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After news hit that "Teen Mom's" Farrah Abraham made a so-called sex tape with Lindsay Lohan's "The Canyons" co-star James Deen, there were conflicting stories about its existence and its origins.
When originally approached about it on April 8, Abraham, 21, said she knew of no such tape, but implied that something she might not have intended to go public could exist.
"If I have my own personal stuff, then that's my own personal things and if there's anyone that's trying to be rude or just get at me, then my lawyer will take care of that," she said.
Then professional porn actor Deen said he and Abraham had shot a full-fledged adult film together.
He told CNN:
"Essentially, this is what happened, I was approached (to star in the movie) and we had this long conversation about how I was the wrong person for the job. Not to be arrogant because I'm not famous, but people that are watching porno, I'm in porn and they would say, 'Hey look it's James Deen in this porno.' (Those in negotiations) said 'No, it's fine. We want to set this up like you and her are dating' and I'm like no, absolutely not. They were like, 'No, it's going to be great: we'll set you up on a date and call the paparazzi' and I'm like no, that sounds like the worst experience of my life. Absolutely not going to do that. I think what happened now, the company has its marketing strategy, she and her people have their marketing strategy. I don't really care, but why can't the marketing strategy be, It's gonna be cool! Wanna see it? World's best porno comin' out soon!"
Deen continued:
"I picked her up from her hotel room and drove her to set, somebody took a picture of us walking out of the hotel room, I get a call the next morning asking if we're dating, I say no and they said, well what were you doing and I said we were shooting a porno. Now there's this whole thing. They're saying please don't say any details and I'm like, I have no desire to say anything to anyone. To me, this isn't even a story. But, also, I do porn every day."
Now Abraham admits that a tape with Deen does exist and is negotiating its distribution.
A spokeswoman for MTV had no comment on the matter.
When asked how, between Abraham and his "The Canyons" co-star Lindsay Lohan, Deen has managed to get tangled up with controversial starlets, he said, "I don't know. Maybe I'm the new sex tape."
"Oh wow," he noted "that's gonna be a good headline. But I mean, sex tapes are played out and everyone knows they're fake now. Like the Kim Kardashian one - everyone's like, that's obviously fake. She was paid a bunch of money to make a sex tape with her boyfriend. And the Tila Tequila one, everyone's like, oh wait, that (other) girl does porn, she's just in this movie with her. I think everybody has kind of figured out that sex tapes are a hoax, so I think now management is like, you should just hang out with James Deen. It'll be like you're doing a sex tape -- it'll be the same drama and controversy and stuff, it'll be all crazy. Or maybe I'm just in ... a place at ... a time? I don't even know."
Source: CNN


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At the plate – Daytona couldn't get the big hit when they needed it in this one, but still found enough offense to escape with a win. Ben Carhart was 2-for-5 in the win, he is now hitting .251 on the season. Dustin Geiger has put together a stellar 2013, he was 2-for-4 with a walk in this one and is now hitting .289 on the season. Both Taiwan Easterling and Brad Zapenas had two hits, and a run scored today. Daytona registered nine hits but they were only 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position and left eleven men on base.
On the mound – I was really excited for C.J. Edwards Cubs debut today and he didn't disappoint. Edwards was nasty going five scoreless innings giving up one hit while walking one and striking out eight. The only hit Edwards gave up was of the infield variety, and not one ball made it out of the infield. That wasn't the only impressive stat from this one as Edwards struck out the first seven hitters he faced, unfortunately he walked away with a no decision. Lendy Castillo took over and was solid going three scoreless innings giving up one run, unearned, on one hit while walking three, and striking out three to earn his first win of the year. Austin Reed worked the ninth for his third save of the year, he allowed one hit and that was it.
- Iowa Cubs: Brad Nelson was 1-for-3 with his second triple of the season, an RBI, and a walk.
- Iowa Cubs: Ty Wright was 3-for-4 with three(!) doubles, an RBI, and a run scored.
- Iowa Cubs: Chang-Yong Lim worked two scoreless innings in relief giving up two hits while striking out two.
- Tennessee Smokies: Javier Baez was 2-for-5 with two home runs, four RBI's, and two runs scored.
- Tennessee Smokies: Rubi Silva was 2-for-4 with a double, and two outfield assists.
- Kane County Cougars: Albert Almora was 2-for-5 with a run scored, he is now hitting .333 on the season.
- Kane County Cougars: Jeimer Candelario was 2-for-4 with an RBI, a walk, and a run scored.
- Kane County Cougars: Rock Shoulders was 2-for-5 with a double, three RBI's, and a run scored.
- Kane County Cougars: The bullpen; Nathan Dorris, Starling Peralta, and Armando Rivero worked a combined seven scoreless innings giving up three hits while walking four and striking out nine.
- Boise Hawks: Kris Bryant was 1-for-3 with his second home run of the season, three RBI's, and a run scored.
- Boise Hawks: Dillon Maples picked up the win going five innings giving up one run on five hits while striking out five. He hasn't walked a batter in his last two outings.
- Boise Hawks: Corbin Hoffner was solid out of the pen going three scoreless innings giving up one hit while striking out two.
- AZL Cubs: Charcer Burks was 2-for-4 with his first double of the season.

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Quercus palustris - Pin Oak tree 14/16cm girth
Quercus Palustris has stunning red autumn leaf colour and is a magnificent, relatively fast growing tree, with a straight main trunk and handsome horizontally growing branches gently drooping at their tips. The smooth leaves are glossy, mid green with deeply lobed edges and turn to bright crimson in the autumn, a truly stunning display. The small acorns are small and round.
Mature height is 20m+ and almost as broad at the base.
Grows in all well drained, moist soils in full sun or partial shade, can cope with waterlogged soils for short periods of time.
This magnificent tree was introduced into the UK from its native North America in 1800 is one of the most graceful of Oaks available. Awarded the RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit) in 2002.
If the availability below is not listed as 'In Stock' please contact us for more information regarding the item.
We are always updating the stock for sale at our tree nursery but some varieties may only be available through the winter season.
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- 14/16cm girth
- £159.60
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Quercus palustris - Pin Oak tree
Plant Information
- Size: 14/16cm girth. Girth in CM equates roughly to height in feet. For example: 10/12cm girth = 10/12ft tall.
- Botanical name/s: Quercus palustris
- Common name/s: Pin Oak
- Flower / Foliage: The very graceful horizontal branches with weeping tips have mid green deeply lobed leaves which turn bright crimson and red giving a truly stunning autumn display
- Plant type: Deciduous
- Flowering period: N/A
- Mature height: 20m+
- Mature spread: Up to 20m
- Growth Rate: Fast
- Recommended usage: Quercus palustris is ideal in any larger size garden, park or woodland as a specimen to add great structure and amazing autumn colour
- Nursery grown: Yes
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- Once planted, Quercus palustris will need watering throughout the first growing season, but make sure not to over / under water.
- Check tree tie / stake isn't rubbing and / or too tight or too loose on the trunk.
- Check for and remove any dead, decaying, diseased or crossing branch.
- Remove any weeds from around the base of the Oak tree (including grass).
- Position/Aspect: North, south, east or west facing
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- Plant maintenance: Low maintenance
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What you need to know before you go
Taichung takes its position on Taiwan's west coast, boasting ever-balmy weather. A thriving cosmopolitan city, it offers something for absolutely everyone, from glossy designer stores and overflowing local markets, to swanky restaurants and pumping nightclubs.
Taichung has no shortage of attractions either. You'll find renowned hubs like the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts with its Ming and modern treasures, old incense-scented temples, Japanese colonial landmarks, and picturesque parks. The island's inland has lots to see, so be sure to take a bus or taxi to nearby natural havens like Sun Moon Lake.
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Taichung's famous treats include sun cakes (tai yang bing) and chicken feet jelly (ji jiao dong), which are great for your own or as gifts. Taichung is also a big producer of taro, water chestnuts, almonds and red beans, so be sure to taste the popular local delicacies such as taro balls (yu yuan), deep-fried water chestnuts (ling jiao su), almond tea (xing ren cha) and bean milk (dou sha niu ru). Delight your taste buds with the appetising and tasty local ingredients.
For seafood lovers, a must-try is oyster congee (ke zi zhou), which is popular among Taichung locals. The fresh and sweet taste is achieved by blending rice porridge with fresh and fleshy oysters. If you're hungry for more, be sure to try pork belly rice (kuang rou fan) and the fried-noodle sandwich (chao mian mian bao). These street snacks come in satisfying portions. After dinner, you can enjoy the special flavour of Fengren ice (feng ren bing). A bowl of this sweet and tangy ice is a great dessert – it cleanses the palate and leaves a pleasing aftertaste.Read more


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By GRANT BOSSE
The nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court all agreed on one thing: states matter. In a pair of high-profile cases, the court's liberal and conservative wings each joined with swing voter Anthony Kennedy to reach decisions that greatly reduced the power of the federal government to contradict state decisions.
Last Tuesday, the court ruled 5-4 in Shelby Count v. Holder that Sections 4 and 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 could no longer be justified. The section of the landmark civil rights law designated which states and counties need to preclear changes to their election laws with the federal Department of Justice. This was an effort to prevent legislatures in the segregated south from bringing back Jim Crow laws designed to discourage black Americans from registering and voting.
Because New Hampshire has an unenforced literacy test on the books and had abnormally low voter turnout in 10 towns in 1968, these towns had been on the DOJ's list of suspicious voting districts for 40 years.
The southern Democrats who stood in the schoolhouse door to protect Jim Crow gave way to Reagan Democrats, and now the covered jurisdictions are predominantly Republican. The Obama Administration has used Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act as a political weapon. As Attorney General Eric Holder has used his Section 5 veto to block a redistricting plan in Texas and Voter ID legislation in South Carolina.
Writing for the court in Shelby, Chief Justice John Roberts found that the extraordinary circumstances that justified federal review of prospective changes in state law no longer exist. Rather than mark the tremendous progress in race relations in the past half century, liberals erupted with outrage and exaggeration. They claimed that Roberts had declared an end to racism and destroyed the Voting Rights Act.
That's simply not true. The Voting Rights Act is still in force, discriminatory election laws are still illegal, and the DOJ still has oversight jurisdiction to ensure fair elections nationwide. The only thing that's changed is that state governments no longer have to play "Mother May I" with federal bureaucrats who presume that states are racist until proven otherwise. One of the states covered under Section 5 until the Shelby decision was Virginia, which voted for Barack Obama for president, twice.
On Wednesday, Kennedy joined his four liberal colleagues in Windsor v. U.S. to strike down the Clinton-era Defense of Marriage Act. The federal government must now recognize marriages between anyone legally married in their state, including same-sex couples. A separate coalition ruled that private citizens had no standing to appeal the California Supreme Court's decision invalidating Prop 8, clearing the way for same-sex marriage ceremonies to resume in our largest state.
While Kennedy's decision in Windsor is heavy on equal protection arguments, the decision does not extend same-sex marriage to states that have yet to approve it. Taken together, the DOMA and Prop 8 cases firmly leave the definition of marriage to the states.
Supporters of same-sex marriage are likely to use Windsor as a precedent in other states, the Supreme Court rather plainly sidestepped the opportunity to declare a right to marriage. They could someday take up an appeal of a state's decision to grant or deny same-sex marriage benefits but haven't shown any interest in doing so.
Critics point out that Kennedy's broad equal protection arguments start us down a slippery slope, forcing the federal government to recognize polygamy. Kennedy's sloppy prose leaves no room for such distinctions, but only if a state were to legalize polygamy. And that's not likely to happen.
The libertarian Cato Institute was trumpeting the triumph of states' rights this week, having filed amicus briefs on the winning side of both cases, as well an affirmative action case that raised the threshold to justify racial preferences in academic admissions.
CATO'S Ilya Somin calculates that CATO was on the winning side of 15 of the 18 cases in which it filed briefs this term. If you know a gay couple whose adoption, immigration or insurance claims are now recognized by the federal government, thank the Koch Brothers.
The Jim Crow South isn't coming back, we no longer have to presume state legislatures are racist, and states can be trusted to write their own marriage laws. I'll take it.
Grant Bosse is editor of New Hampshire Watchdog, an independent news site dedicated to New Hampshire public policy. He is a senior fellow at the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy. Let us know what you think about his column at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Chemotti Named Head Coach At Richmond
BALTIMORE – Loyola University Maryland Assistant Coach Dan Chemotti has been named the first head coach at the University of Richmond, the Virginia school announced on Monday.
Chemotti finished his fifth season at Loyola in 2012 as the Greyhounds won an NCAA Division I-record tying 18 games and won the school's first NCAA Championship.
Due to the weather caused from Hurricane Sandy, Loyola Head Coach Charley Toomey will be unavailable for comment. Following is a statement from Coach Toomey:
"We are very happy for Dan who is taking a step to become a head coach, one that he has wanted for a long time. I believe that the mark of a great coach is to leave a place better than you found it, and Dan is certainly doing that. We will be grateful for his contributions at Loyola and wish him the best at Richmond. We will begin a national search to fill the vacancy immediately."


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This is the kitchen at the DORs house. It is big enough for her entire herd to fit in, so I think she should make it a place for us...
That aside it was the kitchen her grandmother designed and her grandfather, dad, and uncles built. The house is close to 70 years old now and oh the memories that have been made in this kitchen...all without a single horse being present.
The DOR's grandmother made many a family meal and hosted lots of family gatherings here. Now the torch has been passed and the DOR is the cook and host. This year was the first time all the children and grandchildren have been home to celebrate. What an event it was...the DOR even had leaky eyes.
Funny how thing change and responsibilities shift from one individual to another. It happens in all herds.
I am the leader of the band...king of boogie...heck I am Boogie! While there is a herd that I share the DOR with I am still the host with the most!!
I don't worry about passing the torch because I now it will never need to happen. I do know that when the DOR looks at this kitchen she does think about who will be there when she is gone. I think that is a silly thing to think about...she needs to be thinking about how she is going to get me in there so I can join the next party. She darn well better make sure I get in there before she takes that little stinker Widgett in or I will plot my revenge.
Here is to all of the generations past and future-may you be warm, happy, well fed, and always loved
Enjoy your day and don't forget to hug your DOR


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The Poets
Dick Whyte (see poems; see bio)
Laurence Stacey (see poems; see bio)
• • • (see poems)
Born in Texas after a hurricane, • • • grew up on a beautiful farm in Appalachia. Rather reclusive, • • • currently makes their home in the midwestern US where they work at art, design, and programming when they're not raising house plants to be trees or writing poetry. They're interested in pretty much everything. Read more of their poetry on their website Last Ammonite and their Twitter page.
S.M. Abeles (see poems)
S.M. Abeles' poems have appeared in RIBBONS, Frogpond (forthcoming), Prune Juice, Shamrock, paper wasp, South by Southeast, and other journals. These and other works are collected at his blog Everything Is Empty. He also tweets as DreamsOfTaos.
Michelle V. Alkerton (see poems)
Michelle V. Alkerton (formerly Lohnes) is an artistic spirit who cannot contain her excitement when inspired. An internationally published poet, she thrives best when close to nature and enjoys the therapy her writing, art, photography and other creative outlets provide. Her haiku and related forms have been published in the haiku journals Frogpond, Modern Haiku, Acorn and Raw NerVZ Haiku (among others). While her collaborations of linked verse forms with marlene mountain, as well as Marco Fraticelli, have seen publication, her most recent appearance in Lynx was for three solo renga. Michelle has recently become interested in the study and creation of digital poetry and shares her constantly evolving digital poetry experience with her beta test site "On the Surface" which includes links to her main web site "Brain Angles" originally created to show her online computer art exhibit "A brain from all angles."
Melissa Allen (see poems)
Melissa Allen started writing haiku after years of trying and failing to write novels, and discovered that three lines of poetry was much more suited to her attention span. She has a blog called Red Dragonfly, on which she posts a daily haiku and a weekly respectful but irreverent column about doings in the haiku world called "Across the Haikuverse," as well as intermittent more-or-less-uninformed musings about miscellaneous matters pertaining to the writing of haiku. Her haiku and haibun have been published in Notes from the Gean, and she has several other journal publications coming up soon. She lives in Wisconsin, USA, with her husband and teenage son. In the time she spares from writing haiku she is earning a master's degree in library science, working at various library-related jobs, overseeing the home education of her son, and running whenever it's not too cold, which it is always is lately.
Jenny Ward Angyal (see poems)
Jenny Ward Angyal lives with her husband and one Abyssinian cat on a small organic farm in Gibsonville, NC, USA. She has written poetry since the age of five and tanka since 2008. Her tanka and other poems have appeared in various journals and may also be found online at her blog, The Grass Minstrel.
Aditya Bahl (see poems)
Aditya Bahl grew up in the beautiful mountain state of Himachal Pradesh (India). His poems have been rejected by numerous magazines and journals.
Ed Baker (see poems)
Ed Baker is an artist and poet who resides in Takoma Park, Maryland. He is 67. See more of Ed's work on his website Bare Bones Bonz. Read more of Ed's poetry at Sketchbook (he appears in every issue) and Moonset. Read an interview with Ed at Tobacco Road Poet and an article on his poetry and paintings at DPQP: Visualising Poetics. Ed's poetry has also been published in Simply Haiku, Modern Haiku and Modern Haiga (among others).
Johnny Baranski (see poems)
Johnny Baranski started writing haiku and its related forms under the tutelage of Lorraine Ellis Harr (Tombo) in 1973. Since then he has been widely published and anthologized. In 2001 his collection Convicts Shoot the Breeze was a grand prize winner in the Virgil Hutton Memorial Haiku Chapbook Contest. His latest chapbook, Just a Stone's Throw, is available for $5.00 US ppd. from the author at jbsgarage[at]aol.com. Mr. Baranski makes his home in Vancouver, Washington USA.
Zofia Barisas (see poems)
Zofia Barisas, originally from the Lithuanian community in Montreal, Quebec, now lives in a Mexican village on lake Chapala. She's a short story writer and she has also published articles on living in Mexico. Recently she started writing haiku as a way of breaking writer's block and got hooked. Her haiku have been accepted by the Christian Science Monitor and also appear in Pamela Babusci's first issue of Moonbathing.
Robin Beshers (see poems)
Robin Beshers is a happily residing among the apple orchards of west Sonoma County California, with her fiancé, who understands her need to study and write haiku. She discovered a love of haiku, senryu, tanka, renku and rengay in late 2007 and has dedicated herself to finding her voice within these poetry forms ever since. One of Robin's favorite creative outlets is photographic haiga which she discovered in 2009. She is a member of the Haiku Poets of Northern California, and also meets bi-monthly with a talented group of haijin for haiku discussion and critique. This new poet has recently been published in Mariposa and Moonset.
Marnie Brooks (see poems)
Marnie Brooks has been a chambermaid, deep sea fisherwoman, woodworker, PR/advertising executive, magazine editor, and book review columnist. She still wears many hats: freelance editor, author, photographer, haikuist, writing instructor, traveler, community activist, in-line skater, sky-diver (once), and avid night sky watcher. Her haiga and haiku have been published in Frogpond, Modern Haiga, 1000VerseRenga, And Anthologies, A Travel-Worn Satchel and WAR. Visit Marnie's blog to see more poems and photos.
Tom Chapman (see poems)
Tom Chapman lives aboard SV Tatoosh in Astoria, Oregon while doing ranger work at Nehalem Bay State Park and preparing for a circumnavigation. See more of Tom's work at his blog SV Tatoosh.
Sandip Sital Chauhan (see poems)
Born and raised in India, I have been based in Northern Virginia, USA for a number of years. I am proficient in three languages: Punjabi, Hindi and English. I mainly write in my native language Punjabi. I hold a Masters, M. Phil and a PhD degree from Punjabi University Patiala, India. Poetry has always been part of my life, but I started writing Haiku about three years ago and now I am hooked forever.
Sonam Chhoki (see poems)
Born and raised in the eastern Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, Sonam Chhoki has been writing Japanese short forms of haiku, tanka and haibun for about 5 years. These forms resonate with her Tibetan Buddhist upbringing and provide the perfect medium for the exploration of her country's rich ritual, social and cultural heritage. She is inspired by her father, Sonam Gyamtsho, the architect of Bhutan's non-monastic modern education. Her works have been published in poetry journals in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Japan, UK and US.
Kirsten Cliff (see poems)
Kirsten Cliff currently spends her days creating a collection of haiga (haiku poems with images) to help her mentally and spiritually process her recent journey through leukaemia. Her haiku have been published in journals and anthologies, and placed in competitions, both in New Zealand and overseas. Kirsten lives with her fiancé Cameron Elliot (also a writer and poet) in a house dedicated to writing, "Wordsmith House", in Papamoa, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. You can read more of her work at Swimming in Lines of Haiku.
Susan Constable (see poems)
Susan Constable began writing haiku in 2006. Since then, she's tried her hand at haiga, haibun, and tanka. Her work has been published in over 40 journals dedicated to Japanese poetry forms, as well as numerous anthologies including Montage: The Book, New Resonance 6, several Red Moon anthologies, and 57 Damn Good Haiku by Some of Our Friends. Susan is currently the tanka editor for A Hundred Gourds. She lives with her husband on Vancouver Island, off Canada's west coast.
Candi Cooper (see poems)
Candi Cooper-Towler was raised in the desert of Southern Nevada and now lives in the high desert of Colorado. She has been writing haiku seriously for about five years and finds haiku a perfect fit for her minimalist style. She is accompanied by her novelist husband as well as a horse, three cats, a dog and a tarantula. Somehow the tarantula never seems to get poems written about her.
Armando H. Corbelle (see poems)
Armando H. Corbelle (Catbird 55)—was born in Cuba and except for early childhood has lived in the United States, especially along its eastern seaboard. He called New York City's South Bronx 'home' for several years as well as Sunbelt 'frontier towns' like Tampa and Miami. But he is far from a dweller of concrete canyons, having lived in college towns and neighborly rural places in the American South. He came to haiku early—as a 6th grader – abandoned it for decades until embracing its brevity and immediacy a few years ago. Visit his blogs Haiku by Catbird and Naked Haiku.
Steven Cottingham (see poems)
Steven Cottingham (a.k.a. Haijin Amin) lives in El Paso, Texas with his wife Janelle, and their son, John Rumi. Steven is a published poet (Modern Haiku, Bottle Rockets, American Poetry Review, and others). Several of his short stories appear in a wide variety of publications. His book, "My Tiny Words" was published in 2005, and another one is on its way. You can see his work on his blog Haikjin Amin, or follow him on Twitter.
Janet Lynn Davis (see poems)
Janet Lynn Davis and her husband live in a semirural area outside the small town of Magnolia, Texas (USA). She has been writing tanka and other poetry off and on for several years. Her work has appeared in numerous online and print venues, including most recently or forthcoming in American Tanka, Moonbathing, Red Lights, and A Hundred Gourds.
Sara P. Dias (see poems)
Sara P. Dias was born and raised in Johannesburg. After high school she attended various tertiary institutions, obtaining qualifications irrelevant to her later life. She has worked as a Girl Friday, a lab technician sorting mosquitoes, a lab assistant handling bodily fluids, and as an art director in advertising agencies in Joburg and Cape Town. She lives in the Durbanville Wine Valley in the Western Cape with her geeky wordsmith life-partner, is owned by four cats and works as a freelance website designer, which affords her the opportunity to paint and write. Some of her writing can be read at her blog Paprika. Several of her haiku have also been published online on the Asahi Haikuist Network of the Asahi Shimbun.
Garry Eaton (see poems)
Garry lives in Port Moody, BC, is semi-retired, and enjoys writing, walking, listening to music, drinking, conversations, gardening and making mobiles. He is working on a biography of Cyrus Stephen Eaton, and has been writing haiku, haibun and tanka since 2006. So far, he has had work published in The Cambridge Quarterly, Simply Haiku, The Heron's Nest, Presence, Tinywords, The Geantree Press, Roadrunner and Contemporary Haibun Online, for which he volunteers his skill as a copy editor. One of his haiku was recently chosen for the 2010 Red Moon Haiku Anthology.
Claire Everett (see poems)
Claire Everett's haiku and tanka have been published worldwide. She was a contributing poet for cycle 11 of DailyHaiku and was delighted to be on the editorial team for 'Take Five Best Contemporary Tanka 2011′. She is the tanka prose editor at Haibun Today. Claire lives in North Yorkshire, England, with her husband and five children and blogs regularly here: At the Edge of Dreams.
Seren Fargo (see poems)
Seren Fargo lives in a poetic, rural setting in Bellingham, Washington with her three cats and two snakes. She has been writing poetry off and on most her life, but only became a serious writer in 2007. Shortly thereafter, she discovered haiku when a friend gave her a classical haiku book. The moment-oriented and observational quality of this genre, and of other Japanese forms like tanka and haibun, was a perfect fit for her writing style. In 2009, she founded the Bellingham Haiku Group, which she currently coordinates. Seren's poems have been published in the United States and internationally. They can be found in print and online journals and anthologies, such as Mu Haiku, Ribbons, The Red Moon Anthology, bottle rockets, Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine, and in Robert Epstein's anthology, Dreams Wander On. Her poems have received awards from several organizations, including Tanka Society of America, New Zealand Poetry Society, Haiku Poets of Northern California, and Washington Poets Association. You can see more of her work on her website.
Bryce W. Fauble (see poems)
Started writing poetry in the early 1990′s but only became serious the last two years concentrating on a few shorter forms, like haiku and tanka. This is partly due to my use of Twitter, and it's what has pointed me towards some haiku outlets as well as some prolific short-verse writers. I prefer free-form verse and a more modern interpretation of haiku. Let's adhere to the spirit of the poetry while utilizing whatever feeling moves us. I used to be a social worker but decided to be a stay at home dad after our third baby. Read more of my work at my Tumblr account and on Twitter.
Al Fogel (see poems)
Al Fogel is a 66 year old retired gentleman residing in Miami Beach, Florida, has been writing haiku (and other Japanese-related poems) since November 2010. Recent publications include World Kigo Database, Notes From The Gean, A Thousand Gourds, Paper Wasp, Prune Juice, The Herons Nest, Modern Haiku, Frogpond and Chrysanthemum.
Lorin Ford (see poems)
Lorin Ford lives in an inner suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Her haiku have been widely published in Australian and overseas journals and anthologies since 2005 including the Red Moon Anthologies (2008-2011), Montage: The Book, A New Resonance #7 and Haiku 21. Her first haiku collection, a wattle seedpod, was awarded first prize in the 2009 Haiku Society of America Memorial Merit Book Awards. A Few Quick Brushstrokes, a short collection of Lorin's haiku and other poems, is one of the winners of the 2011 Snapshot Press eChapbook Contest. Lorin was one of the four founding editors of Notes From The Gean and served as haiku editor from June 2009 through to its ninth issue in June 2011. She is currently haiku editor for the new haikai journal, A Hundred Gourds.
Laryalee Fraser (see poems)
Lary Fraser lives in British Columbia, Canada, where she enjoys gardening, photography, writing and playing with her grandkids. Her work is in several publications (Simply Haiku, Tinywords, The Heron's Nest, Sketchbook) and in 2006 she compiled a haiku online anthology A Procession of Ripples. Read more of Laryalee's poetry at her website Along Poetry Creek and her blog A Leaf Rustles.
Bill Frayer (see poems)
Bill Frayer is a retired community college humanities professor from Maine now living and writing in Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico. During his working days he published many educational articles, op-ed pieces and a textbook on critical thinking. Although he has had a lifelong interest in writing poetry, his career as a poet began seriously when he arrived in Mexico in 2007. Since then he has self-published two volumes of poetry, Sacred Lake and Agave Blood. He has won a poetry contest on OurEcho.com, and was awarded the 2009 Best Poem Award in El Ojo del Lago, one of Mexico's leading English language publications. He has been producing a blog about living in Mexico, Maine to Mexico, regularly since his move south. As a writing teacher, he has long been an advocate of being concise. His interest in haiku puts this to the supreme test!
Terri French (see poems)
Terri L. French is the Southeast Regional Coordinator for the Haiku Society of America. She works as a Massage Therapist in Huntsville, Alabama. Terri's haiku, haiga, haibun and tanka, have appeared in many print and online journals. She and her husband Ray have four mostly-grown children and three perpetually juvenile cats. They enjoy travel, hiking, yoga, good food and fine wine.
Jack Galmitz (see poems)
Jack Galmitz was born in 1951 in New York City. He received a Ph.D from the University of Buffalo in English Literature. He has written four books of haiku: A New Hand; Driftwood; For a Sparrow; and Balanced is the Rose. He was awarded the Ginyu Prize in Japan for his first two collections in 2006. He currently resides in New York with his wife and stepson.
Denis M. Garrison (see poems)
Denis M. Garrison, editor of Concise Delight Magazine of Short Poetry, lives in Baltimore, Maryland. His poetry's widely published in journals and anthologies. Garrison's books in print include Hidden River, Sailor in the Rain and Other Poems and Fire Blossoms: The Birth of Haiku Noir. Links: Denis Garrison's Blog, Modern English Tanka Press, Concise Delight, Tanka Central and Modern English Tanka on Scribd.
Michael Goglia (see poems)
Michael Goglia is an electronic assembler in Dallas, TX. He has lived in NYC, Chicago, Boston, New Orleans and a few other places. After being struck with the haiku bug in early 2010, he hopes to write haiku the rest of his life. So far, he has had one haiku published in The Gean Tree Press (and now, one here on Haiku News). You can read more of his poetry at his blog, Garo Haiku.
Alicia Hilton (see poems)
Alicia Hilton is a poet, essayist, fiction writer, law professor, and former FBI Special Agent. She received an MA in Humanities with a focus on Creative Writing from the University of Chicago, a JD from the University of Chicago, and a BA in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley. She began writing haiku in 2009. Her haiku have been published in Acorn, Asahi Shimbun, Bottle Rockets, Chrysanthemum, Frogpond, Kokako, Mayfly, Modern Haiku, Paper Wasp, Shamrock, Taj Mahal Review, The Heron's Nest, Ulitka and World Haiku Review. Read more of her work on her website.
Mark Holloway (see poems)
Mark Holloway is a gardener, now finding his way as a writer of small things. He lives, with his partner and their son, in Bedford, UK, too far from the sea. To read more of Mark's work see his micropoetry blog, Beachcombing for the Landlocked, and his Twitter account.
Maya Idriss (see poems)
I am a poet of senses and nonsense. Check out my blog Abundantly, Heart My Laughter. Lebanese origin, enjoying an outer space soul. Passionate and foolish writer.
Bill Kenney (see poems)
One day in December 2003, Bill Kenney, a retired college professor, said to his wife Pat, "I think I should write haiku." Bill didn't know what he meant by that, since he knew very little about haiku, and what he did know was all wrong. Anyway, he's been trying to get it right ever since, and he has occasionally come close enough to have seen his work published in numerous print and online journals, among them Frogpond, Modern Haiku, Simply Haiku, Roadrunner, and The Heron's Nest; to have had it included in A New Resonance 5: Emerging Voices in English Language Haiku (Red Moon Press 2007); and to have had it selected for the Red Moon Anthology of Haiku in English 2006, 2007. and 2008. His work can also be found at his weblog Haiku USA.
Doug Kutney (see poems)
Doug Kutney is a commuter from New Jersey. His poems have been spotted in Ambrosia, The Heron's Nest, moonset, Prune Juice, Roadrunner, Stylus, White Lotus, and beyond. Visit Doug Kutney's blog Den of Poetry.
Michael Henry Lee (see poems)
Michael Henry Lee seeks to honor his father and grandfather with a pseudonym that by no coincidence connotes a Japanese feel. Haiku poetry is consistent with his appreciation for most things Japanese including the arts of bonsai, aikido and sushi (to name a few). Michael works in maintenance for a condominium located on the Florida inter-coastal; an environment rich in solace and natural inspiration. Recent accomplishments include: recognition as one of Alibi Weekly's "favorites" in their annual haiku contest, and contributions in the latest edition of Word Salad Poetry. Michael also served as a contributing co-editor for The Work Book: Employees Only (a chap book anthology of work related poetry by Chris Bodor). In addition upcoming work is due to appear in Robert Epstein's anthology of death related haiku, and Michael's own Zengelical inspirational haiku.
Catherine J.S. Lee (see poems)
Catherine J.S. Lee lives, writes, teaches, and gardens on an island on the coast of Maine, USA, near Canada. A published short-story writer for twenty-five years, she began her haiku journey in July, 2007. Her haiku and senryu appear in a variety of print and online journals. All That Remains, her first collection, won the 2010 Turtle Light Press Haiku Chapbook Competition and will be published later this year.
Kris Lindbeck (see poems)
Kris Lindbeck teaches Jewish Studies at Florida Atlantic University. In that life, she recently published a book, Story and Theology: Elijah and the Rabbis. In her other life, she has recently become a Twitter short form poet, where you can read more of her poems. To see her two lives intersect you may search the web for "Gomer's Complaint," originally published in CrossCurrents magazine.
Chen-ou Liu (see poems)
Chen-ou Liu is a freelance writer. He lives in Ajax, a suburb of Toronto, where he has been struggling with a life in transition and translation. His poems have appeared in Ribbons, Modern English Tanka, Gusts, American Tanka, Magnapoets, Simply Haiku and The Concise Delight Magazine of Short Poetry. Read more of Chen-ou's poetry at World Catalyst and his haiku blog Stay Drunk on Writing.
Lauren Mayhew (see poems)
Lauren Mayhew lives in an urban area on the outskirts of Boston, and works as a Health Coach at MIT. She began writing haiku, senryu, and tanka in 2010. Her poems have appeared in The Heron's Nest, bottle rockets, Modern Haiku, A Hundred Gourds, Acorn, GUSTS, Ribbons, Moonbathing, Skylark, Frogpond, and tinywords. These and other works are collected at her blog An UnHurried Life. She also tweets at WispofHair.
Diane Mayr (see poems)
Diane Mayr is a public librarian and a writer for children. She's also crazy about haiku and senryu. Her haiku have been published in The Christian Science Monitor (a million years ago), the anthology, Stories from Where We Live: the North Atlantic Coast (Milkweed Editions, 2000), and more recently in Frogpond. She'd love to sell her book of haiku for children, Ants to Zenith, but as long as trade publishers continue to think that haiku is only 5-7-5, it's not going to happen anytime soon. Check out her blog, Random Noodling.
John McManus (see poems)
John McManus is an english poet from Carlisle, Cumbria. He is 28, happily married and has two children. His haiku and senryu have been published worldwide. He is a founding editor and current expositions editor for online haikai journal A Hundred Gourds.
Paul David Mena (see poems)
Paul David Mena has been writing haiku since 1992, and is presently a member of the Haiku Society of America, the Boston Haiku Society and several on-line haiku communities. He has published three chapbooks and has contributed to Frogpond, Modern Haiku and Brussels Sprout, The Heron's Nest and other journals and is an active participant in several on-line haiku communities. To find more of Paul's work see his website Extra Special Bitter and his Twitter page.
Vasile Moldovan (see poems)
Vasile Moldovan (b. 1949) is a Romanian journalist and poet, and is the president of the Romanian Society of Haiku. He has published a number of books, both solo and in collaboration with Magdalena Dale. Some of his poetry can be seen on-line in the Photo-Haiku Gallery and Haiku to Vilnius. He has previously been published in Heron's Nest, The Mainichi Daily News, White Lotus, Paper Wasp, 3Lights Gallery and Yellow Moon (among others). You can read a review of his solo collection Ikebana in Modern Haiku, and a review of Fragrance of Lime (with Magdalena Dale) in the New Hope International Review. Read an extended biography at the World Haiku Association. Read an on-line version of Moldovan's Ikebana in The Haiku Foundation's digital library.
Mike Montreuil (see poems)
Recently retired from managing his son's minor hockey teams, Mike Montreuil is now looking forward to the Montreal Canadians winning the Stanley Cup again. A chapbook of his haibun, Last Away Tournament, was published last May by Bondi Studios. A book of French Tan Renga written with Luce Pelletier is forthcoming from les Editions de Tanka Francophone. Check out more of Mike's poetry at Ink, Sweat and Tears, Simply Haiku, TinyWords and Haibun Today.
Robert Moyer (see poems)
Robert Moyer wrote haiku in Winston Salem, N.C., for six years before he ever submitted anything. Since that time he has published in numerous journals, most recently as one of the twelve poets this year selected to contribute to the respected webzine Daily Haiku. He has appeared in a number of anthologies, most recently Loose Thread, the Acorn ten-year anthology. He also edited Chasing the Sun, an anthology of haiku about Winston Salem that came out of Haiku North America, held in Winston Salem in 2007.
James Newton (see poems)
James likes laying down the stepping stones for other people's thoughts and writing about himself in the third person. James is also a regular contributor to the message board Gogyohka Junction.
Terry O'Connor (see poems)
Terry O'Connor, an Irish carpenter, painter and candlestick-maker, drifts about Ireland and Europe getting into, and out of, all sorts of adventures. In between his escapades he enjoys writing little stories, poems, haiku and some things, so pricelessly unimportant, that they don't even have names. He enjoys short walks along the beach and long walks back from short walk along the beach. Read more of Terry's haiku at The Irish Haiku Society, Notes from the Gean, The Heron's Nest, Frogpond and Shamrock. He was also the winner of the 2009 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival International Haiku Competition. Congratulations Terry!
Rita Odeh (see poems)
I was born in Nazareth 29 of September 1960 to a christian Palestinian family. I have B.A. in English and Comparative Literature from Haifa University. I have Published 6 books of poetry, one book of short stories, three electronic novels, one e-book of Haiku. My poetry has been published in several international publications and I have a blog devoted to haiku and haiga.
Rob Odum (see poems)
Rob Odum is an expatriate southerner living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he works within the Native American community and with Karen refugees from Burma. Rob was, for many years, a Habitat for Humanity International Partner and worked in the Philippines, Armenia, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Rob started exploring the Haiku form after emerging from a sweat lodge in 2009. He has committed to writing something approaching Haiku everyday in 2010. His attempts can be found at his blog Halfassed Haiku.
Pravat Kumar Padhy (see poems)
Pravat Kumar Padhy hails from Odisha, India where he lives with his wife Namita and two daughters, Smita and Rupa. He holds a Masters in Science and a Ph.D in Applied Geology. His poems have appeared in various newspapers and journals including The Times of India, The Indian Express, and Commonwealth Quarterly, and his haiku, tanka, haibun and haiga have been published in various journals including Lynx, Notes from the Gean, Ambrosia, The Mainichi Daily News, and Shamrock (among others). To see more of his poetry check out his blog Poetic Resonance.
Vijeta Pai (see poems)
Vijeta Pai was born in Mysore, Karnataka and grew up in New Delhi, India. She started blogging recently at The Sound of Silence. She has had few of her poems published in Children's World (Children's Book Trust, India), Times of India (NIE, Student edition), school and college annual magazines. She has organised plays and seminars in her college as the President of the Literature society and a core member of the Women's Development cell. Her first haiku submission and acceptance was by Haiku News.
Jimmy the Peach (see poems)
Jimmy the Peach, Peach for short, is a published poet, author, and songwriter. As a punk in and around San Francisco in the late 70s and early 80s, he was part of the seminal movement that, much like the Beat Poets of the 40s and 50s, rebelled against social conformity and conventional musical traditions. An internationally published poet, he is well into his third year writing and publishing haiku daily on his web site, HaikuToday, Recently, he was commissioned, to write haiku specifically to be printed on collaborative materials for Hotel H2O, a new luxury hotel in Manila. He can be seen in and around Washington DC, notebook in hand, talking to strangers. He is busy writing and editing material for books of poetry and essays, scheduled for release in 2010. Peach lives in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife, two parakeets, and the ghost of a cat named Slap Jack. See here for more examples of his work.
Brett Peruzzi (see poems)
Brett Peruzzi, of Framingham, Massachusetts, has been writing and publishing haiku, haibun, and renku for 25 years in many leading journals and anthologies. His renku writing and performance collaborations with two other well-known poets are done under the Metro West Renku Association name.
Stella Pierides (see poems)
Stella Pierides, born in Athens, Greece, now divides most of her time between Germany and the UK; the rest of the time she misses the Aegean. Her poetry and prose appear in a number of online and print journals and anthologies. Read more of her work on her blog.
Karen Pressley (see poems)
Recovering her freedom of speech and mobility after sixteen years within an oppressive religious group, Karen Pressley turned to writing as she rebuilt her life and new career outside the group. She earned a B.S. in Communication at Kennesaw State University, where she is now completing her Master of Arts in Professional Writing with plans to graduate May 2011. Her research interests include how rhetoric affects the power dynamics of victims in coercive/oppressive environments. She has published non-fiction books and articles exploring cultic studies, human rights issues, and women's development. View her writing portfolio.
Nu Quang (see poems)
Growing up in a predominantly ethnic Chinese society in Cholon, Vietnam during the war, now a naturalized US citizen, Nu Quang writes in her adopted language – English. Her haiku, haibun, and tanka have been published in and accepted for publication for the upcoming issues of Notes from the Gean, A Hundred Gourds, The Heron's Nest, and Multiverses. One of her haiku is also included in Carving Darkness: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku. She holds an MFA in English and playwriting. Since 1992, she has made her home in Seattle, Washington. To find out more about her, please visit her blog.
Karthik Rajamani (see poems)
Karthik Rajamani is an aspiring writer born in a small town called Pollachi in South India. He is 26 and lives in Bangalore, where he has a day job. His interest in haiku is deeply influenced by Zen Buddhism. Previously unpublished, his haiku appears on the internet for the first time in Haiku News. Currently, he is working on a short-story collection.
Kala Ramesh (see poems)
An exponent of Hindustani Classical Music, Kala Ramesh was bitten by the haiku-bug in 2005. Since then, she has explored various genres like haiku, tanka, senryu, haibun and renku, (collaborative poetry) and has been published in leading e-zines and anthologies. Recently she had 25 haiku showcased in Simply Haiku, a number of haiku published as part of the Mann Library Daily Haiku project and a feature on Tanka Daily.
Michael Rehling (see poems)
Michael Rehling is a quiet poet who lives in Michigan. Read more of Michael's poetry at Simply Haiku (Spring 2007 and Autumn 2009), Day Poems and his blog Haiku Mike. He is also runs the excellent haiku resource Haiku Hut with Deborah Russell, and is the (un)editor of Short Stuff Journal.
Ernesto P. Santiago (see poems)
Ernesto P. Santiago is a recent haiku convert living in Athens, Greece. His haiku and other non-haiku poems have been published worldwide. To read more of his poetry, visit his blog Otsenre P. Ogaitnas.
Minal Sarosh (see poems)
Minal Sarosh is an awarded Indian English poet. She has poems published in print and online journals like Muse India, Asia Writes, Danse Macabre, Other Voices International Project, The Brown Critique, Nether, The Four Quarters Magazine. Her short form poetry (haiku, tanka) have been published in online journals like Muse India, World Haiku Review, unFold, Four and Twenty journal and The Four Quarters Magazine.
Judy Schattner (see poems)
Judy Schattner is a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist in private practice as well as a certified poetry therapist. As a part of her meditation practice of deep listening and paying attention, she began to read and write haiku. She is thankful to the members of the NC Haiku Society for all their valuable tips and inspiration to keep writing and striving for a clear essence of the poem. She also has had the privilege of holding the atmosphere for others to create haiku during the ginko that she has lead. Her inspirations are nature and her family and friends.
Joshua Sellers (see poems)
Joshua Sellers is a 39-year old musician and has been involved in various genres over the years. He is one half of the US/New Zealand rock duo Joker (see here as well) and also records ambient music under the name of Murmur. After a very long hiatus from writing poetry and co-editing the (now-defunct) philosophy journal Hart Beats, he has returned to writing as a student of haiku. His blog Sketches from Life is a journal recording his own explorations in writing. Josh currently lives in West Memphis, Arkansas.
Guy Shaked (see poems)
Guy Shaked is a PhD student of Musicology at Bar Ilan university, Israel where he writes his dissertation regarding 19th century Christian composers for Roman synagogues. His haikus have been recently published in World Haiku Review and Frogpond. Guy's studies have been visited online more than 700,000 times and his essay on Plato's Phaedrus has won the approval of the late French philosopher Jacques Derrida. Visit Guy's website.
Radhey Shiam (see poems)
Born on Jan. 14 1922; inherited a love for literature, the Gandhian way of life, universal brotherhood and human religion. Influenced by Danish saint Mr. Alfred Emanuel Sorensen popularly knows as 'Sunyata' and American artist-cum-philosopher Mr. E.Brewster (both friends to Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru). Contributed articles and poems in English, Hindi and Urdu languages to Indian and foreign magazines. Contributor to the First Hindu Haiku Anthology (India, 1989), First Hay(Na)ku Anthology (USA, 2005) and several anthologies in Hindi. It is He, who started writing Haiku songs, Haiku riddles and Haiku Ghazals in Hindi and Urdu. His haiku and tanka have appeared in World Haiku Club Showcase, Seasons Greeting Letter, Moonset, Modern English Tanka and Among the Lilies (among others).
Paul Smith (see poems)
Paul Smith lives in Worcester in the UK with his wife and children. Alongside poetry he has recently developed a passion for longbow archery. His poems have been published in numerous print and online journals including Modern English Tanka, Blithe Spirit, Ambrosia, Presence, Magnapoets, Ash Moon Anthology, Simply Haiku and 3Lights Gallery. Read more of Paul's poetry at his blog PaperMoon.
Tristan Steiner (see poems)
Tristan James Steiner studied creative writing in Montreal at Concordia University, and film in Toronto at the Toronto Film School. He has published one short story and two short poems, and written, produced, and directed one short film and one short documentary. He is currently sifting through and dusting off a dune's worth of first drafts. Read and watch more on his website Port Foliage.
Barbara A. Taylor (see poems)
Barbara's haiku and short form poems have appeared on Poemeleon, Kaleidowhirl, Stylus, Lynx, Simply Haiku (Summer 2007 and Autumn 2009), Modern English Tanka (Spring and Winter 2008), Loch Raven Review, 3 Lights Gallery, Frogpond, Presence, Sketchbook, Shamrock, Haibun Today, Contemporary Haibun, Ambrosia and others. She lives on a mountain top in the Rainbow Region, northern NSW, Australia. More of Barbara's diverse poems (with audio) are available at Batsword.
Hansha Teki (see poems)
Hansha Teki, born in New Zealand (1949), lived among other writers and artists in his youth and early adulthood before moving on to earn bread for his growing family by the sweat of his brow. In late 2010 he woke up to the clarity of his youth and began writing minimal poetry in the Japanese traditions. His work appears in Haijinx, Simply Haiku, Notes from the Gean, Multiverses and Heron's Nest. He has no personal blog at this stage.
James Tipton (see poems)
James Tipton lives in the tropical mountains of central Mexico. His most recent collections of poetry are Proposing to the Woman in the Rear View Mirror (2008, haiku and senyru); Washing Dishes in the Ancient Village/Lavando platos en el antiguo pueblo: Short Poems about Mexico and Latin America (2009) which is in both English and Spanish (Ediciones del Lago, contact); and All the Horses of Heaven/Todo los Caballos del Paraíso (2009, tanka) also in both English and Spanish. His collection, Letters from a Stranger (with a foreword by Isabel Allende) won the Colorado Book Award (Conundrum Press, 1998).
Bill Waters (see poems)
Bill Waters loves to write! He lives in Pennington, N.J., U.S.A, with his wonderful wife and their three amazing cats. Bill's haiku and senryu have appeared over the years primarily at Tinywords. More of his writing can be found there and on Bill's Twitter account.
Justin Webb (see poems)
Justin Webb is a working writer from central New York, currently finishing his BA in Philosophy. A long time writer of prose and poetry, Justin has only recently started studying eastern poetry in great depth; he tries to use his tanka and haiku both as concise snapshot poems, as well as jumping points to delve into larger works. After graduating, he plans on pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing and Poetry, hoping ultimately to teach at a university.
Michael Dylan Welch (see poems)
Michael Dylan Welch has been active in haiku since 1988, has served as an officer of the Haiku Society of America, cofounded the Haiku North America conference and the American Haiku Archives, and founded the Tanka Society of America. He edited the haiku journal Woodnotes from 1989 to 1997, and has since edited Tundra: The Journal of the Short Poem. His haiku have appeared in hundreds of journals and anthologies in more than a dozen languages. Read more of Michael's poetry at Terebess Asia Online and Captain Haiku's Secret Hideout. Read an interview with Michael at Blogging Along Tobacco Road.
Angie Werren (see poems)
Angie Werren lives and writes in a tiny house in Ohio. Her haiku and haiga appear in places such as tinywords, Sketchbook and the zen space. She has a micropoetry blog she calls feathers.
Christopher A. White (see poems)
Christopher A. White (Chris) lives in the UK and discovered haiku whilst studying for a BA in philosophy. Reading, writing, and learning about haiku quickly came to occupy much of his free time, and has subsequently led him to undertake an MA in English Literature. He owes a huge amount to two good friends, Laurence Stacey and Dick Whyte, for encouraging his study and writing of haiku from the beginning. That they now run Haiku News shows that his haiku education was always in safe hands. His haiku have been published in Blithe Spirit, 3Lights Gallery, Frogpond, Simply Haiku, The Heron's Nest, Riverbed Haiku, and now Haiku News.
Neal Whitman (see poems)
Neal Whitman has published over 70 haiku and over 70 "regular" poems since 2006 [he enjoys a good debate over whether haiku is either a poetical form or its own entity, for more on this, see here]. In 2009, he won two honorable mentions in the Yuki Teikei Haiku Contest judged by haiku masters in Japan and won 1st place in the James McIntyre Poetry Contest in Ontario, Canada. His haiku can be found in Frogpond, Simply Haiku, Bear Creek Haiku, Heron's Nest, Mariposa, Ambrosia and Modern Haiku, as well as in several general poetry journals. He also provides a haiku per season for the online journal, Getting Something Read.
Liam Wilkinson (see poems)
Liam Wilkinson lives in North Yorkshire, England. His poetry has appeared in such publications as Modern English Tanka, Ribbons, Paper Wasp, Atlas Poetica, Aesthetica and many more print and online journals. Liam is the editor of Prune Juice: Journal of Senryu & Kyoka, editor of Modern Haiga and was the curator of the 3lights Gallery before it closed. More of his work can be found at his website. He also regularly posts his haiku and micropoetry on Twitter. Read more of Liam's poetry at Simply Haiku and Roadrunner. Read a short interview with Liam on Blogging Along Tobacco Road. Read Liam's first book of tanka The Darkening Tide on-line.
Steve Wilkinson (see poems)
I was born in 1963 in County Durham England,where I still reside.I've been writing poetry for quite a few years now.Started with rhyming poems then free verse.Next came haiku then gogyohka closely followed by tanka and senryu.One day I may settle on one form but then again… no. Read more of Steve's work on his blog Reflections On Life and on Twitter.
Jane Williams (see poems)
Jane Williams lives in Tasmania, Australia. She is the author of three collections of poems and one of stories. She has recently returned to writing haiku and is discovering a passion for haibun. A detailed bio and samples of her work can be found at her self-titled blog.
Juliet Wilson (see poems)
Juliet Wilson lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. She blogs at Crafty Green Poet and edits the online poetry journal Bolts of Silk. Her chapbook Unthinkable Skies was recently published by Calder Wood Press.
Kath Abela Wilson (see poems)
Kath Abela Wilson travels the world to mathematics conferences with her Caltech professor husband Rick Wilson and has found so far that everyone speaks English and loves Americans. She listens poetically to science lectures, and sketches portraits of each speaker. They've recently traveled to Iran, Japan, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Turkey, and Slovakia and she will post poems from Croatia in the spring. She's had haiku published by Tinywords and Asahi, and tanka in Ribbons and Red Lights. She is the creator and leader of the band of Poets on Site, a poetry performance group where poets collaborate with dancers, musicians (her husband a collector and player of historical and world flutes) artists and scientists to perform on site of their inspirations. Poets on Site has produced 14 books and performances at museums, galleries and gardens in Southern California. You can hear Poets on Site do the first US poetry audio tour of a museum collection at the Pacifica Asia Museum. Her poem A Dark Matter was featured in the Autumn 2009 issue of Astro Poetica. See a near complete list of her previously published work at Pathetic.
Robert D. Wilson (see poems)
Robert D. Wilson is the author of Jack Fruit Moon, Vietnam Ruminations and owner, Editor and Chief of Simply Haiku. He moderates two poetry forums, and is an volunteer educational consultant in the Philippines where he lives somewhere with his wife and son. Check out more of Robert's work at his blogs The Wonderland Amusement Park and A Lousy Mirror.
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Agent Coulson isn't the only Avengers star appearing on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.! Cobie Smulders will also reprise her role as Agent Maria Hill, TVGuide.com has learned.
Fans who attended the S.H.I.E.L.D. panel at Comic-Con Friday got a first look at the premiere episode, which features Smulders in several scenes. Hill helps Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) assemble a select group of agents from the worldwide law-enforcement organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D., which investigates strange and unknown occurrences around the globe.
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"I wanted very much to have Cobie in the pilot because as much as anyone else, she is S.H.I.E.L.D.," executive producer Joss Whedon says. "She's cool and commanding, and has the dry humor that plays so well with Clark's. Also, if she's in it, I get to hang out with Cobie."
For now, the 31-year-old actress only appears in the first episode. Whedon and ABC remain coy about whether she'll recur, but sources note that she will not be a series regular on the drama. Which makes sense: She's currently shooting the final season of How I Met Your Mother. But with HIMYM coming to an end this season, Smulders will be available for further appearances on the ABC drama.
Smulders is also slated to reprise the role in next year's Captain America: Winter Soldier.
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Smulders' appearance isn't the only secret that Whedon has kept about the show's first episode. For example, how was Agent Coulson resurrected after his death in The Avengers? Spoiler Alert! In the pilot, we quickly learn that Coulson believes that he died briefly, but was then revived. In another scene, Maria Hill notes that Coulson can never know the truth about his death, possibly giving credence to our theory that Coulson is a Life Model Decoy. Whedon has previously noted that the mystery behind Coulson's revival will unfold throughout the season, so don't expect an answer any time soon!
"I didn't like being dead, but I really loved my death," Gregg said after hugging Whedon during Friday's panel at Comic-Con. "I never thought anything could top that, and then I met Lola [Coulson's high-tech car in S.H.I.E.L.D.]. I'm a long-time Marvel fan, so I just can't believe this is happening to me... I thought I was done and I was really pleased and proud at the run the guy had. Then, bad-ass geeks around the world were just not hearing that. All over the web it was #CoulsonLives and that just means everything to me."
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Gregg was joined on stage by co-stars Ming-Na Wen and Brett Dalton, who play Agents Melinda May and Grant Ward, respectively; Ian De Caestrecker (Fitz) and Elizabeth Henstridge (Simmons); as well as Chloe Bennet, who plays Skye, a staunch opponent-turned-ally of S.H.I.E.L.D. Whedon remains coy about which other characters from the story's mythology may pop up in the series. "We may see some new people from the Marvel Universe that have not [yet been in the movies]," he said.
"I have assembled this extraordinary ensemble of ridiculously talented and soon-to-be-very-full-of-themselves people," he continued. "The endless possibilities that we have between them, among them, their past and future and interactions, the things that we've got from the Marvel Universe, that we'll bring to the Marvel Universe, this is a show that has so much history and so much to make. I guess I'm a little excited."
The series went back into production three days ago, with producers promising to continue the same high-caliber action that was seen in the pilot. "Wait until you see Episode 2," Gregg joked.
The highly anticipated new series will debut Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 8/7c on ABC. Are you looking forward to S.H.I.E.L.D.?


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By Susan Luscomb
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."
~ Psalm 119:105
Last weekend, I stood before a throng of long-time A.R.E. members at a conference in Massachusetts alongside John Van Auken, speaking about the Cayce Work. As usual, I was virtually the "youngest" A.R.E. member in the room. Just a short time before (in A.R.E. time), I had known nothing of Edgar Cayce, and rarely came to Virginia Beach, Va., as I was too busy with my estate planning law practice. What happened? What led me to change career paths? More importantly, how did I end up in the enviable position of traveling with Charles Thomas Cayce, Kevin Todeschi, and John Van Auken, A.R.E.'s best and brightest, when I was so new to the Cayce work? What could I possibly offer to folks who have been members since I was in college?
Like many A.R.E. members, I have been a life-long spiritual seeker. My path began in the church, but after many years teaching Bible study, reading voraciously on my own, and even working with a personal spiritual advisor, I was still wandering. In my search for personal spiritual growth, I always had my eye out for a beacon I could look toward as a destination. I thought perhaps studying theology would help me find the answers that had thus far eluded me and left the puzzle of my "beliefs" incomplete with pieces I couldn't find and tenets I couldn't wholeheartedly embrace. It might also launch me in a new direction that I intuitively knew I was intended to take and had sought for years; one that would take me away from law practice, but toward what? I had told friends I was still interested in the law, but more interested in the law of a "higher power." So, I started a seminary program in Richmond, Va., while still practicing law: the Masters in Divinity degree was to serve as my lighthouse.
I was on the verge of stepping up the pace of my studies when a friend said one sentence to me that changed everything. She had been a close friend from church for over 10 years, someone I respected tremendously for her faith both in words and in action. What she said to me was this: "You'll not find what you're looking for there, but I believe I know where you will find it." She invited me to a conference at A.R.E. Headquarters, asked me to keep an open mind, and brought me to hear John Van Auken speak. It was immediately obvious to me that she was right. That conference was a definite turning point in my life.
Charles Thomas Cayce speaking at the A.R.E.
Over the course of the next six months, I read non-stop about all things Cayce, attended conferences, and began accumulating those missing puzzle pieces. Surprisingly, what I was learning didn't supplant my Christian teachings—if anything, it clarified the life and role of Christ, strengthened my basic beliefs, opened my mind, and brought meaning to the Bible in ways I had never expected. It was, in a word, enlightening. It simply made sense, it felt right and true.
I've learned a lot in a short period of time, but I realize I have far to go. That's okay for now. I continue to grow—thanks to members around the country that I have the good fortune to meet and to my fellow staff—now my path is one of spiritual growth and understanding. One important lesson I've learned is the truth of the Scripture quoted above from Psalms. I had spent much of my adult life searching for a beacon, that lighthouse shining at my ultimate destination, showing me exactly where I was supposed to go, rather than paying attention to the lamp at my feet taking me to the next step on the path, trusting that, step by step, my life purpose would be revealed to me, in God's time, not mine. Along the way, I hope to be a channel of blessings, now, today, to those that I contact in every way, and I hope to help A.R.E. to enable others to do the same through its life-changing work.
Susan Luscomb, J.D., brings over thirty years of legal practice, including speaking, writing, and teaching as an Adjunct Professor at the Law School at William & Mary, to her position as A.R.E.'s Senior Development Officer. Until 2011, Susan was an estate planning attorney practicing in Williamsburg, Va., with significant experience in real estate, family law, and litigation. She is now using her estate planning experience for the benefit of A.R.E. and its members, and she is uniquely positioned to offer guidance about a wide variety of estate planning and related issues, including charitable and gift planning. You can contact Susan at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Chris Porter (born May 9, 1978 in Abbeville, Alabama) is an American professional basketball player. He is a former star forward for the Auburn University men's basketball team that made it to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 1998-1999, Porter's junior season. He was named SEC Player of the Year and was selected to the All-America team. The following year Porter was pictured on the cover of Sports Illustrated as the Auburn Tigers were picked to win the national title. However, true to the Sports Illustrated cover jinx, the Tigers struggled and Porter was suspended for the last 8 games of the season for accepting money from an agent while still in college. Porter reportedly accepted the $2500 to save his mother from being evicted from her home and claimed he did not know the person was affiliated with any sports agency.
Before attending Auburn University, Porter attended Abbeville High School (where he was a 4A State Champion) and Chipola Junior College (where he was named JUCO All-American). Known for his large afro hairstyle and giant vertical leap, he created excitement with his dunking and rebounding abilities. Largely seen as too undersized to play power forward at the NBA level, his style fit in perfectly with former Auburn basketball coach Cliff Ellis' style of full court pressure.
Porter went on to be selected with the 26th pick in the 2nd round (55th overall) of the 2000 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors. During his 51 games as a rookie small forward for Golden State, Porter averaged 8.6 points and 3.7 rebounds per contest despite a nagging sprained left ankle and limited playing time (22 minutes per game). However, showing up 3 days late for summer camp followed by an off-the-court arrest soon clouded Porter's contributions and the team decided to trade him to the Charlotte Hornets in a 3-team 8-player deal. After Porter missed his flight to Charlotte, he was released from the team having never played in a game and has since not returned to the NBA. Upon his departure from the NBA, Porter has played for a number of professional leagues. He joined the Dakota Wizards of the Continental Basketball Association with whom he made an immediate impact. He led the team to capture the 2002 CBA Championship their first season in the league and again won the Championship in 2004. While playing domestically in the CBA, Porter spent his summers playing for other leagues (mostly overseas). In 2002 and 2004, he lent his skills to the Oklahoma Storm of the United States Basketball League with whom he won a 2002 Championship. He played briefly in Italy for Carifac Fabriano against Euroleague teams and then later signed with the Oliveirense Simoldes of the Portuguese Basketball League. During his time in Portugal, Porter competed in the 2004 FIBA EuroCup Challenge and was also featured as the starting power forward for the North team in the Portuguese All Star game. Following his CBA and European success, Porter was contracted as an import player for the Barangay Ginebra Kings of the Philippine Basketball Association. He led the team through the quarterfinals of the 2006 PBA Playoffs before they lost their series 4-3 to rival and eventual Champion, the Red Bull Barako. Porter left the PBA following the 2005-06 season when he was drafted as an import player by the Fujian Sturgeons with the 2nd pick in the 2nd round of the 2005 Chinese Basketball Association International Player Draft. He quickly established himself as the marquee player of Fujian. In fact, the team used its 1st round pick in the 2006 Draft in order to re-sign Porter. Porterrecently voted by the fans as a member of the 2007 CBA All-Star team, chosen to play against the All-Star team of the Korean Basketball League. Porter did not disappoint, scoring 30 points and grabbing 17 rebounds in the two-game exhibition. In the 2007 CBA Draft, Fujian again used their first round pick to retain Porter's services.


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Component maker Spank Industries will have a strong presence at the Sea Otter Classic this week with a strong team featuring such riders as Darren Berrecloth, Mick and Tracey Hannah, Michal Prokop, Logan Binggeli, Holly Feniak and more!
Stop by their booth at Otter and if you are lucky you might just be able to score some autographs! Check out the great photos in the gallery and also the official info from Spank Industries below.
For sure you'll recognize a few of the names in here as riders that helped to make us who we are today; riders like Ryan Berrecloth, Andi Wittmann, Rob J, Fabien Cousinie, and Kenny Smith who have been with us for years playing a fundamental role in product development and promotions. First we would like to say thanks to these partners, brothers and friends. However, you might be surprised to see the list of riders who have joined us over the past couple of seasons, and now enjoy highly weight optimized, confidence inspiring, performance products from Spank. We are especially stoked to welcome some seasoned veterans the likes of Darren Berrecloth, Mick and Tracey Hannah, and Michal Prokop, as well as an insane group of young superstars including Anthony Messere, Bernard Kerr, Brendan Howey, Holly Feniak and more! This year promises to be the best ever for Spank, our riders, and our fans. Stay tuned!
Spank Industries 2013 Pro Race Team
Hutchinson United Ride World Cup (France/Aus/USA) *Mick Hannah *Fabien Cousinie *Tracey Hannah *Holly Feniak
Pivot Factory DH Team (UK/USA) *Bernard Kerr *Austin Warren
Michal Prokop (Czech Rep)
Wallner Brothers Racing (Sweden) *Robin and Nicki Wallner
Banshee World Cup Team (Czech Rep) *Matej Charvat
Forrest Riesco (Canadian Nat. Dh Team)
Kenny Smith (Canada)
Logan Binggeli (USA)
Morpheus WC DH Factory Team (USA) *Alejandro Ortiz
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Spank Industries 2013 International Freeride Team
Darren Berrecloth (Canada)
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Kenny Smith (Canada)
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Sam Dueck (Canada)
Martin Kiesewetter (Germany)
Matt Brooks (Canada)
Brendan Barrett-Hay (Canada)
Garrett Robertson (Canada)
Kenny Smith (Canada)
Rob Jauch (Canada)
Ryan Berrecloth (Canada)
Tammy Donahugh (USA)
Robin Gunnarsson (Sweden)
Sindre Harbak (Norway)
NSMB FR Team (Canada)
Urs Reinosch (Germany)
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Astro Gaming headsets are mainstays at video game events. Go to a review session for a Halo game and they're usually the set of cans connected to the Xbox 360. Play a demo of Assassin's Creed 3 and they're right there. I always enjoyed the Astro 40s.They offered good sound and comfort for long marathon sessions. The fact that they had customizable tags on the back of the cups made them even more attractive.
In five years, the peripheral maker has established itself as an industry force, producing the official headset of MLG and becoming a go-to device for hard-core gamers. It's a remarkable feat given the fact that they've done it with little marketing and almost pure word-of-mouth.
"We solve problems for the elite gamers out there," said Aron Drayer, marketing director for Astro Gaming.
One of those issues has been wires. They're a nuisance. As more headsets tackle this issue by going wireless, Astro Gaming has kept pace with the pack and released the new Astro A50 Wireless Headset.
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The Hostess company failed to reach agreement with its second-biggest union today. The company will continue with a hearing tomorrow at bankruptcy court.
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Hostess Brands Inc. lived to die another day.
The maker of Twinkies and Ding Dongs said late Tuesday that it failed to reach an agreement with its second-biggest union. As a result, Hostess plans to continue with a hearing on Wednesday in which a bankruptcy court judge in White Plains, N.Y., will decide if the company can shutter its operations.
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The renewed talks between Hostess and The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union came after the company declared last week that it would move to wind down its business and start selling off its assets in bankruptcy court. The company cited a crippling strike that was started on Nov. 9 by the union, which represents 30 percent of Hostess workers.
After making its case to liquidate on Monday, the bankruptcy court judge noted that the two sides hadn't yet tried resolving their differences through private mediation. The judge noted that 18,000 jobs were on the line and urged the company and union to try to resolve their differences. Both sides agreed to hold mediation proceedings on Tuesday.
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This page is intended to collect ideas for future features of the Extensions Manager and Extensions.
- Running OOo in safe mode.
- Support of licenses for extensions when they are installed together with OOo.
- Configuring extensions.
- Enhance system integration.
- Installing extensions by opening extensions in the office's file dialog.
- Running OOo in safe mode.
A faulty extension may cause OOo to crash. When this happens for example at startup (or shortly after) it is difficult for the user to remove the extension. That is, the Extension Manager cannot be invoked anymore. By starting OOo in safe mode, all extensions would be disabled. Then the user could remove the faulty extension in the Extension Manager.
- Support of licenses for extensions when they are installed together with OOo.
Extensions support a simple mechanism for showing a license to the user. This happens during installation. The user must agree to the license before the extension is installed. This works well when the extension is installed by the Extension Manager. However, when an extension is part of the installation set, that is, it is installed along with the office, then this mechanism does not work or integrates well. For example, when installing the rpms every extension with a license would require a user interaction on the console. When developing a solution one should bear in mind, that one has to make sure that an extension is not usable, does not leave any marks in the GUI, and best is not copied at all to the office installation when the user refuses to agree to the license.
- Configuring extensions.
- Enhance system integration.
An extension may need to be configured. In this case it could bring a dialog through which all necessary settings could be done. This dialog could for example be started after installation of an extension. It could also be integrated in the options dialog of OOo.
It should be possible to install an extension by double clicking them. This should even be possible in these scenarios:
- OOo is running, no extension manager running
- OOo and its extension manager are running
- another instance of unopkg gui is running
- another instance of unopkg is running
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Students can utilize this printout to organize their thoughts as a new concept or content is introduced through a Seed Discussion. This printout readies students to acquire new knowledge by organizing what they know and what they're prepared to learn.
Often times, introducing new content or new concepts can be overwhelming for students and teachers alike. Through the use of Seed Discussions, students are able to preview the new content or concepts for things that they can relate to. They seek out information that looks familiar to them, things they dont quite understand, and things that look interesting to them, including new vocabulary.
Seed Discussions allow students to identify and develop topics important to their own thinking. Effective seeds from students individual work grow into dynamic discussions, driving the interest in new content and reaffirming their existing knowledge so that the new content doesnt seem so intimidating.
To introduce new content or a new concept using this printout, try the following ideas:
- Pick a new piece of content or a new concept that you will be introducing to your students. This may be a new unit in your science textbook, a new chapter in a novel, or a magazine article on a current event, among other things.
- Give each student access to the new content, as well as a copy of this printout. Discuss with students the four categories that make up the printout and give them examples of things that they might write in each of the areas as they go through the new content. Model this process and do a think-aloud for your students on this printout, projected where the students can see it and give feedback.
- Allow students approximately 10-15 minutes to fill out their individual printout while exploring the new content. Once all students have completed the different areas of the organizer (aim for at least three questions/thoughts per box), allow them to discuss their findings with a partner or group.
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- After discussing all of the students seeds that they found through perusing the content, allow them to discuss one anothers ideas, questions, and responses. Once the content has been previewed and seeds have been planted for students to think about, students are ready to dive into the new content, keeping the thoughts and questions from the Seed Discussion in the back of their mind.
See the Strategy Guide titled Introducing New Content with Seed Discussions for more information and ideas pertaining to this strategy
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- How did you feel after completing your Seed Discussion Organizer and discussing it with your group?
- How might your Seed Discussion Organizer and our class conversations help you to become a better reader and thinker?
- How does this strategy help you become actively engaged in the new concept we are studying?
- Revisit this printout at the end of the unit, chapter, etc. to ensure that all questions were answered and the content was thoroughly understood. Allow time for students to go back and seek out information if it is not readily accessible by memory.
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WHO and partners are encouraging communities everywhere to join the World Blood Donor Day 2011 campaign and "Paint the world red", whether by symbolically colouring, covering or lighting monuments, popular landmarks and buildings in red; staging artistic, cultural or musical events with a red-coloured theme; or forming a "human blood drop" in prominent public places.Launched on 14 June 2004 in Johannesburg, South Africa, World Blood Donor Day builds on the success of World Health Day 2000, which was devoted to the theme 'Blood Saves Lives. Safe Blood Starts With Me'. The enthusiasm and energy with which this day was celebrated was a powerful and positive response to the opportunity to thank the millions of people who give the precious gift of life through their donation of blood every year. It also builds on International Blood Donor Day organized annually by the International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations since 1995.
The aim of designating this annual day and linking it to a global celebration was to promote voluntary non-remunerated blood donation throughout the world.
Every year, countries throughout every region of the world organize a huge variety of events and activities to celebrate the day, from football matches to free concerts, and from mobile blood donation clinics to monumental decorations. The theme for World Blood Donor Day 2011 is, "More blood. More life." This theme reinforces the urgent need for more people all over the world to become life-savers by volunteering to donate blood regularly.
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Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka will head a high-level Czech delegation to China in two weeks' time, the Office of the Government announced on Tuesday. The aim of the visit is to boost cooperation in air transport, health care and the financial sector, officials said. The minister of labour and social affairs, Michaela Marksová, the minister of transport, Dan Ťok, and the minister of health, Svatopluk Němeček, and the minister of industry and trade, Jan Mládek, will join the Mr. Sobotka on the trip between June 16 and June 20. The Czech PM will hold talks with his Chinese counterpart, Li Keqiang, during the visit.
The Czech Republic's footballers are preparing to take on Russia in their second-last warm-up game for the European Championship on Wednesday. Coach Pavel Vrba is expected to again field captain Tomáš Rosický, who on Friday made his first appearance for the national team after a prolonged absence through injury. Other players, such as full-back Michal Kadlec, are also available for selection after arriving at the Austrian training camp late due to club commitments. The Czechs will then face South Korea before playing Spain in their first game at Euro 2016 on June 13.
A court of appeal has reduced Marek Dalík's sentence for demanding a large bribe for a defence contract. The former lobbyist, who was a close associate of Mirek Topolánek's when the latter was prime minister in the second half of the last decade, will now serve four rather than five years. He has also been ordered a CZK 4 million fine. Mr. Dalík sought a bribe of half a billion crowns in connection with a contract for armoured vehicles for the Czech Army.
Evidence has emerged that the commercial television station Prima ordered journalists to report negatively on the migrant crisis, iDnes.cz reported. The news website HlídacíPes.org on Tuesday posted an audio recording of a meeting at Prima where reporters were told that the station's management regarded refugees as a threat; if they refused to accept this line, they ought to find new jobs. Prior to the posting of the recording, Prima representatives had referred to the allegations as "speculation".
A team led by Dr. Eva Syková, who is a senator for the Social Democrats, took payments from patients undergoing treatment for ALS at a Prague hospital even though it should have been free, according to a Czech Television report. The head of the Academy of Sciences has called for Dr. Syková to be removed as head of the Academy's Institute of Experimental Medicine. Deputy Prime Minister Pavel Bělobrádek says she should also be dismissed from the government's Section for Science, Research and Innovation in connection with the payments.
A court in Brno has begun hearing testimony in the case of Kevin Dahlgren, who was extradited from his native US to face charges of murdering four relatives of his in the Moravian capital. Witnesses told the court on Tuesday that they were unaware of any conflict between Dahlgren and the family, whom he was visiting at the time. The state prosecutor said the American had stabbed his aunt, her husband and their two sons to death due to emotional instability, narcissism and heightened aggression. Immediately after the alleged killings in 2013 Dahlgren fled to the US.
The Czech Republic has the highest percentage of young cannabis users in Europe, according to the latest annual report from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Dependency. Its survey found that over a fifth of Czechs aged 15 to 34 had used marijuana or hashish at least once in the previous year. Forty-two percent of Czechs aged 15 and 16 had some experience of those drugs, the survey found.
US singer-songwriter Paul Simon is set to perform at Prague's O2 Arena on November 17, the concert's organisers announced on Tuesday. The 1960s star will present his new LP Stranger to Stranger at the show, which will open a European tour and will be represent his first appearance in the Czech capital since 1991.
The final film by director Jan Němec, who died in March at the age of 79, is to take part in the main competition at the 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, organisers announced on Tuesday. Němec, who first made his name as part of the Czech New Wave, partly shot The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street (Vlk z Královských Vinohrad) at last year's festival. There will be two locally-directed contenders for the top prize at Karlovy Vary this year, with Jan Hřebejk's The Teacher also in the running.
Prague councillors have unanimously agreed to ban Segways from the historic centre of the city. Once a final vote has been taken on the matter the two-wheeled electric vehicles should disappear from the area's pavements, cycle paths and pedestrian zones, where they have become a common sight in recent years. Councillors on Tuesday did not set a date for when the Segway ban will come into effect.


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