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Mark Dougherty

Mark Dougherty (born May 6th 1980), North American singer-songwriter. Originally from New Jersey, Mark Dougherty, now resides in the state of North Carolina where he is currently signed to Lost Cat Records (a digital only based record label housed out of Richmond, Virginia) through which his first CD, Shadows in the Light was released in early 2006. Though first described as a folk singer-songwriter, Mark Dougherty's style shifts into the alt-county andindie rock territory and stylistically branches from such artists as: The Red House Painters, Grant Lee Phillips, James Taylor, Van Morrison and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

Discography

Shadows in the Light Lost Cat Records 2006

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http://lostcatrecords.com/dougherty.html http://web.mac.com/thelakeisle/iWeb/Site/home.html http://music.download.com/markdougherty http://www.greatamericanmusichour.com

71.76.245.134 00:57, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Unfabulous: The Perfect Moment

"Unfabulous": The Perfect Moment is a T.V. movie for the live action series Unfabulous on Teen Nick. Schedule to air in November 2006.

Triva

originally expected to air as a two-part season finale of season two

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Wikipedia Artical

216.96.26.64 01:17, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

One of the many movies that bollywood makes every year.

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168.103.155.152 01:31, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

İğneada

İğneada is a small town within the district of Demirköy of Kirklareli Province in Turkey. It lies on the black Sea Coast and 5 km south of the Rezovo River which forms the border with Bulgaria. Its population is about 2100.

The land is covered by mainly oak forests, typical fauna of the Yıldız Mountains. Forestry and fishing are the two main ways of living. The towns enjoys a brief summer season limited to the months of July and August.

The Saka Gölü Nature Reserve Area is in the south of the town. It harbors one of the few remaining floodplain forests in all of Europe which is home to many different bird species.

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http://www.kirklareli.gov.tr http://www.igneada.com

69.47.131.210 01:38, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

James W. Hackett

James William Hackett (1929- )

Wind gives way to calm, and the stream smoothes, revealing its treasure of leaves . . . jwh

Nothing speaks more of the haiku poet’s way of life, philosophies and beliefs than his poetry. [1] And the one who chooses haiku as a way of life, or perhaps rather, is “chosen by haiku,” may be naturally reticent of publicity. As R. H. Blyth said in his foreword for Haiku Poetry, Hackett’s four-volume series” … to attain the ability to write, not the best words but the right words,” and:

“To express the immediate sensations, to pour all of one’s self into the thing and let the thing penetrate every part of one’s self, needs much travail of mind and body. It requires also the renunciation of all ambition to be ‘recognized,’ though some few persons must share the experiences so as to assure, if possible their universal validity.” R. H. Blyth [2] in Hackett’s Haiku Poetry vol. 1, The Hokuseido Press, 1966.

Today, James W. Hackett, a living disciple of Blyth, is the most influential Western haijin advocating the Zen and “present-moment” haiku. He continues to uphold the spiritual aspects of haiku that he shared with his mentor, R. H. Blyth. [3]

Hackett maintains his conviction that haiku can be the reflection, expression and affirmation of “that art thou,” or the intuitive experience of “things as they are;” and this, again, after the manner of Matsuo Basho, who placed importance on the immediacy of the present in haiku.

For Hackett, haiku is what he calls “a Way of living awareness,” and an “appreciation of each moment of life.” He does not claim to be a literary soul [though he writes numerous lyric and spiritual poems and essays], All his poetry is focused on the Universal Spirit and is aimed toward awakening humanity’s consciousness to recognize the soul’s oneness with Eternal Spirit, and the reality of the Eternal Now.

Two flies, so small it’s a wonder they ever met, are mating on this rose jwh

Born and raised in Seattle, USA, Hackett studied history and philosophy at the University of Washington. An honors student, his graduate studies in art history were taken at the University of Michigan before he moved to San Francisco [and 14 years later to the Santa Cruz Mountains south of the City]. He was influenced early on by Eastern philosophy and the writings of the American naturalist, Henry David Thoreau.

After a near-fatal accident Hackett experienced an awakening, and from that time on, has devoted himself to the writing of haiku as a vehicle to express his reverence for Creation and to raise the awareness of his readers’ consciousness. It was the works of R. H. Blyth who first introduced JWH to haiku, and in the 1950s he embarked upon correspondence with the author-translator. In the beginning of the relationship between the two men, Hackett, who was not yet thirty, sent several examples of his haiku to Blyth, who was then in his sixties. Hackett’s letter was prefaced, “I am sending my haiku poems to you because of one sentence you wrote in your book of haiku translations. Your sentence was: ‘There is more significance in the sound of the nib I’m now writing with than anything I could ever say’.” JWH

Hackett recounts that he had discerned from that singular remark, they both shared the same “old soul.” Because of this, he felt that Blyth would understand why he had made his decision to live a life of Zen and haiku. Their long friendship developed upon common spiritual values and understandings as well as haiku. [4] Before Blyth’s death in 1964, he had included JWH’s poetry in his The History of Haiku, Volume 2. Blyth highly regarded the haiku of his disciple, comparing them to the best of the Japanese masters. Blyth wrote on February 15, 1960,

“As far as publication is concerned, I am going to put the best of the verses, with your kind permission of course, at the end of my 5th volume of Haiku, which I am working on now. I wish to include them, not only for their intrinsic value, but to show that a haiku poet is born, not made, and of a “nationality” which has nothing to do with the ordinary conception of it.” RHB

The gust of wind trying on that shirt needs a larger size! jwh

Through Blyth’s arrangement, the first two volumes of Hackett’s Haiku Poetry (which would become four volumes) were published. The appendix includes Hackett’s twenty, now famous, “Suggestions for Beginners and Others,” which can be shortened to the following key points. [Abbreviated as follows by Susumu Takiguchi]:

1. Life is the fount; 2. Everyday life; 3. Contemplate nature closely; 4. Identify with your subject; 5. Reflect in solitude; 6. Reflect nature just as it is; 7. Don’t write everything In 5-7-5; 8. Write in 3 lines; 9. Use common language; 10. Suggest; 11. Mention season; 12. Haiku are intuitive 13. Don’t overlook humor; 14. Rhyme detracts; 15. Lifefulness; 16. Clarity; 17. Read aloud; 18. Simplify!; 19. Stay with it; 20. Remember Blyth’s admonition that “haiku is a finger pointing to the moon.”

Hackett also corresponded with American haiku scholar, translator and author, Harold Henderson for almost eleven years, and together with Blyth, these three pioneering men interacted and inspired one another through their common interests. After Blyth’s death on October 28, 1964, Henderson wrote to persuade Hackett to succeed Dr. Blyth, taking over where he left off. [4] A bitter morning: sparrows sitting together without any necks jwh

In that fateful year (1964), Hackett won a trip to Japan as the grand prize of Japan Air Lines’ international haiku contest; the competition being a way in which the company advertised, while at the same time promoting haiku to a world which had begun to take a lively interest in Japanese culture. Radio stations in different parts of the United States ran seventeen contests, screening entries. All-in-all, there were over 41,000 entries. The top five winners from each local contest were submitted to philosopher Alan Watts for final judging. Eighty-five national entries were published in the booklet, Haiku 64 by Japan Air Lines company that now provides splendid materials for teaching haiku. [5]

Hackett’s winter seasonal haiku above (A bitter morning) is composed in 5-7-5 format, a two-image style arranged in fragment/phrase construction and with punctuation which would echo the Japanese tradition of kireji (cutting word). The poem is considered a masterpiece by many haijin, as well as those proponents of “Zen-haiku.”

Although written in 5-7-5 English syllable format for the contest, he had also written another version of that haiku, published in the inaugural issue of the first United States haiku journal, American Haiku (1963) without the syllabic format, “better morning/ sparrows sitting/ without necks,” following his own advice from his twenty suggestions: “Rule #7: “don’t write everything in 5-7-5 form, since in English this often causes padding and contrivance,” and, Rule #8: “Try to write in 3 lines of approximately 17 syllables.”

Hackett became a timely advocate and spokesman for haiku as it spread its tiny, but powerful wings over the seas. Haiku enthusiasts from various countries soon followed his lead, broadening the map of World Haiku. Though reclusive, Hackett has served as a judge in subsequent JAL ––and many other haiku competitions.

Searching on the wind, the hawk’s cry . . . is the shape of its beak jwh

During that first trip to Japan, Hackett visited Zen monasteries and temples, and their roshi and priests.

Among them were Soen Nakagawa [6], abbot of Ryutaku-ji Monastery and monk Sohaku Ogata of Kyoto who both felt that Hackett’s “way of haiku” was one of the best means for the true spirit of Zen to reach America.

Interestingly, while Hackett as since become the most well-known proponent of he has, in practice, remained a somewhat solitary figure, not closely aligning himself with the Zen-haikuist or any other such movement. [7] That he does not follow the mainstream, the crowd, should not seem strange, but rather, most appropriate. Here are his own words that he has spoken for, and of, even himself:

“. . . what is conventional warrants caution and the wisdom of wariness; for dire consequences (as well as good) can and do result from the various social approaches to haiku. Too often shallowness and a stifling parochialism and over-intellectuality are perpetuated by editors, scholars, and even teachers – however well-intentioned they might be. Certainly, some writers should be followers, and even participate in the intellectual maelstrom if they so choose. While others should courageously follow their own star – solitary and unconventional though their way may be.” JWH

And again, “Born nonconformists (such as Thoreau and Blyth) wisely warn against following the merely popular or fashionable–– especially in regard to matters of thought and values consensus (as history bears such grim witness) is certainly no guarantor of rightness or truth. Values and convictions need to evolve from deep within our own experience, knowledge, and search for the truth. However, that so few persons truly think for themselves is surely one of the more sad and tragic failings of our species.” JWH

Deep within the stream the huge fish lie motionless facing the current jwh

Hackett, the philosopher-poet and champion of unorthodoxy, remains a seeker, yet he is not swayed from exercising his critical mind, nor does he compromise his firm convictions. He guards the core traditions and intrinsic spirit of haiku, its aesthetic and spiritual values, as well as the values of his mentor, R. H. Blyth, Hackett is not one who regards the genre with the flippancy of an “anything goes” attitude. Quite the contrary. He questions the content of much contemporary and anthropocentric so-called haiku, holding it up for examination against the naturalism of the traditional Japanese haiku.

With the rise in popularity of haiku and its ever-increasing dispersion, Hackett, speaking in harmony with the voices of Basho and Shiki, calls for commitment to higher standards and quality amongst the world haiku communities. These aspirations are also in accord with aims and principles of the World Haiku Club of which James W. Hackett is the Honorary President.

That tenement child performing his long shadow somehow sustains the world jwh

Through his published haiku [8] and also by his book The Zen Haiku and Other Zen Poems and his ongoing work for haiku, his philosophies and convictions are upheld and dispersed, including the primary Zen tenet, “no dependence upon words or letters.” His haiku is internationally published and anthologized, appearing in numerous haiku journals, publications and events.

The author of the above article is D. W. Bender, Deputy Chairman of the World Haiku Review [9] and is used with permission.EXTERNAL LINKS The Haiku and Zen World of James W. Hackett website contains hundreds of Hackett’s haiku, lyric and spiritual poems, plus spiritual essays, texts of letters from R. H. Blyth and Harold G. Henderson, photo essays (including Soen Nakagawa’s monastery), guest haiku poets, with illustrations and calligraphy throughout. Six issues yearly, read by thousands of readers in 65 nations.

On September 11, 2002, JWH was privileged to visit the Blyth family home near Kamakura, Japan. See 27 photos of R. H. Blyth’s home at: http://www.hacketthaiku.com/RHBlythsHome.html

“Old Mountain Soul: James W. Hackett reflects on his haiku travels.” By Tim Hornyak in Kyoto Journal number 59 (2005). www.kyotojournal.org

While his haiku appear in numerous anthologies, his published books are held by the Museum of Haiku Literature, Tokyo. http://www2.famille.ne.jp/~haiku/index-e.html Copy and paste the above museum URL into your browser.

Read Robert Aitken’s essays “Remembering Soen Roshi” and “Remembering Blyth Sensei” in Original Dwelling Place: Zen Buddhist Essays. The essay on Blyth is memorable for its straight talk about, and his deep gratitude to, Dr. Blyth. (Counterpoint Press, reprint edition 1997)

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The author of the above article is D. W. Bender, Deputy Chairman of the World Haiku Review [9] and is used with permission.

70.95.172.202 01:48, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

DesignerApparel.com is a unique shopping engine that specializes in Designer Apparel. It features products from a variety of designer brands such as Prada, Giorgio Armani, Burberry, Fendi and many others. The website was founded in early 2002 by it's founder Kenneth Yeh.

Popularity

The site currently has a fairly respectable Alexa rating of appoximately 36,000.

Partners

Designer Apparel partners with a few very large companies such as Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue and Bloomingdale's.

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Source: Designer Apparel [1] Source: Alexa [2]

63.251.211.5 01:49, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Nailbunny

Nailbunny is a fictional character from the book series "Johnny the Homicidal Maniac". Nailbunny always tries to keep Johnny from comitting suicide and is his "Voice of reason".

Structuring

Structuring is the illegal act of diving or splitting cash deposits or withdrawals into smaller amounts to avoid having the financial institution filing an STR or SAR (Suspicious Activity Report).

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70.35.58.112 02:14, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Fort Worth Chargers

The Fort Worth Chargers are a youth Group in Fort Worth also known as The Fort Worth Chargers Pop Warner Football Association.

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www.fortworthchargers.org 70.234.254.87 02:28, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Joyce Lin

I love Joyce because shes the coolest person EVER!!!

Bio: she was born on the coral reef near north carolina. she somehow ended up in philly, pa. where she now resides. she is uhh well special... interesting... unique... and uber awesome with the violin. what she need to do now is return back to north carolina because pa is too cold for a blue tang!

I miss her soo much :-(

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68.65.220.35 02:40, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

planes

planes are a large flying objects that peaple can travle in to destanations for a holieday or work.

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• airbus a380
• boeing 737
• boeing 787

Virgin atlantic 02:41, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

monkey drummer

Video created by Chris Cunningham with music by Aphex Twin, shows a six armed robotic monkey doll drumming to an Aphex Twin song with all arms, feet, and its penis.

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[[www.Aphextwin.com]]

70.23.75.151 02:42, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

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