People always underestimate the impact of technology. To give you an example: In the 1970s the frontier for offshore development was 200 meters, today it is 4,000 meters.
quote by Daniel Yergin
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There's A Dot
to begin the line
and there's the line to begin the movement
infinity is but imagined finite
and somewhere in this finite
it builds the sphere
geometry has nothing
nothing to do with either Gaia or meters
unless Gaia is Gaia hyper vision
and I believe it is
and meters are a handy sky rendered
to suit the senses
poem by Miroslava Odalovic
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Sonnet: What’s Life?
Life isn’t a hundred-meters’ dash but ’tis
Rather a marathon of unknown length;
Life isn’t a matter of material bliss,
But of hard-work, will-power and mind’s strength.
Life isn’t a fifty-meters hurdles but
Rather a decathlon, grueling style;
Life isn’t a matter of a fine hair-cut,
But of struggles and protracted a smile.
Life isn’t a weight-lifting championship,
But tests one’s stamina in every way;
Life isn’t a war of nerves but of friendship,
Of morals, goodness, ethics every day.
Life isn’t a rocket to glory, stardom,
But a sustained access to God’s kingdom!
poem by John Celes
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People underestimate the impact they can have on the process through contact with legislators. By being part of an organized group in an area that you have an interest in, you can multiply the impact of your own ideas.
quote by Ralph Regula
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We stand today on the edge of a new frontier - the frontier of the 1960's - a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils - a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats.
quote by John F. Kennedy
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We stand today on the edge of a new frontier-the frontier of the 1960s-a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils-a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats.
quote by John F. Kennedy
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I think as a rifle platoon and company commander your view is about 1,000 meters in front of you and you hope you can cover that ground and not have to back up and give it up again.
quote by Oliver North
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hopefully a merry christmas here in the Philippines
Three people were killed and 47 others were wounded
when two cellphone-activated mortars exploded
one after the other in two department stores
30 meters apart
on the same street in Iligan City
yesterday.
In Manila, Malacañang said
President Arroyo would push through
with her scheduled visit to Iligan City today
for the inauguration of the suka pinakurat vinegar
processing plant of
Green Gold Gourmet Food Products
in Barangay Pugaan.
* Let us stop this war.
Let us give peace a chance.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.
quote by Emil Zatopek
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The whole decathlon is ridiculous, but the 1,500 meters is insanity.
quote by Rafer Johnson
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The Pleasure Principle
You might think I'm crazy but I'm serious
it's better you know now
what I thought was happiness was only part-time bliss
you can take a bow
it was all just one big night out on the town
riding in your limousine
we turned right and I say wrong which brings us to a stop
as the light is changing
Oh my meters running so I got to go now
Its the pleasure principle oh oh ohhhhh
Its the principle of pleasure
Oh ohhh
its the pleasure principle oh oh -oh oh
Its true you want to build your life of guarantees
hey take a ride in a big yellow taxi
I'm not here to feed your insecurities
I wanted you to love me
this has become an all too familiar scene
its not the first time I paid the fare
where'd you get the idea of material possession?
thank you for the ride nowhere
And oh my meters running so I've really got to go
Its the pleasure principle oh ohhh
I know- what you mean to me
baby this is nowhere
you know- what became between you and me human differential
sa dat dit dit baby
It's the principle of pleasure
oh ohhh
its the pleasure principle oh ohhh
You might say that I'm no good
I wouldn't trust your looks baby if I could
I got so many things I wanna do
song performed by by Janet Jackson from Control
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He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
Flea and Anthony are into funk, like old school Meters and stuff like that.
quote by Chad Smith
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And if you are playing in several meters at once, there has to be a - not a rigid - but there definitely has to be a reference to a common pulse in the band.
quote by Robert Fripp
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47 Meters Down [trailer 2]
Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine, Yani Gellman, Santiago Segura, Chris Johnson, Axel Mansilla
from 47 Meters Down (2017)
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47 Meters Down
Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine, Yani Gellman, Santiago Segura, Chris Johnson, Axel Mansilla
from 47 Meters Down (2017)
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Today the eastern horizon is yellow gold
Today the eastern horizon is yellow gold
and buildings are framed
like pieces of a puzzle
against the sky
in the way that they fit into Pretoria.
a Few doves pass above
and it looks as if the Jacaranda’s
are already getting life
, and I see the first green leaves appear,
but some are still stripped
like skeletons against the air.
There’s a white taxi
that drives reckless
and cuts in in front of us,
to stop a hundred meters further
in the middle of the road
to pick up someone.
The sun becomes a white-hot ball
and to bright to look at
while it climbs higher in the air
and the morning gets direction.
poem by Gert Strydom
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Das Meter is running
Bonn Prostitutes working the streets
now pay twice for displaying their treats.
They already pay substantial income tax,
for plying the world's oldest profession.
Now Politicans, also whores of a sort,
want more money despite the recession.
Now to make the sin tax yield sweeter
Certain streets now have Prostitute meters.
Six Euros a night is the rate
for these girls who have more than one “date”
So if your “dame des abends” says “Antreiben! ”
as the clocks ticking down on the evening.
She has a legitimate worry
in telling her patron to hurry.
In Bonn, the meter is running
and only the meter maid’s coming!
(The city of Bonn, Germany has installed street meters for Prostitutes. They must purchase (and display? ?) a ticket to solicit on the street. Meter maids enforce payment and collection. I envision the meter maids being like the 400 pound female gorillas Mayor Bloomberg employs here in New York. It's like easy pass for an easy lass.
There is a smattering of German in the poem
Dame des Abends= Lady of the Evening
Antreiben= hurry(up))
poem by John F. McCullagh
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Kamakura's treasured tree
Yesterday
one tree collapsed
eight hundred years old
and thirty meters high
it's true, he was!
May you rest in peace
beautiful Kamakura tree
He did give joy
to countless
insects, birds,
and people.
My heart does cry
in pain, is trying hard
to stop.
I'm holding back
my fears
for younger trees
which have no chance
to kiss the light
for even one
more year!
Oh dear dear dear..
must say..I do cry also for my city's trees, which were cut down to make more place for cars..
everytime they work on streets they have no mercy, cutting off all greens..heart breaking! !
poem by Elena Sandu
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Sweet Rain
The Kingdom of Silence
Rained for twenty years
But it was no ordinary rain
No!
For the King of hearts
Reigned with a kind heart
And a sweet tooth
Yes!
Indeed, plenty meters
Of loveheart sweets
Fell for us to read and
Eat!
poem by Harriet James
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One of the things that people don't realize is that that natural beauty, those recreational forests, they have an economic development impact for the state as well.
quote by Ed Rendell
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