on the Shore. Our Grandparents Faithful Celebrations ! Chiffon cake , Apple strudel ` Our Cousins on Holidays , going for ice cream cones , scent of wet rain on oak leaves ~Before Halloween was bought in stores. ~ That is the Family I Love , that is the Family I choose to miss ~
Copyright © Shanity Rain | Year Posted 2013
I sing of a special mother One like no other One bothered about another A mother who smiles and care One who did nothing but share It is great to know she is always there When tear drops she brought a toy Her whispers sparkles unceasing joy Her love is stronger than the Helen of Troy You taught me from wrong to right You taught me the difference between darkness and light You taught me to recite the Lord's Prayer day and night Envelope yourself in a mothers Love For she is like an angel from above Never trade her love for the price of a dove As we celebrate all mothers in a special way Thank you for your fidelity, even when we went astray And above all, thank you for what we are today He grants the barren woman a home, Like a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD! Ps 113:9
Copyright © Gideon Foli | Year Posted 2013
Priceless pearl my hidden diamond love's sweet jewel Heaven sent Angelic countenance Beauty so pure Lovely daughter your character delights my devotion forever Heartbeat on screen My unbelief ceased the moment You first squeezed my finger
Copyright © Christina Holmes | Year Posted 2013
I was just trying to remember the past trying to remember the good people and the bad people, that i came across on my way, i want you to know that you are among the good people that left a good trace in my life, once again i just want to say thank you for passing through my life, is so short but is wonderful i want you here forever.
Copyright © VICTOR BUN | Year Posted 2012
Not just the sky itself they are every ocean and stream Windows of beauty fringed in verdant shades of green. Look deeply, in there, for rainbows, flowers and rain Not a trace of sadness shows for things that cause her pain. Content within her powers of evergreen renewal Her eyes so often soft are secret, mystic jewels. Resplendant, they reflect bright fires of sunset hues So much she gives us, yet we never pay the dues. These eyes- so beautiful, we her children fill with hurt Beware, the day will come, her precious gaze she will avert. Suzanne Delaney Eyes- Visual 2 6/13 15 20 lines I wrote this and then realized it was supposed to be 20 words not lines so had the withdraw it 'Nette. Thank for the inspiration anyhow. You Rock
Copyright © Suzanne Delaney | Year Posted 2015
So beautiful they are in their hearts soul and mind Sweet laughter and logic they will never leave behind Each one as unique as a precious gem Of a special love that only they can give Their minds on an endless flight Will always soar high and out of sight As the stars start to light the sky at night and you see a star flash that has gone by Remember the love that I give you To my daughter and son who will always be one. T Reams for my sweet daughter Amber and son in law Adam
Copyright © TAMMY REAMS | Year Posted 2015
The heart of the sea is a mother's heart She is the great ancestral mother of all life on the planet Deep within the mysterious waters of her womb she conceived and gave birth to the first life form which evolved into more complex organisms that live on the land and in the air She is an essential part of the planet's ecosystem feeding the clouds which bring rain and snow that sustain life on the earth Through tiny ocean plants and photosynthesis she removes carbon dioxide from the air and converts it to more than one half of the oxygen in the earth's atmosphere She is the great food provider to the planet having her own internal food chain with tiny phytoplankton at the lower end and enormous sharks and whales at the upper end She feeds creatures from the land and air that venture to fish in her waters She is a thing of beauty even in her enraged fury with massive waves towering over a hundred feet and the seething white foam of her waters This has been her action even before the advent of man on the planet Man must respect her behaviour or suffer death and destruction if he does not She is a thing of beauty in her calm stillness under the setting sun which lights up the evening sky in its glorious splendour and paints a glistening beam of light on the water's surface in line with the sun and surrounds it with brilliant colours of the rainbow
Copyright © john beharry | Year Posted 2013


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Sadistic? Maybe. Hard to watch? Sometimes. Familial? Definitely, though it may take a bit of work to notice.
The films of Michael Haneke are clearly marked by their unsympathetic characters, long takes, and grim subject matter, and while a film called "Amour" suggests an embrace of a less brutal nature, don't be surprised if you find yourself having more trouble watching it than you did "Funny Games." That is not to say that Haneke is deliberately trying to torture us, as "Amour," despite its heartbreaking premise, is still a depiction of exactly the love the title suggests. But to paraphrase an old Francis Ford Coppola quote: "Amour" is not about watching your loved ones die, "Amour" is watching your loved ones die. It is two hours almost entirely in a single apartment with just one couple. By the end of the film, they begin to feel like members of our own family; nobody but family would watch its predetermined ending unfold so fixedly.
Haneke's verisimilitude is more effective here than it ever has been before, and it makes "Amour" both devastating and breathtaking. When Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant) learns that his wife Anne (Emmanuelle Riva) is dying, we watch him, in Haneke's trademark static long takes, try to help Anne move around their apartment. But Georges is too old to do this quickly, so it unfolds slowly in distinct steps. He turns the wheelchair and pushes it to the point just in front of the living room door. Then he stops, walks around to the front of the door, opens the door, walks back around the wheelchair, turns, and pushes her through the threshold. This sequence could easily be shortened with basic editing, but the uncompromising style makes Georges' love and dedication clearer and the impending loss all the more powerful. We also watch Georges as he helps Anne off the toilet, cuts her food, feeds her, gives her water, and wipes her mouth. There are no monologues, there is no score, there is only Haneke's cinematic realism and two masterful performances, and that is all it takes to make us feel like we have known this couple for a very long time.
And indeed, we have. Familial tensions are a defining motif in Haneke's films. It's no coincidence that the couple is named Georges and Anne — those names are staples for a Haneke couple in all of his original screenplays (except "71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance," where there is no central couple). With each film, Haneke introduces a different tension to plague Georges and Anne (or, in his German productions, "Georg" and "Anna"), his stand-in for the ideal family. From the troubling tendencies of their own child in "Benny's Video" to home-invasion in "Funny Games" to a mysterious, chaotic unraveling of a dream life in "Caché," there is always an external cause, something more powerful than the family that will destroy them. With "Amour," however, there are no torturous intruders, no mysterious videotapes, and no series of unexplained accidents. There are no repulsive characters, either. There is only life itself, and two beautifully rendered characters to depict its greatest glory — love — and its sole inevitability — death.
Haneke has been working toward "Amour"'s realization for quite some time. Without distractions, the dynamic of family life can be freely displayed — not as if it is forced by external circumstances, but as simple, inescapable fact. Haneke flirted with this level of certainty in "Code Unknown," but he never let lives touch each other for long enough to ever truly create drama. "Caché" calls into question whether a family will naturally destroy itself, but its status as a meta-text accusing the audience of voyeurism feels like a device to hide uncertainty. "The White Ribbon" depicted the perils of an overly familial society but shrouded it in the guise of a mystery story. With "Amour," Haneke is courageous enough to make an unmediated statement about our human tendencies.
The one mainstay through Haneke's ouevre is Georges and Anne. In their different incarnations, they have become Haneke's symbol of the family, and with "Amour" he finally lets us observe how the family develops on its own. The set, the performances, and Trintignant's acting tell us about the happiness of the characters' past while hiding the suggested distance from their daughter Eva, allowing open interpretation of how the institution of family will proceed after inevitable death. But as Haneke's "Amour" stands, the latest in a long line of work focusing on family, it implies love, depicts tragedy, and suggests hope. As such, it is his most fulfilled statement yet, one that shifts the emphasis away from his reputation as a cold sadist and exposes his optimism for love and life. Haneke may make us squirm even in his most affecting film, but "Amour"'s ending is a hopeful and empowering one.
Forrest Cardamenis is a Cinema Studies undergraduate at NYU and aspiring film journalist. You can read his blog here or follow him on Twitter at @FCardamenis. This piece is part of Indiewire and the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Critics Academy at the New York Film Festival. Click here to read all of the Academy's work.


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The music conjures brightly coloured visions of glitter, spandex, fashion shows, and rich kids downing pills in oceans of gyrating false friends. The lyrics speak of the people of this flamboyant, isolated world, cut off from the dirty outside and desperately sugar-coating their unhappiness until everything looks perfect and fools even them. It's snobs buried in flashing blue and white lights, faking laughter under a canopy of cigarette smoke. It's those same people on the dancefloor, trying to shake off their identities and just exist in earnest for a minute. It's them fighting nightly battles with themselves, alternating from being convinced they've found true social perfection, and deciding to kill themselves. And doing it again and again, every night finding new methods of self-destruction, trying to burn out as quick as possible. It's a contest; blind and beautiful they are competing. Despite this, there is a strong sense of solidarity, as if recognizing that everyone involved is in the same boat. This concept of fellowship in a doomed existence comes up in the very first track:
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The music itself could not be better suited to the words. Nearly every track is overly upbeat, full of dancing synthesizer and infectious beats, in such a way that you question its sincerity. Is the music just an extension of the lie of a glamourous life that the lyrics put forward? I think it is, and the perfect way to top it all off is Kevin Barnes' vocal delivery. Sometimes recalling The Beegees, and often The Cure, you hear the voice of someone out clubbing the day after their friend's funeral. There is intense sadness just barely concealed under the mask of the life of the party.
The album is a fairly long one for pop music, reaching nearly 56 minutes with thirteen tracks. At some points it feels like it's dragging on, and once you've got the point after the first couple songs you may not be interested in hearing the rest. However, one of the things Of Montreal does well is arrange albums. If you happen upon a song you aren't thrilled by, chances are you'll love the next one. For people who don't like the particular sound, listening to the whole thing is hard, especially the twelve-minute "The Past Is A Grotesque Animal" in the middle. If you really get what Barnes was after, you'll want to hear the whole thing all over again.
The highlight of the album is that track. It's by far the longest, and is the centerpiece of the whole collection, right in the middle of the list. Everything that precedes it is glossy and fake, and when "The Past Is A Grotesque Animal" arrives, Kevin Barnes finally gets around to being serious. He, or the narrator, drops all pretense and speaks from the heart, and it really does take twelve minutes to say it all. The song is filled with hard truths and realizations, with such lyrics as, "I fell in love with the first cute girl that I met," and "it's like we weren't made for this world, but I wouldn't really want to meet someone who was." As a stand-alone track, its length works against it, but in context it is monumental, and definitely the climax of the album. The rest of the songs remain glum at first, but slowly begin to return to their earlier format, and the listener begins to forget that anything important ever happened.
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After really listening to this for a few times, you realize that the individual songs aren't outstanding. The piece of art, the album itself, is fantastic, but each song fools you into thinking it's better than it is. They achieve this because they are catchy, and all of them have one or two brief parts that reach the apex of what music is supposed to be: ceasing to be simple sensory stimulation and reaching that coveted plateau of pure emotion. These moments may be brief but they are in abundance, and overall make the album entirely worth it.
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If you have a magic wand or a special relationship with some data fairy, all of your data is in the same database on the same server. Most of us aren't that lucky. Sometimes, the data we need is a non-database format or resides on a different server. SQL Server is flexible enough to offer a number of ways to get the data you need. One of the easiest methods is to directly link to the data via a linked server. (Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition also supports linked servers.)
What's a linked server?
A linked server is simply a connection to an Object Linking and Embedding Database (OLEDB) data source. Technically, OLEDB is a Microsoft standard API for retrieving data from a wide variety of data. If that's clear as mud, don't worry. The good news is that it's flexible enough to link to database and non-database formats, such as a spreadsheet or e-mail client. Simply put, SQL Server supports any OLEDB provider (also called a driver). There's more good news: You can use Transact-SQL or Management Studio to make the connection. After you create a linked server, SQL Server can log into another database server. That means you can run queries on a remote server. You have two types of linked server queries at your disposal: ad hoc and permanent.
Ad hoc links
Technically, you won't use the term linked server to identify an ad hoc query. That term really refers to a SQL Server object. However, you will often see the term used to refer to an ad hoc linked query. An ad hoc query opens and closes the connection. A permanent linked server is always available. Use OPENROWSET for infrequent linked tasks, using the following syntax:
OPENROWSET('providername', 'datasource', 'username', 'password', object)
An OPENROWSET link consumes less space in your database. Use valid Transact-SQL statements to manipulate the retrieved data. The arguments are self-explanatory, but remember that datasource is the source's full path, not just a filename. In addition, the provider provides the instructions that SQL Server needs to get in and grab data. They're specific to the foreign software you're accessing.
Now, let's look at a simple ad hock query that selects all the records from the Employees table in the Microsoft Access sample database, Northwind:
FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
'C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice11Office11SamplesNorthwind.mdb';
'admin';'', Employees)
AS EmployeesFromAccessFigure A shows the quickly retrieved results, which depend on the user (admin) having the appropriate permissions. (If you want to run this query, be sure to update the path to Northwind.mdb to accommodate your system.) The provider string is specific to the data engine, Jet. The AS keyword provides a name for the new table inside SQL Server.
Figure A: Use OPENROWSET for infrequent queries of foreign data (Express edition).
If the ad hoc query returns an error, you probably need to enable the ad hoc query feature. (SQL Server disables it by default.) To enable ad hoc queries, run the SQL Server Configuration Manager (the SQL Server Surface Area Configuration utility in the Express edition). Click the Surface Area Configuration For Features link and check the Enable OPENROWSET And OPENDATASOURCE Support option. Then, click OK and close the utility. Alternatively, run the sp_configure stored procedure.
Permanent links
SQL Server's linked server object creates a permanent link to a remote server. When the user logs in, SQL Server also logs into the remote server. The first step to retrieving foreign data via a linked server is to let SQL Server know that you plan to talk to another source (server). To do so, execute SQL Server's sp_addlinkedserver stored procedure, using the following syntax:
sp_addlinkedserver server, productname, provider, datasource, location, providerstring, catalogRefer to Table A for an explanation of each of the procedure's arguments. Notice that a few of the arguments are limited to code.
Table A: sp_addlinkedserver stored procedure arguments
Argument | Explanation | Default | Management Studio | Parameter Constant |
server | The local name of the linked server you're creating | None | Linked Server | @server |
productname | The product name of the OLEDB data source you're adding as a linked server | NULL | Product Name | @srvproduct |
provider | The source's unique OLEDB identifier | NULL | Provider Name | @provider |
datasource | The name of the data source | NULL | Data Source | @datasrc |
location | The location of the linked source file | NULL | N/A | @location |
providerstring | The OLEDB string that identifies the source | NULL | N/A | @provstr |
catalog | Catalog used with the connection | NULL | N/A | @catalog |
The arguments aren't optional, but you won't use them all together, which explains the NULL value defaults. The provider determines which arguments you need. When using SQL Server, you need only the first two arguments.
Now, let's suppose you want to create a permanent link to another SQL Server database on the Human Resources server. To do so, you'd use the following statement:
EXEC sp_addlinkedserver @server = 'EmployeeStats',
@provider = 'SQL Server',
@datasrc = 'Human Resources'
The linked server's name, EmployeeStats, is a string that you provide to represent the server. It doesn't exist until you name and create it. The following syntax statements represent the creation of a linked server to several common data sources:
Microsoft AccessEXEC sp_addlinkedserver @server = 'NorthwindDemo',
@srvproduct = 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
@provider = 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
@datasrc = 'C:LinkedNorthwind.mdb'Microsoft Excel
EXEC sp_addlinkedserver @server = 'ExcelEmployeeData',
@srvproduct = 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
@provider = 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
@datasrc = 'C:LinkedEmployees.xls'Oracle
EXEC sp_addlinkedserver @server = 'OracleDemo',
@srvproduct = 'Oracle',
@provider = 'MSDAORA',
@datasrc = 'OracleAlias'
Oracle is a bit different because you must create an alias that points to the Oracle server rather than specify an actual file (@datasrc). Every situation is different. Your best defense is experience and an informed technical staff.
SQL Server throws a monkey wrench into the works because it doesn't return an error if you use the wrong syntax. Instead, any attempt to use the linked server simply fails, but the failure might not be obvious. My best recommendation is to test a query that you know should return data. If you get nothing, you know the linked server isn't really connecting and the problem is most likely the arguments you fed sp_addlinkedserver to create the linked server.
Using Management Studio
Using Management Studio to create a linked server is even easier. Look for the Linked Server folder in the Server Objects or Security folder (depending on which version you're using). The good news is that Management Studio simplifies the process. You still have to enter the product name, provider, and path to the file. If an option is disabled and you need it, as shown in Figure B, you must turn to sp_addlinkedserver. In this case, Access doesn't support the Location and Catalog options, so Management Studio disables them.Figure B: Management Studio doesn't support all of the options for every provider (Express edition).
Retrieving data
Once the linked server exists, you can use it to query data, just as if you were working with SQL Server tables. Figure C shows the result of retrieving all the Employee records from Northwind using the SQL statement via a linked server named NorthwindDemo:SELECT * FROM NorthwindDemo...Employees
The statement identifies the remote server and the table from which you're retrieving data.
Figure C: Retrieve Access data via a linked server (Express edition).
When querying data via the ExcelData linked server, include a named range as follows:
FROM ExcelData, Employees
One or two gotchas
The biggest catch to all this simplicity is, as always, security. If you're working with Windows Authentication, the system accommodates well. If the user has the appropriate permissions for the servers and data sources, linked queries will work.
If you have users outside the Windows Authentication environment, you can use a linked login. Create a standard login and assign the appropriate permissions on the remote server. Then, from the sending server, use sp_addlinkedsrvlogin to map local logins to the remote logins using the following syntax:
sp_addlinkedsrvlogin remoteservername, useseif, locallogin, remoteuser, remotepassword
For instance, after executing the following statement, the user logging in locally as Susan1 with the password rabbitX will have access to data via the NorthwindDemo linked server if you've correctly mapped the logins:
EXEC sp_addlinkedsrvlogin @rmtsrvname = 'NorthwindDemo',
@useseif = FALSE,
@locallogin = 'NULL',
@rmtuser = 'Susan1',
@rmtpassword = 'rabbitX'
Table B describes the sp_addlinkedsrvlogin arguments.
Table B: sp_addlinkedsrvlogin arguments
Argument | Explanation | Constant |
server | The server's name | @rmtsrvname |
useseif | Use with Windows Integrated Security to authorize users | @useseif |
locallogin | Your local login | @locallogin |
remoteuser | The user name | @rmtuser |
remotepassword | The password | @rmtpassword |
Another catch is the ever-growing, ever-changing list of providers and connection strings that you'll need. You'll find a comprehensive list of provider strings at ConnectionStrings.com.
Provider names aren't intuitive either. Table C lists some common provider names.Table C: Provider names
SQL Server | SQLNCLI |
Oracle | MSDAORA |
Oracle, version 8 and later | OraOLEDB.Oracle |
Access/Jet and Excel | Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 |
ODBC data source | MSDASQL |
IBM DB2 Database | DB2OLEDB |
Susan Sales Harkins is an independent consultant and the author of several articles and books on database technologies. Her most recent book is Mastering Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express, with Mike Gunderloy, published by Sybex. Other collaborations with Gunderloy are Automating Microsoft Access 2003 with VBA, Upgrader's Guide to Microsoft Office System 2003, ICDL Exam Cram 2, and Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Access 2003, all published by Que. Currently, Susan volunteers as the Publications Director for Database Advisors. You can reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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After a brief stint as a Google executive, the PayPal co-founder is back in the online financial-services business as CEO of his latest start-up, Affirm.
Just as PayPal gave people a new way to pay for things online, the San Francisco-based company aims to give consumers another option for accessing credit over the Internet.
"FICO (credit score) is coarse and backward-looking by design," Levchin says of the formula long used by lenders and retailers to determine who qualifies for everything from mortgages to credit cards to car loans.
That's why Affirm has developed its own method for evaluating credit-worthiness, of which a FICO score is only a part.
"If someone has a 625 (FICO score) but just got a six-figure job, maybe they're more like a 700," Levchin recently told me in a conference room at Affirm's offices, located on the edge of San Francisco's Financial District.
Levchin is betting the formula developed by his 35-person company, founded early last year, will prove to be a more accurate predictor of a consumer's likelihood of repayment than the one used for decades.
"We're competing against technology invented in the 1970s," says Levchin, who's also the chairman of online review site Yelp.
Although Affirm sells its service to online merchants — not directly to consumers — it hopes to take advantage of the widespread mistrust and confusion Americans feel toward the financial services industry.
"Being transparent, doing what you say you will and educating the consumer in plain language — not lawyer-speak — is a differentiator for us," says Levchin.
Another Affirm selling point is the product's ease of use because its software is designed especially for mobile shoppers.
Online consumers buying something from a merchant using Affirm's software to offer credit won't need to fill out a lengthy application, says Levchin. "Your phone number is our identifier," he says.
Levchin is quick to point out Affirm, which has raised $45 million, is a finance company, not a bank. It therefore has to borrow the money it makes available for consumers to complete online purchases.
While the company "is talking to all the appropriate regulatory agencies," it also doesn't plan to build a business "based on getting laws changed," says Levchin, a native of Ukraine who's also on the board of Yahoo.
For now, that sets Affirm apart from a raft of other online financial-service start-ups lobbying lawmakers in Washington, D.C., to make it easier to lend money directly to consumers over the Internet.
Levchin's previous start-up, the social-game developer Slide, was acquired by Google in June 2010 for a reported $185 million.
After spending only a year at the Internet search giant, however, he left to launch a start-up incubator called HVF.
Affirm was co-founded from HVF by Levchin; Nathan Gettings, another ex-PayPal executive; and Jeff Kaditz, a former executive with mobile-game developer ngmoco.
The company's investors include top-tier venture capital firms Khosla Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
John Shinal has covered tech and financial markets for more than 15 years at Bloomberg, BusinessWeek,The San Francisco Chronicle, Dow Jones MarketWatch, Wall Street Journal Digital Network and others. Follow him on Twitter: @johnshinal.


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Farewell (1983 film)
Farewell (Russian: Прощание), Proshchanie) | |
Directed by | Elem Klimov |
Written by | German Klimov, Larisa Shepitko, Rudolf Tyurin |
Starring | Stefaniya Staniyuta Lev Durov Alexei Petrenko Leonid Kryuk Vadim Yakovenko Yuri Katin-Yartsev |
Music by | Vyacheslav Artyomov, Alfred Schnittke |
Cinematography | Vladimir Chukhnov, Aleksei Rodionov, Yuri Skhirtladze, Sergei Taraskin |
Edited by | Valeriya Belova |
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Distributed by | Sovexportfilm |
Release date
1983 |
Running time
112 minutes |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
Farewell (Russian: Прощание) is a 1983 Soviet drama film based on Valentin Rasputin's novel Farewell to Matyora and directed by Elem Klimov.
The existence of the village of Matyora, located on a small island of the same name, is threatened with flooding by the construction of a dam to serve a hydroelectric power plant. The villagers oppose their displacement and the loss of their traditions, but are eventually forced to bid farewell to their homeland.
- Stefaniya Stanyuta - old Darya
- Lev Durov - Pavel Pinegin
- Alexei Petrenko - Vorontsov
- Leonid Kryuk - Petrukha
- Vadim Yakovenko - Andrei Pinegin
- Yuri Katin-Yartsev - Bogodul
- Denis Luppov - Kolyana
Production history[edit]
While scouting locations in June 1979 for her planned adaptation of the ecological fable, original director Larisa Shepitko died in a car accident along with four members of her shooting team. After a delay the project was finally completed in 1981 by her widower Elem Klimov and although shelved for a further two years, was eventually given a limited release in the Soviet Union in 1983. Originally chosen to open the 1984 Berlin Film Festival, it was initially refused an export licence until three years later when it was screened in Berlin.
External links[edit]
- Proshchanie at the Internet Movie Database
- Farewell at AllMovie
- Article on Proshchanie at Film Reference
- Part 1 on Mosfilm's Youtube channel
- Part 2 on Mosfilm's Youtube channel
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[Madison, Wis.] – Today, Justice Rebecca Bradley's campaign announced that she received the endorsement of the National Rifle Association.
"I couldn't be more proud of receiving the endorsement of our nation's defender of the Second Amendment," said Justice Rebecca Bradley. "As a jurist with an originalist interpretation of the U.S. and Wisconsin Constitutions, I am blessed to have the support of such a large group of people who also believe that we should follow and interpret the law as written, and not how we want it to be."
The National Rifle Association was established in 1871 with the expressed goal to promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis. The NRA, and its nearly five million members are America's foremost defender of Second Amendment rights, and has, since its inception, been the premier firearms education organization in the world.
"On behalf of NRA members across Wisconsin, I am pleased to announce our NRA-PVF endorsement in your campaign for Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court," said Lacey Biles, Director NRA-ILA State and Local Affairs. "We appreciate your views on protecting law-abiding gun owners and hunters from unnecessary and unconstitutional government restrictions."
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you couldn't get within twenty feet of the car. I went to the autoshow specifically to look at the 135i. I was hoping they would have different colors other then that rust brownish orangish redish color. They had the car up on a spinning stage thing. That back seat looked very very small. Much smaller than an e46 2 coup.
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Manufacturing capacity and marketing. They want to iron out all the bugs and make sure the car is perfect for you.
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That's what I don't understand The car is ready for production and is in fact being sold everywhere but here. Why do we have to wait another six months for the car in the U.S.??????
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Hey guys... Put my hands on a 135 yesterday I was snooping around BMW NA Headquarters in Montvale. There was a dealer ready 135 in titanium silver sitting in the paring lot. There was no disguising and even the BMW badging was all intact. Let me tell you...the car is HOT. Wait til you see the brakes and the steering wheel. Very nice. Best of luck as you get your new cars! Only a few more months to wait. Peter
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Who's the red-light violator?
Dozens of cities across California still pay red-light camera vendors based on the revenue their tickets generate, even though such contracts have been outlawed by the Legislature and ruled illegal in Orange County court.
The details are technical and still contested but the spirit of the law is clear: Camera vendors shouldn't have a financial incentive to target motorists unfairly.
In Orange County, Laguna Woods has a contract that appears to be in violation of the law. Costa Mesa's contract doesn't meet the test of current law either, but because the contract was signed in 2003, before the law changed, it is not required to conform. City officials say they want to renegotiate to make their contract meet current law but haven't been able to reach agreement with their vendor.
Los Alamitos changed its photo enforcement contract in June after an Orange County Superior Court commissioner dismissed a ticket handed out under its revenue-based agreement. Los Alamitos had installed red-light cameras in 2005 after regulations were tightened.
"If the sincere intent is about safety, (money) should not be a factor," says state Sen. Jenny Oropeza, D-Long Beach, who sponsored legislation tightening the red-light camera regulations in 2004. "The fact they're setting them up in a way where the citations for running a red light somehow fit with how they charge the contracts, that makes me a little nervous. I don't think there should be that nexus at all."
Not everyone agrees. Red-light camera vendors and at least one other California judge contend that revenue-based contracts that include a monthly payment cap are legal. Orange County cities with the questionable contracts say their ticket revenue always exceeds the cap, which they say makes the incentive argument meaningless.
"If anything, (the contract) limits the amount of revenue a vendor can take in. It's mincing words when you say it's a violation of the vehicle code because it's based on some percentage or not," says Seth Fogel, who works for one of the two red-light camera vendors working in Orange County, Redflex Traffic Systems Inc.
Either way, a review of the red-light camera contracts in place in Orange County indicates that the vendors are doing far better than the cities.
Santa Ana pays its vendor, Redflex, more than $1.2 million a year, its contract indicates. Nestor Traffic Systems, Costa Mesa's vendor, is collecting nearly $1.1 million a year for monitoring four intersections. The smaller cities generate less revenue: Redflex collects $328,000 a year from Laguna Woods and $206,000 from Los Alamitos.
Most cities are not doing quite as well. When the cost of paying vendors is subtracted from ticket revenue, Costa Mesa appears to be losing more than $240,000 a year, not counting the city's personnel costs. San Juan Capistrano collects just $17,000 a year, not enough to pay the deputy who reviews the tickets there. Laguna Woods nearly broke even, coming up $678 short during the 12-month period reviewed.
Some cities do make money on the program. Los Alamitos netted more than $400,000 in the year ending in August. And Santa Ana collects nearly $817,000 a year. Those numbers exclude the cost of employees dedicated to running the program, which in Santa Ana's case is more than $500,000 a year.
City officials say that safety - not money - is the focus when they measure the programs' successes.
"We've seen a significant reduction in red-light camera related accidents," Costa Mesa's city attorney Kimberly Hall-Barlow says. "It's hard to put a price tag on that. We could have prevented somebody's death."
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The questionable camera contracts remained widely unnoticed in Orange County courts until January, when Huntington Beach resident Nelson Nagai decided to fight his ticket.
Nagai, who works in procurement at Northrop Grumman Corp., doesn't dispute that he ran a red light in December, when he sped up to beat a yellow light while turning left from Katella Avenue to Los Alamitos Boulevard.
Still, when the incriminating photo and citation showed up in the mail, he cringed at the thought of forking over more than $400 for the ticket and traffic school. He had successfully fought traffic tickets in the past, so he turned to the Internet for advice and found the anti-photo enforcement site, highwayrobbery.net.
"If it was $100, I probably would have paid it," Nagai says. "But I don't have any points on my insurance. So I gave it a shot."
Nagai spent about three hours researching his defense, even returning to the intersection to make sure the signal's timing was correct (it was) and the proper warning signs were in place (they were).
He learned how photo enforcement programs work: The vendors' employees get the first look at the photos and pull DMV records for the registered owners of violating cars. They do an initial review, throwing out citations where a license plate number isn't visible or you can't see a driver's face.
Then they send the information electronically to a police department, where a sworn officer reviews each violation and makes a final judgment on which citations to send out. The officers who review the citations also sometimes testify in court when motorists contest their tickets.
When Nagai headed to court Jan. 23, he was hoping a police officer wouldn't show up (one did). His backup plan was to argue the city's contract was illegal, as he had learned on the Web site. Problem was, he didn't have a copy of the contract as proof.
He got lucky. Superior Court Commissioner Ken Schwartz had pulled Los Alamitos' contract before Nagai's case was called. So when he pleaded not guilty, the commissioner dismissed the citation with little discussion and issued an opinion opposing the agreements, Nagai says.
Schwartz declined to comment for this story, but police officers in other cities say he has a reputation of fairness.
"Schwartz is by the letter of the law," Garden Grove Police Lt. Todd Elgin says. "He's really sure that law enforcement dots its I's and crosses its T's. I think he believes in the system, but I think he wants to make sure that everybody follows the rules."
Schwartz's ruling does not set a legal precedent. In fact, in 2006 a Yuba County judge decided in favor of contracts like the one that Schwartz ruled illegal. But the decision could weaken court cases for the dozens of cities with similar provisions, which are included in "boiler plate" contracts for at least one of the state's major vendors.
"A respected commissioner writing an opinion that way … is going to have persuasive authority in arguments in front of other commissioners," Newport Beach traffic attorney Arthur Tait says.
Pay-by-ticket contracts were common in California until 2004, when state senators approved tighter guidelines amid concerns that camera programs could be manipulated for profit.
The law was passed on the heels of a 2001 case in which a San Diego judge dismissed nearly 300 citations after learning that changes to the camera triggers had caused innocent people to appear guilty on camera.
The judge found that San Diego's pay-by-ticket arrangement created a conflict of interest and he ruled that its program violated a state law requiring the government - not private companies - to operate photo enforcement programs, says Tait, one of the defense attorneys on the case.
After the law was revised, vendors devised contract provisions - like the one used by Laguna Woods - as a way to guarantee that cities won't have to pay out-of-pocket for red-light camera enforcement.
The language of the questionable provisions varies by city, but the terms generally are the same: A maximum monthly payment, often characterized as a flat fee, is established. But if a city's share of citation revenue doesn't cover the fee, it doesn't have to pay the difference.
Laguna Woods pays $27,350 a month to monitor five directions of traffic in two intersections. If the revenue generated from all the approaches doesn't make enough money to cover the monthly payment, then the city's vendor Redflex lowers the monthly fee or issues a cash-back refund of the difference.
Schwartz ruled in the Los Alamitos case that a similar type of payment method would "embolden the supplier to store more data and develop broader criteria" for consideration, helping ensure ticket revenue reaches the monthly fee amount.
Laguna Woods' assistant city manager Douglas Reilly doesn't believe the terms of the contract amount to an incentive.
Reilly says Redflex suggested the provision because the city expressed concern about being able to cover its costs. Ticket revenue has waned since red-light cameras were installed at two intersections in 2005, but has never fallen below the monthly fee, Reilly says.
Because deputies have the final say on which citations are issued and traffic engineers set signal timing, Reilly wonders how Redflex could even go about boosting the number of tickets issued if they wanted to.
"There's nothing they control," he says.
Defense attorney Tait disagrees.
"This agreement appears to be a clear violation of state law because it makes fees contingent on revenue - the company gets paid if the computers accuse people of crime," Tait says after reviewing the Laguna Woods contract. "And this is not only unlawful in California, it is a violation of the U.S. Constitution and wholly un-American."
Seven Orange County cities enforce red-light laws with photo enforcement programs.
Costa Mesa pays its vendor, Nestor, on a sliding scale based on how many tickets each camera issues per month. Because that contract was signed before 2004, the city isn't required to comply with the regulations because its contract was grandfathered in.
Negotiations to bring Costa Mesa's contract up to current standards have been slowed because of equipment and legal issues. The city briefly suspended its red-light program in 2005 after a judge dismissed a ticket issued at an intersection where drivers weren't given a warning period before the cameras started doling out fines.
"There hasn't been any conscious decision not to bring the contract payment into conformity with the law," Hall-Barlow, Costa Mesa's attorney, says. Regardless, she says, the current contract hasn't amounted to an incentive because officers review every citation before sending them out.
Fullerton and San Juan Capistrano have weaker protections in their contracts, agreeing to renegotiate their fees annually if ticket revenue isn't high enough to cover their vendor costs.
Santa Ana and San Juan Capistrano pay their vendors a flat monthly fee.
Santa Ana Police Cmdr. Paul Gonsalves fears that revenue-based contracts in other cities could cast a negative light on a program he says is saving lives.
"It's going to taint not only our system but every successful system," Gonsalves says. "It also might shine light on the fact that if you do things aboveboard like us, you can run a successful program."
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The Record: Uniform policy
AT FIRST reading, the idea that cops in Teaneck should be paid for getting in and out of their uniforms seems ridiculous and an example of public workers demanding perks that most of us never imagine even asking about.
But when you look more deeply into the matter, you realize that the 88 police officers who sued to be compensated for "donning and doffing" their uniforms have a point.
Various court rulings through the years have upheld the principle that workers required to wear specified clothing to do their jobs deserved to be paid for changing in and out of their attire. Some examples have included workers at poultry processing plans and those who handle volatile chemicals. Most recently, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2005 (IBP Inc. v. Alvarez) that employees in a beef processing plant should be paid for donning and doffing protecting gear because their uniforms were "integral and indispensable" to their jobs.
There are few similarities between working in a processing plant and being a police officer. However, we think the overriding principle set forth by the court ruling is the same. A police uniform is certainly indispensable to an officer's job. It is far more than pants, shirt, a cap and a badge. Officers are normally required to carry a firearm, a flashlight, ammunition, handcuffs and other accessories to be in full uniform. The time it takes an officer to put on that complete uniform is part of his job.
Unfortunately, the dispute in Teaneck is not that clear cut. The officers are seeking overtime pay for taking their uniforms on and off. A U.S. District Court ruling late last year backed Teaneck's refusal to pay overtime, but police plan to appeal. We think the appeal has merit.
But at the same time, we wonder why officers' donning and doffing their uniforms is an overtime issue. We think it should be part of the normal work day.
Court rulings have carved out one loophole to the general principle that workers should be compensated for changing into their uniforms. That was a 2010 federal court ruling that said police officers don't deserve to be paid for changing if they do so at home instead of at the police station. How that affects the Teaneck case is unclear, but going forward, we hope the next contract between the township and police clarifies this issue.
It should specify that police officers must don and doff their uniforms at headquarters and that the activity is part of the work day. And, as such, officers deserve compensation.


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